:00:09. > :00:11.A supersonic boost - that's how leaders in the rdgion see
:00:12. > :00:14.the economic potential of expanding Birmingham airport.
:00:15. > :00:19.The Government's decision to back a third runway at Heathrow,
:00:20. > :00:22.with no mention of regional airports, has led to a fierce back
:00:23. > :00:31.Our political editor Patrick Burns has been following today's dvents.
:00:32. > :00:33.With London's airports full up, why not Birmingham?
:00:34. > :00:36.It could handle more than twice the 11 million passengers
:00:37. > :00:39.High-speed rail would eventtally connect it both north and south
:00:40. > :00:43.So would today's announcement of the Government's "preferred
:00:44. > :00:49.option" for London also recognise Birmingham in the strategic mix
:00:50. > :00:52.Labour wanted to know if major regional airports were being
:00:53. > :00:59.There's no mention of greatdr utilisation of our
:01:00. > :01:04.What message does that send to Stansted, Manchester, Birmingham,
:01:05. > :01:06.East Midlands about the govdrnment's commitment to the so-called
:01:07. > :01:08.Northern Powerhouse or the Midlands Engine?
:01:09. > :01:15.And one of our local Tories had a pointed question, too.
:01:16. > :01:18.Why can we not still be talking about expansion at Birmingh`m
:01:19. > :01:24.But the Transport Secretary repeatedly avoided what he called
:01:25. > :01:27.Even though the chairman of the Airports Commission Sir
:01:28. > :01:29.Howard Davies has said this week high-speed rail would make
:01:30. > :01:31.Birmingham a more attractivd proposition for expansion
:01:32. > :01:36.It's all been seized on by the three main parliamentary parties'
:01:37. > :01:39.candidates fighting to be elected West Midlands "metro
:01:40. > :01:44.They all want Birmingham to be allowed to expand into glob`l
:01:45. > :01:55.But the Green party candidate for metro mayor warns expansion
:01:56. > :02:00.I think it is the wrong way to go here.
:02:01. > :02:03.Becoming more reliant on ovdrseas investment to prop up the economy
:02:04. > :02:07.We need to be about building a home-grown resilient economy based
:02:08. > :02:09.on growth areas like low-carbon rather than second runways.
:02:10. > :02:11.Airport managers say in a statement tonight,
:02:12. > :02:14.they are pleased ministers recognised the role they can play
:02:15. > :02:21.The Polish ambassador says the British government must offer
:02:22. > :02:23.assurances and guidance about the future of Polish
:02:24. > :02:29.He was speaking on a visit to the West Midlands,
:02:30. > :02:32.home to 90,000 people with Polish nationality or heritage,
:02:33. > :02:34.some of whom now wonder if they re still welcome here post Brexit.
:02:35. > :02:42.He's new to the job and this is a new landscape.
:02:43. > :02:45.Poland's ambassador to the TK, Arkady Sherkosky, knows this
:02:46. > :02:52.Among those eager to meet hhm, a teacher from walsall with Polish
:02:53. > :02:57.The increase in hate crime and issues related
:02:58. > :03:00.to modern day slavery, human trafficking, homelessness
:03:01. > :03:06.These are all issues affecthng a lot of migrant communities.
:03:07. > :03:08.The ambassador's visit to Birmingham's Polish commtnity
:03:09. > :03:14.There have been 35 suspected hate crimes against Poles
:03:15. > :03:21.in the UK since Britain voted to leave the EU.
:03:22. > :03:23.There is a real increase after the Brexit referendum,
:03:24. > :03:28.but on the other hand there are still incidents
:03:29. > :03:32.and we are always underlining there is huge support from British
:03:33. > :03:38.society, a lot of letters that the embassy has receivdd,
:03:39. > :03:42.Estimates vary but there are certainly more than 50,000 Poles
:03:43. > :03:44.across the West Midlands, with a big population
:03:45. > :03:47.This centre opened in january to help them.
:03:48. > :03:50.Its manager says Poles need to know whether they have a future here
:03:51. > :03:53.Point by point say, if you `re here, this long, you can stay,
:03:54. > :03:56.if you are not, you are not working, you need to move.
:03:57. > :04:01.Polish people want assurancds about their place in this
:04:02. > :04:06.What success are you having talking to the British government?
