:00:00. > :00:00.again. Something to look forward to. That is all from the
:00:00. > :00:10.A world first ` surgeons in Birmingham develop
:00:11. > :00:12.a pioneering method of reviving a dying liver for transplant.
:00:13. > :00:16.The transplant coordinators explained to me beforehand the
:00:17. > :00:22.risks which were involved, but I had no choice.
:00:23. > :00:25.We find out exactly how a lhver that would have been unusable
:00:26. > :00:28.was kept healthy and given to a patient.
:00:29. > :00:38.but it's still tough going for businesses across Staffordshire
:00:39. > :00:46.You are giving your time and skills to set something up. But finance is
:00:47. > :00:52.virtually impossible. Last chance academy taking pupils
:00:53. > :00:54.who've been shown the door ` Salivating Salopians as Shrdwsbury
:00:55. > :00:58.fans drool over their stunnhng win at Premier League Leicester
:00:59. > :01:00.in the League Cup. And when
:01:01. > :01:02.an ex`hurricane comes calling, it's usually a signal to batten
:01:03. > :01:05.down the hatches but not thhs time ` better news all around this week
:01:06. > :01:08.but not without some minor hurdles. Surgeons in Birmingham
:01:09. > :01:23.have achieved a world first ` transplanting a liver
:01:24. > :01:27.they'd have previously rejected They used
:01:28. > :01:29.a new technique to revive the organ, The Queen Elizabeth Hospital is
:01:30. > :01:35.one of the busiest in the country, performing 173 liver transplants
:01:36. > :01:40.last year. have had their lives
:01:41. > :01:43.transformed with a new liver. that's three times the level when
:01:44. > :01:50.the operation was first performed. Walsall businessman Satpal Lahal
:01:51. > :02:02.was very sick, weak, exhausted ` But, three weeks ago, surgeons
:02:03. > :02:07.at the Queen Elizabeth Hosphtal in Birmingham gave him a new one
:02:08. > :02:20.and a second chance. I feel like I have a new life now,
:02:21. > :02:23.thanks to this transplant. Ht has been very successful.
:02:24. > :02:26.Satpal's new liver came frol a patient 200 miles away `
:02:27. > :02:28.transplant organs arrive in an icebox
:02:29. > :02:30.Normally once removed from the donor,
:02:31. > :02:32.surgeons would have a four`hour window
:02:33. > :02:37.to transplant the liver into a patient before it becomes unusable.
:02:38. > :02:40.In this case, it took seven hours to get it to Birmingham
:02:41. > :02:42.and a further seven hours to revive the liver,
:02:43. > :02:52.assess its suitability and ready the patient for a nine`hour operation.
:02:53. > :02:59.So the liver has arrived at the hospital, it is placed in a
:03:00. > :03:07.reservoir on this machine which applies blood `` which supplies
:03:08. > :03:14.blood. There is a pub down below, all of which the little working
:03:15. > :03:31.again. `` there is a pump. `` which gets the liver working again.
:03:32. > :03:37.We will have more utility in transplants, to enable more
:03:38. > :03:43.transplant is to take place. Pretty percent of people waiting for a
:03:44. > :03:47.transplant die while waiting. `` 20%.
:03:48. > :03:50.Thanks for joining us this dvening here on Midlands Today.
:03:51. > :03:53.How ditching traditional floral beds in favour of wildflowers
:03:54. > :03:59.is saving council tax payers thousands of pounds.
:04:00. > :04:03.New figures have thrown doubt on the resilience of the recovery
:04:04. > :04:07.Many small companies have overstretched themselves,
:04:08. > :04:11.It's affecting business confidence in Stoke on Trent,
:04:12. > :04:14.where almost half of small and medium sized companies
:04:15. > :04:17.report what's been described as "significant financial distress .
:04:18. > :04:25.Here's our Staffordshire reporter, Liz Copper.
:04:26. > :04:28.Testing a new recipe at his home near Stafford.
:04:29. > :04:31.Amarpal Harrar set up his Indian cooking business ten months ago
:04:32. > :04:40.It's doing well, but starting out wasn't easx.
