:00:00. > :00:07.The headlines tonight: news teams where you are.
:00:08. > :00:09.Businesses assessing the damage and counting the cost
:00:10. > :00:16.after a wartime bomb was blown up in Birmingham.
:00:17. > :00:27.Live machine not working, if machine fall down or anything, that would be
:00:28. > :00:30.a big loss. Contractors are due back this evening to start is the clear
:00:31. > :00:31.up and try to get things back to normal.
:00:32. > :00:33.Also tonight, victims of sexual abuse decades ago
:00:34. > :00:39.at a Worcestershire school fear they'll never get justice.
:00:40. > :00:45.I was frightened every day. You couldn't close your eyes at night
:00:46. > :00:47.because you didn't know who would jump into your bed.
:00:48. > :00:50.They only elected their MP 12 weeks ago: so how do voters in Stoke feel
:00:51. > :00:52.about going to the polls again so soon?
:00:53. > :00:54.Back in working order thanks to dedicated volunteers,
:00:55. > :00:59.a fourteenth century water mill that's been derelict for years.
:01:00. > :01:02.And if this is what you get for putting up with today's
:01:03. > :01:04.incessant rain then it will have been worth it.
:01:05. > :01:07.Almost an inch of rainfall over 12 hours but improving tomorrow.
:01:08. > :01:22.Good evening, businesses in Birmingham have been assessing
:01:23. > :01:25.the damage caused by the controlled explosion of a wartime
:01:26. > :01:30.One owner says he's losing thousands of pounds a day and doesn't know
:01:31. > :01:42.when it'll be safe to go back inside his building.
:01:43. > :01:44.The 500l device was discovered on Monday morning,
:01:45. > :01:47.and was judged to be too dangerous to be moved.
:01:48. > :01:54.Well, here in the shadows of the Aston Express Way,
:01:55. > :01:58.we've been able to see for the first time today exactly where the bomb
:01:59. > :02:00.was found after all these years, and the huge cavity left
:02:01. > :02:08.after the controlled explosion yesterday.
:02:09. > :02:10.It's caused major damage for some businesses on this
:02:11. > :02:13.industrial estate and speaking to one owner here today he says he's
:02:14. > :02:17.worried he could lose A lot of trade.
:02:18. > :02:19.The full impact of yesterday's controlled explosion
:02:20. > :02:22.is still being felt by a number of businesses on the Priory
:02:23. > :02:30.Today, they're dealing with the aftermath.
:02:31. > :02:34.Zakir Husain's warehouse is just yards
:02:35. > :02:37.from where the bomb was found, and took the full force.
:02:38. > :02:42.He says he's now lost three days of production and it's costing him.
:02:43. > :02:55.worried I'll lose customers because of this.
:02:56. > :03:00.He's not sure whether or not it's structurally safe
:03:01. > :03:04.His neighbour next door though says he couldn't wait any longer.
:03:05. > :03:19.of production and I need to get deliveries out.
