14/07/2017 Victoria Derbyshire

Hello it's Friday July 14th, it's 9am.

I'm Joanna Gosling, welcome to the programme.

More acid attacks in London - police are investigating five

attacks overnight which involved corrosive substances

This was a shocking attack last night.

Somebody's left with life-changing injuries, and this is something

we've been concerned about in the Home

As the Government launches a fresh crackdown on drug use,

we speak exclusively to a woman whose son was groomed

I would ask where he's been, he wouldn't say anything.

Just literally his manner towards me wasn't very nice.

What I would call from an angel child turned into a monster.

You can hear the full interview shortly.

And, they wanted their wedding dance to be knock-out.

We'll talk to the couple whose Dirty Dancing routine didn't go

exactly as planned when they started to practice for the big day.

I was told, and I've seen a text since, that I ended up

Then they put me through a CT scan to make sure I never did

any damage to my brain, if I had one.

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

We want to hear about your embarrassing moments on the dance

floor and about any of your wedding day plans that didn't go

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Police in East London are investigating five attacks

which involved corrosive substances being thrown in people's faces.

One of the victims has suffered what's been described

The incidents all happened within 90 minutes in Hackney

One teenager has been arrested on suspicion of grievous

Andy Moore's report contains some distressing images.

This was the scene of the most serious attack last night,

the victim was apparently delivering takeaway food when a pair of men

Police say a corrosive substance was thrown in his face.

He was taken to hospital with what they described

In the space of just over an hour, police were alerted to five

very similar attacks, the motive on each occasion

The Government says it is keen to crack down on this type of crime.

This was a shocking attack last night.

Somebody is left with life-changing injuries,

and this is something that we've been concerned

about in the Home Office for some time.

We've been working very closely with our colleagues in law

enforcement to get a better picture of actually what is happening,

as you quite rightly say it's happening in pockets

Acid attacks in England have doubled since 2012.

21-year-old Resham Khan and her cousin Jameel Mukhtar

were attacked shortly after they had been celebrating her 21st

Acid was thrown through the window of their car.

My face started melting, my clothes started to burn,

my shorts started sticking to me, there was smoke coming

Moped crime is also on the increase, especially in London.

Delivery drivers in east London say they've been faced

by an escalating crime wave from knife-wielding gangs.

Annita McVeigh is in the BBC Newsroom with a summary

The Home Secretary, Amber Rudd, has launched a new strategy

to tackle illegal drug use, after what the Home Office calls

a dramatic increase in the number of deaths from drugs in England

The strategy focuses on helping addicts to recover and makes clear

there'll be no legal changes to decriminalise the use of drugs.

Our home affairs correspondent Danny Shaw reports.

Police raids against dealers have been the traditional way of clamping

It's estimated to cost the UK ?10.7 billion a year.

And the new Government drug strategy says that approach will continue

along with renewed efforts to get people off drugs.

That's what they do at the Harbour Centre in London.

Support people affected by drugs and help them rebuild their lives.

The Home Secretary Amber Rudd visited the centre this week.

She said her drugs strategy will focus on recovery.

People who are recovering from drugs often need help with housing,

they need help with employment, they might have mental health

difficulties, and in this strategy we've acknowledged that,

we've embraced that, I've set out clear expectations

for local authorities about working with recovery to make sure

that these additional elements are supplied.

The 2017 drug strategy is the first for seven years.

It says there should be treatment tailored to the needs of drug users.

A new national recovery champion will help co-ordinate services.

And there will be measures to deal with new drug threats,

including substances intended to enhance the experience of having

Amber Rudd's involvement in a new cross-Government drug

strategy board will give the plans political impetus, but she's set

to disappoint people who say drug possession should no longer

Children and teenagers from middle-class families

are being groomed to sell drugs by criminal gangs, according

The report from the Parliamentary Group on Runaway and Missing

Children and Adults warns that children from better-off

backgrounds are being used in a drug distribution model

known as county lines, which typically involves city gangs

branching out into county or coastal towns to sell heroin

A mother whose child was groomed in this way says it was a living

nightmare. I didn't know who to cool, I knew something was happening

but to find out he was being exploited in such a way was

devastating. I would ask where he has been, he wouldn't say anything.

Just literally his manner towards me wasn't very nice. What I would call

from an angel child turned into a monster. Because that came with

abuse, verbal and physical. The BBC has learned

that the Government is preparing a review of building regulations

in England, following As results of checks on tall

buildings have come in, civil servants have expressed shock

at how the official rule books They remain unclear

whether the problem is the rules President Trump will be the guest

of honour at the Bastille Day He was invited to mark

France's National Day by the country's President,

Emmanuel Macron. The two leaders will watch

the traditional military parade which, this year,

has US troops marching alongside French soldiers to mark

the centenary of America's Crowds are expected to line

the streets for the funeral The six-year-old Sunderland fan won

a legion of supporters across the country, including

the footballer Jermain Defoe, who has left training in Spain to be

at the funeral. Bradley died last Friday

after suffering from a rare cancer. Two police forces have become

the first in the UK to set up A helicopter can cost

hundreds of pounds per hour but the remote-controlled

miniature alternative provides an eye-in-the-sky

for a fraction of the price to help with searches for missing people,

responding to road crashes Beyonce has shared the first picture

of herself with her twins to celebrate them turning

one month old. The US singer confirmed

they are called Sir Carter and Rumi, which had been rumoured

after she and husband Jay-Z filed The post clocked up more

than 2 million likes That's a summary of the latest BBC

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

with Jessica. Hello, good morning to you. Tennis

fans would have wanted to be talking about the first British woman into a

Wimbledon final for 40 years this morning but it was a step to bar for

Johanna Konta who came up against Venus Williams, five-time champion,

who is playing some of her best tennis at the moment. She won the

match in straight sets but content remains upbeat, saying she believes

she can win Wimbledon in the future. Centre Court favourite Roger Federer

will be back there later today as he bids to win an eighth Wimbledon

singles title, he faces Tomas Berdych in the semifinals. Sam

Querrey take Sunil Narine Cilic ahead of that.

Wayne Rooney is impressing back in an Everton shirt, he has already

scored his first goal, a brilliant long-range effort on his debut

during their pre-season tour of Tanzania. Rooney back at Everton

after signing from Manchester United.

And the three-time Tour de France winner Chris Froome has lost the

leaders' yellow jersey in this year's race after a gruelling day in

the mountains on stage 12. The finished in seventh.

That is all from me for now, Mike Bushell will be back at Wimbledon at

9:30am and I will be back at around 10am.

Thank you, see you later. We have got a text from you to read out

about embarrassing moment at weddings, you may have seen the

couple who wanted to do the Dirty Dancing At lift at their wedding and

not themselves out rehearsing, we will speak to them later. This text

is, I fell during a ceilidh, my dress got caught under my shoes. I

have always been a fall so it is no surprise I fell on my wedding day!

