01/02/2017 Victoria Derbyshire

Hello, it's Wednesday. It's 9am.

I'm Victoria Derbyshire. Welcome to the programme.

This evening MPs are likely to take the historic step of voting

to trigger the process of the UK leaving the European Union.

It's a big day for voters, it's a big day for politicians

and we're going to hear more of this.

England has saved herself and will I trust save Europe and the United

Kingdom by her example. I personally shall be voting with my

conscience, content in this vote and when we see what unfolds here after

as we leave the European Union, I hope the consciouses of other

members of Parliament remain equally content.

In an exclusive interview, we'll talk live to

18-year-old Chelsea Cameron from Dundee who's written an open

letter to her drug addicted mum and dad thanking them for not

She says it made her ambitious, independent

Her first interview, exclusively at 9.15am.

E-mails telling you to do the right thing or snooping?

Internet providers are contacting those of you who've downloaded

Throughout the morning, we'll bring you the latest breaking

We are going to talk about rail fares and how confusing the system

is with some trips costing more if you buy different tickets.

Operators are now planning an overhaul.

Send us your examples of baffling fares.

Use the hashtag Victoria LIVE and If you text, you will be charged

MPs will vote tonight on legislation that would allow the Government

to formally start the process of leaving the European Union.

MPs debated the issue for nearly 12 hours yesterday and will have more

discussions today. The Government is expected to win despite opposition

from some. Our Political Correspondent

Chris Mason reports. Heading home into the winter's night

after nearly 12 hours of debate. Midnight in Westminster

with another afternoon This is a debate

with fire and passion. In my opinion, the people

have decided, and I'm That eight second speech best sums

up the mood of MPs however This is a process that

needs to be triggered. We need to do it soon and the public

of this country expect us to do it. The new government have acted

as though the vote in the referendum gives them carte blanche to engineer

the most extreme kind of arrangements for

the UK leaving the EU. She is one of a few dozen

Labour MPs who could vote against starting Brexit,

but ministers are confident they'll win easily because many MPs

who passionately campaigned for Remain will support

starting the Brexit process, even if they're irritated

by the claims of some. Please don't mock our intelligence

by pretending we're going to sign a suite of trade deals on day one

of leaving the European Union. And MPs return here this morning

to pick up where they left off. We will talk to various MPs

throughout the programme about that. Joanna is in the BBC

Newsroom with a summary Train operators have promised

to overhaul what they say Trials aimed at cutting red tape,

and making it easier for passengers to find the cheapest fares,

will begin in May. Our business correspondent

Ben Thompson reports. Buying train tickets is notoriously

complicated and confusing for many and so now the government

is to trial a new, simpler system, one that should make it easier

to find the cheapest fares. The new trial will begin in May this

year on trains between London, It will reduce the number

of confusing ticket options. The rail delivery group,

which represents train operators, says the changes will mean

passengers are offered the best price every time regardless

of whether they book It's quite complicated to find

which place to buy them A wide range from ?10 to ?76

for the journey I do. It is quite confusing to know

which ones to take, especially like, The trial should put an end

to what's known as split ticketing, where passengers divide

their journey into single shorter Out of date options and discounts

will also be removed The clearer ticket vending

machines will never replace trained helpful members of staff,

so we need to make sure that train companies ensure that ticket offices

remain open and that there are staff there who can talk you through

the different options, The train companies themselves

have welcomed the trial, blaming government rules built up

over decades for stopping them But critics say the trial doesn't go

far enough after above inflation price rises came into force

in January alongside strikes and delays affecting many parts

of the rail network. Let's speak to Alexandra MacKenzie

who is at King's Cross What are people there

making of the changes? There seems to be something going

on. We have been hearing over the tannoy that the station is being

evacuated. So all of the exits that I can see around me, there are a lot

of people leaving the station, but at this stage we don't quite know

what's happening. It has just been announced that people are to leave

the station, but we were here earlier to speak to passengers about

the new ticketing scheme. The ticketing scheme that we have at the

moment, it has been with us for the last 30 years and politicians and

rail companies have said it is out dated and it is too complicated and

it is time for a change so that's what we were asking passengers about

here earlier. Some of them said they were quite happy with things as they

were. Other people said no, it is way too complicated. They seem to

have trouble knowing whether they were getting the best value for

money or whether they knew when a ticket was peak or off-peak. The one

main thing that they did speak to me about was the cost of tickets.

Almost everyone said that they just felt rail travel was too expensive,

but they did speak to me about split ticketing which most people I spoke

to had had at least tried and I'll give you an example. If we wanted to

go on a journey today, a return journey, from Cornwall all the way

up to Wick, on an advanced return ticket, we would pay around ?300.

But someone who did their research and was doing split ticketing I

understand could get six tickets between Cornwall and Wick and they

could pay as little as ?80 for that. So a very big difference.

That's just one example and we'd love people to get in touch with

their examples as well. All the usual ways of getting in touch,

thank you. Presdent Trump has nominated

a conservative judge, Neil Gorsuch, to fill a vacancy on the US Supreme

Court. If confirmed, the 49-year-old

will become the youngest person to fill the position in a quarter

of a century. Some Democrats say they'll

oppose him because of his attitudes Our Washington Correspondent,

David Willis has more. In the hands of this man,

even an appointment to the top court in the land has the feel

of a reality TV show. Today, I'm keeping another promise

to the American people Donald Trump had brought the top two

contenders for the job to Washington in order to keep his prime-time TV

audience guessing, only to tell this federal

appeals court judge, Judge Gorsuch has outstanding legal

skills, a brilliant mind, tremendous discipline,

and has earned bipartisan support. At 49, Neil Gorcuch is the youngest

nominee to the supreme court in more Standing here in a house

of history, and acutely aware of my own imperfections,

I pledge that if I am confirmed I will do all my powers permit

to be a faithful servant of the constitutional laws

of this great country. Judge Gorsuch's conservative

ideology is closely aligned to that of the man he has been nominated

to replace, Justice Antonin Scalia, The choice of Neil Gorsuch is a gift

to those who voted for Donald Trump. His conservative views could tip

the balance of the Supreme Court on such key issues as abortion,

voting rights, and The system for recovering cash

from overseas patients who use the NHS is "chaotic" and ministers

should "get a grip" on the issue, The Public Accounts Committee

is calling for more to be done by the NHS to identify and charge

people from overseas. The Department of Health says

the amount recovered from foreign countries has more than trebled

in three years. Police say a 16-year-old Vietnamese

boy has been found hiding in bushes in Dumbarton,

after escaping from traffickers. The teenager is thought to have been

trafficked to Russia before He was found by a member

of the public two weeks ago. Police are appealing

for information. That's a summary of

the latest BBC News. Thank you very much. Let me read

some messages from you. Thank you. On Brexit Matt on Facebook says

"Today we get to see how many MPs from all parties put the interests

of the European Union above the British people's decision to leave

the European Union." And this tweet from James who is very much looking

forward to hearing Chelsea Cameron in her first broadcast interview in

about five minutes time. Chelsea has written an open letter to her drug

addicted parents to thank them for effectively not being there for her

as she was growing up. James said as someone struggling with his

addiction this will be fascinating listening. Clearly, an old head on

such young shoulders. We'll talk live to Chelsea in five or six

minutes time. Do get in touch with us

throughout the morning - use the hashtag Victoria LIVE

and If you text, you will be charged Ryan Mason on the road to recovery.

He fractured his skull and it looked awful. What has he been saying?

We're glad there is a happy ending. Ryan Mason was released from

hospital on Monday, but he released a statement for the first time to

say that he's lucky to be alive. That he would like to thank everyone

for their support. This was nine days ago at Stamford in a game

between Hull and Chelsea and Ryan Mason is only 25 years old. It was a

collision with Gary Cahill, a clattering of heads and Ryan Mason

was stretchered off to applause at Stamford Bridge, but he then spent a

week in St Mary's Hospital in London and that led to quite a few worrying

moments. There were reports on the night that it might even be life

threatening. Thank goodness that's not the case. We don't know if Ryan

Mason will play football again, that's not been confirmed. His

manager said that he's confident he will make that full recovery to

actually go on and resume his career. Such an important player for

Hull as well. He's 25 years old, an England international and he is

their record club signing and Hull bottom of the praOk, they've sold

Jake Livermore, I would be amazed if he plays football this season. There

has been no official confirmation or anything to contradict that. He will

play, but the main thing, Victoria, he's out of hospital and he made

this statement saying that he's lucky to be alive and he's all good.

