20/04/2017 Victoria Derbyshire

It's Thursday, it's 9 o'clock, I'm Joanna Gosling -

Jeremy Corbyn comes out fighting on day one of the election campaign.

He's says he has every chance of winning and a vote for him

Are we going to be a country which works only to make the richest even

richer? I know which side I'm on, you know which side you're on, this

election is going to be fought on the streets of this country!

The Labour leader will make his first speech

of the campaign a little later - we'll bring that to you live.

And we'll be talking to politicians from all the main parties

on mental health this week, we'll speak a group of people

preparing to run the London Marathon to raise awareness.

It was quite a significant incident, with me wanting to end my life, I

thought, I have got to tell him how low and serious things work, for me

to get to that point where I thought I could kill myself, basically.

And the chat app being blamed for encouraging bullying.

We'll be asking if SimSimi should be banned.

Hello and welcome to the programme, we're live until 11 this morning.

Serena Williams has revealed she's 20 weeks pregnant with her first

child by sharing this close-up of her growing bump on social media.

The tennis star even managed to win the Australian Open in January

when she was already about eight weeks pregnant.

Pretty impressive - but perhaps you can outdo her?

Tell us what you've achieved while pregnant.

Does it annoy you if people think you can't do stuff because you're

pregnant? Do get in touch on all the stories

we're talking about this morning - And if you text, you will be charged

at the standard network rate. Jeremy Corbyn will set

out his pitch to voters this morning as he tries to become

the next Prime Minister. In a speech the Labour leader

will say that he'll stand up for the British people

who "are the true wealth creators, held back by a system rigged

for wealth extractors". Last night on the campaign trail,

Theresa May said the public faced a choice between her "strong

and stable leadership" Here's our political

correspondent Alex Forsyth. The campaigning can start

in earnest, now the election date has been set -

and the party leaders Jeremy Corbyn's pitch

is as the anti-establishment party. He'll promise not

to play by the rules, and say Labour will stand up

for British people in a system rigged to favour the rich -

a message he hinted at it Are we going to be a country

that works only to make This election is going to be fought

on the streets of this country, up and down, in town halls,

in streets, on beaches, Theresa May wants to exploit

what she sees as Mr Corbyn's weakness, choosing the Labour-held

seat of Bolton for her She said only the Conservatives can

deliver the security It's a choice between strong

and stable leadership under the Conservatives,

or weak and unstable coalition Expect the campaign messages to come

thick and fast from every party The race is on, the battle lines

drawn - and they know just what's at stake -

not just their futures, Our political guru Norman Smith

is in Westminster. The thinking of Jeremy Corbyn's team

is, that this message worked pretty well in his leadership contests, and

they think that maybe out in the electorate, there is a broader move

where people just feel fed up with business as usual. They resent the

fact that nothing ever seems to change, that the wealthy carry on

keeping all the money, and there is an appetite for upheaval, for doing

things differently. In a way, you sense, he almost has to do this

because the polls suggest Mr Corbyn is so far behind committee can't

fight a conventional campaign, he's got to do things differently. The

question is whether the rules of the game really have changed, as Mr

Corbyn believes, and there is an appetite out there in the country

for doing things very differently, four, in Mr Corbyn's words, ripping

up the rules. We will have more from Norman later. And also some MPs as

well. Annita McVeigh is in the BBC

Newsroom with a summary Scientists have discovered

drugs which may be able to stop Alzheimer's,

Parkinson's and a wide range One of them is already safely given

to people with depression. Clinical trials are planned,

but the findings so far have been described as exciting,

important and potentially There would be a daily

dose, basically. We would probably use trazodone

first, which is already We cannot cure these things,

but if we can stop them in their tracks and change the way

they progress, we can radically change the course of the natural

history of diseases like Alzheimer's Police may now have to shoot

at terrorists who use cars as weapons, a senior

officer has said. The national lead for armed

policing, Simon Chesterman, said the tactics of armed officers

will have to change following a string of attacks

involving vehicles. In the past, police have been told

not to shoot drivers of moving The Culture Secretary,

Karen Bradley, has strongly defended the Conservatives' commitment

to aid spending. the Conservatives' commitment

to foreign aid spending. Her comments come as Microsoft

founder Bill Gates urged the UK to retain its pledge to spend 0.7%

of GDP on international aid, saying it was proof

of its goodwill and humanity. There's been mounting speculation

the pledge could be dropped in the Tory manifesto,

with the Prime Minister refusing to commit to it

when pressed yesterday. But Karen Bradley said she was proud

of the Government's record. I am not here to speculate on what may or may

not be in the manifesto. But I voted for the Parliament which put the

0.7% into legislation. I am very proud of the record of this

government in delivering for those most in need across the world.

Britain will be a leading force in that.

Debenhams has revealed plans to review the future of ten

It is to close 11 of its warehouses, including one of its major

distributions centres, which employs more than 200 people.

It's part of a turnaround strategy announced by the new chief

executive of the chain, which reported a 6.4% fall

A 17-year-old Formula 4 driver who was involved in a crash

at Donington Park has had both his legs amputated.

Billy Monger ran into the back of another car which appeared

to have stopped on the track during the race on Sunday.

The teenager had to be extracted from his vehicle

A JustGiving page set up to raise money for his care has

The American Secretary of State, Rex Tillerson, has given a strong

indication that America could walk away from the deal with Iran

He accused Tehran of "alarming ongoing provocations" and said

the deal ignored other serious threats posed by the country.

US and South Korean troops are taking part in a military

exercise involving aircraft carriers and fighter jets.

The government in Washington said the 11-day exercises

But tensions are especially high on the Korean peninsula.

Of course, that first round in the election on

Emmanuel Macron believes in globalisation and the European

Union. His closest challenger is the far right leader Marine Le Pen,

who's promising a referendum on France's membership of the EU and

says she will stop all immigration. One of the most high-profile figures

in American television news, Bill O'Reilly, has lost his job over

allegations of sexual harassment. His employer, 21st Century Fox,

which owns the cable channel Fox News, said he would not be

returning from a break. Mr O'Reilly called the allegations

against him unfounded. Cycling to work could halve

the risk of developing heart disease and cancer,

according to new research published today in the

British Medical Journal. Scientists at the University

of Glasgow, who analysed data from more than 250,000 people,

said walking reduced the risk Our reporter Vishala

Sri-Pathma has more. The commute to work,

for some, is the only Well, for those of us that

cycle to the office, Experts from the University of

Glasgow say that it reduces the risk of developing cancer

and heart disease. In fact, cycling to work

is linked to a 45% lower risk of developing cancer,

and a 46% lower threat That compares to driving,

or even taking public transport. It also means you're less

likely to die younger. Walking has its benefits,

too, although it's not You have to walk a total of two

hours a week at an average speed of 3mph for the health

benefits to kick in. So, we need to make it easier

for people to cycle. So, we need to increase cycle lanes,

we need to have cycle - city hire schemes, subsidised bike

schemes, have people have showers at work,

so they don't feel sweaty There's a whole host

of things to make it easier And if we can do that,

we get more people on our bikes, and then we're going to improve

public health, just like places like Charities have

welcomed the findings. Cancer Research UK says it's

evidence that you don't need to join a gym or run the marathon,

and that anything that gets you hot and out of breath can help

make a difference. You have been getting in touch about

Jeremy Corbyn. This one says, we don't deserve Jeremy Corbyn, he's

far too clean for politics, having spent decades standing up for

ordinary people. This one says, that man's ego will give the Tories

another five years in power. Let us know your thoughts as we begin this

seven-week election campaign. What would you like to see in the

different parties' manifestos? Do get in touch on all the stories

we're talking about this morning - And if you text, you will be charged

at the standard network rate. Let's catch up with the sport, with

John. So, Serena Williams was eight weeks pregnant, it turns out, when

she won the Australian Open? Absolutely. She put up this picture,

with the caption, saying, 20 weeks. Everybody obviously thought that she

was pregnant. It was not confirmed until last night from has bugs

person, because she actually took that post down. It's going to be

incredible for her, her first child. For tennis fans, a little bit of

disappointment, because if you were hoping to see her play at Wimbledon

later this year, she won't be, and it is now likely that she will miss

the next three Grand Slams. So, has she said when she thinks she might

be back on the circuit? Yeah, you wonder, don't you? Incredible that

she was possibly eight weeks pregnant when she won the Australian

Open earlier this year. Now, of course, she's going to miss the rest

of the season. We wonder when she will be back. If it is seven months

potentially after the birth of her first child, she could be back for

the French Open next year, in 2018. We think that is possible. Victoria

Azarenka gave birth to her first child, another top player, in

December, and she is targeting an end of July return. So, the French

Open would be a possibility for Serena. Under the ranking rules in

tennis, as long as she plays in her first tournament within 12 months,

she can retain her ranking? Yeah, it's interesting the way it works.

