west midlands police have failed khowla and raneem beyond imagination. their lives. a year ago, nour norris, khowla's sister, described the force's failings after an inquest into their deaths. it had failed to act on their complaints and didn't respond to 999 calls on the night they were killed by raneem's ex—husband. it's an example of the problems which has led to west midlands police being placed into what's called enhanced monitoring, or special measures, because of a number of failures identified by inspectors, who said its investigations were ineffective, it wasn't sharing information about high—risk domestic abuse victims and wasn't managing risks posed by registered sex and online offenders effectively. a lot of the report appears, really, to look back, rather than looking at forward. so it's a lot of emphasis on what was, rather than what is. in the past year, the force says it's improved its rate of solving burglaries, rapes and robberies and, in the same time, it's turned itself from being the worst performing police force in terms of call han

a bit more cloud in northern ireland through to parts of wales, running down into the west midlands.ny spells, much colder than we have been used to, though, single figure temperatures and an added wind chill in the north and east making it feel closer to freezing, particularly across parts of north—east scotland. then as we go through to friday night and saturday morning, still strong winds down the eastern coast, stopping temperatures from dropping much here, but further west, lighter winds, clearer skies and a widespread frost to start saturday. but whilst it will be a frosty start to saturday it will be a dry, sunny and crisp one. light winds for many areas, still a bit windy down eastern coasts and the chance of one or two rain showers. most, though, will be dry. again, temperatures widely into single figures. noticing that chill compared to what we've had of late, but the upside is you'll have a bit more sunshine. that will lead into some frost and fog patches to take us through saturday night and sunday morning. but sunday, a cold day, but a cloudier one. outbreaks of rain pus

currently in the west midlands, about 2,000 people donate plasma every year.other 2,600 donors — and with the plasma they donate, 100 lives could be saved or improved every year. plasma is incredibly valuable. it is liquid gold. it can be used to treat over 50 diseases, and you have the potential to change someone's life, to save lives. it takes about an hour, you can give every fortnight. some have switched from giving blood. some have particular reasons. i'm a nurse at birmingham children's hospital, - and some of my patients need plasma donations. | and i thought, since i live i so close to a plasma centre, it's worth coming to donate as often as i can _ emma can barely believe what she went through, describing it as a bad dream, but it's one that plasma — and those that donated it — helped her wake from. giles latcham, bbc news, birmingham. now it's time for a look at the weather. hello. good afternoon. it's a rather messy picture weather—wise for the rest of today. there's been plenty of cloud around, but also some sunshine, best across the midlands, east

it's based on the playwright's own experience of how a renewable energy company's plans split his west midlands what has happened in the nation, as it were, happened in our community, which is divisiveness, and divisiveness is everywhere. annie? no! another play, life goes on, is about grief. it's written by an a—level student from northampton. on this anniversary of the first folio, around 1,700 of the words we still use were invented by shakespeare. it just goes to show that that's probably an even better reason to immerse yourself into shakespearean plays and see what he's written, because he's really impacted not just the words that we speak, he kind ofjust amplifies the importance of the words that we use. to be or not to be, i that is the question. i think what shakespeare managed to do is he managed to capture the human experience, and it feels weirdly modern, actually, that he writes about the moment he was in, which seems to, by dint of his genius, also be the moment we are in. and the moment for a surprise. a replica of the first folio. this is, like, a present? yes, and this is a pre

residents in hebden bridge in west yorkshire say the one there has shrunk while in walsall in the west midlandse council says it will seek a different species to help the new tree here thrive in this location. 0livia hutchinson, bbc news. now it's time for the weather. hello — now it's time for the weather. hello. many of us are used to wearing — hello. many of us are used to wearing hats and gloves now, there is every _ wearing hats and gloves now, there is every indication it is good to stay— is every indication it is good to stay cold — is every indication it is good to stay cold for the rest of the week. and ihto _ stay cold for the rest of the week. and into the weekend. shark night frosts and occasional showers here and there. let's have a look at the satellite picture, you can see the distribution of cloud today, the clearer spells are in the centre of the country and this is where it's going to be coldest. through the evening hours, temperatures barely above freezing in some areas. the mildest spot in plymouth at around 8, and in the channel islands, 9. so the focus for the late afterno

