26/05/2016 Victoria Derbyshire

Hello, it's nine o'clock, I'm Norman Smith,

Could Government plans to cut Tata steel pension benefits to help

save jobs have damaging implications for workers in other sectors?

We'll look at the proposals and what they could mean.

It's ten months since Victoria was diagnosed with breast cancer.

Yesterday, she had her final radiotherapy session,

and in her latest video diary that she has been keeping for this

programme, she explained what that meant.

30 sessions, five days a week, for the last six weeks.

Oh gosh, I'm just so happy, I am actually happy,

We'll have Victoria's full diary, through to the end of her

radiotherapy treatment, coming up shortly.

And we'll be talking to the top Facebook executive and mum of four

Nicola Mendelsohn on why more women should be helped

And if you have any comments you'd like us to put

The company claims billions could be added to the economy

if more women were given help to set up businesses.

But in a week where the social networking giant had to climb down

over refusing to run an advert of a plus-sized model,

how do they plan to empower women into start-ups?

Do get in touch on all the stories we're talking about this morning -

use the hashtag Victoria LIVE and If you text, you will be charged

The Government's being warned that its latest effort to try

and save Tata Steel's UK operations could take ministers

Ministers are considering making changing to pensions

rules, as it is believed that the pension deficit -

which is almost ?500 million - has been deterring

Critics fear it could set a worrying precedent

which could have an impact on other workers.

Selling Tata Steel's lossmaking interests in Britain and protecting

10,000 British steelworkers' jobs was never going to be easy.

Workers took their fight to Westminster yesterday,

as the Business Secretary, Sajid Javid, and Welsh First

Minister, Carwyn Jones, met with Tata executives in Mumbai

to find out what the UK can do to help.

The ?15 billion pension scheme, with its ?500 million pension

deficit, has been a sticking point for any would-be buyers.

One option to reduce the burden would be to reduce the benefits

Later today, ministers are expected to announce a consultation

on linking the scheme's pension payments to the Consumer Price

Index, which is usually lower than the current

While this may be considered a dangerous precedent,

it is thought to be the best chance to get a sale.

We will continue to talk with them, to make sure

that they are a responsible seller and to make sure that our members,

workers, and everybody in the UK has an input in how the steel industry

Tata's British steel-making business makes huge losses,

and these proposed changes to the pension scheme reflect

the sense of urgency on all sides to resolve a crisis that

threatens the jobs of 10,000 British steelworkers.

Well, our business brain Simon Jack joins us now. Everyone wants to save

Tata Steel if possible, but how big an issue is the pension fund and

what are the chances of being able to crack that problem? This is the

old British Steel pension fund. It is one of the biggest in the UK, it

has ?15 billion of pension promises it has to pay out. It is ?500

million short of being able to fund the promises so it has been a source

of unease for Tata itself, it has been a dale breaker for any buyer,

they don't want this millstone round their neck, so the question is what

do you do about the pension snund there is a couple 06 options. It can

slide so into the Pension Protection Fund which is the lifeboat fund but

it will be a big weight in that raft. You can, the Government could

take it on, nationalise the pension, they did for Royal Mail but that was

originally a government owned enterprise, it wasn't as if we were

going from the private sector into the public sector, what else can you

do? Maybe we will hear in a few minutes, you can reduce the amount

that future benefits go up, by not the RPI but the lower CPI measure of

inflation, we think that might knock ?2.5 billion off the total liables

but it would be too much for some of the other buyers. A couple of

thoughts for that, one is how much nervousness is there that other

companies, if they get into difficulties will say right, we will

cut our Pensions Bill? Even if they do this, is that really going to be

enough to take on this company, which is losing 1 million a day? A

couple of thoughts there. Tata were in a massive hurry back in March to

get rid. They said we are haemorrhaging money, things have

changed in the steel industry. Prices have gone up a bit and the

Government is focussed on trying to improve the landscape for the

industry and they may be able do something about the fund. There is

one option, this is an inducement to say to Tata, how about hanging on to

it? What about that? If that happens and they have changed the pension

scheme, it will, you know, cue accusation of sweetheart deal in

politically sensitive industry a month before a referendum. OK, thank

you so up many. A big day for folk at Port Talbot.

In the next half hour we'll be talking to the former pensions

Do get in touch with us throughout the morning -

use the hashtag Victoria LIVE and If you text, you will be charged

Anita is in the BBC News room with a summary of the rest of the day's

news. Five migrants have died

after an overcrowded fishing vessel More than 550 people were pulled

from the sea by the Italian Navy According to officials,

rescue operations off Libya's coast have increased in recent weeks due

to calm seas and warmer weather. Workers at French nuclear power

stations are due to down tools today amid growing industrial action over

controversial labour reforms. The French Transport Minister has

confirmed that 40% of French petrol stations are now closed or running

short of fuel, after the largest union federation, CGT,

blockaded refineries and depots in a dispute over reforms

to employment law. Motorists are now panic-buying fuel

to avoid shortages. With us now is our business

correspondent Alice Baxter. Alice, morning to you, tell us more

about the impact this action is having on the public Yes, it is

huge, two weeks before the Euro 2016 football Championships come to

France and we are seeing a collision between the oldest and most powerful

of the trade unions and the Government, over these controversial

labour reforms that went through Parliament, earlier in the month,

crucially without a vote, making it easier for French companies to hire

and fire, to relax those labour laws, so today, the CGT union has

called for a one day strike across France's nuclear power plants, and

16 of the 19 plants have agreed to the strike. It is a huge problem.

75% of France's electricity comes from nuclear. We have already seen

strikes and blockades across six of France's eight oil refineries as

well, meaning the country is having to dip into its strategic oil

reserves, and as you say, that is having a huge knock on effect on

normal motorists and petrol stations, the Transport Minister

said 40% of the stations are going to endure severe shortages so we are

seeing this panic buying across the country, resulting in huge queues in

front of the station, but sadly, for the French, that is not where the

strikes are going to end. The CGT union has called for strikes across

the Paris metro from next Thursday, and also, across the trains as well.

Thank you for that. Delays in discharging patients

from hospital when they are ready to leave is costing the NHS

in England more than ?800 million a year, according

to the public spending watchdog. The National Audit Office is calling

for "radical action" to cut the number of older people on wards

who don't need to be there. The Government says it's increasing

funding to tackle the problem. Balance trusts sent more than 68

million on private providers due to staff shortages and the rising

number of emergency calls. Some trusts are spending in excess of ?10

million a year. The college of paramedics say this is down to start

shortages and a significant rise in emergency calls.

Norman will get reaction to these figures from a former NHS finance

Politicians from across the political divide are calling

for coordinated action to fight online abuse, especially

The campaign, inspired by the "Reclaim the Night" marches

of the 1970s and 80s, aims to challenge

aggressive and threatening behaviour on social media.

The idea of having Jane Austen as the face of the next Bank

of England ?10 note caused an abusive backlash on Twitter

The MP Stella Creasy was bombarded with threatening messages.

It is not for us to learn to cope with this kind of abuse.

We have to stop it because our biggest worry is all the voices

we are now starting to not hear in our debates because they are too

Drawing inspiration from the Reclaim The Night marches

of the 1970s and 80s, which demanded action

against harassment on the streets, the Reclaim The Internet campaign

aims to tackle all kinds of online Abuse - sexism, racism,

Facebook, Twitter and Wikipedia are among those

New research for today's event searched Twitter in the UK for two

It found 10,000 aggressive examples in a three-week period.

In many ways, receiving just a single one of these tweets might

be enough to frighten somebody away from a public debate or conversation

that they were quite enjoying and they were quite

We see this chilling effect as people move away from platforms

The campaign is asking people to share their experiences,

ideas and solutions to deal with this abuse, hoping to take

the power away from the bullies and give it back to everyone else.

The subject of immigration is expected to dominate campaigning

in the EU referendum debate today, as official figures are expected

to show that net migration continues to exceed the government's target.

The Remain camp are expected to say that European countries should work

together to deal with the flow of migrants across the region,

while Vote Leave will claim EU membership costs

We'll bring you those new figures at 9.30,

and tonight at eight o'clock, Victoria will be holding a TV EU

HS2 is an over-priced, gold-plated project and will fail

in many of its objectives, a group of independent

The group supports high-speed rail overall, but say HS2 is five

times more expensive than its French equivalent.

