24/10/2017 Victoria Derbyshire

Hello, it's Tuesday, it's 9 o'clock, I'm Tina Daheley,

Criminal gangs are trafficking thousands of children from London

around the country to sell drugs - a leading charity has

Kids as young as 12 are used to transport and sell the drugs -

a practice known by the police as County Lines, or cuckooing.

We've spoken exclusively to two young people

It could have led to me being arrested, getting kill, I felt lucky

Disabled people are losing out on jobs because a government support

scheme, aimed at helping disabled people with physical and mental

health conditions work is no longer fit for purpose,

campaigners and recipients have told this programme.

They say the Access to Work programme is beset by errors,

The thought of having to cut my hour, I could feel me shrinking,

becoming a small person and feeling quite terrified about what my future

In his latest film, Breathe, Andrew Garfield plays

Robin Cavendish, who became tethered to a breathing machine in order

to stay alive after contracting polio in the 1950s aged just 28.

With the love and support of his wife Diana, played by Claire Foy,

Robin broke free and changed not only his life, but that of disabled

We will be speaking to Diana, and her and Robin's son Jonathan,

who is the producer of this moving true story.

I don't want to go on living here... What are we waiting for?

Welcome to the programme, we're live until 11 this morning.

Also, as hundreds of teachers, support staff and parents join

a mass lobby of parliament today, in a bid to persuade the government

to give schools more funding, we talk to parents who say

And we'd love to hear what you've got to say -

have you been asked to pay for something that used to be

Or do you feel the opposite and that your school

Do get in touch on all the stories we're talking about this morning -

use the hashtag Victoria LIVe, and if you text, you will be charged

Hospitals in England could carry out 280,000 extra operations a year

just by making better use of operating theatres.

Analysis by the watchdog NHS Improvement, due

out later this week, suggests that an average of 2 hours

a day are lost in operating theatres because of late starts

Waiting lists for routine operations are growing and there's a continuing

debate over whether more money is needed for the NHS or whether it

Now analysis by a health regulator seen by the BBC suggests that more

patients could be treated in operating theatres.

NHS Improvement looked at non-urgent surgery at 100 trusts

It says 1.64 million operations were carried out,

but an extra 280,000 more could have taken place and on average,

there was about 140 minutes of unused operating theatre

Reducing late starts, early finishes and last minute

cancellations would have made a big difference according to

the regulator, but the Royal College of Surgeons says it's

I think the NHS can always be more efficient and I think people have

worked very hard to try to make it more efficient and I think we should

continue to work very hard to make it more efficient,

but I don't think those efficiency savings are going to resolve

the ever increasing demand that is being put

NHS Improvement says it hopes the research will enable hospitals

to identify bottlenecks in their system, to ensure

operations are scheduled more appropriately and more patients

These figures sound pretty bad, what is the full picture? Tina, it is a

very varied picture, this analysis by NHS improvement suggests that a

lot more operations could be done, but thaw is the average, 280,000

more at 100 trusts that were looked at last year. There are some example

of good practise, where they have worked to try to fit in more

patient, that is what it is about, patients who have waited a long time

for routine surgery and often it is delayed further and yet more

operations could carried out but it seems it is down to late start,

early finish, often the surgical team system there but the patient

isn't ready, hasn't been brought in at the beginning of the operating

list or there could be a last minute cancellation and that go back to

preparing the patients more. What they are saying is they could do

better and there are ways of doing better to maximise the amount of the

time they use. What response can we expect? The Royal College of

Surgeons was tentative they are anxious not to be seen to be the

recipient of criticism, it is not surgeons who are not criticised for

working hard enough, they know there could be more efficiency, they are

saying it's a wired problem you have beds occupied by medically fit

patients and they can't leave because of social care problems so

the beds aren't available for the patients coming out of the operating

theatres so they say it a wired problem and demand is rising and

more money is needed. With all the talk of more money being needed for

the NHS, and also could it be more efficient, this is an interesting

contribution, waiting lists are rising, it is all about getting

patients the care they need. Thank you Huw.

Reeta is in the BBC Newsroom with a summary

Police in England and Wales have been accused of letting down victims

of modern slavery at every stage - in a scathing report

The Inspectorate found that cases had been closed without any

enquiries being made, and in some instances detectives

Police say they fully accept the recommendations in the report

The police have got lots of techniques, lots of methods,

When they deal with drug dealing, for example,

They need to start using the resources they have got and find

out who's doing this, who is the master mind behind it

We will have more on that few minutes when we hear how children

will being exploited and trafficked by gangs.

The reporting of crimes such as cyberbullying,

trolling and online harassment has increased by 85% in the last two

years, according to figures obtained by the BBC.

More than 200 malicious communication offences are recorded

every day by Police forces in England and Wales,

but the officer leading the fight against digital crime says

This is live.me, a video streaming app.

Victoria from Leeds uses it to chat online, but last year she started

Photos of her home were posted online and she was dared to try

One user threatened to force himself on her.

She was even told "go kill yourself" and her address was posted

Like I used to be an outgoing person and now I'm just getting there,

With more people using smartphones and social media, police

are getting more reports of malicious

That can include threats sent by online trolls,

abusive text messages, pornographic images

Research by the BBC has found more than 200 offences are being recorded

by police in England and Wales every day.

The number has risen by 85% over the past two years.

I think this is the tip of an iceberg.

I think as policing and society changes into the digital age,

this is only going to increase and providers, government,

law enforcement and users all need to get ready how we protect people

more effectively and then how we bring the criminals to justice.

With the support of her family, Victoria is slowly getting

So far no one has been arrested over the threats she received.

Disability campaigners have criticised a key government scheme

which helps deaf and disabled people in the workplace

The scheme provides support for people with disabilities

beyond what employers are obliged to do by law.

But a new report seen by this programme says Access to Work -

once hailed as the most successful programme of its type -

is beset by errors, delays and is being hit by a government

The Government says it's "committed to supporting disabled people to get

A 53-year old man is due in court today charged in connection

with an armed siege that lasted 4 hours at a bowling alley in Nuneaton

David Clark is charged with false imprisonment, criminal damage,

and possessing a blade and an imitation firearm.

The President of the European Commission, Jean Claude Juncker,

has said that he believes the EU and Britain will reach

He's been speaking in the last few minutes in Strasbourg.

What should I say about Brexit? I would like to say that the

Commission is not negotiating in an hostile mood. We want a deal. Those

who don't want a deal, the no dealer, they have no friends in the

Commission, we want a fair deal. And we will have a fair deal with

Britain. The no deal is not our working assumption. Thank you.

A British former assistant of Harvey Weinstein says

she was paid ?125,000 to keep quiet after accusing the movie mogul

Zelda Perkins told the Financial Times she signed

a non-disclosure agreement in 1998 after making the accusations.

She said Weinstein asked her to give him massages and tried

Weinstein has denied any allegations of non-consensual

Two women charged with killing Kim Jong-nam, the half-brother

of North Korea's leader, are revisiting the crime

Indonesian Siti Aisyah and Vietnamese Doan Thi Huong

were at Kuala Lumpur airport on Tuesday.

The pair are accused of rubbing the highly toxic VX nerve agent

on Mr Kim's face as he waited for a flight.

They have pleaded not guilty to murder, saying it was a TV prank

and they were tricked by North Korean agents.

The Labour MP who defeated Nick Clegg in this year's general

election, Jared O'Mara, has apologised for using what's been

described as "vile" and "horrendous" language in the past.

Mr O'Mara said he was a sexist and homophobic young man

when he made the comments posted online in 2002 and 2004, but says

He's not been suspended from the party but has stood down

from the Women and Equalities Committee.

An extremely rare ?1.5 million supercar was badly damaged after it

smashed into a crash barrier in West Sussex.

The Pagani Zonda, which has a top speed of more than 200mph,

crashed on the A27 at Tangmere on Saturday morning.

Sussex Police said the driver was not injured but the "one-off"

Italian-made car was left with "significant damage".

It is thought the car was travelling in a convoy of sports cars

at the time and police have appealed for witnesses.

That's a summary of the latest BBC News - more at 9.30.

