Police dealt with a complaint about allegedly transfer pick tweets was too heavy handed and could have a chilling effect on freedom of speech there's been a sharp rise in the number of cases of mumps in England most of them young adults who didn't have the m.m.r. Vaccination a woman has been told that her Islamic wedding ceremony is not recognised in law and that she is therefore not entitled to a divorce settlement from a strange part of Manchester City football club have been banned from European competition for the next 2 seasons after being found to have committed serious breaches of u.a.e. For financial fair play regulations the reigning Premier League champions have also been fined 20 $5000000.00 pounds the club said they were disappointed and would appeal against the outcome of what it called a prejudicial process sports correspondent Joe Wilson reports the financial fair play rules are designed to level football's funding playing field to ensure that success is not simply bought with the prize is always going to the richest owners sponsorship is a legitimate source of income and Manchester City have benefited greatly from the sponsorship of Eddie had airlines the company is owned by the Abu Dhabi ruling family which also owns Manchester City you waver decided that most of that sponsorship money was in effect direct funding from the owners and thus its financial rules have been broken Bunning Manchester City from European club football is the biggest blow imaginable to their status and ambitions the club sole motivation is to become the best in Europe by Jess's city have questioned the independence of the investigation and say they will appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport at the earliest opportunity. Dr Daniel Plumlee a football finance expert from Sheffield Hallam University says Manchester City will have carefully prepared their defense and will be ready to challenge the ban no doubt in my mind they will have been ready in themselves for this worst case scenario the statement is bullish That's absolutely right they're going to fight this they don't think they have broken the regulations to this extent you know there's been calls for you a for to to really enforce the regulations home and I think some people will be saying this is what you a should have been doing from the start with financial fair play and and it will be interesting now to see how this pans out speaking on 5 Live The former Manchester City midfielder Michael Brown said he believed the club would continue to be successful despite the threat of penalties will the recruitment be a little bit harder yes it will with any club any ole miss can take this on and I think it's Manchester City we've seen what type of ability they have people still want to sign the munches to city they'll know that the club will come back jumpers they will will be bought a club at the top of the Premier League is a huge attraction. The shadow foreign secretary Emily Thornberry appears to fail to win enough support to go through to the final round of the Labor leadership contest pounded that out until midnight to secure the backing of 33 party constituencies but barring last minute nominations the indications are that she's fallen just short of the threshold is our political correspondent Jessica Parker Emily film became very close spot in the end it appears it wasn't to be the front bench I had pitched herself as someone who could take on Boris Johnson having shadowed him when he was foreign secretary but inability to perform in the chamber didn't translate to grassroots support amongst members or trades unions she previously said that she was being squeezed by bigger campaigns was conceding that her own efforts got off to a late start bar any unexpected nominations emerging at the very last minute those efforts tonight ended 3 have made it through to the final stage of the contest Rebecca Baillie kissed Omma and Lisa Nnamdi had already secured their place on the ballot 5 contenders will slug it out for the job of deputy leader voting by party members and supporters is due to a been in just over a week's time with the results set to be announced at a special conference on April the 4th. A High Court judge has ruled that Humberside Police sang to disproportionately when they went to a man's workplace over a series of trans phobic social media post offices told Harry Miller whose 54 that was his tweets about transgender people were not a crime they were a hate incident they will say warned him about making further posts in the same vein in court Mr Justice Julian knows said that the effect of the police turning up at a place of work because of a person's political opinions was chilling and must not be underestimated his our legal correspondent Clive Coleman Harry Miller believes that biologically a man can't become a woman in January 29th teen a transgender woman complained about his social media comments sometimes he used graphic language one referring to parents of trans children chopping off their bullocks Humberside Police went to his place of work he was questioned told he could be prosecuted if he continued a known crime hate incident was recorded that could later be revealed if a potential employer working with young rebel groups carried out a detailed background check Mr Miller argued the police guidance breach free speech and required no evidence of hate nor a specific victim Mr Justice Judean olds ruled that the guidance was lawful but the way it was applied by homicide police the disproportionately interfered with Mr Miller's right to free speech referring to the secret police forces of totalitarian regimes he said in this country we've never had a Checa a good stop 0 or Starsky we've never lived in an Orwellian society he added outside court Harry Miller was triumphant we stand here today between the twin dragons of liberty and law. A new police stand behind a chocolate fireguard called the College of policing guidelines it will not shield you you will get. The police guidance was developed after the murder of the black teenager Stephen Lawrence in a racist attack in 1993 Its aim is to deal with hate incidents before they escalate into hate crimes each year more than 25000 hate incidents a