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Hello, it's Tuesday, it's 9 o'clock, I'm Victoria Derbyshire,

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Our top story today: Iraqi special forces try to retake the city

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of Falluja from Islamic State fighters - as fears grow

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Also on the programme: Were zookeepers right to shoot dead

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an endangered gorilla when a four year old boy fell into an enclosure?

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We're talking about an animal that I've seen, with one hand,

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The boy survived - but would he still be alive

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if zookeepers hadn't shot the gorilla?

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Do get in touch and tell us your thoughts this morning.

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The two fleets met in the historic battle of Jutland.

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The battle of Jutland 100 years ago today cost the lives of 8500

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men in just 36 hours - during the first world war.

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We'll hear from relatives of some of those involved in the naval

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Welcome to the programme, we're on air till 11 this morning

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on the BBC News channel - and on BBC 2 we're off air

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at the slightly earlier time of 10.43.

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After 10 this morning we'll talk to the Labour MP Jess Phillips

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who says in the last 36 hours she's received thousands of messages

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Is enough being done to tackle online abuse?

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And of course we'll keep you up to date on the latest breaking news

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and developing stories throughout the programme.

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Plus if you have a story to tell or an experience

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to share, do get in touch - use the hashtag Victoria Live

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

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The Iraqi military say special forces

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are leading a battle to recapture the city of Falluja

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It was seized by IS more than two years ago.

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Commanders say they've met fierce opposition, including snipers

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It's believed there are 50,000 people still

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Fighters are being widely accused of using them as human shields.

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This is footage released by the Iraqi Ministry of Defence,

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which it says shows air strikes targeting so-called Islamic State

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With help from US-led coalition air strikes as well,

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the Iraqi military is creeping closer to the centre

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of the city, and closer to a possible all-out offensive.

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Over the last few days, the Iraqi army, with the help

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of Shi'ite militia, have been fighting to retake

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It is believed the military wants to create a ring of steel around

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the city, sealing in the IS fighters and then defeating them.

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In the north-west, it is said the advance is slower as forces

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fight to secure villages on the outskirts of Falluja.

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Perhaps in retaliation, IS carried out suicide bombings

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in the capital, Baghdad, the worst was here in Shaab

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As the battle for Falluja continues, the few to make it out of the city,

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besieged for some nine months now, tell their harrowing tales.

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TRANSLATION: We were surrounded by Daesh for more than two years.

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We survived on barley bread because there is no food.

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Once the army has surrounded the city, militia commanders say

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there may well be a pause to allow thousands of the trapped civilians

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Maxine is in the BBC Newsroom with a summary

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Good morning. There was a warning that three quarters of older

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children with type two diabetes are not receiving key checks to keep the

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conditions under control. The figures come from an audit

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of their care in England and Wales. Health officials recommend

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all children with diabetes have their blood sugar levels

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checked, and those aged 12 and over should have six other

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check-ups every year. Here's our health

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correspondent Jane Dreaper. But this can make managing her blood

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sugar levels tricky as she has type 1 diabetes, meaning her body

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cannot produce insulin. At the moment, we look for better

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ways of managing it for her. We look at ways to make her more

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independent in managing it, Being on an insulin pump

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and the CGMS system means she can go about her daily life

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without constantly Doctors have taken a close look

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at the care provided to all diabetic They examined data for almost 28,000

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youngsters, the vast majority A growing proportion have excellent

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control of their blood sugar levels, but only a quarter appear to have

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seven vital healthcare tests. All of these healthcare checks

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are checking for the possibility If you find changes you can work

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with the family and the child Put your six grams in, and it

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will give you a correction as well. Amber is lucky, she has excellent

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care from a specialist team. She and her family work hard to make

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sure her condition is well managed. The charity Diabetes UK hope

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all children will have this level An inquiry into historical child sex

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abuse in Northern Ireland is due to begin examining allegations

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relating to the Kincora Three senior care staff

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there were jailed in 1981 for abuse. The inquiry, led by a retired senior

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High court judge, is expected to look at claims of links

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to the intelligence services. It's already examined

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allegations relating Both MI5 and MI6 have

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agreed to take part. Families of patients who were abused

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by staff at Winterbourne View private hospital say not enough

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is being done to improve services for adults

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with learning disabilities. They've written an open letter

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to David Cameron saying they're angry that changes in the system

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are too slow. The abuse was exposed by BBC

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Panorama five years ago. You may find some of the images

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in Sangita Myska's It was the BBC's secret filming

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here at the private specialist hospital Winterbourne View that

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deeply shocked patients' families and the authorities involved

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in providing care for people The Panorama investigation showed

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staff abusing patients at the private unit and repeated

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incidents of severe neglect. It revealed that some patients

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who should have had their needs assessed and then moved on had been

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stuck there for years. All the patients involved had

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had their care paid for by the NHS Today, families of Winterbourne

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View's former residents have openly expressed their anger at the lack

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of change five years on, despite clear commitments and plans

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from the Government and NHS. The open letter claims that 3,500

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people, including over 160 children, are stuck in places

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like Winterbourne View In response to the families,

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NHS England tell us that they recognise the pace

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of reform has not been fast enough. They add that far-reaching plans

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designed to provide what they call high-quality alternative care

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to hospitals are now under way. Winterbourne View in Bristol

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was closed down following the BBC's investigation, but according

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to campaigners, the risk to residents in similar assessment

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and treatment units still exist. to residents in similar assessment

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and treatment units still exists. An Australian family at risk

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of being deported from the UK have been told they can stay

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until August, but will not be Kathryn Brain, her husband

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Gregg and son Lachlan moved to Dingwall in the Highlands

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in 2011 on a student visa, The family had thought

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they were at risk of being They'll be speaking

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to Victoria after 10. A French gardener who murdered

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a British woman at her home in Southern France has been jailed

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for 30 years. Jean-Louis Cayrou was found

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guilty by a French court of killing Patricia Wilson,

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who was 58, after their The director of a zoo

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in the United States has defended the shooting dead of a silverback

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gorilla, after a four year old boy There have been protests

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at Cincinatti Zoo, but staff there insist that critics are not

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in a position to make a judgement It was the moment

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every parent dreads. A little boy dragged around

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by the ankle like a rag doll. Ten minutes that ends

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with the animal being The footage of the four-year-old's

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terrifying ordeal at the hands of a silverback clearly shocking

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to those outside the gorilla pen, and to anyone else who saw it

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beamed across the world. After animal rights protests

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that the gorilla could have been tranquillised rather than killed,

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the director of Cincinnati Zoo stood Looking back, we would make

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the same decision. I know that after it is over

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and the child is safe, it is easy like a Monday morning

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quarterback to say wow, don't The people who say that, A,

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don't understand primate biology and silverback gorillas

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and the danger the child was in, and, B, were not there

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at an important time We stand by our decision,

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wewould make the same call today. We stand by our decision,

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we would make the same call today. Outside the zoo, the death

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of Harambe, a 17-year-old western lowland gorilla whose species

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is listed as endangered, A fellow Cincinnatian

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who lived his life in captivity, and through no fault

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of his own was thrust into a horrible, terrible situation,

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and he lost his life. Cincinnati Zoo maintains

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the exhibit was safe The boy apparently climbed over

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a three foot barrier. He has received hospital treatment

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that his injuries are not said The zoo says Harambe's DNA

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was saved, and it will be used as part of an ongoing

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breeding programme. And Victoria will be talking

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to three wildlife experts about whether the zoo was right

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to shoot the gorilla - that's just that's just after the sport

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at 9.15. Ceremonies will be held

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in Orkney and at sea today, to mark 100 years since Britain

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and Germany fought the naval Battle of Jutland in which more than 8,000

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sailors lost their lives. British and German warships

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will scatter symbols of remembrance on the waters of the Jutland Bank,

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above the wrecks of ships The Duke of Edinburgh was due

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to attend but withdrew, Our correspondent Robert Hall

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is at St Magnus Cathedral Give us a sense of what we can

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expect. Good morning. From Britain's most northerly cathedral, the

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Princess Royal leading commemorations both here and at the

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old cemetery overlooking what was the bleat Anchorage. -- the fleet.

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The result of the Battle of Jutland clash was horrendous, losses and a

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rather indecisive finish because the German fleet did manage to get back

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to port. The action prevented them from coming out in any way in the

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rest of the war. What one is most struck by the small number of

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headstones for those people. Thousands of men, British and

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Germans still lie on the sea bed on the Battle of Jutland bank. There

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will be a programme later at 1045 and also this afternoon.

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That's a summary of the latest BBC News.

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Later in the programme we'll talk to relatives of those who fought

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So many of you getting in touch already about the gorilla.

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Do get in touch with us throughout the morning -

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

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One woman said that the time-lapse could have been fatal for the boy.

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Do not knock the guys who made the decision, they feel bad enough that

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they were put in that decision in the first place. Julie says I am

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disgusted by the death of the gorilla, people need to be extra

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careful, this mother was not. This particular enclosure will be

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reopened without any modifications to the surrounding fencing. I don't

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know if that is true, I am sure they will close the gap. Do get in touch

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with us throughout the morning. We have a special guest this

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morning. Here are our headlines. Not just England beating Sri Lanka by

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nine wickets to win the Test series, but Alastair Cook finally brought up

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his 10,000 test runs. He is the youngest player at 31 to reach that

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milestone. The Indian great stashing temple garden is 6000 runs ahead.

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Roy Hodgson will name his final squad for the European Championship

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later today. He needs to trim his squad by two England players, that

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will be down to 23. Daniel Sturridge may be one of those to miss out. The

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big question over the Wales squad announcement is whether Joe Ledley

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will be included, he fractured his leg earlier this month, but he could

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be fit for the final group match. Pele is selling all his football

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medals and memorabilia, the reason is that the auction are on clear,

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but it is expected to raise more than ?3 million. The 75-year-old is

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even selling the boots that he wore in the film escape to victory. The

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trivia question is what of Pele and the new champion Tony Bellew got in

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common? You have both starred alongside Sylvester Stallone. In

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Creed, you fought at Goodison Park, on Sunday night you fought at

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Goodison Park to become the new WBC cruiserweight champion.

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The dream became a reality is the best way of seeing it. It was a life

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long dream and it was fulfilled on Sunday. You had a few bumps and

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bruises going into the fight. You broke your nose and you thought this

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isn't going very well, and you knocked him out in the third? I

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first his also in the first and we got down to business and I settled

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it all in the third. An amazing fight to be part of. I'm happy and

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blessed and feel so lucky to have won this amazing, fantastic belt.

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The most prenlg staopeblegous belt in boxing. British fight scene is

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buzzing. You are the 13th world champion. 13 world champions and the

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only WBC one. It is a proud, proud moment. Something like I say, I have

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chased my whole life and career. 20 years of work has gone into this and

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I have achieved the dream of winning it. An amazing achievement and goal.

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Listen, it is down to me kids. I fight for them, me boys and me

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family and stuff and I achieve this great goal through them. Boxers

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always have options. There are other cruiser weights out there with world

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titles. There are other great British fighters, but you probably

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is a to step, have a pop at David Haye? Look, I don't want any

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cherry-picking. I'm happy to fight David Haye. He put out an Instagram

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video of me saying, "Come and get it." Anyone can get it in any weight

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division. I'm the best cruiserweight in the world and I will beat every

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small heavyweight and David Haye is a small heavyweight. He called you

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out. You called him out. There you go, Victoria, a world champion and a

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movie star. Thank you. Thank you very much, Tony as well.

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Were zookeepers right to shoot a gorilla when a four-year-old boy

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Really keen to hear your views on this throughout the programme.

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Overnight, one of the bosses of Cincinnati Zoo in America says

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he stands by the decision to shoot the gorilla called Harambe.

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Thayne Maynard says the gorilla had been agitated and disorientated

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Looking back we would make the same decision. I know that after it is

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over and the child is safe, it is easy like a Monday morning

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quarterback to look back and say, "Wow, wow, don't we need to do that

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differently?" The people that say that don't understand primates and

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the danger that the child was in and B, we're not there at an important

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time to make important decisions. We stand by our decision. We would make

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the same call today. That said, we were very glad that the little boy

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is OK. That's one happy thing in a dangerous and bad story. Naturally,

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we did not take the shooting of Harambe lightly. But that child's

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life was in danger. And people who question that or are Monday morning

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quarterbacks or second-guessers don't understand that you can't take

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a risk with a silver back gorilla because they are three times bigger

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than a man and six times stronger than that this. Is a dangerous

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animal. I know photos and videos, gosh it doesn't seem dangerous. We

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are talking about an animal with one hand that I have seen take a coconut

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and crunch it. He was disorientated. He never had anything like that

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going on and that also led to the decision, of course, not to dart the

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animal. In the real world you make difficult calls, but you have to

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make them and the safety of that child was paramount.

