28/07/2017

:00:11. > :00:24.Hello, it's Friday, it's 9am. Welcome to the programme.

:00:25. > :00:27.More than 80 people died in the tragedy in June. Our reporter will

:00:28. > :00:32.have the latest on the results in the next few minutes. How easy is it

:00:33. > :00:36.to buy deadly diet pills online? The parents of a young woman who died

:00:37. > :00:41.from taking them tell this programme they're shocked at how little is

:00:42. > :00:45.known about them and how to tell the signs of people using them. More

:00:46. > :00:50.setbacks for Donald Trump in his bid to scrap the healthcare laws set up

:00:51. > :00:54.by President Obama as the Senate rejeths his latest plans. This

:00:55. > :00:59.latest blow comes as the President's new communications chief is forced

:01:00. > :01:10.to say sorry for his outburst on White House colleagues.

:01:11. > :01:21.Lots coming up today, have you bought diet pills?

:01:22. > :01:27.- many are illegal and deadly but can be bought online.

:01:28. > :01:30.Get in touch with us as we are talking

:01:31. > :01:34.about that also some new research that might seem a bit suprising

:01:35. > :01:37.which is that people who drink three to four times a week are LESS likley

:01:38. > :01:41.to develop type 2 diabetes than those who never drink -

:01:42. > :01:45.Do get in touch on all the stories we're talking about this morning -

:01:46. > :01:48.use the hashtag Victoria LIVE and If you text, you will be charged

:01:49. > :02:02.The BBC understands at least 60 buildings have failed a new fire

:02:03. > :02:06.safety test. The test is seen as more they were owe than previous

:02:07. > :02:10.ones as more materials were analysed together for the first time. So far,

:02:11. > :02:15.just nine of the buildings which failed have been identified. They're

:02:16. > :02:18.in Salford in Greater Manchester. The local council is asking for help

:02:19. > :02:22.from central Government to meet the cost of replacements. Ministers will

:02:23. > :02:30.publish the full test findings later this morning. Dan Johnson reports.

:02:31. > :02:34.While those touched by Grenfell wait for a full picture of how this fire

:02:35. > :02:36.spread, other residents in other towers are nervous,

:02:37. > :02:39.These blocks in Salford, nine of them, are among the 60

:02:40. > :02:42.across England we understand will be declared a risk after failing

:02:43. > :02:48.The thought of you not being safe when you're sleeping in bed

:02:49. > :02:50.of a night-time, thinking that that's not safe,

:02:51. > :02:57.I don't care how much money it cost - it's not money,

:02:58. > :03:01.it's people's lives at the end of the day.

:03:02. > :03:04.I think we're sitting on a tinderbox when you look at all the flats.

:03:05. > :03:06.Some of the cladding had already come down.

:03:07. > :03:14.In the first round of tests, panels from every building failed.

:03:15. > :03:22.After criticism that wasn't realistic, experts have now combined

:03:23. > :03:25.cladding and the insulation fitted behind it to show which materials

:03:26. > :03:27.are dangerous when they're put together, like they were on Grenfell

:03:28. > :03:30.Yesterday, the police said there were reasonable grounds

:03:31. > :03:32.to suspect corporate manslaughter may have been committed

:03:33. > :03:37.by the council or the tenant management organisation.

:03:38. > :03:40.More than six weeks since Grenfell burned, the investigation

:03:41. > :03:42.is finding its focus while the reverberations reach right

:03:43. > :04:09.Ben Brown has a summary of the rest of the day's news.

:04:10. > :04:16.The emergency services are saying they have attended to 40 people at

:04:17. > :04:20.the station, one person is seriously injured, 18 in total taken to

:04:21. > :04:25.hospital, including the train driver and 20 other people have minor

:04:26. > :04:30.injuries. This is in a central Barcelona train station, a major

:04:31. > :04:33.hub. We are talking about Spain's regional trains, they travel

:04:34. > :04:37.relatively short distances, not at high speed. Looking at the pictures,

:04:38. > :04:41.what appears to have happened is that the train crashed into the

:04:42. > :04:44.buffers of the station so no other train involved, possibly the train

:04:45. > :04:49.didn't stop and this is nothing on the scale of other rail disasters we

:04:50. > :04:53.have seen in Spain in recent years, most notably in 2013 when 80 people

:04:54. > :04:57.were killed, thankfully no one killed in this incident but clearly

:04:58. > :05:08.something has gone wrong when this train crashed at around about 7 am

:05:09. > :05:12.local time. Thank you very much. Philip ham manned has said there is

:05:13. > :05:15.broad agreement -- Hammond has said there is broad agreement in Cabinet

:05:16. > :05:19.that there should and transition period of up to three years after

:05:20. > :05:23.Brexit but it should be concluded before the next election in 2022.

:05:24. > :05:27.The Chancellor said a failure to implement a transition deal would

:05:28. > :05:31.sow chaos for business and that it was in the interests of the EU and

:05:32. > :05:34.Britain to have the transition that allows the economies to adjust. My

:05:35. > :05:39.view is well known, I believe it will be in Britain's interests and

:05:40. > :05:44.in the EU's interests if, after we leave the European Union, the single

:05:45. > :05:50.market and the customs union on 29th March, 2019, there is then a period,

:05:51. > :05:55.call it transition, interim period, whatever you like, during which we

:05:56. > :06:00.will allow our economies to adjust to the new situation, rather than

:06:01. > :06:03.having a cliff-edge in March 2019 which would cause immense disruption

:06:04. > :06:10.for businesses and for citizens. The Chancellor.

:06:11. > :06:15.President Trump has suffered a defeat on one of his key campaign

:06:16. > :06:20.pledges to reform US healthcare. A number of republicans including John

:06:21. > :06:25.McCain voted against a bill which would have repealed the healthcare

:06:26. > :06:31.law passed by President Obama. The bill was rejected in a late night

:06:32. > :06:36.vote by 51 votes to 59. The republican party leader described it

:06:37. > :06:40.as disappointing. The Labour Party say defence cuts

:06:41. > :06:45.have left the UK reliant on other countries to protect British waters.

:06:46. > :06:49.Figures obtained by the party show Nato allies sent nearly 40 planes to

:06:50. > :06:51.the UK last year to help with maritime patrols. The Ministry of

:06:52. > :06:55.Defence says most of the aircraft were for training and military

:06:56. > :06:58.exercises. Four men have been arrested after

:06:59. > :07:03.they tried to make an explosive device at Cardiff prison. It came to

:07:04. > :07:08.light when a prison worker contacted a Welsh Assembly member, Bethan

:07:09. > :07:12.Jenkins, with concerns about staffing. Aid workers in Greece have

:07:13. > :07:16.told BBC news they're dealing with hundreds of extremely vulnerable

:07:17. > :07:20.refugees being held on the island of Lesbos. Many have suffered torture

:07:21. > :07:24.and sexual abuse at the hands of so-called Islamic State in Syria and

:07:25. > :07:29.Iraq. The European Commission said those refugees should be moved to

:07:30. > :07:32.Athens for specialist treatment. Two teenagers are in custody in

:07:33. > :07:36.connection with one of the recent wild fires in the south of France.

:07:37. > :07:40.The pair are expected of so deliberately set fire to scrub land

:07:41. > :07:43.on Tuesday. The fires, which led to thousands of people, including

:07:44. > :07:47.British holiday-makers evacuated, have largely now been put out.

:07:48. > :07:52.Firefighters have warned people to be vigilant as other blazes could

:07:53. > :07:57.still start. People who drink alcohol three to

:07:58. > :08:02.four times a week are 30% less likely to develop type two diabetes

:08:03. > :08:06.than those who never drink. More than 70,000 people took part in a

:08:07. > :08:11.large Danish health study that measured drinking habits. The UK's

:08:12. > :08:12.leading diabetes charity warns this is not a green light to drink

:08:13. > :08:59.excessively. The study also found that not all

:09:00. > :09:02.alcohol is equal. Wine appeared to be particularly beneficial, as the

:09:03. > :09:06.chemical compounds, especially in red wine, seem to help manage blood

:09:07. > :09:11.sugar. And there was a warning to women to stay clear of gin. A daily

:09:12. > :09:17.tipple or other spirits increased their diabetes risk by 83%. Diabetes

:09:18. > :09:22.UK, however, warns that the effect of alcohol on developing diabetes

:09:23. > :09:25.differs from one person to the next. Where did the people who were

:09:26. > :09:31.drinking an awful lot, when was this happening? Was there different times

:09:32. > :09:36.of the year they were drinking more alcohol that had an impact. For

:09:37. > :09:40.example, if you are in the festive season people drink more and eat

:09:41. > :09:45.more. Those things really weren't discussed in much detail. While this

:09:46. > :09:48.study is in early stages, it is hoped it might spur future research

:09:49. > :09:49.to help some of the 12 million Britons currently at risk of

:09:50. > :10:07.developing type two diabetes. Public health England have been in

:10:08. > :10:14.touch to say: It is not helpful to talk about the

:10:15. > :10:18.effect of alcohol consumption on diabetes alone.

:10:19. > :10:26.Bags of rubbish are piling up in Birmingham as bin collectors

:10:27. > :10:30.A row with the council over job losses and changes to working

:10:31. > :10:34.Thousands of residents have been affected, despite council efforts

:10:35. > :10:36.to add extra collections, and many people are

:10:37. > :10:49.The strike is set to last until September.

:10:50. > :10:56.A driver lost control of his new Ferrari, one hour after he bought

:10:57. > :11:00.the vehicle. The police have released these pictures of the

:11:01. > :11:11.wrecked car after it left the M1 during wet weather. Remarkably, the

:11:12. > :11:20.driver escaped with minor injuries. That's a summary of the latest news.

:11:21. > :11:24.Now the sport. England are through to the

:11:25. > :11:28.quarter-finals of the Euro 2017, the women's championship. Scotland

:11:29. > :11:30.missed out by that much, it was an extraordinary night in the

:11:31. > :11:34.Netherlands. We will start with England. Ten changes to the team for

:11:35. > :11:43.the match after winning the first two games. A mistake from the

:11:44. > :11:50.Portugal keeper allowed Toni Duggan to score. It was in the downhill

:11:51. > :11:57.from there. It wasn't a good first half performance. In the second half

:11:58. > :12:02.two minutes into it, Paris suggested England were going to play much

:12:03. > :12:09.better. England go on to play France in the quarter-finals. This is very

:12:10. > :12:12.difficult because they have not beaten France since 1974 and also

:12:13. > :12:17.they've lost in the last three major tournaments, as well. Can they carry

:12:18. > :12:20.on winning ugly or any other way? Here is the coach. We go into this

:12:21. > :12:23.knockout round feeling like whatever is going to come our way, we have

:12:24. > :12:27.the answers to those questions and we can find solutions. Of course it

:12:28. > :12:34.will be a difficult challenge, France ash great team. We have to

:12:35. > :12:36.get ready for that but we are going to enjoy tonight first. We are

:12:37. > :12:39.already excited with the quarter-final. How close were

:12:40. > :12:46.Scotland? One goal away from joining England. They beat Spain 1-0. An

:12:47. > :12:50.impressive result. But their opponents go through instead. There

:12:51. > :12:54.was a chance to send them through to the last eight but they missed from

:12:55. > :12:59.three yards. Head in hands, quite right. This brings to an end what

:13:00. > :13:02.was Scotland's first ever major tournament and they were that close

:13:03. > :13:07.to making it through to the last eight. You can understand why

:13:08. > :13:11.they're feeling that disappointed. Yeah, frustrating stuff. Let's talk

:13:12. > :13:15.about horse racing. This is bizarre. A crazy mix-up at Yarmouth race

:13:16. > :13:19.course. Look at this, this is the Racing Post ready for you, this is

:13:20. > :13:29.the story on the front page. Yarmouth shambles as the wrong horse

:13:30. > :13:35.wins at 50-1. The first race was won by a horse called Mandarin Princess

:13:36. > :13:39.as so we thought, it turns out it was her stable-mate who was there to

:13:40. > :13:49.run the 4th race. He said he was rushed to get the

:13:50. > :13:53.saddling process done. Didn't realise it was the wrong horse at

:13:54. > :13:57.the time. They only realised afterwards when they scanned the

:13:58. > :14:03.micro chip in every race horse's neck, realised it was the other

:14:04. > :14:09.horse, who was a year older and has run ten races. He says it was an

:14:10. > :14:13.honest mistake, the result officially must stand for betting

:14:14. > :14:18.purposes. In case you are on that 50-1, you are still going to win. It

:14:19. > :14:23.is likely that Charlie McBride will get a fine. Do the horses look

:14:24. > :14:27.similar? They're the same colour. The difference between a

:14:28. > :14:32.dwo-year-old and three-year-old filly I will defer to people who

:14:33. > :14:35.know horses more than me. Also if you have a series of things to go

:14:36. > :14:38.through before every race as a trainer he will have more than

:14:39. > :14:45.probably the two horses on that day, as well. He will have a lot to get

:14:46. > :14:49.through. You can understand why he might not have necessarily checked

:14:50. > :14:52.it. Also let's talk about residents in a small Welsh village, if they

:14:53. > :14:55.had gone to the local charity shop yesterday would have done quite

:14:56. > :15:01.well. They would have had to be quick, though. Sam Warburton decided

:15:02. > :15:08.instead of going to a private fancy dinner or auction to sell off

:15:09. > :15:13.memorabilia from a sporting achievement, his Lions kit from New

:15:14. > :15:16.Zealand which he captained, he took it to his local charity shop instead

:15:17. > :15:27.and he tweeted his arrival at the charity shop. There he is with bags

:15:28. > :15:32.and all. It's in Rhiwbina in Wales. It was available from yesterday at a

:15:33. > :15:36.cancer care shop. You can imagine if it was available by 4pm, it might

:15:37. > :15:49.have been gone by ten past. Thank you.

