09/01/2017

:00:10. > :00:12.I'm Victoria Derbyshire, welcome to the programme.

:00:13. > :00:14.Our top story - tackling the injustice

:00:15. > :00:23.The Prime Minister promises to help schools and companies in England

:00:24. > :00:29.deal better with mental health issues. This is really Theresa May

:00:30. > :00:34.saying it is a priority, we want to sort this out. It is not acceptable

:00:35. > :00:39.people wait too long and some people do not get the help they need at

:00:40. > :00:42.all. Keen to hear what you think of the plan is particularly if someone

:00:43. > :00:43.close to you has a mental health issues.

:00:44. > :00:45.Also on the programme - exclusive access inside

:00:46. > :00:54.Drug addicts can legally take heroin and crack cocaine under medical

:00:55. > :01:03.supervision. This feels like a second home. I don't know. Yes, I

:01:04. > :01:05.mean, it is a safe place to take things in.

:01:06. > :01:07.Glasgow plans to introduce one - and there are calls

:01:08. > :01:18.La La Land and The Night Manager are the big winners at the Golden Globe

:01:19. > :01:21.awards. Meryl Streep lays

:01:22. > :01:22.into US President-elect So Hollywood is crawling

:01:23. > :01:25.with outsiders and foreigners. And if we kick them

:01:26. > :01:27.all out, you'll have nothing to watch but football and

:01:28. > :01:30.mixed martial arts, which are not Welcome to the programme,

:01:31. > :01:42.we're live until 11. Throughout the programme we'll bring

:01:43. > :01:47.you the latest breaking news and developing stories

:01:48. > :01:49.and - as always - On mental health, on drug fix rooms

:01:50. > :01:58.- do get in touch on all the stories Theresa May is going to set out

:01:59. > :02:05.plans which she says will transform In her first major speech on health

:02:06. > :02:09.since becoming Prime Minister, Mrs May will announce a review

:02:10. > :02:11.of services for children and teenagers as well as extra

:02:12. > :02:14.support for schools and businesses. But Labour says people are being let

:02:15. > :02:18.down by a lack of funding. Our correspondent

:02:19. > :02:21.Elaine Dunkley reports. There are no words for

:02:22. > :02:23.what it does to a family. It's just your whole

:02:24. > :02:32.reality is blown to pieces. In 2014, Dr Sangeeta Mahajan's son

:02:33. > :02:36.Saga took his own life. He had been diagnosed

:02:37. > :02:41.with bipolar disorder. They don't discharge patients

:02:42. > :02:46.with adequate information. We were told you either go to A

:02:47. > :02:57.or your GP and that's the only way We had no direct access back

:02:58. > :03:01.to the special services. Today, the Prime Minister,

:03:02. > :03:05.Theresa May, is expected to announce plans to reduce the waiting times

:03:06. > :03:07.for patients needing The details also include

:03:08. > :03:13.more help from employers when staff need time off work,

:03:14. > :03:16.and schools will also be expected to play a bigger role in identifying

:03:17. > :03:19.mentally vulnerable pupils. Mental health is still very

:03:20. > :03:30.underfunded compared It generates probably 20%-25%

:03:31. > :03:34.of the total disease burden of all diseases and yet the funding

:03:35. > :03:37.is 10%-12% in this country. Sangeeta says talking

:03:38. > :03:46.about her son's life is so important but today she wants the government

:03:47. > :04:09.to take action that will lead Is this, hearing from Theresa May on

:04:10. > :04:15.a subject other than Brexit, she does not want her premiership just

:04:16. > :04:19.to be about Brexit? It is very much that but also the closest we will

:04:20. > :04:26.get to her vision, what she wants the government to be about beyond

:04:27. > :04:30.Brexit. She says she wants it to be about what she calls wholesale

:04:31. > :04:34.social reform, tackling what she regards hidden or forgotten

:04:35. > :04:38.injustices and one of those is around the stigma attached to people

:04:39. > :04:44.suffering from mental health illnesses. What we are getting today

:04:45. > :04:50.is the first in a series of announcements we will get on issues

:04:51. > :04:55.like racism in the criminal justice system, like housing, a series of

:04:56. > :04:59.areas which she thinks politicians have high and large ignored. I have

:05:00. > :05:05.to say, the announcements we are getting on mental health, they are

:05:06. > :05:10.relatively tentative and timid, trying to provide more support in

:05:11. > :05:14.schools, trying to encourage business to ensure there is best

:05:15. > :05:18.practice in terms of people with mental health difficulties, may be

:05:19. > :05:23.looking at a review of discrimination laws, and only a tiny

:05:24. > :05:27.amount of extra money. When you talk to professionals, they say they like

:05:28. > :05:32.that and are pleased she is talking about it, but it does not get away

:05:33. > :05:38.from the problem which is resources, the fact of mental health provision

:05:39. > :05:43.has been underfunded frankly for years, and when you look at the

:05:44. > :05:50.amount of NHS time taken up now with an full health provision, something

:05:51. > :05:54.like 24% of health needs in the NHS, but only getting 11% of funding so a

:05:55. > :05:59.mismatch between the scale of the challenge we face in terms of mental

:06:00. > :06:06.health, and the amount of extra cash being put in and today, that cash is

:06:07. > :06:11.-- issue is not addressed. We are keen to hear from you on this. What

:06:12. > :06:16.do you think the government needs to do to tackle the stigma surrounding

:06:17. > :06:22.mental health? If you have experiences, or somebody close to

:06:23. > :06:26.you has experiences get in touch. Now the rest of the news.

:06:27. > :06:28.Boris Johnson has held talks with some of Donald Trump's key

:06:29. > :06:33.The Foreign Secretary has become the first British minister to hold

:06:34. > :06:35.face-to-face meetings with members of the president elect's

:06:36. > :06:42.The exchanges were described by officials as 'positive but frank'.

:06:43. > :06:46.Thousands of police officers in London are to be asked

:06:47. > :06:50.if they want to be routinely armed with a gun or electric Taser.

:06:51. > :06:51.The Metropolitan Police Federation, which represents 32,000

:06:52. > :06:55.officers in the capital, says that with more officers

:06:56. > :07:04.being armed to counter the threat of terrorism,

:07:05. > :07:06.it was only fair to ask officers what they think.

:07:07. > :07:09.A police spokesman said more than 90 per cent of officers were currently

:07:10. > :07:11.unarmed and there were no plans to change this.

:07:12. > :07:14.Police in Paris say they have arrested more than a dozen people

:07:15. > :07:17.in connection with last October's robbery at gunpoint of the American

:07:18. > :07:22.They say DNA left by the robbers at the scene led to their arrests.

:07:23. > :07:25.At the time, French police said more than seven million pounds' worth

:07:26. > :07:30.Her spokeswoman said masked men entered the room at the luxury

:07:31. > :07:32.residence where Kim Kardashian was staying while attending

:07:33. > :07:48.Up to 4 million commuters in London face disruption because of a strike

:07:49. > :07:52.across the Underground network. Crowds are gathering at bus stops as

:07:53. > :07:57.travellers try to complete their journeys to work in. Members of the

:07:58. > :08:01.unions walked out last night in a row about jobs and ticket office

:08:02. > :08:04.closures. The strike is due to finish at 6pm today.

:08:05. > :08:07.Police in Tyne and Wear have arrested a man suspected of taking

:08:08. > :08:08.hostages at a bookmakers in an armed siege.

:08:09. > :08:11.Northumbria Police were called to a branch of Coral bookmakers

:08:12. > :08:13.in Jarrow on Sunday evening following a report of a man

:08:14. > :08:19.Four people were thought to have been held in the incident,

:08:20. > :08:21.with three being released before police ended the standoff

:08:22. > :08:25.and a 39-year-old man was taken into custody.

:08:26. > :08:28.Thousands of British drivers affected by the Volkswagen diesel

:08:29. > :08:32.emissions scandal are taking legal action against the carmaker.

:08:33. > :08:34.Volkswagen admitted using software that would cheat emissions tests,

:08:35. > :08:37.leading to a recall of millions of cars worldwide.

:08:38. > :08:39.A compensation scheme was approved in the United States last year,

:08:40. > :08:45.and lawyers want British customers to be offered a similar settlement.

:08:46. > :08:49.It's been a big night for the British television spy drama

:08:50. > :08:51.'The Night Manager' which stormed to success at the annual

:08:52. > :08:55.Tom Hiddleston, Olivia Colman and Hugh Laurie all collected

:08:56. > :08:59.Claire Foy was named best actress in a TV drama

:09:00. > :09:04.The night belonged to the Hollywood musical La La Land, which won

:09:05. > :09:11.Our Los Angeles correspondent, James Cook reports.

:09:12. > :09:17.Los Angeles, California, where stories are spun and stars

:09:18. > :09:22.A place of glitz and glamour, of gowns and gossip,

:09:23. > :09:30.This is a film for dreamers, and I think that hope and creativity

:09:31. > :09:33.are two of the most important things in the world, and that's

:09:34. > :09:39.In the television categories, it was a British invasion.

:09:40. > :09:43.Claire Foy was named Best Actress in a TV Drama for playing

:09:44. > :09:50.the Queen in The Crown, while there were three

:09:51. > :09:52.acting awards in the BBC co-production the Night Manager,

:09:53. > :09:54.allowing Hugh Laurie to have a dig at Donald Trump.

:09:55. > :09:58.More amazing to be able say I won this at the last ever Golden Globes.

:09:59. > :10:01.I don't mean to be gloomy, it's just that it has the word Hollywood,

:10:02. > :10:05.foreign and press in the title, I just don't know what...

:10:06. > :10:07.Receiving a Lifetime Achievement Award, Meryl Streep also lambasted

:10:08. > :10:12.the President-elect and his plan to deport millions of immigrants.

:10:13. > :10:18.So, Hollywood is crawling with outsiders and foreigners,

:10:19. > :10:21.and if we kick them all out you'll have nothing to watch but football

:10:22. > :10:24.and mixed martial arts, which are not the arts.

:10:25. > :10:27.Well, Hollywood can be fun and frivolous, but it also prides

:10:28. > :10:35.And many stars here on the red carpet are predicting a surge

:10:36. > :10:37.in political films this year, following the most

:10:38. > :10:50.That's a summary of the latest BBC News - more at 9.30.

:10:51. > :10:59.Did you get in a long queue for bus or did you walk in today? I walked

:11:00. > :11:03.in. I waited at the bus stop and they were not stopping so it took me

:11:04. > :11:07.an hour of brisk walking but I got here. The scenes, that is what I saw

:11:08. > :11:14.all the way to work. I know if you are in Glasgow,

:11:15. > :11:19.Manchester, Newcastle, you are saying, it is just a tube strike,

:11:20. > :11:23.get over it, Londoners. But we will talk to transport for London later

:11:24. > :11:27.about the reasons behind the strike and when they think things will get

:11:28. > :11:31.back to normal. Officially it is supposed to finish 6pm but it could

:11:32. > :11:41.have a knock-on effect after that. If you had an heroic walk into work,

:11:42. > :11:44.let me know. Use the hashtag Victoria Live if you get in touch.

:11:45. > :11:49.Let's get some sport now with John Watson.

:11:50. > :11:57.The spirit of the FA Cup played out yesterday. Plymouth Argyle fans had

:11:58. > :12:00.something to celebrate after holding the Premier League giants Liverpool

:12:01. > :12:05.to a goalless draw at Anfield which means they have a lucrative return

:12:06. > :12:09.trip, 9000 fans making the trip yesterday and helped by the decision

:12:10. > :12:14.of the Liverpool manager who made ten changes to the side, fielding

:12:15. > :12:20.Liverpool's youngest ever side in its history. The average age just

:12:21. > :12:30.21. A 17-year-old forward was youngest player. 319-year-old is

:12:31. > :12:37.also in the starting team. Lucas was the oldest player at 29. It ended

:12:38. > :12:42.0-0. With Liverpool making these changes, along with a lot of other

:12:43. > :12:46.top teams, questions are being asked if the big clubs are showing respect

:12:47. > :12:51.the oldest club competition deserves. I think Plymouth will not

:12:52. > :12:56.mind after the incredible result. No such problems for Chelsea who were

:12:57. > :13:00.comfortable winners 4-1 against Peterborough. The first start since

:13:01. > :13:07.October for Captain John Terry, who was sent off. The 36-year-old

:13:08. > :13:12.sliding in and deemed to be the last defender so given a straight red

:13:13. > :13:19.card. You could see how frustrated he was. Chelsea will appeal but with

:13:20. > :13:23.limited gametime after 19 seasons at Stamford Bridge, he was given a year

:13:24. > :13:28.contract at the start of the season, you wonder if it could be the last

:13:29. > :13:31.at Chelsea for him. The chairman of the Football

:13:32. > :13:35.Association gave an interesting interview to the Times, saying he

:13:36. > :13:39.spoke to gay footballers about the possibility of them coming out.

