11/10/2016 Victoria Derbyshire

Hello, it's 9am, I'm Victoria Derbyshire,

This morning, we'll be live at the publication of a report

into the stabbing of Aberdeen schoolboy Bailey Gwynne,

who was killed by a fellow pupil in a fight at Cults Academy last

Were warning signs about his killer missed?

Also on the programme, people in serious debt who have

mental-health issues are being charged, sometimes over ?100,

for doctors' letters flagging their condition.

We find out about the campaign that wants to stop the charging.

And, a major report from Save The Children says that

around the world a girl under the age of 15 is married

Hello, welcome to the programme, we're live until 11am this morning.

Save The Children says a 15-year-old girl is married every seven seconds.

Model Poppy Delevigne has been to Ethiopia to see

If you have been charged for a letter or medical evidence from your

GP, let us know, we will talk to Martin Lewis at 9:45am.

The electronics company Samsung has told customers around the world

to turn off their Galaxy Note 7 smartphones while it

investigates why some of the devices have caught fire.

It's also suspended global sales of the new phone,

which has yet to be officially released in the UK.

Samsung boasted about its water-resistant properties.

But now, the Galaxy Note 7 has been withdrawn from sale

Anyone who has one is being told to switch it off and keep it off.

Samsung had to recall more than 2 million phones last month,

when reports began to emerge of the battery catching fire.

But then there were fresh reports of the replacement phones doing

exactly the same thing, in this case on a plane.

I noticed smoke just pouring out of my pocket.

I pulled the phone out of my pocket, threw it on the ground,

Many airlines have now banned their passengers

This 13-year-old girl in Minnesota said her thumb was burnt

Pulled it up, and I saw smoke, and I threw it on the floor.

It felt like pins and needles, except a lot more intense.

Samsung have not said what is causing the new problem.

Clearly, after new phones have been released, after the recall,

and the new phones have issues as well, there's something else

in the phone circuitry that Samsung missed and they should be fixing.

Samsung's shares have plunged in value.

The company is struggling to control the fallout from this latest crisis.

Let's chat to our Technology Correspondent Rory Cellan-Jones.

You have one of these phones, you have switched it off, which is the

advice, because what might happen if you switch it on? The first time it

came out, in late August in parts of the world, on the day it was due to

go on sale in the UK they put out this global recall, because some of

them had caught fire in various places. They thought they had dealt

with it, they replaced them. This is a replacement phone. Last week,

reports started emerging from the US, we have had at least five now,

the same thing happening. They thought they had dealt with what

they said was a fault with a battery from one supplier. The new phones

had batteries from different suppliers. The same problem has

occurred. One teenage girl in the United States said it started

burning up in her hand. She dropped it on the floor, started smoking. A

passenger on an aircraft, the phone started smoking. A huge crisis for

Samsung. Is it partly because we are asking for a tiny battery to do so

much? Absolutely. These batteries are miracles, they are packing a lot

of energy into smaller spaces, we will be phones to last all day, they

rarely do. In some cases, it does not have to be many, just too much

strain is being put on the batteries. It is a nightmare for the

company, but it is a nightmare timing wise, because of Apple's new

iPhone, and Google's products. What can they do to restore their

reputation? They have got a lot of praise at the beginning of September

when they had the global recall, people said they are spending the

money, putting safety first. This time they have been more

flat-footed, the reports started emerging, they did not seem

concerned. I have spoken to them yesterday afternoon because a

customer in the UK was worried. They said, no worries, he has got a

replacement phone, it is fine to use. If you hours later they put out

this statement. A lot of work to do to stop the affect of this damaging

the whole brand. They are the top end smartphone maker in the android

market, which is much bigger than the Apple market. They have got this

new high-end competitor from Google, the owners of android, so they are

facing stiff competition. They are in disarray. We will talk more

later. Joanna is in the BBC

Newsroom with a summary A new series of stoppages has begun

this morning on Southern Railway. The dispute over changes to the role

of conductors on trains has already caused months of disruption

for passengers in Welcome to the country's most

unreliable train service. Strikes are becoming part

of the daily commute. They are caught in the middle

of a row about who does this, The company wants drivers to take

on the job from on-board conductors, saying it's common practice on other

trains and it frees them up The RMT union says its less safe

and will eventually cost jobs. One thing would be for a passenger

assembly where members of the RMT, where management from GTR

and where Government ministers gave straight answers to straight

questions about this debacle. There has been way too much blame

shifting going on and passengers just want to know when they will be

able to depend on a rail service to get them to work and to get them

home again at the end of the day. Both sides have upped

the ante in recent weeks. Southern has told conductors

to sign new contacts, accepting changes to their role,

or potentially lose their job. The RMT union has told members

to sign the contracts This latest action will last three

days but it is part of 14 days of walk-outs between now and early

December. There seems little chance

of a deal any time soon. Receptionists questioning patients

about why they need to see their GP could be putting sick people off

making an appointment, according to a survey

by Cancer Research UK. Almost 40% of patients said

they disliked talking to GPs see 60 million more patients

a year compared to five years ago, and say that their receptionists

play a pivotal role. But Cancer Research UK's study

suggests receptionists' questions can discourage people from seeing

the doctor at all. Of the 2,000 people questioned,

40% said talking to receptionists about their symptoms put them

off from going. 42% said difficulty getting

a convenient time was a barrier, and 42% said they were discouraged

by problems in seeing Cancer Research UK says Britain's

cancer-survival rate is amongst the lowest

of developed countries, and reducing late

diagnosis is crucial. It's very important to understand

what might put people off In fact, it is certainly not

the whole explanation. But it may possibly be playing

into something around how comfortable people feel

when they are going to talk The Royal College of GPs said it

understood that patients would sometimes prefer to speak

to their doctor directly, especially if their concern

was sensitive in nature. A former cabinet minister has

likened Russia's role in the war in Syria to that of the Nazi regime

in the 1930s. Ahead of an emergency Commons debate

on the humanitarian crisis in the Syrian city of Aleppo,

Andrew Mitchell accused Russia of "shredding" international law

with its bombing campaign Our Assistant Political

Editor Norman Smith Does he say what he wants to happen?

We will hear a lot of condemnation and outrage today about the bombing

of civilians, but in terms of concrete lands, something to do, I

doubt we will hear much at all, because the indications are that the

diplomatic route has hit a brick wall, with Russia vetoing United

Nations resolutions, the merger route seems to going nowhere while

America is locked in a presidential election, and there is a reluctance

to confront Russia. When you put that together, while we will help's

hear plenty of condemnation, from the Foreign Secretary and Defence

Secretary, whether we will actually hear some sort of plan to stop the

bombing seems pretty doubtful, albeit that Andrew Mitchell, when he

was speaking to Victoria a short time ago, said it was important that

at least Parliament expressed its horror at what was going on.

What the Russians are doing on Aleppo is very similar to what the

Nazis did to Guernica during the Spanish Civil War in the 1930s. They

are using incendiary bombs indiscriminate force from the air,

tipping tonnes of high explosives act from 30,000 feet, and

pulverising innocent civilians. It is completely unacceptable.

One option that he is keen to push is the idea of a no-fly zone, to

provide some sort of safe haven for civilians in and around Aleppo. But

even that seems questionable. There are doubts as to who would be

willing to provide that air cover, and what would happen if you ended

up in a combat situation with Russian planes. Even that option

seems unlikely to be pursued. Homeowners in flood-risk areas

should be doing more to protect their homes

from future damage. That's according to the Association

of British Insurers, which says owners need

to make their homes Last month the Environment Agency

criticised the insurance industry That's a summary of the latest BBC

News, more at 9:30am. We will talk about the Crown --

these sweeping the nation, we will talk to a Police and Crime

Commissioner who says this has got out of hand. That is after 9:30pm.

-- 9:30am. And a real clown, who says the reputational damage is not

good. If you have come across a scary clown, let me know, we will

talk about it just after 9:30am. Sophie says she was charged for a

letter from her doctor. I needed a note from the GP regarding my mental

health and the stress upon me from university and other personal

matters. This was to let me have extra time for a piece of work that

needed to be handed in. The doctor did not say there was a charge until

after she wrote it, and I could not collect the letter without paying

first. I was charged ?15 and it was a measly three lines of writing. I

was appalled. Your own experiences, do get in touch.

If you text, you will be charged at the standard network rate.

