:00:00. > :00:08.Tonight at Ten, Europe's migration crisis is growing again.
:00:09. > :00:14.Thousands have crossed from North Africa to Italy in recent
:00:15. > :00:17.days, determined to build a new life in Europe.
:00:18. > :00:22.It is better than the country that I come from.
:00:23. > :00:25.Because in that country, there is no good life.
:00:26. > :00:30.They've come ashore on the Italian island of Lampedusa,
:00:31. > :00:32.where one doctor told us there was no sign of
:00:33. > :00:37.TRANSLATION: They understand they may die.
:00:38. > :00:41.No walls or fences will stop them from coming.
:00:42. > :00:43.These people have a desperate need to reach a place
:00:44. > :00:48.We'll be reporting from Lampedusa and we'll be asking if the EU
:00:49. > :00:56.Downing Street says there's no reason for the Culture Secretary
:00:57. > :00:59.to step aside from decisions on press regulation
:01:00. > :01:02.after revelations about his private life.
:01:03. > :01:05.Two years after hundreds of Nigerian schoolgirls
:01:06. > :01:07.were kidnapped by Islamist militants, we report
:01:08. > :01:12.on thousands of other women and girls also missing.
:01:13. > :01:14.How this man's paralysis has been overcome
:01:15. > :01:21.with computer technology - and the power of thought.
:01:22. > :01:24.And we meet the Lithuanian musician who's the first
:01:25. > :01:26.woman to take charge of one of Britain's most
:01:27. > :01:32.And coming up in Sportsday on BBC News:
:01:33. > :01:35.West Ham and Manchester United were fighting it out for an FA
:01:36. > :02:00.But was Marcus Rashford's goal enough to put the away side through?
:02:01. > :02:04.Europe's migration crisis is growing again, as the weather improves
:02:05. > :02:08.and more people are prepared to cross the Mediterranean.
:02:09. > :02:11.Some 4,000 people were rescued at sea and taken to Italian ports
:02:12. > :02:18.The European Council president Donald Tusk said the growing number
:02:19. > :02:22.of people intending to make the crossing was alarming.
:02:23. > :02:25.Almost 19,000 migrants had reached Italy by sea by the end of March -
:02:26. > :02:28.nearly double the number for the same period last year.
:02:29. > :02:30.They're making the crossing from North Africa and most
:02:31. > :02:38.The EU has already tried to limit the flow of people using the other
:02:39. > :02:41.main route to Europe from Turkey to Greece.
:02:42. > :02:43.Our special correspondent Richard Bilton reports from
:02:44. > :02:55.The wave of migrants, risking everything in the seas
:02:56. > :03:04.This is one of 25 rescues in the last two days.
:03:05. > :03:16.4000 people died in these waters last year.
:03:17. > :03:18.But the calm weather has brought men, women and children back
:03:19. > :03:27.And boats filled with the rescued keep arriving on the tiny Italian
:03:28. > :03:38.This place is used to processing those who have gambled their lives
:03:39. > :03:44.for a chance of a new start in Europe.
:03:45. > :03:51.They have been out at sea for two days, they've got no shoes on,
:03:52. > :03:56.This is the reality of the Mediterranean route.
:03:57. > :04:02.The risk was enormous, but this is the reward,
:04:03. > :04:10.And that chance is attracting huge numbers, nearly double the total
:04:11. > :04:18.Dr Pietro Bartolo is called out for every boat.
:04:19. > :04:26.TRANSLATION: They understand they may die.
:04:27. > :04:29.No walls, no fences will stop them from coming.
:04:30. > :04:32.These people have a desperate need to reach a place where they can
:04:33. > :04:45.The migrants are almost all from sub Saharan Africa, and most are young
:04:46. > :04:47.men, like Hassan from Somalia, who says he was
:04:48. > :04:54.It's better than the country that I come from.
:04:55. > :04:59.In that country there is no good life, there is a war.
:05:00. > :05:01.Here, there is peace, there is a democracy.
:05:02. > :05:03.I am seeing that Europeans are helping us directly.
:05:04. > :05:05.But many are from more settled countries.
