24/08/2016

:00:08. > :00:09.Hello it's Wednesday, it's 9 o'clock, I'm Joanna Gosling

:00:10. > :00:11.in for Victoria, welcome to the programme.

:00:12. > :00:13.An earthquake has struck central Italy leaving

:00:14. > :00:20.The epicentre was only 65 miles from Rome, with the worst damage

:00:21. > :01:11.I am a mother no longer. under the house.

:01:12. > :01:11.excited. That was taken away from me seven weeks ago. I just hope that it

:01:12. > :01:23.was worth it. At least 20 people have been killed

:01:24. > :01:25.and others trapped in rubble after an earthquake in the central

:01:26. > :01:28.Italian region of Umbria. Amatrice, has said that many

:01:29. > :01:35.buildings have collapsed. He said he believed half

:01:36. > :01:37.of the town had gone. The quake, which measured magnitude

:01:38. > :01:40.6.2, hit at about half past three local time this morning and was felt

:01:41. > :01:44.as far away as Rome and Venice. Reports of lives lost

:01:45. > :01:56.and buildings reduced to rubble. At 3:30am the earthquake struck,

:01:57. > :02:01.reaching a magnitude of 6.2. It was felt across large

:02:02. > :02:04.swathes of the country, The worst hit areas appear to be

:02:05. > :02:14.small hilltop villages in the area. Helicopters are being sent out

:02:15. > :02:21.to assess the damage. At the moment I am in a little

:02:22. > :02:24.village called Camartina. But I know that for sure,

:02:25. > :02:27.we had two people die in the location called Arquata del

:02:28. > :02:32.Tronto, that is the municipality. So we have so many houses that

:02:33. > :02:38.may be destroyed. The Mayor of the small town

:02:39. > :02:41.of Amatrice told Italian television that buildings had collapsed,

:02:42. > :02:48.saying half the town was gone. And in close by Accumoli,

:02:49. > :02:51.it's reported that a family of four This is an area vulnerable

:02:52. > :02:59.to earthquakes. In 2009, the same region was struck,

:03:00. > :03:05.more than 300 people died. As the day goes on, and more help

:03:06. > :03:08.arrives, the true extent Eve Read is on holiday near Perugia,

:03:09. > :03:29.and was woken by the earthquake. Thank you for joining us. Tell us

:03:30. > :03:32.what happened. There's ten of us staying in a farmhouse. Three

:03:33. > :03:44.generations of my family. We were all woken after 3am with relatively

:03:45. > :03:54.violent shaking off the bed. Was it clear to you what had happened? Not

:03:55. > :04:01.me, I said to my husband, what is that. He said, don't panic, it is an

:04:02. > :04:22.earthquake. We waited until it had subsided. How long did it go on and

:04:23. > :04:33.how violent was the shaking. I think it was six or seven seconds after we

:04:34. > :04:37.woke up that we heard it. Can you describe what it was like to be in

:04:38. > :04:43.the house, was damage happening at the same time as the movement was

:04:44. > :04:50.happening? It was not clear whether damaging things were happening, it

:04:51. > :04:56.was shaking quite a lot. It is quite a strong old building, 200 years old

:04:57. > :05:03.farmhouse. Obviously it has been standing for some time, renovated

:05:04. > :05:12.relatively recently. There has been some damage, one of the ceilings has

:05:13. > :05:17.come down in the bathroom. Otherwise, some cracks but it

:05:18. > :05:22.appears to be OK. You mentioned there were ten of you in the house.

:05:23. > :05:28.While you worried? Yes. Tried not to panic. First thought was the

:05:29. > :05:35.children, then checking the rest of the family was OK. Congregated in

:05:36. > :05:41.the hallway of the house. At that point in time I guess we did not

:05:42. > :05:45.think about after-shocks because it is not something British people are

:05:46. > :05:55.prepared to think about. That happened, about one hour later. That

:05:56. > :06:02.shook us to the same extent. How many after-shocks have there been?

:06:03. > :06:13.Quite a lot, to be honest. Probably six or seven relatively large ones.

:06:14. > :06:19.Excuse me, a lot of small ones. We only noticed them because glasses

:06:20. > :06:24.were clanking together or things were moving. Have you been able to

:06:25. > :06:32.see much outside and whether there's any damage around you in the area?

:06:33. > :06:36.We are in an extremely rural area, we can only see a couple of

:06:37. > :06:41.properties close by. We know that the neighbours ROK. We've spoken to

:06:42. > :06:45.another couple whose house has been damaged more than this one. But it's

:06:46. > :06:57.very difficult for us to see whether anything else destroyed or damaged.

:06:58. > :07:00.Presumably this will dominate your thoughts, even though luckily you've

:07:01. > :07:05.been unscathed and there's very little damage where you are. Are you

:07:06. > :07:20.trying to keep across everything that is happening in the aftermath?

:07:21. > :07:28.We are staying ahead of what is happening on social media. We don't

:07:29. > :07:33.have any access. Trying to relax after what is happening. We are

:07:34. > :07:42.still a little bit shaken and clearly we've not suffered anything

:07:43. > :07:50.near the amount of damage. Thank you very much. Let's go to our

:07:51. > :08:05.correspondent, tell us exactly where you are. Clearly quite a lot of

:08:06. > :08:13.damage behind you. I've arrived in Amatrice. You can see some of the

:08:14. > :08:18.damage behind me. I've seen some sniffer dogs in the last few minutes

:08:19. > :08:23.instructed to go inside the buildings and see if there are any

:08:24. > :08:27.survivors trapped inside, and if we look this way you can see the extent

:08:28. > :08:36.of the damage on one of the main roads here. There are relief

:08:37. > :08:44.workers, ambulance workers, men and women, I've seen policemen as well.

:08:45. > :08:58.We came up the hill with relief workers. We saw men with spades and

:08:59. > :09:03.shovels. I should stretch is -- I should stress that the atmosphere is

:09:04. > :09:09.quite calm. A number of people have been walking quietly down the hill.

:09:10. > :09:14.One man was carrying a suitcase. A lot of the people looked dazed.

:09:15. > :09:20.People have been removed from the hospital. Patients have been treated

:09:21. > :09:26.in the courtyard. The atmosphere is calm. We still don't know how many

:09:27. > :09:35.people may be trapped underneath the rubble. This obviously struck in the

:09:36. > :09:48.middle of the night. Potentially half the town has gone. What is your

:09:49. > :09:53.assessment? It's hard to tell. We've walked through the entryway to the

:09:54. > :09:58.town. Looking past the camera I can see at damaged building over there.

:09:59. > :10:05.The main street, about a third of the buildings are damaged beyond

:10:06. > :10:15.repair. It is difficult to verify but it is easy to say that there is

:10:16. > :10:20.significant damage her. There are helicopters in the sky so it is

:10:21. > :10:24.clear that the... The relief work is carrying on as they tried to work

:10:25. > :10:29.out the scale of the disaster. They are trying to work out who is

:10:30. > :10:41.missing. Everybody here knows each other. Local people will be

:10:42. > :10:44.reporting in. Most people here will have been asleep at home so it might

:10:45. > :10:53.have been easy to account for people. I can see more dogs working

:10:54. > :10:55.over there. That is one of the most immediate ways to work out if

:10:56. > :11:05.anybody is trapped underneath the rubble. What size is the tone? Do

:11:06. > :11:09.you know how many people live there? I don't have an estimate at the

:11:10. > :11:15.moment. But just looking at the number of buildings, there are

:11:16. > :11:20.probably several thousand people coming here, living here. Obviously

:11:21. > :11:24.they will need to do a very big count of exactly who has survived

:11:25. > :11:28.and who is missing. I should stay that we should stay out of the way

:11:29. > :11:35.because they are escorting some one which we will not sure you for the

:11:36. > :11:39.moment. We're not getting in the way of emergency workers, there are a

:11:40. > :11:44.lot of media around here and we step out of the way any time an emergency

:11:45. > :11:56.worker needs to get by. Thank you very much. The population of

:11:57. > :12:04.Amatrice is around 2700. James will keep us up to date on it. We saw the

:12:05. > :12:08.helicopter is trying to assess the scale of the damage in the

:12:09. > :12:14.surrounding area. Let's go to the deputy editor of The Times

:12:15. > :12:17.newspaper. She is on holiday and staying about 50 miles from the

:12:18. > :12:23.epicentre. Thanks for joining us. Tell us what happened where you are.

:12:24. > :12:29.Like the previous lady you interviewed, we were fast asleep,

:12:30. > :12:34.dead bait. -- dead of night. When the earthquake struck, it really

:12:35. > :12:38.could not have been anything else. It was utterly terrifying. The house

:12:39. > :12:44.started to shake, it gradually got more intense, the noise was

:12:45. > :12:52.appalling, this rumbling thunderous clinking as if there was a train

:12:53. > :12:58.approaching us. I sat up and yelled at by husband, it's a earthquake. We

:12:59. > :13:03.got out of bed by which time on of the people we were staying with was

:13:04. > :13:07.yelling upstairs because we had 17 teenagers asleep on the top four.

:13:08. > :13:14.They came eventually. All of them were very dazed. The electricity had

:13:15. > :13:22.gone. Somebody grabbed the phone. We got and into the garden. We chatted

:13:23. > :13:27.and assessed what happened. We were baffled. We had no clue what to do

:13:28. > :13:30.so we went back to bed. Within ten minutes the after-shock hit which

:13:31. > :13:36.was more terrifying because by then we were conscious of what was going

:13:37. > :13:42.on. At that point we abandoned the house altogether, grabbed sheets and

:13:43. > :13:48.blankets, it was very cold. It was the middle of the night. There were

:13:49. > :13:56.a lot of tremors carrying on. As the sun came up, we saw how badly the

:13:57. > :14:02.house was damaged. Cracks down on the walls. One of the chimney is

:14:03. > :14:12.looking very wobbly. All the plaster on the top floor has come off the

:14:13. > :14:18.walls. With every half hour that goes by it looks worse. I cannot

:14:19. > :14:24.imagine what it is like in the towns you've been reporting on. We can see

:14:25. > :14:29.the damage behind you and obviously you left the building because you

:14:30. > :14:36.were concerned people could get harmed. Is the scale of it enough

:14:37. > :14:44.that if you'd stayed in the host people could have been harmed? There

:14:45. > :14:48.were some very large chunks of plaster dropped onto the bed of the

:14:49. > :14:55.kids and because it was pushed against the wall, it landed on top

:14:56. > :14:59.of them. One of them clearly put his arms out because he had scratches

:15:00. > :15:06.down the back. They might have got bashed on the head but nothing

:15:07. > :15:17.actually collapsed. The really scary thing was none of us had a clue what

:15:18. > :15:24.to do. There was a lot of flapping around and what we did was get out

:15:25. > :15:29.of the house. In many ways I'm more afraid and than I was when it

:15:30. > :15:39.happened because it was an intense experience and not something people

:15:40. > :15:43.would want to go through. If it is as bad as it was where we are, I

:15:44. > :15:47.cannot imagine what it is like. It looks like a pretty solid building

:15:48. > :15:52.from what we can see behind you but does it feel safe to still be there?

:15:53. > :15:55.It's funny you ask. We've gone back into clear up. It does feel solid.

:15:56. > :16:13.It is a solid looking farmhouse. Everything is working apart from the

:16:14. > :16:17.electricity. I got quite a few tweets after I said we had got back

:16:18. > :16:21.into the house, saying, don't go back into the house.

