06/04/2016 Victoria Derbyshire

I'm Joanna Gosling in for Victoria, welcome to the programme.

Junior doctors have started their fourth strike this year

in a row with the Government over the new contract.

Also this morning, a soldier who received the George Medal

for acts of bravery in Iraq tells us he feels abandoned by the army.

I didn't think it would affect me because it didn't feel reality

at the time and obviously a year it sinks in and your depression kicks

in and your drinking, but you don't realise you're

changing, but other people see you are.

And, Britain spends more on foreign aid that

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Junior doctors in England have begun another 48-hour strike, the fourth

stoppage in their protracted dispute over new contracts.

From 8am junior hospital doctors will be providing

emergency care only, so A services will be unaffected.

But scheduled operations and treatments are likely to be hit

and about 5,000 operations have been cancelled already.

Once again, hospitals in England have had to brace themselves

for another walk-out by junior doctors, a 48-hour strike

for everything apart from emergency care.

But NHS chiefs are confident patients will be safe.

We have been working very closely with hospitals,

to ensure that robust plans are in place to minimise

Nevertheless, we will see some operations cancelled.

We think that will be in the region of around 5,000 operations.

The dispute, which is over a new contract the Government

is imposing on junior doctors, has become more

The latest strike runs from 8am today until 8am on Friday.

It is the fourth strike since January, and as a result more

than 24,000 operations and procedures have had

But doctors' leaders say that, while they regret the disruption,

The Government has every opportunity to stop industrial action,

if it would get around the table and talk to us.

Unfortunately, the Government refuses to do so.

Therefore, the Government has ultimately said

that they are basically pushing us into action.

The Government, however, is adamant the new contract

will lead to safer patient care, and help create

There is no sign of this dispute ending.

The next strike planned for later this month will be

a complete walk-out by junior doctors, including emergency care,

for the first time in the history of the NHS.

Let's get some reaction live from the picket line.

You can hear them behind me, the junior doctors who are here, in the

same position as in January, February and March. 24,000

operations and procedures cancelled and postponed over the strike

action, but is it really worth it? The contract is still going ahead,

as of August this year. 24,000 operations and procedures

cancelled since the strikes have begun, is it really worth it? Should

you be putting patient in the middle? No doctor wants to harm any

patients, that is why we have got senior doctor cover providing

emergency care to make sure the NHS is safe. Nobody wants to have any

operations cancelled if we can avoid it, but if this contract is imposed,

what we are seeing on strike days, operations cancelled, would become

the norm, there would be so many rota gaps, because this contract is

toxic. We are sorry that operations are cancelled, but we are doing this

to prevent this becoming the norm in the longer run. You work in accident

and emergency, we are hearing all the time that units are stretched,

and yet you are planning on walking out of the most pressurised areas of

hospitals. Is this really responsible? We are making sure it

is safe, because our senior consultants and staff grade

colleagues will be providing good quality emergency care. Junior

doctors have been backed into this, the Government is not listening,

despite industrial action. It is not too late to stop them imposing this,

come back to the table and let's work out a contract that will be

safe for the NHS in the future. It will be toxic in many ways, on rotas

and on women. But patients are in the middle of this. Will the public

carry on supporting you if you carry on striking? The public value their

NHS and understand we are doing this to save the NHS in the long term, so

it will be there. The public will continue to support this. We are

sorry for any inconvenience, that we need to look at this over the long

term. If the contract is imposed, and they will stretch an already

stretched NHS over seven days, it. Crumbling. We must protect it, that

is what the doctors are here for. As you can see, still a very passionate

picket line, even for the fourth time. The Government says that the

contract must come into force for a better seven-day service across the

NHS. Let us know what you think of that.

All of the usual ways of getting in touch.

Maxine is in the BBC Newsroom and has more on that and a summary

The Business Secretary Sajid Javid is calling for a responsible sales

process of the steelworks in Port Talbot.

It comes as he arrives in Mumbai for talks with the chairman

It's the first time the pair have met since the company announced

it was to sell its UK assets a week ago.

The Business Secretary had talks in London today over plans to save the

plant. It is thought Tata wants to sell the loss-making plant as soon

as possible. The Business Secretary is expected to press for

reassurances on terms of the sale. What is the best he can expect? In

this building behind me, the headquarters of Tata, we are

expecting the meeting to take place in a couple of hours. I have spoken

to Tata, the Government has sent out an assurance that the process of

sale they will follow for the UK operations will be John Tarrant and

thorough. The Business Secretary will seek assurances that whatever

takeover deal is signed, it will not result in mass job losses. Tata

employ 15,000 workers in the UK. The Business Secretary met with union

workers in London, they have sent a message through him, they expect

Tata to be a responsible seller and they want Tata to spell out what

time frame it is looking at. Tata is not answering the question, but they

want to do this as quickly as possible.

The new president of Fifa, Gianni Infantino, is the latest

prominent name to be linked with the leaking of financial

When he worked at European football's governing body Uefa,

he's said to have approved a contract for television rights

in 2006 with two businessmen, who have since been indicted

Mr Infantino and Uefa say they've done nothing wrong.

Iceland's coalition government has suggested it could seek early

elections, amid continuing anger a day after the prime

Sigmundur Gunnlaugsson, whose involvement with an offshore

company was revealed by the Panama Papers,

has denied that he resigned, saying he's handed over

to his deputy for an unspecified period.

A former soldier who became one of the youngest people ever

to receive the George Medal for heroic actions in Iraq tells

this programme he's now effectively homeless and living in his car.

As a result of his experiences in Iraq, Daniel Smith, who's now 31,

has post-traumatic stress disorder and says he feels

And you can hear his story coming up on the programme

Donald Trump's Presidential campaign has been dealt a serious blow

after he lost out to his main rival Ted Cruz in the key American

Donald Trump still leads in the race to become the Republican Party's

nominee, but his chances of winning outright are now much slimmer.

And in the Democratic primary, the socialist senator from Vermont,

Bernie Sanders, beat Hilary Clinton.

The next president of the United States, Ted Cruz.

Victory for the Senator from Texas in Wisconsin, one with the backing

of the Republican Party establishment he loathes.

Tonight, Wisconsin has lit a candle, guiding the way forward.

Tonight, we once again have hope for the future.

It has been a bad week for Donald Trump, flip-flopping

on abortion, his campaign manager indicted for manhandling

We could have a big surprise tonight, folks, big surprise.

That resoundingly wrong prediction another misstep, in

a campaign getting its first taste of real failure.

Wisconsin voters also delivered a boost to the underdog in the race

for the Democratic nomination, the self-declared socialist

Bernie Sanders winning his seventh contest out of the last eight.

We have a path toward victory, a path toward the White House.

Despite losing Wisconsin, Hillary Clinton is still way

ahead on the numbers, looking to battles in

New York and California to finish the job.

But for the Republicans, they could well be heading

for a damaging and divisive showdown at the summer convention,

Dogs over eight weeks old must be fitted with microchips from today.

A law which has been operating in Northern Ireland since 2012

now applies in England, Scotland and Wales.

Owners who fail to comply could be fined ?500,

but the Government estimates more than a million dogs

That's a summary of the latest BBC News.

Coming up in the next few minutes, we'll bring you the full moving

interview with Daniel Smith, who served in Iraq and risked his

own life to try and rescue some of his colleagues who'd been blown

up in a roadside bomb, and is now effectively homeless

He has Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder and feels he's been

If you or a member of your family has served in the army and has

PTSD, do get in touch and share your experiences.

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

But first, Jessica has the sport and more on the return of Rangers

I am sure there are a few Rangers fans with a few saw heads.

It's taken them four years, but last night Rangers

secured their place back in Scottish football's top flight.

Their 1-0 win over Dumbarton means they will be playing

in the Premiership next season as manager Mark Warburton ensured

promotion in his opening season with the club.

