welcome to birmingham. we have often discussed house prices are rising because supply isn't keeping up with demand. at if you look around at most guidelines they are full of cranes and they tend to indicate what everyone is thinking about the economy. if you are building, people might havejobs, they might be looking to move, and a regeneration of city centres, like here in birmingham. this used to be the public gnabry but it has been demolished and here they are going to put up a big office block, now another one with shops and offices and things, really reflecting the booming demand for accommodation, commercial or residential. with me to shed some light on this, edwin from deloitte, and rob from the development. good morning. birmingham is topping the list as far as crane activity is concerned. we might smile but it is serious and important because it shows that developers are confident about the economy? yes, absolutely. we are seeing activity in all sectors, especially strong in residential, and a big u

wayne there, calling from birmingham, alabama. taking your calls while we watch the nominee for attorney general come back into the room. as soon as they start the testimony we'll end our calls. want to try to get one more here, bruce from warwick, rhode island, independent. bruce, sorry we're going to have to have you turn down your tv there. we're going to get started though. looks like things are getting under way for the next round of

"i am in birmingham because injustice is here. injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere." king's lawyers snuck out his manifesto which would come to be known as the "letter from birmingham jail." it galvanized his supporters. after weeks of demonstrations, doctor king's message had moved from the fringes, and was being widely reported in the national media. finally, a resolution was reached. "over the last 72 hours, the business community of birmingham has responded in a constructive and commendable fashion and pledged that substantial steps would begin to meet the justifiable needs of the negro community." king and others would capitalize on the momentum as they worked to organize the march on washington on august 8, 1963. *singing "we shall overcome. we shall overcome. we shall overcome someday." "the day he gave the speech in washington, the 'i have a dream speech,' from texas across to florida up to maryland we couldn't use a sink or public toilet. my high school senior class couldn't take a picture on the lawn of

a four—year—old muslim girl is at the centre of a row in birmingham. she was reportedly told she couldn't wear a hijab — a headscarf — by her catholic primary school. the school was accused by one councillor of breaking equality laws. in contrast, some muslims have pointed out pre—pubescent girls are not mandated to wear the headscarf at all. but it's another case in the great national discussion about the right boundary between tolerance and non—conformity. should a four—year— old be wearing a hijab in a uk primary school? katie razzall has been to birmingham to find out what's been going on. it's a regular morning for these seven and eight—year—olds at birmingham's anderton park primary school. in this classroom today five of the girls were dressed in hijabs, the traditional head covering sometimes worn by muslim women. here, headscarves are allowed as long as they're purple or white. with some pupils in every year opting to wear them, the headteacher is relaxed about their choices. i think sometimes some of these cultural practices l

jeremy cooke, bbc news, birmingham. it's one of scotland's most beautiful mountain ranges, but a couple from leicestershire, who disappeared after setting off with their dog on a new year's day walk in the cairngorms, have been speaking of their lucky escape. bob and cathy elmer, both experienced hill walkers, were caught out after miscalculating the length of their walk. they were forced to spend the night in a white out after the cloud suddenly closed in and it began snowing. 0ur scotland correspondent, lorna gordon, has the story. the brutal conditions of a scottish winter. out on the hills — 50 mph winds, freezing temperatures and deep snow. i'm not cold, to be honest. bob and cathy elmer had become disorientated in the appalling weather and had realised their only option was to hunker down when their torch failed. their footprints and those of their dog, spotted from a helicopter, helped narrow the search. the guy's in pretty good nick. then this, the moment a mountain rescue team found them and then guided them

newcastle are also through to the fourth round after beating fellow championship side birmingham 3—1 at stjames' park. matt ritchie put them ahead from the penalty spot, before yoan gouffran doubled their lead just after the half—hour mark. birmingham are still without a win under new manager gianfranco zola, they did manage to pull one back in the second half through david cotterill. but it wasn't enough, as matt ritchie added his second of the night and newcastle's third. they travel to league one oxford in the next round. baroness rachael heyhoe flint has died at the age of 77. one of the finest women's cricketers in a 22—year england career, 12 of them as captain. she was the first woman to be elected onto the full mcc committee. the ecb says "cricket was hugely enhanced by her fearless approach and pioneering spirit." clare connor is director of women's cricket at the ecb. she was a trailblazer and a pioneer for the women's game, you know, the fa ct for the women's game, you know, the fact that her name was so widely known at a time when women's cricket wasn't necessarily, y

the birmingham, alabama public library hosted this 50 minute talk. >> in the days following the murders at the pulse nightclub in orlando, like a lot of people i was following the news accounts and reading what i could find to read and trying to make some sense of what had happened. doing that, i came across an editorial online by nancy unger. and that short editorial helps ed me understand the importance of gay bars and clubs in a way i had never understood before, as how important they are as gathering places and places of activism and places of significance in american history. i decided that day we had to bring nancy unger to birmingham she could share her insights and research with us. we are pleased we have been able to do that. nancy c. unger is professor of history at santa clara university where she began her course on gays and lesbians in u.s. history in 2004. a sample class can be viewed in the c-span online library. her work on lgbtq history is featured in her 2012 book " beyond nature's housekeepers: american women in environmental history." she is also the author of prize-