:04:41. > :04:52.It was very tough. No one w`nts to take a chance. You're giving your
:04:53. > :04:55.time and to set something up. But the finance is virtually impossible.
:04:56. > :04:58.and they're optimistic about the long`term prospects,
:04:59. > :05:03.despite the difficulties of launching a new venture.
:05:04. > :05:11.Long hours, longer than you think. Very tiring, very stressful.
:05:12. > :05:12.Exhausting. But lots of fun at the same time.
:05:13. > :05:14.But not every business has enjoyed success.
:05:15. > :05:15.This firm of financial experts
:05:16. > :05:18.has surveyed small and meditm sized businesses ` or SMES `
:05:19. > :05:24.and has found a rise in those facing debt problels.
:05:25. > :05:33.Because the banks are not gdared up now to lend to small businesses
:05:34. > :05:39.there is this lack of finance and what companies are doing is they are
:05:40. > :05:40.stretching in the days before they pay their suppliers and this is
:05:41. > :05:44.causing distress in the system. Although the wider UK
:05:45. > :05:46.economy's seeing a recovery, what more would this family firm
:05:47. > :05:55.like to see from government? We don't want grants, I am not
:05:56. > :05:58.looking for a hand`out. I'm looking for support in terms of raising
:05:59. > :06:02.capital so we can employ soleone, so we could grow as we would lhke to.
:06:03. > :06:04.This small business has enjoyed early success,
:06:05. > :06:06.but the next challenge will be to build on that
:06:07. > :06:09.and find the ingredients for longer`term growth.
:06:10. > :06:13.and businesses struggling to export more
:06:14. > :06:15.came under the spotlight in Warwickshire today.
:06:16. > :06:18.Outlining Labour's business strategy, Shadow Chancellor Ed Balls
:06:19. > :06:23.accused the Government of missing its own export t`rgets.
:06:24. > :06:25.And he told our political editor, Patrick Btrns
:06:26. > :06:27.that there'd be more support for business
:06:28. > :06:32.From the floor of the House to the shopfloor.
:06:33. > :06:34.Nuneaton Precisions, an engineering firm
:06:35. > :06:38.supplying the oil and nucle`r industries, employing 24 people
:06:39. > :06:44.Accompanied by Labour's candidate for Nuneaton, Vicky Fowler,
:06:45. > :06:47.Ed Balls came not just to celebrate Midlands successes,
:06:48. > :06:52.but also to warn the Governlent were failing on exports.
:06:53. > :06:54.It is a two prong message from the Shadow Chancellor,
:06:55. > :06:57.first of all that business would be safe in Labour's h`nds
:06:58. > :07:00.It is part of a charm offensive but, of course, with eight months to go
:07:01. > :07:03.to the general election, politics is never far away.
:07:04. > :07:06.So, in the Midlands' fourth most marginal Conservative seat,
:07:07. > :07:09.Mr Balls was aiming to engineer a new strategy for local industry,
:07:10. > :07:13.for more local firms to close the gap with our star performers.
:07:14. > :07:15.Here in the West Midlands, Jaguar, JCB,
:07:16. > :07:17.the West Midlands has bucked the trend.
:07:18. > :07:20.But, across the whole of thd UK our export performance
:07:21. > :07:26.You have criticised, of course, the decision by the present govdrnment
:07:27. > :07:29.to scrap the Regional Development Agencies but, if you talk to the
:07:30. > :07:31.Local Enterprise Partnerships, they say, "Look, we're working as teams
:07:32. > :07:34."across regions and we are getting the investment going,
:07:35. > :07:38."the results are here to be seen in the West Midlands."
:07:39. > :07:41.Enterprise Partnerships, we will back and support if we win the
:07:42. > :07:44.election next year but, frankly they don't have the resourcds or the
:07:45. > :07:47.power or the clout to reallx do the job.
:07:48. > :07:51.I am not saying go back to the RDAs, I am saying let's really go back
:07:52. > :07:55.and give more devolution, give more power to businessds
:07:56. > :07:59.around apprenticeships, transport, innovation.
:08:00. > :08:05.The number of young apprenthces under 25 has fallen since 2010.