:15:50. > :15:56.We understand 60 high-rise buildings have failed a new fire safety test.

:15:57. > :15:57.The test is seen as more thorough as more materials were analysed

:15:58. > :16:08.together for the first time. Jim has been covering this from the

:16:09. > :16:13.first day of the peers with us now. If you look at a photograph of the

:16:14. > :16:19.outside of Grunfeld Tower quit your notice two things will to the

:16:20. > :16:24.cladding panels are aluminium, much thinner than you would imagine. We

:16:25. > :16:38.have already had safety tests. They have come back as failing the safety

:16:39. > :16:42.tests. There is also a secondary material on here. This is the

:16:43. > :16:46.installation behind the cladding materials some in local government

:16:47. > :16:50.and in the construction industry want a more comprehensive test. Who

:16:51. > :16:55.are not just testing cladding panels can you are testing the whole

:16:56. > :17:01.system. That is what we are hearing about today. This is a much more

:17:02. > :17:06.thorough tests. We will show you a version. This is video footage to

:17:07. > :17:10.give you an idea of what we are looking at. This is a mock-up of the

:17:11. > :17:17.outside of the building. We will look at how it responds in the event

:17:18. > :17:21.of a serious fire that there are different combinations of

:17:22. > :17:25.installation and cladding. We have the first results back. That is on

:17:26. > :17:30.the same combination that was on the outside of Grunfeld Tower. It has

:17:31. > :17:34.failed. There are another 60 buildings across England with that

:17:35. > :17:39.similar combination of installation and cladding on the outside of the

:17:40. > :17:48.buildings. We are not being told where yet. We do understand the only

:17:49. > :17:53.council owned properties are in Salford in Manchester. Nine blocks

:17:54. > :17:57.there, we think. The others will be owned by private landlords and by

:17:58. > :18:02.housing associations. We should get some idea about where they are later

:18:03. > :18:07.this morning. This is coming from Sean. When you look around, the

:18:08. > :18:11.cladding method seems to be prevalent on many buildings,

:18:12. > :18:20.hospitals, schools, hotels, pretty much all modern constructions. I

:18:21. > :18:25.noticed there were similar blocks. Are all the methods of construction

:18:26. > :18:31.being tested or just on residential blocks? At the moment it is on all

:18:32. > :18:36.blocks. Any organisation concerned can send in products for testing.

:18:37. > :18:40.That is why you have started to see results from hospitals and student

:18:41. > :18:44.accommodation. Just because there is cladding on the outside of the

:18:45. > :18:50.building does not necessarily mean it is unsafe. It is that combination

:18:51. > :18:52.of big specific type of cladding and is the Civic type of installation

:18:53. > :18:59.construction industry and the Government concerned about. There

:19:00. > :19:04.are concerns about this specific combination. 60 buildings across

:19:05. > :19:09.England is not an unsubstantial number. Yesterday, there was more

:19:10. > :19:15.news about the police investigation. This came back yesterday afternoon

:19:16. > :19:18.for that there are reasonable grounds to suspect corporate

:19:19. > :19:24.manslaughter offences. This is a relatively new law. This only came

:19:25. > :19:28.in in 2008. That means it is a criminal offence to cause death by

:19:29. > :19:35.negligence if you are an organisation or a company. They will

:19:36. > :19:41.presumably be wanting to question executives from both the council and

:19:42. > :19:45.the TMO, the tenants Management organisations are involved in

:19:46. > :19:49.running the block at the time it can lead to large fines. It does not

:19:50. > :19:53.mean because they are pursuing corporate manslaughter charges they

:19:54. > :19:58.can look at individual manslaughter charges further down the line. Back

:19:59. > :20:03.could presumably ends in prison time. The speculation is it will be

:20:04. > :20:05.much further along in the process. I know we will speak to you later on

:20:06. > :20:11.as the tests come out. The island of Lesbos is one

:20:12. > :20:14.of the main entry points for migrants fleeing wars

:20:15. > :20:16.in the middle east for Amongst the migrants that

:20:17. > :20:19.arrive their daily are people with extreme vulnerabilities,

:20:20. > :20:21.resulting from traumatic experiecnes in war torn countries

:20:22. > :20:23.like Syria and Iraq. Such people should in theory be

:20:24. > :20:25.entitled to be relocated to the mainland to get they support

:20:26. > :20:28.they need, but aid workers have told the BBC that hundreds of extremely

:20:29. > :20:31.vulnerable people are being kept on the island and are

:20:32. > :20:33.therefore being deprived Our correspondent Gavin Lee joins us

:20:34. > :20:53.from the island now. Tell us what the situation is like

:20:54. > :20:58.and the conditions the migrants are living in?

:20:59. > :21:07.On Lesbos there are 4000 migrants. Many have been waiting for a long

:21:08. > :21:12.time. Most migrants are waiting for an asylum application for the

:21:13. > :21:17.Syrians will be sent back to Turkey most likely. They are waiting for a

:21:18. > :21:22.legal decision. This is something different. What aid agencies are

:21:23. > :21:28.saying is, because of the fall of IS in parts of cracker in Mosul, a lot

:21:29. > :21:33.of victims, people who have fled to tension, male victims of torture,

:21:34. > :21:46.women sex slaves, they are here on the island. The

:21:47. > :21:50.protocol as they should be taken straight off to get primary care,

:21:51. > :21:53.psychiatric help, on the mainland. It is not happening. I have spent

:21:54. > :21:54.the last few days speaking to those who need the most help and finding

:21:55. > :21:55.out why they are still here. Rare footage from a place

:21:56. > :22:00.journalists are banned. It shows tents have been

:22:01. > :22:02.replaced by containers, a reflection of Europe's waiting

:22:03. > :22:05.room being made a little more long-term for the 4,000

:22:06. > :22:07.being held on the island. Most are destined to return

:22:08. > :22:10.to Turkey, to apply for asylum from there, as part of the EU's

:22:11. > :22:13.migration plan, but as they wait for a legal decision,

:22:14. > :22:15.violence, rioting and fires The camps are full and migrants,

:22:16. > :22:18.though small in number, The people arriving here

:22:19. > :22:22.in Lesbos are different now, because of the ripple effects

:22:23. > :22:25.of the conflicts in Iraq and Syria. Since so-called Islamic State

:22:26. > :22:27.started to lose ground, many who arrived in Greece have

:22:28. > :22:32.escaped attention, men tortured by tortured by IS fighters,

:22:33. > :22:35.women used as sex slaves. There is little support for them

:22:36. > :22:39.and it is worsening the problem You need to improve the health care

:22:40. > :22:45.that is given to these people. If they are vulnerable,

:22:46. > :22:48.they need to be recognised as such, and they need to move to somewhere

:22:49. > :22:50.where they can receive care. The reality is, there isn't this

:22:51. > :22:53.care here on the island, and they need to move

:22:54. > :22:57.to the mainland to receive it. Osama was once a Syrian policeman,

:22:58. > :23:01.but was caught by rebel groups He says he was regularly beaten

:23:02. > :23:11.and sexually abused his captors. I have so many marks of torture

:23:12. > :23:15.on my body, he tells me. I have been in captivity

:23:16. > :23:17.for three years. All this, he says, and I'm here now

:23:18. > :23:28.in this humiliation for one year. Another man from Mosul,

:23:29. > :23:30.who doesn't want to be identified, tells me he was held hostage

:23:31. > :23:35.by IS for more than a year. "I have been harmed here, I lost my

:23:36. > :23:38.money, passports, all stolen. Before this place, my wife spent six

:23:39. > :23:42.months in captivity too. She collapsed in

:23:43. > :23:44.the street yesterday. The Greek refugee policy is clear,

:23:45. > :23:50.that extremely vulnerable migrants should be taken off the island

:23:51. > :23:53.quickly for specialist Greek authorities claim they have

:23:54. > :23:59.been overwhelmed by cases and say I would at this point like to remind

:24:00. > :24:08.you that 30,000 people have come through this island since March

:24:09. > :24:11.2016, so there can be individual that may not have been

:24:12. > :24:20.processed as quickly. For the moment, those needing

:24:21. > :24:23.the most help are still waiting. And with more migrants arriving

:24:24. > :24:26.and the camp increasing, the vulnerable are left to cope

:24:27. > :24:44.in volatile, I have covered this crisis in Greece

:24:45. > :24:48.and Italy. The dynamic is different now. We have heard from some on the

:24:49. > :24:53.island for that everyone is agreed they have to come. You have the aid

:24:54. > :24:57.agencies and the EU saying those who need it most should be getting

:24:58. > :25:01.psychiatric treatment in Athens. The Greek government is working on it.

:25:02. > :25:07.It is about communication between them the aid agencies.

:25:08. > :25:11.We can speak now to Louise Roland-Gosselin in Athens.

:25:12. > :25:17.She's a representative of the charity Doctors

:25:18. > :25:19.Without Borders, and has recently been on Lesbos, from Lesbos

:25:20. > :25:22.itself we have volunteer Charlotte Bellis appearing alongside

:25:23. > :25:25.Wissam - a Syrian refugee and Steve Valdez-Symonds

:25:26. > :25:31.from Amnesty international is in the studio.

:25:32. > :25:42.Tell me where you off from and how you arrived in Lesbos. I am from

:25:43. > :25:53.Syria. Like everyone, I arrived here by vote for one year and five months

:25:54. > :26:06.ago. I have nothing yet. -- by boat. Which city were you are and what

:26:07. > :26:15.work conditions like? My city is named Hama. What were the conditions

:26:16. > :26:21.like? So bad. You can imagine a lot. Of course. You have been on Lesbos

:26:22. > :26:27.for nearly a year and a half. Where are you living on Lesbos? What are

:26:28. > :26:31.conditions like for you? The situation here is so bad. Everyone

:26:32. > :26:37.knows that. No one cared about anyone here. We don't have that.

:26:38. > :26:45.People are watching here in the UK and they may not be aware of how bad

:26:46. > :26:51.it is just explain to people. I don't know if I can explain enough.

:26:52. > :26:56.The situation here is so bad. We don't have enough support. The food

:26:57. > :27:04.is not good. Everything here is bad. Also, we need to wait for six

:27:05. > :27:12.months. We cannot go out from this island or do anything. I get

:27:13. > :27:25.nothing. They don't give us language or anything. Where is it that you

:27:26. > :27:30.want to go? For me, I want to go to Canada after London but I cannot,

:27:31. > :27:37.for sure. We can see and hear from the frustration in your voice, how

:27:38. > :27:42.challenging and frustrating this is for you. Charlotte is a volunteer.

:27:43. > :27:47.Are these stories you're hearing daily in and day out? One of the

:27:48. > :27:50.things, I came here in June, what really surprised me, and I am a

:27:51. > :27:58.journalist from London, I thought there would be isolated cases of

:27:59. > :28:05.vulnerability, I might bump into the person who had been tortured but at

:28:06. > :28:13.least 90% of the people I talk to have been tortured, held in prisons,

:28:14. > :28:21.had family neighbours murdered. His other brother is also here and was

:28:22. > :28:25.tortured for three years. He was tortured for a couple of weeks

:28:26. > :28:36.trying to escape from Syria. I don't know how you decide. Everybody has

:28:37. > :28:40.stories. Have you been offered any support within the camp for the

:28:41. > :28:47.trauma that you and your brothers have suffered? Nothing in here.

:28:48. > :28:56.Nothing in. We get support but it is not enough. Wasam's the suffers from

:28:57. > :29:06.severe mental health issues. Hama is staying close to him here, trying to

:29:07. > :29:14.support him. -- Wasam. He has attempted to take his life multiple

:29:15. > :29:24.times in the past year. Essentially, if Wasam was not here, his brother

:29:25. > :29:30.would be affected. Louise quit you have recently been in Lesbos. Is

:29:31. > :29:37.there any support at all available for people like Wasam in these

:29:38. > :29:43.camps? I was there again this week. In theory there is, on paper there

:29:44. > :29:45.is. There are two health organisations in the camp. The

:29:46. > :29:52.reality is the number of people on the island has increased and the

:29:53. > :29:58.capacity has decreased. We have a clinic outside the camp. We are

:29:59. > :30:02.trying to provide health support as well as treating victims of torture

:30:03. > :30:08.and sexual violence. We have a waiting list of over 100 people. The

:30:09. > :30:18.level of trauma is so important. 20% of our mental health patients are

:30:19. > :30:26.victims of torture. Women who come for gynaecological services suffer

:30:27. > :30:29.sexual abuse. We are doing the best we can to meet the demands. Do you

:30:30. > :30:33.think the Greek authorities are doing enough to help people on

:30:34. > :30:38.Lesbos question at them and to be transferred to the mainland.