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okay, we're going to start this section with this next story about the west midlands police. s got this? >> this . sorry. just >> i've got this. sorry. just laughing merch west laughing at his merch. west midlands has been moved midlands police has been moved into special measures over a string of failings . the force string of failings. the force was also deemed not to be doing enough to keep vulnerable people safe, including domestic abuse victims, and failing to effectively manage the risk posed to the public by registered sex offenders and onune registered sex offenders and online child abusers. >> that sounds pretty damning . >> that sounds pretty damning. >> that sounds pretty damning. >> it is damning. i mean , this >> it is damning. i mean, this i'm actually quite relieved that they this is the way that the police are being measured. right. because i have seen them dancing , kneeling, helping young dancing, kneeling, helping young muslim shapps down from from a statue . but what i've not really statue. but what i've not really seen is lots of talk about the effect of c

okay, we're going to start this section with this next story about the west midlands police. s got this? >> this . sorry. just >> i've got this. sorry. just laughing merch west laughing at his merch. west midlands has been moved midlands police has been moved into special measures over a string of failings . the force string of failings. the force was also deemed not to be doing enough to keep vulnerable people safe, including domestic abuse victims, and failing to effectively manage the risk posed to the public by registered sex offenders and onune registered sex offenders and online child abusers. >> that sounds pretty damning . >> that sounds pretty damning. >> that sounds pretty damning. >> it is damning. i mean , this >> it is damning. i mean, this i'm actually quite relieved that they this is the way that the police are being measured. right. because i have seen them dancing , kneeling, helping young dancing, kneeling, helping young muslim shapps down from from a statue . but what i've not really statue. but what i've not really seen is lots of talk about the effect of c

, the east in the west midlands, the east midlands and greater manchester.lling up policy for small businesses , policy for small businesses, business rates are much hated tax that you pay, even if you make no revenue. that's going to be frozen for small businesses for another year. and in particular, there will be a moratorium on business rates for the retail and hospitality sectors for another year . a sectors for another year. a lockdown era emergency measure that's going to be extended . and that's going to be extended. and here were the two big tax cuts for employees on national insurance . the basic rate of insurance. the basic rate of national insurance will fall from 12 to 10% from january. not april next year, but from january . me, april next year, but from january. me, that's worth april next year, but from january . me, that's worth £450 a january. me, that's worth £450 a year for somebody who's lucky enough to earn £35,000 a year. and then the big tax cuts for business permanent full expensing, that means firms can partially offset investments a

based on the playwright�*s own experience of how a renewable energy company's plans split his west midlandsppened in our community, which is divisiveness, and divisiveness is everywhere. annie? no! another play, life goes on, is about grief. it's written by an a—level student from northampton. on this anniversary of the first folio, around 1,700 of the words we still use were invented by shakespeare. it just goes to show that that's probably an even better reason to immerse yourself into shakespearean plays and see what he's written, because he's really impacted not just the words that we speak, he kind ofjust amplifies the importance of the words that we use. to be or not to be, i that is the question. i think what shakespeare managed to do is he managed to capture the human experience, and it feels weirdly modern, actually, that he writes about the moment he was in, which seems to, by dint of his genius, also be the moment we are in. and the moment for a surprise. a replica of the first folio. this is, like, a present? yes, and this is a present for you from the british library, who own t

west midlands police have been urged to make urgent improvements and will be monitored closely by then stop release at the second largest force in england and wales was not carrying out effective investigations and was failing to manage risk posed by registered six offenders. the chief constable said he completely disagreed with the decision. hundreds of amazon workers have been on strike today. black friday when the business shopping days of the year. hundreds of amazon workers are on strike today, black friday, one of the busiest shopping days of the year. the gmb union says about a thousand workers have joined the strike in coventry. walk—outs are also planned across europe and the us over a pay dispute. unions say it is the biggest day of industrial action in the firm's history. the world's biggest iceberg is on the move after more than 30 years stuck to the ocean floor. �*a23a' is almost 4,000 square kilometres in area, that's more than twice the size of greater london. it initially split from the antarctic coastline in 1986, but quickly grounded in the weddell sea, essentially b

