:00:00. > :00:10.The headlines tonight: The human cost of type two diabetes -
:00:11. > :00:17.the patient who lost his job following amputations.
:00:18. > :00:18.Disease it is a dreadful nasty disease.
:00:19. > :00:26.We'll look at how the disease
:00:27. > :00:29.is on the increase and what can be done to prevent it.
:00:30. > :00:31.Also tonight; Devastated and gutted - the tenant farmers who sax
:00:32. > :00:35.Herefordshire Council has turned its back on them,
:00:36. > :00:44.All our hard work will be gone, the sheep and cattle, they are homebred
:00:45. > :00:46.and they will be gone. with some patients waiting weeks
:00:47. > :00:50.to be discharged from hospital. What do hedgehogs and tigers
:00:51. > :00:52.have in common? They're both in rapid decline,
:00:53. > :00:57.so what can we do to help them? And it's been a relatively dry
:00:58. > :01:01.but chillier October so far with easterly not westerly winds
:01:02. > :01:03.but there's a change on the way We're facing a crisis in di`betes
:01:04. > :01:21.which could bankrupt the NHS. That's the stark warning
:01:22. > :01:24.from health experts. More than half a million people
:01:25. > :01:27.in the west Midlands are living with type two diabetes -
:01:28. > :01:29.and it's costing us Type two is linked to lifestyle
:01:30. > :01:34.obesity is a major factor, it can lead to amputation,
:01:35. > :01:36.kidney failure and blindness. Dominic Hughes has been to leet one
:01:37. > :01:41.diabetic patient who lost hhs job His report contains images some
:01:42. > :01:50.of you may find distressing. So, what we have got here is 14
:01:51. > :01:53.shoes and they represent 140 amputations that take place
:01:54. > :01:55.in England every week due to complications
:01:56. > :02:02.associated with diabetes. Most diabetics have type two,
:02:03. > :02:09.where you come from and your family history can increase your rhsk
:02:10. > :02:11.but doctors said most Now, new data given exclusively
:02:12. > :02:18.to the BBC by Public Health England estimates there will be an dxtra
:02:19. > :02:20.quarter of a million people with type two diabetes by 2035
:02:21. > :02:29.if we continue to get fatter. One of our shoes belongs
:02:30. > :02:31.to Stephen Woodman. We caught up with him as he arrived
:02:32. > :02:34.at the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital for an appointment
:02:35. > :02:37.with his podiatrist. Like 90% of diabetics,
:02:38. > :02:43.Stephen has the type II version which is linked to lifestyld
:02:44. > :02:49.and so largely preventable. But diagnosed as a young man,
:02:50. > :02:53.he ignored his GP s advice. I was outgoing to the pub and doing
:02:54. > :03:01.the things people of my did. Like many diabetics, Stephen
:03:02. > :03:06.developed an ulcer on his toe. The ulcer would not
:03:07. > :03:13.heal and in the end had We are facing a diabetic ephdemic
:03:14. > :03:24.and we really need to try to find ways of preventing those patients
:03:25. > :03:26.from reaching surgeons because the cost to the pathent
:03:27. > :03:34.and to the NHS is skyrockethng. Stephen s diabetes has stabhlised
:03:35. > :03:39.but it is too late to save his job. Unsteady on his feet
:03:40. > :03:41.after losing his toes, he has been told by his employer
:03:42. > :03:49.he's no longer fit for work. Our Science Correspondent D`vid
:03:50. > :03:51.Gregory-Kumar is here. David, there are different types
:03:52. > :03:55.of diabetes, which one Gestational Diabetes which comes
:03:56. > :04:05.on during pregnancy and LAD@, Latent Autoimmune Diabetes of
:04:06. > :04:06.Adulthood. There are other even
:04:07. > :04:08.rarer forms too. Steven Woodman from our report has
:04:09. > :04:11.Type two diabetes. As do about 90% of people
:04:12. > :04:18.with the disease. You are more likely to develop type
:04:19. > :04:21.two if you are overweight, have a family history of di`betes
:04:22. > :04:24.or if you are thicker According to one expert who talked
:04:25. > :04:39.to tonight's Inside Out. From government level to gr`ss
:04:40. > :04:42.roots, we have to do somethhng about this because otherwise we'll bust
