08/03/2016

:00:08. > :00:10.Hello it's Tuesday it's 9.15, I'm Joanna Gosling in for Victoria,

:00:11. > :00:17.Maria Sharapova, the World's highest paid female sports star is facing

:00:18. > :00:22.a lengthy ban from tennis after failing a drugs test.

:00:23. > :00:31.I made a huge mistake and I've let my fans down, I've let the sport

:00:32. > :00:35.down that I've been playing since the age of four that I love so

:00:36. > :00:39.deeply. The tennis world has been

:00:40. > :00:41.divided on her fate. 18 times grand slam winner

:00:42. > :00:44.Martina Navratilova called it an "honest mistake" whereas 3

:00:45. > :00:47.times grand slam champion Jennifer Capriati says she's

:00:48. > :00:50."extremely angry and disappointed". Also on the programme,

:00:51. > :00:57."no significant investment" in mental health services

:00:58. > :01:00.for children despite Government promises of an extra ?150 million

:01:01. > :01:03.this financial year. Plus, Energy firm Npower is cutting

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:01:49. > :01:52.the programme online wherever you are via the bbc news app

:01:53. > :01:55.or our website bbc.co.uk/victoria. Mental health providers in England

:01:56. > :01:59.say they've seen "no significant investment" in psychiatric services

:02:00. > :02:02.for children despite Government Last summer, ministers said they'd

:02:03. > :02:08.invest an extra ?150 million Health trusts say some services

:02:09. > :02:14.are still being cut. So what impact is this having

:02:15. > :02:18.on people trying to use She's been using child adolescent

:02:19. > :02:26.mental health services since she was 11 and says she often

:02:27. > :02:32.has to wait months for Sean Duggan, is the chief executive

:02:33. > :02:38.for the Centre for Mental Health an independent charity

:02:39. > :02:41.and Dr Jon Goldin is a Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist

:02:42. > :02:51.at Great Ormond Street Hospital. Tells your view on this, Sean? The

:02:52. > :02:54.Priority's got to be in mental Health Services, we've always known

:02:55. > :02:58.this, for child and adolescent mental health care. One in ten

:02:59. > :03:05.children suffer from a mental health problem so that's three children in

:03:06. > :03:08.every class. We are expecting and we are delighted about extra investment

:03:09. > :03:11.in the services. The fact it's not coming through, the providers are

:03:12. > :03:18.telling us it's not coming through, is a cause for real concern. Why do

:03:19. > :03:23.you think it's not coming through? It was promised? A number of

:03:24. > :03:26.reasons. We need to get hold of the facts. But there are reports the

:03:27. > :03:31.money's being used by Clinical Commissioning Groups for other

:03:32. > :03:36.reasons, other pressing priorities. There is no other better priority

:03:37. > :03:40.than child and adolescent mental health care. It's a very complicated

:03:41. > :03:44.set-up, a very complicated arrangement, and this, for the money

:03:45. > :03:49.to be used efficiently and effectively, it really has to be

:03:50. > :03:52.designed really well. We know a lot about the evidence as to the

:03:53. > :03:55.interventions that work. They have to be targeted properly, they have

:03:56. > :04:00.to have the right professionals in place to do that. All that takes

:04:01. > :04:03.time but that should have been thought of at the very beginning, so

:04:04. > :04:06.we are not in this position now, towards the end of the financial

:04:07. > :04:10.year suggesting the money's not getting through. That's not an

:04:11. > :04:13.excuse. There are some probably legitimate delays. Let's be open and

:04:14. > :04:16.transparent about that. Let's not have a situation where we are

:04:17. > :04:22.thinking the money's maybe been used for other reasons. Joining us as

:04:23. > :04:24.well now Dr John Golding, child psychiatrist at Great Ormond Street

:04:25. > :04:27.Hospital. Thank you very much for joining us. Are you seeing any

:04:28. > :04:32.evidence of extra money filtering through? It's good news that more

:04:33. > :04:34.money has been promise and we are seeing some evidence but I don't

:04:35. > :04:38.think all the money is getting to the front line services as it should

:04:39. > :04:41.be. So what evidence have you seen? I know there have been

:04:42. > :04:44.transformation plans over the last few months which have bid for money

:04:45. > :04:50.and they have been successful in achieving that money. So some money

:04:51. > :04:53.is reaching it. So it's all promises at the moment still is it or, are

:04:54. > :04:56.you hearing about front line services getting the cash? I'm

:04:57. > :05:00.hearing about some front line services getting the cash but also

:05:01. > :05:06.hearing about some money not reaching the services anecdotally.

:05:07. > :05:12.The money isn't ringfenced for CAMS. ?1. ?1. 24 billion has been promised

:05:13. > :05:20.over the next I think five years but there's evidence not all of the

:05:21. > :05:28.money is getting to the NHS. CCG is using the money for other things.

:05:29. > :05:37.CAMS is child and adolescent mental services. There is a real suspicion

:05:38. > :05:40.that the money could go elsewhere. The money's gone to Clinical

:05:41. > :05:46.Commissioning Groups then. How important is transparency? It's

:05:47. > :05:49.crucially important and, unfor Natalie the Clinical Commissioning

:05:50. > :05:52.Groups are under huge financial pressure and the money doesn't go

:05:53. > :05:56.direct to where it's promised to go to always so we need to track the

:05:57. > :06:03.money and make sure it goes where it should. Do you think the money

:06:04. > :06:08.should be ringfenced? I do. It's an absolute priority and we have seen

:06:09. > :06:11.in the past that where money's been promised in certain areas, and with

:06:12. > :06:15.mental health it's not uncommon, if you don't ringfence the money, it

:06:16. > :06:19.can go off to seemingly more important areas. We definitely need

:06:20. > :06:24.to be transparent about this because the only way this will work is for

:06:25. > :06:28.Clinical Commissioning Groups to work in partnership with education,

:06:29. > :06:32.with schools, with the NHS providers, and they all need to have

:06:33. > :06:35.trust in that the money's being put through and that they can work out

:06:36. > :06:40.the financial plans and get the job done. The Government's identified

:06:41. > :06:45.this as a key area. Let's talk a bit more about the impact of resourcing

:06:46. > :06:50.on treatment for young people. Earlier, the parents of 15-year-old

:06:51. > :06:55.Matthew Garnett who has been sectioned for the last six months

:06:56. > :07:01.told BBC Breakfast that they feet like they had no rights.

:07:02. > :07:11.Parents and the child in this are seem to be devoid of their rights.

:07:12. > :07:15.It is absurd and when I tell friends who've got typical children, they

:07:16. > :07:20.don't believe that this can be happening in 2016. Our most

:07:21. > :07:24.vulnerable people are being abused by this system and I can't think of

:07:25. > :07:32.a better word, to me it feels like abuse. Systematic abuse. Isabelle

:07:33. > :07:35.Garnett. Amy, you have needed help through mental Health Services? Yes.

:07:36. > :07:41.How have you felt about the service you have received? Well, once I've

:07:42. > :07:45.had access to the service, it was fantastic and I, you know, owe my

:07:46. > :07:51.life to the mental Health Services. The problem that I face and many

:07:52. > :07:56.other people are facing is getting that access to them. When I was

:07:57. > :08:00.referred to the child and adolescent mental Health Service, it took three

:08:01. > :08:04.months. That three-month period, I was getting worse and worse,

:08:05. > :08:08.unfortunately, I was very suddal and hadn't had one appointment with

:08:09. > :08:12.them, so three months of referrals and I still hadn't seen them. It

:08:13. > :08:18.wasn't until I had to take myself to A because I was at risk that they

:08:19. > :08:23.finally noticed me and gave me an appointment. Honestly, if I hadn't

:08:24. > :08:26.gone to A, I don't know when I wouldn't have been seen, I don't

:08:27. > :08:30.know if I would still be here, it's so urgent. What was it that took you

:08:31. > :08:33.to A, it's a story we have heard from so many people seeking mental

:08:34. > :08:39.health support that they have ended up getting it only as a result of

:08:40. > :08:46.going to A? Yes, absolutely. My mum was aware of the issues going

:08:47. > :08:49.on. One night she found me self-harming and it was getting to

:08:50. > :08:54.the point where she didn't know what to do. My mum is a single mum, how

:08:55. > :08:57.could she help me, she could see her daughter hurting herself and

:08:58. > :09:01.suicidal and she didn't know what to do. There was no other option than

:09:02. > :09:05.to go to A because obviously CAMS had been paying no attention to me

:09:06. > :09:09.and it was to the point that my mum didn't... When you say paying no

:09:10. > :09:14.attention to you. What were you being told when you were going to

:09:15. > :09:18.see, presumably your GP initially, what were you told about what help

:09:19. > :09:23.you might expect and when you might get it? As soon as I went to the GP

:09:24. > :09:29.and got diagnosis I was put on medication. How old were you then? I

:09:30. > :09:34.was 15. They said, you need to have ongoing therapy every week, as well

:09:35. > :09:38.as the medication from CAMS. They referred me and said I would hear

:09:39. > :09:42.from them within a week. Every time I'd called CAMS to chase them up, I

:09:43. > :09:47.was told, I'm on a waiting list, they have to put high priority cases

:09:48. > :09:55.in front of me. That was hordible to hear because I felt why aren't I a

:09:56. > :09:59.high priority case -- horrible to hear. I thought, do I need to stand

:10:00. > :10:06.in front of you with a gun to my head for you to see that I need

:10:07. > :10:11.help. John, being prescribed medication at 15 sounds drastic?

:10:12. > :10:13.There is evidence for the use of medication but therapeutic

:10:14. > :10:18.approaches are important too. What Amy says is often sadly too that the

:10:19. > :10:22.threshold in CAMS is often too high so one needs to be suicidal or

:10:23. > :10:26.self-harming before one reaches the threshold. CAMS colleagues work hard

:10:27. > :10:30.under difficult circumstances and are very committed but the resources

:10:31. > :10:35.aren't adequate to meet the need. So explain in practise how that works

:10:36. > :10:39.then? Is it a common thing for a child to present as needing help but

:10:40. > :10:42.they are told well, you are not serious enough at the moment and

:10:43. > :10:49.then, as time goes on, they hit the threshold? That does unfortunately

:10:50. > :10:52.happen far too frequently. For very stretched service that are under

:10:53. > :10:57.resourced, they have to manage the demand as best they can and they are

:10:58. > :11:01.in a very difficult. Situation, as Amy, is, as a young person that

:11:02. > :11:05.needs help. Sean, are kids just being let down here? Well, they are

:11:06. > :11:10.and three months was clearly and is too long to wait until you get a

:11:11. > :11:15.treatment plan. We have reports across the UK where it's over a

:11:16. > :11:20.year. Real access problems and kids are being let down. They need access

:11:21. > :11:23.to child and adolescent mental Health Services, but there is a

:11:24. > :11:27.whole raft of other interventions that work well. For example,

:11:28. > :11:30.parenting programmes, group anti-bullying programmes at school

:11:31. > :11:34.and anger management programmes at school for children. These are

:11:35. > :11:39.really effective programmes. They are not expensive and the savings

:11:40. > :11:42.that you get back on that are really quite impressive that. 'S why we

:11:43. > :11:47.have extra money coming in now and we really by this stage should start

:11:48. > :11:50.to be seeing some improvements. There is some inprovements across

:11:51. > :11:54.the country but not enough. In terms of the general trajectory

:11:55. > :12:00.and the fact that it's an issue being talked about much more widely

:12:01. > :12:03.in politics, as well as obviously in other environments too, are you

:12:04. > :12:06.confident that the money has been promised and that the trajectory is

:12:07. > :12:13.now the right one, the right thing is being done? I am and we are

:12:14. > :12:17.confident. And the money that is being promised, the ?1. 25 billion

:12:18. > :12:22.over five years, what change will that deliver? Oh, it will deliver

:12:23. > :12:26.considerable improvements. There is arguments as to whether it's enough,

:12:27. > :12:30.there always is arguments. But it will speed up the access, eradicate

