:00:00. > 3:59:59for Mosul underway, there will have to be some follow-through. So what
:00:00. > :00:10.comes next? Join Five elderly and disabled Sikhs have
:00:11. > :00:14.reached a landmark deal, after they'd been made to sit behind
:00:15. > :00:17.a partition in their As a mark of respect,
:00:18. > :00:20.Sikhs are usually required to sit on the floor of a Gurdwara,
:00:21. > :00:23.but that just wasn't possible for those using walking
:00:24. > :00:24.aids or wheelchairs. The five claimants,
:00:25. > :00:37.including Malkit Singh, who has cerebral palsy,
:00:38. > :00:39.have been forced to sit behind a partition in their Gurdwara
:00:40. > :00:42.because they couldn't sit They say it's been
:00:43. > :00:48.humiliating and upsetting. Upset, really.
:00:49. > :00:56.Upset. The screen was like you were
:00:57. > :00:59.sitting in a prison. On one side it was like you had
:01:00. > :01:02.done something wrong. Like people would catch
:01:03. > :01:03.what you've got. That's how we felt,
:01:04. > :01:06.and it was very disturbing. I've been through stress,
:01:07. > :01:09.depression, anxiety. The Gurdwara -
:01:10. > :01:11.which is Wolverhampton's largest Sikh temple -
:01:12. > :01:15.says it was following rules imposed But some worshippers say the blame
:01:16. > :01:21.lies with those in charge. But our religion isn't that,
:01:22. > :01:24.it's only this committee. It isn't on the Gurdwara,
:01:25. > :01:29.it is on the committee. At the hearing today,
:01:30. > :01:33.Judge Alistair Smail was keen that both sides reached a compromise
:01:34. > :01:36.on a number of key points, which includes installing a best
:01:37. > :01:38.to the first-floor prayer room in the next five months,
:01:39. > :01:42.and completely getting rid of the petitions in the prayer room
:01:43. > :01:45.and the dining hall But, again, they are always
:01:46. > :01:58.trying to delay things. They put them up overnight,
:01:59. > :02:01.within a couple of hours. I can't see why they couldn't
:02:02. > :02:03.have taken them down The judge said he wants it
:02:04. > :02:07.done properly, so he's allowed it for two weeks,
:02:08. > :02:08.so that's fine. The Gurdwara's committee told
:02:09. > :02:12.the BBC that it's glad to have reached an amicable settlement
:02:13. > :02:14.and that it would continue to address the needs of the aged,
:02:15. > :02:17.frail and the disabled. For the worshippers it's
:02:18. > :02:19.a major step forward. Amy Cole, BBC Midlands
:02:20. > :02:22.Today, Birmingham With just four days to go to polling
:02:23. > :02:25.in the Stoke Central by-election, the Prime Minister lent her support
:02:26. > :02:28.to the Conservative campaign today. Theresa May toured the Emma
:02:29. > :02:29.Bridgewater pottery factory, alongside candidate Jack Brereton,
:02:30. > :02:32.with the message that it was her party that would deliver the Brexit
:02:33. > :02:35.most people had voted for. Our Staffordshire reporter
:02:36. > :02:36.Sian Grzeszczyk joins So, Sian, does this mean the party
:02:37. > :02:45.is confident about winning? Well, the Prime Minister was keen
:02:46. > :02:48.to explain why she's confident that the Conservatives are the best
:02:49. > :02:51.party to represent this largely working class constituency,
:02:52. > :02:56.but Stoke Central has never had The seat has been held by Labour
:02:57. > :03:02.since it was created in 1950. And taking a look at the result,
:03:03. > :03:05.here in 2015 at the general election, the Conservative candidate
:03:06. > :03:07.came in third place, and it was Ukip that
:03:08. > :03:09.narrowly came in second. More recently though,
:03:10. > :03:11.the Conservatives have had some local success forming a coalition
:03:12. > :03:14.with the city independents to take control of Stoke-on-Trent City
:03:15. > :03:16.Council and that's something Either way, Theresa May
:03:17. > :03:31.says she's confident. I'm very clear that the government
:03:32. > :03:34.I lead will be a government that ensures we have a country that
:03:35. > :03:36.works for everyone. The people in Stoke on the 23rd
:03:37. > :03:40.of June last year voted for change, and it's the Conservatives,
:03:41. > :03:41.and the Conservative candidate here is a strong,
:03:42. > :03:43.local Member of Parliament, who would work with the government
:03:44. > :03:56.to deliver that change. And the Conservatives are not the
:03:57. > :03:58.only party to wheel out the big guns to get voters?