:03:20. > :03:27.Are you convinced it is safe to return to work? Yes, I checked, and
:03:28. > :03:29.looked for breakages and leaks and anything. I found it was OK to
:03:30. > :03:31.operate. had lay undiscovered here for more
:03:32. > :03:36.than 70 years and is one of the biggest devices of its kind
:03:37. > :03:45.to be found on British soil. Fred Groves was just
:03:46. > :03:47.a lad at the time. Still living round the corner now,
:03:48. > :03:59.he lived through the bombings They were dropping all around. The
:04:00. > :04:04.only thing you remember is the noise and the explosions. Because my
:04:05. > :04:08.parents would keep the confined to the air raid shelter. I could stick
:04:09. > :04:12.my head out sometimes. Looking at the searchlights was quite a novelty
:04:13. > :04:17.for a bad of my age. -- a lad. It could be days before Mr Husain's
:04:18. > :04:20.business is back to normal. He says the priority now should be
:04:21. > :04:23.to clear the roads, so suppliers can So, Laura, what has the council had
:04:24. > :04:34.to say about the clear up operation? Well, we've been told
:04:35. > :04:38.that the contractors are due here tonight to start clearing up
:04:39. > :04:41.this sand and that needs to happen first so they can assess
:04:42. > :04:45.any long-lasting damage. When the Army were carrying out
:04:46. > :04:51.the controlled explosion yesterday 250 tonnes of sand was brought
:04:52. > :04:55.in on 13 trucks - to take the full force of the blast -
:04:56. > :05:33.so it's going to take Has to take place. Thankfully, the
:05:34. > :05:35.controlled explosion was successful because the situation could have
:05:36. > :05:37.been a lot worse. Police investigating the sexual
:05:38. > :05:40.abuse of boys at a school in Worcestershire decades ago say
:05:41. > :05:42.they've sent a file It comes more than 2.5 years
:05:43. > :05:52.after the BBC uncovered allegations against Catholic monks
:05:53. > :05:54.who ran St Gilberts. No-one's been charged though
:05:55. > :05:57.and some of the victims fear 50 years on, Paul Sprason
:05:58. > :06:09.is still looking for peace. In the 1960s, aged 13, he was packed
:06:10. > :06:12.off to a Catholic-run approved school full of delinquents
:06:13. > :06:15.and runaways from Birmingham. He went on to spend 30 years
:06:16. > :06:18.in a series of jails - but he says that school
:06:19. > :06:30.and the abuse he suffered Not just by one person. Two or three
:06:31. > :06:37.holding you down, sexually assaulting you. It was rape.
:06:38. > :06:39.St Gilberts at Hartlebury near Kidderminster was run
:06:40. > :06:41.by the De La Salle Order of Christian Brothers
:06:42. > :06:44.It's thought as many as 30 former pupils have come forward to tell
:06:45. > :06:51.police of horrendous abuse at the hands of school staff.
:06:52. > :07:00.A place of hell. Fear. You was frightened every day, you could not
:07:01. > :07:01.close your eyes at night because you did not know who would jump into
:07:02. > :07:03.your bed. Operation Quail was launched
:07:04. > :07:05.over 2.5 years ago to investigate allegations of abuse
:07:06. > :07:08.at St Gilberts from 1945 to 1975. In September last year,
:07:09. > :07:10.a file was sent to the Crown Prosecution Service
:07:11. > :07:12.and four suspects have been interviewed under caution -
:07:13. > :07:30.but to date no charges Brother Roderick is an alleged
:07:31. > :07:40.abuser. He is now dead along with other suspects. They have written to
:07:41. > :07:45.all the victims to tell them what is going on but the unresolved nature
:07:46. > :07:51.of the enquiry is making their psychological condition worse. When
:07:52. > :07:56.we asked if every, the police said two suspects had been released from
:07:57. > :08:02.a bail conditions but were cooperating voluntarily. Today, they
:08:03. > :08:12.said matters were at a delicate stage. What do you want from the
:08:13. > :08:20.police enquiry? Bring it forward. Some will say, 50 years, let bygones
:08:21. > :08:33.be bygones. I don't want any gain out of it, I just want the truth to
:08:34. > :08:42.come out. It is taking too long. The order has apologised to Paul and
:08:43. > :08:43.others but for him, time is running out and the wouldn't have not
:08:44. > :08:44.healed. And you can hear more about this
:08:45. > :08:47.case on BBC Hereford and Worcester's breakfast show with Elliott and Toni
:08:48. > :08:50.from seven tomorrow morning. The post mortem's taken place
