so i went down to staffordshire was . i had a staffordshire and i was.to detect hate speech wherever we find it. it was an absolute, utter disaster. tell us about some of their their materials and their messaging. well, first of all, they had no idea what crime was. >> they didn't understand that you cannot have a crime you cannot have a hate crime without, first all, having without, first of all, having a crime. >> that's the first thing major, major error. >> but then went on to tell >> but then they went on to tell us about unconscious bias, and they identified 150 different types unconscious bias. types of unconscious bias. >> they didn't name them. they just told us there were 150. and they all was flawed they said all of this was flawed thinking . i they said all of this was flawed thinking. i said, they said all of this was flawed thinking . i said, well, hold on thinking. i said, well, hold on a minute. this may not necessarily be true. >> let's for instance, >> let's take, for instance, the a was walking down a woman who was walking down a dark

in north staffordshire, ben and ruby are hoping to put their near miss behind them. underground. drinking water bubbling up from underground. it's mid—morning in redhill, and teams have already located the problem. thanks to ai technology which triggered an alarm just after 8am. you can see the flow is going up and down. we have a prediction that goes along with the green line, which are saying, based upon the history, this is the flow we should be getting in that area at this time. you can see over here it started to jump, it has changed. as a result, the system noticed, it alerted the control room and generated an alarm. the way the system learns is by having gadgets in the ground. we have 1000 sensors scattered across our entire area. because they are bringing back data every 15 minutes, it allows us to find bursts very quickly and get onto them before our customers are even where something is happening. they know already the leak is on a joint, a nine centimetre plastic pipe that was laid in 2007. according to the regulator ofwat, about a fifth of all fresh water

meanwhile in north staffordshire bean and ruby are hoping to put their near miss behind them.tories from the _ near miss behind them. more stories from the uk, - near miss behind them. more stories from the uk, head - near miss behind them. more stories from the uk, head to | stories from the uk, head to the bbc news website. hello and welcome to sports day. our top stories: all square at anfield, jurgen klopp and pep guardiola embrace a point. but that keeps arsenal top of the table. what any of those three would give for a io—point advantage. that's what leverkusen have with just nine bundesliga games. and melbourne revenge for iga swiatek at indian wells. she meets the player who knocked her out of the australian open. it was a meeting of two rivals, either of which could have ended the day top of the premier league. and having struck a telling blow in the title race. but in the end, neither liverpool, nor manchester city could go above arsenal with their game finishing i—i at anfield in what was the final match between jurgen klopp and pep guardiola in the english league.

also, alongside visiting alongside with the visiting professor at staffordshire university, tom buickbody. let's get straight we? and talk straight in, shall we? and talk about the next topic diversity because badenoch she because kemi badenoch she basically says these basically says all these workplace courses are workplace diversity courses are essentially just snake oil apparently. i mean, don't be under any illusion, right? this is such a massive industry in this country . get is such a massive industry in this country. get this right. the uk employs almost twice as many diversity and inclusion workers per 10,000 employees than any other country. the pubuc than any other country. the public sector. there's more than 10,000 public diversity and inclusion jobs, at a cost of £557 million a year. >> tom buick well, it's the new health and safety officer racket, isn't it? again, you know, i don't, having been a ceo to five organisations since the age of 34, i do take the responsibility that we don't want discrimination in the workplace . and i think training workplace. and i think trai

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i think important down think it's important i sit down with my, for example, staffordshire and staffordshireand understand local ward understand in each local ward what are the main crimes that are being driven and who in their opinion, is driving the fact only 1% of are convicted? >> that's something that we >> so that's something that we should. that our should. and the fact that our asylum we should be asylum system, that we should be proud of saved millions and proud of has saved millions and millions people. millions of people. >> ask you can i ask you, >> can i ask you can i ask you, though, do you not think that women and girls a specific women and girls in a specific area would have a to know area would have a right to know if demonstrably proven if it is demonstrably proven that there happens a link that there happens to be a link between seekers and between asylum seekers and sexual an area, do between asylum seekers and seanot an area, do between asylum seekers and seanot think an area, do between asylum seekers and seanot think that an area, do between asylum seekers and seanot t

daniel moylan visiting moylan and the visiting professor at staffordshire university, and university,. and i won't which one of won't tell you which one of those two chaps were reminiscing, perhaps their reminiscing, perhaps on their beach day. beach bodies back in the day. i'll to your i'll leave that to your imagination. know the drill, imagination. you know the drill, don't you? it's just about don't you? it's not just about us it is about you guys us three. it is about you guys at well. what's on your at home as well. what's on your mind tonight? apart from pamela anderson, mind tonight? apart from pamela andin;on, mind tonight? apart from pamela andin touch with me all the get in touch with me all the usual ways. vaiews@gbnews.com is get hold of me on is how you get hold of me on email. or can tweet me gb email. or you can tweet me at gb news. one of my viewers, news. use one of my viewers, francis. um, you're quick off the you've already said the mark. you've already said michelle, we have two michelle, can we have two tickets, for the tickets, please, for the whitehaven event t

meanwhile, in north staffordshire, ben and ruby are hoping to put their near miss behind them. news website. hello and welcome to sports day. our top stories: all square at anfield, jurgen klopp and pep guardiola embrace a point. but that keeps arsenal top of the table. what any of those three would give for a 10—point advantage. that's what leverkusen have with just nine bundesliga games. and melbourne revenge for iga swiatek at indian wells. she meets the player who knocked her out of the australian open. hello again and welcome along to sports day. it was a meeting of two and — either which could have ended the day top of the premier league. and having struck a telling blow in the title race. in the end, neither liverpool nor city could go above arsenal could go with the final match with jurgen could go with the final match withjurgen klopp and pep guardiola. when you look back atjurgen klopp and pep guardiola, you'll find games with more intensity and animosity. but perhaps, this one perfectly sums up their rivalry. two great teams and managers unable to be separated. city

meanwhile in north staffordshire ben and ruby are hoping to put their near miss behind them.. for more stories across the uk had to the bbc news _ them. for more stories across the uk had to the bbc news website. - hello from the bbc sport centre india are building a decent lead against england, after centuries from captain rohit sharma and shubman gill helped put them 255 runs ahead at the end of day two of the fifth and final test in dharamsala. a moment for the england captain ben stokes — his first delivery, in over 250 days, getting the wicket of his counterpart — rohit — not before the india captain passed his hundred. gill was stopped in his tracks byjames anderson, who's just one away from his 700th wicket... england battled back late on — taking for five wickets for 52...

