03/08/2016

:00:08. > :00:15.Our top story, plans have been unveiled that should lead to a cut

:00:16. > :00:28.That's after Ofgem accepted a series of reforms. We will bring you the

:00:29. > :00:31.details. Also today, as MPs tell local

:00:32. > :00:34.authorities that not enough is being done to settle Syrian

:00:35. > :00:37.refugees in this country the head of the Local Government Association

:00:38. > :00:38.tells this programme they are on target and places

:00:39. > :00:43.are ready and waiting. And later, we'll be

:00:44. > :00:45.hearing Adrienne's story. She is a transgender woman living

:00:46. > :00:48.in Belfast where same sex marriage is still not legal and she tells us

:00:49. > :01:03.about how the community reacted I didn't really think that I would

:01:04. > :01:09.ever find an acceptance in a Christian church that was able to

:01:10. > :01:15.worlds that coexisted, but existed together and being here and being

:01:16. > :01:20.who I am, you know, it made it so much more real to worship as a

:01:21. > :01:30.person I was always meant to be. Lots coming up we are going to take

:01:31. > :01:36.a look at how you can save money on your energy bills as the body

:01:37. > :01:40.in charge of the big suppliers says more will be done to help people

:01:41. > :01:43.switch more easily and pre-paid meters will have

:01:44. > :01:45.a limit set on them. Get in touch with your experience

:01:46. > :01:48.of trying to find the best deals Do get in touch on all the stories

:01:49. > :01:52.we're talking about this morning - use the hashtag Victoria Live

:01:53. > :01:55.and if you text, you will be charged Lower energy prices

:01:56. > :01:59.could be on the way The gas and electricity regulator,

:02:00. > :02:05.Ofgem, says it's going to introduce a cap on prices charged

:02:06. > :02:07.by pre-payment meters, which are used by around

:02:08. > :02:12.four million people. Ofgem says the cap will help

:02:13. > :02:15.the most vulnerable and customers least likely

:02:16. > :02:16.to switch suppliers. It's expected to save them around

:02:17. > :02:19.?75 a year from next April. The announcement follows a report

:02:20. > :02:21.published by the Competition and Markets Authority in June

:02:22. > :02:24.which set out ways in Critics say it doesn't go far

:02:25. > :02:31.enough but Dermot Nolan, the Chief Executive of Ofgem,

:02:32. > :02:40.says people will get a better deal. I think it will be an improvement

:02:41. > :02:44.for consumers and I think it will also deliver for them in a way that

:02:45. > :02:49.it hasn't done before. I think there is a number of quite important

:02:50. > :02:51.changes. One I would say is the recommendation that pre-payment

:02:52. > :02:54.customers, about four million people in the UK are on pre-payment meters.

:02:55. > :02:58.In the last few years they haven't been getting a great deal and we're

:02:59. > :03:03.going to be introducing a clear protection for them which will save

:03:04. > :03:07.them ?70 or ?80 a yearment that's important because electricity is an

:03:08. > :03:10.essential service and the vulnerable really need to be protected so I

:03:11. > :03:14.think it will be a better deal for them. I also think that by

:03:15. > :03:17.encouraging people to be able to switch, by making switching easier,

:03:18. > :03:21.by giving people far more information and empowering them, it

:03:22. > :03:25.will over time make things better. It will drive down prices and you

:03:26. > :03:26.will have a more empowered consumer making better choices and getting a

:03:27. > :03:29.better deal. Our business correspondent

:03:30. > :03:37.Theo Leggett is here. What are the most important

:03:38. > :03:41.proposals and what's been left out? There has been criticism that things

:03:42. > :03:46.have been missed? Well, the most change clearly is the move to

:03:47. > :03:50.introduce a cap on the prices paid by people on pre-payment meters.

:03:51. > :03:54.These are the poorest customers and the ones who find it harder to move

:03:55. > :04:02.around. The cap will be introduced which should save them between ?70

:04:03. > :04:06.and ?80. That will stay in place until 2020 when smart meters will be

:04:07. > :04:10.introduced. As far as things that have been left out are concerned,

:04:11. > :04:15.well there is no move to cap standard variable tariffs, the ones

:04:16. > :04:20.which you go on to in you don't bother shopping around and if your

:04:21. > :04:23.discounted deal comes to an end. Some people wanted more action on

:04:24. > :04:27.that and there is controversy around the way to the way price comparison

:04:28. > :04:29.websites show deals, whether or not they are able to exclude deals,

:04:30. > :04:33.where they are not paid commission for example. There is a lot of chat

:04:34. > :04:39.about that at the moment and so far, all that Ofgem is doing is

:04:40. > :04:43.consulting on it. Will much change for the average customer, the bulk

:04:44. > :04:50.of customers who are with the big six on standard variable customers?

:04:51. > :04:56.Not unless they decide to shop around for themselves. Ofgem, says

:04:57. > :05:01.it will take more action to get disengaged customers to start

:05:02. > :05:05.looking around for deals. If you are to take notice of the deal, you have

:05:06. > :05:08.to be reading your bill in the first place, if you're not shopping

:05:09. > :05:11.around, that suggests you are not paying as much acontinuation.

:05:12. > :05:15.Two-thirds of customers don't shap around and they could be saving up

:05:16. > :05:18.to ?300 a year according to Ofgem. OK, we will be talking more about

:05:19. > :05:22.that later. Let us know your thoughts and

:05:23. > :05:23.experiences on that. We will bring you thoughts into the conversation a

:05:24. > :05:26.little later if we can. Julian is in the BBC

:05:27. > :05:28.Newsroom with a summary Britain's border force has

:05:29. > :05:43.a "worryingly low" number of boats MPs on the Commons Home Affairs

:05:44. > :05:46.Committee say just three boats are available to patrol 7,000

:05:47. > :05:48.miles of shoreline. It's calling for the Royal Navy

:05:49. > :05:51.to be brought in to support Our correspondent

:05:52. > :05:53.Angus Crawford reports. Out of the dark, a lone boat,

:05:54. > :05:57.adrift and in trouble. As rescuers close in,

:05:58. > :05:59.it is clear the The group bypassed security

:06:00. > :06:05.in France hoping to slip The Home Affairs Committee

:06:06. > :06:17.warns more criminal gangs are doing the same,

:06:18. > :06:19.exploiting inadequate policing at smaller ports

:06:20. > :06:21.to smuggle people into the UK. It's the job of UK Border Force

:06:22. > :06:24.vessels to stop them, but the report says only three

:06:25. > :06:27.are available to patrol Britain's This one, Protector,

:06:28. > :06:30.the biggest and most modern, is currently on duty

:06:31. > :06:37.in the Mediterranean. I'm afraid, as an island nation,

:06:38. > :06:40.there are weaknesses in our border security and we need

:06:41. > :06:42.additional vessels used. There are Royal Naval vessels that

:06:43. > :06:45.are not being used at the moment which should be deployed to deal

:06:46. > :06:52.with people traffickers. The Home Office says it already

:06:53. > :06:56.works with the Royal Navy, uses radar and aerial surveillance

:06:57. > :06:59.and has ordered eight new vessels. All part of a constant struggle

:07:00. > :07:17.to stop smuggling and save lives. A report by MPs into

:07:18. > :07:19.the resettlement of Syrian refugees in the UK says not enough

:07:20. > :07:22.is being done by local authorities to reach the goal of resettling

:07:23. > :07:27.20,000 Syrians by 2020. It said the UK Vulnerable Persons

:07:28. > :07:34.Resettlement Scheme started well with co-operation between local

:07:35. > :07:38.authorities, the government and the agencies involved but that

:07:39. > :07:40.a two-tier system was emerging with some providing

:07:41. > :07:42.support to Syrian refugees A police officer in Pakistan

:07:43. > :07:48.in charge of an investigation the death of a woman from Bradford

:07:49. > :07:51.has confirmed she was strangled. Samia Shahid, who was 28,

:07:52. > :07:54.died last month while visiting Her husband says she was the victim

:07:55. > :08:04.of a so-called honour killing, an allegation denied

:08:05. > :08:11.by her relatives in Pakistan. Profits at Britain's biggest bank,

:08:12. > :08:13.HSBC, have fallen sharply. In the first six months of this year

:08:14. > :08:25.they were down by 29% compared to the same period last year - at

:08:26. > :08:27.?7.2 billion. The bank said there had been

:08:28. > :08:29."exceptional volatility" because of concern about China's

:08:30. > :08:31.economy and Britain's There will be more armed police

:08:32. > :08:35.officers patrolling the streets of London from today,

:08:36. > :08:37.in response to recent attacks The move has been announced

:08:38. > :08:40.by the Commissioner of the Metropolitan police,

:08:41. > :08:41.Sir Bernard Hogan-Howe, They say the aim is to reassure

:08:42. > :08:46.the public and deter attackers. We already know that the threat

:08:47. > :08:49.level is severe so we know that We have no intelligence

:08:50. > :08:54.there will be an attack shortly, but what we do know is what we have

:08:55. > :08:57.seen attacks in Germany and we have seen attacks in France and Belgium

:08:58. > :09:00.and I think we would be foolish to ignore that

:09:01. > :09:03.so it is important we get officers out there with firearms

:09:04. > :09:10.to respond where necessary. A British man has been killed

:09:11. > :09:13.while fighting with Kurdish forces against so-called Islamic State

:09:14. > :09:15.militants in Syria. Kurdish reports say 22-year-old Dean

:09:16. > :09:17.Carl Evans died last month. His father, John, has

:09:18. > :09:23.confirmed the death. He is the second British man to die

:09:24. > :09:26.while fighting as a volunteer A tribute to Dean Evans was posted

:09:27. > :09:33.to one of the websites It also showed some

:09:34. > :09:37.recent video of him. According to friends,

:09:38. > :09:41.he was on the frontline behind a wall when he was

:09:42. > :09:43.hit by an IS bullet. A female Kurdish fighter who tried

:09:44. > :09:46.to save him was also killed when a rocket-propelled grenade

:09:47. > :09:51.hit them both. On Facebook, John Evans

:09:52. > :09:53.confirmed his son's death. He posted a photo of him

:09:54. > :09:57.when he was a teenager and said he would be loved and missed

:09:58. > :10:03.by all his family and friends. Dean Evans was killed in fierce

:10:04. > :10:06.fighting around the town of Manbij. It's said to be a key staging post

:10:07. > :10:09.on the road to Raqqa, The Foreign Office wasn't able

:10:10. > :10:15.to confirm his death and advises against all travel to Syria

:10:16. > :10:19.for whatever reason. Last year, another

:10:20. > :10:22.Briton, Erik Scurfield, The former Royal Marine

:10:23. > :10:27.from Barnsley was given full military honours when the Kurdish

:10:28. > :10:29.forces handed over his Dean Evans is said to have left

:10:30. > :10:35.a will saying he wanted to be buried in the Kurdish part of Syria,

:10:36. > :10:39.next to the people he called his A legal ruling is expected later

:10:40. > :10:54.today in the case of a British woman who claims she is being held

:10:55. > :10:58.against her will in Saudi Arabia. 21-year-old Amina Al-Jeffery has

:10:59. > :11:02.dual British and Saudi citizenship, She says her father has imprisoned

:11:03. > :11:12.her at his home in Jeddah. A British High Court judge has been

:11:13. > :11:14.considering whether he can call for her return,

:11:15. > :11:17.but any ruling is likely to have limited power outside of the UK,

:11:18. > :11:36.with the Saudi government Two leopards have been born at twi

:11:37. > :11:42.cross Zoo. These CCTV pictures are the first glimpse of the cubs. They

:11:43. > :11:48.are the second pair born to mum and dad. The zoo says the new arrivals

:11:49. > :11:52.will help ensure the long-term survival of the species.

:11:53. > :11:53.That's a summary of the latest BBC News.

:11:54. > :12:07.They were scrummy, weren't they? We will look at how you can save

:12:08. > :12:11.money on your energy bills as the body in charge of the big suppliers

:12:12. > :12:14.says more will be done to help people switch easily and pre-payment

:12:15. > :12:19.meters will have a limit set on them. Get in touch on your

:12:20. > :12:28.experience about trying to find the best deals. We will hear from a

:12:29. > :12:31.trans woman living in Belfast. She will tell us how the community

:12:32. > :12:33.reacted to her sexuality. Do get in touch with us

:12:34. > :12:35.throughout the morning - use the hashtag Victoria LIVE

:12:36. > :12:38.and If you text, you will be charged With three days to go

:12:39. > :12:49.until the start of the Olympics in Rio, today we will discover

:12:50. > :12:51.the sports that will be added to the program

:12:52. > :12:54.in Tokyo in four years time. With golf and Rugby Union added to

:12:55. > :12:59.the schedule this year. Today the International

:13:00. > :13:00.Olympic Committee is expected to announce that

:13:01. > :13:03.Sports Climbing will be an event Which means we can expect to see

:13:04. > :13:12.Shauna Coxsey compete. She is with me now. Thank you very

:13:13. > :13:16.much for joining us. This would be pretty cool, wouldn't it, if you got

:13:17. > :13:19.to compete at the Olympics? Yeah, it is something I never expected to see

:13:20. > :13:25.in my professional career as a climber. Yeah, it is a bit

:13:26. > :13:29.overwhelming considering climbing being in the Olympics, but it is an

:13:30. > :13:34.exciting and historical day. Your specialism is bowledering? That's

:13:35. > :13:39.correct. That's one of three events that you would have to take part in?

