06/03/2017

:00:00. > :00:10.It's Monday, it's 9 o'clock, I'm Victoria Derbyshire,

:00:11. > :00:14.This morning, this programme can reveal that almost 80% of pupils

:00:15. > :00:20.who resit their GCSE in English and Maths fail it.

:00:21. > :00:31.I have had to do my English GCSE five times, coming up to the sixth.

:00:32. > :00:36.I failed my maths GCSE four times. It is horrible. You feel like you

:00:37. > :00:39.are stupid, you feel like there is something wrong with you.

:00:40. > :00:43.Since 2013, students who don't get a grade C or above in those core

:00:44. > :00:46.subjects have to keep taking it till they pass - or turn 18.

:00:47. > :00:48.But there are calls to change that policy,

:00:49. > :00:51.because it's stressful for teenagers and costly for schools and colleges

:00:52. > :00:58.where nearly 500 animals have died in four years, to be shut down.

:00:59. > :01:01.And this is the zoo you might remember where a keeper was also

:01:02. > :01:16.Are the smartphones, tablets, blue light devices responsible for

:01:17. > :01:19.destroying your child's sleep? We'll hear how hospital attendances

:01:20. > :01:22.in England for children under 14 with sleep disorders have tripled

:01:23. > :01:25.in ten years. I end up asking her if she wants it

:01:26. > :01:54.because then I can get stuff done. In a second we will bring you more

:01:55. > :02:01.on the deal about selling temper macro to the French.

:02:02. > :02:02.And we'll discuss how police in Durham

:02:03. > :02:05.are planning to give free heroin to addicts in a bid to cut

:02:06. > :02:17.There are fears for thousands of jobs at Vauxhall plants

:02:18. > :02:20.It's after the French company that owns Peugeot and Citroen struck

:02:21. > :02:22.a ?1.9 billion deal to buy General Motors' European

:02:23. > :02:26.4,500 workers are employed by the company

:02:27. > :02:30.The Unite union says its priority is to safeguard their jobs.

:02:31. > :02:35.Our business correspondent Joe Lynam is here.

:02:36. > :02:43.What other worries about jobs? One half thousand people work for

:02:44. > :02:50.Vauxhall. PSA is not just taking over Boxall, it is taking over the

:02:51. > :02:53.German brand, Opel. There are factories in Germany and Slovakia as

:02:54. > :02:56.well. There is a geopolitical play happening. The Germans will pitch

:02:57. > :03:00.hard to keep their factories open and the Brits will pitch hard to

:03:01. > :03:04.keep their factories open. In the last few minutes, the boss of PSA

:03:05. > :03:10.has been giving a press conference. He has said he wants to create a

:03:11. > :03:14.European automotive champion and unleash the potential of Vauxhall

:03:15. > :03:19.and Opel. He is committed to the iconic brands. But there is a but.

:03:20. > :03:23.They also want to increase profit margins. Their future, these

:03:24. > :03:28.factories across Europe, is in their hands and based on their

:03:29. > :03:34.performance. I quote him, he is a noted cost cutter and an

:03:35. > :03:37.unsentimental cost cutter at that. If he thinks that temper macro

:03:38. > :03:41.plants in Luton and Ellesmere Port are not productive enough and do not

:03:42. > :03:49.make enough cars fast enough, he will have a long think about closing

:03:50. > :03:53.them down post 2020. -- Vauxhall. Next year, 2018, he will think,

:03:54. > :03:57.where are the next generation of Astra is going to be built? There

:03:58. > :04:02.are currently made in Ellesmere Port. Britain will be in the middle

:04:03. > :04:05.of a series of education with its European partners about the trade

:04:06. > :04:08.deal, the result of which we will not have next year. Maybe the

:04:09. > :04:13.decision will be taken with a blindfold. Thank you very much.

:04:14. > :04:17.Thank you. More reaction throughout the programme to that deal. We will

:04:18. > :04:21.talk to the Unite union later on. Joanna is in the BBC

:04:22. > :04:23.Newsroom with a summary Police say 13 potential

:04:24. > :04:27.terror attacks have been thwarted since 2013,

:04:28. > :04:29.and that more than 500 investigations are being carried

:04:30. > :04:31.out at any one time. Counter-terrorism officers

:04:32. > :04:32.are encouraging the public to be vigilant, as our

:04:33. > :04:45.Home Affairs Correspondent The moments caught on a security

:04:46. > :04:50.camera when this man was visiting a bag of fertiliser. He was plotting

:04:51. > :04:51.and Al-Qaeda type bombing campaign against shopping centres and

:04:52. > :04:53.nightclubs. He was caught because a woman

:04:54. > :04:56.working at a storage warehouse became suspicious and called police,

:04:57. > :04:58.potentially saving If you have a concern

:04:59. > :05:03.about something you have seen or heard that could identify

:05:04. > :05:06.terrorist threats, report it. A new police campaign focuses

:05:07. > :05:08.on the important contribution It could be anything that

:05:09. > :05:17.strikes you as unusual. Detectives say the public

:05:18. > :05:19.are still playing an important part in one third of their current

:05:20. > :05:29.investigations. It might be a neighbour or someone

:05:30. > :05:33.in the community who is showing signs of radicalisation. Maybe they

:05:34. > :05:37.are visiting the dark web. Those forms of behaviour to somebody you

:05:38. > :05:41.do not know, maybe where you work or where you get shopping. You see

:05:42. > :05:46.someone in an area you know any thing that is not quite right. Those

:05:47. > :05:49.are the bits of information that we want.

:05:50. > :05:51.Senior detectives are warning that supporters of so-called

:05:52. > :05:53.Islamic State are not the only threat.

:05:54. > :05:56.Al Qaeda remains a danger as well, as does far-right terrorism.

:05:57. > :06:00.New official figures show that the number of attacks

:06:01. > :06:02.in Britain thought to have been thwarted since June 2013 has risen

:06:03. > :06:05.to 13, one higher than the figure given six months ago.

:06:06. > :06:08.At any one time, the security services are running

:06:09. > :06:15.The threat level remains at severe, which means the risk of an attack

:06:16. > :06:26.North Korea has fired four missiles - three of which landed less

:06:27. > :06:28.than 200 miles from the north-west coast of Japan.

:06:29. > :06:30.The missiles appear to have been launched from a remote military

:06:31. > :06:39.Japan's Prime Minister described it as "an extremely dangerous action".

:06:40. > :06:41.The World Health Organisation has warned that air pollution is one

:06:42. > :06:46.of the biggest threats facing global public health today.

:06:47. > :06:49.In a BBC interview, the WHO's director general Margaret Chan said

:06:50. > :06:52.poor air quality is a problem on a greater scale than HIV or Ebola

:06:53. > :06:56.and has a disproportionate impact on young people.

:06:57. > :06:59.The former boxer Michael Watson says he hung on "for dear life"

:07:00. > :07:02.as he was dragged several hundred metres along a road during a violent

:07:03. > :07:05.Watson, who suffered a near-fatal brain injury during a fight

:07:06. > :07:08.with Chris Eubank in 1991, spoke to the BBC's

:07:09. > :07:17.Crimewatch programme about last month's attack.

:07:18. > :07:24.I couldn't believe it, that it could actually happen.

:07:25. > :07:34.And you can see that interview in full on Crimewatch

:07:35. > :07:39.This programme has found that nearly 80% of GCSE students

:07:40. > :07:42.who are forced to resit maths and English, fail the exam.

:07:43. > :07:45.Since 2013, it's been compulsory for students in England who fail

:07:46. > :07:47.to get a C grade to keep trying in further education

:07:48. > :07:50.Schools and colleges are warning it's putting teachers

:07:51. > :07:55.Victoria will be speaking to students and teachers

:07:56. > :08:00.about the impact of re-sits a bit later in the programme.

:08:01. > :08:03.FBI director James Comey has rejected President Donald Trump's

:08:04. > :08:11.claim that his predecessor, Barack Obama, tapped his phone.

:08:12. > :08:14.Mr Comey reportedly asked the US Justice Department to reject

:08:15. > :08:16.the allegation that Mr Obama ordered a wiretap during last

:08:17. > :08:19.He is said to have asked for the correction because it

:08:20. > :08:24.falsely insinuates that the FBI broke the law.

:08:25. > :08:29.Survivors, victims' relatives and rescue workers will gather today

:08:30. > :08:32.to mark the 30th anniversary of the Zeebrugge ferry disaster.

:08:33. > :08:34.193 passengers and crew died when the Herald of Free Enterprise

:08:35. > :08:36.capsized shortly after leaving the Belgian port, as

:08:37. > :08:49.The capsized hulk of one of Britain's's worst shipping

:08:50. > :08:57.disasters. The Herald of free enterprise laying on its side close

:08:58. > :09:04.to the entrance of the Belgian port of Zeebrugge. The British ferry

:09:05. > :09:09.disaster of Belgium... It was 30 years ago tonight that the vessel

:09:10. > :09:12.went down for that there were 439 passengers on board, including

:09:13. > :09:16.British day-trippers. The first someone -- some new what was

:09:17. > :09:21.happening was when plates started to slip of the tables will do it took

:09:22. > :09:27.90 seconds for the 13,000 tonne vessel to turnover. The rescue

:09:28. > :09:32.operation helped to save many lives. 193 passengers and crew died. The

:09:33. > :09:37.official enquiry found that the bow doors had mistakenly been left open

:09:38. > :09:41.as she left port. An attempt to prosecute crew members and the

:09:42. > :09:44.company collapsed in court. In David today, a memorial service will take

:09:45. > :09:51.place to allow the victims families to mark the 30th anniversary. The

:09:52. > :09:57.ship's which was later Savich will be presented at the service. Three

:09:58. > :10:02.decades on, this disaster continues to affect the lives of hundreds of

:10:03. > :10:06.ordinary people, the design of ships and Britain's maritime history.

:10:07. > :10:09.Councillors will decide today whether to issue a new licence

:10:10. > :10:12.for a zoo where almost 500 animals have died in the last four years.

:10:13. > :10:15.South Lakes Zoo, in Cumbria, was fined almost three hundred

:10:16. > :10:17.thousand pounds following the death of a keeper who was mauled

:10:18. > :10:20.Government inspectors have criticised the zoo

:10:21. > :10:27.for overcrowding, and lack of proper welfare for animals.

:10:28. > :10:29.That's a summary of the latest BBC News.

:10:30. > :10:41.Here is a message from one dealer. That is about the story we will be

:10:42. > :10:46.bringing una few minutes about all the thousands of 16-year-old who are

:10:47. > :10:51.forced to rethink GCSE maths and English if they fail at the first

:10:52. > :10:54.time, sometimes we sitting at four or five times. This viewer says

:10:55. > :10:57.forcing them to keep resetting is cruel, unnecessary and probably

:10:58. > :11:00.humiliating. Do get in touch with us

:11:01. > :11:02.throughout the morning. Use the hashtag Victoria live and ff

:11:03. > :11:05.you text, you will be charged Let's get some sport with John

:11:06. > :11:17.and why is Arsene Wenger leaving It was baffling when he started on

:11:18. > :11:21.the bench. They lost against Liverpool. It turns out Arsene

:11:22. > :11:24.Wenger dropped him to the bench following and argued with some of

:11:25. > :11:28.his team-mates in the lead up to that game with Liverpool. It is

:11:29. > :11:31.quoted that he walked away from a training session, argued with some

:11:32. > :11:36.of his team-mates and had to be restrained. This was him warming up

:11:37. > :11:45.at half-time. It was not enough despite setting up the goal for

:11:46. > :11:49.Danny Welbeck. They did lose. Alexis Sanchez, the star man, move to

:11:50. > :11:52.Arsenal to win trophies. I think he recognises that will not happen.

:11:53. > :11:58.They looks likely to be moving out of the Champions League and will not

:11:59. > :12:01.win the title. Following the defeat against Liverpool, unlikely they may

:12:02. > :12:08.not finish in the top four places. These types of leaks do not -- leaks

:12:09. > :12:10.do not come out when there is unity in the dressing room full that turns

:12:11. > :12:16.out at Arsenal there is not unity which is why this type of thing is

:12:17. > :12:21.being leaked. Fans are concerned because there is the real

:12:22. > :12:27.possibility that they may be without their manager, Arsene Wenger, they

:12:28. > :12:30.may be without Alexis Sanchez, and they may be without Champions League

:12:31. > :12:37.football. Where would that leave Arsenal next season? Quite a lot of

:12:38. > :12:40.the fans do want Arsene Wenger to go. Paris danger man is one place he

:12:41. > :12:44.may be off to. It's been a great weekend

:12:45. > :12:46.at the European Indoor Athletics Championships,

:12:47. > :12:56.but there's a new golden girl Jessica Ennis-Hill announced her

:12:57. > :13:00.retirement and Mo Farah has said he will concentrate on the longer

:13:01. > :13:04.distances. Who will come in and replace these big names? Laura

:13:05. > :13:13.Newell is right up there. She won two medals at the European

:13:14. > :13:17.Championships in Belgrade. -- Muir. She set a new championship record in

:13:18. > :13:21.the 3000 metres, which is fantastic for her. She had a slightly

:13:22. > :13:26.disappointing Olympics where she finished seventh. To come back and

:13:27. > :13:30.win two gold medals in quick succession is really impressive for

:13:31. > :13:37.the 23-year-old. You may have seen her on Saturday. Rather overzealous

:13:38. > :13:41.official did not allow her to go and celebrate a victory lap after her

:13:42. > :13:46.1500 metres. Here she was. What shall I do? Shall I, shan't I?

