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:00:07. > :00:08.Hello it's Thursday, it's nine o'clock, I'm Victoria Derbyshire,

:00:09. > :00:17.Charlie Gard's parents return to the High Court in London this

:00:18. > :00:20.morning in a hearing that will decide if their terminally-ill

:00:21. > :00:23.son will be allowed access to experimental treatment in the US.

:00:24. > :00:28.They've got letters from up to seven doctors and scientists and it

:00:29. > :00:30.demonstrates that there's up to a 10% chance of this

:00:31. > :00:37.Medics at Great Ormond Street Hospital say the therapy won't work,

:00:38. > :00:39.and his life support systems should be turned off.

:00:40. > :00:43.Why can't schools recruit more teachers from ethnic

:00:44. > :00:48.We'll ask some what the barriers are and what more can be done

:00:49. > :01:01.And at Wimbledon, Johanna Konta faces Venus Williams on centre court

:01:02. > :01:03.today. Can she become the first British woman to reach a Wimbledon

:01:04. > :01:07.singles final since Virginia Wade? I don't take anything

:01:08. > :01:09.for granted and I demand of myself my best effort

:01:10. > :01:12.and I demand of myself my full commitment to what I do and then

:01:13. > :01:15.to make sure I prepare well and do Hello, welcome to the programme,

:01:16. > :01:25.we're live until 11 this morning. Also today - new figures this

:01:26. > :01:27.morning show applications for university courses have fallen

:01:28. > :01:29.by 4% among British students, and 5% for students

:01:30. > :01:35.from elsewhere in the EU. It's the first decline in uni

:01:36. > :01:38.applications since fees were last increased in England,

:01:39. > :01:39.back in 2012. If you've decided not

:01:40. > :01:41.to go to university because of the cost,

:01:42. > :01:43.let me know. Whether you're a school leaver

:01:44. > :01:45.or a would-be mature student, Our top story today,

:01:46. > :01:57.lawyers representing the parents of the terminally-ill baby,

:01:58. > :01:59.Charlie Gard, will return to the High Court in London this

:02:00. > :02:02.morning, to present what they claim is new evidence showing

:02:03. > :02:04.an experimental treatment Doctors at Great Ormond

:02:05. > :02:07.Street Hospital, where he's in intensive care,

:02:08. > :02:09.say the therapy won't work, and his life support systems

:02:10. > :02:29.should be turned off. Charlie Gard has been in intensive

:02:30. > :02:33.care since October last year. He has an extremely rare genetic condition.

:02:34. > :02:37.It has left him extremely brain damaged and unable to breathe

:02:38. > :02:41.without the help of a ventilator. Ever since his birth 11 months ago,

:02:42. > :02:44.there have been numerous legal battles, escalated to the highest

:02:45. > :02:47.level in the UK and Europe. All the courts have agreed that the baby is

:02:48. > :02:52.so welcome he must be allowed to die. But his parents have persuaded

:02:53. > :02:57.the original judge they should be permitted to present what they say

:02:58. > :03:01.this new scientific evidence today, suggesting an experimental treatment

:03:02. > :03:07.could help their son. My understanding as they have got

:03:08. > :03:10.letters from up to seven doctors and scientists, and it demonstrates

:03:11. > :03:14.there is up to a 10% chance of this ground-breaking treatment working,

:03:15. > :03:22.and they would know within a period of two to eight weeks whether or not

:03:23. > :03:25.baby Charlie is improving. And the treatment is noninvasive, it is not

:03:26. > :03:32.an operation, it is actually a food additive into his food. Charlie's

:03:33. > :03:36.parents have received offers of help from the Vatican and the United

:03:37. > :03:40.States, but the judge, Mr Justice Francis, has made it clear any new

:03:41. > :03:44.evidence must be presented swiftly, due to concerns about prolonging the

:03:45. > :03:49.little boy's suffering. Sophie Hutchinson, BBC News.

:03:50. > :03:51.Ben Brown is in the BBC Newsroom with a summary

:03:52. > :03:56.The BBC has learned that at least one person who survived

:03:57. > :04:00.the Grenfell Tower fire has been diagnosed with cyanide poisoning.

:04:01. > :04:02.12-year-old Luana Gomes was treated for the effects

:04:03. > :04:07.It isn't known what caused the poisoning, but her parents -

:04:08. > :04:10.who lost their unborn child after the fire - believe it may have

:04:11. > :04:12.been caused by the burning of insulation or plastics

:04:13. > :04:20.This was the home of the Gomes family on the 21st

:04:21. > :04:27.They have been living in a hotel since their release from hospital.

:04:28. > :04:30.Andreia Gomes was seven months pregnant and the baby was stillborn

:04:31. > :04:31.by caesarean section, while she and her daughters

:04:32. > :04:38.The family allowed BBC Newsnight to film their

:04:39. > :04:43.Their 12-year-old's diagnosis details cyanide poisoning.

:04:44. > :04:46.Her mother and sister were also treated for the risk of cyanide.

:04:47. > :04:48.This is the first confirmation of a cyanide poisoning diagnosis

:04:49. > :04:55.The highly toxic gas may have been released by the burning

:04:56. > :05:05.of insulation or plastics during the blaze.

:05:06. > :05:07.The Gomeses direct their ire at whoever made the decision

:05:08. > :05:10.to place cheaper fire retardant cladding on the tower.

:05:11. > :05:13.I'm very angry with them, because it could have all been avoided.

:05:14. > :05:15.And that is where the anger really stems from.

:05:16. > :05:20.It should never have happened like this.

:05:21. > :05:25.The residents never wanted the cladding in the first place.

:05:26. > :05:31.I don't know if it's the right word, but you just killed so many people

:05:32. > :05:35.and you just killed my son, because if we were in a normal

:05:36. > :05:38.situation, I could have gone out, and he was seven months,

:05:39. > :05:51.Because of the conditions, he passed away.

:05:52. > :05:54.The family has requested a full postmortem examination on their son

:05:55. > :06:00.They should have been celebrating his birth next month,

:06:01. > :06:05.and they had already decided to name him Logan.

:06:06. > :06:07.The government will today publish a long-awaited bill that

:06:08. > :06:13.will convert European Union laws into British legislation.

:06:14. > :06:15.The Repeal Bill is designed to ensure a smooth transition

:06:16. > :06:19.The Brexit Secretary, David Davis, has described it

:06:20. > :06:24.But political opponents have threatened to disrupt its passage

:06:25. > :06:33.With us now is Political guru, Norman Smith.

:06:34. > :06:38.Norman, publishing the bill is one thing, but getting it through the

:06:39. > :06:41.Commons, something else. What we have learned is that the government

:06:42. > :06:48.is now facing a titanic battle to get its Kebe Brexit Bill through

:06:49. > :06:52.Parliament, -- its key Brexit bill. Not only has the Liberal Democrat

:06:53. > :06:55.leader Tim Farron said he will make life hell for the government, but

:06:56. > :06:59.more significantly Labour have said they will vote against the

:07:00. > :07:03.legislation, unless there are significant changes. And when you

:07:04. > :07:07.put Labour MPs together with some conservative rebels, then that opens

:07:08. > :07:11.up the prospect that Mrs May could be defeated on this, which would

:07:12. > :07:16.plunge Brexit into chaos. And so this morning the Brexit Minister

:07:17. > :07:21.Steve Baker was appealing for all MPs to work together in the national

:07:22. > :07:23.interest. We will consider what they bring forward, and after we have

:07:24. > :07:27.published the bill and everyone has had a good chance to look at it, we

:07:28. > :07:30.look forward to what they bring forward, but this is a bill in the

:07:31. > :07:34.national interest and it is an essential next step as we leave the

:07:35. > :07:37.European Union. The Labour Party manifesto accepted the result of the

:07:38. > :07:40.referendum, so I'm hoping that people will come together in the

:07:41. > :07:50.national interest, support this bill and insure that we are able to leave

:07:51. > :07:52.the European Union in a way which is smooth and orderly, and which, as I

:07:53. > :07:55.say, gives individuals and businesses that certainty that the

:07:56. > :07:57.law will have some continuity as we leave. And more trouble for the

:07:58. > :08:04.government today over Brexit when they publish their what is called

:08:05. > :08:08.position paper on the future of Euratom, this is the organisation

:08:09. > :08:12.that manages the import and export of radioactive materials into

:08:13. > :08:15.Britain, with the Royal College of radiologists warning that if we

:08:16. > :08:19.leave Euratom, that might jeopardise the sort of isotopes cancer patients

:08:20. > :08:24.need for scans and treatments, and some Tory MPs threatening to rebel

:08:25. > :08:33.against the government's plans to quit Euratom.

:08:34. > :08:40.Applications for university courses have fallen by 4%. Figures from the

:08:41. > :08:45.admissions service UCAS show a sharp decline in those wanting to study

:08:46. > :08:50.nursing courses, down 19%, and they continued fall in the number of

:08:51. > :08:53.mature students as well. The number of EU students planning to study in

:08:54. > :08:58.the United Kingdom has also fallen by 5%. It is the first decline in

:08:59. > :09:02.applications since fees were last increased over ?9,000 of England

:09:03. > :09:06.five years ago. University leaders say the decline could be done to in

:09:07. > :09:11.Amber Rudd factors, including Brexit, higher fees and funding

:09:12. > :09:16.changes the trainee nurses and midwives -- a number of factors.

:09:17. > :09:19.School inspectors have raised what they call serious concerns about the

:09:20. > :09:25.standard of education in Derby. Ofsted says the city does not have

:09:26. > :09:29.enough high-quality Academy trusts, with the experience necessary, to

:09:30. > :09:32.improve underperforming schools. The warning coincides with new research

:09:33. > :09:36.by the cross-party commission on inequality in education, which says

:09:37. > :09:41.the gap between poor and rich children is now wider than it was a

:09:42. > :09:45.generation ago. The government says Derby has been selected as one of 12

:09:46. > :09:50.areas in England to receive extra support to help boost social

:09:51. > :09:54.mobility. President Donald Trump is in Paris, where he will be holding

:09:55. > :09:59.talks with President Macron, and also attending a steel day

:10:00. > :10:02.celebrations. High on the agenda will be US French actions in Syria

:10:03. > :10:06.and Iraq against so-called Islamic State. Despite the differences

:10:07. > :10:09.between the two leaders, Mr Macron has indicated he will work to

:10:10. > :10:16.reaffirm historic ties between the two allies, and to prevent the US

:10:17. > :10:19.from being isolated. Let's go live to our Paris correspondent, is used

:10:20. > :10:27.to. What sort of reception do you think Donald Trump will get in

:10:28. > :10:30.France? There is the reception from France and there is the reception

:10:31. > :10:35.from Macron. I think in France there is no question that there is a

:10:36. > :10:38.general feeling of suspicion, if not outright hostility to the man, not

:10:39. > :10:43.that that will express itself in demonstrations here in Paris. In

:10:44. > :10:47.fact, we are kind of entering holiday mode in Paris, now that we

:10:48. > :10:50.are in the middle of July, so there are no demonstrations planned, but

:10:51. > :10:55.there is, no question about it, and polls confirm it, yes, people don't

:10:56. > :10:59.like Trump in general. Macron on the other hand does have this very, very

:11:00. > :11:05.peculiar relationship with him, which isn't friendship, but is

:11:06. > :11:08.certainly based on a kind of openness and candidness, and a

:11:09. > :11:13.willingness to communicate. Macron's view is very much, I'm not Macron

:11:14. > :11:17.come he's not come, I'm France, is America, France and America talk, so

:11:18. > :11:24.we are going to talk and we will be friends because our relationship is

:11:25. > :11:30.old and fruitful and necessary. The things that divide us must not be

:11:31. > :11:34.allowed to dominate. And so the relationship, even though it is an

:11:35. > :11:38.old one, and it is hard to imagine anything that binds them on a

:11:39. > :11:43.personal level, is there, and both sides say there is a chemistry. So

:11:44. > :11:47.today will have ceremony, and tomorrow will have the March down

:11:48. > :11:52.the Champs-Elysees, where Trump will be guest of honour. This is 100

:11:53. > :11:55.years since the American entry into the First World War, and then there

:11:56. > :11:58.will be the talks, which will focus on the issues which divide, and

:11:59. > :12:03.there is no question there is many of them, above all climate and

:12:04. > :12:08.trade. But they will also focus on the things that bring the countries

:12:09. > :12:12.together and that will in course include the fight against terrorism

:12:13. > :12:18.against so-called Islamic State. Many thanks indeed. The owners of

:12:19. > :12:23.Southern Rail have been fined ?13.4 million for poor performance. The

:12:24. > :12:26.government said the fine on go the Thames Link railway would have been

:12:27. > :12:30.higher but most of the delays have not been Southern's fought. The

:12:31. > :12:34.Department for Transport said strikes and President levels of sick

:12:35. > :12:38.leave were also to blame but the RMC union has been critical, saying the

:12:39. > :12:43.government had let Southern and its parent company off the hook. The

:12:44. > :12:48.Natural History Museum in London has unveiled a skeleton of the blue

:12:49. > :12:52.whale in its entrance hall. Weighing 4.5 tonnes, it has been suspended

:12:53. > :12:55.from the ceiling with wires, so that it appears to dive down on the

:12:56. > :13:02.visitors, as they enter the building. The whale replaces Dippy,

:13:03. > :13:07.the Dick LeBeau Rocas, which will soon had out -- the diploid ochres,

:13:08. > :13:09.which will soon had out on a tour of the UK. That is a somebody -- the

:13:10. > :13:10.diplodocus. That's a summary of the latest BBC

:13:11. > :13:18.News - more at 9.30. This e-mail from Scott, my name is

:13:19. > :13:20.Scott Foster, I am starting university in computing the

:13:21. > :13:24.September. The fees and loans being as high as they are did not bother

:13:25. > :13:28.me, considering the conditions and percentages when paying it back.