:12:31. > :12:33.some of the problems Amy is describing earlier, so there'll be

:12:34. > :12:40.better access, my honourable friend more staff within the services to be

:12:41. > :12:44.able to help the assessment and a treatment plan and it will provide

:12:45. > :12:48.some of the things I was talking about, the wider treatment areas

:12:49. > :12:52.which are really effective - help in schools, bringing in the education

:12:53. > :12:55.authorities, making sure the teachers can screen and talk to

:12:56. > :12:59.professionals when they want to so they can pick up problems at an

:13:00. > :13:05.early stage. John, why have resources been so stretched? Is it

:13:06. > :13:08.because it's a growing problem in terms of the number of children you

:13:09. > :13:19.are seeing and the issues that you are dealing with? There is been

:13:20. > :13:23.dis-investment in CAMS. It's only recently there's more awareness of

:13:24. > :13:27.CAMS and there is an increased prevalence of child mental health

:13:28. > :13:30.problems, anxiety self-harm, depression, they are all on the

:13:31. > :13:35.increase amongst teenagers in our society today sadly. What is the

:13:36. > :13:39.best advice that you would give to somebody who perhaps is like Amy was

:13:40. > :13:43.when she was waiting for that help and it wasn't forthcoming and

:13:44. > :13:48.obviously time passes, the situation gets worse. What would you say to a

:13:49. > :13:53.parent or a child who's currently in that exact position? It is very

:13:54. > :13:56.difficult to offer advice that will simply meet the need but talking to

:13:57. > :14:06.people is crucial, not being isolated. A lot of people use online

:14:07. > :14:13.services but making sure that you talk to someone. A friend, parent,

:14:14. > :14:17.teacher, your GP. Obviously, they need to put pressure on the CAMS

:14:18. > :14:21.services to offer you the resource needed. CAMS are stretched so we are

:14:22. > :14:27.in a bind but I'm hoping, those of us that work in CAMS that things

:14:28. > :14:32.will improve. Amy, in the end, you have come through having been

:14:33. > :14:34.treated success think, you are 18, at 15 you were prescribed

:14:35. > :14:40.medication. What was it that particularly worked for you in the

:14:41. > :14:44.end? Just finding a therapist who worked for CAMS that really worked

:14:45. > :14:47.for me and took the time to treat me really. Once I'd got the access to

:14:48. > :14:51.them and started seeing him, you know, it got so much better just

:14:52. > :14:55.having someone who can explain things to you, you know, young

:14:56. > :15:00.people, they have these conditions but it's so hard to understand what

:15:01. > :15:02.is happening to us or to our minds, especially with mental health

:15:03. > :15:06.conditions, so just having a professional to sit and explain

:15:07. > :15:11.things to you and make you feel, you know, have an understanding of

:15:12. > :15:16.yourself, it's so important. That's what really helped me the most.

:15:17. > :15:21.Thank you all very much, John, Sean and Amy. An anonymous texter saying

:15:22. > :15:25.CAMS are under funded. If children get help earlier in life, they have

:15:26. > :15:28.a level based approach to adulthood. As a magistrate I see how long it

:15:29. > :15:32.takes to access CAMS. We asked the Government

:15:33. > :15:34.to talk to us this morning The FA bans a club chairman for five

:15:35. > :16:08.games for allegedly saying a female ref can't

:16:09. > :16:11.cut it in the men's game - we speak to her exclusively -

:16:12. > :16:14.it comes as a new survey says half of all women working in football

:16:15. > :16:16.have experienced sexism including 27-year-old Josh Hanson was killed

:16:17. > :16:20.in a London pub last October. He was stabbed in the neck

:16:21. > :16:37.in an apparently unprovoked attack. We speak to Josh's family,

:16:38. > :16:40.who are desperate for a man wanted in connection with his death

:16:41. > :16:42.to hand himself in. First it's the main

:16:43. > :16:44.news this morning. The energy firm Npower confirms

:16:45. > :16:47.it is cutting 2,400 jobs in the UK after reporting an annual loss

:16:48. > :16:49.of ?90 million. The job losses represent

:16:50. > :16:52.about a fifth of the workforce. EU leaders reach a broad agreement

:16:53. > :17:02.with Turkey on returning migrants In return, the EU will promise

:17:03. > :17:05.to resettle a similar number of Syrians and will speed up

:17:06. > :17:08.the payment of financial after the tennis champion admitted

:17:09. > :17:25.failing a drugs test. The sportswear giant Nike says it's

:17:26. > :17:27.suspending its relationship with the star while the Swiss watch

:17:28. > :17:30.brand Tag Heuer says it's stopped Boris Johnson says a memo

:17:31. > :17:33.instructing his senior staff to back him over the EU

:17:34. > :17:36.referendum has been withdrawn. The London mayor, who wants to leave

:17:37. > :17:39.the EU, said the email was "a cock-up, and not

:17:40. > :17:41.something I agree with". Mental health providers in England

:17:42. > :17:43.say they've seen "no significant investment" in psychiatric

:17:44. > :17:48.services for children Last summer ministers said

:17:49. > :18:05.they would invest an additional we have more on Maria Sharapova and

:18:06. > :18:14.what could potentially signal the end of her career.

:18:15. > :18:20.Last night we knew she had called a press conference and half expected

:18:21. > :18:33.her to retire there and then. It was about half filled drugs test and it

:18:34. > :18:45.leads the papers. It is front and back page news on the Daily Mirror.

:18:46. > :18:49.She has failed a drugs test. Mel Dorney is thought to improve injury

:18:50. > :18:53.during Sandra Coveney but she's then she has been using it for the past

:18:54. > :19:02.decade and a dozen ever caused the problem. Apparently only since

:19:03. > :19:09.January has this been banned. She faces a four year ban. To offer her

:19:10. > :19:14.main sponsors have suspended their relationship with the tennis star

:19:15. > :19:21.until the investigation concludes. We will be looking at that in detail

:19:22. > :19:24.after 10am. Victoria Pendleton, Britain's Olympic cycling champion,

:19:25. > :19:32.has been given the go-ahead to race at the Cheltenham festival last --

:19:33. > :19:34.next week. We will have more details on that and Maria Sharapova just

:19:35. > :19:37.after 10am. A majority of women working

:19:38. > :19:40.in football say they've witnessed sexism at work, almost a quarter say

:19:41. > :19:43.they've experienced bullying and 15% claim they've been victims

:19:44. > :19:47.of sexual harassment. That's according to a survey

:19:48. > :19:53.from the campaigning organisation Women in Football who say

:19:54. > :19:55.the game has an "ingrained, systemic problem of sexist culture"

:19:56. > :19:57.and criticised football's institutions for not doing

:19:58. > :20:01.enough to improve it. So is football stuck

:20:02. > :20:03.in the dark ages when it comes This programme can reveal

:20:04. > :20:09.for the first time that the Football Association fined and banned a club

:20:10. > :20:13.chairman for abusing a female official after he was alleged

:20:14. > :20:15.to have said she wasn't fit Martin Potton, the chairman

:20:16. > :20:25.of non-league club Wellingborough Town,

:20:26. > :20:26.was fined ?75, yes ?75, and banned for five games last year

:20:27. > :20:29.by the FA for using derogatory and insulting language

:20:30. > :20:31.towards a 22-year-old The referee, Mary Harmer,

:20:32. > :20:35.has been speaking exclusively Our reporter Robyn

:20:36. > :20:46.Cowen has the story. Women are becoming more visible

:20:47. > :20:48.in the football industry, in the boardroom, pitch

:20:49. > :20:53.side, whether it is playing or working as a referee

:20:54. > :20:56.or doctor, and in the media. But it seems there

:20:57. > :20:58.are still those who do not want females in

:20:59. > :21:00.any part of football. Lindsay England runs

:21:01. > :21:01.the anti-homophobia campaign Just Last year football fan Lindsay

:21:02. > :21:05.was at a match at Wellingborough Town Football Club when she heard

:21:06. > :21:07.somebody abusing the female referee Just after half-time

:21:08. > :21:11.I was out on the decking area The team was losing 4-0 at the time

:21:12. > :21:17.and within a few minutes And this gentleman

:21:18. > :21:21.who was part of the corporate area enjoying

:21:22. > :21:25.the hospitality as well decided to say that it was the referee's

:21:26. > :21:31.fault that his team were losing 7-0 because she happened to be

:21:32. > :21:40.female and she wasn't fit to referee in a women's game,

:21:41. > :21:43.let alone in a men's game. And then he carried

:21:44. > :21:45.on and carried on and he was going on about -

:21:46. > :21:48.I don't understand what the world's coming to these days,

:21:49. > :21:50.women seem to get in everywhere. Wherever you turn these days,

:21:51. > :21:52.you can't go to work or you

:21:53. > :21:54.can't go to enjoy yourself without women being there

:21:55. > :21:56.and being in charge. I was shocked to find

:21:57. > :21:58.out it was the chairman Lindsay reported these

:21:59. > :22:01.comments from Wellingborough Town chairman Martin Potton

:22:02. > :22:09.to the Football Association. We understand her claims

:22:10. > :22:11.were corroborated by After a hearing which Mr Potton

:22:12. > :22:15.didn't attend the FA fined him ?75, banned him from the ground for five

:22:16. > :22:18.matches and ordered him to attend Mr Potton denies the

:22:19. > :22:21.claims and continues "I deny all the charges

:22:22. > :22:28.but was found guilty in my absence because I was denied

:22:29. > :22:32.the opportunity of a personal The FA say they offered

:22:33. > :22:35.Mr Potton a personal hearing The referee that day

:22:36. > :22:38.was Mary Harmer. She didn't hear Mr Potton's comments

:22:39. > :22:41.at the time and wasn't involved I didn't find out about the comments

:22:42. > :22:49.until a few weeks after when I was perhaps contacted by the county FA

:22:50. > :22:51.asking whether I heard these I was actually refereeing the game

:22:52. > :22:55.at the time so I didn't hear them because I'm so focused

:22:56. > :22:59.on getting the decisions right that I don't often hear what

:23:00. > :23:02.the players say or the crowd. I think sometimes when you hear

:23:03. > :23:05.those comments it makes you want to work even harder

:23:06. > :23:08.and prove that actually women are good referees

:23:09. > :23:10.and sometimes we might These comments were something that

:23:11. > :23:20.are part of the past and it's The game is changing and sometimes

:23:21. > :23:29.people turn their heads, when I warm up and referee

:23:30. > :23:31.a game it's quite funny, it's like dominoes,

:23:32. > :23:33.they turn their heads. They say, it is a female

:23:34. > :23:35.referee today. But actually, I see a time

:23:36. > :23:38.in maybe five years' time, and it might be five years,

:23:39. > :23:41.it's a referee, it's not a female referee, it's just a referee

:23:42. > :23:44.and they are there to do their job. Just an equal, just

:23:45. > :23:46.as much as a male I've seen quite a few referees over

:23:47. > :23:50.the last two or three years and they know it goes

:23:51. > :23:57.on and sometimes it just goes over Sometimes it does upset them,

:23:58. > :24:01.sometimes it does hurt them, sometimes they don't report it

:24:02. > :24:04.and sometimes they do. It's just part and parcel

:24:05. > :24:06.of the game, sadly, which is there, To be honest, I've

:24:07. > :24:10.gone to a game before and someone has said to me,

:24:11. > :24:13.I don't think we should have female referees in the game and I said

:24:14. > :24:16.let's get a cup of tea and sit down and chat, and talk to me

:24:17. > :24:19.as to why you think we shouldn't have

:24:20. > :24:28.females in the game. And I'm really interested

:24:29. > :24:30.to get your point of view. To be honest, he simply said I'm

:24:31. > :24:34.a dinosaur and I don't like change. I said, I'm sorry but actually

:24:35. > :24:37.football is changing. My experience of male football has

:24:38. > :24:40.been very positive and the comments I have received from them have

