:00:00. > :00:00.Do we ourselves to be more important than we really are in international
:00:00. > :00:08.affairs? A Worcestershire charity worker has
:00:09. > :00:11.turned to crowdfunding, so she can adopt an African boy
:00:12. > :00:14.she has cared for Emilie Larter was working
:00:15. > :00:17.for a children's charity in Uganda, when she became the sole carer
:00:18. > :00:20.of baby Adam - who was She's now trying to raise enough
:00:21. > :00:27.money to cover the costs of adoption When his mother died, he and six
:00:28. > :00:39.other children were orphaned. Since then, he's been cared
:00:40. > :00:41.for by Emilie Larter, who was working for a charity
:00:42. > :00:47.in Uganda. She's now fostering him,
:00:48. > :00:52.and plans to adopt. It was more when it came
:00:53. > :00:55.to leaving him that I realised When I'd spent months working
:00:56. > :01:05.in England, he was growing up, and I was missing all his first
:01:06. > :01:07.achievements, like his first steps, and that's when I realised
:01:08. > :01:10.I wanted to be with him. Emilie's hoping to raise the money
:01:11. > :01:12.for the adoption online, At her family home in Leigh Sinton
:01:13. > :01:22.near Malvern, her parents have been Once we realised that there was too
:01:23. > :01:26.strong a bond created there, we sort We were having to do everything
:01:27. > :01:37.in stages after Emilie lost the job, but now we can really get on with it
:01:38. > :01:40.and hopefully get them both home as soon as possible,
:01:41. > :01:44.which we'd like to do. Emilie has to foster Adam before
:01:45. > :01:47.she can apply to the Ugandan courts She'll then need to get permission
:01:48. > :01:57.from the UK to bring him to Britain. I know it's going to be difficult,
:01:58. > :02:00.but I'm trying to find a compromise on what's best for him,
:02:01. > :02:03.so I believe the support network of my family and friends
:02:04. > :02:06.and a mother's love is so important, Already, more than ?20,000 has been
:02:07. > :02:12.pledged; Emilie hopes to bring Adam A major new Birmingham music
:02:13. > :02:22.festival has been announced, which it's estimated will bring
:02:23. > :02:24.30,000 people to the The three-day festival,
:02:25. > :02:28.called Beyond The Tracks, will feature a number
:02:29. > :02:32.of bands from Birmingham. But big festivals have failed
:02:33. > :02:35.in recent years in the city, Ocean Colour Scene,
:02:36. > :02:39.Editors and The Twang - just three of the Birmingham bands
:02:40. > :02:42.who'll be taking to the stage at the brand-new
:02:43. > :02:52.Beyond The Tracks Festival. First time we've played outside
:02:53. > :02:56.in Birmingham, so yeah, Bill looks great,
:02:57. > :03:00.hopefully the weather's going to be brilliant,
:03:01. > :03:03.September time, and we look forward But can a major music festival
:03:04. > :03:06.be a success in this city? Birmingham's recent track
:03:07. > :03:08.record isn't very good - despite headliners such
:03:09. > :03:10.as Ed Sheeran, Fusion Festival failed to make things work
:03:11. > :03:16.and has moved to Liverpool. Wireless Festival, scheduled
:03:17. > :03:19.for at least three years in the city, lasted just one,
:03:20. > :03:30.due to poor ticket sales. The I think a lot of people have
:03:31. > :03:37.tried to come here to fill the gap. I think with our local knowledge,
:03:38. > :03:39.we've got a better chance of making it a success.
:03:40. > :03:42.What's different about this new one, though, is its location -
:03:43. > :03:45.in the heart of Birmingham, Eastside City Park was the venue for
:03:46. > :04:00.To the left of me, the main train track in and out of Birmingham.
