0:00:04 > 0:00:08The family of the four children who died following a house fire
0:00:08 > 0:00:10in Salford this week say the children were
0:00:10 > 0:00:12the best of friends.
0:00:12 > 0:00:16They were aged between three and 15 and their mother, who survived,
0:00:16 > 0:00:18remains in a coma and knows nothing of what happened.
0:00:18 > 0:00:25How can I turn around and say, they've gone?
0:00:25 > 0:00:28I can't even turn round and say one's gone, all her young ones,
0:00:28 > 0:00:30all her babies, have gone.
0:00:31 > 0:00:33The police say the fire was a targeted attack,
0:00:33 > 0:00:37three people have been charged with murder.
0:00:37 > 0:00:40The family say the mother had called the police before and the night
0:00:40 > 0:00:43of the fire claiming the family was being harrassed.
0:00:43 > 0:00:45Also tonight -
0:00:45 > 0:00:48EU leaders give the official go ahead for the Brexit talks
0:00:48 > 0:00:49to proceed to the next stage.
0:00:49 > 0:00:52A student is cleared of rape after police fail to disclose
0:00:52 > 0:01:00evidence which could have proved his innocence.
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0:01:03 > 0:01:06votes for a new leader and to regain public trust.
0:01:06 > 0:01:08And can England hang on in the Ashes?
0:01:08 > 0:01:09They need at least a draw to avoid a series defeat.
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0:01:14 > 0:01:16Aljaz Bedene, switches back to Slovenia in a bid to play
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0:01:39 > 0:01:41Good evening.
0:01:41 > 0:01:46Relatives of the four children who died in a housefire in Salford
0:01:46 > 0:01:48have said they don't know how they will be able to tell
0:01:48 > 0:01:51the children's mother - who is in a medically induced coma
0:01:51 > 0:01:58and likely to remain that way for several weeks.
0:01:58 > 0:02:0015-year-old Demi Pearson, three-year-old Lia,
0:02:00 > 0:02:04Lacie aged seven, and Brandon who was eight died
0:02:04 > 0:02:06following the fire on Monday, which police are calling
0:02:06 > 0:02:07a targeted attack.
0:02:07 > 0:02:09The children's grandfather says the family had been harrassed before
0:02:09 > 0:02:12and the police had been called on Sunday night but left.
0:02:12 > 0:02:14The house was set alight a few hours later.
0:02:14 > 0:02:16Three people have been charged with murder.
0:02:16 > 0:02:18Judith Moritz has been speaking to the family,
0:02:18 > 0:02:21and is at police headquarters in Manchester tonight.
0:02:21 > 0:02:23Judith.
0:02:26 > 0:02:32Yes, Fiona, I spent the afternoon here with the Pearson family, with
0:02:32 > 0:02:35Mike Pearson, whose four grandchildren have died, and whose
0:02:35 > 0:02:40daughter Michelle is now fighting for her life in hospital. And with
0:02:40 > 0:02:45Michelle's brother and sister, Claire and Chris. The family are in
0:02:45 > 0:02:49obvious pain and though it took all of their strength, they told me that
0:02:49 > 0:02:53they wanted to speak publicly today to show the world the scale of what
0:02:53 > 0:02:55they have lost.
0:02:55 > 0:02:59Brandon and Lacie was running up-and-down the street.
0:02:59 > 0:03:02They just, they were so happy that it was snowing.
0:03:02 > 0:03:05Brother and sister playing in the snow last week.
0:03:05 > 0:03:06Brandon and Lacie Pearson were inseparable.
0:03:06 > 0:03:11Lia was the baby of the family.
0:03:11 > 0:03:12Everyone doted on her.
0:03:12 > 0:03:15She melted your heart.
0:03:15 > 0:03:17You couldn't have a serious face on with that child.
0:03:17 > 0:03:20She brought you so much happiness.
0:03:20 > 0:03:24Their teenage sister Demi looked out for them all.
0:03:24 > 0:03:27Demi mothered them like they was her own.
0:03:27 > 0:03:29They wasn't siblings, they were best friends, the lot of them.
0:03:29 > 0:03:31Four young lives taken.
0:03:31 > 0:03:34Their mother Michelle is badly burned in a coma.
0:03:34 > 0:03:38She doesn't know that her children have died.
0:03:38 > 0:03:42How can I turn around and say, "They've gone?"
0:03:42 > 0:03:45I can't even turn around and say one's gone.
