07/12/2017 Victoria Derbyshire

Hello, it's 9am, I'm

Victoria Derbyshire.

Welcome to the programme.

Donald Trump has changed

the direction of 70 years

of American foreign policy

by recognising Jerusalem

as the capital of Israel.

World leaders continue

to condemn his decision ahead

of an emergency meeting

of the United Nations

It is time to officially recognise

Jerusalem as the capital of Israel.

Also today, models speak

exclusively to us about sexual

harassment and exploitation

in the multi-billion

pound fashion industry.

Our report in 15 minutes.

If you work in the fashion

industry, tell us your own

experiences this morning.

Will there be a fresh Brexit offer

on the Irish border in the next 24

hours from Prime Minister Theresa

May?

We will talk to the headteacher, a

farmer and health campaigner who

crossed the open border between

North and South each to see how they

feel about changes that could affect

every aspect of their lives.

Hello.

Welcome to the programme,

we're live until 11am this morning.

We are going to hear

Resham Khan's story.

That's after 10am.

She had acid thrown in her face

by a stranger and suffered

life-changing injuries and has gone

on to campaign for a change

in the law on selling acid.

Quite a remarkable woman. That is a

photograph taken much more recently.

Do watch the interview after 10am.

She describes how she pities her

attacker. Also today... We would

like to hear from you about how long

you have waited in the A&E. New

figures suggesting waiting times

have doubled in the last few years.

We will talk about that after

9:30am.

Our top story today.

Mahmoud Abbas has called for an

intifada. The US decision has been

wildly criticised around the world,

including by some of America's

closest allies, like Britain, France

and Saudi Arabia. The UN Security

Council will hold an emergency

meeting tomorrow to debate the move.

Laura Bicker reports.

Jerusalem, the city 6000 miles from

the US, the subject of a campaign

promise by Donald Trump to move the

US embassy from Tel Aviv to

Jerusalem and recognise the holy

city as Israel's capital.

Trump's team sent out

a simple message,

"Promise made, promise kept."

Today we finally

acknowledge the obvious,

that Jerusalem is Israel's capital.

This is nothing more or less than

a recognition of reality.

It is also the right thing to do.

Already the protests have

begun, peaceful, for

now, but the fear of unrest has

prompted the Pentagon to put

American embassies and

consulatess on alert.

President Trump spoke of the peace

process but did not give details

on how this announcement brought

that goal any closer.

We want an agreement that is a great

deal for the Israelis, and a great

deal for the Palestinians.

At least eight UN countries have

called for an emergency meeting but

while the international reaction is

mostly one of condemnation, at home,

President Trump can say he has

ticked off another pledge and he

does not seem concerned that on this

decision America stands alone.

Our correspondent told us how the

decision was being received in the

city itself.

So far, things have

remained calm on the streets of

Jerusalem. There were protests into

the evening yesterday in Gaza where

people were burning American flags

and pictures of Donald Trump. In the

occupied West Bank, there are

demonstrations, rallies, planned for

today. More broadly, in terms of the

diplomatic reaction to Donald

Trump's decision to recognise

Jerusalem as the capital of Israel,

there has been widespread

condemnation, particularly from

leaders in the Arab and Muslim

world. The Palestinian President

Mahmoud Abbas called the decision

reprehensible and he said this in

effect disqualifies the US from its

historic role as being a broker for

peace. Between Israelis and

Palestinians. The list has been

growing as to the number of

countries, leaders, who have

expressed concern, criticism or

outright condemnation of this

decision by the White House. In

terms of the Israelis, the Israeli

Prime Minister, Netanyahu, last

night, he hailed this as a historic

decision, he said it was recognition

deserved of Israelis to have

Jerusalem as their capital city. He

said other countries should move

there embassies from Tel Aviv to

Jerusalem, to follow the suit of the

US. He was at pains to stress that

he said there would be no change

whatsoever in what is known as the

status quo, the arrangement to

administer the key sensitive holy

sites in the old city of Jerusalem.

Later on, we will hear from our

Middle East editor, Jeremy Bowen.

The rest of this morning's news.

Good morning.

The Irish Prime Minister,

Leo Varadkar, has said Theresa May

is expected to put forward

a new offer on the issue

of the Irish border later today.

A draft agreement between Mrs May

and the European Union,

which would have allowed the Brexit

negotiations to move on to trade,

was blocked on Monday

by the Democratic Unionists.

19 Tory MPs who back a soft Brexit

have written to Mrs May,

saying it was highly irresponsible

for anyone to dictate terms

which may scupper a deal.

The Defence Secretary,

Gavin Williamson, has said no

British citizen who has fought

for the Islamic State group should

be allowed back into the country.

Mr Williamson, who was promoted

to his post last month, told

the Daily Mail that the fighters

should be hunted down and killed,

because "a dead terrorist couldn't

cause any harm to Britain".

The number of patients waiting more

than four hours in accident

and emergency departments in the UK

has more than doubled

in the last four years.

Research by the BBC has found over

3 million people experienced longer

waits than the A&E target

in the last 12 months.

Here is our health correspondent,

Dominic Hughes.

Right across the UK,

accident and emergency departments

have been working at full capacity.

Now BBC analysis shows how

an already busy system

is struggling to cope.

The waiting time targets to treat

or deal with 95% of patients

within four hours have been missed

across the country.

In the past year, more

than 3 million patients waited

longer than four hours -

an increase of 120%

on four years ago.

But visits to A&E are up by only 7%,

to nearly 27 million.

To ensure the target is met,

the NHS will need to build

an additional 20 more

A&E departments.

There is no more

capacity in the system.

Staff are working really hard,

our nurses, our doctors,

and we have reached a point

where we, unfortunately,

cannot meet that demand.

Scotland has come closest

to hitting the target,

while England has seen the biggest

increase in those facing a long

wait, but performance

is even worse in Wales.

Northern Ireland manages

to see just three quarters

of patients within four hours.

A busier NHS means longer waiting

times and as we head

into what could be a very hard

winter, there is little sign

of respite for staff or patients.

Dominic Hughes, BBC News.

The accounts of Bath Spa University

show that its departing

vice-chancellor, Professor Christina

Slade, received more than £800,000

last year in pay and benefits.

Ten days ago, the vice-chancellor

of Bath University announced

she would step down in 2019

after complaints from students

and staff about her pay.