:13:47. > :13:56.Despite having run 1500 metres, she drops her shoulder and goes and runs

:13:57. > :14:01.a celebratory lap. She was lulling her in and goes, no, I am not having

:14:02. > :14:09.it. Things, I'm going to go for it now and off she makes it - for it.

:14:10. > :14:13.She got a victory lap on Saturday and yesterday as well. The World

:14:14. > :14:15.Championship is to come in London in the summer. We hope she will be one

:14:16. > :14:20.of the star names. This morning, how hundreds

:14:21. > :14:22.of thousands of pupils are stuck in a cycle of GCSE re-sits

:14:23. > :14:25.as they try to achieve a grade C Since 2013, it's been compulsory

:14:26. > :14:29.for students in England who fail to get a C grade to keep trying

:14:30. > :14:32.again in further education For some students this means taking

:14:33. > :14:36.the exam four or five times. And this programme can reveal

:14:37. > :14:38.that nearly 80% of those who re-sit their GCSEs

:14:39. > :14:43.continue to fail. Schools and colleges say

:14:44. > :14:45.it is putting pressure Are there some students

:14:46. > :14:53.who will never do well at subjects like English and maths

:14:54. > :14:55.but are gifted in other Our reporter James Longman has

:14:56. > :15:16.this exclusive report. I'm Mohammed and I'm

:15:17. > :15:26.resiting English. I'm Gina Smassey and I'm retaking my

:15:27. > :15:43.maths GCSE for the 5th time. English and Maths, some would say,

:15:44. > :15:45.are the building blocks of a good education,

:15:46. > :15:48.and in 2013, the Government made it compulsory for GCSE students

:15:49. > :15:51.in these subjects to get at least The problem is a lot of people

:15:52. > :15:54.find that quite hard. If they don't make that grade

:15:55. > :15:57.then they have to resit. But the mjority of those

:15:58. > :15:59.resitting English and Maths And incredibly last year in England,

:16:00. > :16:03.80% of these students taking GCSEs after Year 11 didn't manage to make

:16:04. > :16:09.the grade, even after four or five attempts, meaning thousands

:16:10. > :16:11.are going back again and again It's demoralising, teachers say,

:16:12. > :16:17.and it's putting a massive strain I failed my maths GCSE

:16:18. > :16:26.about four times. It's horrible because you feel

:16:27. > :16:29.like you're stupid. You feel there's something wrong

:16:30. > :16:31.with you because I'm 18 and I'm being put

:16:32. > :16:36.into a class with 15-year-olds. But you've got to keep

:16:37. > :16:39.going because I need it to pass and I need it to get a job

:16:40. > :16:43.and get into University. Every time I've taken the maths test

:16:44. > :16:46.I've been about five marks away. I haven't got Us or anything

:16:47. > :16:51.like that and I'm so close. It's so frustrating knowing that I'm

:16:52. > :16:55.so close, yet so far. Develop those details

:16:56. > :16:57.a little bit for me. The heads of English

:16:58. > :17:07.and Maths teach resit classes here at Tollworth Girls' School,

:17:08. > :17:10.which has a mixed sixth form, but their busy timetable means

:17:11. > :17:12.they only get a couple So you've resat English

:17:13. > :17:15.how many times? Is it not just every time,

:17:16. > :17:23.going back to do another exam, Sometimes I find it a bit funny that

:17:24. > :17:29.I'm always getting very It takes some of my time,

:17:30. > :17:37.instead of doing A-Level subjects. What are your other

:17:38. > :17:40.A-Level subjects? I'm doing Maths and Physics

:17:41. > :17:41.and Further Maths. Okay, so really, you don't

:17:42. > :17:44.care about English. You have to keep coming

:17:45. > :17:55.back to the same I mean, I feel frustrated for them,

:17:56. > :17:59.because they work incredibly hard. What would you be doing if you

:18:00. > :18:02.weren't teaching this resit class? Teaching another class, a Year 7

:18:03. > :18:05.or 8, or A-Level, for exmaple. So are students further down

:18:06. > :18:07.the school having their time with you impacted because you need

:18:08. > :18:10.to take these resit classes? I mean obviously I've got an amazing

:18:11. > :18:13.department of teachers that can teach them,

:18:14. > :18:28.but with budget cuts There is pressure to find staffing

:18:29. > :18:32.so it can have a knock on effect. I have got some maths GCSE papers

:18:33. > :18:40.here. I mean, I don't know half the answers to these! How does it,

:18:41. > :18:44.having a look at this, I mean what, how does it make you feel like

:18:45. > :18:50.reading through that? What's the problem with this paper? I mean why

:18:51. > :18:54.aren't you getting it? I don't know. You're laughing having a look at one

:18:55. > :18:58.of those questions. What's so funny about it? It's just, there is just

:18:59. > :19:03.questions on here that are like I can never do those ones and that's

:19:04. > :19:09.probably why I fail. I always like the ones where they go, "John and

:19:10. > :19:15.Sally and Mandy have 25 apples. ." At the end it's like what time did

:19:16. > :19:19.Sally go to school? And you're like hang on, that wasn't original of the

:19:20. > :19:24.equation. I am the Director of Maths. If all these students aren't

:19:25. > :19:32.making the grade, is that, doesn't that just mean the teaching isn't

:19:33. > :19:37.good enough? Some might say perhaps the teaching isn't up to scratch,

:19:38. > :19:41.but I refute that because we've got a very good set of teachers here who

:19:42. > :19:47.are very committed and if you look at the set of results and what they

:19:48. > :19:52.achieve, they are very good. It's a lot more of a challenge trying to

:19:53. > :19:57.get students who have not been able to get there and who need more time,

:19:58. > :20:03.but are not able to have the time and quality of support for them and

:20:04. > :20:07.in some cases, I think, fundamentally, they are on the wrong

:20:08. > :20:15.course because a different pathway is required for them.

:20:16. > :20:19.For lots of students, academic subjects aren't for them. Norwich

:20:20. > :20:28.College offers cooking, photography and hairdressing. The law says that

:20:29. > :20:31.every needs to stay in item education or training until they're

:20:32. > :20:36.18. Thousands of college starters on the back foot if they haven't got

:20:37. > :20:40.the English and maths at GCSE. We're here at City College Norwich. Just

:20:41. > :20:46.under half of everyone who starts here comes without the grades they

:20:47. > :20:53.need. I'm Josh. I want to be a brick layer. My name is Ryan. I want to be

:20:54. > :20:57.a photographer. I'm more of a hands on sort of person. I've tried so

:20:58. > :21:01.hard just to try and get this one GCSE which is a letter on a bit of

:21:02. > :21:05.paper. I'm a lot better in actually practical subjects. I've got eight

:21:06. > :21:11.out of nine distinctions in this course so far. I have had to do my

:21:12. > :21:15.English GCSE five times, coming up to the sixth. I just find it very

:21:16. > :21:20.difficult sitting behind a desk and doing something like that. I'd

:21:21. > :21:25.rather be outside laying bricks, laying concrete, doing that sort of

:21:26. > :21:31.stuff. I have always found and I'm good at it. What is it about English

:21:32. > :21:36.that you don't like? It is almost a slight bit of torture with the way

:21:37. > :21:42.that they know that some people just don't get English, but they're still

:21:43. > :21:46.making me do it. The criticism for the exams is they are very

:21:47. > :21:51.one-size-fits-all. You're laying bricks and yet you're expected to

:21:52. > :21:55.recite poetry by William Shakespeare and maybe that's not exactly the

:21:56. > :22:00.kind of thing you want to be tested in? No, I find a lot of that

:22:01. > :22:06.difficult and I find I can't show what I can do through doing English

:22:07. > :22:12.and like you say through Shakespeare and stuff like that because it's not

:22:13. > :22:17.what I'm good at. Now I've done my uni interviews I have got a place at

:22:18. > :22:22.Ipswich and I don't need English! So you spent all this time doing it and

:22:23. > :22:27.you didn't need it? Yeah, which is annoying.

:22:28. > :22:31.City College Norwich has so many students that need to take their

:22:32. > :22:36.GCSEs and they need to rent this space to fit them all in.

:22:37. > :22:39.This is Norfolk showground, one of the biggest indoor spaces in the

:22:40. > :22:44.county and it is not the only place being rented out by colleges need

:22:45. > :22:50.more room. The Association of Colleges says neng gland last year,

:22:51. > :22:56.one in five plans to hire external venues to cope with the numbers.

:22:57. > :22:59.Two-thirds were forced to take on short-term staff and colleges say

:23:00. > :23:03.there is no additional funding from the Government for any of this. I'm

:23:04. > :23:07.head of school for GCSEs and maths at City College Norwich. How much is

:23:08. > :23:23.it costing you to keep going with the exams? There is such a range.

:23:24. > :23:27.The cost is ?50,000, the transport. We receive no funding. That's

:23:28. > :23:32.because of this 2013? The numbers have increased. We have gone up by

:23:33. > :23:35.440% in terms of numbers of students who are taking a GCSE. What would

:23:36. > :23:39.you like the Government to do? What did they do wrong and what should

:23:40. > :23:42.they change? The policy is a fantastic thing in principle that we

:23:43. > :23:45.should hold on to that as a good starting point. We have had a good

:23:46. > :23:52.run at it. We have seen what works and what doesn't and what we now

:23:53. > :23:55.need is an alternative suite of level two qualifications which are

:23:56. > :23:59.accessible for the hundreds of thousands of students who have

:24:00. > :24:05.failed something that was to a degree designed for them to fail.

:24:06. > :24:09.Designed to fail or pushing for better? The Government says it made

:24:10. > :24:12.the C grade compulsory to up standards. By the way, thousands of

:24:13. > :24:18.students are struggling to make the grade.

:24:19. > :24:22.The Department for Education say, "school leavers who achieve GCSEs

:24:23. > :24:26.in maths and English significantly increase their chances of securing

:24:27. > :24:29.a good job" but is it time to rethink the policy of forcing

:24:30. > :24:32.teenagers in England to keep re-sitting their Maths and English

:24:33. > :24:34.GCSE until they get a grade C or above?

:24:35. > :24:42.A viewer says, "My son has been forced to re-take his maths exam. It

:24:43. > :24:48.is ridiculous that children who already have to fight so hard have

:24:49. > :24:51.this added stress." This viewer says, "Our daughter has special

:24:52. > :24:54.needs and diabetes. Neither of these facts are taken into contribution.

:24:55. > :25:00.She sat maths twice and has been failed. Head has been bullied and

:25:01. > :25:04.ridiculed. She has been told she has got another 18 months to keep

:25:05. > :25:08.resiting. Please accept that some children just can't do it." This

:25:09. > :25:12.viewer says, "I work at my university and I see a lot of

:25:13. > :25:15.potential students re-think their decision to do further study. They

:25:16. > :25:19.are held back by the fact that they don't have a minimum of C grade in

:25:20. > :25:23.maths or English. When you're 16, this might not feel as important as

:25:24. > :25:31.it really is." So your views on this, of course, welcome.

:25:32. > :25:34.Whether you're someone who's had to resit your GCSes,

:25:35. > :25:38.Do get in touch in the usual ways and more on this to come after 10am.

:25:39. > :25:42.Vauxhall, the deal, PSA have bought the company. Concerns in this

:25:43. > :25:47.country for the jobs at Luton and Ellesmere Port. This is what the

:25:48. > :25:51.Government source say. They are cautiously optimistic about the

:25:52. > :25:54.future of car production at Vauxhall. Ministers believe the

:25:55. > :26:01.buy-out could even lead to more jobs in Britain. It suggested PSA may

:26:02. > :26:06.seek to relocate some Peugeot production to British car plants to

:26:07. > :26:09.maximise sales in Britain. It has argued that Britain is increasingly

:26:10. > :26:13.attractive to car manufacturers because of its leading role in

:26:14. > :26:14.developing electric cars and low-carbon and battery technology.

:26:15. > :26:19.Government sources are saying that. North Korea has launched

:26:20. > :26:20.four ballistic missiles At least three of them dropped

:26:21. > :26:31.into a Japanese economic zone after flying for around 1,000

:26:32. > :26:34.kilometres and have been described by the Japanese Prime Minister

:26:35. > :26:36.as a "new stage of threat". Experts say that with successive,

:26:37. > :26:38.repeated and multiple tests, Pyongyang's missile technology can

:26:39. > :26:43.only be improving. The ranges of those missiles,

:26:44. > :26:46.they've been estimated in these global maps here,

:26:47. > :26:48.are thought to extend across Asia, parts of Europe

:26:49. > :26:51.and parts of North America. North Korea claims it is in

:26:52. > :26:55.the final stages of developing intercontinental ballistic missiles

:26:56. > :26:57.capable of hitting US cities Still no confirmation out of

:26:58. > :27:11.Pyongyang itself of what happened. It is just about the most

:27:12. > :27:14.secretive society in the world - Our report ended there with US

:27:15. > :30:29.baseball star Dennis Rodman, who struck up a controversial

:30:30. > :30:31.friendship with the In Seoul for us now,

:30:32. > :30:38.our correspondent, Stephen Evans. What kind of missiles are they? That

:30:39. > :30:43.would seem to be quite crucial. Absolutely crucial. We do not know

:30:44. > :30:47.at the moment. They looked to be intermediate range. Once North Korea

:30:48. > :30:53.looses off quite frequently in this kind of situation. But they may be

:30:54. > :30:59.intercontinental ballistic missile is all some kind of prototype which

:31:00. > :31:03.could be turned into that. The significance could be that if they

:31:04. > :31:09.were fully developed they could hit the United States. If North Korea

:31:10. > :31:12.were making proper progress towards that, clearly it ups the ante

:31:13. > :31:16.significantly. There is a bit of background to this. At the moment

:31:17. > :31:23.South Korean troops and US troops are in caged in joint exercises.

