15/02/2017 Victoria Derbyshire

Hello. It's Wednesday, 15th February.

South Korea says it is certain that the half-brother

of North Korea's leader Kim Jong-un has been killed in Malaysia.

Kim Jong-nam died after an apparent poison attack

in the airport in the capital, Kuala Lumpur, on Monday.

No motive has been confirmed and the attackers have

Malaysian police say he complained of being attacked by women who

covered his face with a cloth full of burning liquid. He was then taken

to the clinic at the airport and then brought to hospital, but he

died en route. Nineteen million people in the UK

aren't earning enough money to have an adequate quality of life,

according to new research. Poverty campaigners

the Joseph Rowntree Foundation say that a couple with children now need

to earn a minimum of ?37,800 to get by properly and if you are a single

parent you need ?35,707. We will be speaking to some

of those feeling the pinch. Repeated blows to the head

during a footballer's professional career may be linked to long-term

brain damage, according to So is it time for a change

in rules - especially Hello.

Welcome to the programme. Also coming up, data exclusively

given to this programme shows that there has been a massive jump

in the number of abortion pills being bought online in mainland UK,

even though using the pills without medical approval is illegal

and which you may not know, could be punished

with a life sentence. We will be finding out

what is driving the increase, and, of course, we want

to hear your experiences. Do get in touch on all the stories

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South Korea has confirmed that the man killed in an apparent

attack at an airport in Malaysia on Monday was the estranged

half-brother of the North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and they believe

North Korean agents poisoned him. Police in Malaysia are

studying CCTV footage Images from the footage have focused

on two women seen alongside him, who were later spotted leaving

the scene in a taxi. Was Kim Jong-nam poisoned

by assassins as he prepared to board a flight in the Malaysian

capital on Monday? Confusion and mystery surround

the death of the half-brother Now South Korean officials say

they believe he was murdered. TRANSLATION: The Government is

certainly judging that the murdered person is Kim Jong-nam. Since this

case is still being investigated we should wait for details until the

Malaysian Government makes an announcement.

Just before he died, Kim Jong-nam is reported to have

told medical workers he was attacked with a chemical spray.

Police are studying security camera footage from the airport.

He had been long estranged from his half-brother

the North Korean leader, Kim Jong-un, falling out of favour

with the secretive regime and living in exile after he was caught

sneaking into Japan on a fake passport.

South Korea's acting president said if North Korea was responsible it

would show the brutality and inhumane nature of the regime.

TRANSLATION: The government is carefully watching

North Korea's movements, acknowledging the fact this

A postmortem is due to be carried in Kuala Lumpur later.

A woman has been detained at Kuala Lumpur Airport.

Our correspondent Karishma Vaswani has the latest on this story

from the Malaysian capital Kuala Lumpur.

I'm standing outside the morgue where the body of the man we believe

to be Kim Jong-nam was brought by Malaysian police overnight.

Since then, we've seen several police cars and a police van

carrying away what we believe to be that body.

On Monday, a North Korean national was taking off for a flight to Macau

from KL Airport when Malaysian police say he complained

of being attacked by women who covered his face with a cloth

He was then taken to the clinic at the airport and then brought

Malaysian police initially said that the man who died

on Monday was Kim Jong-nam, the half-brother of North Korean

There's a lot of confusion and speculation as to what's

actually going on in this case, but Malaysian police have said that

until a complete investigation and an autopsy of what happened

is confirmed, they won't be saying much else.

Reeta Chakrabarti is in the BBC Newsroom with a summary

The US media are reporting that members of President Trump's

campaign team had repeated contacts with senior Russian intelligence

officials in the year before the US presidential election.

It follows the resignation of the National Security Adviser,

General Mike Flynn, over allegations surrounding a phone call he had

with a senior Russian diplomat before President Trump took power.

General Flynn quit after it was revealed he had misled

the White House over the nature of the call.

It's alleged he discussed the future of US sanctions on Russia.

Senior Republicans have joined calls for

The number of abortion pills being bought online

in Britain is on the rise, according to data shown to

Government figures show 375 doses, sent to addresses in England,

Wales and Scotland, were seized in 2016,

Taking the pills while pregnant without medical approval

We'll have more on that story at 9.45am.

For the first time, a scientific study has found a possible link

between head injuries and brain damage in former footballers.

Researchers studied the brains of six former players who had died

from dementia and then discovered that some of them had a form

of the disease linked to repeated blows to the head.

Our health reporter Smitha Mundasad has more.

Jeff Astle, former England footballer who died in 2002.

He had degenerative brain disease, linked to repeatedly heading

His family have been campaigning for more research to find out

whether lots of this can lead to long-lasting brain damage.

In this latest study, scientists looked at the brains

of six lifelong footballers who had developed dementia.

When we examined their brains at autopsy, we saw the sorts

of changes that are seen in ex-boxers, so the changes that

are particularly associated with repeated head injury,

which are known as CTE, chronic traumatic encephalopathy.

So we have shown that head injury has occurred earlier in life,

So we have shown that head injury has occurred earlier in their life,

which presumably has some impact on them developing dementia.

It's a small study, that can't prove a link between football

and dementia and the scientists are clear their work did not analyse

For the average adult footballer, who plays recreationally,

experts at Alzheimer's Research UK say the risks are likely to be

low and outweighed by the benefits of exercise.

But the Football Association says one question that needs to be

answered is whether degenerative brain diseases are more

common in ex-footballers and the FA says that's research

Several people are still unaccounted for after the explosion in Oxford

yesterday which destroyed a three-storey block of flats.

Three people were hurt in the blast, in the south west of the city.

Two people were treated for minor injuries and one

The cause of the explosion is still unknown.

A Ukip press officer has offered her resignation after saying

she was responsible for misleading personal information

about the Hillsborough disaster on the website of party leader Paul

Mr Nuttall admitted yesterday, in an appearance

on Liverpool's Radio City Talk, that claims that he's lost

a close, personal friend in the tragedy were untrue.

He said he hadn't written or seen the information on his website

People who have grown up in care are far more likely to die in early

adulthood than those who haven't, according to figures revealed

Although care leavers make up just 1% of all 19 to 21-year-olds,

they accounted for 7% of deaths amongst that age group last year.

It's thought poor mental health and difficulties accessing

The Government says it is investing ?10 million in support

A lack of sex and relationships education in some of England's

secondary schools is creating a "ticking sexual health time bomb",

The Local Government Association says pupils are not being prepared

for adulthood and is calling for sex education to be compulsory

Currently, all schools in England under local authority control have

to teach the subject as part of the national curriculum,

but a loophole means academies and free schools

which are controlled by central government

are not obliged to cover the subject.

Harrison Ford has been involved in a near-miss while flying his

The 74-year-old actor mistakenly landed on a taxiway

where an American Airlines plane was waiting to take-off with more

Peter Bowes reports from Los Angeles.

It happened as Harrison Ford was coming in to land

at the John Wayne Airport in Orange County.

The Federal Aviation Administration confirmed that the pilot

of a single-engine plane had been cleared to land and that he

But instead of landing on the designated runway,

Just before landing, Ford is reported to have asked

the air traffic controllers "Was that airliner meant

The Boeing 737 had 110 passengers on board, and took off safely

An FAA investigation into the incident is under way.

It could result in a suspension of Ford's pilot's licence.

The golden couple of British cycling have announced

Laura and Jason Kenny are expecting their first child

as Laura revealed in an Instagram post yesterday.

The couple are said to be thrilled and delighted and have thanked

the public for the kind messages and support they've

A group of kayakers in the Firth of Forth got more than he bargained

for yesterday when a passing seal decided to hitch a ride.

The cheeky mammal had followed the paddling group for a mile before

The kayakers said it was an "amazing experience".

That's a summary of the latest BBC News.

Still to come - how much do you earn?

And do you think its enough to get by on?

According to poverty campaigners the Joseph Rowntree Foundation

at least a third of us are living with an inadequate income.

We will be talking to some of those feeling the pinch and, of course,

Do get in touch with us throughout the morning.

Use the hashtag VictoriaLIVE and If you text, you will be charged

And Barcelona suffering a rare thrashing last night. It is not

often that Barcelona get beaten. There is beaten and there is being

absolutely thrashed and they lost 4-0 in the last 16 of the Champions

League at Paris St Germain and they're out of the Champions League

now, aren't they? This is a team that won the European Cup five

times. It is not often you see them be demolished like this. Have a look

at the goals. This is the first last night. This player got two on his

29th birthday. The first one was a free-kick.

