pocket of territory it still holds near the iraqi border. the announcement comes just days after president trump said the end of the self—declared is caliphate could soon be announced. us senator elizabeth warren has formally launched her bid to stand for the white house in 2020, with a speech in which she promised to tackle economic inequality. shejoins a growing list of democrats keen to take on republican president donald trump in 2020. seven men have been sentenced to life in prison for terror attacks in tunisia that left nearly 60 people dead. the attacks in 2015 were claimed by the islamic state group. the first one hit tunis‘ bardo museum. the second targeted tourists at a beach resort. now on bbc news, it's time for inside out. this week, we're in the west midlands, reporting on birmingham's red light district and whether it's time for a regulated zone where prostitution could be better controlled. tonight: for these residents,

prostitution is becoming a real problem. this is not a red light area, this is my home. it's not going to happen. you know, curb crawlers, if you do come here, we will deal with you. why tony's hoping he'll beat the downturn on the high street. i thought, "there is no deli in wolverhampton, so it stands a very good chance of being accepted quickly," and i was wrong. and have you ever tried raw milk? personally, i haven't, but apparently, sales are on the up. a lot creamier, and it is a nice treat for my husband, who was brought up on it. i'm ayo akinwolere and this is inside out west midlands. hello from wolverhampton. first tonight, most big cities have a red light zone

and in birmingham, families are demanding action to stop sex being sold on the streets. but will a police crackdown just move the problem on, or is there a better way? trish adudu's been trying to find out. during the day, handsworth in birmingham is a buzzing multicultural place. it's brimming with life and local businesses thrive. but at night, soho road has a slightly intimidating vibe and now sex workers have started appearing on the streets. prostitution has been something the police have been trying to deal with for decades, and the law on prostitution is very complicated. prostitution isn't actually illegal if you work indoors and alone. but two women, that's a brothel. and if you work the streets, well, you're breaking the law and likely upsetting the locals too. i don't want my kids growing up in this kind of environment and this neighbourhood. so the police crack down,

the women and their clients move on, but always to somewhere else in the city. areas such as balsall heath, the edgbaston areas of birmingham and we're now seeing other emerging areas such as handsworth and the area around the soho road. in handsworth, they‘ re targeting curb crawlers, not the women. the women are often victims themselves of crime or intimidation. but does it have to be like this? another city has a very different approach. we aren't talking about morality here. we're talking about real people's lives. we're talking about a pragmatic, practical and compassionate response to street sex work. different approaches, but one things certain — the buying and selling of sex is here to stay. it's not gonna go out of fashion. everyone‘s gonna want it. you're not going to stop it. it's a cold sunday night back in birmingham. the shops are open,

the streets are busy, and sex workers are already starting their shift. it doesn't surprise me because we've had reports probably seven months ago that it was happening during the day, so we put some additional policing in and daylight activity has stopped. when i say stopped, it's probably been displaced to probably later on in the evening. but the uniformed officers aren't alone. the local volunteer group, street watch, come out to help. they're local people who patrol the streets of the neighbourhood they know so well. it's overwhelming when you actually do come out and see what's happening. this is not a red light area, this is my home. it's not gonna happen. curb crawlers, if you do come to handsworth, we will deal with you. like most big cities, birmingham has had problems with the sex trade for decades. during the 1990s, vice had a grip on balsall heath. it was like a no—go zone. even the police would not go here. i remember once on the cornerjust here, a pregnant girl being beaten because she hadn't made enough money and ashamedly,

we all did turn a blind eye. until we decided enough is enough. and enough was enough. the community campaign forced the sex workers out. that only shifted the problem, though, as other parts of the city, and now handsworth, have found out. the women themselves say that protests like in balsall heath and the volunteers patrolling tonight are intimidating, so west midlands police have drafted in specially trained female officers to build a bond with the sex workers. she owes rent to her landlady, so she was trying to pay the arrears. that sex worker today owes rent and that's why shes out? yeah that's why she's out. she's also a class a user, but she was very honest with me so there's no need to lie, so i do believe she does owe rent and that's why she's out.