:30:39. > :30:44.It has to be recognised Europe as a whole isn't doing enough. Europe is

:30:45. > :30:48.basely imposed upon Greece the obligation of essentially managing

:30:49. > :30:52.the deal that European countries struck with Turkey, which is

:30:53. > :30:56.designed to essentially try and send back people who have come to those

:30:57. > :31:01.Greek Islands to Turkey on the ridiculous suggestion that Turkey is

:31:02. > :31:06.safe for them. That has introduced, as it happens, a whole new

:31:07. > :31:10.bureaucratic additional system that Greeks are trying to now manage

:31:11. > :31:13.before people can even get into their asylum system to have their

:31:14. > :31:18.asylum claims dealt with when, as happens in many, many cases, it's

:31:19. > :31:21.determined that no Turkey is not safe for them. Unfortunately, a

:31:22. > :31:28.system in Greece that was already not working long before we had these

:31:29. > :31:32.events in 2015-16 and still carrying on, which is now under enormous

:31:33. > :31:35.pressure and made under increased pressure by this ridiculous deal

:31:36. > :31:38.which is not safe for people and is trapping people, as you see, in

:31:39. > :31:45.hopeless conditions on these Islands. It was the EU who paid

:31:46. > :31:48.Turkey to take these people back and process them effectively because

:31:49. > :31:53.it's a political hot potato in Europe across Europe, the sheer

:31:54. > :31:56.numbers of people that have been arriving and questions over whether

:31:57. > :32:01.they are people who have genuine asylum claims or whether they are

:32:02. > :32:04.economic migrants coming from maybe Africa and other places. What is it

:32:05. > :32:09.you want to see the authorities, whether it's the Greek authorities

:32:10. > :32:15.or wider across Europe do to help people? Let's not forget a country

:32:16. > :32:18.like Uganda has received more than a million people fleeing a conflict in

:32:19. > :32:22.South Sudan in the space of less than a year. Yes, it's struggling,

:32:23. > :32:27.but its borders are still open and it is processing people and is

:32:28. > :32:32.supporting people. Europe is a huge wealthy part of the world with

:32:33. > :32:35.enormous resources. It is dealing with comparatively few people

:32:36. > :32:41.compared to other places elsewhere. We know that many of the people who

:32:42. > :32:44.fled to these Greek Islands are coming from places as just described

:32:45. > :32:48.where their lives are plainly at risk. Thank you all for speaking to

:32:49. > :32:53.us today. If you have any thoughts on this get in touch with us.

:32:54. > :32:58.The parents of a 21-year-old woman who died after taking weight loss

:32:59. > :33:04.pills have told this programme the substances should be banned.

:33:05. > :33:07.Beth Shipsey died in February after taking highly toxic,

:33:08. > :33:09.fat-burning pills that her parents believe she bought online.

:33:10. > :33:12.They'll be with us just after the news.

:33:13. > :33:17.A bad week for President Trump just got a lot worse as his plans to get

:33:18. > :33:19.rid of parts of President Obama's health care reforms

:33:20. > :33:22.are rejected by the Senate - the third time Trump's agenda has

:33:23. > :33:27.And on top of that there's the vicious rivalry

:33:28. > :33:45.We'll be live in the States in about 15 minutes.

:33:46. > :33:51.At least 60 high rice buildings that used insulation and cladding similar

:33:52. > :33:54.to Grenfell have failed a new fire safety test. The tests saw the

:33:55. > :33:58.materials analysed together for the first time. The only buildings

:33:59. > :34:01.identified so far are nine council blocks in Salford in Greater

:34:02. > :34:05.Manchester where the local council is asking for help from central

:34:06. > :34:09.Government to meet the cost ofs replacements. Ministers will publish

:34:10. > :34:15.the full findings from these tests later this morning.

:34:16. > :34:19.Pakistan's Prime Minister has resigned after the country's Supreme

:34:20. > :34:23.Court unanimously ruled that he should be disqualified over

:34:24. > :34:28.corruption allegations. The ruling follows accusations relating to the

:34:29. > :34:31.Panama papers published two years ago in which his three children were

:34:32. > :34:34.implicated. He and his family deny any wrongdoing.

:34:35. > :34:37.40 people have been injured, one seriously, after a commuter

:34:38. > :34:42.At least 18 people have been taken to hospital.

:34:43. > :34:47.Philip Hammond has said there's broad agreement in Cabinet

:34:48. > :34:50.that there should be a transition period of up to three years

:34:51. > :34:53.after Brexit but it should be concluded before the next election

:34:54. > :34:58.The Chancellor said a failure to implement a transition deal

:34:59. > :35:01.would sow chaos for business and that it was in the interests

:35:02. > :35:04.of the EU and Britain to have a transition that allows

:35:05. > :35:12.Donald Trump has suffered a defeat on one of his key campaign pledges

:35:13. > :35:16.A number of republicans, including former president

:35:17. > :35:18.presidential nominee, John McCain, voted against a bill

:35:19. > :35:20.which would have repealed the healthcare law passed by former

:35:21. > :35:31.The bill was rejected in a dramatic, late-night vote by fifty-one

:35:32. > :35:36.The Republican Party's leader in the Senate described

:35:37. > :35:51.England are through to the quarter finals of the Women's European

:35:52. > :35:53.Championship with three wins out of three.

:35:54. > :35:56.The 100% record maintained thanks to a 2-1 win over Portugal.

:35:57. > :36:00.But they've conceded for the first time in the tournament.

:36:01. > :36:06.Scotland just missed out despite a 1-0 win over Spain.

:36:07. > :36:09.Everton have a 1-0 lead after the first leg

:36:10. > :36:12.of their Europa League qualifier against Slovakian side Ruzomberok.

:36:13. > :36:15.Leighton Baines with the winner on what was Wayne Rooney's first

:36:16. > :36:23.Alistair Cook will resume on 82 not out after helping

:36:24. > :36:26.to keep South Africa at bay on a rain-shortened first day

:36:27. > :36:32.And this is the first race of the card at

:36:33. > :36:36.Everyone thought it was won by a horse called Mandarin Princess.

:36:37. > :36:37.But it was a case of mistaken identity.

:36:38. > :36:40.That's actually the two year old's stablemate Millie's Kiss.

:36:41. > :36:48.And the trainer only realised afterwards.

:36:49. > :36:50.How easy is it to buy deadly diet pills?

:36:51. > :36:55.Tragically for one young woman too easy.

:36:56. > :36:59.21-year-old Beth Shipsey had an eating disorder and believed

:37:00. > :37:03.that the toxic drugs would lead to easy weight loss.

:37:04. > :37:06.She passed away in February after taking DNP tablets -

:37:07. > :37:09.which burn fat and can be highly toxic.

:37:10. > :37:12.They are illegal but her parents believe she bought them online.

:37:13. > :37:15.Five months after her daughter's death, her mother Carol says

:37:16. > :37:18.she is shocked at the lack of awareness surrounding the dangers

:37:19. > :37:21.of diet pills and how widely available they are -

:37:22. > :37:23.especially as they have been the cause of several

:37:24. > :37:27.Let's start by showing you a video Beth's 24-year-old brother Tom made

:37:28. > :37:40.# Brother and sister, together we'll make it through.

:37:41. > :37:45.# Someday a spirit will take you and guide you there.

:37:46. > :37:54.# But I've been waiting to be there for you.

:37:55. > :37:58.# And I'll be there just helping you out.

:37:59. > :38:05.# I need a miracle, hurry up now, I need a miracle.

:38:06. > :38:16.# I say your name but you're not around.

:38:17. > :38:19.# I need you, I need you, I need you right now.

:38:20. > :38:23.Watching that moving tribute to Beth Shipsey

:38:24. > :38:26.with me was her mother, Carol Shipsey and Beth's

:38:27. > :38:29.Also here is Tom Quinn, from the UK's leading eating

:38:30. > :38:45.Is that hard to watch, or is it a comfort? A bit of both, I think

:38:46. > :38:51.really. You know, obviously, it's nice to see her again in life but

:38:52. > :38:56.also equally really sad. Tell me a little bit about your daughter. She

:38:57. > :39:01.just, her world was animals really. Yeah, she rescued over 100 animals.

:39:02. > :39:05.Wow, what sort of animals. Everything and anything. One time I

:39:06. > :39:12.had 40 rabbits in the garden, yeah. Did you like that, Doug, happy with

:39:13. > :39:17.that? Not at all, no. Kissed goodbye to the lawn. A Shetland pony in the

:39:18. > :39:22.garden. She travelled the world really and on some of overseas trips

:39:23. > :39:27.that venture ended up not in a holiday but a venture to rescue

:39:28. > :39:33.local animals and she rescued four Greek dogs with our financial

:39:34. > :39:38.support. We have one at home still. She had a huge heart, but clearly

:39:39. > :39:46.she had issues. At what point did you realise weight was a problem for

:39:47. > :39:50.her? Well, unfortunately for Bethany, she had a boyfriend that,

:39:51. > :39:55.there was sexual abuse within the relationship and he got sent to

:39:56. > :40:00.prison last year for raping Bethany and the abuse was over quite a long

:40:01. > :40:05.period of time and Beth's mental health deteriorated during that

:40:06. > :40:08.time. And that's when the eating disorders first manifested itself.

:40:09. > :40:14.Did you know Doug she was using these diet pills? I had no idea at

:40:15. > :40:21.all. I didn't even know what these diet pills were or even existed

:40:22. > :40:27.until literally a couple of days before she died because we were at a

:40:28. > :40:30.review meeting on the mental health ward where they said they found some

:40:31. > :40:34.of of the pills and confiscated them. From her? From her on the

:40:35. > :40:39.ward, yeah, on the mental health ward which we thought was the

:40:40. > :40:45.entirety of the pills, we didn't realise actually she had stashed

:40:46. > :40:52.more in her bedroom at home. And DNP is illegal and highly dangerous. It

:40:53. > :40:56.is. I mean, going back, I think it's important for me to say that Beth

:40:57. > :41:00.was in and hospital frequently, she came home for home leave often to

:41:01. > :41:06.attend to the animals. A few weeks before I had found a pack of pills

:41:07. > :41:11.in her bedroom and I did address it with her and say what are these

:41:12. > :41:16.pills? She said, they're just herbal diet pills. I had no reason to

:41:17. > :41:19.believe they were just herbal diet pills, because we have other

:41:20. > :41:26.daughters and they had bought diet pills from a health shop which were

:41:27. > :41:29.herbal, so, and she did say at that point she purchased him for somebody

:41:30. > :41:33.she met on the internet and bought them on the internet and she had

:41:34. > :41:38.taken them for a week and felt unwell taking them and she wasn't

:41:39. > :41:41.going to bother any way and was going to throw them away, dispose of

:41:42. > :41:47.them down the toilet as something like that, we had no reason to

:41:48. > :41:52.believe that she hadn't done that until my husband said we went to the

:41:53. > :41:56.meeting the day before she died on the mental health ward where they

:41:57. > :42:02.disclosed she had found the pills in her possession the day before. What

:42:03. > :42:06.happened on the day she died? Well, she came home for a home visit to

:42:07. > :42:11.tend to the animals, of which, I mean, at that point we still had 60

:42:12. > :42:18.animals at home. We have got a shed and an outdoor enclosure and in the

:42:19. > :42:22.shed we have many little furies and Doug brought her home about 3pm that

:42:23. > :42:26.afternoon, I was actually at work and set up the shed, the Hoover and

:42:27. > :42:30.the steamer and everything like you do, made her a cup of tea and went

:42:31. > :42:34.off to work and our son Thomas was in the house at the time but in a

:42:35. > :42:38.different room and that sort of like normal practice, you would have a

:42:39. > :42:42.drink, cup of tea, catch up on TV and then tend to animals before

:42:43. > :42:48.going back to the ward. But on that particular day what was different

:42:49. > :42:55.was our son was about to go to work and the doorbell rang and he was

:42:56. > :43:02.confronted by two paramedics and Bethany had taken some pills,

:43:03. > :43:06.spontaneously, and contacted somebody on Facebook who alerted the

:43:07. > :43:10.emergency services because they were concerned what she had taken. And

:43:11. > :43:15.then she obviously went into hospital. Within an hour of taking

:43:16. > :43:19.the pills. And died soon after? She died, she was in the A department,

:43:20. > :43:25.it was approximately three-and-a-half to four hours

:43:26. > :43:29.before she had a cardiac arrest and obviously she died that night, yeah.

:43:30. > :43:34.I want to bring Tom in to talk about diet pills. How widely available are

:43:35. > :43:38.they and there is a huge range of them. There are a huge range, some

:43:39. > :43:43.are illegal, some are not. They're all potentially very, very Danning

:43:44. > :43:47.rows. Unfortunately, we hear very frequently from people contacting

:43:48. > :43:50.our helpline that they are struggling with diet pills, I think

:43:51. > :43:56.the fact that individuals are prepared to take pills that could be

:43:57. > :43:59.extremely dangerous shows how serious eating disorders are, what

:44:00. > :44:05.we say to people worried about themselves or a family member is get

:44:06. > :44:09.help quickly, before the illness gets too serious. You didn't know

:44:10. > :44:14.she was using these diet pills as you said, you also found out that

:44:15. > :44:20.she was in chat rooms where people were encouraging her. That's right.