She is actually set to return to the top of the rankings, despite having

not played since the Australian Open. She has been struggling with

an injury. She is going to return to the top of the rankings, and yes,

they will freeze that for a certain amount of time. It will be

interesting to see. But certainly, fantastic news for Serena Williams,

and we will wait to see when she returns to the tour. What do you

think? Have you achieved anything particularly notable when you've

been pregnant, or does it annoy you when people think that you can't do

stuff when you're pregnant? Please get in touch with us.

Politicians are wasting no time trying to get your vote.

The decision to hold an election will have taken many by surprise,

and the relatively short time-scale means the pressure is on to finalise

policies and deliver a clear message to voters.

Later in the programme we'll hear live from Jeremy Corbyn.

He was giving his first speech of the campaign at 10:30am.

First here's a look at some of the differences between the two

-- he will be giving his first speech of the campaign at 10:30am.

It will come as no surprise that the big issues in the general

Prime Minister Theresa May will see it as a chance

while others will be delighted with the opportunity

So, how could the main policy areas play out under Brexit?

Expect a revival of the debate over immigration.

The Conservatives believe, as part of Brexit, the current system,

where EU citizens can move freely between countries, should

be replaced so migration can be controlled.

Labour also accept that the current system has to go.

They say the new one must work for businesses and communities.

Ukip has said it's committed to reducing net migration

The biggest factor for the economy will be the deal any future prime

Theresa May has made clear her view that the UK should withdraw

from the single market and seek a new customs arrangement and free

Others question whether this could be done in a two-year

time frame and protect the interests of businesses.

Labour say in any future deal the UK must retain the exact same

benefits that membership of the single market

Nicola Sturgeon wants Scotland to be able to decide its own future

Her calls for a second referendum have so far fallen on deaf ears,

with Theresa May ruling it out before Brexit is completed.

Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has said he would be absolutely fine

with a second independence referendum in Scotland.

An ageing population, staff shortages and claims of low

morale amongst employees means the NHS will be a key

Opponents have claimed the system is in crisis and have called

Mrs May, however, has rejected such claims.

Donald Trump's not afraid of hitting the headlines,

and the UK's relationship with the US president could be

Theresa May has previously invited President Trump

here on a state visit, and was pictured

Opposition leaders, however, criticised her for her perceived

inability to challenge President Trump

Theresa May's been keen to cut the welfare bill,

with proposed changes to disability benefits being criticised.

Other parties will say the most vulnerable in society should be

Conservatives will point to a falling unemployment rate,

while Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has made it clear workers' rights

Labour and the Lib Dems will lead the charge campaigning

against an education system that they say is

Theresa May has made clear her wish for more grammar schools.

Clearly, politicians have got their work cut out to put

on all these issues, especially in just seven weeks.

Well, let's get more from our political guru Norman Smith.

Guess what I dug out of my ball control this morning, how sad is

that? -- my bottom draw this morning. The manifestos of the four

parties at the last election, giving details of everything from rubbish

collection to nuclear war. They have not been written yet but we have

some idea of what is likely to be in them. Here is my hope Fico the tide

of what is likely to be in and out of the two main parties manifesto.

Labour first, Jeremy Corbyn, I expect we can expect things on

pensions, paid, free school meals. Let me go through that in a bit more

detail, pensioners, genomic organ has said he is going to keep the

pension lot, which ensures that pensions go up by 2.5% or earnings

or inflation, whichever is the greatest. On page, he has pledged to

increase the living wage to ?10 an hour, also talking about pay grades

of companies so that the boss can only get paid summary times the

lowest paid person and free school meals for all family schoolchildren

to be paid for by ending the VAT exemption on private school fees.

But almost as important as what is in a manifesto is what is written

out of manifestos. So let's just take a look at what Mr Corbyn might

choose the right out from his manifesto. I think we need to look

at immigration. Ed Miliband was imposing various curbs on it,

ensuring that migrants are to be here for two years to make sure they

can claim. Mr Corbyn saying it is not Labour's aim to end free

movement, so that might the bin. What else might? Private health

care. Ed Miliband was relaxed about that, he was happy for it to

continue, Mr Corbyn much less so. He says he one cigarette of private

health care from the National Health Service that might too go in the

bin. Those are the sort of ins and outs of the Jeremy Corbyn manifesto.

What about Theresa May. What might we expect her to put in her

manifesto? Things I expect to see in it, grammar schools, so-called tea

levels, and protecting the union. Grammar schools, Mrs May has made no

secret she believes there ought to be selection reintroduced for a new

generation of youngsters, some one, and the union, she will want a --

T-Levels. And the union. However, there are certain key things that I

think we can expect and we will be looking very closely to see if

Theresa May drugs, particularly things that David Cameron was pretty

keen on. What are the areas that could go? Those pension benefits,

such as free television licences, guaranteeing the winter fuel

allowance, allowing pensioners free travel and looking at triple lock in

deciding letters to expensive, because it is thought to cost around

?6 billion a year. What else might you? The budget surplus and the

deficit. In the Chancellor has already pretty much waved goodbye to

George Osborne's commitment of balancing the books by the end of

this Parliament and has not given us a fresh trade for balancing those

books. Lastly, of course, age. One of the most contentious areas, David

Cameron, a very high-profile policy commitment to ensuring that Suroor

.7% of our total earnings close towards overseas aid. They lot of

Conservatives are unhappy about that. Mrs May when pressed about

that refused to confirm she would give that so the signs are certain

key planks of the Cameron agenda could be dropped by Theresa May. The

other interesting thing is that we expect these manifestos to be a lots

of the previous ones. We now Mrs May thought David Cameron's manifesto

was far too bulky. So she wants to slimming down. As for the other

parties, they are in a rush. They're having to write their manifestos.

Well, joining me now in the studio are two people who can tell us

Sam Tarry used to be a spokesman for Jeremy Corbyn and is in regular

And Mark Wallace is executive editor of the influential

Tory grassroots website, Conservative Home.

Thank you both for joining us. When the parties are considering the

manifestos, they will be mindful of the Brexit backdrop and the question

as to whether this will be an election fought on traditional

battle grounds and party differences or whether remain and levers at the

forefront of mines. What is your thoughts on how should tackle that

one? I think clearly Brexit will be a huge part of the election.

Labour's priority will be what this post Brexit Britain look like. If

you compare what the Tories are proposing under before driving a

hard Brexit agenda, we don't want to crash out and have World Trade

Organisation deals that mean workers get paid less. Talking about triple

lock on pensions just a second ago. These sorts of things I think I'm

real danger in a hard Brexit. That was him to be careering towards. The

fact that Theresa May could not get a seal from a single other European

country over the past few weeks, in terms of that initial contact and

engagement is pretty frightening. Just to get complete clarity on the

hard Brexit community not being part of the single market and

prioritising freedom of movement. And I think as well that they have

threatened to go for a low tax economy. They will essentially be a

Brexit that is not a people's Brexit, a Brexit that benefit

everybody global corporation, and I think that people in Britain are a

little bit fed up with that. It is about time ordinary people come

first. Brexit is the factor without Theresa May does the government

would not have come into being, so part of the challenge for prime

ministers is that you have to fulfil the fact is in the power that you

also have to make sure you have the opportunity to do similar things in

between and remember David Cameron never wanted to be the austerity

Prime Minister but the financial crisis was the backdrop to him

becoming a minister. Theresa May was sitting out a very clear and swift

message on exactly she will deliver Brexit but that will also mean with

this election it will give her another three years, if she wins,

after fulfilling Brexit to develop a wider agenda. She has said about not

wanting her hands tied previously by what has happened in Parliament, in

terms of having to spell out the Conservative government on Brexit.

