07/12/2015

:00:07. > :00:16.Misery for tens of thousands of people flooded out after

:00:17. > :00:18.Storm Desmond sweeps across north-west England.

:00:19. > :00:27.The Government's emergency committee Cobra are meeting this morning.

:00:28. > :00:31.Got no electricity, nothing. We didn't have enough food. We didn't

:00:32. > :00:34.have a toilet which is downstairs. We take an exclusive look inside

:00:35. > :00:51.a programme that rehabilitates He got a cricket bat and took it and

:00:52. > :00:56.hit my legs. I didn't think he would actually do it. I stood there and

:00:57. > :01:02.let them because I thought, no, he will come to his senses, my son will

:01:03. > :01:05.not do this to me. Coming up after 10am.

:01:06. > :01:08.The British Army has failed to meet its own targets

:01:09. > :01:10.for recruiting soldiers for nine out of the past ten years.

:01:11. > :01:22.We're with the new recruits the army desperately need to retain.

:01:23. > :01:29.We're on BBC Two and the BBC News Channel until 11am this morning.

:01:30. > :01:31.We'll keep you across the flooding situation that's

:01:32. > :01:33.bringing such misery to people in north-west England this morning.

:01:34. > :01:49.The report into the bin lorry crash says the driver deliberately misled

:01:50. > :01:55.doctors over his medical history. As ever,

:01:56. > :01:57.we're really keen to hear your Texts will be charged

:01:58. > :02:00.at the standard network rate. And, of course, you can watch

:02:01. > :02:03.the programme online wherever you are, via the BBC News app,

:02:04. > :02:05.or our website, bbc.co.uk/victoria. And you can also subscribe to all

:02:06. > :02:08.our features on the news app, by going to add topics

:02:09. > :02:15.and searching Victoria Derbyshire. "Extreme and unprecedented" is how

:02:16. > :02:17.the Government is describing the torrential downpour that caused this

:02:18. > :02:19.weekend's severe flooding across And

:02:20. > :02:23.the misery continues this morning. Schools and hospitals have been

:02:24. > :02:25.closed, thousands of homes of Cumbria are without power,

:02:26. > :02:28.while the Army spent a second day evacuating people across Carlisle,

:02:29. > :02:33.Keswick and Appleby. Let's take a look

:02:34. > :02:37.at how the weekend unfolded. Storm Desmond hit the UK on Saturday

:02:38. > :02:40.afternoon, and rain continued Towns in Cumbria in the north

:02:41. > :02:48.of England were the worst affected, after the River Eden burst

:02:49. > :02:51.its banks. A major incident was declared

:02:52. > :02:54.in the city of Carlisle where the Army was brought in to help get

:02:55. > :03:07.people out of their homes. Some had to wade through

:03:08. > :03:10.waist-high water, while emergency These residents in Carlisle told us

:03:11. > :03:20.how shocked they were the flooding It is madness, so surreal, really

:03:21. > :03:26.bad. Worse than the last floods we had. It never got as far up as this

:03:27. > :03:31.and it keeps coming. It is more alarming than people

:03:32. > :03:36.realise. You see it on the TV and say, how

:03:37. > :03:40.awful. But when you are here and see the water come out the step, you

:03:41. > :03:43.think, you realise what goes with it, the emotions. You look at

:03:44. > :03:46.people. It is tragic. Parts of Cumbria,

:03:47. > :03:48.which were badly flooded in 2009, By the early hours of Sunday

:03:49. > :03:56.morning, water had spilled over the top of some of the county's new

:03:57. > :03:59.flood defences which were built to This map shows volume of rain

:04:00. > :04:08.which fell across the county Rain gauge figures showed

:04:09. > :04:11.a record amount fell in the 24 hours, some areas had

:04:12. > :04:32.double the usual rainfall for the Over a month of rainfall fell into

:04:33. > :04:37.it for hours, really above anything that has been modelled will stop

:04:38. > :04:40.these are extreme weather events. On top of other rainfall over the past

:04:41. > :04:42.few weeks, there has been over else for it to go.

:04:43. > :04:44.For many families, it was a traumatic weekend.

:04:45. > :04:51.This footage shows a family of six being rescued by the

:04:52. > :04:53.Welsh Coastguard from their flooded home in the Lake District.

:04:54. > :04:57.And this was the river through the Borders town of Hawick, in Scotland.

:04:58. > :04:59.It rose rapidly meaning 600 people had to be evacuated

:05:00. > :05:04.Part of the footpath collapsed and fell into the river.

:05:05. > :05:07.Travelling around has also been difficult.

:05:08. > :05:09.Bridges have collapsed, and landslides and flooding have

:05:10. > :05:15.Trains between England and Scotland have been cancelled.

:05:16. > :05:25.Rising water also left livestock trapped across the region.

:05:26. > :05:27.Jonny Gios is a community worker for a church

:05:28. > :05:31.He's been helping with the relief effort and has made us a video

:05:32. > :05:40.diary to show us first hand the damage where he lives and works.

:05:41. > :05:49.This is the estate I work on, in north-east Kendall, where we have

:05:50. > :05:55.seen an unprecedented amount of rain and major localised flooding on our

:05:56. > :06:00.estate. These are the effects were all the houses... Residents have

:06:01. > :06:15.been flooded. Cars have been abandoned.

:06:16. > :06:20.This is the church that I work for. We have been totally flooded. The

:06:21. > :06:30.community has really pulled together. A great community spirit

:06:31. > :06:45.to help each other out. Yesterday, we opened the Methodist church as a

:06:46. > :06:51.refuge centre. But then this flooded and we had to

:06:52. > :06:53.evacuate to Kendal town hall. We concede volunteers from the

:06:54. > :07:01.community and church cleaning, helping to tidy up the church. It is

:07:02. > :07:10.great to see the community coming together.

:07:11. > :07:12.We have heard David Cameron will be visiting some of the affected areas

:07:13. > :07:13.today. We heard there from Jonny who

:07:14. > :07:16.works in a church in Cumbria. We can also speak to people

:07:17. > :07:21.from around the region who will be involved in the clear-up over

:07:22. > :07:28.the coming days and weeks. Nic Hewitt, rescued from the first

:07:29. > :07:45.floor of her flat in Carlisle. You and your partner were rescued

:07:46. > :07:52.from a flat, what happened? Yesterday morning, we heard voices

:07:53. > :07:59.from our top window, and it was then, we did not know what it was,

:08:00. > :08:03.and it was one of the lifeboats from the RNLI asking how many was in the

:08:04. > :08:10.house. Are you coming out now? We grabbed what we could. And went into

:08:11. > :08:17.the lifeboat. How quickly had the waters started to affect you?

:08:18. > :08:25.It all happened so quickly. We noticed the water coming down, 10pm,

:08:26. > :08:29.just a trickle. Between midnight and 2am, it kept coming. There was no

:08:30. > :08:34.stopping it. We watched it buys a couple of feet and were told to stay

:08:35. > :08:40.upstairs, it would be fine. At 4:30am, we went to bed. We woken up

:08:41. > :08:47.by the boat outside. How high did it come? You were in a

:08:48. > :08:53.flat on the first floor? It was above our front door on

:08:54. > :08:59.ground level. From our top window, it was about one foot from our top

:09:00. > :09:05.window. It must have been eight feet. Where you frightened?

:09:06. > :09:09.I was terrified. Everything happened so quickly. The night before, we

:09:10. > :09:15.packed a bag of essentials on the basis we might have to go. When the

:09:16. > :09:23.RNLI told us it was time, we had been awake five minutes. We grabbed

:09:24. > :09:28.the bag and didn't stop for anything. It was more than just as

:09:29. > :09:33.needed to be rescued. What damage has been caused in your home?

:09:34. > :09:43.At the moment, we don't know. When we left, the water was at the top of

:09:44. > :09:48.the stairs. We were hoping... It is devastating. You could see people

:09:49. > :09:53.leaving, they were devastated. You have had to leave without

:09:54. > :09:58.knowing when you can go back? We don't know as of yet. We're

:09:59. > :10:05.waiting for the Environment Agency. We are in my parents's house and

:10:06. > :10:11.waiting for word whether the levels have dropped so we can get in. We

:10:12. > :10:16.were the lucky ones, if you like, being on the top floor, we might be

:10:17. > :10:21.lucky and not many possessions may be damaged. But others aren't as

:10:22. > :10:25.lucky. You had been helping people

:10:26. > :10:30.affected, we saw your video diary, what more have you been doing?

:10:31. > :10:39.Just really helping the residents of our local community to clear up.

:10:40. > :10:44.Charities have donated cleaning materials. We have been giving goes

:10:45. > :10:50.out to people on our estate to clear up. We have been going door-to-door

:10:51. > :10:54.to see how people are. Lots of people feel upset, as you can

:10:55. > :10:57.imagine. We have been going around and

:10:58. > :11:04.helping people as much as we can. Just chatting to them, it all giving

:11:05. > :11:10.things out, food as well. People have been very kind and donated

:11:11. > :11:13.things to us. We have been flooded here at the church.

:11:14. > :11:19.Tell us how people are reacting. We heard from some saying it is one

:11:20. > :11:22.thing seeing it on the TV and you empathise, but another altogether

:11:23. > :11:28.when you see the water coming and your life is affected directly.

:11:29. > :11:35.Yes. Very emotional yesterday morning when I went into the church

:11:36. > :11:38.and saw the houses flooded. There is something in Cumbria, a community

:11:39. > :11:44.spirit when we pulled together. We have been blown away by the fact...

:11:45. > :11:47.People who owned the fish and chip shop said they wanted to give free

:11:48. > :11:52.food to the people who had been flooded. Food has been donated.

:11:53. > :11:59.Farmers have come down with slurry tanks and pumped out water from

:12:00. > :12:06.houses. Out of three houses, 269 and gallons of water. And donations of

:12:07. > :12:14.cleaning material. A lady in Carlisle said it was very surreal. I

:12:15. > :12:19.was involved in the 2005 floods, it was surreal then. But this is

:12:20. > :12:24.bonkers. We have 600 properties flooded in Kendal alone.

:12:25. > :12:30.Our many people without flood insurance?

:12:31. > :12:34.That was the most upsetting thing yesterday. I was with Tim Farron

:12:35. > :12:41.visiting properties on the estate. In the short visit on the main road,

:12:42. > :12:47.we found three people who were not insured. I am so thankful to the

:12:48. > :12:52.Cumbria foundation who will help those people out, and our local

:12:53. > :12:57.council. Have you got flood insurance? It is

:12:58. > :13:00.not always straightforward? No, the property we have, we read

:13:01. > :13:05.from a local landlord and I'm sure she has insurance for the

:13:06. > :13:10.structure. Ourselves, we don't have contents insurance, we have only

:13:11. > :13:16.been living there for three weeks. That is why we hope the water hasn't

:13:17. > :13:20.got far up the stairs, otherwise we will have nothing left.

:13:21. > :13:30.We hope that is not the case, let us bring in Andy from Cumbria community

:13:31. > :13:34.foundation. You helps people in 2005 and 2009. Can you believe we are

:13:35. > :13:40.here again, especially after the money spent on flood defences?

