13/01/2017 Victoria Derbyshire

Hello - it's friday, it's 9 o'clock, I'm Joanna Gosling,

Thousands of people in Essex and Suffolk told to move to safety

as gale force winds combine with high tides along

There are 11 severe flood warnings in the area -

I am in Jaywick where is getting busier at this rest centre where

more than 2500 residents are being evacuated from their homes. We will

have the details live. Amber Cliff died of cervical

cancer aged just 25. Her family say she'd

repeatedly asked for tests And with claims this week

that the NHS is struggling to cope with demand,

we'll find out what politicians and people working in the health

service think needs to be done. Welcome to the programme,

we're live until 11:00 this morning. If you're affected by the bad

weather and flood warnings this If you're a man who works part-time,

then we'd love to hear Are you part-time through choice

or because you can't Do get in touch on all the stories

we're talking about this morning - use the hashtag Victoria LIVE

and if you text, you will be charged Our top story today - the army's

on standby to help evacuate communities along the East Coast

where a tidal surge The Environment Agency has issued 11

severe flood warnings, 29 schools in Scotland

have been closed All along the east coast,

floodgates have been closed Gale-force winds are

combining with high tides In Jaywick, in Essex,

there is a severe flood warning, The emergency services

have arrived in force. The residents are

being urged to leave. We really strongly advise people

to stay away from high tides, and not just those being evacuated,

but more generally, if people can be sensible

about not wave watching, about not driving through floodwater

and really just focusing It's very important today,

with this weather. Some have already heeded that

warning, others are waiting to see. Everyone on the text messages

saying, "Have they evacuated yet?" The neighbours next door,

they get all panicked because she's not very well next door and things

like that, so I think a lot of people are

actually planning to stay. On the Lincolnshire coast

at Skegness, the military have been About 100 soldiers are being based

at the police station. Along the coast, those most

vulnerable are doing what they can There will be a significant rise

in the water but whether it will be enough to top the defences,

that depends on Mother Nature, And Mother Nature is set to bring

more wintry weather today, Nearly all the UK is covered

by weather warnings Our correspondent Leigh Milner

is in Jaywick in Essex. You are at one of the places people

are being taken to when they have to leave their homes. What's happening?

17 people slept here overnight. They were told to evacuate. In total 2500

people in Jaywick and surrounding areas were told to leave their homes

yesterday afternoon, that's half the population of Jaywick. It's busier

this afternoon. They are sitting down, they haven't had any sleep.

With an update, a representative from the Environment Agency. Lisa,

as I understand, and I don't know if it's true, but as we've established

no threat to life in Essex, but there is possibly around the east

coast. Is that what we are hearing? You're dealing with two tides today.

The initial tide is expected at midday and that's looking slightly

better than forecast, which is great news. The important thing is that

wind could pick up at any time, so we are telling people to be

vigilant. We are would rather have people here where they say. But

there is the possibility warnings could go up again later in the day.

So there is still the possibility of flooding in Essex and East Coast

later this evening? Definitely. We are tracking the weather, but it

could reach high levels this evening. We encourage people to stay

safe, be vigilant and keep listening to our warnings and those of the

emergency services and take action when needed. This isn't a false

alarm, it's the real thing. People need to get out of their homes. We

are seeing red and yellow, severe warnings, does that means threat to

life? Severe warnings been threat to life. A flood warning me is threat

to property and actions need to be taken. The issue with the storm

surge, it's about the high wind coinciding with what would be high

tide anyway. When you get that, you get really high levels, but it can

be changeable through the day. We forecast it as closely as we can and

we watch it through. But it's important people stay alert because

some of the high tides will happen late tonight. What plans are in

place to minimise damage to property if flooding occurs? We have been

working all week to make sure we have brought more than 8000

kilometres of barrier, large amounts of pumps, the military and other

partners are involved. We have a temporary barrier that will put up

protection. Across areas people are seeing defences put in place to help

them. Thank you for speaking to us, Lisa. Plenty of people here staying

warm. It's not a false alarm, this is the real thing. If you feel you

are at risk, make sure you check out the Environment Agency website.

Our correspondent Phil Mackie is at a services on the M42 -

What's it like where you are? It's very cold and windy. There has been

some snow falling in the last hour. It has given a covering of snow here

widely across the West Midlands. It's not really causing any major

disruption. You can see over my shoulder, the motorway with traffic

moving slower than normal, but freely. You can possibly make out

the lights of the sign saying that there is salt spreading happening.

There is a rapidly moving snowstorm moving south-east at the moment. We

will probably catch the of it, so it. Snowing in the next half an

hour. It's following the route of the M1 to M40. Later on the forecast

is better. By Sunday any snow lying on the ground will wash away in the

rain. No schools shutting and no major disruption. A covering of

snow. Very unpleasant to be stud outside, but perhaps not as bad as

some had feared. Thank you, Phil Mackie. We will have a full weather

update just before 10am. In ETA is in the BBC newsroom. -- Anita.

BBC News understands that Christopher Steele -

the former British spy who wrote a dossier of lurid claims

about Donald Trump - was once hired by the England

It's believed he was brought in to investigate allegations

of corruption made against world football's governing body,

Fifa, and to gather intelligence on rival bids,

Talks aimed at re-unifying the island of Cyprus have

ended without agreement - but with a plan for officials

The United Nations, which has hosted the talks in Geneva,

says a working group will be set up to consider the security concerns

of both the Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot communities.

The UN Secretary General says he believes a deal on reunifying

The car maker Fiat Chrysler has been accused of violating

The US Environmental Protection Agency says the manufacturer

equipped tens of thousands of diesel Jeep and Dodge vehicles

with software that regulates emissions results.

The firm has denied doing anything illegal, but has seen its share

The number of men in low-paid part-time work has increased

New research by the Institute for Fiscal Studies has found that

one in five low paid men between the ages of 25 and 55 now

works part time compared to 1 in 20 two decades ago.

Top-earning men in the professions normally work full-time.

In fact, only 5% of them work part-time.

But in comparison, amongst the lowest-paid men,

often in areas like catering and hospitality, 20% now work

part-time, and that number has increased fourfold

That has meant that wage inequality for men has increased, as high-paid,

full-time staff have done far better than low-paid, part-time workers.

But for women, the opposite is the case.

For women, earnings growth has been consistently higher than that

for men over the last 20 years, and more of them are in work.

For men, particularly the lowest-paid, they've actually

seen falls in the numbers of hours of work, which has suppressed

It is far from clear why low-paid men are

It might be because they want to, although that seems unlikely.

The fact that 60% of the low-paid and part-time jobs are either

in retail, wholesale, restaurants or hospitality might

suggest that men who previously worked in low-paid but secure

and full-time jobs, in sectors like manufacturing,

have lost that work, and instead have been forced

into the traditionally poorly paid and less-secure services sector

Just after 10:30, Joanna will be discussing this further with those

with those who find themselves in part-time work.

Hospitals have been warned they are failing to raise concerns about

incompetent locum doctors. The General Medical Council says some

hospitals take no action when they see incompetence in stand in

doctors. The regulator says a reluctance

to share information weaknesses in checks is allowing some poorly

performing stand-in There were emotional

scenes during a ceremony at the White House last night,

as outgoing US President surprised his vice-president

with the country's For the final time as president, I'm

pleased to award our nation's highest civilian honour, the

presidential medal of Freedom. APPLAUSE

As you heard there, Joe Biden received

Mr Biden said the honour had been a complete surprise.

Barack Obama said he and his second in command had had 'quite a ride'.

This also gives the internet one last chance to...

Do get in touch with us throughout the morning -

use the hashtag victoria live and if you text, you will be charged

We'll be looking more closely at the trend of why more men are working in

low paid part-time work. If you are in that situation, get in touch.

Let's get some sport with Jessica Creighton.

News overnight of the draw for the Australian Open...

Seven Britons in the main draw this year and Johanna Konta is one of

them. In the last few minutes she has won the Sydney International

beating Agnieszka Radwanska in straight sets. She will play Kirsten

Flipkens in the first round of the Australian open. A tough match

considering Flipkens got to the semifinal of Wimbledon last year. In

the men's draw, Andy Murray plays against a Ukraine opponent, the

world number 93. None of the four male British players face opponents

in the world's top 50 in their opening-round matches. Andy Murray

has made it to the final in Melbourne five times before but has

never won the Australian open. The returning Roger Federer might have a

say in Andy Murray winning his third title of 2017. Murray could face the

20 17th grand -- could face the 17 time grand slam champion in the

quarterfinals. Tributes coming in for Graham Taylor, the football

world paying tribute to the former England manager this weekend after

his passing yesterday aged 72. A minutes applause will be held ahead

of games with some players wearing black armbands. Taylor spent time at

Lincoln city, Aston Villa and wolves, but is probably best

connected with Watford, where he managed for a total of 15 years over

two spells. He led the club from the fourth division two runners-up in

the First Division in five years. He also took them to the 1984 FA Cup

final. Taylor also managed England for three years but retired from the

job in 1993 after England failed to qualify for the 1994 World Cup. Will

be here any more on the future of the England captain today? Alastair

Cook, will be meeting with director of cricket Andrew Strauss today amid

speculation on whether he will remain as captain.

