10/11/2017 Victoria Derbyshire

Hello, it's Friday, it's 9am.

Welcome to the programme.

March 29th at 11pm, 2019 -

that's the date that will fixed

in law for Britain to leave the EU

as Theresa May warns potential

Conservative rebels not to try

and block the process.

Forced out of his dream job as

a police officer for being Asian -

we talk to Mark Dias

about his pursuit of justice

at the hands of Cleveland Police,

where he says he was systematically

bullied and spied on.

He has now been awarded

half-a-million pounds

in compensation.

Asian officers would be

subjected to fabricated

internal investigations,

conduct investigations and criminal

investigation by the professional

standards department.

We will get the full story later in

the programme.

Women may only need to have three

smear tests in their lifetime

if they have had a vaccine

against a virus called HPV,

which can cause the disease.

At the moment women

are offered 12 tests -

we will talk to a mum who has had

cervical cancer about how

it was discovered.

Hello, welcome to the programme -

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Our top story today...

Theresa May has warned pro-EU

Conservatives that she will not

tolerate any attempts to block

the Brexit process.

In a sign of her intent,

she's outlined plans to enshrine

in law the exact moment that Britain

will leave the European Union -

11pm on 29th March, 2019.

But the man responsible for writing

the Article 50 withdrawal process -

cross-bench peer Lord John Kerr -

says Brexit could still be

reversed.

Our political correspondent

Emma Vardy is in Westminster.

What has prompted the pledge from

the Prime Minister? Call it

theatrics, called it symbolic, this

is Theresa May publicly underlining

her commitment to Brexit. Her

message is, we won't go against the

democratic will of the British

people. Listen to what she says in

her article in the Telegraph today.

She says, let no one doubt our

determination or question our

resolve. Brexit is happening. She

says, we will not tolerate attempts

from any quarter to use the process

of amendments to the EU Withdrawal

Bill as a mechanism to try to block

the democratic process. The EU

Withdrawal Bill comes back to the

Commons to be debated by MPs next

week so it is no coincidence Theresa

May is putting out this statement

today, but as we are hearing that

has been a controversial problem by

Lord Coe, the man who knows the nuts

and bolts of this clause.

Lord Coe, the author of Article 50,

is expected to say more today.

We could change our minds at any

stage according to an article that

Lord Kerr has made for some time.

Later on today he will say the

country still has a free choice

about whether to proceed. People are

still entitled to take a different

view. Will his intervention make any

difference? He knows the score is

better than anyone so he will add

weight to arguments from Remainers

who say we should leave the door

open to a second referendum to see

if we want to go ahead with Brexit

at all. On the other hand, for those

people that voted to leave, this has

provoked outrage for some today.

When you make interventions like

this, you run the risk that people

will say, you are just trying to go

against the referendum result and

backslide on the Democratic result

of the referendum as originally

delivered by voters.

Emma, thank you

very much indeed.

Rachel is in the BBC

Newsroom with a summary

of the rest of the day's news.

Donald Trump has told Asia and

Pacific leaders he will no longer

tolerate what he has called chronic

trade abuses.

Co-operation summit.

During a hard-hitting speech,

he said America was prepared to work

with countries in the region,

provided they abide

by what he called "fair

and reciprocal trade".

From this day forward, we will

compete on a fair and equal basis.

We are not going to let the United

States be taken advantage of any

more. I am always going to put

America First, the same way I expect

all of you in this room to put your

country first.

A new study is recommending a major

change in the way women are screened

for cervical cancer.

It suggests those who've been

vaccinated against the HPV virus

need only have three smear tests

during their life, rather

than the 12 currently offered.

Our health correspondent

Sophie Hutchinson reports.

Cervical cancer is

a dangerous disease.

It's also one

of the most preventable cancers,

but there's been concern

about a steady drop in the number

of women going for screening

in the past few years.

Currently, women aged 25 to 49

are offered smear tests every four

-- every three years and then every

five years from the age of 50 to 64,

but for almost a decade girls aged

11 to 13 have been given a vaccine

against the cancer-causing

virus HPV.

Today's study published

in the International Journal

of Cancer says the vaccine reduces

the chance of cancer by 70%

and women who have had it only need

to undergo three smear tests

during their lives,

instead of the normal 12,

at the age of 30, 40 and 55.

All cervical cancers are linked

to HPV infection and having

the vaccination dramatically reduces

the chances of having the infection

and also having cervical cancer.

Screening looks for early changes

that could suggest cancer

is developing and quite simply

having the vaccine means

you are less likely to have those

changes and less likely to develop

cancer, so you don't need

screening quite so often.

The study comes ahead

of changes being planned

to the screening programme

in England for 2019 and similar

adjustment in Scotland and Wales.

New, more advanced lab testing

is expected to be introduced,

which could mean fewer smear tests

for all women, whether

vaccinated or not.

Facebook's founding president has

said he's worried about the effect

the site is having on society.

Sean Parker, who says he no

longer uses social media,

said the network was built

on "exploiting a vulnerability

in human psychology",

and he was concerned

about what it was "doing

to children's brains".

The actor and producer Steven Seagal

is the latest Hollywood figure to be

accused of sexual harassment.

The actor Portia de Rossi,

who is married to the US talk show

host Ellen DeGeneres,

made the allegation in a tweet.

She claims that during a film

audition Mr Seagal told her "how

important it was to have chemistry

off-screen" before

unzipping his trousers.

Mr Seagal's manager told the BBC

that the actor had no comment.

Universities are to be warned not

to use misleading language or claims

as they try to attract students.

With hundreds of thousands of young

people in the process

of applying for courses,

the BBC understands the advertising

watchdog is to tell universities

next week that they need to prove

the accuracy of wording used

in their marketing material.

The French President Emmanuel Macron

is making an unscheduled visit

to Saudi Arabia to discuss

the crisis in Lebanon

after the Prime Minister,

Saad Hariri, resigned on Saturday.

Lebanon risks being the battleground

in the fight between the Saudis

and Iran for regional supremacy.

Saudi Arabia has told its citizens

to leave Lebanon immediately and not

to travel there from any country.

Uber is due to find out the outcome

of its appeal against a ruling

on the employment rights

of its drivers.

Two drivers won a landmark case

against the cab-hiring app last year

after arguing they were employees

and entitled to the minimum wage,

sick pay and paid holiday.

