05/04/2017

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:00:00. > :00:11.Her death was "preventable" - that's the conclusion

:00:12. > :00:13.of the Shropshire coroner at the inquest of a newborn

:00:14. > :00:15.baby who died from an infection caught at birth.

:00:16. > :00:20.Pippa Griffiths was born in April last year but less than 24 hours

:00:21. > :00:24.later she was seriously ill with a Group B Strep infection

:00:25. > :00:30.Our health correspondent Michele Paduano reports.

:00:31. > :00:34.Baby Pippa was born perfectly healthy in April last year

:00:35. > :00:38.but she had a Streptococcus B infection and wouldn't feed.

:00:39. > :00:40.Her mum, Kayleigh Griffiths, phoned the hospital twice

:00:41. > :00:43.at 6.30pm and 2.55am, worried about her,

:00:44. > :00:52.We have fought for the truth and ultimately

:00:53. > :00:58.We've gone through hell and for people not to be honest

:00:59. > :01:05.with us is just another kick when you are down, really.

:01:06. > :01:09.At the inquest, Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital accepted it had

:01:10. > :01:14.failed give the mother literature after Pippa's birth to identify

:01:15. > :01:16.ill-health, failed to arrange a follow-up midwife visit within 24

:01:17. > :01:19.hours, and to do a proper inquiry during phone calls and check

:01:20. > :01:24.Midwife Claire Robinson, seen here with red hair,

:01:25. > :01:29.denied she had been told about brown mucus in the 2.55am call,

:01:30. > :01:32.but it was the earlier call that would have saved Pippa's life.

:01:33. > :01:37.The coroner, John Ellery, said the case was uncontroversial -

:01:38. > :01:39.baby Pippa's death was preventable if Mrs Griffiths had been given

:01:40. > :01:41.the right information and if a systematic inquiry had

:01:42. > :01:44.taken place when Mrs Griffiths phoned.

:01:45. > :01:48.Offering the family condolences, he said it may be of no comfort

:01:49. > :01:56.The trust did not declare this as a serious incident

:01:57. > :02:02.Today it said on information originally received,

:02:03. > :02:05.the death did not appear to meet the criteria.

:02:06. > :02:09.Sarah Jamieson, seen here on the left, apologised

:02:10. > :02:11.for the trust not providing appropriate care but said

:02:12. > :02:18.If I didn't know the NHS processes for recording of serious incidents,

:02:19. > :02:25.Mrs Griffiths is expecting again but she is terrified and hopes this

:02:26. > :02:41.Staff at BMW's engine plant at Hams Hall in Warwickshire

:02:42. > :02:44.are to stage a number of 24-hour strikes in a dispute over pensions.

:02:45. > :02:47.The workers say they stand to lose thousands of pounds under plans

:02:48. > :02:49.to stop their final salary pension scheme at the end of May.

:02:50. > :02:52.Our reporter Laura May McMullan is at the plant for us now.

:02:53. > :03:03.Yes, we now know that workers are going to stage

:03:04. > :03:06.five 24-hour strikes, starting two weeks today.

:03:07. > :03:08.Last month they staged a protest here over plans to end their final

:03:09. > :03:12.salary pension scheme at the end of May and now It'll be the first

:03:13. > :03:16.time staff at the company's UK operations have actually staged

:03:17. > :03:19.a walk-out and that's because there's a lot at stake.

:03:20. > :03:35.Well, Unite the union claims some of the employees could lose

:03:36. > :03:37.a retirement income of more than ?150,000 and they're urging

:03:38. > :03:40.the company to stand back from it's May deadline to find some

:03:41. > :03:44.In response BMW says it's disappointed but does remain

:03:45. > :03:53.A brother and sister from Birmingham have been charged

:03:54. > :04:01.21-year-old Ummariyat Mirza has been charged with a purchasing a knife

:04:02. > :04:05.and other items to help carry out an attack in the UK.

:04:06. > :04:07.His sister Zainub, who's 23, has been charged with distributing

:04:08. > :04:14.The arrests were made in the Alum Rock area

:04:15. > :04:18.Police say the charges aren't connected to

:04:19. > :04:22.Six branches of Lloyds Bank and one branch of the Halifax

:04:23. > :04:25.are to close in the Midlands between July and October.