:08:51. > :08:52.on Evha Jannath who died after she fell from a water ride
:08:53. > :08:55.at Drayton Manor Park It found the 11-year-old had died
:08:56. > :08:58.from chest injuries. An inquest into her death was opened
:08:59. > :09:01.and adjourned this afternoon, but there's no confirmed date
:09:02. > :09:05.for a full hearing. The Royal College of Surgeons has
:09:06. > :09:08.called for a review of the way private hospitals are regulated
:09:09. > :09:11.following the case of Ian Paterson. The cancer surgeon is due to be
:09:12. > :09:14.sentenced at the end of this month after being convicted of unlawfully
:09:15. > :09:17.wounding ten patients, by carrying out "needless"
:09:18. > :09:19.operations at private clinics A Warwick district councillor
:09:20. > :09:27.who posted an offensive tweet during the Eurovision Song
:09:28. > :09:30.contest, has resigned. Nick Harrington has represented
:09:31. > :09:33.the Stoneleigh and Cubbington Ward He's now apologised to the traveller
:09:34. > :09:39.community and those of Irish origin, as well to his constituents
:09:40. > :09:41.and the wider public, The latest official figures show
:09:42. > :09:52.that unemployment has fallen again across the whole of the
:09:53. > :09:54.West Midlands. The figures for January
:09:55. > :09:56.to March this year, show 161,000 were out of work -
:09:57. > :09:59.a drop of 5,000. That takes the official
:10:00. > :10:10.jobless rate in the region to 5.7%, which is still
:10:11. > :10:11.above the national When the snap election
:10:12. > :10:18.was called last month, voters in Stoke on Trent might've
:10:19. > :10:21.been forgiven for thinking Oh That's because just a few weeks
:10:22. > :10:24.before, they'd had a by-election following the resignation
:10:25. > :10:26.of the Labour MP Tristram Hunt. Our Staffordshire reporter
:10:27. > :10:29.Liz Copper's been to Stoke to see how voters are feeling
:10:30. > :10:31.at the moment, as they go back In the heart of Stoke-on-Trent
:10:32. > :10:35.Central, this is Parliament Row. It's just three months since voters
:10:36. > :10:42.here chose their MP. At the top of the street, serving
:10:43. > :10:45.traditional fayre, is Oatie Mostons. What do they make of an election
:10:46. > :10:48.coming around again so soon I was just surprised. Oh, not again.
:10:49. > :11:00.Because we had had a local election. After the recent by-election -
:11:01. > :11:11.one challenge could be Scotty 2 Hotty totally fed up, one
:11:12. > :11:23.after another, not ready for it. Confused as to who to vote for. And
:11:24. > :11:37.think people have lost interest. But I think you should vote.
:11:38. > :11:47.Most people did not vote, and it was 38% previously. But that the EU
:11:48. > :11:50.referendum last year, a different story, and 65% came out to test
:11:51. > :11:52.their vote in the city. So can this election
:11:53. > :12:03.enthuse the voters There are students around here. Some
:12:04. > :12:08.of my friends, they annoy me when they do not vote. Oh, not again.
:12:09. > :12:10.Not everyone's so sceptical about politics, though.
:12:11. > :12:12.At this pottery firm, they make memorabelia
:12:13. > :12:18.featuring party leaders - politicians make them profits.
:12:19. > :12:22.Great, bring it on. It is great for business.
:12:23. > :12:24.In just over three weeks' time, we'll know who'll be
:12:25. > :12:31.the next Prime Minister - and also whether they have the
:12:32. > :12:35.Liz Copper, BBC Midlands Today, Stoke on Trent.
:12:36. > :12:37.And you can find out more about the candidates standing
:12:38. > :12:40.in Stoke on Trent and everywhere else in the Midlands
:12:41. > :12:45.Thanks for joining us on Midlands Today.
:12:46. > :12:47.After a dank and dismal day today, I'm banking on Shefali
:12:48. > :13:07.It was not fit for a man nor beast today. Full details later.
:13:08. > :13:09.Also in tonight's programme West Brom's dire run goes on,
:13:10. > :13:14.but still a good season, says manager Tony Pulis.
:13:15. > :13:17.And followers of the county cricket club, no doubt,
:13:18. > :13:28.but why's a trail of bears about to descend on Birmingham?
:13:29. > :13:33.Around 850,000 people are living with dementia in the UK.
:13:34. > :13:35.Someone develops the condition every three minutes and more than 40,000
:13:36. > :13:42.Hannah Morris is one of those people - she was diagnosed
:13:43. > :13:51.She has good days and bad days, but she's found that going to craft
:13:52. > :13:54.workshops helps her feel involved in her local community in Hereford.
