14/07/2017

:00:10. > :00:15.Hello it's Friday July 14th, it's 9am.

:00:16. > :00:16.I'm Joanna Gosling, welcome to the programme.

:00:17. > :00:19.More acid attacks in London - police are investigating five

:00:20. > :00:20.attacks overnight which involved corrosive substances

:00:21. > :00:28.This was a shocking attack last night.

:00:29. > :00:30.Somebody's left with life-changing injuries, and this is something

:00:31. > :00:32.we've been concerned about in the Home

:00:33. > :00:36.As the Government launches a fresh crackdown on drug use,

:00:37. > :00:38.we speak exclusively to a woman whose son was groomed

:00:39. > :00:43.I would ask where he's been, he wouldn't say anything.

:00:44. > :00:47.Just literally his manner towards me wasn't very nice.

:00:48. > :00:51.What I would call from an angel child turned into a monster.

:00:52. > :00:56.You can hear the full interview shortly.

:00:57. > :01:06.And, they wanted their wedding dance to be knock-out.

:01:07. > :01:09.We'll talk to the couple whose Dirty Dancing routine didn't go

:01:10. > :01:12.exactly as planned when they started to practice for the big day.

:01:13. > :01:15.I was told, and I've seen a text since, that I ended up

:01:16. > :01:19.Then they put me through a CT scan to make sure I never did

:01:20. > :01:33.any damage to my brain, if I had one.

:01:34. > :01:37.Hello, welcome to the programme - we're live until 11am this morning.

:01:38. > :01:41.We want to hear about your embarrassing moments on the dance

:01:42. > :01:44.floor and about any of your wedding day plans that didn't go

:01:45. > :01:49.Do get in touch on all the stories we're talking about this morning -

:01:50. > :01:55.Texts will be charged at the standard network rate.

:01:56. > :02:00.Police in East London are investigating five attacks

:02:01. > :02:02.which involved corrosive substances being thrown in people's faces.

:02:03. > :02:04.One of the victims has suffered what's been described

:02:05. > :02:08.The incidents all happened within 90 minutes in Hackney

:02:09. > :02:11.One teenager has been arrested on suspicion of grievous

:02:12. > :02:15.Andy Moore's report contains some distressing images.

:02:16. > :02:18.This was the scene of the most serious attack last night,

:02:19. > :02:21.the victim was apparently delivering takeaway food when a pair of men

:02:22. > :02:27.Police say a corrosive substance was thrown in his face.

:02:28. > :02:29.He was taken to hospital with what they described

:02:30. > :02:36.In the space of just over an hour, police were alerted to five

:02:37. > :02:38.very similar attacks, the motive on each occasion

:02:39. > :02:47.The Government says it is keen to crack down on this type of crime.

:02:48. > :02:55.This was a shocking attack last night.

:02:56. > :02:58.Somebody is left with life-changing injuries,

:02:59. > :03:00.and this is something that we've been concerned

:03:01. > :03:02.about in the Home Office for some time.

:03:03. > :03:04.We've been working very closely with our colleagues in law

:03:05. > :03:07.enforcement to get a better picture of actually what is happening,

:03:08. > :03:09.as you quite rightly say it's happening in pockets

:03:10. > :03:13.Acid attacks in England have doubled since 2012.

:03:14. > :03:19.21-year-old Resham Khan and her cousin Jameel Mukhtar

:03:20. > :03:21.were attacked shortly after they had been celebrating her 21st

:03:22. > :03:25.Acid was thrown through the window of their car.

:03:26. > :03:29.My face started melting, my clothes started to burn,

:03:30. > :03:31.my shorts started sticking to me, there was smoke coming

:03:32. > :03:39.Moped crime is also on the increase, especially in London.

:03:40. > :03:41.Delivery drivers in east London say they've been faced

:03:42. > :03:43.by an escalating crime wave from knife-wielding gangs.

:03:44. > :03:52.Annita McVeigh is in the BBC Newsroom with a summary

:03:53. > :03:59.The Home Secretary, Amber Rudd, has launched a new strategy

:04:00. > :04:02.to tackle illegal drug use, after what the Home Office calls

:04:03. > :04:05.a dramatic increase in the number of deaths from drugs in England

:04:06. > :04:13.The strategy focuses on helping addicts to recover and makes clear

:04:14. > :04:16.there'll be no legal changes to decriminalise the use of drugs.

:04:17. > :04:17.Our home affairs correspondent Danny Shaw reports.

:04:18. > :04:24.Police raids against dealers have been the traditional way of clamping

:04:25. > :04:32.It's estimated to cost the UK ?10.7 billion a year.

:04:33. > :04:34.And the new Government drug strategy says that approach will continue

:04:35. > :04:39.along with renewed efforts to get people off drugs.

:04:40. > :04:42.That's what they do at the Harbour Centre in London.

:04:43. > :04:45.Support people affected by drugs and help them rebuild their lives.

:04:46. > :04:53.The Home Secretary Amber Rudd visited the centre this week.

:04:54. > :04:56.She said her drugs strategy will focus on recovery.

:04:57. > :04:59.People who are recovering from drugs often need help with housing,

:05:00. > :05:02.they need help with employment, they might have mental health

:05:03. > :05:04.difficulties, and in this strategy we've acknowledged that,

:05:05. > :05:07.we've embraced that, I've set out clear expectations

:05:08. > :05:13.for local authorities about working with recovery to make sure

:05:14. > :05:16.that these additional elements are supplied.

:05:17. > :05:19.The 2017 drug strategy is the first for seven years.

:05:20. > :05:22.It says there should be treatment tailored to the needs of drug users.

:05:23. > :05:26.A new national recovery champion will help co-ordinate services.

:05:27. > :05:29.And there will be measures to deal with new drug threats,

:05:30. > :05:31.including substances intended to enhance the experience of having

:05:32. > :05:43.Amber Rudd's involvement in a new cross-Government drug

:05:44. > :05:46.strategy board will give the plans political impetus, but she's set

:05:47. > :05:48.to disappoint people who say drug possession should no longer

:05:49. > :05:54.Children and teenagers from middle-class families

:05:55. > :05:57.are being groomed to sell drugs by criminal gangs, according

:05:58. > :06:18.The report from the Parliamentary Group on Runaway and Missing

:06:19. > :06:20.Children and Adults warns that children from better-off

:06:21. > :06:23.backgrounds are being used in a drug distribution model

:06:24. > :06:25.known as county lines, which typically involves city gangs

:06:26. > :06:28.branching out into county or coastal towns to sell heroin

:06:29. > :06:35.A mother whose child was groomed in this way says it was a living

:06:36. > :06:39.nightmare. I didn't know who to cool, I knew something was happening

:06:40. > :06:43.but to find out he was being exploited in such a way was

:06:44. > :06:48.devastating. I would ask where he has been, he wouldn't say anything.

:06:49. > :06:53.Just literally his manner towards me wasn't very nice. What I would call

:06:54. > :06:54.from an angel child turned into a monster. Because that came with

:06:55. > :06:58.abuse, verbal and physical. The BBC has learned

:06:59. > :07:00.that the Government is preparing a review of building regulations

:07:01. > :07:02.in England, following As results of checks on tall

:07:03. > :07:10.buildings have come in, civil servants have expressed shock

:07:11. > :07:13.at how the official rule books They remain unclear

:07:14. > :07:16.whether the problem is the rules President Trump will be the guest

:07:17. > :07:20.of honour at the Bastille Day He was invited to mark

:07:21. > :07:26.France's National Day by the country's President,

:07:27. > :07:28.Emmanuel Macron. The two leaders will watch

:07:29. > :07:30.the traditional military parade which, this year,

:07:31. > :07:32.has US troops marching alongside French soldiers to mark

:07:33. > :07:34.the centenary of America's Crowds are expected to line

:07:35. > :07:44.the streets for the funeral The six-year-old Sunderland fan won

:07:45. > :07:55.a legion of supporters across the country, including

:07:56. > :07:57.the footballer Jermain Defoe, who has left training in Spain to be

:07:58. > :07:59.at the funeral. Bradley died last Friday

:08:00. > :08:02.after suffering from a rare cancer. Two police forces have become

:08:03. > :08:05.the first in the UK to set up A helicopter can cost

:08:06. > :08:08.hundreds of pounds per hour but the remote-controlled

:08:09. > :08:13.miniature alternative provides an eye-in-the-sky

:08:14. > :08:15.for a fraction of the price to help with searches for missing people,

:08:16. > :08:17.responding to road crashes Beyonce has shared the first picture

:08:18. > :08:25.of herself with her twins to celebrate them turning

:08:26. > :08:31.one month old. The US singer confirmed

:08:32. > :08:33.they are called Sir Carter and Rumi, which had been rumoured

:08:34. > :08:36.after she and husband Jay-Z filed The post clocked up more

:08:37. > :08:41.than 2 million likes That's a summary of the latest BBC

:08:42. > :08:53.News - more at 9:30am. Let's catch up with the sport now

:08:54. > :08:57.with Jessica. Hello, good morning to you. Tennis

:08:58. > :09:01.fans would have wanted to be talking about the first British woman into a

:09:02. > :09:05.Wimbledon final for 40 years this morning but it was a step to bar for

:09:06. > :09:09.Johanna Konta who came up against Venus Williams, five-time champion,

:09:10. > :09:13.who is playing some of her best tennis at the moment. She won the

:09:14. > :09:18.match in straight sets but content remains upbeat, saying she believes

:09:19. > :09:22.she can win Wimbledon in the future. Centre Court favourite Roger Federer

:09:23. > :09:27.will be back there later today as he bids to win an eighth Wimbledon

:09:28. > :09:30.singles title, he faces Tomas Berdych in the semifinals. Sam

:09:31. > :09:33.Querrey take Sunil Narine Cilic ahead of that.

:09:34. > :09:37.Wayne Rooney is impressing back in an Everton shirt, he has already

:09:38. > :09:42.scored his first goal, a brilliant long-range effort on his debut

:09:43. > :09:46.during their pre-season tour of Tanzania. Rooney back at Everton

:09:47. > :09:48.after signing from Manchester United.

:09:49. > :09:53.And the three-time Tour de France winner Chris Froome has lost the

:09:54. > :09:58.leaders' yellow jersey in this year's race after a gruelling day in

:09:59. > :10:03.the mountains on stage 12. The finished in seventh.

:10:04. > :10:06.That is all from me for now, Mike Bushell will be back at Wimbledon at

:10:07. > :10:13.9:30am and I will be back at around 10am.

:10:14. > :10:16.Thank you, see you later. We have got a text from you to read out

:10:17. > :10:23.about embarrassing moment at weddings, you may have seen the

:10:24. > :10:26.couple who wanted to do the Dirty Dancing At lift at their wedding and

:10:27. > :10:33.not themselves out rehearsing, we will speak to them later. This text

:10:34. > :10:37.is, I fell during a ceilidh, my dress got caught under my shoes. I

:10:38. > :10:41.have always been a fall so it is no surprise I fell on my wedding day!

:10:42. > :10:45.Thank you for that, let us know if you have any experiences you would

:10:46. > :10:49.like to share this morning. On the programme this meaning there

:10:50. > :10:51.are two stories about the effects of drug use in the UK and what can be

:10:52. > :10:57.done to tackle the problem. As we reported in the news,

:10:58. > :10:59.the Government is launching a new drugs strategy

:11:00. > :11:01.which will specifically target psychoactive substances,

:11:02. > :11:03.once known as legal highs, performance-enhancing drugs

:11:04. > :11:04.and prescription medicines. Ministers are concerned

:11:05. > :11:06.because there has been a spike in deaths amongst people

:11:07. > :11:08.using those substances. There's also a focus this morning

:11:09. > :11:10.on people who sell drugs, with a new warning from MPs that

:11:11. > :11:16.children and teenagers from all backgrounds,

:11:17. > :11:17.including affluent ones, are in danger of grooming

:11:18. > :11:19.by criminal gangs. We'll speak to guests on both

:11:20. > :11:22.stories in a moment. First, our reporter Simon Cox has

:11:23. > :11:24.spoken exclusively to a mother who's child was groomed

:11:25. > :11:26.by a criminal gang He's done very well at school,

:11:27. > :11:32.he's had good academic achievement, very good,

:11:33. > :11:34.never had any problems He supported the school,

:11:35. > :11:38.he was involved in sports to the point where he was involved

:11:39. > :11:43.in football, hockey, basketball. He was a very key player,

:11:44. > :11:45.and was actually featured in the local newspaper

:11:46. > :11:48.for very good work. When did you realise

:11:49. > :11:54.that there were problems? It was in 2012, he was exploited

:11:55. > :11:58.to sell class A drugs and what came with that was him going missing

:11:59. > :12:01.for quite a long time. When did you find out

:12:02. > :12:05.that he was selling drugs? There was one occasion when he came

:12:06. > :12:15.home and I heard a rustling at the door, and to my horror

:12:16. > :12:20.he was actually dealing from my home so effectively he was getting calls

:12:21. > :12:23.on his mobile phone and asking whoever it was, who was willing

:12:24. > :12:29.to purchase, to come to my gate. And then it progressed to him

:12:30. > :12:34.being out on the street most of the time, which was more or less

:12:35. > :12:38.what he was doing when he was Nowhere to be heard,

:12:39. > :12:41.nowhere to be seen. How did you cope with that,

:12:42. > :12:44.when he was away and you have I didn't know what

:12:45. > :12:49.to do, who to call. I knew obviously something

:12:50. > :12:53.was happening but to find out that he had been exploited in such

:12:54. > :13:00.a way was devastating. I would ask where he has been,

:13:01. > :13:03.he wouldn't say anything. Just literally his manner

:13:04. > :13:05.towards me wasn't very nice. What I would call from an angel

:13:06. > :13:09.child turned into a monster. Because that came with abuse,

:13:10. > :13:12.verbal and physical. I was basically at a loss, I didn't

:13:13. > :13:25.know who to call, what to do. Initially, as any parent would do,