0:03:45 > 0:03:48All her young ones, all her babies have gone.
0:03:48 > 0:03:50She's just going to say, "Why have you brought me back?"
0:03:50 > 0:03:55"Why didn't you just let me go."
0:03:56 > 0:04:06This is the first time her family has spoken
0:04:08 > 0:04:10of their pain, their loss, and their memories of
0:04:10 > 0:04:13the night they saw fire engulfing the house where
0:04:13 > 0:04:14the children and their mother were asleep.
0:04:14 > 0:04:17There's not words what your eyes can describe what you see.
0:04:17 > 0:04:19No, you can't describe what you see.
0:04:19 > 0:04:21I remember going down the street and then just
0:04:21 > 0:04:22being surrounded by police officers.
0:04:22 > 0:04:25And I'm screaming at them, screaming at them, and I'm calling
0:04:25 > 0:04:26them all sorts of names.
0:04:26 > 0:04:34You just wanted to go in and help but you couldn't.
0:04:34 > 0:04:36Little Lia's life hung in the balance for two days.
0:04:36 > 0:04:39Her auntie Claire comforted her as she slipped away.
0:04:39 > 0:04:42They allowed me to cuddle her and hold her as she passed.
0:04:42 > 0:04:43Did you speak to her?
0:04:43 > 0:04:46I spoke to her, I sang to her.
0:04:46 > 0:04:48It must have been so difficult.
0:04:48 > 0:04:53It broke me, it did.
0:04:53 > 0:04:56I didn't want to let that little girl go.
0:04:57 > 0:05:02The police say that the house was targeted.
0:05:02 > 0:05:07The family say Michelle complained of being unsafe there.
0:05:07 > 0:05:10She'd said she'd actually been to the housing that week and
0:05:10 > 0:05:20begged them to move her to a safe house, or get her out of the area.
0:05:20 > 0:05:23Michelle's been unsafe in that property for months and months and
0:05:23 > 0:05:24the police was aware of this.
0:05:24 > 0:05:26The council was aware of this.
0:05:26 > 0:05:28And I'm sorry to say this, but...
0:05:28 > 0:05:29People have let her down.
0:05:29 > 0:05:30They've let her down.
0:05:30 > 0:05:33And my sister and her kids would have had a chance of
0:05:33 > 0:05:35survival if they did their job properly.
0:05:35 > 0:05:38The family is broken, the pain is raw and the loss is immeasurable.
0:05:38 > 0:05:39Judith Moritz, BBC News, Manchester.
0:05:46 > 0:05:49Judith Moritz speaking to the Pearson family.
0:05:49 > 0:05:53EU leaders have agreed to move Brexit talks on to the next phase,
0:05:53 > 0:05:55which will deal with the future relationship between Britain
0:05:55 > 0:05:56and the EU once Britain leaves.
0:05:56 > 0:06:00Theresa May has called it an important step on the road
0:06:00 > 0:06:02to a smooth and orderly Brexit.
0:06:02 > 0:06:08But the President of the European Council, Donald Tusk,
0:06:08 > 0:06:11has warned it will be dramatically difficult to reach a final deal
0:06:11 > 0:06:12by March 2019.
0:06:12 > 0:06:13Here's our political editor Laura Kuenssberg.
0:06:13 > 0:06:14The men with the message.
0:06:14 > 0:06:17Part one is done.
0:06:17 > 0:06:19The European Union is ready to grant the Prime Minister's
0:06:19 > 0:06:23wish and move on.
0:06:23 > 0:06:30She was a tough, smart, polite and friendly negotiator.
0:06:30 > 0:06:33And so we were able to conclude that sufficient progress has been made.
0:06:33 > 0:06:36To get this far on Brexit, there has been some conflict
0:06:36 > 0:06:38and a lot of compromise.
0:06:38 > 0:06:41What is needed to get to the end of the next phase,
0:06:41 > 0:06:48and is Theresa May's goal of a full agreement by March 2019 realistic?
0:06:48 > 0:06:53Still realistic and, of course, dramatically difficult.
0:06:53 > 0:06:59The real negotiations on the second phase will start in March next year.
0:06:59 > 0:07:08I cannot say when these negotiations will be concluded.
0:07:08 > 0:07:11But I don't hope that I will have to have as early morning meeting
0:07:11 > 0:07:14with the British Prime Minister than the one I had last week.