:13:55. > :14:01.Our Arts reporter Satnam Rana has the details.
:14:02. > :14:21.She is there in body. But that is it.
:14:22. > :14:25.Dementia is a life changing condition, whatever your age.
:14:26. > :14:30.Hannah Morris from Peter Church near Hereford is 44, and she is living
:14:31. > :14:36.We were shopping once and I said, what about
:14:37. > :14:43.Since then, her condition has worsened.
:14:44. > :14:48.I was very bubbly before. I am more withdrawn.
:14:49. > :14:55.My word finding is much more difficult.
:14:56. > :15:02.Spelling, even simple words, is hard.
:15:03. > :15:05.Today, she has come along to the Courtyards arts venue
:15:06. > :15:07.in Hereford to raise awareness of the condition
:15:08. > :15:19.It is a place of sanctuary for many living with dementia.
:15:20. > :15:22.We are able to come and we are in a safe environment.
:15:23. > :15:26.They understand what is wrong. They are very helpful.
:15:27. > :15:29.We get to do different activities that we wouldn't normally
:15:30. > :15:34.Since 2010, the Courtyard has seen 40,000
:15:35. > :15:39.people with dementia come through its doors.
:15:40. > :15:41.People live with dementia, they don't die with
:15:42. > :15:49.I think it is key that the arts plays a very important part in
:15:50. > :15:53.We wanted to make sure that the Courtyard was a real hub
:15:54. > :15:57.The Courtyard arts venue has been a dementia-friendly space
:15:58. > :16:02.And it is classes like this one that have
:16:03. > :16:05.given many of those living with the condition a lifeline
:16:06. > :16:16.And for people like Hannah, who are living with dementia, the
:16:17. > :16:26.The number of English cities rivalling Birmingham to host
:16:27. > :16:31.the 2022 Commonwealth Games has been reduced to just one.
:16:32. > :16:33.Birmingham has officially confirmed it would like to take over
:16:34. > :16:35.the staging of the games from Durban.
:16:36. > :16:38.The South African city was stripped of the right earlier this year.
:16:39. > :16:40.Manchester and London have now dropped out,
:16:41. > :16:47.leaving Liverpool as the only other competitor in England.
:16:48. > :16:50.The West Bromwich Albion head coach Tony Pulis says it's been
:16:51. > :16:52.a fantastic season for the Baggies, despite their current
:16:53. > :16:58.Last night's defeat at Manchester City means
:16:59. > :17:00.it's now just one win in their last 11 matches.
:17:01. > :17:05.When you haven't won in two months and haven't scored in eight
:17:06. > :17:08.of your last ten games, then a trip to Champions League-chasing
:17:09. > :17:12.Manchester City isn't the most comfortable of prospects.
:17:13. > :17:15.For 25 minutes, West Bromwich Albion kept the home side at bay.
:17:16. > :17:17.But when the breakthrough finally arrived, the Baggies
:17:18. > :17:23.First, Kevin De Bruyne set up Gabriel Jesus for the opening goal,
:17:24. > :17:25.and then two minutes later the Belgian proved he was
:17:26. > :17:30.In a flash, the game was over as a competition.
:17:31. > :17:34.Shortly after half-time, Yaya Toure thumped home a third to ensure
:17:35. > :17:41.Albion would now be eight games without a win.
