:00:09. > :00:13.A group that's been battling to keep services at the Alexandra Hospital
:00:14. > :00:14.in Redditch has decided to end its campaign
:00:15. > :00:18.because it says health bosses have already made up their minds.
:00:19. > :00:21.It comes as a public consultation is launched over the future
:00:22. > :00:27.Here's our Health Correspondent, Michele Paduano.
:00:28. > :00:29.This family in Redditch has had two children die
:00:30. > :00:35.The other children are about to be tested.
:00:36. > :00:39.They have always used the Alexandra hospital in Redditch
:00:40. > :00:41.and they've always supported the Save The Alex campaign.
:00:42. > :00:43.We have another child that has been diagnosed
:00:44. > :00:49.We need closeness and emergency treatment ASAP
:00:50. > :00:56.I'm absolutely gutted that the campaign has given up.
:00:57. > :00:59.Outside the hospital today, campaigners say it
:01:00. > :01:10.Here we are in 2017 with key services stripped out.
:01:11. > :01:12.Controversially, staff resigning because they didn't
:01:13. > :01:14.feel that the model was safe.
:01:15. > :01:19.We are a fast-growing town with young people.
:01:20. > :01:22.It's not going to come back and we have to say that
:01:23. > :01:27.this campaign has failed to save maternity and paediatrics
:01:28. > :01:29.and everything is going to go to Worcester
:01:30. > :01:33.A candlelit vigil in 2005 marked the beginning of
:01:34. > :01:35.the first successful attempt to keep maternity and
:01:36. > :01:37.children's services in Redditch.
:01:38. > :01:41.In 2012, a new organisation began and stalled.
:01:42. > :01:45.But in 2015, maternity services were closed on safety grounds.
:01:46. > :01:55.It has been said that there is a shortage of key medical staff.
:01:56. > :01:57.They believe that this model will lead to
:01:58. > :02:00.a safe and affordable care in the future.
:02:01. > :02:03.They say that they are keen to listen.
:02:04. > :02:05.In future, the Alexandra and Kiddiminster hospitals
:02:06. > :02:08.will do more planned work, freeing up Worcestershire's
:02:09. > :02:13.The town's MP said more beds desparately needed in
:02:14. > :02:15.Worcestershire after emergency patients filled three
:02:16. > :02:22.I've been concerned that the hospital is not big enough
:02:23. > :02:29.Therefore, I have been pushing for an expansion.
:02:30. > :02:32.I would like to see that brought forward as soon as possible.
:02:33. > :02:34.The campaigners have always maintained that Worcester was too
:02:35. > :02:43.But they say it is somebody else's fight.
:02:44. > :02:46.Two men have been arrested following the death of a man
:02:47. > :02:49.found with knife wounds in Birmingham last month.
:02:50. > :02:52.A murder inquiry was launched after 23-year-old Ibrahim Ismail
:02:53. > :02:55.was found on Moseley Street, in Highgate, in the early hours
:02:56. > :03:00.Two Birmingham men, aged 23 and 24, have now been arrested on suspicion
:03:01. > :03:06.of violent disorder and released on bail while enquiries continue.
:03:07. > :03:09.A 30-year-old man has appeared in court charged
:03:10. > :03:12.in connection with a riot at Birmingham Prison last month.
:03:13. > :03:16.Dozens of police and specially trained prison officers were called
:03:17. > :03:19.to the jail when inmates seized control of four wings in December.
:03:20. > :03:24.Ross Queen from Northfield faces two charges of prison mutiny and one
:03:25. > :03:30.of taking a photograph inside the prison during the riot.
:03:31. > :03:33.Now, it's a far cry from the humble potting shed.
:03:34. > :03:36.Stoke-on-Trent bus driver Anderson Jones has taken his love
:03:37. > :03:40.of movies to new lengths by building a replica
:03:41. > :03:48.Most people are happy with just a shed or a greenhouse
:03:49. > :03:59.But not Anderson Jones from Stoke-on-Trent.
:04:00. > :04:13.It all started from when I was about six years old.
:04:14. > :04:17.My mum and dad took me to the old cinemas.
:04:18. > :04:24.I just fell in love with the cinema and I thought I'd love to
:04:25. > :04:31.It's taken Anderson almost five years to build,
:04:32. > :04:34.but he's been collecting bits from cinemas that are
:04:35. > :04:39.And it's become something of a family affair.
:04:40. > :04:45.With wife, Jayne, supplying the popcorn and son, Ethan,
:04:46. > :05:00.Even the carpets, which at a cost of thousands, were made especially
:05:01. > :05:04.to replicate those that would have been in an ABC cinema.
:05:05. > :05:08.He's fulfilled his dreams and my opinion of it is that it's amazing.
:05:09. > :05:18.It's not a passion, it's an obsession.
:05:19. > :05:27.I'm so pride of myself that I've managed
:05:28. > :05:33.to save history from the ABC Cinemas because they are all gone now.
:05:34. > :05:36.I'm just so happy that I've got stuff in
:05:37. > :05:39.my garden that everybody can share with me.
:05:40. > :05:42.But don't start queueing because it is just for his family
:05:43. > :05:53.Football, and players and fans of non-league Stourbridge FC
:05:54. > :05:56.are preparing for the biggest game in the club's history this weekend.
:05:57. > :05:59.The Glassboys have reached the Third Round of the FA Cup
:06:00. > :06:01.for the very first time and are the lowest ranked team
:06:02. > :06:10.They face League 2 Wycombe Wanderers tomorrow.
:06:11. > :06:19.It is the biggest game in the history of the football club and the
:06:20. > :06:24.support, we are going to take well over 2000 fans don't awaken. We
:06:25. > :06:26.could have doubled that and it will hopefully be a day that sticks in
:06:27. > :06:28.people's memories And good luck to Stourbridge and
:06:29. > :06:33.all our teams playing this weekend. I'll leave you now with
:06:34. > :06:36.the weather from Rebecca Wood. It has been a slightly less cold
:06:37. > :06:41.day today although you We have had plenty
:06:42. > :06:44.of grey cloud and rain and, as we head through
:06:45. > :06:46.this weekend, I'm afraid it is going to stay
:06:47. > :06:48.rather dull and cloudy. Temperatures are steadily
:06:49. > :06:50.starting to increase. We've introduced something a little
:06:51. > :06:53.milder but as a result of that we have plenty of moisture in the air,
:06:54. > :06:56.so some mist patches overnight The rain clearing the way
:06:57. > :06:59.to the south-east. Behind that we're left
:07:00. > :07:01.with clear spells. When we get those
:07:02. > :07:03.we are likely to see fog patches developing
:07:04. > :07:07.but it is a rather murky and grey. Temperatures holding up,
:07:08. > :07:12.between three and five Celsius. There will still be the odd spot
:07:13. > :07:17.of drizzle but it is going There will still be some mist
:07:18. > :07:21.through the morning. Temperatures during the day
:07:22. > :07:23.between seven and nine Celsius. More information on that
:07:24. > :07:28.in the national forecast. I will leave you with an outlook
:07:29. > :07:32.for the next few days.