20/02/2017 Victoria Derbyshire

It's Monday, it's nine o'clock, I'm Victoria Derbyshire.

Amy's Place - the recovery house changing lives

Sitting where I am today, I am not that long sober but I have made it

so far, that you forget my life was sitting in a homeless hostel

planning how to kill myself. I was very, bitterly, bitterly

suicidal, depressed. My world basically collapsed.

The drugs take over. We've had exclusive access

to the rehab centre for women Also on the programme -

people convicted of animal cruelty and killing animals face a maximum

prison sentence in England This morning, there are calls

for that sentence to be I do get a lot of abuse.

What do you normally do when you hang out together?

This. We sit around, he abuses me. David Baddiel will tell us

about life with his father whose rare form of dementia makes him

prone to extreme outbursts of swearing

and sexual-inappropriateness. Really keen to hear your

experiences of caring Do get in touch on all the stories

we're talking about this morning. And if you text, you will be charged

at the standard network rate. Council tax rises

are planned by nearly all of England's local authorities

in the coming year, but the organisation that represents

them is warning that deep cuts The Local Government Association

says social care services for the elderly and disabled

are at breaking point and will Here's our social affairs

correspondent Alison Holt. After several falls,

Maureen Edwards is getting support to regain some independence

and rebuild her confidence. I'm grateful for all that

they've done for me, Without them, I don't know

what I would have done. Councils fund most social care

and today's surveys shows the majority of them struggling

to meet growing costs. There are 151 local authorities

in England, 147 plan to raise council tax specifically to help

pay for social care. But councils warn that won't plug

the funding gap and that could mean There has been a united voice

of local government to say that they need to have more funding

into social care and that the crisis The funding for local government

needs to be resolved immediately. The Government says extra money

is being put into social care and authorities will soon be able

to keep all the money they raise Our correspondent Angus Crawford

is here with me now. What are the key findings

of this Local Government This is a 118, the council taxpayers

not only are you likely to find your council tax goes up but the services

you take for granted, filling potholes, libraries, bin

collections, children's services will face further cuts. Of the 151

local authorities in England, 147 say they will put up council tax all

because of the crisis in social care.

How much? That is the big question. They can

put up council tax by 1.99% without a referendum, and an extra 3% if

they will pay the social care using that money.

Arguably some people may find next year a 5% rise in their council tax.

How have we got to this point? Essentially, funding from local

Government, for local Government, from central Government, went down a

third in the last parliament. The cost of the national living wage

is coming in for local authority employees, and an ageing population.

A series situation where the Local Government Association says there

will be a shortfall of ?5.8 billion by 2020. You heard they are putting

in new funding streams, ?200 billion available to spend by 2020, and

local authorities will be able to keep 100% of local taxation.

Thank you. Let's go to the BBC

Newsroom for a summary Iraqi government forces have

resumed their offensive to try to win control of western

Mosul, the last major stronghold Thousands of troops

are involved in the assault on the western half of the city

which is now in its second day. Last month, Iraqi government forces

secured the eastern part of Mosul In record time, the Iraqi Federal

police have made it in time inside of mental city. And the River Tigris

is in the foreground. It really was a very fast assault to get here.

Now, behind me, perhaps if we move the camera over there, you might

pick out the helicopter, the gun ship which is launching an attack

against the town of Abu safe, and important town, all that lies

between the federal police and Mosul is that town, a Daesh stronghold.

All morning we have watched these helicopters attacking the town and

the Iraqi police have fired their own home-made rockets deep inside

that town. It is very important for them. Just two miles, you can hear

the helicopters firing again, you can't quite see it. We can hear it.

Just beyond that town, two miles, is Mosul's airport. That airport is

mostly symbolic value because the Islamic State long ago destroyed the

runways and terminal buildings. Taking that would be very important

because it would be a small victory. After that, they would be in Mosul.

The US President Donald Trump has attempted to explain on Twitter why

he made comments about a nonexistent security incident

At a rally on Saturday in Florida, President Trump justified his moves

to restrict immigration from several majority-Muslim countries

by referring to the imaginary Swedish incident along with other

You look at what's happening last night in Sweden - Sweden!

They took in large numbers and they are having problems

Yesterday evening, he tweeted that he had got the information

from a Fox News documentary about immigration in Sweden,

and the White House later clarified he'd been talking about rising crime

The Swedish Embassy has responded by tweeting that they looked forward

to advising President Trump's administration about

Swedish immigration and integration policies.

Meanwhile, Donald Trump's Vice-President Mike Pence

is in Brussels to meet EU and Nato leaders.

He's expected to address concerns about the American President's

He will be giving a news conference at ten o'clock.

Two senior Ukip officials in Merseyside have resigned

in protest at their leader Paul Nuttall's handling

The chairmen of the Merseyside branch and the Liverpool branch

cited Mr Nuttall's "unprofessional approach and crass insensitivity",

saying Mr Nuttall's comments had provoked "a strong reaction"

Last week, the Ukip leader admitted that a claim on his website

that he had lost a close friend in the Hillsborough

The House Of Lords will get its first chance to debate

the so-called Brexit Bill later, the legislation which kicks

off the formal process for Britain leaving the EU.

The bill passed through the Commons unamended, but it's thought

opposition peers will seek guarantees about the rights of EU

citizens in Britain - and the role of Parliament

Campaigners have called the current maximum jail term for animal cruelty

Battersea Dogs And Cats Home is calling for prison sentences

to be increased from six months to five years to bring

the punishment in line with crimes such as fly-tipping.

England and Wales currently have the lowest maximum

And Victoria will be discussing this issue

Two of the world's biggest search engines, Google and Bing,

have pledged to make it harder for internet users in Britain

to find pirated material such as music and films.

They've signed up to a voluntary code of practice which involves

demoting offending websites in their search results.

The entertainment industry reached the agreement with the tech giants

after talks brokered by the Government.

The initiative will run in parallel with existing anti-piracy measures.

Ride-sharing company Uber has said it will conduct an "urgent

investigation" into claims of sexual harassment at the company.

A blog post written by a former employee detailed a string

of instances during her time working for Uber as an engineer.

The company's chief executive, Travis Kalanick responded

saying he had not heard these allegations before, and that anyone

who thought such behaviour was ok would be fired.

That's a summary of the latest BBC News.

A couple of messages from you on the Amy Winehouse recovery house. That

is for women under the age of 30. One viewer says, this is so

inspiring, she introduced herself into my life when I hit rock bottom

with addiction. This is a foundation everyone needs to support.

Do get in touch with us throughout the morning.

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

Olly Foster is at the BBC Sport Centre.

A big day for seven sports with their futures in the balance.

A couple of months ago, five sports were stripped of their funding for

the next Olympics and Paralympics cycle through to Tokyo and the 2020

games. Badminton, archery, fencing, wheelchair rugby amongst those.

Table tennis and others were told they would continue not to be funded

and they were unhappy. Badminton, they had a strong

argument for more funding because they met their target in Rio, they

got a medal in the men's doubles. They said if they lost all their

funding it would be catastrophic and they would become nothing more than

a hobby sport. Sentiments all those exports have shared.

We will find out later this morning from UK sport exactly how all those

appeals have been heard and whether they have been successful. Unlike

the UK sport with ?350 million to spread across all those sports will

reverse those decisions, they say they have to prioritise where they

think those medals will be one. It has been a great weekend

in the FA Cup and another Can we see another upset, Sutton

against Arsenal, at an old school stadium. I have seen the away

dressing rooms, Arsenal would fancy that one little bit.

The quarterfinal draw was made yesterday. Tonight's winner will

face non-league Lincoln at home. They made the headlines this weekend

beating Burnley 81 places above them. That is what it meant to them

at Turf Moor. 1-0. The first non-league side in a century to

reach the quarters. Chelsea face Manchester United, they

had a tricky tie at black burn, the winner scored from their sub, 2-1.

That is another juicy tied to look forward to.