:44:21. > :44:26.I mean, obviously social media, that's the main way of communicating

:44:27. > :44:31.these days, particularly with younger people, and I knew that she

:44:32. > :44:37.chatted to people online but it was only after her death that - we were

:44:38. > :44:43.both horrified to learn of what extent those conversations went in

:44:44. > :44:50.encouraging her to actually buy DNP and also not only that, to - she was

:44:51. > :44:59.taking laxatives and I didn't know at the time but she was also taking

:45:00. > :45:06.Sudofed a lot too, apparently to lose weight and just, you know,

:45:07. > :45:10.reinforced Bethany's sort of negativity around her own body image

:45:11. > :45:14.and was an implement really to nournl her to continue on that path

:45:15. > :45:16.-- encourage her to continue on that path to self-destruct really. Do you

:45:17. > :45:28.hear that a lot at the charity? We do. This is fundamentally a

:45:29. > :45:34.serious mental illness. The owners can take over if it is left to

:45:35. > :45:38.route. It is important that family members and friends are able to spot

:45:39. > :45:43.some of the early signs that might appear before weight change for that

:45:44. > :45:48.they might be changes of mood, perhaps becoming socially withdrawn.

:45:49. > :45:52.Acting strangely around mealtimes, perhaps over exercising. It is

:45:53. > :45:56.important we are all aware of some of the early signs we can make sure

:45:57. > :46:05.people get the help they need. People watching probably be amazed

:46:06. > :46:10.that legal -- illegal pills are so easy for someone to buy online.

:46:11. > :46:14.People are prosecuted for this but we would support anything that can

:46:15. > :46:19.be done to stop people being able to get hold of these pills and would

:46:20. > :46:24.want to speak to anyone out there who is struggling with an eating

:46:25. > :46:29.disorder and considering taking another harmful diet pill. Please

:46:30. > :46:34.think again. The risks really are not worth it. What do you want to

:46:35. > :46:38.see happening? Do you think there needs to be tighter regulation.

:46:39. > :46:45.People are still managing to get hold of them, like best. I deal with

:46:46. > :46:50.some chemicals. There are certain systems in place for registering

:46:51. > :46:57.chemicals and some of the more toxic chemicals would tend to be licensed.

:46:58. > :47:01.I do not see this as a material that could be classified, like legal mark

:47:02. > :47:05.optics, etc, because then that would be legal to buy. If there were

:47:06. > :47:17.licensing controls put on the substance itself, at least it would

:47:18. > :47:20.restrict the ability for these unscrupulous people who put these

:47:21. > :47:24.into Capitals and sell on the internet it would restrict their

:47:25. > :47:29.ability to obtain this material. If it were licensed, you would have to

:47:30. > :47:35.apply for a licence, to produce the material can sell it, handle it, for

:47:36. > :47:39.someone to buy it and use it. I know you are a nurse, do you think the

:47:40. > :47:50.medical profession as a whole knows enough about the diet pills and the

:47:51. > :47:51.dangers of them? Not at all. As has already been discussed, they are

:47:52. > :47:57.widely used. Our particular experience with our daughter is the

:47:58. > :48:04.fact that people were not aware of the severity of the toxic effects of

:48:05. > :48:10.that particular drug. That is shocking really. I do feel there

:48:11. > :48:14.needs to be improved communication and that information is disseminated

:48:15. > :48:20.around within the medical profession. So, if, unfortunately,

:48:21. > :48:24.the person arrives in an emergency department with a more proactive in

:48:25. > :48:28.their response. If any parents are watching this he might have concerns

:48:29. > :48:35.about their son or daughter using diet pills, what would you say to

:48:36. > :48:42.them? I think you need to take it seriously is very easy with young

:48:43. > :48:47.people with the complexities of being a young person, to dismiss any

:48:48. > :48:54.concerns about their weight and see it as a trivial issue. It is about

:48:55. > :49:00.how you go about challenging a young person on it? It is difficult.

:49:01. > :49:06.Bethany felt she was not listened to. As I say, the unhealthy

:49:07. > :49:19.relationship with food, it was about two years. Like you say, excessive

:49:20. > :49:22.exercise. She was a very slim girl. It is not about BMI, it is about the

:49:23. > :49:29.unhealthy relationship with food. Many would say she looked OK,

:49:30. > :49:33.whatever that implies they only see eating disorders in people who are

:49:34. > :49:41.severely underweight or people who are equally overweight. It is not

:49:42. > :49:45.about BMI, it is about that relationship with food. Getting

:49:46. > :49:50.support with a recognised group of people who can really support you

:49:51. > :49:54.and give advice on what you can do if you are concerned. Thank you for

:49:55. > :49:55.coming in. Is Venezuela heading

:49:56. > :49:58.for a civil war? After months of unrest,

:49:59. > :50:01.the Government says it will ban protests that could disturb

:50:02. > :50:02.or affect Sunday's controversial election

:50:03. > :50:06.for a new constituent Assembly. This time last week

:50:07. > :50:09.Sean Spicer resigned as White House's press secretary -

:50:10. > :50:13.bringing an end to a chaotic six months as the public face

:50:14. > :50:22.of Donald Trump's administration. However, over the last seven days

:50:23. > :50:24.the controversy has continued. On Wednesday, President Trump

:50:25. > :50:30.announced a ban on transgender people serving in the US military

:50:31. > :50:33.but now military officials say that In the last few hours,

:50:34. > :50:37.the US Senate has rejected plans to repeal President Obama's

:50:38. > :50:38.healthcare reforms - delivering a major blow

:50:39. > :50:48.to President Trump. His new communications director

:50:49. > :50:51.Anthony Scaramucci has launched a strongly-worded attack

:50:52. > :51:15.on the White House chief Well I put out a tweet they are all

:51:16. > :51:22.making the assumption because journalists know who the leakers

:51:23. > :51:27.are. If he wants to explain here is not a bleaker, let him do that.

:51:28. > :51:29.But President Trump supporters argue he's more popular than ever.

:51:30. > :51:32.Sean Spicer's replacement - Sarah Sanders - has even taken some

:51:33. > :51:35.time out of a press conference to read a letter from

:51:36. > :51:37.a nine-year-boy called Dylan, who wanted to defend the American

:51:38. > :51:41.To remind us a little more often about some of the forgotten men,

:51:42. > :51:43.women and children that we're here to serve and that

:51:44. > :51:52.We are going to start the White House briefing

:51:53. > :51:54.every once in awhile with a letter or an e-mail

:51:55. > :51:56.that we may receive from some of those individuals.

:51:57. > :52:00.To kick it off with that process, I would like to read you a letter

:52:01. > :52:03."My name is Dylan Harbin, but everyone calls me Pickle.

:52:04. > :52:06.I am nine years old and you're my favourite president.

:52:07. > :52:09.I like you so much that I had a birthday about you.

:52:10. > :52:13.Then Dylan goes on to ask a few questions.

:52:14. > :52:16.Dylan, President Trump is 71 years old.

:52:17. > :52:23.The White House is 168 feet long, it is 70 feet tall on the south

:52:24. > :52:26.side, it is 60' 4" on the north and it takes 300 gallons

:52:27. > :52:29.of white paint to cover the exterior of the White House residence.

:52:30. > :52:34.It has 132 rooms and approximately 55,000 square feet.

:52:35. > :52:41.Dylan, I am not sure, but I know it's a lot!

:52:42. > :52:44."I don't know why people don't like you."

:52:45. > :52:48."You seem really nice, can we be friends?"

:52:49. > :52:52.I am happy to say that I directly spoke to the President, Dylan,

:52:53. > :52:54.he would be more than happy to be your friend.

:52:55. > :52:57."My picture is in here, so if you can, see me and say hello."

:52:58. > :53:00.Dylan, I hope you're watching because the President personally

:53:01. > :53:07.Dylan, thanks for writing to the President, and if you

:53:08. > :53:10.are ever in Washington, DC, I hope you will stop by and let

:53:11. > :53:26.We can speak now to Steve Gruber, a talk radio host and Trump

:53:27. > :53:28.supporter in Michigan, and Alana Horowitz Satlin,

:53:29. > :53:30.assignment editor at the Huffington Post.

:53:31. > :53:42.Do you think it has been a good week for President Trump? A lot going on

:53:43. > :53:50.as always. It has been a mixed week for the president. He has some

:53:51. > :53:55.positive news. I think Sarah Huckabee Sanders is a fine

:53:56. > :54:00.replacement. Sean Spicer was never well matched to that job. From day

:54:01. > :54:06.one when he came out of government, a big turmoil with the press. He got

:54:07. > :54:11.into an argument with the press. The podium was too tall. He looked like

:54:12. > :54:18.a short, angry man. He never really recovered. Sarah Huckabee Sanders

:54:19. > :54:23.has credibility. She is unflappable and has some humour. She is direct

:54:24. > :54:28.and has the President's back for that she has been rock solid. A

:54:29. > :54:32.mixed week for the president. He injects himself into the

:54:33. > :54:37.conversation like he did with the transgendered tweets. Suddenly it

:54:38. > :54:42.takes the forefront for a moment until the Senate Democrats failed to

:54:43. > :54:47.pass the Obamacare legislation. For journalists like myself and the

:54:48. > :54:51.youth, on the side of the pond, it is busy all the time with Donald

:54:52. > :54:57.Trump and his team in the White House. A mixed week. You look at the

:54:58. > :55:02.tweets from President Trump. During the presidential election, he was

:55:03. > :55:07.flying the flag for LGBT rights. He said if you are a member of the LGBT

:55:08. > :55:12.community, vote for me. Hillary Clinton will not look after you, I

:55:13. > :55:17.will. Suddenly he is saying no big complete ban of any transgendered

:55:18. > :55:23.people within the US military. Like I said, it was a surprisingly by the

:55:24. > :55:29.president. The Defence Secretary was out of the loop at the moment, not

:55:30. > :55:34.available to discuss. He had asked for six months to discuss it. As

:55:35. > :55:40.these things go, as you well know, it will take a bit of time. We now

:55:41. > :55:44.know what the president thinks on this one specific issue when it

:55:45. > :55:47.comes to transgendered people serving in the military. Steve says

:55:48. > :55:53.it has been a good week. Do you think it has been a good week? I

:55:54. > :55:57.would agree with President Trump. I think Sarah Sanders is miles ahead

:55:58. > :56:04.of Sean Spicer that she is articulate and charming. She is not

:56:05. > :56:17.brash. Where Spicer failed, I think sky meet she is failing in a

:56:18. > :56:22.different way? -- Scaramucci. Whether he is successful or not, he

:56:23. > :56:31.tried to take the views of Donald Trump and said he was not softening

:56:32. > :56:39.things he said. For better or worse, I agree they match the

:56:40. > :56:44.administration and the job better. He is not coming off well with the

:56:45. > :56:49.public. You read the article from the New Yorker and he is supposed to

:56:50. > :56:52.be the communications director. Frankly he is embarrassing the

:56:53. > :57:02.president by slagging off his chief of staff. Not just slagging off.

:57:03. > :57:06.There was lots of swearing going on, wanting to fire him. It was

:57:07. > :57:14.unbelievable. Here is the thing. People in Wisconsin just learned

:57:15. > :57:18.that Fox Khan will build iPads and iPhones in the centre of Wisconsin.

:57:19. > :57:28.They do not read the New Yorker. Even people in Michigan where he won

:57:29. > :57:31.by 10,000 votes, or Pennsylvania. These are issues. People in

:57:32. > :57:40.Wisconsin, Pennsylvania and Michigan do not care. They care about jobs.

:57:41. > :57:47.They care about the 8000 new jobs. Donald Trump has eliminated many

:57:48. > :57:50.regulations so far. People who are retired teachers and firefighters

:57:51. > :57:56.who had investments on Wall Street are very happy right now. They are

:57:57. > :58:01.also very happy that their houses are at the best prices they had been

:58:02. > :58:06.in 15 years. The give me for interrupting. You believe that Cork

:58:07. > :58:09.Donald Trump 's supporters, as long as the economy is good and jobs are

:58:10. > :58:13.coming, the president can say what he likes and his staff can say what

:58:14. > :58:19.they like because that is the elite having a chat and they are not

:58:20. > :58:24.interested. With all the Russia talks, people turn off. It becomes

:58:25. > :58:29.noise. They go to sleep and they move on. They think he is colourful

:58:30. > :58:35.and interesting. Sarah is better than Sean and people do not care. I

:58:36. > :58:43.can agree that people do not care about the power centric stuff. You

:58:44. > :58:48.have to admit. It is not true people do not care about Russia. People are

:58:49. > :58:52.concerned that also concerned about health care. People in Wisconsin are

:58:53. > :58:58.even supporters of Donald Trump, they are very concerned. His attempt

:58:59. > :59:14.to make about the care better and whatever, that fail. -- Obamacare or

:59:15. > :59:18.whatever, that fail. Millions of people would have lost their health

:59:19. > :59:25.insurance. Millions of people are going to lose their health care

:59:26. > :59:37.because Scaramucci will collapse. John McCain said that it will fail.

