you have baroness warsi, david anderson, the former reviewer of terrorist legislation, andy burnham,roness warsi have talked about prevent becoming a toxic brand. is it linked to the fa ct toxic brand. is it linked to the fact that it started out specifically focusing on the muslim community, and although that has changed, is there still a perception that it changed, is there still a perception thatitis changed, is there still a perception that it is still that, and when you look at the numbers of people on the radar of prevent, one in three are actually on the far right, now. we don't have a great deal of transparency around what happens within prevent. people have asked foran within prevent. people have asked for an independent review. people are familiar with the story about a child who speaks about someone living in a terraced house and misspells that as a terrorist house and have been referred to the prevent programme. so there are a range of instances where individuals have been referred under prevent and it adds to their lack of confidence. is there ever a problem where there

the problem is andy burnham and george osborne are not in government.n in the three biggest cities, those connections between really big cities, just not good enough. it ta kes too cities, just not good enough. it takes too long, often it is a very unpleasant journey. gaps between services are not good enough and that affects business. it reduces the opportunities that we had to create economic growth in the north of england that could help us pay a ru nway of england that could help us pay a runway in the uk. but if high-speed rail way forward? that is an interesting question, they will be good for the north of england. are they the top priority appear, while data is something we look at a lot. and probably it is not the top priority. the top priorities are things like bus regulation, small improvements to trams, cheaper ways to ta ke improvements to trams, cheaper ways to take the bus between local centres. that would not get on the news, if we want to win the political battle then maybe we need to say that hs2 and hs3 are the big things to fight for.

andy burnham there.ark court injection against suspected members of two criminal gangs took to be involved in gang and drugs offences. 17 people have been served with a legal order, banning them from entering large parts of the city and from mixing with one another. from birmingham we have this report. we are on a way to serve a final gang injunction, forjerome jones was the the men would be the go to certain parts of the city, meet one another or post material online. we are driving through handsworth. one of the areas where the men will no longer be able to go to. it is in what is called the exclusion zone. that stretches from the centre of the city to its outskirts. here are the city to its outskirts. here are the 18 men, 12 of whom are already in prison. they are suspected of having links with two prominent birmingham gangs, the burger bar boys and the johnson birmingham gangs, the burger bar boys and thejohnson crew. house number one, and he's not home. pc eva ns, number one, and he's not home. pc e

i am joined by the mayor of greater manchester, andy burnham, how did the meeting today?message coming out of it is that westminster may have ignored the north for many decades, but no more. we are now going to speak with one voice, as you say, and make sure that voice is heard loudly on the national stage. people can hear the voice of scotland, wales and northern ireland, and they got a special deal recently but it is time to the north of england to get the same. quite a funeral is coming out of this meeting, 15 million live in the north, if it was its chris grayling is right, you can sort this out on your own? this is not about point—scoring or party politics. it is about making the case of the north. we need to get our act together. let's speak with one voice, make it easier for government to speak to the north of england. on the other hand, they have to play their part too. we cannot have a 21st—century rail syste m cannot have a 21st—century rail system here without multi—million pound backing from the government. they have given and london that kind of support, they

north of england meeting in that conference room, people like the mayor of greater manchester andy burnhamders of leeds, sheffield, newcastle city councils, they are all meeting to demand more action and commitment and, crucially, more money from central government to help fund transport improvements across the north of england. they say it is crucial not only to improve journey times, to help commuters, but to the region's economy. interestingly, the meeting was called only last month, when the government announced plans that it was dropping plans to electrify certain railway lines across the north of england and, days later, it backed plans for crossrail two, a north to south railway line, across london. and miss meeting taking place in the context of that article written by chris grayling, we mentioned it in the introduction, what is the reaction to that? i have a copy of it here. you showed it in the introduction. ifjohn, the cameraman, can zoom in. chris grayling, he says it is up to the north to sort out rail issues. speaking to those in the meeting room, i think it has left a sour t