:13:40. > :13:43.I specialise in bouldering and it is three events that have been selected

:13:44. > :13:48.and it is one medal for the overall. Yeah, it is a little bit like asking

:13:49. > :13:52.Usain Bolt to do his 100 meter race and run the 800 meters and a

:13:53. > :13:56.marathon on top of that. It is complicated. One of the events is

:13:57. > :14:00.speed climbing? It is speed climbing, yes. It is very different

:14:01. > :14:05.to bowlering. Tell us about bouldering? It is a discipline of

:14:06. > :14:11.climbing and you go not too high above the ground, above mats with no

:14:12. > :14:15.ropes. It is a free sport. Speed climbing is as fast as k get up a

:14:16. > :14:19.wall and there is league climbing you clip your rope in as you climb

:14:20. > :14:24.up and it is a much more endurance based sport. You won a World Cup

:14:25. > :14:28.event this year which means you're world number one in your sport,

:14:29. > :14:32.aren't you? Yes, I'm world number. I won that title which is really

:14:33. > :14:36.exciting and I have been competing for a while and you can see the

:14:37. > :14:41.footage from one of the World Cups which was in Austria. On top of

:14:42. > :14:44.that, it would be a few, speed climbing and league climbing as

:14:45. > :14:49.well. Speed climbing looks great to watch, having seen the pictures this

:14:50. > :14:54.morning, it looks exciting. It would make for a great sport and spectacle

:14:55. > :15:03.at the Olympics, but how difficult is that to turny answerings and em--

:15:04. > :15:11.ayour attention and improve? It is up to my coach to work out! That's

:15:12. > :15:14.his job. I'll do what I'm told. Have you been practising in anticipation

:15:15. > :15:19.of the sport being included in the Olympics? Not currently. I was a

:15:20. > :15:22.lead climber previously, transferring back to that discipline

:15:23. > :15:25.wouldn't be too difficult and I'm excited about that, but the speed

:15:26. > :15:30.climbing is alien to me, so it will be a challenge. I'm excited about

:15:31. > :15:33.the challenge and I think with the announcement coming later today, I

:15:34. > :15:36.think it will change the way our sport works right now and it is

:15:37. > :15:38.really exciting and yeah, we don't know how it will work, but it is a

:15:39. > :15:48.big step for our sport. Why is it set to be included, when

:15:49. > :15:53.the announcement comes, we know that rock climbing is certainly one of

:15:54. > :15:56.the UK's fastest-growing sports. Correct, it is a wheelie accessible

:15:57. > :16:02.sport and a natural sport to do, as kids we want to climb trees and jump

:16:03. > :16:05.around a climbing frame. It is something that feels natural to do

:16:06. > :16:10.and it is so much fun, as an adult going back to it, you see people

:16:11. > :16:15.doing it, it is as though you get to climb on things again, nobody will

:16:16. > :16:19.tell you. Was it a love of climbing, when we were growing up. I began

:16:20. > :16:24.climbing when I was four years old, nearly 20 years ago, it was

:16:25. > :16:27.something that was so natural to me, I fell in love with it immediately,

:16:28. > :16:31.I was really fortunate to have a supportive father who was keen to

:16:32. > :16:33.take me climbing, it is something that was really natural to me and

:16:34. > :16:42.something I fell in love with immediately. You could be competing

:16:43. > :16:47.in the Olympics in four years' time. Crazy to think about, excellent.

:16:48. > :16:53.Thank you very much for joining us. We await the announcement later on

:16:54. > :16:56.the inclusion of rock climbing in the Olympics in Tokyo in for you is

:16:57. > :17:02.time, we will be keeping an eye on that today, and, as we know, not

:17:03. > :17:05.long until the start of the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, just three

:17:06. > :17:10.days away, that's the moment is all of the sport and we will have more

:17:11. > :17:14.in 15 time. Ain't very much see you then.

:17:15. > :17:17.Are the UK's borders up to the job of fighting the huge and growing

:17:18. > :17:20.A group of MPs this morning says they're NOT.

:17:21. > :17:23.The Home Affairs committee says smaller ports are being

:17:24. > :17:25.exploited by criminal gangs, and the Border Force simply doesn't

:17:26. > :17:29.The number of vessels patrolling the seas around Britain is,

:17:30. > :17:33.We have three border boats, for seven and a half thousand miles

:17:34. > :17:42.compared to Italy's 600 vessels, for 4,5000 miles.

:17:43. > :17:50.a former Director General of the UK Border Force.

:17:51. > :17:56.Comparing statistics, it seems woeful, why does Britain have so few

:17:57. > :18:00.patrol boat? You need to understand the nature of the threat, places

:18:01. > :18:04.like Italy face huge volumes of irregular migrants coming across the

:18:05. > :18:07.Mediterranean Sea, that is not something we have seen in the UK

:18:08. > :18:12.until recently, it is a fairly recent change. What we have had to

:18:13. > :18:16.do is change the response mechanism, we actually have five cutters, we

:18:17. > :18:20.have one aerial reconnaissance aircraft. When I was there. One is

:18:21. > :18:26.in doc, one in the Mediterranean, so only three left. New threat of the

:18:27. > :18:30.smugglers trying new routes, usually illegal migrants come through Dover,

:18:31. > :18:34.in the backs of lorries, there has been a huge investment in Calais, it

:18:35. > :18:39.is made it harder for them to do that, they are trying new methods.

:18:40. > :18:43.We need new border surveillance to deal with the new threat. There are

:18:44. > :18:46.boats coming, but there will not come through until the end of next

:18:47. > :18:51.year, it will only be another eight, does the Royal Navy need to step in

:18:52. > :18:56.in the meantime? It is important that it is not just about the net

:18:57. > :18:58.red number of votes, it is a complicated structure, 16 different

:18:59. > :19:03.agencies involved in border protection, not just the border

:19:04. > :19:13.force. -- not just about the number of votes. -- boats. You have the

:19:14. > :19:16.National Crime Agency, various agencies, the Navy as well, we need

:19:17. > :19:21.to make sure they all work together under them for space of the national

:19:22. > :19:25.maritime intelligence centre, there is no good having an armada of votes

:19:26. > :19:33.out there if they do not known where to go or how to intercept. -- armada

:19:34. > :19:39.of boats. Is it clear what is the picture, family migrants are trying

:19:40. > :19:45.to come to this country on boats. How many are coming through? -- how

:19:46. > :19:49.many migrant. How do we know if someone comes in a legally, unless

:19:50. > :19:53.they come to our attention, the best answer is probably a silent intake,

:19:54. > :19:58.most asylum seekers come in a legally, that has crept up by 12% in

:19:59. > :20:01.the last year, there is evidence that there is more penetration

:20:02. > :20:05.through the border. You do not know if that is by sea or any other

:20:06. > :20:09.means. We only know how many we stopped at Calais, we know there has

:20:10. > :20:15.been significant investment in Calais, ?25 million, with the French

:20:16. > :20:18.fences, CCTV, makes it much harder for the smugglers to operate in what

:20:19. > :20:23.has always been the traditional route into the UK. They are trying

:20:24. > :20:28.other things, what we need to do is to adapt, so that we can tackle the

:20:29. > :20:31.changing threat. The MPs are warning that small ports are particularly

:20:32. > :20:36.vulnerable to people traffickers, and when you realise that smugglers

:20:37. > :20:41.can make ?100,000 per journey, for each boat, you can see that there is

:20:42. > :20:45.a huge incentive to find loopholes, and find those small ports, what is

:20:46. > :20:49.the best way to protect individual ports, I know what you are saying

:20:50. > :20:52.about a joined up approach to security, does it need to be the

:20:53. > :20:57.case that there is something of these there are, in terms of boats,

:20:58. > :21:02.or whatever it is that this sending out a signal in the way that Italy

:21:03. > :21:06.has done with a lot about. General maritime has always been a threat,

:21:07. > :21:10.small ports and coastal coverage, we do not have a border patrol in this

:21:11. > :21:14.country, responsible for trolling between the ports of entry, it is

:21:15. > :21:19.the same organisation that manages the ports as does the areas in

:21:20. > :21:25.between, it is like community releasing, we have had coast watch

:21:26. > :21:31.and we have had Project Kraken. Will rely upon Harbour Masters and the

:21:32. > :21:37.Coast Guard to rely upon -- notice things. When we begin to identify

:21:38. > :21:42.trends, then we can take a criminal gangs. How many boats are being

:21:43. > :21:47.intercepted? The actual numbers of interceptions is not recorded,

:21:48. > :21:52.because... Because there are different types of threat coming

:21:53. > :21:54.into the UK, the border Force cutters do not just deal with

:21:55. > :22:00.smuggling, they deal with environmental threats, things like

:22:01. > :22:05.fishing and environmental issues and so on, the cutters are being

:22:06. > :22:08.deployed on an intelligence led basis, to different operations, some

:22:09. > :22:16.of the operations are covert, that will be organised by the national

:22:17. > :22:21.crime agency, made be deployed by a larger organisation. Spread more

:22:22. > :22:23.thinly than just being about border patrols and people smuggling, does

:22:24. > :22:28.that send out a message that written is a soft touch, if you want to try

:22:29. > :22:34.to get a boat load of people in? Britain is not a soft touch, when I

:22:35. > :22:38.was head of border force, what a lot of people visited to see how we did

:22:39. > :22:41.things, of course we still have a border with Europe, most of Europe

:22:42. > :22:46.does not have won because of Shannon, and the external frontier

:22:47. > :22:49.is broken, with huge numbers coming across the Mediterranean, we have a

:22:50. > :22:53.change in threat but we should not put this out of perspective. --

:22:54. > :22:54.Schengen. It is a change and we are adapting to it, we just need to keep

:22:55. > :23:34.ahead of the smugglers. Did not long strongly critical of local

:23:35. > :23:37.authorities for not acting quickly enough in their resettlement plans

:23:38. > :23:42.for new arrivals. It is reported that many councils are refusing to

:23:43. > :23:55.house refugees because of high costs. Well it's not long since the

:23:56. > :23:58.British government was lambasted for reportedly taking in only 216

:23:59. > :24:01.refugees from Syria. Those numbers were well up by the beginning of

:24:02. > :24:03.July - as you'd expect - and we've now received eight thousand

:24:04. > :24:05.refugees. But MPs still say there's little sign that the UK will meet

:24:06. > :24:07.its goal of resettling 20-thousand Syrians by 2020. The same report

:24:08. > :24:10.we've just heard about, which is warning about border force problems,

:24:11. > :24:12.is also strongly critical of local authorities for not acting quickly

:24:13. > :24:14.enough in their resettlement plans for new arrivals. It's reported that

:24:15. > :24:16.many councils are refusing to house refugees due to high accommodation

:24:17. > :24:19.costs. I spoke to Councillor David Simmons, who heads up an asylum,

:24:20. > :24:19.migration and refugee task force for the Local Government Association.

:24:20. > :24:23.The figures used are out of date, after the official arrival of

:24:24. > :24:25.refugees, there would be a pause while they learn what could be done

:24:26. > :24:27.to improve logistics. During that period the local government

:24:28. > :24:29.Association and local councils have been coming forward with offers of

:24:30. > :24:32.accommodation as part of the programme for resettling 20,000

:24:33. > :24:34.Syrians and I am confident they are talking to councils around the

:24:35. > :24:37.country that those 20,000 targets will be met. -- that 20,000 target

:24:38. > :24:39.will be met. A survey has found that one in three councils have been

:24:40. > :24:42.fusing to take in refugees, is that still the picture? All councils are

:24:43. > :24:44.playing a part in bringing refugees to the UK, it depends upon

:24:45. > :24:47.whereabouts in the country, how many offers of houses they are able to

:24:48. > :24:49.make, and it also depends upon what other refugees they may already be

:24:50. > :24:52.looking after. The Syrian scheme is one small part of the picture, we

:24:53. > :24:54.also have a number of other government schemes for resettling

:24:55. > :24:55.destitute refugees and a 100 cent increase in the number of

:24:56. > :24:58.unaccompanied refugee children being looked after by councils across the

:24:59. > :25:01.UK. This survey which is being done and the Home Office side committee

:25:02. > :25:08.report is a small part of that picture. We need to be aware of

:25:09. > :25:12.wider context. Are some local authorities point blank refusing to

:25:13. > :25:18.take in refugees, in London, only 11 of 32 London boroughs had agreed to

:25:19. > :25:25.take 521 refugees. Across the total number of borrowers there. Other

:25:26. > :25:29.local authorities are also not and have not been taking... Is it right

:25:30. > :25:34.that any local authority should not take a single refugee under this new

:25:35. > :25:37.proposal? Local authorities, most local authorities will have some

:25:38. > :25:40.refugees and some will have large numbers which will not appear in the

:25:41. > :25:44.total because they have not been brought to the UK as part of this

:25:45. > :25:49.specific scheme which the survey on the report we are looking at, my own

:25:50. > :25:52.authority, Hillingdon, has more than 100 unaccompanied refugee children,

:25:53. > :25:55.because there is a very severe shortage of accommodation, its entry

:25:56. > :25:59.cannot be found within the funding that is being offered by the Home

:26:00. > :26:03.Office, we will not be taking significant numbers of adults and

:26:04. > :26:06.families but elsewhere in the country, different picture, there

:26:07. > :26:10.are parts that have few if any refugee children because they do not

:26:11. > :26:13.have the expertise in looking after them perhaps, but where

:26:14. > :26:16.accommodation can be more readily found, taking very significant

:26:17. > :26:22.numbers, that is why we will see a patchwork of offers based upon what

:26:23. > :26:26.local communities have the capacity to provide. What about it being the

:26:27. > :26:30.right thing to do, the deputy leader of Coventry City Council, which has

:26:31. > :26:36.been one of the most welcoming councils has said, " we have

:26:37. > :26:43.accepted refugees because it is the right thing to do, they say that is

:26:44. > :26:48.why they want to do it. There is a combination of factors which is

:26:49. > :26:52.always at work. Clearly no council wants to have to face is local

:26:53. > :26:54.community later on and say that the may have to close libraries and may

:26:55. > :27:02.be struggling for school places because this finance simply is not

:27:03. > :27:05.there. We need to balance local communities and we need to look at

:27:06. > :27:08.what we have the capacity to provide, parts of the country will

:27:09. > :27:11.be spending a good deal of money and providing a good deal of support to

:27:12. > :27:15.refugee children who may not be taking in families, they may be

:27:16. > :27:19.areas of the country which offer specific support to adults with

:27:20. > :27:22.disabilities or injuries as a result of what has happened with has led to

:27:23. > :27:26.them being refugees but may not be able to take young children, that is

:27:27. > :27:30.why it is so important in this game and that is why it is a cause for

:27:31. > :27:36.celebration that we have reached the target of 7000, although we could be

:27:37. > :27:40.significantly more if called upon to do so. It is inevitable that any

:27:41. > :27:44.council taking in refugees will cut costs on something else that they

:27:45. > :27:49.are spending money on as a result, when you look at the figures, the

:27:50. > :27:52.way that they break down, councils get ?8,500 for every refugee in the

:27:53. > :27:58.first year, ?1000 in the fifth year, councils say that covers only 80% of

:27:59. > :28:02.their costs, that is at the same time as local authority funding has

:28:03. > :28:06.been cut by one third. The pressures on council funding have been

