21/03/2016 Victoria Derbyshire

Hello, it's Monday, it's 9 o'clock, I'm Victoria Derbyshire.

We're on air at the new time of 9am every weekday morning fron now on.

On the programme this morning: "Don't make us the brunt of yet more

cuts" - that's the message to the Chancellor George Osborne

this morning from this group of disabled people.

Hello, my name is Susan. In the recent cuts I have lost about ?3000

a year. I just feel there is a witchhunt going on with the

government against disabled people. My name is Kate. So far in the cuts

I have lost my job and my car and I just don't know what else they want

to take. We'll hear more from

them just 9.15am. Also on the programme -

giving children hope. Why Arsenal have sent players

to Iraq teach children fleeing war I have had a big smile on my face

being here with you guys. And - one leading tennis boss says

women players should "get on their knees and thank" stars

like Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal for carrying the sport,

whilst Novak Djokovic has said it's right that men earn more than women

because more people Hello, welcome to the programme,

we're now on air every day As always throughout the morning

we'll bring you the latest news and developing stories

and every half hour, Joanna will bring you an update of

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online wherever you are - via the BBC news app

or our website bbc.co.uk/victoria. Our top story today: David Cameron

will seek to ease the crisis within the Conservative party -

following Iain Duncan Smith's resignation - and reject

claims that his policies The Government is to announce

that the plans to cut disability payments - which provoked

Mr Duncan Smith's decision to quit - Our political correspondent,

Chris Mason, has this report. This was the Chancellor George

Osborne delivering his Budget This is a Conservative Government

that is on your side. The reaction ever since doesn't get

much worse for a government. Iain Duncan Smith resigned

with several incendiary parting shots to boot, and then a weekend

of insults hurled by Conservatives So today the Prime Minister's

challenge is clear. He will try to do it by talking

about how it all started for him as Conservative leader,

how what he will call "compassionate Conservatism" has been his trademark

since 2005 when he became Leader He made the case that

the Conservative Party, how it looked and sounded,

had to change. It is a big day too for this man,

the new Work and Pensions Secretary, He inherits a divided department

and potentially a hole He will make clear the changes

and cuts to disability pensions will not now happen,

but that leaves the Government looking for cuts elsewhere or not

saving as much as it was hoped. This leaves David Cameron

and George Osborne attempting to recover from the biggest

challenge to their authority Norman Smith is at Westminster.

There is pressure on George Osborne to resign. The bullet that has been

fired is ricocheting around the Conservative Party. Some are saying

that the Chancellor will not build to survive after the referendum and

some Tories have asked him to re-craft his Budget. One person is

suggesting the party should tear up its commitment to protect pension

benefits, especially wealthy pensioners like the winter fuel

allowance, and to scrap it even though they promised it in their

manifesto, in order to find the ?4 billion that will not now be saved

to the changes to Personal Independence Payment. The response

to me seems to be to circle the wagons

around the Chancellor, to protect him. Number Ten are playing down

reports of a rift now between Mr Cameron and Mr Osborne. The Prime

Minister is apparently angry that the Chancellor has kicked up such a

furore with his Budget. Downing Street are saying such claims are

nonsense and the two men remain as close as ever in their words. Thank

you. Also today, five people have died

after their car crashed off a pier Joanna has more on that

and a summary of the rest At least two children are among five

people who have died after a car The tragedy happened at Buncrana

in County Donegal yesterday evening. A passer-by helped rescue

a baby girl from the car. She was taken to hospital,

where her condition Local councillor Jack Murray

gave his reaction after Early run we were fearful that more

tragedy would be visited on this community. We have just had it

confirmed that our worst fears have been realised. There has been

significant loss of life again in this area. I just feel numb, to be

honest. President Obama has described his

visit to Havana as an historic opportunity to engage

with the Cuban people. He's the first serving US president

to visit Cuba for 88 years. Mr Obama will meet

President Raul Castro, but not the retired revolutionary

leader Fidel Castro. Here's our Cuba

Correspondent, Will Grant. Cuba is a country which relies

on the power of the image. But few in recent memory have been

as powerful as these. This comes after months of careful

planning but the one thing they could do little about,

of course, The first stop on the trip

was to thank embassy staff This is a historic visit

and a historic opportunity to engage And to forge new agreements

and commercial deals to build new ties between our two peoples

and for me to lay out a vision for a future that is

brighter than our past. Cubans everywhere have

long for reconciliation Seeing President Obama in old Havana

felt like that moment had come. But there are still

differences between them. Shortly before he arrived,

Cuban authorities detained members of a dissident group,

the Ladies in White on their weekly

antigovernment march. Most Cubans these days aren't

dissidents, they're just trying to make ends meet

under the US embargo. President Obama is due to meet

entrepreneurs in the new market economy, like this man

who runs a beauty salon. TRANSLATION: I hope this

new friendship will help business. Closer links between the two peoples

is the most important thing. The next two days will lead

to the most exciting moments from this trip including

President Obama addressing the Cuban Whatever comes, this is likely to be

one of the most memorable A young British woman is among those

injured in a bus crash in Spain, Tallulah Lyons, who's 19

and from Swindon, is being treated for fractured vertebrae,

after a bus carrying foreign students crashed on a Spanish

motorway between the cities The nationalities of those who died

have not been released. A British businessman who has been

in prison in Dubai for nearly two years - over charges of 'cyber

slander' relating to a tweet - David Hague, who was once

the managing director of Leeds United football club

is expected to fly back Mark Lobel is following

the story for us. What happened here? Well, this is

clearly good news for Mr Hague because he spent 670 days behind

bars in Dubai in rough conditions. As a result of today's acquittal, Mr

Hague's spokesman said he was delighted and is likely to be home

by Easter. There were fears for his welfare. Human Rights Watch and a

Conservative MP had come out because what Mr Hague's spokesman

described was what happened, after 22 months behind bars which began

when Mr Hague 's to Dubai voluntarily to discuss a new

business opportunity. But when he landed at the offices of this

company 22 months ago, they said that while discussing this new

business opportunity, he was surprised when the police came in

and arrested him. He was held for 14 months on suspicion of fraud. He was

convicted in the summer. The company which used to only United football

club insist they did not influence the authorities in that decision.

When he was due to fly home in November, just a few days before

these new Twitter charges emerged, he was accused of slander which is a

criminal offence in Dubai. He had an agonising four month wait. We have

heard he has been acquitted of all those charges and will be home it is

likely by Easter. Thank you. Turkish and Greek officials

will discuss today how to implement a deal which aims to ease

the ongoing refugee The agreement between the EU

and Turkey means that migrants arriving in Greece will be sent back

to Turkey if they don't apply for asylum or their

claim is rejected. But there are still questions over

how the migrants will be sent back or what will happen to the thousands

of people already in Greece. Strikes by French air traffic

controllers will lead to flight cancellations and delays over

the next three days. EasyJet and British Airways

flights from Gatwick, Heathrow and Luton Airport to French

airports are likely to experience lengthy delays or cancellations

as a result of the action. A spokesman for EasyJet

confirmed that 82 flights Prince Harry's continuing his tour

of Nepal, as the country rebuilds following last year's earthquake,

which killed more than 8,000 people. He's visited families who've been

left homeless and later, he'll go to a national park to learn

about measures to tackle poaching. Our royal correspondent,

Nicholas Witchell reports. He said he wants to shine a light

on what he's called Nepal's Yesterday, Harry started to see

for himself how last April's earthquake is still affecting

hundreds of thousands of lives here. He was taken to a camp for people

made homeless by the quake, just one such tented

village among many. He heard these families must expect

to remain in temporary accommodation for at least another

year, possibly more. The pace of reconstruction

here is very slow, as Harry saw in Patan Dubar Square

in the centre of Kathmandu, where many of the ancient temples

were either destroyed Today, Harry will travel

beyond Kathmandu into the foothills of the Himalayas to view a nature

conservation project and to see the damage inflicted by

the earthquake on rural communities. You are up-to-date with the main BBC

News. Thank you. We will be hearing from

disabled people who do not want the government to make them the brunt of

any further cuts. After 930 AM we will show you a

beautiful and moving film how Arsenal football club is teaching

kids how to play football in Iraq. Good morning. We have those comments

coming up, real furore brewing in the tennis world. Ahead of the

Indian Wells tournament has apologised after claiming the WTA

rides on the coat-tails of the men. Serena Williams and Billie Jean King

are some of those who have criticised Ray Moore's divisive

comments. This is what he said. In my next life when I come back I want

to be someone in the WTA because they ride on the coat-tails of the

men. They don't make any decisions. They

are lucky, they are very lucky. If I was a lady player I would go down

every night on my knees and thank God that Roger

Federer and Rafael Nadal were born. Of

course, those words have produced a seismic reaction.

