27/06/2014

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:00:00. > :00:07.Now it's time for the news where you

:00:08. > :00:11.The parents of pupils at a Birmingham school

:00:12. > :00:15.which could be closed at thd end of term say they're being ptt in

:00:16. > :00:19.The Kajans Hospitality and Catering Studio College was set up

:00:20. > :00:23.to provide training in a part of the city that has some of the hhghest

:00:24. > :00:30.But the Government says it doesn't have enough pupils to keep running,

:00:31. > :00:31.despite having just spent ?2.5 million refurbishing

:00:32. > :00:53.To these students, it's a classroom, and all the ingredients are coming

:00:54. > :00:55.together to make Kajans Hospitality and Catering Studio College what

:00:56. > :00:57.they want to be ` a centre of excellence.

:00:58. > :01:00.Their new home in Aston in Birmingham is undergoing renovation

:01:01. > :01:02.thanks to a ?2.5 million cash injection from central Government.

:01:03. > :01:04.No wonder then they're devastated that the Government's pulling

:01:05. > :01:08.We are angry because this is the only college in Birmingham which

:01:09. > :01:12.offers a vocation or educathon in catering for 14`19 `year`olds. If it

:01:13. > :01:16.closes, that opportunity will be taken away from all the students in

:01:17. > :01:21.that age range and it is nowhere else they can do it.

:01:22. > :01:26.Students like Lorraine Dugard are wondering where they'll go.

:01:27. > :01:29.Were all close`knit and lovd it here and hopefully it will not shut down.

:01:30. > :01:33.`` we are all. The school has 48 students `nd the

:01:34. > :01:36.Department of Education says it s They told us, we have been working

:01:37. > :01:42.extremely closely with them for a number of months and have

:01:43. > :01:45.repeatedly made clear that there were concerns about the school's

:01:46. > :01:53.viability due to low pupil numbers. If I get to the end of this summer

:01:54. > :01:58.term and we cannot find a place what do I do as a parent? As far as

:01:59. > :02:03.I am concerned, my child's dducation is being disrupted unnecess`rily by

:02:04. > :02:04.the decision that has been lade to withdraw the funding and th`t is

:02:05. > :02:11.totally unacceptable. A lot of anger about the Department

:02:12. > :02:14.of Education's decision comds from the fact that unemployment `mong

:02:15. > :02:17.young people in this area is at 60%, and the hope was that this place

:02:18. > :02:20.would help address that by giving them skills to get jobs in

:02:21. > :02:27.Birmingham in the city's thriving Our big agenda is that this is a

:02:28. > :02:31.skills shortage and 60% unelployment in parts of the community. We cannot

:02:32. > :02:35.continue to do what we have done. We have to find new ways. This for the

:02:36. > :02:38.new way but we will consider to `` continue to support them and what

:02:39. > :02:41.with the community to see what comes next.

:02:42. > :02:44.And Birmingham City Council say they're helping find places

:02:45. > :02:46.for the students at other schools and colleges in the city.

:02:47. > :02:48.Three men have been jailed for a fraud running

:02:49. > :02:52.Their business, Spaserve, bdgan selling hot tubs back in 2007.

:02:53. > :02:55.But 400 customers failed to receive them and hundreds more were

:02:56. > :03:02.Fraud charges followed two years later.

:03:03. > :03:07.Simon Foster, Jonathan Hussdlbee and Stuart Cox ` all convicted

:03:08. > :03:12.of fraud for their part in a business selling hot ttbs.

:03:13. > :03:15.It was described by the judge as a "wholly dishonest venttre"

:03:16. > :03:19.Police began investigating after complaints from hundrdds

:03:20. > :03:23.The hot tubs were advertised on the internet using variots

:03:24. > :03:28.Hot tubs were delivered late or not at all.

:03:29. > :03:33.Foster was the leading light of the fraud ` he took at ldast

:03:34. > :03:37.?900,000 ? and lived a lavish lifestyle with three Porschds.

:03:38. > :03:39.Customers who had been at court welcomed the jail terms

:03:40. > :03:45.I am from Yorkshire, yeah, `nd I have come a long way for thhs.

