11/01/2018

0:00:06 > 0:00:07Hello, it's Thursday, it's nine o'clock,

0:00:07 > 0:00:10I'm Victoria Derbyshire, welcome to the programme

0:00:10 > 0:00:13Our top story this morning - the NHS is facing a watershed moment

0:00:13 > 0:00:15where patients will be failed unless the Government

0:00:15 > 0:00:18provides more cash.

0:00:18 > 0:00:20That's according to hospitals and Ambulance Service leaders,

0:00:20 > 0:00:23who say they can't cope with the pressure they're under.

0:00:23 > 0:00:26We've now reached a point where we have to make a choice,

0:00:26 > 0:00:29which is, do we want to preserve those standards,

0:00:29 > 0:00:33and that's what everybody in the NHS would want, or do we abandon them?

0:00:33 > 0:00:36And the only way we can preserve those standards is if the NHS

0:00:36 > 0:00:38and the health and care system more widely

0:00:38 > 0:00:42gets the long-term funding settlement that it needs.

0:00:42 > 0:00:48We'll ask doctors and health experts what changes they'd like to see.

0:00:48 > 0:00:52We will talk to a Conservative MP who has had cancer twice as well.

0:00:52 > 0:00:54Also this morning, plastic-free aisles for supermarkets,

0:00:54 > 0:00:57just one of the Government's ideas for cracking down on waste.

0:00:57 > 0:00:59But without tough laws to force people to change their habits,

0:00:59 > 0:01:04does the plan go far enough?

0:01:04 > 0:01:07I quite understand, people are impatient for change, so am I,

0:01:07 > 0:01:10but we just needed to make sure that every change

0:01:10 > 0:01:11that we make we get right,

0:01:11 > 0:01:14and that we carry people with us in order to make sure

0:01:14 > 0:01:15that it's lasting.

0:01:15 > 0:01:18We'll have more details, plus live coverage of Theresa May

0:01:18 > 0:01:21as she unveils her full strategy for the environment.

0:01:21 > 0:01:24Plus YouTube cuts its business ties with Logan Paul,

0:01:24 > 0:01:29despite his apology for posting a video of a body

0:01:29 > 0:01:37at a suicide hotspot in Japan.

0:01:41 > 0:01:45Hello, welcome to the programme, we're live until 11 this morning.

0:01:45 > 0:01:48Two things I want your own experiences on today -

0:01:48 > 0:01:50if you've been in hospital this winter,

0:01:50 > 0:01:53tell me your experiences - good and bad.

0:01:53 > 0:01:56And if you work in the NHS, what's it been like

0:01:56 > 0:02:00from your point of view?

0:02:00 > 0:02:07What is it like right now? Plenty of NHS workers watch our programme.

0:02:07 > 0:02:10Plus, we definitely want your reaction

0:02:10 > 0:02:12to the Government's plans for cutting plastic pollution.

0:02:12 > 0:02:14Our top story today -

0:02:14 > 0:02:16dire warnings from the people who run England's hospitals.

0:02:16 > 0:02:18Patients left for hours on trollies in corridors,

0:02:18 > 0:02:20a critical shortage of beds and sick people stuck in ambulances

0:02:20 > 0:02:22unable even to get inside.

0:02:22 > 0:02:25Today's warning from NHS Providers is the latest of several over recent

0:02:25 > 0:02:28days and paints a grim picture of doctors and nurses

0:02:28 > 0:02:32working in unsafe conditions.

0:02:32 > 0:02:35The Government says plans are in place to cope,

0:02:35 > 0:02:39but practitioners say this is a watershed moment for the NHS.

0:02:39 > 0:02:43Our health correspondent Dominic Hughes has more.

0:02:43 > 0:02:47It's already been a tough few weeks for the NHS across the UK.

0:02:47 > 0:02:52Cold weather and a rising number of flu cases have contributed

0:02:52 > 0:02:54to pressures that A&E staff have described as the worst

0:02:54 > 0:02:57they've ever seen.

0:02:57 > 0:03:00The Prime Minister and the First Minister in Scotland have both had

0:03:00 > 0:03:02to apologise to patients who've faced cancelled operations

0:03:02 > 0:03:05and long waits.

0:03:05 > 0:03:08The pressure of winter on the NHS has been unrelenting.

0:03:08 > 0:03:12In Scotland, at the end of December, just 78% of patients at A&E

0:03:12 > 0:03:17were seen within four hours, well below the 95% target.

