09/01/2017 Victoria Derbyshire

I'm Victoria Derbyshire, welcome to the programme.

Our top story - tackling the injustice

The Prime Minister promises to help schools and companies in England

deal better with mental health issues. This is really Theresa May

saying it is a priority, we want to sort this out. It is not acceptable

people wait too long and some people do not get the help they need at

all. Keen to hear what you think of the plan is particularly if someone

close to you has a mental health issues.

Also on the programme - exclusive access inside

Drug addicts can legally take heroin and crack cocaine under medical

supervision. This feels like a second home. I don't know. Yes, I

mean, it is a safe place to take things in.

Glasgow plans to introduce one - and there are calls

La La Land and The Night Manager are the big winners at the Golden Globe

awards. Meryl Streep lays

into US President-elect So Hollywood is crawling

with outsiders and foreigners. And if we kick them

all out, you'll have nothing to watch but football and

mixed martial arts, which are not Welcome to the programme,

we're live until 11. Throughout the programme we'll bring

you the latest breaking news and developing stories

and - as always - On mental health, on drug fix rooms

- do get in touch on all the stories Theresa May is going to set out

plans which she says will transform In her first major speech on health

since becoming Prime Minister, Mrs May will announce a review

of services for children and teenagers as well as extra

support for schools and businesses. But Labour says people are being let

down by a lack of funding. Our correspondent

Elaine Dunkley reports. There are no words for

what it does to a family. It's just your whole

reality is blown to pieces. In 2014, Dr Sangeeta Mahajan's son

Saga took his own life. He had been diagnosed

with bipolar disorder. They don't discharge patients

with adequate information. We were told you either go to A

or your GP and that's the only way We had no direct access back

to the special services. Today, the Prime Minister,

Theresa May, is expected to announce plans to reduce the waiting times

for patients needing The details also include

more help from employers when staff need time off work,

and schools will also be expected to play a bigger role in identifying

mentally vulnerable pupils. Mental health is still very

underfunded compared It generates probably 20%-25%

of the total disease burden of all diseases and yet the funding

is 10%-12% in this country. Sangeeta says talking

about her son's life is so important but today she wants the government

to take action that will lead Is this, hearing from Theresa May on

a subject other than Brexit, she does not want her premiership just

to be about Brexit? It is very much that but also the closest we will

get to her vision, what she wants the government to be about beyond

Brexit. She says she wants it to be about what she calls wholesale

social reform, tackling what she regards hidden or forgotten

injustices and one of those is around the stigma attached to people

suffering from mental health illnesses. What we are getting today

is the first in a series of announcements we will get on issues

like racism in the criminal justice system, like housing, a series of

areas which she thinks politicians have high and large ignored. I have

to say, the announcements we are getting on mental health, they are

relatively tentative and timid, trying to provide more support in

schools, trying to encourage business to ensure there is best

practice in terms of people with mental health difficulties, may be

looking at a review of discrimination laws, and only a tiny

amount of extra money. When you talk to professionals, they say they like

that and are pleased she is talking about it, but it does not get away

from the problem which is resources, the fact of mental health provision

has been underfunded frankly for years, and when you look at the

amount of NHS time taken up now with an full health provision, something

like 24% of health needs in the NHS, but only getting 11% of funding so a

mismatch between the scale of the challenge we face in terms of mental

health, and the amount of extra cash being put in and today, that cash is

-- issue is not addressed. We are keen to hear from you on this. What

do you think the government needs to do to tackle the stigma surrounding

mental health? If you have experiences, or somebody close to

you has experiences get in touch. Now the rest of the news.

Boris Johnson has held talks with some of Donald Trump's key

The Foreign Secretary has become the first British minister to hold

face-to-face meetings with members of the president elect's

The exchanges were described by officials as 'positive but frank'.

Thousands of police officers in London are to be asked

if they want to be routinely armed with a gun or electric Taser.

The Metropolitan Police Federation, which represents 32,000

officers in the capital, says that with more officers

being armed to counter the threat of terrorism,

it was only fair to ask officers what they think.

A police spokesman said more than 90 per cent of officers were currently

unarmed and there were no plans to change this.

Police in Paris say they have arrested more than a dozen people

in connection with last October's robbery at gunpoint of the American

They say DNA left by the robbers at the scene led to their arrests.

At the time, French police said more than seven million pounds' worth

Her spokeswoman said masked men entered the room at the luxury

residence where Kim Kardashian was staying while attending

Up to 4 million commuters in London face disruption because of a strike

across the Underground network. Crowds are gathering at bus stops as

travellers try to complete their journeys to work in. Members of the

unions walked out last night in a row about jobs and ticket office

closures. The strike is due to finish at 6pm today.

Police in Tyne and Wear have arrested a man suspected of taking

hostages at a bookmakers in an armed siege.

Northumbria Police were called to a branch of Coral bookmakers

in Jarrow on Sunday evening following a report of a man

Four people were thought to have been held in the incident,

with three being released before police ended the standoff

and a 39-year-old man was taken into custody.

Thousands of British drivers affected by the Volkswagen diesel

emissions scandal are taking legal action against the carmaker.

Volkswagen admitted using software that would cheat emissions tests,

leading to a recall of millions of cars worldwide.

A compensation scheme was approved in the United States last year,

and lawyers want British customers to be offered a similar settlement.

It's been a big night for the British television spy drama

'The Night Manager' which stormed to success at the annual

Tom Hiddleston, Olivia Colman and Hugh Laurie all collected

Claire Foy was named best actress in a TV drama

The night belonged to the Hollywood musical La La Land, which won

Our Los Angeles correspondent, James Cook reports.

Los Angeles, California, where stories are spun and stars

A place of glitz and glamour, of gowns and gossip,

This is a film for dreamers, and I think that hope and creativity

are two of the most important things in the world, and that's

In the television categories, it was a British invasion.

Claire Foy was named Best Actress in a TV Drama for playing

the Queen in The Crown, while there were three

acting awards in the BBC co-production the Night Manager,

allowing Hugh Laurie to have a dig at Donald Trump.

More amazing to be able say I won this at the last ever Golden Globes.

I don't mean to be gloomy, it's just that it has the word Hollywood,

foreign and press in the title, I just don't know what...

Receiving a Lifetime Achievement Award, Meryl Streep also lambasted

the President-elect and his plan to deport millions of immigrants.

So, Hollywood is crawling with outsiders and foreigners,

and if we kick them all out you'll have nothing to watch but football

and mixed martial arts, which are not the arts.

Well, Hollywood can be fun and frivolous, but it also prides

And many stars here on the red carpet are predicting a surge

in political films this year, following the most

That's a summary of the latest BBC News - more at 9.30.

Did you get in a long queue for bus or did you walk in today? I walked

in. I waited at the bus stop and they were not stopping so it took me

an hour of brisk walking but I got here. The scenes, that is what I saw

all the way to work. I know if you are in Glasgow,

Manchester, Newcastle, you are saying, it is just a tube strike,

get over it, Londoners. But we will talk to transport for London later

about the reasons behind the strike and when they think things will get

back to normal. Officially it is supposed to finish 6pm but it could

have a knock-on effect after that. If you had an heroic walk into work,

let me know. Use the hashtag Victoria Live if you get in touch.

Let's get some sport now with John Watson.

The spirit of the FA Cup played out yesterday. Plymouth Argyle fans had

something to celebrate after holding the Premier League giants Liverpool

to a goalless draw at Anfield which means they have a lucrative return

trip, 9000 fans making the trip yesterday and helped by the decision

of the Liverpool manager who made ten changes to the side, fielding

Liverpool's youngest ever side in its history. The average age just

21. A 17-year-old forward was youngest player. 319-year-old is

also in the starting team. Lucas was the oldest player at 29. It ended

0-0. With Liverpool making these changes, along with a lot of other

top teams, questions are being asked if the big clubs are showing respect

the oldest club competition deserves. I think Plymouth will not

mind after the incredible result. No such problems for Chelsea who were

comfortable winners 4-1 against Peterborough. The first start since

October for Captain John Terry, who was sent off. The 36-year-old

sliding in and deemed to be the last defender so given a straight red

card. You could see how frustrated he was. Chelsea will appeal but with

limited gametime after 19 seasons at Stamford Bridge, he was given a year

contract at the start of the season, you wonder if it could be the last

at Chelsea for him. The chairman of the Football

Association gave an interesting interview to the Times, saying he

spoke to gay footballers about the possibility of them coming out.