debt, addiction and poverty — that's what most women here say is the reason they're selling sex for as little as £5 on a freezing night. but for their punters, instead of a court appearance, they're being sent on a course that'll cost them £300. one man on his way to a course that will hopefully rehabilitate him and a sex worker trying to pay off her rent, selling her body for £5. but whether it's for £5 or £500, selling sex on the street is dangerous. serious assaults and robberies are common. the complicated law means the women often don't report offences in case they're arrested. west midlands police would like to change all that. i think we know statistically that somewhere in the region of 80% of sex workers will experience a crime of some sort, whether that be sexual violence, violence, stalking or harassment, over a 5—year period.

and we know that only 20% of those people are likely to report to the police. now that's an issue for us and something we need to address. but is there a way to make the streets safer? i'm on my way up north, where a different approach seems to be achieving the unthinkable — a safer working environment for the sex workers and keeping the locals on side. in holbeck in leeds, the local council has tried something pretty revolutionary to try to protect the sex workers without upsetting local residents. this is one of two streets where the police are effectively turning a blind eye to sex workers and their clients during certain hours of the night. it's called the "managed approach" and between the hours of 8pm and 6am, sex workers and kerb crawlers don't get arrested. does it really work, though? here's katie, which is not her real name. it works because the police look out for us and help us, obviously, and it gives us somewhere

stable to be able to go without worrying about getting arrested or anything like that. almost three quarters of women here say they feel safer and are more likely to report crimes against them to the police. most play by the rules. but like anything in life, there's a few that don't, and that's what worries some of the locals. although there are some complaints from local people — who didn't want to speak to us when we were filming — others take a different view. the girls want to work, so it's keeping them safe, and that's the important thing. if they are going to do it, control it and keep it safe. we've been here 12 years now and we've never seen any trouble from the girls. for basis, the charity that helped set up this managed area, the focus is on caring for the sex workers, seeing them as people. they park a van here to provide reassurance and practical help. so now we see women in oui’ van

where we can spend dedicated time with them, where they can be a bit warmer, we can spend time talking to them about some of their issues, and ensuring they've got access to services as well, as meeting their most immediate needs which is just being warm, being safe, having a drink, a hot drink. rain, hail orshine, katie still goes to work and for her, it's a matter of survival. so how long have you been doing this? on and off for about 15 years. it's not gonna go out of fashion. everyone‘s gonna want it, you're not going to stop it. i don't stay out all night. i make what i need to survive, then i go home. what do you need to survive? about 20, 30 quid. do you think you'll ever give up this trade? yeah, when i get too old for it. back in birmingham, police have changed their thinking about prostitution. they're now open to a different approach. i think what we are keen to do is to see a real evaluation

of what's taking place in leeds to then see if it's something we'd like to consider within the west midlands area. and surprisingly, there's support for a controlled prostitution zone from abdullah, who worked to drive the sex trade out of balsall heath 25 years ago. i think it could be another option. ultimately for me, it's about the safeguarding of these women and they're not abused. so perhaps one day, that leeds experiment could be seen on the streets of birmingham. as always, if you'd like to drop me a line about that film or anything next, wolverhampton like many other places across the country is suffering from a retail recession and about 200,000 people will lose theirjobs this year, it is thought. ben godfrey's been taking the temperature here and looking at potential solutions. wolverhampton is home to 250,000 people. it boasts a football club thriving in the premier league beside a high street facing retail relegation.

it lacks a bit of a grand vision. the shutters are down and shoppers need a lift. what do you make of wolverhampton at the moment as a place to come and shop? crap. we'll meet traders taking huge risks to survive. i normally hide out of the way if a new customer comes in, so they can look round before i leap on them. and an online business bagging big sales. being on ebay, the platform is set up with customers. we all know the high street‘s suffering. but has anyone got a solution? i've been trying to find out. i was a child of the ‘80s and i remember wolverhampton. shopping on dudley street and the city centre was something special. mum and dad used to bring me and my brothers up to town. you'd walk down the street to the smell of hot dogs

and doughnuts and everyone was armed with all their bags. now look. one in five shops in wolverhampton is now closed and do you know what? it really saddens me. i feel this city hasn't really moved on. back in the ‘90s, steve smith took a decade to find an empty shop in wolverhampton, it was that busy. he started out in bilston market and co—founded poundland, selling his stake for over £50 million, but he feels the pain of traders today. every time the rent used to go up, the rates used to go up. what has happened is it has hit a saturation point where people in this town have to put the prices up. and people have got alternatives. they have gone to other towns where it is cheaper. we'll hear steve's solution for the high street —— we'll hear steve's solution for the high street later but what about a business just starting up? tony wortley has entered the wolve‘s den. it has been a huge learning curve.