:08:06. > :08:08.The Government say their economic plan is working,
:08:09. > :08:09.and they'll continue to monitor export performance
:08:10. > :08:17.in line with their policies to build on the recovery.
:08:18. > :08:19.Three men have appeared in court charged with two counts
:08:20. > :08:23.of attempted murder and conspiracy to cause grievous bodily harm.
:08:24. > :08:26.It follows a disturbance between groups of men in Sp`rkbrook
:08:27. > :08:31.A 28`year`old man died after being stabbed.
:08:32. > :08:35.34`year`old Fazal Khan, Pierzada Khan, who's 32,
:08:36. > :08:43.will appear at Birmingham Crown Court next month.
:08:44. > :08:46.They call it the "Last`Chance Academy" `
:08:47. > :08:50.the school which aims to turn around the most unruly of ptpils.
:08:51. > :08:53.Baverstock School refuses to exclude disruptive children,
:08:54. > :08:56.instead trying to get them through their GCSEs.
:08:57. > :08:58.The Birmingham school is fe`tured on BBC Panorama tonight
:08:59. > :09:01.and our reporter, Ben Godfrdy, is there now.
:09:02. > :09:13.Some said they were completdly unteachable. The children in
:09:14. > :09:18.Birmingham that kept getting excluded from lots of schools. We
:09:19. > :09:23.are at Baverstock School. This sofa features heavily tonight, for all of
:09:24. > :09:27.the disputes and arguments between teachers and pupils. But thdy
:09:28. > :09:38.promise those peoples they could get five passing grades at GCSE and turn
:09:39. > :09:41.their lives. Let us speak to one boy who got his results from his
:09:42. > :09:58.teacher. Do you want to know your results? You got two Cs. Business
:09:59. > :10:07.studies, two Cs. That is six higher passes you have. You got an E in
:10:08. > :10:19.English, and F in maths. Ard you pleased? Yes. Good. I think it will
:10:20. > :10:25.sink in for him. This room has around 30 pupils, some who have been
:10:26. > :10:28.excluded from pupils and others who have been destructive in thhs
:10:29. > :10:36.school. Letters find out from the headteacher what is going on. How
:10:37. > :10:40.are you different? The studdnts that come in here are educated whthin the
:10:41. > :10:45.mainstream setting, so they come into this area, I have spechalist
:10:46. > :10:50.teachers and we find out about the student, so we personalise ht and
:10:51. > :10:55.make it individual to them. The students know they can go b`ck into
:10:56. > :10:58.the mainstream when it is rhght and be taught by the specialist teachers
:10:59. > :11:02.in English and maths and so on. Let us hear some of the personal
:11:03. > :11:09.stories. I spoke to Lauren `nd George. I have the proper stpport
:11:10. > :11:22.now because all of the teachers help me. They ask if I need help. I ended
:11:23. > :11:26.up getting seven GCSEs. I would not have got those if I had been kicked
:11:27. > :11:33.out. How are you able to do this when a lot of mainstream schools say
:11:34. > :11:40.they cannot do it? I had thd choice, I could either let these chhldren
:11:41. > :11:51.disrupt the education of others or exclude them. That was not ` choice.
:11:52. > :11:55.Are the children alienated here Or are they showing good behavhour The
:11:56. > :11:59.rest of the school, the restlts have gone up year`on`year. The students
:12:00. > :12:03.here know that the focus is on learning so that when you w`tch
:12:04. > :12:13.tonight on Panorama, you sed that learning. Just one result that
:12:14. > :12:15.Panorama than today, 146,000 peoples across the UK are getting excluded
:12:16. > :12:23.every yet and that will not happen here at the school. `` everx year.
:12:24. > :12:26.And you can see that Panorala Special, The Last Chance Ac`demy,
:12:27. > :12:30.A world first ` surgeons in Birmingham develop
:12:31. > :12:33.a pioneering method of reviving a dying liver for transplant.
:12:34. > :12:35.Your detailed weather forec`st to come shortly from Shefali.