Uber challenged the ruling,

saying it could deprive drivers

of the "personal flexibility

they value".

More than half of schools in England

fail to offer Computer Science GCSE,

according to a new report

by the UK's leading science academy.

The Royal Society is calling

for a ten-fold increase in funding

for computing education,

which it says is patchy and fragile.

Here's our technology

correspondent, Rory Cellan-Jones.

What effect does a binary shift left

and a binary shift right have?

In a classroom in Saint Albans, some

budding young computer scientists

are deep in their GCSE course.

This school is in a minority.

Today's report says computer

education is fragile and patchy,

with too few pupils given the chance

to enter the exam.

What's more, the subject

is being largely avoided by girls.

So what has made these

students take it up?

Our future is very much based around

computers and technology is becoming

a big part of society.

I knew that it would be useful to

have, and I could get a job easily.

Maybe in other schools it might be

viewed as slightly nerdy

to do computer science,

but I think it is quite

respected at this school.

The Royal Society's report says too

many young people are missing out

on vital digital skills.

54% of English schools do not offer

computer science as a GCSE.

Schools need 3500 more

computing teachers.

Only one in five computer science

entrants are female.

Both the teachers in this class have

degrees in computer science,

which makes them unusual.

The Royal Society wants a big

increase in spending

on training new teachers.

The computing industry says

digital skills are vital

for the UK's future.

If we want to remain

a developed nation,

a nation that is innovative,

that provides products

and services to drive us forward

in the 21st century,

we need people with advanced

digital skills, in all

industries and all sectors.

The Department for Education says it

wants to ensure the future workforce

has the skills the UK needs.

This report says that,

without more computing

teachers, that won't happen.

That's a summary of the latest BBC

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Let's get some sport now with Damian

Johnson. Controversy in Belfast last

night, Northern Ireland lost that

all-important World Cup play-off

match?

That is right, controversial and

disappointing for Northern Ireland,

looking to reach the World Cup for

the first time since 1986, playing

against Switzerland, the favourites

to go through after a 1-0 victories

because the referee awarded a

penalty for handball by Northern

Ireland's Coria them. Most people

were convinced it struck him on the

back or at best the shoulder but the

referee believed otherwise.

Ricardo Rodriguez scored

from the spot cue angry protests

from the Northern Ireland

players and supporters.

There's been outrage

on social media.

BBC 5Live presenter Colin Murray

said the penalty decision

was like refereeing from the Dark

Ages.

The Northern Ireland

manager was left furious.

It is staggering in this day and age

when the stakes are so high at this

level of the game that something

like that, it's obviously

a gamechanger, but dwelling on it

isn't going to help us.

Whether it is the worst,

whatever it is, whatever label

you want to put on it is irrelevant.

The most important thing

is that we use it in the right

way and overcome it,

we channel it into the

game on Sunday night.

They will play their second leg on

Sunday.

Not only England will be wearing

poppies when they take on Germany at

Wembley tonight?

Both sets of players

will wear black armbands

with poppies in remembrance

of fallen servicemen and women.

FIFA had previoiusly banned sporting

them and the home nations were fined

for doing so in November last year.

FIFA's argument had been

that it was a political gesture

but have now changed the rules

and allowed the wearing of poppies

if both teams are in agreement.

They will also be using video

assistant referee technology.

This is technology to

help the referee review

incidents like goals,

red cards, penalties.

It could have helped Northern

Ireland last night.

Just finally from me,

the Women's Ashes test

is finely balanced in Sydney.

The Australians are batting

in their first innings.

Andy Swiss is in Sydney for us.

What's the latest, Andy?

After a frustrating first day,

England are fighting back, Australia

108-4 in reply to England's first

innings, they resumed the day on

235seven, hoping to put on towards

300, they did not quite get there

despite an entertaining Camier from

Anya Shrubsole. Australia's batters

looked comfortable, 48 without loss

but finally an England breakthrough,

Laura Marsh taking the wicket of

Nicole Bolton 428 but no doubting

the star of the show for England, 18

year Soviet Kljestan making her test

debut, two wickets for her, Beth

Mooney caught by NATS giver, then

Alex Blackwell trapped lbw, said two

wickets for Sophie Ecclestone, just

18 years old, on her test debut. Her

parents are here watching her, how

proud must they be? A fourth wicket

for England in the last few wickets,

a brilliant catch by wicketkeeper

Sarah Taylor. The floodlights are

on, England struggled under them

last night. How will Australia fair

in the next hour and a half or so?

It could be pivotal. Andy Swiss, how

sports correspondent in Sydney,

thank you. That is all the sport for

now. Damian, thank you.

It's been another fractious

week in politics,

with a second resignation at the top

of Theresa May's Government,

and questions about her

future looming large.

As Brexit talks in Brussels resume

today, the Prime Minister has said

she will not stand for any attempt

by pro-Remain MPs to try and block

the Brexit process and has announced

that the date that Britain

will leave the EU -

March 29th, 2019, at 11pm -

will be written into law.

With me in the studio

is Conservative party activist

Binita Mehta-Parmar,

and down the line from

Wakefield, Samantha Harvey.

Also joining us down

the line from his home

in Banbury is the former

Deputy Prime Minister

Lord Heseltine.

Lord Heseltine first, from a strong

and stable leadership to a cabinet

in chaos, how much authority does

Theresa May have at this moment in

time?

She has the authority that

rests on the fact the party can't

agree about her successor. It's

widely assumed will not fight the

next election as leader of the Tory

party. There is a current vacuum and

people are hoping somebody will

emerge. It's a very fragile

situation, extremely damaging to our

ability to negotiate with the

Europeans. And it does not do us any

good on the international stage, but

the consequence of two things. First

of all the election result, and

second the cloud of Brexit.

Some EU

leaders think she might not last

until Christmas. Do you agree?

No, I

don't think her departure is

imminent. But you can see in your

introduction the scale of the

anxiety. There is a panic around the

legislation, enshrining in law the

precise time we will leave the

European Union. It injects

uncertainty at exactly the wrong

moment. What is of growing concern

is that to give time for Brexit to

work, and fixing in law the date,

will merely accelerate people's

decision to take investment

elsewhere and not to make investment

here. Frankly, it's a panic measure

reflecting the growing anxiety that

hostility to Brexit is growing, and

in order to make sure that public

opinion doesn't get the chance to

exert itself, they have now shoved

in this time amendment. It wasn't in

the original bill. So it isn't

essential,...