:13:40. > :13:45.This was a wide-ranging interview talking about what chances there are

:13:46. > :13:55.of gay footballers coming out and Greg Clarke said he had met with 15

:13:56. > :14:01.people to get their views on how the FA could support them if they wanted

:14:02. > :14:05.to come out. Of those he spoke to, many said they were happy with their

:14:06. > :14:09.sexuality but were not ready to come out so you wonder if we will see any

:14:10. > :14:14.gay footballers coming out in the future. It comes after he had said

:14:15. > :14:19.he felt there were top professionals who were not ready to come out and

:14:20. > :14:24.he believed fans would be supportive about gay players in their own teams

:14:25. > :14:28.but not supported perhaps about gay players in the team so important to

:14:29. > :14:31.the conversations are being had that we will wait to see if any gay

:14:32. > :14:39.footballers will feel comfortable about coming out any time soon.

:14:40. > :14:41.This morning, exclusive access inside a so-called drugs fix room

:14:42. > :14:44.where addicts can legally take hard drugs like heroin and crack cocaine

:14:45. > :14:48.under medical supervision without the threat of prosecution.

:14:49. > :14:52.Glasgow is currently planning to open the country's first

:14:53. > :14:55.drugs consumption room and officials behind it have looked

:14:56. > :15:03.to countries like Denmark where these facilities already run

:15:04. > :15:06.Our reporter Divya Talwar spent a day inside a fix-room

:15:07. > :15:09.in Copenhagen's seedy red light district.

:15:10. > :15:12.It sees about 500 drug users through its doors each day

:15:13. > :15:14.and many have mental health and other physical problems.

:15:15. > :15:18.This film - which lasts just over 15 minutes -

:15:19. > :15:22.portrays the reality of illegal drug taking.

:15:23. > :15:24.It's graphic, frank and raw - and includes scenes

:15:25. > :15:27.with blood and addicts injecting - which some of you may

:15:28. > :15:30.We're showing it to you this morning to give an insight

:15:31. > :15:33.into the reality of fix rooms which many want to see

:15:34. > :16:01.It's about 150mg of cocaine, about almost 400mls of pure heroin.

:16:02. > :16:14.It's too expensive and it's too much poison in your body.

:16:15. > :16:17.Of course the main thing is to save lives, and to prevent

:16:18. > :16:37.This is Copenhagen's seedy red light district,

:16:38. > :16:48.It's home to one of the city's so-called "fix rooms",

:16:49. > :16:50.a place where addicts can legally take Class A drugs safely,

:16:51. > :16:55.under supervision and without the fear of prosecution.

:16:56. > :16:58.There's calls to introduce them back in the UK,

:16:59. > :17:03.so I'm spending the day here to see how they work.

:17:04. > :17:15.It's 8am and, inside, users have already turned up.

:17:16. > :17:22.My name is Elliott, and I'm 25, almost 26 years old.

:17:23. > :17:42.It's good cocaine, a lot of heroin, and some diazepam benzo,

:17:43. > :18:10.He's homeless and will beg, borrow and steal to buy hard drugs.

:18:11. > :18:16.He injects so often that it's difficult to find a vein.

:18:17. > :18:19.On the other side, the same vein works, I was just trying

:18:20. > :18:47.The same thing every day, at least five times.

:18:48. > :18:49.You do the same thing five times a day?

:18:50. > :19:41.Elliott is one of about 500 users who will come here today.

:19:42. > :19:47.There's two separate areas for people to take drugs.

:19:48. > :19:50.The injecting room, which can seat up to nine people at one time.

:19:51. > :19:53.Right next to it, there's a separate room with eight seats for users

:19:54. > :20:11.She's come to the smoking room this afternoon to take crack cocaine.

:20:12. > :20:12.Anjelea volunteers for a kitchen nearby, giving food

:20:13. > :20:37.Anjelea was in a car accident almost 20 years ago.

:20:38. > :20:43.The drugs and prostitution followed after that.

:20:44. > :20:49.After I was in this car accident, my left foot and left arm there's

:20:50. > :21:09.In my here, and in my shoulder and in my knees.

:21:10. > :21:16.Now I smoke cocaine, but I don't smoke...

:21:17. > :21:22.She tells me two of them don't want any contact

:21:23. > :21:33.It's the same as you drink, or whatever.

:21:34. > :21:44.But it's not like, you cannot run away when you smoke cocaine.

:21:45. > :21:47.And every time I smoke cocaine, I always talk about my babies.

:21:48. > :21:55.This facility, this drug consumption room, do you think it's

:21:56. > :22:03.If you sit outside and smoke, it's too much stress.

:22:04. > :22:05.So the money you make as a prostitute, do

:22:06. > :22:13.Yeah. I think I'm going to stop one day.

:22:14. > :22:18.It's too expensive, and it's too much poison in your body.

:22:19. > :22:26.Could you live my life for, what, one week?

:22:27. > :22:35.No, it's a long time since I've been happy.

:22:36. > :22:37.When was the last time you were happy?

:22:38. > :22:58.This place opened three years ago, funded by

:22:59. > :23:05.Many of the users who come here have mental health or physical problems.

:23:06. > :23:08.There's always a social worker on site if they need

:23:09. > :23:12.There's also a nurse here to supervise the users and be

:23:13. > :23:20.When the users come, the only thing they have to bring

:23:21. > :23:22.themselves is the drugs they are going to consume.

:23:23. > :23:26.Everything else we give to them for free.

:23:27. > :23:29.This is just an example, but we give to them the needles,

:23:30. > :23:32.what they need to cook, we have condoms, we have

:23:33. > :23:36.Of course the main thing is to save lives and to prevent

:23:37. > :23:53.But nobody died yet, so I'm 100% sure that we are preventing people

:23:54. > :24:05.Over here there's a perfect place where there used to be a lot

:24:06. > :24:08.of people who meet to shoot up in the evening...

:24:09. > :24:11.Elliott who we met this morning is back almost four hours later.

:24:12. > :24:14.Before he shoots again, he wants to show us where he would often

:24:15. > :24:17.inject when the drugs room wasn't open.

:24:18. > :24:20.Eliott's homeless, so he would inject in the streets

:24:21. > :24:28.We used to sit by this cage thing over here,

:24:29. > :24:38.used to sit along the sides over here, on these sides,

:24:39. > :24:41.so we could lean back on this after we'd taken our hit, you know?

:24:42. > :24:43.Proper chill out, but without the backpack of course.

:24:44. > :24:53.Well, not as much as I used to, now that we have the fixing rooms.

:24:54. > :24:56.When did you start taking cocaine and heroin?

:24:57. > :25:06.When you were 15? How often do you take heroin?

:25:07. > :25:17.I've had my heart stop a couple of times.

:25:18. > :25:23.So I've been legally dead a couple of times.

:25:24. > :25:27.Have you ever tried to get off the drugs?

:25:28. > :25:32.However, it's not as easy as you think, because, erm...

:25:33. > :25:53.Elliott said he was starting to withdraw and needed

:25:54. > :26:15.Injecting rooms have been around for more than 30 years.

:26:16. > :26:19.Denmark opened its first one in 2012 in Copenhagen.

:26:20. > :26:22.This place is one of six now running in the country.

:26:23. > :26:27.They cost around ?1 million a year to run.

:26:28. > :26:33.Why do you think you need a facility like this here?

:26:34. > :26:37.The situation in this area before was that we had all the drug users

:26:38. > :26:41.sitting around in the streets, in stairwells, in people's

:26:42. > :26:52.And after we opened the drug consumption room, 90%

:26:53. > :26:57.Do you think that the money you spend on this facility could be

:26:58. > :27:00.better spent trying to help people get off the drugs instead?

:27:01. > :27:03.I don't think it's a question of either treatment or either

:27:04. > :27:12.There will always be a group in any drug environment in a city,

:27:13. > :27:16.if it's Glasgow, if it's Copenhagen, if it's London, there will be a part

:27:17. > :27:21.of the group that is not motivated for treatment,

:27:22. > :27:26.and what are we going to do with that group?

:27:27. > :27:29.Are we going to make them shoot up in the streets between cars

:27:30. > :27:36.in the rain, or should we invite them inside in a safe environment?

:27:37. > :27:42.If people want to get into treatment, and come and talk

:27:43. > :27:44.to us about they want to go into treatment, we can help them

:27:45. > :27:57.There's been a constant flow of people in and out of the rooms.

:27:58. > :28:00.Some of them are new faces to the staff, but many are regulars

:28:01. > :28:04.and can come here multiple times a day.

:28:05. > :28:07.I've only been here a short time and can already spot

:28:08. > :28:12.I'm just coming back to go inside and smoke

:28:13. > :28:30.And Elliott is also back for the third time.

:28:31. > :28:36.What I'm going to inject now is this IV solution with heroin in it,

:28:37. > :28:39.and in my pocket I've also got some ritalins, and they will

:28:40. > :28:43.And now I need to get in before all the rooms get taken.

:28:44. > :29:03.You can feel it from your legs, to your head.

:29:04. > :29:19.It already takes, what, 50% of my pain already.

:29:20. > :29:21.As it gets later, the drugs rooms get busier.

:29:22. > :29:24.Both are now full, and there's users hanging out in the waiting area

:29:25. > :29:28.Elliott comes out about 45 minutes later.

:29:29. > :29:38.I feel good, but, damn, my head is everywhere.

:29:39. > :29:41.When do you think you're going to come back here?

:29:42. > :29:53.This is going to sound retarded, but I mean, come on,

:29:54. > :30:06.I mean, like, it's a safe place to take things in.

:30:07. > :30:10.When I take something that is really strong,

:30:11. > :30:13.I turn to the nurse that is sitting by the computer

:30:14. > :30:17.and I tell them, "Hey, listen up, I'm going to take this strong dose,"

:30:18. > :30:20.and then I tell them everything what's inside,

:30:21. > :30:26.so they know what to expect if anything goes south.

:30:27. > :30:29.Do you want help to get off the drugs?

:30:30. > :30:38.The fixing room will stay open through the night.

:30:39. > :30:40.It will only close for an hour tomorrow morning

:30:41. > :30:48.Some people would say that having a facility like this is encouraging

:30:49. > :30:50.people to use drugs, it's giving them a safe place

:30:51. > :31:02.It's a very hard life to be a drug addict in this environment.

:31:03. > :31:05.It's a very busy life, people are working to get

:31:06. > :31:08.drugs 24 hours a day, so it does not make people's lives

:31:09. > :31:19.more easy, but it gives people a place where they can be safe.

:31:20. > :31:21.It does seem there's a demand for this place,

:31:22. > :31:24.even among residents who live nearby.

:31:25. > :31:27.One told me her children don't have to see people injecting

:31:28. > :31:33.But the fix room is clearly not a treatment facility

:31:34. > :31:35.to get addicts off drugs, and many people, like the users

:31:36. > :31:40.I've met here today, will come in and out of the fix room

:31:41. > :31:51.and go back to their difficult and sometimes dangerous lifestyles.

:31:52. > :31:55.Late in the evening, only a few metres from the fixing room,

:31:56. > :31:58.we find Anjelea working on the streets, trying to find

:31:59. > :32:09.I'm going to work, make some money, and go and smoke some cocaine,

:32:10. > :32:13.and then go back to work again, make money and smoke cocaine!

:32:14. > :32:22.How long do you think you'll keep doing this for,

:32:23. > :32:24.drugs during the day, prostitution at night?

:32:25. > :32:26.I have said I will stop work as a prostitute

:32:27. > :32:47.If you've been affected by the issues raised in Divya's

:32:48. > :32:51.report, you can find details of organisations offering

:32:52. > :32:54.information and support with addiction at bbc.co.uk/actionline.

:32:55. > :32:59.Or you can call for free, at any time to hear recorded

:33:00. > :33:09.Later in the programme we'll be talking to the people behind

:33:10. > :33:11.the clinic in Denmark and to those in Glasgow who are planning

:33:12. > :33:20.Really keen to hear your thoughts on this throughout the morning.

:33:21. > :33:26.Jane on Facebook says about time and drug use will not go away, what we

:33:27. > :33:30.have been doing for years has not helped all reduced to use in any way

:33:31. > :33:33.and it is still rising. In countries where they have done things like

:33:34. > :33:38.this drug deaths have dropped dramatically. Dave says on

:33:39. > :33:55.Facebook... Michael says it is a good idea

:33:56. > :34:06.because it would reach out to people who would not normally engage with

:34:07. > :34:14.services. Stewart says drugs are still illegal but we need to stop

:34:15. > :34:26.Some of you on my Twitter timeline are saying that you do not want to

:34:27. > :34:30.pay for this, you don't want taxpayers' money to fund something

:34:31. > :34:34.like this. We will talk to people behind this and the plans in Glasgow

:34:35. > :34:39.later and we will talk to a former heroin addict about his views and

:34:40. > :34:45.the mother of twin boys, both of whom were addicted to drugs and one

:34:46. > :34:49.of whom died because of drugs. And the Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt is

:34:50. > :34:55.giving a statement to MPs later today. NHS staff tell us what it is

:34:56. > :35:00.like to work in A departments after charity described it as a

:35:01. > :35:04.humanitarian crisis. And as a police officer, would you routinely want to

:35:05. > :35:09.carry a Taser or a gun? We will hear from some of them after 10am.

:35:10. > :35:14.Here's Joanna in the BBC Newsroom with a summary of today's news.

