it is just rising crime in the west midlands. it isjust a rising crime in the west midlands.ter, saying that the government is saying it is putting more money into policing, so why do you have these cuts when my money is going on? we have not seen a significant increase in funding and the west midlands. we have actually seen a decrease in funding. £175 million has been lost from our budget since 2010. over 2000 police officers have been lost from our police force. we have actually seen a significant decrease in our funding. have actually seen a significant decrease in ourfunding. a significant impact that is having on the number of police officers that we can be quite as well in the west midlands. so, iwould we can be quite as well in the west midlands. so, i would call for the government to put additional money, more money, into policing, that is really needed to try and tackle some of the significant increase in crime that we are facing. we are hearing from some of the others involved in that letter this morning and the times that they see it, notjust that letter this morni

force 7 how did it affect the west midlands force?eally catastrophic effect. you know, they have investigated homicides where intelligence is key to resolving those kind of issues, mr thompson touched on the supply of drugs, everybody is aware of county lines and that level of exploitation. but we're not getting the intelligence in that we used to because we are not out patrolling, not out there speaking to people. we are true —— too busy trying to mop up what is going on. all that community intelligence dries up. you can't progress to serious investigations. if you haven't got the grassroots intelligence of what is going on in different communities. so how has the west midlands force had to change its way of your being to reports of crime? —— reacting to. change its way of your being to reports of crime? —— reacting tom has been difficult. mr thompson users the noble user today, we have less offices now than we had in 1974, when west midlands police was formed. well, the world is a com pletely formed. well, the world is a completely

and this particular case was centred around the west midlands.appening there, it's happening everywhere? we are working on cases every day, modern slavery here in the uk is a growing crime, and reports say there are tens of thousands of victims of modern day slavery. this is a giant step forward in addressing this issue, but more needs to be done. you say more needs to be done. i am really interested in how on earth can any member of the public help her? we hear it said again today, the public should be aware. in what way? people might want to help, but i'm not sure how any of us would spot someone in such a traumatic situation. there are many signs of victims of modern—day slavery. it is true they are hidden in plain sight. it often happens in cash on hand industries like car washes and other such things. in this particular case, in decorating. looking at the conditions of ritual you were considering, these individuals were dishevelled, they were often beaten. but some of the things we should look out for, we have identified victims that have be

west midlands police began looking into what was happening four years.e, that they were unlawfully in the country, that if they left the house that the traffickers provided for them, that they would be arrested by the police. sometimes they were given a debt, so they were told that they owed the traffickers £5,000, and they had to work off that debt. so there's a lot of these methods the traffickers would use to make them feel trapped. 0ne slave was given a chicken as payment for redecorating a house. another man had to wash in a canal because he had no other water. the gang was discovered after charities identified victims. this man works undercover and wants to remain anonymous. very withdrawn, physically shaken, disorientated. we had victims presenting with black eyes, one victim presented with a broken arm, so his broken arm had re—set itself out of alignment. ripped clothing, emaciated. while the victims suffered, the gang bosses lived an opulent lifestyle, driving lavish cars and buying designer clothes. over five years, they made at least £2 milli

and we in the west midlands police, the most deprived, the youngest and most diverse area, and actuallye've seen biggest cuts. and so i think putting the money back into the area those challenging crimes are won't only make the public of west midlands safer but actually will avoid that ripple out that we've seen into other parts of the country. but there are questions about how realistic the timetable is. we'll bring you all the latest. also this lunchtime: after the record—breaking heat come the storms, halting trains and planes, and causing chaos for passengers. the lack of communication was the biggest issue for us, not wanting to speak to us. they also have our bags, so we're off to the wedding with nothing to wear! arsenal players chase off armed carjackers and escape unharmed, tweeting this morning, "we're fine." and could ireland inflict a shock defeat on england in their test match at lord's? and coming up on bbc news, promoter eddie hearn has asked fans to wait for the facts before judging heavyweight boxer dillian whyte. it's after whyte tested positive for a banned substance.

