west midlands police

A senior West Midlands policing figure has stepped down amid a national controversy after an inspectorate review found that the intelligence used to justify banning Maccabi Tel Aviv supporters from an Aston Villa Europa League match included fabricated information generated by an AI assistant —...

West Midlands Police’s controversial recommendation to ban Israeli supporters from an Aston Villa Europa League match has culminated in a public rebuke from the Home Secretary, a formal apology from the force’s chief constable and a new, urgent conversation about how artificial intelligence...