0:07:14 > 0:07:15Hopefully, with fewer last-minute trips to Brussels
0:07:15 > 0:07:20in the middle of the night, the negotiations step up.
0:07:20 > 0:07:23It has been a slog to get this far, but their words this morning
0:07:23 > 0:07:26are part of our history now, the official end of the beginning
0:07:26 > 0:07:30of our departure from the European Union.
0:07:30 > 0:07:33It's taken time, but at last the government's negotiating team
0:07:33 > 0:07:36can crack on with initial talks about how we do business in future,
0:07:36 > 0:07:42and vitally the transition a couple of years after Brexit itself.
0:07:42 > 0:07:45The UK and the EU have shown what can be achieved by commitment
0:07:45 > 0:07:48and perseverance on both sides.
0:07:48 > 0:07:50I'm pleased that it's been agreed we should make rapid progress
0:07:50 > 0:07:52on an implementation period, which will give certainty
0:07:52 > 0:07:57to businesses and individuals.
0:07:57 > 0:08:00The EU's brokers believe the Cabinet at home must
0:08:00 > 0:08:03bury their differences, though, to give a clearer picture
0:08:03 > 0:08:07of how they want the future to look, before getting a decent hearing.
0:08:07 > 0:08:10The divide within the Conservative Party is going to make it very
0:08:10 > 0:08:16difficult for us to negotiate a way through as a country.
0:08:16 > 0:08:18And Theresa May, ultimately, has to be able to deliver
0:08:18 > 0:08:20for business here.
0:08:20 > 0:08:25Business need that certainty now.
0:08:25 > 0:08:29The 27 we are leaving behind don't agree with much of what the UK has
0:08:29 > 0:08:30already put on the table, especially during
0:08:30 > 0:08:32the transition period.
0:08:32 > 0:08:35They want the European Court to be in charge during that whole time,
0:08:35 > 0:08:38for the UK to accept any changes without a say, and for
0:08:38 > 0:08:39immigration to stay the same.
0:08:39 > 0:08:42This is a big junction.
0:08:42 > 0:08:48Phase two will be even tougher, she warned.
0:08:48 > 0:08:51We would like it to look as much like the current
0:08:51 > 0:08:53relationship as possible, but that wouldn't necessarily be
0:08:53 > 0:08:54the view of everyone.
0:08:54 > 0:08:56It's a marathon race.
0:08:56 > 0:08:59We have just finished the first mile.
0:08:59 > 0:09:02Given how far apart the two sides were, and the distance
0:09:02 > 0:09:05between the different wings of the Tory party,
0:09:05 > 0:09:08the Prime Minister might feel entitled tonight to take a pause
0:09:08 > 0:09:13for breath, a moment to savour having reached this junction.
0:09:13 > 0:09:16But with clashes in the Commons to come, in the Cabinet,
0:09:16 > 0:09:20and contradictions between the European Union and the UK,
0:09:20 > 0:09:23still, she has little time or energy to waste on celebration.
0:09:23 > 0:09:25And to reach this point, not even halfway, she's already
0:09:25 > 0:09:30had to yield so much.
0:09:30 > 0:09:32Indeed, at times it felt like the Prime Minister simply
0:09:32 > 0:09:39might not make it even this far.
0:09:39 > 0:09:42It is a very long way still until the end of this whole journey.
0:09:42 > 0:09:44Laura Kuenssberg, BBC News, Brussels.
0:09:45 > 0:09:48The two sides now need to finalise the Brexit
0:09:48 > 0:09:49withdrawal agreement, and turn it into something
0:09:49 > 0:09:52legally binding.
0:09:52 > 0:09:56But negotiations are also turning to the future.
0:09:56 > 0:09:58Chris Morris from the BBC's Reality Check team looks ahead
0:09:58 > 0:10:01to what the next phase of talks will be about.
0:10:01 > 0:10:04Nearly 18 months after the referendum the EU and the UK are
0:10:04 > 0:10:06finally going to start talking about the future.
0:10:06 > 0:10:09Negotiations will focus initially on a transition period of
0:10:09 > 0:10:12roughly two years after Brexit, with the aim of getting businesses some
0:10:12 > 0:10:13extra certainty.
0:10:13 > 0:10:23This transition will take place under existing EU
0:10:27 > 0:10:30rules and regulations where things mosly stay the same, except the UK
0:10:30 > 0:10:33no longer has a seat at the decision-making table.
