16/06/2016 Victoria Derbyshire

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

Last night saw more tension in France at the European

Championship - between English fans and French police in Lille,

with tear gas, pepper spray and baton charges

I'm Dan Brown, I'll be reporting live from Lille, where it is clear

that French police last night simply lost patience with the behaviour of

England fans, here. On the pitch this is finally the day

everybody has been looking forward to, England play Wales. Northern

Ireland face Ukraine in a match they simply cannot afford to lose.

Also this morning, a special report on the hundreds of thousands

of children in Romania whose parents have left them behind to seek work

So this is a poster put up by Save The Children,

and this means have you told the town hall who you've

And it's because sometimes parents go

overseas and they don't let the authorities know who's

supposed to be looking after their children.

And on the day that two health organisations call

for the decriminalisation of drugs - a father who lost both his sons

to ecstasy on the same night - says he agrees with them.

Welcome to the programme, we're live until 11 this morning.

I wonder if you're one of those who thinks the the Bank of England

and the Treasury are quote - "peddling phoney forecasts" to scare

people into voting to stay in the EU?

That's what they're being accused of this morning.

We'll have the details in just a moment.

Plus on the EU ref - with a week to go -

who's going to win - remain oe leave?

If you're getting in touch use the hashtag Victoria

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Our top story today, 36 people have been arrested and 16 taken

to hospital as French riot police clashed with England fans

Supporters of England and Wales had been gathering there

ahead of the crucial European Championship game

A day of relatively passive policing by the French ended long

They played a game of cat and mouse with England fans,

trying to disperse them with teargas.

A few hundred England supporters had spent the day drinking

One by one they were closed, keeping the fans mobile.

They said they had done nothing wrong.

Nothing was getting thrown, nothing being said, we were just

Then all of a sudden a bang went off, police started charging

towards us, my reaction was to grab my mate,

Police closed in from all sides, scattering supporters.

It wasn't clear why the riot officers moved in, but it was clear

that they'd had enough of some English fans' behaviour.

It's about midnight now and the England fans

are being followed around by French riot police.

But they are coming at them from all different angles.

We have a line of riot police here, another line

there and they are trying to keep English fans on the move.

Not a good night for English supporters here.

It doesn't put them in a good light at all.

The concern had been about clashes with Russian supporters,

but the reality was England fans versus the police.

The worry now is that there will be more of this today.

Good morning. Morning, Victoria. Well, a depressing morning here in

Lille for England in the sense that the fans who were here last night,

it was clear from what we could see, they were getting increasingly drunk

through the evening. Setting off flares, taunting the police,

climbing up some of the road signs in the city centre, smashing glass

around the bars here. In the end the French riot police who had been

trying to contain the fans throughout the evening simply lost

patience, it seems. I think there was a feeling perhaps the police in

Marseille had lost can't roll and the police in Lille didn't want to

be seen to be losing control. This was not an issue with Russian fans,

this was really England fans who had been drinking too much. The England

fans, some of them have said the police tactics were too

heavy-handed, they did not need to go in with tear gas and pepper

spray. The French police believed they wanted to restore order and

that's what they did. Let's talk to England fans who have just arrived

in Lille for the game today against Wales in Lens just down the road.

You are all from Wolverhampton, I think. I know you were not here last

night and you did not see what happened and you were not involved,

but what is your reaction to the news that there were 36 arrests and

16 people in hospital? I think England fans are very passionate. It

is not good news, it does not reflect fairly on our country. We

have got such great support, we like to come out. All these guys are

enjoying it. It is not seen is that we really want to see. So it is a

minority causing the trouble? I think if it was a majority, so many

people would not be coming here, they would be trying to avoid this

city. Certainly it is a minority. The atmosphere is getting up now,

we've just got to enjoy it, looking forward to a fantastic day. A

fantastic day, but overshadowed by the trouble last night again. From

what we heard and saw, the police presence were antagonising fans,

really. Sue you blame the police? It doesn't help, wearing a riot gear

and shields. It might look a little more intimidating to England fans

than it is, but that's not excusing the ones who have been arrested,

we're not here to be apologists for them. We do not want circumstances

of that. We are just here to enjoy it. England fans, Welsh fans mixed

in amongst each other, cheering on our teens, that's what it's about

and what we should be concentrating on. I believe today we can restore

some pride in our country. There was an appeal from Roy Hodgson and Wayne

Rooney for England fans to behave, and it is important that they do,

especially inside the stadium. England and Wales playing each

other, you have seen the atmosphere. A lot of love between the countries.

I would be surprised to see trouble at the grounds with the home

nations. And what do you think of the game today, Ayew confident of an

England victory? Confident is a word thrown around a bit too much today.

Do I want us to win? Absolutely, but will we? I hope so. Three England

fans from Wolverhampton who will be watching the game. Already be in the

fans and many Wales fans in Lille are drinking in the past. There are

supposed to be severe restrictions on alcohol sales and jinking in

Lille but they seem to be flouted. Shops and supermarkets still selling

beer and alcohol in pretty large quantities from what we've seen. Yet

we had that warning from Roy Hodgson and the England captain Wayne Rooney

for England fans to behave. Certainly last night here in the

city centre of Lille, not all of them behaved. Many were not really a

credits to England. We will be hoping that it comes down to night

after the game. But clearly there are a lot of fans here, a lot of

England fans in Lille who do not have tickets for the game in Lens

and will be watching in bars here. Police will be keeping a watch on

them. Thanks for the moment. We will talk to plenty more England

and Wales supporters throughout the morning. The brasserie behind Ben

was open with fans their drinking, weren't there?

Let's get the rest of the news so far this morning, here's Annita.

With exactly a week to go until voters decide whether the UK

should stay in the European Union, both sides have been

The Labour leaders of ten big cities outside London are warning

their local economies would be put at risk by a British exit.

In the Leave camp, four senior Conservatives have accused

the Treasury of "peddling phoney forecasts" to frighten people

Our political guru Norman Smith is in Westminster for us and can

give us all the details on today's campaigning.

Just when you think the level of accusation and acrimony cannot be

ramped up more, it is. We used to senior Tories taking lumps out of

senior Tories, and there was more of that this morning, these four senior

Conservatives attacking George Osborne for what they call ludicrous

scaremongering. What will strike most people is the fact they also

leading to the Bank of England, the Treasury, the civil service and

other official sources. Let me give you a sense of the language they

use, talking about "Startling dishonesty" "Woeful failure to

produce a fair, balanced picture" and "Peddling phoney forecasts".

Number ten have expressed concern that the sort of criticism risks

undermining these organisations which are meant to be out of the

political frame. I put that charge to Michael Howard this morning and

this is what he said. I'm afraid that the responsibility

for that lies with the Remain side of this argument, they have dragged

the Treasury and the Bank of England and others into this debate in a way

which I think should not have happened. Since the forecast made by

these bodies are fundamentally flawed, I think we have a duty to

point that out. Does not mean that after this referendum these bodies

are inevitably tarnished, their credibility undermined? I think

there is a danger of that. I hope they can recover. I think it would

be much better if they had stood aside from the debate and been

impartial and that hasn't happened. And I hope that in time they will

recover their reputations. But I think that given the flawed

forecasts that many of them had put out, there is, I'm afraid, a bit of

a danger of that. Former Labour Chancellor Alistair

Darling has accused the Leave side of trying to intimidate people like

the governor of the Bank of England, to muzzle them, to make sure they

don't make further criticisms of the case believing the EU. Whereas the

Leave side say these guys have got it wrong before. But also this

criticism chimes with their attempt to present this referendum is a

tussle between the establishment and ordinary voters.

We'll be answer your questions on the EU Referendum to give

you the facts throughout the day with our BBC experts.

If it's on the economy, immigration, or sovereignty we will answer them.

The Conservative MP and former Chancellor Ken Clarke,

who wants Britain to remain in the EU will also be

answering your questions at 1130 here on the BBC News Channel.

You can get in touch via Twitter using the hashtag BBC Ask This,

Thousands of girls and boys have been left behind in Romania,

by parents who are working abroad - many in the UK.

Save the Children Romania says that 350,000 children there have

at least one parent working abroad, while four in ten are living

EU migration laws allow Romanian adults to travel

Later in the programme, we'll have a special report on some

of those children separated from their families.

