25/08/2017

:00:15. > :00:22.Convoys of lorries controlled by one driver will be tested on England's

:00:23. > :00:29.motorways. Up to three lorries will be connected by wireless technology.

:00:30. > :00:33.Is it safe? To reassure people, we will start with a whole range of

:00:34. > :00:40.trials, and carefully staged off-road testing that will allow is

:00:41. > :00:44.to assess what we have done to give us the confidence it will work in

:00:45. > :00:47.the UK. We'll have details on how the scheme will work. Women who have

:00:48. > :00:50.left the Armed Forces say the government isn't doing enough to

:00:51. > :00:53.help them with mental health problems. You are not capable of

:00:54. > :00:59.doing the job you absolutely love. And then you get discharged. And

:01:00. > :01:03.then they tell you, it's OK, you have these injuries. When you get

:01:04. > :01:09.out you will have this compensation and have this money and this

:01:10. > :01:12.support. And you get none of it. We will have the full report shortly.

:01:13. > :01:20.Get in touch if you have experience of this. And...

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:01:37. > :01:39.be joined in the studio by Charlie XCX.

:01:40. > :01:42.Welcome to the programme, we're live until 11 this morning.

:01:43. > :01:45.We'd love to hear from you this morning if you're a lorry driver.

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:01:49. > :01:50.Please also get in touch with your questions for Charlie XCX.

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:01:59. > :02:00.Use the hashtag Victoria live and if you text,

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:02:05. > :02:10.Wi-Fi controlled convoys of lorries could be on major British roads by

:02:11. > :02:13.the end of next year as part of a plan to cut emissions and reduce

:02:14. > :02:18.congestion. The Department for Transport says up to three

:02:19. > :02:22.wirelessly connected HGVs will travel together with drivers in each

:02:23. > :02:26.to steer, but the speed will be controlled by the lead vehicle. The

:02:27. > :02:28.AA says it has major concerns about the safety of the idea. Andy Gill

:02:29. > :02:31.reports. They call it platooning,

:02:32. > :02:33.trucks travelling in Wi-Fi connected convoy with much less space

:02:34. > :02:35.between them than normal. This Dutch project

:02:36. > :02:37.is with two vehicles. A trial just announced

:02:38. > :02:42.here will be with three. It would be more efficient,

:02:43. > :02:47.take up less space on the network, improve fuel efficiency

:02:48. > :02:52.and hopefully help improve costs Each lorry has a driver,

:02:53. > :02:58.but the lead cab has control. To think about how three trucks can

:02:59. > :03:03.travel down a road in a platoon, imagine that the lead truck

:03:04. > :03:08.is a giant Wi-Fi hub, sending out signals on the precise

:03:09. > :03:12.distances and speeds the two And the Wi-Fi on the trailing two

:03:13. > :03:18.trucks can react much more quickly The funding announcement was made

:03:19. > :03:26.at a Lancashire truck factory. Researchers say because vehicles

:03:27. > :03:31.in platoon are in each other's slipstream, fuel

:03:32. > :03:34.consumption and pollution fall. But one road user's

:03:35. > :03:37.body is sceptical. UK motorways are the most

:03:38. > :03:39.congested in Europe. And if you have a platoon

:03:40. > :03:46.of driverless lorries, it's very It will be difficult

:03:47. > :03:52.to exit the motorway. There will be rigorous safety

:03:53. > :03:54.checks before any platoons They will compare real delivery

:03:55. > :04:01.journeys made by platoon trucks with ones made

:04:02. > :04:03.in the traditional way. Our reporter Lewis

:04:04. > :04:10.Vaughan Jones is here. Lewis, tell us more

:04:11. > :04:17.about how this could work. People will be watching and thinking

:04:18. > :04:21.about safety. This is either an exciting prospect or slightly

:04:22. > :04:25.disconcerting, depending on where you come from. As a driver, but not

:04:26. > :04:28.a lorry driver, driving along the road, you will see banks,

:04:29. > :04:34.essentially like railway carriages passing through. As you heard, it

:04:35. > :04:38.could block road signs. That might seem inconvenient, but what if it

:04:39. > :04:42.blocks your exit? And it's also about driver reaction. Could we see

:04:43. > :04:48.drivers speeding up to try to get around them, or braking suddenly and

:04:49. > :04:52.the human driver behind not having the reactions of computers and

:04:53. > :04:55.safety concerns over that. And even cutting in between the lorries.

:04:56. > :04:59.That's something in the tests they will look at to see what the

:05:00. > :05:03.appropriate distance is. These are not the first tests, there have been

:05:04. > :05:09.tests in places like Texas with big open roads and long distances. The

:05:10. > :05:12.issue is that conditions in the UK are very different, lots of exits on

:05:13. > :05:19.the motorway with shorter distances. The technology company say that when

:05:20. > :05:23.they carry out the tests they will test the specific UK road conditions

:05:24. > :05:28.and the reactions of drivers and others around them, and as we heard

:05:29. > :05:30.from Andy we should hear this being on the road in test form by the end

:05:31. > :05:34.of 2018. Annita McVeigh is in the BBC

:05:35. > :05:43.newsroom with a summary South Wales Police missed a number

:05:44. > :05:47.of opportunities to bring convicted paedophile Ian Watkins to justice

:05:48. > :05:50.sooner. An investigation by the police watchdog has found. The

:05:51. > :05:55.Independent Police Complaints Commission says that from 2008 the

:05:56. > :05:56.force failed to act on allegations made by seven people about the then

:05:57. > :06:06.lead singer of the Lostprophets. The public face of Ian Watkins

:06:07. > :06:09.was that of a global star. Privately, he was a child

:06:10. > :06:11.abuser whose behaviour, in the words of the judge

:06:12. > :06:14.who sentenced him, "plumbed His eventual arrest in 2012,

:06:15. > :06:17.initially for drug offences, came The police watchdog, the IPCC,

:06:18. > :06:25.found disturbing failures in the way South Wales Police

:06:26. > :06:27.responded to complaints. The main complainant was his former

:06:28. > :06:29.partner, Joanne Mjadzelics. The IPCC says a lack

:06:30. > :06:31.of open-mindedness meant Between December 2008 and June 2012,

:06:32. > :06:41.six people raised concerns. It led to eighth reports and three

:06:42. > :06:50.intelligence logs. In that time, Watkins was not

:06:51. > :06:52.arrested, questioned, or required South Wales Police admit they failed

:06:53. > :06:56.to listen or investigate properly A disciplinary hearing has cleared

:06:57. > :07:02.a detective sergeant Last week, the IPCC also accused

:07:03. > :07:06.the South Yorkshire force of inaction in investigating

:07:07. > :07:08.Watkins. He is now four years

:07:09. > :07:10.into a 29-year jail sentence. Today's report highlights major

:07:11. > :07:12.shortcomings that allowed him to lead a sickening double life

:07:13. > :07:24.for so long. The billionaire vice-chairman of

:07:25. > :07:28.Samsung has been found guilty of bribery and embezzlement and

:07:29. > :07:32.sentenced to five years in prison. Jay Y Lee was accused of making

:07:33. > :07:38.inappropriate donations worth around $6 million to the close confidant of

:07:39. > :07:41.the country's former President Park in exchange for government favours.

:07:42. > :07:46.Those accusations also helped trigger the dismissal of the

:07:47. > :07:49.president from office. The Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson has said a

:07:50. > :07:55.US presidential visit to Britain is more likely in 2018 than this year.

:07:56. > :07:58.Previously he has said he sees no reason to rescind the invitation to

:07:59. > :08:02.Donald Trump for a state visit although no date had been fixed and

:08:03. > :08:06.all mention of the trip was left out of the Queen's Speech. Radical

:08:07. > :08:08.action is needed to help Radical action is needed to help

:08:09. > :08:15.integrate immigrants into society, In a new report, the

:08:16. > :08:18.All-Party-Parliamentary Group on 'Social Integration' warns

:08:19. > :08:20.that the immigration debate It's renewing calls

:08:21. > :08:23.for the government to make The Home Office says it already

:08:24. > :08:26.funds community cohesion projects, Women who've left the armed forces

:08:27. > :08:30.have told this programme the government is not doing

:08:31. > :08:32.enough to support them Campaigners have told us there's

:08:33. > :08:37.a 'hidden' population of ex-service women who are suffering similar

:08:38. > :08:41.problems to male veterans - such as post-traumatic stress,

:08:42. > :08:44.substance misuse and unemployment - but no-one knows how many there are,

:08:45. > :08:49.or where they live. The Thai Supreme Court has

:08:50. > :08:53.issued an arrest warrant for the former prime minister,

:08:54. > :08:56.Yingluck Shinawatra, after she failed to turn up

:08:57. > :09:08.for the verdict in her criminal sources close to her party say she

:09:09. > :09:11.made the decision to leave Thailand unexpectedly shortly before the

:09:12. > :09:14.verdict was delivered. It's not clear which country she is now in.

:09:15. > :09:16.Texas is bracing itself for Hurricane Harvey,

:09:17. > :09:19.which could be the worst storm to hit the US mainland in 12 years.

:09:20. > :09:22.The category-three storm is expected to make landfall along the state's

:09:23. > :09:25.There are concerns that torrential rain could bring life-threatening

:09:26. > :09:39.That's a summary of the latest BBC News - more at 9.30.

:09:40. > :09:45.You are already getting in touch with us about Wi-Fi controlled

:09:46. > :09:50.lorries. Anthony asks on Facebook, what would happen if the leading

:09:51. > :09:53.lorry was involved in an accident or had a blow out? Or drivers in the

:09:54. > :09:58.other lorries take control quickly enough? That's exactly the point I

:09:59. > :10:04.put to the man behind this technology and we will play that

:10:05. > :10:08.interview at around 9:30am. You will get an answer to that question. If

:10:09. > :10:14.you have any other questions about these Wi-Fi controlled lorries, get

:10:15. > :10:19.in touch. If you do text you will be charged that stand at the standard

:10:20. > :10:21.network rate. Women who've left the Armed Forces

:10:22. > :10:23.have told this programme the Government is not doing enough

:10:24. > :10:26.to support them with Around 10% of those

:10:27. > :10:29.exiting the Army, the Navy and the Royal Air Force are women,

:10:30. > :10:32.but we've heard a far lower proportion are accessing

:10:33. > :10:34.available help than men, Campaigners have told us there's

:10:35. > :10:37.a hidden population of ex-service women who are suffering similar

:10:38. > :10:40.problems to male veterans, such as post-traumatic stress,

:10:41. > :10:43.substance misuse and unemployment, but no-one knows how many

:10:44. > :10:47.there are or where they live. We've been to see the work of one

:10:48. > :10:50.of the few charities providing I am Denise Kidger, and I served

:10:51. > :11:06.22-and-a-half years in the Army. Afghanistan a couple

:11:07. > :11:10.of times, Germany, Cyprus, Falklands, Northern Ireland,

:11:11. > :11:19.Bosnia three times. It was tough because you were

:11:20. > :11:23.a woman but you had to act like a man and so I find it quite

:11:24. > :11:27.tough outside, mentally, The PTSD is a weird one,

:11:28. > :11:47.because sometimes at first you don't understand,

:11:48. > :11:50.you just think something's not right, why am I -

:11:51. > :11:53.why do I not want to go out Why is it such a struggle

:11:54. > :11:58.to get out of bed? You have nightmares,

:11:59. > :12:01.you have flashbacks. And I've got this anger that I've

:12:02. > :12:04.never had in my life. I keep myself to myself now,

:12:05. > :12:08.whereas I've always I've always had a life and soul

:12:09. > :12:13.of the party kind of thing. I thought the best thing to do

:12:14. > :12:16.was stay in the house and not engage and then I was introduced to Forward

:12:17. > :12:28.Assist. What we found was the women felt

:12:29. > :12:31.that they weren't represented in the charity sector so it was very

:12:32. > :12:34.male-orientated and and So we do consultation

:12:35. > :12:37.sessions to find out We offer a lot of one-to-one support

:12:38. > :12:44.and we also do female-only You're crawling in a black

:12:45. > :12:57.pit and you're trying to get out sort of thing,

:12:58. > :13:00.know what I mean. Sometimes you get out and you walk

:13:01. > :13:03.around and you think I'm normal. Ah, that's not me, that's

:13:04. > :13:10.somebody else sort of thing. It's been left to the charities

:13:11. > :13:27.and I think it's a disgrace that the MoD, you know,

:13:28. > :13:30.we are prepared to serve. But when you come back there's

:13:31. > :13:34.nothing there for you. You know, like they tell you you're

:13:35. > :13:37.not capable of doing the job that you absolutely love and then you get

:13:38. > :13:42.discharged and they tell you, but it's OK, you've got these

:13:43. > :13:45.injuries, when you get out you're Three years on, no

:13:46. > :13:55.wonder I'm a head case. You're not a head

:13:56. > :14:02.case at all, darling. I served as a dog handler

:14:03. > :14:05.in the Royal Army Veterinary Corps. I guess you could say

:14:06. > :14:09.it was the front line. My feeling was pretty

:14:10. > :14:11.much what I would call Once they're done with you,

:14:12. > :14:25.they're done with you. Do you think female

:14:26. > :14:27.veterans are ignored? I think we're invisible

:14:28. > :14:33.because we feel like we just have to get on with things

:14:34. > :14:35.and the veteran charities So we're just heading

:14:36. > :14:53.to see one of our other female veterans, Trish, who was,

:14:54. > :14:56.sadly, in her words, kicked out of the air force,

:14:57. > :14:58.due to falling pregnant a number They gave me a choice,

:14:59. > :15:04.I could either abort And they had me booked in for

:15:05. > :15:20.an abortion on the Tuesday already, and I had until Monday

:15:21. > :15:22.morning to let them know

:15:23. > :15:28.what my decision was. When you say "out here",

:15:29. > :15:35.you mean in civilian life? Sorry, that's how I think,

:15:36. > :15:54.I'm out here. It was the day my son flew the nest

:15:55. > :16:05.and went to university that I think the real shock hit me that

:16:06. > :16:10.I was a mother - I still am a mother -

:16:11. > :16:14.but now what do I do? There's a civilian part of me,

:16:15. > :16:24.apparently, but I only knew This is the day I passed out,

:16:25. > :16:35.as you call it, passing out parade. Trish came to us

:16:36. > :16:45.around ten months ago, sadly, with quite a number of complex

:16:46. > :16:47.issues, including anxiety, depression and also an eating

:16:48. > :16:56.disorder and alcohol problems. So we talked about doing three

:16:57. > :16:59.positives things every day, writing them down and looking

:17:00. > :17:01.at trying to draw up the little positives,

:17:02. > :17:06.even if you're having a bad day. So they can be big things,

:17:07. > :17:08.little things, can you remember

:17:09. > :17:10.what some of them were? So we're just slowly working

:17:11. > :17:16.with her to try to get her the help she needs from a therapy

:17:17. > :17:19.and clinician point of view and also reducing her social isolation