:04:43. > :04:45.the health service and succdssive governments need to take
:04:46. > :04:50.responsibility. We know the problem, we know the cause of type two
:04:51. > :04:51.diabetes and I do not think the food industry is taking this serhously in
:04:52. > :04:54.any way. the team also go behind the scenes
:04:55. > :04:59.at the Warwick clinic that helps That's a nickname, not
:05:00. > :05:04.an official medical term... But it refers to people with any
:05:05. > :05:06.form diabetes AND also According to the clinic, thd risk
:05:07. > :05:16.of dying from Type one diabdtes on its own is 2.5% for anordxia
:05:17. > :05:20.on its own it's 6.5% But for people with both diabetes and anordxia
:05:21. > :05:22.it's around 34.8% Now But reaching out for support
:05:23. > :05:28.is an important step. And Inside Out also has
:05:29. > :05:30.a fascinating film looking at the 220,000 people with diabetes,
:05:31. > :05:32.their friends and family, who use Europe's largest
:05:33. > :05:34.online diabetes forum, A community dedicated to helping
:05:35. > :05:44.people with diabetes live And you can see more
:05:45. > :05:52.about the threat diabetes is posing to the health service,
:05:53. > :05:54.in an Inside Out special tonight "Gutted and devastated",
:05:55. > :06:00.the words of one tenant farler in Herefordshire who's been ordered
:06:01. > :06:03.to leave the farm which has been his Steve Clayton is one of mord than 40
:06:04. > :06:08.tenant farmers who rented their land It's selling up because of
:06:09. > :06:15.the financial pressures it's under But the farmers say the council s
:06:16. > :06:19.gone back on assurances. For 29 years, tenant farmer Steve
:06:20. > :06:29.has built up his 200 strong flock of ewes from scratch but his 14
:06:30. > :06:35.acre in Herefordshire Steve and his fellow farmers had
:06:36. > :06:45.been told they should get the chance to carry on farmhng
:06:46. > :06:53.under a new landlord. Instead, they have been givdn notice
:06:54. > :06:56.to quit in February before They are all disappointed,
:06:57. > :07:00.upset, wondering how they see their livelihoods
:07:01. > :07:03.considering we were given the insurance we would
:07:04. > :07:05.have a new landlord They are devastated and feel
:07:06. > :07:15.the council has misled us. Herefordshire Council says
:07:16. > :07:19.it is having to sell the farm is because it is coping with an ever
:07:20. > :07:22.increasing bill for care It says it is offering financial
:07:23. > :07:26.help to the affected farmers so they can see device on btying
:07:27. > :07:40.the farms themselves. Most could not afford to bux. Some
:07:41. > :07:45.tenants have special deals `nd they can stay on but a third including
:07:46. > :07:51.Steve have no idea where thdy will be next year. All our hard work are
:07:52. > :07:55.29 years will be gone, the livestock, sheep and cattle we have
:07:56. > :08:02.built up which are homebred will be gone. Steve s partner is a
:08:03. > :08:09.seamstress, used to working in the area and worried about the tp to
:08:10. > :08:16.their lives. It will be dev`stating. And we are in a location we love
:08:17. > :08:20.being. Tenant farms are seen as a good way of introducing new blood to
:08:21. > :08:22.the industry. The council s`ys in this case, a sell off is thd best
:08:23. > :08:26.deal for the taxpayers. A 28-year-old man from Coventry s
:08:27. > :08:28.been cautioned for religiously aggravated criminal damage ,
:08:29. > :08:30.in connection with an inciddnt 55 people were arrested
:08:31. > :08:35.after a protest against inter-faith weddings
:08:36. > :08:37.and the management of the tdmple - Officers say a 39-year-old
:08:38. > :08:41.from Birmingham was re-baildd A 31-year-old from Oldbury
:08:42. > :08:48.will face no further action. There has been a sharp
:08:49. > :08:50.increase in hospital bed The average number of days patients
:08:51. > :08:54.are left waiting to be discharged from hospital,
:08:55. > :08:57.has gone up by almost a third Monthly NHS figures to the dnd
:08:58. > :09:03.of August show the hospitals which had a peak in "bedblocking"
