13/12/2017

0:00:06 > 0:00:08Hello.

0:00:08 > 0:00:10It's Wednesday, it's 9 o'clock, I'm Victoria Derbyshire,

0:00:10 > 0:00:13welcome to the programme.

0:00:13 > 0:00:17A baby - whose beating heart developed on the outside of her body

0:00:17 > 0:00:20- has had it successfully put back inside her chest in what is believed

0:00:20 > 0:00:24to be a first for the UK.

0:00:24 > 0:00:27At just three weeks old little Vanellope Wilkins has already

0:00:27 > 0:00:33undergone three operations at Glenfield Hospital

0:00:33 > 0:00:39in Leicester but she is doing well.

0:00:39 > 0:00:44She came out kicking and screaming. And then she gave the surgeons

0:00:44 > 0:00:52aggro.

0:00:52 > 0:00:54Over a hundred under-performing schools are continuing

0:00:54 > 0:00:57to fail their pupils year after year despite money and outside help.

0:00:57 > 0:00:59A new report by the chief schools inspector has revealed.

0:00:59 > 0:01:01We ask her why and what needs to change.

0:01:01 > 0:01:03It means their life chances are uncertain.

0:01:03 > 0:01:05It doesn't mean that everybody's life is written off,

0:01:05 > 0:01:08but it means many of them will have a less good experience

0:01:08 > 0:01:11than they should which will knock on all the way through,

0:01:11 > 0:01:13in their educating, after school in their careers, so it's really,

0:01:13 > 0:01:16really important that we make sure everybody gets the best

0:01:16 > 0:01:17school education they can.

0:01:17 > 0:01:20He's 26, he's from Aldershot and he's been officially named

0:01:20 > 0:01:24as the world's highest earning YouTuber.

0:01:24 > 0:01:27He raked in a cool £12 million in the last year and has

0:01:27 > 0:01:33over 16 million subscribers.

0:01:33 > 0:01:35But some are sniffy about his success.

0:01:35 > 0:01:37We'll ask him what he thinks about that at 9.45am.

0:01:47 > 0:01:52Hello and welcome to the programme, we're live until 11am.

0:01:52 > 0:01:57We will talk about the latest Star Wars film. How excited are you about

0:01:57 > 0:02:01it? Do you not get Star Wars.

0:02:01 > 0:02:05The Last Jedi got its UK premiere at the Albert Hall last night -

0:02:05 > 0:02:07the stars were there, as were princes William and Harry.

0:02:07 > 0:02:10We will have a spoiler-free verdict on whether it matches the hype.

0:02:10 > 0:02:13Do get in touch on all the stories we're talking about this morning -

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0:02:18 > 0:02:19Our top story this morning.

0:02:19 > 0:02:21There's been a huge political upset in the United States

0:02:21 > 0:02:24where Doug Jones has become the first Democrat in 25 years

0:02:24 > 0:02:28to win a US Senate seat for Alabama.

0:02:28 > 0:02:31It's a major embarrassment for President Trump who had

0:02:31 > 0:02:33supported the Republican candidate, Roy Moore, who has yet to concede.

0:02:33 > 0:02:43Our correspondent David Willis reports.

0:02:46 > 0:02:52It was a stunning political upset. Doug Jones is the first Democrat to

0:02:52 > 0:02:59be elected to the Senate in quarter of a century. His victory reduces

0:02:59 > 0:03:02the already razor-thin Republican majority in the Senate to just one

0:03:02 > 0:03:05seat.I think that I have been waiting all my life and now I just

0:03:05 > 0:03:10don't know what the hell to say! CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

0:03:10 > 0:03:15More than perhaps the strengths of the victor, this result speaks to

0:03:15 > 0:03:22the weaknesses of his opponent, Roy Moore, a firebrand, evangelical who

0:03:22 > 0:03:26believes homosexuality is immoral and Muslims should not be allowed to

0:03:26 > 0:03:29serve in Congress, saw his sizeable lead in the polls start to falter

0:03:29 > 0:03:33after a string of women came forward to claim that he had sexually

0:03:33 > 0:03:38assaulted them in one case, when the accuser was just 14.

0:03:38 > 0:03:43Roy Moore denies the allegations. Despite calls from senior members of

0:03:43 > 0:03:48his own party for him to withdraw from the race, Mr Moore continued to

0:03:48 > 0:03:52enjoy the support of President Trump, who treated o tonight,

0:03:52 > 0:03:56"Congratulations to Doug Jones on a hard fought victory, the write-in

0:03:56 > 0:04:02votes played a big factor, but a win is a win."

0:04:02 > 0:04:05Though so-called write-in votes could prove significant, in a

0:04:05 > 0:04:11further twist to a long and often ugly campaign, that the vanquished

0:04:11 > 0:04:15candidate is refusing to concede defeat.Votes are still coming in

0:04:15 > 0:04:21and we are looking at that. May God bless you, as you go on, may he give

0:04:21 > 0:04:25you a safe journey. It's not over and it's going to take some time.

0:04:25 > 0:04:30Thank you. For this deep south state to prefer

0:04:30 > 0:04:36a pro-choice, progay rights candidate like Doug Jones over a

0:04:36 > 0:04:39hard-line Conservative such as Roy Moore is a reflection not only of

0:04:39 > 0:04:42the weakness of the Republican candidate but a major snub to the

0:04:42 > 0:04:46president who backed him. It will also be seen as some as a victory

0:04:46 > 0:04:52for the victims of sexual assault, whose claims Roy Moore has

0:04:52 > 0:04:59consistently dismissed as fake news.

0:04:59 > 0:05:01Annita is in the BBC Newsroom with a summary

0:05:01 > 0:05:11of the rest of the day's news.

0:05:12 > 0:05:15In what's thought to be a first for doctors in the UK,

0:05:15 > 0:05:17a baby girl has survived after being born with her

0:05:17 > 0:05:18heart outside her body.

0:05:18 > 0:05:20Vanellope Hope Wilkins, who has no breastbone,

0:05:20 > 0:05:22was delivered three weeks ago by Caesarean section.

0:05:22 > 0:05:25She has had three operations to place her heart back in her chest

0:05:25 > 0:05:26at Glenfield Hospital in Leicester.

0:05:26 > 0:05:28Our medical correspondent, Fergus Walsh, spoke exclusively

0:05:28 > 0:05:30to Vanellope's parents and the medical team involved.

0:05:30 > 0:05:32Good girl, yeah.

0:05:32 > 0:05:34She's a beautiful girl.

0:05:34 > 0:05:37Their pride and joy.

0:05:37 > 0:05:39This is Vanellope, astounding her parents

0:05:39 > 0:05:41and doctors with her progress.

0:05:41 > 0:05:43After three operations in three weeks, her heart is now

0:05:43 > 0:05:53back inside her chest.

0:05:54 > 0:05:56Vanellope's parents say the moment she was born

0:05:56 > 0:05:58they knew she was a fighter.

0:05:58 > 0:06:02She came out kicking and screaming.

0:06:02 > 0:06:05And then she gave all the surgeons aggro, didn't she?

0:06:05 > 0:06:06It was a beautiful moment.

0:06:06 > 0:06:07Absolutely beautiful.

0:06:07 > 0:06:10If you saw her when she was first born, to where she is now,

0:06:10 > 0:06:11and what they've done...

0:06:11 > 0:06:13It's beyond a miracle, isn't it?

0:06:13 > 0:06:15The family knew from the first ultrasound that Vanellope's heart

0:06:15 > 0:06:16was outside her chest.

0:06:16 > 0:06:19You can clearly see its unusual position which is due to the absence

0:06:19 > 0:06:22of a sternum or breastbone.

0:06:22 > 0:06:26Babies with this rare condition are usually stillborn.

0:06:26 > 0:06:31But immediately as she emerged during the Caesarean section,

0:06:31 > 0:06:35doctors could see that Vanellope's heart was beating strongly.

0:06:35 > 0:06:37Three weeks on, her heart is back where it should be,

0:06:37 > 0:06:43covered with her own skin.

0:06:43 > 0:06:45Vanellope is going to be here for some considerable time.

0:06:45 > 0:06:48The next step will be getting her to breathe

0:06:48 > 0:06:57without the help of a ventilator.

0:06:58 > 0:07:00Then, in years to come, she faces more surgery to create

0:07:00 > 0:07:02a new sternum to protect her heart.

0:07:02 > 0:07:07She faces a long road ahead, but has already confounded predictions.

0:07:07 > 0:07:08Two people have been charged with murder,

0:07:08 > 0:07:11over the deaths of three children in a house fire

0:07:11 > 0:07:12in Walkden on Monday.

0:07:12 > 0:07:1314-year-old Demi Pearson, eight-year-old Brandon

0:07:13 > 0:07:15and seven-year-old Lacie died in the house fire.

0:07:15 > 0:07:17Their mother and three-year-old sister remain in hospital.

0:07:17 > 0:07:19Two 16-year-old boys were able to escape the property.

0:07:19 > 0:07:22A man and women in their 20s from Worsley have been remanded

0:07:22 > 0:07:24in custody and will appear before Salford Magistrates'

0:07:24 > 0:07:34Court later today.

0:07:36 > 0:07:39More than 100 schools in England have failed to record a "good"

0:07:39 > 0:07:43inspection in over a decade, according to the education watchdog.

0:07:43 > 0:07:45Ofsted's annual report warns that a hard core of persistently

0:07:45 > 0:07:47underachieving schools are struggling to recruit teachers

0:07:47 > 0:07:49and keep head teachers.

0:07:49 > 0:07:51Ofsted chief Inspector Amanda Spielman says the schools had not

0:07:51 > 0:07:58improved despite "attention and investment".

0:07:58 > 0:08:02If you prop schools up from outside, it's great while you've got the

0:08:02 > 0:08:06props there, but once that support goes away then the school slips back

0:08:06 > 0:08:11again. We've got to really concentrate on what it is to get

0:08:11 > 0:08:15everything in place, the people, the curriculum, the systems, everything

0:08:15 > 0:08:18inside the school really, really working as strongly as it can.Does

0:08:18 > 0:08:23that mean...And that's the point at which we can say the job is done and

0:08:23 > 0:08:28the school should be able to to go forward strongly.

0:08:28 > 0:08:31Theresa May is facing a potential backbench rebellion later when MPs

0:08:31 > 0:08:33vote on amendments to the EU Withdrawal Bill.

0:08:33 > 0:08:36A group of Tory MPs, led by former Attorney General Dominic Grieve,

0:08:36 > 0:08:38want to force ministers to give Parliament a meaningful vote

0:08:38 > 0:08:41on any final Brexit deal.

0:08:41 > 0:08:43The Prime Minister has said that ministers are listening

0:08:43 > 0:08:48to the concerns of Conservative MPs.

0:08:48 > 0:08:51The US Secretary of State, Rex Tillerson, says America

0:08:51 > 0:08:53is willing to hold direct talks with North Korea

0:08:53 > 0:08:56without pre-conditions.

0:08:56 > 0:08:58His statement appeared to be a change from previous

0:08:58 > 0:09:01demands that Pyongyang must end its nuclear programme first.

0:09:01 > 0:09:03However, Mr Tillerson did say they would only hold talks

0:09:03 > 0:09:11if there is a period without nuclear and missile tests.

0:09:11 > 0:09:14Banks say a rapid response scheme aimed at combating fraud has already

0:09:14 > 0:09:17saved customers millions of pounds in its first year and led to more

0:09:17 > 0:09:19than a hundred arrests.

0:09:19 > 0:09:22Under the scheme, police arrive at a bank branch within minutes

0:09:22 > 0:09:24if staff fear someone is being tricked into

0:09:24 > 0:09:27taking out a large sum of money to pay a criminal.

0:09:27 > 0:09:30Simon Gompertz has been finding out how it works.

0:09:30 > 0:09:36A Rolls-Royce.

0:09:36 > 0:09:39Some people have their heart so set on getting one that things like this

0:09:39 > 0:09:44are prime bait used by criminals to get hold of your cash.

0:09:44 > 0:09:47When I came into this bit of inheritance, I thought, right,

0:09:47 > 0:09:53I always wanted a Rolls-Royce.

0:09:53 > 0:09:54Let's have a look.

0:09:54 > 0:09:56It is a dream car.

0:09:56 > 0:09:58They are so comfortable and so easy to drive.

0:09:58 > 0:10:01Barry Fox in Essex had a lucky escape thanks to swift action

0:10:01 > 0:10:04from his bank when he went to withdraw the money to buy another

0:10:04 > 0:10:08fictional Rolls in an eBay scam.

0:10:08 > 0:10:11The fraudsters tried to lure him into bringing cash to a pick-up

0:10:11 > 0:10:13in the middle of the countryside.

0:10:13 > 0:10:14So what was the danger?

0:10:14 > 0:10:18You might have gone bad...

0:10:18 > 0:10:21I might have gone there with £10,000 in my pocket and have been

0:10:21 > 0:10:23knocked over the head with a stick or something.

0:10:23 > 0:10:27No car there at all.

0:10:27 > 0:10:35No car there at all. Warned off by the bank, he got this

0:10:35 > 0:10:38car from his local dealer.

0:10:38 > 0:10:41When Barry popped into his local bank and asked for £10,000 in cash,

0:10:41 > 0:10:43there was immediate concern about him.

0:10:43 > 0:10:45Now, banks often find it difficult to explain to customers

0:10:45 > 0:10:48that they might be being scammed, but under the new arrangements,

0:10:48 > 0:10:51they were able to call 999, quote banking protocol and get

0:10:51 > 0:10:54a police officer around here within half an hour.

0:10:54 > 0:10:57While in the branch, the police checked out the car.

0:10:57 > 0:10:59The situation just did not seem right...

0:10:59 > 0:11:03It wasn't where it should have been.

0:11:03 > 0:11:10This was happening in Blackpool and the car was registered in Bristol.

0:11:10 > 0:11:12They check the business details against eBay.

0:11:12 > 0:11:14It was the correct business name, but the contact

0:11:14 > 0:11:15details did not match.

0:11:15 > 0:11:17Banks say they've stopped customers being defrauded

0:11:17 > 0:11:19of £9 million in a year.

0:11:19 > 0:11:22However, that is just the ones going into branches.

0:11:22 > 0:11:24£100 million has been lost in just six months by people unwittingly

0:11:24 > 0:11:32paying fraudsters online.

0:11:32 > 0:11:35This is really good news for those who use their branch.

0:11:35 > 0:11:40Anything the banks can do to help them is good news.

0:11:40 > 0:11:44More and more of us bank on line and certainly have to bank on line

0:11:44 > 0:11:45because bank branches are closing.

0:11:45 > 0:11:47So we want to see more done to protect consumers

0:11:47 > 0:11:48from being scammed online.

0:11:48 > 0:11:53Automatic, preowned.

0:11:53 > 0:11:56But with the Internet playing a big part,

0:11:56 > 0:11:58it is worth being wary if asked to pay in cash.

0:11:58 > 0:12:02I would tell people, if they want cash, don't buy.

0:12:02 > 0:12:04The bank-police tie-up which meant Barry did get his dream car

0:12:04 > 0:12:10will soon be in place across the country.

0:12:11 > 0:12:14For Star Wars fans the wait is nearly over.

0:12:14 > 0:12:17The eighth episode in the franchise, the Last Jedi, gets its cinema

0:12:17 > 0:12:21release at midnight tonight.

0:12:21 > 0:12:23But last night the film's stars, including British actors

0:12:23 > 0:12:26Daisy Ridley and John Boyega, were on the red carpet in London

0:12:26 > 0:12:27for its European premiere.

0:12:27 > 0:12:28A warning, this report from our entertainment

0:12:28 > 0:12:34correspondent, Lizo Mzimba, contains flash photography.

0:12:36 > 0:12:39The stars of Star Wars, cinema royalty on the red carpet

0:12:39 > 0:12:43with actual royalty.