If you were to say something to your mum about her going? I'd tell her

that I love her, and I want to see her more often. It's not easy.

Two leading public health organisations are calling

for the possession and personal use of all illegal drugs to be

The Royal Society for Public Health, and the Faculty of Public Health,

say the government's approach to drugs policy has failed.

The Home Office has defended its record,

saying drug abuse has fallen in the last ten years.

And coming up later in this morning's programme,

Victoria will be talking to a father whose two sons both died on the same

Wreckage from the EgyptAir jet that crashed into the Mediterranean last

month has been found, according to Egyptian officials.

The A320 disappeared from radar screens during a flight from Paris

to Cairo with 66 people on board, without sending out a distress call.

Investigators have discovered fuselage using

Police divers have found the body of a toddler

who was killed by an alligator at Walt Disney World in Florida.

The two-year-old boy has been named as Lane Graves.

He was dragged into a lagoon as he played on the shore on Tuesday

evening, despite his parents' attempts to save him.

Trappers have caught and killed a number of alligators around

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

There are many of us looking forward to England Wales

game this afternoon, my sons are a bit discombobulated

about being at school and not being able to watch it live -

but loads of you are telling your children's schools

Jannine Walker says - Our school is allowing kids in kit

for the match in the afternoon and parents to join for the second

Who will know?! The headteacher, the form to discover the parents!

Everyone will know! Let me know what is happening where you work, have

you been given permission to watch this afternoon? Just use the

hashtag. Here's Sally in Paris

with the sport. I couldn't agree more, everybody at

home, put on the TV at two beyond, at work, at school, it is worth

watching -- at 2pm. We are hoping the focus will be on the football

today, a creature of day for the three home nations. The match many

across Britain have been looking forward to since December, when the

draw came out, we knew this would happen, 2pm, England against Wales

in Lens. Our correspondent Hywel Griffith

is there, and Hywel a real sense Yes, a lot of fans here already, as

well as the classic British weather! The focus now hopefully is on what

happens on the field and hearing from both camps yesterday on a bit

of tension for England, with only one point going into the game so a

win would make a difference. Wales, three points on the board, having

beaten Slovakia, their feeling is a lot more relaxed giving giving into

this game. Inevitably there has been some wind up in the build-up, Gareth

Bale is talking about the Welsh players having more passion, that

may having struck a nerve in the England camp, but this is a big

occasion for Britain. Many people in England and Great

Britain looking forward to this game. We certainly are, perhaps even

around the world, the fact that it is a game between brothers, if you

like, it adds spice to it, adds interest. It is something which I

can only welcome, really. If anything, it heightens the occasion,

rather than lessons it. Whatever is going on around England, and there

is a lot going on, there is a lot of -- a lot expected of them because

they have had great players down the years, there has been expectancy

around England every time they coming to a tournament, there is a

lot of pressure on England, and that is what I meant, we don't want to

get caught up with that. As soon as this game was on the menu, we knew

what was coming before it starts. Chris Coleman they're saying really

the pressure is on England, however the pressure in the Welsh country

comes with them having beaten Belgium to get into this

competition. Wales are confident they can perform in the big game but

England go in as favourites with the attacking threat of Fardy

potentially starting, we are waiting for the team news, Roy Hodgson did

not give anything away yesterday. For the Welsh team news, goalkeeper

rain Hennessey is still an injury doubt, we won't know until close to

kick-off whether or not he will start.

And it looks like the rain is setting for the day. I think you go

and get dry! It's a big day for

Northern Ireland too. Defeat to Poland in Nice last

weekend has given them an uphill struggle if they're to make

the next stage. Based near Lyon, they play Ukraine

there this afternoon and manager Michael O'Neill knows

the pressure is on. Having lost the first game, I think

there is a natural fear of, when do you go home? I think other countries

will feel the same so we have to make sure that is the motivating

factor, and I have no doubt it will be, we love our base, we want to

stay there as long as we can! We want to make sure tomorrow night

that we play like a cup final because we know the significance of

three points. That is all from Paris, the final

Match Of The Day sees Germany take on Poland at the start of France,

just a few miles from here. It could be a lively evening.

For a parent, losing a child is tragic.

Losing both of your children together is unthinkable.

But in November 2014, that's what happened to Ray Lakeman.

His sons Jacques, who was 20, and Torin, who was 19,

had met up to spend the weekend together and watch a football match.

Two days later they were found dead, together, in the B

Today, two high-profile health organisations,

the Royal Society for Public Health and the Faculty of Public Health,

are calling for the personal possession and use of all illegal

They say the so-called 'war on drugs' has failed,

although they say that dealers must still be prosecuted.

It's a stance Ray Lakeman agrees with.

Good morning to you, thank you for coming on to our programme. Tell us

why you believe the use of drugs and personal possession should be

decriminalised? It is quite clear to me that young people are taking

drugs. It is part of their culture. They are dangerous, we know they are

dangerous, but it isn't stopping them. The only way that we can stop

deaths like my children is to regulate the drugs so that they know

exactly what it is they are taking. And reduce the risk of accidental

overdoses. You would go further than what the two health organisations

are saying, they want decriminalisation of the use of

illegal drugs but you are saying legalise all drugs? I'm happy with

what they are saying, decriminalising it. I think part of

the problem when it comes to debating drug usage is the fact that

it is criminalised so people are not open and honest about what they are

doing. If you want to educate children, talk to your children

about what is going on, it is a lot easier if they can say, I'm taking

this, I'm taking back, and they are not naming themselves as being

criminals. You will never know, but could it have made a difference to

your sons? We did talk to them about the dangers of drugs, obviously it

didn't stop them doing it. I think that, had they known exactly what it

was they were taking, they took a powdered form, had they known

exactly how strong it was, what the quantity was, it was probably about

15 doses, something like that, they would not have taken it. As far as

we can see, they took this packet, divided it up in two and took half

of the each, and that was enough to kill them. When did you find out

what had happened? We knew on the Sunday, they went to the football on

the Saturday, Torin was going back to Aberystwyth, where he was at

university, and Jacques was staying with his grandmother in London, he

had just got a job in London. He was due back at about 4:30pm, 5:30pm,

and I rang my mother at 6:30pm as I did unusual and she said he had not

come back but she was expecting him as they were going out that evening.

Immediately I thought there was something wrong because being a

teenager he is always likely to let me and his mother down but he would

never let his grandmother down, so as soon as she said he hadn't turned

up we knew something had gone wrong. Try to contact them on their mobile

phones and got nothing, and the longer it went on the more concerned

we became. It was about midnight I think, I finally got contacted by

Manchester police, to see whether they had got arrested or something

like that, that was the best we could hope for, or that they had had

an accident and way hospital, but that was not the case so I reported

them missing almost straightaway. It was not until 8pm on the Monday that

we had confirmation what had happened. And they were together in

the room they were staying in? They were not found until 2:30pm on the

Monday. I don't know how you coped with that, Ray. It was very, very

difficult. The whole day was difficult. After that, things were a

bit of a blur. To be honest, we came to terms with it fairly quickly,

about what had happened, although my wife still expected them to turn up

at any minute. Expecting them to come through the door. Even though

we know they are upstairs, their ashes are upstairs in little boxes.

You said you had tried to talk to them about drugs, did you know that

they dabbled or had tried them? We knew Jacques had... The older one?

Yes, we tried to talk to him about it but he would categorically deny

he had taken any drugs even though it was obvious by his behaviour that

he had taken them. He did actually have a couple of incidents where he

collapsed and we had to get an ambulance and taken to hospital.

Torin was there to witness this, so we were fairly... He was quite angry

with his brother, calling him all the names under the sun, stupid and

things like that, so we were fairly confident that he would never go

anywhere near drugs. I'm sure that his interest came when he went to

university and he was with other students and things like that who

were indulging and things like that, tried them aren't obviously enjoyed

it. As many people do. Yes, and we have to accept, whether we like it

or not, we have to accept that is the case, that is what is happening.

People need to know that their children are probably indulging.

This could happen to them. My boys were bright, intelligent, creative.