there is a limited benefit to the west midlands not having the event.'s campaign now has the backing of their olympic association and birmingham 2022 has its first big problem. now to football where jill ellis is stepping down as head coach of the us women's team after guiding the team to back—to—back world cup titles. the 52—year—old, who was born in the english city of portsmouth but moved to the us as a teenager, was appointed in 2014 and led the team to their first world cup victory in 16 years in 2015 before repeating the feat this year in france. there was an upset in the european champions league on tuesday as basel overturned a first leg deficit to knock out the former champions psv eindoven. basel were 3—2 down from first leg — but eray cumart rifled in the opening goal of the second leg, afterjust 8 minutes, to wipe out psv‘s lead. midway through the first—half, bruma's powerful header made it i—all on the night — and the dutch side were back in front on aggregate. but they were knocked out by a dutchman — ricky van wolfswinkel with the goal t

west midlands police began looking into what was happening four years. victims, for example, that they were unlawfully in the country, that if they left the house that the traffickers provided for them, that they would be arrested by the police. sometimes, they were given a debt, so they were told that they owed the traffickers £5,000 and they had to work off that debt. so there's a lot of these methods the traffickers would use to make them feel trapped. 0ne slave was given a chicken as payment for redecorating a house. another man had to wash in a canal because he had no other water. the gang was discovered after charities identified victims. this man works undercover and wants to remain anonymous. very withdrawn, physically shaken, disorientated. we had victims presenting with black eyes, one victim presented with a broken arm, so his broken arm had re—set itself out of alignment. ripped clothing, emaciated. while the victims suffered, the gang bosses lived an opulent lifestyle, driving lavish cars and buying designer clothes. over five years, they ma

the head ofjaguar land rover has said its decision to build electric vehicles in the west midlands is land rover employees gathered this morning to hear an announcement which appears to make the future of the castle bromwich factory much more secure. today is the day of electrifying the plant and honouring our people who are going with us to define a new, electrified future, and that we will have a complete shift in production, that we have to transform production in the way that we go now, in the electrified era. 2500 people work at the plant and at a time when the company is cutting thousands ofjobs elsewhere, they at least have cause to celebrate. this is fantastic news notjust for today's workforce here at castle brom, but for the next generation, those that want to come into stable, decent work in a fantastic industry. it is a confidence boost for a world—class workforce. we have all been concerned with the changes in the industry and the changes on the environment which have been put in by the government. it is good news that we have got a good future ahead of us. are you going

west midlands police began looking into what was happening four years.r example, that they were unlawfully in the country, that if they left the house that the traffickers provided for them, that they would be arrested by the police. sometimes they were given a debt, so, you know, they were told that they owed the traffickers £5,000, and they had to work off that debt. so there's a lot of these methods the traffickers would use to make them feel trapped. 0ne slave was given a chicken as payment for redecorating a house. another man had to wash in a canal because he had no other water. the gang was discovered after charities identified victims. this man works undercover, and wants to remain anonymous. very withdrawn, physically shaken, disorientated. we had victims presenting with black eyes. 0ne victim presented with a broken arm, so his broken arm had reset itself, out of alignment. ripped clothing, emaciated. while the victims suffered, the gang bosses lived an opulent lifestyle, driving lavish cars and buying designer clothes. over five years, they ma

many were allured to the west midlands, where they were forced to carry out manual labour on farms and those slavery masters took most of the earnings. the judge today said something very interesting in court. judge mary stacey said, modern slavery is a big problem in britain and it is going on in plain sight. that's something the charities we have been speaking to, behind closed doors, have echoed. they are urging the public to look out for signs of exportation and to be very alert as to how big this problem could be and how people must report anything suspicious to the police. sima kotecha, thank you very much. jaguar land rover is investing hundreds of millions of pounds to build a range of electric vehicles at its castle bromwich plant in birmingham. jlr says the move will help secure the jobs of 2,700 workers at the plant. today's announcement appears to contradict previous warnings byjlr that investment in the uk would be threatened by a no—deal brexit. theo leggett reports. the midlands can be a benchmark... thousands of jaguar land rover employees gathered this morning to heara

to put all four disciplines of shooting on it would had to have taken place out with the west midlandsney that's supporting this event so there's clearly limited benefit to the west midlands from not having the event in the region. india's campaign now has the backing of their 0lympic association and birmingham 2022 has its first big problem. the new football league season gets underway in just 3 days but for two clubs in league one, their future looks unclear due to financial concerns. bolton's match at wycombe will go ahead on saturday— after they convinced the english football league they could meet the necessary requirements. not such good news for bury though — whose opening game against mk dons has been postponed with the efl stating they're not satisfied the club have suitable funds to meet the requirements of the league. it's another twist for bury who've been in financial difficulty since being relegated from league one in 2018. but there was fresh optimism in december last year when steve dale brought the club. it was reported he paid just one pound to take control. that opti