This was a wide-ranging interview talking about what chances there are

of gay footballers coming out and Greg Clarke said he had met with 15

people to get their views on how the FA could support them if they wanted

to come out. Of those he spoke to, many said they were happy with their

sexuality but were not ready to come out so you wonder if we will see any

gay footballers coming out in the future. It comes after he had said

he felt there were top professionals who were not ready to come out and

he believed fans would be supportive about gay players in their own teams

but not supported perhaps about gay players in the team so important to

the conversations are being had that we will wait to see if any gay

footballers will feel comfortable about coming out any time soon.

This morning, exclusive access inside a so-called drugs fix room

where addicts can legally take hard drugs like heroin and crack cocaine

under medical supervision without the threat of prosecution.

Glasgow is currently planning to open the country's first

drugs consumption room and officials behind it have looked

to countries like Denmark where these facilities already run

Our reporter Divya Talwar spent a day inside a fix-room

in Copenhagen's seedy red light district.

It sees about 500 drug users through its doors each day

and many have mental health and other physical problems.

This film - which lasts just over 15 minutes -

portrays the reality of illegal drug taking.

It's graphic, frank and raw - and includes scenes

with blood and addicts injecting - which some of you may

We're showing it to you this morning to give an insight

into the reality of fix rooms which many want to see

It's about 150mg of cocaine, about almost 400mls of pure heroin.

It's too expensive and it's too much poison in your body.

Of course the main thing is to save lives, and to prevent

This is Copenhagen's seedy red light district,

It's home to one of the city's so-called "fix rooms",

a place where addicts can legally take Class A drugs safely,

under supervision and without the fear of prosecution.

There's calls to introduce them back in the UK,

so I'm spending the day here to see how they work.

It's 8am and, inside, users have already turned up.

My name is Elliott, and I'm 25, almost 26 years old.

It's good cocaine, a lot of heroin, and some diazepam benzo,

He's homeless and will beg, borrow and steal to buy hard drugs.

He injects so often that it's difficult to find a vein.

On the other side, the same vein works, I was just trying

The same thing every day, at least five times.

You do the same thing five times a day?

Elliott is one of about 500 users who will come here today.

There's two separate areas for people to take drugs.

The injecting room, which can seat up to nine people at one time.

Right next to it, there's a separate room with eight seats for users

She's come to the smoking room this afternoon to take crack cocaine.

Anjelea volunteers for a kitchen nearby, giving food

Anjelea was in a car accident almost 20 years ago.

The drugs and prostitution followed after that.

After I was in this car accident, my left foot and left arm there's

In my here, and in my shoulder and in my knees.

Now I smoke cocaine, but I don't smoke...

She tells me two of them don't want any contact

It's the same as you drink, or whatever.

But it's not like, you cannot run away when you smoke cocaine.

And every time I smoke cocaine, I always talk about my babies.

This facility, this drug consumption room, do you think it's

If you sit outside and smoke, it's too much stress.

So the money you make as a prostitute, do

Yeah. I think I'm going to stop one day.

It's too expensive, and it's too much poison in your body.

Could you live my life for, what, one week?

No, it's a long time since I've been happy.

When was the last time you were happy?

This place opened three years ago, funded by

Many of the users who come here have mental health or physical problems.

There's always a social worker on site if they need

There's also a nurse here to supervise the users and be

When the users come, the only thing they have to bring

themselves is the drugs they are going to consume.

Everything else we give to them for free.

This is just an example, but we give to them the needles,

what they need to cook, we have condoms, we have

Of course the main thing is to save lives and to prevent

But nobody died yet, so I'm 100% sure that we are preventing people

Over here there's a perfect place where there used to be a lot

of people who meet to shoot up in the evening...

Elliott who we met this morning is back almost four hours later.

Before he shoots again, he wants to show us where he would often

inject when the drugs room wasn't open.

Eliott's homeless, so he would inject in the streets

We used to sit by this cage thing over here,

used to sit along the sides over here, on these sides,

so we could lean back on this after we'd taken our hit, you know?

Proper chill out, but without the backpack of course.

Well, not as much as I used to, now that we have the fixing rooms.

When did you start taking cocaine and heroin?

When you were 15? How often do you take heroin?

I've had my heart stop a couple of times.

So I've been legally dead a couple of times.

Have you ever tried to get off the drugs?

However, it's not as easy as you think, because, erm...

Elliott said he was starting to withdraw and needed

Injecting rooms have been around for more than 30 years.

Denmark opened its first one in 2012 in Copenhagen.

This place is one of six now running in the country.

They cost around ?1 million a year to run.

Why do you think you need a facility like this here?

The situation in this area before was that we had all the drug users

sitting around in the streets, in stairwells, in people's

And after we opened the drug consumption room, 90%

Do you think that the money you spend on this facility could be

better spent trying to help people get off the drugs instead?

I don't think it's a question of either treatment or either

There will always be a group in any drug environment in a city,

if it's Glasgow, if it's Copenhagen, if it's London, there will be a part

of the group that is not motivated for treatment,

and what are we going to do with that group?

Are we going to make them shoot up in the streets between cars

in the rain, or should we invite them inside in a safe environment?

If people want to get into treatment, and come and talk

to us about they want to go into treatment, we can help them

There's been a constant flow of people in and out of the rooms.

Some of them are new faces to the staff, but many are regulars

and can come here multiple times a day.

I've only been here a short time and can already spot

I'm just coming back to go inside and smoke

And Elliott is also back for the third time.

What I'm going to inject now is this IV solution with heroin in it,

and in my pocket I've also got some ritalins, and they will

And now I need to get in before all the rooms get taken.

You can feel it from your legs, to your head.

It already takes, what, 50% of my pain already.

As it gets later, the drugs rooms get busier.

Both are now full, and there's users hanging out in the waiting area

Elliott comes out about 45 minutes later.

I feel good, but, damn, my head is everywhere.

When do you think you're going to come back here?

This is going to sound retarded, but I mean, come on,

I mean, like, it's a safe place to take things in.

When I take something that is really strong,

I turn to the nurse that is sitting by the computer

and I tell them, "Hey, listen up, I'm going to take this strong dose,"

and then I tell them everything what's inside,

so they know what to expect if anything goes south.

Do you want help to get off the drugs?

The fixing room will stay open through the night.

It will only close for an hour tomorrow morning

Some people would say that having a facility like this is encouraging

people to use drugs, it's giving them a safe place

It's a very hard life to be a drug addict in this environment.

It's a very busy life, people are working to get

drugs 24 hours a day, so it does not make people's lives

more easy, but it gives people a place where they can be safe.

It does seem there's a demand for this place,

even among residents who live nearby.

One told me her children don't have to see people injecting

But the fix room is clearly not a treatment facility

to get addicts off drugs, and many people, like the users

I've met here today, will come in and out of the fix room

and go back to their difficult and sometimes dangerous lifestyles.

Late in the evening, only a few metres from the fixing room,

we find Anjelea working on the streets, trying to find

I'm going to work, make some money, and go and smoke some cocaine,

and then go back to work again, make money and smoke cocaine!

How long do you think you'll keep doing this for,

drugs during the day, prostitution at night?

I have said I will stop work as a prostitute

If you've been affected by the issues raised in Divya's

report, you can find details of organisations offering

information and support with addiction at bbc.co.uk/actionline.

Or you can call for free, at any time to hear recorded

Later in the programme we'll be talking to the people behind

the clinic in Denmark and to those in Glasgow who are planning

Really keen to hear your thoughts on this throughout the morning.

Jane on Facebook says about time and drug use will not go away, what we

have been doing for years has not helped all reduced to use in any way

and it is still rising. In countries where they have done things like

this drug deaths have dropped dramatically. Dave says on

Facebook... Michael says it is a good idea

because it would reach out to people who would not normally engage with

services. Stewart says drugs are still illegal but we need to stop

Some of you on my Twitter timeline are saying that you do not want to

pay for this, you don't want taxpayers' money to fund something

like this. We will talk to people behind this and the plans in Glasgow

later and we will talk to a former heroin addict about his views and

the mother of twin boys, both of whom were addicted to drugs and one

of whom died because of drugs. And the Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt is

giving a statement to MPs later today. NHS staff tell us what it is

like to work in A departments after charity described it as a

humanitarian crisis. And as a police officer, would you routinely want to

carry a Taser or a gun? We will hear from some of them after 10am.