logged by u.k. Police while many feel the judge has robustly defended free speech others will fear his words are a green light for those wanting to direct hurtful and offensive comments at minority groups Helen Belcher is from the organization trans media watch I think Chance people being worried that. It could become open season on us because the court didn't really define what the threshold for acceptable speech was and I think it would just reinforce an opinion that the courts don't really understand trans lives are not there to protect chance people Harry Miller is appealing the ruling that the police guidance is lawful to the u.k. Supreme Court the investigation of non-crime hate incidents faces another legal challenge. Following the ruling the college of policing said that while it didn't always get things right the main focus of its guidelines for dealing with hate crime was always to protect people from harm home editor Mark Easton considers the political and social context in which this judgment has been delivered and the implications for the police trans gender politics is proving a progressive mine field cutting across the liberal consensus dividing the feminist movement angering lesbian and gay activists and sparking furious debates within left of center politics Labor leadership candidates Rebecca long Bailey and Lisa Nandy of cold for those with trans phobic views to be expelled from the party as a kiss dhamma and Emily Thornberry have not done so yet by law employers are legally bound not to discriminate on the grounds of gender reassignment but some have faced a backlash from women employees who females reassigned as females will access their Safe Spaces government proposals to allow people to self identify the gender of their choice have been kicked into the long grass small wonder that the police a feeling their way and how to approach this hostile environment particularly online policing social media has become a huge part of forces workload in the last year in England and Wales there were 206000 offenses of malicious communication a violent crime that seen a 19 percent increase in just 12 months texts messages on whatsapp posts on Twitter and Facebook these are now potential crime scenes requiring police investigation While some argue this can be interference in matters which should not be criminal private documents or simply free speech the psychological impact of online comments can be deeply harmful and even life changing some of it is certainly against the law the issue of trans phobia is a new and highly disputed area that Chief Constables and the courts are going to have to navigate with great care. Boris Johnson's new cabinet has held its 1st meeting since those days reshuffle which was overshadowed by the shock resignation of the chancellor Sajid Javid as he gathered his ministers together Mr Johnson congratulated those who'd survived the changes and those who'd been promoted while them to deliver on what he called the people's priorities at the Prime Minister's side was Mr Javid success so richly soon he's been elevated to one of the most powerful positions in government after just 5 years as an m.p. Our political correspondent there nothing has been following developments Ok Well good morning everybody good morning everybody it's great to see you all here and congratulations to all to you warm achieving your or indeed retaining the great offices of state that you that you own that is no mean feat and it's no mean feat said the prime minister to have a seat at the Cabinet table Boris Johnson rewarded loyalty in yesterday's reshuffle and now with a tight grip on his top team was able to elicit this response when he asked them to recall key manifesto commitments at the start of the meeting we're going to tackle waiting lists in our n.h.s. And how many hospitals are we going to bill you also how many more police officers are we recruiting was that's right how many nurses Wallace we recruited $50000.00 Exactly one year more buses. Would have. Downing Street said the cabinet agreed to implement a points based immigration system that wouldn't discriminate between countries and which would come into operation on January the 1st next year by stunts and told his ministers the government had to get on with the agenda of uniting and levelling up how to pay for all the promises will be top on the list of priorities for the new chancellor or she soon as he reminded his colleagues that they must each find savings of 5 percent in their departments number 10 has now extended its reach into the Treasury with a new combined team of advisors the change that prompted Sajid Javid to resign it will be at the next budget that the impact of this new dynamic on economic policy becomes apparent but today Downing Street couldn't confirm that the new chancellor has big day in the spotlight would definitely be going ahead as planned on the 11th of March saying only that preparations are continuing apace. Health officials have contacted more than 200 people who took part in a conference in London after it emerged one of their fellow attendees was later diagnosed with Corona virus the person who's not been identified was at the u.k. Bus summit last week 2 M.P.'s who were also at the conference said they were well but canceling public engagements as a precaution health correspondent Fergus wash has the latest Public Health England has advised those who attended the u.k. Bus summit that no action is needed if they feel well but if they develop symptoms such as a fever or cough they should stay indoors avoid contact with others and call n.h.s. 111 but 2 Labor M.P.'s who attended have cancelled all public engagements as a precaution until the 20th of February in contrast with the buses minister Lady Vere who spoke at the event who is following the official advice to date nearly 3000 people in the u.k. Have been tested for the new coronavirus with only 9 being positive Jennifer Rone a cell biologist at University College London says it's important people here aren't scared about Corona virus it is human nature to fear contagion and it is a sensible thing that and been coded into our d.n.a. But at the same time at the mo We only have these 9 confirmed cases they're being very