:13:41. > :13:47.It is exceptional. We raised ?3 million in 2009. We supported a

:13:48. > :13:51.number of the Environment Agency schemes in Cockermouth and Keswick.

:13:52. > :13:57.I was watching the pictures on Saturday, and to see the Keswick

:13:58. > :14:02.barriers be breached, and yesterday to see what happened in Carlisle,

:14:03. > :14:07.was heartbreaking. The money spent on this side

:14:08. > :14:11.defences, was it a waste? Has it done anything to mitigate the

:14:12. > :14:14.flooding this time? It is too early to tell.

:14:15. > :14:22.The general view is they have helped. With flooding, it buys

:14:23. > :14:28.people time to react and get out. We also helped fund grab bags,

:14:29. > :14:33.sandbags. Knowing flooding was likely, with weeks of rain, we sent

:14:34. > :14:41.a news release to remind people to stop essential items. It is chilly

:14:42. > :14:47.exceptional. What we thought was once in a 500 year instant six years

:14:48. > :14:51.ago, has been beaten now. It would be harsh to criticise the flood

:14:52. > :14:58.planners to match. Equally, if you have been flooded this week, you

:14:59. > :15:03.will feel very upset and bitter. How do you feel about that?

:15:04. > :15:09.I think the flood defences that are in kept the water back for as long

:15:10. > :15:14.as they could. The way that it is, if the rain is coming and the rivers

:15:15. > :15:19.are bursting the banks, how high can you build a side defence, what more

:15:20. > :15:23.can you do? They have done everything they can. There are other

:15:24. > :15:29.things they could do, we need funding into infrastructure in the

:15:30. > :15:34.area, take care of that. The flood defences have done as much as they

:15:35. > :15:37.can. I don't feel bitter. We had to go. It was exceptional. The water

:15:38. > :15:48.levels were exceptional. Does it make it worse the fact it is

:15:49. > :15:54.close to Christmas, will this affect your Christmas? It will, but the

:15:55. > :15:58.community spirit... We are not on our Rome, there are people worse off

:15:59. > :16:05.than us. Local businesses are coming together. I saw yesterday somebody

:16:06. > :16:08.was offering free dance lessons to keep children occupied whilst

:16:09. > :16:13.parents can get on. If anything, it will bring the community closer

:16:14. > :16:17.together. I am proud to be part of the community. That is great to

:16:18. > :16:22.hear. Thank you all very much. Good luck with dealing with this. Let's

:16:23. > :16:26.find out from Carol how things are looking. Do stay in touch with your

:16:27. > :16:32.experiences, with the usual ways of getting in touch. Tell us. This has

:16:33. > :16:36.been talked about as unprecedented, once in 100 year event. How does it

:16:37. > :16:40.compare? There have been huge amount of

:16:41. > :16:45.rainfall, as you know, this weekend and we are still waiting for these

:16:46. > :16:48.statistics which may tell us it is the wettest 24-hour period on

:16:49. > :16:57.record. They should be in in the next few days. This gives you an

:16:58. > :17:02.idea of the amount. 36 hours in Shap 222 millimetres of rain. We have

:17:03. > :17:07.seen the pictures of the flooding across Cumbria but also flooding in

:17:08. > :17:12.Northern Ireland, Tyrone, and also southern Scotland as well. Weather

:17:13. > :17:16.watchers have been sending us some pictures from the weekend which

:17:17. > :17:20.shows this. We have seen lots of pictures, the devastation it has

:17:21. > :17:24.caused and the grief and anguish it causes. This is one from Dumfries.

:17:25. > :17:29.And another one from Cumbria, this one sent to us this morning. A lot

:17:30. > :17:33.of water. The other thing you find is some of the rivers across

:17:34. > :17:38.northern England are quite short, so you will find the water comes into

:17:39. > :17:42.them at quickly and causes terrible flooding like this with the amount

:17:43. > :17:46.of rainfall we have had from storm Desmond, then it moves to the sea

:17:47. > :17:50.quite quickly. On a day like today when it will be largely dry, that

:17:51. > :17:54.will help the situation because it will help it go. The rivers have

:17:55. > :17:58.already peaked. If you had this in the south of England, for example,

:17:59. > :18:03.in the Thames, it has a much longer track before it gets to the sea and

:18:04. > :18:07.it takes everything longer for the rains come the hills. It is a

:18:08. > :18:12.horrible situation where ever you are. More pictures showing how awful

:18:13. > :18:16.it was. You expect to travel the road bike car not by boat.

:18:17. > :18:21.Incredible. You say today will be quite right, what about later the

:18:22. > :18:25.week? We have more rain coming our way but it will not be as heavy as

:18:26. > :18:29.it was at the weekend. Initially it will come in across Northern

:18:30. > :18:32.Ireland, probably through the afternoon, clearing Northern Ireland

:18:33. > :18:38.medieval and then move quite smartly across the rest of the UK, heavy at

:18:39. > :18:42.times, but not as heavy as we can. That will clear leaving us tomorrow

:18:43. > :18:45.with a day of sunshine and showers. Most of the showers tomorrow will be

:18:46. > :18:49.in the north-west. There is something else coming in on

:18:50. > :18:52.Wednesday. Another great big long weather front coming from the

:18:53. > :18:56.Atlantic is connected to an area of low pressure, which will bring more

:18:57. > :19:00.wet and windy weather. We do not expect it to be as significant as we

:19:01. > :19:15.saw at the weekend but it is something we are keeping an eye on.

:19:16. > :19:17.Talking of whether France, interestingly the centre of the low

:19:18. > :19:20.pressure of storm Desmond did not cross the UK but when further north.

:19:21. > :19:22.The cold front that brought all the rain associated with it extended

:19:23. > :19:24.from Scandinavia all across north-west UK and down the Atlantic

:19:25. > :19:27.towards Miami. It was huge. A details forecast from you at ten

:19:28. > :19:31.o'clock. Thank you. Thank you for joining us today.

:19:32. > :19:34.With a growing number of parents being attacked

:19:35. > :19:37.by their own children, we've had exclusive access to a rehabilitation

:19:38. > :19:41.And we'll take a look at the impact of the comment, "You ain't

:19:42. > :19:44.no Muslim, bruv," on a film of an attack at Leytonstone Tube station

:19:45. > :19:53.What do you think about that? Do let us know.

:19:54. > :20:05.The Prime Minister David Cameron will visit areas hit by those

:20:06. > :20:06.devastating floods later, as schools and roads remained closed in parts

:20:07. > :20:08.of northern England and Scotland. 46 Severe flood warnings are

:20:09. > :20:11.still in place and more rain is The Prime Minister has chaired

:20:12. > :20:23.an emergency Cobra meeting, Security's to be stepped up

:20:24. > :20:28.at London Underground stations after the knife attack

:20:29. > :20:30.at Leytonstone on Sunday. A 56-year-old man suffered

:20:31. > :20:32."serious" stab wounds and another A man is due in court this morning

:20:33. > :20:36.charged with attempted murder. He is 29 year old Muhaydin Mire,

:20:37. > :20:41.from east London. The driver of the bin lorry in

:20:42. > :20:48.Glasgow killing six people deliberately misled doctors over his

:20:49. > :20:50.medical history. He repeatedly lied in order to gain and obtain jobs and

:20:51. > :20:51.licenses. Our correspondent James Shaw has the

:20:52. > :21:01.latest from Glasgow. Tell us more. It is a very detailed

:21:02. > :21:06.and very long document which we are just adding to digester at the

:21:07. > :21:11.moment. Essentially the sheriff makes 19 recommendations and many of

:21:12. > :21:17.them are about the recording, the sharing of information about

:21:18. > :21:21.patients long-term conditions by GPs. Because this is one of the

:21:22. > :21:25.problems in the Harry Clarke case. Doctors didn't share information,

:21:26. > :21:29.they did not share it on, so it was possible for Harry Clarke to get

:21:30. > :21:34.under the radar, to continue driving even though he had a condition which

:21:35. > :21:39.meant he was medically unfit. The sheriff also talks about the DVLA

:21:40. > :21:43.and the means by which people are able to carry on getting an

:21:44. > :21:47.licenses. Essentially it is a self reporting system, so you record

:21:48. > :21:51.whether or not you have a medical condition. The sheriff clearly says

:21:52. > :21:55.there are issues with that. Harry Clarke was able to claim he was

:21:56. > :22:00.medically fit to drive when he was not, so the sheriff suggests there

:22:01. > :22:05.should be a tightening up of that system. And perhaps most crucially,

:22:06. > :22:10.he calls for the Secretary of State for Transport to institute the

:22:11. > :22:15.review to see whether the law should be changed in this respect. To try

:22:16. > :22:16.and prevent something like this terrible tragedy from happening

:22:17. > :22:18.again. Thank you, James. President Obama has confirmed that

:22:19. > :22:21.the murder of 14 people at a Christmas Party in California

:22:22. > :22:24.was a terror attack. Mr Obama said there was evidence

:22:25. > :22:27.the killers had gone down He sought to reassure Americans that

:22:28. > :22:33.he's doing everything he can to overcome what he called an

:22:34. > :22:44."evolving terrorist threat." Our success will not depend on tough

:22:45. > :22:49.talk or abandoning our values or giving in to fear. That is what

:22:50. > :22:55.groups like Isil are hoping for. Instead we will prevail by being

:22:56. > :22:56.strong and smart, resilient and relentless and by drawing upon every

:22:57. > :22:58.aspect of American power. France's far-right Front National

:22:59. > :23:01.party has taken almost a third of the vote in the first round of

:23:02. > :23:05.the country's regional elections. It's the first major test of public

:23:06. > :23:08.opinion since gunmen from the so-called Islamic State group killed

:23:09. > :23:12.130 people in Paris last month. The party's leader Marine Le Pen has

:23:13. > :23:26.called the result "magnificent". TRANSLATION: I call on all

:23:27. > :23:32.patriotically Wouters to turn their back on France's mainstream parties

:23:33. > :23:35.and join us. Amish and is to unify the country. -- patriotic voters.

:23:36. > :23:39.Let's catch up with all the sport now and join Jess - and more bad

:23:40. > :23:47.They are making the headlines again and pressure is mounting. The BBC

:23:48. > :23:52.has discovered the FBI are investigating Fifa, in regards to a

:23:53. > :23:57.bright scandal. It is alleged a sports marketing company paid about

:23:58. > :24:00.?66 million to Fifa officials in return for lucrative TV and

:24:01. > :24:06.marketing rights throughout the 1990s. Suspended Fifa President Sepp

:24:07. > :24:09.Blatter denies knowledge of these payments but Panorama has found that

:24:10. > :24:15.perhaps that might not be true. There is more on that on BBC One at

:24:16. > :24:19.8:30pm this evening. Elsewhere in football Newcastle have been in the

:24:20. > :24:23.relegation zone for much of this season and they beat inform

:24:24. > :24:27.Liverpool yesterday 2-0. Only their third win of the season. Newcastle

:24:28. > :24:30.boss Steve McClaren can breathe a sigh of relief as he has been under

:24:31. > :24:35.fire recently for the poor run of results. A massive three points of

:24:36. > :24:39.them. And finally we will have number one text batsman live in the

:24:40. > :24:47.studio with us. Yes, Joe Root will be with us. -- Test batsman. He will

:24:48. > :24:52.be talking about what it's like to be one of the best players in the

:24:53. > :24:58.world at just 24. His incredible knock of 120 at Lord's secured the

:24:59. > :25:01.Ashes in the summer. And we were asking of England was my chances in

:25:02. > :25:05.the T20 in the spring. Thank you.