:09:04. > :09:06.during the summer included Gloucestershire, Coventry
:09:07. > :09:07.and Birmingham. Our Health Correspondent Michele
:09:08. > :09:09.Paduano has been to meet ond patient who had to wait three weeks before
:09:10. > :09:12.being discharged from the Birmingham's Queen
:09:13. > :09:17.Elizabeth hospital. Garvey Humphrey is
:09:18. > :09:21.fiercely independent. At 91, he still drives
:09:22. > :09:23.and lives alone. But when he went into
:09:24. > :09:25.the Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Three weeks spent unnecessarily
:09:26. > :09:30.in hospital, then stuck in a community bed for want
:09:31. > :09:44.of a food parcel and a home I wanted to look after myself. I
:09:45. > :09:49.believe if I was looked aftdr long-term, I would lose the will to
:09:50. > :09:51.carry on because having things done few is not the same as doing them
:09:52. > :10:09.yourself. Councils are finding it difficult to
:10:10. > :10:14.get patients out of the beds and into permanent care beds. There is a
:10:15. > :10:15.double bed blocking situation and with winter coming, that can only
:10:16. > :10:21.get worse. Save our beds! And in Stafford today,
:10:22. > :10:23.a demonstration as more comlunity beds are due to close
:10:24. > :10:25.in Newcastle Under lime. It brings the North Staffordshire
:10:26. > :10:28.total to 168 - although it has At the same time, bed blockhng has
:10:29. > :10:41.quadrupled at the Royal Stoke Without breaking confidenti`lity, we
:10:42. > :10:46.have patients that have been waiting three weeks for packages of care so
:10:47. > :10:51.if these people are discharged home to be assessed for the pack`ges our
:10:52. > :10:53.worry and fear is they will come to harm while waiting.
:10:54. > :10:55.Back In Birmingham, the charity, Home from
:10:56. > :10:57.Hospital Care has looked after 1400 people this year.
:10:58. > :11:12.If we did not get funded it would leave a huge gap and it would cost
:11:13. > :11:16.the NHS and the local authority a significant amount of money. How do
:11:17. > :11:18.we stop patients like this getting trapped?
:11:19. > :11:22.Let's hope it happens soon, Michele Paduano, BBC Midlands Today.
:11:23. > :11:25.A new memorial bridge has opened in South Korea in honour
:11:26. > :11:28.of a Gloucestershire regiment, which fought in the Korean War.
:11:29. > :11:31.The 170 metre high Gloucester Heroes Bridge,
:11:32. > :11:34.spans a deep valley near thd site of the Battle of
:11:35. > :11:43.Here's our Gloucestershire reporter, Steve Knibbs.
:11:44. > :11:50.It was often called the forgotten war that South Korea has worked hard
:11:51. > :11:56.to change that through commdmorative visits from veterans and thd new
:11:57. > :12:00.memorial near to the site of the Battle of the river. By the
:12:01. > :12:04.recognition with the opening of the Gloucester heroes Bridge, a proud
:12:05. > :12:10.time for those who fought btt also hopes it acts as a memorial to other
:12:11. > :12:14.regiments who fought in Korda. The Gloucester is bore the brunt of the
:12:15. > :12:21.battle. But the other units involved, the rifles and Fusiliers
:12:22. > :12:26.and the Belgians were all involved and they lost a lot of men. The
:12:27. > :12:30.memorials are important but also tangible other thoughts of the South
:12:31. > :12:35.Koreans, this is an extract from a letter written recently by `
:12:36. > :12:42.15-year-old schoolgirl to the Korean veterans. It is peaceful and happy
:12:43. > :12:45.now, thanks to you. I want to meet you you my appreciation abott
:12:46. > :12:50.protecting Korea and your bravery makes us live in this beauthful
:12:51. > :12:58.city. To read that a 15-year-old, am touched. It is part of their
:12:59. > :13:01.history. Children come up whth their hands together saying thank you very
:13:02. > :13:06.much. Their dads were not born when we were there so it is lovely they
:13:07. > :13:11.brought them up to appreciate the freedom they enjoy. And the bridge
:13:12. > :13:13.is another symbol of thanks from a country that owes its present the
:13:14. > :13:16.sacrifice the past. Thanks for joining us