Cricketer Ben Stokes has become a lot richer

You wouldn't have thought England's stop is very high in India, they

just had that tour whitewash in all forms of the game. We had the

frenzied auction we have every year for the IPL. Ben Stokes has become

the most expensive foreign player in the ten years of the tournament,

?1.7 million paid for him. Kevin Pietersen, he loves himself a little

bit, he properly won't be that happy, he was previously the most

expensive player at ?1 million. But Ben Stokes has a lot to live up to

in that tournament when it starts in April.

There was an awkward moment in Austria at

Yes, they ski and shoot, then ski a bit more.

An awkward moment with the at them, not as awkward as when the old

German anthem was played for the German women at the Fed Cup.

This was pretty embarrassing nonetheless.

The Russian men one goals, here they are on the podium. They played an

old version of the Russian anthem, not the done thing.

This is one of their coaches, do it yourself, take it away!

No gold medal the singing. The Russian athletes haven't done much

to ingratiate themselves of late. But they loved it there in the

crowd. They did well. Thank you.

This morning, exclusive access inside Amy's Place,

the UK's only recovery house dedicated to helping young women

It was set up in memory of Amy Winehouse who died of alcohol

It only accepts women under the age of 30 who have been clean

or dry for three months, but aren't ready

Each of the 16 occupants gets their own flat which they pay

The Amy Winehouse Foundation says there is a desperate need for more

such recovery houses, and wants other housing

Six months since it opened, our reporter Jean MacKenzie

was given exclusive access to the house, and spent time

You may find some of the details you hear in this report upsetting.

Hello, I'm Grace and I'm an alcoholic.

I kind of just want to go out and walk for the day.

Do you know when you just want to wander,

My head can just talk to me all the time.

People with addictions, they can't do it on

To be able to change the lives of the young women who come

through these doors and make that difference is just the most

wonderful thing, really in Amy's memory.

After a high-profile addiction to drugs and alcohol, Amy

Last year, her family set up a home for young women fighting addiction.

We've been given exclusive access and

spent time with the first women to live there.

Every Monday, the women eat breakfast together.

Some of the issues the girls have is like eating

disorders and the fact that we are so busy,

we tend to not get a lot of time to spend with each other.

So I suggested it and then all the other

I think it makes everyone less angry.

I feel like one of them ladies who has to curtsy.

The house takes in young women for up to two years after

It helps them stay clean while they take

their first steps without drugs and alcohol.

Yeah, I feel a bit like not really here or there today.

I just feel a bit floaty, which is all right.

My head can just talk to me all the time.

You don't want to be an addict, you're not an addict.

Hello, my name is Grace, I'm 19, I'm a recovering alcoholic and

The youngest member of the house, Grace,

So I'm going to have duck egg in the front

room and then a wall of glitter.

She went into care when she was 13 and then moved around

I've never decorated a house. So this is a first.

It started out, I know that I had my first drink at eight.

And by kind of like 12 I was sneaking

around and doing things that I shouldn't have been doing.

Between 13 and 14 I went into care and that is kind of

And I could be more sneaky about it, because I

Obviously, I went into my youth hostels and that is where

I didn't have anyone to say you shouldn't be doing

And so what point did you think, I'm an alcoholic?

It was only in November 2015 where I nearly died.

I woke up frothing at the mouth and I was terrified.

They were detoxing me in resus in hospital.

They told me it's a waiting game now, whether we see that your organs

So it was four days of me sitting in resus, hoping

So since you made that decision, how has it been?

I think you forget how real it feels.

And so when you talk about it again, it's like, that was

I think I said my story so much it doesn't

feel real, and when you tell it again, it's like, that's how I was

I've kind of just accepted that is how I was living.

Does it shock you to remember that was your life?

I think I was stuck in it for so long that I didn't

Then you forget, when you are sitting where I am

today and I'm not that long sober, but I've made it so far,

that you forget that my life was sitting in a

homeless hostel planning how to kill myself.

Each morning, the women must go to one of these check-ins.

So the house knows they're safe and well.

I just feel like I didn't get enough sleep and

I kind of just want to go out and jsut walk for the day.

You know when you just want to wander, just

Just for today I will strive to forgive rather than

I will try to act in such a way that I feel worthy of

That kind of stuff is a way of showing yourself that you are

Well, that's the major point, isn't it?

It's about forgiving yourself and that's very hard.

It is, but the whole cycle of guilt, shame, you, guilt, shame, you.

Hi, I'm Judith, I'm 26, I'm a recovering addict

My son is seven and my daughter is five and she's going to

They are a massive motivator, massive.

Also quite fearful around being a mother,

because, looking back, I've never really done it properly.

I find it hard to believe still that I have

Judith started using drugs as a teenager and tells me she

Most of the time I didn't even ask what it was.

This then escalated a few years later.

One thing I always wanted was never to get married and

I was very bitterly, bitterly, bitterly, like suicidal depressed.

Eventually I started smoking it, but...

In September, October 2014, was the last time

And the thing that made me cry out for help was a phone call

All I can remember was my solicitors saying that they are going to start

From that day, from when that happened, that was it, I kind of

Literally I think they are what kept me alive.

Alice is recovering from a ketamine addiction.

This is my favourite room. This is my living room.

Each woman gets their own flat within

the house, which they pay for using their housing benefit.

No drugs and alcohol, no overnight guests, and

they must agree to random drug tests.

We do six of them a month, just randomly.

If we suspect there's something going on, we might do a

So I'm going to give Grace a call and ask her to come down.

Wow, look at that, zero. Check you out.

OK, so I'm peeling off the label and it's all coming up negative.

Yeah, I mean it didn't come up any levels that were...

I mean, I know I haven't taken any drugs, but I

thought that my medication might come up.

What is striking when you're here is how difficult it is

Some of the girls here have been through rehab before,

but without the skills and environment to start a different

That's what motivated Amy's stepmother Jane

We met people in treatment who were scared to death

of what was going to happen when they finished their treatment.

For a lot of them, all they could think about was, if I have to go

back to where I was before, you know, I'm

And, in fact, a lot of the women that weren't completing their

treatment, it was for that reason, because they could not see how they

were going to manage a life out of it.

To have your own property, where nobody is

Plus I've got all the girls, they are all amazing.

We all want to be part of society and contribute

Did you feel that wasn't possible in the

I felt like, to live in a hostel where

you're paying nearly ?400 a week rent, I think...

And the worst thing was it was one room.

And the support that was meant to be offered wasn't there.

When your room is next door to somebody that is

selling drugs, you can never get well, in a sense.

You are always stuck in the conundrum of, do I go

next door and go back to my old habits, or do I go to a meeting?

I was living a life of recovery in a using and drinking world.

It's not good enough to be plonked in a dry

house and expect us to deal with all this stuff, in my opinion.

You need a lot more, a lot more support.

A lot more love and care and you need that time to heal.

Do you think this place is keeping you clean?

For me, one of the things I've always lacked in my life

As part of the programme, the women must take part

in activities outside the house that will help them stay

clean and prepare them for living by themselves.

It can be going back to school, or starting volunteer work,

or, in Judith's case, finding a passion.

I can really zone out and just do something that I absolutely love.

"Judith, you've got to find something that

gives you an adrenaline buzz.

Something that gets you excited but does not involve

And he was like, I am looking forward to

I found exactly the thing I need to keep me grounded.

These are the sorts of skills that are

A lot of work is put into preparing the women for a life after

Where do I want to be, what kind of job do I want to have?

What do I want to be making money from?

Do I want to use my own experience to help others, maybe?

I want to be a forensic psychologist.

For me, this is really important, because if I

didn't have this kind of setting, or didn't have the direction

in my own head, I don't think I could last this.

It takes a lot of effort to be in recovery.

I don't know if you will agree, but it takes a lot more

I would, yeah. It's exhausting and it's relentless.

I'd much rather do this. It's much easier.

You can tell it is just one square and the tin is gone.

There are very few recovery houses that

offer this level of support and this is the only one dedicated to helping

The Amy Winehouse Foundation wants others to realise

that this type of service can save lives.