:59:38. > :59:42.-- because Obamacare will collapse. The Republicans have quite a long

:59:43. > :59:46.time to sort out and have not managed to do it. The Republicans

:59:47. > :59:53.have failed. They ought to be ashamed of themselves. They decided

:59:54. > :00:01.to lie to the people a couple of days ago. Thank you for speaking to

:00:02. > :00:10.us from Michigan. Thank you for coming in.

:00:11. > :00:18.Low pressure in charge of things. Today big showers out there. Here is

:00:19. > :00:22.Cumbria at the moment, heavy downpours, rainbows pictured there.

:00:23. > :00:25.Variable amounts of cloud, there is some sunshine further south through

:00:26. > :00:28.the Midlands, up towards Lincolnshire, for instance. For many

:00:29. > :00:34.of us a fairly unsettled day with low pressure sitting out to the

:00:35. > :00:37.north-west of the UK. Tightly spaced isobars too, an indication it will

:00:38. > :00:41.be breezy today, that breeze coming in from the south-west and importing

:00:42. > :00:44.some heavy showers. For much of Northern Ireland, Scotland and

:00:45. > :00:50.northern England heavy showers this morning. Also more cloud and

:00:51. > :00:55.outbreaks of rain working into the south-west of England and Wales this

:00:56. > :00:58.afternoon. For Scotland and Northern Ireland sunny spells and scattered

:00:59. > :01:01.showers, could be thunder. We are likely to see a dryer spell of

:01:02. > :01:04.weather across northern England for a time. Heavy rain heading in across

:01:05. > :01:08.parts of Wales, particularly heavy over the hills and around the

:01:09. > :01:12.coasts. For the south-west of England it's looking damp and breezy

:01:13. > :01:15.through the afternoon. Mostly dry further towards the south-east of

:01:16. > :01:19.England and East Anglia but we are going to keep that cloud and through

:01:20. > :01:24.this evening the rain in the west works further north and east across

:01:25. > :01:28.Wales and much of England too. Brisk winds, as well. The worst of that

:01:29. > :01:32.wet weather clears the south-east by the early hours of Saturday. Then

:01:33. > :01:36.still showers in the far north-west but many of us start the day on

:01:37. > :01:39.Saturday on a reasonably dry and bright note. We still have the

:01:40. > :01:44.unsettled theme. There is that weather front to the south-east that

:01:45. > :01:48.looks like it clears at least for a time and low pressure again to the

:01:49. > :01:50.north-west then. Blustery showers across north western parts of

:01:51. > :01:53.Scotland and Northern Ireland. England and Wales having a lot of

:01:54. > :01:57.dry weather. But you will notice this area of rain likely to creep in

:01:58. > :02:01.from the English channel affecting southern counties of England and

:02:02. > :02:07.perhaps up to East Anglia during the afternoon. Temperatures around 18-22

:02:08. > :02:10.or so. Sunday, another day of sunshine and showers. Some of the

:02:11. > :02:15.showers initially in the north and west, could be heavy, potentially

:02:16. > :02:18.thundery and the showers will drift further eastwards through the day.

:02:19. > :02:23.The far south-east probably avoiding them on Sunday. To summarise the

:02:24. > :02:27.weekend, rather cool and breezy and a mix of sunnier dryer spells of

:02:28. > :02:29.weather and also plenty of showers around too. You can check the latest

:02:30. > :02:38.forecast on our website. Sixty tower blocks fail

:02:39. > :02:39.new fire safety test - including 9 buildings owned

:02:40. > :02:46.by Salford council We'll be speaking to a fire safety expert

:02:47. > :02:54.in just a moment. New research shows drink ago few

:02:55. > :02:59.times a week reduces the risk of diabetes. Wine appears to be

:03:00. > :02:59.particularly beneficial but critics say consuming alcohol does

:03:00. > :03:04.contribute to other diseases. Is Venezuela heading

:03:05. > :03:05.for civil war? Anti-government protesters erect

:03:06. > :03:08.barriers and start fires in the capital ahead

:03:09. > :03:14.of a controversial vote to rewrite Here is the news in the newsroom

:03:15. > :03:43.with Ben. More materials were analysed

:03:44. > :03:47.together for the first time some of the far, nine of the buildings which

:03:48. > :03:50.failed have been identified. They're in Salford in Greater Manchester

:03:51. > :03:54.where the local council is asking for help from central Government to

:03:55. > :03:57.meet the cost of replacements. Ministers will publish the full test

:03:58. > :03:58.findings later While those touched by Grenfell wait

:03:59. > :04:18.for a full picture of how this fire spread, other residents

:04:19. > :04:19.in other towers are nervous, These blocks in Salford,

:04:20. > :04:23.nine of them, are among the 60 across England we understand will be

:04:24. > :04:26.declared a risk after failing The thought of you not being safe

:04:27. > :04:30.when you're sleeping in bed of a night-time, thinking

:04:31. > :04:32.that that's not safe, I don't care how much money it

:04:33. > :04:39.cost - it's not money, I think we're sitting on a tinderbox

:04:40. > :04:42.when you look at all the flats. Some of the cladding

:04:43. > :04:44.had already come down. In the first round of tests,

:04:45. > :04:48.panels from every building failed. After criticism that wasn't

:04:49. > :04:50.realistic, experts have now combined cladding and the installation fitted

:04:51. > :04:53.behind it to show which materials are dangerous when they're put

:04:54. > :04:57.together, like they were on Grenfell Yesterday, the police said

:04:58. > :05:04.there were reasonable grounds to suspect corporate manslaughter

:05:05. > :05:06.may have been committed by the council or the tenant

:05:07. > :05:12.management organisation. More than six weeks since Grenfell

:05:13. > :05:14.burned, the investigation is finding its focus

:05:15. > :05:17.while the reverberations reach right after the country's Supreme Court

:05:18. > :05:39.unanimously ruled that he should be disqualified over

:05:40. > :05:40.corruption allegations. The ruling follows accusations

:05:41. > :05:42.relating to the Panama Papers published two years ago,

:05:43. > :05:45.in which Mr Sharif's three He and his family

:05:46. > :06:01.deny any wrongdoing. The Chancellor said on the first day

:06:02. > :06:04.after leaving the block in March 2019 that many things will look

:06:05. > :06:08.similar and that it was in the interests of the EU and Britain to

:06:09. > :06:12.have a transition that allows the economies to adjust.

:06:13. > :06:18.Our job as we leave the European Union is to make sure that we can do

:06:19. > :06:21.this in a way that is smooth without disruption to people's everyday

:06:22. > :06:27.lives, without disrupting the supply chains of businesses that run across

:06:28. > :06:32.our borders and to then go through a process of moving from the current

:06:33. > :06:35.arrangements with the EU to our new future long-term arrangements with

:06:36. > :06:38.the EU and to do that in a smoother way as possible.

:06:39. > :06:41.40 people have been injured - one seriously - after a commuter

:06:42. > :06:57.At least 18 people have been taken to hospital.

:06:58. > :06:59.Four men have been arrested after they tried to make

:07:00. > :07:02.an explosive device at Cardiff prison.

:07:03. > :07:08.It came to light when a prison worker contacted a welsh

:07:09. > :07:16.Assembly Member, Bethan Jenkins with concerns about staffing.

:07:17. > :07:23.We were talking earlier to Carol and Doug Shipsey about their daughter.

:07:24. > :07:27.Lots of you getting in touch about that this morning. A tweet from

:07:28. > :07:30.India, a moving segment on eating disorders and Beth's life. I

:07:31. > :07:35.definitely think diet pills should be be banned. They are dangerous,

:07:36. > :07:39.not only physically, a tweet from Joe says of course diet pills should

:07:40. > :07:42.be banned. Completely unnecessary. And most of us don't know there

:07:43. > :07:47.isn't any proper advice out there so we don't know what to do. E-mail

:07:48. > :07:49.from Clare, I took pills from the internet and became depressed I

:07:50. > :07:54.wanted to die. They're horrible things. Keep your contributions

:07:55. > :07:57.coming throughout the morning. If you do text remember you will be

:07:58. > :08:01.charged at the standard network rate.

:08:02. > :08:06.Let's speak to Huw now for all the sport. Good morning.

:08:07. > :08:09.England's women will have to beat a team they haven't since 1974

:08:10. > :08:11.to reach the semi finals of the European Championships.

:08:12. > :08:14.They play France after making the last 8 in the Netherlands

:08:15. > :08:19.The Lionesses maintained their 100% record and finished top

:08:20. > :08:22.of their group thanks to a 2-1 win over Portugal.

:08:23. > :08:24.Toni Duggan and Nikita Parris with the goals.

:08:25. > :08:26.However, France have knocked them out of their last

:08:27. > :08:34.England's win meant that Scotland - in the same group -

:08:35. > :08:36.needed to beat Spain by two clear goals.

:08:37. > :08:40.Caroline Weir got some help from the Spanish goalkeeper

:08:41. > :08:43.to put her side ahead but Scotland just couldn't find that crucial

:08:44. > :08:48.second goal and exit their first major tournament at the group stage.

:08:49. > :08:51.In the Europa League qualifiers, Aberdeen hold a 2-1 lead over Cyprus

:08:52. > :08:54.side, Apollon Limassol, after the first leg.

:08:55. > :08:58.And Everton's Wayne Rooney received a hero's welcome in his first

:08:59. > :09:01.competitive game back at the club last night.

:09:02. > :09:03.He played the full 90 minutes at Goodison Park

:09:04. > :09:10.It was a scrappy game, settled only by Leighton Baines'

:09:11. > :09:14.The second leg takes place next Thursday.

:09:15. > :09:18.Alistair Cook will resume on 82 not out after helping

:09:19. > :09:20.to keep South Africa at bay on a rain-shortened first day

:09:21. > :09:29.Despite the interruptions it was an eventful opening

:09:30. > :09:32.Joe Root was one of the wickets to fall.

:09:33. > :09:35.He was caught behind brilliantly by Quinton de Kock for 29.

:09:36. > :09:37.While one of three England debutants, David Malan,

:09:38. > :09:46.But former captain Cook was at his gutsy best.

:09:47. > :10:02.First practice is under way at the Hungarian Grand Prix.

:10:03. > :10:04.Hamilton comes into the weekend just one

:10:05. > :10:06.point behind Sebastian Vettel in the drivers' standings having won

:10:07. > :10:17.The build-up to this weekend's race has been

:10:18. > :10:23.dominated by drivers' comments concerning the new protective halo

:10:24. > :10:31.Happy to implement any head protections for next year, if FAI

:10:32. > :10:35.study and develop the halo and this is the most effective way to protect

:10:36. > :10:39.the head of the drivers, it's more than welcome, in my opinion. I don't

:10:40. > :10:46.like it. But of course at the end of the day you have to respect the

:10:47. > :10:49.decision of the FAI, but I think since we introduced virtual safety

:10:50. > :10:55.car that reduced the risk when you are speeding under the yellow flag

:10:56. > :10:59.in the race and then also with the wheel, strong at the moment, I don't

:11:00. > :11:02.think you will lose a wheel easily and when there are parts flying

:11:03. > :11:08.around from the car it's not really going to protect you. So, I don't

:11:09. > :11:15.really understand why we should need it.

:11:16. > :11:18.Now why all the long at Great Yarmouth Races yesterday?

:11:19. > :11:21.Well, the winner of the first, Mandarin Princess, turned out to be

:11:22. > :11:23.a different horse after they did a routine microchip test

:11:24. > :11:26.Everyone thought this was Mandarin Princess, in blue,

:11:27. > :11:29.But it was actually her stable-mate, Millie's Kiss.

:11:30. > :11:31.Both were trained by Charlie McBride,

:11:32. > :11:51.The result stood for betting purposes.

:11:52. > :11:56.The test is seen as more thorough as more materials were analysed

:11:57. > :11:59.together for the first time. Our reporter Jim Reed has been covering

:12:00. > :12:04.the Grenfell tire from the first day. He is with us now. Exactly do

:12:05. > :12:08.the tests show us? We are still waiting for full details of these

:12:09. > :12:11.test results from the Government this morning, expected it later this

:12:12. > :12:14.morning. Let's talk you through what we are talking about here. If you

:12:15. > :12:18.look at the outside of Grenfell tower you get an idea of two things

:12:19. > :12:21.in particular to look out for, one are the cladding panels, you can see

:12:22. > :12:26.them on the bottom right of the screen. We have already had tests on

:12:27. > :12:29.those panels, they're metal, thin, about half a centimetre thick. We

:12:30. > :12:33.know those have failed fire safety tests. Some people in local

:12:34. > :12:38.Government, some in the construction industry say you have to go further

:12:39. > :12:42.and do a more comprehensive test on everything on the outside of the

:12:43. > :12:45.building and in particular one crucial things, which is this other

:12:46. > :12:49.area in the top left, that's the insulation that's behind the

:12:50. > :12:54.cladding. They say you have to test both these things together and the

:12:55. > :12:58.first results we are seeing of those today in particular. We are going to

:12:59. > :13:01.see more results throughout the day and more information. This is how we

:13:02. > :13:05.understand it at the moment. If you look at the tests they're doing, we

:13:06. > :13:09.have video pictures here. They're testing not just the chemical

:13:10. > :13:13.make-up of the panels but how the whole system performs in a fire.