Isn't it essential

when their voices like yourself, do

you still think Brexit should be

avoided?

Oh, yes, it's the biggest

disaster in peace time in my

lifetime. It is reducing the status

of this country in a way which...

How helpful is that for Theresa May

and the Conservative Party and the

government? If you are already

talking about a government and

leadership in chaos, and a sense of

panic, surely that's unhelpful.

Well, it is unhelpful, but that's

the situation we are in. There is a

problem, and I will accept your

point that we could all be very

quiet and pretend all is well. But

we will not fool anybody. Europeans

are very sophisticated people and

know exactly what's going on here.

They read our newspapers and have

ambassadors. For the British people

to not know the scale of the debate

that's going on and the anxieties

that are now rife through industry,

would be a disservice. This is a

democracy and people are entitled to

hear the arguments on both sides.

One of the noxious features of this

date being inserted into the

legislation is that it is being done

so there is a fixed a moment before

people fully understand the nature

of the deal that's on offer, and

before people see the consequences.

In other words, it's trying to choke

off the democratic process. This is

not exactly the sort of sovereignty

we were told we would regain.

Or

upholding a decision that was made

democratically. Bringing in Samantha

at this point. What's your response

to what you have heard so far?

I

have to say that I totally disagree

with Lord Heseltine's comments

earlier on. First of all, Theresa

May's position is strong at the

moment. We at the grassroots of the

Conservative Party do support her

and I think she's doing a good job

to negotiate the best deal for the

British people. Lord Heseltine has

mentioned about democracy and the

democratic process. We have gone

through that last year. We are

leaving the EU and we are going to

be able to leave the EU on the 29th

of March, 2019, at 11am. Going back

over the same debate will not help

us.

Are you happy with that, no

matter what the terms are, Deal or

no Deal, we don't know what the

divorce Bill will be, trade deals,

how it will affect our lives.

It's

not going to help us if Lord

Heseltine pontificates the party in

the sense that he is not helping the

cause, and we should rally behind

the Prime Minister at this stage to

make sure we have the upper hand

over EU counterparts. Why don't we

have that unanimous support for the

Prime Minister? The Cabinet

reshuffle is not something she has

planned. It has nothing to do with

the Prime Minister's leadership. Her

leadership can only be judged when

the time comes, when the Brexit deal

is on the table for the British

people.

Do you agree with that

point? We need to back Theresa May

and she is in a strong position?

We

are only five months into this

government, so we need to give the

government time to get on with the

job. It has been a busy week in

politics this week.

It's been an

exceptional week in politics, two

Cabinet ministers quitting.

It is an

exceptional week, it's not a normal

one. But we need to give the

government space to get on with

their work and do their job. Brexit

is a decision not made long ago. We

have had a general election since.

Although it was a hung parliament,

the Conservative Party did win the

most seats. We know there have been

two elections, I don't think anybody

wants any more and we need to get on

with the job.

You talk about getting

on with the job but the perception

outside the UK, to people in Europe

and the and European leaders, is

that there is chaos at the moment.

I

think that's unfair. There isn't a

crisis. They were two different

issues that cause the resignations

of those Cabinet ministers. In this

day and age we hold cabinet

ministers and politicians in general

to a very high standards, which is

right, and we should do that, as we

do with many people in the public

sphere. It's right we took those

steps. It wasn't under anybody's

control as such. Theresa May has

made changes today. There was a

piece in the Telegraph this morning

to make progress on the biggest

issue of our generation, Brexit, and

we need to get on with it.

You say

it's unfair that EU leaders

speculate Theresa May might not be

in power by Christmas.

I think

speculation is not necessary and is

not helpful. People were speculating

remain would win. People were

speculating Jeremy Corbyn would be

annihilated. I suspect those people

are the same who are predicting the

demise of Theresa May and it's not

helpful.

You are saying that despite

voting to remain but you back the

Brexit process.

I was part of the

48%, but equally there was a 52%. It

was a big referendum, it was not

quite. We have had a general

election since. I was on the losing

side of the EU referendum, but let's

get on with it. We need to make sure

Britain, our amazing country, has

the best chance of success possible,

and the way to do that is to stop

distractions and get on with the job

at hand. The government isn't just

the government of Brexit, it's a

government of Britain, and their

domestic issues we need to tackle as

well and I want the government to

have space to do that.

Lord

Heseltine, what should Theresa May

do next?

She has already made it

clear what she's going to do.

What

do you think she should do to

improve the position of the

Conservative Party at the moment?

The dilemma is the Tory party is

split from top to bottom. As are all

the other parties. As long as that

remains, this indecision and

indecisiveness and uncertainty will

hang as a cloud over the body

politics. I have to be frank, I

don't see an easy solution to this.

I will tell you what I think will

happen, which is not something

Theresa May would like, but I think

public opinion is shifting. Looking

at the latest polling, there is

already a bigger majority against

Brexit than the one they achieved in

the referendum. That's going to get

worse. The Labour Party will shift

as public opinion shifts, and the

Tory party will be left holding the

baby. Where I disagree with your two

very articulate ladies, is that they

seem to be prepared to accept any

deal, any deal, no matter how bad,

under the name of Brexit. I

personally am totally opposed to

that. I think the whole status of

this country will be diminished. I

think investment will decline. I

think young people will feel

deceived, they feel betrayed by the

older generation of Brexiteers. They

know that the way the world is

today, Britain has to use its

influence in big combinations. And

Europe is the inevitable and only

serious option for us.

Samantha, how

does the Conservative Party go about

engaging with younger voters,

especially, many of whom voted to

remain?

We actually think in the

North we have a lot of different

issues. This election in June just

gone, that didn't do as much favour

as we would like as a Conservative,

because we have not engaged younger

voters. That's the reason why we

need to work very hard from a

different level of education and to

make sure we engage younger voters

from the very beginning. We gave

them a strong conservative

conviction, conservative values from

a young age. I also really feel that

Lord Heseltine is wrong to say we

don't have an understanding, we

split across the party over Brexit.

