03/04/2017 Victoria Derbyshire

Hello, it's Monday, it's nine o'clock.

Police investigating a violent attack on a teenage asylum-seeker

in south London release images of three people

We'll have the latest from the scene.

We have a special report on the financial challenges faced

by young people when they leave the care system at 18.

"That's it, we no longer need to be in contact with you,

you've now hit that age where you can live by yourself

independently, and there you go, off you go into

and there was not much preparation for that.

And will your child's nursery be one of those which says it can't offer

30 hours of free childcare because it's too expensive?

on how the new system for nurseries in England will work.

Hello, welcome to the programme, we're live until 11am.

Showed profits from the so-called tampon tax go to an anti-abortion

group? The group says it is providing essential housing support

for women who decide to keep their babies, but the MP who champion the

scheme says they should have to give the grand back, let us know what you

think about that. Our top story today,

detectives investigating an attack on a teenage asylum-seeker

which left him seriously injured have released images of three people

they want to question. The two men and a woman

are being sought about the attack on the 17-year-old boy at Croydon

in south London on Friday night. Anisa Kadri is following

the story for us. What is the latest? Well, eight

people are actually in Kas today now, police are questioning them on

suspicion of attempted murder, and as you mention, three images have

been released this morning by police, people they want to speak

to. Police believe up to 20 people could have been involved. As for the

victim, 17 years old, Kurdish-Iranian, police are treating

it as a suspected hate crime, they believe his race was integral to the

reason that he was attacked. And a... They are treating this, as I

say, as a hate crime. He is said to be in a serious but stable condition

at the receiving repeated kicks and punches and sustaining serious head

injuries. Tell us more about what has been police together about the

attack. -- pieced together. On Friday night, this victim was

waiting at a bus stop in Croydon with friends when a group is said to

have come up to him, and police say they ask them, you know, where are

you from? It was then that he said he was an asylum seeker, and they

chased him down the street and began kicking him, punching him. Many

people saw this happen, some alerted 999, and the victim was left lying

there, and it was at that point, of course, that the emergency services

got involved and realised that this needed to be, you know, attended to,

so to speak. Anisa, thank you. Annita is in the BBC

newsroom with a summary Donald Trump has warned that the US

will solve the North Korean nuclear In an interview with

the Financial Times, "If China is not going to solve

North Korea, we will." Mr Trump confirmed he was referring

to direct unilateral action. The comments come ahead

of a visit to the US Significant restrictions on the use

of bail by police in England The amount of time a suspect

released from custody can remain on bail will be limited to 28 days

in most cases. The decision is in response

to concerns that people were being left in limbo for months

or even years. as our home affairs correspondent

June Kelly reports. Famous faces who've been under

police investigation, finally told they wouldn't

be facing charges, They were among the 5000

still on bail after a year. The Government says the system

needed rebalancing. Well, what's happened in the past

is people could be put on bail with no end in sight and no check

or balance, which means we had thousands of people could be on bail

for 12 months or more. In fact, there were examples

of people on for several years, We've got to make sure

we've got a proper system that It's part of an overhaul of the

bail system in England and Wales. From now on, some suspects won't be

subject to police bail at all. For those who are bailed, in most

cases, the limit will be 28 days. But a senior police officer

will be able to grant one three-month extension

in complex cases. The police will have to seek

the permission of a magistrate The Police Federation, which

represents rank-and-file officers, 28 days, in the cycle

of a police officer, is not a long time for to

investigating a crime. You've also got to bear in mind,

in relation to external inquiries, what we tend to have is external

resource, so we have got the Forensic Science Service, CPS,

and 28 days is not realistic for them to come back to us

with the information The Police Federation said

the old system protected complainants and victims and helped

prevent further offending. Europe is becoming the global hub

for the hosting of child sexual abuse images and videos,

according to a new report. The Internet Watch Foundation found

that 60% of worldwide abuse material was now in Europe,

an increase of 19%. of European nations

hosting the illegal content. Improved reporting and policing

in North America are believed

to have driven the shift. The Spanish Foreign Minister has

said there is no need to lose tempers over Gibraltar. He was

speaking after the chief minister of Gibraltar insisted that the

territory would be used as a bargaining chip in negotiations over

Britain's exit from the European Union.

The EU's guidelines on the Brexit talks suggest that Spain over

which claims overeignty over the Gibraltar, might be able

to veto decisions that affect the territory.

But yesterday, Theresa May assured the people of Gibraltar

that her government remained committed to them,

and that the sovereignty of the Rock was not up for grabs.

Tom Burridge is at the Gibraltar border with Spain this morning

you can probably make out a flow of traffic,

a lot of people walking out of southern Spain into Gibraltar,

because thousands of people work, sorry, live over that side

The free movement of people is guaranteed because Gibraltar

and Britain are members of the European single market.

Now, when Britain comes to negotiate its Brexit deal

with the rest of the European Union, in theory now, according

to the European Union, Spain will have a say

on whether the deal can apply to Gibraltar or not.

And what is possible is that Spain might say that, actually,

aspects of any deal can't apply to Gibraltar, and it might do

so on economic grounds, because Spain has always complained

that taxes are much lower on this side of the border

Of course, Britain and Gibraltar putting on a united front,

saying any deal for Britain is a deal for Gibraltar,

take it or leave it, that is the kind of poker game we are in.

Rescue teams in Colombia are continuing to search

through tonnes of mud and debris for anyone who might have survived

the devastating mudslides in the south of the country.

In the last few hours, the president has said 254 people

are known to have died, 43 of them children.

The mudslide engulfed the town of Mocoa,

Hopes of finding anyone alive in the debris are fading.

The political parties in Northern Ireland will begin

fresh talks today at Stormont aimed at restoring

Power-sharing collapsed in January because of a row between Sinn Fein

and the Democratic Unionists about a botched green energy scheme.

Last week, a deadline to form a new administration

Police are looking for a dog on the loose in Bolton after armed police

shot dead two pit bull type dogs after an attack on a man and a woman

in a street. Police were told five dogs were out of control. A woman

was bitten on the hand, a man suffered injuries to his legs. Two

dogs were captured, a fifth managed to escape. Police are warning people

to be on the lookout for a large dog with short hair and of a muscular

build. That is a summary of the latest BBC News.

In a few moments, a special report on the financial challenges faced by

young people when they leave care at the age of 18. Caroline has tweeted

to say, I am really pleased to see this as being featured by the

programme, and Natalie says, so glad councils are offering more support.

There are calls for council tax to be waived for care leavers, and some

are doing it, but not all. Let's get some sport

with Hugh Woozencroft. And we start with a rather

incredible story in golf. I still can't decide

whether this story is the good or bad side of sport,

because I'm pedantic, and if a player breaks

the rules in a sport, then does it really matter

who has pointed it out? OK, maybe I'm being harsh,

because Lexi Thompson, the American golfer,

must be heartbroken after an eagle-eyed television

viewer called in to say they'd spotted

an infringement. But the heartbreak will be

even harder to take because it was the first women's

golf major of the year, Thompson held a two-shot lead

in the tournament when she was told. She only found out with six holes

to play, and the infringement happened a full

24 hours beforehand. She was left in tears

when she was approached Calling it ridiculous, she was

handed a four-stroke penalty, and eventually the title

as well in a play-off. The decision hasn't

gone down too well. Finally, Lexi Thompson herself

took to Instagram a few hours ago, saying, "Well, it was an emotional

day here for me, first off I do want to say what I had done was 100%

not intentional at all, I played amazing today, probably the

best I have played all week. I wasn't expecting that on whatever

hole it was, I did not intentionally do that. So to the officials or

whoever called in, that was not my purpose. I didn't realise I did

that. But you know, I fought hard coming in, I didn't give up, I knew

I could still win. But so many players played great,

congratulations micro. Rather understandably upset.