:13:14. > :13:17.They set a fire underneath it and see how it responds to a serious

:13:18. > :13:21.fire. The Government have ordered six of these tests for different

:13:22. > :13:26.combinations of that cladding panel on the outside and the insulation on

:13:27. > :13:30.the inside. The first of those tests has failed. That's the same

:13:31. > :13:33.combination of cladding and insulation we believe they used on

:13:34. > :13:36.Grenfell tower and importantly we think there are 60 other buildings

:13:37. > :13:39.in England that have the same combination. Presumably they would

:13:40. > :13:42.have failed, as well. The next question is where are the buildings?

:13:43. > :13:47.That's hopefully what we are going to find out later. We don't know for

:13:48. > :13:51.sure. Only one council is affected, that's nine blocks in Salford. The

:13:52. > :13:56.other 51 of those 60 we don't know where they are. We think they're

:13:57. > :13:59.going to be private landlords or properties owned by housing

:14:00. > :14:02.associations as opposed to councils. Yesterday more news about the police

:14:03. > :14:06.investigation. That's right. This is really important. Late yesterday

:14:07. > :14:10.afternoon police now say there is reasonable grounds to suspect corps

:14:11. > :14:16.manslaughter offences, they've written to the council and the TMO,

:14:17. > :14:20.the tenant management organisation -- corporate manslaughter. They've

:14:21. > :14:23.written to both of those saying they suspect there is grounds for

:14:24. > :14:30.offences. Corporate manslaughter is a new offence. At least this form of

:14:31. > :14:33.it. It was only introduced in 2008. It's a criminal offence for an

:14:34. > :14:38.organisation to cause death by negligence. It's fairly difficult to

:14:39. > :14:41.prove. This is not individuals involved, this is organisations

:14:42. > :14:45.involved. We think senior executives from both the council and from the

:14:46. > :14:49.TMO are likely to be interviewed under caution about this offence. It

:14:50. > :14:55.could lead to large fines further down the road and it doesn't mean

:14:56. > :14:58.they couldn't also pursue individual manslaughter charges against people

:14:59. > :15:01.who may be responsible for this. We don't know that yet. We only know

:15:02. > :15:07.about corporate manslaughter offences the police have been

:15:08. > :15:14.talking about. Thank you. We can speak now to Arnold, a

:15:15. > :15:18.chartered surveyor and member of the association for specialist fire

:15:19. > :15:24.protection. First of all, are you surprised by what we learned so far?

:15:25. > :15:33.I'm not surprised. These blooms have been predicted since the early 80s.

:15:34. > :15:39.I was also talking about the fire risk and the risk of many people

:15:40. > :15:45.dying due to this form of cladding. Since the early 80s? Yes. Why are we

:15:46. > :15:50.in this position today? You will have to ask the advisers to

:15:51. > :15:53.government, the people responsible for building regulations, which

:15:54. > :16:00.leaves a complete and utter mess as far as my reading of the actual

:16:01. > :16:06.rules. Nothing has been done that is wrong. We are not just talking here

:16:07. > :16:11.about public buildings. We're not just talking about tower blocks in

:16:12. > :16:19.schools and hospitals, this goes way beyond that. It applies to all sorts

:16:20. > :16:22.of buildings. Not just this cladding for that there are many issues with

:16:23. > :16:30.fire safety and fire protection in buildings. Give us an example.

:16:31. > :16:35.Missing fire protection, a block in south-east London. Was looking at a

:16:36. > :16:40.leak in the roof. It was a stud wall and there was no fire protection.

:16:41. > :16:47.The power sockets were just plastic. I took one out and I could see next

:16:48. > :16:51.door. When we stripped and the single skim wall, the cavity wall

:16:52. > :16:56.with the external wall, I could see all the way down the whole length of

:16:57. > :17:01.the building stop one sheet of plasterboard each side. The party

:17:02. > :17:06.wall had two sheets of plasterboard. There was no fire protection on a

:17:07. > :17:16.block of buildings. This is widespread. We have problems with

:17:17. > :17:23.timber frame. That fire that occurred in the cavity was not

:17:24. > :17:28.mentioned. They did a fire test. It passed the one-hour fire test but it

:17:29. > :17:33.did not pass that there was fire in the cavity. That fire in the cavity

:17:34. > :17:38.is not in the Government report. Why not? Is this about council is trying

:17:39. > :17:44.to save money because they have less money or is it simply about the

:17:45. > :17:50.regulations not being stringent enough? The regulations are not

:17:51. > :17:57.stringent enough. Anybody will try to get value for money. It is

:17:58. > :18:01.developments and private owners. If a product passes building control

:18:02. > :18:10.requirements from the building regulations, you will use it. If you

:18:11. > :18:14.go to the BBA certificates, both PE and FC and interestingly the one for

:18:15. > :18:21.FES signed off by Sir Ken Knights who is on the panel. They fail the

:18:22. > :18:27.test in what they are now doing. It has been passed as fit for use on

:18:28. > :18:29.high-rise buildings can even by Sir Ken Knight. Thank you very much. In

:18:30. > :18:32.to us. The weekend is on the way,

:18:33. > :18:35.but could a drink of wine be just what the doctor

:18:36. > :18:38.ordered?New research shows that drinking alcohol a few times a week

:18:39. > :18:41.reduces the risk of diabetes. We'll speak to the lead scientist

:18:42. > :18:43.involved in that research and to the UK's leading

:18:44. > :18:49.diabetes charity. Venezuela will go to the polls this

:18:50. > :18:52.Sunday in one of the most controversial elections

:18:53. > :18:54.in the country's history. Some think the small South American

:18:55. > :18:58.nation is on the verge of civil war with droves of its 30 million strong

:18:59. > :19:01.population taking to the streets for four months in protest of widespread

:19:02. > :19:06.food and medicine shortages. They charge their President Nicholas

:19:07. > :19:09.Maduro with failing to manage the country's economy effectively,

:19:10. > :19:12.Some say he's turning the country into a dictatorship

:19:13. > :19:16.after imprisoning political opponents and killing

:19:17. > :19:20.over 100 protestors. In a moment we'll talk to some

:19:21. > :19:22.Venezuelan's living in the UK but first lets speak with BBC

:19:23. > :19:28.Journalist Vladimir Hernandez who has spent time with protestors

:19:29. > :19:43.in Venezuela's capital Caracas. Take us right back to basics. Where

:19:44. > :19:47.have the problems come from what other problems? The economy, it has

:19:48. > :19:51.the highest inflation in the world a lot of people are struggling to get

:19:52. > :19:56.five to buy food and medicines. 80% of the population said in a poll

:19:57. > :20:00.there were only eating twice a day. This is a country with one of the

:20:01. > :20:04.highest oil reserves in the world. The Government, earlier this year,

:20:05. > :20:10.tried to disband the national assembly or Congress, which is led

:20:11. > :20:14.by the opposition. The opposition it was the last remaining area of

:20:15. > :20:17.political dissent. That ticked off three months or more of protests

:20:18. > :20:24.from today. This is a desperate situation. There was a video on the

:20:25. > :20:30.BBC website of people chasing after bin lorries, family. Not just a few.

:20:31. > :20:36.People taking out bags of waste and feeding it to their children. This

:20:37. > :20:41.is such a desperate situation. Child malnourishment has gone up 30% in

:20:42. > :20:44.the last year. As soon as the figures went out, the Minister for

:20:45. > :20:48.health was sacked for revealing the figures from many people in many

:20:49. > :20:54.places telly they have never seen something like this before. The bin

:20:55. > :20:57.lorry pictures we have seen are only in the capital, in Caracas. Outside

:20:58. > :21:06.the rest of the country the situation is much worse by far. They

:21:07. > :21:09.think the Government has not fulfilled its responsibilities. The

:21:10. > :21:13.more the time passes, the worse the economy will get and they will get

:21:14. > :21:17.new leadership and the Government should listen. You have been

:21:18. > :21:20.spending some time with the protesters. Let's have a look.

:21:21. > :21:23.This group carries out this ritual before every

:21:24. > :21:27.After almost 100 deaths and thousands of arrests, no wonder

:21:28. > :21:35.Numerous Venezuelans have taken to the streets to ask

:21:36. > :21:39.President Maduro to call for fresh elections, due to severe food

:21:40. > :21:42.and medicine shortages but also against his plans

:21:43. > :21:49.On the front line of every protest there is a group of young men

:21:50. > :21:52.and women who call themselves the resistance, and they face

:21:53. > :21:59.the worst of the security forces, the heavy-handed response.

:22:00. > :22:05.This is what normally ends up happening, almost every day.

:22:06. > :22:08.For more than three months, protests end up in violent

:22:09. > :22:11.clashes where young men, young students, boys and girls,

:22:12. > :22:16.can end up injured, and some of them even killed.

:22:17. > :22:18.Many of the students in the resistance shy away

:22:19. > :22:22.from the media to avoid exposure, but a group of them has agreed

:22:23. > :22:30.In my day we were protesting against rising bus fares.

:22:31. > :22:34.Today, it's a rather more desperate story.

:22:35. > :22:36.We have concealed their identities and changed

:22:37. > :22:43.The way I see it, the resistance is everybody who is against a regime.

:22:44. > :22:46.Many people see it as a dictatorship, and if you look

:22:47. > :22:48.at what they're doing, that's what it is, really.

:22:49. > :22:51.At the moment, they are even trying to change our constitution,

:22:52. > :22:54.which is what all our ancestors fought for.

:22:55. > :22:57.I think the resistance is those people who come out to protest

:22:58. > :23:00.and were willing to take the lead to confront the police

:23:01. > :23:06.Many of the students I met told me they come from working class areas

:23:07. > :23:10.which have been specially hit hard by the economic collapse.

:23:11. > :23:13.But the Venezuelan government accuses them of staging a coup

:23:14. > :23:20.Some have labelled us as terrorists, but I think that all of us youth

:23:21. > :23:22.who make up the resistance are brave fighters.

:23:23. > :23:32.We are defending our people from the government's brutal repression.

:23:33. > :23:34.Venezuela state attorney Luisa Ortega Diaz has said

:23:35. > :23:37.that the government's actions can be called state terrorism.

:23:38. > :23:40.Thousands have been put in jail, some taken to military court,

:23:41. > :23:46.and others have still been held even after a judge ordered their release.

:23:47. > :23:49.I posed these issues to a Venezuelan high-ranking minister who gave

:23:50. > :23:58.He passed the responsibility back to the Attorney General.

:23:59. > :23:59.TRANSLATION: There've been more than 100 people

:24:00. > :24:04.killed in street protests, but out of these almost 20

:24:05. > :24:06.are National Guardsmen or policeman, killed

:24:07. > :24:14.Why has the Attorney General not made any comment about this?

:24:15. > :24:17.I wouldn't hesitate to say that Mrs Ortega Diaz is responsible

:24:18. > :24:19.through dereliction of duty for the deaths that have occurred

:24:20. > :24:26.As the death toll rises, the protests in Caracas are now

:24:27. > :24:31.increasingly followed by vigils like this one to remember the dead.

:24:32. > :24:36.For everyone in this city, the focus now is on Sunday.

:24:37. > :24:39.That's the date for a vote to elect a new assembly tasked with rewriting

:24:40. > :24:44.This is a country that has seen many of its younger people killed,

:24:45. > :24:49.People like these are commemorating the lives lost in this wave

:24:50. > :24:55.This is very much an open wound, and the consequences are far

:24:56. > :25:01.from known, regardless of who's going to run this nation.

:25:02. > :25:08.Vladimir Hernandez, BBC News, Caracas.

:25:09. > :25:10.Let's talk now to two Venezuelans living in London -

:25:11. > :25:19.Angela Fuguet, who runs a shop selling Venezuelan clothes -

:25:20. > :25:22.Alejandro Lovero who works in media, and, in Caracas, we can speak

:25:23. > :25:25.with local journalist Fabiola Ferrero.

:25:26. > :25:32.Thank you all for speaking to us today. First of all, tell us what

:25:33. > :25:43.conditions are like for your family back home in Venezuelan. I was kind

:25:44. > :25:47.of mixed up. My dad is a comedian, well over there. He has been

:25:48. > :25:55.experimenting and dealing with this situation as everyone. He gets more

:25:56. > :26:02.attention from the Government, draws more attention. It is difficult for

:26:03. > :26:08.him, trying to fight against it. Being part of the resistance as

:26:09. > :26:12.well. He tries to deliver the message from the people to the

:26:13. > :26:15.Government, against the Government, against what the Government is doing

:26:16. > :26:21.to the people. Is the Government cracking down on him? Yes. Since

:26:22. > :26:27.some time ago, a long way before this, shutting down. He is going to

:26:28. > :26:36.do the shows or whatever. My mother is a normal citizen. She is dealing

:26:37. > :26:46.with the rest of the situation that everyone else deals with. Have IQ?

:26:47. > :26:51.It has been very difficult. I have not been able to speak with my

:26:52. > :27:08.parents. -- how about you? The only way we can communicate is through

:27:09. > :27:14.WhatsApp or the occasional Facebook message. They do not often have

:27:15. > :27:23.electricity. Food is scarce. They find food at super inflated prices.