Let's get some sport now with John Watson.

Let's start with some candid comments from Wayne Rooney

after he reacted to being dropped by England for tonight's

In a very mature and gracious way. Absolutely. That was the only way he

could have dealt with it. It would not have reflected on him well if he

hadn't. He has taken it with good grace, he said it is no

embarrassment to start from the bench in the World Cup qualifier

against Slovenia later. He admitted he is not the 17-year-old he was, he

cannot do the things he did then. He made such a huge impact, he has been

the shining light ever since. This is the first time in 13 years he has

not started for England, the first time he will be on the bench for 13

years of. It is a significant moment in his career. Everybody has an

opinion on him, it was something reflected in the comments that his

wife made yesterday, launching to his defence.

You can understand she feels strongly about it, it must feel that

everybody has an opinion on where he should be playing at the moment.

West Ham were in the headlines last week for their treatment

Seems as though things might have changed?

We ran a feature as part of women's Sportsweek last week, the ladies

team were not being afforded the same luxuries that the men's team

work, they could not train in some of the facilities, they had to warm

up alongside a road, they had to pay for pitch hire, they had to raise

money for kit, they had to play in last season's kit. But following a

complaint lodged with the FA from the team's chairman, who said this

amounted to sex discrimination, West Ham have acted and they have said

that they will be brought into the Weston family. They have said,

women's football will become bigger, better and stronger. Good news for

their team. Tiger Woods yet another aborted

comeback for him? Yeah, it is. I guess everybody is still asking the

question when will we ever see Tiger Woods return to a golf course? He

planned to make a return numerous times before and he has cancelled

his most recent appearance. He was due to be playing next week,

delaying his return to a PGA Tour. Remember, it has been 15 months

since he last played a competitive match. He was a vice-captain at the

Ryder Cup. But you just wonder what now for Tiger Woods? It is

interesting to say, it is not his fitness this time, he had back

problems, he had an affair which contributed to a drop in form. He

has blamed not coming back because of injury, but it seems he is fine.

He says he's fit and healthy, but he doesn't want to play and his game is

vulnerable and I guess he feels he will only go back and play if he can

win golf matches and at the moment he doesn't feel like he can do that.

Thanks, John. On 28th October last year,

during a lunch break at the Cults Academy in Aberdeen,

16-year-old Bailey Gwynne, was stabbed in the heart by a fellow

pupil after a row over a biscuit The killer, who cannot be named,

was jailed for nine Later this morning, the findings

of an independent report into the stabbing are expected to be

critical of social services, after the BBC revealed earlier this

year that concerns had been raised about the killer nine

years previously. In a moment, we'll talk

to Councillor Marie Boulton, who is deputy leader

of Aberdeen City Council and has But first, our correspondent

Ben Ando, who is waiting Ben, take us back to

that day last October. Well, it was a normal school day.

Thousands and thousands and thousands of schoolchildren up and

down the country go to school and they take part in their lessons and

their activities and they have their lunch break and then they go home.

Unfortunately on this day there was a row, as you said, a scuffle over a

bus cut and accusations were thrown and it turned into a scuffle, it

turned into a fight. At that point one of the youngsters involved

pulled out a knife that he bought on Amazon and stabbed the other once in

the chest. The knife punctured 16-year-old Bailey Gwynne's heart

and he died quickly indeed despite attempts to save him at the school.

The youngster involved was arrested. He was tried and found guilty of

culpable ham owe side. What was said at his trial was he hadn't acted

with wicked recklessness, but if he hadn't had the knife the judge said

clearly this would have been a normal fight with just little more

injury than perhaps some wounded pride. In the aftermath of that

trial, it was decided to have an inquiry into this and that's what

we're having the results of today. Why is an independent report into

this fatal stabbing deemed necessary? I think probably because

it is so remarkable by its rarity. This just doesn't happen and the

Cults Academy, the school involved is widely regarded as one of the

best State schools in the whole of Scotland. So certainly there was

shock in this area and in the wider nation as a whole about what exactly

would happen at a school like that. So the feeling is there needed to be

some kind of investigation just to establish also whether there is some

kind of culture of knives in schools. Certainly the teenager who

was convicted of this killing told the police that he started taking

the knife into school because he wanted to look tough. Other children

said they had seen him with the knife, but for whatever reason

hadn't felt that they could report it to their teachers. So the school

authorities didn't know. So I think this report will be asking questions

about whether there is a knife issue in Scottish schools, what kind of

figures are, if any, recorded? And where we go from here, what lessons

might be learned. The BBC reported earlier this year as I said in the

introduction that an allegation against this boy was raised nine

years ago, tell us about that. Yes, that's right. At the trial, it was

said that he never had any kind of incident of violence before, but it

later emerged that back in 2007, on a lane not far from the Cults

Academy, when he, of course, was nine years younger, when he was only

seven years old himself, he had been throwing stones or rocks at another

small child. Now, that child suffered concussion and his parents

at the time raised concerns with the police and with their local MP, but

of course, nothing was done. On the other hand, is there any realistic

feeling that the authorities could have learned a lot, there were two

incidents that were so far apart in time? Ben, thank you.

Ben Ando who is waiting for the report to be published and we will,

of course, bring you the press conference live. It is due at

10.15pm when the report comes out. Let's talk to councillor Marie

Bolton. Her three sons go to this school and you too were a pupil

there, Marie. I wonder when you first heard there was an incident at

your children's school you thought, it is just some fight, just some

kind of scuffle? Yeah, I mean, I was chairing a meeting in the town house

at the time when I got made aware there was an incident at Cults

Academy. Obviously, your mind certainly wouldn't go to any sort of

serious incident, but you know obviously it later became apparent

that it was a lot more serious and there was a weapon involved.

The school community, the local community, was rightly shocked. As I

understand it, it is already a close-knit community. How would you

say the killing of Bailey Gwynne affected people? I mean, obviously

it was a shock. Nobody expected that. I don't think anybody

actually, any school in Aberdeen would have expected that. The

community was close and is even more so. People have rallied to support

both the school and individuals involved. I think parents in

particular reflect a lot more on this than the pupils do. We tend to,

as mothers, I think, think about Bailey's mother and the other

child's mother and put ourselves in their shoes. I think children tend

to see the incident as an incident rather than reflecting themselves on

it. So the community from the church right through have all come together

and played a part in, I think, reassuring everyone that our

community is a good community, that our school is still an excellent

school and that it was just a very, very tragic situation. Yeah, you're

right about people, for most people, it is unimaginable. For mums and

dads watching now, you can't imagine sending your son off to school and

them never returning. No, you can't. You know, I think, as I say, as a

mother myself, you know, there was a lot more attention to saying goodbye

in the morning for a while and you know, looking at them sleeping at

night and it is something that's not afforded to Bailey's mother now. It

is too painful to even begin to put yourself there. Obviously even now,

parents are regularly thinking about both families involved and the loss

that they've suffered. I understand that you believe the

teenager who stabbed Bailey Gwynne is also a victim, tell us why you

think that? I don't think, I think we heard earlier that clearly

nobody, I think, sets out on that course of action to take somebody

else's life. And I think really you know, it was a scuffle that got out

of hand. We've heard that if you carry a weapon that you have to

understand there could be consequences, but I really don't

think that anyone could have imagined including himself the

repercussions of what happened that day. As a local councillor, were you

aware of this incident involving the boy who stabbed Bailey Gwynne,

throwing rocks at another boy who ended up in hospital with

concussion? Concussion all those years ago? Yes, I was very aware of

that and you know, I don't want to comment too much on that because

obviously it will be addressed through the report which is coming

out later on this morning. But I was aware of the situation. Is it

accurate that the parents of the injured child, who ended up in

hospital, did suggest back then that the attacker might continue on a

path of violence? I think there was concerns definitely raised by the

parents of the injury child then that there could be a pattern of

behaviour emerging that required attention.