The university and College union

said the pay and pensions of some

senior staff made them look greedy

and out of touch.

A fast-moving wildfire in southern

California has hit the US state's

main costal highway and reached

the Pacific Ocean according

to firefighters tackling the blaze.

The homes of more than 150,000

people have been evacuated

in an area north of Los Angeles

and hundreds of buildings

have been damaged.

Strong winds are expected to further

hinder efforts to contain the fire

which is still endangering

some 12,000 properties.

The Australian parliament

has passed a bill to

legalise same-sex marriage.

The bill was passed after a long

debate in which more

than 100 MPs spoke.

The vote follows a referendum

earlier this year, which showed

a majority of people support

the change.

Our Sydney correspondent said it

marked the end of years of political

wrangling.

This really is a landmark moment

in Australian politics,

the culmination really of more

than a decade of

debate and division.

This has been probably the most

divisive issue in Australian

politics for a long time,

ever since in 2004 the Australian

government changed the law then

to say that marriage could only be

between a man and a woman,

to the exclusion of all others.

That triggered a long campaign

which has finally finished today

with the change in law.

We saw jubilation on the floor

of the House of Representatives,

a rainbow flag unfurled,

lots of cheering, the politicians

applauding campaigners in the public

gallery who applauded them back.

Also a victory for Australia's Prime

Minister, Malcolm Turnbull, who took

something of a personal gamble

by supporting this change.

Certainly, people within his party

have been resistant,

not least his predecessor,

Tony Abbott, who spoke

several times today,

trying to raise amendments and make

changes to the bill.

But ultimately, no changes were made

and same-sex marriage we expect

will be legal in Australia

within the New Year.

Anyone who wants to get married

will actually have to book a wedding

one month in advance,

so we think early January

will be the first time

we see the weddings.

Certainly, I know lots of couples

already sending out invites hoping

they can make their relationship

legal in the eyes of Australian law.

A feathered dinosaur,

resembling a swan, has been

discovered by scientists.

The creature had scythe-like

claws, a reptilian tail

and a beak lined with teeth.

It's thought to have lived

75 million years ago,

and was a therapod -

like Tyrannosaurus Rex.

It may have been the first dinosaur

to adopt the lifestyle

of a modern-day water bird.

The UK's next City of Culture

will be named later today as Hull's

year-long celebration

in the spotlight nears an end.

Coventry, Paisley, Stoke-on-Trent,

Sunderland and Swansea are in

the running for the 2021 title.

That's a summary of the latest BBC

News - more at 9.30.

This e-mail from Stuart, your

experiences of how long you had

waited in A&E, we took our elderly

mother-in-law A&E evening after

having called 111. She had acute

back pain, she spent approximately

21 hours on the ward, eight hours of

which was sitting on a hard plastic

chair and the rest on a trolley.

Care in this time was contradictory

and confusing. She was eventually

admitted to a ward where she spent

four hours before eventually being

sent home by a doctor with

antibiotics and painkillers at about

9pm on Monday night. Tuesday

morning, she was confused, unable to

move her right hand, an ambulance

came to take her back to being tee.

She spent a further ten hours there

before being admitted. Do the same

ward she was discharged from the

previous night. This whole

experience has caused her immense

distress. Thank you, Stuart. You can

share your experiences. New analysis

shows waiting times in A&E have

doubled in the last few years. You

can send me an e-mail. Or you can

WhatsApp or Facebook or text. Sport.

Record-breaking night for English

football in Europe? The Liverpool

boss Jurgen Klopp says he is still

fearing a tough draw for the last 16

of the Champions League. That is

despite their great goal-scoring

form at the moment. They finished

top of the group last night, 7-0

demolition of Spartak Moscow

including a hat-trick for Philippe

Coutinho playing very well at the

moment. Another couple of goals for

Sadio Mane a, that victory also

means record-breaking four English

clubs, five of them reaching the

knockout stages of the competition

for the first time. -- for English

clubs.

This year, it is quite

special. I do not think you can face

often Bayern Munich and Real Madrid

in the last 16, if you win the

group. And all the others. So that

is quite interesting.

Indeed it is.

An interesting draw. Takes place on

Monday. Also last night, Manchester

City were beaten for the first time

in 29 games, 2-1 by Shakhtar

Donetsk. They finished the group

stage unbeaten,, both of the Premier

League teams going through as group

winners as well. We talked about the

Winter Olympics on the programme

yesterday and the fact Russia will

be banned but some Russian athletes

will be able to compete?

We will see

more Russian athletes banned over

the coming months and years. Their

Olympic committee has been banned by

the IOC. Banned from taking part in

next year's Winter Games in South

Korea. Russian athletes who prove

they are clean are at the moment

likely to be able to take part. The

IOC president Thomas Bach says a

final decision on that will be made

next week. This week Great Britain's

Kelly Southwark and was awarded a

heptathlete runs from 2008 after a

Russian athlete lost an appeal

against a retrospective

disqualification.

I personally think it should be a

total ban. Regardless of the few

athletes in Russia who are

potentially clean, or who can prove

they are, they are still rationed.

If they compete it will be under the

banner athletes from Russia, rather

than neutral athletes and that may

well suggest the IOC has agreed some

kind of deal with Vladimir Putin to

avoid what would be the first

boycott of the games since 1984.

Could we be seeing a return for

England cricketer Ben Stokes?

The

English fans have their fingers

crossed for it. After defeat in the

first two English tests there is a

criticism over a lack of fighting

spirit in the team at the moment and

what they would give to see him out

there with them. He has been named

in their one-day squad for the five

match series in Australia in the New

Year. He has not played since being

arrested following an incident

outside the Bristol nightclub in

September. Alex Hales is not

currently being considered for

selection. It does not mean either

will play in the series. The ECB are

yet to decide on what disciplinary

action they will take. They are

waiting to see if charges are

brought against him, so at the

moment it is a waiting game for the

England fans.

Thank you very much,

Hugh. More from him this morning.

More from him this morning.

One of the stories of this year has

seen hundreds of women -

and some men - choosing to speak out

about the sexual harassment

and exploitation they'd

endured in Hollywood,

going back decades.

Since allegations were made

against film producer

Harvey Weinstein and then actor

Kevin Spacey, people in other

professions were inspired

to reveal their own stories as part

of the #MeToo movement,

so much so, they've

collectively been named

Time Magazine's Person of the Year.

