:00:00. > :00:00.you posted. All right, Tomasz. Thank you.
:00:00. > :00:26.Two are still being treated there this evening.
:00:27. > :00:30.Day two of an anti`war rooftop protest at a Staffordshire factory `
:00:31. > :00:35.When the Wedgewood troops went to war, a tribute to the men
:00:36. > :00:41.from the famous pottery brand who gave their lives 100 years ago.
:00:42. > :00:43.A unique find ` but what's the connection
:00:44. > :00:47.between a two`million`year`old dinosaur, Venezuala and Birmingham?
:00:48. > :00:51.And all talk at the moment is around ex`hurricane Bertha,
:00:52. > :00:55.Before that, we have pleasant weather to come.
:00:56. > :01:10.A care worker has been arrested after 16 people were taken ill with
:01:11. > :01:14.symptoms similar to food poisoning at a sheltered housing complex for
:01:15. > :01:20.23`year`old woman is undergoing mental health tests in a secure unit
:01:21. > :01:25.after being arrested on suspicion of administering a noxious substance.
:01:26. > :01:28.Four people were taken to hospital, and two are still being treated
:01:29. > :01:33.Our health correspondent, Michele Paduano, reports.
:01:34. > :01:39.Goldfield Court in West Bromwich allows 90 elderly people to live
:01:40. > :01:41.in relative independence. For the past couple of days,
:01:42. > :01:44.officers going about their business, officers going about their business,
:01:45. > :01:52.and most of the food has been removed from their homes.
:01:53. > :02:02.Have a the days just sitting in the flat. Something been going on, but
:02:03. > :02:08.it has been empty. They have set someone, so we know it is one of the
:02:09. > :02:15.ladies concerned. It was all right to the first part. They brought some
:02:16. > :02:16.back last night, and they said they would get the order back for me
:02:17. > :02:18.today. removed from their homes.
:02:19. > :02:20.It's serious. 16 people have symptoms
:02:21. > :02:23.like food poisoning. Four had to be taken to hospital,
:02:24. > :02:25.two are still inside. At Sandwell Hospital, a 67`year`old
:02:26. > :02:26.amputee had blood tests. Her daughter didn't want
:02:27. > :02:38.to appear on camera. She had diarrhoea and vomiting for
:02:39. > :02:43.three or four days. But it stopped and started again. She had been very
:02:44. > :02:50.drowsy as well. She came out of hospital at about 12 o'clock last
:02:51. > :02:54.night. They had taken bribes. `` they had taken blood.
:02:55. > :02:56.to appear on camera. Tests are now taking place to
:02:57. > :02:58.establish the precise cause of the illness.
:02:59. > :03:00.Housing and Care 21, which runs the home, says
:03:01. > :03:03.its thoughts are with the residents and staff in Goldfield Court,
:03:04. > :03:07.and it is ensuring that they are supported during a difficult time.
:03:08. > :03:11.A worrying time for the residents and their families.
:03:12. > :03:20.How can councils and care providers legislate for incidents like this?
:03:21. > :03:27.It is very difficult and simply, they cannot. A reputable company
:03:28. > :03:30.would check their staff. There may be some question around further
:03:31. > :03:34.signs of mental illness should have been picked up, but we don't know
:03:35. > :03:41.enough details. Bloody issue is that care workers are everywhere. They
:03:42. > :03:45.are not well paid. We have had horrific cases involving co`workers.
:03:46. > :03:50.`` at issue is. We have to do that social care workers and care
:03:51. > :03:52.workers, but the government has resisted this because of the
:03:53. > :03:57.logistics of running such a system that would improve this. The
:03:58. > :04:03.relatives must be worried? This is a place of care, and safety. There was
:04:04. > :04:07.one particular woman who has bipolar disorder, and she is suspicious and
:04:08. > :04:12.paranoia at the best of times. They have told there is nothing to worry
:04:13. > :04:16.about, and in fact, but something else to worry about. Thinking.
:04:17. > :04:20.The healing power of horticulture ` how gardening is being used to help
:04:21. > :04:30.A man's been arrested on suspicion of aggravated trespass
:04:31. > :04:33.at an anti`war demonstration in Staffordshire.
:04:34. > :04:36.Members of the London Palestine Action Group got
:04:37. > :04:40.onto the roof at UAV Engines in Shenstone yesterday morning.