0:03:17 > 0:03:22Across the UK, the number of people coming down with flu has increased

0:03:22 > 0:03:25dramatically in recent weeks, and many of the patients attending

0:03:25 > 0:03:29A&E are older and sicker, meaning they require more care.

0:03:29 > 0:03:32Now, according to the organisation that represents health providers,

0:03:32 > 0:03:35such as hospitals and ambulance trusts in England,

0:03:35 > 0:03:39the whole service is at a watershed.

0:03:39 > 0:03:42We have now clearly reached the point where the NHS cannot meet

0:03:42 > 0:03:46the standards of care that we would, all of us at the NHS,

0:03:46 > 0:03:47ministers included, want to provide.

0:03:47 > 0:03:49So the key question is, do we abandon those standards,

0:03:49 > 0:03:53and none of us in the NHS want to do that, or does the Government make

0:03:53 > 0:03:56the decisions that it needs to make about the long-term funding?

0:03:56 > 0:04:00And it needs to make those decisions quickly.

0:04:00 > 0:04:05This is one of the strongest warnings yet about the strain

0:04:05 > 0:04:08being faced by the NHS this winter, and it will add to the pressure

0:04:08 > 0:04:11on ministers to build a consensus over the long-term future

0:04:11 > 0:04:14of the health and care service - and to do so quickly.

0:04:14 > 0:04:16Dominic Hughes, BBC News.

0:04:16 > 0:04:18Nick Boles is Conservative MP for Grantham.

0:04:18 > 0:04:20He has been treated by the NHS for cancer twice

0:04:20 > 0:04:28and has an interest in how the NHS should be funded.

0:04:29 > 0:04:33As we all do, actually. Thank you for talking to us. Do you agree the

0:04:33 > 0:04:39NHS in England is in crisis?It is having a very difficult time. I

0:04:39 > 0:04:43think that, in a sense, we have these moments sometimes during

0:04:43 > 0:04:48winters, and at least this time I think that the NHS has prepared

0:04:48 > 0:04:51early, has not pretended it is not going to happen, they have thought

0:04:51 > 0:04:56about it, but it is leading to a whole load of decisions to delay

0:04:56 > 0:05:00some treatments, cancel some operations, that are hugely

0:05:00 > 0:05:04unfortunate, incredibly distressing to the people involved, and I won't

0:05:04 > 0:05:08us to get way point where this doesn't have to happen again.How

0:05:08 > 0:05:13big do think the gap is between what the NHS has been ask to deliver and

0:05:13 > 0:05:17the funding your government is giving it?We have put a lot more

0:05:17 > 0:05:23money in, but clearly not enough. Everyone says that. Don't you wonder

0:05:23 > 0:05:28why the Government isn't putting in what is necessary, then?To be fair,

0:05:28 > 0:05:34and there some intense conversations with says Simon Stevens, who runs

0:05:34 > 0:05:39the NHS, about what is required and what could be delivered from

0:05:39 > 0:05:46productivity and efficiency changes, we did agree a great deal more money

0:05:46 > 0:05:51for improvements in the NHS.But still not enough.But it has not

0:05:51 > 0:05:54been enough, partly because of an ageing population and medical

0:05:54 > 0:05:59technology is becoming more expensive. Sometimes these things

0:05:59 > 0:06:02are not always possible to anticipate.There is a suspicion

0:06:02 > 0:06:08from some voters that the Conservative government, when it

0:06:08 > 0:06:15comes to decent long-term funding of the NHS, sees it as a black hole,

0:06:15 > 0:06:18rather than a good investment for the health of its citizens.I have

0:06:18 > 0:06:24never met a Conservative politician who has expressed that view in

0:06:24 > 0:06:30private, let alone in public.Make the political decisions to put the

0:06:30 > 0:06:35money there, you made a decision to give £1 billion to the DUP, 3

0:06:35 > 0:06:39billion but aside for Brexit. You can find the money if you want to.