:28:07. > :28:09.well-publicised, we know that all of the councils coming forward with

:28:10. > :28:12.offers of accommodation for refugees will need to make difficult

:28:13. > :28:16.decisions in order to make that happen but we also need to recognise

:28:17. > :28:21.that the circumstances of refugees vary a lot, in London, for example,

:28:22. > :28:24.large numbers of refugees who are either from their own resources

:28:25. > :28:28.paying for the accommodation or who are coming to the UK to stay with

:28:29. > :28:32.extended family members, at members of the community from which they

:28:33. > :28:36.come in the country that they fled. Not all refugees will be dependent

:28:37. > :28:40.upon the taxpayer, that is why it is very much a mixed picture around the

:28:41. > :28:44.country. How much scrutiny is there of a council when it says, we are

:28:45. > :28:48.not going to take in any refugees, this is voluntary and we do not have

:28:49. > :28:52.too. Enormous scrutiny but we need to make sure that is well-informed,

:28:53. > :28:55.it is no good simply looking at how money refugees a council may take

:28:56. > :29:00.the Syrian scheme, we need to look at whether the council is in a

:29:01. > :29:04.dispersal area, one of the Home Office's six compass contract,

:29:05. > :29:07.whether they have significant numbers of unaccompanied refugee

:29:08. > :29:12.children, we also need to consider how money people they may already be

:29:13. > :29:16.looking for housing for the Council in that local area, that is why it

:29:17. > :29:19.is best that it is done at a local level, because the council is in a

:29:20. > :29:22.position to know what is going on in the local community and look at what

:29:23. > :29:24.it has the capacity to provide without putting unfair pressure on

:29:25. > :29:34.other people who may also need help. We can speak with a Syrian refugee

:29:35. > :29:38.living in south London tried to get on his feet after a long and

:29:39. > :29:44.dangerous journey to the UK, in Coventry, I'm joined by Sabir Zazai,

:29:45. > :29:47.who is the Director of the Refugee and Migrant Centre there. He arrived

:29:48. > :29:57.in Britain from Afghanistan 17 years ago. And in Birmingham we have

:29:58. > :29:59.Louise Calvey. She travels the country as Head of Resettlement at

:30:00. > :30:10.charity Refugee Action helping Local Authorities support refugees. Thank

:30:11. > :30:13.you for joining us. Sabir, you are in Coventry and it has been

:30:14. > :30:16.described as the gold standard, where is the balance made between

:30:17. > :30:20.the needs of the local community against the needs of refugees? I

:30:21. > :30:24.think the most important thing that we have in Coventry is a strong

:30:25. > :30:32.goodwill within the public, mainly across the communities and the

:30:33. > :30:36.support of the Bishop of Coventry and faith organisations. But on top

:30:37. > :30:47.of that, Coventry has also got the resources and the infrastructure.

:30:48. > :30:58.Dispersed to this city and also in addition to this Coventry has a

:30:59. > :31:01.worldwide reputation as a city of peace and reconciliation and we were

:31:02. > :31:07.one of the first cities of sanctuary. So I think within the

:31:08. > :31:10.city, the leadership of the city takes those legacies of the city

:31:11. > :31:16.seriously and I think for that reason we have been able to work

:31:17. > :31:23.with local communities to galvanise and get their support behind us and

:31:24. > :31:27.Coventry has extended to Syrian refugees, but it has extended to

:31:28. > :31:34.people over many years fleeing conflicts across the world. What

:31:35. > :31:38.about balancing the pressures on local resources for the local

:31:39. > :31:40.community? We were hearing from the Local Government Association talking

:31:41. > :31:46.about the difficulties fore a council if it has to justify closing

:31:47. > :31:53.facilities like libraries or pressure on other budgets when

:31:54. > :31:58.refugees have been taken in? I wouldn't blame all of that

:31:59. > :32:01.pressure on refugees. We are resettling Syrian refugees at an

:32:02. > :32:05.economically difficult time. It was straight after the recession. The

:32:06. > :32:11.plans for closing libraries, the plans for closing children's

:32:12. > :32:18.centres, were there in place because of the austerity plans, but what we

:32:19. > :32:22.have is that we know that the Syrian programme comes with funding, but at

:32:23. > :32:27.the same time, we focus more on the issue of integrating and allowing

:32:28. > :32:33.these people to set up their lives and rebuild their lives in safety

:32:34. > :32:37.and dignity. Instead of focussing on those blame issues that we blame it

:32:38. > :32:41.on refugees, we support these refugees so that they can find jobs

:32:42. > :32:46.and they can be active members of our society and our city. At the end

:32:47. > :32:51.of the day everyone wants to rebuild their lives, everyone wants to have

:32:52. > :32:57.a job and a dignified income and our focus, the focus of our charity at

:32:58. > :33:01.Coventry and Migrant Centre and the migrants is we help these people

:33:02. > :33:04.earlier on so they have got jobs to help and support themselves and also

:33:05. > :33:09.make a contribution to the local economy.

:33:10. > :33:14.Louise, the local authorities have now offered up the 20,000 places in

:33:15. > :33:18.total. MPs were concerned that they weren't coming forward and there may

:33:19. > :33:20.not be enough places. Are you happy that the Local Government

:33:21. > :33:26.Association says that the places are on offer? Absolutely. That can only

:33:27. > :33:29.be good news. Particularly in the context of the 200 figure we were

:33:30. > :33:35.looking at in the summer of last year. In refugee Action's experience

:33:36. > :33:38.we are seeing local authorities and the Home Office working very much

:33:39. > :33:42.with communities, local communities to create a position of welcome for

:33:43. > :33:48.some of the most vulnerable people in society. That's a brilliant

:33:49. > :33:52.thing. That work has to continue. Refugee Action believes that 20,000

:33:53. > :33:56.is an achievable number in the UK. We need to be doing more. We need to

:33:57. > :34:00.find more routes to safety. We need to be bringing more vulnerable

:34:01. > :34:05.people into the UK so that they can form members of our society to

:34:06. > :34:08.contribute in the way that we know that they want to. Are you happy

:34:09. > :34:13.that all local authorities are pulling their weight? Because some

:34:14. > :34:18.are taking in higher numbers than others. But the Local Government

:34:19. > :34:21.Association says you need to look at the picture that isn't always clear

:34:22. > :34:25.when you look at the headline figures because obviously different

:34:26. > :34:29.pressures will be put in different areas depending on what has gone

:34:30. > :34:34.before, whether it is child refugees there or any other refugees? Yeah, I

:34:35. > :34:37.think there can be no doubt that pressures on Local Government at the

:34:38. > :34:42.moment are very high. There are a lot of vulnerable members of our

:34:43. > :34:46.communities and many of those are very keen to welcome refugees as

:34:47. > :34:50.well. In our experience, local authorities are working hard to find

:34:51. > :34:57.solutions to some of those problems. And working hard with the

:34:58. > :34:59.communities around them. One of the overwhelming positively things

:35:00. > :35:02.that's happened over the last few months is that position of welcome

:35:03. > :35:06.from local communities, from all different types of communities

:35:07. > :35:11.whether it be, you know, rural chocolate-box Middle England all the

:35:12. > :35:14.way through to urban areas, communities wanting to come together

:35:15. > :35:17.to welcome Syrians and vulnerable members of our society and local

:35:18. > :35:23.authorities have really been alive to that in our experience have been

:35:24. > :35:35.trying to find solutions to come to a position of welcome. Kamal you

:35:36. > :35:41.came as a refugee from Syria. Have you felt welcomed here? Yeah, I

:35:42. > :35:47.think, most people they welcomed me. Most people I met, they welcomed me.

:35:48. > :35:51.Have you had any issues? Some issues about the accommodation, about when

:35:52. > :36:01.I moved from Stockton-on-Tees to London, I found it difficult to find

:36:02. > :36:06.a job and found accommodation and to rent a house, but we welcomed me

:36:07. > :36:15.when I found Homeless For Syria, it is a website. They helped me to get

:36:16. > :36:21.accommodation and now I live with an English family and I am part of this

:36:22. > :36:29.family. I'm happy to be there. They helped me to find work and to update

:36:30. > :36:34.my CV, to do a lot of things, to contact other people. Are they a

:36:35. > :36:43.family that offered themselves in a charitable gesture and you don't pay

:36:44. > :36:49.rent? Because when I moved from Stockton-on-Tees to London, I live

:36:50. > :36:55.in the room with people I don't know. They used drugs. They drank

:36:56. > :37:03.alcohol all the time. I can't stay with them. One day we make some high

:37:04. > :37:18.sounds and shouting and they kicked me out. So I went to the coffee shop

:37:19. > :37:24.and I tried find somebody to particular me in, I tried to search

:37:25. > :37:33.on the web to find a new solution for me. So I wpt on the internet and

:37:34. > :37:39.I found Homeless For Syria and I e-mailed them and they helped me to

:37:40. > :37:44.find a family to guest me. Thank you for coming in and talking

:37:45. > :37:48.to us. A couple of e-mails from you. Sydney e-mailed, "I am ashamed at

:37:49. > :37:54.the lack of help we are giving to refugees. We demeanour respect and

:37:55. > :37:59.ourselves with our callous attitude." Malcolm e-mailed, "It is

:38:00. > :38:01.all very well having boats intercepting people smuggling small

:38:02. > :38:05.boats in the channel, but what happens? These people are brought to

:38:06. > :38:11.this country, so these poor migrants have succeeded anyway." The Home

:38:12. > :38:15.Office have issued a statement saying, "Our priority to offer

:38:16. > :38:18.humanitarian support to those most in need while maintaining the

:38:19. > :38:23.security of our borders. Refuge has been provided for more than 1800

:38:24. > :38:26.Syrians under the scheme while the Government is on track to deliver

:38:27. > :38:30.its pledge to resettle 20,000 by the end of the Parliament. We have made

:38:31. > :38:31.clear our commitment to bringing very vulnerable children from

:38:32. > :38:40.Europe. Still to come, we'll be hearing

:38:41. > :38:42.from a transgender woman in Belfast about her life in a community

:38:43. > :38:44.where sexual identity, And as events are cancelled

:38:45. > :38:48.across France this summer because of the security threat,

:38:49. > :38:50.we look at what you need to know if you're heading

:38:51. > :38:59.to Europe on holiday. Here's Julian in the BBC Newsroom

:39:00. > :39:04.with a summary of today's news. The gas and electricity regulator,

:39:05. > :39:09.Ofgem, has endorsed a series of proposals designed to cut

:39:10. > :39:12.customers' energy bills in England, Wales and Scotland,

:39:13. > :39:14.calling them a "watershed The proposals including a price cap

:39:15. > :39:18.for prepayment meters were put forward in June by another

:39:19. > :39:34.regulator, the Competition A number of quite important changes.

:39:35. > :39:36.One I would say is the recommendation of pre-payment

:39:37. > :39:40.customers. About four million people in the UK are on pre-payment meters.

:39:41. > :39:44.In the last few years they haven't been getting a great deal and we

:39:45. > :39:51.will be introducing a very clear protection for them which will save

:39:52. > :39:54.them ?70, ?80 a year. Electricity is an essential service and the

:39:55. > :40:00.vulnerable really need to be protected.

:40:01. > :40:01.A police officer in Pakistan in charge of an investigation

:40:02. > :40:04.into the death of a woman from Bradford has confirmed

:40:05. > :40:07.Samia Shahid, who was 28, died last month while visiting

:40:08. > :40:11.Her husband says she was the victim of a so-called honour killing,

:40:12. > :40:15.an allegation denied by her relatives in Pakistan.

:40:16. > :40:21.Profits at HSBC have fallen sharply. In the first six months of this

:40:22. > :40:26.year, they were down by 29%, compared to the same period last

:40:27. > :40:31.year. That's at ?7.2 billion. The bank said there had been exceptional

:40:32. > :40:32.volatility because of concern about China's economy and Britain's

:40:33. > :40:35.decision to leave the EU. There will be more armed police

:40:36. > :40:37.officers patrolling the streets of London from today,

:40:38. > :40:39.in response to recent attacks The move has been announced

:40:40. > :40:43.by the commissioner of the Metropolitan police,

:40:44. > :40:44.Sir Bernard Hogan-Howe, They say the aim is to reassure

:40:45. > :40:53.the public and deter attackers. Two Amur leopards -

:40:54. > :40:56.believed to be the world's rarest big cat have been born

:40:57. > :40:58.at Twycross Zoo in Leicestershire. There are only about 70

:40:59. > :41:03.of the leopards left in the wild. Theses CCTV pictures are the first

:41:04. > :41:10.glimpse of the cubs. They're the second pair born to mum

:41:11. > :41:16.Kristen and dad Davidoff. That's a summary of

:41:17. > :41:18.the latest BBC News. Here's the latest

:41:19. > :41:29.sport now with John. After missing three drugs tests

:41:30. > :41:32.which could have forced Cyclist Lizzie Armitstead to be

:41:33. > :41:34.banned from the Rio Olympics, the silver medallist

:41:35. > :41:36.from London 2012 has admitted she that she was naive in not

:41:37. > :41:40.challenging the first of those until her Olympic place was

:41:41. > :41:42.in jeapordy. It was only

:41:43. > :41:44.after missing a third test and facing a possible two year

:41:45. > :41:46.suspension, she took her case to the court of arbitration

:41:47. > :41:49.for sport and her first failure UK Anti-Doping, while happy

:41:50. > :41:53.with the process, feels there needs to be more explanation

:41:54. > :41:57.as to why it was not upheld. Cyclist Sir Bradley Wiggins has said

:41:58. > :42:00.the honour of being flag bearer at the opening ceremony

:42:01. > :42:02.of the Rio Olympics should Wiggins featured in the opening

:42:03. > :42:07.of the Games at London 2012. Boxer Nicola Adams, long-distance

:42:08. > :42:10.runner Jo Pavey and tennis player Andy Murray are among

:42:11. > :42:12.the contenders with a decision And Steven Finn is back

:42:13. > :42:19.in the England side to face Pakistan He replaces the injured

:42:20. > :42:27.all rounder Ben Stokes. With the series level at 1-1,

:42:28. > :42:36.with two tests left to play. This weekend is the annual gay

:42:37. > :42:38.pride march in Belfast Same-sex marriage is

:42:39. > :42:45.still illegal there. Last night the Scottish Conservative

:42:46. > :42:47.leader Ruth Davison called on Northern Ireland to follow

:42:48. > :42:50.the example of the rest of the UK So what are the challenges that face

