09/05/2017 Victoria Derbyshire

Good morning and welcome to Camborne in Cornwall -

We are here to talk to people about the things that matter to them

before the general election. And I'm scared what it's going to be

like for my daughter to grow up in a place like this,

where nobody cares. People here tell us that low wages

and lack of affordable housing We are going to talk to more people

about that. Get in touch, what are the most important things you care

about in this election? As a helpline is launched to support

dads whose children have anorexia, one father and daughter tell us why

men can struggle to And we'll speak to a woman who says

she was sexually harassed by the former Fox News star Bill

O'Reilly. Welcome to Cornwall. We are pretty

much in the middle of the county, and we are just off the High Street,

in the main square, a small, pretty square. We are talking to all sorts

of people here ahead of the general election. We are asking about the

things they care about with 30 days to go. A lot of people say they

don't have a great deal of time for politicians. They feel pretty

forgotten, actually. Geographically, they are 300 miles away from

Westminster. We will hear from Pledge of them this morning in

detail. Wherever you are, get in touch. What issues do you care most

about ahead of this general election? We will hear from more of

you after the news. Our top story today,

the Conservatives have confirmed they intend to cap energy prices

for people on standard variable Theresa May has suggested the move

could save around 17 million But Labour says the cap would not

stop bills rising and the pledge has Here's our political

correspondent Ben Wright. Energy prices have been hot

politics for some time. At the last election, Labour

promised a two-year price freeze. Now, the Conservatives

want to intervene in an energy market they say doesn't work

for most people. Writing in The Sun,

the Prime Minister says rip-off energy prices hit people

on the lowest incomes hardest. Switching to another tariff

or supplier often brings bills down, but seven out of ten households

are on standard variable rates, which are usually more expensive

than other plans on offer. So, the Conservatives would give

Ofgem the power to impose a price ceiling for customers

on these standard rates. The cap would be reset every six

months, and the Conservatives say it would reduce gas and electricity

bills by around ?100 a year. The point of getting the regulator

to assess this is if, for example, the wholesale price of gas goes up

in world markets, of course If the price goes down,

as it did in the past, you would expect the price

to go down. That is why it is sensible

to put it in the hands - and this is what the Competition

Authority recommended for prepayment The Conservatives say the price cap

would allow competition But the Lib Dems say the policy

would damage investment in energy, while Labour said a cap would not

stop prices increasing. British Gas owner Centrica warned

the move could lead to higher bills Our political correspondent

Chris Mason is at Westminster. Give us the roundabout Fortheringay?

What is really striking about this idea is, if you are thinking to

yourself this morning, this ring is a bit of a bell, the answer is yes.

Here is the Labour manifesto from 2015. Page 25, we will ensure that

bills can fall, but not rise, and we will give the regulator the power to

cut bills this winter. The promised to freeze energy bills until 2017.

The Conservatives say their idea is more subtle, more crafted and

nuanced, not as crude. But there are some voices within the

Conservatives, including I understand around the Cabinet table,

who suggested to the Prime Minister that this idea was a little bit too

crude. In many senses, it is not very conservative. It is a big

intervention in the market. Theresa May and others make the argument

that they want to be on the side of consumers. They believe this is the

right thing to do. I think there is another example, and we saw it

yesterday with the Prime Minister standing in front of posters saying

Theresa May's team, with Conservatives threaten very small at

the bottom, that it is all about Theresa May and a sense that her

brand, if you like, trumps the conservative one and she outperforms

her own party, so they will very much push her front and centre. They

want to draw the contrast, as they say it, between her and Jeremy

Corbyn. Jeremy Corbyn will formally launch

Labour's election campaign today by saying that his party is not

trying to find a way to keep Britain Mr Corbyn, who'll be

in Greater Manchester, will say He'll be joined by the city's

new metro mayor Andy Burnham and will focus on Labour's pledge

to take on the rich and powerful. Throughout the election campaign

we'll be putting your questions to politicians from all

the main parties. Today at 11:30 we'll be

putting your questions to Lib Dem Shadow Home

Secretary Lord Paddick. You can get in touch via Twitter

using the hashtag #BBCAskThis - And you can email us as well

at [email protected]. A multi-million-pound trial launches

today to assess whether statins - taken by millions of people every

year to reduce the risk of heart attacks and strokes -

may also help those MS affects the central

nervous system and can It's thought statins could help slow

the progression of the condition, Statins - prescribed

to six million of us every year But in the coming months,

a major new trial will test whether they could help tackle

a condition which can wreak Multiple sclerosis causes

the immune system to attack the lining of the nerves,

disrupting messages travelling It can mean increasing

levels of disability. More than 100,000 people

in the UK have MS. Half will develop the secondary,

progressive stage. There is currently no treatment

to slow its progress and this trial, involving more than 1,000 people,

is aimed at them. If we can prove it has

a long-term impact, long-term results for people with MS,

we know its safety record, it's extremely cheap,

so it could be quickly made available to everyone that needs it

and it won't put a big A previous, smaller study suggested

statins did have an impact. This trial will provide

much more information. But, at six years long,

it will be some time before it's known just how effective

statins could be. The Sun's former editor

Kelvin Mackenzie is to leave the paper because of offensive

remarks in his column last month about the Everton

footballer Ross Barkley. Mr Mackenzie was suspended

after comparing the player, who is white, but has a Nigerian

grandfather, to a gorilla. People in South Korea

are voting for a new president after a corruption scandal brought

down their former leader. The frontrunner, Liberal Moon

Jae-in, wants to boost ties with North Korea and reform

the powerful family-run companies Former president Park Geun-hye

was ousted on charges of bribery A 35-year-old man will appear

in court today in connection with a dog attack on a two-year-old

girl in Liverpool on Sunday. The toddler suffered injuries

to her head and body when several dogs got into the garden

where she was playing in Toxteth. She's in a serious but stable

condition in hospital. Andrew McGowan has been accused

of being in charge of four dogs that A woman who alleges she was sexually

harassed at Fox News has asked UK media regulators to block 21st

Century Fox's planned Ofcom is investigating whether it's

in the public interest for the Murdoch-owned company

to take full ownership of Sky. Over two decades, a mixture

of conspiracy, aggression and nationalism has made

Rupert Murdoch's Fox News Channel the most watched cable

news network in America. But this huge corporate scandal has

shaken Fox News to the core. The network's former boss,

Roger Ailes, departed last year and anchor Bill O'Reilly

left last month. They are both denying

extensive sexual and racial Also gone, though not facing

the same allegations, So, arguably the three most

important men at Fox are out. For the Murdochs, the timing

couldn't be worse. They are currently trying

to take full control of the British broadcaster Sky,

through an acquisition They declined an interview request,

so I said hello to the boss You should be worried

about the BBC as well. Radio host Wendy Walsh,

seen here with lawyer Lisa Bloom, filed a complaint

against O'Reilly by phone. The two women flew from Los Angeles

to London specifically to explain to Ofcom why,

in their view, the Murdochs are not 21st Century Fox, parent

of Fox News, says it has taken prompt and decisive action

to improve its workplace, overhauling top management

and appointing women We will be talking to Wendy Walsh

later in the programme. Faulty airbags, steering and fuel

issues are just some of the problems that led to the highest ever rate

of car-related recalls in Europe in the first three

months of this year. The UK ranked third behind Germany

and France for the number of recalls, but car manufacturers

say less than half of UK customers This is CCTV footage showing

the moment a ship hit a huge crane in one of the world's busiest

ports in Dubai. 10 people were left

with minor injuries. Chelsea are one win away

from the Premier League title. They beat Middlebrough 3-0 last

night at Stamford Bridge a result that also

saw Boro relegated. Diego Costa, Marcos Alonso

and Nemanja Matic scored the Chelsea goals and the task is very simple

now because they play again If they can beat West Bromwich

Albion on Friday then they would go ten points clear in the table

and they would be champions It was very important to win

and to exploit their defeat. Another step, another

step to win the title. For sure, now it's important to rest

very well and to prepare Sulley Muntari has called

on UEFA and FIFA to prove that they are serious

about tackling racism. He called on the governing bodies to

prove they are serious about tackling the issue.

The formner Portsmouth midfielder walked out of a game playing

for Pescara in Italy's serie A after being racially abused.

He was subsequently banned but that was overturned

following worldwide condemnation of his treatment.

They should be the first people to jump on.

We're playing football here, under Fifa, under Uefa.

If they had nothing to say about it, probably they didn't

But if it is unnecessary things for them...