In front of almost 50,000 fans at Ibrox, James Tavenier's

second-half goal was a bright spark in what's been a turbulent

To give this some context, Rangers were punished for going

into liquidation four years ago, and were demoted to the bottom tier

Talking of bright sparks, Luis Suarez was the star of the show

in Barcelona's Champions League quarter-final comeback

Barcelona were a goal down at half time, but two second-half goals

in ten minutes from Suarez ensured holders Barca have the advantage

It took Bayern Munich just two minutes to break down

Arturo Vidal's header was the only goal of the game

In tonight's matches, Manchester City are at

City will be boosted by the return of their goalkeeper Joe Hart

from injury as they go into their first Champions

The last two seasons we could not continue further in the competition,

because we played against Barcelona. We have improved this season. It is

a difficult game that we must play, but we have chances to continue. It

would be important for all of us. Italian prosecutors have called

for a six-month suspended prison sentence for new Chelsea boss

Antonio Conte, for his alleged It dates back to 2011 when Conte

was managing in Italian football. Conte has already served

a four-month suspension from the Italian Football

Federation for the offence, Currently in charge of the Italian

national side, Conte will take over as Chelsea manager after Euro 2016

in the summer. England rugby union's Joe Marler has

been banned and fined for his "gypsy boy" comment to Wales' Samson Lee

during the Six Nations. Governing body World Rugby issued

Marler with the two-match ban and ?20,000 fine for the remark

to Lee, who's from the Marler insists he is not a racist

and has apologised to Lee. Come back at 10am when I will be

speaking to the former British boxer Audley Harrison to go talk about

that big heavyweight showdown between Anthony Joshua and Charles

Martin at the weekend. I look forward to that.

This morning a former soldier who became one of the youngest

people ever to receive the George medal for his bravery in Iraq tells

this programme he's now effectively homeless,

living in a car and feels let down by the armed forces.

In 2005, when he was 20, Fusilier Daniel Smith tried

to save the lives of colleagues twice within the same week

when his vehicle patrol was hit by roadside bombs in Iraq.

His Ministry of Defence citation said, "With no

regard for his own safety and with his focus firmly on saving

those in the vehicle, he commenced the evacuation

of the casualties from the burning chaos."

As a result of his experiences in Iraq, Daniel Smith, who's now 31,

The charity Combat Stress tells us his story is all too common.

Our defence correspondent Jonathan Beale has been to meet

Fusilier Daniel Smith, the Royal Regiment of Fusiliers.

Daniel Smith is one of the heroes of the Iraq War.

He was awarded the George Medal at Buckingham Palace for acts

of great bravery, saving the lives of injured comrades.

Then 21, he was one of the youngest soldiers to receive it.

And this should have been his day to remember.

At the time, he was suffering from PTSD -

On that day I did not really think much of it.

I was on medication anyway, so my mood and temperament

I was very snappy and angry at the time.

So how do you feel about the Army now?

I'm very bitter towards them at the minute.

I don't appreciate getting dumped to one side, in a way.

In 2005, when Daniel was deployed to Iraq, life for the British

This, one of the enduring images of the tide turning against them.

Daniel, too, had to rescue comrades from the burning

Out on patrol in lightly armoured snatch Land Rovers,

his unit was targeted and hit by roadside bombs.

His citation says, "With no regard for his own safety,

he rescued casualties from the burning chaos."

If I think back now, I didn't really care

I didn't know what I was getting into.

Yes, it was just one of those things where I just did

it because I had to, because I was team

You gather a lot of guilt, a lot of, "Did I do that right,

You put a lot of pressure on yourself.

I was young at the time and obviously newish.

So I held all that built-up hate that kind of in the bag...

Obviously, it went all a bit Pete Tong for me, really.

I did not really know who to talk to.

I don't think there was much help back then.

Because, now, PTSD is recognised, and back then it was not really much

It was more like, you pick yourself up and go.

I didn't really think it would would affect me.

At the time I got blown up, I did not think it would affect me.

Your depression kicks in, you're drinking.

You don't realise you're changing, but other people see you are.

And you become angry towards them - "I've changed?"

"You're the one that's changed," kind of thing.

He now spends a lot of time on his own.

The Army did provide treatment for Daniel including six weeks

But the flashbacks, anger and resentment did not go away.

He left the Army three years ago and has struggled ever since.

His marriage collapsed, he has been in and out of work,

I hate being around people most of the time, so I sometimes get up

here, or out of the way, stuff like that.

I have got my quilt and stuff in the back.

It's like a mobile house, if you know what I mean.

When I'm a bit depressed, I'd rather be alone,

He'll go and sleep in the car at nights because he doesn't

feel comfortable staying in a particular environment.

He has just been cast adrift, and that is the bit

As soon as he is discharged, they have let him go

Basically all they have done is put a sticking plaster

This is a problem that goes much deeper, as even he can show,

looking through old photos of the soldiers

He suffered a little bit with drinking.

You've got Harry, he killed himself not long after.

Are you worried about the future for Daniel?

Yeah. I can't see...

I can't see a long-term recovery. I hope there is.

But I think without treatment, without any support network

that he needs, and I think he needs it now, I do.

We'll hear more from Daniel's dad in just a moment,

You are getting in touch. Dave says, "I am a sufferer after 28 years

service in the Royal Marines." Stewart says, "Why is a man who

fought on behalf this country homeless? Give him a flat. .".

First our defence correspondent Jonahan Beale is here with us.

How big a problem is it? It is a problem and probably we don't know

the full-scale of the problem at the moment because often the symptoms

don't come out for time. There is no clear figure, but some research

suggests that since 1991, 700,000, more than 700,000 personnel have

gone through the military and as many as one in ten of those, that's

70,000 people, may have mental health problems. That's work carried

out by Professor Neil Greenberg. The MoD says the rates of PTSD are

similar to that of the civilian population, but clearly, research

has suggested those people who have been in combat situations like

Daniel, are more likely to get PTSD. Now, inside the military, there are

systems to care for people. There is, I think, an improvement, a

dramatic improvement in looking after people since Iraq and

Afghanistan over the last ten years looking for the warning signs. Every

time people came back from a deployment in Afghanistan, they

would go through a trim procedure and go through that sort of period

in Cyprus where warning signs were looked at, they were asked questions

and tried to make sure everybody sort of was mentally in the right

place. I think the big problem is when people move from the military

and this, I think, Daniel's story, from the military into civilian life

and suddenly they switch responsibility from the Ministry of

Defence to the National Health Service and notes get lost. They

look at, you know, what's on offer if they have got the symptoms of

PTSD and there are a plethora of charities and you know, which way do

you turn? Some of the charities don't offer treatments that are

recognised by medical experts. So it is very difficult for them.

Lease the Ministry of Defence saying about all of this? Well, the

Ministry of Defence makes the point that they have put a lot of money

into these charities, into charities like Combat Stress, money from the

LIBOR funds, more than ?2 million has gone into helping mental health.

They are having a system, a transition programme, where they are

trying to make sure that the medical records go from the Army into the

NHS so people have a record of what's gone on. But there are also

people, people like Johnny Mercer a MP, a former soldier who says what

really should happen we should have like America a veterans department

where there is a specific Government department looking after these

people when they move from military life into civilian life which is

where the problem really is most severe I'd say. Thank you, Jonathan.

Let's talk more now about Daniel Smith's case

Gary thank you very much for coming in to talk to us. We have seen

Jonathan's report and we heard from Gary who is obviously struggling a

great deal. Yes, he is. Going back to the start of the report and the

moment that he was at Buckingham Palace being honoured by Prince

Charles with the Gorge Medal, the youngest soldier to get it, you were

there at the Palace that day, how were you feeling? Oh, immensely

proud. Immensely proud. I didn't think that years later in 2016 we

would be discussing it in this way unfortunately. But it is probably

the reason why that we're in this situation that we are able to talk

about it because we can use that as an example of at the time the Army

wanted to put him on to pedestal which was great, but now, they

really need to, I think, help him as well which at the moment I don't

think they are. You say he was put on a pedestal. We heard from him in

our report. He didn't see it that way, did he on the day? No, he never

has. Did you know what was going on in his head at that time? No, no,

not really, not at all because a lot of the instances that he has gone

through, he has been very quiet about. Even the operations since he

left the army, he has been very, very quiet about and he feels a

little bit embarrassed, let down, I don't know what you would like to

call it really, but he does, he is in desperate need of help at the

moment. I mean, he is still battling with the Army to try and get

recognised for the level of compensation that he was due which

is ridiculous. Which tells me that they still don't understand the PTSD

levels. He is clinically been proven that, it is a permanent problem, but

they're still saying he can get better. We've got that argument

going on at the moment which is ten, 11 years down the line, it is

ridiculous. So whilst they are making fantastic in-roads into

recognising PTSD, I still think they don't fully understand it yet.