:25:06. > :25:07.What's it like to be bullied by your own child?

:25:08. > :25:12.A growing number of parents are seriously concerned about

:25:13. > :25:16.We've had exclusive access to a programme in Doncaster

:25:17. > :25:18.which is the first of its kind to rehabilitate teenagers

:25:19. > :25:23.Our reporter Noel Phillips has been to meet some the people involved.

:25:24. > :25:31.Some of those in this film have chosen to talk us anonymously.

:25:32. > :25:36.It's one of Britain's most hidden crimes, and good experts, about 4

:25:37. > :25:38.million parents have experienced violence from their children.

:25:39. > :25:44.Many of the people in this film wanted to remain anonymous, so we

:25:45. > :26:06.But a vast majority of those suffering at the hands of their

:26:07. > :26:10.teenagers goes unreported, and rarely do we hear from survivors.

:26:11. > :26:16.He first started off initially just kicking.

:26:17. > :26:19.That was in the first year, and he would push and push,

:26:20. > :26:23.and the first real violent episode came when he got a cricket bat

:26:24. > :26:28.I didn't think he was actually going to do it, and I just stood there and

:26:29. > :26:32.I let him, because I thought, no, he is going to come to his senses.

:26:33. > :26:34.My son is not going to do this to me.

:26:35. > :26:37.For Sarah, life became not just difficult but almost unbearable

:26:38. > :26:41.after her 13-year-old son started attacking her two years ago.

:26:42. > :26:48.He's just like any other teenager, and people look and think, well,

:26:49. > :26:53.That he is a violent child or can be violent times.

:26:54. > :26:59.It is lone parents like Sarah who according to the University

:27:00. > :27:02.of Oxford are most at risk of being abused by their children.

:27:03. > :27:05.Her son was given a 12 month youth referral order

:27:06. > :27:08.earlier this month after injuring her with a bread knife.

:27:09. > :27:12.Under the order, he will be required to write a letter explaining to her

:27:13. > :27:20.He was raged, and there was a bread knife in the kitchen.

:27:21. > :27:23.I was working in my home office, and...

:27:24. > :27:31.And he just came in with a bread knife, and I was completely shocked.

:27:32. > :27:37.He had no intention of putting it down, and in that struggle,

:27:38. > :27:41.I got cut really badly, so much so that I had to call the paramedics.

:27:42. > :27:44.Can you just describe that moment to me, tell me what it is like.

:27:45. > :27:46.Your son threatening you with a bread knife?

:27:47. > :27:52.I don't know, fear, like I have probably never, you are almost faced

:27:53. > :27:59.And then my hand was cut, I don't know, that was the point

:28:00. > :28:13.at which I had to admit that I had this violent child.

:28:14. > :28:15.Now in some cases it can be really difficult for mums

:28:16. > :28:19.like Sarah to actually report their children to the authorities,

:28:20. > :28:24.but for those who aren't able to do so, it's not getting any easier.

:28:25. > :28:28.We've heard of some really shocking stories of

:28:29. > :28:33.parents being attacked, including one child being accused of murder.

:28:34. > :28:35.So, what causes some children to threaten, bully and even

:28:36. > :28:44.There can be various motives that feed into that wish to control,

:28:45. > :28:46.but controlling the others is inevitably the outcome

:28:47. > :28:54.Well, there is a belief that it is happening

:28:55. > :29:02.We can't actually find evidence for that,

:29:03. > :29:05.because there hasn't been research that has been carried out into

:29:06. > :29:09.the prevalence of child-to-parent violence over the years.

:29:10. > :29:13.One view is that it is happening increasingly more often than

:29:14. > :29:21.Another view is that it has been a hidden form of domestic violence,

:29:22. > :29:23.because until very recently we haven't spoken about child-to-parent

:29:24. > :29:28.But whilst the problem remains largely hidden,

:29:29. > :29:36.I went to Doncaster to find out how this teen-to-parent abuse programme,

:29:37. > :29:39.the first of its kind in the country, is helping to

:29:40. > :29:43.rehabilitate teenagers who have been abusing their parents.

:29:44. > :29:45.It is their fifth week on the programme,

:29:46. > :29:47.and both 13-year-old Luke and 12-year-old Kyle are now starting to

:29:48. > :30:06.How many times do you think you've hit your mum?

:30:07. > :30:17.So you hit your mum at least 60 times?

:30:18. > :30:54.At what age did you start hitting your mum, do you think?

:30:55. > :31:08.Cheryl, who runs the intervention programme helping mums and their

:31:09. > :31:10.abusive sons, says the signs aren't always clear, and parents should

:31:11. > :31:17.I think each case in its own right is quite heartbreaking in that, for

:31:18. > :31:24.me, these families are fractured, and they need support to kind of

:31:25. > :31:27.get back on track, and move forward together in a very healthy manner,

:31:28. > :31:31.and the impact that that is having on the rest of the family.

:31:32. > :31:36.So, what we are doing, which is quite unique with this type of

:31:37. > :31:38.programme, is ensuring that, whilst Mum and

:31:39. > :31:45.worked with, siblings also have the opportunity to have direct work as

:31:46. > :31:47.well, so we're taking very much a whole

:31:48. > :31:56.I like the fact that he has thought about you and gone, that is going to

:31:57. > :32:00.For Debbie, who has been kicked, punched and even strangled

:32:01. > :32:02.by her son, it's here in these meetings where

:32:03. > :32:14.I'd say over a thousand. you have been attacked?

:32:15. > :32:19.It's been going on since he was two or three years old.

:32:20. > :32:26.Many people would struggle to believe that

:32:27. > :32:29.your own son has attacked you nearly a thousand times.

:32:30. > :32:38.That is why you don't tell people, it's something you are ashamed of.

:32:39. > :32:41.I mean, how many people do you know who goes round saying,

:32:42. > :32:46.Beats me black and blue on a daily basis?

:32:47. > :32:55.What is the worst thing he has ever done to you?

:32:56. > :33:03.Those like Debbie, who are unable to cope, often feel too ashamed

:33:04. > :33:10.Liz, a mum of two, has lost count of the number of times she has been

:33:11. > :33:13.How do you actually cope with your child hitting you?

:33:14. > :33:32.You can't 100% blame my son for the way that he is.

:33:33. > :33:35.But I can't 100% not blame him, if you understand what I mean.

:33:36. > :33:39.Latest figures from the Crown Prosecution Service show that

:33:40. > :33:42.in the last year, more than 2500 14- to 17-year-olds

:33:43. > :33:52.have been prosecuted for a range of domestic abuse offences.

:33:53. > :33:54.That's compared to just over 200 in 2013-2014.

:33:55. > :33:58.If it wasn't a priority for us, we wouldn't be raising awareness

:33:59. > :34:02.In the last 12 months, West Midlands Police say they have dealt

:34:03. > :34:05.with almost 200 cases of under-18s abusing their parents, but only 13

:34:06. > :34:13.Criminal justice outcomes are not the only solution,

:34:14. > :34:16.and in the majority of times, they are not the best solution.

:34:17. > :34:20.We have to consider the welfare of the child even though it is the

:34:21. > :34:24.child was causing the problem in the family, it is their welfare as well.

:34:25. > :34:27.The worst case, we have had a case of a 12-year-old or a 13-year-old

:34:28. > :34:31.where they have been assaulting the parents, mother in this particular

:34:32. > :34:34.case, and the family is in such crisis that they feel they have no

:34:35. > :34:38.other option but to call the police, and that is when we intervene.

:34:39. > :34:43.Back in Doncaster, Natalie knows all too well the pain

:34:44. > :34:49.many mums and your when abuse lives and breathes within the home.

:34:50. > :34:52.Do think we're back where we used to be?

:34:53. > :34:56.She and her son Ben spent nine weeks on

:34:57. > :35:06.He never physically attacked her, but used to bully and threaten her.

:35:07. > :35:10.I went to find out how they are now rebuilding their relationship.

:35:11. > :35:13.Just because it is not physical doesn't mean to say doesn't hurt.

:35:14. > :35:16.Mentally, I think I probably got a point where

:35:17. > :35:21.You accept it, and that is how it becomes the norm, the behaviour, it

:35:22. > :35:28.I accepted it because of the guilt, and it was just

:35:29. > :35:38.I love my son, and I could never give up on him.

:35:39. > :35:41.I look to him when he is asleep at night.

:35:42. > :35:44.I've cried so many nights thinking, I just wish you would just behave.

:35:45. > :35:52.I felt that, after all these years, suddenly my parenting was a problem.

:35:53. > :35:56.It is clear more needs to be done to spot the signs of abuse that speaks

:35:57. > :36:00.Most of the mums who I've met spoke out because they no longer

:36:01. > :36:04.But, despite their ordeals at the hands of their teenagers,

:36:05. > :36:09.Unconditional love for their children.

:36:10. > :36:13.For Luke, who we met earlier, he is now a lot calmer, and is hoping

:36:14. > :36:31.I used to hit my mum at least twice a week.

:36:32. > :36:34.If you're affected by that report - you can ring the Family Lives

:36:35. > :36:42.And you can watch that film again on our programme page -

:36:43. > :36:53.We will be talking about the issue later.

:36:54. > :36:56.As the Prime Minister says he's to visit areas hit by flooding,

:36:57. > :36:59.we'll bring you the latest from the worst-affected areas.

:37:00. > :37:01.A man is due to appear in court later today charged with

:37:02. > :37:04.attempted murder, following an attack at Leytonstone tube station

:37:05. > :37:08.Muhaydin Mire from Leytonstone will appear

:37:09. > :37:15.The comment of one witness to Saturday's events can be heard

:37:16. > :37:18.on a video of the events at Leytonstone Tube station has now

:37:19. > :37:38.And so the hastag, "You ain't no Muslim, bruv," was born.

:37:39. > :37:44.It has trended on social media for most of the weekend.

:37:45. > :37:47.Watching that with us here is British Muslim comedian Nazim Ali.

:37:48. > :37:53.And founder of British Muslim Youth, Muhbeen Hussain.

:37:54. > :38:04.Five words, a huge impact. A huge impact. As communities, we

:38:05. > :38:09.are very cohesive anyway, within mainstream society, Muslims

:38:10. > :38:14.integrate at a normal level. What this has been with this hashtag is

:38:15. > :38:22.an example of how Muslims themselves perceive themselves. We have to

:38:23. > :38:30.defend what is really a knife crime. What it appears to be.

:38:31. > :38:36.You were saying before, it is the frustration of individuals.