The LPGA have defended their decision, one official said

she wouldn't have been able to sleep if she'd have let it slide.

But it does beg the questions what if they'd have noticed

Would they have taken victory away from the 22-year-old?

What did she actually do? Well, essentially, she marked ball

on the 17th green in her third round with a coin, just before she was

going to putt. When she replaced the ball, it had moved just over to the

side, essentially, she didn't play from where the ball had landed,

which is watching as to do. She could have been looking for a better

lie, and that is why you get a penalty, two strokes moving the

ball, two for signing for the wrong score after her third round. So

yeah, really difficult one to take. Let's move onto tennis, Roger

Federer. Well, Roger Federer is defying

all the odds at the moment. At the age of 35,

he's won the Miami Open. and he's playing as well as anyone

in the world right now. But the body does need some

tender love and care at his age. He now says he'll take nearly

two months off and probably not play

again until the French Open. He beat Spain's Rafa Nadal

in straight sets to lift the title, 24 hours after Britain's

Johanna Konta won the women's event. Federer moves up to fourth

in the world rankings, adding Miami to big wins

at the Australian Open and And before we go,

we must mention Celtic. It may be only the first

week of April, but Brendan Rodgers' side

have clinched the Scottish Premiership

again, after beating which helped put them 25 points

clear of second-placed Aberdeen. And they're still on for

the domestic treble as well, so congratulations and good luck

to Celtic and their fans While most teenagers are living

at home when they turn 18, are suddenly thrust

into a grown-up world. They can find themselves

alone in a flat with all Managing money is one of the biggest

challenges, and a new scheme - so far adopted by 14 councils -

aims to help. Our reporter Ashley John-Baptiste,

who was himself in care, There's no ifs, buts, maybes -

this bill has got to be paid then. About 2000 across

different companies. Council tax bill's

really the worst one. Like thousands of kids

across the UK, I grew up in care. From the age of two, I lived

with four different foster families, and I also spent two years

in a care home. I remember like it was yesterday

the time I had to leave care When I was 18, I left care

and I moved into a council Really nervous, because I haven't

been back here for at least, say, five years, and it brings

back a bit of emotion. But this is the flat I moved

into when I left care, when I had to sort of fend

for myself as an adult. I can see the flat,

it's a bit crazy! That's the window of the flat that

I lived in nearly ten years ago now, that I moved into this council flat

at 18, as a care leaver. Back then, I felt very isolated

and I'm thinking, "What the heck? I've got to go and live

independently, by myself, And I remember the toughest weekend,

potentially, of my life was when I had 37p to live off

for a weekend, and all I could afford was an onion,

and I had a bit of tuna and I made I remember the first night that

I moved into this flat. The flat wasn't decorated,

and I just slept on a mattress, and I felt extremely lonely,

vulnerable, and unprepared It is crazy to think that,

at 18 years old, when friends I think I've blocked a lot

of that out of my head. I think so, because I remember

asking for your iron. You've asked for my

iron, Hoover, eggs. Oh, my gosh, that's

really embarrassing! Did you know, did you know that,

when I moved here, I had left care? Then, I had no idea

of where my life was going, and I didn't have a mum or dad,

and I had these bills, and I had council tax,

but I didn't necessarily have the means to get by,

so I'm very, very happy that I'm not in the position that

I was in when I moved here. You gave me a lot to think

about, actually, yeah. Because I didn't really realise half

of the stuff that you just told me, so I'm really proud to see that

you've accomplished a lot of things. I know I wasn't alone in finding it

difficult to leave care, Research suggests well over half

of care leavers struggle to pay That's why, as of this month,

some councils have decided to stop charging care leavers council tax

until they're older. In reality, only a small number

of care leavers will benefit. The councils that are doing this

hope it will ease the sudden As tough as it was, within months

I then went off to university, and with all the trauma

and difficulty that I experienced, I'm in East London today to meet

a care leaver who's 23, and she's really, really transparent

about the struggle she's having Tiffany was taken into care

on Christmas Eve when she was five. Growing up, she was moved 15 times,

all over the country. Tell me what happened

when you went into care? It was the most traumatising thing

you could be put through, I'd say, Nothing prepares you for being

placed in a car and put outside someone's front door,

and then obviously when they open They officially went, "That's it,

we no longer need to be in contact with you,

you've now hit that age where you can live by yourself

independently, and there you go, off you go into the

world," kind of thing. There was not much

preparation for that at all. So, no-one told you,

no foster parent or social worker told you about the bills and council

tax that you would have to pay? No, I mean obviously they pointed

out the obvious ones, obviously, food, gas,

electric, TV licence, But it was never a case of, "Oh,

but also, council tax." When you got your first council tax

bill, did you pay it? Yeah, because it was actually

quite a low amount, so I was like, "Yeah,

OK, I'll pay that." And then I thought, "Oh, right,"

I didn't think anything of it, then the next one came

round and I was like, I just didn't understand

that they came year by year. And, you know, it

made no sense to me. And then obviously when I got older,

you know, when you watch TV more, then you work out where it actually

comes from, where the money goes. Because other than that you're only

just left with a guessing game Did you ever struggle

with those payments? "We're aware that you

couldn't make payment..." Can I have a read?

Do you mind? "Were you aware that we couldn't

make some of your payments because there were not enough

available funds in your account?" So you've had direct debits go

through that clearly haven't About 2000 across different

companies, so... Council tax bill's

probably the worst one. About ?500 now, but that's not

the figure it was last Well over a grand, I'd say,

in court fines, then obviously So yesterday I met Tiffany,

lovely care leaver who's doing a great job, actually,

in looking after her two-month-old daughter and maintaining

the responsibilities of her flat. The only thing, I think,

is that, at some point, she will have to pay off her council

tax there, and it's inevitable that the bailiffs will approach her,

and I just wonder how on earth I'm in Grimsby today to meet

another care leaver, Jodie. She's a student, but she does have

some outstanding council tax debt, and she has a few weeks to pay it

off before the bailiffs visit her. This is, this is my place that

nobody can take away from me. Jodie was taken into care

when she was eight, She was upset to leave,

but says she was also excited at the prospect

of being independent. See, I always hear that, I hear

about care leavers being quite excited about the independence

of being a care leaver, leaving care, and the opportunity

to have a flat and sort of do But, for me, I was

actually really scared. Because I just wanted to be

a normal 17, 18-year-old. I remember the first night that

I moved into my flat, it was almost like being put

in a prison cell. It was like, "This is your flat,

here you are," doors closed. I had nightmares for

the first few weeks. I'd probably become a bit

depressed, to be fair. Yeah, not to the extent where I had

to go on medication or anything, but to the extent where sometimes

I didn't want to get out of bed, How did you cope with the pressures

of being an adult - If I didn't open the post,

I didn't have to deal with it. Some councils have decided to scrap

council tax for young care leavers, some councils it's until you're 22,

some until you're 25, to help them Do you think this is a measure that

will help care leavers? Yeah, I do, because it gives them

the chance to adjust to life of not being in care and not having

the parents being a local authority that haven't had to think

about anything before. But some might say, why should care

leavers benefit from this but not I understand, I understand why

people might say that, but until you've walked in the shoes

of a care leaver, how do you know Other people that come from a normal

family have that, "Mum, can I just borrow 20 quid,"

whereas other care leavers don't. There's been times where I've

literally had nothing in the cupboards and I've gone

hungry because I've had nobody Leaving home and moving

into your own place is a learning curve for anyone, and of course

no-one enjoys paying bills. But meeting other people

who were in care and revisiting my old flat has reminded me how abrupt

the transition from care So, on one hand, many care leavers

will benefit from this measure. Care leavers like Jodie

and Tiffany could certainly do without the pressure of having

to pay council tax when they've just But, on the other hand,

many people will question why should these young,

vulnerable care leavers benefit from this when other

young people don't? If you want to watch that again, you

can see it on our programme page. Karen texted, "I work with children

in care and it upsets me when we're told we can only support our care

leavers for a few weeks and sometimes not at all, especially

when we have been main key workers in the time they have spent with

us." Peter says, "It is an excuse for the adult to fail." Natalie

says, "This shows the realities and challenges many care leavers face."