They argue that its benefits can be achieved much more cheaply,

with lower carbon emissions, and they want their analysis

Actor Johnny Depp and his wife Amber Heard are divorcing

The actress cited irreconcilable differences, and is seeking

spousal support from the Pirates Of The Caribbean star,

The pair, who do not have children together, married in

That's a summary of the latest BBC News - more at 9.30.

Watch that at eight. It will be good viewing.

Let us find out what is going on in the world of sport. What is

happening? A lot is happening. We will focus on one thing, in this

hour Norman, remember back in March the British middleweight boxing

champion Nick Blackwell, he has that blood on the skull following his

fight against Chris Eubank Junior, he was placed in an induced coma, it

was an worrying harrowing time for his family and the sport. He has

been speaking to the BBC this week about his experience. In a moment we

will hear how his attitude towards the Eubanks has changed. But first

he describes the moment he came out of his nine day coma. Obviously hard

for me, being in that circumstances it was harder for my family, and any

friends, seeing me collapse in the ring, seeing me in hospital, the way

I was even when I woke up it was horrible because the doctors told

them this could be the best he ever is, expect that, so, what they went

through, was ten times worse than what I went through. The doctors

explained to my family, the longer which in it was more positive. If I

woke up straightaway, you know, I could have probably not been sat

here talking to you right now. I didn't foe what happened. What

happened, people tried to explain to me. When you are in that situation,

it goes in one ear, out the other. I woke up feeling sorry for myself and

people round me were ten times worse off. The person next to me died, it

was horrible, you know, so I realise how lucky I was, just, I opened my

eyes and a different outlook on live now, your health is the story. You

don't realise house lucky you, we are talking now, walking, little

things like that, we take for granted.

He will never fight again, but his recovery is something to celebrate.

Chris Eubank senior was in a fight that left Michael Watson

brain-damaged and partially paralysed. He told his son to stop

hitting Blackwell in the head, but the Blackwell family were upset that

they spoke so publicly while he was still in a coma. Nick Blackwell has

disputed that anybody could have known that he was going to collapse

from an internal bleed. How has he saved my life? He did not

know I was put into a coma, because he was hitting me and it was not

affecting me. You are in debt to hurt people and get the win, he was

trying to go to the body to stop me. In the 10th round, he says, you need

to get him out of there. If I knew I was hurting him to the head, I would

keep hitting him in the head, because I want to win the fight. I

would not expecting to go into a coma. I would not think about a

press conference, but if my family and trainer wanted to, with

everybody begging you not to, I would not do it. If they wanted to

see me, they could have said, but we come and see Nick? My family and

friends would have been fine with it. But they went on social media,

looking like he wanted to see me. You do not have to do that to look

like you care. If you cared, you would come and see me. That is what

I would have done. Social media would have been the last thing I was

thinking of. Chris Eubank Jr has said he is

shocked by his comments but he has still offered to give him the belt

he won that night as a gesture of goodwill. It is a shame that what

appeared such a good news story all round with Blackwell's recovery has

turned a little bit sour. I am back with the rest of the sports

headlines in 20 minutes. Ten months after being diagnosed

with breast cancer, Victoria has She had her last radiotherapy

session yesterday. As you know, Victoria has been

keeping a series of video diaries for this programme,

to try and demistify some of the treatment

associated with breast cancer. In November, she began chemotherapy,

and over the last six weeks she's been having daily radiotherapy

sessions at St Luke's Cancer Centre at the Royal Surrey NHS County

Hospital. It is Wednesday 13th April

and I have just got back from my The actual radiotherapy bit,

the appointment, was fine. You lie on a bed, you put your arms

up, and take the top half There is a large disk above you that

angles and the radiation beams come from there and target the right hand

side of me, the right breast You can't see the beams,

they don't shoot out from this large piece of machinery,

it is not like Star Wars. The inconvenient thing

is when you consider it is an appointment every day,

five days a week for six weeks, it is an hour's round trip

because they don't do radiotherapy Hopefully one day they will

for other patients. So I have to drive

a bit to get there. So that is a bit of a pain

because it just takes out such

a chunk of the day. Anyway, at least radiotherapy has

started and it means hopefully in six weeks I can draw a line under

the media treatment. I've just got back

from the appointment. The appointment was ten minutes long

and they saw me about 15 minutes So travelling a 40-odd mile

round trip, I think it is, for a ten minute appointment, is quite

frustrating and clearly it is an issue for hundreds and

hundreds of patients. You cannot always get

treatment you need, the bespoke treatment you need, in your local

You just have to put up with it, I suppose, don't you?

I'm just squeezing in a dog walk before I

have to go off to the hospital again.

Dashed back from work, quick dog walk with Gracie,

When I finish today's radiotherapy session, I will be one

It is interesting how many people don't know what radiotherapy is,

including me until I started this course of radiotherapy.

It was recommended for me after I had my mastectomy,

My understanding is that when you remove the breast cells,

it can be very difficult to remove all the breast-cancer cells,

so radiation, radiotherapy, will kill any of those breast-cancer

cells that are still hanging around on the mastectomy site,

Possible side effects from radiotherapy include

burning of the skin, rawness of the skin,

very much helped if you keep the area moisturised,

When I asked the lovely radiographers why radiotherapy makes

you tired, they said because the radiation

is killing your cells, your body is expending a lot

of energy trying to repair the cells.

Very unusually, I am having a real wobble today.

And I am sure this is completely normal for anybody who has ever

I am thinking about, what if this cancer comes back?

Obviously I never ever want that to happen.

I never want to go through chemotherapy again ever.

I just do not want it to come back and I don't know why this

I just want this to have been a blip and I just get on with my life,

my kids' life, my partner's life, my family's future.

It's Friday afternoon, May 6th, I think.

One of the radiographers just told me I was over the halfway mark.

I haven't been counting because there are so many sessions

The therapeutic radiographers, as they are known, are utterly

charming and seeing them each day breaks up the absolute monotony

Anyway, I've got to go because I've got to pick my son up from school

It is Wednesday 18th May and I have only got five

radiotherapy sessions left, so this time next week

Although I can't quite forget everything because from then

on I will have to take a tablet everyday called tamoxifen

to try to stop the breast cancer coming back.

Some breast cancers are fuelled, stimulated, by the

What tamoxifen does is block oestrogen from attaching

There are of course side effects to tamoxifen.

Headaches, feeling dizzy, leg cramps, joint pain,

weight gain, changes in mood and concentration.

And I might be taking that, like lots of women and men,

some are actually men who have breast cancer, I might be taking

Obviously I asked what happens after ten years and

There isn't evidence to show what happens after ten years

because they haven't carried on the trials after

Not something I would normally get excited about but let me just show

I had lost all of my eyelashes and most of my eyebrows in chemo.

12 weeks, three months after my last session of chemotherapy,

OK, I am going to show you the scar from my surgery.

Last October, so seven months ago, I had a mastectomy.

The reason I want to show you is because I know some women,

and some men have mastectomies to, worry about what the area,

the skin, will look like after having a breast removed.

So bear with me one second and I will put

The reason it's mildly pink is from the radiotherapy.

Five weeks' worth of radiation can turn your skin pink or red

I've had quite a low dosage spread over a longer period of time

But I hope you will agree that is minimal.

That scar is minimal and that is because the consultants

So hopefully that wasn't too grim and slightly reassuring.

It's Wednesday 25th May and I'm done.

That was my last radiotherapy session.

30 sessions, five days a week for the last six weeks,

And hopefully that is it for cancer treatment forever,

I worked out by the way at the weekend I'd driven in total

just over 1,000 miles to this hospital and back

Not that that matters, because it doesn't matter how many it is.

If it is going to reduce your chances of breast cancer

recurring, then of course you are going to do it.

There are so many people I want to thank and most

The diligent and utterly charming radiographers who I have got to know

The brilliant oncologist who will review my treatment

Registrars, the anaesthetists, the nurses in the chemotherapy ward

The amazing surgeon who I go and see again in the summer and hopefully

he will say, "Well, logic would dictate you're cancer-free,"

but I will see what he says at my appointment in the summer.

All of those of you who got in touch and sent me uplifting and supporting

Obviously, my family and my close friends have been superb.