Does it make a difference to you that this is Amy's Place?

I think it's quite sad that you have to lose somebody in order

for them to realise that we need this kind

We're not the only ones in addiction that young.

There are 16 beds here and I know so many people

who are in addiction and can't get help.

It has been a really busy week and I am exhausted.

To the point I've just forgotten who's coffee is which!

Yeah, I had one, I was on the way to a

meeting and I decided that I was going to go and drink.

So I just stood outside a pub and then bumped into one of the

It was like, oh, God, I actually have to come to

Since moving into the house, Grace has

found an unexpected hobby in woodwork.

She comes here every week and today she is finishing restoring

I feel like now I can kind of do anything, really.

I still get frightened about doing stuff, but now I feel like I

am more determined to do things, now I know what it feels like to

Now I want to go ahead and do lots of things.

Positive. Really positive.

As long as I don't go back to that lie.

As long as I keep moving on from the other.

I'd like to think I have that, I can get that future, that

Yeah, life will come up, but I will be able to deal with it.

I'm not going to go back to the bottle and go back to using.

I think the girls here, they are going to

get to a point where they are ready to move on and I am really excited

To see that point where they go, do you know what, I don't

need to live here any more, I don't need the support.

And we will have new arrivals and I think they will

keep growing from strength to strength.

To be able to change the lives of the young women that come

through these doors and make that difference and give them the tools

to be able to maintain that, hopefully for the rest of their

lives, is just the most wonderful thing, really, in Amy's memory.

Since you have been here last week, I have finally finished off my

decorating and I think it's been a lot more

hard work than I thought it would be.

I think I am kind of nervous, but also really excited for

Before it was black and there wasn't anything

I was looking forward to and now I realise I have

Elizabeth has e-mailed, and Holly now, what an inspiration these young

women are. Grace is beautiful inside and on the outside.

David says, there should be more places like this recovery house,

there is so much focus on getting of substance abuse but most dangerous

time is after becoming abstinent. I have been clean for nearly two years

and success is due to good after-care and support.

After 10am, we'll be speaking to one resident of Amy's Place

who you saw in that film as well as the director

If you've been affected by the issues raised,

you can find details of organisations offering

information and support with addiction at bbc.co.uk/actionline.

Or you can call for free, at any time to hear recorded

And your own personal experience of being addicted and how you recover,

please do let me know, we will feed back into the conversation.

He has allowed cameras in to film his father who has a rare

And calls for people convicted of animal cruelty to face much

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

Council tax rises are planned by most local authorities in England

in the coming year to help meet the increasing cost of social care.

The Government says extra money is being put into social care

and councils will soon be able to keep all the money they raise

But the Local Government Association who represent councils say deep cuts

will still have to be made to other services as the cost

of care for the elderly and disabled will account

Iraqi government forces have resumed their offensive

to try to win control of western Mosul - the last major stronghold

Thousands of troops are involved in the assault

on the western half of the city, which is now in its second day.

Last month, Iraqi government forces secured the eastern part of Mosul

Two senior Ukip officials in Merseyside have resigned

in protest at their leader Paul Nuttall's false claim -

since retracted - that he lost close friends

The chairmen of the Merseyside branch

and the Liverpool branch cited Mr Nuttall's "unprofessional

- saying Mr Nuttall's comments had provoked "a strong reaction"

Last week, the Ukip leader apologised after admitting that

a claim on his website that he had lost close friends at

The US President Donald Trump has attempted to explain on Twitter

why he made comments about a non-existent security

At a rally on Saturday in Florida, President Trump

justified his moves to restrict immigration from several

majority-Muslim countries by referring to the imaginary

Swedish incident along with other recent terror attacks.

Yesterday evening, Donald Trump tweeted that he had got

the information from a Fox News documentary about immigration

in Sweden, and the White House later clarified he'd been talking

about rising crime rather than any specific incident.

The Swedish Embassy has responded by tweeting that they looked forward

to advising President Trump's administration about

Swedish immigration and integration policies.

Members of the House Of Lords are to begin debating

the legislation that will allow the government to start

The bill passed through the Commons unamended,

but it's thought opposition and cross-bench peers are seeking

guarantees about the rights of EU citizens living in Britain -

and about the role of Parliament in scrutinising the process

That's a summary of the latest BBC News.

David Baddiel will be talking about his father's form of dementia,

Pick's Disease. One symptom is his dad swears a lot which can be

amusing but wearing for the kids involved like David and his brother.

We will talk about it in a minute. These are our headlines

this morning. Seven sports will find out today

whether or not they will get any money for the next Olympic

and Paralympic Games in 2020. UK Sport has been consdiering

their appeals against the cuts that Badminton say the effects

on the sport will be catastrophic Manchester United will travel

to Chelsea in the FA Lincoln will face either

fellow non-League side Sutton United or Arsenal who play

in the fifth round tonight. And Ben Stokes has become the most

expensive foreign player Pune Rising Giants paid

?1.7 million for him in Stokes surpasses the $1

million that was paid Thousands of families live

with or look after mums and dads or grandparents who have dementia -

including David Baddiel. His 82-year-old father has a type

of dementia called Pick's Disease - named after Professor Arnold Pick

who first discovered it in 1892. Its symptoms mean David Baddiel's

dad Colin has no inhibitions - he swears a lot, he says sexually

inappropriate things, For the last 12 months,

David has been making a documentary about his dad,

and his and his brothers' Like a million other people

in Britain, I have a relative And, like many of them,

I'm trying to hold onto what still remains of my

relationship with my father. This is my friend Charlie,

he's got a camera. What do you two normally

do when you hang It is comical but also very moving.

This is the way the disease is. Partly the disease. You have seen my

stand-up show which led to this documentary. Part of what I talk

about is when I first got the Dothan -- The diagnosis for my dad, I said,

has he got a disease or have you just met him? He has always been one

of those blokes who can express himself, he is very intelligent, but

emotionally through insulting banter. I thought, this is what he

is like. But, no, this is a cartoon of that self. He is an extreme

version of what he was. Part of it is funny. There's no point

pretending it is not. Part of it is sad.

I am try to find a balance. What is it like trying to look after him?

When you go around? We are lucky to be able to afford a

carer, lots of people can't. We meet some other families with people who

have Pick's Disease in a family and who have to live with their family

or the time. I saw my dad yesterday. Part of the

problem is the disease and the documentary charts this, the disease

changes. He can be constantly abusing me or someone in the room. I

can't take my children round because he swears so much. Other times, he

is quiet and withdrawn. A part of me deftly prefers the abuse because at

least I know that is my dad, and there is some spirit, he is engaged

and lively. The thing I fear more is him turning off. It is a weird

thing, it is very challenging, at the same time, I hold onto that

abusive sparky difficult side of him.

Why can't your kids go around. He is swearing, so what?

Certainly, a year ago when we started filming, when he was in the

grip of it, and it is still there but he is quieter now, he would also

be sexually inappropriate. Towards my daughter, towards anyone, any

woman. We couldn't really deal with that. I thought it was unfortunate

in terms of my kids only have one grandparent left and I want them to

have it possible some nice sense of him.

Since the disease has calmed down a bit, I have been able to take my

children round but at the same time that is when I worry that now he is

withdrawn which feels bleak. We will show another tip now where

you are helping to look after him by trimming his beard. Compared to that

first clip we showed where he is aggressive and full of abuse, this

is way he is much quieter and more...

More compliant. More compliant but not that much.

What the hell are you going on about?

We are going to try and give your beard a trim.

There's all sorts of creatures in there.

It's my bloody responsibility, not yours.

Why do you keep telling me what I should be doing?

I'm not telling you what you should be doing.

Just think of the money we'll save not going to the

You just asked us to do the other side.