Novak Djokovic condemned the comments that has suggested that men

should be paid more as they attract more spectators. Women's will be the

ones Serena Williams noted the women's final sold-out quicker

than the men's. If people tell me every day they are not

watching tennis -- they would not be watching

tennis if it was not for me and my sister, I could not tell you that

number. Identity that is not -- I don't think that is a very accurate

statement. There are a lot of women who are really exciting to watch. I

think it goes both ways. I think those remarks are very much

We will keep you across any further reaction as we get it.

It was another day to remember in the young career of Marcus Rashford.

Derby day in Manchester was his day, as United boosted his hopes of a top

four finish. The 18-year-old born and raised in Manchester scored the

only game in the Etihad, putting United four points behind Manchester

City. Leicester are still top but

Tottenham are still five points behind after a

at White Hart Lane. Harry Kane is the top scorer for the season.

Dundee United were trailing their next-door neighbours Dundee in

injury time but Billy Mackay popped up to make it two wall. They are

still seven points adrift. There you go, that is how you do it, Billy.

The world road race champion timed her challenge perfectly attacking

near the end of the one day race to finish more than a second clear. It

is her third win of the season.

Make sure you join us later on, when we will be talking to Dame Kelly

Holmes who has got her running shoes back on and we will let you tell

her, let her tell you for why! I understand. Thank you very much.

In case you hadn't realised we're now on air every weekday morning

from the earlier time of 9am until 11am.

Later in the programme we'll get more reaction to those comments that

women players should "get on their knees and thank" players

like Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal for carrying the sport.

Novak Djokovic defended the women's game but went on to say men should

be paid more than women because more people want to watch them play.

We would love to hear your thoughts this morning.

Use the hashtag Victoria live and If you text,

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"Don't make us the brunt of yet more cuts" -

that's the message disabled people are telling this programme,

saying they've already been hit enough.

The new Work and Pensions Secretary, Stephen Crabb, will confirm today

that the Government is abandoning its planned ?1.3 billion of cuts

to Personal Independence Payment or PIP.

Those cuts would have seen a reduction in the amount

of financial support people would get to help with daily living

activities like dressing and managing toilet needs.

The former Work and Pensions Secretary, Iain Duncan Smith,

resigned over the issue on Friday claiming it was unfair to cut taxes

for the better off at the same time as cutting benefits

That unfairness is damaging to the Government. It is damaging to the

party. And it is actually damaging to the public. You know, I am in

politics genuinely, I am passionate and you know whatever people can

disagree with me about issues, about my own policies and things, but as

has been said earlier on, I am passionate about trying to improve

the quality of life for those in difficult circumstances. Now, I want

to do that and I want my party to do that, but I felt that I am losing my

ability to influence that and that was where the culmination of all of

this came to by Friday and I had consulted with everybody and I

talked to them all and I felt that I was not getting that message across.

Iain Duncan Smith, do you understand that among a lot of disabled

campaigners and so forth, there will be a certain amount of hollow

laughter because they see you as the man who supported the benefits cap,

that supported the bedroom tax, that supported lots of things that caused

real hardship to people at the bottom of the heap and they see you

as the bad guy. They find it hard to see you as the great reformer and

champion of disability rights? We have spent a lot of trying to even

out and smooth out the proposals and policies, Discretionary Housing

Payments increased at my request and demand. So people who had difficult

problems, local authorities would be able to give them more money and

support them. So how much have disabled people

been hit by cuts so far? PIPS themselves or Personal

Independence Payments were announced They're still being rolled out

and effectively replace the Disability Living Allowance,

but with a 20% built-in cut. There is the work capability

assessment and employment support This policy, initially

introduced by Labour, but extended by Iain Duncan Smith

in 2010, introduced a computer led fitness-for-work test which aimed

to save money by redefining disability and therefore,

reclassifying about 23% of people who previously claimed benefits

as being fit to work. The spare room subsidy,

sometimes called the bedroom tax, means that people who claim housing

benefit have to pay extra for any

spare room in their house. It's estimated this affects over

400,000 disabled people, many who say they use their spare

room to keep important equipment Last year the Government closed

the Independent Living Fund. It was a fund which provided support

for around 18,000 of the most severely disabled people to live

independently including paying Let's talk to four people who have

strong views on the cuts so far and the row over the last few days.

Kate Rae lost her motability car after being reassessed for PIP

and will lose daily living support under the new changes.

Romina Puma receives disability living allowance and is waiting

to move over to PIP, but is concerned she'll be affected

Susan Donnelly was told last week she will have to reapply for PIP,

Graeme Ellis quit the Conservative Disability Group over what he calls

He receives the disability living allowance and is due to be

transferred over to PIPs soon. What do you think of Iain Duncan Smith's

resignation? It feels too little, too late. It is a jump before he was

pushed sort of feeling to it. I can't believe that he truly was

against all these things because he had an opportunity to speak out

previously. So when he says now, these cuts are unfair particularly

put alongside income tax cuts for the better off. You don't believe

him? I agree that's true. I just don't agree that's what he believes.

I find that difficult to understand. I just feel it is a against disabled

people. I got caught in the first round of the benefit changes,

transferring over from Income Support to support allowance. I had

to sent so much paperwork off and I was transferred over and I have

received a letter from the disability living allowance

department, who have told me sometime in the near future I'm

going to have to reapply for PIP, but there is no guarantee I'm going

to get it. What does that do to you? What does that make you feel like? I

just want to cry. I really do just want to cry. People don't

understand, you know, we didn't ask to be disabled. Disability doesn't

dus criminate and at the end of the day, why should we keep being

penalised all the time? You know, it is not fair to us. We go through

enough, you know. Do you agree that it sometimes feels like a witch-hunt

against disabled people? Agree with that. It is very obvious that it is.

We have been an easy target because we're vulnerable. OK, a small

minority of disabled people shout out, but many of us are silent

voices, the events of the Budget last week pushed us into shouting

up. What about you? I totally agree. I still am on DLA and it is very

stressful like, you know. I don't know how it will affect, when it is

going to affect. You mean when you have to transfer over to the

Personal Independence Payment. Muscular dystrophy is a tricky

condition and most people don't understand how it works and muscular

dystrophy UK we receive a lot of phone calls about this issue because

they are all very, very scared and stressed. Scared and stressed. You

relate to what Susan was saying? I can't sleep at night and I have a

physical condition and all this stress affects also my mental

health. So I'm getting even worse instead of better.

I got my letter to switch to reapply for PIP at the beginning of December

and my decision came through in the middle of January and they took my

car on 1st March. They rush everything through quickly that

during that time, you are panicked because you don't know what's going

to happen. The uncertainty of it, I have a chronic pain condition and a

connective tissue condition. They are not easy things to manage at the

best of times because they play on each other. Stress increases pain

which then means I'm more at a disadvantage because I'm not coping.

