what drives voters to you in birmingham? mr. mayor: the city of birmingham is a blueberry in tomato soup. in that regards, it is important we are progressive and that i remind people in birmingham, we believe women's rights are human's rights. it is important we let people know we are open for business, whether it is social or on the economic side, that we have to drive a progressive agenda for all people that live in our city. going back to the social aspects of this, there are some things that have taken place at state level that the city of birmingham has not agreed with. we have to push our economic agenda harder. david: we are speaking with the -- how do mayor -- how doour you make your city hospitable to business? typically we think about tax incentives. mr. mayor: the first thing we want to remind people, in the city of birmingham, we are open for business. the second thing, around incentives, a knowledge-based economy, those incentives are not necessarily geared toward place. there more now geared toward how do you inves

mark easton, bbc news, birmingham. throughout the election campaign, the bbc will be looking at the key issues, explaining the policies that are being talked about — and the subjects that aren't. have a look at some of our online explainers at bbc.co.uk/news or on the bbc news app. you will see all the content therefore you as the campaign progresses. action taken by the metropolitan police to to prevent extinction rebellion activists protesting in central london last month was unlwaful, according to the high court. the met now faces the prospect of hundreds of claims of compensation after it enforced a ban on protests of more than two people, in an effort to curb the group's so—called "autumn uprising", as our home affairs correspondent daniel sandford explains. for seven days, extinction rebellion protestors brought parts of london to a stand—still. stretching police resources to the limit. on the eighth day, organisers adopted a tactic from the hong kong pro—democracy movement, in which protestors are told t

struggle for civil rights took place in segregated birmingham. hotel --on the gaston gaston motel as a place of reflection, restoration, and renewal. before we talk about the motel, gaston?his a.g. who was he? we have to understand the significance of this man to understand the significance of the motel. in alabama on july 4, 1892. he had a 10th grade education. his father died when he was young and he was raised by his mother, who was a domestic. now, some of you may not know what that means. that means his mother cooked and .leaned in white people's homes she happens to work in one of the most affluent couples in birmingham's home. gaston served in world war i, and when he came back, he did what most people did in birmingham, which was being fueled by iron and steel mills. he went to work in the mind. he noticed a few things early on -- first of all, his mother was a really good cook. she would prepare lunches for him and the guys that he worked with did not have a lunch, so they would say, i will pay you if i can buy your lunch off of you. he

but fust the city of birmingham symphony orchestra in the u.k. seems to have a bit of a knack of finding talented conduct as the current music director is the lithuanian conduct a mere need tila appointed to the post while still in her twenty's rather like one of a pretty discusses simon rattle now just $33.00 she's the 1st female conductor to have an exclusive contract with a leading classical record company deutsche grammophon and is in much to mom as a guest conductor as here with the door. never heard kashi need to teach is one of the most exciting conductors working today here at dortmund they call her my strum yoga the 33 year old lithuanian will be a regular exclusive guest artist there for 3 years her repertoire includes a rhapsody by polish composer mischa's one of finding. i've. seen the secret vine bag the music of vine basque is marked by the cut us trophies of the 20th century when he got those tall findus sponsors in the hundreds and he said nothing they asked so many apparently some of the strangest to understanding on not on the s

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king had organized in birmingham, alabama after coming out of georgia. and they were marching and you could sort of learn from albany, georgia, what they're marching for and what their expectations were. they had been organizing with adults, but by april they weren't able to mobilize enough adults any longer and turned to children. for me the whole inspiration of this book was the children's march because as a child, watching it on television every night, you know, and having my dad go down to birmingham, it became -- i wanted to march with the children, i wanted to join the movement in a more substantial way, and not just be sort of isolated in stanford, connecticut. so my dad found a way to bring us into the civil rights movement that him and floyd patterson. back then, it was the boxer that would travel with my dad. it wasn't the baseball players. they needed people to bring this ability to the movement and floyd was one of the great guys that went down. and that picture there is at the motel where dr. king was staying. >> up there by my finger? >> ri