:35:15. > :35:17.Theresa May is to announce a number of measures designed to deal

:35:18. > :35:20.with what she will describe as the "hidden injustice"

:35:21. > :35:23.In a speech, she'll promise to transform attitudes

:35:24. > :35:25.towards mental disorders, through extra training for schools

:35:26. > :35:29.Figures suggest 75 per cent of mental health problems start

:35:30. > :35:40.The day few minutes Victoria will discuss attitudes towards

:35:41. > :35:46.mental-health problems in the workplace and we will speak to two

:35:47. > :35:50.women about their experience. Up to 4 million commuters in London face

:35:51. > :35:54.disruption because of the strike across the underground network. At

:35:55. > :35:58.one point Clapham Junction had to be evacuated because of overcrowding.

:35:59. > :36:03.Crowds have gathered at bus stops as travellers tried to complete their

:36:04. > :36:08.journeys to work. Members of the unions walked out last night in a

:36:09. > :36:09.row about jobs and ticket office closures. The strike is due to

:36:10. > :36:10.finish 6pm. Thousands of police officers

:36:11. > :36:13.in London are to be asked if they want to be routinely armed

:36:14. > :36:16.with a gun or electric Taser. The Metropolitan Police Federation,

:36:17. > :36:19.which represents 32,000 officers in the capital,

:36:20. > :36:21.says that with more officers being armed to counter

:36:22. > :36:23.the threat of terrorism, it was only fair to ask

:36:24. > :36:26.officers what they think. A police spokesman said more than 90

:36:27. > :36:30.per cent of officers were currently unarmed and there were no plans

:36:31. > :36:36.to change this. Police in Paris say they have

:36:37. > :36:39.arrested more than a dozen people in connection with last October's

:36:40. > :36:41.robbery at gunpoint of the American They say DNA left by the robbers

:36:42. > :36:46.at the scene led to their arrests. At the time, French police said more

:36:47. > :36:49.than seven million pounds' worth Her spokeswoman said masked men

:36:50. > :36:53.entered the room at the luxury residence where Kim Kardashian

:36:54. > :37:10.was staying while attending Roger in Walsall surged in Victoria,

:37:11. > :37:15.I have had two sons who suffered total mental breakdowns. We will

:37:16. > :37:18.talk about the mental health story. He said it was horrendously

:37:19. > :37:24.distressing them and those around them. He said his son killed himself

:37:25. > :37:29.age 30 and his second son broke down at the age of 15 and used to beg him

:37:30. > :37:36.in tears to help him. Now aged 19 he is much improved. He said he

:37:37. > :37:40.implored everyone to ensure they take their medication and the best

:37:41. > :37:44.way to remove the stigma around mental health is to have a campaign

:37:45. > :37:49.that makes everyone understand it is an illness and we must all show

:37:50. > :37:53.compassion. We will talk more about mental health and the plans Theresa

:37:54. > :38:03.May house in the next couple of minutes. Your experiences are really

:38:04. > :38:10.welcome. You can tweet or send an e-mail. Sport now. The spirit of the

:38:11. > :38:14.FA Cup was felt at Anfield is 9000 Plymouth fans went to Liverpool to

:38:15. > :38:20.watch their team from the fourth tier of English football play

:38:21. > :38:23.Liverpool. Jurgen Klopp's ten changes helped Plymouth as he

:38:24. > :38:29.fielded the youngest side in club history. Not that the fans who made

:38:30. > :38:35.the trip will mine. Chelsea also made changes, nine in total as they

:38:36. > :38:40.beat Peterborough 4-1. They had club captain John Terry sent off. Fulham

:38:41. > :38:47.FC and Middlesbrough and Tottenham won. As comebacks go, it will go

:38:48. > :38:50.down as one of the shortest. James Haskell lasted 35 seconds after

:38:51. > :38:54.coming off the bench against Leicester after seven months out. He

:38:55. > :38:59.was taken off with a head injury. The club are confident he should be

:39:00. > :39:05.fit to make the start of the Six Nations for England. Johanna Konta

:39:06. > :39:09.beat her opponent in straight sets at the Sydney international. She

:39:10. > :39:14.reached the semifinals of the first grand slam of the year, the

:39:15. > :39:17.Australian Open, last year. Dan Evans is through in men's

:39:18. > :39:21.competition that Kyle Edmund is out. We will have more sport around 10am.

:39:22. > :39:23.Theresa May will outline plans today to reduce suicide rates and improve

:39:24. > :39:27.support for people suffering with mental illness in England.

:39:28. > :39:34.In her first major speech on health since becoming Prime Minister,

:39:35. > :39:36.she'll encourage schools and employers to do more to help -

:39:37. > :39:39.declaring it an historic opportunity to right a wrong and says she wants

:39:40. > :39:43.to tackle the "huge stigma" around mental health.

:39:44. > :39:47.She's expected to announce that every secondary school will be given

:39:48. > :39:50.training to spot pupils who may be suffering from depression,

:39:51. > :39:55.being tightened to give greater protection to stop people

:39:56. > :39:57.with mental health issues losing their job.

:39:58. > :40:05.Employers and organisations will be given additional training

:40:06. > :40:08.in supporting staff who need to take time off.

:40:09. > :40:11.to allow symptom checks before getting a face-to-face appointment -

:40:12. > :40:13.and a review of the "health debt form", under which

:40:14. > :40:17.to ?300 by a GP for documentation to prove they have

:40:18. > :40:21.mental health issues - an issue we highlighted on this

:40:22. > :40:26.mental health problems, let's hear your own experience,

:40:27. > :40:29.what should the Prime Minister to do tackle the stigma?

:40:30. > :40:31.And tell us about the support or lack of support

:40:32. > :40:38.We can talk now to Beth Allan and Lucy Nichol who both had

:40:39. > :40:40.problems with previous employers not dealing with their mental

:40:41. > :40:44.Beth has borderline personality disorder and Lucy

:40:45. > :40:49.Also joining us is Sue Baker from the mental health

:40:50. > :41:04.Welcome. One previous employer sacked you, why? I was working in a

:41:05. > :41:11.small shop. I had started a new course of medication. That the

:41:12. > :41:15.medication gives you brain fog and it takes time to adjust and at the

:41:16. > :41:18.time they were slip-ups in a shop and someone managed to steal

:41:19. > :41:22.something and at the time I was working alone, which is probably not

:41:23. > :41:26.the best idea for someone adjusting to medication but I did not tell my

:41:27. > :41:29.employer because I was worried about what they would say. When this

:41:30. > :41:34.happened he asked me if I was feeling OK and I said that I

:41:35. > :41:38.struggle with this, I have just started new medication and it will

:41:39. > :41:43.not happen again, but can you bear with me. A week later I was taken

:41:44. > :41:49.into a performance review out of the blue and was told I was not

:41:50. > :41:52.performing properly and fired. When you were fired, was there a

:41:53. > :41:57.conversation about your mental health issues and the fact you had

:41:58. > :42:02.started taking medication? He said I liked to make my excuses. What did

:42:03. > :42:07.you think? I did not know how to answer that. I have never had anyone

:42:08. > :42:10.say anything like that to me in my life and I was taken aback and said

:42:11. > :42:15.it was not an excuse, I have explained to you as an employer and

:42:16. > :42:19.as a friend the situation, and if you are not willing to support me,

:42:20. > :42:25.you will not be able to take this further. Lucy, in Newcastle, tell us

:42:26. > :42:32.how anxiety has affected you at work. When you look back over my

:42:33. > :42:37.working career, which spans 20 years, back through to the 90s. I

:42:38. > :42:42.remember sneaking out of the office to have a panic attack in private

:42:43. > :42:49.because I was embarrassed about it. I think as time went on, there was a

:42:50. > :42:54.lack of understanding in certain working environments and it

:42:55. > :42:58.snowballs the situation so when people don't understand, the

:42:59. > :43:02.situation gets really difficult, it makes your illness worse and you end

:43:03. > :43:09.up having more time off work because of it. It is worse for the employer

:43:10. > :43:14.and employee. What about your present employers, what have they

:43:15. > :43:19.done to improve your life at work? I work for Home Group, a charity, and

:43:20. > :43:26.we have mental health services across the country. I think that

:43:27. > :43:32.really helps in that we have mental health expertise within the

:43:33. > :43:38.organisation. Recently, to give an example, in the past I have been off

:43:39. > :43:42.sick for five, six weeks with anxiety disorder, whereas quite

:43:43. > :43:49.recently I felt comfortable talking about it. The only place I have

:43:50. > :43:52.worked where the experience is a positive thing, they promote peer

:43:53. > :43:58.support. They have services and when I went to HR and said I was not

:43:59. > :44:02.feeling well, I was feeling anxious, within 24 hours, they hooked me up

:44:03. > :44:07.with a counsellor and I had professional phone conversation will

:44:08. > :44:13.stop I was able to speak to my line manager and I was back in work

:44:14. > :44:19.within three days. It makes a huge difference to know people are there

:44:20. > :44:23.to support you. One of the things Theresa May will apparently talk

:44:24. > :44:26.about in the speech on mental health is the anti-discrimination laws

:44:27. > :44:30.being tightened so if you have a mental illness you will have greater

:44:31. > :44:33.protection at work. We have legislation in place to protect

:44:34. > :44:37.people when it comes to discrimination and mental health

:44:38. > :44:43.illness under disability legislation. That is clearly

:44:44. > :44:47.failing? It definitely needs tightening up and Mind has called

:44:48. > :44:52.for that for a while. At the moment it covers mental-health problems. It

:44:53. > :44:56.did not when the legislation was drafted in 96. I remember we

:44:57. > :45:01.campaign to have it cover mental health. Typically the stigma meant

:45:02. > :45:06.it was not covered. It was then in you did but at the moment it is a

:45:07. > :45:10.finite definition. You have to have a severe mental-health problem that

:45:11. > :45:15.affects you over a year but the nature of mental-health problems are

:45:16. > :45:21.episodic and a lot will not recovered if you need a few weeks

:45:22. > :45:26.off or experience it a few months. It will be helpful if it covers more

:45:27. > :45:32.people who have mental-health problems. One in six British workers

:45:33. > :45:36.will have a problem and it is a common experience. 18 months ago on

:45:37. > :45:41.the programme we spoke to dozens of people in an audience debate about

:45:42. > :45:46.mental health issues. Two hours on television, never been done before.

:45:47. > :45:51.Ruby wax said this about telling her barks. -- her boss.

:45:52. > :45:53.They're not allowed to discriminate, but the papers said 56%

:45:54. > :45:56.of the bosses still won't hire you so we're not in a position...

:45:57. > :46:00.Do you mean that - don't tell your boss?

:46:01. > :46:03.If I was working at the BBC would I mention that?

:46:04. > :46:10.They're going to trust me to have a series and one day I'm

:46:11. > :46:16.I wouldn't have raised my head and said it.

:46:17. > :46:19.I thought it because I would still be out of a job.

:46:20. > :46:24.What's your, from your own experience, Beth, would you say to

:46:25. > :46:30.people, be upfront with your boss? No. Really? No, I wouldn't. I'd like

:46:31. > :46:34.to be able to, but that's the thing, recently I also had discrimination

:46:35. > :46:38.in another workplace and that was sort of with a physical disorder

:46:39. > :46:40.that I have as well, but the physical disorder was really

:46:41. > :46:46.affecting my anxiety and depression and when I went to see a healthcare

:46:47. > :46:51.professional about taking some time off, she asked whether I would like

:46:52. > :46:55.it taken under the physical illness or the physical and mental. She

:46:56. > :46:58.recommended that we only put the physical because putting the mental

:46:59. > :47:05.would then cause more problems in work. Sue, how do you react? I

:47:06. > :47:11.remember when Ruby covered that. Don't make a blanket judgement on

:47:12. > :47:15.it. Judge it for yourself. For some people they feel safe disclosing it

:47:16. > :47:18.and for many people, sadly too many people, still don't their employer

:47:19. > :47:22.is supportive of mental health issues. We are working with nearly

:47:23. > :47:26.500 employers with time to change from the Bank of England to

:47:27. > :47:30.Barclays, to M to Tesco's, and they're taking more proactive action

:47:31. > :47:35.on mental health in the workplace. But 500 is by no means all employers

:47:36. > :47:40.in land of all shapes or sizes in all sectors. So some employers are

:47:41. > :47:43.doing really good work and it needs leadership and proper support in the

:47:44. > :47:46.workplace, not just relying on the Health Service, but having available

:47:47. > :47:49.services in the health system, but having support in the workplace. It

:47:50. > :47:53.is a vital set to go get this right. And to make it safe for people to

:47:54. > :47:58.disclose because the longer you leave it, the longer your recovery,

:47:59. > :48:01.the greater the cost to business. To do something proactive is really

:48:02. > :48:04.helpful and what's changing the culture in organisations is Beth

:48:05. > :48:09.when people like yourself or Lucy are speaking out and leading their

:48:10. > :48:12.own internal campaigns to break down stigma. Lucy, you have had good

:48:13. > :48:15.experience, bad experience with previous employers, what's your

:48:16. > :48:20.advice to people watching right now, do you tell the boss? I think you do

:48:21. > :48:24.have to judge for yourself. I think as soon as I came to work for Home

:48:25. > :48:30.Group I knew that it was an organisation... You can tell from

:48:31. > :48:34.the environment So I think that it depends. You need to really get a

:48:35. > :48:38.good understanding of how your organisation works and what the

:48:39. > :48:40.culture is and if you feel comfortable enough then I strongly

:48:41. > :48:45.suggest you do because it made the world of difference to me. That's

:48:46. > :48:52.good to hear. Thank you very much. This e-mail from Rachel, "My teenage

:48:53. > :48:56.daughter is being treated for an eating disorder 300 miles away from

:48:57. > :49:00.our home in Nottingham. She has been treated in Birmingham and Cambridge.