The Motabilty car was the car you used to get to work. Can you get

there now? Public transport I have no issue with, but I can't

physically manage it and the amount of travel time has to be

proportionate to what I can do at work to allow me to actually be

effective and do a job. When Number Ten points out today that the bill

for personal independence payments is rising by around ?1 billion a

year, what do you think when you hear that? Which is part of their

justification for why PIP was targeted in the Budget last week? It

is other cuts made people more vulnerable, made people lose

capability, so there is bound to be an increase in people claiming the

been fit and that increases the cuts and it really does illustrate the,

you know, all these cuts are not saving money in the long run because

they are making, it is a vicious circle. Do you accept George Osborne

and David Cameron's premise that they have to continue to keep

reducing the deficit and it is a burden that's going to fall on

everybody in society? Yeah. There is a deficit, but as I

say, the events of the past week have highlighted that they have been

plugging the gap at the expense of disabled people for a long time and

that is what has to stop. If there has to be cuts they need to be

across all the whole of society, you can't just target the most

vulnerable and think that's acceptable. People don't seem to

grasp that when you're disabled, you spend more time at home. So

obviously, your utility bills will be higher than someone who is in

full-time work. Yeah, absolutely. Where do you find the money? I've

got in debt. I've got in serious debt just trying to live a daily

life and manage my money. Do you mind me asking you how much you've

borrowed in what kind of loan? It was a payday loan. Doorstep loan and

I am in debt to the value of ?3,000 now. And you say you needed that

just to pay your regular bills? Before Victoria I never paid council

tax, I never paid for my network alarm, I never paid bedroom tax and

I didn't have to pay for my inContinent pads and now I have to

pay for all of that. Is that not right, should you not

have to pay for those things? I'm supposed to be on a special diet

because I've got a number of health issues, quite serious issues. I am

supposed to be on a special diet, I can't afford to go on that special

diet that my consultant told me to go on because I don't have the money

to finance it. Do you accept that because of some of the reforms slash

cuts that Iain Duncan Smith has made over the past few years in

reassessing various people, actually people who were on disability

benefits have been able to go back to work and do you think that's a

good thing, Graham? Yes, a small minority have been able to return

back to work. I mean, perhaps I'm an example. I work. I find it really,

really difficult to sustain working, but I do. But again, it is the way

they are doing it. I deal every day with clients at work that have been

told they are fit for work. I have one client that hasn't received any

benefit for 12 months now and is living off food parcels and is

actually clinically suffering from malnutrition. Wow. It has given his

benefit appeal is on Thursday. At last. So I do hope, you know... The

appeals process in itself is not designed to help. I mean, I'm trying

to appeal my decision. I'm no less disabled now than I was on 29th

February when I still had a job and was still contributing tax and

still, you know, a contributing member of society. I'm no less

disabled now than when on 1st March when they took my car. The tribunal

process takes up to nine months. We don't know whether the new guy in

the Department of Work and Pensions, a man called Stephen Crabb will be

asked to find the equivalent of the ?4 billion cuts that would have been

saved had George Osborne's changes gone through. We know the PIP

changes are scrapped. What would you say to the Government if they are

considering asking Mr Cabb to look again in his department at working

age benefits and maybe he should look at pensioner benefits. I don't

know where he should look. I do believe, there have to be cuts made,

there always are, but I think to take them from social care and

social welfare is, it doesn't make any sense. Should he look at other

departments and forget the welfare department now? They should look at

other departments, but I'm going to be controversial and say that there

are wealthy pensioners that don't need the benefits. They don't need

?200 at Christmas towards the fuel bills etcetera. I don't know, the

sums, but there must be a huge sum doing that. The problem is, in the

manifesto, you know, ten months ago, they said they would not touch

pensioner benefits. And they also promised ?12 billion cuts in the

welfare? And they haven't broken other things in the manifesto, you

know? With the pensioners, it is because it is a huge vote and it is

a vote they want to keep and yet we're a huge vote and they don't

consider keeping or trying to get our vote. Some of the questions that

they asked you on these forms, you know, an example, when I applied for

disability living allowance, do you really need assistance or how many

times a day do you need assistance with tour toileting? Well, I can't

answer that question. I could have a really bad day and spend all day in

my bathroom and it takes away your dignity and it is very hard when

you're disabled to try and rise above that and it is very hard to

try and keep the momentum going and to keep yourself going. Sarah

e-mailed to say, although the DWP have agreed I can't walk more than

50 meters, they consider me not disabled enough to claim the higher

rate portion of PIP. This means I am housebound from

tomorrow as I have to hand my car back. They havetain away -- taken

away my independence and I won't be able to drive my disabled son to

school. Thank you, Conservatives. Victor says, "This could have been

avoided, why should ?4 billion over four years need to be cut from our

people when over the same four years we will be giving ?48 billion to

other countries in overseas aid?" Darren e-mailed to say, "I'm

disa-abled and I'm tired of living in fear of losing my much needed

income because of this so-called compassionate Government. If they

had any compassion they would stop the stress and threats of stripping

genuinely disabled people of the vital money they need.

Graham says, why should it come from the disability budget? Bankers cause

the problems, increase their tax until it is sorted out.

Leroy says, those who affect disabled people should go through

that themselves, they should be ashamed. I would not wish that on

anybody. I understand it. I would invite some MPs to live with me for

at least one week so they understand how it is to have a disabled live.

Is that a serious invitation to a Conservative MP? Yes, they can stay

with me for one week. They can help me move! They can put cameras in my

house and live the life I live on the money I get for a week and see

how far they get with it. I also think Iain Duncan-Smith should man

and meet a group of disabled people and publicly apologise for

everything he has done. Exactly. We will ask him and a Conservative MP

to see if they want to spend a week with you to see how you live your

lives on a daily basis. Thank you. David Cameron will defend his

government's record after the resignation of Iain Duncan-Smith as

Work and Pensions Secretary and he will tell MPs he believes in a

modern compassionate conservatism. He will speak at half past three and

you can hear that live. Still to come.

How Arsenal hopes to teach football to youngsters fleeing war.

And we'll bring you reaction to the comments made by one leading

tennis boss that says women players should thank male stars like Federer

The latest headlines with Joanna. Thank you.

Plans to cut some disability benefits are expected

The new Work and Pensions Secretary Stephen Crabb will announce the

plans. The disability payment cuts will be scrapped, just days after

Iain Duncan-Smith resign over the issue. The Prime Minister will today

defend his record, describing himself as an advocate of a modern,

compassionate conservatism. Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has told the

BBC Chancellor should also consider his position after the U-turn.

At least two children are among five people who have died after a car

The tragedy happened at Buncrana in County Donegal yesterday evening.

A passer-by helped rescue a baby girl from the car.

