then they're going across to rochdale in greater manchester.orce of specialist officers to go into areas with grooming gangs to help the police working their sack lay tougher sentencing at the court stage . sentencing at the court stage. then mandatory reports sorting if people with professional obugafions if people with professional obligations to children like teachers, police , social care, teachers, police, social care, worker as if they have evidence grooming going on, they will have a legal duty to report that and finally mandatory information to be recorded. now labour are saying that this is a lot of what they've suggested years and hasn't been done keir keir starmer has saying yes he agrees that political sensitivities shouldn't a factor in this but also pointing out that the majority of cases of child sexual abuse are in fact carried out by men. but that is, of course, we live in the united kingdom where only 14% of people come from minorities. but this is certainly a battle that the home secretary and the prime minister all are happy

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city and liverpool will support greater manchester police's investigation. gap just for the time being, then, after leaders arsenal returned in style to the emirates to blow away leeds united 4 goals to 1 this afternoon and an afternoon to remember for gabrieljesus. the former man city player scored his first goals since october last year, with two of their goals today, the first a penalty to the gunners up at half time. they took control after the break with goals from ben white and jesus with his second. granit xhaka made it four after leeds — nowjust a point above the relegation zone — pulled one back. the bbc�*sjonathan pearce spoke to the managers afterwards. it has been a concerning few days, because some of the players were unavailable, we couldn't decide until this morning the line—up, and it is always having the right state of mind after an international break to come back to the premier league, and i'm really happy with the performance. that is 100 victories as arsenal manager in all competitions. thank you very much, it is a beautiful number and l

at 5:15pm at aintree, a statement saying the women from the london area was arrested in the greater manchesterssued activities at aintree racecourse. they issued a statement saying she is currently in custody, where she will be questioned by officers. they say merseyside police have been working with thejockey club and other partners to keep people safe during the grand national festival. we were aware of some we were planning to protest at the event, this has been factored into our plans, we respect the right to peaceful protest and expression of views, that criminal behaviour and disorder will not be tolerated and will be dealt with robustly. plenty more on that when we get it. to stay with us here on bbc news. we've certainly seen a lot more sunshine around today compared with yesterday. clears the skies, the north and the west of the country. but we have seen lots of cloud in the east of england that's been pushing its way westwards. and so a bit more cloud through northern england, the middle and central southern england for the afternoon with some sunny spells and isolated light show. bu

when we look, in greater manchester for example, what we have just done greater manchester for example is a racist - line. itotally disagree, itotally| disagree that it is a racist issue, because my partner is polish, and she experienced a horrendous time during birth, she had pre—eclampsia. we will explore more, that is something for us to think about for the next couple of moments. i will come right back to you after we have had the news and the sport. it is 10:31am. the treasurer of the scottish national party, colin beattie, has been arrested by police investigating the party's finances. officers started a formal investigation into the snp's finances after getting complaints about how donations to the party were used. energy firms have agreed a new code of practice which will stop them forcibly installing prepayment meters in the homes of anyone over 85. campaigners are concerned that the rules are voluntary, but 0fgem says the reputation of energy firms will be on the line if they don't comply. mps are calling for faster progress to tackle what they call appalling higher death rat

it happened in the city of send in the greater manchester area of england. nearby. pretty good. the woman who took the video says she started recording when she saw just how happy the 2 of them are. i absolutely love this. and if you're not dancing in the street with your boyfriend or husband or they really your boyfriend or husband. olivia. are they? i don't think so. you now. i think that's going to be and has been unlike exactly 80 years. you gotta start dancing as long as the around things that, you know, doing the >> although, you know, the dips and the but, you know, maybe we will include the wienermobile because all about love, you know, maybe for your anniversary or tell him. i think that might be a nice little surprise, right? well, i know he watches every day. so i'm sure. it's probably ruin your h

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psychologist and senior lecturer at the university of south for and she joined us from southward in greater manchester now than there thank you for joining us on the program. as a clinical psychologist, obviously it's your job to look under the hood so to speak and understand why people do what they do, why people join cults. so explain that to us. store people join calls for different reasons, but often there is a mission that trust them. and here you have a group that believes that the nest life is much more important than this life. so therefore, it becomes sensible to speed up your entry into the next life which require step. that's ridiculous idea that nobody would really embrace because starving yourself is so painful, physically and emotionally. so it means there had to be a concerted effort for the leader to convince people that their current lines are meaningless. and this is the way that they can have a filament. and then it's really important. but unlike some of the other examples that you gave, the leader seems to be alive and could quite possibly be secretly eating. you know, so, and even