:17:20. > :17:22.so she's getting out of the house a lot more now and

:17:23. > :17:36.getting better slowly. When I've got my camera,

:17:37. > :17:41.that's my coping strategy. I love watching the waves

:17:42. > :17:47.when they go and hit, coming across and just hit

:17:48. > :17:49.the actual pier and that. I feel like I've got somebody

:17:50. > :18:00.in an organisation I can chat to sort of thing,

:18:01. > :18:04.if we're having bad days and we support each

:18:05. > :18:05.other and it's genuine. who you saw in the film

:18:06. > :18:22.there from Forward Assist. It's one of the few services

:18:23. > :18:24.offering women-only support Mary Glindon is the Labour MP

:18:25. > :18:30.for North Tyneside and a supporter

:18:31. > :18:32.of the work of Forward Assist. She feels the Ministry of Defence

:18:33. > :18:35.should do more And Lieutenant Colonel Jan Pilgrim

:18:36. > :18:40.was awarded the Royal Red Cross, it's the army medic's equivalent

:18:41. > :18:42.of the Victoria Cross, for her work running

:18:43. > :18:46.a field hospital in Iraq. Jan has suffered from PTSD

:18:47. > :19:04.and alcoholism. Thank you all for speaking to us,

:19:05. > :19:07.Jan, I want to speak to you first, you were honoured for your

:19:08. > :19:11.incredible work in Basra, you saw some truly horrendous things that

:19:12. > :19:19.many of us can never begin to comprehend. How did that affect you

:19:20. > :19:25.when you came back home? I think the effects of operational tours are

:19:26. > :19:30.very gradual. As soldiers, we do exactly what we are supposed to do,

:19:31. > :19:36.soldier on, and as women we tend to just get on with it anyway, and it

:19:37. > :19:40.was actually my previous partner that was picking up that there were

:19:41. > :19:46.things wrong. I was working extra hours, doing extra exercise, and

:19:47. > :19:53.things were going downhill fairly rapidly at some stages. But as a

:19:54. > :19:59.nurse and as an officer, and a female, I just got on with it, and I

:20:00. > :20:05.just ignore the symptoms. I focused looking on after other people, which

:20:06. > :20:10.women and nurses specifically a very good at doing. I want to bring in

:20:11. > :20:15.Sarah, I am really interested that Jan Meggie point, that, well, we are

:20:16. > :20:19.women, we get on with it, we have to, do you think that is why so many

:20:20. > :20:28.women are not coming forward for help compared to many? I think that

:20:29. > :20:35.is a big element of it, but with regards to the charity sector, they

:20:36. > :20:39.are male dominated and male orientated, so it is not very

:20:40. > :20:42.welcoming, it is very hard for people, male or female, and we have

:20:43. > :20:49.found women especially to ask for help. We needed to be more friendly,

:20:50. > :20:55.women friendly in so far as there are women on the websites, women

:20:56. > :21:01.case studies, and I think that will help them to come forward a lot

:21:02. > :21:07.more. Jan, do you feel that you were treated differently by the Armed

:21:08. > :21:13.Forces because you are a woman? Not specifically. If you look at it

:21:14. > :21:17.statistically, we have probably got more women on the front line in

:21:18. > :21:23.recent conflicts than we have had in a long time. Or there is no such

:21:24. > :21:31.thing as a front line, so I just don't think that the MOD had its

:21:32. > :21:38.finger on the pulse enough to actually categorise the differences

:21:39. > :21:45.between male and female, or even different jobs, what sort of support

:21:46. > :21:52.they needed. And actually they have contracted out mental health, so we

:21:53. > :21:56.are not even looking after our own. We are the best people to look after

:21:57. > :22:02.ourselves, if you got the teaching and you have done the tour. So it is

:22:03. > :22:07.very hard, it is hard for the men, and it is much harder for the women.

:22:08. > :22:12.Mary, I know that you support the work that Sarah does, how many women

:22:13. > :22:17.in your area, do you even have an idea of how many women are affected

:22:18. > :22:24.I have to be honest, the only people who contacted me with issues like

:22:25. > :22:29.mental health and how to survive life on Civvy Street have been men,

:22:30. > :22:33.and I have to say, forward assist is very forward-looking, and the work

:22:34. > :22:38.that Sarah is doing is highlighting the problems that women face, and

:22:39. > :22:43.when you think about it, we expect women and men both to go forward

:22:44. > :22:47.with courage and bravery, and there is no difference there, so why is it

:22:48. > :22:52.that we are making a distinction and not helping women, or the MOD is not

:22:53. > :22:57.cheating the women who serve in the forces in the same way that it is

:22:58. > :23:03.treating men. So why aren't they? Is it because it is a male dominated

:23:04. > :23:07.environment, that could be at, but you know, now that we know that

:23:08. > :23:12.there is an issue, then more needs to be done about it. It shouldn't be

:23:13. > :23:15.left to fantastic voluntary organisations like Forward Assist,

:23:16. > :23:20.the MOD themselves, the people in there should be stepping up to the

:23:21. > :23:25.mark and listening to what is being said and reacting appropriately.

:23:26. > :23:32.Sarah, how common are the stories that we saw there in the film that

:23:33. > :23:37.Jan has shared with us. Very common, sadly. I think what we always need

:23:38. > :23:41.to remember is that most veterans, male or female, transition really

:23:42. > :23:44.well out of the military. However, there is a significant number who

:23:45. > :23:52.still have issues like the ladies in the film, and the women that I work

:23:53. > :23:57.with, most, if not all, have some of those issues. Am I right that you

:23:58. > :24:02.have worked with a woman who has had children taken away from her? Yes,

:24:03. > :24:08.at one stage that did happen, and happily it was resolved through

:24:09. > :24:12.ourselves and working with social surfaces, we were able to resolve

:24:13. > :24:17.that, and she is doing really well now. She has completed a college

:24:18. > :24:20.course, she is now going on to a further course, and her children are

:24:21. > :24:25.thriving, which is wonderful to hear. I want to read you a couple of

:24:26. > :24:30.comments coming in, one at the moment, Linda on e-mail says, I

:24:31. > :24:34.served in the Women's Royal Army Corps, I was medically discharged in

:24:35. > :24:41.1986 because of an injury that was subsequently determined to be

:24:42. > :24:44.service attributable. I got my lump sum, and I'm still in receipt of my

:24:45. > :24:49.pension, I still miss it. They don't tell you that you will never feel

:24:50. > :24:54.like you will fit in anywhere, I'm 57, still depressed, who can you

:24:55. > :24:58.tell? The words of the women in the film make me shudder, they were the

:24:59. > :25:04.same as was said to me back then. Jan, how depressing is that? Someone

:25:05. > :25:10.who was discharged in 1986, medically discharged, says that

:25:11. > :25:16.nothing has changed to now, 2017. Absolutely, and I give credit to

:25:17. > :25:25.anybody who put their hand up, the women on the show earlier, how

:25:26. > :25:31.heartbreaking it is. The MOD have lost their finger on the pulse with

:25:32. > :25:36.this one. It is a condition that has such a dreadful effect on your life,

:25:37. > :25:42.can be lifelong affecting, there are certain things that potentially

:25:43. > :25:47.could be done to actually improve somebody's life. Sometimes you can't

:25:48. > :25:54.ever get rid of the demons of PTSD, but like myself, with alcohol issues

:25:55. > :26:06.and various bits and pieces, you know, there is charities out there,

:26:07. > :26:08.and there are lots of them, First Light, Mind, smaller charities that

:26:09. > :26:14.I have gained more support from than I ever have the MOD. But there is a

:26:15. > :26:18.lot of education going on, but very little happening on the ground. So I

:26:19. > :26:23.go out with my dog every morning, everyday, and she has got a PTSD

:26:24. > :26:31.jacket on, and everyday I get asked, what PTSD stand for? And the message

:26:32. > :26:37.is not getting through, and then the whole idea of educating people is

:26:38. > :26:48.not getting reflected on the ground with the charities all the MOD care

:26:49. > :26:54.that we expect to receive. We not asking for very much to put our

:26:55. > :26:59.lives on the line. But I completely connect with the people who say they

:27:00. > :27:07.are in a completely strange environment, they don't understand

:27:08. > :27:12.where to go for help, and it is just desperately sad. We have got some

:27:13. > :27:16.comments coming in, after disgrace, I would rather people did not join

:27:17. > :27:21.up, but if they do put their lives on the line, they should be looked

:27:22. > :27:26.after properly, even if it does cost a few quid. Keith on a male, merry,

:27:27. > :27:29.picking up on the point you made, being the father of a male

:27:30. > :27:33.ex-servicemen who suffered for years with PTSD, I can assure you it is

:27:34. > :27:39.not just women who do not get the support they need, the issue has

:27:40. > :27:45.nothing to do with gender. Do you think this is being taken seriously

:27:46. > :27:49.enough by the Government? I was just reflecting on the military covenant,

:27:50. > :27:55.which came in five or six years ago, putting the onus on local

:27:56. > :28:01.authorities to help, but if you look at the things in there, a lot of it

:28:02. > :28:07.is about housing and physical need, and I think in this country we do

:28:08. > :28:09.not value our service men and women throughout their life. I could never

:28:10. > :28:14.have been brave enough to go into the services, you know, I have great

:28:15. > :28:19.admiration for people who do, but do we realise that isn't it the first

:28:20. > :28:23.thing of Government to defend the nation and look after the nation?

:28:24. > :28:28.Therefore, those people would take part in March and be given the due

:28:29. > :28:36.respect, that very fundamental right of everyone should be looked after.

:28:37. > :28:43.And I fear that, unless it shouldn't just be Forward Assist, all of us

:28:44. > :28:49.need to take responsibility to support our military, or any of our

:28:50. > :28:53.Armed Forces, who have suffered as a result of putting their lives at

:28:54. > :28:58.risk or even just if they haven't been on the front line, joining the

:28:59. > :29:03.forces and being part of that life, so I really feel strongly that, as

:29:04. > :29:06.that gentleman said, it is terrible, whether it is men or women, we

:29:07. > :29:12.should be stepping up to the mark and supporting organisations like

:29:13. > :29:13.Forward Assist. Thank you ever so much for coming in, and thank you to

:29:14. > :29:15.Sarah and Jan. The Ministry of Defence told us

:29:16. > :29:17.they are committed to the wellbeing of our service personnel

:29:18. > :29:19.and the vast majority of those leaving transition

:29:20. > :29:21.successfully into civilian life. They said, "We recognise that

:29:22. > :29:24.a small number of veterans struggle, and that is why we work

:29:25. > :29:26.across Government and with charity partners to provide

:29:27. > :29:29.a comprehensive package of support which includes the instigation

:29:30. > :29:44.of a cross-government If you have been affected by any of

:29:45. > :29:46.the issues we have covered, there is more information on the BBC Action

:29:47. > :29:57.Line. There is a full list of support and

:29:58. > :30:00.organisations available on the BBC website.

:30:01. > :30:03.Still to come, convoys of up to three lorries controlled by WiFi

:30:04. > :30:05.could be on British roads by the end of next year.

:30:06. > :30:11.We'll be hearing from the man who's in charge of the lorries trial.

:30:12. > :30:13.She's the British singer and songwriter

:30:14. > :30:15.who's sold more than 23 million singles worldwide.

:30:16. > :30:26.We'll be speaking live in the studio to Charli XCX.

:30:27. > :30:36.South Wales Police missed a number of opportunities to bring convicted

:30:37. > :30:43.paedophile Ian Watkins to justice sooner,

:30:44. > :30:45.an investigation by the police watchdog has found.

:30:46. > :30:47.The Independent Police Complaints Commission says that from 2008

:30:48. > :30:50.the force failed to act on allegations made by seven people

:30:51. > :30:52.about the then lead singer of the Lostprophets.

:30:53. > :30:55.Wi-Fi controlled convoys of trucks could be on major British roads

:30:56. > :30:59.by the end of next year as part of a plan to cut emissions

:31:00. > :31:05.The Department for Transport says up to three wirelessly connected HGVs

:31:06. > :31:07.will travel together, with drivers in each to steer

:31:08. > :31:09.but the speed controlled by the lead vehicle.

:31:10. > :31:17.The AA says it has major safety concerns about the idea.

:31:18. > :31:20.The billionaire vice chairman of Samsung has been found guilty

:31:21. > :31:22.of bribery and embezzlement and sentenced to five

:31:23. > :31:27.Jay Y Lee was accused of making inappropriate donations worth around

:31:28. > :31:30.$6 million to the close confidante of the country's former

:31:31. > :31:32.President Park Geun-hye in exchange for government favours.

:31:33. > :31:34.Those accusations also helped trigger the dismissal

:31:35. > :31:41.Major travel disruption is expected over the weekend as millions prepare

:31:42. > :31:46.for the bank holiday getaway amid engineering works

:31:47. > :31:48.on some of the country's busiest rail routes.

:31:49. > :31:51.Operators have warned passengers to expect delays,

:31:52. > :31:54.as Euston station is closed for two days and services between

:31:55. > :31:57.London, the North West and Scotland are cancelled.