Remember yesterday we were looking forward to the match

between Maria Sharapova and Eugenie Bouchard.

The Candaian has been one of the most outspoken critics

of Sharapova's return to tour after a 15 month doping ban

She called her a cheater and wanted the Russian

So that was the background to their second round match

It lasted three hours and Bouchard won in three sets and she celebrated

It clearly meant an awful lot to her and she revealed afterwards

that there were a lot of fellow players who were

I was actually quite inspired before the match

because I had a lot of players coming up to me privately,

wishing me good luck, players I don't normally speak to.

Getting a lot of texts from people in the tennis world that

So I wanted to do it for myself but also all of these people

That is all for now. I will be back with more sport later.

Hello, good morning. Welcome to a cloudy and overcast Camborne in

Cornwall. It is a small town in the middle of the county and we are here

to talk to people ahead of the general election. Let me tell you a

little bit about the town. The population is about 20,000. One

resident described it as faded. Another as a bit old-fashioned.

Another said it was a bit of a dump. On the High Street, which is where

we are, a small square, as you can see, just off the high Street, I can

describe what is around us. We have Apollo bingo. As you can see, a

bingo hall. We have a couple of banks. On the High Street, which is

long, actually, there are two pasty shops, bakeries, a tattoo parlour,

the inevitable Costa Coffee and nine charity or pound shops. That is

because there are pockets of deprivation. 2500 children live in

poverty in this town. 25% of people have no

qualifications, that's compared with 22% across England. 7% of households

don't have central heating in Camborne. 34% of people are in

full-time work compared to 39% across England. So talking to people

here, there are three things that come up - one, low wages. Everybody

says all the jobs, which are pretty much in the retail and service

sectors are low wages and often seasonal those jobs as well. Two, no

affordable homes. Exacerbated by wealthy people coming in from

outside to buy up second holiday homes which pushes the prices up and

reduces the supply. Three, a feeling that politicians don't really care

about them because they are 300 miles from Westminster. So we're

here to talk to people ahead of the election. Let me take you inside

what is a former reading institute for gentlemen, now a day care centre

for the over 50s. It was originally for the over 60s, but because things

got tighter they've reduced the age to the over 50s and they are

considering reducing it to the other 40s as well. Good morning, hi there,

is Judith. How are you? Hi everybody. Good morning. You don't

have to shush. Don't be daft! You don't have to shush. It is our

programme! Let me introduce you to various people. We've got Don

Gardener who runs an independent foodbank and Steve who has used the

foodbank in the past. Hi, Steve. We've got Rachel George who is a mum

and carer for her disabled son who is ten. Hi Rachel. We've got Laura

Allen who is a single parent and working mum. Good morning. Welcome

to our programme. General question, do you feel exercised by this

election, do you feel engaged, do you feel passionate? I feel a bit

passionate. I'm still undecided, but I'm taking a lot more interest in

it. So you're happy with the Conservatives in power, are you? I

feel a lot more confident with this Government now than the old

Government. Do you? Yeah. OK. What about yourself, Rachel? Not

particularly. Not particularly engaged? I feel strongly that any

candidate that really has passion and determination to improve things

for everyone. Are you talking about your local candidates here in

Camborne and Redruth or on the national stage? Both to be honest.

What issues are engaging you would you say, Laura? I feel nationally I

support Jeremy Corbyn. Locally I don't really know so much about kind

of the local Labour MPs that are running. I feel really passionate

about the NHS, about education, community, socialist issues. Don,

tell us about the kind of people who use your foodbank and why you say

Camborne needs one? Camborne needs one because it's in the top ten of

the most deprived areas in Europe. 27% of the children live below food

poverty in the area. We started a foodbank seven years ago now and it

has just increased and increased. We are providing 10,000 meals a month

out of our foodbanks. We're open every day. What kind of people do

you see? There is a misconception sometimes about foodbanks. It's the

people that don't want to work etcetera and benefit scroungers, but

we're getting a lot of people that are actually working and cannot

survive on their income. So you've had to open in the evenings so that

you can give food out to people who work during the day? Yes, we do.

What kind of jobs are those people doing? They're reasonable jobs.

Skilled builders, self-employed people, they struggle. There is no

work. They haven't got a job the they haven't got any money. They

have got their bills coming in, electric, food, gas, etcetera. I've

got a dad that actually works with three jobs and still needs the

foodbank. Wow. Three part-time jobs? Three part-time jobs and still uses

the foodbank. I've got another dad that eats every other day because

his job doesn't give him enough money to survive with him and his

family. And what do you think about this? I think in 2017 we need to

stand up to the plate and sort these things out and provide good wages

around this area, we talk about minimum wage. You know, a lot of

people do not get paid the minimum wage. I don't understand that

really. Because they should be, but they don't get the minimum wage. OK.

And also didn't you go to a school last year where a 13-year-old girl

had fainted because she hadn't eaten? We don't normally go out. A

school phoned me up and said, "We have got a 13-year-old girl that's

collapsed in the school. Her mum has just come in. The family haven't

eaten for three days. Mum, dad, three children." Why not? Dad

self-employed, no work, bills it pay, no food. What do you think

about that, Rachel? It's shocking. Absolutely shocking. I'm lost for

words at the thought of children being in school in that situation.

Steve, you used the foodbank a few years ago. Tell us why? Because of

the sanction I was meant to go to a meeting at the Jobcentre and I had

childcare issues and because I couldn't bring my daughter to the

meeting, even though it was prearranged, that's it, just

sanctioned. When you are on benefits that stops your money effectively? I

was in tears. I was desperate. The foodbank has given me more

confidence. Thanks to the people that come in and helped.

You volunteer at the food bank? Yes, not as much as I would like. But we

have a lot to thank it for. All of the volunteers that help out. We are

here to talk to residents of Camborne, and we are going to talk

to many people through the morning. Jim Reid has been here since last

Wednesday, talking to people around the county. Coming into the daycare

centre. Tell us about the last few days. We started in Penzance which

is in the south-west by Land's End and drove up to the north-east of

the county, just speaking to people and voters about their concerns, and

the interesting thing I found was that if you read the national

papers, this is the Brexit election. This is all about the EU. But the

people we spoke to said look we feel that's an issue that's done and

dusted last year. We need to move on from and talk about other things.