0:06:39 > 0:06:43And the Chancellor made a decision in the budget to put more money into

0:06:43 > 0:06:47the NHS because he anticipated that the winter would be difficult, so we

0:06:47 > 0:06:53do make these decisions. What is required is not individual decisions

0:06:53 > 0:06:56that particular moments to bail out a particular problem. What we need

0:06:56 > 0:07:03is a long-term funding solution that the British people can believe in

0:07:03 > 0:07:05and trusting, and because they believe in it and trust in it are

0:07:05 > 0:07:10therefore prepared to pay a bit more in tax to support it, and that is

0:07:10 > 0:07:14what I am proposing today. There is now a growing recognition that that

0:07:14 > 0:07:19is what we need to move towards, we cannot lurch from one funding crisis

0:07:19 > 0:07:23to another, this problem will never go away, the costs are only going to

0:07:23 > 0:07:28go up over the next 20 years, and we need to put in place a long-term

0:07:28 > 0:07:34package of support for the NHS.So your idea is that national insurance

0:07:34 > 0:07:39would become national health insurance - how much extra would you

0:07:39 > 0:07:45put on national insurance in order to fund, in a sustainable way, the

0:07:45 > 0:07:50NHS in England?There is a debate about this, and I am not myself an

0:07:50 > 0:07:56expert, but we currently spend about 9% of national income on health and

0:07:56 > 0:08:00the public element of social care, so the taxpayer commitment to social

0:08:00 > 0:08:05care. Over the next few years, most people, most experts, most of the

0:08:05 > 0:08:11studies believe we will have to move to something of the order of 10-11%

0:08:11 > 0:08:15of GDP. And that is a substantial increase. Now, I believe that if

0:08:15 > 0:08:20people knew that when they looked at their payslip, there was a line that

0:08:20 > 0:08:26said national health insurance, if they knew that money could only go

0:08:26 > 0:08:29to support national health care and social care, that they would be

0:08:29 > 0:08:33willing to pay a bit more. And it is not going to have to be an enormous

0:08:33 > 0:08:37amount more, but there will have to be some increases. We might have to

0:08:37 > 0:08:48extend national health insurance to unand

0:08:48 > 0:08:54unand income. -- unearned. There are extensions that might be necessary

0:08:54 > 0:09:00to ensure the NHS has this money.As I said in the introduction, you have

0:09:00 > 0:09:04had cancer twice. What do you think when you hear that a hospital in

0:09:04 > 0:09:08Oxford is thinking of cutting chemotherapy cycles for its

0:09:08 > 0:09:11patients?It would be appalling that were necessary, and we need to make

0:09:11 > 0:09:15sure that we don't ever find ourselves in that situation again,

0:09:15 > 0:09:19but we will not do that by just having a short-term row about money

0:09:19 > 0:09:23that is or is not going in this year. We need to have a long-term

0:09:23 > 0:09:28solution.Thank you very much, good to see you well.Thank you very

0:09:28 > 0:09:31much.Nick Boles, Conservative MP for Grantham.

0:09:31 > 0:09:33Annita McVeigh is in the BBC Newsroom with a summary

0:09:33 > 0:09:35of the rest of the day's news.

0:09:35 > 0:09:37The Prime Minister's setting out plans to tackle plastic pollution,

0:09:37 > 0:09:39by eradicating all avoidable waste within 25 years.

0:09:39 > 0:09:42Two ideas among the proposals include asking every supermarket

0:09:42 > 0:09:47to have an aisle of goods with no plastic wrappings,

0:09:47 > 0:09:50as well as extending the 5p charge for carrier bags

0:09:50 > 0:09:54to all retailers in England.

0:09:54 > 0:09:56But environmentalists say Theresa May's plans are worthless

0:09:56 > 0:09:57unless they're written into law.

0:09:57 > 0:10:03Here's our environment correspondent Roger Harribin.

0:10:03 > 0:10:06A pod of short-finned pilot whales.

0:10:06 > 0:10:09In the Atlantic waters off Europe, as elsewhere,

0:10:09 > 0:10:14they have to share the ocean with plastic.

0:10:14 > 0:10:17There's huge public concern about plastic litter since

0:10:17 > 0:10:19David Attenborough's Blue Planet series showed sea creatures

0:10:19 > 0:10:22eating plastic waste.

0:10:22 > 0:10:25The Prime Minister will surf that wave of concern

0:10:25 > 0:10:27with her first environment speech.

0:10:27 > 0:10:30She's setting out a timetable to abolish single-use plastics.

0:10:30 > 0:10:33There'll be money for research into smarter plastics and more

0:10:33 > 0:10:40plastic-free aisles in supermarkets.

0:10:40 > 0:10:44The countryside should also benefit from the 25-year-old environment

0:10:44 > 0:10:45plan also being published.

0:10:45 > 0:10:48This is the UK's prime site for nightingales in Kent.

0:10:48 > 0:10:51The local council wants to build much-needed homes

0:10:51 > 0:10:52on part of this site.

0:10:52 > 0:10:58But green groups are expecting the Government to protect

0:10:58 > 0:10:59existing sites like this.

