20/02/2017

:00:00. > :00:09.It's Monday, it's nine o'clock, I'm Victoria Derbyshire.

:00:10. > :00:14.Amy's Place - the recovery house changing lives

:00:15. > :00:28.Sitting where I am today, I am not that long sober but I have made it

:00:29. > :00:34.so far, that you forget my life was sitting in a homeless hostel

:00:35. > :00:38.planning how to kill myself. I was very, bitterly, bitterly

:00:39. > :00:40.suicidal, depressed. My world basically collapsed.

:00:41. > :00:42.The drugs take over. We've had exclusive access

:00:43. > :00:44.to the rehab centre for women Also on the programme -

:00:45. > :00:51.people convicted of animal cruelty and killing animals face a maximum

:00:52. > :00:54.prison sentence in England This morning, there are calls

:00:55. > :01:14.for that sentence to be I do get a lot of abuse.

:01:15. > :01:14.What do you normally do when you hang out together?

:01:15. > :01:18.This. We sit around, he abuses me. David Baddiel will tell us

:01:19. > :01:21.about life with his father whose rare form of dementia makes him

:01:22. > :01:22.prone to extreme outbursts of swearing

:01:23. > :01:24.and sexual-inappropriateness. Really keen to hear your

:01:25. > :01:26.experiences of caring Do get in touch on all the stories

:01:27. > :01:44.we're talking about this morning. And if you text, you will be charged

:01:45. > :01:48.at the standard network rate. Council tax rises

:01:49. > :01:50.are planned by nearly all of England's local authorities

:01:51. > :01:53.in the coming year, but the organisation that represents

:01:54. > :01:56.them is warning that deep cuts The Local Government Association

:01:57. > :01:59.says social care services for the elderly and disabled

:02:00. > :02:01.are at breaking point and will Here's our social affairs

:02:02. > :02:09.correspondent Alison Holt. After several falls,

:02:10. > :02:14.Maureen Edwards is getting support to regain some independence

:02:15. > :02:19.and rebuild her confidence. I'm grateful for all that

:02:20. > :02:26.they've done for me, Without them, I don't know

:02:27. > :02:29.what I would have done. Councils fund most social care

:02:30. > :02:44.and today's surveys shows the majority of them struggling

:02:45. > :02:47.to meet growing costs. There are 151 local authorities

:02:48. > :02:50.in England, 147 plan to raise council tax specifically to help

:02:51. > :02:57.pay for social care. But councils warn that won't plug

:02:58. > :03:01.the funding gap and that could mean There has been a united voice

:03:02. > :03:10.of local government to say that they need to have more funding

:03:11. > :03:14.into social care and that the crisis The funding for local government

:03:15. > :03:20.needs to be resolved immediately. The Government says extra money

:03:21. > :03:23.is being put into social care and authorities will soon be able

:03:24. > :03:26.to keep all the money they raise Our correspondent Angus Crawford

:03:27. > :03:35.is here with me now. What are the key findings

:03:36. > :03:46.of this Local Government This is a 118, the council taxpayers

:03:47. > :03:51.not only are you likely to find your council tax goes up but the services

:03:52. > :03:54.you take for granted, filling potholes, libraries, bin

:03:55. > :04:01.collections, children's services will face further cuts. Of the 151

:04:02. > :04:05.local authorities in England, 147 say they will put up council tax all

:04:06. > :04:08.because of the crisis in social care.

:04:09. > :04:16.How much? That is the big question. They can

:04:17. > :04:26.put up council tax by 1.99% without a referendum, and an extra 3% if

:04:27. > :04:28.they will pay the social care using that money.

:04:29. > :04:32.Arguably some people may find next year a 5% rise in their council tax.

:04:33. > :04:36.How have we got to this point? Essentially, funding from local

:04:37. > :04:39.Government, for local Government, from central Government, went down a

:04:40. > :04:44.third in the last parliament. The cost of the national living wage

:04:45. > :04:50.is coming in for local authority employees, and an ageing population.

:04:51. > :04:54.A series situation where the Local Government Association says there

:04:55. > :05:02.will be a shortfall of ?5.8 billion by 2020. You heard they are putting

:05:03. > :05:07.in new funding streams, ?200 billion available to spend by 2020, and

:05:08. > :05:09.local authorities will be able to keep 100% of local taxation.

:05:10. > :05:10.Thank you. Let's go to the BBC

:05:11. > :05:12.Newsroom for a summary Iraqi government forces have

:05:13. > :05:17.resumed their offensive to try to win control of western

:05:18. > :05:20.Mosul, the last major stronghold Thousands of troops

:05:21. > :05:24.are involved in the assault on the western half of the city

:05:25. > :05:28.which is now in its second day. Last month, Iraqi government forces

:05:29. > :05:43.secured the eastern part of Mosul In record time, the Iraqi Federal

:05:44. > :05:50.police have made it in time inside of mental city. And the River Tigris

:05:51. > :05:58.is in the foreground. It really was a very fast assault to get here.

:05:59. > :06:04.Now, behind me, perhaps if we move the camera over there, you might

:06:05. > :06:09.pick out the helicopter, the gun ship which is launching an attack

:06:10. > :06:13.against the town of Abu safe, and important town, all that lies

:06:14. > :06:20.between the federal police and Mosul is that town, a Daesh stronghold.

:06:21. > :06:25.All morning we have watched these helicopters attacking the town and

:06:26. > :06:29.the Iraqi police have fired their own home-made rockets deep inside

:06:30. > :06:35.that town. It is very important for them. Just two miles, you can hear

:06:36. > :06:45.the helicopters firing again, you can't quite see it. We can hear it.

:06:46. > :06:51.Just beyond that town, two miles, is Mosul's airport. That airport is

:06:52. > :06:54.mostly symbolic value because the Islamic State long ago destroyed the

:06:55. > :06:59.runways and terminal buildings. Taking that would be very important

:07:00. > :07:04.because it would be a small victory. After that, they would be in Mosul.

:07:05. > :07:07.The US President Donald Trump has attempted to explain on Twitter why

:07:08. > :07:09.he made comments about a nonexistent security incident

:07:10. > :07:13.At a rally on Saturday in Florida, President Trump justified his moves

:07:14. > :07:16.to restrict immigration from several majority-Muslim countries

:07:17. > :07:19.by referring to the imaginary Swedish incident along with other

:07:20. > :07:27.You look at what's happening last night in Sweden - Sweden!

:07:28. > :07:32.They took in large numbers and they are having problems

:07:33. > :07:44.Yesterday evening, he tweeted that he had got the information

:07:45. > :07:46.from a Fox News documentary about immigration in Sweden,

:07:47. > :07:49.and the White House later clarified he'd been talking about rising crime

:07:50. > :07:53.The Swedish Embassy has responded by tweeting that they looked forward

:07:54. > :07:55.to advising President Trump's administration about

:07:56. > :08:04.Swedish immigration and integration policies.

:08:05. > :08:05.Meanwhile, Donald Trump's Vice-President Mike Pence

:08:06. > :08:09.is in Brussels to meet EU and Nato leaders.

:08:10. > :08:11.He's expected to address concerns about the American President's

:08:12. > :08:23.He will be giving a news conference at ten o'clock.

:08:24. > :08:25.Two senior Ukip officials in Merseyside have resigned

:08:26. > :08:27.in protest at their leader Paul Nuttall's handling

:08:28. > :08:30.The chairmen of the Merseyside branch and the Liverpool branch

:08:31. > :08:35.cited Mr Nuttall's "unprofessional approach and crass insensitivity",

:08:36. > :08:37.saying Mr Nuttall's comments had provoked "a strong reaction"

:08:38. > :08:41.Last week, the Ukip leader admitted that a claim on his website

:08:42. > :08:44.that he had lost a close friend in the Hillsborough

:08:45. > :08:51.The House Of Lords will get its first chance to debate

:08:52. > :08:53.the so-called Brexit Bill later, the legislation which kicks

:08:54. > :08:55.off the formal process for Britain leaving the EU.

:08:56. > :08:57.The bill passed through the Commons unamended, but it's thought

:08:58. > :09:00.opposition peers will seek guarantees about the rights of EU

:09:01. > :09:02.citizens in Britain - and the role of Parliament

:09:03. > :09:10.Campaigners have called the current maximum jail term for animal cruelty

:09:11. > :09:14.Battersea Dogs And Cats Home is calling for prison sentences

:09:15. > :09:16.to be increased from six months to five years to bring

:09:17. > :09:18.the punishment in line with crimes such as fly-tipping.

:09:19. > :09:20.England and Wales currently have the lowest maximum

:09:21. > :09:28.And Victoria will be discussing this issue

:09:29. > :09:36.Two of the world's biggest search engines, Google and Bing,

:09:37. > :09:39.have pledged to make it harder for internet users in Britain

:09:40. > :09:41.to find pirated material such as music and films.

:09:42. > :09:44.They've signed up to a voluntary code of practice which involves

:09:45. > :09:46.demoting offending websites in their search results.

:09:47. > :09:48.The entertainment industry reached the agreement with the tech giants

:09:49. > :09:49.after talks brokered by the Government.

:09:50. > :09:56.The initiative will run in parallel with existing anti-piracy measures.

:09:57. > :09:58.Ride-sharing company Uber has said it will conduct an "urgent

:09:59. > :10:00.investigation" into claims of sexual harassment at the company.

:10:01. > :10:03.A blog post written by a former employee detailed a string

:10:04. > :10:05.of instances during her time working for Uber as an engineer.

:10:06. > :10:07.The company's chief executive, Travis Kalanick responded

:10:08. > :10:10.saying he had not heard these allegations before, and that anyone

:10:11. > :10:19.who thought such behaviour was ok would be fired.

:10:20. > :10:21.That's a summary of the latest BBC News.

:10:22. > :10:36.A couple of messages from you on the Amy Winehouse recovery house. That

:10:37. > :10:40.is for women under the age of 30. One viewer says, this is so

:10:41. > :10:45.inspiring, she introduced herself into my life when I hit rock bottom

:10:46. > :10:48.with addiction. This is a foundation everyone needs to support.

:10:49. > :10:50.Do get in touch with us throughout the morning.

:10:51. > :10:54.If you text, you will be charged at the standard network rate.

:10:55. > :10:57.Olly Foster is at the BBC Sport Centre.

:10:58. > :10:59.A big day for seven sports with their futures in the balance.

:11:00. > :11:05.A couple of months ago, five sports were stripped of their funding for

:11:06. > :11:12.the next Olympics and Paralympics cycle through to Tokyo and the 2020

:11:13. > :11:17.games. Badminton, archery, fencing, wheelchair rugby amongst those.

:11:18. > :11:21.Table tennis and others were told they would continue not to be funded

:11:22. > :11:26.and they were unhappy. Badminton, they had a strong

:11:27. > :11:31.argument for more funding because they met their target in Rio, they

:11:32. > :11:34.got a medal in the men's doubles. They said if they lost all their

:11:35. > :11:39.funding it would be catastrophic and they would become nothing more than

:11:40. > :11:43.a hobby sport. Sentiments all those exports have shared.

:11:44. > :11:47.We will find out later this morning from UK sport exactly how all those

:11:48. > :11:52.appeals have been heard and whether they have been successful. Unlike

:11:53. > :11:58.the UK sport with ?350 million to spread across all those sports will

:11:59. > :11:59.reverse those decisions, they say they have to prioritise where they

:12:00. > :12:05.think those medals will be one. It has been a great weekend

:12:06. > :12:17.in the FA Cup and another Can we see another upset, Sutton

:12:18. > :12:26.against Arsenal, at an old school stadium. I have seen the away

:12:27. > :12:28.dressing rooms, Arsenal would fancy that one little bit.

:12:29. > :12:31.The quarterfinal draw was made yesterday. Tonight's winner will

:12:32. > :12:36.face non-league Lincoln at home. They made the headlines this weekend

:12:37. > :12:41.beating Burnley 81 places above them. That is what it meant to them

:12:42. > :12:46.at Turf Moor. 1-0. The first non-league side in a century to

:12:47. > :12:53.reach the quarters. Chelsea face Manchester United, they

:12:54. > :13:09.had a tricky tie at black burn, the winner scored from their sub, 2-1.

:13:10. > :13:10.That is another juicy tied to look forward to.

:13:11. > :13:12.Cricketer Ben Stokes has become a lot richer

:13:13. > :13:22.You wouldn't have thought England's stop is very high in India, they

:13:23. > :13:28.just had that tour whitewash in all forms of the game. We had the

:13:29. > :13:34.frenzied auction we have every year for the IPL. Ben Stokes has become

:13:35. > :13:43.the most expensive foreign player in the ten years of the tournament,

:13:44. > :13:47.?1.7 million paid for him. Kevin Pietersen, he loves himself a little

:13:48. > :13:51.bit, he properly won't be that happy, he was previously the most

:13:52. > :13:55.expensive player at ?1 million. But Ben Stokes has a lot to live up to

:13:56. > :13:56.in that tournament when it starts in April.