:12:36. > :12:47.After Shrewsbury Town's heroics we find out if West but now `` West
:12:48. > :12:50.Bromwich Albion can manage the same. celebrate 40 years
:12:51. > :13:01.of Coventry's ring road. Employers are being urged to give
:13:02. > :13:04.prisoners a second chance The new Prisons Minister,
:13:05. > :13:09.Andrew Selous, praised companies who are
:13:10. > :13:13.providing training inside j`ils Sarah Falkland
:13:14. > :13:14.has been speaking to him and some of the inmates
:13:15. > :13:23.at Onley Prison near Rugby. I'm from Coventry and I'm in
:13:24. > :13:27.for three and half years One of the key drivers in changing
:13:28. > :13:31.people's behaviour is work. And when Mandeep Gill's reldased
:13:32. > :13:33.next summer, he'll take with him a forklhft
:13:34. > :13:48.licence and an IT qualification We are all being tarnished with the
:13:49. > :13:50.same brush. As soon as you see the criminal record, they won't want to
:13:51. > :13:51.know. But some employers do have faith
:13:52. > :13:54.that lives can be turned around This bike repair training unit at
:13:55. > :13:57.Onley is the first of its khnd. It's been set up in conjunction
:13:58. > :14:06.with high street giant Halfords Prisoners are often grateful to be
:14:07. > :14:11.given a second chance. Employers say that some of their ex`offender staff
:14:12. > :14:21.are the most loyal. They pldased with the prisoners they havd taken
:14:22. > :14:24.on. We have how `` we have several employers coming along to provide
:14:25. > :14:26.these jobs, which is in everyone's interest.
:14:27. > :14:28.Of 100,000 prisoners released last year,
:14:29. > :14:31.At Onley, that figure is one in three.
:14:32. > :14:46.You are contributing to the economy and not just relying on bendfits
:14:47. > :14:49.when you get out. Getting ott with employment is a big thing.
:14:50. > :14:52.to get work with companies offering training
:14:53. > :14:54.but at least the others have new skills.
:14:55. > :15:00.Whether they take it is their choice.
:15:01. > :15:02.Cutbacks are rarely popular but one money`saving
:15:03. > :15:06.idea tried out this summer in Shropshire has proved a hit.
:15:07. > :15:09.Telford and Wrekin Council slashed the money spent on formal floral
:15:10. > :15:14.displays by planting tens of thousands of wildflowers instead.
:15:15. > :15:16.And whether in a park or on a roundabout,
:15:17. > :15:22.At Dale End Park in Ironbridge Gorge,
:15:23. > :15:26.the latest wildflower displ`y in summer glory.
:15:27. > :15:29.These flowers are far easier to maintain, especially when
:15:30. > :15:36.compared to traditional beds which need constant attention.
:15:37. > :15:45.Once you have planted them, they look after themselves. They have
:15:46. > :15:47.come through well this year. It is a good time for them, with showers and
:15:48. > :15:50.sunshine. Telford and Wrekin council
:15:51. > :15:51.pioneered wildflower displaxs and now advise
:15:52. > :15:53.other local authorities. Ten of the area's roundabouts
:15:54. > :15:55.have been seeded, as well as village gateways
:15:56. > :16:07.and open spaces. It is roughly about a 20th of the
:16:08. > :16:13.cost. That enables us to do very big areas. We currently have about
:16:14. > :16:27.14,000 square metres throughout Telford. Here, next UI and bridge,
:16:28. > :16:32.their poppies `` Ironbridge, there are poppies to help the
:16:33. > :16:37.commemorations of the First World War. Beautiful, absolutely
:16:38. > :16:41.beautiful. Natural flowers, lovely. And the wildflowers can be sown
:16:42. > :16:43.with different seeds This variety at Mere Bank Roundabout
:16:44. > :16:56.is called the honey mix It is acting as a refuelling station
:16:57. > :17:03.for a number of insect speches that can then connect to other local
:17:04. > :17:06.major areas in the borough. `` other nature areas.
:17:07. > :17:08.In an age of ongoing cuts to council budgets,
:17:09. > :17:11.it's a way of saving money with little to lose and much to gain
:17:12. > :17:13.Onto football now and a stunning result
:17:14. > :17:15.for League Two Shrewsbury Town last night.
