:00:12. > :00:17.Families tell of their horror at an inquest into the deaths of
:00:18. > :00:20.three patients under the care of a heart surgeon sacked from the Queen
:00:21. > :00:24.Also tonight, Lord Heseltind live on the urgent need to bridgd
:00:25. > :00:27.The former government minister's in the region to launch
:00:28. > :00:29.a scheme that'll teach youngsters the skills they'll need for work.
:00:30. > :00:31.The Princess Royal unveils a memorial honouring the Ghtrkas
:00:32. > :00:40.who lost their lives with the armed forces.
:00:41. > :00:55.And join me later. And I will have the weather forecast
:00:56. > :01:10.later. Families have told of their
:01:11. > :01:12.shock and horror at seeing their The inquest began today
:01:13. > :01:15.into the deaths of three patients who were treated
:01:16. > :01:18.by surgeon Ian Wilson at thd Queen Concerns came to light
:01:19. > :01:25.after an internal audit found that 15 of his patients had died
:01:26. > :01:27.in just over a year. In some cases,
:01:28. > :01:29.there were common factors. Our Health Correspondent,
:01:30. > :01:31.Michele Paduano, reports. Their inquests held together
:01:32. > :01:38.following concerns over del`ys to surgery and the amount
:01:39. > :01:42.of heart surgery. 78`year`old Alan Tringham
:01:43. > :01:44.from Hereford had two heart valves repaired and an operation
:01:45. > :01:48.on his atrium. He had extensive bruising `
:01:49. > :01:50.even to his eyelids. His daughter, Joanne Muldowney said
:01:51. > :01:56.she was asked if they wanted a priest, but claims she wasn't told
:01:57. > :01:59.that it was for the last rites. During the operation,
:02:00. > :02:01.Mr Tringham had been placed on a heart bypass machine and his heart
:02:02. > :02:04.frozen with drugs to protect it The gap on one occasion
:02:05. > :02:07.between those drugs being ghven was Ian Wilson accepted that he had
:02:08. > :02:12.filled in the timings wrong for giving the drugs,
:02:13. > :02:27.but said that he was working on He was asked whether she should have
:02:28. > :02:32.operated sooner. He said, if I was to look back of course I wotld, but
:02:33. > :02:35.there was nothing at that stage to suggest that course of action and
:02:36. > :02:38.they had another 80 patients on my waiting list.
:02:39. > :02:40.72`year old Peter Brooks from Halesowen had been well
:02:41. > :02:45.His family were told that hd cardiac arrested on the table and afterwards
:02:46. > :02:48.that he had six bypasses, a valve repair and a heart valve replaced.
:02:49. > :02:50.His daughter, Alison Jinks said he never regained consciousness
:02:51. > :02:53.The inquest into all three deaths at the Queen Elizabeth hosphtal is
:02:54. > :03:08.I understand there are other issues relating to the practice th`t have
:03:09. > :03:15.been identified but are not directly relevant to these cases?
:03:16. > :03:18.Yes. After he was sacked, hd was specifically sacks for the heart
:03:19. > :03:23.strike that was not given, they then looked into other aspects of his
:03:24. > :03:45.work and finds that there w`s an issue to do with intravenous GTn.
:03:46. > :03:50.The hospital said today that if they had known about that they m`y have
:03:51. > :03:58.restricted his operating back in 2011.
:03:59. > :04:03.He was sacked by the hospit`l. What has happened to him since?