:31:58. > :32:00.Road users have also been advised to expect longer journeys with more

:32:01. > :32:03.traffic predicted over the course of the weekend.

:32:04. > :32:06.Texas is bracing itself for Hurricane Harvey,

:32:07. > :32:10.which could be the worst storm to hit the US mainland in 12 years.

:32:11. > :32:13.The category-three storm is expected to make landfall along the state's

:32:14. > :32:17.There are concerns that torrential rain could bring life-threatening

:32:18. > :32:29.That's a summary of the latest BBC News - more at 10:00.

:32:30. > :32:35.Mo Farah won his final race on the track at the British

:32:36. > :32:48.He was chased down in the final 100 metres by Muktar Edris who beat

:32:49. > :32:50.Farah in the 5,000 metre at the World Championships

:32:51. > :32:53.The Olympic champ will now concentrate on road races.

:32:54. > :32:56.Good news also for Great Britain's CJ Ujah who won the 100 metres

:32:57. > :32:58.clocking a seasons best of 9.97 seconds.

:32:59. > :33:00.The American - Justin Gatlin came fourth.

:33:01. > :33:02.Two great goals in Everton's Europa League qualifier.

:33:03. > :33:05.The opener was from Hadjuk Split but new signing Gylfi Sigurdson made

:33:06. > :33:08.sure his was even better with this corker from 50 yards -

:33:09. > :33:11.Everton won the tie 3-1 to reach the group stages.

:33:12. > :33:14.And England captain Joe Root has told his side to be

:33:15. > :33:19.ruthless in the second test against West Indies which starts

:33:20. > :33:28.The hosts won the first test by 209 run at Edgbaston.

:33:29. > :33:34.Wi-Fi controlled convoys of lorries could be on major British roads by

:33:35. > :33:38.the end of next year as part of a plan to cut emissions and reduce

:33:39. > :33:42.congestion. The Department for Transport says up to three

:33:43. > :33:45.wirelessly connected HGVs will travel together with drivers in each

:33:46. > :33:50.to steer, but the speed will be controlled by the lead vehicle. The

:33:51. > :33:55.AA says it has some concerns. I have been speaking to the man in charge

:33:56. > :34:06.of UK trials for self drive lorries. The system will work and by the time

:34:07. > :34:09.we get to the real road we will have three wirelessly connected trucks,

:34:10. > :34:12.the lead truck, the driver is looking at the road ahead and

:34:13. > :34:15.driving as a normal truck driver would, with the exception that the

:34:16. > :34:20.two trucks behind him are connected to his vehicle and they are linked.

:34:21. > :34:33.So as he breaks and accelerates, those trucks will do the same. They

:34:34. > :34:37.can react to 25 times quicker than we could. By putting the trucks that

:34:38. > :34:45.close together we could see some real savings in the efficiency bills

:34:46. > :34:50.and vehicles. We start to deal with some congestion issues, we hope as

:34:51. > :34:54.well. To be clear, there is a driver in the front lorry in control of

:34:55. > :34:56.everything. In the second and third lorries there would be somebody

:34:57. > :35:03.steering but not accelerating and braking? That's absolutely right. In

:35:04. > :35:06.two and three we have drivers in there who will be steering the

:35:07. > :35:12.vehicles. That's very much part of our safety case. We always have

:35:13. > :35:16.somebody in the loop, following the law and the protocols. Looking to

:35:17. > :35:21.the future, if the technology is approved, we might not need drivers

:35:22. > :35:24.to be steering in the follow-up vehicles, but in the trials they are

:35:25. > :35:28.absolutely in the loop and in control of those vehicles. That the

:35:29. > :35:33.drivers in the vehicles behind, could they override the first lorry?

:35:34. > :35:36.People automatically think, what if the person driving the front lorry

:35:37. > :35:41.has a heart attack or passes out all the Wi-Fi fails. We all know that at

:35:42. > :35:44.home Wi-Fi fails. Really good questions. Dealing with the Wi-Fi

:35:45. > :35:50.issue first, the communications we are using, we have a lot of

:35:51. > :35:59.redundant signal. The sort of Wi-Fi you and I use, I am sat in a cafe at

:36:00. > :36:02.the moment and it dips in and out. But these trucks will receive lots

:36:03. > :36:06.of different messages, there are different systems to make sure the

:36:07. > :36:09.messages get to the trucks, so the technology is very robust. And we

:36:10. > :36:13.will test that again and again off the road before we go anywhere near

:36:14. > :36:18.the road environment. But the drivers can overwrite it in the

:36:19. > :36:22.second and third trucks? Absolutely, at any point the drivers in the

:36:23. > :36:25.second and third lorries can overwrite the system, they might not

:36:26. > :36:31.feel comfortable in the conditions, or a different driver could get too

:36:32. > :36:36.close. It's very easy for them to take back control and drive the

:36:37. > :36:39.vehicles as normal. Reading reaction earlier today from the AA, Edmund

:36:40. > :36:44.King says we have some of the biggest motorways in Europe with

:36:45. > :36:50.many more exits and entrances. It might work in deserted freeways in

:36:51. > :36:56.Arizona or Nevada, but this isn't America. The first thing I would say

:36:57. > :36:59.is this will be the first ever real-world trials if we make it to

:37:00. > :37:02.the road. What we have seen in America and other parts of the world

:37:03. > :37:07.are demonstrations, manufacturers with their trucks and engineers in

:37:08. > :37:10.perfect weather conditions, with everything controlled for a day.

:37:11. > :37:19.It's just a demonstration. We will give this to real companies to use

:37:20. > :37:26.and carry goods around. We can do it on the roads with real junctions and

:37:27. > :37:31.the difficulties. We need to make sure they can cope with junctions.

:37:32. > :37:36.For instance, if they approached junctions, they might decouple or

:37:37. > :37:40.provide wider spaces. When you go for a relatively larger sections of

:37:41. > :37:44.road between junctions, they can gather relatively close together and

:37:45. > :37:49.go back to a platoon in format. How it will work, that's what we will

:37:50. > :37:56.find out and that's why we conduct that trial. As a driver I live close

:37:57. > :37:59.to a busy road and quite often have to do use a slip roads to get onto

:38:00. > :38:03.it. If I'm driving up a slip road and three lorries in platoon are

:38:04. > :38:06.driving along, if I can't get in front on the last thing you want to

:38:07. > :38:11.do is stop on a slip road. This could be dangerous, presumably the

:38:12. > :38:15.lorries can't move to the middle lane. Absolutely. We will not put

:38:16. > :38:23.vehicles on the road that will put other road users in that situation.

:38:24. > :38:30.The navigation systems, the junctions are coming up. We will

:38:31. > :38:32.have a trial that will allow the platoons to behave normally and have

:38:33. > :38:36.wider gaps as they approached junctions. You will not find a

:38:37. > :38:43.situation where you're blocked off on a slip road. That will not

:38:44. > :38:47.happen. What can you say to reassure people and at what point will this

:38:48. > :38:52.go live on Britain's roads? We are working hard to get it onto

:38:53. > :38:57.Britain's roads in early trial form late next year, late 2018. What has

:38:58. > :39:01.to happen first is we have to meet all the safety cases which will be

:39:02. > :39:05.independently evaluated. We will not just pushed this out on the road

:39:06. > :39:08.without that safety case. To reassure people, we will start with

:39:09. > :39:14.a whole range of trials and carefully staged off roads testing

:39:15. > :39:19.that will get us and others to assess what we have done to have the

:39:20. > :39:23.confidence that what we are doing will work in the UK. If it does work

:39:24. > :39:29.and we get it on the roads in the UK, what we will see is that we are

:39:30. > :39:33.keeping ahead of other international players in this area. Automated

:39:34. > :39:36.vehicles, robotic vehicles and connected vehicles are the future.

:39:37. > :39:39.In the UK we need to make sure our roads are ready for these new

:39:40. > :39:47.technologies. Lots of you getting in touch this morning. Lara says, how

:39:48. > :39:50.will the lorries be protected against potential hacking? Angela

:39:51. > :39:54.says what happens if you want to overtake and get in between them?

:39:55. > :39:57.Also learner drivers will be introduced to motorways in the near

:39:58. > :40:02.future as part of their lessons. This is crazy. I value my safety and

:40:03. > :40:06.that of others around me, but also if these vehicles get into the hands

:40:07. > :40:12.of terrorists. All these things will be tested in the trial period before

:40:13. > :40:14.they get onto Britain's roads at the end of next year.

:40:15. > :40:17.The tone of last year's Brexit campaign was toxic and has led

:40:18. > :40:19.to the demonisation of immigrants, according to the head

:40:20. > :40:24.The group says migrants should be treated as Britons-in-waiting

:40:25. > :40:26.who can eventually gain citizenship instead of being viewed

:40:27. > :40:29.as security threats - and says the Government should do

:40:30. > :40:35.more to encourage "meaningful social mixing".

:40:36. > :40:38.There have also repeated the call for compulsory English lessons

:40:39. > :40:40.which they want funded through a student loan-style system.

:40:41. > :40:44.The group is chaired by anti-Brexit Labour MP Chuka Umunna.

:40:45. > :40:46.We think far too little about what actually happens

:40:47. > :40:50.when people come to our country and settle here.

:40:51. > :40:55.And too often we have immigrants who are not properly integrated

:40:56. > :40:57.into their communities and that's bad for them because it

:40:58. > :40:59.stands in the way of them being able to access

:41:00. > :41:04.And it's bad for the overall community because there

:41:05. > :41:10.And where there is a lack of trust and a vacuum like that that's

:41:11. > :41:13.where the peddlers of hatred and division step in and,

:41:14. > :41:16.unfortunately, we saw that far too much during the EU referendum and,

:41:17. > :41:18.frankly, front line politicians, who should have known better,

:41:19. > :41:20.should have been far more responsible in the way

:41:21. > :41:28.Well, joining us now is Sabrina Huck,

:41:29. > :41:31.a German immigrant who moved to the UK three years ago.

:41:32. > :41:33.We also have the director of the organisation

:41:34. > :41:37.And Tim Swift, the leader of Calderdale council in Halifax,

:41:38. > :41:43.which is one town that struggles with integration.

:41:44. > :41:56.Starting with Tim, talk to us about the communities that make up your

:41:57. > :42:07.area and the challenges you face. The dominant minority community in

:42:08. > :42:09.our area is of Pakistani origin. It's a long established community,

:42:10. > :42:15.families going back three generations. But there are

:42:16. > :42:20.challenges about the white community and the Asian community to some

:42:21. > :42:26.extent leading separate lives. I think some of the proposals in the

:42:27. > :42:30.report are very much to be welcomed and we find that as new people join

:42:31. > :42:35.that community, generally people want to learn English. Actually one

:42:36. > :42:41.of the issues is the lessons and courses simply are not there.

:42:42. > :42:45.Forgive me for jumping in, but you say that very often Pakistani

:42:46. > :42:53.communities and white communities lead very separate lives. Why do you

:42:54. > :42:58.think that's happening now? I think it's partly human nature. You

:42:59. > :43:01.gravitate towards areas where the facilities that serve your

:43:02. > :43:06.particular needs and interests are. I think in some ways a change in

:43:07. > :43:12.policy has made that worse, particularly around schooling. And

:43:13. > :43:16.changes in the job market. Many first-generation Pakistani

:43:17. > :43:21.immigrants came to work in a textile business, and they were quite well

:43:22. > :43:24.integrated. As that business disappeared, some of the

:43:25. > :43:29.opportunities for people to meet in a workplace have weakened rather

:43:30. > :43:33.than strengthened. Is that something you find with your work, that

:43:34. > :43:39.generally communities across the country are very segregated? We have

:43:40. > :43:48.a bit of a different picture within our membership. We have contacted

:43:49. > :43:52.researchers recently with members across the UK in London, Birmingham

:43:53. > :43:57.and Glasgow. Just under 200 people participated. They spoke about the

:43:58. > :44:01.impact of the debate on integration and we discovered lots of people

:44:02. > :44:07.felt integrated in the local community, but what stops them

:44:08. > :44:11.getting the sense of belonging to the UK as a country was the way

:44:12. > :44:17.politicians spoke negatively about them and the way the media reported

:44:18. > :44:21.the issue presented them. Bringing Sabrina in, do you feel you are

:44:22. > :44:26.integrated into British society? You have been here three years. I do

:44:27. > :44:32.feel integrated and part of society, but it's the case that sometimes

:44:33. > :44:36.people seem surprised when you as a foreign person take interest in, for

:44:37. > :44:38.example, a lytic sand the current affairs of the country, because

:44:39. > :44:43.everybody expects you to be focused on where you are from. They are even

:44:44. > :44:49.surprised if you know who the Prime Minister is sometimes. -- politics

:44:50. > :44:53.and current affairs of the country. People make certain assumptions

:44:54. > :44:58.about you. And meat coming from a Western European country that is

:44:59. > :45:03.seen as respected, it's easier. -- and me coming. I wonder if coming

:45:04. > :45:10.from Germany you made to feel more welcome than other nations.

:45:11. > :45:16.I think recently all Europeans have been feeling and welcome, and not

:45:17. > :45:20.just those with low skills, many academics and high skilled Europeans

:45:21. > :45:23.are deciding to leave, and some of them have left and others have plans

:45:24. > :45:28.to leave because they feel unwelcome. Do you feel and welcome?

