10/07/2017

:00:07. > :00:11.It's Monday, it's 9am, I'm Victoria Derbyshire -

:00:12. > :00:15.It's a matter of time before a serving prison officer

:00:16. > :00:17.is killed on duty - that's the warning

:00:18. > :00:19.from officers working in the Britain's jails right now.

:00:20. > :00:23.They've risked their jobs to speak anonymously to us.

:00:24. > :00:26.It's only a matter of time before something massive goes off.

:00:27. > :00:29.It will get to the stage where a prison

:00:30. > :00:36.Our exclusive report in a few minutes.

:00:37. > :00:39.The high court is to hear new evidence about Charlie Gard,

:00:40. > :00:43.the terminally-ill baby whose parents have taken on Great Ormond

:00:44. > :00:45.Street Hospital in an effort to secure experimental treatment

:00:46. > :00:49.Judges will examine claims that the proposed treatment

:00:50. > :00:55.Theresa May tries to hit the reboot button.

:00:56. > :00:58.One year on from moving into Number 10, the Prime Minister is attempting

:00:59. > :01:00.to regain political momentum by appealing to other parties

:01:01. > :01:06.We will be talking to Damian Green - the First Secretary of State,

:01:07. > :01:23.who is effectively her second-in-command.

:01:24. > :01:26.Hello, welcome to the programme - we're live until 11am this morning.

:01:27. > :01:29.Also, does the accent you have mean people think you are thick?

:01:30. > :01:32.This after Angela Rayner, the Shadow Education Secretary,

:01:33. > :01:35.was called thick after being on the Andrew Marr Show yesterday.

:01:36. > :01:38.Let me know what perceptions people have of you because of

:01:39. > :01:46.If you text, you will be charged at the standard network rate.

:01:47. > :01:52.The case of the terminally ill 11-month-old boy, Charlie Gard,

:01:53. > :01:54.returns to the High Court today, as judges consider new evidence

:01:55. > :01:58.relating to potential treatment for his condition.

:01:59. > :02:01.An earlier ruling supported the view of his doctors that nothing can be

:02:02. > :02:04.done to improve his quality of life, and they should be allowed to switch

:02:05. > :02:11."He's still fighting, so we're still fighting."

:02:12. > :02:15.A phrase that Chris and Connie Gard have used many times as they battle

:02:16. > :02:21.to keep their baby son Charlie alive.

:02:22. > :02:24.We are just two normal, everyday people.

:02:25. > :02:28.What is strong is the love we have for our boy.

:02:29. > :02:34.If he was lying there suffering, we wouldn't be here now.

:02:35. > :02:37.It's a story with another twist today.

:02:38. > :02:46.The High Court will look once more at whether or not the 11-month-old

:02:47. > :02:49.who was born with a serious genetic condition that doctors say

:02:50. > :02:51.mean he will never see, hear, move or speak,

:02:52. > :03:00.should be allowed to go to America for experimental treatment.

:03:01. > :03:02.So far, the courts have agreed with Great Ormond Street

:03:03. > :03:05.condition cannot be improved and he should instead

:03:06. > :03:09.But support has grown for the family from all over the world,

:03:10. > :03:11.including from President Trump and the Pope.

:03:12. > :03:13.And a glimmer of hope when seven specialists

:03:14. > :03:16.led by the Vatican Children's Hospital signed a letter saying that

:03:17. > :03:18.treatment should be reconsidered following success in conditions

:03:19. > :03:23.Chris and Connie handed a petition in to Great Ormond Street

:03:24. > :03:25.yesterday with over 350,000 signatures backing them.

:03:26. > :03:28.But the hospital has made clear that its position has not changed.

:03:29. > :03:38.It will be up to a judge to once again decide

:03:39. > :03:42.It will be up to a judge to once again decide if that is true.

:03:43. > :03:50.And we will hear from Charlie Gard's mum later in the programme.

:03:51. > :03:52.Joanna is in the BBC Newsroom with a summary

:03:53. > :03:56.Theresa May is to call on rival political parties to "contribute

:03:57. > :03:59.In her first major speech since the general election,

:04:00. > :04:02.the Prime Minister will say her commitment to change

:04:03. > :04:05.But with the Conservatives losing their overall majority,

:04:06. > :04:07.she'll say the reality she faces means she has to approach

:04:08. > :04:10.Labour said Mrs May's speech proved her party had

:04:11. > :04:14.The Iraqi prime minister has visited Mosul to congratulate his armed

:04:15. > :04:19.forces on their victory over the Islamic State group,

:04:20. > :04:21.nine months after they launched the offensive to liberate the city.

:04:22. > :04:24.In the capital, Baghdad, people sang and danced on the streets.

:04:25. > :04:27.Many areas of Mosul have been reduced to rubble in the fight,

:04:28. > :04:40.Iraq is celebrating the defeat of so-called Islamic State in Mosul.

:04:41. > :04:54.Homes, streets, shops reduced to ruins and dust.

:04:55. > :04:57.It's thought thousands have been killed.

:04:58. > :05:00.Some will have been part of IS, others were civilians.

:05:01. > :05:02.Search and rescue teams continue to pull bodies from the rubble.

:05:03. > :05:05.These families have survived three years under IS.

:05:06. > :05:07.Now they're able to leave, following nearly 1 million people

:05:08. > :05:09.who've already left their homes here.

:05:10. > :05:16.It may be a while until they can return.

:05:17. > :05:18.The fighting is ending, but the humanitarian crisis is not.

:05:19. > :05:21.It will take months, maybe even years, for the people

:05:22. > :05:31.who have fled from their homes, they have lost everything,

:05:32. > :05:34.it will take months for them to go back to the damaged neighbourhoos.

:05:35. > :05:37.The UN estimates it will cost at least ?770 million to restore

:05:38. > :05:40.the city's basic infrastructure, such as clean water and electricity.

:05:41. > :05:42.IS still hold territory to the west and south of Mosul,

:05:43. > :05:47.Some experts have warned that if gains are not secured properly,

:05:48. > :05:52.Although this city is liberated, for these families

:05:53. > :06:02.The BBC understands a Government inquiry into the so-called gig

:06:03. > :06:04.economy will call for flexible workers to be paid

:06:05. > :06:11.The Taylor review, which is due to be published tomorrow,

:06:12. > :06:13.will affect firms like Deliveroo and Uber.

:06:14. > :06:15.It's expected to argue that additional wages will help to offset

:06:16. > :06:25.President Trump says he didn't know his eldest son met a Russian

:06:26. > :06:27.lawyer who claimed to have damaging information about Hillary Clinton.

:06:28. > :06:30.The New York Times reports Donald Trump Junior met the lawyer -

:06:31. > :06:33.who said she had links to the Kremlin - two weeks

:06:34. > :06:35.after his father won the Republican nomination last year.

:06:36. > :06:37.But Trump junior says the lawyer's statements were vague and nothing

:06:38. > :06:44.The European Court of Human Rights is expected to rule on the case

:06:45. > :06:48.of a Scottish man fighting the UK's longest extradition case.

:06:49. > :06:50.Phillip Harkins, who is originally from Greenock, has been fighting

:06:51. > :06:53.extradition to the United States for 14 years.

:06:54. > :06:56.The 38-year-old denies murdering a man in a robbery

:06:57. > :07:02.If the case at the European Court of Human Rights goes against him,

:07:03. > :07:06.he could face trial in America for first degree murder.

:07:07. > :07:08.Counter-terror police have launched a film telling holiday-makers how

:07:09. > :07:20.to react in the event of a terrorist attack in their resort.

:07:21. > :07:23.The four-minute video shows families and hotel staff fleeing

:07:24. > :07:25.the sound of gunshots, barricading themselves into rooms

:07:26. > :07:29.and being treated as potential suspects by armed police.

:07:30. > :07:34.It repeats the advice to run, hide and tell.

:07:35. > :07:37.The mother of a British backpacker who was stabbed to death

:07:38. > :07:39.in Australia last year has made an emotional

:07:40. > :07:41.journey to the place where her daughter died.

:07:42. > :07:47.Mia Ayliffe-Chung was killed at a hostel in Queensland.

:07:48. > :07:50.Another British traveller, Tom Jackson, died trying to help her.

:07:51. > :07:52.Mia's mother Rosie wanted to retrace her daughter's steps,

:07:53. > :07:55.and learn more about the welfare of backpackers in Australia.

:07:56. > :08:00.Our correspondent Hywel Griffith reports.

:08:01. > :08:05.This isn't a journey any parent would want to make.

:08:06. > :08:07.10,000 miles from home, Rosie Ayliffe has come to learn

:08:08. > :08:21.20-year-old Mia was working in Queensland to gain a visa.

:08:22. > :08:27.30-year-old Tom Jackson from Cheshire tried to help her.

:08:28. > :08:31.A French national has been charged with their murders.

:08:32. > :08:34.The hostel is still open and, without the cameras following her,

:08:35. > :08:37.Rosie was allowed to enter and see Mia's room, and the place

:08:38. > :08:43.And I sat in a cubicle and I thought about Mia dying in that room.

:08:44. > :08:46.And she's gone, you know, and it's tough.

:08:47. > :08:51.I knew it would be, but I'm so glad I came,

:08:52. > :08:56.But this isn't only about commemoration.

:08:57. > :08:58.Rosie wants to meet other backpackers, and learn exactly

:08:59. > :09:04.what kind of a life her daughter had here.

:09:05. > :09:09.Every year, 200,000 people come to Australia for a working holiday.

:09:10. > :09:12.If they want to stay for a second year, then they have to come

:09:13. > :09:17.Many, like Mia, come to Queensland, where the farmers use

:09:18. > :09:20.the backpackers to pick their fruit and tend their fields.

:09:21. > :09:23.An investigation by Australia's fair work ombudsman has found many

:09:24. > :09:30.Two thirds say employers take advantage by underpaying them.

:09:31. > :09:33.Some have their passports taken away.

:09:34. > :09:35.Djuro, from Denmark, has just finished the 88 days

:09:36. > :09:40.of rural work needed to gain a second-year visa.

:09:41. > :09:45.It was almost like being in prison, rather than being in Australia.

:09:46. > :09:50.Treatment will be so bad, you're being pushed to your very limit.

:09:51. > :09:52.Now, we're speaking about people working in 40 degrees.

:09:53. > :09:58.And to the amount of capacity that you're working,

:09:59. > :10:00.one or two months, some people collapse, mentally.

:10:01. > :10:04.The Australian Government says it recognises migrant workers

:10:05. > :10:12.It has set up a task force, but while she is in the country,

:10:13. > :10:14.Rosie is anxious to push for more change.

:10:15. > :10:16.We are propping up their agricultural industry

:10:17. > :10:24.People are making huge amounts of money out of our backpackers.

:10:25. > :10:27.And it's got to stop, really, and, you know,

:10:28. > :10:33.But I can feel a fight coming on, I really can.

:10:34. > :10:36.It is one which may bring Rosie back to Australia several times,

:10:37. > :10:46.to lobby and campaign, and to give Tom and Mia a legacy.

:10:47. > :10:48.Firefighters have been tackling a blaze overnight

:10:49. > :10:50.at London's Camden Lock Market, which attracts 28 million

:10:51. > :10:54.70 firefighters were sent to the scene after the fire broke

:10:55. > :10:58.London Fire Brigade says the situation is now under control

:10:59. > :11:03.There are no reports of any casualties.

:11:04. > :11:08.A Coldplay fan who went to the band's recent concert

:11:09. > :11:11.at Croke Park in Dublin became more involved than he expected.

:11:12. > :11:13.Rob had been crowd-surfing in his wheelchair when he was

:11:14. > :11:15.spotted by lead singer, Chris Martin.

:11:16. > :11:19.He was then invited on stage and drew huge cheers from the crowd

:11:20. > :11:22.of more than 70,000 people when he brought out

:11:23. > :11:29.Rob described his experience as "amazing".

:11:30. > :11:33.That's a summary of the latest BBC News - more at 9.30am.

:11:34. > :11:38.Do get in touch with us throughout the morning -

:11:39. > :11:41.use the hashtag Victoria live and if you text, you will be charged

:11:42. > :11:49.Your accent - do people think you are more or less intelligent because

:11:50. > :11:52.of your accent? We ask because of the Shadow Education Secretary's

:11:53. > :11:56.appearance on the Andrew Marr Show yesterday. Somebody treated her and

:11:57. > :12:01.said she was thick. She responded and said, it's because of my accent.

:12:02. > :12:04.I am proud of it. I am not going to change it. Stop it.

:12:05. > :12:09.Let's get some sport now with Leah Boleto.

:12:10. > :12:19.It is manic Monday at Wimbledon, Andy Murray Johanna Konta attempting

:12:20. > :12:26.to give us a British man and woman in the quarterfinals since how long?

:12:27. > :12:31.to the last time Britain had a man and woman in the quarter-finals.

:12:32. > :12:34.But Andy Murray and Johanna Konta could make that a reality

:12:35. > :12:40.After a day's rest there was a bit of training

:12:41. > :12:53.But today, Murray is up against Frenchman Benoit Paire who -

:12:54. > :12:56.by the way - hasn't made a grand slam quarter-final, ever!

:12:57. > :12:58.Expectations are high for Murray but he is favourite

:12:59. > :13:02.All the action on Centre Court at around 3 o'clock today.

:13:03. > :13:05.But it's Johanna Konta who holds the first slot on Centre Court this

:13:06. > :13:08.afternoon, taking on Caroline Garcia of France - that's at 1 o'clock.

:13:09. > :13:10.They've both met four times before, each winning twice, with Garcia

:13:11. > :13:12.beating Jo in their most recent clash in March.

:13:13. > :13:15.But I'm sure crowds will try their hardest to inspire Jo.

:13:16. > :13:17.And given that Britain hasn't had a female quarter-finalist

:13:18. > :13:21.since 1984, we can expect quite a party this lunctime.

:13:22. > :13:28.Right, cricket. What a few days for Joe Root and England cricketing in

:13:29. > :13:30.this Test series. And he gets a victory in his first match as

:13:31. > :13:34.England captain, which is fantastic. Yes, a huge win for England

:13:35. > :13:37.under Joe Root and a lot The England Captain had

:13:38. > :13:41.lots of praise for Ali, who gave a fantastic performance -

:13:42. > :13:43.ripping through South Africa's Ali was man-of the-match

:13:44. > :13:47.after their 200 and 11 run win. The side won't be changed

:13:48. > :13:49.for Friday's Second Of course, this is England's first

:13:50. > :14:03.of seven tests with Root in charge for the first time, so a big relief

:14:04. > :14:13.for him that it started well. We know they will come back hard,

:14:14. > :14:17.but to be 1-0 up, it is the first time we have beaten them for a long

:14:18. > :14:25.time. Everything I have said to the lads this week, they have dived into

:14:26. > :14:30.and gone about in a brilliant way and made my life a lot easier.