We can now speak to Labour MP Clive Betts.

He's chair of the Communities and Local Government Committee

which has recommended that all councils exempt care leavers

Thank you for joining us. So far, 14 councils are doing it. Is that good

enough for you? Well, it isn't, but actually our recommendation was that

Government should bring in a national policy for care leavers.

So, from the age of 18 to 21, a young person leaving care wouldn't

have to pay council tax to help them with what has been describe as a

cliff-edge. One minute they are in the local authority care, the local

authority does everything and pays everything for them and the next

minute they're left by themselves with no support at all to help them.

So that will be one way of giving them some assistance to get back

into independent living. How do you answer the question that was put in

in Ashley's report? That it is why should care leavers benefit

financially with council tax exemption where other people might

be struggling? We understand and many people struggle financially for

different reasons, but when we did our report into homelessness, we

talked to young people who had been homeless and found that a lot of

young homeless people had been in care in the first place. They had

difficult lives and difficult experiences so talking to them, what

they described to us was a situation where they came out of care. Young

people and other circumstances may have family to support them, maybe

able to stay at home for a bit longer, if they leave home, they may

get financial support from their family. That isn't open to young

people in care. They are in care because they haven't got a family to

support emthis. It is a challenging set of circumstances and just that

little bit of help and it wouldn't cost us much money to say to the

young people who come out of care, you're coming out. You have had

difficult lives. Difficult experiences, you're on your own now,

but we'll give you that bit of helpment don't way the council tax

for the first three years until you're 21 and hopefully that will

prevent these young people getting into debt and losing their homes.

Does it delay the inevitable though? Putting yourself in the shoes of the

young people and we took evidence and talked to young people in these

circumstances. A lot of challenges. They're sudden from being in the

local authority care, from having everything done for them, they're by

themselves with a tiny bit of support maybe. In that situation,

just taking one pressure off them, one additional responsibility, one

bill coming through the door that they don't have to deal with, just

helps them adjust to a situation where eventually they will take

responsibility and they will pay their council tax in full.

And in terms of the cost of it and the impact on comes, you say it is

small cost... Yes. In proportion to other costs. However, it is money

that would have to be covered somewhere else in the budget? Of

course you cans it is. We call them central Government to do it and it

is a tiny drop in the Chancellor's resources. And in the end, if it

helps these young people get back into a stable life, a stable way of

living, once they have left care, then that actually would probably

mean less demand on other services, less demand for help with the debts

they get into and hopefully they won't get evicted and end up

homeless with the local authority. It could mean savings in term of the

pressure that they're going to put on other services to help them out

and I think it is just a proper and humane thing to do, to say to these

young people, "Look, you have had a difficult life. Here is one way

society can help you get back into independent living and hopefully not

get into the same problems that we heard many young people get into

once they leave care and are left to themselves with the responsibilities

and the bills. If there isn't the national strategy, is there anything

that can make councils do this? Councils can look at it and see

whether perhaps in their own locality and Connells are challenge

for resource at present. They have had 40% of the their Government

grant taken away since 2010, but if they can find a little bit of mub to

help maybe it means those young people don't become a burden and an

extra pressure on local services if they get into difficulties and debt

and find that they lose their home. So I very much welcome what you said

that 14 councils have decided to do this, but in then come on

Government, let's find this bit of money to help these young people.

Thank you very much. Later, we will be talking to two young people who

are benefiting from the new scheme. Two young care leavers and also a

council leader of a council that has introduced that policy.

Sima says, I can relate to this, I didn't know light bulbs. Thank you

for your comments. Still to come, we spoke to them

back in March about their battle to save the life of their baby boy

Charlie, who receives 24-hour care Half of nurseries in England say

they might be unable to provide the full 30 hours of free

childcare from September, We'll be discussing why

with parents and nurseries. Here's Annita in the BBC Newsroom

with a summary of today's news. Detectives investigating an attack

on a teenage asylum seeker, have released images of three people

they want to question. The two men and a woman

are being sought about the attack on the 17-year-old boy at Croydon

in south London on Friday night. Nine people have

already been arrested. One was later released

without charge. Police believe up to 20 people

were involved in the attack. Donald Trump has warned

that the US will solve the North Korean nuclear threat

under his leadership. In an interview

with the Financial Times, "If China is not going to

solve North Korea, we will." Mr Trump confirmed he was referring

to direct unilateral action. The comments come ahead of a visit

to the US Significant restrictions on the use

of bail by police in England The amount of time a suspect

released from custody can remain on bail will be limited

to 28 days in most cases. According to the Home Office,

the move will end the injustice of people left in limbo for months

or even years. the change will be unrealistic

in complex investigations. Spain's Foreign Minister has said

there is no need to lose tempers over Gibraltar. The chief minister

of Gibraltar had insisted it would not be used as a bargaining chip in

negotiations over Britain's exit from the European Union.

The EU's guidelines on the Brexit talks suggest that Spain,

which claims sovereignty over the territory,

could be able to veto decisions that affect it.

But yesterday, Theresa May assured the people of Gibraltar

that her government remained committed to them,

and that the sovereignty of the Rock was not up for grabs.

That's a summary of the latest BBC News.

They won the Scottish Premiership title with room to spare,

Scott Sinclair's hat-trick helped them to a 5-0 win at Hearts

They now need the Scottish Cup title to seal a domestic treble

in Brendan Rodgers' first season as manager.

The pressure eased slightly on Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger,

as his side drew 2-2 with Manchester City

protests against him before the match

and Wenger insists his future will be revealed soon.

