Dia abolishes what she calls the cruelty of the benefits system people of low income see a real improvement in their living standards for the basic income people on higher incomes pay more than what they receive the taxes on their incomes Well the consumption. Away from politics the environment agency is urging homeowners across England to sign up to its flood warning system saying further floods are expected this winter after hundreds of homes have been inundated with water in recent days or flood warnings in our region have been downgraded today but Dave 3 from the Environment Agency in the Midlands says they can't let their guard down there is a slow being apart and developing and that the problem is the ground is absolutely saturated and the rivers are not having the time to recover so when we get those big rainfall events you know you just keep stopping it up so we're going to stay really vigilant probably right the way through the winter unless there is a big significant change in the weather pattern and what we're Hampton gang member has been jailed for 15 months after please stop him before they say he was going to carry out a suspected machete attack 19 year old Bell had the foot long Gurka style weapon about a clavier in a car when officers stopped him and he found in February bell from Hobby our gardens has been found guilty of possessing a bladed article along with the driver of the car factor from Telford he's been jailed for 9 months while passengers are being warned of disruption to services across the West Midlands tomorrow because of industrial action West Midlands railway and learned the North Western Railway will run a reduced service but some parts of the network having no trains at all this include stations between Wolverhampton Shrewsbury Kidderminster and Hereford and Brahms Grove and people across the West Midlands have been holding fund raising events for this year's children in need today it's ahead of tonight's appeal show on b.b.c. T.v. Last year a total of $58000000.00 pounds was raised for causes across the country Sarah Arnold from West Bromwich leisure center told us what they've been doing to raise money sweetly raising lots of money for children in need so we started on Monday with a charity rowing and cheese day we did the bike like we were riding the distance of the River Thames. B.c. We were in 95.64 This course will strike a keel in leverage he says the. They are desperate to put things right after a run of 6 league defeats in a row the South has a looking for their 1st win in League 2 since September tomorrow as they face Cambridge United at the banks's and we've got live coverage right here on b.b.c. Wm We're also following solo home malls to center back Alex Goodyear as agreed a new contract today ahead of their game at home to filed the 27 year old and now has a deal running through to the summer of 2022 and in cricket where it is Dominic Sibley's unbeaten on 6 and England are 2641 going into the 2nd day of their warm up game against a news is New Zealand a side in Wangaratta the Kiwis declared on 302 for 6 the way they drive for now but the rain is set to return tonight's won't be as cold as recent nights expect a low of 4 degrees Celsius 39 Fahrenheit mostly cloudy this weekend with a mix of bright spells and showers the high of 8 degrees Celsius for tomorrow that's 46 Fahrenheit that she needs and support for the West Midlands it's 5 minutes past 5. Joyce tied up with Paul Franks seem to be around 95.6 radio for the West Midlands Welcome back to the show rounding up the big stories rail strike set to start tomorrow we'll get details of that classic Steptoe and Son heading back to the stage in Birmingham later this month the man behind it John actor writer will be with us before 6 after 6 the top rock band Alter Bridge in Europe they're heading to arena Birmingham in December December the 18th the pleasure Oh and we'll talk to them after 6 and the best selling British life I write a Peter f. 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All over the world the longest journey 98 Hours before 7 We'll talk to another passenger who was on that trip now Labor promising free ultrafast broadband to every home and business in this country by 2030 if they win the general election the party would nationalize part of Bt to deliver the pledge and cover some of the $20000000000.00 pound cost with a tax on big Internet companies the industry body tech u.k. Saying Labor's proposal will be a disaster for the telecom sector and the customers it serves Let's get the thoughts of the shadow chancellor John McDonnell who's with us John afternoon Hi Hi let me just correct your insides to do this Ok it isn't actually ultra fast it's full fiber which is much better it's a much better service the headlines I mean labor vowing billions to nationalize broadband bt shares taking a tumble today so that the Tories said it was a fantasy plan how do you how do you respond what just explain the idea let's go through step by step showing 1st of all we now have coverage of our country by about 8 to 10 percent that's Will you look around the world South Korea for example what they did a number of years ago they set up a state company they invested through the state and again they were poorly served like us and then when a 10 year program plan program they now have 9798 percent coverage as a result their tech industries are buzzing we've got to match that otherwise we fall behind it's the same in Japan and