:14:31. > :14:31.And of course, Victoria, the win came moments

:14:32. > :14:35.a crucial three-run win against Australia in the World Cup.

:14:36. > :14:37.The first time they've managed that in 24 years!

:14:38. > :14:39.The win puts England in a strong position to qualify

:14:40. > :14:51.for the semi-finals as they sit top of the points table.

:14:52. > :14:53.And before I go, Victoria, we know record goalscorer

:14:54. > :14:56.Wayne Rooney is leaving Manchester United after 13 years

:14:57. > :14:58.to return to Everton, where he played as a teenager.

:14:59. > :15:00.But he's just admitted that even though he's been wearing

:15:01. > :15:03.United's red shirt in the day, he's been slipping into his

:15:04. > :15:17.We don't have a picture of the PJs in question, but this

:15:18. > :15:25.We are sure sales of pyjamas will get a boost. You don't think they

:15:26. > :15:29.are going to bed with a pair of Everton pyjamas? We do have a

:15:30. > :15:35.mock-up. We don't know for sure, but we think it was going to bed wearing

:15:36. > :15:42.bees. Yes, Colleen is going to say come to bed in your Everton pyjamas!

:15:43. > :15:51.We are going to Doctor Sally at 9:30am, she is live at Wimbledon, we

:15:52. > :15:53.will be able to check their alarm systems if we are looking like we

:15:54. > :15:55.have every morning! First this morning, we're

:15:56. > :15:57.going to bring you rare interviews with serving prison officers

:15:58. > :15:59.who are speaking out about the reality of life

:16:00. > :16:01.inside British prisons. They're risking their jobs just

:16:02. > :16:04.by speaking out on this programme. Prisons in Britain

:16:05. > :16:08.are feeling the strain. Since 2010, the number of frontline

:16:09. > :16:12.prison officers has fallen by some 7000 to 18,000 and budgets

:16:13. > :16:14.have been cut severely. In recent months, jails have

:16:15. > :16:16.experienced some of the worst rioting in decades as the decline

:16:17. > :16:18.in standards has Back in December, riots

:16:19. > :16:24.in Birmingham Prison left four Just yesterday, it was announced

:16:25. > :16:36.that more than 200 kilos of drugs and 13,000 mobile

:16:37. > :16:38.phones had been found Dan Clark Neal's a former

:16:39. > :16:51.Metropolitan Police Officer - First of all it is tricky for

:16:52. > :16:55.serving prison officers to speak out? It is, I have spoken to a dozen

:16:56. > :17:00.in the last six months looking at the issue and we have only managed

:17:01. > :17:04.to get three of them to talk to us on camera, which is a massive

:17:05. > :17:08.achievement because it is rare for them to talk to us because they are

:17:09. > :17:11.concerned they may lose their jobs. The Ministry of Justice really don't

:17:12. > :17:17.like prison officers talking to the media. What kind of things were they

:17:18. > :17:21.saying? We were looking at four main areas, highlighted from speaking to

:17:22. > :17:25.three of them. We are looking at the issue of drugs, which we know was in

:17:26. > :17:29.the news again yesterday, we are looking at the issue of violence,

:17:30. > :17:32.and staffing and recruitment levels and stress. There are lots of issues

:17:33. > :17:49.alongside those ones that we have highlighted, but

:17:50. > :17:51.what is really interesting is the three prison officers that we have

:17:52. > :17:54.spoken to, they are not speaking to us for their moment of glory, they

:17:55. > :17:56.are talking because they want change, they want the prison service

:17:57. > :17:59.to change for the better and they are hoping that Ministry of Justice

:18:00. > :18:02.will sit up and take notice from what we have done with this film. As

:18:03. > :18:03.you would expect, we have protected the identities of the officers who

:18:04. > :18:04.have spoken exclusively to us. All the background footage you'll

:18:05. > :18:07.see in this film is from the BBC archive and was not shot

:18:08. > :18:09.in the prisons these He basically put excrement in a bag

:18:10. > :18:20.and ran up behind me and shoved it in my face -

:18:21. > :18:26.eyes, nose, mouth. When you join the Armed Forces

:18:27. > :18:32.and you're fighting in the battlefield, anything can

:18:33. > :18:34.happe - you can survive, you can get killed, you can

:18:35. > :18:38.get seriously injured. It's only a matter of time before

:18:39. > :18:40.something massive goes off. It will get to the stage

:18:41. > :18:43.where a prison officer We've gained incredibly rare

:18:44. > :18:56.access to prison officers. They want to speak out

:18:57. > :18:58.about the shocking reality We've protected their identities

:18:59. > :19:07.for their own safety. This is the life

:19:08. > :19:10.of a prison officer - Drugs is a massive,

:19:11. > :19:20.massive issue now compared When I first started this,

:19:21. > :19:27.what's known as spice, you'd have sort of an incident

:19:28. > :19:30.a week, maybe two. Just before I left, you'd have

:19:31. > :19:39.three or four a day. You can have somebody who's

:19:40. > :19:48.joking about one minute to fighting you in another,

:19:49. > :19:51.to having a fit in another. You could have all three

:19:52. > :19:54.of those in one episode. There's people within the prison,

:19:55. > :19:58.sort of prison life, they've actually lost their lives

:19:59. > :20:02.through this spice, regular, regular ambulances called to deal

:20:03. > :20:05.with what they call a spice attack. Prisoners are specifically now

:20:06. > :20:18.going out and doing a crime to be recalled because they can earn more

:20:19. > :20:21.money coming in with drugs, They spoke openly about friends,

:20:22. > :20:33.gang members, getting caught for petty crimes,

:20:34. > :20:35.receiving sort of two-year sentences because they know when they get

:20:36. > :20:37.in there there's quite There were talking about making

:20:38. > :20:41.several thousand pounds a month just through selling

:20:42. > :20:43.drugs in prison. Officers being assaulted, punched,

:20:44. > :20:51.boiling water thrown in their faces. It was just happening

:20:52. > :20:54.on a regular basis. Just before I left, we had

:20:55. > :21:02.a member of staff who ended up with a broken nose,

:21:03. > :21:04.potentional broken finger, I've been assaulted a couple

:21:05. > :21:11.of times, and also been injured stopping fights, and I was nearly

:21:12. > :21:13.taken hostage once. I've been on the end

:21:14. > :21:15.of a bad experience. We attended a cell with

:21:16. > :21:26.two prisoners in it. We were dealing with their issues

:21:27. > :21:29.when they assaulted us. They used the leg of a metal chair

:21:30. > :21:32.to assault myself and my colleagues, You don't know what or who was

:21:33. > :21:47.connected to who or what, and you try to do your best at that

:21:48. > :21:50.moment in time. I've done some internal damage

:21:51. > :21:52.to my shoulder and required He basically put excrement in a bag

:21:53. > :22:06.and he ran up behind me and shoved it in my face - eyes, nose,

:22:07. > :22:10.mouth. It was the worst

:22:11. > :22:13.feeling in the world. Like, we didn't know

:22:14. > :22:15.their medical records, I didn't know whether he had HIV,

:22:16. > :22:18.hepatitis, which is all carried So the next day I was in

:22:19. > :22:22.the hospital having all the tests When you join the Armed Forces

:22:23. > :22:32.and you're fighting on the battlefield, anything can

:22:33. > :22:34.happen - you can survive, you can get killed, you can

:22:35. > :22:36.get seriously injured. The assault rate against

:22:37. > :22:38.officers has crept up. But over the last 4-5 years has

:22:39. > :22:46.massively increased. So you're getting people

:22:47. > :22:48.with broken bones, and mental In my opinion you've

:22:49. > :22:54.seen nothing yet. It's literally, it's

:22:55. > :22:56.going to boil over very soon. It's only a matter of time before

:22:57. > :22:59.something massive goes off. And either a lot of prisoners

:23:00. > :23:03.will get hurt, or a lot of prison It will get to the stage

:23:04. > :23:06.where a prison officer I was joining a service that

:23:07. > :23:12.I was proud to join. So that I could change

:23:13. > :23:20.people's lives. As the service changed over

:23:21. > :23:23.the years, that has sort of been There's been a big issue

:23:24. > :23:28.with retention and recruitment You do recruit good people,

:23:29. > :23:36.but they tend to leave very quickly. After the training, it was,

:23:37. > :23:50.I think 8-9 weeks training in total, it was just, you're

:23:51. > :23:53.on the wings, and that is it. 20 years ago you had

:23:54. > :23:55.time with prisoners. Time to engage, time to understand,

:23:56. > :23:59.time to try and get them to see that their actions were wrong,

:24:00. > :24:02.whereas now we haven't got the staff, we haven't got the time,

:24:03. > :24:05.and we've got prisoners that don't really care about

:24:06. > :24:15.changing their lives. There was a massive sick rate

:24:16. > :24:18.and they 're struggling to cover There were times when,

:24:19. > :24:27.I was sure I wasn't the only one, you're left to lock 64

:24:28. > :24:29.prisoners behind doors. Prisoners issues are not dealt

:24:30. > :24:32.with as quickly as they used to be, that causes frustration among

:24:33. > :24:34.the prisoners and it builds up and sometimes

:24:35. > :24:36.this leads to assaults. Staff get injured,

:24:37. > :24:37.that leads to sickness, When I joined there used to be

:24:38. > :24:50.staff, from ex-army, ex-police, etc. They had the life experience to deal

:24:51. > :24:54.with these people, to talk to them. But young staff coming in don't have

:24:55. > :24:57.these kind of life skills and that's another big failure

:24:58. > :25:00.which causes problems. We're getting officers

:25:01. > :25:06.who are 20, 21 years of age. What experience have

:25:07. > :25:12.they got of life? And they are telling a 40,

:25:13. > :25:15.50-year-old to go behind the door who's probably done

:25:16. > :25:16.ten years already. There's no respect, no authority

:25:17. > :25:18.and there's no discipline. I saw it first hand,

:25:19. > :25:21.prisoners attacked another prisoner with a razor blade over

:25:22. > :25:23.a packet of tobacco. If you're on your own and you see

:25:24. > :25:26.something like that which we did, you could be trying to split

:25:27. > :25:32.15-20 blokes up. Staff have seen it gradually get

:25:33. > :25:35.worse over the period that I've worked there and they leave,

:25:36. > :25:39.they either retire or they leave on medical grounds,

:25:40. > :25:42.because in their eyes they're jumping off a sinking ship,

:25:43. > :25:45.and the new ones are coming on to try and replace the old ones

:25:46. > :25:48.leaving with vast experience. It's just a numbers game

:25:49. > :25:51.for the Government. Honestly, I used to wake

:25:52. > :25:53.up in the morning and And I just hope that at the end

:25:54. > :26:05.of the day I come away in one piece. And then I can go home,

:26:06. > :26:09.forget about it to the next day. When you've got a prisoner

:26:10. > :26:15.threatening to rip your head off, he's going to stab you,

:26:16. > :26:18.he's going to get your kids shot, get your missus shot,

:26:19. > :26:20.you don't know, you don't Up to the time of the incident

:26:21. > :26:27.I was a teetotaller, I didn't drink. When I'm not at work,

:26:28. > :26:45.when I'm on holiday, it's fine. How much are you drinking most days

:26:46. > :26:48.when you are at work? Then we get up the next morning

:26:49. > :27:11.and act as if nothing's wrong. Because you have to put a front on,

:27:12. > :27:14.because if prisoners find out you've got a weakness,

:27:15. > :27:16.they will use it. I don't think people

:27:17. > :27:18.would actually believe that a job If everyone who wanted to leave

:27:19. > :27:31.left, they wouldn't have And I said, you know,

:27:32. > :27:44.if ever I could help I will, and I was just fortunate I could get

:27:45. > :27:48.out, and I have got out. The reason why I took

:27:49. > :27:50.up your invitation to speak up was because I'm hoping that I can

:27:51. > :27:53.change the direction My intention was to expose

:27:54. > :27:56.the problems we're facing and to make it better for the people

:27:57. > :27:59.who want to join. It will be good if the disaster

:28:00. > :28:02.that is looming can be averted. We have this statement from the

:28:03. > :28:09.Ministry of Justice... "In November last year

:28:10. > :28:12.we announced a major overhaul of the prison system,

:28:13. > :28:14.including 2500 extra frontline officers and new measures to tackle

:28:15. > :28:16.violence, drugs and mobile phones. We are continuing to transform our

:28:17. > :28:19.prison estate to close old and dilapidated prisons,

:28:20. > :28:21.and create up to 10,000 new places The Iraqi army says

:28:22. > :28:44.Mosul has been liberated from the so-called Islamic State,

:28:45. > :28:47.but it has come at a price - thousands have been killed and more

:28:48. > :28:58.than 800,000 people And have you been judged for your

:28:59. > :28:59.accent? Angela Rayner was, we are asking you to let us know your

:29:00. > :29:00.experiences. Here's Joanna in the BBC Newsroom

:29:01. > :29:07.with a summary of today's news. The case of the terminally-ill baby

:29:08. > :29:10.Charlie Gard is due to return Great Ormond Street Hospital

:29:11. > :29:13.in London has asked judges to consider new evidence relating

:29:14. > :29:15.to potential treatment The courts have previously backed

:29:16. > :29:19.the view of his doctors that nothing can be done to improve his quality

:29:20. > :29:22.of life, and they should be allowed to switch

:29:23. > :29:27.off his life support systems. The Prime Minister is to signal a

:29:28. > :29:28.change in her style of Government, calling for a cross-party consensus

:29:29. > :29:30.on some policy ideas. In her first major speech

:29:31. > :29:36.since the general election, Theresa May will say her

:29:37. > :29:38.commitment to change But with the Conservatives

:29:39. > :29:41.losing their overall majority, she'll say the reality she faces

:29:42. > :29:43.means she has to approach She will call on other parties to

:29:44. > :29:47.contribute, not just criticise. The Iraqi prime minister Haider

:29:48. > :29:50.al-Abadi has congratulated his armed forces on their victory over

:29:51. > :29:52.Islamic State militants in Mosul. It's nine months since government

:29:53. > :29:54.forces launched an attack Much of it has been

:29:55. > :30:05.reduced to rubble. Counter-terror police have launched

:30:06. > :30:07.a film telling holiday-makers how to react in the event of a terrorist

:30:08. > :30:23.attack in their resort. The video shows an attack by gunmen

:30:24. > :30:27.on a hotel and repeat advice to run, hide and tell. Police say there is

:30:28. > :30:28.no evidence of an increased threat this summer.

