:00:00. > :00:00.brighter start on Sunday. Still warm and humid.
:00:00. > :00:24.The council does not come out of this world. There is an element of
:00:25. > :00:30.fear amongst some of our staff. We'll be talking live to the leader
:00:31. > :00:33.of Birmingham City Council, Sir Albert Bore. Also tonight:
:00:34. > :00:35.Leave your cars at home for the summer ` that's the advice as
:00:36. > :00:41.Birmingham's city centre tunnels are Once this phase is complete we will
:00:42. > :00:44.just be routine maintenance from there on.
:00:45. > :00:47.Getting guns off the street ` police launch a firearms surrender scheme.
:00:48. > :00:53.How to shoot, edit and premiere a movie in just 72 hours.
:00:54. > :00:56.And from soaring temperatures to torrential downpours,
:00:57. > :00:58.there is plenty going on with weather this weekend.
:00:59. > :01:11.I'll have all the details of what we can expect later in the programme.
:01:12. > :01:14.Birmingham City Council failed to act on suspicions
:01:15. > :01:18.about a hardline Muslim takeover in some schools because it was
:01:19. > :01:24.That's one of the conclusions to emerge from a report commissioned
:01:25. > :01:27.by the council into the alleged Trojan Horse affair.
:01:28. > :01:30.The report says there was no organised plot, but
:01:31. > :01:33.in some schools key individuals were allowed to manipulate the system to
:01:34. > :01:40.Meanwhile a separate report, commissioned by the government,
:01:41. > :01:44.The Guardian newspaper claims to have seen a leaked draft that shows
:01:45. > :01:47.evidence of deliberate attempts to introduce what it calls
:01:48. > :01:53.I'll be talking to the leader of Birmingham City Council,
:01:54. > :02:01.First, though, Sarah Falkland is here.
:02:02. > :02:15.End of term, and the summer holidays ahead.
:02:16. > :02:18.But for these young people it?s been four months of questions,
:02:19. > :02:20.claims of extremism and a hardline Muslim agenda influencing
:02:21. > :02:30.There is a lot more questions to be answered. What is going on? We want
:02:31. > :02:31.the best for our children. It doesn't seem like this report will
:02:32. > :02:34.come to an end. Thousands of devout Muslims have
:02:35. > :02:40.been fasting during Ramadan. The Trojan Horse case and the latest
:02:41. > :02:51.reports have weighed heavy We are quite sick of the negativity
:02:52. > :02:52.surrounding the city at the moment, the negative portrayal of Britain's
:02:53. > :02:59.`` Birmingham. One MP has constantly warned
:03:00. > :03:01.about a small group of Muslim hardliners working to gain influence
:03:02. > :03:03.over schools. He agrees that the council
:03:04. > :03:16.at times has been guilty This is not about dividing the
:03:17. > :03:20.community, it is about taking the bad apples out of the community and
:03:21. > :03:26.ensuring there is a space for the community to get together and move
:03:27. > :03:30.forward and make us all workers he says `` cohesive.
:03:31. > :03:35.`` us all more cohesive. The floral display about the First
:03:36. > :03:51.World war has sandbags and trenches People have been acting with common
:03:52. > :03:55.objectives in mind that are unacceptable to be common objectives
:03:56. > :04:01.in a modern, progressive, liberal education system.
:04:02. > :04:05.Roger King's been a school governor in Birmingham for over 20 years and
:04:06. > :04:12.a union official for over 30, and he says there have to be changes.
:04:13. > :04:19.There are problems in some Birmingham schools, those problems
:04:20. > :04:23.need fixing. We need a system that doesn't allow for things to go badly
:04:24. > :04:29.wrong in governing bodies before they can be `` back intervention,
:04:30. > :04:35.and until they look at the whole system of free schools and academies
:04:36. > :04:39.they will not address that. This school will have a new
:04:40. > :04:52.leadership team next term, but in May take years for these suspicions
:04:53. > :05:05.and divisions to be forgotten. I am joined by Sir Albert War. ``
:05:06. > :05:08.Bore. The council was afraid of being branded racist, is that right?
:05:09. > :05:14.It would appear that individual members of staff did not pursue
:05:15. > :05:20.certain complaints that were logged with the council because they feared
:05:21. > :05:24.they might be branded as racist. That is a shame because it meant
:05:25. > :05:31.that the culture department within the Council `` account `` the
:05:32. > :05:37.culture within the Council. We have to change that can `` culture and
:05:38. > :05:42.make sure staff to follow these things through properly. `` to
:05:43. > :05:47.follow. The report refers to easing out
:05:48. > :06:07.headteachers rather than supporting them. How much has this cost, how
:06:08. > :06:13.many teachers are gone? It was they are being gagged, and they? Yes,
:06:14. > :06:19.unfortunately you agreed to `` not to speak to anybody about the
:06:20. > :06:25.circumstances in which you left. There are stories about them being
:06:26. > :06:27.bullied or harassed? It has been made clear that the actions of
:06:28. > :06:33.governors in a small number of schools were tantamount to bullying.
:06:34. > :06:38.Inexcusable behaviour. I want to see some apologies from those governors
:06:39. > :06:43.who I think were responsible for that action. Many of them local
:06:44. > :06:49.authority governors. Yes, that is correct. How much do you think this
:06:50. > :06:55.has cost? It has cost us reputation, it has cost the city as a whole
:06:56. > :06:58.damage, and I think it has cost them the `` Muslim community some damage
:06:59. > :07:04.because of the rise of the Spike of Islamophobia. But in terms of
:07:05. > :07:12.financial cost I do not know. `` the spectre. I think we should have done
:07:13. > :07:17.more, and I have apologised for not doing more. Let us remember though
:07:18. > :07:23.this does go back a number of things, the Kershaw report goes by
:07:24. > :07:29.to 2007, so this has been played out for seven years or perhaps longer.
:07:30. > :07:32.There are a series of reports, it seems a terrible mess. Is the
:07:33. > :07:38.education system influence in Birmingham? Don't think it is in any
:07:39. > :07:44.different state of affairs than in other parts of the country. `` I
:07:45. > :07:47.don't think. You have maintained schools maintained by the local
:07:48. > :07:53.authority, faith schools, academies, free school. We need to put a system
:07:54. > :07:58.together were in fact schools are treated in an equal fashion, whether
:07:59. > :08:02.they are any one of those categories. That is what I will be
:08:03. > :08:06.trying to say to the new Secretary of State for education, and see
:08:07. > :08:12.whether the educational fun thing authority and local authorities
:08:13. > :08:18.cannot work closer together. `` educational funding authority.
:08:19. > :08:22.Coming up later. We will have the latest forecast and
:08:23. > :08:29.more dramatic pictures of those amazing storms.
:08:30. > :08:42.And will the Shropshire ammo to survive the cut to make the final
:08:43. > :08:51.two days of the offer Open? `` the Open.
:08:52. > :08:53.For the second successive summer, the main road tunnels through
:08:54. > :08:56.Birmingham City Centre close tonight for six weeks for what's been
:08:57. > :09:01.It's such a busy route, Peter, so how are people going to cope?
:09:02. > :09:03.It certainly is ` it's reckoned that 85,000 vehicles
:09:04. > :09:06.They're a vital part of the city's road network,
:09:07. > :09:09.hence the reason they're spending so much money upgrading the tunnels.
:09:10. > :09:14.Well, it shouldn't be too bad ` after all, we survived
:09:15. > :09:17.It wasn't quite the chaos that many had predicted,
:09:18. > :09:19.but last year's tunnel closure did mean delays and diversions.
:09:20. > :09:22.Roads closest to the tunnels saw the worse of the jams `
:09:23. > :09:27.further away, traffic levels ` no doubt helped by the school holidays
:09:28. > :09:41.This year drivers are being urged to use public transport. Last year more
:09:42. > :09:48.than 200,000 people dead in exactly that, leaving their cars at home. We
:09:49. > :09:54.have spare buses available. `` 200,000 people did exactly that.
:09:55. > :10:04.How concerned are the city's drivers? I will probably getting the
:10:05. > :10:08.train in from Selly Oak. I would not be able to drive in any more. My
:10:09. > :10:13.work demands that I have a card to go in and out occasionally.
:10:14. > :10:19.This was a scene underneath the city last year. `` the scene.
:10:20. > :10:21.Last year lighting and fireproofing was upgraded,
:10:22. > :10:25.This year they'll be installing a variety of new equipment
:10:26. > :10:27.including 25 modern jet fans for ventilation, 21 new CCTV
:10:28. > :10:34.cameras, 48 emergency phones and four new electronic message signs.
:10:35. > :10:36.Some of the work has already been done.
:10:37. > :10:39.This was the scene earlier in the week when the tunnels were
:10:40. > :10:53.These guys are installing a huge amount of electrical and mechanical
:10:54. > :10:58.equipment which will take over 40 miles of electrical cabling to
:10:59. > :10:59.actually wire it all up. That is tens of thousands of electrical
:11:00. > :11:06.connections to do. With the main artery through
:11:07. > :11:08.Birmingham closed once again throughout the summer it'll be up to
:11:09. > :11:11.operators in the city?s main traffic Here they can turn traffic lights to
:11:12. > :11:23.green at the touch Things went OK last year, how can
:11:24. > :11:28.you be sure they will this year? We are reliant on the public doing what
:11:29. > :11:33.they did last year, which is look at `` look at public transport, use
:11:34. > :11:39.means other than the car. If you do have to drive, use an alternative
:11:40. > :11:45.use `` wrote. Isn't there a risk of people realising it isn't too bad
:11:46. > :11:49.and actually using their cars? Yes, that is why we have tried to improve
:11:50. > :11:55.the offer of public transport and kept up with the message to keep the
:11:56. > :11:59.public doing what is back doing what they did last year. We an awful lot
:12:00. > :12:05.last year about how the traffic moves around the city. `` we
:12:06. > :12:13.learned. We have improved traffic signals. Why do we have to have a
:12:14. > :12:19.six`week closure, white can't you do it on overnight closures or
:12:20. > :12:22.weekends? `` why can't. This year it is about putting new cameras in,
:12:23. > :12:34.detection equipment for weathermen is an incident, `` for when there is
:12:35. > :12:40.an incident. Well, the Tamils will close tonight
:12:41. > :12:45.at ten o'clock and they will open at six o'clock in the morning on the
:12:46. > :12:53.1st of September. `` the tunnels. A former Guantanamo Bay inmate from
:12:54. > :12:56.Birmingham has pleaded not guilty to terrorism offences connected to
:12:57. > :12:58.the civil war in Syria. Moazzam Begg from Hall Green
:12:59. > :13:01.in Birmingham denied seven charges when he appeared via
:13:02. > :13:03.a video link from prison at One of the counts relates to
:13:04. > :13:08.attending a terrorism training camp. Hand over your guns in the next two
:13:09. > :13:21.weeks and you won't be prosecuted; that's the message from police
:13:22. > :13:24.as they attempt to get illegally There's been a change
:13:25. > :13:27.in the law this week ` the maximum jail sentence
:13:28. > :13:30.for possession of a firearm's now In the West Midlands, gun crime
:13:31. > :13:34.has fallen over the past decade. There were 17 fatal shootings across
:13:35. > :13:37.the region between 2004 and 2009 ` but that number fell to just nine
:13:38. > :13:44.in the last 5 years 2009 and 2014. A mother's grief. Eunice Koroma's
:13:45. > :14:06.son Sylvester was shot outside a pub It has just broken my heart.
:14:07. > :14:18.Especially for his children as well. It is just horrible. The law changed
:14:19. > :14:24.this week that increased the sentence for possession and supply
:14:25. > :14:27.of firearms to individuals, and made the possession of antique weapons
:14:28. > :14:33.illegal for people with previous convictions. We are seeking to take
:14:34. > :14:47.firearms off the street and make them inaccessible to those that use
:14:48. > :14:50.them for a criminal purpose. Younis believes that even one gun
:14:51. > :14:57.off the street could make a difference. If you have got a gun,
:14:58. > :15:17.and it over and somebody's life can be saved.
:15:18. > :15:20.Those who do won't be prosecuted for possessing a gun.
:15:21. > :15:25.She hopes no one will suffer the loss of a loved as a result
:15:26. > :15:40.All this week we have been giving young people the choice of a voice
:15:41. > :15:47.about the issues affecting them. We received an e`mail about
:15:48. > :15:51.19`year`old Warren who since leaving college has helped create more than
:15:52. > :15:59.100 websites and has now set up his own online business.
:16:00. > :16:05.Instead of working to a University timetable, he works to his own.
:16:06. > :16:09.Arriving for work, it is time to log on. Warren runs an online home
:16:10. > :16:16.interiors business. Time to check his orders. We haven't had any
:16:17. > :16:23.overnight, but around 40 in the past week. We sold one of our largest
:16:24. > :16:28.items, and sold a lot of our signs and photo frames. It is from his
:16:29. > :16:33.office here in Lichfield that he treats his stock as well. He set up
:16:34. > :16:38.the business with Rob, who took him on as an apprentice in computer
:16:39. > :16:43.programming when he was 17 years old. Since then, he is determined
:16:44. > :16:54.more than 100 websites for clients. We start of the company about a year
:16:55. > :17:00.ago. `` started. We have sold around 43,000 Roberts, with a turnover of
:17:01. > :17:06.around ?27,000, `` 20 ?7,000. `` 43,000 products.
:17:07. > :17:13.It was is strong `` his strong work ethic which impressed Rob. I believe
:17:14. > :17:19.in giving young people an opportunity, and I think that is the
:17:20. > :17:23.best time to get them. Warren was so enthusiastic about what he does, and
:17:24. > :17:32.passionate, that it wasn't difficult. I could see that from the
:17:33. > :17:35.off. So for this young entrepreneur, it is not only about
:17:36. > :17:42.making money but also making a name for himself.
:17:43. > :17:48.Birmingham City Council failed to act on suspicions of a Muslim
:17:49. > :17:51.takeover in some schools because they'd feared being labelled racist.
:17:52. > :17:53.After another steaming hot day, how's the forecast looking
:17:54. > :17:56.Rebecca will be here shortly with your detailed forecast.
:17:57. > :18:11.Can you make a feature film in just 72 hours? Join me later.
:18:12. > :18:13.Wooden hoardings which had been covering an artwork
:18:14. > :18:16.by Banksy in Cheltenham have been taken down by local residents.
:18:17. > :18:19."Spy Booth" was surrounded by boards last month when a team of workmen
:18:20. > :18:22.moved in to begin removing it from the side of a house.
:18:23. > :18:25.Locals have now removed them, saying they're "fed up" at not being
:18:26. > :18:30.Campaigners trying to buy the mural for the town say they're
:18:31. > :18:48.Ashley Chesters is facing an anxious wait to see if he has qualified for
:18:49. > :18:49.the final rounds of the Open Championship. He is one shot outside
:18:50. > :18:53.the cut. Did he sleep well
:18:54. > :18:55.in his static caravan. Ashley Chesters arrived early
:18:56. > :19:02.for his second round. But this wasn't the weekly medal
:19:03. > :19:14.at Hawkstone Park. And the weather wasn't quite so
:19:15. > :19:22.calm. I had a decent warm up, so looking
:19:23. > :19:29.forward to it. He was hoping to repeat his first
:19:30. > :19:34.run heroics. Yesterday the pundits were asking, Ashley who? Now, they
:19:35. > :19:39.knew. The young amateur from Shropshire began the day of the
:19:40. > :19:43.horrors `` highest praise `` highest placed Englishman on the
:19:44. > :19:50.leaderboard. We cannot believe the score he has done it in. We were on
:19:51. > :20:08.cloud nine yesterday. This rock`solid but saved par at the
:20:09. > :20:15.first. `` putt. Only four bunkers so far, but I am
:20:16. > :20:18.enjoying the day. Ashley had to wait until the 15th
:20:19. > :20:24.hole for his first birdie today. But he will not win the silver medal
:20:25. > :20:31.unless he competes all four rounds. `` completes. One minute you think
:20:32. > :20:34.you are getting there, the next minute you are not.
:20:35. > :20:45.Whether he is still playing over the weekend or not, Ashley will never
:20:46. > :20:55.forget his first `` `` Open Championship.
:20:56. > :20:57.Now, how long do you think it takes to film, edit
:20:58. > :21:04.That's exactly what a production company's trying to do this weekend.
:21:05. > :21:06.Filming's begun in Birmingham, and the end product will be shown
:21:07. > :21:10.on Sunday night on the Big Screen at Millennium Point from where our
:21:11. > :21:13.reporter Lindsay Doyle joins us now ? Lindsay, why are they doing it?
:21:14. > :21:17.It is a chance to showcase the amazing film`making talent we have
:21:18. > :21:20.in the region. It is a tall order, 72 hours. I caught up with them on
:21:21. > :21:25.set this morning. A pub quiz, ?10,000 at stake,
:21:26. > :21:28.crime capers and characters not The plot of Confusion of the Tongue,
:21:29. > :21:33.on location in Birmingham. And this film is not quite
:21:34. > :21:36.as it seems; the 90 minute feature is being shot, edited
:21:37. > :21:46.and premiered in just 72 hours. `` quite as they seem. It will be a
:21:47. > :21:53.90 minute feature, same as every other movie. You should be able to
:21:54. > :22:03.tell the difference with this `` from any other film.
:22:04. > :22:06.Backed by Staffordshire University, the 72 Hour project first attempted
:22:07. > :22:08.this mammoth feat at film festivals in Galway and Melbourne.
:22:09. > :22:11.Drawing top acting talent, it's the second time around for classical
:22:12. > :22:13.actress Kate O'Toole, the daughter of the legendary Peter O'Toole.
:22:14. > :22:20.I agree with the whole ethos behind wanting to shoot a feature film in
:22:21. > :22:26.72 hours, because it can be done definitely, and it has to be proven
:22:27. > :22:31.that it can be done. Normally a director and it `` his
:22:32. > :22:33.editors will take months looking at what they have shot. Remarkably this
:22:34. > :22:40.is being edited as they film. And that quick turnout is down to
:22:41. > :22:52.the latest digital technology. We are running data down to the edit
:22:53. > :22:56.suites. Those guys are in their 24 hours, in shifts.
:22:57. > :22:59.Even for a star of serial dramas like Casualty and Hollyoaks,
:23:00. > :23:11.We used to film ten or 12 minutes a day, with this it is 45 minutes per
:23:12. > :23:18.day. A lot more pressure, but so far there has not been any fights or
:23:19. > :23:21.arguments. We are still time to! `` there is still time!
:23:22. > :23:27.With just 48 hours to go till screening, the clock is ticking.
:23:28. > :23:34.It is also a great opportunity for the small production company to have
:23:35. > :23:38.their film showcased here. They said they were delighted to back the
:23:39. > :23:42.project not only to support Birmingham, but also to encourage
:23:43. > :23:46.collaboration with the wider film industry. With less than 48 hours to
:23:47. > :23:48.go, there are still tickets available if you want to pick them
:23:49. > :23:52.up. Good luck, guys! Weather time now, Rebecca is here `
:23:53. > :23:56.and last night we were treated to a bit of a light show
:23:57. > :23:59.in the skies above us, weren't we? Yes, Nick, we certainly were `
:24:00. > :24:01.we have rather unstable air over the top of us at the moment, and
:24:02. > :24:05.coupled with heat and moisture we This footage was sent in by James
:24:06. > :24:09.Light; he captured the electrical Amazing that people get up
:24:10. > :24:15.in the middle of the night Yes, it is `
:24:16. > :24:18.and it didn't stop there, we also Martin Nightingale captured this
:24:19. > :24:22.great fork lightning striking in Evesham, Marcus Knowles sent in
:24:23. > :24:25.this one of the sky being lit up by Shropshire didn't escape either `
:24:26. > :24:29.Mcahele Morris managed to spot this at Ironbridge, meanwhile in Redditch
:24:30. > :24:31.Marcus Killingworth got this snap. Thanks for all your pictures, there
:24:32. > :24:38.are more on our Facebook page. But if last night was
:24:39. > :24:52.the entree, tonight is definitely Today has been the hottest day of
:24:53. > :24:56.the year so far, temperatures up to 32 Celsius in Gravesend. We got up
:24:57. > :25:07.to 28 Celsius in Birmingham, commentary, even in parts of
:25:08. > :25:12.Shropshire. `` Coventry. We have an amber weather warning in place from
:25:13. > :25:17.the Met Office. We are expecting torrential downpours through tonight
:25:18. > :25:24.into tomorrow morning. We can expect 20 millimetres of rainfall within
:25:25. > :25:31.half an hour. Lightning, thunder, on top of that it will be an incredibly
:25:32. > :25:36.muggy night. Working its way over from France, we see the dry spell,
:25:37. > :25:42.then those showers start to make their presence felt. As the night
:25:43. > :25:47.starts to fall we see showers working their way up. They will be
:25:48. > :25:51.lively and will pretty much be everywhere across the region.
:25:52. > :25:57.Temperatures overnight between 16 and 18 Celsius, very sticky. Those
:25:58. > :26:04.showers through the morning, and then we have a brief lull. The sun
:26:05. > :26:15.will come up for some of us `` out. But it could trigger of a shower
:26:16. > :26:18.just about anywhere. `` trigger off. Some places there will escape
:26:19. > :26:23.completely, they will get spells of sunshine during the day and
:26:24. > :26:33.temperatures of 2425 Celsius, it is difficult to prove it were `` it is
:26:34. > :26:37.difficult to predict. It is an improving picture on Saturday night,
:26:38. > :26:42.but again it will be another sticky night with temperatures between 16
:26:43. > :26:46.and 18 Celsius. Sunday looks much better. We will still have showers,
:26:47. > :26:49.but they will be lighter and much more what we are used to seeing.
:26:50. > :26:57.Temperatures are starting to tumble, we are down to around 22 or 23
:26:58. > :27:03.Celsius. Making our way into the new working week, temperatures are still
:27:04. > :27:09.around 22 or 23, but there will be sunny spells. Do stay tuned for the
:27:10. > :27:15.latest. Tonight's headlines from the BBC The
:27:16. > :27:20.UN calls for a full and independent investigation into the Malaysian
:27:21. > :27:23.plane crash that killed 298 people. And Birmingham City Council failed
:27:24. > :27:26.to act on suspicions of a Muslim takeover in schools because it
:27:27. > :27:33.feared being branded racist. I'll be back at ten o'clock
:27:34. > :27:38.with your latest update.