Those that exactly what will happen now with her having to draw up a

manifesto and making clear what the red lines are. She has set out some

red lines, since the Conservative Party Conference back in October,

and Lancashire house, then when she declared the election, she said we

should take back control of our money, our borders and our laws.

Those were the three central planks of the vote Leave campaign last

year. The interesting thing is that none of that guarantees what you

call a low tax Brexit or whatever. What that guarantees is that the

British people get from here on out every election how their country

should be governed. If we stay in the single market, you don't have

control of your immigration policy, you don't have full control of your

laws because the European court of justice stays in charge. She is

re-establishing our democracy. She is fulfilling Brexit, not harder

soft, just the only when there is. Sam, I know you are in regular

contact with Jeremy Corbyn, he says bring on this election, is he up the

when you talk to him? He is actually pretty fired up. Jeremy is at his

element when he's talking to people face-to-face on the doorsteps across

written. He had a rough ride in the press. He is really up to this. He

is saying, look, we have a crisis, so many elements, the NHS, it is

like being back in the 90s, the fag end of the last Tory government, the

four lying in hospital trolleys, we have a situation of crisis funding

in our schools. I came in today on the tube didn't have to get on

Southern Rail. Another absolute disaster overseen by the Tory

government. Jeremy will say look, we can't just pretend that Brexit is

the only thing this election is about. It is about how do we deal

with Brexit but also the crisis in our country? If you have the

policies that Goldman has put forward just over the last couple of

weeks over the Easter weekend, very much focused on domestic policy. How

do you help the 6 million people that are carers at home, how do you

actually put more money back into the Exchequer by increasing the

minimum wage question Jeremy Corbyn is right, isn't he? Those are the

issues that matter to people on a daily basis, what is going on in the

NHS, care, schools. Brexit, we have had the debate. It is undoubtedly

true that of course all these issues matter, and whoever wins the general

election will be in charge, not just for Brexit, but for the whole

governments of the nation. We will hear a lot about it. Jeremy Corbyn

certainly does have a tough time in the media that he is also giving the

Labour Party a tough time on the doorstep, and the big question will

be how important is Theresa May you'll feel. By what she called

those burning injustices, and how radical can she be as a result of

the fact they feel that Labour is not too serious a challenge?

Marksaeng that Jeremy Corbyn is a problem for Labour on the doorstep,

what are you say to that? Every election is about 650 seats, and a

Rossoblu factors. Some people are saying it is a foregone conclusion

but I don't think that at all and I think there are an awful lot of

things that will take place over the next 50 days. Jeremy's policies are

incredibly popular and when people actually go out and speak to people

on the doorstep and say we are going to transform your lives, rather than

just the broken promises of the Tories. Real practical policies. We

need a situation where if we are going into Brexit, we need a serious

plan for investment. Where is the investment programme for this

government. Jeremy has a plan that says we will rebuild Britain in the

interests of ordinary people after Brexit. I think that is something

that has resonance with people. Thank you both very much. Keep your

thoughts coming in, we have several weeks to go until the election.

The BBC has been following ten runners with mental health issues

who are taking part in the big race on Sunday for the Princes'

charity Heads Together - we will speak to some

of them about how it's changed their lives

SimSimi is one of the fastest growing apps

But is it being used as a tool for bullying?

Find out more, a little later on the programme.

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

Jeremy Corbyn will use his first major speech of the election

campaign to argue that he will stand up for the British people against

what he calls a rigged the system. He will reject the idea that the

outcome of the election is a foregone conclusion. You can watch

that speech live on this channel at about half past ten this morning.

The Culture Secretary Karen Bradley has strongly defended

the Conservatives' commitment to foreign aid spending.

Her comments come as the Microsoft founder Bill Gates urged the UK

to retain its pledge to spend 0.7% of GDP on international aid,

saying it was proof of its goodwill and humanity.

There has been speculation the pledge could be dropped

Scientists have discovered drugs which may be able

to stop Alzheimer's, Parkinson's and a wide range

One of them is already safely given to people with depression.

Clinical trials are planned, but the findings so far have been

described as exciting, important and potentially

There would be a daily dose, basically.

We would probably use trazodone first, which is already

We cannot cure these things, but if we can stop them

in their tracks and change the way they progress, we can radically

change the course of the natural history of diseases like Alzheimer's

Cycling to work could halve the risk of developing

heart disease and cancer, according to new research

published today in the British Medical Journal.

Scientists at the University of Glasgow, who analysed data

from more than 250,000 people, said walking reduced the risk

Debenhams has revealed plans to review the future of ten

It's to close 11 of its warehouses - including one of its major

distributions centres, which employs more than 200 people.

It's part of a turnaround strategy announced by the new chief

executive of the chain, which reported a 6.4% fall

That is a summary of the news. More at ten o'clock. Time for the sport,

with John. Serena Williams has revealed that

she's pregnant with her first child. This is how she told the world -

posting a photograph on social media That means she was pregnant

when she won the Australian Open in January, a record 23rd

Grand Slam title. Andy Murray said he was still

feeling a little rusty, his serve especially,

after winning his first competitive match after a month out

with an elbow injury. He beat Gilles Muller

to reach the third round of Lions head coach Warren Gatland has

defended his squad selection for this summer's tour

to New Zealand. He picked 16 English players,

12 Welsh, 11 Irish, but only He's picked Sam Warburton

as captain, but Gatland insisted that nationality hadn't come

into his thinking. Dylan Hartley was left

out of the Lions squad, but he'll captain England

in their tour of Argentina. The party also includes

rugby league convert And Barcelona are out

of the Champions League. Hoping to overturn a 3-0 first leg

deficit, it finished goalless with Juventus in last

night's second leg. Prince Harry said this week

that his life spiralled into chaos after blocking out feelings

about his mother's And Prince William admitted he still

lives with the shock of losing her. Their openness is all part

of their Heads Together campaign, which is encouraging people to have

conversations about mental health and this year they're the official

charity of the Virgin Money London Tonight, a BBC programme follows

a group of 10 runners affected by mental health issues

as they prepare for We'll be joined by some

of them in a moment, but first, let's see

a clip of Prince William I still feel, 20 years later, about

my mother, I still have shock within me. People go, shock, it can't last

that long, but it does. You never over it, it is such an unbelievably

big moment in your life that it never leaves you, you just learn to

deal with it. Georgina is one of the runners

in the BBC documentary. Here's a short clip of her talking

to another runner, Rhian. What do your parents think about you

doing this? It took me awhile to tell them exactly what was going on.

They knew I was off work but I guess they did not know the depth the

reasons. After quite a significant incident, with me wanting to end my

life by walking into the sea, I thought, I've got to tell them. I

wanted to tell them how low and serious things were, for me to get

to that point where I thought I could just easily kill myself,

basically. We're joined now by four

runners taking part in the Virgin Money London Marathon

for Heads Together, Georgina Lloyd-Pugh,

Leane Stevenson and Paul and Norman Thank you all of you for coming in.

Are you two heading off straightaway? Yeah, ready to go.

Yesterday it was in the press, obviously, with Her Royal Highness,

it was a great experience. The Royals are so fantastic, this is

trailblazing, what's happening. It was very moving to see Prince

William talking to the mother who has been through a terrible time,

her son died, her husband subsequently took his own life, and

she asked him whether her kids would be OK. And it was such a personal

response. Have you had these conversations with him as well the?

Yeah, personally we met with the Duke last year just before Father's

Day, about children in particular, and I spoke about the fact that I

had a son who only lived for three weeks. The trauma of that nearly 40

years on, it has taken me a good 30 years to get it out and realise how

it affected me and he fully improvised with what I was saying. I

know where he's coming from, without a doubt. What difference does it

make when you have someone like that talking to you? Why was it that you

didn't talk for such a very long time? I think probably the era that

I grew up through, people didn't talk about things are there wasn't

the support me if that is becoming more common today. I'm not saying it

is easy to access all the time, but the profile that we now have, with

the Royals coming on board, is going to lift this campaign dramatically.

