:00:00. > :00:07.Hello and welcome to Midlands Today.
:00:08. > :00:10.Fears that the Westminster attack has severely damaged
:00:11. > :00:20.the image of Birmingham and its community relations.
:00:21. > :00:23.Khalid Masood, who had lived in Birmingham, killed four people
:00:24. > :00:27.We'll look at the impact on the second city's reputation.
:00:28. > :00:30.Also tonight? A court hears how a surgeon gave a mastectomy to a GP
:00:31. > :00:39.because she was cancer phobic - not to treat it.
:00:40. > :00:42.The new ?1 coin with roots in the Black Country -
:00:43. > :01:02.From holiday snap to global award winner, the architect whose hobby
:01:03. > :01:06.And sometimes our weather can help provide the perfect conditions
:01:07. > :01:07.for a wonderful photo - like this...
:01:08. > :01:10.Sadly with plenty of cloud around, today wasn't quite as good.
:01:11. > :01:12.But will things get better this week?
:01:13. > :01:24."You can't judge a community based on the actions of one individual."
:01:25. > :01:26.That's the sentiment of a charity worker,
:01:27. > :01:29.who fears the actions of the man responsible for the Westminster
:01:30. > :01:31.attack has severely damaged the image of Birmingham -
:01:32. > :01:41.The world's media descended on the city following the killings
:01:42. > :01:43.last Wednesday, committed by Khalid Masood, who'd
:01:44. > :01:46.Our Special Correspondent, Peter Wilson has been to meet two
:01:47. > :01:49.men, who in recent months have done so much to change perceptions about
:01:50. > :02:11.Wheater two men walking through Birmingham.
:02:12. > :02:13.They've recently become TV and internet sensations.
:02:14. > :02:15.Two ordinary Brummies talking about being proud
:02:16. > :02:18.Last week's attack in London and the link with Khalid Masood
:02:19. > :02:21.to the West Midlands has focused not just Britain's, but the world's
:02:22. > :02:34.For me it is not about a Muslim or non-Muslim, it is about a Birmingham
:02:35. > :02:47.thing, about us as a community, and we need to deal with this and I am
:02:48. > :02:54.very eager to show the world to look at the positive things we're doing.
:02:55. > :02:58.You cannot judge a whole community based on the actions of one
:02:59. > :03:04.individual. Are you surprised this man was living in Birmingham, Khalid
:03:05. > :03:07.Masood? Yes, like I said, I had never heard of him. I have been
:03:08. > :03:13.asking around, I do not know anybody who has ever heard of him or known
:03:14. > :03:18.him, but it doesn't seem like he was a very, you know, social person or
:03:19. > :03:23.part of the community, or maybe even had many friends.
:03:24. > :03:26.Masood's wife, now living in London, has condemned his murderous outrage.
:03:27. > :03:30.But for many Muslims there's a sense of anger that they are all expected
:03:31. > :03:33.to apologise for this man's criminal actions.
:03:34. > :03:40.Everybody wants to hear what Muslims have got to hear about it -- to
:03:41. > :03:49.think about it, and for me that is depressing. When people want to know
:03:50. > :03:52.if the Muslims condemn it, that is insulting. We are always expected to
:03:53. > :04:02.condemn it. People should be smart enough to understand that whether we
:04:03. > :04:03.verbally make some sort of statement or from our hearts, everyone is
:04:04. > :04:06.going to condemn it. We human. The message linking terrorism
:04:07. > :04:09.to Birmingham has not just been on the national agenda
:04:10. > :04:18.but also international one. To try to improve relationships
:04:19. > :04:21.between communities and people of different face, and you go up and
:04:22. > :04:27.down the country to do all these things, and then one thing like this
:04:28. > :04:28.happens and it ruins everything. Something like this brings you back
:04:29. > :04:30.to square one. Both men work for a charity and next
:04:31. > :04:34.week risk their lives going to iraq There's still very little
:04:35. > :04:53.information coming to light Very little information about what
:04:54. > :04:56.he was doing in Birmingham, and the Metropolitan Police say they
:04:57. > :05:07.continue to question two men arrested in Birmingham
:05:08. > :05:10.arrested in the city on suspicion of preparing terrorist acts.
:05:11. > :05:12.They've searched nine addresses in Birmingham and are continuing
:05:13. > :05:15.to search at one of those addresses, where he either lived or visited.