:13:26. > :13:27.I was going out there But obviously I found

:13:28. > :13:34.that there was more to it than that. When I had exhausted that,

:13:35. > :13:38.I was a nervous wreck by the time It could be that one of his peers

:13:39. > :13:50.that had family members that are into criminal activity

:13:51. > :13:52.asked their brother or sister There's also the other side

:13:53. > :13:58.where you could literally be I think personally he has gone

:13:59. > :14:02.through all of those stages. What about police

:14:03. > :14:03.and social services? I had quite a journey

:14:04. > :14:13.with all of those services, because unfortunately, with every

:14:14. > :14:18.service that I was trying, to prevent this, I was always told

:14:19. > :14:21.that my son would have to have worse problems in order to get

:14:22. > :14:25.the support that I needed. I have screamed, I have shouted,

:14:26. > :14:27.I have done everything possible to try and prevent my son

:14:28. > :14:33.from getting deeper and this was before I knew how complex

:14:34. > :14:39.being involved in this was. I was trying to stop that,

:14:40. > :14:42.but every which way I turned He's OK, but I'm very

:14:43. > :14:56.fortunate to have him here. He nearly passed away

:14:57. > :15:02.after being stabbed. As much as, OK, he's alive

:15:03. > :15:07.and he's in a hospital bed, when I saw him I just broke

:15:08. > :15:11.down, I just thought, His words to me were,

:15:12. > :15:17."It's all right, Mum, I'm OK, What would help for people

:15:18. > :15:21.like you and other families There has to be a response team

:15:22. > :15:24.that is working together because I had to be dealing

:15:25. > :15:27.with so many services Unfortunately they were not

:15:28. > :15:35.talking to each other, so there was always something that

:15:36. > :15:39.hadn't been done or that could've been done or should've been done,

:15:40. > :15:41.or that was done that There was never anybody that could

:15:42. > :15:45.see what the other person was doing. What would you say to a parent

:15:46. > :15:48.who ends up in your situation? I really truly say reach out for any

:15:49. > :16:07.help that you can get. That is the mother of one teenage

:16:08. > :16:12.boy who was groomed to deal drugs. Let's talk now to Labour MP

:16:13. > :16:14.Ann Coffey, who chairs the All Party Parliamentary Group

:16:15. > :16:17.who produced the report on the dangers of children

:16:18. > :16:23.being groomed to sell drugs. Thank you very much for joining us.

:16:24. > :16:29.How common do you think that story is? I think it is difficult to know

:16:30. > :16:34.how extensive the grooming of children and young people by

:16:35. > :16:40.criminal gangs is. Certainly I think it is very underreported.

:16:41. > :16:43.Interestingly enough, 80% of police forces reported some activity in

:16:44. > :16:48.their area and it is clear those gangs who currently operate in the

:16:49. > :16:53.big cities are looking to extend their drug operations into quieter

:16:54. > :16:57.Townsend seaside resorts outside those cities, particularly targeting

:16:58. > :17:01.children and young people to run drugs to their new business

:17:02. > :17:09.operations. Tell us more about the evidence heard by your committee

:17:10. > :17:12.about who is being specifically targeted, and how? We had a Round

:17:13. > :17:17.Table in which we had lots of the agencies that are involved with

:17:18. > :17:22.this, who talked and gave evidence. It is not clear the extent to which

:17:23. > :17:27.children are targeted. Part of the difficulty is that when children go

:17:28. > :17:30.missing, they have a return interview. If you are not aware that

:17:31. > :17:37.children are being exploited in this way you may not take that up at the

:17:38. > :17:41.return interview. And children being exploited to run drugs are very

:17:42. > :17:44.reluctant to disclose that because they have committed a criminal

:17:45. > :17:51.offence and of course are worried about repercussions from the

:17:52. > :17:56.organised crime behind them which has recruited them to run drugs in

:17:57. > :17:59.the first place. Your report specifically talks about concerns

:18:00. > :18:02.that children and young people from middle-class families are being

:18:03. > :18:08.groomed. Why are you highlighting bat and what is the evidence? We are

:18:09. > :18:12.drawing concerns about the fact that all children... And sometimes what

:18:13. > :18:16.happens is when you talk about exploitation of children, people

:18:17. > :18:20.think it is children from a particular group that are vulnerable

:18:21. > :18:27.to this, and they are vulnerable, but we forget that it is all

:18:28. > :18:29.children and we have a duty to protect all children, including

:18:30. > :18:34.those from better off backgrounds who we might not think are

:18:35. > :18:38.vulnerable, and they go unnoticed. This was exactly the problem with a

:18:39. > :18:45.parent you interviewed, she is effectively a middle-class parent.

:18:46. > :18:48.Her son's missing episodes were perhaps not seen in the way that

:18:49. > :18:55.they should have been because perhaps maybe the agencies did not

:18:56. > :19:00.connect the risk to him in the way they might have done with a child

:19:01. > :19:04.from a different type of background. And you mentioned the reluctance for

:19:05. > :19:08.kids to say what is going on because they have done something illegal.

:19:09. > :19:17.How should they be treated? If they have done something illegal, the law

:19:18. > :19:21.sees it in terms of punishment? That is the problem. We need to

:19:22. > :19:24.understand this is another form of ruthless exploitation of children

:19:25. > :19:30.and we should not make the same mistakes that were made in Rotherham

:19:31. > :19:36.and Rochdale of starting by blaming children for what they do, and we

:19:37. > :19:40.should look at them as children that need to be protected, children that

:19:41. > :19:44.are exploited, we should look to bring to justice the people hiding

:19:45. > :19:49.behind these children and look at them as children that need to be

:19:50. > :19:51.safeguarded, not criminalised. Ann Coffey, thank you very much.

:19:52. > :19:53.Well let's turn now to the Government's new plans

:19:54. > :19:58.of psychoactive substances, once known as legal highs,

:19:59. > :20:05.as well as performance-enhancing drugs and prescription medicines.

:20:06. > :20:11.Cut the fear of being labelled a criminal being prosecuted be a

:20:12. > :20:15.barrier in preventing people from coming forward to seek help? Here is

:20:16. > :20:19.the Home Office Minister Sarah Newton. We have consulted very

:20:20. > :20:24.carefully on the strategy involving a wide range of stakeholders. It is

:20:25. > :20:29.really important that we send out a very clear message to people that

:20:30. > :20:35.these drugs are very harmful. That is why we make them illegal and that

:20:36. > :20:40.is why we put every effort into reducing demand, by educating about

:20:41. > :20:42.the harm is, by reducing supply, by taking really world leading

:20:43. > :20:47.international efforts to prevent the drugs coming into the country. It is

:20:48. > :20:55.quite right that we have new powers to the Psychoactive Substance Act

:20:56. > :21:01.which came in last year to crackdown on new drugs coming through, like

:21:02. > :21:04.legal highs, chemsex drugs and the appalling zombie spice that we saw

:21:05. > :21:09.last year. It is right that we try to prevent people from taking it.

:21:10. > :21:13.But there are many vulnerable people who take drugs, that is why we have

:21:14. > :21:16.recovery at the centre of what we are doing so if people started to

:21:17. > :21:22.take drugs there are really good services for them to help them break

:21:23. > :21:30.that habit and leading meaningful full life in society.

:21:31. > :21:32.Lets get some reaction from Michael O'Toole, chief executive

:21:33. > :21:35.He helped draw up the Government's strategy.

:21:36. > :21:44.Thank you for joining us, two words sound conflicting, one talks about

:21:45. > :21:50.crackdown, the other recovery. How would you summarise this approach? I

:21:51. > :21:57.think what we like about the new strategy is, as you hint at, it

:21:58. > :22:02.recognises that the single approach will not work. There is no silver

:22:03. > :22:07.bullet which will tackle the drugs problem, it is about different

:22:08. > :22:12.approaches at different stages. The strategy picked up four key themes,

:22:13. > :22:19.one is about the criminal approach, which is to disrupt and stop the

:22:20. > :22:24.supply, the second is to focus on recovery, try to build recovery to

:22:25. > :22:28.help those people that have drug misuse problems. Thirdly they

:22:29. > :22:33.recognise it is a global thing, so acting in the UK alone will not stop

:22:34. > :22:39.the drug problem. It is about the global system of drugs. I think the

:22:40. > :22:45.final element which, for us, it's really exciting, is it really

:22:46. > :22:48.recognises that trying to prevent people getting into problems with

:22:49. > :22:55.drugs in the first place makes the most sense. Having an approach to

:22:56. > :22:58.try to prevent drug use, particularly working with young

:22:59. > :23:02.people and educating them about the risks of drugs and helping young

:23:03. > :23:09.people be more resistant to drugs has to makes sense. What is the

:23:10. > :23:15.picture with drugs in this country at the moment, if you look at the

:23:16. > :23:20.statistics the number of 15 to 16-year-olds has fallen from 10.5%

:23:21. > :23:28.to 8%, but the number of deaths has increased quite dramatically. That

:23:29. > :23:35.is true. Obviously we should welcome that. We cannot be complacent. Drug

:23:36. > :23:41.trends are always changing and the minister in the piece before talks

:23:42. > :23:45.about the Psychoactive Substances Act and the need to try to cut up

:23:46. > :23:51.the risks of new and emerging drugs all the time, there are new trends

:23:52. > :23:54.taking place all the time. The reason for the difference between an

:23:55. > :24:01.overall decline in drug use and an increase in deaths is quite complex

:24:02. > :24:08.but it is around an old cohorts of opiate users coming to a point

:24:09. > :24:12.where, tragically, many are dying. In terms of use by young people in

:24:13. > :24:17.particular, there is definitely quite a strong decline. That is

:24:18. > :24:21.really good. But we need to build upon that and be watchful of these

:24:22. > :24:26.trends around new and emerging drugs. That is very interesting to

:24:27. > :24:32.look at why drug use among the young is decreasing. What would you put it

:24:33. > :24:37.down to? There is a real combination of factors. Part of it is about

:24:38. > :24:43.culture, youth culture changes and there are different trends around

:24:44. > :24:47.music and clubs and festivals etc. Part of it is about young people

:24:48. > :24:53.gaining some skills to be more resilient, to want to make more

:24:54. > :24:57.informed and healthier choices. What is really fundamental to that is

:24:58. > :25:01.about building young people's resilience, which you do through

:25:02. > :25:06.giving them confidence, helping them have healthy relationships with

:25:07. > :25:09.peers, having ambition and being able to think critically through the

:25:10. > :25:13.risks that they may face as they grow up. There is a lot of evidence

:25:14. > :25:18.to show that you can really develop those skills and attributes in young

:25:19. > :25:23.people but it has to be done in the right way. Just trying to scare

:25:24. > :25:28.young person about drugs is proven not to work. We had to be really

:25:29. > :25:30.careful about how we work with young people through schools and through

:25:31. > :25:36.the role that parents and carers can play. There are definitely some

:25:37. > :25:40.things we can do to help young people gain that resilience to these

:25:41. > :25:43.risks as they get older. Thank you very much, Michael O'Toole.

:25:44. > :25:45.Now, many couples planning to tie the knot spend

:25:46. > :25:47.a lot of time planning, and indeed practising,

:25:48. > :25:51.We're going to talk in a moment to one couple for whom that process

:25:52. > :25:55.Sharon Price and her fiance Andy Price were trying to recreate

:25:56. > :25:57.the scene from the classic 1980s film Dirty Dancing.

:25:58. > :26:07.Let's first of all take a look at what they were aiming for.

:26:08. > :26:19.# This could be love # Because I had the time of my life

:26:20. > :26:21.# And I never felt this way before # Yes, I swear

:26:22. > :26:32.# It's the truth... Now let's look at what actually

:26:33. > :26:38.happened. This is them wrapping up to make

:26:39. > :26:47.that famous jump from the film Dirty Dancing, about to get there, and

:26:48. > :26:55.then that. Oh, my gosh, you two. What a shame! What happened? Were

:26:56. > :27:00.not really sure, to be honest. I can remember her running up to me, me

:27:01. > :27:08.putting my hands on her hips, the rest of it is blank. Were you just

:27:09. > :27:14.both out cold after you collided? Andy was, I was just badly winded.

:27:15. > :27:19.And he was unconscious. Tell us about it. Why did you want to do

:27:20. > :27:26.that? This was part of your wedding rehearsals, you wanted to do this at

:27:27. > :27:30.your wedding? We are getting married next year, I love the film and we

:27:31. > :27:38.thought we could re-enact it, it did not go to plan. What is it about it

:27:39. > :27:43.that made you think you wanted to do that, rather than the traditional

:27:44. > :27:48.slow dance? Everybody does a slow dance, we just thought we would try

:27:49. > :27:53.something different. My niece and nephew were on the grass, doing it

:27:54. > :28:00.themselves. All they said, Sharon turned around and said why don't we

:28:01. > :28:06.give it a go now? That was your first crack at it? And the last!

:28:07. > :28:15.Have you decided you definitely won't be doing it for the wedding?

:28:16. > :28:22.Yes! Two feet on the ground. You were taken to hospital? What

:28:23. > :28:28.happened? I was concussed, I was in and out. I was not aware of what was

:28:29. > :28:34.going on anyway. I was told and I had seen a text since that I ended

:28:35. > :28:43.up with a neck brace on. They put me through a CT scan to make sure I

:28:44. > :28:46.didn't do any damage to my brain, if I had one. They just checked me over

:28:47. > :28:53.on an ECG as well. They were being there. As for Sharon, you would have

:28:54. > :28:58.to ask her. I was breathless, I couldn't catch my breath. Obviously

:28:59. > :29:05.I ended up with a sore back and neck. Obviously I landed on my back.