well contained and I don't think people need to panic we don't panic about another virus flu but for a small minority it can be deadly last winter more than 3000 people mostly over 65 were admitted to intensive care in the u.k. As a result of flu and in England alone deaths from flu complications average $17000.00 per year. The largest single outbreak of the corona virus outside China is on the cruise ship currently being held in quarantine in the Japanese port of Yokohama so far $218.00 cases of coded 19 as the disease it causes is called have been confirmed on board the giant Diamond Princess Japan's government has allowed a small number of passengers to leave the ship but there's growing disquiet at the way it's managing the outbreak how Thanks bird say a ship is completely inappropriate to quarantine so many people with what appears to be a highly contagious virus on board from Yokohama Wingfield Hayes reports for the 3700 people stuck on board the Diamond Princess there was some good news today no new infections have been found on the ship in the last 24 hours the Japanese government is also finally letting some of the most frail passengers get off this afternoon 11 people all over the age of 80 were driven away in a bus to continue their quarantine elsewhere more elderly passengers may follow but for everyone else the waiting continues in their cabin fillin gay quarter from Florida are in good spirits but they told me they are extremely frustrated that the Japanese government is taking so long to test everybody we absolutely should have been tested cast results back. Tast immediately and were clear should have done all that's what they. Were in the stack of Russia. China. Doesn't that. Aspect the Us public health experts agree they say the cramped conditions on board the huge ship could be allowing the virus to continue spreading but Tokyo is about to host the Summer Olympic Games and Japan is determined the virus will not be allowed to get loose on shore that may already be too late last night Japan recorded its 1st death from the code 900 virus and 9 new infections including a Tokyo taxi driver all with no connection either to the Diamond Princess or to travelers from China. Health officials are urging people to have the m.m.r. Vaccine after cases of mumps in England reached their highest level for a decade more than 5000 people developed the viral lesson in 20194 times the number of the year before the rise in cases is mainly being seen in outbreaks in universities and colleges and Public Health England has put the increase down to people not receiving the vaccine as children when it was incorrectly linked to autism Health Correspondent Catherine Burns reports for David o. What the 1st sign of mumps was a lump on his neck it soon spread his face became so swollen he was unrecognizable it's affected his breathing and he says the pain was excruciating just when he thought he was getting better he developed a complication swollen testicles I just felt like I had this summer to kick me in the polls and that sort of like pain in Upton and on my right side it just swelled up like of a car. It was a really painful mumps cases in England are at the highest level for a decade they've also risen in Wales and Scotland but dropped in Northern Ireland most people get better without treatments but it can sometimes lead to serious complications including meningitis deafness and rarely male infertility it's largely preventable with the m.m.r. Vaccine babies have the 1st dose just after they turn one it gives between 61 and 91 percent protection a 2nd job before they start school boost that level to about 95 percent but in 1998 Dr Andrew Wakefield wrongly linked to the vaccine with autism his claims have been totally discredited but now outbreaks in universities are thought to be the result of some students missing out on immunization joining the Wakefield contriver say Dr Vanessa labor of Public Health England is urging people to make. They're fully protected if you're not sure of how to doze a vaccine call your g.p. And get caught up it's free on the n.h.s. There is no upper age limits and everyone can get their Tuto says currently 86 percent of children in England have had both doses that is well below the 95 percent target the chief herd immunity which stops illnesses spreading for. Experts are warning that heavy rain and strong winds forecast for this weekend could cause greater damage than that inflicted by storm Keera last week Storm Dennis is expected to batter large areas of the u.k. And cause flooding in some places already solving from last weekend's downpours and melting snow our correspondent Danny Savidge has been to a village in West Yorkshire where people are bracing themselves for the worst. In my them in the steep sided deep valley of Calderdale they're still clearing up from Storm Kira last weekend it's filthy work engineers are also shoring up the partially built new flood defenses here John bags of ballast are being used to plug gaps and make flood walls higher there's huge concern that storm Dennis will overwhelm this village again Graham Woodward has lived here for more than 30 years it's terrifying because you see the effect this happens to 3rd 3rd time in 8 years it could be the 4th time. This impasse in the communities massive business her dresses this in prison all these places where really the billing for months is going to happen again and again a skit full of ruined furniture and food stands outside the blue teapot cafe the owner Lisa Thwaites is busy getting ready for potentially the 2nd flood in a week people are really frightened tapes are saying about all the stuff donated but actual a official again was well so they kind of all speaking to each other and saying how we can help and get things out of the village across the north big rivers like the issues in New York are already very high if that is the starting point before a rainstorm with an warning attached that it's realistic to expect problems Adrian Gill is from the Environment Agency Unfortunately if we see some repeat totals we saw last weekend in some of our more sensitive catchments we could see further flooding but it's very uncertain moment and we'll continue to monitor that situation