:00:00. > 3:59:59to be lower than average. Make sure you pack your jumpers if you are
:00:00. > :00:00.going away. Nothing
:00:00. > :00:19.in there to stimulate anybody. The parents
:00:20. > :00:26.of the children are taking legal The innocent`looking plastic
:00:27. > :00:32.bracelets containing dangerously high levels
:00:33. > :00:33.of cancer`causing chemicals. The phthalate rate was absolutely
:00:34. > :00:35.massive and quite alarming, so that is why we wanted to bring it
:00:36. > :00:39.to people's attention. It stretches over a thousand acres,
:00:40. > :00:42.with 20 miles of fencing and 18,000 toilets `
:00:43. > :00:48.welcome to Shropshire's V Festival. All grown`up,
:00:49. > :00:50.we catch up with trainee guide dog Zeus ` but his future isn't quite
:00:51. > :00:55.what was expected. And August has already been rather
:00:56. > :00:59.wet ` but there's a chill in the air too
:01:00. > :01:03.next week as arctic air blows in. Good evening,
:01:04. > :01:18.the parents of two severely autistic children are taking legal action
:01:19. > :01:22.against a Stoke on Trent special school, which they say held them
:01:23. > :01:26.for periods of up to two hours in a Joszef Bickerton is said to have
:01:27. > :01:32.pulled the handle off the door in an attempt to escape the 'calm
:01:33. > :01:36.room' at the Abbey Hill School. The City Council says
:01:37. > :01:39.the allegations are exaggerated. Our Health Correspondent Michele
:01:40. > :01:43.Paduano has this exclusive report. This video was taken of
:01:44. > :01:45.Jozsef Bickerton at Abbey Hill School before
:01:46. > :01:52.the trouble started, but as he grew bigger he was harder to handle
:01:53. > :01:55.and he was put into a 'calm room?. His mother consented to him
:01:56. > :02:09.being placed there, but she had no I wanted to go out other parents who
:02:10. > :02:12.may have had this happen. You just trust professionals. And Joseph was
:02:13. > :02:15.like that. This is the room where he
:02:16. > :02:18.is said to have been held. One one occasion, he charged
:02:19. > :02:21.the door, urinating on it and Lawyers fear
:02:22. > :02:30.his human rights were breached. Too first to try and get them to
:02:31. > :02:36.undertake a full and effective investigation into the use of the
:02:37. > :02:40.calm room at the school. and also to seek declaration from the court that
:02:41. > :02:40.human rights wrongs have been committed.
:02:41. > :02:43.It was a former teacher at the school who told parents what
:02:44. > :02:47.She never approved of the calm room and believes she
:02:48. > :02:53.suffered detrimental treatment for raising the issue.
:02:54. > :03:00.It was only about six feet wide. They could have been used as a store
:03:01. > :03:02.room. It was a deprived room. There was nothing in there to stimulant
:03:03. > :03:05.anybody. It felt like a cell. Following two investigations,
:03:06. > :03:19.the school stopped using the calm Another mother who works for the
:03:20. > :03:24.local authority also signed consent forms for the room but claims she
:03:25. > :03:27.did not know how one person spent in there. The child was stripped
:03:28. > :03:30.seminaked and urinated on one occasion `` on one occasion.
:03:31. > :03:32.In a statement, Stoke on Trent council said:
:03:33. > :03:34."We take any child safeguarding allegation extremely seriously,
:03:35. > :03:38.particularly those relating to disabled or vulnerable children.
:03:39. > :03:40.We investigate concerns straight away along with police
:03:41. > :03:46.There was no evidence that the door was held shut for long periods."
:03:47. > :03:49.But incident reports obtained by his mother appear to show that he
:03:50. > :03:53.was held in the calm room for periods of up to two hours.
:03:54. > :03:58.A letter threatening legal action has now been served on the council.