:13:17. > :13:19.on Midlands Today. Still to come on tonight's programme
:13:20. > :13:25.we'll find out why things are looking tricky if you'rd
:13:26. > :13:27.a hedgehog. there are now thought to be fewer
:13:28. > :13:30.than a million of them left in the UK charities
:13:31. > :13:33.across the West Midlands ard calling on us to do what we can
:13:34. > :13:45.to help them this winter. It has been cold so far this October
:13:46. > :13:47.but with westerly wind, it could all change. A milder picture for the
:13:48. > :13:51.wildlife in the coming days. A 7 year old boy
:13:52. > :13:53.living in Birmingham Humza Shazad has passed computer
:13:54. > :13:57.courses, usually achieved He and his family are hoping
:13:58. > :14:00.he'll become the next Our Special correspondent,
:14:01. > :14:09.Peter Wilson has been to medt him. Like any schoolboy, this
:14:10. > :14:12.seven-year-old likes to plax in the garden with friends
:14:13. > :14:15.after a hard day in the classroom. But he also likes to spend
:14:16. > :14:18.time on his laptop - Today he's polishing up his own app,
:14:19. > :14:22.designed for ordering My name is Humza and I am sdven
:14:23. > :14:32.years old and I am the world's Like father like son -
:14:33. > :14:37.Humza's Dad is an IT expert He gave his son a laptop
:14:38. > :14:42.at the age of two. You have to be a computer expert
:14:43. > :14:45.just to understand I can create structures,
:14:46. > :15:09.interfaces, interfaces, He listed his achievements `re five
:15:10. > :15:13.minutes. None of it made sense to me! I can maintain and cratd
:15:14. > :15:15.databases. But is his father pushing
:15:16. > :15:17.the boy too hard? My first target was that he doesn't
:15:18. > :15:20.waste his time on playing g`mes And he really did something
:15:21. > :15:25.different by passing the Microsoft But I was partially
:15:26. > :15:32.successful because, trust md, he still continues to spend a lot
:15:33. > :15:39.of time on playing games. His proud parents hope that Humza
:15:40. > :15:42.will not pass exams but one It's a difficult
:15:43. > :15:56.time to be hedgehog. Their numbers have fallen bx thirty
:15:57. > :15:59.percent over the past ten ydars and it's this time of year
:16:00. > :16:02.when they can be accidentally killed in Halloween and
:16:03. > :16:03.Bonfire night fires. Our reporter Rebecca Wood
:16:04. > :16:21.is at a Hedgehog Hospital Increasingly rare. Let me introduce
:16:22. > :16:25.you to this camera shy headshot He had a soggy start to August and he
:16:26. > :16:31.was found in a canal and rescued and brought here to a rescue centre but
:16:32. > :16:36.he was lucky. They are declhning at 5 cents in urban and rural `reas
:16:37. > :16:39.every year. That is the samd as Tigers declining across the world
:16:40. > :16:45.globally so it is a sticky situation if you are a hedgehog but this is
:16:46. > :16:53.one of the lucky ones. Charlie is from the rescue centre. How at risk
:16:54. > :16:58.are hedgehogs at this time of year? Autumn is always a heavy tile with
:16:59. > :17:01.rescue, there are late juveniles that have not gained enough weight
:17:02. > :17:06.to hibernate and the public should be on the lookout for small
:17:07. > :17:12.hedgehogs and ones out in d`ylight. It is bonfire night next wedk and
:17:13. > :17:16.Halloween, is that a risk? Xes, this time of year hedgehogs are looking
:17:17. > :17:20.for someone to hibernate, that pile of logs looks like the perfdct place
:17:21. > :17:26.to hibernate so if you have a bonfire, build it on the night or
:17:27. > :17:34.move it. I will come over to the wildlife trust representative. Yes,
:17:35. > :17:38.as part of our campaign we want people to check their bonfires at
:17:39. > :17:44.this time of year, ideally please make sure you build on the day and
:17:45. > :17:49.make sure no hedgehog is in there. How at risk are hedgehogs? Fairly at
:17:50. > :17:53.risk but not too much because people love hedgehogs and want to help them
:17:54. > :17:56.and people can help change ht by making their gardens better and
:17:57. > :18:03.making changes and making pdople aware. Thank you. The message is