0:12:43 > 0:12:47Princes William and Harry, such fans of the saga,

0:12:47 > 0:12:49during filming, they secretly played cameos as stormtroopers,

0:12:49 > 0:12:52much to the excitement of the cast.

0:12:52 > 0:12:53It was great, fantastic.

0:12:53 > 0:12:54Fantastic.

0:12:54 > 0:12:55Phenomenal.

0:12:55 > 0:12:57And they've done an official visit as well.

0:12:57 > 0:13:01They got in an X-wing and all that kind of stuff so it was fun.

0:13:01 > 0:13:04The Last Jedi is the ninth Star Wars film since the saga

0:13:04 > 0:13:05began 40 years ago.

0:13:05 > 0:13:07It didn't scare me enough then.

0:13:07 > 0:13:11There's a huge degree of expectation from fans.

0:13:11 > 0:13:12What is Star Wars to you?

0:13:12 > 0:13:16Star Wars is everything, really.

0:13:16 > 0:13:18Something I've always obviously been interested in.

0:13:18 > 0:13:22It's almost a way of life, I think.

0:13:22 > 0:13:29I think it's just a cracking good story, it is all swashbuckling,

0:13:29 > 0:13:32it's fun and goodies versus that is, I think that is what

0:13:32 > 0:13:33makes it so great.

0:13:33 > 0:13:35Fan power like this has driven the franchise for 40 years

0:13:35 > 0:13:39and is also the reason why many expect this film to make more

0:13:39 > 0:13:41in the final two weeks of 2017 than any other film makes

0:13:41 > 0:13:44in the entirety of this year.

0:13:47 > 0:13:50I can't wait to see it!

0:13:50 > 0:13:52That's a summary of the latest BBC News.

0:13:52 > 0:13:54More at 9.30am.

0:13:54 > 0:13:57Do your children go to a failing school? We will talk about failing

0:13:57 > 0:14:03schools. Ones that fail year after year. We will talk about that in a

0:14:03 > 0:14:06moment with the Chief Inspector of Schools. But if your children go to

0:14:06 > 0:14:10a failing school, tell us your experience and what the teachers are

0:14:10 > 0:14:20doing to turn it around. The sport.

0:14:20 > 0:14:27News about Chris Froome.This is about a drugs test he took during a

0:14:27 > 0:14:33race earlier this year. Which he went on to win. While he was racing,

0:14:33 > 0:14:38just after stage 18, he tested, he had his urine tested and it was

0:14:38 > 0:14:46found that he had been taking double the allowed dose of a really common

0:14:46 > 0:14:50asthma drug, a legal asthma drug, it is legal for cyclists to take, but

0:14:50 > 0:14:55there is a certain level they are allowed. Frome's level contained

0:14:55 > 0:14:58double the dose. This is the thing that people take across the country.

0:14:58 > 0:15:02It is a drug that people will be familiar with if they suffer from

0:15:02 > 0:15:08asthma, but as I say, Frome's urine sample contained twice the allowed

0:15:08 > 0:15:15amount. Cycling's world governing body asked Frome and Team Sky, the

0:15:15 > 0:15:18team for whom he cycles for an explanation as to why this happened.

0:15:18 > 0:15:22This is standard procedure as well, Victoria.What is Chris Froome

0:15:22 > 0:15:29saying and Team Sky saying?

0:15:29 > 0:15:33Normally this would all happen behind closed doors, but because

0:15:33 > 0:15:36there is so much media interest in Chris Froome, they say it is well

0:15:36 > 0:15:41known that he has suffered from asthma since he was a child, and

0:15:41 > 0:15:53during the final week of the Vuelta, he was struggling, so he increased

0:15:53 > 0:15:57his dose on the advice of the doctor, and he was tested every day

0:15:57 > 0:16:02of the race because he was wearing the leader's jersey. He told his

0:16:02 > 0:16:06testers about his use of the medication because his asthma was so

0:16:06 > 0:16:10bad, and heaters depending on things like dehydration, metabolism, body

0:16:10 > 0:16:16weight which is a huge factor while you are racing, sometimes the drug

0:16:16 > 0:16:21is metabolised at a different rate, so it can show up in samples. Chris

0:16:21 > 0:16:25Froome said, I take my leadership position in my sport very seriously.

0:16:25 > 0:16:29He says the UCI is absolutely right to be asking these questions and

0:16:29 > 0:16:34examining these test results, and he will provide all the information

0:16:34 > 0:16:38that they require. And let's talk about Burnley.

0:16:38 > 0:16:41Amazing start of the season, and it carries on.

0:16:41 > 0:16:46It does, and Sean Dyche, the manager, you should have heard him

0:16:46 > 0:16:53in his post-match press conference yesterday, he said he was the

0:16:53 > 0:16:58proudest man in Proudsville last night. They beat Stoke, moving up to

0:16:58 > 0:17:02fourth in the Premier League. Ashley Barnes scored this one, and they are

0:17:02 > 0:17:06now above Liverpool, Arsenal and Tottenham, although all those sides

0:17:06 > 0:17:10play tonight. This is the highest they have been in the top flight of

0:17:10 > 0:17:16English football since 1975. It is early days, we don't want to get

0:17:16 > 0:17:19ahead of ourselves, but they are in the Champions League places at the

0:17:19 > 0:17:25moment. The last time they played in Europe was back in 1967, and Sean

0:17:25 > 0:17:30Dyche, the manager, he doesn't want to get ahead of himself.The reality

0:17:30 > 0:17:34is we have another tough game on Saturday. We are enjoying this, the

0:17:34 > 0:17:37players have earned the right to enjoy it, but the next game comes

0:17:37 > 0:17:41quickly, that is my focus. A different way of finding a result,

0:17:41 > 0:17:46and I had to work hard for it tonight, grind it out, real moment

0:17:46 > 0:17:50of quality to win it, but that will be parked, and we look onto the next

0:17:50 > 0:17:53one.So he is being a little philosophical, but he said he has

0:17:53 > 0:17:58taken inspiration from that amazing league win by Leicester back in

0:17:58 > 0:18:032016, when he said Leicester blew the roof of dreams in football. So

0:18:03 > 0:18:07why shouldn't Burnley fans enjoy this moment and get ahead of

0:18:07 > 0:18:12themselves? If Leicester did it, why shouldn't Burnley?Show we have a

0:18:12 > 0:18:17bet on whether Sean Dyche will be England manager one day?I think

0:18:17 > 0:18:20Leicester were something like 50,000 to one, maybe we should put some

0:18:20 > 0:18:28money on Burnley winning the league! Best fact I heard, on five live this

0:18:28 > 0:18:31morning, the population of Burnley is smaller than the capacity at Old

0:18:31 > 0:18:39Trafford. I love that.

0:18:39 > 0:18:43Why does a school file over and over again? In her first annual report,

0:18:43 > 0:18:47the boss of the schools watchdog says there is a group of

0:18:47 > 0:18:50underperforming schools that continue to let down pupils. Amanda

0:18:50 > 0:18:54Spielman as the chief inspector of schools, and she says of those

0:18:54 > 0:18:59schools inspected this year, around 80 primary and 50 secondary schools

0:18:59 > 0:19:04have not been good at any point in over a decade. Why? I spoke to her

0:19:04 > 0:19:11little earlier and asked her what she thought about those statistics.

0:19:11 > 0:19:16On the one hand it is bad news, we shouldn't have any schools in those

0:19:16 > 0:19:19states, but the number is smaller than it was, so we really need to

0:19:19 > 0:19:22focus on squeezing these kinds of problems out of the system

0:19:22 > 0:19:32completely.

0:19:35 > 0:19:37But what does it mean for pupils if their school is

0:19:37 > 0:19:38failing year after year.

0:19:38 > 0:19:40That's exactly why we shouldn't have any

0:19:40 > 0:19:41schools in that state?

0:19:41 > 0:19:43What does it mean for their life chances?

0:19:43 > 0:19:45It means their life chances are uncertain.

0:19:45 > 0:19:47It doesn't mean that everybody's life is written off but

0:19:47 > 0:19:50it means many of them will have a less good experience

0:19:50 > 0:19:52than they should which will knock off -- knock

0:19:52 > 0:19:54on all the way through, through their education,

0:19:54 > 0:19:55after school, in

0:19:55 > 0:19:58their careers, so it's really, really important that we make sure

0:19:58 > 0:20:00everybody gets the best school education they possibly can.

0:20:00 > 0:20:03You say in this report that having disadvantaged pupils is not enough

0:20:03 > 0:20:05of a reason for a school to continue to fail.

0:20:05 > 0:20:07Yes, I'm saying that if we get distracted by the

0:20:07 > 0:20:10game of disadvantage one-upmanship, my school's got more pupil premium

0:20:10 > 0:20:11children than yours, we can get distracted,

0:20:11 > 0:20:13we can get fixated.

0:20:13 > 0:20:16We need to concentrate on the things that are really important to making

0:20:16 > 0:20:18a school good, having a good curriculum, good teaching and good

0:20:18 > 0:20:20behaviour in the classroom and corridors.

0:20:20 > 0:20:22We've got to get everybody focused on what can be

0:20:22 > 0:20:24done, not on all the difficulties to achieving it.

0:20:24 > 0:20:26What is interesting is, these schools that continually

0:20:26 > 0:20:29fail and have done for over a decade, they have had external help,

0:20:29 > 0:20:32they have had outside help and yet they are still failing.

0:20:32 > 0:20:36That doesn't seem to make sense.

0:20:36 > 0:20:37Perhaps the kind of help they've had

0:20:37 > 0:20:40hasn't been focused enough on building the capacity inside the

0:20:40 > 0:20:41school.

0:20:41 > 0:20:42What does that mean?

0:20:42 > 0:20:44If you prop schools up from outside, it's

0:20:44 > 0:20:47great while you've got the props there, but once that support goes

0:20:47 > 0:20:52away, then the school slips back again.

0:20:52 > 0:20:55We've got to really concentrate on what it is to get

0:20:55 > 0:20:57everything in place so that people, the curriculum is, the place,

0:20:57 > 0:21:00everything inside the school is working as strongly as it can.

0:21:00 > 0:21:03That's the point at which we can say the job is done and

0:21:03 > 0:21:08the school should be able to go forward strongly.

0:21:08 > 0:21:09Does that mean discipline of the students, good

0:21:09 > 0:21:12senior leadership team?

0:21:12 > 0:21:15What do you mean?

0:21:15 > 0:21:16What are the basics?

0:21:16 > 0:21:21I think it's focused above all else, not

0:21:21 > 0:21:23getting distracted by great numbers of interventions and initiatives.

0:21:23 > 0:21:25Having too many things to deal with makes the job harder.

0:21:25 > 0:21:33Keeping it as simple as it can be.

0:21:33 > 0:21:35And it may be that we need extra resource in some

0:21:35 > 0:21:37of these schools to make this possible.

0:21:37 > 0:21:38But focus on what?

0:21:38 > 0:21:39Be specific.

0:21:39 > 0:21:41Focus on the curriculum, the teaching and the behaviour.

0:21:41 > 0:21:42That above everything else.

0:21:42 > 0:21:44That's the job of good school leaders, to make

0:21:44 > 0:21:45those things work well.

0:21:45 > 0:21:47Being a head, being a senior leader in a

0:21:47 > 0:21:49school is a really hard job.

0:21:49 > 0:21:50It really is.

0:21:50 > 0:21:57Do you understand when people get burnt out and leave and

0:21:57 > 0:21:58then the cycle begins again?

0:21:58 > 0:22:00Yes indeed and that's why this focuses

0:22:00 > 0:22:04so important because part of it is about making the job doable.

0:22:04 > 0:22:07If you can keep the job of running a good

0:22:07 > 0:22:10school as simple as it can be made, then you minimise, it's a high

0:22:10 > 0:22:13stress job, but you minimise the unnecessary stress and strain on

0:22:13 > 0:22:15teachers, so I think getting this right actually has the potential to

0:22:15 > 0:22:18help retain more teachers, have fewer people leaving because of

0:22:18 > 0:22:22stress and burn-out.

0:22:22 > 0:22:24You talk in your report about multi Academy

0:22:24 > 0:22:27trusts and for our audience, that means their collection of often very

0:22:27 > 0:22:30good schools and they fan out into the community to spread good

0:22:30 > 0:22:31practice.

0:22:31 > 0:22:34But there aren't enough of those, are there, to take up those

0:22:34 > 0:22:35schools that aren't doing as well?

0:22:35 > 0:22:38There aren't yet enough of them and they're not necessarily

0:22:38 > 0:22:40in the right places where help is needed for the

0:22:40 > 0:22:41toughest schools.

0:22:41 > 0:22:44So yes, we need to look at ways to get more support

0:22:44 > 0:22:47from the schools who have the capacity to do it into the schools

0:22:47 > 0:22:50who need it most, but with the focus on building this long-term polarity

0:22:50 > 0:22:57inside the schools.

0:22:57 > 0:23:00You also say in your report which is really

0:23:00 > 0:23:01interesting increases in test scores do not

0:23:01 > 0:23:02necessarily reflect an

0:23:02 > 0:23:03improvement in education standards.

0:23:03 > 0:23:11What do you mean?

0:23:11 > 0:23:13What I mean is, when schools get very focused on

0:23:13 > 0:23:15teaching the mark scheme rather than teaching

0:23:15 > 0:23:16a subject, teaching a

0:23:16 > 0:23:19particular type of question they think is likely to come up

0:23:19 > 0:23:21in a test rather than teaching maths, then you

0:23:21 > 0:23:24may be able to push test scores up but that doesn't necessarily mean

0:23:24 > 0:23:34that you've led formats.

0:23:37 > 0:23:41It is about the substance of education, making sure that children

0:23:41 > 0:23:45learn everything they should, they don't just get a good grade, a

0:23:45 > 0:23:49lovely sticker, but they actually learn.And how worried are you that

0:23:49 > 0:23:53schools are becoming increasingly focused on exam results being the be

0:23:53 > 0:23:58all and end all?Our curriculum survey work that is in progress

0:23:58 > 0:24:04suggested that this is quite a significant problem. At many stages

0:24:04 > 0:24:08of education, we found it in primary schools, in key stage three and in

0:24:08 > 0:24:16the GCSE years.Thank you very much for talking to us.Thank you.

0:24:16 > 0:24:17Amanda Spielman.

0:24:17 > 0:24:20We can now speak to Geoff Barton, the General Secretary

0:24:20 > 0:24:22of the Association of School and College Leaders,

0:24:22 > 0:24:24and Rebecca Handley-Kirk, who took over the newly-formed

0:24:24 > 0:24:26Hewett Academy in Norwich two years ago after the previous school

0:24:26 > 0:24:29was placed into special measures.

0:24:29 > 0:24:34Thank you for talking to us. Rebecca, taking over a failing

0:24:34 > 0:24:39school. Tell our audience about the challenges.Lots of challenges.

0:24:39 > 0:24:42Firstly we have to look at the behaviour of the students on the

0:24:42 > 0:24:44teaching and learning that is going on in the classrooms and the

0:24:44 > 0:24:48opportunities available to the students. It is really an approach

0:24:48 > 0:24:52across-the-board, and it needs strong leadership to make sure it

0:24:52 > 0:24:56happens.And because it was failing to ten years, student numbers

0:24:56 > 0:25:00dropped because people don't want to send their kids there.Absolutely,

0:25:00 > 0:25:04student numbers still continue to drop. They are looking more positive

0:25:04 > 0:25:08than except Ember, but it is a long haul to turn around public

0:25:08 > 0:25:11perceptions to see that the school is changing.And let's talk about

0:25:11 > 0:25:17your exam results this summer. There was a 19% improvement in maths and

0:25:17 > 0:25:23English GCSEs. Is that reputation, that message, getting out there in

0:25:23 > 0:25:27the community?It is a long process. That first set of results were

0:25:27 > 0:25:30fantastic, and we are looking to make some improvements again this

0:25:30 > 0:25:34year, but it takes a few years for that to filter through to the

0:25:34 > 0:25:37general public, so we are still looking at lower pupil numbers than

0:25:37 > 0:25:42you would want.Had you make sure parents are engaged in an side? I

0:25:42 > 0:25:48saw Usai as if that is a really big deal.It is one of our biggest

0:25:48 > 0:25:56challenges, making parents aware that they have a big influence into

0:25:56 > 0:26:00their child's education.Let me bring in Geoff Barton. You said

0:26:00 > 0:26:04Ofsted judgments themselves can be stigmatising and make things worse.

