the grand slam in dublin against england on st patrick s day weekend. good morning, this weekend is shaping up to be a tale of two halves, today a case of sunny spells and scattered sharp showers but mild for all, tomorrow will be a little bit quieterforjust that for all, tomorrow will be a little bit quieter forjust that little bit cooler, all the details coming up shortly. it s saturday march 18th. our top story president biden has said vladimir putin has clearly committed war crimes after the international criminal court issued an arrest warrant for the russian president. the icc alleges he is responsible for criminal acts, and failing to use his presidential powers to stop children being deported from ukraine to russia. our correspondent helena wilkinson reports. it helena wilkinson reports. is a war that he ordered that it is a war that he ordered, a war that brought death and devastation, a war that sent millions fleeing for their lives. but it s one that has now le
there was about six, eight police officersl at the bottom of my bed. it has been very difficult. very, very difficult. barrow is a peninsula in south cumbria, a long way away from most other places. it is isolated, but because of that, it s a really strong and tight community. it did used to have a good name for itself with the shipbuilding, and then everything s disappearing in barrow. there s the bad areas, and there s good areas. it s a beautiful town. i ve made amazing mates here. i ve made an amazing life here. you will walk down the street, - and you will see someone you know. everyone knew each other, or if you didn t know each other, you d have heard of them. so when a story like this breaks, everybody s notjust got an opinion on it, everybody knows someone involved in it as well. in the spring of 2020, a 19 year old barrow girl called ellie williams published a harrowing facebook post that would send shockwaves through her community. they put lit petrol rags and thre
took advantage of. i m nazir afzal, and i m the former chief crown prosecutor. and i led nationally on tackling child sexual abuse and violence against women and girls, and particularly what we call street grooming or what you may call so called grooming gangs because of the nature of the crime, the ethnicity of the perpetrators being disproportionately british, pakistani or british, asian and the far right have decided to focus on it. they say they are there to support the victims or expose perpetrators. the reality is they re really interested in their own agenda. i found that in rochdale, where they were outside of court every day. and then at one point, in fact, they tried to destroy the case by damaging and attacking a defence team which came that close to the case being chopped down. we would never have been able to prosecute that case, and everything else that flowed from it wouldn t have happened. the vast majority of british asians detest the perpetrators. they don t want anyt
they tried to destroy the case by damaging and attacking a defence team which came that close to the case being chopped down. we would never have been able to prosecute that case, and everything else that flowed from it wouldn t have happened. the vast majority of british asians detest the perpetrators. they don t want anything to do with these people. they want them brought to justice. local indian restaurants were targeted on social media. they soon found themselves facing vandalism and harassment. to protect their safety, we ve interviewed them anonymously. the focus point was it was an asian grooming gang. there s not many asian people here. you re going to be targeted. people thought that you were part of a grooming ring, basically, a massive conspiracy. yes. did you feel safe here? i ll be honest, no. not at all. you had the window. window smashed twice, it s all caught on camera and then
pakistani or british, asian and the far right have decided to focus on it. they say they are there to support the victims or expose perpetrators. the reality is they re really interested in their own agenda. i found that in rochdale, where they were outside of court every day. and then at one point, in fact, they tried to destroy the case by damaging and attacking a defence team which came that close to the case being chopped down. we would never have been able to prosecute that case, and everything else that flowed from it wouldn t have happened. the vast majority of british asians detest the perpetrators. they don t want anything to do with these people. they want them brought to justice. local indian restaurants were targeted on social media. they soon found themselves facing vandalism and harassment to protect their safety, we ve interviewed them anonymously. the focus point was it was an asian grooming gang. there s not many asian people here. you re going to be targeted. people t