15/09/2016 Victoria Derbyshire

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

Theresa May gives the go-ahead for Britain's first new nuclear

Hinkley Point C in Somerset will become the biggest

The fashion industry contributes billions to the UK economy

and with London Fashion Week about to get underway,

we'll be talking about why it's become so important and how it

directly influences what you'll be buying on the high

Also this morning, the Government says that BBC stars who earn more

than ?150,000 a year should be named.

109 familiar faces would be on the list including

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

Today, with London Fashion Week just about to get underway

we will be talking about the British fashion industry -

not just its impact on what you wear, but its impact

Are you one of the third of drivers who admit to using your mobile phone

behind the wheel. So many people still refuse to switch off. We'll

bring you an update on HMRC and your Tax Credits.

Our top story today is that the Government has confirmed

that it's giving the go-ahead to the controversial Hinkley Point

nuclear power station in Somerset - but it's attaching new conditions.

Full details will be revealed in Parliament this afternoon,

but the Government says it's reached a revised agreement

with the French energy company EDF which will build the plant.

Well, let's get more on this from our political

That has been on and off, what's happened now? It's all systems go

for Hinkley and the reason for that bluntly is saying no was just too

difficult because the concern is, if Theresa May decided to pull the

plug, that would have, I mean dealt a body blow to our relations with

the Chinese who're investing billions here, so didn't seem a good

idea. More than that, I think there were genuine concerns in the wake of

Brexit that if Theresa May said no, what kind of message does that send

out to the rest of the world about Britain being open for business.

There were concerns about the economy. Hinkley massive boost, not

just for the local economy but for the UK generally, creating what,

around 25,000 jobs. It would have raised a big question mark about how

committed Theresa May was to pressing ahead with the huge

infrastructure projects. We have got Heathrow, HSII coming down the lain,

did it raise a question mark there? And there was the basic question, if

not nuclear, then what? -- down the line. We have talked about North Sea

oil, the winds are dodgy, can't rely on that, so what are we going to do?

Are we just going to rely on questionable regimes and Russia to

supply us with oil and gas. Faced with that, when you bundle all that

together, I think Theresa May thought she's in a difficult place,

there's not really a better option, she's going to give the go-ahead.

More details this afternoon. Will most politicians support this or

what? What is the background? Yes-ish, I think. I think the real

sort of, if you like, catch in all of this, is the security issue.

Theresa May, as we know, one of her big issues is security. It comes

from her Home Secretary background. She was clearly nervous about the

Chinese having a role in our nuclear industry and in particular building

a Chinese only nuclear power station at Bradwell in Essex. The Government

today's come up with what they regard as conditions to reassure

people on the security front. I think there'll be an argument over

that as to whether that's all just window dressing. It amounts to

nothing maybe, because the security conditions, what they basically

amount to is that, for future deals and nuclear agreements, the

Government can block them if they are unhappy as to who these nuclear

plants are being sold to. That's a future deal so it doesn't affect the

current deal at Hinkley and it doesn't affect the current deal at

Bradwell. This was Greg Clark, the Business Secretary this morning

telling me why he believed the security conditions would make a

difference. I think it was right for a new

Government to look seriously at all the components of the deal and what

we have decided is that for critical infrastructure generally, we want to

make sure that our powers in this country are comparable to those of

others to be able to check that national security considerations are

taken into account. What we have done here in Hinkley is required

that the EDF, the principal operator, guarantees, makes a

commitment that they won't dispose of their stake without the

Government's consent unless and million the plant is built and, in

future, all other nuclear stations will be subject to the same regime

-- unless and until. Here is the question pundits will be asking, has

Theresa May blinked because she scrapped the original announcement

saying she wanted more time. She marched us up to the hill pretty

much saying I've got to check this out. People will now question how

has she marched us down the hill and done pretty much the deal which

David Cameron did. Thank you very much for the moment.

Simon Jack is here. How much is this going to cost? It's going to cost

?18 billion is the estimate. The good news is, we are not paying for

that. EDF and the Chinese are stumping up all of that money so

they are going to bear the cost of production. The bad news is the

electricity it produces is much more expensive than we are paying at the

moment so in effect we are subsidising it so we could see

something of a rise in the electricity. The Chinese in a way

saved this project. It was going nowhere. EDF didn't have enough cash

to build this. The Chinese said we'll give you a third of the money

but on the understanding we get to build one in a couple of reactors'

time, we get our own built, Chinese designed and run reactor, that

British kite mark on a Chinese reactor, they could sell it all

around the world. That's the big prize for them and yes, with the

strings attached that could really strangle the deal. So it still might

not be built? What I mean is that if the China think this new legal

frameworks amount to an understanding that they could build

that and that was a guarantee, they may look at it. They are not that

interested in Hinkley. They want one of their reactors here are British

approval which they could then sell around the world. I think it's going

to be interesting to see the Chinese' reaction to this because

they say it's about foreign Government. They don't want to say,

we don't trust you. Their reaction is key, if they think they are being

told you haven't got a guarantee about Bradwell, they could still

reconsider. We have to be a bit careful about saying this will get

built. Thank you very much.

The care system in England is failing to meet the needs

of an increasing number of vulnerable older people.

The support they currently receive is dependent on where they live

Annita McVeigh is in the BBC Newsroom with a summary

The care system in England is failing to meet the needs

of an increasing number of vulnerable older people.

The support they currently receive is dependent on where they live

Here's our social affairs correspondent, Alison Holt.

Ann and Cyril Thomas find increasingly they need help at home.

He has Parkinson's and memory loss, she has problems getting about.

Family help a lot, but after she had to go to hospital, the asked

They found care workers struggling with caseloads.

Sometimes they're given so many people to care for,

you don't know what time you're going to have someone

coming to put you to bed, get you up in the morning.

And today's report by two leading think tanks says the social care

system which helps people with such things as washing,

It points to ongoing cuts to council care budgets,

a growing shortage of the care staff needed to support an ageing

population, and it concludes even large home-care

Two of the largest national providers of home care in the last

year have pulled out of local authority contracts.

Many more providers are handing contracts back to

And the situation now is perilous, quite frankly.

You miss not being able to do your garden, don't you?

The Department of Health says it recognises the pressures,

but insists it has significantly increased the money available

to local authorities to help provide affordable, dignified care.

You can find out the cost of care in your area by using the BBC's

You enter your postcode, local council name or Northern Ireland

health board and it will bring up how much an hour of homecare costs,

and information about the fees charged in residential

The BBC will have to reveal the salary details of all employees

and presenters paid more than ?150,000 a year,

The proposal is part of the draft for a new BBC charter which will be

The BBC had argued against the change, saying it would make it

Vulnerable victims and witnesses of crime in England and Wales

will no longer have to appear in court, under new plans to roll

The cross-examinations will be recorded and played during the trial

sparing both victims and witnesses the stress of reliving traumatic

Under the shake-up, more minor offences will also be dealt

A new row has broken out in the Labour Party over a list

of MPs accused of "abuse" towards the leader Jeremy

Two MPs have made formal complaints after they were named

on the list, which was compiled by Mr Corbyn's team.

Deputy leader Tom Watson, who also featured on the list,

The number of drivers admitting to using a mobile phone while behind

the wheel has risen to nearly a third, according to

Research from motoring organisation the RAC,

has found 31 percent of drivers admitted using their phone,

According to the Department for Transport, 21 people

were killed in 2014 by drivers who were distracted by their mobile.

Five Russians are trapped in a cave in the Arctic surrounded by polar

bears. A helicopter has delivered fresh supplies, including flares to

try to scare the bears away. A soologist explained what was going

on. These people are in a small hut or cabin trying to do some work

there and they are in an area that's always been occupied by polar bears.

Over the last several years, the sea ice has been less and less available

and melting earlier in the spring and coming back later in the fall

and, over the last 30 years, these bears are contending with about 55

days of less sea ice. Bears can only catch their food. They have food in

their huts and they are cooking. They have attractive smells there

that might bring bears around. If you are a bunch of hungry bears and

the only thing that smells of food is humans, that's where you are

going to go. The number of drivers admitting

to using a mobile phone while behind the wheel has risen to nearly

a third, according to Research from motoring

organisation the RAC, has found 31 percent of drivers

admitted using their phone, According to the Department

for Transport, 21 people were killed in 2014 by drivers

who were distracted by their mobile. Now some sport. Paralympics GB have

broken more records. They have beaten the total number of medals

they won at London 2012, making 2016 the best ever performance. Take a

deep breath before these success stories. Hannah Cockroft clinched

the T 34, 400 metre title in world record time. The 24-year-old had

already won the 100 metres at the weekend. Can she make it three in a

row when she competes tomorrow? In the pool, Hannah Russell swam to S

12 and won the gold. A dominant race by her, she touched home almost six

seconds ahead of her nearest rival. British one twos also in the SB

14100 metre breaststroke. Earlier in the day, Sarah Storey won

the 13th gold of her career. Time trial gold picked up. Kadeena

Cox became the first to win medals in two different sports. She

followed up her gold in cycling with a T 38400 metre title on the track

and celebration dance moves there on the podium.