:04:01. > :04:05.That's Curzon street, but which will be the home of HS2. And then
:04:06. > :04:08.further round, Birmingham city further round, Birmingham city
:04:09. > :04:15.centre itself. On the same side -- the festival
:04:16. > :04:21.will need similar numbers of people to the Rugby World Cup if it is to
:04:22. > :04:22.sell its 10,000 tickets per day, and cement a place on the Birmingham
:04:23. > :04:29.music calendar. A woman has died following a house
:04:30. > :04:32.fire in Newcastle-under-Lyme, The emergency services were called
:04:33. > :04:36.to Turin Road shortly after 1:30. A woman was brought out,
:04:37. > :04:38.but she died at the scene. The online retailer Amazon
:04:39. > :04:45.is to recruit 800 people later this year, to work
:04:46. > :04:48.at its new site in Coventry. The new facility will be on the site
:04:49. > :04:51.of the former Jaguar car factory at Browns Lane -
:04:52. > :04:54.and will employ a range of staff including engineers, IT specialists,
:04:55. > :04:56.and warehouse operators. It's more of a problem than heroin -
:04:57. > :05:00.that's the view of a friend of a man thought to have been killed
:05:01. > :05:08.by the drug Black Mamba. Last year so-called "legal highs"
:05:09. > :05:11.were criminalised, leading to a rise Black Mamba is a form of synthetic
:05:12. > :05:15.cannabis that can kill - and cause extreme anxiety,
:05:16. > :05:16.violence and leave These chilling pictures show
:05:17. > :05:21.how potent the drug Black Mamba, or "spice" as it's also known,
:05:22. > :05:24.can be - users left in a zombie-like In Manchester this weekend,
:05:25. > :05:28.police were called to no Closer to home in Birmingham,
:05:29. > :05:32.a homeless man was found dead in Fletcher's Walk on Sunday
:05:33. > :05:38.after taking it. A shrine has now been set up -
:05:39. > :05:42.the problem persists. It gets you so high that they don't
:05:43. > :05:45.really care, you know what I mean? Especially a lot of the homeless
:05:46. > :05:48.people, they're just taking it cos it knocks them out,
:05:49. > :05:51.they don't have to worry I mean, it's a bigger problem
:05:52. > :05:55.than any other drug. It's just cheap and it's
:05:56. > :05:59.easy to get, you know. Liam from Wolverhampton
:06:00. > :06:00.couldn't agree more. He got hooked on Black Mamba
:06:01. > :06:04.in prison, and was filmed as part But today he's clean,
:06:05. > :06:09.and says he has been for months. His friend Paul has also managed
:06:10. > :06:13.to stop smoking spice. Does something to your brain
:06:14. > :06:17.and...just mashes your head, like. I got to the point where I couldn't
:06:18. > :06:21.do it no more, it was like, At this laboratory at
:06:22. > :06:26.Birmingham City Hospital, urine and blood samples of addicts
:06:27. > :06:29.are put into an analyser, to screen But scientists say it's becoming
:06:30. > :06:36.harder to detect new chemicals since the so-called "legal highs",
:06:37. > :06:38.like Black Mamba, were They say they need more
:06:39. > :06:44.samples, to help find We desperately need actually
:06:45. > :06:47.samples of biological fluids from people that
:06:48. > :06:55.are using the current substances. We get those when people come
:06:56. > :06:58.in in an ambulance in a very critically ill condition sometimes,
:06:59. > :07:01.but we need lots of samples really from people that
:07:02. > :07:03.are able to provide them, Professor Berg is now trying
:07:04. > :07:09.to organise a meeting with police, paramedics and homeless charities,
:07:10. > :07:12.to look at a way forward, and stop "They are our living cathedrals" -
:07:13. > :07:21.that's how Staffordshire's ancient woodlands have been described,
:07:22. > :07:23.but they could be under threat. The Woodland Trust is concerned
:07:24. > :07:26.seven woods could be lost if the proposed route for Phase 2