:30:29. > :30:32.That's a summary of the latest BBC News - more at 10am.

:30:33. > :30:39.Let's head to Wimbledon now, and talk to Sally Nugent.

:30:40. > :30:48.We look forward to the emergency alarm going off. And it is manic

:30:49. > :30:53.Monday, so come on, Andy Murray and Johanna Konta! We love that moment

:30:54. > :31:07.when the alarm goes off, but who cares? Everybody plays today, that

:31:08. > :31:14.is why we call it manic Monday. Andy Murray will play Benoit Paire. Not

:31:15. > :31:20.everyone has heard of him, but this is potentially a really tough match

:31:21. > :31:23.for Andy Murray. Jo Konta, oh, my goodness, doesn't she look

:31:24. > :31:26.confident? Isn't it interesting how just a week in tennis can change

:31:27. > :31:36.things for her? She felt the love of the Wimbledon crowd last week. She's

:31:37. > :31:40.playing Carolina Garcia, also French, later today. So we have to

:31:41. > :31:49.make a really good hopes, and more than that, Victoria. Go on! You

:31:50. > :31:55.know. Marcus Willis. He is playing in the doubles. Our favourite

:31:56. > :32:00.player. He is such a hero. He is fantastic on social media. A new

:32:01. > :32:03.dad, posted lots of pictures with his cute baby. He has had rough time

:32:04. > :32:09.over the weekend. After that fantastic win other day, on social

:32:10. > :32:13.media people had the cheek to call him a bit overweight. But he

:32:14. > :32:16.responded to it very elegantly, pointing out that actually, he was

:32:17. > :32:19.doing really rather well and into the second week of one of the best

:32:20. > :32:23.tennis tournaments in the world. So we wish Marcus Willis and Jade

:32:24. > :32:28.Clarke well. Before I go, we might have missed the alarm. Lemina let

:32:29. > :32:31.you in on something we don't normally get to see. I don't know if

:32:32. > :32:42.my cameraman can go slightly to my right. This is a briefing going on.

:32:43. > :32:45.This time of day, we have all the Armed Forces, the servicemen and

:32:46. > :32:48.women who come and help at Wimbledon. They get told the order

:32:49. > :32:52.of the day and what is happening, who to look after, who to look out

:32:53. > :32:56.for, which will person is going to be here. So they are talking in

:32:57. > :33:00.hushed tones. We are not allowed to listen. Fair enough, have a good

:33:01. > :33:02.day. Charlie Gard's parents return

:33:03. > :33:05.to the High Court today with new evidence which they hope

:33:06. > :33:08.will save his life. The 11-month-old little

:33:09. > :33:10.boy is terminally ill, having been born with a rare genetic

:33:11. > :33:13.condition which means he can't move His parents have made a number

:33:14. > :33:19.of unsuccessful challenges to a decision to turn off his life

:33:20. > :33:23.support, but Great Ormond Street Hospital has now asked

:33:24. > :33:25.the High Court to look at new evidence about potential

:33:26. > :33:27.treatment for his condition abroad. Charlie's mum, Connie Yates,

:33:28. > :33:31.has been telling Radio 4's Today programme this morning

:33:32. > :33:33.about the treatment they hope There's 18 children

:33:34. > :33:44.currently on the medication. They all have mitochondrial

:33:45. > :33:47.depletion system as well as Charlie, but theirs is caused

:33:48. > :33:49.by a slightly different gene. You're bypassing the normal chemical

:33:50. > :33:54.reactions that happen in the cell. You're going right to the end, which

:33:55. > :33:58.is what the cell normally does, You're giving the body nucleosides

:33:59. > :34:01.and then you're increasing So Charlie should get his

:34:02. > :34:10.strength back, if it works. We've got around a 50% chance of it

:34:11. > :34:12.crossing the blood-brain barrier, so that means getting

:34:13. > :34:15.into his brain, because his He still has brainwaves, but they're

:34:16. > :34:21.slower than they should be. But, yeah, it has a good chance

:34:22. > :34:25.of crossing the blood-brain barrier and that's what the new research

:34:26. > :34:27.is about. We now have seven

:34:28. > :34:29.doctors supporting us. Two from America, two from Italy,

:34:30. > :34:35.one from England and two from Spain. They all specialise in mitochondrial

:34:36. > :34:40.depletion syndrome. At Great Ormond Street

:34:41. > :34:43.they have a lot of specialities under one roof, but they don't have

:34:44. > :34:45.anyone who specialises I know that structural

:34:46. > :34:52.damage is irreversible, although there have been cases

:34:53. > :34:57.where even that is reversible. We expect that the structural damage

:34:58. > :35:00.is irreversible, but I am yet to see something that tells me my son has

:35:01. > :35:02.got irreversible Do you have any sense

:35:03. > :35:05.throughout this process about whether or not

:35:06. > :35:11.he is suffering? I wouldn't be able to sit

:35:12. > :35:14.there and watch my son suffer or be in pain,

:35:15. > :35:16.I promise you that. A lot of people say,

:35:17. > :35:18."I couldn't do it. He doesn't have the best life

:35:19. > :35:26.at the moment because If he was given a tracheostomy, then

:35:27. > :35:33.we could take him out to the park. We would probably be at home now,

:35:34. > :35:36.but for some reason they think it is in his best interest

:35:37. > :35:39.to keep him on the There are much more

:35:40. > :35:42.comfortable ways. He watches videos on the iPad

:35:43. > :35:50.and stuff like that. If he was suffering,

:35:51. > :35:53.I couldn't do it, I promise you. I think a lot of people

:35:54. > :35:57.think this is wrong. We've got one set of doctors

:35:58. > :35:59.blocking us from going We've now got two hospitals

:36:00. > :36:04.willing to take Charlie, so effectively two sets of doctors

:36:05. > :36:06.that we have been These guys are experts

:36:07. > :36:11.in this field. They've got medical

:36:12. > :36:20.licence to protect. They wouldn't do a treatment that

:36:21. > :36:23.didn't have a chance of working. It always had a chance, but now that

:36:24. > :36:27.chance is being put up to 10%. I think that's a good enough chance

:36:28. > :36:30.to take an oral medication Tomorrow is the 11th, which is three

:36:31. > :36:36.months since the judgment, and that's all we asked

:36:37. > :36:40.for, three months. In all that time, we

:36:41. > :36:42.could have tried it. We could have been having a trial

:36:43. > :36:45.today saying shall Charlie carry Or, you know, is it in his best

:36:46. > :36:49.interest to die now? But yet I am still fighting

:36:50. > :36:52.for the same thing that I have been We can cross to Mark Lobel, who's

:36:53. > :37:08.at Great Ormond Street Hospital. It is the hospital that feels the

:37:09. > :37:11.life-support machine should be switched off that is going back to

:37:12. > :37:18.the same judge at the High Court to look at this potential new evidence?

:37:19. > :37:21.That's right. Of course, it has come after pressure from the parent and

:37:22. > :37:25.from some members of the International medical community that

:37:26. > :37:29.in around four and a half hours' time, as you say, the High Court

:37:30. > :37:35.judges are again going to get a chance to decide what is in the best

:37:36. > :37:40.interests for 11-month-old Charlie, who is behind at the in Great Ormond

:37:41. > :37:46.Street Hospital. He has this rare syndrome, so he has to be helped to

:37:47. > :37:51.breathe. That is just one of the unfortunate characteristics that the

:37:52. > :37:55.parents desperately want to change. As you say, it is actually Great

:37:56. > :37:58.Ormond Street Hospital that have gone forward and found with this new

:37:59. > :38:01.evidence that they have been presented with another reason to ask

:38:02. > :38:07.judges to consider again whether Charlie should have this oral

:38:08. > :38:09.medication. It is only being used by 18 people, 18 children worldwide who

:38:10. > :38:18.have similar, but not the same condition as Charlie. And they are

:38:19. > :38:22.being asked to find out whether Charlie would probably benefit from

:38:23. > :38:25.this. Some people think he has a one in ten chance of benefiting from

:38:26. > :38:29.this treatment and it would make him feel better. If the judges decided

:38:30. > :38:36.that it would, he will be allowed to go to America. But, and there is a

:38:37. > :38:39.big but, there are strict criteria in the UK and the balance of

:38:40. > :38:44.decision-making is very thin. For example, if it was seen as

:38:45. > :38:48.unacceptably harsh, the treatment, or it wouldn't necessarily sustain a

:38:49. > :38:52.child's life for very long, they would not go ahead with it. So it is

:38:53. > :38:55.a tough decision and when they were presented with this decision before,

:38:56. > :38:58.the High Court didn't go through with it. That matters because if

:38:59. > :39:03.they don't go through with it, there is a chance that they would turn off

:39:04. > :39:10.the machines that are keeping the 11-month-old Charlie alive at the

:39:11. > :39:13.moment. Thank you, Mark. The hearing is two o'clock this afternoon but we

:39:14. > :39:17.are not expecting a final decision today. Next to Iraq.

:39:18. > :39:20.Thousands of people killed and injured and more than 800,000

:39:21. > :39:22.left without homes after a long and bloody battle to reclaim

:39:23. > :39:25.the Iraqi city of Mosul from the grips of so-called Islamic

:39:26. > :39:31.Yesterday, Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi declared

:39:32. > :39:34.the country's second biggest city liberated from IS control

:39:35. > :39:42.after they occupied it nine months ago.

:39:43. > :39:47.Once known as an economic and cultural centre of north-western

:39:48. > :39:49.Iraq, Mosul had been home to nearly 2 million people.

:39:50. > :39:52.So what has been left and what does the future hold for the lives

:39:53. > :39:55.of those caught up in the conflict and the city's streets left

:39:56. > :40:01.The BBC's Jonathan Beale is in the heart of the war-torn

:40:02. > :40:03.city, and has witnessed rescue teams searching for survivors

:40:04. > :40:18.Ali says he spoke to his brother on this phone when he was trapped

:40:19. > :40:38.This territory just there is under IS control,

:40:39. > :40:43.just a small parcel of land.

:40:44. > :40:47.The families are making their way through any way they can.

:40:48. > :41:08.And as you can see, they are really desperate.

:41:09. > :41:11.These families said they had little food or water.

:41:12. > :41:14.They've left behind loved ones under rubble.

:41:15. > :41:22.Many will carry the scars of this battle for the rest of their lives.

:41:23. > :41:25.Let's talk now to Raffaello Pantucci, Director of

:41:26. > :41:27.International Security Studies at the foreign affairs think tank

:41:28. > :41:34.From Newcastle we have Dr Ahmed Sabaawi,

:41:35. > :41:37.who was born and raised in Mosul and his parents and brothers

:41:38. > :41:43.In Erbil, which is around two and a half hours' drive from Mosul,

:41:44. > :41:46.is Campbell MacDiarmid, a freelance journalist based in Iraq

:41:47. > :41:49.who has been covering the battle to retake Mosul since it began last

:41:50. > :41:53.from the International Committee of the Red Cross.

:41:54. > :41:56.She was in the city at the end of this week and will be returning

:41:57. > :42:00.And from Mosul we have Stephanie Remion, who is currently

:42:01. > :42:03.working as an emergency coordinator at a hospital in West Mosul

:42:04. > :42:18.Stefanie, tell us about the devastation of the city and about

:42:19. > :42:28.the lives of civilians who have survived this battle? We are located

:42:29. > :42:33.about three kilometres from the last active fighting area, so what I can

:42:34. > :42:38.tell you is not really what is happening on the front line or in

:42:39. > :42:43.the old city right now. But as you said about the civilian patients who

:42:44. > :42:49.arrived to us from the old city, they come with war trauma related

:42:50. > :42:57.injuries such as blast wounds, explosion wounds, Shell wounds,

:42:58. > :43:01.trauma wounds etc. They are in a desperate state. They tell us they

:43:02. > :43:10.have been waiting for days under the rubble until they were able to be

:43:11. > :43:19.brought to a hospital. So it is a world of devastation. Sarah from the

:43:20. > :43:29.Red Cross, Sarah Alzawqari, you were in Mosul last week. What help were

:43:30. > :43:39.you giving to people? I would like to also add that the humanitarian

:43:40. > :43:43.concern is extremely high. Right now, we have a surgical team which

:43:44. > :43:48.was just a kilometre away from the front line and although they have

:43:49. > :43:51.not received many blast injuries in the last couple of days, they have

:43:52. > :43:59.received a lot of people who were under the rubble all who had

:44:00. > :44:03.injuries from unexploded devices. The area is heavily contaminated.

:44:04. > :44:09.Everywhere inside Mosul, you will find bullets. There are families who

:44:10. > :44:14.tried to go back home and soon as they opened the door, there were

:44:15. > :44:19.booby traps. Kids stepped on landmines. And of course, the

:44:20. > :44:28.situation becomes more and more difficult. The help that we have

:44:29. > :44:31.been given, we also know it is important for those who are going

:44:32. > :44:38.back to have access to water. There was a lot of infrastructure that has

:44:39. > :44:44.been destroyed. Thousands of houses, bridges, roads, of course

:44:45. > :44:49.electricity, water plants. It is hard for people to go back with no

:44:50. > :44:55.homes, schools, hospitals or places like that. There is nothing to go

:44:56. > :45:02.back to, especially in areas that have witnessed heavy fighting. Let

:45:03. > :45:14.me bring in Dr Ahmed Sabaawi, because his family is still there.

:45:15. > :45:19.What are they telling you? My family are in a part of the city which has

:45:20. > :45:25.been liberated since January. I have some relatives and friends who have

:45:26. > :45:37.just fled the western part of the city. The situation now is better,

:45:38. > :45:43.but the western part is the old city of Mosul, with old housing, against

:45:44. > :45:49.area. There are more than 20,000 civilians trapped there as hostages

:45:50. > :45:55.and human shields. Our Iraqi army and security forces have done an

:45:56. > :45:58.extraordinary job and they have completed their mission with their

:45:59. > :46:05.heads held high. But the hard work is starting now. There are hundreds

:46:06. > :46:09.of thousands of families in refugee camps. They have lost their lives

:46:10. > :46:17.and their houses. In the city, we have too many children who have

:46:18. > :46:23.found themselves alone because their parents were dead in the war.

