21/03/2017 Midlands Today

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A hospital has apologised after it missed opportunities to diagnose

a Warwickshire father correctly who's now dying of bone cancer.

A scan carried out on 34-year-old David Kinnie two years ago

showed up the tumour, but it was mistakenly

Experts say delays in diagnosing bone cancer are a serious problem.

Here's our Health Correspondent, Michele Paduano.

Throughout his life, Daddy has been ill, but it was only

in October last year when it was too late, that doctors found a tumour.

I don't want him to look at pictures and not know who I am.

For seven years, David has been under the care

He was given physiotherapy for an irregular hip for a year,

Having been together all that time, he and Vicky are planning a wedding.

I want the hospital to recognise they cannot keep

It is happening too much, they are missing too many times

Documents seen by the BBC indicate an MRI in January

2015 found the tumour, but it was thought

Bone cancer is typically slow-growing, so if we are looking

at a two-year delay, then you would certainly hope

The hospital has apologised unreservedly

The medical director said a full investigation had looked

into opportunities to find the cancer earlier.

They want to improve care for all patients.

David is determined to fight for as long as he can

The sister of a woman killed in the Birmingham-pub-bombings 43

years ago says the death of Martin McGuinness might

McGuinness was a leading figure in the IRA in the 1970s when it

Julie Hambleton's sister Maxine was amongst the 21 people killed

when the IRA bombed two pubs in Birmingham in 1974.

Joining me now is Amy Cole, who's been speaking to Julie today.

Amy, what was her reaction to the death of Martin McGuinness?

Julie Hambleton is a woman who's been fighting for justice

for more than 40 years, and she saw Martin McGuiness

You'll remember, her elder sister Maxine died

Today Julie expressed her condolences to his family but said

that in her eyes he committed acts of terrorism.

When he turned peacemaker in later life, she said he was just a cog

in huge mechanism of wheels and that a whole range of people

were responsible for brokering the Good Friday Agreement,

Politicians are lauding and applauding him, but he was not the

statesman that they are claiming that he was. Because if he was, he

would have put his hands up and have had the courage and integrity to

say, this is what I know, I will help to bring some peace to your

families. But he didn't. The inquests into the deaths

of the 21 who died in the Birmingham pub bombings, including Julie's

sister Maxine, are due to get Will Martin McGuiness's

death have any impact? She hopes the veil of secrecy might

now be lifted and that his death We would hope that it might help to

loosen tongues, and to remind people that know one is immortal, and that

death is imminent for all of us. As such, as we all get closer to

death's door, that they have a conscience and come forward. With

information, because that's all we want.

She told me she'd love the Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams to come

Meanwhile, Julie's fight for justice will enter a new phase

A Coventry engineer has been jailed for four years and eight

months after sending money to fund his brother,

who's fighting in Syria with the so-called Islamic State.

36-year-old Nadeem Hussain admitted three counts of being concerned

in arrangements to make money available for the

In just over a week's time, the Prime Minister will trigger

Article 50 and officially start the UK's departure

But Brexit is already having an impact on farming businesses

Right now, lambing is in full swing and, with a large amount of British

lamb being exported to France, a good-trade-deal is vital for

Our Rural Affairs Correspondent David Gregory-Kumar reports.

Part of the familiar rhythm of the countryside.

On this farm near Tamworth, two generations of farmers

are working round the clock in the lambing shed.

Yes, we have a lot of healthy lambs and plenty of them.

But soon, this regular date in the farming calendar will,

of course, be taking place in a world outside the EU.

In the short-term, Brexit has been good for farmers who want to export

lambs to the Continent because a weaker pound

means that this little fellow is worth ?10,

And we do export a lot of lamb and sheep meat -

42,000 tonnes a year to France alone.

At the moment, of course, that's pretty easy.

You asked us where we will be in ten years' time, and the truth

is, we don't really know, the future is very uncertain.

Dad has just come back from visiting France

I have talked to the farmers over there, they made

I think they feel a little bit uncertain about the Brexit

negotiations at the moment, but hopefully our ministers,

our politicians, will negotiate the right deal for us.

For now, Brexit is having a positive impact on lamb prices.

But longer term, the financial future of lambing is bound

up with politicians, negotiations and

David Gregory-Kumar, BBC Midlands Today, Tamworth.

It's 50 years this week since the first locomotive travelled

on the Severn Valley Railway to Shropshire.

The Number 3205 steamed into Bridgnorth Station,

the first train there since it was axed under

Dr Beeching's plans four years earlier in 1963.

And, half a century on, a share scheme to raise money

to revamp the station has hit the ?1 million mark.

Our reporter Joanne Writtle has been at Bridgnorth Station.

March 1967, and Bridgnorth Train Station burst back to life when this

The first train here since the station closed four years

One of the drivers was John Hill from Bewdley.

Today, full of memories, he returned.

We dropped slowly down the bank towards the station,

and all I could see was a mass of people of all ages

As we drove in, they cheered and clapped and applauded us.

Volunteers raised ?25,000 to buy and restore 6.5 miles of neglected

track from Bridgnorth to Hampton Loade.

And today steam trains run along 16 miles to Kidderminster, attracting

Half a century on, and fund-raising still goes on.

In fact, they have just sold ?1 million of shares

towards a revamped and an extension of facilities here in Bridgnorth.

But they still need to raise another ?1.5 million.

Dean Parkin is one of nine apprentices here, recruited due

to a shortage of specialist skills to maintain engines.

I come from Cornwall, so a little way away.

I come up here because it is so specialised, and what I enjoy

doing, there's not many places that do this amount

of engineering on steam engines, so it is what brought

me here because I am passionate about it.

Dean is also among 1700 volunteers who keep

In fact, many work here for decades, charmed

Even the station cat Puddles arrived as a stray ten years ago,

A couple of results to bring you from tonight's football.

In League One, Coventry City beat their relegation rivals

And in the National League, Solihull Moors lost 2-1

at Forest Green Rovers who go to the top of the table.

Midlands Today will be back at 6:30pm tomorrow here on BBC One.

I'll leave you now with the weather from Rebecca.

Good evening. The signs of spring are there at least. We did have some

glorious sunshine, but it did not last for too long and there is a

keen breeze. This is how the end of the day, with rain. That rain will

continue to night and into tomorrow, but eventually we will start to see

things brightening up. This is where we are at the moment. We have got

these showers rattling through, and then this area of rain will push in.

Those showers through tonight, and this is the more precise area of

frame with us through tomorrow. But lots of rye whether further south

and east -- dry weather. Temperatures listing ever so

slightly. Low pressure sitting over the top of us, it is a complicated

weather system. It will wrap back around us and be with us again on

Thursday. On the back of it, some intense downpours to come, perhaps

some hail, but the wind has dropped so some benefit. More information on

that in the National forecast next. Good night.

Heavy rain, snow and ice are all in the forecast once again. It was

quite a wintry scene today, especially in