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but i'm joined now by oliver, was a detective oliver, who was a detective constable with greater manchesternd she manchester police, and she criticised the way that our own force dealt the rochdale child sex abuse ring. she told us actually whether she thought the government's new proposals were enough , the police, the criminal enough, the police, the criminal justice system, cps, the courts, they are on their knees. you know we are not going to bring the, you know, monumental changes that we need without without proper of police officers . you know, the officers. you know, the sentencing is pretty full. the jails are full. less than 2% of reported rapes and abuse ever reaches a court. so this to me , reaches a court. so this to me, you know, i have heard priti patel have had conversations with her with , sajid javid with her with, sajid javid saying the same things i really that this is different that this these words convert into action yet so that is maggie oliver who was of course the detective constable for greater manchester police what can see on the screen is that now is the gb new

former greater manchester police detective maggie oliver says more investment and training needed topolice the criminal justice system keeps the they are on their knees . you know, we are their knees. you know, we are not going to bring about the you know, money mental changes that we need. without investment, without training of police officers , you know, the officers, you know, the sentencing is pitiful. the jails are full. less than 2% of reported rapes and abuse ever reaches a court. the man who murdered nine year old olivia corbell in, liverpool is being sentenced later . thomas corbell in, liverpool is being sentenced later. thomas cashman was found guilty , killing the was found guilty, killing the schoolgirl as . he chased was found guilty, killing the schoolgirl as. he chased a convicted drug dealer into home in august last year. he was also found guilty of, in august last year. he was also found guilty of , the wounding found guilty of, the wounding with intent of her mother , with intent of her mother, cheryl koval and the attempted murder of joseph ni , the man he murder

let's find out more from hannah, who's at a nursery in greater manchester this morning.in the next hour orso we are children at the moment. in the next hour or so we are expecting a whole wave of children to come into the nursery. the menu is up there. they are having pea risotto for lunch today. here is where they will have their lessons, classes, fun times for the day. this place would love to be part of what the government is calling the biggest expansion of free childcare in england ever. at the moment all three and four—year—olds with working parents he ran up to £100,000 a year are entitled to 30 hours free childcare a week. that is expected to be expanded to the vast majority of two—year—olds. from september 2025, it is expected that the vast majority of children will be able to get free childcare from nine months until they go to school. that is a massive expansion of places like this. that is fraught with difficulties around things like staffing, funding, space, whether there is enough space for all the children who will be wanting a place. i have been to a nurs

are in greater manchester people are inning— in greater manchester people are innning—iaioan- in greaterb news contributor and former mep— panellist gb news contributor and former mep martin daubney and former mep martin daubney ana aiso— and former mep martin daubney and also former— and former mep martin daubney and also former editor of the iaioariisi— and also former editor of the| labourlist—but labourlist peter edwards. but rinsi—iaiesii first, let's get your latest news headlines . c 15:5 news headlines. it's 331. i'm arron armstrong in the gb newsroom the health secretary has urged the royal college of nursing to reconsider their planned industrial action at the end of the month in a letter to the unions leader this morning, steve barclay said the recent pay steve barclay said the recent pay offer to rcn members was fair and reasonable and their decision to hold a 48 hour strike will put patients at risk. the chs general secretary pat cullen, though, has criticised the government for refusing to budge on its offer . refusing to budge on its offer. plans to build new smart motorwa

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the prime minister will be in greater manchester in leeds today, meeting victims of grooming, and i think today will be required to scrutinise. i want to read you a bit of what he has been saying overnight. rishi sunak saying political correctness, as he puts it, has stopped the authorities weeding out criminals. the view in government, we heard it from the home secretary yesterday, is that some people are afraid of looking probably into gangs because they are afraid of looking racist. the home secretary talking in particular of british pakistani men being part of these groups, and we have seen high—profile cases in places like rochdale. that will be part of the government's focus today. the argument we are hearing from the labour party is that the number of cases which are leading to charges has gone down, the government is just looking for headlines and actually you would be a lot better with a comprehensive plan. the liberal democrats are saying that the government needs to look a lot harder at tackling some of the backlog in the justice system. but there are some in the political worl

i am out today in greater manchester, stockport, where i think we can make some serious gains off theinterview since her death. that's at 20 past eight. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. hello, good morning from bbc london, i'm victoria cook. bbc london has been told hundreds of calls reporting allegations of corrupt met police officers have been made by the public to a dedicated hotline. it was set up in november and sees staff work alongside the charity crimestoppers. those leading the hotline hope it provides confidence to the public reporting police behaviour. so we have had arrests made on the back of the intelligence that's come in. obviously, i don't want to talk about the live matter, but we've seen cases been referred to our domestic abuse and sexual offences team for investigation, and also to our investigators across wider policing when there are other concerns. a bbc london—commissioned poll has found 63 % of people don't have confidence in the met commissioner to "root out" corrupt officers. the survey�*s been carried out by yougov. it's surveyed