:16:22. > :16:29.We have a builder coming this morning to have a look. And my

:16:30. > :16:36.friend has gone into the village to find out the extent of the damage to

:16:37. > :16:41.her house. I think people here are used to earthquakes, although it has

:16:42. > :16:45.not happened here since our friends have been in the area, which is a

:16:46. > :16:51.good ten years. Thank you for joining us. We will of course keep

:16:52. > :16:55.you up-to-date with the situation in central Italy throughout the day.

:16:56. > :16:58.Annita is in the BBC Newsroom with a summary of the rest

:16:59. > :17:03.A 21-year-old British woman has been stabbed to death at a backpackers'

:17:04. > :17:12.A 30-year-old man, also from the UK, is in a critical condition.

:17:13. > :17:25.used the Arabic phrase "Allahu akbar" during the attack.

:17:26. > :17:34.We have had three people stabbed, one deceased and two injured. It is

:17:35. > :17:38.shocking and the motivations for it are unclear. As I have said, there

:17:39. > :17:42.are a number of different circumstances that could be at play

:17:43. > :17:45.here. Our investigation is trying to determine what they are.

:17:46. > :17:48.The man challenging to become the leader of the Labour Party says

:17:49. > :17:51.if he wins the contest he will try to stop Theresa May

:17:52. > :17:54.Owen Smith said the party would oppose triggering Article 50

:17:55. > :17:56.until the Government agreed to a second referendum or a general

:17:57. > :18:00.Meanwhile, current leader Jeremy Corbyn will pledge today

:18:01. > :18:02.to renationalise the NHS and bring services provided privately

:18:03. > :18:09.Turkey says it has started a military offensive to drive

:18:10. > :18:11.so-called Islamic State militants out of northern Syria.

:18:12. > :18:14.The Turkish army says it has begun firing artillery rounds

:18:15. > :18:17.into the IS-held border town of Jarablus.

:18:18. > :18:23.US Vice President Joe Biden will visit Turkey today,

:18:24. > :18:25.the most senior Western official to visit since last

:18:26. > :18:35.A worldwide ban on plastic micro-beads in cosmetics should be

:18:36. > :18:38.imposed as soon as possible, according to a group of MPs.

:18:39. > :18:40.The Environmental Audit Committee says the tiny balls

:18:41. > :18:43.of plastic used in shower gels and face scrubs can be

:18:44. > :18:46.found in Arctic sea ice and on the deep ocean.

:18:47. > :18:49.The MPs say synthetic fibres from warm car tyres and even fleece

:18:50. > :19:05.We want the Government to institute a national ban to deal with the

:19:06. > :19:07.national problem we have in the UK. We would also like to see the

:19:08. > :19:12.government working with other European countries and the cosmetics

:19:13. > :19:18.industry to get that ban rolled out across the European Union, because

:19:19. > :19:25.it is a transnational problem and these particles move about in the

:19:26. > :19:28.seas and end up on our shores. We will talk to a reporter and a

:19:29. > :19:30.microbiologist about this in an hour's time.

:19:31. > :19:32.Detectives leading a criminal investigation into the Hillsborough

:19:33. > :19:35.disaster have released CCTV images of 19 men they want to speak to.

:19:36. > :19:37.96 fans were killed as a result of the crush

:19:38. > :19:39.at the football ground in Sheffield in April 1989.

:19:40. > :19:42.Senior officers have stressed that the men pictured had

:19:43. > :19:45.And Joanna will be speaking to relatives of two

:19:46. > :19:49.Hillsborough victims and a lawyer in the next hour.

:19:50. > :19:55.That's a summary of the latest BBC News - more at 9.30.

:19:56. > :19:57.Let's get some sport now with Tim Hague at

:19:58. > :20:05.Celtic are through to the Group Stages of the Champions League

:20:06. > :20:08.for the first time in three years - but they had a real

:20:09. > :20:10.scare against Israeli champions Hapoel Beer Sheva.

:20:11. > :20:14.Celtic took a 5-2 lead to Israel, but a poor defensive display saw

:20:15. > :20:20.But they scraped through on aggregate and will earn at least

:20:21. > :20:25.They'll will find out on Friday who they face when the draw is made

:20:26. > :20:29.Manchester City look certain to follow Celtic

:20:30. > :20:33.They have a 5-0 advantage over Steaua Bucharest heading

:20:34. > :20:37.into their second leg at the Etihad Stadium tonight.

:20:38. > :20:42.Watford and West Brom were knocked out by lower league opposition in

:20:43. > :20:46.the second round of the EFL cup last night.

:20:47. > :20:48.There were no such problems for Liverpool, though.

:20:49. > :20:50.Daniel Sturridge scored the best of their goals in the 5-0

:20:51. > :20:54.win over Championship side Burton Albion.

:20:55. > :20:58.American surfer Kelly Slater has recorded an extremely rare

:20:59. > :21:00.perfect score at the world surf league in Tahiti.

:21:01. > :21:05.And to give you an idea how hard that is to do,

:21:06. > :21:07.it's only the ninth time that's ever happened

:21:08. > :21:20.Surfing will be part of the Olympics in Tokyo in four years' time.

:21:21. > :21:24.Not too late for you to go for gold, Joanne!

:21:25. > :21:27.Thank you very much! Use of MDMA, the key

:21:28. > :21:29.component of ecstasy had been It's use has dipped over the last

:21:30. > :21:33.year but now the concern is, increasingly strong forms

:21:34. > :21:36.of the drug are on the market and they're widely

:21:37. > :21:37.available on the dark web. James Longman has spent some time

:21:38. > :21:39.with 18-year-old Leslie, In his film, he also met the mother

:21:40. > :21:47.of 22 year old Stephanie Shevlin, who died in June, after

:21:48. > :21:53.taking an ecstasy pill. At just about any festival

:21:54. > :21:56.in any part of the country, But the people doing it

:21:57. > :22:10.are getting younger. It's the drug of choice

:22:11. > :22:12.for 18-year-olds at festivals The purity of the drug has also

:22:13. > :22:19.increased, exposing young lives to even larger doses,

:22:20. > :22:21.and it is now around online, making it easier

:22:22. > :22:24.than ever before to buy I've come to Nass Festival

:22:25. > :22:39.in Somerset. It's an event that

:22:40. > :22:40.celebrates music, The crowd here is young,

:22:41. > :22:43.15,000 people will And although the event has a zero

:22:44. > :22:49.tolerance on drugs, you can tell We've joined up with Leslie,

:22:50. > :22:54.not his real name, and his mates. He's 18, and he's pretty open

:22:55. > :22:59.about his drug-taking. Last year, we had something

:23:00. > :23:02.that wasn't that strong, So you know what you're

:23:03. > :23:06.taking is stronger now? I do a lot of research

:23:07. > :23:10.before I buy it. MDMA is the main chemical element

:23:11. > :23:14.in what's commonly called ecstasy. The higher the amount of MDMA,

:23:15. > :23:19.the stronger the pill. He tells me that the MDMA he's

:23:20. > :23:23.taking this year is very strong. The night before, he said

:23:24. > :23:26.it was the first time he had ever Just when I was walking to one

:23:27. > :23:32.of the sets, it suddenly hit me. I'd be happy, just really

:23:33. > :23:44.excited, raring to go. I don't know, you just feel

:23:45. > :23:51.like you can do a lot more. For this weekend,

:23:52. > :23:56.Leslie bought 24 pills. They cost him ?85, and he bought

:23:57. > :23:58.them off the internet, He says they are some

:23:59. > :24:05.of the strongest available, one Because he's buying online,

:24:06. > :24:14.Leslie thinks he knows So the quick answer

:24:15. > :24:20.to that is, you don't When you buy this on the internet,

:24:21. > :24:29.you're taking the word And you think that the level

:24:30. > :24:33.of purity in these drugs has been going up and up,

:24:34. > :24:36.because you can buy them directly from the internet,

:24:37. > :24:38.you don't have to go You literally just log on,

:24:39. > :24:42.click "Buy", and they are Do you think that's how

:24:43. > :24:45.most people here will be Stupid people will get dirty stuff

:24:46. > :24:50.from the streets before they come. So you think because you buy

:24:51. > :24:53.it on the internet, They are a lot cleaner,

:24:54. > :24:58.from experience of what I've taken. Buying online has not only made

:24:59. > :25:01.getting drugs easier, it's also meant that pills

:25:02. > :25:04.with higher concentrations of MDMA have become more widely available

:25:05. > :25:08.to people like Leslie. Without the dealer, those making

:25:09. > :25:11.the drug can sell directly Organiser Ryan Matthews is clear

:25:12. > :25:19.his festival is against drugs, but it's difficult to see how

:25:20. > :25:22.an event like this and you can see his eyes

:25:23. > :25:50.wide with the drug. It's not as bad today

:25:51. > :26:01.as it was yesterday. Walking down from the campsite,

:26:02. > :26:04.I talked to his friend. because you don't know

:26:05. > :26:13.what you're taking. You're taking something that's been

:26:14. > :26:16.made, probably in a garage, in Luton on a trading

:26:17. > :26:19.estate, by some guy who's And the night really begins

:26:20. > :26:25.for Leslie and his friends. A lot of people here seem

:26:26. > :26:51.like they're on something. Drugs have long been

:26:52. > :26:55.a part of growing up. But the drugs are getting stronger,

:26:56. > :27:00.and the users younger. So it's just coming up

:27:01. > :27:03.to 12 o'clock. They've got another couple

:27:04. > :27:06.of hours left of partying, But what he did do is, he gave me

:27:07. > :27:17.a pill, and we are going to go and get it tested to check just

:27:18. > :27:20.what's inside these things. And then hopefully,

:27:21. > :27:22.we are going to meet up with him and tell him just

:27:23. > :27:43.what he was taking. walks with the dogs, arguments.