That isn't the case at all. In the

grass roots in the north, people

like and still respect Theresa May

because she's the Prime Minister on

the country. She can only be judged

at any point on the deal is put on

the table. Locally, in the north, we

have a lot of issues. Conservative

parties have scrapped the house

letting fees and we are doing as

much as we can for the energy bill

to be capped. We care for the people

in the North, and their likelihood,

as well as the Brexit deal. In my

city of Wakefield we are not allowed

to have a stadium of our own for the

Super League rugby club, which is

what the council has promised us

over and over. These are the issues,

together with Brexit, Brexit isn't

the only issue we are facing in the

North.

Another important word, other

than Brexit, budget.

We have a

situation where Philip Hammond will

make the case on Wednesday.

Hopefully we will see more budget

towards house-building. Sajid Javid

has called for that recently forced

up as a young person myself, I am

27, and I am acutely aware we did

not win the young vote in June's

election. I think we need to have a

mass recalibration of conservative

values. We need to make the case for

our party. The Broadchurch that it

is, which has activists like us, and

historical figures and amazing

politicians within it, from the

backbenches to ministerial ranks,

Heidi Alan, Lord Heseltine, lots of

diverse voices within the

Conservative Party. I would like to

see a good vision for our country

beyond Brexit put forward with the

budget in place. When it comes to

house-building, it's such an

important point for young people

like myself. We want to see a

calling and support for businesses,

especially beyond Brexit. There are

a lot of different issues the

government is grappling with and we

need to give them the space to get

on with it.

We will leave it there.

Still to come...

Is this the end of regular

cervical screens?

According to a new study women may

only need three in a lifetime

if they have been given

the HPV vaccine.

We'll be discussing this research.

And two more high profile men have

been accused of sexual abuse.

We'll get the latest

from Hollywood.

Time for the latest

news - here's Rachel.

The headlines from BBC News...

Theresa May has warned pro-EU

Conservatives that she will not

tolerate any attempts to block

the Brexit process.

In a sign of her intent,

she's outlined plans to enshrine

in law the exact moment that Britain

will leave the European Union -

11pm on 29th March, 2019.

But the man responsible for writing

the Article 50 withdrawal process,

cross-bench peer Lord John Kerr,

says Brexit could still be reversed.

A new study is recommending that

women who have had the HPV vaccine

only need to have three smear tests

during their life, rather than

the 12 they're currently offered.

The vaccine, which helps prevent

against cervical cancer,

has been given to girls aged 11

to 13 since 2008.

The study, funded by Cancer Research

UK, comes ahead of proposed changed

to the NHS cervical cancer screening

programme due to come in 2019.

Donald Trump has told Asia

and Pacific leaders America will no

longer tolerate what he calls

chronic trade abuses.

The US President is in Vietnam

at the Asia Pacific Economic

Co-operation summit.

During a hard-hitting speech,

he said America was prepared to work

with countries in the region,

provided they abide

by what he called "fair

and reciprocal trade".

From this day forward, we will

compete on a fair and equal basis.

We are not going to let

the United States be taken

advantage of any more.

I am always going to put America

first, the same way I expect

all of you in this room

to put your countries first.

The actor and producer Steven Seagal

is the latest Hollywood figure to be

accused of sexual harassment.

The actor Portia de Rossi,

who is married to the US talk show

host Ellen DeGeneres,

made the allegation in a tweet.

She claims that during a film

audition Mr Seagal told her "how

important it was to have chemistry

off-screen" before

unzipping his trousers.

Mr Seagal's manager told the BBC

that the actor had no comment.

The French President Emmanuel Macron

is making an unscheduled visit

to Saudi Arabia to discuss

the crisis in Lebanon

after the Prime Minister,

Saad Hariri, resigned on Saturday.

Lebanon risks being the battleground

in the fight between the Saudis

and Iran for regional supremacy.

Saudi Arabia has told its citizens

to leave Lebanon immediately and not

to travel there from any country.

Universities are to be warned not

to use misleading language or claims

as they try to attract students.

With hundreds of thousands of young

people in the process

of applying for courses,

the BBC understands the advertising

watchdog is to tell universities

next week that they need to prove

the accuracy of wording used

in their marketing material.

That's a summary of

the latest BBC News.

Let's get some sport now with

Damien.

Northern Ireland face a huge task

to qualify for the World Cup

after a controversial 1-0 defeat

to Switzerland in their

play-off in Belfast.

Cory Evans was the victim

of what looked a cruel injustice

when he was adjudged to have handled

in the area and Ricardo Rodriguez

gave the Swiss a lead to take

into Sunday's second leg.

The players of both England

and Germany will wear black armbands

with poppies for tonight's friendly

at Wembley in remembrance of fallen

servicemen and women,

after Fifa agreed to change

to its rules.

England's women are trying to bowl

out the Australians on day two

of the one-off Ashes Test in Sydney.

It is a must win game for England.

England are currently going well.

The Aussies are four wickets down

in the final session of the day.

And former GB Olympian Jess

Varnish is suing UK Sport

and British Cycling.

A source close to the sprinter has

told BBC Sport her legal action

is based on claims she suffered sex

discrimination, detriment

for whistleblowing, victimisation

and unfair dismissal.

That is all the sport for now.

Women vaccinated against human

papilloma virus, or HPV,

which is thought to cause about 99%

of cervical cancers,

may only need three smear

tests in their lifetime,

a new study has suggested.

Since 2008, the HPV vaccine has been

offered to girls aged 11 to 13

and reported cases have

fallen sharply since then.

A team from Queen Mary

University of London

found that screenings at age 30,

40 and 55 would offer the same

benefit to these young women

as the current 12 screenings.

The study comes ahead of changes

being planned to the screening

programme in England for 2019,

and similar adjustments

in Scotland and Wales.

At the moment, labs test

for abnormalities in cells

taken in a smear test,

but the new tests will check

for the presence of HPV first,

and only check for abnormal cells

if the virus is found.

Joining us now, Mandy Parker

was diagnosed with cervical cancer

in 2015 after a routine smear test,

and she had to have a hysterectomy.

She also has two daughters,

aged 17 and 14, who both

had the HPV vaccine.

Nicola Smith is Cancer Research

UK's health expert.

And Professor Anne Mackie

is the Director of Screening

at Public Health England.

Welcome to the programme. Nicola,

tell us more about why this study is

so significant?