0:26:04 > 0:26:08What do you mean?We can do, and if we listen to the language, talking

0:26:08 > 0:26:11about failing schools, think we need to be careful with that, because

0:26:11 > 0:26:16what Ofsted appear to be saying is that since 2005, 130 schools in

0:26:16 > 0:26:21England have not got a good or outstanding judgment, and those

0:26:21 > 0:26:24parents who deserve with their communities to expect that there

0:26:24 > 0:26:29will be a good school there. But what they also say is there are no

0:26:29 > 0:26:37quick fixes.But the schools have been failing for ten years.I'm not

0:26:37 > 0:26:43talking in terms of failing, I'm talking about not getting a good or

0:26:43 > 0:26:48outstanding Ofsted report in ten years. Schools are rooted in their

0:26:48 > 0:26:51communities, and we heard Amanda Spielman who I think is doing a

0:26:51 > 0:26:56great job in many ways as Chief Inspector, but she system fixate on

0:26:56 > 0:26:59exam results, and then you hear that schools are judged by their exam

0:26:59 > 0:27:04results aren't Ofsted look at that in their judgments. The kinds of

0:27:04 > 0:27:08things that you and I would expect a great school to do, and you implied

0:27:08 > 0:27:12it earlier, which is to reach out to the community to give great stuff in

0:27:12 > 0:27:15the classroom and around the classroom, extracurricular work,

0:27:15 > 0:27:18that is more difficult and challenging schools because you

0:27:18 > 0:27:22can't recruit the staff and hold on to the leadership, and Ofsted are

0:27:22 > 0:27:25saying that today. So the big question is, what do we do to give a

0:27:25 > 0:27:29long-term sense that these schools are beacons of hope instead of what

0:27:29 > 0:27:33they can be witches beacons of despair.The Department for

0:27:33 > 0:27:36Education says we are targeting the areas that need most support through

0:27:36 > 0:27:41our opportunity investment scheme and the schools most in need of

0:27:41 > 0:27:46improving school performance. Absolutely right, when 90% of

0:27:46 > 0:27:50schools are good and outstanding, that should be celebrated.We did

0:27:50 > 0:27:53talk about that.All help needs to go to those schools, and part of

0:27:53 > 0:27:57that is getting leaders who are on a mission to stay with those

0:27:57 > 0:28:00communities and be known by those communities, for a leadership team

0:28:00 > 0:28:03is not to be squandering money supply teachers who are there for

0:28:03 > 0:28:07half a term.Sometimes you can't help but, if a teacher leaves or

0:28:07 > 0:28:14gets pregnant or is burnt out.It is more difficult if you call it a

0:28:14 > 0:28:16failing school also that the community has lost faith in it. We

0:28:16 > 0:28:19need to send resources to the schools. Ofsted would do us a favour

0:28:19 > 0:28:23if what they did was to inside their best inspectors to work with those

0:28:23 > 0:28:26schools to hold up there to help those schools in the longer-term,

0:28:26 > 0:28:30because what we need is the best leaders to go and stay with those

0:28:30 > 0:28:36schools and communities and give a real sense in places that those

0:28:36 > 0:28:39schools matter huge amount.Rebecca, tell our audience what motivates

0:28:39 > 0:28:45you.The students, really. It is seeing those outcomes and seeing

0:28:45 > 0:28:49happy students leaving school with lots of opportunities and choices,

0:28:49 > 0:28:53that they can choose to do anything they want to do in the future, and

0:28:53 > 0:28:57that is vital, opening as many doors as possible for them.And do you

0:28:57 > 0:29:03ever think this is too much, this is exhausting, too challenging, and

0:29:03 > 0:29:07actually, it might be a job for someone else?It is a big challenge,

0:29:07 > 0:29:10but I have an awful lot of support around me, and that has been vital

0:29:10 > 0:29:14in the improvements at my academy. I have an executive principle I can

0:29:14 > 0:29:20speak to with any concerns, and the Academy supporters with teaching and

0:29:20 > 0:29:23learning and behaviour, so it is about the support network to keep me

0:29:23 > 0:29:28in post and pushing for those improvements.A couple of people

0:29:28 > 0:29:33watching you commenting, David says schools don't fail students, parents

0:29:33 > 0:29:39do it, it starts at home. Another commentor says generations of

0:29:39 > 0:29:42children leaving school unprepared for the real world, and a couple

0:29:42 > 0:29:46more. Duncan says it is easy to blame teachers intact challenging

0:29:46 > 0:29:48schools, although I don't thing we have had that conversation this

0:29:48 > 0:29:53morning. Smaller class sizes are simple solution, although nothing is

0:29:53 > 0:29:59ever simple, but fair enough. And on Twitter, we need to stop talking

0:29:59 > 0:30:01about failing schools and start inspiring children with more than

0:30:01 > 0:30:06maths and Italy should sounds. Thank you both very much for coming

0:30:06 > 0:30:11on the programme. Good luck, Rebecca, thank you. She took over

0:30:11 > 0:30:14the newly formed Hewitt Academy in Norwich couple of years ago after

0:30:14 > 0:30:18the school was placed in special measures, and Geoff Barton, from the

0:30:18 > 0:30:20Association of School and College leaders.

0:30:30 > 0:30:31Still to come.

0:30:31 > 0:30:36We'll be speaking to the mother of baby Vanellope Wilkins --

0:30:36 > 0:30:38the baby born with her heart outside her body.

0:30:38 > 0:30:41She's had to have three operations to save her life -

0:30:41 > 0:30:44her mother now wants to highlight the case to bring hope

0:30:44 > 0:30:46to other families.

0:30:46 > 0:30:54We will talk to the highest earning YouTuber about how he does it.

0:30:54 > 0:30:56The BBC News headlines this morning:

0:30:56 > 0:30:59In a major political upset in America, Doug Jones has become

0:30:59 > 0:31:02the first Democrat in 25 years to win a US Senate seat for Alabama.

0:31:02 > 0:31:04It follows a bitter campaign against Republican Roy Moore,

0:31:04 > 0:31:07who has so far refused to concede the result.

0:31:07 > 0:31:17President Donald Trump congratulated Doug Jones on a hard fought victory.

0:31:17 > 0:31:20A baby girl, born with her heart outside her body, has survived

0:31:20 > 0:31:27in what's thought to be a first in the UK.

0:31:27 > 0:31:29Vanellope Hope Wilkins, who is three-weeks-old,

0:31:29 > 0:31:31has undergone three operations at Glenfield Hospital,

0:31:31 > 0:31:33in Leicester, to place her heart back within her chest.

0:31:33 > 0:31:36The condition, ectopia cordis, is extremely rare, with only a few

0:31:36 > 0:31:37cases per million births.

0:31:37 > 0:31:45Her parents have described her as a fighter.

0:31:45 > 0:31:54We will talk to her mum in the next few minutes.

0:31:54 > 0:31:56Two people have been charged with murder,

0:31:56 > 0:31:58over the deaths of three children in a house fire

0:31:58 > 0:31:59in Walkden on Monday.

0:31:59 > 0:32:0114-year-old Demi Pearson, eight-year-old Brandon

0:32:01 > 0:32:03and seven-year-old Lacie died in the house fire.

0:32:03 > 0:32:05Their mother and three-year-old sister remain in hospital.

0:32:05 > 0:32:08Two 16-year-old boys were able to escape the property.

0:32:08 > 0:32:11A man and women in their 20s from Worsley have been remanded

0:32:11 > 0:32:13in custody and will appear before Salford Magistrates'

0:32:13 > 0:32:20Court later today.

0:32:20 > 0:32:23More than 100 schools in England have failed to record a "good"

0:32:23 > 0:32:30inspection in over a decade, according to the

0:32:30 > 0:32:31education watchdog.

0:32:31 > 0:32:34Ofsted's annual report warns that a hard core of persistently

0:32:34 > 0:32:37underachieving schools are struggling to recruit teachers

0:32:37 > 0:32:37and keep head teachers.

0:32:37 > 0:32:39Ofsted chief Inspector Amanda Spielman says

0:32:39 > 0:32:41the schools had not improved despite "attention and investment".

0:32:41 > 0:32:44That's a summary of the latest BBC News.

0:32:44 > 0:32:48Here's some sport now with Katherine.

0:32:48 > 0:32:50Good morning.

0:32:50 > 0:32:52Chris Froome is facing questions from Cycling's world governing

0:32:52 > 0:32:54body after returning an "adverse" drugs test.

0:32:54 > 0:33:00The Team Sky rider had double the allowed level of legal asthma

0:33:00 > 0:33:02drug, Salbutamol, in his urine during the Vuelta

0:33:02 > 0:33:03a Espana in September.

0:33:03 > 0:33:06Burnley manager Sean Dyche says "football is about dreams"

0:33:06 > 0:33:08after his side moved into fourth place in the Premier League

0:33:08 > 0:33:11with victory over Stoke.

0:33:11 > 0:33:15England have named their team for the decisive third Ashes Test

0:33:15 > 0:33:16which starts tonight.

0:33:16 > 0:33:18Johnny Baistow is moved up the batting order to sixth.

0:33:18 > 0:33:21If England lose, the series is lost.

0:33:21 > 0:33:23And Tyson Fury has vowed to reclaim boxing titles he says

0:33:23 > 0:33:25are "rightfully his" after being given permission to

0:33:25 > 0:33:27fight again following a drugs ban.

0:33:27 > 0:33:36He wants to take on IBF and WBA heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua.

0:33:36 > 0:33:41That's it for now, Victoria. Back to you. Some breaking news. It is the

0:33:41 > 0:33:47latest unemployment figures. Let's have a look. Bear with me. I have

0:33:47 > 0:33:51got the average earnings figures. Average earnings increased by 2.5%

0:33:51 > 0:33:54in the year to October, that's up on the previous month, but we had the

0:33:54 > 0:33:58inflation yesterday. Not as high as inflation which is the key figure

0:33:58 > 0:34:07and in terms of unemployment, it has fallen by 26,000.

0:34:07 > 0:34:13More reaction on that to come.

0:34:14 > 0:34:22The parents of a baby girl, born with her heart

0:34:22 > 0:34:24on the outside of her body, say they want their experience

0:34:24 > 0:34:27to bring hope to other families in the same situation.

0:34:27 > 0:34:30Three-week-old Vanellope Wilkins has undergone three operations

0:34:30 > 0:34:33at Glenfield Hospital in Leicester.

0:34:33 > 0:34:37She is doing well. In a moment, we will talk to Vanellope's mum. First,

0:34:37 > 0:34:42let's see her fight against the odds.

0:35:04 > 0:35:11It was an amazing experience.

0:35:11 > 0:35:12It was overwhelming, wasn't it?

0:35:12 > 0:35:13It was very overwhelming.

0:35:13 > 0:35:16There was a part where we were just staring at each other

0:35:16 > 0:35:19because we didn't want to be told what was happening while it was

0:35:19 > 0:35:22happening but as soon as we heard her cry, that was it.

0:35:22 > 0:35:24We just had a little cry, didn't we?

0:35:24 > 0:35:26Yes, it was like we held our breath.

0:35:26 > 0:35:27For her.

0:35:35 > 0:35:40She's been lucky, if you like, in that she has a structurally normal

0:35:40 > 0:35:43heart, which most of these babies don't have and she didn't have any

0:35:43 > 0:35:45other abnormalities with the chromosomes, with,

0:35:45 > 0:35:50sometimes the bowel is outside the body as well.

0:35:50 > 0:35:52She's not had any of those problems.

0:35:52 > 0:35:55But she's also proved very resilient and she's had a great team to

0:35:55 > 0:35:59support her.

0:36:03 > 0:36:06There was a little girl in there called the glitch and when

0:36:06 > 0:36:08she was born, it fitted perfectly, didn't it?

0:36:08 > 0:36:10Yeah.

0:36:10 > 0:36:11Little glitch, that she...

0:36:11 > 0:36:14Her heart was in the wrong place, wasn't it?

0:36:14 > 0:36:17Like a glitch, it wasn't real, and it could be fixed.

0:36:17 > 0:36:19She's got more strength than you could

0:36:19 > 0:36:21ever imagine.

0:36:21 > 0:36:23She fighting it all the way and she is defying

0:36:23 > 0:36:24everything, isn't she?

0:36:24 > 0:36:34All they say can't be done, she's doing it.

0:36:37 > 0:36:42I'm joined now by Vanellope's mother Naomi Findlay and consultant

0:36:42 > 0:36:46paediatric cardiologist Frances Bu'Lock.

0:36:46 > 0:36:52Naomi, hello. Hi.Hi. How are you?I'm all right,

0:36:52 > 0:36:59thank you. Very well.And how is your little girl?She's doing

0:36:59 > 0:37:03remarkably well.Is she?She is a little miracle, she really is.

0:37:03 > 0:37:04remarkably well.Is she?She is a little miracle, she really is.

0:37:04 > 0:37:10Tell our audience when you first saw the scan of your little girl inside

0:37:10 > 0:37:20you.Well, we went for a scan at nine weeks I was and it was, well,

0:37:20 > 0:37:29you could see clearly that the heart was not in the right place. It

0:37:29 > 0:37:35wasn't something I was expecting to hear. You go from having two normal

0:37:35 > 0:37:38healthy boys to potentially having quite a poorly, well we didn't know

0:37:38 > 0:37:44it was a little girl at the time, but a poorly baby. So it was tough

0:37:44 > 0:37:49to digest that kind of information and what they said, the problem was

0:37:49 > 0:37:54with her.And what did doctors say to you about her chances of

0:37:54 > 0:38:05survival?Literally next to none. There was a very, very, very slim

0:38:05 > 0:38:12chance that she would not survive at all. Either she would die in the

0:38:12 > 0:38:17womb or when she was born, through delivery, she wouldn't survive.

0:38:17 > 0:38:27Right. And how did you and your husband respond to that?Not very

0:38:27 > 0:38:30well to be honest with you. It wasn't something that we

0:38:30 > 0:38:39particularly wanted to hear. But as time went on and the more scans we

0:38:39 > 0:38:51went to and the more we saw her grow and her heartbeat, it wasn't

0:38:51 > 0:38:55something that we believed was actually going to happen. We

0:38:55 > 0:38:59believed that she was a fighter and she was going to come into this

0:38:59 > 0:39:06world and she did. So...Do you mind me asking Naomi if having an

0:39:06 > 0:39:14abortion was discussed?It was on quite a few occasions and it was not

0:39:14 > 0:39:20something that I was going to entertain. I always said to my

0:39:20 > 0:39:28partner if it happens naturally, ie if she does pass away in the womb,

0:39:28 > 0:39:32it was something that I would have been able to get over, but to give

0:39:32 > 0:39:37it that helping hand, when I saw what I saw on the scans, I couldn't,

0:39:37 > 0:39:42I haven't got that in me to do, to ever do that. So it was not an

0:39:42 > 0:39:50option for me at all.Tell us about the birth because she was due just

0:39:50 > 0:39:55before Christmas, but obviously she was born prematurely by C-section,

0:39:55 > 0:40:00as I understand it there were dozens of staff on hand. What were you

0:40:00 > 0:40:05expecting? What are you told in terms of the birth of Vanellope?

