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:00:07. > :00:13.The Government is insisting that there will be no

:00:14. > :00:15.re-introduction of border posts between Northern Ireland

:00:16. > :00:18.and the Republic of Ireland after Brexit takes place.

:00:19. > :00:21.But is their promise of no checks on what will be the new frontier

:00:22. > :00:33.between the UK and EU realistic and to be trusted?

:00:34. > :00:40.This programme revealed in April that hundreds of women were taking

:00:41. > :00:43.legal action against the NHS ever pain and convocations experienced

:00:44. > :00:47.after being fitted with vagina meshes. Now the scale of the problem

:00:48. > :00:52.is further laid bare as figures revealed thousands of women have had

:00:53. > :01:00.to have the implants removed. I want the procedure banned. I want the

:01:01. > :01:06.material banned. It is a device of torture. Please just stop. James

:01:07. > :01:10.Bond will return as will Daniel Craig. He ended months of

:01:11. > :01:15.speculation after confirming he will be returning to the role of 007.

:01:16. > :01:23.What does it mean for the most successful movie franchise?

:01:24. > :01:32.Welcome to the programme, we're live until 11am this morning.

:01:33. > :01:38.Health inspectors have criticised an NHS Trust being investigated over a

:01:39. > :01:42.number of baby deaths, saying it still has not improved enough. We'll

:01:43. > :01:44.be speaking to a father whose daughter died while under the care

:01:45. > :01:46.of Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital. Do get in touch on all

:01:47. > :01:48.the stories we're talking about this morning -

:01:49. > :01:51.use the hashtag Victoria Live and if you text, you will be charged

:01:52. > :01:54.at the standard network rate. The Government says it wants

:01:55. > :01:57.to maintain a "seamless" border between Northern Ireland

:01:58. > :01:59.and the Irish Republic after the UK leaves the EU so that people

:02:00. > :02:02.and goods can continue A paper setting out Britain's

:02:03. > :02:05.negotiatating position - being published today -

:02:06. > :02:07.rejects what it calls "the hard Let's get more from our

:02:08. > :02:21.Ireland Correspondent, Chris Page. Chris, a very sensitive issue. Tell

:02:22. > :02:27.us more about the option that the Government says it wants to see

:02:28. > :02:32.happen. Well, Joanne, I suppose the Government proposals do follow the

:02:33. > :02:35.form book. Ministers have said that they want the border between

:02:36. > :02:41.Northern Ireland and the Republic, the only land border between the UK

:02:42. > :02:44.and the EU, to remain essentially as invisible as possible. People in

:02:45. > :02:49.Northern Ireland have become very used to being able to drive across

:02:50. > :02:53.the border without customs controls are not having to show any papers.

:02:54. > :02:58.That has made it easy for businesses to do trade on either side of the

:02:59. > :03:03.border. It has been an important symbol of the peace process. How do

:03:04. > :03:09.you keep the border essentially open? The UK is outside the European

:03:10. > :03:13.customs union and the public of Ireland is inside. James broken shy

:03:14. > :03:18.has been speaking on Radio 4 this morning. He insisted it is a

:03:19. > :03:22.realistic prospect that the border will remain in its current state.

:03:23. > :03:25.A lot of detail that you'll see in the paper today that I think

:03:26. > :03:28.underlines the unique situation we have on the island of Ireland and

:03:29. > :03:32.needing to work with our EU partners to find a solution that provides

:03:33. > :03:36.What you want and obviously one appreciates this is a

:03:37. > :03:40.negotiating position, you want to have their cake and eat

:03:41. > :03:46.it, you want to have a relationship that is very much like membership,

:03:47. > :03:52.continuing membership of the customs union,

:03:53. > :03:55.a frictionless Irish border and the freedom to reach new trade deals

:03:56. > :03:59.I don't accept, I don't accept that it is unrealistic.

:04:00. > :04:02.Why would Brussels conceivably agree with that?

:04:03. > :04:04.Why would the other 27 countries possibly agree to that?

:04:05. > :04:07.I think because of the trade we have in both directions.

:04:08. > :04:09.This is not just some sort of unilateral, one-way

:04:10. > :04:13.When you look at, yes, the trade that the UK has four

:04:14. > :04:17.example with Ireland, around 13.6 billion, but

:04:18. > :04:22.equally the trade from Ireland to the UK of around 9.1 billion.

:04:23. > :04:26.There is that flow of trade that we do see

:04:27. > :04:28.in both directions which is why, actually, this matters for both of

:04:29. > :04:40.We get a sense of the complexity of the issue was that the Government

:04:41. > :04:43.has two ideas about how to maintain the open border. They talk about the

:04:44. > :04:47.possibility of a new customers partnership with the EU where tariff

:04:48. > :04:51.essentially remain the same. Secondly they talk about the

:04:52. > :04:55.streamlined customs arrangement, where business electronic monitoring

:04:56. > :05:00.of goods takes place no one is saying it will be simple. It is

:05:01. > :05:04.possibly one of the trickiest brainteasers over Brexit talks.

:05:05. > :05:08.Rebecca is in the BBC Newsroom with a summary

:05:09. > :05:20.Donald Trump has faced criticism by blaming both sides involved in the

:05:21. > :05:23.clashes in Virginia last weekend. The US president appeared to

:05:24. > :05:29.distance himself from his own statement a day earlier in which he

:05:30. > :05:29.condemned white supremacists. Our US correspondent, David Willis,

:05:30. > :05:32.reports. He was scheduled to make a statement

:05:33. > :05:34.about infrastructure, only veering wildly off message

:05:35. > :05:36.and referring to his original assessment of the cause

:05:37. > :05:38.of Saturday's violence. I think there is

:05:39. > :05:40.blame on both sides. You look at both sides,

:05:41. > :05:44.I think there is blame on both sides and I have no doubt about it,

:05:45. > :05:47.and you don't have any doubt And, and if you reported it

:05:48. > :05:55.accurately, you would see that. Condemned originally

:05:56. > :05:56.for failing to apportion blame person dead and more than 30

:05:57. > :06:02.injured, the President took to the White House on Monday

:06:03. > :06:06.to denounce racism and the white supremacist groups that

:06:07. > :06:10.organised the rally. A carefully worded

:06:11. > :06:12.statement which briefly served to cool the embers

:06:13. > :06:15.of outrage, only for the President You had a group on one

:06:16. > :06:22.side that was bad and a group on the other side

:06:23. > :06:26.that was also very violent. Nobody wants to say that,

:06:27. > :06:29.but I will say it. The remarks prompted

:06:30. > :06:31.sweeping condemnation The Speaker of the House

:06:32. > :06:45.took to Twitter to say: A notable source of support

:06:46. > :06:48.came from David Duke, the former leader

:06:49. > :06:49.of the Ku Klux Klan. With police forces around

:06:50. > :06:58.the country bracing for similar protests

:06:59. > :07:00.to the one in Charlottesville, there is concern the latest remarks

:07:01. > :07:03.might serve to embolden certain A homeless man - hailed

:07:04. > :07:13.as a hero for helping victims of the Manchester bomb -

:07:14. > :07:16.has been charged in connection with the theft of a bank card

:07:17. > :07:20.in the Arena that night. Chris Parker ran towards

:07:21. > :07:22.the scene of the attack, He is due to appear

:07:23. > :07:26.before magistrates in The number of care home places

:07:27. > :07:31.in England for older people with substantial needs will need

:07:32. > :07:36.to rise by nearly a third within ten years because of

:07:37. > :07:39.increasing life expectancy. Academics at Newcastle

:07:40. > :07:40.University say more than 71,000 extra places

:07:41. > :07:43.will be needed by 2025. The Department of Health says

:07:44. > :07:48.councils have been given a ?2 billion boost over the next

:07:49. > :07:51.three years to put social Nurses are warning that students

:07:52. > :07:59.are putting themselves at risk of meningitis,

:08:00. > :08:01.if they don't take up the offer to be vaccinated

:08:02. > :08:05.against the disease. People living in England

:08:06. > :08:08.who are aged 17 and 18 The Royal College of Nursing says

:08:09. > :08:14.only a third took up A hospital trust at the centre

:08:15. > :08:20.of an inquiry into a number of avoidable deaths among newborn

:08:21. > :08:24.babies, has been criticised for failing to learn

:08:25. > :08:27.the lessons of past mistakes. A report by the NHS

:08:28. > :08:28.standards watchdog, the Care Quality Commission,

:08:29. > :08:33.found that safety still needs to improve in maternity

:08:34. > :08:34.services at the Shrewsbury Our health correspondent

:08:35. > :08:44.Dominic Hughes reports. For years, Richard Stanton

:08:45. > :08:51.and Rhiannon Davies have been campaigning to save maternity

:08:52. > :08:54.services following the avoidable death of their first daughter, Kate,

:08:55. > :09:04.just hours after birth. A review of their case

:09:05. > :09:07.found the Trust had failed to investigate Kate's death

:09:08. > :09:10.properly and now a new report finds eight years on, the Shrewsbury

:09:11. > :09:12.and Telford Trust is failing It is still failing

:09:13. > :09:18.on the basics to this day. From our point of view,

:09:19. > :09:21.it makes you want to bang your head An inspection by the hospital

:09:22. > :09:26.regulator found safety in maternity services needs improvement

:09:27. > :09:28.and patients are still not receiving We have seen some

:09:29. > :09:38.improvements in some areas but some ongoing areas such

:09:39. > :09:41.as maternity, which is not what we would expect,

:09:42. > :09:43.and we've made it very clear to the Trust that we need

:09:44. > :09:47.to see these improvements made in a much more robust manner

:09:48. > :09:49.and in a timely way. The Trust says serious incidents

:09:50. > :09:52.are being reported and investigated and a new management team is working

:09:53. > :09:55.hard to bring about improvements but a wider NHS investigation

:09:56. > :09:59.into a cluster of deaths among newborn babies

:10:00. > :10:04.at the trust is under way and those parents who lost

:10:05. > :10:06.children are asking why questions are still being raised

:10:07. > :10:23.about safety at the trust. Officials in Sierra Leone say at

:10:24. > :10:28.least 600 people are still missing following a mudslide that swamped

:10:29. > :10:32.hundreds of homes on the outskirts of the capital, Freetown, on Monday.

:10:33. > :10:38.Rescue workers have so far recovered nearly 400 bodies. The Red Cross has

:10:39. > :10:42.warned it is now a race against time to find survivors. The United

:10:43. > :10:43.Nations is drawing up plans to deal with any outbreak of diseases like

:10:44. > :10:45.cholera and typhoid. A third woman has accused the film

:10:46. > :10:48.director Roman Polanski of sexually abusing her

:10:49. > :10:50.when she was a teenager. The woman - identified only as Robin

:10:51. > :10:53.- claimed that he had assaulted her five years before

:10:54. > :10:57.he fled the United States in 1978, while awaiting sentence for having

:10:58. > :11:00.sex with a thirteen year old girl, Robin said she'd come forward

:11:01. > :11:03.now because she opposed Samantha Geimer's recent calls

:11:04. > :11:10.for the case to be closed. Commuters travelling in and out

:11:11. > :11:12.of London Waterloo are facing a second day of disruption this

:11:13. > :11:14.morning, following The incident happened as the train

:11:15. > :11:23.collided with a barrier train that was in place to separate

:11:24. > :11:39.the current engineering works South West trains are facing delays

:11:40. > :11:44.of up to 15 minutes and some services have been cancelled.

:11:45. > :11:49.HMS Queen Elizabeth is entering her home port of Portsmouth for the

:11:50. > :11:55.first time that the 65,000 tonne ship has been undergoing sea trials

:11:56. > :12:00.since setting self from the shipyard in Scotland in June. The ship is 280

:12:01. > :12:05.metres long and her flight deck is begin up for free but all pictures

:12:06. > :12:09.she is expected to be the Navy's large ship for the next 50 years.

:12:10. > :12:12.The actor Daniel Craig has ended years of speculation and confirmed

:12:13. > :12:14.he will return to play James Bond one more time.

:12:15. > :12:17.Speaking on a US chat show last night, he also stressed

:12:18. > :12:20.that his fifth appearance as the spy would be his last.

:12:21. > :12:22.The film is due to be released in 2019.

:12:23. > :12:25.Two years ago Craig said he would rather slash his wrists

:12:26. > :12:33.That's a summary of the latest BBC news.