:18:04. > :18:05.look out for hedgehogs and hf you find one, make sure you keep it safe
:18:06. > :18:09.because they are at risk. Let's turn to sport
:18:10. > :18:14.now - Ian is with me. Not all our football clubs came away
:18:15. > :18:20.with wins this weekend - Mary, it's not every weekend
:18:21. > :18:25.that our teams deliver so m`ny goals But tonight really
:18:26. > :18:27.is magical Monday. So let's start with a coupld
:18:28. > :18:32.of stunners for Stoke City... And finish with two
:18:33. > :18:34.wonderful goals for Walsall. Stoke City's slow start is behind
:18:35. > :18:40.them after two back-to-back wins. And it was Shaqiri,
:18:41. > :18:42.their talented Swiss striker, who rifled in a couple of brilliant
:18:43. > :18:47.goals to beat Hull City. Both goals were beautiful
:18:48. > :18:49.but I think I have to watch It was important that we won
:18:50. > :18:58.the game and we had a clean sheet. West Brom found Liverpool too hot
:18:59. > :19:01.to handle in the first half. And the Albion Head Coach Tony Pulis
:19:02. > :19:04.believes they could win the Premier 2-0 down at the break,
:19:05. > :19:07.before Gareth McAuley In the Championship: One super
:19:08. > :19:12.strike from Jonathan Kodija was enough for Aston Villa to beat
:19:13. > :19:15.Fulham. That's seven points out
:19:16. > :19:19.of nine under Steve Bruce. On Friday night, Bruce
:19:20. > :19:21.watched his old club Birmingham City A useful scouting mission bdfore
:19:22. > :19:26.the Blues play Villa after the latest one point
:19:27. > :19:41.from the last five games In League One, hundreds
:19:42. > :19:45.of Coventry City fans staged a protest march against the club's
:19:46. > :19:48.owners SISU before kick-off. Some chose to boycott
:19:49. > :19:50.the game against Rochdale, others went inside and were
:19:51. > :19:53.delighted to see the Sky Bltes make it three wins out of four
:19:54. > :19:55.in League One under Dan Ag-eye-ee and Andre Wright
:19:56. > :19:59.on target in their 2-0 win. And finally, we've saved
:20:00. > :20:01.the best til last. Watch and admire two super
:20:02. > :20:03.goals from the Walsall Both of them contenders for goal
:20:04. > :20:08.of the season in League One, taking his tally to seven so far,
:20:09. > :20:15.as the Saddlers beat Swindon 2-nil. Some cracking goals there -
:20:16. > :20:18.West Brom legend Jeff Astle His family have welcomed sole
:20:19. > :20:38.significant research Yes, interest in new research about
:20:39. > :20:43.heading the football. It has an immediate impact on the brahn. Jeff
:20:44. > :20:47.Astle died in 2002 from a condition that a coroner found was down to
:20:48. > :20:55.heading a football. As family one more research on the dangers. It
:20:56. > :20:59.needs to be done correctly by the right people and once the rdsults
:21:00. > :21:03.are there for everyone to sde, it needs to be made clear so that
:21:04. > :21:14.footballers now and in the future can make informed choices.
:21:15. > :21:18.And he's certainly taken on a big challenge.
:21:19. > :21:20.Shrewsbury are bottom of Le`gue One, and they're six points
:21:21. > :21:24.On Saturday, Hurst took charge of his final game at Grimsbx Town,
:21:25. > :21:28.This afternoon, he was lookhng forward to his new job at Shrewsbury
:21:29. > :21:52.where his top priority is to avoid relegation in May.
:21:53. > :22:01.More from that interview later. More success for Coventry s Cal
:22:02. > :22:04.Crutchlow. He won the Czech Republic and now he has become the fhrst
:22:05. > :22:11.Briton since Barry Sheen in 197 to win more than one Grand Prix in the
:22:12. > :22:15.same season. His second victory came at the Australian Grand Prix on
:22:16. > :22:18.Phillip Island and she is up to sixth place in the MotoGP
:22:19. > :22:20.championship with two races remaining.
:22:21. > :22:23.Sad to report the death of Sammy Smyth...
:22:24. > :22:25.The former Wolverhampton Wanderers and Stoke City footballer.
:22:26. > :22:28.Sammy scored the third goal at Wembley to help Wolves
:22:29. > :22:30.win the FA Cup final, 3-1 against Leicester.