0:40:05 > 0:40:10Well, the first ten minutes when she arrived, it was a very crucial

0:40:10 > 0:40:16point. We didn't know, nobody knew how she would cope with being

0:40:16 > 0:40:22outside of the womb. So, very much the ten minutes we, I think,

0:40:22 > 0:40:27everybody was holding their breath even the medics. The other thing

0:40:27 > 0:40:33they said was that she may not come out crying. They may have to help

0:40:33 > 0:40:38her with that. And I don't know if anyone has actually seen the birth,

0:40:38 > 0:40:43but she actually came out, covering her own heart. It's like she had her

0:40:43 > 0:40:49hand over her own heart protecting it and came out kicking and

0:40:49 > 0:40:54screaming, she did and it was a real sense of relief. I think that then

0:40:54 > 0:40:58is when we actually decided it was all right to breathe for ourselves

0:40:58 > 0:41:05if you know what I mean? It was an absolute miracle and it was alreal

0:41:05 > 0:41:12pleasure to see that miracle being born.Wow. Naomi I'm going to bring

0:41:12 > 0:41:16in the consultant who you know well. Introduce yourself. What was your

0:41:16 > 0:41:25role in what has been your role in helping Vanellope survive.Hi. I am

0:41:25 > 0:41:30a paediatric cardiologist so I look after babies who are born with heart

0:41:30 > 0:41:35problems and part of that I look at after or help with babies that are

0:41:35 > 0:41:42still in the womb. So I met Naomi and Dean at around 16 weeks

0:41:42 > 0:41:48gestation. I was called two weeks earlier to say that this baby was

0:41:48 > 0:41:54around and would I have a look at it and I said it needs to be a bit

0:41:54 > 0:41:57bigger so we can see the heart properly and provide appropriate

0:41:57 > 0:42:03advice. So, we first met at 16 weeks and then we have met on a number of

0:42:03 > 0:42:07occasions since.I wonder if you could... Sorry to interrupt. I

0:42:07 > 0:42:12wonder if you could tell our audience about the intricate process

0:42:12 > 0:42:17through three operations of trying to put Vanellope's heart back inside

0:42:17 > 0:42:23her chest.Yes, I mean, the biggest hurdle as Naomi already said was

0:42:23 > 0:42:26getting her born safely and getting things arranged so all the right

0:42:26 > 0:42:32people were around at the right time to manage that. So, there was a big

0:42:32 > 0:42:37logistic sort of organisational information discussion to get her

0:42:37 > 0:42:44delivered at the cardiac unit and we had to have the obstetricians there

0:42:44 > 0:42:48and the neo-natal specialist and then the cardiac surgical team and

0:42:48 > 0:42:52get the baby out safely and get the heart covered and get her breathing

0:42:52 > 0:42:56stabilised and get drips and lines in and then swap Naomi out of the

0:42:56 > 0:43:02theatre and bring Vanellope into the theatre and start the process of

0:43:02 > 0:43:06recattery ating her heart to where it should have been.Woup. And so

0:43:06 > 0:43:13how would you say she is now?I think she's, she's doing really,

0:43:13 > 0:43:19really well. She is is certainly very active. She had a rough week

0:43:19 > 0:43:23the week before, when we actually got the skin closed, that was a

0:43:23 > 0:43:26really big operation for her. And caused a lot of swelling. She is

0:43:26 > 0:43:32getting over that. She opens her eyes and she wriggles and waves her

0:43:32 > 0:43:38arms. We have to stop her pulling her breathing tube out. She is

0:43:38 > 0:43:42showing considerable promise.Wow, that's incredible. Look at the smile

0:43:42 > 0:43:46on your face, Naomi, it was huge relief, when she was born, but to

0:43:46 > 0:43:51hear her crying, that sound means life, doesn't it?It did. It meant

0:43:51 > 0:43:58that we had made the best decision to go, for me, to certainly stick

0:43:58 > 0:44:04with what I felt as my mother instincts. It was the best feeling

0:44:04 > 0:44:11ever, I think. Almost as normal as my two other births considering. I'm

0:44:11 > 0:44:16very proud of her. And I'm very grateful for the team at Glenfield

0:44:16 > 0:44:20that have got her to this part in her life as well. Snoop given her

0:44:20 > 0:44:27that start. I'm very grateful to them. So...Well, thank you both.

0:44:27 > 0:44:32Thank you very much for talking to us. Naomi, we wish you love and

0:44:32 > 0:44:36strength and continued happiness with your little girl and your two

0:44:36 > 0:44:42boys as well obviously. Thank you very much for talking to. Frances,

0:44:42 > 0:44:51thank you very much. Still to come before 10:

0:44:51 > 0:44:53His videos have been seen ten billion times.

0:44:53 > 0:44:56He's taken his live show around the world -

0:44:56 > 0:45:06selling over a quarter of a million tickets.

0:45:09 > 0:45:11And he's the world's highest earning YouTuber.

0:45:11 > 0:45:14Dan TDM is in the studio in just a moment.

0:45:14 > 0:45:16The Government's EU withdrawal bill, the so-called Great Repeal Bill,

0:45:16 > 0:45:18is its flagship piece of legislation for Brexit.

0:45:18 > 0:45:20But now Theresa May faces the threat of defeat

0:45:20 > 0:45:22as Conservative backbench rebels are threatening to vote against it.

0:45:22 > 0:45:25So her own side are threatening to vote against it.

0:45:25 > 0:45:28The rebels, led by former Attorney General Dominic Grieve, want

0:45:28 > 0:45:31a cast-iron legal guarantee that MPs will be able to vote on any Brexit

0:45:31 > 0:45:33deal before it's finalised.

0:45:33 > 0:45:38Norman is in Westminster.

0:45:38 > 0:45:44What is this in plain English?It is who is running Brexit, is it the

0:45:44 > 0:45:47Prime Minister or is it parliament? The Government's view is that Mrs

0:45:47 > 0:45:51May has to have a free hand to negotiate the sort of deal she

0:45:51 > 0:45:57wants, but, she says, MPs will still get a vote, albeit it will be after

0:45:57 > 0:46:04she has signed the deal. Not good enough, say MPs, friend number of

0:46:04 > 0:46:08reasons, one because they say they want an absolute guarantee there

0:46:08 > 0:46:13will be a vote written in law, it isn't at the moment. They also want

0:46:13 > 0:46:17stripped out powers the Government has kept to itself to implement bits

0:46:17 > 0:46:21and pieces of the withdrawal agreement without consulting

0:46:21 > 0:46:24Parliament, and they want the power to shape the sort of Brexit deal Mrs

0:46:24 > 0:46:28May is going to do, because at the moment is a take it or leave it

0:46:28 > 0:46:33vote. If you don't like the deal she has done, you can vote against it,

0:46:33 > 0:46:38but we will leave the EU anyway. And for the first time, really, Mrs May

0:46:38 > 0:46:43could be facing potential defeat, and much of that may hinge on one

0:46:43 > 0:46:48man. He is with me now, here's the former Attorney General Dominic

0:46:48 > 0:46:52grieve, regarded as the linchpin of this revolt, and there has been a

0:46:52 > 0:46:58huge amount of pressure, but there has also been some movement from the

0:46:58 > 0:47:02government. They are talking to people like you, trying to reassure

0:47:02 > 0:47:07people like you. So will you now back off and ensure that this goes

0:47:07 > 0:47:13through as the Government want?It is important to understand that the

0:47:13 > 0:47:16difference between the government and myself on this issue is quite

0:47:16 > 0:47:21difficult to understand and follow. The Government has issued a written

0:47:21 > 0:47:24ministerial statement today which sets out a process after we reach

0:47:24 > 0:47:28agreement, probably in the summer or early autumn of next year, which is

0:47:28 > 0:47:34one with it which I entirely agree. There will be a vote, and there will

0:47:34 > 0:47:40then be legislation to implement the treaty and put it into our law using

0:47:40 > 0:47:45statutory instruments to do it prior to our leaving on March the 29th.

0:47:45 > 0:47:50The question which is at the heart of this evening's debate is, in

0:47:50 > 0:47:55those circumstances, why is clause nine in the current bill? Because

0:47:55 > 0:47:59clause nine as it stands gives the Government the power to ignore that

0:47:59 > 0:48:04process and try to do everything by statutory instrument. I don't

0:48:04 > 0:48:08believe the Government wants to do that, but it becomes very hard to

0:48:08 > 0:48:11understand why the Government can't simply accept my amendment which

0:48:11 > 0:48:14says that the powers in clause nine can't be used until Parliament has

0:48:14 > 0:48:19determined these issues at the end of next year.So given all that, are

0:48:19 > 0:48:22you going to vote against the Government tonight, and is the

0:48:22 > 0:48:27Government facing likely defeat as a result of it?The sensible thing

0:48:27 > 0:48:31would be for the Government to accept my amendment. If they do that

0:48:31 > 0:48:37and if they have some unhappiness honesty tales, then the Government

0:48:37 > 0:48:43-- some happiness on the details, then they can come back at report.

0:48:43 > 0:48:49But I have been pressing them for four weeks, I think this makes

0:48:49 > 0:48:51complete sense and if they think there is another way of approaching

0:48:51 > 0:48:56this, come up with an amendment of your own, and until last Friday

0:48:56 > 0:49:02afternoon, I thought they would do that. They didn't. Then on Monday,

0:49:02 > 0:49:06the balloon goes up, ever be start getting hysterical, people say it is

0:49:06 > 0:49:11sabotaging Brexit, battle lines are drawn. None of this is in anyway

0:49:11 > 0:49:17necessary. The Government should show greater flexibility in the way

0:49:17 > 0:49:20it approaches MPs raising issues, and we should be able to resolve

0:49:20 > 0:49:24this without my having to rebel against the government, something

0:49:24 > 0:49:28which on an issue of a national importance, I have never done in the

0:49:28 > 0:49:32course of my career.Dominic Grieve, thank you very much. I think it will

0:49:32 > 0:49:36be a very close vote tonight, and you get a sense of the Government

0:49:36 > 0:49:40this is about more than Brexit, they see it is about Mrs May's authority,

0:49:40 > 0:49:46so they are really throwing everything at it.Much more on that

0:49:46 > 0:49:51on BBC news throughout the day, plus the result and I'd.

0:49:51 > 0:49:54He's 26, from Aldershot, he secretly loves watching cartoons,

0:49:54 > 0:49:57his first car was a VW polo, and he met the girl who would become

0:49:57 > 0:49:59his wife when he was only 11.

0:49:59 > 0:50:03And as it happens, Dan TDM, or Daniel Middleton,

0:50:03 > 0:50:07is the world's-highest earning YouTuber this year after making

0:50:07 > 0:50:12more than £12 million over the last 12 months.

0:50:12 > 0:50:14He became successful by streaming videos of himself playing

0:50:14 > 0:50:16Pokemon and then Minecraft.

0:50:16 > 0:50:21Your children probably watch them.

0:50:21 > 0:50:25I have got so many tweets from mum saying, I will have to record this

0:50:25 > 0:50:28so we can watch it later when the kids get back from school!

0:50:28 > 0:50:30He now has more than 16 million subscribers worldwide,

0:50:30 > 0:50:32and his channel, which was originally aimed at five-

0:50:32 > 0:50:34to ten-year-olds, has had more than ten billion views

0:50:34 > 0:50:36for all his videos.

0:50:36 > 0:50:42Hello. How are you?I'm good, thank you, very good.Thank you for coming

0:50:42 > 0:50:45on our programme. Please tell our audience, how do you go from working

0:50:45 > 0:50:50in a supermarket five years ago to any £12 million this year?Part of

0:50:50 > 0:50:55me is not sure. I just do something that I love putted out there for

0:50:55 > 0:50:59anyone to watch. And it turns out a lot of people like what I do, they

0:50:59 > 0:51:05couldn't ask for more than than that, it's crazy.Effectively, you

0:51:05 > 0:51:10are an entrepreneur. You craft and edit your videos, you come up with

0:51:10 > 0:51:14the idea for them, there is the technical side to them, you sell

0:51:14 > 0:51:21merchandise and go on tour. In that sense, you're an example of a

0:51:21 > 0:51:24British success story. Are you treated as a successful

0:51:24 > 0:51:29entrepreneur, people sniffy about what you do?I think both. YouTube

0:51:29 > 0:51:34is a very new thing, as a website it is not that old in the grand scheme

0:51:34 > 0:51:39of things, competitively. So people can make assumptions about what I do

0:51:39 > 0:51:42when they 20 minute video, they maybe think it takes 20 minutes to

0:51:42 > 0:51:48make, which is not the case, it is completely the opposite. So I guess

0:51:48 > 0:51:54there is a misconception to what I do.Do you think people go, anyone

0:51:54 > 0:51:58can make a video and put it on you Tube and make a million. Do you get

0:51:58 > 0:52:03that kind of attitude?I guess that is partly true, that is how I

0:52:03 > 0:52:06started, I just made videos and put them up people to see, and if they

0:52:06 > 0:52:12watched, was great. So that is kind of partly true.But do you feel like

0:52:12 > 0:52:16a businessman?I guess I do, I have had to learn along the way, making

0:52:16 > 0:52:21videos is my main thing but when you start merchandising, and especially

0:52:21 > 0:52:24with the tour as well, there is a steep learning curve where I had to

0:52:24 > 0:52:29negotiate deals and I guess there is that part of the business when you

0:52:29 > 0:52:32start branching further than just making videos.In the last couple of

0:52:32 > 0:52:37weeks, you have posted a video about finding the worst flavour of

0:52:37 > 0:52:39jellybean, which has had formally and views. Let's have a quick look

0:52:39 > 0:52:41at this video.

0:52:41 > 0:52:43I am going to regret this.

0:52:43 > 0:52:45Ooh, they do not look like jelly beans at all.

0:52:45 > 0:52:47They look like little rocks of sour.

0:52:47 > 0:52:49Actually, I'm going to go and get a bowl.

0:52:49 > 0:52:50Be right back.

0:52:50 > 0:52:51Got one.

0:52:51 > 0:52:52Here we go.

0:52:52 > 0:52:53Oh, yeah.

0:52:53 > 0:52:55Oh, they smell...

0:52:55 > 0:52:57Oh, they do not smell good.

0:52:59 > 0:53:02I haven't even put them in my mouth yet and they smell disgusting.

0:53:02 > 0:53:05Right, sour jellybeans are going in.

0:53:05 > 0:53:09Let's mix them up, mix them up real nice.

0:53:09 > 0:53:12And just with that other video, we're going to throw it back

0:53:12 > 0:53:15again and play exactly the same game.

0:53:15 > 0:53:17I'm going to be playing, Would You Rather?

0:53:17 > 0:53:20So, the way it works is, here are the rules.

0:53:20 > 0:53:22We play Would You Rather but instead of

0:53:22 > 0:53:24choosing what I would pick, I need to guess what everybody else

0:53:24 > 0:53:30would pick, the majority vote.

0:53:30 > 0:53:35So, 4 million views. What is it about that that is so popular?

0:53:35 > 0:53:37Specifically that one, people want to see you eat things, like those

0:53:37 > 0:53:40jellybeans, there was a blood flavour, squid flavour, snort

0:53:40 > 0:53:46flavour. People want to see you eating them because they don't

0:53:46 > 0:53:49necessarily want to do it themselves, and it is funny to watch

0:53:49 > 0:53:53the reaction is, I guess.Do you ever struggle for ideas for your

0:53:53 > 0:53:58videos?Not really, that one was random. My mother-in-law bought me

0:53:58 > 0:54:01the jellybeans for my birthday, they thought, this would make a great

0:54:01 > 0:54:06video idea, so video ideas can come from literally anywhere. If I ever

0:54:06 > 0:54:10struggle for ideas, I go online and ask my fans, they can ask the

0:54:10 > 0:54:13questions, there is so much out there that can help me if I am

0:54:13 > 0:54:18struggling for ideas, but the beauty of the Internet is it is pretty much

0:54:18 > 0:54:21unlimited.The question everyone wants to know is, including young

0:54:21 > 0:54:26kids, because they now things like when I grow up I want to go on

0:54:26 > 0:54:31YouTube, how'd you make your money on YouTube?Sure most people that

0:54:31 > 0:54:36watch YouTube have experienced the ads that play before a video or come

0:54:36 > 0:54:43up during a video. Those are what we get paid for. Advertisers pay

0:54:43 > 0:54:46YouTube to display those ads, and we get paid a proportion of that when

0:54:46 > 0:54:52it is displayed on our video. So we get paid off the views, basically.