:03:59. > :04:00.You know there's a nationally significant by-election
:04:01. > :04:02.looming when the leader of the Opposition starts
:04:03. > :04:06.We've seen plenty of Labour's Jeremy Corbyn and his predecessor
:04:07. > :04:10.He was in town today because they know that 20 years ago,
:04:11. > :04:13.Labour had a 20,000 majority here, but that fell to 5,000
:04:14. > :04:16.Tim farron, the leader of the Liberal Democrats,
:04:17. > :04:18.was also here today and, as for Ukip, their party leader
:04:19. > :04:36.is their candidate, Paul Nuttall.
:04:37. > :04:40.how many people turn out for the how many people turn out for the
:04:41. > :04:41.by-election on Thursday. And you can find a full list
:04:42. > :04:44.of the ten candidates standing for election on the politics pages
:04:45. > :04:47.of the BBC website. A 39-year-old man has tonight been
:04:48. > :04:49.charged with eight terrorism related Kamran Sabir Hussain,
:04:50. > :04:52.from Tunstall, will appear before Westminster Magistrates'
:04:53. > :04:53.Court tomorrow. Staffordshire Police say
:04:54. > :04:56.the charges relate to his work Birmingham is among the top ten
:04:57. > :05:09.cities in the country with high numbers of rough sleepers,
:05:10. > :05:10.according to latest But many hostels don't
:05:11. > :05:14.have the facilities to take in dogs at night, so new efforts
:05:15. > :05:16.are being made to accommodate the homeless with their
:05:17. > :05:18.canine companions. Chris ended up sofa
:05:19. > :05:22.surfing and sleeping rough Aged 42, he'd resigned himself
:05:23. > :05:27.to a life on the streets with just his pet dogs
:05:28. > :05:44.for company, preferring It was hard enough looking after
:05:45. > :05:51.yourself. If you got nowhere to go, the dogs would get left. They were
:05:52. > :05:54.all I had, so I cherish them. To many roughly pers, there are dogs
:05:55. > :05:57.are the only family. Outreach workers say they are worried that
:05:58. > :06:01.unless people get off the streets, it could be a matter of life or
:06:02. > :06:09.death. -- too many rough sleepers. The Zambesi project
:06:10. > :06:11.in Sparkbrook helps to get rough sleepers off the streets
:06:12. > :06:13.and into safe accomodation. The scheme to get people back
:06:14. > :06:15.on their feet is funded by Birmingham City Council
:06:16. > :06:21.and they're now opening their doors The dogs are there as their friend,
:06:22. > :06:26.their companion, they need them. With the two offers a provisional
:06:27. > :06:31.accommodation to our customer and with the dogs in tow. It really good
:06:32. > :06:32.that they are giving people the opportunity to keep the dogs.
:06:33. > :06:35.It's hard to estimate how many people are sleeping
:06:36. > :06:37.rough with their pets, but it's hoped schemes that allow
:06:38. > :06:40.animals into hostels will help start to reduce the homeless figures.
:06:41. > :06:45.Joan Cummins, BBC Midlands Today, Birmingham.
:06:46. > :06:47.For more than 850 years, the same ancient
:06:48. > :06:49.church bell has rung out across a tiny isolated
:06:50. > :06:52.As one of the oldest bells in the country,
:06:53. > :06:54.experts believe it's of national importance.
:06:55. > :06:57.Today, for the first time in centuries, villagers in Myndtown
:06:58. > :06:59.got the chance to see it, when it was removed
:07:00. > :07:20.and taken away for repairs. Bob Hockenhull reports.