Certainly, the categories that of levels of PDSD and it is the early

warning signs which I hope they're picking up in the Army now, I'm not

sure whether they are, but society is left to deal with the problems

that they leave behind. Tell us more about how your son, effectively, I

guess you could describe it as being disappeared. Yeah. Yeah. The boy

that went into the Army compared with the man that came out. Yeah, I

mean, he is very changed. Even when he was in the Army, when he went

through this, the conflict, the problems that he has it, the blowing

up incidents etcetera, he has changed dramatically and he is never

going to get back to the way he used to be. You heard in the clip there

that you know, his marriage has failed. And all of that has been

after, after all of this. And I really do worry about the future for

him to be quite honest with you. But like Johnny was saying earlier, the

actual the mechanism when they're coming out of the Army, there

doesn't seem to be any assessment and certainly any support network

when they get out into what I would call civvy street. They don't seem

to get any support with getting employment too much because

particularly PTSD guys don't like confrontation and they take

themselves away from it. He does that by going and sleeping in his

car. How often is he sleeping in his car? Three, four times a week. But

he can disappear for weeks. But you're, we tread on glass with him

in a sense that we can't ask too much because again, he goes into, he

goes into a depression stage and he'll take himself away from those

situations that he feels uncomfortable in.

seriously think he has been let down. It is the parachute back into

society that is the problem. Somebody needs to put the support

network in place for guys that can no longer serve, that are considered

for medical discharge, and they can go into these places to find work

and integrate back into society, which is really a struggle. You have

an issue with the way the compensation is awarded, because it

is different between physical injuries and mental problems.

Explain how it has worked for him. Daniel was originally awarded a

level 12, and he has now been given level ten. That means you can get

better after five years, which clearly he can't. We have had to pay

for independent assessment, which says that it is clearly too proven

that the condition he has got is permanent, and there is no chance of

recovery. That gives you a level six award, we are into a delaying tactic

with the Army at the moment to recognise that. It is part of the

compensation scheme, the reason it. In the first place, it helps people

integrate back into society, consider give them a better pension

and a bigger pay-out. You can either agree or disagree, but the reality

is, without any further support network, money is the only thing

they can give them. I would much prefer them to give them a support

network, but they aren't. That is why the compensation scheme was

started. But they don't seem to want to recognise that. That is the

disappointing thing with the Army at the moment. I want to read comments

from some people watching. Paula says, anybody who fought for their

country should be living in a castle. If it says, why the shock

that the Armed Forces discard young men? That is what they have always

done. One person says, disgusted. Another person says, I am saddened.

He is not the first veteran to be found sleeping in his car and he

won't be the last. We were saying earlier how common it is. I would

call it an epidemic. It is how you treat an epidemic, it seems to be a

problem. Our society has got to deal with it. Burying your head in the

sand, as appears to be the case at the moment, is not the right way

forward. As a dad trying to reach out to your son, a man who is

regarded by many as a hero, how do you feel? He has gone from being on

a pedestal to where he is now. He has not had his recognition, in the

compensation scheme, he does not feel he is supported. He has gone

from hero to zero, effectively. That is part of the problem as well.

An MOD spokesperson told us that it couldn't comment on individual

cases like Daniel's, but it said, "We provide a wide

range of support both during and after military service,

including the Career Transition Partnership scheme, which helps

individuals transition into civilian life.

Veterans are eligible for resettlement support

and priority NHS treatment for conditions linked

We're one of the world's richest countries but at a time of cutbacks

can we still afford to spend ?12 billion a year on foreign aid

Tell us what you think on Twitter, text or e-mail.

And who'll replace Boris Johnson as Mayor of London in a month's time?

Our political guru Norman Smith chats with Ukip's candidate in

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

Junior doctors in England have begun their fourth walkout in their

Although 5,000 operations have been cancelled,

The Government says the action is irresponsible

The Business Secretary Sajid Javid is calling for a responsible sales

process of the steel works in Port Talbot as he

arrives in Mumbai to meet the boss of Tata Steel.

Mr Javid had talks in Downing Street yesterday with David Cameron

and the Wales First Minister to discuss ways of saving

Port Talbot and the other Tata-owned UK steel plants.

It's thought Tata wants to sell its loss-making plants

Mr Javid will meet the Tata chairman and he's expected to press

for reassurances on the terms of the sale.

The new president of Fifa has been linked with the leaking of financial

documents in Panama. He was a co-signatories to a contract for the

sale of television rights in 2006 at Uefa with two businessmen who have

since been indicted on corruption charges. He and Uefa say they have

done nothing wrong. Iceland's Government could seek

early elections amid continuing and a day after the Prime Minister

stepped aside. His involvement with an offshore company was revealed by

the Panama papers. He has denied he resigned, saying he has handed over

to his deputy for an unspecified period.

And coming up at 11:30am on the News Channel,

I'll be putting your queries to a tax expert about

You can send us your questions using the hashtag #BBCAskThis

A former solider who became one of the youngest people ever

to receive the George Medal for heroic actions in Iraq tells

this programme he's now effectively homeless and living in his car.

As a result of his experiences in Iraq, Daniel Smith, who's now 31,

has post-traumatic stress disorder and says he feels

I am very bitter towards them. I don't appreciate getting dumped to

one side. I feel I have been cast aside.

David Cameron is being accused of breaking his promises

In an open letter published in the Guardian, a number of people

affected by the phone-hacking scandal say they feel betrayed.

A key part of the Royal Charter agreement on press regulation has

been approved by Parliament, but has not yet come into law.

Gerry McCann, the father of missing Madeline McCann,

signed the letter and says little has changed since

the recommendations were put forward by the Leveson Inquiry.

That's a summary of the latest BBC News, more at 10am.

Jessica's here now with all the sport headlines.

Rangers are back in the Scottish Premiership.

After four years away, they secured their return with a 1-0

Rangers were punished for going into liquidation

and demoted to the bottom tier in 2012.

Luis Suarez was the star of the show in Barcelona's Champions League

quarter-final comeback against Atletico Madrid.

Two second-half goals in ten minutes from Suarez ensured holders Barca

have the advantage for the second leg next week.

Bayern Munich beat Benfica 1-0 in last night's other

Tonight, Manchester City are at Paris Saint Germain

and welcome back their goalkeeper Joe Hart from injury.

It will be City's first appearance in a Champions League quarter-final.

England rugby union's Joe Marler has been banned and fined for his "gypsy

boy" comment to Wales' Samson Lee during the Six Nations.

Governing body World Rugby issued Marler with the two-match ban

and ?20,000 fine for the remark to Lee, who's from the

The UK Government is in debt to the tune of over ?1.6 trillion.

Every second, that figure goes up by ?5,000.

Trying to cut both the debt and the deficit ? that's

the difference between the amount of money the Government spends

and receives ? has proved difficult for successive governments.

Since the last budget in March, when the Chancellor George Osborne

was forced to abandon plans to cut disability payments,

focus has turned to what other areas of Government spending could be cut.

And foreign aid has come under the spotlight again.

The UK spends around ?11.7 billion on international development aid.

That is 0.7% of national income, and it's been ringfenced at that

In other words, they've promised not to cut it.

Just under 60% of that money went to individual countries.

It's known as bilateral aid, while just over 40% went

to the United Nations and charities or non-governmental

organisations, and that is known as multilateral aid.

In 2014, Ethiopia, India and Pakistan received

India is especially controversial, as its economy is almost as big

as the UK's, and it will probably overtake us in the coming years.

The cash went on things like healthcare, education

and humanitarian aid for people in need after wars

Most of the multilateral aid goes to organisations which divvy up

the money between charities that need it most.

the International Development Association,

the part of the World Bank which helps

That is as well as organisations like the Global Fund to fight

Aids, TB and malaria, and the Global Alliance

International development is one of only three departments that have

The Government has committed to spending 2% of national income

a year on defence, while health spending is at 8%, with more

Many other Government departments, like the ones that spend money

on benefits or local councils, are facing cuts of up to 20% or 30%,

and some MPs are calling for foreign aid to be cut, too.

Some examples of where that money has gone recently include helping

nine million children into primary school, helping some

of the four million refugees who've fled Syria since war began

and helping control the spread of Ebola.

But critics also say the money goes to countries like India,

who spend hundreds of millions on space-exploration programmes.