[applause] >> well, i am so honored to be here at the birmingham public library. and i really want to thank jim for inviting me to speak and for worked to everyone who so successfully to publicize this event. most of all, i really want to thank all of you for taking the time to hear a talk about history, of all things, on a sunday afternoon. in his invitation to me, jim wrote "i was struck by the similarities between the role of gay nightclubs in the gay rights movement and african-american churches in the civil rights movement. " and i thought that was a pretty perceptive observation. the surface, the church you see there on the left in montgomery alabama, it doesn't seem to have a lot in common with a seedy bar on the right, operating illegally in greenwich village new york. that beautiful church in montgomery was designated as a inional historic landmark 1974 in memory of martin luther king jr. who served as the from 1954-1960. he helped to organize the montgomery bus boycott in the office in the church's basement. and yet, this june, president declared that se

jeremy cooke, bbc news, birmingham. newsjust in. british airways cabin crew are to stage a 48—hour strike next week after rejecting an offer aimed at resolving a dispute over pay. unite, the union representing the striking crew, have described pay as "poverty wages." the strike will start on the 10th january. commuters unhappy about the cost of rail travel have protested at railway stations in england and wales. ticket prices went up yesterday by an average of 2.3%. the protests were organised by the campaign group, action for rail, which wants train services returned to public ownership. commuters in scotland will return to work tomorrow after the new year holiday. daniel boettcher‘s at king's cross station in central london. asi as i understand it, daniel, they weren't huge protests, do they represent wider sentiment among passengers and commuters? well, certainly, many people that we spoke to here today were not happy that they will be paying more. this was their first day back at work since these increases came into force. 1

it's another day of unrelenting demand in the emergency department of birmingham's queen elizabeth hospital. is there any movement in terms of beds? patients are lining up on trolleys in the corridor, and the waiting room is packed. next customer, counter one, please. she's taken an overdose of some prescribed medication... the psychiatric team, based in the department, is dealing with a number of people who've tried to take their own lives. she had a follow on plan, she'd taken an overdose the last time. among them, a woman in her early 20s. doctors have dealt with the physical affects of the overdose, but the root cause is her history of mental health problems. what's happened, then?

for degrees in birmingham, some brightness to be had across the ba rca brightness to be had across the barca southeast at times. even here, the rain will arrive as we go on previous evening. as the main body of the rain clears through, it leaves behind a lot of cloud but

blackburn drew with birmingham. cardiff beat burton albion i—0, derby beat promotion rivals reading 3—2 and huddersfield are up to third after a 2—0 win over ipswich. newcastle have gone top after thrashing bottom club rotherham 4—0. norwich earned a much

in birmingham, it was even closer. half a million people went to the polls in this city and the winning margin for leave was onlyjust under 4,000 votes. so now people have an inkling of what brexit means, what do they think? andy and debbie are typical. one voted leave, the other remain. if it's too high a price to remain in the single market in terms of the price we have to pay for immigration, it's a fair trade—off in my opinion. i'm afraid to say that although i voted to stay in, it probably makes sense because going forward, if we're out, we're out. making the coffees are maria from slovakia and veronica from hungary. both might be allowed to stay, but in the future for people wanting to work here, life could be more difficult. i would like to choose what country i want to live in or work in. so if i have to leave just because of brexit, i wouldn't like it. the salary is much better than hungary, even for the same job. and for the english manager of this independent coffee shop, tougher border controls would mean

seema kotecha, bbc news, birmingham. our home editor mark easton is here. what can be done about these rising numbers? it is not inevitable and we know with political will you can solve it, in 1999 the labour government said there were a certain number of people on the streets and they could reduce it by two years, and they did. they said they would eradicate rough sleeping once and for all, in 2008, they thought they could, and then in 2008 we have the financial crash, policies of austerity and welfare reform were introduced to deal with the economic crisis and critics say, as you heard, that exacerbated the homelessness crisis. the figures for those sleeping rough have been increasing rapidly over the last few yea rs. increasing rapidly over the last few years. a couple of examples. christchurch in dorset, no one star there in 2010 but today ten people are on the streets. —— no one slept rough there in 2010. in brighton, down 144, and that 4000 figure that we have been quoted, that is an estimate, probably underestimate of the numbers sleeping on any