They knew the risks, they knew it was dangerous. I would love to be

able to turn around and say, drugs are dangerous, they can kill you,

let's have them banned, and that. It. But it is not the case, they are

banned and it has not stopped it. Let's just work through with you

your view that legalising them would be better, they would be regulated,

powder wouldn't be mixed up with goodness knows what, bleach and

whatever else, and it would be, what, sold over-the-counter at

chemists, on prescription, what? What are you thinking? I really

haven't thought that much about it. I do think people in the medical

profession would support this stance as well, it is difficult for them to

say so. I would envisage probably across the counter as much of

anything else, actually have regulated shops, things like that,

go and get it from a chemist. So then you could have drugs and I

could take drugs, and my kids, when they are 18, could take drugs, would

that be all right? Well, if they want to, they are going to. Nobody

is forcing them to take them, but they are taking them, and they are

going to continue taking them regardless of the risks. All we can

do is make it as safe as we possibly can, because I don't think... The

war on drugs is lost. It would be lovely to say they are banned. It

did not work with alcohol, why on earth do we persist in believing it

is going to work with all of these other things? These health

organisations today are saying we need to treat this as a health issue

rather than a criminal issue, and treat people who take drugs, move

the drugs strategy from the Home Office to the Department of Health,

have drugs education universally in schools up and down the land. What

do you think of that? People take drugs for various reasons, there are

people who are self-medicating by doing this. They are being

criminalised. If you are in that situation, I don't think you should

be treated as a criminal. I do think you should be treated, I think it

should be decriminalised, get help and support. Education is fine but

there is already education, there are already messages out there that

drugs are dangerous. As I said, it isn't stopping people. I wish it

would, but it won't. What do you say to parents who might be watching

now, and those younger who use drugs recreationally, what do you say to

them about talking to teenagers, to their young adult children about

drugs? By all means warm them, talk to them about the dangers, but be

aware that, with the situation as it is, they may not be open with you.

They might deny it, like Jacques did? I would say almost certainly.

If we want to discuss it, if you want to discuss it with your

children, even teachers in school, the children are not going to be

open about what they are doing, saying, I'm taking this or that,

what would happen if I took this? They leave themselves open to being

criminalised, so they are not going to tell you what they are doing. It

is also part of growing up, they want to keep things from their

parents, and this kind of attitude response is part of being a

teenager, part of growing up. As you say, Jacques went into hospital

twice after drugs incidents so it was clear he was using them. I

wonder why you think that wasn't enough to deter him from then

continuing to use drugs? In his case it could well have been a coping

mechanism for things that were going gone, but there was no doubt that he

enjoyed the experience. Even though he was hospitalised, and obviously

he knew that it was risky, he was told by the doctors and things like

that the stuff that he was taking was dangerous. When this happened

they put him in touch with drugs and alcohol people who talked to him,

put him on a programme, this that and the other, but once again it was

easy for him to turn around and say, I'm OK now, I'm over that. And then

they would drop the programme, and then a while later he is back again.

There is also the invincibility approach, we probably all have it

when we are young, you think, it is not going to happen to me. I think

what happened to my boys, people are turning round to say, it happened to

them, it won't happen to me, the chances of it happening to me are

very few, because it has happened... They are playing Russian roulette

every time they are doing this. I just want to make it safer, I don't

want anybody else to go through what I'm going through. Thank you very

much for talking to us. We'll talk to England and Wales fans

about the trouble in Lille last night and the football match due

to take place in Lens And we have a special report

from Romania on the hundreds of thousands of children there whose

parents have left them Here's Annita in the BBC Newsroom

with a summary of todays news. 36 people have been arrested and 16

taken to hospital as French riot police clashed with England fans

in the city of Lille last night. Supporters of England and Wales had

been gathering there ahead of the crucial European Championship

game between the teams With exactly a week to go

until voters decide whether the UK should stay in the European Union,

both sides are stepping up their campaigning

around the country. Former prime minister Gordon Brown

will campaign in Manchester later and the Labour leaders of ten big

cities outside London are warning that their local economies would be

put at risk by a British exit. In the Leave camp, four senior

Conservatives have accused the Treasury of "peddling phoney

forecasts" to frighten people Thousands of girls and boys have

been left behind in Romania, by parents who are working abroad -

many in the UK. Save the Children Romania says that

350,000 children there have at least one parent working abroad,

while four in ten are living EU migration laws allow Romanian

adults to travel Later in the programme,

we'll have a special report on some of those children separated

from their families. Two leading public health

organisations are calling for the possession and personal use

of all illegal drugs to be The Royal Society for Public Health,

and the Faculty of Public Health, say the government's approach

to drugs policy has failed, and there should be more focus

on treatment and education. The Home Office has

defended its record, saying drug abuse has fallen

in the last decade. Russia has been accused of trying

to stop officials from carrying out The World Anti-Doping Agency says

Russian security services have It comes as Russia is due to find

out if it will be allowed to send That's a summary of the latest BBC

News - more at 10.00 Couple of comments about the

interview with Ray Lakeman. What a measured man, says Tom on Twitter.

He'd have every right to hold the opposite view, losing both sons in

such circumstances. And Mel says, it's so sad to listen to Ray talking

about losing his sons to ecstasy, it's heartbreaking.

Here's some sport now with Sally in Paris.

It's the day a large proportion of the country have been waiting for,

England against Wales in Lens. England cannot afford another

slip-up after only drawing their opening match. Wales know they could

qualify for the knockout phase with a win. Big day from Northern

Ireland, they lost their opening match against Poland. They face

Ukraine and cannot afford another defeat in Lyon. Kyle Edmonds notched

up the best win of his career, beating French eighth seed Jill

Simon at Queens yesterday. Another win today against Mathieu would see

him face the winner of Andy Murray's match.

As we've been hearing, there was more violence

between football supporters on the streets of Lille last night

after the Russia Slovakia game, and ahead of the England Wales game

this afternoon just down the road in Lens.

There were 36 were arrests and 16 people were taken to hospital.

Our correspondent, Danny Savage, was there.

Police are just following the English fans around.

They're throwing some fire crackers but they just pushing supporters

They're not actually detaining anyone.

They're just following them around the city centre.

French police played a game of cat and mouse with England fans,

many of whom had spent the day drinking in bars.

As the evening wore on the bars were closed, meaning the fans

They insisted they hadn't done anything wrong.

None of us were causing trouble, nothing was being thrown. Nothing

was being said really. We were just having a drink at this bar. All of a

sudden a bang went off, police started charging towards us. My

reaction was, grab my mate and ran down this road. That's as far as I

know. We heard a bang and the police started charging. What were the

England fans doing, being boisterous? They were just singing

here. Then there was an absolute wall of them with riot shields and

they started charging. There were also Russian supporters

causing trouble in Lille. The ex-England footballer,

Stan Collymore, posted The ex-England footballer, Stan

Collymore, posted a video online. Russian fans throwing things.

Russian fans throwing bottles. Russian fans throwing things. Yes,

him! Him! Throwing bottles. Journalist! You were throwing

bottles! Yes! Lets talk to various England and

Wales fans either out there or on their way at least. Billy Grant,

let's start with you, where were you last night and what did you see?

Last night I was in Lille, I got there yesterday afternoon at 1:30pm.

Very chilled, nice, relaxed atmosphere when we arrived. Russia

were playing Slovakia so most of the fans were in the stadium. But it was

a very relaxed atmosphere. Very different to down south. Then

afterwards, as time got on, as they came out of the stadium, I didn't

go, but my colleague said he saw some activity. He saw some fights

happening. He could tell there were tensions starting to rise. What I

did yesterday to be honest, we headed out of it. We were in an area

ten minutes walk from the main square, just round the corner. So it

was easy to get away from it if you wanted to? Absolutely. Full of

French and English where we were. No problems. To be honest you probably

know more about what is going on in Lille than I do. It is all on social

media so we can all catch up with what is happening. But I take your

point, you could walk away and find perfectly friendly foreign

supporters mingling together. Indeed. We filmed a documentary

three months ago where we came out to Marseille and spoke to the

Marseille culture is about England coming to Marseille for the first

time since 98. Their point they said to us was, it was a long time ago,

yes, but Marseille people never forget. Potentially a time for

revenge. One personal point they said, they are very worried about

this because the police are incompetent. Their way of policing

us, they just ban us from matters. If we play PSG they won't let us go.