:27:44. > :27:50.Make-ups. Just playing with the kids,

:27:51. > :27:52.being with the family. Michelle Shevlin knows

:27:53. > :28:01.about the dangers of MDMA. In June this year, her 22-year-old

:28:02. > :28:03.daughter Stephanie died after taking When I found out that MDMA was one

:28:04. > :28:13.of the causes of her death, that contributed to her

:28:14. > :28:17.death, I was angry. It's hard to understand how

:28:18. > :28:29.somebody can be here one minute, I do cry, I cry to sleep,

:28:30. > :28:36.I cry when I wake up, It doesn't get any easier,

:28:37. > :28:41.and the days at the moment seem I just have to try and get

:28:42. > :28:48.through it as best as I know how. She's a mother in mourning,

:28:49. > :28:52.but also angry at the people who sold her daughter

:28:53. > :28:55.the pill that killed her. I just hope that person's losing

:28:56. > :28:59.sleep every night they're alive. That was taken away

:29:00. > :29:08.from me seven weeks ago. I just hope that what they sold my

:29:09. > :29:10.daughter, I just hope it doesn't happen

:29:11. > :29:15.to another person, I just don't know how they can

:29:16. > :29:33.sleep at night. Two weeks have passed since

:29:34. > :29:35.the festival, I've come to Tictac drug

:29:36. > :29:40.identification in London to meet Can you tell me

:29:41. > :29:49.what you found in it? If you go back, traditionally

:29:50. > :29:57.an average dose in an ecstasy tablet would have been somewhere

:29:58. > :30:00.between 85-115 mg. So the one you brought

:30:01. > :30:04.in is considerably higher than that. And for someone to be taking maybe

:30:05. > :30:08.two or three of these in one evening, that's close

:30:09. > :30:10.to a gram of MDMA. It's a lot of MDMA the person

:30:11. > :30:14.would have in their system. So Leslie's pill was as strong

:30:15. > :30:18.as he thought it was. Trevor says it's incredibly

:30:19. > :30:20.rare for a user to know So we know that Stephanie Shevlin,

:30:21. > :30:28.who died just a few weeks ago from an MDMA overdose,

:30:29. > :30:31.was taking this drug, But we also know that Leslie

:30:32. > :30:38.was taking a very powerful dose of MDMA, and he hasn't had any

:30:39. > :30:42.negative side effects. I think that illustrates very well

:30:43. > :30:46.the lottery of taking There are a lot of reasons,

:30:47. > :30:54.or a lot of ways in which drugs affect people,

:30:55. > :30:56.and they affect people differently. Trevor says MDMA has had a definite

:30:57. > :31:01.resurgence this year, with a greater variety of shapes

:31:02. > :31:03.and colours, a sign perhaps I met back up with Leslie

:31:04. > :31:12.to tell him what we found. Do you remember what happened

:31:13. > :31:14.the rest of your night? I'd love to tell you,

:31:15. > :31:17.but I can't remember. I can't remember,

:31:18. > :31:21.to be honest. Because with MDMA, your isotones

:31:22. > :31:36.drop when you take it, so you have to take more to feel

:31:37. > :31:39.the same effects as the first time. So, I have the certificate here,

:31:40. > :31:44.and the only active So, it had pretty much

:31:45. > :31:53.exactly what you thought Because it was risky buying

:31:54. > :32:05.it off the dark net, and it coming to you, you really

:32:06. > :32:08.don't know if what they said, what they said might not be what's

:32:09. > :32:10.actually in it. This time, the pills Leslie bought

:32:11. > :32:15.were what he thought they were. But, what you actually get

:32:16. > :32:17.is still a lottery. So, I think probably what he wanted

:32:18. > :32:21.to make clear is that this is an extraordinary

:32:22. > :32:23.amount of drugs I took about, probably,

:32:24. > :32:30.nine or ten of them. When you put it like that,

:32:31. > :32:41.that's a lot, isn't it? But I only took about

:32:42. > :32:45.three, four night. We've also filmed a woman,

:32:46. > :32:48.Michelle, whose daughter died just a few

:32:49. > :32:49.weeks ago, actually. And, she died after taking half

:32:50. > :33:02.a pill, and then another half pill Considering how much I took,

:33:03. > :33:13.and how much she took, it's quite a big difference,

:33:14. > :33:16.and she died from it, unfortunately. Lucky, but I get the sense this

:33:17. > :33:22.won't be the last time The MDMA available to him

:33:23. > :33:31.and others his age is far stronger than it's ever been,

:33:32. > :33:33.and much more readily available. But while the dangers are obvious,

:33:34. > :33:46.the party continues. And we'll be speaking with some

:33:47. > :33:51.experts around some of the issues covered in James Longman's films

:33:52. > :33:53.a little later in the programme.If you've been affected by any

:33:54. > :33:58.of the issues raised in our film and are looking for further help,

:33:59. > :34:01.support or information on mental health then please call the BBC

:34:02. > :34:04.Action Line on 08000 564 756 or head Let's show you some pictures

:34:05. > :34:21.from Italy now following this To recap - at least

:34:22. > :34:26.20 people reported Several towns and villages have been

:34:27. > :34:38.destroyed.It had a magnitude Its epicentre was close to the town

:34:39. > :34:44.of Norcia, near Perugia. Buildings have collapsed and many

:34:45. > :34:46.people are missing. is popular with tourists and many

:34:47. > :34:49.are there as it is the Those are the latest pictures coming

:34:50. > :35:05.with the rescue effort under way. We'll be talking to

:35:06. > :35:08.the mother of a British man accused of trying to shoot

:35:09. > :35:10.the Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump -

:35:11. > :35:12.who's been told she can now And growing calls for

:35:13. > :35:15.a ban on microbeads - the tiny plastic balls found

:35:16. > :35:18.in facial scrubs and shower gels - Here's Annita in the BBC Newsroom

:35:19. > :35:30.with a summary of todays news. At least 20 people have been killed

:35:31. > :35:33.and others trapped in rubble after an earthquake in the central

:35:34. > :35:40.Italian region of Umbria. The mayor of one town in the area,

:35:41. > :35:43.Amatrice, has said that many He said he believed half

:35:44. > :35:46.of the town had gone. The quake, which measured magnitude

:35:47. > :35:49.6.2, hit at about half past three local time this morning and was felt

:35:50. > :35:58.as far away as Rome and Venice We were all fast asleep,

:35:59. > :36:00.absolute dead of night. When the earthquake struck,

:36:01. > :36:02.although I've never experienced an earthquake before,

:36:03. > :36:04.it couldn't have been anything else. A 21-year-old British woman has been

:36:05. > :36:24.stabbed to death at a backpackers' She was from Wirksworth in

:36:25. > :36:30.Derbyshire. Another man also from the UK is in a critical condition.

:36:31. > :36:32.It's alleged that the French suspect used the Arabic phrase "Allahu

:36:33. > :36:35.We've had three people stabbed and one dead

:36:36. > :36:41.It's a shocking attack by any standards.

:36:42. > :36:48.There are a number of different circumstances that could

:36:49. > :36:51.be at play here, and our investigation is trying to determine

:36:52. > :36:55.The man challenging to become the leader of the Labour party says

:36:56. > :36:58.if he wins the contest he will try to stop Theresa May

:36:59. > :37:01.Owen Smith said the party would oppose triggering Article 50

:37:02. > :37:04.until the government agreed to a second referendum or a general

:37:05. > :37:13.Meanwhile current leader Jeremy Corbyn will pledge today

:37:14. > :37:15.to renationalise the NHS and bring services provided privately 'back

:37:16. > :37:22.Turkey says it has started a military offensive to drive

:37:23. > :37:24.so-called Islamic State militants out of northern Syria.

:37:25. > :37:26.The Turkish army says it has begun firing artillery rounds

:37:27. > :37:32.into the IS-held border town of Jarablus.

:37:33. > :37:34.US Vice President Joe Biden will visit Turkey today,

:37:35. > :37:36.the most senior Western official to visit since last

:37:37. > :37:45.A worldwide ban on plastic micro-beads in cosmetics should be

:37:46. > :37:48.imposed as soon as possible, according to a group of MPs.

:37:49. > :37:50.The Environmental Audit Committee says the tiny balls

:37:51. > :37:52.of plastic used in shower gels and face scrubs can be

:37:53. > :37:55.found in Arctic sea ice and on the deep ocean.

:37:56. > :37:58.The MPs say synthetic fibres from warm car tyres and even fleece

:37:59. > :38:22.I'm going to be speaking about micro beads with a marine biologist.

:38:23. > :38:27.Sometimes it is obvious with whether they are in the products. Sometimes

:38:28. > :38:28.it is not. We will keep you up-to-date. Let's catch up on the

:38:29. > :38:37.sport. Celtic are through to the Group

:38:38. > :38:39.Stages of the Champions League for the first time in three years -

:38:40. > :38:42.but they had a real scare against Israeli

:38:43. > :38:44.champions Hapoel Beer Sheva. Celtic took a 5-2 lead to Israel,

:38:45. > :38:47.but a poor defensive display saw But they scraped through

:38:48. > :38:51.on aggregate and will earn at least Manchester City look

:38:52. > :38:54.certain to follow Celtic They have a 5-0 advantage over

:38:55. > :38:57.Steaua Bucharest heading into their second leg

:38:58. > :39:00.at the Etihad Stadium tonight. Watford and West Brom

:39:01. > :39:01.were knocked out by lower league opposition

:39:02. > :39:02.in the second round of

:39:03. > :39:05.the EFL cup last night. There were no such problems

:39:06. > :39:07.for Liverpool, though. Daniel Sturridge scored the best

:39:08. > :39:09.of their goals in the 5-0 win over Championship

:39:10. > :39:11.side Burton Albion. Olympic bronze medallist

:39:12. > :39:13.Chris Froome remains in third place after stage four

:39:14. > :39:15.of the Tour of Spain. Frenchman Lilian Calmejane

:39:16. > :39:16.took the stage victory with Froome finishing in the pack

:39:17. > :39:20.alongside his main rivals. After a brilliant test

:39:21. > :39:22.series which finished 2-2, England and Pakistan go head to head

:39:23. > :39:25.in the first of five one day Ben Stokes returns after injury,

:39:26. > :39:28.while England could play A police officer who served for 20

:39:29. > :39:34.years has successfully sued Scotland Yard after it

:39:35. > :39:36.unlawfully obtained details of where she and her daughter

:39:37. > :39:38.had been on holiday. Andrea Brown won her case

:39:39. > :39:40.last month. We'll be

:39:41. > :39:42.speaking to her in a moment. First, we can get the

:39:43. > :39:55.details from our legal Andrea served for 20 years. In 2011

:39:56. > :40:02.she was off sick, she had depression. She decided to take her

:40:03. > :40:10.mother and daughter on a trip to see the family in Barbados. She informed

:40:11. > :40:21.her representative but did not inform her line manager. At this

:40:22. > :40:28.point, senior officers working at Sutton police station decided to use

:40:29. > :40:41.powers that the state gave to police to obtain personal data on Andrea.

:40:42. > :40:50.They managed to get details on her travel going back five years. She

:40:51. > :40:52.approved an application to Virgin Atlantic and in doing that cited an

:40:53. > :41:01.act of Parliament that does not actually exist. Managed to obtain

:41:02. > :41:10.details about them and took action to sue the police. Provided some of

:41:11. > :41:13.the information. Shortly before the trial they admitted the breach in

:41:14. > :41:26.data protection and of her human rights, to a private life. The

:41:27. > :41:30.misuse of private information, we are more used to hearing that about

:41:31. > :41:41.celebrities but she fought and won that in both cases. The judge said

:41:42. > :41:48.she appeared glib and flippant and was astonished at how loose and

:41:49. > :42:01.casual grasp of the law. She lost claims for misfeasance in public

:42:02. > :42:06.office. She won that victory. The Met police have said they are not

:42:07. > :42:15.commenting on the case until damages are awarded. How did you find out

:42:16. > :42:23.that your case was being dealt with in this way? That five years of

:42:24. > :42:27.records were being trawled. I took them to an employment Tribunal for

:42:28. > :42:34.victimisation, disability discrimination and other matters.