0:10:59 > 0:11:02They also want the Government to follow its promise to improve

0:11:02 > 0:11:05other areas degraded by development or careless farming.

0:11:05 > 0:11:10They want commitments that ministers can't wriggle out of.

0:11:10 > 0:11:14Environmentalists welcome the Government's plans

0:11:14 > 0:11:16to restore Britain's nature.

0:11:16 > 0:11:19But the problem, they say, is that so far it's just a plan.

0:11:19 > 0:11:20To really convince them, ministers would need

0:11:20 > 0:11:23to introduce legislation, and there seems no sign of that.

0:11:23 > 0:11:31Roger Harrabin, BBC News, Kent.

0:11:31 > 0:11:33A woman whose father has been missing for years has been

0:11:33 > 0:11:36charged with murder after a body was discovered in the garden

0:11:36 > 0:11:38of her home in Stockport.

0:11:38 > 0:11:40Barbara Coombes' father has been missing for more than a decade.

0:11:40 > 0:11:42The 63-year-old has also been charged with preventing

0:11:42 > 0:11:47a lawful burial and fraud.

0:11:47 > 0:11:50During their investigation police officers have told neighbours

0:11:50 > 0:11:52that Mr Coombes would have been in his 80s

0:11:52 > 0:11:56when he disappeared in 2005.

0:11:56 > 0:11:58Police in Paris are hunting two armed robbers

0:11:58 > 0:11:59who stole jewellery worth millions of pounds

0:11:59 > 0:12:01from the city's Ritz Hotel.

0:12:01 > 0:12:03Armed with small axes, thieves smashed windows

0:12:03 > 0:12:05to gain access to display cases,

0:12:05 > 0:12:07before snatching the jewels from the ground floor of the hotel.

0:12:07 > 0:12:15Three people were arrested while trying to flee the scene.

0:12:18 > 0:12:21Rescue teams in southern California are searching for survivors of the

0:12:21 > 0:12:25mudslides that swept away homes in the town of Montecito. 17 people are

0:12:25 > 0:12:30known to have died in Santa Barbara County, and more than 20 others are

0:12:30 > 0:12:34still and accounted for. Many places remain inaccessible, and more than

0:12:34 > 0:12:35100 homes have been destroyed.

0:12:35 > 0:12:38YouTube has cut business ties with the popular vlogger Logan Paul,

0:12:38 > 0:12:40after he posted a video showing the body of an apparent

0:12:40 > 0:12:41suicide victim in Japan.

0:12:41 > 0:12:44The US star's channels were removed from its Google Preferred programme,

0:12:44 > 0:12:51which is lucrative for advertising.

0:12:51 > 0:12:54YouTube says it has also put on hold original projects with him.

0:12:54 > 0:12:57Paul posted the footage with a man's body on December 31st,

0:12:57 > 0:13:05triggering widespread criticism.

0:13:05 > 0:13:08Mixed news on the high street as the Christmas trading figures are

0:13:08 > 0:13:09released.

0:13:09 > 0:13:12Marks and Spencer reported a fall in sales of both clothing

0:13:12 > 0:13:13and food in the run-up to Christmas.

0:13:13 > 0:13:15The high-street giant blamed a tough October.

0:13:15 > 0:13:18Meanwhile, sales at John Lewis grew, but its owner warned profits will be

0:13:18 > 0:13:24dragged down by attempts to maintain competitive against its rivals.

0:13:24 > 0:13:30More figure are due out this morning.

0:13:30 > 0:13:37That's a summary of the latest BBC News, more at 9:30.

0:13:37 > 0:13:41I want to hear from you this morning if you have been in hospital this

0:13:41 > 0:13:45winter, or a member of your family has, tell us your experience, good

0:13:45 > 0:13:51or bad. Chris says my wife's mother was admitted in December, eight and

0:13:51 > 0:13:56a half hours later she had a CT scan and then an emergency operation. I

0:13:56 > 0:14:03have to agree with the headlines that A&E felt and looked like a

0:14:03 > 0:14:06battle ground surgery. I saw one female doctor so stressed that she

0:14:06 > 0:14:11was running up and down looking for her next patient, saying, why didn't

0:14:11 > 0:14:15they tell me where he is? Total chaos. So yes, your experiences, if

0:14:15 > 0:14:20you or a member of your family have been in hospital this winter, good

0:14:20 > 0:14:27and bad. You can e-mail tweet, WhatsApp, Facebook, and if you text,

0:14:27 > 0:14:36we will have to charge you, we apologise for that!