:42:51. > :42:54.lesbian, gay and transgender people living in Northern Ireland

:42:55. > :42:57.where sexual identity and politics Our reporter Peter Coulter has been

:42:58. > :43:00.to meet a transgender You will legislate

:43:01. > :43:11.perversion and immorality. A murderer can be redeemed

:43:12. > :43:13.by the blood of Christ, Homosexuality was decriminalised

:43:14. > :43:30.in Northern Ireland in 1982, A ban on gay men donating blood

:43:31. > :43:38.was lifted this year, Same-sex marriage is still not legal

:43:39. > :43:45.in Northern Ireland. Legislation has been blocked five

:43:46. > :43:50.times by the country's biggest political party, the

:43:51. > :43:52.Democratic Unionist Party. Northern Ireland has come a long way

:43:53. > :43:56.over the past few decades in terms of the peace process,

:43:57. > :43:58.but now it's facing up As time moves on, the country begins

:43:59. > :44:05.to adapt to social changes and the more liberal leanings

:44:06. > :44:07.of its young people, but where does the LGBT community

:44:08. > :44:10.fit into this new piece time I'm Adrianne Elson

:44:11. > :44:28.and I'm a transgender I grew up on the Merseyside

:44:29. > :44:33.and Cheshire border roughly halfway Certainly my primary school was very

:44:34. > :44:38.conservative and I suppose that's where I learned

:44:39. > :44:44.to suppress my feelings a lot. At what point did you realise

:44:45. > :44:51.that you were different? Sort of pre-school age but I had

:44:52. > :44:55.no way to vocalise it. So what was it like for

:44:56. > :44:58.you growing up in Merseyside? It was very northern,

:44:59. > :45:01.if you can say such a thing. Men were expected to be men

:45:02. > :45:04.and women were expected to be women and the gender roles were much more

:45:05. > :45:08.enforced than they are now. After years of struggling

:45:09. > :45:11.with her gender identity, Adrianne decided to move to Northern

:45:12. > :45:14.Ireland. I got myself involved in evangelical

:45:15. > :45:21.Christianity and I just thought that would be a way of purging

:45:22. > :45:23.my feelings from me. The way I was thinking about it,

:45:24. > :45:36.the theory was the plant analogy, that if you don't water

:45:37. > :45:42.plant, it will die. So if you don't give

:45:43. > :45:46.the transgenderism any thought, nature abhors a vacuum

:45:47. > :45:49.so if you are out doing lots of things from dawn till dusk,

:45:50. > :45:52.you never get a chance to dwell Adrianne joined the prominent

:45:53. > :46:02.Protestant leader, the Reverend Ian Paisley's church

:46:03. > :46:05.and his Save Ulster From Sodomy movement, and she joined

:46:06. > :46:07.the Unionist Orange Order. She also picked up manual work as

:46:08. > :46:13.a depot operative on the railways. She hoped that by filling

:46:14. > :46:17.her time with religion, protesting against Belfast's gay

:46:18. > :46:30.pride parade in 2005. I was actually on a protest

:46:31. > :46:33.about gay pride at City Hall and that was where my road

:46:34. > :46:36.to Damascus conversion came because there was a LGBT protest

:46:37. > :46:38.against our protest and I made, momentarily, fleetingly made eye

:46:39. > :46:40.contact with a young man And I just thought, what am

:46:41. > :46:44.I doing here? That's not the devil incarnate,

:46:45. > :46:47.that's not a demon, It was after this incident that

:46:48. > :47:08.Adrianne decided that she would I was so unhappy pretending to be

:47:09. > :47:12.someone I wasn't. I felt like I was an actress playing

:47:13. > :47:15.a male role, a part. Although I had actually come

:47:16. > :47:18.to like the person I was playing, it was still, you know,

:47:19. > :47:27.acting, it was still falsehood. Adrianne began to transition

:47:28. > :47:35.about four years ago. Religion is still extremely

:47:36. > :47:37.important to her and she remains Sometimes I feel marginalised

:47:38. > :47:48.in the sense that I don't feel as though I entirely belong

:47:49. > :47:50.in the LGBT community because of my history and some

:47:51. > :47:53.of my political beliefs or whatever may not be in concert,

:47:54. > :47:55.in tune with that which is widely And conversely, I no longer feel

:47:56. > :48:22.part of the evangelical, sort of, you know, conservative,

:48:23. > :48:24.Protestant community because by very nature of what I'm doing,

:48:25. > :48:27.that excludes me from Adrianne has since found love

:48:28. > :48:30.and has married her partner He has been the victim of a number

:48:31. > :48:36.of trans-phobic attacks and has asked not to be identified in this

:48:37. > :48:42.film for fears of increased abuse. I brought you outside here to show

:48:43. > :48:46.you this church which is a special place for me because this

:48:47. > :48:48.is where I got married in the non-subscribing

:48:49. > :48:53.Presbyterian Church. You have obviously joined

:48:54. > :48:56.this church. You've become a member

:48:57. > :48:59.of the community there. It is really massively important

:49:00. > :49:05.because I didn't really think I would ever find an acceptance

:49:06. > :49:10.in a Christian church. It was like two worlds that

:49:11. > :49:13.coexisted but could not exist together and then

:49:14. > :49:15.being here and being who I am, it has made it so much more real

:49:16. > :49:19.so that I can worship as the person And what's it's like for you walking

:49:20. > :49:29.down the street in Belfast? It has got somewhat easier

:49:30. > :49:32.but it is a little bit like having your fight or flight

:49:33. > :49:34.response switched on. You always wonder if people

:49:35. > :49:37.are checking you out, sizing you up. You walk around and things you may

:49:38. > :49:40.have taken for granted in the past, like some teenagers loitering

:49:41. > :49:43.on a street corner, you will cross the road to avoid them

:49:44. > :49:46.where is maybe in the past Have you or your partner ever

:49:47. > :49:55.encountered any trans-phobic abuse? It seems to be less but certainly

:49:56. > :49:59.the awareness has become a lot more Anything that stands out,

:50:00. > :50:03.anything that makes you different from the crowd will draw attention

:50:04. > :50:06.to you and people will look and do a double-take and then the adverse

:50:07. > :50:08.comments and the catcalls And at times it can be

:50:09. > :50:12.extremely hurtful, some very, very vulgar and nasty

:50:13. > :50:22.and threatening things can be said. And what sort of things have

:50:23. > :50:25.they been saying? Sexual things and threatening

:50:26. > :50:38.things, very, very hurtful things. or, you know, that you want raping

:50:39. > :50:46.and things like that. There has been a lot more trans

:50:47. > :50:49.awareness over the last few years. Do you see the likes

:50:50. > :50:51.of Caitlyn Jenner having raised Yeah, absolutely, I don't know

:50:52. > :50:55.if Caitlyn Jenner is necessarily a good example

:50:56. > :50:57.of a transgender advocate. The celebrity transgender people

:50:58. > :50:59.who can afford to queue-jump, who can afford to get surgery

:51:00. > :51:02.and transition when they want, it's very different to the experiences

:51:03. > :51:05.of maybe someone living in a bedsit in Belfast, vastly

:51:06. > :51:13.different experiences. Adrianne wanted to take me back

:51:14. > :51:16.to show me another part The Orange Order is a Protestant

:51:17. > :51:22.society founded in 1795 to uphold Protestant power in Northern

:51:23. > :51:25.Ireland. It takes its name from

:51:26. > :51:27.the Dutch-born Protestant king, Its members wear orange sashes

:51:28. > :51:36.and are referred to as Orangemen. They parade each year on the 12th

:51:37. > :51:39.of July, marking the date King William defeated the army

:51:40. > :51:42.of Catholic King James II The 12th of July is one

:51:43. > :51:48.of the biggest cultural events in Northern Ireland and thousands

:51:49. > :51:51.of Orangemen like this take For many of Northern

:51:52. > :52:08.Ireland's Catholics, these marches are divisive,

:52:09. > :52:10.with some traditional parade routes passing through staunchly

:52:11. > :52:19.Catholic areas. Most Orange Order parades pass off

:52:20. > :52:22.peacefully but the rest of the world has often only seen the images

:52:23. > :52:24.of those that don't. Adrianne took me to see

:52:25. > :52:37.the Belfast parade. The emphasis is very much

:52:38. > :52:40.on the Christian side of it rather than the parading

:52:41. > :52:41.I felt, but... It was a strange thing for someone

:52:42. > :52:44.of my background to do, who was brought up nominally

:52:45. > :52:47.Roman Catholic, it felt quite privileged to be accepted

:52:48. > :52:53.to be honest with you. How did the Orange Order react

:52:54. > :52:56.when you first told them They weren't sort of cross with me

:52:57. > :53:07.if you see what I mean, they tried to maybe dissuade me

:53:08. > :53:10.in a very gentle and Christian way Would you like to be asked to join

:53:11. > :53:18.the women's Lodge? Yes, I think so, I would like to be

:53:19. > :53:21.given the opportunity. Once again, I don't know if it

:53:22. > :53:25.would really ever be possible. Maybe in the future it would be

:53:26. > :53:28.nice if it was possible, maybe that is something

:53:29. > :53:30.for another generation. Do you think that the Orange Order

:53:31. > :53:44.could accept a transgender member? You have to challenge the status

:53:45. > :53:48.quo or preconceptions Some people would say yes,

:53:49. > :53:54.some people would say no but I'd like to think that it's something

:53:55. > :53:57.for the future, yes. So you've actually brought your

:53:58. > :53:59.Order collarette with you. Most people refer to them as sashes

:54:00. > :54:09.but sashes are for the And this is one you used to have

:54:10. > :54:18.when you used to be an Orangeman? Why do you think you kept it?

:54:19. > :54:23.I don't honestly know. It may be too big a step

:54:24. > :54:26.for the Orange Order to accept a transgender member

:54:27. > :54:28.but Northern Ireland is adapting. There are currently no openly gay

:54:29. > :54:31.politicians in the Northern However, the deputy mayor

:54:32. > :54:34.of Belfast, Mary Ellen Campbell, is the first openly gay person

:54:35. > :54:38.to hold a senior role in the city. Mary Ellen is on completely

:54:39. > :54:41.the opposite side of the political She is a member of Sinn Fein

:54:42. > :54:45.which is an Irish republican party. Mary Ellen invited Adrianne

:54:46. > :54:47.to meet her in a scene many from Northern Ireland would be

:54:48. > :54:51.surprised to see. An openly gay Irish republican

:54:52. > :54:55.Deputy Mayor hosting a transgender

:54:56. > :55:04.Unionist in Belfast City Hall. Years ago, you know,

:55:05. > :55:27.it would have been inconceivable What are your own thoughts about

:55:28. > :55:34.that? This council is run in this building from the 1960s, and I am

:55:35. > :55:39.the first LGBT person, to hold this offers. It would have been

:55:40. > :55:44.unthinkable even ten years ago. I am thankful for the people who elected

:55:45. > :55:49.me and for the people of my party, it is a big role for me, and for the

:55:50. > :55:57.community, for the LGBT community. What you think we need to do next?

:55:58. > :56:06.Winnie to be bringing in legislation on equality that is more in line

:56:07. > :56:10.with what is in GB and the Republic, within these islands, we are

:56:11. > :56:14.sticking out like a sore thumb. How we change the way that things are

:56:15. > :56:18.legislated, people come in and say, this is how I would like you to

:56:19. > :56:30.focus on the issue, this is important. There are people like

:56:31. > :56:36.yourself, who go through the hard battles. I really want to give you

:56:37. > :56:41.that commendation. Belfast is a very welcoming city for all visitors and

:56:42. > :56:47.for the people who live here. I think that if you are dealt to BT,

:56:48. > :56:49.Belfast is a good place to visit, we are a progressive city and open for

:56:50. > :56:55.business. We asked the orange order if

:56:56. > :57:00.transgender members would be allowed to join, in a statement they said

:57:01. > :57:05.that any application is treated on its own individual merits. The next

:57:06. > :57:08.half hour we will be speaking with a campaign for equal marriage, a

:57:09. > :57:13.transgender woman, and the Northern Ireland member of the Evangelical

:57:14. > :57:19.Alliance that opposes gay marriage. Breaking news, which we are getting

:57:20. > :57:28.on a couple of terrorism arrest, two have been arrested on relation of

:57:29. > :57:32.Syria related terror offences. Two men were arrested today in Coventry

:57:33. > :57:35.on suspicion of financing terrorism, West Midlands Counter-terrorism Unit

:57:36. > :57:39.has said that officers are searching to properties, the arrests were part

:57:40. > :57:46.of an ongoing investigation and intelligence led, no immediate

:57:47. > :57:49.threat to public safety. The men can be questioned for an initial 24-hour

:57:50. > :57:53.before they are charged, released or officers can apply for a warrant

:57:54. > :58:02.further detention. Coming up: As a cap is introduced on how much

:58:03. > :58:05.energy firms can charge customers using pre-payment meters - we look

:58:06. > :58:06.at how you can save money on your energy bills and switch suppliers

:58:07. > :58:19.more easily. Very wet weather conditions across

:58:20. > :58:24.the UK, this is a picture from East Midlands, showing that gorgeous

:58:25. > :58:28.sunrise, lots of blue sky. Further north, we have got some showers,

:58:29. > :58:30.also some sunny spells, weather conditions across Northern Ireland,

:58:31. > :58:37.parts of western Scotland going down. Rain and increasing wind.

:58:38. > :58:43.Choppy seas in County Down. There is the area of low pressure, quite a

:58:44. > :58:48.deep area, unseasonably windy for August. Northern areas will see most

:58:49. > :58:51.of the rain, southern areas, compared to the last few days,

:58:52. > :58:55.actually getting away with a lot of sunshine and feeling warm as well,

:58:56. > :59:01.the wind will really be a feature, Irish Sea coast areas 40, 45 mph,

:59:02. > :59:06.really going to be noticeable. Heavy, thundery showers through the

:59:07. > :59:12.afternoon, in towards the Moray Firth, some of the showers hit and

:59:13. > :59:16.miss, could get some local flooding. The wind gust, I have put the arrows

:59:17. > :59:20.on, wet and windy, that will be a feature through the afternoon across

:59:21. > :59:23.much of Northern Ireland, southern Scotland, north and north-west

:59:24. > :59:27.England, North West Wales, heavy rain at times, some showers for

:59:28. > :59:31.north-west England and West Wales but for the Midlands, South and

:59:32. > :59:37.East, a lovely looking day, lots of sunshine around. With that sunshine,

:59:38. > :59:40.averages 23, 20 4 degrees, still a warm day for the North and West.