If we go down to Lyon, we can't go there. That's their way of dealing

with it, and they said it's rubbish, what will happen in the Euros, you

cannot ban them. They believed they would not handle the fans. It is a

pertinent issue, the way the police have been dealing with it,

indiscriminately tear gas and people, putting people's backs up

and stuff, there are people who may be doing other things but in general

the travelling people are good, travelling people and the police do

not deal with it in the same way our British police do. And that's the

point some England supporters did make who were right in the centre of

Lille. Thanks for the moment. Let's talk to some England fans who are

travelling to watch their team hopefully win this afternoon. Louise

is on a train from Paris. I am a Welsh van. I can see that, it is

very clear. I am half English, half Welsh, but I have gone with Wales.

OK, why? My grandfather played rugby for Wales. So we have always been

told to support Wales. And what are your expectations for this

afternoon? I went to the game in Bordeaux last week. So quite high

now, I think we could do it. I wouldn't have said it before the

tournament, but we played pretty well so we will definitely win. Or

so we have got Ffion on a coachload of Welsh fans. Can you hear me or

write? Hello, good morning. How are you feeling right now? Quite

excited. On the bus from Paris to Lens, ten buses in convoy, excited.

Are you happy Gareth Bale has wound up the England team and plenty of

supporters by saying the Welsh players are more passionate than the

English? Yeah, he's been great this week. He knows what to say. We are

all very passionate fans. Couldn't agree more with him. Let me bring in

Steve and Ian. You are both in Lille. What did you see last night?

I got a completely different story from what everybody else has been

saying for five or ten minutes. We were not in the centre of Lille, we

were two or three Metro stops away, perhaps 20 minutes away I expect. We

got a completely different atmosphere here. We were intending

on staying in with a few drinks and watching the telly, but there were a

couple of bars next door to us, great atmosphere and the locals were

really good fun. We had a sing and dance afterwards outside. I managed

to acquire some paraphernalia, got a French scarf here somewhere. Just

really happy, fun atmosphere. You'd never know that violence was

happening a couple of miles away in the centre. Ian, I wonder what you

are expecting for this afternoon, then come in terms of the England

and Wales fans getting together? England and Wales fans have already

been together in the bars and there has been no trouble whatsoever. We

are about a 15 minute walk away from the centre, watching the game last

night and the atmosphere was fantastic. Full of French. No

problems. Really good atmosphere. Lots of English and lots of

different people, no trouble. Escorted from the railway station

very quickly before we were back here at the hotel where we have been

staying for the last four days. Steve, after the game is over,

that's when people will carry on drinking and celebrating depending

on what the outcome is, obviously. Do you think that it's going to stay

friendly? Or does that depend on how the police behave? Bit of both, I.

The English guys I've been speaking to the last couple of days, a couple

last night as well, we just can't understand where the silence is

coming from. I work with English people, I've got an English

girlfriend, I don't see any animosity. We've just got that small

element, wherever it is English Welsh, French Russian, who just want

to have a bit of a fight. It is sad that it follows football around.

Football is so big and they have attached themselves to it. The large

majority of people will just have some friendly banter, Win, lose,

whatever. But you will get that small element. And from what I've

heard the French police have been quite heavy-handed. I can sympathise

with them. They've got their city and country to look after. Perhaps

with the terror threat as well. They've just had enough and want to

be rid of us all. I think they lost patience a bit last night. Thank you

all very much. Have a good time this afternoon. Thanks, we'll do. Thank

you very much, all of you. The extraordinary account of one

of the last surviving Second World War tank troop

commanders - David Render tells us Next to Romania - walk into any

school in that country and you're likely to find a fair few pupils

whose parents are working abroad. Some schools even display posters

urging adults to let the authorities know who will be looking

after their children According to Save The Children,

up to 350,000 children in Romania In around 40% of cases,

both parents have left. EU migration laws allow Romanians

to travel across Europe to find well-paid work - something that has

become a big part of the debate Do any of you guys have mum or dad

or both working overseas? One, two, three, four,

five, six, seven, eight. Could you tell me where

they are working? So this is the flight

from London Luton to Becau Just about everyone works

in the UK and is going back In terms of the difference

between salaries and the life, it is at least three times better

than back home. I got very used to the UK,

so it is like my home now, so it is really when I am going back

to Romania it feels like a holiday, In January 2014, Romanians gained

the same rights to work in the UK Around 180,000 work in the UK

at the moment and across the whole of the EU

that is approximately 3 million. This part of Romania

is the third-poorest region We are in north-east Romania now,

the county of Vaslui. There is no industry, the roads

and infrastructure is very poor. The authorities don't have enough

money to invest, they have limited budget and on the other

hand there is corruption They work on the land or build

houses for those who earn enough Those that are qualified work

elsewhere because here there are no We're heading to a town called

Negresti, a town where much Around 200 have parents

working overseas. Across Romania, Save The Children

estimate there are 350,000 children They're usually left to live

with the remaining parent or other So this is a poster put up

by Save The Children and this means, "Have you told the town

hall who you have left This is because sometimes parents go

overseas and they don't let the authorities know who is supposed

to be looking after So, how many people in here

have a mum or dad working overseas? One, two, three, four,

five, six, seven, eight. Can you tell me where

they are working? It means I have to go home and do

cleaning and cooking. You have to be

a grown-up? What is the economic situation

for people living here? In Negresti, for example,

out of 7000 people only Because mainly

salaries are very low. Wages are very low and if they have

good qualifications they prefer to work abroad,

where they are better paid and they have a better chance

of supporting their families here. That means there are still 6000

people here not working at all, Some of them are supported

by the state and mainly most of them rely on the

relatives working abroad. So what sort of problems do you see

in the students whose The main problem is that some

of them drop out of school, some of them get involved

in all kinds of difficult situations for them,

maybe drugs, prostitution. They become bullies

because they lack their It is mainly the government's fault

because they don't do enough I cannot judge the parents

for going abroad, they are trying I'm not complaining,

I'm just saying. I won't complain because if I do

complain, nothing will change very soon, this is how things work

in this part of the world. As long as the government doesn't do

anything regarding the development of the area, nothing

is going to change. He is not exaggerating,

unemployment in this town is recorded at more than 80%,

the population is around 7000. Over the last 20 years,

around 3000 people left. This has become such an issue that

Romania's Eurovision entry last year Because there are so many Romanian

children with parents overseas, Save The Children have opened up 17

centres like this one in schools across the country, and they offer

things like help with homework and psychological support for people

whose parents are not What sort of issues have

you seen among the children? Starting with minor problems

such as self-isolation, reluctance to communicate,

to really severe psychological Unfortunately there are some tragic

cases, fortunately just a few. People usually associate

Save The Children's work with emergency work,

children who are fleeing war This is just a missing parent,

is it the same thing? Of course, it is very

serious for these children. We have different crises from period

to period, street children, economically exploited

children, premature children. But this is a major crisis

situation for these children. Do you miss your

parents? The parents are away,

we have a big gap. I have a better relationship

with my mum who is overseas and now I am staying with my

dad, it is just... Because I often argue with my dad,

but that is OK, he loves me, Do you understand why

they have to work overseas? Yes, because we need money

and here we have no possibilities. If you were to say something

to your mum about her going? I tell my mum that

I love her and I want These are the critical

years for normal, healthy They need that person,

the closest person, which is the parent,

to lean on and to communicate Emma is 18, both her parents

and her brother live She says the only reason she has

been able to stay in school in Romania is because her parents can

support her with their British jobs. How is it having them

work so far away? While we are speaking,

Emma gets a call from her dad in Luton to tell her her mum has

made her flight and she is coming Emma's mum Amelia has been in the UK

for almost three years. She works

for Amazon, her husband in a bakery. What does it feel like when you see

your mum again for the first It is cool, you are matching,

did you coordinate your outfits? How is it seeing each other

after some time away? How much better was the wage

you could get in Luton What I can get for one month,

I have to work in Romania Do you understand that a lot

of children left behind Do you feel any guilt

for leaving her behind? I have motive, I do it

for her to have good life. When she's finished school,

Emma will join her family in Luton, where she will study

to be a psychologist. And you can share that film

by going to bbc.co.uk/victoria. Later in the programme we'll talk

to one Romanian mum She's a window cleaner

and her husband is a window fitter - both parents come to London to work

for four to five months each year because they can earn

much more money here than at home and they feel

that they are providing a better The EU referendum vote

is exactly ONE week away. Who's going to win -

Remain or Leave? Once again we are looking at heavy

showers, some of them will be torrential, thundery, slow-moving,

and could lead to the risk of localised flooding. Mainly England

and also Wales. In between the showers, there will be bright spells

of sunshine. Showers across Northern Ireland, bright spells as well, and

Scotland have rain or drizzle and a lot of cloud. For both Scotland and

Northern Ireland it is a cool breeze so feel fresher, quite Mcgee keep

you are stuck under one of those showers in England and Wales. If you

are heading to Royal Ascot today, it is Ladies' Day, you may already be

there, watching on the big screens, expect some showers, likely to be

heavy and possibly country as well. That will continue through the

evening but as we had overnight, lose the Thunder and lightning, some

of the showers will fade, some rain still across eastern Scotland and

North East England, it will not be particularly cold. That leads us

into tomorrow, still wearing across eastern Scotland and North East

England but more heavy, thunder showers in the South.