What a day, Para GB have a total of 95 medals from Rio 2016, 43 gold,

incredible. The Russian hackers have struck

again, Sir Bradley Wiggins and Chris Froome this time?

Yes, they call themselves Fancied Their and have released their second

set of files including the two cyclists. It is important to stress

there is no suggestion that the athletes are involved in any

wrongdoing, the information released is mostly therapeutic and related to

their medical needs. It is believed to hacks are retaliation for

Russia's ban due to doping but the Russian authorities have denied any

involvement. Chris Froome has released a statement which says, I

have openly discussed these things with the media and have no issues

with the leaks, which only confirm my statements. I have twice used a T

U E for exasperated asthma, the last time was in 2014.

Let's talk about Leicester, what an astonishing start to their Champions

League campaign, their first ever. Yes, an historic first win for them

in the Champions League, the fairy tale keeps rolling on for them. They

won against Belgian side Bruges, and it did not take long to get the ball

rolling. Marc Albrighton scored their first shot after five minutes

and how about this for a free kick? Riyad Mahrez cold in a beauty before

the break and added another from the penalty spot in the second half, 3-0

the Final Score. Manchester City swept aside pro-Russian munching

blood back in their fixture. Rain forced the game to be postponed

yesterday and the Germans might be wishing it had rained heavily a

game, they were stumped 4-0, Sergio Aguero scoring a hat-trick. Not a

great start for Spurs, a record-breaking crowd, in excess of

85,000 at Wembley, saw them lose 2-1 to Monaco. Spurs are playing at the

National Stadium because of reduced capacity as they rebuild their White

Hart Lane ground. We will be hearing from the director

of UK Sport to explain the success in Radio 4 Para GB.

Thank you. As New York Fashion Week

wraps up today, attention has moved to London,

where our Fashion Week Big British designers Burberry

will be there, as will Mary Katrantzou and Christopher Kane,

who is celebrating 10 years Prime Minister Theresa May

is hosting a reception for designers and industry insiders

at Downing Street tonight. And it is not surprising she thinks

it is important - the British fashion industry adds ?28 billion

to the UK economy each year and Fashion Week itself generates

?100 million in orders. So what does the industry offer

to Britain and how does With British Vogue turning 100 this

year, we have the magazine's deputy Also, Roy Luwolt, the co-founder

of luxury shoe brand Malone Souliers, who is showing

at London Fashion Week Hannah Rafter is 22 -

she had to do seven unpaid internships until she landed her

current job as a junior And Sophie Walker is the leader

of the Women's Equality Party who have launched a campaign called

#NoSizeFitsAll to keep consumers conscious of body image

during London Fashion Week. Good morning all of you, thank you

for coming on the programme. Let's talk about London and the impact it

has on the UK economy. As he said, 28 billion, the fashion industry is

worth 28 billion to Britain. Our exports in fashion wear alone was I

think 5.6 billion this last year. I'm sure that figure will rise in

the next year with the dollar. I think it is 880,000 jobs. 880,000?

880,000 jobs connected to the fashion industry. Companies like

Mulberry have got two factory is now down in Somerset, jobs in areas

where there is low employment. I think the fashion industry here in

London and in the rest of the country means that we are a big

player on the world stage. Tourists flood from all over the world here.

You are showing at London Fashion Week for the first time, here are

some of your shoes. Tell the audience how much these might cost?

Riyal interesting trend in that we serve a wide spectrum of the market,

so if you look at the couture pieces, the red ones, each one of

the shoes has a female name to it, that is a couture piece and that is

6000 pounds. What?! You are joking me?! Who buys a pair of shoes for

?6,000?! That was specially paid for Michelle Obama, so that is

different, and it was a gift from the brand. Wow. Just to be clear, if

you work... Have you sold any of these? No, we don't sell these, this

special power we do not sell. This is something that would come in with

a private order, a bespoke request or something. How can that be worth

?6,000? It takes about six months to create the structure, every aspect

of it is unique, and it is unique to the person wearing them. It is not

something that can be produced as skill, it is impossible. The rest of

these are an average price of 500 or ?600, those are the ones that would

sell all over the world. Are we likely to see copies, Emily, of

these kinds of shoes in the high street after Roy have shown at

London Fashion Week for the first time? That is what tends to happen,

designers parade couture stuff... The high street takes a lot of broad

trends from what you see on the catwalks, the high street also is

incredibly helpful with younger designers, they do a lot of

collaborations, young designers struggle financially so the high

street is very supportive back. I don't know whether these particular

designs, you might see similar, but it is a lot of broad strokes, so we

have got a lot of backless loafers, Gucci, you will have seen that in

the high-street, similar. So, yes, you will see, a lot of what we see

this weekend, you will see elements of it, inspiration, moving to the

catwalk, I mean high-street, pretty quickly. How many weeks? Some can

turn it around in six to eight weeks. Some designers are not too

happy about that element of it... There are laws to protect them. But

for the consumers, it is fantastic, to be honest! Hannah, what is it

like working in the fashion industry? To get to a paid job you

have had to do seven internships, unpaid work experience? I did all my

internships as part of my university degree, so I chose a degree that had

a placement year, so my university was a big advocate of working in

fashion, they promoted paid internships but in my area, PR and

marketing, there is such a huge demand for that area of fashion that

brands and agencies don't pay in terms, but what I do say is they

paid all of my expenses, all of my lunch was paid for, and I have

several friends that also work in the industry as buyers,

merchandisers, technologists, who, because there is a lack of people

wanting to do those sorts of jobs, brands can pay them for that. But as

my area is so highly, people want to work in that area, especially

Fashion Week, every girl's dream, so while there is huge demand for it I

think brands and agencies can not pay in turns. But I think it is

slowly changing, I talk about internships on a daily basis and

when I do the research so many more brands are saying that agencies pay

the interns now because they are looking at new laws and there are

new programmes out there from when I started two years ago. It is slowly

changing for PR and marketing as well as other areas. There are laws

in a company for more than one month without being paid. Correct. If the

company wants to hold onto the talent, you are encouraged to take

them on as a paid in turn four I think six months. Alternatively you

have the option of hiring volunteers who can come and go as they please

in terms of timing, so you cannot say they must work a minimum number

of hours during the week... For nothing? Yes, because it can help

experience if you are not able to pay them. Most people accept the

principle of work experience, most people watching have done a bit,

whatever area it is, it is just you cannot keep doing free work, can

you? Although you don't regret it because it has helped you get where

you are, Hannah? I don't regret it because the area I went into, I knew

it would be top. Every interview was me against 20 girls. The experience

I have had in fashion, interning at several high-street brands and

agencies, has been invaluable and given me my work ethic,

opportunities to now do freelance work for those companies. I went to

New York Fashion Week and worked there based on my experience in

London. It is who I am today and got me my job now so I don't regret it.

Sophie Walker, leader of the Women's Equality Party, a view on

internships in the fashion industry brand-newWe want to see a fairer

approach to work. The retail industry employs predominantly

women, it attracts predominantly women, and as a result it is

predominantly women who are suffering from unequal pay and no

pay. We are also very, very keen to see a switch up in the levels of men

and women at senior levels, it is very interesting to us that only 40%

of main womenswear brands have female designers at the helm, and

when you look at senior executives, top executives, of fashion brands,

only 14% are female so there is a huge inequality there. Tell our

audience about your #NoSizeFitsAll campaign? The Women's Equality Party

was set up about a year ago because we did not feel the other political

parties were fully understanding women's needs and experiences when

they thought about the decisions made and how we make legislation and

look after people in this country. We have launched #NoSizeFitsAll

because we want to have a discussion based around Fashion Week about the

huge far-reaching influence of the fashion industry's obsession with a

uniform the extremely small size. We are looking at the Sample sizes

specifically, which are much, much, much smaller than the average size

in the UK. Why is that an issue? Because the power of the imagery is

significant, we sourced no fewer than 28 reports from the UK, Europe,

North America, Canada, proving the link between media imagery and how

we feel about our bodies, positively or negatively, and how when we feel

negatively about our bodies it puts us at risk of eating disorder which

is a major public health issue now. And a cost to the NHS. Precisely,

there are 1.3 million people in the UK who suffer from eating disorders.