0:10:33 > 0:10:35For example, the EU says the UK will have to
0:10:35 > 0:10:38follow all EU rules and regulations, including new ones approved during
0:10:38 > 0:10:39the transition.
0:10:39 > 0:10:41The jurisdiction of the European Court of Justice will
0:10:41 > 0:10:43still apply in full and free movement of people will
0:10:43 > 0:10:47continue too.
0:10:47 > 0:10:50The EU says that means the UK staying in the Single Market and
0:10:50 > 0:10:53Customs union.
0:10:53 > 0:10:57The British Government doesn't agree and says we
0:10:57 > 0:10:59will leave both of these on 29th March 2019.
0:10:59 > 0:11:02It could become a dispute over a form of words but
0:11:02 > 0:11:03politically it's important.
0:11:03 > 0:11:06So, lots to negotiate.
0:11:06 > 0:11:09But time is short.
0:11:09 > 0:11:10If all goes to plan, more EU guidelines
0:11:10 > 0:11:13will be issued next March, allowing talks on the future
0:11:13 > 0:11:18relationship to start, on things like security,
0:11:18 > 0:11:21foreign policy and, of course, trade.
0:11:21 > 0:11:24The EU says formal trade negotiations cannot begin legally
0:11:24 > 0:11:27until after the UK has left in 2019.
0:11:27 > 0:11:30The Government wants to be more ambitious and finish trade talks
0:11:30 > 0:11:32as quickly as possible.
0:11:32 > 0:11:35But realistically, says the EU, they will continue long after Brexit
0:11:35 > 0:11:36has actually happened.
0:11:36 > 0:11:38Chris Morris, BBC News.
0:11:41 > 0:11:45Our political correspondent Ben Wright is in Westminster.
0:11:45 > 0:11:51The Brexit talks move onto phase two - a good day for Theresa May?
0:11:51 > 0:11:55, yes, a big moment for Theresa May's government, this first
0:11:55 > 0:11:59negotiating hurdle has been cleared and now talks can move on, so I
0:11:59 > 0:12:04think there is great relief within No 10. Tonight it seems too that the
0:12:04 > 0:12:08Government has swerved a potential second defeat in the Commons next
0:12:08 > 0:12:12week when MPs vote on the Government's plan to chisel into
0:12:12 > 0:12:18British law the precise date we leave the European Union. March 29,
0:12:18 > 0:12:212019. Opposition parties and a number of Tory MPs are really
0:12:21 > 0:12:25worried about this and have said it was boxing the Government in through
0:12:25 > 0:12:29the Brexit negotiations and didn't recognise the fact that the deadline
0:12:29 > 0:12:34could be extended if the UK and all EU countries agreed, so there was a
0:12:34 > 0:12:42rebellion brewing. But today a number of Tory MPs from across the
0:12:42 > 0:12:45party have put forward a compromise that keeps the date in law but also
0:12:45 > 0:12:48allows ministers to change it if they think it needs to be. And
0:12:48 > 0:12:50perhaps for once all Tory MPs across the board seem happy with the
0:12:50 > 0:12:53compromise. But as Laura said, there are much bigger, tougher arguments
0:12:53 > 0:12:57to be had now within the government, around the Cabinet table, about the
0:12:57 > 0:13:01precise sort of economic relationship Britain wants with the
0:13:01 > 0:13:04European Union after Brexit.Ben Wright at Westminster, thank you.
0:13:04 > 0:13:07A judge has called for an inquiry after a university student
0:13:07 > 0:13:10was cleared of rape because police failed to disclose evidence which
0:13:10 > 0:13:11could have proven his innocence.
0:13:11 > 0:13:1422-year-old Liam Allan spent two years on bail, before his trial
0:13:14 > 0:13:17at Croydon Crown Court was halted when it was revealed his accuser had
0:13:17 > 0:13:18sent him thousands of text messages.
0:13:18 > 0:13:22He's been speaking exclusively to Clive Coleman.
0:13:22 > 0:13:25The day after the case against him was dropped,
0:13:25 > 0:13:27Liam Allan is coming to terms with the end of
0:13:27 > 0:13:30a two-year nightmare.
0:13:30 > 0:13:33I was relieved, not just for myself, but for everyone that's been with me
0:13:33 > 0:13:34every step of the way.
0:13:34 > 0:13:35And everyone it has impacted.
0:13:35 > 0:13:38It was just a huge, huge relief.
0:13:38 > 0:13:41You sort of get your life back.