:04:04. > :04:10.He went for retraining at a hospital in Wolverhampton. That went well. He
:04:11. > :04:15.has now been employed on a six`month contract although he will h`ve to
:04:16. > :04:21.maintain his supervision. Clearly he has come out of this OK. Cldarly the
:04:22. > :04:23.issue is whether there is or is not a problem. Only the General Medical
:04:24. > :04:27.Council will be able to dechde that. Good to have you with
:04:28. > :04:29.us this evening. Coming up later in the programme
:04:30. > :04:32.Playing the right notes, not The school that's blown out
:04:33. > :04:39.brass for plastic trumpets. The need to get young peopld to
:04:40. > :04:42.learn skills for work is now so urgent a new scheme's behng set
:04:43. > :04:46.up which it's hoped will help to close the so`called skills gap and
:04:47. > :04:49.lead to the creation of mord new The Greater Birmingham Chamber
:04:50. > :04:53.of Commerce is working with a consortium of colleges on a new
:04:54. > :04:56.website called The Skills Htb. It's designed to give emploxers
:04:57. > :05:00.a one`stop shop when searchhng Our Business Correspondent,
:05:01. > :05:04.Peter Plisner, is at a printing firm So, Peter, why is
:05:05. > :05:09.the skills gap such a big issue It's a big issue
:05:10. > :05:15.because this printing firm has expanded rapidly over the l`st
:05:16. > :05:17.decade and these days it's getting more and more work, but meeting
:05:18. > :05:20.those orders means having the right Making it's mark `
:05:21. > :05:27.this firm's presses are running 24 Launched 12 years ago
:05:28. > :05:32.by ten school friends who scraped together ?2,000 it's now turning
:05:33. > :05:37.over nearly ?3million per ydar and has ambitions to double that
:05:38. > :05:43.figure over the next three xears. In the design shop they're just
:05:44. > :05:47.as busy ` here they have vacancies but a lack of skills means ht's not
:05:48. > :05:59.easy filling them. It is extremely difficult where you
:06:00. > :06:03.have to advertise extensively. Once we employ them we then have to train
:06:04. > :06:12.them further and develop thdir skills. Machines like this do not
:06:13. > :06:16.always run themselves and they are becoming more high`tech. People that
:06:17. > :06:18.work you need a certain levdl of skills. That cannot always be
:06:19. > :06:20.trained in`house. A new website holds information
:06:21. > :06:23.of more the 10,000 different courses ` they're available at colldges
:06:24. > :06:26.across the Greater Birmingh`m area. Norman Cave who runs
:06:27. > :06:39.Bournville College has playdd a key A business that has a particular
:06:40. > :06:44.training needs will click onto the website. The website will identify
:06:45. > :06:48.the course that is more appropriate for them. And also the colldge which
:06:49. > :06:51.is nearest. In addition to
:06:52. > :06:53.the colleges those who use the skills hub can also get help
:06:54. > :06:56.from various Chambers of Colmerce. Ultimately it should lead to
:06:57. > :07:08.more growth and job creation. This is all part of moves to empower
:07:09. > :07:15.big cities. The force behind that is Lord Heseltine. He joins as tonight.
:07:16. > :07:20.What do you think of this? Ht is an important step towards bringing more
:07:21. > :07:28.power to local areas, involving local people who actually create the
:07:29. > :07:37.jobs. That is the essence of the problem. Finding enough jobs and
:07:38. > :07:43.finding people with the skills. This is designed to get all the local
:07:44. > :07:53.sources of training and the employers into one grouping. That is
:07:54. > :07:56.a very sensible step. We were promised money and you recolmended
:07:57. > :07:59.that the Government release money to cities like Birmingham to
:08:00. > :08:03.effectively control their own destiny. You talked about ?40
:08:04. > :08:07.billion across the country, but we have seen no where near that from
:08:08. > :08:14.the Government. There is no sign of that. I do not agree. But when I
:08:15. > :08:23.looked at the total sum is `vailable over five years, it is not 40
:08:24. > :08:27.billion all at once. There was a lot of money. I pointed this out. The
:08:28. > :08:36.Government accepted the principle. They have begun the shift to local
:08:37. > :08:41.areas. The Chancellor announced 6 billion a couple of months `go. That
:08:42. > :08:45.is not all I asked for, but no one else has ever got a fraction of
:08:46. > :08:49.that. As a result of the Scottish referendum there has been more talk
:08:50. > :08:57.about regional devolution. RB good to get it? Will Birmingham benefit?
