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well and introducing a singer who is doing things her own way.

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On tonight's programme: it has dominated front pages for months in

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the region, but can we ever keep races and out of football?

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It happens everywhere. It is a reflection of society.

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Cases, when she police use them and just how safe are they. I felt a

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little bit light-headed were now is doing some warm-up work and I

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remember waking up in intensive And why am Manchester singer has

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turned down a big recording contract to go it alone. We have

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done everything. We have gone from hand to making the singles, to

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making the website, to setting up her own label and publishing

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The building behind be in here in Manchester will sooner reopen as

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the National Football Museum, celebrating all that is great in

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the game and giving the North West's footballing prowess it's

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fitting location. But two of the region's more successful teams have

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recently been at the forefront of controversy over races and in

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football, something that threatens to turn the beautiful game into

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something more ugly. Last October, two of the North

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West's biggest football clubs, Liverpool and Manchester United,

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squared up for their annual fixture at Anfield. The game was marred by

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a racist incident involving Luis Suarez and Patrice Evra. What

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happened in that game has sent shock waves around the country and

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the world. Patrice Evra of United accused Luis Suarez of Liverpool of

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racially abusing him during the game. Suarez was found guilty by an

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independent FA inquiry and banned for eight games and fined �40K.

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At the weekend, Liverpool again, played Manchester United, in the FA

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cup, and this case has reignited the racism debate in football and

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forces us to ask if the game really has moved on from the ugly scenes

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we saw in the 70s and 80s? The get a historical perspective on races

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and in football, I spoke to Rogan Taylor of the University of

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Liverpool. I think it is important for people who were perhaps not a

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live 25 years ago and for those who have forgotten just how bad it was,

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how commonplace the insults were for black people in particular.

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Graffiti on walls, chants at football grounds, John Barnes

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having an Anna thrown at him while he was taking a corner, which he

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back-heeled away. It is hard for people to recall our imagine what

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it was like. The National Front was making her first of a series of

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controversial matches, most of which ended in clashes with anti-

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raises some demonstrators. someone who has never been subject

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to racial prejudice, hatred or insults, and that is most people in

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this country, it is all most important -- impossible to know how

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bad it can be to be insulted on those grounds. To understand how

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painful it can be. I think we have to be extraordinarily careful in

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the way that bespeaks to people of further races and other collars.

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Once such player was Liverpool legend, John Barnes. He played for

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Liverpool in the 80s and 90s. happens everywhere. It is a

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reflection of society. Just because it is not reported does not mean it

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does not exist. The races and that I am interested in his everyday

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races and, were by people walking on the street, going into shops,

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races and you cannot prove. Silent, unconscious races and that happens

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all over. That is the races and we have to get rid of. It is fine to

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highlight this particular incident and say that as long as we come

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down hard on/s, pat ourselves on the back, it is everywhere. --

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Suarez. Back then, you were told to get on with it and that you had a

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chip on your shoulder if you complain. Our clubs doing anything

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to combat Greece is an? The very fact that Patrick Shearer is at

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Manchester City, or the best players are black, but it today

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consider them to be equal? So what responsibilities to the players

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have? As an industry, football being our national game, we want to

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set the benchmark, beat the leaders in the at is of total inclusion and

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making sure that every section of society feels that they can be part

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of our national game and that they are involved in our national game

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and they are welcome. Is there a case where ignorance -- ignorance

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can ever be used as an excuse? player comes from a culture were

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certain language that is used is deemed acceptable, or is

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commonplace, then you can understand the or using of that --

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that they use that, but our levels of using this is not the same, so

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we need to make sure that players coming from different cultures are

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aware of the standards and levels of acceptable behaviour and

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language that are in use within our Have you ever had anything said to

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you, or have you heard anything? have heard racial abuse, I have

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heard of other players who have been either racially abused by fans

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or by other players. It is very easy to get complacent and we have

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been diversifying a lot of her attention on to homophobia, Islam

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for beer, sexism and all areas of discrimination and I think that a

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lot of people thought that actual races some -- ante raised his arm

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was resolved. We are broadening hour spectrum into all forms of

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discrimination because speed feel that none of it should exist within

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our society and most definitely not with inner game. -- with in Our

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Game. Fortunately, there are organisations helping to make this

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happen. These guys and girls are learning without someone saying, do

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this or do that. They are mixing with other groups, other

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nationalities and because of that, they are learning about each other,

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learning how to interact with each other and people from different

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communities. That is important. Would you say that races and was on

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the increase or at that this recent story has put it back on the

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agenda? But does not get stuck on one incident or a few incidents,

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yes, they are happening, but we have come a long way. Ultimately,

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we just want to play football. There is a lack of Asian players in

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the game and we need to work around that. We need to get these groups

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involved in the game so that they can develop and move forward.

