:00:00. > :00:19.To the West Midlands has a new Police and Crime Commissiondr. It
:00:20. > :00:26.has wasted my time, wasted `t the public's time. The evidence is there
:00:27. > :00:31.in itself. People have not voted. We will be talking to David Jalieson in
:00:32. > :00:36.a few minutes. A national c`mpaign is launched here in the Midlands.
:00:37. > :00:41.The impact of knife crime. We struggle every day. Waking tp
:00:42. > :00:47.without our daughter being there is really hard. Competing in Bhrmingham
:00:48. > :00:58.this weekend stars of the rdcent Commonwealth Games and European
:00:59. > :01:07.Championships including Mo Farrer. It will be a blast.
:01:08. > :01:10.And with athletics and cricket on the menu this weekend will
:01:11. > :01:20.Well it's a bank holiday so what do you think?
:01:21. > :01:23.Labour have won the election for the new West Midlands Police
:01:24. > :01:29.David Jamieson will oversee 7,5 0 police officers `
:01:30. > :01:34.He's defended his selection, despite signs that the electorate don't
:01:35. > :01:39.In the last General Election, turnout in
:01:40. > :01:44.In the European elections in May, it was half that at 33 percdnt.
:01:45. > :01:46.But yesterday just 10 percent of voters bothered to turn out.
:01:47. > :01:58.Here's our political editor Patrick Burns.
:01:59. > :02:02.Paying tribute to his predecessor Bob Jones, the man
:02:03. > :02:05.who's just landed one of thd biggest jobs in British policing, whth a
:02:06. > :02:10.six`figure salary and responsible, with the Chief Constable.
:02:11. > :02:22.for overseeing an annual ?500 million budgdt.
:02:23. > :02:37.Does electing someone reallx work? If you give me the opportunhty to
:02:38. > :02:42.vote I think you should do. I did not even know there was a boat going
:02:43. > :02:46.on yesterday. I think it is important for me to vote as a
:02:47. > :02:52.resident and my responsibilhty to choose who to protect my city and
:02:53. > :02:56.family. The low turnout means it is dangerous to draw political
:02:57. > :03:01.conclusions but as each of the votes comes in, it was clear Labotr is on
:03:02. > :03:02.course for more than half the first preferences so no need to count the
:03:03. > :03:09.second choices. The Conservatives won half
:03:10. > :03:11.as many votes as Labour, and UKIP one third, forcing the Liberal
:03:12. > :03:14.Democrats into a poor fourth. Not everyone in the Labour
:03:15. > :03:18.Party is celebrating though. But Labour have yet to decide
:03:19. > :03:22.whether or not they'd scrap PCCs, or what they'd replace them with, if
:03:23. > :03:35.they form a Government next year. Inevitably the debate will
:03:36. > :03:40.concentrate on the low turnout. Is it a referendum on the road itself?
:03:41. > :03:45.But in a recent interview, the Home Secretary Theresa May said `t least
:03:46. > :03:50.people will have voted for the new Commissioner unlike the old
:03:51. > :03:54.authorities who were never directly elected.
:03:55. > :03:56.The commissioner says he'll recruit more police
:03:57. > :04:02.and maintain community support officers, despite the budget cuts.
:04:03. > :04:15.Good evening. Cannot we pick up on the point there about you w`nting to
:04:16. > :04:21.recruit more officers, will we have to pay more council tax? Before my
:04:22. > :04:27.predecessor died he said thd budget which was grit by a cross`p`rty
:04:28. > :04:32.panel and that panel ensured that the funding was there and w`s in
:04:33. > :04:38.place to recruit last year `nd this year a total of 450 more officers.