:03:59. > :04:13.They are legal, and they can be used. Some of these autistic
:04:14. > :04:17.children, particularly when they reach puberty, can be quite
:04:18. > :04:22.aggressive. The National Autistic Society says they should not be
:04:23. > :04:26.enforced `` that should not be enforced segregation because of
:04:27. > :04:28.aggressive children. I spoke to one teacher who works at another
:04:29. > :04:32.Establishment and said they have recently introduced a calm room but
:04:33. > :04:36.it is a padded room which should only be used for children who are
:04:37. > :04:40.actually harming themselves not as a response to their aggression towards
:04:41. > :04:43.teachers. Clearly, the Stoke`on`Trent council said this
:04:44. > :04:47.should only have been used for a few minutes and not for a long period of
:04:48. > :04:51.time. The logs today suggested they were used for longer. I put that to
:04:52. > :04:54.them and they said they cannot say any more because of legal reasons
:04:55. > :04:55.because they are in this process now.
:04:56. > :04:59.Anticipation mounts with the start of the Premier League, we'll look at
:05:00. > :05:07.They've taken playgrounds by storm across the country.
:05:08. > :05:11.Loom bands are bracelets made from weaving small and brightly
:05:12. > :05:17.But Birmingham's Assay Office, which tests all types of jewellery, is
:05:18. > :05:20.warning some of the plastic charms you can buy to attach to the bands
:05:21. > :05:25.could contain dangerously high levels of cancer`causing chemicals.
:05:26. > :05:33.These loom charms are a sample of a batch recently sent in for testing.
:05:34. > :05:36.A few weeks ago, they found some charms contained high levels of
:05:37. > :05:42.Those charms never reached UK high streets,
:05:43. > :05:44.but chemists here are concerned that if a company avoids testing
:05:45. > :06:00.I've just bought these for a high street store or do you think? This
:06:01. > :06:05.is the type of product we have seen high phthalate in. It conforms with
:06:06. > :06:09.European standards and there's a lot of text it which I can't understand
:06:10. > :06:14.so it is very difficult to tell. They are doing we could issue is to
:06:15. > :06:18.test it. Why can these be potentially hazardous to health? I
:06:19. > :06:23.think usually, the issue is that they have high levels of band
:06:24. > :06:29.phthalate. They should have less than 1% but somewhat over 50%. The
:06:30. > :06:32.phthalate will get into your system through sucking and the charm
:06:33. > :06:38.handling of a bracelet is a high risk item. Birmingham Trading
:06:39. > :06:43.Standards said it takes the style of children's toys seriously. We do our
:06:44. > :06:46.own checks on warehouses that themselves are retail premises. We
:06:47. > :06:51.keep on the lookout for products that may be dangerous by checking
:06:52. > :06:55.all the legislation is compliance. But do parents check the safety of
:06:56. > :07:05.their children's toys? I'm more concerned about food. I just check
:07:06. > :07:12.if ? la any bits hanging. She knows better my daughter. Toys do not go
:07:13. > :07:15.anywhere near her mouth. Back at the lab, the charms I bought will be
:07:16. > :07:23.tested next week because of the unusual packaging.
:07:24. > :07:25.An investigation has been launched into an outbreak
:07:26. > :07:30.43 cases are being investigated in the West Midlands.
:07:31. > :07:33.It's believed 34 of those are linked to an earlier outbreak at
:07:34. > :07:45.Three people died in hospital is carrying out a review into the case.