research accessed by our channel found that 5% of students in the west midlands go into the sex industryarn a living. another 5% say they are willing to become sex workers to earn money. if necessary. but bills are likely to get more expensive again this winter. this charitable organization called student minds, wants more help to be provided to students who are short of money. we know that there are various reasons why students become sex workers, but it is very important to us that they are not judged for it, that their safety is paramount and that nothing stops them from seeking help if they need it. for us, this is a symptom of the cost of living crisis, we already have concerns that the students who participate in this, who do it out of need and see no other choice for themselves. every week, stella and charmay travel the streets of south london to help homeless women. many people sell their bodies. they say there are more and more women sex workers on the streets. there are a lot of new women that we haven't seen before. obviously, this is our job, so yes, that's why we're here, bu

old man arrested yesterday evening to 2—2 appeals had gone out for two men yesterday from the west midlandsing involved in those attacks on the those mice attacks on the mcdonald's in star city and also in perry barr here in birmingham . they are still on the lookout, still searching for a 30 year old, bilal hussein, believed to be from the birmingham area. he, of course, is suspected of being involved in these attacks as well. course, the police are well. of course, the police are also investing, dating the incident small heath incident here at the small heath mcdonald's, were also mcdonald's, where mice were also thrown staff on the floor thrown at staff and on the floor in this restaurant on tuesday evening. they don't evening. currently they don't have the evidence to see a connection between the other two and whether the same people are involved. of course, a lot of these protests are community driven. are passed around driven. they are passed around social you mentioned, social media, as you mentioned, martin, of that presence martin, because of that presence on social media, of how o

west midlands police has been put into what is, in effect, special measures.police watchdog, which said investigations weren't being carried out effectively, and the risk posed by registered sex offenders wasn't being managed. the chief constable says he completely disagreed with the decision. the japanese car giant nissan is to invest up to £2 billion in its factory in sunderland to manufacture a new generation of electric vehicles. it's thought the move could safeguard 6,000 jobs directly, as well as thousands more across the uk. danny savage reports from sunderland. as we've been told for years, when it comes to cars, the future is electric. today, one of the biggest car makers in the uk committed to that. by 2030, the next generation of three electric nissan models will be produced here. so each sheet there will have what they want on the car... with 6,000 people employed here, this is hugely important for the workforce. for my family, you sort of look at the future, and you look around, and you realise that you have a career here for life, and it's reassu

based on the playwright�*s own experience of how a renewable energy company's plans split his west midlandsas it were, happened in our community, which is divisiveness and divisiveness is everywhere. annie? no. another play, life goes on, is about grief. it's written by an a—level student from northampton. on this anniversary of the first folio, around 1700 of the words we still use were invented by shakespeare. it just goes to show that that's probably an even better reason to immerse yourself into shakespearean plays and see what he's written, because he's really impacted not just the words that we speak, he kind ofjust amplifies the importance of the words that we use. to be or not to be, i that is the question. i think what shakespeare managed to do is he managed to capture the human experience, and it feels weirdly modern, actually, that he writes about the moment he was in, which seems to, by dint of his genius, also be the moment we are in. and the moment for a surprise. a replica of the first folio. yes, and this is a present for you from the british library who own the first folio.