, and in the west midland ever since his election. can i also thank my honorable friend for highlighting the work we have done for west midlands government working with that combined authority showing benefits of local evolution my honorable friend has referred to. it is a good example of that visionary leadership in improving the lives of people. >> outgoing american presidents get to pardon anybody they want. if she could would she pardon her successor for sabotaging her premiership for his own personal ambition? >> i say to the honorable gentlemen that my successor will continue to deliver the conservative policies that improved the lives of people up and down this country since we were elected in 2010. there was a long list of improvements that have taken place in people's way she does herself as prime minister and the dignified way she has approached the job and her responsibilities, can i ask her to reflect on the fact that when we joined the government in 2010, for every four pounds the government was spending we were borrowing

. >> with the prime minister's active encouragement the mayor of the west midlands was elected in may 2017, and she has supported him and the region ever since. over 2 billion pounds, mr. speaker, has been given to the region by the prime minister in the form of grants and guarantees for transport and so many other worthwhile projects. so on behalf of the people of the west midlands may i thank her and may i also ask that she continues in parliament as a strong advocate for local devolution. >> i'm very pleased he did and he has been delivering for the people of the west midlands ever since his election. can i also thank my honorable friend for highlighting the excellent work we have done for the west midlands, government working with that authority shows the benefits. and i think this is very good example of what that innovative leadership, that visual leadership can do at a local level in improving the lives of people. >> thank you, mr. speaker. outgoing american presidents get to pardon anybody they want. if she could would she pardon her successor for sabotaging her premiership pu

in the west midlands we have had the biggest cuts of all the forces in the country, we have lost 2000sion rather than contraction, but we need to look at some of the other services as well, services for children, youth services being cut, and mental health services, because those impact on crime as well. what about the ability to train these new recruits? a lot of people have expressed scepticism that there are not enough instructors and police stations have been closed. the challenges of expansion of far lower than of contraction. contraction has meant we have been reducing in numbers, police officers under huge stress and pressure, and we are not dealing with a lot of the crimes that we should have been. it is a problem, it is a challenge, but we have got the police state, we have got the buildings to take the people, and we can make sure that the training is in place for the officers. —— we have got the police estate. do you think the target is realistic, to have all these new police officers in place within three years, 20,000? it is a tough target, but, as i say, i am three years

west midlands police began looking into what was happening four years ago.ey were unlawfully in the country, that if they left the house that the traffickers provided for them, that they would be arrested by the police. there's a lot of these methods the traffickers would use to make them feel trapped. the gang was discovered after charities identified victims. this man works undercover, and wants to remain anonymous. we had victims presented with black eyes. 0ne victim presented with a broken arm, so his broken arm had reset itself, out of alignment. ripped clothing, emaciated. while the victims suffered, the gang bosses lived an opulent lifestyle, driving lavish cars and buying designer clothes. over five years, they made at least £2 million. after sentencing, thejudge, mary stacey, told the court the harm in this case was at the very highest level, and she warned that all too often such offences were being carried out in plain sight. sima kotecha, bbc news, birmingham crown court. the conservative leadership contender borisjohnson has denied he was preven

david james, west midlands police and crime commissioner there.ritain on a collision course with the eu and ireland. the statements of the british prime minister yesterday in the house of commons were very minister yesterday in the house of commons were very unhelpful to this process. i think he seems to have made a deliberate decision to set britain on a collision course with the european union and with ireland in relation to the brexit negotiations. and i think only he can answer the question as to why he is doing that, but i think it has been made very clear from the taoiseach, from michelle barnier, from presidents task and junker, that the approach that the british prime minister now seems to be taking is not going to be the basis of agreement, and that is worrying for everybody, and it means that our no—deal brexit contingency planning and preparations bat well, they're already pretty intense, quite frankly. it's a big, big priority in government and has been for quite some time, but we will continue to really focus a lot of effort and resou