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kids grown up, p 8 a black, white, Chinese or Indian, the her growing

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up in a common country. On the through education can get through -

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- rid of races and. -- races them. -- racism. Everybody is equal, you

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should not treat anybody any different. You have to have the

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right attitude, you cannot make any bad comments. It is not just about

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scoring goals, it is about sportsmanship and how good you are

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at treating people. When you get face-to-face contact and

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communication with someone of a different culture or have a

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different faith, that is when you are really learning about how

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people think and that is when you come to realise that we are just

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human beings, one to another. weekend, least one of his returns

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after his eight-match ban. In his absence, races and has dominated

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the back pages. What is clear is that the system is still a part of

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British football, but with campaigns like this one, by the

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time these players reach the Premiership, it will become a thing

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of the past. Yes, because you do you want to be racist everywhere

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you go. You just need to have like Coming up: forget arenas, will be

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uncovered the secret concerts in surprising venues around the region.

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Not your ordinary drink, so it has been an event in itself. --

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performance. Teaser guns have become a crucial

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part of the Arsenal defence of police forces around the region.

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They are used is on the increase. - - taser guns. A recent case has

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highlighted the controversy over these controversial weapons.

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Walk out the door. Show me your hands. Come to the door, mate.

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Taser! Taser! To officers, it's the crime

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fighting tool of choice. But to the public, tasers are controversial, a

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police weapon with deadly potential. Hold the Taser X26 and the first

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thing that strikes you is its tiny dimensions and light weight. It

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feels and looks almost like a child's toy. Attach a cartridhe and

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this device assumes its true potential.

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In the session, the full force of the shot is put to the test. It is

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the most powerful weapon in the hands of an on a firearms officer

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Witnesses said that this man bit old punched paramedics has he was

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treated. I remember waking up in intensive care. From what I can

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remember about the incident, police have come over and taken over and

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medical situation. They referred in their report about violence but I

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was just having a seizure. He spent two weeks in intensive care with

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for kidney failure following the incident although this was thought

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to be caused by a fearless and not the police actions. The case was

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investigated by the Independent Police Complaints Commission which

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concluded that the officers acted within the training and did not

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breach force policies but it called for a review of the use of the

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Taser of people you had and medical condition. It has knocked my

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confidence. In case I have another seizure and I do not wake up.

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Greater Manchester Police said that officers acted within the guidance

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By the police can Taser anyone at any time in life threatening

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scenarios, but some believe that officers are abusing these powers.

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Sophie Khan is a solicitor who specialises in human rights. But

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recently her work has been dominated by claims that the police

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are misusing Tasers. There are some circumstances where the Taser can

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be used, but the ones I'm dealing with, they've been inappropriate

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uses. Confronted with dangerous situations, officers are expected

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to make split-second decisions. They is a particular rapport danger

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to people with mental conditions, young children, lots of conditions.

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They have to identify when and where to use the Taser and not to

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do a knee-jerk reaction and just deploy the Taser in any

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circumstance, which is what is happening at the moment. In America,

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the Taser has been cited as a country Beattie factor in the

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deaths of more than 300 people according to Amnesty International.

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So before being allowed out onto the street with a stun guns, every

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officer receives 18 hours of training. With regard to how they

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breed people, what we have to look at is what is that person doing at

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that particular time. On the front line, officers have a variety of

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weapons at hand. Occasionally they deployed the Taser alongside CS

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spray. Our research has shown that when they are used together there

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is sometimes a risk. We set up a experiment to see how dangerous it

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is. The shield has been set up with the same cottage as a standard

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police Taser. When it is dowsed with CS spray, this is the result.

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In a leaked document we have discovered that last year seven

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incidents where referred to the Independent Police Complaints

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Commission. In each, CS spray and the Taser had been used together.

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In three of those cases, members of the public suffered burns. Almost

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simultaneously, someone sprayed someone and another officer thought

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there was a bigger threat and used the Taser. Once the spot takes

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place, Dolphin burns. It is almost like tipping brandy on a Christmas

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pudding. The Association of Chief Police Officers says it is aware of

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the issue and that there is training guidance for officers

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about the potential flammability Winnie using the Taser. Eran Bauer

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is the head of a company which provides an gives training for the

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tolls. He has spent the last decade trying to educate about the risks.