deaths have been reported in eight english regions, and particularly in the west midlands where 17 deathsalert being sent to hospitals, to make sure their staff are aware of the "potency and toxicity of nitazenes." daniel, thanks for joining daniel, thanks forjoining us. the far right leader geert wilders has won a dramatic victory in the general election in the netherlands. his freedom party campaigned to stop all immigration to the country. mr wilders is now looking for partners to form a coalition government — because the dutch have proportional representation, and while his party got the largest vote, it can't form a government alone. anna holligan sent this report. the taste of success. quite a turnaround for a man who in 2009 was blocked from entering the uk, considered to be a threat to public security. during the election campaign, to broaden his party's appeal, geert wilders declared that his manifesto plans to ban the koran, islamic schools and mosques were on hold. following this final tv debate, iasked him... you are infamous around the world as the anti—islam, anti—immigratio

compared to today although a bit more cloud in northern ireland, parts of wales, running down to the west midlandsgh. single figure temperatures and wind chill making it feel closer to freezing a particularly across parts of north—east scotland. as we go through into friday night and saturday morning still strong winds down eastern coasts dropping must stop on the temperatures from dropping much here but come further west, a widespread frost to start saturday. a frosty start on saturday, a dry, sunny and crisp one. lighterwinds saturday, a dry, sunny and crisp one. lighter winds for many. windy down the east coast and a few rain showers, most will be dry though, temperatures widely into single figures. notice the chill compared to late the limit of late but the upside is they will be more sunshine. frost and fog patches through saturday night and into sunday morning but sunday a cold day but cloudier. 0utbreaks sunday morning but sunday a cold day but cloudier. outbreaks of rain pushing in from the western half of the country, it maybe making across southern counties too and temperatures strugglin

west midlands police have been ordered to make urgent improvements and will be monitored more closelythe second largest force in england and wales wasn't carrying out effective investigations and was failing to manage the risk posed by registered sex offenders. the chief constable said he completely disagreed with the decision. hundreds of amazon workers are on strike today, black friday, one of the busiest shopping days of the year. the gmb union says about 1,000 workers havejoined the strike in coventry. walk—outs are also planned across europe and the us over a pay dispute. unions say it is the biggest day of industrial action in the firm's history. the world's biggest iceberg is on the move after more than 30 years stuck to the ocean floor. a23a is almost 4,000 square kilometres in area — that's more than twice the size of greater london. it initially split from the antarctic coastline in 1986, but quickly grounded in the weddell sea, essentially becoming an ice island. those are some of the other stories we have been taking a look at here in the newsroom. you're live with bbc new

west midlands police have been ordered to make urgent improvements and will be monitored more closelysecond largest force in england and wales wasn't carrying out effective investigations and was failing to manage the risk posed by registered sex offenders. the chief constable said he completely disagreed with the decision. immigration minister robertjenrick is putting pressure on downing street by putting forward his own plan to cut immigration. the ideas are not government policy, but it's believed they will be discussed. among the suggestions is a requirement of a minimum annual salary of £35,000 to receive a work visa. hundreds of amazon workers are on strike today on one of the busiest shopping days of the year, black friday. the gmb union says about 1,000 workers havejoined the strike in coventry. walkouts are also planned across europe and the us over a pay dispute. you're live with bbc news. and we will turn now to the humanitarian situation in gaza as more aid trucks are able to cross through the rafah crossing. live now to geneva where we can speak to tommaso della longa, th

sophie reaper and our west midlands reporter jack carson sophy. ith you. how sophy. let's start with you. how have the community in rochdale been remembering the war dead this morning? >> well, despite incidents earlier in the week, things went off here in rochdale earlier on without a hitch. ultimately, the sun was shining down as around 200 people gathered around the cenotaph here in rochdale to observe the two minute silence. and there was absolutely no issue . it was peaceful. it was issue. it was peaceful. it was calm. it was moving. there was representatives from the mayor's office, from the various emergency services as well as people from who own local businesses in rochdale. they gathered in a line with their poppy gathered in a line with their poppy wreaths and after the two minutes of silence, they went up one by one and placed it here on the cenotaph behind us. now, there was a heavy presence by greater manchester police and there were security guards also hired by rochdale borough council due to the incidents that had taken place earli