:49:01. > :49:02.I feel strongly that while the PM actually speaking about the

:49:03. > :49:07.importance of mental health is very welcome, what is needed is proper

:49:08. > :49:09.investment to include intensive training for all professionals.

:49:10. > :49:13.Unfortunately, we have no idea how long we will have to endure this

:49:14. > :49:17.separation and it makes the long journey every two weeks to visit her

:49:18. > :49:23.bad. I want to know what the PM is doing to help us ordinary families

:49:24. > :49:24.who are suffering because of the crisis in child and adolescent

:49:25. > :49:28.mental health services today." If you experience mental

:49:29. > :49:30.health problems - really keen to hear from you -

:49:31. > :49:33.what should the Prime Minister And tell us your experiences

:49:34. > :49:37.of the support - or lack of support -

:49:38. > :49:39.you've received at work? We'll try and speak

:49:40. > :49:48.to some of you before The Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt is

:49:49. > :49:52.giving a statement to MPs on the NHS. NHS staff will tell us what it

:49:53. > :49:54.is really like working in A departments right now after one

:49:55. > :49:59.charity described it as a humanitarian crisis.

:50:00. > :50:01.Thousands of commuters have faced severe disruption this morning,

:50:02. > :50:10.because London Underground workers are staging a 24 hour strike.

:50:11. > :50:14.Clapham Junction station has been evacuated due to overcrowding.

:50:15. > :50:19.It's part of a long running dispute between the unions and tube station

:50:20. > :50:26.Our reporter Leanne Brown is at Hammersmith.

:50:27. > :50:35.Right, tell us what the situation is like there. Well, just to put this

:50:36. > :50:40.into context 4.8 million people use the Tube every day. That's a hell of

:50:41. > :50:44.a lot of people trying to use alternative modes of transport. They

:50:45. > :50:50.include, of course, the buses. Here is Hammersmith station. It is fairly

:50:51. > :50:53.quiet here at the moment, but I am told that at Shepherd's Bush there

:50:54. > :50:57.are large crowds of people there and some angry customers indeed. In

:50:58. > :51:03.fact, we're hearing that some fights have broken out there. As you said,

:51:04. > :51:07.Clapham Junction has been evacuated due to overcrowding. Extra services

:51:08. > :51:15.have been put in place to try and help. There are an extra 150 buses.

:51:16. > :51:21.There is also extra bikes available at the cycle hubs around Central

:51:22. > :51:25.London. The river services have also been enhanced, but if you are

:51:26. > :51:30.travelling on the roads, I'm afraid, there are miles and miles of queues

:51:31. > :51:34.heading into London if you are travelling by car or by taxi. I have

:51:35. > :51:38.to say, as I was travelling here today, there were a lot of extra

:51:39. > :51:44.people on the streets as well. People going back to old-fashioned

:51:45. > :51:49.walking or running to work! The mayor, Sadiq Khan, called the strike

:51:50. > :51:58.action pointless and he says it is causing unnecessary suffering to

:51:59. > :52:02.millions of passengers but the unions reiterated that the

:52:03. > :52:07.unacceptable proposals have been put forward and they're concerned about

:52:08. > :52:13.safety and staff. Now the strike action will last until around 6pm

:52:14. > :52:19.tonight. However, we're expecting that services won't resume until

:52:20. > :52:22.around about tomorrow morning. After 10am, we will talk to

:52:23. > :52:28.management from Transport for London.

:52:29. > :52:31.At least 15 people have been arrested in connection

:52:32. > :52:33.with the Kim Kardashian armed robbery in Paris last year.

:52:34. > :52:36.You'll remember she was held at gunpoint and robbed of jewellery

:52:37. > :52:40.worth several million dollars by five masked men.

:52:41. > :52:45.Our entertainment reporter is here. Fill us in. At least 16 people have

:52:46. > :52:51.been arrested in connection with this. Police are saying that they

:52:52. > :52:55.found some jewellery that the masked men dropped when they robbed Kim

:52:56. > :53:00.Kardashian in October. She was in Paris for Paris Fashion Week. It is

:53:01. > :53:04.thought mast ked men dressed as police officers and burst into her

:53:05. > :53:10.private apartment building and held a gun to her head and robbed her of

:53:11. > :53:13.jewellery and then they locked her in the bathroom. Now, when the

:53:14. > :53:18.police found this jewellery, they found traces of DNA on it which they

:53:19. > :53:24.led to a person known to them and this is where all the arrests have

:53:25. > :53:31.come from Normandy and the French Riviera. In terms of the impact the

:53:32. > :53:37.robbery had on her. She came off social media, but now she is back

:53:38. > :53:42.on. Reports o her and her husband's marriage? She has just come back on

:53:43. > :53:50.social media a few days ago and there was the first trailer for the

:53:51. > :53:53.new series of keeping up with the Kardashians'. She said she thought

:53:54. > :53:57.the robbers were going to shoot her in the back of the head. There were

:53:58. > :54:07.reports about marriage disturbances between her and rapper Kanye West.

:54:08. > :54:12.It looks like all family gatherings are back to normal because there

:54:13. > :54:19.will be a new series where we will get to find out more about this

:54:20. > :54:21.report and what's happened with the Paris robbery and Kanye's health

:54:22. > :54:30.from March. Thank you very much. La La Land has become

:54:31. > :54:32.the most successful film in Golden Globes history,

:54:33. > :54:36.winning seven awards. British stars Tom Hiddleston,

:54:37. > :54:38.Hugh Laurie and Olivia Colman picked up awards for BBC drama

:54:39. > :54:54.The Night Manager, and Claire Foy Maybe I'm not good enough. It is

:54:55. > :54:58.like a pipe dream. This is the dream. It is conflict and it is

:54:59. > :55:29.compromise and it is veriks very exciting.

:55:30. > :55:39.That was La La Land as opposed to Tom Hiddleston.

:55:40. > :55:42.But it was the Hollywood star Meryl Streep who drew most headlines

:55:43. > :55:44.when she sharply criticised the US president-elect Donald Trump

:55:45. > :55:46.as she received a lifetime achievement award at the ceremony.

:55:47. > :55:53.It is a terrible situation happening for children. The Night Manager is

:55:54. > :55:58.about arms dealing and there is too many arms going into south Sudan.

:55:59. > :56:06.That was Tom Hiddleston rather than Meryl Streep. Sorry about that!

:56:07. > :56:09.There was criticism of Donald Trump. Donald Trump said he is not

:56:10. > :56:13.surprised he came under attack from liberal movie people and he

:56:14. > :56:20.described Meryl Streep as a Hillary Clinton lover.

:56:21. > :56:22.And Ryan Reynolds and Andrew Garfield snogged as fellow actor

:56:23. > :56:30.Ryan Gosling walked on stage to pick up a gong.

:56:31. > :56:36.And on the programme tomorrow, we'll be speaking to Nicole Kidman.

:56:37. > :56:40.Her film Lion received four Golden Globes nominations.

:56:41. > :56:47.Now the weather. What we have this morning is some rain. The rain is

:56:48. > :56:51.going to continue to spread south-east wards as we head through

:56:52. > :56:54.the rest of the day. Clearing and then behind it, you will find, we

:56:55. > :56:57.will see a return to brighter conditions and showers. The rain is

:56:58. > :57:01.courtesy of this weather front. Behind it, look at this squeeze on

:57:02. > :57:04.the isobars indicating that it is going to be windy. Gusting to gale

:57:05. > :57:08.force across the north-west later on. So we start in the south with a

:57:09. > :57:12.lot of cloud. It has been a damp start to the day. That will be

:57:13. > :57:17.erased by this rain coming southwards. So heavier rain and

:57:18. > :57:21.gusty winds around it. But behind it, look at the difference. Some

:57:22. > :57:25.sunshine and brate spells and also some showers. Above 500 meters in

:57:26. > :57:31.Scotland, some of those will be wintry and the wind is strengthening

:57:32. > :57:33.and gusting to 60mph, 65mph with exposure across the north-westment

:57:34. > :57:36.for Northern Ireland, Northern England and North Wales, we are

:57:37. > :57:39.looking at a mixture of bright spells, sunshine and showers. The

:57:40. > :57:43.rain continuing to push into the South East, leaving a legacy of

:57:44. > :57:48.cloud behind it, but still fairly mild, looking at temperatures nine

:57:49. > :57:51.to 12 Celsius. Through the evening, that rain pushes away and overnight

:57:52. > :57:55.under clear skies across some central and eastern parts of the UK,

:57:56. > :57:58.we could see just a touch of frost. Meanwhile, the second band of rain

:57:59. > :58:02.moves from the west towards the east. The strongest winds transfer

:58:03. > :58:07.to the north-east and slowly the wind will come down, but it will be

:58:08. > :58:12.fairly windy. So we start tomorrow with the frost in some central and

:58:13. > :58:15.eastern areas. This means we will see sunshine, but out towards the

:58:16. > :58:18.west, another weather front is coming our way, and that's

:58:19. > :58:22.introducing thicker cloud and rain and it is moving from the west

:58:23. > :58:25.towards the east and as that clears the west, it will brighten up behind

:58:26. > :58:29.it. Temperatures tomorrow ranging from about six or seven Celsius in

:58:30. > :58:34.the north to still mild in the south. Nine to 11 Celsius. Now,

:58:35. > :58:39.moving from Tuesday and into Wednesday, again, quite a windy day.

:58:40. > :58:42.Again, a lot of dry weather around with some sunshine, but there will

:58:43. > :58:46.be showers around and as the colder air starts to come in, increasingly,

:58:47. > :58:49.they will be wintry on the hills, but if you're stepping out across

:58:50. > :58:53.the northern half of the k, it will feel cold. Temperatures between

:58:54. > :58:56.three and six Celsius. Further south, the temperature going down,

:58:57. > :58:59.but not quite as low as further north. Just lower than we have seen

:59:00. > :59:05.in the last few days and including today. So as we head towards the

:59:06. > :59:10.latter part of this week what is going to happen is we lose the mild

:59:11. > :59:14.yellows and they are replaced by the colder blues across the land. This

:59:15. > :59:17.air source is the Arctic and the wind direction is coming from the

:59:18. > :59:24.north or the north-west. So that does mean that some of us will see

:59:25. > :59:29.some snow. Now, at this stage, we could see snow almost anywhere.

:59:30. > :59:34.Thursday, Friday and into Saturday. But where we think at the moment is

:59:35. > :59:38.across Northern Scotland, parts of north-west England, North Wales, and

:59:39. > :59:42.the moors and the south-west, but all of that could change. So do keep

:59:43. > :59:45.in touch with the weather forecast and we will keep you up-to-date with

:59:46. > :59:49.what is happening. The cold air remains with us as we go through the

:59:50. > :59:53.weekend, but into next week, well, it looks like we might see something

:59:54. > :59:55.a little bit milder, but that could change too. So the message is keep

:59:56. > :00:02.in touch with the weather forecast. Our top story -

:00:03. > :00:07.tackling the injustice The Prime Minister promises to help

:00:08. > :00:11.schools and companies in England deal better

:00:12. > :00:20.with mental health issues. We have spoken to people about their

:00:21. > :00:25.experiences in the workplace. I was taken aback and said it was not an

:00:26. > :00:29.excuse, I have explained to you as an employer and friend the situation

:00:30. > :00:33.and if you are not willing to support me in it, we will not be

:00:34. > :00:38.able to take this further. When I went to HR and said I was not

:00:39. > :00:43.feeling well, I was feeling anxious, within 24 hours they hooked me up

:00:44. > :00:47.with a professional counsellor and I had a professional phone

:00:48. > :00:53.conversation. I felt able to speak to my line manager and was back in

:00:54. > :00:58.work within three days for that. Really keen to hear your

:00:59. > :01:01.experiences, particularly how your bosses have treated you when you

:01:02. > :01:03.have revealed mental health issues. We would like to talk to you on air

:01:04. > :01:05.before 11am. Also on the programme -

:01:06. > :01:08.exclusive access inside a 'fix room' in Denmark where dug addicts can

:01:09. > :01:20.legally take heroin and crack It is the same as you drink,

:01:21. > :01:30.whatever, losing some feeling, you know? Glasgow plans to introduce one

:01:31. > :01:32.and there are calls for more in the UK. Would you back then?

:01:33. > :01:35.And at the Golden Globes La La Land and the Night Manager

:01:36. > :01:38.are the big winners - Tom Hiddlestone uses his win to send

:01:39. > :01:46.It is a terrible situation happening for children. The Night Manager is

:01:47. > :01:52.about arms dealing and there are too many arms going into South Sudan.