:46:24. > :46:30.Let me bring in Campbell MacDiarmid, a freelance journalist covering the

:46:31. > :46:34.battle to retake Mosul. You are in Irbil now, about five Hours Drive

:46:35. > :46:37.away, but in terms of the significance of this, this

:46:38. > :46:42.liberation of Mosul, how significant is it? It is certainly a major

:46:43. > :46:49.victory for the Government of Iraq, it strikes a real deathblow to the

:46:50. > :46:53.notion of Isis as a caliphate that can attract members from overseas,

:46:54. > :46:58.as we saw back in 2014 there were thousands coming to join. But what

:46:59. > :47:04.we've already started to see is that as they lose territory the group is

:47:05. > :47:09.able to revert to insurgent terrorist tactics that we have seen

:47:10. > :47:14.before in Iraq over the last decade. Already in Mosul and liberated areas

:47:15. > :47:17.we have seen suicide bombings, we have seen that further afield in

:47:18. > :47:21.Iraq and I think we can continue to see that overseas as well. Let me

:47:22. > :47:26.bring in Raffaello Pantucci, because you agree with the point Campbell

:47:27. > :47:29.was making, fighters change the way they look, shave their beards, and

:47:30. > :47:34.returned to cause more chaos? I think the point is we have to

:47:35. > :47:37.remember the group we look at now and call so-called Islamic State has

:47:38. > :47:39.been around since the late 90s in one shape or another and since that

:47:40. > :47:54.time it has moved into Iraq in 2002, 2003 and participated

:47:55. > :47:57.in this insurgency against American led forces fighting in the country,

:47:58. > :48:00.and it grew and shrank again in 2008, 2009, when it shrank to the

:48:01. > :48:03.hills and was pushed back. In the wake of the Civil War in Syria it

:48:04. > :48:07.managed to grow the game and grow and grow to the expansive engorged

:48:08. > :48:11.form that we have seen in terms of containing Mosul and Raqqa and now

:48:12. > :48:15.we see it shrinking again. What I think Campbell is pointing out, the

:48:16. > :48:20.group taking back to the hills, going back to the insurgent gorilla

:48:21. > :48:24.model is what we will see, rather than completely disappearing. Could

:48:25. > :48:26.they return to Mosul in a few months? And a lot will depend on

:48:27. > :48:42.what the Iraqi Government in Baghdad needs to

:48:43. > :48:48.reach out to the Sunni people in Mosul and say, we are here for you

:48:49. > :48:51.as well? As we have seen from the pictures there has been incredible

:48:52. > :48:54.devastation, making sure that get put together, making sure people

:48:55. > :49:01.feel that their Government really represents them and is eager for

:49:02. > :49:05.them to be part of Iraq is key to making sure the city is inoculated

:49:06. > :49:08.from so-called Islamic State. We have seen a direct correlation

:49:09. > :49:13.between IS losing some of its territory and terrorist attacks

:49:14. > :49:19.abroad in Manchester, London, Paris, Nice, various other cities, is that

:49:20. > :49:23.going to continue, do you think? I think the intent to launch attacks

:49:24. > :49:27.on the West remains and we have seen it has become incredibly diffuse,

:49:28. > :49:30.whereas previously we saw the model of the large-scale attacks like

:49:31. > :49:34.Paris and Brussels, there is still an aspiration in that direction but

:49:35. > :49:37.increasingly we are seeing this directive from a distance where

:49:38. > :49:40.people are talking to people at of Raqqa and Mosul who are telling

:49:41. > :49:45.them, take a car and mow down some people, do the sorts of things, and

:49:46. > :49:51.it becomes part of their message. I think we will see that continue but

:49:52. > :49:54.it will be interesting to see how it develops as a methodology as the

:49:55. > :49:57.group loses territory. Campbell, is it significant the Prime Minister

:49:58. > :50:02.there has not declared victory yet? We have seen the Government of Iraq

:50:03. > :50:06.is eager to claim victories, one of the things we have seen throughout

:50:07. > :50:10.this campaign is that officers have tended to get a bit premature with

:50:11. > :50:15.declarations of victory so I think it is a good thing that he hasn't

:50:16. > :50:21.made a formal declaration yet while there is still fighting on going

:50:22. > :50:25.because that undermines what is a very significant victory and I think

:50:26. > :50:32.we will see that declaration very soon, in the coming one or two days.

:50:33. > :50:40.Stephanie, tell our British audience about the conditions you are working

:50:41. > :50:46.game in the hospital where you are? The hospital is in very good shape,

:50:47. > :50:50.of course most of the hospitals have been destroyed during the conflict

:50:51. > :50:59.so the MSF team had to find a place that was correct in terms of

:51:00. > :51:08.structure so that we the could open in good conditions. Today the

:51:09. > :51:12.conditions inside the hospital are very good, of course coming everyday

:51:13. > :51:19.to the hospital from our base is where we cross the city with houses

:51:20. > :51:24.collapsed in rubble, etc. And Sarah, what kind of things do you need, and

:51:25. > :51:31.your workers, in order to be able to help people on the ground? Of course

:51:32. > :51:36.there are many things that are needed at the moment, it is going to

:51:37. > :51:40.be very difficult for the cities to stand up, it is going to be a very

:51:41. > :51:44.difficult road for the people. They have been traumatised, they left

:51:45. > :51:47.under very difficult situations and heavy bombardment with explosive

:51:48. > :51:51.weapons, being shot at, they have lost a lot of family members on the

:51:52. > :51:55.way, or they don't know what has happened to them. We are on the

:51:56. > :52:00.ground, we are giving everything that we could, whether it is

:52:01. > :52:06.emergency relief all food or medical supplies, even rehabilitation and

:52:07. > :52:09.building water units. It will take a lot of work from everyone. I think

:52:10. > :52:15.one of the biggest challenges as well right now which we and other

:52:16. > :52:19.organisations are going to step into even more is with the dead bodies

:52:20. > :52:26.that are currently, there are thousands of dead bodies in Mosul

:52:27. > :52:31.under the rubble, on the streets, a lot of hospitals are receiving them

:52:32. > :52:35.and it is becoming very hard to transport them, people don't have

:52:36. > :52:39.the correct means and facilities or training to be able to transport

:52:40. > :52:46.them in a dignified manner. And at the same time in a hygienic

:52:47. > :52:52.way. So this is a huge issue, we have been donating tracks for

:52:53. > :52:58.transportation and body bags but a lot more will be needed in the next

:52:59. > :53:03.weeks, especially as the fighting is over. Thank you all very much, we

:53:04. > :53:08.are grateful for your time. Thank you for your messages about

:53:09. > :53:11.the prison system. We brought you exclusive interviews with serving

:53:12. > :53:16.prison officers, which is really rare because they are worried about

:53:17. > :53:19.losing their job. Obviously we disguised their voices. This text

:53:20. > :53:21.from somebody who does not leave their name, as a former female

:53:22. > :53:43.prisoner serving just a short sentence, I stayed in three jails.

:53:44. > :53:45.In every prison mobile phones were on every wing and drugs were more

:53:46. > :53:48.available than outside. I have nothing but respect for all the

:53:49. > :53:50.prison officers who helped me on numerous occasions I encountered

:53:51. > :53:53.officers at the end of their ability to cope and in tears. I could only

:53:54. > :53:55.imagine men's prisons must be worse. We will talk more about the state of

:53:56. > :53:59.British jails after the news and sport, coming up at 10am.

:54:00. > :54:01.Before that, the Shadow Education Secretary Angela Rayner

:54:02. > :54:03.has come under attack, being described as sounding "thick"

:54:04. > :54:10.by some people on twitter after her appearance

:54:11. > :54:15.on the the Andrew Marr Show yesterday morning.

:54:16. > :54:17.Let's have a listen to a clip from the programme...

:54:18. > :54:20.I believe many working class and part-time and older mature

:54:21. > :54:23.There's three things that the coalition government helped

:54:24. > :54:25.the Conservatives with that have led to the disastrous

:54:26. > :54:28.Of course you mentioned the hiking of tuition fees,

:54:29. > :54:30.but there was the removal of the maintenance grants.

:54:31. > :54:33.There was the increase in the percentage of loans.

:54:34. > :54:36.They changed it so they couldn't use the base rate of the Bank of England

:54:37. > :54:38.and they upped the percentage that people paid.

:54:39. > :54:41.And of course the threshold of income, meaning more

:54:42. > :54:44.students would pay back more from the beginning as well.

:54:45. > :54:46.The Stockport-born MP, who has been the Member of Parliament

:54:47. > :54:48.for Ashton-under-Lyne since 2015, responded by saying

:54:49. > :54:50.she was proud of her accent and would not be changing.

:54:51. > :54:56.She tweeted, anonymous account attacking my accent again, saying I

:54:57. > :54:59.am sick etc? I will reiterate I am proud of my

:55:00. > :55:02.accent and will not change. In response she was trolled with a

:55:03. > :55:08.variety of tweets including means. We can speak now to Dr Rob Drummond,

:55:09. > :55:11.who is a senior lecturer in linguistics at Manchester

:55:12. > :55:14.Metropolitan University and has written about the abuse levelled

:55:15. > :55:24.at Angela Rayner and her accent. Hello to you, Doctor Rob Drummond.

:55:25. > :55:28.What do you think? I think it is really bad that in this day and age,

:55:29. > :55:32.2017, people are still getting abuse for the way they speak. I think it

:55:33. > :55:36.is great, the way she speaks, more than any other politician she speaks

:55:37. > :55:40.in the same accent as the people she represents, and I think when MPs are

:55:41. > :55:43.being accused of being out of touch with the people they represent, I

:55:44. > :55:49.think this should be celebrated, that she has such a genuine regional

:55:50. > :55:56.accent and she is proud of it. Linda says this, she mistook 11 billion

:55:57. > :55:58.and 100 billion, that is enough for me.

:55:59. > :56:05.Another says, it is nothing to do with her accent. One says, from

:56:06. > :56:08.Newcastle, I have met people who think I am friendly but

:56:09. > :56:12.unsophisticated, as if we still have an outside toilet! There is this

:56:13. > :56:17.prejudice and I think it is really quite bad. If you replace the idea

:56:18. > :56:21.of accent with any other thing to do with people, such as ethnicity,

:56:22. > :56:26.sexuality, gender, Iti replace those kinds of words you would soon

:56:27. > :56:29.realise that it is really not good, it is quite damaging. That is a

:56:30. > :56:33.really fair point. Angela Rayner has a very interesting background,

:56:34. > :56:37.mother of three, her eldest son was born when she was 16, in her first

:56:38. > :56:44.speech to the House of Commons she said a care worker becoming an MP,

:56:45. > :56:47.that is real aspiration for you. Perhaps as the only member of the

:56:48. > :56:51.house who was 16 and pregnant, she was told she would never amount to

:56:52. > :56:54.anything, if only they could see me now. Exactly, she has done really

:56:55. > :56:59.well and I think part of her appeal is that she is so genuine, she is

:57:00. > :57:03.authentic. The way we speak is so much a part of who we are, and she

:57:04. > :57:08.comes across as completely authentic. I think it is great. We

:57:09. > :57:19.also have reverse prejudice in this country, if you speed to posh you

:57:20. > :57:22.will also be criticised and cold online. You can, and to be fair

:57:23. > :57:25.there were politicians who have had that as well, think about Jacob Rees

:57:26. > :57:28.Mogg, who has probably one of the pot used -- poshest RP accent, I

:57:29. > :57:33.remember in his early days I think trying to get elected in Fife, he

:57:34. > :57:38.had no chance. He said as soon as he opened his mouth he realised he was

:57:39. > :57:43.losing votes. It is all to do with how people perceive different

:57:44. > :57:46.positions and different jobs to be, and a Conservative politician

:57:47. > :57:51.generally is seen as having that kind of accent, and that is what is

:57:52. > :57:56.expected, so if somebody is outside that, and similar for Angela Rayner,

:57:57. > :58:00.especially being involved in education, there is a perception of

:58:01. > :58:03.the kind of accent she should have, or traditionally that the

:58:04. > :58:06.post-holder has had, and when something is different from that

:58:07. > :58:10.people get a bit upset about it. Thank you very much, Doctor Rob

:58:11. > :58:13.Drummond from Manchester Metropolitan University.

:58:14. > :58:15.Jackie says, accents should not matter, ability to communicate

:58:16. > :58:25.matters and Angela Rayner communicates well.

:58:26. > :58:30.Stevie Smith says, the irony is that the BBC only ever use posh London,

:58:31. > :58:34.friendly northern Glaswegian accents, the BBC are close minded

:58:35. > :58:37.when it comes to accidents. Another says, your accent is no

:58:38. > :58:42.reflection on your ability to do a job well, there are lots of

:58:43. > :58:44.successful fix sounding people. News and sport on the way. First,

:58:45. > :58:53.let's get the latest weather. The weather on the change today and

:58:54. > :58:57.through the coming days, some suntan on offer but the risk of showers or

:58:58. > :59:02.longer spells the rain and it. To be fresher and more comfortable by

:59:03. > :59:05.night for sleeping and the risk of some breezy conditions as we head to

:59:06. > :59:09.the end of the week. We have low pressure in charge of our weather

:59:10. > :59:13.today, with that it is fairly unsettled, a weather front bringing

:59:14. > :59:15.more persistent rain through tonight but for the rest of today are

:59:16. > :59:20.essentially it is sunshine and showers, some of the showers happy

:59:21. > :59:23.and thundery especially across the south-east, potential for some

:59:24. > :59:27.surface water flooding, elsewhere a day of sunshine and showers. Parts

:59:28. > :59:32.of Northern Ireland and Scotland, an improvement compared with yesterday,

:59:33. > :59:36.still a bit of cloud around, sunny spells, the best of the sunshine

:59:37. > :59:38.across northern parts of Scotland, for much of England a day of

:59:39. > :59:44.sunshine and showers, the showers heavier in the east. Further west,

:59:45. > :59:48.for Wales a day of sunshine and showers, temperatures around 19

:59:49. > :59:52.Celsius, lots of dry weather for Devon and Cornwall and as we head

:59:53. > :59:55.into London we have had become downpours so if you are going to

:59:56. > :00:00.Wimbledon this afternoon the potential for a few showers, 30%

:00:01. > :00:04.chance we could see those showers but also there will be some sunshine

:00:05. > :00:08.to enjoy, temperatures around 24 Celsius. Through tonight the showers

:00:09. > :00:10.will ease and then all eyes to the west, we have another weather front

:00:11. > :00:28.making its way in from the West, heavy rain coming

:00:29. > :00:30.into parts of England and Wales and Northern Ireland, the further south

:00:31. > :00:33.and east you are it is drier and still relatively muddy but still

:00:34. > :00:35.fresh in the North, eight to 13 Celsius across Scotland. Tomorrow

:00:36. > :00:37.and north-south split, northern part enjoying sunny spells but also the

:00:38. > :00:39.risk of showers. Further south we have the rain gradually tracking its

:00:40. > :00:42.way eastwards, heavy pulses likely as well as we go through the day so

:00:43. > :00:45.there will be some rain for Wimbledon tomorrow. Temperatures

:00:46. > :00:49.between 13 to about 21 Celsius. As we head into Wednesday, an

:00:50. > :00:53.improvement, once this weather front clears south-east we can look

:00:54. > :00:57.forward to dry and bright weather, the link pleasant enough in the

:00:58. > :00:58.sunshine but certainly cooler than the last few days, temperatures

:00:59. > :01:14.ranging between 14 to about 22 Celsius. As

:01:15. > :01:16.we head to the end of the week, a mixture of sunshine and showers with

:01:17. > :01:18.the potential for breezy conditions through Thursday and Friday, so keep

:01:19. > :01:22.the sunscreen to hand and you will need your umbrella.