:29:06. > :29:13.Did the doctors know what had happened? You were having serious

:29:14. > :29:19.treatments, when you had to say why you were in hospital, what was it

:29:20. > :29:27.like? To be fair, I was not as that. I was in and out and it happened for

:29:28. > :29:36.quite a while. Sharon said when they spoke to her they had a bit of a

:29:37. > :29:41.laugh about it. What did they say? They could not believe it. They told

:29:42. > :29:46.us to keep two feet on the ground! What did your friends and family

:29:47. > :29:52.say? They were killing themselves with laughter. They can't believe

:29:53. > :29:58.all this is happening to us. We have had 12-macro comments that we are

:29:59. > :30:03.too old for this sort of thing. -- one or two comments. But we have had

:30:04. > :30:08.a laugh. Did you see the funny side straightaway? Not at the time, no.

:30:09. > :30:14.Once it was Sunday we started laughing at it. I think the pain was

:30:15. > :30:21.still there at the time. We were in quite a bit of pain at the time.

:30:22. > :30:31.Still a little bit tender but all right now. Is it mainly heard bride?

:30:32. > :30:35.Yeah! -- is it mainly hurt pride. I hate to say it but it is a shame no

:30:36. > :30:40.one had filmed it, do you wish it was caught on film? We have been

:30:41. > :30:46.asked so many times for the video, but we did not dare dream it would

:30:47. > :30:50.end up like this. It is certainly giving you a story to talk about

:30:51. > :30:55.forever. Are you sure you won't be tempted to try this on the wedding

:30:56. > :30:59.day? It is going to be the scene that people want to see, you

:31:00. > :31:04.successfully being able to capture the dream that you had for so long,

:31:05. > :31:09.to perform this on your wedding day? Never say never! Just make sure

:31:10. > :31:15.there are mattresses around if you practice it again! Good luck. It is

:31:16. > :31:17.really great to speak to you, good luck with the wedding. Thank you.

:31:18. > :31:32.Thank you. Sharon and Andy. In a moment we will have the latest

:31:33. > :31:36.news but first, the latest from Wimbledon.

:31:37. > :31:39.No dancing here, I promise! Centre Court is just about ready, they had

:31:40. > :31:43.the covers on in the last hour, there was a quick shower, but we are

:31:44. > :31:48.told it will be dry by the time the men's semifinals start at 1pm. The

:31:49. > :31:53.favourite very much Roger Federer, second of on court against Tomas

:31:54. > :31:57.Berdych, before that Marin Cilic against Sam Querrey. Let's bring you

:31:58. > :32:05.the 2015 women's champion, Marion Bartoli. You are playing soon in the

:32:06. > :32:10.presentation doubles, let's talk about Jo Konta first of all, she

:32:11. > :32:14.couldn't quite make it to the final, beaten by the five-time champion

:32:15. > :32:19.Venus Williams, but you were not too surprised? No, I think it was normal

:32:20. > :32:23.but she lost to Venus yesterday because of many factors but mainly

:32:24. > :32:27.is the experience of venous, five-time champion, she put so much

:32:28. > :32:36.pressure on Jo from the word go that it was difficult for her to keep it

:32:37. > :32:39.up. She did it extremely well up until the momentum switch when

:32:40. > :32:46.venous was able to put so much pressure on Jo. After that point, I

:32:47. > :32:51.think Jo really suffered from the pressure coming in and she went a

:32:52. > :32:54.bit inside her shell, and if you go inside your shell with Venus

:32:55. > :32:58.Williams you don't have a chance to come back in the match. But I think

:32:59. > :33:03.it will be great experience for her, she will learn the process, being in

:33:04. > :33:07.the quarterfinal is great, a bit of pressure, the semifinal is amazing

:33:08. > :33:10.but the pressure is just so tremendous and I don't even think

:33:11. > :33:14.about the final because that is another story! It is about small

:33:15. > :33:21.baby steps when you are learning but she is definitely in the right

:33:22. > :33:24.place. It is harnessing the pressure from the crowd because if you are

:33:25. > :33:28.not used to it it can be a negative with the home support for someone

:33:29. > :33:32.like Jo? Yes, the crowd went a little bit flat when Jo got broken

:33:33. > :33:36.early on in the second set and I think they lost their hopes a little

:33:37. > :33:40.bit, and it is something you have to remember, when the crowd is starting

:33:41. > :33:49.to go a little bit flat, you have to find them, and playing those tough

:33:50. > :33:55.matches, a tough one against Simona Halep as well, I think she arrived a

:33:56. > :34:00.bit fatigued and it is hard to mentally bounce back and get the

:34:01. > :34:06.crowd going as well, I think she was a little bit drained. As for Venus

:34:07. > :34:09.Williams, Jo will be back, but Venus Williams in a night final, she has

:34:10. > :34:15.won it five times already, did you think you would see this again? At

:34:16. > :34:18.the first time was in 2000. Loving her, I'm not surprised. I know how

:34:19. > :34:22.motivated she is a Wimbledon, I think because Serena is not there

:34:23. > :34:28.she feels she is on a mission, doing it for the Williams family! She was

:34:29. > :34:31.so sweet with me yesterday, I wrote her a good luck note at the

:34:32. > :34:35.beginning of the event and she carried it in her bag and said,

:34:36. > :34:39.look, you have to do this at every tournament now! She's really nice

:34:40. > :34:43.and such a competitor, yesterday she was speaking about the matches she

:34:44. > :34:47.lost at the French Open, tellingly, this will never happen again! I

:34:48. > :34:51.said, Venus, just enjoy the moment! She just wants to win everything

:34:52. > :35:00.when Serena is not there and that is why she is in the final once again.

:35:01. > :35:06.And she will do everything against Garbine Muguruza, who faced the

:35:07. > :35:14.other Williams sister before. I think she will feel free on the

:35:15. > :35:17.court, the help of Martinez has been a plus for her in this tournament,

:35:18. > :35:26.but that said I think venous will have maybe a bit too efficient on

:35:27. > :35:30.grass. We have to hand back to the studio

:35:31. > :35:37.now, oh, here we go, they are testing out the fire alarm!

:35:38. > :35:43.INAUDIBLE. I don't see anyone being able to

:35:44. > :35:49.challenge him. I think the way he plays right now, I dream to play

:35:50. > :35:53.tennis one day like that! Maybe you will play like it today in your

:35:54. > :35:58.doubles match! I haven't done it, but I will try! As the alarms go

:35:59. > :36:00.off, it is probably time to Andy back to Joanna!

:36:01. > :36:06.You battled valiantly against the background noise! Thank you both.

:36:07. > :36:11.A wedding dance fiasco following is from Sharon and Andy's experience,

:36:12. > :36:14.one person has addicted, no name, my middle-aged man dancing back-to-back

:36:15. > :36:18.with a big solid guy, she had seen him do the same routine with others,

:36:19. > :36:25.holding hands and surprising by lifting them off their feet, she

:36:26. > :36:31.thought she felt intense so she bent forward to manoeuvre, the next

:36:32. > :36:34.moment he went right over her head and everybody was stunned, how

:36:35. > :36:38.embarrassing! Keep those coming in, we love

:36:39. > :36:40.hearing those stories. Let's catch up with Annita McVeigh

:36:41. > :36:42.in the newsroom. Police in east London

:36:43. > :36:44.are investigating five attacks which involved corrosive substances

:36:45. > :36:46.being thrown in people's faces. The incidents happened

:36:47. > :36:51.within 90 minutes in Hackney One of the victims has what's been

:36:52. > :36:55.described as life-changing injuries. The Home Secretary has

:36:56. > :37:00.launched a new strategy to tackle illegal drug use,

:37:01. > :37:03.after what the Home Office calls a "dramatic" increase in the number

:37:04. > :37:06.of deaths from drugs in England It follows a rise in

:37:07. > :37:11.drug-related deaths in England and Wales and targets

:37:12. > :37:15.new psychoactive substances. The Home Secretary Amber Rudd said

:37:16. > :37:20.the plan will focus on recovery. The BBC has learned

:37:21. > :37:22.that the Government is preparing a review of building regulations

:37:23. > :37:24.in England, following As results of checks on tall

:37:25. > :37:31.buildings have come in, civil servants have expressed shock

:37:32. > :37:34.at how the official rulebooks They remain unclear

:37:35. > :37:37.whether the problem is the rules President Trump is guest of honour

:37:38. > :37:44.at the Bastille Day celebrations He was invited to mark

:37:45. > :37:48.France's National Day by the country's President,

:37:49. > :37:50.Emmanuel Macron. The two leaders will watch

:37:51. > :37:55.the traditional military parade which this year

:37:56. > :37:57.has US troops marching alongside French soldiers to mark

:37:58. > :37:59.the centenary of America's Crowds are expected to line

:38:00. > :38:04.the streets for the funeral The six-year-old Sunderland fan won

:38:05. > :38:10.a legion of supporters across the country, including

:38:11. > :38:13.the footballer Jermain Defoe, who has left training in Spain

:38:14. > :38:15.to be at the funeral. Bradley died last Friday

:38:16. > :38:25.after suffering from a rare cancer. That's a summary of the latest BBC

:38:26. > :38:32.News - more at 10am. A highly-anticipated

:38:33. > :38:34.and controversial new film about a young woman who has anorexia

:38:35. > :38:38.is being released on Netflix today. To The Bone's director Marti Noxon

:38:39. > :38:40.and its lead, Lily Collins, have both experienced eating

:38:41. > :38:45.disorders and say they want the film to "start a conversation",

:38:46. > :38:48.but some charities and medical It comes months after Netflix

:38:49. > :38:53.released the teen suicide series 13 Reasons Why,

:38:54. > :38:55.which also caused concern amongst The trailer which we're

:38:56. > :38:59.about to show does contain 280 for the pork,

:39:00. > :39:20.350 for the buttered It looks like you have

:39:21. > :39:23.calorie Asperger's. You do a lot of sit-ups, I am not

:39:24. > :39:30.going to treat you if you are not Joining us in the studio

:39:31. > :39:59.are 20-year-old Abigail Steadman, who lived with anorexia

:40:00. > :40:00.throughout her teens. And Laura Hearn, who has also lived

:40:01. > :40:03.with anorexia and is the founder Laura is also a BBC producer,

:40:04. > :40:07.but is speaking to us today And from the Royal College

:40:08. > :40:12.of Psychiatrists, we have And finally joining us

:40:13. > :40:33.via webcam from New York Laura and Abigail, I know you have

:40:34. > :40:37.seen the movie, what do you think? It was interesting to watch, it

:40:38. > :40:42.addresses a lot of issues that do need to be talked about, the

:40:43. > :40:45.underlying conditions, like the thoughts and feelings that are

:40:46. > :40:50.behind the eating disorders, but at the same time it was disappointing

:40:51. > :40:54.and plays into stereotypes about what people with eating disorders

:40:55. > :40:59.are like, so I think more can be done. What sort of stereotypes? The

:41:00. > :41:04.stereotype of the overachiever, the very, very thin white young woman,

:41:05. > :41:10.and it is a shame to see that kind of continual image being shown

:41:11. > :41:15.again, that seems to be all we see when we talk about eating disorders.

:41:16. > :41:19.What did you think, Laura? I was disappointed, I thought it missed an

:41:20. > :41:22.opportunity to show eating disorders in a broader light. It showed the

:41:23. > :41:28.likes of me, white middle-class, typical person with anorexia, it was

:41:29. > :41:36.filtered with Hollywood cliches, the love story, the whole treatment

:41:37. > :41:38.setting. It has in a broader context highlighted anorexia and eating

:41:39. > :41:42.disorders and ported to the forefront but I think for a

:41:43. > :41:45.Hollywood film to have such a great wide audience it missed an

:41:46. > :41:49.opportunity to reach so many more communities. When you talk about the

:41:50. > :41:55.cliches, the love story element, is there a sense that it glamorises,

:41:56. > :42:00.because that is one of concerns? I think glamorising it, I think

:42:01. > :42:04.anorexia and eating disorders are glamorised all over social media

:42:05. > :42:07.right now, you only have to go on Instagram to find unhealthy

:42:08. > :42:11.accounts. If you want to learn how to become anorexic you don't need to

:42:12. > :42:15.watch the film for it. I do think they could have tapped into more of

:42:16. > :42:19.the reasons why Allen, the character, developed anorexia, it

:42:20. > :42:22.was very much, it seemed to me, very much about food and my recovery and

:42:23. > :42:31.the reason I got anorexia was completely to do with my feelings

:42:32. > :42:34.and emotions, and I think it kind of filter back in but there was a whole

:42:35. > :42:37.element to do with her father, you never saw him, glamorising it, no,

:42:38. > :42:41.but there were some humorous aspects to it, I won't talk about the tip

:42:42. > :42:43.because they could be triggering but there were particular tips that I

:42:44. > :42:48.thought were completely unnecessary to show what it is like to have an

:42:49. > :42:54.eating disorder I think it was humour raised in a way that was

:42:55. > :42:58.unnecessary. Liana, you are from Project Heal, you had screenings of

:42:59. > :43:05.this movie, why did you decide to do that? Do you feel like it is an

:43:06. > :43:14.informative, helpful movie? I do, I think that this is the first major

:43:15. > :43:26.film that is about eating disorders, and I think this is a great starting

:43:27. > :43:29.place. Look, there was diversity, it was a semiautobiographical film

:43:30. > :43:34.about her experience, I know many people struggle with eating

:43:35. > :43:39.disorders, they come in all shapes and sizes, genders, ethnicities, no

:43:40. > :43:41.one is immune, and they do capture that in the film through the

:43:42. > :43:47.different people staying at the treatment centre. But, that said, I

:43:48. > :43:52.think again this is a great starting point. They had to start somewhere.