Stockholm to Stockholm as a city is doing it now Island Island draw driving it through rural areas as a result. State Investment and state and public ownership the only way we're going to do this we've we've sat back and we'll let the private sector get on with it and it's failed there hasn't happened you know 10 percent at best 8 percent of that provided by opener so what we need is we need a dynamic approach over a 10 year program just like South Korea so we're setting up the ass bridges broadband we're taking open reach into public ownership along with bt technology and other elements of that we're investing 20000000000 Where did I get that 20000000000 from actually the government's own figure they published a commission from an independence body an analysis of what is needed the costs of it and the 20000000000 came from that independent study and so we're saying if we invest 20000000000 pounds we have our own state because we're putting that money in stacks payers money so therefore taxpayers the public should own that we have the company that will enable us the British broadband to roll that all out when we purchase the shares of Bt it will be in the same way as other public ownership schemes where we swap government bonds for bt shares actually bt shares have been forming over the last couple of years not because of any threats from us about nationalization just because of the performance of the company itself what the investors will get is a steady rate of return exactly what they need and want from government bonds and that's exactly what pension funds are telling me they need so at the end of that through this 10 year program the estimate is that actually gain independence on the set of her business studies estimated 59000000000 pounds worth of increase in productivity so economic benefits this is the way we lay the foundations of our future economy in the what is described as the 4th in just Revolution new technology artificial intelligence but also environmental benefits people less commuting will be undertaken Actually yes there is a all this. Surveys we've seen as well as a desire to move out of cities it's a rural areas will be a revival of many rural areas then addition to that I think there will be social benefits you know but you could do it for 20000000000 because people saying it would be 80000000000 or more is the government's figure 20000000000 pounds are look if the government is deny its own figures they commissioned it from an independent study it was part of their examination and analysis of the infrastructure in new technology that we need so we take in their figures and that's what will roll out a nationalization of broadband but also water Royal Mail energy companies that that's part of the the policy of the philosophy how do you assess the campaign at this stage John because it would be a labor of focusing on I mean n.h.s. There we've got telecoms the conservatives seem to be Bracks it focused much less so from label y. . It's interesting isn't it because I think what the government is doing is rolling out a sort of pretty crude campaign you know it's all Bracks Yes and they try in they try and then roll out all the old all the old campaigning I suppose stunts that they possibly can I don't think people believe the Moneyball I think what people are saying is yes we need to sort out Bracks and that's what Labor will do we'll we'll make sure that people have a credible option option to leave input but will you because the conservatives saying get breaks it Doug That's their mantra that's their catchphrase throughout this campaign everything else seems to be secondary and they will get it done but it's well within really would labor it would take a lot longer to get anything done our it would well be said that a maximum 6 months because we haven't negotiated credible day we were already in discussions with the government about this for 6 weeks if you remember and we were talking to the e.u. So we know what credible deal looks like and what the except that will go before people and that the people decide and then once and for all the people make their final decision and then we'll implement that decision whatever. Yes that's the 1st thing but as you know the real world is intruding into this campaign as well beyond a look at the n.h.s. Crisis that we're facing nearly a decade of underfunding of the n.h.s. To a scandalous level look at the result it is at the moment people on trolleys on record numbers a winter crisis I've met doctors and nurses and paramedics of this last fortnight the stress they're under is absolutely intensified I pay tribute to them for everything that they're doing but I blame this government 10 years of austerity has caused this and you know other issues come on the agenda look or sound the rising violent crime you know why is that because the government of cut police from all our communities the what's happening in education where teachers are under stress and head teachers are having to raise funds to pay for basics all of this the real world is intruding on this general election as a result of that yes people want Bracks sorted but they want to live in a decent society where yes they have a hospital and an n.h.s. That can serve them they have decent education facilities for their children and they're safe on the streets once again that's what Labor will provide the continues John McDonald could still do thanks for joining us. Travellin about a minute the voices he is Voice 3 still