You touched on them, we're talking wages, housing jobs, these are the

things that people were telling us matter this year. We made a short

film, five, ten minute film about the people we spoke to and you can

see today. People are doing quite hard graft

work and only getting paid the minimum wage,

which, throughout the whole They want to give their selves,

like, a ten grand pay You already earn 70 grand,

why do you need 80? They make all these lovely

promises, and they never come through with them,

so what's the point? 4.30 in the morning,

and the sun is coming up At the fish auction in Newlyn,

the daily catch is bought and sold. Many blame it for the decline

of ports like Newlyn, but there is a sense in this

building we have had the Brexit vote I think people are starting

to wonder when Brexit We don't need to be going

for Brussels for scraps of quotas, and you know, it's -

we are feeling very positive. We don't need a second

referendum in your mind? When it comes to the general

election, there are other concerns. Inside the main auction room

Si Jones has been bidding The wages thing is a huge

one at the moment. You know, people are doing

quite hard graft work, only getting paid the minimum wage,

which is throughout the whole of Cornwall is fundamentally wrong,

you know what I mean? I think we should all

have a basic living wage. I find it really difficult

to cover all my bills And you know, I work

as much as I can. Obviously some days it's four

hours here, some days it might only be two,

yesterday it was less than two. You never know how much

you're going to work. No, you try and do 20

hours or more a week, and sometimes it's 15 hours,

sometimes it's ten hours, you know. In fact, this part of Cornwall has

some of the lowest wages Less than ?717,000

a year on average. A 20 minute drive up the coast

is the Treneere Estate This group are having

a break in the back room of the children's centre,

while their kids play next door. My daughter's on a waiting

list for a nursery. Here again Brexit is a concern,

but a distant one. There is anger though

about the cost of childcare, about jobs and training,

and above all, about the NHS. Especially on a Saturday night,

if you have something wrong with your kid,

you are sat in that A for hours. There's one hospital in the whole

of this side of the county. He was an emergency,

they sent an emergency ambulance out and I got a phone off the crew

saying there's no ambulances in the whole of Cornwall

and he was three weeks They sent you taxi to take

your son to hospital? He was bleeding out of his bum,

he was vomiting a lot, He was really really poorly,

so they sent me off in a taxi. But among this group there is a real

sense of frustration. That evern if politicians see

the problems, nothing Do you feel that politicians

are listening to these concerns? I think they're listening,

but I don't think that they're doing or even planning to do

anything about it. They don't see any of this,

they don't, like, feel any of this, They have enough money

to put their kids in education, they have enough money to do

all this stuff. You would never see

Theresa May in a food bank. But we have to, because

they just don't listen. How likely are all of you to vote

in the next general election? So three of you are going to vote

and two of you aren't. The two that aren't,

what reasons would you have for not voting this time round -

Gemma? Just because I believe

they don't listen. I believe it just doesn't

make a difference. As long as they're all right

and they have their money, They want to give themselves,

like, a ten grand pay They already earn 70 grand,

why do you need 80? It's ridiculous, I have

no hope in it at all. I'm scared, really, for what it's

going to be like for my daughter, to grow up in a place like this,

where nobody cares. So we're driving to Camborne,

which is more towards the centre It doesn't have the hotels,

the beaches, of some of the big A couple of hundred years ago,

that whole region near Camborne was one of the wealthiest tin mining

areas in the old world, One in five children

here live in poverty. Unemployment is well

above the national average. At the markets, people say business

seems to be picking up, with new shops moving

into the town centre. But there are still plenty

of local concerns. How optimistic are you about

the next couple of year, the future. How optimistic are you about

the next couple of year, the future? It's going to be hard,

especially after this Brexit, I've got three sons,

work is not always good, one of them's had to move

to Yorkshire for a job because most of the employers round here don't

offer full-time contracts, they just sort of have meal

contracts, which is really difficult for youngsters,

I think, because you And again, there was a feeling

from the people we spoke to at least, that whatever party

wins next month, there is little The wages are -

everything is going up. And because it's tourism, so,

you know, we pay for it when we live Like I said, we are the lowest

in the country, I think, Being so far down,

it is like we don't matter. 75 years ago, the China clay

industry was still big There are still plenty of quarries

dotting the landscape. Here, as in other parts

of the county, there is one subject that always seems to come

up in conversation. My mother lives in a rented council

house, but because of where it is, Claire Cooper works for the NHS

as a care assistant. She's been living in this

house for eight years, With two young children,

she has been trying hard Say you want to buy a ?300,000

property, which is probably what you are going to pay

for anywhere nice in Cornwall, you're looking at a ?30,000 deposit,

and even on a good wage, We would hope that in, you know,

six years' time, maybe, we would like to be out

of this property, but... It's going to be a tall order to do

it, that's for sure. The average price of a house

in Cornwall is now ?215,000. Many locals blame outsiders for

buying holiday homes by the coast. That, they say, pushes up

the price for everyone else. So any of the candidates,

any of the parties you think might what you are going to pay

for anywhere nice in Cornwall, No, not as of yet, and they didn't

in the last election, so I can't see them doing it

this time round. That makes your decision

quite difficult then. It does, it does make

it really difficult. It makes you wonder,

who do you vote for, because none of them

are interested in Cornwall. You know, they all have their own

agendas, you know, Brexit's You can say what you like, you know,

you need to actually do it, and then, maybe you get a return

vote, who knows? Jim Reid has been talking to people

across the county. Comments from you, Mark says that this country is

supposed to be the sixth richest in the world and we have people using

food banks to eat. This is wrong. The good old Conservative Party,

making poverty real. From Mark, I am an ex-miner in south Yorkshire and

voted Labour all my life. I am happy with a hard Brexit if we need that

to get control of our shores. I will be voting Conservative for the first

time in my life, along with lots of others in my area. If this is what

is happening in my area, I wonder what is happening in Cornwall. Eddie

says the most important issue for me is the social care crisis. Colin

says that his main concern is the amount of immigration from outside

Europe. I have no problems as far as EU citizens are concerned, all are

welcome. On the issue of you being sanctioned, when you were on

benefits, that leading you to using a food bank, you said you are happy

with this government, but that government sanctioned you? Was the

old government, with the old Prime Minister, they didn't care enough

for people. David Cameron did not, but you think Theresa May's

government does? I think they care more than the old government. They

didn't have a hard. I think it was for personal gain, not for the

country. Like I say, when the election is coming up, I'm going to

take a bit more interesting watching the programmes. I don't know who to

vote for, I will decide during the time. It is for my kids, when they

get to my age, I don't want them using food banks. I will decide

which will be the best party to vote for. Rachel, what is the main issue

for you? Inclusion for disabled people and concerns about the NHS.

Tell us about your personal circumstances? My son is ten, he is

a full-time wheelchair user and needs hoisting for transfers. We

have a lack of accessible toilets to use when we go out, changing places,

toilets with a bench and a hoist. My son needs to be lifted from his

wheelchair so you can sort his clothes, use the toilet and off you

go, like everybody else. But there are just over 900 of these

facilities in the entire country. Within a few streets in Truro, I

counted 100 toilets I could use, but none that my son can use. Without

that committee can't participate fully in life? Last year, he

pretended to be ill to get out of a cinema trip with friends. Later, I

discovered that he was worried they had no toilets at all in the city

centre and he didn't want to have an accident in front of his friends. I

had somebody contact me saying he barely left his home for ten years

because of an incident that had happened to him. The NHS generally,

how have you been treated? We had great treatment from people, I have

to say that we are very fortunate to have some amazing people working in

the NHS. My son's physiotherapist has always been great, occupational

therapy. Where we find things fall down is equipment provision. My son

is a full-time wheelchair user, but we have self-funded his wheelchair.

You had to raise money for that, how much does a wheelchair cost? His

money will wheelchair was ?4500. The one the NHS team wanted to provide

him with was so heavy that he could not move it. They suggested it was a

suitable compromise because it provided for his posture needs. For

Adam, who is ten, the most important role of his wheelchair is enabling

him to move. Thank you very much. Thank you for talking to us this

morning. Adrian says, my main concern in this election is Company

is not paying taxes here, but paying in Luxembourg, Ireland etc. Delia

says it is the NHS and education, and low wages, not Brexit. Brexit

has not really come up here very much at all since we have been here.

We are going to talk to the candidates for the constituency, the

people that want to be the next MP, after ten o'clock. Wherever you are,

do e-mail. What is your number one concern in the run-up to the

election? Let's bring you the news. they intend to cap energy prices

for people on standard variable Theresa May has suggested the move

could save around 17 million But Labour says the cap would not

stop bills rising and the pledge has Jeremy Corbyn will formally launch

Labour's election campaign today by saying that his party is not

trying to find a way to keep Britain Mr Corbyn, who'll be

in Greater Manchester, will say A multi-million-pound trial launches

today to assess whether statins - taken by millions of people every

year to reduce the risk of heart attacks and strokes -

may also help those MS affects the central

nervous system and can It's thought statins could help slow

the progression of the condition, The Sun's former editor

Kelvin Mackenzie is to leave the paper because of offensive

remarks in his column last month about the Everton

footballer Ross Barkley. Mr Mackenzie was suspended

after comparing the player, who is white, but has a Nigerian

grandfather, to a gorilla. Faulty airbags, steering and fuel

issues are just some of the problems that led to the highest ever rate

of car-related recalls in Europe in the first three

months of this year. The UK ranked third behind Germany

and France for the number of recalls, but car manufacturers

say less than half of UK customers Coming up, helping dads understand

anorexia. Chelsea are one win away from the

Premier League title. They beat Middlesbrough 3-0 at Stamford

Bridge. Victory at West Brom on Friday will see them become

champions with two games to spare. Boro's defeat saw them relegated. It

is the fourth time they have dropped out of the Premier League, a joint

record. The Fifa President says he will talk to Sulley Muntari and step

up their fight against racism. The formner Portsmouth midfielder

walked out of a game playing for Pescara in Italy's serie

A after being racially abused. Eugenie Bouchard has knocked out

Maria Sharapova. Welcome to come born in Cornwall.

Apparently the sun will come out later. We're here to talk to people

had of the general election. These are some of the things people I have

met have said to me. We are just about making a living, there is very

little left at the end of the week. Westminster feels like a totally

different world. There is no point voting, because they don't listen to

others, and nothing ever changes. We are here at a Methodist church to

talk to various mums and dads that run various things and do various

things in their lives. Hello, everybody. Let's get your name is

right. Janine, mum of two, how are you? Hannah, how are you? Hannah

runs the Wild Run Perrins Project. Abbey is a mum of two. Matt, you

want to get mums to vote? Yes, I also work with the parents project.

Rebecca, how are you? Two children, and undecided as to how you are

going to vote in the next election. Things that matter to you, what

would you say? Services on social care. Mental health services.

