:00:12. > :00:15.A new children's hospital could be built next to the Queen Elizabeth
:00:16. > :00:17.Hospital in Birmingham, creating one of the biggest medical
:00:18. > :00:20.It would cost ?430 million, replacing facilities, which in
:00:21. > :00:27.Here's our health correspondent Michele Paduano.
:00:28. > :00:29.Archie is six months old and has never left hospital.
:00:30. > :00:32.The Children's Hospital is a world centre of excellence
:00:33. > :00:35.for heart conditions like his and he needed an operation.
:00:36. > :00:37.But when he was born at the Women's Hospital,
:00:38. > :00:44.Alfie was moved and Emma didn't see him before
:00:45. > :00:49.It was awful because I couldn't stop crying at the Women's.
:00:50. > :00:52.I didn't get to see him and it was really scary as well, the
:00:53. > :00:57.Moving sick, young children is far from ideal.
:00:58. > :01:03.Now the radical decision by both trusts is to merge by 2017 and
:01:04. > :01:09.create a brand new joint hospital by 2022 at a cost of ?430 million.
:01:10. > :01:11.Absolutely both boards are committed to doing whatever they
:01:12. > :01:16.In order to make the hospital happen, we need to come together
:01:17. > :01:21.Clearly that has to have happened by the time the hospital opens
:01:22. > :01:29.This building is famous. It is 122 years old but it is not right for
:01:30. > :01:32.modern medicine. By selling it, they can raise some of the money
:01:33. > :01:42.Elsie May Goody was born at 24 weeks on the edge of survival.
:01:43. > :01:46.Now 33 weeks old, she weighs just 3lbs 5oz.
:01:47. > :01:50.Twice she has had to be sent to the children's hospital
:01:51. > :01:55.It will be better because then she won't
:01:56. > :01:59.have to go to and from Children's for surgery. It is easier for her.
:02:00. > :02:01.The new women's hospital will be built here.
:02:02. > :02:03.It's not known if this site belonging to the university could
:02:04. > :02:06.But a merger offers many cost savings and tough
:02:07. > :02:12.Especially for small babies and for girls reaching adolescence,
:02:13. > :02:17.There is a lot we have already got in common and the relationships
:02:18. > :02:22.between the different communities are already quite strong.
:02:23. > :02:30.But the biggest winners will be the babies and children.
:02:31. > :02:32.The former home of the Cadbury family in Birmingham has been
:02:33. > :02:38.Northfield Manor House had been listed as a Grade A historic
:02:39. > :02:41.building and was about to be sold to a property developer.
:02:42. > :02:44.But now its long term future is in doubt.
:02:45. > :02:49.Going up in flames, part of Birmingham's heritage.
:02:50. > :02:53.Northfield Manor was once the grand home of the Cadbury family.
:02:54. > :02:58.This morning it was little more than a smouldering shell.
:02:59. > :03:01.From above, the damage is even clearer.
:03:02. > :03:03.The fire destroying almost all of the house.
:03:04. > :03:07.It was the second time in 24 hours that West Midlands Fire Service had
:03:08. > :03:16.We have to retain the building as much as possible.
:03:17. > :03:20.We know children were using the site and were chased off at some point.
:03:21. > :03:27.Putting the jigsaw together, we going along the lines
:03:28. > :03:34.of arson but an investigation is underway.
:03:35. > :03:37.For members of the Cadbury family, who used to live at Northfield
:03:38. > :03:42.Manor, shock at the fire and concern for the local community.
:03:43. > :03:47.The sad thing about somebody making such a crime is that, it permeates
:03:48. > :03:52.into the lives of so many other people who have strong memories,
:03:53. > :04:14.very happy memories and it is a direct attack on their memory and
:04:15. > :04:18.Since 1953 it's been owned by the University of Birmingham
:04:19. > :04:22.and used as halls of residence, but in 2007 it was boarded up.
:04:23. > :04:24.The question now is simply, has Northfield Manor been too badly
:04:25. > :04:32.Farmers across the region are making the most of recent dry weather
:04:33. > :04:35.But some are concerned that because many chemical sprays have
:04:36. > :04:38.been banned or restricted under EU law, their yields could be lower
:04:39. > :04:41.than expected and claim their crops have been more prone to disease.
:04:42. > :04:43.It means that despite the recent weeks of sunshine, they
:04:44. > :04:48.probably won't be recording the bumper crop they were hoping for.
:04:49. > :04:51.It was a mild winter so lots of the disease didn't get killed.
:04:52. > :04:56.It was a wet winter and wet spring which may have had
:04:57. > :05:10.A former parent`governor of Golden Hillock School in Birmingham,
:05:11. > :05:14.which was one of the schools at the centre of the so called Trojan Horse
:05:15. > :05:17.plot, says he'll continue to work to support his children's school.