emma simpson, bbc news, staffordshire.ew definition of extremism in order, it says, to try to stop organisations which promote hatred, violence and intolerance. it's part of a promise to tackle what it says is an "increased threat" to the uk. the new terminology will be used to assess whether groups are eligible to receive public funding or support. but critics say the measure threatens freedom of speech and public protest. 0ur political correspondent damian grammaticas reports. chanting: we want boycott! conflict in the middle east driving polarisation here. the government says it's not seeking to stop protests or curb free speech, but it needs to deal with groups whose actions, while lawful, are a threat to democracy. so this isn't a new law, but michael gove will have the power to label groups extremist, cut them off from contact with government or any funding. 0ur definition will not affect gender critical campaigners, those with conservative religious beliefs, trans activists, environmental protest groups. but the gov

emma simpson, bbc news, staffordshire. its starship rocket into space for his longest test yet, but the rocket was lost as it reentered earth's up was here. the government new objectives that'll eventually get us to that glorious, rapid, reusable future... twice before, starship blew upjust minutes after launch. was this going to be third time lucky? so far, so good. we are feeling the rumble. we are seeing 33 out of 33 raptor engines ignited. and now the critical part, where it blew up before — the successful separation of the upper and lower sections. 0k, we got a starship on its way to space and a booster on the way back to the gulf. oh, man, i need a moment to pick my ijaw up from the floor because these i these views are just stunning. and here's a view of the lower section falling back to earth. but then, communication is lost. and acquisition of signal, we'll see if we can get some other video... but back in space, it's all going fine, and the upper section begins reentry into the earth's atmosphere. this is where t

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. >> well, anthony from staffordshire, he's been in touch and he wants to know this.t altogether? small vat altogether? support small businesses, support big businesses, support big businesses , support the businesses, support the consumers, leave national insurance alone, scrap vat instead. does anthony have a point? well i've heard this a lot actually, from the hospitality sector. >> in fact , i think we were in a >> in fact, i think we were in a event together, lucy and i, on that. so i get that. but i think what rishi sunak has said and said it very clearly, we are the party that wants low taxes. but once you've spent 400 billion on covid, a 100 billion on cost of living and energy support, you've got to say, when can we bnng you've got to say, when can we bring it down? first thing is bnng bring it down? first thing is bring down inflation. then bring down inflation. and then we've will national we've said it will be national insurance which we've said it will be national ins brought which we've said it will be national ins brought down which we've said it will b

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halved in the same time frame from 73 to 36, while more than 40% of stations have shut in both staffordshireester, leaving them with just 12 each. the best example of the breakdown in law and order is this a police station in streatham closed and was turned into £1 million cannabis farm. there have been cuts, but the police don't help themselves. outrageous two tier policing during the palestine protests. you just want to. >> eamonn the money, brother. keep respecting . yeah. keep respecting. yeah. >> letting themselves get sexually touched up at a carnival. there we are. i mean, right, or dancing the macarena at a gay pride event. are. we are lovely stuff. isn't it fantastic . and that's before fantastic. and that's before we've got started on taking the knee for black lives matter, isn't it? now we are struggling to recruit armed police officers in on trial for in case they end up on trial for murder after discharged murder after they discharged their line of their weapons in the line of duty. yes, we do have weak duty. so yes, we do have weak woke policing at times, but the real problem i

another good example harry miller example was harry miller went undercover at the staffordshire force'sd most people, i imagine, have read what he reported back about that i mean, these are our police. i had a look again at the nine peelian principles that govern force. these were set govern the force. these were set out in 1829. really forward thinking the time , and i thinking for the time, and i can't actually see that any force is now compliant with any one of those peelian principles. and the danger is the police cannot operate without our confidence and our trust and our cooperation. and there's quite a large number of us now who are no longer willing to give that. >> so, kate, why is it that this has been allowed to happen? you know, it's all very well saying you had the college of policing inventing thing called inventing this thing called non—crime incidents and non—crime hate incidents and doing things. and non—crime hate incidents and doirhave things. and non—crime hate incidents and doir have activistss. and you have various activists within the police force insisting on rai

you can see the frosty in staffordshire. that will lift and for most it will be dry. channel islands producing some heavy showers, which could be sundry. they are likely to drift towards hampshire. in between some clear skies. another chilly night. mist and fog patches forming. these are the overnight lows. three to 5 degrees. as the cloud and rain pushes north, the temperatures will increase. here is our weatherfront producing showery rain tomorrow. high pressure towards the east. weather fronts trying to come in from the west. the first weather front continues to weaken as it pushes north east was. the second one we saw on the chart bringing in some showery rain to northern ireland, western scotland, north—west england, wales and of the south—west. ahead of that, something drier and brighter. south—west. ahead of that, something drierand brighter. but south—west. ahead of that, something drier and brighter. but if you remember, the showers in the channel islands moving towards hampshire, could well drift over in the direction of the southeast. some could be heavy an