:04:39. > :04:51.Is that toppled the list for you absolutely. We must get new offices
:04:52. > :05:02.in. `` top of the list. What I mean is we need men and women recruited
:05:03. > :05:06.to the force. In the present round of recruitment I am told th`t a
:05:07. > :05:14.quarter of people recruited is from the black and Asian communities and
:05:15. > :05:20.that is a good thing. There are going to be more officers? There
:05:21. > :05:27.will be 250 more officers rdcruited over the next year. That is a
:05:28. > :05:36.promise. Only one in ten people voted. Over 200,000 people voted in
:05:37. > :05:45.the West Midlands. I am delhghted to say over to over 100,000 voted for
:05:46. > :05:51.me. My job is to work for everybody in the region, whether they voted
:05:52. > :05:56.not, my job is to make sure that the budget is used to the best `dvantage
:05:57. > :06:06.of all people. Dew believe hn the concept of PCC 's? I believd I have
:06:07. > :06:10.got to get on with the job. I think we need more democracy in the post
:06:11. > :06:14.and that is what the Labour Party is looking at. Not necessarily
:06:15. > :06:21.scrapping it but looking at how we can get communities involved. How
:06:22. > :06:26.would you replace it? We're looking at how we could devolve the budget
:06:27. > :06:33.and if immunities could havd more say over how the budget is spent and
:06:34. > :06:37.I think that is important. `` if communities. One person cannot know
:06:38. > :06:40.what 3 million people want hn their communities. The people who are
:06:41. > :06:46.experts on policing is the people who are in the communities `nd we
:06:47. > :06:56.need to listen to those people. Our labour sitting on the fence? I think
:06:57. > :07:00.what they are doing is lookhng at the job of getting on with this and
:07:01. > :07:03.that is what has to be done. You cannot sit around complaining about
:07:04. > :07:10.whether the system is right or not. I will also be looking to sde how we
:07:11. > :07:18.can do things better than they are and if I can find a way of doing
:07:19. > :07:21.them better I will work with my colleagues to see if there hs a
:07:22. > :07:26.system which is better. Thank you. Thank you.
:07:27. > :07:30.Good to have you with us at the start of this Bank Holiday weekend.
:07:31. > :07:33.A fabled purveyor of that classic Black Country dish
:07:34. > :07:37.So what's going to happen to the secret recipe?
:07:38. > :07:39.And where you could go tonight to sample some
:07:40. > :07:46.Mothers whose children have lost their lives to knife crime took to
:07:47. > :07:48.the streets today for a nationwide campaign c`lled
:07:49. > :07:54.The parents of 16`year`old Christina Edkins who was st`bbed as
:07:55. > :07:57.she travelled to school last year, say they're hoping the camp`ign
:07:58. > :08:04.Our special correspondent, Peter Wilson has more.
:08:05. > :08:06.Handing out leaflets and charity bracelets.
:08:07. > :08:09.these families had come from all over the country.
:08:10. > :08:13.They've all lost relatives to violent crime.
:08:14. > :08:20.Avril from Shropshire lost her stepson Julian 14 years ago.
:08:21. > :08:24.Many people are murdered as a result of holding knives and getting into
:08:25. > :08:36.fights, and every life lost through knife crime is a life too m`ny.
:08:37. > :08:39.Today outside a sports hub hn Perry Barr, a new knife bin was unveiled.
:08:40. > :08:50.Kathleen Harris is one of the mums promoting the event
:08:51. > :08:52.Her daughter Christina Edkins was stabbed to death
:08:53. > :08:57.The last thing we can do is just keep going for her to be relembered
:08:58. > :09:01.Waking up without our daughter being here is really
:09:02. > :09:08.And coming to these places, we just want to prevent anyone
:09:09. > :09:10.else's family from going the what we've had to go through.
:09:11. > :09:13.If we can save one more lifd, and going through what we h`ve,
:09:14. > :09:18.150 similar knife bins are to be set up around the countrx.
:09:19. > :09:20.It's hoped that the young pdople attending this sports facilhty will
:09:21. > :09:26.seek help advice too as well as handing in knives.
:09:27. > :09:30.They can be put in touch with us and we can signpost them to the other
:09:31. > :09:33.groups and organisations th`t we are now working with to develop those
:09:34. > :09:37.intervention programs for pdople who require help with knives.
:09:38. > :09:40.So it is joining up the dots that we have always been talking about.
:09:41. > :09:49.The Surrender Your Knife calpaign is the brain`child of a Shropshire
:09:50. > :09:52.businessman ` his metal work business is funding the bins
:09:53. > :09:55.and he plans to turn the knhves into a sculpture called the Knifd Angel.
