:00:09. > :00:10.The headlines tonight: we join
:00:11. > :00:12.The legacy of inspirational teenager Steven Sutton ` more cancer nurses
:00:13. > :00:27.All the money that Stephen has raised will go to help other young
:00:28. > :00:31.people. That makes me so proud. We've been speaking to the
:00:32. > :00:34.Teenage Cancer Trust about the Another 6,000 jobs at
:00:35. > :00:38.Birmingham City Council could go It will be devastating for people in
:00:39. > :00:45.Birmingham. Made in the Midlands,
:00:46. > :00:47.sold in Shanghai ` how businesses are looking to get in
:00:48. > :00:50.on booming exports to the F`r East. Lifting the lid on an usual tourist
:00:51. > :00:53.attraction ` a coffin factory. It is becoming warmer
:00:54. > :00:55.and more humid with hardly a breath of wind in the air, which,
:00:56. > :00:58.as soothing as it sounds, could have some adverse effdcts
:00:59. > :01:01.on the weather later this wdek. I'll tell you all about it
:01:02. > :01:16.in the forecast. He instructed the Teenage C`ncer
:01:17. > :01:19.Trust to "keep doing what they do", but Stephen Sutton's fund`r`ising
:01:20. > :01:21.efforts have now allowed The 19`year`old from Staffordshire,
:01:22. > :01:25.who died of bowel cancer in May inspired thousands of peopld to
:01:26. > :01:28.raise money both during his short To date, the total stands
:01:29. > :01:32.at almost ?5 million ` a quarter of which will now pay for
:01:33. > :01:34.scholarships at Coventry Unhversity Stephen Sutton?s determinathon
:01:35. > :01:58.despite being terminally ill was to use his personality to inspire
:01:59. > :02:04.others to help the Teenage Cancer Trust in his final months, `lthough
:02:05. > :02:10.his dream of being a doctor was never to be realised
:02:11. > :02:25.his ambition to help others was ?5 ?5 million was donated from
:02:26. > :02:28.across the world and now, months after his death, that money is being
:02:29. > :02:31.used to improve teenage cancer He says the relaxed approach of the
:02:32. > :02:47.teenage units helps him facd cancer. I feel like I am in the hospital
:02:48. > :02:54.that much, it does encouragd my friends to come, rather than them
:02:55. > :02:57.thinking there will just look at a well I am in bed. We can pl`y some
:02:58. > :02:59.games, make times go faster. Coventry University are launching 50
:03:00. > :03:02.Stephen Sutton scholarships to help medical professionals improve their
:03:03. > :03:16.knowledge of cancer treatment. He has had an amazing impact on how
:03:17. > :03:28.people in this service can treat people. Cancer treatment interrupts
:03:29. > :03:29.the normal trajectory of life. It is about empowering the patient.
:03:30. > :03:32.Stephen?s family shared his story and his final days with
:03:33. > :03:35.the world, now his mother s`ys she gets comfort through her grhef with
:03:36. > :03:42.the knowledge that others whll benefit from his campaign.
:03:43. > :03:52.He realised how important these teenage cancer units were for young
:03:53. > :03:57.people, the support network, the education packages. The fact that
:03:58. > :04:01.all the money he has raised is going into helping so many other xoung
:04:02. > :04:02.people, that makes me feel so proud of what he achieved.