:12:34. > :12:50.He has performed a delicate U-turn, hasn't he? Sam Bridger has tweeted

:12:51. > :12:54.saying, delighted, love him. Tim Curtis, not really a fan of Daniel

:12:55. > :12:59.Craig when it comes to Mr Bond. Would love to see someone else in

:13:00. > :13:01.the role. Keep your thoughts on that. Daniel Craig staying on as

:13:02. > :13:14.James Bond. Good night for Liverpool in the

:13:15. > :13:18.Champions League. Absolutely. They took the big step into reaching the

:13:19. > :13:22.group stages after beating Hoffenheim in the first leg play-off

:13:23. > :13:26.last night. Simon Mignolet said a penalty early before Jurgen Klopp's

:13:27. > :13:31.and took the lead with a belter of a free kick. What a way to announce

:13:32. > :13:35.itself on the big stage its commissioner that was teenager Trent

:13:36. > :13:40.Alexander Arnold, the 18-year-old with his first goal on his European

:13:41. > :13:45.debut. The second came in the second half. James Miller book he had got

:13:46. > :13:50.it before it was awarded as an own goal. The Germans made sure they

:13:51. > :13:54.will have their say in the return leg at Anfield as their substitute

:13:55. > :14:01.kept Hoffenheim in the tie with this goal three minutes from time. It was

:14:02. > :14:10.because I told him he has to do it. He was the only one who can shoot

:14:11. > :14:18.free kicks. He can shoot them better than I ever could. I have watched as

:14:19. > :14:24.many and 23 games last year. When he played there he already took the

:14:25. > :14:29.free kicks and the goal is a similar size, by the way. Jurgen Klopp full

:14:30. > :14:33.of praise for his teenage star, Trent Alexander Arnold. Perhaps it

:14:34. > :14:37.was always destined for greatness will do this tweet from Jamie

:14:38. > :14:40.Carragher. He posted it before Liverpool match several years ago

:14:41. > :14:45.when the young boy was just 11 years. The little boy who was about

:14:46. > :14:50.to step out on to the Anfield turf is a young Trent Alexander Arnold.

:14:51. > :14:55.How about that for a ringing endorsement on social media a

:14:56. > :15:00.Liverpool legend! Maria Sharapova back in favour in the tennis world.

:15:01. > :15:04.Yes, she is she will make her first appearance in a grand slam for 18

:15:05. > :15:08.months after being given a wild card for the main draw of the US open.

:15:09. > :15:14.Jenny returned to action in April after serving a 15 month doping ban.

:15:15. > :15:18.She was denied a wild card at the French Open and then missed the

:15:19. > :15:21.entire grass court season, including Wimbledon, with a thigh injury. The

:15:22. > :15:29.US Open starts at the end of the month. And cricket, where -- records

:15:30. > :15:33.have been broken in their women's cricket super league. A bit of

:15:34. > :15:38.history made in Derby yesterday. Captain Suzie Bates stored the first

:15:39. > :15:46.century in the super league. 190 not out as she led her opponents to

:15:47. > :15:50.victory over Loughborough Lightning. She also claimed the brilliant catch

:15:51. > :16:02.to remove Bethany Langston. Not a bad day's work. That is all the

:16:03. > :16:05.sport for now. Thank you very much. The government insists there will be

:16:06. > :16:10.no reintroduction of border posts between Northern Ireland and Ireland

:16:11. > :16:13.after the Brexit negotiations. The paper as set out how the government

:16:14. > :16:17.wants the border to be managed in the future, the latest in a series

:16:18. > :16:21.of papers covering different aspects of our future relationship with the

:16:22. > :16:22.EU but what will be paper mean to the people it will affect the most

:16:23. > :16:29.on both sides of the border? Ian Patterson is a dairy farmer

:16:30. > :16:32.in Armagh in Northern Ireland and is concerned what crossing

:16:33. > :16:34.the border will mean Charlotte Norton is

:16:35. > :16:36.from Northern Ireland Her family and friends

:16:37. > :16:44.are still based in Coleraine. What do you fear would be the impact

:16:45. > :16:52.on your business of hard border checks? As farms in Northern

:16:53. > :16:58.Ireland, 80% of what we produce is exported so that anything that adds

:16:59. > :17:05.to cost and hassle and expense to our exporting is a worry. We work on

:17:06. > :17:09.a very fine margin so we would be very sensitive to extra costs being

:17:10. > :17:12.put into the system and we would like to see that our products

:17:13. > :17:17.flowing freely and easily on a daily basis to customers since the

:17:18. > :17:22.exporting part of the business is so crucial. It brings into hundreds of

:17:23. > :17:25.millions to the economy and we would not like to see any disruption on it

:17:26. > :17:32.at all. When you talk about exports in that context, where are you

:17:33. > :17:38.talking about exporting to, not just Ireland? No, two other EU countries

:17:39. > :17:44.and non-EU countries. Most of our exports go into the UK to feed the

:17:45. > :17:50.British cities but we depend on it all to keep the economy going. And

:17:51. > :17:55.in terms of their being hard border checks between Northern Ireland and

:17:56. > :18:01.Ireland, the government is saying it does not want to see that. If they

:18:02. > :18:06.did come into place, would there be a direct impact as a result on your

:18:07. > :18:13.business? Yes, we would not want to see milk queueing up at the border,

:18:14. > :18:18.going into process in the Republic, and products we need on the farm

:18:19. > :18:24.queueing up at the border, all that would add extra costs to our system.

:18:25. > :18:28.We are quite cost sensitive because we survive here and are prospering

:18:29. > :18:34.but on a fine margin so any of these things that add extra cost is an

:18:35. > :18:38.immediate worry to us. When the government says what it has said

:18:39. > :18:43.today about wanting to have a seamless border, is that the relief

:18:44. > :18:49.for you? To a degree, yes. A seamless border sounds nice but what

:18:50. > :18:54.we would really like is a tariff free border with high-tech

:18:55. > :19:01.surveillance not being necessary. It would have to work and not be

:19:02. > :19:07.policed, but ideally we would like to see a tariff free, free flowing

:19:08. > :19:13.border that would not hold up our business or at expense to it. And on

:19:14. > :19:17.that, the government is talking about the importance of trade for

:19:18. > :19:22.both the UK and Ireland going both ways across the board and said it is

:19:23. > :19:25.prioritising finding a solution that protects businesses ability to

:19:26. > :19:35.access these important markets. Are you confident that the UK Government

:19:36. > :19:41.could get a different model for Ireland than for the rest of the EU

:19:42. > :19:47.countries? Yes, I would hope the government could bring in a special

:19:48. > :19:51.deal for the North- South border. If tariffs and different costs come in

:19:52. > :19:58.that would ever make smuggling economic, cross-border smuggling

:19:59. > :20:03.inevitably would follow, and you would go back to both sides of the

:20:04. > :20:07.border having to be policed and it raises the wrong sort of character

:20:08. > :20:11.and activity and it is not where we want to go at all. If you live in

:20:12. > :20:17.London but have family in Northern Ireland, what is your perspective on

:20:18. > :20:21.the border? I do welcome the fact that it has come out that the

:20:22. > :20:26.government is looking to have a seamless border. What I am worried

:20:27. > :20:32.about is that it does seem to be quite vague. I'm not denying that

:20:33. > :20:37.everybody wants there to be a solution that will keep everybody

:20:38. > :20:41.happy and most of the stakeholders who have spoken on the issue have

:20:42. > :20:46.said they want that seamless border. But I don't see any clear position

:20:47. > :20:54.as to how that will happen, and it will be disastrous for trade as we

:20:55. > :20:57.were talking about, but also for day-to-day life, people who live on

:20:58. > :21:04.the border and cross every day, people who work in Derry and live in

:21:05. > :21:09.Donegal, people living around Newry and County Down and work in Dublin,

:21:10. > :21:14.their everyday life will become so much more difficult if there is not

:21:15. > :21:19.a workable solution found. And the political sensitivities around it,

:21:20. > :21:28.for communities, that is something you understand very well. Yes. My

:21:29. > :21:32.dad's family is mostly in a nationalist community, my mum's

:21:33. > :21:36.predominantly a Unionist community and a lot of people know that in

:21:37. > :21:39.Northern Ireland identity is important but I'm not sure they

:21:40. > :21:46.fully understand how important that is. For those in the nationalist

:21:47. > :21:53.community, the idea of having any form of solid or even seamless but

:21:54. > :21:58.existing border in what they believe is one Ireland would be disastrous

:21:59. > :22:03.for them in terms of identity but the other way round, it has been

:22:04. > :22:08.proposed to have it as a border around the island which for those in

:22:09. > :22:12.the Unionist community, they will see that as harming or impacting on

:22:13. > :22:18.their identity because it will separate them from the UK which is

:22:19. > :22:22.where they identify. I hear your concerns around whether the deal the

:22:23. > :22:28.government is talking about is deliverable, but it is saying what

:22:29. > :22:33.you want to hear? To be honest, no. It does not sound like an awful lot

:22:34. > :22:36.of thought has gone into it. People have been saying again and again

:22:37. > :22:43.that we want it to be seamless and we want it to work. The policy of

:22:44. > :22:46.the position data as far as I can see is repeating that statement. So

:22:47. > :22:53.what would be achievable and workable? In terms of a definitive

:22:54. > :22:57.solution, what would you like to hear being put forward? It is really

:22:58. > :23:01.tricky but all of the stakeholders need to get around the table.

:23:02. > :23:04.Everybody keeps saying this is unprecedented and has not happened

:23:05. > :23:10.before and that is true but it is not true there is no similar

:23:11. > :23:17.situation. For example, Poland has special traffic deals with their

:23:18. > :23:22.external EU neighbours such as Ukraine. Although it is a different

:23:23. > :23:25.situation and things will work out differently, there is a special

:23:26. > :23:29.dispensation that has been allowed by the EU and I can't see anybody

:23:30. > :23:33.talking about that, even if it might not apply perfectly, I don't see

:23:34. > :23:37.anybody being creative and looking at these things and how they might

:23:38. > :23:41.or might not work and how we could move forward. It seems to be putting

:23:42. > :23:48.across opinions rather than solutions. Going back to Ian, I said

:23:49. > :23:53.you were in Armagh, not Omar, so apologies for that. How have you

:23:54. > :24:00.been feeling? You have been talking about the border. -- Omagh. How are

:24:01. > :24:07.you feeling about the future of your business after Brexit? For the

:24:08. > :24:12.business and quite hopeful. We have good products and good customers and

:24:13. > :24:19.my only worry is that the future... I think for agriculture in Northern

:24:20. > :24:26.Ireland the fear would be that the Brexit thing would come in and upset

:24:27. > :24:30.it. Our products are good but they are made quite a fine margin so we

:24:31. > :24:37.don't have room for extra costs, that would end up economically with

:24:38. > :24:41.us may be losing different customers or needing to add to the cost of

:24:42. > :24:47.food. And what do you think about the way the government has been

:24:48. > :24:53.handling it? So far, so good, in the right direction, but I think they do

:24:54. > :24:58.need to negotiate hard for a tariff free border between North and South.

:24:59. > :25:02.A seamless solution for people and products between the two parts of

:25:03. > :25:06.Northern Ireland is the safe solution. How much is this something

:25:07. > :25:12.you talk to friends and neighbours and relatives about? I would say

:25:13. > :25:18.after the weather, the second-biggest conversation point!

:25:19. > :25:25.As to how it will effect if they let in cheap beef from other countries,

:25:26. > :25:29.if they snarl up our exporting different tariffs north and south

:25:30. > :25:35.would be a nightmare because of the smuggling thing and we don't want to

:25:36. > :25:39.see that I wonder border, the border road thing coming alive again. We

:25:40. > :25:44.want to see a peaceful, free-flowing border. And we want them to get it

:25:45. > :25:49.right. What about you? Second after the weather in terms of what you're

:25:50. > :25:54.talking about? Probably a lot more than the weather! Living in London,

:25:55. > :25:56.a lot of people don't understand and often don't want to understand

:25:57. > :26:00.Northern Ireland so I have been talking about this for years tried

:26:01. > :26:03.to push it. Thank you very much indeed. We will be talking more

:26:04. > :26:07.about it later in the programme. A crisis-hit NHS trust has been

:26:08. > :26:09.told its maternity services have safety issues and its main maternity

:26:10. > :26:11.unit "requires improvement" The BBC uncovered at least nine nine

:26:12. > :26:17.avoidable deaths at Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust

:26:18. > :26:20.since 2013 and earlier this year the Health Secretary asked

:26:21. > :26:26.for them to be investigated. Today's report, which

:26:27. > :26:28.the Care Quality Commission carried out last year before these

:26:29. > :26:32.deaths were made public, found that safety in maternity

:26:33. > :26:35.services "needed further improvement" and that,

:26:36. > :26:37."learning from safety incidents The trust says it's taken

:26:38. > :26:41."immediate actions to improve His daughter Kate died in 2009

:26:42. > :26:51.after delays transferring her from Ludlow Community Hospital,

:26:52. > :26:53.which is run by the Shrewsbury An inquest jury ruled

:26:54. > :27:08.in 2012 that Kate's death Thank you for joining us. Give us

:27:09. > :27:16.your reaction to this CQC report first ball. I'm not surprised. --

:27:17. > :27:22.first of all. This trust has been in denial for ten years about where it

:27:23. > :27:28.needs to be and the care it offers to its patients. This is a trust

:27:29. > :27:37.that has rejected and chosen not to improve its services. For example,

:27:38. > :27:40.in 2007, when the former health care watchdog, the health care

:27:41. > :27:47.commission, looked at this trust, they flagged up issues back in 2007.

:27:48. > :27:52.My daughter Kate died in 2009 which was an avoidable death and there

:27:53. > :27:56.were many issues raised during the inquest which this trust should have

:27:57. > :28:05.acted upon. It was two years after the concerns were raised, Kate died

:28:06. > :28:09.in 2009, and here we are, seven, eight years later, ten years, a

:28:10. > :28:14.decade of deaths at this trust and it seems very much to me, we are

:28:15. > :28:18.being told that lessons will be learned but seemingly they are not.

:28:19. > :28:23.This trust has regressed if anything, it is not improving, it

:28:24. > :28:32.has gone backwards. What happens to Kate -- what happened to Kate?

