:00:09. > :00:14.There are concerns the actions of the man responsible
:00:15. > :00:17.has severely damaged Birmingham's community relations.
:00:18. > :00:18.The world's media descended on the city
:00:19. > :00:19.following the killings last Wednesday
:00:20. > :00:24.committed by Khalid Masood, who'd lived in the city.
:00:25. > :00:25.Our Special Correspondent, Peter Wilson,
:00:26. > :00:29.who in recent months have done much to change perceptions
:00:30. > :00:39.about Birmingham and its Muslim community.
:00:40. > :00:44.These two men walking through Birmingham. They have recently
:00:45. > :00:47.become television and Internet sensations.
:00:48. > :00:49.Two ordinary Brummies talking about being proud
:00:50. > :00:52.Last week's attack in London and the link with Khalid Masood
:00:53. > :00:55.to the west Midlands has focused not just Britain's but the world's
:00:56. > :01:09.For me, it is not about a Moslem or a non-Muslim thing, it is about a
:01:10. > :01:14.Birmingham thing. It is about ours and ours as a community. We need to
:01:15. > :01:24.deal with this and I am very eager to show the world that just the
:01:25. > :01:29.positive things that we are doing. Like I have said before, you cannot
:01:30. > :01:34.actions of one individual. It is actions of one individual. It is
:01:35. > :01:41.just unfair. Were you surprised that this man came from Birmingham? Or
:01:42. > :01:45.was living in Birmingham? Yes. Like I said, I had never heard of them.
:01:46. > :01:46.Even now, I've been asking around, I do not know anybody who has ever
:01:47. > :01:52.heard of him known him. It does not heard of him known him. It does not
:01:53. > :01:56.seem like he was a very, you know, social person, or part of the
:01:57. > :01:59.community. Or maybe even had many friends.
:02:00. > :02:00.Rohey Hydara, Masood's wife, now living in London,
:02:01. > :02:05.there's a sense of anger that they are all expected
:02:06. > :02:13.to apologise for this man's criminal actions.
:02:14. > :02:20.Everybody wants to hear what Muslims have got to think about it and, for
:02:21. > :02:24.me that is all just depressing. The people that want to know whether
:02:25. > :02:28.Muslims condemn it, that is just insulting. We are always expected to
:02:29. > :02:33.condemn it, where I think people should be smart enough to understand
:02:34. > :02:39.that whether we verbally make some sort of statement or we do not,
:02:40. > :02:41.everybody is going to condemn it. We are human at the end of the day,
:02:42. > :02:47.before we are Muslim we are human. Both men work for a charity and next
:02:48. > :02:51.week risk their lives going to Iraq Up to ?5 billion of investment
:02:52. > :02:54.in Birmingham Airport, the National Exhibition Centre
:02:55. > :02:56.and local universities has been promised at the biggest
:02:57. > :02:59.business forum staged by the British
:03:00. > :03:02.and Qatari governments. The Prime Minister, Theresa May,
:03:03. > :03:04.delivered the keynote speech just 24 hours before
:03:05. > :03:08.she commits Britain Our reporter Nicola
:03:09. > :03:14.Beckford joins me now. This was interesting timing,
:03:15. > :03:18.is there any coincidence in that? Well, it certainly sends out
:03:19. > :03:20.a message that the Midlands Engine
:03:21. > :03:23.is revving up after Brexit. The most visible example of
:03:24. > :03:25.a Qatari investment is the direct flight
:03:26. > :03:29.between Birmingham and Doha. Birmingham Airport is set
:03:30. > :03:32.to benefit further along with other
:03:33. > :03:40.infrastructure projects. But the PM seems to be showing how
:03:41. > :03:45.important the Midlands Engine And, remember, she's about to
:03:46. > :03:54.trigger Article 50 tomorrow - the process to formally start
:03:55. > :03:56.negotiations to take Now, some fear that there could be
:03:57. > :04:00.a loss of European investment So we asked one of the PM's
:04:01. > :04:04.colleagues whether this type of investment could make up for any
:04:05. > :04:07.potential loss from the Europeans. This is an investment on top
:04:08. > :04:09.of whatever else we negotiate. It is a vote of confidence
