:00:00. > :00:21.One little mistake, nobody passing on his name to social services, and
:00:22. > :00:26.it would've been still alivd. It?s the official start
:00:27. > :00:43.of summer this weekend. It is great that the Shrewsbury line
:00:44. > :00:52.to London is back operating again. Tonight we are on the trail of the
:00:53. > :00:58.World Cup reared and wonderful. `` reared.
:00:59. > :01:01.Catching up with the trained guide dog who is preparing to transform
:01:02. > :01:06.someone's life. It is the official start of the
:01:07. > :01:27.summer this weekend, so let's hope the round the weekend off in style.
:01:28. > :01:31.A young boy's death could h`ve been avoided, if a hospital had
:01:32. > :01:34.Nurses spotted unexplained bruises on 16`month`old Kyle Keen
:01:35. > :01:37.when he was admitted to Walsall Manor Hospital in June 2006.
:01:38. > :01:41.They raised concerns, but Social Services weren't informed.
:01:42. > :01:43.Kyle was discharged but readmitted eight days later with head hnjuries.
:01:44. > :01:46.He had been shaken by his stepfather and suffered bleeding on thd brain.
:01:47. > :01:49.His life support machine was turned off a day later.
:01:50. > :01:51.Tyrone Matthews was later sdntenced to six`and`a`half years
:01:52. > :01:59.Here's our health correspondent Michele Paduano.
:02:00. > :02:01.Eight years on, remembering the death of her baby brothdr is
:02:02. > :02:06.Her father would never have known what really happened to Kyld if a
:02:07. > :02:08.Robert then began a cat`and`mouse game with
:02:09. > :02:24.I couldn't believe it. I kndw nothing about it at all. Ond little
:02:25. > :02:26.mistake, nobody passing on his notes to Social Services home he would
:02:27. > :02:29.still be alive if they had. Kyle's stepfather, Tyrone M`tthews
:02:30. > :02:31.was sentenced to six`and`a`half But in the weeks before his death,
:02:32. > :02:35.Kyle had gone twice to Wals`ll Manor The second time,
:02:36. > :02:38.two junior doctors and a senior nurse wanted to refer the
:02:39. > :02:41.case to Social Services, but they We are not getting over it. It has
:02:42. > :02:55.had a big impact on all of ts. New management at the hospital
:02:56. > :02:58.finally agreed to an inquirx. Today's independent report
:02:59. > :03:01.said there had been: Poor and inadequate record keeping
:03:02. > :03:03.which contained many errors. A failure to investigate
:03:04. > :03:05.thoroughly and learn lessons. A lack of performance managdment
:03:06. > :03:07.or disciplinary action. A whistleblower who treated Kyle
:03:08. > :03:21.the day that he died says this will We did not take any serious action
:03:22. > :03:28.to understand what happened to Kyle and why he was sent to his death.
:03:29. > :03:33.The analysis was inadequate and we did not take any steps to ldarn the
:03:34. > :03:35.lessons from this tragic de`th. The hospital has pitted towns up to that
:03:36. > :03:38.now. Today,
:03:39. > :03:39.the hospital?s Chief Executhve met the family to apologise
:03:40. > :03:41.for the sins of his predecessors and to say the consultant,
:03:42. > :03:56.Rajnish Wahlia, will be assdssed. He will be an `` he will be assessed
:03:57. > :03:58.to make sure he can fully do the job that we are asking him to do.
:03:59. > :04:00.Eight years on, the hospital says it's child
:04:01. > :04:15.Last year, and nine`year`old boy had a puncture wound to his Mac. His
:04:16. > :04:22.notes were not the same place, the same as young Kyle. The report says
:04:23. > :04:25.the lessons had not been le`rnt Later, that young boy was stabbed in
:04:26. > :04:27.the back. Getting to the truth hasn't been
:04:28. > :04:30.straightforward, but Robert and Larissa can now move on with
:04:31. > :04:33.their lives and Larissa will soon Why has it taken eight years
:04:34. > :04:43.to reach this resolution? There was either a serious failure,
:04:44. > :04:49.or there was an attempt at concealment. There is no evhdence
:04:50. > :04:53.that the action plans were implemented. If it wasn't for the
:04:54. > :04:56.doctor getting in touch with the Father, we might never have known.
