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Birmingham's children's services are to be run by a voluntary trust after a string of tragic cases involving the deaths of children across the city.

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Three more men are charged in connection with a double shooting in which one man died and another was critically injured.

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Delays of up to 20 minutes to trains between Birmingham New Street and Longbridge are expected to continue until 18:30, Network Rail says, external.

The disruption was caused by a passenger being taken ill.

Channel 4 Dispatches, external says its documentary reveals:

• Some social workers failing to cope with high caseloads, others not receiving appropriate supervision and many announcing their intention to quit
• Concerns serious cases where children could be at risk of sexual or physical abuse are not being handled properly
• One junior social worker resigning after being rushed to complete a Special Guardianship Order and being forced to “beg” for help from managers
• The department descending into chaos as a reorganisation takes place
• A “ridiculous” situation arising where social workers have to phone police in the same room to discuss the most serious cases because they haven’t got the required security clearance.

The makers of Channel Four's Dispatches programme said it "noted with interest" the announcement the service would be run by a voluntary trust.

An episode on Thursday is due to show an experienced social worker working undercover with the team.

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"Dispatches' undercover social worker discovered a troubling picture of chaos, low staff morale and confused decision-making on how to handle serious cases where children could be at risk," a statement said.

"She found overstretched colleagues struggling to cope and battling against constant changes in their attempts to keep children safe."

Undercover: Inside Britain’s Children’s Services will be broadcast on Thursday 26 May, 22:00.

Kathryn Stanczyszyn
Political Reporter, BBC WM

BBC WM's very own broadcasting legend Ed Doolan has received a special award in recognition of outstanding service to the people of Birmingham.

The cabinet member for children's services at Birmingham City Council, Brigid Jones, says an improvement plan was agreed with the government two years ago - and every target has been met.

She said: "Every single indicator we're monitoring is going in the right way. Our caseloads are the lowest that they've been: they're 15 now on average, they were around 30 on average when I started.

"We've got our staff turnover down from around about a third to around about a quarter. And the number of agency social workers has come down significantly as well. 

"Every indicator here in Birmingham is moving in the right direction. What we need to do now is find a way to keep that improvement going. And we think that by going into some sort of trust arrangement, we can do that in the best way."

Steve Hermon
Journalist, BBC WM

The UKIP leader Nigel Farage held a walkabout in the town and visited a shoe repair shop and ate pork scratchings in a family butchers during his visit.

Steve Hermon
Journalist, BBC WM

Eddie Izzard visited Aston University ahead of the EU Referendum on 23 June urging young people to vote and in support of the Remain campaign.

Alex Homer
BBC Local Live

if you are just catching up, here are our top stories on Tuesday:

- Birmingham's troubled children services department is set to be run as a voluntary trust

- A Walsall man has been found guilty of the rape and murder of a woman with learning difficulties

- Boyband 5ive have pulled out of a "Brexit gig" due to take place in Birmingham and funded by the Leave.EU campaign

BBC Newsbeat

Boyband 5ive have pulled out of a "Brexit gig" funded by the Leave.EU campaign.

Alesha Dixon, East 17 and soul legends Sister Sledge are still on the bill and it's thought UKIP leader Nigel Farage will be a guest speaker.

5ive's management said they had made the decision after realising the concert was "more a political rally".

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Find out more about what went wrong in the department before city council revealed plans for it to be run as a volunteer trust.

Craig House Cacti in West Bromwich have scooped another gold award at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show, their sixth running.

Business partners Stan Griffin and Vicki Newman set up their Durham Drive firm, Craig House Cacti, in 2007.

"Pitiful failures" by children's services at Birmingham City Council have meant young people "suffered most," the NSPCC said.

"A lack of consistency in the support offered to children has meant a breakdown of trust in the very system which was supposed to be their lifeline."

The charity was responding to news the service is being moved to be run by a voluntary trust.

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The charity continued: “The focus must always be on securing the best outcomes for children and it is essential to regain their confidence in a system which has let them down so appallingly for too long.

“Concerted efforts must now be made to improve staff retention rates and - most importantly of all - ensure the most vulnerable members of society are protected."

A man is found guilty of raping and murdering his wife's friend, whose body was found hidden under his bed.

Vanessa Pearce
BBC Local Live

A coach driver, who helped 59 school children and seven teachers escape a burning coach on the M6 yesterday says all he did was let the stranded children "take refuge".

Paul Bingham was driving his 50-seat coach back to his firm's yard in Wigan when he pulled over after seeing "small flames coming out of the rear bottom" of a coach on the hard-shoulder.

Image source, West Midlands Ambulance Servide

"I did nothing really" he said "I just parked my bus and said jump on".

But, he admitted "I got 60-odd people away from the scene and allowed them to sit in comfort, I think the important thing is the kids didn't see it, that would have been more stressful".

The ambulance service say it could have been a much more serious incident "but for the quick actions of the coach drivers, teachers and children".

BBC Travel

A lane is closed on the M42 exit slip road southbound at J2, A441 (Alvechurch), BBC Travel news reports.

There's also a lane closed on the M6 southbound between J12, A5 (Gailey) and J11a M6 Toll, because of a broken down vehicle.