:31:24. > :31:26.North Korea says this is just planning and preparation for

:31:27. > :31:30.invasion. If you look at the exercises, there are a lot of troops

:31:31. > :31:34.on landing craft and that kind of thing. It happens every year every

:31:35. > :31:44.year North Korea gets very angry and looses off missiles and that kind of

:31:45. > :31:49.thing. If it is just that, it is not that untoward. It showing

:31:50. > :31:54.significant improvement in the missiles, then people outside will

:31:55. > :31:59.be properly worried. If they have missiles which can travel that

:32:00. > :32:05.distance, reaching America, for example, do we know if they also are

:32:06. > :32:14.capable of carrying nuclear warheads? They have not got them

:32:15. > :32:18.yet. They need to get the warhead small enough and missiles that will

:32:19. > :32:24.go far enough. They also need crucially to have material so that

:32:25. > :32:28.the missile in the warhead can leave the atmosphere but also come back

:32:29. > :32:32.again. They do not seem to be able to do that yet. Lots of

:32:33. > :32:38.announcements from Pyongyang saying they have got the materials, now we

:32:39. > :32:43.can do it, but no real proof. What the outside experts say, not

:32:44. > :32:48.political people, they are making progress towards that, maybe five

:32:49. > :32:52.years, maybe a bit less. But the progress is only going one way. It

:32:53. > :32:56.is not something which many people expect not to happen at some stage.

:32:57. > :33:10.Thank you very much. The zoo in Cumbria where almost 500

:33:11. > :33:12.animals have died over the past four years. There are calls for it to

:33:13. > :33:14.close down. Do you use tablets and smartphones

:33:15. > :33:25.as a way of pacifying your Research suggests it is not good and

:33:26. > :33:26.we will speak to one parent who has not slept for two years because her

:33:27. > :33:34.toddler is not sleeping very well. Here's Joanna in the BBC Newsroom

:33:35. > :33:36.with a summary of today's news. Government sources say they're

:33:37. > :33:38."cautiously optimistic" about the future of car

:33:39. > :33:40.production at Vauxhall. It's after the French company that

:33:41. > :33:45.owns Peugeot and Citroen struck a ?1.9 billion deal to buy

:33:46. > :33:47.General Motors' European 4,500 workers are

:33:48. > :33:52.employed by the company The Unite union says its priority

:33:53. > :33:56.is to safeguard their jobs. Police say 13 potential

:33:57. > :33:58.terror attacks have been The UK's most senior

:33:59. > :34:03.counter-terrorism police officer has also revealed that more than five

:34:04. > :34:05.hundred investigations are being He disclosed the figures

:34:06. > :34:10.as he launched an appeal that aims to get members of the public

:34:11. > :34:16.to report any suspicious behaviour. There has been international

:34:17. > :34:17.condemnation of North Korea, after it launched four ballistic

:34:18. > :34:20.missiles into Japanese waters. The missiles appear to have been

:34:21. > :34:23.launched from a remote military Japan's Prime Minister described it

:34:24. > :34:36.as "an extremely dangerous action". This programme has found that nearly

:34:37. > :34:40.80% of GCSE students who are forced to resit maths and English,

:34:41. > :34:41.fail the exam. Since 2013 it's been compulsory

:34:42. > :34:44.for students in England who fail to get a C grade to keep trying

:34:45. > :34:47.in further education Schools and colleges are warning

:34:48. > :34:50.it's putting teachers That's a summary of

:34:51. > :35:06.the latest BBC News. Thank you for your comments on the

:35:07. > :35:10.refit merry-go-round. It is ridiculous. My son's entire class

:35:11. > :35:15.failed due to a teacher who was sacked. Now they are stuck on this

:35:16. > :35:26.merry-go-round of resits. I am 16 and I'm hoping to get Cs for them if

:35:27. > :35:33.I do not I am worried what people think of me in the future. One boy

:35:34. > :35:40.had to be take the exam eight times. He felt useless. The anyway we coped

:35:41. > :35:47.was to treat it as a joke. This obsession of getting a C is failing

:35:48. > :35:51.our students. It appears Arsenal manager

:35:52. > :35:58.Arsene Wenger dropped Alexis Sanchez to the bench for their match

:35:59. > :36:01.with Liverpool after the player argued with his team mates and left

:36:02. > :36:04.a training session early in the run At the time it looked a baffling

:36:05. > :36:07.decision by the manager, Wenger said it was for tactical

:36:08. > :36:10.reasons, but it now appears the player's behaviour may

:36:11. > :36:12.have been behind it. The club's top goalscorer

:36:13. > :36:14.did come at half time, but it wasn't enough to stop Arsenal

:36:15. > :36:17.slipping to a 3-1 defeat. It's now looking increasingly likely

:36:18. > :36:20.that the player may leave at the end of the season,

:36:21. > :36:22.amid strong interest from some Laura Muir had a weekend

:36:23. > :36:26.to remember, with record-breaking Gold medal performances in the 1500

:36:27. > :36:29.and 3000 metres in the European Great Britain won ten medals in all,

:36:30. > :36:38.and finished second After his defeat of David Haye

:36:39. > :36:42.in the all-British heavyweight fight, Tony Bellew says that may

:36:43. > :36:44.have been his last Bellew says he's not sure he wants

:36:45. > :36:48.to put his body through that kind of punishment again amid suggestions

:36:49. > :36:51.that there could be And England's cricketers

:36:52. > :36:56.are enjoying their time in the Caribbean -

:36:57. > :36:58.they've won the one-day international series

:36:59. > :36:59.against the West Indies with one Joe Root hitting the winning runs

:37:00. > :37:10.in Antigua yesterday. There are calls for a zoo,

:37:11. > :37:17.where almost 500 animals have died Serious questions have been raised

:37:18. > :37:21.about the way the animals at the South Lakes Safari Zoo

:37:22. > :37:23.in Dalton-in-Furnes In 2013, the zoo was fined nearly

:37:24. > :37:27.?300,000 after a keeper was mauled Today the local council

:37:28. > :37:33.will discuss the zoo's future. Here's some of what

:37:34. > :39:16.they'll be looking into. Let's talk now to Andrew Rosindell,

:39:17. > :39:18.a Conservative MP and chair of the all-party parliamentary group

:39:19. > :39:22.on zoos and aquariums. And Elisa Allen, the Director

:39:23. > :39:32.of animal rights charity Peta UK. What has shocked you most about what

:39:33. > :39:38.has happened over the last few years? This is the stuff of

:39:39. > :39:46.nightmares. It is like a bad horror film. Animals, nearly 504 years,

:39:47. > :39:51.have perished from malnutrition, hypothermia. There are reports of a

:39:52. > :39:57.taut as he was accidentally electrocuted. It does not get much

:39:58. > :40:02.worse than this. -- a tortoise. I would hate for viewers to take away

:40:03. > :40:07.from this this was a bad apple, an isolated incident, when it is not.

:40:08. > :40:11.The only difference between this particular zoo and many others in

:40:12. > :40:18.this country is that the report has been made publicly available. Right.

:40:19. > :40:22.Should it get a new license? It is important to recognise that most

:40:23. > :40:27.zoos across the United Kingdom have a good record of animal welfare and

:40:28. > :40:35.conservation. This is an isolated case. You say it is not. In 2013,

:40:36. > :40:40.the Born Free Foundation conducted a review of zoos in this country was

:40:41. > :40:45.that they found that two thirds of the 300 zoos did not meet the

:40:46. > :40:50.criteria, did not provide adequate animal welfare for the animals in

:40:51. > :40:54.captivity. There is legislation which deals with theirs. There

:40:55. > :40:58.should be regular checks by qualified vets supported by Defra

:40:59. > :41:02.and the local authority should be regularly checking zoos. There does

:41:03. > :41:07.need to be proper inspections. This is an argument for making the system

:41:08. > :41:12.more robust. It is not an argument for saying that zoos should be

:41:13. > :41:16.closed down. With respect, the zoo did have a licence. It was inspected

:41:17. > :41:21.and still these conditions were allowed to continue for years. This

:41:22. > :41:25.was not something that happened from one day to the next. Again, I think

:41:26. > :41:30.it goes to a wider conversation we need to have about whether or not

:41:31. > :41:34.zoos have a place in society. This was an extreme example. There was a

:41:35. > :41:41.particular management style which went very wrong. New people have

:41:42. > :41:46.taken over. Over four years, despite inspections and having a licence,

:41:47. > :41:50.animals continue to die. There should be an investigation. The

:41:51. > :41:54.previous owner should have been stripped of his licence. No way

:41:55. > :41:58.should he ever get a licence again. The new people running the zoo are

:41:59. > :42:03.getting the zoo is back in good order again. Have you met them? I

:42:04. > :42:08.have spoken to them, had communications with them. I have had

:42:09. > :42:14.a report directly from the vet who has inspected the zoo, an

:42:15. > :42:18.independent vet, who tells me things are improving to masticate. If you

:42:19. > :42:27.meet the animals out, is it better for the animals? Closing the zoo is

:42:28. > :42:34.not necessarily the best thing at this stage. The company in charge

:42:35. > :42:39.declined giving as an interview. They said, we took on the challenge

:42:40. > :42:42.with significant financial liabilities. We have work to do. We

:42:43. > :42:45.are pushing hard to meet our goals without compromise to meet big

:42:46. > :42:51.standards for animals in our care and for our staff and local

:42:52. > :42:55.community. We drive forward to earn safaris to its place in the modern

:42:56. > :43:04.community does they do not want to go anywhere soon. He talked about

:43:05. > :43:08.Defra regulations and licenses. Nearly 500 animals have perished in

:43:09. > :43:14.this facility. We are talking about a piece of paper, a stamp on a piece

:43:15. > :43:16.of paper. Defra is also an organisation which has provided

:43:17. > :43:23.licenses to circuses in this country. We know they have also

:43:24. > :43:26.repeatedly failed animals. The British veterinary Association has

:43:27. > :43:34.made it very clear that circuses have no place in this country. We

:43:35. > :43:40.are talking about zoos today and not circuses. The same authority also

:43:41. > :43:44.grants licences to them. Zoos provide a huge amount of good work

:43:45. > :43:48.in this country for conservation, education, scientific research and

:43:49. > :43:52.animal welfare is paramount. I work with zoos as chair of the committee

:43:53. > :43:56.in Parliament all the time was that they do magnificent work. If you

:43:57. > :44:00.look at the amount of people going to zoos, the money that is

:44:01. > :44:03.reinvested in conservation and protecting endangered species, it

:44:04. > :44:11.would be totally the wrong reaction to look at this one example and say

:44:12. > :44:17.all zoos are doing a bad job are not looking after their animals. Do you

:44:18. > :44:25.want all zoos in the UK to be closed? I think we need to look at

:44:26. > :44:29.raising them out. I got into the metaphor of conservation a few years

:44:30. > :44:34.ago. No animal born in captivity will ever be released back into the

:44:35. > :44:40.wild. No Panda, no gorilla, no polar bear will be released into the wild.

:44:41. > :44:46.There have been around ?400 about. Zoos in this country are investing

:44:47. > :44:50.millions of pounds in conservation projects around the world. The

:44:51. > :44:56.Association for zoos and aquariums in the United Kingdom is working

:44:57. > :45:00.with all of the zoos in the United Kingdom. Money is invested in

:45:01. > :45:05.conservation and research across the world. They do a fantastic job for

:45:06. > :45:08.animal welfare and for conservation. Whilst I understand your concerns

:45:09. > :45:12.and I hate the idea that any animal should be harmed and treated in this

:45:13. > :45:17.way. The reality is that we should work with zoo -- the zoo community

:45:18. > :45:22.to get the best for the animals. Closing them down is not the answer.

:45:23. > :45:27.Just to end on that. 90% of animals in zoos are not in danger. Any talks

:45:28. > :45:33.about conservation is really short lived. Zoos exist first and foremost

:45:34. > :45:36.for people and not for the animals. Education, scientific research as

:45:37. > :45:41.well for that they do a great job and we should appreciate the job the

:45:42. > :45:44.zoo community does in the United Kingdom. OK. I shall be really

:45:45. > :45:50.interested to see what our viewers think. Thank you for coming onto the

:45:51. > :45:51.programme. Deciding whether the zoos should get a new licence. Thank you

:45:52. > :46:07.very much. Many comments from you on teenagers

:46:08. > :46:12.resiting maths and English GCSE. I'll read some in a second.

:46:13. > :46:14.Coming up, stuck in a cycle of resits.

:46:15. > :46:18.Students in England who fail to get a grade C in GCSE maths or English

:46:19. > :46:20.have to carry on studying the subject until they achieve it.

:46:21. > :46:23.We'll speak to two students who've failed to get that C grade,

:46:24. > :46:27.and hear from teachers who believe the policy isn't working.

:46:28. > :46:33.Ann says, "I am a private maths tutor and I see a wide range of

:46:34. > :46:39.young people. The new syllabus is tougher and grade four will be

:46:40. > :46:43.harder to achieve. These children need life skills maths so that they

:46:44. > :46:46.can manage their finances etcetera, but this should be sufficient. The

:46:47. > :46:49.Government need to re-think this urgently before the mental health of

:46:50. > :46:55.these young people are seriously affected." On Facebook Erin says, "I

:46:56. > :46:59.had to resit my maths GCSE three times. Every time I got a D grade

:47:00. > :47:06.and still never managed to pass it, but I still managed to get on to a

:47:07. > :47:11.bio degree at Leeds Beckett University."

:47:12. > :47:14.Next this morning, how much sleep are your children getting at night?