:43:53. > :43:56.And I think that this is the beginning of many conversations to

:43:57. > :44:01.come and more stories to be spoken about. Project Heal decided to post

:44:02. > :44:09.one screening in New York and one screening in LA for our audience,

:44:10. > :44:13.and we partnered with this film so that as Christine and I, the

:44:14. > :44:17.co-founders of Project Heal, recovered and we are the voices of

:44:18. > :44:23.recovery and we wanted to partner with this film in order to put the

:44:24. > :44:29.conversation and make sure that it is going given the right place, and

:44:30. > :44:37.we think that this film doesn't really have the ability -- does have

:44:38. > :44:42.the ability to not only debunk these options but it is a starting point.

:44:43. > :44:48.Sandeep, what impact do you think the film will have? Good morning,

:44:49. > :44:52.everybody. I think that Abigail, Laura and, apologies, I did not get

:44:53. > :44:55.the name of our colleague from the States, have captured a lot of the

:44:56. > :45:01.issues really well. I think it has opened a debate, it has started

:45:02. > :45:05.people talking and I think that has got to be good, because this is such

:45:06. > :45:10.a serious illness, a very serious illness that we must not trivialise.

:45:11. > :45:12.Some of what you have said is important, listening to the people

:45:13. > :45:19.who have suffered and who have recovered from illness, that has got

:45:20. > :45:23.to be key. I think some of the concerns of professionals in the

:45:24. > :45:27.field are that it could potentially glamorise anorexia, but I think

:45:28. > :45:32.Laura captured that very well, it is everywhere. We are also concerned

:45:33. > :45:36.that it could potentially trivialise what is a devastating and serious

:45:37. > :45:38.illness for many young people and families. However, that said, it

:45:39. > :45:49.does start the conversation. Laura, we are talking about starting

:45:50. > :45:53.a conversation but if you are ready and potentially vulnerable girl or

:45:54. > :45:56.boy at home, what impact do you think it might have? There are

:45:57. > :46:01.certain content you said you did not want to mention because might be

:46:02. > :46:05.triggering? I am not a parent, but if I was a parent and had seen signs

:46:06. > :46:09.of my child potentially developing an eating disorder I would not let

:46:10. > :46:21.them watch it, personally. I do not think we need to give young people

:46:22. > :46:24.any more influence or ideas as to how to do things. The tricks of the

:46:25. > :46:26.trade, as we call them. Isn't quite explicit on things like that? In

:46:27. > :46:29.parts, you see an aspect on the trailer when she is counting the

:46:30. > :46:34.calories. I got into recovery because I was sick of counting

:46:35. > :46:39.calories, I did not want to do it any more. I respect that it has been

:46:40. > :46:43.an adventurous project and it has brought it into a wider audience and

:46:44. > :46:50.it is the first film of its type, but I personally feel it missed a

:46:51. > :46:55.few tricks and it could have done more for the opportunity available

:46:56. > :47:01.to it. What do you think, Abigail, it could have done? Would it have

:47:02. > :47:06.had to be more hard hitting and therefore more unpalatable to watch?

:47:07. > :47:11.I think it is difficult, in a sense it is very hard-hitting as it is.

:47:12. > :47:15.Watching it, I would consider myself recovered, and watching it for me is

:47:16. > :47:20.very, very hard, because it takes me back to a place that was traumatic.

:47:21. > :47:23.I think my family would find a traumatic, it is hard-hitting enough

:47:24. > :47:28.in that sense. It could have been less focused on the physical

:47:29. > :47:37.aspects, less focused on the food. I spoke to a friend who I went to a

:47:38. > :47:41.treatment similar to the one that Alan did with, in America. My friend

:47:42. > :47:45.is from California and is Ladino, she said there is not a hope in hell

:47:46. > :47:54.I will watch that film because it will not reflect me at all in that

:47:55. > :47:58.community -- she is Latino. There are many people suffering with

:47:59. > :48:03.eating disorders who are not emaciated, from various religious

:48:04. > :48:10.groups and communities, I feel they are possibly left out. Liana, we're

:48:11. > :48:12.talking about starting a conversation, but anorexia is not

:48:13. > :48:19.something that parents and families are not aware of. The difficulty is

:48:20. > :48:23.obviously around if there are issues how to handle something with your

:48:24. > :48:34.child in the best possible way for them. What comes out of this that

:48:35. > :48:37.can help in that regard? For sure. I think that the film does show how

:48:38. > :48:45.families are in bold through the recovery process or some not

:48:46. > :48:50.involved. My parents went to the screening, it was incredible to

:48:51. > :48:54.watch them watch it. I think honestly, one of the things that

:48:55. > :48:58.really stuck with me throughout the film was how much it impacts the

:48:59. > :49:03.family. When you are suffering with an eating disorder it feels like a

:49:04. > :49:10.lonely battle, you don't realise it affects your whole family. That is

:49:11. > :49:14.one of the reasons why when I was in recovery and trying to recover that

:49:15. > :49:18.it was such a big motivator for me, that I realised I was not only

:49:19. > :49:23.destroying my life but those around me that I love. For parents, we

:49:24. > :49:33.actually just released a discussion guide and advise which has a bunch

:49:34. > :49:37.of resources for parents. Laura and Abigail, could it potentially... It

:49:38. > :49:40.is such a complex thing, anorexia, so when you say put people off it is

:49:41. > :49:45.not like people are attracted to something like this, it is complex,

:49:46. > :49:49.but might it make somebody potentially who might be struggling

:49:50. > :49:55.at the beginning perhaps think about family issues and perhaps take a

:49:56. > :50:00.different approach? Could it be helpful in that way? For me

:50:01. > :50:04.personally there was a lot of similar information around when I

:50:05. > :50:08.was descending into the illness and none of it put me off. The problem

:50:09. > :50:11.with anorexia and eating disorders in general is that lots of denial is

:50:12. > :50:16.in bold, you think it'll never happen to me, I am not that sick,

:50:17. > :50:20.you think that until the very end. I think the film is more for people

:50:21. > :50:26.who do not have eating disorders than those who could.

:50:27. > :50:30.I think that is correct to say that it explores the family dynamics,

:50:31. > :50:35.which was very much part of my illness. And my family and friends

:50:36. > :50:41.have been very much part of my recovery, so it explores those

:50:42. > :50:48.issues. I don't know, I don't think it is something that I would

:50:49. > :50:55.recommend perhaps too somebody at the moment to personally. Sandeep,

:50:56. > :51:00.we are talking about a conversation, but do you think there are people

:51:01. > :51:04.who should not watch this? What would you say to parents and kids

:51:05. > :51:08.about whether it should be watched or not? There is a lot more

:51:09. > :51:13.awareness but there are still many more communities not aware,

:51:14. > :51:17.particularly from different cultural backgrounds. That is one thing. I

:51:18. > :51:22.don't think we can tell people to watch it or not to watch, what is

:51:23. > :51:25.important is that professionals, parents and schools are equipped

:51:26. > :51:30.with the knowledge that this film is out, it has been given a rating of

:51:31. > :51:35.15, that there is advice around that in terms of the images seen, and I

:51:36. > :51:40.think somebody said it before, it could potentially trigger for those

:51:41. > :51:46.people suffering or those at risk or recovering. It is important, I

:51:47. > :51:50.think, very important for specialists working with young

:51:51. > :51:55.people, families and young adults that they are aware of the film and

:51:56. > :52:01.the content so that they can support people should they access this and

:52:02. > :52:07.watch it. It is not something we will ban all say you cannot see, but

:52:08. > :52:11.I think it is about the advisory information around it. Also it is an

:52:12. > :52:17.opportunity, it could have told a different story, this is one

:52:18. > :52:23.person's story, one person's journey, there are lots of different

:52:24. > :52:30.journeys for young people and families. I have not seen all of the

:52:31. > :52:35.film and I am not sure if at the end of the film there will be

:52:36. > :52:39.information. It has been mentioned that there was a resource booklet. I

:52:40. > :52:43.think that is a great idea to have information so that there is a

:52:44. > :52:47.message to people that if you are worried, if you are concerned, if

:52:48. > :52:51.you or a loved one or somebody you know has an eating disorder, and

:52:52. > :52:58.let's remember that anorexia nervosa is only one of many eating disorders

:52:59. > :53:01.that we see, but there is help out there, specialist help, there is

:53:02. > :53:07.support from a whole system and here in England's over the last few years

:53:08. > :53:14.lots of work has been done. We have a long way to go. Sorry to interrupt

:53:15. > :53:20.but we need to go live to Paris, we will see what is happening right

:53:21. > :53:23.now. Thank you for joining us and there are organisations which offer

:53:24. > :53:25.advice and support with eating disorders, you can find them online

:53:26. > :53:43.at the BBC action line website. President Trump is visiting France,

:53:44. > :53:48.American and French soldiers are marching in a double celebration to

:53:49. > :53:52.mark 100 years since United States entered World War I, and the annual

:53:53. > :53:55.Bastille Day holiday in France. Quite impressive scenes along the

:53:56. > :54:03.Champs-Elysees in the centre of Paris. There will also be a

:54:04. > :54:05.binational fly-past of fighter jets to symbolise present-day military

:54:06. > :54:13.cooperation in the Middle East and elsewhere. The talks yesterday, you

:54:14. > :54:19.probably saw Donald Trump and Emmanuel Macron meeting along with

:54:20. > :54:25.their wives in Paris yesterday. The four of them died in the restaurant

:54:26. > :54:36.at the top of the Eiffel Tower. This visit was an invitation by a

:54:37. > :54:41.Emmanuel Macron to Donald Trump. It is culminating in these scenes along

:54:42. > :54:50.the Champs-Elysees is the two countries mark 100 years since the

:54:51. > :54:56.United States entered World War I. What would you do if you saw family

:54:57. > :55:00.drowning in the sea? In a testament to the human spirit, 80 beach-goers

:55:01. > :55:06.formed a human chain in Florida to help save the family who were pulled

:55:07. > :55:12.into the sea by strong tides. Roberto hold -- Roberta heard her

:55:13. > :55:16.two son is calling for help, she went in to rescue them, along with

:55:17. > :55:21.her husband, mother and nephew. Two swimmers came to their rescue by

:55:22. > :55:25.encouraging people to hold hands and former human chain, bringing the

:55:26. > :55:31.family back to safety. Roberto spoke from Florida about what happened. I

:55:32. > :55:35.running after them, once I hit the water I got about waist deep and

:55:36. > :55:41.realised people passing me, telling me, don't go in there. They were

:55:42. > :55:45.already coming out. They said the tide was bad. I told them I didn't

:55:46. > :55:49.care, they were my kids and I kept going.

:55:50. > :55:52.I passed one couple who had already gotten caught trying to get to them.

:55:53. > :55:55.It was an Asian couple and then I got to Tabatha,

:55:56. > :55:58.who was actually out there with Noah and Stephen, so them three

:55:59. > :56:05.And Tabatha kept saying, I tried to get them out,

:56:06. > :56:11.So, I was like, OK, well I'm going to get you all out,

:56:12. > :56:15.thinking it would be simple to get them out because I thought of myself

:56:16. > :56:18.as a fairly good swimmer and I found out it was a lot harder

:56:19. > :56:22.than what I thought and I wasn't able to get nobody out.

:56:23. > :56:29.It was a riptide that was causing the issues?

:56:30. > :56:37.It was like mother nature was playing tug of war with us.

:56:38. > :56:40.We would go a little bit, get a little ways, and then

:56:41. > :56:43.the water and the waves were such that it would suck

:56:44. > :56:54.So, you went in and then other family members came

:56:55. > :56:57.in and you were effectively all stuck in the water.

:56:58. > :57:03.Did you feel like you would ever not get out at all?

:57:04. > :57:09.Even my boys thought we weren't going to get out of it.

:57:10. > :57:14.I thought, you know, I was going to be out

:57:15. > :57:19.there and we were all going to go together, we just weren't

:57:20. > :57:22.going to come out of it, because it was very scary.

:57:23. > :57:27.We had the water coming from every direction, knocking me under.

:57:28. > :57:31.The waves were coming over and hitting the boys.

:57:32. > :57:34.It was scary and not something that I ever want to have

:57:35. > :57:41.And then all of a sudden, people on the shoreline came along

:57:42. > :57:48.to help and effectively formed a human chain to get you out.

:57:49. > :57:51.Describe the moment when that help first came forward.

:57:52. > :57:58.Um, I was on the beach and we kept hearing that help's

:57:59. > :58:06.And, you know, it just seemed like it never got there and it

:58:07. > :58:09.seemed like all of a sudden, everybody on the beach took it

:58:10. > :58:12.amongst themselves to start forming this chain into the water

:58:13. > :58:16.and at first I was like, I'm never going to be able to reach

:58:17. > :58:20.this because it was only a couple of people at the time and then it

:58:21. > :58:23.just progressively got larger and larger and larger

:58:24. > :58:30.and in the end, Jessica come out and she reached me and Stephen,

:58:31. > :58:33.which is my eight-year-old-son, and got to us and got us

:58:34. > :58:43.to the chain and we were the first ones to get out.

:58:44. > :58:47.And once I got out, I blacked out actually being pulled,

:58:48. > :58:52.and once I come around, I was out for about two minutes,

:58:53. > :58:56.they said, once I came around, I wake up to hearing,

:58:57. > :58:59.she's having a heart attack, and my mom's out in the middle

:59:00. > :59:05.of the ocean, in the tide, having a massive heart attack.

:59:06. > :59:07.Jessica, who you mentioned, was a complete stranger

:59:08. > :59:11.who was passing by on the beach and just realised what was going on?

:59:12. > :59:16.Yes, I'd never met her up until that day.

:59:17. > :59:19.She took it upon herself to come in and her husband come

:59:20. > :59:26.in and they worked with the chain to get us all out.