This was a study

funded by Cancer Research UK,

modelling study looking at, for

those girls who had the HBV vaccine

who are approaching screening age

now, what their screening programme

might need to look like to get the

same amount of benefit as women

currently get through the programme,

because they have this huge added

protection against cervical cancer

through the HPV vaccination they

have had. This modelling study took

into account different

factors the fact that the HPV

primary test that you mentioned will

be being introduced, and it

suggested that to get the same

amount of benefit as the current

programme, the girls who have had

the HPV vaccination will only need

three smears instead of the current

12.

Why does that matter, why three

rather than 12?

We are keen to make

sure women are getting the same

benefits but if they can do so with

fewer procedures, if they need to go

less often, that is a great thing

for these women.

So people are being

vaccinated but HPV, is human

papillomavirus, what is it?

It is a

virus linked to all cases of

cervical cancer. For most people you

will get infected with the virus and

clear it and be fine, but in some

cases the virus does persist and for

those people who don't clear it, it

can cause cervical cancer, so it is

important that we vaccinate against

it in girls now that we have the

opportunity to do that, but the HPV

vaccine only protect about 70% of

infections with HPV so that is why

it is important that these girls

still have some smears because there

is still a chance that they will

still get the other HPV types we are

not protecting against.

Mandy, you

were diagnosed with cervical cancer

in 2015, can you tell us what

happened? How did you find out?

It

was through my regular screening, I

had never missed one, I went in June

2015, no symptoms, went along as

normal and had the screening and

unfortunately they called me back

because there were abnormal cells

and in September 2015I had a radical

hysterectomy due to early-stage

cervical cancer. But it was an

aggressive grade so I was told that

if I had not gone for screening it

would be a totally different story,

I would not still be here to tell

the tale now.

It is so important and

it is a great thing about the new

HPV screening because that is what

caused my cervical cancer. In the

way it is down to look for you

because you were approaching a

screening but otherwise it would

have been another three years?

Yes,

another three years, and women lead

busy lives, it is important to put

it off but it is important that

people attend on time because they

can detect early changes so it was

not as bad as it could have been.

How like other cases were jewels in

that there were no symptoms?

I had

no symptoms, I just went along, I

have never had an abnormal screening

so I didn't think there would be

anything different in this one, I

didn't have any symptoms, but that

is not the case for other people,

other people can have symptoms, but

I didn't, but if I had missed the

screening it would have been worse.

How do you feel about the news

today...

I think it is brilliant.

You have two teenage daughters?

I

do, they have both been vaccinated,

I would encourage everyone to have

the HPV vaccine, that is what caused

my cervical cancer.

Why is it so

important for girls to have the HPV

vaccine?

To stop them getting

cervical cancer, in the end, and

that is what we want. It is really

exciting times for cervical cancer,

we now know what causes it, we can

look for it and, as you say, we are

turning the programme over so we

will look for that rather than

abnormal cells, which is a better,

simpler test and we have a real

prospect of stopping it happening in

the first place and how fantastic is

that?

When will it come in? This is

what the study has found, when could

this new screening programme kick

in?

I think the important thing to

say is this is a model, so what the

researchers have done is say, if

this happens and happened in this

way, then the chances are it would

be safe for women to have many, many

fewer screenings. What the programme

is doing at the moment is

concentrating on changing from the

cytology test, looking at the cells

under the microscope, to looking at

the emergence of the virus, and we

will get that into place by the end

of 2019. The other thing to say is

that the girls who have been

vaccinated are coming up to 21, 22,

and we start screening at 25, and we

know that screening is being taken

up by fewer women, the rate of

people taking up screening are

declining.

Why do you think that is?

All sorts of reasons but before I go

there, but I want to do is say that

I will probably be dead by the time

the current 25-year-old As are right

the way through the programme

because it does not finish until 65

so we really need to be clear that

for women who have not been

vaccinated it is incredibly

important they go and get a

screening test, which we are making

better.

Instead of people saying, I

only need to be screened three

times, the key thing is having had

that HPV vaccine at a young age. How

long, once you have had that,

schoolgirls have the HPV vaccine,

how long does it last?

That is a

good question and part of the reason

that what has been done is a model

because across the world we have

been vaccinating since 2008 or so.

The evidence is very strong that it

lasts a long time, but we are

continuing to gather the data to see

whether people remain protected.

Nicola, do you want to come in

before we come back to the reasons

why?

Yes, the main aim of the

cervical screening programme is

actually prevention rather than

diagnosis, although it does pick up

some cases of cervical cancer

actually for a lot of women who get

abnormal results those cell changes

are actually precancerous, things

that can be dealt with, they can be

removed or dealt with before it even

has a chance to develop into cancer,

so although Mandy's experience is

unfortunate, for a lot of women when

they go through the smear process it

will be fine and if those abnormal

cells are picked up hopefully it can

be dealt with before they turn into

cancer.

Can we then, in theory, get

to a stage where we really do

minimise cases of serious cervical

cancer? I don't want to use the word

eliminate, but get to that stage...

Another piece of work that Peter has

done is suggest that if people took

up the screening offer as the

programme is now, we would stop more

than 80% of cases of cervical

cancer. It is incredibly effective

set of things to do.

But having said

that, you say there are declining

numbers of women going for

screening? Why?

It is interesting, I

think there is a mix of reasons.

Apart from the obvious that it is

not necessarily, the procedure

itself, although it does not take

long, it might not be the most

comfortable thing to do for people?

Some people find it uncomfortable

and some people are worried they

will find it uncomfortable. People

lead busy lives, if you have three

jobs and four children, you have got

other things to worry about, it can

be difficult sometimes to get access

to a GP or clinic to do these

things, and some really interesting

work suggests that about five to 8%

of people who have not had it have

never heard of it, so we have got a

huge amount of work to promote it,

and programmes like this are very

helpful.

Just spinach, your final

pitch to people washing the

programme who have perhaps ignored

the doctors' letter and have not

been for a screening, what would you

say to them?

I would say it is

essential, just go, it does not

matter if you have missed a letter,

go and book your screening and the

cervical Cancer trust is there to

help anyone who is frightened about

going for a smear test and to help

along the procedure so I would urge

people to take up the invitation.

This Cancer Research UK modelling

study is just a modelling study. For

now, we are not going to see these

changes implemented, so people, take

note of the invitation when it comes

through the post, and watch this

space.