England had a tough time recently on their tour of India, 84-0 series

defeat. Cook admitted having questions about his captaincy and

leadership. He seemed to endorse top batsman and vice captain Joe Root.

This meeting with Andrew Strauss isn't extraordinary. It's normal for

the two to come together and review a series. Cook is into his fifth

year at the helm, having captained England for a record 59 tests. It

would take its toll on anyone, but there the tempting prospect of the

Ashes at the end of the year. England don't play another test

until July. Their one-day side is currently in the middle of a series

in India so it's the Cook will be given time to ponder his decision.

And sad news from the world of horse racing? Bryan Fletcher has died, he

won the Grand National three times, twice on Red Rum. He wrote Red

Alligator to victory in 1968, repeating the feat with Red Rum in

1973 and 1974. Former champion jockey Peter Scudamore has led

tributes to Fletcher, describing him as an unsung hero.

Amber Cliff died of cervical cancer on Sunday.

She worried there was something wrong with her four years ago

because she had bleeding and abdominal pains,

but her family say she was told she was too young to be tested.

Smear tests are offered to women when they turn 25 in England.

Her brother Josh said she finally paid for a private test

which confirmed the news they were dreading.

Let's talk now to Amber's brother Josh, and her sister Cameron.

Monday into Tuesday looks likely to stay mild, but cloudy with early

thank you both very much for coming in. She only died at so soon after

the death. Why have you decided to come and talk so obviously our

condolences to you. It cannot be easy coming out and talking so soon

after the death. Why have you decided to come and it is so hard,

we would not want anyone to go it is our way of dealing with it, as long

as we can raise awareness and no one else has to go through it, because

it is heartbreaking, it is so hard, we would not want anyone to go

through take us back, Josh, because she was having symptoms for some

time before the cervical cancer tell us when she was initially concerned

and what seemed to be wrongAmber was a very private person anyway, but

from late teens she was concerned about different. She knew her body,

she knew something wasn't right and she kept going to the doctor, to the

GP. She knew her body, she knew something wasn't right and she kept

going to the doctor, to is a water infection, it is the bill, your

hormones, your age, anything to get her out, sometimes it was just, this

must be how it is, and nothing was changing saying, there is something

not right, can we check this? She was constantly told, it is a water

infection, it is the Bill, your hormones, your age, anything to get

her out, sometimes it was just, this must be how it is, and nothing was

as sisters, was she talking to you about it, Cameronhad been there for

weeks on end we did not really speak, because she did not want to,

so we just acted not really, even when she came back from hospital

after she had been there for weeks on end we did not really speak,

because she did not want to, so we just acted which is quite natural,

everybody handles these situations point where she wanted a cervical

smear to cervical cancer, what had made her feel that she should have

that test? How old was she at that stage in her case, Josh, it got to

the point where she wanted a cervical smear detestable cervical

cancer, what had made her feel that she should have that test? How old

was she at that stageI don't think we ever thought it would come back

that she did have cervical cancer, because you are led to believe that,

oh, no, it is 25 and over, it is so rare, so you do believe what you are

told from the she was looking online and reading symptoms and wanted to

rule it out, she was only 21. She was asking before 21, that is when

she got it, at 21, but she wanted to rule it out for so long, I don't

think we ever thought it would come back that she did have cervical

cancer, because you are led to believe that, oh, no, it is 25 and

over, it is so rare, so you do believe what you are told from the

people you put your trust into with your when she talked to the GP and

said she wanted a cervical smear, what was she toldwould get wrong

readings from the cells she was told she was not 25 and it would do more

harm than good because they would get wrong readings from the cells

and even though she had symptoms that caused her to make a link when

she looked it up onlineopportunity to say, we will rule it the GP said,

no, it will be your hormones, the Bill, water infections, she was

never even given the opportunity to say, we will rule it she was just

told, paid for a Private smear test, hoping to rule it out, but in the

end, she paid for a Private smear test, hoping to rule it out, her and

all of you, she was so young got the devastating news that it was

cervical cancer, it must have been devastating for her and all of you,

she was so youngby the time we found out she had had it for two to four

years, so it was, there were more implications and stuck, by the time

we that had the most effect, that she could not have kids because they

had found out so late she cannot have kids, and that was a massive

issue, that have the most effect, that she could not have kids because

they had found out so how frustrating was it to know that she

had had the tumour between two and four years and had been flagging

this up as an issuenot like she had not had the symptoms, she was trying

do you believe she might still be alive... 100%. If she had been given

that option, what we are trying to push for, even to just rule it out,

they would have found that she had cervical cancer at a young age, in

the early stages, and been able to treat it. To leave someone for that

long... She died at 25, that is the age for a smear, she would never

have made 25 if we had not gone Private. Cancer does not know age,

it is not about numbers, it is not when you become 25 all of a sudden

cancer can enter your body. This is the issue we are trying to raise

now, people need an option. What do you want the option to be? I

understand the amount of people who have been in this situation before

and tried to lower the age to 18 for screening to make it mandatory, that

is not what I'm aiming for, I want to make it an option for people with

symptoms who are under 25 and concerned, you don't have to give it

to everyone under that age but giving to those who are concerned.

Some GPs have said they would have given her a smear test at that age

but this is the problem, it is such a grey area and differs from GP2 GP,

we need an across-the-board guideline to say if someone has

symptoms, yes, you can refer them from a smear even if they are under

25. So you think there is a postcode lottery depending on where it

happens? Definitely. When you say if somebody wants a smear under 25 they

should get it, would you say that should be based on actual symptoms

or just if somebody has any concern? I do think it would go down to

symptoms but I think people would have concerned if they have

symptoms, I don't think a lot of people are just generally concerned

they have it for no reason. I don't understand -- I do understand all of

this, but we want to make it available for people who do have

symptoms and are concerned, there needs to be a guideline and some

kind of... Something to allow doctors to put people forward for

smears because a lot of them feel they are not allowed to. The

Department of Health says the best clinical evidence, and you have

alluded to it, says routine screening of women under 25 does

more harm than good, including false positive results. There is nothing

more harmful than using your sister at 25 -- losing your sister. I

challenge anyone to come and stand in front of me who has a daughter,

anyone related to them at such a young age and said they would be

happy for them to lose their life at the age of 25 and stand by the age

of 25 for screening. Nothing comes close to it. What do you think about

the cut-off age, Cameron? Exactly what Josh Huff said, it is worrying

for me, I am not of the age so I will get it privately. You are 19?

And you will get a Private test and? Yes, as soon as I have had my baby.

You are pregnant, when are you due? March, and that was another hard

thing, telling Amber, because Josh has just had two babies and with me

being pregnant it was hard but Amber because she spoke about pregnancy

and stuff... This is what I mean, they don't understand the impact it

has on people's lives to tell them, no, you cannot have a smear for that

long, then to find out she has cervical cancer, it is not just

dealing with the cancer, but her older brother has two kids in two

years, her younger sister is pregnant, all this time she is told,

because we ignored you for so long you will never have kids. It is not

just about battling cancer, it is everything that comes with it, the

relationships it will affect and everything. Amber had to basically

go through her life... If she was to survive, she would have to tell any

potential partner, you are going to be with someone who can never have

kids, just because they would not give her a smear when she was

concerned. Did you know that it was terminal? Did she talk about that?

This is still a grey area because Amber was very Private. There are

still bits and pieces going backward and forward as to whether the

doctors thought she had four to five years, whether they thought it was

treatable. They gave her chemotherapy twice, once for the

cervical cancer and once when it spread to her lungs as well. They

hoped they got rid of everything but she never got the all clear in the

four years she battled it. But Amber may have known in the last few

months that it was never going to go away and she was never going to have

a full life, but Amber would have kept that to herself. Tell us about

Amber. Amber was just Amber, wasn't she?! Yeah, really. She spoke her

mind. She was just really one-of-a-kind. Everyone on Facebook

and everything that is coming forward now is just saying how

lovely she was, she touched so many people's hearts, really. If you ask

anyone to describe Amber, they will just say she is just Amber, she is

just one-of-a-kind, she speaks her mind, tells you exactly what she

thinks, but she is so determined as well. She will really push for

something, and that is why we are doing this, because we feel like it

is what she would want. She would be very proud of you both. Thank you.