:07:46. > :07:47.the deaths were in people who had significantly deteriorated
:07:48. > :07:52.conditions. They were elderly. One is being investigated by the coroner
:07:53. > :07:56.and the other two, the death certificates were not filled in. It
:07:57. > :08:02.was a contributing factor will A petition against the downgrading
:08:03. > :08:04.of Services at Sutton Coldfield's Good Hope Hospital has been
:08:05. > :08:06.delivered to Downing Street today. Under the proposals all general,
:08:07. > :08:09.trauma and orthopaedic surgery Campaigners trying to stop
:08:10. > :08:12.the changes are hoping the petition will put pressure
:08:13. > :08:17.on the Trust to rethink its plans. Members of the Kurdish community
:08:18. > :08:20.from across the Midlands have held a They were protesting over
:08:21. > :08:23.the situation in Northern Iraq. They're calling on the
:08:24. > :08:26.British Government to provide more support to the Iraqi Kurds
:08:27. > :08:28.so that can defend themselves This time next week we should know
:08:29. > :08:35.who the new Police and Crime commissioner will be for the
:08:36. > :08:37.West Midlands. The election takes
:08:38. > :08:38.place next Thursday. The position became vacant following
:08:39. > :08:43.the death of Bob Jones in July. Tonight, members of the public will
:08:44. > :08:46.get a chance to question the four So Sarah,
:08:47. > :09:05.have many people turned up? it is a little disappointing. Only
:09:06. > :09:08.about 30 or 40 people. They were hoping for around a hundred. But it
:09:09. > :09:12.is the summer and it is a Friday night. You can see the candidates on
:09:13. > :09:20.the stage behind me. There are four of them. What is their job really
:09:21. > :09:25.about? Hold in the UK's third largest police force to a camel an
:09:26. > :09:27.easy job. The new police and crime commission's role is to listen to
:09:28. > :09:33.the public and victims of crime and ensure the budget is spent where it
:09:34. > :09:37.matters the most. David Jamieson is standing for Labour, a former MP and
:09:38. > :09:42.transport minister, his top priority is to recruit more offices. my main
:09:43. > :09:46.pledges that we can't see the recruitment of the 450 new officers.
:09:47. > :09:51.This is one of the few authorities doing it. I pledge to keep on the
:09:52. > :09:53.community policing, Bob is in the local neighbourhood that you can
:09:54. > :10:00.actually see. Most of all, I want to make sure that we are listening. Les
:10:01. > :10:05.Jones, is standing for the Conservatives. He was to cut red
:10:06. > :10:10.tape and her ties the front line. I want to improve the technology. The
:10:11. > :10:14.equipment they have on the street is very outmoded, very out of date. If
:10:15. > :10:17.we can bring that up to date, examples from other parts of the UK
:10:18. > :10:22.should we can increase the amount of officer time on the streets with
:10:23. > :10:27.very little investments. Keith Rowe is standing for UKIP. He would aim
:10:28. > :10:31.for zero tolerance. I want to be tough on crime, we want more police
:10:32. > :10:37.on the beats. We want zero tolerance, we want criminals to be
:10:38. > :10:41.locked up and we want closer working relationships with all of the
:10:42. > :10:45.communities. And the Liberal Democrat Ayoub Khan, who declined an
:10:46. > :10:53.interview, said his main aim was to cut response times and improve crime
:10:54. > :10:57.prevention. With me now is Desmond Jaiddoo who organised to my's life
:10:58. > :11:03.events. Desmond, what did you think is important about this event? is
:11:04. > :11:09.important that the public get engaged with the candidates. They
:11:10. > :11:13.are not cardboard cutouts. Accountability starts now, not when
:11:14. > :11:16.you are elected into office. People need to make informed decisions
:11:17. > :11:20.based on where they are going to put their cross next week. Not long
:11:21. > :11:25.until the polling stations open, then. What is your message? They
:11:26. > :11:27.should be receiving information through the letterbox is your
:11:28. > :11:29.message? They should be receiving information through the letterboxes,
:11:30. > :11:34.have a look, make an informed decision on who you will vote for.
:11:35. > :11:40.Polling stations are open next week from 7am until 10pm. It is important
:11:41. > :11:44.that people engage in the process. Briefly, are you happy with the
:11:45. > :11:49.turnout and I? A bit disappointing, but it is better than nobody coming
:11:50. > :11:55.at all. We are in for a rowdy debate. Let's hope so. We'll be hit
:11:56. > :11:59.with full coverage at 1025. We will knew who the new West Midlands
:12:00. > :12:04.Police and crime commission is sometime on Friday, August 22.