:05:16. > :05:18.At the same time it's important to say Khalid Masood lived
:05:19. > :05:21.in as many places as he had aliases - London, Crawley in Sussex,
:05:22. > :05:25.Today his wife Rohey Hydara, who lived with him in Birmingham
:05:26. > :05:28.until the end of last year, sent her condolences to the families
:05:29. > :05:31.of the four victims who died and has asked for privacy for her family -
:05:32. > :05:44.A surgeon has been a telling a court that he carried out
:05:45. > :05:46.a mastectomy to prevent cancer, not to treat it,
:05:47. > :05:52.Ian Paterson is charged with 20 counts of malicious wounding
:05:53. > :05:54.of ten patients after performing unnecessary breast surgery.
:05:55. > :05:58.Today he's been giving evidence in his defence.
:05:59. > :05:59.Our Health Correspondent, Michele Paduano joins us now
:06:00. > :06:13.So the first patient discussed today was Rosemary Platt?
:06:14. > :06:22.yes, Doctor rosemary Platt was a GP, and she had had one operation in
:06:23. > :06:28.which she had taken part of her breast and removed lymph nodes from
:06:29. > :06:31.under her armpits, then she had two mastectomies, one after the other.
:06:32. > :06:34.He insisted there was good evidence for doing that operation, but also
:06:35. > :06:54.said that Doctor Platt suffered anxiety and had a cancer phobia, and
:06:55. > :06:57.he said you cannot underestimate the difficulty in treating a patient who
:06:58. > :07:00.has medical knowledge, and he said it would have been poor management
:07:01. > :07:04.on his part if he had not discussed his case with her and the
:07:05. > :07:07.possibility of a mastectomy. What did Ian Pattison have to say about
:07:08. > :07:10.other patients? Another patient had a mistake to me, he said there was
:07:11. > :07:13.good evidence she had cancer, and the team had discussed it among
:07:14. > :07:17.themselves. Then another women did not have cancer, but thought she had
:07:18. > :07:21.a different condition. He said she had body image issues and had had
:07:22. > :07:24.surgery to lose 10.5 stone. He actually went through psychiatric
:07:25. > :07:27.assessment for her to see whether she was in a position to have
:07:28. > :07:35.surgery because she was complaining about pain in her breasts. What is
:07:36. > :07:39.the likely timescale for the trial? He has to give evidence and chief
:07:40. > :07:44.for seven other patients he treated, then he will be cross-examined and
:07:45. > :07:49.we would expect the fireworks to take place then. That is the
:07:50. > :07:56.question of how many witnesses he has himself, but we do not expected
:07:57. > :08:00.to be more than a couple of weeks. Thank you.
:08:01. > :08:03.A man has been charged with murder, following the death of a 55 year
:08:04. > :08:07.Mark Beresford died in hospital on Saturday, after being found
:08:08. > :08:09.with serious head injuries at his home in Offmore
:08:10. > :08:12.22 year old Henry Lewis Jones, also from Kidderminster, has appeared
:08:13. > :08:14.at Redditch Magistrates Court today.
:08:15. > :08:16.Staffordshire police has announced its new Chief Constable.
:08:17. > :08:18.Gareth Morgan, who's currently the deputy chief constable
:08:19. > :08:20.at the Avon and Somerset force, was appointed out of
:08:21. > :08:24.He started his career at West Midlands police in 1990 -
:08:25. > :08:30.and has also worked at Warwickshire and West Mercia.
:08:31. > :08:33.A new surgical procedure - which has been trialled in Shropshire -
:08:34. > :08:36.could give hope to thousands of people who have a
:08:37. > :08:39.The pioneering surgery was trialled at the Robert Jones
:08:40. > :08:42.and Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic hospital, near Oswestry.
:08:43. > :08:43.It involves operating through the side, rather
:08:44. > :08:47.Experts are now recommending that the NHS should
:08:48. > :08:57.West Midlands Police are appealing for information after a car
:08:58. > :09:00.was set on fire outside a house in Birmingham.
:09:01. > :09:02.CCTV footage, shot during the incident in January,
:09:03. > :09:04.shows three men smashing a rear passenger window of a Mercedes -
:09:05. > :09:12.parked outside a property in the Selly Park area of the city.