:13:57. > :13:58.There was an awkward moment in Austria at

:13:59. > :14:08.Yes, they ski and shoot, then ski a bit more.

:14:09. > :14:12.An awkward moment with the at them, not as awkward as when the old

:14:13. > :14:16.German anthem was played for the German women at the Fed Cup.

:14:17. > :14:20.This was pretty embarrassing nonetheless.

:14:21. > :14:24.The Russian men one goals, here they are on the podium. They played an

:14:25. > :14:28.old version of the Russian anthem, not the done thing.

:14:29. > :14:41.This is one of their coaches, do it yourself, take it away!

:14:42. > :14:46.No gold medal the singing. The Russian athletes haven't done much

:14:47. > :14:50.to ingratiate themselves of late. But they loved it there in the

:14:51. > :14:53.crowd. They did well. Thank you.

:14:54. > :14:55.This morning, exclusive access inside Amy's Place,

:14:56. > :14:57.the UK's only recovery house dedicated to helping young women

:14:58. > :15:01.It was set up in memory of Amy Winehouse who died of alcohol

:15:02. > :15:05.It only accepts women under the age of 30 who have been clean

:15:06. > :15:07.or dry for three months, but aren't ready

:15:08. > :15:11.Each of the 16 occupants gets their own flat which they pay

:15:12. > :15:17.The Amy Winehouse Foundation says there is a desperate need for more

:15:18. > :15:19.such recovery houses, and wants other housing

:15:20. > :15:22.Six months since it opened, our reporter Jean MacKenzie

:15:23. > :15:25.was given exclusive access to the house, and spent time

:15:26. > :15:43.You may find some of the details you hear in this report upsetting.

:15:44. > :15:45.Hello, I'm Grace and I'm an alcoholic.

:15:46. > :15:53.I kind of just want to go out and walk for the day.

:15:54. > :15:54.Do you know when you just want to wander,

:15:55. > :15:58.My head can just talk to me all the time.

:15:59. > :16:07.People with addictions, they can't do it on

:16:08. > :16:14.To be able to change the lives of the young women who come

:16:15. > :16:16.through these doors and make that difference is just the most

:16:17. > :16:21.wonderful thing, really in Amy's memory.

:16:22. > :16:24.After a high-profile addiction to drugs and alcohol, Amy

:16:25. > :16:30.Last year, her family set up a home for young women fighting addiction.

:16:31. > :16:36.We've been given exclusive access and

:16:37. > :16:44.spent time with the first women to live there.

:16:45. > :16:48.Every Monday, the women eat breakfast together.

:16:49. > :16:51.Some of the issues the girls have is like eating

:16:52. > :16:55.disorders and the fact that we are so busy,

:16:56. > :16:59.we tend to not get a lot of time to spend with each other.

:17:00. > :17:01.So I suggested it and then all the other

:17:02. > :17:05.I think it makes everyone less angry.

:17:06. > :17:07.I feel like one of them ladies who has to curtsy.

:17:08. > :17:10.The house takes in young women for up to two years after

:17:11. > :17:13.It helps them stay clean while they take

:17:14. > :17:18.their first steps without drugs and alcohol.

:17:19. > :17:22.Yeah, I feel a bit like not really here or there today.

:17:23. > :17:25.I just feel a bit floaty, which is all right.

:17:26. > :17:31.My head can just talk to me all the time.

:17:32. > :17:33.You don't want to be an addict, you're not an addict.

:17:34. > :17:42.Hello, my name is Grace, I'm 19, I'm a recovering alcoholic and

:17:43. > :17:46.The youngest member of the house, Grace,

:17:47. > :17:58.So I'm going to have duck egg in the front

:17:59. > :17:59.room and then a wall of glitter.

:18:00. > :18:02.She went into care when she was 13 and then moved around

:18:03. > :18:05.I've never decorated a house. So this is a first.

:18:06. > :18:09.It started out, I know that I had my first drink at eight.

:18:10. > :18:11.And by kind of like 12 I was sneaking

:18:12. > :18:13.around and doing things that I shouldn't have been doing.

:18:14. > :18:16.Between 13 and 14 I went into care and that is kind of

:18:17. > :18:20.And I could be more sneaky about it, because I

:18:21. > :18:26.Obviously, I went into my youth hostels and that is where

:18:27. > :18:30.I didn't have anyone to say you shouldn't be doing

:18:31. > :18:38.And so what point did you think, I'm an alcoholic?

:18:39. > :18:41.It was only in November 2015 where I nearly died.

:18:42. > :18:43.I woke up frothing at the mouth and I was terrified.

:18:44. > :18:50.They were detoxing me in resus in hospital.

:18:51. > :18:54.They told me it's a waiting game now, whether we see that your organs

:18:55. > :18:57.So it was four days of me sitting in resus, hoping

:18:58. > :19:09.So since you made that decision, how has it been?

:19:10. > :19:22.I think you forget how real it feels.

:19:23. > :19:25.And so when you talk about it again, it's like, that was

:19:26. > :19:31.I think I said my story so much it doesn't

:19:32. > :19:35.feel real, and when you tell it again, it's like, that's how I was

:19:36. > :19:38.I've kind of just accepted that is how I was living.

:19:39. > :19:41.Does it shock you to remember that was your life?

:19:42. > :19:47.I think I was stuck in it for so long that I didn't

:19:48. > :19:56.Then you forget, when you are sitting where I am

:19:57. > :19:59.today and I'm not that long sober, but I've made it so far,

:20:00. > :20:01.that you forget that my life was sitting in a

:20:02. > :20:06.homeless hostel planning how to kill myself.

:20:07. > :20:14.Each morning, the women must go to one of these check-ins.

:20:15. > :20:15.So the house knows they're safe and well.

:20:16. > :20:26.I just feel like I didn't get enough sleep and

:20:27. > :20:34.I kind of just want to go out and jsut walk for the day.

:20:35. > :20:36.You know when you just want to wander, just

:20:37. > :20:40.Just for today I will strive to forgive rather than

:20:41. > :20:45.I will try to act in such a way that I feel worthy of

:20:46. > :20:49.That kind of stuff is a way of showing yourself that you are

:20:50. > :20:52.Well, that's the major point, isn't it?

:20:53. > :20:57.It's about forgiving yourself and that's very hard.

:20:58. > :21:05.It is, but the whole cycle of guilt, shame, you, guilt, shame, you.

:21:06. > :21:07.Hi, I'm Judith, I'm 26, I'm a recovering addict

:21:08. > :21:19.My son is seven and my daughter is five and she's going to

:21:20. > :21:23.They are a massive motivator, massive.

:21:24. > :21:31.Also quite fearful around being a mother,

:21:32. > :21:33.because, looking back, I've never really done it properly.

:21:34. > :21:35.I find it hard to believe still that I have

:21:36. > :21:39.Judith started using drugs as a teenager and tells me she

:21:40. > :21:43.Most of the time I didn't even ask what it was.

:21:44. > :21:49.This then escalated a few years later.

:21:50. > :21:51.One thing I always wanted was never to get married and

:21:52. > :22:05.I was very bitterly, bitterly, bitterly, like suicidal depressed.

:22:06. > :22:17.Eventually I started smoking it, but...

:22:18. > :22:23.In September, October 2014, was the last time

:22:24. > :22:44.And the thing that made me cry out for help was a phone call

:22:45. > :22:52.All I can remember was my solicitors saying that they are going to start

:22:53. > :22:57.From that day, from when that happened, that was it, I kind of

:22:58. > :23:00.Literally I think they are what kept me alive.

:23:01. > :23:10.Alice is recovering from a ketamine addiction.

:23:11. > :23:13.This is my favourite room. This is my living room.

:23:14. > :23:14.Each woman gets their own flat within

:23:15. > :23:17.the house, which they pay for using their housing benefit.

:23:18. > :23:20.No drugs and alcohol, no overnight guests, and

:23:21. > :23:24.they must agree to random drug tests.

:23:25. > :23:30.We do six of them a month, just randomly.

:23:31. > :23:33.If we suspect there's something going on, we might do a

:23:34. > :23:38.So I'm going to give Grace a call and ask her to come down.

:23:39. > :23:54.Wow, look at that, zero. Check you out.

:23:55. > :24:00.OK, so I'm peeling off the label and it's all coming up negative.

:24:01. > :24:09.Yeah, I mean it didn't come up any levels that were...

:24:10. > :24:13.I mean, I know I haven't taken any drugs, but I

:24:14. > :24:22.thought that my medication might come up.

:24:23. > :24:24.What is striking when you're here is how difficult it is

:24:25. > :24:28.Some of the girls here have been through rehab before,

:24:29. > :24:30.but without the skills and environment to start a different

:24:31. > :24:35.That's what motivated Amy's stepmother Jane

:24:36. > :24:43.We met people in treatment who were scared to death

:24:44. > :24:46.of what was going to happen when they finished their treatment.

:24:47. > :24:50.For a lot of them, all they could think about was, if I have to go

:24:51. > :24:52.back to where I was before, you know, I'm

:24:53. > :24:56.And, in fact, a lot of the women that weren't completing their

:24:57. > :25:00.treatment, it was for that reason, because they could not see how they

:25:01. > :25:10.were going to manage a life out of it.

:25:11. > :25:20.To have your own property, where nobody is

:25:21. > :25:25.Plus I've got all the girls, they are all amazing.

:25:26. > :25:27.We all want to be part of society and contribute

:25:28. > :25:30.Did you feel that wasn't possible in the

:25:31. > :25:37.I felt like, to live in a hostel where

:25:38. > :25:40.you're paying nearly ?400 a week rent, I think...

:25:41. > :25:44.And the worst thing was it was one room.

:25:45. > :25:47.And the support that was meant to be offered wasn't there.

:25:48. > :25:50.When your room is next door to somebody that is

:25:51. > :25:54.selling drugs, you can never get well, in a sense.

:25:55. > :25:56.You are always stuck in the conundrum of, do I go

:25:57. > :26:02.next door and go back to my old habits, or do I go to a meeting?

:26:03. > :26:10.I was living a life of recovery in a using and drinking world.

:26:11. > :26:13.It's not good enough to be plonked in a dry

:26:14. > :26:16.house and expect us to deal with all this stuff, in my opinion.

:26:17. > :26:19.You need a lot more, a lot more support.

:26:20. > :26:22.A lot more love and care and you need that time to heal.

:26:23. > :26:24.Do you think this place is keeping you clean?

:26:25. > :26:32.For me, one of the things I've always lacked in my life

:26:33. > :26:47.As part of the programme, the women must take part

:26:48. > :26:49.in activities outside the house that will help them stay

:26:50. > :26:54.clean and prepare them for living by themselves.

:26:55. > :26:57.It can be going back to school, or starting volunteer work,

:26:58. > :27:05.or, in Judith's case, finding a passion.

:27:06. > :27:22.I can really zone out and just do something that I absolutely love.

:27:23. > :27:25."Judith, you've got to find something that

:27:26. > :27:27.gives you an adrenaline buzz.

:27:28. > :27:29.Something that gets you excited but does not involve

:27:30. > :27:35.And he was like, I am looking forward to

:27:36. > :27:40.I found exactly the thing I need to keep me grounded.

:27:41. > :27:42.These are the sorts of skills that are

:27:43. > :27:48.A lot of work is put into preparing the women for a life after

:27:49. > :27:52.Where do I want to be, what kind of job do I want to have?

:27:53. > :27:55.What do I want to be making money from?

:27:56. > :27:57.Do I want to use my own experience to help others, maybe?

:27:58. > :27:59.I want to be a forensic psychologist.

:28:00. > :28:04.For me, this is really important, because if I

:28:05. > :28:10.didn't have this kind of setting, or didn't have the direction

:28:11. > :28:13.in my own head, I don't think I could last this.

:28:14. > :28:18.It takes a lot of effort to be in recovery.

:28:19. > :28:22.I don't know if you will agree, but it takes a lot more

:28:23. > :28:27.I would, yeah. It's exhausting and it's relentless.

:28:28. > :28:35.I'd much rather do this. It's much easier.

:28:36. > :28:38.You can tell it is just one square and the tin is gone.

:28:39. > :28:42.There are very few recovery houses that

:28:43. > :28:45.offer this level of support and this is the only one dedicated to helping

:28:46. > :28:48.The Amy Winehouse Foundation wants others to realise

:28:49. > :28:53.that this type of service can save lives.

:28:54. > :28:59.Does it make a difference to you that this is Amy's Place?

:29:00. > :29:02.I think it's quite sad that you have to lose somebody in order

:29:03. > :29:04.for them to realise that we need this kind

:29:05. > :29:08.We're not the only ones in addiction that young.

:29:09. > :29:11.There are 16 beds here and I know so many people

:29:12. > :29:16.who are in addiction and can't get help.

:29:17. > :29:24.It has been a really busy week and I am exhausted.