speaker, unsure iy honorable friend will be delighted that the west midlands now top regional rankings for foreign direct investment. the government is also said that they invest in the region including hundreds oblates of counsel bubbling upcl funds and pounds of investment and introducing a new climate scheme to businesses in the region become more energy efficient. >> can i think my right honorable friend for that encouraging answer? at onha behalf of my constituent in litchfield may i thank him for having the guts to actually stop a chance to? but can ask that the area within my constituency in the north where construction is stilln going on, that this happened swiftly and that those areas not going to have a chest two conversations also made swiftly to those people who were expecting it? >> can i think my honorable friend but also for his campaign on this issue and i recall his less question on this very topic i i would like to reassure them were committed to fair treatment to people affected by changes what also protect taxpayers the property where has been the property owners ha

anna, not her real name, was 19 when she worked a mcdonald's in the west midlands.r of days. t on shift alongside her within a matter of days.— matter of days. i 'ust felt as thou . h matter of days. i 'ust felt as though they _ matter of days. i just felt as though they don't _ matter of days. i just felt as though they don't really - matter of days. i just felt as| though they don't really care about staff on the floor level. i think if they were committed to looking after their staff and keeping them safe something more would have been done about it. ijust really felt worthless to them. tt it. ijust really felt worthless to them. , ., worthless to them. if you were on that select _ worthless to them. if you were on that select committee, - worthless to them. if you were on that select committee, if . on that select committee, if you were sat there as one of the mps questioning the chief executive, what do you think you could ask him?— executive, what do you think you could ask him? why do hq do not have more _ you could ask him? why do hq do not have more of— you

more clout in northern ireland, part of wales, running to the west midlands, most places will be driedastern coast dropping temperatures dropping much but come further west, lighter winds, clearer skies and widespread frost to start saturday. a dry, sunny and crisp start on saturday. light winds, windy down the eastern coast and the chance of some rain showers. most will be dry. temperatures wildly into single figures. noting the chill of late but the upside is we have more sunshine. that will lead into frost and fog patches to take a few saturday night and sunday morning but sunday, a cold day but the cloudier one. outbreaks of rain pushing on across the western half of the country making it across southern counties and temperatures struggling to rise. take care.

sharks. 0ur cost of living correspondent colletta smith has been hearing from one father from the west midlandsnthony grew up in a home where it was normal to borrow cash from a doorstep lender. did it feel like he was a friend? yeah. it felt like he was a family friend. i've always had pretty decent credit. like, i've had cars and stuff. it was just a convenient thing at the time that helped us out. you'd never think of anthony as vulnerable, he can more than stand up for himself. but those loans from a friend soon became a trap. always something comes up, especially when you have kids. christmas was the biggest one. like, you want your kids to have a good life, go on holidays and things like that, and make memories with kids. if someone's standing there, "here's a big wad of cash," then you're going to do it. how much do you reckon you paid back over the years then? 0ver ten grand, easily. and anthony isn't the only one. the team prosecuting loan sharks in england have had a very busy year and it's notjust people with poor credit ratings that need the money. over 30% of the victims last year

west midlands police said fans of the polish side were not being allowed into the stadium after objectshey couldn't progress ahead of their game at helsinki — and they didn't quite get a warm welcome in the finnish capital. they had to play in this blizzard, where they came back from two goals down to earn a draw. the conditions were finally deemed too severe towards the end, and the snow clearing machines were brought on, which stopped play for ten minutes. they did resume and it finished 2—2. on to international football now, where's there's two rounds of games remaining in the women's nations league group stage. scotland are away to belgium and wales are at home to iceland, both looking to avoid relegation into league b. northern ireland are in albania, and could still secure promotion to league a via play—offs. for england, there's a crucial game against the netherlands at wembley. jo currie has more from st georges park. the lionesses find themselves in a sticky situation. they're third with two games still to play. qualification for next summer's 0lympic qualification for next sum