:01:53. > :01:58.Theresa May is to announce a number of measures designed to deal

:01:59. > :02:00.with what she will describe as the "hidden injustice"

:02:01. > :02:04.In a speech, she'll promise to transform attitudes

:02:05. > :02:06.towards mental disorders, through extra training for schools

:02:07. > :02:11.Figures suggest 75 per cent of mental health problems start

:02:12. > :02:21.Up to four million commuters in London are facing significant

:02:22. > :02:23.difficult time this morning because of a strike across

:02:24. > :02:27.At one point one of the capital's busiest stations, Clapham Junction,

:02:28. > :02:30.had to be evacuated because of overcrowding.

:02:31. > :02:33.Huge crowds have gathered at bus stops as travellers try to complete

:02:34. > :02:36.Members of the RMT and TSSA unions walked out last

:02:37. > :02:39.night in a row about jobs and ticket office closures.

:02:40. > :02:48.The 24-hour strike is due to finish at six o'clock tonight.

:02:49. > :03:00.Police are investigating after a woman's body was found in Fife. The

:03:01. > :03:01.death of the 52-year-old is being treated as unexplained while

:03:02. > :03:02.investigations continue. Thousands of police officers

:03:03. > :03:04.in London are to be asked if they want to be routinely armed

:03:05. > :03:08.with a gun or electric Taser. The Metropolitan Police Federation,

:03:09. > :03:09.which represents 32,000 officers in the capital,

:03:10. > :03:11.says that with more officers being armed to counter

:03:12. > :03:14.the threat of terrorism, it was only fair to ask

:03:15. > :03:18.them what they think. A police spokesman said more than 90

:03:19. > :03:21.per cent of officers were currently unarmed and there were no plans

:03:22. > :03:24.to change this. Police in Paris say they have

:03:25. > :03:27.arrested more than a dozen people in connection with last October's

:03:28. > :03:29.robbery at gunpoint of the American They say DNA left by the robbers

:03:30. > :03:37.at the scene led to their arrests. At the time, French police said

:03:38. > :03:40.more than ?7 million Her spokeswoman said masked men

:03:41. > :03:44.entered the room at the luxury residence where Kim Kardashian

:03:45. > :03:46.was staying while attending The comedy "La La Land" -

:03:47. > :03:51.a nostalgic tribute to Hollywood musicals -

:03:52. > :03:53.has won a record seven prizes British actors also enjoyed a golden

:03:54. > :04:00.night in the TV categories. Tom Hiddleston, Olivia Colman

:04:01. > :04:02.and Hugh Laurie won acting prizes Claire Foy, who plays the Queen

:04:03. > :04:10.in Netflix's royal epic The Crown, was named best TV drama actress

:04:11. > :04:27.and the show won best TV drama. is the latest news, more at 10:30am.

:04:28. > :04:33.On Twitter, Esther said regarding the drug fixing rooms, saying they

:04:34. > :04:37.promote health and lower crime rates. She said at the moment we

:04:38. > :04:42.seem to be going backwards in the UK with attitudes towards drug users.

:04:43. > :04:46.She said drug users need protection and that is our responsibility as a

:04:47. > :04:51.member of the human race. Do get in touch.

:04:52. > :04:56.The latest sport now. Plymouth Argyle from the fourth tier of

:04:57. > :04:59.English football earned themselves a lucrative replay with Liverpool

:05:00. > :05:05.after their goalless draw in the third round of the FA Cup. The magic

:05:06. > :05:11.of the FA Cup was felt that Anfield is 9000 Plymouth fans made the ten

:05:12. > :05:15.hour round-trip. Jurgen Klopp made ten changes, fielding the youngest

:05:16. > :05:20.start-up in Liverpool's history and it helps Plymouth, who now prepare

:05:21. > :05:24.for the arrival of Liverpool in the replay. It causes as an extra

:05:25. > :05:28.headache as it does to Liverpool but it is great for the city we have a

:05:29. > :05:38.Premier League team coming. We are still in the next round of the FA

:05:39. > :05:43.Cup, as well. I knew before the game, with another line-up it could

:05:44. > :05:47.have been the same. It is not likely, but possible. It was an

:05:48. > :05:52.important experience with this line-up for the boys. They deserve

:05:53. > :05:59.the game at Plymouth and now we go there and try to do better. Also

:06:00. > :06:03.making the changes were Chelsea, who had no problems against League 1

:06:04. > :06:12.Peterborough United with a comfortable 4-1 win. Chelsea

:06:13. > :06:16.registered 35 shots on goal. Antonio Conte said he is considering

:06:17. > :06:22.appealing this incident. John Terry's red card. Sent off for a

:06:23. > :06:26.last man tackle and now facing a one match ban will stop Tottenham beat

:06:27. > :06:34.Aston Villa after a dreadful first half. It came alive in the second.

:06:35. > :06:42.Middlesbrough and Fulham FC are in tonight's draw. As comebacks go this

:06:43. > :06:46.will go down as one of the shortest. After seven months out, wasps

:06:47. > :06:49.flanker James Haskell lasted 35 seconds after coming off the bench

:06:50. > :06:55.against Leicester, before he was taken off with what looked like a

:06:56. > :06:58.nasty head injury, but the club are confident he will recover and should

:06:59. > :07:04.be fit to make the Six Nations for England. Three British players have

:07:05. > :07:08.been in action in the run-up to the Australian Open. Dan Evans won his

:07:09. > :07:16.match but Kyle Edmund was knocked out. Johanna Konta won in straight

:07:17. > :07:20.sets. She reached the semifinals of the Australian Open last year and

:07:21. > :07:25.has had a pretty good start to the season as she looks to replicate

:07:26. > :07:30.that form in 2017. There is often talk about football giving to

:07:31. > :07:35.supporters but this is an example of fans literally giving back to their

:07:36. > :07:40.club. The Morecambe manager was recently fined ?1000 after being

:07:41. > :07:44.sent from the touchline against Cheltenham, but with the League 2

:07:45. > :07:50.side struggling financially, supporters club together and have

:07:51. > :07:54.given him the cash to pay the fine. He was looking strong and solid but

:07:55. > :08:00.eventually he was moved to tears by the gesture. It is pretty nice, it

:08:01. > :08:02.goes to show in the lower leagues, the fans and manager Felix together

:08:03. > :08:05.and they were helping him out. Cheers.

:08:06. > :08:12.Now when it comes to stopping deaths from drug overdoses,

:08:13. > :08:14.could 'fix-rooms' or 'consumption rooms' be the answer?

:08:15. > :08:16.They're places where users can legally inject hard drugs

:08:17. > :08:19.like cocaine and heroin under medical supervision,

:08:20. > :08:24.There have been repeated calls for them to be

:08:25. > :08:29.Glasgow is planning to open the country's first

:08:30. > :08:32.drugs consumption room and officials behind it have looked

:08:33. > :08:34.to countries like Denmark - where these facilities already run

:08:35. > :08:43.Our reporter Divya Talwar spent a day inside a fix-room

:08:44. > :08:47.About 500 users come through its door each day.

:08:48. > :08:56.We played the full film at 0915 - here's a short extract -

:08:57. > :08:58.it shows scenes with blood and addicts injecting which you may

:08:59. > :09:06.This is Copenhagen's seedy red light district,

:09:07. > :09:15.It's home to one of the city's so-called fix rooms,

:09:16. > :09:19.a place where addicts can legally take Class A drugs safely,

:09:20. > :09:24.under supervision and without the fear of prosecution.

:09:25. > :09:26.There's calls to introduce them back in the UK,

:09:27. > :09:33.so I'm spending the day here to see how they work.

:09:34. > :09:39.It's 8am and, inside, users have already turned up.

:09:40. > :09:47.My name is Elliott, and I'm 25, almost 26 years old.

:09:48. > :09:56.It's good cocaine, a lot of heroin, and some diazepam benzo,

:09:57. > :10:07.He's homeless and will beg, borrow and steal to buy hard drugs.

:10:08. > :10:13.He injects so often that it's difficult to find a vein.

:10:14. > :10:34.This place opened three years ago, funded by the city

:10:35. > :10:42.There's always a nurse here to supervise the users.

:10:43. > :10:45.When the users come, the only thing they have to bring

:10:46. > :10:47.themselves is the drugs they are going to consume.

:10:48. > :10:49.Everything else we give to them for free.

:10:50. > :10:53.This is just an example, but we give to them the needles,

:10:54. > :10:58.Of course, the main thing is to save lives and to prevent

:10:59. > :11:09.Elliott is one of about 500 users who will come here today.

:11:10. > :11:16.And it's a safe place to take things in.

:11:17. > :11:19.When I take something that is really strong,

:11:20. > :11:25.I turn to the nurse that is sitting by the computer and I tell them,

:11:26. > :11:28."Hey, listen up, I'm going to take this strong dose," so they know

:11:29. > :11:34.what to expect if anything goes south.

:11:35. > :11:38.The fixing room will stay open through the night.

:11:39. > :11:41.Some people would say that having a facility like this is encouraging

:11:42. > :11:51.It's a very hard life to be a drug addict in this environment.

:11:52. > :11:53.It's a very busy life, people are working to get

:11:54. > :12:01.It does not make people's lives more easy, but it gives people a place

:12:02. > :12:06.But the fix room is clearly not a treatment facility

:12:07. > :12:08.to get addicts off drugs, and many people, like the users

:12:09. > :12:11.I've met here today, will come in and out of the fix room

:12:12. > :12:19.and go back to their difficult and sometimes dangerous lifestyles.

:12:20. > :12:22.Let's talk now to Rasmus Koberg Christiansen.

:12:23. > :12:24.He runs and manages the drug consumption room

:12:25. > :12:35.David Liddell is from the Scottish Drugs Forum,

:12:36. > :12:37.which supports plans to introduce consumption rooms in Glasgow.

:12:38. > :12:40.Chip Somers is a former heroin addict, who now runs a charity

:12:41. > :12:42.providing treatment for alcohol and substance misuse.

:12:43. > :12:44.He thinks the centres are a bad idea.

:12:45. > :12:45.Elizabeth Burton-Phillips' son Nick died because

:12:46. > :12:51.She's set up a charity call Drug Fam to help families in need

:12:52. > :12:56.and she thinks consumption rooms potentially encourage addiction.

:12:57. > :13:09.-- drug-taking. Why is a facility like yours necessary? The facility

:13:10. > :13:14.is necessary because it gives drugs users who normally take drugs in the

:13:15. > :13:19.streets in public a safe place where they can take their drugs. If they

:13:20. > :13:25.got an overdose, there are trained staff who can help them so they do

:13:26. > :13:32.not get severe injuries or die from an overdose. Chip Summers, would you

:13:33. > :13:38.have used a consumption room like this in order to stay safe? I don't

:13:39. > :13:42.think so, when I got my drugs I was keen to get somewhere private and I

:13:43. > :13:47.did use and inject in the street. I may have use them, I don't know. I

:13:48. > :13:52.would not have made a habit of it. When I got stoned I wanted to be

:13:53. > :13:56.quiet and listen to music away from everything else. Why are you not in

:13:57. > :14:03.favour of these rooms? Because of the cost. The cost of that must be

:14:04. > :14:08.in the region of up to ?500,000 a year at a time when people are

:14:09. > :14:12.struggling and waiting years to get detox and rehab. It is a vanity

:14:13. > :14:17.project at a time when we should concentrate on getting people who

:14:18. > :14:22.want to get abstinent into rehab, detoxed and clean. Please talk

:14:23. > :14:30.directly to Chip. What would you say to him? Relating to the cost, drugs

:14:31. > :14:38.consumption rooms can benefit because when people get overdoses,

:14:39. > :14:42.maybe they do not die, but they can have severe head injuries, brain

:14:43. > :14:51.damage, things like that. In that case the drugs consumption room cost

:14:52. > :14:55.benefit. I do not say it is either a drug Sumption room or other

:14:56. > :15:03.treatment. Both things are important to get, to get a good programme for

:15:04. > :15:10.drug addicts -- come Sumption. Right now in Glasgow, we have people

:15:11. > :15:14.waiting to go to rehab, all over the UK we have people waiting to go to

:15:15. > :15:19.rehab, and we do not have the money for a project like this. Their

:15:20. > :15:22.families desperate to get their children into treatment, clean, and

:15:23. > :15:32.are not able to because there is no funding to people through treatment.

:15:33. > :15:38.Elizabeth, two sons, one of whom died. What do you think of these

:15:39. > :15:44.rooms? It is encouraging further drug use. I think over the last 13

:15:45. > :15:50.years since my son died, I've worked across UK prisons, UK rehabs, in

:15:51. > :15:55.schools, and what I hear is the biggest thing for family members is

:15:56. > :15:59.the desire for freedom from addiction and not continued

:16:00. > :16:03.addiction. And... The biggest thing for family members, but not

:16:04. > :16:07.necessarily the addict? But the most important thing to understand is

:16:08. > :16:12.that addiction is a family illness. It is not just about the addict.