:08:58. > :09:02.There are Local Enterprise Partnership 's all over England
:09:03. > :09:09.They are already getting significant sums. They will get more. The
:09:10. > :09:14.process has been going for `bout a year. The devolution debate in
:09:15. > :09:18.Scotland has given it a massive push. Birmingham will gain from
:09:19. > :09:21.that. We are heading in the right
:09:22. > :09:24.direction, but there is still much work to do.
:09:25. > :09:26.A 29`year`old man has been jailed for life for killing a mothdr`of`two
:09:27. > :09:32.Amandeep Kaur Hothi was found in a room at the Britannia Hotel
:09:33. > :09:35.She'd died from multiple knife wounds.
:09:36. > :09:38.Gurminder Singh, from Forest Gate in London, has been told he'll serve
:09:39. > :09:45.A Warwickshire man's been jailed after he admitted making a series
:09:46. > :09:55.of hoax calls in which he told families their children had died.
:09:56. > :09:58.Ashley Dodd made eight calls one night in June `
:09:59. > :10:01.some in the early hours ` claiming he was a doctor at the
:10:02. > :10:05.Magistrates sentenced him to 16 weeks in prison.
:10:06. > :10:08.Four people have been arrested on suspicion of murder after a
:10:09. > :10:12.The woman, who's thought to have been in her 50s, was found
:10:13. > :10:16.at the property in Glebe Street in Wellington yesterday aftdrnoon.
:10:17. > :10:19.Three men, aged 50, 35 and 21 are being questioned by police,
:10:20. > :10:26.It's been confirmed that 35 Phones 4U stores
:10:27. > :10:30.in the Midlands are to closd, with 169 staff losing their jobs.
:10:31. > :10:33.The firm ` which is based in Newcastle`under`Lyme
:10:34. > :10:37.in Staffordshire ` went into administration last week.
:10:38. > :10:44.620 head`office staff found out on Friday that they'd lose thehr jobs.
:10:45. > :10:47.A leading cancer charity's urging young people not to be
:10:48. > :10:52.The Teenage Cancer Trust is worried that young people not
:10:53. > :10:55.speaking to their doctor me`ns cancer's not spotted early dnough.
:10:56. > :10:59.A survey by the Trust suggests that under 24s are more likely to get
:11:00. > :11:08.All the patients in this cancer unit in Birmhngham
:11:09. > :11:14.The disease is rare amongst this age group ` most teenagers don't
:11:15. > :11:19.But it's the one thing that everyone here has in common.
:11:20. > :11:23.I went to the GP and he gavd me some tablets because he thought ht was
:11:24. > :11:31.I think I went back about three times and it was about the third
:11:32. > :11:37.time I told him to do a blood test and then he did a blood test and I
:11:38. > :11:42.got a phone call to say, can you go to the hospital, and the doctor came
:11:43. > :11:51.Because fewer than 1% of cancer cases happen
:11:52. > :11:54.in young people, when a teenager comes to their GP with something
:11:55. > :11:57.wrong ` it's not the first thing the doctor will be looking for.
:11:58. > :12:01.You see a lump on your head and you sort of worry for one minutd and you
:12:02. > :12:05.kind of Yahoo Answer it and it just goes, don't worry it?s fine.
:12:06. > :12:09.You go to the GP and he's lhke, no not at your age, or,
:12:10. > :12:11.that will be very rare, and you just sort of dismiss it
:12:12. > :12:14.Although Eleanor and Fiona both went to their GPs they didn't feel
:12:15. > :12:18.confident enough to challenge them when nothing serious was fotnd.
:12:19. > :12:21.A third of the teenagers spoken to for this survey said they dhdn't
:12:22. > :12:24.feel able to talk to their GP about their health concerns.
:12:25. > :12:28.Teenage Cancer Trust is worried this may mean some cancers
:12:29. > :12:30.in young people aren't being picked up early enough.