Here's Joanna in the BBC Newsroom with a summary of today's news.

Theresa May is to announce a number of measures designed to deal

with what she will describe as the "hidden injustice"

In a speech, she'll promise to transform attitudes

towards mental disorders, through extra training for schools

Figures suggest 75 per cent of mental health problems start

The day few minutes Victoria will discuss attitudes towards

mental-health problems in the workplace and we will speak to two

women about their experience. Up to 4 million commuters in London face

disruption because of the strike across the underground network. At

one point Clapham Junction had to be evacuated because of overcrowding.

Crowds have gathered at bus stops as travellers tried to complete their

journeys to work. Members of the unions walked out last night in a

row about jobs and ticket office closures. The strike is due to

finish 6pm. Thousands of police officers

in London are to be asked if they want to be routinely armed

with a gun or electric Taser. The Metropolitan Police Federation,

which represents 32,000 officers in the capital,

says that with more officers being armed to counter

the threat of terrorism, it was only fair to ask

officers what they think. A police spokesman said more than 90

per cent of officers were currently unarmed and there were no plans

to change this. Police in Paris say they have

arrested more than a dozen people in connection with last October's

robbery at gunpoint of the American They say DNA left by the robbers

at the scene led to their arrests. At the time, French police said more

than seven million pounds' worth Her spokeswoman said masked men

entered the room at the luxury residence where Kim Kardashian

was staying while attending Roger in Walsall surged in Victoria,

I have had two sons who suffered total mental breakdowns. We will

talk about the mental health story. He said it was horrendously

distressing them and those around them. He said his son killed himself

age 30 and his second son broke down at the age of 15 and used to beg him

in tears to help him. Now aged 19 he is much improved. He said he

implored everyone to ensure they take their medication and the best

way to remove the stigma around mental health is to have a campaign

that makes everyone understand it is an illness and we must all show

compassion. We will talk more about mental health and the plans Theresa

May house in the next couple of minutes. Your experiences are really

welcome. You can tweet or send an e-mail. Sport now. The spirit of the

FA Cup was felt at Anfield is 9000 Plymouth fans went to Liverpool to

watch their team from the fourth tier of English football play

Liverpool. Jurgen Klopp's ten changes helped Plymouth as he

fielded the youngest side in club history. Not that the fans who made

the trip will mine. Chelsea also made changes, nine in total as they

beat Peterborough 4-1. They had club captain John Terry sent off. Fulham

FC and Middlesbrough and Tottenham won. As comebacks go, it will go

down as one of the shortest. James Haskell lasted 35 seconds after

coming off the bench against Leicester after seven months out. He

was taken off with a head injury. The club are confident he should be

fit to make the start of the Six Nations for England. Johanna Konta

beat her opponent in straight sets at the Sydney international. She

reached the semifinals of the first grand slam of the year, the

Australian Open, last year. Dan Evans is through in men's

competition that Kyle Edmund is out. We will have more sport around 10am.

Theresa May will outline plans today to reduce suicide rates and improve

support for people suffering with mental illness in England.

In her first major speech on health since becoming Prime Minister,

she'll encourage schools and employers to do more to help -

declaring it an historic opportunity to right a wrong and says she wants

to tackle the "huge stigma" around mental health.

She's expected to announce that every secondary school will be given

training to spot pupils who may be suffering from depression,

being tightened to give greater protection to stop people

with mental health issues losing their job.

Employers and organisations will be given additional training

in supporting staff who need to take time off.

to allow symptom checks before getting a face-to-face appointment -

and a review of the "health debt form", under which

to ?300 by a GP for documentation to prove they have

mental health issues - an issue we highlighted on this

mental health problems, let's hear your own experience,

what should the Prime Minister to do tackle the stigma?

And tell us about the support or lack of support

We can talk now to Beth Allan and Lucy Nichol who both had

problems with previous employers not dealing with their mental

Beth has borderline personality disorder and Lucy

Also joining us is Sue Baker from the mental health

Welcome. One previous employer sacked you, why? I was working in a

small shop. I had started a new course of medication. That the

medication gives you brain fog and it takes time to adjust and at the

time they were slip-ups in a shop and someone managed to steal

something and at the time I was working alone, which is probably not

the best idea for someone adjusting to medication but I did not tell my

employer because I was worried about what they would say. When this

happened he asked me if I was feeling OK and I said that I

struggle with this, I have just started new medication and it will

not happen again, but can you bear with me. A week later I was taken

into a performance review out of the blue and was told I was not

performing properly and fired. When you were fired, was there a

conversation about your mental health issues and the fact you had

started taking medication? He said I liked to make my excuses. What did

you think? I did not know how to answer that. I have never had anyone

say anything like that to me in my life and I was taken aback and said

it was not an excuse, I have explained to you as an employer and

as a friend the situation, and if you are not willing to support me,

you will not be able to take this further. Lucy, in Newcastle, tell us

how anxiety has affected you at work. When you look back over my

working career, which spans 20 years, back through to the 90s. I

remember sneaking out of the office to have a panic attack in private

because I was embarrassed about it. I think as time went on, there was a

lack of understanding in certain working environments and it

snowballs the situation so when people don't understand, the

situation gets really difficult, it makes your illness worse and you end

up having more time off work because of it. It is worse for the employer

and employee. What about your present employers, what have they

done to improve your life at work? I work for Home Group, a charity, and

we have mental health services across the country. I think that

really helps in that we have mental health expertise within the

organisation. Recently, to give an example, in the past I have been off

sick for five, six weeks with anxiety disorder, whereas quite

recently I felt comfortable talking about it. The only place I have

worked where the experience is a positive thing, they promote peer

support. They have services and when I went to HR and said I was not

feeling well, I was feeling anxious, within 24 hours, they hooked me up

with a counsellor and I had professional phone conversation will

stop I was able to speak to my line manager and I was back in work

within three days. It makes a huge difference to know people are there

to support you. One of the things Theresa May will apparently talk

about in the speech on mental health is the anti-discrimination laws

being tightened so if you have a mental illness you will have greater

protection at work. We have legislation in place to protect

people when it comes to discrimination and mental health

illness under disability legislation. That is clearly

failing? It definitely needs tightening up and Mind has called

for that for a while. At the moment it covers mental-health problems. It

did not when the legislation was drafted in 96. I remember we

campaign to have it cover mental health. Typically the stigma meant

it was not covered. It was then in you did but at the moment it is a

finite definition. You have to have a severe mental-health problem that

affects you over a year but the nature of mental-health problems are

episodic and a lot will not recovered if you need a few weeks

off or experience it a few months. It will be helpful if it covers more

people who have mental-health problems. One in six British workers

will have a problem and it is a common experience. 18 months ago on

the programme we spoke to dozens of people in an audience debate about

mental health issues. Two hours on television, never been done before.

Ruby wax said this about telling her barks. -- her boss.

They're not allowed to discriminate, but the papers said 56%

of the bosses still won't hire you so we're not in a position...

Do you mean that - don't tell your boss?

If I was working at the BBC would I mention that?

They're going to trust me to have a series and one day I'm

I wouldn't have raised my head and said it.

I thought it because I would still be out of a job.