:38:37. > :38:43.What you see in this instance, this was a brave British Muslim, who at a

:38:44. > :38:48.summer had an act of defiance, saying that. These very settlers

:38:49. > :38:52.were not said by himself. Contrary to what the Sun newspaper may tell

:38:53. > :38:56.you, this is a frustration to million Muslim is a frustration to

:38:57. > :39:03.million Muslims across hijack the religion of Islam with these acts.

:39:04. > :39:07.This was real frustration coming from this man. Frustration we have

:39:08. > :39:12.seen in the communities. In fact, this individual was a hero for the

:39:13. > :39:16.British Muslim 20 for speaking out against this.

:39:17. > :39:20.When you talk about frustration, there has been criticism not enough

:39:21. > :39:26.people have been speaking out. Do think that criticism has been fair?

:39:27. > :39:33.We have to look at it in a spectrum. One thing we must see, many Muslims

:39:34. > :39:38.say they do speak out. A British imam came out and attacked the

:39:39. > :39:47.ideology behind Daesh. One complaint is why has it not reached national

:39:48. > :39:52.media? From social media, it has hit national media. We should speak out

:39:53. > :40:00.as a whole, people as a whole and stand against this vile cult. One

:40:01. > :40:05.way is by using the fact when an individual has spoken out, it has

:40:06. > :40:09.got press, people have understood. Thank God there is a mobile phone of

:40:10. > :40:20.old. Otherwise these words would not have made mainstream media. It would

:40:21. > :40:23.have been lost. Islam phobia is pregnant. We had a 5 year old kid

:40:24. > :40:37.last week being dragged in front of the kids because he had said he was

:40:38. > :40:43.playing with guns at the weekend -- Islamophobia is prevalent.

:40:44. > :40:49.This is really caused by Government policy. What impact will this have?

:40:50. > :40:55.One person on Twitter Matt Kellie said, in five words, one passer-by

:40:56. > :41:02.has got the last ten years down in a sentence. Someone else said it will

:41:03. > :41:04.do more for community cohesion than any Government initiative.

:41:05. > :41:12.Have this discussion with the editors of tabloids who said Sherrie

:41:13. > :41:16.Schneider is Cutts sensationalise everything and who do not do any

:41:17. > :41:21.service to the British community or wider community, don't do anything

:41:22. > :41:25.to bring forward cohesion amongst different groups.

:41:26. > :41:33.Although I must agree with much of that, we have, we must have an

:41:34. > :41:38.optimistic sense. Yes, people in the Muslim committee have not had their

:41:39. > :41:43.frustration heard. But the vacuum has been heard with national BDO. We

:41:44. > :41:49.should call on all British Muslims and all communities to stand up and

:41:50. > :41:53.demonstrate, show people we will say no to all forms of terrorism and

:41:54. > :41:59.extremism. We do that anyway. When we turn up

:42:00. > :42:05.to work, bus drivers, doctors, teachers, we form the fabric of

:42:06. > :42:11.society. You are trying to give back to the community. That is all we are

:42:12. > :42:17.trying to do. This idea we had to come out, it has to change.

:42:18. > :42:22.Do you think this will change the debate? As long as the media acts

:42:23. > :42:26.responsibly, as long as politicians get rid of this prevent agenda which

:42:27. > :42:33.is an absolute disgrace. You think...

:42:34. > :42:41.Prevent. We have a double negative. We need prevent Prevent.

:42:42. > :42:47.What is your problem? The whole concept is wrong, asking you to spy

:42:48. > :42:53.on me and me to spy on him. We are trying to create some type of

:42:54. > :42:57.Homeland situation in every single home.

:42:58. > :42:59.What is the best way? Something like this?

:43:00. > :43:08.I personally think there are a lot of issues to deal with. How I see it

:43:09. > :43:14.is, there is no more powerful tool than British Muslims telling Daesh

:43:15. > :43:21.that you cannot hijack Islam. British Muslims across the country,

:43:22. > :43:25.if they are heard to counteract this for the gander, I believe there is

:43:26. > :43:32.no more powerful technique. We need support from Government, the editors

:43:33. > :43:37.who have blindly and negligently not played a role. We need to come

:43:38. > :43:42.together, and empower British Muslims to say no to Daesh and

:43:43. > :43:46.extremism, and stand together. Has this been a peculiarly British

:43:47. > :43:53.response? It has, in the sense, like you say,

:43:54. > :43:58.a few words, but it has captured the imagination. This is the beautiful

:43:59. > :44:04.thing about our community. We all get along. If you watch the media

:44:05. > :44:08.and TV, you think we don't. But we track jokes together, we turn up to

:44:09. > :44:16.a Christmas party, birthdays, funerals. There are no issues.

:44:17. > :44:23.Unfortunately, it is Government policy which is creating this,

:44:24. > :44:27.putting Muslims on the back foot. Let us know what you think. All the

:44:28. > :44:30.usual ways of getting in touch. As the misery continues for tens of

:44:31. > :44:36.thousands feeling the effects of the floods after Storm Desmond, we'll be

:44:37. > :44:47.live in the worst-affected areas. This morning, we have seen some rain

:44:48. > :44:54.and we still have something in the forecast today. That will move away.

:44:55. > :44:58.Most of us will have a dry day. But there is more rain in the forecast

:44:59. > :45:06.coming in from the west later. It will move across all of us tonight.

:45:07. > :45:08.In detail, the Environment Agency still has 46 severe flood warnings

:45:09. > :45:20.in force. This is the number to call. We have

:45:21. > :45:24.been watching the rain falling this morning across Northern Ireland,

:45:25. > :45:29.Scotland, northern England, parts of Wales, a few showers just ahead of

:45:30. > :45:32.it as well. Now it is tending to push up across Scotland, leaving a

:45:33. > :45:37.lot of dry and bright weather in its wake, courtesy of this warm front.

:45:38. > :45:42.After a cold start, that warm front moves northwards and the temperature

:45:43. > :45:45.will continue to rise. A remarkably mild day today. It has been a mild

:45:46. > :45:49.star and it will continue through the cause of the day. He is the next

:45:50. > :45:54.weather front waiting in the wings, which will bring in heavy rain, but

:45:55. > :46:03.not as heavy as the weekend. Into the afternoon, cloud in North Anglia

:46:04. > :46:07.but for the rest of us bright skies and feeling mild as well. The first

:46:08. > :46:10.rain coming across the Isles of Scilly and into part of Cornwall and

:46:11. > :46:15.Devon. Not far away from Pembrokeshire, but much of Wales and

:46:16. > :46:17.northern England dry and bright. After a dry Interlude across

:46:18. > :46:22.Northern Ireland, the rain will come in and the wind will strengthen. A

:46:23. > :46:26.lot of drizzle and Mark in central and northern Scotland, but the main

:46:27. > :46:31.rain in the Northern Isles. A brighter slot across the Southern

:46:32. > :46:34.uplands. That will be short lived because the weather front moving

:46:35. > :46:38.across Northern Ireland moves across the whole of the UK over the course

:46:39. > :46:42.of the night. Some of it will be heavier behind it we will seize on

:46:43. > :46:46.cooler conditions coming our way. Not immediately, because as you can

:46:47. > :46:51.see still a mild night at this time of December. As we head into

:46:52. > :46:55.tomorrow, we lose our weather front, taking its rain to East Anglia and

:46:56. > :46:59.Kent, clearing off to the north sea. Behind it we have bright spells of

:47:00. > :47:03.sunshine and showers and breezy conditions. Some of those showers

:47:04. > :47:09.will merge to give longer spells of rain, particular we so in the

:47:10. > :47:13.Northwest. Tomorrow these are our maximum temperatures but as we go

:47:14. > :47:16.through the day behind the cold front increasingly will turn colder.

:47:17. > :47:20.The temperatures will go down as we go from the course of the day. Is

:47:21. > :47:25.that leader said Wednesday, when we have a plethora of weather fronts

:47:26. > :47:28.coming our way. From the Atlantic, great big long ones, bringing in

:47:29. > :47:34.some wet weather. As you can see from the proximity of the isobars it

:47:35. > :47:38.will be windy. It will be heavy at times, but we do not expect the rain

:47:39. > :47:42.to be as heavy as it was at the weekend.

:47:43. > :47:45.Hello it's Monday, it's 10am, I'm Joanna Gosling in for Victoria,

:47:46. > :47:47.welcome to the programme if you've just joined us.

:47:48. > :47:50.Emergency services continue to battle against the effects of

:47:51. > :48:00.The Prime Minister says he'll visit the areas affected.

:48:01. > :48:05.Some people face losing everything. We haven't got contents insurance,

:48:06. > :48:10.we have only been living in the flat for three weeks. That's why we hope

:48:11. > :48:15.the water has not got that far up the stairs, because if it has we

:48:16. > :48:20.will have nothing left. I am Christian Frazier live in Carlisle,

:48:21. > :48:23.still under water and this morning the emergency services have been

:48:24. > :48:25.removing people from their homes by boat.

:48:26. > :48:27.And kids who physically abuse their own parents.

:48:28. > :48:30.We take a look inside a programme that aims to rehabiltate teenagers

:48:31. > :48:44.He got a cricket bat and he took it and hit my legs. I didn't think he

:48:45. > :48:47.was actually going to do it and I just stood there and I let him

:48:48. > :48:55.because I thought no, he's going to continue senses. My son is not going

:48:56. > :48:58.to do this to me. Also ahead of a bin lorry who crashed in Glasgow

:48:59. > :49:01.killing six people misled doctors over his medical history according

:49:02. > :49:08.to the inquiry into the accident. We will bring you the details.

:49:09. > :49:15.Prime Minister David Cameron will visit areas hit by devastating

:49:16. > :49:17.floods later, as schools and roads remain closed in parts

:49:18. > :49:22.46 Severe flood warnings are still in place and more rain is

:49:23. > :49:27.The Prime Minister has chaired an emergency Cobra meeting,

:49:28. > :49:40.The Environment Secretary says the government is doing all it can to

:49:41. > :49:44.assist people. The Prime Minister chaired Cobra this morning and this

:49:45. > :49:47.is making sure the emergency services have all be support they

:49:48. > :49:51.need. We have the army out in Cumbria helping out. We have people

:49:52. > :49:55.working round-the-clock, supporting those communities and I have every

:49:56. > :49:59.sympathy for people affected by flooding. What our priority is now

:50:00. > :50:03.is getting the power back up and running. Is getting the power back

:50:04. > :50:08.up and running. Getting transport infrastructure sorted out so the

:50:09. > :50:13.roads and the rail, to get things back to normal as soon as possible.

:50:14. > :50:17.attempted murder after an attack at Leytonstone Underground station in

:50:18. > :50:20.A 56-year-old man suffered serious stab wounds in the assault

:50:21. > :50:23.Muhaydin Mire, who is 29, will appear in court this morning.

:50:24. > :50:26.The driver of a bin lorry which crashed in Glasgow killing 6 people,

:50:27. > :50:28."deliberately misled" doctors over his medical history according to

:50:29. > :50:33.It found Harry Clarke "repeatedly lied in order to gain

:50:34. > :50:40.President Obama has confirmed that the murder of 14 people

:50:41. > :50:44.at a Christmas Party in California was a terror attack.

