22/09/2016 Victoria Derbyshire

good morning. welcome to the programme.

A state of emergency has been declared in North Carolina

after a second night of violent protests after a black man was shot

We'll be talking to protestors who were there.

They said, hands up, he got a gun, he got a gun, pow pow pow pow. He

had no gun. People were calling my phone saying that my brother had a

gun, he had no gun. the skin on the right side

of her head melted after a brutal Now Adele Bellis tells us

she thinks her attacker is a victim too and she wants to get

this message across. I want to use my experience to teach

people about healthy and unhealthy relationships. We will be speaking

with Adele in the next few minutes. And a warning that these little

batteries found in books and toys like this can be fatal

if swallowed by a child. say they've seen a big

increases in cases. We'll talk to the mother of a child

severely injured by one. These batteries set up

an electrical circuit, so actually they start to act

and change the tissues in your device, they're just

doing it in your child. Hello.

Good morning. Welcome to the programme,

we're live until 11. A little later in the

programme we'll talk about addiction

to painkillers, and we'll hear how a drug that costs

just 43p a day and could save the lives

of thousands of women with breast cancer isn't

being prescribed because of a bureaucratic row

about who pays for it. Do get in touch on all the stories

we're talking about this morning use the hashtag Victoria live

and If you text, you will be charged Our top story today,

protests have erupted city of Charlotte, over

the death of a black man who was shot by police,

the latest in a long list Riot police have been firing tear

gas to disperse angry crowds in the city centre,

and the governor of North Carolina Gary O'Donoghue reports

from Charlotte. We can speak now

to David Sentendrey, a reporter for the news station

Fox 46 in Charlotte, Tell us about last night, how was

it? Last night was intent, it started after the shooting death of

this man, Keith Lemar Scott, friends and family say that he was unknown

at the time, a warrant was being served for someone else, not for

Keith Lamont Scott but he was there when they arrived and they say that

there was a confrontation, they had no other choice but to shoot at him

and he died. Road tests erupted within hours, protesters were

sprayed with tear gas, taking to the streets. They shut down an entire

stretch of this highway, throwing rocks at cars, lighting things on

fire, it got real nasty, a lot of police officers were injured. Things

got worse tonight. In what way? We thought the other night was the

worst, but Sharman was shot tonight. Protest is not just from Charlotte,

North Carolina, but all around the country. -- prose protest thes.

Protesters from all kinds of states. -- protesters. There was shooting

tear gas, and they were kicking it right back. One person was shot. We

do not know what happened, we do not know who it was or who the suspect

is, but we know that the person that was shot was a protest, the person

who shot him was a protest, right now, that person has

life-threatening injuries. He is on life support. Thank you. We can

speak with a couple of people who were at the protest last night.

James says that he was pepper sprayed by the police.

Deandre, What is it that you want? I want peace and I want justice.

INAUDIBLE Why are you there? What have the

protest been like? I'm not going to stand around and let people get shot

that are innocent, there is no accountability for the police force

in America these days. A state of emergency across the area, explain

to the British audience what that means from the point of view of the

police. From a police point of view, a state of emergency is a warning to

let police officers know how severe this incident was. In the manorial

community. -- minority community. What would you predict is going to

happen over the coming days? I really don't know, I'm afraid it is

going to get worse, I would like to directly address the shooting, if

that is possible, I was about 20 feet from the police line, when the

shooting started, the " shooting", I was there from three or four hours.

I never heard a gunshot, I heard multiple concussion grenades, flash

bangs, tear gas canisters, lots of rubber bullets. What I witnessed

personally was the riot police, they created a line, originally,

protesters began swarming around them, there had been no violence or

property damage up until that point. Then the police began shooting

rubber bullets almost point-blank at protesters and I saw the man who was

shot in the head, I was running as a street medic, I saw the man get

shot, with many other people, stumble back and fall, and I ran

over to him, and there was already an individual putting a T-shirt on

the wind, he was bleeding profusely. At least two litres of blood on the

pavement. Another man stabilising his neck. I pulled down a lot of

surgical gauze, we began applying that. I never heard a gunshot all

night. I never saw any confrontation between protesters. I did not see

any brain matter or exit wound or anything of the sort, what I saw was

what looked like somebody got shot in the side of the head and the

temple with rubber bullets. Thank you very much, both of you, for your

time. More on that throughout the morning of course. The rest of

today's news: US military is investigating whether a shell fired

at an Iraqi base where American troops are stationed contained a

chemical weapon. Initial tests showed a residue of a mustard agent,

a second was negative. The missile fragments, fired at an near Mosul,

are now being examined further, no one was injured in the attack by

so-called Islamic State militants. UN officials say they're ready to

resume aid deliveries in Syria. It comes after 20 people were killed in

an air strike on an aid convoy on Monday. The US Secretary of State,

John Kerry, has told the UN Security Council that all aircraft in key

areas of Syria should be grounded so that a ceasefire deal can be

extended. Moscow has denied any involvement in the attack. Research

suggests that thousands of women with breast cancer could be missing

out on cheap drugs because of a lack of national guidance on who should

fund them. A survey by the charity Breast Cancer Now suggests one in

ten deaths could be avoided if more post-menopausal women had access to

drugs - known as bis-phos-phenates - which are more commonly used to

treat the bone disease osteoporosis. NHS England says their use will be

considered in upcoming guidance. Doctors are warning of the dangers

of button batteries following a sharp rise in the number

of children swallowing them. The batteries, typically

used in watches, can get lodged in the oesophagus

and cause severe internal burns. Great Ormond Street hospital

in London says it's now treating a child a month for injuries

caused by the batteries. And we'll have more on that story

just after half past nine when Victoria will be speaking

to a mother whose daughter was burnt A BBC News investigation has found

that tens of thousands of operations were cancelled at short notice

by English hospitals last year but were not counted in official

figures for last-minute delays. Hospitals have to record operations

postponed on the day Trusts in England show

that 41,500 operations were called off within

one to three days. NHS England says less

than 1.0% of patients see their operations cancelled

at what they call "the last minute." The provision of free IVF fertility

treatment on the NHS in England has fallen to its lowest

level since guidelines Figures released by the charity

Fertility Fairness show a steady decline in the number

of NHS providers offering the recommended three cycles

of treatment to couples The victims of the Hillsborough

disaster will be posthumously awarded

the freedom of the city Earlier this year an inquest ruled

that the 96 Liverpool fans who died in a crush at the stadium

in Sheffield in 1989 Relatives of those who died

will accept the honours Hundreds of nursery

schools in England could close if the government

presses ahead with plans to offer 30 hours a week of free

childcare to working parents. That's the warning from the school

leaders' union, the NAHT. There are around 400

state-funded nursery schools, which have to employ more highly

qualified staff, Ministers say they will provide

extra funding for two years to help Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg

and his wife Priscilla Chan, say they'll spend three billion

dollars over the next to cure, prevent or manage all

disease by the end of the century. The money will be invested

in scientific research including the creation of a new bioscience

research centre in California, and plans for a chip

to diagnose diseases. That's a summary of the latest BBC

News - more at 9.30. Later on in the programme, more on the dangers of

those button batteries, on Facebook, Matt says, proper catch and screwed

to get them secure should be law, and if they are such a danger, why

have manufacturers not been told to do that already. Time for the sport.

Jess is in Salford. Good news for Manchester United supporters. Yes, I

think Jose Mourinho side a little sigh of relief last night, because

they beat Northampton town, and this win ends a run of three straight

defeats, but Manchester United were far from convincing in the first

half, they went ahead but they were pulled back to 1-1, when Northampton

scored a penalty, just before the break. Manchester United did

improve, two more goals saw them win 3-1. So on they march to the fourth

round. And what a tasty tie we have in prospect. A Manchester derby.

United versus City. Mourinho versus Guardiola. The game will be at Old

Trafford in October and it will be the second meeting between the two

in as many months. You'll remember City beat United just a couple of

weeks ago in the league. What makes this interesting though, both teams

with new managers this season, but fairing rather differently so far.

Jose Mourinho and Manchester United have had a poor run of form where

Manchester City are yet to lose under Pep Guardiola, this season,

and sit top of the Premier League, so this is sure to be one of the

interesting fourth-round ties. Andy Murray questioning the idea of

playing the Davis Cup at a neutral venue. All part of a revamped by the

governing body, the ITF, cities will be able to bid to host the Davis Cup

and fed cup finals. Currently the host city is selected

by one of the finalists, but the ITF President David Haggerty

says he's on a mission to improve Andy Murray, who had a big hand

in Great Britain winning the Davis Cup last year,

says he's "not sold" on the idea of a neutral venue because he enjoys

the home and away aspect Other proposals by the ITF include

shortening Davis Cup matches from best of five sets to best

of three, and doubling the number of teams in the top tier

of the Fed Cup to match Nothing is set in stone yet though,

the changes have to be agreed at the ITF's annual general meeting

next year, so are unlikely to be Full round up of this morning's

sport just after 10 o'clock. And the headlines

before that at 9.30. Good morning, coming up to 915 AM.