:28:33. > :28:38.Rhiannon, my wife, at a seemingly normal pregnancy but in the last two

:28:39. > :28:43.weeks of the pregnancy she suffered multiple episodes of reduced fatal

:28:44. > :28:49.movement. The holistic overall view was not taken that Rhiannon was no

:28:50. > :28:53.longer a low risk mother and actually she was a high-risk mother.

:28:54. > :29:01.This is another area, and it is mentioned in this report, that this

:29:02. > :29:07.is still not taken place adequately. Rhiannon was not risk assessed

:29:08. > :29:09.properly and she was not upgraded to deliver at a larger tertiary

:29:10. > :29:16.hospital under a consultancy care and when she did deliver at a

:29:17. > :29:20.midwife led unit at Ludlow, Kate was born in need of immediate care and

:29:21. > :29:23.help. Had she been born in a larger tertiary hospital that care would

:29:24. > :29:27.have been on hand immediately and she could have been saved. Because

:29:28. > :29:30.there was a delay in calling an ambulance and she was later

:29:31. > :29:34.transferred to a hospital in Birmingham by air ambulance, we were

:29:35. > :29:41.not told where she was going because the midwife led unit, they had no

:29:42. > :29:46.operational policy at that time and did not have an operational pussy

:29:47. > :29:49.for the following seven years, it meant that the clinicians did not

:29:50. > :29:56.know what to do -- and operational policy. There should be a clear care

:29:57. > :30:02.pathway for the patient and there was not in this case and Kate

:30:03. > :30:09.suffered a painful and needless, avoidable death, she died six hours

:30:10. > :30:19.later in my arms. How let down do you feel?

:30:20. > :30:26.I feel very let down. Ludlow is a small community that 30 miles from

:30:27. > :30:32.the Telford and Shrewsbury Hospital. The largest site is the one in

:30:33. > :30:37.Telford. This community marched end mass last automatic perceived

:30:38. > :30:41.closure, or the plans to close down the unit and take care from the

:30:42. > :30:46.community. That care is so important to mothers to be and the mothers who

:30:47. > :30:50.want to give birth here in the hospital under the safest of care.

:30:51. > :30:56.That is what it has to be. It has to be the safest of care. Rather than

:30:57. > :31:00.invest in these services, this trust make choices is not to invest but to

:31:01. > :31:05.remove care from the community and take it further away. That endangers

:31:06. > :31:13.lives and here we see, from the evidence of this report today, that

:31:14. > :31:16.still work needs to be done. This trust has gone backwards. They were

:31:17. > :31:19.rated as good three years ago and are now in need of improvement.

:31:20. > :31:23.Management and senior management, and the legacy the former head of

:31:24. > :31:29.midwifery has left this trust with is wholly inadequate. If NHS England

:31:30. > :31:35.is listening to this, of course they are going to investigate the 15th

:31:36. > :31:40.individual baby deaths you raised earlier this year. If NHS is

:31:41. > :31:43.listening now, this trust has proven time and time again over ten years

:31:44. > :31:48.that it is incapable of improving itself. It now needs external help

:31:49. > :31:55.to do that. External help should come from other hospitals that are

:31:56. > :32:01.proficient in giving safe, and high quality, care. This trust lacks

:32:02. > :32:05.leadership. It lacks a longer term vision for what its patients want

:32:06. > :32:12.and what should be delivered as safe care. You have mentioned there have

:32:13. > :32:17.been various points at which the care being offered in the hospital

:32:18. > :32:22.is being looked down. You mention concerns first raised in 2007. An

:32:23. > :32:27.NHS England led review last year referred to you, by saying about

:32:28. > :32:32.your tenacity in seeking the truth, vital lessons would not have been

:32:33. > :32:35.learned. The trust should work in partnership with Kate's is to

:32:36. > :32:39.establish a fitting acknowledgement of the contribution they have made

:32:40. > :32:43.to the safety and quality of maternity services at the trust.

:32:44. > :32:46.Have they reached out to you? Are you working in partnership with the

:32:47. > :32:53.trust question what they did start to reach out to us. In April of last

:32:54. > :33:01.year, 16, 17 months ago, they had an extraordinary board meeting where we

:33:02. > :33:03.were allowed to talk to the board and discuss the two NHS

:33:04. > :33:07.investigations we just mentioned about the whole holistic care given

:33:08. > :33:13.to Rhiannon and how we were treated after Kate's, which is possibly more

:33:14. > :33:17.woeful. The ombudsman found the trust guilty of maladministration,

:33:18. > :33:21.lying and deceit. Other families have suffered losses since Kate,

:33:22. > :33:26.avoidable losses. Only last year we were approached by a family from

:33:27. > :33:29.North Shropshire who lost their baby daughter, paper, unavoidably this

:33:30. > :33:34.trust. They were being fobbed off and told they could not be a part of

:33:35. > :33:43.this investigation into why pick the's was so bad. They could not be

:33:44. > :33:46.a part of it at all. That is not right. Just to give you an example

:33:47. > :33:51.of how this trust likes to say one thing and do another, only six weeks

:33:52. > :33:56.ago, five weeks ago, they had a meeting at the trust in true spree

:33:57. > :34:00.to look at an internal report they did in which they invited

:34:01. > :34:04.stakeholders. Me and Rhiannon, my wife, and Kayleigh and Colin

:34:05. > :34:09.Griffiths have written jointly to Jeremy Hunt and the Care Quality

:34:10. > :34:15.Commission to raise issues about the care. We were barred from coming by

:34:16. > :34:20.the West Murcia police that the trust had called to stop us from

:34:21. > :34:23.entering that meeting. That trust is not open, honest and transparent.

:34:24. > :34:27.The reason we were told we could not attend was weak would not understand

:34:28. > :34:33.policy or what they were talking about. Please don't patronise us. I

:34:34. > :34:38.am a stakeholder. We are all stakeholders in the NHS. More than

:34:39. > :34:45.that, I am an expert into care was afforded to my. Without the tenacity

:34:46. > :34:48.of Rhiannon and my fight to take this to the trust all the way over

:34:49. > :34:55.the past eight years, we would not be where we are now, unveiling that

:34:56. > :34:59.nearly 50 families, 50 families have come forward now with grave concerns

:35:00. > :35:05.about why their babies died or were injured at this trust. 15 are being

:35:06. > :35:09.investigated but more than 50 have approached us at the BBC and various

:35:10. > :35:16.media outlets to raise their concerns. That is a lot more than

:35:17. > :35:21.the quoted number of that Jeremy Hunt has said will now be looked up.

:35:22. > :35:24.Going forward there will be further investigations. Thank you for

:35:25. > :35:26.joining us and your time this morning. Thank you.

:35:27. > :35:29.While we didn't receive a statement from the trust press office,

:35:30. > :35:31.we did pick up some relevant bits of information

:35:32. > :35:32.in the 16-page summary of their

:35:33. > :36:04.Still to come: newly revealed figures from the NHS suggest one in

:36:05. > :36:08.50 women given a vagina or mesh implant to help deal with bladder

:36:09. > :36:11.incontinence and prolapse after childbirth will need surgery to have

:36:12. > :36:15.them removed because of serious complications. We will speak to a

:36:16. > :36:22.surgeon who has carried out hundreds of removals.

:36:23. > :36:26.Here's Rebecca in the BBC Newsroom with a summary of today's news.

:36:27. > :36:28.The Government says it wants to maintain a "seamless" border

:36:29. > :36:30.between Northern Ireland and the Irish Republic

:36:31. > :36:33.A paper setting out Britain's negotiating position -

:36:34. > :36:36.being published today - rejects what it calls "the hard

:36:37. > :36:39.borders of the past" - and sets out plans to allow people

:36:40. > :36:42.and goods to continue to move freely.

:36:43. > :36:49.Ministers insist an open border is realistic.

:36:50. > :36:56.This is not just some sort of unilateral, one-way issue I am

:36:57. > :37:00.talking about. When you look at the trade the UK has, for example, with

:37:01. > :37:06.Ireland, around 13.6 billion, equally the trade from Ireland to

:37:07. > :37:10.the UK of around 9.1 billion, it is that sort of flow of trade we do see

:37:11. > :37:14.in both directions. This matters for both of us. The Northern Ireland

:37:15. > :37:17.Secretary, James broken shire. Donald Trump has faced renewed

:37:18. > :37:19.criticism from within his own Republican party by again blaming

:37:20. > :37:22.both sides involved in the clashes The US President appeared

:37:23. > :37:24.to distance himself from his own statement a day earlier

:37:25. > :37:27.in which he condemned white supremacists who had

:37:28. > :37:30.marched in Charlottesville. In his latest news conference,

:37:31. > :37:32.he also blamed left-wing supporters for charging

:37:33. > :37:39.at the so-called "alt-right". You had a group on one side

:37:40. > :37:42.that was bad and you had a group on the other side

:37:43. > :37:44.that was also very violent. And nobody wants

:37:45. > :37:46.to say that, but I'll You had a group on the other side

:37:47. > :37:51.that came charging in without a permit and they

:37:52. > :37:55.were very, very violent. A homeless man - hailed

:37:56. > :37:58.as a hero for helping victims of the Manchester bomb -

:37:59. > :38:00.has been charged in connection with the theft of a bank card

:38:01. > :38:04.in the Arena that night. Chris Parker ran towards

:38:05. > :38:07.the scene of the attack, He is due to appear

:38:08. > :38:11.before magistrates in Officials in Sierra Leone say at

:38:12. > :38:17.least 600 people are still missing following a mudslide that swamped

:38:18. > :38:21.hundreds of homes on the outskirts Rescue workers have so far

:38:22. > :38:29.recovered nearly 400 bodies. The Red Cross has warned

:38:30. > :38:32.it is now a race against time The United Nations is

:38:33. > :38:36.drawing up plans to deal with any outbreak of diseases

:38:37. > :38:48.like cholera and typhoid. The number of care home places

:38:49. > :38:51.in England for older people with substantial needs will need

:38:52. > :38:53.to rise by nearly a third within ten years because of

:38:54. > :38:55.increasing life expectancy. Academics at Newcastle

:38:56. > :38:57.University say more than 71,000 extra places

:38:58. > :39:00.will be needed by 2025. The Department of Health says

:39:01. > :39:02.councils have been given a ?2 billion boost over the next

:39:03. > :39:05.three years to put social The biggest warship ever built

:39:06. > :39:17.for the Royal Navy - the aircraft carrier,

:39:18. > :39:19.HMS Queen Elizabeth - is entering her home port

:39:20. > :39:22.of Portsmouth for the first time. The 65,000-tonne ship has been

:39:23. > :39:24.undergoing sea trials since setting sail from Rosyth

:39:25. > :39:28.shipyard in Scotland in June. The ship is 280 metres long,

:39:29. > :39:32.and her flight deck is big enough She's expected to be the Navy's

:39:33. > :39:45.flagship for the next 50 years. The actor Daniel Craig has ended

:39:46. > :39:49.years of speculation and confirmed he will return to play

:39:50. > :39:51.James Bond one more time. Speaking on a US chat show last

:39:52. > :39:54.night, he also stressed that his fifth appearance as the spy

:39:55. > :40:02.would be his last. The film is due to be

:40:03. > :40:07.released in 2019. Two years ago Craig said

:40:08. > :40:10.he would rather slash his wrists Liverpool beat Hoffenheim 2-1

:40:11. > :40:36.in their Champions League first leg play-off, as they bid to reach

:40:37. > :40:39.the group stages for the first 18 year-old Trent Alexander-Arnold's

:40:40. > :40:42.screamer of a free kick They were leading 2-0

:40:43. > :40:46.courtesy of an own goal, but Hoffenheim pulled one back on 87

:40:47. > :40:49.minutes to ensure a nervy second leg The Champions League

:40:50. > :40:51.qualifiers continue tonight. Scottish Champions Celtic host

:40:52. > :40:53.Kazakhstan champions Astana at Celtic Park tonight

:40:54. > :40:55.in their first leg playoff. Maria Sharapova will make her first

:40:56. > :40:57.appearance in a grand slam in over 18 months,

:40:58. > :41:00.after being given a wildcard The former world number one returned

:41:01. > :41:05.to action in April after serving a 15-month doping ban,

:41:06. > :41:07.but missed the grasscourt And Joanna Konta is preparing

:41:08. > :41:10.well at the warm-up She's through to the third

:41:11. > :41:13.round of the Cincinatti Open after beating Kiki Bertens

:41:14. > :41:16.of the Netherlands in straight sets. She'll play France's

:41:17. > :41:22.Alize Cornet next. The latest employment

:41:23. > :41:24.numbers are out. Our Business Correspondent,

:41:25. > :41:37.Ben Thompson, is here What are they? There is a lot to get

:41:38. > :41:41.through. Tried to explain as much as I can. The headline, the one the

:41:42. > :41:46.politicians will talk a lot about now, the headline rate has fallen.

:41:47. > :41:50.Van from 4.5% in the previous measure. The unemployment rate is

:41:51. > :41:55.now at its lowest level since 1975 shall submit means unemployment, the

:41:56. > :41:59.number of people out of work, fell by 50 7000. It is now 1.48 billion

:42:00. > :42:03.people looking for work and not able to find it. Those are the headlines.