And I wanted to say to you right now, if you are going through cancer

treatment, or you are about to go through cancer treatment,

I am sending you all my love and strength.

On 31st July 2015, I was diagnosed with breast cancer.

One mastectomy, six sessions of chemotherapy, 30 days

of radiotherapy later, I feel like this could be a fresh

start and I know not everybody gets that opportunity.

I am completely aware of that and so I am very grateful.

It's time to crack on with the rest of my life.

I am now off to Glasgow to prepare for a TV debate on the EU

We have messages from folk, let me give you some of them. John on

Facebook says you are an inspiration es from folk, let me give you some

of them. John on Facebook says you are an inspiration to us all, Gary

"Wonder Woman Victoria, so happy for you and your family and friends." Es

from folk, let me give you some of them. John on Facebook says you are

an inspiration to us all, Gary "Wonder Woman Victoria, so happy for

you and your family and friends." "Well done Victoria. Starting my

radiotherapy shortly. Fond your diary helpful, going through chemo,

good luck." And your family and friends." "Well done Victoria.

Starting my radiotherapy shortly. Fond your diary helpful, going

through chemo, good luck." Jane "It has been inspirational." Tim, well

done you, well done for sharing this brave story with us and allowing us

to follow your journey. You have been an inspiration. Absolutely. You

can find the video diaries on the programme page.

bbc.co.uk/victoria or on bbc news' youtube page.

And tonight you can watch Victoria's TV EU referendum debate

Every year thousands of children in the UK run away from home

and police have to make a judgment about the most serious

Charities say changes to the benefit system are making it harder

for people with a disability to get behind the wheel.

We're live at Silverstone at the Motability Roadshow to find out how.

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

Cuts to pensions for British steelworkers are being considered

It's understood the ?500 million deficit is deterring

Ministers are proposing to use a different measure of inflation,

But critics fear it could set a worrying precedent

which could have an impact on other workers.

Five migrants have died after an overcrowded fishing vessel

More than 550 people were pulled from the sea by the Italian Navy

According to officials, rescue operations off Libya's coast

have increased in recent weeks due to calm seas and warmer weather.

Workers at French nuclear power stations are due to down tools today

amid growing industrial action over controversial labour reforms.

The French Transport Minister has confirmed that 40% of French petrol

stations are now closed or running short of fuel after the largest

union federation, CGT, blockaded refineries and depots

in a dispute over reforms to employment law.

Motorists are now panic-buying fuel to avoid shortages.

Delays in discharging patients from hospital,

even though they are ready to leave, is costing the NHS in England more

than ?800 million a year, according to the public-spending watchdog.

The National Audit Office is calling for radical action to reduce

the number of older people on wards who don't need to be there.

The Government says it's increasing funding to tackle the problem.

Ambulance trusts across England spent more than ?68 million

on private providers last year due to staff shortages and the rising

Some trusts are now spending in excess of ?10 million a year.

The College of Paramedics says this is down to staff shortages

and a significant rise in emergency calls.

And just after 10:15am Norman will be getting reaction to these

figures from a former NHS finance director.

to come.: Norman will have reaction to those figures from a former NHS

finance director. A campaign to "reclaim

the internet" from the growing problem of online abuse,

particularly of women, Inspired by the Reclaim The Night

marches of the 1970s and 80s, a cross-party group of female MPs

is calling for an end to the culture of aggressive and threatening

behaviour on social media. Johnny Depp's wife Amber Heard has

filed for divorce from the actor The actress cited irreconcilable

differences and is seeking spousal support from

the Pirates Of The Caribbean star, The pair, who do not have children

together, married in That's a summary of

the latest BBC News. We have the latest immigration

figures and I have to tell you in Downing Street, it is not good news

for you. Particularly in this EU referendum, so it says net migration

to the UK was 330,000 in 2015, up 20,000 on 2014. Remember, of course,

Mr Cameron promised to get it down the 10s of thousand, in fact what is

happening? It is going up and up, so in the middle of an EU referendum

campaign that will not be welcomed by Team Cameron.

Now some sport now. What is happening. Andy Murray has

had another scare at the French Open. He has been taken to five sets

in the first two rounds in par. His latest wobble came against a French

wild card ranked 164th in the world. Next up Karlovic. Benitez is staying

at Newcastle. He had the option to walk away after their relegation

from the Premier League. He had a break clause but he has committed to

a three year deal at St James's Park. He said he could feel the love

the fans. Chelsea are four points behind match in the Women's Super

League. City dropped points for first time this season and Chelsea

beat Sunderland. It is the Monaco Grand Prix, Formula One World

Champion Lewis Hamilton needs to get his season back on track. He is the

fastest so far in practise. Those are the headlines. I haven't forgot,

but nothing has happened. Mourn still hasn't signed on the dotted

line. -- mourn. He will, though, the next 24 hours or so. -- Jose

Mourinho. The Government is planning

cuts to British Steel pension benefits in a bid

to save Tata Steel's UK operations. But what will it mean

for the rest of us? Steve Webb, the former

Liberal Democrat pensions minister, now director of policy

at pension provider, Steve, the real concern has to be

that this is basically, paving the way for potential cuts to well,

pretty much everyone's pensions. That is the worry. I don't think

anyone doubts the Government's motivation is trying to fix steel

jobs and that is laudable. But the worry is it is hard to pass a law

that only affects one pension scheme. Once you have broken the

principle that a promise made has to be kept, millions of other people

drawing pensions could be affected. Could they not say this Shaw just

Tata Steel? Could they not ring-fence it? There is two reasons

why that is difficult. One is the EU state aid rules that you can't just

favour one company in a competitive market, so there may be challenges

there and the other is writing the law of the land. They will say you

have to go to court, but the lawyers of the other firms in Britain who

have holes in their pension fund will read it carefully and think can

we go through this loophole. If you are the Business Secretary, your

options are getting narrow, presumably, if the company goes

bust, then, the Pension Protection Fund is going, taxpayer are going to

have to pick up, or what about the idea of doing what we did with Royal

Mail and the Government basically nationalising the pension fund, take

it onboard? The danger is while everyone is focussed on steel at the

moment I could be energy, automotives, so once you have

established that precedent, the thing about the Pension Protection

Fund it is other pension funds who pay for it. What you have to make

sure is not set a precedent and have a ripple. Rush legislation comes

back to haunt governments. I may be overcynical, excuse me if I am, is

this about keeping the talks going, putting it out to keep the talks go,

because we are in the middle of a referendum debate. The last thing is

Government needs is 12,000 jobs going down the pan. Is that a bit

too mean minded? They don't want the talks to collapse but they are

tortuous, if the law were to go through it would take month, so this

was never going to be a quick fix, the worry is the long-term

consequences of a short-term deal. OK, thank you so much for your time.

At least 10,000 children could be at "terrible risk"

because they are effectively off police radar when they go missing,

At the moment there is a two-tier police system for recording

There are two categories, missing and absent, and crucially

only those treated as missing get an active police response.

The All Party Parliamentary Group For Runaway And Missing Children

And Adults says this system is dangerous and must be scrapped.

In the studio to discuss this is Ann Coffey,

who as well as being a Labour MP was the lead on the inquiry

by the All Party Parliamentary Group For Runaway And Missing Children

And Adults, and Lucy Capron, who works at the Children's Society,

which supports children who run away from home.