OK. As you say, we will await the report a little later. Thank you for

your time this morning. Thank you. That is the deputy leader of

Aberdeen City Council. The campaign to allow MPs a vote

in parliament before the Prime Minister begins her Brexit

negotiations isn't going away despite ministers saying

there won't be a vote Yesterday the former Labour leader,

Ed Miliband, who voted to remain in the EU,

told us the government needs consent from Parliament before

starting the negotiations. I accept the result

of this referendum. The British people voted to leave

the European Union. This is not about trying to reverse

the result through Parliament. But what they didn't vote

for was a particular type of Brexit, and there are lots of decisions

to be made about migration, about the economy and the single

market, and my point is Parliament's got to take a view on that,

if you like, to give the Government Because we know that Theresa May,

by the end of March, is going to be triggering Article 50

to start leaving the European Union. And my basic point is the Government

can't go off and do these negotiations without getting

the consent of Parliament for the way they're going to go

about these negotiations, and what they're going to be arguing

for for the British people. Which is if this is

all about sovereignty, the sovereignty of the people -

which lots of people who want us to leave Europe,

the European Union, said it was - then Parliament, as a representative

of the people, has to take a view. And the people have to be

consulted, you know? People have to have laid

before them the choices, Stephen Phillips is a Conservative

MP and he voted to leave He was pushing for an urgent debate

on the issue today, but was turned down. When you voted to leave didn't

it occur to you that it was in effect a vote giving your party in

Government the go-ahead to negotiate its way out of the EU in any way it

chose? No, that's not what I think it was at all. I voted Leave

personally. I had nothing to do with the leave campaign, I thought it was

disgraceful. I voted Leave to ensure the sovereignty to the Parliament to

which the people who voted for me at general election returned me. That's

why I did it. I think it is wrong for the Government, which has a very

clear mandate for Brexit, not to consult Parliament over the precise

form of Brexit that we're going to have. We didn't know at the time of

the referendum what was on the cards in those terms and there are many

ways in which this could go. The Government has a very clear mandate

for Brexit, but it has to come and ask Parliament what it is the people

of this country actually want in terms of their future relationship

with the European Union. And how will you have the answer to that

question of what people want? Well, we give the Government a steer in

broad terms. Obviously we, as members of Parliament, have very

frequent contact with our constituents and with with the

businesses in our constituency. My guidance to the Government for

example would be that it is imperative that this country remains

a member of the single European market. It is our biggest market and

for example, for Lincolnshire farmers, many of whom live in my

constituency, what we can't see is tariffs imposed on the products that

we export to Europe and that's very important for the manufacturing

industry in my constituency and you know, we've had leaks overnight from

the treasury about what actually a hard Brexit, being outside the

single market is going to mean and it will mean a reduction in GDP of

10%. That will mean that we cannot pay for the public services which

the people of this country actually need and that's why membership of

the single market is so important. Right. You called your Government to

ranker for not giving you what you want? I voted Leave in order to

ensure the sovereignty of this Parliament and to remove the tyranny

of an unelected European Commission imposing rules on my constituents

and I think that very clearly that you should be able to throw out of

office the people who make the rules by which you riff your lives. I

didn't tell anyone else how to vote, it seems to me utterly wrong for the

Government, having recognised that Parliament is sovereign, not to then

go and consult the representatives of the British people. It is just as

tyrannical as the previous position that prevailed where the European

Commission was making laws, rules and regulations governing our lives

without reference to the representatives who was stuck in

that place across the road to represent their constituents. The

Brexit secretary, David Davis, says they will consult the

representatives of the British people, you and your colleagues, you

will get plenty of chances to debat the issue? Well, in a sense we had a

chance yesterday, there was a very lengthy statement in the House of

Commons. But that's a statement by the Government as to its position

and frankly, it didn't contain a great deal of information. That's

all it is. It is not asking Parliament. Asking members of

Parliament on behalf of their constituents what sort of Brexit we

actually want? What sort of Brexit is in the country's best interests

and I'm not asking and nobody else is for a running commentry on the

negotiations, but there are a number of different ways which this could

play out. We could go down the route that Norway did or Switzerland did,

we go down a road where we have hard Brexit or we could have a bespoke

deal, given that we are a permanent member of the United Nations

Security Council, Europe's largest trading partner that's realistically

on the table and that bespoke deal is what the Government has to come

to Parliament to listen to the views of MPs to see what deal it is that

we actually want, how important is immigration, how important is the

single market, what is it that the people of this country want having

been given a clear mandate to the British Government to take us out of

the EU, what is the particular deal that we want and you should consult

Parliament over that? That's what the Government should be doing.

Why would the Government want to show their hand, even though it

might mean consulting Duke in the Commons, before beginning the

negotiations with the of Europe? David Davis said he did not think it

was... They wanted to negotiate what they thought was in the national

interest without being constrained by consulting with you. We are not

asking for a detailed, blow by blow account of what goes on. But as I

say, there are a number of different ways in which this can play at, and

the Government needs to know what the representatives of the people of

this country think about the broad thrust of the ultimate outcome. The

other problem, which is hopeless, at the moment the Government starts

negotiating with 27 other governments, the position is not

only going to leak, it will be openly discussed in 27 other

parliaments within Europe. Why is our Parliament the only one which is

not going to know precisely what the Government's broad position is? It

is proposed is. It sounds like you don't trust Theresa May and David

Davis. It is not that, but I think they need to listen to what the

views of my constituents are, as expressed through me. They were

clear, by a clear majority, they wanted to leave the EU. We are going

to leave. The Prime Minister has been clear about that. But what

David and the Prime Minister need to listen to is what form Parliament

thinks leaving Europe should take. That is why we need these debates,

and it is white Parliament needs, before the Government figures

Article 50, to vote on the broad thrust of where we are trying to get

to. If you don't get that? When Teresa May was Home Secretary I

fought her onto issues, I record is played two, one two. If you don't

win this, then what? I shall carry on fighting. My job is to exercise

my judgment and do what I think is right, irrespective of how much that

might upset the Government or my whips or anybody else. I was stuck

in Parliament by the people of my constituency to do what I think is

right, and that is what I am doing. You voted to leave the EU. And he

wants quite a bit from the Government. We will see what they

do, this campaign will continue. Still to come, a new craze

is spreading across the nation, people are dressing as clowns

and frightening people in the street, but why do

we find clowns so scary? We will talk to parents of children

who have been affected, and a real crowd who says the craze is having a

bad effect on his business. And, the Police and Crime Commissioner for

Northumbria. And people with mental health issues

are being charged for doctors Sometimes up to ?150. Martin Lewis

is telling us why he is campaigning for the practice to be stopped.

Here's Joanna in the BBC Newsroom with a summary of today's news.

Samsung has told customers around the world to stop

using their Galaxy Note 7 smartphones while it

investigates a spate of fires in the original handsets,

It's also suspended sales of the new phones.

According to the company, 45,000 Note 7s have been

bought across Europe through pre-ordering,

A new three-day walkout has begun on Southern Railway.

The dispute over changes to the role of conductors on trains has

already caused months of disruption for passengers

Southern says it will be running about 60% of its normal timetable.

Receptionists quizzing patients about why they need to see their GP

could be putting some sick people off visiting their surgery.

That's according to a survey by Cancer Research UK,

in which four in ten of those questioned said they disliked having

to discuss their illness with office staff in order

The charity says this could be putting people's health at risk,

as early diagnosis is key in the fight against cancer.

A former Conservative cabinet minister has likened Russia's role

in the war in Syria to the bombing of civilians carried out

by Germany's Nazi regime in Spain in the 1930s.

Ahead of an emergency Commons debate on the humanitarian crisis

in the Syrian city of Aleppo, Andrew Mitchell accused Russia

of "shredding" international law with its bombing campaign

What the Russians are doing on Aleppo is very similar to what the

Nazis did to Guernica during the Spanish Civil War in the 1930s. They

are using incendiary bombs, in disk and it forced from the air, tipping

high explosive, tonnes of it, out from 30,000 feet and pulverising

innocent civilians. It is completely unacceptable.

And you can hear that full interview with Andrew Mitchell after 10am.

The UN's secretary-general Ban Ki-moon says a huge response

is needed to help the 1.4 million people affected by last

He said some towns and cities in the country have

Meanwhile, in America, President Obama has declared

a state of emergency in the state of North Carolina,

releasing federal funds to those affected by the storm.

The opposition Labour Party in Australia has blocked government

plans to hold a referendum on legalising same-sex marriage.

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull wants to hold a non-binding ballot

But Labour argues that the decision should be taken by parliament,

to avoid what it sees as a divisive and possibly-harmful public debate.

That's a summary of the latest BBC News, more at 10am.