0:13:41 > 0:13:43You don't realise that you've lost parts of your life
0:13:43 > 0:13:45until you actually have it completely done.
0:13:45 > 0:13:49The trial may be over, but the strain it caused remains vivid.
0:13:49 > 0:13:52I'll be honest, I did start to suffer from panic attacks,
0:13:52 > 0:13:55a couple of weeks before court, which is why I said
0:13:55 > 0:13:56it was probably my worst time.
0:13:56 > 0:13:58Because you just, you have to have your own reaction,
0:13:58 > 0:14:01panic attacks are an internal reaction that you
0:14:01 > 0:14:03can't help yourself.
0:14:03 > 0:14:06But it is to be expected, you can't not go through this
0:14:06 > 0:14:08and not panic and not fear, and remain strong
0:14:08 > 0:14:10through the whole thing.
0:14:10 > 0:14:14It could bring the strongest person in the world to their knees.
0:14:14 > 0:14:18Liam went on trial charged with six rapes and six sexual assaults.
0:14:18 > 0:14:21His lawyers were repeatedly refused access to his alleged
0:14:21 > 0:14:23victim's phone records.
0:14:23 > 0:14:27They were finally handed over at the start of the trial.
0:14:27 > 0:14:2940,000 phone messages included details which clearly
0:14:29 > 0:14:34suggested he was innocent.
0:14:34 > 0:14:39His trial at Croydon Crown Court collapsed yesterday.
0:14:39 > 0:14:41She said she didn't like sex with him.
0:14:41 > 0:14:43Text messages to say she loves sex with him.
0:14:43 > 0:14:45There were rape fantasies, there was sex in the open air.
0:14:45 > 0:14:48This was a 12-count indictment.
0:14:48 > 0:14:52If the defence hadn't got that, that man would have been convicted,
0:14:52 > 0:14:55that man would have got 12 years, that man would have had his life
0:14:55 > 0:15:00trashed, and on a sexual offences register for ever.
0:15:00 > 0:15:05It's a fundamental principle of our system that the prosecution
0:15:05 > 0:15:07must hand over any evidence that it holds that could help
0:15:07 > 0:15:10the person on trial.
0:15:10 > 0:15:12Lawyers tell me that Liam Allan's experience is far
0:15:12 > 0:15:17from a one-off and that there's a widespread problem.
0:15:17 > 0:15:20The Metropolitan Police are carrying out an urgent assessment the case.
0:15:20 > 0:15:25But for Liam, sorry just won't do it.
0:15:25 > 0:15:27An apology just doesn't feel like enough.
0:15:27 > 0:15:30The length of time I faced, the fact that the person remains
0:15:30 > 0:15:33anonymous and I am everywhere and got dragged through hell
0:15:33 > 0:15:36for the last two years, apology doesn't even slightly cut
0:15:36 > 0:15:41it at all.
0:15:41 > 0:15:43Liam's case adds to mounting concerns that the system
0:15:43 > 0:15:46for ensuring that those on trial receive all of the evidence that
0:15:46 > 0:15:48could help their defence, is failing far too often.
0:15:48 > 0:15:56Clive Coleman, BBC News.
0:15:56 > 0:15:59Six months ago we brought you the story of Ian Shaw who has
0:15:59 > 0:16:00learning disabilities, autism and epilepsy.
0:16:00 > 0:16:03He was diagnosed with testicular cancer and in January was told
0:16:03 > 0:16:05he had three months to live.
0:16:05 > 0:16:09But after watching our report, a psychiatrist got in touch,
0:16:09 > 0:16:11suggesting Ian's case should be looked at again.
0:16:11 > 0:16:14It was, and Ian is now responding well to treatment.
0:16:14 > 0:16:17Charities say it raises questions about the care given to some people
0:16:17 > 0:16:23with learning disabilities, as Alison Holt reports.
0:16:23 > 0:16:26September, and it's an important moment in the Shaw household.
0:16:26 > 0:16:3134-year-old Ian will soon be on his way to hospital.
0:16:31 > 0:16:33Going out for a drive, Ian, in the ambulance?
0:16:33 > 0:16:35Yes, please.
0:16:35 > 0:16:36Yeah, please.
0:16:36 > 0:16:38Ian has learning disabilities, autism, epilepsy and can't
0:16:38 > 0:16:41speak for himself.
0:16:41 > 0:16:42Morning, everyone.