Ashburn Medical Centre in Sunderland told us they are unable to comment

on individual cases, but are deeply saddened

to hear of Amber's death and offer their sincere condolences

The Department of Health told us that cervical screening is not

offered to under-25s because cervical cancer

They added, "The best clinical evidence shows that routine

screening of women under 25 actually does more harm than good,

We also vaccinate girls with the HPV vaccine which protects against 70%

The Department for Transport says it is seeking information from American

regulators about claims Fiat Chrysler has been violating

pollution laws. Let's talk to Aaron Heslehurst. What has been going on?

You have to remember this is all coming out just one day after

Volkswagen finally settled in the United States just over $4 billion,

so it is the environmental protection in the in the United

States, it has accused Fiat Chrysler of using, a similar story, using

eight different types of software in thousands of its vehicles, the

majority sold in the United States, to basically cheat admissions.

Sergio Mattioli, the big boss of Chrysler, has said, if you think

this is like a Volkswagen story, this is what he's saying, he is

saying it is about 104,000 vehicles in the United States, that is one of

them, the Jeep Cherokee, you have also got the Dodge Ram, a pick-up

truck, the majority in the United States, I know here in the UK they

are asking Fiat Chrysler to take a look at possible cars that we have

here in the UK, but it could cost the Environmental Protection Agency

has said to Fiat that it could find them about 44,000 US dollars per

vehicle, a total of $4.6 billion, and all the experts I have been

speaking to this morning, the auto industry experts, have said, we have

been waiting for something like this, when the Volkswagen scandal

arose, they knew it would not just be one car-maker getting away with

this. Thank you very much.

You are welcome! See you soon.

Left lying on two hospital chairs in A for 5 hours

due to a lack of beds - that's what happened to one little

We'll be looking into why it happened.

More on the NHS, as it's released its weekly winter figures

We'll be talking to an A doctor working on the frontline

during one of the busiest winters on record.

Gale force winds and high tides are threatening to cause flooding

The Environment Agency has issued 11 severe flood warnings,

in Essex and East Anglia, meaning danger to life.

The army's on standby to help evacuate communities

In Scotland, 29 schools have been closed

BBC News understands that Christopher Steele,

the former British spy who wrote a dossier of lurid claims

about Donald Trump, was once hired by the England

It's believed he was brought in to investigate allegations

of corruption made against world football's governing body,

Fifa, and to gather intelligence on rival bids,

Talks aimed at re-unifying the island of Cyprus have ended

without agreement, but officials plan to

The United Nations, which oversaw the talks in Geneva,

says a working group will be set up to consider the security concerns

of both the Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot communities.

The UN Secretary General says he believes a deal on reunifying

Fiat Chrysler has been accused of violating US pollution laws. The

firm has denied doing anything illegal but its share price has

fallen by more than 15%. The number of men in low-paid

part-time work has increased New research by the Institute

for Fiscal Studies has found that one in five low-paid men

between the ages of 25 and 55 now works part-time compared with 1

in 20 two decades ago. That's a summary of the latest BBC

News - more at 10.00. Let's catch up with the sport.

Johanna Konta has won the Sydney International in the last half an

hour. The British number one beating Agnieszka Radwanska 6-4, 6-2, the

ideal warm up for the Australian open which begins next week. Johanna

Konta has been drawn against Kirsten Flipkens in the first round. In the

men's draw world number one Andy Murray will play Marchenko of

Ukraine. He could face Roger Federer in the final eight. There will be a

minute's applause before all English football league matches this weekend

in tribute to Graham Taylor. The former England manager died

yesterday aged 72. Alastair Cook will meet director of cricket Andrew

Strauss today to discuss his future as England captain. Cook has

admitted having questions over his role during his side's 4-0 defeat to

India. Brian Fletcher, three-time Grand National winner, has died at

the age of 69. New Road Red Rum to victory in 1973 and 1974. Former

champion jockey Peter Scudamore described him as an unsung hero of

sport. Just after 10am I will be joined by former British number one

tennis player Greg Rusedski. Korea 11 severe flood warnings in

place for coastal areas of Norfolk and Suffolk. 5000 homes around Great

Yarmouth are being evacuated. We can speak to a lady who was evacuated

from a caravan last night. Good morning, Mary. What happened when

you were told you had to leave your caravan? When I went shopping to

Morrison's I heard on the radio that they would evacuate everyone at 7am

this morning. I unpacked my shopping, had my dinner and went to

bed. Then I heard a lot of noise, phoned a neighbour and he asked,

where ARU. I said I was in my lodge. He said you've got to get out

immediately. I left immediately and came here. They have done everything

for us. More importantly, I'm safe. It must have given you a fright to

be woken up and told you had to leave straightaway. It was, but, you

know, I'm glad I did and that I'm here and safe. What were you told

about the risks if you did not leave? They said there was a risk of

flooding, and any kind of flooding, I just left immediately, I wouldn't

hesitate. So are you now worried for your caravan? Not particularly. As

long as I'm safe, I don't care about the caravan. I hope everything is

all right. Thank you for talking to us, Mary. Thank you. We will have a

full weather update just before 10am.

More misery for Southern Rail commuters today.

Once again they're stuck at home because the drivers are on strike

There are more strikes planned later this month in this

long-running dispute over staffing levels on trains.

So what hope is there for an end to the chaos?

And how is it affecting people who rely on the trains?

We can speak now to Mick Whelan - General Secretary of Aslef,

the train drivers union which has called the strike.

And we can also speak to Summer Dean, a passenger and rail

campaigner with the Association of British Commuters, and commuters

We invited Chris Grayling and the Department for Transport

They declined saying the minister did not have any time

We also invited Southern and Govia Thameslink Railway,

which owns Southern, onto the programme.

We will come to some and Brad first. In a word, can you sum up what it's

like commuting on Southern rail? Every day disruption, that's two

words, but it's not just on strike days. I'm eager to get that point

across. And Brad, sum it up in a word? Soul destroying, if that's

just one word. As some are mentioned, it's everyday, and that

compounds and it becomes daily. Fill in some more detail. How long have

the problems been going on and describe exactly what the problems

are for you. This is going back easily a year. It's been getting

progressively worse and worse. The disruption is all the time. Four

hour commute homes. Cancellations. Everything being blamed on overtime

bans. When Govia took over the contract there were already staffing

problems, short-staffed. Those have got worse. Before the overtime

kicked in on the 6th of December, the situation was disastrous. We

were seeing many cancellations. The situation isn't much worse now with

the overtime ban, to be honest. Who do you identify as being effectively

to blame? Is there one party in particular? Where would you pin the

blame? Looking at the BBC debate earlier in the week and the fact

Chris Grayling hasn't made time, yet again, to turn up to a key

discussion on the matter, he needs to make time to talk this out. The

ball falls firmly in their court. The government are pulling the

strings here, and they have the power to step in and sort it out. We

believe... If Chris Grayling isn't up to doing this, he should step

aside and let someone else take over. Some are, what would you say?

I absolutely echo what Brad said there. We know Chris Grayling was

invited onto your show this morning. He's busy. Busy doing what? The

prime economic region in the country is in meltdown. People can't get to

work and they can't get home. And that's everyday, not just strike

days. And Chris Grayling is too busy to make a public performance, appear

in front of the media and the people addressed affected every day. I

personally think that shows he's out of touch the people who experience

this. It's an absolute lack of respect. We have essentially begged

Chris Grayling and the Department for Transport to step in. People

feel like there's no hope. The Association of British commuters are

pursuing gay judiciary review which I will be able to talk about later

in the month against the Department for Transport. -- are pursuing a

judiciary review. Where is Chris Grayling and why does he feel the

public so badly Busted you both put the blame at Chris Grayling's door?

Do either of you blame the union for walking out? I think it's really,

really important to realise that the disruption that's everyday is a far

wider issue than the current industrial dispute. As Brad said a

moment ago, we know there was an unsustainable level of reliance on

rest days working. We knew that's two years ago. We can't just put the

terrible service and destruction down to the industrial dispute. It's

a much wider issue is something that falls at the door of Chris Grayling

and he needs to step up and sort it out. Before I bring in Mick Whelan

from Aslef, a quick thought from Brad? I think the strikes are a

symptom and not a cause of the problem. That's key in this. The

whole accessibility issue is not being looked at. We had a local

resident stuck on a freezing cold platform for two hours earlier this

week because she couldn't board the train and the driver risked

discipline in helping her. The same thing happened the following day.