:59:27. > :59:28.If they hadn't have come along, what do you think

:59:29. > :59:35.I honestly think we wouldn't have made it that day, because it was,

:59:36. > :59:42.from my understanding, it was them and one other person

:59:43. > :59:47.that was pushing everybody to come together to start the chain and once

:59:48. > :59:49.the chain got started, you know, she come into the water,

:59:50. > :59:55.I'm just thankful that they were there and that God's angels

:59:56. > :00:13.was on the beach that day to all come together to get us out.

:00:14. > :00:17.Roberta and that amazing effort by 80 people to get her and her family

:00:18. > :00:19.out safe. Let's get the latest weather

:00:20. > :00:27.update with Korsa Quama. The cloud will thin and break

:00:28. > :00:31.through the afternoon and it will become mainly dry, just the risk of

:00:32. > :00:35.12-macro isolated showers but more sunshine, especially through the

:00:36. > :00:40.afternoon. Across the north-west, from Northern Ireland, western

:00:41. > :00:50.fringes of Scotland, outbreaks of rain. The rain will continue to make

:00:51. > :00:53.progress south eastwards overnight tonight, patchy as it spreads

:00:54. > :00:58.towards the south-east. Some mist and murk, temperatures staying in

:00:59. > :01:02.double figures tonight, 13 or 14 Celsius at best. For the start of

:01:03. > :01:06.the weekend will be cloudy, quite damp, persistent rain to Western

:01:07. > :01:09.slopes of the Highlands, islands and north-western England. By the time

:01:10. > :01:13.we reach Sunday it will become drier, but with the risk of some

:01:14. > :01:15.rain possibly for Wimbledon for the men's final, but mostly quite humid

:01:16. > :01:25.and one for all. Five acid attacks in

:01:26. > :01:28.London within the space As a teenager is been arrested,

:01:29. > :01:41.we'll ask what's behind the increase We are concerned because the numbers

:01:42. > :01:44.appear to be going up. We will arrest people, we will enforce the

:01:45. > :01:49.law as we can, we are working very closely with the Home Office to see

:01:50. > :01:50.whether any changes in law are required.

:01:51. > :01:54.The funeral of the six old Sunderland fan who died of cancer,

:01:55. > :01:59.Bradley Lowry, is taking place this morning. We will talk to his

:02:00. > :02:01.headteacher about how schools are paying tribute to him.

:02:02. > :02:03.As the Government launches a fresh crackdown on drug use,

:02:04. > :02:06.we speak exclusively to a woman whose son was groomed

:02:07. > :02:12.I would ask where he has been, he wouldn't say anything. Just

:02:13. > :02:16.literally his manner towards me wasn't very nice. What I would call

:02:17. > :02:16.from an angel child turned into a monster.

:02:17. > :02:23.We'll be speaking to a former gang member about the problem.

:02:24. > :02:26.And they wanted their wedding dance to be knock-out.

:02:27. > :02:29.We'll hear from the couple whose Dirty Dancing routine didn't go

:02:30. > :02:33.exactly as planned when they started to practice for the big day.

:02:34. > :02:36.I was told, and I've seen a text since, that I ended up

:02:37. > :02:41.Then they put me through a CT scan to make sure I never did

:02:42. > :02:51.any damage to my brain, if I had one.

:02:52. > :02:52.Here's Annita McVeigh in the BBC Newsroom

:02:53. > :02:58.Police in East London are investigating five attacks

:02:59. > :03:04.which involved corrosive substances being thrown in people's faces.

:03:05. > :03:06.The incidents all happened within 90 minutes in Hackney

:03:07. > :03:12.One of the victims has suffered what's been described

:03:13. > :03:26.Children and teenagers from middle-class families

:03:27. > :03:28.are being groomed to sell drugs by criminal gangs, according

:03:29. > :03:32.The report from the Parliamentary Group on Runaway and Missing

:03:33. > :03:34.Children and Adults warns that children from "stable

:03:35. > :03:36.and economically better-off" backgrounds are being used in a drug

:03:37. > :03:38.distribution model known as county lines, which typically involves city

:03:39. > :03:41.gangs branching out into county or coastal towns to sell

:03:42. > :03:48.A mother whose child was groomed by a criminal gang in his early

:03:49. > :03:57.teens tells this programme it was 'a living nightmare'.

:03:58. > :04:07.Detective from counterterrorism police have charged a 17-year-old

:04:08. > :04:10.male with terrorism offences, with three counts of disseminating

:04:11. > :04:15.terrorist publications, contrary to section two of the terrorism act,

:04:16. > :04:16.and one count of preparation of terrorist acts, contrary to section

:04:17. > :04:17.five of the Terrorism Act. The BBC has learned

:04:18. > :04:19.that the Government is preparing a review of building regulations

:04:20. > :04:22.in England, following As results of checks on tall

:04:23. > :04:31.buildings have come in, civil servants have expressed shock

:04:32. > :04:34.at how the official rule books They remain unclear

:04:35. > :04:37.whether the problem is the rules President Trump is the guest

:04:38. > :04:45.of honour at the Bastille Day He was invited to mark

:04:46. > :04:48.France's National Day by the country's President,

:04:49. > :04:53.Emmanuel Macron. The two leaders are watching

:04:54. > :04:57.the traditional military parade which this year has US

:04:58. > :04:59.troops marching alongside French soldiers to mark

:05:00. > :05:01.the centenary of America's entry Crowds are expected to line

:05:02. > :05:05.the streets for the funeral The six-year-old Sunderland fan won

:05:06. > :05:10.a legion of supporters across the country, including

:05:11. > :05:11.the footballer Jermain Defoe, who has left training in Spain

:05:12. > :05:21.to be at the funeral. Bradley died last Friday

:05:22. > :05:24.after suffering from a rare cancer. Two men have died in a light

:05:25. > :05:26.aircraft crash in Wiltshire. The incident happened in a field

:05:27. > :05:30.in Brimslade near Police were called to the scene

:05:31. > :05:34.early this morning, both men The Air Accidents Investigation

:05:35. > :05:38.Branch are leading the investigation That's a summary of the latest BBC

:05:39. > :05:53.News - more at 10:30am. A couple of comments about the film

:05:54. > :05:57.anorexia, Fiona says, it is dangerous to make anorexia into a

:05:58. > :06:00.film, I had anorexia and any new tips to reduce further weight and

:06:01. > :06:03.normalise the condition is not the way to help young, impressionable

:06:04. > :06:07.teens. DJ says, another film from America,

:06:08. > :06:11.nothing like what we'll anorexia is about.

:06:12. > :06:15.Keep your comments coming again, the usual ways of getting in touch.

:06:16. > :06:26.Johanna Konta says there is no reason she cannot win Wimbledon one

:06:27. > :06:27.day after her brilliant run came to an end in the semifinals.

:06:28. > :06:29.The British number one lost her semi-final to 5-times

:06:30. > :06:31.champion Venus Williams in straight sets.

:06:32. > :06:33.Williams' experience really told in this one,

:06:34. > :06:36.as she dictated the pace for much of the match.

:06:37. > :06:39.At 37 years of age, Williams becomes the oldest Grand Slam singles

:06:40. > :06:41.finalist since Martina Navratilova finished runner-up

:06:42. > :06:48.But for Konta, she'll break into the world's top five

:06:49. > :06:53.I've definitely enjoyed every single moment I've been

:06:54. > :07:00.So I don't think I need too much time for that to sink

:07:01. > :07:04.in or me to analyse that, I've made sure that I've been very

:07:05. > :07:07.present with everything I've done to make sure I have enjoyed

:07:08. > :07:15.and taken the most out of every opportunity and experience I've had.

:07:16. > :07:17.Men's semi-final day at Wimbledon today, and in previous years we'd

:07:18. > :07:23.He, of course, is out of the tournament but Centre Court

:07:24. > :07:26.favourite Roger Federer will be bidding for a record eighth men's

:07:27. > :07:35.Wimbledon title by securing a place in Sunday's showpiece.

:07:36. > :07:37.He takes on Tomas Berdych later today.

:07:38. > :07:44.Federer missed the entire clay court season after injury

:07:45. > :07:47.but, at the age, of 35 he hasn't dropped a set here yet

:07:48. > :07:52.Wayne Rooney doesn't seem to have had too much trouble settling back

:07:53. > :07:55.They're on a pre-season tour in Tanzania and on his debut,

:07:56. > :07:58.Rooney let rip with this long-range goal.

:07:59. > :08:02.Rooney has moved back to Everton, his boyhood club, after signing

:08:03. > :08:12.I just want to take it back to Wimbledon for a moment, unlike other

:08:13. > :08:15.grand slams we all know there is a very strict dress code at the

:08:16. > :08:20.All-England Club with that insistence on everyone wearing white

:08:21. > :08:24.clothes. But I didn't realise that extends to everything including

:08:25. > :08:28.underwear! Clearly the message didn't quite hit home to these top

:08:29. > :08:32.seats in the boys double tournament. They were wearing pants over that

:08:33. > :08:38.quite so they had to leave the court and then come back once they had

:08:39. > :08:42.changed into something a little bit more appropriate! That will teach

:08:43. > :08:46.them at! That is all Gosport Borough now...

:08:47. > :08:54.No way! That is so weird, I had no idea! Thank you so much.

:08:55. > :09:00.A teenager has been arrested in connection with five acid attacks

:09:01. > :09:02.in east London within 90 minutes last night.

:09:03. > :09:05.Police say the attacks were carried out by two men on a moped.

:09:06. > :09:08.Two of the victims had their mopeds stolen, while one of them suffered

:09:09. > :09:09.what have been described as life-changing injuries.

:09:10. > :09:12.Let's get the latest now with our correspondent Dan Johnson,

:09:13. > :09:23.Police are linking the attacks, it looks like the same group involved

:09:24. > :09:28.in all of them. One teenager arrested but they believe there were

:09:29. > :09:32.at least two young men involved in the attacks, the pattern seems to

:09:33. > :09:36.have been two young men on a mopeds pull up alongside somebody walking

:09:37. > :09:41.on the pavement or alongside another mopeds driver and then throw acid

:09:42. > :09:44.into that person's face and use the opportunity to steal the mopeds in

:09:45. > :09:51.some instances. That is what happened late last night between

:09:52. > :09:55.10pm and 11:30pm across this part of north-east London, police saying

:09:56. > :10:00.they believe that these five attacks are linked. Five men who were the

:10:01. > :10:03.victims of these acid attacks having been treated in hospital, police

:10:04. > :10:07.using the term life changing injuries for one of those men, I

:10:08. > :10:11.guess that means an injury that has got serious effects and is going to

:10:12. > :10:15.last a long time, and with the sort of attack with acid being thrown in

:10:16. > :10:19.the face you would suspect that might involve at least temporarily

:10:20. > :10:21.loss of sight. There has been concerns raised about increases in

:10:22. > :10:50.this sort of attack not just here after this spate of attack but more

:10:51. > :10:52.widely. One of the MPs in east London already has a debate in

:10:53. > :10:54.Parliament next week about the issue, he is calling for tougher

:10:55. > :10:57.controls on the sale of acid because he reckons there has been a doubling

:10:58. > :11:00.in the number of these attacks in London in the last two years. We

:11:01. > :11:02.know the numbers have increased and the Met Police Commissioner Cressida

:11:03. > :11:05.Dick was on the radio this morning saying she recognised there had been

:11:06. > :11:07.an increase and that was cause for some concern, though she wanted to

:11:08. > :11:10.iterate that these attacks are not happening every day but she say she

:11:11. > :11:13.will work with the Home Office to look at tougher controls on the sale

:11:14. > :11:15.of acid, but the reality is these are household projects that are

:11:16. > :11:17.easily bored, for sale very freely and would be difficult to control so

:11:18. > :11:20.difficult challenge for politicians to address, and shock and concern in

:11:21. > :11:22.this community at the number of people suffering as a result of this

:11:23. > :11:24.series of attacks late last night. Thank you very much. As Dan

:11:25. > :11:30.mentioned, the Metropolitan Police Commissioner Cressida Dick has been

:11:31. > :11:30.this morning on LBC, and said the attacks were barbaric but not

:11:31. > :11:34.widespread. I don't want people

:11:35. > :11:37.to think this is happening all over London all the time,

:11:38. > :11:40.it's really not, but we are concerned because the numbers

:11:41. > :11:42.appear to be going up. We will arrest people,

:11:43. > :11:45.we will enforce the law as we can, and we are working very closely

:11:46. > :11:48.with the Home Office to try to see if there is any changes

:11:49. > :11:50.in the law required. And meanwhile all of us need to make

:11:51. > :11:54.sure that if somebody in our family appears to be purchasing such

:11:55. > :11:56.a substance, we challenge them. Just like if you've got a child

:11:57. > :12:00.in your family who takes a knife as they go out the door,

:12:01. > :12:02.you know, I think people We can speak now

:12:03. > :12:12.to Dr Simon Harding, a Senior Lecturer in Criminology

:12:13. > :12:21.at Middlesex University. They are being reported with

:12:22. > :12:26.increasing regularity, there have been 1800 reports since 2010? Yes,

:12:27. > :12:30.we seem to be seeing a rise in these kind of attacks, something seems to

:12:31. > :12:35.have changed over the last couple of years. It seems that gang affiliated

:12:36. > :12:41.young people, people who are involved in street gangs, have begun

:12:42. > :12:46.to adopt throwing acid as a weapon of first choice, rather than perhaps

:12:47. > :12:51.as a weapon of last choice. We have seen this before, we have seen this

:12:52. > :12:56.back in Victorian times when gangs and young people were involved in

:12:57. > :13:01.throwing acid, but it seems to have come back rather surprisingly this

:13:02. > :13:08.year. As we were hearing it is something that is very easy to get

:13:09. > :13:12.hold of and looking again at statistics, since 2014 74% of

:13:13. > :13:16.investigations have been wound down because it is very difficult to

:13:17. > :13:21.identify the attackers and victims are often unwilling to press

:13:22. > :13:24.charges? That is true and one of the reasons, one of the motivations, if

:13:25. > :13:32.you like, for throwing acid is to create fear, and I think anyone who

:13:33. > :13:34.has been a victim is suffering from trauma, post-traumatic stress

:13:35. > :13:37.disorder, they are very, very frightened, and that is one of the

:13:38. > :13:45.reasons perhaps why they don't want to press charges, or the trial is

:13:46. > :13:49.cracked. You mentioned acid being used by gangs, are there any other

:13:50. > :13:54.trends to identify within who is using it and who is being targeted?