:24:41. > :24:42.always been very embracing I think players just

:24:43. > :24:47.want to have a referee that always does their best,

:24:48. > :24:50.shows that they want to be there and are enjoying the game just

:24:51. > :24:53.as much as the players are and I think that's probably

:24:54. > :24:55.the most important thing. Although Mary is determined to be

:24:56. > :24:58.positive the sanctions handed out by the FA to Martin

:24:59. > :25:00.Potton have divided opinion on how

:25:01. > :25:01.effective they will be. Janie Frampton was only the second

:25:02. > :25:04.woman to referee in men's I don't think it really

:25:05. > :25:08.matters what you gave him. Because I think again it's

:25:09. > :25:11.about changing the mindset. Are you going to fine him

:25:12. > :25:13.?200, ?300, are you Is that really going to make

:25:14. > :25:17.any more difference? I think maybe doing some form

:25:18. > :25:19.of community service with women's football

:25:20. > :25:21.might be more helpful. Make them see the sort of people

:25:22. > :25:23.that actually are involved, what they do and the passion

:25:24. > :25:27.that drives them. I have been driven by a passion

:25:28. > :25:30.for football per se since Why shouldn't I be allowed to be

:25:31. > :25:37.involved in football At the age of just 22

:25:38. > :25:41.Mary is just one of only four women in England who are

:25:42. > :25:44.county referee development managers. She was recruited by Laura Smith,

:25:45. > :25:47.the CEO at Suffolk County FA. I believe that once

:25:48. > :25:57.people get to know you and how passionate

:25:58. > :25:59.you are about the game and your understanding of the game

:26:00. > :26:01.then your agenda has You could do a good

:26:02. > :26:29.job, whether you are at Suffolk, males

:26:30. > :26:31.and females, have all I'm responsible for

:26:32. > :26:33.all of the referees in Suffolk, responsible

:26:34. > :26:35.for recruiting them and leading a team that will find

:26:36. > :26:37.opportunities for I always say that my

:26:38. > :26:40.role is to fulfil every referee's

:26:41. > :26:42.potential in Suffolk. Whether that means they want to get

:26:43. > :26:44.to the county level, or whether they want to reach

:26:45. > :26:47.the professional game I will always and courage them and

:26:48. > :26:49.support them until We are there to provide

:26:50. > :26:52.a service and to referee the game and to give our

:26:53. > :26:55.best, whatever game it is. I think that's also

:26:56. > :26:57.really important that we treat each game equally as if it's

:26:58. > :27:00.a cup final every time we go I guess I could go back

:27:01. > :27:04.to when I started refereeing. And I used to think

:27:05. > :27:06.then that the FA were doing a great job around racist

:27:07. > :27:09.comments, even back then. But I felt that people

:27:10. > :27:11.could almost call me Being a gender issue

:27:12. > :27:14.there was no route to take it, The FA say they have now put

:27:15. > :27:19.into place a system that means unacceptable behaviour

:27:20. > :27:20.can be challenged. Any time that discriminatory abuse

:27:21. > :27:23.occurs in football it's just frankly Generally across the game we've been

:27:24. > :27:26.an encouraging environment of collective

:27:27. > :27:27.responsibility from club level, with stewards,

:27:28. > :27:37.safety officers etc, all the way through to ourselves,

:27:38. > :27:40.that whenever discriminatory abuse arises, of any form,

:27:41. > :27:42.that people are confident It's really important

:27:43. > :27:44.that we create an environment where people feel

:27:45. > :27:46.comfortable to challenge And confident they'll

:27:47. > :27:49.be supported if they do challenge, whether that's

:27:50. > :27:51.in an employment setting, or whether that's in

:27:52. > :27:53.a match environment. But that people feel they will be

:27:54. > :27:56.listened to and be investigated and there will be an outcome

:27:57. > :28:08.through that process. New research published today

:28:09. > :28:24.by Liverpool University for Women in Football revealed that 70%

:28:25. > :28:26.of the survey respondents felt they had to be better

:28:27. > :28:28.than their male counterparts to succeed

:28:29. > :28:30.in all jobs in football. I think unfortunately in the past

:28:31. > :28:33.I have felt that to be better than the boys I have

:28:34. > :28:36.to be twice as good. And unfortunately that

:28:37. > :28:37.has been the case. But I think again moving

:28:38. > :28:39.forward that's the kind of mindset that is being opened

:28:40. > :28:45.and everyone is equal, the fact we are embracing

:28:46. > :28:48.females in the game in all I think, female or male,

:28:49. > :28:51.anyone interested in becoming a referee never to take

:28:52. > :28:53.the comments that people shout at you

:28:54. > :28:55.or say personally. If every referee took

:28:56. > :28:56.the comments personally then unfortunately we wouldn't

:28:57. > :28:58.have any referees. We need to be doing all we can

:28:59. > :29:01.to support referees and encourage more referees to take up

:29:02. > :29:04.the whistle and get involved. Martin Poulton denies the claims

:29:05. > :29:11.being made against him. But is football stuck

:29:12. > :29:14.in the dark ages when it comes We can speak now to Anna Kessel,

:29:15. > :29:18.a journalist at the Guardian who runs the campaign

:29:19. > :29:20.group Women in Football, who've released a survey today

:29:21. > :29:22.which suggests most women working in football have experienced sexism,

:29:23. > :29:24.Annie Zaidi, who coaches Leicester City's under-11s,

:29:25. > :29:26.Janie Frampton, a former referee, and Carolyn Radford,

:29:27. > :29:42.who's the Chief Executive He denies that he did it, but the FA

:29:43. > :29:48.found against him and decided ?75 fine and a five match ban was the

:29:49. > :29:51.right punishment. The level of the find tends to reflect the level of

:29:52. > :29:56.football so if it was the Premier League he would have received a

:29:57. > :30:05.bigger fine. There is an educational element alongside that. In our

:30:06. > :30:08.survey woman said that her organisation has paid out thousands

:30:09. > :30:14.of pounds re-educating people landed there is not changing anything. We

:30:15. > :30:18.have to look at how effective it is. Burying in mind that so few of these

:30:19. > :30:25.cases ever get reported. See the light of day. Women in football has

:30:26. > :30:31.these new statistics. What would you say about the broader trends? It is

:30:32. > :30:39.worrying that over half of women have experienced sexism in the

:30:40. > :30:42.workplace. These statistics are concerning an sexism has been left

:30:43. > :30:47.off the radar when it comes to football. We have had 20 years of

:30:48. > :30:56.other kinds of campaign so we have to catch up. What have your

:30:57. > :31:03.experiences been? I experienced racism and sexism and I think sexism

:31:04. > :31:03.is sugar coated in the game. It demoralises the female coach,

:31:04. > :31:18.undermines you. I started out as a grass roots

:31:19. > :31:25.coach. Women in the game are far and few. You have to question why, is it

:31:26. > :31:30.because we are not good enough, no, the opportunities aren't there for

:31:31. > :31:35.us. There's no-one there pioneering or giving us the opportunity to have

:31:36. > :31:41.a go and show us the respect we Zoe serve. What's your experience been?

:31:42. > :31:44.Very similar experience. Early days when I was refereeing, you didn't

:31:45. > :31:47.think there was anybody there to support you if you did want to say

:31:48. > :31:53.anything, so I think we tolerated it. What sort of things did you

:31:54. > :31:58.experience? Oh, awful things. Some of the comments wereth made were

:31:59. > :32:03.horrendous. The worst thing ever said was that I was running the line

:32:04. > :32:07.at a professional club and I was told that, I hope your children die

:32:08. > :32:11.of cancer. I looked at that and thought, what has that got to do

:32:12. > :32:15.with football, are you doing it to put me off my game or, is it just

:32:16. > :32:19.because I'm female? They wouldn't say that to a male assistant

:32:20. > :32:24.referee. Steve on Twitter says refs of both sexes get abuse in football,

:32:25. > :32:31.jostled and intimidated, try it in rugby and you're off. Is that a fair

:32:32. > :32:35.comment, it happens to all? I think it does. All the way through you get

:32:36. > :32:40.the ref abuse which is normal, male and female, then on top of that, we

:32:41. > :32:43.get the gender abuse added. Like Annie said, there was never anywhere

:32:44. > :32:47.to report it so you felt you had to put up with it to stay in the game

:32:48. > :32:54.you were passionate about. Carolyn, do you feel like a woman in a man's

:32:55. > :32:58.world? Yes. I mean I think football's still very hostile

:32:59. > :33:06.territory for women. The language described on my appointment was made

:33:07. > :33:10.me quite alert, it was how I looked, my blonde hair and there were

:33:11. > :33:15.horrible comments made about me. I don't look on the Internet or

:33:16. > :33:18.anything like that. But it definitely wasn't about my

:33:19. > :33:22.qualifications or ability to do a job. You'd gone into football as a

:33:23. > :33:29.CEO from the business world hadn't you, so was it a bit of a culture

:33:30. > :33:33.shock for you? A huge culture shock. I don't think really that, it's

:33:34. > :33:37.almost like you are involved with football so you are expected to put

:33:38. > :33:41.up with it, but I don't think any other industry in the world would

:33:42. > :33:47.put up with the level of abuse that you have to dismiss and just put up

:33:48. > :33:51.with. It's not right. How do you deal with it at your

:33:52. > :33:56.club? Well, since I've come in, at our

:33:57. > :34:02.club, we didn't have a female football team at all. So they'd been

:34:03. > :34:07.dismissed a couple of seasons prior to my appointment. They've brought

:34:08. > :34:14.them back in and we are allowed to play on the same pitch as the first

:34:15. > :34:18.team and use the same facilities. In other professional clubs and

:34:19. > :34:22.non-league as well. Women are very much sidelined in the football arena

:34:23. > :34:26.in other clubs. Anna, you said it's demoralising when you get the abuse

:34:27. > :34:35.that you have experienced. How do you deal with it? You report it but

:34:36. > :34:40.then you end up being not wanting to break the mould because football is

:34:41. > :34:43.a tight-knit community. If you complain about anything, you are

:34:44. > :34:53.labelled a troublemaker after ruffling the feathers. Are there

:34:54. > :34:58.signs that it's being taken seriously at senior level? I think

:34:59. > :35:08.last season, highlighting, as we did, the sexist abuse that Dr

:35:09. > :35:14.Canieiro got, it brought up this issue, so I hope that things are

:35:15. > :35:19.changing but very strongly saying things that women are frightened to

:35:20. > :35:22.report it. When they do, there were several claims they were threatened

:35:23. > :35:28.to withdraw the complaint or if they were reporting it, they didn't know

:35:29. > :35:32.where to go, sometimes it was their boss and like Annie says, it's a

:35:33. > :35:36.close-knit community, if you burn your bridges, you could be out. You

:35:37. > :35:41.have high ambitions Annie to be a top flight coach haven't you? In a

:35:42. > :35:46.men's game, yes. If you achieve it, you would be the first woman to get

:35:47. > :35:52.there. What help are you getting? I'm for Nat that QPR manager, Les

:35:53. > :35:58.Ferdinand saw potential in me as a coach, not as a woman, but both him

:35:59. > :36:03.and Chris are nurturing my development. My ambition is to work

:36:04. > :36:14.in a men's game and they are saying, if you want to gain experience, yes.