Police. What would you say? The children's Centre, mainly. They seem

to be closing them all over. Why is that important to you? There is not

much in Cornwall as it is. In pans and is -- in Penzance, there are no

big play areas you can use all round. With the centres closing,

there is less we can do. Matt? There is a lot of injustice, with a lot of

young people not getting a fair deal. I think Brexit is being used

as a bit of a mask, a diversion away from the real issues that are

affecting a lot of people. What would you say the real issues are

around here? Poverty. Unemployment, housing. There is a lot of problems

with people buying houses, a lot of them are holiday lets. Staying with

mental health, there is not enough support for the under 25 's. I don't

know if you heard, but the Conservatives on Sunday said that

there would be 10,000 more mental health workers within the system.

There is no new money for that, but there would be 10,000 more. What do

you think us to mark That's great, but that is not until 2020, we need

help now. There are young people that need support. What would you

say? I have family that work in the NHS. My dad worked in London, one of

these clinics, he can see it getting privatised. You think, what is it

going to be down the line? With Brexit, we will see what happens,

that I don't think there is much care for the common people, what is

going on, really. Do any of you feel a bit forgotten, living here, when

it comes to the way you are treated by politicians? I don't think we

even think about it, really. We have got children to look after, we've

got health to look after, day-to-day living. If you are on the breadline

and haven't got that money, it is quite worrying, really. Do you feel

forgotten? Yes, as working class people, quite often we are forgotten

by politics. It is run by an elite few, for the few, a lot of the time.

This is an area with high poverty. What would it take for people who

live geographically in the south-west of the country to be more

of a priority now? I think there is a lot of infrastructure issues, with

the south-west. It kind of get ignored. If you look at the rail

networks, a lot of the south-west, projects are funded by the EU, which

is going to be an issue when we leave. In the last 15 years,

Cornwall has received something like ?1 billion worth of EU funding,

which has helped with rail improvements, superfast broadband

and things like that. The Chancellor, this Conservative

Chancellor, Philip Hammond, has said he will continue to fund existing

projects up to 2020. That is if he does what he says. That is one big

issue in the south-west. There are a lot of reasons why people did vote

to leave down here. But there is also going to be a big hole in

funding, which means that a lot of projects like our parent project

will find it more challenging to find funding and other charities

well as well. They are all going to be competing for the same pools of

money. Why do you think it is important this area has your Wild

Young Parents Project? We have a support network and can advocate for

people that don't have a voice or feel disenfranchised. I think it is

easy for politicians to say that they have strong and stable

leadership, but in real terms there is nothing strong and stable about

food banks, austerity or poverty. Thank you very much, nice to meet

you. Your children have been really well behaved. And it would not have

mattered if they weren't, to be honest. But thank you so much. We

will be talking to the candidates after ten o'clock and we were asked

energy price cap, how that is going to work. We will ask the

Conservative candidate who won the election in 2015, George Eustice,

and we will talk to Labour, the Greens, Ukip and various other

people as well. Join us later. When someone has an eating disorder

it affects the whole family. Now, in response to a lack

of support for fathers of children with anorexia and bulimia

the charity Beat is starting an online support group

especially for dads. The idea is that they chat to others

who are helping children Let's speak to Nick Pollard,

whose daughter Lizzie McNaught They're both here with me. Welcome.

Thank you both for coming in. So the focus very much on dads. Why do you

think that is important, Nick? Well, first of all when Lizzie was

diagnosed it took me a while to cue into how serious it was. It was only

after she had an emergency admission to the hospital and the doctor took

me aside and said, look, you realise she could die. I really twigged into

how serious this was. My wife, who is wonderful and provided so much

support had recognised it earlier and in Lizzie's book that she has

written of her experience reflecting on it now as a doctor, she sum rises

an academic paper which talks about how typically dads tend to rashalise

it away whereas mums tend to be more emotionally involved, but once I got

involved, I was saying, I switched into my Mr Fix It mode. Of course,

as a dad, you can't fix it. Tell us more about that and how you did deal

with it, once you realised there was this issue? Well, it will be

interesting to hear what Lizzie says about how I dealt with it. I put an

appendix in Lizzie's book summarising a load of things. An

illustration I used particularly when in the early stages of Lizzie's

illness, I said, it is like we're in a rowing boat. I've got the goal as

the dad of trying to get us up the river to this goal of Lizzie being

healthy and I'm rowing and everyone else in the family is rowing and I

look around and there Lizzie is rowing in the opposite direction. I

get angry and upset and parents, who have children going through an

eating disorder will know what that's like. You're trying to get

them well, but they seem to be pulling in the opposite direction

and suddenly it struck me one day, Joanna, I have got the wrong goal.

My goal instead of getting us up the river to that healthy position, my

position is to keep us all together in the boat. OK, if Lizzie is

struggling for a while and we drift downstream, as long as we're

together in the boat then we're providing that support and

gradually, gradually, me learning to understand what is going on inside

Lizzie's mind and what I can do and what I can't do. Lizzie, how were

you reacting or feeling about the way people around you were reacting?

I think it's, it was interesting with my dad because as he said he

kind of initially didn't really understand the eating disorder...

How long had you the issues before he started to realise and what were

you thinking through that period? So it was a good year before he

actually had that realisation of this is serious, I need to do

something. Actually, because dad didn't understand and he didn't kind

of engage with mum and think about the risks that were going on, I

almost saw him as an ally in my eats disorder. We could go out and I

could convince we will go out for an eight hour cycle and I would have a

green salad with a dressing on the side. I would have been my ally to

the grave if he hadn't of had that turning point and when he did and

then started engaging in things as a family, you know, it worked a lot

better because eating disorders, they will divide and conquer and for

me I saw my parents dad agrees with what I was doing, mum doesn't and I

will divide and I can keep going with this because dad is on side.

How long had you had it before your mum spotted signs? Did it get picked

up quickly? It had been going on for probably about six months before my

mum first identified that something was wrong. And she actually spoke to

my dad about it. And dad was very much of the view oh, no, it's OK or

it'll pass. She'll grow out of it, it's fine. So mum struggled with

that and she kept going for a few months trying to support me and

trying to do it by herself and then she took me to the doctor a good few

months after that and then that's where treatment started. What would

have been the best response from parents when you're going through

what you were going through, not eating? I mean, if someone says just

eat or ignores it. Which is, what does make a difference? Having a

united front makes a difference. OK. Knowing that with anorexia whenever

you're faced with a meal and whenever you are you eat, you're

going to be filled with dread and anxiety after a meal, but having a

united front where both parents are saying you have to eat all of this.

You have to and we're both saying that. It would be helpful because

you realise I've got to do it because everyone is saying that, but

also having an educated parents, education is key and this is why

Beat are launching their new help group for dads this evening and I

think that's really key because if we can get dads talking and if we

can communicate about eating disorders and educating them then

their approach to eating disorders will be a lot more valued and a lot

more beneficial. Nick, you said that you would sort of go off on cycle

rides, you were both talking about that and Lizzie effectively saying,

you were potentially an alie because you weren't forcing her to eat. How

were you seeing the best way to deal with a child that wouldn't eat? At

that time I didn't realise how serious it was. One of the things

that Beat as well as launching tonight this online support group

for dads, they've also launched this resource for spotting the signs and

symptoms and identifying those early signs and symptoms and I wasn't

really aware of those and I didn't take it seriously. What are they?

Spell them out. Have a look on the Beat website and they have got them

about skips and nips and hips and things, kips... Explain what it is.

Skips, exercising a lot, thinking about trying to find ways to burn up

calories, hips, are they concerned about how they look? Are they

changing how they dress and how their body, how they are acting

about themselves. Nips, are they tired all the time? Are they needing

naps? There is a load that they have created by are great for people

learn about the early signs and symptoms. You as a doctor would say

now, the fact is that eating disorders are come Paralympics and

mumty McToral, people have different routes into them and different

routes of them. In Lizzie's book, she is telling her story and I'm

reflecting my prospective as a dad, but it is one person's route in and

one person's route out, the value an online support group for dads is

they can share their different prospectives, someone would say, my

son or daughter isn't like that. Yes, mine is. For me, I felt that I

was like, it was like I was in a jungle, trying to hack my way

through the jungle and I felt alone in it and I thought there must be

other dads in this jungle that I've got no contact with themment now

this online support group that launches tonight, they can have that

contact with one another and as I develop more insight and

understanding, I thought well, why hadn't other people shared that with

me? That insight, that understanding, now there is the

opportunity to do that. Give us examples of when you talk about the

fact you felt it was your job as the dad to steer the ship and you were

keeping everyone on the boat. What was the difference in behaviour?