:47:15. > :47:17.Hospital attendances in England for children under 14 with sleep

:47:18. > :47:20.That's according to NHS data analysed by BBC Panorama,

:47:21. > :47:25.which also found there were ten times as many prescriptions

:47:26. > :47:28.for the sleep medication, melatonin, over the same period.

:47:29. > :47:31.Lack of sleep in children can lead to a greater risk of obesity,

:47:32. > :47:32.mental health issues, and poor school performance.

:47:33. > :47:35.And the reason our kids aren't getting enough sleep -

:47:36. > :47:37.kids using smartphones and tablets in their bedrooms, and the blue

:47:38. > :47:40.light they emit reduces the natural production of the hormone that

:47:41. > :47:50.In a moment we hear from parents who are struggling to get

:47:51. > :47:52.their toddlers to sleep but first here's a short clip

:47:53. > :49:43.Let's talk now to some parents who have problems

:49:44. > :49:47.with their toddlers using technology at bedtime.

:49:48. > :49:50.Lucy Tobin and her two-year-old son Jamie and Cookie Kibbles and her

:49:51. > :49:55.And in Leeds, Vicki Dawson - who says she didn't sleep for five

:49:56. > :50:00.She's now set up and runs an organisation called

:50:01. > :50:15.Welcome all of you. Cookie, you haven't slept for two years? Yes,

:50:16. > :50:20.she is an appalling sleeper. Shes not a very good sleeper at all. What

:50:21. > :50:24.do you do? We have resorted to co-sleeping. So she sleeps in

:50:25. > :50:29.between you and your other half? It means we get more sleep than getting

:50:30. > :50:33.up every ten minutes and settling her, but we get kicked and

:50:34. > :50:38.scratched. Right, OK. Does Edith fall asleep with an iPad in your

:50:39. > :50:41.bed? Yes, it is a really bad habit we've got into. We take her up to

:50:42. > :50:47.bed and have to fall asleep with her. For those ten minutes where I'm

:50:48. > :50:51.getting ready to get into bed, it's just, I don't want to say easier,

:50:52. > :50:56.but it is easier just to give her the iPad to watch a cartoon and then

:50:57. > :50:59.everything is OK, but we need to get out of doing that, because it is not

:51:00. > :51:04.going to help the transition to her bed. How knackered are you on a

:51:05. > :51:11.scale of nine to ten? Nine. How tired is she? She doesn't seem to

:51:12. > :51:15.need sleep. She is one of those... Every child needs sleep. She is a

:51:16. > :51:19.funny one. She will stay up, if you let her stay up late, she will just

:51:20. > :51:26.keep on going and going and going. So... Hello. How are you? I'm good,

:51:27. > :51:29.thanks. So in terms of Jamie, I think, he is pretty good at

:51:30. > :51:34.sleeping, but he does watch an iPad when he's doing his teeth? I don't

:51:35. > :51:39.think they're great to use as kind of replacements for parenting or

:51:40. > :51:43.playing, but sometimes you need to distract him and obviously, we don't

:51:44. > :51:49.want his teeth falling out and if he is making a fuss about not brushing

:51:50. > :51:54.sometimes the Teletubbies about help and occasionally, that's a nice

:51:55. > :52:00.cuddle... He will wake up early in the morning at 5am where we, my

:52:01. > :52:06.husband and I are knackered and he is perfectly happy just wide awake

:52:07. > :52:12.so occasionally there will be one episode of something while we can

:52:13. > :52:16.doze next to him. What do you think about the research which suggests

:52:17. > :52:20.the blue light from the tablets and the smartphones disrupts young

:52:21. > :52:26.people's sleep? Yeah, that's true, but you can get, there is ways

:52:27. > :52:30.around it. Shush. You shouldn't be getting ways around it. There is

:52:31. > :52:34.things that you can do that take away the blue light for night-time

:52:35. > :52:41.use. It is very, it is a worry because you think is that disrupting

:52:42. > :52:45.the sleep. I lie there before I go to sleep another batch of Instagram

:52:46. > :52:48.or Twitter and e-mails and you know it's wrong, but are addicted and I

:52:49. > :52:52.don't want him to grow up like that. When you go to restaurants and you

:52:53. > :52:56.see kids sitting there with the iPad in front of them, I don't think

:52:57. > :52:59.that's a very good way to learn how to eat in restaurants and things

:53:00. > :53:04.like that. We need to limit it and not fall back on it as an easy

:53:05. > :53:10.option. Let me introduce you to Vicky. First of all, your reaction

:53:11. > :53:13.to the fact that this suggestion that sleep disorders in under 14s

:53:14. > :53:17.have tripled in the last ten years and it is to do with the blue light

:53:18. > :53:20.from tablets and smartphones which we're giving to our kids before bed

:53:21. > :53:24.or they have got them in their bedrooms? Yeah, absolutely. We are

:53:25. > :53:28.seeing more and more referrals coming through to the children's

:53:29. > :53:34.sleep charity and certainly, I think people are becoming more aware of

:53:35. > :53:38.the importance of sleep in terms of children's mental health, their

:53:39. > :53:41.physical well-being and their emotional well-being and that of the

:53:42. > :53:45.parent as well. But certainly tablets don't help when it comes to

:53:46. > :53:50.sleep. I mean you've heard what Cookie said and what Lucy said.

:53:51. > :53:54.What's your advice to people when frankly, as a parent you're

:53:55. > :53:57.knackered, your child is knackered and they're watching something on

:53:58. > :54:02.the iPad or TV just before bed really helps? Yeah, absolutely. Some

:54:03. > :54:05.parents believe it helps, but what we have got to remember is the

:54:06. > :54:09.tablets have a blue light in them and that interferes with the sleep

:54:10. > :54:16.hormone so it does make it harder for children to fall asleep. Also

:54:17. > :54:18.tablets and any electronic devices are mentally stimulating so

:54:19. > :54:22.actually, you know, lots of things are happening with brain activity

:54:23. > :54:27.during sleep. We need bedtime fob as calm as possible and what we

:54:28. > :54:30.actually need is more support for families around how to develop good

:54:31. > :54:34.bedtime routines and we're working really hard in partnership with

:54:35. > :54:37.Netmums in order to get that information out there because it is

:54:38. > :54:42.not out there at the moment. I mean, most of the us know, don't we, that

:54:43. > :54:46.a bath is good, you know, a bit of warm milk, a story, I mean... Some

:54:47. > :54:49.people have been doing it for hundreds of years, right? That is

:54:50. > :54:53.what we aim for most nights and I think that's what we have to try and

:54:54. > :54:58.I guess stick to traditional parenting how we can. Yes. But it is

:54:59. > :55:06.very difficult when you have got a routine where an iPad has got, or a

:55:07. > :55:10.tablet has got introduced. What's your advice about weaning toddlers

:55:11. > :55:14.off the smartphones and the tablets? Well, what we do at the sleep

:55:15. > :55:18.charity is we work in partnership with the parents. So actually we

:55:19. > :55:21.speak with the parents and decide do you want to get rid of the tablet?

:55:22. > :55:28.It is not for us to say that that must happen. Let's assume we want it

:55:29. > :55:32.to get rid of the tablet before bed? We will look at things like diet. We

:55:33. > :55:36.would be looking at the bedroom environment because there can be

:55:37. > :55:40.lots of stimulation in the bedroom environment through things like

:55:41. > :55:45.colour. We look at temperature and we would look at devicing a good

:55:46. > :55:48.calming bedtime routines that's in line with the children's interests.

:55:49. > :55:52.We should there are no electronic devices in the hour running up to

:55:53. > :55:57.bedtime. We would suggest a supper time and there are some foods that

:55:58. > :56:03.can help around sleep. So avoiding sugary things and going for options

:56:04. > :56:09.like porridge, bananas are good around sleep, milk. We would look at

:56:10. > :56:16.fine motor skill activities, jigsaws, play dough, colouring, any

:56:17. > :56:20.of those kind of activities are really calming. A bath half an hour

:56:21. > :56:24.before bed because that helps raise the body temperature and it is the

:56:25. > :56:29.slow decease in the body temperature that helps children to feel calm and

:56:30. > :56:33.relaxed and ready for sleep. And of course, a bedtime story is a really

:56:34. > :56:36.lovely way to end the day. Some messages from people watching

:56:37. > :56:40.around the country. Alice says, "We modern day parents have no choice.

:56:41. > :56:44.It just makes life easier to leave your child with an educational

:56:45. > :56:49.programme on the iPad. Because don't vilify us anymore." Nicky says, "It

:56:50. > :56:55.is ridiculous. It is just lazing parenting and bad parenting. I was a

:56:56. > :57:01.single teenage mum. I managed to get my toddler asleep in his room every

:57:02. > :57:10.night. Sleep use them as an excuse to not parent properly." How would

:57:11. > :57:15.you respond? It is a mix. She does do imaginative play. We do bath time

:57:16. > :57:18.and story time, she likes books, but with the iPad as well in this day

:57:19. > :57:22.and age, I have got an older son and the amount of things that have

:57:23. > :57:30.changed since he was her age, he's 14 now, by the time she grouse up,

:57:31. > :57:36.it's everything is going to be so technology centred, but I think they

:57:37. > :57:49.have to have small glimpses of using technology early on. I will be

:57:50. > :57:57.falling back on Peppa Pig and co more. It is in modern. He loves

:57:58. > :58:02.reading and playing. Oh, it is not working. Probably because it is not

:58:03. > :58:07.making a noise, you see. He wants everything to be all buzzers and

:58:08. > :58:09.whistles. I am worried about you not getting sleep. That's not

:58:10. > :58:19.sustainable. I know, it is difficult. I feel like I've got that

:58:20. > :58:22.to come! Not necessarily. Well... For his first year he never looked

:58:23. > :58:29.at a TV and iPad and he was never the hottest sleeper. I think it is

:58:30. > :58:33.nature. I could never do a routine. I tried leaving her to cry once and

:58:34. > :58:38.I couldn't do it. I just couldn't do it. I remember my friend saying,

:58:39. > :58:43."She has done it once and we're in a routine. That will do." Isn't that

:58:44. > :58:49.the thing everything is a phase, the good stuff and the bad stuff. Thank

:58:50. > :58:54.you very much. Vicky, thank you very much for coming on the programme. I

:58:55. > :58:56.really appreciate it. What a good girl you've been and

:58:57. > :59:07.Jamie. Good little boy. And you can watch that

:59:08. > :59:09.Panorama special tonight. That's Sleepless Britain

:59:10. > :59:19.at 8.30pm on BBC One. Coming up, the French car company,

:59:20. > :59:22.PSA owns Peugeot and Citroen has reached a deal to buy Vauxhall

:59:23. > :59:24.in Britain and Opel in Germany Let's get the latest

:59:25. > :59:34.weather update with Carol. The weather is not going to be as

:59:35. > :59:39.cute as what you've just had. We have had a mixture of sunshine and

:59:40. > :59:42.showers. As Victoria said, it is a cold start, even now, it is cold. As

:59:43. > :59:46.well as the sunshine and showers, we have got some rain. That rain has

:59:47. > :59:49.been pushing in courtesy of this area of low pressure which is now

:59:50. > :59:55.moving quite swiftly across France and it will be in Italy by tea-time.

:59:56. > :00:03.Around that, are strong winds and indeed gales, severe gales. We have

:00:04. > :00:06.had a gust of wind at 119mph. That low pressure brought and still is

:00:07. > :00:09.bringing rain across south-west England and the Channel Islands. But

:00:10. > :00:13.as we go through the next few hours, you'll find that will turn more

:00:14. > :00:16.showery. There will be bright spells or sunshine and really the forecast

:00:17. > :00:20.for much of the UK today is just that. Bright spells, sunny spells,

:00:21. > :00:24.and showers. A lot of the showers in the east, but by the afternoon, we

:00:25. > :00:28.will be seeing rain coming in across Northern Ireland with hill snow. For

:00:29. > :00:33.Scotland, it is a mixture of bright spells, sunshine and showers. Some

:00:34. > :00:39.of the showers on the hills will be falling as snow. We have got an old

:00:40. > :00:42.front producing rain. As we move into England, north-west England

:00:43. > :00:45.seeing drier conditions, north-east England seeing the showers and the

:00:46. > :00:49.showers continuing across East Anglia, Essex and Kent, but you know

:00:50. > :00:53.the drill with showers, not all of us will see them. Some of us will

:00:54. > :00:58.stay dry. Bright conditions across Southern England and the south

:00:59. > :01:04.Midlands. After the rain in south-west England, a brighter

:01:05. > :01:07.afternoon with just a few showers. The rain in Northern Ireland pushes

:01:08. > :01:10.into Western Scotland, Northern England and parts of Wales. We've

:01:11. > :01:14.got showers across the east, but look at the wind arrows. They are

:01:15. > :01:18.coming from every direction and inland we are looking at frost and

:01:19. > :01:24.the risk of ice on untreated surfaces.

:01:25. > :01:27.should get a new licence. Thank you very much.

:01:28. > :01:34.More rain coming into south-west England and Wales. The further east

:01:35. > :01:39.to the better chance you have of hanging onto dry conditions with

:01:40. > :01:45.sunshine until later in the day. As the band of rain crosses the hills,

:01:46. > :01:50.some of us will see some snow. Temperatures, seven, eight. We're

:01:51. > :01:54.looking at nine, 11 if you are not. Tuesday and into Wednesday, these

:01:55. > :01:58.two fronts going east and this one coming south. This will produce

:01:59. > :02:05.quite a bit of rain as we head on through the course Wednesday.