Lexi Thompson was punished in the ANA Inspiration golf after a viewer

spotted an infraction. Roger Federer has moved up to four the world after

winning in Miami, that is all the sport for now, back with more just

after ten o'clock. The parents of baby Charlie Gard,

who suffers from a rare genetic condition, are hoping to persuade

a High Court judge to let them Connie Yates and Chris Gard

have now raised over ?1.2 million for the treatment,

but UK doctors have opposed Victoria spoke to Connie Yates

and Chris Gard last month. It's not really been fine

since the day we found At the end of the day, we just

want him to be given a chance. You're never going to find

treatments or cures for these things What we're asking to give

him are not poisons. They're naturally occurring

compounds that me and you can produce, and unfortunately he's

deficient in them and he can't So, you know, there's no real known

side effects to these medications so I kind of think the whole time,

why not try? It's just something that

his body requires, you know? I know people will say

it's very different. If a diabetic doesn't have insulin,

then they're in trouble. Insulin is known

to be safe in humans. Who was the first

person to try this? We feel like because he's got

a rare disease, then he hasn't got any treatment at the moment,

but he's only number 16. He always has been and always

will be our number one priority, but we know how it feels to have

someone born with this disease, so if anyone else in the future

is born with this disease, we want something that can

help this, and we want to find a treatment

and cure for the disease. We want parents taken

into the side room to say, "We've got something for you,

something you can take." We don't want that devastating news

of, "There's nothing we can do." Our correspondent Daniel Boettcher

is outside the High Court. What happens today, Daniel? Well,

Joanna, we expect a judge to hear detailed arguments from both sides

in this case. Now, Charlie was born last August, initially he seemed

perfectly healthy, but after about six weeks as parents noticed that he

was losing weight. When he was eight weeks old, he was taken to a local

hospital, initial tests couldn't establish what the matter was. In

October, he was then taken to Great Ormond Street Hospital, and he has

been diagnosed with a very region and a condition, which is a type of

mitochondrial depletion syndrome, and his parents believe he is only

the 16th person to be diagnosed with this particular form. The

mitochondria are the power units of the cells, if you like, they power

various functions of cells, and this condition leads to muscle weakness,

progressive muscle weakness, so Charlie is being treated in the

intensive care unit at Great Ormond Street Hospital, and the doctors

there say that there is no accepted queue. They now believe that

withdrawal of life-support treatment is in his best interests, but his

parents want to take him to America, where they hope that he can receive

treatment. As you have erred, in that interview with them, and at a

hearing last month a judge was told that an American hospital will

accept him for treatment being trialled there so long as they can

pay for it. So is parents have been raising funds, and an online

donation page shows that they have already exceeded an initial ?1.2

million target, but whether he can be taken to the United States now

depends firstly on practicalities, but primarily it will depend on the

decision of a judge here, once he has heard both sides of the

argument. He will decide what is in Charlie's best interests. Thank you

Ray Mutch, Daniel. Lots of you reacting to Ashley's report about

the financial pressures on care leavers. Stewart says, good news

that councils are reacting to this. Khalid tweets, thank you for your

report highlighting these important matters. Tom tweets, councils have

legal parenting responsibilities to care leavers, what would any other

reasonable parents do to support their child? Robert tweets, their

lives have been hard enough, anything to help is a blessing, good

luck to them all. Jude says, we need more stories putting the spotlight

on what care leavers have to face. Thank you for your comments, we will

be talking about that more later with two care leavers who are

benefiting from the decision by their councils to wave council tax.

It's one year since a British charity worker was was sentenced

to five years in jail by a secret Iranian court.

Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, a project manager at

the Thomson Reuters Foundation, has been imprisoned in Iran

since April, when she was arrested and accused of attempting

In a moment, we'll talk to Nazanin's husband Richard, who's here,

but first here's a quick reminder of what's happened so far.

Let's now speak to Richard Ratcliffe, who's with us.

Thank you very much, another anniversary, if you can call it

that, tell us what the latest is an Nazanin. Yes, that is right, the

latest is she is still in prison, she is still waiting for hospital

treatment, so she was very ill back in February, she saw a neurological

specialist who said that she needed to be admitted to hospital, but the

judge decided it was not going to happen. We have been waiting for

that to progress. What the health issues? Is this something that has

come about since she was in custody? Yes, she has had a problem with her

neck, back and shoulder, and she been passing out, and also not been

able to move her arms. At different times, we have at this but don't

like -- we have had different reports. She has spasms of pain that

sometimes are not so bad, sometimes terrible, and sometimes she is not

able to lie down. So I don't know, that is the honest answer. That is

obviously physically debilitating what about her mental state? It has

been very tough, obviously she was in solitary confinement for the best

part of 18 months, moved to general cells after Christmas, and in some

ways it is about the legacy of that coming through, she talks about

panic attacks, not being able to sleep. One of the things of the

interrogation is pressure, threats, and those comeback. -- and those

comeback. For me, the hardest part will be the psychological part, that

is where the scars will be long-term. Yesterday we mark the

anniversary, at a tree in our local park we put loads of messages for

what people would do with one day of freedom. The idea of it, really, was

to keep an eye on that hope for tomorrow, and when you come out,

that there are things we can do together, simple things like go to

the beach, have a coffee or watching Gabriella sleep, things we all took

for granted. And talking to other prisoners who have come out of the

other side, what you lose is the ability to choose, the ability to

feel anything other than stress, so to have a list of things to do can

help. And are you now resigned to the fact that she has been sentenced

to five years and it will be five years? Are their options to get out

soon? I can't cope with five years, I was battling very hard to bring

her home for Christmas, and that didn't happen, and then there was a

bit of a lull, and now I am battling until the summer, I am working in

blocks of six months, like a staircase. This was the mark of a

new start. In terms of how long, we had a trial, she wasn't allowed to

speak at the trial, sentenced to five years. We had an appeal where

the sentence was confirmed, she was allowed to say a few words, but it

was confirmed, and lies were told. There is a final High Court appeal,

no date set, the papers are there for that to happen. So the legal

process continues, and the political and diplomatic process continues.

And you have a daughter, Gabriella, who is nearly three. And she is

there, being looked after by her grandparents. With this situation is

so uncertain, in terms of how long Nazanin might be there, can you

bring her back? We have been asking for her passport back, the Iranian

authorities still have her passport, that is a technicality, but the one

thing that is important for Nazanin is to be able to see Gabriella. At

the moment, it is once a week, so back in the autumn I was exploring

whether I should bring her home, and she said, please don't take my baby

away, I live for senior. I made a promise to her that it is a choice,

we will keep trying to get the passport back, but fundamentally, if

Nazanin can control nothing in this, at least she can decide what happens

to Gabriella. Tobias Ellwood, the Minister for the Middle East, has

raised the case with Iran and is also supporting you directly. What

support our view had? It has got better, we have met with the Foreign

Office quite frequently recently, very caring and sympathetic. I

suppose my criticism would be of the Government is that there is a glass

ceiling, it has never been raised by the Foreign Secretary, and there has

never been any criticism. Nazanin was on holiday, held in secret

charges, a five-year sentence - you know, all of these Iranian and

international laws were broken, and the Government has never said,

listen, we don't treat a British citizen like that, it is not

acceptable. Do you think what the Government is

doing will make any difference then? I want them to bring her home and it

would be good for them to stand up for her. Thank you very much,

Richard. Thank you. This is about 12 months of growth

since chemo finished and it has come Victoria says goodbye

to her wig in her latest video diary charting her recovery

from breast cancer. From September, some children

in England will be eligible for 30 It's double what's

currently on offer. But we've been told that about half

of nurseries are either uncertain if they'll be offering the scheme

or have decided already to opt out. The Government says 390,000

three and four-year-olds in England will be eligible,

but some say it could be closer to 500,000, meaning

a shortage of spaces. Research from the Pre-School

Learning Alliance, a charity representing childcare providers,

suggests that over 36% of nurseries are unsure if they will offer

the 30 hours scheme, while almost 20% say

they are definitely opting out. The majority of providers say

government funding falls short of the actual hourly cost of looking

after a child and there are fears many nurseries could be forced

to close under the new scheme. Let's talk now to Neil Leitch,

who is the chief executive of the Pre-School Learning Alliance

who carried out this research. Liz Burnett, whose nursery

won't be offering 30 hours. Jane Jones, who is unsure

if their nursery can or not. Luisa Element, a mother of two whose

youngest son is eligible but his nursery doesn't know

if they can offer it. Vanessa Warn, a nursery owner

from York who was part of the government trial,

and with her Jill Campbell, a mother who's child goes

to Vanessa's nursery and under 30 Thank you very much for joining us.