She was taken to hospital, where her condition

An eyewitness described how a passer-by rescued the baby from the

car. He took off his clothes to his underwear and headed out and it was

great that he did and he came back with a baby. Some people were saying

it was handed out to him. He came back totally exhausted. Another five

yards, I do not know how he could have made it. He was shouting,

grabbed the baby. He was taken to hospital, but very heroic and he

saved the baby's life. President Obama has described his

visit to Havana as an historic opportunity to engage

with the Cuban people. He's the first serving US

President to visit Cuba Mr Obama will meet

President Raul Castro, but not the retired revolutionary

leader Fidel Castro. A British businessman who has been

in prison in Dubai for nearly two years - over charges of 'cyber

slander' relating to a tweet - David Haigh, who was once

the managing director of Leeds United Football Club,

is expected to fly back The social network Twitter

is celebrating its ten-year Since the first tweet

was sent on March 21st 2006, the website has changed the way

people communicate online, most notably with its

140-character format. Now more than 500 million

tweets are sent each day, and the site has found itself

at the centre of some of the biggest That's a summary of

the latest BBC News. Now, Ore's here with

the sports headlines. The words of one man

dominating the headlines. Serena Williams has heavily

criticised Indian Wells tournament boss Ray Moore, who has apologised

after saying that female tennis players should drop to their knees

and "thank God that Roger Federer Williams called the comments

'offensive and very inaccurate'. She lost in the final to Victoria

Azarenka. Teenage striker Marcus Rashford

stole the show in the Manchester derby, as United beat

City 1-0 at the Etihad. United still hopeful

of a Champions League spot. They're just a point behind

City, who are fourth. Tottenham cut Leicester's lead

at the top of the Premier League Two goals from Harry Kane helped

them to a comfortable 3-0 win over Britain's Lizzie Armitstead

timed her challenge to perfection, to retain her World

Tour title in Italy. It's the third win of the season

for the world road race champion. And snowboarder Jamie Nicholls has

won his first World Cup Nicholls hadn't made the podium

before, but he came out on top Arsenal has built football pitches

for children fleeing war in Iraq. The football club has teamed up

with Save The Children to fund two pitches and train

both boys and girls. Arsenal say they hope this project

will help children in the worst of circumstances experience

the joy of football. Our reporter Catrin Nye had

exclusive access to the project. The tragedy of children forced

to flee their homes by war in Iraq. And the wealth and fame

of Arsenal Football Club. These two things don't obviously

have much in common. But a new project is

trying to change that. For me, growing up, football

was more than a game then. Arsenal have long provided

sports facilities and training for young

people in North London. With Save The Children,

they've built football Think about a kid

who is in Iraq, whose life has been ripped apart,

who has been pulled out It is a very powerful

statement that a club like Arsenal can come

in and say not just you are a part of our community,

but also that we care. If I go and I can have a positive

impact on any of these children's I know what it meant to me playing

in that football cage That is when I dreamt of playing

for England and Arsenal. I used to picture that football cage

and that was Wembley. Yes, even still to this day

I have people phoning me, saying, "Why, Alex,

why are you going? Out of all the conversations

I have had, there have only been three people who have

said, "This is great, what you are doing,

going over there." I remember I read an article

in the Daily Mail a couple of weeks ago that

a boy had been beheaded because he was listening to Western

music and it is things like that, Stuff like that is going

on and it is serious." The horrors that Alex's friends

and family have heard about is what has

caused a mass movement Since January 2014, more

than 3 million Iraqis had to abandon their homes

because of war. So, this is Kurdistan

in northern Iraq. Relative safety compared

with the rest of the country, but we are still just

a few hours from the frontline, from territory

controlled by Isis. This is Alwand camp,

near the border with Iran, now home to more than 6,000

people, all of them Iraqis who have fled other

parts of the country. A lot of the people that live

in this camp have had their homes destroyed

since they left them. So, they are pretty stuck,

living in these caravans, provided in the camp,

and not having any idea if and when they will ever be able

to return to where they came from. I'm going to meet one girl who lives

here with her family. What was it like having

to leave your friends? Are there any good things

about the camp, about living here? Football is not going to bring these

children their homes back but it is hoped it can

bring them an escape. Alex has been flown

in to meet the children. This is more fancy than the one

I grew up playing in. For the girls, you need

to understand they come from very conservative families

and have witnessed violence, gone through displacement

and now have come to The girls, it is not really

in their cultural norms they would be engaging

in such activity and sport. Who is better,

the boys or the girls? Boys and girls are learning

to play football here. Why did you decide today that Alex

would teach the girls? To them, she is a big

source of inspiration. The fact she's a woman and she has

made it internationally. It's not common to have a female

figure who is such a good leader. All the boys behind you look quite

jealous that the girls The girls are saying

they want to be footballers. As long as they have a dream

and something to look forward to. Look at the cheers and the smiles

on their faces today. It is like they are

forgetting all the violence. I just want to say a big

thank you for today. I have had a big smile

on my face being here Some of them have lost

their families, their loved ones. I'm lucky because I get

to leave and go home. You never think people

would be living like this. They are stuck, basically,

we're in the middle of nowhere. They just carry on with

their lives every day, That film by Catrin Nye

and Benjamin Lister. Alex Scott, captain

of Arsenal Ladies who's played for England over 100

times, is with us now. What did you come away with? It

makes me realise how disconnected I was to a situation which is so

severe, and even though you cannot help everyone, being able to give my

time and realising the impact I had on those children, it means so much.

Interesting what you said, there were people who said you, don't go,

what were they worried about? The safety, you hear the reports on

Iraq, the bombings, and they were like, Alex, you don't have to go.

Why would you put your own life at risk? If everyone adopted that

attitude, there would be no hope for these children and that is why I

really wanted to go. In the small time that you were there, what kind

of difference did you make to some of those girls? That is what touched

me the most, the impact I made, just giving them my time, and that is why

I'm so proud of this partnership between Save The Children and

Arsenal, it is using football, which is so powerful, and that is what I

saw. The future. Would you hope to go to northern Iraq again? Could you

meet these same children in maybe a year? I hope so, but if I do go back

I hope I'm not seeing the same children, because some of them have

been in that camp two and a half years and they don't know when they

will be able to leave or if they will ever be able to leave and I

hope that I do return but will not see the same children. Would you go

to other places with different conditions? Where children have had

to flee war. Yes, that is what Arsenal wanted to get involved with,

this partnership is so powerful, Arsenal have been doing this in the

local community for many years, but they have formed this partnership

with Save The Children to take it globally, and if this is a success,

they are looking to do it in other areas, as well. You are in someone

who grew up in a different part of the world and you wanted to play

football, what is it like when you are eight and you start kicking a

ball around and you realise this is good? Can you remember that feeling?

Yes, that is why I have such a good connection with this project, I

started playing football in a football cage in the East End of

London, and that is where my dreams started playing for Arsenal and

England. It gives children the hope and dreams that they can go on and

become something. Thanks for joining us. Alex Scott, thank you.

And if you want to share that film you can find it on the progrmame

What's it like supporting the team nobody thought could win

We'll bring you a special video diary made by some of

That is two Leicester City supporters. Thank you for your

comments about what Novak Djokovic has said, he said men deserved to

pay the -- deserved to be paid more than women. Glenn says, men deserved

more because they play five sets. Another one says the men are more

exciting than a token women's final. Another person has said a woman can

win in two straight sets, 12 games, but a man can win in three straight

sets, and men play more games per match. Bill says women tennis

players are worth less, fact, they play shorter games and they are less

entertaining. My personal view is that I would not watch Sharapova or

Williams but I would watch Murray or Federer. Wimbledon charge less for

the women's final. Another one says they agree that men should be paid

more, because they play longer matches, and they would be annoyed

if women got paid the same for less work. Please keep your comments

coming in. Five members of the same family have

died when their car plunged off A passer-by helped rescue a baby

girl from the car. It happened at Buncrana

in County Donegal last night. Local councillor Jack Murray spoke

of his shock shortly Earlier on we were fearful that

more tragedy would be We have just had it confirmed our

fears have been realised and a significant

loss of life again. I just feel numb, to be honest. It

is horrible, people have been fearful for the last few hours that

something so bad at happened. It is a very dark day.

With me now is our news reporter Jonny Dymond.

What do we know about this? It is a terrible story, five people are

dead, but there is a glimmer of hope, a baby was saved from the

disaster, in what appears to have happened -- and what appears to have

happened, a holidaying group was on this pier in Buncrana in Donegal, a

lovely spot, people had gone to the area to have a look. They were in

their car and they appeared to have tried to turn their car around or

reverse it down the pier to get a bit of space and their wheels hit

thick algae and the car slipped into the water. It had five people

inside, three children and two adults and an infant. The car stayed

in the water for about ten minutes, it was seen very quickly by

witnesses who raised the alarm and there was awful shouting coming from

the car, as you can imagine. The emergency services came to light.

The one glimmer of hope, one man was on the pier, he stripped off and

dived in and he made it to the car and he rescued the infant who we

think might have been handed out of the car, astonishing story. And then

this man made his way back to the shore, the witness who saw this,

said it -- if it had been five yards Morecambe and they would not have

made it, he shouted, take the baby, and the baby was saved -- five yards

more, they would not have made it. The other five people died, it is a

terrible story, but with the glimmer of hope with the baby being said.

Our cars allowed on the pier? It seems that it is used by cars as

they get onto a ferry, and locally it is known to be quite slippy, but

as a tourist you don't know that, and whether there needs to be signs

that is something to come, but five people have lost their lives as a

result of this disaster. Something will have to be done, but our

thoughts are with the family and their relatives. Thanks for joining

us. As the world tries to deal

with a diabetes epidemic, we'll be hearing from a cycling team

which is made up of diabetic riders, How are you? I'm good, how is it

looking? High pressure has been dominating the weather, for the last

week, giving us a real headache, we are trying to find breaks in the

cloud for sunshine, and some people have sent pictures, this is Hexham

in Northumberland, a cloudy start with some blue. Isn't that stunning?

Gorgeous. It is a mixed picture depending where you are, it is

dealing cool, with hazy sunshine. -- feeling. Hopefully the cloud will

break, Devon, again, daddy to start with, but the sunshine breaking

through -- cloudy to start with. Where ever we have the breaks in the

cloud, that is where we have had the lowest temperatures, but also

sunshine. If I carry on with the forecast, today we are looking at

variable amounts of cloud, some sunshine, high-pressure continuing

to dominate, as the weather front continues to move from the west

towards the East through the course of the day, taking patchy rain with

it. A bright start in north-west England, North Wales, but the cloud

rolling in and will continue to do so through the course of the day.