:22:31. > :22:33.Two years later, he joined Stoke City for a club
:22:34. > :22:44.Sammy Smyth, who's died at the age of 91.
:22:45. > :22:49.We often bring you stories here on Midlands Today of pdople
:22:50. > :22:51.who have dedicated years to their passion -
:22:52. > :22:55.John Joubert has spent more than a third of his life
:22:56. > :22:58.writing an opera, based on the novel Jane Eyre.
:22:59. > :23:00.It gets its world premiere in Birmingham tomorrow -
:23:01. > :23:02.as part of celebrations for the composers 90th birthday
:23:03. > :23:10.It's one of the great liter`ry classics, but you've probably never
:23:11. > :23:25.For 35 years, Jane Eyre the Opera has been his labour of love.
:23:26. > :23:27.Today was the first time the 89-year-old composer
:23:28. > :23:34.from Birmingham has even heard it performed.
:23:35. > :23:43.After so long and hard work, how does it feel seeing it being
:23:44. > :23:49.performed? When you hear it live for the first time, it is something that
:23:50. > :23:52.has its own kind of magic. @nd to hear it for the first time hs a
:23:53. > :23:53.marvellous experience. Daughter Anna knows how
:23:54. > :23:56.much of his life her dad has dedicated to this work `nd says
:23:57. > :23:58.tomorrow's world premiere in Birmingham will be
:23:59. > :24:08.an emotional experience. He is quite overwhelmed. All
:24:09. > :24:15.composers hear their music composed in their heads but it is always
:24:16. > :24:25.massively more impactful to hear it performed.
:24:26. > :24:26.Since its first publication in 1847,
:24:27. > :24:28.Charlotte Bronte's masterpidce has inspired countless adaptations,
:24:29. > :24:36.So do the Worcester based English Symphony Orchestra
:24:37. > :24:43.and the opera's leading lady feel any pressure?
:24:44. > :24:53.He has made such an amazing work. It is his Magnum Opus. There w`s a
:24:54. > :24:57.sense it is pressure but also a beautiful opportunity to re`lise
:24:58. > :25:06.something which has been so meticulously crafted. Music of this
:25:07. > :25:07.calibre is going to get plaxed thousands of time over the next 50
:25:08. > :25:09.or 100 years. place at the Ruddock Hall
:25:10. > :25:15.in Edgbaston tomorrow night. Some glorious autumn colours -
:25:16. > :25:28.but will we have the weather to get You will indeed. Good evening.
:25:29. > :25:33.Unfortunately we were draggdd down by cloud, it attempted to break up
:25:34. > :25:40.but it did not succeed. It has not stopped weather Watch is showering
:25:41. > :25:46.us with glorious photographs. Unity more creative with no sunshhne but
:25:47. > :25:50.they have done that. -- you need to be more creative. This is how the
:25:51. > :25:56.rest of the week is looking. Largely settled, we will get cold and misty
:25:57. > :26:03.and frosty nights but the d`ys will be warming up slightly. This is why.
:26:04. > :26:09.Today, we had this front in the south producing spots of rahn but
:26:10. > :26:14.after that we get high pressure dominating situating itself across
:26:15. > :26:19.the South and right over us. In the procedure, we will see thesd winds
:26:20. > :26:24.moving in from direction as opposed to easterly we have had so far. It
:26:25. > :26:30.has been quite dry October so far but the West will change th`t and it
:26:31. > :26:36.will result in temperatures rising. They'll pick up on and Thursday For
:26:37. > :26:41.tonight, we are looking at some rain across southern parts of thd region.
:26:42. > :26:46.This will start to peter out with heavy bursts across southern fringes
:26:47. > :26:50.but later in the night, much drier, some breaks in the cloud and
:26:51. > :26:54.temperatures dipping right down to three or four Celsius in thd
:26:55. > :26:59.countryside. Cold enough for a touch of frost but less likely to night.
:27:00. > :27:04.Mist and fog patches tomorrow morning but less likely to night. If
:27:05. > :27:10.we do, that will lift in thd morning and a cloud which will start to
:27:11. > :27:15.break up. Spits and spots of rain in the south-east with temperatures up
:27:16. > :27:22.to 13 Celsius. From Wednesd`y and Thursday, the wind will turn to
:27:23. > :28:18.westerlies. That is all for now We are back at 10:30pm. Good evening.
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