:05:06. > :05:07.This man told us he was the Ivory Coast.
:05:08. > :05:13.There is no war there, so you are economic migrants.
:05:14. > :05:20.My life was very dangerous, he says, so I decided to cross
:05:21. > :05:27.Now, there is a EU operation targeting people smugglers.
:05:28. > :05:30.But there has been criticism that the flotilla of EU vessels
:05:31. > :05:37.might help the smugglers by speeding up the rescue process.
:05:38. > :05:40.Only 26 people have died so far this year, but some have concerns
:05:41. > :05:46.that this dangerous route might be about to get busier.
:05:47. > :05:49.We don't know, but we expect that probably the people that
:05:50. > :05:54.were crossing the Balkan route, they may change the path
:05:55. > :06:01.and try to access through Europe, through Lampedusa, through Italy.
:06:02. > :06:03.There have been many debates, resolutions and operations
:06:04. > :06:09.since hundreds of people died in the seas here last year.
:06:10. > :06:12.But for many on the island, right now, dealing with rescue
:06:13. > :06:16.after rescue, it feels like very little has changed.
:06:17. > :06:27.Our Europe correspondent Damian Grammaticas is in Brussels.
:06:28. > :06:33.Damian, we have already had the one big initiative by the EU to close
:06:34. > :06:40.off or at least limit one major route, what else can we expect?
:06:41. > :06:44.Well, today we heard from the President of the European Council,
:06:45. > :06:48.Donald Tusk, the man who last year chaired all of the meetings, after
:06:49. > :06:52.meeting, of the European leaders, trying to find a solution to the
:06:53. > :06:56.migrant crisis. He told the European Parliament today that the experience
:06:57. > :07:02.of last year was that Europe acted much too late Cummings said. He saw
:07:03. > :07:06.the 1 million people coming through Greece, border closures, we saw
:07:07. > :07:11.political strains between European countries. He said to avoid a repeat
:07:12. > :07:17.of that now with Italy, Europe had to be prepared. What code Europe do?
:07:18. > :07:23.There are the naval flotillas in the Mediterranean. They cannot operate
:07:24. > :07:26.in Libyan waters or on Libyan soil. Stopping the boat is almost
:07:27. > :07:30.impossible. They cannot do a deal like they have done with Turkey to
:07:31. > :07:35.send people back, because Libya is just too dangerous. He said that
:07:36. > :07:38.Italy, Malta and the rest of Europe acted to be prepared for the
:07:39. > :07:44.arrivals. The application is that it means more screening, more
:07:45. > :07:47.deportations of people deemed economic migrants back to their
:07:48. > :07:50.homes. If we look at the situation and what is happening in Greece,
:07:51. > :07:56.where the process is under way, it is instructive. He said today that
:07:57. > :07:59.was not easy or smooth, and all would depend on the implementation
:08:00. > :08:04.there. At the minute, they are still screening those that are claiming
:08:05. > :08:08.refugee status. When they start deporting them, how will desperate
:08:09. > :08:10.people react? That is the question there, and it will be instructive
:08:11. > :08:13.for how the EU operates in Italy. Downing Street has rejected calls
:08:14. > :08:16.for the Culture Secretary John Whittingdale to step back
:08:17. > :08:18.from decisions linked to press regulation, after Mr Whittingdale
:08:19. > :08:22.confirmed that he'd had Four newspapers knew
:08:23. > :08:27.about the relationship, Labour says the public needs to be
:08:28. > :08:33.reassured that Mr Whittingdale has not suffered undue influence when it
:08:34. > :08:35.came to his decisions Our political editor
:08:36. > :08:41.Laura Kuenssberg has more details. He is in charge of
:08:42. > :08:43.the rules of the press. Can you really successfully
:08:44. > :08:46.regulate the press after And the Culture Secretary, John
:08:47. > :08:59.Whittingdale, knew all about it. Before he was in the Cabinet,
:09:00. > :09:02.he met a woman on a dating site in 2013 and then had a six-month
:09:03. > :09:06.relationship with her. He says he simply did
:09:07. > :09:08.not know she was a sex Labour believes he should give
:09:09. > :09:26.up some of his powers There's a perceived undue influence