Neil, you have been carrying out the research. Tell us more about what

you have found in terms of how many private providers will be offering

the 30 hours? Well, the difficult thing is we already know that many

providers are reluctant to participate. This research which was

over 1300 participants, around 44% only have said that they would

participate so we are left with a huge void in terms of the number of

places that are likely to be available come September and that is

pretty poor news for parents who think they can knock on the door and

come in and a place will be available. The research is saying

that's not the case. Liz, you are one of those saying you will not

offer the 30 hours, why not? We are a village pre-school. We're only

open for 30 hours a week. And we are under funded on the 15 hours

currently. So therefore, we will have lost about ?24,000 this year in

terms of offering the 15 free hours. Therefore, with under funding, still

an issue as of September, to offer the 30 would be financial suicide

for us. Would you go bust, would you? Yeah, we would be unable to

keep the doors open, but by not offering it, we are, you know,

perhaps going to be losing parents who are looking for the 30 hours

offer. Jane, you're not sure if your nursery will be able to offer the 30

hours. What are the considerations for you? It is the same as Liz, it

is the finance. We have the capacity, but we have been under

funded since 2015. We were about ?17,000 short 2015/2016 so we're

thinking about maybe offering five places and have some policy in place

to decide which parents would get that. Possibly if they previously

had two-year-old funding and had got into work, but as we have trustees,

we need to look at and see what's the best option for us. Let's go to

Vanessa, your nursery was part of the Government trial. Did it work

out? How did it work financially? It worked extremely well for York. York

has a strong partnership with its local authority and we were allowed

to charge additional services with the bletsing of the Department of

Education. So we were able to not lose any money basically, we were

able to communicate with our parents to explain that the Government gave

us ?4 an hour, my nursery charges ?5. So we were able to charge our

parents ?1 for additional services like food and nappies, forest school

and then that actually was met really positively by our parents and

we didn't lose any money. Jill, you're sitting a long side Vanessa.

You are one of those parents, how did you feel about paying towards

what was billed as free childcare? Because the childcare funding had

made such an I will pact to our monthly bills, I didn't see it as

having to pay towards the daily cost of my daughter having to attend the

nursery. I had already seen it as a massive benefit being able to access

the funding so I was more than willing to pay the additional pound.

Liz and Jane, is that something you could consider to make it viable? At

the moment, our children bring packed lunches in. I know that some

nurseries have been charging for lunches and things like that, but we

don't have facilities to provide a meal as such so... What about

nappies? Again, families bring their own nappies in and things so the

children arrive each day with a bag which has nappies and things like

that. So we are really quite stuck on where we could charge for extras.

Our only options being potentially to open for an extra hour of the

day, but we have staff who have children themselves and therefore,

you know, they're dropping them off at quarter to nine and picking up at

just gone 3pm, to stretch our day from 8.30am to 3.30pm would create a

big impact on our staffing arrangement. Jane, what about you?

We are the same. We are on a school site, and they can have a hot meal

and a That would be charged at the same rate as the school. We take

children from two. We don't have that many in nappies and those

parents bring those. And also parents bring something for snack

time for us as well. So we don't have really any scope for charging

extra. You have got a two-year-old boy who will be eligible for the 30

hours from September, but you don't know if his nursery will offer it?

What have they said? I've asked them a number of times now and they keep

saying they are having meetings about it, but they haven't decided

which means that in the moon time, we're if limbo waiting for a

decision because we're faced with having to find another childcare

provider for one year before my son goes to school. I'm fully expecting

them to say that it is not financially viable, but until we get

a des we are just waiting. What options do you have? Well, the

school that my oldest son goes to have already said they were not

going to offer the 30 hours in their nursery. So the option we have, I

guess, is to either leave him where he is and take the hit and not get

the 30 hours funding that we are entitled to or find somewhere else

that does offer the 30 hours, but that's another issue because we

don't know yet where is going to be offering it because lots of people

haven't decided yet. So it's tricky. Neil, local authorities have to

offer the 30 hours for free, don't they? There is always an option?

They have an obligation to offer it, but at the end of the day, it is

down to the provider and I think what we really need to remember here

is held out to be free childcare, so the real crit is that parents

shouldn't have to pay additional charges and if Government haven't

put enough money in, they should make up the difference. There is no

such thing as free childcare, there is subsidised childcare. They need

to be honest and say that's what it is. When the policy was announced a

couple of weeks before the election, no consultation. The Government had

no idea of what it would cost. They had no idea of whether there was

capacity within the sector to deliver it and when you look at

numbers, when they announced it pre-election, they said 630,000

parents would benefit. When it came to post election, only 390,000, I'd

suggest if you walked into any business, commercial environment,

put an offer like that on the table, you would be laughed out of the

building, yet we as providers are expected to make up for a poor

policy. When there is criticism of charges, it won't fall on

Government. It will be on Liz and Jane. It would be be on ministers.

How many parents would you estimate would actually end up not being able

to access it or having to pay an element? 44% of providers. At the

moment we estimate 200,000 of those parents will not find a place as it

stands and Government recognises that. Hidden in the last Budget...

That's 50%? 50% roughly speaking. Hidden in the last Budget Government

said we're not going to have to spend the same amount of free

extended 15 hours. They recognise it. They just won't put enough money

in. Jill, you said that at least it has mitigated your childcare costs,

but in terms of a policy where you're told you're going to get free

childcare and then you have to pay towards it. How do you feel about

that? I think, every parent would be different. For me personally, I was

more than willing to contribute towards my daughter's daily cost at

nursery because I wouldn't want any nursery to have to suffer and

therefore the child have to suffer because of an inability for the

nursery to be able to survive on the reduced funding that they receive

from the local authorities. If you had to pay, how would you

feel about that? Well, we're paying already

obviously. But having been told, you're eligible for 30 free hours

and you may not get that? Obviously I would prefer not to

prefer for the hours that we are entitled. We have to see how that's

going to pan out. It is not looking particularly good for us, yeah, of

course, I would like to take up the 30 hours that we're entitled to.

What's it like, Liz, when you've got parents coming to you saying, "Hang

on, I'm entitled to this." And you're telling them you're not

offering it? We're lucky and we have supportive parents and the withins

that we have spoken to and explained the situation and told them how

under funded we actually are on a per child per hour cost have

actually said well, we understand and we appreciate why you are unable

to do so. They are disappointed. Obviously from their prospective

they would like to have us offering the full 30 hours, we are three

times outstanding sort of facility. Our parents are really happy with

what we do, but they do appreciate that financially we are unable to

carry that cost. Thank you very much for sharing your thoughts with us.

The Department for Education told us they are putting a record ?6 billion

into childcare per year by 2020, including ?300 million

to increase the hourly funding rates paid to nurseries,

They said, "The vast majority of providers will see their funding

rate increase and councils will have to pass 95 % of this funding

Let's get the latest weather update with Carol.

We have had fog. Some frost and sunshine and rain. Most of the fog

will lift during the course of the next couple of hours. But there will

be some sea fog lapping on shore as we go through the course of the day.

It will hold the temperature back. We have got rain coming across

Northern Ireland and Scotland. And pushing towards the South East

overnight. Overnight. Behind it, there will be cloud and for England

and Wales not as cold a night as it was last night, but a cooler night

across Scotland and Northern Ireland. So this is how we start

tomorrow with a weather front in the south-east. Still producing rain,

albeit patchy. That clears away, leaving residual cloud with the odd

spot of drizzle coming out of that, but for most it will be dry and

bright and there will be somebody shine. A lot of showers blowing in

on a gusty wind across the north of Scotland. In Shetland some of those

could be wintry, and our temperature eight Celsius in the north to 15

Celsius in the south. Hello, it's Monday,

I'm Joanna Gosling, in for Victoria. Police say they want to question

three more people over the vicious beating of a teenage asylum

seeker in Croydon. There have been eight

arrests so far. Police are due to hold a news

conference in the next half hour. We take a look at the financial

challenges faced by young people when they leave the care system

at 18 and the local "That's it, we no longer need

to be in contact with you, you've now hit that age

where you can live by yourself independently, and there you go,

off you go into the world," kind of thing, and there was

not much preparation for that. Outrage after ?250,000

of tampon tax money is used to help fund

an anti-abortion charity. One MP tells us the ground should be

stopped. The tampon tax fund was about empowering women, it is one of

the biggest awards to a charity which takes choice away from women.