What's your, from your own experience, Beth, would you say to

people, be upfront with your boss? No. Really? No, I wouldn't. I'd like

to be able to, but that's the thing, recently I also had discrimination

in another workplace and that was sort of with a physical disorder

that I have as well, but the physical disorder was really

affecting my anxiety and depression and when I went to see a healthcare

professional about taking some time off, she asked whether I would like

it taken under the physical illness or the physical and mental. She

recommended that we only put the physical because putting the mental

would then cause more problems in work. Sue, how do you react? I

remember when Ruby covered that. Don't make a blanket judgement on

it. Judge it for yourself. For some people they feel safe disclosing it

and for many people, sadly too many people, still don't their employer

is supportive of mental health issues. We are working with nearly

500 employers with time to change from the Bank of England to

Barclays, to M to Tesco's, and they're taking more proactive action

on mental health in the workplace. But 500 is by no means all employers

in land of all shapes or sizes in all sectors. So some employers are

doing really good work and it needs leadership and proper support in the

workplace, not just relying on the Health Service, but having available

services in the health system, but having support in the workplace. It

is a vital set to go get this right. And to make it safe for people to

disclose because the longer you leave it, the longer your recovery,

the greater the cost to business. To do something proactive is really

helpful and what's changing the culture in organisations is Beth

when people like yourself or Lucy are speaking out and leading their

own internal campaigns to break down stigma. Lucy, you have had good

experience, bad experience with previous employers, what's your

advice to people watching right now, do you tell the boss? I think you do

have to judge for yourself. I think as soon as I came to work for Home

Group I knew that it was an organisation... You can tell from

the environment So I think that it depends. You need to really get a

good understanding of how your organisation works and what the

culture is and if you feel comfortable enough then I strongly

suggest you do because it made the world of difference to me. That's

good to hear. Thank you very much. This e-mail from Rachel, "My teenage

daughter is being treated for an eating disorder 300 miles away from

our home in Nottingham. She has been treated in Birmingham and Cambridge.

I feel strongly that while the PM actually speaking about the

importance of mental health is very welcome, what is needed is proper

investment to include intensive training for all professionals.

Unfortunately, we have no idea how long we will have to endure this

separation and it makes the long journey every two weeks to visit her

bad. I want to know what the PM is doing to help us ordinary families

who are suffering because of the crisis in child and adolescent

mental health services today." If you experience mental

health problems - really keen to hear from you -

what should the Prime Minister And tell us your experiences

of the support - or lack of support -

you've received at work? We'll try and speak

to some of you before The Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt is

giving a statement to MPs on the NHS. NHS staff will tell us what it

is really like working in A departments right now after one

charity described it as a humanitarian crisis.

Thousands of commuters have faced severe disruption this morning,

because London Underground workers are staging a 24 hour strike.

Clapham Junction station has been evacuated due to overcrowding.

It's part of a long running dispute between the unions and tube station

Our reporter Leanne Brown is at Hammersmith.

Right, tell us what the situation is like there. Well, just to put this

into context 4.8 million people use the Tube every day. That's a hell of

a lot of people trying to use alternative modes of transport. They

include, of course, the buses. Here is Hammersmith station. It is fairly

quiet here at the moment, but I am told that at Shepherd's Bush there

are large crowds of people there and some angry customers indeed. In

fact, we're hearing that some fights have broken out there. As you said,

Clapham Junction has been evacuated due to overcrowding. Extra services

have been put in place to try and help. There are an extra 150 buses.

There is also extra bikes available at the cycle hubs around Central

London. The river services have also been enhanced, but if you are

travelling on the roads, I'm afraid, there are miles and miles of queues

heading into London if you are travelling by car or by taxi. I have

to say, as I was travelling here today, there were a lot of extra

people on the streets as well. People going back to old-fashioned

walking or running to work! The mayor, Sadiq Khan, called the strike

action pointless and he says it is causing unnecessary suffering to

millions of passengers but the unions reiterated that the

unacceptable proposals have been put forward and they're concerned about

safety and staff. Now the strike action will last until around 6pm

tonight. However, we're expecting that services won't resume until

around about tomorrow morning. After 10am, we will talk to

management from Transport for London.

At least 15 people have been arrested in connection

with the Kim Kardashian armed robbery in Paris last year.

You'll remember she was held at gunpoint and robbed of jewellery

worth several million dollars by five masked men.

Our entertainment reporter is here. Fill us in. At least 16 people have

been arrested in connection with this. Police are saying that they

found some jewellery that the masked men dropped when they robbed Kim

Kardashian in October. She was in Paris for Paris Fashion Week. It is

thought mast ked men dressed as police officers and burst into her

private apartment building and held a gun to her head and robbed her of

jewellery and then they locked her in the bathroom. Now, when the

police found this jewellery, they found traces of DNA on it which they

led to a person known to them and this is where all the arrests have

come from Normandy and the French Riviera. In terms of the impact the

robbery had on her. She came off social media, but now she is back

on. Reports o her and her husband's marriage? She has just come back on

social media a few days ago and there was the first trailer for the

new series of keeping up with the Kardashians'. She said she thought

the robbers were going to shoot her in the back of the head. There were

reports about marriage disturbances between her and rapper Kanye West.

It looks like all family gatherings are back to normal because there

will be a new series where we will get to find out more about this

report and what's happened with the Paris robbery and Kanye's health

from March. Thank you very much. La La Land has become

the most successful film in Golden Globes history,

winning seven awards. British stars Tom Hiddleston,

Hugh Laurie and Olivia Colman picked up awards for BBC drama

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

like a pipe dream. This is the dream. It is conflict and it is

compromise and it is veriks very exciting.

That was La La Land as opposed to Tom Hiddleston.

But it was the Hollywood star Meryl Streep who drew most headlines

when she sharply criticised the US president-elect Donald Trump

as she received a lifetime achievement award at the ceremony.

It is a terrible situation happening for children. The Night Manager is

about arms dealing and there is too many arms going into south Sudan.

That was Tom Hiddleston rather than Meryl Streep. Sorry about that!

There was criticism of Donald Trump. Donald Trump said he is not

surprised he came under attack from liberal movie people and he

described Meryl Streep as a Hillary Clinton lover.

And Ryan Reynolds and Andrew Garfield snogged as fellow actor

Ryan Gosling walked on stage to pick up a gong.

And on the programme tomorrow, we'll be speaking to Nicole Kidman.

Her film Lion received four Golden Globes nominations.

Now the weather. What we have this morning is some rain. The rain is

going to continue to spread south-east wards as we head through

the rest of the day. Clearing and then behind it, you will find, we

will see a return to brighter conditions and showers. The rain is

courtesy of this weather front. Behind it, look at this squeeze on

the isobars indicating that it is going to be windy. Gusting to gale

force across the north-west later on. So we start in the south with a

lot of cloud. It has been a damp start to the day. That will be

erased by this rain coming southwards. So heavier rain and

gusty winds around it. But behind it, look at the difference. Some

sunshine and brate spells and also some showers. Above 500 meters in

Scotland, some of those will be wintry and the wind is strengthening

and gusting to 60mph, 65mph with exposure across the north-westment

for Northern Ireland, Northern England and North Wales, we are

looking at a mixture of bright spells, sunshine and showers. The

rain continuing to push into the South East, leaving a legacy of

cloud behind it, but still fairly mild, looking at temperatures nine

to 12 Celsius. Through the evening, that rain pushes away and overnight

under clear skies across some central and eastern parts of the UK,

we could see just a touch of frost. Meanwhile, the second band of rain

moves from the west towards the east. The strongest winds transfer

to the north-east and slowly the wind will come down, but it will be

fairly windy. So we start tomorrow with the frost in some central and

eastern areas. This means we will see sunshine, but out towards the

west, another weather front is coming our way, and that's

introducing thicker cloud and rain and it is moving from the west

towards the east and as that clears the west, it will brighten up behind

it. Temperatures tomorrow ranging from about six or seven Celsius in

the north to still mild in the south. Nine to 11 Celsius. Now,

moving from Tuesday and into Wednesday, again, quite a windy day.

Again, a lot of dry weather around with some sunshine, but there will

be showers around and as the colder air starts to come in, increasingly,

they will be wintry on the hills, but if you're stepping out across

the northern half of the k, it will feel cold. Temperatures between

three and six Celsius. Further south, the temperature going down,

but not quite as low as further north. Just lower than we have seen

in the last few days and including today. So as we head towards the

latter part of this week what is going to happen is we lose the mild

yellows and they are replaced by the colder blues across the land. This

air source is the Arctic and the wind direction is coming from the

north or the north-west. So that does mean that some of us will see

some snow. Now, at this stage, we could see snow almost anywhere.