:42:35. > :42:41.Part of the procedures means you need to disclose documents. I

:42:42. > :42:56.discovered the application form sent in. It was the National border

:42:57. > :42:59.targeting Centre. They gave her five years of information about my travel

:43:00. > :43:05.arrangements in and out of the country. One of the things was an

:43:06. > :43:12.act of Parliament which does not even exist being cited. How did you

:43:13. > :43:25.feel when you discovered that has been done? I saw, I had never heard

:43:26. > :43:31.of that, I tried to look it up and it did not exist and that's why I'd

:43:32. > :43:37.never heard of it. Were you angry? I was very angry. How did it make you

:43:38. > :43:44.feel about the way you'd been treated? I just thought, if another

:43:45. > :43:49.police officer had successfully obtained information we would have

:43:50. > :43:55.been sacked and dismissed for misconduct. Yet we've got an

:43:56. > :44:02.inspector that done this, I'd not done anything wrong, did not realise

:44:03. > :44:08.I needed to inform my line managers I've gone away, they thought that

:44:09. > :44:12.justified them to take the action needed and it was totally

:44:13. > :44:21.disproportionate, it was not necessary, and it was illegal. Has

:44:22. > :44:29.been an explanation as to how an act that does not exist was quoted? I'm

:44:30. > :44:36.not sure. For what relatively speaking was a minor matter, they

:44:37. > :44:42.had the power to use investigatory Powers. If you had a disciplinary

:44:43. > :44:47.matter at the BBC, you would not expect them to be able to

:44:48. > :44:51.investigate you as a criminal and go back and find your travel

:44:52. > :44:57.arrangements, who your travel companions were. That's what's

:44:58. > :45:04.perfect in this case, -- that what happened in this case. The judge

:45:05. > :45:17.commented that there was a very loose grasp of the law. Is this

:45:18. > :45:22.likely to be a one-off? They campaign on the data protection and

:45:23. > :45:37.issued a report, they discovered over a 4.5 year period there was

:45:38. > :45:42.something like 2050 breaches of data protection and in 80% it was for no

:45:43. > :45:46.purpose whatsoever. It is clearly not an isolated incident and it

:45:47. > :45:48.seems to illustrate a lack of awareness of data protection law

:45:49. > :45:59.within sections of the police. Andrea, what do you want to happen

:46:00. > :46:03.now? I am still waiting for a judgment from the court case. What

:46:04. > :46:08.sort of damages would you anticipate? They have got to pay

:46:09. > :46:13.back my legal fees because I won most of the case. I am just waiting

:46:14. > :46:20.to see how much compensation I get. But I sold my house to finance this

:46:21. > :46:25.and I own family members and friends money, so I would like to be able to

:46:26. > :46:35.pay them back. And the fact that it happened at all, how does that leave

:46:36. > :46:39.you feeling? Obviously, the issue is known about. I feel very

:46:40. > :46:45.disappointed in the way the whole matter has been investigated. When I

:46:46. > :46:49.reported what the eye Sarah Rees had done, no one appeared to be

:46:50. > :46:53.interested and they were just like, well, we are entitled to do that and

:46:54. > :47:01.we were justified in doing that. But I knew they were not. You so you had

:47:02. > :47:03.a battle. A big battle. Thank you for coming in.

:47:04. > :47:06.Let's show you some pictures from Italy now following this

:47:07. > :47:07.morning's strong and deadly quake.

:47:08. > :47:10.at least 20 people are reported to have been killed.

:47:11. > :47:16.Several towns and villages have been destroyed.

:47:17. > :47:29.Up to 60 after-shocks were reported after the first quake.

:47:30. > :47:32.Its epicentre was close to the town of Norcia, near Perugia.

:47:33. > :47:33.Buildings have collapsed and many people are missing.

:47:34. > :47:37.The area is popular with tourists and many are there, as it is

:47:38. > :47:46.Emergency services are trying to use earth-moving equipment and sniffer

:47:47. > :47:50.The mayor of Accumoli has said "Now daylight has come,

:47:51. > :47:52.we can see the situation is more dreadful than we feared".

:47:53. > :47:54."Buildings have collapsed, people are trapped under

:47:55. > :47:59.The mayor of the town of Amatrice has said "Three quarters of the town

:48:00. > :48:03."There are voices under the rubble, we have to save the people

:48:04. > :48:26.The town of Amatrice has a population of 2700. You can see the

:48:27. > :48:31.rescue workers trying to listen out for noises under the rubble.

:48:32. > :48:34.Speaking this morning in the Vatican, the Pope has said

:48:35. > :48:37.that "Hearing the mayor of Amatrice say that the town no longer exists

:48:38. > :48:39.and hearing that there are children among the victims,

:48:40. > :48:55.We have just made it to the town of Amatrice, and this looks like one of

:48:56. > :49:00.the worst affected areas. This is one of the town's main streets, and

:49:01. > :49:08.as I look down on it, I can see damaged buildings on either side of

:49:09. > :49:12.the road. We made our way in with relief and rescue workers, and you

:49:13. > :49:19.can see that they are going about their work, trying to find whether

:49:20. > :49:23.anybody is still trapped under the rubble. There are also Sniffer dogs

:49:24. > :49:27.here. Every few minutes, you see somebody going by with a sniffer dog

:49:28. > :49:33.to see whether there are any survivors. The earthquake hit this

:49:34. > :49:34.town are 3.30 in the morning, meaning that most people here will

:49:35. > :49:45.have been asleep in their homes. Helicopters are flying around the

:49:46. > :49:54.area as they tried to assess the scale of the impact of that

:49:55. > :49:57.earthquake. As daylight broke, it has become clear that the scale of

:49:58. > :50:06.the disaster is worse than they had feared. On the left-hand side of the

:50:07. > :50:09.screen, 2700 people lived in Amatrice, and helicopters are trying

:50:10. > :50:11.to assess how many other towns may be similarly affected. We will keep

:50:12. > :50:19.you updated. There are growing calls for plastic

:50:20. > :50:21."microbeads" found in many cosmetics and toiletries to be banned

:50:22. > :50:24.because they're polluting our seas The tiny plastic balls,

:50:25. > :50:27.commonly used in facial and body scrubs, are already being phased out

:50:28. > :50:29.in the United States, and today a group of MPs

:50:30. > :50:32.are calling for the Government In a moment, we'll speak to marine

:50:33. > :50:36.biologist Dr Laura Foster, but first we sent our reporter

:50:37. > :50:46.Lesley Ashmall out to buy some You have come back with quite a

:50:47. > :50:50.stash. This is just a tiny handful of the 80 or so products out there

:50:51. > :50:56.that contain these tiny plastic microbeads. You will know what I

:50:57. > :51:03.mean, the small, abrasive beads in a lot of exfoliating creams and so on.

:51:04. > :51:11.You can see them clearly in some products. You can. Supposedly, if

:51:12. > :51:16.you are very thorough at exfoliating in the shower, you can release as

:51:17. > :51:25.many as 100,000 of these tiny plastic beads into the sea. And is

:51:26. > :51:29.it always clear? It isn't always clear, even when you can see them.

:51:30. > :51:34.Some products label very clearly that they have got microbeads in

:51:35. > :51:38.them. With others, you have to look at the tiny small print on the back.

:51:39. > :51:46.Polythene is one of the most common ingredients of microbeads. But some

:51:47. > :51:51.products are a bit misleading. For example, the toothpaste we see here

:51:52. > :51:55.says it has bicarbonate of soda in it, so you would think that was the

:51:56. > :52:03.abrasive ingredient. A natural ingredient. But actually, if you

:52:04. > :52:10.look closely, they have also got the polythene in them. Lawro, you are

:52:11. > :52:15.concerned about the impact of the plastic on the marine environment --

:52:16. > :52:22.Lawro. What are your concerns? Our concerns are that people are buying

:52:23. > :52:25.these products, they are using them and than that plastic is ending up

:52:26. > :52:30.in the ocean and being ingested by marine organisms. How much plastic

:52:31. > :52:36.do you think there is in the ocean? Millions of tonnes are being

:52:37. > :52:42.released into the ocean over a year. And this is a highly preventable

:52:43. > :52:49.problem. The report is saying we can do something about this. The concern

:52:50. > :52:56.is that fish are consuming this. What are the fears about the impact

:52:57. > :53:02.on fish, and punitively in the end on people consuming those fish --

:53:03. > :53:07.presumably? We already know that consuming microplastics has a

:53:08. > :53:13.negative impact in terms of reproduction. So you can imagine

:53:14. > :53:18.that they are ingesting this and then they are feeling full, for

:53:19. > :53:22.example. Unfortunately, it is not as simple as that. This allows certain

:53:23. > :53:29.chemicals to be concentrated in these microplastics, which has

:53:30. > :53:34.potential for added health problems. If it is causing health problems for

:53:35. > :53:39.fish, what is it doing to us when we put it on our faces? We don't know,

:53:40. > :53:43.and there has not been any proper research on the harm it could do us.

:53:44. > :53:47.But there is a general international concern that we have way too much

:53:48. > :53:51.plastic in our oceans, that it isn't good for anyone. You mentioned the

:53:52. > :53:57.United States phasing it out. Europe is also looking for a ban. This

:53:58. > :54:05.report is calling for a reduction in this plastic. If it is phased out,

:54:06. > :54:10.there will be wholesale changes in the products we have got used to. It

:54:11. > :54:13.is interesting, because all of these companies say they are working to

:54:14. > :54:23.phase it out, which would be in line with the US ban. By 2020 at the

:54:24. > :54:28.latest, they will phase it out. I know Laura may disagree, but they

:54:29. > :54:33.said it takes time to find and test alternative ingredients. This

:54:34. > :54:38.product, the Clinique product, the older versions of this have

:54:39. > :54:46.microbeads. The newer now coming into our do not. Some manufacturers

:54:47. > :54:52.are at least starting to change the ingredients. Before microbeads

:54:53. > :54:57.Camelot, there were products. -- before they came along. With sand

:54:58. > :55:04.and coconut, yes. How long have these products been around the

:55:05. > :55:12.Laura? The first record we have is 1974, but really in the last ten

:55:13. > :55:20.years, it has picked up the pace. If you look at an average bottle, you

:55:21. > :55:25.can see how many thousands of micro plastic bits you can get. In the

:55:26. > :55:32.Marine Conservation Society, we have been pushing firstly for a voluntary

:55:33. > :55:38.ban, which did not work. Now we are pushing for legislation. We have had

:55:39. > :55:41.a statement through from Ahmad Hammer, which says it has been

:55:42. > :55:44.proactively working towards a new formulation that does not contain

:55:45. > :55:50.lethally microbeads, which will replace the current product in

:55:51. > :55:57.December 20 16. -- from Ahmad Hammer. We will develop an

:55:58. > :56:00.alternative to deliver the results that loyal customers expect. That

:56:01. > :56:07.was the toothpaste we were talking about. All of these manufacturers

:56:08. > :56:19.say they are working on it, it just will not come into force yet. A lot

:56:20. > :56:25.of it will come in by 2017. Laura, are you reassured that it is being

:56:26. > :56:31.looked at an actual -- manufacturers are starting to do something? One of

:56:32. > :56:35.the challenges is how they define microbeads. We really want to talk

:56:36. > :56:39.about microplastics. Microbeads can sometimes only mean one type of

:56:40. > :56:46.plastic. We want to cover all types of microplastics. When we first

:56:47. > :56:50.started this project with flora and fauna International, looking at UK

:56:51. > :56:55.retailers, we were focusing on the scrubs. Then we realised that they

:56:56. > :57:01.were in things like deodorants, and we saw that actually, we need to

:57:02. > :57:09.look at a range of products. Shaving foams as well. We also know that

:57:10. > :57:12.flushable wet wipes have plastic in them. There is a whole range of

:57:13. > :57:17.products that people have not realised about. Many are focused on

:57:18. > :57:22.these microbeads. Thank you very much.

:57:23. > :57:28.Still to come, we'll have more on the earthquake that's

:57:29. > :57:35.Let's get the latest weather update with Jay Wynne.