Thank you for that, let us know if you have any experiences you would

like to share this morning. On the programme this meaning there

are two stories about the effects of drug use in the UK and what can be

done to tackle the problem. As we reported in the news,

the Government is launching a new drugs strategy

which will specifically target psychoactive substances,

once known as legal highs, performance-enhancing drugs

and prescription medicines. Ministers are concerned

because there has been a spike in deaths amongst people

using those substances. There's also a focus this morning

on people who sell drugs, with a new warning from MPs that

children and teenagers from all backgrounds,

including affluent ones, are in danger of grooming

by criminal gangs. We'll speak to guests on both

stories in a moment. First, our reporter Simon Cox has

spoken exclusively to a mother who's child was groomed

by a criminal gang He's done very well at school,

he's had good academic achievement, very good,

never had any problems He supported the school,

he was involved in sports to the point where he was involved

in football, hockey, basketball. He was a very key player,

and was actually featured in the local newspaper

for very good work. When did you realise

that there were problems? It was in 2012, he was exploited

to sell class A drugs and what came with that was him going missing

for quite a long time. When did you find out

that he was selling drugs? There was one occasion when he came

home and I heard a rustling at the door, and to my horror

he was actually dealing from my home so effectively he was getting calls

on his mobile phone and asking whoever it was, who was willing

to purchase, to come to my gate. And then it progressed to him

being out on the street most of the time, which was more or less

what he was doing when he was Nowhere to be heard,

nowhere to be seen. How did you cope with that,

when he was away and you have I didn't know what

to do, who to call. I knew obviously something

was happening but to find out that he had been exploited in such

a way was devastating. I would ask where he has been,

he wouldn't say anything. Just literally his manner

towards me wasn't very nice. What I would call from an angel

child turned into a monster. Because that came with abuse,

verbal and physical. I was basically at a loss, I didn't

know who to call, what to do. Initially, as any parent would do,

I was going out there But obviously I found

that there was more to it than that. When I had exhausted that,

I was a nervous wreck by the time It could be that one of his peers

that had family members that are into criminal activity

asked their brother or sister There's also the other side

where you could literally be I think personally he has gone

through all of those stages. What about police

and social services? I had quite a journey

with all of those services, because unfortunately, with every

service that I was trying, to prevent this, I was always told

that my son would have to have worse problems in order to get

the support that I needed. I have screamed, I have shouted,

I have done everything possible to try and prevent my son

from getting deeper and this was before I knew how complex

being involved in this was. I was trying to stop that,

but every which way I turned He's OK, but I'm very

fortunate to have him here. He nearly passed away

after being stabbed. As much as, OK, he's alive

and he's in a hospital bed, when I saw him I just broke

down, I just thought, His words to me were,

"It's all right, Mum, I'm OK, What would help for people

like you and other families There has to be a response team

that is working together because I had to be dealing

with so many services Unfortunately they were not

talking to each other, so there was always something that

hadn't been done or that could've been done or should've been done,

or that was done that There was never anybody that could

see what the other person was doing. What would you say to a parent

who ends up in your situation? I really truly say reach out for any

help that you can get. That is the mother of one teenage

boy who was groomed to deal drugs. Let's talk now to Labour MP

Ann Coffey, who chairs the All Party Parliamentary Group

who produced the report on the dangers of children

being groomed to sell drugs. Thank you very much for joining us.

How common do you think that story is? I think it is difficult to know

how extensive the grooming of children and young people by

criminal gangs is. Certainly I think it is very underreported.

Interestingly enough, 80% of police forces reported some activity in

their area and it is clear those gangs who currently operate in the

big cities are looking to extend their drug operations into quieter

Townsend seaside resorts outside those cities, particularly targeting

children and young people to run drugs to their new business

operations. Tell us more about the evidence heard by your committee

about who is being specifically targeted, and how? We had a Round

Table in which we had lots of the agencies that are involved with

this, who talked and gave evidence. It is not clear the extent to which

children are targeted. Part of the difficulty is that when children go

missing, they have a return interview. If you are not aware that

children are being exploited in this way you may not take that up at the

return interview. And children being exploited to run drugs are very

reluctant to disclose that because they have committed a criminal

offence and of course are worried about repercussions from the

organised crime behind them which has recruited them to run drugs in

the first place. Your report specifically talks about concerns

that children and young people from middle-class families are being

groomed. Why are you highlighting bat and what is the evidence? We are

drawing concerns about the fact that all children... And sometimes what

happens is when you talk about exploitation of children, people

think it is children from a particular group that are vulnerable

to this, and they are vulnerable, but we forget that it is all

children and we have a duty to protect all children, including

those from better off backgrounds who we might not think are

vulnerable, and they go unnoticed. This was exactly the problem with a

parent you interviewed, she is effectively a middle-class parent.

Her son's missing episodes were perhaps not seen in the way that

they should have been because perhaps maybe the agencies did not

connect the risk to him in the way they might have done with a child

from a different type of background. And you mentioned the reluctance for

kids to say what is going on because they have done something illegal.

How should they be treated? If they have done something illegal, the law

sees it in terms of punishment? That is the problem. We need to

understand this is another form of ruthless exploitation of children

and we should not make the same mistakes that were made in Rotherham

and Rochdale of starting by blaming children for what they do, and we

should look at them as children that need to be protected, children that

are exploited, we should look to bring to justice the people hiding

behind these children and look at them as children that need to be

safeguarded, not criminalised. Ann Coffey, thank you very much.

Well let's turn now to the Government's new plans

of psychoactive substances, once known as legal highs,

as well as performance-enhancing drugs and prescription medicines.

Cut the fear of being labelled a criminal being prosecuted be a

barrier in preventing people from coming forward to seek help? Here is

the Home Office Minister Sarah Newton. We have consulted very

carefully on the strategy involving a wide range of stakeholders. It is

really important that we send out a very clear message to people that

these drugs are very harmful. That is why we make them illegal and that

is why we put every effort into reducing demand, by educating about

the harm is, by reducing supply, by taking really world leading

international efforts to prevent the drugs coming into the country. It is

quite right that we have new powers to the Psychoactive Substance Act

which came in last year to crackdown on new drugs coming through, like

legal highs, chemsex drugs and the appalling zombie spice that we saw

last year. It is right that we try to prevent people from taking it.

But there are many vulnerable people who take drugs, that is why we have

recovery at the centre of what we are doing so if people started to

take drugs there are really good services for them to help them break

that habit and leading meaningful full life in society.

Lets get some reaction from Michael O'Toole, chief executive

He helped draw up the Government's strategy.

Thank you for joining us, two words sound conflicting, one talks about

crackdown, the other recovery. How would you summarise this approach? I

think what we like about the new strategy is, as you hint at, it

recognises that the single approach will not work. There is no silver

bullet which will tackle the drugs problem, it is about different

approaches at different stages. The strategy picked up four key themes,

one is about the criminal approach, which is to disrupt and stop the

supply, the second is to focus on recovery, try to build recovery to

help those people that have drug misuse problems. Thirdly they

recognise it is a global thing, so acting in the UK alone will not stop

the drug problem. It is about the global system of drugs. I think the

final element which, for us, it's really exciting, is it really

recognises that trying to prevent people getting into problems with

drugs in the first place makes the most sense. Having an approach to

try to prevent drug use, particularly working with young

people and educating them about the risks of drugs and helping young

people be more resistant to drugs has to makes sense. What is the

picture with drugs in this country at the moment, if you look at the

statistics the number of 15 to 16-year-olds has fallen from 10.5%

to 8%, but the number of deaths has increased quite dramatically. That

is true. Obviously we should welcome that. We cannot be complacent. Drug

trends are always changing and the minister in the piece before talks

about the Psychoactive Substances Act and the need to try to cut up

the risks of new and emerging drugs all the time, there are new trends

taking place all the time. The reason for the difference between an

overall decline in drug use and an increase in deaths is quite complex

but it is around an old cohorts of opiate users coming to a point

where, tragically, many are dying. In terms of use by young people in

particular, there is definitely quite a strong decline. That is

really good. But we need to build upon that and be watchful of these

trends around new and emerging drugs. That is very interesting to

look at why drug use among the young is decreasing. What would you put it

down to? There is a real combination of factors. Part of it is about

culture, youth culture changes and there are different trends around

music and clubs and festivals etc. Part of it is about young people

gaining some skills to be more resilient, to want to make more

informed and healthier choices. What is really fundamental to that is

about building young people's resilience, which you do through

giving them confidence, helping them have healthy relationships with

peers, having ambition and being able to think critically through the

risks that they may face as they grow up. There is a lot of evidence

to show that you can really develop those skills and attributes in young

people but it has to be done in the right way. Just trying to scare

young person about drugs is proven not to work. We had to be really

careful about how we work with young people through schools and through

the role that parents and carers can play. There are definitely some

things we can do to help young people gain that resilience to these

risks as they get older. Thank you very much, Michael O'Toole.

Now, many couples planning to tie the knot spend

a lot of time planning, and indeed practising,

We're going to talk in a moment to one couple for whom that process

Sharon Price and her fiance Andy Price were trying to recreate

the scene from the classic 1980s film Dirty Dancing.

Let's first of all take a look at what they were aiming for.

# This could be love # Because I had the time of my life

# And I never felt this way before # Yes, I swear

# It's the truth... Now let's look at what actually

happened. This is them wrapping up to make

that famous jump from the film Dirty Dancing, about to get there, and

then that. Oh, my gosh, you two. What a shame! What happened? Were

not really sure, to be honest. I can remember her running up to me, me

putting my hands on her hips, the rest of it is blank. Were you just

both out cold after you collided? Andy was, I was just badly winded.