Do get in touch with us throughout the morning -

use the hashtag Victoria LIVE and if you text, you will be charged

Let's get some sport with Jessica Creighton.

Jess, Cristiano Ronaldo picked up more silverware last night.

Yes, good morning. Ronaldo must be running out of space. As you say

another award for the Real Madrid and Portugal star. This time it was

the best awards, the best male Player of the Year. Voted for by

international player, the coaches, fans and the media. What a year he

has had. He has won the Champions League and the cup and league double

in Spain, he beat Messi of Barcelona to the award and Neymar of PSG who

he thanked in his accept tan speech. Thank you a lot, the guys who are

voting on me, I mention Neymar. APPLAUSE

I am really glad this is a great moment for me, I know I have fans

all over the world, so thank you a lot for the support.

APPLAUSE The women's award was won by a Dutch

player. They won the European Championships of course this summer

and she was the top goal scorer, so very well deserved to her.

In terms of British success Celtic won the best fans award.

Let us talk jobbed. A few names in the frame for the vacant Everton

manager's job. My man whose has kick add football is often linked. We

they that David Unsworth in charge of the under 23s will take temporary

charge. He has a big first match against the Premier League champions

Chelsea, that is in the League Cup tomorrow. Let us look at the other

names in the frame. Could there be a return for David Moyes? He had a

successful period at the club but a pretty hard time since he left. He

is well-known to the fans and the hierarchy, Sean Dyche, another name

in the frame. Thought to be one of the hot favourites. He has done a

brilliant job at Burnley. They are up to eighth. Sam Allardyce, he

didn't last long as England manager just one game, he is known for

getting teams out of sticky situations, and finally, Carlo

Ancelotti. Probably the biggest name linked to this job. He is a three

time Champions League winner and more importantly, he is not in a job

at the moment, after leaving Bayern Munich. Whoever takes charge they

have a massive it is aing on their hands. Everton are bottom of their

group in the Europa League, in the bottom three in the Premier League

and they are without a win in five. So whoever comes in has serious work

to do. Thousands of children from London

are being exploited and trafficked around the country by gangs to sell

drugs - that's according The police call this 'county lines'

- gangs use children as young as 12 to traffic drugs,

using dedicated mobile Speaking to this programme,

the government's anti-slavery commissioner has described those

figures as "shocking" - and the Home Office has announced

a ?300,000 fund to help charities provide support to young people

caught up in county lines activity. Last year, the National Crime Agency

described it as a 'national problem', with around 70% of forces

reporting they were dealing We've been speaking to two former

teenage drug runners We've disguised their

identities and their voices I got involved through friends,

seeing friends come back They were telling me about it like,

they were like, "It's an easy way of making

money", things like that. Feeling, having a family

that you ain't got. Being around people that are older

than you and they're Inner-city gangs are using

children to move drugs to Kids as young as 12 set up

in a vulnerable drug They sell drugs worth

thousands of pounds a day. This is the story of two former

teenage drug runners. We have protected their identities

because their lives are still The first time was like,

I think it was like a week, The longest was

probably like a month. All I did was stay in the house,

then people came to me. You could have like three

at the door at the And managing the money,

managing drugs, it was hectic. The first night I was a bit,

"OK, this is different." But from the time you see the money,

you're thinking, "OK, I can just bear a bit more like,

I can just turn and hold a bit Probably about two grand

a month, probably. I actually didn't have

a place to stay, where I had to stay in a graveyard

for a whole night. I remember looking at the stars and

I saw a question mark, literally. The first house I was

in was all right. So like yeah, it

kept me preoccupied. But the two houses I was

in the other time, no, The second two times

I was hesitant with the money and stuff, just

in case they took it. That's one of the reasons

why I never slept. Some people had like knives

and things like that. I had a knife with me,

so I felt all right, Yeah, yeah, there's

always a risk every day. I remember once I had drugs

and also I had a knife, a That probably could put me

in like a minimum of two years. With my family, I told them

I was staying with a friend because Sometimes I used to come back

for like a couple of But sometimes I would come back,

probably go to school and do what I But then straightaway

I would go back again. It would get to a point

where I just disappeared. I thought I was slick enough

to get away with it. But looking back on it now,

I probably wouldn't have. But at the time I don't

really think of it. I was thinking in

the house no one will My background wasn't

like as wealthy. You know, I had things

I needed, not wanted. So all the things

I wanted, yeah, but I Bought myself some

new trainers and that. I was young so I didn't

really know what to do. I just wanted clothes,

money and things like that. And did you ever feel

like you are being exploited? That age I didn't really recognise

the risks, do you know I mean? Other druggies bringing

in other druggies. It could be any moment

and they could take And in that situation

what can you really do? They want to be touched

by that needle. There is a time where obviously

you do make a mistake, where you're there, you're kind

of worried, you're paranoid. It can be a loss of money,

a loss of whatever. But when that happens

you have to stay. You got to make sure

that you make that money back.

There's a point that happened to me. Like most of the time

you get sent back. No one wanted to kill

you because that says you're not Cos knowing what

happens to like some weak kind of people,

that can mess up their whole life. Once you do this kind

of thing, like you can't be like, "Yeah,

I want to stop now." They're still talking to me,

they're trying to get at me and But I moved away from the area.

So I think that helped me a lot to actually think about other

things as well. And trying to make my life

something else, not just being another number,

do you know what I mean? It could have led to me getting

arrested, me getting killed, So I felt lucky getting

out when I could have. Earlier, I spoke to Kevin Hyland -

the government's I asked him how big a problem county

lines and cuckooing were. Well what we are finding is that we

are starting to discover this more and more each day. I think it is a

serious issue for the United Kingdom, where we have young

children being used by organised criminals to traffic drugs or for

sexual exploitation. We are starting to identify it, but I don't think we

understand or are responding to the prevalence of this and we need to

see more done. Do we have any idea of the scale of the problem and how

many children are involved? Well that is the issue. Because we have

not been looking at nit a collective way and looking at it for what it

is, witch is serious -- which is serious crime. So we don't

understand the scale. The issue of modern slavery we are starting to

understand and this is a form of slavery. There could be many

hundreds of county lines across the United Kingdom. Until we investigate

them and the children who have been exploited are supported properly, we

won't start to understand it in a way that can respond to the risks

this creates. Why hasn't it been looked at, is it because it is

something new? Partly it is something new, but it has been going

on for a long while and it has been ignored in as much as many of the

young people who are exploit rd just seen as problem children and they

turn up in other parts of the country from where they live,

carrying drugs or involved in sexual exploitation and they're just seen

as problem children, instead of being seen as part of the gang's

tools. They're being used as a commodity to move drugs and when you

think of it as a crime group f you can get young people to move drugs,

the chances of you getting caught are reduced. This is something that

is making tens of millions for those who exploit children. Some people

may be thinking, young drugs traffickers should be treated as

criminals not victims. What would you say? No, that is not looking at

theish issue, we have young British nationals who are being groomed. We

have young children and it is our responsibility tolike after those

children -- to look after those children who are being controlled by

serious criminals to traffic drugs or other crime. It is our duty to

look after the children and to actually pursue those who trade in

suffering of young children. So we need to look at these children in

the way that they need to be supported, the way they need to be

diverted from these gangs and to take the fight to the criminals.