Then a second and then a third into the top corner. It was a birthday

bonanza for PSG. We talk about Lionel Messi, it was

like someone tied Lionel Messi, mistakes all over the pitch. Yes,

the significance of this is this a real turning point for Europe's

elite as we say Barcelona winning it five times before? We see them in

the semifinals and the quarterfinals and the final, but they've got a

huge task on their hands. No team has overturned a four goal, first

leg, deficit in the Champions League. So all to do and their

manager saying a disastrous night and we were clearly inferior.

Pressure Will on Arsenal tonight because they are back in Champions

League action? Yes Arsenal in Champions League action and Arsene

Wenger not happy to be reminded really that they've got a poor

record in the knock-out stages. The last six seasons they have failed to

get past the last 16. They will be sick of the sight of Bayern Munich.

Bayern Munich are seven points clear at the top of the Bundesliga.

Despite their poor record Arsene Wenger saying there is no reason

they can't put it right. I feel we have the experience. We play against

a Bayern side every year the every year the same target is to win the

Champions League and when you look at their record they are always

basically in the last four. So it's a massive challenge, but I think we

are capable of dealing with it. All the build-up and commentary for

you on 5 Live sport. A former Sunderland striker in the Premier

League. He has been told he has unethical hair. I don't know what

you make of that. I think it is a three. I'm not quite sure. He's one

of 40 players to have been found guilty of having unethical hair by

the united Arab Emirates Football Association. They told a goalkeeper

four years ago to cut his hair before a game. We're trying it get

clarification as to why it is unethical. He was told he has to

sort his hair out! We look forward to finding out what

you found out about that. Thank you, Will.

19 million people aren't earning enough

to have an adequate quality of life, a rise of four million

According to the report by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation,

if you fall below the following levels you are not earning enough

It's ?17,300 if you're single and renting

If you're a couple with two children and living

in social housing, you need a minimum of ?37,800 between you.

Or staggeringly, if you're a single parent

Let us talk now to a number of people who fall below those lines.

Solomon Smith is a 31-year-old youth worker from London

Alison Darby lives in London, where you need at least ?29,000

She works two jobs and over 60 hours a week.

Thank you for joining us. You are single with two children and I said

you earned ?9,000 per year, that compares with the foundation saying

that to be getting by, you should be earning 35,004 -- around ?35,500.

Tell us what your lifestyle is why? It is hard. It is proper hand to

mouth. Sometimes I pay my rent, my electric or my water, or sometimes,

do I just get into the red? Now I'm used to seeing a lot of red letters.

Tell us more about the specifics on how you get by. Obviously, they are

fundamental things you are talking about not being able to afford. It

is just like, you know, like today is payday and I know it is not going

to be enough for my rent, the kids' school meals. It is just like,

sometimes it is just heartbreaking. I also run a charity as well for the

homeless. Sometimes I have two it where I work to make sure I can

Super have enough food for the day. You know, it is just kind of living

in 2017 and kind of experiencing what I'm experiencing is absolutely

crazy. Allison, what is your situation? You are single with no

children but you are working extremely hard and you are still not

earning the level you need. I'm a postgraduate, I've got a degree, I

went to university thinking it would help me get into a position where I

could get a decent job. It was quite hard after I'd finished university

because I went back quite late and I could not really find work anywhere

and ended up waitressing for a while. Eventually got a reasonable

job at the pay is not great. To subsidise that, I have to work on

weekends at the local pub. Just to get enough money for travel and

rent. What are the choices you have to make? To be honest, my rent is

usually loads. My bills are included in my rent otherwise I could not

guarantee the money would be there. I have to ask my parents for money.

My mum is retired and my dad is working part-time. It is so hard,

constantly having to worry about whether or not I can pay my rent, if

I can get my travel money to work each week, and I don't even remember

the last time I went away. I have no social life. My social life is the

work at the pub. Has it always been like this for you? Has it got

harder? It has just got harder. Like myself, I went to university,

thinking that once I've finished, I would have a good job. It made it

ten times worse. Then, you know, you have more bills, what is upon your

head. The day I finished university, instead of celebrating, I got a

letter saying I was in debt of ?40,000. I was thinking, how am I

going to pay that? And you are building your debt because you are

starting some month in the red. What about your debt levels? Now, seeing

all the letters, easily up to ?70,000. Why do you think it has got

worse, both of you? I think it is the lack of jobs. They say going to

university would kind of encourage you to kind of get work but it is

not like that. I think we have got to educate people that commie you

know, there are thousands and thousands of people going to

university, leaving university and not getting work. And ?50,000 debt

which goes against you if you could try to get a mortgage. What policy

decisions in the budget next month might make a difference? There

should be more means testing and things. For me, I fall out of the

category that would get any kind of tax credits or anything. I pay a lot

of tax, because I work two jobs so 20% on one of them and whatever on

the other. But I don't see any of it back. I pay for my prescriptions

like everyone else, dentistry, like everyone else, travel, and it is a

lot of money in London to travel to get to work. These kind of things.

They just all add up. If there was a way to help someone who earns under

?20,000 to lives in the city, that would be helpful to a lot of people.

But we don't get that. Do you have any ideas on policy decisions? The

best policy is to make the policy visible for everyone, because

there's a lot of different funds that can help people. If you don't

know about it, you will never know. That is one problem I have always

had a problem with. I have had to do a lot of research to get a lot of

help. And again, that is one of the main reasons why I set up my own

charity, because there's a lot of support that people are entitled to

and they just don't know. I think it is making those policies known to

everyone and who is entitled to it can get it. I want to read some

comments from people watching, Kelly has tweeted to say, "I'm definitely

struggling financially, made redundant in 2013 and have been

struggling ever since, debt is a major problem". Christopher says, "I

just get ?60 per week from a cleaning job and ?20 on DLA and

without my family I would not be alive". Matthew said on Facebook,

"Predatory globalism and capitalism is a race to the bottom of the

labour cost pile". Can you see things changing? You are trying to

earn what you can but are there any obvious options? Short of searching

and trying to find a better job which I don't have time to do and I

love my job, I don't want to leave it. I'm not even sure there's a

decent salary job out there. What do you do? I will read. It's unusual,

it is like a vocation for you? I like it and enjoyed it and the

people I work with our great. What do you do? Everybody in the country

who died, there will come through the office and we compile

information, give it to charities and government and things like that,

inform charities when they get money. It is satisfying work. It is

great. You don't want to change but you don't earn enough? Know so I

have to work on the weekends and realistically, you can't do that

forever, working seven days a week. What about living in London? The

living costs are more expensive, too. Can you afford to stay in

London? Not really, I pay ?1000 and ensuite room every month, which

includes my bills but that is a lot of money, just for a room in zone

two so I still have to get the train to work every day. Short of moving

further out, I was in Whitechapel and had to move to Stratford because

I could not afford to live in Whitechapel any more. Realistically,

I will have to move further out and pay more travel. How do you see your

options? To be totally honest, I don't know, I just feel it is not

going to get any better. I have to keep an struggling. Any means of me

trying to get money, working extra hours, sometimes I work until 4am,

just to get extra hours. And you have kids? I have two kids. It must

be very hard? It is so hard. So they can't have what they need basically.

Yes, it is half term now and a lot of the vision, when it is half term,

it is like Butlins and things like that, it proper hurts me to know

that it is half term and the kids have got to stay at home. How old

are they now? Seven and two and this is their prime time when they are

asking me to go here and there but I can't do it. I asked you what you

both thought the government could do in policy terms to help you but

obviously, you are working, you are doing everything that you can to

help yourselves. What responsibility do you feel the state has two you? I

would definitely say that if you can see that we are not just sitting at

home, mum and dad sitting at home, we are going out there and doing

something, I think we should get some kind of support to see that

they are trying and it is hard. And then we can kind of try to make it a

bit easier for them. But I think they need to do a bit more to kind

of see that there is a lot of people in dire need and still working. And

the pressures on you? Most definitely. Thank you for joining

us. And telling us about your experiences, and thanks for your

comments. Keep your thoughts coming in.

Does a career of heading footballs lead to dementia in professional

footballers? New evidence suggests there could be a link. We will speak

to the daughter of the former England striker Jeff Astle who says

her father 's death could have been down to his days on the pitch. Also,

data given exclusively to this programme revealed that more women

in the UK are buying abortion pills online.