Get your daughters vaccinated

and take up the offer when it comes.

I know I said that was a final thing

but our boys affected by this?

Boys

certainly have HPV but my colleague

said that the rates of protection we

are giving, 80% of girls are not

going to get it, so the whole

population benefits. HPV is in a bad

way and there should be much less of

it right the way across the

population.

Thank you very much

indeed.

Coming up...

A last minute goal at

Anfield to win the title -

that's a cherished memory

for many Arsenal fans,

and it's now been made into a film.

We're speaking to Lee Dixon,

who was part of that winning team.

Another day, yet more allegations

about inappropriate sexual

behaviour in Hollywood.

The actor Steven Seagal

is the latest star to be accused

of sexual harrassment,

after this tweet from

the actress Portia de Rossi.

The Arrested Development actress,

who is married to US talk show

host Ellen DeGeneres,

claims that during a film audition

Mr Seagal told her "how important

it was to have chemistry off-screen"

before unzipping his trousers.

His manager told BBC News

that the actor had no comment.

Meanwhile Emmy Award-winning US

comedian Louis CK's movie premiere

has been cancelled hours before

the screening, as five women

accused him of sexual misconduct.

The BBC has contacted his

manager for a comment.

Let's speak to the Hollywood

reporter Gayl Murphy,

who's in Los Angeles.

Good morning. Can you tell us what

the latest allegations are?

You can

add Steven Seagal, and American

comedian Louis CK to the list of

alleged sexual allegations that

include the likes of Kevin Spacey,

Dustin Hoffman, Brett Ratner, Jeremy

Piven. Everyday people are waking up

in Hollywood and trying to find out

and figure out who is next. It's

surprising, when you look at the

list, people like Dustin Hoffman and

Jeremy Piven, these are just

allegations and we have to be clear

about that, but we get glimpses into

these peoples lives we did not

necessarily want to see. I was

talking to producer earlier about

how this is almost like a tsunami.

You know how you see those

documentaries about, how clean is

your house, and they take the

ultraviolet, and you think your

bedding is clean and they take the

ultraviolet light and all of a

sudden you think, where did all this

dirt come from? It's like that,

hiding in plain sight. It's just a

very unsettling time. It's a good

time in the fact that women now feel

comfortable, more comfortable,

speaking out about what happened to

them and their experience. The

screen actors Guild is stepping up.

The TV Academy is stepping up and

saying they will make themselves

safe places for you. If something

happens to you under the umbrella of

a Castlin, you can come to us, and

we will make it safe for you. One of

the misnomers about Hollywood is

that there is somewhere to go and

someone who will support you, but

that isn't true, there is no HR

Department. So every day it's

something else and something more

against what we are hearing about a

lot of these claims and allegations

through social media channels.

Can

you give us a sense of the mood and

reaction in Hollywood.

The reaction

in Hollywood is everybody's holding

their breath. They don't know who is

next. You think you know someone. I

had an experience with somebody

that's terrific, and you have

experienced the same person and it's

dreadful. You never really know. And

when you are dealing with power and

money and dealing in a business,

these are all wild cards and you

don't really know what's going to

happen. It's not even a matter of,

why don't you just tell your agent.

Your agent can't make that decision.

They have to push it upstairs. The

same thing with your manager.

You

say that, but Portia de Rossi said

in her tweet, her complaints about

Steven Seagal's behaviour were

dismissed at the time by her agent.

Isn't the onus on Hollywood agents

to do more to protect their clients?

It's like a supply chain. Every

single step along the way has to be

revisited. Typically come in a

corporate environment, you have an

HR department that has an entire

mechanism. It has a road map and has

the rules that you follow to

actually investigate anything to do

with sexual harassment on a job. You

don't have that where everybody is a

freelancer. Even if you have an

agent or manager, there is no

guarantee because he or she could

lose their job. They really just

want you to shut up and not rock the

boat.

Thank you for speaking to us.

You have been getting in touch on

the stories we have been talking

about this morning. Theresa May's

week and the Brexit date and time

will be enshrined in law. Sarah on

Facebook says Brexit should not be

politicised to gain brownie points

for the Conservative Party. It

should be for the good of the

country as a whole. It should be a

consortium from across the country

from businesses to education

planning the Brexit strategy. Take

it away from politicians who are

only self-interested. Matt on

Facebook says Brexit day can't come

soon enough. Let it also be

enshrined as a public holiday. You

have also been talking about HPV, a

tweet from Mike, it's fantastic

girls get free vaccinations from

HPV, but boys need it as well.

Speaking as a man who has had HPV

related oral cancer. And an e-mail

from Helen, my mother and sister

both had cervical cancer and I had

banal cancer, the vaccine would have

helped us all. Coming up on the

programme, we are expecting the

ruling...

We're expecting the ruling

in a court case about whether Uber

drivers should be considered

employees and all the

entitlements that brings.

We'll speak to the driver

who brought the case.

It was one of the most

sensational ends to a football

season in history.

Let me take you back to Anfield,

the 26th of May 1989.

Liverpool are three points ahead

of their title rivals Arsenal -

crucially, their goal difference

is one better.

And by a twist of fate,

the fixture list has them playing

each other on the final day

of the season.

To win the league, Arsenal

would have to not only do

what so many teams in the 1980s

thought was virtually unthinkable -

beat Liverpool at Anfield -

but they'd have to do it

by two clear goals.

So, leading 1-0, into the last

minute of the game, it looked

like Arsenal had just fallen short.

If you are a Liverpool fan you might

want to turn away for a couple of

minutes.

Then a couple of long

balls up the pitch,

and Arsenal's Michael Thomas found

himself with just

Liverpool's keeper to beat.

He did.

And the Gunners won the title.

Hairs on the back

of your neck stuff.

Well, they've made a film about it-

called Arsenal 89 -

and one of the heroes of that day

is here now.

But first let's take a look-

and a warning, this trailer

contains flashing images.

It's easily the best finish I have

ever seen in a football match. Ever.

Its 100 years since...

Liverpool were the team to beat.

We

didn't want to fail.

We have to win by two clear goals.

Seriously!

You think Liverpool are

going to win?

Yeah, who's going to

beat them?

LAUGHTER

Smith!

It was desire as well as technical

ability.

Success, you will do

anything to get it.

I can't

emphasise enough how the crowds...