:13:55. > :14:00.The issue with acid throwing is it is used in a very wide range of

:14:01. > :14:03.criminal activity, drug deals that have gone wrong, business deals that

:14:04. > :14:09.have gone wrong, intimidation of court witnesses. It can be used for

:14:10. > :14:14.incapacitating evicting before another physical assault or theft or

:14:15. > :14:18.robbery takes place, so in actual fact it is quite a wide array of

:14:19. > :14:22.criminal activity that it can be used in, and that again is part of

:14:23. > :14:27.the reason why we are seeing an increase here, because it is being

:14:28. > :14:30.used in such a wide range of criminal activities. What do you

:14:31. > :14:34.think could be done to try to get a grip on this? We are hearing about

:14:35. > :14:38.the difficulties of cracking down on sales of acid, but that is

:14:39. > :14:42.increasingly talked about is something that needs to be looked

:14:43. > :14:47.at? Indeed, and the Government and police on top of this, they are

:14:48. > :14:52.looking at amendments to the poison that for example, but I think we

:14:53. > :14:56.need to act quite quickly around the ease of access and ease of purchase

:14:57. > :15:00.of these materials. It is possible for example to buy acid online, have

:15:01. > :15:06.it delivered to your home, you can buy it in a range of quantities and

:15:07. > :15:09.strengths from various retail outlets all DIY stores, so I think

:15:10. > :15:15.all that has to be looked at, perhaps cracking down on cash

:15:16. > :15:20.purchases so that it can only be purchased via credit card, maybe

:15:21. > :15:25.signing a register, possibly looking at licensing, and also possibly

:15:26. > :15:29.looking at how acid can be transferred or transported. Those

:15:30. > :15:33.are two issues which I think need further attention. Thank you.

:15:34. > :15:35.Children and teenagers from middle class backgrounds are in danger

:15:36. > :15:39.of being groomed by criminal gangs to sell drugs.

:15:40. > :15:43.That is the message from a report out today by the all-party

:15:44. > :15:44.Parliamentary group. Largely it involves vulnerable

:15:45. > :15:46.children being groomed to carry drugs from major cities into small

:15:47. > :15:48.towns and rural areas. We'll speak to two people who work

:15:49. > :15:52.directly on this issue in a moment. First though our reporter Simon Cox

:15:53. > :15:54.has spoken exclusively to a mother whose child was groomed by a drugs

:15:55. > :16:05.gang, we played his full interview He has done very well at school, he

:16:06. > :16:09.has had good academic achievement, very good. Never any problems with

:16:10. > :16:14.his behaviour. He supported the school, was involved in sports to

:16:15. > :16:19.the point where he was involved in football, hockey, basketball. He was

:16:20. > :16:24.a very keen player and was actually featured in the local newspaper for

:16:25. > :16:30.very good work. When did you realise there were problems? It was in 2012,

:16:31. > :16:40.he was exploited to sell Class A drugs. What came with that was him

:16:41. > :16:43.going missing for quite a long time. When did you find out he was selling

:16:44. > :16:47.drugs? When he was coming home late. There was one occasion when he came

:16:48. > :16:52.home and I heard wrestling at the door, to my horror he was actually

:16:53. > :16:56.dealing from my home. So effectively. He was getting calls on

:16:57. > :17:03.his mobile phone and asking whoever it was who was willing to purchase

:17:04. > :17:06.to come to my gate. Then it progressed to him being out on the

:17:07. > :17:10.street most of the time. Which is more or less what he was doing when

:17:11. > :17:14.he was away for three months, nowhere to be heard, nowhere to be

:17:15. > :17:20.seen. How did you cope with that when he is away and you have no idea

:17:21. > :17:25.where he is? It is an absolute nightmare, I did not know what to do

:17:26. > :17:29.or who to call. I knew something was happening, but to find out he had

:17:30. > :17:35.been exploited such a way was devastating. I would ask where he

:17:36. > :17:40.has been, he would not say anything. Just literally his manner towards me

:17:41. > :17:46.wasn't very nice. What I would call from an angel child turned into a

:17:47. > :17:51.monster. Because that came with abuse, verbal and physical. What

:17:52. > :17:57.help was there for you? Nothing at all. I was basically at a loss. I

:17:58. > :18:03.did not know who to call, what to do. Initially, as any parent would,

:18:04. > :18:07.I was going out and looking for him myself. But obviously I found out

:18:08. > :18:11.there was more to it than that. When I had exhausted that, I was a

:18:12. > :18:17.nervous wreck by the time I had done that journey. Why do you think they

:18:18. > :18:22.recruited him? A few reasons. It could be that one of his peers that

:18:23. > :18:27.had family members into criminal activity that asked their brother or

:18:28. > :18:30.sister to recruit within their mates. There is also the other side

:18:31. > :18:35.where you could literally be approached outside the school. I

:18:36. > :18:40.think, personally, he has gone through all of those stages. What

:18:41. > :18:46.about police and social services, were they much help? I had quite a

:18:47. > :18:51.journey with all those services. Unfortunately, with every service

:18:52. > :18:55.that I tried to prevent this, I was always told that my son would have

:18:56. > :19:03.to have worse problems in order to get the support I needed. I have

:19:04. > :19:07.screamed, I have shouted. I have done everything possible to try and

:19:08. > :19:13.prevent my son from getting deeper. This was before I knew how complex

:19:14. > :19:18.being involved in this was. I was trying to stop that but every which

:19:19. > :19:26.way I turned I was backed up into a corner. What is the future for him?

:19:27. > :19:30.Not too bad. He is OK. But I am very fortunate to have him here. He

:19:31. > :19:40.nearly passed away after being stabbed. As much as, OK, he is alive

:19:41. > :19:43.and he is in a hospital bed, when I saw him I just broke down. I just

:19:44. > :19:48.thought, this has got to stop. His words to me was, it's all right,

:19:49. > :19:51.Mum, I am OK, it could have been worse.

:19:52. > :19:57.What help for people like you and their families could be used in this

:19:58. > :20:02.situation? Has to be response team working together, I dealt with so

:20:03. > :20:05.many services just for one child. Unfortunately they did not talk to

:20:06. > :20:09.each other so there was always something that had not been done or

:20:10. > :20:14.could have been done or should have been done. All that was stunned that

:20:15. > :20:19.created more problems. There was never any body that could see what

:20:20. > :20:24.the other person was doing. What would you say to a parent who

:20:25. > :20:32.ends up in your situation? Any advice? Reach out. I really, truly

:20:33. > :20:40.say reach out for any help you can get. That is the mother of one

:20:41. > :20:45.teenager groomed by a gang to sell drugs. Earlier I spoke to and

:20:46. > :20:49.coffee, the chairman of the committee looking into these issues

:20:50. > :20:56.and which produce this report -- earlier I spoke to Ann Coffey. When

:20:57. > :21:00.you talk about child expectation, people think it is children from a

:21:01. > :21:05.particular group who are vulnerable, and of course they are vulnerable to

:21:06. > :21:08.this but we have a duty to protect all children, including children

:21:09. > :21:13.from better off backgrounds who we may not think our vulnerable to this

:21:14. > :21:18.kind of exploitation and might go unnoticed. This was the problem with

:21:19. > :21:23.the parent you interviewed, she is effectively a middle-class parent.

:21:24. > :21:29.Her son's missing episodes were perhaps not seen in the way they

:21:30. > :21:33.should have been because maybe the agencies did not connect the risk to

:21:34. > :21:37.him in the way that they might have done to another child.

:21:38. > :21:40.Let's talk now to Junior Smart, a former gang member who set up

:21:41. > :21:43.the SOS gang network at the St Giles Trust, which works

:21:44. > :21:47.And Helen Rosenthal in Bristol, who is the unit manager of Catch 22,

:21:48. > :21:50.an organisation that supports those impacted by gangs.

:21:51. > :21:59.Thank you both very much for joining us. Junior, tell us more about what

:22:00. > :22:03.you think of this, when you hear about kids from all areas being

:22:04. > :22:08.groomed to sell drugs? The reality is for us what we have been saying

:22:09. > :22:13.is exactly that. We have been aware of this for awhile. People tend to

:22:14. > :22:20.think it is one specific group, the most single-parent households, those

:22:21. > :22:23.on the cusp of society that our most disadvantaged, most likely to be

:22:24. > :22:29.drawn into gangs, but we have known for a while it includes middle-class

:22:30. > :22:33.families, better off kids. They go under the radar. Both parents might

:22:34. > :22:38.be working, but they are not present because they are both always

:22:39. > :22:42.working. The way that the gangs recruit, they base themselves on

:22:43. > :22:48.whatever is missing from that young person's life. If that young person

:22:49. > :22:53.is OK financially, they focus on the other assets such as sense of

:22:54. > :22:57.identity and sense of belonging. With females as well, we see it

:22:58. > :23:01.often, it is the relationship aspect. I think it is really

:23:02. > :23:06.important that we do not ignore certain sections of society because

:23:07. > :23:11.the problem affects everyone. It is important that all agencies work

:23:12. > :23:13.together because the way the gangs recruit, it is exploitation and

:23:14. > :23:20.grooming. It really requires a tailor-made solution and it requires

:23:21. > :23:27.people with first-hand experience. Helen, are you seeing the same

:23:28. > :23:31.pattern? We have seen a variety of vulnerable children who are being

:23:32. > :23:36.exploited by these gangs. In Bristol we have a unit that can work

:23:37. > :23:43.directly with young people and their families. We would look at the

:23:44. > :23:47.issues are that have brought the children to be vulnerable. One of

:23:48. > :23:51.the greatest things to highlight is to recognise the risk to a young

:23:52. > :23:56.person and child at the time of going missing. Unfortunately lots of

:23:57. > :24:01.missing episodes are not reported. The questioning and the statutory

:24:02. > :24:08.interviews of young people when they return from a missing periods is not

:24:09. > :24:14.consistent across areas. We have been looking to work with families

:24:15. > :24:18.and children and finding out why they have gone missing, educating

:24:19. > :24:22.them on keeping themselves safe and making the right choices and

:24:23. > :24:27.educating them about some of the coercive methods used by gangs to

:24:28. > :24:31.groom and exploit them into the criminal world. Junior, what do you

:24:32. > :24:36.feel is the most effective way of dealing with this? The mother of one

:24:37. > :24:40.teenage boy who was groomed said she was describing a complete nightmare

:24:41. > :24:45.where she could not reach out to her son and was not getting enough help

:24:46. > :24:49.to deal with it. In our experience it requires a three pronged

:24:50. > :24:52.approach, you need enforcement to take out the networks of people who

:24:53. > :24:56.are really embedded who will not stop what they are doing for the

:24:57. > :25:02.sake of it, they have everything to gain and nothing to lose. You need

:25:03. > :25:08.intervention for the people who have been more involved than just on the

:25:09. > :25:12.periphery. It is easy to get drawn in, the stuff that is that the

:25:13. > :25:17.social media, they are proliferating the image that they are untouchable,

:25:18. > :25:21.there is big money to be made through running these drug line

:25:22. > :25:26.networks. The next thing you need is prevention, things like going into

:25:27. > :25:32.schools. We do some stuff with SOS which goes into schools, and former

:25:33. > :25:36.gang members to demystify and show people the other side of the

:25:37. > :25:40.reality. How much money can you realistically make? The reality is a

:25:41. > :25:44.young person might be set up by their own friends to create a debt.

:25:45. > :25:49.That is another way the middle-class families are being brought in, the

:25:50. > :25:52.young person has been set up, they have created a debtor and the gang

:25:53. > :25:58.members or the collective know that the parents are in a better position

:25:59. > :26:03.to pay that debt. The debt is repaid, the debt just goes on and on

:26:04. > :26:08.and on. Through that we need the support for the families. We really

:26:09. > :26:11.need that help. Someone with cultural competence to get through

:26:12. > :26:14.to these young people and break down the reality for them.

:26:15. > :26:15.Thank you both very much. A gay Muslim man who shared photos

:26:16. > :26:18.and videos of his wedding publicly He and his husband say they wanted

:26:19. > :26:22.to encourage other gay Muslims to come out to family and friends

:26:23. > :26:27.and show it's ok to practise Now we can speak to Jahed - or Jay -

:26:28. > :26:40.Rogan and Sean Choudhury. Thank you both very much. Jay, you

:26:41. > :26:47.put the pictures out because as a gay Muslim you wanted to say to the

:26:48. > :26:54.Game of Thrones it is OK, to show some solidarity -- you wanted to say

:26:55. > :26:59.to other gay Muslims. It is not just for Muslims, it is for all religious

:27:00. > :27:04.backgrounds. I feel like most religions need to be more educated

:27:05. > :27:08.on homosexuals. My family comes from a traditional backgrounds, from

:27:09. > :27:12.their country, they have not been educated on homosexuals. When I came

:27:13. > :27:17.out to my parents, they did not know what it was. We will talk more about

:27:18. > :27:22.that. What reaction did you have when you put this stuff online? It

:27:23. > :27:29.was your happy day, your wedding pictures. We got death threats.