And he was unconscious. Tell us about it. Why did you want to do

that? This was part of your wedding rehearsals, you wanted to do this at

your wedding? We are getting married next year, I love the film and we

thought we could re-enact it, it did not go to plan. What is it about it

that made you think you wanted to do that, rather than the traditional

slow dance? Everybody does a slow dance, we just thought we would try

something different. My niece and nephew were on the grass, doing it

themselves. All they said, Sharon turned around and said why don't we

give it a go now? That was your first crack at it? And the last!

Have you decided you definitely won't be doing it for the wedding?

Yes! Two feet on the ground. You were taken to hospital? What

happened? I was concussed, I was in and out. I was not aware of what was

going on anyway. I was told and I had seen a text since that I ended

up with a neck brace on. They put me through a CT scan to make sure I

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

on an ECG as well. They were being there. As for Sharon, you would have

to ask her. I was breathless, I couldn't catch my breath. Obviously

I ended up with a sore back and neck. Obviously I landed on my back.

Did the doctors know what had happened? You were having serious

treatments, when you had to say why you were in hospital, what was it

like? To be fair, I was not as that. I was in and out and it happened for

quite a while. Sharon said when they spoke to her they had a bit of a

laugh about it. What did they say? They could not believe it. They told

us to keep two feet on the ground! What did your friends and family

say? They were killing themselves with laughter. They can't believe

all this is happening to us. We have had 12-macro comments that we are

too old for this sort of thing. -- one or two comments. But we have had

a laugh. Did you see the funny side straightaway? Not at the time, no.

Once it was Sunday we started laughing at it. I think the pain was

still there at the time. We were in quite a bit of pain at the time.

Still a little bit tender but all right now. Is it mainly heard bride?

Yeah! -- is it mainly hurt pride. I hate to say it but it is a shame no

one had filmed it, do you wish it was caught on film? We have been

asked so many times for the video, but we did not dare dream it would

end up like this. It is certainly giving you a story to talk about

forever. Are you sure you won't be tempted to try this on the wedding

day? It is going to be the scene that people want to see, you

successfully being able to capture the dream that you had for so long,

to perform this on your wedding day? Never say never! Just make sure

there are mattresses around if you practice it again! Good luck. It is

really great to speak to you, good luck with the wedding. Thank you.

Thank you. Sharon and Andy. In a moment we will have the latest

news but first, the latest from Wimbledon.

No dancing here, I promise! Centre Court is just about ready, they had

the covers on in the last hour, there was a quick shower, but we are

told it will be dry by the time the men's semifinals start at 1pm. The

favourite very much Roger Federer, second of on court against Tomas

Berdych, before that Marin Cilic against Sam Querrey. Let's bring you

the 2015 women's champion, Marion Bartoli. You are playing soon in the

presentation doubles, let's talk about Jo Konta first of all, she

couldn't quite make it to the final, beaten by the five-time champion

Venus Williams, but you were not too surprised? No, I think it was normal

but she lost to Venus yesterday because of many factors but mainly

is the experience of venous, five-time champion, she put so much

pressure on Jo from the word go that it was difficult for her to keep it

up. She did it extremely well up until the momentum switch when

venous was able to put so much pressure on Jo. After that point, I

think Jo really suffered from the pressure coming in and she went a

bit inside her shell, and if you go inside your shell with Venus

Williams you don't have a chance to come back in the match. But I think

it will be great experience for her, she will learn the process, being in

the quarterfinal is great, a bit of pressure, the semifinal is amazing

but the pressure is just so tremendous and I don't even think

about the final because that is another story! It is about small

baby steps when you are learning but she is definitely in the right

place. It is harnessing the pressure from the crowd because if you are

not used to it it can be a negative with the home support for someone

like Jo? Yes, the crowd went a little bit flat when Jo got broken

early on in the second set and I think they lost their hopes a little

bit, and it is something you have to remember, when the crowd is starting

to go a little bit flat, you have to find them, and playing those tough

matches, a tough one against Simona Halep as well, I think she arrived a

bit fatigued and it is hard to mentally bounce back and get the

crowd going as well, I think she was a little bit drained. As for Venus

Williams, Jo will be back, but Venus Williams in a night final, she has

won it five times already, did you think you would see this again? At

the first time was in 2000. Loving her, I'm not surprised. I know how

motivated she is a Wimbledon, I think because Serena is not there

she feels she is on a mission, doing it for the Williams family! She was

so sweet with me yesterday, I wrote her a good luck note at the

beginning of the event and she carried it in her bag and said,

look, you have to do this at every tournament now! She's really nice

and such a competitor, yesterday she was speaking about the matches she

lost at the French Open, tellingly, this will never happen again! I

said, Venus, just enjoy the moment! She just wants to win everything

when Serena is not there and that is why she is in the final once again.

And she will do everything against Garbine Muguruza, who faced the

other Williams sister before. I think she will feel free on the

court, the help of Martinez has been a plus for her in this tournament,

but that said I think venous will have maybe a bit too efficient on

grass. We have to hand back to the studio

now, oh, here we go, they are testing out the fire alarm!

INAUDIBLE. I don't see anyone being able to

challenge him. I think the way he plays right now, I dream to play

tennis one day like that! Maybe you will play like it today in your

doubles match! I haven't done it, but I will try! As the alarms go

off, it is probably time to Andy back to Joanna!

You battled valiantly against the background noise! Thank you both.

A wedding dance fiasco following is from Sharon and Andy's experience,

one person has addicted, no name, my middle-aged man dancing back-to-back

with a big solid guy, she had seen him do the same routine with others,

holding hands and surprising by lifting them off their feet, she

thought she felt intense so she bent forward to manoeuvre, the next

moment he went right over her head and everybody was stunned, how

embarrassing! Keep those coming in, we love

hearing those stories. Let's catch up with Annita McVeigh

in the newsroom. Police in east London

are investigating five attacks which involved corrosive substances

being thrown in people's faces. The incidents happened

within 90 minutes in Hackney One of the victims has what's been

described as life-changing injuries. The Home Secretary has

launched a new strategy to tackle illegal drug use,

after what the Home Office calls a "dramatic" increase in the number

of deaths from drugs in England It follows a rise in

drug-related deaths in England and Wales and targets

new psychoactive substances. The Home Secretary Amber Rudd said

the plan will focus on recovery. The BBC has learned

that the Government is preparing a review of building regulations

in England, following As results of checks on tall

buildings have come in, civil servants have expressed shock

at how the official rulebooks They remain unclear

whether the problem is the rules President Trump is guest of honour

at the Bastille Day celebrations He was invited to mark

France's National Day by the country's President,

Emmanuel Macron. The two leaders will watch

the traditional military parade which this year

has US troops marching alongside French soldiers to mark

the centenary of America's Crowds are expected to line

the streets for the funeral The six-year-old Sunderland fan won

a legion of supporters across the country, including

the footballer Jermain Defoe, who has left training in Spain

to be at the funeral. Bradley died last Friday

after suffering from a rare cancer. That's a summary of the latest BBC

News - more at 10am. A highly-anticipated

and controversial new film about a young woman who has anorexia

is being released on Netflix today. To The Bone's director Marti Noxon

and its lead, Lily Collins, have both experienced eating

disorders and say they want the film to "start a conversation",

but some charities and medical It comes months after Netflix

released the teen suicide series 13 Reasons Why,

which also caused concern amongst The trailer which we're

about to show does contain 280 for the pork,

350 for the buttered It looks like you have

calorie Asperger's. You do a lot of sit-ups, I am not

going to treat you if you are not Joining us in the studio

are 20-year-old Abigail Steadman, who lived with anorexia

throughout her teens. And Laura Hearn, who has also lived

with anorexia and is the founder Laura is also a BBC producer,

but is speaking to us today And from the Royal College

of Psychiatrists, we have And finally joining us

via webcam from New York Laura and Abigail, I know you have

seen the movie, what do you think? It was interesting to watch, it

addresses a lot of issues that do need to be talked about, the

underlying conditions, like the thoughts and feelings that are

behind the eating disorders, but at the same time it was disappointing

and plays into stereotypes about what people with eating disorders

are like, so I think more can be done. What sort of stereotypes? The

stereotype of the overachiever, the very, very thin white young woman,

and it is a shame to see that kind of continual image being shown

again, that seems to be all we see when we talk about eating disorders.