Brighter skies in the east of the UK, as well. The sunshine really

hanging on the longest across south-west England, south Wales and

parts of southern England generally. As I mentioned, it is finding the

holes in the cloud, it is tricky at this stage, but we are looking at

some developing in south-east England and there will be high cloud

and then lower cloud into parts of northern England, but also breaks in

the shelter of the Pennines. Eastern Scotland, a few outbreaks of

sunshine, but we have the rain moving from the west towards the

east and the cloud is thick enough in Northern Ireland for some rain

through the day. In Wales it is the far south which has the sunshine,

and for the rest of Wales we are looking at a cloudy picture. Through

the evening and overnight we hang on to cloud but it breaks, and we will

see some frost in rural areas and there will also be patchy mist and

fog. The rain clearing in the north-west of Scotland, a bit of

drizzle left behind, temperatures 7-8, but tomorrow we start on a

cloudy night, the East is favoured for sunshine. High-pressure clinging

on. Towards the West we have spots of rain, and under the cloud,

temperatures will be suppressed, but in the ease, temperatures getting up

to 10-11d. -- East. The weather front comes in from the West,

bringing more rain, and again some brightness around, but it will be a

fairly cloudy day extensively. We are looking at 10-12, and under the

cloud, 7-8. It will take the rest of Wednesday to move away, eventually

clearing off in the east and then things break down, we lose the area

of high-pressure, and this will introduce wet and windy conditions,

and that will lead us into the Easter weekend. By no means this

will be a wash-out, stronger winds at times and also spells of rain,

but in between there will be sunshine.

I'm Victoria Derbyshire, welcome to the programme if you've

"Don't make us the brunt of yet more cuts" -

that's the message to the Chancellor George Osborne this

morning from our panel of disabled guests.

Disability does not discriminate. And why should we keep being

penalised all the time? It is not fair. We go through enough.

A leading tennis boss says women players should "get on their knees

and thank" stars like Roger Federer and Rafeal Nadal for

Whilst Novak Djokovic has said it's right that men earn more than women,

because more people want to watch them.

And with Leicester City riding high at the top

of the English Premier League, what's it really like supporting

this season's surprise footballing package?

We'll be hearing from Foxes fans out on the road.

Everyone the shouting, we are going to win the league, is fantastic

feeling. And I tell you what, it is going to be an interesting end to

Plans to cut some disability benefits are expected

Joanna has more on that and a summary of the rest

The Prime Minister will try to calm the mood among Conservative MPs

when he addresses Parliament this afternoon, following the resignation

of the Work and Pensions Secretary, Iain Duncan-Smith, who had spoken

out against cuts to benefits for disabled people.

The new Work and Pensions Secretary, Stephen Crabbe, is expected

to announce that the changes will be shelved.

Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn says the Chancellor should

'consider his position' over the row.

George Osborne has presented to Parliament a budget that simply does

not add up, with a Work and Pensions Secretary who has not as yet I

suspect he into his office and has been told and accepted he will make

massive cuts. I think the government is in a mess.

At least two children are among five people who have died after a car

The tragedy happened at Buncrana in County Donegal yesterday evening.

A baby girl was taken to hospital, where her condition

Eyewitness Francis Crawford described how a passer-by rescued

He stripped off to his underwear and he headed out. And he did. And he

came back with a baby. How he got it, some people are saying it was

handed out to him and he came back totally exhausted. If it had been

another five yards, I cannot see how he would have made it. He was

shouting, grabbed the baby. He was taken to hospital and he was cooked.

But very heroic and he saved the baby's life.

President Obama has described his visit to Havana as an historic

opportunity to engage with the Cuban people and forge

He's the first serving US President to visit Cuba

Mr Obama will meet President Raul Castro, but not the retired

New figures show a record number of immigrants arrived in Germany last

year. Net migration for 2015 was 1.14 million. It is the highest ever

recorded in Germany, largely due to a massive influx of people seeking

asylum in the country. A British businessman who has been

in prison in Dubai for nearly two years - over charges of 'cyber

slander' relating to a tweet - David Haigh, who was once

the managing director of Leeds United Football Club,

is expected to fly back The social network Twitter

is celebrating its ten-year Since the first tweet

was sent on March 21st 2006, the website has changed the way

people communicate online, most notably with its

140-character format. Now more than 500 million

tweets are sent each day, and the site has found itself

at the centre of some of the biggest That's a summary of

the latest BBC News. Can you remember your first tweet?

I was so slow to the game! Probably something tragic like, I have

finally got to grips with Twitter, several years after it was going.

And you? It was the third of debris 2009, this sounds like bad grammar

but I had not worked out how you were supposed to write things. I

put, is on end now, talking about why so many schools had shut across

the UK -- on air. Very bad grammar. You are saving the

characters. It took a while to get to grips with that.

Speak for yourself! Every weekday morning,

we're now on air from the earlier Over the next hour, we'll bring

you the latest breaking news And - as always - we want to hear

from you on all the stories A lot of you getting in touch about

the cuts to disability benefits. A very passionate plea from people

with disabilities we were talking to who was saying, we cannot take any

more. There have been a number of cuts since 2010, since the

Conservatives got into power. At that stage, the Liberal Democrats

alongside them. We cannot take any more. This text says, every time a

brown envelope arrives, you are physically sick. I had to go to

court for my Disability Living Allowance and it is so embarrassing

and degrading, heading for money when you have always worked. This

says, I was declared fit for work without ever having a medical

assessment. Since been declared fit, I have had five operations, the

system is a joke. Chris says, everyone agrees genuine disability

claims should get help but it is getting ridiculous with the number

of claimants, maybe there should be a benefit for the board taxpayer!

When will it end? Mike says, your guests this morning, they are

clearly intelligent and eloquent who could be valuable in the workplace.

Physical and mentor disabilities should not be a barrier to

employers, but each not be an excuse for a life on benefits. A lot of

non-disabled people work part-time and from home and I think some

people do take an easy option. Andrew says, I get the Personal

Independence Payments and employment support allowance because I have an

incurable brain tumour. That is not it, I now find may yesterday is

being withheld because supposedly I have had too much and working tax

credits -- ESA. I am not able to work and it is unlikely I can ever

work again. Colin says, I sympathise with genuinely disabled people but

they should realise the welfare system is a shambles and it seems

unfair with people who should get it not able to and some people that you

should not. So I am totally in agreement with the government that

the welfare system needs sorting out. We will get more reaction to

this story. Do get in touch with us

throughout the morning. And if you text, you will be charged

at the standard network rate. Now, Ore is back with the sport -

and he's not alone. I am not alone. What is my next

wheat going to be? Something like, hanging around with a double Olympic

champion. We have already taken a selfie. We have, indeed. That is

next on the Thailand ash timeline. Ten years and she retired, migratory

is getting her running shoes back on. Good to see you this morning.

Running shoes on! What exactly have you decided to do and why? I am

doing the Virgin London Marathon. I am trying to raise money for five

charities. ?250,000. It might sound a drop in the ocean but I am finding

it extremely difficult. The motivation of running for the

charities is fantastic. If you are going to do a marathon, it has to be

London, an iconic city. As a former middle distance runner, it is

completely different. My body is suffering. People are listening to

you and saying to you as a runner, a legendary runner, will find it hard

but it is a completely different skill set. What has been the most

difficult thing about the training and in less than a month, you will

be going 26 miles? I was a middle distance runner for years and it was

short and high-intensity in chaining. I go up on my toes, so you

have a big stride. This changes me mechanically because you have to go

slower, I do not get up on my toes, so my hips have been affected, my

lower back, I had injections in hospital to try and release the

tension and inflammation in my body. And it is also the recovery. It is a

lot slower than before. But ten, 11 years, I just did the gym and

running as a fitness tool, 30 minute runs, 40 minutes. So the distance is

hard and my body is not coping. And the mentor approach. You have one

thing going, you have to do this right. And I am clock watching and

thinking, I am tired, I have to drink. I am nowhere near the

distance yet. I am getting a bit scared because I know you have to

get those miles in the legs. And my body is feeling the pressure of

that. I am sure your body will be absolutely incredible. We are

looking forward to seeing you hitting the roads of London. We have

to talk about Great Britain at the recent world Indoor Championships.

One silver and two Bronze. Steve Cram said it could be seen as a

disappointment but it was not the entire British team that will go to

Rio. Yes, and it is not the Olympics, some of them it just

breaks up the monotony of winter training and they want to assess

where they are, some of them, it is part and parcel of development. They

might not get into the British Olympic team. And others, there is

no point doing it because the focus is the qualifier for the real

Olympic Games. We should not think Britain is not doing well, you have

to look at who took part, why and what they will do next. It is still

all go for Rio. Still all go for Rio and for you. Three weeks and

counting? No, at least six! I hope! Still time. Dame Kellie Holmes, best

of luck with the new venture. Of course, she will smash it.