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Could the gorilla which weighs about 400lbs and was the dominant male

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in the pack - have put the boy's life in danger?

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The zoo argue that a tranquiliser wasn't appropriate as it would take

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ten minutes to take effect by which time it could be too late.

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But the boy - who hasn't been named - had already spent ten minutes

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with in the enclosure and wasn't hurt.

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Some witnesses say they're convinced Harambe was trying to protect him.

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The footage which at one point shows the gorilla holding the boy's

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hands before dragging him away from the noisy crowd really

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is amazing, but clearly only tells a small part of the story.

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Our understanding of gorillas has been helped by a famous episode

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of Life on Earth in 1979 which featured Sir David Attenborough

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with a group of young male mountain gorillas.

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There is more meaning and mutual understand in exchanging of grunts

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with a gorilla than any other animal I know.

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Nearly 200,000 people have now signed an online petition in protest

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at the killing of Harambe with calls for the boy's parents

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Questions are also being asked about the safety levels at the zoo

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which allowed the four-year-old to crawl through a fence

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In a statement on Facebook his family say the boy,

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who hasn't been identified, is "doing just fine" and thanked zoo

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They go on to say that they realise it was a difficult decision

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for the zoo staff to shoot Harambe and that staff are grieving

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With me to talk about this is Jillian Miller, Director

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Ian Redmond is founder and chairman of the Ape Alliance.

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And Gisela Kaplan, Professor in Animal Behaviour

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at the University of New England in Australia.

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Gillian, did the zoo staff dot right thing? Who knows? It is a tragic,

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tragic incident. We weren't there. I looked at that footage, I err on the

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side of the people who said the gorilla could have been protecting

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the child, but how could the zoo take the risk. They must be heart

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broken. Thank goodness the boy is all right and he is recovering, but

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the keeper was so close to that gorilla. All those people would have

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loved that gorilla. They must be heart broken today. It is an awful

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thing. Ian, I think, I think I'm right in saying you're holding the

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microphone for David Attenborough in the clip that we just showed when he

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was with the young mountain gorillas, you clearly know a lot

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about the species. As much as you can, what is your reading from what

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you saw on the mobile phone footage? Well, I agree with Gillian, we

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weren't there, we cannot judge the decision because in the moments

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before the man pulled the trigger and I am assuming it was a man, they

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had to take that decision. I do wonder, this would be my question if

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I could talk to them, whilst sharing their grief for the loss of the

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gorilla, what nonlethal measures were in place in their protocols

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that they tried. Had they tried diverting the gorilla's attention

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with favourite foods? Had they tried just trying to calm the situation

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down? Gorillas have a mind. They think. Clearly, he was stressed. A

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lot of people shouting and scream, but the longest bit of video footage

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is online is over two minutes and we are told that the incident lasted

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ten minutes before they took the final shot. Do I should they should

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have tried other methods? Yes, I do. By all means have a man with a gun

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ready to shoot if the other methods aren't working, but I don't know

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what other methods were tried. We are told there was a command to the

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group of gorillas, a command to move towards the door which two of the

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gorillas did do, but not Harambe. Yes. He was clearly stressed and

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something really different was happening and the video footage we

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have seen show him both asserting his dominance in dragging the boy

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through the moat, but interacting gently with the boy, but then we

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don't know what happened in the next few minutes. People were apparently

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herded away from the enclosure, but they were close enough to hear the

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shot. Yeah. Those are the crucial minutes. I do wonder, you look at

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what police or prison officers have to do when they have to quell a

:24:35.:24:39.

disturbance and have various nonlethal methods from stun grenades

:24:40.:24:44.

to Tasers to, there are guns that fire sticky fluid and form a net,

:24:45.:24:48.

all sorts of things are available for humans that you want to restrain

:24:49.:24:53.

without killing and I don't know if the zoo had or if in future they

:24:54.:24:57.

will plan to have such methods because every year we hear several

:24:58.:25:01.

instances around the world where zoo animals are killed to protect people

:25:02.:25:07.

and you think well, why are they not using nonlethal methods which can

:25:08.:25:14.

restrain the animal? I agree the zoo director saying a tranquilizer dart

:25:15.:25:17.

is a painful and alarming procedure that would have perhaps exacerbated

:25:18.:25:23.

the gorilla's stress, but that was the right call, but were other

:25:24.:25:28.

methods tried? I don't know. Let me bring in a professor of animal

:25:29.:25:33.

behaviour in Australia. Tell us broadly about the silver back

:25:34.:25:38.

gorilla and their temperament? Well, agree very much with the last

:25:39.:25:44.

speaker. The animal, there were no alternative methods attempted and

:25:45.:25:51.

one wonders and one hopes that an outcome of this tragic event now

:25:52.:25:54.

will be that strategies have to be in place. Now personally, I don't

:25:55.:26:03.

think gorillas or orang-utans or large animals should be in zoos,

:26:04.:26:08.

they should be in sanctuaries particularly if they are endangered

:26:09.:26:12.

species and they maybe shown on occasion so people have a way of

:26:13.:26:18.

interacting with them. That's a big debate and I think it is time we had

:26:19.:26:22.

such a debate again. The other question is what the strategies are?

:26:23.:26:26.

I understood that the staff were instructed if there are problems

:26:27.:26:31.

they have to shoot there and then. One has to remember that a gorilla

:26:32.:26:39.

is simply not a tiger or a lion where such immediate shooting

:26:40.:26:46.

response maybe necessary in many occasions because they are

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carnivores, but gorillas, are not carnivores, they are benign,

:26:51.:26:55.

thinking, feeling, judging species. They are capable of making

:26:56.:27:00.

assessment of risk and capable of making an assessment whether this

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boy was a risk to the group or to the silverback and it clearly wasn't

:27:06.:27:11.

and we have some evidence of that a situation like this can end very, in

:27:12.:27:17.

a very benign way as was the case in England and that changed our views

:27:18.:27:24.

and broke the imagery of the gorilla as a King Kong, as a fearful nasty,

:27:25.:27:33.

large, destructive beast. A gorilla is certainly not a beast. It is not

:27:34.:27:38.

necessarily aggressive. It may have been confused and certainly the

:27:39.:27:43.

screaming of the people would have not been very helpful, but in this

:27:44.:27:52.

case of the boy who fell into an enclosure in I think it was

:27:53.:27:57.

Jersey... It was Jersey, yes, in England in 1986, it was a crucial

:27:58.:28:02.

event for the world and for the perception of primates, because it

:28:03.:28:05.

was clear there was a gorilla that had stepped in and had saved that

:28:06.:28:15.

boy from drowning. The whole thing ran its course, but there is a very

:28:16.:28:21.

important difference. Apparently this boy has gone on to the internet

:28:22.:28:26.

debate to say he remembers it was all rather calm. Now if the

:28:27.:28:32.

situation is calm also the gorilla, the silverback, the silverback can

:28:33.:28:37.

think, but that wasn't the case in Cincinnati Zoo. People were

:28:38.:28:42.

screaming and certainly not helping the situation. So 30 years on, we

:28:43.:28:46.

have a very different context. Sorry, Ian, you're trying to come

:28:47.:28:51.

back in there, go ahead. Oh, there is a third instance of a child

:28:52.:28:56.

falling into a gorilla enclosure 20 years ago in Chicago. There famously

:28:57.:29:02.

a female gorilla picked up the injured child and carried the child

:29:03.:29:06.

to the hatch where the keepers were able to retrieve it. So out of three

:29:07.:29:10.

ins stances were children have fallen into gor ril will enclosures,

:29:11.:29:15.

in two of them nobody died and in this one, someone did. I think the

:29:16.:29:23.

child was unconscious. That may have been the difference. As far as I

:29:24.:29:27.

could see from the video, there was no aggression from the child and

:29:28.:29:31.

most of the time I don't think it even cried. Even your reports

:29:32.:29:38.

suggested you know this dangerous large beast, frankly, a silverback

:29:39.:29:43.

is much too thoughtful to be dangerous, it can be dangerous, but

:29:44.:29:48.

that serves a purpose to defend the group. There was no need to defend

:29:49.:29:52.

the group. Do you accept, had the boy been injured, had the boy been

:29:53.:29:56.

killed, then everybody would have been saying, "Why didn't you shoot

:29:57.:30:00.

the gorilla dead?" Absolutely. What the two guests said is spot on. We

:30:01.:30:08.

all care about gorillas. We care about gorillas and we know they have

:30:09.:30:11.

this wonderful nature and this ability to care and feel and love

:30:12.:30:15.

and cry. They are family animalsment we are not prey for them. They are

:30:16.:30:20.

herbivorous and we know that, thinking about it from the zoo's

:30:21.:30:26.

point of view, this is a $1 million facility putting animals in the

:30:27.:30:29.

public arena for entertainment. First of all, how could a child fall

:30:30.:30:33.

into that enclosure? There are clearly questions to answer there.

:30:34.:30:39.

There was a gap for a child to crawl through? A wriggly four-year-old, we

:30:40.:30:44.

know they will go anywhere. How can that happen? There are questions

:30:45.:30:49.

whether gorillas should be used for entertainment. In a $1 million

:30:50.:30:56.

situation could the zoo afford to risk that child's life? It is just

:30:57.:31:03.

tragic. Thank you very much. Ian, thank you for your time. And

:31:04.:31:11.

professor, thank you for your time as well. There is only one story

:31:12.:31:15.

that you want to talk about today and it is from Debbie on Facebook

:31:16.:31:20.

says, "A combination of unfortunate events. The zoo had no choice." Ken

:31:21.:31:30.

on Facebook, "100%, they should have kill the ape." Clare on Facebook

:31:31.:31:37.

says, "I wonder what the reaction would have been if the gorilla

:31:38.:31:39.

killed the little boy." David e-mails: the zoo should have

:31:40.:32:01.

moved him away from the child, they should have had a system to stop

:32:02.:32:08.

them from falling into the pit. Sue said I am really angry because the

:32:09.:32:11.

parents were negligent. Still to come: 2.5 million people

:32:12.:32:20.

are living with cancer in the UK. We'll be previewing a new BBC

:32:21.:32:23.

documentary series called The Big C Me which follows the lives of nine

:32:24.:32:26.

people with cancer over a year. And we'll get the latest

:32:27.:32:29.

on the Brain family we spoke to last week -

:32:30.:32:31.

Australians who were encouraged to come to the Highlands

:32:32.:32:34.

to work and are now They have been told that they can

:32:35.:32:41.

stay here, but only until August and they will not be allowed to work.

:32:42.:32:45.

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

:32:46.:32:50.

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

:32:51.:32:53.

Iraqi military special forces are leading a battle

:32:54.:32:55.

to recapture the city of Falluja from the so-called

:32:56.:32:57.

It was seized by IS more than two years ago.

:32:58.:33:08.

Commanders say they've met fierce opposition, including snipers

:33:09.:33:10.

It's believed there are 50,000 people still trapped

:33:11.:33:14.

in the city and IS is widely accused of using them as human shields.

:33:15.:33:17.

There's a warning that three-quarters of older children

:33:18.:33:19.

with Type 1 diabetes are not receiving key checks to keep

:33:20.:33:22.

The figures come from an audit of their care

:33:23.:33:25.

Health officials recommend all children with diabetes

:33:26.:33:28.

have their blood sugar levels checked, and those aged 12 and over

:33:29.:33:31.

should have six other check-ups every year.

:33:32.:33:33.

An inquiry into historical child sex abuse in Northern Ireland is due

:33:34.:33:37.

to begin examining allegations relating to the Kincora

:33:38.:33:39.

Three senior care staff there were jailed in 1981 for abuse.

:33:40.:33:45.

The inquiry, led by a retired senior High court judge, is expected

:33:46.:33:47.

to look at claims of links to the intelligence services.

:33:48.:33:51.

It's already examined allegations relating

:33:52.:33:55.

Both MI5 and MI6 have agreed to take part.

:33:56.:34:02.

The director of a zoo in the United States has defended

:34:03.:34:04.

the shooting dead of a silverback gorilla, after a four year old boy

:34:05.:34:08.

There have been protests at Cincinatti Zoo,

:34:09.:34:11.

but staff there insist that critics are not in a position to make

:34:12.:34:14.