We'll be speaking to the British Pregnancy Advisory Service

Also about why they say it could be dangerous.

Away from the row about Donald Trump's national security adviser,

the administration has had a peace deal to Israel and the Palestinians

may not come in the form of a two state solution.

A White House official said the peace process was a priority

for President Trump - but he did not want

Mr Trump will hold talks with the Israeli Prime Minister

Barbara Plett-Usher takes a look at what's on the agenda.

This is a moment for Israel and America to take stock of their

relationship. Here are Netanyahu and Trump's four priorities. First, this

is a chance to reset Israeli-American relations at the

top. Obama did not get on so well with Netanyahu but now... I think

he's good, I like him, he's strong. And Trump has promised to be the

most pro-Israel president ever. I'm the best thing that could happen to

Israel. Be bred for lots of mutual admiration. I plan to speak soon

with President, but how to counter the threat of the uranium regime

which calls for Israel's destruction. At the top of

Netanyahu's gender is Iran. Both leaders are fierce critics of

Obama's deal to curb Iran's nuclear programme. This is a bad deal. It

was the worst deal I've ever seen negotiated. Netanyahu wants to scrap

the agreement and Trump is more likely to enforce it vigorously and

taken of harder line against Iran. And then there is the battle against

so-called Islamic State. Trump has roused to crush the group in Syria.

Netanyahu is all for that. But he does not want any of this to spill

over Israel's shared border with Syria. And Israel may want American

help to foster covert cooperation with some Arab countries on

counterterrorism and also on a shared desire to counter Iran.

Finally, the hot ticket question, Trump's policy for peace with the

Palestinians. He wants to know Netanyahu's plan. He is still

forming his own and it seems to stray from bedrock US positions.

They are support for a Palestinian state and opposition to Jewish

settlements built on Israeli-occupied land expected to

form part of that state. Trump the candidate said Israel should keep

building but Trump the president has been cautiously rowing back. We

don't believe the existence of current settlement is an impediment

to peace but I think the construction or expansion of

existing settlements beyond the current borders is not going to be

helpful moving forward. Netanyahu is also seeking a better read on

Trump's future decisions. Campaign promises are one thing. Complicated

realities are another, especially if the president is a businessman who

harbours hopes of making the ultimate deal on Middle East peace.

Here's Reeta Chakrabaty in the BBC Newsroom

Malaysian authorities say they have detained a woman from Myanmar

in connection with the death of Kim Jong-Nam, the half-brother

Kim Jong-nam died after an apparent poison attack in the airport in

Kuala Lumpur on Monday. South Korea says they believe he was killed by

North Korean agents. North Korea have not commented on the death but

officials from the country's Malaysia Dempsey have been visiting

the hospital in Kuala Lumpur where Mr Kim's body has been taken.

The number of abortion pills being bought online

in Britain is on the rise, according to data shown to

Government figures show 375 doses, sent to addresses in England,

Wales and Scotland, were seized in 2016,

Taking the pills while pregnant without medical approval

We'll have more on that story shortly.

Ukip has rejected an offer of resignation from one of its press

officers whose was responsible for misleading personal information

about the Hillsborough disaster contained an -- website of party

leader Paul Nuttall. Mr Nuttall admitted

yesterday, in an appearance on Liverpool's Radio City Talk,

that claims that he's lost a close, personal friend

in the tragedy were untrue. He said he hadn't written or seen

the information on his website Hundreds of people in

the New Zealand city of Christchurch have been evacuated as wildfires

threatened houses in its suburbs. A state of emergency has been

declared and the military called in to help battle the blaze

in the city's southern It is thought the fire has destroyed

at least seven houses and forced Several people are still unaccounted

for after the explosion in Oxford yesterday which destroyed

a three-storey block of flats. Three people were hurt in the blast,

in the south west of the city. Two people were treated

for minor injuries and one The cause of the

explosion is unknown. Although care leavers make up 1% of

all 19 and 21-year-olds they accounted for 7% of deaths amongst

that age group last year. It is thought that poor mental health and

difficulties accessing support could be to blame. The Government says it

is investing ?10 million in support for those leaving care.

A lack of sex and relationships education in some of England's

secondary schools is creating a ticking timebomb according to local

councils. The Local Government Association says that pupils are not

being prepared for adulthood and it is calling for sex education to be

compulsory in secondary schools. Currently all schools under local

authority control have to teach the subject. But academies and free

schools, which are controlled by central Government, are not obliged

to cover the subject. Harrison Ford has been involved in a near miss

whilst flying his plane in California. The 74-year-old actor

mistakenly landed on a taxiway at John Wayne Airport.

An investigation is underway. That's a summary of

the latest BBC News. We are getting latest unemployment

figures through. Unemployment fell by 7,000 according to the latest

official figures and the claimant count fell by 42 ,400 to 745,000.

The Office for National Statistics putting the figures out. We'll bring

you more detail. More detail on earnings as well coming through.

Average earnings increased by 2.6% in the year to December which was

down by 0.2% on the previous month. We had the inflation figures

yesterday and inflation was up last month compared with December, up to

1.8% from 1.6%, but average earnings increases, still outstripping that,

increased by 2.6% in the year to December, but it was down by 0.2% on

the previous month. So we'll bring you more on those figures and

reaction to it clear. Here's some sport

now with Will Perry. Barcelona were thrashed 4-0 in the

last 16 of the Champions League by Paris St Germain last night.

Benfica beat Borussia Dortmund. Arsenal in Champions League action

tonight. They play the first leg of their tie to Bayern Munich. Arsene

Wenger's side have been knocked out at this stage in the last four

years. And Floyd May weather joinior denies

reports that he agreed a bout with Conor McGregor. Mayweather retired

from boxing in September 2015. McGregor has never fought a

professional boxing match and says he wants ?18 million to fight

Mayweather. We will see you later. Now, for the first time,

a scientific study has found a possible link between head

injuries and dementia Researchers studied the brains

of six former footballers who had died from dementia,

and discovered that some of them had a form of the disease,

chronic traumatic encephalopathy, which is linked to repeated

blows to the head. Before this study we have only had

anecdotal reports that footballers might be more prone to develop

dementia in later life. Let's show you pictures of the

England World Cup winning squad in 1966. Some of the squad have

Alzheimer's. Although we can't say they developed the condition from

playing in the game, it is feared their illness could be linked to

decades of heading traditional leather cased footballs.

We can speak to Dawn Astle, the daughter of the former England

and West Brom footballer, Jeff Astle.

Jeff died at the age of 59 from a degenerative brain disease,

which was linked to heading old leather footballs, and

after reading the report, Dawn says there are hundreds if not

thousands of other footballers out there suffering

We also have Peter McCabe, chief executive of Headway,

Dawn, you have been pushing for more research to be done into this. What

is your reaction to this research? Well, sadly, I'm not surprised

because when the coroner ruled back in 2002 that dad's job had killed

him. He ruled industrial disease, it was then that the footballing

authorities should have taken this really seriously because people were

losing their lives, but when dad's brain was re-examined two years ago,

it was actually found that he didn't have Alzheimer's, he had got CTE and

he became the first British footballer to have been diagnosed,

that was the reason for his death. And of course, we know that the

disease has been found in NFL players and ice hockey players and

rugby players and our question has always been, when it has been

two-fold, one my dad was a footballer, how did he die of

boxer's brain? The second one is have we got a problem with dementia

in our former players? I really do think we have a serious problem. I

mean obviously on that, there is no proper answer to that from this

research because it is a small study and they are saying they need to

carry out further research. If terms of your situation, when did you and

your family first make a link between what happened to your dad

and heading the ball? I think it was virtually straightaway as soon as

dad was diagnosed. We couldn't understand how someone was so

physically fit and all the brain cells were dying at the front of the

brain. So it wasn't a surprise to us that the coroner's ruling of

industrial disease, but I think what did shock us when the pathologist at

the time stood in the court and described how badly damaged dad's

brain was. He said that there was considerable trauma throughout the

brain and it was the repeated heading of footballs that had caused

it. And when dad's brain was re-examined two years ago and CT was

found, the doctor Willie Stewart who performed or looked at dad's brain

again, he actually said to us if he hadn't of known that he was looking

at the brain of a man of 59, he would have thought he was looking at

the brain of a man of at least 89 or in his 90s.