:04:41. > :04:43.The protestors say the company is involved in supplying
:04:44. > :04:48.parts for drone aircraft used by the Israeli Army in Gaza.
:04:49. > :04:50.Our reporter Phil McCann is outside the factory now.
:04:51. > :04:57.Phil ` any sign of the protest ending?
:04:58. > :05:06.Yes, there is. Within the last ten minutes, police started taking
:05:07. > :05:10.direct action. Officers scoured the building behind me. They are now on
:05:11. > :05:15.the roof. You can probably hear helicopters above as well. The
:05:16. > :05:18.protesters are lying down, so what exactly is going on or is being
:05:19. > :05:26.said, we cannot know. To imagine that they are here, this business
:05:27. > :05:29.makes engines for Jones, and these have been responsible for action in
:05:30. > :05:33.Gaza. That is about a people here scared the building. `` engines for
:05:34. > :05:40.Jones. ``. Day two, and just to make sure
:05:41. > :05:43.no`one could get into work today, this protester chained himself to
:05:44. > :05:46.the building by his neck But he got into pain and broke
:05:47. > :05:50.himself free before being arrested. He is experiencing pain
:05:51. > :05:52.and difficulty, which we have The point is an immediate two`way
:05:53. > :06:02.arms embargo to Israel. There should be no production or
:06:03. > :06:08.export to Israel while it continues to make crimes against humanity
:06:09. > :06:10.and violate international law. More than 24 hours after
:06:11. > :06:12.this arterial route was closed, it is to cutting off
:06:13. > :06:15.businesses. The difference is
:06:16. > :06:17.there is no passing trade It is a busy road, and not many
:06:18. > :06:24.people are coming past and It is closing
:06:25. > :06:27.the village down because we can't People who don't know the way around
:06:28. > :06:32.are not coming, and yesterday, we took ?8 in the shop whereas
:06:33. > :06:38.we would normally take ?150`?200. But they do have some support,
:06:39. > :06:43.but here it has come from far away. We came yesterday from Milton
:06:44. > :06:46.Keynes, and came today as well. What do you think standing here
:06:47. > :06:49.in this rural road will achieve? If nothing else, people know I stand
:06:50. > :07:08.against what is happening out there. Their has been no word from the
:07:09. > :07:13.company themselves, although people would say that the drones they make
:07:14. > :07:19.engines for defending rockets from Gaza. The helicopters circling, this
:07:20. > :07:25.protest may be about to come to an end. Thinking. `` thank you.
:07:26. > :07:27.Police are calling a two`week gun surrender initiative in the West
:07:28. > :07:30.131 weapons have been handed in, along with more than
:07:31. > :07:34.The scheme has been running ahead of a law change tightening controls
:07:35. > :07:37.on gun ownership, with the threat of tougher prison sentences.
:07:38. > :07:38.Official statistics reveal that nationally,
:07:39. > :07:44.gun crime has fallen from 24,000 in 2003 to 8,000 last year.
:07:45. > :07:47.And here in the West Midlands, the number of fatal shootings have
:07:48. > :07:54.fallen from 17 between 2004 and 2009, to 9 over the last five years.
:07:55. > :07:57.So are police winning the war against gun crime?
:07:58. > :08:02.Our special correspondent, Peter Wilson, has been investigating.
:08:03. > :08:05.They look like weapons from a series of films, but all of
:08:06. > :08:08.these guns were stored in people's homes across the West Midlands.
:08:09. > :08:13.Over the last two weeks, they have been handed in to the police.
:08:14. > :08:15.It is a Beretta pump`action shotgun.
:08:16. > :08:20.Ten years ago, there were three serious gun cases
:08:21. > :08:26.Now tougher sentences, better police intelligence,
:08:27. > :08:29.and behind`the`scenes work with gang members and young people have
:08:30. > :08:36.The number of fatal shootings has halved, but one fatal shooting is
:08:37. > :08:43.This is part of an ongoing agenda around preventing crime.
:08:44. > :08:48.West Midlands is focusing on prevention.
:08:49. > :08:53.Marcia Shakespeare has helped push down those gun crime figures.
:08:54. > :08:56.Her daughter Letisha Shakespeare and school friend Charlene Ellis
:08:57. > :09:02.were killed by machine gun fire in Aston Birmingham in 2003.