About 90% of them are women and girls so it is a public health issue

that disproportionately affect women and girls. It is costing the economy

about ?1.6 billion per year in terms of lost productivity and health care

costs. Roy, as co-founder of a shoe brand you are not necessarily the

design but do you think people like yourself, a great influence in the

fashion industry, take the responsibility of the images you

project in magazines, advertising hoardings, so on, seriously enough?

Indeed, and if I may start by pointing out a couple of things that

were mentioned. The majority of my firm is ruled by women. My designer

but also the people in the brand team, the people who lead the teams

in product development, the accountant. I think there has been a

big shift in the fashion industry, which is not to say it is healed and

I agree with a lot of the points but at the same time we are now an

industry that's not to support but propagates diversity, so it goes

beyond just the image, that is a small part of what is a bigger

problem. But it is a very powerful image. It is indeed, and to my

point, our campaigns are always looking for something that is not

mainstream in terms of the representation that we'd use in the

models and indeed look books and all that, and it is all about

understanding how to connect with a consumer who wants to feel something

more emotive, which goes through all sizes and shapes, and, most

importantly, from a physical perspective -- fiscal perspective,

some people cannot afford that ?600 pair so we start from ?200, and the

element of women being paid less, it goes to what products are preferred,

that makes it inclusive for them. So I think there is a big

responsibility that fashion plays, it is not entirely revolutionised

but I think certainly there is a big acceptance of propagation of

continuity of understanding, it is great to accept different types and

ethnicities and all but. It is definitely time for fashion to

evolve. The point we are making is we want to see next year on London

Fashion Week designers showing at least two sample sizes, one of which

should be size 12 or above, because when you start to change the idea of

what is acceptable you lead the way in diversity and acceptance. At

London Fashion Week we had lots of catwalks with four sizes up. It has

become mainstream. It is not even a novelty any more. We shoot and

accept... Models are different ages. But it is not mainstream, when we

look at the images... It happens, she has been shot naked, in her

complete beauty of natural... Sophie is saying it is not mainstream.

There is increased diversity, very slowly, but what we are seeing is an

exploration of opposite extremes. We are being shown an alternative

version. I don't think it is exploration. It is seen as

opposition, not a true exploration of the many sizes we are.

Post-referendum, do you see any difference in sales, or is it too

soon? I'm a business graduate and business man specifically. My

interest in fashion comes from the strategies, as well as the brand

elements which goes into understand why people want what they want and

how to provide that to them at the right price and so on. It's

psychological, Brexit. Quite a lot of people are happy about it,

perhaps not in the fashion industry? At the same time, yes, it's going to

affect us eventually, but one thing about fashion is it's the one

goalpost that can move as flexibly as we wish it to, so we take the

mantle on the whole and shift it. Part of the rationale of Theresa May

holding this reception ahead of the start of London Fashion Week is to

make it really clear, as she does every time she speaks about the

referendum result, Britain is open for business. Correct. Absolutely.

It's great she's holding a reception tonight. I think it's really

important that we continue to grow our industry at home. We still do an

enormous amount of manufacturing abroad, the past Government also

provided huge grants to have factories here. There is a huge

amount of talent up north. I think we have got to continue the funding

here in the industry so that we are not sending... Absolutely. Creating

jobs here at home. Creating jobs for Europe. London plays a role Paris

doesn't play. London Fashion Week will not decline in any way, we'll

just have to realise the challenge we have been give tonne make sure we

continue to lead what is a big economy boost to the entire country.

Thank you very much all of you. Still to come: The latest on the tax

credit row and the Government's decision not to renew a contract

with the private company responsible And searching for Purple Aki -

we'll have a special report on the myths and reality

of a Merseyside man who children Annita McVeigh is in the BBC

Newsroom with a summary The Government has confirmed that

it's giving the go-ahead to the controversial Hinkley Point

nuclear power station in Somerset. Ministers have approved the deal

for a new ?18bn nuclear power station in the UK

but with new conditions attached. The plant is being financed

by the French and the Chinese and the Prime Minister had

postponed its approval Health experts have warned the

social health care system is failing to meet the needs of the elderly. In

a report, the King's Fund and Nuffield Trust say the local

authorities support older people received was based on where they

lived, rather than their need. The BBC will have to reveal the

salary details of employees and presenters paid more than ?150,000 a

year under Government plans. The proposal is part of the draft for a

new BBC charter which will be published later today. The BBC had

argued against the change, saying it would make it harder to attract

talent. Vulnerable victims and witnesses of

crime in England and Wales will no longer have to appear in court under

new plans to roll out pre-tile evidence sessions. The

cross-examinations will be recorded and played during the trial, sparing

both victims and witnesses the stress of reliving traumatic events

in open court. Under the shake-up, more minor

offences will be dealt with entirely online.

That's a summary of the latest news. More at ten. And the sports

headlines now with Jess. It was another golden day

for Great Britain at the paralympics in Rio Hannah Cockcroft

won her second gold of the games, one of 9 titles for Paralympics GB

on day seven of the Games. With 95 medals overall,

they've now surpassed their London The World Anti doping agency has

criticed a further leak of its medical files

by Russian hackers. The latest batch reveals information

about a number of British athletes including Sir Bradley Wiggins

and Chris Froome. What a start for champions

league life for Leicester. Riyad Mahrez scored twice

as they beat Brugge 3-0 in Belgium in their first ever match

in the competition. Manchester City beat

Borussia Munchengladbach but Spurs And the ECB has announced

plans for a new twenty twenty competition to run alongside

the current T20 Blast. The new format will feature 8 teams

and it's hoped it will rival the Indian Premier League

and Australia's Big Bash. This programme's exclusive report

that a US firm was wrongly stopping tax credits for thousands of people

led to HMRC not renewing And yesterday in Parliament,

the issue prompted an urgent Let's talk now to our reporter

Peter Whittlesea who has more. Today there are executives from

consent tricks coming in to talk about the issues they need to

address. Yesterday, in Parliament, as you were mentioning, many MPs

talked about the problems that their constituents had had. They also said

that this programme had highlighted what a big issue it was and how the

mistakes were affecting hundreds of people up and down the country. Why

does it take the BBC's programme two days running to bring ministers to

this despatch box? On Monday, a member of my staff got the run

around between HMRC and Centrix on the basis that nobody would take

responsibility. My constituents have spent hours on this. I think they

need to involve the private sector in a sensitive issue like this, that

does not work. What are HMRC and Concentrix now saying? For the third

day, they haven't come on the show. We asked for an interview but they

said: We recognise individual Tax Credit claims can be difficult for

all concerned, we adopt a rigorous process at every stage to make sure

we manage this responsibly and in full accordance with guidance set by

HMRC. We asked HMRC for a third day in a row, they said: We want to

assure customers that we'll prioritise cases and make sure

they're processed as quickly as possible. We have decided nolet to

extend our contract with Concentrix and HMRS is redeploying 150 staff to

help with claims. Since we have come on air, sources close to this have

told me that just before we did our report, HMRC and Concentrix were

close to agreeing a new deal. Really?