Policies are not working. The whole role that needs to be frozen while

we have a full public independent enquiry. We shouldn't be making

shouts on whether it's right or wrong. The government should be

stepping in and putting in place a full public enquiry. Bringing in

Mick Whelan, general secretary of Aslef. Two commuters who have

sympathy with the union, blaming Chris Grayling for not fixing the

mess. A lot of commuters might not be quite so sympathetic, because

it's affecting lives on a daily basis. Naturally. If I was paying

the level of fares and expecting a service and I wasn't getting it, and

I can't get to work, I can't get my children to school, I struggle to

get to a medical appointment, I would quite rightly look at my

personal circumstances and be angry. We spend a lot of time trying to

grow the industry, making it safer, campaigning for better investment,

better trains, green opportunities on freight and rail. Most of the

time we find ourselves not its dice, the general public agree with us.

The polls on what we are saying agree with us. We only do this as a

last resort. Let's focus on the safety issue. The row is about

driver only operated trains. The rail safety regulator says they are

safe. The national body has been very careful on two occasions. And I

have great faith in the Her Majesty'sInspector of railways. He

said if you do all the right things, the equipment and training is right,

it can be safe. He put that in the report done recently at short

notice. He also said in the report that the training had been done,

lighting in certain areas had been done and the equipment wasn't up to

spec. He didn't threaten to take their franchise away. Where we have

been saying in the last nine months we don't believe due diligence has

been carried out, and the technology being used, cannot be relied upon...

What's the way through it? If those elements are addressed, are you

saying you would be happy for driver only operated trains? We have other

issues with that. The whole industry has been looking at certain issues.

We also feel in the 21st-century post-Brussels and Paris, and in an

area where sexual assaults in the railway have gone up 200% in the

last year, you can't have 12 car trains with 1000 people on the

train, 30 deep on a platform and one person to look after them, whose

role isn't actually to look after them. It happens on the London

Underground? The London Underground has stations every two minutes and

the stations are man. We have heard from the experience of disabled

commuters and others, that the railway hasn't got that. There will

be peak times when trains are round, and other times much less so. Would

a way through the two effectively enable there to be a trial of driver

only operated trains on the less busy times? I think people want to

be confidence at any time of day. We are heavily reliant on tourism and

other areas. 73% of the public in a recent poll said they wanted a

safety critical person on every train. We are reflecting the views

of the public, and primarily reflect the views of the 19,000 men and

women who drive trains every day and say they don't feel safe and they

can't be extended any further. It sounds like there is absolutely no

room for compromise? There is room for compromise. That would be to

have a safety integral person on every train and give us the

confidence in technology that we can't rely on. If this wasn't --

this wasn't a dispute about money, it was about terms and conditions.

People could have said we are being greedy, but this is not as arguing.

We will have more train drivers in the 21st century, not less, because

there will be more trains. We argue on behalf of the travelling public

and our drivers for safety. How long will the dispute go on? I've been

living in hope for nine months now that somebody could sit round the

table with me and do a deal and reach an agreement. We want to

reiterate, as our two colleagues on the link have said, that we have

only just come to the fray. This was failing before this. They couldn't

deliver services. We now find out they rely on 25% of services on the

goodwill of my numbers. That means they 300 driver shot. The people

running the franchise were the people it before. They've had it for

14 years. Part of the problem is the people who have been granted the

franchise and their failure to resource it properly, regardless of

what they say. Thank you all very much. Let us know your thoughts. The

usual ways of getting in touch. Earlier this week reported record

numbers of patients have been facing record waits for beds when admitted

to hospital for emergency cases. Doctors and nurses have also said

that conditions in the health service the worst they've

experienced. The government has admitted the NHS is under pressure

but is rejecting demands for extra funding to deal with what some are

describing as a winter crisis. The BBC has been covering the pressures

facing the health service all week but perhaps one of the most stark

examples showing the kinds of life and death decisions NHS staff have

to make everyday was in the BBC to documentary Hospital, filmed in

Paddington. We can play some of that to you now.

The surgeon begins the operation. We are going to remove the part of the

bowel with the cancer in and the adjacent blood supply so that we can

take any lymph glands that may or may not be affected by the cancer,

then we will join them back together again.

Ball hours later, the tumour is out and the operation is over. Why

should I feel victorious that I am just allowed to do what I should

have started doing at 8am? It is because the beds are so bad at the

moment that it seems rare to be allowed to actually go ahead and do

an operation. Very bizarre. The emergency patient from Norfolk is an

hour away. The team doesn't know if she will survive the journey. The

risk we run here is we are holding a bed for a patient who hasn't even

made it into the organisation yet, and not going ahead with patients

who are already here. Do you have to do this for people every day,

struggling with socks?! The two people I'm kicking out from ICU, one

of them I'm not really that comfortable with, I don't have a

guaranteed bed for anybody at the moment, so I might get one or both

of them out but... If you're patient leads, do you think you will have a

space? If the patient doesn't survive from Norfolk, maybe, but we

cannot predicate. The only think you can do is wait, but I don't think

the odds are very good. We don't have enough slack

in our capacity to be able to let Prof Hanna go ahead

and do the esophagectomy. What's hard about this is that we're

also talking about, "Well, we can go ahead and do it

if the patient from Norwich doesn't survive the journey," and that's

a very hard and callous-sounding thing to be talking about,

but that's the practical reality. They have this patient coming

in who might require If they die, then the bed

is available for me. We've heard the blaming

of the Government and claims that there's just not enough money -

but what's the solution as the situation to save our

healthcare system as it stands? Let's talk now to Richard

Murray, who is director Meg Hillier is a Labour MP and chair

of the Public Accounts Committee. Joining us from Leicester

is Conservative MP for North West Also here with us is A doctor

Claire Bronze who says the nhs Meg Hillier, that documentary is

extraordinary, isn't it, and to see two top surgeons both in a position

to actually operate, effectively having to haggle over a bed and who

gets to operate, what is your reaction? It is shocking and

highlights the impact this has on patients and on their care and life

chances when it comes to the crunch. It is important that we recognise

the current situation but also, as you say, need to look at a long-term

solution for the health service. The danger is if we are having a crisis

like this, we are not having a proper discussion about how the

health service should be fit for purpose long term. Andrew, what is

your reaction to that and how would you describe what is going on in the

health service more broadly? Well, the health service is under acute

pressure at the moment. We have got various reasons why lots of people

are attending A But at the end of the day we need a seven-day NHS to

spread out the peaks and troughs. We have an ageing population, more

procedures, increasing longevity and a growing population, this is

putting pressure on services. Let's bring in Richard Murray from the

King 's fund, because there are so many things going on at the moment,

it is quite difficult to unpick. You are the overview, looking at the

statistics, effectively. We have the social care crisis causing people to

remain in bed after they should be able to be released from hospital,

and obviously seasonal issues as well and an ageing population. How

do you unpick what the issue is, and is it temporarily or much more

fundamental? To jump straight to the chase it is much more fundamental.