:09:03. > :09:06.The murders made politicians commit the resources and the money
:09:07. > :09:16.I will only see my child when I go to the cemetery.
:09:17. > :09:19.Fortunately for those in prison, their family members can still visit
:09:20. > :09:24.them, and they are still having that hope that at the end of sentencing,
:09:25. > :09:29.They will have an opportunity to rehabilitate
:09:30. > :09:36.The reality of violent crime is no`one wins.
:09:37. > :09:39.I am here inside the police firing range.
:09:40. > :09:41.They have given me a Wembley revolver.
:09:42. > :09:48.The reason why so many of these guns are handed in during
:09:49. > :09:52.police gun surrenders is the fact that every officer in the First
:09:53. > :09:56.World War actually bought one of these, and if they survived, then
:09:57. > :10:00.they brought them home to the Midlands.
:10:01. > :10:03.They are also going to let me test the gun.
:10:04. > :10:05.And despite the fact that it's a hundred
:10:06. > :10:14.The National Ballistics Intelligence Service based in
:10:15. > :10:18.Birmingham has the technology and databases to analyse every shot
:10:19. > :10:20.fired in the city to give detectives the
:10:21. > :10:27.Each gun barrel is made, and it is rifled.
:10:28. > :10:30.The rifling process leaves unique marks
:10:31. > :10:36.The bullet, when it travels down the barrel, picks up those
:10:37. > :10:38.unique marks, so it is just like somebody would describe it
:10:39. > :10:43.Tougher sentences now mean that anyone holding a gun for someone
:10:44. > :10:48.with criminal intent could face a life sentence themselves.
:10:49. > :10:51.Smart technology plus personal bravery ` giving evidence
:10:52. > :11:01.in court ` all helping to keep guns off our streets.
:11:02. > :11:04.Joining us now is Derek Campbell, a former government advisor on gun
:11:05. > :11:07.crime, who's now the West Midlands' commissioner for the Independent
:11:08. > :11:27.And I think that is the West Midlands and had a word humility and
:11:28. > :11:37.the police have been doing. It is an ongoing process, and this is
:11:38. > :11:41.something to celebrate. It is being a year since the New Year shootings.
:11:42. > :11:46.How much progress to figure West Midlands Police have made tackling
:11:47. > :11:50.gang crimes against gangs? They have made a significant amount of
:11:51. > :11:56.progress. It has been supported by the extra effort made by the
:11:57. > :11:59.community members in actively bringing licensing, and it is that
:12:00. > :12:04.ongoing work is not necessarily seen by people that has brought the
:12:05. > :12:07.worlds we have seen today. Some people have told us they are
:12:08. > :12:12.concerned would be struck in the number of guns in the streets
:12:13. > :12:19.meaning that police resources are taken away, meaning those figures
:12:20. > :12:23.then go up again. I to understand those concerns. That is why for the
:12:24. > :12:28.last couple of years, we have made sure that community activists
:12:29. > :12:31.recognise we have had to take the mantle to continue to work with
:12:32. > :12:40.people and gangs, to go into schools, to add to the work that
:12:41. > :12:44.police are doing. It has not had a negative impact on policing numbers,
:12:45. > :12:49.but a more positive impact on the attitudes of those who wish to use
:12:50. > :12:58.lot about knife crime. I night is lot about knife crime. I night is
:12:59. > :13:02.replacing guns? Knives have always been a significant weapon of choice.