Surely women, if we do believe in choice, must have more than one

choice. That interview in full at half-mast. Also coming up...

How brilliant is he?! He is 11 years old and from Nottingham.

last night as the world's youngest orchestra conductor

We will talk with him and his mum live a little later this hour.

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

Detectives investigating an attack on a teenage asylum seeker,

Have now charged five people. Police investigating the attack last Friday

believe up to 20 people were involved in the attack.

Donald Trump has warned that the US will solve the North Korean nuclear

In an interview with the Financial Times,

"If China is not going to solve North Korea, we will."

Mr Trump confirmed he was referring to direct unilateral action.

The comments come ahead of a visit to the US

Significant restrictions on the use of bail by police in England

The amount of time a suspect released from custody can remain

on bail will be limited to 28 days in most cases.

The decision is in response to concerns that people

were being left in limbo for months or even years.

as our home affairs correspondent June Kelly reports.

Famous faces who've been under police investigation,

finally told they wouldn't be facing charges,

but only after long months on bail.

They were among the 5000 still on bail after a year.

The Government says the system needed rebalancing.

Well, what's happened in the past is people could be put on bail

with no end in sight and no check or balance, which means we had

thousands of people could be on bail for 12 months or more.

In fact, there were examples of people on for several years,

We've got to make sure we've got a proper system that is

It's part of an overhaul of the bail system in England and Wales.

From now on, some suspects won't be subject to police bail at all.

For those who are bailed, in most cases, the limit will be 28 days.

But a senior police officer will be able to grant one three-month

The police will have to seek the permission of a magistrate

The Police Federation, which represents rank-and-file officers,

28 days, in the cycle of a police officer,

is not a long time for investigating a crime.

You've also got to bear in mind, in relation to external inquiries,

what we tend to have is external resource, so we have got

the Forensic Science Service, CPS, and 28 days is not realistic

for them to come back to us with the information

The Police Federation said the old system protected

complainants and victims and helped prevent further offending.

Spain's Foreign Minister has said this morning

that there's no need to lose tempers over Gibraltar.

He was speaking after Gibraltar's chief minister insisted yesterday

that the territory won't be used as a bargaining chip

in negotiations over Britain's exit from the European Union.

The EU's guidelines on the Brexit talks suggest that Spain,

which claims sovereignty over the Gibraltar,

might be able to veto decisions that affect the territory.

This morning, Boris Johnson said there would be no change in the

status of Gibraltar without the consent of its people. Well, I think

the position of the Government is very clear, which is that the

sovereignty of Gibraltar is unchanged, and it is not going to

change, and cannot conceivably change without the express support

and consent of the people of Gibraltar, and the United Kingdom,

and that is not go the change will stop thanks a lot!

That's a summary of the latest BBC News.

Loads of you getting in touch about the financial pressures on care

leavers, Christian has e-mailed, students are exempt from council

tax, so no reason why we shouldn't give care leavers the same support.

Although 18 is the legal age for adults and, the transition from

adolescence varies from person to person. Those who have been in

institutional care likely to cope than other teenagers, this is

sensible. Robina says, as well as exemption from council tax, it would

be good to have a centre whereby such Kellie Wells can live together

and be given a bit of targeted support if necessary. -- such care

leavers can live together. Melnicescu and this needs to be

combined with improved training. -- Melanie says. Many services are

under too much pressure or not delivering adequate support to the

children. Michael has e-mailed, care leavers deserve all the help they

need because the effect of being in care can last throughout their

lives. I was in care for ten years and lived in several children's

homes, when it was time to leave, it was deemed I was not capable of

living on my own because I was institutionalised, and instead I was

put into a hostel. Despite spending most of my life in care, it was as

if I had never been in care, eyelid in the hostel for ten years, not

sure what to do. -- I lived. I attempted to kill myself, I spent a

week in intensive care, but fortunately I survived, I am glad I

did, I am a single parent with two beautiful girls. Gina says, I am an

81-year-old pensioner who gets no help from the state and my biggest

worry is paying my council tax bill. But I have a well furnished home and

enough money to pay the rest of my bills, these young men and women

need all the help they can get, they seem to have been forgotten in the

space of things. Come on, they should be given a free grant, it is

disgusting how young adults are left like this. And Julie says, I have no

contact with my family after leaving home at the age of 17. Thank you for

your thoughts and comments, do get in touch. Texts will be charged at

the standard network rate. Let's get some sport

with Hugh Woozencroft. Good morning and very good if you

are a fan of Celtic. It may be only the first week of

April, but Brendan Rodgers side have clinched the Scottish Premiership

again after beating Scott Sinclair scored a hat-trick,

which helped put them 25 points clear of second-placed Aberdeen,

and they're still on for the domestic treble -

having won the League Cup, they are also into the last four

in the Scottish Cup. I am very honoured and very

privileged to manage Glasgow Celtic. When you support a team like this as

a boy, and you know the history of the club, I was happy to take on the

responsibility to make the supporters dream and make the

supporters happy. This coming season, and hopefully for years to

come. Manchester United defender

Luke Shaw's future at the club is in doubt following

a stinging attack from his manager,

Jose Mourinho. He thinks the England international

isn't even deserving saying Shaw lacks commitment,

focus and ambition. He's only played 15 times

the season, with his boss claiming he is a long way behind his

competition for a place in the team. Lexi Thompson, the American golfer,

must be heartbroken after an eagle-eyed television

viewer called in to say they'd spotted an infringement

that cost her a major title. It happened at the first women's

golf major of the year, with Thompson holding

a two-shot lead in tournament. She only found out

with six holes to play, and the infringement happened

a full 24 hours beforehand. She was left in tears,

calling it ridiculous, as she was handed a four-stroke

penalty, losing her lead and eventually the title as well

in a play-off to So Yeon Ryu The 14-time Major winner

Tiger Woods tweeted, "Viewers at home should not be

officials wearing stripes." Former US Open winner

Graeme McDowell said, "Another rough day for the deep dark

complex rules of golf, simplification cannot

come quick enough." Finally, Lexi Thompson herself took

to Instagram a few hours ago, saying, "Well, it was an emotional

day here for me, first off I do want to say what I had done

was 100% not intentional." I played amazing today, probably the

best golf I played all week. I wasn't expecting that on whatever

hole it was, I did not intentionally do that, so to the officials or

whoever called in, that was not my purpose. I didn't realise I did

that. But you know, I fought hard coming in, I didn't give up, I knew

I could still win, but so many players played great, so congrats.

Things went slightly better for Roger Federer.

He says he'll have some time off after winning the Miami Open.

He beat Spain's Rafa Nadal in straight sets to move up

to fourth in the world rankings but won't play most of the clay

court season and will probably next appear at the French Open

That is all the sport for now, we will be back with more at around

10:30. While most teenagers are living

at home when they turn 18, are suddenly thrust

into a grown-up world. They can find themselves

alone in a flat with all Managing money is one of the biggest

challenges, and a new scheme, so far adopted by 14 councils,

aims to help. Our reporter

Ashley John-Baptiste, who was himself in care,

has this report. and I moved into a council

flat on this street. I'm really nervous,

because I haven't been back here for at least,

say, five years. But this is the flat I moved

into when I left care when I had to fend for myself as an adult,

and I can see the flat. I remember thinking,

"What the heck?" "I've got to go and live

independently by myself I remember the toughest weekend

potentially of my life was when I had 37p to live off

for a weekend, and all I could afford was an onion,

and I had a bit of tuna, and I made pasta tuna

and lived by myself. I know I wasn't alone in finding it

difficult to leave care, Research suggests well over half

of care leavers struggle That's why as of this month some

councils have decided to stop charging care leavers council tax

until they are older. In reality, only a small number

of care leavers will benefit. The councils that are doing this

hope it will ease the sudden Tiffany was taken into care

on Christmas Eve when she was five. Growing up, she was moved 15 times

all over the country. They officially went,

"That's it, we no longer need to be in contact with you,

you've now hit that age when you can live by yourself

independently and there you go, off you go into the world,"

kind of thing, and there was not much

preparation for that. It's my bank.