There's Time's iconic cover -

Adama Iwu at the front,

with Isabel Pascaul,

Ashley Judd, Susan Fowler

and Taylor Swfit along the back.

Many, but not all the examples,

involve an abuse of power -

a man in a more senior position

taking advantage of a male or female

in a less senior role.

This morning we're going to bring

you exclusively, stories of some

working in the modelling industry -

and they are pretty grim.

Back in October, some publications

announced they would stop

using the photographer

Terry Richardson

after a number of models accused him

of sexual exploitation and abuse.

Today we're going to bring

you the testimonies of some models.

You may find this film

uncomfortable to watch

and if you have children with you,

you might not want them to see it.

There's quite a few examples.

I turned up at the shoot,

at the studio, got the clothes on,

everything is fine, doing

the different shots.

I went to the bathroom, for a break.

Came back and the photographer

was on his knees, where

I was supposed to be standing.

He grabbed me and he wanted me

to perform an act on him.

And I just froze.

I was sexually assaulted

by a stylist from a

well-known hair brand.

He grabbed me by the throat,

grabbed me in between my legs

and he told me that my

body was disgusting.

I could not get out,

I did not have keys,

I did not have a phone.

I pushed him away when

he tried to kiss me.

He ended up masturbating

lying next to me.

There was a pretty popular

photographer who wanted to shoot me,

but because we were in separate

states, he wanted me to send nude

photos of myself to him.

I remember him asking me and me

knowing, I know I don't know much

about the industry yet,

but I'm pretty sure that I don't

have to send you a nude photo,

for you to be able to tell what kind

of model you want.

I kind of tried to appease him

but still do it my way,

so I thought I would send him photos

of myself in my bikini.

He lashed out through text message,

if you aren't ready for the real

modelling world, don't

waste my time.

I think there are about ten or 11

girls booked for this,

we were going to do the shots

in situ, so it was in a bar.

We had a uniform we were supposed

to wear, with the name of the bar

and stuff and we had to go

and have our hair and make-up done.

And the cameraman and

the photographer came out

and said, OK, girls,

how many of you are

prepared to do nude?

I was a bit shocked

because about half of the girls got

up and sat down next door.

And the rest of us said,

we're not prepared to do that

because that was not part

of the shoot.

And they were like, oh well,

if you are not prepared to do nude

photos then you have not got

through the casting.

And we said, "This is

the job, not the casting."

"No no no, this was actually just

the casting and you didn't get

through the casting."

"So, yeah, bye."

This was one of my

favourite photo shoots.

The photographer is

extremely talented.

But, at the end of the shoot,

I was asked if I wanted

to hook up and fool around.

Mind you, I just putting my clothes

back on and I am feeling

really uncomfortable.

Normally, I would just kind of laugh

it off and pretend like, I don't

My first thought was, am I going to

get paid for this? Then he might go

to the agent and say something.

We did invite the British Fashion

Council onto the show,

but they didn't respond.

We also asked the Association

of Model Agents.

They declined to give us

an interview but they did tell us

that they have now set up

an an independent reporting system

for models to report abuse,

that will come into place

in the next couple of weeks.

They wanted to make clear

that their agencies have a huge duty

of care to their models and do

everything within their

power to protect them.

They said they don't send them

to meetings at hotels or private

addresses with clients or

photographers who they do not know.

Terry Richardson denies the

allegations made against him.

We can now speak to the British

fashion commentator

Caryn Franklin, from

the Kingston School of Art

and model Eunice Olumide.

Obviously the nature

of the conversation means

you might not want children to hear

the conversation

Welcome to both of you. The world of

fashion, it objectifies women, is it

inevitable sadly that some women and

men are going to be the victims of

sexual harassment or exploitation.

I

do not think good practice needs to

objectify women. We all relate to

Salford and identity and in the

women's market, women do not need to

seek female women sexualise --

sexhood. The male gaze, what do you

mean you cannot give me that look?

Sex it up. The model loses power as

her boundaries are eroded. That is

what we are struggling with, to

create a safe space for models were

those professional boundaries are

not overstepped as a perk of the

job.

Do you relate to some of the

testimony?

Completely. In any

industry there are rules and

regulations. It is not acceptable

because you are a fashion model,

although I understand why people

fall into those situations, it has

to be appropriate on set all the

time.

So why is there not?

It is

almost self regulated. Institutions

or organisations, regardless of what

they are, when they are self

regulated the correct checks are not

done. There is now an association of

model agencies and an organisation

such as equity. But I feel it is

disappointing it has taken so long

for any of these things to come

around.

Also there is not a direct

route where the agencies themselves,

although full of individuals, some

of whom are very caring, there is

not a direct route for the agency to

flag up that preventative cancelling

and signpost away for complaint and

immediate joining to the Equity

union by which models learn about

their rights. Having spoken to

Emanuel, he has invited all

models... Explain who he is. From

equity models union, whether or not

they are members of the union they

can receive independent advice and

guidance.

It is essential. One of

the issues I find is if you do have

a problem you risk the fact of being

highlighted is difficult to work

with if you say anything at all and

this is a major issue.

Has happened

to you?

Yes, I have had experiences

were photographers or other people

have behaved inappropriately. You

say something to the photographer

and you are in serious trouble.

Unfortunately I do not necessarily

agree, sometimes when it comes to

agencies they might not necessarily

respond favourably to you.

That is

an important point, it is the money.

You said something interesting, if

you say something to the

photographer, you are in big

trouble. What do you mean?

I have

had a situation where I felt someone

was not behaving correctly and that

led to me not getting booked for

several years. I did not know that

because I had said something out

loud that person had then defamed my

character and made out like I was

some kind of diva on set and it was

nothing to do with that.

What did

that individual try to do?

The most

important thing rather than going

into the details was the

consequences of that and the

consequences of that word that that

person felt challenged, so they went

into a kind of attack mode and they

did that by saying things about me

which were unfair and untrue.

Because they are in a position of

power, everyone had believed them.

Ultimately I am just a model.

Actually in our industry it is not

correct for us to speak too much

either onset or not.

I am really

upset, I was struck by a quote from

another British model, Edie

Campbell. When we go on set which

enter into an unspoken contract. For

that day we give our bodies and our

fate is over to the photographer,

the stylist, the make-up artist. We

give up ownership for that day.

100%.

How do you change that

culture?