Yes, and what's more, sources have told me that Concentrix was only

told an hour before HMRC told the press that their contract wasn't

being renewed. That is why some staff in Belfast heard that

potentially their jobs could be at risk because their contracts was not

going to be renewed. Renewed through tweets from the BBC rather than

through the company themselves. We'll be speaking to a Labour MP

who says he'll sue Jeremy Corbyn after claims and counter-claims

of bullying continue Chances are if you're from anywhere

on Merseyside then it's a name Some believe he's a figure made up

to scare children. Others, however, have

crossed his path. Akinwale Arobieki, or Purple Aki,

is a man with an obsession A mysterious figure,

notorious across Merseyside, Arobieke has a string of offences

to his name relating to his desire to feel the biceps of toned men

across the North West. Ben Zand has been finding out

more about him. A name that is whispered in the

parks and playgrounds of Merseyside. Watch out or Purple

Aki will get you. A bogeyman that nobody

was really sure even existed. When I was at school

we would all joke about him. You'd make threats saying

he was going to come and get you and we'd laugh but we'd be

a little bit scared. Even on a wet Monday

night in July everyone Even on a wet Monday

night in July everyone It's kind of like a ghost

story almost that goes round the playground

to scare people. He's a legend but

when you see him... I seen him once

in Birkenhead market. I've seen him in Lime Street,

my dad works in Lime I actually saw him the other day

coming down the escalator I was walking across

the road and this big black And he said, I do,

what gym do you train at? I told him and he said I train

there, that's where I know you from. Let me just show you these murderers

on trial at the law courts. I was like, I don't want to see any

murderers, straightaway he turned to me and said, are you being

racist, you don't want to come I was shocked, was like, me dad's

from Egypt, I'm not a racist. We went in the law courts and this

is where he gets weird. Went into a little tiny room

so he said, take your top off. I said, I don't want

to take my top off. He said why, what's wrong with that,

you do body building, I'm into body-building,

I want to see your muscles. He was stood in front of the door,

I had nowhere to go. In the end, took me top off,

he had me doing all these He's like, I want to see how strong

you are, get me in a fireman's Sweating loads and I remember

thinking, are you sweating? After I put him down,

he wasn't in front of the doors, so I opened the door and legged it

back to the train station, 2-3 weeks after this

happened I was on the bike, Next thing he jumps out,

grabs me, he's like, I brought my tape measure

to measure your muscles. Tried to put it round me

leg and that's when I In court he said his

nickname is racist. He's been questioned by the police

about muscle touching You have to go back to the 80s

to understand how come Gary was a big lad, six foot,

and he was absolutely adored football, constantly playing

football, quite well And I think that's what Purple Aki

liked, was his legs. To be honest, I didn't

know nothing about him, never heard about him

until he started harassing Gary. You are at the bus stop

and there is no one there. And the next minute he is there

in the bsu stop, right next to you and you are like where did

he come from because you didn't see him coming,

it was like he just appeared. Gary was absolutely

terrified of him. Yeah, really scared,

really, really scared. He'd be standing in the entry

at the side of his house, so you wouldn't know

that he was there and as Gary would leave my house and walk over,

he'd step out the entry and Gary would go down the entry with him,

and that's when he used to make Gary said he would

get excited by that. That's why Gary went to the police

in the end and got a harassment order, and the order was Purple Aki

was not supposed to come over to Birkenhead, wasn't

allowed over the Mersey. He was supposed to stay

on the Liverpool side and he didn't. We got up on the Sunday morning,

was a really lovely day. Gary had made plans to go

with all his friends. And then the next minute

I heard his mum screaming. Something to do with Purple Aki

following him or chasing him. When he came out of the swimming

baths, Purple Aki was at the entrance, Gary spotted

him, he spotted Gary. Gary panicked because obviously he's

been and snitched on him and got the police involved so Gary must

have panicked and ran to get out And I think he tried to mingle

in the crowd. Purple Aki followed him to the train

station and he's just gone into panic mode and thought,

"I've got to get away," and his only escape

would have been to cross the lines He got caught on the lines

and got electrocuted. But it was overturned

because there was no evidence he'd actually threatened

or even touched Gary. Aki's defence was he was the victim

of racism, he was just It's almost as if fear had killed

Gary Kelly. Everywhere you went there

was like writing all over train stations and walls, "RIP Gary Kelly,

always remembered Gary Kelly," and obviously I think,

loads of slanderous Growing up, I heard so many people

pretend they'd seen him, Do you think they pretend that

they've seen him or they I didn't even know

he existed at first. I can't believe you didn't

think he existed. I wondered if Aki was a bit

of a victim in all of this. A big, black man in a white city

with an odd obsession with muscles. She has moved to the other end

of the country, and even now When I was about 13,

14, going to the local park, you had to pass the forest,

and they always said, Growing up it was a myth, I didn't

believe it - I used to think We were outside the shop

and drinking cider. It was like Mad Dog 2020,

something like that, and we were hanging

about and he turned up Everybody was like, "Oh,

my God, it's Purple Aki." He's just purple and huge,

no-one else like him. One day I was going home

and Aki was trying to touch my brother,

feel my brother's arms so I said to him, "I'm going to phone

the police if you don't leave my brother alone, get away,

get away from the boys, move." When I got home about half

an hour later, bang, bang on the door and I looked out

the window and he was like, "Come down here," and I was like,

"I'm not coming down." Put it through my letterbox

and said, "You're BLEEP dead, you're dead, you're dead," those

were his exact words. There was like six or seven police

cars there within a minute and, yeah, he got charged with threats

to kill against me. Aki was sentenced to two and a half

years, but there was no When he got out, an extraordinary

sexual offences order was made banning him from touching,

feeling or measuring muscles. Loitering near schools,

gyms or sports clubs, going into Widnes,

Warrington or St Helens. What's it like being someone

who sent down Purple Aki? To be honest, when I'd done it

I was like, "Why the hell have I just done this,

it is going to make my life hell," and I ended up moving down here,

it changed my life completely. Just to be on the safe side,

and that's 16 years later, you know? I tracked him down to an address

in Liverpool and got a number So I got a letter

back from Aki saying, "Could you please stop

calling round to my home? You have my solicitor's

name and number." It's odd to have heard back

from a man who at the start I wasn't even really sure existed, and now

I have something physical and real. This is a man who is known

for harassing people and he sent us a letter saying to basically

stop harassing him. A few months ago, Aki

got the sexual offences The judge agreed muscle-touching

wasn't a sex crime. He may no longer inspire fear,

but he still haunts people. I didn't tell anyone I was pregnant

until after Gary's funeral, The timing didn't seem

right to tell people This is Jamielee.

This is my daughter. For a lot of people it's a joke,

he is a bogeyman, my boyfriend says people walk through town

and if they see him they will take A lot of people aren't aware

of what happened to my dad. It's a sickening dip in my stomach

because that actually happens Do you think people

know who he really is? Even from someone whose

life he has affected, Wow.

The Labour Party is caught up in a new row after Jeremy Corbyn's team

issued a document naming MPs it claims have abused him and his

allies since he became leader of the Labour Party. Mr Corbyn has defended

the list, saying statement anybody made were made on the record,

although his team had said the document was a draft which was sent

out accidentally. Neil Coyle is the MP for Bermondsey and is among those

criticised. Let's speak to him now. What do you think? From what you

have just been saying, once again we see chaos and incompetence in the

heart of the leaders of this. Jeremy clearly knew about this list, he and

John McDonnell must have authorised it, and it is designed again to

encourage abuse and attempt at intimidation of MPs. We are so close

to the end of this leadership contest, people have the chance to

end this permissive culture of abuse that Jeremy has helped create if

they choose over in, and we can move on from this. I don't know what I am

alleged to have done and yet my name has been thrown out and I have

received a torrent of abuse overnight as a result. Have you said

Audrey did something credible since last September? I nominated Jeremy

last year, we have not had a debate, there has been no policy development

led by Jeremy as leader of the party. My criticism has been around,

what is it boaters need to see is focused on? What should Labour money

be focused on? I have been campaigning to save a post office in

my constituency this morning, voters need to see others on issues they

care about every day. I read an article

after the local elections in May with Jo Cox talking about what we

wanted to see from the Labour Party and how to improve our electoral

prospects. I suspect that might be it. I genuinely don't know what the

accusation is, but I have never engaged in personal abuse. Before I

was elected last year I worked for charities that tackled abuse of

disabled people and I helped tackle gender discrimination in the

workplace so I think my track record speaks for itself. What do you want

now? I have let the Chief Whip, the party general secretary know I am

upset, I let the leader know I am upset and wanted to know what I have

been accused of. I asked if I could receive a written apology from the

leader, this petty student politics, at least if it is retracted it will

help, but I will be talking to a lawyer tomorrow, because this is

defamation. I have been accused of abuse, that is completely

unacceptable and so unprofessional. So you are considering suing your

leader? Yes, and it would be the leader, not the party, because this

has been issued by someone in his campaign team, so it is not the

Labour Party. Suing him for defamation? Wow. It is the sorry

state Jeremy has taken the party into, 30 to 35% of members have not

voted yet because they are so disillusioned with what Jeremy has

done to the party. They have the chance before polling closes to make

sure we end this permissive culture, and in some ways, I have not

experienced the worst abuse that MPs get, women MPs get far more abuse

and Jeremy has failed to tackle it. We saw it after the launch of the

anti-Semitism report. I have spoken to Mr Corbyn myself, and I, if I had

more than two hands, I can count how many times Mr Corbyn has said, I do

not engage in abuse, I do not condone abuse, this must stop. When

he had the chance to speak in defence of a Jewish female MP who

was being abused, he failed to do it, and it is that lack of

leadership, that lack of control of the kind of support he has and the

people he has incited to commit abuse that is part of the problem.