:45:29. > :45:33.It makes you feel welcome when you go down to a shop and you see the

:45:34. > :45:37.headlines in the Daily Mail, the express Macron Sun, scapegoating

:45:38. > :45:42.European citizens particularly, during the referendum. I know that

:45:43. > :45:47.it makes you feel more self-conscious to use the NHS,

:45:48. > :45:50.because you see all the headlines about migrants destroying public

:45:51. > :45:55.services. I think a lot of people from Europe are really considering

:45:56. > :45:59.whether or not to stay there, start a family, because it doesn't be like

:46:00. > :46:04.the right place to do that. Do you think after the Brexit vote, there

:46:05. > :46:09.has been less integration, people feeling they have to go back into

:46:10. > :46:13.their own communities? I think it has been quite damaging, and it

:46:14. > :46:18.affected people of British Asian heritage, as much as it did European

:46:19. > :46:22.immigrants, so I have heard stories of British citizens of Asian

:46:23. > :46:26.heritage who have experienced a overtly racist comments on the

:46:27. > :46:30.street in a way that has not been happening for years before. And then

:46:31. > :46:35.of course stories like that spread in the community, and it does make

:46:36. > :46:39.people feel, you know, feel less secure in their place in society. So

:46:40. > :46:47.the idea of compulsory English lessons, that have to be paid back

:46:48. > :46:51.in a student loans style, will that help? A lot of people are keen to

:46:52. > :47:00.learn English when they come here, but a big problem is the way that it

:47:01. > :47:04.is not very accessible, it is about, where do I go? How can I find the

:47:05. > :47:09.resources? It is really difficult to navigate the system if you don't

:47:10. > :47:13.have the language skills already. I guess you need to make the classes

:47:14. > :47:18.available before you make them compulsory, we used to have lots of

:47:19. > :47:21.English classes, but the Government cut funding, and it is very

:47:22. > :47:27.difficult for a migrants now to find an English class. We have Syrian

:47:28. > :47:34.refugees who say, I am desperate to learn the language, but I can't find

:47:35. > :47:38.classes, can you help us? Soap I think it is important not to blame

:47:39. > :47:41.people for not wanting to learn the language, I think all migrants, the

:47:42. > :47:46.first priority is to learn English, but where do they go to get classes?

:47:47. > :47:50.What do you think would be a single thing or a couple of things that

:47:51. > :47:55.would make a massive difference in Calderdale to improve integration?

:47:56. > :48:00.Well, I agree with what has been said about English classes and

:48:01. > :48:05.access to them. The quality of them is also important. I think we want

:48:06. > :48:08.some certainty about policies and support, I mean too often we see

:48:09. > :48:15.short-term government initiatives, everybody dashing around trying to

:48:16. > :48:17.win a little bit of funding. Actually, we need to recognise that

:48:18. > :48:22.the situation in northern towns like Halifax is very different from some

:48:23. > :48:27.of the big cities which have a very diverse and changing population. We

:48:28. > :48:31.need the flexibility to put the right policies in place to suit our

:48:32. > :48:33.community. Thank you very much for joining us, I am very grateful to

:48:34. > :48:35.you. Let's just read out a statement

:48:36. > :48:37.from a Government spokesperson. "Integration is key to making sure

:48:38. > :48:39.migrants can achieve economic stability and play a role

:48:40. > :48:41.in their local community. We have made ?140 million available

:48:42. > :48:44.through the Controlling Migration Fund to build community cohesion

:48:45. > :48:46.and encourage the integration of recent migrants, including

:48:47. > :48:48.a number of projects focusing on English language education,

:48:49. > :48:50.and we'll shortly be bringing forward plans

:48:51. > :48:52.for a new integration strategy." Coming up, rugby player

:48:53. > :48:54.Dan Mugford speaks out and how he's now working

:48:55. > :49:05.to help others. Now, she's the British singer

:49:06. > :49:11.and songwriter who's sold more than 23 million singles worldwide

:49:12. > :49:14.and topped the charts Charli XCX has performed

:49:15. > :49:17.with the likes of Taylor Swift and Rita Ora -

:49:18. > :49:20.and written songs for stars including Rihanna,

:49:21. > :49:23.Britney Spears and Blondie. More recently, she's

:49:24. > :49:25.moved behind the camera Boys reflects on the sexualisation

:49:26. > :49:30.of women in the media So far, the video has had more

:49:31. > :49:36.than 30 million views on YouTube, probably helped

:49:37. > :49:41.by the many male celebrities We'll find out how she managed

:49:42. > :49:43.that very shortly, # Head is spinning

:49:44. > :50:01.thinking 'bout boys # I need that bad boy

:50:02. > :50:04.to do me right on a Friday # And I need that good one

:50:05. > :50:07.to wake me up on a Sunday # That one from work can come

:50:08. > :50:10.over on Monday night # And when they finally

:50:11. > :50:23.leave me I'm all alone... # Got wise OK, joining us in the

:50:24. > :50:27.studio is the British singer and songwriter Charli XCX, thank you so

:50:28. > :50:31.much for coming in, we were just watching Boys and saying, how hard

:50:32. > :50:38.was it to get these huge stars to take part? You know what? They were

:50:39. > :50:45.surprisingly up for it and! Yeah, I mean, it's kind of all began with me

:50:46. > :50:48.just sort of harassing all of the guys that I have worked with or are

:50:49. > :50:53.friends with in the industry, texting them and being, like,

:50:54. > :50:57.please, be in a video, it is important for me. I think I just

:50:58. > :51:02.annoyed them enough, and I was really open about my idea, you know,

:51:03. > :51:06.the vision that I had, the concept. Talk about that, it is a good

:51:07. > :51:10.concept, flipping over what we normally see women doing, washing

:51:11. > :51:17.cars, looking very sexualised in videos. I said that to them, I was

:51:18. > :51:23.very honest, I said, this video is about reversing the stereotypical

:51:24. > :51:28.roles that often are played out in music videos, it is about reverting

:51:29. > :51:32.the male gaze, having you guys being the objects, I suppose for once in

:51:33. > :51:40.this very stereotypically pop environment. And they will all

:51:41. > :51:44.really up for it, they were all like, 2017, let's do it! They got

:51:45. > :51:48.it, and I think that they thought it was a really important thing for

:51:49. > :51:53.them to do, you know? It is interesting is a 2017, I have got

:51:54. > :51:57.two young girls, I'm always very aware of what they should or should

:51:58. > :52:03.not watch, is it difficult as a woman in 2017 to make changes, do

:52:04. > :52:09.things like that? You know what, now more than ever, there is such a

:52:10. > :52:12.conversation about feminism - in my industry, but in many industries

:52:13. > :52:18.across the board, it is such a highly spoken about topic. And I

:52:19. > :52:22.really see that in the music industry, through other female

:52:23. > :52:27.artists talking about their opinions on feminism, their experiences as a

:52:28. > :52:31.woman. But also I see it with my fans, you know, more than ever now

:52:32. > :52:37.they are so switched on, so intelligent, so kind of involved in

:52:38. > :52:44.the political landscape, what is going on with LGBT rights, feminism,

:52:45. > :52:48.it is a constant conversation that is happening, so I think, you know,

:52:49. > :52:53.by speaking about it, things are beginning to progress. You have

:52:54. > :52:58.worked with some incredibly strong women, Katy Perry, Taylor Swift, you

:52:59. > :53:07.toured with Taylor Swift. I did One Show with her, she invited me to

:53:08. > :53:10.Toronto to perform my song Boom Clap with their onstage, it was really

:53:11. > :53:16.cool, I had to be wrapped in one of those lives making a pose, I felt

:53:17. > :53:20.like Britney Spears. Who you have written for. She didn't take the

:53:21. > :53:27.song, though, heartbroken! Is that how it works? Yeah, that is how it

:53:28. > :53:32.works, sometimes it is kind of like they will ask for loads of people to

:53:33. > :53:36.write songs, sometimes it will be specific, being in the room with an

:53:37. > :53:42.artist, but yeah, you know, sometimes you write with them,

:53:43. > :53:46.sometimes without. What do prefer, performing as an artist of writing

:53:47. > :53:54.for other people? It is two such different things, I love being on

:53:55. > :53:58.stage... Doing your pose! I love being creative in the studio, that

:53:59. > :54:02.is when I can really be free, you know. We have a couple of questions

:54:03. > :54:07.from people looking ahead, but I want to look back at your big break

:54:08. > :54:12.- what would you say was the break for you? You know, I think the first

:54:13. > :54:17.time you view your song on the radio, it is a big deal, it

:54:18. > :54:21.definitely was for me. I was at my parents' house, we were sat in the

:54:22. > :54:25.kitchen, and I can't run the who played it, but they said my name

:54:26. > :54:32.completely wrong, and I was like, I can't believe it! But still, it was

:54:33. > :54:38.pretty amazing, that was good. And I think, you know, when my first big

:54:39. > :54:50.radiosonde happened, that was a moment. Body were discovered on

:54:51. > :54:56.MySpace? Correct, I was performing at a lot of raves, putting songs

:54:57. > :55:02.online, and people would hit me up online, saying, can you play at this

:55:03. > :55:06.party? There was a scene growing there, like lots of different

:55:07. > :55:11.scenes, but I guess I became part of this party scene, and I was playing

:55:12. > :55:16.shows at the weekend, my parents would take me, which was very cool

:55:17. > :55:21.of them, but at the time I was like, you are cramping my style! But they

:55:22. > :55:24.really looked after me, you can do the party, but you have to make sure

:55:25. > :55:32.you go to school and get good grades. I was a nerd, really. Were

:55:33. > :55:37.you?! Big-time! So you went to raves at the weekend and studied in the

:55:38. > :55:43.week? Yeah, yeah, yeah, I had to get good grades. I tried to balance

:55:44. > :55:48.both, but yeah, so that is what I was doing, that is how I got on the

:55:49. > :55:53.scene, and people started hearing about my music. I won't do as do

:55:54. > :56:01.these that have come in, when can we expect the new single? The next

:56:02. > :56:04.single, well, I just put Boys out, I will be focusing on that for a

:56:05. > :56:09.little bit, but I have been speaking with some people, Rita Ora, doing

:56:10. > :56:13.some songs together, we are mates, we always talk about releasing

:56:14. > :56:17.stuff, so maybe something will happen there. As you know, I am

:56:18. > :56:24.always writing, I'm not sure when, but probably not soon. A retro dance

:56:25. > :56:29.big on Twitter, are you planning a solo tour? Iamb, it will probably be

:56:30. > :56:33.around the album release, which will be next year. But I love being on

:56:34. > :56:37.the road, so definitely at some point. And fans who are interested

:56:38. > :56:42.in getting into the industry, what piece of advice would you give them?

:56:43. > :56:47.You know, I would just say find out what you love, and really do

:56:48. > :56:52.something that is true to you, never try to be like anybody else, you

:56:53. > :56:59.know, find what makes you inspired and makes you feel creative, makes

:57:00. > :57:03.you feel alive, follow that dream. The music industry is so open now,

:57:04. > :57:09.you can put songs on the internet in so many different ways, you can

:57:10. > :57:13.really gather a fan base without having a record label, you can do so

:57:14. > :57:20.much yourself, so I would encourage people to just go for it. It has

:57:21. > :57:24.been a pleasure to speak to, that is Charli XCX, taking some of your

:57:25. > :57:25.questions on Victoria Derbyshire. Now let's get the latest weather

:57:26. > :57:34.update with Ben. We can look forward to a lot of dry

:57:35. > :57:43.weather it weekend, a bit of a North Sea -- North - South split, much of

:57:44. > :57:47.the rain across Northern Ireland, the potential for localised flooding

:57:48. > :57:50.into the afternoon, that rain band pushing its way into Scotland.

:57:51. > :57:54.Further south and east, enjoying the best of the sunshine, but not very

:57:55. > :57:58.nice this afternoon across northern parts, some of the rain could be

:57:59. > :58:04.country. A few showers coming into northern parts of England, otherwise

:58:05. > :58:08.it is dry, a bit more cloud across the Midlands and Wales, but plenty

:58:09. > :58:13.of breaks in the cloud to allow some sunny spells, but the best of the

:58:14. > :58:17.blue skies further south and east, temperatures getting up to about 23

:58:18. > :58:23.Celsius, the winds are light. Through tonight, that rain band will

:58:24. > :58:28.gradually push its way north and east, breezy around that front,

:58:29. > :58:33.further south it is dry, clear skies, we might see the odd isolated

:58:34. > :58:37.shower. Overnight, temperatures not dropping too much, remaining in

:58:38. > :58:41.double figures for all of us. As we head into tomorrow, the start of our

:58:42. > :58:45.bank holiday weekend, high pressure is building from the south, this

:58:46. > :58:51.weather front clearing through behind it, not a bad day, looking

:58:52. > :58:57.much better than today fall of us. So a few showers across eastern

:58:58. > :59:05.counties, that will clear, but most of us will see some sunshine on

:59:06. > :59:08.Saturday. Temperatures getting up to 25, maybe even 26 Celsius, the winds

:59:09. > :59:12.are light, it is not a bad day at all, and we are doing very well as

:59:13. > :59:19.we head into the second part of the weekend. Again, Sunday, largely dry,

:59:20. > :59:22.a case of sunny spells larger than wall-to-wall sunshine, perhaps the

:59:23. > :59:29.odd Sherrock Roz Weston parts of Scotland, otherwise dry with

:59:30. > :59:35.temperatures up to 24 Celsius. -- the odd shower up towards western

:59:36. > :59:39.parts of Scotland. Further north, a bit more cloud and some rain, notice

:59:40. > :59:46.the difference in temperatures, 18 Celsius in Edinburgh, 26 in London

:59:47. > :59:50.for bank holiday Monday. And next week, well, looking rather

:59:51. > :59:53.changeable, fairly unsettled, looking forward to some sunshine,

:59:54. > :59:57.but also the risk of a few blustery showers.

:59:58. > :00:02.Hello, it's Friday, it's 10 o'clock, I'm Chloe Tilley.

:00:03. > :00:04.The police watchdog says the former singer, Ian Watkins,

:00:05. > :00:11.could have been arrested for child sex abuse nearly four years earlier,

:00:12. > :00:12.if police had investigated tip-offs about him.

:00:13. > :00:15.When someone comes forward with such a serious allegation,

:00:16. > :00:17.or indeed any allegation or report, it really shouldn't matter

:00:18. > :00:20.what they look like, who they are, what their lifestyle is,

:00:21. > :00:29.What's really important is, what are they saying.

:00:30. > :00:35.We'll get the details on a damning report from the police watchdog and

:00:36. > :00:38.speak to a lawyer who was involved with the case.