:42:04. > :42:12.When you start looking down into the more interesting stuff further down

:42:13. > :42:15.we get more detail. Wages, that is the bit everyone will look at. We

:42:16. > :42:17.have talked about whether wages are keeping up with rising prices.

:42:18. > :42:21.Yesterday we were told prices were rising at 2.6%. Today we learn that

:42:22. > :42:25.wages are going up by 2.1%. The gap between rising prices and wages is

:42:26. > :42:29.getting smaller. The hats we might not be feeling the squeeze as much

:42:30. > :42:32.as we have in the past was interestingly, if you compare this

:42:33. > :42:37.year with plaster, we are still half a percent worse off. It might not

:42:38. > :42:40.sound a lot but traditionally wages should be rising as the economy

:42:41. > :42:53.grows. In real terms we are half a percent worse off

:42:54. > :42:57.than we were this time last year. Also some interesting data about

:42:58. > :42:59.zero hours contracts. There are 20,000 fewer people on zero hours

:43:00. > :43:01.contracts. That is a big change as well. A lot of publicity about the

:43:02. > :43:04.people on those contracts that guarantee no set hours of work every

:43:05. > :43:07.week. A lot of publicity about why people are on the man white

:43:08. > :43:09.employers are using them. Perhaps we are seeing a shift away from them.

:43:10. > :43:12.20,000 the headline figure. And deployment rate falling to 4.4%. It

:43:13. > :43:18.is striking when you see that that is the lowest rate since 1975 dustup

:43:19. > :43:26.in terms of productivity in the economy though, what is the picture?

:43:27. > :43:29.We call this a productivity bustle. Does that mean we're all going to

:43:30. > :43:33.work, putting our feet up and not doing much question that some may

:43:34. > :43:37.say that is the case. There has been so little incentive for people to

:43:38. > :43:40.work harder. Wages are not going up if your boss is saying to work hard

:43:41. > :43:44.about I will not pay you any more for it, that is one of the big

:43:45. > :43:48.issues. It is also a challenge for making us as a country more

:43:49. > :43:53.productive, being able to deliver more for the same amount of money.

:43:54. > :44:24.We have also seen improvements in how we do things, be it the

:44:25. > :44:27.internet, be it technology. In this case we are still facing a problem

:44:28. > :44:30.where productivity is still sluggish in the UK. Getting more of us into

:44:31. > :44:33.work is one part of this challenge. When we're at work getting us to

:44:34. > :44:36.produce more is another thing. I do not think we will see great economic

:44:37. > :44:39.growth. Things are OK but given all the uncertainty for things like

:44:40. > :44:41.Brexit right now, a lot of us are saying, will hold up until we know

:44:42. > :44:43.what is happening. There is clearly a lot of debate still to be had.

:44:44. > :44:45.HMS Queen Elizabeth, the UK's new ?3 billion aircraft

:44:46. > :44:47.carrier, and its 700 staff have arrived in Portsmouth.

:44:48. > :44:49.The 65,000-tonne ship has been undergoing sea trials since setting

:44:50. > :44:52.sail from Rosyth dockyard in Fife, where it was built, in June.

:44:53. > :44:55.Although at the moment it isn't able to deploy planes it is expected

:44:56. > :44:58.to be the Navy's flagship for the next 50 years

:44:59. > :45:00.and Duncan Kennedy is there for us this morning.

:45:01. > :45:04.Good morning. I want to reassure you and all viewers first of all, that

:45:05. > :45:07.is not the carrier. That is HMS victory, Lord Nelson's flagship,

:45:08. > :45:11.dating from 1805 which fought in the battle of Trafalgar. I wanted to

:45:12. > :45:17.show it to you as a matter of contrast. This is the old, three and

:45:18. > :45:23.a half thousand tonnes. This is the new. HMS Queen Elizabeth 65,000

:45:24. > :45:27.tonnes. Its length, the length of three football pitches. Its height,

:45:28. > :45:31.the height of Nelson 's column. It is a massive ship on every available

:45:32. > :45:34.level you can imagine. On board at the moment is the Prime Minister put

:45:35. > :45:38.up she is getting a first tour. It is the first time she has come home

:45:39. > :45:41.here to the home of the Royal Navy and it is from where she will be

:45:42. > :45:52.based for the next five decades as she patrols the sea. Why will she be

:45:53. > :45:54.patrolling the sea? To project British power that means Jets on

:45:55. > :45:57.board, the EFT 35 flown by the likes of my guest here, the Wing

:45:58. > :46:01.Commander. You're undergoing the training and putting us all

:46:02. > :46:06.together. Where are the Jets? They are not on board yet. No they are

:46:07. > :46:10.not. We're receiving a new aircraft about every eight weeks was the best

:46:11. > :46:13.bit between two locations on the east coast of America we have a

:46:14. > :46:20.squadron working with the Marine Corps to train pilots. We have

:46:21. > :46:24.pilots about to start on a journey on to EFT 35. Over on the West

:46:25. > :46:28.Coast, Edwards Air Force Base, currently has 17 Squadron, who are

:46:29. > :46:32.conducting operational tests and evaluation. That is putting the Jets

:46:33. > :46:36.are its paces to check it works correctly and prove that should

:46:37. > :46:41.improve it on areas we need to improve it and sort the tactics

:46:42. > :46:46.apple. When will it first appeared on the carrier behind this question

:46:47. > :46:50.that we'll see the tests initially start at the end of next year. The

:46:51. > :46:54.ship needs to prepare itself to check it is safe on the seas. That

:46:55. > :46:57.is what we are seeing it going through right now. The same time the

:46:58. > :47:01.aircraft are preparing themselves ready to merge with it. Those two

:47:02. > :47:06.facets will come together and about September next year for the You have

:47:07. > :47:12.heard the critics. We will get 30 to 40 on board now. Why do we need

:47:13. > :47:17.that? The adversary is changing. Dogfights are long gone full of it

:47:18. > :47:23.is all beyond visual range. An enemy you cannot see. If a pilot jet where

:47:24. > :47:28.he cannot be seen and get closer and it is far safer and you can deliver

:47:29. > :47:32.better potency. Turning a question around, when you get the dirty, 40

:47:33. > :47:37.aircraft on-board the carrier, how much of a game changer will it be?

:47:38. > :47:43.'s eye-macro it is massive. We have an ability to float the Queen

:47:44. > :47:50.Elizabeth wherever we want to. -- It is massive. It means I am invisible,

:47:51. > :47:52.outside enemy radar. I can operate my aircraft and project, however I

:47:53. > :48:02.want. In the week where we are marking the

:48:03. > :48:06.independence of India and Pakistan all those years ago in 1947, people

:48:07. > :48:10.are saying that this is too much power and we are trying to be a

:48:11. > :48:16.first-class power and we are a middle world power so why have this

:48:17. > :48:21.effort and expense, ?3 billion for the carrier alone, in 2017? I would

:48:22. > :48:28.love to be able to draw a map of the world and show instability in Iraq

:48:29. > :48:31.and Syria and Africa and the far east. They could not be more apt to

:48:32. > :48:35.bring in a capability like this with the environment in North Korea at

:48:36. > :48:41.the moment and it will never be more relevant. This is one of two Karius,

:48:42. > :48:52.the HMS Prince of Wales is coming in two years' time -- carriers. The

:48:53. > :48:56.disposition, means we will have... It'll be down to her defence wants

:48:57. > :49:01.to allocate those assets. We have the ability to operate Lightning on

:49:02. > :49:06.either carrier or from a forward operating base so flexible as he is

:49:07. > :49:10.the key. And the jets you will be flying are short and vertical

:49:11. > :49:15.take-off so why do you need a big runway! They are not that short, we

:49:16. > :49:19.don't vertically take off! Airborne and with a full payload of weapons

:49:20. > :49:25.and a significant amount of fuel you need about 500 feet hence what it is

:49:26. > :49:31.that long but they have a vertical landing mode and we can get it back

:49:32. > :49:35.on the debt. The jets have been criticised for the cost, ?100

:49:36. > :49:40.million each, manoeuvre ability and software issues but how are they

:49:41. > :49:43.shaping up? They are looking awesome. 17 Squadron are putting

:49:44. > :49:46.them through their paces and the pilots are delighted with the

:49:47. > :49:53.performance. It is ideally suited for the future of warfare. Thank you

:49:54. > :49:57.very much. That is a look at what aircraft will be on board. The

:49:58. > :50:01.carrier will not be fully operational for another couple of

:50:02. > :50:06.years, this is just its homecoming to its home base for a lot of work

:50:07. > :50:09.to be done. 10,000 people to build it, many more thousands to get it

:50:10. > :50:13.fully operational but what the government said today was a way of

:50:14. > :50:16.projecting British power around the world. Thank you.

:50:17. > :50:19.He kept us in suspense for two years but Daniel Craig will be back

:50:20. > :50:22.as Bond for the 5th time at the age of 49.

:50:23. > :50:44.An increasing number of parents and carers try to avoid gender

:50:45. > :50:50.stereotyping play but Ikeme difficult to overcome registers. --

:50:51. > :51:34.prejudices. Look at this! Would you like a

:51:35. > :51:35.dolly? There is a good girl. You are a good girl, Sophie. What does this

:51:36. > :51:56.say? Sweet dreams. Look at this. I think she liked the

:51:57. > :52:13.pink dolly the best. Isn't that interesting. That was

:52:14. > :54:15.part of a documentary. And you can watch 'No More Boys and

:54:16. > :54:18.Girls: Can Our Kids Go Gender Free?' tonight on BBC Two at 9pm

:54:19. > :54:21.and afterwards on BBC iPlayer. And do let us know what you think -

:54:22. > :54:26.get in touch in the usual ways. New figures from the NHS suggest

:54:27. > :54:31.that one in every 15 women who are given a vaginal mesh implant

:54:32. > :54:34.to help deal with bladder incontinence and pelvic organ

:54:35. > :54:36.prolapse are having surgery to have them removed

:54:37. > :54:38.because of serious complications. Earlier this year, this programme

:54:39. > :54:40.revealed that hundreds of women are living with chronic pain

:54:41. > :54:42.and complications after A recent report by NHS England has

:54:43. > :54:49.called for better reporting of problems and increased knowledge

:54:50. > :54:53.sharing, but has not recommended Dr Sohier Elneil is a consultant

:54:54. > :55:02.uro-gynaecological surgeon at University College Hospital London,

:55:03. > :55:04.and has carried out hundreds Lisa Hunter has been suffering

:55:05. > :55:09.problems with a mesh And Jemima Gaye Williams has

:55:10. > :55:30.been caused considerable Thank you for joining us. One in 15

:55:31. > :55:36.women are having her to have these implants removed. Are you surprised

:55:37. > :55:40.it is that many? I'm not surprised only in as much as in my practice it

:55:41. > :55:45.seems to be the vast majority of work I'm doing increasingly. It is

:55:46. > :55:51.the first time we have got some specific figures because most of the

:55:52. > :55:57.mesh competitions and issues are often self-reported. So getting them

:55:58. > :56:03.on to our system and getting them coded accordingly has not always

:56:04. > :56:07.been easy. Dealing with this huge range of competitions that occur

:56:08. > :56:14.means that I suspect we are at the tip of the iceberg. Lisa, you were

:56:15. > :56:19.fitted with a vaginal mesh in 2016 and it was only watching this

:56:20. > :56:24.programme you realised that was the reason for problems you were

:56:25. > :56:31.experiencing. That's true. Actually January of this year. The

:56:32. > :56:39.competitions started at the end of March. And really the eureka moment

:56:40. > :56:44.was seeing all of these convocations being shown on your show in April

:56:45. > :56:53.this year and it was a real eureka moment. Before that, what did you

:56:54. > :56:55.think was going on? I just had mending and knitting pains but they

:56:56. > :57:01.were quite severe. After seeing the show I thought that this was not

:57:02. > :57:07.normal, it is not a normal mending paint and I had to take it back to

:57:08. > :57:14.my GP to get a referral back to the gynaecologist -- mending pain. What

:57:15. > :57:21.has your experience been since 2002 when you had it? Absolutely

:57:22. > :57:24.horrendous, I have recently been advised to have a colostomy and this

:57:25. > :57:29.is 15 years later and I'm still going through agony. I have a small

:57:30. > :57:34.hole at the base of my spine and there is a foreign body there which

:57:35. > :57:42.is trying to push out through the base of my spine. I don't want to

:57:43. > :57:49.talk about me, I'm the founder of the Welsh mesh sieve by the group.

:57:50. > :57:58.And I'm here on the half of all of them -- mesh survivor. And this is a

:57:59. > :58:03.global problem and one in 50 is the tip of the iceberg. I have been damp

:58:04. > :58:13.aiming since 2011 to raise awareness -- one in 15. I have been writing to

:58:14. > :58:23.government and I have a message from all those in the UK. Scotland since

:58:24. > :58:30.2014 have had a suspension on vaginal mesh operations. We are the

:58:31. > :58:35.United Kingdom, what has happened, Wales, England, Northern Ireland? We

:58:36. > :58:40.need a suspension of this stuff until further investigations. That

:58:41. > :58:45.is all I had to say really because I'm really angry because there has

:58:46. > :58:49.been no need for all of these women to go through the things I'm having

:58:50. > :58:58.to go through. Every night I'm up until about 3am talking to women who

:58:59. > :59:05.are desperate, absolutely desperate. I have been on the verge of suicide

:59:06. > :59:09.myself back in 2005 because consultants said to me there was

:59:10. > :59:18.nothing that could be done. There are women out there today who are

:59:19. > :59:26.being told that. Last night, Crystal in America died, the seventh person

:59:27. > :59:33.I have spoken to personally, and some of these people... Just to

:59:34. > :59:38.interrupt, when you say they have died, as a result of complications?