Thursday, Friday and into Saturday. But where we think at the moment is

across Northern Scotland, parts of north-west England, North Wales, and

the moors and the south-west, but all of that could change. So do keep

in touch with the weather forecast and we will keep you up-to-date with

what is happening. The cold air remains with us as we go through the

weekend, but into next week, well, it looks like we might see something

a little bit milder, but that could change too. So the message is keep

in touch with the weather forecast. Our top story -

tackling the injustice The Prime Minister promises to help

schools and companies in England deal better

with mental health issues. We have spoken to people about their

experiences in the workplace. I was taken aback and said it was not an

excuse, I have explained to you as an employer and friend the situation

and if you are not willing to support me in it, we will not be

able to take this further. When I went to HR and said I was not

feeling well, I was feeling anxious, within 24 hours they hooked me up

with a professional counsellor and I had a professional phone

conversation. I felt able to speak to my line manager and was back in

work within three days for that. Really keen to hear your

experiences, particularly how your bosses have treated you when you

have revealed mental health issues. We would like to talk to you on air

before 11am. Also on the programme -

exclusive access inside a 'fix room' in Denmark where dug addicts can

legally take heroin and crack It is the same as you drink,

whatever, losing some feeling, you know? Glasgow plans to introduce one

and there are calls for more in the UK. Would you back then?

And at the Golden Globes La La Land and the Night Manager

are the big winners - Tom Hiddlestone uses his win to send

It is a terrible situation happening for children. The Night Manager is

about arms dealing and there are too many arms going into South Sudan.

Theresa May is to announce a number of measures designed to deal

with what she will describe as the "hidden injustice"

In a speech, she'll promise to transform attitudes

towards mental disorders, through extra training for schools

Figures suggest 75 per cent of mental health problems start

Up to four million commuters in London are facing significant

difficult time this morning because of a strike across

At one point one of the capital's busiest stations, Clapham Junction,

had to be evacuated because of overcrowding.

Huge crowds have gathered at bus stops as travellers try to complete

Members of the RMT and TSSA unions walked out last

night in a row about jobs and ticket office closures.

The 24-hour strike is due to finish at six o'clock tonight.

Police are investigating after a woman's body was found in Fife. The

death of the 52-year-old is being treated as unexplained while

investigations continue. Thousands of police officers

in London are to be asked if they want to be routinely armed

with a gun or electric Taser. The Metropolitan Police Federation,

which represents 32,000 officers in the capital,

says that with more officers being armed to counter

the threat of terrorism, it was only fair to ask

them what they think. A police spokesman said more than 90

per cent of officers were currently unarmed and there were no plans

to change this. Police in Paris say they have

arrested more than a dozen people in connection with last October's

robbery at gunpoint of the American They say DNA left by the robbers

at the scene led to their arrests. At the time, French police said

more than ?7 million Her spokeswoman said masked men

entered the room at the luxury residence where Kim Kardashian

was staying while attending The comedy "La La Land" -

a nostalgic tribute to Hollywood musicals -

has won a record seven prizes British actors also enjoyed a golden

night in the TV categories. Tom Hiddleston, Olivia Colman

and Hugh Laurie won acting prizes Claire Foy, who plays the Queen

in Netflix's royal epic The Crown, was named best TV drama actress

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

On Twitter, Esther said regarding the drug fixing rooms, saying they

promote health and lower crime rates. She said at the moment we

seem to be going backwards in the UK with attitudes towards drug users.

She said drug users need protection and that is our responsibility as a

member of the human race. Do get in touch.

The latest sport now. Plymouth Argyle from the fourth tier of

English football earned themselves a lucrative replay with Liverpool

after their goalless draw in the third round of the FA Cup. The magic

of the FA Cup was felt that Anfield is 9000 Plymouth fans made the ten

hour round-trip. Jurgen Klopp made ten changes, fielding the youngest

start-up in Liverpool's history and it helps Plymouth, who now prepare

for the arrival of Liverpool in the replay. It causes as an extra

headache as it does to Liverpool but it is great for the city we have a

Premier League team coming. We are still in the next round of the FA

Cup, as well. I knew before the game, with another line-up it could

have been the same. It is not likely, but possible. It was an

important experience with this line-up for the boys. They deserve

the game at Plymouth and now we go there and try to do better. Also

making the changes were Chelsea, who had no problems against League 1

Peterborough United with a comfortable 4-1 win. Chelsea

registered 35 shots on goal. Antonio Conte said he is considering

appealing this incident. John Terry's red card. Sent off for a

last man tackle and now facing a one match ban will stop Tottenham beat

Aston Villa after a dreadful first half. It came alive in the second.

Middlesbrough and Fulham FC are in tonight's draw. As comebacks go this

will go down as one of the shortest. After seven months out, wasps

flanker James Haskell lasted 35 seconds after coming off the bench

against Leicester, before he was taken off with what looked like a

nasty head injury, but the club are confident he will recover and should

be fit to make the Six Nations for England. Three British players have

been in action in the run-up to the Australian Open. Dan Evans won his

match but Kyle Edmund was knocked out. Johanna Konta won in straight

sets. She reached the semifinals of the Australian Open last year and

has had a pretty good start to the season as she looks to replicate

that form in 2017. There is often talk about football giving to

supporters but this is an example of fans literally giving back to their

club. The Morecambe manager was recently fined ?1000 after being

sent from the touchline against Cheltenham, but with the League 2

side struggling financially, supporters club together and have

given him the cash to pay the fine. He was looking strong and solid but

eventually he was moved to tears by the gesture. It is pretty nice, it

goes to show in the lower leagues, the fans and manager Felix together

and they were helping him out. Cheers.

Now when it comes to stopping deaths from drug overdoses,

could 'fix-rooms' or 'consumption rooms' be the answer?

They're places where users can legally inject hard drugs

like cocaine and heroin under medical supervision,

There have been repeated calls for them to be

Glasgow is planning to open the country's first

drugs consumption room and officials behind it have looked

to countries like Denmark - where these facilities already run

Our reporter Divya Talwar spent a day inside a fix-room

About 500 users come through its door each day.

We played the full film at 0915 - here's a short extract -

it shows scenes with blood and addicts injecting which you may

This is Copenhagen's seedy red light district,

It's home to one of the city's so-called fix rooms,

a place where addicts can legally take Class A drugs safely,

under supervision and without the fear of prosecution.

There's calls to introduce them back in the UK,

so I'm spending the day here to see how they work.

It's 8am and, inside, users have already turned up.

My name is Elliott, and I'm 25, almost 26 years old.

It's good cocaine, a lot of heroin, and some diazepam benzo,

He's homeless and will beg, borrow and steal to buy hard drugs.

He injects so often that it's difficult to find a vein.

This place opened three years ago, funded by the city

There's always a nurse here to supervise the users.

When the users come, the only thing they have to bring

themselves is the drugs they are going to consume.

Everything else we give to them for free.

This is just an example, but we give to them the needles,

Of course, the main thing is to save lives and to prevent

Elliott is one of about 500 users who will come here today.

And it's a safe place to take things in.

When I take something that is really strong,

I turn to the nurse that is sitting by the computer and I tell them,

"Hey, listen up, I'm going to take this strong dose," so they know

what to expect if anything goes south.

The fixing room will stay open through the night.

Some people would say that having a facility like this is encouraging

It's a very hard life to be a drug addict in this environment.

It's a very busy life, people are working to get

It does not make people's lives more easy, but it gives people a place

But the fix room is clearly not a treatment facility

to get addicts off drugs, and many people, like the users

I've met here today, will come in and out of the fix room

and go back to their difficult and sometimes dangerous lifestyles.

Let's talk now to Rasmus Koberg Christiansen.

He runs and manages the drug consumption room

David Liddell is from the Scottish Drugs Forum,

which supports plans to introduce consumption rooms in Glasgow.

Chip Somers is a former heroin addict, who now runs a charity

providing treatment for alcohol and substance misuse.

He thinks the centres are a bad idea.

Elizabeth Burton-Phillips' son Nick died because

She's set up a charity call Drug Fam to help families in need

and she thinks consumption rooms potentially encourage addiction.