:00:39. > :00:40.Rugby player Dan Mugford battled depression which left him suicidal

:00:41. > :00:48.In a highly anticipated fight, former world champion boxer

:00:49. > :00:51.Floyd Mayweather is coming out of retirement to take on mixed

:00:52. > :00:58.martial arts champion and boxing novice Conor McGregor.

:00:59. > :01:02.Commentator Steve Bunce gives his predictions.

:01:03. > :01:05.The other man is unbeaten in no fights.

:01:06. > :01:13.It gives it a farcical edge, but it's a real fight.

:01:14. > :01:21.Here's Annita in the BBC Newsroom with a summary of today's news.

:01:22. > :01:25.South Wales Police missed a number of opportunities to bring convicted

:01:26. > :01:29.paedophile Ian Watkins to justice sooner.

:01:30. > :01:32.The Independent Police Complaints Commission says that from 2008,

:01:33. > :01:37.the force failed to act on allegations made by seven

:01:38. > :01:39.people about the then lead singer of Lostprophets.

:01:40. > :01:42.And we'll have more on this shortly from our correspondent in Cardiff

:01:43. > :01:47.and we'll also speak to a lawyer who was involved with the case.

:01:48. > :01:50.Wi-Fi controlled convoys of trucks could be on major British roads

:01:51. > :01:53.by the end of next year as part of a plan to cut emissions

:01:54. > :02:00.The Department for Transport says up to three wirelessly connected HGVs

:02:01. > :02:02.will travel together, with drivers in each to steer

:02:03. > :02:04.but the speed controlled by the lead vehicle.

:02:05. > :02:07.The AA, says it has major safety concerns about the idea.

:02:08. > :02:10.Richard Cuerden is in charge of the UK trials for

:02:11. > :02:19.What the technology allows us to do, because the computers on board can

:02:20. > :02:23.react maybe 25 or even more times quicker than you and I ever could,

:02:24. > :02:27.we can get those trucks really close together.

:02:28. > :02:32.By putting them that close together we managed to see some real

:02:33. > :02:34.savings in the efficiency of the vehicles.

:02:35. > :02:36.We make it more aerodynamic so we save fuel and

:02:37. > :02:40.And we start to deal with some congestion issues, we hope

:02:41. > :02:43.The billionaire vice chairman of Samsung has been found guilty

:02:44. > :02:45.of bribery and embezzlement and sentenced to five

:02:46. > :02:53.Jay Y Lee was accused of making inappropriate donations worth around

:02:54. > :02:55.$6 million to the close confidante of the country's former

:02:56. > :02:58.President Park Geun-hye in exchange for government favours.

:02:59. > :02:59.Those accusations also helped trigger the dismissal

:03:00. > :03:07.The Thai Supreme Court has issued an arrest warrant

:03:08. > :03:10.for the former prime minister, Yingluck Shinawatra,

:03:11. > :03:12.after she failed to turn up for the verdict in her

:03:13. > :03:20.Sources close to her party say she made the decision to leave

:03:21. > :03:21.Thailand unexpectedly, shortly before the

:03:22. > :03:33.It is not clear which country she is now in.

:03:34. > :03:35.Florida State Prison has executed the white

:03:36. > :03:38.supremacist Mark James Asay, the first white inmate put to death

:03:39. > :03:40.for killing a black man, since Florida reinstated

:03:41. > :03:44.The lethal injection included a drug never used before in the US.

:03:45. > :03:47.Asay was sentenced to death in 1988 for killing two men in separate

:03:48. > :03:54.Major travel disruption is expected over the weekend as millions prepare

:03:55. > :03:56.for the bank holiday getaway amid engineering works

:03:57. > :03:58.on some of the country's busiest rail routes.

:03:59. > :04:00.Operators have warned passengers to expect delays,

:04:01. > :04:02.as Euston station is closed for two days and services between

:04:03. > :04:04.London, the North West and Scotland are cancelled.

:04:05. > :04:07.Road users have also been advised to expect longer journeys with more

:04:08. > :04:12.traffic predicted over the course of the weekend.

:04:13. > :04:14.Texas is bracing itself for Hurricane Harvey -

:04:15. > :04:17.which could be the worst storm to hit the US mainland in 12 years.

:04:18. > :04:20.The category-three storm is expected to make landfall along the state's

:04:21. > :04:23.There are concerns that torrential rain could bring life-threatening

:04:24. > :04:37.That's a summary of the latest BBC News - more at 10.30.

:04:38. > :04:51.Get in touch with us this morning lots of you getting in touch still

:04:52. > :04:54.about the Wi-Fi lorries. How do you feel as a lorry driver, is it a good

:04:55. > :04:55.idea? Let's get some sport now. Mo Farah finally signed

:04:56. > :05:02.off his track career with victory. The Olympic champ came

:05:03. > :05:04.first in the 5,000 meters He was chased down in the final 100

:05:05. > :05:13.metres by Muktar Edris who beat Farah at the World Championships

:05:14. > :05:15.in London last month. Narrowly winning in 13 minutes

:05:16. > :05:25.and six seconds but Farah will now It feels amazing to win. I have

:05:26. > :05:29.really enjoyed my career. It's been a long journey but at the same time

:05:30. > :05:32.I've enjoyed it. I will miss the track, missed the people, but now

:05:33. > :05:34.it's time for a new chapter in my life and see what I can do on the

:05:35. > :05:40.road. There was also victory for Britain's

:05:41. > :05:43.CJ Ujah in the 100 metres. He ran a season's

:05:44. > :05:45.best of 9.97 seconds, beating American world champion

:05:46. > :05:48.Justin Gatlin who finished fourth. And here's a good way

:05:49. > :05:50.to start a new job. Scoring from 50 yards on your first

:05:51. > :05:53.game for your new club. This is Gylfi Sigurdsson

:05:54. > :05:56.showing Everton why he's They drew away but managed

:05:57. > :06:00.to reach the group stages of the Europa League

:06:01. > :06:06.wining 3-1 overall. And just to let you know

:06:07. > :06:09.that the draw for the Europa League group stages will take

:06:10. > :06:11.place in Monaco at midday England boss Gareth Southgate says

:06:12. > :06:24.he has no issue with the culture of the FA and believes the manager

:06:25. > :06:27.of the women's side, Mark Sampson, is an

:06:28. > :06:28.excellent character. It's after Eni Aluko,

:06:29. > :06:33.who has 102 caps for England, accused Sampson of bullying

:06:34. > :06:35.and discrimination, which he denies. Sampson has been cleared by two

:06:36. > :06:49.investigations so far and Southgate My feeling is that the culture is

:06:50. > :06:53.very good here. I can't talk about specific camps and age groups I'm

:06:54. > :06:57.not involved with, but I sense we are heading in a good direction with

:06:58. > :07:01.everything that's going on at Saint Georges Park. I think this summer

:07:02. > :07:08.was a really good example of that across the men's and women's game.

:07:09. > :07:10.In cricket, England can seal the series against

:07:11. > :07:12.West Indies with victory in the Second Test which starts

:07:13. > :07:17.The last Test finished inside three days and England will start as big

:07:18. > :07:21.It's one of two Tests to take place before this winter's Ashes

:07:22. > :07:24.and will see Joe Root lead England out at his home ground.

:07:25. > :07:31.I'm lost for words a little bit on how to describe it! It's a great

:07:32. > :07:35.opportunity, to do that here at Headingley where I have watched a

:07:36. > :07:38.lot of cricket played. To get the opportunity to captain England here

:07:39. > :07:42.is very exciting and a proud day for me.

:07:43. > :07:44.Whether you think it's a real or not the Floyd Mayweather

:07:45. > :07:47.and Conor McGregor fight in Las Vegas this weekend

:07:48. > :07:50.The former boxer Ricky Hatton has labelled it "pure showbiz."

:07:51. > :07:52.McGregor himself though challenges anyone who doubts

:07:53. > :08:06.This is two men swinging blows to the temple, you know what I mean, so

:08:07. > :08:09.as to not people think with the eight ounce gloves, and I don't

:08:10. > :08:13.fight? It's disrespectful from my opinion. I have witnessed it from

:08:14. > :08:19.pundits and analysts all over, as well as media. Whatever, they will

:08:20. > :08:24.see two men go at it and risk it all on Saturday night. That's all the

:08:25. > :08:25.sport for now. See you again in half an hour.

:08:26. > :08:28.The police watchdog says the former singer Ian Watkins

:08:29. > :08:31.could have been arrested for child sex abuse nearly four years earlier,

:08:32. > :08:33.if the South Wales force had investigated complaints about him.

:08:34. > :08:35.Let's get more on this from our correspondent

:08:36. > :08:49.Remind us about the case. It was a truly shocking case. We had a global

:08:50. > :08:56.rock star, adored by millions who privately was carrying out the most

:08:57. > :09:02.appalling abuse. In the end it was a drugs raid that led to his arrest.

:09:03. > :09:06.But drugs offences were the very least of it. I remember being at his

:09:07. > :09:10.first court appearance at the Magistrates' Court, and what we

:09:11. > :09:15.didn't know them, but we know now, is there was a timeline of nearly

:09:16. > :09:19.four years of opportunity is missed by police to get him in the dock

:09:20. > :09:23.rather sooner and to end what the judge who finally sentenced him to

:09:24. > :09:29.29 years in jail called behaviour that was plumbing the depths of

:09:30. > :09:33.depravity. There work in the alarm bells surrounding Ian Watkins. The

:09:34. > :09:38.IPCC report today highlights the fact that for so long the police

:09:39. > :09:41.turned a deaf ear to them. Tell us more about the complaints. How many

:09:42. > :09:47.were there and what did they say? I have a copy of the report here. It

:09:48. > :09:51.pinpoints what it calls major shortcomings in terms of the police

:09:52. > :09:58.investigation, if we can call it that, over the four-year period into

:09:59. > :10:04.Ian Watkins. The main complainant went to the police repeatedly. First

:10:05. > :10:09.of all in 2008. On her mobile phone she had a message from Ian Watkins

:10:10. > :10:13.saying he wanted to abuse children. The report found the police didn't

:10:14. > :10:17.look at the phone and simply didn't believe this woman. They didn't

:10:18. > :10:22.believe she was a credible witness. In fact there were six people who

:10:23. > :10:30.went to police with concerns about Ian Watkins. This report finds that

:10:31. > :10:34.there were eight reports, three intelligence logged but no

:10:35. > :10:37.interviews with Ian Watkins. He wasn't interviewed or questioned and

:10:38. > :10:41.he wasn't asked what he thought about the allegations. We can hear

:10:42. > :10:47.from the commission and who compiled today's report. Bias, unconscious or

:10:48. > :10:52.conscious, has no place in modern policing. When someone comes forward

:10:53. > :10:55.with such a serious allegation, or indeed any allegation or report, it

:10:56. > :11:01.really shouldn't matter what they look like, who they are, what their

:11:02. > :11:05.lifestyle is, what they do. What's really important is, what are they

:11:06. > :11:12.saying. It's really important that is taken seriously and investigative

:11:13. > :11:16.work is done to see if there is any independent evidence to corroborate

:11:17. > :11:24.what they are saying. What has been the police response to this? Sorry,

:11:25. > :11:27.in a word. South Wales police say they didn't listen and didn't

:11:28. > :11:34.properly investigate complaints over that time and say they are truly

:11:35. > :11:40.sorry. One detective Sergeant faced a disciplinary hearing over his

:11:41. > :11:48.conduct but was cleared in that hearing. There was also an IPCC

:11:49. > :11:51.report to South Yorkshire Police, and they criticise that force in

:11:52. > :11:55.their investigation into Ian Watkins. Joanne Mjadzelics went to

:11:56. > :12:01.that force as well. That report found that three officers would face

:12:02. > :12:05.disciplinary action at South Yorkshire, they would have, but they

:12:06. > :12:08.have since retired, so they can't. Looking at the South Wales Police

:12:09. > :12:12.force report, but at the timeline of events, the summary of complaints

:12:13. > :12:18.about him, and it says at various points, no action taken, no action

:12:19. > :12:19.taken, no action taken. Finally the police took action, but four years

:12:20. > :12:21.late. We can speak now to

:12:22. > :12:24.Michael Wolkind QC. He defended Joanne Mjadzelics,

:12:25. > :12:27.who had to clear her name when she was accused of sharing

:12:28. > :12:32.Watkins' indecent images. She told us she wasn't well

:12:33. > :12:34.enough to join us today. What can you tell us

:12:35. > :12:42.about her response to this report? A degree of satisfaction. She's

:12:43. > :12:48.disappointed on a personal level. There is no apology to her. It's

:12:49. > :12:53.probably time for south Wales to respond with an apology which shows

:12:54. > :12:58.their integrity and to speak with grace about how they disregarded

:12:59. > :13:03.her. It brings back these events, not that she can forget them, but

:13:04. > :13:07.every day she tells me she cries for no obvious reason. Actually the

:13:08. > :13:11.reasons are obvious. She was disregarded. She was somebody who

:13:12. > :13:15.was defamed, written off because of her less than conventional

:13:16. > :13:24.lifestyle. Maybe it wasn't a steady lifestyle. She was a former sex

:13:25. > :13:28.worker? Yes, and so what? She was wrongly accused during the trial of

:13:29. > :13:33.having been mental health section. That wasn't true. To face a jury

:13:34. > :13:36.with a person who comes from that sort of background was difficult.

:13:37. > :13:41.Their starting point might also be to disbelieve her. But police who

:13:42. > :13:44.had the opportunity to look for corroboration of her claims didn't

:13:45. > :13:50.do anything. They didn't have the wit to examine her phone, with a

:13:51. > :13:56.text and a wish list of abuse from Ian Watkins. She was enough on - off

:13:57. > :14:00.relationship with Ian Watkins. She got a text message from here which

:14:01. > :14:05.clearly outlined his desire to abuse children. She went to the police so

:14:06. > :14:09.why didn't they look at the phone? She went to the police with a

:14:10. > :14:13.laptop. One police officer said that he or she wasn't qualified to look

:14:14. > :14:20.at a laptop. We could look at a laptop and be alarmed when we see a

:14:21. > :14:25.picture of an underage child. He or she wasn't interested enough because

:14:26. > :14:31.she wasn't qualified. Joanne Mjadzelics went back again, four

:14:32. > :14:36.times in all. She had the laptop and said, this is a picture he sent me.