:16:13. > :16:15.Addiction can make you incredibly selfish and self-centred. It is the

:16:16. > :16:20.fall-out on the family members that is really, really important. But if

:16:21. > :16:23.an addict doesn't want to be helped, an addict won't be helped?

:16:24. > :16:26.Absolutely, but nevertheless, the family members still have the worry

:16:27. > :16:31.and the anxiety and the fear of death and that kind of thing. So

:16:32. > :16:35.that has to be looked at. Let me bring in David from the Scottish

:16:36. > :16:39.Drugs Forum. You are behind, you support the plan to introduce a

:16:40. > :16:42.consumption room, the so-called fixed rooms in Glasgow. How do you

:16:43. > :16:51.respond to the various criticisms, David? Well, I think has has been

:16:52. > :16:54.said in your piece, it is not a question of either or and we

:16:55. > :16:59.shouldn't view it in that way at all. Of course, we need more

:17:00. > :17:02.resources across the whole of the treatment and care sector, but

:17:03. > :17:10.particularly in relation to the Glasgow proposals. We have in the

:17:11. > :17:15.region of 500 very vulnerable, mostly older drug users. That's

:17:16. > :17:23.people over the age of 35 who have very little prospects of recovery

:17:24. > :17:28.and we need to reach out to that group so we can begin to engage with

:17:29. > :17:32.them and the proposals suggest is that we are moving current injecting

:17:33. > :17:36.that's going on in the streets within Glasgow into a safe

:17:37. > :17:40.environment where people can be supported and helped. And through

:17:41. > :17:45.that process we start to engage... At a financial cost, Mr Lidl. If

:17:46. > :17:49.there isn't enough taxpayers money to fund the necessary treatment

:17:50. > :17:55.that's needed right now then you're asking taxpayers to fund this as

:17:56. > :18:03.well? I think there has been described a humanitarian aspect of

:18:04. > :18:06.reaching out to this most vulnerable population engaging more effectively

:18:07. > :18:13.with them. If you look at it in terms of cost, we have an outbreak

:18:14. > :18:25.of HIV infection in Glasgow, that's # 5 individuals. 75 individuals. We

:18:26. > :18:31.need to look at it in the overall picture and the problem with drug

:18:32. > :18:39.users, there is admissions to hospital with multiple health issues

:18:40. > :18:43.that they have. Let's bring in Chip, somebody with HIV spreading it

:18:44. > :18:47.around because the unsafe use of needles. That's going to cost the

:18:48. > :18:50.NHS a lot of money? It will cost the NHS money. I heard David before

:18:51. > :18:54.talking about these people who are over 35 and have been using for a

:18:55. > :18:58.long time, the poor loves can't get better. I was 38 when I got better

:18:59. > :19:01.and I have had a long time in recovery. There is nothing about age

:19:02. > :19:05.or anything that stops people from getting better and I think we should

:19:06. > :19:09.just be encouraging people much more, what is the waiting list for

:19:10. > :19:15.rehab in Glasgow at the moment? But surely... What is the waiting list

:19:16. > :19:19.at the moment for rehab in Glasgow? What sort of rehab are you talking

:19:20. > :19:24.about? How many people in Glasgow are waiting for detox? I think the

:19:25. > :19:27.point is, you know, as has been said, we are looking for a wider

:19:28. > :19:32.range of services, that's the point. I think, you know, what we mead to

:19:33. > :19:36.do is keep people alive until the point they can actually effectively

:19:37. > :19:39.recover. As you say, considerable numbers of people actually recover

:19:40. > :19:45.at a later age and the challenge we have in the Scottish context is that

:19:46. > :19:48.many people sadly don't reach the age, you know, of yourself when you

:19:49. > :19:54.recovered at 38, they are actually dead before then and that is not

:19:55. > :19:58.acceptable in our view. And some people are getting in touch to say,

:19:59. > :20:03.don't these fixed rooms actually encourage further drug taking? There

:20:04. > :20:08.is no sign from the fixed rooms that they encourage people to get clean?

:20:09. > :20:12.I think the point is we're moving currently injecting from the streets

:20:13. > :20:17.into these centres. There is no evidence of any of the centres

:20:18. > :20:21.across the world that actually they've led to increased drug use

:20:22. > :20:27.because what we're talking about is long-term problematic drug users who

:20:28. > :20:30.are not able for various reasons, including issues that you discussed

:20:31. > :20:34.earlier in your programme, around mental health. A considerable

:20:35. > :20:37.proportion of these individuals have significant underlying mental health

:20:38. > :20:42.problems which make engagement with services difficult. It is about

:20:43. > :20:49.being humane and raching out to this population which we have been unable

:20:50. > :20:53.to engage with effectively. Mr Lidl, could I ask you, have you ever had a

:20:54. > :20:58.family member or friend in addiction personally? A family member or

:20:59. > :21:04.friend in addiction? Not a family member, no. So you wouldn't

:21:05. > :21:07.understand possibly the impact of addiction on the family? I don't

:21:08. > :21:12.think that would be fair to be honest. I've worked in the field for

:21:13. > :21:17.30 years. Because I think... I am aware of all the issues and we've

:21:18. > :21:21.campaigned for many years for a full range of services across the

:21:22. > :21:26.spectrum. A full range of services needs to embrace the family. The

:21:27. > :21:30.family are the ones who are directly impacted by someone's addiction. And

:21:31. > :21:34.therefore, it is very, very important that when you're looking

:21:35. > :21:41.at supporting places like fixed rooms, that you understand that even

:21:42. > :21:45.though they maybe safe places, for the addicts to go, there are family

:21:46. > :21:49.members out there who are worried day after day, suffering mental

:21:50. > :21:53.health issues themselves, suffering depression, anxiety themselves,

:21:54. > :21:57.because of fear of the continued drug use. And I have to support Chip

:21:58. > :22:02.here because the most important thing that I hear day after day

:22:03. > :22:06.after day from addicts in recovery and from addicts seeking recovery,

:22:07. > :22:09.from people in prison, is I want freedom from drugs, not continued

:22:10. > :22:14.drug use. I think what you'll find

:22:15. > :22:20.particularly with this population in Glasgow that we're talking about is

:22:21. > :22:26.they are isolated from everybody. That's services and their families

:22:27. > :22:29.and so, in my view, and the view of others who've introduced the centres

:22:30. > :22:33.across Europe and more widely is they are an important step in more

:22:34. > :22:37.effectively engaging with individuals. Do you accept that

:22:38. > :22:41.point? That actually bringing these people into for a start, some kind

:22:42. > :22:45.of safe environment, so if they do overdose, there is someone on hand

:22:46. > :22:50.to help them? As a family member that might be some short-term

:22:51. > :22:55.consolation, but also that as David says, they're isolated at the moment

:22:56. > :22:58.so get them into a fixed room so you have got some conversation starter.

:22:59. > :23:04.That sort of thing is supposed to be happening now... But it is not.

:23:05. > :23:07.They're isolated. Remember your time, taking heroin privately, on

:23:08. > :23:11.your own, you wanted to be away from people. You weren't necessarily

:23:12. > :23:15.engaged with the services on offer. There were few services on offer and

:23:16. > :23:21.the services that are on offer now, are worse than they were then. If I

:23:22. > :23:24.was about to spend ?500,000 on a drug consumption room, the question

:23:25. > :23:29.I would be asking is that's fine, but how many people are waiting to

:23:30. > :23:34.go to rehab before we spend this money? Do you know how many people

:23:35. > :23:37.are on the waiting list for abstinence treatment in Glasgow

:23:38. > :23:40.right now? Well, the waiting times for access to treatment across

:23:41. > :23:45.Scotland is generally less than three weeks. That's the case and we

:23:46. > :23:51.have argued actually that should be certainly shorter than it is, but I

:23:52. > :23:55.go back to my fundamental point, we shouldn't be arguing about the value

:23:56. > :23:59.of one service against another, we need a whole spectrum of services so

:24:00. > :24:05.that people can make that transition from the most chaotic drug use and

:24:06. > :24:09.be more effectively engaged. I think it is an unhelpful thing to view it

:24:10. > :24:12.as one or the other. Some messages from people watching you talk about

:24:13. > :24:16.this. Amy, "So we let people into a fixed room. No questions asked on

:24:17. > :24:22.where they got the drugs from, if they were stolen? It is just

:24:23. > :24:26.encouraging drug use." Pat says, "Drug consumption rooms are a

:24:27. > :24:30.compassionate approach to supporting someone with an addiction." Another

:24:31. > :24:33.viewer says, "Fixed rooms will take away the stigma and the status

:24:34. > :24:38.associated in that it draws people in. It will reduce overdoses and

:24:39. > :24:43.disease." Angela says, "It is a safe environment for drug users and has

:24:44. > :24:46.less negative connotations for wider society. They need help, not

:24:47. > :24:52.victimisation and judging." I'm going to thank you all for your

:24:53. > :24:53.time. Thank you for coming on the programme, thank you for your time

:24:54. > :24:59.this morning. If you've been affected

:25:00. > :25:01.by the issues raised in Divya's report, you can find details

:25:02. > :25:03.of organisations offering information and support with

:25:04. > :25:05.addiction at bbc.co.uk/actionline. Or you can call for free,

:25:06. > :25:08.at any time to hear recorded Coming up, we will hear from three

:25:09. > :25:31.people working in the NHS. Should police officers

:25:32. > :25:33.routinely be armed? Thousands of Met officers

:25:34. > :25:36.are being asked whether they would want to regularly carry

:25:37. > :25:38.a gun or taser. A survey by the Metropolitan Police

:25:39. > :25:40.Federation will consult all its members on their views

:25:41. > :25:42.about equipping Scotland Yard doesn't support

:25:43. > :25:44.officers being armed But with a severe terror threat

:25:45. > :25:48.in this country does Ken Marsh is Chairman of

:25:49. > :26:02.the Metropolitan Police Federation Tony Long is a former specialist

:26:03. > :26:06.firearms officer for 25 years at the Met Police and has written

:26:07. > :26:10.a book about his experiences. Ken, why are you asking your members

:26:11. > :26:14.this? Good morning. We're asking our members this because they haven't

:26:15. > :26:18.been asked it before. Predominantly it is about Taser more than

:26:19. > :26:21.firearms, but the question needs to be asked because should we flip the

:26:22. > :26:26.coin in circumstances change in London where we do see something

:26:27. > :26:30.major take place and there is a clamouring for this to happen, then

:26:31. > :26:35.we've never asked our colleagues ever, would you be prepared to carry

:26:36. > :26:39.a Taser or a firearm because a lot might say, "No way." I wouldn't do

:26:40. > :26:44.the job. So that's why we're asking the question.

:26:45. > :26:50.Tony Long, as a former firearms officer, you have shot five people.

:26:51. > :26:55.Killed three individuals, I wonder if you can give our audience some

:26:56. > :26:59.kind of insight into the circumstances and the decision

:27:00. > :27:07.making when it comes to using a weapon? Yes, the three situations

:27:08. > :27:11.that I was involved in were over a long period time. The first was in

:27:12. > :27:15.1985, it was a domestic siege where I shot a man who was in the process

:27:16. > :27:20.of stabbing a little girl that he had been holding hostage. The

:27:21. > :27:25.decision there was incredibly easy. It was a choice between the life of

:27:26. > :27:28.a little girl and the life of a man who had already brutally murdered

:27:29. > :27:32.the child's mother in front of police. That wasn't a difficult

:27:33. > :27:38.decision to make. He actually survived. So I didn't have to sort

:27:39. > :27:42.of labour on how I would have thought about it had he died. The

:27:43. > :27:46.next situation was two years later. It was an armed robbery. And it was

:27:47. > :27:50.a pre-planned operation where we had intelligence and we were waiting for

:27:51. > :27:54.the robbery to happen. And when we were confronted, the robbers turned

:27:55. > :27:59.to face me and again, it want a difficult decision. The last

:28:00. > :28:02.occasion, it was a very difficult decision because I didn't see a gun.

:28:03. > :28:06.The intelligence was that he had a gun. His manner ychs and his

:28:07. > :28:10.behaviour led me to believe that my colleagues lives were in danger and

:28:11. > :28:16.I opened fire. For me, that was the most difficult decision of my

:28:17. > :28:19.career. And were you... When an officer finds himself in that

:28:20. > :28:22.situation in that split second before firing, the decision to fire

:28:23. > :28:24.probably isn't difficult. It is living with it afterwards that's the

:28:25. > :28:28.difficulty. Have you found it difficult to live

:28:29. > :28:33.afterwards with the decision you made in the latter case? No. Because

:28:34. > :28:38.I was right. The man had a gun. As far as I was concerned he posed a

:28:39. > :28:41.threat to my colleagues and so I was right, but I have not found myself

:28:42. > :28:52.in a situation say for instance of two of my colleagues that were

:28:53. > :28:56.involved in the shooting of Jean Charles de Menezes. They genuinely

:28:57. > :29:00.thought they were confronting a suicide bomber. Unfortunately they

:29:01. > :29:04.were given the wrong suspect. It was a tragic error. Now, I don't know

:29:05. > :29:08.how I would cope with living with that. They have got on with their

:29:09. > :29:12.lives and gone back to firearms duties, but unless you're there, it

:29:13. > :29:18.is very difficult to actually, you know, know how you'll feel. In terms

:29:19. > :29:24.of the circumstances you found yourself in, presumably you were

:29:25. > :29:27.investigated by either other forces or the independent Police Watchdog.