This morning, we really want to get a sense from you on what you think.

Is foreign aid the right thing to do, or should

Well, we can talk now to Peter Bone, a Conservative MP who wants us

to spend less on foreign aid, and by Virendra Sharma,

a Labour MP and member for the International

Development Committee, who maintains the budget

Why should it be ring fenced? It is important that we as a British

Government and people become part of the global community. Provide the

resources to those who need them, and we want them to come back into

the 21st-century with the skills and knowledge. That is what we are

hoping to which Eve. That is why we support that this aid should be ring

fenced in those areas where the people are getting the skills,

knowledge and freedom, and good governance, so they can become part

of the 21st-century world, rather than some people left behind. Peter

Bone, you disagree. I don't disagree with the sentiment, but the way it

is done is wrong. How India transformed itself, and China, was

by allowing the economy to grow and by exporting to organisations like

the EU. The fact that the EU stops developing countries' market access

is what is wrong. The solution is not handing more money out, ?12

billion this year, it is allowing countries to trade and develop that

way. The clear on what you think about the aid Budget. Should it be

ring fenced? One is, what is the right way forward? It is trade.

Then, this thing of having 0.7% of having gross national income ring

fenced. The only other areas which have seen an increase on spending is

international aid and the EU. We are cutting every other department. Why

are we cutting our services at home and making it difficult for the

health service, the police, benefits are and we are paying this extra

money abroad? A lot of it is not going on but projects, it is wasted.

Would you say zero on foreign aid? There is another problem, you have

been talking about humanitarian aid, absolutely right, and we should

respond to that with the need, not as a fixed percentage. If we need to

spend more if there is a huge crisis, we should. But we should not

dole it out to dubious countries to make the leaders of those countries

more corrupt than they are at the moment. I disagree. We are not

handing over the money. It is spent through a department, given on

projects which improve the living conditions, childbirth rate, better

education for women and girls, improving the health provision in

those areas, giving disadvantaged people who need the skills to get

into the 21st-century. Raez That would sound good, but it

is not true. We give them two a third party, who then distributes

them and we have no... We give money to the Palestinian Authority which

gives money to subsidise the families of terrorists who are in

prison. I mean that cannot be right. This sort of... Specific examples

like that. The Department for International Development says

actually there are all sorts of things out there about claims of

where the money goes and a lot them are inaccurate. The money is, I'm

reading from a statement saying the money is spent where it is most

needed and subject to rigorous checks. If you ask the Secretary of

State, she would say there are problems with this and what she says

to me a lot of the money in foreign said given through other departments

who have less control on it than they do. First the Secretary of

State, she is the most defender of that international aid. Not giving

it away on corrupt projects. She doesn't want to do that. She is

monitoring it. Everybody is monitoring it. It is monitored. Are

you question the capability and the credibility of the department?

Absolutely I am. If you think our money... Are you telling me that all

the money we spend goes to projects and none of it goes to corrupt

Government? None of it finishes up in military expenditure and none of

this money goes to India or China and or countries that don't need it.

There is a large example where the 44 plus thousand women were given

health related benefits. There were the children where the childbirth

rate was saved, thousands and thousands of children. There was 3.5

million families who were given the feed and the aid. That's all well

and good, but John on Facebook saying, "As many people say, charity

begins at home and not in other countries." The amount we are giving

into those countries is only that aid runs the country. The countries

themselves are also contributing to that. It is a partnership. But at a

time when cuts are being made here because of the level of debt, is it

not about a budget that should be looked at like all others? It is the

Government's own policy failure that they cannot balance it. Their own

attitude on these issues where they are confusing the people. You would

rather spend money abroad than on supporting people back at home. No,

you have to accept that. No, you can't. Peter... We can still spend

the money. We have the resources... No. Look, your introduction made it

quite clear that actually we are not funding this. We are borrowing more

money to fund T we are not taking it from taxpayers, we are borrowing

more money. It will be our children who are paying it off. It is

fundamentally wrong. We pay twice as much as France in international aid.

We are doing sticking plaster stuff. We are not dealing with the

important factor of allowing trade. I want to put a specific argument to

you from the Department of International development saying the

money is spent in the national interests, it helps create a more

stable and prosperous world in which the UK can stand tall and flourish

causing the root causes of the migration crisis and improving the

economic prospects in fragile states and building trading partners and

reduce the threat to the UK from Ebola in West Africa. Would you

agree there is an element, however you want to quantify of it of self

interest in helping the countries? Well, I do think it is wrong, if

what we are saying is, we're dolling out money to have some sort of soft

power for British interests. Some sort colonial rule... But if it is

in the national interests? It is not in the national interests what they

are doing. Things like Ebola, humanitarian crisis circumstances of

course, we should deal z do it. They have not addressed in that

statement, opening up the European Union market so the countries can

trade, the countries can become prosperous and they become developed

countries. It is completely ignoring the proper argument that it is

trade, not aid that solves poverty. If you want to get rid of poverty,

open up the European Union. We will wrap up with a couple more comments

from viewers. Mark says, "It is time to cut aid and target it better."

Grace says, "It is important that UK aid should be managed, it should be

increased, not reduced. Innocent human beings are living and dying

without clean water, food, education and so much more. They are suffering

more than anyone in the UK." Thank you for discussing that withes and

thank you for your comments and we will be tacking about it later on

the programme. Keep your comments coming in and we will try to bring

your comments into our debate later. Coming up, victims

of the hacking scandal say they feel betrayed

by the Prime Minister, and accuse him of

breaking his promises. We ask one man whose phone

was hacked after he was caught up in the 7/7 attacks

why he feels let down. All this week we're hearing

from some of the candidates standing Our political guru Norman Smith has

taken Labour's Sadiq Khan and Conservative's Zac Goldsmith

for a spin in his cab and today he's You are in the back of the cab

today. Not driving. Is he driving? I'm in the... I'm glad to say those

pedestrians and cyclists, you are safe today! I'm not driving! I'm in

the back of the cab today and joining me is Peter Whittle, the

Ukip mayoral candidate for London. Peter, you are a South London boy

from Peckham. We will ask you London questions in a bit, but let's start

off with what is your big thing. You say if you become mayor, you will

get a grip of immigration. But how are you going to do that The thing

is the two, in your own poll last week at the BBC, the two biggest

concerns for London he weres housing quite rightly and immigration. All

I'm saying which the other candidates are not, these two are

linked. It is common sense and most people can see that. So what I would

do and what I think the mayor has got an obligation to do is to put

that case to Government and say look, you know, we have to have a

proper fair controlled migration system in order to get a long-term

handle on the housing situation. Is there anything you as mayor could

actually do or is it just talk? No, if you remember Boris when he was

mayor said, he is still mayor, but he said there should be a full

amnesty for illegal migrants. The mayor is in a position of

extraordinary influence and if the mayor doesn't do that, who does?

London's economy, as you know, is built on immigration and a lot of

immigrants, probably are here illegally, cleaning the streets,

working in care homes, working in kitchens. Would you say they must

go? We have to get rid of them or would you say no, let's give them an

amnesty? I don't believe in an amnesty at all. It sends out the

wrong message. It works in migrants disfavour because it encourages

people-trafficking. I think it is the wrong way to go. I think the

fact is London is a great booming city, but it has got amazing strains

now on all of its infrastructure. Its housing, its transport, its

social services and the fact is, all we're saying is there has got to be

for the country and indeed for London, a fair, but controlled

immigration system. Let's talk about housing. You say you want to give

priority to Londoners in terms of housing? Yes. Who is a Londoner?

Well, what we have worked out, London is a modern city, you know,

and there is always going to be a transittry element to a place like

London. In terms of social housing, if you have been in London for five

years, we think that's a reasonable time that you should then have

priority when it comes to housing. Social housing. What happens to

someone born and brought up in London, maybe gone away for a few

years and come back. They go to the back of the queue again? They would

say they are Londoners? Exactly, but you have to make a move on this. I

mean in the sense that obviously there are different cases such as

that, but there is a lot of worry about the fact that people who are

have been in London for a while, people have been put down roots,

somehow or other don't get a fair say. That is a very divisive policy

because it is saying to some people in London, OK, you are a true

Londoner, you're not quite a Londoner and you are not a Londoner.