How has he incited people to commit abuse? In failing to support her at

that event, he encouraged it, in failing to ensure the momentum is

controlled better and did not have this abuse and intimidation, look at

this letter, this list, it is designed solely to cause more

trolling and abuse and intimidation of the MPs listed. Go on the Twitter

feeds of any of the MPs on the list and you will see the kind of abuse

we have had to put up with as a direct result of being accused of

abuse without any evidence of a substance, without any

correspondence from the leader's office to me or my team. Without

using words that could not be used on morning television, what sort of

abuse have you had? I'm afraid I cannot repeat much of what I have

received! Give us the sentiment behind the rude words? Probably the

most polite is around being a traitor, but some of it is

anti-mainstream media, saying I should not be talking to the BBC or

sky about this. It is petty, nasty, most of it is a swear word and

things so I will not repeated. Last time I saw myself on Twitter I was

told off by my local members and I will not make that mistake again.

Thank you for talking to us, Neil Coyle, Labour MP, considering suing

the Labour leader. Your views are welcome, get touch.

Coming up: New rules for courts in England and Wales could spare

vulnerable witnesses from giving evidence live.

Let's get the latest weather update with Carole.

For some of us it has been a beautiful morning, for others it has

been pretty foggy, as you can see from our weather Watchers picture,

taken in Birmingham earlier. We have had quite a bit of fog and low cloud

shrouding the east of the country into the Midlands, it is starting to

melt away but it will be a slow process and on the east coast it

will not appear at all. But there will be a lot of sunshine, showers

in Northern Ireland and western Scotland, through the afternoon as

temperatures rise we could see torrential downpours across central

southern England. Temperatures up to 30, 31 in the south-east, the warmth

spreading northwards across much of the UK today. Through the evening

and overnight, we still have the showers, a weather front

coming from the West pushes steadily eastwards, engages with the showers

which reinvigorate them further so there is more energy in them. Again,

torrential downpours, the risk of flash flooding. For most of us it

will still be fairly muddy. Tomorrow morning, thundery downpours continue

to edge eastwards, the risk of flash flooding from those. Behind it,

whether coming from the Atlantic, fresher conditions, sunshine and

showers, the rain slowed to clear in the far south-east, but what a

change in temperatures, from 30 in London today to 20 tomorrow.

Hello, I'm Victoria Derbyshire, welcome to the programme

Theresa May gives the go-ahead for Britain's first new nuclear

Hinkley Point C in Somerset will become the biggest

building site in Europe - but critics are warning

Using your mobile when you're driving - it's against the law

but one in three of us admits doing it, according to new research.

Campaigners say the punishment if you're caught isn't tough enough.

We'll speak to a mum whose 13 year old daughter was killed by a lorry

Alleged rape victims and other vulnerable witnesses will soon

be spared the ordeal of appearing in court.

Instead, they'll be allowed to record their evidence.

Good Morning, here's Annita McVeigh in the BBC Newsroom

The government has confirmed that it's approving the controversial

Hinkley Point nuclear power station in Somerset.

Ministers have approved the deal for a new ?18 billion nuclear

power station in the UK but with new conditions attached.

The plant is being financed by the French and the Chinese

and the Prime Minister had postponed its approval

Greg Clark told the BBC about this. There are very, very important

relationships here. It's important that when we are considering, as we

are, a major upgrade of our infrastructure, especially in

energy, that we have in place a regime that, for all investors, for

all countries, allows the Government the kind of powers and scrutiny that

other countries have. Meanwhile, Simon Jack said it would be crucial

to see how the Chinese react to the new conditions.

What they want is one of their reactors here with British approval

which they can go and then sell around the world. I think it's going

to be very interesting to see the Chinese' reaction to this. They say

it's about foreign Government concerns, it's aimed directly at

China. They don't want to say, we don't trust you, but their reaction

I think to this is key, if they think that they are being told, you

haven't got a guarantee about Bradwell, they could still

reconsider, so we have to be a bit careful about saying it will

definitely get built. Leading health experts have warned

that the social care system is failing to meet the needs

of the elderly - as financial pressures force councils to restrict

the number of people they can help.In a new report, the Kings Fund

and the Nuffield Trust say that the local authority support

older people received, was based on where they lived,

rather than their need. The BBC will have to reveal

the salary details of all employees and presenters paid more

than ?150,000 a year, The proposal is part of the draft

for a new BBC charter which will be The BBC had argued against

the change, saying it would make it The World Anti-Doping Agency has

confirmed that the confidential medical records of five British

athletes including Chris Froome and Bradley Wiggins have been leaked

by Russian computer hackers. WADA said those behind the attack

were "criminals" trying to smear the athletes' reputations in revenge

for the exposure of Russian There's no suggestion of wrong doing

by the British athletes. Chris Froome's just issued

a statement; he says he's already discussed his asthma medication

with the media and the leaks simply British tourists have been caught up

in an explosion off the Indonesian island of Bali. A German woman was

killed and 20 people injured when the boat blew up near a port at the

east of the island. Reports suggest a faulty battery may be to blame.

The Foreign Office is helping UK holiday-makers.

is set to return to the campaign trail today days after being

The Democrats' candidate for the US presidency, Hillary Clinton,

is set to return to the campaign trail today days after being

diagnosed with pneumonia.Last night, her doctor said the politician

was recovering well and was "fit to serve as President

At the weekend Mrs Clinton appeared to stumble while leaving an event.

Her Republican rival Donald Trump has told a TV show he is healthy

despite his age and being clinically overweight.

I'm just about the same age as Ronald Reagan and Hillary is a year

behind me. I would say based on my life, I actually, I don't know if

this makes sense, I feel as good today as I did when I was 30.

South east China's been hit by what's said to be the country's

strongest typhoon in 70 years and it's sent a giant

inflatable moon careering through the city of Fuzhou.

Strong winds from Typhoon Meranti took the massive globe

off its moorings and it bowled over everything in its path.

It was installed for a festival which prominently features the moon.

Perhaps a bit too prominently this year!

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

A couple of comments about Neil Coyle beings on the list of those

accusing MPs of -- Jeremy Corbyn is no bully, you, however, Sir, Neil

Coyle are full of bull, one viewer says. London Fashion Week starts

tomorrow. Theresa May holding a reception tomorrow. A tweet saying,

I've been in the sector, still trying it hard to get a proper foot

in the fashion door. The fashion industry can charge thousands for a

shoe and still employs a non-paid worker. Thank you for those. Still

to come, the salaries of BBC employees paid more than ?150,000 to

be published. We'll talk about that later, and people using their

mobiles while driving. Paralympics GB are enjoying

their best ever performance at a Parlaympics, surpassing

the number of medals Yesterday there were gold medals

for Dame Sarah Storey, Hannah Cockroft and Kadeena Cox

as Para GB won 9 titles. My colleague Nick Hope has

been finding out. It's a brilliant Paralympics so far,

four Paralympics for GB. I'm joined by UK Sports director of performance

Simon Timpson. What do you put it down to? It's a athletes'

dedication, commitment and hard work that's enabled this wonderful

performance in Rio. Everybody was disappointed 4-4 years ago in

London. -- four years ago in London. We have Riz tonne the challenge of

increasing standards. It's been the most competitive Olympics ever, yet

Paralympics GB have had a fantastic time winning lots of medals. --

risen to the challenge. We have had bespoke packages, we

have had an economy going with the English Institute of Sport that's

provided more streamlined swim caps for the swimmers, we have worked on

Richard Whitehead's prosthetics helping him win gold, so lots of

things that make a big difference here inry wrote. At the start of the

Games, everyone was concerned with the worries about funding cuts, but

it doesn't seem to have materialised like that and the Paralympics have

excel?ed The Brazilians have done really well. We have had an electric

atmosphere and we have seen golds in almost every Rennes Jew we visitd

for Paralympics GB as well. -- almost every venue we visited for

Paralympics GB as well. You can catch the action on the BBC Sport

website and BBC Radio Five Live. Chris Froome says he has no issues

with the latest leak of confidential medical information,

which he says only confirms His statement comes after Russian

hackers revealed more medical records of athletes,

also including Sir Bradley Wiggins, gained from the World Anti Doping

Agency The hacked information mostly gained from the World

Anti Doping Agency. details "Therapeutic Use Exemptions"