:36:15. > :36:19.After a few years, I was given the opportunity to go to QPR week in

:36:20. > :36:25.week out to coach the under 21s and 18s in that male environment. How

:36:26. > :36:29.are you finding it? I love it, I can't get enough of it. Society

:36:30. > :36:32.makes a big deal out of it. As long as you know what you are doing and

:36:33. > :36:35.you are a confident and good coach, that's all the players are concerned

:36:36. > :36:39.about. Some e-mails, let me know what you think about them. Tony on

:36:40. > :36:42.e-mail, football's always been a man's game, women should expect

:36:43. > :36:46.problems when they become involved. There is a successful women's game

:36:47. > :36:51.so why are women so keen to infill freight the men's. An anonymous

:36:52. > :36:56.texter, no objection to referring to women's football but every time we

:36:57. > :37:00.see a female Hoy profile ref it always endsth ends up with issues or

:37:01. > :37:04.the courts. Peter, women complaining again, if life if you are good

:37:05. > :37:07.enough no-one notices you, if you need to use your gender to get on,

:37:08. > :37:11.maybe you should question your ability. From a referee's point of

:37:12. > :37:14.view, we don't have problems with the players. They are the least of

:37:15. > :37:19.our problems, they are brilliant. Very rare do you have a problem as a

:37:20. > :37:23.female referee on the field of play. But it is the administration, the

:37:24. > :37:26.management, the decision-makers, that's where the problem is. They

:37:27. > :37:31.are the mindsets that just can't seem to change and move on. I think

:37:32. > :37:36.it's important to say the survey covered all levels of football right

:37:37. > :37:39.up to the most elite level but also across the men and women's game so

:37:40. > :37:43.it's not to say that all the problems are located in the men's

:37:44. > :37:47.game, in the women's game, women are being squeezed out, there are only

:37:48. > :37:53.two female coaches in the WSL league and the women's game is still

:37:54. > :37:59.predominantly run by men. On that, women in sport have unfailed the

:38:00. > :38:06.first woman, Mark Sampson the English patron? That's following the

:38:07. > :38:11.trend of he for she and that's something we want to encourage more,

:38:12. > :38:16.male mentors and it's important when you see what Annie is doing at QPR

:38:17. > :38:19.with Les and Chris. There are women coaches wanting to come through and

:38:20. > :38:30.facing a lot of barriers. Thank you all very much for your comments.

:38:31. > :38:32.Still to come: Maria Sharapova is facing a lengthy ban from tennis

:38:33. > :38:46.after failing a drugs test. Still to come today; 'they can

:38:47. > :38:49.accomplish anything, The words of artist Dan White

:38:50. > :38:54.who has transformed his nine-year old disabled daughter into a comic

:38:55. > :39:15.book superhero whose disability I'm Dan White, writer and creator of

:39:16. > :39:24.the Department of Ability. I'm father to Emily, she's nine and has

:39:25. > :39:30.spina bifida and hydro-cephalis. It's a comic for kids. It's going to

:39:31. > :39:33.be a comic book about five main characters, each with a visible

:39:34. > :39:38.disability which becomes their ultimate weapon to fight bad guys.

:39:39. > :39:45.I'm the head of the gang and I've got a flying wheelchair. Giving up

:39:46. > :39:50.the job was a necessity. I was working long hours 6-6, that took a

:39:51. > :39:57.lot of time, I would draw through to the early hours, be out the door

:39:58. > :40:00.again in the morning. I've been commissioned by Strong Bones

:40:01. > :40:04.Charitable Trust who're saying, create a comic book around your

:40:05. > :40:08.heroes, we'll pay for print and distribution because we are after

:40:09. > :40:11.getting the message of inclusion out there via something that all

:40:12. > :40:16.children love which is super heroes. We are just getting by. Obviously we

:40:17. > :40:20.have got loans and things like that to support us, but it's never really

:40:21. > :40:24.been about the money side of it. It's nice to be part of the whole

:40:25. > :40:33.diversity inclusion umbrella that seems to be gathering speed. I feel

:40:34. > :40:40.left out sometimes. She was always super. Her attitude's always been

:40:41. > :40:44.like, I'm going to do something and it's not going to hold me back.

:40:45. > :40:48.That's a general trend around the kids regardless of ability because

:40:49. > :40:53.all kids are fantastic little sponges that will soak up knowledge

:40:54. > :40:57.and information. There's no reason why disabled kids are any different.

:40:58. > :41:01.How was school? Good, thank you. I've been working on a new

:41:02. > :41:05.character. Rio with the running blade, I've drawn him in, he's going

:41:06. > :41:10.to save Pawsey at the end, leap on his back at the end. What do you

:41:11. > :41:17.reckon? He and Pawsey could be a team. Brilliant.

:41:18. > :41:26.I want to see that people like me can go in shows and feel included.

:41:27. > :41:30.When Emily was first diagnosed, we made a promise as parents like no,

:41:31. > :41:33.we are going to get on with they are, she's going to be independent

:41:34. > :41:37.and she'll make good of herself. People are doing it these days

:41:38. > :41:44.because they want to say to other community, look, my child's in a

:41:45. > :41:47.wheelchair but they love Star Wars and science fiction. We are not

:41:48. > :41:51.doing it purely to say they are in a wheelchair look we made them look

:41:52. > :41:56.good, no, it's because they like doing it, these kids love the action

:41:57. > :42:00.heroes, music, they want to dress up, parents help them do it because

:42:01. > :42:03.this generation actively believe in their children and their spirit and

:42:04. > :42:11.that they can accomplish anything if given the chance. I just like being

:42:12. > :42:15.in comics. My dad's my hero. I think that people who've got a disability

:42:16. > :42:19.can be super heroes too. You can read more on that on the BBC News

:42:20. > :42:24.site. Let's catch up with the weather with Carol.

:42:25. > :42:31.Good morning. I want to show you the difference A weather front makes to

:42:32. > :42:38.our with. This morning we have had this weather front -- weather front.

:42:39. > :42:43.This is all depicted beautifully in the weather-watchers' pictures. We

:42:44. > :42:47.love a beautiful sun rise. Look at this in Nottingham this morning.

:42:48. > :42:56.Gorgeous colours. Stunning. Isn't that beautiful. Here is another one.

:42:57. > :43:00.This is in West Yorkshire. A lot of lovely sunshine around. But, just

:43:01. > :43:04.ahead of the weather front, the cloud was building, as it did in

:43:05. > :43:10.with us IIshire, it also produced some snow. Lovely picture of falling

:43:11. > :43:15.snow in Aberdeenshire. As we go through the day, and that weather

:43:16. > :43:19.front continues... It's beautiful. Here is the sun coming in behind.

:43:20. > :43:23.The weather front strolls south, so some of us will see some rain. The

:43:24. > :43:28.rain will continue to push, but as it does, what you will find is, it's

:43:29. > :43:31.going to be more of a weakening band so the rain will turn more showery

:43:32. > :43:36.and the cloud will continue to build ahead of it. Here is the weather

:43:37. > :43:40.front. Behind it, a return to bright spells. Some in the shelter of any

:43:41. > :43:44.hills and mountains but also some showers. Showers in Scotland will be

:43:45. > :43:49.wintry. In Northern Ireland, temperatures up to eight. Cloudy, a

:43:50. > :43:52.bit of brightness but still the showers peppering the north and the

:43:53. > :43:56.west of Scotland. On the hills, they'll be wintry. In the shelter of

:43:57. > :44:01.the Grampians and Highlands, we'll see some sunshine.

:44:02. > :44:06.After this morning's rain clears the north of England, again we'll see

:44:07. > :44:12.some sunshine but a few showers still too.

:44:13. > :44:16.The cloud continues to build. The tip of Kent seeing some sunshine.

:44:17. > :44:20.Further west, on the other side of the weather front, still some

:44:21. > :44:25.showers and a lot of cloud, not just in south-west England but also

:44:26. > :44:30.Wales. In the shelter of the hills once again, sunny spells. For most,

:44:31. > :44:33.it will be fairly cloudy. Through the evening, the next system romps

:44:34. > :44:37.in from the Atlantic introducing rain, sleet and snow and

:44:38. > :44:41.strengthening winds too. It's not going to be as cold a night as the

:44:42. > :44:45.one that's just gone. The one that just went for example in

:44:46. > :44:48.Oxfordshire, the temperature fell the minus seven. We won't see

:44:49. > :44:58.anything like that this coming night. Slow progress tonight and if

:44:59. > :45:03.you look at the isobars, that tells us it will be windy in England,

:45:04. > :45:06.Wales, particularly so for Wales and south-west England where we are

:45:07. > :45:12.looking at gusts to severe gale force. Inland gusts of 50mph so you

:45:13. > :45:16.will notice that. Very, very slowsly the rain pushes towards the

:45:17. > :45:21.south-east. But for many parts of central and eastern England, it's

:45:22. > :45:24.going to be a dull day. Behind that, brightness coming through, showers

:45:25. > :45:27.peppering the north and west and some of those will be wintry.

:45:28. > :45:32.Tomorrow will be cold, particularly if you are stuck under the band of

:45:33. > :45:36.rain. As we head from Thursday into Friday, even into the weekend, the

:45:37. > :45:37.milder air is depredict bid the yellows here, that flows across us

:45:38. > :45:44.all. Hello, it's Tuesday,

:45:45. > :45:45.it's just after 10am, Welcome to the programme

:45:46. > :45:49.if you've just joined us. Coming up before 11am: This

:45:50. > :45:51.morning Maria Sharapova, the world's highest paid female

:45:52. > :45:54.sports star, is facing a lengthy ban from tennis after

:45:55. > :46:07.failing a drugs test. I made a huge mistake. I have let my

:46:08. > :46:08.fine stone. I have let this put down that I have been playing since the

:46:09. > :46:15.age of four that I love so deeply. The tennis world has been

:46:16. > :46:17.divided on her fate. 18 times Grand Slam winner

:46:18. > :46:20.Martina Navratilova called it an "honest mistake" whereas three

:46:21. > :46:22.times Grand Slam champion Jennifer Capriati says she's

:46:23. > :46:39."extremely angry and disappointed". We will get reaction from other

:46:40. > :46:41.tennis players. " Is losing 2400 jobs. If you work at the company,

:46:42. > :46:46.get in touch. And legalise cannabis and sell

:46:47. > :46:48.it in licensed shops. That's the message from

:46:49. > :46:50.the Liberal Democrats today. We'll hear from them and people

:46:51. > :47:00.who've used cannabis. The energy firm Npower confirms

:47:01. > :47:06.it is cutting 2,400 jobs in the UK after reporting an "extremely

:47:07. > :47:18.disappointing" performance in 2015. Including losing customers after

:47:19. > :47:20.problems with complaints handling and billing.

:47:21. > :47:23.The job losses represent about a fifth of the workforce.

:47:24. > :47:32.We will have more on that before 11am. Let us know if you are

:47:33. > :47:38.employed by them or if you have been a customer who has been led down.

:47:39. > :47:40.The president of the European Commission, Jean-Claude Juncker,

:47:41. > :47:43.has said a plan to ease the migrant crisis, agreed in principle

:47:44. > :47:46.between EU leaders and Turkey, is a "real game changer".

:47:47. > :47:49.The Turkish government has said it will take back all illegal migrants

:47:50. > :47:51.arriving on the Greek islands as long as the EU accepts

:47:52. > :47:53.an equivalent number of Syrians from camps in Turkey,

:47:54. > :47:56.and allows Turks to travel in the EU without visas by June.

:47:57. > :47:59.The plan will be considered at an EU summit next week.

:48:00. > :48:09.Two leading sponsors have already moved to distance themselves

:48:10. > :48:11.from the tennis champion Maria Sharapova after she last night

:48:12. > :48:12.admitted failing a drugs test.

:48:13. > :48:14.The sportswear giant Nike says it's suspending its relationship

:48:15. > :48:17.with the star while the Swiss watch brand Tag Heuer says it's stopped

:48:18. > :48:22.Boris Johnson says a memo instructing his senior staff

:48:23. > :48:27.to back him over the EU referendum or keep quiet has been withdrawn.

:48:28. > :48:30.The London mayor, who wants to leave the EU, said the email

:48:31. > :48:37.was "a cock-up" and that his staff were not being silenced.

:48:38. > :48:44.You can tell they are not gagged because they have for some days been

:48:45. > :48:48.producing all sorts of views completely different in my own. That

:48:49. > :48:56.is what people would expect from this. What about the email? As so

:48:57. > :49:03.does isolate it ceased to be operative and it has not really been

:49:04. > :49:07.operative at all. We will talk to Norman Smith later on that.