:09:13. > :09:14.Up to ?5 billion of investment in Birmingham Airport,
:09:15. > :09:16.the National Exhibition Centre and local universities
:09:17. > :09:20.has been promised - at the biggest-ever business forum
:09:21. > :09:22.staged by the British and Qatari governments.
:09:23. > :09:24.The Prime Minister delivered the keynote speech, as she prepares
:09:25. > :09:26.tomorrow to commit Britain to leaving the European Union.
:09:27. > :09:29.Our political editor Patrick Burns is at the International Convention
:09:30. > :09:34.Centre in Birmingham, where the event was staged.
:09:35. > :10:00.Ministers are leaving it to us to join the
:10:01. > :10:13.But clearly it sends out the message that the Midlands Engine is firing
:10:14. > :10:18.The most visible Qatari presence here at the moment is the daily air
:10:19. > :10:22.And the airport itself is one of the potential beneficiaries,
:10:23. > :10:23.along an assortment of transport projects.
:10:24. > :10:26.Theresa May signalled how much store she sets by all this
:10:27. > :10:29.by finding time to speak here, even as she prepares to take
:10:30. > :10:32.the plunge tomorrow and set Britain on course to leave the EU.
:10:33. > :10:35.I asked one of her cabinet colleagues if global links like this
:10:36. > :10:37.would be enough to make up for the loss of European investment.
:10:38. > :10:42.This is investment on top of whatever else we negotiate. This is
:10:43. > :10:44.a real bonus, a real plus, a vote of confidence, not just in the United
:10:45. > :10:52.Kingdom, it is a vote of confidence in Birmingham and the Midlands. And
:10:53. > :10:55.that is as it should be. How did the message come across to people on the
:10:56. > :11:04.receiving end of the charm offensive?
:11:05. > :11:06.What's not to like about ?5 billion of inward investment,
:11:07. > :11:08.in areas like global sport, cyber and security,
:11:09. > :11:11.But of course business hates uncertainty and Brexit does
:11:12. > :11:20.The people of Birmingham will benefit through the new life
:11:21. > :11:25.sciences Park, new technologies to intervene with new therapies, and
:11:26. > :11:33.also the people of Birmingham will benefit from enamoured -- inward
:11:34. > :11:44.investment and to the stopper opportunities this will bring.
:11:45. > :11:55.Theresa May likes to point out that Britain is the only member running a
:11:56. > :11:59.surplus trade with China... Jaguar Land Rover boss has expressed real
:12:00. > :12:03.worries about what might happen if Britain loses open access to his
:12:04. > :12:06.biggest markets in Europe. That is a very big concern and it will weigh
:12:07. > :12:12.on her mind. Thank you very much. Have you seen one of
:12:13. > :12:15.the new ?1 coins which went A teenager in the Black Country
:12:16. > :12:18.was particularly keen to get his hands on one -
:12:19. > :12:21.because he designed it. David Pearce won a Royal Mint
:12:22. > :12:23.competition two years ago - and his initials feature
:12:24. > :12:25.on the new coin. But today was the first
:12:26. > :12:27.time he saw it. David Pearce has every
:12:28. > :12:30.reason to be proud - he designed the back
:12:31. > :12:43.of the new pound coin, From the Royal Coronet, there is the
:12:44. > :12:45.English Tudor Rose, the Welsh league, the Scottish thistle and the
:12:46. > :12:49.Northern Irish shamrock. They're tiny, but David's initials
:12:50. > :12:51.are beneath the coronet on the right of the coin,
:12:52. > :13:00.but he's pretty modest. Quite humbled to have a part in the
:13:01. > :13:03.creation of this kind of coin. It is a nice experience.
:13:04. > :13:05.He entered this drawing in a Royal Mint competition
:13:06. > :13:07.with the encouragement of his teacher at Queen
:13:08. > :13:11.Mary's Grammar School in Walsall, and won ?10,000.