As the years go by more people arrive at hospital, more people need

to be admitted to hospital, if you do not have

services in the community to slow that down, to keep them well for

longer, then the hospital ends up being the canary in the coal mine,

it is where people will show up in the system that has been made more

severe by finding it difficult to discharge people quickly. It is not

just social care but also accessing the health service outside the

hospital, getting to see your GP at the right time to see you well, but

I think the good thing is knowing some of the things we need to do to

try to improve those services outside of hospital settings. The

difficulty is doing it, the difficulty is doing it quickly, and

it is probably too late for this winter, but for years ahead how we

make sure the investment goes in the right price. Andrew, is Theresa May,

the Government, in denial about what is going on? We saw Prime Minister's

Questions earlier in the week, Theresa May asked in particular

about a case of a little boy called Jack who is in one of the papers

today, who had to wait for five hours in A because there was no

bed for him, his parents made a makeshift bed out of chairs and she

said in the House of Commons that it was one of a small number of

instances affecting the NHS, and pointed to the wider funding. It led

Jeremy Corbyn to say she just doesn't get it. I think Theresa May

does get it and she is very committed to dealing with mental

health so that keeps those people out of A, which is not the right

place for them. It is not all about money. Evidence we are seeing is

that half of all the delayed discharges from hospitals are down

to just 24 local authorities, so we need to look at what is going wrong

there and get their systems sorted so that they are all operating on

best practice. Clare, you are an A doctor, are you seeing particularly

unusual pressures at the moment? Yes, I would say we are. I have

worked in the NHS in total for 17 years, eight of those as a doctor,

and in my experience and the experience of lots of friends I have

spoken to, although we always get winter pressures, we do always

experienced times where we cannot keep up with the demand, we are all

seeing at the moment at particular difficult time. Can you give us some

examples? I have come straight from a night shift last night, most of

the night was a five or six hour wait, I left the department with

about 12 patients waiting for beds on boards and I would say last night

was the best shift I have done for a few weeks. I have done shift

recently where we have had nine hour wait at a time to see a doctor, we

have had patients in the department on trolleys for over 30 hours at a

time, and obviously if there are no beds in the hospital, and all of

those beds in A are taken up with patients waiting to go to the ward,

it gives is no space to see the patients coming into the A and we

end up with queues of ambulances out the door. So, can patient safety be

guaranteed in those situations? It is difficult, the staff are all

doing everything they can, people are working as hard as they possibly

can. Most of my colleagues are not taking breaks, not leaving on time,

they are trying to find space wherever they possibly can to fit

extra patients in, but I do think there comes a point where you have

to worry about patient safety, and we have to think about, although we

are managing at the moment, we have heard from stories in the media of

deaths on trolleys in corridors, and for many of us we are worrying that

is going to become the bigger picture and that is going to become

a common occurrence. Meg Hillier, is it time to question whether the NHS

can actually offer everything it is offering? We have heard this

candidate from the leaders of the NHS this week in my committee that

no, they cannot keep providing everything they can with the money

they have got, and the plans to transform local health services are

being implemented while also requiring a

4% per year efficiency saving and they pretty much at knowledge that

is just too tight, it is part of the reason we have the problems we have

now. You cannot look at changing and transforming services to deal with,

as Richard said, an ageing and growing population if you are just

firefighting like fire and her colleagues are now. That is the

challenge, the Government has to acknowledge there is a crisis right

now and we have to resolve that in order to have a proper long-term

solution for the NHS. It is not an easy issue to resolve, but in a

broadbrush sense what would you define as the key to looking at

this? If you just keep adding more money, it is a bottomless pit.

Anywhere in any system there will be efficiency opportunities and

different ways of doing things to meet the needs of patients to help

us stay well. While we are sitting here during your show, we get ten

minutes extra life, life expectancy is going up at that rate, but that

will probably bring three health conditions to live with, so we have

two prevent those things long-term. We need a longer term view to invest

to save money but also better patient care and support for modern

medicine, and if we don't have that long-term view, we will really fail.

The problem is the Government does not recognise the problem now and we

will never have proper cross-party consensus, chopping and changing, so

we have to get to the point where we all agree how we are going to fund

the NHS, what level and what services the NHS will provide. Do

you think services need to be cut? No, there is definite need at the

moment for investment. You would like the NHS to continue to do

everything it is currently doing? Oh, that is a political decision

that will have to be made, the Government has not yet indicated

anything would be removed. You are a Labour MP, what is your perspective?

The NHS is there to provide health care free at the point of delivery,

and if we make the population, if the population gets better then we

will have fewer of these conditions being dealt with, and that is one of

the ways of trying to tackle the demand. Andrew Bridge and, should

the NHS stop offering everything it is offering? No, but we need to,

primary care is cheaper, I just wonder, Philip Dunn, the hospital

minister last week, I asked if they have figures of people presenting at

A you have no access to a GP or perhaps are not even registered, and

they will go to A because they know they will get care because the

lights are always on, and that is putting pressure on hard-working

doctors and nurses who are already working very hard.

Thank you all very much, it is a subject we will no doubt keep on

returning to. Thank you all for your time.

Let us your thoughts as well. Let's catch up with the latest weather

update with Sarah Keith Lucas. Obviously there is some pretty awful

weather out there, bring us up to date. Yes, we have four seasons in

one day, we have snow, ice, sunshine, flooding in some eastern

areas as well. Did the Thunder snow happen? We did

get some thunder with the snow in the north-west yesterday, we have

had some big cumulonimbus clouds, cold conditions and snow falling at

the same time so we have had it all and we are not out of the woods yet.

Why is it like this, so many different things at once?

We have a plunge of cold air from the Arctic, that has brought down

the temperatures and we are also seeing an area of low pressure

pushing down the east coast as well. That will combine with high tide, so

you might have noticed a big full moon at the moment coincided with

particularly high tides, so down the east coast that is the main issue,

strong winds can kind -- combined with high tides.

How long will it last? We are not out of the woods yet, as

we were saying. Let's talk at some of the scenes sent in by our Weather

Watchers this morning, this was Croydon, a few centimetres of lying

snow there to the south of London. Elsewhere across the country we have

had some disruption on the roads, this is how things were looking in

Staffordshire earlier in the morning, some icing is, some snow

around on the roads as well, but some of us catching some very scenic

conditions, this was Perthshire, some sunshine although things are

cold with all of that smoke above. Through the day, this frontal system

is pushing south, it is bringing sleet and snow across East Anglia

and the south-east, to the north-west of the country snow

showers as well. The isobars in the east, that is where we have the

strong wind and severe of -- risk of severe flooding. Warnings from the

Environment Agency in force at the moment. As we had through the day,

strong northerly winds, particularly down the East Coast, and quite a lot

of wintry sunshine on offer. We will have some more showers of sleet and

snow across parts of Northern Ireland into northern and western

Scotland, much of southern Scotland luck strike, that is where we have

the strongest wind in the East, several eastern Scotland and the

East Coast of England. Towards Wales, sleet and snow accumulating

through the day, could get the odd snow shower across the moors of the

south-west, but moving eastwards across England it is going to be the

strength of the wind that causes problems, combined with the high

tide. Around and again around midnight across parts of East Anglia

in particular. As we move through this evening and overnight, the wind

tends to ease, we are in for a cold night. By the early hours of the

morning we could see temperatures subzero in the towns and cities but

in the countryside as low as -7, even -10 where we have the snow

cover in rural Scotland. Through tomorrow, still some snow showers to

the east, things. To turn milder in the West, some sunshine and light

winds, and temperatures generally warmer than today, up to around two

to 6 degrees. People living in coastal areas in

the east of England are being warned to stay vigilant because of gale

force winds and high tides forecast for later today.

There are 11 severe flood warnings in the area,

Amber Cliff died of cervical cancer, aged just 25.

Her family say she'd repeatedly asked for tests

We will ask if screening should be offered to younger women. The number

of men in part-time work as risen dramatically in the last 20 years

according to a new study. We will look at the figures. Let's catch up

with all the news with Anita. Labour's Tristram Hunt is to stand

down as an MP to become the director The resignation of the former shadow

education secretary will trigger a by-election in

Stoke-on-Trent Central. Let's get more from Carole

Walker at Westminster. This job sounds right up the street

of Tristram Hunt, who is an historian. But what sort of problems

does it cause for Jeremy Corbyn? You're right, I'm sure Tristram Hunt

will find this a hugely satisfying and challenging position. It fits

very much with his background as a historian. He has recently completed

his latest book. But it's a huge challenge for Labour to see if they

can hold onto this seat Stoke-on-Trent. It's not the first

MP to resign from the Labour Party in recent weeks. We had Jamie Reid,

which has triggered a by-election in Copeland, which will be an important

test for the Jeremy Corbyn leadership. He now faces another

test in Stoke, a place where at the last election, Ukip made significant

gains to come neck and neck in second place with the Conservatives.