:02:06. > :02:08.Looking at the chart for Wednesday, we have a band of rain going east

:02:09. > :02:11.and another one going south. Quite wet across England and Wales and

:02:12. > :02:17.northern Scotland. Still windy but a high of 14.

:02:18. > :02:28.Students in England are struck in a cycle of resits.

:02:29. > :02:36.Almost 80% of them fail their maths and English GCSE retakes.

:02:37. > :02:41.I find I cannot show I can do through English and Shakespeare and

:02:42. > :02:48.stuff like that. That is not what I good at. I am 18 and I am being put

:02:49. > :02:54.into a class with 15-year-olds. But you have to keep going because I

:02:55. > :02:59.needed pass. All that to come. Little later we will hear from

:03:00. > :03:02.students about the general stress of taking GCSEs. Some tellers they are

:03:03. > :03:08.physically sick the night before their Xsan is. -- some tell us they

:03:09. > :03:12.are physically sick the night before their exams.

:03:13. > :03:15.Be On Your Guard' - that's the warning from police

:03:16. > :03:17.who reveal thirteen terror attacks have been thwarted since 2013,

:03:18. > :03:19.and that hundreds of investigations are being carried out.

:03:20. > :03:24.Sometimes members of the public can give this information to start an

:03:25. > :03:25.investigation. Other times, they do this another piece of information to

:03:26. > :03:28.help. Addicts in Durham may soon receive

:03:29. > :03:30.free heroin, as police Could it work - or just lead to more

:03:31. > :03:40.users moving to Durham? Here's Joanna in the BBC Newsroom

:03:41. > :03:44.with a summary of today's news. Government sources say they're

:03:45. > :03:46."cautiously optimistic" about the future of car

:03:47. > :03:50.production at Vauxhall. It's after the French company that

:03:51. > :03:56.owns Peugeot and Citroen struck a 1.9 billion pound deal to buy

:03:57. > :03:58.General Motors' European Four and a half thousand workers

:03:59. > :04:03.are employed by the company The Unite union says its priority

:04:04. > :04:07.is to safeguard their jobs. Speaking at a news

:04:08. > :04:08.conference in Paris, the chief executive of PSA -

:04:09. > :04:11.Carlos Tavares - said the purchase will benefit all companies

:04:12. > :04:25.involved. We will totally unleash the full

:04:26. > :04:31.potential of Opel and Vauxhall brands. We are committed to the two

:04:32. > :04:39.iconic brands with their German and British heritage. We trust the

:04:40. > :04:43.talent of Opel and Opel employees to accelerate the turnaround and

:04:44. > :04:44.enhance innovation capability to address electrification and mobility

:04:45. > :04:49.services opportunities. Police say 13 potential

:04:50. > :04:51.terror attacks have been The UK's most senior

:04:52. > :04:53.counter-terrorism police officer has also revealed that more than five

:04:54. > :04:56.hundred investigations are being He disclosed the figures

:04:57. > :05:00.as he launched an appeal that aims to get members of the public

:05:01. > :05:08.to report any suspicious behaviour. The former boxer Michael Watson says

:05:09. > :05:11.he hung on "for dear life" as he was dragged several hundred

:05:12. > :05:14.metres along a road during a violent Watson, who suffered a near-fatal

:05:15. > :05:18.brain injury during a fight with Chris Eubank in 1991,

:05:19. > :05:20.spoke to the BBC's Crimewatch programme

:05:21. > :05:22.about last month's attack. I couldn't believe it,

:05:23. > :05:26.that it could actually happen. And you can see that interview

:05:27. > :05:41.in full on Crimewatch tonight This programme has found that nearly

:05:42. > :05:45.80 percent of GCSE students who are forced to resit maths

:05:46. > :05:50.and english, fail the exam. Since 2013, it's been compulsory

:05:51. > :05:53.for students in England who fail to get a C grade to keep trying

:05:54. > :05:56.in further education Schools and colleges are warning

:05:57. > :06:01.it's putting teachers Victoria will be speaking

:06:02. > :06:06.to students and teachers about the impact of re-sits

:06:07. > :06:11.shortly. Councillors will decide today

:06:12. > :06:13.whether to issue a new licence for a zoo where around 500 animals

:06:14. > :06:17.have died in the last four years. South Lakes Zoo, in Cumbria,

:06:18. > :06:20.was fined almost three hundred thousand pounds following the death

:06:21. > :06:22.of a keeper who was mauled Government inspectors have

:06:23. > :06:27.criticised the zoo for overcrowding, and lack of proper welfare

:06:28. > :06:38.for animals. One animal rights charity told this

:06:39. > :06:45.programme the problem was not isolated but a problem across zoos

:06:46. > :06:49.in the UK. The Born Free Foundation together with Bristol University

:06:50. > :06:56.conducted a review of zoos in this country. They found that two thirds

:06:57. > :06:59.of the 300 zoos did not meet their criteria, did not provide adequate

:07:00. > :07:07.animal welfare for their animals in captivity. Charlotte on twitter

:07:08. > :07:13.says, we went to zoo and the animals look so unhappy that we left after

:07:14. > :07:18.40 minutes. It was too upsetting. Another has e-mailed, I am so sad to

:07:19. > :07:19.hear of these deaths. We have enslaved the animals and neglected

:07:20. > :08:10.our duty to take care of them. Closing them down is the answer and

:08:11. > :08:11.anyone who says otherwise is only after the money they make. Thank you

:08:12. > :08:21.for those comments. Arsene Wenger's decision to drop

:08:22. > :08:24.star man Alexis Sanchez to the bench for the crucial match with Liverpool

:08:25. > :08:27.on the weekend may not have been It turns out the forward argued

:08:28. > :08:31.with his team mates - with reports that one player had

:08:32. > :08:33.to be restrained - after he left a training session

:08:34. > :08:37.early in the run up to the match. Arsenal are on the brink

:08:38. > :08:39.of being knocked out of the Champions League and outside

:08:40. > :08:42.of the Premier league Speaking on the radio last

:08:43. > :08:51.night, Ian Wright said If he is not playing in games and

:08:52. > :08:54.storming out of training, it is not a problem for him when he comes on

:08:55. > :08:58.because he still performs to the best of his abilities. Everything I

:08:59. > :09:02.have read into it and seen and now hearing this, it says it is not

:09:03. > :09:07.looking good for Arsenal and him. I believe his agent is probably on the

:09:08. > :09:11.phone to be borne out. If I were him, I would probably want to leave

:09:12. > :09:17.as well. This is not why he came to Arsenal. Especially not being in the

:09:18. > :09:22.top four. He stormed out of training and not played in a game against a

:09:23. > :09:24.rival. Everything points towards that he is unsettled and unhappy and

:09:25. > :09:28.seems like he wants to go. And the BBC has just announced it

:09:29. > :09:31.will broadcast every game England came third in 2015

:09:32. > :09:34.at the tournament - after they beat Germany

:09:35. > :09:36.in the play-off. That tournament reached more

:09:37. > :09:38.than 12 million people Now is this the new face

:09:39. > :10:04.of British Athletics? Scottish middle distance runner

:10:05. > :10:06.Laura Muir announced herself on the international stage with two

:10:07. > :10:08.record-breaking gold medal performances at

:10:09. > :10:10.the European Indoor Championships Having broken Dame Kelly Holmes'

:10:11. > :10:13.1500 metre record on Saturday, this was her setting

:10:14. > :10:16.a new Championship record She wasn't even born the last time

:10:17. > :10:21.a British athlete won two individual golds at the Championships,

:10:22. > :10:34.that was 23 years ago I did not know what my legs are

:10:35. > :10:40.going to do. I was hanging in that. I felt so tired I was so glad I

:10:41. > :10:46.could do that today. Did it go according to plan? I thought it was

:10:47. > :10:50.in the interests of the Turk to take it out. I'd tagged onto her the use

:10:51. > :10:53.the speed yen to cross the line in first place.

:10:54. > :10:55.World cruiserweight boxing champion Tony Bellew says he's not sure

:10:56. > :10:58.Bellew beat David Haye in an all-British heavyweight fight

:10:59. > :11:02.on Satuday, a bout that was built on animosity between the pair.

:11:03. > :11:05.And speaking this morning, Bellew was asked if he would take up

:11:06. > :11:11.the chance of a rematch against Haye if it came about.

:11:12. > :11:21.I do not know. I just hope he gets helping as soon as possible. I'm

:11:22. > :11:25.going to take some time out to recover with family. I'm not sure I

:11:26. > :11:30.can go through this anymore. I will be totally honest. I'm not sure my

:11:31. > :11:34.body can deal with it. I have far exceeded what I set out to do in

:11:35. > :11:39.this business and this game. I really have. It is going to take

:11:40. > :11:43.something special to draw me back out. I am being totally honest.

:11:44. > :11:49.The Zeebrugge ferry disaster will go down in history

:11:50. > :11:52.as a tragedy that happened because of a simple, careless error.

:11:53. > :11:56.One man failed to shut the bow doors on the Herald of Free Enterprise.

:11:57. > :12:00.Millions of gallons of water flooded into the ship and it capsized.

:12:01. > :12:10.193 people died shortly after boarding the ferry to Dover.

:12:11. > :12:13.In the darkness and confusion last night, many of the survivors found

:12:14. > :12:14.themselves separated from their loved ones.

:12:15. > :12:16.The horror continued this morning, as they wondered what

:12:17. > :12:18.had happened to relatives or friends.

:12:19. > :12:21.Some learned the worst comers but others had the joy of

:12:22. > :12:24.being told their companions were safe.

:12:25. > :12:28.As survivors were winched up or taken off by a flotilla of tugs

:12:29. > :12:34.and rescue craft, every available medical team was sent to the area.

:12:35. > :12:36.Hospitals in nearby Bruges and Blankenburg dealt with scores of

:12:37. > :12:41.people with cuts, bruises, hypothermia and shock.

:12:42. > :12:43.The Herald's captain was one of several people in

:12:44. > :12:50.He told doctors that he'd heard a crash before his ship capsized.

:12:51. > :12:56.It was one of the biggest peacetime shipping disasters in living memory.

:12:57. > :12:59.That was 30 years ago and today ceremonies are being held

:13:00. > :13:02.Our correspondent Gavin Lee is in Zeebrugge for us,

:13:03. > :13:07.outside the church where the Service will take place.

:13:08. > :13:17.Hello. This is the main church here in Zeebrugge, just by the coast.

:13:18. > :13:22.Those who are here that date 30 years ago have come back, most of

:13:23. > :13:26.the rescuing teams. Some British survivors have come here, who have

:13:27. > :13:29.decided to brave the journey today that there are two parts of the

:13:30. > :13:38.commemoration not just here behind me where flowers of being laid and

:13:39. > :13:41.respect being paid but also on a commemoration vote. Some of the

:13:42. > :13:54.survivors from Britain wanted to go out to the same spot where the

:13:55. > :13:59.Herald of Free Enterprise capsized and laid flowers in the water. It

:14:00. > :14:03.was all a catastrophic error. The bow doors were left open. The

:14:04. > :14:08.assistant boson at the time who said at an inquiry later he was sleeping

:14:09. > :14:12.in a cabin. Thousands of tonnes of water flooded the vehicle deck

:14:13. > :14:18.within 90 seconds just of the harbour here in Zeebrugge. It had

:14:19. > :14:22.capsized. 500 people on board, 193 people died for the all but seven

:14:23. > :14:28.were British. Watching this ceremony are some of the divers, some of the

:14:29. > :14:34.teams who were first on the day. I have Derek and Daniel. Derek first

:14:35. > :14:39.of all, you're one of the very first diving teams. Terse wood was like

:14:40. > :14:46.when you got to the water. We were working in the evening on a rack in

:14:47. > :14:55.front of the harbour. Then we finish at seven o'clock. Then we go

:14:56. > :15:06.drinking. We saw one of the Navy here. We turn immediately to the

:15:07. > :15:16.ship and take the ship and we started the Zeebrugge one. When we

:15:17. > :15:22.arrived, we are thinking, my friend and I. There were a lot of people in

:15:23. > :15:34.the water. We got the look and there was nobody in the water. We

:15:35. > :15:40.navigated the Zeebrugge one. We together on my friend and I, two

:15:41. > :15:52.divers, going in the wreck will stop there were plenty of people crying,

:15:53. > :16:00.help, help. The Navy, with the helicopter, they go into the back

:16:01. > :16:08.side and we take the front side. We were working continually to take

:16:09. > :16:17.people out. The survivors out. Till ten o'clock, 1015. After that,

:16:18. > :16:25.everything... People coming on board. Many divers coming on board.

:16:26. > :16:36.We organised the groups. Every group had to look everywhere. When we hear

:16:37. > :16:42.a tick, tick, tick from people and then we take them out.

:16:43. > :16:48.Danny you were in the water who are hours on end. You told me you saw

:16:49. > :16:53.mostly dead bodies. There was a cabin and there were three British

:16:54. > :16:57.lorry drivers. Maybe more, yeah. Tell me about that. You have been on

:16:58. > :17:03.the boat after 30 years going back to the same spot. Tell me what's

:17:04. > :17:12.that like for you coming back. I'm going there in respect for all the

:17:13. > :17:18.people that died there. That's the only reason because as a diver and

:17:19. > :17:28.when I arrived all the people there were dead. I don't rescue one person

:17:29. > :17:37.living. After one hour I was only there and I don't rescue living

:17:38. > :17:42.people. Only dive. Thank you for talking to me. You

:17:43. > :17:45.said it's hard for you to be here and I really appreciate your time

:17:46. > :17:54.and the memorial is continuing here. It was one of those events, it was

:17:55. > :17:58.the biggest peace time maritime tragedies in history. A few of the

:17:59. > :18:03.survivors didn't want to go on the boat. It was too much. They are here

:18:04. > :18:10.within the crowd today, some of the survivors. Thank you very much,

:18:11. > :18:16.Gavin and Gavin talking to the rescuers. More on that on BBC News.