What did you think, Laura? I was disappointed, I thought it missed an

opportunity to show eating disorders in a broader light. It showed the

likes of me, white middle-class, typical person with anorexia, it was

filtered with Hollywood cliches, the love story, the whole treatment

setting. It has in a broader context highlighted anorexia and eating

disorders and ported to the forefront but I think for a

Hollywood film to have such a great wide audience it missed an

opportunity to reach so many more communities. When you talk about the

cliches, the love story element, is there a sense that it glamorises,

because that is one of concerns? I think glamorising it, I think

anorexia and eating disorders are glamorised all over social media

right now, you only have to go on Instagram to find unhealthy

accounts. If you want to learn how to become anorexic you don't need to

watch the film for it. I do think they could have tapped into more of

the reasons why Allen, the character, developed anorexia, it

was very much, it seemed to me, very much about food and my recovery and

the reason I got anorexia was completely to do with my feelings

and emotions, and I think it kind of filter back in but there was a whole

element to do with her father, you never saw him, glamorising it, no,

but there were some humorous aspects to it, I won't talk about the tip

because they could be triggering but there were particular tips that I

thought were completely unnecessary to show what it is like to have an

eating disorder I think it was humour raised in a way that was

unnecessary. Liana, you are from Project Heal, you had screenings of

this movie, why did you decide to do that? Do you feel like it is an

informative, helpful movie? I do, I think that this is the first major

film that is about eating disorders, and I think this is a great starting

place. Look, there was diversity, it was a semiautobiographical film

about her experience, I know many people struggle with eating

disorders, they come in all shapes and sizes, genders, ethnicities, no

one is immune, and they do capture that in the film through the

different people staying at the treatment centre. But, that said, I

think again this is a great starting point. They had to start somewhere.

And I think that this is the beginning of many conversations to

come and more stories to be spoken about. Project Heal decided to post

one screening in New York and one screening in LA for our audience,

and we partnered with this film so that as Christine and I, the

co-founders of Project Heal, recovered and we are the voices of

recovery and we wanted to partner with this film in order to put the

conversation and make sure that it is going given the right place, and

we think that this film doesn't really have the ability -- does have

the ability to not only debunk these options but it is a starting point.

Sandeep, what impact do you think the film will have? Good morning,

everybody. I think that Abigail, Laura and, apologies, I did not get

the name of our colleague from the States, have captured a lot of the

issues really well. I think it has opened a debate, it has started

people talking and I think that has got to be good, because this is such

a serious illness, a very serious illness that we must not trivialise.

Some of what you have said is important, listening to the people

who have suffered and who have recovered from illness, that has got

to be key. I think some of the concerns of professionals in the

field are that it could potentially glamorise anorexia, but I think

Laura captured that very well, it is everywhere. We are also concerned

that it could potentially trivialise what is a devastating and serious

illness for many young people and families. However, that said, it

does start the conversation. Laura, we are talking about starting

a conversation but if you are ready and potentially vulnerable girl or

boy at home, what impact do you think it might have? There are

certain content you said you did not want to mention because might be

triggering? I am not a parent, but if I was a parent and had seen signs

of my child potentially developing an eating disorder I would not let

them watch it, personally. I do not think we need to give young people

any more influence or ideas as to how to do things. The tricks of the

trade, as we call them. Isn't quite explicit on things like that? In

parts, you see an aspect on the trailer when she is counting the

calories. I got into recovery because I was sick of counting

calories, I did not want to do it any more. I respect that it has been

an adventurous project and it has brought it into a wider audience and

it is the first film of its type, but I personally feel it missed a

few tricks and it could have done more for the opportunity available

to it. What do you think, Abigail, it could have done? Would it have

had to be more hard hitting and therefore more unpalatable to watch?

I think it is difficult, in a sense it is very hard-hitting as it is.

Watching it, I would consider myself recovered, and watching it for me is

very, very hard, because it takes me back to a place that was traumatic.

I think my family would find a traumatic, it is hard-hitting enough

in that sense. It could have been less focused on the physical

aspects, less focused on the food. I spoke to a friend who I went to a

treatment similar to the one that Alan did with, in America. My friend

is from California and is Ladino, she said there is not a hope in hell

I will watch that film because it will not reflect me at all in that

community -- she is Latino. There are many people suffering with

eating disorders who are not emaciated, from various religious

groups and communities, I feel they are possibly left out. Liana, we're

talking about starting a conversation, but anorexia is not

something that parents and families are not aware of. The difficulty is

obviously around if there are issues how to handle something with your

child in the best possible way for them. What comes out of this that

can help in that regard? For sure. I think that the film does show how

families are in bold through the recovery process or some not

involved. My parents went to the screening, it was incredible to

watch them watch it. I think honestly, one of the things that

really stuck with me throughout the film was how much it impacts the

family. When you are suffering with an eating disorder it feels like a

lonely battle, you don't realise it affects your whole family. That is

one of the reasons why when I was in recovery and trying to recover that

it was such a big motivator for me, that I realised I was not only

destroying my life but those around me that I love. For parents, we

actually just released a discussion guide and advise which has a bunch

of resources for parents. Laura and Abigail, could it potentially... It

is such a complex thing, anorexia, so when you say put people off it is

not like people are attracted to something like this, it is complex,

but might it make somebody potentially who might be struggling

at the beginning perhaps think about family issues and perhaps take a

different approach? Could it be helpful in that way? For me

personally there was a lot of similar information around when I

was descending into the illness and none of it put me off. The problem

with anorexia and eating disorders in general is that lots of denial is

in bold, you think it'll never happen to me, I am not that sick,

you think that until the very end. I think the film is more for people

who do not have eating disorders than those who could.

I think that is correct to say that it explores the family dynamics,

which was very much part of my illness. And my family and friends

have been very much part of my recovery, so it explores those

issues. I don't know, I don't think it is something that I would

recommend perhaps too somebody at the moment to personally. Sandeep,

we are talking about a conversation, but do you think there are people

who should not watch this? What would you say to parents and kids

about whether it should be watched or not? There is a lot more

awareness but there are still many more communities not aware,

particularly from different cultural backgrounds. That is one thing. I

don't think we can tell people to watch it or not to watch, what is

important is that professionals, parents and schools are equipped

with the knowledge that this film is out, it has been given a rating of

15, that there is advice around that in terms of the images seen, and I

think somebody said it before, it could potentially trigger for those

people suffering or those at risk or recovering. It is important, I

think, very important for specialists working with young

people, families and young adults that they are aware of the film and

the content so that they can support people should they access this and

watch it. It is not something we will ban all say you cannot see, but

I think it is about the advisory information around it. Also it is an

opportunity, it could have told a different story, this is one

person's story, one person's journey, there are lots of different

journeys for young people and families. I have not seen all of the

film and I am not sure if at the end of the film there will be

information. It has been mentioned that there was a resource booklet. I

think that is a great idea to have information so that there is a

message to people that if you are worried, if you are concerned, if

you or a loved one or somebody you know has an eating disorder, and

let's remember that anorexia nervosa is only one of many eating disorders

that we see, but there is help out there, specialist help, there is

support from a whole system and here in England's over the last few years

lots of work has been done. We have a long way to go. Sorry to interrupt

but we need to go live to Paris, we will see what is happening right

now. Thank you for joining us and there are organisations which offer

advice and support with eating disorders, you can find them online

at the BBC action line website. President Trump is visiting France,

American and French soldiers are marching in a double celebration to

mark 100 years since United States entered World War I, and the annual

Bastille Day holiday in France. Quite impressive scenes along the

Champs-Elysees in the centre of Paris. There will also be a

binational fly-past of fighter jets to symbolise present-day military

cooperation in the Middle East and elsewhere. The talks yesterday, you

probably saw Donald Trump and Emmanuel Macron meeting along with

their wives in Paris yesterday. The four of them died in the restaurant

at the top of the Eiffel Tower. This visit was an invitation by a

Emmanuel Macron to Donald Trump. It is culminating in these scenes along

the Champs-Elysees is the two countries mark 100 years since the

United States entered World War I. What would you do if you saw family

drowning in the sea? In a testament to the human spirit, 80 beach-goers

formed a human chain in Florida to help save the family who were pulled

into the sea by strong tides. Roberto hold -- Roberta heard her

two son is calling for help, she went in to rescue them, along with

her husband, mother and nephew. Two swimmers came to their rescue by

encouraging people to hold hands and former human chain, bringing the

family back to safety. Roberto spoke from Florida about what happened. I

running after them, once I hit the water I got about waist deep and

realised people passing me, telling me, don't go in there. They were

already coming out. They said the tide was bad. I told them I didn't

care, they were my kids and I kept going.