:57:36. > :57:47.Yesterday was a very hot day across swathes of England and Wales. The

:57:48. > :57:52.heat today is more restricted to East Anglia and the south-east. The

:57:53. > :58:00.main reason is this rather diffuse era of cloud, which is a weak cold

:58:01. > :58:04.front drifting slowly eastwards, introducing more clout for Northern

:58:05. > :58:10.England, parts of Wales and the Midlands. Still some spells of

:58:11. > :58:12.sunshine. Hazy sunshine for East Anglia and the south-east. In

:58:13. > :58:27.Scotland and Northern Ireland, a much better today than yesterday.

:58:28. > :58:31.And warmer than yesterday as well. On the other side of that weather

:58:32. > :58:37.front, we have hot air lingering in the south-east. This evening, we

:58:38. > :58:41.will see thicker cloud drifting up from the south. A few rumbles of

:58:42. > :58:48.thunder with that, but not much rainfall. Not as warm as last night,

:58:49. > :58:54.but still in the upper teens. A bit fresher across Scotland. A decent

:58:55. > :59:00.day again for Scotland and Northern Ireland tomorrow. A different day,

:59:01. > :59:02.though, for England and Wales, with heavy downpours developing and

:59:03. > :59:07.potentially a rumble of thunder. Some of the downpours could be

:59:08. > :59:12.torrential across northern England. In most places, temperatures are

:59:13. > :59:20.down a good not draw two. Then into Friday, the wetter weather eases. We

:59:21. > :59:25.will see wet weather in the north and west, but other places will have

:59:26. > :59:34.a decent day. More clout in the south-east, but a lot of dry and

:59:35. > :59:40.bright weather. Towards the start of the weekend, this area of low

:59:41. > :59:43.pressure will push this weather front and northwards, which will

:59:44. > :59:47.spread some thundery rain across England and Wales, but it will also

:59:48. > :59:57.turn things warmer in the south-eastern corner.

:59:58. > :00:00.It is Wednesday, I'm Joanna Gosling, in four Victoria.

:00:01. > :00:04.The epicentre was only 65 miles from Rome, with the worst damage

:00:05. > :00:20.We will bring you the latest. The atmosphere is calm. We still don't

:00:21. > :00:28.know how many people may be trapped underneath some of the rubble. There

:00:29. > :00:36.are fears people could be trapped under the rubble. Also on the

:00:37. > :00:48.programme, more about the increasing strength of the drug MDMA and the

:00:49. > :01:11.risks. Normally I react well. What does that mean? I would be excited.

:01:12. > :01:14.Welcome to the programme. At least 20 people have been killed after a

:01:15. > :01:17.strong earthquake hit central Italy. Amatrice, has said that many

:01:18. > :01:21.buildings have collapsed. He said he believed half

:01:22. > :01:26.of the town had gone. The quake, which measured magnitude

:01:27. > :01:29.6.2, hit at about half past three local time this morning and was felt

:01:30. > :01:40.as far away as Rome and Venice. Reports of lives lost

:01:41. > :01:49.and buildings reduced to rubble. At 3:30am the earthquake struck,

:01:50. > :02:02.reaching a magnitude of 6.2. It was felt across large

:02:03. > :02:04.swathes of the country, The worst hit areas appear to be

:02:05. > :02:27.small hilltop villages in the area. The Wall fell and did not hit me. I

:02:28. > :02:38.was lucky. The ceiling fell on my head. I was luckily not hurt. Small

:02:39. > :02:43.towns are among the worst hit. The mere of Amatrice told Italian

:02:44. > :02:50.television half the tone was gone. Emergency services treat local

:02:51. > :02:55.people here, as yet, the extent of the casualties remains unknown. We

:02:56. > :03:00.don't want to give figures because the risk giving the wrong numbers.

:03:01. > :03:04.The system is efficient and ready to act. We have difficulties in

:03:05. > :03:11.reaching areas and we are trying to solve with the help of the Army.

:03:12. > :03:18.People are trying to accept what happened and this local priest is

:03:19. > :03:21.distraught. We are living through the tragedy and hoping there will be

:03:22. > :03:28.the fewest number of victims possible and we will have the

:03:29. > :03:30.courage to move on. As the day goes on, the true extent of the damage

:03:31. > :03:48.will be revealed. The tone of Amatrice has a

:03:49. > :03:53.population of 2700 people. Our correspondent is there. We just made

:03:54. > :03:59.it here. From what we can tell this looks like one of the worst affected

:04:00. > :04:06.areas. This is one of the main streets. As I look down at, I can

:04:07. > :04:13.see damaged buildings on either side of the road. We make our way in with

:04:14. > :04:17.relief and rescue workers. You can see that they are going about their

:04:18. > :04:26.work trying to find whether or not anybody is still trapped. Every few

:04:27. > :04:33.minutes you see somebody going by with a sniffer dog to try to see

:04:34. > :04:37.whether there are any survivors. The mind that this earthquake hit at

:04:38. > :04:42.3:30am. Most people here will have been asleep in their homes here.

:04:43. > :04:46.Right now, the mayor and the authorities, we need to move away

:04:47. > :04:52.whilst a fire engine comes through. They will be trying to account for

:04:53. > :04:56.everyone here so they can see if anyone is missing. This is one of

:04:57. > :04:59.the biggest buildings that has been hit. You can see that it has not

:05:00. > :05:05.collapsed but is now almost uninhabitable. The dogs have been

:05:06. > :05:10.going through is building to check for survivors but it has only just

:05:11. > :05:19.begun here. The relief effort is getting under way. Every moment I

:05:20. > :05:24.see more coming over the hill. This is a challenge for the authorities

:05:25. > :05:33.to make sure they can rescue everybody and make sure nobody is

:05:34. > :05:34.trapped under. Lets talk to a law student in Brighton who is in Italy

:05:35. > :05:51.looking after his grandmother. Can you tell us what has happened? I

:05:52. > :06:02.was woken up by this loud noise and then I realised everything was

:06:03. > :06:14.shaking. The first thing I was thinking was this earthquake is

:06:15. > :06:20.similar to 2009. I made sure that it was OK for my grandmother as well.

:06:21. > :06:29.Then I just stayed there. When I went back in, I saw some of the

:06:30. > :06:32.furniture had collapsed. Thankfully, nothing bad happened just some small

:06:33. > :06:52.creases. Was there much damage? Just

:06:53. > :06:57.furniture damage. Not too much damage outside. Mostly because

:06:58. > :07:02.buildings in this neighbourhood were badly damaged from another

:07:03. > :07:12.earthquake a couple of years ago, they were built in such a manner,

:07:13. > :07:24.they were able to withstand this. Did you experience the earthquake in

:07:25. > :07:34.2009? I did not. But I did in 2011. This was the worst I've experienced

:07:35. > :07:42.so far. It happened at night. I could not see anything because we

:07:43. > :07:52.don't have any street lighting. The concern is the scale of it has not

:07:53. > :08:02.to be assessed. How well do you know the area? What is the population

:08:03. > :08:08.where you are? The region has many villages. They build on the side of

:08:09. > :08:24.mountains because the valleys in the mills were swamped it is very

:08:25. > :08:29.difficult to act in these villages. It is hard to get to these places.

:08:30. > :08:37.The villagers themselves have a couple of hundred in them. It is

:08:38. > :08:49.hard to move from one village to the next one. These villages have

:08:50. > :08:55.withstood problems in the past. They are buildings that were built to

:08:56. > :09:03.last. We are seeing pictures where the earthquake has brought down some

:09:04. > :09:16.of these robust stone buildings. It is incredibly sad. Unfortunately,

:09:17. > :09:33.most of these were built before there were measures for earthquakes.

:09:34. > :09:37.Thank you for joining us. You were around 50 miles from the worst hit

:09:38. > :09:42.areas. Thank you for joining us. What is the picture where you are? I

:09:43. > :09:52.went out this morning and everything seems absolutely fine and calm. Last

:09:53. > :09:55.night, when I will suddenly, the bed was moving round the room, the

:09:56. > :10:09.furniture was shaking, my mother was screaming. She is 90 years old, my

:10:10. > :10:15.first thought was to get to her. There was another quick 20 seconds

:10:16. > :10:23.after and I went to her bedroom to make sure she was OK. I went outside

:10:24. > :10:34.the block of flats, it's a new build, the structure should be

:10:35. > :10:39.sound. The lights were on. The reality of this morning, looking on

:10:40. > :10:49.the BBC News website. What's devastation has happened. I felt

:10:50. > :10:54.quite calm at the time. It is very sad to see all these people caught

:10:55. > :11:06.up in the earthquake. Everyone was talking about it. When you speak

:11:07. > :11:08.about that, what you've seen on the images that is away from where you

:11:09. > :11:28.are? It felt really strong, to move a

:11:29. > :11:35.double bed from the left to the right with me on it, and the

:11:36. > :11:50.wardrobes and a chest of drawers, we were just looking at pictures on the

:11:51. > :11:55.walls and they are slightly tilted. It was with quite a force, the

:11:56. > :12:00.earthquake. It must have been a big shock. Thank you for joining us.

:12:01. > :12:11.Let's show you some pictures we've got. You can see they are carrying a

:12:12. > :12:18.little girl out from the rubble. That girl was dug out of the rubble.

:12:19. > :12:28.It's hard to see how old she is from those pictures. Being brought out of

:12:29. > :12:36.the rubble. Obviously the focus in the immediate aftermath, trying to

:12:37. > :12:40.get out to anybody who may be alive and trapped. The rescuers are using

:12:41. > :12:49.sniffer dogs, mechanical equipment. This is the scene live. It is the

:12:50. > :12:53.village that the mayor has said has been effectively destroyed, around

:12:54. > :12:59.half to three quarters of the buildings in that village are

:13:00. > :13:05.estimated to have been destroyed. It has a population of 2700 and it is

:13:06. > :13:09.not possible to estimate how many residents may have been trapped in

:13:10. > :13:17.their beds when that great hit and have not yet been able to report

:13:18. > :13:26.safety. But our correspondent is there and will keep us up to date.

:13:27. > :13:31.You can see people waiting when the rubble. The rescue operation

:13:32. > :13:38.involves a lot of listening and patience at this stage. We will keep

:13:39. > :13:40.you updated on what is happening. Also, that is another of the

:13:41. > :14:02.villagers that has been hit by the quake. -- villages. Let's talk to a

:14:03. > :14:06.resident in south-west of Perugia. Tell us what happened where you are.