:18:17. > :18:19.This morning, why are almost 80% of students in England

:18:20. > :18:21.who resit their GCSE English and Maths failing it?

:18:22. > :18:24.Those figures, which we can reveal exclusively this morning,

:18:25. > :18:27.have led to calls to overhaul the current policy of forcing

:18:28. > :18:29.students to resit the exams until they pass or turn 18.

:18:30. > :18:32.At the moment it means hundreds of thousands of pupils in England

:18:33. > :18:36.are stuck retaking exams as they try to achieve a grade C

:18:37. > :18:41.in Maths and English GCSE with many students continuing

:18:42. > :18:44.to fail after taking it three or four times.

:18:45. > :18:47.Schools and colleges say it is putting pressure

:18:48. > :18:53.Our reporter James Longman brought you the full

:18:54. > :18:55.exclusive story an hour ago, here's a short extract

:18:56. > :19:04.English and Maths, some would say, are the building blocks

:19:05. > :19:07.of a good education, and in 2013, the Government made it

:19:08. > :19:09.compulsory for GCSE students in these subjects to get at least

:19:10. > :19:14.The problem is a lot of people find that quite hard.

:19:15. > :19:16.If they don't make that grade then they have to resit.

:19:17. > :19:18.But the mjority of those resitting English and Maths

:19:19. > :19:24.And incredibly last year in England, 80% of these students taking GCSEs

:19:25. > :19:27.after Year 11 didn't manage to make the grade, even after four or five

:19:28. > :19:29.attempts, meaning thousands are going back again and again

:19:30. > :19:37.I failed my maths GCSE about four times.

:19:38. > :19:45.It's horrible because you feel like you're stupid.

:19:46. > :20:01.I'm 18 and I'm being put into a class with 15-year-olds.

:20:02. > :20:03.If all these students aren't making the grade, is that,

:20:04. > :20:05.doesn't that just mean the teaching isn't good enough?

:20:06. > :20:08.Some might say perhaps the teaching isn't up to scratch,

:20:09. > :20:11.but I refute that because we've got a very good set of teachers

:20:12. > :20:14.here who are very committed and if you look at the set

:20:15. > :20:29.of results and what they achieve, they are very good.

:20:30. > :20:34.This is Norfolk showground, one of the biggest indoor spaces in the

:20:35. > :20:37.county. It is not the only place being rented out by colleges needing

:20:38. > :20:44.more room. The Association of Colleges says neng gland last year,

:20:45. > :20:47.one in five plans to hire ex-venues to cope with the numbers. Two-thirds

:20:48. > :20:54.were forced to take on extra short-term staff. The costs are

:20:55. > :20:57.incalculable. The cost of the showground is ?50,000. It is the

:20:58. > :21:01.cost of the transport, the first aiders and the catering. None of

:21:02. > :21:05.this is being given to you by Government? We receive no additional

:21:06. > :21:09.funding. That's because of the new 2013... Because the numbers

:21:10. > :21:13.increased. We have gone up by 440% in the last three years in terms of

:21:14. > :21:16.numbers of students who are taking a GCSE. What would you like the

:21:17. > :21:19.Government to do? What did they do wrong and what should they change?

:21:20. > :21:24.We have seen what works and what doesn't. We need an alternative

:21:25. > :21:27.suite of level two, GCSE qualifications which are accessible

:21:28. > :21:31.for the hundreds of thousands of students each year who have already

:21:32. > :21:38.failed something that was to a degree designed for them to fail.

:21:39. > :21:43.And if you want to watch the full version of that report you can find

:21:44. > :21:45.it on our programme page - bbc.co.uk/victoria.

:21:46. > :21:48.We asked the department for education to speak to us -

:21:49. > :21:52.We can talk instead to Paige Bradley and Sophie Hastilow -

:21:53. > :22:01.who have both failed to get that C grade - in Paige's case it's

:22:02. > :22:05.Scott Stevens from Havering College in London and Jane Lunnon

:22:06. > :22:08.And Catherine Sezen from the Association of Colleges -

:22:09. > :22:09.they say the current policy isn't working.

:22:10. > :22:14.The impact of resiting, what would you say? It is stressful because

:22:15. > :22:19.having to resit another subject whilst doing your A-levels is just

:22:20. > :22:25.not enough time to study with your other subjects as well as your

:22:26. > :22:30.re-take and it's a task having to keep going back to resit something

:22:31. > :22:34.that you just can't get. What about you Sophie? It is stressful. I have

:22:35. > :22:42.sat this like four times now just because I didn't get my grades in

:22:43. > :22:47.school. And I'm literally just doing it for that piece of paper. I have

:22:48. > :22:51.got my eqave lants and I'm taking it to get that letter on a piece of

:22:52. > :22:54.paper. Do you understand the Government's rational, that you need

:22:55. > :22:59.the core subjects, you need a C in maths and English to get on in life?

:23:00. > :23:02.Yeah, I understand that, but if it was functional skills, it would be

:23:03. > :23:07.more understandable because with GCSEs they make you do, they like

:23:08. > :23:10.you go above and beyond which is fair enough, but function skills,

:23:11. > :23:14.every day skills, that's what you need in life to get by. As a

:23:15. > :23:19.headteacher, do you think it is right that we force pupils to resit

:23:20. > :23:25.until they get the grade C in maths and English GCSE? I'm not here to

:23:26. > :23:30.defend the DFE policy because someone from the DFE should be doing

:23:31. > :23:35.that. But I think this standard in English and maths is the gateway as

:23:36. > :23:39.we've discussed to so much in your future life and I therefore do

:23:40. > :23:45.understand why the Government have tried to do something quite radical

:23:46. > :23:49.to get more people meeting that standard because... 80% of those who

:23:50. > :23:53.take the resits fail again. That's why this is such a timely discussion

:23:54. > :23:57.because we've got Philip Hammond producing his Budget this week. It

:23:58. > :24:03.is not too late Philip, dig into your pocket and put some resource

:24:04. > :24:07.and money behind this so that we can properly resource children being

:24:08. > :24:11.supported in trying to meet this. Would that make a difference, Scott.

:24:12. > :24:17.Do you think we should scrap this policy? The GCSE was designed for

:24:18. > :24:22.A-level in mind. It is on a preamble to A-level. There is a lot of

:24:23. > :24:27.students that I teach, they have chosen a lot of vocational subjects.

:24:28. > :24:32.I reiterated what Sophie said. A qualification that would focus more

:24:33. > :24:36.on problem solving skills and English and maths and that what

:24:37. > :24:40.employers require rather than the GCSE that focuses on English and

:24:41. > :24:43.analytical skills and evaluation skills. A lot of the students I

:24:44. > :24:47.teach don't tend to see those on relevant to their future career

:24:48. > :24:53.aspirations. What do you think? Is it? I think particularly the new

:24:54. > :24:58.GCSEs coming out we will be doing them next year, I think we need to

:24:59. > :25:02.have a closer look at functional skills rather than the GCSEs as it

:25:03. > :25:06.stands. You think this policy is failing. It is a waste of time. All

:25:07. > :25:09.these pupils resiting and so many still continuing to fail? We support

:25:10. > :25:12.English and maths. I think it's really important and as we've said,

:25:13. > :25:16.English and maths is really important... But this policy should

:25:17. > :25:20.be scrapped? But in terms of the policy, it gives no flexibility so

:25:21. > :25:24.the condition of funding means we have to treat everybody the same.

:25:25. > :25:28.There is no degree of flexibility or meeting individual learning styles.

:25:29. > :25:31.So we've already said that actually, functional skills meets those needs

:25:32. > :25:36.in many ways. It prepares you as it says on the tin, it prepares you for

:25:37. > :25:40.what you're going to be doing in the future for employability, it is more

:25:41. > :25:45.functional. So, we need to go back to the position where functional

:25:46. > :25:51.skills and GCSE are an equivalent. The Department for Education say,

:25:52. > :25:55."We know school leavers who achieve maths and English increase your

:25:56. > :26:00.chances of securing a good job and we are working with the post 16

:26:01. > :26:03.sector to ensure that more students are mastering these important

:26:04. > :26:06.skills. We developing options through reforming skills

:26:07. > :26:09.qualifications in maths and English to make sure they deliver the

:26:10. > :26:14.knowledge and skills that employers need and have credibility and

:26:15. > :26:21.prestige in the jobs market." It sounds like they won't change the

:26:22. > :26:24.policy, but we've got the parallel qualifications coming up. They are

:26:25. > :26:28.looking at reforming functional skills and ensuring it meets the

:26:29. > :26:32.needs of young people because I'm not sure the current GCSE does. So

:26:33. > :26:36.analysing the language of whether for example, very interesting if you

:26:37. > :26:40.want to go and study English literature at university. But not

:26:41. > :26:44.necessarily going to help new terms of communication in you're going to

:26:45. > :26:49.work in industry. That isn't relevant, is it? The point is,

:26:50. > :26:53.rightly or wrongly, it is not the Government who is saying, you know,

:26:54. > :26:57.it is employers who are saying in a future, I want, I am looking for

:26:58. > :27:00.maths or English GCSE. Regardless of the content. That's the

:27:01. > :27:05.qualification that they are looking for. It seems to me, we do need to

:27:06. > :27:11.be straining every nerve that we can to help our kids have the best

:27:12. > :27:14.future life chances. We know, we have been falling down the league

:27:15. > :27:18.tables in maths, we are 27th in the world. Why? We're one of the most

:27:19. > :27:23.developed countries. Everyone, all of us in education also know if you

:27:24. > :27:26.want to improve standards and performance, you raise aspiration

:27:27. > :27:30.and you have really high expectations. So it has got to be

:27:31. > :27:33.right, but I would argue, specially with maths, I think we have a

:27:34. > :27:38.culture in this country which sort of sets us up to fail from the

:27:39. > :27:41.moment kids walk into reception class let alone by the time we get

:27:42. > :27:46.to 16 plus and that's where the money has got to go in. It is not

:27:47. > :27:50.oon an embarrassment for people to say I'm no good at maths, it is like

:27:51. > :27:52.a badge of honour and I was the same actually! We have got to tackle

:27:53. > :27:53.that. Thank you. Thank you very much. Thank you all of you. Thank

:27:54. > :28:00.you for coming on the proing. We heard about the stress of taking

:28:01. > :28:03.the resits whether it is the first time or the fourth, we will talk to

:28:04. > :28:07.a group of students who are preparing for their GCSEs and hear

:28:08. > :28:08.from mentors who have tips on preparing and dealing with the

:28:09. > :28:14.pressure. Police in Durham are planning

:28:15. > :28:17.to give free heroin to addicts Durham Constabulary will be

:28:18. > :28:23.the first force in the country to hand the drug out,

:28:24. > :28:26.to long-term users twice a day Ron Hogg is the Durham Police

:28:27. > :28:29.and Crime Commissioner and David Raynes is from

:28:30. > :28:38.the National Drug Thank you for coming on the

:28:39. > :28:42.programme. Ron Hogg first of all, how will this work? Yes, this is

:28:43. > :28:46.going to be based on trials that have been run in Darlington,

:28:47. > :28:52.Brighton and in London whereby individuals who are selected because

:28:53. > :28:57.of their propensity to respond to this treatment will be given medical

:28:58. > :29:01.grade heroin free of charge. It will then be embedded in a package of a

:29:02. > :29:06.full treatment programme and full support programme to help them get

:29:07. > :29:09.off the drug and back into a drug-free life. Is there any

:29:10. > :29:13.evidence to suggest that's what happens? Where have you looked for

:29:14. > :29:19.the evidence to show that giving addicts free heroin in the end weans

:29:20. > :29:23.them off it? The trial I referred to was evaluated by King's College

:29:24. > :29:29.London and showed for a particular group of addicts, 5% to 10%, this

:29:30. > :29:32.was an effective way forward and did deliver in reducing crime, reducing

:29:33. > :29:38.blood borne diseases and other viruses that addicts get. And there

:29:39. > :29:41.is a body of evidence across the world which shows such treatments

:29:42. > :29:46.encourage people back into recovery and do work. David, how do you

:29:47. > :29:51.respond to that? If it works it has got to be worth a try, hasn't it?

:29:52. > :29:56.Ron Hogg would say it works. The unfortunate fact is Ron Hogg and his

:29:57. > :29:58.Chief Constable have got a fairly long history of making bizarre

:29:59. > :30:02.attempts to change national drug policy and I would argue that it is

:30:03. > :30:07.not a matter for police officers. The UK doesn't actually have to look

:30:08. > :30:12.outside itself for experience of providing heroin. Since the 1920s,

:30:13. > :30:17.we have provided heroin to some addicts for years and years and now,

:30:18. > :30:21.until the mid-60s that was a sustained policy and any doctor

:30:22. > :30:25.could prescribe, that was changed in the mid-60s because it was found not

:30:26. > :30:30.to be working effectively while it coped with a number of casual users,

:30:31. > :30:33.what it did not cope with is where users were using heroin as a

:30:34. > :30:39.lifestyle choice. I'm critical of it. The trials that Ron talks about

:30:40. > :30:43.were run by Professor Strang and I have been at conferences with him

:30:44. > :30:47.and sat beside him and discussed it with him and he doesn't think it

:30:48. > :30:50.applies to many addicts. Why are the police driving this? Is it

:30:51. > :30:55.appropriate for police funding voted to them for one purpose ie policing

:30:56. > :31:06.to be used for providing state heroin? State heroin... Ron Hogg?