west midlands police has been ordered to make urgent improvements by inspectors.anage the risk posed by registered sex offenders. let�*s talk to our midlands correspondent phil mackie. what improvements are being ordered to? ., ., , ., to? you highlighted a couple of the areas that have _ to? you highlighted a couple of the areas that have come _ to? you highlighted a couple of the areas that have come in _ to? you highlighted a couple of the areas that have come in for - areas that have come in for criticism there. not effectively monitoring convicted paedophiles and online abusers, not sharing information with other agencies when it comes to domestic abuse cases. but also not effectively leading investigations, in other words, but also not effectively leading investigations, in otherwords, not solving enough crimes. it�*s not the first police force in the uk to be put in what they call enhanced levels of monitoring or special measures, but it is one of the largest, serving an area that includes the black country, birmingham, solihulland includes the black countr

with the arts in west midlands. so well done. >> yeah.ty breakthrough that society breakthrough in that region. very proud of region. so we're very proud of you, jack. well done. congratulations >> now, the weather here over the weekend. you were lucky you were not here in marrakesh. i mean, i was i woke up in manchester on saturday and it was two degrees and it didn't get than that. it was get any warmer than that. it was really, beautiful really, really cold. beautiful blue , but two degrees, blue skies, but two degrees, cold and crisp days. >> they're the best. anything better than grey, crisp, crisp is like 8 or 9 degrees. >> this was iceberg . this was >> this was iceberg. this was really. so what was your temperature like? >> it was cold. as soon as the sun went down or before the sun came up. really sort of chilly. chilly, ten degrees, something like that. as soon as the african sun's up, you're warm. mediterranean sun and a beautiful skyline , beautiful beautiful skyline, beautiful blue skies, red mountains, all that sort of thing

. >> west midlands >> so our west midlands reporter, jack jack carson went to find out story. to findlived in the city for eight years with their daughter. years with their young daughter. after into new house after moving into a new house two they finally got two years ago, they finally got to a housewarming party. to hold a housewarming party. and as is hindu tradition , and as is hindu tradition, displayed religious signs on the front of home shortly front of their home shortly afterwards . in july, the first afterwards. in july, the first incident occurred at around 8:00 pm. >> we heard a big bang, and when we first saw in the video footage, we have seen that someone has stepped on the door and kicked our door with their foot. it happened a couple of times and that's how it started . times and that's how it started. >> as the harassment continued, the family tried to confront those responsible , but they were those responsible, but they were met with the islamic slur. keffiyeh an offensive term directed at non—muslims. >> you are a carpet over the next couple of months a further f

our west midlands reporterjack their life in conflict. along to the national memorial auditorium to find out more . more. >> in a week's time, the nation will come together on armistice day , honouring those who have day, honouring those who have served this country at six locations across the country . locations across the country. fields of remembrance pay tribute to all those who have lost their lives in conflict from the first world war to the present day. in a special service this week, accompanied by a fly—past at the national memorial arboretum field open to the public, more than 15,000 crosses and commemorative markers have been planted at the arboretum and director of remembrance at the royal british legion, philip rawlinson, says the field is about coming together . together. >> i think the coming together of so many tributes, it's just is, at the is, especially here at the national memorial arboretum where planted together national memorial arboretum wia �*e planted together national memorial arboretum wia giant planted togethe

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of course, the west midlands in general, the arboretum, of course, yesterday. weekend here in the west midlands as part of these acts of remembrance, they've not only been impeccably respected been impeccably well respected and attended, but also those solemn feelings and that humbling feeling as you heard there the from the there from the from the veterans, that veterans, particularly that attended have attended this event, have been strong here in the city. >> thank you very much, jack. and he's and finally, theo chikomba, he's national reporter. theo, where are you ? are you? >> yes. well very good afternoon. so i'm in chelmsford in essex and hundreds of people came here to the heart of chelmsford at duke street. and just to my right, there's a memorial here. and young people and veterans and more laid wreaths here just after the two minute silence was held here just after 11 am. there are people from across the county, just as we've seen across the uk. and we spoke to some of them after the service . and this is after the service. and this is what they had

