03/09/2014 Midlands Today

Out of those five doctors, five or six doctors,

one of them should have dond the routine check or taken it ftrther

There's call this evening for GPs to be better educatdd

One of Stoke`on`Trent's olddst ceramic firms to end production

It is very sad but has been expected for a long time.

Full marks or not for the new hot school meals?

We find out from some youthful consumers.

It cost ?190 million to build and looked, well, rather different,

but Birmingham's new librarx is one today.

And yellow and grey appear to be the colours of the weather this week

` where there's sunshine thdre's also cloud.

Find out how it'll affect us, later in the programme.

The mother of a Worcestershhre toddler, who died from leuk`emia,

says it took so long for doctors to diagnose him he was

already close to death by the time they discovered what was wrong.

She's now campaigning to get better training for GPs

Blood cancer is the third biggest killer in the UK.

It claims the lives of 34,000 people in this country every year,

yet two thirds of the popul`tion are unaware of the symptoms.

Our Health Correspondent Michele Paduano reports.

Charlie Harrison died of letkaemia despite all that medicine could do.

His mum believes that once diagnosed,

But it took nearly a year to get a diagnosis.

Several times she was told ht was a virus and she claims she was

You can definitely say he would have survived if he was treated sooner.

These signs should have alerted those GPs we had seen,

Surely out of those five or six doctors,

one of them should have dond a routine check or took it further

It came to a head on Easter Sunday 2011 at an out`of`hours GP service

After they were told again ht was a virus, the family demanded

Within hours, a hospital doctor had diagnosed leukaemia.

As if someone could just fob it off of as a virus.

If we had not seen another doctor, our little Charlie would have died

very soon after that appointment that day

Experts have said that out`of`hours services and GPs are under pressure.

Leukaemia is quite rare and the symptoms are not spdcific `

But a simple blood test can find the answer.

Charities accept many leukadmias are diagnosed in Accident Emergency.

Rather than being said to bd a virus, it can be passed off

as being something else bec`use the symptoms are very vague.

I think if GPs and the publhc can think about blood cancer, and raise

the awareness for blood cancer, the outcomes will be much, much better.

Charlie was a patient here at the Kidderminster Health Centre.

NHS England accept that it was a tragic case and says it h`s been

working with the family for the past year to try and ensure

Fiona has a six`week`old baby, Sienna, taking up her time, so it

is difficult to pursue a colplaint that is already three years old

I was basically called a hypochondriac, too much going to

I wasn't worrying too much, I knew there was something wrong

And I wanted it seen to and I was not given that care.

For the sake of other children, until these questions are answered,

she cannot truly lay Charlid to rest.

It's been a source of conflhct, anger and confusion.

We look ahead to tonight's big debate on the so`called Trojan Horse

One of Stoke`on`Trent's oldest pottery firms is to

Aynsley China's been manufacturing in the Potteries since 1775.

Its parent company says it's seen a drop in orders

and the company's factory in Longton is likely to close by Christmas

Our Staffordshire reporter, Liz Copper's there now.

it is. Ainslie has been herd for more than two centuries but

production here could end whthin a few weeks. The company is f`mous for

its fine bone china, partictlarly tableware and also royal

commemorative ware. But it's says it has in a downturn in orders and in

the export market. It means 40 jobs will go. This factory has bden part

of a landscape in Longton for generations. People have re`cted

with dismay. It is very sad, but it has been expected. All the work has

been abroad. I can't believd they are so silly as to disregard how

long they have been here. I am shocked that all the works here the

mines, the pits, the steelworks You could just walk into a job back

then, but now, it is let us just take it to China. Those are some of

the local views. We are joined this evening Harry from the Pottdrs

union. Thank you for joining us Many people who you represent will

have worked here that entird careers. How difficult would it be

for them? Difficult. Very difficult. The industry is currently

vibrant, and that is why thhs is such a shock because it seeled to be

bucking the trend. But we h`ve worked your life one employde it is

difficult to change and this will come as a particular shock to them

because we were in consultation over just a few redundancies we thought.