:13:29. > :13:32.Bettering myself and my living is more important than a little bit of

:13:33. > :13:35.money. Good luck with your course, Scott. We are asking if you have

:13:36. > :13:41.been put off applying for university, because figures out

:13:42. > :13:44.today show there has been a 4% decline in British students applying

:13:45. > :13:47.to university here, the first decline since 2012, which was the

:13:48. > :13:49.last time the university tuition fees went up. So share your own

:13:50. > :13:51.experiences. Do get in touch with us

:13:52. > :13:53.throughout the morning - use the hashtag Victoria LIVE

:13:54. > :13:56.and If you text, you will be charged Here's some sport now

:13:57. > :14:00.with Leah Boleto. She'll be waking up

:14:01. > :14:09.this morning knowing she's got to get past five-time

:14:10. > :14:11.champion Venus William to become the first British woman to reach

:14:12. > :14:14.a Wimbledon final for 40 years. The last time that

:14:15. > :14:16.happen was back in 1977, There's every chance Jo could make

:14:17. > :14:22.the final, having beat Venus three out of the five

:14:23. > :14:24.times they've played. That match is second

:14:25. > :14:27.on Centre Court today. Meanwhile, world number one

:14:28. > :14:30.Andy Murray says it's possible he'll take several weeks off to recover

:14:31. > :14:33.fully from his hip injury. He was of course beaten in five sets

:14:34. > :14:37.by American Sam Querrey yesterday and looked in pain throughout,

:14:38. > :14:46.limping between points. Elsewhere, the former Fifa

:14:47. > :14:48.official, Chuck Blazer, seen The American had been banned

:14:49. > :14:54.from all football activities for life two years ago,

:14:55. > :14:56.after admitting charges He'd been suffering from cancer,

:14:57. > :15:00.but did turn whistle blower to help investigators uncover

:15:01. > :15:01.corruption in football. And England have secured

:15:02. > :15:03.their place in the semifinals They beat New Zealand by 75 runs,

:15:04. > :15:08.thanks to Natalie Sciver's century. England are joined in the last four

:15:09. > :15:16.by Australia, who beat India, and South Africa,

:15:17. > :15:19.who defeated Sri Lanka. That's all from me for now,

:15:20. > :15:22.but Sally will be live from Wimbledon for you at 9.30

:15:23. > :15:30.with all the latest. There's a shortage of teachers

:15:31. > :15:32.from ethnic minority backgrounds in English schools,

:15:33. > :15:34.and if the situation is to get any better,

:15:35. > :15:37.then many more people from diverse backgrounds need recruiting

:15:38. > :15:38.onto training schemes. It's hard to get a totally accurate

:15:39. > :15:41.picture of the current situation because of the way data

:15:42. > :15:44.on this is collected. But we know 27% of school pupils

:15:45. > :15:47.in England are from black However, in 2016, only 7%

:15:48. > :15:53.of teachers were BME. The Government puts the figures

:15:54. > :15:55.slightly higher, at 13%, but that is because they include

:15:56. > :16:00.white non-British teachers from other minorities in that

:16:01. > :16:02.number, such as Irish Now research from BBC Yorkshire has

:16:03. > :16:06.found that schools in England would need to recruit an extra

:16:07. > :16:08.69,000 ethnic minority teachers to reflect the diversity

:16:09. > :16:16.within the school population. Let's talk now to Dr Zubaida Haque

:16:17. > :16:18.from the Runnymede Trust. She's researched this

:16:19. > :16:20.issue extensively. Tobie Martins-Ojo works in a London

:16:21. > :16:22.school, co-ordinating volunteers, and wrote an article about the lack

:16:23. > :16:24.of black teachers. Patrick Dempsey who is the diversity

:16:25. > :16:27.lead for Teach First, the recruiter responsible for 5%

:16:28. > :16:28.of all teacher And Allana Gay is the deputy head of

:16:29. > :16:35.Lee Valley Primary School in London. And Nikki Cunningham-Smith,

:16:36. > :16:47.a teacher, who's joining Welcome to all of you. Obviously, I

:16:48. > :16:55.am going to ask you why you think there is such a shortage. You have

:16:56. > :16:59.done research, Zubaida. Tell us why. It is across the piece, starting

:17:00. > :17:02.from the beginning, in terms of recruitment, the Government have not

:17:03. > :17:06.done very well in terms of recruiting. Only one in ten of the

:17:07. > :17:12.new recruits are from ethnic minority backgrounds. Where the

:17:13. > :17:16.story is really interesting and worrying, if you like, is around

:17:17. > :17:20.retention, the teachers that stay within the occupation, and now

:17:21. > :17:26.increasingly research showing teachers are more likely to leave.

:17:27. > :17:31.Why is that? There are lots of reasons. First of all, it is

:17:32. > :17:35.important to know approximately 75% of black and ethnic minority

:17:36. > :17:40.teachers have told us in our very large surveys they are thinking of

:17:41. > :17:48.leaving. The reasons are around discrimination, sadly, workload and

:17:49. > :17:53.pay discrimination as well. Give us some examples. Workload, the

:17:54. > :17:59.Government have introduced a lot of bureaucracy. That is teachers across

:18:00. > :18:11.the board. Let us concentrate on discrimination. The disproportionate

:18:12. > :18:14.impact on BME teachers is day-to-day, the policies and

:18:15. > :18:19.practices keeping them out, an example of that would be, for

:18:20. > :18:24.instance, and this is a rather sad example, but a lot of the teachers,

:18:25. > :18:29.black and ethnic minority teachers in our surveys, talked about how

:18:30. > :18:32.they were given behavioural responsibilities, instead of more

:18:33. > :18:39.intellectual responsibilities. The issue is when it claims to -- when

:18:40. > :18:49.it comes to pay performance, behaviour is not counted as much as

:18:50. > :18:55.taking over a maths class. Because they are misdirected into

:18:56. > :18:59.behavioural issues on stereotypes... A headteacher sees a black teacher

:19:00. > :19:05.and says, you would be good to be in charge of discipline? Absolutely.

:19:06. > :19:10.You are a deputy head, Allana. Can you relate to this? That has come

:19:11. > :19:15.out for us. In my experience, when you go into teaching, as an ethnic

:19:16. > :19:21.minority, they preferred to put you at a pastoral level. What we have

:19:22. > :19:28.found is that the vast majority of our teachers find they are placed

:19:29. > :19:33.into a pastoral box, you are told, you are able to relate to those

:19:34. > :19:40.children, you take them. So they take the lower sets and they have

:19:41. > :19:44.behaviourally difficult children and they are not given the opportunity

:19:45. > :19:48.or fair distribution of the workload for everyone. What about cultural

:19:49. > :19:53.issues, going to the pub after school with your colleagues? For

:19:54. > :19:57.some ethnic minorities, that would be an issue because part of British

:19:58. > :20:01.culture is that in the pub you will have decisions and discussions and

:20:02. > :20:06.you feel excluded from those discussions. When you start

:20:07. > :20:11.self-selecting, later on, everyone starts excluding new. If you have

:20:12. > :20:15.certain requirements for your culture, you would like to take a

:20:16. > :20:21.part of, going out for eating meal, because everyone has to consider

:20:22. > :20:25.you, you become the problem in the group. If you do not have the social

:20:26. > :20:29.support, you will not survive in teaching. You need to have that to

:20:30. > :20:34.reinforce the work you are doing already. Let me bring in Nikki. Why

:20:35. > :20:42.do you think there is such a shortage? When I grew up, I never

:20:43. > :20:49.saw any ethnic minority teachers. From primary through the secondary.

:20:50. > :20:52.It was because my parents and pupils direction put me on the path towards

:20:53. > :20:58.further education and that is a missing link. I have been quite

:20:59. > :21:02.fortunate in my school is to be invited the senior leadership team,

:21:03. > :21:06.but when I go to meetings and I am in a more rural area, I find there

:21:07. > :21:15.is not fat spread of ethnic minorities to give those pupils role

:21:16. > :21:23.models -- there is not that spread. I never had that. I know that there

:21:24. > :21:25.are pupils who gravitate towards me and they are probably gravitating in

:21:26. > :21:31.the first instance because they finally have someone to identify

:21:32. > :21:34.with. Is that your view? That is the key point, the figures you

:21:35. > :21:41.mentioned, 7% of teachers in the teaching workforce, 25-30%,

:21:42. > :21:45.depending on how you look at it, black and minority ethnic pupils,

:21:46. > :21:50.there is a gap in that gap is expressing itself in exactly that, a

:21:51. > :21:53.lack of role models. It is a self-perpetuating problem. If you

:21:54. > :21:58.have a lack of role models, people in your primary classes are not

:21:59. > :22:01.thinking, I will be an educator. They are thinking, my role models

:22:02. > :22:09.are doing something else. We need to break that self-perpetuating... I

:22:10. > :22:12.agree. A lot of second-generation immigrants are not drawn to teaching

:22:13. > :22:22.because a lot of them might have grown up poor and you aren't -- you

:22:23. > :22:29.are drawn to jobs that pay better. I think it is just that cycle. I think

:22:30. > :22:34.you are not drawn to it. When I was writing the article and speaking to

:22:35. > :22:42.and searching for blackmail teachers, they said, teaching does

:22:43. > :22:47.not pay well for me -- black male teachers. Selecting yourself out, it

:22:48. > :22:51.is an issue, but we should not fall into the false trap where we think

:22:52. > :22:55.that is what is holding black and ethnic minority people back from

:22:56. > :23:01.applying for teaching. There are push and pull factors. It relates to

:23:02. > :23:05.the story within schools where you have to ask questions like, are the

:23:06. > :23:08.government, the national College of School leadership, are they

:23:09. > :23:12.recruiting in the right places, advertising in the right places,

:23:13. > :23:16.making the job attractive overall? Are they encouraging black and

:23:17. > :23:23.ethnic minority people to apply? It might not be a job you have fought

:23:24. > :23:26.about -- thought about. Has it been pitched to you? Absolutely, it sits

:23:27. > :23:39.at the recruitment level. That is how we break the cycle. 25% of

:23:40. > :23:42.pupils in classrooms. We are at 16% of our cohort that started a couple

:23:43. > :23:46.of weeks ago at black and ethnic minority backgrounds. We are doing

:23:47. > :23:52.better but not as well as we want to. But we are doing the things you

:23:53. > :23:55.are talking about. This is where it gets complicated because what is

:23:56. > :23:59.happening at the moment is even when the recruits are coming in, the

:24:00. > :24:06.evidence is suggesting they are not staying. There is quite a high

:24:07. > :24:14.dropout rate after three years, even with Teach First. I can see you want

:24:15. > :24:18.to come in, Nikki. What can happen is the advertisement does not give a

:24:19. > :24:22.clear picture. I know I personally have been used as a poster girl at

:24:23. > :24:29.times of areas. It gives the illusion we do have black and ethnic

:24:30. > :24:33.minority people in these areas. That is not always the case. I know I

:24:34. > :24:39.have been the only black girl on that course, in that environment,

:24:40. > :24:43.yet I am the first to be selected, be a part of it. Where are the

:24:44. > :24:48.advertisement is going out? Where is the careers advice at a lower level

:24:49. > :24:55.saying, you can achieve and you can do this? For me, it comes... You

:24:56. > :24:59.have the element where the recruitment process is very

:25:00. > :25:03.difficult because within ethnic minority communities, if we think of

:25:04. > :25:07.the people, when they had their expense of education, it was not

:25:08. > :25:11.necessarily positive. They then project those sorts of prejudices

:25:12. > :25:15.they experienced onto their children and say, you have got a good degree,

:25:16. > :25:19.why do you to teach? When you sign up for the course, you break the

:25:20. > :25:24.barrier, you go, you are the only one, you are again experiencing that

:25:25. > :25:31.isolation. You do not have the support network. What drew you to

:25:32. > :25:34.the profession? I love kids and I have a moral purpose, making sure

:25:35. > :25:39.there is a change in education. That is what is part of wrong with the

:25:40. > :25:43.advertising. When you say, come into teaching, you will get 65,000,

:25:44. > :25:47.however much. If you come into teaching to be a millionaire, good

:25:48. > :25:51.luck! If you come because you want to make a difference, you can see a

:25:52. > :25:55.change is necessary, that is when you will capture your ethnic

:25:56. > :26:04.minority because they have come here to seek change and we need to

:26:05. > :26:07.capture that and encourage them onto the courses and give them the role

:26:08. > :26:09.models. I would like to see Teach First put forward a lot more role

:26:10. > :26:12.models on their roster of trainers. We have talked about role models,

:26:13. > :26:17.advertising, what else could you suggest now to the Government to

:26:18. > :26:20.attract more teachers from black and ethnic minority backgrounds? They

:26:21. > :26:25.have to go beyond what they are doing. At the moment, it is

:26:26. > :26:32.piecemeal. An initiative here, a big campaign, they have got the

:26:33. > :26:38.leadership equality and diversity fund. They are small initiatives. No

:26:39. > :26:41.strategy? The question I would be asking in government, I have had

:26:42. > :26:47.these initiative since I came in, the figures have not changed, it

:26:48. > :26:54.was... We have a minute and a half, other ideas? There needs to be

:26:55. > :26:57.reached. There is clearly black and ethnic minority teachers, but I have

:26:58. > :27:05.never had anyone say, why haven't you got involved? I think they know

:27:06. > :27:10.we are there, why not outreach to people who have got into it

:27:11. > :27:15.recently? Hear from them, get them involved, get them talking to

:27:16. > :27:20.people, getting people involved that universities. The constant level of

:27:21. > :27:28.support. You also need to show it from the top as well because Ofsted

:27:29. > :27:34.does not have a good track record on diversity either. They all need to

:27:35. > :27:37.make that change as well. It is not just the bottom-up approach, in

:27:38. > :27:41.needs to be top down as well. The Government needs to follow through

:27:42. > :27:43.with the initiatives they bring forward because the conversation

:27:44. > :27:48.comes up again and the Government bring something out and drops it and

:27:49. > :27:49.you need to follow it through. I have got a statement from the

:27:50. > :27:51.Department for Education. "The proportion of teachers

:27:52. > :27:53.from minority ethnic groups The department provides a range

:27:54. > :27:57.of initiatives to ensure there are no barriers to any

:27:58. > :28:01.individual, including black and minority ethnic groups,

:28:02. > :28:09.joining the teaching profession." Ask them what the range is, what

:28:10. > :28:15.accountability they have, to show the impact. Even the equalities

:28:16. > :28:19.grant, think about it, when the course is finished, what is the

:28:20. > :28:23.follow-up that encourages those teachers to progress? Thank you, all

:28:24. > :28:31.of you. I know there is so much more you could say. I can see it in your

:28:32. > :28:35.face, Zubaida! On Nikki's face! Thank you for your input. Still to

:28:36. > :28:38.come on the programme... Lawyers for the parents

:28:39. > :28:40.of the terminally-ill baby, Charlie Gard, are to present

:28:41. > :28:42.to the High Court what they argue is new evidence that an experimental

:28:43. > :28:46.treatment in the US could help him. We'll be live outside the High Court

:28:47. > :28:48.for the latest hearing. And the Royal College

:28:49. > :28:50.of Radiologists is seeking reassurances from the Government

:28:51. > :28:53.that leaving the EU will not affect the UK's supply of vital diagnostic

:28:54. > :29:01.and cancer-treating materials We will bring you all you need to

:29:02. > :29:05.know about Euratom in the next half an hour. It sounds dull but it is

:29:06. > :29:09.incredibly important. The latest news headlines.