flooding power cuts and travel disruption a predicted in the worst affected areas this weekend the authorities fear it may be worse than last week because the ground is already saturated. The Court of Appeal has ruled that in a strange Muslim couple who'd gone through an Islamic wedding ceremony and had 4 children cannot legally divorce because their marriage was not recognized in law and then only a ruling accepted that their religious ceremony had created a similar expectation to that of the British marriage contract but senior judges said on holding that decision would greatly diminish the value of the system of registration of marriages our correspondent John tantrums has been following the case Nazarene act argued that for 18 years she and Muhammad Shahbaz can work to all intents and purposes married there was a religious ceremony called a nikka in 1908 and they referred to each other as husband and wife they had intended to formalize their relationship with a civil ceremony so it would be recognized under English law but never did Mr act argued the faith marriage was valid in law and therefore when it broke down could be declared null and void that would have entitled her to a financial settlement which could have been hard for her partner's assets possibly more in 2018 the High Court decided in her favor but today appeal judges overturned that ruling and said there was never any legally recognized marriage the case could set a precedent for many Muslim couples living as husband or wife after only an Islamic wedding a survey 3 years ago suggested that 2 thirds of married Muslim women haven't followed up the religious ceremony with a civil marriage lawyer say the decision could mean thousands of women left without legal protection if their relationship breaks down there are no rights as a common law spouse so their only option could be to turn to a Shari'a Council to get an Islamic divorce. The Scottish conservatives have elected Jackson Carlo as their leader he'd been the interim leader since Ruth Davidson resigned last August Mr Karnaugh easily beat the only other candidate Michele Ballantine he says he wants to reshape the party ahead of next year's Scottish parliamentary elections with the aim of defeating the s.n.p. And ending their calls for a 2nd independence referendum are Scotland correspondent James Shore reports Mr Carmel was always the favorite to win this leadership race Michelle Ballantine is a relative newcomer to politics and said that she'd entered the contest only to ensure that there was a proper debate it was a convincing when Jackson Carlo took more than 3 quarters of the 6 and a half hours in votes cast and he said he was delighted with the result looking at recent elections on the Scottish Conservative Party in the u.k. Conservative Party that margin that have achieved stands very well by comparison it gives me the authority know it's a really reshaped the party reshape the team and take the fight to the s.n.p. We need to offer the people of Scotland an alternative government in 2021 and I'm determined that we will but he will have to work hard to match the record of his predecessor Ruth Davidson who was credited with reviving Tory fortunes in Scotland central to the job will be preparing for the Scottish Parliament election next year when Mr Carro will oppose the s. And P's continuing push for independence if the s.n.p. When they will characterize it as a strength and mandate for a 2nd referendum back in the 1990 s. Mr Carlos sold cars and now he will have to convince voters to buy his vision of Scotland staying part of the United Kingdom. The u.s. Justice Department has dropped its investigation into the former deputy director of the f.b.i. Andrew MacKay He was accused of lying to an internal inquiry about his contacts with journalists allegations he consistently denied Mr McCabe had also angered President Trump because of his role in the f.b.i. His inquiry into Russian links with the Trump election campaign on the currency markets Sterling is down 110th of a cent against the euro at one euro and 20 point $0.02 making a euro worth $83.00 pence against the dollar the pound is down 3 tenths of a cent to $1.30 in the city the $100.00 share index ended the day 43 points lower at 7409 and on more Street the Dow Jones closed down 25 points at 29398. Tesco has been found to have unlawfully reduced competition by preventing rivals from opening stores near its stores the competition in markets or farty said the supermarket chain applied pressure on its landlords not to rent nearby sites to competitors the regulator said it couldn't find Tesco under current rules the retailer said only a very small number of its land agreements included restrictive clauses and has agreed to avoid them in future. Smoke from wildfires may have a long term health effect according to research carried out in the u.s. On juvenile monkeys there are also indications that the animals passed the defect on to their offspring the findings were revealed at the American Association for the Advancement of Science meeting in Seattle from where our science correspondent Punjab gauche reports the analysis is based on a study of rhesus monkeys kept at the University of California's outdoor National Primate Center in 2008 the 4000 or so animals located there were exposed to smoke from a wildfire 200 miles away researchers took blood samples and tested their lung function over the next 12 years they discovered that the juvenile monkeys had stiffened lungs and we Crimmins systems unlike those who weren't exposed to smoke not only did these symptoms persist for the duration of the study but were passed down to the next generation and transferred to the offspring of female monkeys The findings have prompted an investigation into the impact of wildfires on the health of children in the area by looking through their medical records results particularly pertinent given the recent spate of wildfires in Australia California and Brazil such Foz are likely to become more common as a result of dry conditions in many parts of the world predicted by climate change. The current dominance of messaging apps appears to have reduced the majority of remounted correspondents to a series of heart shaped m o t's