:04:57. > :05:03.What about the management at the time? There was this lack of
:05:04. > :05:07.accountability. In 2009 the chief executive said that they haven't
:05:08. > :05:18.implemented all the findings of the serious case review. Today she has
:05:19. > :05:26.apologised to the family and what she said, not sure it has t`ken us
:05:27. > :05:42.much further forward. You're watching Midlands Today `
:05:43. > :05:45.it?s good to have you with ts. Coming up later in the programme:
:05:46. > :05:47.Lamenting the loss of the local ` trying to stop the decline of the
:05:48. > :05:49.suburban pub. Direct rail services between
:05:50. > :05:52.Shrewsbury and London are to re`start in December. Virgin Trains
:05:53. > :05:55.has been awarded a further dxtension to its West Coast franchise and has
:05:56. > :05:57.committed to running two tr`ins a day in each direction. The route,
:05:58. > :06:00.which still needs formal approval, comes more than three years after a
:06:01. > :06:01.previous service was withdr`wn. Here's our transport correspondent,
:06:02. > :06:05.Peter Plisner. Trains to many places but ctrrently
:06:06. > :06:07.not London, but later this xear it's all changed. This morning, the
:06:08. > :06:09.Transport Minister was in Shrewsbury to announce the new service as part
:06:10. > :06:22.of a two year extension to the West It is different this time, because
:06:23. > :06:28.the problem last time was the extra paths, but this time it is `n
:06:29. > :06:34.extension. It is great timing. She's `` it is great because you can go
:06:35. > :06:38.into London, do a days work and come back again.
:06:39. > :06:41.of a two year extension to the West Coast Virgin Rail franchise. Viable
:06:42. > :06:43.or not, the commitment to rtnning the new service has come after a
:06:44. > :07:10.long campaign by MPs. The London I think it is all a very good idea.
:07:11. > :07:16.It will be great to have thd service again. We need to see the ddtails,
:07:17. > :07:21.of course, but it would be good for Shrewsbury.
:07:22. > :07:28.In exchange for a longer fr`nchise, Virgin has committed providhng free
:07:29. > :07:33.improvements. I think it is all a
:07:34. > :07:34.It's also 21 First Class carriages into
:07:35. > :07:44.standard class to More people want to travel hn
:07:45. > :07:51.standard them first. We havd too many first`class seats. We will make
:07:52. > :07:52.it more comfortable for people travelling in standard class.
:07:53. > :07:54.standard class to Back in Shrewsbury,
:07:55. > :08:01.business leaders say the new service must be supported.
:08:02. > :08:08.Let's do our best to make it work. We will need a dialogue, with the
:08:09. > :08:10.providers to make sure that the timing is that they choose ` chilly
:08:11. > :08:16.work for people. the new service must be supported.
:08:17. > :08:18.Plans for direct London trahns still need to be approved by the
:08:19. > :08:37.Rail Regulator, but that's dxpected to soon, clearing the way for trains
:08:38. > :08:39.to run from the middle of Ddcember. A Birmingham man has absconded
:08:40. > :08:41.while on police bail to join jihadists fighting in Syria.
:08:42. > :08:44.Junaid Hussain, who's 20`ye`rs`old from Kings Heath, was on bahl
:08:45. > :08:46.after being arrested on suspicion of violent disorder at the Dnglish
:08:47. > :08:48.Defence League protest last year. The convicted computer hackdr has
:08:49. > :08:51.posted pictures of him self online and appears to support
:08:52. > :08:54.Isis`the Jihadist group at the heart of the current unrest in Ir`q.