0:14:36 > 0:14:40Jess with the sport now. We're going to talk about the video assistant

0:14:40 > 0:14:46referee last night. 0-0 it finished between Chelsea and

0:14:46 > 0:14:51Arsenal in the league cup. The referee consulted the video

0:14:51 > 0:14:59assistant referee on two occasions. Here is one of them. The referee was

0:14:59 > 0:15:03happy with his original decision not to award a penalty in this case. A

0:15:03 > 0:15:07similar system is used in rugby and cricket and has become part of the

0:15:07 > 0:15:16fun experience. But in football, fans are not able to watch the Var

0:15:16 > 0:15:21process, which some fans say is frustrating. We will wait to see if

0:15:21 > 0:15:26fans think this is a positive step. Let's talk about cricket. England

0:15:26 > 0:15:29have named their test squad to face New Zealand?

0:15:29 > 0:15:32Yes, I think it was clear after the loss of the Ashes that England were

0:15:32 > 0:15:36struggling with click bowlers Down Under. They have we called Mark

0:15:36 > 0:15:45Wood. Liam Livingstone from Lancashire has also been named.

0:15:45 > 0:15:47James Vince keeps its place in the squad.

0:15:47 > 0:15:55But Gary Ballance has been dropped. Just a few weeks after entertaining

0:15:55 > 0:16:00us in I'm a celebrity, Amir Khan is going back into the ring?

0:16:00 > 0:16:05Yes, two years out of the ring. He is ready to make a comeback. His

0:16:05 > 0:16:09opponent will be named next week for the fight in April in Liverpool. It

0:16:09 > 0:16:13is interesting how, after years of slapping each other off and

0:16:13 > 0:16:17supposedly not liking each other, Khan and promoter Eddie Hearn have

0:16:17 > 0:16:22decided to work together. He has signed a three fight deal with

0:16:22 > 0:16:27Matchroom promotions. Khan has enjoyed a surge in popularity in

0:16:27 > 0:16:32recent weeks after appearing on the reality TV show.

0:16:32 > 0:16:36You are going to be anxious, you are going to be nervous. Maybe people

0:16:36 > 0:16:42saw more of that in the real side of me. Maybe they thought I was

0:16:42 > 0:16:45arrogant. I had to be confident in front of my opponent, otherwise

0:16:45 > 0:16:49people would think, who is -- he would think, who is this when I'm

0:16:49 > 0:16:54fighting? People got to see the real side of me away from boxing. It is

0:16:54 > 0:16:59lovely to come back and have so much love from the British public.This

0:16:59 > 0:17:03is all the more exciting because we may be moving closer to the British

0:17:03 > 0:17:06super fight between him and Kell Brook.

0:17:06 > 0:17:10I have not forgotten strawberry gate! Thank you.

0:17:10 > 0:17:13In just over an hour, the Prime Minister will set out how

0:17:13 > 0:17:16the Government plans to safeguard the Environment for the next 25

0:17:16 > 0:17:19years, in what is being seen as a new focus on green issues.

0:17:19 > 0:17:22One of the key elements of today's speech will be on how we can

0:17:22 > 0:17:23reduce our plastic waste.

0:17:23 > 0:17:25Measures include plastic-free aisles in supermarkets,

0:17:25 > 0:17:28possible charges for single-use items like takeaway containers,

0:17:28 > 0:17:31the extension of the 5p plastic bag charge to small shops in England

0:17:31 > 0:17:33and Government funding for plastics innovation.

0:17:33 > 0:17:36Labour claim the proposals are "cynical attempt at rebranding

0:17:36 > 0:17:40the Tories' image" in order to woo young voters.

0:17:40 > 0:17:42Well, Theresa May is not the only Conservative leader to make

0:17:42 > 0:17:44commitments on the environment.

0:17:44 > 0:17:46David Cameron promised his Government would be

0:17:46 > 0:17:50the "greenest ever".

0:17:50 > 0:17:53But despite despite this famous "hug a husky" moment, he faced criticism

0:17:53 > 0:17:55for not doing enough.

0:17:55 > 0:17:57Let's talk to Laura Round from the conservative

0:17:57 > 0:17:58think tank, Bright Blue.

0:17:58 > 0:18:01Dustin Benton from the Green Alliance, which campaigns

0:18:01 > 0:18:04on environmental policy,

0:18:04 > 0:18:05and has been critical of previous government's

0:18:05 > 0:18:08achievements in the area.

0:18:08 > 0:18:10And the chair of the parliamentary Environmental Audit Committee,

0:18:10 > 0:18:14the Labour MP Mary Creagh.

