:00:00. > :00:00.That's all from the BBC News at Six, so it's goodbye from me,
:00:00. > :00:08.A UK first ` a university tdacher training school offering secondary
:00:09. > :00:22.It has been described as gold for over 300 people registering further
:00:23. > :00:25.jobs at the school which we haven't even advertise yet.
:00:26. > :00:27.Growing demand for secondary school places means
:00:28. > :00:30.Put the pounds into preventhon rather than patching up the
:00:31. > :00:36.potholes ` criticism for cotncils playing catch up on road repairs.
:00:37. > :00:45.Here is Francis. Turning in the glitch on nicely. Leach, wow! What
:00:46. > :00:47.about that! Birmingham City legend,
:00:48. > :00:48.Trevor Francis, joins the list of luminaries
:00:49. > :00:51.on Broad Streets Walk of St`rs. who donated her fortune.
:00:52. > :01:00.of a remarkable Warwickshird woman weekend, you never know,
:01:01. > :01:49.you might be pleasantly surprised. will have full time trainee teachers
:01:50. > :02:05.in all its classrooms, alongside Bizz`macro this is how it looks now
:02:06. > :02:12.and this is how it will look in September. When the school opens it
:02:13. > :02:15.will be the first of its kind, a place pupils to learn and trainee
:02:16. > :02:19.teachers to learn the trade. classrooms will be bigger bdcause
:02:20. > :05:40.they will be designed to have visitors and
:05:41. > :05:44.outcomes they can. There ard appointments around regional
:05:45. > :05:45.school's commissioners. Thex will have a real responsibility `round
:05:46. > :05:48.free schools and academies. Donations on a plate `
:05:49. > :05:52.the funds needed to save the Wedgewood Collections is less
:05:53. > :05:58.than ?500,000 short of its target. Millions of pounds being spdnt
:05:59. > :06:01.on road repairs could be saved by preventing damage
:06:02. > :06:03.in the first place. That's the view of the
:06:04. > :06:06.Commons' Public Accounts Colmittee, who want the Government to
:06:07. > :06:08.concentrate on prevention r`ther But following the recent wet winter,
:06:09. > :06:14.extra funding was made available to local councils to repair dalage
:06:15. > :06:17.caused to the roads. Walsall Council has been investing
:06:18. > :06:20.the money on a new techniqud which halves the time it takes to
:06:21. > :06:23.fill in potholes. On this stretch of road in Walsall's
:06:24. > :06:33.busy town centre, deep potholes But this is latest offensivd
:06:34. > :06:37.against them, a revolutionary bit of The Velocity Patcher,
:06:38. > :06:42.as it's called, Then, a blend of bitumen
:06:43. > :06:48.and chippings are pumped in at high It's quick,
:06:49. > :07:04.efficient and less expensivd. In the first month alone we did 1500
:07:05. > :07:11.pairs with this piece of eqtipment. It is very quick, we have over 00
:07:12. > :07:15.miles of highway network in this borough and it was a very wdt winter
:07:16. > :07:19.which has caused a great de`l of damage. There are a lot of potholes
:07:20. > :07:22.and we are trying to work otr way around the network.
:07:23. > :07:25.In March, the Government gave all local authorities in England
:07:26. > :07:28.and Wales a one off emergency payment for road repairs.
:07:29. > :07:46.In June, the government said it was making much more money available to
:07:47. > :07:52.fund road repairs and counchls could bid. Walsall was allocated `lmost
:07:53. > :07:57.?450,000 which it spent on this It sounds like a lot of money, but do
:07:58. > :08:01.you need more? We will alwaxs need more when it comes to repairing
:08:02. > :08:05.roads. It sounds like a lot of money but it does not go a long w`y. We
:08:06. > :08:08.are trying to get the best value for the taxpayer in terms of ushng this
:08:09. > :08:09.system. The council is hiring the epuipment,
:08:10. > :08:21.but local resident Tracey W`shbrook The mess that they have left, that
:08:22. > :08:25.is coming over the drive ended your house is atrocious. Don't you like
:08:26. > :08:28.this that they are doing solething about it? I want it done properly,
:08:29. > :08:32.not just patched up. The council says it plans to patch
:08:33. > :08:35.as many potholes as it can by The acid test is how resilidnt
:08:36. > :08:39.the technique proves to be. A major security operation hs
:08:40. > :08:41.underway in the centre of Birmingham, ahead
:08:42. > :08:43.of the Conservative Party Conference A number of the main roads `round
:08:44. > :08:49.the ICC will be closed and dxtra Bob Hockenhall is at Centen`ry Plaza
:08:50. > :09:08.this evening. Well, a team of 1000 police officers
:09:09. > :09:13.and security staff are responsible for protecting the public and the
:09:14. > :09:16.Conservatives here. This afternoon we witnessed police teams sdarching
:09:17. > :09:23.bins, bushes and drains and they have been inside the ICC,
:09:24. > :09:26.particularly the Symphony H`ll, checking for anything suspicious.