One more goal and Arsenal will win

it.

One minute to go.

There must be

seconds left.

Then it goes into slow

motion.

Arsenal come streaming

forward in what will surely be the

last attack.

I'm looking straight

down the pitch and I'm thinking,

this must be my time.

What are you

doing? Kick it, I'm shouting.

Isn't

it lovely to have moments in your

life where you think, nothing can

beat that.

Let's talk now to former Arsenal

and England defender Lee Dixon.

You were just saying that watching

the trailer, you still get goose

bumps.

It gets me every time. I have

seen the finished version of the

film probably five or six times, but

even watching the trailer, I always

think he's going to miss, he's going

to hit the post and it's going to

come out and something bad is going

to happen, but it goes in every

time.

Take this back to that day in

1989. The anticipation of what it

was like to play at Anfield.

It was

an incredible season right

throughout, not only with what

happened at Hillsborough right in

the middle, which was hugely

emotional, but going to the end of

the season, we were top of the

league. Liverpool were this shadow

coming up behind us and winning

every game they played. We had a

wobble before the end of the season,

lost a game and drew at home. Going

to Anfield, I think because we

needed to win 2-0, strangely enough

it played in our favour. We were

quite relaxed.

Underdogs?

Yeah, it

is a David and Goliath thing. Deep

down we knew we could win, but in

our heads, certainly my head, I

thought if we get beat 4-0, nobody

will be surprised because Liverpool

were a juggernaut of a team who

could win every game they played. It

was an intimidating game but

strangely relaxing when we went onto

the pitch. The biggest moment was

handing over flowers before the

game. It was almost like handing

over... Hillsborough was in our

thoughts not only leading up to the

game but on the night as well.

Handing over the flowers was

symbolic for me. I was then allowed

to go back to playing football. It

was a big night in all ways.

I have

seen it, and you get a sense in

watching it, because of Hillsborough

happening, and you say yourself in

it, you didn't think the league

would continue that here.

I didn't,

and I didn't want it to. We had two

weeks where we didn't play. George

try to get us to come in to

training, but none of the lads were

interested. It was all going on in

the media as well. Why would

football matter, and why should it

matter? It didn't stop what you can

see how devastated you all were and

how devastated everyone was. -- it

didn't stop whites you can see how

devastated you all were...

Stop

. It soured

it's our job to go out and play

football. You can go back to this

now. That's how your mind has to

work. You have a game every two or

three days with a match coming

round. The end of the season was

looming. The team ethic carried us

through a lot of dark times. We knew

we had the league, we threw it away

and it was our turn to try to win it

back in that game stop

.

Was that the biggest game in our

store's history?

It was for me. Even

kids now ask what the biggest memory

was. I say Anfield in 1989, and a

lot of them were not even born.

I

would like to say I wasn't, but I

was.

It pushes it into people's

memories again. Not only Arsenal

fans but football fans in general.

We were originally going to call the

film, the goal that changed

everything. Not only did it change

the Arsenal history, but it dented

Liverpool as well. Also the face of

football. Because it was after

Hillsborough, everything changed. We

changed it back to 89 because it was

shorter and symbolic. It's a film

about football and about the story

and as well as Arsenal.

I look

forward to seeing it in its

entirety. We can get the weather

next with Nick Miller.

A lot of sunny weather around this

weekend, especially by Sunday, but

temperatures are coming down with

cold weather on the way. Looking at

your pictures from Friday's weather,

plenty of showers in Highland

Scotland but sunshine in between. A

glorious start day in Norfolk. There

are parts of England and Wales that

have started with rain but it has

cleared away south with increasing

sunshine across South Wales and

southern England. It still wet on

the ground but the sun has come out

and it will be a pleasant day. On

this north-westerly wind we will

have showers running into north-west

England, they'd some drifting into

the Midlands, maybe clip in Northern

Ireland and the north and west of

Scotland. A blustery start to the

day. Staying quite windy. The

showers might have hail and thunder.

Wintry in the hills above 300

metres, but lots of sunshine in

south-east Scotland. It's a fine

Friday on the way for many of us, if

you dodge the showers that are out

there. The chilly wind will be

important, especially across

Scotland, northern England and

Northern Ireland. Into tonight,

temperatures dropping quite quickly

in Scotland as the wind uses.

Further clear spells and showers in

the North with a touch of Frost in

places. We could see a spell of rain

moving through this evening into

Northern Ireland, England and Wales

overnight. Temperatures holding up.

They could be some icy patches in

northern Scotland especially on

untreated higher routes after some

of those showers after temperatures

have dipped. Sunshine in northern

England, sunshine developing in

Northern Ireland and perhaps the

Midlands and East Anglia later in

the day. Large parts staying cloudy

in central and south England. Rain

in the south-west of England and

South Wales. Maybe as far east as

Sussex. It is chilly in the

sunshine. Some rain pepping up South

Wales and south England, but we

think that's gone by Sunday morning.

A cold bush of Arctic air from the

north on Sunday with temperatures

dipping for all of us. There will be

a lot of dry and sunny weather on

Sunday. The difference being that on

the North Sea coast, northern

Scotland, the Irish Sea coast, you

might see showers, but many of us

will have a sunny day. But

temperatures will dip and it will be

chilly.

Hello, it's Friday, it's 10am.

I'm Tina Daheley.

Theresa May says she wants to put

the date and time when the UK

will leave the EU into law.

It'll be 11pm on 29th March, 2019.

But former Conservative Deputy Prime

Minister Lord Heseltine told this

programme she's introducing

uncertainty at exactly

the wrong time.

Fixing in law the date will merely

accelerate people's decision to take

investment elsewhere,

not to make investment here.

Frankly, it's a panic measure,

reflecting the growing anxiety that

hostility to Brexit is growing.

Uber drivers will find out today

the outcome of the company's appeal

against a ruling saying drivers

should be classed as workers,

rather than self-employed.

We'll talk to one of the drivers

who brought the original case.

We're up against it,

we're up against an army of lawyers

an army of PR consultants,

an army of lobbyists.

But I think we'll prevail.

We will bring you the ruling when it

happens.

Potential victims of revenge porn

are being asked to send

Facebook their nude photos

so the company can use technology

to block former partners

from posting them online.

It's a pilot project in Australia.

We'll find out more.