Jillian Miller told us that zoo keepers would not have shot the

:34:15.:34:29.

gorilla unless they felt it was absolutely necessary. We were not

:34:30.:34:33.

there, we have looked at the footage. I out on the side that the

:34:34.:34:38.

gorilla may have been protecting the child, but they must be heartbroken.

:34:39.:34:43.

Thank goodness the boy is all right, but the keeper was so close to the

:34:44.:34:47.

gorilla, all those people would have loved the gorilla. They must be

:34:48.:34:49.

heartbroken today. An Australian family at risk

:34:50.:34:52.

of being deported from the UK have been told they can stay

:34:53.:34:55.

until August, but will not be Kathryn Brain, her husband

:34:56.:34:58.

Gregg and son Lachlan moved to Dingwall in the Highlands

:34:59.:35:03.

in 2011 on a student visa, The family had thought

:35:04.:35:06.

they were at risk of being They'll be speaking

:35:07.:35:10.

to Victoria after 10. Ceremonies will be held

:35:11.:35:14.

in Orkney and at sea today, to mark 100 years since Britain

:35:15.:35:16.

and Germany fought the naval Battle of Jutland in which more than 8,000

:35:17.:35:19.

sailors lost their lives. British and German warships

:35:20.:35:23.

will scatter symbols of remembrance on the waters of the Jutland Bank,

:35:24.:35:26.

above the wrecks of ships The Duke of Edinburgh was due

:35:27.:35:29.

to attend but withdrew, That's a summary of the latest BBC

:35:30.:35:33.

News - more at 10.00. A historic day at the cricket. Not

:35:34.:35:54.

so much for England's nine wicket win in the second test against Sri

:35:55.:36:00.

Lanka, but Alastair Cook brought up his 10,000 test runs. At 31 he is

:36:01.:36:04.

the youngest England player to reach that milestone and only 11 other

:36:05.:36:09.

players have achieved it will stop Roy Hodgson will name his England

:36:10.:36:13.

squad later today, he needs to trim two players from his current squad

:36:14.:36:18.

of 25. Daniel Sturridge may be one of those to miss out. The big

:36:19.:36:23.

question over the Wales squad announcement is whether Crystal

:36:24.:36:26.

Palace's Joe Ledley will be included. He fractured his leg

:36:27.:36:30.

earlier this month, but he could still be fit for the final group

:36:31.:36:35.

match and Andy Murray is juju phase Richard Gasquet for a place in the

:36:36.:36:41.

semifinals. That is if the rain stops. -- is due to face Richard

:36:42.:36:44.

Gasquet. Next - the Battle of Jutland -

:36:45.:36:46.

the biggest naval engagement of the first world war -

:36:47.:36:51.

which saw more than 8,500 killed off will be marked by a

:36:52.:36:57.

commemorative service today. Princess Anne will be there -

:36:58.:37:01.

but Prince Phillip won't be - We'll talk to relatives of those

:37:02.:37:04.

who took part in the battle shortly - but first -

:37:05.:37:07.

let's go through the events Germany could have won the war

:37:08.:37:25.

through this. As well as being the only major naval battle of the First

:37:26.:37:30.

World War which took place between 1914 and 1918, it became the largest

:37:31.:37:35.

battle in naval warfare history with 250 ships involved, 151 from Britain

:37:36.:37:42.

and 99 from Germany. It may have only lasted 36 hours, but there was

:37:43.:37:45.

a high level of casualties, more than one in ten wounded. Elizabeth

:37:46.:37:59.

Dixon's father survived the battle, but her uncle Archie just 16 at the

:38:00.:38:06.

time was killed. I think it is very important to commemorate because

:38:07.:38:14.

always the tradition of commemoration and the rituals of

:38:15.:38:21.

commemoration are important, because they are healing. Despite the cost

:38:22.:38:28.

in human terms, both sides claimed victory as the Germans lost 11 ships

:38:29.:38:34.

and the enemy 14. But naval fleet was seriously weekend and was not

:38:35.:38:38.

able to challenge the British seriously during the conflict.

:38:39.:38:42.

Britain retained the larger navy of the two sides and insured it could

:38:43.:38:46.

send troops and supplies to Europe until the end of the war. Let's

:38:47.:38:51.

speak now to Pat Avery whose grandfather Basil Phillips survived

:38:52.:38:55.

the battle of Jutland and to James Loudon whose grandfather commanded

:38:56.:39:04.

the grand Fleet at the battle. Both join us from the Isle of Orkney

:39:05.:39:08.

where a special service is being held to remember all those who lost

:39:09.:39:13.

their lives. It is where the British fleet set off from. Thank you for

:39:14.:39:20.

talking to us. Pat Avery, tell us why it was so important you to be at

:39:21.:39:29.

the service today? For me and for my family it was a tremendous honour

:39:30.:39:35.

and privilege to be invited here by the government and the people of

:39:36.:39:39.

Orkney to pay tribute to these officers and men of the Royal Navy.

:39:40.:39:47.

On a personal level, my grandfather Basil Phillips worked on one of the

:39:48.:39:56.

destroyers of the small ship navy, but also his colleagues, the

:39:57.:40:02.

officers, the captain, and the rest of the men on the ship, all of the

:40:03.:40:10.

offices of the Royal Navy who made huge contributions to this

:40:11.:40:21.

extraordinary battle. Your grandfather was the best-known naval

:40:22.:40:24.

commander of World War I, tell us what you are thinking as you mark

:40:25.:40:28.

this occasion to remember what he did. I am very pleased to be here

:40:29.:40:36.

and I very much echoed Pat's thoughts and I would like to feel

:40:37.:40:40.

that today will commemorate sailors of all ranks who fought not just in

:40:41.:40:45.

Jutland, but there were some other engagements, I don't think we should

:40:46.:40:49.

forget the Germans who lost their lives and this service is very much

:40:50.:40:53.

a mutual commemoration for both British and German sailors. I am

:40:54.:41:01.

certainly very proud to be here, I know a certain amount about the role

:41:02.:41:07.

my grandfather played in the battle. He was appointed the commander of

:41:08.:41:11.

the fleet the day war broke out in 1914 and it was a position that

:41:12.:41:16.

Winston Churchill said he was the man on either side who could lose

:41:17.:41:21.

the war in an afternoon. Tell us about the significance of the roll

:41:22.:41:26.

your grandfather played. I think that is right and Winston

:41:27.:41:29.

Churchill's remark has been repeated very many times, we did have control

:41:30.:41:35.

of the high seas, the Royal Navy had control of the high seas and its

:41:36.:41:39.

main objective of course was to keep control of the high seas. If we had

:41:40.:41:45.

lost it, the war would have taken a very different course. Although one

:41:46.:41:50.

can argue that the battle itself was somewhat indecisive, what was quite

:41:51.:41:54.

decisive was we could retain control of the high seas and the German high

:41:55.:42:00.

Seas Fleet never really came out properly enforce out port again. We

:42:01.:42:05.

were able to maintain the blockade of Germany which eventually did lead

:42:06.:42:10.

to our winning the war. Pat, your grandfather Basil survived the

:42:11.:42:16.

battle of Jutland. When he was on board that ship, he was writing

:42:17.:42:20.

diaries which I think he was not supposed to do. How did he do it and

:42:21.:42:24.

what were some of the things he wrote about? He had been trained in

:42:25.:42:34.

Morse code. He basically was receiving and sending the messages

:42:35.:42:41.

from ship to ship, there was a requirement that he had a full

:42:42.:42:44.

understanding of this method of communication. He used to keep the

:42:45.:42:50.

pieces of paper that he had scribbled, the messages down on, and

:42:51.:42:59.

he kept this remarkable diary of not only of the battle of Jutland, but

:43:00.:43:03.

the entire period of the First World War. Fact is that his commanding

:43:04.:43:11.

officer had little understanding of Morse code, actually worked in his

:43:12.:43:17.

favour. -- the fact that his commanding officer had little

:43:18.:43:20.

understanding of Morse code, that actually worked in his favour. He

:43:21.:43:25.

sent a coded message to your grandmother to let her know that he

:43:26.:43:33.

was all right. He did. When there was a fierce night action with a

:43:34.:43:42.

re-treating German high Seas Fleet, they managed to get back to hear and

:43:43.:43:48.

in order to let my grandmother no that he was OK and survived, he had

:43:49.:43:55.

his photograph taken and to get around the quite strict censorship

:43:56.:44:06.

he signed it affectionately yours, Basil. That was his way of letting

:44:07.:44:14.

her know that he was OK. Why is it important that the experiences of

:44:15.:44:18.

both your grandfather 's are remembered and Marks and talked

:44:19.:44:29.

about? -- marked. I think the sometime the battle of Jutland was

:44:30.:44:34.

forgotten about mainly because it was indecisive as a battle in

:44:35.:44:38.

itself. But this commemoration today and other events that have been held

:44:39.:44:42.

about Jutland have brought it very much to the forefront of the public

:44:43.:44:47.

again. I would hope to think that that will remain the case. I would

:44:48.:44:54.

repeat that I would hate today to be regarded just as a commemoration of

:44:55.:45:03.

the British. I know at the same time as this ceremony, the ships of both

:45:04.:45:08.

navies are meeting on the Jutland bank together. It is a mutual

:45:09.:45:12.

commemoration for both fleets and both sets of savers. -- sailors.

:45:13.:45:26.

Thank you very much, gentlemen, thank you.

:45:27.:45:38.

You can watch full coverage on BBC One from 10.45am and throughout the

:45:39.:45:39.

day on the BBC News Channel. Have you decided how

:45:40.:45:43.

you're going to vote Well, you are very welcome to take

:45:44.:45:45.

part in the second of our big TV On 6th June, we're in Manchester

:45:46.:45:50.

just over a fortnight It's open to everyone and will take

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:45:54.:45:57.

and can get to Manchester from wherever you are in the UK,

:45:58.:46:01.

do e-mail: [email protected] to have your chance to quiz senior

:46:02.:46:03.

politicians from the leave That's next Monday.

:46:04.:46:24.

A Labour MP says she received thousands of vile messages talking

:46:25.:46:27.

about raping her. What more needs to be done to tackle online abuse?

:46:28.:46:32.

There are 2.5 million of us and the number is growing

:46:33.:46:35.

That's how many people in Britain are living with cancer.

:46:36.:46:38.

A new BBC documentary series which begins tomorrow night called

:46:39.:46:40.

The Big C Me follows the lives of nine people across

:46:41.:46:43.

Filmed over a year, the programme films them from the moment

:46:44.:46:47.

of diagnosis, through treatment and life at home.

:46:48.:46:51.

It's really moving and also uplifting.

:46:52.:46:55.

There's Dominic from Leeds who has breast cancer.

:46:56.:47:00.

Steve, the painter and decorator, who has prostate cancer.

:47:01.:47:02.

Then there's Yvette whose belly dancing is integral

:47:03.:47:06.

to her managing her cancer that she's had for 20 years.

:47:07.:47:11.

And I think that's the thing that, actually, you can be living

:47:12.:47:27.

with cancer and actually be fit and healthy and well

:47:28.:47:29.

But living with her cancer has meant years of treatment, including

:47:30.:47:40.

The treatment I've been through, the medical procedures,

:47:41.:47:47.

has been a real assault on my self-confidence and self-esteem.

:47:48.:47:50.

For me, my way of switching off and actually being able to just

:47:51.:47:53.

It's been just, like, a life-saver, really.

:47:54.:48:05.

Also featured in the programme is Katy, a year after being

:48:06.:48:16.

the all-clear after having a malignant melanoma -

:48:17.:48:18.

She decided to take part in a new clinical trial to try

:48:19.:48:22.

and stop her cancer ever coming back, but there were risks involved,

:48:23.:48:25.

and it wasn't an easy decision to make.

:48:26.:48:33.

Two days after seeing her daughter marry, Katie is en route to London

:48:34.:48:44.

to start the trial. I can feel myself not getting bigger. The

:48:45.:48:48.

closer we get. It is just purely the fact you don't know how your body

:48:49.:48:51.

will react to something that's That is a trial. Cancer drug research has

:48:52.:48:55.

always moved forward on the back of human trials, but they are

:48:56.:48:59.

unpredictable and there is always an element of risk. For Katie, it is a

:49:00.:49:05.

leap in the dark. These drugs may save her, but they may prove

:49:06.:49:11.

debilitating and toxic. It is a horrible choice to face. Hi Katie.

:49:12.:49:18.

Hello, Emily. Nice to meet you both. How was the wedding? Oh, it was

:49:19.:49:22.

wonderful. You got the weather for it. Amazing. We were very blessed.