Talk me through the nuts and bolts be of the problem here, Anne. When a

child goes missing, they will get through to a police handler and on

the basis of a number of very limited questions that are asked by

that police handler, the child will be put into either the missing

category or the absent category. The child is put into the absent

category there is no active police response. We are very concerned is

about this, because children on that basis of that crude assessment, may

be in situations, in which they are at risk, which is not picked up. So,

maybe, but Lucy, is there evidence that some of these children who are

in this second category, mine really do get into very difficult and

dangerous situations is or is it a fear that they might? No,

unfortunately at the Children's Society we see it does happen, just

to give you one example we support add 15-year-old girl reported

missing by her parents and she was going to see an older boyfriend. She

was recorded as absent, so she didn't get an active police

response. People didn't go and look for her and she was at risk of

sexual exploitation and human trafficking so it does happen that

children today cat griesed at absent are at risk, that is why we have

concerned. Here is the thing, if either of my girls was to go

missing, I would be going berserk say you to do something, every

parent would. So the problem surely is that every child who goes, their

parent is going to want them to be classed as missing, they will want

the police to look for them. It is true. It is important that police

listen to parent, but this system was introduced originally in 2013,

to save police time, because a lots of police resources go into missing

children and missing persons report. It was nerve intended to be a

strong, safeguarding system, and the concern is that indeed parents have

expressed that concern, that they have been concerned about their

child going missing, but the police have taken the view that perhaps

that child is not at risk because they are older, perhaps an older

teenager or something like that. Is there an issue, Lucy, of police

attitudes? I say that with some hesitation because I would imagine

in the wake of you know the grooming scandals we had in Rotherham and

Rochdale, that would have been such a sort of wake up to the police, but

I mean is there an issue that maybe the police put it down at the bottom

of the pile? I think police take missing children seriously, what

they don't often have is a complete picture of the risk they face, so

often the parents might know if this disappearance south of character but

the local authority Children's Services department might know if

that children is at risk. What we are concerned about is police don't

have a complete picture when they choose whether or not they put a

child in an absent or missing category. We see they don't share

that information effectively and that places them at risk. What to do

then? Do you have some bureaucratic risk assessment where a policeman

had to tick off all the things? I imagine some will say I have been in

the job a long time. They have instinct and experience and think

the paperwork is not going to solve this. I know which children are at

risk? We need to get to the situation where we know what is

going on in a child's life. Lots of people know what is going on in

their lives. The school, the parents, Children's Service, and the

police know what is going on. We need to get to a point where that

information is available, so when the child goes missing, we can

arrive at a better ament about whether we need a police

intervention or maybe some other kind, and what level of risk that

child is exposed to. The data is there. The information is there, we

just need better systems of using that information, to make better

risk assessments to safeguard children. Thank you very much.

Chief Constable Mike Veale, the lead for missing persons

at the National Police Chiefs' Council, told us he's commissioned

a review of all 43 police forces in England and Wales and is working

with the College of Policing and the Home Office

One of Facebook's top executives, Nicola Mendelsohn,

will be live in the studio, talking about how more women can

The final statistics on levels of EU migration before the referendum have

just been released, they show that net migration in 2015 to Britain was

333,000. That is the difference between the number of people

remaining in for at least a year and those leaving for at least a year.

That figure is the second-highest level on record and is up 20,000

from 2014. How significant and surprising these figures? They are

significant because they are the last figures before the EU

referendum. And because it shows that the Government is still a long

way off from meeting its target of getting net migration to below

100,000. 333,000, they have to cut it by over 200,000 to get to their

target. In terms of movement, there is not a lot of movement compared to

the previous seven figures, which came out for the 12 months to

September. They are up slightly. Competitor and 14, up a little bit,

but not a great deal. The one chink of light for the Government is that

the figures are not moving hugely, but they are still very high. I

guarantee there will be some Eurosceptics keen to bash ministers

about that. As the biggest disabled motoring

event in the UK kicks off, charities are warning that

Government reforms are making it even more difficult for people

with a disability to get Mobility Choice and the Disabled

Motoring Federation say that those with severe disabilities

are struggling to access new technology because of changes

to the benefit system. Latest figures show that nearly

20,000 disabled people have lost their Government-funded cars

since a new benefit, PIP, I am at the pit lane at Silverstone

for the mobility road show. This is being organised eye the charity

mobility choice, it has been going for 30 odd years. I have spent the

morning in this wheelchair accessible vehicle. There is lots of

this equipment technology at the road show, so I got in an electric

wheelchair, drove in, and I am here, a very light steering wheel,

budgets, that I don't know what I am doing with that could be disastrous,

live on TV! It is a fun day out but it is also important, because

disabled people cannot just call their local driving instructor, but

lessons and they will have a vehicle like this. This is the only place

they can test drive and find out what a suitable for them. I am here

with the chair of the charity. Why is this road show so important? It

is the only opportunity for many disabled people to try out the full

range of vehicles and equipment, everything from scooters and buggies

to cars, vans. For many people, they need to compare and contrast and

check out what suits their needs. Whether you are an experienced

disabled driver or somebody new to disability, maybe it is your first

time looking for equipment and adaptations, or a young person with

a disability coming up to driving range, we have a lot of equipment

and advice. Technology is getting so good, it is ridiculous. I spent the

day yesterday meeting disabled people to find out how the

technology helps them. You wouldn't expect to see

this at Silverstone. Adapted cars, not the kind that make

you go faster. These motors at the Mobility Road

Show enable people with all kinds of disabilities to get behind

the wheel. A motocross accident

left him paralysed. He is an example of how specialist

car adaptions have allowed him to become the only disabled driver

in his class, but they also make In this car I have

push-pull hand controls. Pull it to accelerate and pushing it

presses the brake. Other than that it is

a normal automatic car. I need the steering wheel as well

to enable me to steer all the way The car is incredibly

important to me. I can go to a friend's

all by myself. I don't have to rely on my parents

or someone else to give me a lift. Technology like this is opening up

a whole new world for disabled drivers, but charities are concerned

that getting the chance to use Aaron gets this car through a scheme

called Motability, something you are only eligible

for if you are in receipt But Government reforms mean that

almost 20,000 disabled people have been reassessed as no longer needing

the higher rate, and have It is very frustrating to see

so many people losing their cars and many, many thousands of people

that have yet to be assessed, who will also be quite worried

about that aspect because they will lose their independence

and their freedom. The Government says that

when considering whether someone is eligible, all evidence is taken

into account and a support package is available to help those

affected stay mobile. But there are people that get

a higher-rate benefit that She can get a car on Motability

but nothing she can actually drive. If I want to go somewhere,

I ring somebody and it is a case of having to sit there and letting

them do everything. I feel like I am a burden sometimes

because I need people to help me. If I was to get a car, it would

bring all my independence back. Steph needs a car like this,

which she can drive straight in in her electric wheelchair,

but they don't come cheap. Today at Silverstone she's taking it

for a spin with instructor John. How much different is it

in a car like this? I wouldn't have to worry

about asking anybody I could get in the car

and go where I want. More than 600,000 disabled people

lease cars through Motability, however they admit they have to make

difficult decisions so that they can For now Steph will only be able

to test drive the vehicle that I am here with the driving

instructor with the break that you saw in the film. White art adaptions

so important? You don't have to have four limbs to drive a car. If you

have use in one limb, you can drive a car, you can use the accelerator,

break and steering. The more limbs you have, the easier it is and the

cheaper the adaptations are. Do you find that some disabled people are

excluded? It does happen. Sometimes it is because the cost of the

adaptations and the fact that it is difficult getting the funding for

them. Sometimes... The classic example is somebody with upper limb

disability that fall through the net. If you have a mobility issue,

you can get funding for adaptations and cars, but if you have got two

good legs and no arms at all, there is not any means of funding so you

can drive a car, so you have to fund it yourself. You might have to be

spending upwards of ?10,000 just operating the accelerator, break and

steering wheel. It is pricey. I am definitely going to need the

emergency brake. I don't think I can put it in driver mode. Hop in, let's

have a look. We have an incredibly light steering wheel, it is

ridiculous. That is a bonus. That is the break. Thank you! I will give it

a go in a second. What is this? That is the ring accelerator. If you

press it down gently, that makes the engine revs. The lever to your right

operates the brake. I can't do this very well. I can help you with that.

What is this here? That is the gear selector. If I press the brake... I

pull it down. That is reverse, that is drive. You have done it. That is

the gear selector. I will take the brake off. Are you ready? We are

going to drive down the pits a little bit. Here we go. It is very

fast. Brilliant. Slow down and stop before the blue car. There we go.