I passed one couple who had already gotten caught trying to get to them.

It was an Asian couple and then I got to Tabatha,

who was actually out there with Noah and Stephen, so them three

And Tabatha kept saying, I tried to get them out,

So, I was like, OK, well I'm going to get you all out,

thinking it would be simple to get them out because I thought of myself

as a fairly good swimmer and I found out it was a lot harder

than what I thought and I wasn't able to get nobody out.

It was a riptide that was causing the issues?

It was like mother nature was playing tug of war with us.

We would go a little bit, get a little ways, and then

the water and the waves were such that it would suck

So, you went in and then other family members came

in and you were effectively all stuck in the water.

Did you feel like you would ever not get out at all?

Even my boys thought we weren't going to get out of it.

I thought, you know, I was going to be out

there and we were all going to go together, we just weren't

going to come out of it, because it was very scary.

We had the water coming from every direction, knocking me under.

The waves were coming over and hitting the boys.

It was scary and not something that I ever want to have

And then all of a sudden, people on the shoreline came along

to help and effectively formed a human chain to get you out.

Describe the moment when that help first came forward.

Um, I was on the beach and we kept hearing that help's

And, you know, it just seemed like it never got there and it

seemed like all of a sudden, everybody on the beach took it

amongst themselves to start forming this chain into the water

and at first I was like, I'm never going to be able to reach

this because it was only a couple of people at the time and then it

just progressively got larger and larger and larger

and in the end, Jessica come out and she reached me and Stephen,

which is my eight-year-old-son, and got to us and got us

to the chain and we were the first ones to get out.

And once I got out, I blacked out actually being pulled,

and once I come around, I was out for about two minutes,

they said, once I came around, I wake up to hearing,

she's having a heart attack, and my mom's out in the middle

of the ocean, in the tide, having a massive heart attack.

Jessica, who you mentioned, was a complete stranger

who was passing by on the beach and just realised what was going on?

Yes, I'd never met her up until that day.

She took it upon herself to come in and her husband come

in and they worked with the chain to get us all out.

If they hadn't have come along, what do you think

I honestly think we wouldn't have made it that day, because it was,

from my understanding, it was them and one other person

that was pushing everybody to come together to start the chain and once

the chain got started, you know, she come into the water,

I'm just thankful that they were there and that God's angels

was on the beach that day to all come together to get us out.

Roberta and that amazing effort by 80 people to get her and her family

out safe. Let's get the latest weather

update with Korsa Quama. The cloud will thin and break

through the afternoon and it will become mainly dry, just the risk of

12-macro isolated showers but more sunshine, especially through the

afternoon. Across the north-west, from Northern Ireland, western

fringes of Scotland, outbreaks of rain. The rain will continue to make

progress south eastwards overnight tonight, patchy as it spreads

towards the south-east. Some mist and murk, temperatures staying in

double figures tonight, 13 or 14 Celsius at best. For the start of

the weekend will be cloudy, quite damp, persistent rain to Western

slopes of the Highlands, islands and north-western England. By the time

we reach Sunday it will become drier, but with the risk of some

rain possibly for Wimbledon for the men's final, but mostly quite humid

and one for all. Five acid attacks in

London within the space As a teenager is been arrested,

we'll ask what's behind the increase We are concerned because the numbers

appear to be going up. We will arrest people, we will enforce the

law as we can, we are working very closely with the Home Office to see

whether any changes in law are required.

The funeral of the six old Sunderland fan who died of cancer,

Bradley Lowry, is taking place this morning. We will talk to his

headteacher about how schools are paying tribute to him.

As the Government launches a fresh crackdown on drug use,

we speak exclusively to a woman whose son was groomed

I would ask where he has been, he wouldn't say anything. Just

literally his manner towards me wasn't very nice. What I would call

from an angel child turned into a monster.

We'll be speaking to a former gang member about the problem.

And they wanted their wedding dance to be knock-out.

We'll hear from the couple whose Dirty Dancing routine didn't go

exactly as planned when they started to practice for the big day.

I was told, and I've seen a text since, that I ended up

Then they put me through a CT scan to make sure I never did

any damage to my brain, if I had one.

Here's Annita McVeigh in the BBC Newsroom

Police in East London are investigating five attacks

which involved corrosive substances being thrown in people's faces.

The incidents all happened within 90 minutes in Hackney

One of the victims has suffered what's been described

Children and teenagers from middle-class families

are being groomed to sell drugs by criminal gangs, according

The report from the Parliamentary Group on Runaway and Missing

Children and Adults warns that children from "stable

and economically better-off" backgrounds are being used in a drug

distribution model known as county lines, which typically involves city

gangs branching out into county or coastal towns to sell

A mother whose child was groomed by a criminal gang in his early

teens tells this programme it was 'a living nightmare'.

Detective from counterterrorism police have charged a 17-year-old

male with terrorism offences, with three counts of disseminating

terrorist publications, contrary to section two of the terrorism act,

and one count of preparation of terrorist acts, contrary to section

five of the Terrorism Act. The BBC has learned

that the Government is preparing a review of building regulations

in England, following As results of checks on tall

buildings have come in, civil servants have expressed shock

at how the official rule books They remain unclear

whether the problem is the rules President Trump is the guest

of honour at the Bastille Day He was invited to mark

France's National Day by the country's President,

Emmanuel Macron. The two leaders are watching

the traditional military parade which this year has US

troops marching alongside French soldiers to mark

the centenary of America's entry Crowds are expected to line

the streets for the funeral The six-year-old Sunderland fan won

a legion of supporters across the country, including

the footballer Jermain Defoe, who has left training in Spain

to be at the funeral. Bradley died last Friday

after suffering from a rare cancer. Two men have died in a light

aircraft crash in Wiltshire. The incident happened in a field

in Brimslade near Police were called to the scene

early this morning, both men The Air Accidents Investigation

Branch are leading the investigation That's a summary of the latest BBC

News - more at 10:30am. A couple of comments about the film

anorexia, Fiona says, it is dangerous to make anorexia into a

film, I had anorexia and any new tips to reduce further weight and

normalise the condition is not the way to help young, impressionable

teens. DJ says, another film from America,

nothing like what we'll anorexia is about.

Keep your comments coming again, the usual ways of getting in touch.

Johanna Konta says there is no reason she cannot win Wimbledon one

day after her brilliant run came to an end in the semifinals.

The British number one lost her semi-final to 5-times

champion Venus Williams in straight sets.

Williams' experience really told in this one,

as she dictated the pace for much of the match.

At 37 years of age, Williams becomes the oldest Grand Slam singles

finalist since Martina Navratilova finished runner-up

But for Konta, she'll break into the world's top five

I've definitely enjoyed every single moment I've been

So I don't think I need too much time for that to sink

in or me to analyse that, I've made sure that I've been very

present with everything I've done to make sure I have enjoyed

and taken the most out of every opportunity and experience I've had.

Men's semi-final day at Wimbledon today, and in previous years we'd

He, of course, is out of the tournament but Centre Court

favourite Roger Federer will be bidding for a record eighth men's

Wimbledon title by securing a place in Sunday's showpiece.

He takes on Tomas Berdych later today.

Federer missed the entire clay court season after injury

but, at the age, of 35 he hasn't dropped a set here yet

Wayne Rooney doesn't seem to have had too much trouble settling back

They're on a pre-season tour in Tanzania and on his debut,

Rooney let rip with this long-range goal.

