:00:08. > :00:08.Good evening. for the news where you are.
:00:09. > :00:10.The Head of G4S prison services, the company which runs
:00:11. > :00:12.Birmingham Prison, says he was "surprised" by last
:00:13. > :00:18.That's despite a recent report which said urgent action was needed
:00:19. > :00:19.to prevent an attack on prison officers.
:00:20. > :00:22.More than 400 inmates have been transferred to other
:00:23. > :00:24.jails, following 12 hours of disturbances last Friday.
:00:25. > :00:27.They started after an inmate stole some keys from a prison
:00:28. > :00:31.Havoc and hi-jinks captured on mobile phones
:00:32. > :00:34.as hundreds of prisoners took control of HMP Birmingham.
:00:35. > :00:36.Lighting fires in stairwells, burning paper records.
:00:37. > :00:38.Five days on, order restored and a visit
:00:39. > :00:44.Just a few months ago Sam Geemah was in charge
:00:45. > :00:50.I have been here today meeting the staff who were on duty last
:00:51. > :00:52.Friday and talking to them about their
:00:53. > :00:55.experiences and I can't emphasise how proud I am of some of the
:00:56. > :01:01.individual acts of bravery that took place here to make sure the
:01:02. > :01:04.situation was contained on the wings where it happened.
:01:05. > :01:10.Even so, the bill for the damage is estimated at three
:01:11. > :01:20.The company's also got the worry that inmates may have made copies
:01:21. > :01:22.of keys they got hold of during the trouble and
:01:23. > :01:25.then there's the wider matter of staffing.
:01:26. > :01:27.There was a riot because the prisoners were not
:01:28. > :01:34.There are to officers to four floors.
:01:35. > :01:36.The Government says lack of staffing and the use of illegal
:01:37. > :01:40.drugs are the main factors behind Friday's riot.
:01:41. > :01:47.This has been coming for a least two months. They believe it has been
:01:48. > :02:00.ignored and it has culminated in the riots. People I've talked about
:02:01. > :02:04.staffing levels and in my view, based on 35 years of work in this
:02:05. > :02:05.industry, they were entirely appropriate and entirely safe.
:02:06. > :02:08.The minister says problems at HMP B'ham are replicated in jails
:02:09. > :02:12.The Government is already announced major investment to deal with this.
:02:13. > :02:16.We have plans to strengthen the front line and give staff tools and
:02:17. > :02:21.resources to challenge and support prisoners and turn them around.
:02:22. > :02:26.Turning around this place will not be simple or quick.
:02:27. > :02:29.Violence against both officers and inmates is soaring.
:02:30. > :02:40.in their worst state for over a decade.
:02:41. > :02:43.Five men have been found guilty of sexually exploiting teenage girls
:02:44. > :02:46.The six victims, most of them underage, were promised
:02:47. > :02:49.But instead they were raped, assaulted and trafficked
:02:50. > :02:55.Exploiting vulnerable teenage girls in the most horrific way.
:02:56. > :02:58.Waqaar Khan, Kadeem Bourne and Kenan Kelly
:02:59. > :03:00.have been convicted of multiple rapes.
:03:01. > :03:05.Along with two other men, Marcus Woolcock and Zahid Chaudhary,
:03:06. > :03:10.they trafficked teenagers after initiating contact on Facebook.
:03:11. > :03:13.A relative of one whose identity has been protected, says the men are
:03:14. > :03:17.I think they are absolutely despicable.
:03:18. > :03:20.They are exactly what I say they are.
:03:21. > :03:22.They are out there, prowling through social media,
:03:23. > :03:24.acting on vulnerable girls and abusing the life out of
:03:25. > :03:27.them for their own satisfaction and videoing them for their own
:03:28. > :03:34.The teenagers, most of them underage, were driven to
:03:35. > :03:39.grubby, secluded areas of the city and threatened.
:03:40. > :03:41.One victim was knocked out and woke up to find the
:03:42. > :03:49.men watching a phone video of herself being
:03:50. > :03:56.It was the brazen nature of their offending, that
:03:57. > :03:58.actually they thought they were almost untouchable.
:03:59. > :04:00.They thought these girls wouldn't dare report through
:04:01. > :04:03.fear, so I'd like to thank the girls for their bravery in coming forward
:04:04. > :04:08.Coventry City Council says it has recently put more resources
:04:09. > :04:11.into helping vulnerable and exploited teenagers.
:04:12. > :04:15.It wants parents and the victims to contact
:04:16. > :04:20.the authorities with their concerns and suspicions.
:04:21. > :04:22.The exploitation of children is something
:04:23. > :04:25.that can affect anyone and if there are other children out
:04:26. > :04:27.there who have been affected in a similar way,
:04:28. > :04:30.I would encourage them to speak to trusted adults.
:04:31. > :04:32.Alternatively, they can speak to police or telephone
:04:33. > :04:36.The defendants, who are all unemployed,
:04:37. > :04:44.They will be sentenced on January 20.
:04:45. > :05:01.Officers in the public protection unit noticed that the gang leader,
:05:02. > :05:06.Waqaar Khan was cropping up as a mutual friend of vulnerable young
:05:07. > :05:10.girls on their Facebook sites. At the same time, two girls reported
:05:11. > :05:15.missing in Warwickshire were links to him. He was arrested and an
:05:16. > :05:19.examination of his phone revealed thousands of sexual text messages
:05:20. > :05:24.and several videos of graphic sexual abuse and that enabled police to be
:05:25. > :05:29.that a picture of what had happened. And the police think there may have
:05:30. > :05:34.been more victims? Yes, they are currently sifting through all these
:05:35. > :05:38.text messages and they believe that could lead to clues of the identity
:05:39. > :05:39.of other possible victims. Thank you.