Hello it's Thursday, it's 10 o clock, I'm Victoria Derbyshire,

At least 36 arrests and sixteen taken to hospital, as French police

and English football fans clash in Lille.

Riot police used tear gas and charged at hundreds of fans.

England fans tell this programme that they want to try and restore

We are just here just to enjoy it. So many people are here to enjoy it.

England fans, Welsh fans, mixing amongst each other, cheering on our

teams. That's what we should be concentrating on and hopefully

today's the day we can restore some pride back in our country.

A special report on the hundreds of thousands of children in Romania

whose parents have left them behind to seek work abroad

including here in the UK, we'll have reaction.

How many people in here have a dad working overseas? OK, one, two,

three, four, five, six, seven, eight. Can you tell me where they

are working? Italy. England. Greece. It marked the beginning of the end

of the Second World War - we hear from one of the last

surviving British tank troop commanders to have taken part

in the D-Day landings. We'll hear David's story

after half ten this morning. Here's Annita in the BBC Newsroom

with a summary of today's news. Some breaking news. Cliff Richard

will not face charges over allegations of historic sex abuse,

the Crown Prosecution Service has just announced. The CPS says it has

carefully looked at claims relating to non-recent sexual cases. We will

have more detail on that as it comes into us.

36 people were arrested and 16 taken to hospital as French riot police

clashed with England fans in the city of Lille last night.

Supporters of England and Wales had been gathering there ahead

of the crucial European Championship game between the teams

this afternoon in the nearby town of Lens.

The FA has called on England supporters to behave responsibly.

With a week to go until voters decide whether the UK should stay

in the European Union, both sides are focusing

on the economy and migration as they hit the campaign trail today.

Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell and former prime minister

Gordon Brown will say that Labour could secure an extra ?35bn in EU

Meanwhile, the Leave campaign is calling on David Cameron

to promise that he would step in to stop Turkey from joining

We'll be answering your questions on the EU Referendum to give

you the facts throughout the day with our BBC experts.

If you have a question on the economy, immigration,

Chancellor Ken Clarke, who wants Britain to remain

in the EU will also be answering your questions at 1130

And at 17:30 today, The UKIP Leader, Nigel Farage who wants us

to leave the EU will be taking your questions.

You can get in touch via Twitter using the hashtag BBC Ask This,

Thousands of children have been left behind in Romania,

by parents who are working abroad - many in the UK.

Save the Children Romania says that 350,000 young people there have

at least one parent working abroad, while four in ten are living

EU migration laws allow Romanian adults to travel

The possession and personal use of illegal drugs should be

decriminalised in the UK, according to two leading

The Royal Society for Public Health, and the Faculty of Public Health,

say the government's approach to drugs policy has failed,

and there should be more focus on treatment and education.

The Home Office has defended its record,

saying drug abuse has fallen in the last decade.

Russia has been accused of trying to stop officials from carrying out

The World Anti-Doping Agency says Russian security services have

Russia is due to find out tomorrow if it will be allowed to send

competitors to international competitions, including

People calling the 111 NHS patient helpline are waiting too

long in some areas - and are even being put at risk -

The Care Quality Commission found that patients who needed emergency

care in the South West of England were being "consistently failed".

We were concerned about the safety of the service, largely related to

how long it was taking to respond to calls, and therefore calls might be

abandoned. Echo some of those calls might genuinely be urgent calls and

might therefore not be getting through to the right service

entirely. The Met office is warning of flooding. Showers like this are

expected in the south and west. That's a summary of the latest BBC

News - more at 10.30. Just bringing you the breaking news

to do with Cliff Richard. He will not face charges over allegations of

historic sex abuse. That's just in from the Crown Prosecution Service.

Cliff Richard who has spent two years under investigation will not

face charges over allegations of historic sex abuse. The statement

here is from the Chief Crown is a judo for Yorkshire and Humberside,

Martin Goldman. He says the CPS has carefully reviewed evidence relating

to claims of non-recent sexual offences dating between 1958 and

1983 made by four men. We've decided that there is insufficient evidence

to prosecute. This decision has been made in accordance with the code for

Crown prosecutors and our guidance for prosecutors on cases of sexual

offences. The CPS worked with police during the investigation. This has

helped minimise the time needed to reach a decision once we received

the complete file of evidence on the 10th of May. The complainants have

been informed and provided with a full explanation in writing. The CPS

saying they only got the full file of evidence from the police on the

10th of May and weeks later they have made a decision that Cliff

Richard will not be prosecuted for allegations of non-recent sexual

abuse. Much more reaction to that to come in the next hour. Sport now

with Sally in Paris. The day is finally here when the

draw for this European Championship made was back in December, England

against Wales in Lens was the one everybody noticed. Now we are here a

couple of hours before kick-off and after a Welsh victory over Russia

and England's disappointing draw, stakes could not be higher. Lots of

talk before the game, now time for action. Many people in England and

Great Britain certainly looking forward to this game. We certainly

are and perhaps even around the world, the fact that it is a game

between brothers, if you like. It adds spice to it, adds interest. And

that's something which I can only welcome, really. If anything it

heightens the occasion rather than lessons it. Whatever's going on

around England and there's a lot going on around England, a lot

expected of them because they've had great players down the years,

there's been a lot of expectancy around England any time they come in

to a tournament, there's expectancy, a lot of pressure on England. That's

what I meant, we didn't want to get caught up with that. As soon as this

game was on the menu, you know what is coming before the start. It's not

all about England and Wales today, Northern Ireland have a crucial game

against Ukraine in Lyon. Our correspondence Katie Cornel is

there. After the Irish lost their opening match to Poland, this really

is make or break for them. That's right. An awful lot riding on this

for Northern Ireland's players. When they walk out of this tunnel later

and into this impressive stadium in Lyon, they know their best hopes of

progressing from the group rest on what happens out here on this pitch

later against Ukraine. The teams coming to this having lost their

opening matches. They know this is their best hope of getting some

points on the board later. Speaking to Michael O'Neill, the Northern

Ireland manager, about this, he described it as a cup final. He said

his team are really enjoying their taste of the Euros, the first major

tournament in 30 years, and says they are not ready to go home yet.

Lost the first game, I think there is a natural fear of, when do you go

home? I think other countries will feel the same. We have to make sure

that our motivating factor and I've no doubt it will be. We love our

base, we want to stay there as long as we can, so we do. We want to make

sure that tomorrow night will be played like a cup final because we

know the significance of three points. This is the dugout where

Michael O'Neill will be watching later, and he will hope to see an

improved performance from the one he saw against Poland. Northern Ireland

did not manage a shot on target in that game. I think we can expect

them to be on the front foot later against Poland to be more positive

and come out of their shell of it. They face a tough task against

Ukraine who lost their opening game to Germany, but only just. They ran

the world champions close for about 90 minutes. Northern Ireland will

need to match them physically out here and they will not be short of

support. We are expecting 18,000 Northern Irish fans in this stadium.