A group of MPs who make up the sport committee want to talk to Lord Coe

again about the Russian doping scandal. Remind us why and what are

the odds on him turning up again? Well, yeah, they've asked Lord Coe

to come in and speak to the Select Committee again. This is Damien

Collins the chairman of the Select Committee and Lord Coe, you will

remember he gave his evidence, he came and spoke to Damien Collins in

December 2015. This was all surrounding this Russian corruption

in athletics and at the Time Lord co said he wasn't aware of any

corruption in the sport. Well, since then, there has been evidence that

surfaced in a Panorama documentary last June where a former athlete,

David Bedford said that he sent this e-mail to Lord Coe, before December

2015, this is back this 2014, saying that he had this evidence about an

athlete called Lilia, a Russian athlete and he had sent the

attachments. Well, Lord Coe is saying he didn't open the attachment

because he was on holiday abroad and he forwarded the e-mail on. So it is

a kind of he said, she said. The Select Committee just want to know

who said what? And they want it explaining. They want to know how

much he knew before he had received this e-mail and of course, because

he told the Parliamentary Select Committee that he wasn't aware of

specific allegations. He is still saying there is no discrepancy

between what he said then and what they know now, but Damien Collins

says he has to come in and clear it up and saying that athletics is in a

precarious place at the moment and it needs its leader, the President

of IAAF Lord Coe, to come in and clear this up. Thank you very much.

Now most of us have memories of moments when we are growing up,

those firsts like getting exam results, prize giving,

trips away and having your family around to be there.

She is going to read us an open letter that she

wrote to her parents - both drug addicts - about how

But instead of being angry, she is grateful to them as she says

it has made her independent, ambitious and determined

This week her dad was sent to prison for burglary.

Take a few minutes to listen to Chelsea,

I know you are comfortable about that, but first of all explain a

little to our audience about your life growing up. I had a relatively

normal childhood growing up, that I was aware of my parents taking drugs

and some criminal behaviour they had been involved in. My parents

definitely loved me and still do, and care about me, but maybe not

enough to sacrifice drugs and to prioritise us in their lives. But

really I'm not here to go into detail about the things that

happened negatively in their lives, I want to be a positive role model

to other young people who are going through a similar situation. What

kind of drugs were they using? I am aware they were taking Valium,

possibly heroin, and other drugs they picked up on the street. What

do you recall was unusual compared to most other parents about their

behaviour? I think children are aware of a lot more than adults

probably think they are sometimes they were completely incoherent or

just not able to focus on what you were saying, slurring their words

and things like that which was traumatic as a child. Sometimes you

would see them fighting in the street and dealers hammering on the

door? I saw lots of situations where my parents were in the street

fighting with others or just other situations where maybe violence was

brought to our home and things like that. What was that like for you? It

was difficult as a child because naturally I love my parents and I

still do and I know they care about me, but there were things I may be

missed out on in my childhood that maybe my friends have opportunities

to do. Just a little bit of normality that was missing in my

childhood. I think you took your younger brother to his first day at

school because your parents were not capable of doing that. Unfortunately

my mother was not able to be there. My dad did come up with us and we

took my little brother to school that day, but that was really a big

step for me. I was young, maybe only 14, and my little brother went to

his first day of school and I took him there and communicated with the

staff and try to organise that for him, which may seem like a negative

experience, but I am thankful for that opportunity. Me and my little

brother have a great bond and that has developed the experiences we

have had in our family. Would you please read our some of your letter.

Yes, of course. Thank you. Thank you for teaching me that taking drugs

ruins lives, breaks families apart and gives no want a quality of life

when living. I will be eternally grateful for this lesson you have

taught me which is a message that stuck by me to this day and always

will. I have never and will never have a desire to take harmful

substances through your example. Thank you for teaching me to be

ambitious. Your example showed me that no ambition for education or

success is harmful and leads to a lot of self worth. Life is all about

choices and I did not need to make the same ones you did. Remember that

time we forced dad into watching Hannah Montana, but there is a lying

in one of the songs that says, life is what you make it, so let's make

it rock. Life has turned out for me what I have chosen to make it. You

both can make your lives rock as you make your chances. Thank you for

making me not easily embarrassed. You have both made choices,

sometimes very public, allowing everyone I associate to know what

you are like. That has given me the opportunity to speak freely and

openly about how I am and how my life has been growing up. In school

I try to have an all clear ego that an altar ego. I made myself

something that I was not associating with the harsh truth of our lives.

The thing that kept me sane was thinking people did not know the

truth. They probably did, but I brainwash myself into thinking that

they did not. Thank you for teaching me that life is unfair, people

disappoint you and there is nothing you can do about that. Thank you for

not being there to wave goodbye as I jetted off to Uganda on a trip of a

lifetime. Thank you for not being there when I got my first exam

results to say well done. Thank you for not being there when I got the

position of head girl. Thank you for not being there when I stood in

front of hundreds of people to speak at my prizegiving. You have given me

the greatest lesson of how to be independent. You have both allowed

me to be a more patient and tolerant person that I could have ever

imagined. Dad, I see you off, but I hope you have a greater insight into

the type of person I am. Mum, I hope you are well and I hope you are a

bit better now. I hope you know I am trying to be a good person. I hope

one day you will wake up and realise there is so much more that the world

has to offer you and when that day comes, please come to find me so we

can enjoy live together. I will show you some nice restaurants and if you

are lucky I will take you to Germany one day. Until then I will dream of

what my life might be like with parents to enjoy it with. Wow, that

is really powerful and very moving. What is upsetting is to say life is

not sunshine and rainbows. We know that, but you know it at such a

young age and that makes me very sad. There are lots of negative

things that come into people's lives possibly not through their own

circumstances. What I wanted to do was to allow people to see that they

could choose positivity, no matter what circumstances they were in, and

have joined in their life no matter what circumstances are. Society

tells you if you parents live a certain way, or if you live a

certain lifestyle, it is destined that you live like that. My hope is

to show other young people that they can choose exactly what they want

their life to be. They can choose joy, happiness and positivity, no

matter what the circumstances. What kind of a response you have had? I

have had incredible responses. So many people in similar situations

have said, this has helped me, it has made me know that it is OK to

talk about how you feel, not to bottle it up and to know they do not

have to fall into that pathway. Not just with drugs, a lot of people

have contacted me with any negative situation they have had in their

lives and it has made them realise that you can choose to be positive.

Because a negative has happened in your life, that does not determine

your attitude, you can be positive and continue to be happy. Is it

young people, kids, middle aged people contacting you? I have had a

lot of different people, a lot of young people and older people who

may be did not know my circumstances before or who had known my parents.

They had reached out to support me and allowed me to know that I have

helped someone by showing them the letter as well, which was my desire.

You talk about the period of time when you were younger when you felt

you had to hide what was going on at home. As a young person you are very

easily embarrassed and you want to try and be this person that seems

perfect and your life is perfect and everything flows nicely and no one

needs to know anything negative about your life. I kept that persona

for a long time and I bottled it up. I felt like I wanted to shed the

letter because it was time for me to speak about how I feel and to tell

others that it is time for them to speak about how they feel as well.

Although I do not know them, I can support them and they can come to me

for any advice as a friend and supporter. At 14, in the middle of

high school, you stopped living with your parents. Where did you go? I

lived with various family members and friends. That was on the

recommendation of social workers? Yes. What did they say? They said my

dad was not able to care for us any more. He was in a bad place with his

difficulties and it was the best for my brother and I to move away from

that. I have had continuous support from family and friends who have

taken me in and show me a level of care that was not necessary for them

to give me, that my parents would have given me, but they have

continued to support me and I am extremely grateful for it. This is

not an angry letter. You are not publicly shaming your parents. You

mean it. This is thank you. I am absolutely not here to criticise my

parents or to put shame upon them. As I have said, I want other young

people to know that they are not alone. There are other people facing

these difficulties and to try and have a positive spin on things. We

live in a society that is full of negativity and chaos and lots of

trouble going on. When we get to a place in our lives where we can

choose to be positive and happy, it is the best thing for our own

well-being. How do you think you have achieved exam success, becoming

head girl? The trip to Uganda was so important to you, how have you done

it? I have had so much support from other friends, teachers and family

members that have really allowed me to choose to go down that path.