:29:10. > :29:11.Lawyers representing the parents of the terminally-ill baby,

:29:12. > :29:15.Charlie Gard, will return to the High Court in London this

:29:16. > :29:17.morning to present what they claim is new evidence showing

:29:18. > :29:19.an experimental treatment could help him.

:29:20. > :29:22.Doctors at Great Ormond Street Hospital, where he's in intensive

:29:23. > :29:25.care, say the therapy won't work, and his life support systems

:29:26. > :29:37.The BBC has learned at least one person who survived the Grenfell

:29:38. > :29:44.Tower fire has been diagnosed with cyanide poisoning. 12-year-old was

:29:45. > :29:49.treated for the effects of the highly toxic gas. It is not known

:29:50. > :29:52.what caused the poisoning but her parents who lost their unborn child

:29:53. > :29:56.after the fire believe it may have been caused by the burning of

:29:57. > :29:59.insulation or plastics during the blaze.

:30:00. > :30:01.As the Government prepares to publish its long-awaited bill

:30:02. > :30:03.that will convert European Union laws into British legislation,

:30:04. > :30:06.the head of the National Audit Office has said he's worried

:30:07. > :30:08.about failures in government leadership over Brexit.

:30:09. > :30:11.Sir Amyas Morse said ministers weren't presenting a united front

:30:12. > :30:17.The Brexit Minister, Steve Baker, has dismissed those concerns.

:30:18. > :30:20.Donald Trump is in Paris, where he'll hold talks

:30:21. > :30:24.with President Macron and attend Bastille Day celebrations.

:30:25. > :30:27.High on the agenda will be US-French actions in Syria and Iraq

:30:28. > :30:31.Despite differences between the two leaders, Mr Macron has indicated

:30:32. > :30:33.he will work to reaffirm historic ties between the two

:30:34. > :30:40.allies and prevent the US from being isolated.

:30:41. > :30:42.Applications for university courses starting this autumn have fallen

:30:43. > :30:50.Figures from the admissions service UCAS show a sharp decline in mature

:30:51. > :30:53.students and those applying to study nursing courses.

:30:54. > :30:56.It is the first decline in applications since fees were last

:30:57. > :31:00.increased to over ?9,000 in England, five years ago.

:31:01. > :31:02.University leaders say the decline could be down

:31:03. > :31:04.to a number of factors, including Brexit, higher fees

:31:05. > :31:15.and funding changes for trainee nurses and midwives.

:31:16. > :31:18.That's a summary of the latest BBC News - more at 10.

:31:19. > :31:24.Let's head to Wimbledon now, and talk to Sally Nugent.

:31:25. > :31:31.Sally, you have had behind the scenes exciting access to Johanna

:31:32. > :31:36.Konta training. It is all about her today, isn't it? Yes, can you

:31:37. > :31:40.believe it? I have to say it wasn't in the last ten days, about eight or

:31:41. > :31:44.ten weeks ago we went to film with her at Roehampton, and she gave us a

:31:45. > :31:47.real insight into the work she has been doing to get this far. One of

:31:48. > :31:51.the most interesting things she said to me was we were walking around the

:31:52. > :31:53.courts, we spent hours with her and she did her routine and everything,

:31:54. > :32:03.and we got the one court, and she said I lived there. I said what,

:32:04. > :32:07.where, and she pointed to like a cubbyhole, there is a row of tiny

:32:08. > :32:12.bedrooms, so she lived on the court while she was training as a young

:32:13. > :32:16.player. That is the level of dedication. She wasn't even joking.

:32:17. > :32:20.That is the level of dedication she had to her sport, so I got a little

:32:21. > :32:24.bit of an insight into her training routine but I'm joined by somebody

:32:25. > :32:29.who knows an awful lot more, Justin Sherrin, you used to be her coach. I

:32:30. > :32:34.did, and what a pleasure that was, all the hard work we put in, all of

:32:35. > :32:37.the enthusiasm shoe showed after every session, and to see her on

:32:38. > :32:44.centre court today is a dream come true. I mentioned she lived next to

:32:45. > :32:49.the tentacle, she would sleep there, as -- next to the tennis court, as a

:32:50. > :32:55.kid, was her life completely unlike any other normal's teenager? You

:32:56. > :32:59.imagine what the normal 19, 18-year-olds do at university,

:33:00. > :33:03.having fun, having parties. If you want to be a supreme athlete and one

:33:04. > :33:10.day come to centre court community to be very dedicated from an early

:33:11. > :33:17.age. She faces Venus Williams right here on centre court today. It is an

:33:18. > :33:21.intimidating prospect at the best of times, but how will Joe be managing

:33:22. > :33:24.her nerves this morning? If you listen to the way she talks, she

:33:25. > :33:29.talks the talk and she certainly walks the walk and she will just be

:33:30. > :33:32.focusing on the tennis ball and their processes, and her team sets

:33:33. > :33:35.out fantastically for each match, and if the plan goes as well as it

:33:36. > :33:40.has done in previous matches, I think she will just think of it as

:33:41. > :33:43.any other match. What is the process, because she talks about the

:33:44. > :33:47.process. It is most like sometimes when you watch her, point by point,

:33:48. > :33:54.she is doing the same thing again and again and again. The great thing

:33:55. > :33:58.about tennis is, we know how it starts, either with a return or a

:33:59. > :34:03.serve. If you watch how meticulous she is with her ball bouncing, her

:34:04. > :34:06.breathing, it is about focusing on your target, presenting the ball to

:34:07. > :34:10.the sky and then ripping it. If you keep doing that over and over again

:34:11. > :34:16.for about ten years, you end up getting it in. Just the ten years!

:34:17. > :34:20.How do you beat Venus Williams? By returning well, you have to take

:34:21. > :34:24.away the great woman's serve, and you have got to get her running.

:34:25. > :34:29.Those 37 years I'm hoping we'll catch up with her legs. If Jo can

:34:30. > :34:34.hit the ball as well as she did against Halep, we could have a

:34:35. > :34:38.finalist on our hands. Disappointed to see Andy Murray go out yesterday.

:34:39. > :34:42.Very disappointing, but what has Andy given us in the last five or

:34:43. > :34:50.six years? So much pleasure and Joe and it is now -- Klizan joy, Joanna

:34:51. > :34:52.Contador's turn now. Present the ball to the sky and hit the hell out

:34:53. > :35:04.of it, that is all you need to do. Some of your e-mails about applying,

:35:05. > :35:08.applications are down in this country. As a college lever with a

:35:09. > :35:13.confirmed union Place, so many of my peers with the potential to get into

:35:14. > :35:15.university had been deterred by a lack of financial support and

:35:16. > :35:20.ridiculous level of debt we will all leave with. Sad to see so much

:35:21. > :35:28.potential lost due to the government's lack of support.

:35:29. > :35:33.Charlie says as a current university student, Fedetskyi written off after

:35:34. > :35:38.30 years anyway. I read on the BBC's website that only 33% of fees get

:35:39. > :35:42.paid and the scaremongering of being left with thousands of pounds worth

:35:43. > :35:45.of debt is not very truthful. We will talk about the university

:35:46. > :35:48.application numbers before ten o'clock.

:35:49. > :35:51.Charlie Gard's parents are back at the High Court today for another

:35:52. > :35:53.hearing in their ongoing fight for permission to take him abroad

:35:54. > :36:05.Sarah Campbell is outside the High Court. What will Mr Justice Francis

:36:06. > :36:22.be hearing today? We are just awaiting the arrival of Charlie's

:36:23. > :36:25.parents Chris card and Connie Yates. Charlie is now 11 months old, and

:36:26. > :36:33.the legal battle over his treatment has gone to the highest court in the

:36:34. > :36:41.UK. Every single decision so far has gone against his parents, who want

:36:42. > :36:44.to take him to America. Charlie's Doctors at Great Ormond Street

:36:45. > :36:47.Hospital believe that his brain damage is most likely irreversible

:36:48. > :36:50.and that he is most likely to be suffering pain, so they have been

:36:51. > :36:54.arguing throughout that this trip would not be in the best interests

:36:55. > :37:03.of Charlie, and what is in his best interests is to have his life

:37:04. > :37:07.support withdrawn. What changed is that last Friday, seven scientists,

:37:08. > :37:11.some clinicians, wrote a letter to Charlie's parents to be given to

:37:12. > :37:16.Great Ormond Street Hospital, detailing treatment, which they say

:37:17. > :37:19.is new, and experimental, it has never been tried on any trial or

:37:20. > :37:25.indeed any animal with Charlie's condition. They say it is worth

:37:26. > :37:29.trying and there is a chance it might have a positive benefit. Last

:37:30. > :37:33.Friday, Great Ormond Street Hospital applied to the High Court to have

:37:34. > :37:36.this hearing so that Mr Justice Francis, who is the original judge

:37:37. > :37:40.who made that original High Court decision back in April, that the

:37:41. > :37:47.life support should be withdrawn, he is hearing this new evidence today,

:37:48. > :37:54.and it will be up to him to decide whether this new evidence does have

:37:55. > :37:59.merit. We will be back with you when Charlie Gard's parents arrive.

:38:00. > :38:02.In a moment, we'll speak to Darran O'Neill, whose son, James,

:38:03. > :38:04.was born with the same condition as Charlie Gard.

:38:05. > :38:07.But first to the US, which is where Charlie's parents

:38:08. > :38:11.Six-year-old Art Estopinan, from Baltimore, in the US,

:38:12. > :38:14.His father, Art Senior, has been telling the BBC

:38:15. > :38:21.All of his muscles shut down, so it's basically a slow death.

:38:22. > :38:34.It's devastating, especially to see your son in that situation.

:38:35. > :38:37.We had a healthy, normal baby, and then all of sudden, 20 months

:38:38. > :38:40.later, a doctor is telling us that he is going to

:38:41. > :38:46.I mean, we were totally devastated, but I told her, "Doctor,

:38:47. > :38:49.I could assure you we are not taking our baby home to die."

:38:50. > :38:51.Do you want to throw it on the floor?

:38:52. > :39:00.So I was sort of calling all kinds of doctors from Harvard in the east

:39:01. > :39:02.to Stanford in the west, Ohio in the midwest

:39:03. > :39:09.So they started gearing me towards Columbia University Medical Centre

:39:10. > :39:13.in New York City, and when I talked to the doctor he said, "Yes,

:39:14. > :39:15.we are doing a clinical protocol," and we were like,

:39:16. > :39:19.wow, this is the hope that we are looking for.

:39:20. > :39:22.I didn't care if he was the first human to try this medication,

:39:23. > :39:26.because they only told us he was going to die.

:39:27. > :39:29.Because we had already called him the priest to give him the last

:39:30. > :39:33.rites because he hadn't opened his eyes in a few days.

:39:34. > :39:38.Luckily we were able to get the approval pretty fast

:39:39. > :39:43.and then we were able to give him the medication.

:39:44. > :39:45.Little by little, he started to get stronger.

:39:46. > :39:48.We are going to go in and play a little bit.

:39:49. > :39:51.Now he can move his hands, his fingers, he is able to vocalise.

:39:52. > :40:03.You know, like, little kids, when they want Mickey Mouse

:40:04. > :40:05.and you tell them no, we have to do this, that

:40:06. > :40:09.or the other, take a bath and he doesn't want to take a bath.

:40:10. > :40:12.But we are happy to see that, because he is reacting like a normal

:40:13. > :40:19.Dying with dignity is just not a dignity at all.

:40:20. > :40:23.Human beings are taught to fight and to go forward and to give up

:40:24. > :40:44.Let's now talk to Darren O'Neill whose son James was born with the

:40:45. > :40:52.same condition as Charlie Gard. Hello. And your little boy very

:40:53. > :40:56.sadly died after three months, and I wonder how long it was before

:40:57. > :41:02.yourselves, the medics, realised there was something wrong? Yes,

:41:03. > :41:09.James was born in 2008, in December, and he passed away in March 2009.

:41:10. > :41:17.The actual diagnosis for the depletion syndrome, we actually got

:41:18. > :41:24.that in the August after he died. Right. At the time, there was no

:41:25. > :41:31.actual recent research that had been done on the actual condition. They

:41:32. > :41:35.realised about three to four weeks before he died that he had a

:41:36. > :41:38.mitochondrial disorder, but because mitochondria is made up of 70

:41:39. > :41:49.different things, they didn't actually know what the strain was.

:41:50. > :41:53.And can you explain to our audience, Darran, how the symptoms manifested

:41:54. > :41:58.themselves? With James, it was quite weird, he was born quite similar to

:41:59. > :42:03.Art, a healthy baby, the only issue we had was about feeding. He was

:42:04. > :42:06.taking about four hours to take a bottle of milk. At first he was

:42:07. > :42:16.breast-feeding with his mum, and it puts a much strain on his mum that

:42:17. > :42:19.in the end we actually got some bottles of the doctor, so we went

:42:20. > :42:22.and bought some bottle feed, and he was still taking four hours, he just

:42:23. > :42:32.didn't have the energy, he didn't have the muscles to do the sucking.