:03:46. > :03:48.I would have gone 1,000 milds to listen to the sentence becatse I

:03:49. > :03:53.I'm in business, if I do not provide something, I do not get paid.

:03:54. > :03:55.They were not providing somdthing and they were getting paid.

:03:56. > :03:58.When the business eventuallx went bankrupt in 2010,

:03:59. > :04:04.Sentencing the three businessmen to jail, the judge said once the fraud

:04:05. > :04:09.began, it was only a matter of time before the balloon went up

:04:10. > :04:14.He said this had been a very cynical and concerted way

:04:15. > :04:24.Businesses in Cheltenham ard trying to raise ?1 million to try to save

:04:25. > :04:31.The mural, which appeared on the side of a house, has bedn bought

:04:32. > :04:34.by a private collector and ` team has been preparing to removd it

:04:35. > :04:36.That's despite a warning from the council that cutting it from

:04:37. > :04:44.Private security teams are now on site to protect

:04:45. > :04:48.But with work carrying on, some staged a personal protdst.

:04:49. > :04:58.It is a piece of graffiti art, and what if it is removed off the wall?

:04:59. > :05:04.People living here say the Banksy has enriched the area and the threat

:05:05. > :05:10.The whole of the wall is going to be loved.

:05:11. > :05:13.So there will be a big hole in the wall, right?

:05:14. > :05:19.The council reminded the owner that, if not done properly, removhng

:05:20. > :05:24.the Banksy from this Grade HI listed building could be illegal.

:05:25. > :05:27.Any alteration to the fabric of the building,

:05:28. > :05:37.so if any brick was taken away, that would need listed building consent.

:05:38. > :05:41.They would need to get permhssion before doing any of that work.

:05:42. > :05:43.The new owner today said he was complying with all regulations,

:05:44. > :05:47.although if the law is brokdn, it's six months in jail or ` maximum

:05:48. > :05:50.fine of ?20,000 for an artwork that could sell for much more.

:05:51. > :05:53.Which is why he said he'll consider an offer from the local bushness

:05:54. > :06:00.community, who are desperatdly trying to raise over ?1 million

:06:01. > :06:07.If we lose, we lose. But wh`t if we succeed? This would be a massive

:06:08. > :06:10.part of Cheltenham's historx and would make international news and

:06:11. > :06:14.get Cheltenham on the map. Ht is a win`win all round. The monex has yet

:06:15. > :06:20.to be raised, the Banksy is still there. The order says it will be

:06:21. > :06:22.gone by the weekend, so it hs a race against clock to save the spies from

:06:23. > :06:24.defecting to the capital. We'll be back tomorrow at 7.20

:06:25. > :06:27.in the evening. More storms are unlikely. `` are

:06:28. > :06:36.likely. After a disappointing day,

:06:37. > :06:40.things will slowly improve through However,

:06:41. > :06:42.we can expect some heavy showers tomorrow and with that in mhnd, we

:06:43. > :06:45.have this yellow warning in force. The potential for some localised

:06:46. > :06:48.flooding from the showers. However, I do think the heaviest

:06:49. > :06:50.of the showers will be So, it remains cloudy as we head

:06:51. > :06:55.through the evening and overnight They become a little bit later

:06:56. > :06:59.as we head towards dawn. And we see drier spells tow`rds

:07:00. > :07:01.the south. Here we might see some mist

:07:02. > :07:03.and fog forming by dawn. a minimum night`time temper`ture

:07:04. > :07:07.of ten degrees. We have brightness first thhng to

:07:08. > :07:12.the South, that clouds over and then all of us can expect there

:07:13. > :07:15.to be further outbreaks of rain However, it slowly improves to end

:07:16. > :07:19.the day with some brightness The national forecast follows,

:07:20. > :07:34.but for now, I will leave you with move towards Sunday. The top

:07:35. > :07:36.temperature again 20. Fewer showers. Most out towards the east.

:07:37. > :07:44.That's the way it is looking. Good evening. For some the weather

:07:45. > :07:49.put on a show today - lightning and hail. For others more of a no-show.

:07:50. > :07:55.Showers at Wimbledon stayed away. They were further west. Torrential

:07:56. > :08:01.downpours with the lightning flashes over East Anglia. Local flooding in

:08:02. > :08:02.for folk. Showers through