not get so good Arcturus his should be able to tell us story there were an actor a sub with them cats is not in Laos they're good at learning words and searching the out quite heavily disguised but there are clues in there all the voices tonight have posted or co-hosted Children in Need Terry Wogan to test daily are done that is Voice 3 if you think you know a double double 956. Travel for the West Midlands on b.b.c. w n 95.6 every 15 minutes just into Russia had a good morning we should be on the m 6 still looking quite slow as we had away from Junction 5 because Abramovich 3264 spaghetti junction in the us an expressway there was a breakdown along that stretch that has no clear Vista looking very slow the m 6 very busy in both directions around the m 5 link at Junction 8 as well the m. 42 slow in patches as usual from the m 4 to Lincoln junction 3 up to the m 6 a junction 7 to Q slow southbound the approaching junction for Shirley and the northbound side of the m 40 is struggling in towards the end $42.00 Lincoln as well if you're leaving the northbound side of the m 5 a junction $34.00 also in bit of care required there is a breakdown on the exit slip that's closed off a lane although there are no delays very heavy traffic around Birmingham city center still then we've got heavy traffic also around the 5 ways Island particular on his Linton road coming up from the bank staying with the Middle Way watery lane middle way that's also looking really slow going from small he highway of bored silly circus through to the nature was Parkway junction and the traffic lights are out at the pole Island on the a 38 so that's causing to lace on both that route and on the a 446 as you head up from the belfry. 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Thank you thank you travel every 15 minutes past the team from Woodlands to warm 630 tonight with the weekend weather Yeah I mean it's been exceptionally west over the past 24 hours I don't need to tell you but things are looking a little bit drier now as we head through tonight and into the weekend the low pressure that caused all of that turbulence yesterday is to the southeast of us and we've got a little feature running in from the east which is going to produce some showery outbreaks of rain through tonight but they'll arrive later on so nationally it's dry but there's a good deal of cloud crosses and it's a little bit milder because of that tonight so temperatures will hold up to about 4 or 5 maybe even 6 Celsius but there's a brisk northeasterly breeze so it's still going to feel quite cold if you're caught in that and then we'll start to see those Cheri outbreaks of rain arriving into central parts during the early hours of tomorrow morning the whole lot is moving northwards so it'll start to fragment as it goes but you could be caught in the odd heavy a burst that could even be some thunder in there if it's any worse than some of the lighter spells of rain that we could have and then tomorrow it's a mainly dry picture that rain should be across the north of those that's where the active showers are going to be so I think for the West Midlands looking largely dry tomorrow but it will be quite cloudy once again with some Brita brief breaks and it's going to be fairly breezy top temperatures of around $7.00 to $8.00 Celsius maybe 9 Celsius at a push and then we had 2 in South Sunday and Sunday is looking fairly showery again it's that line of showers across the north as which is moving southward and that could again produce some heavy bursts and perhaps and thunder and lightning in places but generally speaking it's going to be drier than it was yesterday but still quite cold with temperatures into the high single figures thank you for a brighter break. From. This little dog after. And on Monday morning I'll be joined by Chief Constable Dave Thomson know if you've got a question about anything to do with policing in the West Midlands rather than advice from a how not to drop an 8 week old police give us a call up to 10. Dollars to the show. Somebody to see constable Dave Thompson you'll cool me on Mondays mid-morning show morning we can. Danny back Monday voting 9 o'clock a quick text from Jason Frankie how does the recurring 2nd goal stand a corner kick when the pole wasn't in the quadrant. Ok it was only 6 No let. Him go. As. The Sun. Coming this is coming. From the. Let's postpone some cold circles now the weekend on the way in trying passages being let down by little to be a strike action which a starting tomorrow that's the message coming from West with his man and the street unions holding the industrial action of the plans where drivers closed doors instead of God Let's get the story from says Thomas he's head of corporate affairs it was with the trains He's with us in the studio. Going to be difficult weekend for quite a few royal passengers HA's we normally carry about 270000 people on a Saturday and that John is going to be affected by this the advice is check tomorrow the emergency timetable is on the website will be running fewer trains. The managers will be managing manning the trains to make sure that we keep the West Midlands moving but obviously we can't do the same as having a full crew available tomorrow so check before you travel go to our website check your journey before you leave home Ok so last services will be affected they'll be some cancellations just explain what this is all about I'll do my best and what it's not about is getting rid of the guards