Do you know what it says? "We are aware that you

couldn't make payment." Can I have a read?

Do you mind? About 2000 across

different companies. Council tax bills

are probably the worst one. This is my place that

nobody can take away from me. Jodie was taken into care

when she was eight but said she was also excited at

the prospect of being independent. How did you cope with the pressures

of being an adult, If you don't open the post,

then you don't have to deal with it. Some councils have decided to scrap

council tax for young care leavers. Do you think this is a measure

that will help care leavers? Yeah, I do.

It gives them the chance to adjust. But some might say why should care

leavers benefit from this, but not other vulnerable groups

in society? People who come from a normal family

have that, "Can I borrow 20 quid?" There have been times when I've got

literally nothing in the cupboards, and I've gone hungry

because I have nobody to lend me We can now speak to

Tiffany Bacchus, who is 20 She spent two years in care

from the age of 16. She has struggled to pay her council

tax in the past but is now exempt. Ria Roberts is from west

London and was in care She's now 21 and has just moved

into her own council flat, and a change on 1st April means

she won't have to pay council tax. Claire Ward is a housing

advice officer for care Stephen Cowan is the leader

of Hammersmith and Fulham council, he's a Labour councillor

and who have just stopped charging Thank you for joining us. Tiffany

you went into care from 16 to 18. At 18 you went into your own flat. Tell

us what that was like and how you coped? It was a shock going in from

so much help to taking a step back and having to manage all your bills

and get a straight head on things very quickly. And how did you cope

with bills? Just budgeting plans and getting as much help as k and not

being scared to ask for help and looking into what you are entitled

to. You have to be quite savvy? Yeah. When bills are coming in and

you're fearing you haven't got the money to pay them, it must be

frightening? It worries and then you're not able to think about the

other smaller bills. So they get out of control sometimes. We are talking

today about care leavers being exempt from council tax. That does

come in in your area, but before that came in, how much of a burden

was council tax? It was a worry. No one likes to have debt on their

back... You had a debt, did you have? Yes and to have that there at

the time was just a worry, I couldn't focus and feel like I could

go out and have fun just for the fact that was at the back of my

mind. Were you being pursued for the debt? Yes, I was being pursued. I

didn't know I was entitled, to North Somerset Council to help me pay.

Were you being pursued by bailiffs? Yes, I was. You were 18. Yeah, I was

18 when they came to the door. It was like, "You've got six hours to

get it all sorted." Luckily Clare Ward and the team in North Somerset

Council said, "She is a care leaver. You can't be going knocking on

doors." Sometimes they don't believe the situation and that's their jobs

to pursue that. Clare, you were able to help Tiffany and how many others

in this situation? I'm not sure of the numbers, but part of what North

Somerset do is with the care leavers, we don't take legal action.

They stop any legal action for any previous debt so there won't be any

bailiffs turning up. So we are getting this sorted out. It came in

in 1st April 2016. This is our first full year. It has been a learning

curve, but it is working really well. What was your prospective

previously on the impact of council tax on care leavers? I came in just

before it came in last year, my prodesesor, but we are their

corporate parents and these young people don't have a parent to lend

them the odd ?50 or ?60. We felt this was something we had a little

bit of control over, that we could help them financially to ease them

into the independent living. And that's the approach that you've

taken as well, Stephen Cawan at Hammersmith and Fulham Council. How

would you define the role of a council in terms of parenting kids

in care? We're the corporate parent and any parent anywhere has a

responsibility to make sure their children have the best possible

start in life, but too often care leavers don't have that, so we have

been working with some of the care leavers and looking at policies we

can implement to make the transition into adulthood easier and getting

rid of council tax just seemed an obvious step, but I would stress we

see that as the start. We want children in our care to go on and

have the best possible life and we know that any corporate parent

should be there for them throughout just as much as parents are for

their own children. So, you're benefiting from what's happening in

Hammersmith and Fulham. Tell us about your situation. Because I'm

working part-time I don't get a lot of money. I think I save about

?3,000 over the next four years, I'm 21 now. It ends when I'm 25. It is

amazing to have that. Like I can spend money on going on holiday or

anything else. You mentioned other things that might help people. What

more do you think? We are looking at how we can help children get into

internships, Ria wants to work at somewhere like the BBC. Parents

normally go the extra mile and we are looking at what we can do to

help facilitate a child's ambitions to have the type of life they want.

We think it is a critical part of being a parent and that's what we

intend to do. The question was put in Ashley's report, what about other

vulnerable people? How much does all of this cost the council and where

do you get, where do you take the money from? There will be 35

children leaving, becoming over the age of 18 this year, and therefore

applicable to council tax normally. It will cost us ?49,000 a year to

abolish that for them. We think it is a good investment and we think

anyone who is in a difficult position needs our help which is why

we're investing in foodbanks and why we are the only council to take

children out of bed and breakfast accommodation. These children did

not ask to come into our care, they were put in for specific reasons and

we owe them and we are taking that seriously. Give us your personal

prospective on that Ria? I'm lucky because I have a lot of support from

my whole experience in care. Being able to volunteer abroad and along

with other things. So now hearing if I want to apply for an

apprenticeship, these guys are going to back me and help me with. That's

amazing. How about you? I agree with the amount of support you get. Just

to have that, OK not to worry, calm do you think we'll sort it out and

then if everything goes well, we will see what else we can aim for.

Lots of comments coming in from viewers who watched Ashley's report

and are watching now. A tweet from Vonnie, "After leaving care and

entering the homeless system, I have been in debt my entire adult

livment" A viewer says, "All the best to both of them. They deserve

the best." A social worker says, "I have worked for foster carers and I

would be horrified if I found a foster carer was not providing a

foster child with the necessary skills." ""There are many reasons

why young people need to leave home. Family can't afford to keep them.

Bad family relationships. No chance of work in their area, I could go

on." What's your reaction to the last comment, Clare? Yeah. Like I

said, we are the corporate parent. I think, it's not just financial

support that parents give, it is a emotional support. So, you know,

your child might pick up the phone and say, "Mum, dad, can you help

with this?" We help with emotional support. We are always there, our

office has a room where the young people can come, where they can do

their washing and cook meals and use the computer and use the phone.

There is always someone there to talk to, a friendly face, that's

important. The financial side is very important, but that emotional

side is also important, I think. We're hearing from you representing

councils where this is being done, this level of support is being

given. It may not be the same everywhere. It is not the same

everywhere, is it? No, it's not. And it's up to those councils to make

the decisions that are right for their resident. I do thank the

Children's Society who have been pushing this. This is the right

thing to do and no matter where there is hardship, where we need to

try and fix, we should make sure that we take council tax away from

children in care if that's possible and I'm glad we have been able to do

it. You want to go in the media and work at the BBC. I'm sure we can, I

don't know, I'm sure we can help you. We will do our best. We would

love to help you. Tell us more about your am bishings? Yes, so, I'm

studying film and television at the moment and hopefully in September I

can get on to an apprenticeship and I don't know, start from there. It

be a runner, but my dream is to be a writer/film director. Dream big.