Isn't that what it amounts to? No, I don't accept it at all. Say five

years, if you have been living in a place or and put down certain roots

for five years, I think that's a very reasonable time in which to

have priority. OK. A lot of controversy about the Panama Papers

and off-shore funds buying up property in London. Vast amounts of

property driving up prices. What would you do about that? Would you

say you can only by a London property if you are a UK taxpayer?

No, I don't say that, that's unrealistic. I think the problem,

the main problem is that when people buy up property, but then leave it

empty and that squeezes the whole market. That's what off-shore funds

do? Exactly. We would penalise this further by not just putting the

useful council tax on it, but doubling council tax on things that

remained empty for two years. That's a fair point. We have got to do

quick London questions, you use the Tube, you probably got off at

Westminster. OK. What's next welcome, St James' park, Victoria?

Westminster, St James' Park, Victoria, Sloane Square. Very good.

You're shopping in Oxford Street. I'm going to give you three out of

the four department stores, John Lewis, Debenhams, Selfridges DH

Evans. Football fan? I was always the fat kid at school! This is a

half television question. You remember Til Death Us Depart. Who

did he support? West Ham. Who said if you're tired of London, you're

tired of life? Dr Johnson. Very good. Thank you very much, Joanna,

we have given Peter a grilling. I thought it was going to turn into a

therapy question when you asked the question about football and he went

back to the school days. Anyway, good stuff, thank you.

In total 12 candidates are hoping to succeed Boris Johnson as mayor

of London in the election on 5th May.

You can find a full list of them on the BBC News site.

If you want to watch back or share Norman taking a cab

with Zac Goldsmith or Sadiq Khan you can find them on our programme

Junior doctors in England have just gone on strike again this morning

It's over a dispute with the Government over a new contract.

Our Health Correspondent Adam Brimelow is with us.

We are in a position where the Government says it will be imposing

the contract. Bring us up-to-date with how we have got here? It has

been a saga. At the heart of this is a dispute over pay and working

conditions as these can affect safety and also doctors' working

hours, really what we're looking at here is an attempt by the Government

to make it easier for hospitals to get doctors to work at weekends,

make it less expensive for them to do that. Junior doctors say look,

they are already working at weekends and the changes in the contract

would have the effect of really making them work too hard which

could affect their judgement, make them too tired and that can knock on

in terms of patient safety. So, really, there have been lots of

issues surrounding this contract, but it is really got stuck on thish

uof premium pay on Saturday. The doctors, if you like, arguing to

keep Saturday special. They want the premium rates. The Government made

some concessions on that, but clearly, not enough in terms of the

BMA stance after really years of negotiation, the Government lost

patience. It says it will impose the contract later this year and we have

reached a real impasse. So four strikes so far. And another one

planned, 26th, 27th April is the next date? Yeah and that really

takes it into new territory because the junior doctors will extend their

action into A, to emergency surgery and intensive care, that's

something that never happened before in the NHS. It doesn't mean those

services are going to stop because hospitals will bring in more

consultants and other healthcare staff to keep the show on the road

in those areas and every effort will be made to ensure patients are safe,

but there will be a knock on effect particularly for knee and hip

operations and cataract procedures, much bigger disruption probably than

we have seen so far and that's worrying at a time for the NHS when

it is already working at or beyond full stretch. This dispute, remember

is just about England, it is not happening in other parts of the UK.

What is going on to try to to resolve this? What would it take?

Unfortunately, we seem to have reached a point where the two sides

haven't reached a point over what they disagree about. We have got a

break down in trust. We have got patients group and doctors groups

saying they need to step back from the brink. There have been calls for

the BMA ka 20 to call off the strike action. The atmosphere is so bad,

further industrial action seems likely. Two points that could affect

things in the coming weeks, public opinion, so far, it has been pretty

strongly behind the junior doctors. Will that remain the case as the

dispute intensifies and there is further disruption? And then, we

have got the attitude of junior doctors themselves. They have been

out four times now. The dispute is due to escalate, will support for

this dispute from the junior doctors themselves continue to sustain the

momentum? Or will some of them decide the battle has been going on

for too long, that's what the Government would like to see.

Thank you, Adam. Now let's catch up with the weather. Nick Miller has

the details. people who need the skills to get

into the 21st-century. It is feeling more like winter. The

lower temperatures adding to the colder feel.

Some sunshine, but the showers could have hailed from the associated with

them. Very gusty wind. The gusts will be approaching 60 miles an

hour. That is adding in the chill we have talked about.

Out of the wind, if you have a bit of sunshine in between the showers,

it may not feel too bad. But it is cold overnight, further showers

around. The bigger batch of showers heading south to stop the day, then

sunshine and scattered showers for the afternoon, driven along on a

brisk north-westerly wind. With the wind, it will feel colder than this.

The unsettled theme will continue on Friday and into the weekend.

Hello, welcome to the programme if you've just joined us.

Junior doctors begin another 48-hour strike,

their fourth walkout in their long-running

Hailed a hero in Iraq, the youngest-ever soldier to receive

the George Medal tells this programme he feels

He suffers from PTSD and now sleeps in his car.

I didn't think it would affect me because it didn't feel

reality at the time, and obviously after a year it sinks

in and your depression kicks in and your drinking,

but you don't realise you're changing, but other

His father says he feels cast aside. He has gone from hero to zero,

effectively. We will hear from other soldiers in

similar positions next. We're one of the world's richest

countries, but at a time of severe cuts to Government spending,

can we still afford to spend ?12 billion a year on foreign aid,

or is it time to think again? It is important that we become part

of the global community. Why are we cutting our services at home, making

it difficult for the health service, the police, benefits?

Junior doctors in England have begun another 48-hour strike,

their fourth walkout in their long-running

Although 5,000 operations have been cancelled,

The Government says the action is irresponsible

The Business Secretary Sajid Javid is calling for a responsible sales

process of the steelworks in Port Talbot as he

arrives in Mumbai to meet the boss of Tata Steel.

Mr Javid had talks in Downing Street yesterday with David Cameron

and the Wales First Minister to discuss ways of saving

Port Talbot and the other Tata-owned UK steel plants.

It's thought Tata wants to sell its loss-making plants

Mr Javid will meet the Tata chairman, and he's expected to press

for reassurances on the terms of the sale.

Donald Trump has been handed a blow after losing in Wisconsin. His main

rival Ted Cruz easily won, making it harder for the businessman to win

the Republican race at right. Donald Trump said the party leadership was

trying to steal the nomination from him.

The new president of Fifa, Gianni Infantino, is the latest

prominent name to be linked with the leaking of financial

When he worked at European football's governing body Uefa,

he was a cosignatory to a contract for the sale of television rights

in 2006 with two businessmen who have since been indicted

Mr Infantino and Uefa say they've done nothing wrong.

Iceland's coalition government has suggested it could seek early

elections amid continuing anger a day after the prime

Sigmundur Gunnlaugsson, whose involvement with an offshore

company was revealed by the Panama Papers,

has denied that he resigned, saying he's handed over

to his deputy for an unspecified period.

A former soldier who became one of the youngest people ever

to receive the George Medal for heroic actions in Iraq tells

this programme he's now effectively homeless and living in his car.

At 11:30am, I will talk about offshore tax havens on the BBC News

Channel. A former soldier who became one

of the youngest people ever to receive the George Medal

for heroic actions in Iraq tells this programme he's now effectively

homeless and living in his car. As a result of his experiences

in Iraq, Daniel Smith, who's now 31, has post-traumatic stress disorder

and says he feels I don't appreciate being dumped to

one side. I have been cast aside. David Cameron is being accused

of breaking his promises In an open letter published

in the Guardian, a number of people affected by the phone-hacking

scandal say they feel betrayed. A key part of the Royal Charter

agreement on press regulation has been approved by Parliament,

but has not yet come into law, after a Government decision

to postpone it. Gerry McCann, the father

of missing Madeline McCann, signed the letter and says little

has changed since the recommendations were put forward

by the Leveson Inquiry. All dogs over eight weeks old must

be fitted with identifying A law which has been operating

in Northern Ireland since 2012 now applies in England,

Scotland and Wales. Owners who fail to comply could be

fined ?500 but the Government estimates more than a million dogs

have yet to be chipped. That's a summary of

the latest BBC News. Do get in touch with us

throughout the morning. Lots of you getting in touch about

foreign aid. Fiona says, it should be stopped or cut, the Tories

promised transparency. Stuart says, if you can afford a space programme,

you don't need a hand-out. Tristan says, should we continue this? Yes,

we have a duty to help those worst off than ourselves. Keep on letting

us know what you think. We will talk to some of you on air.