We're talking about old-style footballs, leather footballs that

would get rain sodden and would weigh up to 3lbs when sodden with

water. Your dad, I think, described heading a football as being like

heading a bag of bricks? Yes, he did. Yes, he did. He did used to say

that, but it was part of the game and it was his job and that's what

he did and he was brilliant at it and it's just, you know, just really

sad and really tragic that when he died, you know, he was surrounded by

England caps and his FA Cup winners medal and his League Cup medal and

everything that he won in football, football had taken away because he

died not even knowing that he had ever been a footballer.

When industrial disease was mentioned by the coroner, did that

then lead you down the path of thinking well, there should be

compensation? Have you had any conversations about that? No, it

wasn't. I mean it was a landmark ruling of its kind and I think in

any other industry it would have had either quake repercussions for that

industry in question. But it seems, football and its privileged status

have been self governing and seem to wriggle out of it and that's wrong

because all we wanted was answers. Answers as to why dad had died. What

had killed him? And how many other players had been affected? We need

to know. All the families of all these other former players need to

know and more importantly, football needs to know. Peter, obviously

still a lot of unanswered questions, but what is your view of this

research and where it takes things? Well, I think Dawn has campaigned

tirelessly to get answers to these questions and if it were my dad I

would and wouldn't we all want answers to these questions and I

think she deserves answers to these questions as do the other families

and it's time the FA actually conducted a detailed and large scale

study so that they can have answers. What would your concerns be? There

will be people thinking my child plays football or I play football.

What should people be thinking about heading footballs? I know in the

United States there is a ban on kids under ten actually being able to

head footballs. Would you like to see something similar here? Well, my

two sons played football. And my grandson plays football and I played

football and I remember heading the very heavy leather footballs and

when they were wet, they were like heading a lump of concrete. So I

think there are two issues. The first one is the families deserve

answers to those questions. The second is, does this study, which

analysed the brains of six former footballers in detail, give us

sufficient evidence to make policy decisions about, you know, should

youngsters be heading balls? I think the answer is there is not enough

evidence with this study, but, you know, what it does clearly show is

there is a need for further research. Now, football is such a

wealthy game and you know, I have been looking back on old e-mails.

Three years ago I put the football authorities this touch with so.

Finest scientists in this field because they were asking about

conducting research. So I went out of my way to find those people, put

them in touch and absolutely nothing has happened and it's time that Dawn

got her answers and parents would then be in a position to assess the

risk and make sensible decisions going forward. I wouldn't want to

discourage youngsters from playing football because there are so many

health benefits, but we do need to get to the bottom of this. Dawn,

what's your view, do you have a view on whether kids should be heading a

ball? It's difficult because we need the evidence there to make informed

choice, that's what it is about, it is about making informed choices and

I think we all know, you know, the benefits of sports participation. We

all know that. But brain damage must never be seen as a acceptable

consequence of it. It must never be seen as that and that's why it is so

vitally important that the research is conducted and if I can go back to

the ball and yes, we know in dad's day it was incredibly heavy and it

absorbed the water. But we know that there is no evidence to suggest that

the modern day ball is any safer and that's purely because of the physics

of actually heading the ball. The modern day ball was slow and heavy,

but the modern day ball is lighter, but travels faster and the motion of

the brain being rocked backwards and forwards inside the skull is still

happening whether it be an old ball or a modern day ball. Thank you both

very much. Let us know your thoughts on that as well. The usual ways of

getting in touch. South Korea says it's certain

that the half-brother of North Korea's leader Kim Jong-un

has been killed in Malaysia. He was apparently poisoned in

an attack at Kuala Lumpur airport. His brother Kim Jong-un has been in

charge of North Korea since 2011. Let's take a look at what life

in the secretive state is like. It is being claimed that Kim

Jong-nam has been killed by North Korean agents. Why would they want

to do that? It is largely because of what he may have said previously

about his half brother. He has done interviews where he has been openly

critical of him and many have believed that for North Korean spy

agencies -- the North Korean spy agencies may have been trying to

reach him for some time. Most North Koreans may not know this because it

is a taboo subject inside their country, but Kim Jong-il, the father

of the current leader, had married several times and had many children

from different spouses. Ever since Kim Jong-il died, five years ago,

his eldest son, Kim Jong-nam, has spent most of his time overseas,

mostly in Asia. Many believe this was not by choice but from an

enforced exile, based on rivalry with his younger half brother, Kim

Jong-nam, the leader of North Korea. -- Kim Jong-il and -- Kim Jong-un,

who has a record for brutality and is believed to have ordered the

execution of his uncle in 2012. Are we ever likely to hear any proof for

evidence if it is North Korean agents behind this? Already, there

are fresh reports of a woman being detained as a suspect for the crime.

The Malaysian authorities earlier had released a photo of a young

Asian woman with heavy make up and casual clothes, believed to be one

of the assailants. Now the local media is reporting that several

others, possibly part of the same group, may be being pursued.

Initially, the South Korean media sourced an unnamed government

official that Kim Jong-nam was killed with a poisonous needle.

Other reports in the Lazier mentioned a spray and the latest

account seems to be that a woman had approached Mr Kim from behind and

covered his face with a cloth laced with liquid. -- from Malaysia. There

seems to have been some kind of physical contact with Mr Kimmince

was waiting at the airport. But based on all of these reports, it

seems highly likely an investigation is likely to take place, focusing on

a deliberate attempt of murder through poisoning, and an autopsy

may take place to reveal the exact cause of death. Some analysts

believe this could have been a deliberate attempt at assassination

by the leadership in Pyongyang. Thank you for joining us. Breaking

News that we are getting from the courts, that Rolf Harris will face a

retrial on three of the counts which a jury could not reach a verdict on

in his trial. One charge which the jury could not reach a verdict on,

he will not face retrial on, and he will also face another charge of

indecent assault against one of the alleged victims. He will be facing a

retrial on three counts after a jury could not reach a verdict in the

trial which ended last week. Data exclusively given to this

programme shows there's been a jump in the number of abortion pills

being bought online in mainland UK, despite the ability to access legal

services on the NHS. The British pregnancy advisory service says by

taking the pill they have bought online, women face life in prison

and they want the law changed. This is what we know.

The number of women in England, Scotland and Wales buying abortion

In 2013, five doses of the abortion pills were seized coming

Under current law, taking the pills can be punishable

by life imprisonment, no matter how far along

Two women have been sentenced to time in prison.

One terminated her pregnancy after 24 weeks and got

The other was almost at the end of her pregnancy,

But why would women take them when legal abortions

are available in England, Scotland and Wales anyway?

We've been hearing some anonymous testimonies.

I'm in the UK, but it's impossible for me to get to a clinic due

to having a disabled daughter that I just can't leave, and I have no

Clinics have said I have to leave my daughter at home,

but I have no one else at all to have her.

I was hoping to have a termination in the comfort of my own home,

without judgmental eyes and without worrying

Being a foreign student, I can't afford this country's

And the place in line for supported abortions is too

I feel absolutely horrible and desperate.

The British Pregnancy Advisory Service says it's time to bring

women's reproductive healthcare into the 21st century, and remove

Ann Furedi is the chief executive of the British Pregnancy Advisory

Service and wants women to be able to buy the pills legally.

And Scanlon works for a pro-life charity and believes abortion pills

should be illegal. Dr Rebecca Gomperts is from Women

on Web, who sell abortion pills Thank you for joining us. Rebecca,

first, tell us why you are selling the pills online. Who is buying

them? I just want to correct this. We don't sell pills online. This is

an online service which is providing help to women that need it. So you

connect people who want the pills... We sent e-mails to women all over

the world, sometimes advising them to try to find medicines locally,

and women from the UK, for example, we always referred to the existing

abortion services that are there. But what we have noticed from the

e-mails that we get is that a lot of women in the UK really have trouble

accessing existing services. That is because indeed it is much too

regulated, much too restricted. This problem can only be solved when

medical abortions, for example, are available through a perception in

pharmacies. Tell us then, the sort of women from the UK who are getting

pills via your website. You say it is too regulated but abortion is

obviously available legally in the UK, as long as you go to the doctor.