0:54:52 > 0:54:58And how long was it before advertisers like furniture stores

0:54:58 > 0:55:02would come to you, how many views before they came tune said, we want

0:55:02 > 0:55:08to put an ad on you.YouTube manages that, you don't necessarily have

0:55:08 > 0:55:11control over the ads, they have an algorithm that displays appropriate

0:55:11 > 0:55:15ads to the person watching, so similar to other things like

0:55:15 > 0:55:20Facebook, it depends on your browsing history. So YouTube manages

0:55:20 > 0:55:23all that, you just get a cut after that happens, so you don't manage

0:55:23 > 0:55:31that at all.You talked about your fans, your audience is predominantly

0:55:31 > 0:55:35children and young teens. How much responsibility do you feel to them?

0:55:35 > 0:55:39Loads, absolutely loads. It would be weird not to feel responsibility,

0:55:39 > 0:55:43especially when you meet them face-to-face, and I have met so many

0:55:43 > 0:55:46during the tour. You realise how much the videos mean to them and

0:55:46 > 0:55:50more importantly the parents as well. I feel like I have got a

0:55:50 > 0:55:56really good rapport with parents, they always say that I am a YouTube

0:55:56 > 0:55:59that they can feel safe letting their kids watch, they watch

0:55:59 > 0:56:05together and become fans as well, it is great.And you will have seen

0:56:05 > 0:56:07Jack Maynard apologising for homophobic and racist language he

0:56:07 > 0:56:19had used in the past online. He had to leave I'm a Celebrity. Have you

0:56:19 > 0:56:23checked your past online history for any comments?I like to think I am

0:56:23 > 0:56:27just a decent person anyway, so I'd think I have anything could find.

0:56:27 > 0:56:31You just have to be careful what you put out there, regardless of whether

0:56:31 > 0:56:35you are on YouTube or not. If you put something online, it is

0:56:35 > 0:56:40therefore ever, you don't know who has kept it, so just be careful in

0:56:40 > 0:56:44general, not necessarily if you are well known, if you are just putting

0:56:44 > 0:56:50a post on your Facebook, be super careful.Or just be nice! How about

0:56:50 > 0:56:55that! My 13-year-old wants to know if you have effectively become an

0:56:55 > 0:56:58advert for certain games like Minecraft or Pokemon, or are you

0:56:58 > 0:57:05independent?Both. Predominantly, 99% of my content, I just choose to

0:57:05 > 0:57:08play whatever. Every now and then the company will approach me with a

0:57:08 > 0:57:14game, and they offer me early gameplay to play, and they offer me

0:57:14 > 0:57:19money for that, so it is exactly the same as being paid to advertise

0:57:19 > 0:57:24something. But most of the time I am offering content so they let me make

0:57:24 > 0:57:29videos of their game.He wants to know if Minecraft pay you to play

0:57:29 > 0:57:33Minecraft.No, they just have a really good rapport with everyone in

0:57:33 > 0:57:36their terms and conditions you can make whatever content you like with

0:57:36 > 0:57:42it.You will know the chatter around YouTube recently is that it can be

0:57:42 > 0:57:46unsafe for children and young people, particularly last week on

0:57:46 > 0:57:49the programme we were talking to the police, warning about live

0:57:49 > 0:57:53streaming, kids live streaming on the comments they were getting from

0:57:53 > 0:57:55paedophiles suggesting that they remove items of clothing for

0:57:55 > 0:58:01example. What you say about that? With anything that is popular,

0:58:01 > 0:58:04people will use it for the wrong reasons, no matter what it is. The

0:58:04 > 0:58:08key thing is to just keep an eye on what your kids are doing online,

0:58:08 > 0:58:12don't let them have their own devices. Don't leave them to their

0:58:12 > 0:58:18own devices. There are firewalls, great things, in terms of YouTube

0:58:18 > 0:58:24there is the kids that which is very good at filtering content for kids.

0:58:24 > 0:58:28There are lots of ways to parental control most things, so experience

0:58:28 > 0:58:37it with your kids and keep an eye on what they are doing, basically.And

0:58:37 > 0:58:41what do you say is the good that comes from a generally?There are so

0:58:41 > 0:58:45many good ideas coming out every second of every day, countless hours

0:58:45 > 0:58:49are uploaded, so it is just great entertainment that is made by

0:58:49 > 0:58:53ordinary people, which is awesome. There is only one woman on the

0:58:53 > 0:58:57YouTube Rich list, and she is at number ten. Why aren't there more

0:58:57 > 0:59:06successful female YouTube is?I personally know loads of female

0:59:06 > 0:59:11YouTube, I don't see a gender gap at all. Literally anyone can do it. In

0:59:11 > 0:59:16terms of the list, I think six out of ten of them are gamers which

0:59:16 > 0:59:20generally has higher views, because they can upload a few videos

0:59:20 > 0:59:23everyday, and they are longer content, as well, so they make more

0:59:23 > 0:59:34money. So I guess people that... For example Zoella, she doesn't upload

0:59:34 > 0:59:38so often, so it doesn't generate the income.She was criticised for

0:59:38 > 0:59:42selling an advent calendar for £50, criticised by her fans. You have to

0:59:42 > 0:59:46be aware of that stuff when you are selling merchandise?You do have to

0:59:46 > 0:59:49be careful, that comes back to what you are talking about before about

0:59:49 > 0:59:53making sure you have thought everything through very carefully.

0:59:53 > 0:59:56If someone is making a decision on your behalf, make sure you trust

0:59:56 > 1:00:00them and you have everything in place, that you are confident that

1:00:00 > 1:00:03everything you put out there with your name attached to it is what you

1:00:03 > 1:00:06believe in. Are you going to be doing this when

1:00:06 > 1:00:10you are 50, eating funny flavour jellybeans?We will see!

1:00:10 > 1:00:14Thank you for coming on the programme. We will bring you the

1:00:14 > 1:00:26latest news and sport at ten, but before that the weather with Simon.

1:00:26 > 1:00:29Bottom Yesterday morning, temperatures were low. Now, this

1:00:29 > 1:00:33morning, temperatures have been much, much higher. Much less cold

1:00:33 > 1:00:37this morning. Temperatures about two to five Celsius. We have got snow

1:00:37 > 1:00:44around, but I suspect that snow is becoming slushy, thinner and this

1:00:44 > 1:00:49snowman, a sorry state of affairs. Look at the carrot that's fallen off

1:00:49 > 1:00:53there. There is still some wintry stuff in the forecast over the next

1:00:53 > 1:00:57few days. For the moment we have got rain and showers moving south and

1:00:57 > 1:01:01east ward across many parts of the UK, but further north, there will be

1:01:01 > 1:01:05sunshine, there will be showers and those showers will be of snow over

1:01:05 > 1:01:08the higher ground, but into the evening, the snow showers could come

1:01:08 > 1:01:12down to lower levels. One or two showers into northern England, but

1:01:12 > 1:01:17it is a drier afternoon across northern England, Wales, the

1:01:17 > 1:01:20Midlands and south-west England compared to this morning. A few

1:01:20 > 1:01:24showers dotted around the coast and a blustery wind coming in from the

1:01:24 > 1:01:26west, but there is sunshine.

1:01:26 > 1:01:27a blustery wind coming in from the west, but there is sunshine. The

1:01:27 > 1:01:30South East will remain cloudy and wet into this afternoon.

1:01:30 > 1:01:34Temperatures around about eight to ten Celsius. For Northern Ireland,

1:01:34 > 1:01:37similar to Scotland really with wintry showers moving in. Through

1:01:37 > 1:01:41this evening, keeping a close eye on the situation for Wales and northern

1:01:41 > 1:01:45England and snow here, that could come down to low levels.

1:01:45 > 1:01:48A few of the showers continuing in the north and the west overnight

1:01:48 > 1:01:51tonight, but again, with a fair amount of cloud around, it won't be

1:01:51 > 1:01:56as cold as it was on Monday night into Tuesday. Temperatures staying

1:01:56 > 1:02:01above freezing. Through Thursday, some sunshine, but some showers

1:02:01 > 1:02:03around south-west England, Wales, northern England, south-west

1:02:03 > 1:02:08Scotland. With that, we will see some of that falling to snow over

1:02:08 > 1:02:12the higher ground. Temperatures down a touch compared to today, about one

1:02:12 > 1:02:17to three Celsius in northern areas and four to sex Celsius further

1:02:17 > 1:02:21south and on Thursday, this weather front moves southward and you notice

1:02:21 > 1:02:24that the white lines, north to south, so track them, back to where

1:02:24 > 1:02:29they come from, and then we have to go to the Arctic again. So, as we go

1:02:29 > 1:02:33into Friday and in the end of the week, this colder air, this Arctic

1:02:33 > 1:02:37air will dig southward across many areas.

1:02:37 > 1:02:41And that will bring the threat of snow showers particularly on Friday

1:02:41 > 1:02:44in northern and eastern parts of the UK, but rain for most of us on

1:02:44 > 1:02:49Friday. A dry day with sunshine, but with the northerly wind you will

1:02:49 > 1:02:52probably feel the difference in the temperatures, but there will be a

1:02:52 > 1:02:55wind-chill. That's it from me. Bye-bye.

1:02:57 > 1:02:59Cheers, Simon, thank you very much.

1:02:59 > 1:03:00Hello.

1:03:00 > 1:03:07It's Wednesday, it's ten o'clock, I'm Victoria Derbyshire.

1:03:07 > 1:03:13A baby who was born with her heart on the outside of her body has it

1:03:13 > 1:03:16had put back into her chest. Baby Vanellope has under gone three

1:03:16 > 1:03:21operations at hospital. Her mother told us that doctors warned her that

1:03:21 > 1:03:26the baby may not survive. There was a very, very slim chance

1:03:26 > 1:03:35that she would not survive at all. Either she would die in the womb or

1:03:35 > 1:03:41when she was born, through delivery, she wouldn't survive.

1:03:41 > 1:03:46The little baby is doing well. You can watch the interview on our

1:03:46 > 1:03:49programme page.

1:03:49 > 1:03:52Voters in Alabama have delivered a blow to President Trump

1:03:52 > 1:03:54and his Republican party, electing a Democrat, Doug Jones,

1:03:54 > 1:03:57as their new senator.

1:03:57 > 1:03:59They rejected Mr Trump's choice of candidate, Roy Moore,

1:03:59 > 1:04:06who faced allegations of sexual misconduct.

1:04:06 > 1:04:09And you have all heard me say this at one point other another in this

1:04:09 > 1:04:14campaign. I have always believed that the people of Alabama have more

1:04:14 > 1:04:17in common than divide us. CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

1:04:17 > 1:04:22We will be speaking to Democrat and Republican voters and find out why

1:04:22 > 1:04:26this is such an important moment in American politics.

1:04:26 > 1:04:28His videos have been seen ten billion times.

1:04:28 > 1:04:31He's taken his live show around the world, selling over a quarter

1:04:31 > 1:04:32of a million tickets.

1:04:32 > 1:04:33He's 26.

1:04:33 > 1:04:36He's the world's richest YouTuber.

1:04:36 > 1:04:42He told us he has had to become business savvy too.I had to

1:04:42 > 1:04:46negotiate deals and yeah, I guess there is that part of business when

1:04:46 > 1:04:56you start branching further than just making the videos.

1:04:56 > 1:04:58Good morning.

1:04:58 > 1:05:00Here's Annita in the BBC Newsroom with a summary of today's news.

1:05:00 > 1:05:03In a major political upset in America, Doug Jones has become

1:05:03 > 1:05:07the first Democrat in 25 years to win a US Senate seat for Alabama.

1:05:07 > 1:05:09It follows a bitter campaign against Republican Roy Moore,

1:05:09 > 1:05:11who has so far refused to concede the result.

1:05:11 > 1:05:17President Donald Trump congratulated Doug Jones on a hard fought victory.

1:05:17 > 1:05:20A baby girl, born with her heart outside her body, has survived

1:05:20 > 1:05:23in what's thought to be a first in the UK.

1:05:23 > 1:05:26Vanellope Hope Wilkins, who is three weeks old,

1:05:26 > 1:05:28has undergone three operations at Glenfield Hospital,

1:05:28 > 1:05:31in Leicester, to place her heart back within her chest.

1:05:31 > 1:05:33The condition, ectopia cordis, is extremely rare, with only a few

1:05:33 > 1:05:34cases per million births.

1:05:34 > 1:05:43Her parents say she was a fighter from the moment she was born.

1:05:43 > 1:05:47She actually came out, covering her own heart. It's like she had her

1:05:47 > 1:05:52hand over her own heart protecting it and came out kicking and

1:05:52 > 1:05:57screaming she did. And it was a real sense of relief. I

1:05:57 > 1:06:02think that then is when we actually decided it was all right to breathe

1:06:02 > 1:06:08for ourselves now if you know what I mean? It was an absolute miracle and

1:06:08 > 1:06:13it was alreal pleasure to see that miracle being born.

1:06:14 > 1:06:15Two people have been charged with murder,

1:06:15 > 1:06:18over the deaths of three children in a house fire

1:06:18 > 1:06:19in Walkden on Monday.

1:06:19 > 1:06:2014-year-old Demi Pearson, eight-year-old Brandon

1:06:20 > 1:06:25and seven-year-old Lacie died in the house fire.

1:06:25 > 1:06:28Their mother and three-year-old sister remain in hospital.

1:06:28 > 1:06:30Two 16-year-old boys were able to escape the property.

1:06:30 > 1:06:33A man and women in their 20s from Worsley have been remanded

1:06:33 > 1:06:35in custody and will appear before Salford Magistrates'

1:06:35 > 1:06:40Court later today.

1:06:40 > 1:06:41Unemployment has fallen by 26,000 between August

1:06:41 > 1:06:48and October to 1.43 million, official figures show.

1:06:48 > 1:06:59The jobless rate remained at 4.3%. Wage growth is behind inflation. The

1:06:59 > 1:07:07Office for National Statistics said average weekly wages rose by 2.3%.

1:07:07 > 1:07:10More than 100 schools in England have failed to record a "good"

1:07:10 > 1:07:13inspection in over a decade, according to the education watchdog.

1:07:13 > 1:07:15Ofsted's annual report warns that a hard core of persistently

1:07:15 > 1:07:18underachieving schools are struggling to recruit teachers

1:07:18 > 1:07:19and keep head teachers.

1:07:19 > 1:07:20Ofsted chief Inspector Amanda Spielman says

1:07:20 > 1:07:30the schools had not improved despite "attention and investment".

1:07:34 > 1:07:38Sheffield has lifted a ban on Uber. The council said Uber's licence has

1:07:38 > 1:07:43been suspended after it failed to respond to requests. Uber hadn't

1:07:43 > 1:07:45received the correspondence the council referred to as it was

1:07:45 > 1:07:48September to the wrong address!

1:07:48 > 1:07:50Theresa May is facing a potential backbench rebellion later when MPs

1:07:50 > 1:07:55vote on amendments to the EU Withdrawal Bill.

1:07:55 > 1:07:58A group of Tory MPs, led by former Attorney-General Dominic Grieve,

1:07:58 > 1:08:00want to force ministers to give Parliament a meaningful vote

1:08:00 > 1:08:01on any final Brexit deal.