:50:45. > :50:46.Mr Obama said there was evidence the killers had gone down

:50:47. > :50:53.He sought to reassure Americans that he's doing everything he can to

:50:54. > :50:58.overcome what he called an "evolving terrorist threat."

:50:59. > :51:01.Our success will not depend on tough talk or abandoning

:51:02. > :51:08.That is what groups like Isil are hoping for.

:51:09. > :51:11.Instead, we will prevail by being strong and smart, resilient

:51:12. > :51:17.and relentless and by drawing upon every aspect of American power.

:51:18. > :51:20.France's far-right Front National party has taken almost a third

:51:21. > :51:24.of the vote in the first round of the country's regional elections.

:51:25. > :51:28.It's the first major test of public opinion since gunmen from the

:51:29. > :51:32.so-called Islamic State group killed 130 people in Paris last month.

:51:33. > :51:38.The party's leader Marine Le Pen has called the result "magnificent".

:51:39. > :51:45.I call on all patriotic voters to turn their back on France's

:51:46. > :51:54.Let's catch up with all the sport now and join Jess - and there's

:51:55. > :52:03.Suspended Fifa president, Sepp Blatter,

:52:04. > :52:06.is being investigated by the FBI, over his role in a bribery scandal.

:52:07. > :52:10.It's alleged that sports marketing company paid Fifa officials

:52:11. > :52:13.about ?62 million in return for lucrative TV rights during the

:52:14. > :52:19.Mr Blatter had denied knowing about the bribes,

:52:20. > :52:22.but the BBC's Panorama programme has seen documents which suggest he did

:52:23. > :52:26.The 79-year-old is currently serving a provisional 90-day suspension

:52:27. > :52:31.from Fifa, and faces a hearing with the body's ethics judge next week.

:52:32. > :52:39.Elsewhere in football, it's all over the sports pages this morning.

:52:40. > :52:42.Newcastle stunned Liverpool in a 2-0 win at St James' Park

:52:43. > :52:44.to pick up only their third win of the season.

:52:45. > :52:47.Liverpool had won 7 of their last 8 games before this,

:52:48. > :52:49.but they went behind when Georginio Wijnaldum's shot was

:52:50. > :52:52.Liverpool's Alberto Moreno had a goal disallowed incorrectly,

:52:53. > :52:56.before Wijnaldum added a second in injury time.

:52:57. > :52:58.Newcastle remain in the bottom three but have leapfrogged local

:52:59. > :53:04.Neil Robertson produced a history-making maximum break on

:53:05. > :53:08.his way to a second UK Championship title in three years, as he defeated

:53:09. > :53:21.Along with a ?150,000 winner's cheque,

:53:22. > :53:24.Robertson snatched the bonus of ?44,000 for making an incredible 147

:53:25. > :53:28.break in the sixth frame - the first maximum made in a final of any of

:53:29. > :53:41.Now, after a brilliant summer where his incredible century at Trent

:53:42. > :53:46.Bridge helped secure the Ashes for England against Australia and

:53:47. > :53:50.becoming the number one Test batsman, Joe Root has written a book

:53:51. > :53:56.about bringing home the Ashes. Thank you for joining us. Aged 24 and

:53:57. > :54:03.already considered one of the best Test batsmen in the world, how does

:54:04. > :54:07.it feel? Pretty good. This year has been a fantastic year for me more

:54:08. > :54:11.importantly England. It is important of those fond memories to share them

:54:12. > :54:16.with everyone else. Soberly accomplished performances you. Do

:54:17. > :54:21.you consider yourself for captain one day? I'm not sure, we will have

:54:22. > :54:24.to wait and see further down the line. More importantly is about

:54:25. > :54:29.taking each series and game as it comes on trying to do your best. The

:54:30. > :54:35.Test series against South Africa coming up. How do England improve on

:54:36. > :54:39.their Test form? I think just keep doing the stuff we are. The more we

:54:40. > :54:43.have played together as a side, there is quite a lot of inexperience

:54:44. > :54:47.in there, the more experience we can gain like we can on the previous

:54:48. > :54:50.tour, if we can take that forward and learn from our mistakes we can

:54:51. > :54:53.hopefully produce something special. In the spring you have the T20 World

:54:54. > :54:58.Cup coming up. You must be looking forward that? Absolutely. The

:54:59. > :55:01.one-day stuff is flying at the minute and hopefully we can take

:55:02. > :55:05.that confidence poured into that woman and keep building on the great

:55:06. > :55:09.start we have had this year. Finally, one story that caught my

:55:10. > :55:14.eye in your book was about sock snipping. Tell us about that? As you

:55:15. > :55:19.can imagine, over a five-day Test match you have a lot of downtime in

:55:20. > :55:22.the dressing room. Some of the guys find different ways of keeping

:55:23. > :55:25.themselves use. If you're not careful you can come back to your

:55:26. > :55:31.socks with a few massive holes in the bottom, which can end up around

:55:32. > :55:35.your thighs! Thank you very much for joining us Joe. Best of luck in

:55:36. > :55:38.South Africa. That is all the sport for now.

:55:39. > :55:43.Thank you. I was worried about where that anecdote was going!

:55:44. > :55:46.Hello, thank you for joining us this morning, welcome to the programme

:55:47. > :55:50.We're on BBC 2 and the BBC News Channel until 11 this morning.

:55:51. > :55:53.You've been getting in touch this morning following this

:55:54. > :55:54.weekend's exreme flooding in the north-west of England.

:55:55. > :55:58."The flooding is a real disaster and as usual the government response

:55:59. > :56:02.Well, we're hearing that the Prime Minister David Cameron is to

:56:03. > :56:10."My daughter and family were flooded in Cumbria not far from Kendal

:56:11. > :56:12.and they were overwhelmed by the kindness of friends

:56:13. > :56:15.and neighbours who spent all day helping them to get cleaned up and

:56:16. > :56:20.We'll be live in Cumbria in just a moment, but do get

:56:21. > :56:27.Texts will be charged at the standard network rate.

:56:28. > :56:29.And of course you can watch the programme online wherever you

:56:30. > :56:32.are - via the bbc news app or our website bbc.co.uk/victoria

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:56:36. > :56:40.by going to add topics and searching 'Victoria Derbyshire'

:56:41. > :56:42.Relief efforts are continuing as emergency services continue to

:56:43. > :56:47.Many schools and hospitals have been closed - and thousands of homes

:56:48. > :57:01.David Cameron is holding a meeting of the Cobra emergency committee

:57:02. > :57:04.this morning to co-ordinate the response.

:57:05. > :57:09.Our correspondent Christian Fraser joins us from Carlisle.

:57:10. > :57:14.Good morning, we are on the Warwick Road in the centre of Carlisle, one

:57:15. > :57:20.of the main routes through the centre but it has been closed

:57:21. > :57:24.because of the River Eden bursting its banks. You can see the rescue

:57:25. > :57:28.Jeep, the Land Rover, that is where the water starts. It has receded a

:57:29. > :57:38.little bit in the last few hours, but this morning still Water Safe UK

:57:39. > :57:43.have been pulling people out of their houses by boat. They have been

:57:44. > :57:47.without electricity for 24 hours and am thinking it is too grim to hang

:57:48. > :57:51.around. They are being taken out of their homes and brought here to what

:57:52. > :57:55.is effectively a service hub. I would show you around. You can see

:57:56. > :57:59.search and rescue here. There is a police truck that has been set up.

:58:00. > :58:02.They are coordinating the rescue efforts, getting information from

:58:03. > :58:06.people out in the boat is about where people are and who needs

:58:07. > :58:10.rescuing and then all of this is coordinated with the police and fire

:58:11. > :58:16.and rescue teams that are here. You can see the DVDs. We have seen three

:58:17. > :58:18.or four taken beyond the police line, which are still working and

:58:19. > :58:23.has been working throughout the night. Real disruption in Carlisle

:58:24. > :58:28.this morning, huge traffic jams in the city centre, no one can get

:58:29. > :58:31.anywhere this morning. A lot of the schools are close. Railways are

:58:32. > :58:35.practically nonexistent this morning, not working at all. Nothing

:58:36. > :58:39.north of Preston to Scotland, the main line is closed as well.

:58:40. > :58:45.Conservative estimates about how many homes have been affected around

:58:46. > :58:48.2000-3000 so far but it could be many more. I was in Keswick last

:58:49. > :58:54.night, quite depressing as the waters were receding. As I walked a

:58:55. > :58:58.mile through Keswick to wear my car was parked I was passing doors where

:58:59. > :59:01.carpets have been bundled outside, fridges, everything in the

:59:02. > :59:04.downstairs rooms that people were jumping on the pavement ready for

:59:05. > :59:09.the Council to pick up. It is carnage in Keswick at the moment.

:59:10. > :59:14.The towns and a very hard indeed. I think we can talk to Nigel Cobb from

:59:15. > :59:18.water safe UK. He is very busy, going back and forth. Tell us what

:59:19. > :59:22.you are doing. Our mini people have you pulled out this morning? We have

:59:23. > :59:30.evacuated probably eight people so far. We have a medical emergency, an

:59:31. > :59:36.elderly lady. If some have stuck it out in their home started with the

:59:37. > :59:39.electricity out, it is grim? Yes, around 2500 properties affected.

:59:40. > :59:44.Around one third, the residents decided to stay put last night. Now

:59:45. > :59:47.thinking that was perhaps a bad decision and want out. The water is

:59:48. > :59:51.receding a little bit but beyond the water that we can see it was really

:59:52. > :00:01.deep, up to the first-floor windows? It was. Places last night

:00:02. > :00:07.were six or seven feet. It is still not possible to passing vehicles.

:00:08. > :00:12.You are from water safe UK, a Derby charity? Yes, based in the East

:00:13. > :00:18.Midlands but we are also a national asset for the UK. That is why we are

:00:19. > :00:22.here. We were tasked by the National coordination Centre. What is the

:00:23. > :00:26.advice to people in Carlisle today? People in the flood zone? People in

:00:27. > :00:30.the flood zone, listen to advice and I would get out of the house. There

:00:31. > :00:34.is no service, no electricity and it will get worse. Where are you off to

:00:35. > :00:39.now? We going down road because we have to make an emergency evacuation

:00:40. > :00:45.for an elderly lady. We will let you go. Thank you. As I said, we do not

:00:46. > :00:51.know how we homes have been affected yet. The Environment Agency saying

:00:52. > :00:55.around 2000-3000. That figure could rise as people get beyond the flood

:00:56. > :00:58.zone is an see the mopping up operation. A lot of finger-pointing

:00:59. > :01:02.going on this morning, I saw it yesterday in Keswick, about whether

:01:03. > :01:05.the flood defences have worked. It depended who you spoke to. Is in

:01:06. > :01:09.some parts of Keswick they thought they worked quite well. In the

:01:10. > :01:13.bottom end of the town the river was up against the glass flood barriers.