that's why in birmingham, they've set up this street triage team to intervene before people reach the emergency department. the patient hearing voices, stating, going to kill someone. with a police officer, paramedic and psychiatric nurse on board, they respond to 999 calls where there are mental health concerns. i'm a nurse, my name's lisa. 0k, and we're the triage team. already this evening, the man they're visiting has called for an ambulance several times. his physical health is checked, they listen to and assess him. are you telling me that there was these negative voices in your head at the moment? i think like there's someone controlling me. it's kind of like, i'm some kind of machine. after half an hour, it's agreed, rather than going to a&e, he'll keep a community appointment in the morning. has it helped having the visit? i think the first step is me asking for help, as well as being assured that i will get the help. over the last four, five weeks, he's been going to a&e quite a lot. i think he's had six admissions through a&e. so we've come out tonight to try and prevent th

that's why in birmingham they've set up this street triage team to intervene before people reach the emergency department. the patient here is hearing voices stating — going to kill someone. with a police officer, paramedic and psychiatric nurse on board, they respond to 999 calls where there are mental health concerns. already this evening the man they're visiting has called for an ambulance several times. his physical health is checked, they listen to and assess him. are you telling me that there was these negative voices in your head at the moment? i think like there's someone controlling me. it's kind of like, i'm some kind of machine. after half an hour it's agreed, rather than going to a&e, he'll keep a community appointment in the morning. has it helped having the visit? i think the first step is me asking for help as well as being assured that i will get the help. over the last four, five weeks he's been going to a&e quite a lot. i think he's had six admissions through a&e. so we've come out tonight to try and prevent that cycle. night and day the street triage team is in d

seema kotecha, bbc news, birmingham. four school children, all under the age of 13, have been taken to hospital after taking cocaine, they thought was sherbet. it happened at broadstone middle school at poole in dorset. 0ur correspondent, duncan kennedy, is there. a strange and potentially very disturbing incident. it happened on january the 3rd although it has only just come to light. what seems to have happened judging from what the police and headteacher said is that the pupil turned up the school, we do not know how old they wear, with white powder. three other children then became involved, they all thought it was sweets but for some reason the alarm is raised, police we re reason the alarm is raised, police were called to the school. also southwest ambulance who turn up and check over the children. the children are sent to hospital as a precaution, given a check over and sent home and police said there was no suggestion that the children ingested anything. the police are confirming that this was cocaine. we have no

london or the heart of birmingham, can we? ithink so, actually. in london or the heart of birmingham, can we? i think so, actually. in a sense, you have to trust your own society right? back to basics parenting is what it is all about. you don't have to try so hard. and the byproduct of giving kids greater independence — more time for yourself, at least, when they are a little older. head due west from here and you will reach essex. the uk may be geographically close by there are fundamental differences between society and not all of the lessons from here can simply be exported over there. but they may just inspire you. don't forget, bbc .com/ news is the website and we are looking at them and's water finals in melbourne is taking place and stanislas wawrinka is up againstjo—wilfried tsonga. freezing fog is likely to become extensive, so on tuesday morning, similar to monday morning, freezing fog patches could give rise to travel to disruption, to roads and airports, so head online for the latest updates. through the night the fog becomes exte

birmingham, alabama has a winter storm watch. how about that. for us, we'll be tracking this one tomorrow. watch the timing here. here we are at 1:00. notice, we've got snow showers around the area at 1:00. but here's the next one that will catch the first one. coming together around our area. here's 7:00 and by0: the only exception down towards southern maryland. down from fredericksburg area. it lift out of here by 3:00. it's over by 3:00. that means anything on the roads, they may be able to treat the roads and the main roads should be okay. incompetent wouldn't be surprised to see delays early on friday morning. 8:00 a.m., the storm is out of here. who gets what? half an inch to the south and east of d.c. to the north and west, though, this is where we're going to see the biggest problems. leesburg, frederick, montgomery county, winchester area, panhandle of west virginia. could see a problem there. i would expect some delays early on friday morning. again, not a huge storm. just something to watch. your commuter forecast. thursday night, ok

jeremy cooke, bbc news, birmingham. sales of vinyl records are at their highest for 25 years, boosted by a new generation of record collectors who buy the albums — but may not even play them. most people these days listen to music via streaming sites such as spotify. but increasingly they're also buying records in their physical format, as collectors' items. david sillito has more. music: whole lotta love by led zeppelin. led zep ii, classic album. for phil barton of sister are records, there is no debates — musicjust sounds better when it comes on a 12 inch disk. but as a business, it's been tough. however, things have begun to change. listen, ten years ago, i would have given you the keys the shop and said, look, i can't make any money out of this. i didn't realise this stuff was still going to be hanging around. last year bowie topped the chart, prince was also in the top ten — memories of those we've lost. of course, it's worth putting this into some sort of perspective. context, because just imagine that each