:29:28. > :29:32.What sort of an impact does that have on you? Well, the first

:29:33. > :29:38.situation, I was barely investigated at all believe it or not because the

:29:39. > :29:43.suspect, I suspect we would now call it suicide by cop. He wanted the

:29:44. > :29:49.police to shoot him and forced us into a situation where we had to and

:29:50. > :29:52.he survived. He never made an official complaint therefore, I was

:29:53. > :29:57.never investigated. That was early days. That was in the mid-80s. The

:29:58. > :30:03.second incident, I was investigated by an outside force. Overseen by the

:30:04. > :30:13.Police Complaints Authority. And the last one, I was investigated a very

:30:14. > :30:17.new IPCC and I was treated fairly fairly, but I know for a fact,

:30:18. > :30:20.through speaking to colleagues who are currently under investigation,

:30:21. > :30:25.and who have been investigated, in recent years, there has been a sea

:30:26. > :30:29.change in the way the IPCC deal with police officers. What we used to

:30:30. > :30:32.call principal officers, those who have had to shoot and it is not

:30:33. > :30:38.good. They're treated very much as criminals.

:30:39. > :30:44.The IPCC might reject that description but I am hearing what

:30:45. > :30:49.you are saying. Ken Marshall, it would be fascinating to find out if

:30:50. > :30:55.officers would feel comfortable with this. What you think the public

:30:56. > :31:00.would want? As you say, that is what we are interested in. Let's do it in

:31:01. > :31:06.stages and the first process is to ask colleagues and then put it out

:31:07. > :31:10.to a further field of the community, senior management, to engage with

:31:11. > :31:15.the question. The interesting thing for ours is to ask the question, we

:31:16. > :31:21.have not asked the question up to now, let's see what comes back. It

:31:22. > :31:25.could come back as a damp squib will stop our commissioner recently said

:31:26. > :31:29.600 more firearms officers on the streets of London, a huge number,

:31:30. > :31:34.and everyone accepted it. He could say the same next week stop let's

:31:35. > :31:39.get the balance, see what they are saying, and then we will be able to

:31:40. > :31:46.use the information. We are talking about increasing the numbers of

:31:47. > :31:52.firearms officers up to 2600. When I became an instructor in 1983, we

:31:53. > :31:58.trained 4800. In the last couple of decades we have dramatically reduced

:31:59. > :32:03.the people carrying firearms, officers, and they are arguably

:32:04. > :32:07.better trained, certainly better equipped and everybody who carries a

:32:08. > :32:11.firearm is now pretty much a full-time firearms carrier not a

:32:12. > :32:17.part timer like in the 80s. Ken said the question has not been asked.

:32:18. > :32:21.Maybe by the Metropolitan Federation but it has been asked nationally on

:32:22. > :32:25.four occasions in my service as to whether police officers should be

:32:26. > :32:31.armed and in the past, the wording the federation have used, it has

:32:32. > :32:37.almost been guiding officers into saying they did not want to carry

:32:38. > :32:42.firearms. The issue in this country is that you ask what the public

:32:43. > :32:49.want. We are there to protect the public and I respect their opinion,

:32:50. > :32:54.but I find it insulting. They say we want you to protect us, but we do

:32:55. > :32:58.not want you to be armed. Elsewhere in the world and I'm not talking bad

:32:59. > :33:03.America, I'm talking about France and Holland and Sweden, it would be

:33:04. > :33:06.crazy to call for this system to the police and for them to have no

:33:07. > :33:16.better means of protecting themselves. We will report on the

:33:17. > :33:19.outcome. Thanks. You have been getting in touch with your

:33:20. > :33:22.experiences of mental health services. Theresa May will give a

:33:23. > :33:27.speech after it 11 this morning and that will be live on BBC News. We

:33:28. > :33:30.will hear from some of you in the next half-hour.

:33:31. > :33:32.La La Land danced off with seven Golden Globes last night,

:33:33. > :33:36.but the most dramatic moment of the night went to Meryl Streep.

:33:37. > :33:47.Theresa May is to announce a number of measures designed to deal

:33:48. > :33:50.with what she will describe as the "hidden injustice"

:33:51. > :33:53.In a speech, she'll promise to transform attitudes

:33:54. > :33:55.towards mental disorders, through extra training for schools

:33:56. > :34:01.Figures suggest 75 per cent of mental health problems start

:34:02. > :34:06.difficult time this morning because of a strike across

:34:07. > :34:14.At one point one of the capital's busiest stations, Clapham Junction,

:34:15. > :34:17.had to be evacuated because of overcrowding.

:34:18. > :34:19.Huge crowds have gathered at bus stops as travellers try to complete

:34:20. > :34:26.Members of the RMT and TSSA unions walked out last

:34:27. > :34:29.night in a row about jobs and ticket office closures.

:34:30. > :34:33.The 24-hour strike is due to finish at six o'clock tonight.

:34:34. > :34:35.And in a few minutes time Victoria will be talking

:34:36. > :34:37.to the Chief Operating Officer of London Underground

:34:38. > :34:41.Police are investigating after a woman's body was found

:34:42. > :34:48.Officers were called to the woodland near Aboyne Way yesterday morning.

:34:49. > :34:51.The death of the 52-year-old is being treated as unexplained

:34:52. > :35:10.Join me again at 11. We will bring you the sport in a second. Before

:35:11. > :35:15.that, four hostages being held inside a bookmakers in Jarrow by a

:35:16. > :35:22.man with a firearm had been freed. We can speak to Fiona in Newcastle.

:35:23. > :35:26.Northumbria's Chief Constable said it was a dangerous and difficult

:35:27. > :35:29.operation and you can understand why when you see the footage, a man

:35:30. > :35:36.armed with what is believed to be a sawn off shotgun in a bookmakers in

:35:37. > :35:41.Jarrow, in a busy precinct, and four held inside. Police arrived at 540

:35:42. > :35:45.5p last night and soon afterwards three were released but the last

:35:46. > :35:51.person was released at 840 PM last night. Jarrow people said they could

:35:52. > :35:56.hear shots being fired and police telling us today it would have been

:35:57. > :36:01.from a police issue less lethal weapons so we understand a Taser was

:36:02. > :36:06.used. They tell us know one was injured, including the four

:36:07. > :36:11.hostages. It would have been a terrifying ordeal. A man has been

:36:12. > :36:12.arrested and a firearms seized and that man is being questioned this

:36:13. > :36:16.morning. Cheers. Now the sport. The spirit of the FA Cup was felt

:36:17. > :36:21.at Anfield yesterday as 9,000 Plymouth fans watched their side

:36:22. > :36:23.from the fourth tier of English Football hold

:36:24. > :36:25.Premier League giants Liverpool It earns them a lucrative replay

:36:26. > :36:32.and they are into the draw for the fourth round,

:36:33. > :36:34.although manager Jurgen Klopp's ten changes, helped Plymouth somewhat

:36:35. > :36:36.as he fielded the youngest side No problems for Chelsea though

:36:37. > :36:40.who also made changes, nine in total, as they beat

:36:41. > :36:42.League One Peterborough 4-1 - although they did have club captain

:36:43. > :36:46.John Terry sent off. There were wins too for Fulham ,

:36:47. > :36:54.Middlesbrough and Tottenham. As comebacks go it will go down

:36:55. > :36:57.as one of the shortest . After seven months out Wasps flanker

:36:58. > :36:59.James Haskell lasted 35 seconds after coming off the bench

:37:00. > :37:01.against Leicester yesterday, before he was taken off

:37:02. > :37:03.with a head injury. His club are confident he will make

:37:04. > :37:07.a quick recovery and should be fit to make the start of the six

:37:08. > :37:09.nations for England . Johanna Konta warmed up

:37:10. > :37:12.for the start of the Australian Open by beating Arina Rodionova

:37:13. > :37:17.in straight sets at the Sydney the semi-finals in the first grand

:37:18. > :37:26.slam of the year last year. Dan Evans is through in the men's

:37:27. > :37:28.competition but Kyle Edmund is out. The Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt

:37:29. > :37:44.will make a statement to MPs On her the service is coping with

:37:45. > :37:49.winter pressures. The Red Cross described conditions faced by

:37:50. > :37:53.patients in recent weeks as amounting to a humanitarian crisis.

:37:54. > :37:55.Jeremy Hunt denies the accuracy of that description but said the

:37:56. > :37:57.situation is severe. There is a very serious situation

:37:58. > :37:59.in a number of hospitals. They are finding it

:38:00. > :38:01.very, very challenging. It's the most difficult

:38:02. > :38:03.time of year. I think you should listen to

:38:04. > :38:05.what independent people are saying. People like Chris Hobson

:38:06. > :38:08.who represents all the hospitals, no friend of the Government when it

:38:09. > :38:13.comes to NHS policy, who rejected that description

:38:14. > :38:16.because he said that actually the vast majority of hospitals

:38:17. > :38:22.are if anything coping slightly better than a year ago,

:38:23. > :38:25.but you do have some very severe problems in a few hospitals which,

:38:26. > :38:28.you know, no one wants to play down because they are very serious

:38:29. > :38:42.and we're doing everything we can Labour are demanding action. Here

:38:43. > :39:01.are some of the pressures the NHS is England -- in England are facing.

:39:02. > :39:04.This is a wake-up call, a wake-up call to properly

:39:05. > :39:06.fund our NHS and properly fund social care so that those

:39:07. > :39:09.who are in a desperate situation that need care outside of hospital

:39:10. > :39:41.Local authorities don't have the money to do it.

:39:42. > :39:42.Well, the definition of a humanitarian crisis

:39:43. > :39:47.is something that affects large numbers of people,

:39:48. > :39:50.their health and well-being, for a prolonged period of time.

:39:51. > :39:52.The fact is, you just look at the numbers.

:39:53. > :39:55.More than half a million people who used to receive

:39:56. > :40:09.It's probably not a million miles away from the truth.

:40:10. > :40:12.I think we've been predicting that we would face a winter from hell.

:40:13. > :40:20.On an international scale for the Red Cross, is it

:40:21. > :40:25.No, I think that's an overstatement at this stage.

:40:26. > :40:28.Clearly demand is very high and it's higher than it's ever been

:40:29. > :40:30.but we have probably the most comprehensive plans

:40:31. > :41:24.But it is really very difficult at the moment.

:41:25. > :41:27.So here to give us an insight of what it's like working

:41:28. > :41:32.We can speak to Paul Robinson who is an emergency medicine doctor.

:41:33. > :41:44.Hiam Aldroubi a medical student in a geriatric ward.

:41:45. > :41:49.You recently finished assessing night shifts at A Tell the

:41:50. > :41:58.audience what it was like. I am an emergency medicine doctor. The Red

:41:59. > :42:02.Cross described what we're facing as a humanitarian crisis. I am afraid

:42:03. > :42:06.to say that might not go far enough in cases and this is a problem

:42:07. > :42:11.Theresa May needs to address. Jeremy Hunt's statement will be welcome and

:42:12. > :42:16.I'm sure he will have interesting things to say, but the Prime

:42:17. > :42:20.Minister needs to intervene on this. A are under crippling pressure

:42:21. > :42:28.nationwide. We have a target of four hours where we asked -- we are

:42:29. > :42:34.supposed to see patients. We are so busy, we are picking patients up

:42:35. > :42:39.over that time, regularly seeing patients who had been in the

:42:40. > :42:44.Department for and a half hours, five, six hours, perhaps more. We

:42:45. > :42:48.are overwhelmed, we do not have enough beds and staffs and we are

:42:49. > :42:53.not properly funded. Have they taken beds out because they do not have

:42:54. > :42:58.the money? That is part of it. We have had a huge amount of acute beds

:42:59. > :43:02.cut in the last ten years and A attendance in the last ten years is

:43:03. > :43:08.up 25%, in a specialty that struggles to recruit staff. You say

:43:09. > :43:14.it is about beds rather than staff? It is a combination of the two, we

:43:15. > :43:18.need more and we need to ask ourselves questions about why the

:43:19. > :43:24.government can ignore the fact we are in provided full. You know that

:43:25. > :43:27.they would reject they are ignoring you and improperly... That they are

:43:28. > :43:33.not improperly providing. I'm sure they would but I would like to

:43:34. > :43:37.remind Theresa May the British Prime Minister 's arm looked on harshly by

:43:38. > :43:42.ministers when they use phrases like crisis, what crisis? We are caught

:43:43. > :43:46.under the wheels of a chariot. Do you acknowledge that the Health

:43:47. > :43:51.Secretary is saying there are severe problems, I am not complacent, and

:43:52. > :43:54.they will address it? I am overjoyed he has come back from his holiday

:43:55. > :43:58.and business trip in Japan to address the problem he should have

:43:59. > :44:03.been here to see two in the first place. I do not think his

:44:04. > :44:10.acknowledgement means much to fund -- to front-line staff now. Give our

:44:11. > :44:16.audience within sight of your work and pressures you are facing and how