:12:05. > :12:06.It's the biggest festival in the Midlands and thousands
:12:07. > :12:09.of people are already at Weston Park on the Shropshire`Staffordshire
:12:10. > :12:11.border for the V Festival, featuring acts including The Killers,
:12:12. > :12:15.The site covers 1,000 acres, with nearly 20 miles of fencing and
:12:16. > :12:24.But what does it take to put on an event this size?
:12:25. > :12:36.It is a mammoth task. V Festival may only be here for one weekend, but
:12:37. > :12:42.organising it is a year`long operation. we start planning as soon
:12:43. > :12:46.as we finish this year's. We stop running for 2015 straightaway. In
:12:47. > :12:55.essence, we bring a small town into this park. And is all the associated
:12:56. > :12:58.infrastructure. With up to 90,000 people here each day, the team have
:12:59. > :13:04.to bring their own water supply, power, waste disposal, fire station
:13:05. > :13:10.and even a field hospital. On the main stage, workers must get
:13:11. > :13:14.everything right for this year's headliners, The Killers and Justin
:13:15. > :13:17.Timberlake. It is quite militaristic. We stick to the plan,
:13:18. > :13:24.everyone knows their role and it is great. The main stage can hold up to
:13:25. > :13:29.50 tonnes of weights. This year there 500 lights and effects which
:13:30. > :13:35.are run by control channels. Nearly all the bands actually bring their
:13:36. > :13:39.own tracker own technical teams to operate the lighting during their
:13:40. > :13:45.show. The guys have been showing me. It really isn't that difficult.
:13:46. > :13:48.Maybe I could do so myself... Out on a campsite, there are construction
:13:49. > :13:55.problems of a different type for the punters. I'll probably leave my tent
:13:56. > :13:58.at the end of the festival. I probably work carried out back.
:13:59. > :14:02.While most people will enjoy what is on the main stage, one man will
:14:03. > :14:06.spend the entire two days deep below the stage. His plays is
:14:07. > :14:12.affectionately known as the underworld. This is the man in
:14:13. > :14:17.charge of power. I don't see anything done it, nothing at all. I
:14:18. > :14:23.can't even hear it. I have my headset on, I'm listening to the
:14:24. > :14:28.lighting designer but never trust us. I'm listening for problems. If
:14:29. > :14:31.there's a problem, I'm interested. If all of the staff do their job
:14:32. > :14:36.correctly, then this festival will go well. They will go home happy
:14:37. > :14:38.leaving the workers with a small task of dismantling the entire site
:14:39. > :14:40.in ten days. if you're planning to go to the
:14:41. > :14:43.V Festival or avoid it, then BBC Radio Shropshire and BBC Radio Stoke
:14:44. > :14:46.will have regular traffic updates Locked in a room the size
:14:47. > :14:56.of a cupboard, the severely autistic children held for up to two
:14:57. > :15:02.hours at a special school Your detailed weather
:15:03. > :15:04.forecast to come shortly. Part wrestling, part martial arts,
:15:05. > :15:08.part British Bulldog. The World Kabaddi League
:15:09. > :15:13.come to Birmingham. The trainee guide dog says goodbye
:15:14. > :15:17.to his foster family Markets
:15:18. > :15:30.in the West Midlands must re`invent themselves to survive fierce
:15:31. > :15:33.competition from supermarkets. That's the warning from the body
:15:34. > :15:36.overseeing British markets. Many are being urged to go
:15:37. > :15:42.online and use social media In this region,
:15:43. > :15:46.the trade can be traced back to the 12th century ` but reports of the
:15:47. > :15:49.demise of markets appear premature as traders learn to live alongside
:15:50. > :15:52.the modern`day retail experience. We've been hunting for bargains
:15:53. > :15:59.for centuries. This is Birmingham,