and in our birmingham newsroom is dr simon cotton — a chemistry academic from the university of birmingham. firstly, what can you tell me about this particular product and why it raises concerns? good afternoon. it has been known for over 20 years that high levels of acrylamide can produce cancer in animals. but these are much higher levels than one would get in a normal diet, you're talking about 1000—10,000 times higher in the tests they conducted. what does that mean when we are talking about a slice of toast? what does that mean when we are talking about a slice of toast7m means, realistically, that you should be quite safe if you are a regular toast eater, if you just haveit regular toast eater, if you just have it cooked golden yellow rather than burnt. a lot of people like their toast on the darker side. have you heard of this before? no! i think it's a bit one too many but anyway, if there is a problem, it needs to be addressed. but i am a food consultant, chef, restaurant, you know, we have in my restaurant group, 19 restaurants and we tell out group, 19 restaurants and we tell

simon rattle made his name with the city of birmingham symphony orchestra, now under the direction of mirga grazinyt —tyla, who is operating under severe financial constraints. one of your great loves has been cut quite hard. no, i mean it's, this is a terrible thing. at the time where the orchestra is on such a high, they have appointed mirga, who is a simply wonderful conductor, another very charismatic personality. at what point do these sort of cuts start to have a real effect on the the orchestra to perform. now! absolutely now! he says he will do his best to help — adding another job to a lengthening to do list for his return to britain in september. will gompertz, bbc news. newsnight is coming up on bbc two. here on bbc one it's time for the news where you are. good evening. these are the headlines this evening. ipswich are stunned as non—league lincoln knock them out of the fa cup. sutton will also be flying the non—league flag in round four after beating ten—man afc wimbledon. wales make alan win jones beating ten—man afc wimbledon. wales make alan winjones their

as the rain initially arrives across the midlands, only four celsius in birmingham. maybe the odd glimmer of brightness for a time across the south—east. this evening and tonight, the rain will work its way southwards and eastwards and all others will see some rain. behind it we have cloud, missed and murk, but look at these temperatures. these are the overnight lows. frost free. scotla nd are the overnight lows. frost free. scotland will see the brightest of the weather tomorrow particularly towards the north and the east. elsewhere, a lot of cloud, missed and murk, spots of light rain and drizzle out west. but it is less chilly, vertically down to the south, ten or 11 degrees. if you are out and about on saturday night, a lot of cloud, missed and murk. it is because of high pressure and what this high—pressure is, it means light winds. it is stagnant air, so nothing much that will break the cloud up during sunday. the grey day for the most part. the best of the brightness across north—eastern scotland. patchy rain in the west. the mildest weather in the west

sima kotecha, bbc news, birmingham. in her speech today, the prime minister made a point of saying she wanted the four nations of the uk to have their say as britain prepares to leave the eu. let's hear now from our correspondents in cardiff and belfast, but first our scotland editor, sarah smith. nicola sturgeon, the first minister of scotland, responded to theresa may's speech today by saying she think it is has increased the chances there will be a seconding referendum on scottish independence. she said it's clear that the uk is heading for a hard brexit, which they she thinks will be economically catastrophic and will not allow scotla nd catastrophic and will not allow scotland to be stem rollered down a pathit scotland to be stem rollered down a path it didn't vote for. at the end of last year, the first minister put together a paper outlining you how she thinks scotland could stay in the single market if the uk leaves. that could only happen if the prime minister and the uk government agrees with it. she says she

birmingham city's sophie baggaley has been called up as a replacement. it's a blow for manager mark sampson, although his side is unbeaten in ten matches, he says they still have a lot of work to do, in order to reach the right level for the european championship this summer. ending the year ten unbeaten was a good stat for us and we wanted that year to be a winning year and we focused a lot on results and we found ways to win. but 2017 changes. we have got to be a better team and we are nowhere near the team we want to be and we have got a lot to do and hard work to get through, but the team are looking forward to that and it starts injanuary. rory mcilroy has pulled out of golf's abu dhabi championship after scans today showed he has a fractured rib. he picked up the problem in south africa last week, but played on believing it to be fatigue. he just lost out to graeme storm in a play—off yesterday. mcilroy said he was bitterly disappointed to miss the event in abu dhabi, where he's finished as a runner—up four times. ireland hooker sean cronin has

this weekend, glasgow, next weekend, birmingham. it is like a cartoon. you forget they are real people, taking those real hit. next, horse racing. british horse racing is set to get a funding boost with overseas betting firms that take bets from british customers having to pay back 10 per cent of their profits to help support the sport. uk based book makers will also pay a levy, that the government hopes to introduce in april. this could add around £30 million to the sport's funds. nick rust is the chief executive of the british horse racing authority and joins us now. give us a guide to what these changes will mean. about 55 years ago, when betting was allowed away from racecourses, a levy was set up a british horse racing to compensate for the fact that people would make their bets away from the racecourse and there would be a loss of income. and that would be bookmakers. yes. so for around 50 years, betting shops are paid around 10% of their profits on british racing to help fund the sport. ten years ago, and this is a success story for betting and b