:09:27. > :09:32.Earlier I asked the man in charge how he felt having the UK tdrrorism
:09:33. > :09:39.threat raised to severe might affect as operation. It poses a new
:09:40. > :09:43.challenge, undeniably. However, this is not specific to the confdrence,
:09:44. > :09:50.it is a UK threat. The dangdr here is moderate, therefore what we have
:09:51. > :09:53.to have contingencies, yes, the police operation will feel like it
:09:54. > :10:00.has done in the past. Will the public notice much disruption? A
:10:01. > :10:04.fence has been erected behind me but pedestrians will largely be able to
:10:05. > :10:08.move around this area. It mhght be different traffic and there might be
:10:09. > :10:10.some disruption. Which a fence has been erected behind me but
:10:11. > :10:13.pedestrians will largely be able to move around this area. It mhght be
:10:14. > :10:16.different traffic and there might be some disruption. Bridges street will
:10:17. > :10:21.be closed Old Street. Some people were concerned about this. H think
:10:22. > :10:25.it will cause absolute chaos on the road and stop people coming up
:10:26. > :10:32.here. They won't be going into the pubs, will they? They have two have
:10:33. > :10:37.a conference somewhere, so ht will disrupt where ever it is. The
:10:38. > :10:43.manager of Lord street has said that one or two businesses have dxpressed
:10:44. > :10:46.some concerns `` broad stredt. Most are happy because when the
:10:47. > :10:47.Conservatives have been herd before because they saw their takings
:10:48. > :10:49.garrotte, double awkward Drtpal Meanwhile UKIP is preparing
:10:50. > :10:51.for its conference in Doncaster Our reporter, Elizabeth Glinka,
:10:52. > :10:55.caught up with the party's leader, Nigel Farage,
:10:56. > :11:07.and asked him whether he backed the The first thing we have to do is
:11:08. > :11:12.make sure we have an English parliament that sits in Westminster,
:11:13. > :11:17.where Scottish MPs are not voting on English legislation. It is
:11:18. > :11:21.outrageous that our youngstdrs pay tuition fees because of Scottish
:11:22. > :11:24.vote in Westminster ten years ago. Let's sort it out in England Wales
:11:25. > :11:30.and Northern Ireland and Scotland first, and then we will talk about
:11:31. > :11:34.devolution. Specifically for the voters of the West Midlands, did you
:11:35. > :11:38.know what it will mean for them There is an argument that the County
:11:39. > :11:43.Council could have a bigger say over their own lives. Before the mid`80s,
:11:44. > :11:48.local authorities that business rates. How you voted, Labour or
:11:49. > :11:52.Tory, whatever it was, fund`mentally affected the business rate paid How
:11:53. > :11:54.was like that could be returned to County Council level.
:11:55. > :11:57.And you can hear the full interview on Sunday Politics at 11am on
:11:58. > :12:01.The travel company Tui is to close its call centre in Coventry,
:12:02. > :12:06.The firm, which operates holiday brands Thomson and First Choice
:12:07. > :12:09.says its office at Westwood Business Park will shut by December 2015
:12:10. > :12:14.It's now consulting with staff over redundancies.
:12:15. > :12:18.The last operational Vulcan bomber flew over the former RAF Gaxdon base
:12:19. > :12:21.in Warwickshire this afternoon in salute to the heroes of the
:12:22. > :12:25.The site was one of ten RAF bases, where Great Britain's nucle`r
:12:26. > :12:35.The aircraft was the twelfth bomber to be built and first flew hn 1 60.
:12:36. > :12:38.The campaign to save the Wedgwood Musuem is ?500,000 away
:12:39. > :12:43.It comes as the Staffordshire digger maker JCB's pledged to give
:12:44. > :12:47.?100,000, which has been matched by a private charitable trust.
:12:48. > :12:49.Our Staffordshire reporter, Liz Copper, has the latest
:12:50. > :13:02.on the appeal, which has now reached more than ?2.3 million.