:08:55. > :08:57.One Birmingham MP says the case raises questions about the `bility
:08:58. > :08:58.of known extremists to travdl to Syria to fight, even while they re
:08:59. > :09:06.being investigated by the police. I am hugely worried about the
:09:07. > :09:10.consequences of him being allowed to leave the country. He was under
:09:11. > :09:14.police bail before he left. The fact that he was still able to ldave the
:09:15. > :09:20.country, that has some serious questions that need to be answered.
:09:21. > :09:22.being investigated by the police. Figures from the British Bedr
:09:23. > :09:25.and Pub Association suggest the Midlands is one of the hardest
:09:26. > :09:28.hit regions for pub closures. It seems it's the bars
:09:29. > :09:30.in our towns and cities that are struggling the most.
:09:31. > :09:32.Nationally up to 19 are closing every week,
:09:33. > :09:34.compared with nine in rural areas. So, what can be done to halt
:09:35. > :09:41.the decline? Bob Hockenhull reports.
:09:42. > :09:48.Pubs, often the grandest buhldings in suburbia, but in a climate of
:09:49. > :09:55.suburbia, they quickly lose their former glory. This is the W`terloo,
:09:56. > :10:00.built in 19 seven, designed to attract to the wealthier drhnker.
:10:01. > :10:06.Now it is sharp and only attracting rats and vandals. Suburban pubs are
:10:07. > :10:13.the ones that are really suffering. It is beautiful inside. It was a
:10:14. > :10:19.flagship pub for the brewerx. They threw the kitchen sink added in of
:10:20. > :10:23.decoration. It is sad to sed such grand old pubs in such a sorry
:10:24. > :10:28.state, but fortunately not `ll of them have gone the same way. In the
:10:29. > :10:36.past, pastimes like playing darts help keep the customers comhng to
:10:37. > :10:39.their local. This pub has t`ken that lesson on board. It had a rough
:10:40. > :10:44.reputation and easily could have shot, but a revival of tradhtional
:10:45. > :10:50.sports teams has helped turn it around. Effectively, they h`ve put a
:10:51. > :10:55.new pub inside the old shell and it has worked wonders. The loc`ls love
:10:56. > :11:01.it. They are all keen to kedp that the way it is. The owners, Punch
:11:02. > :11:09.Taverns, said he had to act to save the pubs. Things like the shops and
:11:10. > :11:18.sandwich bars, things that were not around ten years ago, or not in
:11:19. > :11:25.scale, they mean the pubs h`ve to try hard to stay competitivd. Some
:11:26. > :11:31.pubs have just opened. This pub to 24 weeks to build and is ond of the
:11:32. > :11:37.team by Marston pubs in the West Midlands. We managed to build pubs
:11:38. > :11:44.exactly how consumers want to have them. We talked to people and asked
:11:45. > :11:48.them exactly what they wantdd. This pub has been built next to ` modern
:11:49. > :11:59.housing estate to attract more customers. The staff are so lovely.
:12:00. > :12:06.It can to more for you. Back in Smethwick, the sad lament for the
:12:07. > :12:13.loss of this local continues. It is more than just the closure of the
:12:14. > :12:18.pub, something in the community goes. Some people are hoping that
:12:19. > :12:28.the pub will rise again frol its former state.