:27:30. > :27:32.Really bad. Tell us what it was like? The worst one was when

:27:33. > :27:39.somebody said, next time I see you in the street, I will throw acid in

:27:40. > :27:44.your face. Sean? It has been horrible, how people can say things

:27:45. > :27:48.like that. Have people been nice? What proportion of comments have

:27:49. > :27:52.been like that? We have had death threats but also support. It must be

:27:53. > :27:56.quite shocking when you put something out there because you feel

:27:57. > :28:03.like it is the good and right thing to do? Yes. How has it left you

:28:04. > :28:12.feeling? Mixed feelings at the moment. Jay, you said when you came

:28:13. > :28:17.out to your family, what was that like? You knew from an early age

:28:18. > :28:20.that you were gay? From the age of six or seven, in junior school. I

:28:21. > :28:26.had these feelings and I did not know what it was. And when I came

:28:27. > :28:33.out, no one understood. I did not understand myself. What this was.

:28:34. > :28:39.How did you tell your family? When I tried to commit suicide. And after

:28:40. > :28:44.that one of my really good friends told me, you need to tell your

:28:45. > :28:49.parents. She came with me and she encouraged me to tell my mum. When I

:28:50. > :28:57.told my mum she had no idea what this is. How old were you when this

:28:58. > :29:03.happened? I was about 18, 19. What was going on in your head in terms

:29:04. > :29:10.of the conflict that led you to search a bleak situation? I have

:29:11. > :29:14.been brought up Muslim, and as far as I know... It is a fact that the

:29:15. > :29:22.Koran mentions that you cannot be gay and Muslim. It is prohibit it. I

:29:23. > :29:26.just want to apologise to anyone who may be offended, I respect that.

:29:27. > :29:31.They say in the Koran you can't be gay, but this is how I chose to live

:29:32. > :29:41.my life. I would never get rid of my faith. What led you down the path of

:29:42. > :29:46.being able to reconcile the two? It is when I had my second suicide

:29:47. > :29:51.attempt, that is when I just thought, enough is enough, I had to

:29:52. > :29:57.do something about it. In my head I had been battling for so long, 15 or

:29:58. > :30:02.16 years, whether I am gay or a Muslim, why am I battling all the

:30:03. > :30:07.time? Because of that I have had severe mental health problems. How

:30:08. > :30:13.have your family been? My family has been really supportive. They have

:30:14. > :30:22.been very supportive. Sean, how have you found helping Jay through this?

:30:23. > :30:28.I know it... What it is like to come out to your parents, I have been

:30:29. > :30:32.through that myself. Luckily my mum understood and she helped me in her

:30:33. > :30:38.arms and let me in and said she would stand by me every step of the

:30:39. > :30:43.way. The story we want to get out is just to let people know that there

:30:44. > :30:44.is support everywhere for them. When the right time is, they should come

:30:45. > :30:56.out and not be scared. Have you spoken to people who have

:30:57. > :31:00.felt that you two talking openly has been a help? Yes, we went home

:31:01. > :31:04.yesterday and had an e-mail from this guy who said he watched our

:31:05. > :31:11.story yesterday and he said it touched his heart, and he said he is

:31:12. > :31:17.going to plan to tell his parents that he is gay, so step by step

:31:18. > :31:20.people are taking our advice and helping us to help them to come out

:31:21. > :31:28.of their parents. How important is that for both of you? Amazing. Jay,

:31:29. > :31:35.am I right in thinking that when you were younger you went and had

:31:36. > :31:39.therapy to try... Oh, I tried everything because I didn't want to

:31:40. > :31:45.be gay, in my head I didn't want to be dead. You put yourself on a

:31:46. > :31:48.terribly forward for that? Yes, I went to pilgrimage, I prayed, I left

:31:49. > :31:52.some friends that were gay because I thought I was influenced by them, so

:31:53. > :31:59.I left them and went abroad, stayed there for six months trying to

:32:00. > :32:04.cleanse my soul. I saw mosque teacher after mosque teacher, they

:32:05. > :32:08.gave me prayers, medication to give me hallucinations, I tried

:32:09. > :32:12.everything. What was it like when you were going through one of that?

:32:13. > :32:19.I was desperate, I would go through it because I know I don't want to be

:32:20. > :32:24.gay, but now I just can't do it any more. So you went through all of

:32:25. > :32:30.that and at the end of that treatment you must have been in a

:32:31. > :32:37.pretty vulnerable, difficult... Yes, that led to my second attempt. So

:32:38. > :32:45.now your family is supportive, your family have always been supportive,

:32:46. > :32:50.as you say, though, you have had difficulties online. Is it mainly

:32:51. > :32:56.online, is that where the abuse is coming? It is more around my

:32:57. > :33:05.community. And mine as well. What has happened? I have had people

:33:06. > :33:11.spitting on me, calling the pig, just nasty stuff. How are you coping

:33:12. > :33:20.with that? I'm getting there, but... Yeah. What do you say, do you say

:33:21. > :33:27.anything bad or just keep walking? Just keep walking. It has obviously

:33:28. > :33:31.been a really, really upsetting time for you both, I hope it all is fine

:33:32. > :33:35.but obviously what you are both doing in terms of talking, as you

:33:36. > :33:36.say, reaching out to people, that is why you are doing it. Thank you,

:33:37. > :33:42.thank you very much. The funeral of six-year-old

:33:43. > :33:43.Bradley Lowery, who died of neuroblastoma, takes

:33:44. > :33:47.place this morning. Bradley became well-known

:33:48. > :33:49.through his relationship with former Here's a look back at how he touched

:33:50. > :34:07.the nation's hearts. Because its joint goal of the month,

:34:08. > :34:34.we've put the graphics on it. He gives Asmir Begovic the eyes,

:34:35. > :34:37.Begovic goes that way and Bradley From sort of like that

:34:38. > :34:52.first moment I met him, I just couldn't believe

:34:53. > :34:55.that he was actually the young kid that was ill,

:34:56. > :34:59.because he sort of like ran I think from that moment,

:35:00. > :35:08.it was just like... I was with him a few days ago

:35:09. > :35:11.and it was tough to see him He will always be in my heart,

:35:12. > :35:16.for the rest of my life, because his love is genuine

:35:17. > :35:19.and I can see it in his eyes # If you smile through

:35:20. > :35:32.your fear and sorrow... I just see him as my little

:35:33. > :35:35.boy and I'm biased, so I think he's special,

:35:36. > :35:37.but I think maybe his smile. He's got a fantastic

:35:38. > :35:39.personality and everyone's kind We can talk to the head teacher of

:35:40. > :35:59.Bradley's School, Joanna Clark. Paul Dobson from Sunderland AFC

:36:00. > :36:01.fanzine A Love Supreme, Alastair Whitington,

:36:02. > :36:02.from Neuroblastoma UK, and Sarah Elliott whose child's

:36:03. > :36:10.school, like many today, Also our correspondent Danny Savage,

:36:11. > :36:15.who is at the funeral in County Durham. Thank you all for joining

:36:16. > :36:25.us. Joanna, you were Bradley's headteacher, tell us more about him.

:36:26. > :36:30.Bradley came to us in nursery, he is a year one people now, so he has

:36:31. > :36:37.been at our school for three years. Obviously today is an incredibly sad

:36:38. > :36:41.day for his family in particular with the funeral, and today we are

:36:42. > :36:48.marking it in school and we are trying to mark it in as positive a

:36:49. > :36:53.way as we can, and we are doing a day of celebration of Bradley's life

:36:54. > :36:58.today at school. He is somebody who really touched a lot of people's

:36:59. > :37:05.hearts, tell us what it was about him that was... A little boy

:37:06. > :37:11.suffering from cancer, devastating situation, but he had such spirit?

:37:12. > :37:18.Tell us more about him. Absolutely, really happy, popular little boy, he

:37:19. > :37:23.made friendships so easily here at school, and his illness, he tried to

:37:24. > :37:26.hide, he was a real little fighter, you just wanted to be like every

:37:27. > :37:37.other child and be treated like every other child. So here at school

:37:38. > :37:41.we also touched by the level of support his family has been given,

:37:42. > :37:47.it has been incredible at such an national and local way. And does

:37:48. > :37:51.that help with talking to the other kids about it? They are young

:37:52. > :37:55.children to be dealing with this, aren't they? They are, they are very

:37:56. > :37:59.young children and we are trying to be sensitive to that and use

:38:00. > :38:03.language children will understand so we more recently talked about

:38:04. > :38:07.Bradley being very poorly and very sick, so we tried to build the

:38:08. > :38:15.children up to that understanding, and we've also tried to let them

:38:16. > :38:19.know how they can help Bradley and how they can help other children

:38:20. > :38:27.that are as poorly as Bradley, so we have been trying to talk in that

:38:28. > :38:31.way, and in terms of that song, Smile, that you paid earlier, that

:38:32. > :38:33.has helped our children because they enjoyed the verse where the words

:38:34. > :38:39.were changed for Bradley and we talked about how money raised for

:38:40. > :38:42.that will go towards children as poorly as Bradley and we can help

:38:43. > :38:47.other children as well and aren't we lucky to be able to help other

:38:48. > :38:50.children? So we talked in that way to the children. Thank you for

:38:51. > :38:53.talking to us, I know that you are heading to the funeral now, so thank

:38:54. > :38:58.you for your time. Let's go to Danny Savage, who is

:38:59. > :39:03.there with a large group of people gathered. Tell us what will be

:39:04. > :39:06.happening? This is Blackhall colliery, midway

:39:07. > :39:10.between Middlesbrough and Sunderland, and this is the main

:39:11. > :39:13.street, normally fairly busy but has been completely closed off Bradley's

:39:14. > :39:18.funeral, many hundreds of people have turned out today to pay their

:39:19. > :39:22.respects. Look at the top shot from our camera here, you can see how

:39:23. > :39:27.many people are lining the main street here, all of them, well, many

:39:28. > :39:30.of them, in their football shirts, Sunderland shirts, Everton shirts,

:39:31. > :39:42.Bradley was a mascot for Everton at one point, he was a mascot for

:39:43. > :39:45.England, some Manchester United shirts, and the family have said to

:39:46. > :39:47.people coming along, where bright shirts, Waigel football shirts, that

:39:48. > :39:49.is what they have turned out to do, some people have driven up from

:39:50. > :39:52.Robert run this morning after raising money there for the appeal.

:39:53. > :39:54.The funeral is taking place this morning, people have been moved and

:39:55. > :39:58.inspired by the fight he put up against cancer and also the way that

:39:59. > :40:01.Sunderland football club took into their hearts, they did so much for

:40:02. > :40:06.him, Jermain Defoe especially became a close friend of him and the

:40:07. > :40:11.family, Jermain Defoe will be here today, and the funeral will start at

:40:12. > :40:14.around 11:15am this morning, an hour-long service at the Catholic

:40:15. > :40:21.Church, Saint Joseph's, just a way to my right, a large community get

:40:22. > :40:24.together afterwards. But people here in this village and way beyond have

:40:25. > :40:29.been very moved by Bradley's pride, what happened to him, the fight he

:40:30. > :40:33.put up and the smile he had, that is what a lot of people mentioned,

:40:34. > :40:36.Bradley's smile and spirit, reflected by the great deal people

:40:37. > :40:38.thought of him and the great number of people that have turned out here

:40:39. > :40:44.today. Thank you, Danny. Let's bring in

:40:45. > :40:48.Paul Dobson from the fanzine A Love Supreme. That reaction that he had

:40:49. > :40:54.from the team at Sunderland must have been amazing for the little

:40:55. > :40:59.boy, mustn't it? Yes, I imagine if I had been that age and met my

:41:00. > :41:06.footballing heroes, it is great the way Everton took into the heart as

:41:07. > :41:09.well, Chelsea gave him support, even Diego Costa, who has a reputation as

:41:10. > :41:15.a pantomime villain, they were posing for photographs with the lad,

:41:16. > :41:19.so it bought his plight to the football world and the world in

:41:20. > :41:23.general with the number of people who had responded, a quarter of a

:41:24. > :41:26.million Christmas cards, that sort of thing, and everybody has been

:41:27. > :41:31.made aware of the awful disease he suffered, there are other kids out

:41:32. > :41:36.there who will probably benefit from Bradley's legacy in terms of the

:41:37. > :41:39.fund his parents have set up. Let's bring in Alistair Whittington

:41:40. > :41:42.Bromley robust in the UK, in terms of the condition and raising

:41:43. > :41:52.awareness and raising financial support, what impact? I think

:41:53. > :41:56.Bradley's story has brought more awareness of the disease of people

:41:57. > :42:00.may not have heard before Bradley and how his family coped with what

:42:01. > :42:05.is a dreadful disease which affects 100 children each year, two per week

:42:06. > :42:09.diagnosed, of which sadly 35, like Bradley, will die each year, and

:42:10. > :42:14.therefore I think the awareness has been great. Hopefully that will

:42:15. > :42:18.translate into funding for research, organisations like Neuroblastoma UK

:42:19. > :42:21.do because all of the research happening in this disease is

:42:22. > :42:33.dependent on charity such as ourselves in making the right

:42:34. > :42:37.decisions to invest in new treatments and we are starting to

:42:38. > :42:39.make progress in that but we need to make further progress to get along

:42:40. > :42:42.the same lines as leukaemia has, which 20 years ago the same position

:42:43. > :42:44.was wet neuroblastoma is but is now getting 90% survival rates as

:42:45. > :42:47.opposed to the 35 that we are getting for high risk disease at the

:42:48. > :42:52.moment. Sarah, you are amongst those who have been touched by Bradley and

:42:53. > :42:55.your child's School is paying tribute to Bradley like so many

:42:56. > :42:59.others today. Tell us what is happening. Yes, we actually did it

:43:00. > :43:05.yesterday as some of the children are on school trips today. We

:43:06. > :43:10.arranged the football shirt Day for yesterday so everybody got a chance