The woman who had acid thrown in her face, effectively melting the flesh

on the right side of her head and causing her to lose an ear, tells

this programme that she thinks her attacker is a victim as well.

24-year-old Adele Bellis was the victim of an acid assault two years

ago, her ex-boyfriend had paid an accomplice to throw the chemical

over her as she walked to a bus stop on her way to work. She has written

a book about her experiences, and she is here. We are going to shows

images of these injuries, which I know that you are comfortable with

arson showing to the audience but just to say, if you have one young

children you may not want them to see these images. How are you? I am

good, I feel like myself again. After the last two years, finally, I

feel like myself again. Why have you written the book? Semi-people knew

me for the acid attack, that was the last thing that Anthony did to me, I

wanted to let everybody know how we got to the acid attack, and all the

abuse I suffered for six years. It was emotional control, physical

control, it is that stage of a mystic abuse that I went through. I

am going to ask you about that, effectively over a seven-year

period, I wonder if you will tell us, for those who do not know, what

happened on that day in August two years ago.

It was just a normal day, I was walking to the bus stop talking to a

friend, and then this hooded guy in a tracksuit, he was jogging and had

a bottle in his hand, and I felt wary of him because he had a scarf

covering his face, so I remember leaning as he jogged past me, but

once you pass me, I was oblivious to where he went and a few minutes

later, I just went like that with my head, and he chucked a liquid over

me, my first thought was, I have to go to work with wet hair, but in

seconds, it was just burning, and I was running around, and the pain, I

just can't describe it. What was the reaction of people in cars,

commuters. Everyone was going to work, it was a busy road, I was

running in and out of the traffic, because every time I ran, it ease

the pain, and I was crying for water, people were coming out of

their houses with water, but as soon as they chucked it over me, it

started a reaction again and it was smoking, so I was just running again

because it was burning, people were taking their jackets off to put

around my hair because my hair was dripping and it was going all down

my back. But then I can't remember much after that. You have talked

about the pain of the burning. Could you feel that your skin was

effectively melting? I could feel my face going all tight and it felt

like I was melting away, and I'm are going, I have lost my ear, I have

lost my ear! People were saying it was still there, but it shrank and

died, so everyone was saying, it is still there, because it literally

were still there, it had got smaller. And then I lost it in the

end, but I knew it was the right side, I just felt that my face was

just melting, that I was just melting, basically. This had been

carried out by somebody who had been paid to do it by your ex-boyfriend.

Yes. Who you had met when you are 16, and had been together with on

and off for seven years. When did he start to want to control you, and

what aspects of your life did he try to control? He controlled what I

wore, what friends I would see, I wasn't allowed to see my friends, it

was on and off. I got away from him, I went on a cruise ship for a year,

I came back blonde, and then I ended up back with him, and he made me go

brown, stuff like that, I wasn't allowed to be blonde. If we would

argue, he would break all my make-up, my hairdryer, make me feel

awful inside. It was more emotional, it was the control of it, he would

threaten me and my family, so if I did get the willpower to leave, I

would think, I am never going back, but he would take the willpower of

me because he would know how to get me back because he would threaten

me, and I would run back because I didn't want my mum and dad, he would

threaten to come to the family home. And he was in and out of prison, but

when he was in prison, I went out one night and I came back and I had

had a brick through my window because I went out, and a phone call

from the prison, this is just the start, so whether I was with him or

not, it was still hell, so it was easier to be with him and deal with

it. And the threats were to kill you, to harm your mum and dad, to

harm your brother, which is why you thought it is easier and safer to

stay with him, however controlling he was. I didn't want to put my

family through it, so I just dealt with it. My mum and dad hate that I

kept so much from them, but I felt I had to protect my family. It was

easier to stay with him and nobody would be harmed other than me. And

he would also break down in tears and apologise and tell you how much

he loved you and send your flowers to work and gifts and everything.

Yes, he would make me feel sorry for him and think, that is not his

fault, or he won't do it again. Every time he would hit me, he would

cry and say he was sorry. It was more the pestering side,, if he hit

me, you would say, I want to be with you, come and meet me, come and see

me, and I would say, no, I don't want to see you, you hit me, but he

said, I will come to your house, so I would meet him, and then it would

happen again. He kidnapped you one day? He false imprisonment, yes, I

didn't think I would come out of my house. You had gone round to say,

this is it. I wasn't even with him, and I was getting flowers at work,

and people were cooing over them thinking, but I was thinking that

they were from him, so I went to see him to say, stop sending me flowers,

stop messaging me. He was drunk, he locked me in his flat, he wouldn't

let me out. I think I got out at two o'clock in the morning. He beat me

up. As soon as he punched me, he would go to the freezer and get ice

for my eye and say, if you tell anyone, you are dead. I then knew he

was capable of stuff. Let me ask you about your recovery, you were taken

to hospital, many skin grafts, operations and so forth. When was it

when you felt able to look in the mirror? It was quite a while. I

think it was three or four weeks. It was before I came out of hospital,

because they said we are not letting you leave until you see yourself.

The day I went in, my best friend came in the ambulance with me,

because my mum and dad were on holiday, and there was an error, and

I didn't want to look at it. It was by accident, I was in hospital and I

went down to WH Smith in my wheelchair, and at the back of the

door, there was a mirrored door as you walk in and out, and suddenly I

found myself, and I was bandaged up, and to be honest, it wasn't as worse

as I was expecting, because I had my eyes and nose, it all went in my

eyes and I knew they had deleted it, but I didn't know what I look like.

I couldn't see the side of my face, but I knew my face was still there.

It was when you are in hospital at the police came and you told them

everything, because you finally felt safe. And just the list in the book,

you told them about the time he held you hostage and punched you in the

face, which we have just talked about. About when he hits you in a

hotel room, he smashed up your make-up, threatened to kill you,

made you get a train home from a party by threatening to kill your

family, bullied you into sex, threatened and film due, checked

your phone, insisted you didn't have Facebook or speak to boys, go home

early even on holiday, got his sister to beat you up going on

holiday. And it was then you realised you were in an abusive

relationship, only venue realised it was domestic abuse. I always kind of

knew that it wasn't right how he treated me, but I think I was in

denial. My friends would tell me to leave him, and I knew I had to, but

it was just like, how do I leave him? Because if I did, he was on my

case anyway. It was how do I get out and have nothing to do with him? He

would be constantly pestering me to get me back, and I would go back to

him, and my friends were like, you have gone back again, and it was so

hard for them to understand what I was up against. So what would you

say to people who might recognise what you are describing and thinks

they are in some kind of horrific controlling relationship but don't

know what to do and how to get out? If you have a gut feeling that you

are being controlled or anything like that, you just need to leave,

and have the willpower, you need to get the willpower, because the

longer you are there, the more you get in and it is just so hard to get

out and they get more evil. You just need the willpower. If you know in

your gut, you just have to leave. If I left when I had my gut feeling, I

would be away from him years ago. But you were young, you were 16. You

don't think, I am in a domestic abuse, abusive relationship, do you?

Exactly, that is why I want to start campaigning to go into schools. From

16, he was my first proper relationship. I think they need

guidance of what a good relationship is and what's not, of the control,

just so that they are educated in it. If I knew a bit, I would have

known a lot sooner. Your ex has been jailed for a long time. There were

several others involved, including the man who threw the acid on that

morning as you walked to the bus stop, Jason Harrison. He was jailed

for four years, and has written to you from prison to say sorry. How

did you react when you first read his letter? I was angry at first, I

felt it was more about himself. But as time goes on, I kind of

understand that he was a victim of Anthony as well as I was. I

understand the pressure he was under, the threats of his family and

himself, because I went through it myself. And Anthony Riley threatened

him and damage to his girlfriend? Yes. I will never forgive him for

it, he has disfigured me, he didn't have to do that. But I understand

what he was up against. I have some comments for you from people who are

listening to you this morning. Wayne says, so upsetting to see that

someone would want to put another person through such hell, and says,

this woman is beautiful, I love her, I can't believe someone could do

that to her, what a horrible world we are in. But ultimately, you have

a message of hope in your blog. Yes, each chapter of my book is a form of

domestic abuse, so I think that will help readers to get what types of

domestic abuse there are. I used to think it was more physical, but it

is more emotional in the head that he used to control me. Rebecca says

on Twitter, the woman on your show is an inspiration against abuse, she

is beautiful inside and out. And what a terrible story, words can't

cover it, I am so impressed by this woman. Thank you! Thank you for

coming on. Adele's book, Katla brave, is out today. Next, Jeremy

Corbyn says he wants to wipe the slate clean if he retains his

position as Labour leader, and it is looking certainly will. You can

watch the results of the Labour leadership contest on Saturday from

11 o'clock on BBC Two and the new channel, and Norman Smith and myself

will bring you all the reaction. A lot has happened since Mr Corbyn was

first elected leader a year ago. # I eat my Sam Wood is on the train

and I feel like Jeremy Corbyn... He has been a fixture of politics for

30 years, a regular at marches. The our social solutions to problems,

and the answer is social solution at the end of the day. Jeremy Corbyn's

political life started in the 1970s, a trade union organiser and Labour

councillor in London. In 1983, just as Margaret Thatcher

was winning a huge majority, he entered Parliament. He has held his

seat ever since, winning last time with a 21,000 majority. But he was

always a critic of new Labour, voting against the party line more

than 500 times. The enormous death toll...

