tool. literally, vital. we cannot hope to get weapons off our street without it. of course, it must be used skilfully, responsibly, and proportionately. as is true of every power with which we invest the police. but, it would be a tragic mistake to conclude that stop and search is too controversial to use extensively. or, that it cannot be is effectively with sensible safeguards. suggestions that it is a means of victimising young black men haveit means of victimising young black men have it precisely the wrong way around, mr speaker. the facts are, that young black man are proportionately likely to be victims of violent crimes. they are the ones most in need back disproportionately. this is about saving the lives of young black men. being stopped and searched while carrying a weapon can stop someone from whatever background from making a terrible mistake they can never undo. sometimes, we lose sight of this point in debating stop and search. black people account for aroun
it s goodnight. after multiple racist incidents involving uk police officers newsnight learns that the initiative set up to tackle racism in policing in england and wales is now facing allegations of racism itself. some ethnic minority staff who used to work for the unit tell this programme they believed they were seen as troublemakers or difficult . i was treated differently my white colleagues by a lack of support when the workload increased. i increasingly felt my voice and at times might lived and professional experience were being ignored. we ll ask the chair of the body tasked with oversight of the programme where this leaves the police race action plan. also tonight south africa grants diplomatic immunity to world leaders attending a conference in august. president putin himself has outstanding arrest warrants for war crimes, so will he now turn up injoburg? the message is that south africa would have been showing is that it prefers its relationship with mr puti
clever cow. time for a look at the weather, here s stav danaos. good afternoon. winds swept across southern areas, this weather watcher picture endorsing that. we have got windswept plants there and choppy seas and we have had gale force winds and heavy rains all tied in with a deep area of low pressure. that will ease away over the next 24 hour. as we head into the weekend it will turn a bit calmer and quieter and cooler at times as well. there is an area of low pressure moving across the company. it has been bringing gales to northern france as well. this weather front is going to be persistent and it will hang around parts of northern ireland, south wales and south west england through to night into tomorrow as well. lots of showers across a good portion of england, some sundry ones across the south east. the best of the weather in western scotland and parts of north west england. we could see 14 degrees there. a little bit cooler today compared to yesterday, the warmest d
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