:09:56. > :09:59.This statue will probably rdquire maybe as many as 100,000 knhves
:10:00. > :10:05.so it is a huge objective and if we get every city
:10:06. > :10:09.on board then we will be successful and we will manage to creatd
:10:10. > :10:14.The knife statue, when completed, will be more than 20 feet hhgh
:10:15. > :10:18.and is expected to be placed either in the North of England or here
:10:19. > :10:27.A man who secretly recorded a film from the back of a cinema in Walsall
:10:28. > :10:34.Philip Danks, who's 25, then uploaded the movie Fast
:10:35. > :10:36.and Furious 6 onto the internet where it was downloaded fred
:10:37. > :10:42.The Federation Against Copyright Theft said his actions cost
:10:43. > :10:47.the film's distributor, Universal Pictures, millions of pounds.
:10:48. > :10:50.It is the first case of its kind, mainly due to the scale
:10:51. > :10:53.of the downloads that we can prove. The impact is enormous financially
:10:54. > :11:00.not only to the film industry but also to the British economy
:11:01. > :11:03.A teenager from Gloucester claims she's been refused a heart
:11:04. > :11:07.19`year`old Carla MacLean h`s a hole in her heart and has been
:11:08. > :11:12.told she'll only be operated on if she has a heart attack or stroke.
:11:13. > :11:17.The NHS says the type of surgery involved is carried out on teenagers
:11:18. > :11:27.Her family are trying to rahse ?16,000 to pay for it privately
:11:28. > :11:30.When we found out that she had this hole and that she needed thhs
:11:31. > :11:35.And now to be told that thex are not funding it and she is not entitled
:11:36. > :11:39.to the operation until she gets really poorlx,
:11:40. > :11:47.Experts believe the vandalised Banksy in Cheltenham can be saved,
:11:48. > :11:53.Spy Booth appeared in the town earlier this year and has bden
:11:54. > :12:00.Two weeks ago a Perspex covdr was put up to protect the artwork after
:12:01. > :12:07.It's a huge Bank Holiday wedkend of sport in Birmingham.
:12:08. > :12:08.Ian Winter's at Edgbaston to tell us mord.
:12:09. > :12:14.Pretty much something for everyone, Ian?
:12:15. > :12:20.the stage is set for the finals of the T20 Blast tomorrow.
:12:21. > :12:26.Premier league football returns to Villa Park.
:12:27. > :12:31.Some of our very best Athletes are competing at the Alexander Stadium.
:12:32. > :12:35.We'll talk cricket and football in a moment.
:12:36. > :12:42.But first Nick Clitheroe has been to meet Mo Farah, and friends.
:12:43. > :12:44.This morning he passed his driving test.
:12:45. > :12:46.now Matt Hudson`Smith is rubbing shoulders with the biggest star
:12:47. > :12:52.As an Olympic and World chalpion Mo Farah has got used to
:12:53. > :12:55.the attention but it's all new for the 19`year`old from Wolverhampton.
:12:56. > :12:59.I'm going to get another picture with him after this, so it hs crazy.
:13:00. > :13:04.I'm surrounded by Usain Bolt, Mo Farah, this is absolutelx crazy.
:13:05. > :13:12.I was watching on TV and cracking up the entire time
:13:13. > :13:16.It's been a wonderful summer for British athletics.
:13:17. > :13:18.12 gold medals at the Europdan championships
:13:19. > :13:22.Many of those stars will be at the Alexander Stadium
:13:23. > :13:24.in Birmingham on Sunday including Ashleigh Nelson from Stoke
:13:25. > :13:28.on Trent who won individual bronze and relay gold in Switzerland.
:13:29. > :13:33.I am really excited for the home crowd that they can come and watch
:13:34. > :13:36.it and get involved because we are doing really well this season as a
:13:37. > :13:39.British team and hopefully ht will encourage more people and youngsters
:13:40. > :13:44.This is the fourth year the Diamonds meeting has taken place
:13:45. > :13:47.When you remember that the British championships always take place here
:13:48. > :13:50.and that next year we get the World Indoor Athletics Championshhps,
:13:51. > :13:55.Birmingham really is becoming the athletics capital of the cotntry.
:13:56. > :13:58.I love competing in Birmingham because they get behind you
:13:59. > :14:02.They will be more overwhelmhng than Zurich or the Commonwealth
:14:03. > :14:07.since I've been here since I was nine years old so,
:14:08. > :14:09.and I am racing against an Olympic champion who is my idol.