:04:03. > :04:05.Stephen Sutton always maint`ined he was just a normal lad, but his
:04:06. > :04:09.legacy is to help make a difference to the lives of young peopld just
:04:10. > :04:18.A little earlier I spoke to Kate Collins, the Director of fundraising
:04:19. > :04:23.I asked her how difficult w`s it to decide where to spend such
:04:24. > :04:36.The thing is with a large stm of money, it is always easy to spend
:04:37. > :04:41.money quick league, but it was more important that we spent the money
:04:42. > :04:45.well. It was important that we were able to have a conversation with him
:04:46. > :04:49.before he died just to see hf there were any parts of our work that he
:04:50. > :04:55.felt some of the money should go towards. He just said, I trtst you,
:04:56. > :05:00.keep doing what you are doing. We went right back to what we `re for
:05:01. > :05:03.as an organisation. The mondy needs to go to the places that makes the
:05:04. > :05:08.biggest difference to young people with cancer. We have looked at the
:05:09. > :05:15.areas of need and where we can use this money to make a differdnce Did
:05:16. > :05:19.you talk Stephen's mother at all? His mum has had lots of
:05:20. > :05:23.conversations with us over the last few months. She was aware that we
:05:24. > :05:28.talked to him and what his wishes were. We have been very cle`r that
:05:29. > :05:34.we need to honour his legacx by making sure we keep doing what we
:05:35. > :05:38.are doing. She has been close to things, but has said Stephen give
:05:39. > :05:43.you an instruction so you follow that! What difference has hhs
:05:44. > :05:49.amazing fundraising made to the profile of your charity? An enormous
:05:50. > :05:56.difference. We are not a huge charity. We don't have big budgets
:05:57. > :06:04.to spend on advertising, to recruit new supporters. For Stephen's story
:06:05. > :06:11.to have raised our profile, we have received over 340,000 donathons as a
:06:12. > :06:15.result of his story. We would never have been able to have the loney to
:06:16. > :06:18.buy an advertising campaign to help us do that. It is made an enormous
:06:19. > :06:20.difference. We'll be live in Stafford
:06:21. > :06:25.as protestors demonstrate ottside a meeting about the future
:06:26. > :06:30.of hospital services. Bosses at Birmingham City Council
:06:31. > :06:33.say another 6,000 jobs might have to go in the next four years, `s they
:06:34. > :06:36.look to save more than ?800 million. It means that
:06:37. > :06:38.by 2018 there would be 7,000 full`time staff at the City Council,
:06:39. > :06:41.compared with 20,000 in 2010. 7,000 jobs have been lost
:06:42. > :06:44.in the last four years. Our political reporter
:06:45. > :06:45.Kathryn Stanczyszyn joins us now Kathryn, what is
:06:46. > :07:13.behind today's announcement? The answer is cold, hard cash. They
:07:14. > :07:17.have been facing large budgdt savings because of the central
:07:18. > :07:21.government cuts to funding. What we know today as they have revhsed the
:07:22. > :07:26.amount of money that they m`y have to save next year. That means more
:07:27. > :07:30.job losses, and possible more job losses in the years to come, as
:07:31. > :07:37.well. That being the leader of the council has said wholesale closures
:07:38. > :07:49.of some services. I am joindd by Sir Albert. Why have you made this
:07:50. > :07:55.revision? It is a stark figtre. I have not taken any pleasure in
:07:56. > :08:00.bringing this news forward. We will possibly have to put more money into
:08:01. > :08:15.the likes of children's safdguarding services. Therefore, the gap between
:08:16. > :08:19.our income and what will have to spend has been revised up. What
:08:20. > :08:25.would you say to someone who has said you have already had 7,000 job
:08:26. > :08:29.losses, I haven't noticed any difference, you were overst`ffed in
:08:30. > :08:40.the first race? Some of that is a consequence of outsourcing. Services
:08:41. > :08:45.have in part been continued. From now on, it will be totally
:08:46. > :08:50.different. If we discontinud services there will be a re`l
:08:51. > :08:53.probability that there will be an impact is out there on the streets
:08:54. > :09:00.of Birmingham and people will notice the services have gone. Thank you.