:17:42. > :17:43.There was consolation of sorts a few minutes from the end
:17:44. > :17:46.when Hal Robson-Kanu scored for the visitors, but this
:17:47. > :17:50.Defeat saw them slip to ninth, and they could still
:17:51. > :17:53.But that doesn't dismay Tony Pulis, who's been shortlisted
:17:54. > :18:11.people must recognise what you have to work with, finances and
:18:12. > :18:17.everything else. We were on top of there, and all in all, where we are,
:18:18. > :18:19.what we have spent, it has been a fantastic season and they have kept
:18:20. > :18:21.going all the way. Pulis will fly out to China
:18:22. > :18:23.next Monday for a meeting Top of his priorities will be
:18:24. > :18:27.the transfer funds needed to push Do you remember the Big Hoot which
:18:28. > :18:33.came to Birmingham two years ago? It was a trail of giant owl
:18:34. > :18:36.sculptures dotted around the city to raise money for the Children's
:18:37. > :18:38.Hospital. Now, the idea of a sculpture trail
:18:39. > :18:44.is back - but this time it's They're being created in a special
:18:45. > :18:51.painting area right now, and our reporter Joanne Writtle has
:18:52. > :18:55.been to see how it's all going. They're hibernating right now,
:18:56. > :18:57.but in July people are being invited to go on a bear hunt
:18:58. > :19:00.in and around BEARmingham. More than 200 of them
:19:01. > :19:02.will form a tourist trail to raise money for Birmingham
:19:03. > :19:21.Children's Hospital. The theme is the beautiful son
:19:22. > :19:24.there. --. Birmingham is the city of 1 million trees. And people are
:19:25. > :19:25.visiting to see parts of the city they have never seen before.
:19:26. > :19:27.Artists like Gayani Ariyaratne have been
:19:28. > :19:34.But her bear tells the tale of her idyllic childhood many miles away.
:19:35. > :19:42.That is the growing up in Sri Lanka as a child. These are all be happy
:19:43. > :19:51.things I used to play with and I like. The elephant was in our back
:19:52. > :20:00.garden. This is a Phoenix rising from the ashes. And there are
:20:01. > :20:04.businesses are being and supporting each other, it is a place of
:20:05. > :20:07.regeneration. On a cookery theme, there's
:20:08. > :20:09.Mary Bary's Soggy Bottom. And for second city dwellers,
:20:10. > :20:11.there's Gas Street Bearsin. The bears will be dotted
:20:12. > :20:13.around Birmingham, Sutton Coldfield and Sandwell -
:20:14. > :20:15.including Bearwood - It'll be called the Big Sleuth
:20:16. > :20:19.because - in case you didn't know - a sleuth is the collective noun
:20:20. > :20:30.for a group of bears. An archaeological dig around
:20:31. > :20:34.a Shropshire church has revealed it could be the earliest known sacred
:20:35. > :20:37.site still in use in Britain today - Carbon dating of a wooden post,
:20:38. > :20:47.found at the site of the Church of the Holy Fathers in Oteley Road
:20:48. > :20:51.in February, has shown it was first placed in the ground in 2033 BC -
:20:52. > :20:54.a time when the ancient Egyptians The RSPCA is appealing
:20:55. > :21:02.for information after a dog was abandoned behind an empty
:21:03. > :21:05.building in Stoke on Trent. The male Staffordshire bull terrier,
:21:06. > :21:07.which has been named Patch, was found by a member of the public
:21:08. > :21:10.in Pyenest Street on Monday. The animal charity says
:21:11. > :21:15.its concerned that he was tied up where he wasn't visible,
:21:16. > :21:18.so whoever left him might not have You may have heard of the Shelsley
:21:19. > :21:26.Walsh Hill Climb in Worcestershire, famous for more than a hundred years
:21:27. > :21:29.for throaty motor sport. Amazingly, in the midst
:21:30. > :21:31.of the stench of burning fuel and roaring engines,
:21:32. > :21:34.there's a placid water mill which dates back
:21:35. > :21:38.to the 14th Century. It's been lying in ruin for decades,
:21:39. > :21:41.but now it's back in working order. A group of flat-cap wearing
:21:42. > :21:43.pensioners decided to raise money After five years of blood,
:21:44. > :21:52.sweat and tears, the wheel's turning And it's thanks to this
:21:53. > :22:04.group of friends who call themselves the Dibnahs,
:22:05. > :22:06.after Fred Dibnah, the flat-cap-wearing
:22:07. > :22:12.steeplejack and TV presenter. Their mutual interest
:22:13. > :22:15.in mechanical engineering has brought about a painstaking
:22:16. > :22:17.restoration of a water mill which has been on this
:22:18. > :22:32.site for over 700 years. the camera is commonly focus. The
:22:33. > :22:35.satisfaction that you get and the camaraderie and the focus. You never
:22:36. > :22:37.stop learning. We all learn from each other and that is great.