:09:27. > :09:33.possible upon him, in his role in the Cabinet,
:09:34. > :09:35.as the person who looks He really ought to excuse himself
:09:36. > :09:46.from making these decisions, I still think that is a sensible
:09:47. > :09:50.thing for him and the Government to do
:09:51. > :09:55.because if they don't, then the concern is that the press
:09:56. > :09:58.has something over him. It is awkward for Number
:09:59. > :10:00.Ten that the Prime Minister did not know anything
:10:01. > :10:03.about this until last week but embarrassing, rather
:10:04. > :10:04.than career-ending, for a politician in the 21st century
:10:05. > :10:06.to be caught in this Could the Culture Secretary be
:10:07. > :10:11.neutral in his dealings with the press when he knew some
:10:12. > :10:14.newspapers had details of his Yet the rules for Government
:10:15. > :10:22.ministers say they must not just avoid conflicts of interest,
:10:23. > :10:25.but they must steer well clear of And politicians and
:10:26. > :10:31.the press have been battling in the aftermath
:10:32. > :10:36.of the hacking scandal. The Leveson Inquiry heard
:10:37. > :10:38.from its victims, Madeleine McCann's parents, Milly Dowler's
:10:39. > :10:41.family. Those familiar faces were promised
:10:42. > :10:48.sweeping changes but some campaigners accuse the government
:10:49. > :10:52.of having gone soft. There are suspicions,
:10:53. > :10:54.firmly denied, that newspapers could have
:10:55. > :10:58.used their knowledge of Mr Whittingdale's relationship
:10:59. > :11:03.to persuade him to go slow. The second part of the
:11:04. > :11:05.Leveson Inquiry into press Criminal cases are
:11:06. > :11:10.still going on, though. There still isn't an official press
:11:11. > :11:13.regulator, although the papers have A new law on libel costs
:11:14. > :11:17.is not yet being enforced. have not been carried out
:11:18. > :11:22.to the letter, not all of them. However, they have gone a long way
:11:23. > :11:24.to meeting They have set up a new regulator,
:11:25. > :11:30.much more independent. But also, it has changed
:11:31. > :11:32.the climate and culture of Number Ten says John
:11:33. > :11:36.Whittingdale is a single man For now, the Prime
:11:37. > :11:51.Minister is content This has been pretty excruciating
:11:52. > :11:55.for John Whittingdale himself, it has been tricky for the Government
:11:56. > :11:59.and Labour has expressed its displeasure. But the opposition is
:12:00. > :12:02.not going hell for leather, trying to shove John Whittingdale out of
:12:03. > :12:05.his job, or anything like that. If you compare it with the political
:12:06. > :12:10.problems the Government has had to deal with in recent weeks, right now
:12:11. > :12:14.it feels like a mole hill, rather than a mountain. What do you make of
:12:15. > :12:19.the claims from quite a few sources that his ability to make decisions
:12:20. > :12:23.on such a sensitive area as press radiation has been compromise? He is
:12:24. > :12:30.adamant that is not the case. If anything, it is a reminder of the
:12:31. > :12:33.fraught relationship between press and politicians, they sometimes
:12:34. > :12:37.uneasy co-dependency. It is a reminder that there is still some
:12:38. > :12:41.unfinished business after the Leveson Enquiry. But whether or not
:12:42. > :12:44.the suggestions hang around depends largely on how long John
:12:45. > :12:48.Whittingdale himself hangs around. Don't forget, after the European
:12:49. > :12:53.referendum at the end of June, there is expected, and it is very likely,
:12:54. > :12:57.there will be quite a big reshuffle. It is not certain that John
:12:58. > :13:00.Whittingdale will be in charge of this brief after that, and perhaps
:13:01. > :13:05.after today it is more likely that somebody else might be in charge.
:13:06. > :13:07.Tomorrow marks the second anniversary of the kidnapping
:13:08. > :13:10.of hundreds of Nigerian schoolgirls by the Islamist
:13:11. > :13:16.Despite a worldwide campaign, and protests by the parents of
:13:17. > :13:26.At least 300 students were abducted from a school in Damasak last year
:13:27. > :13:30.and thousands of women have been enslaved by the group.