:44:17. > :44:20.it is different to two years ago. Yesterday, I was not supposed to be

:44:21. > :44:26.in work, but my colleagues asked me to come in, to help, because the

:44:27. > :44:34.pressures we are seeing are so intense. Recently, the chair of the

:44:35. > :44:39.GMC, a professor of paediatrics, he said that in 30 years he has been in

:44:40. > :44:44.paediatrics, the level of intensity and level of pressure seen in NHS

:44:45. > :44:51.hospitals is like nothing that has ever been seen before. What is

:44:52. > :44:57.different this year? It is complex. There are lots of factors. The fact

:44:58. > :45:01.remains this is something junior doctors, the colleges have been

:45:02. > :45:09.telling the government about across the year. What are the factors? We

:45:10. > :45:17.have a huge amount of illness, an ageing population, we have reducing

:45:18. > :45:21.staff morale and the winter particularly is something where

:45:22. > :45:24.illness hits, particularly with children, who have severe

:45:25. > :45:30.infections. One thing that has not been touched on so far, it is not

:45:31. > :45:35.only patients getting sick of that doctors also. We have a lot of staff

:45:36. > :45:39.off in the winter and the other day a colleague ended up working in the

:45:40. > :45:43.hospital for 19 hours because the team on nights were too sick to come

:45:44. > :45:47.in because they had been working so hard. This is really difficult and a

:45:48. > :45:57.situation that needs urgent change. Let me bring in a doctor. You're a

:45:58. > :46:02.medical student. How do you find working in the NHS? I am a first

:46:03. > :46:08.year doctor. I am not a medical student. It is complete crisis. It

:46:09. > :46:13.is actually a humanitarian crisis. I'm an international student. I came

:46:14. > :46:19.to study medicine in the UK. And it is the biggest regret of my life. It

:46:20. > :46:22.is because we are basically, we studied so hard for six years, but

:46:23. > :46:26.it is, we had a patient die in the hospital because we couldn't give

:46:27. > :46:30.her oxygen in time. She wasn't seen in time and she passed away. She was

:46:31. > :46:35.just missed because of the amount of patients that we have in. There is

:46:36. > :46:39.people who work in admin who cannot get their rota fixed properly. We

:46:40. > :46:44.have one team that has nine doctors and one team that has two doctors,

:46:45. > :46:50.it is in a complete crisis. You hate your work, do you? Well, it is not

:46:51. > :46:54.what I expected to be doing. And what I really wanted to be doing is

:46:55. > :47:00.saving lives and I'm not seeing this. There is three doctors who the

:47:01. > :47:05.hospital trust got from India to work. They resigned within three

:47:06. > :47:09.months. They said we would rather go back, not work, rather than be in

:47:10. > :47:13.this mess. Paul Robinson, what would you suggest... They're stretching

:47:14. > :47:19.the doctors so much that they don't want to work anymore. My colleagues

:47:20. > :47:23.who has been working 87 hours a week and they get a call on Sunday from

:47:24. > :47:28.the medical chief to ask them to come to work and I mean how is this

:47:29. > :47:35.even allowed? We have got patients waiting in corridors. You go into

:47:36. > :47:39.A, it is like walking into Tesco's.

:47:40. > :47:47.There is just so many patients lining up. There is no staff. No

:47:48. > :47:50.rota and most importantly, there is No respect at all. These little

:47:51. > :47:55.things that doctors have to fight about like having a car park. Sorry,

:47:56. > :48:01.Victoria, you work for the BBC, don't you? I do. Do you have a room

:48:02. > :48:05.to take breaks in? I don't think so, no. When you want to have a break,

:48:06. > :48:12.you don't have an actual place where you can go and have a break in? No,

:48:13. > :48:17.not that I am aware of. There is a green room down there. We have a

:48:18. > :48:24.mess room and we have to pay to use it. What sort of respect is this?

:48:25. > :48:28.Paul Robinson, what would you say to the doctor who said it is the

:48:29. > :48:33.biggest regret of her life coming to the UK to be a doctor? Nothing

:48:34. > :48:37.frustrates hard-working, keen people more than not being able to do their

:48:38. > :48:43.job properly. What we need to see on this is two things. We need to see

:48:44. > :48:47.the 2012 Health and Social Care Act repealed because that took away any

:48:48. > :48:50.need for Jeremy Hunt fob responsible for the provision of healthcare and

:48:51. > :48:56.we need Theresa May to engage with this issue directly. Engage directly

:48:57. > :49:02.and what, go to your hospital, talk to you, see for herself... She needs

:49:03. > :49:05.to see this. And then what? What we are seeing is a prelude to

:49:06. > :49:11.privatisation and that's the current Government's agenda. They would deny

:49:12. > :49:14.that completely. What evidence have you seen for that? Theresa May used

:49:15. > :49:18.the language of it. Used the language? She said she would be

:49:19. > :49:22.considering things that were avoided by previous governments. But there

:49:23. > :49:26.are no plans to charge people at the point of delivery? You know that.

:49:27. > :49:30.Well, there better not be. You know that. We see people too desperate to

:49:31. > :49:34.have that kind of money. Theresa May and Jeremy Hunt don't have to engage

:49:35. > :49:38.with healthcare in the way the rest of the country does. These are not

:49:39. > :49:41.people who have to queue for four-and-a-half hours. These aren't

:49:42. > :49:49.people who get sent across London because they have got a facial

:49:50. > :49:53.abscess and there are no beds. Sorry, privatisation, I really

:49:54. > :49:58.appreciate the NHS. I'm Syrian. I came before the war to study

:49:59. > :50:01.medicine. I really love the NHS, but maybe privatisation will be a good

:50:02. > :50:04.thing for the public. If they get a private company to sort out the

:50:05. > :50:09.mess. We are in a mess. Maybe it will be better for the public,

:50:10. > :50:14.better for the doctors, and it will be a better delivery of care. What

:50:15. > :50:18.we're seeing now is the public taking advantage of the actual

:50:19. > :50:22.situation. In what way? We're called in to see patients who come in

:50:23. > :50:27.because they have a scab on their hand and they want a sicknote.

:50:28. > :50:31.Right, OK. So there is something we could do as general patients and

:50:32. > :50:35.taxpayers in terms of trying to relieve a bit of stress. What would

:50:36. > :50:38.you say needs to be done right now, the urgent need that you talked

:50:39. > :50:43.about, how would you like to see the Prime Minister address it? I think

:50:44. > :50:50.there are a few things that are very clear. Hospitals are asking for more

:50:51. > :50:53.money, Chris hob son is asking for more money, the chief of NHS

:50:54. > :50:57.provider, Simon Stevens the head of the NHS wants more money. We are not

:50:58. > :51:01.only being given less than is expected, but also being lied to

:51:02. > :51:04.about figures. The Government's own Health Select Committee have said

:51:05. > :51:09.that the Government have been misleading with the amount of money

:51:10. > :51:13.that they are giving us. Also social care money is being reduced in the

:51:14. > :51:16.figure of millions, meaning that more and more pressure is being put

:51:17. > :51:21.on hospitals. I think what needs to happen is there needs to be a

:51:22. > :51:25.genuine and honest discussion where by people like us on the frontline,

:51:26. > :51:29.are listened to and we can talk about the problems. There are simple

:51:30. > :51:33.solutions that I think can really help. For example, increasing the

:51:34. > :51:38.amount of community care that can be offered, not only in terms of giving

:51:39. > :51:42.antibiotics, and seeing patients, but also the social care and welfare

:51:43. > :51:45.particularly for the elderly that helps keep them out of hospital and

:51:46. > :51:48.save in the winter. Thank you very much. I really appreciate your time.

:51:49. > :51:55.Thank you for coming on the programme. Thank you.

:51:56. > :52:00.The Mayor of London says that thousands of people were

:52:01. > :52:05.inconvenienced for no reason. The Mayor of London says there were

:52:06. > :52:07.concerns about safety at some stations.

:52:08. > :52:10.Steve Griffiths is the Chief Operating Officer London Underground

:52:11. > :52:17.What's going on? Clearly, this is an unnecessary strike. First of all, I

:52:18. > :52:21.want to apologise for the disruption that our customers are experiencing

:52:22. > :52:27.today. We acknowledge the patience that they are showing. We've always

:52:28. > :52:32.said that we will, within the first 12 months of our new operating model

:52:33. > :52:34.in our stations as a result of the ticket office closures, review our

:52:35. > :52:42.staffing levels with the trade unions. We have been doing that

:52:43. > :52:46.review and we have identified 200 new roles that we have started

:52:47. > :52:49.recruitment immediately to put into our stations staffing to improve the

:52:50. > :52:54.level of service that we can offer our can yous mirs on a daily basis.

:52:55. > :52:57.So the unions say they are on strike because you're closing ticket

:52:58. > :53:03.offices and you're making too many people redundant. Those new jobs

:53:04. > :53:10.that you have talked about, they are to say they are to fill new jobs?

:53:11. > :53:16.No, they are new jobs. Station ticket offices closed over 12 months

:53:17. > :53:19.ago and we have deployed our new staff into the frontline of

:53:20. > :53:24.operations. We have identified 200 new staff. How are you going to

:53:25. > :53:29.resolve this with the unions? This can only be resolved, not through

:53:30. > :53:32.strike action, that not only disrupts our customers and disrupts

:53:33. > :53:36.London and means that our people lose money. This can only be solved

:53:37. > :53:40.by working with us, around the table, and working through the

:53:41. > :53:45.issues that we have. Are you prepared to compromise? We will do

:53:46. > :53:50.the right thing for under London Underground. Are you prepared to

:53:51. > :53:53.compromise? We have said we will recruit 200 staff and we will do a

:53:54. > :53:58.station by station review between now and March to identify should

:53:59. > :54:01.those 200 need to increase which we believe they will, but we need to do

:54:02. > :54:07.the work with the trade unions. OK. Thank you very much. Thank you for

:54:08. > :54:08.corming on the programme. Steve Griffiths chief operating officer

:54:09. > :54:26.for Transport for London. La La Land won seven awards at the

:54:27. > :54:32.Golden Globes last night. Joining me now is Sinead Garvan,

:54:33. > :55:08.from BBC Newsbeat. A massive night for La La Land and

:55:09. > :55:13.also a great night for British actors too? Yes, indeed, The Night

:55:14. > :55:21.Manager with Tom Hiddleston, Olivia Coleman and Hugh Laurie and Claire

:55:22. > :55:25.Foy for The Crown. Tom Hiddleston used his speech to talk about some

:55:26. > :55:30.work he did with the UN in south Sudan. A little bit of a backlash to

:55:31. > :55:35.it. We will see a clip now. Let's have a look. It is a terrible

:55:36. > :55:39.situation happening for children, The Night Manager is about arms

:55:40. > :55:47.dealing and there are far too many arms going into south Sudan.

:55:48. > :55:50.I really, really wouldn't be here if it wasn't for some extraordinary

:55:51. > :55:57.women. I'm going to thank themment one of them is Queen Elizabeth II!

:55:58. > :56:03.She has been at the centre of the world for the past 63 years and I

:56:04. > :56:18.think the world could do with a few more women at the centre of it.

:56:19. > :56:28.A lot of the fwirt comments have been talking about him.

:56:29. > :56:32.And in the problem with Tom Hiddlestone over the past year and

:56:33. > :56:36.things that have happened in his personal life, there is a sense of

:56:37. > :56:40.people not wanting to be appreciative of him. And a lovely

:56:41. > :56:45.speech from Claire Foy, giving a shout out to the Queen, which was

:56:46. > :56:51.nice. The most talked about was Meryl Streep when she accepted the

:56:52. > :56:55.lifetime achievement award. Always with this award people have time to

:56:56. > :57:00.plan a speech and I think there was always going to be something said

:57:01. > :57:05.about Donald Trump. She used it to talk about how she felt about him

:57:06. > :57:11.and what happened. She did not mention his name once, which a lot

:57:12. > :57:16.of people commented on. She describes one of the best acting

:57:17. > :57:22.moments, performances of the year, when he appears to mock a journalist

:57:23. > :57:27.who is disabled. That was last year. She talks about that. Also, she has

:57:28. > :57:35.lost her voice and is croaky and it turns out she has been crying a lot

:57:36. > :57:38.over the weekend. Hollywood is crawling with outsiders and

:57:39. > :57:43.foreigners and if we kick them all out, we will have nothing to watch

:57:44. > :57:51.but football and mixed martial arts, which are not the arts. CHEERING.

:57:52. > :57:57.Disrespect invites disrespect. Violence incites violence. When the

:57:58. > :58:04.powerful use their position to bully others, we all lose.

:58:05. > :58:10.Ryan Gosling picked up an award for his role in La La Land. Keep your

:58:11. > :58:17.eye out on the background because two of the people on his table, Ryan

:58:18. > :58:23.Reynolds and Andrew Garfield start kissing. That's done the rounds on

:58:24. > :58:26.social media now. And that along with Meryl Streep, the two

:58:27. > :58:32.highlights I believe. What a great shot! Thank you very much, Sinead.

:58:33. > :58:36.Thank you for your company today. That

:58:37. > :58:39.told through recordings he made over decades.