:49:08. > :49:09.Mental health providers in England say they've seen "no significant

:49:10. > :49:11.investment" in psychiatric services for children

:49:12. > :49:14.Last summer ministers said they would invest an additional

:49:15. > :49:32.The television reported in the US has been awarded compensation after

:49:33. > :49:43.being recorded in the heart hotel room by a stalker. The videos were

:49:44. > :49:49.posted online. We have more on Maria Sharapova and what could signal the

:49:50. > :49:55.end of her career potentially. We have a bulletin full of women but

:49:56. > :49:57.not met the family positive reasons. -- necessarily.

:49:58. > :49:59.The highest-earning female athlete in the world has failed

:50:00. > :50:04.Tennis superstar Maria Sharapova tested positive during last month's

:50:05. > :50:06.Now, the banned substance in question

:50:07. > :50:08.is meldonium, which she says she's been taking since 2006

:50:09. > :50:13.But, Sharapova says she was unaware it had recently been added

:50:14. > :50:16.to the World Anti Doping Agency's banned list, because it's thought

:50:17. > :50:25.Here's our tennis correspondent Russell Fuller.

:50:26. > :50:31.Maria Sharapova's lawyer has spoken of a laundry list of extremely

:50:32. > :50:36.mitigating circumstances he thinks should result in a dramatic

:50:37. > :50:41.reduction of any sanction. If you tribunal decides the five-time Grand

:50:42. > :50:46.Slam champion ingested the substance unintentionally the ban would be a

:50:47. > :50:52.maximum of two gears which could be released reduced by half. She has

:50:53. > :50:56.been the happiest earning athlete for each of the last five years but

:50:57. > :51:01.that position could be under threat and Nike has suspended a contract.

:51:02. > :51:05.Former Chelsea doctor Ava Carneiro has failed to come to an agreement

:51:06. > :51:09.The two parties met for six hours yesterday,

:51:10. > :51:11.as she looks to reach a settlement for constructive dismissal

:51:12. > :51:15.The two parties will now proceed to a full public tribunal in June.

:51:16. > :51:18.But it is still possible for a settlement to be

:51:19. > :51:25.One of Britain's most prominent sporting stars and the double

:51:26. > :51:27.Olympic cycling champion Victoria Pendleton,

:51:28. > :51:32.who only switched saddles and started

:51:33. > :51:35.horse racing last year, will be riding at the Cheltenham

:51:36. > :51:38.Despite critics arguing she's not ready, Pendleton won her first race

:51:39. > :51:41.as an amateur jockey on Pacha du Polder last week,

:51:42. > :51:43.and will partner him again in the Foxhunter Chase

:51:44. > :51:53.at National Hunt Racing's premier meeting.

:51:54. > :51:59.Within the first couple of days, it got me in the heart and I voted was

:52:00. > :52:06.amazing. I loved it and I loved everything about them. And that it

:52:07. > :52:09.has been successful and that I have found a second chance to do

:52:10. > :52:14.something sporting in my life. So if Pendleton can switch

:52:15. > :52:16.from cycling to horse rising, can another Olympic

:52:17. > :52:18.star repeat the trick? Double Olympic gold medallist

:52:19. > :52:20.Laura Trott, who also won two golds at the track world championship

:52:21. > :52:24.in London last week, certainly doesn't see

:52:25. > :52:34.herself switching saddles. I could not think of anything worse.

:52:35. > :52:39.It is not for me. Hats off to Victoria. What she has done

:52:40. > :52:44.switching over is incredible. She has some serious guts. To fall off

:52:45. > :52:53.and come back and win shows the kind of character that she is. Good luck,

:52:54. > :53:03.I guess, in her next race. I will have the headlines at 10:30am.

:53:04. > :53:09.Welcome to the programme. We are on BBC Two and the BBC News Channel

:53:10. > :53:10.until 11 a. We will bring you the latest news and developing stories.

:53:11. > :53:35.We are keen to hear from you. My 12-year-old was suffering from

:53:36. > :53:40.depression. Our GP referred him to a mental health service and during a

:53:41. > :53:45.nine-month waiting time to see them we find our son in the kitchen with

:53:46. > :53:50.a carving knife at his chest. We rang them to stress the urgency of

:53:51. > :53:54.him seeing someone. We were told it might be worthwhile knowing that in

:53:55. > :53:57.order to get an early appointment our son would need to seriously harm

:53:58. > :54:06.themselves sufficient to take him to A Someone says it is hard to

:54:07. > :54:11.explain mental health issues in this country. My 18-year-old daughter are

:54:12. > :54:14.suffering because of slow process by the system. Someone says please

:54:15. > :54:20.continue your brilliant efforts on behalf of children. Only by publicly

:54:21. > :54:29.talking about it will anything change. Keep doing your best. All

:54:30. > :54:33.the usual ways of getting in touch. You will be charged at the standard

:54:34. > :54:42.network rate for text messages. You can watch the programme online or on

:54:43. > :54:46.the BBC News app. She was born in the shadow of Chernobyl. She worked

:54:47. > :54:52.her way up to become the worlds highest paid female sports star

:54:53. > :54:56.worth almost $200 million. Maria Sharapova's career is in tatters

:54:57. > :55:04.after admitting that she failed a drugs test in January. The former

:55:05. > :55:06.world number one who has won five tennis grand slams tested positive

:55:07. > :55:11.for a drug used to treat blood through restriction. She says she

:55:12. > :55:15.has been taking it legally for ten years but failed to notice it was

:55:16. > :55:20.put on a list of banned substances that applied from this January. I

:55:21. > :55:25.wanted to let you know that a few days ago I received a letter from

:55:26. > :55:30.the ITF that I had failed a drugs test at the Australian Open. I felt

:55:31. > :55:38.the test and I take full responsibility for it. For the past

:55:39. > :55:46.ten years I have been given a medicine by my doctor, my family

:55:47. > :55:51.doctor. A few days ago after receiving the ITF I found out that

:55:52. > :56:02.it also has another name which I did not know, meldonium. For ten years

:56:03. > :56:07.this medicine was not on the banned list and I had been legally taking

:56:08. > :56:16.the medicine for the past ten years. On January the 1st the rules changed

:56:17. > :56:26.and meldonium became a prohibited substance. Which I had not known. I

:56:27. > :56:32.was given this medicine by my doctor for several health issues that I was

:56:33. > :56:38.having in 2006. I was getting sick a lot, I was getting the flu every

:56:39. > :56:45.couple of months. I had a regular results. As well as indications of

:56:46. > :56:51.diabetes with a family history of diabetes. I thought it was very

:56:52. > :56:59.important for me to come out and speak about this in front of all of

:57:00. > :57:03.you because they wrote my long career -- throughout my long career

:57:04. > :57:06.I have been open and honest about many things and I take great

:57:07. > :57:15.responsibility and professionalism in my job every single day and I

:57:16. > :57:20.made a huge mistake and I have let my fans down, I have let the sport

:57:21. > :57:32.down that I have been playing sings the age of four that I love so

:57:33. > :57:37.deeply. I know that with this I face consequences and I do not want to

:57:38. > :57:46.end my career this way. I've recall that I will be given another chance.

:57:47. > :57:51.-- ie hope. She is facing a lengthy ban and two of her sponsors have

:57:52. > :57:57.suspended their relationship with her. Her lawyer says he is hopeful

:57:58. > :58:02.she can avoid a lengthy ban saying we think there is a laundry list of

:58:03. > :58:07.extremely mitigating circumstances that once taken into account would

:58:08. > :58:11.reduce any sanction. Jo Durie joins us now

:58:12. > :58:18.from north-west London and we can also speak to Paul Dimeo

:58:19. > :58:33.an expert at in sport doping What is your reaction? Shocked. It

:58:34. > :58:38.is a desperate mistake from Maria Sharapova they did not look at the

:58:39. > :58:43.new less than did not open email by all accounts. Every tennis player is

:58:44. > :58:49.given a new less of banned substances. She has been taking it

:58:50. > :58:55.for ten years for health problems. December of the 31st it is OK and

:58:56. > :58:59.January the 1st it I think it is a genuine mistake and the desperate

:59:00. > :59:10.mistake. Do you feel sympathy for her? I feel sympathy for her because

:59:11. > :59:15.she is not stupid, she would not take something that is banned. She

:59:16. > :59:21.is a good professional. She is being honest. If anybody watches that

:59:22. > :59:25.interviews she has given you can see how devastated she is. Every athlete

:59:26. > :59:29.knows whatever you put in your body you have to check that it is all

:59:30. > :59:34.right and if you are taking something that is not all right you

:59:35. > :59:40.are going to be banned. There was prior warning before the ban came in

:59:41. > :59:52.from January saying that you did not open an email, is that enough? Yes,

:59:53. > :59:57.I think every athlete knows that you have to look. She is surrounded by a

:59:58. > :00:06.team of experts. That is what she pays them for. Why were they not on

:00:07. > :00:11.this? Tell us about this drug. It is not something that has been on the

:00:12. > :00:15.radar more widely but it was brought in to the list of banned substances

:00:16. > :00:25.from the start of this year. What could it do? It is designed for

:00:26. > :00:30.heart problems. It don't Mike increases circulation of red blood

:00:31. > :00:38.cells which carry oxygen, the muscles can work better. It can aid

:00:39. > :00:43.in general and sand work capacity. There were some signs that was going

:00:44. > :00:51.to become a mag issue last year when surveys showed high prevalence,

:00:52. > :00:58.athletes were using it. Particularly Russia, 17% of athletes were using

:00:59. > :01:03.it compared to a wider international survey of 2.2% using it. There is

:01:04. > :01:08.some context to this. I take the point that the people surrounding

:01:09. > :01:13.Maria Sharapova should have been more aware of it. She says she had

:01:14. > :01:17.been taking advertising years because of health issues. What sort

:01:18. > :01:27.of health issues wouldn't be used for? -- would it.

:01:28. > :01:35.Heart conditions, angina and things like that. She said she had small

:01:36. > :01:38.issues. She also mentioned diabetes and magnesium deficiency, but I'm

:01:39. > :01:43.not sure how they are connected. I do think it's potentially a genuine

:01:44. > :01:47.case, but if it's her family Doctor Who's prescribed this, there seems

:01:48. > :01:49.potentially to be a communication issue between that doctor and her

:01:50. > :02:07.sports doctor. I'm not sure where she was getting

:02:08. > :02:12.it. I believe she lives in the US, so if there were some questions that

:02:13. > :02:16.came out... Lots of people getting in touch via social media on this.

:02:17. > :02:20.Maria on Twitter says, she should know what a banned substance is and

:02:21. > :02:24.be stripped of all her titles. William on e-mail, it's a technical

:02:25. > :02:29.cheat, not a philosophical cheat. That ought to make the difference in

:02:30. > :02:33.life. Derek on Twitter, not her fault, she should not be banned. I

:02:34. > :02:37.feel disgusted by the Tennis Federation for not telling her.

:02:38. > :02:40.Another texter, sorry but she got caught, her excuse is laughable. How

:02:41. > :02:53.would you react to comments like that? A lot of comments going around

:02:54. > :02:58.but it's been OK to take that drug for ten years. They only started

:02:59. > :03:02.victing it last year and, from January 1st, they put it on the

:03:03. > :03:07.banned list -- investigating it last year. She hasn't been cheating but

:03:08. > :03:12.she's made a really big mistake not looking but the people around her

:03:13. > :03:17.also not looking and there's ignorance of the facts. A lot of

:03:18. > :03:21.tennis players and athletes will be now looking at the list of banned

:03:22. > :03:24.substances and some might be panicking a bit. What would your

:03:25. > :03:29.feeling be? Obviously we don't know all the facts, we have heard from

:03:30. > :03:35.Maria Sharapova, she could potentially face a four-year ban but

:03:36. > :03:38.her lawyers say there is a laundry list of mitigating circumstances,

:03:39. > :03:44.the ban could be reduced to almost nothing, where on the spectrum is

:03:45. > :03:49.your gut on this one this morning? Well I think it was a big mistake

:03:50. > :03:54.but I still think it is a banned substance, yes, she should be

:03:55. > :03:59.banned, I don't think four years, I think no, I think probably a year, I

:04:00. > :04:02.don't know, it's going to go to arbitration obviously. Something

:04:03. > :04:06.must be done to show, you know, the whole world, not only the tennis

:04:07. > :04:10.world, that you can't take stuff, whether you are ignorant of the fact

:04:11. > :04:19.or not. Thank you very much Jo and Paul. Another of Maria Sharapova's

:04:20. > :04:24.sponsors Avon has been speaking, a holding statement, saying they don't

:04:25. > :04:32.have a statement to make at this time, following on from Nike and Tag

:04:33. > :04:35.Hauer withdrawing their sponsorship of Maria Sharapova.