seema kotecha, bbc news, birmingham. with me isjon sparkes, chief executive of the homeless charity crisis. thank you for being with us and assume from the work you do at your charity the increase that we are talking about today is regrettably not a surprise to you? no, and it is appalling, a 16% increase that is over 4,000 people sleeping on the streets. you look under that figure and there is thousands who are desperate enough to sleep in a door way, a bus shelter or a park. do we have any way of knowing or understanding how many of them really desperately do want to be in a home. do many people choose to live that way? the vast majority don't make that choice. if you're on the streets, you're 17 times more likely to be the victim of violence. the average life you die is 47. this is not a lifestyle choice. these are people who have if they have tried to knock on doors and go and get help, is there isn't enough help there, that there are not enough places for them to say, what are the key root causes. the root causes of

seema kotecha, bbc news, birmingham. northumbria university has faced a fine after two students almost died after taking part in a test, giving them the equivalent of 300 cups of coffee. both have since recovered. usain bolt is to lose one of his nine olympic gold medals. the international olympic committee has disqualified his jamaican relay team mate, nesta carter, because of a doping violation at the beijing games in 2008. as a result, the whole jamaican team including bolt, who completed an unprecedented "triple triple" in rio last summer, has been stripped of its gold. with me now is our sports news reporter alex capstick. just explain what exactly this other athlete did wrong. nesta carter was athlete did wrong. nesta carter was a key member of the jamaican sprint relay squad, he ran the first leg and always gave them an edge early on in the race. he helped them to win two olympic titles, one of london, in beijing, and three world titles. but the ioc have conducted retesti ng titles. but the ioc have conducted rete

in birmingham, it was even closer. half a million people went to the polls in this city and the winning margin for leave was onlyjust under a,000 votes. so now people have an inkling of what brexit means, what do they think? andy and debbie are typical. one voted leave, the other remain. if it's too high a price to remain in the single market in terms of the price we have to pay for immigration, it's a fair trade—off in my opinion. i'm afraid to say that although i voted to stay in, it probably makes sense because going forward, if we're out, we're out. making the coffees are maria from slovakia and veronica from hungary. both might be allowed to stay, but in the future for people wanting to work here, life could be more difficult. i would like to choose what country i want to live in or work in. so if i have to leave just because of brexit, i wouldn't like it. the salary is much better than hungary, even for the same job. and for the english manager of this independent coffee shop, tougher border controls would mean

that's why, in birmingham, they've set up this street triage team to intervene before people reach the emergency department. with a police officer, paramedic and psychiatric nurse on board, they respond to 999 calls when there are mental health concerns. i'm a nurse. my name's lisa and we are the triage team. already this evening, the man they are visiting has called for an ambulance several times. his physical health is checked, they listen to and assess him. are you telling me that there are these negative voices in your head at the moment? ithink, like, there's someone controlling me. it's kind of like i'm some kind of machine. after half an hour, it's agreed, rather than going to a&e, he will keep a community appointment in the morning. has it helped, having the visit? i think the first step is me asking for help as well as being assured that i will get the help. 0ver over the last four or five weeks, he has been going to a and it quite a lot. he has had six admissions. we have come out tonight to prevent that. night and day, the street triage team is in demand. they believe it is

that's why in birmingham they've set up this street triage team to intervene before people reach the emergency department. the patient here is hearing voices stating — going to kill someone. with a police officer, paramedic and psychiatric nurse on board, they respond to 999 calls where there are mental health concerns. oonchts i'm a nurse, my name's lisa. already this evening the man they're visiting has called for an ambulance several times. his physical health is checked, they listen to and assess him. are you telling me that there was these negative voices in your head at the moment? i think like there's someone controlling me. it's kind of like, i'm some kind of machine. after half an hour it's agreed, rather than going to a&e, he'll keep a community appointment in the morning. has it helped having the visit? i think the first step is me asking for help as well as being assured that i will get the help. over the last four, five weeks he's been going to a&e quite a lot. i think he's had six admissions through a&e. so we've come out tonight to try and prevent that cycle. night a

the sense of crisis in the system was underlined by a riot in birmingham prison, where inmates posed in helmets stolen from staff. just one of a string ofjail disturbances in recent months. amid the volatile atmosphere, today's figures show that in the past year a record number of prisoners have taken their own lives. it's very hard when you've got members of your family who... sarah is a long—serving prison officer, whose identity we are protecting. she describes having to deal with a teenage suicide. a self—inflicted death is an horrific experience. you feel, is there something more i could have done? he was only 19. i came on duty, and i went to perform a roll check. i lifted the flap, and this young man was suspended in his cell. he'd hung himself overnight. we lay him on the bed, and i saw a note to his sister on the side, and i saw it was his birthday, and i thought, what a waste. that will stay with me. just describe the thoughts in your head as you're going into work. i go into work feeling anxious. tensions are high. prisoners are angry and frustrated. when you open a do