:49:23.:49:28.

I've got the consent form here. This is a trial. Yeah, quite. We are

:49:29.:49:33.

always here to answer questions and if you want to stop the trial, you

:49:34.:49:37.

can withdraw your consent at any point? The big stumbling blocks is

:49:38.:49:44.

the worry of actually having it. Obviously if things get too bad and

:49:45.:49:48.

the toxicity is too bad then I would, you would either say to me,

:49:49.:49:52.

enough is a enough and we'll come off trial. OK. OK? Yes, no problem.

:49:53.:49:58.

I think it is that fear of unknown, but once you start people tend to

:49:59.:50:03.

feel a lot more reassured. I'm sorry... It is not you, don't worry.

:50:04.:50:06.

It is the fear of the unknown. Yvette Cowles, 52 has had breast

:50:07.:50:12.

cancer for 20 years. She has had both breasts removed

:50:13.:50:14.

and Katy Garner was first diagnosed with melanoma six years ago,

:50:15.:50:17.

was given the all clear, Yvette how do you manage cancer over

:50:18.:50:28.

19, 20 years and it coming back three times? Well, I think I focus

:50:29.:50:33.

on the present. I'm really grateful for every day I am alive really. I

:50:34.:50:38.

do things that I enjoy and I do consider myself one of the lucky

:50:39.:50:43.

ones because I've got so many friends and family members and

:50:44.:50:47.

fellow dancers who haven't been so lucky who have lost their lives to

:50:48.:50:51.

cancer. So I'm still here and I focus on that. Sometimes does the

:50:52.:50:56.

uncertainty get to you? The fact thaw don't know what's going to

:50:57.:51:00.

happen? Yes, I think that's one of the most difficult things because

:51:01.:51:06.

you don't know what's around the corner, but then that's true of

:51:07.:51:10.

everybody. I think cancer certainly focuses the mind. But it is true

:51:11.:51:15.

that none of us knows what might happen tomorrow. Katie, how did you

:51:16.:51:21.

react when you had gone five years, you were in the sixth year after a

:51:22.:51:27.

malignant melanoma and you thought everything was fine and you found

:51:28.:51:32.

another lump in your groin? Well, it was devastating to find it and the

:51:33.:51:35.

first thought, no, it is not there. I can remember going to sleep that

:51:36.:51:37.

night and thinking when I wake up, it won't be there. But, of course,

:51:38.:51:41.

it was. I knew what it was because it just felt the same. So it's very

:51:42.:51:49.

hard to re-enter into that same scenario that had you in 2009 and we

:51:50.:51:54.

had, five years is the sort of, you know, you can have a big party at

:51:55.:51:59.

five years is what I was told. It was our 25th wedding anniversary, we

:52:00.:52:03.

decided to wait for the sixth year and have a celebration then and so

:52:04.:52:09.

it was quite hard to know that I had to go back and restart, but the

:52:10.:52:16.

difference was amazing because in 2009 Dr Larkin came to see me, he is

:52:17.:52:20.

the oncologist and said basically, you know, if this comes back, it is

:52:21.:52:25.

going to be life limiting. And this time, he came back and was talking

:52:26.:52:32.

about 60% reduction rates with these new drugs and the whole thing seemed

:52:33.:52:35.

very different. Which shows the rapid progress that is being made

:52:36.:52:38.

constantly year after year after year. This clinical trial that you

:52:39.:52:41.

have been involved in, you stopped after seven months, I think, what

:52:42.:52:48.

were the side effects? It is like taking the brakes of your immune

:52:49.:52:53.

system. The body starts to destroy your own healthy cells as well as

:52:54.:52:56.

your own cancer cells if you've got them. So I've had, am I load to say

:52:57.:53:02.

diarrhoea? Of course you are! I have had the effect of having what's

:53:03.:53:09.

called cold lie tis. My body has attacked my gut and given me

:53:10.:53:14.

diarrhoea. That's been the toxicity. I've lost my thyroid. That's

:53:15.:53:20.

manageable. But I'm still strewing alg little bit with the colitis. The

:53:21.:53:28.

documentary follows nine people you two included and various others and

:53:29.:53:34.

it is in parts very upsetting and in parts incredibly uplifting, but it

:53:35.:53:38.

feels to me that it is saying that, you know, no longer do we need to

:53:39.:53:44.

speak in hushed tones about cancer. Clearly, people have different

:53:45.:53:47.

diagnoses, clearly people deal with it in very different ways, but you

:53:48.:53:51.

can speak out loud about this and people don't have to necessarily

:53:52.:53:56.

speak to you in sombre tones as though you're about to die. No, I've

:53:57.:54:02.

noticed a huge difference since I was first diagnosed 20 years ago and

:54:03.:54:06.

even 25 years ago, my mother had breast cancer and her friends who

:54:07.:54:09.

are lovely people would cross the street rather than talk to her...

:54:10.:54:13.

Because they didn't know what to say? They were afraid of saying the

:54:14.:54:18.

wrong thing. There is so much support for different groups of

:54:19.:54:22.

cancer sufferers, you know, whether it is online forums, I belong to one

:54:23.:54:26.

called Flat Friends for women who have had mastectomies and have

:54:27.:54:30.

elected not to have reconstruction. Of the younger women because your

:54:31.:54:36.

challenges when you are younger and your concerns are different to when

:54:37.:54:41.

you are 30, or 40 or 50 or older and I think there is so much more

:54:42.:54:46.

information available. What should people, who say to you when you have

:54:47.:54:51.

cancer, what shouldn't people say to you... We were discussing this. One

:54:52.:54:56.

of the things we were saying the terrible thing they say, "Poor you."

:54:57.:55:01.

That's really helpful. I'm not poor. I'm not poor at all. I have

:55:02.:55:05.

something that I'm just trying to get on with. There is only one thing

:55:06.:55:09.

that's certain in our lives, that we will all die. Whether we die of

:55:10.:55:14.

cancer or whether we die because a bus hits you, you know, you don't

:55:15.:55:18.

know. Like Yvette was saying, the difference about having a cancer

:55:19.:55:21.

diagnosis it puts that diagnosis in your face a bit. You don't know

:55:22.:55:25.

whether the bus is going to hit you or when, but that's the difference,

:55:26.:55:31.

but I think yes, so saying something like "Poor you" Not being prepared

:55:32.:55:35.

to acknowledge that this is something that's going on in your

:55:36.:55:39.

life. Yeah, I think if somebody says, "I'm sorry, I really don't

:55:40.:55:43.

know what to say." That's fine. You're just acnobblinging that, but

:55:44.:55:47.

you get people who sometimes start talking about their friends or, you

:55:48.:55:51.

know, experiences and one woman said to me, "Well, this friend of mine, I

:55:52.:55:57.

mean she is dead now." She launched into this whole story... That's not

:55:58.:56:02.

going to help. Someone said to me last week, it was said in front of

:56:03.:56:05.

everybody, "Well, I think it is nature's way of controlling the

:56:06.:56:08.

population like AIDS and the black death." Wow. How is that helpful.

:56:09.:56:14.

Even if that's what you think, I think keep quiet. Thank you very

:56:15.:56:17.

much for coming on the programme. Very nice to meet you.

:56:18.:56:20.

The Big C Me is a three-part documentary series beginning

:56:21.:56:23.

So many of you getting in touch about the shooting dead of Harambe

:56:24.:56:34.

the gorilla in the States. Let me read your comments. Bear with me.

:56:35.:56:40.

This mouse is not very good. Lesley says, "That gorilla had the ability

:56:41.:56:43.

to tear the baby apart in a second. Had they not shot it and the gorilla

:56:44.:56:50.

killed the baby then there would be outrage that they had done nothing."

:56:51.:56:54.

If you a large dart fired into you, do you think that might annoy you?

:56:55.:56:59.

If this massive animal had fallen on the child while losing consciousness

:57:00.:57:02.

that could have killed the boy as well." James says, "It was hasty. It

:57:03.:57:07.

was unnecessary. The gorilla showed no intention of harming the boy."

:57:08.:57:11.

Another viewer says, "The instinct of the gorilla is to be a parent. It

:57:12.:57:15.

recognised the little boy wasn't a threat. I blame the parents and the

:57:16.:57:19.

zoo." Thank you for those. Keep them coming in, we will get more reaction

:57:20.:57:24.

from some of you before 11am. Keep your thoughts coming in. Right, time

:57:25.:57:29.

for the weather and here is Carol. Hello, how? Very well, thank you.

:57:30.:57:36.

You look very summery. A shame about the weather! Some places have a

:57:37.:57:39.

beautiful start to the day. I want to show you what's happening across

:57:40.:57:44.

Western Europe. In the hours between 8pm and 8am parts of Belgium and

:57:45.:57:47.

parts of the south-east of England and parts of Northern France had

:57:48.:57:51.

25,000 lightening strikes. That's a fair few. The French Open was

:57:52.:57:55.

abandoned yesterday and this caused some disruption to air transport,

:57:56.:57:59.

but this is the picture showing the 12 hours from 8pm last night. Now

:58:00.:58:04.

the red crosses denote the most recent thunderstorms and then they

:58:05.:58:07.

go back to yellow which are the last ones that we had. So what's been

:58:08.:58:11.

happening is, it is an area of low pressurement now, it is quite a

:58:12.:58:14.

potent area of low pressure. It caused a lot of problems across

:58:15.:58:18.

France, Germany, Poland for example, through the course of the weekend

:58:19.:58:22.

and it is brushing against our shores and that's produced the heavy

:58:23.:58:25.

rain and some of the thunderstorms that we have seen this morning. The

:58:26.:58:30.

area is unstable across the near Continent and with the higher

:58:31.:58:33.

temperatures the whole lot just goes up. We have had thunderstorms this

:58:34.:58:36.

morning and we've had torrential rain. In parts of Suffolk, which

:58:37.:58:43.

isn't what this picture is showing, we had over 40 millimetres in a few

:58:44.:58:49.

hours. That's an inch-and-a-half. It has been raining in Norfolk and

:58:50.:58:54.

Suffolk, look at this. Where is that? This is Cornwall. The west is

:58:55.:59:00.

gorgeous. Even the scenery by itself before you look at the weather is

:59:01.:59:05.

lovely! This is Cumbria, gorgeous as well and finally there, one is in

:59:06.:59:09.

Wales. Yes, it is so. So lovely. A real stark contrast. If you're in

:59:10.:59:15.

the west, you look lovely, but you would be appropriately dressed in

:59:16.:59:18.

the west as you are in the studio because it is not raining in here!

:59:19.:59:24.

Why did I start that? I don't know, Carol. How is it looking anyway? It

:59:25.:59:29.

is looking wet in the east. Torrential downpours. We have seen a

:59:30.:59:32.

lot of rain this morning in parts of the east. It could lead to hazardous

:59:33.:59:39.

conditions, a lot of spray around and big puddles and there is the

:59:40.:59:43.

risk of localised flooding. As well as all that rain, we've got strong

:59:44.:59:47.

winds. That combination is leading to a cold feel, if you haven't been

:59:48.:59:52.

out yet, expect that and the wind is strong enough, gusting to gale force

:59:53.:59:55.

off the coastline, as we drift west, we have got the bluer skies, through

:59:56.:59:59.

the day though, you will notice the cloud building in parts of the west

:00:00.:00:03.

and some of us will see rain. So this afternoon, we've got rain

:00:04.:00:06.

across Northern England and a lot of cloud and then we run into more rain

:00:07.:00:11.

across East Anglia and the South East. More rain as we head down

:00:12.:00:14.

towards the Isle of Wight. Where you see greens or yellows, that's

:00:15.:00:19.

denoting heavier bursts, but Cornwall, Devon, the Isles of

:00:20.:00:23.

Scilly, the cloud building through Somerset. For most of Wales,

:00:24.:00:27.

beautiful this afternoon, but east Wales, you will see cloud building.

:00:28.:00:30.

Northern Ireland, again, beautiful for you too. Highs up to 20 Celsius

:00:31.:00:34.

in Belfast and for most of Scotland, a beautiful afternoon. A bit more

:00:35.:00:38.

cloud at times across the north and the east, but not particularly

:00:39.:00:41.

spoiling it. As we head on through the evening and overnight, we

:00:42.:00:44.

continue with the rain. For a time, it will be particularly heavy from

:00:45.:00:49.

the Wash heading up towards Yorkshire, in through Northumberland

:00:50.:00:53.

and Durham. The rain getting over to east Wales and Somerset, but ahead

:00:54.:00:58.

of it in the west and the north, it will be largely dry. For some, there

:00:59.:01:02.

will be patchy mist and fog. Tomorrow, for England and Wales,

:01:03.:01:07.

cloudy, quite windy and cool with the rain. Quite a contrast in Wales

:01:08.:01:11.

and the south-west compared to today whereas for Scotland and Northern

:01:12.:01:15.