There are a lot of things

going on in the wider social,

political and economic environment

so we can see across industries,

like there is this resurgence and

people are paying attention and

people are speaking out and I was so

proud and inspired by so many of the

established actresses and models who

are now speaking about it because we

really need them to come forward.

Now they are in a place in their

career whereby they can speak

without having to worry about not

getting booked.

We have got to add

that we need diverse perspectives.

Why is there an automatic assumption

that a female model operating

largely for a female audience has to

adopt a sexualised pose.

Dawn says

this, it is not just the models who

get harassed, ask the female

assistants and the aspiring female

photographers. At some point we have

all been treated inappropriately.

It is across all levels. It is a

sense of entitlement that sadly a

group of people in the industry, and

it is mostly white, middle-aged men,

who stepped into this role, they

believe they have, in terms of their

creative piratical -- tyrannical

power. It should not be done to

young models to fight their corner

to change what is entrenched

behaviour among very powerful

groups. The whole industry has to

get together and back an independent

regulatory body that takes money and

visionary leadership, something I

have suggested, but actually, where

will it come from and how will we

make it happen?

Thank you very much

both of you. Really appreciate your

time. Your views are welcome,

particularly if you work in the

fashion industry, as Dawn clearly

does. The number of long waits has

doubled in the past four years in

A&E. What can be done?

Theresa May is under increasing

pressure from all sides to break

the impasse in the Brexit talks

and reach an agreement over

the future of the Irish border.

We'll get the latest

from our political

Time for the latest news

headlines this morning.

Here's Annita.

The leader of the Palestinian

Islamist movement has called for a

new intifada or popular uprising

following President Trump's

recognition of Jerusalem as Israel's

capital. It has been widely

condemned by some of the US's

closest allies. The UN Security

Council will hold an emergency

meeting tomorrow to debate the move.

The Irish Prime Minister,

Leo Varadkar, has said Theresa May

is expected to put forward

a new offer on the issue

of the Irish border later today.

A draft agreement between Mrs May

and the European Union,

which would have allowed the Brexit

negotiations to move on to trade,

was blocked on Monday

by the Democratic Unionists.

19 Tory MPs who back a soft Brexit

have written to Mrs May,

saying it was highly irresponsible

for anyone to dictate terms

which may scupper a deal.

The Defence Secretary,

Gavin Williamson, has said no

British citizen who has fought

for the Islamic State group should

be allowed back into the country.

Mr Williamson, who was promoted

to his post last month, told

the Daily Mail that the fighters

should be hunted down and killed,

because "a dead terrorist couldn't

cause any harm to Britain".

The number of patients waiting more

than four hours in accident

and emergency departments in the UK

has more than doubled

in the last four years.

Research by the BBC has found over

3 million people experienced longer

waits than the A&E target

in the last 12 months.

The accounts of Bath Spa University

show that its departing

vice-chancellor, Professor Christina

Slade, received more than £800,000

last year in pay and benefits.

Ten days ago, the vice-chancellor

of Bath University announced

she would step down in 2019

after complaints from students

and staff about her pay.

The University and College Union

said the pay and pensions of some

senior staff made them look

greedy and out of touch.

The Australian parliament

has passed a bill to

legalise same-sex marriage.

The bill was passed after a long

debate in which more

than 100 MPs spoke.

The vote follows a referendum

earlier this year, which showed

a majority of people support

the change.

A fast-moving wildfire in southern

California has hit the US state's

main costal highway and reached

the Pacific Ocean according

to firefighters tackling the blaze.

The homes of more than 150,000

people have been evacuated

in an area north of Los Angeles

and hundreds of buildings

have been damaged.

Strong winds are expected to hinder

efforts to contain the fire

which is endangering

some 12,000 properties.

That's a summary of

the latest BBC News.

Thank you very much. This news just

in, from the Home Office, a record

400 arrests were made for terrorism

related offences in the year to the

end of September 20 17. Those

figures just published. 400 arrests

have been made in a 12 month period

in this country for terrorism

related offences from September,

2016, two September, 2017. That is a

record according to the Home Office.

Sport. Liverpool kept up the lethal

goal-scoring form in the process,

beating Spartak Moscow 7-0 making it

five English clubs into the last 16

for the very first time. Pep

Guardiola's Man City warmed up for

this weekend's derby not as they had

hoped, their first defeat since

April, going down 2-1 at Shakhtar

Donetsk in Ukraine. Could return the

growing close of the Ben Stokes? He

has not played since his arrest

following an incident outside a

nightclub in September. He has been

named in the squad for

the one-day series with Australia in

the New Year. Mark King won for the

last five frames to beat John

Higgins at the UK Championship

snooker. He will be joined in the

quarterfinals by Stephen Maguire,

Joe Perry and Ryan Day. More sport

after ten.

What's the longest you've sat

for in accident and emergency

waiting to be seen by a doctor?

The BBC has found that A&E waiting

times across the UK have more

doubled in the last three years.

There are differences

between various parts of the UK,

but England has seen the biggest

rise where long waits

are up by over 150%.

Let's find out what's behind

the rise and what should be done.

In Nuneaton is Dani Thorpe,

who waited almost five hours

with her nine-month old son, Max,

after he was rushed to hospital.

Wendy Preston is here, a nurse

with almost 30 years experience.

In our Birmingham studio is former

Conservative Health Secretary,

Stephen Dorrell.

And here in the studio,

Labour's Health Spokesman,

Jonathan Ashworth.

Thank you for coming on the

programme, all of you. Dani, it was

late on a Saturday night, you took

Max to hospital, when was the scene?

I think it was about four hours

after we arrived, he was eventually

seen.

What was the outcome?

They

just put it down to the

bronchiolitis and told us there was

nothing they could do and sent us

home.

What was it like while you

were waiting? If it was within four

hours, that is within the target,

after the forum was, missing the

target.

It was definitely after four

hours. The waiting room is not very

comfortable. A lot of unhappy

parents, unhappy children. A lot of

poorly children that were not being

seen too. It was just awful.

How is

Max now?

Still on the mend. Not much

better.

I am sorry to hear that. You

have been in nursing for almost

three decades, Wendy, how typical a

story is that in recent times?

Very

typical. I working clinical practice

in Nuneaton, a bit of a coincidence.