And services will be more available, there's so much more going on to get

help. People will talk about it. It's a bit like years ago cancer,

everybody just so, the big sea. Now people talk about it more openly, it

is normalised in its. We saw you in the clip, talking about going to

work and saying how bad things had got for you, it must have been

tough? That is the first time I have seen that clip, and watching it

back, it's quite hard to see where I was, the position I was in, trying

to kill myself. But where I am at a now. I am a police officer, with the

909 service, there is a lot of stigma and barriers generally around

mental health. And for me, no, it's, really, important to say, yes, I am

a police officer and I suffer from depression. That is what I want to

do. People need to speak whatever they do, whoever they work for, to

get help. And you had a conversation with William? I spoke with

Catherine. She was absolutely lovely, very down-to-earth, very,

very supportive. What the Royals have done around mental health,

around Heads Together, is absolutely fantastic, and I echo what Paul and

Norman Scates have said. I am the parent of a daughter who suffers

with psychosis. As a parent, your child is diagnosed with a mental

illness, and I had no idea. Mental illness...? Where do I go, how do I

get help, what is a mental illness. I felt helpless and I still do to

this day, knowing how to help her, how to look forward, how to

encourage her when things are so desperate, when she is so desperate

and so no. Doing the marathon is all about talking about mental illness,

but it's also enabling people to know how to talk to people with a

mental illness. My daughter... When you saw your daughter was

struggling, how difficult was it to reach her, was she willing to talk?

No. When we knew something was seriously wrong, she had actually

stopped talking, so we couldn't talk to her. We had people coming in who

were trained to talk to her, and it was only when she was admitted into

hospital and we kind of got an understanding of what was going on,

then we started trying to understand what she was experiencing, and still

to this day, I'm still battling to try and get a complete grasp of

living with what she lives with. The only way I can see all trying to

make her life easier is to try and educate everybody, and myself around

her, how to talk to her, how to make her life easier, because her life,

and those with mental illness. It's hard, it's really hard. It is easier

to tell someone you're physically sick? And when you say mental

illness, people think, I'm going to say the wrong thing, I don't know

what to say... Actually, all people need who are suffering with mental

illness is someone just to listen. It's the reassurance. What happened

to you? I experienced psychosis aged nine. I had great paranoia are

people going to kill me so I needed to kill myself before they killed

me. It was all, related, I was abused as a child by a so-called

family friend, and it's just spiralled. That's why I'm so pleased

with what's happening now, because if I see what's going on now, I

would have known about the trauma. I was saying yesterday to Leane, we

forget about the carers, the people that are around us. And they're a

massive resource. I always use the analogy of an oxygen mask, they

always say, put it on yourself first before you can help somebody else. I

was talking to the Duchess about this, we need to support about

psychological interventions, medication is part of it but it does

not teach skills, and I want to give people those skills. You have

already said that you sort of went back to losing a baby a long time

ago, but then being pulled through those difficult times, how did you

do it? It is a double whammy, going through that, and then what my son

went through, and trying to lift him and bring him through and learning

myself along the way, has been a massive learning curve, but it's

educating people. I'm still learning myself at 67, trust me! It's clear,

if you have been through a lot, and just talking about it, makes you

feel emotional even now? Absolutely, you can't be the same, if you have

any emotions, you can't not get emotional, because it's so

important, when you have a child, and you're dealing with that, and

then you get faced with a second child with issues, and you couldn't

help the first child, you're now going through it again, with the

second, what can you do, how can you get them to open up? I tried lots of

different avenues with Paul to let him know, there is nothing you

cannot talk about, I will not get irate, I will take it on the chin.

And did you then find it easy? I unfortunately did attempt to take my

own life, and I broke my back, which is why the marathon for me is

massive. Which really difficult, everything about you, and you just

don't believe it. For me, I now realise, I just didn't know how to

stop the pain. When I talk to them, I say, is it that you want to die,

or is it that you want to stop the pain? They say, I want to stop the

pain. And how do you deal with that? You process it, you look at

strategies, let's be curious to try things, and let's work together.

They say, I can't think about that. I say, OK, I understand that. I

truly understand, it is unlawful, horrible place to be, but recovery

is possible. In some cases, it's inevitable. It's making sure we

guide people with the support they need. You were at absolute rock

bottom, weren't you? I was, absolutely. Before you got to that

stage, because I know you had had a succession of things, your

relationship breaking down, IVF had failed, so you had an onslaught. Up

until that point, had you ever questioned your mental resilience?

Never saw it, never saw it until... By use those three events as my

significant triggers. It's only when I look back at my life, through

therapy and counselling, I can see that I've been suffering for many

years. I have a fear of failure, and for me, I had three massive failures

in 12 months. It was the IVF, the relationship raked down and

something I'd worked very, very hard for, I had been temporarily promoted

to inspector, and I missed out on the process. But when I look back,

I'm not surprised, because I was going through these things. For me,

it is still a failure, but... Until I went to the GP with a physical

ailment and broke down mentally, only then did I take time to digest

and to think and to reflect on my life, to think, OK, I've been

suffering maybe since GCSEs, through college, through university. I've

always achieved and done very well and I don't want to sound big

headed, but it's been described as, it's not a personality disorder, but

it is my type of personality, and I can't adjust to certain situations.

So if something wrong or something bad happens, I find it very

difficult to turn it around. Briton which I mean is pretty normal. We

get used to our lives being one-way, something changes.

It sounds like a spoiled child analogy. No it doesn't, it sounds

like you are normal! It took me to stand on a beach in the middle of

South Wales to really understand what I was going to. I had to ring

my own police force can something another thought I would ever do, for

help. I didn't know the number, I had to Google the number of my own

police force, and I knew then the following day I had to come out to

my parents, as it were, and say this is what has happened, this is where

I have been a litter is where I am going. Thankfully I am still here, I

am sitting here, I have got a marathon to run, which I'm kind of

forgetting about on Sunday, and I have support from family, friends,

people through social media, people I work with, it is immense. Are you

now completely opened up and be believe you have a problem to say,

actually, I'm just struggling, nothing other than that. Yes, people

kind of know me, and for a long time I stepped back, I isolated myself, I

didn't want to go out, didn't want to speak to people, didn't want to

go to coffee shops, just leave me alone. I didn't want answer the

phone, didn't want to text, came off social media because I didn't want

to see happy lives. Now I am on the road to recovery, and I am doing the

mind of a marathon programme and doing Tabb meeting remarkable

people. -- Mind Over Marathon. Would you like to be the case that

everybody could be very straightforward about what they are

going through, perhaps rather than blaming it on something else are not

talking about it? Absolutely, and we have been campaigning for so long,

having NHS practitioners working in schools. Like you have open

surgeries, we can't expect a geography teacher to teach mental

health, it is not their area of expertise will stop so having open

surgeries where people can go and talk, and be guided. Than to have

open surgeries for parents. When children go into services, sometimes

they come back into school and the school are not guided as to how to

bring their child back in and they have had time off and they have

missed stuff. Like you talk about your physical health. Running saved

my life, as it has for a lot of other people. I became Forest Gump,

and while I was Forest Gump I didn't have to deal with the noise in my

head and that is how I learn the skill of mindfulness. I could do the

practical. And then I had to learn the breathing and stuff. Life is a

box of chocolates. We don't know what we will get. Did you speak to

the Royals? I did come I was lucky enough to speak with Prince Harry

when I went and did the training day back in March, and then I spoke with

cake yesterday, who was just lovely. What impact it using their

involvement in this will have? If your daughter had heard them talking

all the time ago DVD would have made a difference? It would have. They

would have been OK to say mum, I don't know what is going on in my

head, I have got a voice, I don't know what to do because it would

have been OK to talk about it. She may not have taught me everything

but I think she could have started the commerce session and I would

have had a little bit of a heads up before it got so extreme. So the

Royals, I don't think you can actually quantify what they are

doing with heads together. They have such a high standing within the

world that what they do and what they represent, it gives a kudos on

the right way. It has been an absolute pleasure. These are not

fashion accessories. This is for you. I will put it on later. Thank

you, everybody. It really has been a pleasure to have you in, good luck

with it all. If you want to watch the documentary, it is on the night,

well worth watching, Mind Over Marathon, a 2-part series on BBC One

at 9pm. Coming up, a general election is looming, if you hadn't

realised. It is the first full day of

campaigning for the party leaders and we will speak to a batch of some

of the new intake of empties Tabb MPs elected just two years ago to

get their take on events at Westminster for Sabella have pretty

healthy majority so maybe not so much to fear as some MPs to. But we

will be talking to them about what they want when they knock on doors.