Where do you draw the line, where do they stop becoming vulnerable and

become criminals? You have to look at each case and see if they have

the real ability to buy the drugs. When they go somewhere else and

they're trading drugs for someone else, what is the control measures

over those individuals. The issue of modern slavery in the wider context

is about people being used as a commodity and these are young people

who are vulnerable in the first place, often they're in care, they

haven't got families that support them or they haven't got the

opportunities that many of us have. And then the criminals move in and

groom them. Once you meet these young people face to face and I

have, and they come out of the other side, you realise for years we have

been letting these people down. What is your response to a highly

critical report out today which says police forces are failing to tackle

modern slavery and trafficking, because the cases are too difficult

and victims are unprotected, despite a rise in cases and also that senior

officers believe there is a lack of sympathy for victims. That s. That

report is very critical, things have moved on somewhat. But because of

the issues that we are seeing with this, the police and the agencies

are not seeing it for what it is. We are not seeing victims supported,

not seeing the criminals pursued. That report identifies the fact that

this has been looked upon as some sort of issue, a marginalised issue

that is something outside of the criminal justice system. So it is

the prejudices of police officers when it comes to the victim and

their backgrounds. It is not just the police, sometimes it is that,

sometimes it is the lack of understanding and sometimes the

services that are available to victims. In the wider issue of

slavery, the support for victims has been insufficient to meet their

needs. That is something I have been pushing for. Even those that come

forward, if you look at the over 3,000 cases last year we were only

seeing one in four ever recorded as a crime and something I brought to

the attention in my report was about how we needed to see more crimes and

we did see an increase, because it was not even ending up in an

investigation. So we need to see processes that are there for other

crimes and other vulnerability and when we see that and the victims the

supported and looked after not just for the period the national referral

mechanism says, that is the Government-supported agencyings but

if we see them supported until their recovery and we see the police

pursue the criminals, we will see this report, the issues address. If

it is just a marginal issue we won't see them addressed. Are there

parallels with cases of child exploitation such as in Rotherham,

are these children being groomed in the same way but for drugs? It is

exactly the same. If we look at cases where there have been

prosecutions, in Northumbria, where we saw the high profile case, where

the Chief Constable there dealt with as serious organised crime and got

some criticism for the tactics he used, but he looked at it as serious

organised crime and his aim was to protect the children and pursue the

criminals. So I think we need to take that learning, from the child

sexual exploitation and domestic violence, look at how long it took

us to respond to that. And let's take that and not make the same

mistake and miss the victims. Are there similarities where police

officers like in the Rotherham and agencies there, maybe reluctant to

take action, because they're fearful of being accused of being racist?

If we start talking about this for what it is, it is serious org

organised crime of abuse, let us forget about the immigration status,

the arguments about race, let us look at this vulnerable people, they

are being traded as a commodity and we are talking about children, and

what we need do is see the police respond to that as serious organised

crime. The other issues round the political arguments whether this is

a race issue or not, we need to pursue the criminals no matter where

they are from, the UK is taking leadership on the issue of modern

slavery, it doesn't matter where they come from, whether they come

from the UK or they come from somewhere else in the world, let us

pursue them for what they are, criminals, let us look after the

victims. What should police do if they come across a child who is

caught selling drugs, hundreds of miles away from home, what should

they do? They need to make sure that child is safe. At the moment are

they communicating with where that child is from. You know, sometimes

it is very plain, can that child organise that kind of activity, can

a child say that it originates from London and ends up in Yorkshire, can

they raise that -- arrange that themselves, where would they have

bought the drugs from. That is beyond their ability, so look at

that, and then as the police, you make the decisions, you are the

adults, you are the authorities and then work with you know, social

service, child protection, look at the background of how that child got

there, and then, see who is organising, organising it, work with

the police force where that child is from, start to see if will is a

picture, how many children are is turned up in your police force area,

build a picture up that isn't relianten a child telling you the

story, the police have got lots of technique, lots of methods, tactic,

to gather evidence, when they deal with drug dealing for example, they

don't have a victim. They need to start using the resources they have

got and find out who is doing this, who is the mastermind behind it and

prosecute them. We approached the Home Office

for an interview but Minister for Crime, Safeguarding

and Vulnerability, Sarah Newton, And you can hear much more this

story on File on 4 - A report on how the Government's

scheme to help disabled people into work has been criticised

as being unfit for purpose. We have been talking to sop of those

who rely on programme. And we speak to Jonathan Cavendish

whose father needed a breathing machine after contracting polio

in the 50s, and went on to change the lives of disabled

people around the world. Jonathan has now produced a film

bringing his father's Time for the latest

news - here's Reeta. Hospitals in England could carry out

280,000 extra operations a year just by making better use

of operating theatres. Analysis by the regulator NHS

Improvement suggests more than twohours a day on average

are lost because of late Police in England and Wales have

been accused of letting down victims of modern slavery at every stage -

in a scathing report The Inspectorate found that cases

had been closed without any enquiries being made,

and in some instances detectives Police say they fully accept

the recommendations in the report A British former assistant

of Harvey Weinstein says she was paid ?125,000 to keep quiet

after accusing the movie mogul Zelda Perkins told

the Financial Times she signed a non-disclosure agreement in 1998

after making the accusations. She said Weinstein asked her to give

him massages and tried Weinstein has denied any

allegations of non-consensual That's a summary of

the latest BBC News. Ronaldo has been crowned

the greatest player in the world He beat his great rival Lionel Messi

of Barcelona and PSG's Neymar to the trophy,

in a ceremony in London. David Unsworth is expected to take

tempoarary charge of Everton Names in the frame to take the job

permanently include Carlo Ancelotti Scotland flanker John Hardie's

suspension from Edinburgh and Scotland duty is because of

alleged cocaine use, He'll be out of Scotland's squad

for the autumn Tests on Tuesday. And Rob Greenwood, the coach accused

of creating a "climate of fear" within the British para-swimming

setup, has been given the "full support and backing"

of the British Swimming More on all those

stories just after ten. Plans have been announced

for a special memorial service to commemorate the lives

of the 80 people who died The service will take place exactly

six months to the day at St Paul's Cathedral on 14th

December. Here to tell us more

are Shahin Sadafi, a Grenfell resident and survivor,

and Graham Tomlin, the Welcome both to the programme. I

want to come to you first, why did you decide collectively to hold a

memorial service? Good morning. The reason for holding the memorial

service, it was first and foremost to bring some more attention in

regards to the needs of the brave families and to remember the lives

lost on the tragic day on 14th June, unfortunately it was a devastating

and traumatic event that took place, within this community, and it was an

opportunity for us to gather the perked families and remember the

lives of our friends, neighbours and family members that were lost on

that day. Graham, how will something like this, a memorial service help

the survivors of the Grenfell Tower fire, the families of those lost

come to terms with what happened? Our hope is by bringing the nation

together, there will be a sense that those who have died have not been

forgotten, that the nation gathers around those who have been bereaved

and are continuing to struggle with all kinds of issues since the fire,

and offer support. This is not just a local event, although it has

affected the local community massively but it is a national event

so it is vital we do that as a nation, the other thing is there is

something about a Cathedral when you cross the door, we are all the same,

we are all the same before God, doesn't matter whether you are a the

Queen, the Prime Minister, a resident of Kensington, our hope is

this service will bring dignity to all those who are involved. Will

this be a multi-faith service? It will be held and hosted by St Paul's

Cathedral so clearly it will be something which has a Christian

framework but one which has space for different faiths in it. We have

been working with local faith leaders in the community ho are

behind the venue and the concept of the service, we will be working on

the content of the service over the coming weeks and months with the

local community here, in mind, so it is something we hope that everyone

of all faiths and none can take part in and feel they have a stake in it.

Are you hoping to feed into that process along with other people from

the community? Absolutely. When Graham first approached Grenfell

United and myself to make sure that we first looked at the needs and

viewpoints of the bereaved families, and then obviously the survivors of

the tower, so what we will be doing, we have done already and what we

will continue to do is make sure we set up sort of meetings, and

opportunities for the local community, the bereaved families and

the survive, to be able to feedback into us and St Paul's in regards to

what they would like the see and have in the memorial service.

Thank you both very much for joining us this morning.