:13:31. > :13:33.Boko Haram is blamed for the deaths of more than 5,000 people
:13:34. > :13:40.Our correspondent Alastair Leithead has travelled to the town of Yola,
:13:41. > :13:47.to talk to one girl who managed to flee her captors.
:13:48. > :13:49.There are some distressing images in this report.
:13:50. > :13:54.You don't know her, she was not one of the Chibok
:13:55. > :13:58.But she is one of the thousands of other girls taken by
:13:59. > :14:04.Now home, her story is the story of how they are tearing
:14:05. > :14:11.She explained how she was kidnapped by Boko Haram and
:14:12. > :14:18.taken to the notorious Sambisa forest.
:14:19. > :14:21.TRANSLATION: They gave us a choice, to be married or to be a slave.
:14:22. > :14:32.TRANSLATION: We lived together, I became pregnant from my husband
:14:33. > :14:37.and gave birth to a boy called Usman.
:14:38. > :14:40.She was rescued before her son was born and kept in touch with her
:14:41. > :14:43.husband by phone before the army took it from her.
:14:44. > :14:45.It was the last time she spoke to him.
:14:46. > :14:58.Her family is half Muslim, half Christian.
:14:59. > :15:00.They had a vote to decide whether she should have an
:15:01. > :15:04.By a narrow majority, she was allowed to keep the baby.
:15:05. > :15:08.People labelled her a Boko Haram wife,
:15:09. > :15:23.He fell sick and nobody took care of him.
:15:24. > :15:33.Four nights ago, Usman, who was nine months old,
:15:34. > :15:42.Half the family celebrated what they called God's will.
:15:43. > :15:46.TRANSLATION: Some were happy that he died.
:15:47. > :15:51.They were happy the blood of Boko Haram had gone.
:15:52. > :15:53.She is sad, she is angry, she is confused.
:15:54. > :15:58.She talks of going to school and becoming a doctor.
:15:59. > :16:01.She talks of going back to the forest.
:16:02. > :16:07.She talks of becoming a suicide bomber.
:16:08. > :16:12.Not far from Zara's home are many other women with similar
:16:13. > :16:14.and terrible stories of life under Boko Haram.
:16:15. > :16:20.Stories of beatings, forced marriages, suffering and now stigma.
:16:21. > :16:23.TRANSLATION: When you're living under them, they beat you.
:16:24. > :16:28.If there is a child on your back, they even beat the child.
:16:29. > :16:43.It's another town where Boko Haram came and killed and at least 300
:16:44. > :16:47.children from the school. One of these men has lost his wife,
:16:48. > :16:50.the other his seven-year-old boy "Chibok is all they are
:16:51. > :17:02.talking about", he says. "Nobody has ever talked
:17:03. > :17:05.about how our children, The crisis here in north-eastern
:17:06. > :17:10.Nigeria is about far more Thousands of people have been
:17:11. > :17:15.kidnapped or forced to live under or the sexual abuse that
:17:16. > :17:21.many of them suffer. It is when they come back
:17:22. > :17:35.to their communities So many girls like Zara have been
:17:36. > :17:38.abducted and so many others are still being held. There's torment
:17:39. > :17:41.for those who wait and there is pain for those who survive.
:17:42. > :17:42.Alastair Leithead, BBC News, Nigeria.
:17:43. > :17:45.A brief look at some of the day's other news stories:
:17:46. > :17:48.European migrants are coming to the UK because of higher wages
:17:49. > :17:51.and a lack of a jobs in the Eurozone.
:17:52. > :17:54.A new report from Oxford University shows that over past five years,
:17:55. > :17:59.the number of EU nationals living in the UK has risen by almost
:18:00. > :18:01.700,000, with a quarter of them coming from Spain,
:18:02. > :18:10.The UK's biggest supermarket, Tesco has reported pre-tax profits
:18:11. > :18:13.of ?162 million for the year to February, compared with losses
:18:14. > :18:18.But the chief executive warned that the supermarket
:18:19. > :18:23.was facing very, very challenging market conditions.