And it is free on the NHS. Yes, it is free on the NHS but it is not

always easy for women to access the free services. For example, foreign

students don't have NHS coverage. They have to pay for their own

abortions and sometimes it is up to ?500. Some of the illegal women that

live in the UK, a woman that has emigrated and works as a cleaning

lady somewhere, they don't have ?500 to pay for an abortion and they are

not covered by the NHS. By the way, this is not just a problem in the

UK. But I want to focus specifically on the UK so I want to bring in Ann

Furedi, and the number of people getting these pills from U:K.'s

increasing, to what extent? We heard about the numbers of pills that have

been stopped coming into the country but we don't really know how many

women are buying them. But it is ridiculous that women in this

country should feel the need to do that. That is really where the crime

is. There are two big problems. One is that these abortion pills, which

are extremely safe and which effectively cause a very early

miscarriage, they are incredibly safe for women to use and yet... But

you can get them from the doctor, Kyron Duke, for an early miscarriage

under medical supervision but where it is illegal is buying it online

and people are using them when it is not for early miscarriage. No, the

point is abortion in this country is only available in hospitals and in

specially licensed clinics like ours. With this, you have a kind of

medication that it is perfectly appropriate for a woman to use in

her own home and yet she is required to either go to a hospital with the

facilities or a clinic like ours. In other countries around the world,

women can get them from their family doctor, or indeed, in some

countries, they can get them on prescription from a pharmacist. But

in this country, the problem is abortion, even when it is this early

in the pregnancy, and it is a straightforward -- as

straightforward as taking tablets come is as regulated as much later

termination. But this is illegal, and Ann Scanlon, what is your

perspective, should it stay illegal? The problem is, the women you have

given examples of is that these people do not meet the criteria of

the abortion act. And as you say, abortion has been decriminalised.

Neither of these women would have been given an abortion in this

country. It is very hard for me to imagine why someone who has a

full-term baby, and I'm astonished that I would support that, should be

able to abort a full-term baby in the comfort of their living room.

Not specifically necessarily on that but abortion pills, if they are

bought online at all by someone when they are using up -- them at an

early stage, is it right to criminalise someone for that? I

wouldn't like to see women criminalise but I would criminalise

the providers. I was surprised to discover there are more than twice

as many complications from medical abortions as there are from surgical

abortions. I find it quite astonishing. That is not true. Look

at the statistics. The Department of Health statistics, I looked them up

yesterday. Hang on, let the response happen. It is simply not true. The

point about these drugs is that they are less risky than many of the

drugs that we buy over-the-counter in pharmacies. They are less risky

than aspirin, for example. That is the cause of many deaths. However,

the issue is, is that abortion is often not straightforward and no one

wants women driven to buying tablets online and certainly, nobody wants

women to be stepping outside of the law. But in this case, the law is

constructive in a way that is archaic. Your argument is nonsense.

Maggie Lieu we don't want women to be sent to prison. Let Ann Scanlon

comeback on this. This woman to Jordan abortion at 39 weeks and it's

about that last year there were 209 complications of medical abortions

before a woman even left the clinic. I find it astonishing that an

organisation who knows the health risks and the complications would

even attempt to put women's lives at risk in this manner. I think it is

astonishing. We are out of time but thank you for joining us. Let us

know your thoughts on that. We'd love to hear from you if you have

bought abortion pills online or thought about it. The usual ways of

getting in touch. Let's get the latest weather

update - with Matt Taylor. A sense spring in the air as part as

the weather is concerned, 40 degrees on the Isle of Skye yesterday and

close to that for one or two today. Rainfall south-west England and

through the day it will spread its way into the south-east, the

Midlands and North West by the start of the afternoon, reaching the

eastern coast of England and South West Scotland by the evening.

Blustery showers in Northern Ireland but staying sunny, could hit 13 of

the Moray Firth, and brighter in Wales and the south-west later with

13 possible here as well. A slightly milder regime but cooler tonight

than last night across England and Wales with clearer skies and some

mist and fog to the south but a mild night to come for Scotland and

Northern Ireland with quite a blustery wind and occasional

showers. Going into Thursday, the southern half of the UK largely dry

with sunshine, mist and fog gradually clearing, lots more

sunshine for England and Wales tomorrow. Scotland and Northern

Ireland, passing showers every now and again, some of them on the heavy

side and quite a wind. Temperature wise, should be about eight this

time of year but most of you above that and the trend will continue

through the rest of the week and into the start of next week.

Temperatures above where they should be for the time of year and by

Monday, one or two could be getting 16 or 17. Goodbye.

A woman has been arrested in connection with the murder of Kim

Jong-nam. Kim Jong-nam was believed to be

attacked while he waited for a flight at Kuala Lumpur Airport.

Repeatedly heading footballs during a player's career could be

New research adds call for changes to the rules,

The coroner ruled back in 2002 that dad's job had killed him. He ruled

industrial disease. It was then that the footballing authorities should

have taken this really seriously because people were losing their

lives. Author Philip Pullman has

announced the publication of the long-awaited follow-up

to his best-selling His Dark The new trilogy is called The Book

of Dust and the first novel will come out in October,

17 years after the last instalment. Here's Reeta in the BBC Newsroom

with a summary of today's news. In the last hour, Malaysian police

have told the BBC they've arrested two people in connection

with the death of Kim Jong-nam, the half-brother of North Korean

leader Kim Jong-un. One of those arrested is a woman

holding a Vietnamese passport. The other is a taxi driver who has

since been released. Kim Jong-nam died after an apparent

poison attack at the airport South Korea says they believe he was

killed by North Korean agents. North Korea has not commented

on the death but officials from the country's embassy

in Malaysia have been visiting the hospital in Kuala Lumpur

where Mr Kim's body has been taken. The macian authorities released a

photo of a young Asian woman with heavy make-up in casual clothes

believed to be one of the assailant's. Now the local media is

reporting that several others possibly part of the same group,

maybe being pursued. Initially the South Korean media sourced an

unnamed individual that Kim Jong-nam was killed with a poisonous needle.

Then other reports in Malaysia mentioned a spray and the latest

account seems to be that a woman had approached Mr Kim from behind and

covered his face with a cloth laced with a liquid. There seems to be

some kind of physical contact with Mr Kim as he was waiting at the

airport. But based on all of these reports, it seems highly likely an

investigation is likely to take place focussed on a deliberate

attempt of murder through poisoning and an autopsy may take place to

reveal the exact cause of death. Some analysts believe this could

have been a deliberate attempt at ais as is as nation by the

leadership. -- ash assassination.

Figures out this morning show that unemployment fell in the last

The number of people out of work dropped by 7,000

to 1.6 million in the three months to December.

Meanwhile, average earnings rose by 2.6%

That's down 0.2% on the equivalent figure for the previous month.

The US media are reporting that members of President Trump's

campaign team had repeated contacts with senior Russian intelligence

officials in the year before the US presidential election.

It follows the resignation of the National Security Adviser,

General Mike Flynn, over allegations surrounding a phone call he had

with a senior Russian diplomat before President Trump took power.

It follows the resignation of the National Security Adviser,

General Mike Flynn, over allegations surrounding a phone call he had

with a senior Russian diplomat before President Trump took power.

General Flynn quit after it was revealed he had misled

the White House over the nature of the call.

It's alleged he discussed the future of US sanctions on Russia.

Senior Republicans have joined calls for

Ukip has rejected an offer of resignation from one of its press

officers who was responsible for misleading personal information

about the Hillsborough disaster contained on the website of party

Mr Nuttall admitted yesterday, in an appearance

on Liverpool's Radio City Talk, that claims that he's lost

a close, personal friend in the tragedy were untrue.

He said he hadn't written or seen the information on his website

Rolf Harris is to face a retrial on three sex offence charges

following the failure by a jury at Southwark Crown Court

The 86-year-old former TV personality will also face

Last week, he was found not guilty on three counts,

with the jury unable to reach a verdict on four other charges.

Researchers studied the brains of six former players who died from

dementia and discovered that some of them had a form of the disease

linked to repeated blows to the head.

The number of abortion pills being bought online

in Britain is on the rise, according to data shown to

Government figures show 375 doses, sent to addresses in England,

Wales and Scotland, were seized in 2016, compared

Taking the pills while pregnant without medical approval

Hundreds of people in the New Zealand city of Christchurch

have been evacuated as wildfires threatened houses in its suburbs.

A state of emergency has been declared and the military called

in to help battle the blaze in the city's southern

It is thought the fire has destroyed at least seven houses and forced

That's a summary of the latest BBC News.