we made a guarantee to the are empty the union that represents the guards right at the start of this franchise we want to keep a guard on every train. They have said that it is about base No it's not we've got brand new trains coming in fantastic meaning Creek anyone who's traveling on a train tonight will know we need more capacity in the West Midlands we're investing in trains we're going to bring in 25 percent accurate capacity brand new trains they don't like the way the train to designed to operate the doors we've been trying to different and. Essential we want to keep the guard in the train with the passenger and being able to tell the driver when to close the doors that they'll still keep control of all the safety aspects of the train look after the passenger and just tell the driver when to close the doors as happens on lots of other train operating companies right now Ok Are they concerned then ultimately they feel they won't be a need for a guard Well let me give an absolute cop a bottom reassurance Frank see we want to keep a guard on every passenger train that we operate from now until the end of our franchise we want to guard on every train because we agree with the are empty it's better for passengers it's better that people have additional mobility needs it's better for security we want to keep a guard on every train but I believe that while striking if you give them that cost and balancing ranks you'll have to ask them because tomorrow the journeys of tens of thousands of West middle and is will be disrupted because of the action of the are empty and are threatening to do this all the way through Christmas every Saturday our job is to look after our passengers and keep them moving so we will do everything we can to move trains tomorrow there will be parts of the network where we have to run buses in place of of trains and we're sorry about that but we're trying to protect the core of the me my just walk through that the wonderful Christmas market we have just around the corner people should be enjoying that tomorrow but the trains aren't able or not able to run all the trains then people will miss out and businesses will suffer as well yeah and you said this is going to be every Saturday running up to and through Christmas that that has a result this now well we have said the are empty we have met all your needs we think that this action is unnecessary. 38 it's disproportionate and we just need to sit down and talk and solve this thing they are into union saying we will not allow the drive for profit to override the core issues of safe and accessible services for all on Westminster trains we stand firm on that basic principle what would you mind I'd say this is about giving better customer service guaranteeing a guard on every train in fact we're going to be recruiting more guards in the life of this franchise because we're building more trains any more discussions do we remain open for talks we've had talks this week we will have talks next week Francis good to see you well there will be some trains running but you need to check that it's been a strange website to see and let's hope there's a resolution somewhere down the line Marvin in something colorful and hey to do in right you. Thank you the voice voice number 3 you want to hear it one more time you can get so good Arcturus his suit would be able to toll a story there were an actor so but them cats is not. That good at learning words and searching the out. Who is that. It is absolutely Graham Norton who is one of the host of children a tonight all of the voices of hosted all co-hosted children in need do you want to chance that voice for modern yet surely nobody else can it hasn't happened yet you're hearing it for the 1st time that was Graham Norton his voice for bear in mind all either hosted or co-hosted children in need when I was a child the only thing that would get me to see was my parents raising the role a total a no from our local Chinese restaurant the flying chopsticks walk any ideas Marvin is silly silly when it is strictly because I think you and I. Are . Now I think. Yes we can yes no it's not. The $95.00 and $6.00. Will. Get the news headlines on b.b.c. Documentary sleeper Labor is promising to provide free full fiber broadband for the whole of the u.k. Saying it would boost productivity and help the environment Boris Johnson has dismissed the proposals which would bring parts of Bt into public ownership be partly funded by a tax on technology companies as a crackpot ski the Conservatives meanwhile of pledge to reduce business rates for small firms in a bid to help what they've described as left behind towns they've also said they'd reverse cuts to the railway network made in the 1960 s. While the Liberal Democrat deputy leader said Davy as challenge the chancellor to a debate on the economy as he unveiled their plans to invest 100000000000 pounds over 5 years to tackle climate change the environment agency is urging homeowners across England to sign up to its flood warning system saying further floods are expected this winter after hundreds of homes have been inundated with water in recent days across the country although all flood warnings in our region have been downgraded to a day and well passengers are being warned of destruction to services across the West Midlands tomorrow because of industrial action was meant as railway in London Northwestern Railway will will run a reduced service with some parts of the network having no