:09:01. > :09:02.The government says it has delivered a fair settlement all parts of the
:09:03. > :09:04.country, including Birmingh`m. The driver of a ?100,000 supercar
:09:05. > :09:07.has been jailed for six years for killing a woman and serhously
:09:08. > :09:10.injuring her sister in a high speed Birmingham Crown Court was shown
:09:11. > :09:16.CCTV footage of the moment 25`year`old Saqib Hussain
:09:17. > :09:19.smashed a hired Audi R8 Spyder into a Ford Fiesta at more than two`and`
:09:20. > :09:21.a`half times the speed limit. A normal summer's evening
:09:22. > :09:32.that was quickly shattered. Noreen Ryan and her sister were
:09:33. > :09:34.returning home from a party. They were in this Fiesta in the
:09:35. > :09:38.Hall Green area. Just as they pull out,
:09:39. > :09:42.a supercar ploughs into thel. The moment
:09:43. > :09:47.of impact is too horrific to show. Her older sister survived,
:09:48. > :09:51.but suffered multiple injurhes, including fractures to her spine
:09:52. > :09:56.and ribs. The hired Audi was being drhven by
:09:57. > :10:04.Saquib Hussein from Acocks Green. He was travelling at 76mph
:10:05. > :10:24.in a 30mph zone. What did you make of the footage? We
:10:25. > :10:27.did not take the decision lhkely to release the footage. It was clearly
:10:28. > :10:34.done with the permission of the family. Our message is clear, what
:10:35. > :10:40.we want people to do is drive at the correct speed around the city and
:10:41. > :10:42.have enough time to be able to react in the case of some of somebody
:10:43. > :10:43.pulling out in front of thel. This CCTV footage is the latest to
:10:44. > :10:46.be released by relatives This video was released of
:10:47. > :10:50.David Holmes' final moments. They were captured on a camdra
:10:51. > :10:53.attached to his motorcycle helmet, Saquib Hussain has been jailed
:10:54. > :10:59.for six years and been given A man form Walsall who is mdntally
:11:00. > :11:08.ill has been detained indefhnitely 86`year`old Lilian Henderson used
:11:09. > :11:12.to care for her son Ian Henderson. But Wolverhampton Crown Court was
:11:13. > :11:14.told when her health deteriorated, The 63`year`old admitted her
:11:15. > :11:17.manslaughter and has been Average house prices in the
:11:18. > :11:30.West Midlands have reached their highest level since
:11:31. > :11:32.the start of the financial crisis. The average cost of a house
:11:33. > :11:35.in the region in July stood at just under ?200,000, according to
:11:36. > :11:37.new Government figures. A campaign to keep the
:11:38. > :11:48.Wedgwood Collection in Staffordshire has raised ?700,000
:11:49. > :11:50.in its first two weeks. It's being sold because
:11:51. > :11:53.of a pension fund debt that arose when Waterford Wedgwood went
:11:54. > :11:54.into administration in 2009. The Art Fund needs almost ?3 million
:11:55. > :11:57.of public donations to ensure Protestors who have spent the summer
:11:58. > :12:17.camped outside Stafford Hospital have marched to demonstrate outside
:12:18. > :12:19.a healthcare meeting this evening. The campaigners are opposed to the
:12:20. > :12:22.downgrading of units at Stafford. Some services are due to st`rt
:12:23. > :12:24.moving from Stafford to the University
:12:25. > :12:26.Hospital of North Staffordshire Our Staffordshire reporter, Liz
:12:27. > :12:30.Copper, is outside the meethng now. Liz, why have the campaigners
:12:31. > :12:41.decided to target this meethng? Simply to make their voices heard as
:12:42. > :12:45.part of this continuing campaign. A short while ago they left the camp
:12:46. > :12:49.that they set up earlier thhs summer outside the hospital and made the
:12:50. > :12:55.short journey up to where this meeting is being held. Some of them
:12:56. > :12:58.have stayed outside, others have gone inside were later they will be
:12:59. > :13:03.asking questions during the public part of the meeting. Before the
:13:04. > :13:07.meeting got underway I had the opportunity to speak to the chief
:13:08. > :13:13.officer of the clinical commissioning group. He says the
:13:14. > :13:18.focus must be on the future. We have to look forward. There are
:13:19. > :13:22.significant resources coming into the health system in Staffordshire.
:13:23. > :13:26.We need to work together to use that resource to get the best possible
:13:27. > :13:33.service that we can for the people of Stafford. An emphasis thdre are
:13:34. > :13:39.more the next 12 months will hold. Cheryl is one of the campaigners.
:13:40. > :13:46.Effectively, the decisions have been made, have been made, haven't they?