:14:07. > :14:12.Unfortunately, he cannot hear me right now but we will try to talk to

:14:13. > :14:23.him shortly. Pope Francis has cancelled a speech and spoken about

:14:24. > :14:30.the earthquake before leading Amatrice. The virgin is embracing

:14:31. > :14:40.you with her motherly love and we are embracing you from St Peter's

:14:41. > :14:47.Square. I would like to thank all the volunteers and the workers from

:14:48. > :14:52.the civil protection who are rescuing people and I would like you

:14:53. > :14:55.to join me in prayer so that the Lord may comfort these hearts and

:14:56. > :15:15.give them peace. Let us be moved with the Lord. We

:15:16. > :15:21.will postpone until next week and I invite you to recite with me for our

:15:22. > :15:30.brothers and sisters are part of the holy Rosary. The Pope speaking

:15:31. > :15:31.earlier. These pictures, we will keep you up-to-date with them

:15:32. > :15:36.throughout the day. Annita is in the BBC Newsroom

:15:37. > :15:39.with a summary of the rest A 21-year-old British woman has been

:15:40. > :15:48.stabbed to death at a backpackers' as Mia Ayliffe-Chung

:15:49. > :15:52.from Wirksworth in Derbyshire. A 30-year-old man, also from the UK,

:15:53. > :15:56.is in a critical condition. used the Arabic phrase

:15:57. > :16:02."Allahu Akbar" during the attack. We've had three people

:16:03. > :16:04.stabbed and one dead It's a shocking attack

:16:05. > :16:08.by any standards. There are a number of different

:16:09. > :16:16.circumstances that could be at play here, and our

:16:17. > :16:19.investigation is trying to determine Turkey has begun a military

:16:20. > :16:25.offensive to drive Islamic State militants out of a border town

:16:26. > :16:27.in northern Syria. Turkish tanks have crossed

:16:28. > :16:29.into Syria, and warplanes and artillery have hit targets

:16:30. > :16:34.in the IS-held town of Jarablus. President Recep Tayyip Erdogan,

:16:35. > :16:37.says the move is aimed at "putting Owen Smith, who's challenging

:16:38. > :16:46.Jeremy Corbyn for the leadership of the Labour Party, says if he wins

:16:47. > :16:50.he will try to stop Theresa May Mr Smith said the party would oppose

:16:51. > :16:56.triggering Article 50 until the Government agreed

:16:57. > :16:58.to a second referendum or a general Meanwhile, current leader

:16:59. > :17:02.Jeremy Corbyn will pledge today to renationalise the NHS and bring

:17:03. > :17:06.services provided privately A worldwide ban on plastic

:17:07. > :17:09.micro-beads in cosmetics should be imposed as soon as possible,

:17:10. > :17:12.according to a group of MPs. The Environmental Audit Committee

:17:13. > :17:15.says the tiny balls of plastic used in shower gels

:17:16. > :17:18.and face scrubs can be found in Arctic sea ice

:17:19. > :17:21.and on the deep ocean. The MPs say synthetic fibres

:17:22. > :17:24.from warm car tyres and even fleece We want the Government to institute

:17:25. > :17:32.a national ban to deal with the We would also like to see

:17:33. > :17:38.the Government working with other European countries and the cosmetics

:17:39. > :17:43.industry to get that ban rolled out across the European Union, because

:17:44. > :17:47.it is a transnational problem and these particles move

:17:48. > :17:49.about in the seas The danger to people's mental health

:17:50. > :18:00.from taking increasingly strong ecstasy and MDMA is the "greatest

:18:01. > :18:04.it's been" in decades. That's the message from health

:18:05. > :18:06.experts who say they're worried the negative affects the class

:18:07. > :18:08.A drug has on people Figures show the number of people

:18:09. > :18:12.going to hospital for treatment for mental and behavioural issues

:18:13. > :18:14.after taking stimulants Detectives leading a criminal

:18:15. > :18:20.investigation into the Hillsborough disaster have released CCTV images

:18:21. > :18:25.of 19 men they want to speak 96 fans were killed

:18:26. > :18:28.as a result of the crush at the football ground

:18:29. > :18:30.in Sheffield in April 1989. Senior officers have stressed

:18:31. > :18:32.that the men pictured And Joanna will be speaking

:18:33. > :18:35.to relatives of two Hillsborough victims

:18:36. > :18:37.and a lawyer in the next hour. That's a summary of the latest BBC

:18:38. > :18:47.News - more at 10.30. Celtic are through to the Group

:18:48. > :18:52.Stages of the Champions League for the first time in three years -

:18:53. > :18:56.but they had a real scare against Israeili

:18:57. > :18:57.champions Hapoel Be'er Sheva. Celtic took a 5-2 lead to Israel,

:18:58. > :19:00.but a poor defensive display saw But they scraped through

:19:01. > :19:05.on aggregate and will earn at least They'll will find out on Friday

:19:06. > :19:10.who they face when the draw is made Manchester City take a 5-0 lead

:19:11. > :19:14.into their second leg certain to follow Celtic

:19:15. > :19:34.into the group stages. They have a 5-0 advantage over

:19:35. > :19:37.Steaua Bucharest heading into their second leg

:19:38. > :19:39.at the Etihad Stadium tonight. It could be England goalkeeper

:19:40. > :19:41.Joe Hart's final appearance He's likely to play but will soon be

:19:42. > :19:45.third choice at City, once Barcelona goalkeeper

:19:46. > :19:47.Claudio Bravo signs this week. Premier League sides Watford

:19:48. > :19:50.and West Brom were both knocked out by lower league opposition

:19:51. > :19:52.in the second round of There were no such problems

:19:53. > :19:57.for Liverpool, though. Olympic bronze medallist

:19:58. > :20:01.Chris Froome remains in third place after stage four

:20:02. > :20:06.of the Tour of Spain. Frenchman Lilian Calmejane took

:20:07. > :20:09.the stage victory on the final climb with Froome finishing in the pack

:20:10. > :20:15.alongside his main rivals. After a brilliant test

:20:16. > :20:17.series which finished 2-2, England and Pakistan go head to head

:20:18. > :20:20.in the first of five one day Ben Stokes returns after injury,

:20:21. > :20:23.while England could play American surfer Kelly Slater has

:20:24. > :20:31.recorded an extremely rare perfect score at the world

:20:32. > :20:37.surf league in Tahiti. And to give you an idea how

:20:38. > :20:41.hard that is to do - it's only the ninth time

:20:42. > :20:43.that's ever happened Earlier, we brought you a film

:20:44. > :21:01.by reporter James Longman, exploring with Warren Kane, who says there's

:21:02. > :21:07.no problem taking the drug, along with Dr Dima Abdulrahim,

:21:08. > :21:10.who specialises in drug treatment. But first, take a look at when James

:21:11. > :21:22.met MDMA user Leslie. Drugs - they've long been

:21:23. > :21:27.a part of growing up. But MDMA, which is the main chemical

:21:28. > :21:29.element in ecstasy, is And it's more powerful

:21:30. > :21:34.than ever before. The users are also getting younger,

:21:35. > :21:37.able to buy it online We've joined up with Leslie,

:21:38. > :21:43.which isn't his real name, and his mates at a festival in

:21:44. > :21:51.Somerset. For this weekend,

:21:52. > :21:57.Leslie bought 24 pills. They cost him ?85 and he bought

:21:58. > :22:00.them off the internet, Because he's buying online,

:22:01. > :22:05.Leslie thinks he knows So the quick answer

:22:06. > :22:10.to that is, you don't know But when you buy this

:22:11. > :22:16.on the internet, You are taking the word

:22:17. > :22:19.from someone... And you think the level of purity

:22:20. > :22:29.in these drugs has been going up and because you can buy them

:22:30. > :22:34.directly from the internet, you can literally log on,

:22:35. > :22:36.click buy and they are A little later and Leslie

:22:37. > :22:40.has taken a pill. You can see his eyes wide

:22:41. > :22:42.with the drug. The MDMA, is it stronger

:22:43. > :22:49.than you remember? It's not as bad today

:22:50. > :22:52.as it was yesterday. I think it's because I did it

:22:53. > :22:54.yesterday. And the night really begins

:22:55. > :22:56.for Leslie and his friends. But what he did do is he gave me

:22:57. > :23:13.a pill, and we are going to go and get it tested to check just

:23:14. > :23:15.what's inside these things. Two weeks later, and

:23:16. > :23:21.the results are in. If you go back, traditionally,

:23:22. > :23:33.an average dose in an ecstasy tablet would have been somewhere

:23:34. > :23:35.between 85-115 mg. So the one you brought

:23:36. > :23:41.in is considerably higher than that. So, Leslie's pill was as strong

:23:42. > :23:43.as he thought it was. Trevor says it's incredibly

:23:44. > :23:46.rare for a user to know It seems MDMA has come

:23:47. > :23:55.back bigger this year, with a greater variety

:23:56. > :23:57.of shapes and colours. A sign, perhaps,

:23:58. > :23:59.of a growing market. I met back up with Leslie

:24:00. > :24:02.to tell him what we found. So, I have the certificate here,

:24:03. > :24:05.and the only active substance So it had pretty much exactly

:24:06. > :24:19.what you thought was in it, 230 mg. Because it was risky buying it off

:24:20. > :24:29.the dark net, and it coming to you, you really don't know

:24:30. > :24:31.what they've said. What they said might not be

:24:32. > :24:33.what's actually in it. This time, the pills Leslie bought

:24:34. > :24:39.were what he thought they were. But what you actually

:24:40. > :24:43.get is still a lottery. So, I think probably what he wanted

:24:44. > :24:46.to make clear was that this is an extraordinary amount

:24:47. > :24:48.of drugs to be taking. In the end, Leslie took ten

:24:49. > :24:54.of the pills he bought that weekend. That's nearly two and

:24:55. > :24:57.a half grams of MDMA. For young people like Leslie,

:24:58. > :25:07.the drugs are getting stronger, the dangers greater,

:25:08. > :25:21.yet the party continues. We can talk now to Dr Dima

:25:22. > :25:24.Abdulrahim, who works with the NHS club drug service in London, which

:25:25. > :25:29.helps people who think them drug habits are getting out of hand. And

:25:30. > :25:36.Warren Kane, who has used MDMA since the 1990s, joins us from Cornwall.

:25:37. > :25:41.Dr Dima Abdulrahim, are you seeing an increase in the number of people

:25:42. > :25:46.experiencing problems, having taken MDMA? Well, at the club drug clinic,

:25:47. > :25:50.we see people who have problems resulting from chronic use of MDMA.

:25:51. > :25:57.There has not been an increase yet, because it usually takes a while for

:25:58. > :26:04.problems to develop, possibly as a result of the much stronger pills.

:26:05. > :26:10.But we are aware that there is a new generation of stronger pills going

:26:11. > :26:17.around, potentially causing severe problems, one in terms of overdose

:26:18. > :26:23.and drug poisoning, but also a minority who get into trouble as a

:26:24. > :26:28.term of longer term infrequent use who will end up at services like

:26:29. > :26:34.ours when they feel the problems have gone beyond what they can

:26:35. > :26:38.manage, like the moment they feel they cannot stop using on their own.

:26:39. > :26:43.Do you feel there is a new level of risk as a result of the pill is

:26:44. > :26:48.getting stronger? Well, it is early days and the research is limited.

:26:49. > :26:52.But yes, we assume that because of the new generation of pills, which

:26:53. > :26:58.is significantly more potent than the generation before, the harm will

:26:59. > :27:03.increase. In the first people who will see the harm is will be people

:27:04. > :27:11.within emergency departments, who will see people turning up as a

:27:12. > :27:18.result of overdose of MDMA. Having said that, I don't want to over

:27:19. > :27:23.sensationalise the issue. We know millions of people use ecstasy every

:27:24. > :27:30.year, from the crime survey of England and Wales. Warren has been

:27:31. > :27:33.taking MDMA since the 1990s. I wonder if you have experienced a

:27:34. > :27:39.difference in the sort of MDMA you are taking now, compared with

:27:40. > :27:43.previously? From the early days, it was probably similar strengths

:27:44. > :27:48.anyway, to be honest. So I would say it has gone back to the strength of

:27:49. > :27:52.the first ones I was taking. So you're saying it was strong, and

:27:53. > :27:58.then it got weaker and now it is strong again. What is the different

:27:59. > :28:05.experience when you take those? Have you had a knee problems? No. It's

:28:06. > :28:08.like with anything. If you take the drug in moderation, it's fine. You

:28:09. > :28:16.just have to know what your limits are. If you take two or three pills

:28:17. > :28:22.at once, you will have problems. But I don't think the strength is an

:28:23. > :28:28.issue, it's just how people use it. Dr Dima Abdulrahim, is that a fair

:28:29. > :28:32.thing to say, that if you know your limits, you are OK? As with all

:28:33. > :28:36.drugs, people react differently to the same drug and the same person

:28:37. > :28:41.may react differently at different times. One person could have a

:28:42. > :28:45.terrible reaction and the other might not. Absolutely, or the same

:28:46. > :28:52.person could have a different reaction at different times. But

:28:53. > :28:56.there is always a risk, because you never know what you are taking and

:28:57. > :29:02.how potent it may be. Warren, how do you react to that? I think it's very

:29:03. > :29:09.rare that people have a reaction to it. People have a reaction to

:29:10. > :29:21.alcohol every weekend, people get poisoned and nothing gets sad about

:29:22. > :29:27.that. These drugs are obviously illegal, and Dr Dima Abdulrahim says

:29:28. > :29:35.it is a lottery when you take it. I would not promote people taking it,

:29:36. > :29:39.it is a personal choice. It is a lottery as to what is in the pills.