i'm announcing three further investment zones focussed on advanced manufacture growing in the west midlandsthese will help catalyse over . £3 will help catalyse over. £3 billion of private investment and 65,000 new jobs . and having and 65,000 new jobs. and having listened to the honourable member for wrexham and the honourable member for clwyd south, i can announce a second investment zone in wales in the fantastic region of wrexham and flintshire, which i will visit tomorrow . we are publishing tomorrow. we are publishing a new devolution deals with four areas, including hull and east yorkshire and offering devolved powers to even more county areas . one of those areas will be the leafiest and most charming county in the country, namely surrey, where of course the leader of the opposition grew up. we don't get everything right . on on monday we saw the right. on on monday we saw the announcement of £1 billion of funding through round three of the levelling up fund, supporting projects following the campaigning efforts of the members for keighley, dewsbury, doncaster, scunthorpe and of cou

they've been speaking to our west midlands.moment a group of boys attacked the home of a young hindu family in birmingham. >> the family who wished to remain anonymous, moved to the uk from india and have lived in the city for eight years with their young daughter often moving into a new house. two years ago, finally got to years ago, they finally got to hold a housewarming party and, as is hindu tradition displayed religious signs on the front of their home. shortly afterwards, in , the first incident in july, the first incident occurred at around 8:00 pm. >> we heard a big bang and when we first saw in the video footage, we have seen that someone has stepped on the door and kicked our door with their foot. it happened a couple of times and that's how it started. >> as the harassment continued, the family tried to confront those responsible, but they were met with the islamic slur. sophia an offensive term directed at non—muslims . directed at non—muslims. >> as you are a over the next couple of months , a further four couple

connection with several incidents in which mice were thrown into mcdonald's restaurants in the west midlands this week . they're now searching this week. they're now searching for 30 year old bilal hussein as part of their public appeal footage shared on social media showed dozens of mice unleashed in another mcdonald's after two incidents earlier this week . incidents earlier this week. pro—palestinian activists have reportedly called for protests against mcdonald's after a restaurant in israel donated meals to israeli soldiers and security workers . the us vice security workers. the us vice president has been at downing street this evening as several high profile guests attend the world's first summit on al safety at bletchley park . she safety at bletchley park. she was greeted by the prime minister, rishi sunak, who hopes to put the uk at the centre of global efforts to monitor the technology . earlier, kamala technology. earlier, kamala harris announced the creation of the usa safety institute, which will work alongside its uk counterpart. she said the threats posed by new technologies

police are searching for two men in the west midlands after several incidents of mice being thrown into mcdonald's restaurants. they've released images of 32 year old amir khan and 30 year old bilal hussain as part of a public appeal for footage shared on social media. show dozens of mice unleashed in another of the chain's after two incidents earlier this week , incidents earlier this week, pro—palestinian activists have reportedly called for protests against mcdonald's after a restaurant in israel donated meals to israeli soldiers and security workers . the us vice security workers. the us vice president has been at downing street this evening as several high profile guests attend the world's first summit on al safety at bletchley park. she was greeted by the prime minister, who hopes to pit the uk at the centre of global efforts to monitor the technology. they will this evening be holding a private dinner . evening be holding a private dinner. earlier, kamala harris announced the creation of the us ai safety institute, which will work alongside its uk counterpart. she said the threat

connection with several incidents in which mice were thrown into mcdonald's restaurants in the west midlandsweek . they're now searching this week. they're now searching for 30 year old bilal hussein as part of their public appeal footage shared on social media showed dozens of mice unleashed in another mcdonald's after two incidents earlier this week . incidents earlier this week. pro—palestinian activists have reportedly called for protests against mcdonald's after a restaurant in israel donated meals to israeli soldiers and security workers . the us vice security workers. the us vice president has been at downing street this evening as several high profile guests attend the world's first summit on al safety at bletchley park . she safety at bletchley park. she was greeted by the prime minister, rishi sunak, who hopes to put the uk at the centre of global efforts to monitor the technology . earlier, kamala technology. earlier, kamala harris announced the creation of the usa safety institute, which will work alongside its uk counterpart. she said the threats posed by new technologies are pr