Not complied but slightly quieter. That is ten months later. He is old

now. But part of me does still love that he is so sparky. Clive, one of

his carers, was laughing. Clive, I know, lives with him all the time,

he enjoys it when my dad is like that. Also one thing I liked about

that, my dad was annoyed and angry we were shaving his beard or though

he did need it. I love it when he said, do that side, and still gets

annoyed. My dad has been something of a curmudgeon. The disease has

lost any sense that needs to be controlled for social grace, that

has gone. You talk in the documentary, it is

your word, the damage done to you, because he has always been like

this, although it is exacerbated by the dementia. Defensive, he never

said, I love you, it has always been like that, that had an impact on you

which you are saying now you don't mind that any more. But what was the

damage? The film is a portrait of a family,

forgetting about the dementia. A particular type of family. My dad

was a 1970s dad, very male. I think, because I'm not like that with my

children, they are bored of hearing me say I love them. That is a sea

change in the way fathers are. But when I look back on it, the fact he

was like that made me who I am and I am happy with who I am. Don't think

I wouldn't -- I would be a comedian without my dad. He was always

wearing, out there, happy to joke about everything, that is at the

Rock of my being and I am grateful. It did mean he wasn't a sweet dad

who told me he loved me. But I wouldn't be the person I am now.

There is someone we will talk to, a viewer has got in touch, Paul in

Essex. Hello? Hello, and you?

Tell us about your experience? My mother is 90 with advanced

Alzheimer's, fairly immobile, with my five, 94 with the Mitu years

diagnosed dementia -- With my father. He is looking after her. We

have a carer coming in every morning. They were offered more

assistance because my dad doesn't like cooking. He has never really

cooked, just heated things up. He refuses to have anyone else in to

help. They do have a couple of days of respite to give my dad a chance

to get out. Is your dad well? Physically he's

OK. But he had dementia for two years as well. So your 92-year-old

dad who has dementia is looking after your 94-year-old mum... How is

that for you? Do you go around and see them a lot? I go around at least

once a week. If there are any medical appointments I deal with

that so I have to take mum in a wheelchair because she can't be left

on her own. If has got an appointment and vice versa How is

your engagement and recognition with them? Generally OK, but mum ajusz

anything I try and arrange. As far as she is is concerned in

Alzheimer's world everything is fine. She had

a situation recently A lot of people with dementia don't

recognise they have the condition and it is pointless trying to tell

them. So therefore, they don't understand why they should be at

doctors or wherever they're being taken to.

One viewer says, I lost my dad to Pick's Disease on the 16th of

February. It is very unusual that people don't know about this disease

so I will be watching. Can I say, one reason I wanted to

make it is we do have a slightly Bono view of dementia as a person in

a wheelchair in a blanket staring at the wall which is why I wanted to do

it. My experience is still very challenging but of a person totally

there, almost too much, rather than this absent thing. People who have

had that experience with Pick's Disease will understand we are

trying to change the narrative. Will your dad watch it?

Yes. He will be at home with Clive. He has watched the trails and

laughed throughout and said, that is me.

And he seemed to be fine. Julie says, my father has Pick's

Disease. He has had its ten years. He has closed down completely and

has no communication skills, he can't feed himself or go to the loo.

It is heartbreaking. But we hope he is not aware of what he has become.

He was never violent and never swore but he is slowly slipping away.

S I feel that's probably the way my dad is going and I find that very

difficult, but I know it is the same for so many people. Yeah.

Thank you very much. Thank you. Thank you for talking to us.

You can watch David Baddiel's documentary The Trouble With Dad

It's day two of the Iraqi troops advance on western Mosul,

the last major stronghold of so-called Islamic

We'll be getting an update from near the frontline.

Should people convicted of cruelty against animals face much

The current maximum custodial sentence for the worst cases

of animal cruelty in England and Wales is six months,

but campaigners want this increased tenfold to five years -

describing current sentences as "shocking" and "laughable".

David Bowles is a spokesman for the RSPCA in Leeds.

Brian Wheelhouse runs the Whitehall Dog Rescue Shelter

in Wakefield, and on his lap is Benji, a bull terrier cross

Mike Butcher who has spent more than 40 years working

in the Special Operations Unit at the RSPCA dealing

Welcome all of you. One of the example in our film, a farm with 120

horses in a state of neglect, 32 dead other animals, fined and jailed

for six months. Too lenient? Yeah, so the legislation that we've got is

ten years old next month. It is a good piece of legislation, but it is

based on 19th century sentencing because the sentencing wasn't

updated after the 1911 Act so what we're dealing with is sentencing

that's 105 years old and unfortunately the UK, England and

Wales have slipped behind, not only other parts of the UK like Northern

Ireland, but also other parts of Europe, Bulgaria is ahead of us in

terms of sentencing, Greece are ahead of us. Northern Ireland five

year, a maximum of five years in jail. Is there any evidence to show

that long of sentence, maximum sentence, is deterring people from

being cruel to animals? Well, the RSPCA does have evidence that judges

are getting frustrated, judges are frustrated with the lack of any

higher sentence. Do you have evidence that the longer sentence is

deterring people? It is difficult with the dogfighting that we come

across to show a deterrent effect, what we do know is the public

support this. We know the UK has slipped behind other people and we

also know that magistrates themselves arisation they would like

to impose longer sentencing on the most gratuitous and fighting issues.

Mike, you've dealt with the most awful cases. Tell us about the most

extreme. I have been doing this for 40 years and like myself and my

colleagues are dealing with this on a Bailey basis. People digging up a

badger and microwaving a rabbit and starving horses to death. My

colleague has described it much more eloquently than I can, but the

sentencing is just too low and I think magistrates have indicated on

many occasions that they wish they could give the more higher sentence

because there has to be a deterrent and the sort of stuff that we're

dealing with on a daily basis is horrific. Brian you have been

running a rescue shelter for 20 years and tell us what happened to

Bengi and what happened to the owner? We don't deal with the owner.

Bengi was found abandoned, but the dog wardens felt he had been used as

a bait dog because of the injuries on his face and neck. He had severe

lacerations and he had a condition where he had got a severe skin

problem. When you say a bait dog, describe what that actually means? A

bait dog is where the bait dog and they use that then to train the

fighting dogs on because they don't want the fighting dogs injured

because they're going to be putting them into later fights with other

fighting dogs as a reward for winning bets. Right. Do you think

increasing the jail term in England and Wales, if that were to happen,

the maximum jail term from six months to five years would stop

whoever used Bengi as a bait dog from doing it again? It won't sort

all the crimes out, but it will reduce them. You've only got to

think about, it's so low, it is unbelievable. You can get up to five

years for fly-tipping. You can get up to seven years for theft. But if

you take a dog and do horrendous things and I have done dog rescue

for 25 years, the dogs, we have had dogs we had a greyhound that had

been tied to a railway line and she had been hit by a train resulting in

severe injuries. Starvation, neglect, starvation of dogs. These

people are just getting off with it scot-free. It's just ridiculous.

It's time that things do get changed. We're the second most

lenient country in Europe for the actual penalties that are handed

out. Let me bring David back in. In January the department for the

environment said current sentencing practise for offences of animal

cruelty don't suggest that the courts are finding current

sentencing powers inadequate? The RSPCA looked at the number of people

that get sent to jail from the 800 cases each year. We've got probably

50 cases where the judge sup against the ceiling. If it was more than six

months, he would have applied a more than six months sentence and I think

that's the important thing to stress. It is not just about the

magistrates that are getting frustrated, all the public support

this, 70% of the public support this. We are supposed to be a nation

of animal lovers and we're slipping behind other countries. A Government

Spokesman said, "The Government will keep the strict legislation under

regular review." It doesn't sound like they're going to move in the

short-term? Well, we had a Select Committee report only just a couple

of months ago and that said raise it to five years. Obviously the RSPCA

supported what that. The RSPCA is confident that we could see the door

open. We have got a second reading of a Private Members' Bill on Friday

which I hope will get a lenient and sympathetic hearing from the

minister and we hope we will see the minister and the Government moving

on Friday. OK. Thank you very much. Thank you all of you, David, who is

a spokesman for the RSPCA, thank you Brian, and thanks to Bengi and Mike

Butcher who spent more than 40 years working in the special operations

unit at the RSPCA. Mike Pens is will be holding a press

conference shortly. We will bring it to you live as soon as that starts.