:29:25. > :29:26.To the point I've just forgotten who's coffee is which!

:29:27. > :29:35.Yeah, I had one, I was on the way to a

:29:36. > :29:39.meeting and I decided that I was going to go and drink.

:29:40. > :29:42.So I just stood outside a pub and then bumped into one of the

:29:43. > :29:46.It was like, oh, God, I actually have to come to

:29:47. > :29:53.Since moving into the house, Grace has

:29:54. > :29:57.found an unexpected hobby in woodwork.

:29:58. > :30:00.She comes here every week and today she is finishing restoring

:30:01. > :30:08.I feel like now I can kind of do anything, really.

:30:09. > :30:11.I still get frightened about doing stuff, but now I feel like I

:30:12. > :30:15.am more determined to do things, now I know what it feels like to

:30:16. > :30:21.Now I want to go ahead and do lots of things.

:30:22. > :30:28.Positive. Really positive.

:30:29. > :30:30.As long as I don't go back to that lie.

:30:31. > :30:33.As long as I keep moving on from the other.

:30:34. > :30:39.I'd like to think I have that, I can get that future, that

:30:40. > :30:49.Yeah, life will come up, but I will be able to deal with it.

:30:50. > :30:52.I'm not going to go back to the bottle and go back to using.

:30:53. > :30:55.I think the girls here, they are going to

:30:56. > :30:58.get to a point where they are ready to move on and I am really excited

:30:59. > :31:03.To see that point where they go, do you know what, I don't

:31:04. > :31:05.need to live here any more, I don't need the support.

:31:06. > :31:08.And we will have new arrivals and I think they will

:31:09. > :31:09.keep growing from strength to strength.

:31:10. > :31:12.To be able to change the lives of the young women that come

:31:13. > :31:15.through these doors and make that difference and give them the tools

:31:16. > :31:18.to be able to maintain that, hopefully for the rest of their

:31:19. > :31:20.lives, is just the most wonderful thing, really, in Amy's memory.

:31:21. > :31:23.Since you have been here last week, I have finally finished off my

:31:24. > :31:27.decorating and I think it's been a lot more

:31:28. > :31:31.hard work than I thought it would be.

:31:32. > :31:34.I think I am kind of nervous, but also really excited for

:31:35. > :31:38.Before it was black and there wasn't anything

:31:39. > :31:40.I was looking forward to and now I realise I have

:31:41. > :32:04.Elizabeth has e-mailed, and Holly now, what an inspiration these young

:32:05. > :32:06.women are. Grace is beautiful inside and on the outside.

:32:07. > :32:11.David says, there should be more places like this recovery house,

:32:12. > :32:15.there is so much focus on getting of substance abuse but most dangerous

:32:16. > :32:19.time is after becoming abstinent. I have been clean for nearly two years

:32:20. > :32:22.and success is due to good after-care and support.

:32:23. > :32:25.After 10am, we'll be speaking to one resident of Amy's Place

:32:26. > :32:28.who you saw in that film as well as the director

:32:29. > :32:30.If you've been affected by the issues raised,

:32:31. > :32:32.you can find details of organisations offering

:32:33. > :32:34.information and support with addiction at bbc.co.uk/actionline.

:32:35. > :32:37.Or you can call for free, at any time to hear recorded

:32:38. > :32:55.And your own personal experience of being addicted and how you recover,

:32:56. > :32:56.please do let me know, we will feed back into the conversation.

:32:57. > :33:02.He has allowed cameras in to film his father who has a rare

:33:03. > :33:05.And calls for people convicted of animal cruelty to face much

:33:06. > :33:23.Here's Joanna in the BBC Newsroom with a summary of today's news.

:33:24. > :33:26.Council tax rises are planned by most local authorities in England

:33:27. > :33:29.in the coming year to help meet the increasing cost of social care.

:33:30. > :33:32.The Government says extra money is being put into social care

:33:33. > :33:35.and councils will soon be able to keep all the money they raise

:33:36. > :33:39.But the Local Government Association who represent councils say deep cuts

:33:40. > :33:42.will still have to be made to other services as the cost

:33:43. > :33:44.of care for the elderly and disabled will account

:33:45. > :33:47.Iraqi government forces have resumed their offensive

:33:48. > :33:50.to try to win control of western Mosul - the last major stronghold

:33:51. > :33:54.Thousands of troops are involved in the assault

:33:55. > :33:57.on the western half of the city, which is now in its second day.

:33:58. > :34:00.Last month, Iraqi government forces secured the eastern part of Mosul

:34:01. > :34:03.Two senior Ukip officials in Merseyside have resigned

:34:04. > :34:05.in protest at their leader Paul Nuttall's false claim -

:34:06. > :34:07.since retracted - that he lost close friends

:34:08. > :34:11.The chairmen of the Merseyside branch

:34:12. > :34:13.and the Liverpool branch cited Mr Nuttall's "unprofessional

:34:14. > :34:17.- saying Mr Nuttall's comments had provoked "a strong reaction"

:34:18. > :34:20.Last week, the Ukip leader apologised after admitting that

:34:21. > :34:23.a claim on his website that he had lost close friends at

:34:24. > :34:33.The US President Donald Trump has attempted to explain on Twitter

:34:34. > :34:35.why he made comments about a non-existent security

:34:36. > :34:38.At a rally on Saturday in Florida, President Trump

:34:39. > :34:40.justified his moves to restrict immigration from several

:34:41. > :34:42.majority-Muslim countries by referring to the imaginary

:34:43. > :34:52.Swedish incident along with other recent terror attacks.

:34:53. > :34:54.Yesterday evening, Donald Trump tweeted that he had got

:34:55. > :34:57.the information from a Fox News documentary about immigration

:34:58. > :34:59.in Sweden, and the White House later clarified he'd been talking

:35:00. > :35:01.about rising crime rather than any specific incident.

:35:02. > :35:04.The Swedish Embassy has responded by tweeting that they looked forward

:35:05. > :35:05.to advising President Trump's administration about

:35:06. > :35:12.Swedish immigration and integration policies.

:35:13. > :35:14.Members of the House Of Lords are to begin debating

:35:15. > :35:17.the legislation that will allow the government to start

:35:18. > :35:19.The bill passed through the Commons unamended,

:35:20. > :35:22.but it's thought opposition and cross-bench peers are seeking

:35:23. > :35:24.guarantees about the rights of EU citizens living in Britain -

:35:25. > :35:27.and about the role of Parliament in scrutinising the process

:35:28. > :35:37.That's a summary of the latest BBC News.

:35:38. > :35:54.David Baddiel will be talking about his father's form of dementia,

:35:55. > :35:58.Pick's Disease. One symptom is his dad swears a lot which can be

:35:59. > :36:01.amusing but wearing for the kids involved like David and his brother.

:36:02. > :36:03.We will talk about it in a minute. These are our headlines

:36:04. > :36:07.this morning. Seven sports will find out today

:36:08. > :36:10.whether or not they will get any money for the next Olympic

:36:11. > :36:12.and Paralympic Games in 2020. UK Sport has been consdiering

:36:13. > :36:15.their appeals against the cuts that Badminton say the effects

:36:16. > :36:18.on the sport will be catastrophic Manchester United will travel

:36:19. > :36:29.to Chelsea in the FA Lincoln will face either

:36:30. > :36:39.fellow non-League side Sutton United or Arsenal who play

:36:40. > :36:42.in the fifth round tonight. And Ben Stokes has become the most

:36:43. > :36:44.expensive foreign player Pune Rising Giants paid

:36:45. > :36:49.?1.7 million for him in Stokes surpasses the $1

:36:50. > :36:52.million that was paid Thousands of families live

:36:53. > :37:03.with or look after mums and dads or grandparents who have dementia -

:37:04. > :37:11.including David Baddiel. His 82-year-old father has a type

:37:12. > :37:14.of dementia called Pick's Disease - named after Professor Arnold Pick

:37:15. > :37:18.who first discovered it in 1892. Its symptoms mean David Baddiel's

:37:19. > :37:21.dad Colin has no inhibitions - he swears a lot, he says sexually

:37:22. > :37:23.inappropriate things, For the last 12 months,

:37:24. > :37:30.David has been making a documentary about his dad,

:37:31. > :37:32.and his and his brothers' Like a million other people

:37:33. > :37:44.in Britain, I have a relative And, like many of them,

:37:45. > :37:48.I'm trying to hold onto what still remains of my

:37:49. > :37:57.relationship with my father. This is my friend Charlie,

:37:58. > :38:09.he's got a camera. What do you two normally

:38:10. > :38:59.do when you hang It is comical but also very moving.

:39:00. > :39:04.This is the way the disease is. Partly the disease. You have seen my

:39:05. > :39:09.stand-up show which led to this documentary. Part of what I talk

:39:10. > :39:15.about is when I first got the Dothan -- The diagnosis for my dad, I said,

:39:16. > :39:20.has he got a disease or have you just met him? He has always been one

:39:21. > :39:23.of those blokes who can express himself, he is very intelligent, but

:39:24. > :39:31.emotionally through insulting banter. I thought, this is what he

:39:32. > :39:36.is like. But, no, this is a cartoon of that self. He is an extreme

:39:37. > :39:41.version of what he was. Part of it is funny. There's no point

:39:42. > :39:45.pretending it is not. Part of it is sad.

:39:46. > :39:50.I am try to find a balance. What is it like trying to look after him?

:39:51. > :39:56.When you go around? We are lucky to be able to afford a

:39:57. > :39:59.carer, lots of people can't. We meet some other families with people who

:40:00. > :40:02.have Pick's Disease in a family and who have to live with their family

:40:03. > :40:08.or the time. I saw my dad yesterday. Part of the

:40:09. > :40:14.problem is the disease and the documentary charts this, the disease

:40:15. > :40:19.changes. He can be constantly abusing me or someone in the room. I

:40:20. > :40:25.can't take my children round because he swears so much. Other times, he

:40:26. > :40:31.is quiet and withdrawn. A part of me deftly prefers the abuse because at

:40:32. > :40:36.least I know that is my dad, and there is some spirit, he is engaged

:40:37. > :40:40.and lively. The thing I fear more is him turning off. It is a weird

:40:41. > :40:46.thing, it is very challenging, at the same time, I hold onto that

:40:47. > :40:52.abusive sparky difficult side of him.

:40:53. > :40:56.Why can't your kids go around. He is swearing, so what?

:40:57. > :41:00.Certainly, a year ago when we started filming, when he was in the

:41:01. > :41:05.grip of it, and it is still there but he is quieter now, he would also

:41:06. > :41:12.be sexually inappropriate. Towards my daughter, towards anyone, any

:41:13. > :41:20.woman. We couldn't really deal with that. I thought it was unfortunate

:41:21. > :41:25.in terms of my kids only have one grandparent left and I want them to

:41:26. > :41:27.have it possible some nice sense of him.

:41:28. > :41:30.Since the disease has calmed down a bit, I have been able to take my

:41:31. > :41:35.children round but at the same time that is when I worry that now he is

:41:36. > :41:40.withdrawn which feels bleak. We will show another tip now where

:41:41. > :41:45.you are helping to look after him by trimming his beard. Compared to that

:41:46. > :41:50.first clip we showed where he is aggressive and full of abuse, this

:41:51. > :41:54.is way he is much quieter and more...

:41:55. > :41:57.More compliant. More compliant but not that much.

:41:58. > :42:00.What the hell are you going on about?

:42:01. > :42:03.We are going to try and give your beard a trim.

:42:04. > :42:09.There's all sorts of creatures in there.

:42:10. > :42:11.It's my bloody responsibility, not yours.

:42:12. > :42:17.Why do you keep telling me what I should be doing?

:42:18. > :42:19.I'm not telling you what you should be doing.

:42:20. > :42:32.Just think of the money we'll save not going to the

:42:33. > :42:58.You just asked us to do the other side.

:42:59. > :43:21.Not complied but slightly quieter. That is ten months later. He is old

:43:22. > :43:28.now. But part of me does still love that he is so sparky. Clive, one of

:43:29. > :43:32.his carers, was laughing. Clive, I know, lives with him all the time,

:43:33. > :43:42.he enjoys it when my dad is like that. Also one thing I liked about

:43:43. > :43:47.that, my dad was annoyed and angry we were shaving his beard or though

:43:48. > :43:51.he did need it. I love it when he said, do that side, and still gets

:43:52. > :43:57.annoyed. My dad has been something of a curmudgeon. The disease has

:43:58. > :44:00.lost any sense that needs to be controlled for social grace, that

:44:01. > :44:07.has gone. You talk in the documentary, it is

:44:08. > :44:11.your word, the damage done to you, because he has always been like

:44:12. > :44:18.this, although it is exacerbated by the dementia. Defensive, he never

:44:19. > :44:22.said, I love you, it has always been like that, that had an impact on you

:44:23. > :44:26.which you are saying now you don't mind that any more. But what was the

:44:27. > :44:34.damage? The film is a portrait of a family,

:44:35. > :44:40.forgetting about the dementia. A particular type of family. My dad

:44:41. > :44:43.was a 1970s dad, very male. I think, because I'm not like that with my

:44:44. > :44:48.children, they are bored of hearing me say I love them. That is a sea

:44:49. > :44:53.change in the way fathers are. But when I look back on it, the fact he

:44:54. > :44:59.was like that made me who I am and I am happy with who I am. Don't think

:45:00. > :45:04.I wouldn't -- I would be a comedian without my dad. He was always

:45:05. > :45:08.wearing, out there, happy to joke about everything, that is at the

:45:09. > :45:12.Rock of my being and I am grateful. It did mean he wasn't a sweet dad

:45:13. > :45:18.who told me he loved me. But I wouldn't be the person I am now.

