:00:08. > :00:09.Good evening. for the news where you are.
:00:10. > :00:12.A surgeon who is accused of maliciously wounding private
:00:13. > :00:14.patients by carrying out unnecessary breast operations in order
:00:15. > :00:16.to earn extra cash has been giving evidence in court.
:00:17. > :00:21.It's been claimed that Ian Paterson, a breast cancer specialist
:00:22. > :00:24.who worked for the Heart of England NHS Trust and private clinics,
:00:25. > :00:26.lied to GPs and distorted medical results to justify
:00:27. > :00:32.He denies 20 counts of unlawfully killing and maliciously wounding ten
:00:33. > :00:37.Ian Paterson, a breast surgeon accused of carrying out unnecessary
:00:38. > :00:46.At Nottingham Crown Court, he's on trial for allegedly causing
:00:47. > :00:52.grievous bodily harm to ten patients over a 14-year period.
:00:53. > :00:54.Today the 59-year-old took the stand.
:00:55. > :01:25.Over the last few weeks the court has heard that the surgeon operated
:01:26. > :01:30.unnecessarily on patients at two private hospitals.
:01:31. > :01:34.The prosecution alleges his motives were obscure and may have included
:01:35. > :01:42.Ian Paterson denies 20 counts of wounding with intent.
:01:43. > :01:48.Sima Kotecha, BBC Midlands Today, Nottingham.
:01:49. > :01:53.A multi-faith vigil has taken place this evening to remember the four
:01:54. > :01:56.victims of the attack in Westminster last Wednesday.
:01:57. > :01:58.Khalid Masood drove onto the pavement killing
:01:59. > :02:01.and injuring pedestrians, before stabbing a police officer.
:02:02. > :02:11.This meeting in Birmingham was organised by the Small Heath
:02:12. > :02:14.Multicultural Faith Forum to pray for the victims of last
:02:15. > :02:21.The family, communities needed to come together to see
:02:22. > :02:24.that they have the ground, they have the platform to talk
:02:25. > :02:32.Police say Khalid Masood had connections with Birmingham.
:02:33. > :02:35.Over the weekend a 30-year-old man was arrested in the city.
:02:36. > :02:39.A 58-year-old man, also arrested in Birmingham, remains in custody.
:02:40. > :02:43.Once again the city is associated with extremism.
:02:44. > :02:47.People here say they must not let this atrocity divide them.
:02:48. > :02:49.When the person comes from Birmingham, and it makes
:02:50. > :02:52.you realise that you can't keep on burying your head in the sand,
:02:53. > :02:59.If you live in the centre of Birmingham, if you live
:03:00. > :03:01.in London, if you live in Leicester, it's the same disgust.
:03:02. > :03:06.We just want to express ourselves that we don't like it,
:03:07. > :03:12.We're not supporting it and we don't want our children to support it.
:03:13. > :03:16.It is good to show that we are not backing down for anyone.
:03:17. > :03:20.Every faith is involved, it is a really good thing.
:03:21. > :03:23.Tonight's vigil is an opportunity the people of all faiths,
:03:24. > :03:25.Muslims, Christians, Sikhs, to get together
:03:26. > :03:32.and reflect on the dreadful incidents of last week.
:03:33. > :03:35.The key message here is that the community should be
:03:36. > :03:39.And as the evening closed, a feeling in the room of optimism
:03:40. > :03:43.that extremism must be confronted and challenged to prevent the next
:03:44. > :03:47.generation from being at risk of radicalisation.
:03:48. > :03:51.Nicola Beckford, BBC Midlands today, Birmingham.
:03:52. > :03:54.A gun dealer from Gloucestershire has denied deliberately smuggling
:03:55. > :03:56.hundreds of illegal firearms into the UK.
:03:57. > :04:01.65-year-old Paul Edmunds is on trial for making and supplying home-made
:04:02. > :04:05.bullets which the prosecution say were found at more than 90 crime
:04:06. > :04:08.scenes, including fatal shootings and a gun attack
:04:09. > :04:15.Police are continuing to search for a hit-and-run driver almost
:04:16. > :04:18.24 hours after the death of a pedestrian who was struck
:04:19. > :04:20.during a seven-mile police chase late last night.
:04:21. > :04:23.One of Birmingham's busiest roads was closed for more than 12 hours
:04:24. > :04:27.The Independent Police Complaints Commission is examining
:04:28. > :04:36.Normally one of the busiest routes in the city closed to traffic,
:04:37. > :04:38.a tent covering the spot where a 45-year-old man
:04:39. > :04:44.It happened at twenty to midnight on Belgrave Middleway.
:04:45. > :04:48.Paramedics worked into the small hours trying to save him.
:04:49. > :04:52.After nearly about one hour, two hours, he's still in the ambulance
:04:53. > :05:01.The car that struck him had been chased by police.
:05:02. > :05:04.The pursuit began in the north Birmingham suburb of Erdington,
:05:05. > :05:11.The Mondeo went through a red light and the police abandoned the chase.
:05:12. > :05:15.Moments later the collision happened and the Mondeo then sped off.
:05:16. > :05:17.Two police vehicles have been removed for examination.
:05:18. > :05:21.Investigators from the Independent Police Complaints Commission spent
:05:22. > :05:26.More than 12 hours after this accident, the road is just
:05:27. > :05:30.about to reopen, the hunt for the driver continues.
:05:31. > :05:34.Police are urging him to give himself up.
:05:35. > :05:38.Locals say they're tired of traffic speeding past their doors.
:05:39. > :05:44.I live in this area and I see these traffic lights,
:05:45. > :05:47.I see cars lining up and they're going high-speed and they're racing,
:05:48. > :05:53.To me, it is an accident waiting to go off.