Rooney has moved back to Everton, his boyhood club, after signing

I just want to take it back to Wimbledon for a moment, unlike other

grand slams we all know there is a very strict dress code at the

All-England Club with that insistence on everyone wearing white

clothes. But I didn't realise that extends to everything including

underwear! Clearly the message didn't quite hit home to these top

seats in the boys double tournament. They were wearing pants over that

quite so they had to leave the court and then come back once they had

changed into something a little bit more appropriate! That will teach

them at! That is all Gosport Borough now...

No way! That is so weird, I had no idea! Thank you so much.

A teenager has been arrested in connection with five acid attacks

in east London within 90 minutes last night.

Police say the attacks were carried out by two men on a moped.

Two of the victims had their mopeds stolen, while one of them suffered

what have been described as life-changing injuries.

Let's get the latest now with our correspondent Dan Johnson,

Police are linking the attacks, it looks like the same group involved

in all of them. One teenager arrested but they believe there were

at least two young men involved in the attacks, the pattern seems to

have been two young men on a mopeds pull up alongside somebody walking

on the pavement or alongside another mopeds driver and then throw acid

into that person's face and use the opportunity to steal the mopeds in

some instances. That is what happened late last night between

10pm and 11:30pm across this part of north-east London, police saying

they believe that these five attacks are linked. Five men who were the

victims of these acid attacks having been treated in hospital, police

using the term life changing injuries for one of those men, I

guess that means an injury that has got serious effects and is going to

last a long time, and with the sort of attack with acid being thrown in

the face you would suspect that might involve at least temporarily

loss of sight. There has been concerns raised about increases in

this sort of attack not just here after this spate of attack but more

widely. One of the MPs in east London already has a debate in

Parliament next week about the issue, he is calling for tougher

controls on the sale of acid because he reckons there has been a doubling

in the number of these attacks in London in the last two years. We

know the numbers have increased and the Met Police Commissioner Cressida

Dick was on the radio this morning saying she recognised there had been

an increase and that was cause for some concern, though she wanted to

iterate that these attacks are not happening every day but she say she

will work with the Home Office to look at tougher controls on the sale

of acid, but the reality is these are household projects that are

easily bored, for sale very freely and would be difficult to control so

difficult challenge for politicians to address, and shock and concern in

this community at the number of people suffering as a result of this

series of attacks late last night. Thank you very much. As Dan

mentioned, the Metropolitan Police Commissioner Cressida Dick has been

this morning on LBC, and said the attacks were barbaric but not

widespread. I don't want people

to think this is happening all over London all the time,

it's really not, but we are concerned because the numbers

appear to be going up. We will arrest people,

we will enforce the law as we can, and we are working very closely

with the Home Office to try to see if there is any changes

in the law required. And meanwhile all of us need to make

sure that if somebody in our family appears to be purchasing such

a substance, we challenge them. Just like if you've got a child

in your family who takes a knife as they go out the door,

you know, I think people We can speak now

to Dr Simon Harding, a Senior Lecturer in Criminology

at Middlesex University. They are being reported with

increasing regularity, there have been 1800 reports since 2010? Yes,

we seem to be seeing a rise in these kind of attacks, something seems to

have changed over the last couple of years. It seems that gang affiliated

young people, people who are involved in street gangs, have begun

to adopt throwing acid as a weapon of first choice, rather than perhaps

as a weapon of last choice. We have seen this before, we have seen this

back in Victorian times when gangs and young people were involved in

throwing acid, but it seems to have come back rather surprisingly this

year. As we were hearing it is something that is very easy to get

hold of and looking again at statistics, since 2014 74% of

investigations have been wound down because it is very difficult to

identify the attackers and victims are often unwilling to press

charges? That is true and one of the reasons, one of the motivations, if

you like, for throwing acid is to create fear, and I think anyone who

has been a victim is suffering from trauma, post-traumatic stress

disorder, they are very, very frightened, and that is one of the

reasons perhaps why they don't want to press charges, or the trial is

cracked. You mentioned acid being used by gangs, are there any other

trends to identify within who is using it and who is being targeted?

The issue with acid throwing is it is used in a very wide range of

criminal activity, drug deals that have gone wrong, business deals that

have gone wrong, intimidation of court witnesses. It can be used for

incapacitating evicting before another physical assault or theft or

robbery takes place, so in actual fact it is quite a wide array of

criminal activity that it can be used in, and that again is part of

the reason why we are seeing an increase here, because it is being

used in such a wide range of criminal activities. What do you

think could be done to try to get a grip on this? We are hearing about

the difficulties of cracking down on sales of acid, but that is

increasingly talked about is something that needs to be looked

at? Indeed, and the Government and police on top of this, they are

looking at amendments to the poison that for example, but I think we

need to act quite quickly around the ease of access and ease of purchase

of these materials. It is possible for example to buy acid online, have

it delivered to your home, you can buy it in a range of quantities and

strengths from various retail outlets all DIY stores, so I think

all that has to be looked at, perhaps cracking down on cash

purchases so that it can only be purchased via credit card, maybe

signing a register, possibly looking at licensing, and also possibly

looking at how acid can be transferred or transported. Those

are two issues which I think need further attention. Thank you.

Children and teenagers from middle class backgrounds are in danger

of being groomed by criminal gangs to sell drugs.

That is the message from a report out today by the all-party

Parliamentary group. Largely it involves vulnerable

children being groomed to carry drugs from major cities into small

towns and rural areas. We'll speak to two people who work

directly on this issue in a moment. First though our reporter Simon Cox

has spoken exclusively to a mother whose child was groomed by a drugs

gang, we played his full interview He has done very well at school, he

has had good academic achievement, very good. Never any problems with

his behaviour. He supported the school, was involved in sports to

the point where he was involved in football, hockey, basketball. He was

a very keen player and was actually featured in the local newspaper for

very good work. When did you realise there were problems? It was in 2012,

he was exploited to sell Class A drugs. What came with that was him

going missing for quite a long time. When did you find out he was selling

drugs? When he was coming home late. There was one occasion when he came

home and I heard wrestling at the door, to my horror he was actually

dealing from my home. So effectively. He was getting calls on

his mobile phone and asking whoever it was who was willing to purchase

to come to my gate. Then it progressed to him being out on the

street most of the time. Which is more or less what he was doing when

he was away for three months, nowhere to be heard, nowhere to be

seen. How did you cope with that when he is away and you have no idea

where he is? It is an absolute nightmare, I did not know what to do

or who to call. I knew something was happening, but to find out he had

been exploited such a way was devastating. I would ask where he

has been, he would not say anything. Just literally his manner towards me

wasn't very nice. What I would call from an angel child turned into a

monster. Because that came with abuse, verbal and physical. What

help was there for you? Nothing at all. I was basically at a loss. I

did not know who to call, what to do. Initially, as any parent would,

I was going out and looking for him myself. But obviously I found out

there was more to it than that. When I had exhausted that, I was a

nervous wreck by the time I had done that journey. Why do you think they

recruited him? A few reasons. It could be that one of his peers that

had family members into criminal activity that asked their brother or

sister to recruit within their mates. There is also the other side

where you could literally be approached outside the school. I

think, personally, he has gone through all of those stages. What

about police and social services, were they much help? I had quite a

journey with all those services. Unfortunately, with every service

that I tried to prevent this, I was always told that my son would have

to have worse problems in order to get the support I needed. I have

screamed, I have shouted. I have done everything possible to try and

prevent my son from getting deeper. This was before I knew how complex

being involved in this was. I was trying to stop that but every which

way I turned I was backed up into a corner. What is the future for him?

Not too bad. He is OK. But I am very fortunate to have him here. He

nearly passed away after being stabbed. As much as, OK, he is alive

and he is in a hospital bed, when I saw him I just broke down. I just

thought, this has got to stop. His words to me was, it's all right,

Mum, I am OK, it could have been worse.

