Jamaican church leaders who have spent years fighting Yardie gangsters have flown into Birmingham to help the city tackle its own gun-and-gang culture.

There have been a number of incidents of indiscriminate shots fired in the city in the past year.

Some experts say the city is being carved up by rival gangs.

Last year the chief constable, Sir Edward Crew, warned that unless things changed, the West Midlands would become like the "wild west".

City divided

On Wednesday, representatives from Jamaica will share their experiences with people from Birmingham who are trying to combat gun crime.

Anthony Gordon, who works to deter youngsters in Birmingham from joining gangs through the Partnership Against Crime group, says shootings and murders have become commonplace.

He told the BBC's Midlands Today programme: "You've got a lot of invisible borders around here.

"The whole city is divided into areas of gangs, gangs and more gangs," he said.

"You used to go out on a Saturday night but you don't go out no more. Why? Because you're afraid of getting shot at."