:14:10. > :14:14.The Birchfield Harrier heads to university in Worcester next year
:14:15. > :14:17.but for now he's still just a teenager, under the watchful eye
:14:18. > :14:25.of Mum, loving his first taste of the athletics big time.
:14:26. > :14:28.they've already shattered their personal best.
:14:29. > :14:32.Because tomorrow's crowd of 23, 00 will be a new record.
:14:33. > :14:38.And that means two familiar faces will return for the
:14:39. > :14:49.Last weekend, Chris Woakes took four Test wickets against India
:14:50. > :14:51.Now he's back in Birmingham for the T20 Blast.
:14:52. > :14:54.The coach Dougie Brown is ddlighted because Ian Bell is also back
:14:55. > :14:59.And he loves the big stage with a full`house at Edgbaston.
:15:00. > :15:02.It is one of the noisiest grounds in the country.
:15:03. > :15:05.Every England player loves playing here.
:15:06. > :15:08.You get great support so we expect the same from the Birminghal
:15:09. > :15:13.I haven't played here in front of a full capacity
:15:14. > :15:17.so I'm really excited about it and I just hope we can put on a show
:15:18. > :15:20.for the fans and the supporters that are coming to watch us.
:15:21. > :15:23.They are looking forward to it as much of the rest of us,
:15:24. > :15:26.and they have played in somd massive games over the years but, you know,
:15:27. > :15:29.as soon as they pull on the Warwickshire or Birmingham sweaters,
:15:30. > :15:32.they get stuck in and you would never know th`t they
:15:33. > :15:34.are sort of superstars of the international game.
:15:35. > :15:37.The Bears have never won thd T2 but despite having the home
:15:38. > :15:39.advantage, and the return of both their England players, they are
:15:40. > :15:45.still unfancied by the bookhes to lift the trophy tomorrow evdning.
:15:46. > :15:48.50 miles up the A38, these youngsters have no dotbt.
:15:49. > :15:51.Seven years ago Aston Unity Cricket Club allost
:15:52. > :15:54.folded but now they are flotrishing in the Warwickshire League.
:15:55. > :15:59.These new nets will help to attract even more junior pl`yers.
:16:00. > :16:03.Not surprisingly, they are `ll backing The Bears tomorrow.
:16:04. > :16:06.It looked unlikely at one thme but they are there now and `nything
:16:07. > :16:11.They are a good team and there is going to be a lot
:16:12. > :16:14.I think that they might get on really well.
:16:15. > :16:24.The T20 Blast guarantees pldnty of fours and sixes
:16:25. > :16:29.Only the weather and a Birmingham Bears victory relain
:16:30. > :16:54.The sun has come out here. Ht is a beautiful evening. How many tickets?
:16:55. > :16:59.24,000. It will be a record crowd tomorrow. Great event in thd whole
:17:00. > :17:04.cricket calendar so we're looking forward to it. You have got the
:17:05. > :17:10.finals for the next couple of years so the ground captured the
:17:11. > :17:17.imagination of the public? Absolutely. Do the domestic season
:17:18. > :17:21.we have picked up new audiences we are 55% above last year on
:17:22. > :17:29.attendances. We are here for the next three years. There to say that
:17:30. > :17:34.the name change to Birmingh`m Bears was not universally popular. It
:17:35. > :17:39.certainly has not had a neg`tive impact. Our sales are up on last
:17:40. > :17:45.year and revenue as well. Wd have attracted a new crowd so it is all
:17:46. > :17:55.going very well for us on and off the pitch. Put it into a broader
:17:56. > :18:00.context. Birmingham is buzzhng this weekend in a sporting sense. It is
:18:01. > :18:08.great for Birmingham to havd such an event like this. Capacity crowd A
:18:09. > :18:13.unique event in cricket. To semifinals and a final in the one
:18:14. > :18:21.day. It is going to be a fantastic day of cricket for everyone who
:18:22. > :18:27.comes tomorrow. Let's tell xou about the football.
:18:28. > :18:30.Villa's new signings Joe Cole and Carlos Sanchez ` who we featured
:18:31. > :18:32.last night ` could make thehr debuts against Newcastle tolorrow.
:18:33. > :18:35.But West Brom's new signing can't play at Southampton.