What help for people like you and their families could be used in this

situation? Has to be response team working together, I dealt with so

many services just for one child. Unfortunately they did not talk to

each other so there was always something that had not been done or

could have been done or should have been done. All that was stunned that

created more problems. There was never any body that could see what

the other person was doing. What would you say to a parent who

ends up in your situation? Any advice? Reach out. I really, truly

say reach out for any help you can get. That is the mother of one

teenager groomed by a gang to sell drugs. Earlier I spoke to and

coffee, the chairman of the committee looking into these issues

and which produce this report -- earlier I spoke to Ann Coffey. When

you talk about child expectation, people think it is children from a

particular group who are vulnerable, and of course they are vulnerable to

this but we have a duty to protect all children, including children

from better off backgrounds who we may not think our vulnerable to this

kind of exploitation and might go unnoticed. This was the problem with

the parent you interviewed, she is effectively a middle-class parent.

Her son's missing episodes were perhaps not seen in the way they

should have been because maybe the agencies did not connect the risk to

him in the way that they might have done to another child.

Let's talk now to Junior Smart, a former gang member who set up

the SOS gang network at the St Giles Trust, which works

And Helen Rosenthal in Bristol, who is the unit manager of Catch 22,

an organisation that supports those impacted by gangs.

Thank you both very much for joining us. Junior, tell us more about what

you think of this, when you hear about kids from all areas being

groomed to sell drugs? The reality is for us what we have been saying

is exactly that. We have been aware of this for awhile. People tend to

think it is one specific group, the most single-parent households, those

on the cusp of society that our most disadvantaged, most likely to be

drawn into gangs, but we have known for a while it includes middle-class

families, better off kids. They go under the radar. Both parents might

be working, but they are not present because they are both always

working. The way that the gangs recruit, they base themselves on

whatever is missing from that young person's life. If that young person

is OK financially, they focus on the other assets such as sense of

identity and sense of belonging. With females as well, we see it

often, it is the relationship aspect. I think it is really

important that we do not ignore certain sections of society because

the problem affects everyone. It is important that all agencies work

together because the way the gangs recruit, it is exploitation and

grooming. It really requires a tailor-made solution and it requires

people with first-hand experience. Helen, are you seeing the same

pattern? We have seen a variety of vulnerable children who are being

exploited by these gangs. In Bristol we have a unit that can work

directly with young people and their families. We would look at the

issues are that have brought the children to be vulnerable. One of

the greatest things to highlight is to recognise the risk to a young

person and child at the time of going missing. Unfortunately lots of

missing episodes are not reported. The questioning and the statutory

interviews of young people when they return from a missing periods is not

consistent across areas. We have been looking to work with families

and children and finding out why they have gone missing, educating

them on keeping themselves safe and making the right choices and

educating them about some of the coercive methods used by gangs to

groom and exploit them into the criminal world. Junior, what do you

feel is the most effective way of dealing with this? The mother of one

teenage boy who was groomed said she was describing a complete nightmare

where she could not reach out to her son and was not getting enough help

to deal with it. In our experience it requires a three pronged

approach, you need enforcement to take out the networks of people who

are really embedded who will not stop what they are doing for the

sake of it, they have everything to gain and nothing to lose. You need

intervention for the people who have been more involved than just on the

periphery. It is easy to get drawn in, the stuff that is that the

social media, they are proliferating the image that they are untouchable,

there is big money to be made through running these drug line

networks. The next thing you need is prevention, things like going into

schools. We do some stuff with SOS which goes into schools, and former

gang members to demystify and show people the other side of the

reality. How much money can you realistically make? The reality is a

young person might be set up by their own friends to create a debt.

That is another way the middle-class families are being brought in, the

young person has been set up, they have created a debtor and the gang

members or the collective know that the parents are in a better position

to pay that debt. The debt is repaid, the debt just goes on and on

and on. Through that we need the support for the families. We really

need that help. Someone with cultural competence to get through

to these young people and break down the reality for them.

Thank you both very much. A gay Muslim man who shared photos

and videos of his wedding publicly He and his husband say they wanted

to encourage other gay Muslims to come out to family and friends

and show it's ok to practise Now we can speak to Jahed - or Jay -

Rogan and Sean Choudhury. Thank you both very much. Jay, you

put the pictures out because as a gay Muslim you wanted to say to the

Game of Thrones it is OK, to show some solidarity -- you wanted to say

to other gay Muslims. It is not just for Muslims, it is for all religious

backgrounds. I feel like most religions need to be more educated

on homosexuals. My family comes from a traditional backgrounds, from

their country, they have not been educated on homosexuals. When I came

out to my parents, they did not know what it was. We will talk more about

that. What reaction did you have when you put this stuff online? It

was your happy day, your wedding pictures. We got death threats.

Really bad. Tell us what it was like? The worst one was when

somebody said, next time I see you in the street, I will throw acid in

your face. Sean? It has been horrible, how people can say things

like that. Have people been nice? What proportion of comments have

been like that? We have had death threats but also support. It must be

quite shocking when you put something out there because you feel

like it is the good and right thing to do? Yes. How has it left you

feeling? Mixed feelings at the moment. Jay, you said when you came

out to your family, what was that like? You knew from an early age

that you were gay? From the age of six or seven, in junior school. I

had these feelings and I did not know what it was. And when I came

out, no one understood. I did not understand myself. What this was.

How did you tell your family? When I tried to commit suicide. And after

that one of my really good friends told me, you need to tell your

parents. She came with me and she encouraged me to tell my mum. When I

told my mum she had no idea what this is. How old were you when this

happened? I was about 18, 19. What was going on in your head in terms

of the conflict that led you to search a bleak situation? I have

been brought up Muslim, and as far as I know... It is a fact that the

Koran mentions that you cannot be gay and Muslim. It is prohibit it. I

just want to apologise to anyone who may be offended, I respect that.

They say in the Koran you can't be gay, but this is how I chose to live

my life. I would never get rid of my faith. What led you down the path of

being able to reconcile the two? It is when I had my second suicide

attempt, that is when I just thought, enough is enough, I had to

do something about it. In my head I had been battling for so long, 15 or

16 years, whether I am gay or a Muslim, why am I battling all the

time? Because of that I have had severe mental health problems. How

have your family been? My family has been really supportive. They have

been very supportive. Sean, how have you found helping Jay through this?

I know it... What it is like to come out to your parents, I have been

through that myself. Luckily my mum understood and she helped me in her

arms and let me in and said she would stand by me every step of the

way. The story we want to get out is just to let people know that there

is support everywhere for them. When the right time is, they should come

out and not be scared. Have you spoken to people who have

felt that you two talking openly has been a help? Yes, we went home

yesterday and had an e-mail from this guy who said he watched our

story yesterday and he said it touched his heart, and he said he is

going to plan to tell his parents that he is gay, so step by step

people are taking our advice and helping us to help them to come out

of their parents. How important is that for both of you? Amazing. Jay,

am I right in thinking that when you were younger you went and had

therapy to try... Oh, I tried everything because I didn't want to

be gay, in my head I didn't want to be dead. You put yourself on a

terribly forward for that? Yes, I went to pilgrimage, I prayed, I left

some friends that were gay because I thought I was influenced by them, so

I left them and went abroad, stayed there for six months trying to

cleanse my soul. I saw mosque teacher after mosque teacher, they

gave me prayers, medication to give me hallucinations, I tried

everything. What was it like when you were going through one of that?