:04:36. > :04:38.The hidden abuse of breast ironing where girls living in this country

:04:39. > :04:41.are forced to have their chests burnt with hot objects to destroy

:04:42. > :04:43.breast development and prevent unwanted male attention.

:04:44. > :04:55.One Tory MP tells this programme more needs to be done.

:04:56. > :04:59.The family of a 27-year old man killed in a London pub last October

:05:00. > :05:03.are calling for the man wanted in connection with his murder

:05:04. > :05:08.Josh Hanson was stabbed in the neck in what is thought to be

:05:09. > :05:16.Police say they're looking for 27-year-old Shane O'Brien

:05:17. > :05:19.in connection with the assault and have offered a ten thousand

:05:20. > :05:23.pound reward for information leading to a successful prosecution.

:05:24. > :05:26.His name - and that of four others have been added to the UK's list

:05:27. > :05:28.of most wanted fugitives who're thought to be hiding

:05:29. > :05:34.The other four fugitives who police are keen to speak to are; 24 year

:05:35. > :05:35.old David Ungi who is from Liverpool.

:05:36. > :05:38.Police want to speak to him in connection with a fatal shooting

:05:39. > :05:44.He's also accused of conspiracy to supply heroin.

:05:45. > :05:46.Then there's 40-year-old David Walley who is described

:05:47. > :05:50.He's wanted by police over allegations of drug trafficking

:05:51. > :05:52.following a police operation in Manchester.

:05:53. > :05:55.Also on the list is 29-year-old Shazad Ghafoor who's also

:05:56. > :05:59.from Manchester and is wanted by police in connection with fraud,

:06:00. > :06:02.possession of criminal property and possession of cannabis

:06:03. > :06:09.And then there's Ahmed Omar who was on trial for drug offences

:06:10. > :06:13.in November last year but absconded before it concluded.

:06:14. > :06:17.Police are asking for anyone with any information about any

:06:18. > :06:21.of these men to call Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.

:06:22. > :06:24.We can talk now to Tracey and Brooke Hanson,

:06:25. > :06:28.mother and brother of Josh Hanson who was stabbed and killed in a pub

:06:29. > :06:38.Police want to speak to 28-year-old Shane O'Brien in connection

:06:39. > :06:44.with the murder and believe he's now in the Netherlands.

:06:45. > :06:51.Thank you for joining us Tracey and Brook. It was only last October that

:06:52. > :06:55.your son was killed in a pub so it's all very recent for you. Must have

:06:56. > :07:01.been an extremely difficult time. Take us back to that night and what

:07:02. > :07:04.you're able to say about your understanding of what happened in

:07:05. > :07:08.this what police say was a completely unprovoked attack? In the

:07:09. > :07:12.early hours of Sunday morning 11th October, Josh was with his

:07:13. > :07:20.girlfriend for a very short period of time. He was stabbed in the neck.

:07:21. > :07:25.I received a phone call in the early hours of the morning to tell me that

:07:26. > :07:31.Josh had been stabbed and Brooke and I made our way to the bar in East

:07:32. > :07:40.Coates. That was confirmed to us by the police officers.

:07:41. > :07:51.Total shock, dismay. Overwhelmed, obviously, trying to process that

:07:52. > :07:55.information. Then finding out three days later that there was a suspect

:07:56. > :08:00.that the police would like to speak so in connection with Josh's murder

:08:01. > :08:05.and since that day we've been sharing a lot of grief alongside the

:08:06. > :08:11.murder investigation and we are here today to ask for the public to come

:08:12. > :08:16.forward if they know of anyone anywhere who might have information

:08:17. > :08:19.as to the whereabouts of Shane O'Brien, or he himself, to make

:08:20. > :08:22.contact with the police. What impact has that had on you knowing since

:08:23. > :08:25.three days after the killing that there was somebody in particular

:08:26. > :08:28.police want to be able to speak to about what happened and that they

:08:29. > :08:35.haven't been able to speak to him yet? Well, at first, I think we felt

:08:36. > :08:42.OK, so there is somebody that the police would like to speak to and

:08:43. > :08:46.this would happen quite quickly. Every single waking moment of the

:08:47. > :08:52.day is sharing our grief alongside the murder investigation, so where

:08:53. > :08:59.we see Josh's face, we see Shane O'Brien's face. So we are sharing

:09:00. > :09:04.our grief really, we are not being able to mourn in peace, if you like,

:09:05. > :09:12.and just hold our memories of Josh. We are constantly aware that we need

:09:13. > :09:15.to keep driving our justice for Josh Hanson campaign forward, sending out

:09:16. > :09:19.the word and posters and asking the public for help in the hope that

:09:20. > :09:30.Shane O'Brien will be caught. Tell us more about your son, Josh?

:09:31. > :09:32.We have got pictures that you've given us of Josh, tell us what he

:09:33. > :09:42.was like? Yes. Erm... Just lovely. A lovely

:09:43. > :09:50.young man, hard-working, funny. Sorry.

:09:51. > :09:57.Just very caring and considerate. A fantastic laugh. He kept us all

:09:58. > :10:09.upbeat. He was our best friend as well. We had a were strong bond.

:10:10. > :10:15.It's just every day, it's just not the same without him in our lives,

:10:16. > :10:19.in this world, you know, it's just, we feel like, well I feel like I'm

:10:20. > :10:25.behind a curtain for most of the time. We celebrated Josh's birthday

:10:26. > :10:30.recently. I did a skydive which is something he did a few years back

:10:31. > :10:38.for charity. We felt that being up in the sky would bring us closer to

:10:39. > :10:44.him. It was an amazing experience and we've just been through Mother's

:10:45. > :10:49.Day which was horrendous to look back on the cards that he'd given me

:10:50. > :10:55.in the past few years and to read those messages and for Brooke to

:10:56. > :11:02.have to write his card this year, so painful.

:11:03. > :11:13.Just awful. Can't describe this pain. I wouldn't wish this on

:11:14. > :11:17.anyone, it's just off, there's no goodbyes, just an horrific end to

:11:18. > :11:21.such a promising life. Josh had so much to look forward to this year.

:11:22. > :11:26.He was going to be an usher at his best friend's wedding. He had lots

:11:27. > :11:36.of holiday plans. We were going on holiday. So... All of those hopes

:11:37. > :11:44.and dreams for him have been just taken away. And also taken away from

:11:45. > :11:51.us. How do you remember your brother, Brooke? Just my world

:11:52. > :11:57.really, just addictive, amazing, always put a smile on your face.

:11:58. > :12:05.Like mum said, it's just so empty without him. It's boring, it's dull,

:12:06. > :12:11.we just miss him. He's just one of a kind. Police say he was a very

:12:12. > :12:15.hard-working young man? Yes, very. He loved work, seven days a week.

:12:16. > :12:19.Loved the gym as well seven days a week. He was very dedicated to the

:12:20. > :12:23.gym and work. A very good boy. Very proud of him. Thank you both very

:12:24. > :12:33.much for coming in and talking to us.

:12:34. > :12:37.The Liberal Democrats are supporting a new report that calls

:12:38. > :12:39.for the legalised sale of marijuana through licensed outlets,

:12:40. > :12:45.The party says criminalising cannabis use is a waste of police

:12:46. > :12:47.time and increases health risks by leaving many people in the dark

:12:48. > :12:53.The Conservatives rejected Lib Dem calls to review drug laws

:12:54. > :12:58.The leader of the Liberal Democrats, Tim Farron, is at Westminster

:12:59. > :12:59.and in Stockton-on-Tees is Tina Williams.

:13:00. > :13:06.Tina saw for herself the effects of her children using cannabis.

:13:07. > :13:12.Thank you very much for joining us. Tim Farron, why do you think it

:13:13. > :13:15.should be legalised? The problem is that cannabis is at the moment

:13:16. > :13:20.unregulated. The people who use it have no idea of the strength of what

:13:21. > :13:27.they are using, and the stronger strains are I think proven to have

:13:28. > :13:29.caused all sorts of problems, psychosis, emotional behaviour

:13:30. > :13:34.disorders and other serious health problems. You also realise there are

:13:35. > :13:38.billions of pounds every year going into the pockets of criminals, of

:13:39. > :13:43.dealers, at the same time you have got the police spending time chasing

:13:44. > :13:46.relatively low use and low risk users and, I guess the onus on the

:13:47. > :13:52.government is to come up with reasons why we keep the status quo,

:13:53. > :13:59.the status quo helps criminals, it makes people who're users, puts them

:14:00. > :14:02.at huge risk of the more dangerous strains and causes massive health

:14:03. > :14:06.problems. So we took the view, we need to look at this in an

:14:07. > :14:11.evidence-based way, not to decide beforehand what our view was, but to

:14:12. > :14:14.look at the evidence, to criminologists, police officers,

:14:15. > :14:17.medics, academics, who could look at the evidence and see if there is a

:14:18. > :14:21.way forward and we can make this problem less bad. These are our

:14:22. > :14:27.proposals and we hope people will now take them forward. Tina, what do

:14:28. > :14:32.you think? I think it's the wrong idea to actually legalise and

:14:33. > :14:37.licence this so that you can raise revenue. Even the weaker strains

:14:38. > :14:42.cause psychosis. I was around in the '60s and we saw it then with the

:14:43. > :14:48.weaker strains. For me, what we see now is a lot of young people,

:14:49. > :14:52.whether you legalise or don't, there'll still be a black market

:14:53. > :14:57.because people want the stronger strains. The arrests for people

:14:58. > :15:03.who're drug-driving is gone up 800%. What are you going to do, say we can

:15:04. > :15:07.have it in one sense and not police the driving in another sense? Living

:15:08. > :15:13.with some of these kids that we see in our service, we deal with

:15:14. > :15:17.families in addiction, we see their behaviour, they become demotivated,

:15:18. > :15:20.they don't want to work, the college suffers and the tempers flare up at

:15:21. > :15:26.home, so much so that the families break apart. Now, whether it's

:15:27. > :15:33.legalised or not, these are the effects of the resin and the skunk.

:15:34. > :15:37.There's no differences in it really. Some people it causes psychosis,

:15:38. > :15:41.some get away with smoking it and it doesn't, but for me to legalise it

:15:42. > :15:45.sends the wrong message the people that it's OK to do this.

:15:46. > :15:50.Tim? My response to that is that addiction is a bad thing. I mean,

:15:51. > :15:54.let's put it bluntly, I'm a Liberal, I'm against anything that robs you

:15:55. > :15:58.of your Liberty, including addiction to substances. The most dangerous

:15:59. > :16:02.substance that've s the largest number of people in this country is

:16:03. > :16:06.alcohol. In the same way that we regulate that and it's illegal to

:16:07. > :16:10.drive under the influence of that, you should do the same with the

:16:11. > :16:14.drugs and there should be harsh penalties. The point is, working out

:16:15. > :16:18.how best the deal, because there is no perfect solution to this, how to

:16:19. > :16:22.best deal with this situation and the evidence is from around the

:16:23. > :16:28.world that if you put cannabis in a regulated market, then you can not

:16:29. > :16:33.keep people utterly safe but better protect them than they currently

:16:34. > :16:38.are. For one thing you make the mass of majority of cannabis users out of

:16:39. > :16:47.the same place where heroin, cocaine and other hard-drug users are in.