but a new exhibition at the National Archives in Q The 1st of its kind for the home of state documents is offering physics has a chance to glimpse more sophisticated expressions of love dating back across 500 years that is on display include a treasonous missive to a queen and the poetry of a Prime Minister arts correspondent David Sellitto has been reading more. I only wish that I was going away with you just you and I to eat and sleep and make love together amongst the often dry and dusty accounts of dull meetings and official correspondence there are here in the National Archives pockets of passion was. A weapon the reason this letter has been filed is far from romantic It's a letter between 2 men at a time when homosexuality was illegal the letter that we actually have was found in a raid in 1934 on the Caravan Club Vicki Glick of ski broad of the National Archives several He was in the club was arrested by police but he had this love letter on him t. His darling north and that's why we have it today because it's ended up in police files typed up as criminal evidence others are buried in collections of official papers the Labor prime minister Ramsey McDonald had a long and passionate correspondence with the poet Lady Margaret sackful tell me all about you your body your soul your heart do you want to kiss me do you want to come into the jungle these letters were only discovered long after their deaths. And another set of letters was found tucked in the service records of a soldier William Crawford they were from his sweetheart Betty you won't half octal of me when you come over again well we'll have to make up for lost time writes the living get this Hattie these words part of a file that recorded his death soon after this letter was written. The. Time now for a look at the 1st editions of the morning papers weather bomb blasts Britain is that line on the front of the Daily Express which looks ahead to the arrival of Storm Dennis the I we can down to suppose it's a flash flood menace with heavy downpours and 80 mile an hour winds while the Daily Mail warns of possible mayhem in parts of Yorkshire where the ground is already saturated according to The Daily Telegraph Boris Johnson is considering ripping up the fiscal rules set out by his former chancellor Sajid Javid to boost the economy the paper says Number 10 has signalled the spending rules in the Conservatives election manifesto could be loosened to fund a range of tax cuts the Guardian reports on the success of the pilot scheme set up by Darren police to reduce reoffending rates criminals arrested on suspicion of assault and burglary and avoid prosecution providing they sign up to a rehabilitation program for its use such as substance abuse headlines again the reigning Premier League champions Manchester City have been banned from European competition for the next 2 seasons after being found by u.a.e. For to have committed serious breaches of its financial fair play regulations it appears Emily Thornberry has failed to secure enough support to go through to the final round of the Labor leadership contest the High Court has ruled that Humberside Police unlawfully interfered with the right to freedom of expression after they questioned a man about his allegedly trance phobic tweet. B.b.c. Nice. And tonight's news read it was looked at no time for the weather now I'm looking ahead to the weekend here's a MacMiller morning there good morning and Storm Dennis is the main feature of the weekend of weather before we get to more about what we can expect from that's a quick look back at what Friday had to offer London was the warm spot 12.7 degrees Celsius or the day started in locked last column at minus 9 point one Braemar had 19 millimeters of rain in the 24 hours up to 6 pm and the east morning in Kent was the Sunnies place in the same period was 6.3 hours of blue sky so Storm Dennis a rapidly deepening area of low pressure named by the Met Office to raise awareness for impacts will be sending its wind and rain across the British Isles during the weekend in terms of wind it will be windy everywhere will see some gales severe gales in one gust of 50 to 60 miles per hour southern and western coast seeing some gusts around 70 miles per hour and even by the end of Sunday whilst across southern parts of the u.k. The wind may well be easing in Scotland will still see some gusts possibly nearing 70 miles an hour so there will be disruption because of the wind but it's not just wind it's rain too heavy even Terentia will flooding rain in places Met Office ambers for warnings for rain covering parts of southern England Wales northern England and southern Scotland Well it's running combined with snow melt so flooding is likely in some of these areas some spots may receive more than a month's worth of rain and so yes it is going to be a problem again for some places so those are the hints of the warnings find out more online because there are plenty of Met Office warnings out there large waves hitting some of the coastlines as well and those are the weather will experience well Saturday rain spreading east across all parts stunning heavy and persistent through northern and western England and Wales clearing the showers in Northern Ireland overnight and into Sunday for Scotland Northern Ireland it will be showers but really blustery showers health under winter and hills in Scotland it turns colder for a little while further spells. Heavy tarantula running with school winds going through Saturday night into Sunday clearing the southeast on Sunday evening behind it will brighten up for some places but there will be further shows the weekend starts mild it ends colder next week it will take a while to get calm the forecast but to be generous. Thanks very much indeed now our book of the week Dr Adam rather Fred reads the final extract from his new book How to argue with a racist today here examines the controversial subject of intelligence. Here are some facts there's between 1.2 and 1.4 kilograms of meaty tissue inside your skull which means that you have a large brain brains are part of our bodies and our bodies evolved under the authority of natural selection we know very well that some of the physical form of human beings has