There have been calls for a chatbot app known as SimSimi to be removed

from app stores and "banned" in the UK.

Campaigners say the automated app can be "taught" to respond

with offensive and explicit comments when certain words are typed in -

and that children are using it to anonymously bully others online.

The app was suspended in Ireland last month.

An online petition in the UK has nearly 50,000 signatures.

We can speak now to Liam Hackett, CEO of anti-bullying

And Kayla Gill, who's 17 years old and has

Thank you very much for coming in. You had better explain first of all,

Liam, what Sim Simi is full stop it is not widely known or particularly

widely used at the moment, is it? It started ten years ago and it is very

big in Asia. That is an apt that you download to your phone, it looks

like an instant messenger but instead of a human being responding,

it is a robot. What happens on the app other users decide what is said,

based on keywords. A lot of people are using the app to be really

defamatory. It is saying whatever somebody else has told to say. It is

a way of programming a blank canvas. When you say it is happening, how

widespread? It is not a huge issue, I know Ireland have banned it, but

people are downloading it at quite an alarming pace. What is quite

unique about this is the sense that they don't really have any sort of

moderation. Radu much anyone can download this app and put whatever

they want to say about anyone else on there. This is completely

anonymous, and those comments aren't moderated. I have been on the ten

one quite a few times since I knew we would talking about it today, to

put in some of the key phrase is being raised, such as I am being

bullied, and there are claims that the ten one will report -- it will

respond something pretty bad. Is it possible that the makers on top of

this now. It is a random generation. We have searched "Suicide", for

example, and some of the comments are supportive, saying you should

get help, whereas others are encouraging that kind of behaviour,

so it is a random generation based on what people have programmed. Some

of it is positive, some of it is very graphic and sexual, not

something 13-year-old kids should be reading. We wanted banned. Think all

the terms and conditions on things like the App Store and who will

play, it violates those terms and conditions. Id say it is over 17 is,

though. But kids are using it, 13 plus. Kayla, you have experienced

online bullying, not with Sim Simi, but tell us what happened to you.

You are 17, aren't you? Yeah, I have been bullied since I was a little

kid, but it was up until I was about 11, it was the kind of thing that

once you had gotten home, you could get over it. The weekend has come,

you know, it is the end of the day, I am done with it now. But around

the time I started secondary school, the internet was becoming a lot more

popular and a lot more accessible amongst people my age. So you can't

get away from it. Things that started on the internet would spread

into real life. So there was no escape for me anywhere. People who

are not in that kind of team world of being immersed in social media --

teen world might think why not ignore it? How consuming as sitcom

how difficult is it to just the way? I get that a lot sometimes, but it

is not that simple. It is the way of communicating. It is a massive way

of communicating, it is being in the social circle with your friends,

because the internet can do a lot of good things. Like, I have friends

that live in other countries that I only made very rarely in person, and

yet I talk to them that way through the internet. Without it, the prices

for overseas calling, it is just not flexible. If I deleted all of my app

today, I'm still left with the after-effect of things that once you

have been harassed or upset on the internet, it is still a lingering

effect. Just because you are off into dozens of other people talking

about you being on the internet and bleeding into real life. That is not

as capable. What impact has the sad? I am quite an anxious person now,

which is a real shame, I am often worried when I go on the internet, I

am much more cautious but not necessarily in a way. I get quite

panicky, sometimes I have anxiety attacks, are my friends talking

about me? I have not been online for a few hours, maybe they decide that

they hate me. Maybe I have had people where I thought I have been

really close to them and they have started saying awful things behind

my back that started on the internet as a private chat, but has then

spread into pages that have spread into hashtags, that have spread into

real life. And it has just made me much more scared of being able to

communicate with people when in reality the internet is a good place

to communicate. That is just you need to be a bit more cautious about

what you say, and how to deal with things. Have you found ways of

managing it now? I have people I can talk to, which is helpful. I used to

have a counsellor that they randomly got me a few months ago and they

have not been able to contact us, which is a shame, because a lot of

people need help with these things was that that is not just me

experiencing it, I have had friends that have an awful things to

themselves because of it, because of comments they have received. Because

of online bullying? They have posted some very not very nice things about

themselves, and plans to do to themselves, if that makes sense. And

I have had people commenting, I have seen people commenting saying, do

it, chicken, coward, you deserve it, and it is just awful. I think the

issue with the internet is you will get people saying, it is just a

joke, leave the internet alone, it is going to happen, when in reality

you need control and you need to know how to deal with these things

yourself and a other people because otherwise you will just climb up

because you think it is the internet, have to ignore it, but it

it away at you. What is the answer? Huge pressures on kids. As Kayla is

saying, they will not step away because it is the way of

communicating. How does this get addressed? It can be very

overwhelming. At which the label we feel it is very important to try to

understand the reasons why people are being so abusive and unkind. We

have researched the show that kids who are going through stress or

trauma at home are far more likely to: Billy another person. That is

about understanding those root issues and looking at how we can

overcome those issues. But we keep kids access to this world of

information from a very early age that they are not taught skills that

they need, they are not taught Digital citizenship at school and

they should be. The internet is a big and fast place with an infinite

amount of opportunity and threats and kids are not being taught how to

navigate those properly. Latest news summary coming up in

just a few moments. If you want to get in touch, hashtag Victoria Line

Tube now let's catch up with the weather with Matt.

A good variety of weather contrasts, sunshine captured in Suffolk. Quite

a chilly start in Essex and a touch of frost. Plenty of cloud around.

Parts of Devon, Cornwall, East Anglia the south-east. The sunshine

will give way to something a bit cloudy. There will be Brexit McLeod.

The post of those breaks, the islands, eastern parts of northern

Ireland and to the east of Scotland. We could see highs of around 16 or

even 17 this afternoon. The West of Scotland with stay cloudy. Not paid

yesterday. The skies will brighten a touch across northern England. We

have seen some drizzle across Wales. It fragments into one or two showers

across southern England but they are few in number, mostly dry, staying a

bit chilly in some spots across the South. Into tonight, the breeze

continues to be a bit blurry without breaks of rain, and a few showers. A

fair amount of cloud around, some mist patches. It will be a chilly

start, Debbie Dan Cole, in the Hebrides and Auckland and Shetland.

A better day across Scotland, particularly to the west of higher

ground. Showers into Northern Ireland and northern England. South

of that thickening cloud, temperatures on the rise compared

with today. 17, 18, maybe 19 degrees. That cold air works its way

southwards across the UK through Friday night into Saturday, the

start of the weekend, high pressure in charge, and much rain around,

only a few showers from the tail end. Sunny spells, the best of the

sunshine in the West, and feeling a little bit more pleasant after a

chilly start. Warmer in the Sunday because the winds are still coming

into the Atlantic, especially in the south. A dry day for the London

Marathon, temperatures in the mid teens but telling increasingly wet

and windy across Scotland through the day. As the wet and windy

weather pushes into northern Europe, cold air the next week, T-shirt and

shorts weather it certainly won't be.

Jeremy Corbyn says he's going to rip up the rules,

overturn a rigged system and win this election for the people.

Regan to be a country which works only to make the richest even

richer? I know which side I'm on, you know which side you're on. This

election is going to be fought on the streets of this country.

The Labour leader makes his first speech of the campaign

in about half an hour's time - we'll bring that to you live.

And we'll be talking to politicians from all the main parties

French voters also face an election this year.

With the far right Front National party polling strongly, some people

are considering what a win for party leader Marine Le Pen

There's actually somebody who doesn't want people like me in this

country, even though I am French and born in France.