allowing banned substances to be taken for athletes'

verified medical needs. Froome says he's openly

discussed his use of TUEs, saying in 9 years as a professional

he's required them twice, There is no suggestion that any

of the athletes are involved Leicester celebrated

an historic first win in the Champions League,

against Belgium side Brugge. It didn't take them long

to get the ball rolling, Mark Albrighton scored their first

shot, after 5 minutes. Riyad Mahrez curled

in a beauty before the break. And then added another

from the penalty spot Manchester City beat

Borussia Munchengladback So - after pressing the pause button

on Hinkley Point soon after taking office -

Theresa May has now decided to go ahead with the project to build

Britain's first new nuclear power But ministers say they have won

a new agreement with EDF - the French company building

the plant and have extracted what they are calling

"significant new safeguards". And the latest word from China -

which is helping to finance the deal - is that it is willing to accept

the government's new conditions. Well, let's get more on this from

our Political Guru Norman Smith. After the pause, she's now going

ahead with it, why? The stakes are too high. If Theresa May would have

said no, it would have been a body blow to relations with the Chinese

who're investing millions in Britain. There was also the concern,

particularly pro-Brexit that if Mrs Neigh pulled the blueing, what

message would that send out about the willingness to be open to

business -- Mrs May. Question marks about the economic implications,

huge project like this big boost not just for the economy but the economy

nationally, did we really want to wave goodbye to 25,000 jobs, what

would it have meant for other big infrastructure projects. We have

projects on HSII, Heathrow, and lastly, there is the energy

question, we have got to to something because we are running out

of juice, and the fact is, we have closed the coal mines, and we are

running out of North Sea oil. Government not so sure that with

wind and wave you can really do the deal.

Middle East or Russia for our energy supplies - faced with all that, I

think Theresa May took one long, hard look and decided, no option but

to give the go-ahead to Hinkley. What are the new conditions then?

Here is the rub. Number Ten are beefing if up as Theresa May really

getting to grips with the issue. She was surprised that David Cameron

hadn't got in place a security regime so that we could cast an eye

over who was looking to build nuclear power stations. In other

words, a sort of thank God Theresa May's got a grip of this issue. The

question is, is it all window dressing? All this security talk, is

it a load of fluff that doesn't amount to much. What it seems to be

is that the Government can in future say to countries that build nuclear

power stations in this country that if they sell part of the power

station to someone we don't like, we can say, no, that deal can't go

ahead. But is that really a whole raft of new security arrangements?

That's where a lot of the politics of this is going to be. Theresa May

marched this up to the top of the hill over the security issue and the

question now will be, has she actually got a new tough package or

is it really the same old deal negotiated by David Cameron? Thank

you very much. The Hinkley Point project is being

financed by France and China. Let's speak to our BBC China

expert Micky Bristow. Are China going to accept this? Yes,

as we indicated when we introduced this report, there's already been a

reaction from China. The UK company in China's helping build this

nuclear power station in Britain and it welcomes the decision, a very

swift response. It's been reported on China's official media already as

well, I just had a look before I came down to the studio. I wouldn't

be surprised if before too long the Chinese Foreign Ministry is

welcoming this decision as well. So they are quite pleased because once,

when the Prime Minister suggested that she was going to look again at

this project, China was angry about it and started to put pressure on.

The ambassador to Britain spoke out about how this could affect this

Golden relationship that David Cameron and George Osborne worked so

hard to establish with China and they were suggesting, if you don't

go ahead with this, what about all the other projects that might come

online. So they'll be happy about this decision. What is in it for

China? Well, China's on a major nuclear power station building

scheme, building mostly of course in its own country, but this is an

attempt at a chance to showcase what they can do on the international

scene. Also China, the economy there is slowing down slightly, so the

Government there wants to push its companies out into the wider world

to invest across the world to do business more with the rest of the

world. For the British Prime Minister to stop this project before

it actually got under way would. A good advertisement for Chinese

business so that's essentially what they are getting out of it.

Let's speak to Chris Huhne, the former Lib Dem Energy Secretary.

He was in that role between 2010 and 2012. Good morning, what do you make

of the deal now that it's going ahead?

This Is A Necessary Deal, Not By Any Means The Best We Could Have Struck,

But Necessary Because We Need secure long-term low carbon electricity to

make sure the lights stay on in the dark evenings in January and

February when we don't have any sunshine and there may not be wind.

It is not the greatest deal because our negotiators had to negotiate

with one hand tied behind their back. George Osborne in particular

was so keen, publicly so keen on nuclear that every time he made a

positive statement to the EDF price went up, so the reality is if you

want to do a good commercial deal your counterpart has to know that

you are able and prepared to walk away from the table, and if you are

not you will overpay. So it is not the best deal but it is a necessary

one to keep the lights on and ensure we have stable, secure low carbon

electricity for the future. The thing most people will be interested

in this morning is how it will affect our bills, and it will mean

that bills will be higher? We don't know whether it will mean that bills

will be higher because obviously the Government doesn't pay anything

until the plant is actually built. All the risk is taken by EDF, by the

French mega electricity company, they take the construction risk

along with their Chinese coinvestors and the British consumer does not

pay a penny until the plant is up and running, and nobody really knows

what prices are going to be then but we do know that we are going to have

to have low carbon electricity, and if you were going to run cold plants

or gas plants, this looks like a good deal. There ought to be a tax

on the polluting sources of electricity. If that was at the

right level to reflect the damage which we know they are causing, then

this would be a good deal for the consumer, and I think that is the

key thing we have to bear in mind for the future, this is secure low

carbon electricity for many generations to come. Thank you for

your time, Chris Huhne, former energy secretary.

It's estimated that doctors in this country see six cases of female

genital mutilation every week and yet, in the 30 years that FGM has

been a crime, it has never been successfully prosecuted.

In a report published today, MPs on the Home Affairs Select Committee

say that is a 'national scandal' and 'beyond belief'.

It's also calling on frontline professionals to face stronger

sanctions if they fail to report cases of FGM to the police.

The practice involves cutting off the female genitalia,

either partially or totally, and is sometimes also

We can talk to the Labour MP Naz Shah, who is from

the Home Affairs Select Committee, and helped with this report.

Also here to talk about this is Lisa Zimmerman, a secondary

school teacher and founder of the charity Integrate Bristol

Bethel Tadesse isthe first person in her family not to have faced FGM

Also with us, Commander Mak Chisty, the lead police office for FGM.

Why haven't we seen a single successful prosecution yet? Because

the way the law is set up, it is not set up to be... We have had one test

case in the last 30 years. The report is damning in terms of not

having any convictions. We have got 5000 people, we have not been

recording the crimes centrally, there is not enough effort going

into this, the Government has failed on this not just from a legal

perspective but in terms of reaching out to communities and changing the

perception of FGM, making sure people understand it is wrong, it is

child abuse, it is illegal, mutilation is not acceptable. There

are lots of reasons we have not had these convictions. Do you know how

many unsuccessful prosecutions there are? I know of one bored by the CPS,

that was a Dr Who had dealt with a lady who had given birth, so it was

not a classic case of FGM in terms of a child being taken abroad and

the parent or family being held to account, which is what we should be

doing, holding communities and parents to account for this barbaric

act, but that is not happening and that one prosecution was an absolute

shambles at the time. From a police officer's point of view, why not won

a successful prosecution? Success is not just about prosecution or

conviction, a lot is about intervention and safeguarding so I

don't want to miss that. There are some harriers to taking these type

of instances, there is the reluctance for people to come

forward, the closeness of a family unit, it is difficult to break out

of that cultural sense. And also parents sometimes take their

daughters abroad to places like Somalia or Ethiopia for this to

happen, would you be able to prosecute if it happened in another

country? The law does allow others to do that and we have done an

operation across 11 airports across the UK this summer where we have

engaged with 5000 people, referred 33 people to safeguarding

arrangements and arrested two people, taken one child into care,

so we are doing this to make sure we are hitting the right areas. I want

to ask you, Bethel, if I may, about your family and your experience.

Could you explain to our audience why you are the first person in your

family not to undergo FGM? My mother decided not to perform FGM on me

because she was educated and taught that it was the wrong thing to do,

that is where it stopped in my family, I was the first person to

not have FGM and my sister didn't either. Your mum did? Yes, she has.