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

Jessica's back with the sport now, and a look ahead to Anthony Joshua's

heavyweight world title fight this weekend.

British heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua goes for the IBF

world title when he takes on Charles Martin on Saturday,

in what will be his toughest fight to date.

Joshua is yet to lose as a professional, and all of his

wins have been by knockout, but critics have said it might be

a step too soon for Joshua, with only 15 bouts under his belt.

Olympic boxing champion from 2000 Audley Harrison joins me.

Initially, I thought it would be a step too far, not because of who he

is facing, but because of what it means if he wins, he will be on the

level of Wladimir Klitschko and some of those experienced guys. But it is

such a great opportunity to challenge for the world title

against Charles Martin, who is a new champion, young, undefeated and

hungry. This is a great opportunity for Anthony Joshua to become the

world champion. You have some great insight into Charles Martin, what is

he like as a fighter? He is here in California. He does not have the

amateur pedigree, he did not come through that programme, but he is a

rugged southpaw, six foot five, a good project, a counterpuncher, so

he thinks about what he is doing. Anthony Joshua's strength is

unrivalled in terms of heavyweights coming up. Look at George Foreman,

Frank Bruno, they had a brutish strength, it is hard to keep them

off. I will be intrigued to see what Charles Martin does to keep Anthony

Joshua away from him. The atmosphere will be incredible, 20,000 people

cheering his name. Charles Martin is coming into the Lions' down. All of

the cards are pointing towards Anthony Joshua becoming champion of

the world. What have you made of his career? The winning Olympic gold, he

has done very well, 15 fights and 15 knockouts. He has not put a foot

wrong. He is living the life, training, focused on his boxing,

every guy they have given him he has dispatched. His last guy was a step

up, it was a great fight, and he came through. This is another step

up. If he wins this fight, there are so many big fights out there, all of

the sudden the division is so exciting, not just in Britain but

around the world, which is what heavyweight boxing has needed.

Rubbermaid fridge go losing to Tyson Fury has opened the door, we have

some mouthwatering fights on the table. Boxing fans will enjoy that

on Saturday, a big match, heavyweight world title between

Anthony Joshua and Charles Martin. That is all the sport for now.

One of the youngest-ever soldiers to receive the George Medal

for bravery after serving in Iraq has told this programme he feels

abandoned by the army and is now effectively homeless and living

Fusilier Daniel Smith was 20 when he risked his life twice

in the space of a few days by trying to rescue colleagues who'd been

As a result of what he saw in Iraq he now has Post-Traumatic Stress

Disorder and says the support he's had from the armed

I don't think there was much help, back then, because...

Like now, PTSD is recognised now, but then it was not

It was more like, pick yourself up and go.

So you do what you do and complain while you're there.

At the time I got blown up, I did not think it would affect me.

It did not feel reality, at the time.

A year later, it kind of sinks in, depression kicks in,

you're drinking, and you don't realise you're changing,

I haven't changed, you're the one that has

The charity Combat Stress says it's seen a 28% increase in former

members of the armed forces seeking mental-health support over

the last year, that's treble what they saw the year before.

Paul Fisher served in Afghanistan and was injured in an IED

Zoe says, are used to treat in a homeless clinic, the amount of

ex-soldiers was common. John says, I was injured in an IRA bombing and I

still suffer. David says, it took 28 years for my disorder to be

diagnosed, even with obvious signs, I ended up going off the rails.

Paul Fisher served in Afghanistan and was injured in an IED

He has Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder.

Jay Wheeler served in the army for 15 years, including Afghanistan,

where he saw his friend killed in a Taliban ambush.

And Professor Neil Greenburg is a former MoD psychiatrist,

who's now a specialist in PTSD at Kings College London.

You 30, what would your experiences in the army and what happened? I

served nine years, I joined in 2006, I went to Afghanistan after a long

build-up. We were deployed in October 2000 and nine. The first

incident for me was a blue on blue incident in our patrol base in

December 2000 and nine. That is friendly fire? Yes, two Apaches. A

big breakdown of communication, what they thought was the enemy was our

patrol base, it injured 11 people and killed one in the space of a few

minutes. Quite chaotic. And traumatic? How did you respond? You

do what you need to do and crack on with the job. Above and beyond what

they should have done. In a few weeks later, I got injured in an IED

attack, and I got sent home. I spent ten days in Selly Oak with a

shattered jaw and a back injury. A few months later, I started the PTSD

symptoms, the anger, the low moods. I tried going back to work, for if

you years, trying to crack on with my career and forget about it all.

In denial more than anything. You say the symptoms were coming

through. Had you been warned to look out for them? Did you know what was

happening to you? Not at all, no. It is just looking back? Yeah, looking

back you can see them now, but at the time, it is not something that

was apparent to myself. It may have been to one or two people that

didn't really mention it, but I think in the end it was my old

company commander that noticed it and put me in touch with the medical

officer. So what kind of support did you get then? I started receiving

treatment from RAF Lucas at the department for community mental

health. I weren't a big believer at first. I didn't sort of believe what

was happening. I mean the CBT sessions... Cognitive behavioural

therapy. It just seemed a lot of talking and lot a lot of action. It

didn't seem like, I just felt I was just wasting time there. You are

used to being active and this was about focussing on yourself?

Focussing on my thoughts and things. I don't like people to think that

there is something wrong or that I'm struggling so I found it quite hard

to let it out that I was struggling. I think about ten appointments later

I didn't really feel I wanted to carry on with that sort of

treatment. It was only when I moved to Pontefract doing recruiting that

I started seeking further treatment at Catterick which when I felt I

really benefited support wise. And where you are today, how are you

today? What is your life today? Just a househusband basically. A wife and

two kids who adore. It is just nice to spend a lot of time with them. I

am unemployed, but I am looking for work, but with the PTSD it is

difficult. Is it through choice? It is struggling to find a job, not

just any job, but a job that I can do without putting the added stress

and flaring up the symptoms of PTSD. Jay, you served in the Army for 15

years. You were diagnosed with most traumatic stress disorder after you

saw a young man serving alongside you, a 21-year-old man killed. That

turned out actually to be your last active tour of duty. Yes, it was.

Tell us what happened. I did the 15 years. I did several tours in Kosovo

and several tours in Iraq and I went out to Afghanistan in 2010,

2009/2010. And Afghanistan, out of all the operational tours I had

done, Afghanistan was the more... Chaotic. Sorry. Chaotic. There was a

lot more going on. The Taliban was constantly engaging us on a daily

basis with small arms fire and RPGs and nearly every day there was an

IED going off. I have seen civilian people get killed and our own boys

and girls and yeah, my friend Gunner Zac who was 21 and he lost his life

out there and that was, I had never really experienced so much kind of

hate and so much death in one place at one time. I came home from

Afghanistan and within six months of being home, I started to become

confrontational with people. I was very angry. I was feeling a lot of

guilt as well. Guilt because you got to leave? I got to leave. I got to

come back home, you know. Like Zac, he said goodbye to his family and

that was it, you know. And the next time they saw him was when he came

home in a coffin. So yeah, you know, I would be at home and I would be

watching the news or something like that and every day it was like

soldiers getting killed on a daily basis and it just frustrated me and

I was getting angry and more upset with the Government and things like

that and... You then effectively tried to shut yourself away from the

world, didn't you? That's exactly what I did. I started living on the

couch. I live on my own in an apartment in Liverpool. Started

living on the couch. I started hoarding rubbish. And I'm not

embarrassed to say at all, but I was hoarding rubbish and I was hoarding

bottles of urine to this day I don't know why I was doing it, but I was

living in a really, really bad way and literally eight months ago, I

was burgled. Now, I got burgled and the police came and the police saw

how I was living. They got in touch with military charity. And they got

on board and came to see me and they have been supporting me ever since

really. So that, the burglary turned out to be the first step towards you

actually getting help? Yeah, most definitely. I kind of said, as a

joke to the police, you know, when the guy had burgled my apartment, he

could have at least taken some of the rubbish out of here, you know.