Before that the weather. Here is Carol.

Well, this morning there is a mild start. Those will be good

temperatures as maximum temperatures at this time of year particularly

that 15 Celsius. Is this mild weather going to last? Well, it is

through today. It is for some of us tomorrow, but as we head into the

middle and later part of this week, things turn more unsettled. Some of

us will see snow and strong winds as well and down goes the temperature,

but you can see it is fairly transient because in the Atlantic

mild air is waiting to come our way once again. So this morning there is

a lot of cloud around. There is hill fog and murk. Rain in Scotland and

Northern Ireland continuing to flow southwards getting into Northern

England and North Wales and very windy across the northern half of

the countriment for a time this morning we could have gusts up to

50mph across Northern England. Bear that in mind if you are in a high

sided vehicle or a light vehicle. But behind that band of rain, for

Northern Ireland, and also Scotland, into the afternoon, brighter skies.

Some showers and still pretty windy, but temperatures around about 11

Celsius. So for some, a little bit lower than where we currently have.

Across parts of Northern England we have got that patchy rain extending

in through North Wales. As we come south, there is a lot of cloud

around. But where the cloud breaks, we could have highs up to 16

Celsius. There is a low probability we could hit 17 Celsius. Into the

south-west, again a lot of cloud. Some damp conditions. Some murky

conditions. And it is the same for Wales, but in North Wales, we've got

that rain sinking south. Through this evening and overnight, the rain

continues to push into the Midlands through Wales and then it

rejuvenates as it pivots and starts to work its way back northwards.

Behind that, in Scotland and Northern England under clear skies

it will be a colder night and we will see snow above about 500 meters

in the Scottish mountains, but note the difference in the temperature,

still very mild in southern counties. Tomorrow we start off on

the cloudy and wet note across Southern England and Wales. Move

north of that, we've got brighter skies and sunshine coming through,

but we have got more wet and windy weather coming in across north-west

Scotland and at the same time, as this band of rain pushes northwards,

it almost merges, but not quite. And then look at the temperatures

starting to come down further in the north, but still not too bad in the

south, but then after that, it does turn that bit colder.

It's Monday, it's 10am, I'm Victoria Derbyshire.

How Amy's Place, set up in memory of Amy Winehouse,

is helping young women with drug and alcohol addictions.

The thing that made me cry at was a phone call I got from a social

worker. I can't remember if it was my sister. Saying they would start

adoption proceedings for my kids. From that day when it happened, I

changed my life completely. Thank you to those who have got in

touch. Bob says what a fantastic inspiration and a realisation that

life can get better. In a moment we will be speaking to

one of the lived in that recovery house. -- one of the women.

Iraqi Government forces renew their assault on western Mosul,

the last major stronghold of so-called Islamic state in Iraq,

we'll be hearing from those on the front line.

Army vehicles are getting ready. Only a couple of kilometres that

way, they know those -- goes then are coming.

And Anglina Jolie speaks exclusively to the BBC ahead of her new film

And her divorce from Brad Pitt. And her views on President Trump.

I think that the American people are bigger than any president.

I suppose I have faith in my country and in what it is founded

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

Council tax rises are planned by nearly all of England's local

authorities in the coming year, but the organisation that represents

them is warning that deep cuts to services will still be needed.

The Local Government Association says social care services

for the elderly and disabled are at breaking point and will

After several falls, Maureen Edwards is getting support

to regain some independence and rebuild her confidence.

She needs help each day, which allows her and her husband

I'm grateful for all that they've done for me,

Without them, I don't know what I would have done.

Councils fund most social care, and today's survey shows

the majority of them struggling to meet growing costs.

There are 151 local authorities in England, 147 plan to raise

council tax specifically to help pay for social care.

But councils warn that won't plug the funding gap and that could mean

There has been a united voice of local government to say

that they need to have more funding into social care and that the crisis

The funding for local government needs to be resolved immediately.

The Government says extra money is being put into social care

and authorities will soon be able to keep all the money they raise

Iraqi government forces have resumed their offensive

to try to win control of western Mosul - the last major stronghold

Thousands of troops are involved in the assault on the western half

of the city, which is now in its second day.

Last month, Iraqi government forces secured the eastern part of Mosul

Two senior Ukip officials in Merseyside have resigned

in protest at their leader Paul Nuttall's false claim -

since retracted - that he lost close friends

The chairmen of the Merseyside branch and the Liverpool branch

cited Mr Nuttall's "unprofessional approach and crass insensitivity."

Saying Mr Nuttall's comments had provoked "a strong reaction"

Last week, the Ukip leader apologised after admitting that

a claim on his website that he had lost close friends at

Campaigners have called the current maximum jail term for animal cruelty

Battersea Dogs And Cats Home is calling for prison sentences

to be increased from six months to five years to bring

the punishment in line with crimes such as fly-tipping.

England and Wales currently have the lowest maximum

It is so low it is unbelievable. You can get up to five years for

fly-tipping. Up to seven years for theft. But if you take a dog and do

horrendous things, I have done dog rescue the 25 years, the dogs we

have picked up, tied to a railway line, she had been hit by a train

resulting in severe injuries, starvation, total neglect,

starvation of dogs. These people are getting off with it scot free.

That's a summary of the latest BBC News - more at 10.30.

We are going to be talking about Amy's Place. This e-mail from

Rachel, I am desperate to get help, I have tried to get into a rehab

centre. I have relapsed after 14 years clean. It has affected my work

and relationships. I just wanted you to know how impossible it is to get

help. Rachel, I will give you a phone number to call and a website

which may point you in the right direction.

Audrey says, Amy's Place empowers people to be responsible for

themselves which is the only way forward, well done, we need more

places like this. John says, and Joss says, this

addiction report is fab. Support is vital. And, you have featured

someone full stories of hope and recovery. Details of organisations

offering help and support here. Time now for the sport. Some

breaking news regarding that funding story. Wheelchair rugby has had its

appeal against a total funding cut rejected by UK Sport. They had

previously received ?3 million for the last Paralympic cycle. One of

five sports having their funding taken away for the Tokyo Olympics

and Paralympics. They are said to be furious. Table tennis and goalball

have also appealed after being told they would continue to be not

funded. Badminton, archery, fencing and weightlifting are the others

waiting to hear if their appeals have been successful. Badminton

reached their medal target with bronze in the men's doubles in Rio.