:12:29. > :12:31.Bob Hockenhull reports. been avoided if a hospital had
:12:32. > :12:32.referred him to Social Servhces Your detailed weather forec`st to
:12:33. > :12:35.come shortly. Also in tonight's programme: Forget
:12:36. > :12:44.scratch and sniff, is your sniff up to scratch? The new laboratory which
:12:45. > :12:48.rewards sensitive noses. There will be plenty of nervous
:12:49. > :12:51.England fans around tonight ` it's England's second World Cup game
:12:52. > :12:54.they face Uruguay in Sao Patlo and, of course, it's a game Roy Hodgson's
:12:55. > :13:04.team dare not lose. Let's join Kevin Reide who's with some of those
:13:05. > :13:07.anxious fans in Coventry. Thanks, Mary. I'm at the Albany
:13:08. > :13:10.Social Club in Earlsdon, whdre excitement is building. In ` moment
:13:11. > :13:13.I'll be talking to some of the England fans here, but first Ben
:13:14. > :13:33.Sidwell has spent the day trying to capture the World Cup mood, with
:13:34. > :13:35.some rather unusual results. Meet Slipmat ` singer, Engl`nd fan,
:13:36. > :13:37.parrot. At his home in Worcester,
:13:38. > :13:40.he's been showing his support by whistling the football anthem
:13:41. > :13:43.the Great Escape, although, on this occasion, he was being a bit cagey.
:13:44. > :13:50.We started teaching him at `bout five weeks ago.
:13:51. > :13:53.occasion, he was being a bit cagey. He's not the only one getting
:13:54. > :13:55.in a flap over the World Cup. At the Sea Life Centre
:13:56. > :13:57.in Birmingham, it's all about the penguin predictors.
:13:58. > :13:59.Having failed to p`p`p`pick up an Italian win in the last game
:14:00. > :14:08.the pressure was on. I think it is taking them so long to
:14:09. > :14:09.make a prediction because they got the last one wrong. They ard being
:14:10. > :14:15.extra cautious about this one! the pressure was on.
:14:16. > :14:19.Sadly they selected an Urugtay win, although
:14:20. > :14:28.the penguin was called Pablo. Meanwhile, back in Worcester.
:14:29. > :14:30.To prove that humans are more intelligent than animals and more
:14:31. > :14:35.accurate at predictions, let me introduce you to nine`month`old
:14:36. > :14:38.Toby Parsons from Aldridge. Unlike the penguins, he did select
:14:39. > :14:40.an Italian win and although we had to substitute a Uruguian shhrt for
:14:41. > :14:53.an Argentinian one, he wasn't fazed. We did not manage to get down to the
:14:54. > :14:56.bookmakers, sadly! He was correct in the end. I just hope we can pick the
:14:57. > :14:58.winning lottery numbers! an Argentinian one, he wasn't fazed.
:14:59. > :15:09.So, surely that would inspire Slipmat?
:15:10. > :15:12.On this street, the grown`ups are also getting into the World Cup
:15:13. > :15:16.spirit. surely that would inspire Slipmat?
:15:17. > :15:18.You can't really miss Dave Beers' house, although you can hardly see
:15:19. > :15:32.it for England flags. It was a challenge of a fridnd on
:15:33. > :15:40.Facebook saying, can you be`t this big joke? I give it a bash! So, just
:15:41. > :15:54.to prove that the bird really can sing, here is a recording the family
:15:55. > :15:59.made earlier! You can see that the atmosphere is continuing to build
:16:00. > :16:05.here. I am joined by two England fans. Can England did? Yes! Has a
:16:06. > :16:14.Roy Hodgson got his tactics right? And the need to attack, used their
:16:15. > :16:20.young team. Your score predhction? 2`1 to England. Robert, what do you
:16:21. > :16:27.think about Wayne Rooney, where should he play? Just behind the
:16:28. > :16:31.number nine. I don't think we should be wasting his talent out on the
:16:32. > :16:34.left. Hopefully he will be playing down the middle tonight any can
:16:35. > :16:42.answer his critics with a goal or two. What can we do about Ltis
:16:43. > :16:48.Suarez? He is obviously thehr main threat, so I think we should bite
:16:49. > :16:54.his legs off! What do you think the England threats will be? We have
:16:55. > :16:59.plenty of speed, lots of yotng lads with no fear, and they are `ll very
:17:00. > :17:08.comfortable on the ball. I think England will wind a 3`1. Who do you
:17:09. > :17:16.think the greatest threat is? Raheem Sterling. Thank you very much. I
:17:17. > :17:22.can't hear what is going on in the studio at the moment, it is really
:17:23. > :17:31.lied in here! If you haven't got the TV, it is live on Radio fivd Live. I
:17:32. > :17:34.think they are in danger of picking a little bit early!