Follow your dreams. What about you Tiffany? I'm aiming to go on the

midwifery side of things, but I'm an adventurous person, support worker,

care worker to midwife and see where that takes me. Good luck. It is

great to have you all in. Thank you very much.

Keep your comments coming in. So many of you getting in touch. We

appreciate those comments. As you know, Victoria has

been keeping a video diary for this programme,

having been diagnosed The diaries have chronicled her

mastectomy, chemotherapy and radiotherapy to try and help

demystify the treatment. Following chemotherapy,

Victoria lost quite a lot of her hair and has been wearing

a wig for the last 16 months. OK, so it's time to stop wearing

a wig, which I have been wearing since December 2015,

since I had chemotherapy And probably about half my hair,

maybe three-quarters of my hair, fell out as a result of that

treatment, and I have to say losing my hair was the worst bit

about cancer treatment for me. And I'm grateful to this wig,

actually, because it helped me get on with things,

go to work, live my life This is about 12 months of growth

since chemo finished. And it's come back as thick

as it was, if not thicker. Slightly more ringlety

than it was before. But I am actually apprehensive

about it, about taking my wig off, But I know it doesn't really matter

what my hair looks like. The point is this is proof,

if proof were needed, that once chemotherapy is complete,

your hair does grow back, and when you're in some of those

dark moments during chemo, you do doubt that, as irrational

and absurd as that sounds. But your body does slowly renew

itself once chemo is complete, and there's something really

optimistic about that. You can watch all of Victoria's

video diaries via our programme Lots of you getting in touch on help

for care leavers. A tweet from LJ "Preparation for adult life needs to

be part of school learning. Preventative work is a better

approach." Buddy says, "Council tax should be abolished and replaced

with a local form of taxation." LJ says, "It is ridiculous taking

people to court and adding bailiffs is awful." Fiona says, "Many care

leavers want to stay put." Thank you. Keep them coming.

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11. Labour MP Paula Sheriff has told

this programme she plans to confront the Government over why ?250,000

from the tax on women's sanitary products has been awarded to Life,

an anti-abortion group in the UK. which is now re-allocated

into a fund to support women. The Government announced on 24th

March that 70 organisations across the country would share

?12 million from this tampon-tax fund, which it said would improve

the lives of disadvantaged women Earlier, I heard from both

sides of the debate. We can speak now to

the Labour MP Paula Sheriff. Ann Scanlon, who is

education director at Life. Paula Sheriff first of all,

you say you will be raising Why are you so against

Life getting money? I'll be raising this as soon

as I return back to the House of Commons, and I believe

the minister has some serious questions to answer about this

charity which offers no Essentially, it is going against

the very concept of the tampon tax, which is to empower

and offer equality and this charity It refers to abortion

as the death penalty, I understand their website has been

taken down this morning, which does have

that comment on there. And equally the tampon tax fund

was about empowering women. It is quite ironic that this

is a tax that women pay for their own biology

which has then been awarded, and, in fact, it is one

of the biggest awards to a charity that takes

choice away from women. Ann Scanlon, ?250,000,

it is one of the biggest awards. It will be spent directly

on helping women, and I mean some of the most

vulnerable women in our society. This is going to be used

in our west London area where we deal with asylum seekers,

women who are fleeing domestic violence, women who have been

trafficked into this country I am really surprised

by this outcry. Surely, if we really do

truly believe in choice, surely women must have

more than one choice. We give ?10 million every year

to the abortion industry, and we are saying that ?250,000

spread over three years is too much to help women who perhaps wants

to carry on with their pregnancies. Yes, we are a pro-life organisation.

We are very transparent about that. Our application for the money

made that absolutely clear. But it doesn't in any way

influence the fact that what we want to do

is open choices for women. The women who come to us

all say they feel they have got to have an abortion

because they feel they have no choice, and we don't want

any woman to be in that position. So when you say they come

to you wanting an abortion... No, they come to us looking

for help, But when they go to

abortion providers, there is actually

only one thing on offer. When they come to us, of course,

any woman who comes to us is free to go and have an abortion,

but should she want to keep her baby, we can offer

practical help and support. We are one of the largest providers

of supported accommodation for pregnant women and new mums

with their babies. And this money will be specifically

spent on that and not campaigning? Absolutely.

How can you guarantee that? I myself am involved in the

advocacy side of the organisation. 90% of what we do is direct

hands-on help for women. Even our campaign.

We do education work in schools. We have reached the stage

where the entire pro-life voice Surely people need to know both

sides of the debate. That is not what we

are dealing with here. We are dealing with hands-on help

for women, vulnerable women. I think if you were

truly pro-choice, Paula Sheriff, do you accept this

is about helping vulnerable, It is about hands-on help

and not about campaigning? I spoke to one of Ann's colleagues

on BBC Radio last night, We put the question to her that

should one of those women who came to their organisation then decide

to go on and have an abortion, her colleague wasn't actually able

to tell me what would happen She basically said the housing

and support wouldn't be available It is not true to say that

other organisations, including the British Pregnancy

Advisory Service and other such charities do not offer

a range of services. That absolutely isn't true.

I've met them myself. They do of course offer abortion

counselling, but they also offer the other options available,

and that is why I am pro-choice. It is about offering

women the choice It is 2017,

and a website that refers which may be in very traumatic cases

including rape, including sexual assault,

is referred to as the death penalty. If someone faces losing a home

that you are offering them, if they then

decide they want an abortion, that is not giving

them a free choice. We support women.

Every woman that comes to us. No, we are not abortion providers,

and we talk about BPAS. BPAS don't hold a woman's

hand for nine months should she want to carry

on with the pregnancy. and decided they did

ultimately want an abortion? that is probably the majority

of the women that we see. Lots of women who come to us

will end up having abortions, and the last thing we say to them

when they leave is, "Please, whatever decision you make,

please know that you are welcome to come back and speak

to us at any time." Many of those women do come back

to us, and it's actually the stories we hear in the counselling room

about women who felt railroaded down the abortion

route who are often very, Actually, that is what firmly

made up my mind that abortion is not

in a woman's best interest. as to what would happen

if somebody wanted an abortion. She says the majority do end up

going off and having an abortion. But it is absolutely clear

from what she is saying that those women would therefore not be offered

the housing, support and any other If they are going off and having

a termination, they don't obviously

need that support. They may still need support,

absolutely. In fact as much

as any of the other women. Sorry, this is specifically

about giving support to vulnerable pregnant women who don't have

someone else to live. If they decide they are having

a termination, they don't specifically need

that support from this charity. But it isn't true suggest that only

the charity can offer that support. but doesn't the same apply

to a lot of charities? This money is being spread

among 70 different charities. I am not here to talk

about whether abortion It is every woman's decision

to make that choice But my issue is with the Government

giving money to an organisation which is pro-life, which takes

the choice away from women. It is clear that Life charity do not

offer women who approach them There are many more causes

which would have been better, which would have

received this money. I held a debate last week

in the Houses of Parliament WE're hearing about schoolgirls

playing truant from school because they don't have

sanitary protection They didn't receive any money

as a result of the tampon tax fund. Surely something like that

would have been a much better I want to get Ann Scanlon's

reaction to that. Absolutely. They would absolutely

have been deserving. Is Paula suggesting

that they applied and didn't get it? Really, we cannot

have a situation... and we were very clear about

how that money would be used. Period poverty,

absolutely it is a worthy cause. And really somebody should have

helped those people There was ?12 million being given

to help vulnerable women, and I believe that we do

that every day. It is up to the Government

to explain exactly what the criteria was for awarding money

from the tampon tax fund. I know from the feedback I received

just in the last 24 hours, and I have received hundreds