:12:31. > :12:35.If you're feeling tired or xou've got lumps or bumps or swellhngs it
:12:36. > :12:38.doesn't mean you've got cancer but there's a small chance that you
:12:39. > :12:43.If you're experiencing thesd problems you need to get chdcked out
:12:44. > :12:49.The charity wants schools to help students become more aware
:12:50. > :12:52.of the signs of cancer to ghve them confidence to say something
:12:53. > :12:57.The hope is for the rare few who do have the disease they will get
:12:58. > :13:07.The Princess Royal's been in Staffordshire this afternoon to
:13:08. > :13:11.unveil a memorial to soldiers of the Gurkha Rifles who died in sdrvice.
:13:12. > :13:15.The monument, at the National Memorial Arboretum,
:13:16. > :13:20.marks the contribution made to the British Army by the men frol Nepal.
:13:21. > :13:22.Over 200,000 Gurkhas served with the British Army
:13:23. > :13:32.Numbers have fallen sharply since then and the regiment now has
:13:33. > :13:34.Most recently, they've seen action in the Falklands, Kosovo,
:13:35. > :13:56.They are the most wonderfully believe and kind people I h`ve ever
:13:57. > :14:04.met. Their loyalty is as legendary as the bravery. Their motto is,
:14:05. > :14:11.better to die than to be a coward. This sergeant is one of the 300 or
:14:12. > :14:22.so Gurkhas. My great`grandf`ther was in the British Indian Army. My
:14:23. > :14:26.father served in Hong Kong. His family history tells the story of
:14:27. > :14:35.the Gurkhas. Two centuries of allegiance. But until very recently
:14:36. > :14:39.there has never been a memorial for the thousands killed in the line of
:14:40. > :14:53.duty. Unveiled today, the monument is the idea of a Staffordshhre
:14:54. > :14:58.`based former Gurkha officer. They will tell them about it. Thdy will
:14:59. > :15:07.be thrilled to think that wd are still thinking of them. It took a
:15:08. > :15:15.small team of Gurkhas working with a professional stonemason two years to
:15:16. > :15:28.build. The Gurkhas feel that this has received another blessing. The
:15:29. > :15:29.God of prosperity is also phctured riding a rodent. And this mdmorial
:15:30. > :15:40.has become infested with mice. Inquests begin into the deaths of
:15:41. > :15:48.three patients under the care of a heart surgeon sacked from the Queen
:15:49. > :15:50.Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham. Your detailed weather forec`st
:15:51. > :15:55.to come shortly from Shefalh. Also in tonight's programme, the pub
:15:56. > :15:58.regular who's inspired a song and a new beer two years after he died,
:15:59. > :16:03.in honour of his old flat c`p. And join me live at Shrewsbtry Town
:16:04. > :16:06.` a team chasing a hat`trick I used to play the trumpet
:16:07. > :16:21.in my school orchestra, not an But I was sorry to hear that brass
:16:22. > :16:26.instruments in schools have become an endangered species ` bec`use of
:16:27. > :16:30.the cost and the fact that some are One school in the Black Country
:16:31. > :16:53.hopes to have the answer. I very special lesson from ` very
:16:54. > :16:58.special teacher. She is one of the most celebrated trumpet soloists.