:29:40. > :29:49.If it is pure MDMA, the risks are very low. But the pills are made in

:29:50. > :29:54.factories where people do not know what is in them. It could be

:29:55. > :30:02.anything that is mixed with the MDMA. But you are prepared to take

:30:03. > :30:11.something where you do not know what is in it? I have done in the past,

:30:12. > :30:17.yes. I have taken that risk. But I am not saying you should. And I have

:30:18. > :30:29.been fine. What is the difference now? Probably now, there is more

:30:30. > :30:36.chance that you will get MDMA from what I have heard in your film. So I

:30:37. > :30:43.would say the risk is less, it is just the strength issue. But if you

:30:44. > :30:46.don't go crazy, you should be fine. I am not promoting it, but I am

:30:47. > :30:52.saying I have never had any issues and I have seen more people have

:30:53. > :30:59.issues with alcohol at the weekend and with MDMA. Dima, how would you

:31:00. > :31:02.respond to that? Well, as I said, I do not want to sensationalise this.

:31:03. > :31:10.Many people take it without any serious effects. But sometimes it

:31:11. > :31:14.does go wrong, and there is a whole host of health harms and social

:31:15. > :31:22.harms that can happen, in as much as it takes over your life, it affects

:31:23. > :31:25.work and family. Of course, there is no denying that some people manage

:31:26. > :31:38.to take it without having any long term effects. But it is a lottery.

:31:39. > :31:45.You do not know what you are taking, and you do not know the potency of

:31:46. > :31:50.what you are taking. Dima and Warren, thank you. We will talk

:31:51. > :31:53.about how MDMA can affect mental health later. If you have been

:31:54. > :31:57.affected by any of the issues raised in our film and are looking for

:31:58. > :32:10.further support, please call of the BBC action line.

:32:11. > :32:18.Let's get the latest on the earthquake in Italy. Let's show you

:32:19. > :32:23.the latest pictures we're getting. These are live pictures from

:32:24. > :32:27.Amatrice and you can see that the rescue workers are working their way

:32:28. > :32:35.through the rubble. One small area of one small village. This has

:32:36. > :32:51.happened in a rural area where there are a number of hilltop villages,

:32:52. > :32:57.and that quake has brought down a number of buildings but at this

:32:58. > :33:02.stage it is still difficult to establish what the impact will have

:33:03. > :33:17.been in terms of the number of casualties. It was a magnitude 6.2

:33:18. > :33:21.quake and it hit at 3:30am. It was felt as far away as Rome and Venice.

:33:22. > :33:28.This particular tone we are looking at has said that more than half the

:33:29. > :33:37.buildings in the town have been destroyed. The epicentre was close

:33:38. > :33:44.to Perugia. Buildings have collapsed and many people are still missing.

:33:45. > :33:53.The intensity of this has been compared to one in April 2009 in

:33:54. > :34:03.which 2009 people died. Emergency services I using sniffer dogs as

:34:04. > :34:05.part of the rescue. Pope Francis cancelled a speech he was due to be

:34:06. > :34:25.giving. The mother of a British man accused

:34:26. > :34:28.of trying to grab a police officer's gun to shoot the Donald Trump has

:34:29. > :34:35.been granted the chance to visit him in prison. The 20-year-old has

:34:36. > :34:42.pleaded not guilty to disrupting an official function and weapon charges

:34:43. > :34:44.that could get him up to 30 years in prison.

:34:45. > :34:46.I want the fairest possible outcome for my son.

:34:47. > :34:49.He attempted to do something very severe and that needs to be

:34:50. > :34:51.taken into consideration, but I need to know how it's come

:34:52. > :34:57.to this point, what has happened to him in the last year in America?

:34:58. > :35:00.Who he has been mixing with, what has put these

:35:01. > :35:10.Because people with autism, they do suffer with

:35:11. > :35:12.single-mindedness, but for someone who has never been

:35:13. > :35:15.considering politics in any way to be so extreme,

:35:16. > :35:19.something, somewhere, has changed that.

:35:20. > :35:23.Do you accept he might potentially get a lengthy prison sentence?

:35:24. > :35:26.I have been told through reading the press he faces 30

:35:27. > :35:29.years in prison and a ridiculous amount of fines.

:35:30. > :35:32.There is no way he would be able to cope with that.

:35:33. > :35:43.As I said, he's a gentle, very calm person by nature,

:35:44. > :35:45.and he would just see there is no point.

:35:46. > :35:49.Why would he live the next 30 years of his life in the situation?

:35:50. > :35:58.So I fear he would attempt to commit suicide again.

:35:59. > :36:11.The latest as you will be able to visit him. Yes. Unfortunately, my

:36:12. > :36:24.mother and daughter would love to visit as well. I'm hoping we can

:36:25. > :36:34.raise the funds. When do you think you can go out and see him

:36:35. > :36:43.face-to-face. How have you been able to contact him? He made reverse

:36:44. > :36:49.charge calls to me, I have received a bill of thousands of pounds which

:36:50. > :37:01.is ridiculous. When I speak to him he is extremely distressed and

:37:02. > :37:12.angry. He's just not coping. He just wants to come back to the UK and get

:37:13. > :37:17.help. That is what you want. He went there as an adult, why should he not

:37:18. > :37:21.face justice in the United States as an adult? As long as he faces

:37:22. > :37:25.justice I cannot see why it should be in the UK. You have the

:37:26. > :37:32.facilities to give him the care he needs. It would be costly to them

:37:33. > :37:37.over there. Why should he be brought back here? The help he needs is not

:37:38. > :37:40.available over there. He's a young man with considerable, extensive

:37:41. > :37:53.medical health conditions that are very complex and severe. He is still

:37:54. > :37:59.very much a little boy in an adult's body. You said he does not

:38:00. > :38:20.understand the seriousness of the situation. You are saying he's very

:38:21. > :38:26.sorry for what has happened. He understands now. He did not realise

:38:27. > :38:31.at the time. People with autism understand things in a different way

:38:32. > :38:41.to the rest of us. He was clearly not in the right frame of mind. I'm

:38:42. > :38:44.not saying for one minute he should not have a sentence but it needs to

:38:45. > :38:53.be over here where he can have love and support from his family

:38:54. > :39:03.alongside any psychiatric care. We are fundraising for legal fees on

:39:04. > :39:08.the crows Justice website. Let's bring you an update on the latest

:39:09. > :39:15.death toll. We are hearing that the number of people believed to have

:39:16. > :39:23.died in the quake is 37. It has just gone up in the past few moments from

:39:24. > :39:32.20. Obviously, this is still unfolding situation with the quake

:39:33. > :39:45.hitting. Emergency services still trying to get a handle on how this

:39:46. > :39:57.has affected them. We are focusing on two places which are the worst

:39:58. > :40:07.hit areas. Amatrice has a population of 2700. You can expect that people

:40:08. > :40:14.will have been asleep in their beds. It is a situation of trying to

:40:15. > :40:24.establish how many people are alive and how many villages are affected.

:40:25. > :40:26.The latest figure that we have is at least 37 have been killed in that

:40:27. > :40:30.earthquake. Earlier this year, the families

:40:31. > :40:33.of the 96 men, women and children who lost their lives

:40:34. > :40:37.at the Hillsborough disaster were told that their loved ones

:40:38. > :41:06.were unlawfully killed, Now those looking at the criminal

:41:07. > :41:06.investigation into the disaster have released new images of 19 people

:41:07. > :41:07.they think may have invaluable information that could lead

:41:08. > :41:07.to prosecutions in the Operation Resolve is

:41:08. > :41:08.the network which was set up to gather evidence that may help

:41:09. > :41:08.bring some of those responsible which launches today,

:41:09. > :41:10.hopes to get more answers Our correspondent

:41:11. > :41:10.Sima Kotecha spoke to the Senior Investigating Officer

:41:11. > :41:10.at Operation Resolve, Neil Malkin. It is an appeal for 19 people

:41:11. > :41:15.who were outside gate C at 2:52pm We want to be able to try to trace

:41:16. > :41:21.these people, to interview them and understand what they've got

:41:22. > :41:25.to say and what they heard There are so many in that footage,

:41:26. > :41:31.that you've picked out What is it about them

:41:32. > :41:36.you want to know? It is their proximity to the opening

:41:37. > :41:46.of that gate at that time. By choosing a group of people,

:41:47. > :41:49.we hope to give them the best In previous witness appeals,

:41:50. > :41:52.we've relied heavily Now we are trying to provide

:41:53. > :41:56.context, so people can decide if they were in a group of people,

:41:57. > :42:02.whether they interacted It might help them jog

:42:03. > :42:05.their memories about In our Liverpool studio

:42:06. > :42:12.is lawyer Elkan Abrahamson, who represented 20 of the families

:42:13. > :42:17.at the new inquests. In Birmingham is Lou Brookes -

:42:18. > :42:20.she lost her brother, Andrew Mark Brookes,

:42:21. > :42:28.in the disaster. speak to Becky Shah -

:42:29. > :42:43.her mother Inger was also amongst What is your reaction to this latest

:42:44. > :42:52.release of CCTV footage showing the 19 people who could have

:42:53. > :42:58.information? I welcome anyone with information that can help with the

:42:59. > :43:06.enquiry. However, I must say I'm not entirely sure why we are focusing on

:43:07. > :43:20.19 individuals outside gate C when the inquest went into the issues in

:43:21. > :43:33.quite some depth. I think they would be better off targeting resources

:43:34. > :43:43.and time towards the cover-up. You represent several of the families.

:43:44. > :43:48.What is your perspective on this? I would not want to discourage

:43:49. > :43:56.evidence -- witnesses from coming forward but we are very puzzled as

:43:57. > :43:57.to why they are pursuing this line of enquiry. "With The theory that

:43:58. > :44:03.the gate was open before the order was given. Their timings were wrong

:44:04. > :44:10.and we showed them that and they still pursued this theory. I think

:44:11. > :44:16.this is a dead end and a waste of resources. They should be focusing

:44:17. > :44:25.on allegations of cover-up which were not fully explored. The senior

:44:26. > :44:31.investigating officer says this is about thoroughness so they can make

:44:32. > :44:38.sure that when the cases go to the CPS they get is clear picture as

:44:39. > :44:51.possible. Why do you think putting out this CCTV indicates what you are

:44:52. > :44:55.suggesting? If the case was Boro, should that not have been raised in

:44:56. > :45:02.the inquest? Why are they only trying to approach these witnesses

:45:03. > :45:10.now. It helps to be thorough but the fact is, they will not speak to the

:45:11. > :45:14.people in the stadium that day, each of the people, there needs to be

:45:15. > :45:19.selection and they need to decide what is important. This is a

:45:20. > :45:23.dead-end they should not be pursuing, I believe. Your brother

:45:24. > :45:32.died at Hillsborough. What is your thought? I absolutely believe. I'm

:45:33. > :45:38.disgusted. I'm going to go one step further. I have a serious concern

:45:39. > :45:48.for their motives and their objectives for pursuing this issue.