Three-quarters of police forces in England and Wales say record

levels of hate crimes were reported in the three months

The European giants Barcelona are thrashed 4-0 in the last 16

of the Champions League by Paris St-Germain to leave them

in danger of failing to reach the quarter-finals for the first

Angel di Maria scored twice for PSG on his 29th birthday,

Then Julian Draxler smashed in a second before Di Maria curled

Another PSG birthday boy Edinson Cavani and then sealed

a famous win with a powerful fourth on the day he turned 30.

In last night's other game, Benfica beat Borussia

The goal scored by former Fulham striker Kostas Mitroglou.

Arsenal play the first leg of their last 16 tie away to Bayern Munich.

Arsene Wenger's side has been nobbled out of that stage in last of

the six years. Despite their poor record, Arsene

Wenger says there is to reason they can't put it right.

I feel we have the experience. We play against Bayern every year with

the same target. It is to win the Champions League and when you look

at their record, they are always basically in the last four. So it's

a massive challenge, but I think we are capable of dealing with it.

Former Sunderland striker Asamoah Gyan is among a group

of more than 40 players deemed to have "unethical hair" under

United Arab Emirates Football Association guidelines.

The Ghanaian is on loan at Dubai-based Arabian Gulf League

In 2012, Saudi Arabia goalkeeper Waleed Abdullah was told

to cut his "un-Islamic" hair by the referee before playing

The BBC has asked for clarification on its guidelines

Floyd Mayweather Jr denies reports he's already agreed a bout

with Conor McGregor, but has called on the UFC champion

Mayweather retired from boxing for a second time in September 2015.

McGregor has never fought a professional boxing match

There was double British success at the awards last night. Rachel

Atherton won Sports Person of the Year and Leicester City won the

Spirit of Sport Award. Leicester's manager was on hand to accept the

award. The American gymnast won the Sports Woman of the Year gong. Usain

Bolt took up a record equalling fourth award in the men's category.

That's all the sport for now. I'll have the headlines at 10.30am.

Rolf Harris is to face a retrial on three sex offence charges.

He will also face another charge of indecent assault.

Our correspondent Dan Johnson is at Southwark Crown Court.

What can you tell us, Dan? A retrial on 15th May. There were four charges

that the jury here last week at the end of his trial couldn't reach a

verdict on. This morning, the Crown Prosecution Service has said it

wants to take three of those charges forward to a retrial, but one of

them will be split into two separate accounts. So there are four charges

that Mr Harris faces. That new charge was put to him this morning

and he pleaded not guilty. He has not been here in court. He appeared

via videolink from prison because he is already serving a sentence

because of convictions that he was found guilty of back in 2014. He was

expecting to be released from that original sentence in July. So it

appears the retrial has been scheduled to take place before that

possible release so he should know his fate before he was originally

expecting to be released from prison. This morning his defence has

also raised with the judge the possibility of a further appeal

against those original convictions. That's something they've already

tried once and haven't been allowed to proceed with. Again, fresh

questions were raised with the judge and a suggestion his defence team

may push for an appeal of those convictions, but he will be fighting

the trial expected to start here in May. Thank you very much, Dan.

For the first time, a scientific study has found a possible link

between head injuries and brain damage in former footballers.

Researchers studied the brains of six former players

who had died from dementia, and discovered that some of them had

a form of the disease linked to repeated blows to the head.

We can speak to former footballers Ian St John,

Kevin Davies, Gordon Smith and child's football

Thank you all very much indeed for joining us. Ian, I wanted to come to

you first. You played for Liverpool from 1961 to 1971 and a large number

of your former team-mates have got dementia, haven't they? Just tell us

what you have seen. Well, I mean, we're talking about that age group

that played at that time. Of my team-mates, six of them, six in a

group of at that time, there wasn't big squads of players. I would say

in a group of maybe 16 players you've got six of them that has got

Alzheimer's. So, it is quite, you know, a large percentage I think.

Yes, I mean the research today does not give a sort of definitive answer

as to whether football would be the cause of that. It is a limited

study, but from your experience anecdotally, the knock to the head

that you would have taken playing and heading the old-fashioned

leather footballs, what are your thoughts? Well, for people of my

vintage, I would say, you know, all of the facts that we have got stand

up. I don't know why the FA and the PFA have covered this up for years.

I mean I talked about it to the PFA a couple of years ago and their

answer was, "Well, women get Alzheimer's so therefore, it's not

an industrial injury." With a football." It is a load of nonsense.

I do think the studies that are being done now will prove the point

that the heading the ball, that heavy ball, in our era, I don't know

about today's light ball, in our era heading that heavy ball day in and

day out, it is not the matches, it is training as well, so you're

banging the heavy balls and the lads now, at this stage of their lives

are either dying or have dementia. I want to bring in Kevin, you are a

former player. Are you surprised about what the research is

indicating potentially on there being a link between heading the

ball and dementia? Good morning. I wouldn't say I'm surprised. When you

start to look at the numbers in terms of professional players, the

amount of contact they have with the ball, if you look at my career for

instance, over 800 career games and you take into training and all the

training methods and things, the numbers start to stack up, it could

be between 10,000 and 50,000 times that you're heading the ball and

listening to Ian, they are different. The ball has changed a

lot. The training methods have changed a lot now. You see some

sessions where you were hurling balls to the deaders and pinging the

ball at pace for them to head the balls. It was scary at the time.

That has changed and the style of football has changed a lot. But

there needs to be more research and more evidence with the new

footballs, they are lighter compared to back in the 50s and 60s. When you

say it was scary at the time. Did you ever feel any effects of it? No,

not particularly. I'm well renowned for heading the ball and we used to

get the stats back, it can be between 45 and 20 times. The one

that concerns me most is from the goalkeepers, ball if hand and the

centre-back is coming to head the ball. You're challenging for the

ball and there is the concussions, we saw Gary Cahill and Ryan Mason

clashing heads and they could have long-term effects further down the

line, but playing con tableg sport, there will be a ricks. We know that

as sports machine and they are the risks we're prepared to take, I

think. Do you think it is the job though of the gof rning bodies to

look properly and maybe think about changes if there is a link?

Yes, this is based on 14 players and they examine six brains, and in four

cases, they are looking for the CD which they only can when someone is

deceased. There is definitely better science available now, MRI scans,

but to do more research into this will take another 15-20 years, I

believe, if they start now. I think the PFA have got an expert

concussion panel in place and are speaking to the FA and it is trying

to divide the right methods and find a way of getting the right research

done and how they will monitor that over a person's career. It needs to

be done, and if there is a problem, it needs to be something we look

into in terms of protecting young children. As a father myself, I

don't see a lot of heading with young children and I know they

banned it in the United States for under 11th. Having watched

grassroots football for a number of years, I don't see a lot of children

heading balls so it is not a bit -- major concern for me now. Nathan,

you coach children playing football. What is your view of kids heading

the ball? Just to reiterate some of Ian and Kevin's points, really, you

know, the latest footballs that are used have come a long way since

Ian's days and the technology around the ball, where it is more synthetic

leather than a solid casing. But as Kevin said, in grassroots football,

you don't see a lot of kids heading the ball and really, it is how much

is done at training, obviously, you have to limit the amount and think

about it. And obviously, with the findings and the studies, you have

to take it into account. When you say you don't see a lot of kids

heading the ball, if it actively discouraged? Oh, it is just because

of the physicality of the children. -- no, it is just. Especially at the

other end, they aren't going to kick it 20 feet into the sky for it to

come down and other kids to be encouraged to head the ball. It is

more round the fact it is never really off the floor. Gordon Smith,

a former Scotland international and former chief executive of the SFA.

Have the football associations, the professional bodies, been active

enough on this? Not as yet but they are looking at it now. Certainly,

going back to the fact I'm Ambassador of the Scottish youth

football Association and they are looking at it because they

understand what has happened in America regarding the ban on

children heading the ball from 11 downwards. I agree with what Kevin

and Nathan have both said, I see football at the younger level and

because now the game has changed because it is seven aside until the

kids are 12, the ball is very rarely in the air so the kids don't head

the ball as much now as they used to, no doubt about that. The second

aspect of it is the fact that the balls are different from Ian's day,

coming into the game at first, the balls have improved a lot, they were

very heavily and a lot of the damage was done because of those kinds of

balls and people doing a lot of heading practice, no doubt about it.