Was that done by her mum? By a family member, yes. I feel education

is the only way to emphasise the fact that it is the only way to end

FGM happening. Your experience from Integrate Bristol, who are you

talking to? I don't do much of the talking myself because we have

around 100 young people, the older ones are very well trained and go

into schools, they do peer education and training teachers and police, so

most of the work is done by the young people. I started off

delivering with them and now they are much better than me, Bethel is

one of them. Naz Shah, you acknowledge it is complicated,

somebody is potentially not going to want to go to police to report their

mother, father or another family member, are they? Absolutely, it has

similarities to forced marriage, which is why the report has

recommended that we need a centralised unit where health and

education and the Government come together, so we are working across

the board, across authorities, raising awareness and supporting

young people and families, making sure we are working to eradicate

this practice, absolutely. Can I ask you about one of the recommendations

the report makes, tougher sanctions for front-line professionals who

don't report cases. What sort of professionals are you talking about

and what kind of sanctions? Give us an example of the scenario a

professional might find themselves in where they have a duty to report

FGM to the police? Let's look at FGM is child abuse. We need to accept

that FGM is child abuse and at the moment we have safeguarding measures

for any front-line staff under child protection that you have to report

that. What we are finding is that when it comes to FGM we are not

convinced that we were using that same safeguarding threshold, that

same yardstick, when it comes to child abuse. People do not

understand FGM is child abuse and we have to have that shift in culture

and people need to accept that this is what FGM is, it is about raising

awareness and having the confidence to say, this is what I understand it

to be, this is child abuse, it needs to be reported as it is, which is a

safeguarding issue under child protection and that is when we will

see a shift in patterns and prosecutions, when we go down that

route. If an individual front-line professional, and nurse, GP,

teacher, whoever it may be, understand it is child abuse and

does not reported, what should happen to them? Exactly what happens

when we have a usual case of child abuse, if you are not doing your

duty then you do not have a right to be in that job because safeguarding

children is absolutely paramount, it is incumbent upon us as

professionals regardless of our profession, if we see any child

abuse we reported and FGM is no different. It has to happen, if not,

you are not fit to practice your profession. If you are knowingly not

reporting it, absolutely. So somebody should lose their job, what

do you think about that? The system relies upon everyone working

together... What do you think about front-line professionals who

understand this is child abuse, and perhaps not everybody does

understand that yet, and don't go on to reported? It is a neglect of duty

and they should be held to account, and if it means losing their job

then so be it in line with their disciplinary code. Do agree? Yes,

but when it comes to professionals who don't know what is going on,

education is the most important thing, so they will know exactly

what to do. But if they are neglecting their duties then, like

Mak said, if it will take losing their job, it is child abuse. There

are some people who understand a bit thick, I can't get involved in this,

it may be FGM but for cultural reasons this girl may have undergone

this and I don't see it as child abuse. In a school, teachers?

Professionals. It is unlikely. A lot of teachers will not have had

adequate training and that responsibility is first for the

Government to make it statutory so that all children, not just girls

but boys as well, are given a safe space to discuss this and other

difficult issues. It is about breaking down barriers but I would

rather see the emphasis on protection, on ending the practice,

than on prosecution. In Bristol we have an amazing, everybody works

together, so we have health, the police, education, lots of

organisations working together, we share information, there are lots of

schools in Bristol that have had FGM education embedded across the

schools and that can be replicated but it would be faster and more

efficient if the Government passed legislation on it, and we are

hopeful now that Justine is the Secretary of State for Education

that it might happen. Just Dean Greening. Have you spoken about this

in schools? Yes, with Integrate Bristol. What response do you get

from pupils? Shock is the main thing when they find out what it is. After

that, interested in how to prevent it and how to know when to report

and things like that. I think young people and children have less

difficulty with the issue than a lot of adults, particularly adults like

us. They don't have a problem with these difficult issues, I haven't

ever come across somebody making an inappropriate comment or being

unkind. I have been in situations where we get disclosures in front of

other children and they have always been considerate about it. It is

important to make sure all staff, teachers, front-line professionals

know what to do with a disclosure. What do you do if a child says, this

is about to happen to me or has happened to me? You followed the

safeguarding procedures in your school, reported as soon as you can

to be safeguarding the need and you have to be absolutely sure it will

be dealt with appropriately, so you follow up. What should change as a

result of the report? One of the things is that we need to start

looking, one of the important things is when people think it is a

cultural issue, it isn't. Mutilation of a child, yet it is a cultural

practice but it is child abuse, and until we get that under

safeguarding, that every child has a right to live free of fear and a

right not to be abused, if we take that approach then culture does not

come into it, we do not have to think about cultural practices, we

will deal with children as equals and that is how we should do it. I

really want to see this unit, I have not been able to contribute to the

report, my colleagues did more work on it but I know that we really need

to have this single unit which brings everybody together and focus

on education and raising awareness and making sure that this stops. As

a police officer would that unit, similar to the forced marriages

unit, would that specific unit help you? It would help in terms of

bringing the information together so that we had a better profile in

terms of prevalence across the country, but also in terms of

spreading good practice like what is going on in Bristol, spreading out

across the country as well. I do agree that education has to be one

of the main thrusts to eradicate this. Thank you very much, all of

you, for coming on. Still to come: Using your mobile

while driving. More than us than ever are doing it. We'll spoke to a

mum whouz 13-year-old daughter was killed by a texting driver.

And protecting vulnerable witnesses, more on that.

The French firm EDF says it's delighted the Chinese have welcomed

the Government's decision to push ahead with the Hinkley point nuclear

power station. The Energy Secretary Greg Clark confirmed this morning

the deal was approved, but he said its conditions were being revised to

enhance security and give the Government more power in future

negotiations. The plant in Somerset will cost around ?18 billion to

build. Let's go live to Hinkley point and speak to our correspondent

there, Dave Harvey, good morning. What reaction are you picking up?

Good morning. There is a very good reason why they build new nuclear

power stations next to old ones. Here on the west Somerset coast they

have had nuclear power since the '60s, the blue buildings being

decommissioned. This will be the site of what will be Europe's

largest building site, some ?18 billion providing around 7% of the

UK's total electricity. They are building a huge plant over there

just to mix the concrete is a massive undertaking. Up to 5,000

jobs here at peak. They are familiar with the controversies over nuclear

power that have been going on for decades. This plant's been more

controversial than most, not just over the subsidies, guaranteed

prices for the electricity that will come out on here which on today's

money is about twice the going rate, although EDF and the Government say

in 10-20 years, that will look like a good deal but concerns too over

who will run it. It will be French and Chinese consortiums building a

nuclear power station in Britain. Theresa May tells us she has no

controls to ensure the British Government remains in control. I'll

tell you what, this plant will remain controversial for a good

while yet. Thank you very much. Elderly people

are being failed by the social care system because of financial

pressures on local councils according to health experts. A

report by the King's Fund and Nuffield Trust says that the local

authority support older people get is based on where they live, rather

than their needs. A Labour MP whose name was on a list

of those accused of abuse towards Jeremy Corbyn and his allies says

he's considering taking legal action against the Labour Leader. Speaking

on this programme, Neil Coyle says he does not know what he is supposed

to have done and that Jeremy Corbyn must have known about the list

before it was published. I'm upset, I let the leader know I was upset

yesterday and wanted to know what I was accused of. I asked if I

received a written apology, and this ridiculous petty student politics

list is retracted that would help but I will still be talking to a

lawyer tomorrow about this defamation. I've been, you know,

accused of abuse, that is completely unacceptable and it's so

unprofessional. So you are considering suing your leader? Yes,

and it would be the leader, not the party because this has been issued

by someone in his campaign team so it's not the Labour Party. Five

police officers face possible dismissal over the way they dealt

with the man who broke his neck during an incident outside a

nightclub. Julian Cole, a sports science student suffered severe

brain damage and was left paralysed after being arrested and restrained

by police in Bedford. The IPCC has recommended disciplinary action

against the five Bedfordshire police officers involved.

That's the summary. Join me for BBC newsroom live at 11. A couple of

comments from you about Neil Coyl, Peter says apart from the absurdity

of what is constantly being invented as abuse, it seems that the Labour

MPs need a dinner lady in the playground to separate them, bang

their heads together and tell their mum! They want to run the country, I

wouldn't give them an interview for a lollipop warden, they are

pathetic. Lee says, they are acting like petty school children, get on

with holding the Conservatives to account instead of in-fighting. Many

comments about people who drive and use their mobiles. I'll read some in

the next half hour when we are going to discuss that in more detail.