:59:41. > :59:44.Little bit cooler than that across the extreme north, where we have

:59:45. > :59:49.strong wind and heavy rain. We have lost the humidity of yesterday. As

:59:50. > :59:51.we head on towards the evening, heavy rain clearing away for much of

:59:52. > :59:57.Scotland, overnight, blustery showers. The wind still quite a

:59:58. > :00:02.feature, but easing down all of the time. Temperature wise, not too bad.

:00:03. > :00:05.Area of low pressure tomorrow moving off into the North Sea, still fairly

:00:06. > :00:10.strong wind across the northern half of the UK, continuing to ease down

:00:11. > :00:15.through the day, another blustery start to the day, heavy rain

:00:16. > :00:18.clearing away, then we look at areas of showers, sunshine and showers

:00:19. > :00:22.really sums up tomorrow, some could be quite heavy, north-east England,

:00:23. > :00:28.through the Cheshire Gap, a touch cooler across-the-board, eyes of 22

:00:29. > :00:33.degrees. Into Friday, pretty decent day, high-pressure rich moving in,

:00:34. > :00:36.very few showers around, sunny spells, temperature 17 to 23

:00:37. > :00:40.degrees. This weekend looking good, away from the far north-west of

:00:41. > :00:44.Scotland, which could see wet and windy weather, a few showers around,

:00:45. > :00:50.plenty of sunshine, feeling warm in the sunshine.

:00:51. > :00:54.I'm Joanna Gosling, welcome to the programme

:00:55. > :00:58.Coming up before 11am: Four million of the UK's most vulnerable

:00:59. > :01:01.households could see their energy bills capped - under

:01:02. > :01:02.proposals that have been accepted by regulator Ofgem.

:01:03. > :01:10.What it's like to live in a devout community

:01:11. > :01:16.Adrienne from Belfast tells us her story.

:01:17. > :01:22.When people look and do a double take and then the adverse comments

:01:23. > :01:28.and the cat calls and the mockery will come and at times it can be

:01:29. > :01:29.extremely hurtful. Some very, very vulgar, nasty and threatening things

:01:30. > :01:35.can be said. And the terror threat in Europe,

:01:36. > :01:38.as events are cancelled across France - we look

:01:39. > :01:41.at what you need to know if you're Here's Julian in the BBC Newsroom

:01:42. > :01:50.with a summary of today's news. Lower energy prices

:01:51. > :01:54.could be on the way The gas and electricity regulator,

:01:55. > :02:00.Ofgem says it's going to introduce The announcement follows a report

:02:01. > :02:04.published by the Competition and Markets Authority in June

:02:05. > :02:07.which set out ways in Critics say it doesn't go far

:02:08. > :02:12.enough but Dermot Nolan, the Chief Executive of Ofgem,

:02:13. > :02:28.says people will get a better deal. There are a number of important

:02:29. > :02:32.changes. Four million people in the UK are on pre-payment meters. In the

:02:33. > :02:36.last few years they haven't been getting a great deal and we will be

:02:37. > :02:43.introducing clear protection for them which will save them ?70 or ?80

:02:44. > :02:46.a year. That's important because electricity is an essential service

:02:47. > :02:50.and the vulnerable need to be protected.

:02:51. > :02:52.Two men have been arrested in Coventry on suspicion

:02:53. > :02:53.of terrorism offences related to Syria.

:02:54. > :02:56.The pair, aged 38 and 40, were detained at an address

:02:57. > :03:08.Police say the arrests are part of an on going investigation.

:03:09. > :03:11.into the death of a woman from Bradford has confirmed

:03:12. > :03:14.Samia Shahid, who was 28, died last month while visiting

:03:15. > :03:18.Her husband says she was the victim of a so-called honour killing,

:03:19. > :03:29.an allegation denied by her relatives in Pakistan.

:03:30. > :03:32.Britain's border force has a "worryingly low" number of boats

:03:33. > :03:35.MPs on the Commons Home Affairs Committee say just three boats

:03:36. > :03:37.are available to patrol 7,000 miles of shoreline.

:03:38. > :03:40.It's calling for the Royal Navy to be brought in to help.

:03:41. > :03:47.Our correspondent Angus Crawford reports.

:03:48. > :03:53.A former Director-General of the UK Border Force told this programme is

:03:54. > :03:57.not just about having more boats. We have 16 different agencies involved

:03:58. > :04:02.in border protection, not just the Border Force. Yes, the Royal Navy

:04:03. > :04:05.are part of that. You have got the Maritime and Coastguard Agency,

:04:06. > :04:09.Border Force under the Home Office, Navy under the MoD, you have got the

:04:10. > :04:15.various police agencies and National Crime Agency, we need to make sure

:04:16. > :04:20.they work together under the umbrella of the national maritime

:04:21. > :04:25.intelligence centre. We don't want a number of boats out there if they

:04:26. > :04:29.don't know where to go or who to intercept. Yes, we need more

:04:30. > :04:33.vessels, but I don't think that's the only thing we need.

:04:34. > :04:38.Profits at Britain's biggest bank HSBC have fallen sharply.

:04:39. > :04:49.In the first six months of this year they were down by 29%

:04:50. > :04:56.compared to the same period last year ?7.2

:04:57. > :04:58.The bank said there had been "exceptional volatility"

:04:59. > :05:01.because of concern about China's economy and Britain's decision

:05:02. > :05:04.There will be more armed police officers patrolling the streets

:05:05. > :05:06.of London from today, in response to recent attacks

:05:07. > :05:09.The move has been announced by the commissioner

:05:10. > :05:11.of the Metropolitan police, Sir Bernard Hogan-Howe,

:05:12. > :05:15.They say the aim is to reassure the public and deter attackers.

:05:16. > :05:18.A British man has been killed while fighting with Kurdish forces

:05:19. > :05:20.against so-called Islamic State militants in Syria.

:05:21. > :05:22.Kurdish reports say 22-year-old Dean Carl Evans died last month.

:05:23. > :05:25.His father, John, has confirmed the death.

:05:26. > :05:28.He is the second British man to die while fighting as a volunteer

:05:29. > :05:37.A tribute to Dean Evans was posted to one of the websites

:05:38. > :05:41.It also showed some recent video of him.

:05:42. > :05:43.According to friends, he was on the frontline

:05:44. > :05:45.behind a wall when he was hit by an IS bullet.

:05:46. > :05:49.A female Kurdish fighter who tried to save him was also killed

:05:50. > :05:51.when a rocket-propelled grenade hit them both.

:05:52. > :05:53.On Facebook, John Evans confirmed his son's death.

:05:54. > :05:57.He posted a photo of him when he was a teenager and said

:05:58. > :06:00.he would be loved and missed by all his family and friends.

:06:01. > :06:05.Dean Evans was killed in fierce fighting around the town of Manbij.

:06:06. > :06:08.It's said to be a key staging post on the road to Raqqa,

:06:09. > :06:22.The Foreign Office was unable to confirm his death and advises

:06:23. > :06:24.against all travel to Syria for whatever reason.

:06:25. > :06:25.Last year, another Briton, Erik Scurfield,

:06:26. > :06:28.The former Royal Marine from Barnsley was given full

:06:29. > :06:30.military honours when the Kurdish forces handed over his

:06:31. > :06:37.Dean Evans is said to have left a will saying he wanted to be buried

:06:38. > :06:40.in the Kurdish part of Syria, next to the people he called his

:06:41. > :06:55.The parents of Anton Yelchin - the Star Trek actor who was crushed

:06:56. > :06:57.to death by his jeep have been speaking out about their decision

:06:58. > :07:00.to take legal action against the makers of his car.

:07:01. > :07:02.The 27-year-old was found dead at his home in June.

:07:03. > :07:05.A recall had been in place on the vehicle since April,

:07:06. > :07:07.because similar Jeeps had rolled when owners thought the brake

:07:08. > :07:22.He was our only son and he was a remarkable human being, very modest,

:07:23. > :07:31.very simple, very honest, generous, loving. It is wrong, it is against

:07:32. > :07:40.nature when the parents Bury their own child. That's why we hope that

:07:41. > :07:43.this lawsuit will make our family never go through the same hell that

:07:44. > :07:58.we are going through right now. Two Amur leopards -

:07:59. > :08:00.believed to be the world's rarest big cat have been born

:08:01. > :08:02.at Twycross Zoo in Leicestershire. There are only about 70

:08:03. > :08:05.of the leopards left in the wild. The zoo says the new arrivals

:08:06. > :08:09.will help ensure the long-term They're the second pair born to mum

:08:10. > :08:16.Kristen and dad Davidoff. The zoo says the new arrivals

:08:17. > :08:29.will help ensure the long-term Lots of you getting in touch on the

:08:30. > :08:33.report of the transgender living in Northern Ireland. Ben tweeted,

:08:34. > :08:39."Horrible. Northern Ireland is very far behind the UK when it comes to

:08:40. > :08:44.treating trans people with dignity. Dwths Wendy treated, "That's scary.

:08:45. > :08:48.Why can't folk be who they want to be?"

:08:49. > :08:54.Time to catch up with John who has the latest sport.

:08:55. > :08:58.Plenty going on this morning as the build up to the start

:08:59. > :09:02.This morning at Edgbaston England Cricketers take on Pakistan

:09:03. > :09:05.in the third test and that is where we will start.

:09:06. > :09:14.Patrick one all after two tests, England levelling with a comfortable

:09:15. > :09:17.win in the last match at Old Trafford.

:09:18. > :09:21.And with two matches to play, it's all in the balance?

:09:22. > :09:27.Cricket is going to have a lot of competition in the coming weeks with

:09:28. > :09:30.the Olympic Games and the return of the football season dominating the

:09:31. > :09:37.back pages and the sports bulletin, but this one is intriguingly poised.

:09:38. > :09:41.The first Test Pakistan won at Lords, but England roared back in

:09:42. > :09:44.that second Test and because of that have real momentum coming to

:09:45. > :09:47.Edgbaston, but they don't have Ben Stokes. He is a real miss for

:09:48. > :09:53.England both with ball and bat and because he is a big character in the

:09:54. > :09:58.England dressing room. England have recalled Steven Finn which means

:09:59. > :10:01.their batting will be weaker, but Finn has struggled to impress with

:10:02. > :10:06.the ball this season and particularly in the first Test and

:10:07. > :10:09.that's something that Alastair Cook acknowledged yesterday. We have gone

:10:10. > :10:13.for a guy who has got a really good record here. His Test record is

:10:14. > :10:17.fantastic. He picks up wickets. He has done that in the past and we're

:10:18. > :10:20.backing a guy who hasn't had the best summer, but I think a couple of

:10:21. > :10:26.things have changed over the last week, a couple of things physically

:10:27. > :10:32.he sorted out and I thought the way he bowled for Essex, the pace is

:10:33. > :10:36.back up to high 80s and 90s which is when Steven Finn is at his best.

:10:37. > :10:40.Sometimes in selection going that way, you know, people aren't always

:10:41. > :10:43.looking over their shoulder all the time which gives people confidence

:10:44. > :10:47.to go out and express themselves. Changes being made to the England

:10:48. > :10:53.side then Patrick. How will that affect things going into the Test

:10:54. > :10:58.match? Well, it is an interesting one how this one will work out. It

:10:59. > :11:02.won't be a quiet game, John. This ground has a reputation, a deserved

:11:03. > :11:09.reputation as the most boisterous in England and Alastair Cook England

:11:10. > :11:13.talked of the riotous atmosphere, which is something that will inspire

:11:14. > :11:18.the England team. The Pakistan fan have been here going up and down the

:11:19. > :11:25.Edgbaston Road in a bus! England have won six of the last ten Tests

:11:26. > :11:30.and Pakistan have never beaten them here and it doesn't pay to bat first

:11:31. > :11:33.on this pitch. This maybe the crucial day of the series. When I

:11:34. > :11:37.came to the ground I was talking to a taxi driver about the match, they

:11:38. > :11:42.always have an opinion, but he said he didn't know and I think that's a

:11:43. > :11:46.good place to be on the first morning of a Test match! Thanks,

:11:47. > :11:52.Patrick. After missing three drugs tests

:11:53. > :11:56.which could have forced cyclist Lizzie Armitstead to be

:11:57. > :11:59.banned from the Rio Olympics, the silver medallist

:12:00. > :12:03.from London 2012 has admitted she that she was naive in not

:12:04. > :12:07.challenging the first of those until her Olympic place was

:12:08. > :12:08.in jeapordy. It was only

:12:09. > :12:13.after missing a third test and facing a possible two year

:12:14. > :12:16.suspension that she took her case to the court of arbitration

:12:17. > :12:19.for sport and her first failure UK Anti-doping feels there needs

:12:20. > :12:32.to be more explanation I'm not disappointed. I respect the

:12:33. > :12:36.process, the Court of Arbitration for Sport is a very experienced

:12:37. > :12:42.panel. They deal with anti-doping matters probably day in and day out.

:12:43. > :12:47.I have yet to understand fully, because I have yet to see the

:12:48. > :12:51.written decision of the Court of Arbitration for Sport, what it is

:12:52. > :12:53.that this case turned on. And only at that point will I really be able

:12:54. > :12:56.to fully come to a conclusion. We're just days away

:12:57. > :12:58.from the opening ceremony of the Rio Olympics,

:12:59. > :13:00.but already we're looking ahead to Tokyo 2020,

:13:01. > :13:02.with the IOC set to announce today which sports will be added

:13:03. > :13:08.to the Games in four years time. It's one of eight sports that

:13:09. > :13:15.have been shortlisted, British climber and Bouldering world

:13:16. > :13:18.number one Shauna Coxsey says it would be incredible if she gets

:13:19. > :13:27.the chance to compete. I mean it's something that I never

:13:28. > :13:33.expected to see in my professional career as a climber. So it's, it is

:13:34. > :13:37.a bit overwhelming considering climbing being in the Olympics. It

:13:38. > :13:42.is a really accessible sport and it is a very natural sport to do. As

:13:43. > :13:45.kids we want to climb trees and jump around on climbing frames. It is

:13:46. > :13:51.something that feels quite natural and it is so much fun. You see

:13:52. > :13:54.people come in and you get to be a big kid and jump around and climb on

:13:55. > :13:59.things and no one will tell you off for it!