:01:14. > :01:17.In other parts they say the flood defences backed up the water and

:01:18. > :01:20.that is why they were suffering. You push water from one direction and go

:01:21. > :01:21.somewhere else. Lots of questions for the flood defence Minister to

:01:22. > :01:31.talk about. We have to be honest with people. In

:01:32. > :01:38.Cockermouth, the level was five inches lower than 2009. That relates

:01:39. > :01:42.almost exactly to the height of those defences. What we need to show

:01:43. > :01:45.people is how high those defences are, and explain to them how often

:01:46. > :01:49.that kind of rainfall comes. We have never seen this rainfall

:01:50. > :01:53.before in the UK. We will have to look again at our

:01:54. > :01:58.models, go again to the Met office. It seems with these kinds of

:01:59. > :02:01.unpredictable, exceptional events, we are facing something which was

:02:02. > :02:10.not predicted and which will test the defences.

:02:11. > :02:14.No rescue service can work on an empty stomach.

:02:15. > :02:22.This had been set up to date, steak and burger. Don't be shy!

:02:23. > :02:27.This is the owner. Alan, what are you doing today?

:02:28. > :02:34.We are providing hot food and drinks for the rescue workers. And people

:02:35. > :02:37.who have pulled out. There is a community centre for the residents,

:02:38. > :02:41.hot food and drink. We are primarily here to provide

:02:42. > :02:43.food for the crew. Tell us about the community centres

:02:44. > :02:50.around Carlisle, how many are they? Tell us about the community centres

:02:51. > :02:59.I haven't been into them, no. What is it? It is local produce.

:03:00. > :03:04.Stakes, beefburgers, and Cumberland sausage. Locally cured bacon. That

:03:05. > :03:09.is what we are providing for them, good quality stuff, which they

:03:10. > :03:15.appreciate. They don't normally get that in this sort of event.

:03:16. > :03:19.Have you seen it like this in Carlisle? Yes, in 2009.

:03:20. > :03:25.I live on top of the health so it did not affect me. Grzegorz

:03:26. > :03:39.Krychowiak hill. We were hoping it would never happen again --

:03:40. > :03:44.CORRECTION - hill. If you want to keep up-to-date with

:03:45. > :03:51.what is going on around Cumbria, we have a live update page, and also

:03:52. > :04:00.your local radio station. They have the traffic details.

:04:01. > :04:04.The Environment Secretary has been at the Cobra meeting and says she

:04:05. > :04:10.has huge sympathy for those affected. She has been speaking to

:04:11. > :04:13.Carol Walker. The Prime Minister chaired Cobra

:04:14. > :04:18.this morning to make sure the emergency services have all the

:04:19. > :04:21.support they need. We have the army in Cumbria helping out, people

:04:22. > :04:25.working around the clock, supporting those communities. I have every

:04:26. > :04:30.sympathy for people affected by flooding. Our priority is getting

:04:31. > :04:34.the power up and running, a number of homes have been connected today.

:04:35. > :04:39.Getting transport infrastructure sorted out so the roads and rail, to

:04:40. > :04:44.get things back to normal. Looking at the scale of what has happened,

:04:45. > :04:49.the numbers of homes affected, is the Government is prepared to spend

:04:50. > :04:55.more to improve flood defences? We have spent 45 in pounds in

:04:56. > :05:00.Cumbria, and spending in real terms increase this parliament on flood

:05:01. > :05:05.defences across the country, ?2.3 billion. After this major incident

:05:06. > :05:09.where we have seen unprecedented rainfall, we will look at the

:05:10. > :05:12.lessons we can learn. Today, I will make a statement to Parliament

:05:13. > :05:17.talking about the support we will give the local community.

:05:18. > :05:27.Clearly, flood defences were inadequate in some areas. You do

:05:28. > :05:33.need to spend more inside these specific committees which seem to be

:05:34. > :05:36.hit again and again. I have huge sympathy for people affected by

:05:37. > :05:40.flooding Malta play. It is a real concern. We will do

:05:41. > :05:46.what we can to support those communities. Across the North of

:05:47. > :05:51.England, hundreds of homes were protected by flood defences. Even

:05:52. > :05:56.where those defences were overtopped, they delayed the floods

:05:57. > :06:01.and gave an opportunity to evacuate and protect people, and reduced the

:06:02. > :06:04.impact of those floods. I fully understand how devastating a

:06:05. > :06:09.situation it was, and we will learn the lessons we can from this

:06:10. > :06:13.unprecedented event. One more point. Can you give an

:06:14. > :06:19.accurate figure for how many people were affected, and what will be done

:06:20. > :06:23.to make sure they can get money back from the insurers?

:06:24. > :06:27.At present, we still haven't got the final figures, it is in the

:06:28. > :06:35.thousands. Further people have been affected by power outages. In the

:06:36. > :06:39.Cobra meeting, we spoke about many people who have been reconnected to

:06:40. > :06:43.the power network. This afternoon, I will outline further support we will

:06:44. > :06:46.be giving. The rabid secretary. You can get all

:06:47. > :06:58.the details on our website! Parents who are attacked by their

:06:59. > :07:05.own children - we'll take a look at a programme aimed at rehabilitating

:07:06. > :07:07.teenagers who abuse their mums and Millions of pounds have been spent

:07:08. > :07:10.on its recruitment, but the British Army has admitted

:07:11. > :07:13.that it needs to change its message Figures show the Army has fallen

:07:14. > :07:17.below it's required number of troops for nine out of the last ten years,

:07:18. > :07:20.with the head of recruitment saying the benefits of signing up could be

:07:21. > :07:23.better explained. We've followed new recruits to

:07:24. > :07:27.the British Army from the day they Through drill, physical training,

:07:28. > :07:31.exercises and inspections - we see what modern army training is all

:07:32. > :07:49.about - as you can imagine it is a Each year, 13,000 young people join

:07:50. > :08:00.the British Army. They will work in a variety of jobs, chefs, drivers,

:08:01. > :08:06.medics. First, each of them must train to be

:08:07. > :08:17.a soldier. It is a tough process. Not everyone will make it. I have

:08:18. > :08:22.got this far. I am here. Over 14 weeks, we follow some of the newest

:08:23. > :08:25.recruits. The mental robustness of certain individuals is not there. On

:08:26. > :08:36.their journey from civilians to soldiers.

:08:37. > :08:42.For around 100 young recruits, it is their first date in the British

:08:43. > :08:47.Army. Young man, do your top button up and your tie up to the top. You

:08:48. > :08:50.are here for a job interview, look as smart as possible. It is a shock

:08:51. > :08:57.culture. Don't really know what is going on.

:08:58. > :09:02.Within the first few days you can tell who will be hard work and who

:09:03. > :09:05.will be a good guy. You see guys from all works of life keen as

:09:06. > :09:13.mustard, and others who are not sure.

:09:14. > :09:23.Everyone wants to go in. My brother has been in for four years.

:09:24. > :09:27.A lot of people have spoken to me. I will try my best. The last time they

:09:28. > :09:30.will see their families for More four weeks.

:09:31. > :09:36.After the emotional goodbyes, it is straight to business.

:09:37. > :09:44.Anyone stand up, please. The oath. Say your name. I swear by Almighty

:09:45. > :09:51.God. This I will be faithful and bear

:09:52. > :10:00.true allegiance to. Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II.

:10:01. > :10:08.I needed a fresh start. I am quite fit. I feel it is a good

:10:09. > :10:14.opportunity. And that I will, as duty-bound honestly and faithfully

:10:15. > :10:19.defend Her Majesty. My dad was in the Army. My elder

:10:20. > :10:26.brother was in the Marines. My mum is a bit wary.

:10:27. > :10:30.They are all really supportive. Sign your name below. Congratulate

:10:31. > :10:31.themselves you have got this far, well done. Now, the hard work

:10:32. > :10:43.starts. The recruits get their first taste

:10:44. > :10:49.of Army fitness, including a series of tests they must complete before

:10:50. > :10:52.they can pass out on training. It made me go dizzy. I couldn't get

:10:53. > :11:01.the technique properly. It is going to get harder but I

:11:02. > :11:15.won't give up. I am going to stick at it and try.

:11:16. > :11:36.Even if it does break me, I will get back up and do it again.

:11:37. > :11:47.One two, three. Stop bending at the hips!

:11:48. > :11:49.What was that? Louder. It is a bit hard but they are

:11:50. > :12:08.getting there. For the remaining recruits, each day

:12:09. > :12:18.brings a packed schedule. Where is your fleece? Why is a military kit

:12:19. > :12:25.in your civilian locker, why? You never had time to forward it so you

:12:26. > :12:30.thought... I am asking them to do simple things

:12:31. > :12:36.like make a bed, make sure you fill in your diaries.

:12:37. > :12:50.Seriously! I ask you to do one thing.

:12:51. > :12:55.They are choosing not to do that but spend the whole time eating pizzas,

:12:56. > :13:04.watching films. Mr nice guy is not coming back!

:13:05. > :13:08.Next, a skill at Arms lesson. Before it is back to the gym for a

:13:09. > :13:12.battle physical training. Having injured her knee on a run earlier in

:13:13. > :13:18.the week, Becky is not able to take part.

:13:19. > :13:23.It took two years to get where I am now and I have got this far. I am

:13:24. > :13:28.here. I don't know if I actually want to be here. But then I do want

:13:29. > :13:36.to go in. I don't want to let other people down.

:13:37. > :13:39.After a quick bit of food, and having failed their inspections this

:13:40. > :13:52.morning, the recruits don't have long before a reinspection.

:13:53. > :14:00.I just went in there now, it is a 100% improvement from earlier.

:14:01. > :14:09.The recruits get two weeks off for some elite, then it is straight back

:14:10. > :14:18.to Army knife. -- summer leave, then it is straight back to Army life.

:14:19. > :14:22.Where is your aggression? It is getting used to getting into it

:14:23. > :14:29.again. Advance!

:14:30. > :14:36.It teaches them how to control their aggression.

:14:37. > :14:59.Dreading it. Really tired. The recruits are arriving on site

:15:00. > :15:08.for the first exercise. But Becky's knee injury means she cannot take

:15:09. > :15:13.part. I feel like I am letting people

:15:14. > :15:25.down. Who are you letting down? All of the

:15:26. > :15:30.goals, the Sergeant. When I get back, I think I will try in the next

:15:31. > :15:38.couple of years. I don't know what I want to do.

:15:39. > :15:42.After a quick demo to show how dangerous it can be without the

:15:43. > :15:49.proper safety attachment on their rifles, it is straight to work. This

:15:50. > :15:53.will be their base for the next two nights.

:15:54. > :15:59.We are making a whole to sit in when we are on the look out, to make sure

:16:00. > :16:01.no one is intruding on the area. This is where we sleep and where our

:16:02. > :16:13.kit is. been in the field properly. I think

:16:14. > :16:19.it is a bit of a shock to the system for most of them. But they will get

:16:20. > :16:22.there, in the end. Sentry duty continues on a rotor throughout the

:16:23. > :16:34.night before a rude awakening in the morning.

:16:35. > :16:50.I washed it. You washed it off after? I washed it. Which bit? The

:16:51. > :17:11.spring. No you didn't. I have, I sprayed it.

:17:12. > :17:18.It's the female troops turn for the respirator confidence test. As soon

:17:19. > :17:22.as you remove the gas mask it hurt my eyes. I tried to close them but

:17:23. > :17:34.then you have to open them to make up eye contact with your corporal.