:59:39. > :59:46.Because of convocations with mesh, sepsis, inflammatory problems that

:59:47. > :59:50.have caused heart problems -- because of complications. This is

:59:51. > :59:55.not just the mesh, it is complications because of it. Sorry

:59:56. > :00:04.to interrupt, we are obviously hearing a lot from Jemima on other

:00:05. > :00:08.women as well and she is asking why these operations are not suspended.

:00:09. > :00:12.I think for a long time it was thought that the problems were in a

:00:13. > :00:21.very small proportion of women and often quoted was this 1-2% and

:00:22. > :00:25.eventually it went up to 5% and then 10% and studies then were showing

:00:26. > :00:29.complication rate running at 30-40% so there was a tendency to believe

:00:30. > :00:35.they must be doing some good in a of women. But gradually the focus of

:00:36. > :00:41.the medical professional community moved away from thinking, it is only

:00:42. > :00:47.if the mesh has got into an organ that is a problem, to what are the

:00:48. > :00:52.secondary effects and they are the worse I am seeing, the chronic pain

:00:53. > :00:56.which is difficult to get on top of, the inflammatory process is

:00:57. > :01:01.effecting all parts of the body. And I know of patients with heart

:01:02. > :01:06.problems and so on. So what is the threshold for a decision to be taken

:01:07. > :01:11.for it to be suspended? It has been suspended in Scotland. We have come

:01:12. > :01:14.to that point now and the time has come for all mesh procedures to be

:01:15. > :01:19.stopped and we have to go back and re-evaluate the data, go back to the

:01:20. > :01:23.women who have been infected and understand the issues. We do not

:01:24. > :01:28.understand them fully and we need to do a lot more, there is a lot more

:01:29. > :01:31.science that needs to be done and also a lot more uptake and belief in

:01:32. > :01:37.the women who have suffered these problems. I said it up carried out

:01:38. > :01:41.hundreds of these removals, do you still put them in? No, we have

:01:42. > :01:44.unusual situations where there are certain women for whom there is no

:01:45. > :01:48.other possibility but the key is that you speak to women and given

:01:49. > :01:53.the opposition -- the options and discuss them fully and that is quite

:01:54. > :01:57.critical in this current situation. But given that I have done so many

:01:58. > :02:01.removals and increasingly in the last 5-7 years, it is increasingly

:02:02. > :02:17.difficult to even think about putting them in.

:02:18. > :02:24.Complications that are reported by surgeons are not correct. Less than

:02:25. > :02:31.a third of all mesh removals need to be logged and monitored correctly. A

:02:32. > :02:35.full suspension in England. Thank you all very much. Do keep your

:02:36. > :02:38.thought on this coming through to a full list is something we started

:02:39. > :02:41.talking about the programme because of the viewer getting in touch with

:02:42. > :02:44.is about this issue. Every time you talk about it we do get lots of

:02:45. > :02:47.comments from it. Do keep them coming. The usual ways of getting in

:02:48. > :02:59.touch with. Now for the weather. A bit of an east/ west split. A

:03:00. > :03:03.cloudy start the sun. Others will have a fine start. Some will get

:03:04. > :03:09.some rain. The rain is not moving quickly. The direction it is heading

:03:10. > :03:12.is eastwards. For many of us, we will carry on with a lot of dry

:03:13. > :03:18.weather around. Some beautiful weather watchers pictures. You can

:03:19. > :03:23.see the waves whipping up. Also quite a breezy day. Gusty winds. In

:03:24. > :03:32.North Berwick and Lothian beautiful. Lovely blue skies. There is a front

:03:33. > :03:35.which is dragging the rain from the West, moving slowly eased if you

:03:36. > :03:39.look at the proximity of the isobars, they are quite squashed

:03:40. > :03:46.together. That indicates it will be a breezy day. This is the rainfall

:03:47. > :03:50.we have had. It has not been moving particularly quickly but is making

:03:51. > :03:53.progress now in Northern Ireland and fringing in across western parts of

:03:54. > :03:57.Scotland. It will continue to do that as we go through the course of

:03:58. > :04:01.the day. Later getting into West Wales and South West of England.

:04:02. > :04:05.Some of the rain could be heavy. Ahead of it we are starting with

:04:06. > :04:09.high-level cloud that will break. We will cease more sunshine. In the

:04:10. > :04:18.sunshine it will feel pleasant. By the afternoon we still rain coming

:04:19. > :04:21.across the south-west of England. Into the south-eastern quarter of

:04:22. > :04:24.the country at a fair bit of sunshine. Much of the North of

:04:25. > :04:30.England staying driver that you can see the progress. Behind it we will

:04:31. > :04:34.see some showers in Northern Ireland. As rain continues to move

:04:35. > :04:39.north eastwards across Scotland, not all of Scotland will be wet at this

:04:40. > :04:44.stage. Lothian and Borders, the north-east game drive. Here we have

:04:45. > :04:47.highs of 16. Further south in the sunshine, 23 will feel quite

:04:48. > :04:52.pleasant. This evening and overnight, the band of rain in the

:04:53. > :04:57.West will move eastwards. Behind that, there will be some cloud and

:04:58. > :05:00.some murky conditions and a few showers still in the North West.

:05:01. > :05:07.Under clearer skies it would be quite chilly, rather like the one

:05:08. > :05:10.just gone. We start with the rain across is to the central and

:05:11. > :05:14.southern parts of England heading south-west and the Channel Islands.

:05:15. > :05:18.As we head through the course of tomorrow, you will find their rain

:05:19. > :05:22.continuing to middleweight onto the near continent were clearing the

:05:23. > :05:26.Channel Islands last. Behind it there will be variable amount of

:05:27. > :05:30.cloud and a fair bit of sunshine. Also some showers will stop some of

:05:31. > :05:39.the showers are likely to be heavy. Not all of us will catch one.

:05:40. > :05:41.Tomorrow will be breezy as well. Not as breezy as Friday. If you look at

:05:42. > :05:45.the isobars, they are squashed together. Low pressure dominating

:05:46. > :05:49.the weather with its front. Across the north-east of Scotland we have

:05:50. > :05:53.rain. Elsewhere we are looking sunshine and showers. Breezy in the

:05:54. > :05:57.central parts of the country could if you are exposed to the breeze and

:05:58. > :06:04.showers it will feel nippy. If you miss them altogether, 20 themselves

:06:05. > :06:07.list will feel quite pleasant. -- 21 Celsius.

:06:08. > :06:12.Hello it's Wednesday, it's 10 o'clock.

:06:13. > :06:18.This is Joy Watson and her husband and carer Tony.

:06:19. > :06:20.When Joy was diagnosed with early onset Alzheimers,

:06:21. > :06:23.she set up a charity to help people in a similar situation.

:06:24. > :06:25.She became an Alzheimers ambassador and even

:06:26. > :06:27.met David Cameron, but now her support benefits have

:06:28. > :06:29.been stopped because a recent government assessment deemed her fit

:06:30. > :06:39.An invisible Irish border. The Government says it does not won any

:06:40. > :06:42.border posts between Northern Ireland and the Republic. Critics

:06:43. > :06:46.say there is no detail on how that could work.

:06:47. > :06:48.40 years since the death of the King,

:06:49. > :06:50.tens of thousands of fans including his family hold

:06:51. > :06:52.an overnight vigil at his former home in Graceland.

:06:53. > :06:56.superfans in the studio - complete with tattoos and costumes -

:06:57. > :07:03.to discuss why he's still so worshipped.

:07:04. > :07:09.Here's Rebecca in the BBC Newsroom with a summary of today's news.

:07:10. > :07:11.The Government says it wants to maintain a "seamless" border

:07:12. > :07:13.between Northern Ireland and the Irish Republic

:07:14. > :07:18.A paper setting out Britain's negotiating position -

:07:19. > :07:22.being published today - rejects what it calls "the hard

:07:23. > :07:25.borders of the past" - and sets out plans to allow people

:07:26. > :07:28.and goods to continue to move freely.

:07:29. > :07:33.Ministers insist an open border is realistic.

:07:34. > :07:36.This is not just some sort of unilateral, one-way issue I am

:07:37. > :07:41.When you look at the trade the UK has, for example, with

:07:42. > :07:46.Ireland, around 13.6 billion, equally the trade from Ireland to

:07:47. > :07:49.the UK of around 9.1 billion, it is that sort of flow of trade

:07:50. > :08:02.Donald Trump has faced renewed criticism from within his own

:08:03. > :08:05.Republican party by again blaming both sides involved in the clashes

:08:06. > :08:09.The US President appeared to distance himself

:08:10. > :08:11.from his own statement a day earlier in which he condemned white

:08:12. > :08:16.supremacists who had marched in Charlottesville.

:08:17. > :08:19.In his latest news conference, he also blamed left-wing

:08:20. > :08:25.supporters for charging at the so-called "alt-right".

:08:26. > :08:28.You had a group on one side that was bad and you had

:08:29. > :08:31.a group on the other side that was also very violent.

:08:32. > :08:32.And nobody wants to say that, but I'll

:08:33. > :08:36.You had a group on the other side that came charging in

:08:37. > :08:44.without a permit and they were very, very violent.

:08:45. > :08:51.The latest unemployment figures are out. The jobless rate has reached a

:08:52. > :08:56.42 year low. None of people out of work in the UK fell by 57,000 in the

:08:57. > :09:02.three months to June, bringing the jobless rate down to 4.4%. That is

:09:03. > :09:07.the lowest since 1975. Average weekly earnings were up by 2.1%

:09:08. > :09:11.compared with a year ago. However, when compared to the rate of

:09:12. > :09:16.inflation about earnings fell by .5%.

:09:17. > :09:19.A hospital trust at the centre of an inquiry into a number

:09:20. > :09:21.of avoidable deaths among newborn babies, has been criticised

:09:22. > :09:23.for failing to learn the lessons of past mistakes.

:09:24. > :09:25.A report by the NHS standards watchdog,

:09:26. > :09:27.the Care Quality Commission, found that safety still needs

:09:28. > :09:29.to improve in maternity services at the Shrewsbury

:09:30. > :09:35.The trust said challenges needed to be resolved and it wanted to work

:09:36. > :09:40.But a father whose daughter died at the unit told this programme

:09:41. > :09:47.This is a trust which lacks leadership.

:09:48. > :09:50.This is a trust which lacks a longer term vision for what

:09:51. > :10:02.its patients want and what should be delivered as safe care.

:10:03. > :10:09.That's a summary of the latest BBC news - more at 10.30am.

:10:10. > :10:17.Coming up: we'll be getting the latest on the ground in Sierra

:10:18. > :10:20.Leone. Many have lost their homes after huge landslides in the

:10:21. > :10:26.capital, Freetown. We'll be sticking to a gay woman who has won her right

:10:27. > :10:33.for a file in the UK only after a 30 year legal battle. Do get in touch.

:10:34. > :10:37.Liverpool took a significant step towards reaching

:10:38. > :10:39.the Champions League group stage, after beating Hoffeinheim

:10:40. > :10:41.2-1 in their first leg play-off in Germany.

:10:42. > :10:44.A result at Anfield next week and they'll be back in Europe's top

:10:45. > :10:49.club competition for the first time in three years.

:10:50. > :11:01.Is the Coutinho leaving Liverpool? Everyone wants to know. Jurgen Klopp

:11:02. > :11:05.had to deal with more noise tonight in the Champions League qualifier.

:11:06. > :11:11.Against Hoffenheim, it was tricky from the. A penalty for Simon

:11:12. > :11:15.Mignolet to save an awful attempt. While Liverpool might have been

:11:16. > :11:19.behind with a then went ahead. 18-year-old Trent Alexander Arnold

:11:20. > :11:23.was not the obvious choice to step up when it mattered most. While he

:11:24. > :11:28.was magnificent on European debut, the brunt of victory was not as

:11:29. > :11:33.smooth and Liverpool should have had more goals before and after

:11:34. > :11:38.half-time. They got a second thanks to be deflected cross of James

:11:39. > :11:41.Milner, they left the door open for their opponents. Hoffenheim were

:11:42. > :11:45.kept in the tie with a lovely late goal. Not the perfect night the

:11:46. > :11:49.Liverpool but still plenty to smile about after a difficult week as the

:11:50. > :12:00.Champions League group stages move ever closer.

:12:01. > :12:06.midfielder Gil-fi Sigurdsson for a fee of around

:12:07. > :12:09.The Iceland international will have a medical today

:12:10. > :12:11.and would become Everton's record signing, beating the 30

:12:12. > :12:13.million pounds they paid Sunderland for goalkeeper

:12:14. > :12:18.The former one day captain Paul Collingwood has criticised the use

:12:19. > :12:20.of the new pink ball for England's historic day-night cricket test

:12:21. > :12:22.against the West Indies at Trent Bridge tomorrow.

:12:23. > :12:25.Collingwood says the ball becomes as soft as plastic after a few overs.

:12:26. > :12:28.One man hoping to get to grips with it is Chris Woakes,

:12:29. > :12:34.available for selection again after being injured.