Well, I think the way that Lizzie sum rises it is that I had to change

from thinking I could lead her on to cheering her on. By telling her what

to do? Yeah. I mean, for dads who are used to being in control in

their professional lives and tend to act the same way in their family

lives, it's actually quite hard to adjust to the fact that I cannot

control what's going on. I cannot change this. I've got a goal. I want

my daughter to be well againment well, first of all I want her still

to be alive, but then I want her to be well again the and Lizzie after

the emergency admission to hospital, she was six months in an inpatient

unit and years in community care. I wanted her to be well. I wanted her

to achieve, but I can't do that. All I can do is support her. How do you

cheer her on when you've got the instinct to say come on, do this,

put that food in your mouth. How do you change that? Well, it's hard to

sum it up and it's encouraging and supporting without being

patronising. So it's not a case of, "Oh, you've eaten that mouthful.

Let's give you a round of applause." Like I might do to my four-year-old

granddaughter. How would you describe it, Lizzie? I think it's

working with the community teams, working with the consultants and the

psychiatrist and the nutritionists and setting those, you have to set

those boundaries and I think that's important and that's a role of a

parent and of you know of a dad to set those boundaries and to say,

"No, this is your meal plan. This is what you're eating." But not forcing

you. It has got to be their choice. But for you as the daughter going

through it, how important was it that your parents be cheering you

rather than telling you? Incredibly important. It is incredibly

empowering because a turning point for me and my anorexia was realising

that I have a choice. I have a choice to not listen to this

illness. I have a choice to follow my meal plan, to regain a healthy

weight and to get on with my life and actually that is going to

sustain a much more effective recovery than, you know, you can

force feed people. We can put people, you know, you can section

them and you can feed them via a tube, you can do all of that, but

unless they realise that they have a choice and they can make a decision

to recover then they're never going to achieve recovery. Your book is

very powerful and one of the devices is writing letters to your teenage

self as you were going through it. In one of the letters you talk about

catching a glimpse of yourself and saying you felt you had to push the

thought out of your head because you did look lovely, but at the time you

couldn't bear to have a positive view of yourself. I mean that will

resonate with so many teenagers because the teenage years are a

difficult time. What would your message be to any kids who are going

through a difficult time anyway and trying to find themselves and the

parents as well, how to help kids through that and how the grown-ups

can best behave through that time? I think at the moment we're working

quite closely with the Be Real Body Confidence Campaign and one of their

key messages is realising that your body is beautiful. Everyone looks

different. Everyone will have different lumps and bumps and shapes

and sizes of the there is no one ideal body, but can't we focus on

what the body can do instead of what it looks like? The body that's the

mind as well, what can I achieve? What can I learn? You know, all of

that, it's not focussing on how I look, but what I can do.

Thank you both very much, thank you. Lizzie and Nick, thank you for

coming in. If you would like to go

to the support group, If you've been affected by anything

we've discussed this morning you can find a list of helplines at the BBC

Action Line. Alexander Blackman

or Marine A, the man who shot dead a wounded Taliban soldier -

gives his first interview to the BBC since being released from prison

along with his wife Claire who campaigned so hard

for his release. We will be back live to Victoria in

Camborne after 10am. Let's get the latest

weather update with Carol. Sun has just Le come out in

Camborne. We have got sunshine in east Sussex.

The pictures sent in earlier by our Weather Watchers. A beautiful day

ahead in Northern Ireland. A lovely picture there from County Antrim.

You can see where we've got the cloud in eastern and central areas

and even in the south-west, but the further west you are, the more

likely it is that we will see holes in the cloud and the sun will come

out. Hardly a breath of wind as high pressure continues to dominate our

weather. That will have an impact on the feel of the weather along the

North Sea Coast line. It won't feel as cold, but there will be a bit of

cloud at tiles. As we head on into the afternoon, the patchy rain

across the Northern Isles will fringe into the far north of

Scotland and with the rest of Scotland will continue with a fair

but of sunshine as indeed will Northern Ireland. For Cumbria,

Lancashire and Cheshire, you can expect sun sheuvenlt as we push down

the East Coast towards the Midlands there is a fair bit of cloud around.

South-west England and Wales, again lovely sunshine to look forward to

and along parts of the South Coast we will see some of the sunshinement

here and there in the cloud, there will be one or two holes, but

especially, we will have a lot of cloud. As we head through the

evening and overnight, a lot of the cloud will be eroded and there will

be a lot of dry weather and clear skies and the rain and the breeze

persisting across the Northern Isles and the far north of mainland

Scotland. In towns and cities temperatures six to nine Celsius,

but in the countryside, it will be colder. We're looking at closer to

freezing. So there will be abair a grass frost this coming night. So

tomorrow morning we start off on a dry and cold note, but the

temperature will rise quickly in the sunshine and there will be a lot of

sunshine around tomorrow. Breezy through the English Channel. Not

much wind anywhere else. And still this patchy rain across the far

north of Scotland with a bit more cloud in the north and the east. And

then by the time we get into Thursday, well a bit of a change

because we've got a system coming up across the Channel Islands and

that's going to produce some showery outbreaks. Some of those heavy and

thundery and that leads us into the weekend. More unsettled picture

through the course of Thursday and right up to Sunday, we will be

seeing more in the way of showery outbreaks of rain, some of them

heavy and thundery, so if you're desperate for some rain for your

garden it looks like it's on its way.

Carol is right, the sun has just come out in Camborne. We are in

Cornwall, talking to people ahead of the general election. We are just a

couple of miles from the beautiful Cornish beaches, but in some ways

you could not feel any further from the tourist hotspots. We had a

13-year-old girl that collapsed in the school, the family hasn't eaten

in three days, mum, dad, three children. We are here to take the

political temperature and see what the issues are that people really

care about. I'm Joanna Gosling in the studio -

also coming up today... We'll speak to a woman who says

she was sexually harassed by the former Fox News

star Bill O'Reilly. At the end of the dinner, he said,

let's get out of here. And Marine A - Alexander Blackman,

the man who killed a wounded Taliban soldier -

speaks to us for the first time He's joined by his wife Claire

who helped secure his release. I met a 66-year-old and a

52-year-old, both men, both have never voted in a general election in

their lives. Martin says, if you can't be bothered to vote, you have

no right to complain, get involved and folk. Ben says no election

should be solely on one issue. I am asking what the most important issue

is to you. Ben says the country has big problems alongside Brexit and

politicians need to take notice. Mark says, I feel sorry for the

people you have been speaking to an Cornwall. They really think Brexit

will improve their lives, but it won't. Jordan says I am 30, voted in

every general election since 2005, will never vote Tory, but because of

Jeremy Corbyn, I will not vote Labour now. Wherever you are in the

UK, do send a message. What is the most important issue to you ahead of

the general election? In the next hour, we will talk to the candidates

for the constituency. Before that, the latest news.

The Conservatives have confirmed they intend to cap energy prices

for people on standard variable rates if they win the election.

Theresa May says the move could save around 17 million

But Labour says the cap would not stop bills rising.

Jeremy Corbyn will formally launch Labour's election campaign today

by saying that his party is not trying to find a way to keep Britain

Mr Corbyn, who'll be in Greater Manchester, will say

Throughout the election campaign we'll be putting your questions

to politicians from all the main parties.

Today at 11:30 we'll be putting your questions

to Lib Dem Shadow Home Secretary Lord Paddick You can get

in touch via Twitter using the hashtag #BBCAskThis

And you can email us as well at [email protected].

A multi-million pound trial launched today will assess whether statins,

a drug normally used to reduce the risk of heart attacks,

can also be used to help those with multiple sclerosis.

MS affects the central nervous system and can

It's thought statins, a cheap and already widely used drug,

could help slow down the progression of the condition.

That's a summary of the latest BBC News - more at 10.30.

Chelsea are one win away from the Premier League title.

They beat Middlebrough 3-0 last night at Stamford Bridge a result

Diego Costa, Marcos Alonso and Nemanja Matic scored the Chelsea

goals and the task is very simple now because they play again

If they can beat West Bromwich Albion on Friday then they would go

ten points clear in the table and they would be champions

It was very important to win and to exploit their defeat.

Another step, another step to win the title.

For sure, now it's important to rest very well and to prepare

The Fifa President Gianni Infantino says he plans to speak

to Sulley Muntari and step up the fight against racism.