:45:19. > :45:23.There is someone we will talk to, a viewer has got in touch, Paul in

:45:24. > :45:30.Essex. Hello? Hello, and you?

:45:31. > :45:35.Tell us about your experience? My mother is 90 with advanced

:45:36. > :45:42.Alzheimer's, fairly immobile, with my five, 94 with the Mitu years

:45:43. > :45:49.diagnosed dementia -- With my father. He is looking after her. We

:45:50. > :45:51.have a carer coming in every morning. They were offered more

:45:52. > :45:57.assistance because my dad doesn't like cooking. He has never really

:45:58. > :46:04.cooked, just heated things up. He refuses to have anyone else in to

:46:05. > :46:06.help. They do have a couple of days of respite to give my dad a chance

:46:07. > :46:18.to get out. Is your dad well? Physically he's

:46:19. > :46:25.OK. But he had dementia for two years as well. So your 92-year-old

:46:26. > :46:32.dad who has dementia is looking after your 94-year-old mum... How is

:46:33. > :46:40.that for you? Do you go around and see them a lot? I go around at least

:46:41. > :46:44.once a week. If there are any medical appointments I deal with

:46:45. > :46:52.that so I have to take mum in a wheelchair because she can't be left

:46:53. > :46:55.on her own. If has got an appointment and vice versa How is

:46:56. > :47:00.your engagement and recognition with them? Generally OK, but mum ajusz

:47:01. > :47:04.anything I try and arrange. As far as she is is concerned in

:47:05. > :47:17.Alzheimer's world everything is fine. She had

:47:18. > :47:23.a situation recently A lot of people with dementia don't

:47:24. > :47:26.recognise they have the condition and it is pointless trying to tell

:47:27. > :47:30.them. So therefore, they don't understand why they should be at

:47:31. > :47:36.doctors or wherever they're being taken to.

:47:37. > :47:43.One viewer says, I lost my dad to Pick's Disease on the 16th of

:47:44. > :47:46.February. It is very unusual that people don't know about this disease

:47:47. > :47:52.so I will be watching. Can I say, one reason I wanted to

:47:53. > :47:55.make it is we do have a slightly Bono view of dementia as a person in

:47:56. > :48:00.a wheelchair in a blanket staring at the wall which is why I wanted to do

:48:01. > :48:05.it. My experience is still very challenging but of a person totally

:48:06. > :48:10.there, almost too much, rather than this absent thing. People who have

:48:11. > :48:13.had that experience with Pick's Disease will understand we are

:48:14. > :48:21.trying to change the narrative. Will your dad watch it?

:48:22. > :48:24.Yes. He will be at home with Clive. He has watched the trails and

:48:25. > :48:28.laughed throughout and said, that is me.

:48:29. > :48:33.And he seemed to be fine. Julie says, my father has Pick's

:48:34. > :48:37.Disease. He has had its ten years. He has closed down completely and

:48:38. > :48:41.has no communication skills, he can't feed himself or go to the loo.

:48:42. > :48:46.It is heartbreaking. But we hope he is not aware of what he has become.

:48:47. > :48:54.He was never violent and never swore but he is slowly slipping away.

:48:55. > :48:59.S I feel that's probably the way my dad is going and I find that very

:49:00. > :49:02.difficult, but I know it is the same for so many people. Yeah.

:49:03. > :49:05.Thank you very much. Thank you. Thank you for talking to us.

:49:06. > :49:07.You can watch David Baddiel's documentary The Trouble With Dad

:49:08. > :49:14.It's day two of the Iraqi troops advance on western Mosul,

:49:15. > :49:16.the last major stronghold of so-called Islamic

:49:17. > :49:23.We'll be getting an update from near the frontline.

:49:24. > :49:25.Should people convicted of cruelty against animals face much

:49:26. > :49:29.The current maximum custodial sentence for the worst cases

:49:30. > :49:32.of animal cruelty in England and Wales is six months,

:49:33. > :49:34.but campaigners want this increased tenfold to five years -

:49:35. > :50:47.describing current sentences as "shocking" and "laughable".

:50:48. > :50:51.David Bowles is a spokesman for the RSPCA in Leeds.

:50:52. > :50:53.Brian Wheelhouse runs the Whitehall Dog Rescue Shelter

:50:54. > :50:56.in Wakefield, and on his lap is Benji, a bull terrier cross

:50:57. > :51:02.Mike Butcher who has spent more than 40 years working

:51:03. > :51:04.in the Special Operations Unit at the RSPCA dealing

:51:05. > :51:15.Welcome all of you. One of the example in our film, a farm with 120

:51:16. > :51:20.horses in a state of neglect, 32 dead other animals, fined and jailed

:51:21. > :51:26.for six months. Too lenient? Yeah, so the legislation that we've got is

:51:27. > :51:30.ten years old next month. It is a good piece of legislation, but it is

:51:31. > :51:34.based on 19th century sentencing because the sentencing wasn't

:51:35. > :51:37.updated after the 1911 Act so what we're dealing with is sentencing

:51:38. > :51:40.that's 105 years old and unfortunately the UK, England and

:51:41. > :51:44.Wales have slipped behind, not only other parts of the UK like Northern

:51:45. > :51:47.Ireland, but also other parts of Europe, Bulgaria is ahead of us in

:51:48. > :51:52.terms of sentencing, Greece are ahead of us. Northern Ireland five

:51:53. > :51:55.year, a maximum of five years in jail. Is there any evidence to show

:51:56. > :52:00.that long of sentence, maximum sentence, is deterring people from

:52:01. > :52:06.being cruel to animals? Well, the RSPCA does have evidence that judges

:52:07. > :52:09.are getting frustrated, judges are frustrated with the lack of any

:52:10. > :52:12.higher sentence. Do you have evidence that the longer sentence is

:52:13. > :52:18.deterring people? It is difficult with the dogfighting that we come

:52:19. > :52:21.across to show a deterrent effect, what we do know is the public

:52:22. > :52:24.support this. We know the UK has slipped behind other people and we

:52:25. > :52:31.also know that magistrates themselves arisation they would like

:52:32. > :52:35.to impose longer sentencing on the most gratuitous and fighting issues.

:52:36. > :52:41.Mike, you've dealt with the most awful cases. Tell us about the most

:52:42. > :52:45.extreme. I have been doing this for 40 years and like myself and my

:52:46. > :52:55.colleagues are dealing with this on a Bailey basis. People digging up a

:52:56. > :52:59.badger and microwaving a rabbit and starving horses to death. My

:53:00. > :53:03.colleague has described it much more eloquently than I can, but the

:53:04. > :53:07.sentencing is just too low and I think magistrates have indicated on

:53:08. > :53:10.many occasions that they wish they could give the more higher sentence

:53:11. > :53:14.because there has to be a deterrent and the sort of stuff that we're

:53:15. > :53:19.dealing with on a daily basis is horrific. Brian you have been

:53:20. > :53:23.running a rescue shelter for 20 years and tell us what happened to

:53:24. > :53:31.Bengi and what happened to the owner? We don't deal with the owner.

:53:32. > :53:35.Bengi was found abandoned, but the dog wardens felt he had been used as

:53:36. > :53:42.a bait dog because of the injuries on his face and neck. He had severe

:53:43. > :53:47.lacerations and he had a condition where he had got a severe skin

:53:48. > :53:54.problem. When you say a bait dog, describe what that actually means? A

:53:55. > :53:58.bait dog is where the bait dog and they use that then to train the

:53:59. > :54:03.fighting dogs on because they don't want the fighting dogs injured

:54:04. > :54:08.because they're going to be putting them into later fights with other

:54:09. > :54:12.fighting dogs as a reward for winning bets. Right. Do you think

:54:13. > :54:16.increasing the jail term in England and Wales, if that were to happen,

:54:17. > :54:23.the maximum jail term from six months to five years would stop

:54:24. > :54:32.whoever used Bengi as a bait dog from doing it again? It won't sort

:54:33. > :54:38.all the crimes out, but it will reduce them. You've only got to

:54:39. > :54:42.think about, it's so low, it is unbelievable. You can get up to five

:54:43. > :54:49.years for fly-tipping. You can get up to seven years for theft. But if

:54:50. > :54:53.you take a dog and do horrendous things and I have done dog rescue

:54:54. > :54:57.for 25 years, the dogs, we have had dogs we had a greyhound that had

:54:58. > :55:06.been tied to a railway line and she had been hit by a train resulting in

:55:07. > :55:10.severe injuries. Starvation, neglect, starvation of dogs. These

:55:11. > :55:17.people are just getting off with it scot-free. It's just ridiculous.

:55:18. > :55:25.It's time that things do get changed. We're the second most

:55:26. > :55:31.lenient country in Europe for the actual penalties that are handed

:55:32. > :55:36.out. Let me bring David back in. In January the department for the

:55:37. > :55:40.environment said current sentencing practise for offences of animal

:55:41. > :55:44.cruelty don't suggest that the courts are finding current

:55:45. > :55:48.sentencing powers inadequate? The RSPCA looked at the number of people

:55:49. > :55:52.that get sent to jail from the 800 cases each year. We've got probably

:55:53. > :55:56.50 cases where the judge sup against the ceiling. If it was more than six

:55:57. > :55:59.months, he would have applied a more than six months sentence and I think

:56:00. > :56:06.that's the important thing to stress. It is not just about the

:56:07. > :56:10.magistrates that are getting frustrated, all the public support

:56:11. > :56:15.this, 70% of the public support this. We are supposed to be a nation

:56:16. > :56:21.of animal lovers and we're slipping behind other countries. A Government

:56:22. > :56:25.Spokesman said, "The Government will keep the strict legislation under

:56:26. > :56:29.regular review." It doesn't sound like they're going to move in the

:56:30. > :56:32.short-term? Well, we had a Select Committee report only just a couple

:56:33. > :56:47.of months ago and that said raise it to five years. Obviously the RSPCA

:56:48. > :56:51.supported what that. The RSPCA is confident that we could see the door

:56:52. > :56:55.open. We have got a second reading of a Private Members' Bill on Friday

:56:56. > :56:57.which I hope will get a lenient and sympathetic hearing from the

:56:58. > :57:00.minister and we hope we will see the minister and the Government moving

:57:01. > :57:09.on Friday. OK. Thank you very much. Thank you all of you, David, who is

:57:10. > :57:14.a spokesman for the RSPCA, thank you Brian, and thanks to Bengi and Mike

:57:15. > :57:17.Butcher who spent more than 40 years working in the special operations

:57:18. > :57:35.unit at the RSPCA. Mike Pens is will be holding a press

:57:36. > :57:41.conference shortly. We will bring it to you live as soon as that starts.

:57:42. > :57:45.Before that the weather. Here is Carol.

:57:46. > :57:58.Well, this morning there is a mild start. Those will be good

:57:59. > :58:02.temperatures as maximum temperatures at this time of year particularly

:58:03. > :58:07.that 15 Celsius. Is this mild weather going to last? Well, it is

:58:08. > :58:12.through today. It is for some of us tomorrow, but as we head into the

:58:13. > :58:16.middle and later part of this week, things turn more unsettled. Some of

:58:17. > :58:20.us will see snow and strong winds as well and down goes the temperature,

:58:21. > :58:24.but you can see it is fairly transient because in the Atlantic

:58:25. > :58:28.mild air is waiting to come our way once again. So this morning there is

:58:29. > :58:32.a lot of cloud around. There is hill fog and murk. Rain in Scotland and

:58:33. > :58:35.Northern Ireland continuing to flow southwards getting into Northern

:58:36. > :58:38.England and North Wales and very windy across the northern half of

:58:39. > :58:42.the countriment for a time this morning we could have gusts up to

:58:43. > :58:45.50mph across Northern England. Bear that in mind if you are in a high

:58:46. > :58:49.sided vehicle or a light vehicle. But behind that band of rain, for

:58:50. > :58:54.Northern Ireland, and also Scotland, into the afternoon, brighter skies.

:58:55. > :58:58.Some showers and still pretty windy, but temperatures around about 11

:58:59. > :59:02.Celsius. So for some, a little bit lower than where we currently have.