:27:24. > :27:33.Explain to people. If they go into a shop, is it empty shelves? Yes.

:27:34. > :27:35.Shelves are empty. If you find products, they have been ransacked

:27:36. > :27:40.from the shelves and they allow people to come in and buy them.

:27:41. > :27:45.There is a restriction on how many products you can buy and if you can

:27:46. > :27:49.find them. People buy things are necessary. If they can find them,

:27:50. > :27:55.they can stockpile them. It is a case of being able to afford it.

:27:56. > :27:58.Affordability is highly reduced because you are earning $10 a month

:27:59. > :28:04.and you are paying $20 for something. That is like one month

:28:05. > :28:11.and $10 and a product that can cost you between $6 and $10, to give you

:28:12. > :28:17.an idea. It does not matter where you come from. It does not matter

:28:18. > :28:22.whether you are rich or poor. Everyone is suffering from this. It

:28:23. > :28:31.is not... It does not just affect a certain part of the population. I

:28:32. > :28:37.want to bring you in. Give us a sense of what it is like on the

:28:38. > :28:42.streets. You are a few days away from the hugely controversial

:28:43. > :28:45.elections. Is it calm or are there protesters on the streets? Thank

:28:46. > :28:53.you. I'm very sorry to hear about the stories we have just heard from

:28:54. > :28:59.my fellow countrymen. The streets are not calm at all. It is true the

:29:00. > :29:04.protests are smaller at the moment. A lot of the reasons is because

:29:05. > :29:10.people are afraid there have been over 100 deaths. The number keeps

:29:11. > :29:13.increasing on a daily basis. Also there has been a change in the

:29:14. > :29:21.protesting. People are blocking their own streets to try to avoid

:29:22. > :29:25.people from walking the streets and blocking the whole city. This works

:29:26. > :29:32.mainly in the east part of the city. Also at night. You can see very

:29:33. > :29:37.violent confrontations between some protesters and the state security

:29:38. > :29:44.forces in some other areas of the cities. What the feeling is is you

:29:45. > :29:48.can see very high tension in the streets. Not only in the political

:29:49. > :29:55.sphere but also the regular citizen is living in a merry hostile

:29:56. > :30:00.situation right now. Explain why these elections on Sunday are so

:30:01. > :30:05.controversial. It is basically like a declaration of a dictatorship. It

:30:06. > :30:09.is not like they did not ask anyone, would you like us to do the election

:30:10. > :30:15.or a referendum? They are just going to do it. They are heading straight

:30:16. > :30:20.for them. The candidates are not people who have prepared with a

:30:21. > :30:25.proper background for the sector. The Government is just doing it,

:30:26. > :30:29.regardless of what the people think, or the whole country thinks. They

:30:30. > :30:33.did a popular presentation of seven and a half million people voting and

:30:34. > :30:38.signing against that and they just don't care. They think they own the

:30:39. > :30:44.country. That is what, among many other reasons, which has people

:30:45. > :30:50.protesting against the Government. It's not like we want something

:30:51. > :30:51.else. This has to stop. Thank you for coming in today and speaking to

:30:52. > :30:54.us. Could a glass of wine be the new way

:30:55. > :31:03.to fight against type 2 diabetes? Calls for prison staffing levels

:31:04. > :31:05.to be reviewed urgently after an explosive device was let

:31:06. > :31:11.off at HMP Cardiff. We'll be live in Wales

:31:12. > :31:17.in a few minutes' time. The BBC understands that at least 60

:31:18. > :31:21.high-rise buildings, which used insulation and cladding

:31:22. > :31:25.similar to Grenfell Tower, The test saw the materials analysed

:31:26. > :31:32.together for the first time. The only buildings identified so far

:31:33. > :31:34.are nine council blocks in Salford in Greater Manchester,

:31:35. > :31:38.where the local council is asking for help from central government

:31:39. > :31:42.to meet the cost of replacements. Ministers will publish the full test

:31:43. > :31:46.findings later this morning. Pakistan's Prime Minister

:31:47. > :31:50.Nawaz Sharif has resigned after the country's Supreme Court

:31:51. > :31:52.unanimously ruled that he should be disqualified over

:31:53. > :31:55.corruption allegations. The ruling follows accusations

:31:56. > :31:59.relating to the Panama Papers published two years ago,

:32:00. > :32:02.in which Mr Sharif's three He and his family

:32:03. > :32:05.deny any wrongdoing. Phillip Hammond, has said there's

:32:06. > :32:07.broad agreement in Cabinet that there should be a transition

:32:08. > :32:10.period of up to three years after Brexit -

:32:11. > :32:13.but it should be concluded before The Chancellor said a failure

:32:14. > :32:21.to implement a transition deal would sow chaos for business

:32:22. > :32:24.and that it was in the interests of the EU and Britain

:32:25. > :32:27.to have a transition that allows Donald Trump has suffered a defeat

:32:28. > :32:36.on one of his key campaign pledges A number of Republicans,

:32:37. > :32:39.including former presidential nominee John McCain,

:32:40. > :32:41.voted against a bill which would have repealed

:32:42. > :32:43.the healthcare law passed by former The bill was rejected in a dramatic,

:32:44. > :32:59.late-night vote by 51 votes to 49. The Republican Party's leader

:33:00. > :33:20.in the Senate described The same number of Russians serving

:33:21. > :33:23.in the United States. The Russian Government says it is seizing a

:33:24. > :33:27.compound and warehouse used by US diplomats. The move comes after the

:33:28. > :33:37.US Senate voted to place new sanctions on Russia.

:33:38. > :33:46.That's a summary of the latest news. We had head over to the sports

:33:47. > :33:54.centre. Daniel Ricciardo has finished

:33:55. > :34:03.fastest in his Red Bull. Lewis Hamilton was third quickest.

:34:04. > :34:08.Alistair Cook will resume on 82 not out after keeping South Africa at

:34:09. > :34:12.bay. It was shortened by the rain. England are through to the

:34:13. > :34:16.quarter-finals of the women's European Championship with three

:34:17. > :34:22.wins out of three. France come next for them. Scotland

:34:23. > :34:27.just missed out despite a 1-0 win over Spain. This is the first race

:34:28. > :34:32.of the card at Yarmouth races yesterday. Everyone thought it was

:34:33. > :34:38.won by Mandarin Princess. It was mistaken identity. That was the

:34:39. > :34:39.stable-mate Millie's Kiss. The trainer only realised afterwards.

:34:40. > :34:44.More in the next hour. People who drink alcohol three

:34:45. > :34:46.to four times a week are 30% less likely to develop type 2

:34:47. > :34:49.diabetes - than those That's according to researchers

:34:50. > :34:54.in Denmark, where more than 70,000 people took part

:34:55. > :34:56.in a health study that The UK's leading diabetes charity

:34:57. > :35:00.warns this isn't a green light Let's talk to the author

:35:01. > :35:07.of the research Professor Janne Tolstrup at the University

:35:08. > :35:24.of Southern Denmark in Copenhagen. First of all, a huge study this,

:35:25. > :35:29.70,000 people, and it found that red wine is particularly good for us. In

:35:30. > :35:35.fighting off type two diabetes, I should say. Well, yes, we did

:35:36. > :35:40.exploratory analysis on the type of alcohol. Actually our main resource,

:35:41. > :35:45.where we have largest strength of our study is the results in drinking

:35:46. > :35:51.frequency where we are comparing people who drink a certain amount of

:35:52. > :35:55.alcohol a week and we are studying if there are differences between

:35:56. > :35:59.those who - for instance if a man is on average drinking 14 units a week,

:36:00. > :36:05.is there a difference in his risk of diabetes, whether he drinks it all

:36:06. > :36:13.during one night or tends to spread it out on three or four days.

:36:14. > :36:20.Drinking alcohol in smaller proportions more frequently is

:36:21. > :36:24.associated with the lower risk as compared to drinking in only one

:36:25. > :36:29.portion. Binge drink something bad, no drinking isn't so great but

:36:30. > :36:37.drinking three or four times a week can stave off type two diabetes?

:36:38. > :36:41.Well, yeah, now in this study we looked at specifically diabetes, so

:36:42. > :36:47.I would definitely not go out saying to everybody they should drink three

:36:48. > :36:52.or four times a week because alcohol is associated with so many different

:36:53. > :36:57.diseases and what we studied here was only the risk of diabetes. So of

:36:58. > :37:02.course these results should not be used to advise people to go

:37:03. > :37:08.drinking. Dan, people watching this on Friday, might be having a smile

:37:09. > :37:12.to themselves, fantastic, I am going to have a beer, particularly if you

:37:13. > :37:20.are a man, I read. Glass of wine, that's good? It very much sounds

:37:21. > :37:23.like it, doesn't it. The... It is suggesting that there potentially is

:37:24. > :37:28.a need for more research in this area. We currently know that in

:37:29. > :37:33.order to prevent type two diabetes in the vast majority of people there

:37:34. > :37:40.is much more evidence and more sound evidence to suggest a healthy diet

:37:41. > :37:46.and physical activity. So it's not as probably fun or as interesting as

:37:47. > :37:51.going down to the pub to crack open a bottle of wine. There is a little

:37:52. > :37:58.bit of hard work associated with healthy diets and exercise. We know

:37:59. > :38:02.there is not really a quick win in preventing type two diabetes.

:38:03. > :38:07.Professor, I was reading, beer lowers your diabetes risk if you are

:38:08. > :38:15.a man but not a woman. Spirits made no difference. Yes. That is true. I

:38:16. > :38:28.must say that for instance beer among women was a bit difficult in

:38:29. > :38:34.our study because 70% taken was wine, we didn't have statistical

:38:35. > :38:40.power to study how beer affected the risk among women and only found that

:38:41. > :38:49.beer was associated with men. That may be because we didn't really have

:38:50. > :38:55.the data on beer in women. Do you know what it is in wine that is

:38:56. > :39:03.fighting the type two diabetes? No, we do not. Actually we interpret

:39:04. > :39:09.these results as it is most likely that it's the alcohol itself that

:39:10. > :39:20.has apparent beneficial effects. Actually when we started out our

:39:21. > :39:26.study there have been a number of studies that shows that... What we

:39:27. > :39:32.wanted to take that finding further to see if there was a difference and

:39:33. > :39:38.how you drink, what I mentioned before, with drinking frequency, it

:39:39. > :39:42.seems better to drink frequently than having smaller portions of

:39:43. > :39:46.alcohol. Dan, do you worry when stories like this come out that it

:39:47. > :39:53.sends out a wrong message? Absolutely. I think the problem is

:39:54. > :39:57.that the headline is drinking more reduces your diabetes risk and

:39:58. > :40:01.that's really, we can't change our current practice based on this one

:40:02. > :40:05.study alone. But it is a huge study, 70,000. Absolutely. It is a huge

:40:06. > :40:09.study, but there still needs to be a little more done into this area,

:40:10. > :40:16.really for us to understand the real reasons behind it. Type two diabetes

:40:17. > :40:22.is an traemly complex condition. Its prevention of it is just as complex

:40:23. > :40:25.as its management. So, while we look at, let's take the alcohol,

:40:26. > :40:28.potentially drinking too much alcohol will push your blood

:40:29. > :40:32.pressure up and having high blood pressure is also a risk factor for

:40:33. > :40:36.developing type two diabetes so it's very understandable for the general

:40:37. > :40:40.public to be confused in this area. So, the problem is we are looking at

:40:41. > :40:44.it in an isolated way and you need to look at it in the round.

:40:45. > :40:49.Absolutely, there are many factors that contribute to your risk of

:40:50. > :40:54.developing type two diabetes. We can't just take one of those.

:40:55. > :41:00.Ethnicity, age, even gender is going to have a contributing factor.

:41:01. > :41:04.Everything needs to be taken on a holistic approach really. If people

:41:05. > :41:10.are watching this, what would be your message to them, you have done

:41:11. > :41:13.this indepth research with a lot of people, a huge sample, would you say

:41:14. > :41:16.that you agree with what Dan is saying that we need to be careful

:41:17. > :41:22.about what message comes out from this? Sure. I absolutely agree. Also

:41:23. > :41:29.what we can see is still looking in isolation on diabetes, but the risk

:41:30. > :41:33.tends to go up again if you go above the level of moderate drinking, one

:41:34. > :41:38.or two drinks a day on average. I think that when it comes to

:41:39. > :41:43.recommendations about how should people act in terms of alcohol, we

:41:44. > :41:47.have the national guidelines in most countries at least and you should

:41:48. > :41:54.stick with them and they say something like it's OK to drink a

:41:55. > :41:58.bit in moderation and to avoid binge drinking and that's absolutely not

:41:59. > :42:04.changed from this study. Thank you for speaking to us.

:42:05. > :42:06.Four men have been arrested on suspicion of attempting to make

:42:07. > :42:08.an explosive device at Cardiff Prison.

:42:09. > :42:10.The incident came to light when a prison worker contacted

:42:11. > :42:12.a Welsh Assembly Member with concerns about the impact

:42:13. > :42:17.We're joined now from Cardiff by our reporter Kate Morgan.