:04:07. > :04:12.We are working on common medtings between our ministers,
:04:13. > :04:17.but still the situation is tnclear and it is not good for Brithsh
:04:18. > :04:18.economy and it's not good for Polish communities.
:04:19. > :04:21.They're allies ages old with shared history.
:04:22. > :04:27.All of sudden, though, the focus is all about the future.
:04:28. > :04:29.A man is critically ill following a stabbing
:04:30. > :04:34.The 21 year old was found with multiple stab
:04:35. > :04:38.wounds after police were called to Raddlebarn Road in Selly Oak
:04:39. > :04:42.He's being treated in hospital for life threatening injurids.
:04:43. > :04:45.A man has been convicted of murdering a teenager, shot dead
:04:46. > :04:50.next month for killing Kenichi Phillips in Ladywood.
:04:51. > :04:53.He was also found guilty of the attempted murder of `nother
:04:54. > :04:56.man and firearms offences - after firing into a parked
:04:57. > :05:06.A woman who was abused as a child by an Imam
:05:07. > :05:08.says she's been let down by the system.
:05:09. > :05:11.Hafiz Rahman was able to leave the UK the day
:05:12. > :05:14.He was found guilty of sexually assaulting two
:05:15. > :05:18.sent to him for religious ttition in the 1980s in Cradley Heath.
:05:19. > :05:19.He's now believed to be in Bangladesh.
:05:20. > :05:21.One of his victims has given her first interview
:05:22. > :05:28.He would stroke my hair, stroke my back.
:05:29. > :05:38.That would, over the months, that went gradually on to hhm
:05:39. > :05:49.Nabila Sharma - not her real name - was just seven when the abuse began.
:05:50. > :05:51.There was this one time, he had grabbed me and
:05:52. > :05:58.And he was trying to get my clothes off and I know for sure
:05:59. > :06:01.if he wasn't interrupted, he would have raped me.
:06:02. > :06:05.Her abuser was this man - Hifiz Rahman.
:06:06. > :06:08.He was the Imam at the Queens Cross mosque in Cradley Heath
:06:09. > :06:11.when the assaults took place in the 1980s.
:06:12. > :06:13.He is no longer involved with the mosque.
:06:14. > :06:19.They thought he was God, which they do.
:06:20. > :06:22.That is how we are taught, as well, that he is
:06:23. > :06:26.the imam at the mosque and you do as you are told.
:06:27. > :06:29.It's a story that's all too familiar to those who work
:06:30. > :06:41.There is a cultur of silencd across all Asian communities
:06:42. > :06:44.because of the notion of honour and people don't like to talk
:06:45. > :06:47.about it, they don't like to admit it is happening in their colmunity
:06:48. > :06:49.because it is seen as being quite shameful.
:06:50. > :06:51.Rahman was eventually chargdd with sexually assaulting two girls.
:06:52. > :06:54.He claimed he was too ill to attend the end of his trial
:06:55. > :06:57.here at Wolverhampton Crown Court earlier this month and was
:06:58. > :07:18.I've been through so much to get to this point
:07:19. > :07:22.Somebody needs to come forw`rd and take responsibility
:07:23. > :07:38.Wolverhampton Wanderers are looking for a new manager - again.
:07:39. > :07:40.The club sacked Walter Zenga this afternoon -
:07:41. > :07:42.less than 3 months after he took over at Molineaux.
:07:43. > :07:45.He's the sixth manager to ddpart the Championship club
:07:46. > :07:50.He wasn't number one for very long and now he's gone.
:07:51. > :07:52.When he arrived in the summdr, Walter Zenga's CV revealed lany
:07:53. > :07:56.But he insisted Wolves would be different.
:07:57. > :07:58.Do you believe you will be here for the long haul?
:07:59. > :08:02.But the axe fell after just 87 days, 17 games, seven defeats,
:08:03. > :08:06.Wolves legendary manager St`n Cullis was born on this day
:08:07. > :08:15.He was manager here at Molineux for 16 years, including 672 league
:08:16. > :08:20.There are no plans to erect a similar statue to mark thd brief
:08:21. > :08:27.Yet only ten days ago, Zenga had acknowledged he ndeded
:08:28. > :08:33.My job is under pressure and if you are thinking
:08:34. > :08:36.there is someone in two months can make everything perfect 100$,
:08:37. > :08:39.please, give me his phone ntmber because I have to call him `nd ask
:08:40. > :08:48.In Wolverhampton city centrd today, fans had a mixed reaction
:08:49. > :08:52.I'm surprised he lasted this long, to be honest.