Ireland, we are in the sunshine away from the East Coast and highs of

:01:16.:01:17.

around 20 Celsius. I'm Victoria Derbyshire,

:01:18.:01:28.

welcome to the programme There's been a massive backlash

:01:29.:01:33.

against the shooting dead of a gorilla in the US after a four

:01:34.:01:38.

year old crawled into his enclosure; a lot of you think there the zoo

:01:39.:01:42.

acted too hastily but plenty There's been a massive backlash

:01:43.:01:45.

against the shooting dead of a gorilla in the US after a four

:01:46.:01:49.

year old crawled into his enclosure. A lot of you think there the zoo

:01:50.:01:52.

acted too hastily but plenty Could that zoo afford

:01:53.:01:55.

to risk that child's life? Do I think the zoo should have

:01:56.:01:59.

tried other methods? We'll be speaking to a female MP

:02:00.:02:02.

who's campaign to stop sexist and racist abuse online has led

:02:03.:02:10.

to a barrage of abuse And - we'll talk again

:02:11.:02:13.

to the Australian family living in Scotland who are facing

:02:14.:02:17.

deportation from the UK. Overnight they've been told they can

:02:18.:02:19.

stay a bit longer, but not work. Good morning, here's

:02:20.:02:24.

a summary of todays news. The Iraqi military say special

:02:25.:02:39.

forces are leading a battle to recapture the city of Falluja

:02:40.:02:41.

from so-called It was seized by IS more

:02:42.:02:43.

than two years ago. Commanders say they've met fierce

:02:44.:02:52.

opposition, including snipers It's believed there

:02:53.:02:54.

are 50,000 people still There's a warning that

:02:55.:03:01.

three-quarters of older children with Type 1 diabetes are not

:03:02.:03:04.

receiving key checks to keep The figures come from

:03:05.:03:06.

an audit of their care Health officials recommend

:03:07.:03:10.

all children with diabetes have their blood sugar levels

:03:11.:03:14.

checked, and those aged 12 and over should have six other

:03:15.:03:17.

check-ups every year. All these health care checks are

:03:18.:03:29.

checking for the possibility of early markers of risk factors and if

:03:30.:03:35.

you find changes you can work with the family and the child to improve

:03:36.:03:37.

diabetes control. An inquiry into historical child sex

:03:38.:03:40.

abuse in Northern Ireland is due to begin examining allegations

:03:41.:03:43.

relating to the Kincora Three senior care staff

:03:44.:03:45.

there were jailed in 1981 for abuse. The inquiry, led by a retired senior

:03:46.:03:48.

High court judge, is expected to look at claims of links

:03:49.:03:51.

to the intelligence services. It's already examined

:03:52.:03:54.

allegations relating Both MI5 and MI6 have

:03:55.:03:55.

agreed to take part. Families of patients who were abused

:03:56.:04:05.

by staff at Winterbourne View private hospital say not enough

:04:06.:04:07.

is being done to improve services for adults

:04:08.:04:10.

with learning disabilities. They've written an open letter

:04:11.:04:12.

to David Cameron saying they're angry that changes

:04:13.:04:14.

in the system are too slow. The abuse was exposed by BBC

:04:15.:04:22.

Panorama five years ago. The group campaigning for Britain

:04:23.:04:24.

to leave the EU has said it would allow VAT on gas

:04:25.:04:27.

and electricity bills to be cut. The Remain campaign says

:04:28.:04:32.

that's the latest in more than a billion pounds in unfunded

:04:33.:04:38.

spending commitments - If you've got any questions

:04:39.:04:40.

on the EU Referendum, let us know. Chuka Umunna from Britain

:04:41.:04:49.

Stronger In Europe will be answering your questions

:04:50.:04:52.

at 12.30 and Chris Grayling from Vote Leave will do

:04:53.:04:56.

the same on BBC News at 5. You can get in touch via Twitter

:04:57.:05:00.

using the hashtag BBC Ask This An Australian family at risk

:05:01.:05:03.

of being deported from the UK have been told they can stay

:05:04.:05:28.

until August, but will not be Kathryn Brain, her husband

:05:29.:05:31.

Gregg and son Lachlan moved to Dingwall in the Highlands

:05:32.:05:34.

in 2011 on a student visa, The family had thought

:05:35.:05:37.

they were at risk of being They'll be speaking

:05:38.:05:40.

to Victoria after 10. The German car-maker, Volkswagen,

:05:41.:05:43.

has announced a huge The scandal over the rigging

:05:44.:05:45.

of diesel emissions tests has lead The director of a zoo

:05:46.:05:49.

in the United States has defended the shooting dead of a silverback

:05:50.:05:56.

gorilla, after a four year old boy There have been protests

:05:57.:05:59.

at Cincinatti Zoo, but staff there insist that critics

:06:00.:06:02.

are not in a position to make Looking back we would make the same

:06:03.:06:10.

decision, I know that after it is over and the child is safe, it is

:06:11.:06:15.

easy like the Monday morning quarterback to say while, don't we

:06:16.:06:19.

need to do this differently? But those people do not understand

:06:20.:06:23.

primate biology and the danger the child was in and also you were not

:06:24.:06:27.

there at an important time to make an important decision. We stand by

:06:28.:06:31.

our decision and we would make the same today.

:06:32.:06:39.

That's a summary of the latest BBC News, more at 10.30.

:06:40.:06:43.

James says, I cannot understand the reaction to the gorilla. This would

:06:44.:06:54.

be the reaction that anyone would have for a child in danger. What

:06:55.:07:00.

about a child in trauma due to people's negative reaction? Chris

:07:01.:07:07.

says I wonder what people would say if it was their child being dragged

:07:08.:07:12.

around by this gorilla. Liz says it was right to shoot the gorilla even

:07:13.:07:17.

if it was ultimately protecting the child. It's strength or weight could

:07:18.:07:19.

have crashed that the full boy. Do get in touch with us

:07:20.:07:27.

throughout the morning. Victoria Live and if you text,

:07:28.:07:29.

you will be charged Here is the sport. The deadline to

:07:30.:07:38.

submit international squads is midnight tonight. England and Wales

:07:39.:07:44.

will reveal all later today. Our reporter is with me this morning.

:07:45.:07:49.

Good morning, David. We are waiting with bated breath. We don't know

:07:50.:07:55.

when Roy Hodgson will reveal his 23. It has been slightly delayed. Is

:07:56.:07:59.

this all because of Daniel Sturridge and his various issues? Yes, he is

:08:00.:08:08.

the main concern. He missed the first friendly against Turkey in

:08:09.:08:12.

magister because of his involvement with Liverpool, he's scored, but he

:08:13.:08:17.

picked up a calf injury. He did not play against Australia and he did

:08:18.:08:21.

not feature on the bench on Friday in Sunderland. He did return on

:08:22.:08:26.

Friday, their respect and elation he could be included after all as part

:08:27.:08:30.

of five strikers which would include Marcus Rushford, the 18-year-old.

:08:31.:08:35.

This is Daniel Sturridge's final chance to impress. We are expecting

:08:36.:08:40.

the squad to be announced later this afternoon. There are questions over

:08:41.:08:48.

the likes of Andros Townsend, Danny Drinkwater. Will one of them have

:08:49.:08:54.

two miss out? We are hearing that John Stones is probably going to get

:08:55.:08:58.

the nod for his first match against Russia. That 26 man squad has come

:08:59.:09:04.

down to 25 with Fabian Delph being injured, but there are two more

:09:05.:09:09.

slots to go. They have the friendly against Portugal at Wembley on

:09:10.:09:15.

Thursday night. Wales, half past two, we will find out. It seems

:09:16.:09:20.

astonishing if Joe Ledley does make Chris Coleman's 23. He broke his leg

:09:21.:09:26.

three weeks ago. It is incredibly exciting for Wales, the first major

:09:27.:09:30.

tournament since 1958, the first time they have been at the European

:09:31.:09:34.

Championship finals. Joe Ledley fractured his leg on the 7th of May

:09:35.:09:38.

playing for Crystal Palace. He has joined up with the squad, because he

:09:39.:09:44.

has been a part of Wales's progress to the finals and a key part at

:09:45.:09:50.

that, but it would be an astonishing return to fitness. Can you really

:09:51.:09:55.

gamble with someone who is lacking such fitness. Roy Hodgson said he

:09:56.:09:59.

would not take anyone who is not match fit. Joe Ledley certainly is

:10:00.:10:04.

not, he missed the FA Cup final, but will he go to France? How about this

:10:05.:10:12.

for a seamless link? Wales's last major championship was 1958 knocked

:10:13.:10:16.

out by Brazil in the quarterfinals, Pele scored the winner and the

:10:17.:10:21.

Brazilian legend is selling all his football medals and memorabilia. The

:10:22.:10:24.

reason that the auction is slightly unclear, but it is expected to raise

:10:25.:10:29.

more than ?3 million, he is selling his three World Cup winner medals

:10:30.:10:34.

and a replica of a trophy and dozens of shirts he played in. He is even

:10:35.:10:39.

selling the boots he wore in the film escape to victory. They are

:10:40.:10:44.

expected to fetch about ?5,000. It is expected to take place over five

:10:45.:10:48.

days in London next month. So much stuff, Victoria.

:10:49.:11:07.

A Labour MP claims she's had over 1600 messages

:11:08.:11:09.

about raping her in the space of 36 hours.

:11:10.:11:11.

Last week Jess Phillips the MP for Yardley in Birmingham launched

:11:12.:11:14.

a campaign against sexism, abuse and intimidation online.

:11:15.:11:16.

But since that campaign the threats against her have

:11:17.:11:18.

Here are some examples of the kind of messages she's received.

:11:19.:11:37.

How do you react to those tweets? Unfortunately I have got used to it.

:11:38.:11:51.

They are idiots on the Internet and it is not even the content of some

:11:52.:11:56.

of the tweets. The level of discourse is that which I would

:11:57.:11:59.

judge in Ireland and-year-old for having. -- judge my 11-year-old for

:12:00.:12:10.

having. It is the sheer number of people who have got in touch with

:12:11.:12:17.

me, it is dog piling, basically any normal discourse that could happen

:12:18.:12:20.

on any social plaque home is completely crowded out. -- any

:12:21.:12:27.

social platform. It poisons the timeline of anyone who speaks to

:12:28.:12:32.

you. The number of tweets and the re-tweets and the people piling in,

:12:33.:12:37.

dog piling as you call it, there have been 5000 tweets pretty much

:12:38.:12:41.

referring to raping you or not raping you. The level of discourse

:12:42.:12:46.

is saying they do not want to rape me as if it is something you do to

:12:47.:12:53.

someone you like. Goodness knows where they have got it from. It is

:12:54.:13:00.

about 5000 people, 5000 notifications, mentions that I have

:13:01.:13:05.

got. The ones who are saying I would not rape you and the others that are

:13:06.:13:10.

saying this is not an insult, they would not rape you as if you should

:13:11.:13:16.

be grateful for that. I do not normally feel the need to tell

:13:17.:13:21.

people I will not my view or hit you, because we are normal human

:13:22.:13:26.

beings. It is as if I should be thankful that these people are

:13:27.:13:29.

saying they are not going to rape me. You described them as idiots and

:13:30.:13:34.

I have looked at the guidelines for what should be treated as a crime

:13:35.:13:46.

under current law. Communication is targeting an individual which may

:13:47.:13:50.

constitute harassment or stalking, communications which could be

:13:51.:13:55.

considered indecent, obscene or false. Have you contacted the

:13:56.:14:01.

police? I haven't. It all happened yesterday. While these people think

:14:02.:14:07.

I'm sitting around playing the victim, I was playing games with my

:14:08.:14:11.

children in the garden most of the day. I don't need to contact the

:14:12.:14:16.

police any more, my local police officers watch what happens on

:14:17.:14:19.

Twitter and they get in touch with me. I am sure they will. The vast

:14:20.:14:25.

majority of people who do this are in America, so there is very little

:14:26.:14:29.