More recently, he chaired the Stop The War coalition. And he was a

leader in the adverse territory movement. But no one gave him a

chance when he entered the contest to succeed Ed Miliband as Labour

leader. His campaign started attracting large crowds, many

younger voters. In the end, he won decisively. Things can, and they

will, change. The new leader promised a new type

of politics. I sent out an e-mail to thousands of people, and asked them

what questions they would like to put to the Prime Minister.

But while he had the support of Labour members, Jeremy Corbyn has

never had the full backing of his own MPs. There were clashes over his

policies on Syria and a new generation of nuclear weapons. The

row came to a head after the EU referendum. One after another, his

top team walked out. There was a vote of no confidence, and a

challenge to his leadership. I have served in the best way I can, and

today I had to quit. But he refused to quit and stood again for

re-election. The Labour Party saw a big increase in its membership, but

the contest was at times bad-tempered, there were allegations

of abuse on both sides. Today this train is completely packed. There

was a row over space on the train network, he was accused of

exaggeration. There were lighter moments, a game of Pokemon and a

poor grasp of TV trivia. Do you know who these two men are? No, I do. I

cannot name them, I'm really sorry. Opinion polls suggest an easy

victory for Jeremy Corbyn. No longer the outsider, this time he is the

firm favourite. STUDIO: And in the next hour we'll

bring you a profile of Owen Smith. Do join Norman Smith

and I for the results of the Labour leadership election

in a special programme on BBC2 and the BBC News channel

from 11 on Saturday. Doctors are warning

that the little flat circular batteries found in books and toys

and known as button batteries can be fatal if swallowed by a child,

we'll hear from one mum whose And it's the split we're

all still talking about, removal vans have been arriving

at Brangelina's LA home, against his wife's claims that he's

got anger, drug and alcohol issues. We'll be finding out the latest

in about 20 minutes time. Protests have erupted for a second

night in the US city of Charlotte, over the death of a black man

who was shot by police. Riot police have been firing tear

gas to disperse angry crowds in the city centre,

and the governor of North Carolina A civilian who was shot

during the latest disturbances is reported to be

critically ill in hospital. The US military

is investigating whether a shell, fired at an Iraqi base

where American troops are stationed, An initial test showed

a residue of a mustard agent, The missile fragments,

fired at an air base near Mosul, No one was injured in the attack

by Islamic State militants. Research suggests that thousands

of women with breast cancer could be drugs because of a lack of national

guidance on who should fund them. A survey by the charity

Breast Cancer Now suggests 1 in 10 deaths could be avoided if more

post-menopausal women had access which are more commonly

used to treat the bone NHS England says their use will be

considered in upcoming guidance. Microsoft has been criticised

over its Windows 10 software by the consumer

rights group Which? Which?

says hundreds of complaints have including lost files,

emails no longer syncing, In some cases, it says users had

to pay for computer repairs. Microsoft has defended its software

and says it provides help That is a summary of the latest BBC

News, Moore at 10am. Manchester United will face neighbours

Manchester City in the fourth round of the English football League Cup

after beating Northampton town last night, 1-1 at half-time but

second-half goals from Ander Herrera and Marcus Rashford well enough to

set up another Manchester derby. Celtic are through to the semifinals

of the Scottish League Cup, but they left it late to get past League 1

side Alloa Athletic, the premiership champions join Morton and Rangers in

tonight 's draw. Yorkshire are clinging on to faint hopes of

retaining the County Championship title, thanks to a century stand

from Tim Bresnan and Andrew Hood on day two of their final match. Their

opponents Middlesex could win the title too. And Somerset are also

contenders, with two days of the matches remaining. And Andy Murray

says he's not convinced by plans to host the Davis and Fed cup finals at

neutral venues. He does though, welcome a proposal to shorten the

format of matches to three sets, and play finals across two days instead

of three. -- Fed Cup. Those are all of your headlines and I will be back

with a full update at 10am. Doctors at Great Ormond Street Hospital in

London are warning of the potentially deadly risk posed to

young children by button batteries, like these, I don't know if you can

see that, they are so small, absolutely tiny, difficult to see.

If accidentally swallowed, the small, round batteries can get

lodged in the oesophagus and burn a hole through its lining in a matter

of hours. Great Ormond Street has seen a big increase in cases in the

past year. One of our guests is here, Frankie, she is three years

old, you may have seen her... How are you? Her mother, Hayley Thom, is

also there, and also joining us, Professor Paolo De Coppi, Consultant

Paediatric Surgeon at Great Ormond Street Hospital. Tell us what

happens to Frankie, at 18 months. She started to become poorly, she

sounded like she had a chest infection. We took her to the

doctors, they said it was a chest infection and sent her home with

antibiotics. Two days later, she really began to struggle to breathe,

and so we called for an ambulance, which took us to the local hospital,

and they originally thought it was bronchitis, it was not until they

had done an x-ray that they could actually see the battery that was

there. At first we thought it was a coin, it was not until we went to

retrieve it that then we realised how serious it was. Unbeknownst to

you, for all of that time, it had been lodged in the throat and was

burning through the skin. Goodness me. In your case, in the end, a six

hour operation. Yes, she have that, to repair the whole of the

oesophagus and her windpipe. Is she all right now? You tell me. It has

been a long hard year, she has had to have a second operation, a second

six-hour operation, because the whole has reappeared. Where did the

battery come from? 3-D glasses that go with the television. One of the

catches, the kids watch the 3-D television for their films. The

catches are so easy to come off. How often do you see these cases?

Unfortunately we have seen an increase in this, one or two a month

coming in, and unfortunately, this story is not as happy as Frankie's

has been. These can kill? Absolutely, because what they do, if

they are stuck in the oesophagus, and then they make a whole, they can

make a whole. There is nothing we can do for them. -- hole. These

things are so tiny. You do not realise there could be any danger,

you would think they would go straight through and they go out as

waste. They can get stuck in different parts of the gullet, in

children, and the burning is a matter of hours, not days, in three,

four hours, they have started damaging the oesophagus. Frankie, we

are done, thank you so much for coming on the programme. I am really

glad that she is all right, thank you very much for telling our

audience about the warnings. Thank you very much. Bye! Bye!

There's been a second night of riots in the American city of Charlotte

over the death of a black man who was shot by police - Lots of you

getting in touch about this - Mohammed says "Shocking testimony.

Peaceful US protests turned violent as riot police shot rubber bullets

point blank at protesters heads." We will be speaking with plenty more

protest is and perhaps even the mayor of Charlotte, after 10am this

morning. Can problem solving courts help

families in a way that other courts New research has found

that the specialist Family Drug and Alcohol Court,

set up to help parents overcome their addictions

in the hope that their children won't be taken away from them,

is doing better when it comes to dealing with care cases,

than conventional family courts. Nearly 60% of mums who stopped

drinking or taking drugs after going through the specialist

Court in London That compares to just over 20%

of parents who had gone through the conventional family

courts. We can talk now to retired district

Judge Nicolas Crichton, who set up the first Family Drug

and Alcohol Court nine years ago, and also to "Mel", a former

alcoholic and drug user, Mel isn't her real name,

we're not showing her face to protect the identity

of her daughter. Thank you very much for coming on

the programme. I am going to talk about how the court works, then we

will talk about your experiences. Effectively, does it tell parents to

change or they will lose their child? That is the tough message we

have to deliver. But we also tell them that if they are illegally

willing to put in the work, then we will give them the support and being

courage meant that hopefully will maximise their chances of conquering

their problems and retaining all recovering the care of their

children. Your daughter was taken away from you when she was aged

nine, what state were you in? Rock bottom. I wanted support. I reached

out. I asked for it. I did not realise my child would be removed.