:18:36. > :18:37.Striker Georgios Samaras who scored the penalty which took Greece
:18:38. > :18:44.through to the knock`out st`ges at the World Cup finals this stmmer.
:18:45. > :18:53.He has signed a two year contract at the Hawthorns.
:18:54. > :19:08.No shortage of sporting acthon across Birmingham this weekdnd. Some
:19:09. > :19:14.more exciting news. Adam has just set a new record.
:19:15. > :19:17.If you're not feeling peckish right now, you will be in a moment.
:19:18. > :19:20.We're heading for a Street Food fiesta that's held every wedk
:19:21. > :19:22.in Birmingham ` and it's actually two years old this weekend.
:19:23. > :19:25.What's more, The Digbeth Dining Club has been voted the best
:19:26. > :19:27.in the country, and it's gohng from strength to strength, with
:19:28. > :19:30.everything from Jamaican patties, to noodles, and Mexican burritos.
:19:31. > :19:32.Well Amy Cole is in Digbeth for us this evening `
:19:33. > :19:46.Indeed. It started over an hour ago. The street food seen as being
:19:47. > :19:53.gathering momentum over the past couple of years and the dinhng club
:19:54. > :19:58.has been instrumental in trxing to host these meetings every Friday
:19:59. > :20:03.night. Today is the two year anniversary. There is plentx of
:20:04. > :20:04.delicious food, music, and street art. That looks really tastx
:20:05. > :20:17.banking. `` thanks. Hold on there, Amy,
:20:18. > :20:21.we'll be back with you in a minute. But first have you ever
:20:22. > :20:23.had faggots and peas? As you know, they're part
:20:24. > :20:25.of the Black Country's heritage But tastes are changing
:20:26. > :20:28.and it seems no`one wants to buy a shop where four generations have
:20:29. > :20:30.made faggots and bread puddhng In a week's time,
:20:31. > :20:34.they'll shut up shop ` Nigel Brazier is saying goodbye
:20:35. > :20:38.to hoards of regular customdrs. He's tried to sell
:20:39. > :20:41.his thriving food shop ` offering to throw in secret recipes for Black
:20:42. > :20:43.Country favourites like faggots Because of the financial side
:20:44. > :20:53.of it and it would be nice to sell the business but also
:20:54. > :20:57.for it to keep going. We have all got to find somdwhere
:20:58. > :21:01.else to go now, haven't we? There is not a shop that sells
:21:02. > :21:06.the stuff that Nigel sells. Nigel's the fourth generation to
:21:07. > :21:09.take on the Cook Shop in Old Hill ` It was started by my
:21:10. > :21:14.great`grandmother, Eve, in 0889 and it was passed then to my gr`ndmother
:21:15. > :21:21.who was a businesswoman and then it Of course one
:21:22. > :21:25.of the things the shop is bdst known And because the shop hasn't sold,
:21:26. > :21:31.Nigel is taking the recipe with him. We have a rusk with
:21:32. > :21:46.the ingredients that I am not prepared to tell you about `nd then
:21:47. > :21:51.we have the finished product here, After many years of serving faggots,
:21:52. > :22:09.the seven staff here are behng made It is a sad state when it h`ppens.
:22:10. > :22:11.We have been here a long tile. It will be hard to go on do solething
:22:12. > :22:15.different. Nigel wants to spend more thme with
:22:16. > :22:17.his four sons He's selling the shop premises, but
:22:18. > :22:33.the business will now fade `way Please that I am stopping work and
:22:34. > :22:34.so sad and emotional. It is going to be hard.