:18:24. > :18:26.A decision by a parish council to charge for a weekly fun run has
:18:27. > :18:29.been criticised by ministers and by Olympic athletes.
:18:30. > :18:33.More than 300 people take part in the ParkRun in Stoke Gifford
:18:34. > :18:39.in South Gloucestershire every Saturday.
:18:40. > :18:43.This weekend's rate has been cancelled because of the level of
:18:44. > :18:47.interest on social media and fears for safety. -- race.
:18:48. > :18:49.The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have been on safari
:18:50. > :18:51.in India, as their tour of South Asia continues.
:18:52. > :18:53.The royal couple visited Kaziranga National Park,
:18:54. > :18:59.They're hoping to draw attention to the plight of endangered animals.
:19:00. > :19:02.Vote Leave and Britain Stronger in Europe have been designated
:19:03. > :19:09.as the official Leave and Remain campaigns in the EU referendum.
:19:10. > :19:12.Vote Leave is supported by the Conservative Party's
:19:13. > :19:21.Our political correspondent Ben Wright is at Westminster.
:19:22. > :19:28.On that Leave side, plenty of controversy today. There certainly
:19:29. > :19:32.has been. This is a significant decision because it means the two
:19:33. > :19:36.official campaigns will get to spend ?600,000 of taxpayers money making
:19:37. > :19:40.their case. They will get a mailshot to all voters and they will have a
:19:41. > :19:43.bigger platform, radio and TV advertising and they will both be
:19:44. > :19:46.subject to its pending limit of ?7 million which kicks in on Friday.
:19:47. > :19:53.But as you said, the electoral commission had to decide between two
:19:54. > :19:55.groups that were vying for the official designation at the Leave
:19:56. > :19:58.campaign and there's been a fractious tussle between them, an
:19:59. > :20:01.argument over tactics and tone. The electoral commission decided that
:20:02. > :20:04.Vote Leave, which as Boris Johnson, five Cabinet ministers and is
:20:05. > :20:08.chaired by a Labour MP, best represented those people who want
:20:09. > :20:12.Britain to leave the EU but one of the groups in the defeated Go
:20:13. > :20:16.movement is unhappy about this and considering a judicial review and
:20:17. > :20:20.will decide by new tomorrow -- noon tomorrow whether to launch a legal
:20:21. > :20:24.challenge. Ukip leader Nigel Farage come a bag of the Go movement,
:20:25. > :20:28.sounded magnanimous, saying the whole leave campaign needs to come
:20:29. > :20:32.together and get behind the campaign ahead of the referendum which is 71
:20:33. > :20:35.days away. Ben Wright at Westminster, there.
:20:36. > :20:40.One of the main claims made by members of the Leave campaign,
:20:41. > :20:42.including Boris Johnson, is that Britain could negotiate
:20:43. > :20:45.its own trade agreement with the EU if there was a vote to Leave.
:20:46. > :20:48.The example frequently mentioned is the deal struck by the Canadians,
:20:49. > :20:51.so our chief correspondent Gavin Hewitt has been to Canada
:20:52. > :20:55.The fast flowing Saint Lawrence Seaway, one of Canada's trading
:20:56. > :21:03.Some have cited Canada as a model for how the UK could continue to do
:21:04. > :21:09.business with the EU if it left the European Union.
:21:10. > :21:12.At the port of Montreal, a container ship turns, destination
:21:13. > :21:18.Canada has just negotiated a trade deal with Europe.
:21:19. > :21:20.For the EU, this is the largest trade agreement with
:21:21. > :21:26.Both Canada and the EU make big claims for it.
:21:27. > :21:29.In our case, we are looking at around roughly a 4% increase
:21:30. > :21:37.The deal is expected to remove 98% of tariffs from everything,
:21:38. > :21:43.But move to the capital, Ottawa, for a sense of how difficult
:21:44. > :21:48.The deal has been seven years in the making and it has
:21:49. > :21:52.For the Canadian government, it will eventually be worth
:21:53. > :21:57.But it is not the same as full access to the
:21:58. > :22:07.It is a really high quality, gold-plated trade deal.
