lets take a look. it's the second time this year that an animal has managed to break out of the zoo: a red panda went on the run last month before being captured a day later. danielle monaghan, who witnessed yesterday's escape with her two children , said she was very scared at first, as the chimp emerged only a foot away. but when she realised he had come to take a closer look at them, she said it was "absolutely grand" and a day she wouldn't forget. now it's time for a look at the weather with darren bett. hello there, it is not as windy today but it is colder. we have some rain around as we head into the afternoon. the rain heading to south—east england, breaking up behind that. also a curl of rain

arriving in northern ireland, because the winston reid in the far north of scotland. some sunshine during the afternoon. wet and windy weather in northern ireland, heading into wales and southern england, gone by morning. the wet weather in scotla nd gone by morning. the wet weather in scotland head southwards. wintriness over the northern hills. we are dragging down colder air, temperatures lower overnight and throw slightly in scotland in the east. a decent start to the new week, light when the unfair sunshine, patchy cloud here and there. a dry day, chilly for eastern scotland. hello. this is bbc news with ben brown. the headlines: work and pensions secretary amber rudd warns company bosses they could be jailed for up to seven years if they "wilfully or recklessly" mismanage their employees‘ pension scheme.

theresa may will ask mps for more time to rework her brexit plan — but labour accuses the prime minister of trying to run down the clock the duke of edinburgh gives up his driving licence, weeks after he crashed his car near the queen's sandringham estate. now on bbc news, its time for inside out. 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, kerb 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's 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 kerb 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. 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.

kerb 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 she's 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 £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 five—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. 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. 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 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 source 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 face—lift, 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 '80s was quite significantly 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, etc, 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—skimmed 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. hello there. it is not as windy today, but it does feel chilly. we

are seeing some sunshine developing, but still some areas of rain around. quite soggy in the southern half of the uk, the persistent rain edging its way across the midlands and moving into east anglia and the south—east. that will linger for a while, and eventually it will turn dry and cloudy. we have got this curl of rain moving into northern ireland with some gusty winds, temperatures a bit disappointing today, 6—8d. wet and windy weather for northern ireland sweeping down into wales, southern england and early in the night, and that wet weather in northern scotland moving southwards, sleet and snow over the hills, tending to peter wright as it i’u ns hills, tending to peter wright as it runs into the north—east of england. we are drawing dan cold air on a northerly breeze, a frost in scotland, maybe icy patches across the north. 0ne scotland, maybe icy patches across the north. one of two showers on the north sea coast, light winds, plenty of sunshine around, a dry day after a chilly start, still not very warm

and eastern scotland, north—east england, mild of the south wales and south—east england. this is bbc news. the headlines at 11. theresa may will ask mps for more time to rework her brexit plan and offer parliament another vote, but labour accuses the prime minister of trying to run down the clock work and pensions secretary amber rudd warns company bosses they could be jailed for up to seven years if they "wilfully or recklessly" mismanage their employees' pension scheme. kurdish—led forces, backed by the united states, have launched a final push to defeat the so—called islamic state group in syria. the scientist who discovered

the link between eating too much processed meat and bowel cancer accuses the government of not doing enough to encourage people to cut their consumption. the duke of edinburgh gives up his driving licence, weeks after he crashed his car near the queen's sandringham estate. and monkeying around at belfast zoo, visitors were surprised to find a chimpanzee wandering outside its enclosure