I am not saying anything about women drivers, I am sure she is a terrific

driver! So many e-mails and texts and tweets following Victoria's

latest diary. They have been going massive. This is an e-mail from

Brenda, just to say how brave you have been, sharing your story. I am

recovering from chemotherapy, and a whole month of radiotherapy after

being diagnosed. I always think it will come back, as nobody can say to

you, no. I have had great support from my daughter and family, I live

from day to day and not let this play on my mind. But it is always

there. A tweet says, there are no other word but amazingly courageous

to describe you. A tweet says, all the best, you have made's remained

brave and professional throughout, well done. Jane says, good wishes

for the future now you have finished your radiotherapy. Your video blog

must have been massively reassuring for a load of other ladies and maybe

men are going through breast cancer will stop a tweet, a great set of

video diaries, bursting some of the myths, well done. Onwards and

upwards. Coming up, ten months

since Victoria was diagnosed with breast cancer, she's

finished her radiotherapy session. I am thinking, what if this cancer

comes back? Obviously, I never, ever wanted this

to happen, that to happen. I never want to go through

chemotherapy again, ever. I don't know why this

is in my head today. What on earth is going on with the

weather? One day it is warm, another day it is cold!

Low pressure and high pressure, and what is in between is causing us

problems. We do have a variety of weather. Today is brighter than

yesterday. For most of us. There is a weather front across the central

swathe of the UK, thick cloud and patchy rain and hill fog. Clear

skies to the south and north. The weather front will be moving north

as we go through because of the day, getting up towards central Scotland,

taking its patchy rain with it. This morning we still have the patchy

rain across northern England, Northern Ireland and pushing north

towards the central lowlands. To the north of that, sunshine. To the

south, sunshine. The cloud breaking up across South Wales, and the

patchy rain moves away from North Wales. It will still be across the

North of England for the afternoon. You can see the cloud we are looking

at. We have more clout at times. For southern areas, around the London

area, we could hit 20 or 21. That could spark off some showers which

could be heavy and thundery. In between in the south, there will be

sunshine. Sunshine coming out, breaking through the cloud across

South Wales, but fairly cloudy across North Wales. For Northern

Ireland, still under the influence of the week weather front. The rain

extending north across Scotland. Across the Highlands and the

Grampians, we are looking at sunshine. The Northwest is favoured

best. The next couple of days is going to be July for the Chelsea

Flower Show, mostly. Talking tomorrow, you can see what is

happening. Through tonight, we have this cloud with this. It will be

with us tomorrow as well. Bringing showers from the south. Some of

those even overnight could be heavy and thundery. It is not as cold to

start today -- vide. We have this cloud across northern England,

heading towards East Anglia, but it will break up at times and we will

see some sunshine. A brighter day across Northern Ireland and northern

England than today. Hello, I'm Norman Smith,

standing in for Victoria Derbyshire, welcome to the progeamme

if you've just joined us. Figures show net migration to the UK

last year was over 300,000, the second highest level ever recorded.

Ten months ago Victoria was diagnosed with breast cancer.

Yesterday she had her final radiotherapy session.

There are so many people I want to thank, and most

The brilliant oncologist who will review my treatment, the registrar,

the anaesthetist, the nurses and the chemotherapy ward who were such a

laugh, the... The wonderful breast cancer nurse, the amazing surgeon

who I go and see in the summer and hopefully, he will say, well logic

will dictate you are cancer free now, I will see what he says.

And top Facebook executive and mum of four Nicola Mendelsohn

will explain why she's determined to help more women

Here's Annita McVeigh in the BBC Newsroom

Net migration to Britain has increased to the second

highest level on record, official figures have revealed.

The figure - the difference between the number of people

arriving and leaving - was estimated at 333,000

This was 10,000 higher than the level recorded in the year

to September, which the Office for National Statistics

The significant because it shows that the Government is still a long

way off from meeting its target of getting net migration to below

100,000 thousand, 330,000, they have to cut that by over 200,000 to get

to their target. In terms of movement, there is not a lot of

movement compared to the previous set of figures which came out for

the 12 months to September. They are up light slight on that and compared

to 2014 again up a little bit but not a great deal of movement there,

so the one chink of light for the Government is that the figures

aren't moving hugely. And tonight at eight o'clock,

Victoria will be holding TV EU Cuts to pensions for British

steelworkers are being considered It's understood the ?500 million

deficit is deterring Ministers are proposing to use

a different measure of inflation, But critics fear it could set

a worrying precedent which could have an impact

on other workers. Here's what the former

Liberal Democrat pensions minister Ng hugely.

One is the EU state aid rules that you can't favour one company in a

competitive market, so there might be challenges there and the other is

writing the law of the land, what they will do is say you have to go

to court, it has to be an emergency, but the lawyers of the other firms

who have big holes in their pension fund will read the law carefully and

think could we go through it? While everyone is focussed on steel it

could be energy, it could be automotives, all sorts of sectors,

once you have established that precedent, it isn't the taxpayer, it

is other pension funds who pay for this, what you have to make sure you

do is not set a grents and not have a ripple, rushed legislation comes

back to haunt Governments. rushed legislation comes back

to haunt Governments. And the Business Secretary

is expected to make a statement on all of this to to the House

of Commons around noon, which you can watch live

on the BBC News Channel. Five migrants have died

after an overcrowded fishing vessel More than 550 people were pulled

from the sea by the Italian Navy According to officials,

rescue operations off Libya's coast have increased in recent weeks due

to calm seas and warmer weather. Workers at French nuclear power

stations are due to down tools today amid growing industrial action over

controversial labour reforms. The French Transport Minister has

confirmed that 40% of French petrol stations are now closed or running

short of fuel after the largest union federation, CGT,

blockaded refineries and depots in a dispute over reforms

to employment law. Motorists are now panic-buying fuel

to avoid shortages. Delays in discharging patients

from hospital when they are ready to leave is costing the NHS

in England more than ?800 million a year, according

to the public spending watchdog. The National Audit Office is calling

for "radical action" to cut the number of older people on wards

who don't need to be there. The Government says it's increasing

funding to tackle the problem. Ambulance trusts across England

spent more than ?68 million on private providers last year due

to staff shortages and the rising Some trusts are now spending

in excess of ?10 million a year. The College of Paramedics says this

is down to staff shortages and a significant rise

in emergency calls. And just after 10:15am Norman

will be getting reaction to these figures from a former

NHS finance director. INE Across party group of female MPs

is calling for an end to the churl of aggressive behaviour on social

media. HS2 is an overpriced,

gold-plated project and will fail in many of its objectives,

a group of independent The group supports high-speed rail

overall, but say HS2 is five times more expensive

than its French equivalent. They argue that its benefits can be

achieved much more cheaply with lower-carbon emissions,

and they want their analysis Johnny Depp's wife Amber Heard has

filed for divorce from the actor The actress cited irreconcilable

differences and is seeking spousal support from

the Pirates Of The Caribbean star, The pair, who do not have children

together, married in That's a summary of the latest BBC

News - more at 10.30. We will hear from the top Facebook

executive on why the company wants to encourage more women to set up

their own businesses. Do get in touch with us

throughout the morning - use the hashtag Victoria LIVE

and If you text, you will be charged So time for a bit more sport, bring

us up-to-date please Olly. The family of the late Formula One

Jules Bianchi are taking legal action against the sport. The

25-year-old died last year, nine months after suffering horrific head

injuries at the Japanese Grand Prix. His car left the track in very wet

conditions on the circuit and struck a recovery vehicle that was removing

another car that had just slid off Attwell. Claims will be made to the

world governing body. Body, the team and Formula One itself as a company.

The family's lawyers have asked them to accept that errors were made in

the planning, timing, organisation and conduct of the race, which took

place in dangerous conditions during the typhoon season in Japan. At the

time a ten man F1 panel made several recommendations following the crash,

but it found that Jules Bianchi failed to slow sufficiently despite

warning flags so the family are taking the sport to court, making

claims against them for Jules Bianchi 's death.

Andy Murray says he lost his way in Paris yesterday.

Andy Murray is through to the third round of the French Open,

but only after battling through another five set match.

He found himself two sets to one down against the French wild

card Mathias Bourgue, a player ranked 162 places

But just as in his first match, Murray found a way to win -

securing the final two sets to take his place

He's now been on court for over seven hours already this tournament,

and after his match, posted a picture of a Monopoly

Get Out of Jail Free card on social media.

I started the match pretty good and yes, lost my way. Hopefully that

doesn't happen against throughout the tournament. I am hitting the

ball well in practice, had perfect preparation really, and yes. Match

is obviously, they aren't going to get easier, if you have the drop

offs against you know, higher ranked or more experienced points they will

make you pay for it P It was worse for the other British players

yesterday. Kyle Edmund is out and there are no British women left in

the draw. Heather Watson was beat beenty 13th seed in straight sets.