:59:03. > :59:05.Across parts of Northern England we have got that patchy rain extending

:59:06. > :59:10.in through North Wales. As we come south, there is a lot of cloud

:59:11. > :59:14.around. But where the cloud breaks, we could have highs up to 16

:59:15. > :59:18.Celsius. There is a low probability we could hit 17 Celsius. Into the

:59:19. > :59:22.south-west, again a lot of cloud. Some damp conditions. Some murky

:59:23. > :59:26.conditions. And it is the same for Wales, but in North Wales, we've got

:59:27. > :59:29.that rain sinking south. Through this evening and overnight, the rain

:59:30. > :59:33.continues to push into the Midlands through Wales and then it

:59:34. > :59:37.rejuvenates as it pivots and starts to work its way back northwards.

:59:38. > :59:40.Behind that, in Scotland and Northern England under clear skies

:59:41. > :59:45.it will be a colder night and we will see snow above about 500 meters

:59:46. > :59:48.in the Scottish mountains, but note the difference in the temperature,

:59:49. > :59:52.still very mild in southern counties. Tomorrow we start off on

:59:53. > :59:55.the cloudy and wet note across Southern England and Wales. Move

:59:56. > :59:58.north of that, we've got brighter skies and sunshine coming through,

:59:59. > :00:01.but we have got more wet and windy weather coming in across north-west

:00:02. > :00:05.Scotland and at the same time, as this band of rain pushes northwards,

:00:06. > :00:09.it almost merges, but not quite. And then look at the temperatures

:00:10. > :00:12.starting to come down further in the north, but still not too bad in the

:00:13. > :00:20.south, but then after that, it does turn that bit colder.

:00:21. > :00:24.It's Monday, it's 10am, I'm Victoria Derbyshire.

:00:25. > :00:27.How Amy's Place, set up in memory of Amy Winehouse,

:00:28. > :00:33.is helping young women with drug and alcohol addictions.

:00:34. > :00:41.The thing that made me cry at was a phone call I got from a social

:00:42. > :00:45.worker. I can't remember if it was my sister. Saying they would start

:00:46. > :00:54.adoption proceedings for my kids. From that day when it happened, I

:00:55. > :01:00.changed my life completely. Thank you to those who have got in

:01:01. > :01:04.touch. Bob says what a fantastic inspiration and a realisation that

:01:05. > :01:08.life can get better. In a moment we will be speaking to

:01:09. > :01:13.one of the lived in that recovery house. -- one of the women.

:01:14. > :01:16.Iraqi Government forces renew their assault on western Mosul,

:01:17. > :01:18.the last major stronghold of so-called Islamic state in Iraq,

:01:19. > :01:21.we'll be hearing from those on the front line.

:01:22. > :01:29.Army vehicles are getting ready. Only a couple of kilometres that

:01:30. > :01:32.way, they know those -- goes then are coming.

:01:33. > :01:35.And Anglina Jolie speaks exclusively to the BBC ahead of her new film

:01:36. > :01:48.And her divorce from Brad Pitt. And her views on President Trump.

:01:49. > :01:51.I think that the American people are bigger than any president.

:01:52. > :01:57.I suppose I have faith in my country and in what it is founded

:01:58. > :02:12.Here's Joanna in the BBC Newsroom with a summary of today's news.

:02:13. > :02:15.Council tax rises are planned by nearly all of England's local

:02:16. > :02:17.authorities in the coming year, but the organisation that represents

:02:18. > :02:20.them is warning that deep cuts to services will still be needed.

:02:21. > :02:22.The Local Government Association says social care services

:02:23. > :02:25.for the elderly and disabled are at breaking point and will

:02:26. > :02:35.After several falls, Maureen Edwards is getting support

:02:36. > :02:37.to regain some independence and rebuild her confidence.

:02:38. > :02:40.She needs help each day, which allows her and her husband

:02:41. > :02:53.I'm grateful for all that they've done for me,

:02:54. > :02:56.Without them, I don't know what I would have done.

:02:57. > :03:09.Councils fund most social care, and today's survey shows

:03:10. > :03:11.the majority of them struggling to meet growing costs.

:03:12. > :03:14.There are 151 local authorities in England, 147 plan to raise

:03:15. > :03:20.council tax specifically to help pay for social care.

:03:21. > :03:23.But councils warn that won't plug the funding gap and that could mean

:03:24. > :03:31.There has been a united voice of local government to say

:03:32. > :03:34.that they need to have more funding into social care and that the crisis

:03:35. > :03:43.The funding for local government needs to be resolved immediately.

:03:44. > :03:45.The Government says extra money is being put into social care

:03:46. > :03:49.and authorities will soon be able to keep all the money they raise

:03:50. > :03:59.Iraqi government forces have resumed their offensive

:04:00. > :04:02.to try to win control of western Mosul - the last major stronghold

:04:03. > :04:06.Thousands of troops are involved in the assault on the western half

:04:07. > :04:09.of the city, which is now in its second day.

:04:10. > :04:11.Last month, Iraqi government forces secured the eastern part of Mosul

:04:12. > :04:19.Two senior Ukip officials in Merseyside have resigned

:04:20. > :04:21.in protest at their leader Paul Nuttall's false claim -

:04:22. > :04:23.since retracted - that he lost close friends

:04:24. > :04:34.The chairmen of the Merseyside branch and the Liverpool branch

:04:35. > :04:36.cited Mr Nuttall's "unprofessional approach and crass insensitivity."

:04:37. > :04:39.Saying Mr Nuttall's comments had provoked "a strong reaction"

:04:40. > :04:42.Last week, the Ukip leader apologised after admitting that

:04:43. > :04:45.a claim on his website that he had lost close friends at

:04:46. > :04:49.Campaigners have called the current maximum jail term for animal cruelty

:04:50. > :04:53.Battersea Dogs And Cats Home is calling for prison sentences

:04:54. > :04:56.to be increased from six months to five years to bring

:04:57. > :04:58.the punishment in line with crimes such as fly-tipping.

:04:59. > :05:00.England and Wales currently have the lowest maximum

:05:01. > :05:19.It is so low it is unbelievable. You can get up to five years for

:05:20. > :05:26.fly-tipping. Up to seven years for theft. But if you take a dog and do

:05:27. > :05:30.horrendous things, I have done dog rescue the 25 years, the dogs we

:05:31. > :05:37.have picked up, tied to a railway line, she had been hit by a train

:05:38. > :05:44.resulting in severe injuries, starvation, total neglect,

:05:45. > :05:46.starvation of dogs. These people are getting off with it scot free.

:05:47. > :05:54.That's a summary of the latest BBC News - more at 10.30.

:05:55. > :06:04.We are going to be talking about Amy's Place. This e-mail from

:06:05. > :06:10.Rachel, I am desperate to get help, I have tried to get into a rehab

:06:11. > :06:14.centre. I have relapsed after 14 years clean. It has affected my work

:06:15. > :06:21.and relationships. I just wanted you to know how impossible it is to get

:06:22. > :06:25.help. Rachel, I will give you a phone number to call and a website

:06:26. > :06:28.which may point you in the right direction.

:06:29. > :06:32.Audrey says, Amy's Place empowers people to be responsible for

:06:33. > :06:35.themselves which is the only way forward, well done, we need more

:06:36. > :06:43.places like this. John says, and Joss says, this

:06:44. > :06:49.addiction report is fab. Support is vital. And, you have featured

:06:50. > :06:54.someone full stories of hope and recovery. Details of organisations

:06:55. > :07:23.offering help and support here. Time now for the sport. Some

:07:24. > :07:28.breaking news regarding that funding story. Wheelchair rugby has had its

:07:29. > :07:33.appeal against a total funding cut rejected by UK Sport. They had

:07:34. > :07:37.previously received ?3 million for the last Paralympic cycle. One of

:07:38. > :07:41.five sports having their funding taken away for the Tokyo Olympics

:07:42. > :07:47.and Paralympics. They are said to be furious. Table tennis and goalball

:07:48. > :07:52.have also appealed after being told they would continue to be not

:07:53. > :07:57.funded. Badminton, archery, fencing and weightlifting are the others

:07:58. > :08:02.waiting to hear if their appeals have been successful. Badminton

:08:03. > :08:06.reached their medal target with bronze in the men's doubles in Rio.

:08:07. > :08:10.They said the effect of losing their money would be catastrophic. And

:08:11. > :08:16.they would be reduced to nothing more than a hobby sport. As those

:08:17. > :08:17.decisions come through from UK Sport, we will have reaction from

:08:18. > :08:22.those governing bodies. Non-League Sutton United face

:08:23. > :08:25.Arsenal in the fifth round of the FA Cup waiting for the winners

:08:26. > :08:27.are Lincoln City who became the first non-league

:08:28. > :08:29.team in over 100 years The draw also pitched

:08:30. > :08:34.Chelsea against United beat Blackburn Rovers 2-1

:08:35. > :08:41.at Ewood Park yesterday. They came from behind and needed

:08:42. > :08:44.Zlatan Ibrahimovic to come off So Jose Mourinho is heading back

:08:45. > :08:50.to Stamford Bridge where he had two He thinks his old club will be

:08:51. > :08:54.taking Cup very seriously whereas he has quite a few

:08:55. > :09:07.competitions to juggle I still plays Santa Etienne, I had

:09:08. > :09:15.to play the final, I have two place hopefully another opponent in the

:09:16. > :09:21.Europa League. I had to fight for a top four position in the

:09:22. > :09:26.premiership. So I have so many things to think about. Probably

:09:27. > :09:30.Chelsea can only think about that because I think they are champions

:09:31. > :09:33.and they have nothing else to play for. So the FA Cup is something I

:09:34. > :09:37.believe important to them. Ben Stokes has become the most

:09:38. > :09:39.expensive foreign player Pune Rising Giants paid

:09:40. > :09:47.?1.7 million for him in Stokes surpasses the ?1

:09:48. > :09:51.million that was paid Former Leicester director of rugby

:09:52. > :10:04.Richard Cockerill has a new job. He's been appointed

:10:05. > :10:06.head coach of Edinburgh He was sacked by the Tigers

:10:07. > :10:10.in January and is currently Donald Trump's deputy - the American

:10:11. > :10:24.Vice-President Mike Pence - is in Brussels meeting

:10:25. > :10:26.EU and Nato leaders. Both organistions Mr Trump has been

:10:27. > :10:34.critical of in the past. He's due to be speaking alongside

:10:35. > :10:36.the President of the European This morning, we've been given

:10:37. > :10:44.exclusive access to a recovery house for women under the age of 30

:10:45. > :10:47.addicted to alcohol and drugs. It's been set up in memory

:10:48. > :10:50.to Amy Winehouse who died of alcohol Women go there after

:10:51. > :10:56.rehab but before they're Our reporter Jean Mackenzie

:10:57. > :10:59.was given exclusive access to the house, and spent time

:11:00. > :11:02.with the first women to live there. We played her full report

:11:03. > :11:05.earlier in the programme - here's a short extract -

:11:06. > :11:08.you may find some of the details I'm going to have duck

:11:09. > :11:12.egg in the front room, At 19, Grace is the

:11:13. > :11:15.youngest woman here. She turned to alcohol

:11:16. > :11:21.after a difficult upbringing. At what point did you think,

:11:22. > :11:31.I'm an alcoholic? It was only in November 2015,

:11:32. > :11:35.where I nearly died. They told me it is a waiting game

:11:36. > :11:38.now, whether we see your organs So it was four days of me sitting

:11:39. > :11:43.in, hoping and praying This house is the only

:11:44. > :11:47.one of its kind. It takes in young women for up

:11:48. > :11:50.to two years after they have been through rehab, and helps them stay

:11:51. > :11:53.clean while they take their first Each morning, the women

:11:54. > :11:59.must go to one of these check-ins, so the house knows

:12:00. > :12:01.they are safe and well. I kind of just want to go out

:12:02. > :12:14.and walk for the day. Each woman gets their own flat

:12:15. > :12:22.within the house, which they pay No drugs and alcohol,

:12:23. > :12:29.no overnight guests, and they must We do six of them

:12:30. > :12:35.a month, just randomly. If we suspect there's something

:12:36. > :12:39.going on, we might do a few more. We met people in treatment

:12:40. > :12:48.who were scared to death of what was going to happen

:12:49. > :12:51.when they finished their treatment. For a lot of them, all

:12:52. > :12:54.they could think about is, if I have to go back

:12:55. > :12:58.to where I was before, I'm just not When your room is next door

:12:59. > :13:02.to somebody who is selling drugs, you can never get well,

:13:03. > :13:07.in a sense. You are always stuck

:13:08. > :13:09.in the conundrum of do I go next door and go back to my old habits,

:13:10. > :13:13.or do I go to a meeting? These are the sorts of skills that

:13:14. > :13:17.are going to help us, you, in life. A lot of work is put

:13:18. > :13:19.into preparing the women There are very few recovery houses

:13:20. > :13:29.that offer this level of support, but the Amy Winehouse Foundation

:13:30. > :13:31.says its approach can save lives. It takes a lot of effort

:13:32. > :13:35.to be in recovery. It takes a lot more effort

:13:36. > :13:37.to be in addiction. Since you have been here

:13:38. > :13:47.last week, I've finally I think I'm kind of nervous,

:13:48. > :13:51.but also really excited Before, it was very black,

:13:52. > :13:55.and there wasn't anything Now I realise I have

:13:56. > :14:03.a long life ahead of me. Let's talk to Alice O'Toole

:14:04. > :14:06.who is one of the residents She was addicted to the class a drug

:14:07. > :14:13.ketamine, a horse tranqulliser. Dominic Ruffy, one of

:14:14. > :14:15.the directors of Amy's Place. who has advised the Government

:14:16. > :14:20.on its approach to addiction. And Jimmy Barclay, a recovering

:14:21. > :14:36.heroin addict who has been Welcome, all of you. Let me ask you,

:14:37. > :14:40.Dominick, first of all, why it is important to have a place

:14:41. > :14:44.specifically for younger women? I think essentially there are very

:14:45. > :14:50.few places for younger women in the country. Women come in with a

:14:51. > :14:54.variety of context needs underlying their addiction issues and if you do

:14:55. > :14:59.not address them, will lead them back to using.