0:16:42 > 0:16:43Hello.
0:16:43 > 0:16:45He also has testicular cancer.
0:16:45 > 0:16:48He's being taken for his second round of chemotherapy,
0:16:48 > 0:16:49and that's a major change.
0:16:49 > 0:16:52At the start of the year, his family was told
0:16:52 > 0:16:53he was terminally ill and had
0:16:53 > 0:16:54three months to live.
0:16:54 > 0:16:57He spent a long time in bed, especially when I thought
0:16:57 > 0:16:59there was no treatment and no cure, I just thought...
0:16:59 > 0:17:02Just a waiting game, but now, it's like there is hope.
0:17:02 > 0:17:04I followed Ian's story for ten months now because
0:17:04 > 0:17:06his family wanted others
0:17:06 > 0:17:08to understand how people with learning disabilities
0:17:08 > 0:17:13are too often failed by the system.
0:17:13 > 0:17:18Only recently has it become clear what that has meant for Ian.
0:17:18 > 0:17:21Turn the clock back to our report, broadcast in July,
0:17:21 > 0:17:23and Ian was clearly ill.
0:17:23 > 0:17:26Difficult for his parents, who believed his cancer should have
0:17:26 > 0:17:28been spotted sooner.
0:17:28 > 0:17:30He'd spent nine years in secure health units
0:17:30 > 0:17:32because of his challenging behaviour, and they felt
0:17:32 > 0:17:36he'd been overmedicated and his health neglected.
0:17:36 > 0:17:38I was told there was no treatment.
0:17:38 > 0:17:41Because it'd been there a long time and they couldn't treat it
0:17:41 > 0:17:44because it would be too much.
0:17:44 > 0:17:48It just wouldn't work, it's gone too far.
0:17:48 > 0:17:50Watching that report was Dr Justin Wilson,
0:17:50 > 0:17:52a psychiatrist who had researched cancer treatments in people
0:17:52 > 0:17:55with learning disabilities.
0:17:55 > 0:17:57Knowing that testicular cancer is one of the most treatable
0:17:57 > 0:18:01cancers that there is, I was surprised that a decision had
0:18:01 > 0:18:04been made not to provide treatment.
0:18:04 > 0:18:08I wanted to understand what that was about.
0:18:08 > 0:18:10We put him in touch with the family.
0:18:10 > 0:18:13He suggested getting a second opinion, which led to Ian having
0:18:13 > 0:18:16chemo at the Royal Marsden Hospital.
0:18:16 > 0:18:18My concern was that perhaps judgments are made
0:18:18 > 0:18:21about the quality-of-life that he has, because of his severe
0:18:21 > 0:18:23learning disabilities and because of the physical impact
0:18:23 > 0:18:27of how the cancer had spread.
0:18:27 > 0:18:29I'm also clearly aware that providing cancer treatment
0:18:29 > 0:18:33for somebody with the problems that Ian has is a real challenge,
0:18:33 > 0:18:38but my view is that those challenges can be overcome.
0:18:38 > 0:18:41Give me your hands...
0:18:41 > 0:18:44It is now November and another big day for Ian.
0:18:44 > 0:18:46He's being moved to a wheelchair because the doctors
0:18:46 > 0:18:48want him up and about.
0:18:48 > 0:18:51The cancer has affected his spine, so he can't walk,
0:18:51 > 0:18:53but he's doing really well.
0:18:53 > 0:18:54Do you like it, Ian?
0:18:54 > 0:18:57After ten months stuck in a bed, he's had enough of people talking.
0:18:57 > 0:19:00He's desperate to have a chair, isn't he?
0:19:00 > 0:19:04Once moving, he doesn't want to stop.
0:19:04 > 0:19:08The look on his face is fantastic.
0:19:08 > 0:19:11There's still a long way to go for Ian, but the change
0:19:11 > 0:19:14is staggering since I first met him, and since his family was told
0:19:14 > 0:19:21there was no hope at the Luton and Dunstable Hospital in January.
0:19:21 > 0:19:23In a statement the hospital says, "A number of experts
0:19:23 > 0:19:26were consulted about Ian's case.
0:19:26 > 0:19:30It was agreed that Mr Shaw was too ill to undergo chemotherapy.
0:19:30 > 0:19:32It concludes his learning difficulties were not a factor
0:19:32 > 0:19:36in the decision to move to a palliative care pathway".
0:19:36 > 0:19:38First time in the chair?