:08:53. > :08:56.I thought it was a bit of a ridiculous appointment
:08:57. > :09:00.It's his own fault because he had the money and after Saturdax's
:09:01. > :09:02.result, I think it was a no-brainer.
:09:03. > :09:11.I think Zenga has been harshly dealt with and he's had a lot of bad luck.
:09:12. > :09:13.So less than three months after believing Walter Zeng`
:09:14. > :09:15.was the right man for the job, Wolves are, tonight,
:09:16. > :09:18.looking for the next right man to get the club
:09:19. > :09:28.Just one football result tonight, in the National League.
:09:29. > :09:31.Solihull Moors lost at home to the leaders Forest Green 1-0
:09:32. > :09:33.it was an own goal and they had a player sent off.
:09:34. > :09:36.And just a reminder, if you're planning to travel
:09:37. > :09:38.by train between Bromsgrove and Birmingham in the morning,
:09:39. > :09:40.there will be a bus replacement service in placd
:09:41. > :09:49.I'll leave you with the forecast from Shefali.
:09:50. > :09:55.Good evening. It was a reasonable day and a good example of what we
:09:56. > :09:59.could see later in the week. It was foggy and misty to start with that
:10:00. > :10:03.that lifted into some glorious sunshine, more so across thd north
:10:04. > :10:06.of the region, and through the through the day the cloud thickened
:10:07. > :10:10.up but it stayed largely drx. It's dry and settled because of this high
:10:11. > :10:14.pressure which is situated to the south of the country and because of
:10:15. > :10:18.that, it will be drawing in winds from the south-west by tomorrow In
:10:19. > :10:22.summary, this is how the relainder of the week is looking. It will be a
:10:23. > :10:27.bit misty during the mornings and the nights, but we could sed settled
:10:28. > :10:31.conditions with the best of the sunshine in the south and it will be
:10:32. > :10:34.milder. Let's take a look at tonight, there is a lot of that
:10:35. > :10:40.cloud from this afternoon lhngering through the night and in thd breaks
:10:41. > :10:47.we will see Mr Fogg develophng quite widely, but also low cloud.
:10:48. > :10:50.Temperatures gradually rising that still around seven Celsius `round
:10:51. > :10:54.the south-west, a bit cooler in the countryside. In the morning
:10:55. > :10:58.tomorrow, mist and fog if Dhng and dispersing quite quickly under a
:10:59. > :11:01.moderate south-westerly bredze but otherwise nice and sunny and largely
:11:02. > :11:02.drive. settled and on the mild side. Nick
:11:03. > :11:12.now has all the national weather. Hello. Autumn is the season of
:11:13. > :11:15.change, most noticeably with those autumn colours on display today in
:11:16. > :11:18.Buckinghamshire, as photographed by one of our weather watchers. Always
:11:19. > :11:21.helps when there is blue sky above. Our weather is always changing
:11:22. > :11:24.regardless of the season. One of those changes is taking place, we
:11:25. > :11:29.are losing last week's Easterly winds and now a westerly wind. That
:11:30. > :11:33.means it's turning milder by day and night but it does mean the return of
:11:34. > :11:38.Atlantic weather fronts, especially to north-western parts of the UK.
:11:39. > :11:42.The reason, high pressure in Germany and low pressure Iceland. Here is
:11:43. > :11:45.the first of those weather fronts for Scotland and Northern Ireland
:11:46. > :11:49.through the night, the first part of tomorrow. There isn't a huge amount
:11:50. > :11:52.of rain associated with this. Could see rain over the hills of northern
:11:53. > :11:56.England and Wales as the night goes on. The odd shower clipping Sussex
:11:57. > :12:00.and Kent. A lot of dry weather for England and Wales. It's mild here,
:12:01. > :12:03.it's milder across the northern half of Britain compared with last night.
:12:04. > :12:06.But the further south you are the closer to that area of high
:12:07. > :12:08.pressure, and we are