Could I introduce you to a real clown? Come here. How are you? How

are you doing? How long have you been a professional clown? 45 years,

which is amazing, because I am only 27! You look amazing. We will talk

about this scary crown's clown craze. It is in all the media. And

on everybody's phone. It is really topical at the moment. It cannot do

us any good. We will talk more. Here's some sport now

with John Watson. Wayne Rooney says he will not

turn his back on playing for England despite being dropped

from the starting XI for tonight's World Cup

qualifier against Slovenia. Caretaker manager Gareth Southgate

said Rooney still provides It's a big night for Scotland,

currently two points behind England. They're in Slovakia,

and manager Gordon Strachan says he's targeting second place

in the group, behind England. Meanwhile, Northern Ireland

face a rematch tonight with world champions Germany,

just four months after losing to And, Tiger Woods delays yet another

comeback to tournament golf, When we will see -- when the deal we

see him play another competitive game of golf? It is not looking like

any time soon at the moment. One girl under 15 is married every

seven seconds. A model recently went to Ethiopia to see the problem

first-hand, we will talk to her live later, along with other campaigners,

but first, a little of what you found.

We are here in Ethiopian, somewhere I have wanted to travel to since I

was a little girl, and we will investigate child marriage and

female genital mutilation and the issues and concerns that surround

these topics. So we've just arrived in a small

village in Marfranc. This is where they run

the Save The Children programme Keep It Real, and I'm going to be

speaking to young girls Nice to meet you, how

are you? So, right now I'm with

this beautiful girl. We're at her school, and she's just

been telling me all about her story She was 11 years old when she was

proposition to be married. And with the help of

Save The Children's Keep It Real programme, she learned

about all the problems And with the help of her brother

and sister, they managed to persuade her parents that child

marriage was not a good thing. She is now at school

and is number one... When she even told me that I should

ask the teacher if that is true. I hear that you were

married as a child. Would it be OK for me

to come to your home So I spent my afternoon

with the lovely Salaam, When she was just 13 years

old, she was married. And by the time she was 14 she was

pregnant with her first child. But when she was nine months

pregnant, she left her husband as he was physically abusive,

and moved back in with her family. But not only that,

when she was engaged to him he promised her that she would still

have an opportunity to have an education,

something that he totally And instead, she did house chores

and had to work unbearable hours, something that a 13-year-old really

shouldn't have to do. I have a 13-year-old cousin,

and the idea of her getting married and then by next year

having a baby, to me, It's something that I can't

believe is happening But the lovely Salaam has got

a bright future ahead of her. And it was truly an honour

for her to share her story with me. We will be talking to

Poppy Delevigne after 10am along with the director

of Save The Children and a woman who was herself a child bride,

Shobha Dheru was nine years old when she was married

to an 11-year-old boy. The "scary-clown" craze

is spreading across the UK, with one police force dealing

with 14 reports in 24 hours. Officers have been called

to a string of incidents where pranksters or criminals dress

as clowns to try to scare There have been reports of these

clowns using weapons, The phenomenon took off

in the United States in late summer and has quickly spread around

the world, with reports of clowns committing criminal acts as far

away as New Zealand. It may have started in America,

but clown sightings are becoming an increasing problem for police

and communities in Britain. Thames Valley Police say

they received 14 calls In Norwich, a man was arrested

after a clown left a woman And in County Durham, someone

dressed as a clown near a school We can speak now to Mattie Faint,

who's been a professional In our Newcastle studio

is Vera Baird, Northumbria's Police With her is Charlene Paterson,

whose daughter's school was put into lockdown after threats

from clowns in the surrounding area. Yes, that was similar to what

happened. What did happen? Clowns have threatened the areas, the

schools of Newcastle, and every school as a precaution but in

measures to make sure nobody was hurt. It was to make sure nobody

came in or out of the schools. What affect did it have on your daughter?

It is general fear, not just on her, but all of her friends, everybody

else in the school. What are you afraid of? Who is behind the mask?

Nobody knows. You don't know if it is a 15-year-old looking for a

giggle or a 30 man who is looking to do far different. Police forces are

taking this so-called craze seriously, aren't they? They have

to. It started off as fun. But on Sunday, and that was arrested aged

13, he had a sharp knife with him, we are satisfied it was to scare,

but nonetheless it was sinister. It has been taken over by some sinister

people, and now nobody knows who is in which camp, but the message now

is to say, don't go outside dressed as a clown, because people will take

it the wrong way. Mattie, it is no good for your

business? It is frightening. It is frightening. It is. When we spend

our whole life as clowns trying to make people happy and laugh and

these idiots within seconds can ruin everything for a child's

imagination, you know. It is very sad. Very sad. And as Charlene said,

it could be a kid doing a prank or it could be something more sinister?

Yeah. Using your get up to... All led by America and it was all led by

Hallowe'en. This is just a phase. It happens every year to a certain

extent, but this year it is particularly bad with all the

sightings around the country. We are weeks away from Hallowe'en yet. We

have got three weeks of this. It is horrible. Horrible. It has put a

shockwave through the industry through clowning. It has devastated.

What's your message to fake clowns? Well, you know, there is ?1,000 fine

if you're doing it in the street and you're dressed up and the police

will prosecute. Not for dressing up? Not for dressing up, but

for-weeks-olding knives and being aggressive. Vera? Only that you've

got it right. It is not, it is no crime in dressing up, but the fear

is you might cause harassment, alarm or distress to somebody and that's

an offence you can get fined or go to prison for. Of course, most

people are not about that and we have had very few serious incidents

in Northumbria, we have had a couple of sightings of people dressed as

clown, but 13 or 14 offences of the nature that you're talking to

describes, so nothing serious. The trouble is the level of worry and

the level of concern goes up with every story and a clown who might

just be joking becomes a frightening figure. Our cops are going out to

schools like Charlene's school took it seriously, not saying that there

are great hazards in the streets around you, but just tell all your

children, don't dress up like this now, it is not a great idea and if

you see anybody and they frighten you, get away, call the police

because they will come even if it is a joke, they would rather you were

safe than sorry. If it is a joke, it is a complete waste of police time?

It is indeed a waste of police time and it is taking up a lot of police

time. The message is clear from Northumbria Police, we have

neighbourhood cops going around to schools asking headteachers to make

announcements, just be sensible. This got into a silly situation and

however well-meaning and however you might have spent your pocket money

on a clown's outfit in order to have a joke on your best mate, just don't

do it because it would be misunderstood and you could scare

somebody. Let's just calm it all down and put an end to it.

Hallowe'en is great. Do it without putting a mask on. There was an

incident in the park which is really close to your house, isn't it? What

happened there and how did that affect your 11 and 12-year-olds?

Yes, where we live, there is a park directly behind us. Basically there

were five individuals dressed as clowns who then proceeded to chase

11-year-old children and you know, it's not good of the it is not fair

of. It is certainly not funny. It will get to the point where parents

will start protecting their kids stopping kids from being scared. You

talked about 11 and 12-year-olds being scared which is clearly the

case, but there are lots of younger children, four, five,-year-olds who

are seeing these who are, you know, ending up having nightmares at

night? Some of them aren't sleeping properly. I know that last week

there was an individual, a five-year-old girl that I know, and

she was absolutely terrified. Simply just to go to sleep in her own home

and that's not right. Children shouldn't have that fear. Certainly

not to be able to just sleep or go to school or do anything.

Matt, as a real clown, as a genuine, legitimate unscary clown, you're

here to defend clowns and you've devoted your life to it, why?

Because it is a wonderful thing to do. To add laughter to people's

lives. Laughter is very cheap and very effective and you know, there

is the closest distance between two people as Charlie Chaplin said and

it is true. We love to laugh. And clowns are a catalyst to help you

laugh, you know. Well, this ain't funny, is it? No, it is not. Thank

you very much. Thank you. Thanks a lot. Thank you Vera and Charlene,

many thanks. Coming up at 10.15am,

we will cross to the press conference on the report

into the fatal stabbing of Aberdeen GPs can charge for any work that

doesn't come to them via the NHS whether that's sick notes for being

off work less than seven days, holiday insurance certificates

or a fitness certificate People with mental health issues are

being charged for doctor's letters explaining their condition.