They have taken over Lyon. They know this is a match their team

realistically cannot afford to lose. We wish them and you well. That is

all the sport from Paris, now back to you, Victoria. More now on the

news that Sir Cliff Richard has been told that he will not face any

charges when it comes to non-historic sexual abuse. Let's

bring in our home affairs correspondent Danny Shaw. Let's be

clear what is happening. We had a statement from the Crown Prosecution

Service and I will read the main points of the statement. It says

that no further action will be taken against a 75-year-old man, we know

that is Sir Cliff Richard, in relation to allegations of

non-recent sexual abuse. The CPS has closely looked into claims of sexual

abuse made by four men between 1975 and 1988, and decided there is no

evidence to prosecute. The CPS has made the decision once it had the

full file of evidence quite quickly. It received the full file at the

beginning of May so the final decision has not taken long. But it

has been working with the police for many months. The decision did not

come to them cold, they knew what this investigation was about. I

think there will now be some serious questions for the police in

particular about why this has taken so long. Sir Cliff Richard's

apartment in Berkshire was raided, searched by police back in August

2000 14. That was some while after South Yorkshire Police were given

this case to investigate. Almost two years. Two years. And for a decision

to take that long, it is not unprecedented, but it is quite

unusual. Having said that, these are complex matters because they relate

to events that happened many, many years ago. Tracking down witnesses,

trying to find documentary evidence that might prove or disprove the

allegations, takes a long time. So these are cases that can't be dealt

with speedily in a matter of weeks. Nevertheless there will be

questioned as to how long it has taken. The allegations dated between

1958 and 1983 made by four men. Do we know any more detail about the

nature of the allegations those four were making? We don't other than the

fact they were alleged sexual offences. But slightly confusingly

is that at the time this all emerged two years ago, we were told one of

the allegations concerned an alleged sexual assault at a religious event

at the Bramall Lane stadium in 1985, that is not the time the Crown

prosecution are looking at. Whether there has been a mistake or the

recollection of a complainant has been wrong is something we will have

to find out. But there is a slight difference in the timings of this. I

think it's another important thing to say, this isn't necessarily the

end of the matter. The Crown Prosecution Service makes that quite

clear in its statement. It says CPS prosecutors must also keep every

case under review. If appropriate the CPS may change the charges or

stop a case. Clearly there have been no charges so far. But every

complainant has the right to review the decision not to bring charges.

That's a new procedure brought in by the Crown Prosecution Service within

the last couple of years. If the complainants in this case wanted a

review of the decision the CPS has made, they are entitled to that

review. We do not have a statement yet from Cliff Richard nor his

agent. One could imagine that he will presumably be feeling relief

and a lot of anger? I would have thought so. He was very angry about

the way the whole case unfolded, the publicity attached to it. The BBC

was filming the raid as the police were carrying out the raid on his

Berkshire apartment. Yes, the BBC sent a helicopter to film the raid,

some of it was broadcast live on the BBC. I think there will now be

serious questions for the BBC in terms of its coverage. No doubt they

will justify that in saying this was a matter of public interest, there

was an ongoing police investigation that led to a very compact enquiry

and a file being passed to the CPS. The fact no charges were brought

will now put scrutiny back on the BBC, I have no doubt about that.

Thank you for the moment, Danny Shaw, our home affairs

correspondent. More reaction throughout the programme.

There's exactly one week to go before you decide whether Britain

remains in or leaves the European Union.

If you're one of the undecideds, you are probably the most important

people in Britain right now because you could swing

Here's a quick film, which does contain some strobing images.

There's one week to go and we are heading to the moment of peak

campaign. That down to. Airy fairy. What matters is. The United Kingdom.

All of which is to remain. There are still people who are

undecided. Lee's claim immigrants are a squeeze

on public services like the NHS. Remain camp immigrants benefit the

UK economy and pay more in taxes than they take out.

There is so much information on so many topics, I don't know where to

start. Have a look at the BBC News website,

take a few minutes to read each topic and decide who you believe

more. As an undecided voters you could

swing the result is away. But you have to make your mind up, you have

less than a week. Let's now talk to Political

Scientist and Polling expert Professor John

Curtice and Professor of Political Science

at the London School Who do you think will win? 24 hours

ago I would have said the balance of problem -- balance of probability

was with Remain but it is increasingly moving in the direction

of Leave. In the last hour or so we have had another poll released by

its loss Morrie, done over the phone, and hitherto phone polls have

been saying that Remain were ahead. There have been methodological

changes which in part perhaps account for the result but only in

part, but if Foss Morrie also saying that Leave are ahead by about 53% to

47% and even if we now allow for the fact that maybe referendum opinion

polls have a tendency to overestimate things, today's polls

suggest there will not be the slingback at the end, but we may be

getting close to a situation where the odds on either side winning are

very close to 50%. I just want to be clear about what you are saying

today, bearing in mind that latest poll that you have looked at. You

saying the balance of probability is suggesting to you still that it is a

Remain win? I'm saying the probabilities are sufficiently close

to 50-50 and I don't think there are many people out there who will want

to call it. We will get another poll at 12pm which may clarify things

further but public opinion during the course of the last two or three

weeks, having been extraordinarily stable throughout the course of the

referendum campaign, has, according to both phone and Internet polls,

swung fairly substantially to war three point at least in favour of

Leave. Simon Hix, who do you believe will win next Thursday? The momentum

is with the Leave campaign, it has had a successful week, the Remain

campaign seems to have shot its guns and does not have much left. Scare

tactics don't seem to be working, the Remain campaign has failed to

explain how staying in the EU will allow immigration to come down or

how they will address continued high-level for of immigration in

terms of public services, and they have failed to articulated a clear

vision of Britain taking a leadership role in the EU and a

positive vision of Britain remaining in the EU. We have seen a turn in

the campaign with Leave looking like they have a more positive vision of

Britain's future outside the EU and Remain having not a very positive

vision. John Curtice, bearing in mind how sceptical we are after the

polls got it wrong at last year's general election, tell us what the

phone and online polls are suggesting? If you take the average

of all of the online polls since the 27th of May, since we were into

powder, which seems to have been the crucial point... Just remind our

audience what purdah means. I was going to! It is the point at which

the Government has no longer access to the silver service machine to

create paper such as that which claims who will be worse off by 2030

is we vote to leave, since both sides have had to rely on their own

campaigning resources, since then the Internet polls have, on average,

across the range, about a dozen of them, put lead on 52, remain on 48,

phone polls on the same period put similar, but the later we have gone

it has got better the Leave and was full Remain. The crucial thing is,

have we reached a point at which the movement. Or is it something that is

going to continue further? If it continues further then Remain will

be in serious trouble. If it stops maybe they can claw things back.

Something that Simon has just said, I think what today's poll in

particular underlines, it was evidenced in polls at the weekend,

that the public frankly have decided they do not believe many of the

claims made by the Remain side about what the consequences of leaving

will be, in particular only around one in five said they believe we

will be ?340,000 worth of by 2030 if we stay, and it may be that remain

have cried wolf too often and have lost credibility in the eyes of the

crucial section of the British electorate. Simon, if Leave win, and

they get 51%, and Remain are on 49%, what will be Remain side do, ask for

a recount? I think it will be seen as the public have made a decision,

I think we have moved to a conception in British politics about

popular will and popular sovereignty so the chat about Parliament

overturning a result of the referendum, even though a majority

of the House of Commons would probably like to stay in the EU, I

think they would accept it as an outcome, and the big question is

then what happens to David Cameron, the leaderships of the major

parties... There would be some political chaos. If Leave win by a

couple of percent, what do you predict will happen? The answer is

we will be out of the European Union with it being negotiated by either

Boris Johnson or Michael Gove, David Cameron will not survive very long,

neither will the Chancellor, George Osborne. One of the difficulties he

faced yesterday with his attempt to suggest that leaving would be

disastrous when he said he would have an emergency budget in which he

would have to raise taxes, 68 MP said, we would not back you, you

would not get the budget through, and the reaction is that frankly,

George, if the UK votes to leave, you will not be around to deliver

any kind of budget at all. Thank you very much, John Curtice and Simon

Hix, for coming on the programme. We have a statement from Sir Cliff

Richard, who has learned this morning, alongside the media, that

he will not face any charges for those allegations of historic sexual

abuse. This is what Sir Cliff Richard has said: After almost two

years under police investigation I learned today that they have finally

closed their inquiries. I have always maintained by

innocents, co-operated fully with the investigation, and cannot

understand why it has taken so long to get to this point! Nevertheless,

I am thrilled that the vile accusations and resulting

investigation have finally been brought to a close. Ever since the

highly publicised and BBC filmed raid on my home, I have chosen not

to speak publicly, even though I was under pressure to speak out, other

than to state my innocence, which was easy for me to do as I have

never molested anyone in my life. I chose to remain sided despite the

widely shared sense of injustice resulting from the high-profile

fumbling of my case from day one. Other than in exceptional cases,

people facing allegations should never be named publicly until

charged. I was named before I was even interviewed, and, for me, it

was like being hung out like live bait. It is obvious that such

strategies simply increase the risk of attracting spurious claims which

not only type of police resources and waste public funds but brother

tarnish the reputation of innocent people.