i've had to learn how to make coffee the proper way. tony's 55 and left a job in it to open a french—style deli in queen square. it's november. he's been open two months and customers are thin on the ground. i had dreams of it flying from the very word go because i thought "there's no deli in wolverhampton so therefore it stands a very good chance of being accepted quickly." i was wrong. but while there is no clamour for cheese and chutney, tony won't give up. we will catch up with him later. so, solutions. top of the shopping list — cut parking charges. the car parks, i don't like them. they are too pricey. i've had to pay £3 for two hours. i have a car but i would not come in my car. i've discovered that the city of wolverhampton council pulled in almost £9 million in parking charges since 2013,

including £2 million last year. oh, and there was another £500,000 on top of that in parking penalties. let's see what they've got to say about it. why aren't you investing that money or reinvesting it directly back into the high street when it's suffering so much? the £2 million is reinvested back into our car parking provision and back into things like the traffic wardens we've got. traders are telling us that the car park charges are crippling their trade. wolverhampton city council only control a quarter of car parking charges. for the last seven or eight years, the parking charges have been static. it's a couple of weeks before christmas — and there's a chill wind passing tony's deli. i thought city centre footfall would be fantastic, therefore people would automatically walk into the shop. it's nothing of the kind.

you have to be established, people have to see you there. nobody walks into an empty shop unless they know it. to win more christmas custom, tony's selling his hampers online. i had 200 of those boxes, and i think i've done about 50 of them already, so i'm anticipating probably selling out of those over the next few days. solution number two is to embrace online. this year, brits will spend around £25 billion ordering stuff on our mobiles. the internet is creating greater demand for people to buy and to shop online, and that is causing shops that are physically located to close down. this is wolverhampton, busy, sharing in the prosperity of the midlands, this old market town... six decades on from that, there is an online revolution, led by the likes of pauljones. he is taking me to an abandoned nail factory. i get all the bestjobs!

i don't know where he is — somewhere. how did you find this place? you know what — i found it online. good startjones has had an incredible start here. their bags are handmade by artists paul, paris and hanson. they saw local fabrics and use second—hand sewing machines, and they're making £3,000 a week. being online is kind of an equaliser. we're level pegging with the big retailers. they, too, have a website and now we have a website. so what have we got up here? this is... paul is being supported by ebay. dozens more small independent companies in the city are hoping to cash in with a showcase online. we sell to china, to singapore.

the majority of bags sell overseas. i miss the hustle and bustle around dudley street. the ‘80s and ‘90s were tough for traders, but there's been nothing like this. the likes of bhs, maplin, patisseries valerie — gone. in 2017, cheer arrived in the form of a new debenhams and one day one — hundreds of people queued up. but today, smiles are in short supply. debenhams is planning store closures nationally, you know, retail is fickle. even the flagship mander centre didn't want us filming inside, and i sense tension everywhere. beatties is a classic example. it's been in the city for over 100 years. people love the place, they love the nostalgia. but it was at risk of closure last year — for one reason, really. people weren't spending their cash there.

back to our high street solutions, then, and as we say here, out of darkness cometh light. nightlife is returning to the city, and with it a big push to get people living over the shop, like they used to in the good old days. this high—rise is the former home of failed construction firm carillion. nightclub promoter marc parsons has moved into new apartments aimed at young professionals. granted, this is a smaller, younger, almost like a third world country city compared to some of the other ones. but without people being able to move out at their comfort zone and into a new area, they're not going to be able to generate any more for the economy, as well. wolverhampton is getting a facelift, though, including a new railway station, and a cafe—lined promenade. i think the council has got its act together, and so has wolverhampton. and the city is on the up. it's great on paper but in wolverhampton, things take time. a new restaurant and cinema complex has hit delays, and there's the brexit effect too.