:17:35. > :18:00.I can't say. Come towards me. OK. I can't see. Look at me. Stevie picked

:18:01. > :18:04.up a toe injury and exercise are now both her and Becky are in the

:18:05. > :18:08.medical centre. We feel a bit better about it because we are together.

:18:09. > :18:17.If she wasn't here, if I wasn't here or she wasn't there...

:18:18. > :18:26.It is nice having them on their, you know? Injuries happen very often in

:18:27. > :18:31.training and Courtney has experienced how hard it can be. I

:18:32. > :18:35.got to week five training and ended up with pain in my back. I went to

:18:36. > :18:46.the doctor and she said I had an abscess. It turned out I had to have

:18:47. > :18:49.surgery. That was hard. It is the final exercise, time to put into

:18:50. > :18:56.practice everything that has been taught in the last 13 weeks.

:18:57. > :19:04.Just carry on the routine with these on. If you need to drink, drink, if

:19:05. > :19:15.you need to eat, do your eating drill. Any questions? Sort it out.

:19:16. > :19:20.It's awful. We had to go on the patrol and you can't even breathe

:19:21. > :19:27.whatsoever. I don't know how we coped. The location has been

:19:28. > :19:33.compromised and we now have to move location. Closing down as quickly

:19:34. > :19:38.and as quietly as we can. It has been five days since the recruits

:19:39. > :19:42.had a shower, a proper night's sleep or eight food not from a ration

:19:43. > :19:48.pack. And moving camp in complete darkness is one of the many tasks

:19:49. > :19:52.designed to push them both mentally and physically. Fatigued after a

:19:53. > :19:59.fifth night in the field, the final attack sees them storm two enemy

:20:00. > :20:06.bases led by their instructors. Get in, get in, straight in! Close them

:20:07. > :20:12.down. That's it, that it. It's a good start for Courtney.

:20:13. > :20:21.The females are advancing on the second base. GUNFIRE

:20:22. > :20:25.And having pulled up close and noticed it is Courtney's job to

:20:26. > :20:32.throw a grenade into the enemy's position.

:20:33. > :20:43.Didn't put enough power in so it hit a tree and killed me. It's not funny

:20:44. > :20:49.really, but practice... They need to evacuate a casualty on a makeshift

:20:50. > :21:01.stretcher, before switching to a dummy and finishing the exercise. It

:21:02. > :21:12.is physically hard for everybody. Girls, why are you walking? Let's

:21:13. > :21:19.go! Go! You did it, don't shake your head is be proud, you did it.

:21:20. > :21:31.Everyone needed to work together. It was tough. The teaching is over. Of

:21:32. > :21:36.the recruits that started 14 weeks ago, those who have been successful

:21:37. > :21:40.are about to pass out of their phase one Army training. I was so nervous

:21:41. > :21:48.that first day, I was apprehensive about what was going to happen. It's

:21:49. > :21:54.been good. It's definitely... It changes you for the better, I'd have

:21:55. > :21:58.remained as I was the other way. For Stevie it is tough seeing her

:21:59. > :22:04.original troupe leave. It was emotional, horrible. I think it

:22:05. > :22:11.would be better when they fail, so I could see them. You will get there.

:22:12. > :22:13.I did. I'm having an operation but it should be completely fine after

:22:14. > :22:20.that. You can see more on the BBC News

:22:21. > :22:24.channel tonight at eight o'clock. Prime Minister David Cameron will

:22:25. > :22:30.visit areas hit by devastating floods later, as schools and roads

:22:31. > :22:36.remain closed in parts of Northern 46 Severe flood warnings are

:22:37. > :22:40.still in place and more rain is The Prime Minister has chaired

:22:41. > :22:43.an emergency Cobra meeting, A man has been charged with

:22:44. > :22:48.attempted murder after an attack at Leytonstone Underground station

:22:49. > :22:49.in east London. A 56-year-old man suffered serious

:22:50. > :22:52.stab wounds in the assault Muhaydin Mire, who is 29,

:22:53. > :22:59.will appear in court this morning. The driver of a bin lorry which

:23:00. > :23:02.crashed in Glasgow killing 6 people, "deliberately misled" doctors over

:23:03. > :23:05.his medical history according to It found Harry Clarke

:23:06. > :23:22."repeatedly lied in order to gain We can catch up with the sport, Jess

:23:23. > :23:27.has the details. Good morning again. Your sports

:23:28. > :23:31.headlines: Sepp Blatter is being investigated by the FBI over his

:23:32. > :23:35.role in a bribery scandal. It is alleged a sports marketing company

:23:36. > :23:39.paid Fifa officials about ?62 million in return for lucrative TV

:23:40. > :23:45.and marketing rights during the 1990s. More can be found on that in

:23:46. > :23:49.the Panorama programme on BBC One at 8:30pm this evening. In the Premier

:23:50. > :23:56.League relegation contenders in Newcastle stunned Liverpool in a 2-0

:23:57. > :24:01.win. Steve McClaren says he hopes the victory will flick a switch and

:24:02. > :24:07.help improve future results. As you have been discussing, there has been

:24:08. > :24:09.a lot of bad weather around the UK. Carlisle United's ground Brompton

:24:10. > :24:15.Park is currently under water. Three of the players cars were swept away

:24:16. > :24:20.by the flooding. Reyes have offered to help the local community with the

:24:21. > :24:25.clear up is that in the city. Neil Robertson won UK's snooker jump in

:24:26. > :24:31.Japan for a second time, winning 10-5 in York and made a maximum 147

:24:32. > :24:36.break on the way to the title. David Beckham believes that 2022 World Cup

:24:37. > :24:40.should be held in Qatar despite uncertainty over its hosting rights.

:24:41. > :24:43.In the radio Times Christmas issue David Beckham says whether it is

:24:44. > :24:46.corrupt or not to those countries have been chosen. That is all the

:24:47. > :24:48.sport for this morning. Thank you, Jess.

:24:49. > :24:52.What's it like to be bullied by your own child?

:24:53. > :24:58.Experts say a growing number of parents are experiencing violence at

:24:59. > :25:02.the hands of their children. We have had exclusive access to a programme

:25:03. > :25:03.in Doncaster, the first of its kind to rehabilitate teenagers who have

:25:04. > :25:05.been abusing their parents. Our reporter Noel Phillips has been

:25:06. > :25:08.to meet some the people involved. Some of those in this film have

:25:09. > :25:10.chosen to talk us anonymously. It is one

:25:11. > :25:12.of Britain's most hidden crimes, and according to experts, about 4

:25:13. > :25:15.million parents have experienced But the vast majority

:25:16. > :25:22.of those suffering at the hands of their teenagers goes unreported and

:25:23. > :25:25.rarely do we hear from survivors. He first started

:25:26. > :25:28.off initially just kicking. That was in the first year,

:25:29. > :25:31.and he would push and push, and the first real violent episode

:25:32. > :25:35.came when he got a cricket bat Its lone parents like Sarah who

:25:36. > :25:43.according to the University of Oxford, are most at risk

:25:44. > :25:48.of being abused by their children. Her son was given a 12 month

:25:49. > :25:51.Youth Referral Order earlier this month, after injuring her with

:25:52. > :25:52.a bread knife. Under the order he will be required

:25:53. > :25:56.to write a letter explaining to her We had a disagreement

:25:57. > :26:00.and he was raged and there was I was working in my home office

:26:01. > :26:05.and he just came in with the bread But whilst

:26:06. > :26:13.the problem remains largely hidden, I went to Doncaster to find out how

:26:14. > :26:21.this teen-to-parent abuse programme, the first of its kind

:26:22. > :26:23.in the country, is helping to rehabilitate teenagers who have been

:26:24. > :26:32.abusing their parents. We're taking very much

:26:33. > :26:55.a whole family approach to the violence and giving them time

:26:56. > :26:59.to recover from past experiences. In the last 12 months

:27:00. > :27:02.West Midlands Police say they have dealt with almost 200 cases of under

:27:03. > :27:06.18s abusing their parents, but only The criminal justice side is not the

:27:07. > :27:15.only solution, and the majority of We have to consider the welfare

:27:16. > :27:19.of the child, even though it is the child who is causing

:27:20. > :27:22.the problem in the family, we have It is clear more needs to be done

:27:23. > :27:27.to spot the signs of abuse. Most of the mums I've met spoke

:27:28. > :27:30.out because they no longer Ann Ramsden founded the

:27:31. > :27:33.Rosalie Ryrie Foundation, based in Wakefield,

:27:34. > :27:36.which helps young people, children and families to deal with domestic

:27:37. > :27:39.abuse and aggressive behaviours. Seamus Oates is a Youth Justice

:27:40. > :27:43.Board Member, and CEO of a chain Helen Bonnick is

:27:44. > :27:49.a former social worker, and now blogs and campaigns about child

:27:50. > :28:04.and adolescent to parent violence. Thank you for joining us. I

:28:05. > :28:08.mentioned the foundation, take us back to you as a child and how you

:28:09. > :28:12.saw what we have been hearing about their through the eyes of a child,

:28:13. > :28:17.because you were a child who was aggressive and violent your father?

:28:18. > :28:20.My mother left when I was 14 and that is when I became quite

:28:21. > :28:28.aggressive and controlling towards my dad. Quite violent towards my

:28:29. > :28:38.dad. It is going back a long time. What sort of things did you do?

:28:39. > :28:41.Pulling a knife on my dad. I know it sounds odd, I had no intention of

:28:42. > :28:48.hurting him, but I needed what I wanted. Mentally I destroyed him, I

:28:49. > :28:54.think. Is that anger because your mum left? There was stuff going on,

:28:55. > :29:00.my mum met another guy who was quite abusive to her. I needed, in a

:29:01. > :29:05.sense, to be violent as well. His new -- her new partner, if he was

:29:06. > :29:11.violent she needed me to go and sort him out. That is extraordinary. It's

:29:12. > :29:17.my mum. Did you sort him out? Yes, until the age of 24, when she died.

:29:18. > :29:21.She was not murdered, by the way. How were people around you reacting

:29:22. > :29:27.first at your mum telling you to sort someone else out rather than to

:29:28. > :29:31.renew that is not the way to behave? 1980s nobody did anything, the

:29:32. > :29:37.police didn't do anything. Did anyone tell you it was wrong? No, it

:29:38. > :29:41.was normal. The school knew. Everyone was aware of what was going

:29:42. > :29:51.off... How did you feel inside Qwest might just angry? Alone. My

:29:52. > :29:55.family... I would do anything I could to keep her alive. And if she

:29:56. > :29:58.were still alive to this day I would probably still do it. When we're

:29:59. > :30:01.working with children we need to find out their background first and

:30:02. > :30:10.what is happening to them. Were you to frightened, did you feel out of

:30:11. > :30:14.control? I didn't get into fights at school. I was scared of what I could

:30:15. > :30:22.possibly do, but I didn't mind hurting men. You are looking shocked

:30:23. > :30:25.at me. No, it's just interesting to hear, talking to you as an adult,

:30:26. > :30:30.you being so articulate and taking yourself back to that perspective of

:30:31. > :30:36.you as a child. When did things change for you and what made them

:30:37. > :30:41.change? I got pregnant at 20 and then my mum passed away, she got

:30:42. > :30:44.cancer, she died when I was 24. It was the first time I have been free

:30:45. > :30:51.and not having to look after her. I think that is what turned my life

:30:52. > :30:55.around. Ask kids had a few problems, when we were growing up. I ended up

:30:56. > :30:59.having a fall out with my sister, my older sister. From that day on I

:31:00. > :31:05.thought, you know what, it's not right. So I started... I didn't do

:31:06. > :31:12.school either, I skipped school. If anybody came I would just say go and

:31:13. > :31:21.do something... I didn't want to hurt other people, it was just

:31:22. > :31:29.within my home. You then set up a foundation to help others.