:22:08. > :22:11.When I look at what Canada will have in terms of its ability to trade
:22:12. > :22:14.with Europe, compared to being a member of the EU,
:22:15. > :22:19.the really big difference is regulatory harmonisation.
:22:20. > :22:22.What it means for Canadian businesses is they have to,
:22:23. > :22:24.quite rightly, meet European regulatory standards
:22:25. > :22:27.without having a say in how those standards are written.
:22:28. > :22:31.No one pretends that this trade deal will give Canada the same kind
:22:32. > :22:35.of access to the European single market as an EU member state has.
:22:36. > :22:38.Even so, this deal is hugely important to Canada.
:22:39. > :22:41.But after over seven years of negotiations,
:22:42. > :22:47.and a document running to 1400 pages, there are still issues
:22:48. > :22:52.about regulation that will have to be tackled in the future.
:22:53. > :22:56.Yes, more vehicles will be traded, and gradually trade
:22:57. > :23:04.But significant issues remain over regulations and technical standards.
:23:05. > :23:07.When you consider all market access, we are talking about not just
:23:08. > :23:13.automobiles but all sectors of our respective economies,
:23:14. > :23:16.and that is a long, complicated process.
:23:17. > :23:21.Take farming, like this small farm in Paris,
:23:22. > :23:26.Yes, around 60,000 tonnes of beef will now be able to be exported
:23:27. > :23:35.But much has yet to be agreed, including meat inspection rules.
:23:36. > :23:39.When all is eventually signed, Canada won't have to contribute
:23:40. > :23:43.to the EU budget or to freedom of movement and will be able to do
:23:44. > :23:50.Yes, Canada now has a big deal with Europe, with many barriers
:23:51. > :23:54.lifted but in some key areas, including financial services,
:23:55. > :24:05.A paralysed man has been able to perform complex
:24:06. > :24:08.movements with his hand, such as playing a video game
:24:09. > :24:10.or swiping a credit card, by using the power of thought.
:24:11. > :24:13.His thoughts are interpreted by a computer, which sends impulses
:24:14. > :24:20.Our medical correspondent Fergus Walsh has the story.
:24:21. > :24:23.Ian Burkhart is playing a guitar video game using
:24:24. > :24:30.His paralysed fingers can move as a result of commands
:24:31. > :24:34.from his brain fed into a computer, which then stimulates his muscles
:24:35. > :24:43.Ian was paralysed below the elbows in a diving accident six years ago,
:24:44. > :24:48.but is slowly relearning to use his fingers.
:24:49. > :24:51.Now it's just something that's so fluid, kind
:24:52. > :24:55.of like it was before I had my injury, where I just think
:24:56. > :24:59.about what I want to do and then I can do it.
:25:00. > :25:03.The key to this technology is a tiny computer chip which surgeons
:25:04. > :25:05.implanted on the area of the brain, the motor cortex,
:25:06. > :25:11.When he thinks about moving his fingers and hand, those
:25:12. > :25:13.messages can't travel down his injured spinal cord,
:25:14. > :25:20.The computer interprets the signals and then send impulses
:25:21. > :25:26.Ian's movements are still slow and deliberate, but his dexterity
:25:27. > :25:36.He can demonstrate practical tasks, like swiping a bank card.
:25:37. > :25:40.Engineers hope he will eventually be able to use a keyboard.
:25:41. > :25:44.The biggest dream would be to get full function in my hand back.
:25:45. > :25:49.You know, because that allows you to be a lot more independent
:25:50. > :25:52.and not have to rely on people for simple day-to-day tasks that
:25:53. > :25:59.Several more patients are lined up to receive the device in Ohio.
:26:00. > :26:04.This really provides hope, we believe, for many patients
:26:05. > :26:08.in the future, as this technology evolves and matures,
:26:09. > :26:11.to help people who have disabilities from spinal-cord injury or traumatic
:26:12. > :26:14.brain injury or stroke, to allow them to be more functional
:26:15. > :26:24.Four years ago, a paralysed woman controlled a robotic
:26:25. > :26:30.A different approach is spinal repair.