-- drug-taking. Why is a facility like yours necessary? The facility

is necessary because it gives drugs users who normally take drugs in the

streets in public a safe place where they can take their drugs. If they

got an overdose, there are trained staff who can help them so they do

not get severe injuries or die from an overdose. Chip Summers, would you

have used a consumption room like this in order to stay safe? I don't

think so, when I got my drugs I was keen to get somewhere private and I

did use and inject in the street. I may have use them, I don't know. I

would not have made a habit of it. When I got stoned I wanted to be

quiet and listen to music away from everything else. Why are you not in

favour of these rooms? Because of the cost. The cost of that must be

in the region of up to ?500,000 a year at a time when people are

struggling and waiting years to get detox and rehab. It is a vanity

project at a time when we should concentrate on getting people who

want to get abstinent into rehab, detoxed and clean. Please talk

directly to Chip. What would you say to him? Relating to the cost, drugs

consumption rooms can benefit because when people get overdoses,

maybe they do not die, but they can have severe head injuries, brain

damage, things like that. In that case the drugs consumption room cost

benefit. I do not say it is either a drug Sumption room or other

treatment. Both things are important to get, to get a good programme for

drug addicts -- come Sumption. Right now in Glasgow, we have people

waiting to go to rehab, all over the UK we have people waiting to go to

rehab, and we do not have the money for a project like this. Their

families desperate to get their children into treatment, clean, and

are not able to because there is no funding to people through treatment.

Elizabeth, two sons, one of whom died. What do you think of these

rooms? It is encouraging further drug use. I think over the last 13

years since my son died, I've worked across UK prisons, UK rehabs, in

schools, and what I hear is the biggest thing for family members is

the desire for freedom from addiction and not continued

addiction. And... The biggest thing for family members, but not

necessarily the addict? But the most important thing to understand is

that addiction is a family illness. It is not just about the addict.

Addiction can make you incredibly selfish and self-centred. It is the

fall-out on the family members that is really, really important. But if

an addict doesn't want to be helped, an addict won't be helped?

Absolutely, but nevertheless, the family members still have the worry

and the anxiety and the fear of death and that kind of thing. So

that has to be looked at. Let me bring in David from the Scottish

Drugs Forum. You are behind, you support the plan to introduce a

consumption room, the so-called fixed rooms in Glasgow. How do you

respond to the various criticisms, David? Well, I think has has been

said in your piece, it is not a question of either or and we

shouldn't view it in that way at all. Of course, we need more

resources across the whole of the treatment and care sector, but

particularly in relation to the Glasgow proposals. We have in the

region of 500 very vulnerable, mostly older drug users. That's

people over the age of 35 who have very little prospects of recovery

and we need to reach out to that group so we can begin to engage with

them and the proposals suggest is that we are moving current injecting

that's going on in the streets within Glasgow into a safe

environment where people can be supported and helped. And through

that process we start to engage... At a financial cost, Mr Lidl. If

there isn't enough taxpayers money to fund the necessary treatment

that's needed right now then you're asking taxpayers to fund this as

well? I think there has been described a humanitarian aspect of

reaching out to this most vulnerable population engaging more effectively

with them. If you look at it in terms of cost, we have an outbreak

of HIV infection in Glasgow, that's # 5 individuals. 75 individuals. We

need to look at it in the overall picture and the problem with drug

users, there is admissions to hospital with multiple health issues

that they have. Let's bring in Chip, somebody with HIV spreading it

around because the unsafe use of needles. That's going to cost the

NHS a lot of money? It will cost the NHS money. I heard David before

talking about these people who are over 35 and have been using for a

long time, the poor loves can't get better. I was 38 when I got better

and I have had a long time in recovery. There is nothing about age

or anything that stops people from getting better and I think we should

just be encouraging people much more, what is the waiting list for

rehab in Glasgow at the moment? But surely... What is the waiting list

at the moment for rehab in Glasgow? What sort of rehab are you talking

about? How many people in Glasgow are waiting for detox? I think the

point is, you know, as has been said, we are looking for a wider

range of services, that's the point. I think, you know, what we mead to

do is keep people alive until the point they can actually effectively

recover. As you say, considerable numbers of people actually recover

at a later age and the challenge we have in the Scottish context is that

many people sadly don't reach the age, you know, of yourself when you

recovered at 38, they are actually dead before then and that is not

acceptable in our view. And some people are getting in touch to say,

don't these fixed rooms actually encourage further drug taking? There

is no sign from the fixed rooms that they encourage people to get clean?

I think the point is we're moving currently injecting from the streets

into these centres. There is no evidence of any of the centres

across the world that actually they've led to increased drug use

because what we're talking about is long-term problematic drug users who

are not able for various reasons, including issues that you discussed

earlier in your programme, around mental health. A considerable

proportion of these individuals have significant underlying mental health

problems which make engagement with services difficult. It is about

being humane and raching out to this population which we have been unable

to engage with effectively. Mr Lidl, could I ask you, have you ever had a

family member or friend in addiction personally? A family member or

friend in addiction? Not a family member, no. So you wouldn't

understand possibly the impact of addiction on the family? I don't

think that would be fair to be honest. I've worked in the field for

30 years. Because I think... I am aware of all the issues and we've

campaigned for many years for a full range of services across the

spectrum. A full range of services needs to embrace the family. The

family are the ones who are directly impacted by someone's addiction. And

therefore, it is very, very important that when you're looking

at supporting places like fixed rooms, that you understand that even

though they maybe safe places, for the addicts to go, there are family

members out there who are worried day after day, suffering mental

health issues themselves, suffering depression, anxiety themselves,

because of fear of the continued drug use. And I have to support Chip

here because the most important thing that I hear day after day

after day from addicts in recovery and from addicts seeking recovery,

from people in prison, is I want freedom from drugs, not continued

drug use. I think what you'll find

particularly with this population in Glasgow that we're talking about is

they are isolated from everybody. That's services and their families

and so, in my view, and the view of others who've introduced the centres

across Europe and more widely is they are an important step in more

effectively engaging with individuals. Do you accept that

point? That actually bringing these people into for a start, some kind

of safe environment, so if they do overdose, there is someone on hand

to help them? As a family member that might be some short-term

consolation, but also that as David says, they're isolated at the moment

so get them into a fixed room so you have got some conversation starter.

That sort of thing is supposed to be happening now... But it is not.

They're isolated. Remember your time, taking heroin privately, on

your own, you wanted to be away from people. You weren't necessarily

engaged with the services on offer. There were few services on offer and

the services that are on offer now, are worse than they were then. If I

was about to spend ?500,000 on a drug consumption room, the question

I would be asking is that's fine, but how many people are waiting to

go to rehab before we spend this money? Do you know how many people

are on the waiting list for abstinence treatment in Glasgow

right now? Well, the waiting times for access to treatment across

Scotland is generally less than three weeks. That's the case and we

have argued actually that should be certainly shorter than it is, but I

go back to my fundamental point, we shouldn't be arguing about the value

of one service against another, we need a whole spectrum of services so

that people can make that transition from the most chaotic drug use and

be more effectively engaged. I think it is an unhelpful thing to view it

as one or the other. Some messages from people watching you talk about

this. Amy, "So we let people into a fixed room. No questions asked on

where they got the drugs from, if they were stolen? It is just

encouraging drug use." Pat says, "Drug consumption rooms are a

compassionate approach to supporting someone with an addiction." Another

viewer says, "Fixed rooms will take away the stigma and the status

associated in that it draws people in. It will reduce overdoses and

disease." Angela says, "It is a safe environment for drug users and has

less negative connotations for wider society. They need help, not

victimisation and judging." I'm going to thank you all for your

time. Thank you for coming on the programme, thank you for your time

this morning. If you've been affected

by the issues raised in Divya's report, you can find details

of organisations offering information and support with

addiction at bbc.co.uk/actionline. Or you can call for free,

at any time to hear recorded Coming up, we will hear from three

people working in the NHS. Should police officers

routinely be armed? Thousands of Met officers

are being asked whether they would want to regularly carry

a gun or taser. A survey by the Metropolitan Police

Federation will consult all its members on their views

about equipping Scotland Yard doesn't support

officers being armed But with a severe terror threat

in this country does Ken Marsh is Chairman of

the Metropolitan Police Federation Tony Long is a former specialist

firearms officer for 25 years at the Met Police and has written

a book about his experiences. Ken, why are you asking your members

this? Good morning. We're asking our members this because they haven't

been asked it before. Predominantly it is about Taser more than

firearms, but the question needs to be asked because should we flip the

coin in circumstances change in London where we do see something

major take place and there is a clamouring for this to happen, then

we've never asked our colleagues ever, would you be prepared to carry

a Taser or a firearm because a lot might say, "No way." I wouldn't do

the job. So that's why we're asking the question.