Here's Rachel in the BBC Newsroom

with a summary of today's news.

The headlines from BBC News...

Theresa May has warned pro-EU

Conservatives that she will not

tolerate any attempts to block

the Brexit process.

In a sign of her intent,

she's outlined plans to enshrine

in law the exact moment that Britain

will leave the European Union -

11pm on 29th March, 2019.

But the man responsible for writing

the Article 50 withdrawal process,

cross-bench peer Lord John Kerr,

says Brexit could still be reversed.

While we're in, we're in. While the

divorce talks proceeds, the parties

are still married. Reconciliation is

still possible. The article requires

the parties to negotiate the

arrangements for our withdrawal, but

we are not required to withdraw just

because Mrs May sent her letter. We

can change our minds at any stage

during the process.

A new study is recommending that

women who have had the HPV vaccine

only need to have three smear tests

during their life, rather than

the 12 they're currently offered.

The vaccine, which helps prevent

against cervical cancer,

has been given to girls aged 11

to 13 since 2008.

The study, funded by Cancer Research

UK, comes ahead of proposed changed

-- changes to the NHS cervical

cancer screening programme

due to come in 2019.

Donald Trump has told Asia

and Pacific leaders America will no

longer tolerate what he calls

chronic trade abuses.

The US President is in Vietnam

at the Asia-Pacific Economic

Co-operation summit.

During a hard-hitting speech,

he said America was prepared to work

with countries in the region,

provided they abide

by what he called "fair

and reciprocal trade".

The French President Emmanuel Macron

is making an unscheduled visit

to Saudi Arabia to discuss

the crisis in Lebanon

after the Prime Minister,

Saad Hariri, resigned on Saturday.

Lebanon risks being the battleground

in the fight between the Saudis

and Iran for regional supremacy.

Saudi Arabia has told its citizens

to leave Lebanon immediately and not

to travel there from any country.

A police force is facing

a High Court challenge today

over its refusal to delete

the details of a teenaged boy

who sent a naked picture of himself

on social media to a girl

at his school.

The boy's mother is concerned that

Greater Manchester Police may

release the information to potential

employers when he's older.

Facebook's founding president has

said he's worried about the effect

the site is having on society.

Sean Parker, who says he no

longer uses social media,

said the network was built

on "exploiting a vulnerability

in human psychology",

and he was concerned

about what it was "doing

to children's brains".

The actor and producer Steven Seagal

is the latest Hollywood figure to be

accused of sexual harassment.

The actor Portia de Rossi,

who is married to the US talk show

host Ellen DeGeneres,

made the allegation in a tweet.

She claims that during a film

audition Mr Seagal told her "how

important it was to have chemistry

off-screen" before

unzipping his trousers.

Mr Seagal's manager told the BBC

that the actor had no comment.

That's a summary of the latest BBC

News - more at 10.30am.

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Let's get the sport now with Damian.

Northern Ireland face an uphill test

to qualify for their first World Cup

since 1986 after a controversial

first leg play-off defeat to

Switzerland in Belfast. Northern

Ireland's Cory Evans was harshly

adjudged to have handled in the air,

the ball appeared to have struck him

on the bag or solder, but the

referee awarded a penalty and the

only goal of the game was scored

from the spot. The decision outraged

the Northern Ireland manager.

I thought he had given possibly an

offside or something, initially I

wasn't sure because, having hit Cory

, the ball did not go out for a

corner, you expect a corner, a

penalty in that situation, and to

book the player as well... I spent

three hours in a conference the

other week with Fifa on assisted

video refereeing and certainly when

you see what happened in IQ would be

an advocate of it.

Both England and Germany players

will wear black armbands

with poppies in remembrance

of fallen servicemen and women.

Fifa had previoiusly banned sporting

them and the home nations were fined

for doing so in November last year.

Fifa's argument had been

that it was a political gesture

but have now changed the rules

and allowed the wearing of poppies

if both teams are in agreement.

They will also be using video

assistant referee technology.

This is technology to

help the referee review

incidents like goals,

red cards, penalties.

It's Day Two of the one-off

Women's Ashes Test

match between England

and Australia in Sydney.

It's a must-win match for England,

because victory for Australia

will see them go 8-2 up

in the multi-format series,

and that will be enough to see

them regain the urn.

England's first innings came

to a close this morning for 280.

And the bowlers have made inroads,

with Sophie Ecclestone

doing the damage -

she took the wicket

of Beth Mooney first.

And then claimed the wicket

of Alex Blackwell to put

England in a good position.

They're currently 159-4.

Olympian Jess Varnish is suing UK

Sport and British Cycling.

A source close to the sprinter has

told BBC Sport her legal action

is based on claims she suffered sex

discrimination, detriment

for whistleblowing, victimisation

and unfair dismissal.

Varnish was dropped

from British Cycling's elite

programme last year,

after which former technical

director Shane Sutton

was found to have used sexist

language towards her.

Sutton resigned but was

later cleared of eight

out of nine allegations.

That is all the sport for now.

A decision in the appeal

of a landmark case is due this

morning which could have

implications for more

than a million workers.

The cab-hailing company Uber

appealed against a ruling that

says its drivers are workers

entitled to a range of benefits,

including paid holidays

and the national minimum wage,

rather than self-employed.

The case was originally brought

to an employment tribunal by two

of its drivers last year.

It has implications for more

than a million people employed

in the so-called 'gig economy'.

Uber maintains its drivers

are independent contractors,

and that the overwhelming majority

want to keep the freedom

of being their own boss.

We first broke the news of a group

of Uber drivers intention to take

the company to court back in 2015.

Here's a clip from Jim Reed's

original report, where he spoke

to James Farrar, one of the drivers

who brought the case,

and to one of Uber's bosses.

My average net in July

was three or five per hour,

well below minimum wage.

If you want to cover your costs

and keep the family afloat,

you have to work a lot of hours.

But at the end of the day

it is your choice?

You can work for someone

else, get another job?

Yes, it's true, but Uber has

come so aggressively

into the marketplace,

I think those opportunities

to work for other operators

are rapidly evaporating.

James and the other drivers involved

in the legal action say that the way

that Uber operates means

they are not really self-employed

entrepreneurs at all,

but working for the company

so they should get the rights

that go with that.

Flexibility.

Flexibility.

Flexibility.

Being able to log on and

log off as I please.