:01:23. > :01:25.We have exclusive access to serving prison officers

:01:26. > :01:28.who say the service is at crisis point and it's "only a matter

:01:29. > :01:31.of time before a prison officer is killed on duty".

:01:32. > :01:34.And I just hope that at the end of the day,

:01:35. > :01:46.Those prison officers have risked their jobs to talk to us.

:01:47. > :01:52.In the next hour, your experiences if you work within the prison

:01:53. > :01:55.service and we will speak to a representative of the Prison

:01:56. > :01:56.Officers Association and a former governor, plus an inmate.

:01:57. > :01:58.The parents of terminally ill baby Charlie Gard say interest

:01:59. > :02:01.in the case by the Pope and Donald Trump have

:02:02. > :02:05.They say they still have hope he will be allowed to travel

:02:06. > :02:15.Theresa May has spent one year as Prime Minister, while some say

:02:16. > :02:18.she is in a precarious position her second in command has

:02:19. > :02:21.this message for the Vonservative MPs trying to get rid of her...

:02:22. > :02:25.What do you say to Conservative MPs who are plotting to get rid of her?

:02:26. > :02:27.I think there is less of this than you would think.

:02:28. > :02:32.I have been around Westminster long enough to know that

:02:33. > :02:35.in July, there is lots of chatter, but I know absolutely that the

:02:36. > :02:37.overwhelming majority of my Conservative colleagues in

:02:38. > :02:50.Parliament are firmly behind the Prime Minister.

:02:51. > :02:54.Here's Joanna in the BBC Newsroom with a summary of today's news.

:02:55. > :02:58.The case of the terminally ill baby Charlie Gard is due to return

:02:59. > :03:04.Great Ormond Street Hospital in London has asked judges

:03:05. > :03:07.to consider new evidence relating to potential treatment

:03:08. > :03:11.The courts have previously backed the view of his doctors that nothing

:03:12. > :03:14.can be done to improve his quality of life, and they should

:03:15. > :03:19.be allowed to switch off his life support systems

:03:20. > :03:22.Charlie's mum Connie Yates has been telling Radio 4's Today programme

:03:23. > :03:31.about her son. His pulse is nice and settled. He

:03:32. > :03:36.wakes up, he enjoys his tickles. He watches videos on the iPad and stuff

:03:37. > :03:38.like that. If he was suffering, I couldn't do it, I promise you.

:03:39. > :03:41.Theresa May is to call on rival political parties to "contribute

:03:42. > :03:44.In her first major speech since the general election,

:03:45. > :03:46.the Prime Minister will say her commitment to change

:03:47. > :03:49.But with the Conservatives losing their overall majority,

:03:50. > :03:52.she'll say the reality she faces means she has to approach

:03:53. > :03:55.Labour said Mrs May's speech proves her party has

:03:56. > :03:58."run out of ideas" - a claim rejected by one of her

:03:59. > :04:11.There are huge issues facing this country. Brexit is clearly the

:04:12. > :04:15.overwhelming one, but it is not just that. Theresa May is as ambitious as

:04:16. > :04:18.she ever was with her domestic agenda, which is why this week we

:04:19. > :04:22.will be talking about workers' rights. Later in the year, we will

:04:23. > :04:25.be setting out our new industrial strategy. There is a lot to be done

:04:26. > :04:30.and she is getting on with it and the government is getting on with

:04:31. > :04:32.it. You can hear Victoria's full interview with Damian Green in a few

:04:33. > :04:36.minutes' time. The European Court of Human Rights

:04:37. > :04:40.is expected to rule on the case of a Scottish man fighting the UK's

:04:41. > :04:43.longest extradition case. Phillip Harkins, who is originally

:04:44. > :04:45.from Greenock, has been fighting extradition to the United States

:04:46. > :04:47.for 14 years. The 38-year-old denies

:04:48. > :04:49.murdering a man in a robbery If the case at the European Court

:04:50. > :04:54.of Human Rights goes against him, he could face trial in America

:04:55. > :04:56.for first degree murder. The Iraqi prime minister Haider

:04:57. > :05:00.al-Abadi has congratulated his armed forces on their victory over

:05:01. > :05:02.Islamic State militants in Mosul. It's nine months since government

:05:03. > :05:04.forces launched an attack Much of it has been

:05:05. > :05:11.reduced to rubble. Counter-terror police have launched

:05:12. > :05:13.a film telling holiday-makers how to react in the event of a terrorist

:05:14. > :05:17.attack in their resort. The video shows an attack by gunmen

:05:18. > :05:30.on a hotel and repeat advice to run, The four-minute video shows families

:05:31. > :05:33.and hotel staff fleeing the sound of gunshots,

:05:34. > :05:35.barricading themselves into rooms and being treated as potential

:05:36. > :05:37.suspects by armed police. A Coldplay fan who went

:05:38. > :05:40.to the band's recent concert at Croke Park in Dublin became more

:05:41. > :05:43.involved than he expected. Rob had been crowd-surfing

:05:44. > :05:45.in his wheelchair when he was spotted by lead singer,

:05:46. > :05:46.Chris Martin. He was then invited on stage

:05:47. > :05:49.and drew huge cheers from the crowd of more than 70,000 people

:05:50. > :05:52.when he brought out Rob described his

:05:53. > :06:11.experience as "amazing". Carol from Inverness says, my accent

:06:12. > :06:16.is often taken as being aggressive as well as weigh less intelligent

:06:17. > :06:19.and not educated. Deborah e-mails to say, I got turned down for a job as

:06:20. > :06:24.I was told my voice was not conducive to telesales. So I rang up

:06:25. > :06:28.sales director using my telephone voice and complained about one of

:06:29. > :06:32.their products. At the end of the conversation, I came clean and got

:06:33. > :06:36.the job. I have often been judged on my London accent and I am convinced

:06:37. > :06:41.I have often been misjudged, but that only lasts fleetingly. Kevin

:06:42. > :06:46.says, people will always judge you. If it is not your accent, it is the

:06:47. > :06:50.way you dress or the way you look. I speak five languages and have an

:06:51. > :06:55.accent in each of them. I don't let it bother me. It is what I say that

:06:56. > :06:57.is important. If you're getting in touch, you are welcome.

:06:58. > :07:00.Here's some sport now with Leah Boleto.

:07:01. > :07:03.A big day at Wimbledon today as Andy Murray and Johanna Konta

:07:04. > :07:05.are both fighting for a spot in the quarter-finals.

:07:06. > :07:12.If they do both get through, it'll be the first time

:07:13. > :07:17.Britain's had a man and a woman in the last eight.

:07:18. > :07:20.After a day's rest, there was a bit of training

:07:21. > :07:26.Today Murray is up against Frenchman Benoit Paire,

:07:27. > :07:28.who hasn't made a grand slam quarter-final, ever!

:07:29. > :07:30.Expectations are high for Murray, but he's favourite

:07:31. > :07:36.All the action on Centre Court at around 3 o'clock today.

:07:37. > :07:40.But it's Johanna Konta who holds the first slot on Centre Court this

:07:41. > :07:42.afternoon, taking on Caroline Garcia of France - that's at 1 o'clock.

:07:43. > :07:45.They've both met four times before, each winning twice, with Garcia

:07:46. > :07:54.beating Jo in their most recent clash in March.

:07:55. > :07:56.And given that Britain hasn't had a female quarter-finalist

:07:57. > :07:58.since 1984, we can expect quite a party this lunchtime.

:07:59. > :08:01.Cricket now, because Joe Root's first test since taking over

:08:02. > :08:05.from Alastair Cook ended in a 211 run victory at Lords.

:08:06. > :08:08.Man of the match Moeen Ali gave a fantastic performance, ripping

:08:09. > :08:11.The side won't be changed for Friday's Second

:08:12. > :08:27.We know they are going to come back hard at Trent Bridge and we will

:08:28. > :08:30.have to play well. But to be 1-0 up, it is the first time we have beaten

:08:31. > :08:34.them here for a long time. Everything I have asked of the lads

:08:35. > :08:41.this week, they have dived straight into and have gone about in a

:08:42. > :08:42.brilliant way and made my life a lot easier.

:08:43. > :08:45.The win came moments after England's women got a crucial three-run win

:08:46. > :08:52.the first time they've managed that in 24 years!

:08:53. > :08:54.The win puts England in a strong position to qualify

:08:55. > :09:01.for the semi-finals as they sit top of the points table.

:09:02. > :09:04.And finally, Wayne Rooney is leaving Manchester United after 13 years

:09:05. > :09:07.to return to Everton, where he played as a teenager.

:09:08. > :09:09.The striker says that winning a trophy with Everton "would be

:09:10. > :09:14.And he's just admitted that even though he's been wearing

:09:15. > :09:17.United's red shirt in the day, he's been slipping into his Everton

:09:18. > :09:36.I actually have been wearing pyjamas at home with my kids. I have to keep

:09:37. > :09:44.that a bit quiet. But it's great. We don't have a picture of the PJs

:09:45. > :09:47.in question, but this is what we think

:09:48. > :09:50.they might look like. Victoria, you're not sure

:09:51. > :09:52.they'd get past Coleen, Assaulted by having excrement

:09:53. > :10:09.stuffed in your face, inmates out of control on drugs

:10:10. > :10:12.and a work life so stressful, you drink a bottle of spirits

:10:13. > :10:14.a day to escape. Just a few of the things serving

:10:15. > :10:17.prison officers have exclusively They're risking their jobs

:10:18. > :10:22.just by speaking to us. Since 2010, the number of frontline

:10:23. > :10:25.prison officers has fallen by some 7,000 to 18,000 and budgets have

:10:26. > :10:27.been cut severely. In recent months, jails have

:10:28. > :10:32.experienced some of the worst rioting in decades as the decline

:10:33. > :10:34.in standards has Around 240 prisoners were moved

:10:35. > :10:40.off the site after 12 And just yesterday, it was announced

:10:41. > :10:50.that more than 200 kilos of drugs and 13,000 mobile

:10:51. > :10:52.phones had been found It's very rare for serving prison

:10:53. > :10:56.officers to speak out - they spoke to Dan Clark Neal,

:10:57. > :10:58.who's a former We've protected the identities

:10:59. > :11:01.of the officers who've spoken We played you Dan's

:11:02. > :11:05.full film earlier - here's a short version

:11:06. > :11:08.before we speak to various All the background footage

:11:09. > :11:11.you'll see in this film is from the BBC archive

:11:12. > :11:14.and was not shot in the prisons Drugs is a massive,

:11:15. > :11:21.massive issue now compared They spoke openly about friends,

:11:22. > :11:30.gang members, getting receiving sort of two

:11:31. > :11:41.year sentences because they know when they get in there

:11:42. > :11:44.there's quite a strong drug feed. There were talking about making

:11:45. > :11:47.several thousand pounds a month just through selling

:11:48. > :11:52.drugs in prison. Prisoners are specifically

:11:53. > :11:54.now going out and doing a crime to be recalled

:11:55. > :11:59.because they can earn more money coming in with drugs,

:12:00. > :12:01.mobile phones and SIM cards. That never

:12:02. > :12:03.happened 20 years ago. Just before I left

:12:04. > :12:07.we had a member of staff who ended up with a broken

:12:08. > :12:10.nose, potentional broken finger, Excrement thrown in my face,

:12:11. > :12:23.he basically put excrement in a bag and he ran up behind me and shoved

:12:24. > :12:26.it in my face, eyes, nose, mouth, it was the worst feeling

:12:27. > :12:30.in the world, like, we didn't know their medical

:12:31. > :12:33.records, I didn't know whether he had HIV, hepatitis,

:12:34. > :12:35.which is all carried So the next day I was in

:12:36. > :12:43.the hospital having all the tests When you join the Armed Forces

:12:44. > :12:51.and you're fighting on the battlefield, anything can

:12:52. > :12:54.happen, you can survive, you can get killed, you can

:12:55. > :13:08.get seriously injured. After the training, it was, I think,

:13:09. > :13:10.eight to nine weeks' It was just, you're

:13:11. > :13:18.on the wing, and that is it. We are getting officers who are 20,

:13:19. > :13:21.21 years of age, what And they are telling a 40,

:13:22. > :13:26.50-year-old to go behind the door? Who's probably done

:13:27. > :13:28.ten years already. There's no respect, no authority

:13:29. > :13:30.and there's no discipline. There's been a big issue

:13:31. > :13:32.with retention and recruitment You do recruit good

:13:33. > :13:36.people, but they tend to Honestly, I used to wake up

:13:37. > :13:42.in the morning and feel And I just hope that

:13:43. > :13:49.at the end of the day When I'm not at work,

:13:50. > :14:07.when I'm on holiday, it's fine. How much are you drinking most days

:14:08. > :14:10.when you are at work? Then we get up the next morning

:14:11. > :14:33.and act as if nothing's wrong. Let's speak now to David Todd from

:14:34. > :14:35.the Prison Officers Association, Jonathan Robinson, who served 17

:14:36. > :14:46.weeks of a 15 month sentence in 2011 and John Attard, who spent seven

:14:47. > :14:55.years as governor at Holloway and is from the Prison

:14:56. > :15:03.Governors' Association. David, how do you react to this kind

:15:04. > :15:07.of insight? Unfortunately, it is nothing new. There has been a rise

:15:08. > :15:13.in assaults on prison staff and a rise in assaults on prisoners. Until

:15:14. > :15:18.last December, there were 344 deaths in custody. Prison officers have to

:15:19. > :15:22.deal with this. They have to deal with the violence. It takes its

:15:23. > :15:27.toll. There is a massive rise in post-traumatic stress disorder

:15:28. > :15:33.amongst my members. An officer on his own to close up more than 60

:15:34. > :15:36.prisoners. Is that the normal or is that unusual? In some of the inner

:15:37. > :15:41.London jails, you will have more than that. You will have two menace

:15:42. > :15:43.of staff looking up 160 prisoners and trying to control that many with

:15:44. > :15:55.two staff is asking the impossible. Is it asking the impossible, as a

:15:56. > :16:00.prison governor? I think it is, the crisis we are referring to right now

:16:01. > :16:05.is something the Prison Officers' Association was sensitive to a

:16:06. > :16:08.number of years ago and most people will be well be called for an

:16:09. > :16:12.independent public inquiry last year at our annual conference into the

:16:13. > :16:19.crisis prisons are in, and David refers to the statistics, but the

:16:20. > :16:21.statistics we are hearing are actually not completely relevant,

:16:22. > :16:25.the statistics we need to look at are those that go back five years

:16:26. > :16:32.when the austerity cuts first kicked in. If we look at serious assaults

:16:33. > :16:35.on staff, it is close to 200%, the increase. If we look at a

:16:36. > :16:40.self-inflicted deaths in custody, the increase is something like 117%.