Rafa Benitez is staying at Newcastle.

He had the option to walk away after their relegation

from the Prmier Legaue, but has committeed to a three year deal.

Benitez says he could feel the love of the fans.

The former Liverpool, Chelsea, and Real Madrid boss

Benitez will have control over "all football-related matters"

He can sign the players he's wants to try and get them out of the

Manchester City's lead at the top of the Women's Super League 1 table

They dropped their first points of the season with a goalless

draw against Liverpool Whilst second placed Chelsea beat Sunderland 2-1.

Chelsea captain Katie Chapman levelled for the reigning

Champions, before Fran Kirby sealed all three points.

N straight sets. He can sign the players he's wants

to try and get them out of the Championship next season.

We are still waiting for the Jose Mourinho news, a few technicalities

over image rights. It might happen by the close of play. There will

probably be a new West End play. Waiting For Jose.

Ten months after being diagnosed with breast cancer, Victoria has

She had her last radiotherapy session yesterday.

As you know Victoria has been keeping a series of video diaries

for this programme to try and demistify some of the treatment

In September she had a mastectomy, in November she began chemotherapy

and over the last six weeks she's been having daily radiotherapy

sessions at St Luke's Cancer Centre at the Royal Surrey

They are so inspiring and so caring and I

When I woke up from the anaesthetic, I did cry.

The malignant tumour in my right breast has gone.

Today I'm having my first session of chemotherapy which is part

The chemotherapy drugs are being given to me as a sort

of insurance policy, that's how it has been described

to me, in case there any microscopic traces of cancer elsewhere in body.

The chemotherapy drugs will kill it, as well as the good cells, but that

Sex days since I had the first session, and the way it has drained

my body has made my feel a bit low. You can feel alert and this wave of

tiredness hits you and you have to go to bed, and that I have to say

that has made my feel sad. It is now six day since the second

chemotherapy session and like the first one, I am at the stage where I

am feeling a little disspirited, and one of the things that I am finding

difficult to come to terms with, is losing my hair. I would say I have

lost about 30-50% of my hair. I feel, I think I might be slightly

hysterical. Happy hysterical you know, because it is coming to an

end. Happy end of treatment! No more

chemotherapy! My gosh, thank you! Look at those!

It is Wednesday 13th April, I have just got back from my first session

of radiotherapy. The radiotherapy appointment was fine, it lasted ten

minutes, you like on your bed, you take the top of off your clothing

off, there is a large disk which angles and the radiation beams come

from there and target the right hand side.

Very unusually, I'm having a real wobble today.

I don't know why but I'm just thinking about, and I am sure this

is completely normal and anybody who has ever had a cancer diagnosis

will think this, I am thinking about what if this cancer comes back.

Obviously I never want that to happen.

I never want to go through chemotherapy again ever.

It is Wednesday 25th May and I'm done.

That was my last radiotherapy session.

30 sessions, five days a week for the last six weeks,

And hopefully that is it for cancer treatment forever,

Your tweets and e-mails keep coming in, a whole load of them. Sarah

says, I am going through the start of the breast Jodie with my mum

thank you for sharing your story. A tweet, well done, you should be very

proud. We will watch you on the EU tonight. Wishing you good luck for

the future. Rosie says, one of the best series I have ever watched, it

is remarkably honest and brave. One here, Victoria, I cried watching it

today, you are so brave. My daughter went through the same two months

after having a baby, she was so weak. She came to live with us for

months, which was terrible for her mum, but now all is still fine ten

years on. You are amazing to record that when you must have been tired

and afraid, well done. And you can watch Victoria's TV

EU referendum debate Plus you can find all her video

diaries on our programme page - bbc.co.uk/victoria or on BBC

News' YouTube page. The cost of private ambulances

responding to emergencies in England We ask, why is this costing

the NHS so much money? Bullying, bereavement,

exam pressure and physical health problems are some of the main

factors leading to young That's according to the biggest

study of suicide among And it's a problem

that is increasing. Experts say that talking openly

about suicidal thoughts, when appropriate, can reduce

the number of deaths. The study by the University

of Manchester's National Confidential Inquiry into Suicide

and Homicide by People with Mental Illness is the first

time experts have studied the contributory

factors on this scale. More than one in three - or 36% -

had a physical health condition 29% were facing exams or exam

results, four died on an exam 22% had been bullied,

mostly face to face. And nearly a quarter - or 23% -

had used the internet in relation to suicide -

including searching for methods Well, Eleni Delacour nearly became

one of those statistics. She has tried to take her own life

on 14 occasions and tells us what led her to feel

there was nowhere to turn. When enough people tell

you something about yourself that is bad, you start

to think it too. It is a case of you get told

you are worthless to the point that you think you are worthless and then

you don't want to feel it any more. Things at home were stressful

and at school were stressful. I got bullied since I was

as young as I can remember I was so emotional and in such

distress I didn't think about the consequences

for anyone else. It's afterwards that

you start to think about it None of us actually know

that we want death because we don't So it is more a case

of we would rather go to something we don't know

than what we already have. It's not really wanting to die, it's

more getting out of where you are. Tony Harrison's daughter Vicky

killed herself in 2010. So is Ged Flynn, who is

the Chief Executive of Papyrus, I hesitate to ask, but did you know

why your daughter killed herself? No. It is such a complex thing.

There are so many reasons. There was not just one, there were lots of

things that were building up. You cannot put your finger on it. And

give a specific answer. It is hard to answer, but did you sense any

warning signs in the weeks and months fed that this could happen?

Was there anything that gave you an inkling? Not at all. There were one

or two things, but the things that worry anybody. Such minor things. We

did not have a clue that this was coming. We would have stood guard 24

hours a day. But no, we had no idea that this was coming. I suppose the

issue is this, is this becoming more of an issue? I was thinking in an

age when we are more open, we talk more, maybe suicide amongst

teenagers may be decreasing, but that is not the case? I was saddened

to hear about Victoria's story with cancer, and my best wishes go to her

for her recovery, but it is interesting, 30 years ago that peace

would not have run on the BBC, we were frightened of talking about it,

and we are still frightened about talking about suicide, especially

about young people. You said experts say we should talk about suicide

when appropriate. The only time when it is not appropriate when we talk

about method, which is unhelpful and dangerous and can be intrusive. But

it is always appropriate otherwise to talk openly and sensitively about

it. Our common narrative in this country to help people is, if you

are worried and you need help, phone us, talk to us, get help. That is on

helpful in that it adds another responsibility to the person who is

in crisis. We should change our messages increasingly to say, if you

think that somebody is distressed, have a conversation with them, and

then ask them directly, have you had thoughts of suicide? If so, they

will say yes, if not, at least you have created a safe conversation. We

know we are in the new era of social media and teenagers spend ages in

their bedroom on social media. Is that a factor in terms of bullying

and that sort of thing? It may well be, but what it does for all of us,

not only for young people, it adds an extra magnifying glass to the

rest of life. The sense that young people call our helpline service, a

professionally staffed helpline, open from 10am until 10pm, we get

parents and children at risk of suicide calling us and saying that

everybody seems to be happy, people say their life is wonderful, but

everybody's life is as mundane as everybody else's, but social media

magnifies the good and say that everybody else is enjoying life, and

that is not the case. We hear phrases very frequently as a

national charity, story after story, where children as young as eight or

nine text and e-mail us, confidentiality prevails, but we

will intervene. They say that people at school say they are better off

dead, I am a burden, I would be better off not PR. We have to coax

them and work with their uncertainty about how to live to help them to

know that death is permanent, but live, however fragile, there is

always hope towards a better future for them. Is there anything that you

think could be done to try and make sure this does not happen?

Absolutely. We have got to get rid of the stigma that surrounds

suicide. Get rid of that, people will start talking and feel

comfortable about talking. That is what is stopping people talking, the

stigma surrounding it. That is not helpful. Once people start talking

about it and feel comfortable about it, life will be saved. That is it.

Start talking. Would get rid of the stigma, that is so important. It is

such a barrier. Much appreciated. The NHS in England is spending three

times more on private and... Responding to emergency calls than

four years ago, according to research done on the BBC.

According to research done by the BBC, that came to ?68 million

The College of Paramedics says this is down to staff shortages

and a significant rise in emergency calls.