:13:47. > :13:56.Yes, they have. No risk assdssments have been done throughout the
:13:57. > :14:00.process. When maternity leave Stafford in January, there hs no
:14:01. > :14:04.capacity at the other hospitals the Ambulance Service is on its knees,
:14:05. > :14:10.what we want is people to rdthink the decisions they have madd before
:14:11. > :14:18.something terrible happens. They are sending us all into a very dangerous
:14:19. > :14:21.situation. They have checked this state`of`the`art Stafford on many
:14:22. > :14:27.occasions and become either safe, but fragile. The other hosphtals
:14:28. > :14:35.around us are not safe and they need to rethink things. As for the camp,
:14:36. > :14:38.initially it was set up just for the summer. The demonstrators s`y there
:14:39. > :14:39.will be there right until the autumn.
:14:40. > :14:41.There's been a huge rise in the numbers of Midlands
:14:42. > :14:44.So far this year more than ?2.5 billion worth
:14:45. > :14:48.That's a ten`fold increase in the past five years.
:14:49. > :14:51.It means export income from China for our region is the equiv`lent
:14:52. > :14:55.But many companies still don't export to China and today some of
:14:56. > :14:58.them attended a special conference in Birmingham designed to hdlp them.
:14:59. > :15:08.Making custom`built saddles in Walsall `
:15:09. > :15:15.Here they make around fifty saddles a week and they
:15:16. > :15:22.Once finished, they're exported all over the world,
:15:23. > :15:31.The company's managing director wants that to change.
:15:32. > :15:39.If we can get into the markdt, the sky is the limit. It includds a kind
:15:40. > :15:45.for the same amount of turnover that we are doing now in maybe fhve
:15:46. > :15:50.years. It is a bespoke premhum product, just the kind of thing that
:15:51. > :15:53.sells well in China. The eqtestrian market there is growing fast and
:15:54. > :15:54.this company wants to capit`lise on that.
:15:55. > :15:58.Today, hundreds attended a special Export to China conference.
:15:59. > :16:03.The gathering was given adddd importance with the attendance
:16:04. > :16:10.of the Vice Mayor of the city of Ningbow in Western China.
:16:11. > :16:15.Birmingham is one of the most important industrial cities in the
:16:16. > :16:22.UK. We have implemented a strategy that looks forward to cooperation
:16:23. > :16:27.with cities like Birmingham. Many Chinese companies have good
:16:28. > :16:30.partnerships with companies in and around Birmingham.
:16:31. > :16:32.This speaker at today's conference works for one of them.
:16:33. > :16:41.His company was taken`over by a Chinese firm eight years ago.
:16:42. > :16:46.We have seen our company grow to almost 3,000 employees worldwide.
:16:47. > :16:48.The China British Business Council which organised today gathering
:16:49. > :16:51.It maintains that there are plenty more opportunities
:16:52. > :17:05.There is a huge amount of potential for companies of all sizes `nd
:17:06. > :17:08.sectors in the China market. Everybody has to look at it, whether
:17:09. > :17:10.it is right for them or not, they need to explore it.
:17:11. > :17:12.More and more companies are doing just that, with the prospect
:17:13. > :17:16.of increased sales and growth, which, ultimately, means more jobs.
:17:17. > :17:21.The legacy of inspirational teenager Steven Sutton ` more cancer nurses
:17:22. > :17:29.Your detailed weather forecast is to come shortly.
:17:30. > :17:32.Paddling their own canoe ` the veteran Worcestershire
:17:33. > :17:34.sportsmen taking on the world's best in a gruelling two`hour event.
:17:35. > :17:50.Why has a section of Hadrian's Wall ended up in a theatre in Malvern?
:17:51. > :17:52.In its heyday, the Newman Brothers coffin factory in Birminghal's
:17:53. > :17:55.Jewellery Quarter made fitthngs for the caskets of Sir Winston Churchill
:17:56. > :17:59.Now, 15 years after it closdd down, the Victorian factory is behng
:18:00. > :18:03.Elizabeth Glinka has been to take a look ahead
:18:04. > :18:12.In a city famed for a thousand trades,
:18:13. > :18:15.parts of coffins might not be at the glamorous end of the spdctrum,
:18:16. > :18:19.but the Newman Brothers factory first opened in1894, is abott to
:18:20. > :18:29.re`open as Birmingham's latdst and most unlikely tourist attraction.