:42:33. > :42:36.So after two weeks, he was put into hospital at Warrington general, and

:42:37. > :42:42.he was just treated for a feeding issue, at first. That is what they

:42:43. > :42:45.thought. As you are hearing Charlie Gard's parents speak, and what they

:42:46. > :42:50.are going through, it must bring up so many emotions for you and your

:42:51. > :42:55.family? Definitely. My heart goes out to them, it really does. Any

:42:56. > :43:00.parent who is in a position that you find yourself in when you get told

:43:01. > :43:03.your son or daughter will die, you will fight tooth and nail,

:43:04. > :43:07.regardless of whether the outcome is a positive or a negative one. You

:43:08. > :43:17.want to know that you have given your child every opportunity for the

:43:18. > :43:23.chance of life. And, as I say, unfortunately, when James died in

:43:24. > :43:27.2009, because it had been like 30 years since the last research paper

:43:28. > :43:32.was written, there was no actual research, there were no options of

:43:33. > :43:36.medication. The mitochondria, the easiest way to describe it is

:43:37. > :43:40.basically, if you take a car engine, take out the engine of the car, the

:43:41. > :43:45.car doesn't work, and that is exactly what the mitochondria

:43:46. > :43:54.depletion is. It is in the nucleus, basically. Basically in the nucleus

:43:55. > :44:01.of the eggs, so from the minute he was conceived, he already have this

:44:02. > :44:07.bonus. -- already had this illness. For James, the only way we could

:44:08. > :44:12.change James was basically take I suppose his spirit and put it into

:44:13. > :44:17.another body, really. I understand. Because every part of your body,

:44:18. > :44:22.every living gene, every living cell in your body, has mitochondria, and

:44:23. > :44:29.the depletion syndrome is basically because the body has not got enough

:44:30. > :44:34.mitochondrial. As Art's dad was describing before, the organ start

:44:35. > :44:38.to shut down, bit by bit. Darran, thank you, we are really grateful

:44:39. > :44:44.for your time, thank you so much. Thank you very much. Still to come

:44:45. > :44:47.on the programme, the number of students applying for uni students

:44:48. > :44:54.has fallen for the first time in five years. Brexit has been cited,

:44:55. > :44:57.rising tuition fees in England, your own pertinent experiences are really

:44:58. > :44:58.helpful for our conversation, which is coming up in the next few

:44:59. > :45:03.minutes. A decision will soon be

:45:04. > :45:05.made, which could affect The Government is going to outline

:45:06. > :45:10.its policy on whether the UK should remain part of Europe's nuclear

:45:11. > :45:12.regulator, called Euratom. Euratom is responsible for supplying

:45:13. > :45:14.vital radioactive isotopes, which we, in the UK, have to import

:45:15. > :45:17.because we don't make them ourselves, and which are used

:45:18. > :45:19.for cancer treatments. Doctors are concerned our deliveries

:45:20. > :45:21.could be disrupted if we leave this Medics have called for more clarity

:45:22. > :45:29.and assurance for patients who require treatment

:45:30. > :45:32.using these isotopes. The Government has accused the media

:45:33. > :45:35.of publishing alarmist stories about the risks of leaving, yet even

:45:36. > :45:38.some of their own Conservative MPs We will speak to one in a moment,

:45:39. > :45:46.as well as the President of the Royal College

:45:47. > :45:48.of Radiologists, but first, here's all you need to know

:45:49. > :45:54.about Euratom in 90 seconds. A group of MPs and some medics

:45:55. > :45:58.are concerned that the treatment of thousands of cancer patients

:45:59. > :46:07.could be disrupted or delayed if Britain leaves Europe's nuclear

:46:08. > :46:10.regulator as part of Brexit. The European Atomic Energy Community

:46:11. > :46:12.has controlled Europe's use and movement of nuclear

:46:13. > :46:19.energy since 1957. It's not part of the European Union,

:46:20. > :46:22.but it does use many of its Back in March, Theresa May sent

:46:23. > :46:25.a letter telling the EU It contained a clause,

:46:26. > :46:33.which set out the UK would also be This was hardly

:46:34. > :46:37.discussed, until now. Doctors are warning leaving

:46:38. > :46:40.Euratom will threaten the UK's supply of vital

:46:41. > :46:44.imported radioactive isotopes. These are widely used

:46:45. > :46:49.in scans and NHS treatments. The move could affect

:46:50. > :46:52.thousands of cancer patients. There are also warnings the UK

:46:53. > :46:55.could risk losing highly paid, The Government says there will be no

:46:56. > :47:03.impact on the availability of medical radioisotopes

:47:04. > :47:06.with the UK's exit from Euratom. Euratom places no restrictions

:47:07. > :47:09.on the export of medical isotopes So after leaving Euratom,

:47:10. > :47:15.our ability to access medical isotopes produced in Europe

:47:16. > :47:23.will not be affected. So I hope that clears up and I hope

:47:24. > :47:27.that reassures cancer patients around the country

:47:28. > :47:28.that the scaremongering that's The Government will clarify its

:47:29. > :47:35.position in a paper released today. Here with us now is Conservative MP

:47:36. > :47:38.Ed Vaizey, who is calling for the Government to reconsider

:47:39. > :47:40.its stance on Euratom. And the president of

:47:41. > :47:53.the Royal College of Radiologists, It is going to be fine, nothing to

:47:54. > :47:57.worry about, says Damian Green, you are scaremongering. I have not

:47:58. > :48:02.raised the issue of the effect on cancer treatment. I think he will

:48:03. > :48:06.talk about that in a minute, but I have an interest in nuclear research

:48:07. > :48:09.in general because we do nuclear research in my constituency in

:48:10. > :48:14.Oxfordshire and that is under threat if we leave the nuclear treaty with

:48:15. > :48:19.Europe. There are a whole range of issues, whether cancer treatment or

:48:20. > :48:22.nuclear research in terms of cleaner nuclear energy that could be

:48:23. > :48:25.threatened if we leave Euratom and the paper the Government is

:48:26. > :48:31.publishing today on the future of Euratom does not mention medical

:48:32. > :48:38.research so I do not think it will clarify the position on treatment.

:48:39. > :48:44.Dr Nicola Strickland, do you accept you are scaremongering? I am not

:48:45. > :48:48.scaremongering, it is my role in representing patients in this

:48:49. > :48:52.country and clinical radiologists and oncologist to make sure those

:48:53. > :48:57.patiently map are treated properly, so my role is merely to protect

:48:58. > :49:02.patients and make sure they do not suffer as a result of us leaving

:49:03. > :49:07.Euratom. The Government says they will not suffer, it will not affect

:49:08. > :49:12.access to the isotopes that we do not make in this country. We will

:49:13. > :49:16.still be able to import them. Why are you not reassured? We just do

:49:17. > :49:20.not know and we want more communication from the Government

:49:21. > :49:24.with the medical profession and with industry to know what the situation

:49:25. > :49:29.will be. At present, the radioisotopes are covered by the

:49:30. > :49:42.treaty. There has been some disagreement about that. They are

:49:43. > :49:45.actually listed under list A2 in the annex and air transport is also

:49:46. > :49:52.protected by the union in the nuclear treaty by which the tariffs

:49:53. > :49:57.cannot be increased and the transport is assured. We do not want

:49:58. > :50:01.patients getting investigations for cancer or treatment delayed as a

:50:02. > :50:06.result of hold-ups in the delivery of these materials or an increase in

:50:07. > :50:12.their prices. You think both of those are possibility? They are a

:50:13. > :50:17.possibility and we want some reassurance and to know what is

:50:18. > :50:21.actually going to happen. When the Government says, leaving Euratom as

:50:22. > :50:26.part of Brexit will have no impact on the supply, the availability, our

:50:27. > :50:29.access to the radioisotopes used in scans and treatments for thousands

:50:30. > :50:34.of patients, at the moment, you do not believe them, frankly? I am

:50:35. > :50:40.saying there is a risk and patients deserve some reassurance. OK. The

:50:41. > :50:47.Government publishing the paper today to clarify its position,

:50:48. > :50:50.hopefully, on Euratom. Would it work for you as a Conservative backbench

:50:51. > :50:56.MP if there is some kind of associate membership of Euratom? We

:50:57. > :51:01.leave the institutions to do with the EU, but we have some kind of

:51:02. > :51:04.associate membership? Let us look at what solution the Government can

:51:05. > :51:09.come up with. We have got into this mess partly because we have taken an

:51:10. > :51:16.ideological view of Brexit, it has to be pure, we cannot be subject to

:51:17. > :51:21.the jurisdiction of any things like the European Court of Justice.

:51:22. > :51:24.Euratom creates a mini free market in nuclear which is deeply

:51:25. > :51:29.controversial because it supports millions of pounds of investment in

:51:30. > :51:32.Oxfordshire in nuclear research and as Dr Nicola Strickland has pointed

:51:33. > :51:36.out, it enables the transport of nuclear material for cancer

:51:37. > :51:40.treatment. The Government wants to say it is going to completely

:51:41. > :51:45.replicate it. It is a bizarre process of leaving an institution

:51:46. > :51:50.and then trying to recreate it as perfectly as we possibly can. For

:51:51. > :51:53.me, the simplest thing would be to stay in that institution. If

:51:54. > :51:57.associate membership is the compromise the Government comes up

:51:58. > :52:02.with, Switzerland is an associate member, that might work, but

:52:03. > :52:06.remember, Switzerland is subject to the European Court of Justice. We do

:52:07. > :52:09.not want ideological pure Brexiteer is saying, that is not good enough

:52:10. > :52:16.because the European Court of Justice has the jurisdiction. We

:52:17. > :52:19.want security for cancer patients and my constituents who work in

:52:20. > :52:23.nuclear research and we want continued investment in nuclear

:52:24. > :52:29.research in the UK. Associate membership might not be on offer. I

:52:30. > :52:33.have been reading some legal opinion which suggests that when Article 50

:52:34. > :52:38.was triggered, that is it, we cannot pick and choose which bits we still

:52:39. > :52:43.want, we are leaving, the letter was written. This is also the big

:52:44. > :52:47.dilemma. I do not want to widen this discussion too much, but you saw the

:52:48. > :52:50.head of Ryanair saying, we are now in picking wall of the aviation

:52:51. > :52:58.agreements which allows us to fly cheaply around European destinations

:52:59. > :53:02.-- we are now undertaking all of the aviation agreements. Our European

:53:03. > :53:06.partners might say we want one thing and we say we want another thing. We

:53:07. > :53:14.need clarity from the Government and an indication they are prepared to

:53:15. > :53:18.compromise to save British jobs and things we take for granted like

:53:19. > :53:22.reliable cancer treatment and cheap air travel in Europe. Thank you

:53:23. > :53:26.both. I will read the statement then from the Government. There will be

:53:27. > :53:32.no impact on the availability of radioisotopes. The UK supports

:53:33. > :53:35.Euratom and will want to see continuity of cooperation in

:53:36. > :53:38.standards. We remain absolutely committed to the highest standards

:53:39. > :53:43.of nuclear safety, safeguards and support for the industry. New

:53:44. > :53:44.figures showed the number of people applying for UK university places is

:53:45. > :53:47.falling. UCAS, the university admissions

:53:48. > :53:50.service, says the number of British applications is down 4% compared

:53:51. > :53:52.to last year. And applications from students

:53:53. > :53:54.in other EU countries are down 5%. Some people are saying that higher

:53:55. > :53:57.tuition fees are putting off British students form applying to university

:53:58. > :53:59.and that uncertainty caused by Brexit is another reason people

:54:00. > :54:02.from other countries Let's talk now to Sally Hunt,

:54:03. > :54:15.the general secretary Good morning. What are your own

:54:16. > :54:20.theories? You have hit the nail on the head. When you know the average

:54:21. > :54:26.debt for the poorest student is ?57,000, the average debt is around

:54:27. > :54:30.?50,000, when you know that bursaries and grants have been

:54:31. > :54:37.replaced by loans, when you know that we have a 19% drop, for

:54:38. > :54:41.example, in student nurses applying. What we understand from this is that

:54:42. > :54:46.people are not stupid, government has repeatedly pretended this is not

:54:47. > :54:50.a debt, repeatedly said this is the only way we can fund the system, we

:54:51. > :54:55.now know the bluff is being called. People have looked, they understand

:54:56. > :55:02.the debt is huge, it does impact on their life, those people in the

:55:03. > :55:08.future sea 6.1% interest rate being slapped on it from September. It is

:55:09. > :55:13.putting people off. But it has not four years, has it? There has always

:55:14. > :55:17.been a benefit recognised, higher education, everyone knows that, I

:55:18. > :55:22.would say it over and over again, one of the best things you can do

:55:23. > :55:26.for yourself. But people are very uncertain in the current climate,

:55:27. > :55:31.very worried. People do not really understand where this Government is

:55:32. > :55:33.going on all sorts of issues, let alone higher education itself. They

:55:34. > :55:37.are worried about the economy, all sorts of things that make them

:55:38. > :55:44.think, shall I invest at this point in time? If you look in the Times

:55:45. > :55:48.Higher, they are reporting even vice chancellors are questioning whether

:55:49. > :55:55.the regime is sustainable. That need to look at it. It is a mess. What do

:55:56. > :55:59.you mean specifically? We have said for many years there should be a

:56:00. > :56:05.question put as to why the state are paying, why the families of students

:56:06. > :56:08.and students themselves are paying and business is not. There needs to

:56:09. > :56:15.be a more equitable spread and we have always advocated a business

:56:16. > :56:18.education tax and we have always said to look at corporation tax and

:56:19. > :56:23.we were glad to see the Labour Party picking up on that. Robert Halfon

:56:24. > :56:27.has just been elected as the Education Select Committee chair, a

:56:28. > :56:29.Tory, someone who understands government and someone who

:56:30. > :56:33.understands working-class people. I would say to him, get this on your

:56:34. > :56:37.agenda, get a review going and let us look for a way we can have a

:56:38. > :56:42.sustainable future for our economy and our people because we all need

:56:43. > :56:48.higher education to work. Does it matter if University applications

:56:49. > :56:51.have fallen by 4%? It does. When you are looking at Brexit and we

:56:52. > :56:55.understand we have to have an economy that has a lot of people who

:56:56. > :56:59.are skilled up, looking at the world as it is which is a very tense place

:57:00. > :57:03.now, you need to have a democracy that is vibrant and people who feel

:57:04. > :57:14.able and willing to share and participate. Those to -- two pillars

:57:15. > :57:17.alone tell us it needs access to higher education. It opens up

:57:18. > :57:22.opportunity. What is happening at the moment is people are being

:57:23. > :57:26.frightened by the debt and EU students in particular are saying to

:57:27. > :57:30.themselves, is there a future here for me? What will happen in terms of

:57:31. > :57:35.not just my education but also my sense of being welcome as a person

:57:36. > :57:42.who has writes or not? These things matter because we have to be part a

:57:43. > :57:48.world and we have to be part of a world in a positive way. Thank you.

:57:49. > :57:56.Let us bring you the latest weather. Sorry, let us do a statement from

:57:57. > :57:59.the Department for Education. About University applications. Young

:58:00. > :58:04.people continue to see the benefits of going to university with record

:58:05. > :58:04.application rates for 18-year-olds and those from disadvantaged

:58:05. > :58:16.backgrounds... Later, the sport. Before that, the

:58:17. > :58:25.weather. A largely fine day so far and we

:58:26. > :58:30.will continue to see Sunny spells with the rest of the day. This

:58:31. > :58:33.lovely picture from Shetland, sunny spells here. This afternoon,

:58:34. > :58:39.scattered showers developing across England and Wales, but across

:58:40. > :58:43.Northern Ireland, western Scotland, the showers more persistent.

:58:44. > :58:47.Temperatures reaching high teens, low 20s. Staying dry for Wimbledon

:58:48. > :58:51.this afternoon and feeling quite warm. Showers in the north-west

:58:52. > :58:54.spreading south-east through the night. Staying largely dry in the

:58:55. > :58:59.south. Temperatures tonight similar to last night. Towns and cities,

:59:00. > :59:08.double figures. In the countryside, low single figures in sunspots.