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We have done a lot of research looking into a non-flammable spray

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that would be safe to use with the Taser. This man led the

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introduction of the bomb Fred into the UK -- of the Taser. It is a

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real risk and it is not acceptable. It is just not right that someone

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gets burnt as the use of police force. How acceptable is it that

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some police forces are still using CS spray? As they introduce Taser

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more generally, they should be going back and be considering all

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the risks. This is a real one, but CS spray plus the Taser=inflammable

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material. But despite concerns, they have become vital tackles in

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the armoury of the police. Statistically, on 90% of occasions

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the mere presence of the Taser is enough to make people think about

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what they are doing or what they are about to do. We clearly

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appreciate that as a distance control weapon against a very

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violent people in life-threatening situations, Taser is more

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preferable than a firearm and has a role to play in policing, but we do

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not want to see electronic cheque weaponry rolled out to every single

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officer. In Britain, the IPCC is currently investigating 133 out of

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86 complaints from individuals shot by police with the Taser. They

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include a taxi driver who died after becoming embroiled in a

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physical confrontation with police. Although the Taser was found not to

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be the cause of death, the IPCC are Most musicians signed to a major

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record label in the Twenties would think they had made it. But Kirsty

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Almeida is not most musicians. She left her record company to ensure

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she had total control over her own work, including designing her own

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album covers. Andy Johnson has been to meet her.

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Number signed I used to be a fault. A year ago, Kirsty Almeida had

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signed a major recording deal and was about to release her depute

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single and album. But Kirsty made one of those life-changing

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decisions, packed her bags, walked away and said goodbye to the circus

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of the corporate music industry. Now she has transformed her of

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world. She runs her own record label and deeper makes the

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individual record sleeves. She uses social networks size to sell her

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records and artwork around the world. I want to make a life and a

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living out of music and being creative. I think that is the

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sustainability that I can achieve. Iping that is possible for anyone.

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I don't think that in this current climate that Unita had a major

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label. I think the days of have been beset so circle of people that

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are in control of it, I think they themselves know that those days are

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gone. Kirsty sees herself at the forefront of a new revolution

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sweeping through the music industry that is light years away from the

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world of the X factor. Had come from what I think is a new wave of

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artists who need to be able to be part of everything that is going on

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and help within the crater decisions within the business area

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as well. I think you can be a creative business person. Part of

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the new way of working is inviting fans on Facebook to small intimate

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kicks. Tonight's performance is in a converted ballroom in north

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Manchester. Some funds have troubled a long way. I have come

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from Canterbury. I have been following her on Facebook for the

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past year. I first discovered her on BBC Radio six, I heard this song

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Spider and had been following her since then. I like to create

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experiences for people, especially because the internet is so

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saturated with music and opportunities, and everybody can

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have anything that they want, so you cannot always have my kind of

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events. I like to treat expenses that are definitely filled with

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magic. I like to take people out of their comfort zone and get people

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to dress up and turn up with passwords and create an event that

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takes them out of their own world. Then they get put back in the

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carriage and sent off again. For one night any, they were filled

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with magic. To give up the security that and major record deal would

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offer might seem like Korea suicide but Kirsty now has complete control

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over her music. By using the internet and social networking she

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also gets immediate feedback on her songs a project. You have a direct

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contact with your audience. When I have been really busy, and a photo

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shoot has come back and I have a choice of 10 photographs, and I

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cannot work out which want to use, I will put them up on Facebook and

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ask which one. The answers come back within five minutes. I can ask

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questions of my audience. Kirsty was born in Gibraltar and moved to

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Manchester 13 years ago. She works with her band, The Troubadours, and

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they had just reduced a new album, Winter Songs. She has released a

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new film starring one of the actors from Downton Abbey. It was amazing,

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especially to see my songs on film. I'm sure that must be anyone's

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dream, but he was dead than the one of mine. It is really exciting and

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to see it huge in the cinema was mind-blowing. For Kirsty, small is

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now a beautiful and attention to detail is everything, including

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working overtime on the sewing machine. It is a lot of work, why

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do it? I love it. It is a lot of work if you think of it as work but

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I anything can that the actual one that I am making so I never think

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that I'm making 200, a just think I am making one. When we do the ones

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that go to press, I need help, because it is a grand scale. But

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each limited edition is a piece of art. The audience for tonight's

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performance had no idea what or where the concert would be. They

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were asked to wear Victorian costume and were met at a

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Manchester bar and then escorted to the ballroom. In use have become

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there is a regime to them. We play at this time, you get out by this

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time, the audience come in this way and be that way. I like the

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experience more, it is about the magical event. It is not your

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ordinary kick, so it has been an event in itself. We did not know

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where we were going, for example! Would you run it for you if he did

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become absolute be huge? How do I know? If it when be, I do not think

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I would to ring us. I would try to turn beautiful derelict buildings

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into venues. But it does not have to be the end Rina way, you can

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still entertain a lot of people and do great things by using your

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imagination. Somebody pointed out today there one of the reasons we

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should be proud of what we are doing it that we have done

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everything. We have come from hand making the singles to making our

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own website and setting up her own label and publishing company.

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you protect your way of working can become a blueprint for others?

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Definitely. I think it is could be the modern way. But I think the

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biggest blue print is start something, come up with the

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creative idea, started and finished yet. -- start it and finished it.

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That is all from me for this week. I am back next Monday night at

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