police are searching for two men in the west midlands after several incidents of mice being thrown into mcdonald's restaurants. they've released images of 32 year old amir khan and 30 year old bilal hussain as part of a public appeal for footage shared on social media. show dozens of mice unleashed in another of the chain's after two incidents earlier this week , incidents earlier this week, pro—palestinian activists have reportedly called for protests against mcdonald's after a restaurant in israel donated meals to israeli soldiers and security workers . the us vice security workers. the us vice president has been at downing street this evening as several high profile guests attend the world's first summit on al safety at bletchley park. she was greeted by the prime minister, who hopes to pit the uk at the centre of global efforts to monitor the technology. they will this evening be holding a private dinner . evening be holding a private dinner. earlier, kamala harris announced the creation of the us ai safety institute, which will work alongside its uk counterpart. she said the threat

friend will be delighted that the west midlands now tops regional rankings for foreign direct investorst the direct investors. but the government is also significantly investing in the region, including hundreds of millions of pounds for levelling fund of pounds for levelling up fund and fund investments and and towns, fund investments and introducing a new pilot scheme to help businesses in the region become more energy efficient. >> sir michael well, can i thank my right honourable friend for that? >> encouraging answer? and on behalf of my constituents in litchfield , may i thank him for litchfield, may i thank him for having the guts to actually stop hsz ? having the guts to actually stop hs2 ? but can i ask that the area hs2? but can i ask that the area within my constituency in the north where construction is still going on, that this happens swiftly and that those areas which are not going to have hs2 compensate nation is also made swiftly to those people who are expecting it. >> well can i thank my honourable friend for his question, but also for his consistent campaigning on th

a number of police vehicles and officers remain at the scene and west midlands police is telling us that two boys were arrested last night at their home addresses. they remain in custody . the remain in custody. the government says it's delivered on its pledge to halve inflation with price rises slowing down at the fastest rate in two years. the latest data shows inflation was 4.6% in october, down from 6.7% in september. a fall in energy costs and house prices has helped to reduce that figure, which is still above the bank of england's 2% target. it that's the news for now. this is gb news across the uk on tv , in gb news across the uk on tv, in your car, on digital radio and on your smart speaker by saying play on your smart speaker by saying play gb news. this is britain's news channel . news channel. >> well , a very news channel. >> well, a very good evening to farage. and yes, i'm richard tyson. we've got a absolutely outstanding hour ahead. it's frankly hard to keep up with what going on at the moment. what is going on at the moment. the three days have been the last three days ha

a number of police vehicles and officers remain at the scene and west midlands police is telling us that two boys were arrested last night at their home addresses. they remain in custody . the remain in custody. the government says it's delivered on its pledge to halve inflation with price rises slowing down at the fastest rate in two years. the latest data shows inflation was 4.6% in october, down from 6.7% in september. a fall in energy costs and house prices has helped to reduce that figure, which is still above the bank of england's 2% target. it that's the news for now. this is gb news across the uk on tv , in gb news across the uk on tv, in your car, on digital radio and on your smart speaker by saying play on your smart speaker by saying play gb news. this is britain's news channel . news channel. >> well , a very news channel. >> well, a very good evening to farage. and yes, i'm richard tyson. we've got a absolutely outstanding hour ahead. it's frankly hard to keep up with what going on at the moment. what is going on at the moment. the three days have been the last three days ha

connection with a several incidents in which mice were thrown into mcdonald's restaurants in the west midlandshis week. they're now searching for 30 year old bilal hussein as part of their public appeal footage shared on social media showed dozens of mice unleashed in another mcdonald's after two incidents earlier on in the week. pro—palestinian activists have reportedly called for protests against mcdonald's after a restaurant in israel donated meals to israeli soldiers and security workers . soldiers and security workers. the us vice president has been at downing street this evening as several high profile guests attend the world's first summit on al safety at bletchley park. she was greeted by the prime minister, rishi sunak, who hopes to put the uk at the centre of global efforts to monitor the technology . earlier, kamala technology. earlier, kamala harris announced the creation of the us ai safety institute, which will work alongside its uk counterparts. she said the threats posed by new technologies are profound . a technologies are profound. a former top civil servant says former top c