i think wolverhampton has got to be customer—focused. what's good for the customer. and if they work on that, the town will improve. and what about tony, i don't want to be too optimistic, but the figures indicate that the lunchtime trade is getting stronger and stronger. but at least there is hope and now ambition in wolverhampton. for me, win or lose, it's all about falling back in love with local. finally tonight fans of health foods say you can't get anything more natural or healthy than raw milk. but because it isn't treated in any way, milk straight from the cow can carry risks. mike dilger‘s been investigating. uk dairy farmers produce around 1a billion litres of milk a year. and most of it is heat—treated

or pasteurised before it gets to the consumer. raw milk is different. it goes straight from the udder to the bottle, and sales of it are on the up. farmers claim it's full of probiotics and beneficial bacteria. but, with recent food poisoning outbreaks linked to this new trend, is it a super food or just super risky? the science of pasteurisation has been around since the late 1800s, where you heat and then rapidly cool the milk, to make it last longer and eliminate risks of harmful pathogenic bacteria. raw milk relies on the skill of the farmer and the cleanliness of the diary to avoid contamination. and, while sales are banned in scotland, here in england, it's sold legally by registered producers, just like this one. and it's proving — well, pretty popular. what's the difference in taste then? a lot, lot creamier, and it's a nice treat for my husband, who was brought up on it. it's fresh, it's natural, and its direct from source, so it's fantastic. it separates like old—fashioned milk used to do. it's a lovely tasting milk.

with plenty of happy customers, all seems well on this farm. but rewind to december 2017 and things weren't so rosy. the food standards agency has now officially suspended all sales. there have been six confirmed cases of food poisoning, and another 50 are being investigated. contaminated raw milk was the issue, and it was a real worry for richard parks, the dairy farmer. now, 18 months ago, there was a problem, wasn't there? there was. we hadn't been open that long, about six months, and we had a problem. it was unpleasant for the customer, and it was really quite stressful, actually, for us, because we put a lot of work into producing the milk. and we spent quite a lot of time, we stopped selling it and spent a number of months sort of investigating the reasons behind. richard is convinced the problem was hygiene, and the washing down of the equipment in the dairy had to be improved. this wouldn't have been an issue if the milk had been pasteurised, but there has to be higher standards

when you're selling raw milk direct to the public. other than the milk being chilled, there's no other process involved. that's the reason that the milk tastes so good, and in my mind, is better for you. but also there's that additional risk there, that if there is a problem, then you don't have pasteurisation to eliminate it. richard's farm has since been given the all—clear by the food standards agency, and they've resumed sales. while the food standards agency have always stressed the potential hazards of drinking raw milk, they haven't banned it in england, unlike other parts of the uk. so why not? my understanding is that raw milk is banned in scotland, so why the lighter touch here in england? the situation in scotland in the early '805 was quite significa ntly different than the rest of the uk. they had quite a number of deaths in scotland,

and they took the decision at that time to ban the raw milk. but is the raw milk itself hazardous? well, the milk from the... if a cow is healthy, then the raw milk itself will be fairly sterile, and the danger comes from the cross—contamination from faecal contamination from the cow, so you end up with faecal pathogens like salmonella or e coli or 157 or others. and that is the risks. it is a risky food. 0ne staffordshire dairy farmer who isn't prepared to take that risk is andrew gilman. besides the potential risk to customers, he's also concerned about the impact on his business if things go wrong. so andy, as a dairy farmer, you produce i understand 6,000 litres of milk a day. yep. but you've gone the pasteurised route. why not raw milk? we've looked into producing raw

milk, it's something we really contemplated when a couple of years ago when the milk price was really low. but to buy into the raw milk brand takes a lot of investment. if there's a health scare elsewhere in the country, scotland, devon, et cetera, no relation to the milk i'm producing at all, but that will impact upon me, upon the raw milk that i produce. but we just feel that the risks involved are not worth it. with raw milk now available across the midlands, inside out took five random samples to the national milk laboratories in wolverhampton, where they checked the levels of bacteria. the outcome was encouraging — with four farms showing pretty good results — but one having a fairly high bacteria count. scientists told us it could down to the age of the milk, or possibly hygiene standards on the farm. however, they were all classed as acceptable and safe to drink. it's encouraging news for people who buy the stuff, like pav singh and his family