The space I am in the hour, due to going through that process, is the

best space I have ever been. At the point your daughter had been taken

away from you, you had been reliant on alcohol for 25 years. A life of

chaos, what people don't realise, what gets people in addiction, it is

so easy to see an addict, but it is usually some kind of trauma, in my

case, that was what got me to the point, there had never been any form

of intervention. Until this, which saved my life. Nicolas, how is it

different to the conventional family courts? How long have you got! We

have got plenty of time, we like to get under the skin of these issues

on this programme. Conventional family courts seems incredibly

punitive to parents. They come to court, of course, terrified because

they know they are at risk of having their child

removed, and they struggle to speak with social workers because social

workers say, unless you sort out your life, you are at risk of losing

your child, and when they come to court, they are very close to that.

About 80% of the cases we deal with in London have a significant drug

and alcohol component, lots of other problems as well, domestic violence,

abuse, housing problems, mental health problems, and so on. What we

have is 18 independent of social services but they work with social

services, we have a team of social workers, drugs workers,

psychotherapists, adult psychiatrists, domestic violence

experts, and parent mentors, parents who have been through the process

who are then linked with parents coming in. Because the message

coming from someone who has been there and done that, is much better

than someone in a position of authority. We are using the

authority of the court in a process to help people to turn their lives

around. Local authorities who are involved in the scheme will bring a

suitable parent to us, they meet the team, the team will carry out a very

thorough but very quick assessment, and produce an intervention plan

tailor-made for this family. The family are then asked, are you

coming in? They all want to come in. We then work very intensively with

them, and the message to them is that everyone in this court,

including social services, want you to be caring for your child. We will

give you all the support we possibly can, but at the end of the day, it

has to be something from deep in new that makes you want to turn your

life around. If you have got that, we will support you what is the most

challenging case that you have dealt with? They are all challenging

cases, Mel was a challenging case. She has had such terrible

experiences in her early life, we cannot go into the detail, but Mel

was a difficult case. The strength she found within herself, I don't

think she will mind me saying this, I would think at the beginning, we

did not expect her to make it through. And what she found from

deep within herself, and then the support that we were able to give

her when she had found that, produce, quite honestly, a

remarkable results. There has been a number of similar cases. Well done!

Thank you. Where did you find the strength from? At the end of the

day... Well... At the end of the day, I have children, I wanted to

live, I wanted to be a parent to my children, and I wanted to have a

quality of life... I did not want to be bullied, I did not want to be

controlled. I wanted the driving seat of my life back. That is what I

have got now. I wanted to survive. I didn't want to be a victim anymore,

I had been a victim for 25 years and it was time to stop. When your

daughter was returned to you, tell us what that is like? It was the

most amazing experience. The only thing is, people think, when you

abstain from drugs and alcohol, they think that you are healed, but that

is when the journey starts. Especially with children returning

home, again, you are dealing with the separation, the children are

affected, and that is when the support is really needed. It is not

abstaining from the alcohol, you still have a lot of baggage that you

are carrying. Constantly managing. Yes, but it is just, now, I live

real life. It is not easy. I have a lot of dips but I trust myself. If I

have a dip, I embrace it, I no longer put on a mask. The fact that

I can trust myself not to use anymore, toxic relationships,

friendships... No more toxic substances, no more toxic

relationships or friendships, that is the beauty of my life, life is

great. Really good to be doing a positive story with this kind of

background. Mel is not one of these, she is remarkable in her own right.

The we're a family courts routinely remove the fourth, fifth, sixth

child from the same family, and if we are not doing anything about

that, it is a failed system. Is it true that you have removed the 14th

child from a mother? Yes, I have. I know three judges who have had to

remove the 15th child from mothers, and there was a case in the media

earlier this year. This is almost hard to believe, a mother had her

17th child removed for the same reason. We reported on that story at

the time. Why is a woman continuing to get pregnant, to have children,

and then seeing them removed again and again? I think sometimes it is

because they lead chaotic lifestyles, and there is just no

management of their lifestyles, but I have also read a psychiatric

report were a mother said to a psychiatrist, every time they take a

child away from it, the only way I can deal with the pain of the loss

is to get pregnant again as quickly as possible. Now, we know from

research from Lancaster University that they disproportionately small

number of women are providing a disproportionately large number of

children for the care system. The emotional cost to those women and

their families, to their children, is immense. The financial cost to

the taxpayer is immense. And the financing is a very big issue. And

money is a very big issue in our society at the moment. But it isn't

just about money. It is about fairness. It is about making family

proceedings less adversarial, more compassionate, empathetic,

respectful. Allowing people to retain their dignity, because in

that way, you have an opportunity to change people's lives. And we are

demonstrating time and again through past research and research that is

being published today that we are producing sustainable change in very

difficult, complex lives. What is your relationship like with your

daughter now? My daughter has complex disabilities, but it is

great, she is happy, I am happy, the rest of my children are happy, my

family is happy. I think what happens, some professional bodies

just see an addict. With F-DAC, they kind of signpost you, I went to a

holistic rehab programme which, they are able to go in deep and bring out

trauma. I suffered sexual trauma and domestic violence of an extreme

nature for many years. This is no disrespect to social workers, you

are not going to open up to them, they don't have the skills, so until

you are signposted to someone who knows, and then they open up a

Pandora's box and start to let the demons out, then you can start to

heal, and what it was with my journey is the self-love. For years,

I didn't love myself, carried guilt and shame, but no one knew my story,

so once I was able to open up. And self-confidence, once a parent gets

the dignity back and has that, the opening is there, but I wanted it

myself. I wasn't people pleasing, I wasn't doing it for social services,

I wasn't doing it for FDAC, because of high was doing that, I was

setting myself up to fail. Even above my kids first of all, I did it

for me. So that is the key for people caught in addiction. So the

message today is keep financing this, because this is actually

working. It is working. We have the repeated research that shows that it

is working. Financing it is difficult. It was funded initially

by Government as a pilot project, and then they say you have to find

your own funding, we tried to find our own funding, local authorities

are cash-strapped the moment, we know that. We have been to

charitable foundations, they say we really like the work you are doing,

but we cannot fund projects that from our point of view are called

Government business. Thank you very much for coming on the programme.

Thank you. Retired district Judge Nicholas Crichton, and a former

alcoholic, Mel, whose daughter was taken into care, but she turned her

life around, and her daughter is back, the children are happy and she

is living! Hurray. Thank you for coming on the programme.

Thank you for your comments this morning about the interview with

Adele Baylis who was on earlier, she was the victim of an acid attack two

years ago. Ian says it is a credit to this young woman to have come

through such a terrible ordeal. Hopefully it seems to have made her

stronger. What a courageous woman speaking this morning, incredible.

And Catherine, similar, what an incredible, brave and inspiring

woman, thank you for sharing your story. Daniel says acid attack is

the cowards, many are treated to leniently.

And rich, you are brave and beautiful, very down to earth. Thank

you for those comment. Keep them coming in. Next on the programme:

Plenty more speculation this morning about what's behind the divorce

Marion Cotillard has denied any involvement. It is very unusual that

she has spoken out about this. As this situation is spiralling, which

we can agree it is, and affecting the people I love, I have to speak

up. She goes on to talk about her husband and how much she loves him

and that she is expecting their second child. She addresses the

media speculation that she is devastated, and says, thank you, I

am actually very well. And anyone quick to pass judgment from the

media, ice and silly wish you a -- I sincerely wish you a swift recovery.

Anywhere you read and look, there is news and websites full of theories,

more theories, further series, friends of Brad Pitt seem to be

coming into play. This is one of the biggest Hollywood celeb stories for

quite a long time. So all of these publications are going to be

battling with each other to try to get that exclusive, try to get the

rumour that might be true. So there are tonnes of theories about Brad

Pitt's behaviour. The Sun is reporting that he agreed to go to

therapy alcohol problems, but we find that with Marion Cotillard,

that has turned out to be false, we really can't trust anything that is

being said at the moment, and it is just a tabloid bunfight, and I don't

think we will ever really know. Is stuff coming from friends of

Angelina, friends of Brad? They say so, but they get paid a lot of money

to say things, and if you are really their friend, will you tell the

story? It is more perhaps like people who have worked for them, but

we haven't heard any of that stuff. I'm sure we will be talking about

this again tomorrow. Some comments from you about the

family drug and alcohol Court System. Duncan says it is the only

way forward, these addicts are victims who need compassion.

Ken says, this retired judges worth listening to.

David says huge compassion for a judge using the law to exercise

compassion. But Sarah says, the messages after two kids in care,

sterilisation. Adults want to put themselves before vulnerable kids'

life chances. FDAC has a 46% success rate in addiction recovery, and the

Government cut its money? And this text, these courts should be better

funded. We need more people like this retired judge with compassion

and common sense in our courts. Thank you to those. Still to come:

One in six of us thinks we could be addicted to painkillers.

We speak to a GP about how to manage pain safely,

and to a woman who at one point was taking 50 codeine pills a day.