0:19:38 > 0:19:38For ages.
0:19:38 > 0:19:41He's over moon.
0:19:41 > 0:19:43Dr Wilson and Bernadette Adams, the family's advocate, haven't seen
0:19:43 > 0:19:47Ian for a couple of months.
0:19:47 > 0:19:50Hello, how are you?
0:19:50 > 0:19:53I think we need to learn that people with autism and learning
0:19:53 > 0:19:56disabilities have the same rights as anyone else,
0:19:56 > 0:19:59and there doesn't need to be a barrier, we can make
0:19:59 > 0:20:01adjustments so that they get the right treatment,
0:20:01 > 0:20:05at the right time.
0:20:05 > 0:20:07NHS England says it's working to reduce the health inequalities
0:20:07 > 0:20:09faced by people with learning disabilities, but it didn't
0:20:09 > 0:20:12want to comment on Ian's case.
0:20:12 > 0:20:16The latest scan has shown that his cancer is shrinking.
0:20:16 > 0:20:18Give us a kiss!
0:20:18 > 0:20:24Alison Holt, BBC News.
0:20:24 > 0:20:25South Africa's governing African National Congress
0:20:25 > 0:20:28is preparing this weekend to pick a new party leader to replace
0:20:28 > 0:20:30Jacob Zuma, who is also the country's president.
0:20:30 > 0:20:33The ANC is still the dominant political force, but has faced
0:20:33 > 0:20:35a loss of public trust.
0:20:35 > 0:20:39President Zuma is facing corruption allegations, which he denies.
0:20:39 > 0:20:41The BBC's Africa Editor, Fergal Keane, has travelled
0:20:41 > 0:20:46through the ANC stronghold of the Eastern Cape.
0:20:48 > 0:20:51Many dreams of freedom were born here, died here and were reborn.
0:20:51 > 0:20:55From its earliest days, the Eastern Cape was an ANC stronghold.
0:20:55 > 0:21:00New Brighton was where the party's military wing was founded,
0:21:00 > 0:21:07and the first South African township I visited in the years of apartheid.
0:21:07 > 0:21:10When I first came to this township, more than 30 years ago,
0:21:10 > 0:21:12the ANC were still banned, Mandela was in jail,
0:21:12 > 0:21:15Jacob Zuma was in exile.
0:21:15 > 0:21:21But to the people who live here now, that's all ancient history.
0:21:21 > 0:21:26What they care about is what the ANC hasn't done.
0:21:26 > 0:21:29Anger over the failure to deliver enough houses and services saw
0:21:29 > 0:21:32people here force the closure of this museum to the heroes
0:21:32 > 0:21:35of the freedom struggle.
0:21:35 > 0:21:39They've come in from the rural areas...
0:21:39 > 0:21:42Paul Mbewana is a lifelong ANC supporter who led
0:21:42 > 0:21:43the community protest.
0:21:43 > 0:21:46He is astonished at the looting of state resources that has
0:21:46 > 0:21:49burgeoned under Jacob Zuma.
0:21:49 > 0:21:51In fact, I'm disgusted with it, because it's eating all
0:21:51 > 0:21:56the resources which are meant for the poor, the
0:21:56 > 0:21:57poorest of the poor.
0:21:57 > 0:21:59So they can't...
0:21:59 > 0:22:06They can't benefit from services and all those things.
0:22:06 > 0:22:08But go north into still impoverished rural areas and you are reminded
0:22:08 > 0:22:10of an essential fact.
0:22:10 > 0:22:12The virus of corruption, moral and financial,
0:22:12 > 0:22:17was present long before Zuma.
0:22:17 > 0:22:19Here, tens of millions were squandered by the white regime
0:22:19 > 0:22:22to create so-called independent homelands, where black
0:22:22 > 0:22:26people were to be dumped far from the cities.
0:22:26 > 0:22:28It's partly that memory that keeps older voters,
0:22:28 > 0:22:36like this 77-year-old, loyal to the ANC and Zuma.
0:22:36 > 0:22:41"I like Jacob Zuma because he's part of the ANC", she told me.
0:22:41 > 0:22:43"He took us to freedom.
0:22:43 > 0:22:49"Even if they remove him, he took us to freedom".
0:22:49 > 0:22:51But a culture of protest is thriving in South Africa,
0:22:51 > 0:22:54driven by a free press and independent judiciary fighting
0:22:54 > 0:22:58to rein in Jacob Zuma.