We'll be speaking to voters in France, ahead of a presidential

Tennis star Serena Williams confirms she is pregnant

She is promising it will not be the end of her career. More on that

shortly. Here's Annita McVeigh

in the BBC Newsroom The Labour leader, Jeremy Corbyn,

will use his first major speech of the election campaign to argue

that he will stand up for the British people

against what he calls Mr Corbyn will reject the idea

that the outcome of the election Culture Secretary Karen Bradley has

strongly defended the Conservatives' Her comments come as the Microsoft

founder Bill Gates urged the UK to retain its pledge to spend 0.7%

of GDP on international aid, saying it was proof

of its goodwill and humanity. There has been speculation

the pledge could be dropped in the Tory manifesto,

but Ms Bradley said she was proud The manifesto will be published in

due course and we can debate what is in the manifesto at that point. I am

not here to spec you late on what might be in the manifesto. But I

voted for the active parliament which put the 0.7% in the

legislation. I'm very proud of the record of this government in

delivering for those most in need across the world, and Britain will

always be a leading force in that. And at 11.30 we'll be

answering your Election 2017 questions with Professor

of Politics John Curtice and BBC Newsbeat's political

correspondent Eleanor Roper - you can get in touch

using the #BBCAskThis. Scientists have discovered

drugs which may be able to stop Alzheimer's,

Parkinson's and a wide range One of them is already safely given

to people with depression. Clinical trials are planned,

but the findings so far have been described as exciting,

important and potentially Cycling to work could halve the risk

of developing heart disease and cancer according to new research

published today in the Scientists at the University

of Glasgow, who analysed data from more than 250,000 people,

said walking reduced the risk Debenhams has revealed plans

to review the future of ten including one of its major

distributions centres, which employs It's part of a turnaround strategy

announced by the new chief executive of the chain,

which reported a 6.4% fall A 17-year-old Formula 4 driver

who was involved in a crash at Donington Park has had

both his legs amputated. A JustGiving page set up to raise

money for Billy Monger's care has The teenager ran into the back

of another car which appeared to have stopped on the track

during the race on Sunday. More news at half past ten. We are

expecting to hear from Jeremy Corbyn actually at half past ten his first

speech of the election campaign. Let us know your thoughts on the

election, seven weeks away. It was unexpected, of course, but here it

is, two years after the election in 2015, we're faced with another one.

Time to catch up with the sport. As we've been hearing on the programme,

Serena Williams has revealed that she's pregnant with her child. She

told the world via social media, with the caption, 20 weeks. With the

baby due in the autumn, she will be missing the next three Grand Slams,

but could potentially return for the French Open next year. That would be

four months before her 37th birthday. No plans to retire,

though. Andy Murray says he was not fixed acting to serve quite so badly

as he did at the start of his match against Gilles Muller in the Monte

Carlo Masters. He won what was his first competitive match after a

month out with an elbow injury. He admitted he only started serving at

full speed four or five days ago. Elsewhere, British number three Kyle

Edmund pushed defending jumpy and Rafa Nadal to a deciding set on the

clay, which is no mean feat, against the man who has got such an

incredible record on the surface. The British and Irish Lions coach

Warren Gatland has named his squad for the tour to New Zealand. The

first match could see Gatland coming up against a familiar face, his son,

who has been picked in the provincial barbarians squad for the

opening game of the tour. Gatlin senior played for a victorious New

Zealand side in the 1993 series against the Lions. The beauty is

that both him and myself will have played against the Lions. The

unfortunate thing is, only one of us will of won. So, look, if he's

involved and he's playing, it is great for him. He won't get any

special favours from me, I can promise you that. But it's going to

be hard for him, because he's going to be playing against the Lions, and

the next day, is going to be putting the Lions jersey on and supporting

us. There was plenty to talk about regarding the selection for the

squad. One of those missing out is Dylan Hartley, the England captain.

He will nevertheless be captain England on their tour of Argentina.

Eddie Jones has named 15 uncapped players in the party, including

Denny Solomona, who declared himself available for England last month

after completing his three year residency period. He controversially

left rugby league side Castleford and switched codes to join Sale in

December. Barcelona forward Neymar was reduced to tears after they were

not out of the quarterfinals of the Champions League last night by

Juventus. This was the best of the action. Messi had the best chance of

the game. They were attempting to overturn a 3-0 first leg visit. But

if you thought it was all about the money these days, have a look at the

expression there from the Brazilian forward - devastated, as his side

exited the competition. And that's the sport for now. I will have

another update for you at about half past ten. There is a caveat which we

are expecting to hear from Jeremy Corbyn at half ten as well. So we

may or may not have the sport at that time. Of course, a snap

election has been called. How does that feel if you were just elected

for the first time two years ago? We are joined now by some of the MPs

who were just elect did in 2015, expecting to be there until 2020

because of the Fixed-term Parliaments Act. We can speak now to

Germansweek, MP for Checquerbent. Reichelt, MP for Melandri.