:59:09. > :59:13.Tomorrow, not bad on the whole -- some spots. Sunny spells around,

:59:14. > :59:18.more rain in the north-west later in the day. Temperatures similar once

:59:19. > :59:27.again. That is your forecast for now.

:59:28. > :59:37.Charlie Gard's parents return to the High Court in London today. They

:59:38. > :59:42.have got letters from up to seven doctors and scientists and it

:59:43. > :59:47.demonstrates there is up to a 10% chance of this ground-breaking

:59:48. > :59:50.treatment working. Doctors that Great Ormond Street said the therapy

:59:51. > :59:58.will not work and his life-support system should be turned off.

:59:59. > :00:01.A junior doctor's gripping account of working on the NHS's frontline.

:00:02. > :00:03.We'll be hearing how doctors deal with rota gaps,

:00:04. > :00:05.exhausted staff, and risks to patient safety, on a daily basis.

:00:06. > :00:08.And at Wimbledon Johanna Konta meets her date with destiny today,

:00:09. > :00:11.when she takes on Venus Williams in the women's singles semifinal.

:00:12. > :00:18.I'm fully aware that every single match that I'll get to play will be

:00:19. > :00:21.a testing one, and will challenge me.

:00:22. > :00:27.Theresa May tells the BBC she was devastated after hearing the exit

:00:28. > :00:36.poll results and says the result was a complete shock. Devastated enough

:00:37. > :00:43.to shed a tear? Yes, a little tear. At that moment? At that moment.

:00:44. > :00:52.Here's Ben Brown in the BBC Newsroom with a summary of todays news.

:00:53. > :00:53.Lawyers representing the parents of the terminally-ill baby,

:00:54. > :00:56.Charlie Gard, will return to the High Court in London this

:00:57. > :00:58.morning, to present what they claim is new evidence showing

:00:59. > :01:00.an experimental treatment could help him.

:01:01. > :01:01.Doctors at Great Ormond Street Hospital,

:01:02. > :01:04.where he's in intensive care, say the therapy won't work,

:01:05. > :01:09.and his life support systems should be turned off.

:01:10. > :01:17.Theresa May has said she shed a little tear after hearing the exit

:01:18. > :01:21.poll results on general election night. In an interview with BBC five

:01:22. > :01:26.live to mark the year Sinjah became Prime Minister, she said the result

:01:27. > :01:30.was a complete shock. I suppose devastated really because, as I say,

:01:31. > :01:34.I knew the campaign wasn't going perfectly, but still the messages I

:01:35. > :01:38.was getting from people I was speaking to, but also the comments

:01:39. > :01:41.we were getting back from a lot of people that were being passed on to

:01:42. > :01:47.become aware that we were going to get a better result than we did.

:01:48. > :01:52.Devastated enough to shed a tear? Yes, a little tear. Yes, at that

:01:53. > :01:56.moment. At that moment, yes. As the government prepares

:01:57. > :01:59.to publish its long-awaited bill that will convert European Union

:02:00. > :02:01.laws into British legislation, the head of the National Audit

:02:02. > :02:04.Office has said he's worried about failures in government

:02:05. > :02:05.leadership over Brexit. Sir Amyas Morse said ministers

:02:06. > :02:08.weren't presenting a united front The Brexit minister, Steve Baker has

:02:09. > :02:23.dismissed those concerns. The BBC has learned that at least

:02:24. > :02:26.one person who survived the Grenfell Tower fire has been

:02:27. > :02:28.diagnosed with cyanide poisoning. 12-year-old Luana Gomes,

:02:29. > :02:30.was treated for the effects It isn't known what caused

:02:31. > :02:34.the poisoning, but her parents - who lost their unborn child

:02:35. > :02:37.after the fire - believe it may have been caused by the burning

:02:38. > :02:39.of insulation or plastics Four former teachers at a leading

:02:40. > :02:49.independent school West Sussex, have been charged with a number

:02:50. > :02:52.of historical sex offences dating The men, who taught at

:02:53. > :02:56.Christ's Hospital School in Horsham, are alleged to have attacked 15

:02:57. > :02:58.suspected victims, both male and female,

:02:59. > :03:00.between 1980 and 1996, according to the Crown

:03:01. > :03:11.Prosecution Service. Donald Trump is in Paris,

:03:12. > :03:13.where he'll hold talks with President Macron and attend

:03:14. > :03:15.Bastille Day celebrations. High on the agenda will be US-French

:03:16. > :03:18.actions in Syria and Iraq Despite differences between the two

:03:19. > :03:22.leaders, Mr Macron has indicated he will work to reaffirm historic

:03:23. > :03:24.ties between the two allies and prevent the US

:03:25. > :03:30.from being isolated. Applications for university courses

:03:31. > :03:32.starting this autumn have fallen Figures from the admissions service,

:03:33. > :03:39.UCAS, show a sharp decline in mature students and those applying

:03:40. > :03:41.to study nursing courses. It is the first decline

:03:42. > :03:44.in applications since fees were last increased to over ?9,000

:03:45. > :03:46.in England, five years ago. University leaders say

:03:47. > :03:48.the decline could be down to a number of factors,

:03:49. > :03:50.including Brexit, higher fees and funding changes for trainee

:03:51. > :04:01.nurses and midwives. That's a summary of the latest BBC

:04:02. > :04:10.News - more at 10.30. Do get in touch with us

:04:11. > :04:12.throughout the morning - use the hashtag Victoria live

:04:13. > :04:24.and if you text, you will be charged Particularly about university

:04:25. > :04:28.applications, if you are a would-be mature student and had been put off

:04:29. > :04:30.from applying for a university place, or not, let us know.

:04:31. > :04:34.Here's some sport now with Leah Boleto.

:04:35. > :04:38.Britain's on the verge of having it's first woman reach

:04:39. > :04:42.a singles final at Wimbledon in 40 years, later.

:04:43. > :04:44.Johanna Konta takes on five-time champion

:04:45. > :04:48.Jo says she knows she got her work cut out, but appreciates the support

:04:49. > :04:53.It makes it more special, because it is home, and I do

:04:54. > :04:56.get that home support, which I don't get anywhere else.

:04:57. > :05:05.I guess it makes it that much sweeter.

:05:06. > :05:07.The Wimbledon crowd will be rooting for the British

:05:08. > :05:12.But her form at the All England Club has impressed many, including one

:05:13. > :05:14.former Grand Slam champion, who thinks Konta will know exactly

:05:15. > :05:29.In her mind, Jo knows what she needs to do, tactically, the beat Venus

:05:30. > :05:33.Williams. She has improved as a tennis player, a game is so much

:05:34. > :05:36.better now, mentally she is even stronger, she has really impressed

:05:37. > :05:40.me mentally with her game. She seems to stay in the present moment really

:05:41. > :05:43.well and in the zone. I have a feeling if she continues to play

:05:44. > :05:45.like she has since the beginning of this tournament, she has a very good

:05:46. > :05:49.chance to win today. So, support from former

:05:50. > :05:51.players for Konta - U2 are among those who've tweeted

:05:52. > :05:55.wishing her good luck. And Sir Mick Jagger did the same,

:05:56. > :05:58.saying Konta's gone further So Konta is the only British player

:05:59. > :06:08.left in the main singles draw Andy says it's possible he'll take

:06:09. > :06:16.several weeks off to recover fully from his hip injury,

:06:17. > :06:19.after he was beaten in five sets Murray looked to be struggling -

:06:20. > :06:23.in pain throughout The American came from two sets

:06:24. > :06:27.to one down and is through to his first ever grand slam semi-final,

:06:28. > :06:30.where he'll face Marin Cilic next. Cilic beat Novak Djokovic,

:06:31. > :06:35.who retired with injury. Roger Federer is the favourite

:06:36. > :06:37.to take the men's title now that three of the top four men's

:06:38. > :06:41.seeds are out. Federer looked impressive in beating

:06:42. > :06:43.last year's finalist He's bidding to win a record 8th

:06:44. > :06:47.Wimbledon title and will face Away from Wimbledon,

:06:48. > :06:53.the former Fifa official The American - seen

:06:54. > :07:08.here on the left - had been banned from all football

:07:09. > :07:10.activities for life, two years ago, after admitting

:07:11. > :07:12.charges of tax evasion. He'd been suffering from cancer,

:07:13. > :07:15.but did turn whistle blower to help investigators uncover corruption

:07:16. > :07:16.in football. Let's just return to Andy Murray

:07:17. > :07:19.for a moment, and as he exited Wimbledon yesterday,

:07:20. > :07:21.he was his usual We know he is always very

:07:22. > :07:25.supportive of women - and we saw another example yesterday

:07:26. > :07:27.in his post-match press conference when he corrected an American

:07:28. > :07:30.reporter on their tennis REPORTER: Sam is the first US player

:07:31. > :07:39.to reach a major semi-final Yes, first male player,

:07:40. > :07:51.that's for sure. That's all the sport,

:07:52. > :07:59.I'll be back with more at 10:30. Children beaten and tear-gassed by

:08:00. > :08:01.police, their belongings destroyed; That's the life for many child

:08:02. > :08:06.migrants stuck in Northern France, according to a report

:08:07. > :08:08.into what happened after the so-called 'jungle' camp

:08:09. > :08:10.in Calais was cleared The All Party Parliamentary Group

:08:11. > :08:15.on Human Trafficking and Modern Slavery decided

:08:16. > :08:17.to investigate reports that many of the unaccompanied children

:08:18. > :08:19.who were trying to get to Britain were at risk of being trafficked,

:08:20. > :08:22.because French Police were moving Let's talk to Fiona MacTaggart,

:08:23. > :08:52.Co-Chair of the All Party Parliamentary Group on Trafficking

:08:53. > :08:54.and Modern Slavery, and a former Labour MP, Sue Clayton,

:08:55. > :08:56.is a documentary maker, who has witnessed police brutality

:08:57. > :08:58.against children in Calais. 'Bilal' was one of the few hundred

:08:59. > :09:01.children who arrived under He's 17 and came from Syria; Bilal

:09:02. > :09:05.is not his real name, and we're protecting his identity

:09:06. > :09:27.because he has family in Syria, Bilal, by the way, was not

:09:28. > :09:30.trafficked, as I say, he came on the dub scheme. Fiona McTaggart, from

:09:31. > :09:35.your research, what is happening to these unaccompanied children? The

:09:36. > :09:39.shocking thing is we are talking about children. I think in this

:09:40. > :09:43.country we are proud of our perfection of children, and yet

:09:44. > :09:47.children, many of whom have relatives here, who are stuck in

:09:48. > :09:51.Calais, who have run away from horrible situations, from war in

:09:52. > :09:55.Syria, oppression by the Taliban, the threat of being recruited into

:09:56. > :10:00.armies, they ran away. They want to come and join their family here, and

:10:01. > :10:04.they face chaos and oppression by the French police. The Dubs scheme,

:10:05. > :10:08.which is the scheme that you described, which allowed actually

:10:09. > :10:13.only 200, so far, children, like Bilal, to come to the UK, actually

:10:14. > :10:17.showed how we could properly process a group of people who are very

:10:18. > :10:21.vulnerable and enable them to come here. And instead, what happened is,

:10:22. > :10:28.after that first 200, nothing happened. So these children are

:10:29. > :10:34.still there, sleeping rough, facing CS gas and pepper spray from riot

:10:35. > :10:39.police in France almost every day. And they are not being treated like

:10:40. > :10:42.children. We aren't doing anything to protect them. And as a result,

:10:43. > :10:46.because they don't know how they can get to safety, they are at risk from

:10:47. > :10:53.criminals, from traffickers, they jump onto lorries, trying to get

:10:54. > :11:01.here safely. Of course some of them are wildly injured, if they get on a

:11:02. > :11:06.lorry. And what our report says is that the fear the government has,

:11:07. > :11:12.that having a proper legal way of letting these children come to the

:11:13. > :11:18.UK makes more of them try. They said it was a pull factor. Actually the

:11:19. > :11:24.opposite is true, the pull factors to Britain are cricket, television,

:11:25. > :11:27.football, speaking English, education here, those are the pull

:11:28. > :11:31.factors. We are not getting rid of any of those. The pull factors are

:11:32. > :11:37.not legal routes because when they were, the children did not know

:11:38. > :11:42.about them. So we need to treat them as children, protect them, that is

:11:43. > :11:46.what we expect. Sue, as a documentary maker, you got back from

:11:47. > :11:51.Calais yesterday, tell us what is happening there now. The jungle has

:11:52. > :11:54.been dismantled, apparently, but the unaccompanied children and young

:11:55. > :11:59.people are still there, as Fiona has described. That's right. Just to

:12:00. > :12:03.recap, the jungle was there. The UK does have a boarder at Calais, we

:12:04. > :12:08.have our border there and the jungle camp used to have 10,000 people

:12:09. > :12:12.staying there. And no one really knew, because it wasn't an official

:12:13. > :12:15.camp, that within that camp there were up to 2000 unaccompanied

:12:16. > :12:20.children. No one knew their names, if they had rights or not. I have

:12:21. > :12:24.been filming therefore nine months. What I found out was that almost all

:12:25. > :12:27.of them did have a right under the Dubs scheme, which you have just

:12:28. > :12:32.described, or under another law called Dublin three, if they have

:12:33. > :12:36.family members in the UK. So I followed right through what has

:12:37. > :12:39.happened to those children. Only 200 were accepted, and the rest are

:12:40. > :12:43.stuck in the forest, the words, they are sleeping rough. The French

:12:44. > :12:49.police RTA guessing them and spraying -- they are tear gassing

:12:50. > :12:53.them, and pepper spraying them, just when they are asleep that night, not

:12:54. > :12:56.when they are doing anything bad, but what concerns me more is that

:12:57. > :12:59.the British government, because we do have a boarder at Calais, has an

:13:00. > :13:03.arrangement where they pay to support the French policing. So even

:13:04. > :13:07.though the French policing is very harsh, I would like to know more

:13:08. > :13:12.clearly from the Home Office what part the Home Office is playing in

:13:13. > :13:16.supporting those police methods. Let me bring in Bilal. Thank you for

:13:17. > :13:22.talking to us. You have come from Syria, Bilal is not your real name,

:13:23. > :13:25.we are not using your real name because there is a war going on in

:13:26. > :13:29.Syria and your family is still there. You have not been trafficked,

:13:30. > :13:34.you came under the Dubs scheme, you have not been treated badly, is that

:13:35. > :13:37.correct? Yes. I decided to leave my family come at the first prison

:13:38. > :13:42.because of the war in my country, the second reason, I did not want to

:13:43. > :13:47.shed any blood for my country, I don't want to be any part of the war

:13:48. > :13:52.in my country or of anyone. The third reason I cannot see my future

:13:53. > :13:57.there. I just see a dark future, so I decided to be said, to follow my

:13:58. > :14:01.future, to make my life again. And why did you want to come to Britain?