Sometimes up to ?150. Without it, creditors often press

on with enforcement - and debt problems spiral further,

according to campaigners. We can speak now to Paul Scates,

who has bipolar disorder. He was charged ?100 by his GP

for a letter confirming his condition after getting into

?60,000 debt. Martin Lewis, Founder of

Moneysavingexpert.com. And the Money and Mental

Health Policy Institute. It is relatively new? We have been

going six or seven months and it is a charity to break the link between

mental illness and money and debt problems which is a horrendous

epidemic across the country. And from her surgery in Kent,

Stephanie de Giorgio, a GP who charges for these forms

and all other non-NHS Good morning to you. Thank you for

coming on the programme. Paul, first of all, tell our audience a little

bit about getting into so much debt. Yeah, I mean, the common thing for a

lot of people with mental health difficulties especially when you

suffer with the condition that I suffer with, when I'm well and I'm

working I'm camable and I'm earning money and able to pay my way, but

when I become unwell and I've taken out different loans etcetera, what

is has happened is there is no kind of safety net there that you know,

so the argument I had was and the reason I had to go to the GP was, I

wasn't trying to stop or relinquish my responsibility with the loan that

I had, but the interest was accruing at quite a rate on a daily basis and

my parents and I were kind of saying to the bank can we put a cap on the

interest? Can we just put it where it is at and we'll work out, you

know, a payment plan? So they said yes, that's fine, you need to get a

letter from your GP, if I had gone to my psychiatrist, I would have got

the note for free, but being GPs being private practises, it was

explained I had to pay ?100, a lot of people don't have that situation

of a family that can afford to pay the ?100 and it stopped the interest

being accrued, but it is the people that are on the breadline, ?20 would

have too much if you have got no money at all. Can you say that your

mental health problems are linked to your inability to manage money? Is

that fair? Or not? It was in the past, but now, because I've had a

lot of help and a lot of psycho education and I now work with

people, so I work within services, I work with people trying to help them

understand about their sort of behavioural patterns and spending,

but certainly for a lot of people, it is very common. The stats are

pretty plain. You are five times more likely to be in debt crisis if

you have a mental health condition compared to everybody else. Wow. It

feeds those who have mental health issues can have debt triggered on

the back of it, depression, anxiety, spending conditions. Those who have

debts can have mental health conditions trickered off the back of

it and unfortunately it is a nasty vicious relationship. Now, this form

is doubt the debt and mental health evidence form, it is important to

say two thirds of GPs do not charge even though they can charge. Charges

when they do charge, are normally between ?20 and ?50, but as high as

?150. I want to give you a couple of examples. We've done research on

people who have been charged this. Ian suffered from clinical

depression, couldn't open his letters and didn't pay his council

tax. It was passed on to a debt collection agency and he went to his

GP. I didn't have any money left and until my benefits came in. Jackie,

complex mental health conditions. Major issues going on. Took out

?30,000 loans, shouldn't have been given the debts, we can do that one

another day. Money was difficult to find and it was hard to justify

spending what I had on something I wasn't sure would make any

difference. I was really stressed and confused. She didn't know if

this would work, should I spend the money? Decision making abilities is

impaired with mental health. There are NHS forms such as if you see

want a council tax reduction, that form will be signed by GPs and they

can't charge for it. There are those if you want to go on holiday and be

fit to fly and get private medical insurance, they can charge for. Our

request is simple, Mind plus Re-think, us plus Step Change have

written to the health ministers across the UK saying please can we

recategorize this form? The damage, there are people who could have

their debts wiped out or frozen and they have had terrible mental health

conditions who aren't doing this because of the fear of, because they

are being put off because they are being charged and not every GP does

it. It is a postcode Lottery. Stop the charge is the name of this

campaign. Stephanie, will you stop the charge? Not until it is an NHS

service, no. I have massive empathy and sympathy with the people who

have accrued debt, but I have a very busy work schedule. I have a massive

amount of work. This is a private work issue. That is the same as all

of the other notes that we do and I think one of the things that we have

to think about here, although I'm very, very clear on what people are

saying today, is how do we as GPs different ate one piece of private

work from another? How do we different ate between somebody

becoming into debt because of a mental health problem and someone

coming into debt because of a physical health problem? Are we

supposed to judge that one is more deserving of free notes than the

other? The other thing is that all private work takes time. And if

people want us to do more work privately, for free, then what are

we going to stop as GPs to enable us to do that? Can I come in there? In

secondary care services, psychiatrists would not charge for

that letter. I'm trying towned stand, it is a standard form, this

extra colossal amount of work doesn't fit with my experience and

Martin's experience as the clients that he mentioned earlier. So I'm

perplexed by that answer. I'm not sure why it is confusing. The

hospitals actually could charge, they choose not to, but hospitals

are in a redifferent situation. We are smaller organisations. We get

approximately between 90 and ?136 per patient per year to do

everything for those patients. We are also the maximum of our workload

in terms of safety, we are possibly past that now. You are asking us to

do more work for free. How long does it take to do that form

realistically? That form would probably take me up to five minutes,

but that five minutes for that piece of private work, why is that more

important than five moneys for another piece of private work? All

those extra five minutes add up over time. That could cost somebody their

mental health which could lead to suicidal thoughts definitely and

potentially you could have have a really serious, it will cost more in

the long run, that's the stupidity of it. Well, what I would like to

say is that the argument you need to have here is with the credit

agencies who are asking for GPs to do this. Please stop interrupting

me. The credit, if they wish to employ their own doctors to do this,

why should a private company expect an NHS GP to provide a service for

free? I have a lot of sympathy with your point which is what I was going

to say. The problem we have is some GPs charge and some GPs don't and

that for me isn't fair and which is why it is for the health ministers

to sort this out. However, what I will pick you up on strongly, we

spent years lobbying the credit industries, who in some cases are

vicious predators to start taking mental health conditions seriously.

We got this one form which made it easier for GPs to sign. To start

saying we want lenders to get their own doctors. That's a terrible,

terrible solution. Right solution is you shouldn't have this choice, it

should be an NHS form. We wouldn't have this debate. Some people

wouldn't be being charged ?150 when their neighbour at another practise

gets it for free. We need consistency, we would save the

economy billions of pounds if we sorted out this epidemic and yes, we

would save lives and families and save the roof over people's heads

and I have sympathy with GPs. We know there are issues in the medical

profession about payment, but we have to contrast that ?2030 extra

what That a doctor would receive from the cost of the letter to ?20,

?30, the average person getting the form have income of under ?100 and

they are in debt crisis and they can't afford to pay this and this

could give them genuine relief from something that causes them not to

sleep, causes them to have more conditions. The average treatment

time for someone with clinical depression, who has a debt issue as

well is 18 months longer to recover from your clinical depression. This

isn't trivial. I respect that doctor's view and it is her choice,

but I would like to take the choice away from you. Thank you very much.

I appreciate your time, a GP who charges for these forms, but said if

they wish we categorised, she would not. We will follow the campaign and

see where you get with health ministers, because it is a message

to health ministers. There will be more to come, it is here to stay, we

want to break the linkage, and there are more stories coming out. The

more stories -- research we do, the more stories come out.

There you are! We make things so complicated when they could be so

simple! It was cold this morning, we had

some frost, and we still have fog. We still have fog across central and

southern England, down towards the south-west and Wales. A lot of

bright skies. All of the thicker cloud in central and eastern areas

produces showers, it will drift west, although not all of us will

see a shower. It will feel cold in the easterly breeze, despite the

fact that temperatures are between nine and 11. This evening and

overnight, more cloud than last night. Further showers, still the

breeze, temperatures not quite as low. Tomorrow, it will be cloudier

than today. Still some rain moving from the west towards the East.

Being driven on on the stiff easterly breeze. If you are exposed

to it, it will feel nippy. A very quick look at what is happening on

Thursday. A windy day for us all. It feels cool in the wind, with further

showers to boot. Hello, I'm Victoria Derbyshire,

welcome to the programme. A child under 15 is married every

seven seconds somewhere in the world. We will talk to a woman who

was married at nine to an 11-year-old. And a Save the Children

ambassador who has been to Ethiopian to investigate.