0:22:58 > 0:23:02I came here to Fort Hare University, alma mater of Nelson Mandela,
0:23:02 > 0:23:08and four other African presidents, and found students eager for change.
0:23:08 > 0:23:11My perception of our politicians is that they are people
0:23:11 > 0:23:13who are self-absorbed, who do not have the best interests
0:23:13 > 0:23:16of the people of this country, especially the poor people,
0:23:16 > 0:23:20who fought for them to be in power.
0:23:20 > 0:23:26Do not put the leaders that are going to continue
0:23:26 > 0:23:28with the culture of robbing poor South Africans' money.
0:23:28 > 0:23:31Bring leaders that are progressive, that see vision, that see progress,
0:23:31 > 0:23:34that want to improve the lives of South Africans.
0:23:34 > 0:23:38That's my stand.
0:23:38 > 0:23:40South Africa's strength has always been the determination
0:23:40 > 0:23:42of the majority to confront injustice, whether
0:23:42 > 0:23:45racism or corruption.
0:23:45 > 0:23:48It's that spirit which will demand accountability from whoever
0:23:48 > 0:23:50ends up leading the ANC.
0:23:50 > 0:23:57Fergal Keane, BBC News in the Eastern Cape.
0:23:57 > 0:23:59The date has been announced for Prince Harry and
0:23:59 > 0:24:00Meghan Markle's wedding.
0:24:00 > 0:24:03The service at St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle, will take place
0:24:03 > 0:24:05on Saturday May 19th.
0:24:05 > 0:24:08That's something of a break with tradition for the royal family,
0:24:08 > 0:24:12whose weddings usually take place on a weekday.
0:24:12 > 0:24:14Cricket, and England failed to capitalise on centuries
0:24:14 > 0:24:17from Jonny Bairstow and Dawid Malan on the second day of the third
0:24:17 > 0:24:18Ashes Test against Australia.
0:24:18 > 0:24:20They were bowled out for 403.
0:24:20 > 0:24:24Australia, in reply, are 203-3.
0:24:24 > 0:24:29Andy Swiss reports.
0:24:29 > 0:24:32The Waca is traditionally where Australian heroes are made,
0:24:32 > 0:24:35but would this be another day for English ones?
0:24:35 > 0:24:38Well, it seemed so at first, as Dawid Malan and Johnny Bairstow
0:24:38 > 0:24:41picked up their marathon partnership where they had left off, Bairstow
0:24:41 > 0:24:44completing a superb century.
0:24:44 > 0:24:46After his now infamous incident in a Perth bar, he celebrated
0:24:46 > 0:24:48by head-butting his helmet.
0:24:48 > 0:24:52England were enjoying themselves.
0:24:52 > 0:24:56But out of nowhere, guess what.
0:24:56 > 0:24:58Malan went to a brilliant catch by Peter Handscomb for 140.
0:24:58 > 0:25:02And the rest crumbled in all too familiar fashion,
0:25:02 > 0:25:08losing their last six wickets in 48 mind-boggling minutes.
0:25:08 > 0:25:11They just made it to the 400 mark, but it should have
0:25:11 > 0:25:13been so much better.
0:25:13 > 0:25:15Well, to be all out by lunchtime here wasn't exactly
0:25:15 > 0:25:17part of England's plan.
0:25:17 > 0:25:19That was some batting collapse, even by their standards,
0:25:19 > 0:25:23and Australia are suddenly right back in this.
0:25:23 > 0:25:27So could England's bowlers repair the damage?
0:25:27 > 0:25:29Well, they made a decent start, Craig Overton removing both openers.
0:25:29 > 0:25:31But further chances slipped through their fingers.
0:25:31 > 0:25:36They were difficult ones, but they proved damaging.
0:25:36 > 0:25:39Usman Khawaja made a half century by the time he was eventually
0:25:39 > 0:25:43trapped leg before, and there was no budging his skipper.
0:25:43 > 0:25:45Steve Smith, still there on 92.
0:25:45 > 0:25:49If only some of England's earlier batting had shown such stickability.
0:25:49 > 0:25:53A day which belonged to Australia then, but a Test which England
0:25:53 > 0:26:02can't afford to lose is still tantalisingly poised.
0:26:05 > 0:26:11Yes, England's bowlers resume here in a few hours, knowing that they
0:26:11 > 0:26:15need early wickets, especially the Australian captain, Steve Smith.