:05:40. > :05:42.The police have released new CCTV images of men they want to trace,
:05:43. > :05:45.as they continue to hunt the killer of Hereford father Christian Bagley.
:05:46. > :05:48.It's 18 months since the 30-year-old was stabbed on a footpath
:05:49. > :05:54.The images show to men police want to speak to.
:05:55. > :05:56.Detectives say they're convinced somebody in Hereford
:05:57. > :05:59.A Coventry man has pleaded guilty to sending money to his brother
:06:00. > :06:01.who is currently fighting in Syria with Daesh.
:06:02. > :06:03.35-year-old Nadeem Hussain has admitted to three counts
:06:04. > :06:05.of being concerned in arrangements to make money available
:06:06. > :06:20.There's a new appeal tonight for help in solving
:06:21. > :06:23.the mystery of two young boys, who disappeared without trace
:06:24. > :06:26.David Spencer and Patrick Warren are now feared dead,
:06:27. > :06:28.but the police say they're still hopeful of
:06:29. > :06:32.David Spencer loved boxing, here he is in the ring, competing
:06:33. > :06:35.Just weeks later on Boxing Day, the 13-year-old disappeared
:06:36. > :06:37.along with his 11-year-old friend, Paddy Warren.
:06:38. > :06:48.conference, Christmas has never been the same since.
:06:49. > :06:55.A day has not gone by when I haven't thought of
:06:56. > :07:04.There were three brothers, Lee was nine when David disappeared.
:07:05. > :07:06.He was my older brother, he looked out for me,
:07:07. > :07:13.The boys were seen playing on a frozen lake
:07:14. > :07:15.near their home in Chelmsley Wood and a policeman
:07:16. > :07:20.Patrick's prized red bike, a christmas present the day before,
:07:21. > :07:34.Over the years police have dug and made arrests,
:07:35. > :07:37.questioning child killer Brian Field in prison.
:07:38. > :07:46.There could be one person responsible for their disappearance
:07:47. > :07:49.and there could be several who know what happened to them.
:07:50. > :07:51.My appeal today is to anyone who knows anything about
:07:52. > :08:01.what happened to the boys to come forward and tell us what they know.
:08:02. > :08:04.It's an enduring mystery, and for the family, an open wound
:08:05. > :08:10.Two youth football teams in Birmingham have been banned
:08:11. > :08:15.from wearing their new shirts, because they're sponsored
:08:16. > :08:19.Both companies are owned by parents who have children in the Under-10
:08:20. > :08:21.and Under-8s teams, but the Football Association says
:08:22. > :08:23.they breach its rules about appropriate sponsors.
:08:24. > :08:35.But at the minute, they're going nowhere fast.
:08:36. > :08:39.the rules ON the pitch, but everything to do
:08:40. > :08:42.Grassroots football does not get help.
:08:43. > :08:47.The FA says it gives us money, and the Premier League,
:08:48. > :08:53.So, a thousand pounds donated by the two companies was very welcome.
:08:54. > :08:57.Strict FA regulations to safeguard children have been in place for many
:08:58. > :09:00.years and unfortunately these to businesses are not seen
:09:01. > :09:17.What are they going to do, ban David Beckham from having
:09:18. > :09:38.It wasn't about advertising for us, but about helping in the community.
:09:39. > :09:39.Unfortunately the Concordes are grounded
:09:40. > :09:43.They've been suspended by the FA until they can get new shirts.
:09:44. > :09:45.The weather's next, with Rebecca Wood.
:09:46. > :10:03.We did have plenty of dry today some stunning skies. It will be a chilly
:10:04. > :10:07.night though. The wind is dropping out and we will get a widespread
:10:08. > :10:14.frost. There will be a breeze as we head into tomorrow. But for tonight,
:10:15. > :10:18.without those winds, our skies clearing and temperatures falling
:10:19. > :10:24.away. We already down to -1 on the Welsh border and temperatures
:10:25. > :10:29.continue to fall. There will be fog patches, but our temperatures down
:10:30. > :10:35.to -1, so a sheltered spots, it will be called to start tomorrow. As we
:10:36. > :10:40.head through the day, it will be a dry and bright day. A few showers
:10:41. > :10:45.pushing in from the West, but staying dry. Quite a chilly,
:10:46. > :10:50.temperatures between 5-6 ulcers. The breeze increasing. That is all ahead
:10:51. > :10:57.of storm Barbara can begin on Friday. Heavy rain and stronger
:10:58. > :10:59.winds. An exceptionally mild Christmas Day to come also and this
:11:00. > :11:00.is the album. good for us. Mild by the time we
:11:01. > :11:09.reach Christmas Day. Hello there, there is wet and very
:11:10. > :11:12.windy weather on the way in the run-up to Christmas. The worst of
:11:13. > :11:18.the weather to the northern half of the UK. We have a strengthening jet
:11:19. > :11:22.out of North America that is propgating across the Atlantic.
:11:23. > :11:25.Rushing our way. Picking up low pressure, deepening them, tracking
:11:26. > :11:30.them to the north-west of Scotland, hence the wind and rain. Tonight, we
:11:31. > :11:34.have gale force winds in the north-west of Scotland. Wintry
:11:35. > :11:38.showers here. There is still come rain to clear from the south-east.
:11:39. > :11:42.It will go. The skies will clear. We get patchy fog in the south-east of
:11:43. > :11:45.England. Chilly where skies clear, particularly in the countryside, not
:11:46. > :11:47.far away from freezing. Further north we keep the showers going
:11:48. > :11:48.through the night