Schoenfelder, MP for Kretzschmar. And also by the President for the

Liberal Democrats. Thank you joining us. Are you relishing the thought of

going to the country again, two years on? Well, I've already been

out for reaching times in woodgrain and Muswell Hill, and all of over my

constituency and I think people really do want to have a debate, not

just about Brexit but also about public services, the National Health

Service, the cuts to our schools, the first cuts in 30 years to our

schools, cuts the councils, meaning that some of the basics we have

already accepted from councils, like the roads and other things, we might

actually be able to address some of those issues. What is top of the

list when you're talking to people? There is a sense, that this is going

to be about Brexit? Well, I think the NHS is coming up a lot,

actually. Older people are very worried about that. And younger

people who might be carers for older people as well. They're worried

about how long-term care will be funded. And also for families, which

we have a lot of, and worrying about schools and the first cuts to

schools in 30 years - that's very, very worrying indeed. Oliver Dowden,

what do you think is a big priority? Firstly, we don't want to have an

election for an election's sake, there is an important reason for

holding this election. What has become clear, if you look at the

course of the bill for the Prime Minister to invoke Article 50, she

needs a clearer mandate, she needs a direct mandate from the British

people to achieve what she wants in the negotiations are. As far as

you're concerned, Brexit is absolutely the main consideration

that people should be thinking about? No, actually I think it is

wider than that. I think it's about leadership, I think the Prime

Minister has demonstrated the leadership this country needs, and

she needs a mandate in Parliament to deliver on that. But for somebody to

get a clear mandate, there needs to be absolute clarity on what the

party would do, how the party sees the country after Brexit? And that's

exactly what the Prime Minister has set out in her speech and in her

white paper. In the election there's going to be contrast think between

the Prime Minister Putin shown that leadership, and the danger we

have... The danger we heard just yesterday is that you have the

Liberal Democrats, Labour and the SNP, in a so-called progressive

coalition, which will put the country at risk. Labour have said

they wouldn't talk about being part of a coalition at this stage, they

fell into that trap before. Let's bring in Ian Blackford, SNP MP for

Ross, Skye and Lochaber full so how do you feel about going out and

having to get people to vote again, just two years on? I am looking

forward to it. We have got a very popular Scottish Government in

Edinburgh. It is quite galling when you see the Prime Minister doing

this from our own personal advantage, she knows the Labour

Party are weak, it is about demonstrating her dominance over

Labour in England, calling an election at a time when she has said

to the people in Scotland, now is not the time for a Scottish

referendum. And that's a referendum which has been supported by the

Scottish Parliament, which voted for that. This is about making sure that

we're actually not dragged out of Europe against our will, and knowing

that there is a real threat to the Scottish economy. So, we want to

make sure that we support what the Scottish Government has been doing,

which is asking for a referendum on our future, which will take place

after the Brexit negotiations. We'll be reinforcing that call over the

course of this election campaign, and I certainly look forward to

having that discussion with all the people of my constituency. Baroness

Brinton, president of the Liberal Democrats, are you hoping that

either Liberal Democrats' Clearview about Brexit, that there might be a

resurgence for the party, who suffered terribly just two years

ago? 2015 was not a good year for us at all. We recognise that. We are

very clear already from the reception we have had on the

streets, 5000 people have joined the party since Theresa May made that

announcement, which is an astonishing number, we are very,

very clear that we will continue to be the only UK-wide party that is

going to fight against a hard Brexit . Oliver spoke about certain things,

we know that a good... The red line on immigration? We absolutely want

to avoid a hard Brexit. We are very, very sure that there is well over

50% of people who want us to have a key role in the single market, so

we're going to be fighting for that. But we would also agree that the NHS

remains a major issue. As to schools. That's why we will be the

party, through Norman Lamb in the House of Commons, who will be

fighting for an independent commission which the Government

refused to set up, to look at the future funding of the NHS. We

believe we have to have more funding in this area. We saw massive cuts to

social care, which was the beginning of the NHS crisis. I want to get

from you, what you want Jeremy Corbyn to say on Brexit. You

campaigned to remain, your constituency, I right in saying, had

the highest remained vote in the country? 81%, yes. I did not vote

for the triggering of Article 50. But I think that by voting Labour,

we get to have an opportunity to talk about fairness in society,

firstly... Briton if you look at Labour voters, seven out of ten

Labour voters in the referendum voted for Remained. Jeremy Corbyn

tried to do more to... Labour was the only party then said

we did not want the referendum. Mr Cameron and Mr Osborne have come and

gone. The referendum happened, but what he could do is offer another

referendum. Would you like to do that? That has not been ruled out

and I did myself vote for that possibility, but I think what

matters is how could Labour reset the agenda? Because regardless of

what happens with Brexit, what people care about is not the word

Brexit, they can about workers' rights, environmental protections,

they care about small business, the fact that taxes paid by companies

that sell into the online sale, and there is 1.5 billion tax pounds

missing. That is the sort of thing people care about. Do we all have an

opportunity here to have an election campaign, a condensed one, seven

weeks, because we have and have the run-up we would normally get, and

have a really strongly fact -based debate. When you look at the

referendum campaign, you think it is fair for voters to feel a bit

scarred by some of what happened there? I wasn't happy with a lot of

the way that the referendum was conducted. There were exaggerated

claims on both sides, but I think we have moved beyond that and the real

question for this election is, can we give the Prime Minister the

mandate she needs in the national interest to get the best possible

deal? Catherine was talking about having a second referendum. I think

that would be absolutely disastrous, not only because we would be saying

to the British people with heart like the result we want to go back,

but secondly in those negotiations the incentive would be for the

commission, for the other countries, to get the worst possible deal to

try and make Brexit look awful for this country. I do not think that

would be national interest. I just wanted to say it is very clear that

Labour is still completely split on the position about Europe. Brexit is

very important, there needs to be a strong opposition to what Theresa

May is proposing and the Liberal Democrats are more than happy to

step up to the plate to deliver that. We will have plenty more time

to revisit this over the next seven weeks. For now, thank you and S --

letters know your thoughts. What do you want to hear, what are the

priorities as far as you are concerned? Is it still the issue of

Brexit at the front of your mind? Hashtag Victoria Line Tube is the --

Victoria live. Nicki Minaj, is facing criticism -

after her recent music video includes pictures of her dancing

on Westminster Bridge. It comes just weeks after five

people were killed in a terrorist We are not the only ones having a

general election. France is also preparing for a new president.

Centrist candidate Emmanuel Mayuka is locked in a battle with the far

right leader Marine Le Pen at the top of the polls for the first round

of voting. In a moment we'll speak to some

French voters, but first, Newsbeat has been talking to young

people in Paris including members from the LGBT community

where Marine Le Pen is, surprisingly to some,

gaining support. I cannot be like, "Oh, I don't care,

I'm not going to vote this time around," because there is actually

somebody on the bill who doesn't Even though I am French and born

in France, they still refer to me And on top of that,

you add my sexuality, being a gay man, here in France

and standing in the way of fascism and racism is really,

really, really hard. The reason I feel LGBT people

are leaning towards the right side is because it is mostly white

and so therefore they do not really Hello, I'm Lionel, I'm 25,

I'm from Martinique and I have something to say about the problems

in society in this electoral period. If they want people to believe them,

they have to fight the problem for the young people to find a job

and they have to fight also the problem of the homeless,

because every time I see a lot of homeless in the street,

that breaks my heart, because we are all human,

and that is inhuman. Some French voters talking to

Newsbeat. Let's speak to Anne-Elisabeth

Moutet, a French As a citizen, she says she's

horrified, but as a journalist, Marina Anca is a French

writer born in Romania. She's lived in France for 30

years and is undecided on who to vote for, but is leaning

towards right-wing candidates. Thomas Ricard is voting

for Emmanuel Macron, And Lola Pattier, voting

for far-left Jean-Luc Melenchon. Thank you very much for joining us.

Anne-Elisabeth, are we seeing a similar dynamic to the one we are

seeing elsewhere, a breakdown of traditional political allegiances?

Yes. In a French way of doing it, but yes, by and large we have the

same way of doing -- we have the same problem, that winners and

losers in a game of globalisation, and a constant unwillingness from

the elite, who say this will be good for you, it will end up well in the

end, to listen to vast swathes of the population who are

disenfranchised, lose jobs car cannot find jobs and their children.

They are stuck in large areas of potential that they can't move

because it is too expensive to move anywhere else, and to feel more and

more battered. And they feel that nobody is talking to them. Marina, I

think one in three French voters are undecided. You are one of them, why?

Have you traditionally gone for one party or another and they know which

way to turn now? Yes, I am undecided because I think that we all need to

live in peace. I came to France 30 years ago to seek protection and

freedom, including freedom of speech, and my issues are a little

bit different from my fellow citizens, because I think very hard

about what is going on in the world with Putin and Trump and the North

Korea leader, and I am scared of World War III. And my issue is who

will be the best man or woman, I don't know, to bring peace. We don't

need another ego, we need a hero. I watched the night's show very

carefully in order to decide which one would be my hero. Thomas, you

are voting for Emmanuel Macron, the centrist candidate, the one who has

suddenly come to the fore potentially as a front runner after

Francois Fillon suffered difficulties during his campaign.

What is it you like about him? Well, it is not really a question of

liking, it is really a pragmatic choice. I am under no illusions that

Emmanuel Macron will be fundamentally different from the

president that has preceded him, if he is elected. It simply is that in

the face of arriving far right, -- a rising far right, and the emergence

of potentially a new political order, especially as we might end up

with a Melenchon Marine Le Pen second round, Francois Fillon is

seen as the more safe choice. It is a question of lesser evil. I have no

particular enthusiasm for him, but there is just no other leading

candidate that convinces me. You mentioned Jean-Luc Melenchon, the

far left candidate, he says if he were to win he would want to see a

referendum on France's membership of the EU, and Lola, you are voting for

him. That because you're not have that referendum question not yes,

and so for me it is the only candidate with the speech of peace.

It is a movement to want to create jobs for the people in France. And

committing to the environment is a big project, and we need a lot of

people to do it. And so now in the Republic, we feel the president is

too much stronger. If one day a person like Marine Le Pen becomes

president, it can be very dangerous for the Republic. And so we need to

create a new parliament and have a referendum to create a new

government and who seeks a republic with a committee. So you have the

presidential debate tonight and we will be watching events in France,

as we are always going to the polls. Thank you very much indeed, thank

you. Let me just remind you, we are expecting Jeremy Corbyn to start

speaking shortly. He is physically the

antiestablishment candidate. That is the platform he will be putting

himself on. So we will have full coverage of his speech as soon as it

starts. We will stay across those pictures so you won't miss a thing,

but while we wait to go back to them, let's took a bit about the

rapper, Nicky Maynard. She has been criticised after living -- and Head

Together. There were reports she would cut scenes from her video of

Westminster Bridge. It has been left in the final version. Why did she

leave them in? Morning. My thing very few will forget Westminster

attack on 22nd March. The day it happened, Nicki Minaj sent out a

tweet, saying they could protect everyone in London, sending my

condolences. She also said that the day before she had actually been

filming on the bridge. Now, although there were reports that the footage

would be left out of the final edit, these never came from Nicki Minaj or

her people, but since the year was released last night, 5 million

people have watched and some people are calling it insensitive, others

tasteless -- since the video was released. We can see the images

right now, with the gates. I mean how much of a cat lash as they pin

-- of a backlash has now been? There are other London landmarks in there,

Buckingham Palace, there have probably been hundreds of comments,

but from her fans as well which is something she might hurt Nicki

Minaj. They are no the Risley fanatical about her that some say

she has overstepped the mark this time, given what happened. The Paw

people lost their lives and -- the four people who lost their lives.