:04:10. > :04:18.in Birmingham and that But how was it received by those
:04:19. > :04:27.on the end of that charm offensive? ?5 billion is being invested
:04:28. > :04:34.in sport, health care and education. But business hates uncertainty
:04:35. > :04:37.and we don't know what is going Research-led universities have also
:04:38. > :04:43.voiced their concerns in the past. The people of Birmingham
:04:44. > :04:46.will benefit through the new life sciences
:04:47. > :04:48.park, novel technologies And also the people
:04:49. > :04:56.of Birmingham will benefit from the inward investment,
:04:57. > :04:58.and indeed from the tourist opportunities
:04:59. > :05:03.that this will bring. It's been a mixed picture
:05:04. > :05:05.for business across Some firms have won
:05:06. > :05:08.new contracts, while others have
:05:09. > :05:09.seen orders decline. We'll be looking at how
:05:10. > :05:11.businesses have been affected following the death of a 55-year-old
:05:12. > :05:23.man in Kidderminster. Mark Beresford died
:05:24. > :05:25.in hospital on Saturday, after being found with serious
:05:26. > :05:26.head injuries at his home
:05:27. > :05:28.in Offmore Road on Friday night. 22-year-old Henry Lewis Jones,
:05:29. > :05:30.also from Kidderminster, appeared at Redditch
:05:31. > :05:34.Magistrates' Court today. Roads in the West Midlands
:05:35. > :05:37.are in such a state of disrepair to get them
:05:38. > :05:41.into reasonable condition. According to a new report,
:05:42. > :05:45.it will cost each local authority Last year, 208,000 potholes
:05:46. > :05:53.were filled in across the region. Motoring organsations
:05:54. > :05:56.are calling for action. I think the situation
:05:57. > :05:58.is actually dire. but as a safety risk
:05:59. > :06:02.to those on two wheels, particularly cyclists
:06:03. > :06:03.and motorcyclists, who can actually
:06:04. > :06:07.have serious accidents if they hit a pothole,
:06:08. > :06:10.particularly at night. If you talk to motorists,
:06:11. > :06:14.it is always one of their top concerns - the poor
:06:15. > :06:19.state of the roads. Have you seen one of
:06:20. > :06:21.the new ?1 coins yet? A teenager in the Black Country
:06:22. > :06:23.was particularly keen David Pearce won a Royal Mint
:06:24. > :06:29.competition two years ago and his initials feature
:06:30. > :06:31.on the new coin, but today was the first
:06:32. > :06:33.time he saw it. David Pearce has every
:06:34. > :06:39.reason to be proud - he designed the back
:06:40. > :06:42.of the new pound coin, There is the English
:06:43. > :06:50.Tudor Rose, the Welsh leek, the Scottish thistle
:06:51. > :06:54.and the Northern Irish shamrock. They're tiny, but David's initials
:06:55. > :06:56.are beneath the coronet on the right of the coin,
:06:57. > :07:00.but he's pretty modest. Quite humbled to have a part in
:07:01. > :07:05.the creation of this kind of coin. He entered this drawing
:07:06. > :07:10.in a Royal Mint competition with the encouragement
:07:11. > :07:14.of his teacher at Queen Mary's Grammar School
:07:15. > :07:17.in Walsall, and won ?10,000. The headmaster put this as his top
:07:18. > :07:20.achievement in the last academic year, so the school
:07:21. > :07:23.as a whole are very proud. Thousands of people entered
:07:24. > :07:30.this, and it had to be one of my mates from my class
:07:31. > :07:34.to design the coin, it was a great It is beautiful, I like
:07:35. > :07:42.the design, and how he incorporates the togetherness
:07:43. > :08:03.of the country. But some of the council had to spend
:08:04. > :08:08.4.5 million pounds updating the new machine. So much I like it but I am
:08:09. > :08:12.not sure about the 12 sides. It has to be changed now, you know, the pin
:08:13. > :08:18.machines on things like that. What do you like about it? Just the
:08:19. > :08:22.general design. It is going to be harder to counterfeit. David will be
:08:23. > :08:27.in his 40s by the time it ceases to be in circulation, but before then
:08:28. > :08:32.he has A-levels this summer and an offer from Cambridge to study
:08:33. > :08:34.architecture. Talented lad.