:13:03. > :13:06.The sad reality is we see far more stabbings and serious injuries as a
:13:07. > :13:10.result of knives, network that workers to continue to reduce the
:13:11. > :13:17.use of those weapons. `` the work has to continue. It is important not
:13:18. > :13:21.to be complacent. A lot of work is going on, and that is the reason we
:13:22. > :13:24.are seeing a significant drop. Thinking for your time. `` thank
:13:25. > :13:27.you. A care worker is arrested
:13:28. > :13:31.after 16 people are taken ill at a sheltered housing complex
:13:32. > :13:33.in the Black Country. Your detailed weather
:13:34. > :13:35.forecast to come shortly. The soldiers who were
:13:36. > :13:38.literally brothers in arms. The poignant reminder
:13:39. > :13:40.of a Worcestershire family left It was the TV gardener Monty
:13:41. > :13:53.Don who once said "Earth heals And it's the holistic value
:13:54. > :13:58.of horticulture that's helping a group of men in the Black Country
:13:59. > :14:01.who have depression. They've enrolled
:14:02. > :14:03.on a new eco therapy project, which has proved so successful
:14:04. > :14:07.there's now a waiting list. You can just be totally blown away
:14:08. > :14:20.by the colours. You would never know it, but Alan
:14:21. > :14:23.Wyman is struggling to cope. He lost three close family members,
:14:24. > :14:29.including his mum and grandma earlier this year, and tried several
:14:30. > :14:32.times to take his own life. Coming to this walled garden
:14:33. > :14:36.has been his salvation. It takes my mind off it, even if
:14:37. > :14:42.it is just for a couple of hours. The eco`therapy project has been
:14:43. > :14:44.running since April The work that gets done saves
:14:45. > :14:50.cash`strapped Dudley Council from hefty gardening bills,
:14:51. > :14:52.but more crucially, it saves the people taking part from
:14:53. > :14:58.sinking further into depression. It is about promoting better
:14:59. > :15:01.mental health in the community, and helping people who may be
:15:02. > :15:06.a bit lonely to help stop People may be a little worried,
:15:07. > :15:12.and this will help stop that Some of the men don't want anyone to
:15:13. > :15:16.know that they come here. Any sort of mention
:15:17. > :15:20.of men's problems, It is a macho culture thing, isn't
:15:21. > :15:26.it? You must carry on regardless `
:15:27. > :15:29.you know, One man said he dug his way out
:15:30. > :15:36.of depression, but making the decision to get
:15:37. > :15:39.involved is often the biggest step. Take no notice.
:15:40. > :15:50.Just come here. There are no comfy chairs or probing
:15:51. > :15:54.questions, Laquintasaura venezuelae `
:15:55. > :16:07.that's a dinosaur to you and me. It's been discovered
:16:08. > :16:10.by scientists from the University of Birmingham and the Natural
:16:11. > :16:12.History Museum, and is the first dinosaur to be found in the South
:16:13. > :16:17.American country of Venezuela. Our science correspondent, David
:16:18. > :16:19.Gregory`Kumar, is here to transport It fills in the gaps on a mysterious
:16:20. > :16:33.moment of dinosaur history. This is perhaps
:16:34. > :16:35.the best`known moment in dinosaur history ` 65 million years ago, when
:16:36. > :16:38.an asteroid smashes in to the earth The asteroid strike was
:16:39. > :16:42.a mass extinction event, killing off all the dinosaurs and nearly
:16:43. > :16:46.half of all species on earth. But it wasn't
:16:47. > :16:49.the first dino disaster. 200 million years ago, there was
:16:50. > :16:52.another mass extinction event. But here, while many dinosaurs died,
:16:53. > :16:59.some survived and thrived. And that's the time that this
:17:00. > :17:02.new dinosaur Laquintasaura Interesting thing
:17:03. > :17:12.about the new dinosaur Laquintasaura venezuelae
:17:13. > :17:14.is that it is from rocks discovered event, and it gives us some insight
:17:15. > :17:18.into how dinosaur communities And they seem to have
:17:19. > :17:21.been doing pretty well, perhaps as a result
:17:22. > :17:23.of the removal of groups of animals which were competing with
:17:24. > :17:29.them prior to the extinction. These are the first dinosaur fossils
:17:30. > :17:32.to be discovered in Venezuela, adding to our knowledge
:17:33. > :17:34.about early dinosaur evolution. They were about a metre tall,
:17:35. > :17:37.walked on two legs, and had long, curved tips on some of its teeth,
:17:38. > :17:41.eating plants but also small prey. These fossils come from a very rich