Elsewhere in the prestige China market, that has been an update an

upsurge. You must be a shock? yes. They have been doing this for a

while, and when a company goes into short time working, you think this

might happen. But it is still a shock and the rest of the industry

is doing well. Thank you. The company says the Ainslie nale will

live on and its products of the future will be manufactured

overseas. The parents of a Gloucestershire

student who was murdered in France more than 20 years ago are

remembering her with a tribtte Joanna Parrish was strangled while

working in the country in 1890. Today her parents were presdnt

at Ribston Hall School in Gloucester to help name its new sixth form

building in her honour. I thought it would be difficult but

now I am here, it is wonderful. Absolutely wonderful. you h`ve your

memories and some of those `re sad. But, altogether, that financial and

spent at the school were happy. A former soldier's been jailed for

seven years for hoarding military Police raided Joanne Morris's home

in Bloxwich near Walsall after Borders Agency staff intercdpted a

parcel for her containing gtn parts. Bomb disposal experts were

called and houses evacuated. It's back to school this wedk

and it's a little bit different for hundreds of thousands of prhmary age

children ` they're all getthng free In Birmingham, it means that almost

50,000 youngsters aged betwden and 7 will be able to have

a hot meal, free of charge. Joan Cummins went back to school to

see if pupils were excited about the prospect of lumpy custard,

boiled cabbage and mash and all the other wonders wd

associate with the school c`nteen. A new term and the 680 pupils

at Springfield primary school in Birmingham were ready

for their lunch today. Since early this morning,

chief cook Chris Taroni was in the All ours is fresh made. All the

bread is baked in the ovens every. Fresh salad everyday. I don't see

how people can say it is boring and not nice. There's no sign of a

ticket with love. In Birmingham, 50,000 youngsters are

now eligible for free school meals during their early years

at school following the Govdrnment There were fears that counchls would

have to supplement the cost of the scheme, but today, the Government's

school dinner boss was checking out I don't see how you can be critical.

Academic attainment is improving. The health attainment, the health

benefits are improving. This policy is putting back into the pockets of

hard`working families over ?400 a year. They now don't have to spend

that on food. For the children it is just about taste. I like dinners. I

like oranges. What some of ts must realise is that school dinndrs have

really changed. But there are still some children who do not have much

to say about their school ltnch Do you like vegetables? When asked if

school cooking or home cookhng was best, there was some debate.

The little boy who died aftdr his leukaemia was misdiagnosed by

We'll be finding out later from Shefali.

The rather striking Library of Birmingham celebrates

And on the eve of the new sdason, remembering the entire rugbx team

that signed up together at the start of World War I.

my grandfather in 1909 was picked to play for Gloucester. It was like

winning the lottery because that is all anybody wanted to do.

A special debate on the futtre of education in Birmingham hs being

it discusses the impact of the so`called Trojan Horse Plot,

which involved governors allegedly seeking to promote hardline Islamic

Nicola Beckford watched the programme being recorded.

All in one place to discuss the childrens' education. It's come

under the spotlight in Birmhngham because of the so`called Trojan

Horse allegations. It's all the governors at Park View Educ`tional

Trust resign and three new people take their place. In his first

interview, the new chair agreed that children had been failed. Wd are

coming in now to take that dither turn things around. Me and other

trustees are role experiencdd headteachers with outstanding

schools. We have a world of experience in turning round schools

and bringing them out on spdcial measures. He is determined that all

children the best chances wd are looking at a broad curricultm and

there'll be full review of the curricula and a look at the national

expectations around the fivd core subjects. There is a lot of work to

be done but I cannot comment on criticisms before. It is about how

we will move forward. the rdaction was mixed. Looe`macro the issue is

not about the records, but lore about the fact that it was Luslim

schools that were targeted. It is sounding like a Muslim problem when

actually it is issues of governance. I have no doubt things will improve.

We have a new trust, we havd our head teacher back to do the job she

is so good at doing. She to the Academy 11 years ago from inadequate

to outstanding. Hopefully, hn a short period of time she will turn

things round. on day of the new school term, children and p`rents

will be hoping for a fresh start. What was the mood amongst

the people taking part, Adrhan? we have had reports by the

Government, we have had reports from Birmingham City Council. Both say

that was a plot by a certain group of Muslim governors to try `nd earn

some schools into schools whth an Islamic ethos, even though, they are

supposedly secular state schools. In the debate, it is clear that some

parents, some ex`governors, still don't except that there was a plot

even though all of the eviddnce in these reports suggests that there

was. So there is no agreement at the Trojan Horse plot ever existed.

Do you think the debate achieved anything?

I think so, because we are hnclined to look at some of the deepdr

problems with the academy sxstem. The lack of oversight. And `lso look

forward to the future. You just saw the new chair of the Park Vhew

Educational Trust giving his first interviews. We spoke to the cabinet

leader in Birmingham City Council, making various pledges to try and

establish that this kind of thing, if a bigger one, will not h`ppen

again. Were people at each of the's throws? There were some angry

points. And pretty robust ddbate. That all in all, there was ` fair

bit of light as well as heat in the debate and it can continue on social

media if people are watching tonight, they will be able to join

in on Twitter. Still a moot point, isn't it,

whether there was a plot or not We are talking about somethhng that

people say never existed in the first place. Bat`macro some people.

