:00:09. > :00:14.A blind man from Birmingham says taxis operated by the online firm
:00:15. > :00:17.Uber have repeatedly refused to pick him up because he
:00:18. > :00:22.Saleh Ahmed, from Balsall Heath, claims it's happened 14 times
:00:23. > :00:25.It's illegal for taxi drivers to discriminate
:00:26. > :00:27.against guide dog owners, unless they have
:00:28. > :00:31.Tonight, Uber says it's barred two drivers while they investigate.
:00:32. > :00:41.Blind since birth, Saleh Ahmed relies on his guide dog Johnny.
:00:42. > :00:44.Without him, his 30-mile journey to work would be so much harder.
:00:45. > :00:49.Sal uses the taxi hailing app Uber to travel to and from his home
:00:50. > :00:54.in Balsall Heath and New Street Station.
:00:55. > :00:57.On Monday, though, four rides were cancelled because drivers
:00:58. > :01:05.I asked him if he had a medical certificate.
:01:06. > :01:11.He instantly cancelled the ride, and I was charged the ?3.50
:01:12. > :01:17.Taxis and minicabs are obliged to take guide dogs,
:01:18. > :01:20.unless the driver has a medical reason not to.
:01:21. > :01:23.Sal says it's happened 14 times with Uber rides
:01:24. > :01:30.Like, it stresses me out just to know that,
:01:31. > :01:36.because I have a disability, I have been treated differently.
:01:37. > :01:39.And I cannot book a taxi like everyone else does.
:01:40. > :01:49.Uber said it was totally unacceptable and told us this.
:01:50. > :01:53.Like Saleh, the drivers who refused him were Muslim,
:01:54. > :01:57.and he believes it betrays a cultural dislike of dogs.
:01:58. > :01:59.Mohammed is an ambassador for Guide Dogs for the Blind,
:02:00. > :02:01.and takes his dog, Solo, to schools to introduce
:02:02. > :02:05.In Islam, if a dog's saliva gets on your clothes,
:02:06. > :02:11.But his local mosque has built Solo a kennel.
:02:12. > :02:16.Mohammed has taken cab companies to court for refusing him a ride.
:02:17. > :02:19.One driver was fined ?350 and sent on a disability awareness course.
:02:20. > :02:25.I do not think the drivers are being punished enough.
:02:26. > :02:29.I think there need to be more severe consequences.
:02:30. > :02:32.And one of the reasons for this is it is under-reported.
:02:33. > :02:39.Saleh says he and John may have to consider alternative
:02:40. > :02:45.Giles Latcham, BBC Midlands Today, Birmingham.
:02:46. > :02:48.A man who dropped his wallet and lost ?1,600 is appealing
:02:49. > :02:52.for information about the woman who picked it up.
:02:53. > :02:54.The woman spotted the wallet in the road and kept it.
:02:55. > :02:57.The victim says the loss nearly cost him his small music business.
:02:58. > :03:03.He's putting the can in the back of the car now.
:03:04. > :03:07.I reach up to close the door and bump, my wallet
:03:08. > :03:13.CCTV of the moment he dropped his wallet outside a hire
:03:14. > :03:20.It's what happens next that makes Clive angry.
:03:21. > :03:23.Within a few moments, a woman in a Toyota Corolla
:03:24. > :03:25.has stopped, got out, and picked it up.
:03:26. > :03:30.I don't think she even gets a chance to put her seat belt on.
:03:31. > :03:32.She drives off still with her hazards on.
:03:33. > :03:35.I think she needs to come clean and confess and hand it in.
:03:36. > :03:41.CCTV from inside the shop shows the theft from a different angle.
:03:42. > :03:44.Owner Matt Dormer saw the woman pick something up but didn't
:03:45. > :03:48.realise it was Clive's wallet until afterwards.
:03:49. > :03:53.She has fair hair, about five feet tall.
:03:54. > :04:09.Frustratingly for Clive, you can't make out the woman's
:04:10. > :04:12.So far, the police investigation has come to nothing
:04:13. > :04:17.Clive set up his music business with his retirement money.