king had organized in birmingham alabama. after coming out of albany georgia they were marching and they learned from albany georgia not to be as broad and what they were marching for. they had been organizing with results. for me the whole inspiration of this book was the children's march. watching on television every night and having that. i needed to watch in march with the children. and not be isolated. my dad found a way to bring us into the civil rights movement it was the boxes that would go down and travel with my dad. enthey needed people to bring visibility to thend movement and they were one of the great guys there. that's where dr. king was saying. and my dad the children who have been jailed. they also stayed at that motel. martin luther king a friend of the family.y. what we did as a family as we started doing jazz concerts. my brothers and i sold hotdogs and soda. and then we have a second one after the march and washington. and we have gone to washington as a family. that was a first time by participating in t

we are going to birmingham fora now back tojoanna. we are going to birmingham for a reaction to the ruling that protests outside a primary school against lgbt equality teaching have been abandoned by a court in birmingham was that i think this is the headmistress of the primary school step thank you to the judge for a very clear way forward. and as ever, as a head teacher of a school and he birmingham school, we will carry on doing what we do, we will carry on doing what we do, we will work with parents, families, the local authority and any new legislation that comes from the dfe and we are particularly thrilled the school has not been criticised in anything but the judge school has not been criticised in anything but thejudge has school has not been criticised in anything but the judge has said. do you feel vindicated that the judge has said...? inaudible we knew it was misrepresented, and that was the frustration. when people say things about you that are not true, that is very difficult and it has taken us to come to cart comedy h

and it caused quite a stir at its 1st weekend after a mass brawl erupted at a showing in birmingham on saturday 2 cinema chains actually pulled the film in what critics are calling a kneejerk cowardly and even a racist reaction so before we get into what happened and why let's have a look at what the film's about. to keep. andrew on the bolo he has brought his stories of life in inner city london to the big screen tapping his own you tube short which got 20000000 hits online. the bubbling story is a familiar tale the 2 friends are torn apart by a gang boiled piece of their battling neighborhood over here in the u.k. for sure maybe just in general we do glamorize the power of being top saw for lack we need to talk to them or as near as watch star is to the boys on the way. to the side to see the unemployment. the proof. look at my. good name i did with. one it takes now. the director himself comments on the story rapping directly to the audience young black people change that you could be best friends by the 40th street and not be the film's message is one of hope and escape from the ar

it's where the birmingham campaign was planned and implemented. it's where black men, women and children tested the idea that collective action can change our nation and the world. birmingham is a landscape, one block away from the motel, 16th street, after church, we know the tragic events that happened there in september 1963. there is a lesser-known story. design 16th street act is church in the building that still stands today. a couple of blocks away is the masonic temple, designed by robert taylor the first licensed black architech. the birmingham civil rights institute, designed by the second-generation black architect, max von. birmingham civil right at district and national monument is a fight of activism, achievement, community, architecture, and so much more. who has heard of madame cj walker? the two sisters were born in 1867, they both acheieved alot in business. what i think is powerful about madame cj's madam cj walker. in 1918 she had the gall to construct a house in the most expensive zip code in new york to build this estate on t

following the violence in birmingham, vue was the first cinemark to withdraw the film. it said in the 24 hours since its release there were 25 incidents reported in 16 of its cinemas. some have described the ban as racist and vue said it wasn't taken lightly and not based on biased assumptions. rival chain showcase also withdrew blue story but on monday night reinstated it, and said additional security measures would be put in place at the cinemas where it is shown. the blue story director says it's a story about love, not violence. he has told the bbc he was heard by the decision to ban it and said there was no truth of any correlation between the violence in the cinema in birmingham and the film itself. the controversy hasn't done the film too much harm at the box office. at the cinemas where it is being shown, it has already grossed more than £1.73 it has already grossed more than £1.3 million and is number three in the uk box office charts. tim muffett, bbc news. coming up at 6am on breakfast, dan walker and louise minchin will have all the day's news, business an