1:08:01 > 1:08:03The Prime Minister has said that ministers are listening

1:08:03 > 1:08:06to the concerns of Conservative MPs.

1:08:06 > 1:08:17That's a summary of the latest BBC News - more at 10.30am.

1:08:17 > 1:08:21We will be getting the verdict on the latest Star Wars film. It opens

1:08:21 > 1:08:24to the rest of us tonight. No spoilers. If you're getting in

1:08:24 > 1:08:35touch. You're welcome. Sorry tomorrow night. Are we sure

1:08:35 > 1:08:39about that? Yes, we are sure.

1:08:39 > 1:08:42Use the hashtag Victoria LIVE and if you text,

1:08:42 > 1:08:46at the standard network rate.

1:08:46 > 1:08:50Here's some sport now with Katherine.

1:08:50 > 1:08:54Chris Froome says cycling world governing body are right to ask

1:08:54 > 1:09:00questions about his adverse drugs test. Frome had twice the allowed

1:09:00 > 1:09:06league level of Salbutamol in his system. He said the team doctor

1:09:06 > 1:09:09increased his dosage because his asthma was bad. Frome is not

1:09:09 > 1:09:14suspended. The Burnley manager says football is

1:09:14 > 1:09:19about dreams after their 1-0 win over Stoke City moved his side into

1:09:19 > 1:09:22the top four. A late goal put them into the Champions League places.

1:09:22 > 1:09:28They climb above Liverpool and Arsenal who play this evening.

1:09:28 > 1:09:31We have got another tough game on Saturday. We're enjoying this, of

1:09:31 > 1:09:35course, the players have earnt the right to enjoy this, but the next

1:09:35 > 1:09:38game comes quickly on Saturday and that's my focus. I'm really pleased

1:09:38 > 1:09:42with last night. A different way of finding a result. We had to work

1:09:42 > 1:09:46hard for it and grind it out. A real moment of quality to win it. But

1:09:46 > 1:09:50that one will be parked and on Thursday we look to recover and move

1:09:50 > 1:10:01on to the next one.Crystal Palace scored twice to beat Watford. Palace

1:10:01 > 1:10:09were a goal. Jonny Bairstow has moved up the batting order to sixth.

1:10:09 > 1:10:14Australia lead the series 2-0. If England lose, the series is lost,

1:10:14 > 1:10:18but the signs aren't good. England haven't won in nearly 40 years in

1:10:18 > 1:10:22Perth. Joe Root says he believes his team have a chance to change the

1:10:22 > 1:10:27history though.It has been spoken about quite a lot. As a group, I do

1:10:27 > 1:10:30believe, I genuinely believe, you know, we have got a really good

1:10:30 > 1:10:34opportunity here and we've done some really good things in practise and

1:10:34 > 1:10:38we've spoke really well as a group and we know how we need to go about

1:10:38 > 1:10:42things this week. So it's just making sure we put that into

1:10:42 > 1:10:45practise and guys stand up and deliver when it really matters.

1:10:45 > 1:10:49Tyson Fury says he wants to fight Anthony Joshua after he was given

1:10:49 > 1:10:54the green light to carry on his bobbing career. He has accepted a

1:10:54 > 1:11:00backdated two year ban for doping. Something he blamed on eating wild

1:11:00 > 1:11:08boar. And Britain's Jo Conta says she is looking forward to working

1:11:08 > 1:11:14with her new coach.It is early days so we will see how things go, but

1:11:14 > 1:11:19I'm feeling very positive about him because he's not only a great coach

1:11:19 > 1:11:23and the experience he brings through that, but he was a great player so I

1:11:23 > 1:11:26think he brings a lot of experience through his playing days which I'm

1:11:26 > 1:11:33definitely really looking forward to, to learning from.

1:11:33 > 1:11:37Hopefully Johanna Konta can find some of that form that saw her get

1:11:37 > 1:11:48to the semi-finals of Wimbledon last summer.

1:12:02 > 1:12:04You may not have heard that there was an election taking

1:12:04 > 1:12:07place in the American state of Alabama yesterday -

1:12:07 > 1:12:09but its result has delivered a political earthquake that has

1:12:09 > 1:12:10shaken all the way to Washington.

1:12:10 > 1:12:12Overnight Democrat Doug Jones beat his Republican rival

1:12:12 > 1:12:14Roy Moore to become the state's newest senator.

1:12:14 > 1:12:17The reason it is so significant is because it has overturned decades

1:12:17 > 1:12:20of support for the republican party and because Roy Moore was personally

1:12:20 > 1:12:22backed by President Trump, despite recent accusations

1:12:22 > 1:12:23of sexual misconduct.

1:12:23 > 1:12:25The result reduces President Trump's majority to the slimmest

1:12:25 > 1:12:26possible margin - 51 to 49.

1:12:26 > 1:12:28The winner, Doug Jones, addressed supporters

1:12:28 > 1:12:30at a rally in Birmingham.

1:12:30 > 1:12:38I got to tell you... I think that I have been waiting all my life for

1:12:38 > 1:12:40that and now I don't know what the hell to say.

1:12:40 > 1:12:49CHEERING AND APPLAUSE I am truly, truly overwhelmed, but

1:12:49 > 1:12:53you know folks and you have all heard me say this at one point or

1:12:53 > 1:12:56another in this campaign, I have always believed that the people of

1:12:56 > 1:12:59Alabama have more in common than divide us.

1:12:59 > 1:13:09CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

1:13:10 > 1:13:15We have shown not just the state of Alabama, but we have shown the

1:13:15 > 1:13:19country the way that we can be unified.

1:13:19 > 1:13:29CHEERING AND APPLAUSE This vote, I've said it before,

1:13:29 > 1:13:34Alabama has been at a crossroads. We have been at a crossroads in the

1:13:34 > 1:13:39past and unfortunately we have taken the wrong fork. Tonight, ladies and

1:13:39 > 1:13:51gentlemen, you took the right road! CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

1:13:51 > 1:13:57With 99% of the votes counted, Mr Moore refused to concede,

1:13:57 > 1:13:59telling supporters that votes were still

1:13:59 > 1:14:01coming in and state law would trigger a recount

1:14:01 > 1:14:02if the margin was within 0.5%.

1:14:02 > 1:14:06I really want to thank you for coming tonight and realise when the

1:14:06 > 1:14:12vote is this close, that it's not over. And we still got to go by the

1:14:12 > 1:14:16rules, about this recount provision and the Secretary of State has

1:14:16 > 1:14:19explained it to us and we're expecting that the press will go up

1:14:19 > 1:14:23there and talk to them to find out what the situation is.

1:14:23 > 1:14:31But we also know that God is always in control. We know part of the

1:14:31 > 1:14:40thing, part of the problem with this campaign is we have been painted in

1:14:40 > 1:14:44an unfavourable and unfaithful light.

1:14:44 > 1:14:53We've been put in a hole, if you will, and it reminds me a passage in

1:14:53 > 1:14:58Sam 40. I waited patiently for the Lord. He heard my cry and brought us

1:14:58 > 1:15:03up also out of a horrible pit out of Murray clay and set my feet on the

1:15:03 > 1:15:07rock and established my goings and put a new song in our mouth. Praise

1:15:07 > 1:15:14to our God. See it and hear it and you should be moved by that if you

1:15:14 > 1:15:19will. And that's what we've got to do is wait on God, and let this

1:15:19 > 1:15:35process play out.So that was the loser, although he has refused so

1:15:35 > 1:15:37far to concede, although President Trump has congratulated the other

1:15:37 > 1:15:40guy.

1:15:40 > 1:15:44It was one of the most controversial elections in recent memory.

1:15:44 > 1:15:46A number of other women have come forward to make allegations,

1:15:46 > 1:15:49several of them also under age at the time the alleged

1:15:49 > 1:15:50assaults took place.

1:15:50 > 1:15:59Beverly Young accuses him of assaulting her.

1:15:59 > 1:16:03The area was dark and deserted. I was alarmed, and I immediately asked

1:16:03 > 1:16:08him what he was doing. Instead of answering my questions, Mr Moore

1:16:08 > 1:16:16reached over and began groping me. And putting his hands on my breasts.

1:16:16 > 1:16:22I tried to open my car door to leave, but he reached over and he

1:16:22 > 1:16:27locked it so I could not get out. Roy Moore says the claims are false,

1:16:27 > 1:16:32and denies all of them.

1:16:32 > 1:16:34With us in the studio is Leslie Vinjamuri,

1:16:34 > 1:16:37an expert on American politics based at the School of Oriental

1:16:37 > 1:16:40and African Studies in London, and we can also speak via Skype

1:16:40 > 1:16:41to Amanda Martiniere, a Republican voter based

1:16:41 > 1:16:43in Spanish Fort Alabama, and Michael Hamilton,

1:16:43 > 1:16:46a Democrat in Huntsville.

1:16:46 > 1:16:51Welcome to all of you. What do you think of this dramatic outcome?None

1:16:51 > 1:16:55of us anticipated this. The polls were driving in both directions, it

1:16:55 > 1:17:00was a very tight race and it wasn't clear which way it would go. It is

1:17:00 > 1:17:04very significant for the Democrats, this set in the Senate, in a

1:17:04 > 1:17:09situation where the Republicans have such a slim majority, to lose a seat

1:17:09 > 1:17:12in a very conservative state that hasn't elected a Republican to the

1:17:12 > 1:17:18Senate since 1992, and that Senator moved across from the Democratic

1:17:18 > 1:17:21party to the Republican party subsequently. So it is very

1:17:21 > 1:17:28significant, but I think we do need to remember that Roy Moore was

1:17:28 > 1:17:32deeply unpopular even before the allegations of sexual misconduct. He

1:17:32 > 1:17:36didn't have a strong reputation. He had been the state Supreme Court

1:17:36 > 1:17:40justice and ignore the orders of a federal court to remove a monument

1:17:40 > 1:17:45of the Ten Commandments from the state courthouse. He had refused to

1:17:45 > 1:17:48recognise the Supreme Court's decision on same-sex marriage. He

1:17:48 > 1:17:55was very controversial.Yet President Trump backed him, as we

1:17:55 > 1:17:58saw, publicly. Is this an embarrassment for Mr Trump, a rebuke

1:17:58 > 1:18:04to him, how do you see it?President Trump also backed the strange in the

1:18:04 > 1:18:10primary, so he made the wrong call twice, or rather his call didn't

1:18:10 > 1:18:14drive voters in Alabama, so it will undoubtedly be read as a rebuke of

1:18:14 > 1:18:17President Trump, but it really is a race that was very much about the

1:18:17 > 1:18:22state politics, because of this particular character, and once those

1:18:22 > 1:18:31allegations of sexual misconduct against miners came out, -- against

1:18:31 > 1:18:39minors came out, a lot of Republican voters did not vote for the

1:18:39 > 1:18:47Republican or Democratic candidate. It reads as a very significant

1:18:47 > 1:18:51victory for the Democrats, and a judgment on the President.Let me

1:18:51 > 1:18:55talk to Amanda, who voted for Roy Moore. Thank you for talking to us.

1:18:55 > 1:19:00Tell us why you did vote for him. Thank you having me. I would like to

1:19:00 > 1:19:06say that the reason that I voted for him and will continue to support him

1:19:06 > 1:19:11is because he stands for what he believes in, and a lot of things

1:19:11 > 1:19:16that he stands for is a lot of things that I stand for.Do you

1:19:16 > 1:19:20agree with him that Muslims should be permitted to serve in Congress,

1:19:20 > 1:19:24that homosexuality should be illegal?As far as homosexuality

1:19:24 > 1:19:29being illegal, I don't believe that, I think that what happens in your

1:19:29 > 1:19:34bedroom is your business and nobody else's, but as far as same-sex

1:19:34 > 1:19:39marriage, I do believe that same-sex marriage should be illegal, and that

1:19:39 > 1:19:43marriage is between a man and a woman. I don't really have a comment

1:19:43 > 1:19:50on the Muslim comment.And misconduct allegations against him

1:19:50 > 1:19:54made by women who said he molested them when they were children in some

1:19:54 > 1:20:00cases. What did you think of those? I think the allegations are false. I

1:20:00 > 1:20:07think they were conveniently placed and timed by certain parties, and

1:20:07 > 1:20:11there is just really no evidence, no facts that you can base anything off

1:20:11 > 1:20:14of, I haven't seen a shred of evidence that leads me to believe

1:20:14 > 1:20:20anything otherwise.Let me bring in Michael. Thank you for talking to

1:20:20 > 1:20:26our British audience. Barack Obama urged people like yourself, Democrat

1:20:26 > 1:20:30supporters, to get out and vote. He said, you can't sit this one out.

1:20:30 > 1:20:47And they did.I think what happened is that black females came out 98 -

1:20:47 > 1:21:00two double Jones. -- 98-2 for Doug Jones. He supports renewable energy,

1:21:00 > 1:21:10and the United States has a lot of reserves, and that is what gas

1:21:10 > 1:21:14prices are doing.Michael, I am so sorry, but I'm really struggling to

1:21:14 > 1:21:18hear what you're saying, it is the technology. I will try to come back

1:21:18 > 1:21:24to you in a moment. I do apologise. Let me bring Lesley Bacchin. In

1:21:24 > 1:21:28terms of President Trump's plans, the things he promised in the

1:21:28 > 1:21:32campaign, how does the vote in Alabama affect what he wants to do

1:21:32 > 1:21:37in the future?It could make it very difficult. He is trying to get his

1:21:37 > 1:21:42signature proposal through Congress, the tax reform plan. Now there is a

1:21:42 > 1:21:46lot of pressure to do that before Doug Jones comes into the Senate

1:21:46 > 1:21:51which will likely happen in the New Year. Doug Jones has said he is for

1:21:51 > 1:21:54corporate tax cuts, but not this specific plan, so there is a

1:21:54 > 1:21:59pressure right now on Congress, but once Doug Jones is in that seat, the

1:21:59 > 1:22:03Democrats have one more seat, it is already a Congress that has had a

1:22:03 > 1:22:06very difficult time getting legislation through, the president

1:22:06 > 1:22:09hasn't been successful, and that becomes even more difficult now.

1:22:09 > 1:22:15Will he be able to get anything through?The tax reform is

1:22:15 > 1:22:18difficult, but it has gone through the house and the Senate, they try

1:22:18 > 1:22:23to reconcile it and put the final bill through before Christmas,

1:22:23 > 1:22:29probably. But I think getting more legislation through is going to be

1:22:29 > 1:22:34very difficult, especially with this particular result.Amanda, as a

1:22:34 > 1:22:37Republican, does that alarm you, that President Trump may not be able

1:22:37 > 1:22:43to get much through at all? Not helped by this latest vote in

1:22:43 > 1:22:48Alabama.We still control the Senate to a degree, a very small margin

1:22:48 > 1:22:56like you said. But I think he is still going to push on and

1:22:56 > 1:22:58proverbially light the fire underneath them and try to get them

1:22:58 > 1:23:05to push things through or just vote on it. At this point.So you still

1:23:05 > 1:23:09have faith in President Trump and what he plans to do with the USA?

1:23:09 > 1:23:14Yes, I do.Thank you very much. Thank you for coming on the

1:23:14 > 1:23:22programme. And Leslie, thank you very much, and expert on American

1:23:22 > 1:23:24politics, and I'm sorry about the Skype collection with Michael

1:23:24 > 1:23:35Hamilton, a Democrat supporter in Huntsville.

1:23:35 > 1:23:38Now, it's out in cinemas on Thursday - it's two

1:23:38 > 1:23:41and a half hours long - and it's the eighth in the series.

1:23:41 > 1:23:44It is of course the latest Star Wars film - the Last Jedi.

1:23:44 > 1:23:46Last night was the European premiere in London -

1:23:46 > 1:23:47here's some of the red carpet action.