The statement goes on: There have been numerous occasions in recent

years where this has occurred and I feel strongly that no innocent

person should be treated this way. I know the truth and in some people's

eyes the CPS announcement today does not go far enough because it does

not expressly state that I am innocent, which, of course, I am,

and therein lies the problem. My reputation will not be fully

vindicated because the CPS' policy is to only say something general

about insufficient evidence. How can there evidence for something

that never took place? This is also a reason why people should never be

named publicly until they are charged unless there are exceptional

circumstances. To my fans and members of the public, to the press

and media, all of whom have shown me such encouraging and wonderful

support, I would like to say thank you. It would have been so much

harder without you. A pretty furious statement from Sir

Cliff Richard, he says he is thrilled that the vile accusations

and investigation had been brought to a close, he states several times

that he should never have been named and people should not be named

unless and until charged, and he worries that his reputation will

forever be tarnished. The former Prime Minister Gordon

Brown and Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell are giving a speech this

morning in Manchester on why staying in the European Union is better for

Britain's biggest cities outside London. In a moment we will speak to

Norman Smith but first let's have a. Exploited by a company employing

foreign workers so that good workers are not undercut by the bad and just

as the Dutch have got new laws so do the European Labour and Socialist

groups want murals with minimum standards across Europe. Let's make

sure that we say to people, if you go to Remain the Labour Party will

campaign for minimum standards across Europe, the Tories will not

protect 0-hours contract workers but fighting in Europe and let us tell

them that we can and we will. And what is the objection of the Brexit

people? What are they saying? Leave Europe, join the world. But does the

world want us to leave Europe and join the world? America says, stay

with Europe! Australia says, stay with Europe! The Commonwealth says,

stay with Europe! Every country I know, Albania, Michael Gove mentions

them of wanting us to join them, even the Prime Minister of Albania

said, stay with Europe! Only Donald Trump, the only person selling it is

better for us to leave Europe, of any of the International leaders I

know, and there has been a poll in the United States of America as to

what a trump presidency would mean for them, 70% said it would make

them more insecure, 30% said it would make them Canadians! Trump was

asked, who are the three greatest Americans in history, he said the

other two are Abraham Lincoln and George Washington.

You know what the Brexit people want? They want someone to blame, to

blame Europe for problems they have caused themselves. I knew the

president of Brazil, he said, when I was a shop steward and people told

me and asked me what is wrong with Brazil, who is to blame? I said, the

Government. Then I became trade union secretary, and I still said,

the Government. Then I became Leader of the Opposition and I would still

say, the Government. Then he said, I became the Government, and who did I

blame? He said, America! Let's leave Gordon Brown there.

Norman, you have been listening to the speech, he is very animated.

Yes, the hope for the Remain camp is Gordon Brown can recapture energy

among the Labour vote as he did in the Scottish independence referendum

so he has been out a lot fronting up the Labour fightback today, in

Manchester delay, important because he is a blog, Jeremy Corbyn, John

McDonald is with him, there is a push by the Labour Party to rescue

the vote in the northern heartlands because when you talk to Labour MPs

they are in panic stations about what is going on in the northern

constituencies, especially in the most loyal wards, where they say the

response on the doorstep is pretty much, we are leaving, that is it.

Why? The argument seems to be that all this talk about economic doom if

we leave the EU, and a lot of Labour bug, not just immigration, but they

take the view that they have endured years of austerity, pay cuts,

benefits cut, spending squeezes, and they think, how much worse can it

get? Labour MPs are finding it difficult to home the message

through, which is why they have wheeled out Gordon Brown to try to

make a more positive pitch, so his argument, he put it again and again

in his speeches, is that Europe benefits ordinary folk in terms of

creating jobs through the single market, in terms of employment

rights, guaranteeing things that maternity pay, holiday leave, that

sort of thing, and in terms of the future, too, he says with greater

integration in the single market in areas like services and digital

areas, whom areas for Britain, there would be more jobs here as a result

of being part of the EU, so they are relying on Gordon Brown to rescue

some of the Labour vote. Vote Leave today saying the Treasury

and the Bank of England's forecast of Sony, which means they can,

false, not telling the truth, a serious allegation?

What is extraordinary about it, you might have expected the wild men of

the Brexit campaign to run amok and accuse them of being part of a

conspiracy, but these accusations are coming from pillars of the

establishment. Nigel Lawson, Norman Lamont, Michael Howard. I mean, they

are in effect accusing the governor of the Bank of England of being part

of some sort of deliberate stitch up by the government. That is a hugely

incendiary charge to make. And ready we've heard from Downing Street

saying hang on a just hang on a sec, because these institutions, we are

still going to need them after the referendum and they have to be above

politics, the on politics, they have to be independent and impartial.

There is a slight feeling of a scorched earth strategy, we are

going to take out all our critics. The Leave say these guys have been

wrong before. They are trying to pitch this referendum is the

ordinary folk take on the establishment, the elite, such as

the bank. Cheers, thank you very much. Breaking news in the last

half-hour that Sir Cliff Richard will face no further action over

allegations of historical sex abuse. He says he's thrilled. He says the

accusations were vile. He's had an apology just in from South Yorkshire

Police, not for the investigation, but South Yorkshire Police saying

they are sorry, wholeheartedly, for the additional anxiety caused to Sir

Cliff Richard by the Force's initial handling of the media interest of

its investigation into the singer, clearly referring to the fact that

the BBC knew that South Yorkshire Police were about to read Sir Cliff

Richard's Berkshire apartment. South Yorkshire Police apologising

wholeheartedly for the additional anxiety caused to Sir Cliff Richard

by the force's initial handling of the media interest of its

investigation into the singer. It was a night to forget for many

England football fans In a moment we'll be

asking what the FA's And, the extraordinary account

of one of the last surviving Second World War tank troop

commanders, David Render With the News here's Annita

in the BBC Newsroom Thank you and good morning. Sir

Cliff Richard says he's thrilled he will face no further action over

allegations of historical sex abuse. The CPS says it has "carefully

reviewed" evidence relating to claims of sexual offences

between 1958 and 1983 In a statement, Sir Cliff Richard

said he was "thrilled that the vile accusations had finally been

brought to a close". South Yorkshire Police has

apologised wholeheartedly for their handling of media interest in the

enquiry. 36 people were arrested and 16 taken

to hospital as French riot police clashed with England fans

in the city of Lille last night. Supporters of England and Wales had

been gathering there ahead of the European Championship game

between the teams this afternoon The FA has called on England

supporters to behave responsibly. With a week to go until voters

decide whether the UK should stay in the European Union,

both sides are focusing on the economy and migration

on the campaign trail today. The former prime

minister Gordon Brown - in a speech in Manchester -

has warned that leaving the European Union risks pushing

some of the UK's biggest cities Meanwhile, four senior Conservative

figures have accused the Bank of England and the Treasury

of "peddling phoney forecasts to frighten the electorate"

into voting to stay in the EU. We'll be answering your questions

on the EU Referendum to give you the facts throughout the day

with our BBC experts. If you have a question

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of illegal drugs should be decriminalised in the UK,

according to two leading The Royal Society for

Public Health, and the Faculty of Public Health, say

the government's approach to drugs policy has failed,

and there should be more focus The Home Office has

defended its record, saying drug abuse has fallen

in the last decade. People calling the 111 NHS patient

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That's a summary of the latest news, join me for BBC Newsroom

Good morning. It's the day a large proportion of the country have been

waiting for, England against Wales in Lens kicks off at 2pm. England

really can't afford another slip-up after only drawing their opening

match. Wales know they can qualify for the knockout phase with a win.