:17:16. > :17:18.They beat Premier League Lehcester City 1`0 away in the League Cup
:17:19. > :17:20.and they'll find out in just a few hours' time
:17:21. > :17:22.who they'll be playing in the next round.
:17:23. > :17:24.Meanwhile, Ian Winter is at the home of Burton Albion,
:17:25. > :17:27.who are also in League Cup `ction against top flight opposition.
:17:28. > :17:47.Why ever not? Burton Albion have made a flying start to life in
:17:48. > :17:52.league two. QPR made a slow start. First, forget Manchester Unhted
:17:53. > :17:59.there was only one shock result for the four fans to celebrate. `` for
:18:00. > :18:14.Shrewsbury Town fans to celdbrate. I was a sling to the radio `nd I
:18:15. > :18:22.heard my dad get very excitdd. His dad has just clocked up his 100
:18:23. > :18:26.tree game for Shrewsbury Town. `` for Luton town.
:18:27. > :18:52.He scores! The cup upset cotld be on. To bring a a league two club and
:18:53. > :19:01.beat a Premier League team, that is amazing. The result was somdthing
:19:02. > :19:06.amazing. A night to remember. 1 00 the Lee Biddle fans `` Shrewsbury
:19:07. > :19:30.Town fans went home celebrating That strike made it 1`1 agahnst
:19:31. > :19:33.Cardiff City. Walsall's dre`ms of defeating a Premier League team were
:19:34. > :19:52.cut short. Burton Albion, followed that. Let us
:19:53. > :20:00.talk to the chairman. Confident Certainly. We have done well in this
:20:01. > :20:11.competition. Last year, we came close to beating for them. `` to
:20:12. > :20:22.beating Fulham. You will have noted the dodgy defending at the weekend.
:20:23. > :20:28.Can you capitalise? We hope so. There is a gulf between the
:20:29. > :20:39.premiership and League Two. But we will see. You must be rubbing your
:20:40. > :20:44.hands into light `` in delight about the live TV coverage. We ard hoping
:20:45. > :20:51.to improve on last year's attendance. We hope they cole and
:20:52. > :20:58.support us. The hats some of the Derby supporters `` perhaps some of
:20:59. > :21:05.the Derby supporters who were disappointed, they could cole and
:21:06. > :21:11.support us. The first two ydars as a manager, he got to the semifinals
:21:12. > :21:17.last year and just missed ott. It is a strong squad of players hd has put
:21:18. > :21:28.together. Good luck indeed to Burton Albion. You can catch all of the
:21:29. > :21:33.goals on BBC One on the league cup show at 11:05pm tonight.
:21:34. > :21:35.There was a touch of the X Factor in Coventry today,
:21:36. > :21:38.as people queued to take part in a video celebrating something
:21:39. > :21:42.It's all to do with the 40th anniversary of the city's rhng road.
:21:43. > :21:45.And, appropriately, a cover version of Let's Go Round Again featuring
:21:46. > :21:47.Coventry band The Specials hs being released to mark the occasion.
:21:48. > :22:03.Recording an ode to a very special road.
:22:04. > :22:05.This is BBC Coventry Warwickshire's supergroup in action.
:22:06. > :22:07.Horace Panther and Neville Staples of The Specials
:22:08. > :22:09.and Breakfast presenter Shane O'Connor with
:22:10. > :22:16.their version of the Averagd White Band's Let's Go Round Again.
:22:17. > :22:24.It has been difficult, it h`s been demanding. It has been tiring, it
:22:25. > :22:29.has been really interesting to see what these guys do. Fantasthc. It
:22:30. > :22:31.has been a real experience! listeners got to hear it
:22:32. > :22:37.for the first time. Shortly afterwards, members of the
:22:38. > :23:00.public headed into the city centre It was fantastic. I have an affinity
:23:01. > :23:05.with both the ring road and The Specials and it was an opportunity
:23:06. > :23:11.to make a fool of myself. The song was catchy! It was fun. I would
:23:12. > :23:14.never normally do something like this.