trains at all b.c. 95.6 pounds will jump last Thanks Steve Good afternoon the Warsaw striker killin Lafferty says the player said desperate to put things right I. After a run of 6 league defeats in a row the sad Those are looking for their 1st win in League 2 since September tomorrow as they face Cambridge United at the Bank Stadium Lavry says there's a determined mood in the dressing room to start picking up points a move up the table all desperate to we want to we all came to this football club for a reason we all want to do well and get everyone as of again excited and we want to be the same we want to go into football games and win them that's all we want so hopefully we can turn it around Marcos failed towns players will not be playing their league 2 fixture at home to Mansfield Town tomorrow unless outstanding payments are made in full by 6 pm today to all players and staff yesterday the club was charged with misconduct by the English Football League and referred to a disciplinary panel after failing to pay their players on time Sali home or as have moved to tie down the center back Alex Goddard grudge are on a new contract ahead of tomorrow's game at home to a.f.c. Filed the 27 year old has committed himself to the club through to the summer of 2022 just been a steady servant for the club since arriving 17 months ago just hoping to establish himself in the National League now I've done that so yeah I'm happy with that you know playing our games in the us we want to do it. But yeah it's under Lloyd to say you're playing games to get the contract sorted and looking now to join get some go in to the Football League Manchester City's initial appeal to have the Court of Arbitration for Sport stop you a physio Vesta geisha into a possible breach of financial fair play has failed city have been referred to you a financial watchdog the club's financial control body and if found guilty could face a Champions League ban. The Scotland forward Johnny Russell insists no player pulls out of the national squad without a good cause after several withdrawals from the latest squad picked by Steve Clarke a captain Andy Robertson Scott Thompson a Ryan Fraser and Liam Cooper of all withdrawn from the final to euro 2020 qualifier. Again Cyprus in cassocks down Russell says representing Scotland is important to everyone he gets called I Know What It Means to the boys to be there I mean I feel I was unfair classism of all my support for the country. Boys. Are Not came across anyone and there wasn't anyone even ask or true it would provoke you know people want to be there England is just for Archer and Ben Stokes took 2 wickets apiece on a testing opening day as their warm up match against New Zealand day the hosts made 302 for 6 before declaring week Glenn Phillips scoring a century England closed 182641 with Warrick says Dominic Sibley unbeaten on 6 Stokes is excited for what lies ahead touring and represent your country and you know have the 3 Lions and it's just it doesn't take too much to get you going you know think about winters that is pretty hectic again so we've got so much to focus on that you know the summer of 2019 pretty much been gone all the focus in the dressing room and got them in a head so sort of focus them the world number one Rafael Nadal has kept alive his hopes of reaching the last 4 at the season ending a.t.p. Tennis Finals in London the Spaniard came from a set down to beat Stefan assisted passive Greece their down needs Daniel Medvedev to beat Alexander's ever have in their round robin match the see evening if that happens the Del will face Roger Federer in the semifinals tomorrow finally several top British athletes including Mo fire a Catarina Johnson Thompson and Lord m you're threatening to sue the British Olympic Association over sponsorship regulations the athletes argue that current rules unfairly prevents them from reaching their earning potential in and around the Olympics the biggest moment of their sporting careers that's b.b.c. Sport at 537 John thank you weather for the weekend 4 degrees tonight up to 8 Celsius tomorrow a cloudy day but mostly dry want to be brought into Also Sunday mostly cloudy again there will be some spells of rain or drizzle Monday cloudy with the op. To rain but brighter intervals as well and choose day for next week expected to be mostly dry with some sunshine Let's head out to Paulie Wolverhampton to Bobbie Telford and Leslie in rugby on this Friday afternoon I poll all your friends in a neighboring doing Ok Hello Bob in Telford I love Frank a basic John w m Thank you Bob You have been paid the money to say that have you. Believe that the check hasn't arrived yet unless they said Robbie allegedly has. No voice for here it is one more time when I was a child the only thing that would get me to sleep was my parents raising the takeaway men rule from our local Chinese restaurant the flying chopsticks. The commonality with all the voices that they've all hosted will co-host the children need and it's children need not tonight's poll it was it on thinking so you might eclipse a Perkins. Bob in Telford I'd help do you think I've turned up oh Mel get rich Mel get Droitwich Leslie that's a bonanza Yeah. 'd I think if. 