West Midlands Police can do about it. I will be contacting Twitter

:14:30.:14:34.

about some of the ringleaders of this dog piling. I have got to the

:14:35.:14:39.

stage now that I feel that legal action be its civil or criminal in

:14:40.:14:44.

some way is the way to attack these people. Rather than just ignore it

:14:45.:14:50.

or mute them. Yes. I could never block them, you would need someone

:14:51.:14:54.

full-time to block the number of people who got in touch with me over

:14:55.:14:59.

the weekend. It is not a solution to block and ignore them. The only

:15:00.:15:04.

solution in stopping seeing it is if I stop going on twitter which is a

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very real possibility. I think the people who are the ringleaders of

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this, some action needs to be taken against them, but also there needs

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to be technology whereby I have blocked the person who started this

:15:20.:15:24.

years ago and anyone who mentions him in a tweets and mention me, I

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should not be able to see that and I don't want to see that. I think

:15:30.:15:33.

Twitter needs to do something about that. There are things you can do.

:15:34.:15:40.

You also wrote that Twitter is dead. As a platform, it is the worst area

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for this. Until twitter makes this sort of thing stop happening and

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stop accepting that this sort of dog piling and mass bullying can happen,

:15:53.:15:57.

their business model is totally flawed. People like me and people

:15:58.:16:02.

who do not like this terrible side of the Internet will just walk away,

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we will go to Facebook, mums net, other platforms where this does not

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happen. Twitter are already struggling and I don't see how it

:16:15.:16:15.

can last. I have seen some savage stuff on

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Facebook. There are some vicious stuff wherever you go. I think that

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Facebook though for a start if you're not allowed to be anonymous.

:16:31.:16:34.

There is the govern of it being an internal group of people. Facebook

:16:35.:16:38.

are massively funding counter speech where awful things are being said.

:16:39.:16:43.

If you look at models like Mumsnet or some of the other forums that,

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you know, maybe me and you can't name because we are not into this

:16:48.:16:50.

sort of thing, there are real community guidelines and anything

:16:51.:16:53.

like this starts to happen, those people are either gone or the

:16:54.:16:56.

community attacks them. Mumsnet is a really, really good example of where

:16:57.:17:03.

this stuff just doesn't happen. In the early days of Twitter, it was

:17:04.:17:07.

a really warm community. What has changed? Is it just because it has

:17:08.:17:12.

become so popular? The fact that it has become, these people sort of

:17:13.:17:16.

know that it is where you can really get at somebody. Also my husband was

:17:17.:17:20.

just saying to me beforehand and he is a proper geek, he is on all sorts

:17:21.:17:24.

of crazy forums that I've never heard of, he was saying to me the

:17:25.:17:29.

difference is people go to forums like Mumsnet to speak about

:17:30.:17:33.

something specific, he goes on computer game forums to speak about

:17:34.:17:37.

something specific, Twitter is your playground, it is the extension of

:17:38.:17:41.

every bit of your life. If you want to bully somebody, that's the place

:17:42.:17:44.

to do it. Not to do it in a place where you might be talking about

:17:45.:17:47.

your toddler having a tantrum. Do you think it is a woman thing? Is it

:17:48.:17:55.

mostly women being bullied or are men victims too? Oh men are victims

:17:56.:18:00.

too. Most of the research shows if you are anything outside of sort of

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white, mid--le class man, you are more likely so if you're black, if

:18:05.:18:12.

you're gay, if you're Jewish, if you're any sort of slight break from

:18:13.:18:17.

the norm about you means that you're more likely to get more attacks.

:18:18.:18:20.

Lots of people got in touch to say this person who start this on you,

:18:21.:18:23.

we have had action from him, but he will never hate me as much as he

:18:24.:18:26.

hates you because you're a woman. Thank you very much for talking to

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us. No problems. Yeses Phillips the MP for Yardley.

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-- jess Phillips the MP for Yardley. We reached out to Twitter

:18:42.:18:47.

for comment on Jess' case. The social media platform told us,

:18:48.:18:50.

"We do not comment on individual cases for privacy and security

:18:51.:18:53.

reasons but there are multiple ways The organisation said, "We do not

:18:54.:18:55.

tolerate behaviour that crosses the line into abuse including

:18:56.:19:01.

behaviour that harasses, intimidates, or uses fear to silence

:19:02.:19:03.

another user's voice." So many comments about the gorilla.

:19:04.:19:16.

Let me get some. OK, this e-mail from Tim. He is in Hampshire. He

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says, "The outcry regarding the decision to shoot the dor ril la is

:19:23.:19:28.

truly amazing. Now senior zoo personnel are qualified zoologists

:19:29.:19:31.

who know the behavioural characteristics and characteristics

:19:32.:19:40.

capabilities of animals in their care. Of course, it was sad to lose

:19:41.:19:46.

such a beautiful animal which should not even be in captivity, but what

:19:47.:19:54.

would the public reaction had been if the gorilla killed the child?"

:19:55.:19:59.

An Australian family facing possible deportation from the UK today have

:20:00.:20:01.

now been told they can stay until August, but they won't

:20:02.:20:04.

Kathryn Brain her husband, Gregg, and son Lachlan moved

:20:05.:20:10.

to the Highlands in 2011 on a student visa,

:20:11.:20:12.

We spoke to them exclusively on this programme last week,

:20:13.:20:16.

since then they've both been offered jobs, which they can't take up

:20:17.:20:19.

Greg tell our audience what the situation is? The Immigration

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Minister Mr Brokenshire has given us approximately 60 days until the 1st

:20:38.:20:41.

August to get a visa application in. However, we have not been given the

:20:42.:20:48.

right-to-work. As you just said we have both got jobs offers. Kathryn

:20:49.:20:55.

has an offer from a community project. They were hoping Kathryn

:20:56.:21:04.

could start this morning. Kathryn has not been involve will have

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effects on not just herself, but for this distillery. The key about being

:21:12.:21:15.

able to work is that will help you raise money which will help in a

:21:16.:21:20.

further application for a new visa? Yes, well, that's the complication.

:21:21.:21:24.

Mr Brokenshire knows that we can't work. He is the Immigration

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Minister? He is the Immigration Minister. Ordered us to stop in mid-

:21:29.:21:33.

March, but we are likely to be faced with a visa requirement for what's

:21:34.:21:36.

called maintenance funds. Which means we have to have ?3,000 sitting

:21:37.:21:44.

untouched in an an account for 90 days prior to making an application.

:21:45.:21:49.

I doubt whether Mr Brokenshire would have any reason to believe

:21:50.:21:53.

otherwise, we have less than no money. We are being set-up to fail.

:21:54.:22:00.

Kathryn, what do you think? I'm echoing what Greg just said, you

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know, not just the funds having to be in the account for 90 days prior

:22:05.:22:10.

to making the application, but we have got 60 days between now and 1st

:22:11.:22:17.

August. Even if a wonderful person in the community are able to raise

:22:18.:22:20.

those funds so we could have it sitting in our account, we don't

:22:21.:22:23.

have the time to have that sitting in our account before making an

:22:24.:22:27.

application. So you know, as Greg said, it is almost like he is trying

:22:28.:22:31.

to appear generous by giving this extra time for us, but by the same

:22:32.:22:36.

token taking it away by putting this impossible request on us. As Greg

:22:37.:22:41.

also said with the job that I have been offered with the distillery and

:22:42.:22:46.

the job that Greg has been offered, although it may not qualify for a

:22:47.:22:51.

tier two work visa, it is a highly skilled job up here in the Highlands

:22:52.:22:54.

where his employer needs him on the ground as well. But the job that I

:22:55.:22:59.

have been offered is reliant on a deadline that we've got with raising

:23:00.:23:05.

the capital for the distillery and John McKenzie needs me on the ground

:23:06.:23:09.

as of today if possible, but without that right-to-work, I can't accept

:23:10.:23:13.

the job even if a temporary capacity or as we have discovered recently

:23:14.:23:18.

with another non-EU national who has been trying to organise an

:23:19.:23:23.

indefinite leave to remain, even if I was to volunteer my services that

:23:24.:23:27.

would be in breach. I can't even work for free! I doubt very much the

:23:28.:23:32.

Immigration Minister is watching our programme. His officials might be.

:23:33.:23:35.

What would you say to them directly? Well, if I can quote James

:23:36.:23:39.

Brokenshire's letter. One of the letters he wrote to us, he said that

:23:40.:23:44.

applicants should never assume the provisions in place at the time of

:23:45.:23:47.

their initial entry to the UK will continue to be viable options in

:23:48.:23:52.

future years. He seems to be saying that the UK Government's stated

:23:53.:23:56.

position is to be untrustworthy in their dealings with immigrants. We

:23:57.:24:00.

were promised a tier two work visa when we applied for our visa in 2010

:24:01.:24:04.

and when it was granted which was the year before the change to the

:24:05.:24:08.

visa regime was announced. At that point, we had to have some ?15,000

:24:09.:24:13.

or ?20,000 maintenance funds sitting in an account for 90 days. Again,

:24:14.:24:23.

all we're asking for is for the UK Government, this is a country which

:24:24.:24:28.

prides itself as being the birthplace of the rule of law, you

:24:29.:24:32.

would think dealing with the UK Government, you would be dealt with

:24:33.:24:39.

honourably and ethnically. Mr Brokenshire's quotes appears to

:24:40.:24:43.

suggest that's not an assumption to make. He has the opportunity to show

:24:44.:24:52.

that we can trust the UK Government. How is Lachlan? He is fortunate to

:24:53.:24:58.

have a seven-year-old's understanding of what is going on

:24:59.:25:02.

and that's shielding him a bit and for that, we're grateful He is going

:25:03.:25:05.

through a growth spurt at the moment hence the yawns!

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LAUGHTER His back is always hanging out of

:25:09.:25:12.

the fridge and he is always tired at the moment. Kathryn can you say hi

:25:13.:25:21.

to Lachlan And how he is. Darling, do you want to tell the TV people

:25:22.:25:27.

how you are and how you're getting on with regards to how you're

:25:28.:25:31.

feeling about mummy and daddy doing everything we can to stay here in

:25:32.:25:35.

Scotland? No. Sorry about that. Don't be daft. Fair enough. Thank

:25:36.:25:40.

you very much. We will, of course, keep in touch. We will bring our

:25:41.:25:45.

viewers any update in your story. We appreciate your time again, thank

:25:46.:25:48.

you. Thank you. Thank you. Lachlan Is exhausted. I don't blame

:25:49.:25:57.

her. Kathryn and Gregg Brain and Lachlan 6.

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The body of Elliot Johnson was found on railway tracks. The coroner

:26:12.:26:16.

refused a call by his family for a full inquest that could hear more

:26:17.:26:19.

detailed about the months leading up to his death. Saying the purpose is

:26:20.:26:23.

not to determine whether the allegations of bullying are true. We

:26:24.:26:28.

should say those allegations have been denied from within the

:26:29.:26:31.

Conservative Party. On this programme last year, we spoke to

:26:32.:26:35.

Elliot Johnson's father, Ray. He told us how the family were coping.

:26:36.:26:40.

It's very, very difficult for us. Elliot was a very bright, articulate

:26:41.:26:45.

young man. He a great future ahead of him. He went to London in June to

:26:46.:26:49.

start a new career and of course, that career was cut dreadfully

:26:50.:26:52.

short. Well, Ben Ando is at the Coroners'

:26:53.:26:57.

Court in Bedfordshire. Ben, what are we expecting today?

:26:58.:27:07.

Yes, well, I mean, Ray and Alice Johnson are here to observe the

:27:08.:27:12.

inquest. It started with the coroner being shown a photograph of

:27:13.:27:16.

21-year-old Elliot Johnson on the day of his graduation proudy wearing

:27:17.:27:20.

his robe and holding his scroll, but he did open the inquest by pointing

:27:21.:27:25.

out that this was about ascertaining purely the facts of the case, who

:27:26.:27:29.

the deceased was and how they came by his death and the coroner was at

:27:30.:27:34.

pains to point out that that term phrase "How they came by the death"

:27:35.:27:38.

Is specific in legal terms. He said it is beyond the scope of the

:27:39.:27:42.

inquiry to look at allegations of bullying within the Conservative

:27:43.:27:46.

Party, to look at questions of self-harming and previous suicides

:27:47.:27:50.

attempts by Mr Johnson, to look at possible relationship breakdowns or

:27:51.:27:53.

other factors. They would be considered, he said, but it wasn't

:27:54.:27:58.

for the inquest to apportion blame or look to find scapegoats or any

:27:59.:28:01.

kind of evidence that could be used later in criminal or civil

:28:02.:28:07.

proceedings. Thank you, Ben Ando outside the

:28:08.:28:14.

coroners' court in Hampshire. Some comments from people watching Jess

:28:15.:28:19.