west midlands police began looking into what was happening four years ago.ey were unlawfully in the country, that if they left the house, that the traffickers provided for them, they'd be arrested by the police. there is a lot of these methods the traffickers would use to make them feel trapped. the gang was discovered after charities identified victims. this man works undercover and wants to remain anonymous. we had victims presented with black eyes, one victim presented with a broken arm, so his broken arm had reset itself out of alignment. ripped clothing. emaciated. while the victim suffered, the gang bosses lived an opulent lifestyle, driving lavish cars and buying designer clothes. over five years, they made at least £2 million. after sentencing, thejudge, mary stacey, told the court the harm in this case was at the very highest level. and she warned that, all too often, such offences were being carried out in plain sight. sima kotecha, bbc news, birmingham crown court. the conservative leadership contender borisjohnson has denied he was prevented from

the overall headcount in the west midlands has dropped by more than 2000 since 2010., dave thompson, said tonight that extra officers were badly needed to make up that shortfall. the police budget down by a quarter, we have over 2000 last obsessive theme being sent —— biggest reduction in the country think introduction placing huge stretches on policing services. if (we want to be done we want to be we its struggles, so that news today is good. do you think is a link between reduced number of offices or decrease number of officers and increasing crime? yes, i think there are some things about how it's changing the change at the numbers, but the type of serious areas of violence we are concerned about like drugs markets, they require practise policing services and really that's ha rd policing services and really that's hard now, so the news is welcomed and will be numbers in that fight against crime. we're going to speak to detective warren, and has been a policeman for 22 years. he joins us live now, and thank you for speaking to us. first off, your reaction to this n

to put all four disciplines of shooting on it would had to have taken place out with the west midlandsst midlands from not having the event in the region. india's campaign now has the backing of their olympic association and birmingham 2022 has its first big problem. dan pallett reporting there from birmingham. bury football club has had its first game of the season suspended after failing to show evidence of financial viability. it had been due to play milton keynes dons on saturday. katie gornall is outside the club, how unusual is this? u nfortu nately unfortunately further down the football pyramid financial problems are nothing new, but things are so dire here at bury that the english football league has taken this unprecedented step from postponing their opening game here against mk dons on saturday. bills have been unpaid here for months, bury are already going to be starting the season with a 12 point deduction for breaking the link ‘s financial rules and they wouldn't have been the only ones. just down the road at bolton they were also going to be starting a —12 points but unl

the headlines: jaguar land rover pumps hundreds of millions into their west midlands plant — where alectric car will be produced, securing thousands of jobs. downing street attempted to withhold secret intelligence from borisjohnson when theressa may made him foreign secretary. five former police chiefs warn that the public has lost confidence in the police — and drug and knife crime have created a feeling that britain has descended into lawlessness. everywhere wheeler, a blank where she should be —— we look. families of the victims in the boeing ethiopia air crash demand to know why the 737 max was allowed to fly. in pioneering surgery, nerves inside paralysed people's bodies are rewired to give movement to their arms and hands. and after his victory in the men's doubles at wimbledon last night, andy murray is back in action in the mixed doubles today — this time with serena wiliams. good morning, and welcome to the bbc news at nine. the british car manufacturer jaguar land rover has announced it is investing hundreds of millions of pounds to build electric vehicles at its castle br

so on behalf of the people of west midlands, may i thank her. and i was encourage him to stand as many are for the west midlands and i'm very pleased that he did. he has been delivering for the west midlands since the election. we have done excellent work for the west midlands, government working with that local authority, shows the benefits of the very devolution that my honourable friend has referred to. i think it is a very good example of what that innovative and visionary leadership can do at a local level in improving the lives of people. outgoing american presence get to pardon anybody they wa nt presence get to pardon anybody they want —— presidents. if she could come out with chi parting her successor for sabotaging her own premiership purely for his own ambition? my successor will continue to deliver the conservative policies that have improved the lives of people up and down this country since we were elected into a coalition government in 2010. there isa coalition government in 2010. there is a long list of improvements that have tak

frontline policing still goes on, but over the past decade, in places like the west midlands, it's got surge in knife crime here in the past five years, so the announcement of more investment is welcome news. the force is short of officers, no question. a quarter of the budget is gone, fewer police officers the 1974, and i have been clear we don't have the number of officers and sometimes the service feels that. there are currently 120,000 police officers in england and wales. in 2010, when theresa may become hopme secretary, there were 143,000 officers. so the extra 20,000 promised by mrjohnson over the next three years would see a return to levels of a decade ago. the prime minister has set out this very ambitious target of hitting 20,000 over the next 36 months. now, it is going to be a challenge to get there, the whole policing family will have to come together to see the largest expansion in policing for some time. it's the rise in violent crime that's giving most concern in places like birmingham and other urban areas across the country, which is why the police and crime commissi