Big day for Northern Ireland. They lost their opening match against

Poland. They face Ukraine in Lyon later and cannot afford another

defeat. Last night hosts France made it into the last 16 with their

second victory. They left it late, though. Injury time goals from

Antoine Grisman and West Ham's Dimitri Payet gave them a 2-0

victory over Albania. Eddie Jones has named his team for the second

test with Australia in Melbourne on Saturday. George North returns as

fly half with Farrell on the wing. And those are your sports headlines.

Hundreds of thousands of children in Romania have parents working abroad.

Some schools even display posters urging adults to let the authorities

know who will be looking after their children

According to Save The Children, up to 350,000 children in Romania

In around 40% of cases, both parents have left.

Earlier we brought you Catrin Nye's full report on the children left

Before we talk to one mother who's in this situation,

So how many people in here have a mum or dad working overseas? This

school has 1200 pupils. Around 200 have parents working abroad. Across

remain near Save the Children estimate that there are roughly

hundred and 50,000 children with a parent overseas. 40% with both.

Where are your parents working? Italy. We are in a town in eastern

Romania. This is the third poorest region in the entire EU. What sort

of problems do you see in students whose parents have gone overseas?

The main problem is that some of them dropped out of school. Some of

them get involved into all kinds of difficult situations for them. Maybe

drugs, even prostitution. Some of them become violent. Violent? Yeah,

violent. Wide? Because they lack their parents attention. Because

there are so many Romanian children with parents overseas, save the

children have opened up 17 centres like this one in schools across the

country. They offer things like help with homework and psychological

support for people whose parents are not around. Do you miss your

parents? Very much. And you? If you were to say something

to your mum about her going? I tell my mum that

I love her and I want Emma is 18, both her parents

and her brother live Emma's mum Amelia has been in the UK

for almost three years. How much better was the wage

you could get in Luton What I can take for one

month, I take in Romania Do you feel any guilt

for leaving her behind? For good life. For something good

for her. When she's finished school,

Emma will join her family in Luton, where she will study

to be a psychologist. Andreea Radulescu and her husband

travel from Romania to London to work for four to five months

in a row, each year. They have a six-year-old daughter,

Ariana Harriet, who stays behind Hello. I. Hello. Hello. Thank you

for coming on our programme. Tell us what kind of work you and your

husband come to London to do and why? I work as a cleaner and he is a

window fitter. We come to make more money here. The wages are not that

good. So it is about earning more money so you can have a better life

for your family and daughter? Yeah, that's true. And as your little girl

gets older, how does she cope with the fact her mum and dad are away

for four to five months each year? It's not easy. And now because she's

growing she's asking every time we talk to her, when we come back, when

is the job finished. She doesn't understand yet what happens. And how

is it for her living with her grandparents? She's fine. She loves

them and they love her. They spoil her. It's not like money and daddy.

And on Skype it's not easy, it's not like cuddling or a hug, can't kiss

her on Skype. It's hard for us as well. But we hope she will

appreciate when she will grow up. When you leave, how is it when you

and your husband leave her for those months? To be honest we don't say

anything to her before we leave. We just tell her when we are there,

when we get to England. Because I don't want to see her crying or to

be upset. Are you going to keep doing this? We are not sure if we

can do it for long. Because it is difficult now. It was easy when she

was little. But now she is growing, and she knows she needs us more.

Yeah. So maybe this year might be the last time? I can't say yes

because I don't know. But might be. OK. When you come home is it as

though you've never been away or do you have to get to know each other

all over again? Sorry, say that again. When you get back to Romania,

do you feel you have to get to know your daughter again or is it as

though you have never been away? Because we see her every time, every

day, it's a bit different. Sorry. But I feel like I miss her for this

period of that time. OK. What about missing those important things like

birthdays and so on and so forth? That must be tough? We always are

together on her birthday, we never miss her birthday. So we are trying

to be here when it is her birthday, when she starts school, or when she

finishes school. We are trying to work out as much as we can. She is

doing a lot of activity. Ballet, dancing. She is having a lot of

competition which we are missing. But we are recording her, and we see

her. I understand. Thank you for talking to us, and thanks to Ariana

as well, really appreciate your time, thank you. All the best.

As we've been hearing, there was more violence involving

football supporters on the streets of Lille last night

after the Russia-Slovakia game, and ahead of the England-Wales game

this afternoon just down the road in Lens.

There were 36 arrests, and 16 people were

Initial concerns were about England versus Russian fans.

But last night it appeared to be about English supporters

Our correspondent, Danny Savage, was there.

The England fans are being followed around by the French riot police.

But they're coming at them from several different angles.

You've got a line of riot police here.

They're trying to keep the English supporters on the move.

Not a good night for English supporters here.

It doesn't put them in a good light at all.

Uefa has threatened to disqualify England

from the European Championship if there's a repeat

of the violence that was seen in Marseille on Saturday.

Uefa has already given a Russia a suspended

So how is European Football's governing body likely to respond

Let's get more on this from Mark Palios, a former

What do you think? I think there was a communique from Uefa would have

not seen but heard about and I think they will probably stick to the

stance that at this point in time they would only be taking

disciplinary action as they would call it in the event of in stadium

violence by fans. I think outside of the stadium they said that is

outwith their juristic show and in 2004 we had this very issue,

following riots at the 98 World Cup, there was a distinct possibility we

would be excluded or kicked out of the championships, and we defined

the lines then that we, the FA, could not be responsible for every

Englishman abroad, responsible for the flans' behaviour in the stadium,

and I think that is still the official line that Uefa will be

taking today. So you would expect there would not be trouble inside

the stadium for England- Wales, but I'm sure I saw a flyer in the rush-

Sabatier game yesterday? I think I also heard that -- the Russia

Slovakia game. There is an inquiry going on with the decision to take

disciplinary proceedings against Webber set off the flare in that

match and that will be taken into consideration. Uefa have very

distinct responsibility in their eyes which relates to their

disciplinary process as opposed to the line taken by French police

outside the stadiums. Our audience is seeing live pictures from Lille,

mostly England supporters, I think I can see a few Wales flags but I am

short-sighted! Looks very happy, kicking of all around across the

tops of them, it is being pushed around in a friendly, jovial way.

You would like to think if Russia supporters stay out of the way it

would be fine in Lille in the run-up to the game, do you think? This is

one of the problems, the way the model was given to me in terms of

English hooliganism was that the rank and file can go to bars, have

drinks, and they were then marshalled by guys who were, if you

like, the captains who organised the hooligan element. What has been

successful has been the intelligence led approach, picking up and

identifying these people then using a very un-British law excluding

these people from organising and the dialogue with the German authorities

and Portuguese authorities was if the English are in a bar and they

are drinking, it may be loutish behaviour but it is far from a riot

or unless something sparks it off. In the past, aggressive policing has

been seen to spark it off, so we have advocated low profile policing.

I'm going to pause you there, I appreciate your time, thank you.

Mark Pelias, former FA chief executive.

During the Second World War, on June 6th 1944, British troops

invaded German-occupied France and faced near-certain death

This decisive battle which lasted for about two months

was key to bringing about the end of Hitler's dream

It involved over 5000 ships, 11,000 planes,

and over 150,000 service men from across the Allied forces.

The average life expectancy of a new tank officer deployed

And at one point during the war, the odds of people surviving

But David Render, a fresh-faced 19-year-old at the time,

He's now one of the very last surviving Second World War tank

troop commanders to have taken part in the D-Day landings in that

David, who's 91, is telling his story

publicly for the first time, with a book,

Tank Action: An Armoured Troop Commander's War 1944-45.

Thank you for talking to others, welcome to our programme. By rights,

you probably shouldn't be alive, should you? Certainly not! I must

say that we were very fortunate to survive. In effect, it was basically

due to our squadron leader, he was only 23 and he was a major in charge

of A squadron, one of three squadrons in the armed Regiment, A,

e-macro, and C, and he taught us, after he sorted out carefully how to