Coming up. . The story of a man who fought

for a life outside hospital after being tethered to breathing

equipment in the 1950s - brought Disability campaigners have

criticised a key government scheme which helps deaf and disabled people

in the workplace as The scheme provides support

for deaf and disabled people beyond what employers are obliged

to do by law. But a new report seen by this

programme says Access to Work - once hailed as the most successful

programme of its type - is beset by errors, delays

and is being hit by a government Campaigners are calling

on ministers to "restore and refit" the programme,

which they say should be the cornerstone of the Government's

drive to get one million more Just last month charities

warned that more disabled people were leaving

the workplace than joining. We've been to talk to some of those

who rely on what was once called, I'm a human b I just don't

understand how or why they think we are a problem. The thought of having

to cut my hourers, I could feel, me Janet shrinking, because this small

person and feeling quite terrified. Panic I was being abandoned. She had

been there for a few months then it was ending next week I was going to

different workplaces and seeing people at the end of their tenter,

not knowing what do because their access to work support was being

cut. It supporting deaf and disabled people at work, a new report claims

it is no longer fit for purpose. It points to unacceptably poor

customer service, shocking levels of delay, error, and a damaging drive

to bear down on costs. Access to work was always described

by deaf and disabled people as the Government's best kept secret. When

access to Working Tax Credits it works really well, it enables us not

just to get jobs gou have a choice of jobs, to go into the same range

of professions as non-disabled people. So there will be different

support provided, that could be a sign language interpreter, it could

be ongoing support needs for a person with a learning difficulty,

to be able to understand written information that comes to them, it

could be support for someone with a physical impairment if they need to

go to meetings and carry thing, it could be support with travel costs

if you are not able to travel independently.

From 2014 we noticed changes coming in. They weren't announced but there

were changes that were impacting on the way people were receiving their

support, from access to work, so more frequent review, people being

denied support, more often than not. People being told by their advisers

they needed to reduce the amount of support they were getting, there was

a noticeable increase in hostile attitudes from advisers so

accusations that people were a burden on the taxpayer, and the

level of errors that we are seeing as making the scheme unworkable for

people. My name is Gerald dine, my sign name

is Geraldine. I am a project manager. Every time I receive a

brown envelope, I get nervous. My budget has been cut twice this year.

And only because of administrative errors, the administration the

system doesn't work for deaf and disled people How important is it to

work? It is an interesting question! Because when I look back, over my

working life, I started, I left school, in the early 770s where we

never had interpreters there and life was really difficult. Now I am

in control, I have had a good career, I have been a director of an

organisation, I have managed big budget, I worked for health and

Social Services, I'm a project manager now. And it has given me a

career, it has given meaning to my life. It is such an important

resource and it has meant I can face the world with pride and respect for

myself as well. The Government say they would want

more people to be in your position and bearing down on costs so they

can bring it to more people and let more people do what you have done.

That is a reasonable thing to do isn't it isn't I don't think it is

up to tell a disabled or deaf people you need this support. How do they

know? We are the experts of our impairment. We know what we need to

do our jobs well, the resource is brilliant, when it works well, it is

brilliant. I just want the system to be better.

Urnt currently access is awarded to individuals, for a time limited

period of six months, the problem with that is that many people their

support needs are not simply going to go away, after six month, they

are going to continue. I'm jewel Julia. Julia has Aspergers

syndrome and anxiety disorder. What it is like being in a work place

with your condition? When nothing obviously has gone wrong, you can go

from being completely calm and happy to being just unable to function

within minutes. I use the word "word blindness", because I was looking at

a document and I was in panic mode, I could see the word, I had the

ability to read, but panic meant I couldn't read it. The frustration of

knowing that you're capable of doing so much more, because I had done

highly responsible jobs in my previous job. I couldn't understand

why I had this mental block on doing simple tasks. I realised it was to

do with the Aspergers, because I couldn't see the big picture. The

support from access to work enabled me to continue throughout many

periods when without the support I probably would have to just... There

was a couple of points where I would have just have had to walk out and

say, I can't do this any more. Last June Julia was told the support was

ended and she had a heart attack the next day. Did you feel when you

heard the support was ending? Panic, that I was being abandoned, it was a

feeling that she'd been there for a few months and suddenly it was like

the support is ending next week. When I look at the amount of things

I was trying to do within a short period of time, I was a heart attack

waiting to happen. Investing access to work has wider

societal benefits and there has never been an upper limit on the

budget that has been set. Disabled people are confused about this idea

of advisors contacting them and telling them that they need to

reduce the amount of support that they're receiving.

I'm Jenny, I'm a director and Executive of grey eye theatre. I

have learned my trade and how to cope in big meetings.

So without all of that, my confidence to become the deaf woman

I am, the director I am, I would never have thought to say, I want to

be the codirector of the Paralympic opening ceremony. It gave me the

confidence to do that. It is vital. I think for the importance of

ceremony, many deaf were involved, many deaf, disabled people, all with

support, full support from access to work, that is the time when they

were awesome and some of the access to work people came to watch

rehearsals and met the deaf people that were benefitting from the

money. So it felt... Really, really linked and aware and an

understanding and then when he were all like, we were rocking, we have

done it. Then gone. The cap means literally half of my

hours gone. After 2012, going from 35 hours a week, they said I could

have 72 hours a month. A massive reduction. It is my right-to-work

full-time. And having to cut my hours, I could feel me, Jenny,

shrinking, becausing this small person, feeling quite terrified

about what my future is. I can't believe it is going to happen. So I

can't think beyond April, because it makes me feel quite sick. I have

thought what am I going to do. Government say the changes and the

cap is about widening the reach of the scheme to enable more people

like yourself to achieve the things that you have achieved. That is

BLEEP. I know you can't say that. What we are seeing is people who

receive small amounts of support are still having their hours cut and it

seems to be driven by an ideology that people shouldn't depend for

support and they need to reduce support at all costs. I'm Nicky and

I'm a sign language interpreter. Access to work is one of most

important scheme, because it allows deaf and disabled people to smash

through the glass ceiling. Before there was not deaf professionals in

any kind of job you can imagine. They were limited in what they could

do. People just want to be able to do their jobs. And they just... Feel

like they're doing something wrong. Like you're asking for a favour,

would you mind giving me some money for support. They would say they

have a pledge to half the employment gap between disabled and

non-disabled people. The changes to access to work are about closing

that gap and getting a million more disabled people into work. Well, I

hope they will have one more million people into work, deaf and disabled

people, but we all need the full amount of access and independence to

get to work. Of course we want to work. There is a myth that deaf and

disabled people don't want to work. We do. We really, really do and my

God we are good. Through education we have the best, so there is a

real... You know hunger to be there. But the Government need to realise

that they still have to pay to support our access. They do. And I'm

sorry, where some of the other money goes... Put that money writ really

matters. The Department for Work and Pensions

didn't have a minister available to talk to us but the department

told us: In one of the most moving

roles of his career, Andrew Garfield plays

Robin Cavendish, a man who was paralysed from the neck down

in 1958, but refused to live out his days in an iron

lung in hospital. With the love and support of his

wife Diana, played by Claire Foy, Robin broke free and changed not

only his life, but that of disabled Their real story has been brought

to the big screen by their son I'll be speaking to Jonathan

and Diana in a moment, but first let's take a look

at a scene where Jonathan - as a little boy - is introduced

to his father at home What happens if there

is a power cut? Sadly Robin died in 1994

before the film was made, but I'm pleased to say Jonathan

and Diana are with me now. You were watching that clip with me.

