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being widely used. it is a shocking failure, frankly, and it needs to change. i m in hemlington, a housing estate on the outskirts of middlesbrough. rates of anti social behaviour here are high some residents feel under attack. shouting smashing in the past five months the man who lives here has had his windows smashed six times. he s too afraid to show his face or be named, so we re calling him paul. it started in august, and i was confronted by a youth sat at the end of the roof. paul challenged the youth. it was the beginning of an ordeal that would last for months. a few days later, i heard noises at the front - of the house and went out to find 20 plus of them, . aged between nine and 15, i who began to throw concrete. big pieces of concrete. they started to throw it at your house? at my house and myself. i was in such - a state that night. i didn t know whether i was coming or going. i it wasn t a one off. each time he called the police. operator: police emerg ....
it s wednesday 31st may. rail passengers are facing disruption this morning, as more than 12,000 train drivers walk out in a row over pay and working conditions. it s the start of several days of industrial action on the rail network, which will affect people travelling to this weekend s epsom derby and the fa cup final. here s our transport correspondent, katy austin. once again, train services have come to a stop in many parts of the country. this music bar in london thinks punters staying away during rail strikes has already cost it about three quarters of a million pounds. it s another blow on top of the pandemic and cost of living pressures. nothing has hit us harder than the train strikes. the train strikes are crippling to the business, and we re in a time when we re already seeing so many businesses on a knife edge and up against the wall. we need a period of stability. today s action by train drivers in the aslef union is the first of three strike days this week. aro ....
we ve been talking a lot about artificial intelligence today because dr geoffrey hinton, the man widely seen as the godfather of artificial intelligence has quit his job at google, warning of the dangers of ai. he s worried that al technology will flood the internet with misinformation. well, to look at some of the applications of ai in a bit more detail, courtney bembridge joins us from the newsroom. there are so many ways that al is set to change our lives. i wanted to have a look at some of the other applications. this piece in the guardian talking about noninvasive mind reading, turning our thoughts into text, it is designed to restore speech in those struggling to communicate after stroker motor neurone disease. sticking with medicine, this example, talking about chat gpt s bedside manner, saying it was better than many doctors, more empathetic and give better advice, although i m not sure many doctors would agree with that assessment. we got this from another te ....
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in small boats would be banned from ever returning, under new plans by the british government. refugee charities say the proposals are unfair and unworkable. and we meet the team behind, the elephant whisperers the indian documentary hoping to win at sunday s oscars. ukraine s president volodymyr zelensky says the country s military commanders want to continue defending the embattled eastern city of bakhmut. it follows reports from a us based think tank suggesting ukraine was probably withdrawing some of its forces from the city. russia is continuing it s all out assault to capture the eastern ukrainian city, while the city s deputy mayor has told the bbc that not a single building had remained untouched, and that the city is almost destroyed. our correspondent, james landale, sent this report from kyiv. after more than six months of fighting, much of bakhmut now lies in ruins, yet the fighting remains hard. street by street, house by house. for those few civilians ....