Good luck, thank you. The Labour Duke -- the Labour leader

Jeremy Corbyn says the Chancellor should take responsibility for a

budget that does not add up and resign.

Norman Smith can tell us more. What a morning! I am in the cafeteria

where ministers gather in the morning. The only thing they do know

is that the planned ?4 billion worth of cuts to disability benefits have

now been kicked into the long grass. What none of us know where on Earth

this money is going to come from. One Tory MPs, the chairman of the

Health Select Committee, suggested the Tories have to rethink their

commitment to protect pension benefits. Things like the free

winter fuel allowance, others said they have to look at the triple lock

on pensions, where pension rises are guaranteed. Maybe you will have to

rethink protecting the NHS budget. Maybe look at the overseas aid

budget. Questions about how this ?4 billion will be saved because that

was the biggest saving in George Osborne's budget. So the money has

to be found from somewhere. And Labour not surprisingly have seized

on this, demanding that any cuts to disability benefits get ruled out

completely. And leader Jeremy Corbyn has said George Osborne should

resign. Yes, you should because he has brought forward at budget that

simply does not add up. He has tried to take ?4 billion over the last

Parliament out of Work and Pensions budget through Personal Independence

he then decides that this was a consultation and a day after that

that we would cancel it all together and the same day, Iain Duncan-Smith

reside and we find a new Work and Pensions Secretary is going to find

the same savings from somewhere else within that budget. And so George

Osborne has presented to Parliament a budget that simply does not add

up, with the Work and Pensions Secretary who has not as yet I

suspect even be into his office and has been told and has accepted he

will make these massive cuts, I think it is a government in a mess.

Although the planned changes to PIPs have been put to one side, those

around Mr Cameron still believe PIPs are going to have to be reformed.

Because they say the cost is unsustainable. Apparently, they have

gone up by around ?1 billion a year. So changing them is off the table

for now put down the line, Number 10 is of the opinion they will have to

revisit them and the man who does that is the new Work and Pensions

Secretary Stephen Crabb. He is in the firing line this afternoon when

he will make a statement. He has indicated he does want to continue

with the business of welfare reform. It is obvious the very early days. I

have not even had a chance to speak to my new team at the department

yet. But clearly, there is an important mission this government

has in terms of reforming our welfare system, the better support

people making the transition to work is one of the reasons we now have

record employment levels in this country. We have spent six years

focusing on this key issue of welfare reform and intend to carry

on with that. You think, what a baptism of fire

for him. Only in the job 24 hours and he is straight into this massive

controversy. And what about George Osborne's

leadership prospects? He wants to be leader of the Conservative party,

potentially the next Prime Minister, does this damage that? Big time.

Serious questions now about whether George Osborne can remain in

position, certainly after the referendum in June. Let me show you

the front page of The Times this morning. Cameron, I'd blame Osborne!

That is because the Prime Minister wanted a budget which would not

upset everyone. George Osborne has upset everyone. And now the

briefings from unnamed Tory MPs suggesting Mr Osborne will have

helped to pay. Another suggesting he is dead in the water if he thinks he

can remain as Chancellor after the referendum. Why? Not just because of

the potential rift in merging with the Prime Minister. It is because if

there are further savings and austerity measures that have to be

deduced, can George Osborne do it? Given the revolt he has already

provoked over disability benefits. And if you think the last year over

tax credit. This morning, Downing Street had been circling the white

guns around Mr Osborne, saying reports of a rift between the two

are complete nonsense and they are as close as ever, and we had former

Tory leader Michael Howard on the Today programme singing lodge

Osborne's praises. I would be telling my colleagues to

calm down, to remember it is less than a year since the Conservative

Party won a general election under David Cameron's leadership, and that

one of the main elements in the election victory, probably the main

element, was our economic recovery in the five years leading up to the

election, for which George Osborne as Chancellor of the Exchequer

deserves an enormous amount of credit. That we have a

responsibility as a party to continue to govern the country and

that we all therefore have to behave in a very responsible way. I would

say, calm down, listen to the Prime Minister this afternoon and remember

our responsibility to the country. What is difficult about pleas for

the party to calm down, this is not just about George Osborne's future

or the disability cuts, this is about the Colossus issue which is

dogging the Tory party, and which has done since the toppling of

Margaret Thatcher, and that is Europe. You sense we are seeing the

final reckoning between the two wings in the Tory party, those who

want to be pro-European and those who want to be anti-European and my

instinct is that this is a fight to the finish. It is very hard to see

how these sides can live with each other after all this. That is

apocalyptic. The disabled people we had on the studio said they had

borne so many cuts and they have had enough. One of them actually said,

maybe it is time to look at the well off pensioners, maybe they don't

need the ?200 winter fuel allowance. Paul has said, I've just been

assessed for the personal independence payments and I only got

ten points. The higher the number of points, the higher the payment, he

said he needed well to keep his motor ability car. He says he is an

amputee with a slipped disc and this has now made him housebound because

the nearest bus stop is too far for him to walk to. He says his

condition is getting worse every day and this is causing mental health

problems, as well. Mike says he has great sympathy, but he believes

giving brand-new cars to the disabled because they can't walk

more than 50 metres is something the country can't afford. Three-year-old

cars would be better value. Another one says, me and my husband are

pensioners, and we would willingly forfeit our winter fuel allowance,

if it helped disabled people. Some pensioners have said they are not

giving up the winter fuel allowance. The difficulty, there are Tory MPs

who think it is absurd that very well off pensioners get a winter

fuel allowance, but the problem is, David Cameron has made it

non-negotiable, it is central to what he's about. He has promised in

front of cameras that pensioners will keep these benefits, he has

almost locked himself in, it is impossible for him to do a U-turn

even though many people in his party think this is getting ridiculous.

Why are they doing this? When instead they have to cut benefits to

some of the poorest in the country. Thanks for joining us.

Earlier I spoke to David Davis, Conservative MP for Haltemprice

and Howden, who stood against David Cameron

for the leadership of the Conservative party in 2005

and has seen many crisis in the party over the 20 years he's

I asked him whether he accepted Ian Duncan Smith's premise

that the cuts in disability benefits were unfair and divisive.

I think that is why he resigned. You have got to bear in mind, he has

dedicated ten years of his life to dealing with the problems of poverty

and helping people back on the escalator. You agree with him? He's

more expert than I am, this is his life, central to what he does, he's

a man of integrity, anyone who sees him on television concedes the

integrity coming through. The budget was unfair? In this particular area.