How does it feel to watch yourself, as a baby, meeting your father for

the first time? Well, it is a slightly strange thing. In this clip

here in the film, my father's just broken out of hospital with my

mother. Because he didn't want to live the rest of his life lying down

in bed in a hospital. He wanted to live free. When he was in hospital

for the first year or so after he got pel polio, he was depressed and

he didn't want to see me as a baby. As a reminder of what he might have

lost. Did you wander why he was older. He had seen me, but not

wanted to connect. This was the first time he had really connected

with me. Out of hospital, living free with my mother and about to

have an amazing life. That must be difficult for you to know and to

hear about later on? Not at all difficult, because what my parents

fashioned was this extraordinary joyous, wonderful existence that I

was a part of, I tagged alongside it and we had a wonderful time. It was

very funny and my father was two minutes from death at any time,

because he relied on a breathing machine. But as a child, I never

realised that, because my parents dealt with it so elegantly. What was

that moment like, it sounds dramatic, having to break out of the

hospital? Well, I mean the point was they didn't want Robin to go,

because they liked people, they said, we do not know what the

long-term effect of operation is and Robin said I would rather die out of

hospital than stay here for the rest of my life. And he was right of

course. And the... Did you resist at any point? No. No, what was the

point? You could see he didn't want, it would have been ridiculous. No

life at all. I suppose looking back on it I suppose it was quite

adventurous, I am not sure we thought like that at the time. But

we had a lot of help from friends and family and actually we stole one

or two of the nurses from the hospital! They were not very

pleased! It is an extraordinary story. Why did you decide to bring

your father's story to the big screen? I'm a film producer and I'm

always looking for stories, but it took me time to realise I was

sitting on this amazing story. The reason for the telling it was first

of all I work with a great writer Bill Nichol and a great director and

this amazing cast. So we could be accurate about the life that was

led. Because I was there and there are lots of lines of dialogue that I

remember being spoken or were handed down. Such as when my parents did

break out of hospital, the consultant looking after them

shouted after them, you will be dead in two weeks. That is what my

parents told me. I wanted to make a film about how you can laugh

disaster in the face and joer come difficulties -- overcome

difficulties and my parents and this Willem bar -- will embarrass my

mother, it was a great love story. They set up an independent life and

helped others do the same. Robin changed the rights of disabled

people forever. How concerned were you about authenticity when it comes

to telling a real story? Very concerned, so everything in the film

happened. A lot of the dialogue was dialogue spoken. But it is, it is a

very funny film, there is a huge amount of comedy in it. My memory of

my parents' life and my life with them and their friends was a

constant adventure. My father's enemy was boredom. There was no

internet, no television and he created tasks and project and they

would travel all over the place. He had a van adapted so he could

travel. We went to Spain and broke down there and for 36 hours while

the inventor of the machine rebuilt a breathing machine back in London,

we sat hand pumping my father. I can remember my mother saying you must

not fall asleep. It was very funny and people came from the village and

gave us food. But the whole thing was an adventure and fun and amazing

to be part of. How big a role did you have in casting. Claire Foy

plays you. I had no role. You didn't get a say on who plays you? I'm

happy, because Andrew is brilliant and Claire is wonderful and I mean I

don't know whether she is like me, but she is marvellous. She is very

like you! And Andrew and Claire took so much trouble and you know I met

up with them beforehand and told them the story about Andrew ringing

you up. 123450 bit by lit learned more.

Three weeks before we started filming I got a phone call, picked

up a message from my dead father, talking to me exactly as he would,

and I was in shock, at the end of it Andrew's voice said who is the voice

doing, how am I getting on? By the end, it is not on an extraordinary

performance, he takes on the personality and the spirit and the

voice and look of my father in an amazing way. When is the film out?

This Friday in cinemas near you. Thank you for talking to us.

Breaking news just in, it has just been confirmed a British man has

been killed in Syria, while clearing landmines in Raqqa, Jack Holmes

within an IT worker who left the UK and joined the main Kurdish force

fighting so-called Islamic State. Let us get the latest weather update

with Carol. This morning we have seen a lot of cloud, some mist, fog

round, murky conditions and rain and the rain currently across Wales and

north-west England pushing over towards the Wash and Norfolk through

the course of the day. It will clear Cumbria. The rain in Scotland and

Northern Ireland will clear, leaving sunny spells and few showers and in

southern County, although it's a murky start it's a mild one, what we

will find it is brighten up. Any sunshine will be a premium. We

continue with the rain, edging from the west towards the east, a lot of

showers across Scotland. Once again, like the night just gone, it is

going to be a mild one with temperatures not falling lower than

nine or 13 degrees defending on which part of the country you are.

Tomorrow it sinks southwards. Murky in the south-west, but behind it, it

will brighten up nicely and for many of us tomorrow, we will see a lot of

sunshine, but still, a peppering of showers in the north and the west.

Temperatures still hiring than they should be in October, we are looking

at 11 to 18. It cools down as we head through Friday and into the

weekend. These exploiters have more control

of your own children than you do, to the point where you become the

outsiders, and children view them as the family.

We'll also hear from those who are involved in tackling

Campaigners have told us that disabled people are losing out

on jobs because a government scheme to help them into work

is not fit for purpose - we've been talking to some of those

The thought of having to cut my hours, I could feel me,

Janet, shrinking, becoming a small person and feeling quite terrified

Have you applied for Access to Work what was your experience?

And the Supreme Court will consider whether Northern Ireland law

breaches women's rights by not allowing abortions in cases

of sexual crime and fatal foetal abnormalities.

Here's Reeta in the BBC Newsroom with a summary of today's news.

Police in England and Wales have been accused of letting down victims

of modern slavery at every stage - in a scathing report

The Inspectorate found that cases had been closed without any

enquiries being made, and in some instances detectives

Police say they fully accept the recommendations in the report

The police have got lots of techniques, lots of methods,

When they deal with drug dealing, for example,

They need to start using the resources they have got and find

out who's doing this, who is the master mind behind it

In a few minutes time, we'll be hearing from some of those

involved in the fight against modern slavery including a former gang

Hospitals in England could carry out 280,000 extra operations a year

just by making better use of operating theatres.

Analysis by the watchdog NHS Improvement, due

out later this week, suggests that an average of 2 hours

a day are lost in operating theatres because of late starts

The European Council President, Donald Tusk, has urged the remaining

EU member countries to stick together as negotiations

If we fail it the negotiations will end in our defeat. We must keep our

unity regardless on the direct hundred of the talk, the EU will be

able to rise to every scenario as long as we are not divided. It is in

fact up to London how this will end, with a good deal, no deal, or no

Brexit. But in each of these scenarios, we will protect our

common interest only be being together.

A British man has been killed while clearing landmines in Raqqa. Jack

Holmes had been fighting with the Kurdish militia the YPG since 2015.

Kurdish representatives in the UK said they had been told by YPG

officials that the former IT workers was killed while he was clearing an

area of landmines to make it safe for civilians.

A 53-year old man is due in court today charged in connection

with an armed siege that lasted 4 hours at a bowling alley in Nuneaton

David Clark is charged with false imprisonment, criminal damage,

and possessing a blade and an imitation firearm.

A British former assistant of Harvey Weinstein says

she was paid ?125,000 to keep quiet after accusing the movie mogul

Zelda Perkins told the Financial Times she signed

a non-disclosure agreement in 1998 after making the accusations.

She said Weinstein asked her to give him massages and tried

Weinstein has denied any allegations of non-consensual

Disability campaigners have criticised a key government scheme

which helps deaf and disabled people in the workplace

The scheme provides support for people with disabilities

beyond what employers are obliged to do by law.

But a new report seen by this programme says Access to Work -

once hailed as the most successful programme of its type -

is beset by errors, delays and is being hit by a government

The Government says it's "committed to supporting disabled people to get

And some of those who use the Access to Work scheme will be telling us

about their experiences a little later on - that's at around

That's a summary of the latest BBC News - more at 10.30.

Breaking news, Stuart Bingham the 2015 World Snooker champion has been

banned for six months for breaching the WWSA betting rules. Three months

and one day will be suspended if he complies with any treatment

recommended to him, for his gambling, and if he commits no

further rule breach, Bingham still has the option to appeal but he will

miss the three most lucrative tournaments outside of the World

tournaments outside of the World Championship.

Ronaldo has been crowned the greatest footballer

of the year, at the 2017 Best Fifa Awards in London.

His Real Madrid coach Zinedine Zidane was named best coach too.

Ronaldo beat Lionel Messi of Barcelona and PSG's

Neymar to the honour, after helping Real

to a Champions League and La Liga double last season.

Leeka Martens of Barcelona and the Netherlands won

Lieke Martens of Barcelona and the Netherlands won

She was Player of the Tournament at Euro 2017 this summer,

Her manager Sarina Veegman was named 'Best Female Coach'.

David Unsworth will take temporary charge of Everton,

following the sacking of Ronald Koeman yesterday.

Unsworth will lead the team their league cup game

Names in the frame to take the job permanently are David Moyes,

who enjoyed a successful spell at the club, had a tough time

with other teams since leaving including that Premier League

He's done a brilliant job at Burnley to keep them in the Premier League

and they've had a good start to the season.