:16:41. > :16:44.The figures are proud so simply going back 12 years is an irrelevant

:16:45. > :16:58.figure, it is just a Canada reference, not a real reference.

:16:59. > :17:01.So, when the Government says, amongst other things, they are

:17:02. > :17:03.spending a lot of money and employing an extra 2500 prison

:17:04. > :17:06.officer is, new measures to tackle violence, drugs and mobile phones,

:17:07. > :17:08.how is that going, in your eyes? Anything the Government do to

:17:09. > :17:11.improve things is welcome but the fact is over the last five years

:17:12. > :17:16.around 900 million, nearly ?1 billion was stripped out of prisons,

:17:17. > :17:19.we lost 7000 prison officers and 5000 prison governors. What we are

:17:20. > :17:23.looking at right now is the tip of the iceberg and if we are going to

:17:24. > :17:28.seek a different it is going to need a bigger push. We talked about

:17:29. > :17:32.public sector pay, who wants to be a prison officer or prison governor

:17:33. > :17:36.when we have had seven years of capped pay? It is not an attractive

:17:37. > :17:42.environment to work in. Jonathan, from your point of view, tell our

:17:43. > :17:51.audience about the number of mobile phones inside jails, the level of

:17:52. > :17:58.drugs inside jails. Well, Dan's film is the tip of the iceberg. I served

:17:59. > :18:06.a fully justified very short sentence in 2011, so that makes me

:18:07. > :18:09.an expert. I remember meeting a young man in his early 20s and he

:18:10. > :18:17.said to me, I have been put in here on purpose to make money, and I took

:18:18. > :18:22.that with a pinch of salt. But now I don't doubt him, because I've met so

:18:23. > :18:27.many people, I'd visit prisons a lot, get searched very rarely when I

:18:28. > :18:31.go into them, and young people are getting themselves deliberately

:18:32. > :18:36.recalled all put in custody deliberately to make money, and they

:18:37. > :18:43.enter prison with drugs about their person. When I arrived at HP Bedford

:18:44. > :18:49.in July 2011 we were about six people, we were searched, but not

:18:50. > :18:53.one of us were invited to sit in the chair, which was a machine in place

:18:54. > :18:56.that I now know if you sit in it it will detect whether you have

:18:57. > :19:01.something about your person. The prisons system, whilst I am

:19:02. > :19:08.extremely grateful to compassionate prison officer is, the prison

:19:09. > :19:12.system, you are parachuted in, quite justifiably, is a den of apathy and

:19:13. > :19:16.missed opportunity for sorting people out once we had got them in

:19:17. > :19:21.custody. Believe it or not, so many young people in jail want to turn

:19:22. > :19:25.their lives around, but we're doing hardly anything with them. When you

:19:26. > :19:29.meet a young person in his early 20s who tells you he is serving his

:19:30. > :19:35.ninth prison sentence, the pennies start to drop that we are not doing

:19:36. > :19:39.enough with folk once we have got them, and the standard

:19:40. > :19:45.administration responds off, we are employing 2500 more staff, is just a

:19:46. > :19:48.joke. It is not going to cut it? In terms of searches, are you going to

:19:49. > :19:52.tell me it is impossible to search everyone visiting the jail or sit

:19:53. > :20:02.them in the bass chair because they're not staff? Unfortunately

:20:03. > :20:05.that is the current situation. Sorry to interrupt, but if you don't serve

:20:06. > :20:15.everyone then for those officers it will create more problems inside the

:20:16. > :20:19.jail? It will, and unfortunately the public are only being made aware

:20:20. > :20:23.because prison officers and my union, the POA, had a protest which

:20:24. > :20:33.we stayed out on the streets and had it. I know they have never taken

:20:34. > :20:37.steps like that but we have highlighted things with the public

:20:38. > :20:40.through our actions. If we had enough prison offices in post we

:20:41. > :20:45.could search properly. Searching strategies at the minute are

:20:46. > :20:48.laughable. From your view from the inside, Jonathan, what would you

:20:49. > :20:55.change? Would you give prisoners mobile phones? No, I would start to

:20:56. > :20:59.utilise better the time in prison, at the moment purposeful activity

:21:00. > :21:02.has only risen 1% in five years. Being brave and giving mobile phones

:21:03. > :21:09.and tablets would be too much for the very right wing. I would like to

:21:10. > :21:15.see a full working day for inmates, including training. There is a

:21:16. > :21:20.wonderful example of how this works, a charity or prison restaurants, on

:21:21. > :21:23.Friday every single one of their restaurants around the country was

:21:24. > :21:28.number one on trip advisor. Prisoners who have been through the

:21:29. > :21:33.scheme, the reoffending rate is only 6%. Compared to two thirds of

:21:34. > :21:37.reoffending broadly? If that is not a template for using prison time

:21:38. > :21:44.purposefully, I don't know what is. And the food is yummy! First of all,

:21:45. > :21:49.can you imagine governors staging a protest by the prison officers did?

:21:50. > :21:53.It is not something that we would contemplate but bearing in mind it

:21:54. > :21:58.is against the law for us to take industrial action, but I do get a

:21:59. > :22:04.sense, and the PGA gets the sense that feeling at the moment is the

:22:05. > :22:07.lowest I have ever known it. What has happened is depressing, we talk

:22:08. > :22:12.about what should happen now to make things better, we need to take

:22:13. > :22:15.prisons say. It is important to not speak in generic terms, there are

:22:16. > :22:19.some prisons that are doing very well but it is large local prisons

:22:20. > :22:24.where we are struggling and if we want prison to be a better place, it

:22:25. > :22:28.has to be said for, and in order for that you need more staff to be able

:22:29. > :22:32.to do that, including prison governors. And would you back what

:22:33. > :22:36.Jonathan is suggesting, and meaningful, proper working day to

:22:37. > :22:40.try and cut the reoffending rates? You can only have a reasonable

:22:41. > :22:45.working day it you put enough staff... Oh, yes, absolutely. Having

:22:46. > :22:49.said that, most of my sentence was in an open prison where we had a

:22:50. > :22:52.tennis court, very few staff in an open prison. We talk about more

:22:53. > :22:57.money possibly being required, in my open prison we all sat about

:22:58. > :23:00.sunbathing. I had been trained by the system to teach if it would

:23:01. > :23:06.prisoners to read, a private education company that you are

:23:07. > :23:11.paying for banned the scheme, so is it that the justice system needs

:23:12. > :23:17.more money, or do they need to spend the money more wisely? Some

:23:18. > :23:21.contracts are in their millions. An e-mail, I have worked as a probation

:23:22. > :23:24.officer in prisons for some years, experienced older staff are

:23:25. > :23:27.essential to maintaining the necessary discipline and rapport

:23:28. > :23:31.with inmates. Martin on e-mail says, the biggest

:23:32. > :23:35.problem for prison officers is savage cuts since 2010 and it is a

:23:36. > :23:38.matter of time until we have a catastrophe.

:23:39. > :23:41.This text says, prison officers are very well paid in recognition of

:23:42. > :23:44.what they may have to do in the course of their work.

:23:45. > :23:51.Mohammed on e-mail says, I feel for these offices, I am ex-police and I

:23:52. > :23:53.know exactly what they are going through.

:23:54. > :23:54.Thank you very much all of you for coming on the programme.

:23:55. > :23:57.A year ago, Theresa May was taking over as Prime Minister in the wake

:23:58. > :24:01.She enjoyed positive personal poll ratings and opened up

:24:02. > :24:06.12 months later, and after a disastrous election

:24:07. > :24:09.she didn't need to hold but decided to anyway, how different it

:24:10. > :24:11.all looks, with many in her party asking when -

:24:12. > :24:16.Let's take a look back at her eventful year in charge.

:24:17. > :24:24.Brexit means Brexit, and we are going to make a success of it.

:24:25. > :24:31.I have just been to Buckingham Palace, where Her Majesty The Queen

:24:32. > :24:33.has asked me to form a new Government,

:24:34. > :24:37.If you're just managing, I want to address you directly.

:24:38. > :24:42.The Article 50 process is now under way.

:24:43. > :24:44.And, in accordance with the wishes of the British people,

:24:45. > :24:46.the United Kingdom is leaving the European Union.

:24:47. > :24:49.The only way to guarantee certainty and stability for the years ahead

:24:50. > :24:52.is to hold this election and seek your support

:24:53. > :25:02.Nothing has changed, nothing has changed.

:25:03. > :25:05.The Conservative Party has won the most seats

:25:06. > :25:11.and probably the most votes, then it will be incumbent on us

:25:12. > :25:14.to ensure that we have that period of stability, and that is exactly

:25:15. > :25:36.Damian Green is the first Secretary of State and what of Theresa May's

:25:37. > :25:39.closest allies. I spoke to him earlier and he began by defending

:25:40. > :25:41.Mrs May against claims she is a lame-duck Prime Minister.

:25:42. > :25:46.She's not a lame-duck Prime Minister.

:25:47. > :25:48.She is still full of ideas, full of determination.

:25:49. > :25:51.Well, she has a parliamentary majority.

:25:52. > :25:56.But even your own Conservative backbenchers and some former senior

:25:57. > :25:58.Cabinet ministers are apparently plotting to get rid

:25:59. > :26:06.The first duty of the Government is to make sure it passes

:26:07. > :26:08.the Queen's Speech legislation, which means we have got

:26:09. > :26:10.a legislative programme for the next two years.

:26:11. > :26:18.Absolutely, she and the Government have the authority to put that

:26:19. > :26:22.OK, what do you say to Conservative MPs who are plotting

:26:23. > :26:29.I think there is less of this than you would think.

:26:30. > :26:34.I've been around Westminster long enough to know that in July

:26:35. > :26:36.there's lots of chatter, but I know absolutely

:26:37. > :26:38.that the overwhelming majority of my Conservative

:26:39. > :26:41.colleagues in Parliament are firmly behind the Prime Minister.

:26:42. > :26:44.And for those who aren't, because you say an overwhelming

:26:45. > :26:46.majority of colleagues are behind her, meaning some aren't,

:26:47. > :26:48.for those who aren't, what do you say to those

:26:49. > :26:51.who are plotting how to get rid of her?

:26:52. > :26:54.I'd say that the Conservative Party won most seats and most votes

:26:55. > :26:59.at the general election and that everyone now should get

:27:00. > :27:03.on with the job that the country has given us, which is running this

:27:04. > :27:09.country in the way that meets our Conservative principles.

:27:10. > :27:12.There are a lot of issues that we face, not just Brexit

:27:13. > :27:17.What the people of this country want is a Government that

:27:18. > :27:24.Well, that's always a sensible view that we have.

:27:25. > :27:32.There is, I think, no public desire for another election.

:27:33. > :27:39.The Government is getting on with that job.

:27:40. > :27:44.There are serious issues facing this country,

:27:45. > :27:47.and it's time for all MPs to knuckle down to work

:27:48. > :27:49.to contribute what they can, to set their ideas,

:27:50. > :27:58.This Government is getting on with doing it and it deserves

:27:59. > :28:13.We will talk to two people about her first year in a moment, but let me

:28:14. > :28:18.bring you this news, British man Philip Parkins, wanted for murder in

:28:19. > :28:21.the United States, has lost his long-running battle against

:28:22. > :28:24.extradition, he had a final appeal to the European Court of Human

:28:25. > :28:27.Rights in Strasbourg, he has lost that which means he will be

:28:28. > :28:31.extradited to the United States to face trial for murder. We will bring

:28:32. > :28:33.you more reaction to that in the next half an hour of the programme.

:28:34. > :28:36.Let's talk to Joey Jones, who was Mrs May's spokesman

:28:37. > :28:38.when she was Home Secretary but didn't follow her

:28:39. > :28:41.And Kate Maltby, who helped set up Bright Blue, a Conservative

:28:42. > :28:50.think-tank that campaigns for a more modern, compassionate Tory Party.