adapted to suit the different environments that our ancestors spent time in pigmentation diets resistance to disease these are all things that have crafted our bodies so that we would survive given that brains are part of our bodies could it not also be true that the very real different cognitive abilities that different humans display are also a result of molding by living in specific areas with specific ancestries the inheritance of intelligence is probably the most controversial topic in the whole of science and when it's combined with a study of population differences of evolution and race there we have the prospect of a perfect storm. Controversy is often stoked by racist comments by public figures none more so than when they have the veneer of scientific credibility James Watson co-discoverer of the double helix structure of d.n.a. And champion of the Human Genome Project repeatedly made racist comments for many years both in public and private in 2007 he said he was inherently gloomy about the prospects of Africa on the grounds that all our social policies are based on the fact that their intelligence is the same as ours whereas all the testing says not really on one of the 3 occasions I met him he told me that I was going to be Ok in genetics as quote Indians are hard working though unimaginative my view was and is that we should be capable of recognizing and celebrating great scientific achievements while similar Taney Asli condemning bigotry even when they occur in the same individual James Watson was a brilliant scientist and a racist in 2018 he doubled down and said quote There's a difference on the average between blacks and whites on i.q. Tests I would say the difference is it's genetic. Was he writes these are treacherous waters cognitive abilities are not evenly distributed among people however it's assessed some people are more intelligent than others the most frequently cited and best known assessment is of course i.q. The intelligence quotient which includes tests of reasoning knowledge mental processing speed and spatial awareness common arguments against i.q. Include the notion that the tests are culturally biased or that they lack appreciation of practical intelligence or creativity another argument dispels i.q. Merely as a score which measures how good someone is at i.q. Tests well 100 meter sprint only tests how quickly you can run a 100 meters these criticisms are all true to a certain degree but they aren't secret revelations psychologists are acutely aware of these limitations and modern tests are designed accordingly though not perfectly i.q. Tests are culturally biased but that doesn't mean the data generated is invalid the value of i.q. For science is undeniable because it has been studied so much it is worth studying too as i.q. Correlates with other life outcomes people who score well in i.q. Tests tend on average to live longer get better grades in school are more successful at work and have a higher income. When it comes to some of the metrics of cognitive differences between the so-called races the figures are stark the number of science Nobel Prizes won by Jewish people is currently 144 the number one by black people is 0 as in sports performance at the extreme ends of achievement is not necessarily reflective of the population from where the winners came but the most up to date studies suggest that some countries in sub-Saharan Africa a likely to score lower on average than u.k. I.q. Standards though it should be stated that these results are not universally accepted there is little evidence however to suggest that the foundation of these differences is genetic instead environmental factors including health nutrition and education are a much better fit for explaining observed discrepancies let's set aside the crippling difficulties in describing populations as races black is not a term that usefully describes the genomic or geographic variation seen in black people Jewishness is a different type of ethnic and cultural grouping and has an unusual history due to millennia of persecution multiple diasporas and forced migrations around Europe and beyond. Around a 3rd of Jews are Ashkenazi which is the group most likely to be associated with success in 2 actual pursuits and it makes up the largest proportion of American Jews there are around $11000000.00 Ashkenazi Jews alive today but their history is far from clear Ashkenazi emerged in Central Europe in the Middle Ages migrations from the Middle East and into central Europe seem to play a significant role in the development of Ashkenazi as a distinct cultural group within Judaism especially movement into southern Germany Italy and France these centers of Jewish populations would form the basis for the majority of the 6000000 Jews systematically murdered during the Holocaust following that genocide Ashkenazis migrated to many countries including the USA and Israel where they make up around heart of the Jewish population part of this unusual history includes practices and restrictions placed on Jews by those in power that focused large parts of their professional culture on business and commerce that combined with a presumed relatively high degree of marriage within their community forms the basis of attempts to explain the observed intellectual success of Ashkenazi Jews the general argument suggests that there's been selection for genes associated with cognitive ability and that those genes have been enraged as a result of this unusual history and that this genetic selection accounts for their relative success as a result it is argued there is a genetic predisposition not only for great success at the extremes of intellectual ability as shown by the disproportionately high numbers of Nobel laureates chess masters leading violinists and mathematicians but also more generally according to many studies Jews score significantly higher in i.q. Tests. Many ideas have been made that attempt to biology eyes these successes some have suggested that the increased incidence of certain diseases in Jewish populations such as Tay-Sachs or gauchos disease are the price of increased intellectual ability carrying a single gene for one of these diseases might confer some increased cognitive function without