:14:02. > :14:05.I always wanted to go to Britain, before the walk one of my ambitions

:14:06. > :14:10.was to come here legally and study here. We hear a lot about this

:14:11. > :14:14.country, we love this country, about the Marquess, the safety, the

:14:15. > :14:18.humanitarian life, everything gives it the best advantage to come here.

:14:19. > :14:24.What was it like when you were in the so-called jungle in Calais? Life

:14:25. > :14:29.in the jungle is a really demanding life, really difficult, you will

:14:30. > :14:33.face a lot of trouble there. Like what? When you arrive there, the

:14:34. > :14:36.ambition is to get there, OK, but when you arrive, you will face a lot

:14:37. > :14:41.of things, you will try to survive in this horrible place, to find

:14:42. > :14:44.food, clothes, just to survive. After that time you will lose your

:14:45. > :14:49.ambition, you will think you can't even move, just to survive. When you

:14:50. > :14:53.arrive at this place, you lost everything. And what kind of a

:14:54. > :15:03.welcome have you had in this country, Bilal? A lot of pressure

:15:04. > :15:06.groups -- a lot of groups like Citizen UK, they welcomed us, and a

:15:07. > :15:10.lot of British people welcomed us and I am really happy with that. Do

:15:11. > :15:14.you want to stay in Britain, or do you have an ambition to go back home

:15:15. > :15:19.one day, perhaps when the war is over, whenever that may be? If the

:15:20. > :15:22.war is over and make country is free again and democracy for everyone,

:15:23. > :15:28.maybe I will go back there but if not I am happy to stay here. Who

:15:29. > :15:31.have you left back there? Mum and dad, my sisters, everyone. I am the

:15:32. > :15:37.only one from a family who came here. OK, but you must really miss

:15:38. > :15:38.them. I miss them so much, but I have no choice, this is the only

:15:39. > :15:51.thing to protect myself. Thank you. Why do you believe it is partly the

:15:52. > :15:58.responsibility of British taxpayers to look after people like Bilal,

:15:59. > :16:03.desperate to get to Britain for the reasons Bilal has explained, to help

:16:04. > :16:07.them come here? A very large proportion of the children in Calais

:16:08. > :16:11.have relatives here and we have a legal responsibility under a

:16:12. > :16:16.convention called the Dublin Convention to enable them to be

:16:17. > :16:19.looked after by their families here. That is the first group, which would

:16:20. > :16:23.be quite straightforward to deal with. We do not know how many

:16:24. > :16:28.because unfortunately the only people who have done a census of

:16:29. > :16:31.voluntary organisations and the Government has never used that

:16:32. > :16:38.information to process people. The second group is people who are

:16:39. > :16:43.profoundly vulnerable. When Alf Dobbs who himself as a refugee was

:16:44. > :16:48.six came here on Kindertransport which was a scheme to enable

:16:49. > :16:54.children who were at risk from the Nazis to be protected, when he moved

:16:55. > :16:59.the amendment to the Bill, the Government and he and

:17:00. > :17:03.parliamentarians of all kinds were talking about perhaps 3000 being the

:17:04. > :17:08.specified number of children, actually 200 have come. In our

:17:09. > :17:12.report, we did research with the local authorities about how many

:17:13. > :17:16.extra places there are to look after those children. Something like 700,

:17:17. > :17:21.800 places are available. The Government says we were full but the

:17:22. > :17:28.Government was wrong. They did not count figures. We can look after

:17:29. > :17:34.these children. Are seeing -- you are saying reopen the scheme in

:17:35. > :17:39.print 3000? We open the scheme and make sure the children there at the

:17:40. > :17:44.moment are safe. At the moment, they risk. There is sexual exploitation,

:17:45. > :17:52.they are getting into survival sex, being assaulted by the police, it is

:17:53. > :17:55.not safe. Actually, I am just an average middle-aged woman, but I

:17:56. > :18:03.think I have a responsibility to help children to be safe. Thank you.

:18:04. > :18:08.It has certainly really changed, the jungle. The jungle itself, there was

:18:09. > :18:11.at least some kind of food, provision. Now they are living even

:18:12. > :18:17.worse than we would treat animals. No clean water, clean toilets. They

:18:18. > :18:23.have absolutely nothing. No food. A lot of them do still definitely have

:18:24. > :18:32.a legal claim. As long as the Home Office is not there, who will prove

:18:33. > :18:34.that claim? The Home Office sent a statement.

:18:35. > :18:37."We are committed to supporting vulnerable children who are caught

:18:38. > :18:41.Our strategy is clear, we believe the best way to help

:18:42. > :18:43.the most vulnerable children is by resettling refugees directly

:18:44. > :18:46."It is completely untrue to say that the Dubs scheme

:18:47. > :18:52.The Government remains committed to resettling 480 children -

:18:53. > :19:04.Thank you very much. You look... The expression on your face. Go on? I

:19:05. > :19:08.feel cynical because when they say we remain committed to 480 people

:19:09. > :19:13.achieved under consultation, actually, the only reason it went up

:19:14. > :19:20.from 300 was because of a successful legal case against the Government.

:19:21. > :19:23.It is not a scheme, it was a law, passed in Parliament. They have

:19:24. > :19:28.reduced it to a scheme and the Government thinks it can close it

:19:29. > :19:31.but it was a British law passed by the parliament that should be

:19:32. > :19:35.expected. Thank you for coming on the programme. -- that should be

:19:36. > :19:39.respected. More now on the news that the number

:19:40. > :19:42.of people applying for UK UCAS, the university admissions

:19:43. > :19:45.service, says the number of British applications is down 4% compared

:19:46. > :19:47.to last year. And applications from students

:19:48. > :19:50.in other EU countries are down 5%. The fall is being blamed by some

:19:51. > :19:53.on high tuition fees and the uncertainty

:19:54. > :19:54.caused by Brexit. The interest rate is also going to

:19:55. > :19:58.go up in September. Let's talk now to Professor Les

:19:59. > :20:01.Ebdon, director of Fair Access to Higher Education,

:20:02. > :20:13.who is in our studios in Dunstable. Hello. Good morning. What is your

:20:14. > :20:18.own theory? We can explain them fall in the number of 18-year-olds

:20:19. > :20:24.because of the decline in the number in the population. The percentage of

:20:25. > :20:30.18-year-olds who have applied for university has gone up from 37.2%

:20:31. > :20:35.last year to 37.9% this year. No evidence it is putting them off. But

:20:36. > :20:41.we do see a full in the numbers of mature students. It may well be

:20:42. > :20:46.mature students are put off. Those over the age of 21, for example,

:20:47. > :20:53.seem to be less inclined to apply for university under the current

:20:54. > :20:57.funding system. Are you worried? I am reassured the number of

:20:58. > :21:01.18-year-olds has held up but I worried about the number of mature

:21:02. > :21:05.students because many of them are from disadvantaged backgrounds and I

:21:06. > :21:10.have asked universities to do more to help them in terms of flexible

:21:11. > :21:15.provision, meeting other needs mature students have in terms of

:21:16. > :21:22.childcare and so on, putting on programmes more attractive to them.

:21:23. > :21:29.Like what? Well, I was visiting two very different universities this

:21:30. > :21:34.week, Birkbeck College and London Metropolitan University. Both of

:21:35. > :21:38.them do a lot of work to raise the confidence of mature learners, that

:21:39. > :21:41.they can return to education, and also provide flexible opportunities

:21:42. > :21:46.for them to do so with a timetable suiting the kinds of needs parents,

:21:47. > :21:54.for example, have. OK. But that does not address tuition fees. No, it

:21:55. > :22:00.does not. That is a decision for Parliament. Not for me as the

:22:01. > :22:04.regulator. You say in terms of mature students, you are worried

:22:05. > :22:09.about it, maybe it is about flexibility and the timetable, but

:22:10. > :22:15.it is also about that money, isn't it? Well, I am encouraged the number

:22:16. > :22:19.of 18-year-olds has not fallen, the number of disadvantaged students as

:22:20. > :22:24.a percentage... In terms of the mature students? I think the fees

:22:25. > :22:28.are a disadvantage for those students, they feel they have other

:22:29. > :22:32.debts and they do not want student debt. Maybe there are opportunities

:22:33. > :22:42.to study part-time and in different ways. OK. Thank you very much. This

:22:43. > :22:44.e-mail from Chris, my husband served a five-year electrical

:22:45. > :22:49.apprenticeship. In effect, he paid for his day release to college and

:22:50. > :22:53.paid tax on his weekly wage which helped fund those people luckily

:22:54. > :22:57.enough to attend a university. Today more and more are tending and

:22:58. > :23:01.without them contributing, it is unsustainable for their studies to

:23:02. > :23:06.be paid for from general taxation. They should accept most of them will

:23:07. > :23:09.become higher earners eventually. Another says, from speaking to

:23:10. > :23:13.academics around the country, it is becoming clear that since the price

:23:14. > :23:17.increase of tuition fees, universities are being run like a

:23:18. > :23:21.business as opposed to a place of learning, some courses without the

:23:22. > :23:25.student numbers are being closed. Masters courses are less encouraged

:23:26. > :23:30.because of less profit being made and more students from overseas are

:23:31. > :23:38.encouraged because of more profit. Courses with little profit get no

:23:39. > :23:39.funding. Wimbledon, Johanna Konta takes on B as Williams in the

:23:40. > :23:44.semifinals today. It's a moment she says she's dreamt

:23:45. > :23:47.of since she was nine years old. Let's take a look at the stunning

:23:48. > :23:50.victory over world number two Simona Halep on Tuesday that

:23:51. > :23:52.got her there. It's a very special

:23:53. > :23:56.day for Johanna Konta. It is extra special for British

:23:57. > :24:00.tennis fans, they have waited 33 years to be able to say that one

:24:01. > :24:03.of their own is in Whenever you engage in one of these

:24:04. > :24:12.titanic tussles, you always My trust in my own ability

:24:13. > :24:27.has got to be there. With the situation

:24:28. > :24:28.and moments like this, than necessarily what I believe

:24:29. > :24:32.I can or cannot do. I have always believed

:24:33. > :24:35.in my own ability but I think I have needed to accumulate

:24:36. > :24:38.experiences and time. That is a magnificent tie-break

:24:39. > :24:41.from Simona Halep and Konta has got I go into every tournament,

:24:42. > :24:48.including the championships here in Wimbledon, to be involved

:24:49. > :24:52.in the event until the very end. But I am fully aware that every

:24:53. > :24:56.single match I will get to play will be a testing one

:24:57. > :25:01.and will challenge me. Look at that, somehow Jo Konta

:25:02. > :25:10.has forced a final set. I don't take anything

:25:11. > :25:12.for granted and I demand of myself my best effort

:25:13. > :25:16.and I demand of myself my full commitment to what I do and to make

:25:17. > :25:19.sure I prepare well and I do # I rise up, I rise up like the day,

:25:20. > :25:36.I rise up # And I'd do it

:25:37. > :25:40.a thousand times again #. You are the first British woman

:25:41. > :25:48.since 1978 to reach the semifinals at Wimbledon and now winning that

:25:49. > :25:51.quarterfinal match means that you will be in the top five

:25:52. > :25:53.of the women's rankings When you tot up all these

:25:54. > :26:10.achievements, do you ever pat yourself on the back

:26:11. > :26:12.and go, well done? Um, it is difficult because I guess

:26:13. > :26:18.in both an unfortunate and fortunate position that we are in tennis,

:26:19. > :26:22.things move very quickly so before you know it, the championships

:26:23. > :26:25.will be over and it is already In that sense, because things

:26:26. > :26:30.are so fast-moving, it's almost an art to reflect well

:26:31. > :26:33.and to acknowledge the good things that you do and actually

:26:34. > :26:38.that is something I work on to make sure I acknowledge the good things

:26:39. > :26:42.that I am doing, but I will let you know after Wimbledon how my pat

:26:43. > :26:47.on the back went, OK? We can speak now to tennis

:26:48. > :27:00.commentator, David Law. How is she going to do? I think

:27:01. > :27:06.she's going to do well. Whether she is going to win, another matter. She

:27:07. > :27:12.is up against a five-time champion in Venus Williams, but she is 37 now

:27:13. > :27:18.and a player that Johanna Konta has beaten more often than not. I think

:27:19. > :27:22.personally it matches up really well for her. The know-how on the grass

:27:23. > :27:31.and at Wimbledon on the Centre Court, it certainly favours Venus

:27:32. > :27:35.Williams, but Johanna Konta... I've personally think she will win this

:27:36. > :27:40.match. I was watching Venus Williams on Monday, I was there, she does not

:27:41. > :27:47.move like a normal 37-year-old. You would think she is 25, unbelievable.

:27:48. > :27:50.She is a miracle. For her age and given meal must as she has had, the

:27:51. > :28:03.injuries, she has been playing for 20 years. -- given the injuries she

:28:04. > :28:06.has had. She is suffering from a fatiguing illness she has had to

:28:07. > :28:13.deal with. She has a veto on diet. She has had to change her life. At

:28:14. > :28:19.37, still able to get to the final four of Wimbledon. -- she is a VPN.

:28:20. > :28:24.I think it is about 52-48 in the favour of Johanna Konta but it can

:28:25. > :28:29.go either way. If Johanna Konta does beat Venus Williams and makes it to

:28:30. > :28:35.the final, what will the pressure be like on her, from the great British

:28:36. > :28:39.public, the media, everybody? It is noticeable looking today, I think

:28:40. > :28:43.today is the first day looking at the newspapers that you really

:28:44. > :28:48.realise the significance of what she is doing. The first time she has

:28:49. > :28:51.gone further than Andy Murray at Wimbledon, a big deal in itself. On

:28:52. > :28:56.the front pages of newspapers, wrapped in the Union flag, a huge

:28:57. > :29:02.moment for her. I think a couple of the matches she has won this week

:29:03. > :29:06.have informed everybody in the country who this person is. We

:29:07. > :29:09.intend circles have known for a couple of years. She has announced

:29:10. > :29:13.herself on the biggest stage of all, the last couple of weeks, and she

:29:14. > :29:19.has done incredibly well because the pressure against Simona Halep,

:29:20. > :29:27.playing to become the world number one, and Johanna Konta refused to

:29:28. > :29:32.yield, highly impressive. Do you know how? Do you come across her a

:29:33. > :29:37.lot? I just see her in interviews, she seems like a really nice woman.