:14:00. > :14:00.That's all the sport for now, I will have more at 10.30am. See you then,

:14:01. > :14:04.thank you. Good news for people who have

:14:05. > :14:07.to use a pre-payment meter There's to be a cap set on how much

:14:08. > :14:11.energy firms can charge It's one of a range of plans

:14:12. > :14:15.designed to make the energy Big energy firms are also

:14:16. > :14:19.going to be encouraged to make it easier for people to switch to other

:14:20. > :14:22.companies to get better deals. The energy watchdog Ofgem says

:14:23. > :14:26.the meter limit will help the most vulnerable and could

:14:27. > :14:33.save them around ?75 a year. Let's talk to David Cox an

:14:34. > :14:35.energy analyst. Ed Kamm,

:14:36. > :14:37.managing director of energy company First Utility and Guy Thompson

:14:38. > :14:39.who runs price-comparison website My Utility Genius,

:14:40. > :14:41.Lisa Frederiksen, a working mum who has found switching

:14:42. > :14:50.to a new supplier frustrating, Thank you very much for joining us.

:14:51. > :14:54.David, first of all, you look at what's going on in the industry.

:14:55. > :14:59.What do you think about what Ofgem has come up with? I think they will

:15:00. > :15:04.implement the CMA report. I think most people in the industry think

:15:05. > :15:07.the CMA report... The competition markets authority. It is a missed

:15:08. > :15:11.opportunity. They have not done a good job in identifying the problems

:15:12. > :15:14.in the competitive market. What's the problems you've identified?

:15:15. > :15:19.People weren't switching enough. They are not looking for the

:15:20. > :15:24.cheapest priced deals and the energy companies, the big six dominate the

:15:25. > :15:28.energy market. Is anything that's come out today going to change that?

:15:29. > :15:31.I don't think so. I'm disappointed with what Ofgem are going to do in

:15:32. > :15:34.terms of implementing the findings. They have to. Ofgem are in a

:15:35. > :15:37.difficult place. They have been criticised heavily in the past for

:15:38. > :15:41.allowing this market not to work very well and in fact, putting in

:15:42. > :15:45.some measures that have actually damaged competition in the market in

:15:46. > :15:48.the past. So they're going to try and implement some of the measures,

:15:49. > :15:54.but I'm not confident that we will see a major step improvement.

:15:55. > :16:01.Ed, you are the biggest of the independents, what do you think

:16:02. > :16:04.about this? We agree. I disagree in that I think the competition

:16:05. > :16:08.authority correctly identified the problem. Too many customers take a

:16:09. > :16:13.passive approach to energy buying. Unlike any product that they buy. As

:16:14. > :16:17.such, 70% of the consumers in the household energy market are on the

:16:18. > :16:20.worse tariffs. I don't blame the consumers for that. The suppliers

:16:21. > :16:25.don't do a lot to prompt them to look at the market to look at better

:16:26. > :16:29.deals and so I think the competition authority correctly identified the

:16:30. > :16:33.problem that you have what we call the tale of two markets, one market

:16:34. > :16:37.that's engaged and they look to switch tariffs and switch providers

:16:38. > :16:40.and they are getting great deals and another segment of the market that

:16:41. > :16:43.doesn't look to engage and doesn't look at the offers on the market and

:16:44. > :16:47.therefore, they get a raw deal from the big six. What they haven't done

:16:48. > :16:54.is they haven't involved that. They have put it back on the consumer to

:16:55. > :16:58.look around. The information remedies of giving the consumers the

:16:59. > :17:04.right information so they can make the right choice isn't strong

:17:05. > :17:09.enough. We think they get worse. It used to be any provider to only

:17:10. > :17:10.provide four tariffs, now you can provide an unlimited amount of

:17:11. > :17:17.tariffs. 'S very few consumers have said that

:17:18. > :17:22.they want more tariffs, if any thing they have said the opposite, we are

:17:23. > :17:25.not pleased because we don't think the competition authority has the

:17:26. > :17:29.right solutions, they have put it on the back of the consumer, and in

:17:30. > :17:33.essence, customers can wallow away on the standard variable tariff, the

:17:34. > :17:36.highest placed on the market, for decades, that is what we see

:17:37. > :17:41.happening in the market today and I do not see that changing. You think

:17:42. > :17:47.it will be more likely that people will switch after today? I don't

:17:48. > :17:52.think it will make any material difference to the man industry. They

:17:53. > :18:04.were not engaged before, they were not engage now. Nobly has chosen to

:18:05. > :18:08.grasp the nettle, symptomatic, when you get the CDMA brought in to deal

:18:09. > :18:11.with the market that already had a regulator, you know that something

:18:12. > :18:17.is fairly substantive the wrong, they still have not chosen to grasp

:18:18. > :18:21.the nettle, 70% of people on standard variable tariff, six

:18:22. > :18:25.companies have a massive voice in the market, in terms of marketing,

:18:26. > :18:31.they can do more talking to people, they can manage the situation. --

:18:32. > :18:35.CMA. Until you effectively decide that... It is... We have discussed

:18:36. > :18:39.it so many times, there are organisations, companies like yours,

:18:40. > :18:44.all kinds of options out there, that should make it easy for people to

:18:45. > :18:49.switch and they are not switching. It is easy, that is the irony, but

:18:50. > :18:54.the message does not get out there because the people with the weight

:18:55. > :18:59.from a marketing perspective are marketing stay with us, not switch.

:19:00. > :19:06.The messaging is 85% stay with us, because of these reasons... Only 15%

:19:07. > :19:12.of the messaging is switch. Switching is easy but the mechanism,

:19:13. > :19:15.any time anything goes wrong, it is normally a result of the company you

:19:16. > :19:19.are switching from that is the problem, that is not how the

:19:20. > :19:22.consumer sees it, they seem switching as having been the

:19:23. > :19:27.problem... Is that a deliberate ploy by the companies that are being

:19:28. > :19:32.switched away from? I don't know, I think they don't have an incentive

:19:33. > :19:38.to fix it, if you don't have an incentive to fix the issue, then the

:19:39. > :19:42.old adage, that a happy person tells to people and an unhappy person

:19:43. > :19:47.tells 11 people, one person has a bad experience switching because of

:19:48. > :19:54.some fundamental data related issue with the existing supply business,

:19:55. > :19:57.their first move is to blame the switching business or blamed the

:19:58. > :20:00.company they are switching to, simultaneously, the other companies

:20:01. > :20:03.phoning them saying, why are you moving, we can change your direct

:20:04. > :20:10.debit level, which does not change the price, to a more amendable

:20:11. > :20:17.number. Lisa is a consumer, what has your experience been, have you

:20:18. > :20:20.switched? We are one of those consumers, every year we look at the

:20:21. > :20:25.costs and we try to get the best deal, but the issue we have had,

:20:26. > :20:29.with trying to switch, telling a new supply what the meter reading was,

:20:30. > :20:36.they read the meter, they confirmed it, then the old supplier refused to

:20:37. > :20:41.accept that as some kind of method of communication between electricity

:20:42. > :20:45.supplies and gas suppliers, they would not accept the meter reading,

:20:46. > :20:51.it took three months to sort out, in the meantime, they owed us ?290.

:20:52. > :20:58.What do you take from that, does it make you less likely to switch? We

:20:59. > :21:04.look at it every year, switching should be simple, it is not. Finding

:21:05. > :21:09.competitive tariffs is quite congregated, very often you have to

:21:10. > :21:13.do dual fuel versus single fuel, that becomes an issue for some

:21:14. > :21:20.people, because the market is geared towards tiny in towards getting both

:21:21. > :21:24.from one supplier. We asked to go on the single tariff electricity, and

:21:25. > :21:30.single tariff gas, they refused and said we had to go on the joint

:21:31. > :21:34.tariff, which is more expensive. I think that they are pricing it

:21:35. > :21:40.against the consumer all of the time. In the end, if everybody

:21:41. > :21:44.switch, prices would go up across-the-board, because they

:21:45. > :21:45.identified ?1.7 billion that could be saved if everybody switch, it is

:21:46. > :22:22.a mythical number. I think it is. We are privately held, we don't

:22:23. > :22:27.report profit margins, but I cannot say that it is a fraction of six to

:22:28. > :22:34.8%. You cannot run a business on a 1% profit margins, the idea that we

:22:35. > :22:37.can work ?300 of everyone's combined bill would drive the energy

:22:38. > :22:40.companies into bankruptcy, we would not get the investment in

:22:41. > :22:45.infrastructure that we need to the lights on. There is a bit of a

:22:46. > :22:53.fulsome Raj being presented here, to consumers, if everyone switches

:22:54. > :22:57.?300, you will not. Focusing on margin is the wrong thing, you

:22:58. > :23:01.should be focusing on the cost and what a reasonable cost to the market

:23:02. > :23:07.should be, and the reality is that if a company has 70% of the customer

:23:08. > :23:10.bases that do not switch, it has no incentive to become more efficient

:23:11. > :23:14.or deploy the best systems, what you have, having worked with these

:23:15. > :23:18.companies, I have an insider view, businesses that have absolutely no

:23:19. > :23:23.requirement to get better at what they are doing. So they can still

:23:24. > :23:28.report a relatively small margin because costs are massively inflated

:23:29. > :23:32.because they are inefficient. If the competitive market forces them to be

:23:33. > :23:35.competitive, then not all of the 1.3 billion is going to fly back to the

:23:36. > :23:44.consumers, but a significant chunk will. It is not right to say that in

:23:45. > :23:48.a fully competitive world, we... It is not going to happen. Thank you

:23:49. > :23:52.very much, thank you for coming in to speak with us, thank you for your

:23:53. > :23:56.comments, keep them coming in, let us know what your spirits is having.

:23:57. > :24:03.Still to come, another British man has been killed while fighting with

:24:04. > :24:07.Kurdish forces against Islamic State in Syria, we will speak with a

:24:08. > :24:09.representative of his family. Last night, the Scottish Conservative

:24:10. > :24:13.leader Ruth Davidson called on Northern Ireland to follow the rest

:24:14. > :24:16.of Britain and legalise gay marriage. In a moment we will speak

:24:17. > :24:20.with the people directly affected. First, a place where sexual

:24:21. > :24:24.identity, politics and religion regularly clash, Peterculter has

:24:25. > :25:04.spent time with a transgender woman living in Belfast.

:25:05. > :25:12.adapt to social changes, and more liberal leanings of its young

:25:13. > :25:17.people. What where is the LGBT community fitting into this new

:25:18. > :25:31.piece time Northern Ireland? -- piece time. -- peacetime.

:25:32. > :25:35.You have obviously joined this church, you have become a member of

:25:36. > :25:40.the community, how important has that been for you? It is massively

:25:41. > :25:48.important, I did not think that I would ever find an acceptance in the

:25:49. > :25:51.Christian church, it was like to world that coexisted but could not

:25:52. > :25:59.exist together. Being here and being who I am, it has just made it so

:26:00. > :26:00.much more real. So that I can worship as the person I was always

:26:01. > :26:33.meant to be. How did the Orange Order react

:26:34. > :26:35.when you first told them They weren't sort of cross with me

:26:36. > :26:40.if you see what I mean, they tried to maybe dissuade me

:26:41. > :26:43.in a very gentle and Christian way Would you like to be asked to join

:26:44. > :26:47.the women's Lodge? Yes, I think so, I would like to be

:26:48. > :26:49.given the opportunity. Once again, I don't know if it

:26:50. > :26:53.would really ever be possible. Maybe in the future it would be

:26:54. > :26:56.nice if it was possible, maybe that is something

:26:57. > :26:58.for another generation. Do you think that the Orange Order

:26:59. > :27:01.could accept a transgender member? Some people would say yes,

:27:02. > :27:05.some people would say no but I'd like to think that it's something

:27:06. > :27:10.for the future, yes. We ask the orange order if

:27:11. > :27:12.transgender members would be able to join. In a statement they said that

:27:13. > :27:15."Any application for membership of the Orange Institution is treated on

:27:16. > :27:17.its own individual merits." Last year the assembly voted in favour of

:27:18. > :27:19.legalising same sex marriage but the ruling Democratic Unionist Party

:27:20. > :27:21.used what's known as a Petition of Concern to stop the reform going

:27:22. > :27:42.through. Last year the assembly voted in

:27:43. > :27:45.favour of legalising same sex marriage but the ruling Democratic

:27:46. > :27:47.Unionist Party used what's known as a Petition of Concern to stop the

:27:48. > :27:50.reform going through. We asked the party to allow us to speak to one of

:27:51. > :27:52.their assembly members this morning to discuss the issue, but they

:27:53. > :27:55.refused to allow any to participate. They also refused to provide a

:27:56. > :27:58.statement on any of the issues we'll be discussing. Lets talk now with

:27:59. > :28:00.Adam Murray who works for an LGBT organisation in Belfast and has

:28:01. > :28:02.campaigned for equal marriage, Ellen Murray, transgender woman who works

:28:03. > :28:04.for a support group for trans people in Northern Ireland. Peter Lynas who

:28:05. > :28:07.is the Northern Ireland director of the Evangelical Alliance and opposes

:28:08. > :28:09.gay marriage, Why'd you oppose gay marriage? Good morning, it is

:28:10. > :28:12.important that we get some facts correct, in your report it said that

:28:13. > :28:14.it had been blocked by the times, but that is incorrect, there were

:28:15. > :28:16.four votes prior to that, majority people voted against any change,

:28:17. > :28:19.only in the final vote, this has come before the Zambia five times,

:28:20. > :28:24.only on the last occasion was the petition of concern used, the reason

:28:25. > :28:29.is simple, it requires cross community support. -- this has come

:28:30. > :28:34.before it five times. One is about right, there is no European or UN

:28:35. > :28:37.right to same-sex marriage or to redefine marriage, the second is

:28:38. > :28:42.around love, the reality is that love is not a human rights in that

:28:43. > :28:45.way, the law does not legislate for love, it always puts limits on who

:28:46. > :28:50.you can marry, based on age and family relationships. The final

:28:51. > :28:53.argument is a quality, not long ago, Stonewall were saying that marriage

:28:54. > :29:00.was a hetero normative concept and they wanted civil partnerships,

:29:01. > :29:08.civil partnerships came into being, I gave Adam ?5 notes -- the way in

:29:09. > :29:12.which society has chosen to approach this issue is in the same way as if

:29:13. > :29:21.I gave Adam to ?5 note and I gave you a ?10 note. Adam Murray, what do

:29:22. > :29:28.you say about that? -- ?25 notes. Different but equal, where have we

:29:29. > :29:36.heard that before! -- 2 five pound notes. It is a big thing to ask of a

:29:37. > :29:42.society that has come so far, we won that vote, this cross community

:29:43. > :29:46.support, created to support sectarian domination of one side

:29:47. > :29:49.over the other, this legislation was designed to protect equality,

:29:50. > :29:53.equality is being denied at this point in time. It is really not

:29:54. > :29:58.acceptable and we are not going to accept this different but equal

:29:59. > :30:03.status, this is not just a religious issue, if single marriage as macro

:30:04. > :30:07.marriage is something that is offered to the population large, it

:30:08. > :30:10.must at be offered to everyone equally, the love between two adult

:30:11. > :30:14.men or women is no different than the love shared by one man and one

:30:15. > :30:19.woman. There is no such thing as civil marriage, you can have a civil

:30:20. > :30:26.wedding and a religious wedding but there is only one marriage. Those

:30:27. > :30:31.are intertwined. You cannot have a civil marriage, there is only one

:30:32. > :30:36.marriage. This can redefine marriage and put views on other people.