:13:03. > :13:09.They are both world`famous `nd both made in Staffordshire. The Wedgwood
:13:10. > :13:15.Museum is now being helped by JCB. The chairman is page ?100,000 to the
:13:16. > :13:23.appeal to save the collection. It `` is pledging. Wedgwood was a
:13:24. > :13:28.fascinating man, he started the Industrial Revolution in Brhtain.
:13:29. > :13:36.Much started in this part of the world. The museum's collecthon must
:13:37. > :13:41.be sold to repay some of thd debt after it went into administration in
:13:42. > :13:45.2009. This is one of the world's most important archives. Thd
:13:46. > :13:49.national fund is spearheading a campaign to save it. Just under half
:13:50. > :13:55.?1 million is now needed. Although it is one of the largest donation
:13:56. > :14:02.dead in made so far, it is the many smaller contributions to helping the
:14:03. > :14:06.campaign towards its target. The smaller donations are so valuable.
:14:07. > :14:12.If you have a spare ?10,000 or 10 we do want to hear from you. We hope
:14:13. > :14:16.we will get there, but only if people will make small donations.
:14:17. > :14:23.Those nations, hopefully, whll be match funded. If you donate ?10
:14:24. > :14:27.that could turn into ?20 very quickly and that will make the
:14:28. > :14:31.difference. Those nations are needed by the end of November, the deadline
:14:32. > :14:44.for raising the money `` those donations.
:14:45. > :14:52.Also into night was 's programme, the bag is pulling back. Two goals
:14:53. > :14:57.did West Brom a victory in the League Cup. And the forgottdn
:14:58. > :15:00.benefactor, the Warwickshird woman who lavish a fortune on public
:15:01. > :15:14.buildings, parks and institttions. They started university is ` huge
:15:15. > :15:19.event in many teenager's lives. Many thousand have been arriving across
:15:20. > :15:23.the Midlands for freshers wdek. Birmingham has five univershties and
:15:24. > :15:28.more students than anywhere outside London. We have been to meet some of
:15:29. > :15:35.the new arrivals. It is a moment filled with excitement, joy and huge
:15:36. > :15:39.apprehension. At Birmingham City University, many students move the
:15:40. > :15:44.contents of their whole livds into this space of a small room hn halls
:15:45. > :15:52.of residence. Hi, how are you? I'm Jack. I'm Bethany. For many
:15:53. > :15:58.students, starting university is a huge trip into the unknown. I am
:15:59. > :16:03.excited but slightly nervous. I am looking forward to meeting ly
:16:04. > :16:06.flatmates. Not everyone was as confident about meeting new
:16:07. > :16:14.friends. I'm still meeting new people over and over again. I am
:16:15. > :16:16.happy, sad, scared, petrifidd, all the emotions. This boy is at the
:16:17. > :16:29.University to study sound engineering. Right now, I c`n't go
:16:30. > :16:36.mum, can you help me? I need money! I don't want to do that. Thhs is my
:16:37. > :16:40.time to be independent. An pattern settling in, Bethany has brought
:16:41. > :16:46.just a few memories of home with her to university. I feel like ht
:16:47. > :16:53.doesn't feel like I am stayhng here. It feels like I am here for a week
:16:54. > :16:58.too. It click in eventually. For parents, saying goodbye is past But
:16:59. > :17:02.with friendships are ready`lade it is time for these universitx
:17:03. > :17:08.students to spend for themsdlves away from the comfort of hole. We
:17:09. > :17:13.will hear more from the students on tomorrow's programme as thex begin
:17:14. > :17:14.their education. And, we will find out which one has already dropped
:17:15. > :17:16.out. The Midlands has three teams left
:17:17. > :17:18.in the League Cup and following the draw last night,
:17:19. > :17:21.Shrewsbury Town will host premier league Chelsea ` quite an exciting
:17:22. > :17:23.prospect I would think, Dan. The Shrewsbury manager, Micky
:17:24. > :17:26.Mellon, says he relishes thd chance to go head to head with the Chelsea
:17:27. > :17:30.boss, Jose Mourinho, next month Mourinho calls himself the
:17:31. > :17:35.Special One and he's got the achievements to back it up with
:17:36. > :17:39.two Champions League victorhes. Micky Mellon's major managerial
:17:40. > :17:43.successes were at non`leagud level This summer Mourinho spent lore
:17:44. > :17:50.than ?92 million on new plaxers Micky Mellon signed 17
:17:51. > :17:54.but only one of them cost money But there's one area where
:17:55. > :17:59.the Shrewsbury boss definitdly has Mourinho never made it as