here's what he said on a trip to the west midlands. i want to say to oui’ the west midlands.s and what i have said repeatedly is under no circumstances, will the uk be instituting any kind of checks at the frontier in northern ireland, christ that we did not want that. but the uk will be coming out of the eu on october 31 and after we come out, of course they will be all sorts of discussions to be had with oui’ sorts of discussions to be had with our irish friends about how to ensure we have continued frictionless trade. so the question remains how do you solve this impasse. 0ne remains how do you solve this impasse. one thing that looks increasingly at the face of it is the uk leaves the eu without a deal, but the problem for borisjohnson as parliament behind me would do everything he can to try to stop that happening. so he could end up with another empath here, which is leading many to speculate this will end up in a general election in the uk, boris johnson today end up in a general election in the uk, borisjohnson today said he would absolutely not, one by the 3ist would

west. heavier showers in south—east england, the midlands, northern england and eastern scotland. ngland. wet weatherfor northern ireland, wales and the south—east of england. temperatures in the high teens or low 205. this is bbc news — our latest headlines. carl beech — a paedophile who made false allegations of murder and child sexual abuse against famous people — has been jailed for 18 years. borisjohnson says the recruitment of 20,000 new police officers for england and wales will begin within weeks. it was a record—breaking day yesterday. if confirmed, the hottest day ever — with 38.7c recorded provisionally in cambridge, but now there's disruption on trains and planes. arsenal players chase off armed carjackers — and escape unharmed. they've since tweeted: "we're fine." sport now on afternoon live with adam. let's start with cricket, and it was quite a short day's play at lord's today between england and ireland? yes, the weather having a huge impact on sport today. amazingly, after the sunshine yesterday, damp and gloom at lords provided an extraordinary few hours cricket.

west midlands police say a 15—year—old boy has been was shot west midlands police say a 15—year—old boy:10pm. the teenager‘s injuries are said to be serious, but not life threatening. a major investigation is under way. detectives are treating it as attempted murder. british airways flights between london and cairo remain suspended until at least friday because of what the airline has described as a safety precaution. no further details have been given. the german carrier, lufthansa, also abruptly cancelled flights to cairo yesterday, but its services are expected to resume today. andy moore reports. the last—minute cancellation of the flight to cairo caused confusion and anger at heathrow airport. one passenger, due to fly to her sister‘s wedding with her husband and two children, says she now faces a huge bill to rebook. i don‘t know what to do, i can‘t even tell my sister the flight is cancelled, my kids are feeling disappointed, very, very disappointed. i had to tell them the truth that we are not going. —— that we do not know if we are going to travel or not. it may be very inconve

west midlands police say they're treating it as an attempted murder, and are investigating whether thet night, a 15—year—old boy was standing near a coventry city centre burger bar when a motorbike carrying a number of people fired a shot at him, believed to have him hit in the face. his injuries are being described as potentially life—changing. it's just not safe. you have to think before you go out now, just like, is it worth going out? when i first got the coventry, i don't think it was like this. i didn't really hear about this stuff. hearing about it now is a bit, like, wow. it's honestly heartbreaking. kids are being shown being the victims of these knife attacks, even shootings as well. a second person, who's thought to be aged about 20 who'd been standing by the teenager, suffered superficial injuries. just around the corner at the cosy club, a knife was recovered from a bag and three people were arrested. police are trying to establish if the incidents are linked. there was no—one available from west midlands police for comment today, but in a statement, they described the att

to put all four disciplines of shooting on it would have had to have taken place outside of the west midlands west midlands not having the event. the indian campaign now has the backing of their olympic association and birmingham 2022 has its first big problem. donald trump today visits jamestown to celebrate 400 years to the day that men of virginia's major english settlements met there in what's considered to be the ‘beginning of democracy in the new world' in 1619. but following the president's tweets and chants of "send her back" — directed towards democratic congresswoman ilhan omar at a trump rally — a number of virginia lawmakers have said that they plan to boycott any commemoration events the president plans to attend. virginia is our home! you could hear those interruptions a protester held a sign saying go back to your corrupted term, support hate and reunite my family you can just see that banner with that gentleman in the bow tie holding it up. how is it just ahead of the podium before leaving the venue. one of the delegates in virginia is my share price, she a secretary for the v