Tony Long, as a former firearms officer, you have shot five people.

Killed three individuals, I wonder if you can give our audience some

kind of insight into the circumstances and the decision

making when it comes to using a weapon? Yes, the three situations

that I was involved in were over a long period time. The first was in

1985, it was a domestic siege where I shot a man who was in the process

of stabbing a little girl that he had been holding hostage. The

decision there was incredibly easy. It was a choice between the life of

a little girl and the life of a man who had already brutally murdered

the child's mother in front of police. That wasn't a difficult

decision to make. He actually survived. So I didn't have to sort

of labour on how I would have thought about it had he died. The

next situation was two years later. It was an armed robbery. And it was

a pre-planned operation where we had intelligence and we were waiting for

the robbery to happen. And when we were confronted, the robbers turned

to face me and again, it want a difficult decision. The last

occasion, it was a very difficult decision because I didn't see a gun.

The intelligence was that he had a gun. His manner ychs and his

behaviour led me to believe that my colleagues lives were in danger and

I opened fire. For me, that was the most difficult decision of my

career. And were you... When an officer finds himself in that

situation in that split second before firing, the decision to fire

probably isn't difficult. It is living with it afterwards that's the

difficulty. Have you found it difficult to live

afterwards with the decision you made in the latter case? No. Because

I was right. The man had a gun. As far as I was concerned he posed a

threat to my colleagues and so I was right, but I have not found myself

in a situation say for instance of two of my colleagues that were

involved in the shooting of Jean Charles de Menezes. They genuinely

thought they were confronting a suicide bomber. Unfortunately they

were given the wrong suspect. It was a tragic error. Now, I don't know

how I would cope with living with that. They have got on with their

lives and gone back to firearms duties, but unless you're there, it

is very difficult to actually, you know, know how you'll feel. In terms

of the circumstances you found yourself in, presumably you were

investigated by either other forces or the independent Police Watchdog.

What sort of an impact does that have on you? Well, the first

situation, I was barely investigated at all believe it or not because the

suspect, I suspect we would now call it suicide by cop. He wanted the

police to shoot him and forced us into a situation where we had to and

he survived. He never made an official complaint therefore, I was

never investigated. That was early days. That was in the mid-80s. The

second incident, I was investigated by an outside force. Overseen by the

Police Complaints Authority. And the last one, I was investigated a very

new IPCC and I was treated fairly fairly, but I know for a fact,

through speaking to colleagues who are currently under investigation,

and who have been investigated, in recent years, there has been a sea

change in the way the IPCC deal with police officers. What we used to

call principal officers, those who have had to shoot and it is not

good. They're treated very much as criminals.

The IPCC might reject that description but I am hearing what

you are saying. Ken Marshall, it would be fascinating to find out if

officers would feel comfortable with this. What you think the public

would want? As you say, that is what we are interested in. Let's do it in

stages and the first process is to ask colleagues and then put it out

to a further field of the community, senior management, to engage with

the question. The interesting thing for ours is to ask the question, we

have not asked the question up to now, let's see what comes back. It

could come back as a damp squib will stop our commissioner recently said

600 more firearms officers on the streets of London, a huge number,

and everyone accepted it. He could say the same next week stop let's

get the balance, see what they are saying, and then we will be able to

use the information. We are talking about increasing the numbers of

firearms officers up to 2600. When I became an instructor in 1983, we

trained 4800. In the last couple of decades we have dramatically reduced

the people carrying firearms, officers, and they are arguably

better trained, certainly better equipped and everybody who carries a

firearm is now pretty much a full-time firearms carrier not a

part timer like in the 80s. Ken said the question has not been asked.

Maybe by the Metropolitan Federation but it has been asked nationally on

four occasions in my service as to whether police officers should be

armed and in the past, the wording the federation have used, it has

almost been guiding officers into saying they did not want to carry

firearms. The issue in this country is that you ask what the public

want. We are there to protect the public and I respect their opinion,

but I find it insulting. They say we want you to protect us, but we do

not want you to be armed. Elsewhere in the world and I'm not talking bad

America, I'm talking about France and Holland and Sweden, it would be

crazy to call for this system to the police and for them to have no

better means of protecting themselves. We will report on the

outcome. Thanks. You have been getting in touch with your

experiences of mental health services. Theresa May will give a

speech after it 11 this morning and that will be live on BBC News. We

will hear from some of you in the next half-hour.

La La Land danced off with seven Golden Globes last night,

but the most dramatic moment of the night went to Meryl Streep.

Theresa May is to announce a number of measures designed to deal

with what she will describe as the "hidden injustice"

In a speech, she'll promise to transform attitudes

towards mental disorders, through extra training for schools

Figures suggest 75 per cent of mental health problems start

difficult time this morning because of a strike across

At one point one of the capital's busiest stations, Clapham Junction,

had to be evacuated because of overcrowding.

Huge crowds have gathered at bus stops as travellers try to complete

Members of the RMT and TSSA unions walked out last

night in a row about jobs and ticket office closures.

The 24-hour strike is due to finish at six o'clock tonight.

And in a few minutes time Victoria will be talking

to the Chief Operating Officer of London Underground

Police are investigating after a woman's body was found

Officers were called to the woodland near Aboyne Way yesterday morning.

The death of the 52-year-old is being treated as unexplained

Join me again at 11. We will bring you the sport in a second. Before

that, four hostages being held inside a bookmakers in Jarrow by a

man with a firearm had been freed. We can speak to Fiona in Newcastle.

Northumbria's Chief Constable said it was a dangerous and difficult

operation and you can understand why when you see the footage, a man

armed with what is believed to be a sawn off shotgun in a bookmakers in

Jarrow, in a busy precinct, and four held inside. Police arrived at 540

5p last night and soon afterwards three were released but the last

person was released at 840 PM last night. Jarrow people said they could

hear shots being fired and police telling us today it would have been

from a police issue less lethal weapons so we understand a Taser was

used. They tell us know one was injured, including the four

hostages. It would have been a terrifying ordeal. A man has been

arrested and a firearms seized and that man is being questioned this

morning. Cheers. Now the sport. The spirit of the FA Cup was felt

at Anfield yesterday as 9,000 Plymouth fans watched their side

from the fourth tier of English Football hold

Premier League giants Liverpool It earns them a lucrative replay

and they are into the draw for the fourth round,

although manager Jurgen Klopp's ten changes, helped Plymouth somewhat

as he fielded the youngest side No problems for Chelsea though

who also made changes, nine in total, as they beat

League One Peterborough 4-1 - although they did have club captain

John Terry sent off. There were wins too for Fulham ,

Middlesbrough and Tottenham. As comebacks go it will go down

as one of the shortest . After seven months out Wasps flanker

James Haskell lasted 35 seconds after coming off the bench

against Leicester yesterday, before he was taken off

with a head injury. His club are confident he will make

a quick recovery and should be fit to make the start of the six

nations for England . Johanna Konta warmed up

for the start of the Australian Open by beating Arina Rodionova

in straight sets at the Sydney the semi-finals in the first grand

slam of the year last year. Dan Evans is through in the men's

competition but Kyle Edmund is out. The Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt

will make a statement to MPs On her the service is coping with

winter pressures. The Red Cross described conditions faced by

patients in recent weeks as amounting to a humanitarian crisis.

Jeremy Hunt denies the accuracy of that description but said the

situation is severe. There is a very serious situation

in a number of hospitals. They are finding it

very, very challenging. It's the most difficult

time of year. I think you should listen to

what independent people are saying. People like Chris Hobson

who represents all the hospitals, no friend of the Government when it

comes to NHS policy, who rejected that description

because he said that actually the vast majority of hospitals

are if anything coping slightly better than a year ago,

but you do have some very severe problems in a few hospitals which,

you know, no one wants to play down because they are very serious

and we're doing everything we can Labour are demanding action. Here

are some of the pressures the NHS is England -- in England are facing.

This is a wake-up call, a wake-up call to properly

fund our NHS and properly fund social care so that those

who are in a desperate situation that need care outside of hospital

Local authorities don't have the money to do it.