:18:00. > :18:04.a professional player while Mellon won three promotions includhng one
:18:05. > :18:07.with West Bromwich Albion. The Baggies will join Shrewsbury in
:18:08. > :18:11.the last 16 along with Stokd City But Burton Albion missed out,
:18:12. > :18:29.as Nick Clitheroe reports. Having beaten them in the l`st
:18:30. > :18:35.round, the fan is incensed `nd upbeat. Within minutes, the
:18:36. > :18:39.championship side was in front and their grip never loosened. @ solo
:18:40. > :18:47.efforts to double Brighton's lead was scored. When the third was
:18:48. > :18:52.taking, the game was up. We can t complain. Second in the league, we
:18:53. > :18:59.beat QPR and Wigan. We are still an elite club. We lost the last two
:19:00. > :19:04.games and last night, but now we can get back to the league games. What
:19:05. > :19:04.about West Bromwich Albion? They were
:19:05. > :19:15.looking for a good cup run of their own. Their mood got even better when
:19:16. > :19:20.the new signer scored his fhrst goal. Unfortunately, he injtred
:19:21. > :19:23.himself in the process and was carried off. The nights to good turn
:19:24. > :19:28.for the worse when there were scores either side of half term. They were
:19:29. > :19:34.condemned to more League Cup misery. 60 seconds later, he scored the
:19:35. > :19:41.winner. That is only the second time they have got by the hind `` beyond
:19:42. > :19:46.the second round in nine ye`rs. I felt we deserved the win ovdr all.
:19:47. > :19:51.It wasn't looking like we wdre going to get that. Not long to go. I'll be
:19:52. > :19:54.in's were awarded a trip to Bournemouth in the next round. ``
:19:55. > :19:56.reward is a The former Birmingham City star
:19:57. > :19:59.Trevor Francis is to be indtcted into Birmingham's walk of stars
:20:00. > :20:01.on Broad Street. Francis broke into the first team
:20:02. > :20:04.at St Andrew's as a teenager He left as
:20:05. > :20:07.the first million pound transfer. He was arguably
:20:08. > :20:09.the club's greatest ever pl`yer My report contains some
:20:10. > :20:19.flash photography. lit up St Andrew's as a plaxer.
:20:20. > :20:34.Today he was back ` and with a big smile on his face. The annotncement
:20:35. > :20:44.was made by comedian Jasper Carrott. I wasn't born here, but a l`rge part
:20:45. > :20:48.of my life has been associated with Birmingham city football. The
:20:49. > :20:55.announcement was made by Jasper carrot, he was also part of the
:20:56. > :20:59.selection process. He was a magnificent ambassador to the city.
:21:00. > :21:05.He is still on television doing his commentary. The people in Bhrmingham
:21:06. > :21:08.love him to bits. This is not his first award. He was voted the top
:21:09. > :21:16.Midlands football manager in the 1970s. To be the best of anxthing,
:21:17. > :21:21.or of what you have seen, you have to be very special. Get your hands
:21:22. > :21:27.out of your pocket! My many congratulations. He played the blues
:21:28. > :21:39.aged 16 and went over to make over 300 appearances in the next ten
:21:40. > :21:45.years. He scored over 133 goals People used to say can be bx him. He
:21:46. > :21:51.would cost you 1 million. Gtess what, it happened. He left for
:21:52. > :21:56.Nottingham Forest in 1978 as the first million pounds player in the
:21:57. > :22:02.world. He will be giving his star in November. The demand for autographs
:22:03. > :22:10.and photos today showed that at the age of 60, Trevor Francis rdmained a
:22:11. > :22:14.star attraction. Long beford the welfare state was formed, the people
:22:15. > :22:20.of Warwickshire and Birmingham relied on the generosity of one
:22:21. > :22:26.woman, Louisa and Ryland. She lavished the equivalent of thousands
:22:27. > :22:32.of pounds on many buildings. But, her name was not the stowed on any
:22:33. > :22:40.of them. Now, Sarah Falkland has been looking back on her life. She
:22:41. > :22:46.was his second cousin, once removed of my great`grandfather. A beautiful
:22:47. > :22:55.heiress, she was burning in's most generous benefactor. Louisa and was
:22:56. > :22:59.an only child. This house is paid for out of the fortune that she left
:23:00. > :23:05.behind. Her life, particularly her early life, with painted with
:23:06. > :23:12.heartbreak. She was forbidddn to marry the man he loved. `` she
:23:13. > :23:16.loved. She decided to devotd her life to good causes. It is tragic
:23:17. > :23:22.when you can't follow your heart or be with the man you want to be with.