well, joining us now is a survivor of sexual abuse, kelly lees and former detective at greater manchestering to you both. really good to have you both. really good to have you both. really good to have you both on the program . kelly, you both on the program. kelly, let's with you, shall we? let's start with you, shall we? you a survivor of child you are a survivor of child sexual abuse . can you tell us sexual abuse. can you tell us a little bit about your story ? i little bit about your story? i was abused at children's homes and then when i started rolling off, i was groomed and councils intervened, you know public intervenes , you know, that's intervenes, you know, that's still happening today. and this has been going on since i was a child. so you know , i've heard child. so you know, i've heard all this before that they're going to crack down on these gangs, that they're going to intervene and that they're going to stop, prevent in more help is going to happen. i've heard all this before. i've heard this from previous prime ministers we've heard this from previous politics actions.

lawyer the crown prosecution service, i was speaking somebody the speaking to somebody in the greater manchester you so much. great to see you tonight. but coming up, as bud light sales drop by a whopping 719% following its disastrous ad campaign featuring trans activist dylan mulvaney. should it be a warning to businesses that if you go woke , you'll go that if you go woke, you'll go broke? well, the bestselling author of we need to talk about kevin lionel shriver has a fascinating . she's fascinating take on this. she's here but the here later. but the conservatives have reached their goal of putting 20,000 more bobbies on the beat. as home bobbies on the beat. but as home secretary suella secretary superwoman suella correct that the coppers must ditch political correctness and returned to common sense policing if they are going to keep people safe . my superstar keep people safe. my superstar panel debate that and we're going to have tomorrow's newspaper front pages hot off the press. we're back in just two minutes time . it's 10 pm. i'm dan wootton. tonight not a wave of woke policing has in

lawyer the crown prosecution service, was prosecution service, i was speaking to somebody in the greater manchester. she's here but the here later. but the conservatives have reached their goal of putting 20,000 more bobbies the beat. but as home bobbies on the beat. but as home secretary suella secretary superwoman suella correct that coppers must correct that the coppers must ditch political correctness and returned to common sense policing if they are going to keep people safe . my superstar keep people safe. my superstar panel debate that and we're going to have tomorrow's newspaper front pages hot off the press. we're back in just two minutes time . it's 10 pm. i'm dan wootton. tonight not a wave of woke policing has infiltrated our forces from flying trans flags to taking the side of eco loons . on yes , yes . yes but have no . on yes, yes. yes but have no fear. superwoman suella is here and after impressively hitting her target of recruiting 20,000 new police officers today , she new police officers today, she promised to lay down the law to those politically correct coppers . is police real

of northern manchester, for example, could today expect to live almost a decade less than someone living in the richest parts of nearby rural cheshire. they would likely also spend a greaterheir lives in poor health. and in recent years, life expectancy has actually been falling in more deprived areas. this compares the typical life expectancy for women in 2015 and 2021. you can see the gap — in this case, represnting a fall — is larger in areas of higher deprivation. none of this has a simple fix because there are so many issues at play. for obesity, for example, there's far more than the cost of a healthy diet. poorer areas have five times the number of fast—food restaurants compared to affluent ones. still, the government has pledged to reduce inequalities in healthy life expectancy by 2030. and there have been many policies to try and help tackle both diabetes and obesity. almost 700 obesity policies in the last 30 years, in fact. some of which, like the sugar tax, did make big population level interventions. evidence shows that interventions that are designed at the population level. so making it easierfor sort of everyone to do something, whether that's shaping the

manchester to london! elon musk says that starship could eventually carry people to destinations such as the greater solarfuture, good morning. john!— morning, john! good morning to the both of you- — morning, john! good morning to the both of you- a _ morning, john! good morning to the both of you. a beautiful _ morning, john! good morning to the both of you. a beautiful day - morning, john! good morning to the both of you. a beautiful day here - morning, john! good morning to the both of you. a beautiful day here in| both of you. a beautiful day here in what was the brecon beacons, but as you say will now be known as bannau brycheiniog. it is an old welsh name based on words that mean the peaks of the king, a fifth century king who ruled over this land, all those centuries ago. big challenges too, for the national park is also doing is launching a big plan to tell us what it is going to do here over the next years, over the next few years certainly but over the next generations to come. take a look around, we have more visibility for you earlier on in the programme, but you earlier on in the programme,