The ambulance service received an increase in call numbers of 4.5%,

and at least two ambulance trusts have started to recruit abroad

Let's talk now to Noel Plumridge, who is a former

We also have Alan Howson in Weston-Super-Mare.

He's from the Independent Ambulance Association, which represents

And Jon Fox, a paramedic for more than 35 years,

Why do NHS trusts struggle to keep people like you?

Why is the NHS using private ambulances in the first place? There

is a national recruitment and retention crisis in the service. We

lost 1000 paramedics from our profession last year. As a result,

it is not surprising we have seen a threefold increase in the provision

of private and..., because we have not got the front line staff to

manage the demand. I presume your view would be, what is wrong with

it? What the Private ambulances offer is increased capacity at

moments of demand. In context, the amount of work provided by the

independent companies is not huge. Nigel, you had to make the sums add

up. The obvious issue is it is costing a bomb. It is more expensive

to use Private ambulances than employ NHS staff. It is one thing to

have spikes in demand, but this has been going on for some time, it is

entirely predictable, and we are watching the NHS lose staff. We need

to ask why that is happening. One thing that surprises me is that

people, it seems, are now calling out ambulances for a broken toenail.

Not quite that, but it is getting out of hand, the demand on the

service. The demand is rising steadily, but this is an

international phenomenon. We need to look at why that is happening. It

seems to be a combination of an ageing population, we are all

getting older, not necessarily living better, and combined with

that expectations seem to be rising. We are living longer, we think that

is a good thing, but it puts demand on the service more broadly. Tell me

about your experiences on the front line, did you find that people were

calling you out for trivial things? Yes there was a change and we used

to get people, we have done until recently where they have called us

out because as they couldn't distinguish between an emergency and

inconvenience, now of course we see the consequences of that because the

demand has increased. Relentless focus on performance and

we end up with the problems we had significant delay, where demand

outstripped supply and ambulance staff become more demoralised. Until

we get the balance between the user and the front line medic so we can

provide a safe service we will continue to have problem, we will

see a haemorrhage away of staff, precious resources that have cost a

lot of money to train and we are ending up having to recruit from

places like Australia and eastern Europe. Very interesting, guy, thank

you very much indeed. Really do appreciate it.

We will debate whether it is good or bad for the country, net migration

and top Facebook executive and mum of four will explain why she is

determined to help more women set up businesses.

Net migration to Britain has increased to the second

highest level on record, official figures have revealed.

The figure - the difference between the number of people

arriving and leaving - was estimated at 333,000

This was 10,000 higher than the level recorded in the year

to September, which the Office for National Statistics

Our Home Affairs correspondent said some will see it as important.

And tonight at eight o'clock, Victoria will be holding TV EU

Cuts to pensions for British steelworkers are being considered

It's understood the ?500 million deficit is deterring

Ministers are proposing to use a different measure of inflation,

But critics fear it could set a worrying precedent

which could have an impact on other workers.

Here's what the former Liberal Democrat pensions minister

One is the EU state aid rules that you can't favour one company

in a competitive market, so there might be challenges there,

and the other is writing the law of the land,

what they will do is say you have to go to court,

it has to be an emergency, but the lawyers of the other firms

who have big holes in their pension fund will read the law carefully

While everyone is focussed on steel, it could be energy, it could be

automotives, all sorts of sectors, once you have established that

precedent, it isn't the taxpayer, it is other pension

What you have to make sure is you do is not set a precedent

Rushed legislation comes back to haunt Governments.

Workers at French nuclear power stations are due to down tools today

amid growing industrial action over controversial labour reforms.

The French Transport Minister has confirmed that 40% of French petrol

stations are now closed or running short of fuel after the largest

union federation, CGT, blockaded refineries and depots

in a dispute over reforms to employment law.

Motorists are now panic-buying fuel to avoid shortages.

Five migrants have died after an overcrowded fishing vessel

More than 550 people were pulled from the sea by the Italian Navy

According to officials, rescue operations off Libya's coast

Delays in discharging patients from hospital when they are ready

to leave is costing the NHS in England more than ?800

million a year, according to the public spending watchdog.

The National Audit Office is calling for "radical action" to cut

the number of older people on wards who don't need to be there.

The Government says it's increasing funding to tackle the problem.

A campaign to "reclaim the internet" from the growing

problem of online abuse - particularly of women -

Inspired by the "Reclaim the Night" marches of the 1970s and 80s,

a cross-party group of female MPs is calling for an end to the culture

of aggressive and threatening behaviour on social media.

Johnny Depp's wife Amber Heard has filed for divorce from the actor

The actress cited irreconcilable differences and is seeking

spousal support from the Pirates Of The Caribbean star,

The pair, who do not have children together, married in

Join me for BBC Newsroom live at 11am.

Some news about the late Formula One driver Jules Bianchi?

The family of the late Formula One racing driver Jules Bianchi

are taking legal action against the sport.

The 25-year-old died last year, nine months after suffering horrific

head injuries at the Japanese Grand Prix.

The family's lawyers have asked various parties involved to accept

that errors were made in the organisation of the race.

After Andy Murray's second five set victory at the French Open yesterday

Aljaz Bedene is in action in Paris today - the British number two

is currently on court against Spaniard Pablo Carreno Busta.

Rafa Benitez is staying at Newcastle.

He had the option to walk away after their relagation

from the Prmier Legaue but has committeed to a three year deal.

He says he could feel the love of the fans.

Chelsea are now just four points behind leaders Manchester city

City dropped points for the first time this season

Jules Bianchi? It has Happened yet since we last spoke, but a lot of

people are getting prickly round the news room. We could be heading to

Old Trafford at some point today, will Jose turn up as well? I am a

patient, patient patient man. I will keep waiting. Don't hold your

breath! More of the tweets you have been

firing in on Victoria's diaries. Keep waiting. Don't hold your

breath! More of the tweets you have been

firing in on Victoria's diaries. Tracey "So pleased you have reach

the end of your treatment a with such positivity. You are an

inspiration to me. I was diagnosed with breast cancer on the 8th

December. Had operation on 21st December. Had chemo cycle two days

ago, one more to go, then start radiotherapy. I empathise completely

with your feelings." Hemo cycle two days ago, one more to go, then start

radiotherapy. I empathise completely with your feelings." From Tommy.

"Glad to hear your good news. My mum had breast cancer when she was 50,

and she had a breast removed, and was put on a new drug then called a

mosque phenomenon, she lived until she was 83 -- tamoxifen. Nd was put

on a new drug then called a mosque phenomenon, she lived until she was

83 -- tamoxifen. "Couldn't have chemo" or drugs, just had

seven-and-a-half weeks radiotherapy and I am still here. Life is

brilliant. Thank you for helping so many to understand what it is like.