:16:59. > :17:00.She is here to give these schoolchildren in music lesson. But
:17:01. > :17:07.these instruments are different They are made from plastic. It is an
:17:08. > :17:12.amazing new invention which means that the plastic vibrates the way in
:17:13. > :17:18.brass metal instrument would. And it looks great as well. They come in
:17:19. > :17:21.several colours. At ?100 thdy are more affordable, lightweight and
:17:22. > :17:31.Jude and Jude Law untraditional brass instruments. 35 trumpdts have
:17:32. > :17:38.been donated to the school. You get to play the trumpet. You get to
:17:39. > :17:43.learn how to do it. The instruments were developed by this Coventry
:17:44. > :17:48.`based company. We learned how to make instruments sounds likd a real
:17:49. > :17:55.bass instrument. We use that same technology in our trumpet. Ht is
:17:56. > :18:01.simple and easy to start making a sound. Back at lesson is in full
:18:02. > :18:04.swing. When it is over the learning will not stop. We will have a
:18:05. > :18:15.teacher in here every week for the next year. We are only able to do
:18:16. > :18:25.that because of the partnership that we have. There will be a concert in
:18:26. > :18:27.the town Hall in October. A wonderful opportunity to le`rn and
:18:28. > :18:33.play with the best. An owl sanctuary in Gloucestershire
:18:34. > :18:42.has launched an appeal to help buy the f`rm where
:18:43. > :18:45.they are currently based. The Barn Owl Centre needs to raise
:18:46. > :18:47.?30,000 by the end of the year to purchase the land
:18:48. > :18:50.and buildings from the council. Majestic, graceful and very at home.
:18:51. > :18:57.This European Eagle Owl is one of 60 birds of prey at the Barn Owl Centre
:18:58. > :19:14.in Gloucester. Based here shnce It is a great place to fly birds. It
:19:15. > :19:18.brings people back to wildlhfe. Based here
:19:19. > :19:30.2008, the charity currently leases the farm and surrounding land from
:19:31. > :19:33.Gloucester city council, but now they've been given the chance to buy
:19:34. > :19:38.For Vincent Jones, the founder of the charity, this is more
:19:39. > :19:49.than just a farm. It's the place where his love of owls all began.
:19:50. > :20:05.since I found my first I will nest in the tree behind me.
:20:06. > :20:09.26 of the birds here were t`ken from this owner after a neighbour
:20:10. > :20:17.recorded ten attacking them. They are still being rehabilitatdd. It
:20:18. > :20:20.has taken a long time. If they manage to raise the money to
:20:21. > :20:26.purchase the farm it will mdan that the centre can move forward with
:20:27. > :20:27.plans to expand. That will lean they will be able to help more of these
:20:28. > :20:36.birds. Onto tonight's football
:20:37. > :20:38.and Shrewsbury Town are aimhng They're at home to Championship side
:20:39. > :20:42.Norwich City in the third round of the League Cup and Dan P`llett's
:20:43. > :20:44.at the Greenhous Stadium right now. They've already done it
:20:45. > :20:46.once this season, Dan. Yes they've done it twice already
:20:47. > :20:49.in this competition. They beat Blackpool
:20:50. > :20:50.from the Championship in round one and Premier Le`gue
:20:51. > :20:53.Leicester City in round two. Can they make it a hat`trick
:20:54. > :20:56.of upsets tonight against another team from
:20:57. > :20:58.the Championship ` Norwich City Well let's have a word with someone
:20:59. > :21:11.who has some insider's knowledge. Fingers crossed. We are comhng into
:21:12. > :21:14.the game on the back of an tnbeaten run here. We have got nothing to
:21:15. > :21:16.lose. Our players are up for it You joined a club
:21:17. > :21:29.which had just been relegatdd. The mood has changed. On thd first
:21:30. > :21:35.day the chairman was trying to cheer everyone up. He has been involved in
:21:36. > :21:40.the club for a long time. Hd is a massive supporter. He took to heart.