I was desperate, I would go through it because I know I don't want to be

gay, but now I just can't do it any more. So you went through all of

that and at the end of that treatment you must have been in a

pretty vulnerable, difficult... Yes, that led to my second attempt. So

now your family is supportive, your family have always been supportive,

as you say, though, you have had difficulties online. Is it mainly

online, is that where the abuse is coming? It is more around my

community. And mine as well. What has happened? I have had people

spitting on me, calling the pig, just nasty stuff. How are you coping

with that? I'm getting there, but... Yeah. What do you say, do you say

anything bad or just keep walking? Just keep walking. It has obviously

been a really, really upsetting time for you both, I hope it all is fine

but obviously what you are both doing in terms of talking, as you

say, reaching out to people, that is why you are doing it. Thank you,

thank you very much. The funeral of six-year-old

Bradley Lowery, who died of neuroblastoma, takes

place this morning. Bradley became well-known

through his relationship with former Here's a look back at how he touched

the nation's hearts. Because its joint goal of the month,

we've put the graphics on it. He gives Asmir Begovic the eyes,

Begovic goes that way and Bradley From sort of like that

first moment I met him, I just couldn't believe

that he was actually the young kid that was ill,

because he sort of like ran I think from that moment,

it was just like... I was with him a few days ago

and it was tough to see him He will always be in my heart,

for the rest of my life, because his love is genuine

and I can see it in his eyes # If you smile through

your fear and sorrow... I just see him as my little

boy and I'm biased, so I think he's special,

but I think maybe his smile. He's got a fantastic

personality and everyone's kind We can talk to the head teacher of

Bradley's School, Joanna Clark. Paul Dobson from Sunderland AFC

fanzine A Love Supreme, Alastair Whitington,

from Neuroblastoma UK, and Sarah Elliott whose child's

school, like many today, Also our correspondent Danny Savage,

who is at the funeral in County Durham. Thank you all for joining

us. Joanna, you were Bradley's headteacher, tell us more about him.

Bradley came to us in nursery, he is a year one people now, so he has

been at our school for three years. Obviously today is an incredibly sad

day for his family in particular with the funeral, and today we are

marking it in school and we are trying to mark it in as positive a

way as we can, and we are doing a day of celebration of Bradley's life

today at school. He is somebody who really touched a lot of people's

hearts, tell us what it was about him that was... A little boy

suffering from cancer, devastating situation, but he had such spirit?

Tell us more about him. Absolutely, really happy, popular little boy, he

made friendships so easily here at school, and his illness, he tried to

hide, he was a real little fighter, you just wanted to be like every

other child and be treated like every other child. So here at school

we also touched by the level of support his family has been given,

it has been incredible at such an national and local way. And does

that help with talking to the other kids about it? They are young

children to be dealing with this, aren't they? They are, they are very

young children and we are trying to be sensitive to that and use

language children will understand so we more recently talked about

Bradley being very poorly and very sick, so we tried to build the

children up to that understanding, and we've also tried to let them

know how they can help Bradley and how they can help other children

that are as poorly as Bradley, so we have been trying to talk in that

way, and in terms of that song, Smile, that you paid earlier, that

has helped our children because they enjoyed the verse where the words

were changed for Bradley and we talked about how money raised for

that will go towards children as poorly as Bradley and we can help

other children as well and aren't we lucky to be able to help other

children? So we talked in that way to the children. Thank you for

talking to us, I know that you are heading to the funeral now, so thank

you for your time. Let's go to Danny Savage, who is

there with a large group of people gathered. Tell us what will be

happening? This is Blackhall colliery, midway

between Middlesbrough and Sunderland, and this is the main

street, normally fairly busy but has been completely closed off Bradley's

funeral, many hundreds of people have turned out today to pay their

respects. Look at the top shot from our camera here, you can see how

many people are lining the main street here, all of them, well, many

of them, in their football shirts, Sunderland shirts, Everton shirts,

Bradley was a mascot for Everton at one point, he was a mascot for

England, some Manchester United shirts, and the family have said to

people coming along, where bright shirts, Waigel football shirts, that

is what they have turned out to do, some people have driven up from

Robert run this morning after raising money there for the appeal.

The funeral is taking place this morning, people have been moved and

inspired by the fight he put up against cancer and also the way that

Sunderland football club took into their hearts, they did so much for

him, Jermain Defoe especially became a close friend of him and the

family, Jermain Defoe will be here today, and the funeral will start at

around 11:15am this morning, an hour-long service at the Catholic

Church, Saint Joseph's, just a way to my right, a large community get

together afterwards. But people here in this village and way beyond have

been very moved by Bradley's pride, what happened to him, the fight he

put up and the smile he had, that is what a lot of people mentioned,

Bradley's smile and spirit, reflected by the great deal people

thought of him and the great number of people that have turned out here

today. Thank you, Danny. Let's bring in

Paul Dobson from the fanzine A Love Supreme. That reaction that he had

from the team at Sunderland must have been amazing for the little

boy, mustn't it? Yes, I imagine if I had been that age and met my

footballing heroes, it is great the way Everton took into the heart as

well, Chelsea gave him support, even Diego Costa, who has a reputation as

a pantomime villain, they were posing for photographs with the lad,

so it bought his plight to the football world and the world in

general with the number of people who had responded, a quarter of a

million Christmas cards, that sort of thing, and everybody has been

made aware of the awful disease he suffered, there are other kids out

there who will probably benefit from Bradley's legacy in terms of the

fund his parents have set up. Let's bring in Alistair Whittington

Bromley robust in the UK, in terms of the condition and raising

awareness and raising financial support, what impact? I think

Bradley's story has brought more awareness of the disease of people

may not have heard before Bradley and how his family coped with what

is a dreadful disease which affects 100 children each year, two per week

diagnosed, of which sadly 35, like Bradley, will die each year, and

therefore I think the awareness has been great. Hopefully that will

translate into funding for research, organisations like Neuroblastoma UK

do because all of the research happening in this disease is

dependent on charity such as ourselves in making the right

decisions to invest in new treatments and we are starting to

make progress in that but we need to make further progress to get along

the same lines as leukaemia has, which 20 years ago the same position

was wet neuroblastoma is but is now getting 90% survival rates as

opposed to the 35 that we are getting for high risk disease at the

moment. Sarah, you are amongst those who have been touched by Bradley and

your child's School is paying tribute to Bradley like so many

others today. Tell us what is happening. Yes, we actually did it

yesterday as some of the children are on school trips today. We

arranged the football shirt Day for yesterday so everybody got a chance

to take part. And how have the children reacted? To see their faces

yesterday morning, it was amazing, so excited they got a chance to wear

their football shirt or a colour of their choice shirt if they didn't

have a football shirt, some children Walbrook be shirts, they all took

part, and the teachers -- some children wore rugby shirts. Paul,

will there be a legacy at the club? We like to think so, somebody

started a petition to have part of the ground named in Bradley's

honour, whether it is a whole stand or the family section seems quite

appropriate but I'm sure we will do something along those lines, even if

it is one of those wonderful pictures alongside -- pictures

Bradley alongside the players in the main entrance, perhaps. Alistair,

just going back to the prognosis for children with this, and the

treatments available, you are saying obviously it is not great at the

moment, do you think that comes down to the fact that it is one of the

lesser-known cancers and there just has not been the funding for it as a

result? I think that is probably one of the problems, and obviously

raising the profile will hopefully alleviate that. The treatment itself

involves a high dose of chemotherapy, surgery, radiotherapy

and stem cell transplant but we are also getting new emerging treatments

in terms of immunotherapy which is starting to show some promise, and

we have just completed a trial on that, hopefully the result of that,

the drug developed from that, will be funded by Nice, I think the

application is going in in August and that will be important and we

also investing in other immunotherapy, a trial we are doing

in connection with Cancer Research UK, to look at how the T-cells, the

cells that go through the body looking for rogue cells, how we can

harness the power of the T-cells to actually treat neuroblastoma, and

that, we think, will start showing some promise. But, as I mentioned,

all the funding for research into this disease is wholly dependent on

charity such as Neuroblastoma UK, and I would hope the legacy for

Bradley is that we can move forward and certainly over the next 15, 20

years find a cure for this disease so that 100 families don't have

defaced this worry and 35 families don't have to go through what

Bradley Lowery's family are going through today.

Thank you. There will be a vigil and a medic's -- a minute's applause in

Newcastle today and balloons will be released at the Stadium of Light.

The world Para athletics Championships are due to start

today, we will speak about the President Trump is the guest

of honour at the Bastille Day military parade in Paris today,

a century after the US came to the aid of France

in the First World War. He was invited to mark

France's national day by the country's President,

Emmanuel Macron. David, what has been happening?

Well, we have just had a never-ending parade of French

military might, really. The French do their military pageantry very

well. Bastille Day is the greatest platform, the greatest opportunity

to show that. As you mentioned, something rather special about this

occasion because President Trump is there. President Macron celebrated

his first Bastille Day as president, it is a very bold move to have

invited Mr Trump to join in this moment of celebration. There is a

good reason, a rationale behind this. It is 100 years since American