Well, the definition of a humanitarian crisis

is something that affects large numbers of people,

their health and well-being, for a prolonged period of time.

The fact is, you just look at the numbers.

More than half a million people who used to receive

It's probably not a million miles away from the truth.

I think we've been predicting that we would face a winter from hell.

On an international scale for the Red Cross, is it

No, I think that's an overstatement at this stage.

Clearly demand is very high and it's higher than it's ever been

but we have probably the most comprehensive plans

But it is really very difficult at the moment.

So here to give us an insight of what it's like working

We can speak to Paul Robinson who is an emergency medicine doctor.

Hiam Aldroubi a medical student in a geriatric ward.

You recently finished assessing night shifts at A Tell the

audience what it was like. I am an emergency medicine doctor. The Red

Cross described what we're facing as a humanitarian crisis. I am afraid

to say that might not go far enough in cases and this is a problem

Theresa May needs to address. Jeremy Hunt's statement will be welcome and

I'm sure he will have interesting things to say, but the Prime

Minister needs to intervene on this. A are under crippling pressure

nationwide. We have a target of four hours where we asked -- we are

supposed to see patients. We are so busy, we are picking patients up

over that time, regularly seeing patients who had been in the

Department for and a half hours, five, six hours, perhaps more. We

are overwhelmed, we do not have enough beds and staffs and we are

not properly funded. Have they taken beds out because they do not have

the money? That is part of it. We have had a huge amount of acute beds

cut in the last ten years and A attendance in the last ten years is

up 25%, in a specialty that struggles to recruit staff. You say

it is about beds rather than staff? It is a combination of the two, we

need more and we need to ask ourselves questions about why the

government can ignore the fact we are in provided full. You know that

they would reject they are ignoring you and improperly... That they are

not improperly providing. I'm sure they would but I would like to

remind Theresa May the British Prime Minister 's arm looked on harshly by

ministers when they use phrases like crisis, what crisis? We are caught

under the wheels of a chariot. Do you acknowledge that the Health

Secretary is saying there are severe problems, I am not complacent, and

they will address it? I am overjoyed he has come back from his holiday

and business trip in Japan to address the problem he should have

been here to see two in the first place. I do not think his

acknowledgement means much to fund -- to front-line staff now. Give our

audience within sight of your work and pressures you are facing and how

it is different to two years ago. Yesterday, I was not supposed to be

in work, but my colleagues asked me to come in, to help, because the

pressures we are seeing are so intense. Recently, the chair of the

GMC, a professor of paediatrics, he said that in 30 years he has been in

paediatrics, the level of intensity and level of pressure seen in NHS

hospitals is like nothing that has ever been seen before. What is

different this year? It is complex. There are lots of factors. The fact

remains this is something junior doctors, the colleges have been

telling the government about across the year. What are the factors? We

have a huge amount of illness, an ageing population, we have reducing

staff morale and the winter particularly is something where

illness hits, particularly with children, who have severe

infections. One thing that has not been touched on so far, it is not

only patients getting sick of that doctors also. We have a lot of staff

off in the winter and the other day a colleague ended up working in the

hospital for 19 hours because the team on nights were too sick to come

in because they had been working so hard. This is really difficult and a

situation that needs urgent change. Let me bring in a doctor. You're a

medical student. How do you find working in the NHS? I am a first

year doctor. I am not a medical student. It is complete crisis. It

is actually a humanitarian crisis. I'm an international student. I came

to study medicine in the UK. And it is the biggest regret of my life. It

is because we are basically, we studied so hard for six years, but

it is, we had a patient die in the hospital because we couldn't give

her oxygen in time. She wasn't seen in time and she passed away. She was

just missed because of the amount of patients that we have in. There is

people who work in admin who cannot get their rota fixed properly. We

have one team that has nine doctors and one team that has two doctors,

it is in a complete crisis. You hate your work, do you? Well, it is not

what I expected to be doing. And what I really wanted to be doing is

saving lives and I'm not seeing this. There is three doctors who the

hospital trust got from India to work. They resigned within three

months. They said we would rather go back, not work, rather than be in

this mess. Paul Robinson, what would you suggest... They're stretching

the doctors so much that they don't want to work anymore. My colleagues

who has been working 87 hours a week and they get a call on Sunday from

the medical chief to ask them to come to work and I mean how is this

even allowed? We have got patients waiting in corridors. You go into

A, it is like walking into Tesco's.

There is just so many patients lining up. There is no staff. No

rota and most importantly, there is No respect at all. These little

things that doctors have to fight about like having a car park. Sorry,

Victoria, you work for the BBC, don't you? I do. Do you have a room

to take breaks in? I don't think so, no. When you want to have a break,

you don't have an actual place where you can go and have a break in? No,

not that I am aware of. There is a green room down there. We have a

mess room and we have to pay to use it. What sort of respect is this?

Paul Robinson, what would you say to the doctor who said it is the

biggest regret of her life coming to the UK to be a doctor? Nothing

frustrates hard-working, keen people more than not being able to do their

job properly. What we need to see on this is two things. We need to see

the 2012 Health and Social Care Act repealed because that took away any

need for Jeremy Hunt fob responsible for the provision of healthcare and

we need Theresa May to engage with this issue directly. Engage directly

and what, go to your hospital, talk to you, see for herself... She needs

to see this. And then what? What we are seeing is a prelude to

privatisation and that's the current Government's agenda. They would deny

that completely. What evidence have you seen for that? Theresa May used

the language of it. Used the language? She said she would be

considering things that were avoided by previous governments. But there

are no plans to charge people at the point of delivery? You know that.

Well, there better not be. You know that. We see people too desperate to

have that kind of money. Theresa May and Jeremy Hunt don't have to engage

with healthcare in the way the rest of the country does. These are not

people who have to queue for four-and-a-half hours. These aren't

people who get sent across London because they have got a facial

abscess and there are no beds. Sorry, privatisation, I really

appreciate the NHS. I'm Syrian. I came before the war to study

medicine. I really love the NHS, but maybe privatisation will be a good

thing for the public. If they get a private company to sort out the

mess. We are in a mess. Maybe it will be better for the public,

better for the doctors, and it will be a better delivery of care. What

we're seeing now is the public taking advantage of the actual

situation. In what way? We're called in to see patients who come in

because they have a scab on their hand and they want a sicknote.

Right, OK. So there is something we could do as general patients and

taxpayers in terms of trying to relieve a bit of stress. What would

you say needs to be done right now, the urgent need that you talked

about, how would you like to see the Prime Minister address it? I think

there are a few things that are very clear. Hospitals are asking for more

money, Chris hob son is asking for more money, the chief of NHS

provider, Simon Stevens the head of the NHS wants more money. We are not

only being given less than is expected, but also being lied to

about figures. The Government's own Health Select Committee have said

that the Government have been misleading with the amount of money

that they are giving us. Also social care money is being reduced in the

figure of millions, meaning that more and more pressure is being put

on hospitals. I think what needs to happen is there needs to be a

genuine and honest discussion where by people like us on the frontline,

are listened to and we can talk about the problems. There are simple

solutions that I think can really help. For example, increasing the

amount of community care that can be offered, not only in terms of giving

antibiotics, and seeing patients, but also the social care and welfare

particularly for the elderly that helps keep them out of hospital and

save in the winter. Thank you very much. I really appreciate your time.

Thank you for coming on the programme. Thank you.

The Mayor of London says that thousands of people were

inconvenienced for no reason. The Mayor of London says there were

concerns about safety at some stations.

Steve Griffiths is the Chief Operating Officer London Underground

What's going on? Clearly, this is an unnecessary strike. First of all, I

want to apologise for the disruption that our customers are experiencing

today. We acknowledge the patience that they are showing. We've always

said that we will, within the first 12 months of our new operating model

in our stations as a result of the ticket office closures, review our

staffing levels with the trade unions. We have been doing that

review and we have identified 200 new roles that we have started

recruitment immediately to put into our stations staffing to improve the

level of service that we can offer our can yous mirs on a daily basis.

So the unions say they are on strike because you're closing ticket

offices and you're making too many people redundant. Those new jobs

that you have talked about, they are to say they are to fill new jobs?

No, they are new jobs. Station ticket offices closed over 12 months

ago and we have deployed our new staff into the frontline of