Coming up to ten o'clock. We will bring you the latest news and sport,

but first a weather update with Peter Gibbs.

Thank you. We are sliding slowly into autumn. A little due and fog

around in Cambridge this morning. The cloud has moved in since that

was taken, but look at this big window of fine weather, most of us

will enjoy some good spells of sunshine through the rest of the

day. Just that bit thicker cloud lingering on giving a few spots of

rain, and eventually some showers moving into western parts of

Northern Ireland. This afternoon, the fine weather is set to stay with

us across Scotland, apart from one or two showers beginning to drifting

towards the Hebrides. The wind is starting to pick up across Northern

Ireland and West of Scotland. Across England and Wales, temperatures up

into the high teens with light winds, and that will feel quite

pleasant. Still the chance of a little light rain. Through the

ceiling and overnight, the showers will pick-up for a time of Northern

Ireland and Scotland. Most places end up with clear skies by the end

of the night. There could be temperatures tonight, but in towns

and cities, staying in double figures. In role spots it will drop

that little bit more. But then an goes the sunshine for the rest of

the day for most of the UK until the wind begins to bring raid into

Northern Ireland and West of Scotland again. Temperatures similar

to today, not far off the average per this time of year, and in the

sunshine, still feeling quite pleasant. It could get warmer still

for the start of the weekend, southerly winds driving in warm air

across rest of the UK for a time. But in the wind it will not be too

pleasant, particularly once the rain starts. But further east,

temperatures could get to 23 maybe even slightly higher. It will feel

like summer has briefly returned. Then the rain sweeps through all

areas during Saturday evening to Sunday, and we are back to the

sunshine again on Sunday. Feeling rather fresher once again by Sunday,

feeling like we are going back into autumn. Temperatures up and down,

some sunshine for most, but a little rainfall time, particularly through

the early part of the weekend. Good morning. Welcome to the

programme. A second night of violent protest in

the US city of Charlotte after police shot dead a black man two

days ago. They said, hands up, he's got a gun,

he's got a gun! He had no gun. People are calling my phone saying

that your brother had a gun. He had no gun. We will be talking to a

protester live in just a moment and looking at how many an armed black

people have been killed by the police in the States in the past two

years. Also on the programme, it is a drug that costs just 43p a day and

could save the lives of thousands of women with breast cancer, but it

isn't being scribed because of a bureaucratic row about who pays for

it. All the details. And we will be live at one of the UK's biggest

gaming conventions. I am at the UK's biggest gaming

convention. We will give you what all the fuss is about later on in

the show. Protests have erupted for a second

night in the US city of Charlotte, over the death of a black man

who was shot by police. Riot police have been firing tear

gas to disperse angry crowds in the city centre,

and the governor of North Carolina A civilian who was shot

during the latest disturbances is reported to be

critically ill in hospital. The US military

is investigating whether a shell, fired at an Iraqi base

where American troops are stationed, An initial test showed

a residue of a mustard agent, The missile fragments,

fired at an air base near Mosul, No one was injured in the attack

by Islamic State militants. Research suggests that thousands

of women with breast cancer could be drugs because of a lack of national

guidance on who should fund them. A survey by the charity

Breast Cancer Now suggests 1 in 10 deaths could be avoided if more

post-menopausal women had access which are more commonly

used to treat the bone NHS England says their use will be

considered in upcoming guidance. warning of the dangers of button

batteries, following a sharp rise in the number of children swallowing

them. Typically used in watches, toys and remote controls, the

batteries can be lodged in the oesophagus and cause internal burns.

One child a month is being treated for injuries caused by the

batteries. A BBC News investigation has found that tens of thousands of

operations were cancelled at short notice by English hospitals last

year, but were not counted in official figures for last minute

delays. Hospitals must record operations postponed on the day of

surgery or admission but data for almost half the NHS trusts in

England show that 41,500 operations were called off within one to three

days, NHS England says less than 1% of patients see operations cancelled

at what they call the last minute. An acid attack survivor has told the

programme that she thinks her attacker is a victim as well.

24-year-old Adele Bellis was the victim of an acid salt two years

ago, her ex-boyfriend had paid an accomplice to throw the chemical

over her as she walked to a bus stop on her way to work, she told

Victoria about the aftermath. I could feel my face going tight, felt

like it was melting. I thought I had missed my ear, it had shrunk it, and

then it's dissolved it and died. When I was saying, I lost my ear,

people were saying it was there, it was there, but it had got smaller.

And then obviously I lost it in the end but I knew that... I knew that

it was the right side, my face was melting, it felt like I was melting.

That is a summary of the latest BBC News, more from me at 10:30am. Wants

to know whether Mary Berry is going to Channel 4 or staying at the BBC?

I thought that you might. Here is a statement. " what a privilege it has

been to be part of the great British Bake Off. They have given me so much

joy and laughter. My decision to stay with the BBC is out of loyalty,

because they have nurtured me and the show. It was a unique and

brilliant format from Day 1. I hope they understand my decision, I wish

the programme crew and future bakers every possible success. I am so very

sad not to be a part of it, farewell to soggy bottoms. She will not be

going to The Great British Bake Off when it moves to Channel 4. So that

leaves just missed a Hollywood, because Mel and Sue ain't going,

Mary Berry is staying at the BBC Two. There was a photograph of Paul

Hollywood in various publications saying that he was on his way to

Channel 4. We will see what he has to say. Could The Great British Bake

Off work with Paul Hollywood as a judge if he decides to go to Channel

4, and three new people? We are yet to hear from him, but Mary is

staying at the BBC. She will not be going. Mary is an extraordinary

woman, loved and adored by the British public, and the BBC is a

natural home, says the director of content. I have had the pleasure of

working with her over the last seven years and I'm so pleased that the

elation she will continue, she's an inspiration to generation, a real

icon, I cannot wait to cook up more unmissable shows with her in the

future. Mary Berry is staying at the BBC, hurrah! Get in touch with your

reaction. Some tasty fourth-round ties ahead

in the EFL cup next month, Liverpool will take on Tottenham at Anfield,

West Ham United will host Chelsea, in an all London derby, arguably the

biggest tie of the lot, at Old Trafford, the two Manchester sides,

United and city, will lock horns again it for the second time in as

many months, Manchester United still have work to do if they are to get

close to Manchester City and they were made to work against League 1's

Northampton town, Michael Carrick putting Jose Mourinho's side ahead

with his first goal in 18 months. They were level after the break

thanks to that penalty. Alex Revell. United turned things round in the

second half though, with goals from Ander Herrera and Marcus Rashford.

Talk about leaving it to the last minute, West Ham United needed a

free kick at the death to see off Accrington, 1-0. Dimitri Payet score

that in the six minute of stoppage time. Celtic are into the

semi-finals of the Scottish League Cup, but they left it late to get

past League One side Alloa. This goal from James Forrest broke the

deadlock with seven minutes to go in the two-nil win. The Premiership

champions join Morton and Rangers in tonight's draw. -- 2-0. Yorkshire

will resume in about half an hour with their hopes of retaining their

County Championship title still alive. Thanks to a century stand

from Tim Bresnan and Andrew Hood on day two of their final match,

they're still in contention. But their opponents, Middlesex could

also win the title. Third place Somerset are also in contention,

they're in total control against Nottinghamshire. You can follow al

the action with in-play highlights on the BBC sport website. -- all the

action. Andy Murray has questioned the idea

of playing the Davis Cup final at a neutral venue. It's one proposal

being put forward as part of a revamp for the international team

competition. Others include shortening matches to three sets,

and playing the final over two days instead of three - both of which

Murray welcomes. The proposals also include increasing the number of

teams in the top tier of the women's event, the Fed Cup.

That is all of this board for now, we will have the headlines just

after 10:30am. Mary Berry is not going to continue on The Great

British Bake Off when it moved to Channel 4, this is a tweet from

Sarah, " "NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO"(!) this is going to be a very different

programme that will be broadcast on Channel 4. It will be a different

look without those three names. No Mary Berry, no and we do not know if

Paul Hollywood will be going. -- no Mary Berry, no Mel Sue. They had

had no conversations with the talent, and the conversation were

only to begin after the deal was signed, Love Productions had not add

any conversation. They have bought the tent, the ovens and the format.

It has gone around the world, 23 different territories. This concept

works around the world. Why is Mary Berry staying? Out of loyalty to the

BBC, she says, " I hope they understand my

decision. " right police have been firing tear

gas to disperse angry crowds in the city centre. -- riot police. The

governor of North Carolina has declared a state of emergency.

VOICEOVER: After black teenager Michael Brown was killed by a white

police officer in Ferguson, Missouri, in August, 2014,

demonstrations took place right the USA.

Most were peaceful but someone violence.