:43:11. > :43:14.to take part. And how have the children reacted? To see their faces

:43:15. > :43:18.yesterday morning, it was amazing, so excited they got a chance to wear

:43:19. > :43:23.their football shirt or a colour of their choice shirt if they didn't

:43:24. > :43:31.have a football shirt, some children Walbrook be shirts, they all took

:43:32. > :43:36.part, and the teachers -- some children wore rugby shirts. Paul,

:43:37. > :43:39.will there be a legacy at the club? We like to think so, somebody

:43:40. > :43:43.started a petition to have part of the ground named in Bradley's

:43:44. > :43:46.honour, whether it is a whole stand or the family section seems quite

:43:47. > :43:50.appropriate but I'm sure we will do something along those lines, even if

:43:51. > :43:55.it is one of those wonderful pictures alongside -- pictures

:43:56. > :43:59.Bradley alongside the players in the main entrance, perhaps. Alistair,

:44:00. > :44:04.just going back to the prognosis for children with this, and the

:44:05. > :44:07.treatments available, you are saying obviously it is not great at the

:44:08. > :44:11.moment, do you think that comes down to the fact that it is one of the

:44:12. > :44:16.lesser-known cancers and there just has not been the funding for it as a

:44:17. > :44:19.result? I think that is probably one of the problems, and obviously

:44:20. > :44:29.raising the profile will hopefully alleviate that. The treatment itself

:44:30. > :44:31.involves a high dose of chemotherapy, surgery, radiotherapy

:44:32. > :44:33.and stem cell transplant but we are also getting new emerging treatments

:44:34. > :44:36.in terms of immunotherapy which is starting to show some promise, and

:44:37. > :44:39.we have just completed a trial on that, hopefully the result of that,

:44:40. > :44:45.the drug developed from that, will be funded by Nice, I think the

:44:46. > :44:52.application is going in in August and that will be important and we

:44:53. > :44:57.also investing in other immunotherapy, a trial we are doing

:44:58. > :45:06.in connection with Cancer Research UK, to look at how the T-cells, the

:45:07. > :45:11.cells that go through the body looking for rogue cells, how we can

:45:12. > :45:17.harness the power of the T-cells to actually treat neuroblastoma, and

:45:18. > :45:21.that, we think, will start showing some promise. But, as I mentioned,

:45:22. > :45:26.all the funding for research into this disease is wholly dependent on

:45:27. > :45:30.charity such as Neuroblastoma UK, and I would hope the legacy for

:45:31. > :45:36.Bradley is that we can move forward and certainly over the next 15, 20

:45:37. > :45:39.years find a cure for this disease so that 100 families don't have

:45:40. > :45:43.defaced this worry and 35 families don't have to go through what

:45:44. > :45:47.Bradley Lowery's family are going through today.

:45:48. > :45:57.Thank you. There will be a vigil and a medic's -- a minute's applause in

:45:58. > :46:02.Newcastle today and balloons will be released at the Stadium of Light.

:46:03. > :46:04.The world Para athletics Championships are due to start

:46:05. > :46:10.today, we will speak about the President Trump is the guest

:46:11. > :46:13.of honour at the Bastille Day military parade in Paris today,

:46:14. > :46:15.a century after the US came to the aid of France

:46:16. > :46:18.in the First World War. He was invited to mark

:46:19. > :46:19.France's national day by the country's President,

:46:20. > :46:33.Emmanuel Macron. David, what has been happening?

:46:34. > :46:38.Well, we have just had a never-ending parade of French

:46:39. > :46:43.military might, really. The French do their military pageantry very

:46:44. > :46:47.well. Bastille Day is the greatest platform, the greatest opportunity

:46:48. > :46:50.to show that. As you mentioned, something rather special about this

:46:51. > :46:56.occasion because President Trump is there. President Macron celebrated

:46:57. > :47:02.his first Bastille Day as president, it is a very bold move to have

:47:03. > :47:06.invited Mr Trump to join in this moment of celebration. There is a

:47:07. > :47:13.good reason, a rationale behind this. It is 100 years since American

:47:14. > :47:19.troops arrived on French soil in 1917, in the latter stages of the

:47:20. > :47:26.Great War, the First World War, to cement victory, ultimately. 125, 120

:47:27. > :47:31.6000 Americans lost their lives in the process. This has been an

:47:32. > :47:36.opportunity to remember the ties that bind these countries together.

:47:37. > :47:41.We have had a small contingent of American troops on display as well

:47:42. > :47:45.in this parade, some wearing First World War uniforms to boot. At the

:47:46. > :47:51.moment it is all the heavy gear, the Miller vehicles passing through.

:47:52. > :47:55.They will be followed by those on horseback and, as I say, great signs

:47:56. > :48:02.of regalia for a visit which has been seen as an opportunity to show

:48:03. > :48:06.that America is not alone and the French at the very least stand side

:48:07. > :48:12.by side with the new American president. More on this still to

:48:13. > :48:15.come, we are sticking across it. Thank you, David.

:48:16. > :48:17.Now, many couples planning to tie the knot spend

:48:18. > :48:20.a lot of time planning - and indeed practising -

:48:21. > :48:23.Sharon Price and her fiance Andy Price were trying to recreate

:48:24. > :48:26.the scene from the classic 1980s film, Dirty Dancing.

:48:27. > :48:29.Let's first of all take a look at what they were aiming for.

:48:30. > :49:01.Let's take a look at what actually happened.

:49:02. > :49:08.This is down revving up to make the famous jump from the film Dirty

:49:09. > :49:17.Dancing, about to get there, and then that. Oh, my gosh. What a

:49:18. > :49:21.shame. What happened? We are not really sure, to be honest. I can

:49:22. > :49:29.remember her running up to me, me putting my hands on her hips, the

:49:30. > :49:35.rest is blank. Were you both out cold after you collided? Andy was, I

:49:36. > :49:43.was just badly winded. He was unconscious. Why was it that you

:49:44. > :49:46.wanted to do that? This was part of your wedding rehearsals? You wanted

:49:47. > :49:51.to be able to do this at your wedding? We are getting married next

:49:52. > :49:58.year, I love the film and I thought we could re-enact it. Obviously it

:49:59. > :50:03.did not go to plan. What is it about it that made you think you wanted to

:50:04. > :50:08.do that, rather than the traditional slow dance? Everybody does a slow

:50:09. > :50:13.dance, we just thought we would try something different. It was on the

:50:14. > :50:18.plans, my niece and nephew were up on the grass doing it themselves,

:50:19. > :50:25.all of eight Sharon turned around and said why don't we give it a go

:50:26. > :50:31.now? So we did. That was your first crack at it? And the last. Have you

:50:32. > :50:38.decided you definitely will not do it at the wedding? Yes. Two feet on

:50:39. > :50:46.the ground. You were taken to hospital? What happened? I was

:50:47. > :50:51.concussed, I was in and out so I was not quite aware of what was going

:50:52. > :50:57.on. I was told and I have seen a text since that I ended up with a

:50:58. > :51:01.neck brace on, then they put me through a CT scan to make sure I

:51:02. > :51:10.never did any damage to my brain, if I had one, and they just checked me

:51:11. > :51:16.over on the ECG as well. They were just being there. As for Sharon, you

:51:17. > :51:21.would have to ask her. I was breathless, I could not catch my

:51:22. > :51:31.breath. Obviously I ended up with a sore back and neck.

:51:32. > :51:35.Did the doctors know what happened? Obviously they were treating, as you

:51:36. > :51:39.say, you are having serious treatment, but when you had to say

:51:40. > :51:47.why you were in hospital, what was it like? To be fair, I was not asked

:51:48. > :51:52.that, because at the time I was in and out and that happened for quite

:51:53. > :51:58.a while. But Sharon said when they spoke to her they had a bit of a

:51:59. > :52:04.laugh about it. What did they say? They could not believe it. They told

:52:05. > :52:09.us to keep two feet on the ground from now. What have your friends and

:52:10. > :52:15.family said? Killing themselves with laughter. They can't believe this is

:52:16. > :52:19.happening to us. We have had 12-macro comments that we are too

:52:20. > :52:31.old for this sort of thing. Everyone has had a laugh. Did you see the

:52:32. > :52:41.funny side straightaway? Not straightaway, by Sunday we started

:52:42. > :52:48.laughing at it. There was pain at the time. We were still in agony.

:52:49. > :52:56.Are you find now? Is still a bit tender. Is it mainly heard bride?

:52:57. > :53:01.Yes. We have the pictures, I hate to say it but it is a shame no one film

:53:02. > :53:08.dead. Do you wish it was caught on film? We did not dare dream it would

:53:09. > :53:13.end up like this. We have been asked about the bid you are so many times.

:53:14. > :53:17.It has certainly given you a story to talk about for ever, are you sure

:53:18. > :53:22.you will not be tempted to try this on the wedding day, it will be the

:53:23. > :53:26.scene that people want to see, you successfully being able to capture

:53:27. > :53:33.the dream that you had for so long, to perform this on your wedding day?

:53:34. > :53:38.Never say never. Just make sure there are mattresses around if you

:53:39. > :53:42.practice again! Good luck. It is really great to talk to you, good

:53:43. > :53:49.luck with the wedding and everything else. Thank you very much.

:53:50. > :53:58.Sharon and Andy, love them. You have been getting in touch on the

:53:59. > :54:03.interview with Jay on Sean on their wedding. Jay is Muslim and gay and

:54:04. > :54:08.put out wedding pictures because he wanted to basically show people how

:54:09. > :54:12.important it is to tolerate who you are. Charlotte says heartbreaking

:54:13. > :54:16.that we live in such an intolerant society where gay people are being

:54:17. > :54:20.abused because they are Muslim and gay. Peter says heartbreaking

:54:21. > :54:23.interview with the couple who had the first Muslim gay wedding. I am

:54:24. > :54:28.not sure it is the first Muslim gay wedding, but they were coming out to

:54:29. > :54:33.talk about it. Suffering horrendous hate from the community. Audrey,

:54:34. > :54:39.respectively two guides for speaking out, every person deserves love and

:54:40. > :54:43.religions need to stop judgments. -- Audrey says respect for these two

:54:44. > :54:47.guides. Let's go to Paris, Donald Trump is

:54:48. > :54:59.visiting as a guest of a Emmanuel Macron to Mark Bastille Day and 100

:55:00. > :55:07.years since American troops helped French troops in the First World

:55:08. > :55:15.War. American and French soldiers have marched together in Paris in a

:55:16. > :55:19.double celebration which marks 100 years since the United States

:55:20. > :55:24.entered World War I and it is, of course, the annual Bastille Day all

:55:25. > :55:34.holiday in France. There has been a flight 's past jests -- a fly-past

:55:35. > :55:38.of fighter jets. There is the Emmanuel Macron. Away from the

:55:39. > :55:42.displays, talks between Donald Trump under Emmanuel Macron.

:55:43. > :55:44.The biggest names in para-athletics are in London to compete

:55:45. > :55:46.at the world championships which start today.

:55:47. > :55:48.More than 1000 athletes from 91 nations will be competing.

:55:49. > :55:51.Familiar faces taking to the field for Team GB include sprint stars

:55:52. > :55:55.Meanwhile, Hannah Cockcroft competes in the wheelchair

:55:56. > :56:04.We can speak now to Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson,

:56:05. > :56:11.former wheelchair racer, who holds 11 Paralympic gold medals.

:56:12. > :56:17.Thank you for joining us. What are you most looking forward to? The

:56:18. > :56:22.good thing about being the host nation is you get to determine the

:56:23. > :56:28.timetable. Every single night there really strong hopes for British

:56:29. > :56:33.medals. Jonnie Peacock has had a really tough few years, he won in

:56:34. > :56:36.London and Rio, he really performs at World Championships but has had a

:56:37. > :56:44.lot of injuries. A massive crowd pleaser. Hannah Cockroft could

:56:45. > :56:49.potentially win three gold medals. Richard Whitehead, double Parham --

:56:50. > :56:55.double Paralympic medallist. There is a team of 50 and 27 have already

:56:56. > :56:59.won medals at major championships. It is a very interesting mix of

:57:00. > :57:03.people who have already performed, some younger athletes coming

:57:04. > :57:09.through, this might be their first step onto the stage.

:57:10. > :57:15.How much of a boost as a team get when they are competing on home

:57:16. > :57:22.turf? It is huge. Athletics crowds are generally really fair. They will

:57:23. > :57:26.cheer good performances. But there is something special about competing

:57:27. > :57:31.in London. For the Paralympics it was the first time there was a total

:57:32. > :57:35.sell-out of tickets, these World Championships are the most

:57:36. > :57:40.successful in terms of six -- in terms of ticket sales. They have

:57:41. > :57:45.sold 250,000 tickets. There are some places available, if you can come

:57:46. > :57:49.then definitely do. It is better for every country when you have really

:57:50. > :57:53.good crowd support. Anyone who will have competed here for the

:57:54. > :57:56.Paralympics will have massive expectations for what the crowds

:57:57. > :58:00.will be like. You have said there are still some

:58:01. > :58:04.tickets left, but I think more tickets have been sold already than

:58:05. > :58:09.for all of the eight previous championships combined. That is

:58:10. > :58:13.extraordinary. It is amazing. In the early World Championships I competed

:58:14. > :58:17.in, you had days when you could name the crowd because you knew them. I

:58:18. > :58:26.am glad we are not at that stage any more. There have been challenges in

:58:27. > :58:28.terms of some of the countries that have hosted the games, they do not

:58:29. > :58:31.have the knowledge and understanding of Paralympic sport. That is totally

:58:32. > :58:33.different in the UK. I am so sorry to cut you short, we are right out

:58:34. > :58:38.of time. We Madonna has launched her own range

:58:39. > :58:41.of booted orphans.