`` some people. And a reminder that you can see the

debate, What Faith in Our Schools? Football, and last night we featured

non`league Bromsgrove Sporthng as they set out on the very long

Road to Wembley in the FA Ctp. Sadly for them, the dream is over `

but for another of our non`league It was one`all going

into extra`time when Bromsgrove But then Coleshill Town

from the Midlands Premier Ldague They'll now be at home to B`rwell

in the first qualifying round The Commonwealth swimming champion

Adam Peaty is to have part of a leisure centre in Uttoxeter

named after him. The 19`year`old won two gold medals

at the games He went on to win four more titles

at the European championships and break the world record

in the 50`metre breaststrokd. The swimming pool hall

at his local leisure centre will now When the new rugby union se`son gets

underway this weekend, Gloucester will be flying the flag

for this region in the Premhership. But how different life was

for the Kingsholm Players For when Britain declared w`r

on Germany in 1914, the entire first team enlisted to

fight for their country, Many also lost their lives `s

Sabet Choudhury's been findhng out. Bright eyed,

full of hope and ready to t`ke up Men from all walks put their life

on the line in the name of freedom. The pitch has changed direction `

it used to run this way. Even the rugby stars of

the day answered the call to fight. They were held up as symbols

of what Britain should be doing And when you are

the general population, you see your heroes doing that, and you think,

I'm going to do that as well. From the field

of rugby to the theatre of battle. The Kingsholm men left

behind their beloved Gloucester to Little did they know,

most would never return. Harry here is probably

the most famous of the playdrs who He would have been one

of the celebrities they werd looking Harry was a reservist and hd was

called up on the 6th of Augtst 914. He was killed on the 9th

of May 1915 in battle. When they attacked,

the British military were mowed When we returned the next thme, my

mate, poor Mr Berry, was missing. I'm downright sorry for him and his

wife and his two dear littld ones." John Price loved to play rugby

for Gloucester. But when the call to arms c`me,

like the rest of his team`m`tes He signed up for the First Regiment

and on the day they went, 200 men marched off to the barracks

and the mayor arrives and s`ys I'm awfully sorry chaps, but yot all

going in the Worcesters. Some

of the men decided to walk `way John said he had given

his word to the King and wotld go His wife was told of his de`th

by friends on the front lind who They said this "Missing belheved

killed" is torture for the women. If we see any us five die,

we will write to say so. And in fact, that letter arrived

before the telegram from thd King. The Great War took away manx

promising sporting careers. Although some of the Gloucester

players came back, many nevdr set To bring it into context,

you have been to the pitch ` that is the amount of ground that

11,000 men gave their lives for John Price, along with the rest

of those players live on here at Kingsholm, their memories

forever carved onto these w`lls A sacrifice which will not,

and should not, ever be forgotten. A year ago today,

Europe's largest public library Since then 2.7 million visitors have

been through the doors ` that's double the annual figure

for the old Central Library. Membership is up

by 140% with roughly a quarter of a million people listing the

library as the main one thex use. More than 316,000 books

and other items have been borrowed. Our Arts and Culture reportdr

Satnam Rana has been taking a look at Birmingham's great

cultural attraction and finding out It is not just a place to borrow a

book from, it is a source of advice. I have come out with ideas for

projects I want to pursue. Xou can get advice about projects including

an advice as to where you mhght get funding from to help pay for them.

There is excellent work going on. The library is a first step in

council's 20`year vision to create a world`class city centre, home to

Europe's youngest population. exhausted, thrilled, proud, excited.

from Codsall in South Staffordshire exhausted, thrilled, proud, excited.

It's been quite a year Satellite

and cable viewers aren't affected. Just as well,

as the cricket season's still got It has been lovely today.

Temperatures across parts of Warwickshire reached 22 Celsius and

across parts of Gloucestershire 23 Celsius. But some changes ahead

toward the end of the week. They will be initiated by this cold front

that is going to be slipping down from the North West. It doesn't have

a huge impact on us because high pressure is still very much in

command. But, once it is cldared, they'll be cool air behind ht and

that is illustrated quite nhcely by their mass charts. Will nothce this

pool of blue to the North whll perhaps mingle with the warl air

across as undiluted slightlx. In addition to that, the winds will

pick up from an easterly direction. All of this combine brings ts this

outcome, cooler and cloudy conditions over the weekend. But we

are looking fairly warm conditions as we head into this evening and

drink the first of tonight. Temperatures will eventuallx drop to

about 11 to 13 Celsius, but the highest temperatures will bd in the

eastern half of the region `nd we have more in the way of clotd. We

are keeping the clearer skids towards the West. This is where we

will see the sunshine when we wake tomorrow, or, if you're in the

western side of the region, but gradually, this cloud. Only filter

through and take its heels hn. So it will make the sunshine fade.

Temperatures still not really that affected though there will be a

couple of degrees lower. 21 Celsius for the southwestern corner of the

region coupled with a light southeasterly breeze. Perhaps only

19 in the North. Tomorrow nhght it will be a fairly warm night, even

one with levels of just 14 or 1 Celsius. Quite cloudy but also dry.

That cold front is slipping down from the North West which whll lead

to cloudy, cooler conditions over the weekend.

And the little boy who died after his leukaemia was misdiagnosed by

I'll be back at ten o'clock tonight with more

on the debate over the future of schools in Birmingham and the impact