:04:26. > :04:27.They're among a programme of 400 branch closures

:04:28. > :04:30.Lloyds said the closures are the result of fewer

:04:31. > :04:37.A teaching assistant has won an unfair dismissal case

:04:38. > :04:39.after being sacked for complaining about children being shown

:04:40. > :04:45.Suriyah Bi was sent home from an academy in Birmingham

:04:46. > :04:48.after raising concerns about the video showing the 9/11

:04:49. > :04:57.After 18 months of turmoil, Suriyah Bi at last feels vindicated.

:04:58. > :04:59.In September 2015, she was a classroom assistant

:05:00. > :05:07.Despite a clear age warning, a teacher played a video to a group

:05:08. > :05:09.of 11 and 12-year-olds, some of them with

:05:10. > :05:12.Have you ever seen anything like this?

:05:13. > :05:16.I have seen at least ten people fall to their death.

:05:17. > :05:19.It was about the 9/11 terror attacks and showed people

:05:20. > :05:22.jumping from windows - a video she complained

:05:23. > :05:25.was inappropriate and a breach of safeguarding policy.

:05:26. > :05:28.They said there would be an investigation.

:05:29. > :05:31.They said I did the right thing raising the concern but 40 minutes

:05:32. > :05:34.later they called me from my lesson and they told me the school

:05:35. > :05:36.was no longer a suitable place for me to work

:05:37. > :05:43.at because I was uncomfortable with the curriculum.

:05:44. > :05:45.Suriyah Bi's complaint led to her sacking and she brought

:05:46. > :05:50.As a student herself, she was head girl at Saltley School -

:05:51. > :05:53.a school later linked to the so-called Trojan Horse affair

:05:54. > :05:54.and allegations that conservative-minded Muslims

:05:55. > :05:59.were seeking to exert undue influence.

:06:00. > :06:01.She thinks her complaint about the video was construed

:06:02. > :06:07.by the school as a complaint that they were anti-Muslim.

:06:08. > :06:09.Although the tribunal agreed Suriyah Bi was unfairly dismissed,

:06:10. > :06:13.they rejected her claim that she was discriminated

:06:14. > :06:19.In a statement, the chain running the school, E-Act,

:06:20. > :06:22.said they were disappointed by the tribunal's main finding,

:06:23. > :06:24.telling us, "Heartlands is an outstanding academy

:06:25. > :06:28.which prides itself on cultural inclusiveness and providing

:06:29. > :06:33.Three years ago, E-Act lost control of ten academies

:06:34. > :06:35.after inspectors raised concerns about their performance.

:06:36. > :06:42.Suriyah's MP has supported her claim for unfair dismissal.

:06:43. > :06:46.The Secretary of State has got involved with this academy chain

:06:47. > :06:49.before but now the Secretary of State, I think, has got to get

:06:50. > :06:53.stuck in again to get to the bottom of what went wrong and to assure us

:06:54. > :06:56.and to assure parents that there's not a systemic problem with this

:06:57. > :06:59.academy chain that is looking after so many of our children.

:07:00. > :07:02.An Oxford graduate, Suriyah Bi represented herself at the tribunal

:07:03. > :07:04.and is writing a book about her journey from

:07:05. > :07:17.The showjumper Nick Skelton, who was Britain's oldest Olympic

:07:18. > :07:22.gold medallist at the Rio games last year, is to retire.

:07:23. > :07:25.He was competing at his seventh Games.

:07:26. > :07:28.Katie Gornall went to meet Nick and his Olympic

:07:29. > :07:31.winning horse Big Star at his Warwickshire stables.

:07:32. > :07:34.If ever there was someone for whom age is just a number,

:07:35. > :07:42.Last summer in Rio, the showjumper became Britain's second oldest

:07:43. > :07:43.Olympic gold medallist, but now, with his 60th

:07:44. > :07:46.birthday on the horizon, Skelton and his famous horse,

:07:47. > :07:51.Big Star, will be taking things a little easier.

:07:52. > :07:55.I think any sportsman will tell you, you think

:07:56. > :08:00.You never want to stop, but you have to at some point.

:08:01. > :08:03.And I don't think it is a better time to stop knowing

:08:04. > :08:08.Skelton has spent more than four decades at the top of his sport.