They said the effect of losing their money would be catastrophic. And

they would be reduced to nothing more than a hobby sport. As those

decisions come through from UK Sport, we will have reaction from

those governing bodies. Non-League Sutton United face

Arsenal in the fifth round of the FA Cup waiting for the winners

are Lincoln City who became the first non-league

team in over 100 years The draw also pitched

Chelsea against United beat Blackburn Rovers 2-1

at Ewood Park yesterday. They came from behind and needed

Zlatan Ibrahimovic to come off So Jose Mourinho is heading back

to Stamford Bridge where he had two He thinks his old club will be

taking Cup very seriously whereas he has quite a few

competitions to juggle I still plays Santa Etienne, I had

to play the final, I have two place hopefully another opponent in the

Europa League. I had to fight for a top four position in the

premiership. So I have so many things to think about. Probably

Chelsea can only think about that because I think they are champions

and they have nothing else to play for. So the FA Cup is something I

believe important to them. Ben Stokes has become the most

expensive foreign player Pune Rising Giants paid

?1.7 million for him in Stokes surpasses the ?1

million that was paid Former Leicester director of rugby

Richard Cockerill has a new job. He's been appointed

head coach of Edinburgh He was sacked by the Tigers

in January and is currently Donald Trump's deputy - the American

Vice-President Mike Pence - is in Brussels meeting

EU and Nato leaders. Both organistions Mr Trump has been

critical of in the past. He's due to be speaking alongside

the President of the European This morning, we've been given

exclusive access to a recovery house for women under the age of 30

addicted to alcohol and drugs. It's been set up in memory

to Amy Winehouse who died of alcohol Women go there after

rehab but before they're Our reporter Jean Mackenzie

was given exclusive access to the house, and spent time

with the first women to live there. We played her full report

earlier in the programme - here's a short extract -

you may find some of the details I'm going to have duck

egg in the front room, At 19, Grace is the

youngest woman here. She turned to alcohol

after a difficult upbringing. At what point did you think,

I'm an alcoholic? It was only in November 2015,

where I nearly died. They told me it is a waiting game

now, whether we see your organs So it was four days of me sitting

in, hoping and praying This house is the only

one of its kind. It takes in young women for up

to two years after they have been through rehab, and helps them stay

clean while they take their first Each morning, the women

must go to one of these check-ins, so the house knows

they are safe and well. I kind of just want to go out

and walk for the day. Each woman gets their own flat

within the house, which they pay No drugs and alcohol,

no overnight guests, and they must We do six of them

a month, just randomly. If we suspect there's something

going on, we might do a few more. We met people in treatment

who were scared to death of what was going to happen

when they finished their treatment. For a lot of them, all

they could think about is, if I have to go back

to where I was before, I'm just not When your room is next door

to somebody who is selling drugs, you can never get well,

in a sense. You are always stuck

in the conundrum of do I go next door and go back to my old habits,

or do I go to a meeting? These are the sorts of skills that

are going to help us, you, in life. A lot of work is put

into preparing the women There are very few recovery houses

that offer this level of support, but the Amy Winehouse Foundation

says its approach can save lives. It takes a lot of effort

to be in recovery. It takes a lot more effort

to be in addiction. Since you have been here

last week, I've finally I think I'm kind of nervous,

but also really excited Before, it was very black,

and there wasn't anything Now I realise I have

a long life ahead of me. Let's talk to Alice O'Toole

who is one of the residents She was addicted to the class a drug

ketamine, a horse tranqulliser. Dominic Ruffy, one of

the directors of Amy's Place. who has advised the Government

on its approach to addiction. And Jimmy Barclay, a recovering

heroin addict who has been Welcome, all of you. Let me ask you,

Dominick, first of all, why it is important to have a place

specifically for younger women? I think essentially there are very

few places for younger women in the country. Women come in with a

variety of context needs underlying their addiction issues and if you do

not address them, will lead them back to using.

It is all very well going into rehab time and again but unless you spend

time after rehab is looking at those issues, then you properly might...

When I was last in rehab, they said, we have lived with you as an addict

over 8000 days. Ponder on that when you think how long you might have to

spend in rehab. I spent time at a recovery has and it has taken me

five years to have a manageable lifestyle. The drink and drugs are a

symptom of an underlying problem which is hard to imagine -- manage

your emotional well-being, not to say young women have very different

problems, the problems we have as men, but they certainly are aspects

in family history that need looking at.

Alice you were in a dry house before you got to Amy's Place. What

difference does it make being around women your own age? I think that the

environment is just very different because although there was myself

and another younger woman in that house, generally they were older and

so they have most women had children and it was just very different

concerns and I think that sometimes as a younger person in that

environment you could kind of get left aside because it is like you've

got years. You're going to be fine and I understand that, but I think

what's good about Amy's Place you can feel the sense of hope for the

future. There is so much that we can do with our lives. You have got two

years there. As we saw in Jean's film, help and support and a sort

of, hopefully a plan about how to manage your life so you're never

tempted to back to the ket mean or whatever it maybe. Will you be ready

in two years? I think so. I'd like to think so. I don't see why not

with the support that I get now and I think it is realistic. Do you mind

me asking how you are drawn towards ket owe mean? I think my experience

with all drugs and I it's very common for most addicts like Dominic

said, there is a kind of, there is something within me that I wasn't

able to cope with my life. My experiences, I didn't know how to

manage my emotions or balance work or school being sociable and drugs

were, you know, at the time they did the job. They enabled me to meet

people and they dulled anything that I was feeling that I couldn't cope

with. As a young person, it's part of the culture really. If we look at

the UK today, binge-drinking, everything like that, it's just,

yeah. Dominic, what if somebody relapses when they are in Amy's

Place? We don't have a throw them out policy. We would rather work

with women to help them re-establish their recovery. If need be, they

will be referred into a rehabilitation centre and keep the

space open for a lady. If it is a relapse, if a lady came back and

said I had one drink and it was a mistake, we will work with that and

the team wrap themselves around that person and make sure that person

reapplies themselves. How do you measure success then? How do we

measure success? Engagement in outside activities like

volunteering, looking at employment opportunities, education

opportunities, silly things, getting up in the morning on time. Is your

house tidy? Are you manageable? Are you happy? Once people leave, you

have only been going for six months, once people leave would you then

monitor them to see who stays clean? Yeah, I mean this is consistent

across the foundation, but we have a family feel amongst our programmes

and our volunteers in Amy's Place, yes we would very much envisage

looking at the long-term outcomes of what this programme does. It is

?7600 Perez dent per place per year. Yes. Noreen, hello. You think we

need more of these recovery houses? Without a doubt. Why? We put people

into rehab and we deal with the issues, why they are using drugs and

their behaviours and the consequence of such. And then we forget that

actually, the majority of people have never held a job. Have never

had a tenancy and lived on their own and have never paid bills and missed

out on education and need training and literacy and the basic things

that you and I would take for granted and we started doing this

about ten years ago and outcomes significantly went up so people

weren't returning to drugs and alcohol because actually we had

slowly introduced them back into the community and taken responsibility

as well. And family issues and relationships, all those things that

we don't really deal with in rehab. The every day things and the

recovery houses have been so important, but they must have a

programme with them. If somebody is in a house, and housing benefit has

been claimed and they're just being sent to AA that's not a recovery

house and that's vital because people don't know how to deal with

those things and they will return to using drugs or alcohol. Jimmy, you

spent decades in and out of rehab and in and out of prison too. You

get into Noreen's recovery house in Staffordshire, was that the

difference? That was the big difference. I only had been in jail

and that was the only place I stayed clean and felt comfortable was in

prison which is sad to say and then it came to a head in July 2015 where

someone suggested to me just give it a try, go around the corner and give

it a try. I didn't want to be here anymore. There was numerous attempts

at suicide and yeah, I went into the rehab for the first time and it gave

me some sort of growning and I started looking at myself and then

how to live, but it wasn't so much the rehab, it was the after care I

got after the rehab. You do however many weeks programme, but you need

what the recovery houses offer afterwards? I spent 30 years on

addiction and I got 18 weeks of recovery and I thought where am I

going next and I was petrified. I didn't know how to live my life and

the only way I knew how was how I used to live. I started volunteering

around the enterprise of the rehab and I've continued that. I stayed in

the recovery house for six or seven months. I got my own flat, I was

offered paid work and got myself work into work and got myself back

into society and carried on using the fellowships and the meetings in

the evenings and I'm trying to build up my life. I have got my daughter

back in my life and my family back in my life. It is getting

manageable. That's a really optimistic story, isn't it, Alice?

Yes. You say we need more. We talked about the funding. You would get a

referral from a council or a charity. Your housing benefit which

you pay to Amy's Place is paid for by the taxpayer. There is No vote in

a political saying, "We want to open more recovery houses." No votes at

all. Drugs and alcohol is not sexy. Most of the local authorities are

going to be up for election and you know, potholes and street lights,

but I think... Sorry to interrupt Noreen, from the people I've

interviewed over the years, a number of people still think it is a

choice, you could wake up one morning and say, "I'm not going to

take heroin anymore." People think this still. You could wake up and go

I'm not going to have ketomene anymore. It is an illness, you don't

have a choice? It is a stigma and that's why it is so hard to get

funding because if there is not much money then you're not going to give

it to people who are drug addicts or alcoholics, you know what I mean?