:16:48. > :16:51.The linkage,s the not me saying we should have a free-for-all or saying

:16:52. > :16:57.cannabis is good for you, it really isn't. It's me saying here's the

:16:58. > :17:01.evidence, we have got to look at it and stop pretending the current

:17:02. > :17:05.situation isn't working. I meet loads of people affected by

:17:06. > :17:08.different levels of drug addiction for themselves personally or within

:17:09. > :17:12.their family. Alcohol addiction even more. What I ask myself is, how can

:17:13. > :17:18.I make that situation even a bit better? The evidence is, if you

:17:19. > :17:21.regulate the market, treat users as people who're got a health problem

:17:22. > :17:24.rather than a criminal one, you undermine the dealers and the

:17:25. > :17:28.criminals, you give the police the ability and the tools to tackle

:17:29. > :17:31.those who 're the real criminals and you provide at least some protection

:17:32. > :17:42.for those people who use the substances.

:17:43. > :17:45.Tina? Listen - this is the beginning, you legalise cannabis,

:17:46. > :17:50.then what's next, legalise cocaine? The most dangerous drug in our

:17:51. > :17:53.society is alcohol which is fully legalised and regulated. I'm not

:17:54. > :17:57.sure if you or I if someone came up with alcohol today should decide

:17:58. > :17:59.whether we should or not put it in a legal framework. What about the

:18:00. > :18:12.question about cocaine? The evidence is not supported around

:18:13. > :18:14.harder drugs. There are a lot many places where harder drugs are

:18:15. > :18:22.legalised. My inkling is that should not. What

:18:23. > :18:25.Dax up is that if you provide regulated framework for cannabis

:18:26. > :18:29.then people who use it go to that place to buy yet and therefore are

:18:30. > :18:33.not being offered the hard drugs that people on the street are

:18:34. > :18:38.offered a new so if you regulate cannabis use then you prevent people

:18:39. > :18:44.moving onto heroin, cocaine and so on. The argument from people moving

:18:45. > :18:49.onto heroin, heroin is a drug that is in decline. The rise in drug use

:18:50. > :18:54.is cocaine which is widely used every week and we have seen problems

:18:55. > :18:59.in the family with that. We need to police these problems, put more

:19:00. > :19:03.money into policing the issues. We do not agree with criminalising

:19:04. > :19:11.people who take drugs. It is an addiction and we need more money in

:19:12. > :19:15.treatment. We agree. We do not criminalise people. There has been

:19:16. > :19:20.very few convictions for personal position. The police do not waste

:19:21. > :19:25.time with that. We need more police to tackle the dealers, the big

:19:26. > :19:29.problem is that we have in our society. It is wrong to say that

:19:30. > :19:36.because we cannot deal with that we are going to legalise it. To say

:19:37. > :19:43.from a defeatist point of view we cannot deal with that and we must

:19:44. > :19:50.legalise it that would be wrong. In my community at his heartbreaking

:19:51. > :19:56.the situation. We live it. Do not trivialise that. We see the

:19:57. > :20:02.families. Smashed to pieces because of kids who cannot cope. Even if it

:20:03. > :20:05.was legal and they were buying at they would still have problems

:20:06. > :20:12.because it takes their motivation away. I see it. I would take anybody

:20:13. > :20:21.to get the idea that I think drugs are a good thing. I think the

:20:22. > :20:23.opposite. I take my duty as a constituency MP phenomenally

:20:24. > :20:27.seriously and I see people in my surgeries every week when I see

:20:28. > :20:32.people on the street and I see people who themselves or family

:20:33. > :20:36.members have serious addiction problems, nine times out of ten it

:20:37. > :20:47.is alcohol, it is how best do you help these people. Thank you. No

:20:48. > :20:53.proven link with psychosis, that is debunked mess, someone says. Mental

:20:54. > :20:58.health problems where mental health is already an issue. Let us move

:20:59. > :21:07.with the times and change our approach to drugs.

:21:08. > :21:10.The hidden abuse of breast ironing where girls living in this

:21:11. > :21:12.country are forced to have their chests burnt with hot objects

:21:13. > :21:18.One Tory MP tells this programme more needs to be done.

:21:19. > :21:25.The energy firm Npower confirms it is cutting 2,400 jobs in the UK

:21:26. > :21:27.after reporting an "extremely disappointing" performance in 2015,

:21:28. > :21:29.including the loss of more than 350,000 customers

:21:30. > :21:34.after problems with complaints handling and billing.

:21:35. > :21:40.Its boss said overhauling the group would be a huge task.

:21:41. > :21:43.EU leaders say they have made a breakthrough plan to ease

:21:44. > :21:46.the migrant crisis by agreeing the outlines of a deal with Turkey.

:21:47. > :21:49.The Turkish government says it will take back all illegal migrants

:21:50. > :21:51.arriving on the Greek islands as long as the EU accepts

:21:52. > :21:56.an equivalent number of Syrians from camps in Turkey.

:21:57. > :21:58.Two leading sponsors have already moved to distance themselves

:21:59. > :22:00.from the tennis champion Maria Sharapova after she last night

:22:01. > :22:07.The sportswear giant Nike says it's suspending its relationship

:22:08. > :22:10.with the star while the Swiss watch brand Tag Heuer says it

:22:11. > :22:18.won't continue talks to renew her contract.

:22:19. > :22:25.The Bank of England Governor Mark Carney has told MPs that British

:22:26. > :22:30.membership of the EU has increased the dynamism of the UK economy and

:22:31. > :22:33.helped it to grow, the first time he has expressed a view on the EU in or

:22:34. > :22:35.out debate. Boris Johnson says a memo

:22:36. > :22:37.instructing his senior staff to back him over the EU referendum

:22:38. > :22:40.or keep quiet has been withdrawn The London mayor, who wants to leave

:22:41. > :22:45.the EU, said the email was "a cock-up" and that his staff

:22:46. > :23:04.were not being silenced. The world's highest earning

:23:05. > :23:11.sportswomen Maria Sharapova has felt a drugs test. She tested positive

:23:12. > :23:17.during last month's Australian Open. The substances got to improve

:23:18. > :23:23.endurance and recovery. If a chimera has felt to come to an agreement

:23:24. > :23:28.with Chelsea. The parties will proceed to a full tribunal in June

:23:29. > :23:34.but it is possible for a settlement to be reached before then. Double

:23:35. > :23:40.Olympic cycling champion, who started horse racing last year, will

:23:41. > :23:44.be riding at the Cheltenham festival last week. She won her first race as

:23:45. > :23:54.an amateur last week and will partner the same horrors. -- horse.

:23:55. > :24:00.There is more throughout the day on the BBC News Channel. Mark Carney

:24:01. > :24:05.has given his strongest hint yet that he supports Britain remaining

:24:06. > :24:11.in the European Union. Our political editor can tell us what he has been

:24:12. > :24:15.saying. A surprising morning because all of us watching the governor of

:24:16. > :24:19.the Bank of England thought it would be cautious, careful, on the one

:24:20. > :24:25.hand, on the other hand, far from it. Mark Carney has said he thinks

:24:26. > :24:30.we are better off economically in the EU. In a letter to MPs on the

:24:31. > :24:36.committee he said we conclude that EU membership as likely increase the

:24:37. > :24:40.dynamism of the UK economy and its ability to grow without generating

:24:41. > :24:44.risks to the bank's primary objectives. That is about as clear a

:24:45. > :24:50.signal as you can get that Mark Carney thinks we are by and large

:24:51. > :24:54.better off remaining inside the EU. Not surprisingly it has infuriated

:24:55. > :25:00.many of those campaigning to get out of the EU on the Tory and Labour

:25:01. > :25:06.side. A Labour MP said he was overstating the case for Britain's

:25:07. > :25:08.membership. A Tory said he was damaging the reputation of the Bank

:25:09. > :25:15.of England and demeaning his reputation. Why did he say this? Is

:25:16. > :25:21.argument seems to be because of access to the single market. He

:25:22. > :25:25.regards that has a massive boost to the sort of trade Britain can do. He

:25:26. > :25:30.says we can get more foreign companies investing in Britain than

:25:31. > :25:34.any other country in the EU because we are part of the EU. He said he

:25:35. > :25:38.had been told by the bosses of some big banks that the reason they have

:25:39. > :25:45.their headquarters in London is because we are part of the EU. I

:25:46. > :25:51.have no doubt that Number 10 and those who want us to remain in the

:25:52. > :25:55.EU will be doing a dance of joy this morning. Mark Carney got a kicking

:25:56. > :26:02.in the committee from those MPs want to leave were not happy about what

:26:03. > :26:06.he said. This was his reply. The language we have used in the report,

:26:07. > :26:17.the language we use in the letter, is careful. It is not conclusive. It

:26:18. > :26:27.is arguable. These are these long pauses between each word. It matters

:26:28. > :26:34.because the governor is the governor and people tend to listen to what he

:26:35. > :26:38.says. This referendum is a battle of credibility. How do you trust? How

:26:39. > :26:46.do you believe? In that class Mark Carney is the sort of person you

:26:47. > :26:51.want on your side. The remains side are probably thinking yes, that as a

:26:52. > :27:00.result. A new phrase has entered the lexicon, an ex-edict.

:27:01. > :27:09.The borders story this morning is this. Or this work up to accusations

:27:10. > :27:13.of hypocrisy following the disclosure that his chief of staff

:27:14. > :27:19.had said an email to senior staff at City Hall barring them from

:27:20. > :27:27.contradicting Boris Johnson's support for leaving be you. This is

:27:28. > :27:27.what the email actually said. I would

:27:28. > :27:32.expect, given your roles, you either advocate the mere's position

:27:33. > :27:40.or do not openly contradicted. -- mayor's. That

:27:41. > :27:45.prompted accusations of hypocrisy because he led the charge against

:27:46. > :27:52.the so-called agents of project failure. The boss of the British

:27:53. > :27:57.Chambers of Commerce broke out in favour of Brexit.

:27:58. > :28:03.8:30am this morning and suddenly Boris executed what can only be

:28:04. > :28:12.described as a crunching U-turn. This is what he said. You can tell

:28:13. > :28:17.they are not gagged because there might have been producing all sorts

:28:18. > :28:19.of use completely different to my own. That is what people would

:28:20. > :28:30.expect. Why did your G. I saw that it ceased to be operative

:28:31. > :28:44.and it has not really been operative at all. You have seen all sorts of

:28:45. > :28:48.views. Insofar as that was ever operative, it is over, dead, this

:28:49. > :28:56.indeed, it is an ex-edict. It has ceased to be

:28:57. > :28:57.operative and ceased to function. It has gone

:28:58. > :29:07.from history. All right? We wanted a robust debate in which everybody can

:29:08. > :29:16.express their point of view. That is what the people want and that is

:29:17. > :29:17.what they are going to get. I would point out there is a stark contrast

:29:18. > :29:37.in our know if you saw the Monty Python

:29:38. > :29:41.sketch, the dead parrot sketch, when he goes on about it being a dead

:29:42. > :29:50.parrot. I think that is what he was alluding to. Fun and games, but it

:29:51. > :29:54.matters. Talking about Mark Carney and credibility. So much of this

:29:55. > :30:00.tussle will come down to who we think are the credible figures. Who

:30:01. > :30:04.do voters look to in terms of trust? The danger for Boris Johnson is that

:30:05. > :30:13.maybe people think he is great fun but am I sure he is on the detail?

:30:14. > :30:16.This followed what people thought was a difficult interview people

:30:17. > :30:20.thought he had at the weekend with Andrew Marr when there were lots of

:30:21. > :30:24.bold statements but when you got down to the nitty-gritty there was

:30:25. > :30:29.criticism of Boris Johnson for perhaps not being as much in control

:30:30. > :30:34.of the details. That is why these two stories matter because for all

:30:35. > :30:39.of the arguments we get at the end of the day when people have to

:30:40. > :30:46.decide yes or no it may come down to that very basic thing of who do I

:30:47. > :30:52.trust? He knows how to perform a U-turn in style.