:16:00. > :16:02.through 1920s and ?30s, through wars and rationing, recessions and the
:16:03. > :16:19.birth of the high street ` markets This is a copy of the market's
:16:20. > :16:22.Charter. This gave legal right to the steward of the late other market
:16:23. > :16:24.at his castle in Birmingham on a Thursday. And so the bullring
:16:25. > :16:28.markets were born. When the Bullring Shopping Centre
:16:29. > :16:30.arrived in the 1960s, people still spent their money
:16:31. > :16:40.at the open market next door. Greg Pierce is
:16:41. > :16:43.a fifth`generation fishmonger. Next year, in the indoor market,
:16:44. > :16:57.his family will mark 175 years we must be doing something right for
:16:58. > :16:59.over a years. Is great that people still come to us. They know they can
:17:00. > :17:01.get fresh stuff in the mega markets. In the Rag market you can find miles
:17:02. > :17:16.of material and a character This is the famous rag market. It is
:17:17. > :17:18.picking up. If you years ago, it was going downhill. But it is picking up
:17:19. > :17:18.again. It's said around 6 million people
:17:19. > :17:21.use these markets every year. You'll always find traders looking
:17:22. > :17:33.for reduced rent ` some here told We want zero increase the Shia. We
:17:34. > :17:38.work closely with the committee members in all the markets to make
:17:39. > :17:40.sure we discuss why, if there is rent increases, those are reinvested
:17:41. > :17:42.in the markets. This week, we've seen signs that
:17:43. > :17:45.markets in our region are slowly recovering from the recession `
:17:46. > :17:47.their punters are coming back, There are still engaging characters
:17:48. > :18:06.pitching their wares and many The high street has seen about 300
:18:07. > :18:09.retailers disappear. Markets must reinvent themselves. Increasingly,
:18:10. > :18:11.the public are looking for experiential times.
:18:12. > :18:13.But perhaps the biggest challenge is finding the custodians `
:18:14. > :18:27.the traders willing to pitch up to sell for generations to come.
:18:28. > :18:42.Speak macro Matthew Hutson Smith has won at the international athletics
:18:43. > :18:46.Championships. In the women's 1500 metres, Hannah England from
:18:47. > :18:57.Birmingham missed out on a medal, coming home in sixth place.
:18:58. > :18:59.So while many will be watching football this weekend,
:19:00. > :19:04.It started in India and is now played in 26 different countries.
:19:05. > :19:06.And for the first time, the World Kabaddi league is coming
:19:07. > :19:10.Nicola Beckford has been finding out more.
:19:11. > :19:12.Millions of people are fans of Kabaddi.
:19:13. > :19:14.This weekend the World Kabaddi League's top players
:19:15. > :19:18.come to Birmingham's LG area as part of their international tour.
:19:19. > :19:25.The global audience is what we want to reach out to. This is basically
:19:26. > :19:31.what we're trying to achieve this global league by packaging the sport
:19:32. > :19:32.for an audience which is not that Rocco has not seen it.
:19:33. > :19:40.It's a tough contact sport ` a mixture of rugby and wrestling.
:19:41. > :20:14.Spee macro it is not as brutal as it feels. If you're watching from the
:20:15. > :20:24.The United Singhs will face the number one team in the league
:20:25. > :20:33.Eight international teams will go on tour over the next few months.
:20:34. > :20:35.Just over a year ago, we met this little pup.
:20:36. > :20:38.Zeus is being trained to become a guide dog and we've followed his
:20:39. > :22:06.Today he left his foster family for the last time.
:22:07. > :24:16.It's time for the Barrington Earps to say goodbye.
:24:17. > :24:19.And he's well aware that a good start would help to erase
:24:20. > :24:23.They've brought in eight new players, including
:24:24. > :24:37.But they're still one of the bookies favourites for relegation.