And housing benefit because the individual would be claiming housing

benefit anyway, that goes towards it, but unfortunately at the moment,

you know, local authorities are cutting drug and alcohol budgets by

59%, rehabs are closing, I have never known of so many rehabs that

are actually closing because the funding has been cut. So we're going

back 20 years, you know, as from April, most areas will only be able

to prescribe Met owe done and they will be carrying huge case loads and

Staffordshire they will be carrying 80 to 100, so it will be methadone

and go. We've lost 20 years of recovery and coming to successful

outcomes, we're going to lose all of that. And the experience. OK. Thank

you. On that note, thank you very much. Thank you for coming on the

programme. Thank you very much. Thank you. Thank you for allowing us

into Amy's Place as well. If you are or have been affected

by addiction issues raised, you can find details

of organisations offering info Or you can call for free,

at any time to hear recorded We are still waiting for that press

conference from Vice-President Mike Pence. Naomi Grimley is there. What

are we expecting? Officials are expecting som warm words about the

EU. There is a feeling that the language from the White House has

just been too add va certificatial and too erratic. In particular the

remarks by Donald Trump that he thinks Brexit was a good idea a that

he was hoping more countries will follow suit. That didn't go down

very well at all with Jean-Claude Juncker. We have got him meeting

Donald Tusk later. Donald Tusk classed America as one of the

threats to the EU because of those kind of statements coming out of the

White House. Cheers, Naomi. We will be back there live as soon as

Vice-President Mike Pence begins to speak.

Now, for something you may find increasingly familiar.

It is all fake stuff. Not you. Not you. Your organisation's terrible.

Your organisation's terrible. Let's... Don't be Helmand province

I'm not going to give you a question. You are fake news. Go

ahead. BBC News, that's another beauty! As far as Buzz feed which is

a failing pile of garbage. As you know you have a running war with the

media. They are among the most dishonest human beings on earth.

REPORTER: Thank you very much, Mr President. . Where are you from? The

BBC. Here is another beauty. A good line. Impartial, free and fair.

Yeah, sure. Mr President... Just like CNN, right? Tomorrow they will

say Donald Trump rants and raves at the press. I'm not ranting and

raving, I'm telling you, you're dishonest people, but I'm not

ranting and raving, I love this, I'm having a good time doing this.

It's a refrain we've heard from President Donald

Trump time and time again - when he's facing difficult questions

or when he wants to dismiss reports he doesn't like.

But he's also been peddling his own fake news, too.

You look at what's happening last night in Sweden, Sweden, who would

believe this, Sweden. They took in large numbers that and they're

having problems like they never thought possible.

As we now know there was no such incident.

The Swedish government has asked for an explanation

Donald Trump then tried to clarify what he meant tweeting.

"My statement as to what's happening in Sweden

was in reference to a story that was broadcast on Fox News

This is a clip from Fox News that the President may

You can look at France and Belgium. They have been doing it for that

period of time and for longer. You can see the social unrest and the

terrorism that's happening there. Sweden is a relatively new policy

for them and by the way, Sweden had its first terrorist Islamic attack

not that long ago, so they're getting a taste of whae we we have

been seeing. Let's talk to Doctor Jan

Halper-Hayes a republican commentator and a member

of President Trump's transition team Emma Johansen, a school librarian

who was in charge of the official @sweden Twitter account on Saturday

night and found herself fielding hundreds of questions

from concerned people in Sweden. Ryan Girdusky, a senior writer

for Red Alert Politics and a Donald Trump supporter,

joins me on webcam from New York. Emma, so how did you respond to what

Mr Trump was saying? As soon as I got word from the followers that

something was going on and someone sent a link, some follower sent the

link to the clip where he was saying this and then I went out to the main

newspapers here in Sweden to check, to see if there was nothing going

on. I told everyone that nothing happened. It's not true. That's

pretty much what I said. Right. We will see your tweet actually. You

were having to tell people there has not been a terrorist attack? Yeah.

That was pretty much what I was saying. What do you make of this?

Does it matter? Well, no, I really think it doesn't, but I think it is

a perfect example of what he was talking about about fake news

because people seize upon it and then you see all these articles and

when I pulled it up on Google it is like well Donald Trump was really

right. There was the neo-Nazis going to the refugee camps and there has

been a lot of corruption and rape going on. The thing that happened is

that anything he says, we're pouncing on it and then we're having

to talk about it when we could talk about so many more important things

such as the fact that we really do support Nato and Pence made it clear

that unless the 27 other nations start paying their share, America's

not going to carry the load anymore. Ryan, does it not matter if he

doesn't get his facts right, but it matters if other people don't get

their facts right? president has a tendency to speak in

broad terms, sometimes to his benefit when he is campaigning,

sometimes to his detriment. He did not give exact detail of what he was

referring to, to the crowd. And causing hysteria in the US of

America. Like what? The Associated Press

published on Friday and article saying the president was considering

using 100,000 troops, National Guard troops, to round up the illegal

aliens in seven states. That was a leaked e-mail that was a draft from

a memo, it never mentioned 100,000. Another example, the Associated

Press said President Sharp planned on leaving Mexico to the president

of Mexico, that was not true. -- President Trump.

The New York Times talking about Russians when it was Lithuanians.

The press has expanded the hysteria. The more news hits you get, it is a

sad state. The press has to be held accountable.

Thank you all very much. As Iraqi forces battle

to reclaim the city of Mosul - the last stronghold of Islamic State

in the country - we'll speak to charities attempting to help

the three-quarters of a million Angelina Jolie talks exclusively

to the BBC about her latest film, the Trump presidency and her divorce

from Brad Pitt. Time now for the news

from the BBC Newsroom. The body which represents local

authorities in England has warned that deep cuts to services will be

needed - despite rises The Local Government

Association says social care services will swallow up the extra

money raised and that councils The Government says extra money

is being put into social care. Iraqi government forces have

resumed their offensive to try to win control of western

Mosul - the last major stronghold Thousands of troops

are involved in the assault on the western half of the city,

which is now in its second day. Last month, Iraqi government forces

secured the eastern part of Mosul Two senior members of Ukip

in Merseyside have resigned in protest at the controversy

involving their party leader Paul Nuttall,

and the Hillsborough tragedy. Last week, Mr Nuttall apologised

after admitting that suggestions on his website

that he had lost close personal friends in

the tragedy were inaccurate. The chairmen of the Merseyside

branch and the Liverpool branch cited Mr Nuttall's "unprofessional

approach and crass insensitivity." And saying Mr Nuttall's comments had

provoked "a strong reaction" Members of the House Of Lords

are to begin debating the legislation that will allow

the government to start The bill passed through

the Commons unammended, but it's thought opposition

and cross-bench peers are seeking guarantees about the rights of EU

citizens living in Britain - and about the role of Parliament

in scrutinising the process Campaigners have called the current

maximum jail term for animal cruelty Battersea Dogs And Cats Home

is calling for prison sentences to be increased from six

months to five years to bring the punishment in line with crimes

such as fly tipping. England and Wales currently

have the lowest maximum Uber has said it will conduct

an "urgent investigation" into claims of sexual harassment

at the company. A blog post written

by a former employee detailed a string of instances

during her time working The company's chief executive

Travis Kalanick responded saying he had not heard these

allegations before, and that anyone who thought such behaviour

was OK would be fired. This time about our relations and

common security for us to pretend that everything is as it used to be.

And like you for being so open. This is Donald Tusk. The president

of the European Commission, the European Council.

The approach of the new administration in Washington. I

repaid our guests by offering honesty in my assessment of the

situation, I shared our concerns and hopes. Given that I am an incurably

pro-American and European with fanatically devoted to transatlantic

operation. I asked the vice president directly if he shared my

opinion on three key matters. International order, security and

the attitude of the new American administration towards the EU.

Firstly, I expressed my belief that maintaining order based on the rules

of international law where brute force do not determine everything,

in the interests of the West. And that maintaining that order can only

be enforced through a common mutually supportive and decisive

policy of the whole of the Western community. And the millions of

people around the world, their predicted gritty and stability of

our approach provides a guarantee of at the very least hope that chaos,

violence and arrogance will not triumph in a global dimension.