:21:41. > :21:44.But he had a smile on face. One of the things that we wanted to do is
:21:45. > :21:52.put a smile back on his facd. Fingers crossed we can do it again
:21:53. > :21:59.tonight. This has got to help business. Yes, attendances `re down
:22:00. > :22:03.slightly on the back of being relegated, but hopefully supporters
:22:04. > :22:07.will come down tonight and see the big are trying to play. Thex will
:22:08. > :22:12.see that we are going in thd right direction and hopefully we can get
:22:13. > :22:15.promoted. It should be an exciting night. There is live, jury on BBC
:22:16. > :22:18.radio. Dan, Shrewsbury aren't
:22:19. > :22:20.our only side in Cup action tonight ` Stoke City also play tonight and
:22:21. > :22:24.must feel that they have a realistic In the last few seasons we've had
:22:25. > :22:32.two sides from outside the Birmingham City and Swansea City
:22:33. > :22:37.have won it in the last few years. It shows what's possible
:22:38. > :22:39.in the League Cup. Stoke City must think that they have
:22:40. > :22:45.a chance of getting to Wembley. Stoke are away to
:22:46. > :22:48.Sunderland this evening. And coverage of that match hs on
:22:49. > :22:51.BBC Radio Stoke. We'll have the goals from both
:22:52. > :22:53.of tonight's games on He was a pub regular who's prompted
:22:54. > :23:09.a song, a flurry of fundraising and a new beer in his memorx `
:23:10. > :23:12.all because he was well known This was Frank Cunningham,
:23:13. > :23:28.a retired aircraft engineer, And this is his cap, which he was
:23:29. > :23:36.always leaving on the bar hdre at People used to throw change
:23:37. > :23:51.in it which was donated to charity. He would always take his cap off and
:23:52. > :23:56.dump it on the side. For a joke somebody threw some money in one
:23:57. > :24:09.night. It became a habit. The cat came off and the money went in and
:24:10. > :24:11.it went to Macmillan nurses. When he died, someone asked for his cap
:24:12. > :24:15.Maureen is a folk singer and has written a song ` Fr`nk's Cap
:24:16. > :24:20.And now the pub has started to sell a new beer of the same name.
:24:21. > :24:25.We have an award for our innovative ways of making money. We want to
:24:26. > :24:27.keep it going. About ?1,400 has been thrown
:24:28. > :24:30.into Frank's cap over the l`st two years and it's been donated to
:24:31. > :24:40.Macmillan Cancer Support. It is a fitting tribute to `
:24:41. > :24:55.drinking man. He liked his pint He liked the camaraderie. This is a
:24:56. > :25:02.fantastic tributes to him. He was a character. It is amazing wh`t does
:25:03. > :25:05.Dan for the dog and pheasant. And all this
:25:06. > :25:27.because Frank was always le`ving Here is the weather. We are now
:25:28. > :25:37.officially into Tim. Some p`rts of the region are feeling it. # row we
:25:38. > :25:45.are now officially into auttmn. These temperatures will fluctuate
:25:46. > :25:48.through the week. We are seding some changes to the complexion of things
:25:49. > :25:53.without turning cloudy two this afternoon. That is down to this
:25:54. > :26:02.frontal system pushing throtgh the Northwest. We have also got this
:26:03. > :26:10.other frontal system that whll come through on Friday. That may bring
:26:11. > :26:17.cloudy conditions and rain by that stage. High`pressure will l`ter on
:26:18. > :26:22.starts to dominate. Back to this evening. We are starting to see this
:26:23. > :26:28.cloud filter southwards. It is bringing rain to the Northern parts
:26:29. > :26:32.of the region. Most of this rain will be liked and patchy. There will
:26:33. > :26:42.be the odd heavy burst here and fair. Because of a close and the
:26:43. > :26:52.rain temperatures are only dropping to a minimum of ten Celsius. It will
:26:53. > :27:01.not be quite as cold. This rain will continue into the morning. Ht may
:27:02. > :27:08.intensify in a few places. Ht will start to clear later on tomorrow
:27:09. > :27:14.into the afternoon. Look at those temperatures. Across the North it is
:27:15. > :27:20.much cooler. Tomorrow night will be drier. Dry with sunny spells on
:27:21. > :27:25.Thursday. Ed Miliband sets out his vision
:27:26. > :27:36.for Britain in his last conference an inquest into the deaths of three
:27:37. > :27:43.patients under the care of ` heart surgeon sacked from the Quedn
:27:44. > :27:47.Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham.