:00:00. > :00:08.A BBC investigation has found that drivers in Birmingham
:00:09. > :00:13.and Wolverhampton have received more fines for driving in bus lanes
:00:14. > :00:16.than almost anywhere else in the country.
:00:17. > :00:20.The two cities issued over 110,000 fines in the last financial year.
:00:21. > :00:23.But council officials have denied claims by one motoring organisation
:00:24. > :00:26.that they're effectively overseeing a 'cash bonanza'.
:00:27. > :00:31.?3 million - that's how much Wolverhampton
:00:32. > :00:34.and Birmingham Councils made between them from bus
:00:35. > :00:41.It's a figure that horrifies taxi driver Garry Aldridge.
:00:42. > :00:45.He received a demand for ?30 after driving into a bus lane
:00:46. > :00:56.But because he's not paid, the fine has now come up to over ?400.
:00:57. > :01:00.I just think it's a cash cow, basically.
:01:01. > :01:19.This bus lane in Wolverhampton's Victoria Square made more money
:01:20. > :01:21.through fines than any other bus lane in England
:01:22. > :01:24.Birmingham was number five in the fines league table.
:01:25. > :01:27.It didn't take long for our cameras to spot cars
:01:28. > :01:30.Nearly half of the 55,000 fines issued by Birmingham City Council
:01:31. > :01:33.in one year were incurred by motorists driving down this bus
:01:34. > :01:36.lane at St Martin's Queensway next to the Bullring shopping centre.
:01:37. > :01:40.Motorists we spoke to said they felt it was too easy to make a mistake.
:01:41. > :01:43.If I came up this way with my car, I wouldn't have thought this
:01:44. > :01:50.I don't think there's another warning at all.
:01:51. > :01:53.I don't think there's enough warning at all.
:01:54. > :01:57.They are making a lot of money out of it, aren't they?
:01:58. > :01:59.Birmingham City Council insists the signs are adequate.
:02:00. > :02:00.It says the money raised pays for improvements
:02:01. > :02:03.And labelling bus lanes as lucrative is wrong.
:02:04. > :02:06.Is this fining people for going in bus lanes simply a cash
:02:07. > :02:12.That's not what bus lanes are for at all.
:02:13. > :02:16.They are there to maximise the capacity of our roads.
:02:17. > :02:19.If people break the law and get in the way of that,
:02:20. > :02:23.they would expect the full force to come down on them like it
:02:24. > :02:28.would if they were driving and texting at the same time.
:02:29. > :02:31.Some drivers have successfully appealed against fines after taking
:02:32. > :02:39.Campaigners say such motorists are in the minority.
:02:40. > :02:44.And they will continue to fight against the bus lanes.
:02:45. > :02:46.Our reporter Joanne Writtle's been following the story and she joins us
:02:47. > :02:51.And, Joanne, a leading motoring organisation's been somewhat
:02:52. > :02:57.critical of the amount of money being paid out by motorists?
:02:58. > :02:59.The RAC's described the fines as the latest cash bonanza,
:03:00. > :03:03.But the councils argue the money is ploughed back
:03:04. > :03:08.The RAC says the issue needs investigating.
:03:09. > :03:11.Bus lanes shouldn't be about raising money,
:03:12. > :03:14.they should be about making sure people don't drive in them.
:03:15. > :03:17.But perhaps we need to look at where the cameras are positioned.
:03:18. > :03:20.Sometimes the cameras may be positioned in the very
:03:21. > :03:22.start of the bus lane, so if you make an honest mistake,
:03:23. > :03:26.it's too late by the time you realise it and correct yourself.
:03:27. > :03:30.This topic has sent our social media into meltdown.
:03:31. > :03:34.Jonty Edward from Coventry says his sat nav took him up a road
:03:35. > :03:37.with no markings or signs to say it was a bus lane.
:03:38. > :03:42.The next thing he knew a ?40 fine came his way.
:03:43. > :03:44.Amy Rennocks was caught in Wolverhampton.