:22:38. > :22:39.The Dibnahs - including among them retired
:22:40. > :22:47.builders, accountants and engineers - are producing flour once again.
:22:48. > :22:56.We do it as a hobby. We do not charter labour. We buy in woods and
:22:57. > :23:04.certain parts. It costs us between 15 and 20,000. They are unearthing
:23:05. > :23:05.treasures. BBC's first live
:23:06. > :23:09.commentary of the famous Shelsley Walsh Hill
:23:10. > :23:11.Climb in the 1930s. The Water Mill sits
:23:12. > :23:13.at the foot of the climb, run by the Midland Automobile Club,
:23:14. > :23:28.and next to the It has served the city for hundreds
:23:29. > :23:32.of years. Never fully commercial, just producing animal feed and
:23:33. > :23:36.grinding up flower for local consumption. A thriving little
:23:37. > :23:39.community spread over 500 acres. The smallest parish in Worcestershire.
:23:40. > :23:42.The Watermill is open for guided tours, and with a busy
:23:43. > :23:43.summer racing schedule, offers visitors a sanctuary from
:23:44. > :23:55.And if you're fan of the flat cap - you may be at home.
:23:56. > :23:58.There is an offer I hadn't heard very often!
:23:59. > :24:00.Ben Godfrey, BBC Midlands Today, Shelsley Walsh.
:24:01. > :24:04.Went for a walk this morning and got drenched...can't even get out
:24:05. > :24:28.It's probably ruins your here, too. It was a case of who got what. 10-15
:24:29. > :24:35.millimetres of rain. But we got just under one inch of rain so far in
:24:36. > :24:38.some places. We could see double that by the time we get to tomorrow
:24:39. > :24:48.morning. But in the east of the region, seeing the worst. This is
:24:49. > :24:52.where the rain is heading. It is all going to the east, and after that a
:24:53. > :24:58.fairly clear run of it towards the weekend. In summary, this is how the
:24:59. > :25:03.weekend is shaping up. Reasonably warm, temperatures are to be made
:25:04. > :25:08.for high teens. Still some rain to get through to this evening and
:25:09. > :25:14.overnight. Quite heavy particularly century and eastern areas. Some
:25:15. > :25:28.spray in the roads this evening. Treacherous driving conditions. Past
:25:29. > :25:35.the midnight hour,... It is much cooler into the morning. A chilly
:25:36. > :25:40.start of the day. Much different. A transformation with more sunshine,
:25:41. > :25:46.it is dry and a lovely morning for a walk. Then showers develop, lighter
:25:47. > :25:51.affairs and well scattered. Predominantly dry and sunny.
:25:52. > :25:57.Temperatures in the sunshine 16 or 17 Celsius. Reasonably warm but
:25:58. > :26:02.fresher as it has been stupid this week. A drier and clearer at night
:26:03. > :26:05.tomorrow. Fairly cool and a drier into the week.
:26:06. > :26:07.Dog lovers will like this story we're covering
:26:08. > :26:15.We know dogs use their noses to find many different things....people,
:26:16. > :26:17.drugs and of course food, but now two dogs in Worcester
:26:18. > :26:19.are being trained to detect something very
:26:20. > :26:23.It's to help reduce the large number that are killed every
:26:24. > :26:28.I'll be back at 10:30 with your late update.
:26:29. > :26:57.The choice you now face is all about the future.
:26:58. > :27:02.Whoever wins on the 8th of June will face one overriding task -
:27:03. > :27:08.to get the best possible deal for this United Kingdom from Brexit,
:27:09. > :27:13.because making Brexit a success is central to our national interest
:27:14. > :27:18.and it is central to your own security and prosperity.
:27:19. > :27:21.Because, while there is enormous opportunity for Britain
:27:22. > :27:28.if we do not get this right, the consequences will be serious
:27:29. > :27:34.and they will be felt by ordinary working people across the country.