In the last few minutes we've had a resignation letter from Tristram

Hunt. It should be said that he's somebody who was Shadow Education

Secretary, but resigned from that position when Jeremy Corbyn became

leader. It's clear he has not been comfortable with many of the things

Jeremy Corbyn stands for. It's interesting that in his letter he

says that he has no desire to rock the boat. And anyone who interprets

the decision to leave in that way would be just plain wrong. But he

does talk about how his time in Parliament has been both rewarding

and frustrating. He says he's proud of his work, but also frustrated

that he hasn't been able to do more to alleviate the poverty and

inequality and lack of social mobility. He says the frustration

came with an inability to address these factors and implement our

policy programme following our defeat in 2015, and more broadly,

how the Labour Party should respond to be social, cultural and economic

forces that have rocked mainstream social Democratic and Socialist

parties right across the world. So, he says he wouldn't have left his

job in Parliament for any other job. He's very keen indeed to continue to

look at these wider questions in his role as director of the V But

this is another serious blow to the Labour Party. Another sign that some

of those mainstream, more centrist MPs are looking at life outside

parliament because they are simply not comfortable in Jeremy Corbyn's

Labour Party. Severe flood warnings in place on

the east coast of England amid fears thousands of homes are at risk of a

storm surge. The Environment Agency has issued 11 severe flood warnings

indicating a danger to life. Near Clacton in Essex people have been

advised to move to safety. A man who lost his sister

to cervical cancer is calling for the age of testing women

for the disease should be lowered. Amber Cliff was diagnosed

with cervical cancer at 21. She died at the age of 25 -

the age when smear tests Her brother Josh told this

programme that the age She would never have made 25

if we hadn't have went private. Cancer doesn't know age,

it's not about numbers and age. It's not when you become 25

all of a sudden cancer can This is the issue we're

trying to raise now. A toddler with suspected meningitis

lay on a makeshift bed of two chairs while he waited for several hours

in A to be seen by a doctor, Rose Newman, from Eastbourne,

told The Mirror her one year old son Jack,

was forced to wait for five hours after he was rushed

to Conquest Hospital in Hastings. The incident was raised

at Prime Minister's Questions on Wednesday by leader

of the opposition Jeremy Corbyn. Ms Newman says doctors

told her it was not I asked one of the doctors

if it was just an unusually busy night as to why we couldn't get seen

for five hours and she said, "No, And I said, you know,

"Why is there no bed for him?" And she said "There just

are no beds, that's how it So it doesn't really bode

well for the future. Will have more details on this later

in the hour. In a statement, East Sussex NHS

Trust said that had it been clinically necessary for Jack to be

admitted to a bed in the hospital The number of men in low-paid

part-time work has increased New research by the Institute

for Fiscal Studies has found that one in five low-paid men,

between the ages of 25 and 55, now works part time compared with 1

in 20 two decades ago. Just after 10:30, Joanna will be

discussing this further with those who find themselves

in part-time work. If you are one of those men in

part-time work on low paid, and you have a strong view on it, letters

know your thoughts. Do get in touch with us

throughout the morning - use the hashtag Victoria LIVE

and If you text, you will be charged Let's catch up with the sport.

Australian open gets underway in just three days. There will be at

least seven Britons in the main singles draw including world number

one Andy Murray and world number ten Johanna Konta, who this morning

storms to her second tour title, winning the Sydney International.

Joining me from our London studio is former British number one Greg

Rusedski. Watching Johanna Konta this morning, she was in such

impressive form. Perfect preparation for the Australian open. Could this

be the year she makes first grand slam final? There is a good

opportunity for her to get to the final. She played great this season

so far. She made the semis in China, and she went back in Sydney beating

the number three seed. She has a new coach who has worked with Kim

Clijsters and Victoria Azarenka, so has experience of becoming a grand

slam champion. But C has to do it that way. She has Flipkens in the

first round, she could meet Serena Williams in the quarters. We know

the Australian open draw has been made. Andy Murray will come up

against the Ukraine's Marchenko in the opening round. How much will the

recent defeat to Djokovic have affected him? It helped to Novak to

win that match because Murray had a psychological edge over him by

winning the end of season finals in the final match of the year to

finish world number one. If we look at the Australian open at the

moment, it's a 50-50, between Andy and Novak. I think this is Andy

Murray's time now, having been in five titles, but never won it, he

will want to win it for the first time. Djokovic has the record shared

by winning it six times. He will hope to break that. But Djokovic has

a really brutal opener against Fernando Verdasco. He went five

match points against him in Doha. Everything set up perfectly for a

Murray- Djokovic final, most likely. The Brits have a strong showing in

this competition. Seven in the main singles draw. What are your

expectations for the rest of the team? It's interesting. Heather

Watson Place Sam Stosur, the Australian former grand slam final

winner in New York. Cup finals at the French Open. But Sam can get

nervous down under there's an opportunity for Heather to get

through. On the men's side, Dan Evans is in the semifinals right now

in Sydney, having one of his best weeks. Young Kyle Edmund is also

playing well, he made the fourth round of the US open. A lot of Brits

to support and a lot of possibility to go deep in the draw, possibly get

to the second week with Andy Murray and Johanna Konta. It's live and

exclusive on Eurosport starting on Sunday at midnight. Lots for British

tennis fans to enjoy. Greg Rusedski, former British number one. It's all

so live on five live. Some breaking news, we are hearing that French

investigators will investigate Renault over diesel emissions. The

Paris prosecutor 's office is quoted on this on the associated foreign

press news agency. It says the car-maker is under suspicion of

cheating in emissions tests. That's all we have at the moment on that.

No independent confirmation, but AFP reporting Renault will be

investigated in France over diesel emissions. It follows on from Fiat

Chrysler being accused in the United States of not telling authorities

about software that regulates emissions in thousands of its diesel

vehicles, and that followed on from what happened with Volkswagen.

Another car company potentially in the frame, but no confirmation of

the beyond a report just coming through from the AFP news agency

about Renault being investigated over diesel emissions. People living

in coastal areas in the East of England are being warned to stay

vigilant because of gale force winds and high tide forecast for later

today. Thousands of people living in Jaywick in Clacton in Essex and

Great Yarmouth are being warned to move to safety. In Lincolnshire 100

soldiers have been deployed to help police. Phil Mackie is on a service

station on the M42 south of Birmingham weather has been

disruption because of snow. You can see that we have moved from the

motorway up to the top of the hills in Worcestershire to give you a

sense of how much it has snowed overnight and this morning across

the Midlands. INAUDIBLE It's freezing up here in this strong

wind. You can see people struggling with the went. There is no real

great disruption at the moment across the country.

It shouldn't cause many major problems today and it could be quite

good fun for the children. If the snow doesn't melt today, they could

get out on the slopes tomorrow. A lot of disappointed kids in other

areas where snow was predicted and it didn't happen. We can go to

Skegness in Lincolnshire where 100 soldiers are on stand-by to help

emergency services. Major Chris Carter joins me now. What are you on

stand-by for? We deployed yesterday. We helped elderly residents and

persons who were maybe vulnerable or at potential risk from the weather

that's due to hit later today. We will be ready to evacuate personnel

should the knees arise. I imagine people get a shock when somebody

from the Army knocks on their door and tells them they have to leave

home. We don't tell them they have to leave, we just talk through plans

if they have to leave. How are things looking, are you anticipating

have to get involved in a more hands-on way? We are hoping that

will not be the case. The weather is quite bad outside. We are here

purely to assist should we be required. We will support the local

emergency services as required. We have some figures to bring you

about the health service. Nearly half of hospitals in England is

declared a major alert in the first weekend of the year as they

encountered unprecedented pressures. 66 out of 142 hospital trusts raise

the alarm as bed shortages led to large numbers of patients

experiencing trolley waits and delays. Data leaked to the BBC

earlier this week suggest just one trust hit its for our AMD target.

But now official figures have released more about the scale of the

problem. Coming up, left lying on two

hospital chairs in A for five hours, that is what happened to one

little boy. We will look at why it happened and how the NHS Trust has

responded. We are talking about cervical

cancer this morning, and the age at which young women

should be screened. Smear tests are offered to women

when they turn 25 in England. But, earlier in the programme,

we heard from brother and sister Josh and Cameron Cliff,

who are campaigning to make the tests available to anyone

who requests it, no matter Their sister Ambe died on Sunday,

aged 25, after a four-year Amber requested smears

when she was 21 because of worrying bleeding and some abdominal pains -

but was told she was too young. Health officials say smear tests

on women under 25 are often unreliable and can do more

harm than good. Speaking to this programme Cameron

and Josh described the impact Amber's diagnosis had

on their family. By the time we found

out she'd had it for, So it was so advanced,

so there was just, like, a lot more implications

and stuff as well. By the time we found out

she couldn't have kids, and that was obviously

a massive issue. That's what hurt her most, the fact

that she couldn't have kids, And how frustrating was that to know

that she'd had the tumour potentially for between two and four

years and she had been saying... Sort of flagging this up

potentially as an issue? It made us so angry because it's not

like she hadn't had the symptoms, and she was trying to find out

what it was for all them years. Do you believe she might

still be alive...? If Amber had been given that option

what we are trying to push for, just to even rule it out,

you know, they would have found that she had cervical cancer

at a young age in the early stages To leave something for that long

and, you know, she died at 25. She would never have made 25

if we hadn't have went private. Cancer doesn't know age,

it's not about numbers and age. It's not when you become 25

all of a sudden cancer can This is the issue we're

trying to raise now. That was Cameron and her brother

Josh talking to me earlier about their sister Amber, who died of

cervical cancer at just 25. They want people under 25 to be able to

get cervical cancer test if they want them, because currently the age

for cervical screening is 25. Let's talk now to Rob Music, the CEO

of Jo's Cervical Cancer Trust, and Dr Kathryn Hillaby,

a gynaecological oncologist. Thank you both for coming in. I

should say Jo's Cervical Cancer Trust is the only UK charity which

is dedicated to women affected by cervical cancer and cervical

abnormalities. What is your view on testing for cervical cancer under

25? Jo's Cervical Cancer Trust and charity such as Cancer Research UK

have to be guided by the current evidence, which is set to screen

women under 25 there are potentially risks of doing more harm than good.