suffering any medical problems so the idea goes indeed we know this happens in other diseases such as sickle cell anemia However a far better and simpler explanation is that these diseases are a result of small populations and marriages within families others have suggested that Jewish history has fermented intellectual and commercial success but this argument is riven with anti semitic tropes that are not historically accurate money lending is a common stereotype not least because of Shakespeare's Shylock in fact money lending was a trade that was extremely limited in time and space within Jewish culture in Europe and by the end of the 15th century it had largely vanished from Jewish populations the evidence for selection of genes for intellect in Jews is weak at best is it not scientifically simpler to suggest that a culture that cherishes scholarship is more likely to produce scholars the immense intellectual value placed on the traditions of yes she thought Talmudic scholarship began in the Middle Ages and continues to this day classical music is dominated by white people and Jews are disproportionately successful within this fear too many of the greatest violinists have been Ashkenazi the Mannion is Jack Pohlmann Yasha Heifetz Isaac Stern yet jazz has been historically dominated by black musicians is there something about jazz that is so inherently different from orchestral music that it must be explained by biological difference. No and sensible people don't make this argument but there is a common myth that black people have innate musical abilities natural rhythms so the stereotype goes this popular assertion of innate talent meaning that it's in coded in d.n.a. Falls at the slightest hurdle jazz like hip hop is a musical genre that emerged at least in part as a revolutionary subculture in defiance of the prevailing white American musical styles of the day both became enormously popular and went through transitions into mainstream culture though both were initially feared and prosecuted as dangerous by the authorities at their inception it would be incredibly easy to show a profoundly strong correlation between leading hip hop artists and pigmentation jeans hip hop remains overwhelmingly dominated by black artists though Eminem is quite good we could show a strong correlation between hip hop success and being African-American are we to believe that somehow the genetically encoded attitude to musical talent extends only to styles that black people excel at rather than the musical styles in which they're absent such as classical No because the associations between musical aptitude and ethnicity are genetically unlinked and the population differences in musical styles can only be a cultural phenomenon all human behavior is a heady mix of genes and culture of biology and history not enough is known about genetics or cognitive abilities to make definitive statements about evolutionary selection for genes that enhance the most sophisticated and elegant expressions of humankind. Wave after wave of grim anti semitism is becoming more common in public desecration of Jewish graves and Swastika graffiti have been reported in 2019 all around Europe including in the u.k. An evolutionary basis to Jewish intellectual success only serves to fuel the systematic and historical identification of Jews as separate as different and powerful and this can and has been used as a route to differentiating a people as an enemy genetic variation in people does not tally with the folk descriptions of race populations countries and continents do vary enormously in average i.q. Scores but a genetic explanation struggles to account for these differences intelligence is heritable but we have a poor understanding of the genetics that underlies cognitive performance these are not liberal sensibilities they are merely what the data says when scientific scrutiny is applied I've been accused many times of misrepresenting real science because of political correctness or because I'm mixed race I believe I'm honest and the my motivations are in the service of science but nobody's perfect it is also important to recognize that while the data should be neutral in principle it almost never is as long as humans design and perform experiments science is subject to being caught it with prejudice explicit or unconscious science should be pure and straightforward but people are not. Race is real because we perceive it racism is real because we enacted neither race nor racism has a foundation in science it is our duty to contest the warping of scientific research especially if it's being used to justify prejudice if you are a racist then you're asking for a fight but science is my ally not yours and your fight is not just with me but with reality. How to argue with a racist was written and read by Adam rather it was abridged by waters and the author and produced by the waters company for b.b.c. Radio 4. This is speed received radio form now here's the shipping forecast issued by the Met Office on behalf of the matter time and Coast Guard agency double 015 on Saturday the 15th of February. There are warnings of Gale's in all areas except Trafalgar. The general synopsis said wanted to double 0 low 650 miles west of Seoul 958 expected 130 miles west of Bailey 920 by wanted to double on Saturday. They are forecast for the next 24 hours Viking northward Sierra south westerly 6 to Gale 8 to backing south easterly 5 or 6 then increasing Sevenoaks severe gale 9 later rain or showers moderate or good occasionally paw South Sea or forties Cromarty 4th time dog or fish or southerly or south westerly 45 increasing 6 to Gale 8 Ok JLI severe gale 9 later rain or shine moderate all good Ok surely pour German bite Humber Thames door white south or southwest 5 or 6 increasing 7 to severe gale 9 rain at times moderate all good occasionally pour. Portland to Plymouth Northwest Biscay southerly or south westerly 4 to 6 increasing 7 to severe gale 9 rain at times good becoming moderate or poor all. Southeast Biscay Trafalgar variable 3 or less in Southeast Trafalgar otherwise a southwesterly 5 or 6 occasionally 7 later mainly fat moderate or Gawd Fitzroy so all southerly or south westerly 7 to severe gale 9 perhaps storm 10 later rain