through virginia down to atlanta and birmingham. at this point, still dry. once again, just kind of watching at the clouds continue to build into the picture. tomorrow morning, 6:00 a.m., you'll notice rain widespread. the more dry time into shenandoah valley. in southern maryland, that rain sticks around for most of the day. i think we see it like that for us by monday evening. into tuesday, you'll watch as the rain builds back in. , theu are off tomorrow kids don't have to go back just yet, still dealing with that rain on tuesday. i think that is where we will see our heaviest rain as well. the drive home on tuesday, things do start to try ba district. rain still likely from about 8:00 to 10:00. you will top out at 45. once again, you will need the umbrella for most of the day. , mostlyy evening looking like just one quarter of an inch. into tuesday, a lot of the areas have that chance to pick up more than an inch. a little bit warmer on tuesday. originally was shooting for some warmer temperatures but unfortunately, i think we'll be stuck in the lower 50'

seema kotecha, bbc news, birmingham. the headlines on bbc news. president trump has signed an order to build a wall on the us border with mexico, one of his main campaign promises, construction could begin in months. mps will get a chance to scrutinise the government's brexit strategy, after theresa may said she'll produce a white paper. the american actress mary tyler moore, who became a household name with her us television appearances in the 1960s and ‘70s, has died aged 80. in a moment, mps say women are experiencing widespread discrimination, when it comes to dress codes at work. an update on the market numbers for you. the ftse and the dax doing ok at the end of trading in europe, edi and the nasdaq not bad in the us. the inquests into the deaths of 30 britons killed in a terror attack on a beach resort in tunisia in 2015 has heard harrowing evidence from a woman who survived, despite being shot, though her husband died next to her. cheryl mellor was speaking at the royal courts ofjustice. the court also heard moving tributes to another co

i'm joined now from birmingham by scott lucas. he's a professor of american studies at the university of birmingham. thank you forjoining us today. so much to talk about as a result of that news conference and the allegations surrounding the president—elect. first of all, these allegations, these apparent tapes relating to allegations of sexual misconduct and financial misconduct. do you think that these tapes actually exist? yes, i do. what they actually showed donald trump doing we have to wait and find out from the investigation. as early as last summer there were reports circulating the russians had tapes, the head of an eastern european intentions agency let that be known and eventually paul wood from the bbc reported that. in washington there was talk of such tapes. since summer, the collection of this dossier has occurred, done bya of this dossier has occurred, done by a private london based firm, carried out by a former british mi6 officer held in high regard. it set out details of the tapes, not only in moscow but in sa

it begins appropriately on dorset‘sjurassic coast, before moving to birmingham, glasgow, newcastle, cardiff and other locations. and this is what replaces dippy. the skeleton of the blue whale, hung from the ceiling to give the impression of it diving, of it being a living species that needs protecting. but today, it's all about dippy. for those feeling a little sad about the departure, there are tentative plans to recast the diplodocus in bronze and place it in the museum grounds. but for now, it is goodbye. the train drivers union has said it is splitting a six—day strike splitting a six-day a six-day strike on southern railway next week into two three—day stoppages. drivers will walk out next tuesday, wednesday and friday — and then again later injanuary — because of a long—running dispute about who should open and close train doors. our correspondent sarah smith is in crawley in west sussex i suppose, isuppose, sarah, the i suppose, sarah, the first question is, while the union is saying it is three strikes with one day off in the middle, it's actually four days because the tr

she has a thigh injury and birmingham city's sophie baggaley has been called up as a replacement. it's a blow for manager mark sampson, although his side is unbeaten in 10 matches, he says they still have a lot of work to do, in order to reach the right level for the european championship this summer. ending the year ten unbeaten was a good step for us. we wanted that year to be a winning year, we focused a lot on results and found ways to win, but 2017 changes. now we have to be a better team. we're nowhere near the team we want to become the start ofjuly, so we have a lot of learning to do, hard work to get through, but i think the team are ready for that, looking forward to it and it starts now, injanuary. ireland hooker sean cronin has been ruled out of the six nations. he was expected to be rory best's deput for the championship, but he tore a hamstring while playing for leinster at the weekend, and he's likely to be out for 10 weeks. northern ireland's mark allen has knocked out former world champion john higgins at the masters snooker. a dramatic deciding frame. allen beat

evening's other replays, matt richie scored twice for newcastle as they beat fellow championship side birmingham 3—1. gianfranco zola is still without a win after seven games in charge of birmignham. and shane long scored the only goal of the game, in the 90th minute, as southampton beat norwich. real madrid have lost again — after going a0 games unbeaten they have been beaten twice in four days, celta vigo winning the first leg of their copa del rey tie. over in italy, chesena came from behind with two late goals to beat sassuolo in the last 16 of the coppa italia. lazio‘s beat genoa and will face internazionale in the quarterfinals. at the africa cup of nations, the hosts gabon are still looking for theirfirst win of the tournament after being held to another 1—1 draw, this time against burkina faso. they had to come from behind as well. pierre—emerick aubameyang equalised from the penalty spot. in the day's other game, cameroon came from behind to beat guinea—bissau 2—i. ed harry reports. for the hosts, the equation is simple. they will be quarter—finalists if they beat group