:45:49. > :45:55.A jury, during the inquest, established. We know who gave the

:45:56. > :46:00.authority to open gate C. If they had put so much time and effort into

:46:01. > :46:09.concentrating on other individual families evidence, they might have a

:46:10. > :46:17.few more happy families, I have serious reservations about it. They

:46:18. > :46:20.need to stop wasting taxpayers money and start investigating other areas.

:46:21. > :46:30.This is a complete dead-end and they are wasting time and money. I'm

:46:31. > :46:35.absolutely outraged by it. I'm very, very suspicious. I question their

:46:36. > :46:49.motives. I really do. Becky, it is clear that you have

:46:50. > :46:56.very little trust left. I would totally echo what Lou just said. I

:46:57. > :47:02.have serious reservations about the police investigating the police in

:47:03. > :47:08.any case. The history of Hillsborough is that the original

:47:09. > :47:18.investigation, which started in 1989, was an absolute fudge. It was

:47:19. > :47:22.a disgrace. So I don't think lessons have been learned, unfortunately,

:47:23. > :47:28.since those days. And I agree, I think this is disgusting and I am

:47:29. > :47:35.completely suspicious about their motives. It could be a case of

:47:36. > :47:41.trying to shift the blame again. After the openness of the inquest

:47:42. > :47:47.and everything that was said at the inquest by politicians and others,

:47:48. > :47:52.do you still not trust but things are in a different place? Absolutely

:47:53. > :48:03.not. I don't trust anybody in authority where Hillsborough is

:48:04. > :48:07.concerned. The establishment think that giving us the unlawfully killed

:48:08. > :48:14.verdict is going to make us happy and walk away. They have got another

:48:15. > :48:22.think coming. To me, this verdict is not the end, this is the beginning.

:48:23. > :48:26.I am in this for the long haul. So if they think they are going to

:48:27. > :48:33.repeat history by trying to make everybody happy, I will not be happy

:48:34. > :48:41.until I see people, certain people and organisations, in the witness

:48:42. > :48:46.box and hopefully, some of them behind prison bars. Thank you all

:48:47. > :48:50.for joining us. And if you recognise any of the 19

:48:51. > :49:00.people we have been showing you, you can go to the website.

:49:01. > :49:03.We have been talking this morning about the physical risks associated

:49:04. > :49:07.with taking increasingly strong ecstasy and MDMA, but there is also

:49:08. > :49:10.concern about the effect it could have on mental health. Radio 1

:49:11. > :49:17.Newsbeat's Jim Connelly has the details. What are the concerns? We

:49:18. > :49:20.know the concerns about the physical effects and the deaths connected to

:49:21. > :49:24.it. The police have linked a lot of those deaths to this increasingly

:49:25. > :49:28.strong ecstasy that is on the market at the minute, but we have been

:49:29. > :49:34.speaking to psychologists and medical experts who are worried

:49:35. > :49:38.about the effects on the brain am a the cognitive effects, the ability

:49:39. > :49:43.to remember and process information, paranoia, things like that. We spoke

:49:44. > :49:50.to a guy called Phil Murphy from a till university. He has studied the

:49:51. > :49:58.drug for 25 years. I have worked in the field of ecstasy research for

:49:59. > :50:04.nearly 20 years. The risk now, in terms of young people using stronger

:50:05. > :50:13.ecstasy to be compared with the late 1990s, is higher in terms of being

:50:14. > :50:16.able to retain the ability to regulate emotion, your ability to

:50:17. > :50:23.think clearly and memorise efficiently. The danger is much

:50:24. > :50:29.greater now, in my opinion, than in the late 1990s, because of the

:50:30. > :50:37.greater strength of ecstasy today. It is a drug that has been around

:50:38. > :50:40.for years. Who is using it today? Well, it kind of went away for a

:50:41. > :50:45.while. It had a period during the 90s which one of your guests talked

:50:46. > :50:50.about when it was a drug of choice and was very strong. Then it became

:50:51. > :50:55.weak and low quality, so people were not using it in the same way. We

:50:56. > :50:59.then saw the rise of legal highs and substances that took away from its

:51:00. > :51:02.interest for people, but now it has seen a resurgence. There was a

:51:03. > :51:07.report out last year that said it is becoming stronger and more popular.

:51:08. > :51:13.It now tends to be people at festivals, taking it in a binge

:51:14. > :51:19.rather than the kind of week in, week out use we saw when it came

:51:20. > :51:23.onto the scene. People have got in touch with us who have noticed this

:51:24. > :51:27.increasing strength and the problems they have seen. We spoke to a guy

:51:28. > :51:30.called Gaz, who we had to disguise because he didn't want his profile

:51:31. > :51:37.put out there, and also someone called Grace, who uses it at

:51:38. > :51:45.festivals. And in his words, he used it far too much. Going out on a

:51:46. > :51:51.weekend, friends, socialising, try a little bit of this and that. Then it

:51:52. > :51:58.became a more regular occurrence. Was similar for you? Definitely. I

:51:59. > :52:04.started out doing, and things like ecstasy and smoking weed. Then it

:52:05. > :52:09.escalated into thinking that was not enough. It was great for partying,

:52:10. > :52:13.but as we got older, we got more chilled, so we directed things

:52:14. > :52:19.towards taking things to make us hallucinate. Mentally, how does it

:52:20. > :52:26.feel when you have overdone it, mainly with ecstasy? Drained. You

:52:27. > :52:33.feel really tired on a come-down, like there is nothing good in life.

:52:34. > :52:36.You have a really bad next day. But I have personally felt that the high

:52:37. > :52:45.at the time was worth it. It is like a hangover. Tell me the mental

:52:46. > :52:51.issues you have had coming off it? I had lots of paranoia. I have always

:52:52. > :52:58.been quite a paranoid person anyway, but the drugs enhance it 100 fold.

:52:59. > :53:02.Mood swings are a big one. I could be your best friend one minute, and

:53:03. > :53:09.the next minute, don't talk to me ever again! I feel quite alone as

:53:10. > :53:14.well sometimes. You're very needy, but very alone at the same time. You

:53:15. > :53:19.want someone to be there, but you don't. Recently, ecstasy has been

:53:20. > :53:24.getting stronger. Did you notice the increase in strength in MDMA and

:53:25. > :53:32.ecstasy when you were taking it? Yeah, I have done very different

:53:33. > :53:34.strengths of ecstasy. When it is stronger, obviously, the highs get

:53:35. > :53:40.arguably better and you get more out of it in that sense. But are you

:53:41. > :53:44.also get in the mental health problems associated with it, and

:53:45. > :53:53.paranoia becomes stronger and sleep gets disrupted the more you take of

:53:54. > :53:56.it? Logically, that makes sense. But at the same time, if you are not

:53:57. > :54:01.prone to the negative side-effects, you will not receive them, no matter

:54:02. > :54:09.how pure it is. Describe the come-down is as you take more

:54:10. > :54:19.ecstasy. Drug-induced psychosis stays around for a while. It is

:54:20. > :54:24.quite unsettling. We had a big night out one day, and the next day, we

:54:25. > :54:27.both looked at each other we crawled out of our corners, like, don't want

:54:28. > :54:30.to eat, and we were quite unsettled. We were not sure what to do with

:54:31. > :54:36.ourselves and we thought we should stop doing it for a bit. More and

:54:37. > :54:42.more people have ended up in hospital for treatment across the

:54:43. > :54:46.country for mental and behavioural disorders connected to stimulants.

:54:47. > :54:54.Can you imagine a time when you could have ended up in hospital for

:54:55. > :54:59.something like that? There were a few occasions where I could have

:55:00. > :55:14.taken more and ended up in hospital, even for an overdose. You can start

:55:15. > :55:20.going a bit crazy. It is just weird. A friend of mine took acid once at

:55:21. > :55:24.an open rave, and he thought people were chasing him. So when we took

:55:25. > :55:28.him to a festival later that year and he took something completely

:55:29. > :55:32.different, it brought back that feeling that people were chasing him

:55:33. > :55:37.and he ended up trying to set fire to the person's tent next to us and

:55:38. > :55:43.running back to the car. A lot of people will think that doesn't sound

:55:44. > :55:47.fun. You're messing around with things that are on the edge of being

:55:48. > :55:53.very dangerous. You could die or profoundly change who you are by

:55:54. > :55:58.taking this stuff. I think everything comes with its risks. If

:55:59. > :56:02.you feel you're the type of person that can withstand the risks that go

:56:03. > :56:07.with it, if you're going to use it rather than abuse it, it's like

:56:08. > :56:13.drinking. People become alcoholics all the time, yet no one found some

:56:14. > :56:20.people drinking socially. How long have you been off it? A few months.

:56:21. > :56:27.Do you feel better? I do, but I have a long way to go. I had heavy usage.

:56:28. > :56:34.We should make that clear. There is a difference in scales. Your

:56:35. > :56:41.partying and enjoying it, where as you have probably pushed it too far.

:56:42. > :56:46.Yeah, it became a daily, more than just a social aspect. For me, it was

:56:47. > :56:49.day in, day out. There were days I would wake up and there would be

:56:50. > :56:58.drugs next to my bed from the night before, and that would be my

:56:59. > :57:03.breakfast. Eat, sleep, sniff, repeat would be the pattern for a while.

:57:04. > :57:10.When I broke out of that, I felt a lot easier about myself again. You

:57:11. > :57:15.do lose your sense of who you are. I guess if you are always high, you

:57:16. > :57:22.don't know who you are. There is plenty more of that at Newsbeat

:57:23. > :57:26.online and more on Radio 1 Xtra. Back to central Italy, where at

:57:27. > :57:30.least 37 people have been killed and a more are missing after a 6.2

:57:31. > :57:35.magnitude earthquake struck the area. It was felt as far away as

:57:36. > :57:39.Rome and Venice. Some of the worst damage is in the town of Amatrice,

:57:40. > :57:42.where at least five people have died. Rescue efforts are under way

:57:43. > :57:50.to find survivors. The town mayor said the roads in and out of town

:57:51. > :57:58.are cut off. Half the town is gone. We are preparing a place for the

:57:59. > :58:02.bodies. In a short to the north of the epicentre, the mayor said there

:58:03. > :58:06.was a family of four in a collapsed house and there are two small

:58:07. > :58:10.children among them. Pope Francis said he was stunned by the

:58:11. > :58:16.devastation. These are the live pictures from

:58:17. > :58:19.Amatrice, where the search and rescue operation continues. We will

:58:20. > :58:24.keep you updated on the rescue effort throughout the day on BBC

:58:25. > :58:26.news. Thank you for your company today. See you at the same time

:58:27. > :58:40.tomorrow. Bye-bye. The rugby league giants

:58:41. > :58:43.from Hull FC and Warrington go head-to-head at Wembley

:58:44. > :58:47.in the Challenge Cup final.