:30:53. > :30:55.It's a painful form of mutilation where young girls, as young as 10,

:30:56. > :30:58.are forced to have their chests burnt with hot objects to destroy

:30:59. > :31:01.breast development and prevent unwanted male attention.

:31:02. > :31:04.It's known as breast ironing and is practised in parts of west

:31:05. > :31:08.Now one Conservative MP tells us more needs to be done in the UK

:31:09. > :31:10.to prevent what is described as the "hidden abuse".

:31:11. > :31:14.There have been no prosecutions for breast ironing in the UK,

:31:15. > :31:16.but campaigners believe this is because it is a secret abuse

:31:17. > :31:19.in which young women are too scared to speak out.

:31:20. > :31:23.Stella endured breast ironing every day for 3 months whilst she was 13

:31:24. > :31:26.and living in Cameroon in West Africa:

:31:27. > :31:31.They took a spatula and put it in a fryer and pressed it and pressed it

:31:32. > :31:35.and they kept on doing it until the breasts finally went.

:31:36. > :31:44.Of course it hurts, it's hot, it's hot.

:31:45. > :31:46.It feels like if you put something hot

:31:47. > :31:52.It takes away your confidence, your self-esteem, you cannot

:31:53. > :31:54.take your dress off in front of people.

:31:55. > :31:57.It really affects you psychologically.

:31:58. > :32:03.Conservative MP Jake Berry is calling for police forces

:32:04. > :32:05.and government departments to do more to recognise breast ironing

:32:06. > :32:12.And Margaret Nyuydzewira from CAME Women

:32:13. > :32:15.and Girls Development Organisation - a charity that specialises in

:32:16. > :32:26., Jake do you believe it's happening in the UK? I do. It's difficult to

:32:27. > :32:32.recognise it's happening because it's a form of abuse sometimes

:32:33. > :32:37.commitd by close members of the family, mother, sister, aunt,

:32:38. > :32:41.grandmother. The nearest thing I can compare it to is female genital

:32:42. > :32:45.mutilation which we believed wasn't happening in this country until

:32:46. > :32:48.people raised awareness of it and gained more confidence to come

:32:49. > :32:53.forward and say, I am a victim of this form of abuse and I believe

:32:54. > :32:57.breast ironing is similar. It originates in Cameroon, I believe it

:32:58. > :33:01.may be endemic within the black African community in the UK who will

:33:02. > :33:06.bring cultural practices with them and I think it's really, really

:33:07. > :33:09.important that, else specially on International Women's Day, that we

:33:10. > :33:13.speak out and say, people who are suffering in this way have to have

:33:14. > :33:17.the confidence to come forward, report it, it's a crime. There's a

:33:18. > :33:21.lot more I believe the Government should do to tackle it and raise

:33:22. > :33:25.awareness of it. I was particularly concerned at the figures that have

:33:26. > :33:28.been released today show that police forces in the UK either don't know

:33:29. > :33:31.this exists because they'd never heard of it and it's an unnone

:33:32. > :33:35.problem or freely admit they don't have the tools and information to

:33:36. > :33:41.tackle it if they do crop across it. Why do you believe it's happening in

:33:42. > :33:44.the UK? Is it an expectation, or have you had people talking to you?

:33:45. > :33:48.Margaret and I have been working together to try to identify it in

:33:49. > :33:52.the UK. Margaret, with her charity, has done fantastic work and spoken

:33:53. > :33:56.to victims of breast ironing here in the UK who simply won't come

:33:57. > :34:03.forward. If you look at the 2015 change in the law we made around

:34:04. > :34:07.FGM, we provided anonymity for victims to enable them to feel

:34:08. > :34:12.empowered to come forward and report the crime. We need, I think,

:34:13. > :34:17.anonymity for victims in the case of breast ironing, we also need a

:34:18. > :34:22.Government directive that goes out to the police forces, to ask them to

:34:23. > :34:26.identify it. Crucially and finally, with FGM, we made it a criminal

:34:27. > :34:31.offence for people, when they become aware of it, not to report it. I

:34:32. > :34:34.think if we could do the same with breast ironing, we'd see this is a

:34:35. > :34:41.problem happening here to young women and girls in the UK. Margaret,

:34:42. > :34:54.tell us what you understand about what is going on?

:34:55. > :35:03.We started work in 2010: We started work because we realised that the

:35:04. > :35:06.practise was ongoing. We come from the practising community, let me

:35:07. > :35:11.say, and we work with African women and girls. This is one of the

:35:12. > :35:18.violences which is among African women and girls here in the UK.

:35:19. > :35:25.Has it been happening here in the UK on a daily basis to young girls? We

:35:26. > :35:32.cannot say on a daily basis because no research has been carried out.

:35:33. > :35:37.Nobody has carried out any research to realise who is doing it, but we

:35:38. > :35:42.know that it's being done. How many people have you come across and what

:35:43. > :35:48.stories have you heard? Well, the first story I heard was the lady who

:35:49. > :35:52.was arrested in Birmingham, that was in 2011, for breast ironing by a

:35:53. > :35:59.policeman. She was arrested for breast ironing? For performing that

:36:00. > :36:06.on her daughter, yes. But, because the lady argued that that was her

:36:07. > :36:11.culture, they let go. I said no, it's not culture or practises which

:36:12. > :36:17.is done in secrecy on young girls at home. We cannot allow that to go on

:36:18. > :36:25.as a culture. If culture is doing harm to young girls. Any harm that

:36:26. > :36:29.is done to a little girl in this country, it's an issue and we must

:36:30. > :36:35.talk about it. It's not the numbers that we are counting. We know a list

:36:36. > :36:40.is ongoing. We cannot say it's ten people, even if it's when person...

:36:41. > :36:44.Have you heard of any other cases being reported to police where PLOs

:36:45. > :36:48.hasn't gone ahead -- prosecution? Yes, a doctor reported a case in

:36:49. > :36:51.North London and then there was a lady who was deported from here

:36:52. > :36:58.because of breast ironing. Is that the answer? That's not the answer.

:36:59. > :37:04.What do you think about that, Jake It's very hard to quantify the

:37:05. > :37:07.extent of breast ironing. But if cases are being put forward to

:37:08. > :37:11.police and they are not moving that forward? I think that's completely

:37:12. > :37:14.wrong because this is a criminal offence but I don't believe the law

:37:15. > :37:18.is clear and that's why I'm hoping the Government will take action in

:37:19. > :37:22.the call I make today which is to ask the Government to take further

:37:23. > :37:26.action in a similar way they did with FGM. The Government's done

:37:27. > :37:29.fantastic work with that, but ten years ago, people were probably sat

:37:30. > :37:33.on sofas like this saying FGM doesn't happen in the UK, it was

:37:34. > :37:38.completely hidden. Today, we have to release the figures. I'm working on

:37:39. > :37:43.a further report seeing what local authorities' responses are to the

:37:44. > :37:46.issues and hoping to raise the profile to empower young women and

:37:47. > :37:50.girls to feel they can come forward. This is a hidden problem. If you put

:37:51. > :37:55.yourself in a normal family situation, if your mother is doing

:37:56. > :37:58.something to you, even if you don't feel comfortable with it, you are

:37:59. > :38:01.being told it's the right thing, it's normal, your culture practise,

:38:02. > :38:06.you wouldn't necessarily believe this is something you have to report

:38:07. > :38:09.to the police. Until we raise people's awareness of this female

:38:10. > :38:13.mutilation, then no-one will feel confident enough to do that.

:38:14. > :38:18.Jake and Margaret, thank you very much.

:38:19. > :38:21."The Government is serious about stopping violence

:38:22. > :38:24.against women and girls and has made it a priority.

:38:25. > :38:28.No one should live in fear of these crimes."

:38:29. > :38:39.Breaking news. The Court of Appeal says smoking ban does not apply to

:38:40. > :38:54.prisons and other places. The prison Governor's association

:38:55. > :38:58.supports the ban, but the legal ban on smoking in public places does not

:38:59. > :39:01.apply to state prisons and other crown premises in England and Wales,

:39:02. > :39:08.the Court of Appeal has ruled. We'll bring you more on that as we get it.

:39:09. > :39:11.Npower workers are facing an uncertain future

:39:12. > :39:15.morning after the company confirmed that a fifth of its UK workforce

:39:16. > :39:18.will lose their jobs, that's 2,400 people -

:39:19. > :39:22.The firm's reported a loss of almost ?100 million for last year.

:39:23. > :39:33.With me in the studio is Niall Trimble of the Energy

:39:34. > :39:47.Unison says the company's offices in Leeds will be closed down as part of

:39:48. > :39:55.this. Niall Trimble and Tom Allison from GMB are with me. Your reaction

:39:56. > :40:03.Tom? It's devastating news, Joanna. .

:40:04. > :40:09.There was a leak on Sunday which indicated huge job losses which

:40:10. > :40:14.affected npower employees and spoilt Mothering Sunday for people. It's a

:40:15. > :40:18.devastating impact. Especially in the northern area. You've mentioned

:40:19. > :40:29.Leeds where I am in the studio now and we have a huge employee base

:40:30. > :40:40.where I represent in Houghton and Peterlee as well. Niall, hello. The

:40:41. > :40:45.company has had problems, 350,000 customers have walked away. Is that

:40:46. > :40:49.what has been behind all of this? Some of it. They have had huge

:40:50. > :40:52.computer problems which means people have been getting the wrong bills or

:40:53. > :40:57.they haven't billed people at all or can't bill them because the time

:40:58. > :41:00.lapses. They have had problems with low power prices in particular so

:41:01. > :41:07.it's a combination of things. Tom, does the company only have itself to

:41:08. > :41:11.blame? Well, I would suggest that the problems that Niall's outlined

:41:12. > :41:18.would be on the management of our members so, you know, I think it's a

:41:19. > :41:24.higher level, maybe the culpability. If it's an issue of energy prices,

:41:25. > :41:26.could other energy firms find themselveses in the same

:41:27. > :41:29.predicament? Not so much. Quite a lot of the problems, some are

:41:30. > :41:33.suffering, certainly with power prices but the problems with the

:41:34. > :41:42.computer systems seem to be yew knee to npower. In terms of picking up,

:41:43. > :41:48.it's cutting 2400 jobs as it tries to get its business into better

:41:49. > :41:53.shake -- unique. Do you see them getting anywhere from here? They

:41:54. > :41:59.have to sort out the computer problems, better that than making

:42:00. > :42:03.people redundant. Tom, how do you see that? Devastating for people and

:42:04. > :42:06.they are obviously hoping the problems can be sorted out? One of

:42:07. > :42:12.the reasons is, we don't know the scale of the job losses and how it

:42:13. > :42:15.will effect us. That's the uncertainty and insecurity, it's not

:42:16. > :42:20.good for the employees and the members and because of the effect in

:42:21. > :42:24.the northern area, what we are finding, we haven't got a northern

:42:25. > :42:32.powerhouse with the job losses in the northern areas, they are tended

:42:33. > :42:37.to be regarded as the northern "poor" house.

:42:38. > :42:41.Time to bring you this. Adele super fans got pulled on stage by Adele in

:42:42. > :42:46.Dublin. She'd become aware of them because they made cover versions of

:42:47. > :42:51.her songs. This is what happened. You can't put it online and me being

:42:52. > :43:00.in Dublin not tell you to come up. CHEERING AND APPLAUSE.

:43:01. > :43:03.Can you hear yourselves? Take it away.

:43:04. > :43:25.# I've heard that you're settled down

:43:26. > :43:35.# That you found a girl # And you're married now

:43:36. > :43:41.# I heard that your dreams came true

:43:42. > :43:48.# Guess he gave you things

:43:49. > :43:56.# # I can't keep up with your turning

:43:57. > :44:01.tables # Under my thumb

:44:02. > :44:02.# I can't breathe... # Victoria is back