:12:35. > :12:40.I have not experienced it yet, apart from a training last night was that

:12:41. > :12:45.it could move around a bit after the twilight period. I suppose that is

:12:46. > :12:49.the time to bowl. You might have to bat in those conditions as well stop

:12:50. > :12:52.the more you can get used to using it in the practice sessions, the

:12:53. > :12:57.better for us. It is a bit of an unknown how it will react.

:12:58. > :12:59.Former world number one Maria Sharapova has been handed

:13:00. > :13:02.a wildcard to compete at the US Open She returned from a 15-month

:13:03. > :13:05.doping ban earlier this year, but was denied a wildcard

:13:06. > :13:15.at the French Open, before missing Wimbledon through injury.

:13:16. > :13:26.In 2013, Joy Watson was diagnosed with early-onset dementia.

:13:27. > :13:29.In the wake of the devastating diagnosis she went on to set up

:13:30. > :13:32.a charity in her local area that campaigned to make local businesses

:13:33. > :13:36.But in May this year Joy had her benefits stopped

:13:37. > :13:38.after being assessed for personal independence payments

:13:39. > :13:39.which would have replaced the disability living allowance

:13:40. > :13:48.She and her husband are now left struggling to pay

:13:49. > :13:52.to tribunal, the final stage of appeal which is unlikely to

:13:53. > :13:56.This isn't the first time we're reported on cases like this.

:13:57. > :14:00.Last year our reporter Jim Reed spoke to 59 year old Wendy Mitchell

:14:01. > :14:02.who was diagnosed with early onset dementia in 2014.

:14:03. > :14:05.Her personal independence payments were cut from ?77 a week to nothing.

:14:06. > :14:07.I don't remember the content of the interview, but I remember

:14:08. > :14:10.feeling that I wasn't there very long and the person

:14:11. > :14:15.didn't ask me many questions to help me remember what I was supposed

:14:16. > :14:22.Did you feel they had an understanding of your

:14:23. > :14:30.I felt that they totally lacked any knowledge of dementia whatsoever.

:14:31. > :14:35.And then I got the shocking letter that told me that I was no longer

:14:36. > :14:44.going to get any payment whatsoever and a list of all the things that

:14:45. > :14:50.I was apparently better at than I was 18 months previously,

:14:51. > :14:59.Who wouldn't when they've got dementia?

:15:00. > :15:02.When you received that letter, what went through your head,

:15:03. > :15:13.Oh, well, it just makes you feel so tomorrow lies.

:15:14. > :15:19.I instantly knew that the system is simply broken, because how can

:15:20. > :15:27.they tell me that I'm better than I was when I have deteriorated?

:15:28. > :15:30.Joy and Tony join us now along with their local MP,

:15:31. > :15:36.Labour's Rebecca Long-Bailey, who has taken up the couple's case.

:15:37. > :15:45.Thank you for joining us. As we said, you have been living with

:15:46. > :15:49.Alzheimer's for four years and your work was recognised by David

:15:50. > :15:54.Cameron. Now you have been knocked back for benefits. How are you

:15:55. > :16:00.feeling about all of these things? If I'm honest, quite devastated. I

:16:01. > :16:07.was devastated when I got the diagnosis and this decision has

:16:08. > :16:16.knocked me for six. I'm... I'm quite fearful and upset. How much money

:16:17. > :16:21.have you lost as a result? Basically about ?400 a month. And that

:16:22. > :16:26.includes your carer's allowance? Yes, it is the disability living

:16:27. > :16:31.allowance, a small carer's allowance and help with our council tax. What

:16:32. > :16:40.impact is it having? A huge impact for me. I have got a dementia dog

:16:41. > :16:44.and having to stop her training because I can't afford it. And basic

:16:45. > :16:52.things I was trying hardest to up for my funeral and that has had to

:16:53. > :16:59.go by the board. Everything is just upside down. Tell us more about the

:17:00. > :17:07.assessment that you had. Alzheimer's is a degenerative condition. And you

:17:08. > :17:11.were obviously assessed as having the right to get the benefit but

:17:12. > :17:17.under the reassessment you are found to not need it at all so tell us how

:17:18. > :17:23.that is carried out. We asked for the assessment to be carried out in

:17:24. > :17:28.our own home because it was too stressful for Joy to attend the

:17:29. > :17:32.centre. This lady came into our house and from the way she was

:17:33. > :17:38.talking and sitting and carrying out the conversation we felt she had no

:17:39. > :17:42.practical knowledge of dementia, no actual living experience of working

:17:43. > :17:48.with people with dementia. She was asking practical questions, like

:17:49. > :17:55.what you do from day to day, how you do things, and saying basically that

:17:56. > :18:00.Joy was OK doing various things although we fully explained that I

:18:01. > :18:05.do all the coding now because it is too dangerous for Joy because she

:18:06. > :18:12.forgets to turn the gas on or off and things of that nature -- it I do

:18:13. > :18:20.all the cooking. That came back that she was fully able to cook. Joy is

:18:21. > :18:26.fully able to or that there is somebody in the house who can do it?

:18:27. > :18:32.As a carer, I do things for Joy that she would like to do herself but

:18:33. > :18:38.cannot. The report from the assessor basically said that Joy is able to

:18:39. > :18:48.prepare a meal. Could you do that? No way. On a good day I could maybe

:18:49. > :18:51.make myself a drink. On a bad day I would be looking in the washing

:18:52. > :18:58.machine for the milk and things like that. I have scalded myself and my

:18:59. > :19:05.clumsiness, which was one of the first symptoms, that has

:19:06. > :19:10.deteriorated to the extent where I just knock over things and drop

:19:11. > :19:18.things. One of the reasons cited in the assessment is that you drive

:19:19. > :19:26.sometimes locally. Very rarely. I am assessed on a yearly basis but I'm

:19:27. > :19:32.desperate to keep my license for emergencies. I've got two

:19:33. > :19:37.grandchildren and if there was an emergency or, as has happened in the

:19:38. > :19:43.past, Tony was rushed to A, I feel more confident knowing I can drive.

:19:44. > :19:48.But if I go to any talks or anything I always have my support worker with

:19:49. > :20:03.me and she does all the driving if Tony is unavailable. My friends from

:20:04. > :20:09.Age UK showed me around. Yes, I can drive, but I don't. David Cameron

:20:10. > :20:14.praised you for the way you live with Alzheimer's and the work you

:20:15. > :20:20.have done around people having it to try to make life better for them. Do

:20:21. > :20:30.you feel your positive attitude may have expired? Yes, I do. -- may have

:20:31. > :20:39.backfired. Sometimes I feel, what is the point? I use so much of my

:20:40. > :20:48.energy fighting the dementia that I haven't got any extra energy to

:20:49. > :20:52.fight the system. It does take a lot to get up and think about the

:20:53. > :20:58.people, I feel responsible because of the work I do, I feel

:20:59. > :21:06.responsible, I have a lot of people my age who are now in care homes

:21:07. > :21:12.living with 80, 90-year-old and I feel a responsibility to help people

:21:13. > :21:17.to continue to live well. And it is hard, and this has made it even

:21:18. > :21:24.harder because my future is so uncertain now. I don't know where

:21:25. > :21:28.the bills are going to be paid, I am relying on my son to give me

:21:29. > :21:34.hand-outs. People have said, you can go along to the food banks. Who has

:21:35. > :21:44.said that, anybody in authority? It was somebody from the CCG. I think

:21:45. > :21:49.it was a flippant the mark. That is the clinical commissioning group. We

:21:50. > :21:54.do some work with them with dementia awareness and I was in conversation

:21:55. > :22:04.with them... Best intentions, they were trying to say there are things

:22:05. > :22:12.you can do to help yourself and I go along with that. But it is still a

:22:13. > :22:18.struggle to get up and go to my groups and put on the face, that I'm

:22:19. > :22:24.an ambassador for the Alzheimer's Society, I encourage us all to live

:22:25. > :22:31.well and to have this... Let's bring in your MP, Rebecca Long-Bailey,

:22:32. > :22:36.thank you for joining us. What is your reaction to Joy having her

:22:37. > :22:39.benefits stopped? I was absolutely horrified when she came into the

:22:40. > :22:43.office and told me what has happened. She is so well-known

:22:44. > :22:48.across Salford, everybody speaks highly of her, even just a few weeks

:22:49. > :22:52.ago I had customers in the hairdressers talking to me about the

:22:53. > :22:55.work she has done. She has done a phenomenal work in the community to

:22:56. > :23:00.help people with dementia despite the hardship she is facing and so to

:23:01. > :23:06.hear she has been pushed over the edge by such an unjust decision was

:23:07. > :23:10.absolutely staggering. I think the way the assessment was carried out

:23:11. > :23:15.leaves a lot to be desired and the fact that when Joy appealed the

:23:16. > :23:22.first time she was awarded points score four and when she appealed,

:23:23. > :23:27.they gave the an award of zero. That was the state of affairs and now she

:23:28. > :23:30.is being forced to go to a tribunal which is an extremely stressful

:23:31. > :23:36.situation for anybody to go through, and the fact is it is likely this

:23:37. > :23:41.case, and I hope it will be, overturned. As a constituency MP I

:23:42. > :23:45.have to say this is not a rare case. There have been a number of cases

:23:46. > :23:51.reported to Salford of a similar vein. I was speaking to an

:23:52. > :23:55.organisation gold Salford unemployed resource Centre last week and they

:23:56. > :24:01.told me that 99% of the cases they take to tribunal in relation to

:24:02. > :24:04.assessment are overturned. There is clearly something wrong with the

:24:05. > :24:10.system and it needs to be reviewed urgently which is what I have taken

:24:11. > :24:14.on Joy's case and asked the DWP to look at it urgently and also asked

:24:15. > :24:19.David Gauke to carry out an urgent review into the assessment procedure

:24:20. > :24:23.itself. I want to read a statement from the Department for Work and

:24:24. > :24:28.Pensions. This is part of a wider strategy and policy looking at

:24:29. > :24:32.payments and whether in some cases they are being paid where they

:24:33. > :24:37.should not be. The spokesperson said...

:24:38. > :24:38."Personal Independence Payments take a much

:24:39. > :24:41.wider look at the way someone's health condition or disability

:24:42. > :24:43.impacts them on a daily basis, taking into account all

:24:44. > :24:45.the supporting evidence from someone's GP or medical specialist.

:24:46. > :24:48.Regular reassessments mean we can ensure people with degenerative

:24:49. > :24:55.conditions get the help they need as their condition changes.

:24:56. > :25:03.Do you agree that it is right, in principle, for all the cases to be

:25:04. > :25:06.looked at in the way they are? I don't think anybody can dispute the

:25:07. > :25:12.need for assessment in many cases but it is how is fairly the

:25:13. > :25:16.assessments are carried out and in the case of Joy it clearly wasn't

:25:17. > :25:22.the case. We also need to look at the fact that Alzheimer's and

:25:23. > :25:29.dementia are degenerative emissions so we will not see an improvement --

:25:30. > :25:34.degenerative conditions. Joy will get steadily worse and she will have

:25:35. > :25:38.to manage that going forward. I just want to read a comment on Facebook

:25:39. > :25:46.from someone whose husband knows you. Suzie Preston says her husband

:25:47. > :25:49.was diagnosed with Alzheimer's at 54, it leaves you financially

:25:50. > :25:53.crippled, not able to work, still with mortgages and some people have

:25:54. > :25:57.young children. My husband is frightened they will take his

:25:58. > :26:04.personal independence payment away. It has an impact on the system the

:26:05. > :26:10.Leigh symptoms of his condition. -- on the symptoms of his condition.