A recent study was done which had a few kids, a few young players,

heading the ball 20 times each and then they did a test on them and

they found that their memory had deteriorated over a 24-hour period

after heading 20 balls. It shows you that there is still damage being

done from heading able and an effect from doing it. -- a ball. Certainly,

we need to stop and make sure the kids don't do it while their brains

are developing and then maybe at an older age, we need to consider the

fact it is as little as possible in training. So when you say make sure

the kids don't do it, as in something as specific as the ban in

the US? Yes, I think it will come in here. I think it will come to this

country too. I would say from 12 years and other accommodation have

no heading the ball at all. The -- 12 years and under, they should have

no heading the ball. These concerns have been around a long time but

this is the best research of its kind that has been done. Have the

professional footballing bodies been remiss in not taking this issue

seriously previously, and commissioning research? They have

been, there should have been something on it. You can imagine

some time in the future, there might be a scenario where each player has

do sign a disclaimer to say that they know they are taking a risk and

regardless of what happens to them in the future regarding brainpower,

maybe getting Alzheimer's, that they sign a disclaimer to say that if

they are playing football, they are taking a risk and therefore they

will not sue the clubs because that is the biggest threat, that is why

they are looking at it, they have introduced it in that part of the

world in terms of doing something but a lot of people in this country,

there should have been some kind of compensation for the relatives

affected. What is your view on that, Ian? The issue of compensation for

people playing from your era? That is actually the big point about the

whole thing. The FA and the PFA are just hiding behind, you know,

whatever facts they have got. They don't want to be paying out for what

would be classed as an industrial injury. You know, I went to the PFA

a couple of years ago on the same topic, two years ago and said,"

friends of mine from Liverpool, they all seem to be getting dementia".

They went, "OK, leave it with us", and they came back and said, "It has

nothing to do with football because women get dementia". Of course they

do but football and the footballs we headed for years caused this and

they are denying it. They are in denial about it. Sorry to interrupt

but you headed the ball, presumably. I did. Have you had any concerns

yourself? I don't know how it works, why lads who headed the ball like I

did, and I get a bit forgetful but I don't have the big problem. This is

another thing, when they are doing all of these surveys, why don't they

do one about goalkeepers? How many goalkeepers have got dementia over

the years? Professional ones. If they did a survey, it would be

interesting if there were none, which means that the goalkeeper, the

only guy on the field who is not really heading the ball, who is

eight -- is OK. It is the outfield players who get it. Should there be

a ban on children under 12 heading the ball? I'm worried about that

because my grandchildren play football and they are in that age

group. I would say, they are changing the way the game is played

at that level, no kicking the ball over head height and so on so you

don't have too high it, keep it on the carpet and pass around. That's

fine. It is a form of football but heading the ball as a whiz been a

big part of football. Thank you for joining us. Let us know your

thoughts on this as usual. Unemployment

has fallen yet again, while the average amount people earn

has gone up. We'll be getting some analysis

on what these latest figures say Three-quarters of police forces

in England and Wales say record levels of hate crimes were reported

in the three months More than 14,000 offences were

recorded between July and September. The Equality and Human Rights

Commission said the findings suggested a small number of people

used the Brexit vote to legitimise Our home affairs correspondent

Dominic Casciani is here Tell us more about the figures. Last

October, we had the first official figures, the first official attempt

to work out what had happened after Brexit because we had all of those

stories in the days after the vote that there had been attacks or

harassment of minorities, particularly Eastern Europeans, in

some parts of the country. The figures in October revealed about

5500 incidents in weeks immediately after the referendum, 40% higher

than the same period 12 months previously. Now what we have had is

a three-month total, four July, August and September across all

police forces. It tells us there were 14,000 hate crimes across the

forces in England and Wales. There is no comparable data for Northern

Ireland and Scotland. That means hate crime over that period was up

about 27%. 33 of the 44 forces, three quarters, saw their highest

ever levels of hate crime recorded, effectively since records began in

2012. Ten of the forces saw rises over 50% although four did the fall.

It is a very complicated picture and in theory, it looks like 2016 is

heading for a record year but I don't think we can say that yet

because there are discrepancies about how individual forces deal

with the data and what they classed as a hate crime. In the core data

which is the key offences of things like assault and harassment and

aggravated criminal damage like to mosques and synagogues, that kind of

things, there was clearly arise. What about geographical areas where

there were rises? Can you draw any conclusions? It is interesting, what

is going on, in percentage terms, Dorset and Nottinghamshire saw the

highest rises, 100% and 75% respectively in the number of

recorded incidents of people coming to them and saying what had

happened. You have to be cautious because the numbers within that are

quite small. Greater Manchester and West Yorkshire Police each recorded

about 1000 incidents which makes sense because they are big

metropolitan areas, Leeds, Bradford, Manchester and so forth. The

Metropolitan Police, 3500 incidents in London. What we think is that it

is difficult to drill down to what is happening across the country.

Like looking at Merseyside, a good example, they had quite a strong

Brexit vote but the rise in hate crime did not necessarily correlate

with that. There will be lots of thinking by academics and police

chiefs about what is really going on. And a word of caution, one thing

the police think is happening is that there is increased reporting

going on because more people are confident in coming forward and

telling them what is going on. It is similar to sexual offences in that

sense which had lower reporting for years but when the police started

going out and telling victims of rape to come forward and say what

happened, more people came forward and some of this rise may be

ultimately down to that. Thank you for joining us.

As we learn more about what happened to the half-brother of North Korea's

leader, we'll be speaking to a writer and regular visitor

to the country to find out what life is like in the secretive state.

Fans of the fiction writer Philip Pullman better take a seat.

The author has announced the publication of the long-awaited

follow-up to his best-selling series, His Dark Materials,

Reeta Chakrabarti is in the BBC Newsroom with a summary

Malaysian police say they have arrested a woman and are searching

for several other suspects as they investigate the sudden

death of Kim Jong-Nam, the half-brother of North Korean

Earlier, police said they released a taxi driver who they also arrested

Kim Jong-Nam died after an apparent poison attack

South Korea says they believe he was killed by North Korean agents.

North Korea has not commented on the death but officials

from the country's embassy in Malaysia have been visiting

the hospital in Kuala Lumpur where Mr Kim's body has been taken.

Figures out this morning show that unemployment fell in the last

The number of people out of work dropped by 7,000

to 1.6 million in the three months to December.

Meanwhile, average earnings rose by 2.6%

That's down 0.2% on the equivalent figure for the previous month.

The US media are reporting that members of President from's campaign

team had repeated contact with senior Russian officials in the time

before the general election. It follows the resignation

of the National Security Adviser, General Mike Flynn, over allegations

surrounding a phone call he had with a senior Russian diplomat

before President Trump took power. General Flynn quit after it was

revealed he had misled the White House over the nature

of the call. It's alleged he discussed the future

of US sanctions on Russia. Senior Republicans

have joined calls for Rolf Harris is to face a retrial

on three sex offence charges following the failure by a jury

at Southwark Crown Court to reach a verdict

on them last week. The 86-year-old former TV

personality will also face one He has pleaded not guilty. The

retrial will take place on the 15th of May.

Ukip has rejected an offer of resignation from one of its press

officers who says she was responsible for misleading

personal information about the Hillsborough disaster

contained on the website of party leader Paul Nuttall.

Mr Nuttall admitted yesterday, in an appearance

on Liverpool's Radio City Talk, that claims that he's lost

a close, personal friend in the tragedy were untrue.

He said he hadn't written or seen the information on his website

For the first time, a scientific study has found a possible link

between head injuries and brain damage in former footballers.

Researchers studied the brains of six former players

who died from dementia, and discovered that some of them had

a form of the disease linked to repeated blows to the head.

The daughter of the former England footballer Jeff Astle,

who died at the age of 59 from a degenerative brain disease,

told this programme the study might help answer

It is tragic that when he died, he was surrounded by England caps and

his FA Cup winners medal and everything he had won in football.

Football had taken away because he died not even knowing that he had

been a footballer. The question has always been twofold, one, my dad was

a footballer, so how did he die of boxer's brain? And the second is

have we got a problem with dementia in former players? I really think we

have a serious problem. We are getting news that a three-year-old

boy has died after being knocked down by a tractor on a farm in Fife.

The accident happened yesterday in the village of Crossgates.

Join me for BBC Newsroom live at 11am.

The European giants Barcelona are thrashed 4-nil in the last 16

of the Champions League by Paris St-Germain to leave them

in danger of failing to reach the quarter-finals for the first

In last night's other game, Benfica beat Borussia

The goal scored by former Fulham striker Kostas Mitroglou.