modern day slavery might entail so we're talking exploitation people in this particular case the west midlands police broke open bank accounts been taken over by the exploiters that they were given very little money they were kept in rats infested houses. but that's just one part of it is that there's there's there's a lot more than that. you know those things are really indicators and they should be these are the kind of fines that make you want to look further and find out if it doesn't she meet the definition of forced labor for example which is one of the . common forms of modern slavery and then we'd be looking for the fact that this work is given without being voluntarily voluntarily offered so they and through coercion with some sort of threat or punishment and this case is incredibly clear that all those aspects of forced labor were present clearly. and threatened through various means and the payment of the financial aspect is how they the slave holders how they actually benefited from that control and effective ownership of those people with a clear the trade is clearly global let me

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west yorkshire police made 50a arrests, and in the west midlands, the number of arrests was 497.entencing for those convicted of assaulting an emergency worker with the maximum sentence raised from six months to 12. firefighter dave gillian was the victim of an attack like this in west yorkshire. he's not sure a deterrent is strong enough. it's a personal view but i'm not convinced this is going to change anything. i think these people know what they're doing is wrong and they going to get any trouble with it, so i'm not sure any trouble with it, so i'm not sure any legislation is going to stop it. the police legislation in west yorkshire once a minimum sentence to stop people attacking those who are there to help others. james vincent, bbc news. this is the briefing from bbc news. the latest headlines: the world health organization has declared the outbreak of ebola in the democratic republic of the congo, a public health emergency of international concern. it's only the fifth time the designation has been used. the who has stopped short of ordering the closure of international

west midlands police say a 15—year—old boy has been was shot in coventry city centre.but not life threatening. an investigation is under way. detectives are treating it as attempted murder. tens of thousands of pro—democracy protesters are marching in hong kong. it‘s the latest in a series of demonstrations that began by opposing a controversial extradition bill but have since broadened to include calls for wider political change. the bbc‘s china correspondent, stephen mcdonnell has been another enormous crowd here matching in favour of democracy here. this movement, which was, at one point opposing an unpopular extradition bill to mainland china, has now made into something else, the defence of freedom is in hong kong and calls for democracy. a genuine one one—vote democracy. it is hard to estimate the size of the crowd, but if you have a look, there are many, many people coming through here and, for the last three hours, across eight lanes a packet —— eight lanes of traffic, we have had crowds of that size, so hundreds of thousands of people. if we compare to yesterd

but the plant in the west midlands, it is good news where they will make the cars. this is a tale of fumes babies in the womb. this is a tale offumes in babies in the womb. this is a tale of fumes in furniture. i read this andi of fumes in furniture. i read this and i thought this is awful. this will take a lot of people by surprise this morning because of this is the front page of the daily mail here in the uk. very sensationalist headline, of course, but this is an unbelievable story that says that basically within our household and we are talking about, it focuses on flame retardant chemicals was of the thing is put into sofas, beds, everything, to stop it being flammable, it could contain these really, really toxic chemicals. the studies on babies could have an effect on breast milk and even within the womb. the worry here is that after all of this research and there is a whole lot of research and there is a whole lot of research over a number of years, so this is not something that has come quickly off the bat. a long time coming. it says that this has a long—t

rover has confirmed it's to build a range of electric cars at its castle bromwich plant in the west midlands be needed before three electric cars can be developed, including a version of the xj model. the firm said around 2,500 jobs have been secured by the investment. in january, it announced 4,500 jobs were being cut with the majority coming from the uk. bbc news has learned that downing street attempted to withhold some secret intelligence from borisjohnson when theresa may made him foreign secretary three years ago. the move caused concern among senior intelligence officials, who were worried he could approve operations without being given all the relevant information. a source close to mrjohnson insisted he'd seen everything he needed to see. both the foreign office and number ten say they do not comment on intelligence matters. eight former senior police officers — including five former heads of scotland yard — have warned there is a feeling that britain has descended into lawlessness and the public has lost confidence in the police. it's being blamed on the amount of knife and drug cr

modern day slavery might entail so we're talking exploitation people in this particular case the west midlands police broke open bank accounts been taken over by the exploiters that they were given very little money they were kept in rats infested houses. but that's just one part of it is that there's there's there's a lot more than that. you know those things are really indicators and they should be these are the kind of fines that make you want to look further and find out if it doesn't she meet the definition of forced labor for example which is one of the . common forms of modern slavery and then we'd be looking for the fact that this work is given without being voluntarily voluntarily offered so they and through coercion with some sort of threat or punishment and this case is incredibly clear that all those aspects of forced labor were present clearly. and threatened through various means and the payment of the financial aspect is how they the slave holders how they actually benefited from that control and effective ownership of those people well the clear the trade is clearly global let

