but the actions of humberside police came too close for comfort.for liberty. the police were wrong to visit my workplace, wrong to check my thinking, wrong in their attempt to force me the stone wall and now the labour party trans rights pledge. the words ofjustice julian labour party trans rights pledge. the words ofjusticejulian knowles will be seen as a robust defence of the right to freedom of expression and he talked in his ruling about the right to be offensive in what you say. he said freedom of speech which is entirely inoffensive is a right not worth having. that is not the view of everybody in terms of this case and the trans community, we have spoken to a number of groups researching this story and they have reacted in a different way. this is helen belcher. i think trans people will be worried it could become open season on us because the court didn't really define the threshold for acceptable speech. i think it will reinforce an opinion that the courts don't really understand trans lives and aren't there to protect trans people. the wo

but the actions of humberside police came way too close to comfort. this is a watershed moment for liberty. we'll have the latest. the other main stories on bbc news at 5pm... the uk prepares for more torrential rain and winds of up to 80 mph. storm dennis is expected to batter the uk this weekend. borisjohnson‘s new cabinet meets for the first time since yesterday's dramatic resignation of sajid javid as chancellor. the number of people diagnosed with mumps in england is at its highest for a decade. hey everyone! welcome back to my live stream. today we're destroying robots! step one... and the speedy blue hedgehog comes to the big screen. find out what mark kermode thinks of sonic the hedgehog, and the rest of the week's big cinema releases, in the film review. good evening, welcome to the bbc news at 5pm, i'm jane hill. its 5pm, our top story: in a landmark case about freedom of expression, a high courtjudge has warned police against acting like the gestapo or the stasi when they investigate alleged hate messages on social media. thejudge ruled tha

humberside police attended his place of work.eventually interviewed him over the phone and warned him that if he continued, he could be prosecuted. he judicially reviewed the guidance under which this incident was logged as a non—crime eight incident, which can be turned up on certain background checks. today, mrjustice knowles ruled that the guidance itself was lawful but that the behaviour of humberside police was a disproportionate interference with his right to free speech. outside court, harry miller was delighted. we have never had a gestapo or a stasi in great britain but the actions of humberside police came way too close for comfort. this is a watershed moment for liberty. the police were wrong to visit my workplace. wrong to check my thinking. wrong in their attempt to force me the stonewall and now the labour party trans right pledge. well, many people will regard the very strong words from esther justice knowles as a robust defence of freedom of speech. but that isn't the case, in particular with trans groups. outside

what the actions of humberside police came way too close for comfort.is is a watershed moment for liberty. borisjohnson‘s new cabinet meets for the first time since yesterday's dramatic resignation of sajid javid as chancellor. the number of people diagnosed with mumps in england is at its highest for a decade. and at 11:30pm, we will be taking another look at the papers with martin bentham, home affairs editor at the evening standard and sian griffiths, education editor at the sunday times. good evening and welcome to bbc news. the premier league champions, manchester city, have been banned from the champions league for two seasons by european football's governing body, uefa. they have also been fined £25 million pounds for serious breaches of uefa's club licensing and financial fair play regulations. manchester city say they are disappointed but not surprised, and will appeal the decision. olly foster has the latest from manchester city's etihad stadium. the main accusation is that they overinflated, how much money in revenue they were getting from th

melo verses humberside serves as a rallying cry.ay's reshuffle amid uncertainty over the budget taking place as planned on march 11th. a test on policy figures to start, as borisjohson tells his cabinet they must repay the trust of the people who voted for them. police in new zealand say they've found the body of stephanie simpson, the british woman who's been missing since monday. cases of mumps in england are at the highest level in a decade, with the steep rise being largely driven by outbreaks in universities and colleges. and coming up later — how one of naples most powerful mafia bosses ended up hiding out in a lancashire caravan park. good afternoon. welcome to bbc newsroom live. the high court has ruled that humberside police unlawfully interfered with a man's right to freedom of expression after turning up at his place of work to discuss his allegedly "transphobic" posts on twitter. harry miller was told he had not committed a crime, but his online activity would be recorded as a hate incident. the court said this response

humberside police warned him he could be prosecuted if he continued.n be disclosed on certain background checks. harry miller challenged police guidance and behaviour. the guidance was found to be lawful but the judge ruled the police acted disproportionately. he said... many people will regard the words of mrjusticejulian knowles as a robust, muscular defence of free speech. but some will fear they will be taken as a green light by people who want to direct offensive and hurtful comments at minority groups. i think trans people will be worried that it could become open season on us because the court didn't really define what the threshold for acceptable speech was. and i think it willjust reinforce an opinion that the courts don't really understand trans lives and are not there to protect trans people. harry miller's next step is to appeal the ruling the police guidance is lawful to the uk supreme court. the investigation of non—crime hate incidents faces another legal challenge. clive coleman, bbc news. the death toll from coronavirus continues to ri