The former Portsmouth midfielder has called on the game's

governing bodies to prove that they are serious

He walked out of a game playing for Pescara in Italy's Serie A after

He was subsequently banned but that was overturned

following worldwide condemnation of his treatment.

Eugenie Bouchard has knocked Maria Sharapova out

The Candaian has been one of the most outspoken

critics of Sharapova's return to tour after a 15 month doping ban.

She called her a cheater and wanted the Russian banned for life.

to her and she revealed afterwards that there were a lot of fellow

players who had also wanted her to win.

I was actually quite inspired before the match because I had a lot

of players coming up to me privately, wishing me good luck,

Getting a lot of texts from people in the tennis world that

So I wanted to do it for myself but also all of these people

That is all the sport for now. I'll be back later.

Welcome to the High Street of Camborne, in Cornwall. This

constituency was won by the Conservatives in 2015 with a

majority of 7000. This constituency is in the top 100 target seats for

both Labour and the Lib Dems. Let's walk down this High Street. You can

see a pasty shop, a vaporiser shop, banks, building societies, Pound

shops, there are nine charity and pound shops, I counted them

yesterday. Immigration is not an issue here. 96% of people in

Camborne are white British, and yet most people in Cornwall voted to

leave the European Union, which is why, possibly, a come back for the

Lib Dems is not on the cards in this area. Let's talk to Graham

Wilkinson, a reporter from Cornwall Life, he joins us in an Amarillo

type video. How would you describe the town? It is a busy and thriving

place. Between here and read Ruth, it is the most heavily populated

place in Cornwall. That is just to the east of here. It is not perhaps

your traditional Cornwall, Cornwall. We are not near the sea and it is

not a particularly touristy place. Very working class, traditionally

mining, but more recently it is certainly a working area.

Politically, it is interesting. It is one of the few places in Cornwall

where Labour has a big say. They came second in the last election. In

Cornwall generally, they tended to be Liberal Democrats in power until

the last election. Theresa May visited Cornwall last week. All six

constituencies are held by conservatives from the last

election. Why did she come here? She came to Helston, a neighbouring

town. She came to help bolster her MP, standing for re-election. There

is only a 5% difference between him and the Liberal Democrat MP that he

replaced last time. So, it is to assure him? I think the Liberal

Democrats see this as a key battle ground in their attempts to make

some gains back from that awful election last time. Even though most

people voted to leave the EU and the Lib Dems are pro-EU, they are saying

they would give another referendum on a final Brexit deal. Brexit has

hardly come up, actually. Do you think? Maybe I see it differently,

being in the news business, it seems to be a big deal. Cornwall was one

of those areas that benefited from EU funding. Absolutely, something

like ?1 billion. It was a huge amount. Whether we see that effect

at the moment, I'm not sure it filtered through. People have said,

we have had Brexit, can we get on with that? What we care about is not

being able to buy a house, not being able to rent a house, not being able

to find a council house, and low wages? Another thing that

consistently comes up our people's concerns about the ever-growing

population in Cornwall, as a desirable place to live,

house-building seems to go on relentlessly, without any of the

investment in infrastructure. Thank you. Nice to meet you. Thank you for

being in my Amarillo video. I am going to talk to some candidates

now. Plenty of a limb here, and some voters. -- plenty of them here.

Let's do the big introduction. George Eustice is the Conservative

candidate. He has been an MP here for seven years. We have Geoff

Williams, for the Liberal Democrats. Good morning. Next to him, for

Labour, Graham Winter. For Ukip, a spokesman, rather than a candidate,

Harry Blakely. And then we have some voters. I'm Rachel James, CEO of a

childcare service. I am Debbie Evans. I am a single mother,

tactically voting Liberal Democrat, that a Labour voter. I work on a

railway, and the exchange rate has affected us. That has gone up

usually, people only have so much money to spend. You have seen a

reduction in takings, or you have laid people off? No, we have not

done anything like that yet, a lot of things are still coming through.

We paid for everything a long time in advance. It will be the next

models that we do which will see the brunt of that, and that will be when

we see if people can still afford them. A number of people have said,

and you will hear it again, we only see you when there is an election

Western Marc Laird? No, I come down to the constituency, as the previous

MP, I come down every week, a surgery every Saturday. Most

summers, when the recess is happening, I go around on the

doorstep to meet people. I guess people see more politicians when

there is an election on, but we have just had local elections, last year

we had the referendum campaign, people were out for that. I don't

think that is fair. People notice politicians more when there is a

general election. Harry Blakely, representing Ukip, are they going to

stand in this constituency? No, we are supporting people that supported

Brexit. George supported Vote Leave. The comment he has not seen around

here is not true, he really works hard and that is why Ukip is

supporting him. Are you happy to be endorsed by a party that wants to

ban the burqa and introduce mandatory FGM examinations for young

girls? I am standing at a conservative... And I am asking if

you are happy that they are endorsing you? It is for each party

to decide if they want to stand, they are going to stand in some

seats and not others. Are you happy they are not standing here? Yes,

because I think there are many Ukip voters that were tired of this being

a country that had laws written by the EU. They wanted change, they

wanted to take back control. We won the referendum, we have taken back

control and we now have to make a success negotiations. For Labour,

what are you promising for people in Camborne? There is a lot that has

been promised on housing, in particular, that is a real issue for

people here. The quality of housing, the quality of rented housing in

particular is very low. People want a roof over their heads. 1 million

new houses, half of which will be council houses. Do you accept,

whether it is Labour or the Conservatives, at every election,

they have a target for building new homes, and, for the last however

many years, both Labour and the Conservatives have failed to reach

that? It's true, they have failed. That is why the housing market is in

such a state. There has been a failure by all parties over the last

ten, 20 years, on housing. But that is only part of it. Wages is the

other issue. People cannot afford houses. Affordable housing does not

start at 250,000, I'm sorry. People here have nowhere near the income to

afford that. Labour will introduce a minimum ?10 wage. When I was talking

to one of the butchers, he said, great for the workers, but I will

have two lay a member of staff off. He employs four, and he would have

to lay one off if you introduced that the minimum wage? It would be

introduced over a period of time. It is a target to reach. He would still

have to lay someone off? It has an effect on prices, it helps money go

around in the economy. In terms of housing, George Eustice, do you

accept that last year new affordable homes being delivered in Cornwall

was the lowest number for six years? Here you will see some fantastic

projects that have been built particularly on some of the brown

field sites. We have got a lot of industries that collapsed 20 or 30

years ago and there have been good projects that brought lots of new

housing back on to the market. We've done affordable housing to buy.

Under the Help To Buy scheme and there are lots of people here,

families, with young children, who have managed now to buy their first

home with the Help To Buy scheme. Despite all of that, Theresa May in

her housing White Paper says Britain's housing market is broken.

What are you going to do in the next five years? Look, we have got a

number of different proposals to help support house building. A lot

of it is around... Have you read the housing White Paper? I've not read

the housing White Paper recently, but I saw a summary of it. I have.

There is not that much in it. There is the extending the Right to Buy

discount to housing association tenants, making more brown field

sites available and then it says things like, "We need to build more

homes faster." But without saying how? I was about to explain how. The

way you do it is by removing some of the restrictions so we've made it

for instance for people to get planning on small developments on

brown field sites. We made it easier for people to go for change of use

on old buildings sometimes commercial buildings that could be

converted. And we've actually loosened the rules on this so you

can get more houses built on those brown field sites. You will see

great example of here in Camborne and we want to do more of it in

other parts of the country. Great examples in Camborne and Redruth,

what would the Lib Dems do? There is an initiative initiated by the

Cornwall Council toun cease housing provision outside of what's been

provided by coastline. I think the targets that Coastline set for 2020

are ambitious and I hope that they can keep to them. Coastline, that's

the housing association? Yes. And they are the principle provider...

But what have the Lib Dems got to say on this issue specifically? In

terms of local provision? Yes. Well, in addition to what Coastline - the

housing crisis is affecting the whole country and the great problem

down in Cornwall is the difference between income and affordability.