Opportunities are coming my way, the opportunity to be the head girl, to

try hard at school, to have the opportunity to go to Uganda, and I

grabbed those opportunities with both hands and I did things that

will enrich my life hopefully. Your mum, who you have not spoken to for

over a year, has given a quote to the Daily Mail today. Is it OK if I

read it? Yes, that is fine. No child should go through what Chelsea did

and live that kind of life. I am ashamed and upset that my behaviour

and I am so sorry. I am so proud of her. It is nice to hear that

response from my mum and I will continue to love and support my

parents. They have not made the best choices, but everyone makes bad

choices and I want them to know that I am there for them if they want to

reach out to me. I will be involved in their lives as much as I can.

What was your reaction when your dad was jailed this week? I was not

surprised, but we have a great relationship, I get on with him very

well and I will continue to support him my whole life for anything that

he needs. These are messages from our audience, may I read them? Yes.

Chris says, what an inspirational young women. Ian says, what an

amazing young woman Chelsea Cameron is after such a troubled childhood.

Good luck to her in her future. A lovely lady. Chuck says, Chelsea is

an exceptional lady. Bolivia, what an inspirational and incredible

girl, and she has chosen the life she wants to live. Mehdi says, well

done young lady. Clare says, wow, what an incredible young woman, she

will go far. Ellie says this on Twitter, I am listening now, what an

inspiration. Thank you very much. It is true. Thank you. Do you forgive

your parents? Absolutely, absolutely. No matter the choices

they make, I continue to forgive them. I am thankful for the

opportunities they have given me to become an independent person, to

choose good pathways. Maybe if my childhood was different, I would not

have had the opportunities I have now to be independent and ambitious

and to have the drive I have. I will be eternally grateful for that. You

are only a teenager, do you know what you want to do? Not entirely,

see what opportunities come my way, I guess. I wish you lots of luck.

Thank you for talking to us. Thank you. If you want to get in touch

with Chelsea Cameron and us, you can send us an e-mail.

This evening MPs will vote on the bill that would allow

Theresa May to trigger Article 50 and formally notify the EU

We'll be speaking to three MPs here in the studio.

Some internet providers are warning customers their illegal

It's a controversial move and some experts believe

it has come too late to be an effective deterrent.

We'll talk about that in the next hour as well.

In the BBC Newsroom here's a summary of today's news.

MPs will today vote on legislation that would allow the Government

to trigger Article 50, starting the process

It would see the start of two years of formal negotiations

The Government is expected to win the vote, despite opposition

Train operators have promised to overhaul what they say

Trials aimed at making it easier for passengers to find the cheapest

The first routes affected will include CrossCountry,

Virgin Trains' east and west coast services and East Midlands.

Donald Trump has nominated a conservative judge from Colorado,

Neil Gorsuch, to fill a vacancy on the US Supreme Court.

If confirmed, the 49-year-old will become the youngest person

to fill the position in a quarter of a century.

Some Democrats have said they will oppose the choice.

David Cameron tried to have the editor of the Daily Mail

sacked during last year's EU referendum campaign,

The paper's owner said the former Prime Minister had asked him

to "rein in" or dismiss Paul Dacre, who was strongly pro-Brexit.

A spokesman for Mr Cameron said he "did not believe

he could determine who edited the Daily Mail."

The leader of France's National Front party, Marine Le Pen,

could have her MEP's salary cut in half today as a punishment

The European Parliament had given her until midnight to return

?250,000 it says she mis-spent on the salary of a party official.

Ms Le Pen says she won't give the money back.

That's a summary of the latest BBC News.

I cannot tell you how many messages we've got for Chelsea Cameron. Alice

says, "I'm blown away by Chelsea's mindset. What an inspiration."

Maggie, "A an amazing young woman with great coping mechanisms. "

Bernadette says, "OMG, what a wonderful and beautiful attitude to

life." Stevie says, "You've got me welling up at my desk at work. James

says, "Choice. The heart of it all. So moving a testimony. I'm looking

in the mirror long and hard." Another viewer says, "Please hug

this girl. She is amazing." Another viewer says, "Day time TV never

makes me cry." ." Another viewer says, "Thank you, Chelsea, you

reminded me at 57 to make good life choices." We did hug!

Here's some sport now with Will Perry.

Chelsea have extended their lead at the top of the Premier League

David Luiz put them ahead at Anfield and although Liverpool equalised

and Chelsea missed a penalty, but Antonio Conte's side

are now nine points clear after their closest rivals stumbled.

Hull City's Ryan Mason said he was "lucky to be alive"

Mason fractured his skull in a challenge with Chelsea

He has thanked everyone for the "overwhelming support" given

England's cricketers will be looking to finish a disappointing winter

Their last hope of a series win lies with the final T20

in Bangalore after they lost the Test

Lord Coe has been asked to meet MPs again after e-mails seem

to confirm he did know the details of doping allegations

in athletics, four months before they became public.

Coe says he was not aware of the specifics.

The Brexit debate will carry on in the Commons this afternoon,

after a late-night session where MPs delivered passionately held views

And tonight they will vote on the legislation giving

the Government the go-ahead to trigger Article 50.

The Bill is expected to pass this test in spite

of opposition from the SNP, the Liberal Democrats

Norman Smith joins us now outside Parliament.

That's a question I put to one leading anti-Brexit campaigner and

he said we are going to lose. The people opposed to Brexit are going

to lose. If you want to boil it down to one basic reason, it is because

most of them, the overwhelming majority of them accept the result

of the referendum. They may not like it. In fact, they don't like it, but

they accept the people have spoken. So, yes, there will be plenty of

arguments still over the details, whether we're in the single market,

what sort of immigration rules we have, whether MPs should have a vote

before Mrs May agrees a deal, but on the fundamental question - Mrs May

wins and MPs tonight will vote to begin the process of leaving the EU.

So I am the breaks tiers are on a roll. Some were comparing it to

Henry the fifth's speech to British troops to the Battle of Waterloo.

Have a listen... The instruction of the British people have to be

carried out. That's what we will do. If I may say once again those famous

words of William Pitt England has saved herself and will I trust save

Europe and the United Kingdom by her example.

And all those many good things that Europe, we are told, has given us,

the great news is, we can decide to keep them for ourselves! All those

good laws we will keep. All those employment protections, we will

agree to continue. And the day that we leave the European Union, it will

be a great day. Stirring stuff. I don't think I have seen John Redwood

getting so animated, but contrast that with Ken Clarke, the only Tory

who is going to vote against triggering this Bill beginning our

departure from the EU. Now he was actually applauded at the end by

some Opposition MPs, but have a look at the two Tory sitting behind him

sort of indifference. I personally shall be voting with my conscience

content in this vote and when we see what unfolds here after as we leave

the European Union, I hope the consciences of other members of

Parliament remain equally content. So Mr Clarke the only Conservative

who is going to vote against this. What about the Labour Party? Well,

Vic, you'd like to say it is a car crash, but it is worse than a car

crash. You'd have to look away. The blunt truth is Labour are split from

top to bottom on the issue of Europe from the Shadow Cabinet, through the

Parliamentary party through the constituency parties and through

ordinary Labour voters and it is not something you can blame Jeremy

Corbyn for. It is much more profound and it is hard to see how the two

sides can mesh together again and you know yesterday in the Commons

there were Labour MPs sniping at each other. I've got a couple here.