What we see is we have got in A&E a

bottleneck, it is a final coming in

with the bottle at the other end. --

funnel. We have so many people

coming to A&E from different

directions and on the other side, so

many delayed transfers of care. For

example, in Nuneaton, I work for the

out of hours GP service. One of the

problems as we have such a lot of

people to see in the out of hours GP

service, face-to-face, home visits,

palliative care, terminally ill. I

work night shifts, the massive drop

in district nursing. Over 40%

reduction in district nursing

numbers. In a lot of areas, there is

no overnight district nursing

service.

People end up going to A&E?

No, the out of hours GP service,

Doctor or advanced nurse like

myself, about visiting people who

could have been seen by a district

nurse, they might have catheter

problems, they might need pain

relief. No district nursing service,

everything falls to the out of hours

GP service.

You were Health

Secretary the last time the

Conservatives were in government,

what is going wrong?

The declining

availability of district nurses,

there has also been a decline in the

number of GPs, an increase in

emergency room waiting times, as

your headline reports, these are all

different measures of increased

demand and capacity not growing fast

enough and very often not growing in

the right place. If you think of one

of the other stories often around

when we consider these questions,

the problems or pressures within

social care. You mentioned

discharges from hospital, but it is

also social care preventing people

going to hospital or to GPs and

district nurses in the first place.

You have not mentioned money in that

list. Why do you think the

Government does not give the NHS the

money that the chief executive has

asked for?

That is a question you

should put to the government. I am

here as chair of the NHS

Confederation. We made the same

point to the Government that Simon

Stevens made, that these questions,

and I list the different pressure

points on the health and care

system, they are all measures of

capacity, not growing fast enough,

to meet the demand for service.

Labour's Jonathan Ashworth, the

Department of Health colours they

are spending an extra 435 million to

cope with this winter -- the

Department of Health tell us. And 1

billion extra to help meet adult

social care needs. An awful lot of

money.

It is. And there has been a

slight increase in NHS budget for

the next 12 months after the

Chancellor's budget that other week.

But it is not enough. Traditionally,

as Stephen will know from his time

in the Cabinet, the NHS budget tends

to increase by 4% a year on average,

generally accepted as an increase

which will meet the increasing needs

and demands on the NHS. But under

seven years of this government, the

NHS budget has more less flat lined

at 1%, seven of underfunding,

capacity has not grown in the right

places, for example, we have lost

14,000 beds in our hospitals. We

think we now have vacancies that

35,000 nurses. The number of GPs is

going down. Social care has been cut

back very severely which means you

have many elderly and vulnerable

people in communities going without

the care they would have got, often

being cared for in hospitals with

nowhere to go.

Is it mostly about

money? We know Labour would borrow

to invest more. Is it mostly about

amounts of money being poured in?

We

have to put the NHS on a proper

sustainable financial footing for

the future and the Labour Party in

the general election recently

pledged an extra £6 billion for the

NHS in the next year. We said we

would pay for that by making

different decisions on taxation.

More broadly, we have to resolve the

social care crisis in this country

and we have to resolve the workforce

issues. We do not have enough

doctors, nurses, paramedics. That is

a long-term issue, you cannot

resolve it overnight. There are

things the Government could do like

guaranteeing the rights of EU

workers, bringing back the training

bursary, a proper fair prey rise to

help with retention issues as well.

-- pay rise. Wendy, your own

experience at the front line, what

do you see would be good to change

to make things better so patients

are not waiting so long in A&E?

You

just talked about funding, stepped

in the right direction to get extra

funding, but it comes too late in

the planning.

We are where we are.

What would you suggest?

We need to

plan the next year, the year after,

so we can plan. I know in a hospital

in Nuneaton, they are just spending

the extra million pounds they had to

redesign the A&E department so they

can have out of hours GP services,

walk-in centres, A&E, altogether. It

takes time and building work.

That

is £1 million once banned, are you

saying?

It looks like it is a

positive -- well spent. It needed to

be done earlier in the year are not

in the winter.

Dani, as a taxpayer,

a mum, someone who has spent longer

than you would have wanted in A&E

recently, what did you see that

might be good to change to make

things better for patients like

yourself?

I think if you are taken

in by ambulance which we were,

instead of being told you are not a

priority, you should be seen as soon

as you get there. I understand there

are emergencies, that does not

bother me, if there is an emergency,

I have to wait, that is fine. We

were taken in by ambulance. We

walked through the main entrance of

A&E and the whole coracle was lined

with people -- the whole corridor.

I

have quite a lot of social media

from people talking of similar

stories.

Andrew says, I was admitted in with

pneumonia and was in A&E for 12

hours on a trolley, five hours later

I was sent home and within 24 hours

I was readmitted. This time I spent

16 hours on a trolley and spent 11

days in hospital before finally

being sent home. There are quite a

few like that. I am recovering from

a broken leg, says Callum. I arrived

in a taxi in unbelievable pain,

someone got me a wheelchair and got

me registered and within one hour my

leg was reset and put in plaster and

I was on my way to a ward in prep

for surgery, they were amazing.

Sheila says I and my husband

attended our emergency department at

Salisbury District Council three

weeks ago. My husband was in pain

and he was seen within an hour and

he was admitted for tests and was

admitted for further tests and went

home the next day. Pearl says it

comes as no surprise to me that

waiting times are over 24 hours. How

can it be any different when we have

an increasing and ageing population?

Doctors and nurses are doing a

fantastic job and are only human.

Some A&E departments are doing

really well despite the

circumstances.

That is a tribute to

the tremendous staff who work in our

hospitals. That story about waiting

on a trolley is staggering and no

one should put up with that. Some

figures we research recently showed

that in the last year there have

been 565,000 people designated as

waiting on a trolley. They are often

waiting on a trolley in corridors

and able to get a bed. The scale of

the crisis affecting the NHS is huge

at the moment.

Thank you all very

much for coming in. I have got an

interesting e-mail from Rachel. It

is quite long, so I will read later.

It is quite long,

so I will read later.

If you want to know how your local

hospital is doing, use the BBC NHS

tracker at bbc.co.uk/nhstracker.

Coming up: How one acid attack

victim has gone on to campaign

to change the law on selling acid,

and earlier this year was named

one of BBC's 100 Women.

We'll hear from Resham Khan

later in the programme.

Another day of pressure

for Theresa May, as efforts continue

to break the Brexit impasse over

Ireland.