0:18:14 > 0:18:20Welcome all of you. Why is Mrs May talking about the environment for

0:18:20 > 0:18:25the first time?I think the election last year showed the Conservatives

0:18:25 > 0:18:30have lost a lot of support from younger voters, especially voters

0:18:30 > 0:18:37based in metropolitan areas who are more socially liberal, and which

0:18:37 > 0:18:40polling shows, really care about environmental issues. When we asked

0:18:40 > 0:18:47under 40 voters what issues they would like politicians to speak more

0:18:47 > 0:18:53about, the environment was second, well ahead of housing. For under 28

0:18:53 > 0:18:58euros, climate change was the top issue.So really important for

0:18:58 > 0:19:03potential future electoral success. Theresa May's former director of

0:19:03 > 0:19:09human occasions said today that Andrea Leadsom was told to make the

0:19:09 > 0:19:14plan brilliant parliament as boring as possible, Mary Creagh, do you

0:19:14 > 0:19:21welcome the plans?We have been waiting nearly three years. It is a

0:19:21 > 0:19:2422 year environment plan. You mentioned in your introduction the

0:19:24 > 0:19:31hog a husky moment, that manifested as cut the group -- cut the green

0:19:31 > 0:19:37clap.Let's talk about the ideas being talked about today.Do you

0:19:37 > 0:19:43welcome them? The Prime Minister has a target to end voidable plastic.

0:19:43 > 0:19:51Booing it is difficult to find one. Is a plastic tampon applicators?

0:19:51 > 0:19:59Lawro, do you know what I voidable plastic is?This is the problem. We

0:19:59 > 0:20:04have had is the pre-briefing. In 25 years I will be 75, the Prime

0:20:04 > 0:20:10Minister will be 86. We can't wait to tackle the tide of plastic waste

0:20:10 > 0:20:16in our ocean. We also need to be looking holistically at how we

0:20:16 > 0:20:21tackle climate change and how we meet the current recycling targets,

0:20:21 > 0:20:27which is 50% recycled by 2020, which we are currently set to miss.Mary

0:20:27 > 0:20:30is right. There is a short-term needs to get things done. If

0:20:30 > 0:20:35government wants to solve a big part of the plastics waste problem, they

0:20:35 > 0:20:38can introduce a return scheme. You could do that today. We know from

0:20:38 > 0:20:43our research that would cut a third of the plastic going into the

0:20:43 > 0:20:49oceans. That is really effective and achievable. But I don't think we

0:20:49 > 0:20:54should start entirely with cynicism. This is the first major speech are

0:20:54 > 0:20:58sitting Prime Minister has made since 1984. The ambition, we hope,

0:20:58 > 0:21:04will be really good. I am keen the Prime Minister is moving the UK in

0:21:04 > 0:21:08the right direction. The real challenge will be, what will this

0:21:08 > 0:21:14deliver within the lifetime of this set of ministers? We don't need to

0:21:14 > 0:21:19wait 25 years.The young voters that Mrs May desperately needs, if 25

0:21:19 > 0:21:25years really is the target, the running time, they will be in their

0:21:25 > 0:21:31mid-40s, 50s, once they?I suppose that's true but it is also about

0:21:31 > 0:21:37people growing up now learning more about politics.525 years? Is that

0:21:37 > 0:21:42the nature of her personality or is there something else going on? --

0:21:42 > 0:21:49Whiley 25 years?It is an ambitious plan. It is a positive thing.Could

0:21:49 > 0:21:57it be done in ten or 15 years?There were things we need to get done. It

0:21:57 > 0:22:01has taken us a long time to get to the point where we have got 10% of

0:22:01 > 0:22:05the UK species at risk of extension. It will take some time to get us out

0:22:05 > 0:22:09of this. We have to make sure we don't wait 25 years to start making

0:22:09 > 0:22:14a difference. We could, for example, bring forward the 2040 petrol and

0:22:14 > 0:22:22diesel vehicles ban to 2030. That would cut UK oil imports in half and

0:22:22 > 0:22:30massively improve air quality. That is achievable now.It is unfair to

0:22:30 > 0:22:34say that everything won't happen for 25 years.I didn't mean that. I

0:22:34 > 0:22:40didn't express it very well. It could be a ten year plan. It will be

0:22:40 > 0:22:43difficult to hold this government accountable in 25 years to see what

0:22:43 > 0:22:50they have achieved, as Mary says, Theresa May will be 80 odd.We have

0:22:50 > 0:22:54had the green growth strategy before Christmas. We have got the carbon