First, Kate Howey having a go at those of her colleagues who were

sort of deriding people who voted for Brexit on the ground they didn't

really understand the issues. Take a look. People didn't know what they

were voting for. They voted to leave, but they didn't know what

that meant. They didn't understand it. It really is patronising and it

is part of the reason why so many people voted to leave, that they

were fed-up being treated as if they knew nothing and that those in power

knew more than them. It's not clear whether the Prime

Minister frightened the European Commission by her threat to

devastate our tax base and in consequence all our public services,

but she successfully frightened me. I do not believe, not for one

second, that that is what the British people thought they were

voting for. So, for now, Mrs May's plans for Brexit are on course. The

only other thing I would say Vic, this place often, you know people

view it as dull and dreary. Actually yesterday, you know, it was at its

best. We had really passionate convincing speeches on both sides

and you know, if you want to take a look at the best of Parliament then

I would suggest maybe having a look at the debates today because it's

quite stirring stuff. Cheers, Norman.

Earlier I spoke with Labour's Shadow Foreign Secretary

and former Brexit Secretary Emily Thornberry.

She told this programme the party's stance on Brexit

We campaigned to remain in the European Union.

But the referendum was a serious thing.

We asked people to make up their minds what they wanted

to do and they decided that we had to leave.

And so, you know, we are internationalists and we like Europe

but we are Democrats, more than anything else.

And so we have our instructions from the British public

and we're going to leave the European Union but,

you know, not necessarily the way the Tories want to.

The Tories have got a whole bunch of contradictory ideas

about what it is that they see as our future in Europe, the worst

one being that they will go for low taxes, deregulation,

getting rid of people's rights, getting rid of environmental

So we will be fighting them all the way in order to make sure

that we get the sort of economy at the end of this that maximises

Do you understand your Labour colleagues who say, look,

my constituency voted to remain in the European Union, I am

going to do what my constituency, what my voters want to do,

so I'm going to vote against triggering Article 50 today?

Listen, 75% of my constituents voted to remain in the European Union.

As a national party you don't pick one side or another,

you speak on behalf of the whole nation.

And kind of weirdly, like, the contradiction

within the Labour Party, the fact that we have people

who want to stay and we have people who want to go actually,

And it's up to us to step up and say OK, we're leaving but let's make

sure that we get the best possible deal because we don't trust

What will happen to those Labour MPs who vote against the majority,

the will of the people, and vote against their boss, Jeremy Corbyn?

Well, I think those who are in front bench positions will have to stand

down because the Labour Party, we have had many, many discussions.

We've come to this decision together.

Are you expecting to lose more frontbenchers then?

Well, who knows? I'm not making any predictions.

I mean, I've had lots of conversations, I do understand,

I completely respect where people are coming from and I'm sure

But it is in our country's interest that the opposition does not

turn its back on democracy, that we go ahead with

But we've got to help the Government, to make sure we get

What do you say to those who say it's a bit rich Jeremy Corbyn

with this three line whip because how many times did he vote

He's well aware of that. He's well aware of that.

He's aware of it, what does he say? Is he not a hypocrite?

He's not a hypocrite, he's now leading a national party

and we have a national position that we've come to collectively

and that's the decision and we're going ahead with it.

Let us talk now to conservative MP Kwasi Kwarteng who voted to leave

the EU and who will vote for triggering Article 50 tonight,

and Labour MP Heidi Alexander who voted to remain in the EU and,

despite orders from Jeremy Corbyn, will rebel and vote

Why? Well, I actually think that we have to take this decision in what

each individual believes to be the national economic interest. Your

boss doesn't think that though? What Jeremy Corbyn thinks, what the

whipping arrangements for me is not as important as what my conscience

tells me and what I think is best for the country. Every MP... What's

going to happen to you after you have rebelled? I am a backbench MP.

I need to look at what the big key issues are. I don't think that when

people voted last year to leave the European Union that they were voting

on the issue of coming out of the single market. Are you expecting a

lot of vitriol online after your vote tonight or not? I haven't had

much so far to be honest. I experienced a lot of vitriol last

summer when I decided to resign from the Shadow Cabinet as the Shadow

Health Secretary. What I'm doing is what I believe to be in the national

economic interest and I think that there is a fundamental question

about democracy here as well, democracy didn't start or end on

23rd June. If I can just finish this point. Sorry, go on. It is

important. In the Conservative manifesto, page 72 reads that a

Conservative Government would safeguard British interests in the

single market. The word, "Single market" Weren't on the ballot paper

in the referendum on 23rd June and then we have a Prime Minister where

No vote has been cast about her becoming the leader of the Tory

Party, determining what Brexit looks like and I actually think that more

people than just the Prime Minister, should be involved in having a say

about what that looks like. Well, she had a big statement there and I

know lots of things that she said and I disagree. Firstly, you

accepted the referendum. You voted for a referendum as I understand.

What's the point in having a referendum if you ignore the result?

It is not some sort of advisory committee. It's 33 million people

casting a vote. There was a clear decisive result and all this

triggering of Arle 50 is implementing the result of that

vote. Now, I understand in your constituency, the majority of people

voted to remain. So I do understand that, but I think once you've

committed to a referendum, you as a politician, you should honour the

result. I mean, Ken Clarke is in a very good position because he didn't

want a referendum and he voted against it. You voted for it.

There were circumstances under which I could have voted to trigger

Article 50, but Theresa May took that option off the table for me

when she made that speech in Lancaster House. What if no good

deal is reached? We are out the single market. I do not understand

what it means to leave the EU and be in the single market. People talk

the Norwegian arrangement, in that instance you do not have any control

over freedom of movement. You have to accept it. We are subjected to

World Trade Organisation tariffs, import licences, customs checks, a

whole load of bureaucracy, not to mention the tariffs. The tariffs are

quite low. They are not free. Most of it will be eliminated through

currency fluctuations. You make it sound so simple. It is simple,

people are trying to complicate things. David Cameron appeared on

the Andrew Marr show when he was Prime Minister, do you remember?

Yes, I do remember. A lot has happened. They were trying to

frighten the wits out of people that if we voted to leave the EU, we

would leave the single market and he said that on more than one occasion.

People were not frightened by their threats and George Osborne's

punishment budget and they were clear eyed and voted to leave.

Colleagues of yours to do the airwaves... I don't remember. They

did. Owen Paterson said only a madman would leave the single

market. He was not head of the campaign. If you allow me to finish.

We had Nigel Farage who the broadcasters could not get off the

television. He was claiming that countries such as Norway do pretty

well outside of the European Union. The debate that led up to the

referendum was misleading and sometimes toxic. It inflamed the

situation rather than informed people. I respect the result of the

referendum, but I do not respect... You do not respect it enough to

trigger article 15. You could argue that people have already voted to

trigger Article 50. There were circumstances under which I could

have voted to trigger Article 50. When Theresa May said she was

pulling as out of the single market, when she said she was prioritising

reducing immigration over our national economic interests, and

when she threatened our closest geographical neighbours with in

effect a trade war, I was ashamed of what the British Prime Minister said

on that day. Do you think the public should have a say on the final deal?

It depends what the final deal is? Why does it depend on that? There is

not a deal, there is nothing to vote for. I think we are getting ahead of

ourselves. I am not frightened of a second referendum. If Theresa May

comes back with what she and you considered to be a good deal, that

should be put to the people? It will be put to Parliament. What about the

people? I am not sure, I do not think that is necessary. They should

not have a say? Let's see what the deal is. It may well be that people

want to decide. It is not up to me. Either way, I think we are leaving

the EU, I think the people who want to stay in the EU are deluded if

they think a second referendum will overturn the result of the first

one. I was not suggesting that, but do you think the public should have

a final say on the deal that Theresa May comes back with? At the very

least members of Parliament should have a meaningful vote on that. What

about the public? Yes, I do. On Monday we're holding

a special programme looking We'll be looking at the problems

it's facing and asking If you work in the NHS, a doctor,

a nurse or a consultant, or you're a patient with recent

experience, we'd love you to take It's in central London

on Monday February 6th. to register your interest and one

of our team will be in touch. If you're watching TV

on your laptop, or a film in the cinema or buying music online

you'll be familiar So if you choose to ignore that

warning and continue to download your favourite TV series

illegally or share music without paying for it,

you can now expect to receive an e-mail detailing what you're

up to, in the hope it It's part of the government's

attempt to crack down on piracy. This scheme purely focuses on people

sharing files from one The idea is that people

will change their habits if they know their activity

is being monitored by the big internet providers like BT,

Virgin Media, TalkTalk and Sky. Let's talk now to John Carr,

who is a member of the UK Council He advises the government

about children's use And Marianne Grant,

Motion Picture Association's They both feel these "educational

e-mails" will crack-down on piracy. And Mark Chapman from

The Pirate Party who does Why not? Because, firstly, how many

people when you receive an e-mail from your Internet service provider

does not go into your deleted folder? The idea that people do not

know that what they are doing is illegal, that these educational

e-mails are giving them information about alternative providers that

they can use, legal streaming services, the idea that people do

not know that they already exist is ludicrous. Why do people infringe

copyright and download movies and films illegally? The idea that

piracy is about theft is one of the more misjudged ideas. Internet

piracy tends to be about access. Ofcom said that for every ?16 that

normal users pay for use, digital download pirates pay ?26. They are

positive to the creative arts. Why do people do it? Because they want

to watch the latest film as soon as it has happened. If it is a US

release of a new series and it is not out in the UK, they will do it?