And initiatives like they have taken in St Ives which I support on the

concentrating new homes for local people is an initiative which I

think has to be encouraged. The whole problem, let's face it, goes

back to the Right to Buy and the non replacement then of housing that was

taken up by the tenants. If we had replaced social housing through the

# 0s and 80s with new soltion housing we wouldn't be in the

position we are today. What would you like to say to so. Candidates

here today. I'm look at the general election and it is not really a

general election, is it, it's a Brexit election because my interest

is with, there are 800,000 plus people in this country with dementia

who are receiving a little bit of a service, but there are also 800,000

people on the autism spectrum who are receiving nothing despite autism

legislation. Theresa May when she was crowned as leader of this

country, she got rid of the social Care Minister and yet she is wanting

to reform the Mental Health Act for what when you haven't got a social

Care Minister and Norman Lamb within the Lib Dems is putting, he is just

putting a penny on income tax which would put ?6 billion into the

economy the we shouldn't be concentrating on Brexit. Get a third

party international relate to deal with Europe. Too much concentration

on Brexit? Look, this country took a really big decision last year to

leave the European Union. The biggest decision we've taken for

half a century and we have got to make a success of this Brexit

negotiation and people have got a big choice this this election,

whether they want Theresa May and strong stable leadership she offers

to take that negotiation forward? Or do they want a floundering Jeremy

Corbyn propped up by Nicola Sturgeon and others... Theresa May says she

has got to strengthen her hand. I don't want her to strengthen her

hand. I want her to use kid gloves. All we have got is mudslinging when

we have got people on the autism speck tum and people with dementia

and people who are vulnerable and trying to buy houses, we're

concentrating on Brexit. I'm sick of hearing about Brexit. Brexit is an

important big decision and it is right that we have Theresa May lead

the negotiations. Yesterday she made an announcement on mental health

services and made clear we want another 10,000 people working in

mental health by 2020... How will that be paid for? Today, she is

talking about energy prices. Yes, this is a general election... There

is not even a social Care Minister. We have a whole team of ministers.

You have got a load of Brexit ministers, but you haven't got a

social Care Minister. Norman Lamb left as a minister... The Liberal

Democrats were removed from Government... There are a team of

health ministers working under Jeremy Corbyn - under Jeremy Hunt.

So we have a team of health ministers. For me, I will back you.

George has come to visit a project close to Cornwall's heart called

Young Mums Will Achieve. What's the issues for you? The Government have

supported and they have listened, however, we will see the

implementation of the 30 hours funding in September and the rate

that's offered to us is slightly less than what it's going to cost us

to deliver this service. It's crucial that we have accessible and

affordable childcare to support working families nationally, not

just here in Cornwall. OK. Lib Dems, Labour, would you like to... I'm in

support of the one pence on income tax to provide for better services

particularly for mental health. Of course, you are, you're a Lib Dem

candidate. I also sit on tribunals for mental health patients in

Cornwall and the scandal is lack of provision for young people. Young

people having to be sent out of the county because there is no provision

for them. Having to spend time in police cells because that's the

nearest place of safety. And if a one pence on income tax will help to

assuage that situation then I think we should all support it and support

the initiative. Labour? I think it's really important that we don't just

focus on Brexit. There is a lot more at stake here. We've had... Is that

because Labour doesn't really a Brexit policy? Labour's focus on

Brexit is on the single market and having the best possible access to

single market and securing those that work hard for a living whether

they are British people working abroad and living abroad or other

people living here and working hard here. Those are our key focus on

Brexit. But this election isn't about Brexit. We have to remember

this is about healthcare, it's about housing provision, it's about jobs

and it's about ?30 million worth of cuts to education in Cornwall alone

over the next few years. This is what it's about. We need to focus on

these issues. You would reverse those, would you? Are you promising

to reverse the ?30 million worth of cuts? On education, I don't have the

policy detail on that, I'm afraid. I would love to. We have increased the

amount of free childcare that we've got for parents on low incomes so

we've got two days a week and we're looking to extend that further. It

is a really important point. You don't call it free. It is not free,

it is subsidised by us as a sectorment we support it because we

want to support our families back into work. There is not muff

money... Coming from the Government? No. Chris, what would you like to

say? Well, I think from our point of view with our business we've got 14

staff and I'd like to look out for them. So really, I'm looking for

fairness in business. What does that mean? In a small company like ours

pays higher taxes on the big companies of this world. They get

negotiated settlements and that doesn't seem fair to me and the

yeah, I'd like to see it made easier for us... Do you think ahead of

election parties always say we're going to clamp down on tax avoidance

and tax evasion, it doesn't always happen? No, I think some of the

demonisation of people who have to rely on benefits if you like because

of they are disabled in some way, that doesn't waste as much money as

is lost in tax avoidance. We should be far more focussed on that. It is

not fair on a small businesslike us, I have got to keep all 14 and their

families employed, so why should we pay a higher percentage of our

taxes? I have got no objection to paying taxes. We've got to did that,

we've got to pay our bit. I don't see why we should pay so much more.

And while I'm on the soapbox, the thing about zero hours, Labour want

to do away with them, but I've got two staff who are on them by choice

because they want to turn up when they want to do a bit of work and it

suits them and I'm happy for them to do that. Losing that would probably

mean they wouldn't have any work anymore. The people who choose zer

outside hours, you would say even though you want that, we'll scrap

them? Our policy is to scrap zero-hours contracts. I think we

should look at it. It does suit some people, but I think they're in the

minority. People would prefer to have regular hours and regular pay.

Let me read a couple messages from people watching you around the

country. Andy says, "The priorities for this country are affordable

housing and real jobs that pay ten quid an hour." Ken says, "It is

heart-rendering to see so many young people without hope. We don't need

distractions over Brexit." Jo, "These people voted for Brexit

despite Cornwall receiving huge grants from the EU. Philip Hammond

said he will continue to fund existing EU projects up to 2020."

Kate, "It is depressing to hear the young woman sitting with you earlier

saying she wasn't going to vote because nobody listens. I think

there should be a drive to explain to young people it is because they

tend not to turn out to vote that Government policies favour older

people." Thank you for those. Thank you very much for your time this

morning. Thank you, I really appreciate you coming on the

programme. More from Camborne in the next half an hour.

Alexander Blackman, the man who became known

as Marine A after shooting dead an injured Taliban soldier, gives

We hear from him and his wife Claire who worked so hard for his release.

The Conservatives confirmed they intend to gap energy prices for

people on standard variable rates. Theresa May says the move could save

17 million customers up to ?100 a year. Labour says the cap would not

stop bills rising. Jeremy Corbyn will formally launch Labour's

election campaign today by saying that his party is not trying to find

a way to keep Britain in the European Union. Mr Corbyn, who will

be in grarge, will say the issue of Brexit is settled.

Throughout the election campaign, we will put your questions to

politicians from all the main parties. Today, at 11.30am, we will

put your questions to Lord Paddick. You can e-mail us at:

A multi-million pound trial launched today will assess whether statins

can be used to help those with multiple sclerosis. MS affects the

central nervous system and can cause mobility problems of the it is

thought statins which are cheap and are widely used could slow down the

progression of the condition. Faulty airbags were among the

problems that led to the highest number of recalls in Europe. The UK

ranked third behind Germany and France. Car manufacturers say fewer

than half of UK customers take up the necessary repairs.

Let's join Olly. Chelsea are one win away from the Premier League

titlement they beat Middlesbrough 3-0 at Stamford Bridge. Victory on

Friday night will see them become champions with two games to spare.

The Fifa president says he's going to talk step up the fight against

racism. The former Portsmouth player walked off in a game in Italy after

being abused by fans. Chris Froome has been knocked off his bike while

training in Southern France. He said he was deliberately rammed by a

driver who failed to stop. He was unhurt, but he's going to need a new

bike. One of the women alleging sexual

harassment by the former Fox News star Bill O'Reilly and her lawyer

met Ofcom, the media watchdog, yesterday to urge it to block a bid

for Sky by Rupert Murdoch's 21st O'Reilly was dropped

from Fox News over the claims, which involve more than five women,

although he strongly denies the allegations -

calling them "completely unfounded". Ofcom are currently considering

whether 21st Century Fox, which owns Fox News,

should be allowed to complete We'll be hearing from

Wendy Walsh in a moment - but first here's a quick video

to explain what's been going on. We have a contest on billoreilly.com

- Guess Where Bill's Going. I'll have a full

report when I return. But Bill O'Reilly

wasn't coming back. He had been the main presenter

and biggest star on the US TV That came to an end last month,

when it emerged a number of women had made sexual harassment

allegations against Five cases have been settled out

of court by O'Reilly and Fox One unnamed black colleague said

O'Reilly called her "hot chocolate" We're so happy that he has gone

and he is no longer going to be able to spit all of his vile comments

and everything that It's disparaging not only to women,

but specifically to black women and to black folks

all over the world. One of O'Reilly's accusers reported

her claims to Fox in early April. In 2013, I experienced sexual

harassment as a job applicant Wendy Walsh, a psychologist

who appeared on O'Really's show, said she refused to join him

in his hotel room O'Reilly then allegedly withdrew

a job he had offered her. Fox initially stuck with O'Reilly,

but several major sponsors pulled At the end of April,

parent company 21st Fox O'Reilly said it was tremendously

disheartening to leave Fox over It's not the first time

the organisation has had to deal Last July, Fox News boss Roger Ailes

resigned over similar allegations. The acting Fox News CEO,

Rupert Murdoch, has tried to usher in a new era at the channel

by issuing an internal memo, also signed by his sons,

saying he is committed to fostering a work environment built

on trust and respect. But Murdoch dismissed any concerns

about the culture at Fox News. So you don't think Ofcom

are going to consider It comes at a delicate

time for Mr Murdoch. Fox is trying to buy

the remaining 61% The media regulator Ofcom

is currently deciding whether the takeover

should go ahead, or not. And Wendy Walsh - one

of Bill O'Reilly's accusers who we saw briefly in that film -

joins us now. Thank you very much for joining us.