:31:07. > :31:11.The primary purpose of policing is to prevent crime. We are investing

:31:12. > :31:14.money into a project that will help to reduce levels of crime in the

:31:15. > :31:19.first instance and secondly it will help to address the drugs problem.

:31:20. > :31:24.You are quite right we have a look at evidence in the UK and across the

:31:25. > :31:28.world. In my mind, the evidence is compelling that this will make a

:31:29. > :31:33.real difference. I would have more confidence if they were not so

:31:34. > :31:37.enthusiastic to legalising decriminalised drugs. This agenda is

:31:38. > :31:41.pushed by people who wanted decriminalised and legalise drugs

:31:42. > :31:49.was it has not been effective. The Lancashire Police have a project

:31:50. > :31:52.which uses police intelligence and co-operative working with the

:31:53. > :31:57.support agencies to target user dealers. One problem is, a lot of

:31:58. > :32:02.heroin addicts are dealers and they sustain their habit by dealing. The

:32:03. > :32:06.head of the world drugs agency said that countries get the drugs problem

:32:07. > :32:11.they deserve. I would argue that police constabularies get the drugs

:32:12. > :32:14.problem may deserve. The approach Lancashire Police is far more

:32:15. > :32:21.intelligent and cerebral than the approach of Durham Police. It is all

:32:22. > :32:25.with good to hear from David. We actually do listen to him very

:32:26. > :32:28.carefully. Obviously we will learn from wherever we can. We believe

:32:29. > :32:39.this approach will deliver in time can start -- stabber read. -- Durham

:32:40. > :32:43.Constabulary. Also many other crime prevention projects. We want a

:32:44. > :32:47.cost-effective way of reducing offending and reoffending and

:32:48. > :32:55.projecting the individual. What David is not saying is that the

:32:56. > :32:59.Misuse Of Drugs Act has not worked. We need to do something radical and

:33:00. > :33:03.different and that is why we are looking at this scheme within Durham

:33:04. > :33:07.Constabulary. It is interesting to note that colleagues in Scott and

:33:08. > :33:12.are looking at similar scheme in Glasgow. A couple of messages from

:33:13. > :33:19.our viewers. Bravo, the Durham Chief Constable, for trying something

:33:20. > :33:23.different. Another says, I have been using and have been clean. I

:33:24. > :33:28.achieved it on my own. If I could have got free drugs, I would not

:33:29. > :33:38.have stopped and have the life I have now. Thank you very much. Still

:33:39. > :33:42.to come? Would you report suspicious behaviour to the police? British

:33:43. > :33:47.security services have prevented 13 potential terror attacks in the UK

:33:48. > :33:52.since 2013. We will talk more about this. I am Norman Smith at

:33:53. > :33:55.Westminster with the latest on Vauxhall big government sources

:33:56. > :34:00.cautiously optimistic that British plants can be saved.

:34:01. > :34:02.With the News, here's Joanna in the BBC Newsroom.

:34:03. > :34:04.Government sources say they're "cautiously optimistic"

:34:05. > :34:05.about the future of car production at Vauxhall.

:34:06. > :34:08.It's after the French company that owns Peugeot and Citroen struck

:34:09. > :34:10.a ?1.9 billion deal to buy General Motors' European

:34:11. > :34:16.4,500 workers are employed by the company

:34:17. > :34:23.The Unite union says its priority is to safeguard their jobs.

:34:24. > :34:27.And Victoria will be getting more reaction to the takeover shortly.

:34:28. > :34:29.Police say 13 potential terror attacks have been

:34:30. > :34:39.The UK's most senior counter-terrorism police officer has

:34:40. > :34:41.also revealed that more than five hundred investigations are being

:34:42. > :34:44.He disclosed the figures as he launched an appeal that aims

:34:45. > :34:48.to get members of the public to report any suspicious behaviour.

:34:49. > :34:50.There has been international condemnation of North Korea,

:34:51. > :34:53.after it launched four ballistic missiles into Japanese waters.

:34:54. > :34:56.The missiles appear to have been launched from a remote military

:34:57. > :35:10.Japan's Prime Minister described it as "an extremely dangerous action".

:35:11. > :35:17.Pop group brass have cancelled all their reunion concerts. The brothers

:35:18. > :35:22.were due to pay a full UK tour this summer after a break of 24 years.

:35:23. > :35:26.The dates in Newcastle, Glasgow, Nottingham and Birmingham have been

:35:27. > :35:30.scrapped due to unforeseen logistical circumstances.

:35:31. > :35:33.That's a summary of the latest news, join me for BBC Newsroom

:35:34. > :35:41.What do we think there's unforeseen logistical circumstances might be? I

:35:42. > :35:46.would hate to comment. Possibly the same thing ran through your head as

:35:47. > :35:49.well. I will leave it to you. I used to love Bros. In the day they were

:35:50. > :35:52.all right, won't they? It appears Arsenal manager

:35:53. > :35:55.Arsene Wenger dropped Alexis Sanchez to the bench for their match

:35:56. > :35:59.with Liverpool after the player argued with his team mates and left

:36:00. > :36:10.a training session early He warmed up before coming on at

:36:11. > :36:11.half-time. It is claimed he argued with his team-mates and left a

:36:12. > :36:17.training session early. And it's just announced that

:36:18. > :36:20.all of the 2019 Women's World Cup will broadcast exclusively

:36:21. > :36:21.across the BBC. England came third in 2015

:36:22. > :36:24.at the tournament in Canada, after they beat Germany

:36:25. > :36:25.in the play-off. Laura Muir had a weekend

:36:26. > :36:27.to remember, with record-breaking gold medal performances in the 1500

:36:28. > :36:30.and 3000 metres in the European Great Britain won ten medals in all,

:36:31. > :36:34.and finished second After his defeat of David Haye

:36:35. > :36:42.in the all-British heavyweight fight, Tony Bellew says that may

:36:43. > :36:44.have been his last Bellew says he's not sure he wants

:36:45. > :36:48.to put his body through that kind of punishment again amid suggestions

:36:49. > :36:50.that there could be General Motors has agreed a deal -

:36:51. > :37:00.worth almost ?2 billion - to sell Vauxhall to the French

:37:01. > :37:02.company that owns The deal could affect thousands

:37:03. > :37:06.of British jobs at the Vauxhall Workers there have faced years

:37:07. > :37:25.of uncertainty about their future. Here is Norman. The stakes are

:37:26. > :37:30.massively high. 4000 people are employed directly by Vauxhall. There

:37:31. > :37:34.could be up to 20,000 people in the supply chain for the a lot of jobs.

:37:35. > :37:38.At the moment all sides sounding incredibly positive. The French

:37:39. > :37:41.owned bosses are saying they recognise Vauxhall is an iconic

:37:42. > :37:47.brand and they want to keep it. The Government is saying they have

:37:48. > :37:52.received assurances there will be no changes up to 2021 under the current

:37:53. > :37:56.Vauxhall Astra model. The unions also sounding cautiously optimistic

:37:57. > :38:02.up till then was be honest, the real wild card in all of this is Brexit.

:38:03. > :38:05.The danger is not just the uncertainty but what impact that

:38:06. > :38:11.might have on the company's calculations. They have around 24

:38:12. > :38:15.car plants now. Most of the industry think that is too many. There will

:38:16. > :38:20.have to be rationalisation. The question is, where will that happen?

:38:21. > :38:23.If Brexit leads to us not only being outside the single market, but

:38:24. > :38:30.outside the customs union as well, the fear is that could possibly

:38:31. > :38:40.result in tariffs, trade barriers, increased regulation, additional

:38:41. > :38:42.burdens, which may make Britain a less attractive place. Even more

:38:43. > :38:44.important is the politics of all of this. Perjury is French owned

:38:45. > :38:47.company and might lead to want to close French plants. Germany is the

:38:48. > :38:52.biggest player in the EU. Does that mean that the British plants become

:38:53. > :38:56.more vulnerable? This morning, Len McCluskey, the boss of the Unite

:38:57. > :39:00.union, says it is critical the British government made sure it is

:39:01. > :39:04.in the talks when the French and German government are also there. I

:39:05. > :39:07.am asking our government to make certain they are at the table

:39:08. > :39:11.because the French and German governments will be. Batting for our

:39:12. > :39:14.British plants will do whatever the French governments and the German

:39:15. > :39:18.government are offering in terms of incentives, we should also be

:39:19. > :39:24.looking at that. Of course, the Government talk about an industrial

:39:25. > :39:27.strategy and they now need to demonstrate it is more than just

:39:28. > :39:33.words will do we have to make certain there is proper government

:39:34. > :39:37.led commitment. Last time there was a doubt about the UK-based car

:39:38. > :39:41.plant, Nissan in the north-east, Greg Clark managed to reassure them

:39:42. > :39:44.that this might be harder because of the politics and the fact that the

:39:45. > :39:46.French and the Germans will be fighting to keep car plants in the

:39:47. > :39:48.country. Let's talk now to Justin Madders,

:39:49. > :39:51.the Labour MP for Ellesmere Port and Neston, and from one

:39:52. > :40:07.of the Vauxhall Plant's Government sources cautiously

:40:08. > :40:11.optimistic. How would you describe your mood? So far we have not heard

:40:12. > :40:17.anything to cause us concern. There has been a commitment to honour the

:40:18. > :40:25.existing production runs and it does not put us in a different position

:40:26. > :40:29.as managers and owners of the company. The car business goes in

:40:30. > :40:34.five or six year cycles in terms of production. There is an opportunity

:40:35. > :40:39.for us to get around the table with Peugeot, the Government and the

:40:40. > :40:43.unions to put a good deal forward. The combined company will have 24

:40:44. > :40:47.factories and the boss is saying we need to increase profit margins and

:40:48. > :40:50.effectively the plants in Britain presumably saying the rest of the

:40:51. > :40:54.plants in Germany and elsewhere for the your future is in your hands.

:40:55. > :41:00.The productive and you will be all right. We have every reason to be

:41:01. > :41:09.confident. We have a very efficient plant. Managers have beaten off

:41:10. > :41:13.pressures in the past. We have a very good story to tell in that

:41:14. > :41:18.regard. They say they want to increase profit margins by 2% by

:41:19. > :41:22.2020. That often involves cost-cutting and could mean jobs.

:41:23. > :41:26.Every company wants to improve profit margins. The challenge is

:41:27. > :41:31.there for all of the plants if we look back at our successes in the

:41:32. > :41:35.past, we have shown we can put in a very good beard and if the company

:41:36. > :41:38.wants to look at improving profit margins, one of the biggest selling

:41:39. > :41:47.points for Vauxhall vehicles in this country is that they are built here.

:41:48. > :41:49.What about you leaving the European Union question not what difference

:41:50. > :41:53.will that make? It is certainly a complication. We must remember that

:41:54. > :41:58.GM import to this country about the quarter of their production. It cuts

:41:59. > :42:03.both ways. It is not in any one's interest for a Brexit deal to be one

:42:04. > :42:06.imposing tariffs or any kind of input and on the cross-border

:42:07. > :42:10.trading with cars. No one wants that. We do not know what will

:42:11. > :42:15.happen. Thank you for coming on to the programme.

:42:16. > :42:22.British security services have prevented 13 potential terrorist

:42:23. > :42:29.attacks in the UK since June 20 13. The UK's 's senior counterterrorism

:42:30. > :42:34.officer says there are also 500 live counterterror investigations at

:42:35. > :42:37.anyone time was he is appealing to the public to report suspicious

:42:38. > :42:43.activity, saying your role is absolutely vital. There is the

:42:44. > :42:48.British reserve. It is a bit odd but I'm not going to trouble anybody. We

:42:49. > :42:52.are trying to build up confidence. If your instinct says it is wrong,

:42:53. > :42:57.please call us. Even if it is not right, no one will lock you away and

:42:58. > :43:03.throw away the key just on a call. Sometimes that call gives us the

:43:04. > :43:09.starting point for an operation with targets we did not know about. If

:43:10. > :43:14.you have a concern about something you have seen or heard that could

:43:15. > :43:22.identify a terrorist threat, report it. I am a bit concerned about this

:43:23. > :43:28.ban that has parked up. It could be any thing that strikes you as an

:43:29. > :43:36.usual. Do not worry, do not delay, just act. Call the police in

:43:37. > :43:40.confidence. Information from the public has helped police in the

:43:41. > :43:46.third of the high risk investigations. That speak to Peter

:43:47. > :43:51.Powell who now advises companies on how to deal with the threat of

:43:52. > :43:54.terrorism and a counterterrorism expert at the University of Central

:43:55. > :43:59.Lancashire. Good morning to you both. Let me start with you. First

:44:00. > :44:03.of all, Mark Rowley is asking for continued help from the public in

:44:04. > :44:12.countering the threat on the public. If you are worried about a family

:44:13. > :44:17.member be carrying radicalised. If it is used as the resorts, yes. The

:44:18. > :44:22.way it had been implemented in the past, probably not so much that is

:44:23. > :44:29.why you are seeing the relaunch of a different kind of forward facing,

:44:30. > :44:37.public facing way of doing it. Yes. In terms of the help that members of

:44:38. > :44:40.the public can give counterterrorist officers, Peter Powell, it is

:44:41. > :44:44.invaluable from some of the research that has been released today. There

:44:45. > :44:49.are three things to remember. A lot of people are probably listening to

:44:50. > :44:52.this and saying if this is true, why have there not been more arrests as

:44:53. > :44:57.to why have people not gone to court? There is a big difference

:44:58. > :45:00.between intelligence and evidence. What Mark Rowley from Scotland Yard

:45:01. > :45:11.is talking about is purely intelligence. That is seldom, if

:45:12. > :45:13.ever, something that is good enough to secure conviction in the court.