Phillips the Labour MP earlier. Last week, she launched a campaign called

:28:20.:28:24.

Reclaim the Internet. On Sunday, into Monday, she had thousands and

:28:25.:28:28.

thousands of comments from people talking about raping her. Many of

:28:29.:28:31.

them incredibly abusive and horrible. David on Twitter says,

:28:32.:28:39.

"Good point by Jess Phillips, they block out any civil conversation."

:28:40.:28:46.

Tim on Twitter says, "Great dignity from Jess Phillips." The only

:28:47.:28:52.

solution is to block or mute. Mark says, "A rape threat is illegal.

:28:53.:28:58.

Report it to the police. I don't see why Twitter should be blamed for the

:28:59.:29:02.

morans on there." Pete says, "On behalf of the 90% of the male race I

:29:03.:29:08.

apologise for the other 10% who sicken us all." Mohamed says,

:29:09.:29:16.

"Twitter reluctancy to react. They rely on trolls to keep the

:29:17.:29:18.

engagement figures up." The latest from the city of Fallujah

:29:19.:29:36.

as Government forces launch a final assault against so-called Islamic

:29:37.:29:39.

State. We will bring you the very latest.

:29:40.:29:46.

With the News, here's Maxine in the BBC Newsroom.

:29:47.:29:54.

The Iraqi military say special forces are leading a battle

:29:55.:29:56.

to recapture the city of Falluja from so-called

:29:57.:29:58.

It says about 4,000 residents fled in the last week. Commanders say

:29:59.:30:11.

they have met fierce opposition including snipers and suicide

:30:12.:30:16.

bombers. It is believed there are 50,000 people still trapped in the

:30:17.:30:17.

city. There's a warning that

:30:18.:30:25.

three-quarters of older children with Type 1 diabetes are not

:30:26.:30:26.

receiving key checks to keep The figures come from

:30:27.:30:29.

an audit of their care Health officials recommend

:30:30.:30:35.

all children with diabetes have their blood sugar levels

:30:36.:30:39.

checked, and those aged 12 and over should have six other

:30:40.:30:42.

check-ups every year. Families of patients who were abused

:30:43.:30:44.

by staff at Winterbourne View private hospital say not enough

:30:45.:30:46.

is being done to improve services for adults

:30:47.:30:49.

with learning disabilities. They've written an open letter

:30:50.:30:50.

to David Cameron saying they're angry that changes

:30:51.:30:52.

in the system are too slow. The abuse was exposed by BBC

:30:53.:30:55.

Panorama five years ago. Steve Sollars, whose

:30:56.:30:57.

son Sam was held there, is among those who have

:30:58.:31:02.

signed the letter. There are still roundabout 3500

:31:03.:31:13.

people in these units and they are all at risk of abuse through

:31:14.:31:19.

medication, through restraint. Sam was one of them with the use of over

:31:20.:31:26.

medication and overuse of the restraints. It has to stop. The

:31:27.:31:31.

government have had five years to do something, they have not done

:31:32.:31:36.

anything. I think they should be ashamed of themselves.

:31:37.:31:38.

And Victoria will be speaking to a woman whose daughter was sent

:31:39.:31:41.

to a unit in Brighton and the charity Mencap

:31:42.:31:43.

who are calling for immediate changes to the way patients

:31:44.:31:46.

with learning difficulties are cared for.

:31:47.:31:51.

The group campaigning for Britain to leave the EU has said it

:31:52.:31:54.

would allow VAT on gas and electricity bills to be cut.

:31:55.:31:57.

The Remain campaign claims it's the latest in more

:31:58.:31:59.

than a billion pounds in unfunded spending commitments -

:32:00.:32:01.

If you've got any questions on the EU Referendum, let us know.

:32:02.:32:13.

Chuka Umunna from Britain Stronger In Europe

:32:14.:32:17.

will be answering your questions at 12.30 and Chris Grayling

:32:18.:32:22.

from Vote Leave will do the same on BBC News at 5.

:32:23.:32:25.

You can get in touch via Twitter using the hashtag BBC Ask This

:32:26.:32:28.

An Australian family at risk of being deported from the UK have

:32:29.:32:41.

been told they can stay until August, but will not be

:32:42.:32:44.

Kathryn Brain, her husband Gregg and son Lachlan

:32:45.:32:47.

moved to Dingwall in the Highlands in 2011 on a student visa,

:32:48.:32:50.

The family had thought they were at risk of being

:32:51.:32:54.

As things currently stand, Mr broken Shire has given us another 60 days

:32:55.:33:04.

to the 1st of August to get a Visa application. However, we have not

:33:05.:33:10.

been given the right to work. We both have job offers, Catherine has

:33:11.:33:15.

a job offer with a distillery, a community project, we were hoping

:33:16.:33:18.

she could start there this morning. An inquest into the death of a young

:33:19.:33:20.

Conservative activist, who made allegations of bullying

:33:21.:33:23.

in the party, is beginning today. The German car maker, Volkswagen,

:33:24.:33:27.

has announced a huge The scandal over the rigging

:33:28.:33:29.

of diesel emissions tests has lead to higher costs

:33:30.:33:32.

and falling sales. The director of a zoo

:33:33.:33:35.

in the United States has defended the shooting dead of a silverback

:33:36.:33:37.

gorilla, after a four year old boy There have been protests

:33:38.:33:40.

at Cincinatti Zoo, but staff there insist that critics

:33:41.:33:43.

are not in a position to make I know it is easy like a Monday

:33:44.:33:58.

morning quarterback to say wow, don't we need to do this

:33:59.:34:03.

differently? People who do that don't understand primate biology and

:34:04.:34:07.

the danger of the child was in and also you were not there at an

:34:08.:34:10.

important time to make an important decision. We stand by our decision.

:34:11.:34:14.

We would make the same today. Ceremonies will be held

:34:15.:34:17.

in Orkney and at sea today, to mark 100 years since Britain

:34:18.:34:20.

and Germany fought the naval Battle of Jutland in which more than 8,000

:34:21.:34:23.

sailors lost their lives. British and German warships

:34:24.:34:26.

will scatter symbols of remembrance on the waters of the Jutland Bank,

:34:27.:34:28.

above the wrecks of ships The Duke of Edinburgh was due

:34:29.:34:31.

to attend but withdrew, That is the end of your news

:34:32.:34:55.

summary. Now to the sport. Alastair Cook scored 10,000 test runs, at 31

:34:56.:34:59.

he is the youngest player to do that. They beat Sri Lanka to clinch

:35:00.:35:06.

the series. Roy Hodgson will name his final England squad for the

:35:07.:35:09.

European Championship later today, he needs to trim two players from

:35:10.:35:14.

his current squad of 25. Daniel Sturridge may be one of those to

:35:15.:35:19.

miss out. The big question over the Wales squad announcement at 230 this

:35:20.:35:23.

afternoon is whether or not Joe Ledley will be included. He

:35:24.:35:27.

fractured his leg earlier this month, but he could still be fit for

:35:28.:35:32.

the final group match. The Arsenal full-back has been called up to the

:35:33.:35:34.

Spain squad. He replaces. Andy Murray will be playing Richard

:35:35.:35:54.

Gasquet, but it is still raining in Paris. It looks like there will be a

:35:55.:36:01.

big log of matches. Families of victims of the Winterbourne view

:36:02.:36:04.

scandal have written to the Prime Minister is saying that he should

:36:05.:36:08.

shut outdated care institutions. After five years, not enough has

:36:09.:36:19.

changed. You may remember panorama showed residents being slapped,

:36:20.:36:26.

having their hair pulled and medication was forced into their

:36:27.:36:31.

mouths. After that programme, the government vowed to move patients

:36:32.:36:35.

with learning difficulties out of hospitals and into community care.

:36:36.:36:39.

Five years on the charity mencap says that is not happening. We have

:36:40.:36:50.

a spokesman from mencap and we have a mother whose daughter stays in a

:36:51.:36:57.

care home. George Julian is from a campaign group set up in memory of

:36:58.:37:09.

Conor sparrowhawk. Why is it not happening. They target was set in

:37:10.:37:16.

2014 to get people out of these units and back into the community,

:37:17.:37:20.

that has not happened, it has not happened because we have not seen

:37:21.:37:24.

the right infrastructure put in place locally. Councils and the NHS

:37:25.:37:27.

working together. We have not seen the right services developed in

:37:28.:37:32.

local communities are people with a learning disability can be supported

:37:33.:37:36.

in their community. Is it a lack of will, a lack of cash, a lack of

:37:37.:37:41.

planning? There is money in the system, but it is a lack of

:37:42.:37:45.

planning. The directives have come down from on high, but they have not

:37:46.:37:49.

been delivered locally. In some areas you see change, but in others

:37:50.:37:55.

you don't. Last October a report was published by the NHS saying of the

:37:56.:38:01.

next three years over 50% who are in the units will come back into the

:38:02.:38:05.

community over the next three years. That is welcome, plans are being

:38:06.:38:08.

developed at the moment, but families have been let down before,

:38:09.:38:11.

people with learning disabilities have been let down before. We need

:38:12.:38:16.

to see things being done differently and lessons learned from previous

:38:17.:38:21.

failure. Your daughter Claire has autism, she has had a year in the

:38:22.:38:27.

assessment and treatment unit, there is no abuse, but she is quite

:38:28.:38:32.

distressed and you would like her to move into supported accommodation.

:38:33.:38:39.

Yes, she was sent to the forensics unit and she has been home with us

:38:40.:38:45.

19 months. People are starting to listen and the plan is she has

:38:46.:38:50.

supported living accommodation. It is all about working together with

:38:51.:38:54.

families, listening to the young people, their voices, their dreams,

:38:55.:38:59.

their wishes. They are all human beings, there are so many people

:39:00.:39:08.

still locked up. Our daughter had been home 29 days the previous month

:39:09.:39:15.

and then on the 1st of August she was sent five hours away from us.

:39:16.:39:20.

She had been in the community doing no more things, but she had not been

:39:21.:39:26.

given a chance. Now she is home, we are lucky we have support in place

:39:27.:39:31.

now. Five and a half, six hours a day. She is living here with us,

:39:32.:39:37.

people are listening to her. Once the child turns 18, parents are

:39:38.:39:42.

normally just excluded completely. Why do you think in the final years

:39:43.:39:48.

since Winterbourne view, things have not got any better for people with

:39:49.:39:53.

learning disabilities? I am not sure there is the will. I think there is

:39:54.:39:57.

a conflict of interest between people who are working to charities

:39:58.:40:00.

and those who provide services and some who are not of a high enough

:40:01.:40:06.

quality themselves, including mencap who run unsafe services. We have

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known about these problems, they are systemic problems. There has been no

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action and three years ago when Conor died, there was a study that

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showed people were dying 20 years early, he was 18 years old, he

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should not have died, it was due to neglect. His family and friends have

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tried to improve things and get some answers. They talked to the chief

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executive of NHS England who commissioned a review into the trust

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Web Conor died. It found 337 learning disabled people died in

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that four year period and only two of the deaths were investigated. --

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where Conor died. Do you want to answer the point about unsafe

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services? We provide services and sometimes there are issues in our

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services. They are not unsafe. The care regulator has found issues in

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some of our services. It is right they are identified and it is our

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responsibility to put those right and we accept full responsibility

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for that. The reason why we are talking about Winterbourne view

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today, the families have said there has been no change over the past

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five years. Plans are being developed up and down the country to

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bring people out of these units and back into the community. Over the

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next few months it is absolutely key that those areas are listening to

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people with learning disabilities and families. You are shaking your

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head. We have been saying this for five years, mencap or 151

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organisations who put their name to the Winterbourne view Concorde to

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change this. It is not acceptable they are calling on the government

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to make changes that they have failed to make themselves. None of

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their provision is outstanding and one of their services is unsafe.

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Perhaps they should sort their own house out before they criticise

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others. Why are we having this conversation and not people with a

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learning disability. Mencap have not given the voice, not given the

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power, to people who are learning disabled to put their perspective

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across. We could not do that at 24 hours notice, they could have. We

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are holding the power in the system, we are not giving the opportunity to

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learning disabled people to speak for themselves. Go on. Talk to her.

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At the end of the day, families who had relatives at Winterbourne view

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wanted us to sign this letter to show there had been a lack of

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progress. I agree that we need to be at the forefront. We are bringing

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together a group of families to meet with NHS England to look at the

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plans being developed to make sure what will be bowling out across the

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country over the coming years is the right kind of support that people

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want. What have you done for the last five years? What has been

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happening? We signed the Concorde act to hold the government and NHS

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to account, that is why we are sitting here today having this

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conversation which is say there has not been the change that we want and

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to raise the profile. We will pause to say goodbye to viewers on BBC

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Two, the programme continues on the BBC News Channel. Do carry on, Dan.