The protest in the following weeks and months, thousands

marched for justice, not just for Michael Brown

but for Tammy Rice, Eric Garner, Walter Scott, Lachlan McDonald,

Sandra Bland, Freddy Gray, Philando Castile and many

others whose names never made the headlines.

The protest helped create the Black Lives Matter movement.

-- The fact is in too many parts of the country,

a deep distrust exists between law enforcement

Some of this is the result of the legacy of racial

discrimination in this country and this is tragic because nobody

needs good policing more than poor communities with high crime rate.

President Obama established a task force on 21st-century policing

to try to rebuild trust and mend fractured communities

but how much difference has its made?

Forty-year-old Keith Lemont Scott was killed by police

on Tuesday after they mistook him for a wanted man.

Police say he was repeatedly told to drop his handgun

His family say he was unarmed and was holding a work.

-- His family say he was unarmed and was holding a book.

He was waiting on his son to get in from school and the police,

he was police will not, he was undercover, he jumped out

I think he shot him four times I'm not sure, but he's dead.

People are calling my phone saying, your brother had a gun, he had no

gun! In the last week there have been

been two other fatal shootings. A 13-year-old boy shot dead in Ohio

after allegedly pulling an airgun from his waistband during arrest

and an unarmed stranded motorist was killed in Tulsa,

Oklahoma in what Donald Trump To me it looks like somebody

that was doing what they were asking STUDIO: Next we are about to show

you a video recorded just moments after a protest was shot in

Charlotte in North Carolina last night. Let's have a look, there are

some graphic scenes which you may find upsetting.

Call 911! Somebody call somebody! Call somebody, call somebody! We can

speak with Gloria Meriweather, community activist in Charlotte, she

says she was pepper sprayed and tear-gassed by the police at the

protest last night. Thank you for talking to us, I gather that you

were there when one of the protest as was shot, what did you see and

what did you hear about? We were moving past the SWAT team. As they

were throwing tear gas. We kept hearing explosions. I was running

past the SWAT team, when the person running next to me jump. Half of his

head was blown off. From that moment, we were really shocked. Try

to get in medical care and attention. We did not get people

out. By the time we were able to move him, we were forced to move him

behind the SWAT team lines. And then the SWAT team, the protesters that

carried him, they forced us out of the area, and we were forced to

leave him laying there, with the SWAT team. Who had just shot him.

How do you know that it was the SWAT team that shot him? There was no one

in between the gentleman and the SWAT team, when he was shot. It was

when they were beginning to shoot rubber bullets, as well as other

explosive devices. We spoke with a reporter earlier from Fox 46 who

said that man is being treated in hospital for those injuries, I

wonder what you think needs to happen to really calm the situation

right down. I think it is really important to speak about how the

entire reason people were protesting to begin with. Was because an

unarmed black man was shot. In the middle of the protest, another arm

armed black man was shot. I think it is important for the government

system and police system to look into this. A lot of people do not

know that in Charlotte alone in 2015, the police department only

killed black people! In an entire year. Black people are 33% of the

population of Charlotte and took 100% of the deadly bullets from

police. When you look at statistics why people are being arrested for

the same crimes but go home with tickets and court dates to show up

to. They do not get shot to death. There needs to be a recognition of

racism within the system. We cannot continue to say that we have moved

on when it is clear that we have not. A man whose car is stalled on

the high way is up by police... What we do next? Will you be out there on

the streets today? Protesting? I was there the day before yesterday, I

will be out there tonight. Mary Berry is staying with the BBC,

she is not going to Channel 4 with The Great British Bake Off. Mary

says, this has ruined my week, a massive slice of cake to start the

day. Channel 4 has spent a lot of money on a large tendons and kitchen

Appliances! Karina says no very, no bake off. And so it goes on. Hillary

again, it looks increasingly like that has gone down. Ed says, this is

news, is it? We are not allowed to use the rest of his words on

television! Doctors in the UK are providing

record doses of highly do if then killers. 4 million people are taking

opioids, drugs closely relating to heroin. Drugs such as Kokoda model

are also available over-the-counter, and one online survey suggests more

than 40% of people are not aware that these kind of tablets are

addictive. We can talk about Natalie Foster who was addicted to

painkillers until January of this year. She is a 30-year-old man from

Liverpool and runs her own cleaning business. She was taking up to 15

codeine pills a day. Also with us, Dr Clare Gerada, GP and former chair

of the world College of General Pratt vision is, and Dr Yasir

Abbasi, who runs the NHS addiction services in Merseyside and help

street Natalie. Natalie, you scribed Kokoda model by your GP three years

ago for a painful hip problem. What happened? I was taking the

prescribed dose of the six months, and the pain was getting worse as

the months went on. So I was increasing my dose to try to cover

the pain. It took quite a while, but I was having to take more and more

as the years went on. And in the end, it increased to about 40 or 50

tablets a day. And it did get to the point when you were lying to your GP

to get more? As well as buying stuff online. I just didn't know what to

do to get them, all you think about is, I am sick when I don't have

them, where will I get my next description from? Dr Yasir Abbasi,

were she addicted or just heavily reliant? I would say she was

addicted, because she was taking these tablets more than prescribed,

and she was sourcing it from other sources as well. It is a process

that is very difficult to identify, and once the individual starts

taking the tablets, it is very easy to fall into a routine of using it

to allay your pain, but also to experience dependence symptoms,

which then needs you to start using more. Dr Clare Gerada, do GPs

prescribed these painkillers to readily? We do per scribed a lot of

them, and increasingly the management of pain is complex. We

are urged not to use simple treatments like paracetamol or IB

prevent because they can harm in themselves. And people in pain, that

means we might go to the stronger painkillers as first line, so it is

a problem, and it is especially a problem for the ones that contain

paracetamol alongside codeine, because strangely, it is the

paracetamol as well, so if you were taking 50 of these, you could be

dead from liver failure from the paracetamol part not the codeine

part. So it is a problem, and as we don't have ready access to

physiotherapy, osteopathy, even massage treatment, what we are left

with is painkillers, and they are easy to buy, easy to get online,

unfortunately, and many people don't realise that they are taking too

many and that they can cause problems. But what is the answer? If

you are in pain, you are in pain. It is horrible, especially when you

have children, I have a disabled son, so for me to be able to look

after him, I have to be well myself. But what I didn't know was that I

had become addicted to these tablets, and I would have to take

them to get through a day, to feel normal. And then obviously when I

try to stop myself, I was really sick, really bad withdrawal

symptoms, like flu, ... So how did you help Natalie bring this volume

of codeine and Kokoda more tablets down? Natalie describes her

experiences of using these tablets and how the experiences were

confusing, the symptoms she experienced. A lot of people become

dependent like you would on harrowing, and you experience these

flu-like symptoms, very common opiate withdrawal symptoms, and the

process he is not to demonise the painkillers, because they are useful

for the right reason. But what do you do? Do you start to reduce the

number of tablets each day? What did you do? There are a number of things

we can do, but with Natalie in particular we moved her to another

tablet which was more concentrated and opiates, and gradually reduced

that. There are a variety of ways you can affect this. I heard Dr

Gerada say there are not many other therapies available, even when you

are treating this, there are many psychological therapies available

that we could offer people experiencing that pain, and there is

evidence suggest that you could use psychological behaviours like CBT to

treat pain. He is absolutely right. But if they are not available... I

don't know Natalie's case, but it may well be that a proper pain

management process, even referral to a pain clinic, because the issue

was, you were embarrassed, probably ashamed, you were doing this in

secret, your pain was not under control, and it might have been that

if you had had access and were able to see someone who could increase

the dose properly, maybe add some other treatments, rather than use

suffering like that... It is also part of our ready access to

medicines, and I think this is all part of a culture that if there is a

Midson we should take it, rather than, there are other ways. For

example, swimming, non-weight-bearing exercise,

Pilates, but all of us are so rushed, and your film shows these

hundreds of thousands of medicines, and if you look at the table, 50

tablets, it is not unusual for people to take 50 tablets a day, not

50 painkillers at 50 tablets to manage all sorts of things. I think

Natalie is brave to have identified that she has a problem, but it is

about having other treatments to manage pain control and not readily

turning to painkillers. So how do you manage the pain now? I am just

coping with it at the moment. The doctor has put me on another

nonaddictive medication. It does take some of the pain away, but it

doesn't completely cover it. I did ask the doctor to take me to physio,

refer me to other ways to help the pain, and they were telling me that

the waiting list was 16 weeks. But you could go swimming? Yes, I could

do stuff like that, but I wanted something... You need a quick fix

for the pain, and doctors are just giving a quick fix. Can I just come

in briefly. I just wanted to say, I think the aim should be to increase

the awareness around the possibility of becoming dependent on these

painkillers. The patients using them might not be aware, sometimes the

doctors prescribing them might not be as much aware as we would like

them to be. So the aim should be to increase awareness around this, and

make sure that are some services out there which are able to meet the

needs of the individual, because when people do become dependent on

this, like Natalie, it is very difficult for them to build up that

confidence and go to the mainstream addiction services to seek

treatment. Thank you very much to all of you. I

have just got this on the earlier subject of Mary Berry not going to

Channel 4 with The Great British Bake Off. Brewster says, if only I

had known, I have a really nice tent, Channel 4 could have had it

for a lot less, I have only used it twice. Next, the gaming industry is

worth over ?4 billion in the UK, and many of us play for hours a day.