five teenagers arrested after a large brawl at a birmingham cinema. machetes are recovered and vue cinemas pull the gang film blue story. leaked documents reveal how china is holding hundreds of thousands of uighur muslims in detention camps, in what critics say is an effort to brainwash them. now on bbc news it's time for sportsday. hello and welcome to sportsday — i'm chetan pathak. late drama... in a six goal thriller between sheffield united and manchester united at bramall lane as the home side score a last minute equaliser. a battle for survival... england's cricketers are in trouble in the first test against new zealand. and it's a struggle but sale beat iii—man la rochelle in the european champions cup. hello and welcome to sportsday. we start with an extraordinary game in the premier league at bramall lane as manchester united scored three goals in seven second half minutes to come from 2—0 down to lead 3—2 at sheffield united. only for the home side to snatch a point with a last minute equaliser. patrick geary reports: bramall lane i

live on the program known as a mirror image of the birmingham per and. you're welcome to the program you're also one of less than a handful of people directly mentioned in the injunction what's your overriding emotion about the ruling 100 don which stated that the contents of the classes were misinterpreted. but i think the judge who is for you to identify what the conflict is between the parents and the and the school. and his findings are all one sided. this is and this whole whole issue has been inflamed by a radical secular. influential lobby in politics in specially in birmingham city council a labor led council if you look at the current manifesto it is pushing. education in every school irrespective of the choose background and you would find across britain there are conservative religious communities who believe that. a father or a mother missing in a family is detrimental to the child's wellbeing and an l g b t lifestyle encourages that it's a very fluid sexual relationship it's only and lifestyle and therefore conservative religious community p

mark easton, bbc news, birmingham. time for a look at the weather now, here's chris fawkes. it isa it is a chilly but bright start to the day for some of us. beautiful scene in dorset, but since then rain has been spreading in and we have rain overnight. we have three separate bands of rain crossing the british isles soever night we would just call it rain at times. but it will be at its heaviest across wales, southern counties of england and the midlands, and given the cloud and rain around, although it is chilly not quite as cold as it was last night. temperatures between four and seven celsius. tomorrow we have wet weather on the way and it could cause problems across northern england and north wales where this band of rain is on it will be slow moving all day. sunshine with the few heavy showers and thunderstorms toward southern coastal counties of england. for the north west, bright weather for noeckler scotland and western areas of northern ireland, not looking too bad but it will be another chilly day for the time of year. temperatures between seven and 10 degrees. th

five teenagers arrested after a large brawl at a birmingham cinema. machetes are recovered and vue cinemas pull the gang film blue story. china's secret brainwashing camps — bbc panorama goes inside the network of high security prisons where inmates are indoctrinated and punished. and coming up at 8:30 — a bbc investigation finds vulnerable children are increasingly being placed in unregulated homes. that's in britain's care scandal exposed. good evening. borisjohnson has launched the conservative party's election manifesto, promising to get his brexit deal passed by parliament, as soon as possible after the election, if he wins. in a speech in telford in shropshire, he offered what he called a "route map" to take the country forward. for the nhs in england there's a pledge to add 50,000 more nurses, and restore nursing grants, that's on top of an existing promise to pump tens of billions more into the health service. he said there'd be no rises in income tax, national insurance and vat for five years. and he pledged to raise the threshold at whic

five teenagers are arrested after a large brawl at a birmingham cinema. machetes are recovered and vue cinemas pull the gang film blue story. china's secret brainwashing camps. bbc panorama goes inside the network of high—security prisons where inmates are indoctrinated and punished. and at 11:30pm, we will be taking an in—depth look at the papers with our reviewers, ros altmann and mihir bose. stay with us for that. borisjohnson has launched the conservative party's election manifesto, promising to get his brexit deal passed by parliament as soon as possible after the election if he wins. in a speech in telford, in shropshire, he offered what he called a route map to take the country forward. for the nhs in england, there was a new pledge to add 50,000 more nurses to the workforce, partly by stemming the flow of people leaving, and also by recruiting from overseas. there was also a promise to restore nursing grants and train more staff. he said there would be no rises in income tax, national insurance and vat for five years. an earlier plan from mrjo

tom burridge, bbc in birmingham. in hong kong, a senior police officer has warned that unrest has brought the city to "the brink of total breakdown." in the latest clashes between police and democracy campaigners the violence has spread to a university campus, where tear gas, rubber bullets and water cannon were used. some of the protestors built barricades and threw petrol—bombs at the police. 0ur correspondent robin brant sent this report. "run", she is shouting in cantonese, and they are running, but not for fun. hong kong students at the university racetrack were escaping the tear gas and rubber bullets as police raided their campus. moving onto the grounds of the chinese university is a marked escalation by the police. he said they needed to stop people throwing bricks and other dangerous items from a campus bridge onto passing traffic. by night, that bridge became the front line in a stand—off. police on one side, protesters on the other, a raging fire in between. 24 hours previously, this place had been co

