15:35 bulletin

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INTRO Good afternoon, I'm Sam de Boer and this is the latest news in Birmingham at 3:35 on Tuesday afternoon.

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A MAN HAS BEEN ARRESTED THIS MORNING ON SUSPICION OF MURDER.

West Midlands Police were called to (CRAY-DLEY) Cradley Heath in the Black Country after a 47-year-old man was found with multiple stab injuries and was pronounced dead at the scene.

The man is currently being held in custody with West Midlands Police pleading for anyone with information to come forward. ================================================================

<AUDIO> St basils Big Birmingham Sleep Out is taking place on November 24th, and has been organised to emphasise the problems of homelessness.

Taking place at Birmingham cathedral, the charity works with young people who face difficult life challenges, who then become vulnerable to sleeping rough on the streets.

The well trusted charity expects to hit record numbers as 1000 people have signed up for the event already, and they expect to raise as much as 15,000 pounds for the cause.

Barrie Hodge, a representative of the charity has spoken to us about the event:

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West Midlands police carried out major training exercises at the Bullring and Grand Central Station on Monday night, with new terrorist prevention bollards being put into place to minimise the severity of an attack should it happen.

The UK threat level remains at severe which means that an attack is highly likely.

We asked people at the bullring shopping centre to see if the public felt safer with the measures that have currently been put in place:

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A campaigner from Birmingham Vegan Advocacy has challenged the West Midlands actions yesterday, after a bull on rampage was shot.

This was after it had escaped from a farm in Solihull, forcing Monkspath Junior and Infant school to go on lockdown because of safety fears.

The bull was tracked to the M42 where it was fatally shot due to an increased danger to the public.

Vegan campaigner, Eleonar Bryant, does not agree that this was the best solution:

[GO TO AUDIO IN WORDS: All the animals OUT WORDS: Frightened of us DURATION: 0’7”]

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Donald Trump is travelling back to the US today after his extensive tour of Asia which he has described as "tremendously successful".

The President of the United States has let the world know that the "rules have changed" for countries that wants to trade with the US, confidently saying that US trading partners "will be treating us much differently than before". ================================================================

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A youth cricket coach has been jailed for grooming youth girls online.

He engaged in sexual chats and manipulated them into performing sexual acts.

Garry King, 59, also had indecent images of girls which he had downloaded from the internet. He has been jailed for 16 months. ================================================================

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In sport, former professional footballer Trevor Sinclair was arrested today on suspicion of assaulting a police officer.

The claims first appeared after Sinclair was held for allegedly drink driving, but Lancashire police have said the 44-year-old has been released pending further enquiries.

A post on the former West Ham stars Twitter page read "Racist old bill all over the Sinclair residence again tonight. Thank god as a black man I've not fallen asleep again."

The post was later deleted. ================================================================

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As for weather, clouds will continue to cover the sky with temperatures expected to remain around a cool 12 degrees Celsius.

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FOR MORE NEWS AND WEATHER UPDATES from Birmingham and the West Midlands, tune in again at 4:30 or you can visit our website at westmidlands.co.uk/news

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My contribution: I contributed both the West Midlands Police training story and the Birmingham Vegan Advocacy story to this bulletin. Additionally, I had recorded and edited both pieces of audio for these stories. Similarly, I assisted Kasia in recording and editing audio for her sleep out interview as she had not previously used radio equipment and software.

I helped the group come to an agreed running order and created the running order included in this document. Reflectively, we could have worked better as a group to ensure a smooth production of the bulletin. The contrasting opinions have caused our running order to appear jumbled. To overcome this challenge, I felt it was best to allow everyone to have an equal input and judgement. However, after identifying and explaining issues, some group members didn’t see it necessary to listen and make changes as they felt pressured and desperate to have anything to present. This was frustrating as standards were sacrificed to ensure everyone in the group was pleased that the bulletin was just finished.

Unfortunately, the audio through Burli was disjointed and cut off. This was due to the poor preparation being done ten minutes before the bulletin was live on air. This taught us to be more collectively prepared for the second bulletin. I also corrected this audio error for submission of the individual stories. Overall, I have learnt that you cannot rush these production processes and that it is essential to get the everyone in the group on the same level of understanding.