Cervical cancer is caused in over 99% of cases by a virus called human

papillomavirus. It is a virus that is more prevalent in women under 25,

and therefore what the experts say is that if we invite women for a

smear test there is a risk you made then unnecessarily damage the

cervix, which can result in preterm labour, risks to the mother and

baby. What is important with this terribly sad case and others as well

is about awareness of symptoms, and I think it is symptoms both in terms

of encouraging and empowering women to speak to their GP if they have

any symptoms that are not normal and are typical of cervical cancer, but

already there is a Department of Health pathway for GPs, said they

should be aware that if a woman present with symptoms that there is

a protocol in place, so for example bleeding after sexual intercourse is

one of the most common symptoms of cervical cancer, there is a protocol

in place that they should then examined the woman and if they see

something concerning, refer to gynaecology, said that is in place

and we have to make sure those pathways are adhered to. What is

particularly frustrating in this case for the family and for Amber at

the time is the fact that she flagged it up because she looked up

symptoms online and felt that she should be tested for cervical

cancer, but it didn't happen. Absolutely, and again that highlight

the importance of raising awareness to GPs to make sure that the pathway

adhered to and there is awareness of it. Is there a awareness amongst GPs

of the symptoms for cervical cancer? Perhaps not, and that is something

my critique -- Jo's Cervical Cancer Trust need to do moving forward.

Kathryn, you are a gynaecological oncologist, I cannot say yet! How

common is cervical cancer in under 25s? Very red, of 3000 women

diagnosed with cervical cancer every year, less than 50 will be under 25

so it is very uncommon in girls under 25. Does that mean GPs are not

necessarily attuned if somebody under 25 comes in presenting with

symptoms? Possibly, but I would say if you do have any of the symptoms,

as Rob has said, such as bleeding after sex or between periods, please

go to your GP and asked to be examined. The smear test is not a

test for cancer, it is a test to pick up precancerous cells. The best

way of looking at cervical cancer in young girls is to look at the

cervix. If the doctor is worried, they can use the pathway and be seen

in two weeks in hospital. She would be examined and cancer could be

ruled out. Because there is a screening programme, albeit for over

25 is, it is one of those cancers that all women are very aware of

because from the age of 25 you get invited for screening. A lot of

people don't take it up, it is almost like there is a dichotomy

where there is awareness that it is there and we should be concerned and

there is potential to catch it early, but not awareness of the

symptoms and the importance of the screening. Exactly, a lot of people

are not turning up, particularly the under 30s age group, one in three

ladies do not take up the smear test opportunity, which is such a shame.

Why is that? I don't know, maybe it is difficult to get an appointment

or they are scared and don't understand. It takes ten minutes, it

is done by a nurse, in a very dignified manner. It is not painful,

it is slightly uncomfortable but that ten minutes could save your

life. The charity has commissioned a range of research around trying to

understand why women are not attending. The barriers are

multifactorial depending on age, on ethnicity. For younger women it is

around embarrassment, worry about it being painful. Interestingly it is

worrying about the results, because they think it is a test to find

cancer rather than prevent it. For older women it is relevant, perhaps

if they are 50 plus and have had a few smears in their lifetime they

think it is not relevant. There is a big concern about the 50 plus age

group are not going for screening and they worry that in ten, 15

years' time there will be a big jump in incidents, so as we talked about

there is a worry about the number of women being diagnosed. The

vaccine was introduced in 2008, does that potentially transform things

because it vaccinate against 70% of cancers? We have not seen that come

through yet, those girls are starting to hit 25 now, we hope it

will make a massive difference and reduce cervical cancer by 70%.

Again, I would urge people to get their daughters vaccinated. Are many

people not opting for rich? Some people are opting, about 80% of

people opt for the vaccination, so still one in five are not opting,

which is a shame. It is one of those cancers if caught early... It is

treatable, very durable. And largely preventable free vaccine and

screening. Our vision is it can be eradicated in the not too distant

future but we have to find ways of encouraging women to attend smear

test and take up the vaccine when that is available as well. Your

mission statement is that you are -- your charity wants to see a future

where cervical cancer is a thing of the past. Do you think that is

possible, Kathryn? Absolutely, high uptake of the vaccination, people

partaking in the screening programme, the vaccine present 70%

of cancers, the screening programme will detect the majority as well. It

is an achievable aim in the UK. We have got so many e-mails and tweets

coming through on this, I just want to go through a few. Vic says, with

her symptoms, Amber could have been given a simple test at the start and

might be alive today. Shan says, I work in gynaecology and

family planning, when we routinely tested girls from 18. When the age

was raised to 25, I had my concerns because I had girls under 25 who had

positive tests but I was told it was rare and not cost-effective. I was

not convinced by this and feel it was a cost-cutting policy as it also

coincided with a new way of obtaining smears that, although an

improvement, was more than likely add costly thing to do. Just answer

that, was there an element of cost? No, it is because it was doing more

harm than good, it is more likely to find an abnormality that will likely

go away by it self, and the risk of over treating girls which can cause

premature delivery of their babies and so for the sabbatical screening

programme, and there is good evidence in the UK and nationally,

there is no evidence the screening girls under 25. The whole of the UK

now screens people over 25. Can we have e-mailed, please stop confusing

a screening test and a definitive test for cancer. GPs cannot refer

patients under 25 for evidence -based reasons, you can see the NHS

choices website, effectively outlining what you were saying.

One tweet, I had treatment for precancerous cells at the age of 19,

the age urgently needs reducing. Obviously that was caught early

before the age for smear tests, but making the point as well that you

are making that it is treatable if caught early? How easy is it to

treat? Laser treatment for precancerous cells at 19? It is very

easy to treat, it is pre-cancer. The purpose of the smear test is to

detect precancerous lesions that may develop into cancer over a period of

years and if you have an abnormality you will be invited to a clinic at a

hospital, a doctor like myself will have a look at the neck of the womb

and if they see an abnormality they may offer treatment, normally under

local anaesthetic, using a heated wire to remove the abnormal cells.

It takes ten minutes and over and done with, 95% of people that is all

the treatment they will ever need. Thank you both very much.

The mother of a toddler with suspected meningitis

who lay on a makeshift bed while he waited in A

has spoken of their ordeal after her case was raised

by the Labour leader, Jeremy Corbyn, at Prime Minister's Questions.

Rose Newman, from Eastbourne, says her one-year-old son Jack had

to wait for five hours at the Conquest

Ms Newman praised the doctors, but told the Mirror newspaper

that they didn't have enough resources.

Waited for hours in the waiting room and was eventually seen by a nurse,

and was there for about five hours in total, but unfortunately

there was no bed for him so we had to put two plastic chairs together

with a blanket over the top so that he could have

Unfortunately this seems like it's quite a typical situation.

I asked one of the doctors if it was just an unusually busy

night as to why we couldn't get seen for five hours and she said, "No,

And I said, you know, "Why is there no bed for him?"

And she said "There just are no beds, that's how it

So it doesn't really bode well for the future.

The hospital is disputing the time the newspaper says

he arrived and has released the following statement:

"Jack was assessed by a clinical practitioner as soon as he arrived.

Jack was monitored by the nursing team and given paracetamol

Jack did wait over three hours to see a doctor, due to the volume

The cubicle they were put into does not have a bed

as it is for assessment and not treatment of patients.

Had it been clinically necessary for Jack to be admitted to a bed

in the hospital, this would have been done."

Our political correspondent Tom Bateman has more on this.