:26:11. > :26:17.When you have got the diagnosis of Alzheimer's, how did it change your

:26:18. > :26:21.life? Were you working previously? Yes, ironically I was a carer

:26:22. > :26:27.looking after people with severe dementia as well as MS and other

:26:28. > :26:35.conditions. I had to give up the job I loved and that hit me hard. But it

:26:36. > :26:40.took five or six years to actually get a formal diagnosis. When I got

:26:41. > :26:46.that I just took to the sofa because I know what the future holds. I have

:26:47. > :26:53.looked after people with dementia and I don't know how many years I've

:26:54. > :26:58.got. Some of my friends are in care homes and it hurt to look to the

:26:59. > :27:01.future where my resources are limited and we would not be able to

:27:02. > :27:08.do the things I enjoyed, with support. That changes my whole

:27:09. > :27:16.mindset in a way because as much as I enjoy raising awareness and stuff,

:27:17. > :27:22.I will not be able to afford to take my grandchildren out to lunch, to do

:27:23. > :27:27.the things I want to do. And that could quite easily put me back on

:27:28. > :27:31.the sofa thinking quite suicidal because I know a few years down the

:27:32. > :27:38.line what I might face and I want to make the most of it now. And I do

:27:39. > :27:46.resonate with those people, like what you read, I can relate that

:27:47. > :27:49.completely. And that is why I do what I do because I want to help

:27:50. > :27:57.other people not to have to go through this assessment as I have

:27:58. > :28:02.had to. And if we can bring about change or other people with dementia

:28:03. > :28:08.don't have to experience what I have, I will have done something

:28:09. > :28:15.good. Joy and Tony, thank you, and Rebecca Long-Bailey, thank you. And

:28:16. > :28:19.a quick tweet, saying this is disgraceful, I am crying for this

:28:20. > :28:20.courageous lady and her husband and others affected. Thank you very

:28:21. > :28:21.much. The 40th anniversary of the death

:28:22. > :28:27.of the King of rock n roll has been marked with a candlelit

:28:28. > :28:28.vigil in Graceland. We'll be speaking to Elvis

:28:29. > :28:44.superfans here in the studio. It is 28 minutes past ten and we are

:28:45. > :28:52.turning our attention to Sierra Leone. One local in Freetown has

:28:53. > :28:53.talked about overwhelming devastation in the wake of the

:28:54. > :28:57.deadly mudslide on Monday. Nearly 400 people have been killed

:28:58. > :29:00.and up to 600 more are still missing according to the Red Cross who say

:29:01. > :29:03.they are still struggling to recover The situation is so desperate that

:29:04. > :29:07.a mass burial of victims has been planned to free up space

:29:08. > :29:10.in the region's mortuaries. Let's speak now to some

:29:11. > :29:13.people who are all helping Ishmeal Charles from

:29:14. > :29:16.The Healey International Relief Foundation which helps vulnerable

:29:17. > :29:18.individuals in Sierra Leone. Ramatu Jalloh from

:29:19. > :29:34.Save the Children. You were close to where the mudslide

:29:35. > :29:41.happened and saw people running away. What did you see and what have

:29:42. > :29:46.people told you? We were on our way on a mission to another district and

:29:47. > :29:51.we used the route where the mudslide took place. The morning there was

:29:52. > :30:00.very heavy rain and basically what we observed on our trip was a woman

:30:01. > :30:04.running towards the main road crying and gesticulating. She approached

:30:05. > :30:07.another woman who was on a bike in front of us. They had a brief

:30:08. > :30:12.conversation and the next thing we saw was this woman crying.

:30:13. > :30:18.Immediately after that another man came running towards our vehicle

:30:19. > :30:24.informing us, he simply said, thousands have been lost, this is

:30:25. > :30:29.desperate. It was at this point we realised something had happened. We

:30:30. > :30:31.contacted our office and informed them that something was wrong

:30:32. > :30:35.because we could not actually see the site and it was not too long

:30:36. > :30:41.after we found out that a landslide had taken place.

:30:42. > :30:48.What is it like there now? People are still buried. Extraordinary,

:30:49. > :30:54.people are being pulled out alive. This is all just very recent, just

:30:55. > :31:00.happening on Monday. How are people reacting? What are conditions like?

:31:01. > :31:07.We have been lucky. Since yesterday we have had no rain. That is pretty

:31:08. > :31:11.unusual for this time of year. That will not necessarily hamper relief

:31:12. > :31:17.efforts or the excavation efforts going on on site. Field workers were

:31:18. > :31:20.on the site yesterday. One of them describe the horrific smell, which

:31:21. > :31:24.is quite frightening really, and the fact that people are still feeling

:31:25. > :31:30.quite desperate about the situation. I think really, there is some level

:31:31. > :31:33.of hope among the communities living in the area, hoping some of their

:31:34. > :31:38.neighbours and friends will be rescued. But also there is some

:31:39. > :31:45.concern that, as the days go by, the level of hope will dwindle. What

:31:46. > :31:56.have you been seeing of people actually being pulled out alive?

:31:57. > :32:10.Especially at the centre where the mudslide actually took place.

:32:11. > :32:16.Definitely there are no survivors underneath that slide. For obvious

:32:17. > :32:22.reasons, the weight and the force the mud came down with was so heavy

:32:23. > :32:28.to a point that, if people had survived it was only for a few

:32:29. > :32:36.minutes. Then they were crushed Jude to the weight. There have been

:32:37. > :32:43.testimonies, people speaking. One woman went to a neighbouring house

:32:44. > :32:51.to stay with a friend. Eventually she slept in a friend's house. That

:32:52. > :32:54.is how she was saved for that if her family who wanted to get back to see

:32:55. > :32:58.her in the morning and there was no one in the house anymore. A family

:32:59. > :33:06.man travelled to the province and came back to Freetown and there was

:33:07. > :33:09.no house anymore and no family members. It is that kind of

:33:10. > :33:14.desperate situation where there is really no one who survived who was

:33:15. > :33:25.in any of those buildings at the time. What is your organisation

:33:26. > :33:31.doing to help? Street Child has been on the ground pretty much from day

:33:32. > :33:35.one. We realise the immediate need for a response. Some of the families

:33:36. > :33:46.being displaced lost everything. No food and water available. We would

:33:47. > :33:53.be providing basic food rations and water for the victims who have been

:33:54. > :33:57.displaced. I went with the Street Child team just after we launched

:33:58. > :34:03.our flood release appeal for the international money is flooding in.

:34:04. > :34:11.Some of these centres, the stories are horrific, as you can imagine.

:34:12. > :34:16.One lady who the team was working with was inconsolable. She had

:34:17. > :34:23.injuries on her arms and her face. She was eating the food we were

:34:24. > :34:32.handing out. My team later managed to calm her down and she explained

:34:33. > :34:36.her story. Unfortunately she had lost all her children and her

:34:37. > :34:44.husband. There are some really difficult stories. Street Charges

:34:45. > :34:50.tried to do what it can. What are the immediate priorities for your

:34:51. > :34:55.charity? At Save the Children, the priority is to support government

:34:56. > :34:59.with the response. They have been working with the office of National

:35:00. > :35:02.Security, linking with the Ministry of social welfare, which is in the

:35:03. > :35:08.process of leading a registration process in what I will describe as

:35:09. > :35:13.the red zone areas. The aim of that was to try to identify displaced

:35:14. > :35:18.families and children, the deaths. The families who have lost

:35:19. > :35:20.everything and those who had suffered household damage as a

:35:21. > :35:25.result of the flooding that took place. We are also now looking at

:35:26. > :35:28.doing assessments with regards to these schools and centres the where

:35:29. > :35:35.the families and children are being placed at the moment. We are also

:35:36. > :35:39.looking at possibly supporting the children, whose families have lost

:35:40. > :35:46.everything with regards to preparing them to go back to school. These are

:35:47. > :35:48.some of the issues we will be working around now. Thank you all

:35:49. > :36:01.very much. Thank you. We will be speaking to a Nigerian

:36:02. > :36:05.LGBT activist who was granted asylum.

:36:06. > :36:07.Today marks the anniversary of 40 years since the death of Elvis,

:36:08. > :36:10.with fans marking the occasion with a candlelit vigil in Graceland.

:36:11. > :36:16.We'll be speaking to some of his superfans in the studio.

:36:17. > :36:21.With the news, here's Rebecca in the BBC Newsroom.

:36:22. > :36:23.The Government has said it does not want border posts

:36:24. > :36:25.between Northern Ireland and the Republic following Brexit.

:36:26. > :36:28.A document - to be published this lunchtime -

:36:29. > :36:31.will say that ministers want a "seamless" border so people

:36:32. > :36:36.But Brexit critics say there are no credible details on how an open

:36:37. > :36:43.Donald Trump has faced renewed criticism from within his own

:36:44. > :36:46.Republican party by again blaming both sides involved in the clashes

:36:47. > :36:53.The US President appeared to distance himself from his own

:36:54. > :36:56.statement a day earlier in which he condemned white

:36:57. > :37:00.supremacists who had marched in Charlottesville.

:37:01. > :37:03.In his latest news conference, he also blamed left-wing supporters

:37:04. > :37:07.for charging at the so-called "alt-right".

:37:08. > :37:10.The latest unemployment figures are out and the the jobless rate

:37:11. > :37:17.The number of people out of work in the UK fell by 57,000

:37:18. > :37:19.in the three months to June, bringing the jobless

:37:20. > :37:25.rate down to 4.4% - its lowest since 1975.

:37:26. > :37:27.Average weekly earnings were up by 2.1% compared with a year ago.

:37:28. > :37:29.However, when compared to the rate of inflation,

:37:30. > :37:39.A leading consultant has told this programme that

:37:40. > :37:42.vaginal mesh implants, which are given to women to help

:37:43. > :37:44.deal with bladder incontinence and pelvic organ prolapse,

:37:45. > :37:51.Earlier this year, this programme revealed that hundreds of women

:37:52. > :37:53.are living with chronic pain and complications after

:37:54. > :37:57.A recent report by NHS England has called for better reporting

:37:58. > :38:00.of problems and increased knowledge sharing, but has not recommended

:38:01. > :38:12.I think the time has come for all mesh procedures to be

:38:13. > :38:16.stopped and we need to go back and re-evaluate all the data,

:38:17. > :38:19.go back to all the women who have been affected and really

:38:20. > :38:26.And we need to do, there is a lot more science of it that needs to be

:38:27. > :38:29.done and also a lot more uptake and belief in the women who have

:38:30. > :38:34.The biggest warship ever built for the Royal Navy -

:38:35. > :38:38.the aircraft carrier, HMS Queen Elizabeth -

:38:39. > :38:41.is entering her home port of Portsmouth for the first time.

:38:42. > :38:43.The 65,000-tonne ship has been undergoing sea trials

:38:44. > :38:50.since setting sail from Rosyth shipyard in Scotland in June.

:38:51. > :38:53.The ship is 280 metres long, and her flight deck is big enough

:38:54. > :39:04.She's expected to be the Navy's flagship for the next 50 years.

:39:05. > :39:13.That is a summary of the latest news.

:39:14. > :39:22.Now for the sport. Liverpool beat Hoffenheim 2-1 in the Champions

:39:23. > :39:30.League first leg play-off as they bid to reach the group save stages.

:39:31. > :39:36.Jurgen Klopp's side went ahead. Hoffenheim pulled one back on 87

:39:37. > :39:42.minutes to ensure a nervy second leg at Anfield next week. The Champions

:39:43. > :39:49.League qualifiers continued tonight. Celtic host Astana at Celtic Park in

:39:50. > :39:52.the first leg play-off. Elsewhere, Joanna Konta is preparing welcome

:39:53. > :40:03.the warm up event for the US Open. She is through to the third round of

:40:04. > :40:09.the Cincinnati open. Joe Pavey says she wants to defend her European

:40:10. > :40:14.10,000 metres title next year, a month before her 45th birthday. She

:40:15. > :40:18.missed the athletics champions in fashion bitch and ships in London

:40:19. > :40:22.through injury and says she has no plans to retire.

:40:23. > :40:25.After a 13-year legal battle, the Home Office has now granted

:40:26. > :40:27.refugee status to a Nigerian LGBT activist, who was accused

:40:28. > :40:30.of faking her sexuality in order to stay in the UK.

:40:31. > :40:33.Aderonke Apata says she knew she was gay from the age of 16

:40:34. > :40:37.She fled for her life and arrived in the UK in 2004,

:40:38. > :40:40.but did not claim asylum on the grounds of her

:40:41. > :40:48.When she did file that claim, the Home Office

:40:49. > :40:50.considered she was lying about being in a lesbian

:40:51. > :40:52.relationship but now, after a public and high-profile legal fight,

:40:53. > :40:56.the Home Office have granted her refugee status.

:40:57. > :40:58.Aderonke is joining us for her first TV interview

:40:59. > :41:10.Thank you very much for joining us. Take us back to your childhood in

:41:11. > :41:15.Nigeria, when you knew you were gay and you say you were persecuted.

:41:16. > :41:22.What happened? Thank you for having me. When I was growing up in

:41:23. > :41:28.Nigeria, I have always known I was a lesbian, I was different. I did not

:41:29. > :41:32.know the name for what I was and that made it difficult for me. I

:41:33. > :41:41.could not tell anybody about what I was going through. As time went by I

:41:42. > :41:46.realise I was attracted to these same-sex women and that led to so

:41:47. > :41:53.many things which made me flee Nigeria for the UK. What happened in

:41:54. > :42:01.terms of you being persecuted in Nigeria? So many things happen. I

:42:02. > :42:10.was accused of witchcraft and it was just toxic. I've found it difficult

:42:11. > :42:16.myself to express myself as a lesbian in an environment that was

:42:17. > :42:21.quite homophobic. So toxic for people to live in. You decided to

:42:22. > :42:27.leave your country because of your sexuality. I think initially you

:42:28. > :42:31.headed for Canada but were barred from going there, so you stayed in

:42:32. > :42:36.this country. You did not immediately claim asylum on grounds

:42:37. > :42:42.of your sexuality, why was that? Yell AI was on my way to Canada

:42:43. > :42:47.before I was stopped here in the UK. I could not discuss my sexuality

:42:48. > :42:53.with anybody because it is something I have never, never spoken to

:42:54. > :42:57.anybody about. I was also arrested in Nigeria. I did not know how to

:42:58. > :43:05.tell the authorities. I could not talk about it. I did not know

:43:06. > :43:10.sexuality was basis for asylum. I did not have a clue about it. That

:43:11. > :43:16.is why it took that long for me to talk about my sexuality. I have been

:43:17. > :43:23.living in the closet for many years of my life. It was difficult for me

:43:24. > :43:31.to talk about. When you came here, what status where you living under?