Will be. Listening to her music because of this? I can't see that

happening. 5 million views already. Nicki Minaj if not the biggest

female rapper on the planet as well. Jeremy Corbyn sets

out Labour's vision We'll be bringing you the speech

live, any minute now. With the news, here's Annita

in the BBC Newsroom. The Labour leader, Jeremy Corbyn,

will use his first major speech of the election campaign shortly,

to argue that he will stand up for the British people

against what he calls Mr Corbyn will reject the idea

that the outcome of the election Debenhams has revealed plans

to review the future of ten It is to close 11 of its warehouses

- including one of its major distributions centres,

which employs more than 200 people. It's part of a turnaround strategy

announced by the new chief executive of the chain,

which reported a 6.4% fall Scientists have discovered

drugs which may be able to stop Alzheimer's,

Parkinson's and a wide range One of them is already safely given

to people with depression. Clinical trials are planned,

but the findings so far have been described as exciting,

important and potentially That is the news summary. And we can

go straight to our political guru, Norman Smith, because the Labour

leader, Jimmy Corbyn, is due to make his first official speech the

campaign. And he's going to be talking about tearing up the rule

book, Norman? It is a big moment, Joanna, because Mr Corbyn wants to

frame this election, and he wants to present himself really as Corbyn the

rubble, the outsider, the anti-establishment politician,

taking on, as he sees it, the media establishment, what he calls the

cartel at the top of society. In a way it's sort of Corbyn uncut,

Corbyn unleashed, Jeremy Corbyn being Jeremy Corbyn. It's not going

to be the sort of buttoned up, conventional leader in an election

campaign. He wants to fight a very different election. Thinking of his

people is, this worked during the Labour leadership contests, in both

of which he was taking on fairly conventional candidates and trounced

both of them by taking this anti-establishment approach. The

hope is that that will work in a general election. Obviously, it's a

very different ball game, appealing to 200,000 like-minded Labour

supporters, compared with appealing the millions in the general

election. Very, very different. But his people say, they think there is

something going on out there. They think people are fed up with

politics as normal, disenchanted and resentful of the fact that nothing

ever seems to change, that the wealthy just seem to keep more

money, and there is this feeling that people want things to be done

differently, not just the same old politics. And they point for example

to Donald Trump, to the French elections, the Brexit,, as examples

of a mood of unhappiness. What Mr Corbyn I think hope to do is to be

able to surf the wave, as he sees it, of this consent -- of

discontent, a feeling that things have got to change. If you look at

the polls, he's in a really difficult position, so we can't just

play it safe, he's got to try and shake up the election, and that's

what he's trying to do. And they have all got to put out their

manifestos, with clear commitments - when are we going to get that

clarity? I don't think we'll get it for possibly a couple of weeks yet,

actually. On the Labour side, they have got to be scribbling away

rapidly, filling in all the gaps in their manifesto. They thought they

would have a bit of time to put it together. I suspect at the end of

the day, they may have to copy and paste a lot of Ed Miliband's old

manifesto because there plea isn't time. But maybe for Mr Corbyn, this

is going to be an election which he wants to fight less about specifics

and more about, if I can put it this way, mood and tone. He's always been

an outsider I suppose in Westminster terms, he's never really lead

anything, never aspired to be a leader, a he finds himself in this

position, and working now to try to play the role of a conventional

leader, it would seem odd and false. So I think his people think that

it's easier for him just to be authentic Jeremy Corbyn. The risk,

of course, is that they've judged it wrongly, that actually, the world

has not changed, and that politics is still won in the centre ground,

you have to reassure your opponents and appeal to middle England, middle

Britain. And if team Corbyn have called this wrong, then date could

be in for a very, very difficult election indeed. The contrast,

though, will be with the Theresa May side, who seem to be going for the

exact opposite. Mrs May the other day was stressing the need for the

military and security - those are the conventional messages which a

would-be Prime Minister would invariably try and put over. Feel

her team will have a much more contained, controlled campaign, Mrs

May arriving at events, doing her speech, and trying to keep a tight

grip on it, because they've got that huge lead in the poles. Jeremy

Corbyn's team want this to be the opposite, they want it to be

unpredictable, because that's their only chance. Otherwise, looking at

the polls, they are heading to defeat. How important is it for the

parties to try to understand what it is that the people want out of

Brexit and to appeal to that and get a mandate? When you look at how

votes broke down in the referendum, I think around seven in ten Labour

voters actually voted Remain. Jeremy Corbyn was criticised but when you

look at the figures, in spite of how the constituencies took down, it

seems the majority of Labour voters were in favour of Remain? And what I

think we need to look out for in Mr Corbyn's speech is Brexit - will he

actually mention that word? At rallies and interviews he's done so

far, he has kind of swerved around mentioning Brexit, because he knows

the Labour, they're like a punch bag when it comes to Brexit. For their

Remain supporters, they take the view that Mr Corbyn really hasn't

done enough to put up a fight against Mrs May's version of Brexit.

And four Brexit supporting Labour folk, they take the view that Mr

Corbyn seems a bit lukewarm on Brexit - so, they're getting it from

both sides on Brexit. For that reason, they risk losing some of

their Remain supporters to the Liberal Democrats and some of their

Brexit supporters to the Conservatives. And one interesting

thing which Mr Corbyn might get arrest on today is the suggestion

that maybe Labour are going to have to come up with some kind of offer

on Brexit. They can't just stand there taking the blows on Brexit

come they're going to have to come up with a clearer line. There is a

report that perhaps some in the party might be pressing Mr Corbyn to

say that when there is a deal, it should be put to a second

referendum. That's not confirmed, it was just a report in the paper, but

it gives you a sense of the bunnies on this issue for Labour. Vista

Corbyn does not want to talk about Brexit - anything but Brexit. That's

partly why we have got this launch, all about whipping up the rules, he

wants to change the narrative and move onto other stories. Whereas

Theresa May, exactly the opposite, she wants to position herself as the

Brexit candidate. As so often in elections, it will probably hinge on

who decides the terms of the election, who shapes the narrative

and decides what it will be all about. Can Jeremy Corbyn change the

narrative and move it away from Brexit, where Mrs May wants it to

be? Thank you, Norman. We were expecting him around half past ten.

He's still not talking, so we're going to go onto something else for

now. Millions of people across the UK

live with diseases such as Alzheimer's, Parkinson's

and multiple sclerosis But today, scientists are announcing

a major breakthrough. They've discovered two

drugs that could help The lead researcher,

Giovanna Mallucci, says clinical There would be a daily

dose, basically. We'd probably use trazodone

first, which is already We're not going to cure these

disorders, but if we can stop them in their tracks and change the way

they progress, we can radically change the course of the natural

history of diseases like Alzheimer's Because people will still be able to

hold onto a meaningful quality of life and stay out of institutional

care. Our correspondent James

Gallagher joins me now. People will be saying, how

significant could this be? First of all, there is no queue for any of

these diseases, Parkinson's, Alzheimer's. Now we can talk about

why this is incredibly exciting. Because what this team have been

able to do is to stop neurodegenerative diseases from

killing brain cells, basically for the first time. So, if you have

Alzheimer's disease, brain cells slowly die off, that's what causes

the memory loss and the other changes and that is why ultimately

it becomes fatal. Similar processes happen in lots of other diseases.

So, if it stops the brain cells dying, does it need to be

preventative, it is not going to reverse anything? Is not some kind

of thing where you're going to be able to regenerate the brain and

create new brain cells, but it is more like a pause button. So, the

day you walk into your doctors surgery and they go, we think you've

got early stages of dementia, and you can then start on this course of

therapy, and it works, which hasn't been tested yet, then it would stop

it getting worse. If you think, this could prevent you needing to going

to a care home, things like that. So it could be incredibly effective,

even though it's not going to reverse these diseases. And it would

give you an incentive to go and find out, because at the moment there is

no incentive at all, if you fear you might be heading down that path, and

there's nothing to make it any better, what is the incentive in

actually finding out? That's right. A lot of people are scared of the

diagnosis because they know there is nothing you can do about it. There

is no drug which slows the cause of dementia. The other big problem,

though, is that dementia starts probably at least a decade, maybe

two, before the first symptoms appear. So you've already had

several years of the disease before you start developing the Thames, the

brain is so good at adapting that it masks some of the symptoms. --

developing the symptoms. So is the potential that you could even start

much sooner, before the symptoms even appear. But that is all in the

future. I think Jeremy Corbyn is now just about ready to speak. We can go

to our political guru Norman Smith, who is outside the building. Is he

about to start speaking, do we think? I sincerely hope so. One

thing I've learned from covering Jeremy Corbyn over many years, he's

always late! Hopefully he will