Arsenal are in Champions League action tonight.

They play the first leg of their Last 16 tie

They play the first leg of their last 16 tie

Arsene Wenger's side have been knocked out at the stage in each

of the last six years, it's the fourth time they've met Bayern

Floyd Mayweather denies reports he's already agreed a bout

with Conor McGregor, but has called on the UFC champion

Mayweather retired from boxing for a second time in September 2015.

McGregor has never fought a professional boxing match and has

said he wants ?80 million to fight Mayweather.

I will have more sport for you on the BBC News Channel throughout the

day. A woman has been arrested

in Malaysia in connection with the death of the North Korean

leader's half-brother. Police say she was held at the

airport in Kuala Lumpur. It has been revealed a until of

suspects are wanted in connection with the death.

His brother Kim Jong-un has been in charge of North Korea since 2011.

What does this mean for the so-called Secretive State

and what is life like inside North Korea?

Paul French is the author of North Korea: State of Paranoia,

and has been a regular visitor to the country since 2002.

Tell us first of all more about him, the half-brother? Kim Jong-nam is

the oldest son of the former leader. He is a half-brother of choUng and

he was going to be the next leader, but in 2001 he took a trip to Tokyo

to visit Disneyland on a fake passport. He got busted at

immigration. This was a massive scandal and it ended his ascendancy

and choUng became the favourite to take over and did and since then he

has been in disgrace. What a random event to lead to a change in the

succession. What does something like that tell us about what goes on in

North Korea? It tells us how close the Kim family want to retain

control and don't want trouble. What seems to have happened is not a

surprise to people who watch Korea. There was a long tradition in North

Korea of abductions, kidnappings and assassinations and bombings of

people in the political hierarchy. Would Kim Jong-nam have been seen as

a threat? Well, this is the odd thing. Kim Jong-nam has made one or

two comments about how he thinks the country should liberalise a little

bit. How he thinks that they should open up the economy a little bit,

but he hasn't said anything. He doesn't have any following. There

isn't a great troop of fans around him in the dissident community of

North Korea. Why now is the kind of question that everyone asks? It is

not surprising that they assassinate people that they perceive to be a

threat to the regime, but what made Kim Jong-nam so dangerous to his

brother? Have you any thoughts? Perhaps someone thought he was the

person that could lead that. He has visited Beijing several times and

Beijing is unhappy with North Korea at the moment. They don't seem to be

able to control them. If they thought it was some kind of coup

attempt sponsored by someone else, another state perhaps, then they

would have stepped in to nip that in the bud quickly. Would that be

paranoia? You said where the speculation lies in terms of any

regime change operations. Is there a sense that there is a sort of

momentum? There is a sense of paranoia. There is a sense of,

constantly purging. Constantly showing that people can disappear

quickly in order to keep everyone scared and keep in control. The

thing about the North Koreans, if there was to be regime change, he

hasn't got anywhere to go. No one is going to want him. They won't give

him a villa in the south of France. It will end very badly. So, there

has been a tendency to try at the slightest sign of any resistance to

as I say, nip it inned bud quickly and fatally. People living in North

Korea, will they have any clue? No, word may filter in as word does, but

it won't be on the news. In terms of the, I mean it is obviously a very

secretive country. He rules it with an iron fist. What is life like

there? Well, life is still pretty grim and it hadn't changed much over

the last decades, really since the 1990s when there was a terrible

famine. There is little food security. People still go hungry.

There are lick theatrical plaque-outs and there is not enough

med suns and it is cold in the winter. The leader pledged that he

will improve life and give North Korea a nuclear weapon to protect

itself. Last weekend we saw another missile test. They are getting

closer to having a deliverable nuclear weapon. Little steps, how

close? We know they can do a nuclear explosion and fire a missile, they

can't put the tip on the missile and fire that, it is only a matter of

time. Thank you very much indeed Paul French.

Chris Nunn, is a British photographer who's been capturing

the conflict in eastern Ukraine between government forces

and Russian backed separatists which began in 2014.

Earlier this month he was nearly blinded in one eye

when the apartment he was in, was hit by a shell.

His friend, a Ukrainian woman, whose apartment it was,

Chris has given his first interview to our correspondent

The vision in Chris Nunn's left eye is gradually coming back.

I can see waving your hand like this.

Chris has covered the war in eastern Ukraine as a photographer to a half

But when he and his colleague visited a friend's flat earlier this

I remember, the whistle and the explosion and I remember

everything going yellow, this bright light.

I remember just checking to see if I had arms and legs and hands

Just moments before, with the electricity

out, Chris recorded the fighting from his friend Elaine's apartment.

This selfie is one of the last pictures of her alive.

It just makes you understand the fragility of life

out there, that things can just happen, just like that.

We met her family grieving the following day.

I have a daughter also, and when we fill

better with Chris, we will go and speak

to them about how we can help her son.

Elena had lived here in the city of Avdiivka.

It is where fighting with Russian backed

separatists recently flared up again.

The explosion outside Elena's apartment blasted this tiny

fragment of plastic into Chris Nunn's eyeball.

His doctor showed us video of the five-hour operation

he performed to remove it and rebuild Chris' eye.

Getting him quickly to one of Ukraine's top hospitals

was crucial for preventing him being blind in one eye.

TRANSLATION: If we had lost time, there would have been a 99%

chance of him losing his sight completely.

That's why we had to do the work in the first hours.

We managed to extract the plastic and

By the morning, Chris was able to count my fingers.

Chris says he wants to keep photographing the people whose lives

are trapped in the war zone of eastern Ukraine.

He's raising money for Elena's family and he is lucky.

The doctors think his full sight will return one day.

Lots of you getting in touch on poverty and the research on the

number of people who are trying to get by on salaries, an income, way

below the level that the foundation says is necessary for an adequate

lifestyle. Jen says my daughter is a 2-1 graduate and works hard, but is

struggling to manage other mortgage and bills and has to choose between

heating and eating. She has to work the extra hours to survive. There is

no Government help and no permanent full-time jobs paying her the wage

she needs. We told graduates that education is the key to a bright

future. Clearly, it isn't for the vast majority with degrees. A

texter, "I get ?130 a week from which I have to pay rent, feed and

clothe myself. The answer, reduce MPs salaries by half. That will

bring in millions." Christie tweets, "I think the figures are inflated.

I'm below this poverty line and living fine." Another tweets,

"In-work poverty, a phenomenon. Greed -- exploitation." Another

viewer says, "If you can't afford to live in London, surely you have to

move away." Another texter says, "I am a married man. I live on ?26,000

and I have two cars and go abroad every year. I don't know where the

reported figures come from." Thank you.

The long wait by fans of His Dark Materials trilogy

22 years after publication of the bestselling novels,

the fantasy author Philip Pullman has revealed the story

for The Book of Dust, which comes out in October.

The original trilogy - Northern Lights, The Subtle Knife

and The Amber Spyglass - is currently being

The new series will return to the story of Lyra Belacqua,

and will begin when the heroine is a baby, and move

Philip Pullman has been talking to the BBC.

The book of dust is something I have had in mind for a long time. The

story of Lyra is finished, but there are other stories that can be told

about the people in the book and the world of the book and one of them

has been occupying my imagination for quite sometime. Sometimes when

you write a story that comes before another story or after another

story, people say is it a prequel or a sequel. It is neither. It is an

equal. It is a different story. It begins roughly ten years before His

Dark Materials and continues roughly ten years after His Dark Materials

so we see Lyra as a baby. She is an important baby so all sorts of

activity goes on around her and we see her in the second book as an

adult. She is 20 years old. The ideal reader is someone who has read

His Dark Materials or maybe read it as a child. That's not to say this

book can only be read by people who have passed a test by reading His

Dark Materials first. I felt one day I would write something that would

be a success. Why did I feel that? Conceit, I expect.

In our Brighton newsroom is the children's author

In Huddersfield is Joanne Harris, who's an admirer of Pullman's work

And in Oxford is Richard Ovenden, who's the head librarian

at the Bodleian Library at Oxford University.

Thank you very much for joining us. Joanne, I think you're a friend of

Philip Pullman's as well. What is it that you love about the books? Well,

I think they are wonderfully, beautifully written pieces of work

and they cross over so well from children's fiction to adult fiction

because they are peppered with so many literary reference that is