humberside police warned him he could be prosecuted if he continued.sclosed on certain background checks. —— non—crime hate incident. harry miller challenged police guidance and behaviour. the guidance was found to be lawful but the judge ruled the police acted disproportionately. he said... many people will regard the words of mrjustice knowles as a robust, muscular defence of free speech. but some will fear they will be taken as a green light by people who want to direct offensive and hurtful comments at minority groups. i think trans people will be worried that it could become open season on us because the court didn't really define what the threshold for acceptable speech was. and i think it'll reinforce an opinion that the courts don't really understand trans lives and are not there to protect trans people. harry miller's next step is to appeal the ruling the police guidance is lawful to the uk supreme court. the investigation of non—crime hate incidents faces another legal challenge. clive coleman, bbc news. the body of a missing british woman ha

but the actions of humberside police came way too close to comfort.this is a watershed moment for liberty. borisjohnson's new cabinet meets for the first time since yesterday's dramatic resignation of sajid javid as chancellor. the number of people diagnosed with mumps in england is at its highest for a decade. and on newswatch: as storms hit the uk, is it necessary or responsible for reporters and camera crews to be out in their midst? join us tonight at 7:45pm here on bbc news. good evening. manchester city fc and banned from european competition for the next two season after being found to have committed serious breaches of uefa's clu b committed serious breaches of uefa's club licensing and financial fairplay regulations. the reigning champion have also been find 30 million euros, around £25 million. let's get more on this. joe wilson is here with me now. this is a huge story? if you think about this whole project of manchester to become a what has it been working towards? winning the champions league, being the best club in europe, in effect the

he says we have never had a gestapo or stasi in this country so the actions of humberside police we rery strong and passionate views held on both sides. i anticipate trends groups will be concerned about the ruling today. —— trans—groups concerned about the ruling today. —— tra ns—groups will be concerned about the ruling today. —— trans—groups will be concerned about the ruling today. pop star billie eilish has recorded the title track for the newjames bond film, no time to die. the us singer, who turned 18 last month, is the youngest artist in history to write and record a theme for the franchise.the song was released at midnight, at the same time as a new trailer for the film, starring daniel craig. let‘s have a look at the new trailer with that new bond theme now. asi as i speak tojimmy. as i speak to jimmy. it sounds to me, as an untrained ear, quite familiar, in terms of the type of song we have come to expect of a bond theme tune. definitely has all the hallmarks of a bond theme tune, the hallmarks of a bond theme tune, the rising strings and a brass section. but it starts out a

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he was questioned by humberside police. a non—crime—hate incident was recorded in a crime report.dance is you don't need a victim and, in actualfact, the victim can be anybody who just is offended by what you tweet. the idea you can record something of such a serious nature, irrespective of evidence, is just crazy. every year more than 25,000 non—crime hate incidents are recorded by uk police in order to stop them escalating into hate crimes. but this case raises the question of what should happen when comments on issues like gender identity are provocative, disrespectful, but they don't break the law. should they nonetheless trigger a police investigation and be locked —— logged against the person who made them? yes, says this campaigner. it goes back to that whole, well, i'm only exercising free speech, it's a bit of a joke, i've got the right to say the stuff. a lot of the arguments the anti—trans campaigns have been using have been very simplistic and largely wrong. so, they are not based on any science, they are targeting a group of people and trying to direct abusive speech

he was questioned by humberside police and a non— prime hate incident was recorded on a report —— nonlfact, the victim can be anyone who is offended by what you tweet. the idea that you can record something of such a serious nature, irrespective of evidence, isjust serious nature, irrespective of evidence, is just crazy! serious nature, irrespective of evidence, isjust crazy! every year, more than 25,000 nine prime hate incidents are recorded by uk police in order to stop them escalating into hate crimes. but this case raises the question of what should happen when common issues like gender identity does make comments on gender identity are provocative. should they be reported and logged against the person against them? yes, there's this campaign. it goes back to this whole i'm only exercising my free speech is a joke, i have a right to say this stuff. a lot of the arguments the anti— trans— campaigners have been using have been very simplistic and largely wrong. so they aren't based in any science, they are targeting a group of people deliberately to try to direct abusive speeds towa