:23:15. > :23:17.The ring road took 14 years to build and was completed in 0974
:23:18. > :23:20.These cabbies have got plenty of stories.
:23:21. > :23:27.What will happen usually is someone will pull up behind us with a look
:23:28. > :23:32.of fear, I cannot find their way out of town because they panic when they
:23:33. > :23:36.get to the junction. We tell them how to do it, which junction, where
:23:37. > :23:39.to head for and ten minutes later, they are back, having missed the
:23:40. > :23:42.junction. So let's go round
:23:43. > :23:44.and see for ourselves ` It is still a little scary sometimes
:23:45. > :23:53.but you get used to it. It should take us around fotr
:23:54. > :23:56.minutes to get round the whole city, But it's getting on and off again,
:23:57. > :24:01.criss`crossing between lanes, that makes lots of drivers `
:24:02. > :24:05.including me ` hold their breath! Love it or loathe it,
:24:06. > :24:07.these Coventrians, at least, plan on giving their ring road
:24:08. > :24:17.a birthday to remember. It's been looking a bit dark
:24:18. > :24:19.overhead round here this afternoon. Yes, the cloud has been building all
:24:20. > :24:38.day. But generally the weather is looking
:24:39. > :24:42.more promising. We have somd rain overnight during the week, leaving
:24:43. > :24:47.the daytime drive. It will be breezy but slightly warmer than recently.
:24:48. > :24:53.We are sucking up this warm air around us and it is a questhon of
:24:54. > :24:58.the shade of yellow we get. Darker yellow means warmer air. It is this
:24:59. > :25:02.system towards the North later tomorrow that will bring us close
:25:03. > :25:10.irritations in the form of rain and showers. It is an area of low
:25:11. > :25:15.pressure. The isobars tightdned bringing in wheezy conditions. Once
:25:16. > :25:20.that clears, we have an ex`hurricane affecting us over the weekend, which
:25:21. > :25:27.is not as ominous as it sounds. Things will settle down bags to the
:25:28. > :25:32.high pressure it brings in. `` thanks to the high pressure. Plenty
:25:33. > :25:38.of good weather to play for in the days ahead. Overnight, we h`ve this
:25:39. > :25:42.frontal system moving in from the south`west. That is why the cloud
:25:43. > :25:46.thickens up through the day. This will be fragmenting as it goes,
:25:47. > :25:49.moving north eastwards. Most of the rain will be light, just a view
:25:50. > :25:54.pulses of heavy rain from thme to time. We have all of this cloud and
:25:55. > :25:58.because of the warm air above us, you can see from those tempdratures,
:25:59. > :26:02.between 14 and 15 Celsius, ht is noticeably warmer. Tomorrow morning,
:26:03. > :26:07.the rain clears away from the north`eastern corner. We have some
:26:08. > :26:11.sunshine initially and then the cloud thickens a little bit in the
:26:12. > :26:16.afternoon is another frontal system which is in but it will onlx have a
:26:17. > :26:19.view showers along it. Most of those will be across the western half of
:26:20. > :26:25.the region. Plenty of dry wdather through the day. Temperaturds in
:26:26. > :26:30.spite of the cloud reaching 19 or 20 Celsius, but slightly breezx from
:26:31. > :26:32.the South. This pattern of showers will continue for the next few days
:26:33. > :26:37.that they'll be fewer and ftrther between so we will get some dry
:26:38. > :26:41.weather and warmer conditions, especially through the weekdnd.
:26:42. > :26:46.After the shock of the scald of the child abuse revealed in Rotherham,
:26:47. > :26:48.calls for those in charge to be held to account
:26:49. > :26:51.A report claims the current baby boom's creating so much dem`nd
:26:52. > :26:54.for school places that it's forcing councils to cut budgets elsdwhere.
:26:55. > :26:59.A world first ` surgeons in Birmingham develop
:27:00. > :27:02.a pioneering method of reviving a dying liver for transplant.
:27:03. > :27:06.but it's still tough going for many businesses.
:27:07. > :27:10.I'll be back at 10pm with your latest update
:27:11. > :27:12.and results from the Capital One Cup.