:17:42. > :17:50.locality that has the remains of many different individuals
:17:51. > :17:52.of this new dinosaur species. There is at least four, but there
:17:53. > :17:55.may be dozens of individuals. This suggests this dinosaur was
:17:56. > :17:58.perhaps living in a herd, or living in groups,
:17:59. > :18:01.and this may be one of the earliest evidences of fossil record
:18:02. > :18:04.for herding behaviour in dinosaurs. This new discovery shed more light
:18:05. > :18:08.on a mysterious phase To more recent history `
:18:09. > :18:16.100 years ago. During the First World War, 167
:18:17. > :18:19.workers from the Wedgwood factory in Stoke`on`Trent followed their
:18:20. > :18:23.company boss into the trenches. Cecil Wedgwood, who died during the
:18:24. > :18:26.Battle of the Somme, was chairman Now the Wedgwood Museum is creating
:18:27. > :18:30.a film and exhibition about the men from Wedgwood who went
:18:31. > :18:46.to fight in the Great War. The first time in a century, which
:18:47. > :18:51.would piece medallions are being manufactured at the company's
:18:52. > :18:54.factory in Stoke`on`Trent. A medallions were given to survivors
:18:55. > :18:56.and relatives of men from which would piece medallions are being
:18:57. > :18:58.manufactured at the company's factory in Stoke`on`Trent. 168
:18:59. > :19:00.medallions were given to survivors and relatives of men from Wedgwood
:19:01. > :19:03.who amongst them was Cecil Wedgwood, the first royal pair of
:19:04. > :19:07.Stoke`on`Trent, who volunteered to raise his own battalion of the North
:19:08. > :19:11.Staffordshire Regiment. He died in the battle of the Somme, leading men
:19:12. > :19:19.who included workers from his factory. Tom Birchwood is his great
:19:20. > :19:24.nephew. He is behind plans for a permanent tribute to his ancestor.
:19:25. > :19:29.`` Wedgwood. The sense of duty and service in something bigger than
:19:30. > :19:36.ourselves, it will make me question that I continue in the future in
:19:37. > :19:40.Stoke`on`Trent. It has had a positive impact. Wedgwood Museum has
:19:41. > :19:45.hundreds of artefacts, including letters written to his family from
:19:46. > :19:51.the trenches. The letters are full of vivid descriptions. Here, he
:19:52. > :19:56.writes, while of the grant trees looked as if they were appealing to
:19:57. > :20:01.the gods above. Then it came on to rain. Never was such desolation.
:20:02. > :20:08.Blue was one of the potters who signed up to serve alongside him. ``
:20:09. > :20:16.help. That is younger brother Charles did not return. He is an
:20:17. > :20:22.Birchwood's there. Articles today would create a Max exit is into the
:20:23. > :20:26.armed forces from bright, strong, motivated young people? I can't
:20:27. > :20:35.think of anything today that is a parallel. `` mass exodus. Ban the
:20:36. > :20:39.artefacts will be sold by the museum and will form a lasting tribute to
:20:40. > :20:44.the sacrifice made by Cecil Wedgwood and his workers.
:20:45. > :20:46.Many soldiers who fought in the Great War were literally
:20:47. > :20:49.Whole families were virtually destroyed, losing up to five sons
:20:50. > :20:52.Often the victims were from small rural communities.
:20:53. > :20:53.Bob Hockenhull reports from Kempsey in Worcestershire,
:20:54. > :20:57.a village that lost three brothers who left a poignant legacy behind
:20:58. > :21:04.The Bells of Saint Mary the Virgin,
:21:05. > :21:09.A century ago, the church in Kempsey was the centre
:21:10. > :21:16.Frank Rea and his four sons were bell`ringers here, but soon,
:21:17. > :21:26.He was my actual grandfather. He was shot through the lungs.
:21:27. > :21:29.The brothers left to go to war from this cottage.
:21:30. > :21:31.Outside, Michael Rea and his cousin Malcolm reflect on the tragedy
:21:32. > :21:38.Our family have let us down badly with a lot of information.
:21:39. > :21:44.We should get together and see what else we can find out.
:21:45. > :22:02.Whereas he could have been walking around Kempsey
:22:03. > :22:06.All four Rea brothers signed up to different regiments
:22:07. > :22:12.Ernest, the youngest at 21, died first at Flanders.
:22:13. > :22:17.Five months later, George died of the wounds he
:22:18. > :22:23.Soon after, William succumbed to the injuries he had sustained just
:22:24. > :22:29.I don't know how Gran sat at home with three telegrams within
:22:30. > :22:36.The terrible news left the Rea family desperate to save their last
:22:37. > :22:43.Sister Beatrice wrote to the British Army asking for help.