at times moderate or good occasionally pour later Lundy fascinator Irish Sea south or southwest 4 to 6 increasing 7 to severe gale 9 perhaps storm 10 later occasional rain Good becoming moderate or pour. Shannen roll call malam south of building Southwest latest 7 to severe gale 9 occasionally storm Tenet 1st rain then Squali wintry showers moderate all pour occasionally good in southeast. Hebrides Bailey Fair Isle Pharaoh's south westerly 6 to Gale 80 backing south easterly gale 8 to storm 10 for the time increasing violence storm 11 for the time in the West barely rained in tundra wintry Shahr as moderate or pour occasionally God in Southeast fat I will. Se Iceland south westerly 6 to go to backing easterly or south easterly gale 8 to storm 10 then veering southerly 6 to Gale 8 later rain or wintry showers moderate or pour. Now the weather reports from coastal stations for 23 double 0 Toby automatic Southwest 5 haze 3 miles 1000 Falling Slowly storm away southwest by South 57 miles 996 rising more slowly. Loic west southwest 8 showers 3 miles 994 rising with automatic South by West 39 miles NY NY 9 rising more slowly. Southwest to 12 miles a 1003 rising slowly. Lookers Southwest 313 miles a 1005 rising slowly boomer southeast by South and 19 miles a 1008 rising more slowly Bridlington Southwest 3010 now rising said the conference point automatic Southwest 5016 Falling Slowly. Jersey South by West 5 mist 5 miles a 1018 Falling Slowly channel light vessel automatic south west by south 75 miles a 1016 Falling Slowly. Silly automatic south southwest fall mist 3 miles a 1012 falling Milford Haven southwest by south 32 miles 1011 Falling Slowly. Pour south 3 missed 3 miles of 1011 Falling Slowly Valley South by West fall haze 2 miles a 1009 Falling Slowly. Valley South by West for haze 2 miles a 1009 Falling Slowly Liverpool cross b. Southwest 45 miles a 1010 Falling Slowly. Well ensure South by West fall mist for miles a 1004 falling Ronald's way west southwest to 7 miles a 1008 Falling Slowly Malin Head south fall 6 miles a 1001 falling back or hellish automatic south southwest fall 7 miles a $1005.00 falling slowly and finally here is the weather forecast for the Ensure waters of Great Britain and Northern Ireland valid for the next 4824 hours the general situation the British Isles will be affected by a strengthening south to southwesterly airflow during the next couple of days with the gales developing in all parts and storm force winds affecting some western areas. Cape Wrath to Rattray ahead including Orkney south westerly backing southerly or south easterly for a time 6 to get 8 increasing severe gale 9 for the time in North squally showers but rain for the time good occasionally pour. Rattray head to Benteke upon Tweed south or southwest for 5 increasing 6 to Gale 8 showers then rain later good occasionally moderate later better componentry 2 with the south or southwest 45 increasing 6 to Gale 8 showers then rain later good occasionally moderate later would be to Gibraltar point south thought Southwest for 5 increasing 6 to Gale 8 radar showers good location Lee pour Gibraltar point to North Foreland southerly or south westerly 4 to 6 increasing 7 to severe gale 9 later rain at times good occasionally pour. North fall into Sun Sea Bell southerly or south westerly 5 to 7 increasing 8 or severe gale 9 later rain at times moderate or good occasionally pour. Selsey build to Lyme Regis south or southwest 5 or 6 increasing 7 to severe Gill 9 rain at times moderate or good occasionally pour later. Langridge is to Land's End including the Isles of Scilly south or southwest $4.00 to $6.00 increasing 7 to severe gale 9 rain at times moderate or good occasionally pour on. Land's End to send Davids head including the Bristol Channel south or southwest 4 to 6 increasing 7 to severe gale 9 perhaps storm 10 later rain at times moderate or good occasionally pour. Send David had to read all my head including some George's Channel south or southwest 46 increasing 7 to severe gale 9 increasing storm 10 for the time rain at times moderate or good occasionally pour. Great or head to the Galloway south 4 to 6 increasing 7 to severe gale 9 then veering Southwest later rain or showers moderate all good occasionally pour later I love my south or southwest 5 or 6 increasing 7 to severe gale 9 fair than occasional rain moderate or good occasionally pour. Logfile to Carlingford long salt 4 to 6 increasing 7 to severe gale 9 rain or shine hours moderate all good occasionally paw. Gallery to Mull of Kintyre including the Firth of Clyde in North Channel southerly $45.00 increasing 6 to Gale 8 increasing severe gale 9 for a time rain or showers moderate or good occasionally pour later Mull of Kintyre to our demotion point southerly veering south westerly for a time 4 or 5 increasing 6 to Gale 8 Kasia least severe gale 9 in North radar squally showers moderate or good occasionally Paul odd to Mark in point to Cape Wrath Southwest 6 to Gale 8 to backing South 7 to severe girl 9 for the time rain then squally showers moderate all good occasionally pour and finally shuttling dials Southwest 6 to Gale 8 to backing south or south east 7 to severe gale 9 for the time showers rain for the time moderate all good occasionally Paul. And that completes the shipping bullet him. And that is the situation of the sea area is what about the general weather will tomorrow Storm Dennis will approach from the west of the u.k. Giving much of the country spells of heavy rain it'll be very windy for most of us with strong to gale force winds as you've just heard with severe gales possible in the some western areas on Sunday England and Wales will have heavy rain but the North will be brighter with some wintry showers or later this will remain very windy Monday we'll see a mixture of sunny spiles and some blustery showers so whatever you are in the u.k. Do keep safe and to keep warm but that is all from b.b.c. Radio 4 for tonight to my name is vigilance thank you so much for your company have a peaceful night. It's 1 o'clock g.m.t. Hello I'm right holds and then and this is business matters on the b.b.c. World Service in America the working day is winding down but in Asia it's the start of another one coming up on the per.