everyone here in birmingham, it is an absolute honour to speak to you. it's an important moment in our election campaign, the launch of our radical, exciting, transformational manifesto. it is fitting that we are here today in this great city to launch labour's manifesto. birmingham, like salford, where i am from, was the engine room of britain's first industrial revolution. matthew boulton and james watt's steam engine freed people from slow handwork and unleash productivity and factories across the world. this innovation ushered in a new era of technology. also social changes. the creation of the labour party being one of them, as workers began to organise for better conditions. it is here in birmingham today that we remember this proud history of innovation and hope, as labour sets out its vision for a hope, as labour sets out its vision fora green hope, as labour sets out its vision for a green industrial revolution. this we stand at the brink of unstoppable change. we must confront the climate environment emergency was dealing with growing inequalit

jenny kumah, in birmingham, thank you. a 23—year—old man has ben charged in connection with the deaths of 39 vietnamese migrants in a lorry trailer in essex in october. christopher kennedy, from county armagh, in northern ireland, will appear before magistrates tomorrow charged with offences related to a conspiracy to traffick people and break immigration law. in hong kong, there's been a record turnout in local elections, which are being seen as a test of public opinion after six months of pro—democracy protests. opposition parties hope public anger over the government's handling of the unrest will help them to win control of councils, and send a message to beijing. our correspondent, jonathan head, joins me from hong kong. jonathan, the evening has arrived and presumably a while yet before we get the results. how optimistic are the pro—universal suffrage parties that they can win these elections?” think they are pretty hopeful after this really spectacular turnout. turnout normally at local elections is not tha

clovers in birmingham but he's already got ideas for new projects. one of the main things i want to get around to doing is doing a walk in you know the house a sort of interactive you can walk and it. sits in it and so i live in it you know i mean for a few minutes and yet you can. then cullen will need some fairly original ideas to stand out among the legions of imaginative cake bakers. one cake is more off the wall than the next but the all it's good enough to eat. when you think of share this thing you may as immediately come to mind these people from t.v. traditionally work as porters but here in europe we have a few remaining mountain porters to carry tons of food drinks and material up sort of mt shelter in the slovakian tetra national park without destroying the courage of schools the mt lodges could not exist and twice a year the european sharpest meet for a cup of titian to find out who is quickest at carrying heavy loads to the top. 50 sherpas set off on a race each carrying 60 kilos of supplies on their backs through the high touch of moun

two cinema chains withdraw the gang film blue story after a brawl at a cinema in birmingham on saturday. coming up — china's prison camps: leaked documents reveal the government re—education programme at detention centres for nearly a million people. that's at 9:15am. and in sport, a world away from world cup form. new zealand crush england by an innings. that and more at 9:35am. good morning — and welcome to the bbc news at nine. pro—democracy parties in hong kong have made huge gains in local elections, with voter turnout the highest in the territory's history. the councils they've elected only have limited powers, but the result is being seen as a clear verdict on the way the authorities have handled more than five months of anti—government protests. chinese state media had urged voters to use the election to denounce the pro—democracy movement, but the results convey the opposite message. hong kong's leader, carrie lam says she says she will listen to the views of the public with an open mind. and the chinese government has reiterated its support for her. for the pro—d

our correspondent phil mackie is in birmingham. yes, some of those protests were very noisy, quite boisterous. occasionally i was there when there was a few dozen people, sometimes several hundred. the protesters, very few with him were parents of children at the school, claimed the school was promoting homosexuality which is neither age appropriate, and they also said it was against the religious beliefs of the vast majority of the parents who happen to be muslim. today thejudge majority of the parents who happen to be muslim. today the judge said they were not telling the truth, they were not telling the truth, they had misrepresented what was being taught in the school and he extended the temporary injunction which was introduced in the summer. it means there is an exclusion zone around the school, they need to tone things down and cannot shout at pa rents things down and cannot shout at parents and children as they arrived for lessons. after the hearing, we heard from the head teacher. what the case has shown was the real contr