:17:35. > :17:36.it for England flags. If you've ever complained
:17:37. > :17:40.about a bad odour, the appalling stench of waste or fumes from a
:17:41. > :17:41.factory, there's some help `t hand. The region's first Odour Laboratory
:17:42. > :17:44.has opened in Worcester where you can test air
:17:45. > :17:46.samples and get paid ?9 an hour if your sniffing is up to scratch.
:17:47. > :17:55.Ben Godfrey has the details. Where is the odour laboratory? Just
:17:56. > :18:02.follow your nose! Ben Godfrey has the details.
:18:03. > :18:04.The scientists coaxed six of us into a sealed room at the University
:18:05. > :18:05.of Worcester. I'd been advised to blow my nose,
:18:06. > :18:15.to be in peak condition. This is the new odour labor`tory. We
:18:16. > :18:24.are being tested vigorously against the clock to detect the merdst
:18:25. > :18:31.smells. I have to decide if I can smell something, if I am certain or
:18:32. > :18:35.just have an inkling? It is a built`in panel for noses. Wd take a
:18:36. > :18:41.smell, put it into the voting panel, everyone has a Smith and
:18:42. > :18:48.their reaction is recorded. That is how we quantify how much smdlls in
:18:49. > :18:56.the sample. Companies can bd fined if orders rise above and expected
:18:57. > :19:01.level. Error spectrum, a local firm, is making money by testing samples.
:19:02. > :19:06.The University of Worcester is also benefiting from the research. We are
:19:07. > :19:13.most famous about the pollen forecast. Older is an important part
:19:14. > :19:25.of the air, of the atmosphere. This fits in completely. The nosd has 6
:19:26. > :19:30.million cells detect encoders. How did I do? Very well. If you
:19:31. > :19:35.continued with the test, yot might be a little bit too sensitive to sit
:19:36. > :19:42.on our panel, so you have a very good nose! Excellent! It is one
:19:43. > :19:55.branch of science where hum`ns can I do computers.
:19:56. > :20:01.Well, I have stepped outsidd to meet Zeus. The last time we met tp with
:20:02. > :20:07.him he had just been for his first guide dog puppy training cl`ss. How
:20:08. > :20:13.has he been getting on? We have been to find out. Zeus has come to
:20:14. > :20:17.Birmingham Airport as part of his training to become a guide dog means
:20:18. > :20:22.he has the experience many situations. He was fantastic. A
:20:23. > :20:30.light aeroplane very close to him and he didn't have an eyelid. This
:20:31. > :20:40.was him last October, very sleepy amongst the schoolchildren. He is
:20:41. > :20:46.now 11 months and joining hhs clasp `` classmates on the monorahl. In
:20:47. > :20:49.the airport terminal, they `re the centre of attention. Voluntder puppy
:20:50. > :20:57.walkers helped care for thel in their first year. It will bd hard to
:20:58. > :21:02.let him go, but you have to think of the people that he is going to help.
:21:03. > :21:06.I met one mild who had his guide dog parade years. He was so grateful
:21:07. > :21:15.when I told him I was a puppy walker. He said, I don't know where
:21:16. > :21:20.I would be without people lhke you. It is so busy today. People are
:21:21. > :21:27.excited, they have their luggage, everything here is a fantastic
:21:28. > :21:33.experience to build his confidence. A slippy staircase provides another
:21:34. > :21:37.challenge. We have to exposd our dogs to everything to make sure that
:21:38. > :21:42.they can go anywhere and evdrywhere with her and you blind owners. After
:21:43. > :21:53.all the training, it is timd for Zeus to relax with the family who
:21:54. > :21:57.are looking after him. After all, she is just a dog, and the family
:21:58. > :22:00.take everywhere to get him tsed to daily life. In the coming months,
:22:01. > :22:05.Zeus believe the family as ` training gets more serious. I am
:22:06. > :22:14.really happy for him to become a guide dog. Zeus leads the ldt off
:22:15. > :22:20.steam and forget learning on the lead. By all accounts he is doing
:22:21. > :22:25.spectacularly well. 75% of trainee guide dogs will meet the st`ndards
:22:26. > :22:30.needed to qualify. It certainly looks as though he is
:22:31. > :22:34.doing extremely well. You h`ve been training guide dogs for 25 xears,
:22:35. > :22:40.that is a lot of puppies! How does he rate? If you could tilt the ideal
:22:41. > :22:48.puppy, you have him in front of you. He is a fantastic young mild.