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Tell us a cool story 08 o 8 morning Dylan you don't know me 5661 triple 3 still missing you message telling us it's a standard message right c. Are pretty tasty and businesses don't candidates in cape. Town of a 2627th and 28th old joint stock theatre in Birmingham Christmas with Steptoe and Son brought back to life and a sketch from 1968 who joins us is an actor and writer he's the man behind it I think he plays Howard stepped up well John hello there yes you're right I will step in the Yes So how many people on stage so there's 3 people on stage there's myself playing the son of the what if let's call it Jeremy Smith who plays the Albert Steptoe and then there's a kind of on and off girlfriend called Mafia played by Poppy Adams. It is from a sketch that was in the early sixty's that right yes it was the very 1st yes that they had about $162.00 and it was part of a 'd collection of sketches that was private so-called Christmas night with the Stars the sketch is now suddenly lost in the archives but the script still exists and they go on and it's an archive so when we talk about doing a stage a patient of Christmas episode there's the 2 very famous celebrated specials the seventy's which are certain regularly but there's this little rough sketch so we say which I very much wanted to do and I asked the boys right now and it was still with us at the time a couple years ago and they gave me permission to adapt it to the stage so it's wonderful to bring together something new to start different as well as the celebrated specials so what people will see is the special back to life as well as the sketch that's right yes there were 245 minute specials made in the early seventy's and the last episode ever made in one step. For the Christmas special which I think Drew about $22000000.00 viewers it's it's uncanny is unheard of really so yes it brings those to specials and it's nice to sketch there's a couple of sketches from within the series to kind of bring it all together as one cohesive story says big 20 story or will draw a line comes comes back to life has gotten Simpson I mean wrote some fantastic comedies but there are many better than Steptoe and saw the chemistry between Aria each tool that will for Bramble was wow. Difficult to repeat really very much so and golden Simpson when they wrote that was that they very much for sort of character actors they didn't want comedians they were returning Hancock very famously in the 19th fifties and people like Bill Carrick and he takes and what they wanted they wanted to carry acts is you know a legit as opposed it was called in those days and I think Harry's coat was performing as Richard the 3rd the Theatre Royal Stratford East at the time it will for prom for what was one of those fantastic scenes dealers through the rectory system and through many films and they both agreed to do it even though it came to light a detainment in those days on the pure strength of the scripts and yet they have their iconic actors playing now iconic parts and it's wonderful to keep that legacy alive when it's the 21st century we get fans who saw the series when they was 1st broadcast we have friends like myself who were brought to put it on the television and they're now friends being brought up with it through D.V.D.'s and that kind of thing so it's it's wonderful that it has such a long 70 to get something pretty pretty fast that the 28 has completely sold out and I mean tell me Cooper You've been a little ways because you sort of impersonate you tell me to puppet now doing the saw Can you give us a little bit of that are also a bit of Harold's Yeah I suppose I could you know it's like a dog lover you put a lot of it out as well though if x. Ought it's of a cover to the OED so it starts as i Cloud i will get about the Olds with all. So we'll fought our way up the. Dollars a full of belly laughs live out that the way that the Elvira ought really and he was so put upon you have to have sort of sympathy didn't you that old Yeah and and this interesting point was that with so more than any other sitcom I can think of you 2 to step to different parts of your life now I'm 31 going on 32. By side in the fall out with Howells arguments you know he'd he'd come out the 2nd world war he fought through it but he was right back where he starts it and I would just describing all house with this crumbling relationship with his dad and you know with no brain no prospects so he sees very much down through the hole so really trying to escape whereas the 'd dad's Alpha steps so you know he's full of rituals he's victorious He's goes on house he goes I have family who is our job you know he just wants a nice cushy retirement really that's the intrigue about it is that they have tried to escape each of the but they kind of need for the very very much as well so it's quite sad we have to remember the Christmas time it's not always single bells and you know let's run a Christmas tree but so many people we know it can be a very tender very tough moments so I was important we bring those elements out as well as steps one so any of the sitcom had the power to do that is important we acknowledge the Along with all the the gags in the fossil situations and now the ritual rip offs of each of the. Sites all this kind of field in the wonderful nostalgic kind of show you know well that's something that made in the sixty's seventy's but the subject matter the relationships which mean that for you it's very relatable whatever ear it's it isn't it absolutely yeah it is something very very special and almost strange about that particular father in some relationship it's very different from a mother and a son a mother until it's a it a father so it's a