Sam Alladyce, granted he last just one game as England manager,

he is know for getting teams out of sticky situations,

although currently in retirement since quitting Crystal Palace four

And Carlo Ancelotti, the biggest name linked to this job,

three-times Champions League winner, he is free after leaving

Whoever takes charge, they'll have some serious work

to do, with Everton bottom of their group in the Europa League,

bottom three in the Premier League and without a win in five games.

Rob Greenwood, the coach accused of creating a "climate of fear"

within the British para-swimming setup, has been given

the "full support and backing" of the British Swimming Coaches

This comes despite British Swimming issuing an apology to athletes

and admitting some of their swimmers needed counselling after being

"visibly distressed" recounting their experiences.

Greenwood resigned from his position before the investigation began

and is yet to comment publicly about the findings.

England forward Sam Burgess says the squad for the 2017 World Cup has

more "X Factor" than the team that got to

England play their first match against holders Australia

Burgess also said that Rob Andrew doesn't know the full story

about his role at the 2015 rugby union World Cup, for

The RFU's former director of professional rugby called his

Rob went round the camp. He didn't see the work I had put in, he didn't

see how I contributed to the squad, he didn't see how I hard I worked,

whatsoever, he is not in the trench, he doesn't see what happened. I

disagree with him. I am proud of my performance for England, what I

contributed to the team. Unfort theyly the results didn't go as we

planned. He is entitled to his opinion and he is trying to sell his

book, so fair play to him. That is all the sport for now.

A leading charity says thousands of kids from London

are being trafficked around the country by gangs to sell drugs.

The Modern Slavery commissioner says the stats are shocking

and they are only starting to get to grips with it now.

The police call this 'county lines' - and it's sometimes

known as 'cuckooing' - because the teenagers travel

from inner city areas across county lines to other towns to sell

the drugs, often from the home of a vulnerable drug user.

Last year, the National Crime Agency described it as a "national

problem", with around 70% of forces reporting they were dealing

Yesterday, Chloe Tilley spoke to the mum of one boy

who was groomed by gangs in his early teens.

We've protected her identity because her son is still at risk.

When did you notice things were going wrong for your son? Roughly,

aren't year eight. A year after starting secondary school. Just

changes in behaviour. Very extreme changes, and a lot of it, you can

expect to happen round that age. But this was something that was quite

stark, and it was, it wasn't gradual. A real personality

transformation, quite quickly. Using real course language and kiss

playing real bad anger -- displaying real bad anger issues and there was

no reason for it, so it was all very difficult to deal with. It was

almost like it wasn't your own son. It was a little bit later on that he

started to go missing. Yes. There was about 18 months of activity,

which was very out of character. Behavioural indicators that were not

quite right, and he then went missing. The first episode was for a

substantial number of days, totally out of the blue. And he came home of

his own accord? No, he was found by police and we were told that he had

been groomed by a gang that were well-known to police for extreme

violence during the missing episode, which obviously was just

jaw-dropping a as parent, to have to hear those words. Because you are

not expecting anything like that to be the cause of all those

behaviours, all the missing episode, and that takes quite a lot of

getting used to, to hear your son's name being mentioned around that

sort of setting. It, it is a really bizarre thing to get your head

round, really the trouble started after the missing episode because

they were still ongoing suspicions, around his activities an behaviour,

in other words, it didn't stop, after the initial missing episode.

There were suspicious activity, or mobile phones, things that went

missing from the house. You know, presence of things in a school bag

you wouldn't associate with a child. Like what? Digital scales for

weighing out drugs and it was clear, despite that horrific missing

episode when weer with told what was going on, we were were to all

intents an purposes left to it. He was give an youth worker, but if

you're a groomed or exploited child, then it's clear that intervention is

it not going to succeed. And it didn't succeed. He promptly refused

to engage with them and it is now clear that is a common feature of

county lines exploitation. The children are taught, influenced to

hate police and authority figures. So you're not going to be answerable

to engage with them. They have almost been taken over mentally. I

use the word brainwash, because that is how it looks. They have these...

Exploiters have more control over your own children than you do. To

the point where you become the outsiders and the children view them

as the family. We then moved on to a nine-month spell, continuous of

missing episodes on a daily basis. That was roughly just shy of 200 odd

missing episodes and it's very difficult to explain to somebody

what that looks like in reality. Because you have the police camped

in your house, but life is going on at the same time. You know, looking

back now, there should have been more support than there was, but

it's not not even as if that wasn't made known to the agencies at the

time. There was a lack of recognition that he was involved in

gangs. Or that he'd been exploited. What effect did it have on you and

your family? It is difficult, because the nature of the missing

episodes being as they were, for hours and hours, and sometimes going

into two days, you just don't sleep you know? Because you have got

contact with the police throughout the night. Whilst he has gone

missing you're going to get the call to say that he has been stabbed or

killed in some sort of altercation. So it is a different alien world,

because whilst you're sitting in in the late hours waiting, you're

completely aware that the world that he is mixing in isn't the same one

as you're sitting in. Let's talk about the interventions, what could

have been done differently? So many things could have been done

differently. My son divulged to a profebgssal fessional that he was in

contact with a 27-year-old male. But nothing was done. That was at the

start of the professional intervention. We thought that

someone would be at our door to gain more information about that

statement. Nothing happened. You know, if you have got one family who

is making phone calls five days in a row, that is excessive. When you

have got somebody doing it for nine months, it is just inexcusable.

Somebody should have got in touch with us and said, what's going on

here? How can we help so you're not having to do this every day? For any

parent watching, who might be concerned about their own children,

what would you say? Trust your instincts. Know your child. Most

parents know when there is something wrong. That is why they're thinking

something is not right, because they have noticed a change. I would say

go with your gut instinct. How is your son now? He is on a slightly

different more positive trajectory, but it has come after a long time

and we have still got a lot of work to do and we have still got a lot of

time to catch up and we still don't know what the future's going to look

like for him. I've had to work really hard personally to achieve

what we have got now and it shouldn't be down to the parent to

do that. It should be down to the professionals. Unfortunately with my

situation, it was very close that the experts on country lines were

not the professionals. We can chat about this more

now with Junior Smart, a former gang member who now works

for St Giles Trust - which helps people leave gangs -

and is one of the charities that has won funding from the

Home Office today. councillor responsible for child

safeguarding and who recently led a cross party group of MPs who met

the Home Office minister responsible How big a problem this is, county

lines, cuckooing, in Islington? We have found 75 young people involved

in this. We are not a big area and so it is likely there are other

local authorities where there are far more young people involved.

There could be thousands of young people involved in this. How

worrying is that for you and is this something that is new? It is not

new, it has been going on for about 20 year, but it has just become

visible. We are told we have to safeguard children and we want to do

that, but we don't have to tools to do that, because we can't work cross

boundary with every local authority and police force where young people

may be, without leadership from national level and a national

strategy I don't think we are going to get to grip with this on our own.

You had a meeting at the Home Office with other councillors about trying

to develop a national strategy, because it does involve people

travelling to different parts of the country to sell drugs. How did that

go? Not as well as I would have liked it. The minister will not

introduce a national strategy and believes we should do things in

other ways. I argued that I think because this is a national problem

it needs a national solution and without that leadership, if we

become effective at working in some areas, the gangs will move

elsewhere. The reason they started doing this was they knew services

were bad at working with each other. So without that national response we

can't do it and I urge the minister to think again. Gina, we don't know

the true scale of the problem, but the charities for London estimate

about 4,000 children in London could be victims of this. How do children

get involved in the first place? There is many different ways. Quite

commonly people like too think this is the deprived communities, sink

estates, but I have received many phone calls like the mother we have

heard from and from dual part households -- parent households, the

criminality attaches itself to what ever is missing from that person's

family. One kid was getting good pocket money, but he wanted to be

that guy. You can point the finger at messages on social media, the

videos that glamorise the lifestyle. Be But the reality is anything but

that. Does a young person know they're being exploiteded when you

end up in scare situations with drugs you're often in a crack house

or in a property and actually you're in an area you don't know anybody.