:22:49. > :22:51.What makes them so special? It is probably more to do with thd family
:22:52. > :22:56.they have been with. They h`ve dedicated nearly 12 months of their
:22:57. > :23:05.lives to him, wherever they have gone, they have taken him whth Taken
:23:06. > :23:10.him with them. We saw in thd report that Zeus was doing a touch of plane
:23:11. > :23:14.spotting. You need to get them used to as many environments as
:23:15. > :23:18.possible? That's right, bec`use we don't know who he will be going
:23:19. > :23:25.with, what environment he whll be in. The family `` who he is placed
:23:26. > :23:35.with at the moment, there whll be devastated and giving him up. Yes,
:23:36. > :23:40.they will. Those families could give `` give great training and support.
:23:41. > :23:46.Synergy but on the jacket, he knows is in work mode. He does, btt it is
:23:47. > :23:51.about having fun, getting the balance so he gets his reward time,
:23:52. > :23:57.as well. Well done, Zeus excavation work we are very proud of you. Let's
:23:58. > :23:58.find out with the forecast hs going to be like for the next couple of
:23:59. > :24:08.days. We have been very lucky with the
:24:09. > :24:15.weather we have had this wedk. Things will change, however. The
:24:16. > :24:19.wind direction will change, that would bring in cloud from the North
:24:20. > :24:22.Sea. It will introduce fresh conditions for the rest of the
:24:23. > :24:26.week, which I think some of you might be grateful for, conshdering
:24:27. > :24:29.we don't have to compromise the warmth or give it up. You c`n see we
:24:30. > :24:33.still have the yellow colours right across us, meaning that the
:24:34. > :24:40.temperatures will hold up for most of the week. For the night, the
:24:41. > :24:45.winds are in the process of changing, but there are still coming
:24:46. > :24:50.from the north. That will draw in clouds from the east, but in the
:24:51. > :24:54.West that will be more clear. There could be some pockets of mist as we
:24:55. > :25:00.head into tomorrow morning. The mist should burn away quickly, and the
:25:01. > :25:13.sunshine should be with us from daybreak. It will be sunny `ll day
:25:14. > :25:17.tomorrow. The temperatures will get up to 22/20 three Celsius southern
:25:18. > :25:27.counties. In the north of the region, temperatures will drop a
:25:28. > :25:34.couple of degrees on today's values. We have light winds coming hn from
:25:35. > :25:38.the westerly direction tomorrow I think the temperatures tomorrow
:25:39. > :25:42.night will be a real indicator of the cooler, fresher conditions there
:25:43. > :25:47.will be getting in for the weekend. We have largely clear skies, so
:25:48. > :25:53.values will drop from betwedn 9`11 Celsius. For the weekend, it is
:25:54. > :25:57.looking quite good. Plenty of fine, dry weather with lots of sunshine on
:25:58. > :26:04.the cards. Temperatures will get up to 21 Celsius at best. Though
:26:05. > :26:10.settled condition should continue in `` continue to the start of next
:26:11. > :26:15.week. Whatever you are doing this evening,
:26:16. > :26:16.have a good one! And, let's face it, penguins don't know anything, do
:26:17. > :26:17.they?