you know the sling very very special about it we're we're always trying to impress all dads you know it's kind of what it comes down to and is this is are they both eyes to better himself where is out is that there is comes from this so that. Like the great before you go and make it work they made 55 episodes and it was kind of all about that same idea of whether Harald would leave our own not it still holds not the resonance you know that relationship bring brought back to the stage some classic Christmas episodes of Steptoe and Son and the sketch from 1962 by John Hughes and the rest of the cast of the old joint stock theatre in Birmingham 262728 over 20 I've completely sold out just a few tickets there for the other 2 days Jon really good to talk to on the show I wish you well thanks very much indeed looking forward to myself thank you. side of the junction through the road works on the a 435 if you can a Plato school b c w m 95.6 travel 183-301-2335 extension 50 Thank You The weekend weather for Celsius tonight up to 8 degrees tomorrow or cloudy start but it will be mostly dry want to Sunny and breaking through the winds will be light Sunday cloudy one of these balls of rain or drizzle Monday fairly cloudy but a better chance of a few brighter intervals. Tuesday mostly drive with some sunshine around afternoon with Sonny and Cher a t.v. 41 of the West Midlands great success stories with a back catalogue like no other even though we dreamed of success and we were quite sure that we were going to place except we couldn't have imagined it was going to. Spend 2019 touring the world and now they're ending the year in their hometown opening it with a special Christmas show on Saturday the 21st of December and we've literally just come home from the No one wakes in America and then a few weeks in Scandinavia Germany and Holland we've talked with Robin and Duncan Campbell from the band to hear about their 4 decades together you couldn't possibly have imagined when we came from that we could very. Nicely be 14 with Sunny in shape Nick says they often need fronting on b.b.c. . Millions the 5.6 off to 6 tonight by the way the top American rock band all to bridge who had to get on the 18th of December drop again on the show on Monday nights if you're a fan will slate it was in the fam one of the great bands from the West but in state Hill will be on the show after 6 among Dykes talk about the band because he's still playing with the band on the don't pile and close to Christmas they got a show in Birmingham a broad band label want full find a broad band in over the next 10 years free everywhere for people and businesses just an email from Mike saying Broad Street extremely poorly by broadband it's pathetic if you look at the speed of it somebody on the text Brian site how the hell do you check a website when you don't have Internet access what you don't but broadband Obviously if you get it will give you internet access let's go and try and sort out the final voice on the challenge tonight all of the voices you are hearing have either hosted or co-hosted children in need so far don't just it's a Terry Wogan test daily Graham Norton. 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Because there's an election coming the 1st full week of the election campaign in the history books enjoying it everybody at the conservatives saying they will get bricks it done that's the mantra labor today promising a full 5 a broadband for free to every home of business in the land over the next 10 years the Lib Dems saying if they win the general election they'll spend the extra 100000000000 on tackling climate change environmental preservation I think they called it over the next 5 years and the party leader Nigel Farage claiming the conservatives offer these candidates jobs and incentives to try and get them to stand down at the Green Party want to scrap the current benefit system instead they want to give $89.00 pounds every adult each week and with more going to those facing barriers to work as well so quite a bit being promised and quite a bit we got to take a met coal is our president political expert He'll be with me on election night through the night. Hi Paul how do you sum up the 1st week then well if you are think you know week of spanners gaffe spanners in the works gaffes by party leaders and nothing's really taken off in the way they quite hope has been a very strong start to the game if you like we have conservatives about that there are reports in the Russian intervention in British politics and some of his about offers made wretched party members being asked to be called down we've had candidates of the Labor Party criticising Jeremy Corbyn we've had. People on both sides getting their numbers wrong disagreeing about policies in some ways a campaign is sort of it's been about the campaign it's been about who gets to take leadership debates. It's about which parties are putting up candidates where it we haven't really got started yet and I think that's probably why I'm taking a guess here but I suspect the public haven't really got engaged with it yet we need some big issues and we need some clear statements and we need some a fact of campaigning to get the public going and taking part in in an election which is of real historical importance one of the next 3 weeks of the leaders going head to head all Nazi evade lots of promises being made manifest but statistically I don't know whether we know how much of what's promised actually