:05:54. > :05:58.Along this road it is like a racetrack.
:05:59. > :06:01.And I would hope that they would put the cameras back because this
:06:02. > :06:06.The road closure led to congestion and long delays for motorists
:06:07. > :06:14.Specialist officers are supporting the family of the dead man.
:06:15. > :06:17.Giles Latcham, BBC Midlands Today, Birmingham.
:06:18. > :06:20.The challenges of growing up with autism in the 1980s
:06:21. > :06:25.It's been a personal mission for Kevin Healey who wasn't
:06:26. > :06:28.diagnosed with the condition until he was 26.
:06:29. > :06:32.As a young child growing up in Staffordshire, he was labelled as
:06:33. > :06:35.eccentric and he struggled through school life.
:06:36. > :06:38.Here's our arts reporter, Satnam Rana.
:06:39. > :06:49.I felt overloaded so I started to use my right hand as a puppet doll.
:06:50. > :06:56.He became my close friend and was with me wherever I went.
:06:57. > :06:58.Just some of the challenges Kevin Healey faced as a child
:06:59. > :07:06.Dramatised in this film Twin Brothers Worlds Apart.
:07:07. > :07:12.Neighbour Trish remembers how hard it was growing up for young Kevin
:07:13. > :07:19.You were different and there was no other way of putting it
:07:20. > :07:23.because I didn't understand what you had got but I knew your
:07:24. > :07:27.heart was bigger than anything and I used to get angry and I used
:07:28. > :07:34.to come in and stamp my feet and cry and I thought, hang on a minute.
:07:35. > :07:40.He holds his head up high, which you always have done
:07:41. > :07:43.and I am so proud of you, Kevin.
:07:44. > :07:46.Back in the '80s no-one knew Kevin was autistic.
:07:47. > :07:50.His twin brother was diagnosed with autism at 18 but his condition
:07:51. > :07:56.Kevin was diagnosed when he was 26 with a milder form.
:07:57. > :07:59.Satnam, this is the park I grew up in as a child and used to play
:08:00. > :08:04.I know it's in the film, so why did you want to put your personal
:08:05. > :08:08.To raise more awareness of autism and to move away
:08:09. > :08:13.According to the National Autistic Society 700,000 people
:08:14. > :08:16.are on the autism spectrum in the UK, that's
:08:17. > :08:21.As a child, what was it like pre-diagnosis and what is it
:08:22. > :08:28.As a child, I found it really hard to interact with other children
:08:29. > :08:30.and communicate with them as a child growing up.
:08:31. > :08:35.As an adult now, even though I can communicate quite
:08:36. > :08:39.articulately, I still have problems with communication.
:08:40. > :08:43.People not understanding me or certain things I can be quite
:08:44. > :08:47.literal, or quite to the point, and sometimes I can be quite blunt.
:08:48. > :08:52.Kevin's story will premiere tonight and then the film will be taken film
:08:53. > :08:54.festivals as he continues to spread the word.
:08:55. > :08:58.Satnam Rana, BBC Midlands Today, Newcastle Under Lyme.
:08:59. > :09:10.I'll leave you with the weather from Rebecca.
:09:11. > :09:18.The signs of spring with therefore this weekend but we have to look
:09:19. > :09:22.harder to find it today. They were there eventually. This is why we
:09:23. > :09:29.struggled, temperatures tensed Celsius under the cloud. At the
:09:30. > :09:34.weekend we pushed 16 Celsius. This afternoon it started to break and it
:09:35. > :09:38.was a real pleasant end to the day. Some glorious scenes taken by our
:09:39. > :09:44.weather watchers. The rest of the week, a mixed picture. Some spun
:09:45. > :09:48.this to come through the day. Some scattered showers will arrive. It
:09:49. > :09:52.will be milder with temperatures mid to high teens rain arriving I the
:09:53. > :10:03.end of the week. This is why, the battle between high-pressure and low
:10:04. > :10:08.pressure. The weather systems. To work their way through. Overnight we
:10:09. > :10:13.are plenty of cloud and our win direction is changing, a
:10:14. > :10:16.south-westerly. It will bring milder air so temperatures between three
:10:17. > :10:22.and six Celsius. We start tomorrow with sunny spells, some fog across
:10:23. > :10:26.the East Midlands but some breaks in the car before showers pushed their
:10:27. > :10:31.way in from the south, some will be heavy and there could be thunder but
:10:32. > :10:36.temperatures much better than today, 14 or 15 Celsius. Tomorrow, the end
:10:37. > :10:43.we will see showers from the West as the wind direction changes.
:10:44. > :10:47.Temperatures between nine and 11. For the remainder of the week, we
:10:48. > :10:52.continue to see these messy weather systems working their way. It will
:10:53. > :10:57.come and go and bring some spells of rain temperatures will be hovering
:10:58. > :11:00.at around 14 Celsius. I will leave you with a look ahead to the
:11:01. > :11:03.showery on Saturday, dry and brighter on Sunday and if we go back
:11:04. > :11:06.to the temperatures in the next couple days, you see those highs on
:11:07. > :11:18.Thursday. He is John Hammond with the national
:11:19. > :11:26.this cyclone Debbie crashes onto the Queensland coast with violent winds
:11:27. > :11:29.and flooding rains, that will head southwards in the next few days in
:11:30. > :11:35.the direction of Brisbane. We will keep an eye on Debbie. Meanwhile
:11:36. > :11:38.back home, much more tranquil. This beautiful sunset taken from
:11:39. > :11:39.Stevenage and Hertfordshire earlier this