She was promised she would have the chance for an education, but instead

she did house chores. Later, we will have an interview

with the head of the White Helmets in the Syrian city of Aleppo,

and with the MP Andrew Mitchell, who warns that the Russian-backed

Assad government is causing They are using incendiary bombs,

indiscriminate force from the air, tipping high explosive, tonnes of

it, out from 30,000 feet and pulverising innocent civilians. It

is completely unacceptable. In a quarter of an hour

we will cross to the publication of a report into the fatal stabbing

of Aberdeen schoolboy Bailey Gwynne. We will ask, were warning signs

missed about his killer? Here's the BBC Newsroom

with a summary of today's news. Samsung has told customers

around the world to stop using their Galaxy Note 7

smartphones while it investigates a spate of fires

in the original handsets, It's also suspended

sales of the new phones. According to the company,

45,000 Note 7s have been bought across Europe

through pre-ordering, Experts say batteries have to

undergo extensive testing. We try to pick him as many active

materials into the battery, a constrained, small package. To try

to make the battery last longer. But they have to undergo rigorous safety

convocations to make sure that events like these remain extremely

rare. An independent report into the death

of a 16-year-old boy who was stabbed at an Aberdeen school is due to be

published in the next 15 minutes. Bailey Gwynne was fatally wounded

by a fellow pupil during a fight His teenage killer,

who is too young to be named, was later jailed for nine years

after being found guilty A new three-day walkout has begun

on Southern Railway. The dispute over changes to the role

of conductors on trains has already caused months

of disruption for passengers Southern says it will be running

about 60% of its normal timetable. Receptionists quizzing patients

about why they need to see their GP could be putting some sick people

off visiting their surgery. That's according to a survey

by Cancer Research UK in which four in ten of those questioned said

they disliked having to discuss their illness

with office staff in order The charity says this could be

putting people's health at risk, as early diagnosis is key

in the fight against cancer. That's a summary of

the latest BBC News. Do get in touch with us

throughout the morning. If you text, you will be charged

at the standard network rate. This e-mail, my GP charged me 150

quid for medical checks. Peter said, why are doctors charging anything to

help a patient? It is outrageous. Keep them coming in.

Here's some sport now with John Watson, and some

candid and mature comments from Wayne Rooney after

Wayne Rooney says he has no plans to quit international football

despite being dropped from England's starting lineup for

Interim manager Gareth Southgate believes England's all-time leading

goal scorer still has a part to play in the team,

and Rooney himself feels he can pass on his experience to younger

I have played 13 years nonstop for England, I have given everything. A

time comes where the manager, you are not the first name on the team

sheet, but it is a chance for other players to come in and try and do

well. As far as I am concerned, all I can do is keep working hard and

making sure I am ready when needed. It seems everyone has an opinion

on the Rooney debate. Wife Coleen said as much,

taking to Twitter to say... In the same group, it's also

a big night for Scotland, Scotland are in Slovakia, hoping

to improve on the disappointing 1-1 draw at home to Lithuania

on Saturday. Manager Gordon Strachan

says his side are targeting second And, Northern Ireland take

on Germany in Hanover tonight, just four months after losing

to the world champions Michael O'Neill's side are two

points behind the Germans The West Ham ladies team have been

told they will receive greater support from the club after being

brought into their wider structure. Having been made to warm up

alongside a busy road, pay for their own pitch hire and have limited

access to the training centre, the club chairman said it amounted to

sex discrimination and lodged a complaint with the FA. But now the

club have acted and say they will make the women's team at, bigger and

stronger. Maria Sharapova made her return

to tennis last night, playing in a charity exhibition

match in Las Vegas. The Russian is still banned

until April after testing positive for meldonium,

but was on court last night in two doubles matches to benefit

Sir Elton John's Aids Foundation. Sharapova's original

two-year ban was reduced by nine months last week

by the Court Of It is very special to be back on the

court, it has been about seven months since I have played in front

of spectators and played in a stadium environment. Very thankful

for the invitation, happy to be part of this cause that has been around

for 24 years, and it is my first attendance. Thrilled to be part of

it. Back with your next update at

10:30am. At about 10:15am we are expecting a

news conference which will release the official report into a stabbing

which led to the death of a pupil at an Aberdeen school. We will cross to

that live. A major report by Save The Children

has found that one girl under the age of 15 is married

every seven seconds. India has the highest number

of child marriages of any country, with 47% of girls married under 18,

around 24.6 million girls. Let's talk to the Director

of Save The Children, Tanya Steel. Also here is one of the ambassadors

for the charity who recently visited Ethiopia to visit child

brides, Poppy Delevingne. From New York, we're joined

by Jaqueline De Chollett, who founded the charity

the Veerni Project which educates And finally, from Rajastahan

in India is Shobha Dheru, who's 27 but who was married

at the age of nine to a boy What is the Every

Last Campaign about? Today is the International Day of

the goal, we are highlighting where the best and worst places to be a

girl in the world are. Shocking statistics around child marriage. As

a child bride, you can expect to face violence, rape, and the real

possibility of pregnancy at an incredibly young age. This is an age

when girls should be in school, building a new future for

themselves. Tell us about some of the goals you met. I got back last

week. I met a group of girls who were part of a group that Save the

Children put together, like an extracurricular club, where they

come and get together and talk about all of these problems. They are part

of a community where it is not common to talk about sex and these

things. They were so articulate and sassy and empowered, it was so

wonderful to see. A lot of them had been victims of child marriage, they

had been married at 13, one of them, pregnant at 14, so had to put an end

to her education, and when she was nine months pregnant she was so

badly physically abused by her husband, she left him and went back

to her family and had the child and then joined this group, which she

says saved her life. I want to introduce you to a young woman, who

is 27, she was married at the age of nine to a boy who was 11th. She is

in Rajasthan. Can you hear us OK? Can you hear me? Yes, hello. Thank

you for talking to us. Can you tell us a little bit about the day that

you got married aged nine? My marriage was when I was nine

years old. Hello? We can hear you, go ahead. My parents fixed my

marriage with that boy, near where we lived.

He was totally uneducated, his behaviour was not good. He was

hitting me on my first night. Beating due on the first night of

your marriage? Yes, and abusing me on my first night. I did not want to

live with him. Did you know what was going on that day? Did you think it

was a huge family party? Sorry? Did you know what was going on on the

day you were getting married? At nine years old? Yes. My family were

poor, lower-middle-class, 16 60s, six fixed marriages. We did not know

what was happening, we don't understand. We were getting new

clothes, so the girls were happy. But after 18, we realised we were

married. Now I can understand. But at that time I did not know what was

going on. You just thought it was a happy day because family were there

and everybody was dressed up. You founded the charity which educate

girls in rural India and helped her. We will speak to you in a moment.

We're going to cross live to Aberdeen where we are awaiting a

news conference which will release a report which looked at the stabbing

pf Bailey Gwynne in Aberdeen last year.