:13:12. > :13:16.The headmaster put this as his top achievement in the last academic
:13:17. > :13:23.year, so the school as a whole are very proud. His friends are
:13:24. > :13:27.impressed as well. Thousands of people entered this, and it had to
:13:28. > :13:31.be one of my mates from my class to design the coin, it was a great
:13:32. > :13:42.achievement for David. What do you think of it? Green it is beautiful,
:13:43. > :13:43.I like the design, and how he incorporates the togetherness of the
:13:44. > :14:03.country. The pain machines and things like
:14:04. > :14:07.that have to be changed now. What do you like about it? The general
:14:08. > :14:13.design, it will be hard to counterfeit. Back to David, and he
:14:14. > :14:16.may have been to Downing Street and met the then Chancellor, but we
:14:17. > :14:22.couldn't resist showing you what happened during the interview.
:14:23. > :14:27.Well, David will be in his forties by the time the new coin ceases
:14:28. > :14:31.But before then he has A Levels this summer and an offer
:14:32. > :14:39.from Cambridge to study architecture.
:14:40. > :14:41.And if you still have some of the paper ?5 notes
:14:42. > :14:45.in your purse or wallet, you have until 5th May to spend them
:14:46. > :14:48.- or take them to the bank to exchange for the plastic ones.
:14:49. > :14:49.Thanks for joining us on Midlands Today.
:14:50. > :14:51.Rebecca will be here later with the forecast,
:14:52. > :15:02.They are in the last eight in Europe, can wasps make it all the
:15:03. > :15:05.way to the final? And how a holiday snap in Berllin
:15:06. > :15:08.landed an architect, not one, Potholes, they're the bane
:15:09. > :15:17.of drivers' and cyclists lives. A report published today says that
:15:18. > :15:19.roads in the West Midlands are in such a state of disrepair -
:15:20. > :15:24.it will take more than ?1 billion to get them into reasonable condition -
:15:25. > :15:26.that's more than ?96 million, Last year 208,000
:15:27. > :15:32.potholes were filled Nicola Beckford is at Barton under
:15:33. > :15:39.Needwood in Staffordshire, to give us an idea of the state
:15:40. > :16:00.of the roads there. It is one of those things, potholes,
:16:01. > :16:04.that gets People's Court. We're at the roundabout off the 838, and this
:16:05. > :16:11.road is littered with potholes. Take a look at this one. You'd saw a car
:16:12. > :16:24.move around it. It is absolutely enormous. You can see the way the
:16:25. > :16:26.cars are weaving their way and to avoid it. Painting at this
:16:27. > :16:31.roundabout, again we are looking good old look at it. It is littered
:16:32. > :16:34.with potholes. Earlier I saw cyclists trying to weave their way
:16:35. > :16:37.around, and motorcyclists trying to do the same. The reason we're
:16:38. > :16:41.talking about potholes is because there is a new survey out which says
:16:42. > :16:49.some of the Midlands roads have real problems with potholes. They say the
:16:50. > :16:51.backlog for road repairs are so bad it will take nine years to clear it.
:16:52. > :16:54.But the problem is, each local authority would need to have ?5
:16:55. > :16:56.million extra in their budgets to solve it, according to the report.
:16:57. > :16:59.Inevitably there are calls for more funding. Every so often the
:17:00. > :17:03.government gives out a potholed front -- pothole fund, reacting to
:17:04. > :17:07.the crisis. But we need to plan longer term funding and have a
:17:08. > :17:12.greater proportion of what drivers paying motoring taxes ring fenced
:17:13. > :17:17.just for maintenance. We do not have time to give you all the information
:17:18. > :17:23.on social media on potholes. Have a look at Facebook. The Department for
:17:24. > :17:25.Transport say they are providing ?6 million over six years to maintain
:17:26. > :17:31.roads and repair potholes. When the boss asks you to raise
:17:32. > :17:34.some money for charity - But one Gloucester financial firm
:17:35. > :17:38.went a bit further - by raising ?50 million
:17:39. > :17:40.and helping 3000 charities. The difference, it says,
:17:41. > :17:43.is the ethical and responsible way the company is run -