:15:00. > :15:03.It is all very well going into rehab time and again but unless you spend

:15:04. > :15:13.time after rehab is looking at those issues, then you properly might...

:15:14. > :15:18.When I was last in rehab, they said, we have lived with you as an addict

:15:19. > :15:23.over 8000 days. Ponder on that when you think how long you might have to

:15:24. > :15:27.spend in rehab. I spent time at a recovery has and it has taken me

:15:28. > :15:34.five years to have a manageable lifestyle. The drink and drugs are a

:15:35. > :15:38.symptom of an underlying problem which is hard to imagine -- manage

:15:39. > :15:43.your emotional well-being, not to say young women have very different

:15:44. > :15:49.problems, the problems we have as men, but they certainly are aspects

:15:50. > :15:53.in family history that need looking at.

:15:54. > :16:01.Alice you were in a dry house before you got to Amy's Place. What

:16:02. > :16:05.difference does it make being around women your own age? I think that the

:16:06. > :16:09.environment is just very different because although there was myself

:16:10. > :16:13.and another younger woman in that house, generally they were older and

:16:14. > :16:17.so they have most women had children and it was just very different

:16:18. > :16:21.concerns and I think that sometimes as a younger person in that

:16:22. > :16:25.environment you could kind of get left aside because it is like you've

:16:26. > :16:30.got years. You're going to be fine and I understand that, but I think

:16:31. > :16:34.what's good about Amy's Place you can feel the sense of hope for the

:16:35. > :16:39.future. There is so much that we can do with our lives. You have got two

:16:40. > :16:44.years there. As we saw in Jean's film, help and support and a sort

:16:45. > :16:49.of, hopefully a plan about how to manage your life so you're never

:16:50. > :16:52.tempted to back to the ket mean or whatever it maybe. Will you be ready

:16:53. > :16:57.in two years? I think so. I'd like to think so. I don't see why not

:16:58. > :17:05.with the support that I get now and I think it is realistic. Do you mind

:17:06. > :17:12.me asking how you are drawn towards ket owe mean? I think my experience

:17:13. > :17:17.with all drugs and I it's very common for most addicts like Dominic

:17:18. > :17:21.said, there is a kind of, there is something within me that I wasn't

:17:22. > :17:26.able to cope with my life. My experiences, I didn't know how to

:17:27. > :17:31.manage my emotions or balance work or school being sociable and drugs

:17:32. > :17:37.were, you know, at the time they did the job. They enabled me to meet

:17:38. > :17:41.people and they dulled anything that I was feeling that I couldn't cope

:17:42. > :17:45.with. As a young person, it's part of the culture really. If we look at

:17:46. > :17:51.the UK today, binge-drinking, everything like that, it's just,

:17:52. > :17:56.yeah. Dominic, what if somebody relapses when they are in Amy's

:17:57. > :18:02.Place? We don't have a throw them out policy. We would rather work

:18:03. > :18:08.with women to help them re-establish their recovery. If need be, they

:18:09. > :18:13.will be referred into a rehabilitation centre and keep the

:18:14. > :18:19.space open for a lady. If it is a relapse, if a lady came back and

:18:20. > :18:23.said I had one drink and it was a mistake, we will work with that and

:18:24. > :18:28.the team wrap themselves around that person and make sure that person

:18:29. > :18:34.reapplies themselves. How do you measure success then? How do we

:18:35. > :18:39.measure success? Engagement in outside activities like

:18:40. > :18:41.volunteering, looking at employment opportunities, education

:18:42. > :18:46.opportunities, silly things, getting up in the morning on time. Is your

:18:47. > :18:51.house tidy? Are you manageable? Are you happy? Once people leave, you

:18:52. > :18:55.have only been going for six months, once people leave would you then

:18:56. > :19:01.monitor them to see who stays clean? Yeah, I mean this is consistent

:19:02. > :19:07.across the foundation, but we have a family feel amongst our programmes

:19:08. > :19:11.and our volunteers in Amy's Place, yes we would very much envisage

:19:12. > :19:17.looking at the long-term outcomes of what this programme does. It is

:19:18. > :19:22.?7600 Perez dent per place per year. Yes. Noreen, hello. You think we

:19:23. > :19:27.need more of these recovery houses? Without a doubt. Why? We put people

:19:28. > :19:31.into rehab and we deal with the issues, why they are using drugs and

:19:32. > :19:36.their behaviours and the consequence of such. And then we forget that

:19:37. > :19:42.actually, the majority of people have never held a job. Have never

:19:43. > :19:48.had a tenancy and lived on their own and have never paid bills and missed

:19:49. > :19:53.out on education and need training and literacy and the basic things

:19:54. > :19:59.that you and I would take for granted and we started doing this

:20:00. > :20:03.about ten years ago and outcomes significantly went up so people

:20:04. > :20:07.weren't returning to drugs and alcohol because actually we had

:20:08. > :20:12.slowly introduced them back into the community and taken responsibility

:20:13. > :20:17.as well. And family issues and relationships, all those things that

:20:18. > :20:21.we don't really deal with in rehab. The every day things and the

:20:22. > :20:26.recovery houses have been so important, but they must have a

:20:27. > :20:33.programme with them. If somebody is in a house, and housing benefit has

:20:34. > :20:37.been claimed and they're just being sent to AA that's not a recovery

:20:38. > :20:40.house and that's vital because people don't know how to deal with

:20:41. > :20:45.those things and they will return to using drugs or alcohol. Jimmy, you

:20:46. > :20:52.spent decades in and out of rehab and in and out of prison too. You

:20:53. > :20:55.get into Noreen's recovery house in Staffordshire, was that the

:20:56. > :20:59.difference? That was the big difference. I only had been in jail

:21:00. > :21:03.and that was the only place I stayed clean and felt comfortable was in

:21:04. > :21:08.prison which is sad to say and then it came to a head in July 2015 where

:21:09. > :21:12.someone suggested to me just give it a try, go around the corner and give

:21:13. > :21:19.it a try. I didn't want to be here anymore. There was numerous attempts

:21:20. > :21:22.at suicide and yeah, I went into the rehab for the first time and it gave

:21:23. > :21:26.me some sort of growning and I started looking at myself and then

:21:27. > :21:30.how to live, but it wasn't so much the rehab, it was the after care I

:21:31. > :21:35.got after the rehab. You do however many weeks programme, but you need

:21:36. > :21:39.what the recovery houses offer afterwards? I spent 30 years on

:21:40. > :21:44.addiction and I got 18 weeks of recovery and I thought where am I

:21:45. > :21:50.going next and I was petrified. I didn't know how to live my life and

:21:51. > :21:56.the only way I knew how was how I used to live. I started volunteering

:21:57. > :22:00.around the enterprise of the rehab and I've continued that. I stayed in

:22:01. > :22:06.the recovery house for six or seven months. I got my own flat, I was

:22:07. > :22:10.offered paid work and got myself work into work and got myself back

:22:11. > :22:16.into society and carried on using the fellowships and the meetings in

:22:17. > :22:20.the evenings and I'm trying to build up my life. I have got my daughter

:22:21. > :22:24.back in my life and my family back in my life. It is getting

:22:25. > :22:28.manageable. That's a really optimistic story, isn't it, Alice?

:22:29. > :22:31.Yes. You say we need more. We talked about the funding. You would get a

:22:32. > :22:38.referral from a council or a charity. Your housing benefit which

:22:39. > :22:43.you pay to Amy's Place is paid for by the taxpayer. There is No vote in

:22:44. > :22:48.a political saying, "We want to open more recovery houses." No votes at

:22:49. > :22:53.all. Drugs and alcohol is not sexy. Most of the local authorities are

:22:54. > :22:58.going to be up for election and you know, potholes and street lights,

:22:59. > :23:01.but I think... Sorry to interrupt Noreen, from the people I've

:23:02. > :23:05.interviewed over the years, a number of people still think it is a

:23:06. > :23:08.choice, you could wake up one morning and say, "I'm not going to

:23:09. > :23:14.take heroin anymore." People think this still. You could wake up and go

:23:15. > :23:20.I'm not going to have ketomene anymore. It is an illness, you don't

:23:21. > :23:24.have a choice? It is a stigma and that's why it is so hard to get

:23:25. > :23:28.funding because if there is not much money then you're not going to give

:23:29. > :23:31.it to people who are drug addicts or alcoholics, you know what I mean?

:23:32. > :23:35.And housing benefit because the individual would be claiming housing

:23:36. > :23:38.benefit anyway, that goes towards it, but unfortunately at the moment,

:23:39. > :23:45.you know, local authorities are cutting drug and alcohol budgets by

:23:46. > :23:48.59%, rehabs are closing, I have never known of so many rehabs that

:23:49. > :23:54.are actually closing because the funding has been cut. So we're going

:23:55. > :23:59.back 20 years, you know, as from April, most areas will only be able

:24:00. > :24:04.to prescribe Met owe done and they will be carrying huge case loads and

:24:05. > :24:09.Staffordshire they will be carrying 80 to 100, so it will be methadone

:24:10. > :24:14.and go. We've lost 20 years of recovery and coming to successful

:24:15. > :24:18.outcomes, we're going to lose all of that. And the experience. OK. Thank

:24:19. > :24:21.you. On that note, thank you very much. Thank you for coming on the

:24:22. > :24:23.programme. Thank you very much. Thank you. Thank you for allowing us

:24:24. > :24:30.into Amy's Place as well. If you are or have been affected

:24:31. > :24:32.by addiction issues raised, you can find details

:24:33. > :24:34.of organisations offering info Or you can call for free,

:24:35. > :24:46.at any time to hear recorded We are still waiting for that press

:24:47. > :24:58.conference from Vice-President Mike Pence. Naomi Grimley is there. What

:24:59. > :25:01.are we expecting? Officials are expecting som warm words about the

:25:02. > :25:07.EU. There is a feeling that the language from the White House has

:25:08. > :25:11.just been too add va certificatial and too erratic. In particular the

:25:12. > :25:14.remarks by Donald Trump that he thinks Brexit was a good idea a that

:25:15. > :25:25.he was hoping more countries will follow suit. That didn't go down

:25:26. > :25:33.very well at all with Jean-Claude Juncker. We have got him meeting

:25:34. > :25:37.Donald Tusk later. Donald Tusk classed America as one of the

:25:38. > :25:43.threats to the EU because of those kind of statements coming out of the

:25:44. > :25:49.White House. Cheers, Naomi. We will be back there live as soon as

:25:50. > :25:51.Vice-President Mike Pence begins to speak.

:25:52. > :25:54.Now, for something you may find increasingly familiar.

:25:55. > :26:00.It is all fake stuff. Not you. Not you. Your organisation's terrible.

:26:01. > :26:06.Your organisation's terrible. Let's... Don't be Helmand province

:26:07. > :26:09.I'm not going to give you a question. You are fake news. Go

:26:10. > :26:17.ahead. BBC News, that's another beauty! As far as Buzz feed which is

:26:18. > :26:22.a failing pile of garbage. As you know you have a running war with the

:26:23. > :26:25.media. They are among the most dishonest human beings on earth.

:26:26. > :26:32.REPORTER: Thank you very much, Mr President. . Where are you from? The

:26:33. > :26:37.BBC. Here is another beauty. A good line. Impartial, free and fair.

:26:38. > :26:42.Yeah, sure. Mr President... Just like CNN, right? Tomorrow they will

:26:43. > :26:48.say Donald Trump rants and raves at the press. I'm not ranting and

:26:49. > :26:51.raving, I'm telling you, you're dishonest people, but I'm not

:26:52. > :26:57.ranting and raving, I love this, I'm having a good time doing this.