we can't send kids out to parks in london or the heart of birmingham, can we? i think so, actually. in a sense, you have to trust your own society, right? back—to—basics parenting is what it's all about. you don't have to try so hard. and the by—product of giving kids greater independence — more time for yourself. at least, when they're a little older. head due west from here, and you'll reach essex. the uk may be geographically close, but there are of course fundamental differences between our societies, and not all of the lessons from here can simply be exported over there. but they mayjust inspire you. a look at the weather now. some of us had a nice day today but for others it stayed quite grey and some persistent areas of fog. that becomes more widespread later tonight and through tomorrow morning and there could be some disruption. check your local bbc radio station. some slippery surfaces also possible in that zone. further north it is milder and mostly dry. 9 degrees for glasgow and belfast but close to freezing across the south—east. that fog persists through the

birmingham. far greener than you would imagine. dan is an explorer of urban britain. 2.5 million steps, 69 cities he is crossed, and on every step, this has tracked his emotions. this is an emotive e.g. wearable headset with a series of sensors that are able to detect what is going on inside my brain and can work out if i am stressed, relaxed, focused, interested... —— eeg. and so we agreed to meet in the city that registered higher on interest scale. yes, this is urban stoke. it is actually an old spoil heap that is 110w actually an old spoil heap that is now a park. ronnie wood is brilliant about walking across the city, especially a city like stoke, is that from the bricks to the graffiti to the trees to the bridges, to the lichen, to the flats, there is so much interest going on, there is so much interest going on, there is so much to enjoy. the ambition is to add other people's emotional responses, to try and create a mood map of our cities. but so far we have dan's data. and with that thought we came to the end of this em

i've treated hundreds of soldiers over the years when they've returned to birmingham. and many of their lives have been saved by simply the application of tourniquets when they've been shot or have been blown up. i think it's essential that we train the general public now to be able to deliver those skills. that's exactly what citizen aid does. it may be difficult, but remaining calm and knowing how to help others in situations like this could save lives. security forces are already preparing for these types of incidents, and now they say members of the public should be prepared too. put one knot in... attempting first aid may not be for everyone, but military medics say it's better to have a plan, in case this worst—case scenario turns into reality. you're 0k, are you? is that your mum? she'll be fine. such is this is sport today, with me chris mitchell, at the bbc sport centre. coming up for you: conte comes to the end of the lane. chelsea's record breaking run is over. dhoni is out. —— down but not out. the world cup winner says his time as skipper is done, bu

birmingham, atlanta, and raleigh could see one to three inches of snow. jummy: take a look at this. a busted water main that flooded the neighborhood in california. the 50-year-old water main ruptured early yesterday morning, sending water over the streets and flooded homes, even tying up traffic. it took crews about 90 minutes to get the overflow stopped. that type was slated to be replaced next year. larry: veronica johnson, she is been really bored this morning. nothing to talk about. we thought we would give her a little camera time. veronica: here we go again. all of us have been busy. lly is on the road, eileen whelan. we had been here early. only a small area was impacted and it will be a too, with the next system that we get. downconcerned for folks south through the northern neck for the weekend because they could get several inches of snowfall. a little more robust the system coming through the carolinas, too, where they're going to get quite a bit of snow around raleigh and up toward williamsburg. our temperatures this morning, we sit in the upper 20's to low 30's across

and belfast market and thatis birmingham and belfast market and that is beginning to come through. if you are talking about record levels of growth. can it be sustained? we think so. we are seeing significant amount of new residential development, particularly in manchester and birmingham, more students and graduates moving to those cities and the others we mentioned. and a real creation of new jobs the others we mentioned. and a real creation of newjobs for younger people. we think it is sustainable and we can see it happening over the next two or three years. looking at construction, seeing more crying on the skyline can be an indication of confidence in the economy —— more cranes. but construction it‘s only a small sector of the wider uk economy so small sector of the wider uk economy so what does it tell us about that? as you say, construction is only a small proportion of the economy. one thing to look at is the amount of jobs being created. leeds has had a record number of private sectorjobs created in the city this year, birmingham is attracting significant investment

hs2, the high speed rail link connecting london to birmingham, is expected to get the green light from transport bo55e5 in the coming days. the new line could take pa55enger5 from eu5ton to the midlands in 49 minutes. campaigners have raised concerns about potential damage to the environment, but those behind the development are confident that wildlife won't suffer. to touch on the special 5cientific i nte re5t, to touch on the special 5cientific interest, we have a plan for about four hectare5 interest, we have a plan for about four hectares of recreation and re5toration four hectares of recreation and restoration of wetlands. there won't be the concerns people are worried about. inside out london have been weighing up the arguments. tune in at 7:30 tonight, on bbc one. the kenya airways and easyjet will be flying le55 the kenya airways and easyjet will be flying less from heathrow today. —— virgin. they say the upgrade will improve the experience for passengers. let's have a look at the travel situation now. not looking too bad. but big problems on the jubilee line this morning.