Explain to mark what that costs the film industry and how much this is

an issue for the film industry. It is a huge issue for the film

industry, not just music and games and other parts of the industry.

Music, 150- ?200 million in a year is lost to piracy. About the same

amount of money is spent in making new music. Literally the music

industry could be doing twice as much as what it does with new

artists if it was not losing that money. That is an example in real

terms. In your analogy, maybe I could correct a couple of things.

First of all, e-mails are triggered by people sharing files online, but

they do not just talk about file sharing. Secondly, if the Internet

service providers are not honouring people on their networks, the

copyright holders will send notices. And they send the e-mail to the

user. We do not want people to feel that their activity online is being

looked at. If you got an e-mail saying, we notice you have been

sharing this file illegally, would you stop doing it? I would. I would

not do in the place. You can see the point I am making? We are doing more

than that. We can say, there are consequences to your behaviour and

some of those are a loss to the industry, but it is also a loss of

jobs, a loss to the innovators and the creators trying to make

something. It is the time people invest in making what they do. Last

night, at the Costa book awards happened and I heard the winner this

morning and he said, it took him 50 years to plan the book. He said it

had been in his head for 50 years. That is what we are dealing with.

Everyone is a fan of something, so when everyone understands that

better, which is what we want to say with these e-mails, they say, I did

not think about it that way. In some cases it is theft. John Carr, it is

not clear to me how many e-mails you will need to get before some

sanction is imposed. Are there any sanctions or is it just hope people

will change their behaviour? As far as I am aware it is about drawing

attention to people that they are breaking the law. A lot of parents

who are the account holders in these situations have no idea that their

kids are up to this kind of thing and what they are doing is unlawful.

I hope these e-mails will trigger a conversation between parents and

their children who might be ripping off films, music or whatever. There

are two reasons why I am interested in this as a child protection

person. One is it is a very bad idea for young people to be encouraged to

believe to think that stealing or behaving unlawfully is permissible

or is cool, or is something you can get away very easily with. Secondly,

some of these piracy websites that kids are going to our awful and

disgusting places, full of adverts for prostitution, drugs, we just do

not want young people going to these places to begin with. A question

from Hugh who is watching, please clarify the difference between

downloading and streaming? Are they both illegal? They can be, it

depends from where you are streaming in from. It is the source of the

content. There are lots of legal places to stream from and legal apps

that you can be using on your tablet and phone, but there are illegal

ones because the content is not licensed. Do you accept the point

there will be parents who will not know what their child is doing and

it might be illegal and it would be useful for the parents to get one of

these e-mails? I accept there are parents who do not know what

children are doing on the Internet and it is a big issue that society

has not yet tackled properly. The fact you are targeting some parents

in this, but not all, that is a conversation we should be having

just wider than the people who these e-mails are going to. Which is why

we have the rest of the campaign which has been running for over a

year, so we are. We have an ad that has been viewed about 12 million

times. We have lots of different videos and assets that have been

produced talking about different areas in the industry with

creatives. We have been trying to reach people where they are in the

place they like and these e-mails are just another tool in that

toolkit to help us get that message out. Thank you all very much for

coming on the programme. Still to come: Could a computer be able to

read to the mind of a patient experiencing locked in syndrome.

That is when somebody is conscious, but they are unaware that they are

able to communicate. We will talk to a woman who recovered from locked in

syndrome and I will be due some more of your incredible messages to

Chelsea Cameron who was on the programme earlier. She read her open

letter to her drug addicted parents. You are so admiring of her and I

will read some of your messages in the next hour. We have got the

latest news and sport, before that, the weather.

This weather front will clear away and we have drier and brighter

interlude with a few showers before more rain and strengthening winds

arrive from the West. It is a mild start, temperatures not lifting that

much from where they are now. Overnight we lose this front and the

second one moves eastwards and then the next system comes in from the

West, producing heavy rain and strengthening winds. Temperatures

between 7-10. We are not anticipating problems with frost.

Tomorrow rain moves from the West to the east, but the main feature will

be the wind. It will be a windy day wherever you are. Gail is out

towards the west and into the Irish Sea and up to Scotland. Temperatures

are in double figures, but it will not feel particularly pleasant.

18-year-old Chelsea Cameron from Dundee wrote an open letter

to her drug addicted mum and dad thanking them for not

She has told us in her first ever interview that while normality

was missing from her childhood, her parents' absence had

made her ambitious, independent and determined to succeed.

Life is not sunshine and rainbows and thank you for teaching me that

life is unfair. People disappoint you and there is sometimes nothing

you can do about that. A lesson well learnt from the both of you. Guy

says, "What an inspirational young woman. I sat here and criedment"

Laura says, "Amazing bravery. Heartfelt thank you to her drug

addicted parents. What an inspiring girl."

You can watch the full 15 interview with Chelsea again and read the full

letter by going to our programme page.

MPs are likely to begin the process of leaving the process of leaving

the European Union tonight. We're likely to hear more of that in the

Commons. England has saved herself and will, I trust, save Europe and

the United Kingdom by her example. I personally shall be voting with my

conscience, content in this vote and when we see what unfolds here after

as we leave the European Union, I hope the consciences of other

members of Parliament remain equally content.

Police in Los Angeles have made 500 arrests and rescued more than 50

women and girls in their biggest ever operation to find young women

We have exclusive access to the LAPD's major

We find minors every day that were out here working.

We had them as young as 11 and all the way to 17.

11 is the youngest that we had though.

And she was being forced to sell herself...

Have you ever been confused when buying train tickets?

Train operators are to overhaul what they say is a "baffling"

ticketing system to ensure that you, the passengers, pay

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

MPs will vote tonight on legislation that would allow the government

to trigger Article 50, starting the process

It would see the start of two years of formal negotiations

The Government is expected to win the vote, despite opposition

Train operators have promised to overhaul what they say

Trials aimed at cutting red tape, and making it easier for passengers

to find the cheapest fares, will begin in May.

Our business correspondent Ben Thompson reports.

Buying train tickets is notoriously complicated and confusing for many

so now the Government is to trial a new, simpler system,

one that should make it easier to find the cheapest fares.

The new trial will begin in May this year on trains between London,

It will reduce the number of confusing ticket options.

The rail delivery group, which represents train operators,

says the changes will mean passengers are offered the best

price every time regardless of whether they book

It's quite complicated to find which place to buy them

A wide range from ?10 to ?76 for the journey I do.

It is quite confusing to know which ones to take, especially like,

The trial should put an end to what's known as split ticketing,

where passengers divide their journey into single shorter

Out of date options and discounts will also be removed

The clearer ticket vending machines will never replace

trained, helpful members of staff, so we need to make sure that train

companies ensure that ticket offices remain open and that there are staff

there who can talk you through the different options,

The train companies themselves have welcomed the trial,

blaming government rules built up over decades for stopping them

But critics say the trial doesn't go far enough after above inflation

price rises came into force in January alongside strikes

and delays affecting many parts of the rail network.

Donald Trump has nominated a conservative judge from Colorado,

Neil Gorsuch, to fill a vacancy on the US Supreme Court.

If confirmed, the 49-year-old will become the youngest person

to fill the position in a quarter of a century.

Some Democrats have said they will oppose the choice

because of his attitudes towards womens' and workers' rights.