and then we had birmingham. it started in the actual screen itself, of blue story, and it spilt out into the foyer and then it got really ' kly. rapman is extremely disappointed. he feels he and his film are being unfairly picked on. i feel like they bullied me because i‘m a small film. they wouldn‘t have pulled frozen, they wouldn‘t have pulled last christmas. like, they‘ve pulled a little independent movie that needs it more than them other movies, like, it‘s my debut. it‘s an independent. i had a lot to prove and they kind of just swept my legs from underneath me when i was literally running at full speed. we have shown 500 movies a year for the 30 years that i've been working in the uk. something like this has never happened and that's completely agnostic to race, to culture. it's the actual movie, what happened, and if there's a safety issue, we absolutely would have pulled a scorsese film. we would have pulled a spielberg film, we would have pulled anyone's film, but it's never happened before.

the nash -- you have heard about birmingham. the national museum made us aware there's a plan to demolish the ag gaston hotel. we created a plan for a public advocacy campaign that would result in the creation of this motel becoming the centerpiece of the newly created birmingham civil rights national monument. , this could beg considered one of the most important civil rights landmarks in the entire world. it is where the birmingham campaign was planned and implanted. it is where black men -- implant implemented. d one block away from the motel, 16th street, after church, we know the tragic events that happened there's timber 1963. there is a lesser-known story. design 16th street act is church in the building that still stands today. a couple of blocks away is the masonic temple, designed by robert taylor. the birmingham civil rights institute, designed by the second-generation black architect, max von. birmingham civil right at district and national monument is a fight of activism, achievement, community, architecture, and so

a5 confusion at the star city complex in birmingham as police tried to restore order. 0fficers in birmingham as police tried to restore order. officers were called following reports that a group of people armed with machete5 had arrived at the cinema stop fights broke out as the police tried to move around 100 people. a number of officers were wounded, though the injurie5 officers were wounded, though the injuries are not thought to be 5eriou5. injuries are not thought to be serious. one girl punched this girl in the face, 5tarted slapping her. the audience watching wa5 in the face, 5tarted slapping her. the audience watching was getting involved. the next thing you know the police rushed in with their baton ‘s, telling everyone to get out and stay away. so there were kid5 crying on the floor with their mums, kid5 crying on the floor with their mum5, because obviously the frozen film was out. and it was just really sad to see. another eyewitness described it as one of the scariest moments of her life. several people have been arrested for assaulting officers and failing to dispose. a forme

sian lloyd, bbc news, birmingham. and we'll be taking another in—depth look at the papers with our reviewers mo hussein and rachel shabi. that's all coming up after the headlines at 11:30pm. there's been a series of high—profile resignations from malta's government, all connected to the investigation into the murder ofjournalist daphne ca ruana galizia, who was killed by a car bomb in 2017. this evening, protesters in malta demanded the resignation of the prime minister. earlier, joseph muscat‘s chief adviser stepped down amid reports he was being questioned by police. the tourism minister resigned shortly afterwards and the economy minister has also stepped aside. all three deny any wrongdoing. a couple from west sussex have emerged as the winners of a euromillions jackpot worth £105 million. steve and lenka thompson are the country's ninth biggest winners. a warning: this report by duncan kennedy has flash photography. cheering reddit only, this is what happiness looks like. stephen lenka thompson have won £

a second cinema chain has stopped showing the film after violence broke out at a cinema in birmingham. showcase has followed vue cinemas in pulling the film. odeon cinemas say they have extra secrity in place for screenings. west midlands police described the violence that broke out on saturday evening as some of the worst their officers had seen. earlier, my colleaguejoanna gosling spoke the designer william adoasi who is leading calls for a boycott of the cinemas who've banned the film. i think it sets a really, really negative precedent. i think when you actually watch the film, which i fortunately have, you see that it actually humanises people from these backgrounds and it gives you context to why people may go down the wrong path and actually shows you how empty that lifestyle is. so it in no way glorifies that lifestyle at all. so for them to just blanket ban it is really, really bad. the police didn't say that the film shouldn't be shown. why do you think that this link was made between what happened in birmingham and then this ban coming about? i think there has been some ass