:22:35. > :22:58.Really sad, isn't it. Is thdre a place for traditional food? I think
:22:59. > :23:05.as long as you have determination, drive, and you are a really good
:23:06. > :23:11.cook then you can achieve anything. This is a former contestant on
:23:12. > :23:18.Masterchef. Why did you choose to go down this route rather than have a
:23:19. > :23:23.restaurant? We wanted to give people the opportunity to eat real Thai
:23:24. > :23:29.street food for a fraction of the course and we loved the sochal
:23:30. > :23:33.aspect of street food. You say you are obsessed with cooking and food
:23:34. > :23:37.and love to feed people, thhs is brilliant for you? It is very
:23:38. > :23:41.rewarding. I am lucky to do something that I love and h`ppy to
:23:42. > :23:46.be able to share it with thdse people and be part of the dhning
:23:47. > :23:53.club as well. You took part in Masterchef but you were up for
:23:54. > :23:58.another big award? We are up for the national British street food award
:23:59. > :24:02.and recently won the Midlands. That's takes place in Septelber and
:24:03. > :24:09.we are getting ready for th`t now. Thank you for talking to me. Let's
:24:10. > :24:15.speak to Jack, who is one of the organisers. How much organising and
:24:16. > :24:22.time goes into something like this? Tonight is special because ht is our
:24:23. > :24:26.second anniversary. It is a little bit easier. This is a more dffort
:24:27. > :24:32.and we want people to get down and enjoy food. It is fantastic. Already
:24:33. > :24:36.it is busy. It is brilliant. You won an award last year but does this
:24:37. > :24:42.help rejuvenate and reenerghse the area? Definitely. It had a
:24:43. > :24:47.reputation as a bit of a rundown area since then it has come a go to
:24:48. > :24:52.area for food, with as I gudss. There is lots going on as a
:24:53. > :25:01.community we are really driving forward to regenerate this `rea to a
:25:02. > :25:07.goal to area and enjoy it. Celebrations continue to go on. Bank
:25:08. > :25:10.holiday good fun. Thank you. Bring me something back.
:25:11. > :25:13.And so to the weather as thd August Bank Holiday weekend looms.
:25:14. > :25:17.I presume it'll be lashing down on Monday, Rebecca?
:25:18. > :25:29.Got it in one. We do have some showers to come to the Dame but
:25:30. > :25:39.around that some spells of pleasant weather. `` come through thd day. By
:25:40. > :25:45.Monday I am afraid it is wet and windy. We have had some showers
:25:46. > :25:49.working its way through the region. They continue overnight tonhght
:25:50. > :25:53.Elsewhere we have clearing skies and where we have those claiming skies
:25:54. > :25:56.temperatures will fall away rapidly. Dropping down to 5 degrees hn the
:25:57. > :26:05.countryside so in other chilly nights to come. They continte for
:26:06. > :26:08.much of the day. They start to get a little more lively through the
:26:09. > :26:13.afternoon and temperatures `re going to be hampered by all that cloud and
:26:14. > :26:16.rain. When the sun comes out they will do little better. Winds of
:26:17. > :26:21.little bit lighter so it is a little bit better. If you are at the
:26:22. > :26:26.cricket for the T20 blast fhnals there is the possibility of
:26:27. > :26:30.disruptions. Definitely wrap up warm because it will be quite chhlly
:26:31. > :26:36.Overnight hours skies were clear and to will fall away. Temperattres will
:26:37. > :26:42.fall lower, around three degrees in the hunt reside. It is the last of
:26:43. > :26:47.the cold night as we head to the next few days. `` the countryside.
:26:48. > :26:51.This rain is working its wax in from the West. The day begins drx and
:26:52. > :26:55.bright with good spells of sunshine. Cloud packing its way in from the
:26:56. > :26:59.West. Temperatures will strtggle a little bit as a result of this
:27:00. > :27:03.cloud. For the athletics it starts off a fine and dry with that cloud
:27:04. > :27:07.about for much of it but it is staying dry. Sadly though bx the
:27:08. > :27:11.time we get to Monday and wd have reigned in the forecast becoming
:27:12. > :27:19.more consistent by the afternoon. `` rain in the forecast.
:27:20. > :27:22.No talks with the Syrian regime says the Government, as deb`te
:27:23. > :27:27.continues about how to tackle the militants of Islamic St`te.
:27:28. > :27:30.The West Midlands has a new Police and Crime Commissioner but only one
:27:31. > :27:33.And as a national campaign's launched here
:27:34. > :27:36.in the Midlands, a victim's family and the impact of knife crile.
:27:37. > :27:39.I'll be back at 10:00pm with your latest update.
:27:40. > :27:42.Have a good evening and a fabulous Bank Holiday weekend
:27:43. > :28:19.Phoebe Rundle is the girl for you. But how will I know when it's real?
:28:20. > :28:22.Go back to the factory and I'll sort out the rest.
:28:23. > :28:26.If you don't then you're on your own.