0:22:54 > 0:23:01plans every five years. We have to look at climate change targets. The

0:23:01 > 0:23:05government needs to look at itself as the largest purchaser of goods

0:23:05 > 0:23:09and services in the country. We have just done an audit of the Ministry

0:23:09 > 0:23:14of Justice. 1% of their vehicles across the prison and probationers

0:23:14 > 0:23:18state are electric. They are missing their own targets internally now. I

0:23:18 > 0:23:24am keen to see the details of this plant, not just the headlines, which

0:23:24 > 0:23:28are about plastic. We want to know about biodiversity, landscape

0:23:28 > 0:23:36restoration, forestry.We may get some of that in the speech.

0:23:36 > 0:23:42Extending the 5p charge is one of the measures being introduced.We

0:23:42 > 0:23:47called her that.Millions into research to develop less harmful

0:23:47 > 0:23:52plastic.We have bio plastics. We have Oxy degradable additives that

0:23:52 > 0:24:02go into plastic bags.The entire plastics system needs remodelling.

0:24:02 > 0:24:07Are we using the ingenuity that we have got? The biggest threat to the

0:24:07 > 0:24:11environment is Brexit, which sets are air pollution targets, waste

0:24:11 > 0:24:15targets. We need an environmental protection act, which my committee

0:24:15 > 0:24:18called for a year ago, to make sure we don't lose those protections as

0:24:18 > 0:24:24we leave.Mary is absolutely right about that. We need the commitments

0:24:24 > 0:24:30that have been made. We need to get on and do what we can do today. We

0:24:30 > 0:24:33know that right and manufacturers mixed lots of different types of

0:24:33 > 0:24:38plastics together and make products that are not recyclable. We could do

0:24:38 > 0:24:41with that today.What about using some of the International aid budget

0:24:41 > 0:24:47to help countries reduce plastic pollution in the sea, most of which

0:24:47 > 0:24:52comes from rivers in Africa and Asia?That is a positive

0:24:52 > 0:24:57announcement that will resonate with a lot of voters. Again, because I

0:24:57 > 0:25:00have done a lot of polling on this, the British population are very

0:25:00 > 0:25:05proud of our commitment and are setting a global example on these

0:25:05 > 0:25:12issues.

0:25:12 > 0:25:14issues. Especially conservative voters who voted Remain. It is a

0:25:14 > 0:25:19good way of reaching out to those voters and show that we not moving

0:25:19 > 0:25:25away it.We want the aid budget to go to the poorest people on the

0:25:25 > 0:25:29planet. Eight of those ten rivers are in middle income countries,

0:25:29 > 0:25:32China and Vietnam. We don't want the aid budget going to China. We want

0:25:32 > 0:25:38the aid budget going to Niger and Nigeria, which are pollution

0:25:38 > 0:25:43problems. We can ask middle-income countries to do with themselves.We

0:25:43 > 0:25:47are told that most of these are just plans, which will be consulted on.

0:25:47 > 0:25:51There is no talk of legislation. Will that be enough to change

0:25:51 > 0:25:56things?It won't be enough. We need legal commitments and a new

0:25:56 > 0:26:00environmental regulator that will hold the government to account. We

0:26:00 > 0:26:04need to replicate some of the structures of the EU to give

0:26:04 > 0:26:10citizens the right to hold the government to account.Looking

0:26:10 > 0:26:17forward to hearing what our viewers think. The Prime Minister expected

0:26:17 > 0:26:20to give her speech at about half past ten. We will bring that to you

0:26:20 > 0:26:23live.

0:26:23 > 0:26:26The trial is resuming in the case of Barry Bennell,

0:26:26 > 0:26:28the former football coach who's accused of sexually abusing boys.

0:26:28 > 0:26:30Bennell, who's now known as Richard Jones, faces 48

0:26:30 > 0:26:33sex offence charges, which he denies.

0:26:33 > 0:26:36We can speak now to our sports news reporter, David Ornstein,

0:26:36 > 0:26:41who's outside Liverpool Crown Court.

0:26:41 > 0:26:48What happpened in court yesterday?

0:26:48 > 0:26:53Victoria, yesterday marked the start of evidence against Mr Bennell, with

0:26:53 > 0:26:57the prosecution described as a predatory and devious paedophile.