:17:44. > :17:45.without having to answer But just how easy is it to be
:17:46. > :17:49.ethical and profitable? Here's our Gloucestershire
:17:50. > :17:54.reporter, Steve Knibbs. As insurance companies go,
:17:55. > :17:57.the office may look But Ecclesiastical is doing
:17:58. > :18:03.something different. As well as insuring some
:18:04. > :18:05.of the world's most impressive buildings -
:18:06. > :18:09.like St Paul's cathedral - it works to plough
:18:10. > :18:15.profits into charities. The new chief exec challenged his
:18:16. > :18:18.staff to put fifty million to good causes in just three years -
:18:19. > :18:23.it took them just over two. He says the fact they're owned
:18:24. > :18:26.by a charity and don't have to pay dividends to corporate
:18:27. > :18:44.shareholders is key... When you have a charitable ownership
:18:45. > :18:45.and you are driven by the right thing, rather than the topline and
:18:46. > :18:49.bottom line, you do not do that. Just a mile down the road -
:18:50. > :18:52.and on a much smaller scale - a company that sources ethical
:18:53. > :18:55.coffee from Tanzania and Brazil. And profits they make go back
:18:56. > :18:57.there - in this case into a new fresh water supply
:18:58. > :19:00.into a village in Tanzania. Being ethical has always
:19:01. > :19:02.been their mantra - but it's something that you have
:19:03. > :19:09.to live and breathe. Business is a really powerful tool
:19:10. > :19:13.to change the world. It is often seen as a necessary evil, which I do
:19:14. > :19:28.not believe. I think business can be used to serve the greater good. Back
:19:29. > :19:30.here, Mark wants to challenge his staff even further. What is driving
:19:31. > :19:38.us is the contribution to good causes. Ethical doesn't work for
:19:39. > :19:40.everyone, but for some people the incentive of just doing good seems
:19:41. > :19:45.to be enough. Dan's here to talk sport -
:19:46. > :19:47.specifically rugby union. You've been catching up with Wasps
:19:48. > :19:51.ahead of their big weekend. Yes, the training ground felt
:19:52. > :19:56.different today. On Saturday Wasps face Leinster
:19:57. > :19:59.and a crowd of around 50,000 as they bid for a place
:20:00. > :20:01.in the European Champions For the English players in the Wasps
:20:02. > :20:06.team it's a quick return to Dublin - the scene of their Grand Slam
:20:07. > :20:08.disappointment in the 6 Nations. It is the one blemish on a perfect
:20:09. > :20:12.record. England's defeat to Ireland didn't
:20:13. > :20:15.cost them the 6 Nations - but they did lose the grand slam
:20:16. > :20:17.and a world record. But this weekend there's a form
:20:18. > :20:20.of rematch as Leinster boast a host of Irish Internationals -
:20:21. > :20:31.and Wasps have four England players. I'm sure they carry a little bit of
:20:32. > :20:34.fire in the belly about that game, but I think the overriding emotions
:20:35. > :20:36.will certainly be to get the job done.
:20:37. > :20:39.Prop Matt Mullan is one of the England players now
:20:40. > :20:42.And he's relishing running out in Dublin in front
:20:43. > :20:50.It is incredible. It is what you work so hard fought on the training
:20:51. > :20:54.ground Monday to Friday. You put in the hard yards to get the chance to
:20:55. > :21:00.showcase your talent as a team and individual on grounds like that, on
:21:01. > :21:05.big stages. Everyone is desperate to go there and try to play well. You
:21:06. > :21:09.can feel the buzz in training today, a different atmosphere. Hopefully we
:21:10. > :21:16.can put on a good show. Wasps are in the quarterfinals in Europe. But not
:21:17. > :21:40.any silverware. Everything we have done counts for
:21:41. > :21:43.nothing, it does not amount to any silverware at the moment, so we
:21:44. > :21:47.would like to translate that into silverware.
:21:48. > :21:49.Last weekend Wasps victory over Worcester in the Premiership
:21:50. > :21:54.Don't expect the same again this weekend.
:21:55. > :22:05.So Wasps are looking forward to next weekend.
:22:06. > :22:07.But the fall-out continues from Sunday's game with Worcester.