That is what it looks like. But Iain Duncan Smith proposed these changes

to the personal independence payments, agreed them, and then

resigned over the reforms he had proposed. That is a rather number

ten definition of this issue. What is different then? The general

election, the Prime Minister and the general election said they would

save ?12 billion from welfare, but they said they would not cut the

fuel payment for wealthy pensioners, and they will not cut free travel

for wealthy pensioners and they will not cut the subsidy to the TV

licence for wealthy pensioners. And they won the general election on the

back of that. Yes, this was a political judgment. Iain Duncan

Smith is objecting to the fact that forces him to take the money from

somewhere in the working age poor, the people on benefits, and forces

him down to a position where he is taking money away from where he

doesn't think it should. But he proposed these changes. It was

started between his department and the Treasury, I think. He still came

up with them. I don't think so. Why did he not resign then? Resignations

are difficult in politics, it takes a long time and you know you will be

vilified and you know it will be unpleasant. It takes time to get

your courage to do it. What we saw, him saying that he can't carry on

with this, because although he was winning the argument in terms of PIP

he was not winning it over the fact that money will come out of the

working age poor budget, that was the problem, and it is that group of

people... He's in politics to help and that is why he made the

decision. Would it be a mistake if George Osborne asks the new Work and

Pensions Secretary Stephen Crabb to find the equivalent of those ?4

billion savings that were going to come from the changes to the

personal independence payments over to someone else in the budget? I

think it would be, they have got to think again. The deficit reduction

programme is very important to the economy, let's understand it, in

Duncan Smith accept is that, but we have narrowed it down, we are not

going to touch international development and health care and

education and not half of the welfare budget. ?22 billion welfare

budget, half of that is in the pension sector, and that is not

being touched. And so it turns out to be a big cut in a much smaller

budget for other areas, and if you are going to take ?4 billion you

have got to find someone else to take it from. Do you mean by raising

fuel duty? I think across all of government, this is a small cut, a

fraction of ?700 billion, total spending, but it is a very big cut

when you take it out of 30 or ?40 billion. It is a surprise that no

one on Friday morning ahead of the budget's speech did not say, doesn't

it look bad but not cutting personal independence payments for disabled

people. -- doesn't it look bad? It is not a question of whether you

like it, it is a statement, this is what is going to be. But you can say

that you don't like it. Who knows what was said. It was collectively

agreed, they said. You don't always agree with things, but that is the

nature of government. It takes time. We all listened to the budget and it

sounded very good initially and we defended it, but then you start

picking the details are part and it falls apart. And that is what

happened. It falls apart, you say, so do you think this Rex George

Osborne's chances of becoming Prime Minister? Not ever. If the

leadership election was in the next six months, he would be sunk without

trace. He still has a chance? There will have been interesting

reflections over the weekend, whether it would be good for George

to move him somewhere else, Foreign Secretary, or something, but very

few people go from being Chancellor to Prime Minister and it is not

always a success, Gordon Brown was the last one. Very few people do

that, but quite a few go from Chancellor to something else, to

Prime Minister, James Callaghan, for example, who was, given the

circumstances, a very successful Prime Minister. It is not kill him

for ever, but it is quite hard for him at the moment. Mr Cameron could

sack him after the June referendum? They are very close, and rightly so,

they are a team. The Times newspaper front page suggests a rift between

George Osborne and the Prime Minister. I don't know. I saw the

headline, David Cameron was blaming George Osborne, but who knows? That

could be a throwaway line. What I do know, they are very close, and

George Osborne is a political talent, no doubt, and if at some

point he moves somewhere else, that might be in his own interests. You

have seen infighting before, how bad is this? Not as bad as it was in the

past. Voters don't like infighting. They do hate divided parties, yes

can but they also want to see that the parties live by their own words

and we have used the phrase we are all in this together and so we have

got to live by this. I'm very sympathetic to Iain Duncan Smith, we

have had our differences, but I'm sympathetic to him and his position.

This is what he stands for, and people will understand this, the

public will understand. He's no softy, he has taken tough decisions

and made himself unpopular with various groups in his time, in his

department's reach, but people understand that this was something

very important to him. He had spent half a decade before he came into

government, with the scent for social justice, trying to drive

these items. -- Centre for Social Justice. For him it was important

and I think the public will recognise that.

A record number of immigrants arrived in Germany last year, 1.4

million. Our correspondent is in Berlin. As we know, last year was

pretty unprecedented for Germany in terms of the vast number of people

coming into the country to sick asylum. We knew the number was 1.1

million, but today we have official confirmation of overall net

migration. You take the number of people who left and you end up with

net migration and that is now officially 1.14 million. The vast

majority of that number are people who came into the country seeking

asylum, many still living here, in camps across the country, waiting

for their asylum applications to be processed. This has been a very

interesting time for Germany, and these figures will be of no surprise

to people, but they will once again have confirmed what many already

know, that Germany has witnessed an unprecedented year. It was last

summer, we saw Germans at various railway stations applauding migrants

as they arrived, has the view of people in Germany changed when it

comes to the migrant situation? The mood has shifted, especially in the

light of the Cologne New Year's Eve six attacks which have been blamed

on migrants, although not necessarily on people seeking asylum

here. Politically things have changed and there has been

infighting within Angela Merkel's own party and concern, we have seen

the rise of a popular anti-migrant party which recently gained a huge

amount of votes in regional elections, so things are shifting. A

recent poll suggested eight out of ten Germans do not believe that the

German government has got a handle on the refugee crisis. That might be

changing, now that Angela Merkel's EU Turkey deal has been finalised,

politicians have said this is a first real step in solving the

refugee crisis, the first European solution that we have actually seen

on the table. The number of people coming into Germany has all but

stopped, in January 90,000 people arrived, but now there are simply

maybe a few hundred every day, if that, so things are starting to

change. Make no mistake, though, the German press has many articles

talking about the fact that when the resettlement from Greece and Turkey

start to happen, it is likely the vast majority will come to Germany,

as well. A very complex picture. There are many people in Germany who

say that it is the right thing to do, to give shelter to war refugees.

Thanks for joining us. Jenny hill, reporting from Berlin.

We'll bring you the latest instalment of the video diaries made

It could see their team winning the English Premier league.

And we'll bring you reaction to the comments made by one leading

tennis boss who's said women players should get down on their knees

and thank male stars like Federer and Djokovic for carrying the sport.

David Cameron will today continued to do with the fallout after the

resignation of his Work and Pensions Secretary Iain Duncan-Smith of the

planned cuts to disability benefits. Joanna has more on that

and a summary of the rest The new Work and Pensions Secretary,

Stephen Crabb, is expected to announce today that plans

to reduce some disability payments It comes just days after

Iain-Duncan Smith resigned The Prime Minister will today

defend his record describing himself as an advocate of "a modern,

compassionate Conservatism". Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn says

the Chancellor should go. Osborne has presented to Parliament

a budget that simply doesn't add up, with a Work and Pensions Secretary

who hasn't as yet, I suspect, even been into his office and has

been told and accepted At least two children are among five

people who died after a car plunged The tragedy happened at Buncrana,

in County Donegal, yesterday A baby girl was taken to hospital,

where her condition Eyewitness Francis Crawford

described how a passer-by rescued He stripped off to his underwear

and he said he was heading out. Some people are saying

it was handed out to him. If it had been another five yards

to go, I can't see how He was taken to hospital

and he was all cut up. But very heroic, and he saved

the wee baby's life. President Obama has described his

visit to Havana as an historic opportunity to engage

with the Cuban people. He's the first serving US President

to visit Cuba for 88 years. Mr Obama will meet

President Raul Castro, but not the retired revolutionary

leader Fidel Castro. Four British plane spotters arrested

in Kenya have given -- have been given a fine of ?1400. They have

been accused of taking pictures of planes in the capital Nairobi and

have been threatened with prison if they refuse to pay.

New figures show a record number of immigrants arrived

The country's Statistics Office says net migration for 2015

The number - which is the highest ever recorded in Germany -

was largely due to a massive influx of people seeking

Prince Harry's continuing his tour of Nepal, as the country rebuilds

following last year's earthquake, which killed more than 8,000 people.

He's visited families who've been left homeless.

And later, he'll go to a national park to learn about measures

Join me for BBC Newsroom live at 11 o'clock.

Thank you. News just in, Madonna has been told by a how court judge that

she can ends legal action over the future of her 15-year-old son Rocco.

Madonna and ex-husband Guy Ritchie have been borrowing over the custody

of their teenage son since he refused to fly back to Madonna's

American home at Christmas. It is understood she now hopes to solve

the situation amicably instead of continuing with the legal action.

Now, it's time to join Ore again for the sports headlines.

The words of one man dominating the headlines.

Serena Williams has heavily criticised Indian Wells tournament

boss Ray Moore, who has apologised after saying that female tennis

players should drop to their knees and "thank God that Roger Federer

Williams called the comments 'offensive and very inaccurate'.

Teenage striker Marcus Rashford stole the show in the Manchester

derby as United beat City 1-0 at the Etihad.

United still hopeful of a Champions League spot.

They're just a point behind City, who are fourth.

Tottenham cut Leicester's lead at the top of the Premier League

A Harry Kane double helped them to a comfortable 3-0 win over

Britain's Lizzie Armitstead timed her challenge to perfection,

to retain her World Tour title in Italy.

It's the third win of the season for the world road race champion.