The system for recovering cash from overseas patients who use

the NHS is "chaotic" and ministers should "get a grip" on the issue,

The Public Accounts Committee is calling for more to be done

by the NHS to charge people from overseas.

The Department of Health says the amount recovered from foreign

countries has more than trebled in three years.

Police say a 16-year-old Vietnamese boy has been found hiding

in bushes in Dumbarton after escaping from traffickers.

The teenager is thought to have been trafficked to Russia before

He was found near Overtoun House in Dumbarton by a member

Police are appealing for information.

That's a summary of the latest BBC News.

Thank you very much. Overwhelmed with the messages for

Chelsea Cameron. Sarah says what an amazing young woman and a shining

example of positivity and hope to share with others. Another viewer

says, "Please hug this mature young woman from me. She amazed me with

her attitude towards life." Joanne says, "I'm moved to tears. Chelsea,

you are a wonderful, inspirational young woman." There are reams and

reams of these. Thank you very, very much for those. If you're getting in

touch, use the hashtag Victoria Live.

Antonio Conte said he was "proud" of his Chelsea players,

for the "personality" they showed against Liverpool at Anfield.

The 1-1 draw left Chelsea nine points clear at the top

They went ahead at Anfield, through a David Luiz free-kick.

Georginio Wijnaldum equalised for Liverpool.

Diego Costa had the chance to give them an even bigger cushion,

important to draw against a really good team. But it's important to

continue this way and to try to increase our points in the stable

and it is important to see ourselves.

With Chelsea dropping points, Arsenal could

have narrowed the gap, but their title challenge

They were beaten 2-1 at home to Watford.

Younes Kaboul and Troy Deeney scoring

Arsenal are third, level on points with Tottenham,

The title, you can only have a chance if you win your games. So

let's respond well. Before the game I knew and we prepared the game in a

conscientious way, but we have to learn from tonight and respond well.

Hull City's Ryan Mason says he's "lucky to be alive"

Mason fractured his skull in a challenge with Chelsea defender

Gary Cahill and had surgery the same night.

He's not put a time-frame on his recovery but has thanked

everyone for the "overwhelming support" given to him

The funeral of former England manager Graham Taylor will take

place later in Watford, home of the club where he enjoyed

Taylor died last month at the age of 72.

Thousands are expected to turn out and pay their respects

England's cricketers will be looking to finish a disappointing winter

Their last chance to win a series rests in Bangalore,

Despite losing the Test and One Day Series, Joe Root believes

We've got a lot in place to make us a very formidable side especially in

Twenty20 cricket because we've proven we can perform at that level

and across the others as well. We are building forward and making

massive strides in one day cricket especially with the bat, scoring

huge totals and we are finding our feet in Test cricket. So, it is a

very interesting and entertaining time to be playing in international

sport for England. And Lord Coe has been asked to meet

MPs again after emails seem to confirm that he did know

the details of doping allegations in athletics, four months

before they became public. Coe had told a Parliamentary Select

Committee that he was unaware of the specifics

of the Russian doping scandal. That's all for now. I will have the

headlines at 10.30am. Good morning, welcome to the

programme. Now, it's a side of

America you rarely see - it's hidden in the poverty

of the inner cities - children forced into commercial

sexual exploitation. Research last year suggested

thousands of girls under the age of 18 are forced to sell themselves

on the streets of the US. Last night Police in Los Angeles

announced the results of their biggest ever operation

to find these young people. They made almost 500 arrests

and rescued more than 50 Our correspondent Angus Crawford

was given exclusive access and spent This report does contain

upsetting scenes, so if you have children in the room

and you don't want them to watch, We find minors every day that

were out here working. We had them as young as 11

and all the way to 17. 11 is the youngest

that we had though. And she was being forced

to sell herself... On the street they call "the Blade",

in the richest country in the world, children are bought and sold at any

time of day, every day. We're looking for people

hiding in the shadows. And you'll see, often

times you'll see girls in the shadows in the corners,

and they're looking at the motorists in the cars

and looking to see if there This is South Central,

one of the poorest, toughest Sergeant Brian Gallagher

heads the area Vice Unit. A car approached her,

she is again moving, His job tonight, find those girls,

get them off the street. Stopped at Imperial

in the McDonald's parking lot. Uniformed officers have followed

a car and forced it to stop. It's four o'clock in the morning

and a routine patrol of the vice squad here has pulled over a car

driven by a man they know is a pimp. When they stopped it,

a young woman got out of the car The police fear she's

being exploited. They call them Romeo pimps,

it's kind of like a dating "Hey, I need you to do

this for us so we get a little bit more money and we can have a life

and live happily ever after". The tattoos on her leg

and neck are a giveaway. She's been branded with

the name of her pimp. Almost all the girls have

been marked like this. Police gently start to tease out

the information they need. It turns out she's been reported

missing by her parents. Officers hope they can

persuade her to leave My cousin grabbed me

and the way home from school. Next thing I know I'm

in a different city. America is slowly waking up

to the reality that thousands of children across the US

are being sexually I was actually groomed

from a very young girl. And at one point in my life

I thought that this is as good Put to work on the street

from the age of 11, now she helps You know, our kids are being picked

off left and right. To be bought and sold

and to make someone else money, it's kind of like our kids are seen

as something to sell, They're not seen as human beings,

like, this is, this is something that is actually taking over

the United States very rapidly. Which is why California has launched

this State-wide operation, the biggest of its kind ever

to take place here. So far they've arrested hundreds

of adult prostitutes but their real aim is to find the children

who are forced to And when they find them,

they treat them very differently. They're arrested like all

the others and taken But they don't end up

in a cell, instead they are No bars, no locks, it's a place

of safety with specially trained The soft room is really

to put the victim at ease. Make them understand

that we are treating them as a victim and not as a suspect

and that anything they did tonight was not going to be treated

as a crime and what we really want to do is save them,

bring them to a safe environment so they can get the resources

they need and we can also get to the bottom of who is doing this

to them so we can bring that So this is about help,

not punishment? We ride along with another

Vice Unit, this time in Compton, once notorious for drugs

and gang violence. On the main street in broad

daylight women are already Here police, social workers

and anti-trafficking Some of the women are

released with a warning. Others, multiple offenders,

are taken to jail. In a holding area they come

face-to-face with their customers, A deliberate tactic,

shame used as a powerful deterrent. Few of the women though

are able to leave the life. Just 18, caught for

a second time, Treasure. She started on the street

in middle school. Somebody pulled a knife out on me,

a gun, tried to rob me. Those are just a few things

that happened to me. But you were a child

when you first started doing this? Crystal is in for an

unpleasant surprise. Prostitutes openly advertise online,

some are children, even They are setting up

a sting in a hotel room. The undercover officer

will be in one room. While next door an entire

team is getting ready. When the officer has the proof

he needs, they go in. Police Department, turn

around and keep your hands This is the only thing

I can do to survive I'm a father, you know,

and you have a heart If you don't you're

in the wrong profession. Police Department,

LAPD, stand up for me. It is often young, vulnerable people

that are pulled into this lifestyle. I hope and believe that in time

that this will get better. In South Central, on the Blade, it's

the final night of the operation. It's cold, but the prostitutes

are still working. Forced to bring money

to their pimp everyday. Forced to bring money

to their pimp every day. Continuing westbound,

through Denver, it looks Despite years of experience,

Brian Gallagher is still What alarms me is how big

the problem is and how little people In fact, even us as law enforcement,

how little we know about how big This is like crack

cocaine in the 80s. Young girls being sold out here,

the difference between a young girl and crack cocaine is she can be sold

10 times in one night, a piece During the three days

police across the state As the sun comes up,

the work seems never-ending. Children forced to work the streets

turn into women who know only this, Could a computer be able to read

the mind of a patient in a locked-in state -

conscious,, aware of everything that's going on around them,

but unable to communicate, A group of scientists in Switzerland

believe they have achieved this by measuring the blood flow

in the brain of four patients when they were asked a series

of basic yes or no qtns. when they were asked a series

of basic yes or no questions. One man was able to refuse

permission for his The patients when asked

if they were happy - I can be sure by asking them several

hundreds of questions when I and the family know the answer, like trivial

questions. London is the capital of France or England? I ask them

hundreds of questions of this kind and where we know the answer and

when the patient is able to give the answer in 70% of the cases

correctly, I can ask them, are you happy? Are you happy with life, do

Are you happy with life, do you have pain?