comes to fruition if anything well this is the problem when it comes to public expenditure none of us really knows how to add up the figures and any of those that do know whether they'll be put into practice it's a question not so much of numbers as of trust do we trust the people who are making the promises to be able to fulfill them the cost and for the price in terms of tax that they say they can and of course trust is in very short supply in politics at the moment Boris Johnson is the most popular leader in opinion polls but his main weakness is that people think he's on trustworthy Jeremy Corbyn is thought of as authentic but rather unrealistic so they're making an enormous promises about public expenditure in a context where everybody knows that the economy is going to go through a fairly soon predictable period whether or not it goes ahead and however it goes ahead so we're looking for a leader that we can say look I know we don't know if the figures quite work we don't know if you're going to be able to do what you say you're going to do but we believe you want to move believe your capable of doing if anybody else is so that's what we're looking for we're looking for someone and a party that we believe in and I don't think about person that passes quite yet show that also rearing its head this week again the voting system everybody saying it's going to be the most on. Predictable Alexion in living memory but the system we have 1st past the post rather than proportional representation still means that the the strong Labor seats will study labor the strongest 70 seats will stay conservative and some people again this week saying Mark my vote really isn't going to count Well of course in a lot of places most people's votes don't make a difference for example if you're voting in Birmingham Ladywood you know that after about half past 10 in the morning the late Labor candidates probably got enough to win with a New York will simply be adding moral or 'd 4th say to their Labor party's general vote in the country and in that particular constituency same goes for the conservatives in a city like Castle in coalfield So we know that there are a lot of wasted votes there are votes cast from minor parties that are going to get M.P.'s elected they still have an impact on the the politicians awareness of support this is going to be a particularly difficult election from the point of your 1st past the post partly because there are 4 parties at least in England never mind it's got the Wales who are serious players and will get probably more than 10 percent of the vote and that means that the party that wins doesn't need to get as many votes it will be possible to win seats on 30 or 40 percent of the vote when you normally need 40 or 50 percent the other problem is we're really trying to make a major decision which is a yes or no question we're trying to say do we go ahead with bread on the basis of the government's plan and we've got 4 or 5 parties through which to make that decision so the outcome is not going to match the votes the votes are not split accurately according to the question that's being asked in a large sense and therefore in certain states votes won't matter much in all those in the West Midlands they will matter crucially every vote in Dudley north is going to matter every vote in seats right edge Boston might matter and there will be surprise outcomes Wes. Only one party because of a local event or because of the time that it or because of some policy that's been announced by a party leader that affects the area particularly badly or well are going to turn over in a way that we didn't expect them to so this will be unexpected it is how come because of the lotteries electoral system but it will be unexpected because the parties are more fluid and volatile and voters are more bewildered and resentful than they normally are 4 weeks to go good to talk you still will talk to the c.w. In travel keeping the West Midlands moving a bit more on the east side by side of the m 42 there's a breakdown between junction 5 so the whole and 4 for sure they doesn't settle down just yet as any team is capable of beating everyone else Sadler's face Cambridge United of the banks is tomorrow looking for their 1st league win since September and the game is live on b.b.c. w n So well more center back Alex Goodyear has agreed a new contract ahead of tomorrow's home game with file which will also be following tomorrow the 27 year old now has a deal running through until the summer of 2022 the mall's will be without skipper skull story because of a suspension tomorrow worry she is Dominic Sibley is unbeaten on 6 in England $26.00 for one going into the 2nd day of their warm game in New Zealand in fungus the Kiwis declared on $302.00 for 6 and several top British athletes including Mo Farai Katherina Johnson Thomson and Laura Mueller are threatening to sue the British Olympic Association over sponsorship regulations the athletes argue that current rules unfairly prevents them from reaching their earning potential in and around the Olympics the biggest moment of their sporting Koreas the weather the rain is set to return to nights where it won't be as cold as last night though at least with a low of 4 degrees Celsius 39 Fahrenheit mostly cloudy this weekend with a mix of bright spells and showers The high tomorrow at 8 degrees Celsius 46 Fahrenheit that you knew sensible for the West Midlands. 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