:26:31. > :26:33.This paralysed patient in Poland had a cell transplant and
:26:34. > :26:42.This latest research in the journal, Nature,
:26:43. > :26:47.But the team in Ohio hope the technology will eventually be
:26:48. > :26:49.wireless and allow patients greater independence.
:26:50. > :26:55.The playwright Sir Arnold Wesker, who came to prominence in the late
:26:56. > :26:58.1950s with his gritty, working class dramas,
:26:59. > :27:03.He'd been suffering from Parkinson's disease.
:27:04. > :27:05.He was a leading figure in a generation of writers,
:27:06. > :27:08.including John Osborne and Kingsley Amis, who became known
:27:09. > :27:13.He produced dozens of works, including Chicken Soup with Barley
:27:14. > :27:17.and Chips with Everything, as well as poems and short stories.
:27:18. > :27:21.Speaking on the BBC's Desert Island Discs in 2006,
:27:22. > :27:25.he explained how he wanted to be viewed.
:27:26. > :27:28.I've always worried about people who wear cloth caps to show
:27:29. > :27:34.Where they come from doesn't really matter.
:27:35. > :27:37.You are not a good writer because you come from
:27:38. > :27:40.a working-class background, and you're not a good writer
:27:41. > :27:44.You're a good writer because you are a good writer,
:27:45. > :27:52.and it is the work that matters, not the labels.
:27:53. > :27:55.The playwright Sir Arnold Wesker, who's died at the age of 83.
:27:56. > :27:58.The first woman to be appointed musical director of one of Britain's
:27:59. > :28:01.most prestigious orchestras, City of Birmingham Symphony
:28:02. > :28:05.Orchestra, is the Lithuanian conductor Mirga Grazinyte-Tyla,
:28:06. > :28:08.who's 30, and widely recognised as one of the rising
:28:09. > :28:14.She's also set to feature in this year's BBC Proms, the world's
:28:15. > :28:22.Our arts editor Will Gompertz has been to meet her.
:28:23. > :28:26.This is Mirga Grazinyte-Tyla, considered by many to be one
:28:27. > :28:31.of the most exciting young conductors in the world.
:28:32. > :28:34.She has made a name for herself working with the Los
:28:35. > :28:38.But she is moving on, to take up the prestigious post
:28:39. > :28:41.of Music Director at the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra.
:28:42. > :28:43.She is experiencing a warm welcome there.
:28:44. > :28:50.It's always like that in Birmingham!
:28:51. > :29:01.What do you think you can bring to this orchestra?
:29:02. > :29:06.I might bring some new ideas, some new inspirations.
:29:07. > :29:22.Do you think within the classical music world, which has historically
:29:23. > :29:24.been very male dominated, particularly when it
:29:25. > :29:27.comes to conductors, there is a shift?
:29:28. > :29:47.Many people do have a question, can a woman conduct?
:29:48. > :29:59.Is part of that conservative approach, is it more embedded
:30:00. > :30:03.Or is it more embedded in the audiences?
:30:04. > :30:10.It has very much to do with role models.
:30:11. > :30:15.If a little girl plays with her Barbie, it is much harder
:30:16. > :30:19.to imagine the things she does not see.
:30:20. > :30:22.Will that be part of your agenda here, to try to shift
:30:23. > :30:25.perceptions about female musicians and conductors?
:30:26. > :30:32.I'm well aware that it is a very important point for our society.
:30:33. > :30:40.And I suspect audiences who come to see Mirga Grazinyte-Tyla
:30:41. > :30:53.Tonight, the former Deputy Prime Minister,
:30:54. > :30:56.Nick Clegg, on drugs, live in our studio.
:30:57. > :30:59.He won't be consuming them but telling us why he thinks
:31:00. > :31:01.it is time for a new approach to controlling them.
:31:02. > :31:07.Join me now on BBC Two, 11pm in Scotland.
:31:08. > :31:09.Here on BBC One, it's time for the news where you are.