:26:58. > :26:59.It's a refrain we've heard from President Donald

:27:00. > :27:02.Trump time and time again - when he's facing difficult questions

:27:03. > :27:04.or when he wants to dismiss reports he doesn't like.

:27:05. > :27:06.But he's also been peddling his own fake news, too.

:27:07. > :27:14.You look at what's happening last night in Sweden, Sweden, who would

:27:15. > :27:16.believe this, Sweden. They took in large numbers that and they're

:27:17. > :27:19.having problems like they never thought possible.

:27:20. > :27:21.As we now know there was no such incident.

:27:22. > :27:23.The Swedish government has asked for an explanation

:27:24. > :27:43.Donald Trump then tried to clarify what he meant tweeting.

:27:44. > :27:49."My statement as to what's happening in Sweden

:27:50. > :27:54.was in reference to a story that was broadcast on Fox News

:27:55. > :27:58.This is a clip from Fox News that the President may

:27:59. > :28:07.You can look at France and Belgium. They have been doing it for that

:28:08. > :28:09.period of time and for longer. You can see the social unrest and the

:28:10. > :28:15.terrorism that's happening there. Sweden is a relatively new policy

:28:16. > :28:19.for them and by the way, Sweden had its first terrorist Islamic attack

:28:20. > :28:25.not that long ago, so they're getting a taste of whae we we have

:28:26. > :28:32.been seeing. Let's talk to Doctor Jan

:28:33. > :28:43.Halper-Hayes a republican commentator and a member

:28:44. > :28:45.of President Trump's transition team Emma Johansen, a school librarian

:28:46. > :28:49.who was in charge of the official @sweden Twitter account on Saturday

:28:50. > :28:51.night and found herself fielding hundreds of questions

:28:52. > :28:53.from concerned people in Sweden. Ryan Girdusky, a senior writer

:28:54. > :28:56.for Red Alert Politics and a Donald Trump supporter,

:28:57. > :29:06.joins me on webcam from New York. Emma, so how did you respond to what

:29:07. > :29:12.Mr Trump was saying? As soon as I got word from the followers that

:29:13. > :29:16.something was going on and someone sent a link, some follower sent the

:29:17. > :29:24.link to the clip where he was saying this and then I went out to the main

:29:25. > :29:28.newspapers here in Sweden to check, to see if there was nothing going

:29:29. > :29:34.on. I told everyone that nothing happened. It's not true. That's

:29:35. > :29:37.pretty much what I said. Right. We will see your tweet actually. You

:29:38. > :29:42.were having to tell people there has not been a terrorist attack? Yeah.

:29:43. > :29:48.That was pretty much what I was saying. What do you make of this?

:29:49. > :29:52.Does it matter? Well, no, I really think it doesn't, but I think it is

:29:53. > :29:56.a perfect example of what he was talking about about fake news

:29:57. > :30:00.because people seize upon it and then you see all these articles and

:30:01. > :30:04.when I pulled it up on Google it is like well Donald Trump was really

:30:05. > :30:10.right. There was the neo-Nazis going to the refugee camps and there has

:30:11. > :30:13.been a lot of corruption and rape going on. The thing that happened is

:30:14. > :30:17.that anything he says, we're pouncing on it and then we're having

:30:18. > :30:23.to talk about it when we could talk about so many more important things

:30:24. > :30:28.such as the fact that we really do support Nato and Pence made it clear

:30:29. > :30:35.that unless the 27 other nations start paying their share, America's

:30:36. > :30:40.not going to carry the load anymore. Ryan, does it not matter if he

:30:41. > :30:41.doesn't get his facts right, but it matters if other people don't get

:30:42. > :31:03.their facts right? president has a tendency to speak in

:31:04. > :31:05.broad terms, sometimes to his benefit when he is campaigning,

:31:06. > :31:06.sometimes to his detriment. He did not give exact detail of what he was

:31:07. > :31:35.referring to, to the crowd. And causing hysteria in the US of

:31:36. > :31:41.America. Like what? The Associated Press

:31:42. > :31:47.published on Friday and article saying the president was considering

:31:48. > :31:52.using 100,000 troops, National Guard troops, to round up the illegal

:31:53. > :31:58.aliens in seven states. That was a leaked e-mail that was a draft from

:31:59. > :32:05.a memo, it never mentioned 100,000. Another example, the Associated

:32:06. > :32:14.Press said President Sharp planned on leaving Mexico to the president

:32:15. > :32:25.of Mexico, that was not true. -- President Trump.

:32:26. > :32:33.The New York Times talking about Russians when it was Lithuanians.

:32:34. > :32:42.The press has expanded the hysteria. The more news hits you get, it is a

:32:43. > :32:45.sad state. The press has to be held accountable.

:32:46. > :32:50.Thank you all very much. As Iraqi forces battle

:32:51. > :32:55.to reclaim the city of Mosul - the last stronghold of Islamic State

:32:56. > :32:57.in the country - we'll speak to charities attempting to help

:32:58. > :33:00.the three-quarters of a million Angelina Jolie talks exclusively

:33:01. > :33:09.to the BBC about her latest film, the Trump presidency and her divorce

:33:10. > :33:19.from Brad Pitt. Time now for the news

:33:20. > :33:22.from the BBC Newsroom. The body which represents local

:33:23. > :33:25.authorities in England has warned that deep cuts to services will be

:33:26. > :33:27.needed - despite rises The Local Government

:33:28. > :33:32.Association says social care services will swallow up the extra

:33:33. > :33:35.money raised and that councils The Government says extra money

:33:36. > :33:43.is being put into social care. Iraqi government forces have

:33:44. > :33:45.resumed their offensive to try to win control of western

:33:46. > :33:48.Mosul - the last major stronghold Thousands of troops

:33:49. > :33:52.are involved in the assault on the western half of the city,

:33:53. > :33:55.which is now in its second day. Last month, Iraqi government forces

:33:56. > :33:58.secured the eastern part of Mosul Two senior members of Ukip

:33:59. > :34:05.in Merseyside have resigned in protest at the controversy

:34:06. > :34:09.involving their party leader Paul Nuttall,

:34:10. > :34:12.and the Hillsborough tragedy. Last week, Mr Nuttall apologised

:34:13. > :34:15.after admitting that suggestions on his website

:34:16. > :34:17.that he had lost close personal friends in

:34:18. > :34:19.the tragedy were inaccurate. The chairmen of the Merseyside

:34:20. > :34:21.branch and the Liverpool branch cited Mr Nuttall's "unprofessional

:34:22. > :34:24.approach and crass insensitivity." And saying Mr Nuttall's comments had

:34:25. > :34:26.provoked "a strong reaction" Members of the House Of Lords

:34:27. > :34:35.are to begin debating the legislation that will allow

:34:36. > :34:37.the government to start The bill passed through

:34:38. > :34:44.the Commons unammended, but it's thought opposition

:34:45. > :34:47.and cross-bench peers are seeking guarantees about the rights of EU

:34:48. > :34:49.citizens living in Britain - and about the role of Parliament

:34:50. > :34:52.in scrutinising the process Campaigners have called the current

:34:53. > :34:57.maximum jail term for animal cruelty Battersea Dogs And Cats Home

:34:58. > :35:01.is calling for prison sentences to be increased from six

:35:02. > :35:03.months to five years to bring the punishment in line with crimes

:35:04. > :35:06.such as fly tipping. England and Wales currently

:35:07. > :35:08.have the lowest maximum Uber has said it will conduct

:35:09. > :35:14.an "urgent investigation" into claims of sexual harassment

:35:15. > :35:16.at the company. A blog post written

:35:17. > :35:18.by a former employee detailed a string of instances

:35:19. > :35:20.during her time working The company's chief executive

:35:21. > :35:25.Travis Kalanick responded saying he had not heard these

:35:26. > :35:28.allegations before, and that anyone who thought such behaviour

:35:29. > :35:51.was OK would be fired. This time about our relations and

:35:52. > :35:56.common security for us to pretend that everything is as it used to be.

:35:57. > :36:03.And like you for being so open. This is Donald Tusk. The president

:36:04. > :36:08.of the European Commission, the European Council.

:36:09. > :36:14.The approach of the new administration in Washington. I

:36:15. > :36:18.repaid our guests by offering honesty in my assessment of the

:36:19. > :36:30.situation, I shared our concerns and hopes. Given that I am an incurably

:36:31. > :36:36.pro-American and European with fanatically devoted to transatlantic

:36:37. > :36:47.operation. I asked the vice president directly if he shared my

:36:48. > :36:51.opinion on three key matters. International order, security and

:36:52. > :37:00.the attitude of the new American administration towards the EU.

:37:01. > :37:05.Firstly, I expressed my belief that maintaining order based on the rules

:37:06. > :37:13.of international law where brute force do not determine everything,

:37:14. > :37:20.in the interests of the West. And that maintaining that order can only

:37:21. > :37:26.be enforced through a common mutually supportive and decisive

:37:27. > :37:33.policy of the whole of the Western community. And the millions of

:37:34. > :37:38.people around the world, their predicted gritty and stability of

:37:39. > :37:45.our approach provides a guarantee of at the very least hope that chaos,

:37:46. > :37:51.violence and arrogance will not triumph in a global dimension.

:37:52. > :37:59.Referring to some statements made in Munich just two days ago, I would

:38:00. > :38:07.like to say clearly that the reports of the death of the West have been

:38:08. > :38:12.greatly exaggerated. We will leave Donald Tusk there, we

:38:13. > :38:15.are awaiting Mike Pence the American vice president.

:38:16. > :38:17.Iraqi government forces are still advancing towards so-called

:38:18. > :38:21.Mosul is a key territory for IS, it's also Iraq's second city.

:38:22. > :38:24.And if the country is to function again as a nation, then

:38:25. > :38:31.the recapture of Mosul is a vital key to that happening.

:38:32. > :38:34.The east has been taken back, and now another big offensive

:38:35. > :38:38.Our Middle East correspondent Quentin Somerville has this update

:38:39. > :38:40.on the progress made on the assault of the city.

:38:41. > :38:43.In record time, Iraq's Federal Police have made it

:38:44. > :38:48.That's the south-east of the city you can see there.

:38:49. > :38:53.And the River Tigris just in the foreground.

:38:54. > :38:58.It really was a very fast assault to get here.

:38:59. > :39:04.And now, behind me, perhaps if we move the camera over there,

:39:05. > :39:07.you might just be able to pick out the helicopter, the gun ship

:39:08. > :39:10.which is launching an attack against the town of Abu Saif.

:39:11. > :39:14.That's a very important town, because all that lies

:39:15. > :39:16.between the federal police and Mosul is that town, and it's

:39:17. > :39:24.All morning we've watched these helicopters attacking the town.

:39:25. > :39:26.The Iraqi police have fired their own home-made rockets

:39:27. > :39:38.You can hear the helicopters firing again, you can't quite see it.

:39:39. > :39:51.Just beyond that town, two miles or so, is Mosul's airport.

:39:52. > :39:54.That airport is mostly of symbolic value because the Islamic State long

:39:55. > :39:55.ago destroyed the runways and terminal buildings.

:39:56. > :39:57.But taking that would be very important because it

:39:58. > :40:08.And after that, they would be in Mosul.

:40:09. > :40:10.There are around three-quarters of a million people living there,

:40:11. > :40:13.with reports of shortages of food and water.

:40:14. > :40:17.More than 200,000 civilians have fled the violence,

:40:18. > :40:20.and there are several large camps on the outskirts of the city

:40:21. > :40:23.Let's talk to Gareth Browne, a journalist who's been

:40:24. > :40:27.Dr Bernardita Gaspar from the International Medical Corps

:40:28. > :40:30.who has been making video diaries for this programme about the work

:40:31. > :40:41.And Jumana Mumtaz who is a journalist from Mosul who has

:40:42. > :40:53.Gareth, I hope you can hear me, what is the nature of the fighting

:40:54. > :41:00.between Iraqi troops and Islamic State fighters?

:41:01. > :41:06.I have been watching fighting in the town all morning and it has been

:41:07. > :41:12.pretty intense. The Iraqi army Corps has the advantage, the US led

:41:13. > :41:15.coalition providing significant artillery and armoured vehicle is.

:41:16. > :41:22.But the Islamic State are still putting up a very strong fight. We

:41:23. > :41:31.heard about a David and girl I battle. The fighting this morning

:41:32. > :41:39.has been very intense -- David and Goliath battle.

:41:40. > :41:44.With the coalition forces and Iraqi troops themselves, is it inevitable

:41:45. > :41:50.they will retake the west of the city in the coming days?

:41:51. > :41:56.A lot of people do think it is inevitable but the reality is the

:41:57. > :42:02.challenges, at what cost will that victory come for the Iraqi

:42:03. > :42:07.Government? We are talking about casualties, the west of Mosul is

:42:08. > :42:14.densely populated. There is a very high risk we could see significant

:42:15. > :42:22.numbers of civilian casualties. We had to look at the cost to the Iraqi

:42:23. > :42:31.military. There are very as other political and sectarian factors.