1:23:58 > 1:24:01It's like coming back to school again, and all your best mates are

1:24:01 > 1:24:02there.

1:26:01 > 1:26:04Joining me now to talk about last night's premiere is BBC Arts

1:26:04 > 1:26:07and Entertainment Correspondent, Colin Paterson.

1:26:07 > 1:26:12First of all, did William and Harry makes the cut? They were storm

1:26:12 > 1:26:18troopers.I asked John Boyega about this. They came onset and they

1:26:18 > 1:26:20filmed something, but I think they might have hit the cutting room

1:26:20 > 1:26:25floor. He said we could be disappointed. I said, you might have

1:26:25 > 1:26:27Prince William and Prince Harry coming up here and saying, we row

1:26:27 > 1:26:33we! He said, I will tell Harry to shut up and concentrate on his

1:26:33 > 1:26:37wedding planning!This was a massive deal last night. The hype around

1:26:37 > 1:26:44this film is incredible.They turned out that Allred, it is that big.

1:26:44 > 1:26:54Does the film match it?The reviews came in at five o'clock last night.

1:26:54 > 1:26:58I was showing Mark Hamill the fact that he got a five star review in

1:26:58 > 1:27:01the Daily Telegraph on my phone, five stars in the mirror, four in

1:27:01 > 1:27:06the guardian. In the US, they have been a little more sniffy. Variety

1:27:06 > 1:27:09says yes it is impressive, but ultimately disappointing is what

1:27:09 > 1:27:14they say. I am a massive Star Wars fan, the first film I ever saw at

1:27:14 > 1:27:20the cinema was Star Wars at the age of four when it finally reached

1:27:20 > 1:27:25Scotland in 1978. And I have to be honest, of the three new ones, this

1:27:25 > 1:27:30is the one I enjoyed the least. Really?Are you allowed to tell us

1:27:30 > 1:27:39why without spoilers? It is difficult without spoilers. It is

1:27:39 > 1:27:42the old joke of 90 minutes of entertainment crammed into two and a

1:27:42 > 1:27:46half hours. And there are some great bits, but there was one scene that I

1:27:46 > 1:27:51thought was so staggeringly bad, I think it will come to be known as

1:27:51 > 1:27:55Mary Poppins in space, and when people see it, they will know what

1:27:55 > 1:27:59I'm thinking about. It's not in the reviews, and I don't understand why.

1:27:59 > 1:28:02They just made a bad decision, and in a few months, everyone will go,

1:28:02 > 1:28:08that bit really was bad.I can't wait to see it now! Just to look for

1:28:08 > 1:28:12the Mary Poppins in space bit.That is the moment I'm talking about. And

1:28:12 > 1:28:15there were a couple of very emotional bits that I didn't get as

1:28:15 > 1:28:20moved by as I thought I would, in particular one very significant

1:28:20 > 1:28:23moment that just kits mentioned off-screen, the character who has

1:28:23 > 1:28:30been in a series quite a long time as well. I will leave it there.Star

1:28:30 > 1:28:36Wars has some incredible roles for women. What about tribute to Carrie

1:28:36 > 1:28:36Wars has some incredible roles for women. What about tribute to Carrie?

1:28:36 > 1:28:42Everyone I spoke to last night, working on two levels, we know you

1:28:42 > 1:28:47are going to ask us about it, and we have a sound bite ready, but we

1:28:47 > 1:28:51really are all hurting about this. It was here ago this month that she

1:28:51 > 1:28:55died, and there are the three new Star Wars thumbs, the last one was

1:28:55 > 1:29:01Han Solo, this one is Luke Skywalker's, but the next one was

1:29:01 > 1:29:06going to be Carrie Fisher's, it was going to be Princess Leia's film,

1:29:06 > 1:29:11and now they never get to make it. Speaking to Mark Hamill about her,

1:29:11 > 1:29:15someone who has known her for 40 years, he said, she was like a

1:29:15 > 1:29:19sister, we annoy each other but we made each other laugh. So sad.OK,

1:29:19 > 1:29:23I'm kind of looking forward to it now because of the Mary Poppins in

1:29:23 > 1:29:34space bit.You will enjoy it! The Force Awakens and Rogue one, I did

1:29:34 > 1:29:41enjoy them I did enjoy this. Thank you.

1:29:41 > 1:29:42Still to come:

1:29:42 > 1:29:44We'll be covering the "forgotten war" - Yemen - a country

1:29:44 > 1:29:48on the brink of the harshest famine seen by the world for decades.

1:29:48 > 1:29:50We will be speaking to some of the people responsible

1:29:50 > 1:29:54for providing aid to the region.

1:30:00 > 1:30:04Now it's time for the latest news with Annita.

1:30:04 > 1:30:06In a major political upset in America, Doug Jones has become

1:30:06 > 1:30:10the first Democrat in 25 years to win a US Senate seat for Alabama.

1:30:10 > 1:30:12It follows a bitter campaign against the Republican candidate,

1:30:12 > 1:30:14Roy Moore, who faced allegations of sexual misconduct.

1:30:14 > 1:30:16He's so far refused to accept the result.

1:30:16 > 1:30:19President Donald Trump congratulated Doug Jones on a hard fought victory.

1:30:25 > 1:30:28A baby girl, born with her heart outside her body, has survived

1:30:28 > 1:30:30in what's thought to be a first in the UK.

1:30:30 > 1:30:32Vanellope Hope Wilkins, who is three weeks old,

1:30:32 > 1:30:35has undergone three operations at Glenfield Hospital, in Leicester,

1:30:35 > 1:30:37to put her heart into her chest.

1:30:37 > 1:30:40The condition, ectopia cordis, is extremely rare, with only a few

1:30:40 > 1:30:49cases per million births.

1:30:50 > 1:30:56A boy has pleaded guilty to causing death by dangerous driving when a

1:30:56 > 1:31:01car crashed into a tree in Leeds. The teener, who can't be named for

1:31:01 > 1:31:04legal reasons, appeared at Leeds Crown Court this morning. The

1:31:04 > 1:31:07victims of the crash included three children. The youngest was a

1:31:07 > 1:31:1212-year-old boy. Two 15-year-old boys and two men aged 24 and 28 also

1:31:12 > 1:31:15died.

1:31:15 > 1:31:17Latest figures show that unemployment has fallen by 26,000

1:31:17 > 1:31:19between August and October to 1.43 million, while the jobless

1:31:19 > 1:31:21rate remained at 4.3%, the lowest since 1975.

1:31:21 > 1:31:23But wage growth is still behind inflation -

1:31:23 > 1:31:26for the seventh month in a row.

1:31:26 > 1:31:28The Office for National Statistics says average weekly wages rose

1:31:28 > 1:31:38by 2.3% in the three months to October, below inflation at 3%.

1:31:39 > 1:31:42Theresa May is facing a potential backbench rebellion later when MPs

1:31:42 > 1:31:45vote on amendments to the EU Withdrawal Bill.

1:31:45 > 1:31:48A group of Tory MPs, led by former Attorney General Dominic Grieve,

1:31:48 > 1:31:50want to force ministers to give Parliament a meaningful vote

1:31:50 > 1:31:52on any final Brexit deal.

1:31:52 > 1:31:55The Prime Minister has said that ministers are listening

1:31:55 > 1:32:01to the concerns of Conservative MPs.

1:32:01 > 1:32:06And that's a summary of the latest BBC News.

1:32:06 > 1:32:13Now the sport.

1:32:13 > 1:32:16Chris Froome is facing questions from Cycling's world governing

1:32:16 > 1:32:17body after returning an "adverse" drugs test.

1:32:17 > 1:32:20The Team Sky rider had double the allowed level of legal asthma

1:32:20 > 1:32:22drug Salbutamol in his urine during the Vuelta

1:32:22 > 1:32:23a Espana in September.

1:32:23 > 1:32:25Johnny Baistow has moved up the batting order

1:32:25 > 1:32:27to sixth as England name an unchanged team ahead

1:32:27 > 1:32:28of the 3rd Ashes Test.

1:32:28 > 1:32:30If England lose, the series is lost.

1:32:30 > 1:32:32Burnley manager Sean Dyche says "football is about dreams"

1:32:32 > 1:32:35after his side moved into fourth place in the Premier League

1:32:35 > 1:32:38with victory over Stoke.

1:32:38 > 1:32:41And Tyson Fury has vowed to reclaim boxing titles he says

1:32:41 > 1:32:43are "rightfully his" - after being given permission to

1:32:43 > 1:32:44fight again following a drugs ban.

1:32:44 > 1:32:54He wants to take on IBF and WBA heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua.

1:32:59 > 1:33:07This year we've covered the plight of Syrians stuck

1:33:07 > 1:33:14in the middle of a civil war, and the Rohyinga in Myanmar

1:33:14 > 1:33:16and for the next few minutes we're going to talk

1:33:16 > 1:33:21about what's going on in Yemen - the 'forgotten war'.

1:33:21 > 1:33:23Yemen was the poorest country in the Middle East even before

1:33:23 > 1:33:27the outbreak of war in 2014.

1:33:27 > 1:33:32It's had the biggest cholera outbreak in modern history

1:33:32 > 1:33:37and according to some, is on the brink of the "harshest

1:33:37 > 1:33:38famine" the world has seen for decades.

1:33:38 > 1:33:43Take a look at this.

1:36:09 > 1:36:13In a moment we're going to talk to people in Yemen

1:36:13 > 1:36:14and neighbouring Jordan including Caroline Anning

1:36:14 > 1:36:17from Save the Children.

1:36:17 > 1:36:20Caroline was evacuated from Yemen last week for her own safety,

1:36:20 > 1:36:26but while there she recorded this diary.

1:36:26 > 1:36:30It's now Sunday afternoon. There has been pretty consistent fighting

1:36:30 > 1:36:34since Friday night. I'm down in the basement at the moment. We have been

1:36:34 > 1:36:37sleeping down here. We're lucky that we have at least have a pretty safe

1:36:37 > 1:36:41space, but it is a frightening situation for children and families

1:36:41 > 1:36:46across the city and we are just hung of hunkered down and waiting to see

1:36:46 > 1:36:53how this plays out. If this carries on for more days and people are cut

1:36:53 > 1:36:57off from food and medicine, it can become a worrying situation, we are

1:36:57 > 1:37:02eating biscuits and trying to stay safe.

1:37:02 > 1:37:06So, it's now night-time on Sunday night. My colleagues and I are just

1:37:06 > 1:37:08going to sleep in the basement where we have been sleeping for the last

1:37:08 > 1:37:15couple of nights. Just pan around and you can see the basement there.

1:37:15 > 1:37:20That was a big explosion. Obviously, it's not ideal, but it keeps us

1:37:20 > 1:37:24safe. Hopefully from air strikes and explosions like that. So that puts

1:37:24 > 1:37:29us in the camp of the lucky ones.

1:37:29 > 1:37:31We can speak now to Caroline - along with Saleh Saeed

1:37:31 > 1:37:33the Chief Executive of the Disaster Emergency Committee,

1:37:33 > 1:37:38he's from Yemen himself and visited the country earlier this year.

1:37:38 > 1:37:45Jolien Veldwijk the programme director for aid organisation CARE.

1:37:45 > 1:37:47She's in one of the worst affected cities in Yemen, Aden.

1:37:47 > 1:37:53Alexandre Faite, Head of Delegation at the International Committee of

1:37:53 > 1:37:59the Red Cross who is in the capital Sana.

1:37:59 > 1:38:02I wonder Caroline if we can start with you, if you could tell our

1:38:02 > 1:38:05audience about the kind of conditions that people there are

1:38:05 > 1:38:11facing.Well, as you mentioned, Yemen is the world's biggest

1:38:11 > 1:38:15humanitarian crisis. The country has been brought to its knees by

1:38:15 > 1:38:20conflict. You heard a little bit of the fighting there before, you know,

1:38:20 > 1:38:24and some of our colleagues left, but many people still remain there and

1:38:24 > 1:38:27that's something that families and children have had to live through

1:38:27 > 1:38:33now for two-and-a-half, or more years. Constant fighting, air

1:38:33 > 1:38:37strikes, shelling, that's put children at risk on top of a

1:38:37 > 1:38:40blockade, collapse of basic services like health care and water and

1:38:40 > 1:38:44sanitation that mean every day there are children, more than 130 children

1:38:44 > 1:38:48starving to death or dying of disease because of the humanitarian

1:38:48 > 1:38:53crisis, directly as a result of this war.And when you were there, what

1:38:53 > 1:39:02were your efforts focussed on in particular?So, for my work, I work

1:39:02 > 1:39:05in communications and advocacy. We're going out and working out what

1:39:05 > 1:39:08is happening on the ground because as you say this is a forgotten

1:39:08 > 1:39:13crisis. People don't know and don't hear about what is happening in

1:39:13 > 1:39:16Yemen, despite the devastating crisis that's hit people and then

1:39:16 > 1:39:19Save the Children, more widely, along with the other aid agencies

1:39:19 > 1:39:24who are here with me today, running hospitals and clinics, doing a

1:39:24 > 1:39:29cholera response, helping get children back into school, child

1:39:29 > 1:39:32protection, food supplies for families, aid agencies are having to

1:39:32 > 1:39:37prop up a country that has all, but collapsed because of the conflict.

1:39:37 > 1:39:53Let me bring in Joleen from CARE. You are in Adan.Well, in Adan,

1:39:53 > 1:40:00there is the cholera crisis which is shifting and the food crisis as

1:40:00 > 1:40:06well, even though Adan has a port, the port is not functional.

1:40:06 > 1:40:12Humanitarian aid is not enough to meet the needs of many in Yemen.

1:40:12 > 1:40:19What you can see is an increase in the fuel prices which makes it

1:40:19 > 1:40:22almost impossible to deliver water to the people who need it the most

1:40:22 > 1:40:33and water, safe water, is what is needed to combat cholera and.

1:40:33 > 1:40:40Because of the rise in price, it is almost impossible now.From the

1:40:40 > 1:40:43point of view of the International Committee of the Red Cross, in the

1:40:43 > 1:40:51capital, what is it like there?OK, now at the moment the fighting has

1:40:51 > 1:40:56stopped. The fighting that you were referring to at the beginning of the

1:40:56 > 1:41:03topic has subsided now, so things are quieter. Now, admittedly, Yemen

1:41:03 > 1:41:06is confronted by a severe humanitarian situation. There is a

1:41:06 > 1:41:13lot of fighting in other places. And therefore, need for surgical

1:41:13 > 1:41:16supplies, a need for surgical teams. We have now two which are in the

1:41:16 > 1:41:20country. One in the north and one which will be deployed in another

1:41:20 > 1:41:30city, in the port city of Adan. We are responding to the needs in terms

1:41:30 > 1:41:34of water and sanitation. I think you have lost my picture here, but...

1:41:34 > 1:41:42No, no, we can hear you and see you, carry on.OK. The network is not

1:41:42 > 1:41:49perfect. And the issue of water and sanitation is crucial because as has

1:41:49 > 1:41:55been said before, we are out of a cholera crisis which has almost hit

1:41:55 > 1:42:00or has hit one million, one million suspected cases so therefore, water

1:42:00 > 1:42:05is essential. So it's on the one hand reacting to the direct effect

1:42:05 > 1:42:07of the hostilities through the provision of surgical supplies and

1:42:07 > 1:42:11it is responding to the indirect needs, such as the water, the

1:42:11 > 1:42:16sanitation and of course, the food because the food situation is

1:42:16 > 1:42:23extremely critical.Let me bring in the Disasters Emergency Committee.

