The Labour Run Council is struggling to pay off a huge bill for equal pay claims that dates back more than a decade. It has also had major issues with a new it system. Our Midlands Correspondent navteonhal is there. The first thing to say is that the city council here has not stopped functioning, it has a legal duty to provide Certain Services and they will continue, but this is a signal to government ofjust how dire the financial situation is here, and admission that the council here cannot pay its bills. The people i have spoken to around birmingham say they are worried about what the future may hold. But for those who have been watching the saga closely, in some ways today has felt inevitable. The pressure on this citys finances has been rising and rising, and europes biggest local authority is now in big trouble. The news that their council is, in effect, declaring itself bankrupt has left many People Living in birmingham shocked and angry. Oh my god, ive never heard of such a thin
Would fight to avoid a hard brexit. The Prime Minister has just left Downing Street for a meeting with Conservative Backbenchers. There will be a vote in the House Of Commons tomorrow to approve the election plan. Weve extended coverage of the Surprise Announcement this hour. Our main story at five the Prime Minister has announced plans for a Snap General Election to be held onjune the 8th. In a Surprise Statement in Downing Street this morning, theresa may said britain needed certainty, stability and strong leadership following the eu referendum. She said divisions risked injuring Brexit Negotiations. Defending her u turn, mrs may said she had reluctantly come to the conclusion that a vote was necessary, adding the country is coming together but westminster is not. She will need parliamentary approval to formally call the election, with a vote being held tomorrow. Our Political Correspondent, ben wright reports. Out of the blue, number 10 announced there would be a statement from the
and it was an english one two as giarnni regini morgan took silver. it s his birthday today, and the arena birmingham crowd sang happy birthday to him as he finished his vaults. i can t quite comprehend what s just happened. i have come out here today, just wanting to do my absolute best and enjoy every moment, and the result that i have come out with is just. moment, and the result that i have come out with isjust. i m over the moon, i m absolutely ecstatic, and i couldn t of asked for a better day. that is a moment of history forjake jarman, no one has ever won four gold medals. joe fraser won his third gold medal. fraser whose home city is birmingham delighted the crowd with an impressive routine on the parallel bars. that is not all. we have also seen
him of any misconduct allegations. remember this thing in the election a few weeks ago? take a look at what roy moore is claiming. this is where things stand with all the votes. secretary of state poised to certify this thing. what roy moore is saying here, a couple different claims, though. the big one seems to center around turnout, casting aspersions on the turnout in jefferson county. jefferson county is birmingham and the suburbs. you can see this is a big democratic county. it typically is a big democratic county. even hillary clinton carried this in the presidential race as te she was blown out of alabama. but the point roy moore is making here or seems to be trying to make, he says the turnout level in jefferson county was 47%. that was the voter turnout rate. and the voter turnout rate statewide in alabama was 43%. so the suggestion seems to be that because the voter turnout rate was a little higher in jefferson than statewide, that indicates some sort of fraud, some sort of i