from leicestershire. it's been part of their daily diet for years. as a family, how many litres do you go through a week? we normally get it delivered in litres, so we go through about 15—20 litres a week. obviously we just — we don't drink the 15 or 20 litres, we make other stuff out of it as well. so there is a lot we do with it. shall we have a taste? definitely. cheers. it's certainly creamier than i'm used to. i think i drink semi—skim milk. and it is beautiful cold, delicious. now there's no arguing with that taste test. but do the claims it's better for you stack up? some argue the pasteurisation process strips out some much of milk‘s natural nutrients. is this true? i want to get the opinion of the british dietetic association. it doesn't change the nutritional quality of milk. it makes it safer.

as i say, if people say they prefer it because it tastes better, then that is their choice. there's little dount dairy farmers have faced tough times over recent years, and the raw milk revolution, as it's being called, is a way to supplement their income, and it's proving popular. but the crucial difference between the milk you buy in the supermarket and the raw stuff is down to the pasteurisation process. so is the risk, however small, worth the reward? well the decision is yours. that's it for tonight from wolverhampton this week. don't forget, as ever, we are on the iplayer if you've missed anything, and we are also on twitter as well. see you next week, have a good one, bye—bye. well, the weather is in the process of calming down after all of that

but not just yet, but notjust yet, sunday is going to bring some rain. in fact, it's going to bea bring some rain. in fact, it's going to be a bit ofa bring some rain. in fact, it's going to be a bit of a mixed bag. it's raining in some parts of the country right now and the morning is looking down, but the afternoon i think a little bit better. this is what the satellite picture looks like right 110w. satellite picture looks like right now. that massive cloud their around the north sea just of scandinavia, that's actually the remnants of storm eric, but to the south we have a separate area of cloud and rain that has been moving across some central and southern areas, bringing outbreaks of rain and milder conditions, whereas in scotland, it's actually clear with a touch of frost first thing on sunday morning. so let's have a look at the weather map, then, for sunday itself. low pressure, one here around scandinavia, and that is actually ex— erik, but this is another one

thatis ex— erik, but this is another one that is pulling away come the afternoon. so the weather does improve a little bit but then further showers are on the way. in fa ct, further showers are on the way. in fact, we see one area of cloud and rain pushes away, another one visit to northern ireland, so i think in belfast we are expecting some heavy showers during lunchtime, and then that will actually sweep across some parts of the uk. but i think overall there will be more dry weather than wet weather on sunday. the temperature is a little on the fresh side, seven degrees in edinburgh, more or less the same on the south coast, give or take a degree. now, sunday and monday we start to see high building from the azores and also iberia. that is going to establish itself across much of western europe, and that is where it is going to stay for much of the week and quite possibly into the weekend. so that means that from monday on with the weather settles down, with a high pressure firmly in charge here. any weather systems, any outbreaks of rain cloud just shoots off to the north, whereas we are in this dry spell of weather. 10

degrees in london, and this is the pattern through monday and tuesday. you can see thejetstream way towards the north of us, sort of arcing across the uk, and then that milderair riding around arcing across the uk, and then that milder air riding around that high pressure, pushing into the uk, france, portugal, spain and much of the western mediterranean. so the bullet points for the week ahead, a lot of dry weather around. it will be decent enough, mild enough by day, but the nights at times will be chilly with a clearer skies. goodbye. welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in north america and around the globe. i'm reged ahmad. our top stories: is this their final battle — kurdish fighters in north—eastern syria launch a major assault against what remains of the islamic state group. elizabeth warren makes it official, launching her bid for the white house, promising to champion ordinary working people. prosecutors are appealing against the acquittal of 27 suspects in tunisia's 2015 terror attacks. seven men were jailed for life. the queen's husband,

the duke of edinburgh, surrenders his driving licencejust weeks after a crash that injured two women.