1:42:23 > 1:42:27Why has it been forgotten, if you think it has been?Unfortunately,

1:42:27 > 1:42:31Yemen is quite a lost place in the Middle East with the Syria

1:42:31 > 1:42:35dominating the news for many years. Now, Yemen has become the worst

1:42:35 > 1:42:39humanitarian crisis in the world and has the worst cholera outbreak ever

1:42:39 > 1:42:44recorded. It is starting to pick up again in the news and also we're not

1:42:44 > 1:42:48seeing the level of refugees leaving Yemen into Europe and the rest of

1:42:48 > 1:42:51the world as we have seen with Syria and Iraq. So that's perhaps some of

1:42:51 > 1:42:56the reasons why. But coming back to the crisis, it is three years where

1:42:56 > 1:43:00the poor innocent civilians have been suffering. They are losing

1:43:00 > 1:43:04their resilience to cope and if something is not done to stop this

1:43:04 > 1:43:09war, we could see famine at a catastrophic scale so we have to do

1:43:09 > 1:43:12everything in our power to lobby the politicians and the warring parties

1:43:12 > 1:43:16to stop this terrible conflict so that the people of Yemen can once

1:43:16 > 1:43:23again ease and see life once more. You will understand, because of

1:43:23 > 1:43:27Britain's recent history with wars that are far away, that there will

1:43:27 > 1:43:32be many people, potentially watching now, who say, "We can't get involved

1:43:32 > 1:43:36in anything in the Middle East. We can't get involved in somebody

1:43:36 > 1:43:43else's war. Wave done that before." Look, for the Disasters Emergency

1:43:43 > 1:43:46Committee which represents the leading humanitarian members, we

1:43:46 > 1:43:51have delivered through the member agencies to 1.5 million life-saving

1:43:51 > 1:43:55aid, whether that be food, water or medical care and the great British

1:43:55 > 1:43:59public have supported the DEC through its appeal with £27 million.

1:43:59 > 1:44:03Now, that's one way of helping and people can still donate, but of

1:44:03 > 1:44:08course, the public can also lobby their MPs and others to say, we can

1:44:08 > 1:44:12get the warring parties around the table and try to stop this war, we

1:44:12 > 1:44:16must get involved, not in military action, but in lobbying and making

1:44:16 > 1:44:19sure that we're able to influence the warring parties.It's your

1:44:19 > 1:44:23country. You were there earlier this year. What did you see?Well, it was

1:44:23 > 1:44:28devastating. I was born in Yemen and revisiting Yemen and seeing the

1:44:28 > 1:44:32total destruction of the most beautiful places in Yemen, how it

1:44:32 > 1:44:34has atecteded poor, innocent families who used to have a nice

1:44:34 > 1:44:39quality of life. It is totally devastating and it is hard to accept

1:44:39 > 1:44:44that this has happened to Yemen. Joleen, what would you say to our

1:44:44 > 1:44:48audience watching who will feel compassion when they see the kind of

1:44:48 > 1:44:51images that we're showing of starving families, effectively, but

1:44:51 > 1:44:57who think, you know, we can't get involved?

1:44:57 > 1:45:04I completely concur, I think there are two ways the British public can

1:45:04 > 1:45:09support. One is definitely to lobby your MP is. We need to lift the

1:45:09 > 1:45:13blockade, and the UK has a role to play, other big countries like the

1:45:13 > 1:45:17US has a role to play as well. We'd access to commercial goods, more

1:45:17 > 1:45:21food coming into the country to serve the people that so desperately

1:45:21 > 1:45:26need it. Yemen is a country with 24 million people, and 21 million of

1:45:26 > 1:45:31them cannot meet their basic needs. There is a large role to play in the

1:45:31 > 1:45:35international community, so the British public can lobby their MPs.

1:45:35 > 1:45:38And any donation is welcome to help the people here who so desperately

1:45:38 > 1:45:45need it.Caroline, what would you say?I would absolutely agree. There

1:45:45 > 1:45:50is a lot we could be doing as the UK. We are already involved with the

1:45:50 > 1:45:53military, and there is an argument that we should be focusing on the

1:45:53 > 1:45:58peace process instead. As a Brit winners listening to those air

1:45:58 > 1:46:01strikes hitting near our facilities in Yemen, thinking that they could

1:46:01 > 1:46:04be weapons of the UK Government has sold, it would be wonderful to see

1:46:04 > 1:46:09that energy and that effort being put into a P Steele, because that is

1:46:09 > 1:46:15what is going to solve the humanitarian crisis in Yemen. --

1:46:15 > 1:46:24that effort being put into a peace deal. There is a lot the

1:46:24 > 1:46:29international community can do.On the programme before, we have talked

1:46:29 > 1:46:33about the politics of this, and Britain's selling of arms to various

1:46:33 > 1:46:36countries in the middle East who may now be involved in a war in Yemen,

1:46:36 > 1:46:41but from your point of view, from the International committee from the

1:46:41 > 1:46:47Red Cross, what is your message to the British public?To the British

1:46:47 > 1:46:53public, I think that the Red Cross and red Crescent are quite involved

1:46:53 > 1:46:58in this, and very happy to say this. The needs are outstanding. The needs

1:46:58 > 1:47:03are really big. And it is good to know that there is this a awareness

1:47:03 > 1:47:07which is building up of the direct effect, the indirect effect of the

1:47:07 > 1:47:12hostilities. We are happy that the British Red Cross visited us. I

1:47:12 > 1:47:17guess it was six weeks back. And we have now plans to step up our

1:47:17 > 1:47:20operations with the British Red Cross, and it was great to have

1:47:20 > 1:47:24them. They are not physically present with us at the moment, but

1:47:24 > 1:47:28they are certainly relaying our messages and the British opinion,

1:47:28 > 1:47:36and this is heartening. I have been in activity for 20 years, but the

1:47:36 > 1:47:42needs in Yemen are new threshold. It is supporting hospitals, water

1:47:42 > 1:47:46boards, it is basically like we are almost taking over whole public

1:47:46 > 1:47:52sector here, and there is only so we can do. But we are trying to do our

1:47:52 > 1:47:55utmost, and great to know that the British public is behind us through

1:47:55 > 1:48:01the British Red Cross and others. Thank you all of you so much. We

1:48:01 > 1:48:05appreciate it, representatives from Care, Save the Children, and the

1:48:05 > 1:48:10international committee of the Red Cross, and the DEC. Thank you all

1:48:10 > 1:48:13for your time. Back here, you might have seen the amazing pictures of

1:48:13 > 1:48:20baby Vanellope who was born with her heart on the outside of her body.

1:48:20 > 1:48:24Against all the odds, three weeks after her birth, she is doing well,

1:48:24 > 1:48:27thanks to three life-saving operations at a hospital in

1:48:27 > 1:48:30Leicester. It's the first time this kind of operation has been

1:48:30 > 1:48:36successfully done in the UK. We had Vanellope's on here, and also her

1:48:36 > 1:48:42consultant. Her mum explained how when she had seen the initial scan,

1:48:42 > 1:48:45the chances the medical team had given her little baby before she was

1:48:45 > 1:48:55born.Literally next to none. There was a very, very slim chance that

1:48:55 > 1:49:04she would survive at all, either she would die in the womb or when she

1:49:04 > 1:49:09was born, through delivery, she wouldn't survive.And how did you

1:49:09 > 1:49:18Ajer husband respond to that? -- you and your husband.

1:49:18 > 1:49:22Not very well, to be honest with you. It was not something that we

1:49:22 > 1:49:29wanted to hear. But I think as time went on, and the more scans we went

1:49:29 > 1:49:40to, and the more we saw her grow and her heart beat, it wasn't something

1:49:40 > 1:49:46that we believed was actually going to happen. We believed that she was

1:49:46 > 1:49:54a fighter.Do you mind me asking if having an abortion was discussed.It

1:49:54 > 1:49:58was, on quite a few occasions, and it was not something that I was

1:49:58 > 1:50:06going to entertain. I always said to my partner, if it happens naturally,

1:50:06 > 1:50:12if she does pass away in the womb, then obviously it was something that

1:50:12 > 1:50:15we would have, me personally I would probably have been able to get over.

1:50:15 > 1:50:21But to give it that helping hand, when I saw what I saw on the scans,

1:50:21 > 1:50:26I haven't got that in me to ever do that. So it was not an option for me

1:50:26 > 1:50:32at all. But obviously the first ten minutes of when she arrived, it was

1:50:32 > 1:50:37a very crucial point. We didn't know, nobody knew how she would cope

1:50:37 > 1:50:44with being outside of the womb. So very much the first ten minutes, I

1:50:44 > 1:50:51think everybody was holding their breath, even the medics. She

1:50:51 > 1:50:55actually came out covering her own heart, she had her hand over her own

1:50:55 > 1:51:02heart, protecting it, and came out kicking and screaming, she did. And

1:51:02 > 1:51:09it was a real sense of relief. I think that then is when we decide it

1:51:09 > 1:51:12was all right to brief ourselves.

1:51:12 > 1:51:16The biggest hurdle, as Naomi has already said, was getting her born

1:51:16 > 1:51:19safely and getting it arranged so that all the right things were

1:51:19 > 1:51:24around at the right time to manage that. There was a big logistical

1:51:24 > 1:51:28organisation and information discussion to get her delivered at

1:51:28 > 1:51:36the cardiac unit. We had to have the obstetricians there, the neonatal

1:51:36 > 1:51:39specialists, and in the cardiac surgical team, get the baby out

1:51:39 > 1:51:45safely, get the heart covered, and then swap Naomi out of the theatre

1:51:45 > 1:51:49and bring Vanellope into the theatre and start the process of

1:51:49 > 1:51:54repatriating her heart to where it should be.And so how would you say

1:51:54 > 1:52:03she is now?They are doing really well. She's certainly very active.

1:52:03 > 1:52:08She had a rough week the week before when we actually got the skin

1:52:08 > 1:52:13closed, that was a really big operation for her. Caused a lot of

1:52:13 > 1:52:18swelling. She is getting over that. She opens her eyes, she wriggles,

1:52:18 > 1:52:22she waves her arms and we have to stop trying to pull her breathing

1:52:22 > 1:52:29tube out. So she is showing considerable promise.Name if

1:52:32 > 1:52:38Norman was telling us earlier. Conservative ministers are

1:52:38 > 1:52:42threatening to vote against their own government today on the Brexit

1:52:42 > 1:52:47vote. Meanwhile, in Strasbourg:

1:52:47 > 1:52:49MEPs are expected to approve the start of the second

1:52:49 > 1:52:50phase of Brexit talks today.

1:52:50 > 1:52:57Our Europe Reporter Adam Fleming is in Strasbourg following the debate.

1:52:57 > 1:53:01MEPs here in Strasbourg are worried about two things.The first thing

1:53:01 > 1:53:04the rights of EU nationals who will be living in the UK after Brexit,

1:53:04 > 1:53:07and how British people living on the content will be treated after

1:53:07 > 1:53:12Brexit. They are really keep an eye on all of that stuff in the

1:53:12 > 1:53:14negotiations. Second thing now worried about is David Davis and his

1:53:14 > 1:53:18comments at the weekend which they have interpreted as a bit of

1:53:18 > 1:53:21backsliding potentially on what the UK has agreed in the Brexit

1:53:21 > 1:53:27negotiations so far. The Green parties are much more prominent in

1:53:27 > 1:53:30this Parliament that they are the parliament back home, so let's hear

1:53:30 > 1:53:36from one of the co-chairs, who spoke for many when she said this.Even

1:53:36 > 1:53:42though we had an agreement, then it was put into question in London, and

1:53:42 > 1:53:45that of course raises a lot of questions about any sort of

1:53:45 > 1:53:49agreement that we are making here, that you are making here with your

1:53:49 > 1:53:53counterparts. And I would say especially also about the future

1:53:53 > 1:53:55relationship, because if you can't trust one another, if you are not

1:53:55 > 1:53:59sure that whatever you agree is actually going to hold, then this is

1:53:59 > 1:54:04going to put a major strain on any future relationship. I would also

1:54:04 > 1:54:14add not just the European Union, but if the UK wants to a global player

1:54:14 > 1:54:17and find their new friends elsewhere, that will be just as

1:54:17 > 1:54:19tricky or even more tricky. So it was up to the Conservatives

1:54:19 > 1:54:26leader here to stick up for the British government. Aside, come up

1:54:26 > 1:54:29laid it on pretty sick when he said that the UK would still be good

1:54:29 > 1:54:35friends after this.I am aware that there are large number of people who

1:54:35 > 1:54:40hoped for a different result to the referendum, including from my own

1:54:40 > 1:54:45political group and my own country of Northern Ireland. Among those

1:54:45 > 1:54:50people are friendships I value, and French IPSA greatly respect. But my

1:54:50 > 1:55:02message is simple. Brexit will not change our common relationships,

1:55:02 > 1:55:07incorporated on security issues to keep our citizens safe.And even

1:55:07 > 1:55:11though Nigel Farage is leader of Ukip any more, he is still a

1:55:11 > 1:55:14prominent voice here in the European Parliament. He had a pop at somebody

1:55:14 > 1:55:23he called Theresa the appeaser. This is what he had to say.Michel

1:55:23 > 1:55:26Barnier said earlier there were key areas on which he would make

1:55:26 > 1:55:30concessions, but you didn't need to! Because you are up against Theresa

1:55:30 > 1:55:35May, and she was also making as many concessions as she possibly could,

1:55:35 > 1:55:39including agreeing a ludicrous bill of up to 40 billion sterling for us

1:55:39 > 1:55:43to have the right to leave, a continued role for the European

1:55:43 > 1:55:50Court of Justice, and in line with that, family reunions that mean

1:55:50 > 1:55:52frankly open-door immigration from the European Union is going to

1:55:52 > 1:55:59continue for years to come, and almost bizarrely, a commitment for

1:55:59 > 1:56:02ongoing regulatory alignment. It's as if even though we are leaving,

1:56:02 > 1:56:06effectively the British government wants to keep us in some form of

1:56:06 > 1:56:12single market relationship. So I'm not surprised that you are all very

1:56:12 > 1:56:19pleased with Theresa the appeaser giving in on virtually everything.

1:56:19 > 1:56:23So what's happening now is that Michel Barnier, the EU's chief

1:56:23 > 1:56:28negotiator, is updating on how the talks have gone so far, and there we

1:56:28 > 1:56:31think they will probably vote to say that there has been enough progress

1:56:31 > 1:56:34in the first phase of talks about divorce related issues to trigger

1:56:34 > 1:56:38the start of the second phase, which will be about a transition deal in

1:56:38 > 1:56:44the shape of the future relationship on trade, defence, foreign policy

1:56:44 > 1:56:49and security. This is all kind of symbolic, because MEPs only get a

1:56:49 > 1:56:52final say on the final Brexit deal when it is on the table, and we

1:56:52 > 1:56:57think that will be in October next year. Nonetheless, this is a

1:56:57 > 1:57:00fascinating curtain raiser ahead of that big summit of EU leaders, which

1:57:00 > 1:57:03will be happening in Brussels tomorrow and on Friday.

1:57:03 > 1:57:06Cheers, Adam, thank you so much.

1:57:06 > 1:57:08And finally, we achieved a career high last night.

1:57:08 > 1:57:09We were on EastEnders!

1:57:09 > 1:57:12Have a look.

1:57:39 > 1:57:48Do not knock it! I know Kathy didn't look very interested, but we were on

1:57:48 > 1:57:52EastEnders, and that will do for me. We did talk about playing at the

1:57:52 > 1:57:55programme with the theme tune, but we changed our minds, because we

1:57:55 > 1:57:59thought you would find that to political! Thank of your comments

1:57:59 > 1:58:04about Dan Middleton who was on the programme earlier. H King says it is

1:58:04 > 1:58:08easy for people to dismiss what he does is illegitimate. He works hard

1:58:08 > 1:58:11and Gozi by after his audience. He is also a great role model for young

1:58:11 > 1:58:13people.

1:58:13 > 1:58:15BBC Newsroom Live is coming up next.

1:58:15 > 1:58:17Thank you for your company today.

1:58:17 > 1:58:19Have a good day.