In 2010, Kate Allatt became "locked-in"

She's now a motivational speaker, stroke activist and author,

Nice to see you again, how are you? Very good. How are you? Very good.

Tell us about being locked in after a stroke. I had a stroke at 39 and

when it happened it was like a pneumatic drill going through my

head. It was so loud. It was not painful, but the noise was horrific.

I was taken to hospital and put in a coma for three days. When I woke I

could not move a single muscle. I was drowsy and so on, but within

days I became aware of myself and my environment, so I knew what was

going on around me, but I could not communicate to anybody around me

through a digit or a blink or nothing. I was in that state for two

weeks. What is it like? You can hear everything and are aware of

everything and you can contribute? It is absolutely horrendous. We have

seen films about having conversations about people turning

life-support machines. People and people talking about you as if you

are not there. Very fearful about what is happening with the life

machine and whether it will be turned off. The leg cramps, the

board, the anxiety, missing my kids. It was terrible. The reason it

changed for me was my friends used to come and visit me and if my head

was pointed towards the door, I saw them visiting me and I used to weep

the silent tears. They knew before even the doctors did, who thought I

was vegetative, that I was not. In fact, it is estimated that 20-40% of

patients are considered vegetative and misdiagnosed. Anyway, they came

in and cobbled together a letter board and they said to me with the

very small blink that I had, blink once for no and twice for yes. It

was very slight. One was pointing and one was writing down. The very

first word I spelt out which took 20 minutes was sleep. My very

perceptive friend Jackie said, cannot sleep? I blinked twice. .

Then she said, at night? I blinked twice. I was still locked in, I had

to live like that for five months, but at that point my world open and

I did not have to live in my own body alone any more. If you put

together every Christmas, every birthday and the moment you hold

your first newborn, that is how euphoric I was. It was unbelievable.

That is an incredible description. We can only imagine for these four

patients were scientists have looked at the activity of their brain cells

and realised the oxygen levels in their blood to change the colour of

the blood, they peered into their brain to detect the blood plasma

colour and asked them the questions and worked out from the change of

the colour whether they were saying yes or no. I think this technology

is phenomenal. It is a basic human right for quality of life for any

person, anywhere, whether they are locked in for two weeks, 20 years, a

month, whatever, to be able to communicate and not to be assumed to

be vegetative because it is more convenient. It is terrible not being

able to communicate when you can understand everything going on

around you. I think this technology and the technology of Doctor Owens

in Ontario about brain Mapping through a cap for people like this

is phenomenally important. It is absolutely essential. Tell our

audience how you have managed to come back from that stroke being

locked in and your general recovery. I can tell you I am not a medic and

a lot of people scratched their heads when they looked at my scans

and where I have come from until now. I have never given up. I am not

saying I tackle like this positively in every respect of my life, but I

was written off and I worked so hard intensively, frequently,

repetitively, even before I knew that theory on it. I used to

obsessively 300 times a day practice moving my digits more. It was such

an obsession. I was a 70 miles a week fell runner and I was used to

hard work. I had rehab and the support of my family, but beyond

that I had some very big luck, which was a game changer for me. But I was

in rehab and they described me as someone who pushed them harder than

they pushed me. That is quite telling from a rehab unit. Kate,

thank you so much and thank you for coming on the programme. It is

really good seeing you looking so well. Thank you and good luck to you

Thank you and good luck to you as well.

On Monday we're holding a special programme looking

We'll be looking at the problems it's facing and asking

If you work in the NHS, a doctor, a nurse or a consultant,

or you're a patient with recent experience, we'd love you to take

It's in central London on Monday February 6th.

to register your interest and one of our team will be in touch.

The parents of missing toddler Madeleine McCann say

they're disappointed that Portugal's Supreme Court has thrown

out their libel case against a former detective.

Goncalo Amaral had published a book alleging the couple were involved

in their daughter's disappearance during a family holiday in 2007.

The court's ruled the allegations are protected by freedom

of expression laws, and aren't abusive.

Let's speak to Brendan De Beer works for the Portugal news and has been

covering the disappearance of Madeleine McCann

What does this ruling mean? Well, it finally puts that case to rest I

guess. It has been ongoing for some time. Being a Supreme Court ruling,

that is the final ruling in the matter. There are suggestions this

morning in Portugal that Goncalo Amaral might consider lodging a

counterclaim against Kate and Gerry McCann, saying he suffered losses as

a result of the litigation over the years. This was something mentioned

by his lawyer in 2015 when they won the initial review. That could be

potentially where we go next in this case. We know that the former

detective had to pay Kate and Gerry McCann something like 12 million

euros, ?1 million. Does that mean they will have to pay him back or

what? As far as I know, I do not think money has changed hands yet. I

do not think with all this going on in the courts and every appeal that

has been lodged, I do not think the ruling was definitive. As it stands

now I do not think any money needs to be paid back to him. However, he

might lodge a counterclaim. Financially it could be pretty

ruinous for the McCann family? Yes, but we have seen with this

particular ruling now that the Portuguese chords are pretty

reluctant when it comes to making settlements and damage claims.

Several other cases in Portugal, the amounts very seldom are extremely

high. In the UK you are accustomed to getting huge pay-outs. In

Portugal that is not customary. I guess the value of money perhaps is

a bit higher and what might be considered a huge sum, a small sum

in the UK, is considered a big one here, so I do not think it is

potentially ruinous. It could maybe be five or six figures. I am sure

that is what the claim could be for, but whether or not that happens is a

different story. Thank you very much.

A chronic shortage of prison officers.

All this is revealed after an inspection at Exeter Prison.

We'll speak to an officer who spent two weeks inside the prison.

Train operators are going to radically overhaul what they say

We'll find out what it could mean for passengers.

With the news, here's Joanna Gosling in the BBC Newsroom.

MPs vote tonight on legislation that would allow the government

to trigger Article 50, starting the process

It would see the start of two years of formal negotiations

The Government is expected to win the vote, despite opposition

Train operators have promised to overhaul what they say

Trials aimed at making it easier for passengers to find the cheapest

The first routes affected will include CrossCountry,

Virgin Trains' east and west coast services and East Midlands.

President Trump has called on the US Senate to speedily approve

Neil Gorsuch's nomination to the vacant seat

If confirmed, the 49-year-old will become the youngest person

to fill the position in a quarter of a century.

Democratic senators have raised questions about his attitudes

A Tunisian man has been arrested in Germany suspected of recruiting for

Islamic State. The man was arrested in Frankfurt where he is alleged to

have led an IS cell that was planning an attack in the country.

Join me for BBC Newsroom live at 11am.

Chelsea have extended their lead at the top of the Premier League

David Luiz put them ahead at Anfield although Liverpool equalised

Antonio Conte's side are now nine points clear after their closest

Hull City's Ryan Mason says he's "lucky to be alive"

Mason fractured his skull in a challenge with Chelsea

He has thanked everyone for the "overwhelming support" given

England's cricketers will be looking to finish a disappointing winter

Their last hope of a series win lies with the final T20 in Bangalore

after they lost the Test and One Day series.

And Lord Coe has been asked to meet MPs again after e-mails seem

to confirm he DID know the details of doping allegations

in athletics, four months before they became public.

Coe says he was not aware of the specifics.

Staff unrest and a chronic shortage of prison officers.

All this is revealed after an inspection at Exeter Prison.

It comes after recent disturbances at Lewes, Bedford,

Birmingham and Swaleside prisons, and a record number of prison

The Government has promised more than ?100 million

for 2,500 more officers, the Chief Inspector of Prisons'

verdict is that the situation at Exeter isn't going to get better

Let's talk to Mark Fairhurst from the Prison

In the last two weeks he has spent time in Exeter Prison to compile

a report into health and safety there.