:18:30. > :18:37.We are looking at Coffin furniture. It covers a broad spec from.
:18:38. > :18:44.Everything from a handle, to add breastplate over here, which is very
:18:45. > :18:48.old, Victorian. It is all the metal fittings that would go on the
:18:49. > :18:56.outside of the Coffin. People might think that an exhibition devoted to
:18:57. > :18:59.this might be a bit morbid. Yes but they can expect the sensory,
:19:00. > :19:05.immersive experience. We will have 1960s music in the background,
:19:06. > :19:10.intermittent signs, and working machinery. We are telling the story
:19:11. > :19:14.of a company with a social history and Coffin furniture was big
:19:15. > :19:16.business in Birmingham. It was the centre as far as the UK was
:19:17. > :19:17.concerned. In the 19th century, there were
:19:18. > :19:19.hundreds of these metal presses in Ian Clark is the man responsible
:19:20. > :19:32.for restoring the workshop I think local people will love the
:19:33. > :19:37.fact that there is another jewel in the crown in the Jewellery Puarter.
:19:38. > :19:41.Visitors I think would be strprised to find out what it was likd to work
:19:42. > :19:42.and back to work on back`to`back factory units like this.
:19:43. > :19:45.One of the other things thex did here at Newman brothers was make
:19:46. > :19:48.shrouds ` this one was made especially for an Aston Villa
:19:49. > :19:51.supporter, but I'm told thex also made them in Blues colours so
:19:52. > :19:53.there's no need for the Birmingham City fans to feel left
:19:54. > :19:56.out. As the museum prepares for its grand opening next lonth,
:19:57. > :19:58.volunteers are working to unpack the thousands of pieces abandoned
:19:59. > :20:09.The idea is to preserve just a snap`shot of our industrial history.
:20:10. > :20:12.If you thought canoeing was a sedate sport, this might surprise xou.
:20:13. > :20:14.Combining dynamic kayak rachng with full`out running sprints, contested
:20:15. > :20:20.It's the World Canoe Marathon Championships, which take place
:20:21. > :20:23.Leading the British challenge in the veteran class are two
:20:24. > :20:25.canoeists from Worcestershire with a combined age of 117.
:20:26. > :20:43.Welcome to the world of mar`thon canoeing. Wait a minute! Wh`t are
:20:44. > :20:51.they doing? They are getting heights! Believe it or not, it is
:20:52. > :20:56.all part of the race. It is just what the pioneers of North @merica
:20:57. > :21:01.used to do. In two marathon, it is done four times over 100 metres and
:21:02. > :21:13.it is hard work. As it goes on, you soon run out of puff! You c`n win or
:21:14. > :21:20.lose a race on the getting hn and out, it is an important elelent
:21:21. > :21:24.This event holds no fears for Andy Nevitt and Julian Gilbert. They are
:21:25. > :21:28.aged 59 and 58 and have been canoeing in Worcester since they
:21:29. > :21:32.were teenagers. I love the challenge, the fact the rivdr is
:21:33. > :21:41.constantly changing. It changes all the time. Different wildlifd. Out in
:21:42. > :21:48.the fresh air. It is fantastic. They will cover the 19 kilometre course
:21:49. > :21:54.in roundabout to times macro. In the Masters class, there are colpetitive
:21:55. > :21:59.with the worlds best. No matter what the result, they will keep on
:22:00. > :22:04.training throughout the year. We make the getting slower, but
:22:05. > :22:08.whatever the situation, as long as you can feel fit enough to do it,
:22:09. > :22:17.the competitive spirit is still there. It is never too late to
:22:18. > :22:19.compete on, or off, the watdr. We will let you know how to get on next
:22:20. > :22:20.week! It was the first North`South divide
:22:21. > :22:24.` 84 miles of wall preventing the Now, almost 2,000 years
:22:25. > :22:27.after Hadrian's Wall was buhlt, a section of it has turned tp in a
:22:28. > :22:31.theatre in Malvern for a new play. As Ben Sidwell reports,
:22:32. > :22:39.it's literally dividing audhences. Whichever way you look at it,
:22:40. > :22:57.a wall, however famous it is, is an I have always been fascinatdd by
:22:58. > :23:04.Adrian Zwolle, I don't know why The designer and some of the act has
:23:05. > :23:08.decided to walk Adrian Zwolle to research this play. It took us six
:23:09. > :23:09.days Andrew Grayson money for Help For Heroes along the way.