:24:38. > :24:44.Everybody is entitled to their opinion. Icon control any of that.
:24:45. > :24:49.We must make sure that we are as well prepared as we can be for every
:24:50. > :24:53.game we play. We have to go into every game and do it right.
:24:54. > :24:56.Hopefully, we will get good results.
:24:57. > :25:00.And you can keep up to date with the all the match action on your BBC
:25:01. > :25:09.After a very mixed week, let's find out how
:25:10. > :25:26.I want to draw your attention to some statistics from The Met office.
:25:27. > :25:30.We have already reached average rainfall for the month and were only
:25:31. > :25:35.halfway through. And is more rent, as we had through the next few days.
:25:36. > :25:38.So there is rain this weekend and the winds are strengthening as well.
:25:39. > :25:42.But there will be some bright spells, the sun will be out. It will
:25:43. > :25:47.be a total wash`out. But, by Sunday, it will feel chillier. Overnight
:25:48. > :25:50.tonight, things were only halfway through. And is more rent, as we had
:25:51. > :25:52.through the next few days. So there is rain this weekend and the winds
:25:53. > :25:55.are strengthening as well. But there will be some bright spells, the sun
:25:56. > :25:57.will be out. It will be a total wash`out. But, by Sunday, it will
:25:58. > :26:00.feel chillier. Overnight tonight, things will com down. We have had
:26:01. > :26:02.some lively showers, and all recently some polls are developing.
:26:03. > :26:05.Temperatures will fall away. We are looking at highs in towns and
:26:06. > :26:08.cities, but lower in rural spots. It does mean that for people going to V
:26:09. > :26:10.Festival it will be a fresh start tomorrow and through the weekend,
:26:11. > :26:15.although largely dry, temperatures will fall. So we begin tomorrow with
:26:16. > :26:19.clear spells and some, which will make things pleasant through the
:26:20. > :26:22.morning. But, it not a cloud over as we had through the afternoon. The
:26:23. > :26:25.cloud will make ten badgers struggle a bit, but winds are also
:26:26. > :26:33.strengthening and they are coming from a North westerly direction.
:26:34. > :26:37.Temperatures up to 20 Celsius. As we had through tomorrow night, things
:26:38. > :26:40.start to calm down. We will see clear spells developing, but, then
:26:41. > :26:46.we have this weakening weather fronts. It brings with it some rain
:26:47. > :26:50.and temperatures are lifted a little by that. As the cold front sinks
:26:51. > :26:54.southwards, we will see things getting a little wetter. Sunday, not
:26:55. > :26:59.quite as good as we were expecting, but it will improve a little bit
:27:00. > :27:04.behind on that. Molson shines come through the day and temperatures at
:27:05. > :27:06.around 19 Celsius. Temperatures at around 19 Celsius.
:27:07. > :27:09.Pushing back the fighters of Islamic State.
:27:10. > :27:11.Britain agrees to send weapons to the Kurds.
:27:12. > :27:14.And locked in a room the size of a cupboard, the severely
:27:15. > :27:20.autistic children held for up to two hours at a special school.
:27:21. > :27:27.Just before we go, the result of a poll to see if people love or loathe
:27:28. > :27:32.the city's infamous ring`road. To mark the 40th anniversary of the
:27:33. > :27:37.road being built, BBC Coventry and Warwickshire have been running a
:27:38. > :27:40.vote. 78% of people say they love the road. And a song is being
:27:41. > :27:41.recorded next month to mark the anniversary. Quite extraordinary.
:27:42. > :28:27.the good, the bad and the soggy-bottomed.
:28:28. > :28:30.I'm Jo Brand and I'm serving up an Extra Slice of Bake Off action
:28:31. > :28:35.I'll shine a spotlight on all the goings-on in the tent -
:28:36. > :28:38.the good, the bad and the soggy-bottomed.
:28:39. > :28:42.And every week, I'll be joined by the latest baker to leave the tent.