:04:18. > :04:23.He says says the loss of the ?1,600 could put him under.
:04:24. > :04:26.He is now offering a ?200 reward for anyone who helps him
:04:27. > :04:31.Sarah Bishop, BBC Midlands Today, in Tardebigbe.
:04:32. > :04:34.Five newborn puppies have been found abandoned in a car
:04:35. > :04:40.They were discovered in a box in Baker Street with their eyes shut
:04:41. > :04:45.A vet who examined the pups said they'd been exposed
:04:46. > :04:53.Sport now, and Stratford's Andrew Pozzi has won a gold medal
:04:54. > :04:58.at the European Indoor athletics championships in Belgrade.
:04:59. > :05:00.Pozzi, whose career has been blighted by injury,
:05:01. > :05:02.claimed his first major medal by edging out Pascal
:05:03. > :05:11.I thought I might have got it but I wasn't sure,
:05:12. > :05:14.so I didn't want to celebrate until I was sure.
:05:15. > :05:21.It was a scrappy race but I really had to work hard to get
:05:22. > :05:29.I don't want to harp on about it, but it has been a long road
:05:30. > :05:33.and I wasn't always sure I would get to the level I wanted to be at.
:05:34. > :05:36.So, you know, to really win with grit and determination,
:05:37. > :05:40.Birmingham City have slipped to a home defeat
:05:41. > :05:42.against Leeds United in the Championship this evening.
:05:43. > :05:45.Leeds took an early lead when former Blues loanee Chris Wood scored
:05:46. > :05:49.Birmingham piled on the pressure after half-time and deservedly
:05:50. > :05:52.But the home side quickly conceded two more goals,
:05:53. > :05:54.the second of which was scored by Alfonso Pedraza.
:05:55. > :06:02.The Midlands' latest professional boxer makes her debut tomorrow.
:06:03. > :06:05.32-year-old Lauren Johnson - who's studying criminalogy
:06:06. > :06:08.at the University of Wolverhampton - took up boxing four years ago
:06:09. > :06:15.At first, I thought, I will just see how it goes for a year.
:06:16. > :06:18.And then I never looked back, really.
:06:19. > :06:22.You get in the ring and the buzz, getting your hand raised...
:06:23. > :06:27.And it's just something I am probably addicted to, really.
:06:28. > :06:35.Well, I'm afraid it has been a rather miserable day today.
:06:36. > :06:38.We had quite a lot of mist around, we have had quite a lot
:06:39. > :06:43.As we head through this weekend, that is going to be
:06:44. > :06:47.We are in a messy weather system at the moment, with low pressure
:06:48. > :06:50.Through tonight, we will continue to see some showers working
:06:51. > :06:54.Behind that, we will start to see things drying out
:06:55. > :06:57.But temperatures are holding up at between 5-7 Celsius tonight,
:06:58. > :07:01.so it's not a particularly chilly night and it will be a dry start
:07:02. > :07:03.to the day tomorrow but the low pressure still continuing
:07:04. > :07:07.There will be some brighter breaks but we have got weather systems
:07:08. > :07:10.trying to work their way in the whole weekend.
:07:11. > :07:13.So we start the day tomorrow on a dry note with some sunny spells
:07:14. > :07:17.There will be some brighter spells at times but showers will pop
:07:18. > :07:20.Lots of usable weather through the day, though,
:07:21. > :07:22.and temperatures managing to make it up to nine Celsius.
:07:23. > :07:24.The winds will continue to strengthen as we head
:07:25. > :07:28.And for Sunday, we have some heavy rain on the way.
:07:29. > :07:31.There is more information on that in the national forecast next.
:07:32. > :07:32.I will leave you with the outlook for the next few days.
:07:33. > :07:46.Good evening, mixed fortunes this weekend. Today we saw a fair share
:07:47. > :07:51.of rain. This is the view one of our weather watchers in Doncaster. Not
:07:52. > :07:57.particularly inspiring. This weekend there will be some rain, but some of
:07:58. > :08:01.us will get away with a dry start. This is the satellite and a lovely
:08:02. > :08:02.day in northern