:28:51. > :28:59.How is that going, Kate? We're getting there. Jerry Jones, how

:29:00. > :29:02.would you assess her first year as Prime Minister? It brought back some

:29:03. > :29:07.memories watching that montage, lots of things in that which one would

:29:08. > :29:12.not have expected to play out in the way that they did. I don't think any

:29:13. > :29:15.of us would imagine we would wake up to hear that Theresa May was

:29:16. > :29:20.reaching out to the hand of friendship, if you like, to a Labour

:29:21. > :29:24.Party led by Jeremy Corbyn, as seems to be the case at the moment,

:29:25. > :29:30.suggesting a new spirit of consensual and grown-up politics,

:29:31. > :29:35.Dominic Greene saying that there was space for dialogue between the two

:29:36. > :29:40.parties. That is only a few weeks after she opened and concluded a

:29:41. > :29:42.successful dialogue with the unions in Northern Ireland which are

:29:43. > :29:46.obviously a very different kettle of fish, so it is quite a lot that she

:29:47. > :29:50.seems to feel she can juggle and manage from a position that I think

:29:51. > :29:54.we all agree is not a strong one at the moment. What do you think of

:29:55. > :30:01.that, Kate, this appeal to her opponents to contribute. Just

:30:02. > :30:05.criticise? Any Prime Minister should be using Parliament as a place to

:30:06. > :30:09.really debate the ideas of the moment, that is why we send a wide

:30:10. > :30:12.range of representatives, but I'm afraid this all sounds rather hollow

:30:13. > :30:16.from a Prime Minister who just a few months ago, you showed it on the

:30:17. > :30:19.screen, was standing up talking about those who were trying to

:30:20. > :30:23.undermine Brexit, blocking the will of the people. You remember the big

:30:24. > :30:27.Daily Mail headline, crush the saboteurs. That is not quite what

:30:28. > :30:30.Theresa May said herself but you of all people will know Theresa May has

:30:31. > :30:41.very close links to the Daily Mail, or certainly had then. You cannot go

:30:42. > :30:43.from talking about crushing the saboteurs in Parliament to turning

:30:44. > :30:45.around and embracing your opponent in the spirit of constructive debate

:30:46. > :30:48.the next. There are so many reasons to be sceptical about this proposed

:30:49. > :30:51.course of action. Theresa May has a history of being able to work in a

:30:52. > :30:55.consensual way with people across the divide in Parliament, actually

:30:56. > :31:00.when I was in the Home Office there was a big effort to bring people on

:31:01. > :31:03.board for the IP bill that was going through, is very complicated bill

:31:04. > :31:08.described by some as the snooper's charter, and that was an issue where

:31:09. > :31:12.there was a lot of haggling, a lot of talk with people who you would

:31:13. > :31:18.not have expected her to be talking to, but this is different, this is

:31:19. > :31:22.on a different scale. Yes, because she had power as Home Secretary,

:31:23. > :31:25.potentially has she got less power as Prime Minister? Broadly speaking,

:31:26. > :31:29.for that proposal, although contentious, there was a

:31:30. > :31:32.Parliamentary majority for the taking. Here, if you look at it

:31:33. > :31:36.temperamentally and tonally, it is so bar out of the comfort zone for

:31:37. > :31:39.Theresa May that it feels like a different planet and in terms of the

:31:40. > :31:44.substance is there very much that she and Jeremy Corbyn's Labour Party

:31:45. > :31:48.agree on? Well, the interview was a bit longer with that and I went

:31:49. > :31:51.through some other things parties might contribute and nothing that

:31:52. > :31:55.the Conservative Party would agree with. But on that subject of whether

:31:56. > :32:00.she can reach across the aisle, she at least, by the very fact she has

:32:01. > :32:04.appointed Damian Green as first Secretary of State, he is going out

:32:05. > :32:07.on all of the TV programmes as her human shield, he is the minister

:32:08. > :32:14.always sent out to absorb bad press for Theresa May. That should remind

:32:15. > :32:18.us that Theresa May is at least capable of having close allies who

:32:19. > :32:20.actually come from very different ideological backgrounds. Damian

:32:21. > :32:26.Green is associated with the left of the party, he is privately very

:32:27. > :32:30.pro-Britain's relationship with the EU but they have forged a very close

:32:31. > :32:34.working relationship over years of mutual respect in the Home Office,

:32:35. > :32:37.where he was her junior, and what that should remind us is that there

:32:38. > :32:42.is not really a Theresa May doctrine, there is no such thing as

:32:43. > :32:46.Mayism. And there may not be time for it if, come the Conservative

:32:47. > :32:50.Party conference in September, a few Conservatives get together and

:32:51. > :32:55.decide to organise some kind of leadership contest? The end could be

:32:56. > :32:58.tomorrow, next week, next month, next year, nobody can predict, it is

:32:59. > :33:01.in the hands of the Conservative Party. One of the key thing is they

:33:02. > :33:05.will be thinking is, what does Theresa May still stand for? So much

:33:06. > :33:10.has had to be jettisoned and if you look at the areas where there is

:33:11. > :33:14.cross-party agreement, there was an article yesterday jointly signed by

:33:15. > :33:19.Ed Vaizey and Rachel Reeves in the TelegraphConservative and one

:33:20. > :33:24.Labour. And that was trying to pick an area where Theresa May has dug in

:33:25. > :33:28.her heels, the European Court of Justice, so there is potential

:33:29. > :33:31.agreement there but only chipping away still further from what the

:33:32. > :33:36.Prime Minister stood for. How long did you work for her? The blink of

:33:37. > :33:44.an eye, three months and then 12 hours in Downing Street.

:33:45. > :33:52.Could she show compassion? Definitely. Thank you both. Still to

:33:53. > :33:53.come: It's been the UK's longest ever

:33:54. > :33:55.extradition battle - but now Philip Harkins has

:33:56. > :33:58.lost his fight to avoid extradition to the US -

:33:59. > :34:00.we'll hear from the family of the man he is

:34:01. > :34:02.accused of killing... Another chance for the

:34:03. > :34:11.terminally-ill baby Charlie Gard. With a judge due to examine renewed

:34:12. > :34:13.claims the proposed treatment We speak to our Health

:34:14. > :34:16.Correspondent Fergus Walsh. Here's Joanna in the BBC Newsroom

:34:17. > :34:19.with a summary of today's news. A British man wanted for murder

:34:20. > :34:22.in the United States has lost his long-running legal

:34:23. > :34:25.battle against extradition Phillip Harkins, who is originally

:34:26. > :34:28.from Greenock, has been fighting extradition to the United States

:34:29. > :34:31.for 14 years. The 38-year-old denies

:34:32. > :34:48.murdering a man in a robbery this morning, the European Court of

:34:49. > :34:49.Human Rights said his rights would not be breached if he were jailed

:34:50. > :34:50.for life in Florida. The case of the terminally ill baby

:34:51. > :34:53.Charlie Gard is due to return Great Ormond Street Hospital

:34:54. > :34:56.in London has asked judges to consider new evidence relating

:34:57. > :34:58.to potential treatment The courts have previously backed

:34:59. > :35:03.the view of his doctors that nothing can be done to improve his quality

:35:04. > :35:05.of life, and they should be allowed to switch

:35:06. > :35:14.off his life support systems The Prime Minister is to signal a

:35:15. > :35:19.change in her style of government, calling for cross-party consensus on

:35:20. > :35:23.ideas. In her first speech since the general election, Theresa May will

:35:24. > :35:27.say her commitment to change Britain is undimmed, but she will say the

:35:28. > :35:30.reality she faces means she has to approach politics differently. She

:35:31. > :35:34.will also call on other parties to contribute, not just criticise.

:35:35. > :35:36.The government has said it's determined to tackle failings

:35:37. > :35:38.in the prison service, after it was revealed that

:35:39. > :35:41.since 2010, the number of frontline prison officers has fallen by some

:35:42. > :35:43.7,000 to 18,000 and budgets have been cut severely.

:35:44. > :35:49.Two prison officers have spoken to this programme

:35:50. > :35:51.about the reality of working inside prisons in England

:35:52. > :35:54.and Wales in order, they say, to expose the problems and violence

:35:55. > :36:09.I was punched and then had excrement thrown in my face. He basically put

:36:10. > :36:15.excrement in a bag, and he ran up behind me and shoved it in my face,

:36:16. > :36:18.eyes, nose, mouth. It was the worst feeling in the world. We don't know

:36:19. > :36:27.their medical records. I didn't know whether he had HIV, hepatitis, which

:36:28. > :36:31.is all carried in human waste. So the next day, I was in the hospital

:36:32. > :36:32.having all the tests to see if I had contacted anything.

:36:33. > :36:34.That's a summary of the latest news, join me for BBC

:36:35. > :36:40.Here's some sport now with Leah Boleto.

:36:41. > :36:48.Andy Murray and Johanna Konta are both fighting for a spot

:36:49. > :36:56.If they do both get through, it'll be the first time

:36:57. > :37:02.that Britain's had a man and a woman in the last

:37:03. > :37:06.Joe Root's first test since taking over from Alastair Cook ended

:37:07. > :37:10.in a 211 run victory over South Africa at Lords.

:37:11. > :37:12.Meanwhile, England's women have ended a 24 year wait

:37:13. > :37:15.for a World Cup win over Australia, thanks to a three

:37:16. > :37:19.It puts them in a strong position to reach the semis.

:37:20. > :37:21.And Wayne Rooney is leaving Manchester United after 13 years

:37:22. > :37:25.to return to Everton, where he played as a teenager.

:37:26. > :37:28.The striker says that winning a trophy with Everton "would be

:37:29. > :37:34.He's also just admitted that even though he's been

:37:35. > :37:36.wearing United's red shirt in the day, he's been slipping

:37:37. > :37:46.Next, we're talking tuition fees in England and mounting pressure

:37:47. > :37:48.on the government to rethink the student loans system

:37:49. > :37:52.which according to one report we brought you last week can leave

:37:53. > :37:53.students with a debt of more than ?50,000

:37:54. > :37:57.We're joined now by Lord Andrew Adonis, a former education

:37:58. > :38:00.minister for Labour, who came up with the tuition fee

:38:01. > :38:07.idea, and who now says they should be scrapped altogether.

:38:08. > :38:12.Paul Howden was a mature student who reckons he'll have

:38:13. > :38:14.about ?60,000 worth of debt, but still think tuition

:38:15. > :38:19.Rory Hughes is about to graduate in two weeks and thinks he'll have

:38:20. > :38:22.We're also joined by the head of the National Union

:38:23. > :38:25.of Student Shakira Martin - who wants an urgent review

:38:26. > :38:32.Let's begin with you, Lord Adonis. How have you had this incurable

:38:33. > :38:36.change of heart from the man who was the architect of these fees to

:38:37. > :38:40.saying they should be abolished? I haven't had a change of heart. We

:38:41. > :38:44.introduced fees at ?3000, with no real rate of interest. What happened

:38:45. > :38:51.in 2010 when the government changed was that David Cameron and Nick

:38:52. > :38:56.Clegg increased the fees from ?3000 to ?9,000. And from no real rate of

:38:57. > :39:04.interest, they have gone to a 6% real rate of interest. It is not

:39:05. > :39:09.sustainable. That is why people have debts of ?50,000. Even introducing

:39:10. > :39:14.?3000 with a very low interest rate, you know the way it is going to go.

:39:15. > :39:18.It is only going to go up. That is untrue. We gave a commitment that

:39:19. > :39:22.the fees would not increase beyond the rate of inflation. That is what

:39:23. > :39:26.we would have done if we had stayed in government in 2010. Of course, no

:39:27. > :39:31.government can be responsible for what its successor does. But

:39:32. > :39:36.students were not happy at the time with ?3000. But they accepted the

:39:37. > :39:42.system. They did not accept the principle. We did not have massive

:39:43. > :39:50.campaigns against. People thought it was fair. Is that right, Shakira?

:39:51. > :39:55.Did undergraduates accept the principle? I think students want

:39:56. > :40:00.free and accessible education, so anything that is a barrier to

:40:01. > :40:04.that... But the increase over the last few years has been a big issue

:40:05. > :40:15.and that has got students really angry. Let's bring in Rory. How much

:40:16. > :40:21.debt do you think you will have by the time you graduate? Roughly

:40:22. > :40:23.?35,000 without calculating interest, and interest will start

:40:24. > :40:27.accumulating while you are still studying and while you are still

:40:28. > :40:33.paying it off, so it will probably end up in excess of ?45,000. And do

:40:34. > :40:40.you think that is different from getting a loan to buy a house, or a

:40:41. > :40:45.loan to buy a car? Yes. The system is different. It doesn't function as

:40:46. > :40:51.a loan. It functions as a 9% income tax once you earn over ?21,000 a

:40:52. > :40:57.year. It comes out by PAYE. So it is different. It is a regressive way of

:40:58. > :41:02.funding further education. So instead of levying it on high

:41:03. > :41:04.earners or the top 5% of corporations, which would be the

:41:05. > :41:09.progressive thing to do, we are levying the cost of tuition fees on

:41:10. > :41:15.anyone who earns over ?21,000 a year with a 9% income tax which is

:41:16. > :41:20.treated as a loan. So the people who benefit from the university

:41:21. > :41:25.education pay for it. But we all benefit from university education in

:41:26. > :41:29.society. If you are trained as a nurse or doctor or teacher or a

:41:30. > :41:34.lawyer, you have some benefit to your career, of course, but society

:41:35. > :41:37.benefits from having those skilled graduates in society. University

:41:38. > :41:43.education is a public good, not a private good. If you earn a lot of

:41:44. > :41:49.money as a graduate, without these debts you would already be paying it

:41:50. > :41:53.back through progressive taxation. Lord Of The Rings, are you saying to

:41:54. > :42:01.scrap it all together or to take it back to the -- Lord Adonis, are you

:42:02. > :42:05.saying to scrap it or to take it back to ?3000? Education is a public

:42:06. > :42:10.good but higher education is also a private good. If everybody got

:42:11. > :42:14.higher education, then paying for it through the tax system would make

:42:15. > :42:17.sense. But that is not the case. There is a substantial benefit to

:42:18. > :42:22.the individual and only a minority get it. What would I do now? If the

:42:23. > :42:27.fees have not been increased beyond ?3000 and we did not have a real

:42:28. > :42:30.rate of interest and we had students and the government making a

:42:31. > :42:40.contribution, I would have kept the old system. The problem now is that

:42:41. > :42:43.?9,000 plus 6% is in my view... 6% is the interest rate that will be

:42:44. > :42:48.brought in from autumn. And you start paying it immediately when you

:42:49. > :42:53.take out the loans. So students are graduating with debts of ?50,000

:42:54. > :42:57.plus, accumulating interest every week. My view is that is not

:42:58. > :43:03.sustainable. When you have a baroque system that has big additions here,

:43:04. > :43:08.a flying buttress there, it is not sustainable. Sustainable for who?