The young people tell us the reality is sairy. -- scary. It can affect

not only deprived children, but middle class kids. What are the

signs, how do these gangs lure children in to the point where they

don't realise it is happen something Well from a parent, from they're

saying is they see drastic changes in the child's behaviour, new

possessions, additional mobile phones, things they can't account

for. The young people say they're looking for escapism and it depends

what that young person wants or needs, if it is respect, the group

tends to provide, if it is finance. To deal with with this requires a

joined up approach across all the services, police, probation and

charities, but it requires that organisations to communicate with

each other. We are lucky the work we do in schools with St Giles trust

provides that consistent one-to-one support and we have that cultural

currency, we know what the reality is. Young people tend to trust us.

Now let's get the police perspective. How big a problem is

this for you, where you are? Yes this is a big problem that we are

dealing w it is something we are familiar with over a number of years

sadly. The reports you have heard are shocking for people to hear. But

it is something that day in, day out any officers are dealing as they are

trying to deal with the problems of drug abuse. There is a highly

critical report which says that police forces are failing to tackle

modern slavery and fail being victims at every level and officers

believe the public lack of simp thif for victim -- sympathy for victims

is partly to blame. How do you respond to that? The report today is

something that we as a police service need to respond to and look

at how we can develop and improve. However, by way of reassurance it is

fundamental that our staff do put victims at the heart of everything

that we do. It is key to us in Suffolk here in terms of our

policing style and response. The report that you're talking about

refers to modern day slavery, but as you will be aware there is a range

of tactics that we use as a police service to tackle the problem around

county lines and vulnerability and the use of modern day slavery

legislation is just one of those. I want to come back to you, what ages

are we talking about here? Is this just children, is it adults? By the

nature, we are talking about children and I see every one of

those as children with real hopes and aspirations, but just going

about it in the wrong way. The youngest on our case load is 11 and

that is a young person that has been caught up with it and I believe that

crucial recruitment age we are looking at happens between primary

and secondary school, is the first point of entrapment by the young

people. And you know, it is not, what is a shame about this, it is

not the lack of will, but it is that it requires intensive work. This is

intensive work that requires long-term funding to do the work

properly. And frequently we come across agencies that just don't know

enough about the reality of gangs, enough about how these criminal

operations work and so what you tend to find is they're giving piece meal

help. But that needs to be tailor made and ongoing. Thank you for

speaking us to today. And you can hear much more this

story on File on 4 - We approached the Home Office

for an interview but Minister for Crime, Safeguarding

and Vulnerability, Sarah Newton, We have passed legislation, allowing

the police to crackdown on drug dealing gangs. It sends a message we

will not tolerate this criminal activity. Still to come: An

assistant to Harvey Weinstein said she was paid to keep quiet about a

sexual assault. Disability campaigners have

criticised a key government scheme which helps deaf and disabled people

in the workplace as The scheme provides support

for deaf and disabled people beyond what employers are obliged

to do by law. But a new report seen by this

programme says Access to Work - once hailed as the most successful

programme of its type - is beset by errors, delays

and is being hit by a government Campaigners are calling

on ministers to "restore and refit" the programme,

which they say SHOULD be Just last month charities warned

that more disabled people We've been to talk to some of those

who rely on what was once called This is the Jenny's story. My names

Jenny, I'm the artistic director and Chief Executive of grey eyes

theatre. Because I have had access to work, I have learned my trade and

how to cope in big meetings. I would never have thought to say I

want to be the co-artist director of the par Paralympic Opening Ceremony.

It Gays me that confidence to do that. It is vital I think for the

importance of the ceremony. Many deaf were involved. Many deaf

disabled people, all with support, full support from access to work,

that is the time when they were awesome and some of the access to

work people, they came the watch rehearsal, they met the deaf people

that were benefitting from the money, so it felt, really really

linked and aware of the understanding, when we were all

like, we're rocking, we've done it. Boof, gone. From April the am of

help will be capped for all users at 1.5 times the average salary. The

cap means literally half of my hour, boof, after 2012 going from 35 hours

a week, they said I could have 72 hours a month, that is a massive

reduction, it is my right to work full-time. The thought of having to

cut my hour, I could feel, me, Jenny shrinking, become this small person

and feeling quite terrified about what my future is. I can't believe

it is going to happen, so I can't think beyond April because it makes

me feel quite sick, you know, and I have a, I thought what am I going to

have a, I thought what am I going to do?

Let's talk now to Miro Griffiths - Government advisor on disability

We can also speak to David Buxton - Chief Executive of Action

Adrian Bailey is here as his interpreter.

Penny Pepper is a writer and John Kelly is a self-employed

musician who both use Access to Work.

Thank you for joining the programme today. David, I want to come to you

first of all, the Government says the scheme is tailored to

individuals' needs and can include travel to work, support workers and

specialist equipment, but are people struggling to gain access to

everything that is on off to them? Yes e certainly the situation now is

very different from twenty years ago when I first started using Access to

Work. I was able to have full access and able to progress from entry

level position to chief executive officer, which is remarkable. These

cuts are causing a lack of understanding, a lack of knowledge

of what is to come. Now I face a restriction of three days of Access

to Work support which means I don't know if I am going to be stable in

my job. The Government ministers, if we imagine, if we say that the

Government ministers who are negotiating with foreign Governments

say over Brexit, had to have restrictions on their foreign

language translation, and interpretation in dealing with

foreign Government, surely that would have a negative impact on our

relations initially. That would be a similar example for what we are

going through as deaf and disabled people, having this support removed

is having a negative impact on our work through no fault of our own. In

report suggests Access to Work is creating problems that

disproportionately affect deaf people. Can you explain to us what

they are? TRANSLATION: Yes, so there is two

areas, so, firstly, people who require high levels of support like

myself, are affected by the cap and 90% of those people affected by the

cap are deaf people, so, that means access to support is significantly

reduced, the Government is talking about widening the scheme to have as

many deaf and disabled people who require the support to have access

to out, which is clearly very welcome, but, even those from the

deaf and disabled people we are speaking to, say that they are

negatively being impacted by the levels 06 support which means this

is highly discriminateliry. You recently finished writing a book but

it almost didn't happen because of issues Penny. What were the problems

you faced? Well I thought this was would give context to of the issues

to access to work, this happened because of it but despite is. I

could not have written this book, which was published in September, so

it is a lovely new baby, I am very proud of it but every step of the

way with Access to Work, it is fraught with incompetence, loss of

paperwork, loss of named support on their end, you get a different

person each time, there is also the culture now seeping into Access to

Work of you asking for something that isn't genuine, it feeds into

the scrounger attitude that you so often, is thrown at disabled people,

I can say when it began, I have been an activist for 30 year, which is

partly detailed in my book, but we thought it was going to be a

wonderful thing, and we have to ask the Government do they want us to

work? They do, the Government says they are trying to get a million

more people into work, and they are... It won't happen's they are

spending no that are... It is available to people who need

support. This may then help more people instead of being able to give

more money to individuals if you see what I mean. What do you think about

that? Is it better, to help a larger number of people.