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In your answer to George. We all want the same thing, we all want

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people to not go into assessment and treatment unit and we want to see

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the people who are in units supported to come back to their

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communities. We all agree on that and that is what we want to see in

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the future and what we need to work together on. The longer these people

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are away from their families, away from the communities, it gets harder

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for them. The stress, the families, they all had to cope with it. It is

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not easy to get them out of these places when doctors have them under

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section and families have two fight against it. This is what is

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happening all over the place. We will leave it there. I appreciate

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your time. Have you decided how you will vote in the EU referendum?

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Whether you have or haven't, you are welcome to take part on the 6th of

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June next Monday, we are in Manchester, just over a fortnight

:44:57.:45:00.

before the actual vote, it is open to everyone and it will take place

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between 9am and 11am. If you want to take part and you can get to

:45:05.:45:08.

Manchester from wherever you are in the UK, do e-mail us to have a

:45:09.:45:13.

chance to have your chance to quiz senior politicians from the Leave

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and Remain campaigns. In the last half hour,

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it has been reported from Iraq that the UN refugee agency has

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received several reports of people being used as human shields

:45:23.:45:24.

by the so-called Islamic State 50,000 people are feared trapped

:45:25.:45:27.

in the city which was captured by IS two years ago and is now

:45:28.:45:30.

the subject of a fierce final assault by Iraqi government forces

:45:31.:45:34.

as they try to retake it. There's growing alarm

:45:35.:45:39.

about conditions there, with reports of people starving

:45:40.:45:41.

to death and of being killed One women who was lucky enough

:45:42.:45:43.

to escape to a refugee camp to the south of the city,

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spoke to us of her ordeal. TRANSLATION: Thank God we were able

:45:51.:45:54.

to get away from suffering under They let us starve

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and left us thirsty. They took away our men and told us

:45:59.:46:03.

to go home saying they'll return, but they didn't send

:46:04.:46:06.

them back alive or dead. We can speak to Afzal Ashraf,

:46:07.:46:17.

a consultant fellow at Royal United Services Institute

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and was a senior officer And in Iraq is Becky Bakr Abulla

:46:20.:46:22.

from the Norwegian Refugee Council. Becky, tell us about the camp first

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of all. What things people are telling you when they arrive in the

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camp. Well, the camps are located approximately 30 kilometres away

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from Falluja town where the intense fighting is still ongoing. The

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families I've met are telling me about an extremely dire situation

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they have lived in for the past months. They have had no access to

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proper food, water, there has been no electricity or any medicines to

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get a hold of. They have been surviving on water from the river

:47:03.:47:11.

and dry dates. Some have managed to get hold of yoghurt they told me the

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escape from the intense fighting has been dangerous, they have been

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running for hours at night-time carrying only the clothes on their

:47:19.:47:24.

back and their ID cards. What do they say it is like inside fa fa?

:47:25.:47:28.

They have been telling me they have been afraid for their lives every

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minute of the day. They haven't been sleeping. They haven't been eating.

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They are staying indoors. Children are not going to school anymore. It

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has been extremely traumatic for them. Let me ask you. In terms of

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where Iraqi Government troops are in relation to Falluja can you describe

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that for our audience, please? Well, it is not entirely clear because

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they haven't given a clear indication of their positions, but

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it seems they have surrounded most of the city, not all of it, so that

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does allow the Daesh fighters to withdraw if they wish to which may

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not be a bad thing under the circumstances, if they withdraw it

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means that the civilians are not in danger. With dra from fa fa? Yes. If

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Iraqi Government troops are surrounding it? I'm not sure they

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have surrounded it difficult. It is difficult to surround fa fa.

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Fa fa the Falluja a regiment had to help the coalition which was

:48:33.:48:39.

American to surround the city. That was to defeat Al-Qaeda back then,

:48:40.:48:45.

wasn't it? It was the fore runners of Daesh who were Al-Qaeda in Iraq

:48:46.:48:49.

and who have more offed into Daesh. It was this group. IS have been in

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control of Falluja for two years, why is it crucial the Iraqi

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Government get them out here? First of all, there have been recent

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bombings. Yesterday there were several suicide bombings leading to

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the deaths of dozens of people. This has been going on for a few weeks. A

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few weeks ago we had the storming of the green zone because the

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protesters... That's the so-called safe area in Baghdad for Government

:49:25.:49:31.

officials, for important VIPs? The belief amongst ordinary Iraqis

:49:32.:49:34.

particularly in Baghdad the Government is ineffective, it is not

:49:35.:49:38.

providing for the basic needs of security, water, electricity and so

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on. All of this is being now championed by a politician to led

:49:47.:49:51.

the biggest insurgency against the Americans again in 2004 and it was

:49:52.:50:00.

only the intervention of ayatollah Sistani that stopped that. It would

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have been difficult for the coalition to keep him under control.

:50:04.:50:08.

He is on the scene. This is conspiring to make the Baghdad

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Government feel they must do something and Falluja is a

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convenient and easy location for them to demonstrate success.

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Briefly, some people have clearly escaped. Some citizens escaped from

:50:19.:50:23.

Falluja. What about those who cannot get out? What's going to happen to

:50:24.:50:29.

them? That's a good situation. The situation is dire. There is

:50:30.:50:35.

cross-fire, the Iraqi army will find it douf avoid casualties and with

:50:36.:50:38.

the militias involved and with the lack of training and maybe

:50:39.:50:41.

discipline as well, I think we should expect I am afraid some

:50:42.:50:46.

civilian casualties and it could be a very large number and of course,

:50:47.:50:50.

Daesh are killing people who are not supporting them and fighting for

:50:51.:50:54.

them. So I am afraid, as always in these cases, the civilians, the most

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vulnerable children, the elderly, the infirm, are the ones that are

:50:59.:51:05.

going to suffer. Becky back in Falluja. Are you agreement that

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there are going to be a large number of people who could be hurt or

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killed? Well, all the reports we are seeing indicate that the fighting

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will intense. So we are extremely concerned about the 50,000

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individuals that are still trapped inside Falluja. We have also, and I

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have been talking to families that managed to get out, tell us that

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Isis came to my house and threatened us and our lives if we had any plans

:51:33.:51:37.

of escaping. So no doubt, we are extremely concerned. How good is the

:51:38.:51:43.

Iraqi army? Well, it has not been very good so far. It is the reason

:51:44.:51:47.

why the country was overtaken by Daesh in a matter of three or four

:51:48.:51:51.

weeks or the large parts of the country and it has taken them two

:51:52.:51:54.

years with the American help in training, lots of equipment, and

:51:55.:51:59.

also with Iranian help as well to only be able to take on a few towns

:52:00.:52:07.

and cities and even here in Falluja they are being assisted by civilian

:52:08.:52:12.

militia. So it is not a very inspiring army and that, I think, is

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one of the longer term problems that the Baghdad Government has to force

:52:20.:52:23.

is that it doesn't have the capability of providing security

:52:24.:52:28.

across the nation and if it doesn't do that, it shouldn't be surprise

:52:29.:52:32.

iffed the Kurds and the Sunnis and others want independence because

:52:33.:52:34.

they're not getting what they would expect from a Government. Thank you

:52:35.:52:43.

very much. Thank you very much for your time.

:52:44.:52:44.

Thank you, I appreciate it. Let's return now to one

:52:45.:52:48.

of our main stories, and the one you've been getting

:52:49.:52:50.

in touch to talk about, were zookeepers right to shoot

:52:51.:52:53.

a gorilla when a four-year-old boy Overnight, one of the bosses

:52:54.:52:57.

of Cincinnati Zoo in America says he stands by the decision to shoot

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the gorilla called Harambe. Thayne Maynard says the gorilla had

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been agitated and disorientated Looking back we would

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make the same decision. I know that after it is over

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and the child is safe, it is easy like a Monday morning

:53:16.:53:19.

quarterback to look at it and say "Wow, wow, wow, don't we need

:53:20.:53:22.

to do this differently?" The people that the people that say

:53:23.:53:25.

that A, don't understand primate biology and silverback gorillas

:53:26.:53:28.

and the danger the child was in. And B, we're not there

:53:29.:53:32.

at an important time to make That said, we are very glad

:53:33.:53:35.

that the little boy is OK. That is one happy thing

:53:36.:53:44.

in a dangerous and bad story. Naturally, we did not take

:53:45.:53:50.

the shooting of Harambe lightly. And people who question that

:53:51.:53:53.

or are Monday morning quarterbacks or second-guessers don't understand

:53:54.:54:01.

that you can't take a risk They are three times

:54:02.:54:04.

bigger than a man and six I know you see photos

:54:05.:54:17.

and videos and you think gosh, We are talking about animal with one

:54:18.:54:21.

hand that I have seen take He had never had anything

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like that going on. And that also led to the decision,

:54:26.:54:30.

of course, not to dart the animal. In the real world you make difficult

:54:31.:54:33.

calls, but you have to make them in and the safety that

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child was paramount. Kyle is in ju Newcastle and Jan is

:54:38.:55:00.

in Surrey. What do you think? It is ridiculous from the zookeepers, the

:55:01.:55:05.

way they were saying that the child was in danger. I just think it is

:55:06.:55:10.

the parents fault. They should have kept an eye on the child. The

:55:11.:55:16.

gorilla was holding the child, protecting it, yeah, the gorilla got

:55:17.:55:24.

scared because of the crowd shouting and I'm just seeing the pictures

:55:25.:55:31.

now, Victoria. The gorilla is protecting the child and the reason

:55:32.:55:38.

for the zoo to refer their decision as a quarterback after a game on a

:55:39.:55:43.

Monday is ridiculous. The gorilla should not have been killed. It

:55:44.:55:47.

should have been tranquillized there and then. It took ten minutes before

:55:48.:55:54.

any decision was made. So for the zoo to do this is a bit ridiculous.

:55:55.:56:00.

Jan, what about you? I think by the time it comes to decisions about

:56:01.:56:06.

what to do with this gorilla, it is all too late. There are two innocent

:56:07.:56:10.

parties here and the innocent parties are a little child aged four

:56:11.:56:17.

and a beautiful animal in captivity and I feel there is lack of

:56:18.:56:20.

responsibility on so many parts here. Particularly who is caring for

:56:21.:56:26.

that child? What happened? Where were any keepers on the perimeter

:56:27.:56:32.

warning of dangers, where are signs? Where is the public helping? By the

:56:33.:56:37.

time the child has crawled in there, it presumably thinks it is going up

:56:38.:56:42.

a climbing frame in a park to see a beautiful cuddly animal and by the

:56:43.:56:48.

time it gets in there, it is panic stations and I think lack of

:56:49.:56:53.

responsibility for not ensuring the public are safe and that the child

:56:54.:56:59.

can't get into this enclosure in the first place and I'm very, very sad.

:57:00.:57:04.

I wish so much tranquilizers could have been used because surely in

:57:05.:57:09.

shoot ago beautiful gorilla it could have fallen on the child anyway.

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That's outside our knowledge, but I think, lack of responsibility on the

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part of the carers and the zoo for their safety procedures. Yes, I

:57:19.:57:22.

mean, Kyle would you agree there are still questions the zoo have to

:57:23.:57:25.

answer, not necessarily about the decision to shoot the animal, but

:57:26.:57:29.

how the child got through the fence into the enclosure? It is

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astonishing. Yeah, I complete agree. The safety features should have been

:57:36.:57:39.

there, but for the child to manage to get through that and fall into

:57:40.:57:46.

the enclosure is just dangerous. The zoo should take responsibility about

:57:47.:57:52.

that and the comment about the gorilla if it gets tranquillized

:57:53.:57:56.

that is a possibility, but there is no guarantee that it will fall on to

:57:57.:58:01.

the child. Thank you both very much. Kyle in Newcastle and Jan in Surrey,

:58:02.:58:06.

just two of our viewers out of so many of you who have got in touch on

:58:07.:58:10.

this story. Tomorrow, an exclusive interview

:58:11.:58:17.

with Willie Thorne about his gambling addiction. Jilly says,

:58:18.:58:21.

"This incident with the gorilla would never have happened had the

:58:22.:58:24.

child's mother been watching her own child." Thank you four your

:58:25.:58:29.

comments. Back tomorrow at 9.15am. Have a good day.

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