:43:09. > :43:14.Sustainable politically. It will not last. So you are not saying

:43:15. > :43:20.sustainable financially. The question is what to do. My view is

:43:21. > :43:22.that we should do two things. We should encourage universities to

:43:23. > :43:28.recruit international students, who do pay fees and there is a vibrant

:43:29. > :43:32.international market. We have good universities and we are good at

:43:33. > :43:35.that. Where is the government has been dissuading universities from

:43:36. > :43:39.recruiting overseas students by counting them in the immigration

:43:40. > :43:44.figures, which is a stupid error. I am not sure that puts people off

:43:45. > :43:49.applying to Oxford and Cambridge. But there are 128 other universities

:43:50. > :43:56.and it is putting a lot though off. The second thing is, we should put

:43:57. > :44:00.up a top rate of tax by a few pence, and the 40p rate of tax is almost

:44:01. > :44:03.entirely paid by graduates. So when people said the alternative to the

:44:04. > :44:07.current system is that the poor pay, that is not true. If it is the top

:44:08. > :44:11.rate that goes up, that is paid for by graduates, so that acts as an

:44:12. > :44:14.effective graduate tax. Then you could sweep away the whole of the

:44:15. > :44:17.current system. Universities would be fairly funded. You would have

:44:18. > :44:27.more international students and students would not be saddled with

:44:28. > :44:33.debt. Shakira, what do you want? We want scrapped tuition fees. We want

:44:34. > :44:37.free education. And do you want the reintroduction of maintenance

:44:38. > :44:41.grants? We want the reintroduction of maintenance grants to give poorer

:44:42. > :44:45.students the opportunity to access university and to stay at

:44:46. > :44:48.university. It is one thing to say more people from marginalised

:44:49. > :44:53.backgrounds are accessing it, but one may look at the figures, the

:44:54. > :45:01.number who are staying in completing their studies is very low. How would

:45:02. > :45:07.university education be paid for, then? I don't agree with the

:45:08. > :45:10.argument of their not being enough money. It is evident when the Prime

:45:11. > :45:15.Minister needs to find ?1.5 billion to stay in government with the DUP

:45:16. > :45:20.that they can find it. When we pay one of the lowest corporation tax

:45:21. > :45:27.rates in the world as one of the biggest financial countries in the

:45:28. > :45:29.world, there is money to do it. It is evident since the general

:45:30. > :45:34.election that young people are coming out to vote. This is a policy

:45:35. > :45:39.they care about, and my students will no longer take lip service.

:45:40. > :45:44.Politicians and the parties need to take this seriously, because we want

:45:45. > :45:46.an education that is liberating for every body and as of right and not a

:45:47. > :45:55.privilege. I strongly agree with Shakira, there

:45:56. > :46:02.should be a review. I heard on the radio last week, they were

:46:03. > :46:08.emphatic... There is going to be reviewed... Of the interest rate?

:46:09. > :46:11.You have to start answering the question of how you raise the money

:46:12. > :46:18.if you cut the interest rate, will he stick to the ?9,250 tighter RPI,

:46:19. > :46:22.are the Conservatives going to go into the next election without? I

:46:23. > :46:26.don't believe it. In the Tory manifesto they did say there would

:46:27. > :46:30.be a review into the education system. Where is that with you? We

:46:31. > :46:35.want that right now and as the National Union of Students we should

:46:36. > :46:38.have a seat on that represent our members and be shaping the type of

:46:39. > :46:43.education system that we want. I think that is completely right.

:46:44. > :46:47.Thank you very much, Lord Andrew Dennis and Shakira Martin from the

:46:48. > :46:54.NUS, and thank you very much, Rory. Thank you very much,

:46:55. > :46:58.congratulations, you know you will graduate in a couple of weeks.

:46:59. > :47:01.We could not bring you Paul Hadden who reckons he will have around

:47:02. > :47:10.?60,000 worth of debt but still things to receive fees are a good

:47:11. > :47:11.idea. -- still things tuition fees are a good idea.

:47:12. > :47:14.Charlie Gard's parents return to the High Court today

:47:15. > :47:16.with new evidence which they hope will save his life.

:47:17. > :47:17.The 11-month-old little boy is terminally-ill,

:47:18. > :47:21.having been born with a rare genetic condition which means he can't move

:47:22. > :47:25.I'm joined by our health correspondent Fergus Walsh.

:47:26. > :47:35.Sorry, I was looking over there and you are here! So, first of all, what

:47:36. > :47:41.is happening this afternoon? On Friday, Great Ormond Street asked

:47:42. > :47:46.the original High Court judge, Robert Francis, to have a look at

:47:47. > :47:52.some new evidence that was sent in a letter on Friday morning, so it is

:47:53. > :47:58.all happening very quickly, from the Vatican's Children's Hospital,

:47:59. > :48:02.signed by seven doctors and researchers, saying there was

:48:03. > :48:04.unpublished data about this nucleoside therapy, this

:48:05. > :48:11.experimental treatment that the parents have raised ?1.3 million for

:48:12. > :48:14.in crowdfunding, that there was this unpublished data suggesting that in

:48:15. > :48:20.mice and patients with a similar but not the same genetic fault as

:48:21. > :48:27.Charlie of dramatic improvement. So, faced with that, faced with that

:48:28. > :48:33.letter they said, OK, even though they had the perfect right, legally,

:48:34. > :48:36.to end life support for Charlie, they decided the right thing to do

:48:37. > :48:39.was to go back to the High Court, said that is where we are at 2pm

:48:40. > :48:45.today. And this is back to the same judge

:48:46. > :48:47.who made the original decision that Charlie Gard's life support should

:48:48. > :48:53.be switched off and he should be allowed to die with dignity. What

:48:54. > :48:57.sort of improvement do Charlie Gard's parents believe might happen

:48:58. > :49:01.if he has access to this medicine? What Connie Yates and Chris Gard

:49:02. > :49:04.have said, and of course you have interviewed them yourself, what they

:49:05. > :49:11.were saying is that they have been told that there is up to a one in

:49:12. > :49:18.ten chance that it could work for Charlie, and Connie said that she

:49:19. > :49:23.was told about a girl in Spain who had been on a ventilator and then a

:49:24. > :49:29.year later was riding a bicycle. Now, the problem with that for the

:49:30. > :49:34.hospital, for Great Ormond Street, is that they have said, and they

:49:35. > :49:40.said on Friday, that Charlie has catastrophic and irreversible brain

:49:41. > :49:44.damage. So the hospital is absolutely adamant, their position

:49:45. > :49:50.has not changed at all, but the parents will not accept the scans

:49:51. > :49:54.and the evidence they have been given by the hospital that he has

:49:55. > :49:58.irreversible structural brain damage, and they say even though

:49:59. > :50:08.there is a very small chance, they want to go ahead with this. But it

:50:09. > :50:10.would be very surprising if this unpublished data suddenly showed

:50:11. > :50:14.incredible improvement that we haven't heard of already, because

:50:15. > :50:17.the people who are putting it forward from the Vatican and from

:50:18. > :50:20.the United States, certainly from the United States, are the same

:50:21. > :50:25.people who were suggesting it might be useful in the earlier court

:50:26. > :50:29.hearing, so they had a chance to put any of that unpublished data then

:50:30. > :50:30.and didn't do it. Thank you very much, Fergus Walsh,

:50:31. > :50:31.our medical editor. Professor Neena Modi is president

:50:32. > :50:34.of the Royal College She's said the considerable media

:50:35. > :50:37.attention and interventions made by individuals such as the pope

:50:38. > :50:40.and Donald Trump had In an open letter this morning,

:50:41. > :50:47.Professor Modi says she's been asked why doctors have not commented

:50:48. > :50:49.on the specifics of the case. She's travelling in

:50:50. > :51:06.Switzerland at the moment, Thank you for talking to us. What is

:51:07. > :51:12.your view today? Exactly as stated in our letter, this is a very

:51:13. > :51:16.distressing and tragic case, unhappily these cases of end of life

:51:17. > :51:21.care for children are not uncommon and it seems to me that what we

:51:22. > :51:25.should be doing as the wider public is allowing the doctors, the family

:51:26. > :51:30.and sadly in this case the court as well to reach a decision as is their

:51:31. > :51:36.duty to try and reach a decision that is in the best interests of the

:51:37. > :51:40.child, it is entirely unhelpful for any external organisation or

:51:41. > :51:47.individual is to attempt to put forward their own points of view in

:51:48. > :52:00.a very public and... Ill considered way. Who is ill considered? I think

:52:01. > :52:03.that, the reason I will not speak about the specifics of this case is

:52:04. > :52:08.that I am not privy to the details and nor should I be, they are

:52:09. > :52:13.confidential. The parents, the child's health care team and indeed

:52:14. > :52:16.now the courts. I don't know the details, I shouldn't know the

:52:17. > :52:20.details and therefore it is not for me to comment on the specifics of

:52:21. > :52:23.the case. But what I can say without any shadow of the doubt is that

:52:24. > :52:29.doctors have a duty to act in the best interests of the patient that

:52:30. > :52:33.they are caring for. Do you disagree with the decision? Sorry to

:52:34. > :52:37.interrupt, do you disagree with the decision by Great Ormond Street to

:52:38. > :52:41.go back to the court today to see the original judge, Mr Justice

:52:42. > :52:50.Francis, to ask him again to look at this unpublished evidence from seven

:52:51. > :52:54.doctors and researchers around the world? It is not for me to agree or

:52:55. > :52:58.disagree because as I said earlier I not privy to the details of the

:52:59. > :53:01.case. But what it is my responsibility to do is to reassure

:53:02. > :53:04.the public and explain to the public that in these sorts of

:53:05. > :53:08.circumstances, which sadly are not rare, it is absolutely the duty of

:53:09. > :53:13.every paediatrician to always have the best interests of the child at

:53:14. > :53:20.heart, and also doctors have to work and practice within the law, they

:53:21. > :53:22.also have to recognise the rights of the child. I think the public should

:53:23. > :53:26.be reassured that it is an absolutely bound to get --

:53:27. > :53:29.obligation of paediatricians to put the best interests of the child

:53:30. > :53:33.forward and that is absolutely what the doctor that Great Ormond Street

:53:34. > :53:37.will be doing. Thank you very much for your time, we appreciate it.

:53:38. > :53:41.Let me just bring to this breaking news from the High Court, they have

:53:42. > :53:46.rejected claims that the Government is acting unlawfully by failing to

:53:47. > :53:50.suspend the sale of British arms to Saudi Arabia. After seeing the good

:53:51. > :53:54.evidence, in fact, the High Court rejects claims the Government is

:53:55. > :54:00.acting unlawfully by failing to suspend the sale of UK arms to Saudi

:54:01. > :54:01.Arabia, so the sale of UK arms to Saudi Arabia will presumably

:54:02. > :54:03.continue. A British man wanted for murder

:54:04. > :54:06.in the US has lost his long-running legal battle against extradition

:54:07. > :54:08.after a final appeal to the European Court

:54:09. > :54:10.of Human Rights in Strasbourg. Philip Harkins had argued his

:54:11. > :54:12.extradition would violate his human rights relating to inhuman

:54:13. > :54:14.or degrading treatment Let's speak now to Dominic Casciani,

:54:15. > :54:27.our home affairs correspondent First of all, tell our audience what

:54:28. > :54:29.Philip Harkins is accused of in America?

:54:30. > :54:34.Philip Harkins was born in Scotland and when he was 14 he moved to

:54:35. > :54:39.Florida with his family and when he was 21, around 1999, he was accused

:54:40. > :54:42.of being involved in a drugs related armed robbery, and during that

:54:43. > :54:46.robbery and man called Joshua Hayes was shot in the head and

:54:47. > :54:49.subsequently died. That is effectively the murder charge. Mr

:54:50. > :55:00.Harkins said he was not even at the scene, he said he lent his car to

:55:01. > :55:03.someone else but there is disputed evidence about this. In 2002 whilst

:55:04. > :55:05.he was still under investigation as part of that, he left Florida and

:55:06. > :55:08.returned to Scotland. It was there that he was involved in a car crash

:55:09. > :55:11.which led to the death of a 62-year-old woman, he was jailed for

:55:12. > :55:14.that and while he was in jail for that the American authorities said,

:55:15. > :55:18.we want him back in Florida to face trial, triggering this unprecedented

:55:19. > :55:22.14 year extradition battle which has gone on until today.

:55:23. > :55:26.And now he has to go to America? Yes, he has been through the British

:55:27. > :55:29.courts not once but twice, to the European Court, and in essence he

:55:30. > :55:34.was saying there are two issues, the possibility of the death penalty.

:55:35. > :55:38.The Americans said, we will not seek the death penalty in this case if he

:55:39. > :55:43.is convicted, that is a standard procedure which they always offer in

:55:44. > :55:48.British extradition cases. But then Mr Harkins said, well, if I'm going

:55:49. > :55:52.to be jailed for life, life without parole is a breach of my human

:55:53. > :55:56.rights, it is cruel and degrading. This has been a long-running row

:55:57. > :56:00.between the European Court and British authorities about the nature

:56:01. > :56:03.of light sentences. A couple of years ago, even though he lost his

:56:04. > :56:07.case in Strasberg, you got a second chance because there was a bit of

:56:08. > :56:08.doubt in the European Court's mind, which is why he went back today, and

:56:09. > :56:13.this morning he lost. Let's speak now to Patricia Hayes,

:56:14. > :56:15.whose son Joshua Hayes was murdered, and her daughter Elizabeth,

:56:16. > :56:25.who was Joshua's only sister. Patricia, hello to you from us here

:56:26. > :56:28.in the UK. How do you react to the fact that Philip Harkins is now

:56:29. > :56:33.going to be extradited to the United States to face trial for the murder

:56:34. > :56:40.of your son? Well we are very happy to see today that he gets on the

:56:41. > :56:44.plane -- we're very happy to see that, the day he gets on the plane

:56:45. > :56:49.is the day we believe it. Sorry, I didn't hear that? It has been a long

:56:50. > :56:51.time and he has had appeal after appeal but the day he leaves

:56:52. > :56:56.Scotland is the day we will believe it is over from that. I understand.

:56:57. > :57:06.Elisabeth, what is your reaction? The same. Patricia, what has it been

:57:07. > :57:11.like waiting all these years? Honestly? It has been pure hell. It

:57:12. > :57:17.has been fighting battle. Why do you say that? Just waiting to get him

:57:18. > :57:21.back for justice Committee should have never been over there, he

:57:22. > :57:25.should have been here. What do you think about the appeal processes,

:57:26. > :57:31.the various processes that Philip Harkins has gone through? I really

:57:32. > :57:37.don't understand how he was ever allowed to file that many appeals. I

:57:38. > :57:45.mean, that is way too many. He says he is a victim, and he is not. Can I

:57:46. > :57:49.ask you, how is your grandson, Joshua's 's son? He has been brought

:57:50. > :57:59.up without a father. It has been rough on him. Very rough on him.

:58:00. > :58:08.Joshua has two grandchildren which will never get to know him. And what

:58:09. > :58:13.do you tell him about his father? I tell him all the good stuff, we keep

:58:14. > :58:19.Josh very much alive here, he will always be carried in our heart.

:58:20. > :58:26.Elizabeth, what has it been like for you and your family waiting for this

:58:27. > :58:30.news? Very hard to see my mum go through this. OK, thank you very

:58:31. > :58:35.much for your time this morning. When I think of the world

:58:36. > :58:38.we inhabit, everyone will think, Yeah. And it wasn't,

:58:39. > :58:41.it was done by hand over days and weeks

:58:42. > :58:45.and months and years.