It's thought the Prime Minister

could come up with new proposals

within the next 24 hours

in an attempt to get over this last

hurdle before the UK and the EU

can start trade talks.

The Democratic Unionist Party, which

Mrs May depends on for support,

says there's still work to be done,

while the Irish Prime Minister,

Leo Varadkar, says he's willing

to consider new ideas.

So why has this massive set

of negotiations stalled over a

300-mile border on an island

on the outer edge of Europe?

Let's talk to our political

correspondent Chris Mason.

Sorry, Ian Watson. Are we expecting

a new form of words to be put to the

EU from Theresa May in the next 24

hours?

That is the hope of the Irish

government. However, Downing Street

are not quite so optimistic and

crucially the DUP, the party

propping up Theresa May's

Administration at Westminster are

sounding more downbeat. They are

suggesting there will not be a deal

this week. The chief EU negotiator

Michel Barnier said he and the EU

ambassadors need to know if the deal

will be done by tomorrow evening.

When I spoke to Chris Grayling this

morning he was saying the real

deadline for him is not until this

time next week when there is a big

summit of all the European leaders.

There is lots of talk about

deadlines. We are going to get on

with the job as quickly as we can to

find the right way forward, but I am

in no doubt that over the coming

days if there is a will to find an

agreement, that agreement will be

found regardless of what time of

night or day it is. We are all

working towards reaching an

agreement. There are different

people saying different things about

what we have to do that and when. I

am sure people will be flexible.

Chris Grayling sounded optimistic

and suggesting the end of this week

is not a deadline for him. But apart

from that what is the substance?

Bear with me. The government is

talking about full alignment post

Brexit between Northern Ireland and

the Republic of Ireland. That means

you can have different rules and

regulations either side of the

border as long as they had similar

standards. That could lead to

frictionless trade and no need for a

border. Whether they can convince

the DUP that language is acceptable

will be absolutely crucial.

Full

alignment! Ian Watson.

Ian Watson.

So, that border between

Northern Ireland and the Republic

of Ireland runs for 310 miles and up

to 35,000 people, including workers,

schoolchildren and hospital

patients, are among those who travel

across the border

every day both ways.

There are farms whose fields

straddle the border and even homes

where you can have your breakfast

in the north and go

to sleep in the south.

How do people living and working

along the border feel

about possible changes to border

control after Brexit?

Let's talk to Maree Lindsay who is

principal of St Mary's College

in Derry-Londonderry.

She lives in the Republic of Ireland

and crosses the border every day

to go to work at her school

in Northern Ireland.

James Johnston runs Enniskillen

Cattle Mart near the border.

Many of the farmers that come

to the market have land that

straddles the border.

And Betty Holmes is a member

of Donegal Action for Cancer Care.

The group is based in the Republic

of Ireland but campaigns for people

to be able to access nearby

NHS health facilities

in Northern Ireland.

Welcome all of you. You cross the

border every day to go to work. Give

us an insight into the day-to-day

practicalities of cross-border

living and working.

It is very

seamless and it happens very easily

at present. I live about a 15 Minute

Drive from the school so when I get

up in the morning I am in the

Republic of Ireland in Donegal and I

drive 15 minutes and there are no

visible signs I am changing

jurisdiction and moving into

Northern Ireland.

It is not obvious

that you cross the border?

Not

really. If you are wide awake and I

could point out the street signs and

when you cross into Northern Ireland

the signs are in miles per hour, not

kilometres per hour, but that is the

only difference.

You have known a

hard border during the troubles in

the 1970s in particular. What is it

like having to go through an army

checkpoint?

It is unpredictable and

quite disruptive especially when you

are in school and a timetable is

running and classes need to be

taught. Many days you would have

travelled through without being

stopped, but on occasions you could

have been stopped and you never knew

how long that delay was going to be.

Even if you and your car were not

going to be searched, many of the

vehicles in front of you could have

been pulled in to be searched. It

was very disruptive and everyone

travelling through those checkpoints

had delays and had to cope with that

unpredictability.

No one is

suggesting there will be army

checkpoint in their ends up being a

hard border, but it is interesting

to get that insight. What do you

feel potentially about the prospect

if no deal can be agreed of a hard

border again?

Well, I would be very

worried about a hard border. Apart

from the practicalities and the

delays and being able to get to

work, and it is not just me, as you

say there are thousands of people

who cross for work and their

studies, so it would be very

disruptive. But also the idea of a

hard border on people like me who

live in a border area really impact

on the society and on the community.

I think we would see a fragmentation

of that community and I think that

is something I would worry about.

That is interesting. It is not just

about the economics. You are saying

it is about peace, prosperity and

the social well-being of people.

James, you work in a family

business, how important is an open

border for you and your business?

Again it is crucial to keep the

border open and seamless. As has

been mentioned even before the

economy thankfully there are great

North - South relations at the

minute and any disruption to that

would be very unwelcome.

There are

farmers who trades at your market

who have land that straddles the

border. They literally do have one

field in the north and one field in

the south. What I their concerns

about potentially a border that runs

through their land having tighter

controls?

They are very worried

about that. We have a cattle sale on

here today and this spans into the

south and they are bringing their

cattle to ask and there are a lot of

farmers who have land both sides,

farms both sides, and the prospect

of being slowed down, even small

delays, whenever they cross that

border multiple times during the day

can add up to major disruption. Some

have even said if that was the case,

they would have to consider stopping

the farm on whatever side of the

border they had the least land on.

That is interesting. Betty, let me

bring you in. Your family has had a

history of cancer which has led to

you campaigning on health services

and campaigning for people being

able to access services

cross-border. What difference does

that make to people would you say?

Well, the difference you could just

not comprehend it. The best way to

explain it or bring it into context

is we are in Donegal, part of the

Republic of Ireland and literally 15

minutes from my home we are in

Londonderry, part of the UK. It has

a major impact. The best way to

highlight it to you is we put

together a map of Ireland, the

entire part of Ireland, and we did

this in February 2000 and 15.

Lifted

higher up.

This is the map of

Ireland. This is the eight centres

of excellence hospitals and they go

across the Galway and Dublin line

and we are here in Donegal. Just

across in here is the dairy hospital

and we were part of a group both on

this side of the border and in

Londonderry who campaigned over a

long period of time to actually

develop radiotherapy cancer services

for the people of Donegal. What that

means is there is a radiotherapy

unit in Northern Ireland, there is

one in Belfast. But that meant

difficulty but people in Derry and

the border area. Together we both

worked hard and along with both

governments and the radiotherapy

centre, the Northwest Cancer Centre

was developed in Derry and

Londonderry.