sian lloyd, bbc news, birmingham. anybody yet to register to vote in next month's general election has missed the boat. the deadline ran out at midnight. nearly 3 million people have applied to register in the past month, with more than a third under 25. much more on all the news for you anytime on the bbc news website. and you can get in touch with me and most of the team on twitter. now on bbc news, sport today. hello, i'm chetan pathak and this is sport today, live from the bbc sport centre. coming up on the programme: from 2—0 down, tottenham win jose mourinho's first champions league game in charge and qualify for the knockout stages. russia's told they'll be able to compete at euro 2020, even if a four—year ban from sporting events comes into effect. and after a year where he nearly retired and then came back, we hearfrom former world number one andy murray about his new documentary. welcome to the programme. we start with football, and three more teams have qualified for the knockout phase of the european c

sian lloyd, bbc news, birmingham. there's been a series of high—profile resignations from malta's government — all connected to the investigation into the murder ofjournalist daphne ca ruana galizia, who was killed by a car bomb in 2017. this evening, protesters in malta demanded the resignation of the prime minister. earlierjoseph muscat‘s chief adviser stepped down amid reports he was being questioned by police. the tourism minister resigned shortly afterwards and the economy minister has stepped aside. all three deny any wrongdoing. the numbers of people following adult learning courses in england has halved in the last decade — giving fewer people a second chances if they failed to achieve good results in school. teenagers who fail their gcses have a much lower chance of ever getting to an a—level or equivalent qualification. 0ur education editor bra nwen jeffreys reports from wolverhampton. wolverhampton has ambition but lacks skills. too many adults with no qualifications, part of a national skills gap

, there's the statement i need to breathe there is also a reference to the city that i was born in, birmingham alabama had the worst air quality in the nation a year that i was born and i was thinking of the prevalence of asthma and environmental racism and the way that it makes it very hard to breathe actually and then i was thinking about the kind of holding one's breath and anxiety around the threat of violence moments of racial injustice and also in part because of a team of age in a art form with an extraordinary skill of rappers that i noticed to say all of those words requires a management of the breath. so i want them to breathe of course in the sense of taking in what they need to survive and flourishd but also managing thr breath, navigating it did the difficult moments which is what it means to get out and succeed. it is a powerful metaphorho for me. >> host: fear, fly, fortune. what does this mean? >> guest: the fear part, and i should say that that structure comes both from richard wright's native son between the world and me and there is a modification that i will talk about. the

brighton beat birmingham 3—0. reading drew with bristol city whilst at anfield everton won the merseyside derby i—0. into the second set now in the atp world tour finals between stefanos tsitsipas and dominic thiem. neither have lifted the end of season title before and with around £i.5 million to the winner there's plenty at stake at london's o2 arena. these are live pictures that you can watch right now on bbc two. tsitsipas is making his debut in the tournament full stop and saw off roger federer in yesterday's semi finals whilst thiem beat federer and novak djokovic in the round robin phase and then defending champion alexander zverev to make it this far. the first set went the way of thiem in a tie break. into the second set, tsitsipas a double break to the good. lewis hamilton could be stripped of his third place finish at a chaotic brazilian grand prix that was won by max verstappen. ferrari's sebastian vettel and charles leclerc had already taken each other out towards the end of the race. that brought

and chelsea stay top of the women's super league after an emphatic 6—0 win over birmingham city. and there's more on the bbc sport website, including news of spain being crowned tennis world champions after winning the davis cup in its new week—long format in madrid. that's it. now on bbc one, it's time for the news where you are. 00:23:58,161 --> 4294966103:13:29,430 have a very good night. hello. this is bbc news with lukwesa burak. more now on the lib dems — and their leader, jo swinson, has said there has "been a squeeze" on her party during the campaign, but that she is "not conceding yet". speaking on the bbc‘s andrew marr show, swinson also attacked jeremy corbyn's neutral stance on brexit, and said the liberal democrats' priority was to stop brexit from happening. well, of course the liberal democrats want to stop brexit and we will be campaigning to stop brexit. ok, if that is the case, jeremy corbyn is offering a referendum, you may not like every aspect of what he is saying, but he is offering a referendum, and borisjohnson very much isn't, doesn't that mean you