Good morning everybody. I want to start this morning by

paying tribute to the family of Bailey Gwynne. Their profound grief

is only matched by their dignity and I would like to thank them for their

co-operation into what has been an invasive process of review. As chair

of a child protection of a child committee, my daily mantra is it is

everybody's job to keep children safe and it is my hope that the

outcome of this review will make us all, parents, children, protective

agencies and the general public more aware of our need to look out for

each other. The aim of the review, when it was commissioned, was to

provide independent assurance to partners and to the public that all

the circumstances have been reviewed and to make appropriate

recommendations which can be applied for future practise. The review

commenced on 2nd May. A small team was identified to support me,

conologies were prepared by each of the agencies which contained an

account of their work with the boys over many years. I conducted in

total 42 interviews, some 45 hours of interviews under taken. I placed

a notice in the press and journal to advertise the existence of the

review and to invite anybody with an interest in this matter to come

forward. And there were ten respondents who chose to come

forward. That was important to me because I wanted to make sure that I

could give you assurance that everybody and everything that needed

to be considered would be. I've produced a long report, 17,000

words, and I submitted it to the chief officer's group on 30th

September. Now, the review looked at the 28th October in very

considerable detail. I undertook a 360 degree consideration of that day

as it affected all of the parties and all of the agencies who were

engaged in a very considerable effort to save Bailey's life. A

history prepared from the conologies enabled me to identify appropriate

interviewees and all it is not possible to publish the whole report

today, I can confirm that all my conclusions and recommendations are

presented here unabridged. My first conclusion is that this was an

unplanned, spontaneous conflict that emerged rapidly, very rapidly, out

of exceptional banter between schoolboys. It is not considered

that it could have been predicted or averted on the day. This is

important to understand this event because it all took place in less

than five minutes from the meeting of the boys to the intervention of

the teacher. My second conclusion was that the course of the conflict

was fatally altered by the possession of a bladed weapon by one

of these boys. This was potentially predictable and avoidable if those

who knew that child A carried weapons in school, had reported this

to staff. Several children have testified that they were aware of

this fact. The incident on 28th October was well managed as my third

conclusion and it is my sincere belief having spoken to everybody

from the caretakers to the leader of the council that there was a

tremendous effort made on that day and I think it is worth me just

saying that the headteacher who can't possibly have imagined what

would be before her that day anymore than anyone of us would if something

so dreadful would happen to us. Led her staff team and conducted herself

in an exemplary fashion on that day. My fourth conclusion takes us back

to 2007. I was made aware very early on that there was some thoughts,

some speculation that Child A had a history and that history involved an

incident in 2007 when he was eight years old. My conclusion is, having

looked at that incident in considerable detail, that it had a

marginal significance in relation to later events. Child A was a

secondary player on this day and the events that transpired. He was not

mentioned significantly in the following correspondence. It did not

reveal a violent child. But a child under very significant and continual

pressure from his brother. This incident was followed by a

complaint, the complaintants were supported in their complaint by a

local councillor and a member of Parliament, but the complaint became

attend uated, stretched out, took a long time, more than two years and

in my opinion having considered all the papers and all the

correspondence, it did not receive a satisfactory outcome. And I have

some conclusions that are not specific to the day, but I want to

record. Conclusion six, the work to develop ab-Aberdeen City Council

knife crime strategy involve parents and pupils and police is noted by

the reviewer and welcomed. Conclusion seven, stripped of

context reads rather awkwardly, but the redaction of names in the NHS

chronologies left some unresolvable ambiguities. NHS Grampian sought

consent for record sharing from one significant actor but this was

legitimately denied by him. I don't believe that had any significant

impact on the conclusions that I have reached, but it was appropriate

to mention it because as I say, I was unable to resolve one or two

matters. Conclusion eight, the move to develop a city focussed chief

officers group for public protection is supported and this essentially

describes the process whereby having had a pan Grampian group across

Aberdeen to look at these matters in recent times, Aberdeen City specific

chief officers group has been established, chaired by Angela and

the representations are before you here today. To me, that gives a much

tighter accountability and it is welcomed. I turn now to my

recommendations. Before I give you recommendation one, I just want to

stress that children and young people must be the key to the

solution to knife crime in schools. Rights should always be balanced

with obligations and a theme will underpin the recommendations is a

sense of obligation that children and their parents owe to themselves

and their community. This is an important feature of getting it

right for every child in Scotland. This sense that we all have to play

our part. My first recommendation is that all parents should receive a

letter from school at the beginning of year S1 received year. The letter

will set out the school rules and expectations of the school with

regard to weapons. The letter will be signed and returned to the

school. I have seen this in practise in other jurisdictions and I believe

it offers a means of a modest contract between the child, the

parent and the school that will enable a greater awareness of just

how important these matters are. My second recommendation is that

children be at the centre of these reforms and pupil forums and pupil

councils be established to develop safe practise to share their

knowledge of weapons with teaching staff. This was a critical matter in

these events and so often it is and we know as adults how we are nervous

about disclosing information and whatever phrase you want to apply on

a friend, particularly if you don't think that friend has any malign

intent, he is just showing off a little bit. We can't afford to have

that belief in our children and in our schools. We must be vigilant and

they must be vigilant. My third recommendation is that Police

Scotland must be notified of each and every incident of carrying

weapons in the school or in the community of which the school

becomes aware. Now, that may seem obvious, but if you think about it,

there is many reasons why a headteacher may not choose to notify

the police. It was just a minor ins didn't, we don't want to criminalise

our children, we have our reputation to consider as a school, whatever

those reasons are, we need to make sure that we trump them with a very

clear expectation that the police be notified and let the police make

those judgements. Recommendation four is that every

ins didn't will be recorded by the school immediately following an

allegation or an incident and their managers notified.

Aberdeen City Council should work with Police Scotland to establish a

clear and effective policy on the management of offensive weapons in

school with partners. Recommendation six in accordance with the law of

Scotland, searches must be made with pupils consent, the headteacher or

her nominee should undertake searches of pupils where consent is

given. Where this is not possible, police must be called if there are

grounds to suggest that the child or young person is carrying a knife or

other offensive weapon. Recommendation seven, a specific

search and confiscation protocol should be established as part of

their weapons knife crime strategy currently under development. We have

to think about how we deal with these situations. You will see have

seen in the press in Aberdeenshire earlier this year that a number of

since the 28th October, a number of incidents of children in possession

with knives in schools have been revealed. We need to know how we're

going to respond. I mean, you have been very clear about that and quite

confident having attended an event with headteachers and Police

Scotland that that work is underway. Recommendation eight is that

individual risk assessments should be completed on all individuals

known or suspected to carry offensive weapons. Let's leave

Andrew Lowe, he is the report author. He carried out an

independent report into the fatal stabbing of the Aberdeen schoolboy,

Bailey Gwynne. Just a year ago now. His conclusions really that what

happened was unplanned, it was a spontaneous conflict that escalated

rapidly. It took place, he said, in less than five minutes. And it

couldn't have been predicted. Or averted, he said, on the day. He

said the course of the conflict, this row over a biscuit between the

two pupils was fatally altered by the fact that Child A possessed a

knife and that was avoidable and predictable, the fact that Child A

had a knife because there were children at the school who knew that

he had this knife, but they hadn't felt able to report it to staff. And

his recommendations include the fact that headteachers with the con isn't

of their pupils should be able to search pupils for weapons and other

things about parents getting letters at start of term, a contract

effectively to sign when it comes to weapon rules, with regarding rules

in schools and that there should be a knife strategy between the police

and the council, but the main recommendation that headteachers

should be able to instigate searches of pupils with the pupil's consent

when it comes to looking for weapons.

More reaction to come through the morning. We will return to our

conversation about the number of very young girls that get married

somewhere around the world, and according to Save the Children,

because of the report they have done, it means that one girl under

15 is married every seven seconds, which is a really alarming

statistic. We have got the director of Save the Children here. Also

here, one of the charity's ambassadors. From New York, we are

joined by the founder of a charity which educate girls in rural India.

We spoke earlier to a woman in Rajasthan, who was married at the

age of nine to a boy who was in heaven, she told us about being

beaten on her first night of marriage by this point -- a boy who

was 11. She had no idea what was about to befall her. You've visited

Ethiopian, we played the film earlier, we will play a clip now.

So I spent my afternoon with the lovely Salaam,

When she was just 13 years old, she was married.

And by the time she was 14 she was pregnant with her first child.

But when she was nine months pregnant, she left her husband

as he was physically abusive, and moved back in with her family.

But not only that, when she was engaged to him

he promised her that she would still have an opportunity

to have an education, something that he totally

And, instead, she did house chores and had to work unbearable hours,

something that a 13-year-old really shouldn't have to do.

One of the things that struck a chord was when she said that she met

her husband on her wedding day, and not only that, she said how

confusing it was, everyone around her was celebrating and drinking

until dawn, yet she felt like it was the end of her life. It did not make

any sense to her. When she said that, that really hit home. Tell our

British audience about your charity and what your name is. The aim is to

educate girls in secondary school. It is not available for them in most

parts of the world, they live in scattered villages, primary school

is not universal, but secondary school is not. They often have to

walk several miles across the desert, we would not let our

daughters do that, the parents are too scared. In the view of the

villages, girls are for marriage, not for education. They used to say

that educating a girl was watering your neighbour's Golden, because she

went off and you never saw her again. Secondary education is the

most transformative, important thing in a girl's life. It will allow her

to make her own decisions. We talk about empowerment, what does it

mean? Making your own life choices. This is denied to most of those

girls. By keeping them in school, you are delaying, even if they are

child rights, the age at which they will join their husbands. They will

not go at 14 or 18, because now they are going into higher education. 90%

of the girls we have educated have gone into higher education. One girl

graduated, she went to a college, funded by an American journalist,

she did not join her husband until she was 21. We got's Whittaker to

the law courts to tell her story. When she left her husband, they

would not listen to her in the police, but she remembered the law

courts, she got an advocate and went back to the police are and they

registered what happened. Eventually, she got a divorce. In a

lot of the cases of the goals we have, we are hoping that their

marriage may be cancelled, or at least they been -- they may be

married to boys who are more educated. It is hard to cancel

marriages. The laws against child marriage are not applied. It is up

to the organisations in the villages, which are informal, to

decide if those marriages can be annulled. We have re-established the

contact, why did you choose to divorce your husband?