Let's say there were

controls and checks. Some people say

there is no need for that anyway

because the technology means you

could go straight through. You are

shaking your head in disagreement.

First of all, before we had the

radiotherapy unit for a Donegal

cancer patients they had to make a

five hour one-way journey to Galway

hospital or Dublin hospital. It

meant you left early on Monday

morning and came back on Friday

night.

But you can still cross the

border even if it was not invisible.

It might take slightly longer?

When

you went to Galway you did not have

to cross the border because we were

in the Republic of Ireland. Yes, we

are effectively crossing the border,

but a cancer patient can leave their

home in the morning and come back in

the evening. But there is an

important issue in this context. In

order to have the north- west cancer

centre in Londonderry part of the

UK, we needed a critical mass and if

there is a hard Brexit and that

service is impacted on and access

for Donegal patients at the new

radiotherapy unit is not accessible,

that leaves Londonderry in the North

in the six counties, part of the UK,

they will not have the critical mass

to maintain the radiotherapy unit.

Understood, I will pause you there.

James, thank you for coming in, and

marry, thank you for your time as

well. We really appreciated. --

Marie.

-- Marie.

We will bring you the latest spot in

a moment, first the weather.

Storm Caroline is still developing

across the far north of Scotland at

the moment and that brings in colder

air. It will get noticeably colder

as the day goes on. This is storm

Caroline and that is the centre

where you have got some really

strong winds. The isobar is not

close together. Storm force winds

across northern Scotland and that

has prompted weather warnings. 80

miles an hour, so be prepared for

disruption. Those strong winds will

continue for much of the day in

northern Scotland. Elsewhere we have

rain which is moving its way south

and east. Still mild conditions in

the South East. There will be

sunshine coming through but it will

turn noticeably colder and

temperatures dropping by seven

Celsius this afternoon and with it

increasingly wet and stirring

conditions in northern Ireland and

Scotland. This evening and overnight

that snow in northern Scotland will

get down to low levels and low

levels in Northern Ireland,

north-west England, Wales and

eventually into the Midlands by

early tomorrow morning. Ice is a big

problem tomorrow morning in northern

areas. Further south temperatures

staying above freezing. There could

well be some problems on Friday

morning with blizzards and snow at

low levels and also in Northern

Ireland, Wales and the Northwest

Midlands. By morning it could be 2-5

centimetres. But those showers

continued throughout the day and

there could be 10-15 centimetres by

the evening rush-hour. This snow

continues in northern Scotland. If

you have not got the snow, you have

got sunshine, but it will feel

bitterly cold with a significant

wind-chill. It will feel like

freezing and down to minus six

Celsius. On Saturday a brief

respite. Lots of dry weather around

and sunshine in eastern areas and a

few showers in the north and the

West. Pretty cold on Saturday and on

Sunday rain sped into the South and

it will turn to snow. There is some

uncertainty as to where exactly it

will fall and how much it will

settle. Much milder in the

south-west, but colder in the east.

Stay tuned as we go into Sunday.

Hello, it is 10am, I am

Victoria Derbyshire.

The Palestinian Islamist

group Hamas has called

for a new uprising against Israel.

It follows President Trump's

recognition of Jerusalem

as the Israeli capital.

Changing 70 years of American

foreign policy.

It is time to

officially recognise Jerusalem as

the capital of Israel.

We will be

live in the House of Commons as

Labour asks and irked and question

about President Trump's decision.

And Resham Khan who suffered life

changing injuries after a stranger

threw acid at her.

Acid attacks are

not just something people can wake

up to the next day and continue

normally. I am making big decisions

and big changes in life. There are a

lot of things I would have liked to

have done that I cannot do any more.

She has gone on to campaign for a

change in the law on the sale of

acid. We will hear from her straight

after the news and sport.

It's been revealed the outgoing

vice-chancellor of Bath Spa

University was paid over £800,000

for her last year in the role.

We'll ask the University and College

Union what they make of that sum.

Here's Annita in the BBC Newsroom

with a summary of today's news.

The leader of the Palestinian

Islamist movement Hamas has called

for a new intifada or popular

uprising following President Trump's

recognition of Jerusalem as Israel's

capital. The decision has been

widely condemned including by some

of America's closest allies such as

Britain, France and Saudi Arabia.

The UN Security Council will hold an

emergency meeting tomorrow to debate

the move. The number of people

arrested for terror related offences

has soared. 400 people were held in

the 12

months to the end of September, an

increase of

54% on the year before. 64 of the

arrests were related to the London

and Manchester terror attacks. 30

people were prosecuted in total and

all were found guilty. A further 65

people are awaiting prosecution.

The Irish Prime Minister,

Leo Varadkar, has said Theresa May

is expected to put forward

a new offer on the issue

of the Irish border later today.

A draft agreement between Mrs May

and the European Union,

which would have allowed the Brexit

negotiations to move on to trade,

was blocked on Monday

by the Democratic Unionists.

19 Tory MPs who back a soft Brexit

have written to Mrs May,

saying it was highly irresponsible

for anyone to dictate terms

which may scupper a deal.

The Defence Secretary,

Gavin Williamson, has said no

British citizen who has

fought for the so-called

Islamic State group should

be allowed back into the country.

Mr Williamson, who was promoted

to his post last month, told

the Daily Mail that the fighters

should be hunted down and killed,

because "a dead terrorist couldn't

cause any harm to Britain".

The number of patients waiting more

than four hours in accident

and emergency departments in the UK

has more than doubled

since 2013.

Research by the BBC has found over

3 million people experienced longer

waits than the A&E target

in the last 12 months.

The accounts of Bath Spa University

show that its departing

vice-chancellor, Professor Christina

Slade, received more than £800,000

last year in pay and benefits.

Ten days ago, the vice-chancellor

of Bath University announced

she would step down in 2019

after complaints from students

and staff about her pay.

The University and College Union

said the pay and pensions of some

senior staff made them look

greedy and out of touch.

Around 2,000 customers are without

power in the Western Isles

because of damage caused by Storm

Caroline.

The Met Office has issued an amber,

be prepared, weather warning

for northern Scotland,

with gusts of up to 80mph expected.