:07:27. > :07:29.of the High Speed Rail project The route goes from
:07:30. > :07:33.the West Midlands to Crewe. Here's our transport
:07:34. > :07:38.correspondent Peter Plisner. Ancient woodland with a sprinking
:07:39. > :07:40.of bluebells at Whitmore Wood near Newcastle-under-Lyme -
:07:41. > :07:42.this rare forest would be destroyed if the current
:07:43. > :07:48.plans for HS2 go ahead. Ancient woodland is our richest
:07:49. > :07:50.land-based habitat, with over 200 There are fantastic reservoirs,
:07:51. > :07:59.there are natural castles - our living cathedrals,
:08:00. > :08:01.if you like. This area is already something
:08:02. > :08:04.of a transport corridor, with the West Coast Main Line
:08:05. > :08:08.over here and a couple of miles Ancient woodland has
:08:09. > :08:10.survived the construction of both THOSE projects,
:08:11. > :08:13.but the proposals for HS2 would see major earthworks here -
:08:14. > :08:17.meaning the trees would have to go. Whitmore Wood is one of seven
:08:18. > :08:23.ancient woodlands seriously affected by the HS2 line as it tracks north
:08:24. > :08:26.from Birmingham to Crewe. Local residents are also concerned -
:08:27. > :08:29.their homes have been affected too, and many have already sold out
:08:30. > :08:33.to HS2 Ltd. Plans here include two tunnels,
:08:34. > :08:35.which both the Woodlands Trust and residents like Fred Smith say
:08:36. > :08:37.could easily be joined together We are disappointed that it wasn't
:08:38. > :08:45.included in last year's Environmental Impact Assessment
:08:46. > :08:46.report. HS2 has already changed a route
:08:47. > :09:10.in Buckinghamshire, where - as this video shows -
:09:11. > :09:12.the Chiltern tunnel has been extended to protect
:09:13. > :09:15.another ancient woodland. People in Staffordshire now want
:09:16. > :09:22.the same to happen here. The Birmingham boxer Tommy Langford
:09:23. > :09:25.is preparing to fight for the WBO The 27-year-old, who's unbeaten
:09:26. > :09:28.in 18 professional fights, faces Avtandil Khurtsidze
:09:29. > :09:36.a week on Saturday. If successful, Langford will become
:09:37. > :09:38.only the second ever world boxing champion from Birmingham -
:09:39. > :09:40.following super flyweight I'll leave you with
:09:41. > :09:56.the weather from Shefali. Good evening. If you thought the
:09:57. > :10:03.weekend was warm, today was lukewarm but not bad today in Birmingham at
:10:04. > :10:09.14 Celsius, a couple of degrees above average for the time of year.
:10:10. > :10:16.Beautiful blood orange sunrise here, and blue skies and sunshine against
:10:17. > :10:20.-- across many parts of the region. Checking on the progress of the
:10:21. > :10:26.Easter weekend, this is how it is looking. Cool with some sunny
:10:27. > :10:29.spells, and rain, -- some rain, but plenty of dry weather around. The
:10:30. > :10:33.slight change in the weather is being triggered by a weather front,
:10:34. > :10:37.high pressure will always be dominant to the west but there will
:10:38. > :10:41.be more frontal pushing into North Atlantic for the rest of the week.
:10:42. > :10:47.But tonight it is just a drier picture with a lot of cloud, holding
:10:48. > :10:52.those temperatures up at around eight to nine Celsius. We will have
:10:53. > :10:56.cloud across the region though for most of the day tomorrow, filling
:10:57. > :11:01.out to produce a bit of brightness throughout the afternoon. Top
:11:02. > :11:03.temperatures 14 Celsius. But a notable breeze.
:11:04. > :11:07.rain but it will be brighter later. On Sunday, on the cool side for East
:11:08. > :11:24.itself. Good evening. Grace of all it -- it
:11:25. > :11:30.is greatest of all in Scotland. A weather front is on the move. The
:11:31. > :11:33.rain edging down into south-western parts of Scotland and northern
:11:34. > :11:34.Ireland. Much of England and