they've been clearing this site in recent months on the edge of birmingham to make way for high speed 2's main rail depot. today, it's clear and almost ready for construction to begin. supporters of the scheme say this area, washwood heath, will benefit, and local businessman mushtaq khan agrees. washwood heath, obviously, it's slightly rundown area, but this sort of thing coming in would generate some jobs, maybe, and put value on the area. i think it's going to be good for the area. hs2's future was thrown into doubt in the summer when boris announced a review. but a leaked version of that review only recommends minor alterations to the project. when the rail depot here is finished, it will create hundreds of jobs, but the benefits of the new railway have been overshadowed in recent months by its price tag, which has leapt up by around £30 billion. this leaked report suggests the price could rise further, but recommends that the scheme should still go ahead. supporters of hs2 now want a more definitive green light from the main parties. what we need to see is all the parties commit

a mass brawl at an entertainment complex on saturday night in birmingham. seven police officers were injured, there have been six arrests, including a 13—year—old girl. the violence led to vue cinemas pulling blue story, showcase cinemas soon followed. across social media, many have questioned the decision, including this podcaster. a lot of people online have been saying there is some institutional racism going on around it. for me, i've been quite clear when i've sent out my letter to the vue cinema. there are a number of points which they'd still yet to address in terms of what their decision making process is, are there any precedents for what they've done and how are they going to address that? because there are a lot more violent films that are out there. thejoker is out at the moment. blue story can still be seen at cinemas across the country. the odeon is one of the chains that's not withdrawing the film. it says there will be security measures in place at screenings though. west midlands police have said it's not asked for or recommended for th

our political editor laura kuenssberg sent this from the conservative launch in birmingham. he has been one of the best—known politicians in the country for a decade. but fame and having faith are not the same thing. he may be the tory party's darling, but he wants you to trust him, and to stay in number ten. i didn't want an election. i love myjob, and no prime minister wants an election, particularly when i'm enjoying it so much that we want to get on and do. but, my friends, we have no choice. the whole brexit delay is holding us all back. it's like a bendy bus. i banned them in london — jackknifed on a yellow box junction. laughter and adoration in this room, but if claiming a crop of mps is the answer, why should the new one speak from his side? we get this deal through parliament and get on with the fantastic projects in which this government is engaged, uniting and levelling up the country, giving people opportunity across the country with better education, better infrastructure and new technology. that is what this government is all about. cheering. it's about gi

police say some of their officers were assaulted outside starcity in birmingham. and we'll be taking an in—depth look at the papers with our reviewers, evening standard home affairs correspondent, martin bentham, and broadcaster, lynne faulds—wood. stay with us for that. good evening. jeremy corbyn has defended his decision to adopt a neutral stance in the event of a future brexit referendum — calling it a sign of strength and maturity. he told last night's bbc question time leaders‘ special he would not campaign for leave or remain if his party wins power — in order to allow him to credibly carry out what voters decide. his opponents have questioned his position as our political correspondent nick eardley reports. applause whatever your priority at this election, brexit is one of the biggest issues facing the country. for months, labour has walked a political tightrope, trying to keep everyone — leave and remain — happy. ifjeremy corbyn wins power, he's promising a new deal and another referendum. but he's now confirmed he won't pick a side. you're

five teenagers have been arrested after a brawl at a cinema in birmingham, in which a number of police officers were injured. fights broke out during attempts to clear around 100 people from the star city leisure complex early yesterday evening. two machetes were seized. here's jenny kumar. screaming. chaos and confusion at the star city complex in birmingham early last night as the police tried to restore order. officers were called following reports that a group of people armed with machetes had arrived at the cinema. fights broke out as the police tried to move around 100 people. it was a frightening atmosphere and it's almost very upsetting because this is a place where families come to enjoy themselves, it's an entertainment complex, these young kids were there last night to see frozen. police brought tasers to try to contain the incident and several arrests were made for assaulting officers. this happened spontaneously. as we said we are not certain what caused it so we won't get into speculation. it is reassuring we were able to deal with it. this photo has been widely shared on