:43:32. > :43:39.Can you repeat that question? When I arrived, I did claim asylum based on

:43:40. > :43:44.a little -- religion. Based on my religion back home, I was allowed to

:43:45. > :43:49.stay in the country whilst my application was going on. That is

:43:50. > :43:54.what was happening until it came to the point where I was refused

:43:55. > :44:01.totally. I knew going back home was going to be a thing of life and

:44:02. > :44:06.death. I went underground and that is how I lived until 2012 when I

:44:07. > :44:11.claimed asylum, based on my sexuality. At that point, the Home

:44:12. > :44:20.Office contested the argument you put forward on the grounds of your

:44:21. > :44:26.sexuality. What argument to date give? It was always saying I was

:44:27. > :44:31.lying and it was a publicity stunt, wanting to remain in the UK. I find

:44:32. > :44:40.that there are difficult to agree with. When I was in Nigeria, I was

:44:41. > :44:44.doing well, really well. I would not know why I would want to stay in the

:44:45. > :44:50.UK by having to lie about my sexuality. I did not have the need

:44:51. > :44:56.to do that. That is what I was trying to say to them. It was

:44:57. > :45:02.because Nigeria was not safe for me to stay in, based on my sexuality

:45:03. > :45:10.and the persecution I would face. How did you feel, not being believed

:45:11. > :45:16.in that way? Yell AI was so sad, angry and bitter. I did not know how

:45:17. > :45:27.to put the case across to them until I was able to get a legal team. Also

:45:28. > :45:35.number five chambers. They looked into the case and said this case has

:45:36. > :45:42.never been properly from day one. They were able to turn it around.

:45:43. > :45:49.You had a lot of support from high profile witnesses. You they do now

:45:50. > :45:54.have refugee status. How do you feel now that everything is settled and

:45:55. > :45:59.out there in the open? I would like to take this opportunity to say

:46:00. > :46:05.thank you to everyone who has supported me, including Lord

:46:06. > :46:09.Elizabeth Barker, Peter Tatchell, my very good friend Jason, who is

:46:10. > :46:16.always there for me, and so many other people. I cannot remember all

:46:17. > :46:20.the names of people. It was a high-profile campaign. I'm grateful

:46:21. > :46:28.to everybody who supported me. I am glad that I am here and I say. At

:46:29. > :46:31.the same time I am angry. There are so many others like me who are

:46:32. > :46:36.facing the same problem and not being believed still going through

:46:37. > :46:52.the system. I think the system needs to change. Thank you joining us.

:46:53. > :46:55.We do not routinely comment on individual cases.

:46:56. > :46:58.The Home Office does not and would never ask for an applicant

:46:59. > :47:00.to produce video proof of their sexuality.This Government

:47:01. > :47:02.has a proud record of providing protection for asylum seekers

:47:03. > :47:04.fleeing persecution because their sexual orientation

:47:05. > :47:06.or gender identity and remains committed to improving the asylum

:47:07. > :47:09.process for those claiming asylum on the basis of their sexual

:47:10. > :47:12.We have worked closely with NGOs and the UN High Commissioner

:47:13. > :47:14.for Refugees to develop dedicated guidance and training

:47:15. > :47:17.A leading consultant has told this programme that

:47:18. > :47:20.vaginal mesh implants, which are given to women to help

:47:21. > :47:22.deal with bladder incontinence and pelvic organ prolapse,

:47:23. > :47:25.A recent report by NHS England has called for better

:47:26. > :47:28.reporting of problems and increased knowledge sharing,

:47:29. > :47:34.but has not recommended discontinuing use of the mesh.

:47:35. > :47:36.Consultant uro-gynaecological surgeon Dr Sohier Elneil

:47:37. > :47:39.said a halt to using the implants was needed now, while further

:47:40. > :47:49.I think the time has come for all mesh procedures to be

:47:50. > :47:52.stopped and we need to go back and re-evaluate all the data,

:47:53. > :47:54.go back to all the women who have been affected and really

:47:55. > :48:01.And we need to do, there is a lot more science of it that needs to be

:48:02. > :48:04.done and also a lot more uptake and belief in the women who have

:48:05. > :48:16.I said you had carried out hundreds of removals, do you still put them

:48:17. > :48:20.in? No, we have unusual situations where there are certain women for

:48:21. > :48:25.whom there is no other possibility that the key is that you speak to

:48:26. > :48:31.women and give them the options and discuss them fully. That is quite

:48:32. > :48:36.critical in this current situation. But given that I have done so many

:48:37. > :48:39.removals, increasingly so in the last five to seven years, it is

:48:40. > :48:43.increasingly difficult to even think about putting them in.

:48:44. > :48:45.After saying he would rather slash his wrists than play

:48:46. > :48:49.Last night on the US chat chat The Late Show,

:48:50. > :48:51.Daniel Craig told host Stephen Colbert that he would

:48:52. > :48:53.return as the iconic 007 for the 27th James Bond film.

:48:54. > :49:09.The first time, Casino Royale, everyone said

:49:10. > :49:19.I would see another Daniel Craig James Bond movie in a minute.

:49:20. > :49:23.Now, you've been reported to have accepted the role

:49:24. > :49:27.In the New York Times, back in July, they said that you are going to be

:49:28. > :49:31.People have been asking about it all day.

:49:32. > :49:38.I've been doing interviews all day and people have been asking me

:49:39. > :49:41.and I think I've been rather coy, but I kind of felt like, you know,

:49:42. > :49:45.if I was going to speak the truth, I should speak the truth to you.

:49:46. > :49:51.Daniel Craig, we could use some good news here.

:49:52. > :49:56.Daniel Craig, will you return as James Bond?

:49:57. > :50:00.Listen, so is this the last Bond, can you tell me if you're

:50:01. > :50:10.I just want to go out on a high note and I can't wait.

:50:11. > :50:18.He can't wait, he has changed! Anna Smith joins us. He said he would

:50:19. > :50:23.rather cut his wrists than do it but are you happy he has changed his

:50:24. > :50:25.mind? I think a lot of people are, I'm not that thrilled. I thought

:50:26. > :50:31.perhaps quit when you're ahead, it was time for him in the franchise to

:50:32. > :50:37.move on but he is a solid pair of hands and showed he is very adept at

:50:38. > :50:40.the role. He was brilliant in Skyfall so let's hope he delivers

:50:41. > :50:46.another winner. How does it compare to the other ones? He is very much

:50:47. > :50:52.action man, this gritty action packed style, he was great at the

:50:53. > :50:57.combat scenes. Perhaps not as funny, the likes of Roger Moore and Sean

:50:58. > :51:01.Connery and Pierce Brosnan had more of that smooth guy element and did

:51:02. > :51:05.the humour well so it will be interesting to see if we have a

:51:06. > :51:09.funny a James Bond moving forward. Is there any reason he can't keep

:51:10. > :51:15.going on if he wants? Who knows? Maybe we go through the same thing

:51:16. > :51:21.every time but are these decisions within the gift of the actor who is

:51:22. > :51:25.ultimately written the choice? It is a huge negotiation process which is

:51:26. > :51:29.why it has taken so long for him to make the announcement himself. A lot

:51:30. > :51:33.of money involved and politics and of course you think about the future

:51:34. > :51:36.of the franchise, it depends on which director is involved and what

:51:37. > :51:40.their plans and feelings are about what kind of James Bond they want.

:51:41. > :51:47.It makes sense to refresh it every few years I think. It is a franchise

:51:48. > :51:51.that has been going for a long time. How much has changed within the

:51:52. > :51:57.James Bond movies to get date with modern day issues around equality

:51:58. > :52:03.and everything else? We have seen over the years he has become a bit

:52:04. > :52:07.less of a womaniser. He still has that smooth guy touch but they have

:52:08. > :52:11.moved on from this terribly sexist James Bond of the 1970s. I was not

:52:12. > :52:16.thrilled by his attitude to women in the recent films but it has moved on

:52:17. > :52:19.and I don't think there are as many horrible racial stereotypes as we

:52:20. > :52:22.used to seem so things have moved a bit with the times but it is still

:52:23. > :52:25.the old school. It is, thank you very much.

:52:26. > :52:28.Today marks the 40th anniversary of the death of the bestselling solo

:52:29. > :52:30.artist of all time - Elvis Presley.

:52:31. > :52:33.The 'king' enjoyed worldwide sales of around one billion but at the age

:52:34. > :52:36.of 42 he was found unresponsive on the floor of the bathroom

:52:37. > :52:41.The coroner recorded an official verdict of cardiac arrhythmia,

:52:42. > :52:43.widely thought to have been caused by an overdose of

:52:44. > :52:48.For many the memory of the man lives on and they celebrate his life

:52:49. > :52:50.listening to his music, buying memorabilia and even

:52:51. > :52:53.performing as him and thousands of people are expected to flock

:52:54. > :52:56.to his Memphis home to pay tribute and hold a vigil.

:52:57. > :53:01.Let's speak now to Paul Hyu, or Chinese Elvis.

:53:02. > :53:08.He has done between 800 and 1,000 performances impersonating Elvis.

:53:09. > :53:11.Debbie Evans, has been a fan of Elvis since she was six years old

:53:12. > :53:14.and loves him so much she regularly travels to Memphis and even has

:53:15. > :53:26.What do you say? For ever and Elvis Presley.

:53:27. > :53:29.Steve and Michele Bloomfield who run The Elvis Radio show,

:53:30. > :53:47.Welcome all of you. You are all Elvis super fans, you have the

:53:48. > :53:52.tattoo, Debbie, why did you get that and why do you love him? I had it

:53:53. > :53:57.for my 50th birthday, I just love Elvis so much. I have grown up with

:53:58. > :54:03.him since the age of six when my mum played the music and he has become

:54:04. > :54:07.part of my life will stop he is a family member more than anything.

:54:08. > :54:15.And you have a picture of him next to your bed rather than your

:54:16. > :54:20.husband! Yes! He is used to it! Paul, it is fair to say you describe

:54:21. > :54:26.yourself as an actor more than a super fan? I think that is fair to

:54:27. > :54:30.say. I'm an actor, but if I take my glasses off, the viewers might see

:54:31. > :54:37.that I'm Chinese Elvis, that is the name of the act. I think I'm

:54:38. > :54:41.creating a bit of TV history because I think I'm the first Elvis

:54:42. > :54:48.impersonator to appear personally with grey hair but also his own

:54:49. > :54:52.facial hair, the remnants of a goatee beard I've had for a role.

:54:53. > :54:59.This is what you can Elvis would have looked like if he was 15 and

:55:00. > :55:05.Chinese? That's exactly it. -- if he was 50. I have been doing Elvis much

:55:06. > :55:11.like every other was apart from that I was Chinese Elvis and there is

:55:12. > :55:16.powered by that you had to do your best to look like him and perform

:55:17. > :55:24.the songs in the same style. When I got 242, the age he was he died, I

:55:25. > :55:33.felt I was free of that now. Because I either quit, which many Elvis

:55:34. > :55:41.impersonators have to consider, ... It must be a lot of fun. Steve and

:55:42. > :55:48.Michelle, you run a radio show. You met... At an Elvis festival. What is

:55:49. > :55:55.it about him? The same as Debbie, we were brought up with Elvis music

:55:56. > :56:00.with my mum and auntie. He was just so talented, so underrated as an

:56:01. > :56:05.artist, the biggest artist there has ever been and there will be never be

:56:06. > :56:08.anyone like him. It is exceptional obviously that someone who has been

:56:09. > :56:16.dead a long time is still having an enormous impact on the lives of a

:56:17. > :56:21.lot of people. People like his music but don't celebrate it in the way

:56:22. > :56:25.that you do so what is so special about it? It is the versatility and

:56:26. > :56:31.range of his voice, it is fantastic. Do you ever get sick of it? No! We

:56:32. > :56:37.do the show every week and we are doing one when we get home today.

:56:38. > :56:41.Michelle, it is a 50 hour tribute you're doing. We gutted on the

:56:42. > :56:48.weekend starting on Friday night. -- we have got it at the weekend. Will

:56:49. > :56:53.that just be a lot of his music on repeat? It is in sections, a live

:56:54. > :57:03.show on Friday and on Saturday but in between there will be 50s, 60s,

:57:04. > :57:07.70s, live, studio outtakes. How much is on repeat, how much can you play

:57:08. > :57:11.without repeating? We can go the whole weekend. There will be a few

:57:12. > :57:16.tracks repeated but different versions but we could go the whole

:57:17. > :57:24.weekend without playing the same song. Debbie, you go to Graceland...

:57:25. > :57:28.Every year, 12 years now. It is absolutely wonderful. It is

:57:29. > :57:33.different to what people think it is. Graceland is quite small, it is

:57:34. > :57:38.not a massive house come up but when you get there, you have got friends

:57:39. > :57:44.there although you don't know people because you will walk up in the

:57:45. > :57:48.morning, go to the meditation garden and you can sit by Elvis's grave.

:57:49. > :57:53.That is your only connection with complete strangers but you feel you

:57:54. > :57:57.are among friends? I have so many friends I have made from going to

:57:58. > :58:01.Memphis every year. We all have something in common, we all love

:58:02. > :58:09.Elvis Presley. What is his legacy for you? That I love him completely.

:58:10. > :58:11.And he will always be in my heart. Thank you all very much for joining

:58:12. > :58:14.us. Lovely to have you. Have a lovely afternoon. I will see

:58:15. > :58:32.you tomorrow. Goodbye. Do you think Lula Landry

:58:33. > :58:45.was murdered and we messed up

:58:46. > :58:49.the investigation?