:30:37. > :30:42.Northern Ireland is getting portrayed as backward, it is

:30:43. > :30:47.inaccurate. Northern Ireland is out of kilter with the rest of the UK on

:30:48. > :30:51.this. 170 countries around the world have marriage between a man and a

:30:52. > :30:56.woman, only 20 have recognised a different form of marriage. It is

:30:57. > :30:59.out of kilter with Scotland and England and Wales but not out of

:31:00. > :31:02.kilter with the vast majority of countries around the world, it is

:31:03. > :31:06.not backward in that sense, it has chosen to go a different way, a

:31:07. > :31:07.consequence of devolution, Northern Ireland gets to do things

:31:08. > :31:20.differently. Does it matter to you? Certainly, it matters to the LGBT

:31:21. > :31:26.community generally in a large way, even for folks who don't avail of it

:31:27. > :31:31.personally, it sends a signal to our community that we have equal access

:31:32. > :31:34.to the benefits of society. This is not about religious institutions and

:31:35. > :31:37.those who have been protected throughout the discussions. We are

:31:38. > :31:40.talking about the role of the State in recognising relationships and not

:31:41. > :31:44.further. What difference do you think it would make, Adam, if gay

:31:45. > :31:49.marriage were given the go-ahead in Northern Ireland? Well, there is

:31:50. > :31:55.that important symbolic aspect. It is about equal status under the law

:31:56. > :32:01.that you have equal access to civil marriage. You know, it is not

:32:02. > :32:06.actually, I think, the biggest issue, you know, we have really big

:32:07. > :32:09.problems with homophobia within our schools and that's for me

:32:10. > :32:15.personally, that's something I care about maybe a lot more, but... So to

:32:16. > :32:21.focus on that then, what do you think would make a difference? In

:32:22. > :32:25.terms of schools? Just in terms of the general intolerance that you are

:32:26. > :32:30.describing and schools are part of that. Schools are the biggest part

:32:31. > :32:35.of it, I think. A lot of the issues we deal with in the LGBT community,

:32:36. > :32:38.higher levels of self-harming and suicide and lower levels of good

:32:39. > :32:42.mental health, these are problems which are formed actually during the

:32:43. > :32:48.formative years of schools and if you asked me one big change I would

:32:49. > :32:52.want, it would be for section 75 or some similar legislation to apply to

:32:53. > :32:57.schools that they have to track homophobic bullying and they have to

:32:58. > :33:01.track homophobic incidents and they have to train their teachers to deal

:33:02. > :33:07.with homophobia and they have to treat homophobia in the same way as

:33:08. > :33:12.they would treat racism. If we were to change that, I think it would

:33:13. > :33:16.have massive changes on our society. Peter respond to that. I have no

:33:17. > :33:21.problem. We have been very clear. I have been at Pride and I have been

:33:22. > :33:25.involved in discussions with Rainbow and other groups on the ground.

:33:26. > :33:28.Clear in term of saying homophobic bullying is wrong. There is no place

:33:29. > :33:34.for that, but it is important that all sides then show how we debate

:33:35. > :33:40.this issue well. The last motion that came, it was limited to

:33:41. > :33:43.couples, only to couples and there are already asking why can't three

:33:44. > :33:50.people who love each other come into a relationship? We need to have the

:33:51. > :33:54.debate. The Green Party said in the UK they want to see three people in

:33:55. > :33:57.a relationship. That's an open and valid position to take. It is one I

:33:58. > :34:02.would object to and say that's our concern. It is undermining a

:34:03. > :34:05.fundamental relationship that is uniquely placed in the case of

:34:06. > :34:08.children. It is a different discussion from the one about gay

:34:09. > :34:10.marriage, but thank you all very much for joining us. Thank you for

:34:11. > :34:13.your time. With the news, here's Julian

:34:14. > :34:17.in the BBC Newsroom. Yoan that, thank you very much.

:34:18. > :34:24.-- Joanna. The gas and electricity regulator,

:34:25. > :34:26.Ofgem, has endorsed a series of proposals designed to cut

:34:27. > :34:29.customers' energy bills in England, Wales and Scotland,

:34:30. > :34:31.calling them a "watershed The proposals include

:34:32. > :34:34.a price cap for pre-payment meters which are used

:34:35. > :34:36.by around four million people. The announcement follows a report

:34:37. > :34:38.published by the Competition and Markets Authority in June

:34:39. > :34:48.which set out ways in Dermot Nolan says people will get a

:34:49. > :34:53.better deal. There is a number of quite important changes. One I would

:34:54. > :34:56.say is the recommendation of pre-payment customers. Four million

:34:57. > :34:59.people in the UK are on pre-payment meters. In the last few years, they

:35:00. > :35:03.haven't been getting a great deal and we will be introducing a clear

:35:04. > :35:07.protection for them which will save them ?70, ?80 a year. That's an

:35:08. > :35:09.important, because electricity is an essential service and the vulnerable

:35:10. > :35:13.really do need to be protected. Two men have been arrested

:35:14. > :35:15.in Coventry on suspicion of terrorism offences

:35:16. > :35:16.related to Syria. The pair, aged 38 and 40,

:35:17. > :35:19.were detained at an address West Midlands Police say

:35:20. > :35:24.the arrests are part A police officer in Pakistan

:35:25. > :35:28.in charge of an investigation the death of a woman from Bradford

:35:29. > :35:31.has confirmed she was strangled. Samia Shahid, who was 28,

:35:32. > :35:33.died last month while visiting Her husband says she was the victim

:35:34. > :35:38.of a so-called honour killing, an allegation denied

:35:39. > :35:44.by her relatives in Pakistan. UK Border Force has a "worryingly

:35:45. > :35:47.low" number of boats patrolling Britain's coasts,

:35:48. > :35:49.according to MPs. The Home Affairs Select Committee

:35:50. > :35:52.said that just three boats are available to patrol 7,000 miles

:35:53. > :35:56.of shoreline. It has called

:35:57. > :35:59.for the Royal Navy to be brought The Government says it's already

:36:00. > :36:03.taking measures to combat a rise in people smuggling and it's ordered

:36:04. > :36:08.eight more patrol vessels. But a former Director-General

:36:09. > :36:10.of the UK Border Force told this programme it is not just

:36:11. > :36:18.about having more boats. We do have about 16 different

:36:19. > :36:21.agencies involved in border protection, not just the Border

:36:22. > :36:25.Force, so yes, the Royal Navy are part of that. You have got the

:36:26. > :36:28.Maritime and Coastguard Agency which comes under the Department for

:36:29. > :36:32.Transport, Border Force under the Home Office, navy under the MoD, you

:36:33. > :36:37.have got the various police agencies, we need to make sure they

:36:38. > :36:39.all work together under the umbrella of the national maritime

:36:40. > :36:44.intelligence centre so that we get the right intelligence because we

:36:45. > :36:48.don't want an armada of boats out there if they don't know where to go

:36:49. > :36:53.and what to intercept. Yes, we need more vessels, but I don't think

:36:54. > :36:59.that's the only thing we need. That's a summary of the latest

:37:00. > :37:01.news, join me for BBC Here's the latest

:37:02. > :37:04.sport now with John. After missing three drugs tests

:37:05. > :37:07.which could have forced Cyclist Lizzie Armitstead to be

:37:08. > :37:09.banned from the Rio Olympics, the silver medallist

:37:10. > :37:11.from London 2012 has admitted she that she was naive in not

:37:12. > :37:14.challenging the first of those until her Olympic place was

:37:15. > :37:16.in jeapordy. It was only

:37:17. > :37:18.after missing a third test and facing a possible two year

:37:19. > :37:20.suspension, she took her case to the court of arbitration

:37:21. > :37:23.for sport and her first failure UK Ant-doping, while happy

:37:24. > :37:27.with the process, feels there needs to be more explanation

:37:28. > :37:35.as to why it was not upheld. Cyclist Sir Bradley Wiggins has said

:37:36. > :37:38.the honour of being flag-bearer at the opening ceremony

:37:39. > :37:40.of the Rio Olympics should Wiggins featured in the opening

:37:41. > :37:45.of the Games at London Playing his part in

:37:46. > :37:47.the opening ceremony. Boxer Nicola Adams, long-distance

:37:48. > :37:50.runner Jo Pavey and tennis player Andy Murray are among the other

:37:51. > :37:53.contenders to carry the flag in Rio, with a decision expected

:37:54. > :37:56.by the BOA today. Steven Finn is back in the England

:37:57. > :37:59.side to face Pakistan He replaces the injured

:38:00. > :38:08.all-rounder Ben Stokes. With the series level at 1-1,

:38:09. > :38:22.it's all in the balance, That's all the sport for now.

:38:23. > :38:30.The Australian family living in the Highlands have been told they have

:38:31. > :38:34.lost their battle to stay in the UK. Gregg and Catherine Brain have

:38:35. > :38:40.failed to find jobs. The Home Office has written to them saying it is

:38:41. > :38:44.asking them to leave. Let's talk to Gregg. Thank you for joining us. Is

:38:45. > :38:54.that it, you have been told you have to go? Well, we have been told we

:38:55. > :38:58.have to go. I think, however, I said I would not characterise this as

:38:59. > :39:01.over. We are talking to our lawyer. We may be able to make an

:39:02. > :39:04.application if an employer comes forward. So certainly, we will be

:39:05. > :39:09.talking to the Home Office about what arrangements need to be made

:39:10. > :39:13.going forward. But we are a long way from giving up yet. What have you

:39:14. > :39:18.been told by the Home Office? Well, we have been told by the Home

:39:19. > :39:23.Office, the letter we received essentially mirrors who they have

:39:24. > :39:28.made in their public statement. As of 1st August we have not made an

:39:29. > :39:32.application, which is true. And that obviously at this point we are here

:39:33. > :39:36.without leave and should be making arrangements to leave voluntarily,

:39:37. > :39:39.however, we are of the understanding that we may be able to make an

:39:40. > :39:43.application and have that considered by the Home Office. We are still

:39:44. > :39:47.searching for an employer and hope that one will come forward and make

:39:48. > :39:51.an application to allow us to stay. We are disappointed that they have

:39:52. > :39:55.decided not to follow what we would have hoped would have been the

:39:56. > :39:59.honourable course in giving us what was promised in the advertising to

:40:00. > :40:03.entice us to come over here when they told us if you come over her on

:40:04. > :40:09.a study visa, there will be this workplace after it. The Immigration

:40:10. > :40:12.Minister says that there are no exceptional considerations which

:40:13. > :40:15.would justify granting you leave to remain outside the immigration rules

:40:16. > :40:19.as they are. Officials will be in touch with you later this week to

:40:20. > :40:24.discuss a voluntary departure to Australia. If immigration officials

:40:25. > :40:27.get in touch and say, "Right, let's plan how you head back to

:40:28. > :40:31.Australia." What will you say? What will you do? Well, what we will be

:40:32. > :40:34.saying to them is we are in discussions with our lawyer that we

:40:35. > :40:39.will be doing everything we can to comply with the laws as they

:40:40. > :40:42.currently stand. We are in the rather cynical situation of hoping

:40:43. > :40:45.that the laws will remain the case and not be changed again because

:40:46. > :40:50.that's what happened. The Home Office said this is the law as it

:40:51. > :40:54.stands and you don't fulfil the criteria, you are here illegally so

:40:55. > :40:58.you have to go? Well, that's the situation as it stands if we don't

:40:59. > :41:02.make an application. I think that the possibility exists that we may

:41:03. > :41:05.still be able to make an application which the Home Office would

:41:06. > :41:08.consider. While things are awkward for us, they certainly admit that, I

:41:09. > :41:13.don't think we are at a situation where they are expecting us to turn

:41:14. > :41:17.ourselves into the local police station and put us in a detention

:41:18. > :41:22.centre and put us on a plane. We are a long way from that point yet.

:41:23. > :41:28.Gregg Brain, thank you for joining us. No problem at all, thank you.

:41:29. > :41:30.The businessman Ian Taylor, who was reportedly in line

:41:31. > :41:32.for a knighthood in David Cameron's resignation honours list,

:41:33. > :41:35.has said he does not want his name to go forward.

:41:36. > :41:37.The oil firm boss is a Conservative Party donor

:41:38. > :41:39.and also made donations to the EU Remain campaign.

:41:40. > :41:42.He has written to both Mr Cameron and Theresa May asking

:41:43. > :41:44.for his name to be withdrawn from the list.