:23:10. > :23:11.Adrian's Wall is a new play by Nick Wilkes,
:23:12. > :23:13.Malvern Theatre's first Writer in Residence since George Bdrnard
:23:14. > :23:22.But to fit in the wall, the whole theatre's had to be remodelled.
:23:23. > :23:31.We work on a tight budget. This entire set to two weeks to build and
:23:32. > :23:36.cost just under ?600. These sections, we got them from Pinewood
:23:37. > :23:49.Studios for nothing. This bht of tree was in the opening cerdmony of
:23:50. > :23:58.the Olympics games. Although it has got nothing to do with the Scottish
:23:59. > :24:03.referendum, they will have to make a choice, when they book their ticket,
:24:04. > :24:09.will they have to sit on thd north or south side of the wall. Ht is the
:24:10. > :24:17.North! This site! Definitelx, definitely North! As an actor, how
:24:18. > :24:26.difficult is it to perform on a wall like this! It is challenging. There
:24:27. > :24:31.are lots of levels. The main thing is not to fall off! It is a
:24:32. > :24:34.brilliant death of kit, an `mazing set. It is a great representation of
:24:35. > :24:43.the war that we walked along. tomorrow night and is on at the
:24:44. > :25:07.Forum Theatre until Saturdax. We have temperatures hovering around
:25:08. > :25:13.the average for the time of year for the Amber, roundabout 19 Celsius. It
:25:14. > :25:22.will increase by a couple of degrees as the weak goes on before ht starts
:25:23. > :25:28.today begin at the weekend. It will be mostly dry until Friday, but it
:25:29. > :25:40.will be misty and foggy. Yot can see why the warmth is coming from. We
:25:41. > :25:44.are sitting in an area of w`rm air. Today, we have seen a scattdring of
:25:45. > :25:47.showers in the southern half of the region and they will continte to
:25:48. > :25:56.travel northwards through the first part of the night. Plenty of cloud,
:25:57. > :25:59.but again the residual warmth and the dampness from these showers will
:26:00. > :26:06.result in some mist and fog across much of the region. It might be
:26:07. > :26:10.thick enough for it to causd some problems for the airports, like a
:26:11. > :26:16.dead last night. There are some spots of rain in the north of the
:26:17. > :26:21.region and that we might be there early on tomorrow morning. Ht will
:26:22. > :26:27.be grey initially before thd brightness and Sunshine starts to
:26:28. > :26:34.break through. In the western half of the region, temperatures will
:26:35. > :26:40.rise up to 22 degrees, so, puite warm for the time of year. Slightly
:26:41. > :26:45.more of a breeze from the E`st. Tomorrow evening and tomorrow night,
:26:46. > :26:58.it bears the hallmarks of M's weather. It is misty, murky, cloudy.
:26:59. > :27:02.It goes on for the rest of the week until we get to Friday, that is when
:27:03. > :27:11.they humoured table kick in we could get some localised thunderstorms.
:27:12. > :27:15.Tonight headlines from the BBC: With just two days to go before Scotland
:27:16. > :27:20.votes, the three main Westmhnster parties pledged to give new powers
:27:21. > :27:24.to the Scottish Parliament. After weeks of pressure following
:27:25. > :27:28.the Rotherham child abuse scandal, the South Yorkshire Police `nd Crime
:27:29. > :27:34.Commissioner stands down. The legacy of inspirational teenager
:27:35. > :27:38.Stephen Stockton`more cancer nurses to be trained in Coventry.
:27:39. > :27:40.Another 6,000 jobs Birmingh`m City Council could go in the next four
:27:41. > :27:47.years. That was Midlands Today. We will be
:27:48. > :27:48.back at ten o'clock. Have a great evening. Good night.