Andrew Neilson is from The Howard League,

So how bad was it, Mark? Well, I'm pleased to announce that Exeter has

turn the corner since that inspection in August 2015. I'd like

to commend the staff and indeed the management for the effort they've

put into that. When I visited the regime was stable. They had an

excellent violence reduction project in place and they were doing the

best they could with the resources that were available. So everything

is fine at Exeter jail, you say now? Well, it is not fine. They still

have their difficulties. It's quite obvious when you walk around that

there is a chronic shortage of staff. They're due to get 13 new

staff in the next couple of weeks, but they need more if they're going

to provide a constructive regime for prisoners. OK. You say they've

turned, you're pleased to announce they have turned things around since

that inspection in 2015. There have been ten suicides in the last three

years at Exeter jail. They have not really turned things around, have

they? What happened at Exeter echoes what is happening throughout the

entire prison estate. So they haven't turned things around?

Suicides are at their highest level throughout the estate, as were

assaults on staff. The only way you're going to fix that is by

recruiting more staff and giving staff the tools they need to do the

job and keep themselves safe. I understand, but they haven't turned

things around then? Well, they have since that inspection because the

regime was stable. Relationships with prisoners were very good and

they were taking swift action whenever there was violence against

staff on the landings. Why did ten people die then? Why were ten people

able to take their own lives? Well, unfortunately, as in Exeter, with

the rest of the estate, we haven't got the staff to care for the

vulnerable who are presenting themselves with mental health

problems. You know, we want to sit down with them. We want to care for

them, but we simply haven't got the resource to do that. Andrew, do you

accept that things have turned a corner at Exeter jail? I haven't

been at Exeter recently. But I'm prepared to accept that things have

improved. One of the most concerning things about the report is

inspectorate were expressing a lack of confidence that things could

improve and what is concerning about that is as you say, people have

taken their own lives and that means lives are at stake. Things have to

improve. Exeter is in many ways a typical local prison, overcrowded,

facing a transient population of prisoners in and out, going to the

courts, but at the same time, inspectors did find that the

problems it was facing at the time of the inspection were worse than

comparable prisons. But on another level, it is a typical prison and

the problems are across the prison estate. They are systemic, I don't

think they are a responsibility of any one particular staff group. We

need to look at the system as a whole and solutions that can provide

an answer to this. Something which you have been campaigning on for as

long as I can remember, decades. Are you failing? Well, I think the

Howard League is getting its message through louder than we have in many

years because of all the stories that we have seen in the media that

you alluded, the riots and disturbances and the escapes, the

deaths, prisons are regularly in the news and regularly, I think higher

up on the political agenda than they were. But what reform have you

achieved? Well, we have achieved reform on particular groups,

children for example, the number of children in prison reduced by

two-thirds in recent years. But the number of adults remains very high

and I think it is true that we need more staff and resources that

supplying is one side of this, but the other side is demand and that's

the number of people we're putting in prisons like Exeter, a prison

designed to hold about 320 prisoners is actually holding under 500. When

you put that kind of pressure alongside problems with staffing and

resources, then you're going to get these huge problems. It is a toxic

cocktail. Thank you very much. Thank you.

We've received a statement from the Ministry of Justice

which says, "The Chief Inspector has highlighted the dedication

of managers and staff at HMP Exeter who have been working hard

to provide a decent regime despite considerable

I'm confident that together with these extra resources

the governor will be able to fully address the recommendations in this

report and significantly improve the performance of the prison".

Another chance to hear some of 18-year-old Chelsea' Cameron's

letter to her drug addicted parents. Thank you for not being there during

her childhood. She told us this morning that although there was no

such thing as normality when she was growing up, her parents absence has

given her the strength to really make something of her life.

So we'll play you another extract before the end of the programme.

Frank Rosier, a World War Two veteran who took

part in the Dday landings more than 70 years ago, has died.

The 91-year-old, who served as an infantryman with the 2nd

Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment, was in the second wave

On Armistice Day in 2015, Frank came on the programme

and shared some of his memories with Joanna and explained

why Armistice day was so important to him.

My generation, you could say, are the last link with

the First World War veterans because it was our dads

I have very vivid memories of my two uncles who both lost a leg

and my own dad who was wounded in the war in the ankle.

I remember them quite a lot and I also remember the lads that

They were very young boys and I still never forget those

So Remembrance Day, 11/11, is very important to me.

One story that is never really told is that by 1942 we were a small

nation population wise and we were running out of men,

so they lowered the recruiting age to 17 and a quarter.

That is where everybody at that age volunteered.

I would go as far as to say more than half the Armed Forces in those

Consequently, we volunteered at 17 and a quarter and then

after training, by the time we got to D-Day, the eldest among us

And to think that really we got through it, and I had many instances

of the comradeship with the fellows that I was with,

we helped one another, and the British Army,

I don't know if these boys agree with me, had a wonderful

The ability to laugh at situations gets you out of trouble

But leaving those young boys, there are 14 of my platoon

who lie in the cemetery, and I go over there and I still cry

because I live the life they never had.

The youngest was 19 and the eldest was 24.

But quite a lot were in the infantry platoon who did not survive the war.

Very few of us got through the war unhurt.

Many were wounded and went back again.

There is a lot to think about these days.

Also I spent four years in hospital in the plastic surgery unit

and I always think of those lads who I was with.

The same age, who lost two legs, they were badly burned.

I do not know if the others agree with me, there

Frank Rosier, veteran of the D-Day landings, speaking to us in 2015.

Frank has, sadly, died at the age of 91.

Many of you who travel by rail regularly will

Train operators have finally promised to overhaul

the ticketing system, which even they admit is "baffling"

They'll start trials of a new system in May,

to simplify things and make sure you pay the cheapest possible

Anthony Smith is the Chief Executive of the independent watchdog

Tell us about the situation now? Fares have built up through

privatisation and things have been added on top of each other. It

turned into a topsy-turvy mess. Have you got any ludicrous examples? You

can find fare ifs you book through the train ticket line and if you do

a split ticket, the break the journey into different parts and you

can reduce the fare. Passengers are baffled, so hopefully this morning

we're seeing the start of a rail ticketing revolution. I wonder what

they will do so we always know that we're getting the cheapest fare

then? It is about information. So you can make an informed choice, if

you have got clear information in front of you and you can see that's

the cheapest fare, that is the restriction that is go with it, if

you can only use it on one train or something, but these are pilots so

we will be watching carefully what happens in the pilots. Right, OK.

Why hasn't it happened before now? It is a such a big one. It is one of

those issues that nobody had the courage to tackle because it got so

big and the situation has got so bad, the Government, the train

companies, everyone recognises that we have got to have a go at this and

sort it out. What are you an independent watchdog of? We look

after the interests rail passengers and road passengers and bus

passengers, our views are heard. Have you had success? We have had

lots of you can ses in improving the way that penalty fares are imposed

on passengers and we have got this review on the table. Years of

pressure, years of lobbying, years of research and finding out what

passengers really think led to this day. So it is good. I mean, I might

be wrong, I might be being too cynical, it is not going to end up

denting the private identitiesed rail companies profits, is it?

They're not going to make it, so they don't make as much money? No,

that's a good point. Nobody will want the rail industry to be losing

money, therefore, there will be win, and there will be losers in these

types of trial and we've got to watch carefully because there are

Government regulations built into this which are old-fashioned and

they don't really work anymore, but they provide a basic level of

protection. We don't want to sweep that away without us knowing what's

happening. We don't want to leap in the dark.

There are some amazing routes, we get on the train and see why can't

the rest of the system be like this and there are shockers. If you judge

a country by its railway system, how would you describe Britain? It is

good in parts. Long-distance services, people really like them.

People who can get hold of advance purchase tickets, they can be good

value for money. For your average commuter, it doesn't feel like good

value. A lot of investment is being made, but that's causing pain as

stations are rebuilt and the track is redone. It feels like not very

good value for money at the moment. A word with Stephen Hammond, hello.

It has been true for a while back if you knew how to negotiate the

system, you would find the best fares. But this is good news for the

consumer who will know the fair they are being offered is the best fare.

However, the devil will be in the detail. Why has it taken so long?

They have done a number of things over the last few years to simplify

the system, but not enough. They have made presentation easier, but

not enough. This is the government saying and the rail companies

agreeing to ensure that the consumer gets a better deal, that it is

obvious and in front of them. They are not in it to lose money? There