from birmingham, alabama, please welcome back bobby wesson. >> whoo! >> how you doing? welcome back. >> how you doing, buddy? [cheers and applause] >> welcome back. we'll catch everybody up to date on your game in just a lit

underway for another storm system moving to the southeast bringing a rare mix of snow and ice from birmingham to atlanta. all the stormy weather is creating chaos from coast to coast. >> reporter: winter 2017 is off to a slippery and frozen start with cold or winter advisories. in watertown, new york, i-81 is like a graveyard of stranded vehicles. in boulder, colorado, the temperature is near zero. this delivery truck is stuck. pinched up alongside another car. >> i slipped into his acura. >> deicing at airports, but flights were cancelled. and in the south georgia transportation crews preparing to pretreat roads for the new system moving in. >> here in boulder all this snow has closed city offices and left cars buried. they'll be digging out here as the southeast is getting hit next. abc news, boulder, colorado. >> those 80 million americans are wondering one thing right now. how much rain or snow will we get, and when will we get it? >> for that let's go to justin. good morning. >> good morning to you. it's been a while since we were talking about plowable snows this far off to the south an

most action right now with the lightning bolts that we put timestamps on about 10 minutes away for birmingham, san mateo. we have a live shot of the waves crashing up on shore. this is where we will have a high surf warning in effect starting at noon today and continuing into tomorrow. coastal erosion a major problem. and we even have problems getting up this the live shot because of the strong winds knocking out the power. we were able to get a light there from our live truck. mike, all of this affecting the roadways, causing spinouts reported in the tri-valley. >> that's right. yesterday was mild. light rain. spinouts were a risk. the map was much easier to see because the blue, the ponding, the puddling all over the bay area. five to seven minutes ofdown. the rain coming through the area as well. travel times are just fine. a live look shows you the conditions. this is a test, folks. even though our travel times might be lighter because it's a friday, allow a lot of extra time because the conditions are really rough. at least now early in the commute. >> is i hope people take today off ins

accidents have been reported across birmingham and tuscaloosa areas. >>> we're tracking snow moving into our area. >> reporter: that's the same system, there's snow as far south as louisiana. i remember living in bowling green, kentucky we had one plow. if you got a coating to an inch of snow they were shutting the school down for a day. upper it's a different story we're well equipped for this kind of weather. the camden waterfront, the snow is falling across portions of south jersey. double scan live showing the snow is starting to fly in southeastern portions of south jersey. let's get into cape may and cumberland and atlantic counties. this is where we are seeing the snow from millville into vineland, stretching northward into elmer. the some of this is not reaching the ground, the air is very dry. we expect it to reach the ground in the next hour or two. we'll zoom in tighter in atlantic county. route 50 east, you can see the band around estell manor and egg harbor township. you can see the purple showing up that's steadier snow starting to fall west of absecon and atlantic city. al

less likely is william pryor of birmingham. conservatives like they all have a record of ruling. >> we heard the expression no more suitors. there's a reluctance to put somebody on the bench based on winks and nods saying i know this person. >> reporter: it would not alter the court's make up but the trump choice is in for a fight. democrats are furious that president obama's nominee never got a hearing. republican leaders insist they will do whatever it takes to win confirmation. it takes an average of 70 days from nomination to confirmation. that would put the new justice on the court in late april in time to hear and vote on the last few cases of this current supreme court term. lester. >> pete williams, thank you. >>> it's been another day of brutal weather. a nor'easter battling homes and states leaving homes and businesses without power. kristen dahlgren has it all covered from portland, maine. >> reporter: it pounds the east coast. >> it's brutal. wind slapping you in the face. >> reporter: on long island 70 miles an hou

but 18 days after the march on washington, there was a terrible bombing of a church in birmingham where four little girls were killed on a sunday morning. that inspired us more than anything else to go to selma and intensify efforts. there were black lawyers and black doctors and black teachers that had been trying to register for many, many years. we would go down there, stand in line. the sheriff would push us, arrest us, take us to jail. we come back over and over again. we got the civil rights act passed in 1964. president johnson signed it into law. dr. king met with him and said, mr. president, we need a voting exact signed. the president just said i just signed a civil rights act. we don't have the votes in congress to get a voter rights act passed, if you want it, make me do it. so we intensified our efforts in selma. on sunday, march 7, 1965, a group of us, about 600 of us, left the brown chapel ame church to walk 50 miles from selma to montgomery, to dramatize to the nation and to the world that people of color wanted to register to vote. there were young children, young men a