:45:14. > :45:16.The second point is this, is it the bank or the fear of the banks that

:45:17. > :45:19.really occupies us? The third point is, is it the bank at all? For most

:45:20. > :45:24.people it is a catastrophic cyber attack questionably we find all our

:45:25. > :45:28.power is out the hospice., food is not coming to us. Petrol stations

:45:29. > :45:34.pack up. All of this. The cyber attack is a lot worse than a bomb.

:45:35. > :45:39.We still think in terms of the bomb. That is a fair point. Evan Lawrence,

:45:40. > :45:43.against some facts today for the people who convert to Islam are four

:45:44. > :45:47.times more likely to become terrorists than people who were born

:45:48. > :45:51.Muslim and three quarters of terrorists are British. Home-grown

:45:52. > :45:56.terrorism by far the biggest threat to this country than imported

:45:57. > :46:00.terrorism. Absolutely. Do not forget, we have an increasing number

:46:01. > :46:06.of the extreme right wing as well, that are conducting attacks,

:46:07. > :46:10.typically those attacks are considered hate crimes are not

:46:11. > :46:13.terrorism. There is some discrepancy with that. Home-grown terrorism, I

:46:14. > :46:18.think is what we're going to be seeing a lot more of in the future

:46:19. > :46:22.and one of the main challenges that the police and security services in

:46:23. > :46:27.the UK have to figure out how to deal effectively and quickly. Again,

:46:28. > :46:32.dealing with people who have converted to Islam quickly, there is

:46:33. > :46:43.an example here from becoming a Muslim to a would-be terrorist, a

:46:44. > :46:44.teenager took two months to plotting to behead the soldier and plotting

:46:45. > :47:26.the murder of Lee Rigby? You have to figure out what does

:47:27. > :47:36.that text mean. The converts seem to be doing so over the internet. There

:47:37. > :47:42.is no kind of other side of what they are hearing from terrorist

:47:43. > :47:46.recruiters and things like that. Peter Powell, a final thought. The

:47:47. > :47:52.number of women involved is going up full. Yes, it is. We have to part

:47:53. > :47:56.being politically correct sometimes. In 2005 there was a survey carried

:47:57. > :47:59.out after the 7/7 bombings which discovered to the relief of many

:48:00. > :48:03.that something like a divide percent of those following Islam would want

:48:04. > :48:08.nothing to do with terrorism. That is irrelevant. It is 6% who did

:48:09. > :48:13.support them for that that equates to 50,000 people in this country

:48:14. > :48:18.actively supporting terrorism of the type we last saw in 2005.

:48:19. > :48:25.There is no gender split. We are seeing more and more men and women

:48:26. > :48:29.able to blow themselves up and or plunge this whole country or parts

:48:30. > :48:34.of it into darkness through as I said before cyberterrorism. That's

:48:35. > :48:39.the biggest hitter. Thank you very much for coming on the programme.

:48:40. > :48:41.This morning we've been talking about GCSE exams and the number

:48:42. > :48:44.of pupils having to resit Maths and English over and over again.

:48:45. > :48:46.We know taking exams can be incredibly stressful -

:48:47. > :48:50.whether it's the first time or the fourth.

:48:51. > :48:53.New figures out today show almost 80% of 16 and 17-year-old students

:48:54. > :48:55.across England are worried about failing their exams.

:48:56. > :48:57.Research from the National Citizen Service also highlights that 70%

:48:58. > :48:59.of them feel overwhelmed by their school work.

:49:00. > :49:02.Now in a bid to tackle that stress, in particular GCSE anxiety,

:49:03. > :49:05.a scheme called The Mind Set has been set up by the BBC where past

:49:06. > :49:07.GCSE students support those about to take them.

:49:08. > :49:10.They share things like their tips on revision and planning.

:49:11. > :49:13.In a moment we will speak to some of the students taking part,

:49:14. > :49:16.but first here's a short film from BBC Bitesize with some tips

:49:17. > :49:35.Don't let people limit you because that's what holds you back. I tried

:49:36. > :49:39.my hardest and I achieved more than they expected. Just try and remember

:49:40. > :49:42.no matter how bad you think you're doing or if you're not going it

:49:43. > :49:46.achieve what you want to achieve or what people are telling you should

:49:47. > :49:48.achieve, at the end of the day, no matter the outcome, you haven't

:49:49. > :49:52.failed. It is the best that you could achieve. Tell yourself it's

:49:53. > :49:57.fine. Say your name, it's going to be OK. Believe in yourself. You can

:49:58. > :50:02.always set targets and then you can aim higher, but at least you've got

:50:03. > :50:06.your targets. For me it was like Cs and I would be like oh, I passed it.

:50:07. > :50:11.GCSEs are just GCSEs. There is more to life. You come out of them and

:50:12. > :50:13.you can do your A-levels or go on to college and do something different

:50:14. > :50:18.and that's when you focus on what you love. You're not working for

:50:19. > :50:22.anybody else. You're not doing it for your teachers or paur parents or

:50:23. > :50:26.faur grandparents, even though they will be proud of you. You're doing

:50:27. > :50:32.it for yourself. Compare yourself to others if you do it in a light

:50:33. > :50:35.hearted way. The only person you should compare yourself to is

:50:36. > :50:36.yourself in the past because that's the only true sense of progress you

:50:37. > :50:39.can have. So how overwhelming

:50:40. > :50:40.can your GCSEs be? Let's talk now to a group

:50:41. > :50:43.of students who are currently preparing for their exams,

:50:44. > :50:48.plus Angel Nkomo and James Ryan who completed their GCSEs last summer -

:50:49. > :50:51.they're acting as mentors to share their tips on preparing

:50:52. > :50:56.and dealing with the pressure. How stressed do you get? Sometimes

:50:57. > :51:02.if I know we have an exam, we had mocks in January and we have mocks

:51:03. > :51:06.next week. Sometimes I'm so stressed, I vomit. You are

:51:07. > :51:12.physically sick? Yeah. I can't sleep. I just feel like in bad

:51:13. > :51:16.moods. Almost depression, but I'm not depressed. I don't self-harm and

:51:17. > :51:21.stuff, but it's like... Those are only the mocks? I don't know how

:51:22. > :51:28.it's going to be like for my real exams. What about you Aaron? When I

:51:29. > :51:32.wake up in the morning, I feel really stressed and I can't eat

:51:33. > :51:37.anything. I have butterflies in my stopl auk and I feel really sick.

:51:38. > :51:43.What about others? Yeah, I have the same problem. It is feeling pressure

:51:44. > :51:48.on yourself to do well. You feel going into the exam you can see the

:51:49. > :51:53.result. You can't see yourself actually doing the questions. It is

:51:54. > :51:57.the fear of the unknown. Not knowing whether that hard work that you put

:51:58. > :52:01.into it really paid off in the end. As you were saying before the

:52:02. > :52:05.expectations of yourself from your parents and from your teachers that

:52:06. > :52:09.want you to do well. Who puts the most pressure on you? Sometimes

:52:10. > :52:14.myself. Sometimes it could be teachers. They will be saying, "We

:52:15. > :52:18.need to revise for a certain amount of hours." I will do that, but I

:52:19. > :52:22.will think I haven't done enough and then I will do more. That's a good

:52:23. > :52:30.thing, isn't it? You have done GCSEs. Has Billy got the right

:52:31. > :52:34.attitude? There is massive pressure put on us by our teachers and we

:52:35. > :52:36.want to do them justice. You working on your subjects is impressive of

:52:37. > :52:42.the it is something I have done myself and it goes a long way in the

:52:43. > :52:46.long run. Do you ever feel that the stress of the pressure that's put on

:52:47. > :52:51.you by exams, does it ever sink into your personal relationships with

:52:52. > :52:56.your friendships, how do you deal with that? I get stressed. It was

:52:57. > :53:03.affecting my relationships with my friends. In what way? I had to resit

:53:04. > :53:07.two exams and it was stressle for me. My friends were wondering why I

:53:08. > :53:11.was staying behind in class. Why I couldn't really socialise. Yeah, I

:53:12. > :53:17.was studying. I didn't have time to spend with them. For you guys do you

:53:18. > :53:21.think that the stress of exams, did that affect your performance? On the

:53:22. > :53:27.actual day of the exams I tried to let go of my stress and let go of my

:53:28. > :53:30.fears. How did you let go? Everyone around me is in the same situation

:53:31. > :53:33.I'm in and the emotions and the way you feel, that's going to be

:53:34. > :53:42.reflected in the grade boundaries of that exam. If everyone is feeling

:53:43. > :53:48.stressed and worried, it man manifests itself. You know when you

:53:49. > :53:52.feel so prepared and as soon as you open the exam paper and the first

:53:53. > :53:56.question is like, "I didn't revise that." You thought you revised

:53:57. > :54:00.everything. Take a minute and breathe. Look at the paperment take

:54:01. > :54:05.a second. Know that you've revised for it. I took a maths exam and when

:54:06. > :54:09.I opened the paper, everything looked like a different language. I

:54:10. > :54:13.was really stressed, but I had to take a minute to breathe and had a

:54:14. > :54:18.prep talk telling myself that it was going to be OK and it was OK in the

:54:19. > :54:24.end. Before the exam, what do you feel? What are your thoughts?

:54:25. > :54:27.Anxious. Everyone is stressing. Head in the hands already. I told myself

:54:28. > :54:34.that is going to be months of hard work going into the exam. I have got

:54:35. > :54:38.to give everything I have got to this exam and remember everything

:54:39. > :54:42.I've learnt. You can't doubt yourself and go for it. Simon? This

:54:43. > :54:47.seems like a silly question, but how do you revise? I know a lot of the

:54:48. > :54:51.time a teacher will tell you revise for an hour. That's not really

:54:52. > :54:57.helpful. What do you actually do to help everything sink in? Well, no

:54:58. > :55:01.one actually tells us how to revise. You need to tailor your revision to

:55:02. > :55:06.your personal needs. I would use music. I would make a song up about

:55:07. > :55:19.revision if it was maths or German and... Do you remember any? I can't

:55:20. > :55:24.sing it now. You so can! ? No. And yeah, using post it notes, stick it

:55:25. > :55:31.around on your wardrobe and mirror and you're revisiting these areas

:55:32. > :55:34.every day. I find that some subjects lend themselves to certain

:55:35. > :55:38.techniques, history and English, I found working with mind maps is

:55:39. > :55:40.really great. What's a mind map? It is when you have say for example a

:55:41. > :55:45.question in the middle and you brain storm around it so you might argue

:55:46. > :55:49.what points you're going to consider and how you can expand on the

:55:50. > :55:52.question linking your ideas together and I thought that was a really

:55:53. > :55:57.great way to revise those subjects. At what point during the xram period

:55:58. > :56:02.do you think was the most stress was put upon you? The day before the

:56:03. > :56:08.exams? In the revision, not knowing that you should revise, but that you

:56:09. > :56:13.are a' not and how did you combat that? I put off revision quite a bit

:56:14. > :56:17.with subjects I didn't like such as maths and I kind of left all my

:56:18. > :56:22.revision to last minute and I guess I was really stressed because I had

:56:23. > :56:26.so many subjects to revise and not enough time to revise them in. I did

:56:27. > :56:31.the exam and I didn't do so well the first time around, but having learnt

:56:32. > :56:40.from my mistakes and learning to put me revision in a good time schedule,

:56:41. > :56:44.I retook the exam and I did well. Do you think there was a time during

:56:45. > :56:48.revision where you spent more time worrying about the grade and the

:56:49. > :56:52.exam and the stress that the exam might cause rather than revising?

:56:53. > :56:56.Absolutely. I felt more stressed during my revision preparation than

:56:57. > :57:00.I did on the exams itself. For me, it culminated in what's called a

:57:01. > :57:04.burn-out where all I was doing was considering my exams, I was working

:57:05. > :57:08.so hard and endlessly to get good results that I burnt out. I

:57:09. > :57:14.compromised my health which is not a good thing. When you say burnt out,

:57:15. > :57:19.what do you mean? I was fatigued and cut off, exhausted. I have seen

:57:20. > :57:24.friends that have a mental burn-out as well where they are under so much

:57:25. > :57:29.stress and they feel unmotivated and lack concentration and that will

:57:30. > :57:36.affect your exam performance. Can I ask you about, we have been talking

:57:37. > :57:39.today exclusive figures showing that 80% of those who have to resit a

:57:40. > :57:46.maths or English GCSE will fail. What do you think of that policy of

:57:47. > :57:50.forcing people teenagers? For me, it was upsetting. English was a subject

:57:51. > :57:53.I thought I did quite well in and when I looked at the exam paper it

:57:54. > :57:58.was telling me something else. So having to be forced to resit maths

:57:59. > :58:01.and English, I was quite embarrassed and I shndant have been because I

:58:02. > :58:07.knew I had the potential, but this one exam was telling me something

:58:08. > :58:10.else. OK. Really so sensible. Thank you for your advice. Thank you for

:58:11. > :58:15.coming on the programme. I really appreciate it. And obviously, loads

:58:16. > :58:18.and loads of luck. Don't spend hours working out the revision timetable

:58:19. > :58:21.which is what I did as a diversionary tactic. Thank you for

:58:22. > :58:25.your company today. We are back tomorrow at 9am. BBC Newsroom live

:58:26. > :58:31.is next with Joanna. Have a good day.

:58:32. > :58:42.We're going to bond by finding out whether Paula was really

:58:43. > :58:47.From one mother to another, leave it alone.