:14:37. > :14:40.They denied in due course it was an underage child, it was a child of

:14:41. > :14:44.four or five. They claimed it was a child over the age of consent. They

:14:45. > :14:48.were wrong, because Joe and didn't count for them. -- because Joanne

:14:49. > :14:55.Mjadzelics didn't cancel them. In the report they said they were

:14:56. > :15:00.waiting for the right type of complainants to come along. That's

:15:01. > :15:04.what the IPCC commissioner says. Because of her lifestyle. Does this

:15:05. > :15:08.happen in other cases? It must do. In the same way police are now told

:15:09. > :15:12.to really listen to young children who claim they have been abused by

:15:13. > :15:16.groups of men. What's the difference? So she comes from an

:15:17. > :15:20.unsteady background, not a conventional background. She's not

:15:21. > :15:25.posh. My interest in the case began when I saw that after Ian Watkins'

:15:26. > :15:30.conviction she was interviewed on television. She wasn't glorifying on

:15:31. > :15:33.it, but she was disturbed. It was weighing on her, what could she do

:15:34. > :15:36.more to stop children being in danger. She couldn't have done much

:15:37. > :15:41.more than going to the police station four times armed with a

:15:42. > :15:49.computer and e-mail in the Association of Chief Police Officers

:15:50. > :15:54.and telling everyone. On one occasion she said to the care

:15:55. > :15:57.authorities that if he does something again, it will be on your

:15:58. > :16:01.head, not mine. She was warning them, she was right, telling the

:16:02. > :16:06.truth from the start and all the way through.

:16:07. > :16:14.Paul Sellers Ian Watkins was not treated differently because he was

:16:15. > :16:18.famous - do you believe that? I do not accept that, I am cautious about

:16:19. > :16:23.that, I have had a quick look at the report, and I don't think the report

:16:24. > :16:27.mentions a memo that are used during the trial from one police force to

:16:28. > :16:33.another that said, he is a famous rock star, she is a former escort

:16:34. > :16:36.who has been sectioned - there is the comparison, celebrity privilege,

:16:37. > :16:42.I know about that. I am very grateful to you for coming in.

:16:43. > :16:45.Still to come, we'll be looking ahead to the highly anticipated

:16:46. > :16:47.fight between the undefeated boxer Floyd Mayweather and mixed martial

:16:48. > :16:51.When the rugby player Dan Mugford was dropped

:16:52. > :16:54.by his club earlier this year, it hit him hard.

:16:55. > :16:57.He suffered with severe depression that left him suicidal.

:16:58. > :17:01.and when that disappeared, he struggled to cope.

:17:02. > :17:04.But he's since found help and a new club and

:17:05. > :17:07.now wants to help others learn how to better cope with rejection.

:17:08. > :17:19.Thank you so much for speaking to us, it is very brave to talk so

:17:20. > :17:27.openly about this, why did you think it was the right thing to do to talk

:17:28. > :17:31.about this? It is a subject that is not spoken about a lot, and the more

:17:32. > :17:36.we can raise the awareness, the more comfortable people will feel and

:17:37. > :17:41.able to talk about it, and therefore will not get into that low, dark

:17:42. > :17:46.place. So you thought that the world was at your feet, you have signed

:17:47. > :17:51.for a Premier League side, you were looking to the future, it was all

:17:52. > :17:55.positive, then what happened? Absolutely, I was living my dream

:17:56. > :18:00.from the age of eight, I wanted to play in the premiership, and I had

:18:01. > :18:04.worked very hard to do that, and I made sport and rugby in particular

:18:05. > :18:11.my whole life, I made it define me as a person. And the season started

:18:12. > :18:15.very well, everything was going just as planned, and then I started to

:18:16. > :18:20.struggle to get in the team, not really sure why, couldn't quite get

:18:21. > :18:26.any answers, but as time went on, I realised it was slipping away from

:18:27. > :18:30.me without a real reason for it. And slowly time went on, and I couldn't

:18:31. > :18:34.get back in the team, and then it came out that I was going to be let

:18:35. > :18:37.go at the end of the year, and there wasn't too much interest from other

:18:38. > :18:43.premiership sides, as I wasn't playing much. It hit me hard, it

:18:44. > :18:47.made me feel like a failure as a person, that I have got all the way

:18:48. > :18:53.there to live my dream, but potentially as a person I was not

:18:54. > :18:59.good enough to be doing that. How did it affect you on a day-to-day

:19:00. > :19:04.level, did it change your behaviour? Absolutely, it was really hard, it's

:19:05. > :19:09.consumed me, I wouldn't do anything but go home and think about

:19:10. > :19:18.training, I didn't want to do anything, I would sit on the sofa,

:19:19. > :19:22.watch TV, I didn't want to do anything, and it put a big stress on

:19:23. > :19:29.the relationship, which has unfortunately ended since. But it

:19:30. > :19:37.really did consume me, I didn't want to face anything, and it was a very

:19:38. > :19:40.hard time. Did your then girlfriend, your family and friends, notice that

:19:41. > :19:46.change anyone tried to talk to you about it? I think so, it is a tough

:19:47. > :19:50.subject to bring up, and I don't necessarily know, you know, if the

:19:51. > :19:54.signs were so obvious, but they definitely tried to help.

:19:55. > :19:58.Unfortunately, my knowledge of mental health is use at the time was

:19:59. > :20:03.pretty limited, and I thought that it wouldn't happen to me and that

:20:04. > :20:08.that wasn't me, you know, I think everyone thinks, no, that will not

:20:09. > :20:11.happen to me, but I was living it without realising. So when they did

:20:12. > :20:15.talk to me, it was hard to accept what they were saying, and I just

:20:16. > :20:20.assumed that things would get better or that I was wired this way and

:20:21. > :20:26.that is how it is. So it took for me to get to a really low point, to

:20:27. > :20:31.gain perspective, and then realise actually what I was going through.

:20:32. > :20:35.You hit rock bottom, you realised you needed help, but as you said,

:20:36. > :20:40.you didn't know much about mental health. Did you know where to turn?

:20:41. > :20:45.Thankfully, my girlfriend at the time, so I had been let go from

:20:46. > :20:49.Sale, and my contract in the premiership was over. I had put a

:20:50. > :20:54.strain on our relationship, which made that end, which was kind of the

:20:55. > :20:59.point where I gained that perspective and realised, actually,

:21:00. > :21:01.I need to do something about this problem. Thankfully, she was

:21:02. > :21:05.incredibly supportive and helped me to look in the right direction to go

:21:06. > :21:10.to speak to somebody. I was also very lucky to have the rugby players

:21:11. > :21:14.association on hand, that I could ring and gain support and talk to a

:21:15. > :21:21.psychologist and start going to therapy. Do you think people looking

:21:22. > :21:26.from the outside understand what you were going through? I think it is a

:21:27. > :21:30.very hard one, I think until you are actually there, you probably never

:21:31. > :21:33.quite understand. I think a lot of people will have what they think is

:21:34. > :21:38.a good understanding, but until you get into that place, you know,

:21:39. > :21:43.really, I don't think you understand it. I know I didn't, I could be

:21:44. > :21:46.sympathetic to people that were potentially depressed or anxious,

:21:47. > :21:52.but I never quite understood it and tell I was there myself. So it is a

:21:53. > :21:56.very hard situation, and sometimes, you know, that makes it hard to talk

:21:57. > :22:01.about, which is why I think, the more we can talk about, the easier

:22:02. > :22:06.it will become for people to get problems off their chest. You talk

:22:07. > :22:09.about the stigma, essentially, that is what you are talking about, the

:22:10. > :22:14.need for people to talk about it, and we have seen so much in the last

:22:15. > :22:19.year or so - Prince Harry with his own challenges on mental health,

:22:20. > :22:23.high profile people talking about their struggles. Do you think that

:22:24. > :22:27.has helped the likes of you to feel that you can come on national

:22:28. > :22:33.television and share with us? I think it is absolutely huge, which

:22:34. > :22:39.is one of the reasons I am doing this, so we can be stigmatised this,

:22:40. > :22:43.and the more we can talk about it, the more other people feel OK to do

:22:44. > :22:47.the same. I think it has helped me massively, it has helped me to

:22:48. > :22:53.realise that not being OK is OK, and it is a temporary problem that can

:22:54. > :22:57.be solved, so yeah, I definitely think the more high-profile people

:22:58. > :23:01.that can talk about it, the better. From the outside, people might think

:23:02. > :23:05.it is quite a match show, male culture, have you had a lot of

:23:06. > :23:10.support from the sport itself, whether it is other players all the

:23:11. > :23:15.bodies there. Absolutely huge, that was one of the problems I faced at

:23:16. > :23:19.the time, going through it, that it was such a macho culture that I felt

:23:20. > :23:27.it would be very hard to open up and talk about how I felt, you know, I

:23:28. > :23:30.felt I might get laughed at, but when I took the judge to speak out

:23:31. > :23:34.about it, the support has been huge. You know, I have had a few people

:23:35. > :23:38.telling me they have been to the same things and you have done a

:23:39. > :23:41.wonderful thing in speaking out and it will help others do the same. So

:23:42. > :23:45.the support I have had from the sport and from friends and family

:23:46. > :23:49.has been massive. Interesting you say that other players have come to

:23:50. > :23:53.you and said they have had problems - before you spoke out, were you

:23:54. > :23:59.aware of anybody going through the same things you were? No, absolutely

:24:00. > :24:02.not at all. Again, you feel very alone, like you are the only one

:24:03. > :24:08.that has ever been through it, because people don't talk about it.

:24:09. > :24:12.So once I did talk about it, I have had numerous people talk about their

:24:13. > :24:17.previous experiences, or that they know somebody, and I think the more

:24:18. > :24:22.I understood that, the more I was hearing that, the more accepting of

:24:23. > :24:26.myself I was as well, which is huge. So by talking about it now on TV,

:24:27. > :24:29.and in other things, hopefully people will see again that it is OK

:24:30. > :24:34.do feel that way, it is temporary and we can all work together to

:24:35. > :24:38.overcome it. Is the hardest bit at admitting to yourself that you have

:24:39. > :24:46.a problem? I think so, that is the huge step to getting better, that

:24:47. > :24:51.first step, and it is a really hard thing to do, you know, everyone

:24:52. > :24:55.wants to live a happy, good life, but unfortunately it is not always

:24:56. > :24:58.that way. There are things everybody goes through in different walks of

:24:59. > :25:03.life, and the stresses that come on the ball can be huge, so I say, if

:25:04. > :25:07.you're feeling down or not right in any way, the best thing you can do

:25:08. > :25:12.is talk to somebody, there is no harm in it. I bet, by doing that,

:25:13. > :25:16.you will feel better for getting it off your chest. It is a huge first

:25:17. > :25:21.step that made me feel a lot better. We hear a lot about mental health

:25:22. > :25:25.issues with young people, young people needing support - do you

:25:26. > :25:28.think there is enough focus on young people in elite sport getting that

:25:29. > :25:34.support and being told it is there before they needed, we can support

:25:35. > :25:38.you if you ever have a problem? I think it is beginning to get better,

:25:39. > :25:44.recently there was a big push for it, which is absolutely wonderful. I

:25:45. > :25:48.still think we can do more, elite sport can have easier access,

:25:49. > :25:52.potentially, weekly, daily, to somebody there that you can go and

:25:53. > :25:55.express problems or express the way you are feeling too, so I think we

:25:56. > :26:02.can still be doing more, but having said that, I think the steps that

:26:03. > :26:05.are being taken are really good and a large leap forward into where it

:26:06. > :26:10.is probable it was a couple of years ago. And you are feeling better, you

:26:11. > :26:15.feel you are moving forward? Yeah, I do, I still have tough times, I

:26:16. > :26:19.still have hard days, but I'm working hard with my therapist to

:26:20. > :26:23.put things in place to change my mind set, to change my thoughts, and

:26:24. > :26:27.I am able to pull myself out of those, and that is the thing, you

:26:28. > :26:31.know, it is not just going to be a click of the fingers and you are OK,

:26:32. > :26:35.it is a work in progress, things may come back, you know, stresses may

:26:36. > :26:39.come on again, but what I am trying to do is equip myself as best as

:26:40. > :26:44.possible to be able to deal with those things, and I feel like I am

:26:45. > :26:47.in the place to be able to do that. Thank you for speaking so honestly

:26:48. > :26:51.and frankly this morning, I am really grateful to you. Dan Mugford.

:26:52. > :26:54.If you've been affected by any of the things Dan has spoken about,

:26:55. > :27:10.you can find support and advice on the BBC Action Line.

:27:11. > :27:19.Still to come, can McGregor to beat Mayweather? We will be looking add

:27:20. > :27:22.to the big fight. Texas braces itself for Hurricane Harvey, the

:27:23. > :27:26.worst storm to hit the US mainland in 12 years, we will be speaking to

:27:27. > :27:37.a meteorologist in Texas about what we can expect to see. Let's take an

:27:38. > :27:39.early news now with Annita. Thank you, Chloe, good morning.

:27:40. > :27:42.South Wales Police missed a number of opportunities to bring convicted

:27:43. > :27:44.paedophile Ian Watkins to justice sooner.

:27:45. > :27:46.The Independent Police Complaints Commission says that from 2008,

:27:47. > :27:48.the force failed to act on allegations made by seven

:27:49. > :27:52.people about the then lead singer of Lostprophets.

:27:53. > :28:02.One of those was Joanne Mjadzelics, whose lawyer told the programme how

:28:03. > :28:05.she's feeling. The degree of satisfaction, she is disappointed on

:28:06. > :28:11.a personal level, there is no apology to her. It is probably time

:28:12. > :28:15.for South Wales to respond with an apology which shows their integrity

:28:16. > :28:20.and to speak with grace about how they disregarded her. But it brings

:28:21. > :28:24.back these events, it is not as if she forgets them, every day she

:28:25. > :28:28.tells me she cries for no obvious reason, but the reasons are obvious.