:22:08. > :22:16.It was arguably the turning point on Sunday's game was the sending-off
:22:17. > :22:18.of Worcester's Bryce Heem for this dangerous tackle on
:22:19. > :22:24.We learned today that Le Roux suffered concussion so must go
:22:25. > :22:26.through the necessary protocol and could miss Saturday's
:22:27. > :22:30.Heem has pleaded guilty to an RFU disciplinary charge and has been
:22:31. > :22:47.List you all miss him, he has been playing well. -- Worcester will miss
:22:48. > :22:49.him. If you enjoy taking pictures
:22:50. > :22:51.on holiday, you'll be The Birmingham architect landed
:22:52. > :22:55.a double win in the world's largest photography competition,
:22:56. > :22:56.with this photo. Tim is an architect,
:22:57. > :22:58.with a natural eye for buildings. But he's not a professional
:22:59. > :23:00.photographer. So today's announcement has
:23:01. > :23:02.caught him by surprise - as our Arts reporter Satnam Rana
:23:03. > :23:04.has been discovering. He's an amateur photograher who's
:23:05. > :23:07.picked up not one but two wins in the Sony World Photography
:23:08. > :23:12.Awards. And it was this shot of the Federal
:23:13. > :23:25.building in Berlin that I never thought I would enter it
:23:26. > :23:27.into any awards. I just saw this amazing circular building and
:23:28. > :23:29.thought I need to wait here for these people to get into the shot.
:23:30. > :23:33.Taken by Tim Cornbill from Birmingham.
:23:34. > :23:35.He's won in the Open Category section for architecture globally
:23:36. > :23:39.and has also picked up the UK national award.
:23:40. > :23:46.Yes, I got a call at work actually and I just had to say, are you sure
:23:47. > :23:52.you've got the right person? I could not quite believe that.
:23:53. > :23:54.Closer to home Tim Cornbill is known on social
:23:55. > :23:57.media for taking photos in Birmingham - a place
:23:58. > :24:08.Most of us think we are budding photographers.
:24:09. > :24:20.But there are top tips we can pick up. We have perfect weather today,
:24:21. > :24:24.so always look for the weather and where the light is good. The light
:24:25. > :24:28.is hitting the front of the library, so put up your camera, balance the
:24:29. > :24:34.library in the shot, then touch on your screen to get it in focus. And
:24:35. > :24:41.then shoot away. It could be an award-winning entry!
:24:42. > :24:57.By profession he is an architect. A winning combination, really. You
:24:58. > :25:01.look for facades, and elements like the large photo that won the award.
:25:02. > :25:07.He has taken a day off today to celebrate, by taking more photos. A
:25:08. > :25:13.talented guy. And given the number of pictures we get from weather
:25:14. > :25:26.Watchers, there are plenty of amateur photographers at home.
:25:27. > :25:29.We have a loyal team of weather watchers who send in some fantastic
:25:30. > :25:31.pictures like these - but we're always looking
:25:32. > :25:39.It's really easy, all you need to do is sign up to
:25:40. > :25:43.Take a picture in landscape, and upload it.
:25:44. > :25:51.It could end up on Midlands Today one evening.
:25:52. > :25:58.I have had a look around some of the other regions, and let me tell you,
:25:59. > :26:06.ours are the best. It helped tell today's story. We had mist and fog
:26:07. > :26:10.out there today. Not very pleasant. In some spots did get lovely, which
:26:11. > :26:19.helped to boost temperatures. We made it to in some spots. We have
:26:20. > :26:27.got some heavily scattered showers and rumbles of thunder, which
:26:28. > :26:37.started to work their way across Birmingham. At Edgbaston there was
:26:38. > :26:44.cricket today, it is almost like mother nature knows. Temperatures
:26:45. > :26:48.got up to 13, but by this afternoon the rain started and tempers
:26:49. > :26:51.underneath the rain dropped by 4 degrees. The shower is really did
:26:52. > :26:54.have an impact. We continue to see them filtering through the West
:26:55. > :26:56.tonight, and then we get a persistent area of rain moving its
:26:57. > :26:58.way through. Eventually it will clear, with cloud over and.
:26:59. > :27:03.Temperatures are in double figures. These are the daytime highs
:27:04. > :27:12.yesterday, but low-pressure dominating. Tomorrow rain will move
:27:13. > :27:15.on from the West, with cloud around. For the least we could get something
:27:16. > :27:21.attach brighter, with temperatures getting up to 13 or 14. But the
:27:22. > :27:25.breeze will continue to keep filtering in the match milder air.
:27:26. > :27:31.It will be a much milder end to the data model, with rain moving and.
:27:32. > :27:37.Temperatures 11 to 12 Celsius. Thursday the best of the brightness
:27:38. > :27:42.will be further east, so make your way there. At the end of the week
:27:43. > :27:45.things will start to brighten up. That is all from me. I will be back
:27:46. > :27:46.with your late news at 10:30pm. Goodbye.