:03:45. > :03:48.She says, "The road was blocked off with ply board and the only route
:03:49. > :03:54.But Jen Walker says, "Don't drive in a bus lane
:03:55. > :03:59.unless the active times are clearly indicated, people pay more
:04:00. > :04:05.attention to their sat nav than their own common sense!!"
:04:06. > :04:08.Anorexia is responsible for more deaths than any other
:04:09. > :04:10.mental health condition, but there's concern that GPs aren't
:04:11. > :04:15.recognising it and youngsters aren't getting the treatment they need.
:04:16. > :04:17.Claire McKenna claims that she's currently receiving no NHS treatment
:04:18. > :04:21.at all and it's her family that's kept her alive.
:04:22. > :04:25.Here's our Health Correspondent, Michele Paduano.
:04:26. > :04:28.At this point now, I'm more worried about dying.
:04:29. > :04:35.Claire's in her final year at university.
:04:36. > :04:40.In the future, she wants to help children with mental health
:04:41. > :04:44.problems, and she wants GPs to have better training because of her own
:04:45. > :04:49.They said, "Oh, well, bring her to McDonald's
:04:50. > :04:51.because all kids love McDonald's, I'm sure she'll eat there."
:04:52. > :04:55.In the meantime, I was just getting more and more ill,
:04:56. > :04:59.Week after week, I was going back and they just kept
:05:00. > :05:02.It was her teachers who realised how ill she was.
:05:03. > :05:10.When I got to the hospital, they took my blood sugar
:05:11. > :05:13.levels and it was like, I think it was one or something,
:05:14. > :05:16.and they said I was going to go into a coma.
:05:17. > :05:20.So they quickly put me on drips and tubes and things like that.
:05:21. > :05:22.With the help of her family, she is improving.
:05:23. > :05:26.But she will only eat the same things at the same time every day
:05:27. > :05:29.and her family admits it's been hard.
:05:30. > :05:33.It's like being at your wits end, you just don't know what to do next
:05:34. > :05:39.And you don't know where to go to get help.
:05:40. > :05:41.Specialist beds in hospitals are in short supply.
:05:42. > :05:45.Treatment is intensive and expensive.
:05:46. > :05:48.I was told one organisation yesterday had one bed in Glasgow.
:05:49. > :05:51.Experts say the government has recognised that GPs are under
:05:52. > :05:54.pressure and says a report into eating disorders is out in May.
:05:55. > :05:58.Think it is a significant problem for all communities,
:05:59. > :06:03.and the draft report does highlight that not only general practitioners
:06:04. > :06:06.but even paediatricians and mental health services need to work
:06:07. > :06:08.together in order to manage this problem.
:06:09. > :06:12.She no longer qualifies for children's services and says
:06:13. > :06:18.They said I would have to go straight to hospital,
:06:19. > :06:21.and there was no way I was going to go back to hospital.
:06:22. > :06:30.So I've just been kind of left on my own.
:06:31. > :06:34.A wooden water tank cover which struck and killed
:06:35. > :06:36.a 29-year-old woman during Storm Doris showed signs
:06:37. > :06:38.of neglect and decay, a coroner's been told.
:06:39. > :06:41.The inquest into the death of Tahnie Martin, from Stafford,
:06:42. > :06:42.opened today at the Black Country Coroner's Court.
:06:43. > :06:45.Ms Martin died near Wolverhampton's Mander Centre last Thursday
:06:46. > :06:50.after being hit by a two metre long piece of timber in high winds.
:06:51. > :06:52.A former beauty queen has made a fly-on-the-wall
:06:53. > :06:54.style documentary about the Miss Universe Great Britain
:06:55. > :06:57.contest, following the winner as she travels to India to meet
:06:58. > :07:11.Natalie Cutler's film Not In Vain had its premiere in Birmingham.
:07:12. > :07:15.You may be shocked by some of the images in the following report.