:22:44. > :22:46.Albert was removed from the horror of the trenches and served out
:22:47. > :22:52.It is not an unusual thing that concern that mothers should not lose
:22:53. > :22:56.all of their sons, particularly if they have three, four and five.
:22:57. > :22:59.Mothers wrote letters to the tribunal saying they'd already
:23:00. > :23:02.lost three sons, or they already have four sons fighting at front.
:23:03. > :23:07.The youngest either doesn't go, or as in this case, comes back
:23:08. > :23:13.The Rea family certainly left their mark on this community,
:23:14. > :23:17.not just in the fond memories of their fellow parishioners,
:23:18. > :23:21.but also in a quite literal sense up there.
:23:22. > :23:24.The roof at Kempsey church was repaired recently.
:23:25. > :23:29.Scratched on the old lead, workers found an array of signatures.
:23:30. > :23:32.They are classed as historical graffiti, and when the
:23:33. > :23:39.roof was re`laid, the graffiti was saved, and stuck on the new lead.
:23:40. > :23:42.Among the autographs are the signatures of the dead brothers
:23:43. > :23:46.etched here several years before they were killed, their
:23:47. > :23:51.names preserved for posterity on the church where they worshipped.
:23:52. > :23:58.They came up as young ones, they did that, and went off to
:23:59. > :24:05.Down below in the village they left behind, perhaps their
:24:06. > :24:14.He remained a stalwart of Kempsey despite the tragedy
:24:15. > :24:36.Let's catch up on the weather now. Here's Rebecca.
:24:37. > :24:42.The mercy before the end of the week. Things improved and the sun
:24:43. > :24:47.came out. Temperatures did not do too badly. It got up to 24 in parts
:24:48. > :24:52.of the West Midlands. Tomorrow, it is another pleasant summer day. It
:24:53. > :24:58.will be largely fine and dry. Some good spells of sunshine. It will get
:24:59. > :25:03.a little bit worse through the next few days. Today, we did see that
:25:04. > :25:05.cloud breaking up, and we got spells of sunshine. They have been mostly
:25:06. > :25:11.showers working their way through the region. There will likely start
:25:12. > :25:16.today at the next few days. We have a ridge of high pressure building.
:25:17. > :25:21.It is keeping things settled. We'll have clear spells developing. Mist
:25:22. > :25:26.patches here and there. It will feel fresher than last night. Loads of 12
:25:27. > :25:31.Celsius. Clear skies overnight means we start off with good spells of
:25:32. > :25:37.sunshine tomorrow. A lovely day. A chance of the odd shower, but for
:25:38. > :25:40.most of us, a dry day with good spells of sunshine. Cloud starts to
:25:41. > :25:45.come in through the day tomorrow, but temperatures at 223 Celsius.
:25:46. > :25:53.That cloud continues to fill in to the end of the day. `` 23 Celsius.
:25:54. > :25:57.Overnight tomorrow, relatively calm and quiet. Still feeling fresh with
:25:58. > :26:02.temperatures dropping down to 12 Celsius. By Friday, plenty of
:26:03. > :26:08.uncertainty. We could get showers anywhere through the day. It depends
:26:09. > :26:13.on the plan is working their way up from the south. Talking of a messy
:26:14. > :26:16.picture, by Sunday, we have the remnants of ex`hurricane Bertha, now
:26:17. > :26:23.a Tropical Storm Washi was to this is what it will look like. They're
:26:24. > :26:27.plenty of explanations on the BBC website, but this looks like the
:26:28. > :26:32.party will take. It could give as heavy rain. A rather messy weekend,
:26:33. > :26:38.I am afraid. `` the path we will take. We will return to the anti`war
:26:39. > :26:43.protest on the factory roof but the land of Palestine action group. What
:26:44. > :26:49.is happening now? The winter air, police the roof, and started to
:26:50. > :26:53.negotiate with the protesters. They have now put one of them into a
:26:54. > :26:58.heavy`duty cherry picker, and he has been by far is taken off the roof.
:26:59. > :27:02.This area is now surrounded by police. The helicopter is offering
:27:03. > :27:08.over a head. The rest of the protesters are still on the roof. ``
:27:09. > :27:14.hovering overhead. It seems the action is now finishing her. Thank
:27:15. > :27:19.you. I will be back at ten o'clock at the latest. Have a good evening.