:42:18. > :42:21.What do we know? Four men have been arrested after an explosive device

:42:22. > :42:28.was made at the prison last month. In June, there was a plastic bottle

:42:29. > :42:33.and it was filled with a clear liquid, and that erupted on the

:42:34. > :42:37.floor. No one was injured and no one was hurt. This is what the Prison

:42:38. > :42:40.Officers' Association says he knows about what happened. This was an

:42:41. > :42:44.incident that actually happened on 16th June where a prisoner was

:42:45. > :42:48.observed placing a plastic container under a stairwell. When he removed

:42:49. > :42:52.himself from that area the container exploded, there was no damage to

:42:53. > :42:54.property and no injuries to staff or prisoners. Apparently two prisoners

:42:55. > :43:00.got moved out of the establishment the next day. The police were in

:43:01. > :43:04.attendance and there is an internal and criminal investigation. It begs

:43:05. > :43:10.the question how did this get into a prison? Well, quite. One staff

:43:11. > :43:15.member was so concerned they got in touch with an Assembly member which

:43:16. > :43:22.is why we know what happened. They told Bethan Jenkins, she says this

:43:23. > :43:27.was made out of an everyday item, it happened to be flammable. Concern of

:43:28. > :43:30.the worker is how did this happen with prison staff and prison

:43:31. > :43:33.officers, they should be watching and know about this, there are

:43:34. > :43:36.concerns that staff shortages lead to this happening. It wasn't a huge

:43:37. > :43:39.explosion but the fact it could happen in the first place is what is

:43:40. > :43:44.really the concern here. Thank you. More migrants trying to get

:43:45. > :43:47.into the US illegally die in Brooks County than any other

:43:48. > :43:49.place in Texas. Brooks County is not

:43:50. > :43:51.on the border though, it is 65 miles north

:43:52. > :43:56.of the frontier. A Border Patrol checkpoint has

:43:57. > :43:59.created a 'second frontier' forcing illegal migrants to risk their lives

:44:00. > :44:04.by going around it. 550 bodies have been found

:44:05. > :44:09.in the hot desolate scrubland around the checkpoint in

:44:10. > :44:11.the last seven years. The BBC's Juan Paullier joins

:44:12. > :44:13.Don White, a volunteer Sheriff's Don is a volunteer and he's

:44:14. > :44:34.looking for migrants. More often than not,

:44:35. > :44:39.he only finds their remains. So you look for the paths

:44:40. > :44:42.that they trail and then you backtrack those to see

:44:43. > :44:50.if anybody has been left behind. This toothpaste was probably

:44:51. > :44:52.left behind by migrants hiding in these branches,

:44:53. > :45:01.and many of them die here. What is striking is that we are more

:45:02. > :45:04.than 100 kilometres north of the actual border with Mexico,

:45:05. > :45:07.and you can hear the cars We are on the outskirts of a town

:45:08. > :45:18.where a border patrol It is a major corridor

:45:19. > :45:22.used by people smugglers To circumvent the checkpoint,

:45:23. > :45:29.migrants are forced to walk through the surrounding brush

:45:30. > :45:33.for 40 kilometres. This is not the place where migrants

:45:34. > :45:36.expect to die, but they do. I am not worried about encountering

:45:37. > :45:45.the border crossers. I am worried about

:45:46. > :45:47.the drug smugglers. They are carrying armed,

:45:48. > :45:55.I want to make sure I can equal up. Don works with the Missing Migrant

:45:56. > :45:57.Initiative, a multi-agency project, Their aim, to recover

:45:58. > :46:05.those left behind. It is easy to get lost,

:46:06. > :46:07.and many migrants die More than 550 in

:46:08. > :46:18.the last seven years. He called it in and

:46:19. > :46:25.it was collected. The sheriff asked if I could do

:46:26. > :46:28.a follow-up search of the area Towards the rat mounds,

:46:29. > :46:36.and these were big rats. Towards the rat mounds and a huge

:46:37. > :46:42.cactus but we found several new bones, a cellphone,

:46:43. > :46:45.photo ID, so, that was Half an hour into our patrol,

:46:46. > :47:02.Don finds something. So that was dropped three

:47:03. > :47:08.or four months ago. Why does Don, who lives three hours

:47:09. > :47:11.away, often spend days here? Decades ago his niece

:47:12. > :47:13.was kidnapped and killed, and it took two months

:47:14. > :47:19.for her remains to be found. They have lost somebody

:47:20. > :47:23.in your family, and you don't know where they were lost,

:47:24. > :47:26.you don't know where they were at, you don't know if they are even

:47:27. > :47:29.buried, you have nothing you can bury, nothing that

:47:30. > :47:35.you can go and worship, nothing you can go visit, nothing

:47:36. > :47:38.you can put flowers on. So I guess that's why I do

:47:39. > :47:52.it, for the families It's hard to know how many people

:47:53. > :47:57.cross through this sector, but the local sheriff

:47:58. > :47:59.believes there are many What I would say is for

:48:00. > :48:04.everybody we recover, we would probably have

:48:05. > :48:06.five missing, OK. So that kind of tells you the number

:48:07. > :48:10.of bodies which are still out The search can be difficult

:48:11. > :48:14.since the land is privately owned, but some ranchers

:48:15. > :48:22.are trying to help. The ranchers probably have

:48:23. > :48:24.about $1 million of property damage as far as fencing and wells, water

:48:25. > :48:29.wells, whatever the issue might be, We do have some ranchers out

:48:30. > :48:32.there who have applied You utilise those ladders

:48:33. > :48:43.to go over the fence. But they don't do that,

:48:44. > :48:46.because they feel it's a trap. They feel it's a trap

:48:47. > :48:48.so they don't use those, Eddie Canales is also trying

:48:49. > :49:07.to prevent migrant deaths. For the past four years,

:49:08. > :49:09.he has been putting out water There is is, the water

:49:10. > :49:13.station right there. For him and his team,

:49:14. > :49:16.it's a continuous job. They had to dispense over 450 litres

:49:17. > :49:22.in the last two days. Many of the barrels were emptied

:49:23. > :49:24.and taken away by people who don't agree with his

:49:25. > :49:29.stance on immigration. Actually, most people see it

:49:30. > :49:31.as an important effort to try and save people,

:49:32. > :49:35.because nobody really I think in 2012 here,

:49:36. > :49:39.when they saw a body every day, or more, I think it hardened people

:49:40. > :49:48.but it also made them aware of the situation,

:49:49. > :49:50.so they support the effort. They don't want to see deaths

:49:51. > :50:00.continue in this county. 20 metres away from the tank,

:50:01. > :50:03.he finds something. Well, it's a woman's

:50:04. > :50:05.identification, from El Salvador. Well, it's somebody

:50:06. > :50:13.that was coming through here. He plans to take it and find out

:50:14. > :50:17.if someone is trying to find her. We'll see if there are any calls,

:50:18. > :50:20.if the consulate in El Salvador has received a missing

:50:21. > :50:29.person's report themselves. She may have died,

:50:30. > :50:31.she may have survived. The truth is, no one knows

:50:32. > :50:34.what happens to many of the people passing through this killing field

:50:35. > :50:45.on American soil. So after all the thrills and spills

:50:46. > :50:48.- not to mention all the lumps, Channel 4's sports reality TV

:50:49. > :50:53.show The Jump will be The broadcaster said

:50:54. > :50:58.the programme had been a "hugely successful brand",

:50:59. > :51:00.but won't be returning Last year's show was dogged

:51:01. > :51:06.by injuries, which resulted in seven Olympic gymnast Beth Tweddle needed

:51:07. > :51:10.neck surgery after fracturing two vertebrae, and gold medallist

:51:11. > :51:13.Rebecca Adlington dislocated her shoulder when she lost control

:51:14. > :51:16.and hurtled off a 100 metre icy With me now is the comedian

:51:17. > :51:27.Mark Dolan, who took part And in Surrey, TV

:51:28. > :51:30.presenter Laura Hamilton - she took part in the very first

:51:31. > :51:43.series in 2014, just I take my hat off to you for that.

:51:44. > :51:51.When you did the programme, what was it like you? I absolutely had the

:51:52. > :51:57.best experience. As you said, I had just had a baby. Four weeks after

:51:58. > :52:02.the birth of my son. The trainers are incredible, the best in the

:52:03. > :52:08.business. I love skiing. I had skied since I was a kid, I was nine. It

:52:09. > :52:13.was the most amazing experience with getting to learn the different

:52:14. > :52:20.disciplines. Speed skating, Bobsleigh. I loved it. How about

:52:21. > :52:27.you? Did you love it? I am out of plaster and have full movement back.

:52:28. > :52:31.I was very lucky. I had the usual knocks and scrapes you would

:52:32. > :52:35.probably have if you went on a skiing holiday. I was doing the

:52:36. > :52:41.parallel slalom race, essentially getting down the mountain as quickly

:52:42. > :52:47.as possible but via these flags. There was a lot of turning. At speed

:52:48. > :52:52.it is harder to turn. I tumbled a few times. At one point the ski came

:52:53. > :52:58.off and karate chop the back of another boot. Was nice the two days.

:52:59. > :53:04.I was not unscathed. The point of the show is it is hazardous. Winter

:53:05. > :53:11.sports are hazardous. All sport hazardous, especially if the bunch

:53:12. > :53:16.of retired sports stars and TV presenters do it. That is the cell

:53:17. > :53:24.of the show and why it ran for four series. Did you get injured? I did

:53:25. > :53:33.not. I got injured when I'm did Dancing On Ice I did not injure

:53:34. > :53:40.myself on The Jump. Where You Fully Briefed Both Of You On How Dangerous

:53:41. > :53:48.It Was? What could happen to you. Totally briefed. Safety, for me,

:53:49. > :53:53.James Abbott, the ski jumping coach is still a friend of mine. I

:53:54. > :53:59.actually see him abroad because he lives in the sun. They won't let you

:54:00. > :54:07.progress to the next jump until they really believe that you are capable

:54:08. > :54:15.enough to do it. There are constant checks. Unfortunately, I guess,

:54:16. > :54:20.accidents do happen and all sports are hazardous. You are fully made

:54:21. > :54:25.aware of how dangerous things are. You just have to read the contract

:54:26. > :54:32.which has the word death in it loads. It is very disheartening to

:54:33. > :54:39.you feel like you're signing your away. Channel 4 and the brilliant

:54:40. > :54:42.production company that makes the show is the studious about it. They

:54:43. > :54:51.are fastidious on the training site. I am not friends with the trainer.

:54:52. > :54:56.He was like the Grim Reaper. He was like, we're going to jump today and

:54:57. > :55:02.I would say, I don't think so. He would make me. The contracts are

:55:03. > :55:08.very detailed about everything that could happen. It was contacted and

:55:09. > :55:12.anticipated there were contingencies, including a life

:55:13. > :55:16.changing injuries. I am sure Laura is the same. No one is flippant

:55:17. > :55:22.about that. I am saddened by the injuries that did happen on the

:55:23. > :55:28.show. It is quite tragic in one or two cases. It is a trade-off you

:55:29. > :55:35.make when you are offered the show. I spent two weeks deliberating. In

:55:36. > :55:42.the end, I felt that I am 43, I am unfit. Unfortunately the weight has

:55:43. > :55:44.all gone back on. This would be a big adventure and it is a trade-off

:55:45. > :55:50.of a great experience versus some risk. Some serious big names were

:55:51. > :55:57.taking that risk, like Bradley Wiggins. I reckon presumably it is

:55:58. > :56:02.about the money as well, isn't it? I have just had a baby and I thought

:56:03. > :56:10.it was an amazing opportunity to lose baby weight. And get out of the

:56:11. > :56:15.house. I would never have left my baby behind. I was never in the

:56:16. > :56:23.show. I was a reserve. I only came into the show to replace the elves.

:56:24. > :56:27.For whatever reason they were not doing the show anymore. That is

:56:28. > :56:31.because someone else. I was like, amazing ex-commissioner I was able

:56:32. > :56:38.to ski for a month, doing something I love. I could lose some baby

:56:39. > :56:45.weight. I did not really read the contract. I'd just left that to my

:56:46. > :56:52.agent. Everything you do has a risk. I wanted to do it and I went for it.

:56:53. > :56:59.I use a prize that it is taking a rest? Some people suggesting the

:57:00. > :57:03.rest might be permanent. -- are you surprised? It was the most written

:57:04. > :57:08.about and talked about reality show partly because of the peril. Let's

:57:09. > :57:13.not gloss over the fact. Laura and I have both been very positive about

:57:14. > :57:19.the experience. I have never known terror like it. The very best thing

:57:20. > :57:24.about the programme, it is a credit to Channel 4 to have the courage to

:57:25. > :57:31.commission a thing. It was risky. They did it four times over. It is

:57:32. > :57:34.all real. A lot of TV is manufactured jeopardy. It is like

:57:35. > :57:44.getting to the top of a three story building and you slide down. I know

:57:45. > :57:51.no bounds. Thank you for talking to us, both of you. I have had this

:57:52. > :57:56.e-mail. I think you need to report more on the issues in Venezuela.

:57:57. > :58:04.There is so little food and almost no medicine. In a hospital or you

:58:05. > :58:08.getting food, you can be arrested. Thank you for getting in touch.