But yeah, the turn around, the positive that came from it is very

much needed. I mean, when I was, I had been diagnosed with PTSD and

BPD, border line personality disorder and depression and when I

was and I think I did a total of five suicide attempts because I had

given up on myself and I had given up on life in general. What were you

like before you went into the Army? I think I was a very upbeat guy and

very physical. I loved my fitness and I loved interacting with people

and the Army just enabled me to achieve a lot of good things in my

life. I won several awards and come men tations and stuff and I really

enjoyed -- commendations and stuff and I really enjoyed it, but it is

when I came home and I went through the process of having a breakdown, I

saw a lot of people leave my life who I thought were friends. They had

gone and it just became a lonely, lonely place. And then I got

admitted to my second psychiatric hospital and it was whilst I was in

there in City Academy broadoak Unit in Liverpool, they encouraged me to

take up art as therapy. And that made a big difference. Yes. I want

to bring in a viewer who got in touch while watching us this

morning. Charles, served in Afghanistan and was discharged in

2013. He has got post post-traumatic stress disorder and he was crying

when watching our interview earlier with Daniel Smith. Charles, thank

you for getting in touch. What you saw obviously with Daniel, what

Daniel was saying hit home with you. Tell us why? Actually the story of

Daniel just, it hit me so hard because putting myself in Daniel's

situation, it is very, very hard for some of us, you know. Having been

diagnosed for PTSD and you left the Army. The Army is willing to let you

go and there is no support, you know, and you feel the sense you

become so angry with the Government because like there is a lot of

things I that could have been done for so many of us. Daniel is

sleeping in his car, it shouldn't happened. He sacrificed a lot for

the country and even getting an ache is now sleeping in his car and it is

something that shouldn't have happened. I was discharged in 2013

for having PTSD and last year I went to the Combat Stress at Leatherhead,

I was there for two weeks and I was expected to go in this year around

June for another six weeks intensive, you know. So it is very,

very difficult and I think that it is high time some of us come

together and we sort of get this sort of these things that are

happening in places in America where we have a Government department

which deals with issues with veterans. So I think it would be

well appreciated if a lot of things can be done for us that are

suffering from PTSD because it is a serious issue that needs to be, you

know, that needs proper looking into. Tell us what happened to you,

Charles? What led to the post-traumatic stress disorder?

Basically with my post traumatic stress disorder. I was an undercover

soldier for Catterick. I passed out from training. I went through a lot

in Catterick for that undercover soldier in 2008. I went on and I

joined my unit at Chepstow in Wales and then from there I deployed to

Afghanistan, you know, so the whole thing was just there and the very

week that I got to Afghanistan, because I was based in Sangin, the

very week I got there, I experienced this explosion on the patrol and a

whole lot of things. Sangin was riddled with IEDs and all sorts of

things. When we came back from the tour in 2009, I started discovering

changes in my life which were taking into alcohol and I became

aggressive, you know. So those were the things that happened to me. I

want to bring, thank you Charles, I want to bring in Professor Neil

Greenberg. Neil, these three men and Daniel who we heard from earlier,

are these pretty typical stories? Good morning. So I think that it is

definitely true that the sort of stories that you've shown on the

show this morning are generally quite typical. I think that one of

the biggest challenges and all the speakers have mentioned is the

actual going to get help in the first place. So we know that in the

Armed Forces for people who are still serving, somewhere between

four and 7% of military personnel are likely to suffer with PTSD and

that figure probably rises somewhere between 7% and 13% for people who

have left the Armed Forces. The biggest challenge is once you have

left, is where you go and get help? And I guess one of the things that

saddens me quite a bit that I've heard from the stories is that

whilst I agree it is not always easy to get help, there is an awful lot

of help out there. One of the speakers mentioned Combat Stress, it

provides care and support and treatment for people suffering from

mental health problems who are suffering in the military, but there

is a range of other charities and the National Health Service. So

certainly within England and similarly excellent projects in

Scotland and Wales, the NHS have set-up veterans' services that aim

to appeal to veterans so people in the NHS services speak the same sort

of language. They understand what military personnel go through and

they can provide a range of treatments and refer people on.

Clearly, sorry, clearly, there are men out there who do feel abandoned

because they are finding it very difficult to pick up the piece of

their lives having served and are finding it very difficult to go on

in some cases, thinking that they can't actually see a future. What

can be done to help them? Well, I think probably the most important

thing and this programme is part of it is encouraging them to take the

first step to go and get some help. Whilst it is not always easy to get

an appointment with your GP, go and sit down with your GP. You are

entitled to a GP to listen to what has gone on. Should the MoD play

more of a role? Because once they leave the MoD then the

responsibility for care switches elsewhere, do you think that that is

something that could be looked at? Well, I think one of the

difficulties there and I agree obviously the MoD in some senses

caused the problems so it is easy to say they should try and fix it, but

the whole of the MoD's mental health services are aimed towards getting

people ready to go on operations. The treatments they provide are ones

that are aiming to get you fit so you can go and deploy again

somewhere. Many of the people that you've interviewed today talk about

having a much more long-standing problem. These people are never

going to be able to stay within military service because they are

not going to be able to get fit enough to go back out to Iraq or

Afghanistan or similar places. So the MoD's treatments are really all

aimed towards getting you well. The charities and the National Health

Service understand that some people don't get better. At least, not to

the state that they are ready to deploy operationally again and so

the care that they provide and there is lots of charities like Walking

With The Wounded and Combat Stress and the National Health Service and

many others, all aim to provide people with care that gets them well

so they can have a good civilian life. And I think the MoD, whilst it

is nice to think they should provide the treatment, that's not their

primary expertise. Their expertise is getting people fit enough to

deploy again. Thank you very much. Thanks to all of you for joining us.

Graham tweeted, "Talking about post-traumatic stress disorder,

brilliant about time." Another viewer says, "Great segment on

post-traumatic stress disorder. Brave of them to speak out." Sharon

says, "The MoD must take full responsibility for resettlement of

military personnel and they must be given priority for health and

housing." An MoD spokesperson told us

that it couldn't comment on individual cases,

but it said, "We provide a wide range of support both

during and after military service, including the Career

Transition Partnership scheme, which helps individuals transition

into civilian life. Veterans are eligible

for resettlement support and priority NHS treatment

for conditions linked Still to come, the Government

needs to save money, Victims of the hacking scandal

claimed the Prime Minister has broken their promises. We asked one

man why he feels let down. The Government needs to save money,

so where should the axe fall? Foreign aid along with health

and defence are protected from cuts, With the news, here's Maxine

in the BBC Newsroom. Junior doctors in England have begun

another 48-hour strike, their fourth walkout

in their long-running Although 5,000 operations

have been cancelled, The Government says

the action is irresponsible The Business Secretary Sajid Javid

is calling for a responsible sales process of the steelworks

in Port Talbot as he arrives in Mumbai to meet

the boss of Tata Steel. It's thought Tata wants

to sell its loss-making plants Mr Javid is expected to press

the Tata chairman for reassurances The Chancellor says the Government

is doing all it can to help. It is a difficult situation for the

and their families, that is why we are doing everything we can to help

that business in South Wales and steel mills across the country, that

is why the Business Secretary has gone to India to talk to the

management of Tata to make sure there is a long-term future for this

vital industry. What is the most that we can expect

to get from today's meetings? I am standing in front of the

building, the headquarters of the Tata group, where the meeting will

be held. I have spoken to Tata, they have sent out an assurance that the

process of the sale will be transparent and thorough. The

Business Secretary will hope for an agreement that whatever deal it

strikes to sell off its UK operations, it will not result in

mass job losses. Tata employs 15,000 workers in the UK. Tata have said it

is not about how good or bad deal is, for them what is essential is to

cut the financial losses of their steel operations in the UK. They

have suffered losses of ?1 million every day for the last year. They

want this process to happen quickly, although they have not set a time

frame. I suspect one of the things that the Business Secretary will

want to know is how long Tata can afford to continue its operations

while we wait to find a buyer. Yesterday, the Business Secretary

met with union leaders, they have sent a message for the Tata

chairman, they expect the sale to be responsible. He also met with a

potential buyer, the Chief Executive of a commodities firm, he says he

things he might be interested in buying the steel business in the UK.

Whatever discussions he had yesterday, that will be one of the

things that they are likely to discuss in the meeting held here

today. Donald Trump's campaign has been

dealt a blow after losing a vote in the key American state of Wisconsin.