P induced obviously to highlight a broader point that have become an

increasingly political issue. When it gets to winter in

Westminster there can be something of a routine to these things,

because just as the temperature plunges hear the sound of few really

has been rising in the House of Commons just over the way over what

Labour are seeing as yet another winter crisis in the NHS, what the

Government is saying is that they think they have given more than

enough money to the health service in England. We have seen continuing

reports about the pressures that the NHS is under, and that led to Jeremy

Corbyn at Prime Minister's Questions this week repeating that claim by

the British Red Cross that there was, in his view, humanitarian

crisis in the NHS, something Theresa May said was overblown. Then Mr

Corbyn on Wednesday raised this issue that you have been hearing

about. Here is what he had to say. This week, the Prime

Minister said she wanted More people sharing hospital

corridors on trolleys. More people sharing waiting

areas in A departments. More people sharing in anxiety

created by this government. Our NHS, Mr Speaker, is in crisis

but the Prime Minister is in denial. Can I suggest to her,

on the economic question, cancel the corporate tax cuts,

spend the money where it's needed, on people in desperate need

in social care or in our hospitals. The right honourable

gentleman talks about crisis. I suggest he listens

to the honourable member for Don Valley, a former Labour

health minister, who "With Labour, it's

always about crisis. We've got to be a bit more

grown up about this." And he talks to me about corporation

tax and restoring the cuts The Labour Party has already spent

that money eight times. The last thing the NHS needs is

a cheque from Labour that bounces. The only way that we can

ensure we've got funding for the National Health Service

is a strong economy. Yesterday, the right honourable

gentleman proved that he's not only incompetent

but that he would destroy our economy and that

would devastate our National Health One of the reasons this particular

case matters, as you heard from the little boy's mother, they had to

wait for five hours. That's an important issue. We had controversy

this week over the government's four hour waiting target for A units.

That all people going into A should be seen within four hours.

Jeremy Hunt said earlier this week that should only be for people with

urgent problems. If you just show up when you could go to your GP, he

suggested that target might not have to apply. That led to Labour and

other opposition parties saying the government looked like it would

scrap that target, something the government denies. It always feels

slightly reminiscent of Jennifer Zia, the famous case that ran into

controversy and computation. How potentially fraught is it for

politicians when they use a specific case to make a point? This is

something we have seen Jeremy Corbyn make a real point. When he began as

Labour leader, he started Prime Minister's Questions by saying he

wanted e-mails and letters from people to talk about what's going on

in their lives. He has made use of that, and at times has been mocked

at Prime Minister's Questions for bringing up some of those case

studies. There is a rich tradition, it's part of an MP's job as a

constituency MP to raise concerns of constituents. But when these details

are raised by opposition leaders it can entail risk. Here we see a

difference of views with the boy 's mother saying that they waited for

five hours but the hospital said it was three hours. I think they can be

difficulties here for politicians. No doubt we will hear more of these

case studies being raised by Mr Corbyn.

The number of men in low-paid part-time work has increased

dramatically over the past 20 years, in contrast to those

We'll be talking to one part-time worker about his experiences.

Some gamers have waited for years - now Nintendo's got a new video

The Nintendo Switch is creating a buzz and we'll hear why

We will also talk more broadly about why it matters for Nintendo.

With the News, here's Annita in the BBC Newsroom.

Labour's Tristram Hunt is to stand down as an MP to become the director

The resignation of the former shadow education secretary will trigger

a by-election in Stoke-on-Trent Central.

When asked by the BBC whether he was quitting

because of his frustration with Jeremy Corbyn's leadership

of the Labour party, Mr Hunt said: "It's about the opportunity to have

one of the greatest museum jobs in the world."

Severe flood warnings are in place along the east coast of England,

amid fears thousands of homes are at risk from a storm surge.

The Environment Agency has issued 11 severe flood warnings,

In Lincolnshire, 100 soldiers have been deployed to help the police.

In the village of Jaywick, near Clacton in Essex,

people have been advised to move to safety.

Mary Cahra was evacuated from her home in Jaywick last night.

I heard on the radio that they were going to evacuate everyone at 7am

this morning. I unpacked my shopping, had my dinner and went to

bed. Then I heard a lot of noise is so phoned a neighbour and he said,

where are you? I said I was in my lodge and he said I had to get out

immediately. I left immediately and came here. They have been wonderful

since I came here. They have been doing everything for us and more

importantly, I'm safe. NHS bosses have revealed that nearly

half of the hospitals in England declared a major alert in the first

week of this year as they The official figures from NHS

England show that 66 out of 142 hospital trusts raised the alarm

as mounting bed shortages led to large numbers of patients

experiencing trolley waits The number of men in low-paid

part-time work has increased New research by the Institute

for Fiscal Studies has found that one in five low-paid men,

between the ages of 25 and 55, now works part-time compared

with one-in-20 two decades ago. There were emotional

scenes during a ceremony at the White House last night,

as outgoing US President with the country's highest civilian

honour. For the final time as president,

I'm pleased to award our nation's highest civilian honour,

the Presidential Medal of Freedom. As you heard there,

Joe Biden received Mr Biden said the honour had been

a complete surprise. Barack Obama said he and his second

in command had had "quite a ride". This also gives the internet

one last chance to... That's a summary of the latest news,

join me for BBC Newsroom Let's catch up with the sport.

Johanna Konta has won the Sydney International this morning. The

British number-1 beat Agassi Radwanska 6-4, 6-2, the ideal warm

up for the Australian open which starts on Monday. Johanna Konta has

been drawn against Kirsten Flipkens in the first round. In the men's

draw, world number one Andy Murray will face the Ukrainian Marchenko in

his first-round match. He could face Roger Federer in the quarterfinals.

There will be a minute's applause before all English football league

matches this weekend in tribute to former England manager Graham Taylor

who died yesterday at the age of 72. Alastair Cook will meet director of

cricket Andrew Strauss over his future as in that captain. He has

faced questions in his role after the 4-0 defeats to India. And Brian

Fletcher has died at the age of 69. He rode Red Rum to victory in the

Grand National in 1973 1974. Former champion jockey Peter Scudamore has

described him as an unsung hero of sport. Christopher Steele, the

former British spy behind a controversial dossier on Donald

Trump was apparently once hired by the England's 2018 World Cup team.

What was he hired for? This was the England 2018 attempt to win the bid,

the votes to host the 28 World Cup. It was held in December, 2010,

ending in humiliation for England, winning just two votes. I understand

in the run-up to the vote in 2009, Christopher Steele was hired by the

bid officials to provide intelligence on Fifa and

specifically on Russia, England's big rival. Russia went on to win the

bid and will host the World Cup in 2018. Christopher Steele was

providing bid officials with that intelligence. We also understand

through the Reuters news agency that in the summer of 2010, Christopher

Steele met with the FBI in London. The Eurasian crime department of the

FBI, and he provided information to them about his work involving world

football, and that in turn, say Reuters, helped give credibility,

credence, to Christopher Steele's reputation in US law enforcement and

intelligence circles. Is it a surprise that this sort of digging

would be happening in the world of sport? I think given the nature of

the World Cup, and how prestigious it is as a prize, given how it goes

beyond football. We are talking about soft power, the extension of

soft power, international trade, commerce, it's a very prestigious

thing for countries to win. We saw how much Russia in 2018 wanted it.

Qatar winning in 2022. It's no surprise that England engaged in

this. We have known in the past that this has gone on. Christopher Steele

and his company were perhaps not the only company retained by England's

two gather information on Russia and its rivals. It perhaps said some

light on this rather murky process. Still under investigations by the

Swiss authorities given the allegations of corruption

surrounding the entire process. Nintendo has got a new video

game console on the way. The Nintendo Switch is creating

a buzz and we'll hear why The number of men in low-paid

part-time work has increased "dramatically" over the past 20

years, in contrast to those Around one in five 25 to 55-year-old

men on low hourly wage rates now work part-time,

compared with one in 20 for higher earners, says the Institute

for Fiscal Studies. Andrew Hood is a Senior Research

Economist at the Institute for Fiscal Studies and one

of this study's researchers. And Ryan Aldred works

part time in retail. Thank you both for joining us.

Andrew first, tell us more about the research you've done. We hear a lot

about winning in low-paid part-time work. I know this is the first time

the focus has been on men in this particular area. This was part of a

broader research project to try to understand what's driven changes in

inequality in the UK in the last 20 years. We found inequality in men's

weekly pay had grown significantly. We were investigating why that was.

When covered that if you look at those with low hourly pay, they are

more likely to work part-time. Low hours and low wages now go hand in

hand to a greater extent than 20 years ago. It has been changing over

20 years gradually. What do you think is behind it? That's still an

open question and we are still looking into it. There are two broad

ants as we could give. It could be an aspect of people's choices. The

labour market is more flexible so some people might choose to work

part-time instead of full-time for a whole variety of reasons. The other

thing is that he is reflect the fact that these low hourly paid men are

increasingly struggling to find full-time work. Ryan is someone

working part-time for low wages. Before we get onto whether you it or

not, what your hours are, and what you are paid. I'm paid 7.25 per

hour. But in terms of my hours, I've only guaranteed four hours per week.

It can dip drastically from anywhere between four and 36 hours and

anywhere in between. You were shaking your head vehemently when