:29:38. > :29:41.I think she is. I do not know her hugely well. I interviewed her for

:29:42. > :29:45.half an hour towards the end of last year. As we were trying to get to

:29:46. > :29:50.know her. One of our colleagues on BBC 5 Live did a show that was on

:29:51. > :29:59.last night, we repeated it last night, The Real Johanna Konta. She

:30:00. > :30:03.is concentrating on what is in front of her. She is very keen to talk

:30:04. > :30:08.about the very much process of how she goes about her business, just to

:30:09. > :30:12.keep it simple, to not worry about the pressure, to not think about the

:30:13. > :30:17.millions watching on hoping she wins, that is her way of handling

:30:18. > :30:21.it. To me, certainly as a dad, I think she is an inspiration. I have

:30:22. > :30:26.a daughter who was calling me up and saying, I really like this Johanna

:30:27. > :30:30.Konta, I want to be like her. I think she is a great role model and

:30:31. > :30:37.she is doing an amazing job at Wimbledon. Thank you very much,

:30:38. > :30:41.David. Coverage of that match on five live and BBC television. Still

:30:42. > :30:45.Theresa May has admitted she shed a "little tear" when she saw

:30:46. > :30:48.the exit poll on election night - we'll have the details.

:30:49. > :30:52.We'll be speaking to doctor Rachel Clarke, to find out what it's

:30:53. > :31:04.With the news, here's Ben Brown in the BBC Newsroom.

:31:05. > :31:06.The parents of terminally-ill baby Charlie Gard have arrived

:31:07. > :31:09.at the High Court in London this morning, to present what they claim

:31:10. > :31:11.is new evidence showing an experimental treatment

:31:12. > :31:18.Doctors at Great Ormond Street Hospital -

:31:19. > :31:21.where he's in intensive care - say the therapy won't work.

:31:22. > :31:28.A solicitor for the family read a statement on their behalf.

:31:29. > :31:33.They said they now had over 800,000 signatures on various petitions.

:31:34. > :31:36.Theresa May has said she shed "a little tear" after hearing

:31:37. > :31:38.the exit poll result on general election night.

:31:39. > :31:41.In an interview with BBC Five Live, to mark a year since she became

:31:42. > :31:44.Prime Minister, she says the result "was a complete shock".

:31:45. > :31:48.Well, I felt, I suppose, devastated really, because,

:31:49. > :31:51.as I say, I knew the campaign wasn't going perfectly, but still

:31:52. > :31:54.the messages I was getting, from people I was speaking to,

:31:55. > :31:57.but also the comments we were getting back from a lot

:31:58. > :32:00.of people that were being passed onto me, were that we were going

:32:01. > :32:12.Yes, at that moment, that private moment?

:32:13. > :32:24.As the government prepares to publish its long-awaited bill that

:32:25. > :32:28.will convert European Union laws in the British legislation, the head of

:32:29. > :32:35.the audit office has said he is worried about failures in government

:32:36. > :32:38.leadership over Brexit. Sir Amyas Morse said leaders were not

:32:39. > :32:42.preventing -- possessing a united front in dealing with the

:32:43. > :32:43.challenges. The Brexit Minister Steve Baker has dismissed those

:32:44. > :32:43.concerns. The BBC has learned that at least

:32:44. > :32:46.one person who survived the Grenfell Tower fire has been

:32:47. > :32:49.diagnosed with cyanide poisoning. 12-year-old Luana Gomes

:32:50. > :32:51.was treated for the effects It isn't known what caused

:32:52. > :32:55.the poisoning, but her parents, who lost their unborn child

:32:56. > :32:58.after the fire, believe it may have been caused by the burning

:32:59. > :33:00.of insulation or plastics Four former teachers at a leading

:33:01. > :33:11.independent school in West Sussex have been charged with a number

:33:12. > :33:13.of historical sex offences dating The men, who taught at

:33:14. > :33:17.Christ's Hospital School in Horsham, are alleged to have attacked 15

:33:18. > :33:19.suspected victims, both male and female,

:33:20. > :33:21.between 1980 and 1996, according to the Crown

:33:22. > :33:33.Prosecution Service. Donald Trump is in Paris,

:33:34. > :33:35.where he'll hold talks with President Macron and attend

:33:36. > :33:37.Bastille Day celebrations. High on the agenda will be US-French

:33:38. > :33:40.actions in Syria and Iraq Despite differences between the two

:33:41. > :33:44.leaders, Mr Macron has indicated he will work to reaffirm historic

:33:45. > :33:46.ties between the two allies and prevent the US

:33:47. > :33:53.from being isolated. Join me for BBC Newsroom,

:33:54. > :34:11.live at 11 o'clock. This is an e-mail from teeth on

:34:12. > :34:15.university applications, which have fallen a bit in this country. I am

:34:16. > :34:20.surprised and this had not fallen sooner, my son is about to go and is

:34:21. > :34:24.looking at close to 60 K debt on leaving. My big fear with the

:34:25. > :34:29.current system is that the debt is linked to an individual, and grows

:34:30. > :34:34.at 6% per annum, so does not go away for 30 years. With an initial debt

:34:35. > :34:39.of 60 K, someone would end up owing ?325,000 at the end of 30 years,

:34:40. > :34:40.then written off, so costing the taxpayer five times the original

:34:41. > :34:42.amount. Here's some sport now

:34:43. > :34:44.with Leah Boleto. A big day for Johanna Konta

:34:45. > :34:47.she knows five-time champion Venus William stands in her way

:34:48. > :34:49.of becoming the first British woman to reach

:34:50. > :34:52.a Wimbledon final for 40 years. The last time that

:34:53. > :34:54.happen was back in 1977, There's every chance Jo could make

:34:55. > :34:58.it, having beat Venus three out That match is second

:34:59. > :35:06.on Centre Court today. Meanwhile, World No 1 Andy Murray

:35:07. > :35:08.says it's possible he'll take several weeks off to recover fully

:35:09. > :35:15.from his hip injury. He was of course beaten

:35:16. > :35:17.in five sets by American, and looked in pain throughout,

:35:18. > :35:21.limping between points. Elsewhere, the former Fifa

:35:22. > :35:22.official Chuck Blazer - seen here on the left -

:35:23. > :35:25.has died aged 72. The American had been banned

:35:26. > :35:29.from all football activities for life, two years ago,

:35:30. > :35:31.after admitting charges He'd been suffering from cancer,

:35:32. > :35:35.but did turn whistle blower to help investigators uncover corruption

:35:36. > :35:41.in football. Germany's Marcel Kittel has

:35:42. > :35:44.won his fifth stage on this year's Tour de France with victory

:35:45. > :35:46.in Stage 11. Chris Froome retains the leaders

:35:47. > :35:49.yellow jersey and will be looking to defend his 18 second overall

:35:50. > :36:06.lead, as the race heads That is the latest sport headlines.

:36:07. > :36:09.A new era begins at the Natural History Museum today.

:36:10. > :36:12.We're about to see the unveiling of the complete skeleton

:36:13. > :36:14.of the giant diving blue whale, which is the largest

:36:15. > :36:23.Our report, Rebecca Morell, is down at the museum now.

:36:24. > :36:33.Lagat that, that is amazing. Yeah, it really is quite gobsmacking

:36:34. > :36:39.actually. So this is the new star attraction at the Natural History

:36:40. > :36:43.Museum, 25 metres long, 4.5 tonnes of blue whale, and they have given

:36:44. > :36:46.it the name, Cowan hope. Putting the wail in here has not been entirely

:36:47. > :36:54.without controversy because replaces much loved Diddy the dinosaur, who

:36:55. > :36:57.was in the hall since 1974, but the Natural History Museum said it had

:36:58. > :37:00.been time for a change and to find out why, I am joined by Richard said

:37:01. > :37:06.then, the principal curator of mammals here the museum. Richard,

:37:07. > :37:11.you were one of the people championing getting a wail in here.

:37:12. > :37:15.Why was that? We wanted to put a specimen at the scent of the museum,

:37:16. > :37:20.at the heart of the museum, a species people could relate to, but

:37:21. > :37:25.something that represented what we as a species, the human race, can do

:37:26. > :37:29.when we put our minds to trying to conserve something. There was a

:37:30. > :37:33.complete ban based on the hunting of blue whales in 66. We had taken them

:37:34. > :37:36.right the edge of extension, and we realise we were about to lose them,

:37:37. > :37:40.and we should do is work together and bring them back, and this is

:37:41. > :37:47.what we have done. We wanted the specimen to basically talk to people

:37:48. > :37:54.in that way and give them way to reach the natural world. This has

:37:55. > :37:58.been in the museum. You made a life changing visit here when you were

:37:59. > :38:06.ten years old. I came down on a school trip in Birmingham in 1976,

:38:07. > :38:12.the last year of my primary school. Money was tight, but I got the cash,

:38:13. > :38:16.saw the then I was told by one of the gallery attendants, you are

:38:17. > :38:21.looking at the bones of an animal that is out there in the ocean. I

:38:22. > :38:25.was blown away. I was no idea what I was looking at. It really was a life

:38:26. > :38:30.defining moment. If you had said to me back then I would be the person,

:38:31. > :38:33.40 years on, making a change, breathing new life into the specimen

:38:34. > :38:37.and displaying her for visitors to come for at least the next 20, 30

:38:38. > :38:41.years, I would not have believed you. The logistics have been

:38:42. > :38:45.incredibly difficult, not only have you had to dismantle a dinosaur, you

:38:46. > :38:49.have had to move it from one part of the museum to another, and the post

:38:50. > :38:52.has been really important. Tell us a little bit about what it has been

:38:53. > :38:58.like to put this thing in here, it is not easy, is it? No. Making the

:38:59. > :39:02.recommendation that the blue well should be the new specimen here was

:39:03. > :39:06.quite a thing because ultimately we had to take it down, around all the

:39:07. > :39:12.other specimens in the mammal hall, its old location. Four other huge

:39:13. > :39:16.skeletons, the blue whale medal was done fairly effortlessly, we had a

:39:17. > :39:20.great team of removals workers and a great team of conservatives in the

:39:21. > :39:23.museum getting it out into a aircraft hanger in Bicester where it

:39:24. > :39:27.was worked on from a crew from Canada that built the new frame. And

:39:28. > :39:31.then I had to work designing this new pose, this is a lunge feeding,

:39:32. > :39:35.diving posture, and I wanted it to represent the knowledge we now have

:39:36. > :39:38.about the heavy of these blue whales, to really make it exciting

:39:39. > :39:42.for people and I think we have achieved that. And getting it,

:39:43. > :39:46.because it was assembled side, assembling it back in here and

:39:47. > :39:49.winching it up to the ceiling. These are really old girders up here, you

:39:50. > :39:53.want to be certain this thing isn't going to fall down on someone's

:39:54. > :39:58.Head! That was it like winching up? That only took place at a few weeks

:39:59. > :40:02.ago. We finished the winching in May, but it was relatively

:40:03. > :40:05.nerve-racking, because it had to be done though slowly, centimetre by

:40:06. > :40:09.centimetre. On each of the suspension points you can see up on

:40:10. > :40:14.the roof girders, there was a man, so there were ten men in total with

:40:15. > :40:16.cranks slowly winching the specimen into position, but the structural

:40:17. > :40:20.engineers have signed off the integrity of the roof structure, so

:40:21. > :40:26.we knew that the building could actually take the load thank you

:40:27. > :40:29.very much. There is a party later this evening to show it off but

:40:30. > :40:33.tomorrow will really be the test of the team here, because that is when

:40:34. > :40:40.the public will come in and be greeted with this enormous beast.

:40:41. > :40:46.It's huge mouth wide open as if it will swallow them up -- its huge

:40:47. > :40:49.mall. It has been swapping one giant creature, BP, for an even bigger one

:40:50. > :40:54.post they will be up to them to decide whether the wail has been a

:40:55. > :40:57.worthwhile replacement, but I have to say, it does look fantastic.

:40:58. > :41:02.They will love it, I'm sure, it is a thing of absolute beauty and

:41:03. > :41:05.astonishing. Thank you. Theresa May says she shed "a little

:41:06. > :41:10.tear" after hearing the exit poll In a BBC interview to mark a year

:41:11. > :41:14.since she became Prime Minister, she says the result

:41:15. > :41:23."was a complete shock". As the campaign was going on, I

:41:24. > :41:28.realised was not going perfectly but

:41:29. > :41:31.throughout the whole campaign the was was that it would be a better

:41:32. > :41:35.one for us than it was. We did not see the result that came coming, and

:41:36. > :41:38.if I'm honest, I've heard stories about quite a view Labour MPs who

:41:39. > :41:42.actually did not think they would keep their seats, and ended up

:41:43. > :41:48.keeping those seats. So when the result came through, it was a

:41:49. > :41:54.complete shock. Complete shock? When was that moment for you, of

:41:55. > :41:59.realisation? It was when I heard the exit poll. To be honest with you, I

:42:00. > :42:02.didn't actually watch the exit poll myself, I have a little bit of

:42:03. > :42:05.superstition about things like that, my husband watched it for me and

:42:06. > :42:09.came and told me come and I was shocked at the result that had come

:42:10. > :42:15.through in the exit poll. It took a few minutes for it the sort of sink

:42:16. > :42:20.in, what that was telling me. My husband gave me a hug, and then I

:42:21. > :42:25.got on to the phone the Sisi HQ, the Conservative Party, to find out what

:42:26. > :42:29.had happened. That must have been a moment for Philip to tell you, it

:42:30. > :42:33.must've been quite hard for him? It was, but as you know he has been a

:42:34. > :42:36.huge support for me over the years, and there are times when I perhaps

:42:37. > :42:41.get him to read a newspaper article for me and tell me what it says,

:42:42. > :42:47.rather than reading it directly. When you had that hug, did you have

:42:48. > :42:51.a cry, how did you feel? I felt I suppose devastated really because as

:42:52. > :42:55.I say, I knew the campaign was not going perfectly, but still the

:42:56. > :42:59.messages I was getting from people I was speaking to, but also the

:43:00. > :43:03.comments we were getting back from a lot of people that were being passed

:43:04. > :43:10.on to me were that we were going to get a better result than we did.

:43:11. > :43:16.Devastated enough to shed a tear? Yes, a little tear. At that moment,

:43:17. > :43:24.that private moment? Yes. And then you obviously just have to breast

:43:25. > :43:27.yourself down. You have a responsibility. You are a human

:43:28. > :43:30.being, you have been through that experience but I was there as leader

:43:31. > :43:33.of the party and I had a responsibility then to, as we went

:43:34. > :43:38.through the night, to determine what we were going to do the next

:43:39. > :43:43.morning. Did you feel in anyway and extra pressure not to step down,

:43:44. > :43:47.because you are only the second woman to hold this office of Prime

:43:48. > :43:51.Minister comedy that play a role? No, I can honestly say it didn't.