Referring to some statements made in Munich just two days ago, I would

like to say clearly that the reports of the death of the West have been

greatly exaggerated. We will leave Donald Tusk there, we

are awaiting Mike Pence the American vice president.

Iraqi government forces are still advancing towards so-called

Mosul is a key territory for IS, it's also Iraq's second city.

And if the country is to function again as a nation, then

the recapture of Mosul is a vital key to that happening.

The east has been taken back, and now another big offensive

Our Middle East correspondent Quentin Somerville has this update

on the progress made on the assault of the city.

In record time, Iraq's Federal Police have made it

That's the south-east of the city you can see there.

And the River Tigris just in the foreground.

It really was a very fast assault to get here.

And now, behind me, perhaps if we move the camera over there,

you might just be able to pick out the helicopter, the gun ship

which is launching an attack against the town of Abu Saif.

That's a very important town, because all that lies

between the federal police and Mosul is that town, and it's

All morning we've watched these helicopters attacking the town.

The Iraqi police have fired their own home-made rockets

You can hear the helicopters firing again, you can't quite see it.

Just beyond that town, two miles or so, is Mosul's airport.

That airport is mostly of symbolic value because the Islamic State long

ago destroyed the runways and terminal buildings.

But taking that would be very important because it

And after that, they would be in Mosul.

There are around three-quarters of a million people living there,

with reports of shortages of food and water.

More than 200,000 civilians have fled the violence,

and there are several large camps on the outskirts of the city

Let's talk to Gareth Browne, a journalist who's been

Dr Bernardita Gaspar from the International Medical Corps

who has been making video diaries for this programme about the work

And Jumana Mumtaz who is a journalist from Mosul who has

Gareth, I hope you can hear me, what is the nature of the fighting

between Iraqi troops and Islamic State fighters?

I have been watching fighting in the town all morning and it has been

pretty intense. The Iraqi army Corps has the advantage, the US led

coalition providing significant artillery and armoured vehicle is.

But the Islamic State are still putting up a very strong fight. We

heard about a David and girl I battle. The fighting this morning

has been very intense -- David and Goliath battle.

With the coalition forces and Iraqi troops themselves, is it inevitable

they will retake the west of the city in the coming days?

A lot of people do think it is inevitable but the reality is the

challenges, at what cost will that victory come for the Iraqi

Government? We are talking about casualties, the west of Mosul is

densely populated. There is a very high risk we could see significant

numbers of civilian casualties. We had to look at the cost to the Iraqi

military. There are very as other political and sectarian factors.

Like you. Caroline. -- thank you. Many thousands of people living in

those all, many have fled. Those who have been left there but who do want

to escape, how can you help them? It is extremely difficult and we are

worried about the humanitarian situation in western Mosul. Families

have reported serious shortages of food, fuel, water, they are burning

furniture to stay warm, many shops have closed, prices have skyrocketed

and families are finding it very hard to get food to eat. This is

only the beginning of the offensive, we have no idea how long it will

continue and the longer it does, the harder conditions will be. Looking

at two scenarios, one is the possibility of a large mass

displacement, families will leave. The other could be that families

simply cannot get out, they are trapped, they have no way out. We

need to have discussions with the Government about getting help into

these places for the villains who could be tracked the many months.

You have relatives, your aunt is in Western Mosul. Are you able to speak

to her, what does she tell you about conditions, what is she expecting?

Yes, I am trying to speak to her from time to time, maybe once a

week. That is because of the weak connections between us, there is no

ability to connect to them. But I know they are facing hunger, their

education, clinics, hospitals have shut because Isis controls them,

they do not allow people to take medication. There are no doctors or

nurses at the hospitals. The most important thing for families is they

are facing hunger, especially for the children, they have nothing to

eat. I spoke with my cousin and she told me that her dream now is only

to eat bread. This is very sorry news. They are waiting for the

military troops to enter and secure them.

That is a very distressing situation, I S stopping people

taking medicines, and clearly hunger is a huge issue.

You are in Mosul a few weeks ago, it is very cold. You have been working

in the refugee camps. What are the conditions like for the civilians

who do manage to escape to those camps?

adjust It's very cold. So the camps where the tents are, don't really

afford that much shelter. We see children, pregnant women and people

with disabilities and the elderly who are quite affected. Some have

suffered from hypothermia and also the most common more bidity that we

have seen so far is respiratory infections. This is because of the

overcrowding as well where infection is passed on from one person to the

other. It is also concerning that while actors, humanitarian actors,

as well as the Government tries to cover the needs, it's just too much.

That's where we are right now. OK. Well, thank you very much for your

time this morning. Obviously, we will continue to report on what

happens to Mosul and the people who live there at the moment over the

coming days. Angelina Jolie says she hopes her

new film about Cambodia under the Khmer Rouge will help teach

the world about the First They Killed My Father

is based on the childhood experiences of Cambodian Human

Rights activist Loung Ung Khmer Rouge troops, led by former

Prime Minister Pol Pot, killed up to two million

Cambodians between 1975 and 1979 through execution,

starvation and overwork. Angelina Jolie adopted her first

child Maddox from an orphanage in Cambodia's western province back

in 2002 and she has been given In this exclusive interview,

Angelina Jolie has also spoken for the first time about her highly

publicised split from Brad Pitt. She has been talking

to our reporter Yalda Hakim. I'm not here because I'm a director

who wanted to make a movie. I'm here because 17 years ago I came

to this country and fell in love with its people and learned

about its history and in doing so realised how little I actually

knew, in my early 20s, about the world so this

country for me has been... Becoming a Cambodian

family changed my life. So there was never a plan

to make this movie. It's just that I became a film-maker

and one day I thought, what story do I feel is really

important to tell? And I felt that this war that

happened 40 years ago and what happened to these people

was not properly understood. And not just for the world,

but for the people of the country. I felt that I wanted them to be able

to reflect on it in a way Do you think that this

nation is ready for that? When many people spoke about this,

15-20 years ago, since it happened, there were many people denying

or saying it wasn't as bad. Or trying, of course,

many people want to forget, It's interesting that you say

that this is a country which is very much part

of your own personal journey. Do you think that in many ways

you have come full circle? You know, your humanitarian work

started here, you became a mother here, that perhaps this is some sort

of crossroads for you and Yeah.

Yeah. I'll always be very grateful to this

country and I hope... I hope I've given back

as much as it has given me. I don't think I ever could give

back as much as this You wrote a New York Time piece

a few weeks ago and you spoke about having a truly

international family, you said that the refugee policy

should be about fact, not fear. You also said that we should not be

departing from our values. Can you tell me what

you meant by that? It's funny, isn't it,

some questions seem so obvious. It's these things that we talk

about and we hear them I don't separate people

by race, colour, religion. And if I do it's because I celebrate

the diversity in the world. Are you concerned about

the Trump worldview? Are you worried for the world

and your children? I think that the American people

are bigger than any president, I suppose I have

faith in my country. And in what it is founded

on and the values we hold dear. And I believe that many

of the things that we're hearing that we feel

are based on a sense of spreading fear or hate or dividing people

by race or judgment, Am I afraid?

I am concerned. I am thoughtful, but I have faith

in the citizens of my country, to speak up at this time and I think

we're going to learn a lot about what the people of America

feel it is to be American and what we want to represent

and what we hold dear. And I believe that will come forward

in force as we have been saying. But we are seeing this rise with

populist leaders around the world. Do you think it's creating

a more intolerant society? And we should know

better to fall for it. The only thing I can do

is use my voice and encourage others and raise my children to know right

or wrong and to have a broader To embrace their diversity

and other people's. I think that's all we can do now,

is each and every person, each one of your listeners,

we all just have to be If not now, more than ever,

we really have to rise up And we know it, we know

what's right or wrong. If I can get back to your film,

it's about family. I understand this is

a very sensitive issue. We know that an incident occurred

which led to your separation. We also know you have not

said anything about this I don't want to say very much