There is disruption to ferries

and the rail network

and restrictions are in place

across exposed bridges.

The largest and most

expensive warship ever built

for the Royal Navy will officially

join the service today.

The Queen will commission

the new aircraft carrier,

HMS Queen Elizabeth,

at a ceremony in Portsmouth attended

by 4,000 people.

The ship, which won't take part

in military operations until 2021,

cost more than £3 billion.

A fast-moving wildfire in southern

California has hit the US state's

main costal highway and reached

the Pacific Ocean according

to firefighters tackling the blaze.

The homes of more than 150,000

people have been evacuated

in an area north of Los Angeles

and hundreds of buildings

have been damaged.

Strong winds are expected to hinder

efforts to contain the fire

which is endangering

some 12,000 properties.

The Australian parliament

has passed a bill to

legalise same-sex marriage.

The bill was passed after a long

debate in which more

than 100 MPs spoke.

The vote follows a referendum

earlier this year, which showed

a majority of people support

the change.

Our Sydney correspondent said it

marked the end of years of political

wrangling.

A feathered dinosaur,

resembling a swan, has been

discovered by scientists.

The creature had scythe-like

claws, a reptilian tail

and a beak lined with teeth.

It's thought to have lived

75 million years ago,

and was a therapod,

like Tyrannosaurus Rex.

It may have been the first dinosaur

to adopt the lifestyle

of a modern-day water bird.

That's a summary of

the latest BBC News.

More at 10.30am.

Thank you. I promised you I would

read Rachel's e-mail about her

weight at A&E. It is quite long,

absolutely worth it. In March, I was

hit by a car in a hit and run

accident. I never lost

consciousness, so no ambulance was

dispatched. The police transferred

me to A&E without the lights on and

so I was stuck in the car for over

half an hour in traffic. At AMD, I

could not remember my name or date

of birth. There was no seating

available so eventually an older

lady gave me her seat and she sat on

the floor. An hour later, I was seen

by triage and given morphine. I was

told I needed x-rays. I waited three

more hours to be taken by wheelchair

to x-ray. Once this was done, I

waited four more hours to have

someone look at the x-rays. After

waiting so long, the morphine had

worn off and I was becoming quite

teary. The doctor then said, there

is nothing wrong, I should take

paracetamol and ID proof in. I had

to fight for a wrist brace as it was

hurting so much. I left A&E thinking

I should not be in pain. I woke up

in excruciating pain and I ran my

doctor and insisted I was seen. No

appointments were available so I

settled for a telephone appointment.

My doctors gave me painkillers. I

tried to rebuild my life. Four weeks

after the accident, I went back to

the doctor and said my wrist was not

right. He said, wait, it is still

settling down. I went back after six

weeks, I said, it is not right. They

told me to wait. It took me pleading

with the doctor 12 weeks after the

accident for them to refer me for

physio. It took six weeks for a

physio appointment for them to say,

I am in too much pain for

physiotherapy to help. I was then

referred to the pain clinic and I

have since been under them. The

physio is still insisting I am in

too much pain for any help. Wow. I

am really sorry about that, Rachel.

Goodness me, a catalogue of

awfulness. We will talk more about

A&E waiting times. Now let us talk

about the sport.

Well, Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp

is still fearing a tough draw

for the last 16 of

the Champions League,

despite his team finishing top

of their group with a 7-nil

demolition of Spartak Moscow at

Anfield.

It included a hat-trick

for Phillipe Coutinho,

as well as another

couple for Sadio Mane.

Their victory also

means five English teams

reach the knockout stages

of the competition

for the first time.

Last 16, Champions League, there are

always strong size, this year, it is

special. I do not think you can

often face Bayern Munich and real

Madrid in the last 16 if you win the

group. And all the others. So that

is quite interesting.

Fernando Llorente got his

first goal for Spurs,

as a much-changed side beat

Apoel Nicosia 3-0 at Wembley.

Spurs go through as group winners.

As do Manchester City,

who were beaten for

the first time in 29 games.

Pep Guardiola also made a raft

of changes as they went down 2-1

at Shaktar Donetsk in Ukraine.

Well, after defeat in the first two

Ashes Tests and criticism over

a lack of fighting spirit,

what England wouldn't give

to see Ben Stokes back out

on the field with them.

That remains highly unlikely

but Stokes has been named

in the one-day squad

for the five-match series

against Australia in the new year.

Andy Swiss has more from Adelaide.

England now know they have a

mountain to climb if they are to

retain the Cabinet ashes. They have

a warm up game in Perth this weekend

before the Test gets under way next

week. If Australia win the Test,

they will read in the Ashes. England

have not won in Perth since 1978.

One man who is not here with England

is Ben Stokes. He is currently

playing domestic cricket in New

Zealand. We have had the news he has

been named in England's one-day

squad for their series here in

January. Ben Stokes is waiting to

find out at the moment if he will be

charged over an incident in Bristol

in September. Despite being named in

the squad, he is still currently

unavailable for selection until the

Crown Prosecution Service decides

whether to charge him and until the

England and Wales Cricket Board

decide whether to take any

disciplinary action. As things stand

at the moment, Ben Stokes is still

unavailable to play.

Russian Athletes could still stage

the first Olympic boycott

since 1984.

The country has been

banned by the IOC

from taking part in next year's

Winter Games in South Korea.

Russian athletes who prove

they are clean likely

to be able to take part,

but IOC President Thomas Bach says

a final decision on that

will be made next week.

If allowed, though, those deemed

clean may still protest

by choosing not to take part.

More on that in the coming days and

weeks. That is all the sport for

now. More little bit later on. Good

morning.

This summer, 21-year-old Resham Khan

suffered life-changing injuries

after a stranger threw acid

at her as she sat in

a car with her cousin.

She's gone on to campaign to change

the law on selling acid.

And earlier this year, she was named

one of BBC's 100 Women.

Her attacker, John Tomlin,

has admitted to causing her grievous

bodily harm and is due to be

sentenced in January.

Resham Khan has told the BBC

she pities her attacker

but still can't understand

why he did it.

Acid attacks aren't just something

people can wake up to the next day

and continue on normally

with, you know.

I am making big decisions

in life and big changes.

There's a lot of things I would have

liked to have done that

I just can't do any more.

Resham Khan and her

cousin, Jamil Mukhtar,

suffered face and neck

injuries when the acid was thrown