:08:35. > :08:36.Now if you have a good head for heights,
:08:37. > :08:40.This is the spectacular view from the top of one
:08:41. > :08:42.which span the river Severn in Gloucestershire.
:08:43. > :08:44.At 500 feet, they're among the tallest in Britain
:08:45. > :08:48.and today engineers have been right to the top to replace vital parts,
:08:49. > :08:49.which haven't been touched for almost 50 years.
:08:50. > :08:52.The pylons hold around 30 tonnes of wires
:08:53. > :08:58.which span the mile-wide crossing.
:08:59. > :09:00.Onto rugby union - Wasps face Leinster this weekend
:09:01. > :09:02.in front of an expected crowd of around 50,000
:09:03. > :09:05.as they bid for a place in the European Champions Cup
:09:06. > :09:10.For the English players in the Wasps team,
:09:11. > :09:15.the scene of their Grand Slam disappointment in the six Nations.
:09:16. > :09:17.It's a chance for the club to pit themselves
:09:18. > :09:19.against one of the best club sides in Europe.
:09:20. > :09:25.I've got tremendous respect for Leinster
:09:26. > :09:30.They've done really well in the group stages and they are top
:09:31. > :09:35.so I think it is going to present itself as a really hard challenge.
:09:36. > :09:37.There's one football result tonight from the National League.
:09:38. > :09:42.Solihull Moors lost 1-0 at home to Torquay United.
:09:43. > :09:49.I'll leave you with the weather forecast from Rebecca.
:09:50. > :09:55.Thank you very much. It wasn't a particularly pleasant day today. I
:09:56. > :09:59.am afraid it is not going to get much better at the weekend, and the
:10:00. > :10:05.weak! We have got a little bit of closed out there at the moment, and
:10:06. > :10:09.quite a lot of rain. Quite a few breaks and temperatures up to around
:10:10. > :10:12.about 15 Celsius, but not a bad end to the Debrett's spots. Not so
:10:13. > :10:17.pleasant now because we have a lot of rain out there. Really making
:10:18. > :10:21.slow progression adverts. -- a smattering of cloud and showers
:10:22. > :10:27.behind that. Temperatures overnight holding up between nine and 11
:10:28. > :10:30.Celsius. It is a mild night. Into tomorrow, with those south-westerly
:10:31. > :10:34.winds, we start to open the floodgates. More weather systems.
:10:35. > :10:37.The high pressure that kicked off settled last weekend has cleared out
:10:38. > :10:41.of the way and this low pressure is going to dry our weather through the
:10:42. > :10:46.remainder of this week. It will be all right start again tomorrow for
:10:47. > :10:49.western parts. Further east, a little bit of brightness, in the
:10:50. > :10:52.afternoon in particular. -- it will be a way to start tomorrow. Those
:10:53. > :10:57.showers rain to work their way in from the West for much of the day.
:10:58. > :10:59.It will be breezy tomorrow, but it will still feel quite mild. More
:11:00. > :11:03.information in the national forecast.
:11:04. > :11:06.times, but fairly mild for the time of year. This stay tuned for the
:11:07. > :11:11.national weather forecasts with John Hammond.
:11:12. > :11:15.Good evening. Your parents might have told you once that life 's not
:11:16. > :11:18.fair and they were right. He is the proof. Over the next few days some
:11:19. > :11:22.of us will enjoy some lovely sunshine, temperatures in the low
:11:23. > :11:26.20s. It will feel like early summer. For others, quite a lot of rain
:11:27. > :11:32.around and it will feel like late March. This is showers earlier on
:11:33. > :11:35.today and dampness this evening in the West Country and Wales. That is
:11:36. > :11:40.heading north eastwards. A different sort of night. A lot of cloud
:11:41. > :11:43.around, quite damp and misty in places. Cloud cover will prevent
:11:44. > :11:47.temperatures falling much at all. A much milder my than we have seen
:11:48. > :11:52.recently. Except for the North of Scotland, but elsewhere in double
:11:53. > :11:57.figures. It will be a Graeme Murty start of the day for most of us, not
:11:58. > :11:58.much in the way of sunshine. As we head through the morning some heavy