TRANSLATION: There is no evidence to suggest that would be the case. What

we need to do is get away from the rhetoric that the Government

constantly spouts out, and look at the reality of every disabled

person's lived experience, you know, this is a scary time because we have

already seen them tinkering round with things like the independent

living fund to the point where they close it. DLA and PIP we know that

that, the cumulative effect of the changes that are happening to

disabled people are slowly taking away all the building blocks we need

to be able to contribute and participate to society, so the

rhetoric the Government is spouting out, is just not the reality, you

know I have been using Access to Work for the last ten years and I

have seen just this terrible, terrible increase in the

bureaucracy, the misunderstanding, the inaccuracy. In that time, it

would be interesting to know what has changed practically on a day to

level for you. It has move to being a system that supports you in work,

to a system where you have to justify every single thing you do,

and actually, if you don't give them the right answer, sorry I have had

an example where they said we think there is a cheaper taxi company that

can get you to your job, you will have to use this one, then when we

used that taxi company they didn't have any wheelchair accessible taxi,

disabled people know best who their needs are and you have probably

worked out the best and cheapest want toy do it. So the reality is,

that, that this is a cut and Britain needs to work up and rise against

these kinds of changes that are taking on the fabric of society that

isn't supporting disabled people. I want to get a quick word from Mira

as well. You are a government adviser to the department for work

and pension, you say they are committed to supporting disabled

people to get into employment, would you say that is accurate? No, I

wouldn't. I think what we are seeing is a reinforcement of this narrative

of people being deserving is of support and people being undeserving

is. It goes along with the political ideology of Government which states

that the support will be reduced over time and people should get on

with it. If we want to commit to people being valued members of the

community and society, then it requires an effective support

scheme, which is funded but which is also run by and afforded people, it

will require people have more of a voice and a presence within those

discussions. Have you been approached by the Department for

Work and Pensions? For this scheme? No, I haven't. Not for some time

now, as an Access to Work user, who has, I would echo what Penny and

John say which is over time I have seen the scrutiny increase, the

emphasis on medical labels, on medical diagnosis to justify support

hand is never what Access to Work was about. I suppose my

recommendations for the DWP and Government would be release the

statistics which show how many people have had their support cut

after being reassessed which I don't think is out there, and opposition

parties need to demand that as. We I also think that the Government needs

to recognise what the UN CRPD committee said when they said they

recognise the support systems are causing human catastrophe. I also

think people need to be in positions of political power, and need to have

a political voice in order to run and develop and design access to

work. OK. Thank you all for. Coming in today. Department for Work and

Pensions didn't have a minister available to talk to us but said

Stuart Bingham - the 2015 World Snooker champion -

has been banned for 6 months for breaching WPBSA betting rules.

Three months and one day of the ban will be suspended.

David Unsworth will take temporary charge of Everton,

following the sacking of Ronald Kooman yesterday.

following the sacking of Ronald Koeman yesterday.

They play Chelsea in the League Cup fourth round tomorrow.

Rob Greenwood, the coach accused of creating a "climate of fear"

within the British para-swimming setup, has been given

the "full support backing" of the British Swimming Coaches

and is yet to comment publicly about the findings.

And twelve-time Grand Slam champion Novak Djokovic is set

to play his first match since Wimbledon at the World Tennis

The world number seven, whose season ended early in August

because of an elbow injury, is set to play in the Abu

Dhabi exhibition event at the end of December.

Redundancies, cutting the subjects on offer,

asking for extra money from parents, teachers bringing in their own

They're all ways that schools have coped with cuts

in their budgets from central government.

This morning parents, teachers and school support workers

are gathering at Parliament this morning to protest.

Schools in England have been promised an extra ?1.3 billion over

two years but the Institute for Fiscal Studies says it means

a real-terms freeze on school budgets for two years.

We can now speak to two people attending today's rally.

Michelle Sheehy is the head teacher of a primary school

in the West Midlands who says her staff do bring

in their own supplies, and in the next two years she's

faced with making at least one teacher redundant.

She's also a member of the head teachers union.

Flora Page is a mother whose daughters aged 5 and 13 went

She says she's seen big differences because of funding cuts.

Thank you both for coming in. How bad is it? Think it is much worse

than anybody realises. I have, I am the head teacher for a primary

school, I am the head teacher a junior school as well, and I had the

opportunity to do that because I was faced with a situation where I did

have to make somebody redundant or I had to think of something innovative

to do, so I am now head teach over two schools which means my salary is

shared, which means it is put off any redundancies possibly for a year

or two. But you foe, we are protected to have a deficit of

100,000 in two years' time, so we are going to have to think again. So

what things have you, up to this point what have you had to cut?

Well, what we have tried to do is protect the children as much as

possible, so it is the teachers really that have, they have given

extra time without being paid. For example, we took some children on

residential, two of our staff stayed camping for two weeks, straight,

doing all the cooking, and looking after the children, as they were, we

kept changing the cohorts that were staying there. And they are

prepareded that for no extra money at all. It is things like that and

staff are bringing in things to give the ching new e pences and unless I

tell them, you really must charge this to school they don't. What do

you say to staff? They shouldn't really be doing it? I think that

shouldn't and I tell them they shouldn't. When all is said and done

they are there for the children, it is no hike a business, it is a

school, it is little people, and it is is really important to give

children such a wide range of activities, you know, there is no

point in sitting them in a class room and filling their heads with

knowledge, they can go and look anything they want to, up on Google

for example. We need to have children of the future who are

resilient who are able to problem solve, invent thing, you know, and

think for themselves basically, that is why we try hard to keep such a

wide range. Why are you taking part today? For

the same reasons really, it is about making sure that the next generation

of children are fit for the future world. Just sort of taking things

back to basics, keeping kids in classrooms in rows, doing things

because they're cheap is not the way that will build a society that is

able to cope with everything that the future's going to throw at them.

Your two youngest children are eight years apart, but attend the same

primary school. How have things changed. Where schools have faced

cuts it is obvious that some of the vacancies that have come up through

staff leaving haven't been readvertised. The PTA at our primary

school is very active and they raise money, but the increasingly the

school without perhaps wanting to directly ask, is looking for ways to

try to fill their problems from the PTA coughers and -- coffers. To

asking for money? Yes. Which is, the PTA is part of that full enrichment

about giving children opportunities to see, to explore the world, to be

inventive and creative, all the things that will be important for

them in adult lie, but yet it costs money.

The Minister for School Standards Nick Gibb said:

"The fact is that under this government, there are 1.8m more

children being taught in good or outstanding schools than in 2010.

The claims being made by the trade union about school funding

There are no cuts in funding - every school will see an increase

in funding through the formula from 2018."

Nineteen years ago after years of sexual harassment

as Harvey Weinstein's assistant, Zelda Perkins decided

She quit after another colleague told her she had been sexually

Solicitors advised both women to seek damages from Weinstein

and the sum of ?250,000 was split between them on the proviso

they signed a Disclosure Agreement forbidding them from

Since the many Weinstein allegations of rape,

sexual assault and harassment have come to light, Zelda Perkins has

Refusing to be silenced, she has spoken to the Financial Times

journalist Matthew Garrahan about the pressure these

Can I ask you first of all, how you both made contact? We had a mutual

friend who approached me and we spoke a couple of times and then at

length again in the last few days. We put the story together over the

weekend and it ran, it is running in the newspaper this morning. But it

took a long time to get the story for her to talk about, to go through

the background of what happened to her and the result is this big

disclosure by her. She is breaking this non-disclosure agreement that

has kept her silent for 19 years. Non-disclosure doesn't mean

liability, but what are the implications of breaking that

agreement? Well, I mean, the big one is she could be sued. She has broken

a contract she signed with Harvey Weinstein and there are all sorts of

obligations she made to him and his company that he ran about keeping

quiet. But the big issue here and why this is so interesting, is

because she was asked to keep quiet about lots of different things. She

had to promise never to tell any friends or relatives or give the

names of any relatives she spoke to. She had to promise in the event of a

criminal investigation about Harvey Weinstein she would say nice things

about him. The other bombshell is the biggest law firm in London

representing Harvey Weinstein, it is the firm that put together this

water tight agreement. I think nearly 20 years on, she shies it is

the right -- she feels it is the right time that talk. Have you spoke

on the her today? Yes, she is feeling a range of emotions. This is

something she didn't talk about for such a long time. She wants to shine

a light on the process, the non-disclosure agreement process and

the complicity of law firms and the way the rich and powerful can use

them to keep people quiet. We will have to leave it. And breaking a

non-disclosure agreement does not mean liability. Harvey Weinstein all

along has denied any allegations of nonconsensual sexual activity.

The law on abortion is under review in Northern Ireland.

This Friday marks 50 years since the Abortion Act,

when termination became a legal option for women not

wanting to continue their pregnancy, up to 24 weeks.

But unlike the rest of the UK, abortion is illegal in almost all

circumstances in Northern Ireland and women can face up

It's estimated that 12 women travel from the country to the UK every

day to access a safe and legal termination.

Our reporter Catrin Nye went to Belfast earlier this year

A few weeks after Sarah's wedding, she found out she was pregnant.

It was all planned, she was delighted, but then

There was nothing above the baby's eyes basically, there was no

Sarah's baby had anencephaly, which occurs in about six

There is no treatment, and babies with it die