:43:52. > :43:56.What I looked at was what I believed was important, important for the

:43:57. > :44:00.country was getting a government. We were the largest party, I think we

:44:01. > :44:04.had a responsibility, and I think I had a responsibility as leader of

:44:05. > :44:09.the party and Prime Minister. You know, in a sense it can be easy

:44:10. > :44:14.sometimes if something like this happens just to walk away, and to

:44:15. > :44:18.leave some deals to deal with it. Just like David Cameron. Well, what

:44:19. > :44:22.I have said to my colleagues, I thought it was important, I have got

:44:23. > :44:25.us into this and I will work to get it out. Norman is at Westminster

:44:26. > :44:33.obviously. What else did she say? We did not get a vast amount more

:44:34. > :44:38.from Mrs May, but she is a very sort of private individual, not one of

:44:39. > :44:42.those politicians who gushes. She likes to keep herself to herself,

:44:43. > :44:45.and I felt that is the most we have seen her really open up power it

:44:46. > :44:55.anyway. You do get a sense I think how much relies on her husband, that

:44:56. > :44:58.he was relied upon to see what the exit poll was, and then to come and

:44:59. > :45:01.comfort her. She also said very often she gets him to read newspaper

:45:02. > :45:06.articles, because she doesn't want to read all the pretty grim stuff

:45:07. > :45:09.that may be written about her. She said too, which I thought was

:45:10. > :45:13.interesting, she was asked about what she made up Jeremy Corbyn, and

:45:14. > :45:17.she said she sort of had new respect for him, in the wake of the attack

:45:18. > :45:20.in Finsbury Park which was obviously in his constituency, and the fact he

:45:21. > :45:25.had gone there overnight, and been there overnight, and she kind of

:45:26. > :45:30.took that on board, and recognised what a good constituency MP he was.

:45:31. > :45:32.On the sharp end political questions, the armour plating comes

:45:33. > :45:35.down again and she doesn't give anything away. She was asked how

:45:36. > :45:40.long will you go on as Prime Minister, and she doesn't really

:45:41. > :45:43.give any answer there. She was asked when you get the Brexit legislation

:45:44. > :45:47.through Parliament, and she does not really give any answer there. Her

:45:48. > :45:50.default position is a very defensive one. But we did get a little glimpse

:45:51. > :46:01.of the more personal side of Theresa May. Tell our audience about the

:46:02. > :46:06.repeal bill and why they should care. The paradox is it is not

:46:07. > :46:13.really revealing anything, it is doing the opposite. It takes the

:46:14. > :46:20.thousands of EU laws from Europe and puts them in Britain. -- the paradox

:46:21. > :46:24.is, it is not really repealing anything. It takes them from the

:46:25. > :46:28.European Court of Justice and put them into British legislation. When

:46:29. > :46:33.we leave the EU, all of the laws will become redundant. The laws

:46:34. > :46:37.cover vast amounts of our everyday lives, they have to be put into

:46:38. > :46:42.British law. It matters hugely for the smooth transition to leaving the

:46:43. > :46:47.EU. And politically, it matters because it is going to be the main

:46:48. > :46:52.pitched battle over Brexit with all of the signs Mrs May is facing a

:46:53. > :46:57.titanic struggle to get this through, and if she doesn't, we are

:46:58. > :47:04.really in legislative limbo land when it comes to Brexit. In the last

:47:05. > :47:11.few minutes, the parents of Charlie Gard had of arrived at the High

:47:12. > :47:14.Court. They did not speak to the press, but their solicitor gave the

:47:15. > :47:18.statement. We are continuing to spend every moment working around

:47:19. > :47:23.the clock to save our dear baby Charlie. We have been requesting

:47:24. > :47:32.this specialised treatment since November. Never have the hospital,

:47:33. > :47:38.the courts, we have never asked for anything, except for the permission

:47:39. > :47:46.to go. We have raised over ?1.3 million and we have had invitations

:47:47. > :47:54.from specialised doctors in the US and Italy. They have offered their

:47:55. > :47:58.ground-breaking treatment to us and they are confident they can help

:47:59. > :48:04.Charlie. We will continue to make the case for us to seek treatment

:48:05. > :48:08.for Charlie with doctors that are actually specialised in

:48:09. > :48:15.mitochondrial DNA depletion syndrome and we hope the judge and the courts

:48:16. > :48:25.will finally ruled in favour of us seeking treatment elsewhere. We love

:48:26. > :48:31.him more than life itself. If he is still fighting, then we are still

:48:32. > :48:34.fighting. Obviously, we will update you from the High Court on BBC News

:48:35. > :48:38.through the day. She's been called a Nazi by a woman

:48:39. > :48:41.whose life she had saved, threatened with violence

:48:42. > :48:44.by the father of a dying patient, been the victim of sexually indecent

:48:45. > :48:46.behaviour by another patient, and crashed her car after falling

:48:47. > :48:48.asleep at the wheel These are some of the insights that

:48:49. > :48:52.Rachel Clarke has revealed in the book she's written to show

:48:53. > :48:55.what it's really like to work She spent ten years working

:48:56. > :49:00.as a journalist before retraining as a NHS doctor

:49:01. > :49:03.but says her first night on call in a British hospital

:49:04. > :49:05.was more frightening than when she was trapped

:49:06. > :49:08.in a warzone in the Congo, as she'd left medical school

:49:09. > :49:10.with lots of knowledge, but no one had taught her

:49:11. > :49:13.what to actually do with it all. She's also become well known

:49:14. > :49:16.for her active role in the junior doctor's strike last year,

:49:17. > :49:18.which included camping out overnight She gave up medicine for six months

:49:19. > :49:33.last year but returned to work Rachel is here. Her book, Your Life

:49:34. > :49:37.in My Hands, is published today. Explain to the audience more about

:49:38. > :49:41.the comparison with being in a war zone in Congo and why it was worse,

:49:42. > :49:47.the first time he worked in a British hospital. Being under fire

:49:48. > :49:51.obviously is a terrifying experience but you kind of powerless, nothing

:49:52. > :49:57.you can do, pinned down, trapped. The first night when I was on call,

:49:58. > :50:02.I had to do everything, I had all the responsibility, I was in the

:50:03. > :50:06.dark corridors, alone, scampering around with my bleep the nurses were

:50:07. > :50:11.calling me on every time they were worried about a patient and my

:50:12. > :50:15.training for that was five years of exams and libraries and textbooks

:50:16. > :50:27.and here I was with real patients, really

:50:28. > :50:31.sick patient this awful fear that if I got it wrong, patients might die

:50:32. > :50:34.on my watch. And nothing had prepared me for that. The actual

:50:35. > :50:36.challenge for the very first time putting all of your knowledge into

:50:37. > :50:39.action and helping patients. Although theoretically I knew I had

:50:40. > :50:41.seen you back up if I needed it, the fear you were the first port of call

:50:42. > :50:47.and you might get it wrong, terrifying. One hell of a

:50:48. > :50:51.responsibility and puts into perspective the jobs of the rest of

:50:52. > :50:57.us. If you think most medical students when they start out as

:50:58. > :51:03.doctors probably 24, they may have experienced nothing but school and

:51:04. > :51:07.university, and suddenly... You do have placements, training, don't

:51:08. > :51:12.you? You do. But you do not have the responsibility. Then for the first

:51:13. > :51:15.time, you are confronting potentially a dying patient, by

:51:16. > :51:19.yourself, the middle of the night, it is on you for the first time, and

:51:20. > :51:24.the only way to learn to cope with that is to do it, you have to

:51:25. > :51:26.experience the terror and it is experiencing the terror that

:51:27. > :51:32.toughens you up and gives you the skills. Tell us about some of the

:51:33. > :51:37.conditions you describe in the book, the conditions you worked and as a

:51:38. > :51:41.junior doctor. They can be pretty stark and shocking. The

:51:42. > :51:46.understaffing now in British hospitals for nurses as well as

:51:47. > :51:52.doctors really has to be seen to be believed. One in ten junior doctor

:51:53. > :51:58.rotors have gaps, one in ten doctors missing, one in six GPs are missing,

:51:59. > :52:04.and the patients still flood into the hospitals. You are all looking

:52:05. > :52:09.after too many patients, stretched too thinly. Sometimes I have worked

:52:10. > :52:14.nights or my friends have where we have wept at the end of the night

:52:15. > :52:18.because we are so strung out, exhausted, you just think, I cannot

:52:19. > :52:24.keep doing this. It is only 4am, six hours to go, I cannot do it, but you

:52:25. > :52:30.have to keep going the patients rely on you. Are you saying that if there

:52:31. > :52:33.were even more nurses and doctors, you know the Government says there

:52:34. > :52:37.are more doctors than ever, numbers going up, you are saying that is not

:52:38. > :52:43.enough, if there were more, people like yourself in the past would not

:52:44. > :52:48.have been crying? Completely. The numbers the Government come out

:52:49. > :52:52.with, I would argue, they are red herrings. What matters is the

:52:53. > :52:57.numbers per number of patients. It is the doctors per head of

:52:58. > :53:02.population. The numbers of patient humour going up. We have an

:53:03. > :53:06.increasing population. The Government never give the right

:53:07. > :53:13.statistics. You know they would say they do. Patients, your time with

:53:14. > :53:18.patients, that is your motivation for becoming a junior doctor, you

:53:19. > :53:22.want to help people, save lives. Some of them were pretty horrible to

:53:23. > :53:30.you and that is quite shocking in your book. Give us some examples.

:53:31. > :53:35.A is the place where you tend to experience most of the abuse,

:53:36. > :53:39.sometimes, from patients. A really highly charged environment, often

:53:40. > :53:44.filled with people under the influence of alcohol or drugs, and

:53:45. > :53:50.also patients or relatives going through horrifically frightening

:53:51. > :53:55.experiences themselves. The expressed emotion is ramped up. I

:53:56. > :53:58.think all of us working in those difficult environments, we try very

:53:59. > :54:06.hard to remember that patients might not be acting in a coherent,

:54:07. > :54:10.competent way because of illness or intoxication or they are very

:54:11. > :54:14.frightened and that can provoke real aggression which you just try and

:54:15. > :54:19.absorb because it is part of the environment. However, there is a lot

:54:20. > :54:26.of abuse that is completely unacceptable as well. I have seen

:54:27. > :54:30.the most horrible racist abuse meted out to fellow doctors and nurses.

:54:31. > :54:34.That has increased since Brexit, I think, and it is completely

:54:35. > :54:39.unacceptable in every shape and form. The NHS is meant to have a

:54:40. > :54:44.zero tolerance approach. If we booted out every patient who was

:54:45. > :54:49.racist to a doctor or nurse, we would be kicking out so many people,

:54:50. > :54:52.it would be unsustainable. It is really hard working in an

:54:53. > :55:00.environment where sometimes patients can be fouled to you. You are under

:55:01. > :55:04.such difficult circumstances anyway, sometimes people are angry because

:55:05. > :55:07.they have been waiting ten hours and you totally understand and you

:55:08. > :55:11.empathise with it. You want the system to be different as much as

:55:12. > :55:16.they do and you cannot fix it for them. You left the NHS for six

:55:17. > :55:23.months last year and went back into a different role. Why did you leave?

:55:24. > :55:29.By the time I reached summer last year, I felt pretty broken by the

:55:30. > :55:33.combination of having worked a lot of the last year under a really

:55:34. > :55:39.difficult roto gap situations where I was often having to do the job of

:55:40. > :55:43.two doctors and in the end it takes a cumulative toll and you start to

:55:44. > :55:48.feel burnt out and eat human night by constantly trying to live with

:55:49. > :55:52.that. At the same time, the cumulative pressure of the doctors

:55:53. > :56:03.dispute which was very toxic and undermining for us all. -- and

:56:04. > :56:06.dehumanising. What did it achieve? I believe it achieved a lot because

:56:07. > :56:10.for the first time junior doctors were politicised in such a way we

:56:11. > :56:16.spoke out about what we believed were the problems facing our

:56:17. > :56:20.patients, we just felt duty bound to speak out about the understaffing.

:56:21. > :56:24.The very act of speaking out meant it was worth it, even though you did

:56:25. > :56:28.not achieve ultimately what he wanted to? In terms of the contract,

:56:29. > :56:31.we failed, but in terms of highlighting the dangers of

:56:32. > :56:36.understaffing the patients, I think we achieved a lot. And that is not

:56:37. > :56:40.over. We are politicised now and we will continue speaking out because

:56:41. > :56:45.we believe it is acting in the best interest of our patients and if the

:56:46. > :56:46.Government will not speak out, we will. This statement from the

:56:47. > :56:53.Department of Health. "There are currently over half

:56:54. > :56:55.a million clinical staff working in the NHS -

:56:56. > :56:57.including over 106,000 doctors. But we know hospitals

:56:58. > :56:59.are busier than ever - that's why we have increased

:57:00. > :57:02.the number of doctors every year since 2010 and plan to dramatically

:57:03. > :57:05.increase medical school places by up to 1,500 from 2018/19 -

:57:06. > :57:07.to make sure the NHS continues to deliver excellent patient care

:57:08. > :57:16.long into the future." You were broken, you left, you

:57:17. > :57:26.repaired yourself, you came back. Why? I missed patients, as simple as

:57:27. > :57:31.that. Even the horrible ones? All of them. The horrible ones are a small

:57:32. > :57:37.minority and the longer... As the weeks went by, I just missed looking

:57:38. > :57:41.after patients, a pretty simple thing for most doctors, we get up

:57:42. > :57:46.and go to work because we want to look after patients. You are not

:57:47. > :57:49.meant to say it when you apply to medical school, but we all want to

:57:50. > :57:53.help people and I wanted to still be doing that and the feeling grew

:57:54. > :57:58.stronger and it was almost a relief for me because I discovered the

:57:59. > :58:02.thing that had driven me away from one career into another, it was

:58:03. > :58:07.still there inside of me, bruised and battered, but I loved patients

:58:08. > :58:10.and I wanted to get back to them. Thank you very much for coming on

:58:11. > :58:15.the programme. The book is out today. Thank you for watching.

:58:16. > :58:33.'From the heights of the Scottish Highlands

:58:34. > :58:38.'to the shores of East Anglia, I've travelled across Britain...'

:58:39. > :58:41.'..to learn about the food I cook for my family...'