And snowboarder Jamie Nicholls has won his first World Cup

Nicholls had never made the podium before, but he came out on top

That is all the sport for now this morning. More on the News Channel

throughout the day. Diabetes is often described

as the world's fastest growing epidemic - 400 million

people worldwide have it, The costs, financial

and human, are huge. Last week, Chancellor George Osborne

announced a sugar tax to help fund more sport in schools -

a move welcomed by campaigners. But much more can be done,

as Matt Slater discovered when he met an all-diabetes cycling

team determined to inspire, Last week, Chancellor George Osborne

announced a sugar tax to help fund To win the best amateur

cyclist in Ireland award, to sign for the top amateur team,

all was going well, and for that to take a U-turn and for

things to go downhill. I thought the end was in sight,

I could not pursue that I was diagnosed in the middle

of the bike race, I collapsed at the end of the stage,

I was desperate to get out of hospital, I still thought

I was going to start the next day. They said, it's not going to happen,

you can forget about that and you can forget about

competing for a while. It is morning on the Costa Blanca

and the sun is warming Young and fit with winter tans

and the best bikes money can buy, the riders of Team Novo Nordisk know

that for many, they have already As well as the winning ticket,

they share something else, diabetes. The world's

fastest-growing epidemic. Until recently, riding bikes was not

part of the prognosis. They told my mum I

would be dead by 25. And then it was up to her in those

early years to manage and take She saw when I was active,

my blood glucose was more like hers. At the time, sport

and diabetes was like, But others were saying

sport and diabetes, Clearly, Sutherland was not

dead or blind by 25. He was on top of the podium

after racing across America, a 3000 mile ride which he

won with seven other The team was born. I know the bike,

I know diabetes, combine two passions and change the world. That

was early days and it was a business plan project and I just kept

thinking, there is something to this. We have got to change the

world and the bike can do that. And here we are almost 11 years later

now, we have made some good progress.

The two types of diabetes. Type one, the pancreas does not produce in off

of the hormone insulin. The team's riders or all type one. Type two is

linked to a lack of exercise, obesity and smoking. These diabetics

cannot use the insulin their body produces which unlocks glucose,

energy in our food and drink and without that, glucose can stay in

the blood, causing life-threatening issues. Not that these raiders

looking for excuses. Diabetes is a condition you have to live 24 at --

24-7, making decisions every minute on nutrition, insulin, etc. It

should not become an obstacle. But more like an opportunity for getting

to know your body at a different level to which nondiabetics will

never experience. It is an opportunity for self-awareness that

is growing. There are more than 400 million diabetics worldwide and by

2035, it is estimated to be 600 million. In the UK, it is 4 million.

Western Europe's fattest country, and it is expensive and accounts for

more than 10% of the NHS budget, not to mention the human costs. The

frustrating thing is simple exercise can help prevent type two, as well

as control the symptoms of all diabetes sufferers. My exercise, my

cycling improves my control. When I stop cycling, if I am injured, it

becomes more complex. Phil Sutherland, the team founder, his

motto is, exercise is the 1,000,000,000-dollar drug that never

gets prescribed. It is so true. There are easier support than

cycling. These athletes have to constantly manage and monitor their

condition. By doing so, they are also motivating and saying to a

global community, you can also claim any mountain.

To help them do that, the riders use continuous blood sugar monitors,

embedded Under The Skin. They fill their pockets with energy bars and

carry insulin needles for emergencies. But sometimes the best

solution is the easiest. A healthy meal.

Some shrimp, which is a healthy source of protein. This is a bit of

pasta. With some kidney beans. And peace. And these have complex

carbohydrates needed to restore glycogen back to the muscles.

Following exercise. The team noticed just even knows food for Leeds is

fuel. But it has to be just the right fuel -- for athletes. I

believe there is some fish over here, which is another good source

of lean protein. And I may also grab some pie all which is another source

of carbohydrates, and protein, there is some shrimp and possibly squared

on here so I will grab a bit more carbohydrates. Again, they need

carbohydrate in order to replenish the glycogen loss in training.

Australian Chris Williams is a team veteran. He knows how far they have,

and how far they want to go. Cycling is a sport where you need to own

your spot. People that just come along and jump in, they are not

really viewed in a good light. It takes years to get your cycling

legs. So to just suddenly show up out of the middle of nowhere, it

took us a long time to earn the respect. The ultimate goal is the

Tour de France. Insulin is the drug that keeps us all with diabetes

alive. So a big milestone. That was a very defining moment for our

people because before that, if you had diabetes, you died, and of

story. Fast forward 100 years, if we can get our team to the tourist --

to the Tour de France and win the yellow jersey, I think we can ensure

everybody in the world with diabetes can have the motivation to go out

and pursue their dreams. Diabetes is not going away. It will

take more than a tax on sugary drinks to do that. Perhaps if we

look after ourselves a little better, life could become so much

sweeter. The head of a tennis tournament has

apologised for saying women players should, quote: 'get down

on their knees and thank God for male stars like Roger

Federer and Rafa Nadel'. Raymond Moore is in charge

of the Indian Wells During an interview, he said

the Women's Tennis Association, or the WTA as it's known,

rides on 'the coat-tails' Not stopping there, Moore also

described up and coming stars He later admitted his comments

were "in extremely poor taste". They ride on the

coattails of the men. They don't make any decisions

and they are very lucky. If I was a lady player,

I would go down every night on my knees and thank

God that Roger Federer I think the WTA has

a handful, not just one or two, but they have a handful

of very attractive prospects that They have a lot of very

attractive players. The standard in ladies tennis has

improved unbelievably. Do you mean physically

attractive or competitively? They can assume the mantle

of leadership once Serena They have quite a few very,

very attractive players. He later acknowledged what he had

said was in extremely poor taste. Serena Williams was asked about his

comments after losing the Victoria Azarenka and she did not hold back.

To say any woman should be down on their knees like that, I think

Venus, myself, a number of players... If I could tell you about

everybody watching myself or my sister, I could not even predict

that number. So I do not think that is a very accurate statement. I

think there are a lot of women out there who are very exciting to

watch. I think it is just, it definitely goes both ways. And I

think those remarks are very much mistaken. And very, very inaccurate.

Novak Djokovic was then asked about Raymond Moore's remarks, he said men

should earn more money than women because more people watched the

men's game. I think our men's tennis world,

the ATP world, should Stats show that we have more

spectators for men's tennis matches and that is one of the reasons why

maybe we should get rewarded more. But women should fight

for what they think they deserve and we should fight

for what we think we deserve. Matthew Syed writes for the Times

on Tennis and joins us Good morning. What you think about

what Raymond Moore had to say? -- what do you think. I cringed at the

language, but the point that men's tennis is in a golden age, which has

created unprecedented interest, they are driving more revenues and they

deserve to earn more money, and the prize-money in ATP events is bigger.

The point that the WTA is riding on the coat-tails of the men's game,

that is substantial? Worth debating? I'm not worried about the fact that

women's tennis is benefiting from the interest that is being driven by

the men, but one thing, one anomaly, which is wrong, in the Grand Slams

women and men earn the same prize-money. Imagine if that was

extrapolated to football, where women footballers earned the same as

the men who are generating huge global interest through the Premier

League but I think that would be wrong. The sexiest thing in women's

tennis is that they play three sets rather than five sets -- sexist

thing. There is the presumption that women are not capable of playing

five sets and in symbolic terms that is a real problem. Is there a

movement in the women's game to increase the sets from three to

five? I have not heard any campaigns on that, that is terribly sad.

Women's bullseye -- women used to not run the

marathon, but this assumption that women cannot play five sets, that is

antediluvian. Raymond Moore says female players should get down on

their knees and thank God that Roger Federer and Nadal were born, because

they have carried the sport. He's the boss a tennis tournament, what

was he thinking? -- of a tennis tournament. It is such a dreadful

thing to say, but it is interesting to rewind a couple of decades when

men's tennis was going to a bad period. It was dominated by the

Serb, when Pete Sampras played Goran Ivanisevic in the Wimbledon 's

final, it was quite boring and there were no decent rallies -- it was

dominated by the serve macro. At that time, the rivalry between

Martina Navratilova and Steffi Graf was more interesting, and they were

earning more money, and that was because they were persuading people

to come through the gates and watch on television, and that is how the

free market works, but the basic point that people should earn more

money according to how much money they are generating from sponsorship

and commercial contracts, that is a really valid point. Thanks for

joining us. This is a statement from the WTA.

Can Leicester City win the English Premier League?

And if they do, how seismic would that be for the club itself

Since the English Premier League began, only Manchester City,

Manchester United, Chelsea, Arsenal and Blackburn have won

the title - that's in nearly 25 years.

For a smaller club, without the cash of,

say, Manchester City, to beat the so-called 'big boys'