:07:21. > :07:24.Watching over this remote spot, supporters say the church has
:07:25. > :07:28.With scaffolding up for important restoration
:07:29. > :07:33.work, today history was
:07:34. > :07:36.made as this bell dating back to 1150 one is removed from the first
:07:37. > :07:42.We want people under supervision, to bring them and to
:07:43. > :07:49.This is the third oldest bell in the country.
:07:50. > :07:52.The other bell at Myndtown Church, a mere 600 years old, was
:07:53. > :07:58.also brought down for conservation work.
:07:59. > :08:00.A ?200,000 grant from the Heritage Lottery fund is paying for
:08:01. > :08:11.Although sparse and remote today, this community would
:08:12. > :08:12.once have been something much more significant.
:08:13. > :08:16.The village of Myndtown, where a much larger
:08:17. > :08:19.settlement in the Domesday book we paid three times as much as
:08:20. > :08:24.Birmingham in rates, something like ?3 to their ?1.
:08:25. > :08:32.A good reason to preserve Myndtown's heritage, then.
:08:33. > :08:34.Handle with care came to mind as the bells were moved
:08:35. > :08:43.Once the repairs are finished at a secret location, the fully restored
:08:44. > :08:48.bells will return to this isolated spot in May.
:08:49. > :08:50.Football, and Aston Villa are still without a win
:08:51. > :08:52.in 2017 after losing 2-0 at Newcastle tonight.
:08:53. > :08:54.Trailing 1-0 at half time, Villa's seventh defeat in eight
:08:55. > :08:56.games was confirmed by an own goal by Henri Lansbury.
:08:57. > :08:59.And to make matters worse for manager Steve Bruce,
:09:00. > :09:01.another of his recent signings, Scott Hogan, was stretchered off
:09:02. > :09:18.I'll leave you with Shefali, who has the forecast for the week.
:09:19. > :09:25.Good evening. It was a beautiful day today. Temperatures well above
:09:26. > :09:30.average but the time of year. In this part of the region we really
:09:31. > :09:36.did see some cracking temperatures. It felt more like late March than
:09:37. > :09:41.late February. Across Coventry, we saw highs of 16 Celsius and
:09:42. > :09:44.temperatures into the mid-teens in most places. This is how it's
:09:45. > :09:47.looking for the rest of the week. Mail to begin with and then
:09:48. > :09:53.temperatures sliding by Thursday or Friday. Picking up slightly again
:09:54. > :09:58.into the weekend, but there will be a mixture of rain and cloud,
:09:59. > :10:06.brighter spells in between. Tonight, fragmented rain, at times heavy. "
:10:07. > :10:11.Mr underneath this. In quite cold mate, temperatures down to nine or
:10:12. > :10:18.attend Celsius. Tomorrow, the remnants of this band of rain. Then
:10:19. > :10:21.it starts to dry up. The afternoon should be dry, with breaks in the
:10:22. > :10:26.cloud and brightness showing through. Already another band of
:10:27. > :10:31.rain waiting in the wings in the west. Top temperatures tomorrow 13
:10:32. > :10:37.Celsius, light, moderate westerly breeze. Tomorrow night, the band of
:10:38. > :10:41.rain working eastwards. Becoming heavier in places, particularly the
:10:42. > :10:50.north-west of the region. In quite cold mate tomorrow night. Wednesday,
:10:51. > :10:53.I breaks of rain, pepping up in places, clearing away by the
:10:54. > :10:59.afternoon, where it will be brighter with spots of sunshine. The winds
:11:00. > :11:01.showing signs of picking up. A deep area of low pressure crossing the
:11:02. > :11:03.region for Thursday with little milder, but it will be a wet
:11:04. > :11:13.start and it will brighten up later. As you have just seen, after a day
:11:14. > :11:16.in which some of you have been shedding the layers, you will be
:11:17. > :11:19.putting them back on for the rest of this week. Big changes ahead, all
:11:20. > :11:24.down to where the air has been coming from. Today, it originated in
:11:25. > :11:28.the Caribbean, hence the name tropical maritime air. Temperatures
:11:29. > :11:34.peaked at 18 degrees. But later this week, the winds go to the
:11:35. > :11:35.north-west, a different source, polar maritime