:41:45. > :41:45.Our Political correspondent, Tom Bateman is following

:41:46. > :41:53.Tom, tell us more about the controversy around this and what the

:41:54. > :41:57.latest is? Well, of course, it is several days now since the Sunday

:41:58. > :42:01.Times leaked that list of what it said were people who were in line

:42:02. > :42:05.for honours. The controversy around many of it being because many of the

:42:06. > :42:09.people in that apparent list were those who had given money to a

:42:10. > :42:15.campaign for Britain to remain in the European Union which, of course,

:42:16. > :42:20.the vote that was lost by that side. So there was some criticism of David

:42:21. > :42:24.Cameron in the resignation honours for having apparently wanting those

:42:25. > :42:30.people to get knighthoods and other such awards. Now, what we have had

:42:31. > :42:34.overnight, late last night, Ian Taylor, who as you mentioned is a

:42:35. > :42:38.Chief Executive of the oil company, but also a key beenor to the Tory

:42:39. > :42:42.Party, understood to have given hundreds of thousands of pounds over

:42:43. > :42:45.the years and donated to the Remain campaign in the referendum. He came

:42:46. > :42:50.out and said well, look, if it is true that I am on the list, to be

:42:51. > :42:54.given a knighthood, effectively, I don't want it. He in a statement

:42:55. > :42:57.said that he had written to the current Prime Minister, Theresa May

:42:58. > :43:02.and her predecessor David Cameron saying he wishes to be taken out of

:43:03. > :43:07.the running for that honour. He also referred to the way in which his

:43:08. > :43:11.company had been the subject of attacks of speculation in the press

:43:12. > :43:18.which was completely inaccurate. So this is another twist in that sort

:43:19. > :43:21.of furore around the honours, the resignation list that David Cameron

:43:22. > :43:25.put out. I don't think will be the end of it, we are seeing mutterings

:43:26. > :43:28.that perhaps the system needs to be reformed further and being made more

:43:29. > :43:32.transparent, but remember, there is a key difference between these

:43:33. > :43:37.resignation honours that are in the gift of an outgoing Prime Minister

:43:38. > :43:41.and the usual honours we are used to at New Year and the Queen's birthday

:43:42. > :43:45.honours which tend to go through what is seen to be a system that is

:43:46. > :43:47.more balanced and with greater transparency, but I think we can

:43:48. > :43:48.expect more questions about that as well.

:43:49. > :43:53.Thank you very much, Tom. A British man has reportedly been

:43:54. > :43:55.killed while fighting with Kurdish forces against so-called

:43:56. > :43:57.Islamic State militants in Syria. Kurdish forces say Dean Carl Evans,

:43:58. > :44:00.who's from Reading, was killed His father has confirmed his death

:44:01. > :44:05.on social media saying, "He was loved and will be missed

:44:06. > :44:09.by all his family and friends". Mr Evans was one of many foreign

:44:10. > :44:14.volunteers who joined the People's Defence Units or YPG,

:44:15. > :44:16.the Kurdish military force With me is Mark Campbell,

:44:17. > :44:24.a UK-based pro-Kurdish activist, who speaks on behalf

:44:25. > :44:26.of Dean Carl Evans' family and also Hamish De Bretton-Gordon,

:44:27. > :44:29.a former British Army officer now helping train Peshmerga

:44:30. > :44:36.forces in Iraq. Thank you very much for coming in.

:44:37. > :44:42.Mark, tell us more about Dean, where he was and what he was doing? Well,

:44:43. > :44:50.can I first say before I do that that when Dean join the force, he

:44:51. > :44:55.put on his next of kin form, his stepfather who he has been brought

:44:56. > :45:00.up by for the last 16 years. So it is his stepfather rather than his

:45:01. > :45:07.biological father who I'm here speaking on behalf. OK. I mean Dean

:45:08. > :45:12.made his way, it was his second time out. He went there last year and he

:45:13. > :45:20.was there for the last three or four months this time. He made his way to

:45:21. > :45:27.the front line against Isis. And found himself fighting fierce

:45:28. > :45:35.battles going on which is the town which the Kurdish forces with the

:45:36. > :45:38.air support of the Americans are to take before Raqqa the main head

:45:39. > :45:46.quarters and he was behind a wall. He was shot.

:45:47. > :45:54.A Kurdish woman fighter from the word PJ, she came to his aid, and

:45:55. > :46:04.tragically both of them were hit by an RPG rocket from the icy side. And

:46:05. > :46:10.he died. Both of them died. -- YPJ. Why was he there? Why did he want to

:46:11. > :46:15.go there and fight? Like a lot of these fighters... You interviewed me

:46:16. > :46:26.one year ago on BBC news 24, when the first UK fighter died, we are on

:46:27. > :46:34.the second anniversary of the taking of these Edy genocide, today is the

:46:35. > :46:41.second anniversary, and if you follow the situation very closely,

:46:42. > :46:48.people cannot be anything but impressed by the heroic actions of

:46:49. > :47:05.these heroic fighters. We talk about the latest Isis attack in Germany

:47:06. > :47:10.and Nice. -- Yazidis. Speaking with his stepfather, he had a very

:47:11. > :47:13.intense interest in military matters, and he tried to join the

:47:14. > :47:20.British Army, but he could not because he had mild asthma. I think

:47:21. > :47:24.that watching the rise of Isis, coupled with his interest in

:47:25. > :47:29.military matters led him to the front lines, which is where

:47:30. > :47:37.tragically he has lost his life. Are there many like him, Brits fighting

:47:38. > :47:40.in this this way? I salute his courage, and to go back to a

:47:41. > :47:45.battlefield twice, that takes real guts, for a young man from Reading.

:47:46. > :47:49.I absolutely do not recommend this for anybody. The Foreign Office

:47:50. > :47:54.direction on this is absolutely right, do not do it, if you want to

:47:55. > :47:59.help, join the Army, I know that Dean could not, and maybe the Army

:48:00. > :48:04.should look at that for courageous people like him, exactly the sort of

:48:05. > :48:07.people we want in the Army, if you cannot, will some charities, medical

:48:08. > :48:13.charities that I work with in Syria and Iraq, medics under fire, they

:48:14. > :48:17.would love this kind of support. When I am in northern Iraq, working

:48:18. > :48:22.with the Peshmerga, I occasionally meet foreign fighters who are there,

:48:23. > :48:26.but if you are not fully trained, getting on a battlefield like this,

:48:27. > :48:31.whatever your motivation for doing it, and we all want to fight against

:48:32. > :48:36.Islamic State and see the end of it but it is not the way to do it, you

:48:37. > :48:40.need to be properly trained and equipped to be on a battlefield like

:48:41. > :48:43.this. What would it be like for an individual like him to arrive in

:48:44. > :48:48.that environment and find their way to the front line, what would he

:48:49. > :48:53.have been encountering? A huge challenge, I do not know the YPJ

:48:54. > :48:56.very well at all, the Syrian Kurds, the Iraqi Kurds, the Peshmerga, I

:48:57. > :49:02.know them very well. You can fly very easily there are, three-hour

:49:03. > :49:05.flight from the UK, there are British military personnel, the 1st

:49:06. > :49:09.Battalion of the rifles are there, training the Peshmerga at the

:49:10. > :49:14.moment. The Peshmerga are doing an amazing job. What we have two

:49:15. > :49:18.remember, the Kurdish are our boots on the ground, the British public

:49:19. > :49:22.have very clearly articulated they do not want to see British boots on

:49:23. > :49:26.the ground in Iraq and Syria to defeat Islamic State, therefore we

:49:27. > :49:30.must do all that we can to support them, the activities of Dean and

:49:31. > :49:36.others, although slightly misguided, absolutely right, what we should be

:49:37. > :49:40.asking is, what should we be doing more, what should the British

:49:41. > :49:43.government be doing more, the international coalition, what more

:49:44. > :49:46.should be done to make sure the Kurdish are properly equipped,

:49:47. > :49:50.supported and trained to carry out the battle on the ground that week,

:49:51. > :49:56.democratically, do not want to do ourselves. Anchor

:49:57. > :50:10.In Europe, Germany is deploying troops on the streets for the first

:50:11. > :50:13.time since the Second World War. In France, as well as increased

:50:14. > :50:16.security on the street, dozens of much anticipated events have been

:50:17. > :50:27.cancelled because of concerns that there would not be adequate

:50:28. > :50:29.security. Here in Britain, the Met Police and the London Mayor Sadiq

:50:30. > :50:35.Khan have said there will be more armed officers at prominent

:50:36. > :50:38.landmarks in the capital. In Nice, where 84 people were killed after a

:50:39. > :50:40.man crashed a lorry into a large crowd who were celebrating Bastille

:50:41. > :50:43.day, the council has abandoned plans for open air concerts on August

:50:44. > :50:46.15th. In Marseille, they've cancelled a show by the equivalent

:50:47. > :50:51.of the French Red Arrows which was set for August the 13th. And in the

:50:52. > :50:53.capital Paris, where last November, gunmen and suicide bombers killed

:50:54. > :50:55.130 people, they've cancelled a basketball tournament, a popular

:50:56. > :50:56.open air film festival, and called off plans to turn the Champs Elysees

:50:57. > :51:00.into a car-free zone for 24 hours. With me now is Tom Jenkins, Chief

:51:01. > :51:06.executive, at the European Tour Operation Association. And joining

:51:07. > :51:11.us from Nice is Vincent Rozeron, a journalist from French Newspaper

:51:12. > :51:13.Nice Matin and we're also joined by Francois Navarro, Managing Director

:51:14. > :51:20.of Paris Region Tourist Board. First of all, if I can come to you, you

:51:21. > :51:23.are a journalist in Nice, what impact has the attack had, what

:51:24. > :51:36.changes you are seeing, what cancellations? The drama, the

:51:37. > :51:40.concert on the 15th of July, Rihanna, that has been cancelled.

:51:41. > :51:54.The Nice jazz festival, that has been cancelled. In the city next to

:51:55. > :51:59.it. Juan-les-Pins, they're jazz festival has been cancelled, and the

:52:00. > :52:06.fireworks, that has been cancelled as well. What is the atmosphere, are

:52:07. > :52:12.holiday-makers going about holidays as usual, does it feel different? It

:52:13. > :52:22.feels different, there is still a lot of tourists everywhere. After

:52:23. > :52:26.the drama, people have said that Nice is becoming empty. That is not

:52:27. > :52:31.true, there is a lot of people in the streets, because it is the

:52:32. > :52:35.French Riviera, a lot of people, but still, there is less than expected,

:52:36. > :52:46.of course. You represent the region of Paris, the tourism board,

:52:47. > :52:48.Francois, are you seeing visible changes? We are noticing that

:52:49. > :52:55.everything is done by the authorities to protect tourists in

:52:56. > :53:00.Paris. All the main museums and monuments, the department stores,

:53:01. > :53:05.train stations, even the airports. Paris is back to business. We have

:53:06. > :53:12.less tourist, of course, but everything is back to normal. When

:53:13. > :53:19.you say less tourist, how much of the numbers falling? If you add up

:53:20. > :53:26.Japanese and American visitors and Chinese visitors, I think we are

:53:27. > :53:34.less ten or 15% for the high season, of course there is an impact, but

:53:35. > :53:40.Paris is still Paris. The impact is real, we cannot deny it, but we

:53:41. > :53:44.think that next autumn, everything will be back to normal. When you say

:53:45. > :53:49.specifically Japanese, American and Chinese tourist, is that because

:53:50. > :53:56.they are the nationalities who are mostly staying away? Yes, Chinese

:53:57. > :54:05.visitors are very impacted by this issue. In Japan, security is

:54:06. > :54:12.something very important. We have less 60 persons in Paris, that is

:54:13. > :54:18.very important and huge. Talking about American Chinese visitors, it

:54:19. > :54:24.is not the same impact. American visitors, 10%. --

:54:25. > :54:33.-- Japanese is the worst market for us at the moment, we have less 60%.

:54:34. > :54:38.The markets are reacting strongly, that is good for us. John Jenkins,

:54:39. > :54:41.you are from the European tour operators Association, how are you

:54:42. > :54:46.looking at this? I would echo what has been said by Francois, naturally

:54:47. > :54:53.when you look at long haul visitors coming into Europe, they see it as

:54:54. > :54:59.Europe, and if an incident happens in France, it impacts the UK and

:55:00. > :55:07.Germany as well. Overall, we are seeing a drop in demand from America

:55:08. > :55:11.and Japan and China, roughly 15%. It is a measurable impact, it has to be

:55:12. > :55:20.said. 15% here in the UK, same across the board. Translate that

:55:21. > :55:23.into what it can potentially mean for businesses? If you are

:55:24. > :55:25.unreliable upon American and Japanese business, you will be

:55:26. > :55:31.seeing a significant shortfall, the thing to realise is that normally,

:55:32. > :55:36.the impact at such events is temporary, we would expect,

:55:37. > :55:42.particularly nowadays, with consumers much more sophisticated

:55:43. > :55:47.than they were ten, 15, 20 years ago, we would see a shortfall in

:55:48. > :55:54.bookings of about six, seven weeks. After that period, things bounce

:55:55. > :55:57.back. I would hope that the season from September onwards will see a

:55:58. > :56:01.sick of the conductor and, particularly with the stronger

:56:02. > :56:12.dollar. Obviously the summer season is particularly important in the

:56:13. > :56:20.area where you are. Of course, people wait for this season, because

:56:21. > :56:28.it is where tourists come. It is very big here. Are the tourists

:56:29. > :56:33.reassured by the visible presence of security on some beaches, even, in

:56:34. > :56:42.the south of France? I don't know about that. The security has been

:56:43. > :56:47.reinforced since the 14th of July, in the airport, for example, there

:56:48. > :56:59.is a military force which has been doubled. The national police have

:57:00. > :57:07.more power now. Tom, you said about your expectation and hope that a

:57:08. > :57:12.downturn would be short lived. Desperately sad and sensational in

:57:13. > :57:18.some ways, the incidence we have had in Paris and Nice, but they must be

:57:19. > :57:22.seen in the context of 80 million foreign visitors going to France

:57:23. > :57:28.every year. Statistically, your chance of being caught up in

:57:29. > :57:34.anything is almost zero. I think that gradually, the reality creeps

:57:35. > :57:38.in to the marketplace, people genuinely discount the kind of scare

:57:39. > :57:44.stories we are getting at the moment. I have every confidence that

:57:45. > :57:47.the market will return, it always does. Thank you very much

:57:48. > :57:55.with joining us. Breaking news to bring new there has been an incident

:57:56. > :57:59.at the main airport in to buy, and Emirates flight has crash landed

:58:00. > :58:10.from India, 275 passengers were on board. -- at the main airport in day

:58:11. > :58:13.by. -- at the main airport in Dubai. Emirates has an excellent safety

:58:14. > :58:17.record. Emergency services are there, the latest coming up on that

:58:18. > :58:21.and all the rest of the news on BBC newsroom live. Thank you for your

:58:22. > :58:24.company today, have a lovely afternoon.