80,000 gamers are heading to the NEC from Britain's biggest gaming show.

Let's talk to BBC Radio 1 news beat reporter Stephan who is there. Tell

us all about it. This is what the UK's biggest gaming convention looks

like. One of the biggest features this year is this thing called

Virtual reality. These guys are just about to put on a headset which will

transport them from their living room to a planet, somewhere

underground, they will do anything. That is one of the big features, the

attractions here. 80,000 people are coming to try, and there is a queue

of people waiting to see what it is all about. It is likely to change

the gaming industry, they say. This is one of the big showpiece events,

the chance to show people what it is like to play and try it out, because

they want people to try their hard earned cash. That is the whole point

of this event. This is just one of the stalls here at the NEC in

Birmingham. There are lots of them, and as you can see, they are full of

lots of TV screens, lots of computer games and lots of people wanting to

play them. There is all sorts of games here, and people have just

arrived, they have literally just opened the doors to get in the queue

for the biggest games. This one is a big queue for a game called Horizon,

which was announced recently. Gaming is such a massive industry, it is

really important that companies hype up their product so that people buy

them. What is your name? Caleb. Sarah. How excited are you to come

to the event? Very excited, months of waiting and it is finally here.

This is our third year. What games do you play at? Normally things like

tomb Raider, nothing too scary. So you will not be queueing up for

Resident Evil? Not zombies, not at all! So what is it like? Boring folk

use, but exciting to finally play games you have been waiting for. --

boring in the queues. This time they will give asks lots that we can go

into, which is much better than last year. Good luck getting your hands

on some of the games, and if you don't mind, I will squeeze past

year, there is a pretty big queue here. These are the sorts of stores

you can see here. Lego Star Wars here. Lego people often think of is

that Tori the Tube buy at home, but they are really big in computer

games, worth lots of cash. And this one is the Star Wars Lego tie-in.

Now this is a fighting game, and these guys are getting pretty

intense, it is a pretty vicious game, and people take it really

seriously. This is coming out this year, and the whole point of this

event is that this is the first time some people in the UK would get the

chance to play this. If they haven't had the money to fly to LA or

Germany or Japan where there are other big conventions held, this

weekend in Birmingham is where they will get to play games like Tekkan

seven. The doors opened here about 20 minutes ago, the queues are

pretty big, and there is stuff for all sorts. Here, this is Skylanders,

if you have children, you have probably come across them. This new

game will be taking the franchise into the future. And just before we

leave you, we have been getting some of the buzz, and we will see if we

can try to catch the owner and founder of the event, Rupert Norman.

He set this up, and the whole point of that was to try to make it

compete with some of those big events that happen all over the

world, so like we talked about in LA and Germany and Japan. Rupert is

here, it is a pretty massive room and this will Filipovic the weekend,

80,000 people are coming. Hello, Rupert. We are tight time,

unfortunately, but tell us why you setup the event and what you to

achieve. It is the biggest event in the UK, and people come down to

enjoy their passion for gaming. We have a really social occasion,

celebrating video games. I have had enough of telling you what is going

on, I will go and play some myself! Back to you in the studio. Still to

come, Mary Berry has announced she will not be joining Channel 4 when

The Great British Bake Off moves. Eleanor says, heartbroken with what

has happened to bake off, it will never be the same without her.

Whereas Marco says, you should try and differentiate between what is

news and what isn't. This definitely isn't. More reaction to Mary Berry's

announcement before 11. Also coming up: Thousands of women with breast

cancer are missing out on cheap drugs that cost only 43p per day to

prescribe. Protests have erupted for a second

night in the US city of Charlotte, over the death of a black man

who was shot by police. Riot police have been firing tear

gas to disperse angry crowds in the city centre,

and the governor of North Carolina A civilian who was shot

during the latest disturbances is reported to be

critically ill in hospital. The US military

is investigating whether a shell, fired at an Iraqi base

where American troops are stationed, An initial test showed

a residue of a mustard agent, The missile fragments,

fired at an air base near Mosul, No one was injured in the attack

by Islamic State militants. Doctors are warning of the dangers

of button batteries, the number of children

swallowing them. Typically used in watches,

toys and remote controls, the batteries can be lodged

in the oesophagus and Greg Holmes says that it is treating

a child a month for injuries caused by the batteries. -- great woman's.

-- Great Ormond Street Hospital. Mary Berry has confirmed that she

will not be leaving the BBC to go to Channel 4

for great British Bake Off. She says she is staying with the BBC out of

loyalty, saying that they have nurtured her and the show.

Co-presenter Paul Hollywood is yet to confirm whether he will follow

her in leaving the show. The biggest news since Brexit, I'm not kidding,

says Amelia, in regard to Mary Berry leaving The Great British Bake Off.

At this rate, it is going to be just Paul Hollywood in a tent holding a

Gregg's steak slice! Manchester United will face neighbours

Manchester City in the fourth round of the EFL Cup after beating

Northampton town, 1-1 at half-time but two second-half goals, including

this scorcher from Ander Herrera were enough to set up another

Manchester derby. Celtic are through to the semifinals of the Scottish

League Cup but they left it late to get past Alloa Athletic, of League

1, joining Morton and Rangers in two nights draw. Yorkshire and Middlesex

are getting underway on day three of their evenly poised County

Championship match at Lord's, Yorkshire hopes of regaining the

title were boosted by half centuries from Andy Woodman Tim Bresnan

yesterday. Opponents Middlesex and Somerset are also contenders for the

title Andy Murray says he is not convinced by plans to host the Davis

Cup and Fed Cup at neutral venues, but he does agree with playing

finals across two days instead of three and shortening matches from

five sets down to three sets. -- Andy Wood and Tim Bresnan. Islamic

State militants may have fired a chemical weapon at US troops. A

rocket which landed within several hundred yards of US troops in Mosul

may have contained a mustard agent, no one was hurt in the attack on the

base which is home to several hundred US soldiers and if

confirmed, it would be the first chemical weapons attack on coalition

forces in Iraq. We can speak with an expert, joining us from Boston by

webcam. Describe what mustard gas is. This chemical hastened, it

causes respiratory issues, burning in the body, on the skin, in the

eyes, if not treated immediately, it is lethal. What we know about

whether IS has any of this? It has been confirmed that they have both

fluorine and sulphur mustard. Whether those who have been captured

and repurposed from Saddam 's aero weapons, that is one line of

thought, also, in Mosul, they have been producing these chemical

weapons in a low-grade quality at captured pharmaceutical plants and

other factories. -- Saddam-era weapons. They have certainly been

employing them, and manufacturing them over the past few years. Where

will you be getting the agents from? They are manufacturing them from

captured facilities, whether that is oil facilities, pharmaceutical, and

with the expertise that they have, it is essentially quite easy for

them to be producing these materials. Initial tests of the

remnants returned a positive result, but the second was negative, what

does that tell you? It is quite an interesting development, they set

the test out to a third lab, but in my initial observation, I believe

that it was a low-grade style weapon, chemical weapon, rather.

This is partly because they had the expertise to do so, and also, they

are within range of this US base recaptured from ISI recently. These

chemical weapons have been used against Kurdish forces in the past.

With the target being the US, this is a legitimate concern. What can it

do to your body? It can potentially shut down your internal functions,

causing lacerations, burning on the skin. Now, the US forces that are

there, as well as Kurdish forces, they are equipped with chemical

warfare suits but for civilians, this is absolutely deadly. The style

and quality of staff that is used by Isil is not high quality but it has

injured hundreds of civilians. Terrorism and insurgency expert at

the US Naval War College, Nicholas grab and, thank you for speaking

with us, from Boston. -- Nicolas Grabban. Ahmed was an engineering

student at the University before it shut, life became a daily struggle

to survive, this summer, state, and risk getting caught in crossfire, or

flee, risk capture and death at the hands of IS fighters. He has been

keeping a diary with the BBC. -- stay.