His main rival Ted Cruz easily won, making it harder for the businessmen

to win the Republican race and quite. Concert the party's

leadership was trying to steal the nomination from him.

Iceland's Government has suggested it could seek early elections a day

after the Prime Minister stepped aside. His involvement with an

offshore company was revealed by the Panama papers. He has done I'd that

he has resigned, he says he has handed over to his deputy for an

unspecified period. Join me for BBC

Newsroom live at 11am. Jessica's here with the sport now,

and more on Rangers' return Rangers are back in the top flight

of Scottish football Our Scottish football reporter

Chris McLaughlin joins me now, and can explain a bit more

about their remarkable journey. It has been an incredible journey.

An incredible four years. In 2012, after years of mismanagement, one of

British football's biggest clubs faced financial meltdown,

administration led to liquidation, a new club was formed, a new company

was formed to take the club forward, the Scottish footballing authorities

forced them to start life again in the bottom of Scottish football.

They have been slowly working their way up since 2012, we have had

boardroom battles behind the scenes, courtroom battles, which are still

ongoing, but last night that came to a climax, because they have secured

their place back in the top flight of Scottish football. The Big

Questions now is, when the party dies down, can they compete with

Celtic next season? The fans hope so, the players are determined that

they want to challenge for honours next season. We'll get a taste of

it, because Rangers play Celtic at Hampden Park in the cup a week on

Sunday. The old firm derby is back. That is

all be sport for this morning. Let's talk to Stephen Kinnock about

Tata. A potential buyer is stepping into the frame, how are you feeling

about the situation? The proposals are very interesting, but I also

think it is important that we don't jump in. The Government is in a

total shambles over this. The risk is there will be a panic and they

will want to go with the first buyer that comes. There is another

interesting opportunity which could be a management buyout. If the right

financial backing can be found, that is worth looking at as well. But I

will be meeting with Mr Gupta soon, and I am looking forward to hearing

his proposal. How much time is there to play with? Tata have not been

clear on how long they are prepared to give this, it is costing them

money everyday. It is great that the Business Secretary has found his way

to Mumbai. What he needs to come home with its clarity from Tata as

to how long they see this process taking. We need the Government to

give as much support as they can, to give the process as much time as

possible. We have to have a realistic time frame. You have been

to Mumbai, you have had talks, you could not get a straight answer? We

went out to try to get them to back the turnaround plan. It became

obvious they were not going to do that. What we pushed for was clarity

on how long it would take. They said it depends on the kind of support

they get from the Government. The ball is in the Government's court,

they have been asleep on the wheel for the last four or five years,

they finally seem to be waking up, let's hope it is not too late.

Victims of press intrusion have accused David Cameron

In a letter to the Prime Minister, campaigners say that the failure

to implement a key part of the Royal Charter agreed after

the Leveson Inquiry is a betrayal of the public and Parliament.

Gerry McCann, the father of missing Madeline McCann,

is one of the signatories to the letter.

We don't see any front-page apologies for people

who have had stories misrepresented, or libel.

Supposedly Ipso have teeth, but they don't use them.

We really need proper independent self-regulation.

And if proper independent self-regulation doesn't come

into force, Leveson was also clear than what we should be moving

Personally, I have made this clear in the past, Leveson's

recommendations were the minimum I would be happy with.

And if they aren't met, then it has been a waste of time and money,

many victims have put themselves through the mill to go

and give evidence at that inquiry all over again.

A survivor of the 7/7 London bombings, Paul Dadge,

Do you feel let down? Absolutely. We have been let down. I have been

involved in this campaign for as long as he has. We have been made

numerous promises, and they have not been kept. What do you want to

happen that has not happened? There are two things, that the cost

incentives that were agreed our port into force, which would allow access

to justice for members of the public. Members of the public who do

not have the money to take newspapers to court. It is important

to state that this has been brought into place because newspapers have

not joined a Leveson Report line regulator. If they had, they would

not have been forced down this element of cost incentives. Ipso say

they have more powers than the commission, they say there is a

chairman of unimpeachable independence, a board and a

committee with a lay majority and a faster complaints process that has

resulted in eight front-page corrections in the last year, which

was unheard of under the previous regime. As has just been said, the

direction of apologies is something that is not in place. We are not

seeing complaints and apologies getting the forefront that they

deserve. I went to the offices of Ipso the day it launched, which was

in the offices of the PCC, with the blue tacked Ipso signed up over the

PCC, which is quite telling. Tell us the impact of the hacking on you,

because you have got heavily involved in everything since then.

What impact did it have on you? I was always somebody that would talk

to the press in the aftermath of Tata, and I felt I had lost control

of the information I was giving. There was pressure put on myself as

well as the video, in a photograph with me, to talk to the press. I was

once strolled that journalists would be fired unless they were able to

set up a meeting between me and her. I think that was true, and

journalists are under pressure to deliver stories. For me, that put me

under emotional stress. When the phone hacking came to fruition, I

felt I had lost control of the information I was giving to the

press. David Cameron has further clarified

his position on his tax affairs. A fourth statement by David

Cameron's team. If you remember dressing down on a balloon and

another bit would bulge, that is what seems to be happening as number

ten try to grip this story. You wind back 24 hours, the word from number

ten was, this is a private matter. In the afternoon, we had David

Cameron say, I don't benefit from any offshore funds or investment,

and everybody thought, what about your family? In the evening, there

was another statement to say that neither Mr Cameron nor Samantha

Cameron nor the children benefited from offshore funds. Overnight,

everybody thought, what about in the future or in the past? So, Downing

Street have issued a fourth statement. They say, there are no

offshore trusts or funds... The critical bit is in the future.

What they don't address and have not addressed so far is, what about the

past? Have the family in any way benefited from his late father's

investment fund? The questions are spreading. George Osborne was

challenged whether he had benefited from an offshore fund.

We are having a technical gremlin. He took a body swerve, he did not

really addressed the question beyond saying that all his financial

arrangements were in the register of members' interest, he was asked

again, and he got out of screen pretty quickly. Number ten are

deeply wounded by this, and they want to close it down as quickly as

possible, because having pictures of the PM in the papers alongside

pictures of wealthy tax avoidance, the likes of President Assad,

Vladimir Putin, that is absolutely not what they want. But I am afraid

the questions still keep coming. The instant messaging service

Whatsapp says it will now encrypt all communication made on the app

in a bid to keep messages private. It follows a row over an encrypted

iPhone between Apple and the FBI. Technology reporter Chris Foxx

is here to explain more. Tell us more about why whales app

will be doing this? They are saying they are doing this to give people

their privacy. This is called enter ending encryption. Let me show a

diagram of how this works. You have your message on your computer or

your phone, but it travels across the internet. It can go through

various hands, your internet service provider, the message service, like

whatsapp and it could be intercepted as it goes to your recipient. As

soon as a message leaves your phone, it is scramble and it isn't

descripted until it receives at the other end. So no one is intercept it

and if they do, they will get a load of nonsense. Why are they doing

this? The leak by Edward Snowden showed how much Government agencies

were spying on what people do. With end to end encryption they don't do

that. They can't log every message you isn't because it is scrambled

along the way. People who advocate for privacy say it is a great thing.

There is the risk if someone can unlock your phone, they can read

your messages and that's what happened in the FBI and Apple case.

The FBI have managed to unlock that particular iPhone so they can read

the messages that are on there. If whatsapp is doing this, how many

other unencrypted services that might decide the same? Text

messaging is unencrypted, but there are other messaging apps, more niche

apps, whatsapp has one billion users. There are things like

Telegram which has been used by Islamic State to exchange messages.

That's already encrypted and BlackBerry messenger has an version

that's encrypted and people are steering towards this now that all

communications will be and on whatsapp, voice calls and picture

messages, all is scrambled until it gets to the other end. Interesting,

thank you very much, Chris. This morning you've been telling us

what you think about the amount Andrew e-mailed to say, "It seems

perverse that we are spending millions of pound of aid to India

when they are a country with a nuclear and a space programme, but

an Indian owned charity is threatening thousands of UK mostly

Welsh jobs. Spend the money on Welsh charities instead." Ken says, "It is

obscene the UK is spending ?12 billion on overseas aid particularly

when the state of the UK is hovering on becoming a third world country.

There is an odd adage about such funds being sent to such a country