:08:09. > :08:10.He still holds the British record for jumping the highest fence,

:08:11. > :08:14.clearing over seven foot seven on Lastic in 1978.

:08:15. > :08:18.Ten years later, he competed in the first of his seven Olympics

:08:19. > :08:21.in Seoul, but the big prize eluded him until 2012 when he won

:08:22. > :08:25.team gold in London, an achievement all the more

:08:26. > :08:28.remarkable as just 12 years earlier he had suffered a broken neck.

:08:29. > :08:30.Back then, he thought his career was over.

:08:31. > :08:33.They said I shouldn't ride again and I didn't ride for a couple

:08:34. > :08:37.of years and I got back going again because I think I had a great

:08:38. > :08:41.horse at the time that I really looked forward to,

:08:42. > :08:44.thought he was going to be really good, and he was,

:08:45. > :08:47.and then I thought, when I finished with him, that would be it and then

:08:48. > :08:50.Big Star came along and so I had to do it all over again.

:08:51. > :08:54.His is a story that has certainly captured people's attention.

:08:55. > :08:58.Last year he finished third in Sports Personality of the Year.

:08:59. > :09:01.I think it is the age factor, I think.

:09:02. > :09:05.Some old guy doing what I did, winning gold.

:09:06. > :09:11.I think it is inspirational for elder folks.

:09:12. > :09:14.Skelton has always said it is as much about the horse as him.

:09:15. > :09:17.In Big Star, he found one worthy of his name and together

:09:18. > :09:23.Two football results to tell you about this evening.

:09:24. > :09:25.In the Championship, Burton went down 1-0

:09:26. > :09:32.Burton are four points above the relegation places.

:09:33. > :09:35.In League Two, it was back down to earth after their Wembley

:09:36. > :09:37.extravaganza for Coventry, I'm afraid.

:09:38. > :09:39.They lost 2-0 at Sheffield United and remain firmly rooted

:09:40. > :09:45.at the bottom of the table, 13 points from safety.

:09:46. > :09:48.I'll leave you with the weather from Rebecca.

:09:49. > :10:02.And what was a quite cloudy start, things brightened up. Temperatures

:10:03. > :10:09.up to 14 Celsius in some parts. Quite a pleasant end to the day.

:10:10. > :10:13.This was the seen before the sun went down. Tonight, we keep a

:10:14. > :10:19.blanket of cloud. Last night was chilly, with a touch of frost in

:10:20. > :10:24.some spots. Tonight, the cloud will help to lift temperatures. But

:10:25. > :10:28.across parts of Herefordshire, perhaps a touch of frost in

:10:29. > :10:33.sheltered spots. High pressure dominates at the moment. Very little

:10:34. > :10:38.wind tomorrow so little to break up the cloud. It will sit across us for

:10:39. > :10:43.much of the day. Quite high cloud, so it will be a bright day, and at

:10:44. > :10:53.times it will break, and then temperatures will get better. And

:10:54. > :10:56.then we reset for Friday, more of the same, high-pressure still

:10:57. > :10:59.keeping is settled. Perhaps a little more brightness coming from the

:11:00. > :11:03.north. The weekend looks spectacular with temperatures back up into

:11:04. > :11:06.or 15. It is sunny towards the weekend and we could see the low 20s

:11:07. > :11:12.by Sunday. Here is Darren with the national weather.

:11:13. > :11:17.Hello. The weather has been a big news in North America across the

:11:18. > :11:22.Masters in Augusta, for the first time the par-3 competition was

:11:23. > :11:26.abandoned, the storms moving away and sunshine windy for a while.

:11:27. > :11:30.Temperatures about 17, which is on a par with what we had today in the

:11:31. > :11:33.south-east of Wales, blue skies around here. That's from one of our

:11:34. > :11:38.weather watchers. More sunshine over the next few days. Little or no rain

:11:39. > :11:41.once again, it's looking dry and as we get more sunshine, especially in

:11:42. > :11:46.England and Wales this weekend, it will be warming up. In stark

:11:47. > :11:53.contrast with what we are seeing at the moment, dhil chilly out there

:11:54. > :11:54.where we have clearer skies across the West Country, eastern