So, we heard in the film that you were an unpaid contributor on the

show when you were called to Los Angeles, when he said he was going

to be in Los Angeles and would meet up with you? I feel I was targeted,

I received a call from one of his team saying he just saw me on the TV

and asked for me to be on the show. A Fox employee asked if I would have

dinner with him, when he was flying into Los Angeles. He is the big

boss. You can't say no, it would ruin your career. I said yes,

thinking I will keep it really business, it is a good opportunity

for me to talk about becoming a paid contributor. I didn't have to bring

it up. Earlier in the dinner, he told me Roger Ailes, the chairman,

was his good friend and they would offer me a position as a paid

contributor. It felt almost like a celebration dinner until we left. We

walked out of the restaurant, I turned left to go to the bar,

thinking we were going to continue the conversation at the bar, he

turned to the right, towards the hotel rooms. When I said, I think

the bar is this way, he said, come back to my sweet. I said, I'm sorry,

I can't do that. I said, we are both parents, raising girls, we have

teenage daughters, maybe we should model some good choices? You said,

OK, we got to the bar and his demeanour changed from charming too

hostile. He said, you can forget about the career advice I gave you,

you are on your own. I knew that my days were limited. Like so many

victims of sexual harassment, we think, I can fix this, I will let

him know I am not going to sue, send him lots of cringeworthy, sucking up

to the boss e-mails, they tried to defame me by leaking some of these

e-mails, but eventually he had an executive producer get rid of me.

Did you raise it with the channel? No, Fifa reasons. Women of my

generation, we are so accustomed of navigating these landmines, we have

almost normalised sexual harassment. Secondly, I didn't know as a job

applicant that you can also have a case for sexual harassment. I

thought, can I call human resources at Fox? I don't even work there. I

didn't come until a New York Times journalist contacted me. She found

out that they had been paying off women quietly for years and they

were all unable to talk because they had gag orders. I was in a unique

position to tell the truth. Honestly, I had to make an ethical

decision to lie to the New York Times, to protect Bill O'Reilly and

Fox News, or to tell the truth and make workplaces better for our

daughters. It has to be said, he has defended himself. He said he has

been targeted because of who he is, and he says the claims that have

been made against him are completely unfounded. Might I add, we could

suspect that is true if he had been paying off $20,000, $30,000. We are

talking about $30 million and there is now a Justice Department

investigation into what funds they were taking that money out of,

whether it was revealed to the shareholders that they were quietly

paying of women for their silence. 21st Century Fox also says it has

taken prompt and decisive action to address reports of sexual harassment

and workplace issues at Fox News. There has been an overhaul of the

Channel leadership, management and reporting structure, and fundamental

changes to the on-air talent and prime-time programming line-up have

happened. Why do you say, as you said yesterday, when you met with

off, -- Ofcom, that it should impact on what happens with 21st Century

Fox and Sky? They are only firing talent because we shone a light on

them, because women have protested. They didn't do it over all of these

years. If the Murdochs try to say this is before our time, we are

hands off, two payoffs happened after they fired Roger Ailes and the

Murdoch sons were running things. This is the tip of the iceberg, I

think. More victims are coming forward with more claims, lots of

claims of racial harassment, and even an e-mail hacking claim. The

woman cannot talk about it because she is under arbitration, she said

Fox News was hacking into her e-mails. It reminds me of the phone

hacking thing that happened years ago. The conversation with Bill

O'Reilly, you said when you spoke to him about not going to his suite,

you said, we are both parents, we want to model good choices. You are

a mother of daughters. How important do you think is that kids, men and

women, learn about the way to behave in the workplace? I comment in media

all the time about relationships and about parenting, and I think we need

to not only teach our sons and daughters about sexual consent, but

also that daughters need to understand that you cannot give

consent to your boss. Even if you do have a sexual act with somebody that

is higher up, that can be used as evidence not against you, but to

confirm that you were sexually harassed. Somebody signs your

paycheque, you don't have the ability to give sexual consent. We

need to teach our sons and daughters how to say no politely and not be

afraid to make that claim to human resources, as I should have done in

2013. I didn't know. Thank you very much indeed. I mentioned that Bill

O'Reilly denies the allegations. We've had this statement

from Bill O'Reilly, who said, "It is tremendously disheartening

that we part ways due But that is the unfortunate reality

many of us in the public eye And 21st Century Fox have told us,

"We have taken prompt and decisive action to address reports of sexual

harrassment and workplace These actions have led

to an overhaul of Fox News Channel's leadership, management and reporting

structure, and have driven fundamental changes

to the channel's on-air talent We will have that first interview

with Marina A in a moment. Now back to Victoria. -- Marine A.

We are in Camborne to talk to people about the issues that matter to them

ahead of the election. Low wages, seasonal jobs, affordable housing,

and Brexit has not come up that much, even though most people in

Cornwall voted to leave the European Union. A lot of people say we have

done it, let's get on with that, there are more important things to

worry about. In terms of new, affordable homes for this county,

last year was the lowest number built. In terms of council houses

available for renting last year, ten new council houses were delivered.

Guess how many on the social housing waiting list? 20 9000. Let's talk to

various people about housing. John, hello. John is homeless. Alistair is

here, the chief executive of a housing association charity called

Coastline. We have Claire Jones, who has had housing issues in the past,

but you were helped by Cornwall Neighbourhoods For Change, and we

have a representative from them here today. Tell us about your

circumstances Richard Matt I was made homeless six months ago because

my previous landlady decided to sell up and leave the county. Since then,

I have been struggling to get on the housing ladder, due to the fact I

have a Jack Russell dog. You are managing to pay rent? I was paying

rent, it was no problem. Why were you not able to continue in another

property? It is finding a property, properties that are affordable, also

finding a property with a landlord that will accept housing benefit,

pets. The list is endless. There seems to be a constant struggle

against excuses to be able to find somewhere to rent. Where do you

sleep? At the moment, luckily I have friends that will put me up on their

sofa. I have been in situations where I have had to sit outside,

which is not terribly nice. That is when the persecution of society

comes in. Then you are homeless, and frowned upon. Day-to-day living, it

ends up putting a strain on your mental health, hence the mental

health issues we hear about with homeless people. I just hope I can

find somewhere in the near future, so that I can regain and start

building my life again. You want to work this summer? I would love to

work. There is plenty of work around here, if you are prepared to try

your hand at anything. But there are a lot of problems in Cornwall. There

is not a lot of permanent work. That biggest problem is the wages,

compared to house prices, rent, cost of living, it is not real world. We

have spent a lot of time talking about housing this morning.

Absolutely no apologies for that, it is a huge issue for people here. How

bad is it? It is bad here, as it is up and down the country.

Affordability is a big issue, values are high, wages are low, it makes it

difficult for people to live next to friend and family, it has an impact

on communities, health, job opportunities. It is difficult for

people to move where they need to for jobs, which holds back

businesses. It's a drain on the economy as well. I think it is a

massive issue and people underestimate the wider impact. Tell

us how your charity helps people like Claire? Claire was living in a

caravan and it was really unfit for her with her three children. What we

were able to do, we tried going to the council and then we went through

Coastline, and they have a place opposite the community centre. We

were able to give her the support that she and her family needed. The

caravan was... It was a disaster. It was practically living on a building

site. Through Tarn's help, and Coastline... Bless you, Claire. You

are fine, it is good now? It's fabulous. I have a home with my

children. Oh, dear... Sorry. Do not apologise. It's the fact that, like

John, trying to get accommodation, you go to the council, and you just

constantly feel like you are being fobbed off. There was not enough

social housing. You are constantly being told, we will give you the