I was told the get on with my life and have fun. You do the same. And

don't ever think what if it comes back." Thank you for the e-mails and

texts, really appreciate it. More now on those migration

figures to the UK - which show net migration rose

to 333,000 - the second Joining me now from Westminster

is the Conservative MP Peter Bone who backs Britain leaving

the European Union and the former Immigration Minister

and Conservative MP Damian Green - he supports Britain staying

in the EU. I imagine these figures are like the

hole in the head for you in the middle of this EU referendum

campaign? The figures have been high for a long time, so they don't come

as a surprise, and I think you immediate to put them in

perspective. Less than half of this large number for net migration comes

from the European Union, but even more importantly, than that, I think

people need to strike an ambulance, of course people have concerns about

immigration, but, the worse way to try and reduce immigration numbers

is to say we will target people who by and large come here to work, come

here to contribute, add something to our society, pay tax, help fund

public service, those are people we want to stop coming, as I understand

the Leave campaign, that is what they are saying. That is the problem

Peter, you moan about migrant, they build business, they create job,

they pay tax, they are good news. Well thank you for that nice

introduction. I am not wearing a tie today, because my garish go get out

of the EU tie, the BBC couldn't deal with. Probably another bit of BBC

bias staying in the EU. On the migration figure, I think Damian is

wrong, more than half of this net migration is from the EU. What

people tell me on the doorstep is they want a fairer system. They want

everyone treated fairly. I have a large Asian population in my

constituency, to get their relatives into the country they have to go

through the most enormous hoop, they have been there for years, yet they

see someone from Romania coming straight in, with no connection with

the country. It is a complete unfair system, it December criminates

against people from outside the EU, particularly those people in the

subcontinent and as a Conservative and Damian supported this manifesto

pledge, for the last six years we have said we will get the net

migration down to the tens of thousands. We cannot fulfil that

promise, if we remain in the EU. We have to come out of the EU and meet

target or abandon the immigration pledge. That is true, the figures

have kept going up and up there is no real sign of them coming down. He

is wrong, we wouldn't be meeting the tens of thousands aspiration, even

with immigration from the rest of the world. As I understand what he

just said, which I am not sure that the Leave campaign's official

programme, he wants to replace the European immigrants with immigrants

from other parts of the world. In which case the effect on the numbers

would be negligible, so that is a completely incoherent policy. Where

we do need to make the difference is to say who do we want in this

country? Who is benefitting us? Those are as I say people who come

here to work, particular skills we need, we have got more than 50,000

EU citizens working in our NHS. Let me interrupt you if I may. The issue

is numbers, season it. Bluntly there are many parts of Britain when there

is colossal strain on public service, people trying to get house,

get kids into schools. You have to be able to turn round the numbers

and at the moment, there doesn't seem to be any strategy on your side

as to how you will do that? We have tried very hard, and in some cases

successfully to reduce the numbers of people who are not going to

contribute very much to our society, probably the most effective move we

took was to close down more than 800 bogus colleges who claim to be

bringing in students, they were bringing in people to do low skilled

work. That was a scam. We have got rid of it. There are more scams out

there and more work to do, for the immigration department. But what we,

the specific act of pulling out of the EU, would mean that we were

stopping, assuming that did mean we didn't have free movement from the

rest of Europe. But let us assume that, which would be economically

the most disastrous decision we could take, if we did that, we would

be precisely denying ourselves, the imgrans that come here, work --

immigrants that. Co-here. We pull out of the EU, what then is an

acceptable level of net migration into the UK for you? How I would

have a points system is we take in people we want from where ever they

are in the world and the Government of the day... Let us talk numbers,

what for you would be an acceptable number? If you stay in the EU you

van open door policy to millions of people, and that will increase by

what, another 75 million when Turkey comes in, it is uncontrolled

immigration, if you want uncontrolled immigration, you have

to vote to stay in, if you want to have a fair immigration system,

based on who we need in this country, you need to vote to come

out of EU. OK, thank you very much for your time. Much appreciated.

The UK's economy could be missing out on up to ?10 billion

because we're not dealing with the problems women are having

when it comes to setting up their own businesses.

Sounds like a lot, but the figure's come from Facebook, who've

calculated that if just a fifth of women who want to start their own

business get out there and do it, then by 2020 we could have 340,000

new businesses and 425,000 additional jobs.

We're talking small businesses here, the sort that rely on social media

The study, commissioned by Facebook, claims that of 5.4 million small

businesses in Britain, only one fifth of them are currently

So what are the barriers stopping aspiring female entrepreneurs?

Well, lack of self-belief is apparently a factor,

and a lack of financial security was seen to be another.

Surprisingly, perhaps, nearly three quarters of women

surveyed couldn't name a female role model that runs the same sort

She's Facebook's vice president in Europe,

She took the plunge and opened a nail bar in East London.

Both of them say that social media was vital

Thanks very much for coming in, much appreciated. The study you have

done, I mean, it sounds extraordinary, the sort of numbers

you are talking about, ?10 billion. George Osborne would bite your hand

off if you could do that, is that really possible? Well, absolutely.

What we saw, small business is the lifeblood of this country. Most

people know someone or have bought something from a small business, and

yet not very many of those businesses are set up by women, just

one fifth. So we did some work and some research, and we found out,

actually, that one in ten women, millions of women in the UK are

thinking about setting up a new business, but actually they are a

little fearful of doing so. What we found is the lack of confidence as

the main reason for women not doing that. And I presume social media,

from your point of view, is the key to getting women into the business

space, because it is something you can do at home, you do not have to

traipse into an office to do, you can fitted in with childcare et

cetera, that is the way that social media helps. A lot of people said

new media would help, but if they just had some advice as to how they

could go out and do it, that would be helpful. Also, supporting and

networks, as well as role models. If I knew somebody like me, people

said, that I could look up to and learn from, that would be helpful.

We have two success stories on that front, Sharmadean Reid is, talk me

through, I mean, you run a very successful nail salon, I was looking

at it on the website, works of art, extraordinary. How pivotal was

social media in enabling you to set up your company? I often say I

wouldn't have a business without social media, it just wouldn't

exist. I went to a tech school, I have always been obsessed with the

internet, real early adopter of technology, so the minute I had the

idea for my business, I blocked the whole thing, from saying I will open

a nail salon, then I set up a Facebook group for it, I posted all

my photos, painting it, getting the keys, buying the furniture. So

people were following me on a journey, and I think, for women

especially, we are extremely good storytellers, and that is our brands

are built, by telling stories. So once I had done all of this and I

had a big following, because we were so early on, when we opened our

Instagram account, we would probably the only nail salon on Instagram

really early on. We acquired a very big following. What is the next

stage, once you have got your idea and you start your business, I

think, is optimising all the tools that you have to actually get more

customers. I think that is probably the bit that women struggle with.

The confidence thing is key, and I hear that a lot from guilt that I

meant to work with, but if you have skills, you will have confidence. --

from girls that I mentor. Looking at your hat, you would be a success

selling that anywhere! But when you started your company, could you have

done it without social media? I'm thinking, you know, you would sell

those no bother anyway. I have the skills but not the business

knowledge, and I think to show people that you have the skills,

social media was brilliant for that, because I could show everyone what I

was doing, on pictures, and Instagram and Facebook, and people

could just see it. So they did not have to come to the showroom and try

the hat on, and for me, it has basically expanded my clientele.

Going back to the support, even when you start a business, you need

support. The business is five years old now, you still need support, and

it would be great to have access to that, and for other people in your

industry, and as well as just people who are good at business. Because

that is maybe what we should be learning. Sharmadean Reid damn, give

me a practical example. You have a stonking number of Instagram

followers, 400,000 or something crazy, so how do make money out of

that? We use our Instagram account as our primary contact with our

audience. I think, historically, other brands would have used TV or

magazines, but we communicate with girls on Instagram, because that is

where they are. We use it to promote new product, we link to our website

where we will promote a particular nail polish that they can buy off

our website. We use it to promote events. But it is not just about

making money, like on social, I think it is like the first such

point to getting them into your brand, and then once you have got

them in your fold, then you can go, and we can sell you this! It is more

about community building for us. This is focused on women in

business, what about blokes? I mean, is it the case that men are not so

receptive to working in social media, not quite so savvy in terms

of using the digital opportunities? When we did the research, we spoke

to men and women, and there were some similarities in terms of what

people are looking for, but the confidence thing was very pertinent.

Men were much more confident than women. There was an area around

digital skills and training that more people want to know about, so

that is why we are literally kick-starting a campaign today

called She Means Business, addressing the things that the women

were saying they needed. I can give you a couple of examples, in London

we are helping people create shop windows and Facebook, developing

mobile strategies, examples like that that we are doing. And we are

also teaming up with the Federation of Small Businesses to create online

learning so that hundreds of thousands of people around the

country can get online, they can do it from their homes in the hours

that suit them, and learn in a way that both Rosie and Sharmadean have

done. Facebook makes a big deal of empowering women, I guess that is

part of your corporate brand, but I imagine, for many women, they will

say, this is financed and it, but I have got a kid screaming for food,

this is not the real world for many women. -- this is fine and dandy.

The absolute barrier to work is childcare. That is not what the

survey told us. It said, give us the tools, know-how, learning and

infrastructure and support, give us networks, those are the things that

are presenting us. How do you manage to have take? I imagine, even if you

are at home in front of your laptop or whatever it may be, you have to

be thinking the whole time, OK, got to think about this, that and the

other. For the next generation of mums and working mums, I am 31, and

all my friends have got one or two micro children. That stereotype just

does not fit. We are not incapable. I wake up before my child, I do work

before he gets up, I do it after he goes to bed. When you run your own

business, you are committed to working 24/7 on your business, and I