:42:32. > :42:36.Like you. Caroline. -- thank you. Many thousands of people living in

:42:37. > :42:41.those all, many have fled. Those who have been left there but who do want

:42:42. > :42:46.to escape, how can you help them? It is extremely difficult and we are

:42:47. > :42:52.worried about the humanitarian situation in western Mosul. Families

:42:53. > :42:58.have reported serious shortages of food, fuel, water, they are burning

:42:59. > :43:02.furniture to stay warm, many shops have closed, prices have skyrocketed

:43:03. > :43:06.and families are finding it very hard to get food to eat. This is

:43:07. > :43:15.only the beginning of the offensive, we have no idea how long it will

:43:16. > :43:17.continue and the longer it does, the harder conditions will be. Looking

:43:18. > :43:21.at two scenarios, one is the possibility of a large mass

:43:22. > :43:26.displacement, families will leave. The other could be that families

:43:27. > :43:30.simply cannot get out, they are trapped, they have no way out. We

:43:31. > :43:35.need to have discussions with the Government about getting help into

:43:36. > :43:40.these places for the villains who could be tracked the many months.

:43:41. > :43:47.You have relatives, your aunt is in Western Mosul. Are you able to speak

:43:48. > :43:51.to her, what does she tell you about conditions, what is she expecting?

:43:52. > :43:59.Yes, I am trying to speak to her from time to time, maybe once a

:44:00. > :44:05.week. That is because of the weak connections between us, there is no

:44:06. > :44:15.ability to connect to them. But I know they are facing hunger, their

:44:16. > :44:21.education, clinics, hospitals have shut because Isis controls them,

:44:22. > :44:33.they do not allow people to take medication. There are no doctors or

:44:34. > :44:40.nurses at the hospitals. The most important thing for families is they

:44:41. > :44:44.are facing hunger, especially for the children, they have nothing to

:44:45. > :44:53.eat. I spoke with my cousin and she told me that her dream now is only

:44:54. > :44:59.to eat bread. This is very sorry news. They are waiting for the

:45:00. > :45:04.military troops to enter and secure them.

:45:05. > :45:07.That is a very distressing situation, I S stopping people

:45:08. > :45:14.taking medicines, and clearly hunger is a huge issue.

:45:15. > :45:19.You are in Mosul a few weeks ago, it is very cold. You have been working

:45:20. > :45:22.in the refugee camps. What are the conditions like for the civilians

:45:23. > :45:29.who do manage to escape to those camps?

:45:30. > :45:39.adjust It's very cold. So the camps where the tents are, don't really

:45:40. > :45:43.afford that much shelter. We see children, pregnant women and people

:45:44. > :45:52.with disabilities and the elderly who are quite affected. Some have

:45:53. > :45:58.suffered from hypothermia and also the most common more bidity that we

:45:59. > :46:02.have seen so far is respiratory infections. This is because of the

:46:03. > :46:13.overcrowding as well where infection is passed on from one person to the

:46:14. > :46:17.other. It is also concerning that while actors, humanitarian actors,

:46:18. > :46:24.as well as the Government tries to cover the needs, it's just too much.

:46:25. > :46:27.That's where we are right now. OK. Well, thank you very much for your

:46:28. > :46:32.time this morning. Obviously, we will continue to report on what

:46:33. > :46:33.happens to Mosul and the people who live there at the moment over the

:46:34. > :46:39.coming days. Angelina Jolie says she hopes her

:46:40. > :46:42.new film about Cambodia under the Khmer Rouge will help teach

:46:43. > :46:44.the world about the First They Killed My Father

:46:45. > :46:54.is based on the childhood experiences of Cambodian Human

:46:55. > :46:56.Rights activist Loung Ung Khmer Rouge troops, led by former

:46:57. > :47:04.Prime Minister Pol Pot, killed up to two million

:47:05. > :47:06.Cambodians between 1975 and 1979 through execution,

:47:07. > :47:09.starvation and overwork. Angelina Jolie adopted her first

:47:10. > :47:14.child Maddox from an orphanage in Cambodia's western province back

:47:15. > :47:16.in 2002 and she has been given In this exclusive interview,

:47:17. > :47:21.Angelina Jolie has also spoken for the first time about her highly

:47:22. > :47:25.publicised split from Brad Pitt. She has been talking

:47:26. > :47:27.to our reporter Yalda Hakim. I'm not here because I'm a director

:47:28. > :47:32.who wanted to make a movie. I'm here because 17 years ago I came

:47:33. > :47:36.to this country and fell in love with its people and learned

:47:37. > :47:39.about its history and in doing so realised how little I actually

:47:40. > :47:43.knew, in my early 20s, about the world so this

:47:44. > :47:48.country for me has been... Becoming a Cambodian

:47:49. > :48:00.family changed my life. So there was never a plan

:48:01. > :48:02.to make this movie. It's just that I became a film-maker

:48:03. > :48:07.and one day I thought, what story do I feel is really

:48:08. > :48:12.important to tell? And I felt that this war that

:48:13. > :48:15.happened 40 years ago and what happened to these people

:48:16. > :48:20.was not properly understood. And not just for the world,

:48:21. > :48:26.but for the people of the country. I felt that I wanted them to be able

:48:27. > :48:29.to reflect on it in a way Do you think that this

:48:30. > :48:38.nation is ready for that? When many people spoke about this,

:48:39. > :48:59.15-20 years ago, since it happened, there were many people denying

:49:00. > :49:02.or saying it wasn't as bad. Or trying, of course,

:49:03. > :49:04.many people want to forget, It's interesting that you say

:49:05. > :49:15.that this is a country which is very much part

:49:16. > :49:18.of your own personal journey. Do you think that in many ways

:49:19. > :49:21.you have come full circle? You know, your humanitarian work

:49:22. > :49:23.started here, you became a mother here, that perhaps this is some sort

:49:24. > :49:26.of crossroads for you and Yeah.

:49:27. > :49:31.Yeah. I'll always be very grateful to this

:49:32. > :49:38.country and I hope... I hope I've given back

:49:39. > :49:42.as much as it has given me. I don't think I ever could give

:49:43. > :49:44.back as much as this You wrote a New York Time piece

:49:45. > :49:58.a few weeks ago and you spoke about having a truly

:49:59. > :49:59.international family, you said that the refugee policy

:50:00. > :50:02.should be about fact, not fear. You also said that we should not be

:50:03. > :50:05.departing from our values. Can you tell me what

:50:06. > :50:07.you meant by that? It's funny, isn't it,

:50:08. > :50:13.some questions seem so obvious. It's these things that we talk

:50:14. > :50:15.about and we hear them I don't separate people

:50:16. > :50:23.by race, colour, religion. And if I do it's because I celebrate

:50:24. > :50:32.the diversity in the world. Are you concerned about

:50:33. > :50:35.the Trump worldview? Are you worried for the world

:50:36. > :50:39.and your children? I think that the American people

:50:40. > :50:44.are bigger than any president, I suppose I have

:50:45. > :50:56.faith in my country. And in what it is founded

:50:57. > :51:06.on and the values we hold dear. And I believe that many

:51:07. > :51:09.of the things that we're hearing that we feel

:51:10. > :51:11.are based on a sense of spreading fear or hate or dividing people

:51:12. > :51:18.by race or judgment, Am I afraid?

:51:19. > :51:27.I am concerned. I am thoughtful, but I have faith

:51:28. > :51:31.in the citizens of my country, to speak up at this time and I think

:51:32. > :51:36.we're going to learn a lot about what the people of America

:51:37. > :51:40.feel it is to be American and what we want to represent

:51:41. > :51:44.and what we hold dear. And I believe that will come forward

:51:45. > :51:47.in force as we have been saying. But we are seeing this rise with

:51:48. > :51:52.populist leaders around the world. Do you think it's creating

:51:53. > :51:54.a more intolerant society? And we should know

:51:55. > :52:02.better to fall for it. The only thing I can do

:52:03. > :52:12.is use my voice and encourage others and raise my children to know right

:52:13. > :52:16.or wrong and to have a broader To embrace their diversity

:52:17. > :52:18.and other people's. I think that's all we can do now,

:52:19. > :52:26.is each and every person, each one of your listeners,

:52:27. > :52:29.we all just have to be If not now, more than ever,

:52:30. > :52:35.we really have to rise up And we know it, we know

:52:36. > :52:45.what's right or wrong. If I can get back to your film,

:52:46. > :52:48.it's about family. I understand this is

:52:49. > :52:52.a very sensitive issue. We know that an incident occurred

:52:53. > :52:54.which led to your separation. We also know you have not

:52:55. > :52:57.said anything about this I don't want to say very much

:52:58. > :53:14.about that, except to say And we are a family and we will

:53:15. > :53:23.always be a family and we will get through this time and hopefully be

:53:24. > :53:27.a stronger family for it. Many many people find

:53:28. > :53:42.themselves in this situation. My family, we've all been

:53:43. > :53:47.through a difficult time. My focus is my children,

:53:48. > :53:53.our children. And my focus is finding

:53:54. > :54:05.this way through. And as I said, we are

:54:06. > :54:09.and forever will be a family. I'm coping with finding a way

:54:10. > :54:14.through to make sure that this somehow makes us

:54:15. > :54:16.stronger and closer. This film is a combination

:54:17. > :54:18.of passions. Film-making as an art,

:54:19. > :54:27.your humanitarian work. In say, five years' time, where

:54:28. > :54:30.would you like to see yourself? You have all teenagers

:54:31. > :54:37.at that stage. Yeah in five years' time,

:54:38. > :54:47.I would like to be travelling around the world, visiting my children,

:54:48. > :54:50.hoping they are happy And I imagine in many

:54:51. > :54:53.different parts of the world. Everything I do, I hope that

:54:54. > :55:02.I represent something and I represent the right

:55:03. > :55:04.things to my children. And I give them the right sense

:55:05. > :55:07.of what they are capable of and the world as it

:55:08. > :55:11.should be seen. Not through the prism of Hollywood

:55:12. > :55:17.or through a certain kind of life. But really take them into the world

:55:18. > :55:20.where they have a good sense What do you really want to do

:55:21. > :55:24.when you wake up first Right now I'm going through

:55:25. > :55:36.a moment where there's just Two hamsters, two dogs and two

:55:37. > :55:46.children at the moment. So, it's wonderful, but, yeah,

:55:47. > :55:48.usually I just wake up, trying to figure out who's

:55:49. > :55:51.going to get the dog out, who's going to start the pancakes,

:55:52. > :55:59.did anybody brush their teeth? A sometimes emotional Angelina Jolie

:56:00. > :56:10.talking to our reporter. Mike Pence has been speaking to

:56:11. > :56:13.Brussels along with the EU president Donald Tusk. Mike Pence said that

:56:14. > :56:20.Europe and the US must be united in the face of threats. Europe's losses

:56:21. > :56:26.at the hands of terrorists are felt equally in the States and he urged

:56:27. > :56:32.more co-operation. Earlier this morning David BA deal

:56:33. > :56:37.told us about his father's dementia. I said sorry has he got a disease or

:56:38. > :56:41.have you just met him? My dad was always sweary and aggressive and

:56:42. > :56:46.always one of those blokes who can express himself in a way, he was a

:56:47. > :56:52.very intelligent, but can only express himself through quite

:56:53. > :56:58.emotional banter. Julie got in touch. Her dad has this disease.

:56:59. > :57:03.What is it like looking after him? It is wearing on the family.

:57:04. > :57:07.Particularly for my mother. She was hoping they would spend this time

:57:08. > :57:11.travelling the world, retiring together, but that's been taken

:57:12. > :57:16.away. She had to have him put in a care home now where he is very well

:57:17. > :57:19.looked after, just because she can't, obviously physically cope

:57:20. > :57:24.with it because he is a big man, but she goes to see him every single day

:57:25. > :57:29.and feeds him. So, yeah, I mean obviously for myself, it means that

:57:30. > :57:33.he isn't aware of the fact that I've had a baby. He isn't aware of the

:57:34. > :57:39.fact of who I am. Really? That's upsetting. So he doesn't know he has

:57:40. > :57:42.a new granddaughter? No, he is not aware of who anyone is at the moment

:57:43. > :57:48.really. He lost all communication skills and all sort of recognition

:57:49. > :57:51.of anything really. He is at a similar development age as my

:57:52. > :57:59.daughter really. We laugh about it, but it's not funny. How old is he?

:58:00. > :58:05.He is 69 and he was diagnosed in his mid-50s. Diagnosed actually at an

:58:06. > :58:09.early age? Yes, yeah, very early. We feel like we have been robbed

:58:10. > :58:14.really. It's quite a sad story. Well, thank you very much. I wish

:58:15. > :58:31.you all the best with your new baby as well. Thank you.

:58:32. > :58:40.Nawal El Saadawi, the world-renowned Egyptian author

:58:41. > :58:45.A fearless feminist facing a world in turmoil.