:31:30. > :31:34.I helped young children. I went into youth work, residential work. I

:31:35. > :31:44.still saw children behave the same way as I did. I couldn't get my head

:31:45. > :31:48.around it. It was 2004, how come these children have had support to

:31:49. > :31:53.change? I thought I would do it myself.

:31:54. > :31:58.How much is this happening? One issue is we don't really know

:31:59. > :32:04.how much is going on because, until fairly recently, we haven't had a

:32:05. > :32:10.name for this sort of abuse. We are now talking about child parent

:32:11. > :32:16.islands or other names. People are starting to count it.

:32:17. > :32:21.Do they potentially it has been there but behind closed doors.

:32:22. > :32:26.Very much. We have conceptualised it in a different way, seeing it as

:32:27. > :32:33.disturbed children, or poor parenting. Governments are holding

:32:34. > :32:37.parents to account for their failure to control their children.

:32:38. > :32:44.What do you think is the cause? There seem to be a lot of causes.

:32:45. > :32:49.Certainly, a huge number of children have come through and witnessed

:32:50. > :32:54.domestic violence, a huge number of children have experienced terrible

:32:55. > :33:00.abuse in their early childhood and perhaps suffered some form of

:33:01. > :33:09.post-traumatic distress now. With heightened anxiety, hypervigilance.

:33:10. > :33:12.We know from talking to parents that there are many other causes, whether

:33:13. > :33:19.it is about involvement with drugs or being bullied. Perhaps children

:33:20. > :33:28.who have had everything in their lives and suddenly somebody says,

:33:29. > :33:34.no. Issues about autism. Families where there has been fatal alcohol

:33:35. > :33:39.syndrome. A raft of issues. There is no one single cause. It seems to

:33:40. > :33:44.affect families everywhere. In the end, these are often

:33:45. > :33:50.damaged, vulnerable children. From your perspective, what is the best

:33:51. > :33:54.way to deal with it? In the 1980s, it was a hidden

:33:55. > :34:00.crime, not talked about. We are developing terminology to describe

:34:01. > :34:08.it, the concept of adolescent two-parent violent abuse. The

:34:09. > :34:11.ultimate destination for these young persons is criminalisation which we

:34:12. > :34:16.do not think should happen. Within the youth Justice board we have

:34:17. > :34:21.worked hard to reduce the numbers of young people in custody across the

:34:22. > :34:27.country. It has gone down, in 2005, there were 3000 young people in

:34:28. > :34:33.custody. Today, it is 1000. A lot of that is because of the work being

:34:34. > :34:38.done at local levels by youth offending teams, multi agency

:34:39. > :34:41.groups, voluntary groups, trying to prevent this getting to a point

:34:42. > :34:44.where a young person is criminalised. There are occasions

:34:45. > :34:50.where the violence is so bad they need to be criminalised, to access

:34:51. > :34:56.other support. If we can get in early enough, to actually get

:34:57. > :35:02.everybody working together to look at the causes. They are often

:35:03. > :35:06.complex. I have had many young people who have exhibited violence

:35:07. > :35:13.towards staff, each other, the building. We can always trace it

:35:14. > :35:18.back to come off, abuse in the family, or experience of drug and

:35:19. > :35:22.alcohol issues, trauma. Violence is often a cry for help and an

:35:23. > :35:26.expression of trauma a young person has been through.

:35:27. > :35:38.As professionals, we work closely together to provide support.

:35:39. > :35:42.But it can be difficult. It is difficult for parents to access

:35:43. > :35:47.support in a lot of parts of the country. There is a lot of work for

:35:48. > :35:50.us to do in ensuring we have support available for parents, giving them a

:35:51. > :35:53.voice to express what they are going through.

:35:54. > :36:00.In my experience, that will come through school, or if they become

:36:01. > :36:04.involved with the criminal justice system, the youth offending teams.

:36:05. > :36:12.We hope you describing being a child, the grown-ups terrorising the

:36:13. > :36:18.grown ups. Do you understand the other way around, how parents feel,

:36:19. > :36:23.being frightened by their child? I do.

:36:24. > :36:30.I have that experience, to help parents understand.

:36:31. > :36:40.You get self harm is. That is one behaviour that hurts other people.

:36:41. > :36:49.-- harmers. A lot of it is manipulative and

:36:50. > :36:53.psychological. It is about getting parents understanding how to work

:36:54. > :37:01.against that. Looking at teenagers who have been better for a long

:37:02. > :37:06.time, manipulation is one of the top skills in destroying others.

:37:07. > :37:14.I wanted to say that verbal abuse is often a key feature of this. When

:37:15. > :37:21.you think of physical beings particularly, but it is not just

:37:22. > :37:25.physical. Damage to property can be controlling, manipulative. The

:37:26. > :37:31.verbal stuff may start that way and build up.

:37:32. > :37:35.The verbal abuse is something we experience in alternative vision

:37:36. > :37:41.schools. Can that be nipped in the bud by

:37:42. > :37:45.adults saying that is not acceptable. It is often a symptom of

:37:46. > :37:49.what has gone on and we need to look deeply into the life of that young

:37:50. > :37:54.person, how they have come to this point.

:37:55. > :37:59.Having clear boundaries, obviously, will make a difference. Where a

:38:00. > :38:04.parent has been experiencing that in isolation, too frightened to ask for

:38:05. > :38:07.support, coming into a school situation where the school is

:38:08. > :38:13.trained in responding to those situations. I always tell my stuff,

:38:14. > :38:18.never take anything personally. These young people will find the

:38:19. > :38:22.thing which will get under your skin straightaway. That is an early sign

:38:23. > :38:29.of the kind of abuse you have been talking about, control. As a system,

:38:30. > :38:33.we work closely together. The youth Justice board has a lot of projects

:38:34. > :38:37.across the country, the youth offending teams have been working in

:38:38. > :38:43.partnership, there is a good buy Brighton where young people can

:38:44. > :38:46.refer themselves or be referred by parents, and they have a

:38:47. > :38:51.multi-agency approach to supporting them. There is a lot more to do.

:38:52. > :38:54.If you're affected by any of the issues you can ring the Family

:38:55. > :38:57.Lives helpline for advice on the free-phone number 0808 800 2222.

:38:58. > :39:00.And you can watch that film again on our programme page -

:39:01. > :39:16.Back to the weather and storm Desmond.

:39:17. > :39:18.46 severe flood warnings are still in place,

:39:19. > :39:20.homes and businesses destroyed and chaos across the transport network.

:39:21. > :39:22.Storm Desmond has caused havoc in parts of Northern England

:39:23. > :39:25.and Scotland over the weekend, and even more rain is forecast

:39:26. > :39:28.David Cameron chaired an emergency cobra meeting this morning.

:39:29. > :39:31.Later today, he'll visit some of the areas hit by the floods.

:39:32. > :39:35.Heather Shepphard has been helping flood victims overnight in Cumbria

:39:36. > :39:41.on the front line, and joins us now from Carlisle.

:39:42. > :39:49.Tell us what you have been coming up against?

:39:50. > :39:54.Mostly, we have been travelling around to evacuation centres based

:39:55. > :40:02.in Carlisle yesterday, moving on to Keswick and Cockermouth later today.

:40:03. > :40:05.The evacuation centres are gradually filling.

:40:06. > :40:14.Very well organised, very caring staff. A warm place to go, plenty of

:40:15. > :40:20.donations. Donations are everywhere. Trying to have a relaxed atmosphere

:40:21. > :40:25.as possible in those centres. How are people coping when they face

:40:26. > :40:27.up to the prospect they have lost so much?

:40:28. > :40:34.It is very difficult. The sort of people we spoke to yesterday, a lot

:40:35. > :40:40.of it is tiredness. They have been awake long time. Feeling exhausted.

:40:41. > :40:47.There were some people disconnected from their family.

:40:48. > :40:51.One lady was trying to get to her sons, her sons needing to get to

:40:52. > :40:58.her. She was sitting tight in that

:40:59. > :41:08.factories to centre -- evacuation centre until they could meet up.

:41:09. > :41:18.People from Edinburgh, trying to get back out of Cumbria and up north.

:41:19. > :41:25.Lots of vulnerable people also being cared for with caring staff. It is

:41:26. > :41:30.sad to see. Feeling disorientated. A nasty experience for them. You

:41:31. > :41:36.have helped in the aftermath of flooding before.

:41:37. > :41:39.Every time it happens, I guess it is devastating all over again. Seeing

:41:40. > :41:46.this happen after so much money spent on flood defences, how do you

:41:47. > :41:51.feel? It is very sad. We were here in 2000

:41:52. > :41:56.and 916 months supporting committees, setting up action groups

:41:57. > :42:00.across the county. Those Flood action groups and

:42:01. > :42:08.communities have fought so hard to reduce the risk and prepare for a

:42:09. > :42:17.future flood. What has been put in place has been over topped. It has

:42:18. > :42:24.been very distressing for them. It is not the blue lights. You go with

:42:25. > :42:30.the flow. You do as you are told. What is ahead of them wants this

:42:31. > :42:34.ends is months of clearing up, dealing with insurance companies,

:42:35. > :42:39.knowing what to expect next and the process.

:42:40. > :42:43.Tell us a little more about that process? You say you have been

:42:44. > :42:48.affected directly, what was the biggest challenge for you?

:42:49. > :42:53.When you first Flood and insurers gets involved, lots of people come

:42:54. > :42:59.into your house. It is confusing as to who they are, why they are there.

:43:00. > :43:03.Your home doesn't feel your home, it doesn't look your home. It is a

:43:04. > :43:10.feeling of homelessness, to be honest. An invasion of privacy, of

:43:11. > :43:15.where you usually go as a sanctuary in your life, you shut the door on

:43:16. > :43:20.the outside world can you can be you. That is stripped away from

:43:21. > :43:28.people. It leaves you feeling very vulnerable.

:43:29. > :43:33.Heather, thank you very much for joining us. We are hearing police

:43:34. > :43:36.have said they have found a body in the River Kent near Kendal, they had

:43:37. > :43:41.been searching for an elderly man reported to have fallen into the

:43:42. > :43:42.flooded river yesterday morning. Police have found a body in the

:43:43. > :43:45.River Kent near Kendal. Thank you for your company today,

:43:46. > :43:47.and for all your messages which really do help to inform

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