Before that, the sport with Jess. With four days still to go, Great

Britain are enjoying their best ever performance at a Paralympics. Hannah

Cockroft won her second gold, one of nine activitieses for Paralympics

GB. They have 95 medals overall, surpassing the London total. Chris

Froome says he's no issues with the latest leak of confident fshl

medical information, Russian hackers have revealed the medical files of a

number of athletes, including Froome and Bradley Wiggins but Froome says

he's already openly discussed banned substances he uses for verified

medical reasons. What a start for Champions League life for Leicester.

Mahrez scored twice as they beat Brugge 3-0 in Belgium in their first

ever match in the competition. Manchester City beat Borussia

Monchengladbach but Spurs lost to Monaco. The ECB has announced plans

for a new Twenty20 competition to run alongside the Blast. It's hoped

it will rival the Indian Premier League and Australia's Big Bash. It

could start as early as 2018. That is all the sport, more on the

BBC News Channel throughout the day. Thank you very much.

The number of drivers who use their mobile

phone behind the wheel is at "epidemic proportions".

That's according to the RAC, whose latest research found one

in three people admitted to using a phone while driving

The problem is even bigger among younger people, with some videoing,

tweeting and playing games at the same time as driving.

If caught you can get 3 points on your licence and a ?100 fine.

The Dept of Transport is consulting on whether to increase this to 4

penalty points on your licence - or 6 if you're a lorry driver -

Everyone knows it's dangerous so why are more and more people doing it?

We can speak now to David Bisley from the RAC,

Also with us is Mitchell Copus who is a young driver

and Nazan Fennell who has campaigned on this issue since her 13 year

old daughter Hope was killed by a lorry driver who was texting

And in Nottinghamshire is Liese Bowers-Straw ,

who was seriously injured in a motorway pile-up caused

by a woman who was driving while on her phone.

But before we talk to our guests, an American phone company has

launched a hard-hitting campaign to raise awareness of the dangers

The ads are shown in cinemas and on TV, and it has

been shared over seven million times online.

It lasts just over a minute. It's been shared over seven million times

online. Here is an extract. If you have young people in the room, you

may want to remove them. It will still be there

when we get back. Everyone loves the picture

I posted of you. VOICEOVER: AT remind you,

it can wait. Very, very powerful. Phones were a

factor in 492 accidents in Britain in 2014. Minimal penalty ?100, three

points, a survey found one in three people have used a phone behind the

wheel. It's illegal to use your phone while driving even at traffic

lights. Texting whilst driving is worse than drinking, research has

found. Let's talk to our guests, welcome all of you. David, people

hate seeing others using a phone while driving but a lot of us do it

ourselves don't we? Unfortunately, yes. Around a third admit to making

or receiving calls in the last 12 months when you are on the move.

Nearly 50% if you incollide stationary traffic. The same

percentage two years ago was only 8%, that is I think partly due to

the fact that more people are using their phones. It's also partly due

to the fact that people actually find it socially acceptable to do so

and they are prepared to admit to it. Are more people doing it or is

it that more have the phones? A bit of both I think. What effect does

the distraction of a phone have on somebody's driving ability? It's the

ability to deal with the unexpected. When driving, you have no control

over other people and, even just for a melt, you glance down to a phone

or you're thinking about the content of the message, you are not

focussing on the road. Wen when the unexpected thing happens, you can't

react. Nazan, the lorry driver that hit

your daughter was texting at the time. Tell our audience about it? It

was on a Monday, just a normal day. Hope went to school in the morning

and I went to work. After work, I came home and was preparing my

children's dinner, as usual. Hope was a little bit late. I wasn't too

worried, it was just half an hour, she was only just 13, she'd just got

into make-up and, you know, just doing the shops on the high street

and I wasn't worried. Then it got to almost an hour. Two police officers

were there, they came to tell me about what's happened to her. They

told me that Hope was riding her bicycle from school which was only

two roads away from home. She was riding from school back home and at

a crossing she saw traffic stationary, she attempted to cross

in front of an 18 tonne lorry. Now, the lorry was stationary, she walked

in front of it and the lorry driver also at that moment started going

forward. He never saw Hope. His 18 tonne vehicle went over my tiny

daughter, you know, and he was stopped by the people on the high

street. This happened at rush hour so the high street was full of

school children and commuters and other people, so despite the

terrifying scene, people saw exactly what happened, she was struck down

by the lorry, stuck under the vehicle for 20 minutes. Because of

the size to have the vehicle he couldn't free her. In the meantime

he was deleting the text messages? He was exchanging text messages with

his girlfriend. There was about 16 messages in 20 minutes. It was a

heated argument which means he was more involved, so he'd even less

attention paying on the road. So, you know... It's unimaginable, what

you have been through. She was under the wheels trapped, you know.

Mitchell, you are a young man, clearly, are you tempted to use your

phone at the wheel? From people's point of view that you have all the

inNorwich Unions of social media, Facebook Instagram and I think that

young people have that addiction where a notification goes off, a

sound alert and the sound alone can drive your attention away from the

road. People are four times more likely to use their phone than at

any other age research shows. Something I thought of that could be

a solution is that we have aeroplane modes which disable our phone, can

we get something if we work together with mobile phone companies or the

law, where our phone is paired to our car, can be disabled on a car

mode which then could help drivers not be distracted by their phone and

alerts. Let me bring in Lees. You were in an

accident involve involved with 17 other vehicles, caused by a woman

who was on her phone for a time, is that right? Yes, I was on the M1

during rush hour and all I remember were headlights coming towards me

that I couldn't work out. A lady was going southbound on the M1 while I

was going forth bound, she was in the outside lane and whilst on her

phone, she hit the rumble strip because she'd not been

concentrating. She then veered over into a lorry, causing the lorry to

jack life, right the way across the M1 in front of me, killing somebody

instantly and doing serious damage to a lot of other people. What do

you think about what she was doing and how it's impacted on you? The

impact on me is colossal. I've gone from being a career woman, loving

work, travelling all oaf the country to, as you can see, somebody who is

a shadow of themselves. I've lost all of my identity. What I think

she's doing is completely wrong and she actually sat at the scene of the

accident deleting her call register and her text messages to deny all

knowledge of doing it and I just think, I don't really have words for

it, it's abomination I think. What do you think of the idea of

having a car mode for the phone to stop us being tempted and

distracted? I think it makes a lot of sense. The difficulty with

relying on the Bluetooth connection is very often it is the people who

don't have hands-free and Bluetooth that are the biggest problem. But

there will be a technology solution, I'm sure, that will help us on this,

we just haven't found it yet. I think that the technology is already

there, I think the US is ahead of us more for finding solutions about

this. Oprah started a campaign called No Phone Zone which has been

going on for about ten years now, and her campaign, basically, the

campaign we had about smoking and how much it was a socially

acceptable thing and the way we tackled it and made it anti-social,

basically you put stickers in the cars, saying no smoking, we could

have the same thing, so Oprah was giving out free stickers at every

petrol station, you can pick up a sticker with the red sign with the

phone inside and across, like with no smoking, so everybody can... It

is about raising awareness. Making the comparison with smoking, Nigel

has e-mailed to say, the ban on the use of mobile phones was introduced

in 2003, 13 years on it is widely broken. The ban on smoking in public

places, nine years on it is universally obeyed.

So we have to make it as socially unacceptable as drink-driving, as

smoking in public places? Absolutely, yes. And I think new

cars that are being made are having Bluetooth and stuff so I think it is

just a matter of time. Thank you all very much.

The Department for Transport told us it is totally unacceptable

for motorists to endanger lives by using hand-held mobile

"Offenders already face serious offences such as causing death

by dangerous driving, which can carry a substantial prison term.

We have also proposed tougher penalties for mobile phone use

to act as a deterrent and ensure it is not tolerated."

All vulnerable victims of crime and witnesses in England

and Wales will be allowed to pre-record their evidence.

This is what the Justice Secretary and Lord Chancellor,

Elizabeth Truss, had to say about the measures.

This is about making sure that vulnerable victims and witnesses,

particularly children, don't have to relive

the trauma of what's happened to them in open court.

They can testify in advance and be cross-examined in advance,

and we'll be rolling this out across the

Our legal eagle Clive Coleman has been looking in to it.

This marks a change in the way we do serious child because from 2017 all