sunny spells too for wales, the west midlands and the south west of england. about 17—21 degrees. the pressure chart into sunday shows that this weather front doesn't move very far. it's still there across the northwest of scotland down to the southeast of england, so again some heavy rain at times. north—east scotland again some dry weather. dry too for northern ireland, wales and increasingly sunny across the midlands, central, southern england and the southwest of england during sunday. temperatures of 17—23 degrees. these are more like the temperatures we'd expect to see this sort of that time of year, so not those extreme temperatures of yesterday. bye— bye. you're watching bbc news at 9am, with me, annita mcveigh. the headlines. more pain for rail and air passengers this morning, as the extreme heat continues to cause disruption. plans to recruit an extra 20,000 police officers over the next three years. one of the most prominent tory brexiteers, steve baker, turns down a job in boris johnson's government. a game—changer — treatment for women with the he

modern day slavery might entail so we're talking exploitation people in this particular case the west midlands police broke open bank accounts been taken over by the exploiters that they were given very little money they were kept in rats infested houses. but that's just one part of it is that there's there's there's a lot more than that. you know those things are really indicators and they should be these are the kind of fines that make you want to look further and find out if it doesn't she meet the definition of forced labor for example which is one of the . common forms of modern slavery and then we'll be looking for the fact that this work is given without being voluntarily voluntarily offered so there and through coercion with some sort of threat or punishment and this case is incredibly clear that all those aspects of forced labor were present clearly. and threatened through various means and the payment of the financial aspect is how they the slave holders how they actually benefited from that control and effective ownership of those people with the clear the trade is clearly global le

the overall headcount in the west midlands has dropped by more than two thousand since 2010. chief constable, dave thompson, said tonight that extra officers were badly needed to make up that shortfall. the budget has come down by a quarter, we have 2000 less officers. it has been a huge reduction in that has based a huge stress on police services, we are less proactive than we wa nt services, we are less proactive than we want to be. today is very, very good news. do you think there is a link between a reduced number of offices or are decreasing in number offices or are decreasing in number of officers and an increase in crime? yes. there are some things about how crime recording is changing but the type of serious areas of violence that we are concerned about, drug markets, they require proactive police services, that has become really hard. so this news is really welcome that we will boost numbers in the fight against crime. we'll have more on the story when i speak to warren heinz later in the programme. stay with us for that. carl beech, the man found guilty of lying abo

it extends across towards merseyside, northwest england, wales, the odd spot of rain into the west midlandsg to roll across the skies as sunshine turning increasingly hazy. it will be another warm day, but that warmth will be swept away to some extent anyway on thursday, as the last remnants of our frontal system clear eastwards. we're then left with a mix of sunshine and showers, and really heavy showers across the north of the uk and a cooler feel for all of us. then we head on into friday. here comes another area of low pressure another frontal system. this will bring another dollop of rain, even down to the south, where it has been pretty dry lately, brisk winds as well for the weekend, unsettled with some outbreaks of rain at times, but not all the time. you're watching beyond 100 days with katty kay in washington and christian fraser in london. our top stories... it's 50 years to the day since the apollo 11 trio of astronauts blasted off into history. we crew fell the weight of the world on our shoulders, we knew everyone would be looking at us, friend orfoe. president trump lashes ou

it is indeed, north west midlands into north—west england, standing water and minorflooding into north—west not so wet everywhere, glorious conditions in the west of england. it will get to 25 degrees in some spots. the rain in northern ireland, south—west scotland, north—west england, north wales and the midlands, the heaviest of the rain and pretty wet across lincolnshire at east anglia, that will start to pull away from the south—east this afternoon, becoming confined to the north midlands and north—west england so very wet for you. further north, dry across scotla nd you. further north, dry across scotland and humid conditions, some sunshine but also heavy and thundery showers developing into the afternoon. glorious conditions in the northern isles and across the south—west. parts of the very far south—west. parts of the very far south—west of northern ireland as well, as we will see the best of the temperatures here in the sunshine. very wet through the central swathe, which will continue to ease down through this evening and overnight as it drifts north. a dry story across the south w