Today is Monday, I met with a smuggler, he told me that he would

take me to safety. Next, what exactly have Channel 4

got for their ?75 million paid for Great British Bake Off over three

years, they have not got Mel Sue and they have not got Mary Berry,

she has just confirmed she is not going to Channel 4 either. Paul

Hollywood is the only one to confirm his future. Farewell to soggy

bottoms, Mary Berry has said in a statement. Let's get some reaction

with Richard, a finalist in the 2014 series, Scott Brian, Buzzfeed's

television editor, if you follow him on Twitter you will know that he is

upset. And one of our viewers, LJ hunter, has got in touch, he is a

huge fan. Before all of that, here's a bit of Mary Berry in action. -- LJ

Hunter. It is part of how you would make it. Happy days! Mary's pupils

are violated! -- dilated. You were a finalist. This is like the coup de

grace for the Bake Off, she is such a fun person to have in the tent,

everyone is taking the Mickey out of you, or walking around, she is

literally a little island of calm and support, she is wonderful. I

think she has made the right decision. Loyalty to the BBC, the

best reason to not move on, it is a shame that it has happened so

suddenly. Can this be still the Great British Bake Off when it was

moved to Channel 4? It is really hard, when Mel Sue said they were

quitting, you will worry about Mary and Paul, but losing the presenters

and a judge... You are losing what make The Great British Bake Off so

great, the great combination of characters, the great on-screen

personality between them all. I think it will be hard for Channel 4

to replicate that with anyone, really, because each person on the

show was so distinctive, and each one brought something else to the

programme. As a viewer, as a fan of the Great British Bake Off, LJ, will

you be watching it when it goes to Channel 4? I don't understand anyone

saying that this is not big news but this is bigger news than Brangelina.

It is big news that Mary Berry is not going to Channel 4, 10.4 million

viewers, I am not sure that without Mary they can do that. Paul may go.

Why do you think that? Mary Berry is different. Loyalty, she understands

the word loyalty, that is what people have at the BBC. I think that

he may go. Who ever is on it when it starts, you are going to tune in for

the first episode, we all will, won't we? Perhaps out of curiosity,

but it will definitely lose its flavour. I wonder what other

production companies will be thinking when they see what has

happened in the last seven days, with this amazing format, this

amazing coup, paying all of that money, and then the key ingredient,

not following the format. There has been this running joke

that they have spent millions of pounds on a giant tent. The fact is

Channel 4 came in thinking they were essentially saving it from going to

Sky behind another ring fenced to pay, thinking they were doing

something as a public service broadcaster, and I think they came

in thinking they would be the hero, and pretty much became the villain

in all of this. I feel that Love productions have been trying to

build the show up, and it really makes you wonder about the people

behind the show, whether they are thinking now, was this really worth

all the effort, knowing that we will pretty much have to start from

scratch next year. Although they will be banking ?75

million in the next three years! It is no secret they sold a big chunk

of the business to Rupert Murdoch two years ago as well, so they have

had two big pay-outs. It is a real shame that the death of the bake off

will be because of that big wedge of money. Do you think it will be the

death of it? This format has been sold to 23 territories around the

world successfully. I think in Britain, real hard sell will make it

happen, but I think the magic of having Mel and Sue, Paul and Mary,

you can't build that overnight, they were supported on BBC Two for ages,

they built the show and made it work, and the show that we all love

and watch right now isn't the show that was there seven years ago, so

to build that from the ground up will be a big ask. LJ, as a viewer

of GB BO, is this the death of it? I agree. I think it is about getting

that camaraderie again. How will they replace a big personality like

Mary Berry and get that going again and make it work, because it is

about the centres as well, and I do believe that this has been a big

mistake. Thank you. Thank you, Alger, one of our viewers from

Birmingham, and thank you, Richard and Scott. Thank you for coming on

the programme. We will of course let you know what Paul Hollywood is

doing as soon as we know. Next, anti-terrorism stop and searches

carried out by the police have gone up sharply in the last year. Danny

Shaw, tell us about the numbers. They cover the period to the end of

June compared to the same period the year before, and we only have data

for the Metropolitan Police on stops and searches under section 43 of the

terrorism act. This allows a police officer to search someone on the

street if they reasonably suspect them of being a terrorist or being

involved in terrorism. The figures that we have, there were 552

searches in that here at compare to 439 the previous year, so that is up

by more than one quarter. The ethnic group that showed the largest

increase was people who describe themselves as Asian. That went up by

41%, so they make up the largest ethnic group. And what would the

police say about the rise? It is interesting whether this represents

a shift in tactics by the Metropolitan Police, or whether this

is just the normal fluctuations you get year-on-year.

If you look overall, the number of arrests is down quite a lot, 222,

down considerably on the previous year. And other police

counterterrorism activity is down as well. So this appears to be bucking

the trend, but what you have to remember is this is nowhere near the

levels we saw seven or eight years ago before the European Court of

Human Rights declared that the powers being used to stop and search

people for terrorism purposes were being used to broadly. Then there

were thousands of searches taking place in London and other areas as

well. Interestingly, the arrest rate following a stop and search is up.

It was about one in every 12, it is now one in eight. Some people might

still say that seven in eight are not arrested, although other

intelligence might be gleaned, we don't know, but these figures

require closer examination because as I am saying overall,

counterterrorism activity during that period was lower. Annie is our

home affairs correspondent. The Labour leadership challenger

Owen Smith has thanked all those who have helped in his campaign

to take over from Jeremy Corbyn. But it looks highly likely he'll be

defeated when the announcement Norman Smith and myself will bring

you the results in a special programme on Saturday on BBC Two

and the BBC News channel from 11. Here's everything you need to know

about the leadership challenger. I know in this mess, and I'm

standing to be the leader of the Labour Party. He was never a

household name. -- Hyam Owen Smith. He is to work at the BBC as an

adviser to Labour ministers. What do you think of our chances? Not a lot.

In 2006, he stood for election for the first time, losing to an

independent rival. Politics is about people but it is also about power.

By then he was working for the American drugs company Pfizer, and

then he stood for Parliament again, winning his hometown of Pontypridd.

He took a key role in charge of the party's policies of welfare and

benefits. It is the new IDS postcode lottery. He was never an outspoken

critic of Jeremy Corbyn, but after the EU vote, he was one of the 52

MPs who walked out of Labour's senior team. I cannot see how he can

continue, and we desperately need to move forward. It was one of his

colleagues, Angela Eagle, who made the first move, challenging for the

leadership. Soon it was clear Owen Smith had more support. Angela Eagle

stepped aside, but only after Owen Smith stressed is normal family

background. I was no way implies that anyone with a different

sexuality almost all to me was anything other than normal

themselves. He launched his campaign with a raft of policies, ending

university tuition fees, building more council houses, a second EU

referendum. That is what we need. But his rallies were more low-key at

a time when Corbin and his team were packing at town halls with their

supporters. He was forced to defend his past and his background working

for a multinational drugs firm. Did you try Viagra? I haven't, actually.

There were a series of debates in Newcastle, Glasgow, Nottingham. He

was criticised for suggesting that we negotiate with so-called Islamic

State. All solutions to these sorts of international crises do come

about through dialogue. And he warned of a split in the Labour

Party if Jeremy Corbyn remained leader. The Labour Party is standing

on the edge of the precipice right now. High profile figures from JK

Rowling to the Mayor of London have backed his cause. People have

swelled the ranks of Jeremy Corbyn supporters. But it is grassroot

supporters who will decide this election, and they may prove more

difficult to win over. Do join Norman and myself for the

results of the Labour leadership election in a special programme on

BBC Two and the BBC News channel from 11 o'clock on Saturday.

So many comments about Mary Berry staying with the BBC and not leading

to follow The Great British Bake Off to Channel 4. PT UK says, get a

grip, it is not that big a deal, bog off bake off. I used to think bake

for sinews, but we need a bit of escapism. And bravo to Saint Mary of

the Berry. Maybe the BBC can create a new show around the three ladies.

Janet says, well done, Mary, money is not everything and loyalties

everything. Young woman who had acid thrown in

her face, melting the flesh on the right side of her head and causing

her to lose any has told this programme that she digs her attacker

is a victim, too. Adele Bellis described the day of the attack, and

we showed images of her injuries which may not be suitable for young

children. It was just a normal day, I was walking to the bus stop, I was

on the phone to a friend, stopped at the bus stop, I was just talking

like normal, and then this hooded guy in a tracksuit was jogging, and

he had a bottle in his hand, and I felt a bit wary of him because it

was hot and he had a scarf over his face. I remember leaning away as he

jogged past me, but he went past and I was just talking so I didn't know

where he went. A few minutes later, I went like that with my head, and

as I did, he threw a liquid over me. My first thought was, I have to go

to work with wet hair, and then within seconds, it was burning, and

I was running around. The pain, I can't describe it. What was the

reaction of people in cars, commuters? It was a state in the

morning, so it was a busy road everybody going to work, and I was

just running in and out of the traffic, because every time I ran it

eased the pain, and when I stopped it was burning, and I was crying for

water, people were coming out of their houses with water, but as soon

they put it over me, it started the reaction again, it was smoking and I