:23:23. > :23:25.They were wealthy but not aristocratic and there are probably
:23:26. > :23:31.lots of rules about who you could or could not spend time with or marry.
:23:32. > :23:36.By the time she was married `` middle aged, she was a recltsive no
:23:37. > :23:41.children of our own. She had, in effect, adopted the entire
:23:42. > :23:45.population Birmingham. This city could have been named after her It
:23:46. > :23:51.was her idea that she would help shape it. She built a hospital and
:23:52. > :23:55.the church and gave thousands of the city's art school. Art and the
:23:56. > :24:01.natural world were her passhons Louisa loved nature. We havd a bird
:24:02. > :24:06.catching a moth. She commissioned the creator St Pancras stathon in
:24:07. > :24:10.London to create this church. Seven stone mission to Italy were employed
:24:11. > :24:16.to carve the intricate design. It is listed as a great two stylistic
:24:17. > :24:21.building meaning that it is just a shade below the Tower of London in
:24:22. > :24:26.Chatsworth house. Living by her buildings and thanks to her modesty,
:24:27. > :24:30.her name is almost forgotten. She once said, if good is done, it is
:24:31. > :24:34.good enough for one to have the privilege of doing it. A relarkable
:24:35. > :24:41.woman. A drama about a Staffordshire man
:24:42. > :24:42.who's been a fixture at Keele University for more than 0
:24:43. > :24:58.years is being broadcast tonight. He also worked as a kit man`ger for
:24:59. > :25:18.Stoke city. Would you sign this before you go? A Babel are xou sure?
:25:19. > :25:22.Slightly irregular. `` Bibld. Not the front, that is the bishops and
:25:23. > :25:33.archbishops. There is space at the back for regular clergy. Right. So
:25:34. > :25:38.there is. You can watch Marvellous tonight. At the beginning of the
:25:39. > :25:49.programme we were if you have been left slightly close
:25:50. > :25:54.`` cold and underwhelmed, you will be pleased to hear that this weekend
:25:55. > :25:59.things are picking up. It is largely dry with spells of sunshine and it
:26:00. > :26:03.will be warming up, a touch. High pressure comes and goes but will
:26:04. > :26:08.always retain a background presence. It will dominate over the wdekend.
:26:09. > :26:14.These frontal systems pushing but the air will be warm on Sattrday. It
:26:15. > :26:20.is warmer behind the warm front That is why tempters will phck up
:26:21. > :26:25.slightly. Even those winds will now calm down. They won't be th`t
:26:26. > :26:30.strong. This evening and ovdrnight, we are looking at a bit of rain
:26:31. > :26:32.across the extremities of the region, mainly towards the north and
:26:33. > :26:40.the West where this frontal system is pushing down. It will introduce
:26:41. > :26:47.cloud. Even if you start off with Sun, there will be some clotd. Most
:26:48. > :26:56.values are`a night, ranging between 13 and 15 Celsius. There max also be
:26:57. > :27:02.some mist and fog patches. We start the day tomorrow on a cloudx note,
:27:03. > :27:05.some mist that will lift. The odd spot of rain, even towards the north
:27:06. > :27:09.and west of the region throtgh the afternoon. For the rest of ts, the
:27:10. > :27:17.cloud breaks up nicely to ghve us an spells of sunshine, lengthily, which
:27:18. > :27:26.will send temperatures up to 17`19dC. The air becomes Waldner ``
:27:27. > :27:29.warmer. In the evening, things dry up and there will be clearer
:27:30. > :27:34.spells. It will be warm into the weekend.
:27:35. > :27:41.David Cameron says the UK is ready to play its part
:27:42. > :27:43.in the fight against Islamic State militants in Iraq.
:27:44. > :27:46.Radical cleric, Anjem Choud`ry, is one of nine men arrested
:27:47. > :27:48.in London on suspicion of stpporting a banned terrorist group.
:27:49. > :28:05.A UK first ` a university tdacher training school offering secondary
:28:06. > :28:22.On my sofa this week, hot new singer/songwriter George Ezra,
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