:05:18. > :05:19.A report into the alleged plot by Muslim extremists found there was
:05:20. > :05:23.evidence of an aggressive Islamist ethos in some of the schools.
:05:24. > :05:26.Mohammed Ashraf was taking part in a debate
:05:27. > :05:29.about the political fallout from the row, which resulted in five schools
:05:30. > :05:37.Our reporter Lindsay Doyle is at the Drum in Birmingham for us tonight
:05:38. > :05:47.So Lindsay how did this debate come about?
:05:48. > :05:54.It is the result of a debating society that follows on from a
:05:55. > :05:58.famous debating society that used to exist at being `` Birmingham is a
:05:59. > :06:04.site `` Birmingham University. It looks that people affected in
:06:05. > :06:07.Birmingham. Tonight it was the subject of the Trojan Horse plots.
:06:08. > :06:10.People were given the chance to express their views on what they
:06:11. > :06:15.have thought of this story developing of the last four months.
:06:16. > :06:32.He said he was impressed by the knowledge of the reports carried out
:06:33. > :06:37.and says although he is no longer a governor, he intends to continue
:06:38. > :06:46.fighting to improve children's education. We need to give our
:06:47. > :06:51.children better. We're not going to go away. We have to make sure we
:06:52. > :06:57.give our children every opportunity, every single parent and every
:06:58. > :07:07.community a chance. We have to do that. That is a priority. This was a
:07:08. > :07:12.chance for local people to give their opinions and views stop there
:07:13. > :07:18.was no official representatives here from the council or from Ofsted. The
:07:19. > :07:20.chance of people to say how they feel about the way things have been.
:07:21. > :07:22.There was more medal success for our athletes at the
:07:23. > :07:25.Commonwealth Games today, with one silver and two bronze.
:07:26. > :07:28.The silver was won by 20`year`old Jazmin Sawyers from Stoke
:07:29. > :07:35.Her final jump was just two centimetres short of
:07:36. > :07:43.But there was disappointment for Shara Proctor in the same event.
:07:44. > :07:47.Despite leading the rankings going into the final, the 25`year`old,
:07:48. > :07:50.who trains with the Birchfield Harriers, pulled up injured in her
:07:51. > :07:55.The Bronze medals came from the England team in the Para lawn bowls.
:07:56. > :07:58.Birmingham's Bob Love showed great skill bowling with his feet and
:07:59. > :08:01.Paul Brown, from Ross`On`Wye Bowling Club, helped England beat
:08:02. > :08:16.Scotland in the bronze medal match with his last bowl of the contest.
:08:17. > :08:21.We'll be back at Breakfast from just before 6.30 tomorrow morning.
:08:22. > :08:23.I'll leave you with the weather from Rebecca.
:08:24. > :08:36.It has been a day of sunshine and showers and as we had to the next
:08:37. > :08:41.few days, we continue with that theme. We have more rain in the
:08:42. > :08:45.forecast. There would be some sunny spells at times. Our temperatures
:08:46. > :08:49.are going to be down on where they have been recently. Overnight
:08:50. > :08:54.tonight, we have some clear skies developing. It is a dry end to the
:08:55. > :09:02.day and dry as we head into tomorrow. Trumpeters will drop away.
:09:03. > :09:07.Towns and cities, we are staying between 13 and 15 Celsius. Tomorrow
:09:08. > :09:12.begins nicely in the south and east of the region. Across the north and
:09:13. > :09:18.west, we have showers. It will become more persistent. Temperatures
:09:19. > :09:22.are going to struggle. For the south and east, it is a little better.
:09:23. > :09:31.There is more on the way in the National forecast next.
:09:32. > :09:36.Rain for Saturday. Now to John who will take you through the national
:09:37. > :09:40.forecast across the UK. Hello there. You may have to find
:09:41. > :09:46.ways of occupying the children. A lot of rain for some, not so much
:09:47. > :09:50.for others. That was the way in July but overall whelmingly warm. Not as
:09:51. > :09:54.warm as last year but it continues the run of months with higher than
:09:55. > :09:59.average temperatures. The eighth now in a row. On to August, a few
:10:00. > :10:04.showers around. That is across the north and the west. Lots of dry
:10:05. > :10:08.weather between. A mild night at dawn, the temperatures about the
:10:09. > :10:12.mid-teens. You may wake up to sunshine but the general trend
:10:13. > :10:14.through the day is for things to deteriorate across the northern and
:10:15. > :10:16.western parts of England and Wales where the showers will begin to
:10:17. > :10:17.merge into