Why did I choose to divorce my husband? Yes. He is totally

uneducated. He is not understanding me. He is abusing me and hitting me

all the time. I want to say something, but he does not

understand my thinking. He is totally uneducated, he does not

understand the meaning is of marriage and wife. In terms of the

statistics, because they are so unbelievably shocking, do you think

you can change that? I think we can. If anything, we are concerned the

numbers are set to rise. There has been a big world commitment to bring

down the rate of child marriage. We know it can, through education. Many

fathers marry off their daughters because they feel they have no

futures, whereas if they have chances to go to school and complete

school, the world opens up to them. There is also something about

tackling some of the social norms and sitting down and talking to

communities and fathers. When they understand the risks that face their

children and their daughters, not least in terms of the possibilities

around domestic abuse, and the real likelihood of death in childbirth or

worse, they do start to reconsider. It is a combination of the law, and

in many countries being a child bride is illegal under 18, but it is

about a commitment to ensure that the social norms and education are

tackled, and very quickly indeed. What success has your project had?

All of the girls are staying in school. They are not only completing

their secondary education, they are going on to higher education. That

beads even if they join their husbands, it is delayed until at

least 21. You are talking about the fathers, but I think the mothers are

the ones who are being very brave in our case. We took parents to see

this facility, to show that they would be safe, because safety is a

major issue. The mothers were the ones who wanted their daughters not

to have the same fate as them. In many cases. I celebrate the mothers

in those villages, they went against their community in many ways. It is

a problem of poverty, it is a problem of dowries, illiteracy, and

it will not change overnight. You can say is is illegal, but it will

not stop them doing it. The sustainable goals of the UN have

said that by 2030 secondary education has to be universal, but

that is another generation of girls who may not be educated. We have to

fight for secondary education, that is the most important think we need

to do. There is no social transformation without the education

of women. How can they participate in a democracy if they are

illiterate? That is what we have to fight for, education. After your

visit to Ethiopia, that is something worth fighting for. Absolutely. It

was quite remarkable when I saw these girls get together, in the way

that they communicate, protect each other, it was really heartening to

see that, and the way they felt that they were passionate, that none of

them want to be victims of child marriage. I went away feeling like

something will happen, and progress is being made. Some messages from

people watching you discuss this. Vivian says, educating girls is the

key to breaking the cycle, that is why foreign aid is so important. If

you educate a woman, you educate the family. One person says, if we give

education and employment to girls in the world, it would have a juice or

completely control child marriage or the number of child bride. This

text, 24.6 million girls have to bow to the will of their husband in

India alone, this is the abuse and enslavement of millions of women.

One person says, I am shocked that children are put through this, a

marriage should be a joyous, the union, and above all consenting by

both parties. It is shameful that it is still happening. A long way to

go, but is their progress? There is, but there is a lot more to do. As

Person of the messages, marriage should be one of the happiest days

of a girl and a boy's life, and education is the key.

Samsung have suspended global sales of their new phone, because of

reports of them catching fire. Let's find out more

about what this means for Samsung. Dan Worth is the Deputy Editor

for the tech website V3. How bad is it for Samsung, and for

customers? For Samsung it is disastrous, this is one of their big

flagship phones that they have been promoting for some time. It happens

once, the phones catch on fire, terrible publicity, they reissue a

new one, it is happening again. It does not get any worse than that.

That is the bit that people cannot understand, they took everything

back, they thought they had sorted it. You would test that product

again before you said it was OK. That is the bit that does not make

sense. It is hard to understand how it happened. People said they rushed

the first phones out to beat Apple to market. But how it has happened a

second time, maybe they are rushing it to keep their customers loyal.

But again, it seems to have backfired. It will be interesting to

see what comes out in their own internal testing, because it is

unbelievable it has happened twice. If you are a customer, you need a

phone. You are not going to hang around. If you have one, you should

get rid of it. One of them caught fire on a plane, imagine that in the

sky. They have been lucky that nobody has been seriously injured or

worse by one of these phones. Most retailers or operators will offer

exchange programmes for other devices. EE said they would offer

other devices. It is not worth the risk.

You will expect some kind of refund, presumably, will that happen? Yes,

if you take the phone back, rather than getting another one, they will

give you an equivalent device either from Samsung or another manufacturer

like the iPhone or similar. It would be equivalent cash value. If it is

?50 cheaper, you have to pay an additional ?50. That will vary from

customer to customer, and I am sure we will hear good experiences and

bad experiences, but no matter how much you want that phone, it is a

serious risk. They are stopping production, that shows how bad they

know this is. If you have been a customer, are you going to give them

another chance? That is the big worry. They were touting the loyalty

of their customers, whether they will get a second time around

remains to be seen. A lot of people who have had these exploding phones,

some of them said, they have gone to Apple now. Samsung are massive, they

are the only company that have managed to match Apple in the

smartphone market. They won't disappear because of this, but it

will be interesting to see how they can retain the global presence of

being Apple's main rival. The other problem, this past week Google has

entered the smartphone market. That is a major brand going head-to-head

with Apple and Samsung, and the timing for Samsung is disastrous, it

could not have come at a worse time. Why are the phones catching fire?

Well, that's the billion dollar question. If Samsung knew that, we

wouldn't be in this situation. It is something to do with the battery.

There is a lot of components and any tiny bit of overheating will set

something off and you have got a brick of fire in a plane, in your

car, in your home. Thank you very much, Dan.

Samsung have issued the following statement,

"Because consumers' safety remains our top priority,

Samsung will ask all carrier and retail partners globally to stop

sales and exchanges of the Galaxy Note 7

while the investigation is taking place.

Consumers with either an original Galaxy Note 7 or replacement

Galaxy Note 7 device should power down and stop using the device."

When airstrikes hit rebel-held parts of Syria, a group of 3,000 civilian

volunteers are usually the first on the scene.

The White Helmets, or the Syrian Civil Defence,

to give them their official title, act as first responders

in the Syrian civil war, which is now into its sixth year.

At extraordinary risk to their own lives, and unpaid,

the White Helmets carry out search-and-rescue operations

to save as many people as they possibly can.

And things aren't getting any easier.

In the last week, the UN special envoy for Syria warned

that the whole of rebel-held eastern Aleppo could be destroyed

by Christmas if the Russian-backed bombing

A little earlier, I spoke to Ammar Al-Sakmo, who's head

of the White Helmets in Aleppo, and began by asking him

The White Helmets are volunteers that risk their lives in order to

save others. They risk their lives to save others and we actually also

make these decisions because you are exposed to being attacked. So Civil

Defence are Syrians, give the services to the Syrians in order to

survive. So when bombs fall on Aleppo, you

are sometimes the first people on the scene to try and save your

fellow Syrians? Actually, yes, we are the first responders and we are

the first to reach the place and get them out of the rubble and give them

First Aid. For those who have a chronic illness, they suffer a lot.

Yesterday kids died because there is a lack of milk. The siege has been

going on for 100 days. This situation makes the atmosphere like

hell because there is no hope. MPs will hold an emergency debate

this afternoon on the worsening Earlier I spoke to Conservative MP,

and former cabinet minister for International Development,

Andrew Mitchell, who's He's likened Russia's actions

in Syria to that of the Nazis bombing of civilians

in Spain in the 1930s. I asked him how desperate

the situation was now in Aleppo. Aleppo was one of the great cities

of the world. It has been there for 6,000 years, two million people.

Today, it is largely rubble. The Russian Air Force has been pounding

hospitals. Last week they wiped out a hospital that is largely

underground. They used bunker bombs, bunker-busting bombs and they used

cluster bombs which are specifically aimed at blowing off the limbs of

people. From a population of two million, Aleppo now has less than

250,000 people, most of whom are cowering in the cellars and

underground waiting for the next Russian attack to be visited upon

them. You will know the Syrians, the Russians, say that they are

attacking an extremist in the city? The Russian Air Force are attacking

innocent civilians. There is indiscriminate bombing. Bombing a

hospital is a war crime. The whole Russian action in Aleppo is a breach

of international humanitarian law. And what the Russians are doing is

they are using their privileged position as a member, permanent

member of the United Nations Security Council, to push over

international humanitarian law and conventions that we all thought were

here to stay. They're doing to the United Nations exactly what the

Germans and the Italians did to the League of Nations in the 1930s and