:28:29. > :28:30.The billionaire vice chairman of Samsung has been found guilty

:28:31. > :28:31.of bribery and embezzlement and sentenced

:28:32. > :28:37.Jay Y Lee was accused of making inappropriate donations worth around

:28:38. > :28:40.$6 million to the close confidante of the country's former

:28:41. > :28:43.President Park Geun-hye in exchange for government favours.

:28:44. > :28:45.Those accusations also helped trigger the dismissal

:28:46. > :28:54.Wi-Fi controlled convoys of trucks could be on major British roads

:28:55. > :28:58.by the end of next year as part of a plan to cut emissions

:28:59. > :29:02.The Department for Transport says up to three wirelessly connected HGVs

:29:03. > :29:04.will travel together, with drivers in each to steer

:29:05. > :29:07.but the speed controlled by the lead vehicle.

:29:08. > :29:11.The AA says it has major safety concerns about the idea.

:29:12. > :29:14.Richard Cuerden is in charge of the UK trials

:29:15. > :29:29.Major travel disruption is expected this weekend as millions prepare for

:29:30. > :29:34.the bank holiday getaway amid major engineering works on railroads.

:29:35. > :29:38.Euston station is closed for two days, and services between London,

:29:39. > :29:41.the Scotland are cancelled. Road users have been told to expect

:29:42. > :29:42.longer journeys with more traffic predicted over the course of the

:29:43. > :29:48.weekend. Texas is bracing itself

:29:49. > :29:50.for Hurricane Harvey, which could be the worst storm

:29:51. > :29:53.to hit the US mainland in 12 years. The category-three storm is expected

:29:54. > :29:55.to make landfall along There are concerns that torrential

:29:56. > :30:06.rain could bring life-threatening That is a summary of the latest

:30:07. > :30:13.news, join me for BBC Newsroom Live at 11 o'clock. Some sports now.

:30:14. > :30:16.Mo Farah finally signed off his track career with victory.

:30:17. > :30:18.The Olympic champ came first in the 5,000 meters

:30:19. > :30:23.He was chased down in the final 100 metres by Muktar Edris who beat

:30:24. > :30:34.Farah at the World Championships in London last month.

:30:35. > :30:37.The Olympic champion will now concentrate on road races.

:30:38. > :30:40.There was also victory for Britain's CJ Ujah in the 100 metres.

:30:41. > :30:42.He ran a season's best of 9.97 seconds,

:30:43. > :30:44.beating American world champion Justin Gatlin who finished fourth.

:30:45. > :30:47.And here's a good way to start a new job.

:30:48. > :30:50.Scoring from 50 yards on your first game for your new club.

:30:51. > :30:51.This is Gylfi Sigurdsson showing Everton why he's

:30:52. > :30:55.They drew away but managed to reach the group stages

:30:56. > :30:57.of the Europa League wining 3-1 overall.

:30:58. > :31:00.And just to let you know that the draw for the Europa League

:31:01. > :31:02.group stages will take place in Monaco at midday

:31:03. > :31:05.In cricket, England can seal the series against

:31:06. > :31:08.West Indies with victory in the Second Test which starts

:31:09. > :31:12.The last Test finished inside three days and England will start as big

:31:13. > :31:15.Joe Root has told his side to be ruthless.

:31:16. > :31:20.Around 10% of those exiting the Army, Navy and air force are women.

:31:21. > :31:23.But we have heard a far lower proportion of accessing help than

:31:24. > :31:27.men because it is not tailored for them. Campaigners have told us there

:31:28. > :31:32.is a hidden population of former servicewomen who are suffering

:31:33. > :31:34.similar problems to male veterans, such as post-traumatic stress,

:31:35. > :31:41.substance abuse and unemployment. But nobody knows how many there are

:31:42. > :31:43.or where they live. We have visited one of the few charities providing

:31:44. > :31:49.support just for female veterans. I am Denise Kidger, and I served

:31:50. > :31:52.22-and-a-half years in the Army. Afghanistan a couple

:31:53. > :31:58.of times, Germany, Cyprus, Falklands, Northern Ireland,

:31:59. > :32:05.Bosnia three times. It was tough because you were

:32:06. > :32:08.a woman but you had to act like a man and so I find it quite

:32:09. > :32:12.tough outside, mentally, The PTSD is a weird one,

:32:13. > :32:36.because sometimes at first you don't understand,

:32:37. > :32:41.you just think something's not right, why am I -

:32:42. > :32:45.why do I not want to go out Why is it such a struggle

:32:46. > :32:49.to get out of bed? You have nightmares,

:32:50. > :32:51.you have flashbacks. And I've got this anger that I've

:32:52. > :32:54.never had in my life. I keep myself to myself now,

:32:55. > :32:57.whereas I've always I've always had a life and soul

:32:58. > :33:03.of the party kind of thing. I thought the best thing to do

:33:04. > :33:06.was stay in the house and not engage and then I was introduced to Forward

:33:07. > :33:15.Assist. What we found was the women felt

:33:16. > :33:20.that they weren't represented in the charity sector so it was very

:33:21. > :33:24.male-orientated and and So we do consultation

:33:25. > :33:28.sessions to find out We offer a lot of one-to-one support

:33:29. > :33:32.and we also do female-only You're crawling in a black

:33:33. > :33:49.pit and you're trying to get out sort of thing,

:33:50. > :33:51.know what I mean. Sometimes you get out and you walk

:33:52. > :33:54.around and you think I'm normal. Ah, that's not me, that's

:33:55. > :33:57.somebody else sort of thing. It's been left to the charities

:33:58. > :34:14.and I think it's a disgrace that the MoD, you know,

:34:15. > :34:18.we are prepared to serve. But when you come back there's

:34:19. > :34:20.nothing there for you. You know, like they tell you you're

:34:21. > :34:24.not capable of doing the job that you absolutely love and then you get

:34:25. > :34:29.discharged and they tell you, but it's OK, you've got these

:34:30. > :34:32.injuries, when you get out you're Three years on, no

:34:33. > :34:43.wonder I'm a head case. You're not a head

:34:44. > :34:50.case at all, darling. I served as a dog handler

:34:51. > :34:54.in the Royal Army Veterinary Corps. I guess you could say

:34:55. > :34:58.it was the front line. My feeling was pretty

:34:59. > :35:01.much what I would call Once they're done with you,

:35:02. > :35:14.they're done with you. Do you think female

:35:15. > :35:16.veterans are ignored? I think we're invisible

:35:17. > :35:21.because we feel like we just have to get on with things

:35:22. > :35:23.and the veteran charities So we're just heading

:35:24. > :35:34.to see one of our other female veterans, Trish, who was,

:35:35. > :35:38.sadly, in her words, kicked out of the air force,

:35:39. > :35:41.due to falling pregnant a number They gave me a choice,

:35:42. > :35:50.I could either abort And they had me booked in for

:35:51. > :35:59.an abortion on the Tuesday already, and I had until Monday

:36:00. > :36:02.morning to let them know

:36:03. > :36:13.what my decision was. When you say "out here",

:36:14. > :36:23.you mean in civilian life? Sorry, that's how I think,

:36:24. > :36:42.I'm out here. It was the day my son flew the nest

:36:43. > :36:54.and went to university that I think the real shock hit me that

:36:55. > :37:00.I was a mother - I still am a mother -

:37:01. > :37:05.but now what do I do? There's a civilian part of me,

:37:06. > :37:12.apparently, but I only knew This is the day I passed out,

:37:13. > :37:23.as you call it, passing out parade. Trish came to us

:37:24. > :37:35.around ten months ago, sadly, with quite a number of complex

:37:36. > :37:39.issues, including anxiety, depression and also an eating

:37:40. > :37:45.disorder and alcohol problems. So we talked about doing three

:37:46. > :37:48.positives things every day, writing them down and looking

:37:49. > :37:50.at trying to draw up the little positives,

:37:51. > :37:53.even if you're having a bad day. So they can be big things,

:37:54. > :37:55.little things, can you remember

:37:56. > :37:57.what some of them were? So we're just slowly working

:37:58. > :38:03.with her to try to get her the help she needs from a therapy

:38:04. > :38:07.and clinician point of view and also reducing her social isolation

:38:08. > :38:11.so she's getting out of the house a lot more now and

:38:12. > :38:25.getting better slowly. When I've got my camera,

:38:26. > :38:28.that's my coping strategy. I love watching the waves

:38:29. > :38:33.when they go and hit, coming across and just hit

:38:34. > :38:38.the actual pier and that. I feel like I've got somebody

:38:39. > :38:49.in an organisation I can chat to sort of thing,

:38:50. > :38:53.if we're having bad days and we support each

:38:54. > :38:55.other and it's genuine. The Ministry of Defence told us

:38:56. > :39:06.they are committed to the wellbeing of our service personnel

:39:07. > :39:10.and the vast majority of those leaving transition

:39:11. > :39:13.successfully into civilian life. They said, "We recognise that

:39:14. > :39:16.a small number of veterans struggle, and that is why we work

:39:17. > :39:19.across government and with charity partners to provide a comprehensive

:39:20. > :39:22.package of support, which includes the instigation

:39:23. > :39:25.of a cross-government And if you've been affected by any

:39:26. > :39:32.of issues we've covered there's more information

:39:33. > :39:34.on the BBC Action Line - the number 0800 888 809 -

:39:35. > :39:41.calls are free and are open 24-hours a day and there's a full list

:39:42. > :39:43.of support and organisations Wi-Fi controlled convoys of lorries

:39:44. > :39:57.could be on major British roads by the the end of next year as part

:39:58. > :40:01.of a plan to cut emissions The Department for Transport says up

:40:02. > :40:05.to three wirelessly connected HGVs will travel together,

:40:06. > :40:07.with drivers in each to steer but the speed controlled

:40:08. > :40:09.by the lead vehicle. In a moment we'll

:40:10. > :40:12.talk live to the RAC. But first I've been talking

:40:13. > :40:16.to the Richard Cuerden -- But first I've been talking

:40:17. > :40:18.to Richard Cuerden - who's in charge of the UK trials

:40:19. > :40:30.for 'self-drive' lorries. We are working hard to get this live

:40:31. > :40:38.onto UK roads. In early trial form late next year in 2018. We have to

:40:39. > :40:41.meet the safety cases first, met independently evaluated. We will not

:40:42. > :40:45.push them out onto the road without that safety case. To reassure

:40:46. > :40:50.people, we will start a whole range of trials and carefully staged

:40:51. > :40:53.off-road testing that will get us and others to independently assess

:40:54. > :40:56.what we have done to have the confidence that what we have done

:40:57. > :41:01.will work in the UK. If it does work and we get it on the road in the UK,

:41:02. > :41:05.what we want to see is that we keep hopefully ahead, if not keeping up

:41:06. > :41:10.with, other international players in this area. Said the automated and

:41:11. > :41:14.robotic vehicles and connected vehicles are the future. In the UK

:41:15. > :41:17.we need to make sure the roads are ready for these new technologies.

:41:18. > :41:21.Let's talk to Rod Dennis from the RAC.

:41:22. > :41:27.Do you have concerns about this? Not as many concerns as others have

:41:28. > :41:34.expressed this money. Driverless technology is coming. The technology

:41:35. > :41:39.is moving apace. The issues around public acceptance and public safety.

:41:40. > :41:42.People need to be aware this is not a trial that will be thrown out

:41:43. > :41:51.there and we will suddenly be faced with lorries on the roads. It will

:41:52. > :41:53.be independently run. The body responsible, TRL have a fantastic

:41:54. > :41:58.international reputation in this research. It is around public safety

:41:59. > :42:01.belt, and it's around communication with people so they are aware of

:42:02. > :42:08.when the trials are happening and where. But they will start off the

:42:09. > :42:13.road anyway. We can expect a lot of the safety measures to be pretty far

:42:14. > :42:16.advanced. We've had a lot of people getting in touch through the

:42:17. > :42:19.morning. Reading some of the questions now, so what happens if

:42:20. > :42:22.somebody tries to get in between three lorries on a convoy. What

:42:23. > :42:26.happens if somebody is coming out of a slip road and the convoy is coming

:42:27. > :42:31.along. Do people need to be taught how to drive with these convoys in

:42:32. > :42:34.place? I think it's a very gradual thing. This is a faced trial. It's

:42:35. > :42:42.not about suddenly putting the lorries out on the road. -- a phased

:42:43. > :42:44.trial. We can understand that as a driver it can be unnerving to be

:42:45. > :42:49.suddenly faced with lorries like this. And sure a lot of people

:42:50. > :42:52.watching who do a lot of miles will be used to seeing lorries travelling

:42:53. > :42:56.close to each other anyway. There will be an autonomous element in

:42:57. > :42:59.terms of the speed the lorries are going, but actually all the

:43:00. > :43:03.technology is around making sure the lorries and driverless cars, as we

:43:04. > :43:07.move towards those, can adapt to the environment and adapts to other

:43:08. > :43:10.drivers who are not driving autonomous vehicles, getting in

:43:11. > :43:14.their way, crossing in front of traffic. This is what technology has

:43:15. > :43:19.to be able to cope with and we think TRL and the government plan gives us

:43:20. > :43:20.a good opportunity to do that. Thank you for speaking to us, Rod Stennis

:43:21. > :43:23.from the RAC. Texas is preparing for the arrival

:43:24. > :43:25.of Hurricane Harvey, potentially the worst storm to hit

:43:26. > :43:28.the US mainland for 12 years. It's expected to come ashore

:43:29. > :43:31.later today, with winds of more The National Hurricane Centre

:43:32. > :43:35.has warned of flooding, with nearly a metre of rainfall

:43:36. > :43:39.forecast over parts of Texas, and a predicted surge in sea levels

:43:40. > :43:43.of more than three metres. The threat has led to evacuations

:43:44. > :43:48.along the south Texas coast. Jason Cooley is a meteorologist

:43:49. > :43:50.for the Texas Storm Chasers and is in the area right now

:43:51. > :44:05.where the storm is due to hit. Jason, what's it like outside? Any

:44:06. > :44:08.sense of what's coming? It's really not too bad right now. There have

:44:09. > :44:14.been some passing showers and even some flashes of lightning. The wind

:44:15. > :44:19.is still very tame. It's only getting to 30 mile per hour gusts

:44:20. > :44:25.right now. But the waves are starting to crash. And it is slowly

:44:26. > :44:29.getting more windy by the minute. Are people packing up and leaving

:44:30. > :44:35.their homes? What has been the advice? Yes, just last night

:44:36. > :44:39.everyone was hitting the roads after work and filling up their gas tanks

:44:40. > :44:45.and getting reserve jerry cans of gas and packing up and leaving.