:07:16. > :07:18.Natalie Cutler from Stourbridge knows more than most
:07:19. > :07:22.I won Miss Black Country when I was 17, and then a few years
:07:23. > :07:26.She travelled the world as a fashion model, was a Miss Universe finalist
:07:27. > :07:32.Her film Not In Vain goes behind-the-scenes
:07:33. > :07:34.of the Miss Universe Great Britain contest, following the winner
:07:35. > :07:37.as she travels to India to meet and raise money for victims
:07:38. > :07:44.It's not beautiful women going over there and being like, "Oh, poor you,
:07:45. > :07:49.It's about we can see past this, we're not about, you know,
:07:50. > :07:52.how we look and you're not about how you look.
:07:53. > :07:58.We're about something collectively bigger than that.
:07:59. > :08:03.Which is not stereotyping females for their features.
:08:04. > :08:06.Last night, Natalie arrived at her film's glitzy premiere
:08:07. > :08:10.in Birmingham with her partner, the Wolves captain Danny Bart.
:08:11. > :08:13.Hopefully the film takes off and people like what they see
:08:14. > :08:19.Miss Universe GB, Jaime-Lee Faulkner from Sheffield, said meeting acid
:08:20. > :08:22.attack victims in a cafe where they work in India had had
:08:23. > :08:28.I didn't know how I would react when I got there and saw
:08:29. > :08:34.I thought straightaway it'd be quite emotional.
:08:35. > :08:36.To be honest with you, as soon as you see them,
:08:37. > :08:39.it is really sad, but they're so upbeat and happy and they've
:08:40. > :08:43.And you can tell they really rely on each other,
:08:44. > :08:48.The glamorous premiere was in stark contrast to the raw lives
:08:49. > :08:53.Afterwards, guests including footballers reacted.
:08:54. > :08:56.Gut wrenching at times, you know, watching it.
:08:57. > :08:59.To see what's actually going on in other parts of the world.
:09:00. > :09:02.The documentary will go on the film festival circuit, though it's not
:09:03. > :09:13.A school cook from Solihull has been named among the best in the country
:09:14. > :09:15.at the national School Chef of the Year competition.
:09:16. > :09:17.Jose Kochakkadan is a former professional chef who joined
:09:18. > :09:19.Marston Green Infants Academy, in Birmingham, so he could spend
:09:20. > :09:24.He finished in the top three in today's final
:09:25. > :09:25.at Stratford College after being highly
:09:26. > :09:34.Join us in Midlands Today tomorrow when we'll be meeting the female
:09:35. > :09:36.boxer who's preparing for her first professional fight.
:09:37. > :09:39.That's at 6.30 tomorrow evening here on BBC One.
:09:40. > :09:42.For now, I'll hand you over now to Rebecca for the forecast.
:09:43. > :09:56.At times today we had some stunning conditions out there, with lovely
:09:57. > :10:00.blue sky. We ended the day with the spectacular scenes. Some lovely
:10:01. > :10:05.shots of the skies as we ended the day. I'm afraid it's all change as
:10:06. > :10:10.we head into tomorrow. The weather starts to turn more unsettled and it
:10:11. > :10:14.will get wet and windy once again. Tonight, we have largely clear
:10:15. > :10:18.skies. The wind starts to ease slightly, so temperatures will fall
:10:19. > :10:24.away. It stays largely dry, although chilly. Temperatures starting to
:10:25. > :10:29.fall away. The next area way is steadily progressing. By the start
:10:30. > :10:32.of tomorrow, it works northwards. It's across as much of the day. Some
:10:33. > :10:36.heavy downpours on that as well, and the wind strengthens as well. It
:10:37. > :10:40.arrives through the morning, cloudy ahead of that and it will be heavy
:10:41. > :10:44.at times. Quite persistent through the day, and it will take its time
:10:45. > :10:48.to clear away across the South by the end of the day. We might get
:10:49. > :10:51.something attached drier and brighter. Temperatures better,
:10:52. > :11:00.perhaps getting up to ten underneath the cloud and
:11:01. > :11:03.weekend, we have more rain in the forecast. Rain at times this
:11:04. > :11:16.weekend, not all the time. Good evening. Things are turning
:11:17. > :11:18.more unsettled today was not bad. The sun was setting the moon