:44:46. > :44:49.There are still a lot of people who will leave today, but the majority

:44:50. > :44:54.have hit the road is already. It has to be said you are looking very calm

:44:55. > :44:58.and cool. Do people in Texas generally take this in their stride,

:44:59. > :45:04.this is just part of life, they are and they just get on with it? Yes,

:45:05. > :45:07.they did have a big sense of preparedness, even though it has

:45:08. > :45:11.been a long time since they have had a hurricane that hit the coast. It's

:45:12. > :45:22.been almost ten years now. So for you, I said in the

:45:23. > :45:30.introduction that you are a storm chaser, will you stay there and sit

:45:31. > :45:35.it out? You could, yeah, some chasers live to sit through it. I

:45:36. > :45:43.will not be putting myself in any danger, I like to be conservative,

:45:44. > :45:47.and I will be driving away from any potential three metres storm surge

:45:48. > :45:52.like that, I will be staying away from that! If we are talking about

:45:53. > :45:56.three metre storm surges, how badly will that affect the area you are in

:45:57. > :46:06.right now? The area I am in right now is only 5-10 feet above sea

:46:07. > :46:13.level, so any storm surgeon will completely override that. -- storm

:46:14. > :46:18.surge. A storm surge of that magnitude will flood out any

:46:19. > :46:24.business or home that is below ten feet above sea level, and it can

:46:25. > :46:33.carry a magnitude of dangerous items, like sewage, via ants,

:46:34. > :46:39.debris, and it will just sit there four days and days until the

:46:40. > :46:45.pressure finally rises again and the surge recedes. Jason, best of luck,

:46:46. > :46:55.stay safe, thank you for speaking to us this morning. Thanks.

:46:56. > :47:03.Our correspondent Adina Campbell is at Euston station right now, what is

:47:04. > :47:09.happening? Well, it has started to get a lot busier here at Euston

:47:10. > :47:14.station. From tomorrow, this station will completely close for two days,

:47:15. > :47:19.and that is because, as you say, of this massive engineering project

:47:20. > :47:23.which is taking place. It is huge, it involves 17,000 engineers. They

:47:24. > :47:27.will be making preparations for HS2, as well as improving the tracks and

:47:28. > :47:31.signalling as well. Of course, this will have a major impact on

:47:32. > :47:36.passengers. One of the men services affected will be the West Coast Main

:47:37. > :47:40.Line, and that will mean no trains into London from those parts of the

:47:41. > :47:44.country. But it is not just London affected, other parts of the country

:47:45. > :47:48.will see engineering work, including Wales, the Midlands and parts of the

:47:49. > :47:53.North. Network Rail has said it is never ideal to do this, but it is

:47:54. > :47:59.short-term pain for long-term gain, and they say during the bank holiday

:48:00. > :48:04.15% fewer people use the services, so there will be a huge benefit

:48:05. > :48:08.after this work is completed. There are some big sporting events at the

:48:09. > :48:11.weekend - of course, the rugby league Challenge Cup is happening at

:48:12. > :48:15.Wembley, passengers are being advised to check before they travel,

:48:16. > :48:19.give themselves plenty of time, and it is Notting Hill Carnival as well,

:48:20. > :48:23.so plan your journey, give yourself plenty of time. But it is not just

:48:24. > :48:27.the railways, there will be millions more of us using cars through the

:48:28. > :48:32.weekend, and airports are expected to be a lot busier as well,

:48:33. > :48:37.particularly Heathrow. So the advice is to check before you travel and

:48:38. > :48:41.give yourself plenty of time. A fun weekend for lots of people(!)

:48:42. > :48:43.It is one of the one of the most anticipated

:48:44. > :48:46.Former world champion boxer Floyd Mayweather is coming out

:48:47. > :48:49.of retirement to fight mixed martial arts champion Conor McGregor.

:48:50. > :48:51.Mayweather is undefeated in his professional career.

:48:52. > :48:53.McGregor is a boxing novice who will be stepping

:48:54. > :48:55.into the ring for his first ever professional boxing match.

:48:56. > :48:58.Four and a half years ago, McGregor was collecting unemployment

:48:59. > :49:00.benefits in his native Dublin, but tomorrow night he stands

:49:01. > :49:03.to earn $100 million in a battle that is expected to break

:49:04. > :49:13.all existing pay TV and purse records for any type of fight.

:49:14. > :49:20.Earlier I spoke to boxing pundit Steve Bunce. So first of all, you

:49:21. > :49:24.look at this on paper, Conor McGregor clearly the younger man,

:49:25. > :49:30.but Floyd Mayweather, he has got to do this, hasn't he? Not only has he

:49:31. > :49:34.got to do it, he has got to do it in style, because it is not just his

:49:35. > :49:42.reputation, his legacy that is at stake. There is also the case of

:49:43. > :49:48.boxing against this MMA thing, this UFC thing, this giant, this

:49:49. > :49:51.ridiculous fighting, kicking, all kicking, all fighting, screaming

:49:52. > :49:56.sport, one sport against the other. There is more at stake than just the

:49:57. > :50:01.win and making a couple of hundred million dollars. So is it a fight or

:50:02. > :50:06.a farce? It is a fight, don't worry about that. There are elements of

:50:07. > :50:12.comedy, element of a freak show, circus, 100%. Was it farcical in the

:50:13. > :50:17.sense of one man competing in 49 fights, the other man is unbeaten in

:50:18. > :50:22.no fights? It is a farcical age, but it is a real fight, they will be

:50:23. > :50:27.hitting each other very hard, so whether it lasts one minute or 36

:50:28. > :50:31.minutes, the full 12 rounds, it will be a genuine fight once the bell

:50:32. > :50:37.starts. A circus and a freak show, but still a fight. And huge, obscene

:50:38. > :50:43.amounts of money, I was reading that Mayweather could get ?230 million,

:50:44. > :50:49.McGregor significantly less, probably 70 million - is this good

:50:50. > :50:53.for the sport at all? Well, the thing is, they raise their money

:50:54. > :50:57.independent of the rest of the world of boxing, so the amateur boxers at

:50:58. > :51:01.the moment to boxing in a World Championships in Germany, they have

:51:02. > :51:06.nothing to do with this, most professional shows have nothing to

:51:07. > :51:09.do with this. This is almost a separate, stand-alone event, it just

:51:10. > :51:13.happens to be boxing, but it has very little to do with boxing, other

:51:14. > :51:17.than that it is a boxing match. The sums they can make, the figures you

:51:18. > :51:22.have given me, they could be double, I said double for both men. There

:51:23. > :51:28.might be some absolutely obscene and vulgar money raised from the

:51:29. > :51:32.pay-per-view sales in America of this fight. We have seen so much

:51:33. > :51:37.trash talk ahead of the fight, the way in is this morning, what the

:51:38. > :51:41.mood where you are? Most people putting their money on Mayweather?

:51:42. > :51:48.It is very strange, and I can't give you the exact sums, but 98% of bets

:51:49. > :51:55.are for Conor McGregor, this is according to the man that runs the

:51:56. > :52:02.betting office inside the famous MGM casino, 98% for Conor McGregor, and

:52:03. > :52:06.2% for Mayweather. But more money is being waged on Mayweather. Just in

:52:07. > :52:14.the last 24 hours, two beds have been taken by the MGM, 141 $.2

:52:15. > :52:21.million, and one for $500,000. So the real gamblers are putting their

:52:22. > :52:22.money on Mayweather. -- one for $1.2 million. That was Steve Bunce

:52:23. > :52:26.speaking earlier from Vegas. We can speak now to Brad Pickett,

:52:27. > :52:29.a former MMA fighter who fought on the same bill as McGregor several

:52:30. > :52:32.times in his UFC career, including And Enzo Maccarinelli,

:52:33. > :52:36.a former world champion boxer, is speaking to us

:52:37. > :52:48.from his home in Swansea. I want to start with you, Enzo, do

:52:49. > :52:51.you think, unlike Steve, that actually Mayweather will be

:52:52. > :52:59.absolutely fine in this fight, he might be 40, but he is undefeated? I

:53:00. > :53:04.think he will be fine. I think Conor McGregor is an amazing athlete and,

:53:05. > :53:10.you know, some of the skill set that he has in MMA will go with him to

:53:11. > :53:17.boxing, but unfortunately the skill set he has, making people think a

:53:18. > :53:23.lot, Mayweather does that much better in boxing terms. Does

:53:24. > :53:27.McGregor have a chance? Of course he does, if he catches Mayweather

:53:28. > :53:34.flash, clean on the button come we could see Mayweather get hurt, he

:53:35. > :53:38.has been hurt before but recovered well. 49 fighters before all have

:53:39. > :53:44.that same chance as well. What do you think? It is a very interesting

:53:45. > :53:47.fight. For me, Mayweather has beaten 49 boxers before, but he is not

:53:48. > :53:51.fighting a boxer this time, it is someone from a different skill set.

:53:52. > :53:58.He is restricted with the skills you can use within the fight, but boxing

:53:59. > :54:00.has been around for many years, and the same techniques have always been

:54:01. > :54:05.the same. Obviously, with the freedom of mixed martial arts, you

:54:06. > :54:10.have to express yourself a lot more as a fighter. Just explain what it

:54:11. > :54:14.is for people who don't know. If you look at Olympic sports, it is like

:54:15. > :54:20.the triathlon of martial arts, you know, you have to be good at boxing,

:54:21. > :54:24.wrestling, judo - you have to be a jack of all trades, rather than a

:54:25. > :54:27.master of one. You have to learn a lot more. But that is a

:54:28. > :54:34.misconception, that Conor McGregor, he is boxing, and a lot of my rounds

:54:35. > :54:40.have been boxing rounds. I have boxed a lot. So you think McGregor

:54:41. > :54:45.has a chance? Infighting terms, anyone who throws punches has a

:54:46. > :54:50.chance. Of course. But he is fighting the best defensive boxer

:54:51. > :54:54.out there, and to knock someone out, you have to hit them, and he will

:54:55. > :54:58.find that hard, very frustrating. It all depends, for me, how Mayweather

:54:59. > :55:02.wants to fight. If you want to make it exciting and, the McGregor, it

:55:03. > :55:09.will be interesting and quite funny. But he might sit back? I think he

:55:10. > :55:16.will sit back for a few rounds, try to suss out McGregor, see what he's

:55:17. > :55:20.doing, and then I think Brown six or something like that, you will see

:55:21. > :55:25.Mayweather really putting it on McGregor. Lots of people have been

:55:26. > :55:30.critical, particularly online, saying this is obscene, a farce, a

:55:31. > :55:36.fiasco, not a sporting spectacle, just obscene, two people grabbing as

:55:37. > :55:42.much money as they can. To a certain extent, yes, you know, but if you

:55:43. > :55:47.look at Conor McGregor, for example, the money he was on in UFC, he is

:55:48. > :55:52.going to quadruple his network in one fight on Saturday night. How

:55:53. > :55:57.could he turn that fights down? He suggested it, didn't he? He was the

:55:58. > :56:05.one who put it out there in the first place. Oh, 100%, he is a

:56:06. > :56:10.marketing machine, and I agree with Brad, Mayweather was not fighting a

:56:11. > :56:14.boxer - he is fighting an MMA artist, but unfortunately for

:56:15. > :56:19.McGregor, it is boxing rules, and if it is boxing rules, I think

:56:20. > :56:25.Mayweather has seen it all before. A lot of McGregor's high skill set,

:56:26. > :56:28.landing punches, twisting his hips, feints, he is not going to be able

:56:29. > :56:37.to do that on Friday night, but going back to your question, how

:56:38. > :56:42.could he really turn that down? As McGregor, he is set for life after

:56:43. > :56:46.this fight. All credit to him. What do you think, is it a farce, or is

:56:47. > :56:51.it great for future MMA fighters to make the crossover and make loads

:56:52. > :56:58.more cash? I have got a feeling that a lot of people don't understand,

:56:59. > :57:02.even boxing, it is an entertainment business. People want to see fights,

:57:03. > :57:07.so if people are going to pay to watch it, people are going to put

:57:08. > :57:13.these shows on, the promoters. I think there will be a transformation

:57:14. > :57:19.with MMA, because the pay-per-views we are doing, the numbers we are

:57:20. > :57:25.getting, it is exceeding boxing... So McGregor doesn't need to do this,

:57:26. > :57:29.then? Well, he does, because why would he ever turn this down? He is

:57:30. > :57:38.going to end so much money for half a fight, only using his hands. He is

:57:39. > :57:42.going to be set for life. Exactly, but he will definitely do this or

:57:43. > :57:50.something like this again. Thank you so much for speaking to us. Lots of

:57:51. > :57:53.you still getting in touch with us about this Wi-Fi lorries story that

:57:54. > :57:56.we have been talking about all morning, and then he says, Wi-Fi

:57:57. > :58:00.controlled lorries, what would happen if the leading lorry was

:58:01. > :58:04.involved in an accident or had a blow out? Could the other drivers

:58:05. > :58:10.take control quickly enough? We are told the answer is yes. Another

:58:11. > :58:15.tweet, big drugs are bad enough with drivers, never mind driverless, no,

:58:16. > :58:19.no, no! BBC Newsroom Live is coming up next, thank you for your company,

:58:20. > :58:24.have a great day, and I will speak to you soon.