0:26:57 > 0:27:02The testimony of the first witness was harrowing, emotional and it was

0:27:02 > 0:27:05played out to the court by an interview he conducted with the

0:27:05 > 0:27:11police. He met Mr Bennell, he said, when he played for a youth team in

0:27:11 > 0:27:16the north-west of England in the early 1980s, aged between 11 and 12,

0:27:16 > 0:27:21and Bennell was said to be a scout from Manchester City. He would

0:27:21 > 0:27:25always flashes eyes at you and make you feel like you are special will

0:27:25 > 0:27:28stop everybody wanted to be in football, everybody wanted to please

0:27:28 > 0:27:33him. This man said that he and a number of other top players were

0:27:33 > 0:27:37hand-picked by Mr Bennell to stay at his home above a video shop he

0:27:37 > 0:27:41owned. But it is where the alleged abuse began. He said there were two

0:27:41 > 0:27:45bunk beds and a double bed in a room which Mr Bennell would share with

0:27:45 > 0:27:50two boys. They would play fight, watch movies, then the lights went

0:27:50 > 0:27:54out and live music started. He talked of songs by Billy Joe well

0:27:54 > 0:28:01and the Steve Miller band, but mostly incantation, the song. That

0:28:01 > 0:28:05was playing well the abuse was taking place. He said that music

0:28:05 > 0:28:10still sends chills down his spine. I cannot stand chorus, and aftershave

0:28:10 > 0:28:19he alleged Mr Bennell would wear. He was also abused at eight to at

0:28:19 > 0:28:22Butlins in North Wales. He woke to find Mr Bennell behind him. He also

0:28:22 > 0:28:29talked of experiences when he felt the bed vibrating on Mr Bennell's

0:28:29 > 0:28:34property vibrating as others were abused. Nobody spoke about this but

0:28:34 > 0:28:39he said there was a distinctive look among the boys. It was almost like

0:28:39 > 0:28:43an untold rule. We didn't want to spoil our chances. I want to make

0:28:43 > 0:28:48it, I want to play for City. You knew you didn't say anything. He had

0:28:48 > 0:28:53a big power hold over us, which was pretty horrific. He said he was

0:28:53 > 0:28:58abused tens if not hundreds of times over a three-year period. He learned

0:28:58 > 0:29:02how to shut down his body and emotions. He would have tears

0:29:02 > 0:29:06running down his cheeks. It didn't stop him. Other than his wife, this

0:29:06 > 0:29:11witness said nobody knew of his experience until November of 2016,

0:29:11 > 0:29:16when he was watching this very programme, the Victoria Derbyshire

0:29:16 > 0:29:22show, when other alleged victims talk of their experiences. Under

0:29:22 > 0:29:24cross-examination yesterday, he rejected the idea there were

0:29:24 > 0:29:28financial motives behind his case. He said he was not in this for

0:29:28 > 0:29:35money. The court was later played the transcript of police interviews

0:29:35 > 0:29:39with Mr Bennell, in which he denied abusing this individual. He said he

0:29:39 > 0:29:44was one who got away with it. He thought he might be one who would

0:29:44 > 0:29:51succumb to his grooming process. He was not a victim though. He was the

0:29:51 > 0:29:55priority... The priority, Mr Bennell said, was another boy, who he

0:29:55 > 0:30:01described as his favourite.What are we expecting in court today?We are

0:30:01 > 0:30:04expecting further evidence. We should hear from another witness.

0:30:04 > 0:30:10Let's recapture. Before this trial Mr Bennell admitted seven charges of

0:30:10 > 0:30:17child six abuse involving three boys aged between 11 and 14. He denies a

0:30:17 > 0:30:27further 48 charges against 11 boys ranging between eight and 14, and

0:30:27 > 0:30:33between 1979 and 1991. The court heard earlier in this trial that Mr

0:30:33 > 0:30:36Bennell served sentences in prison in England and the USA for abusing

0:30:36 > 0:30:41children. But he claims with this particular trial, that he is a

0:30:41 > 0:30:45victim of a malicious campaign. The trial continues and is expected to

0:30:45 > 0:30:51last around eight weeks.Thank you.

0:30:52 > 0:30:55Still to come, as NHS bosses say they're struggling

0:30:55 > 0:30:56to cope, we'll ask if the only

0:30:56 > 0:30:58answer is to pump more money into the service.

0:30:58 > 0:31:01We want your experiences, if you or a family member has been in

0:31:01 > 0:31:04hospital, what is it like for you?

0:31:04 > 0:31:07And we'll be discussing equal pay, after the resignation of the BBC's

0:31:07 > 0:31:11China editor in protest at the fact that she wasn't being paid the same

0:31:11 > 0:31:13as the two other male international editors.

0:31:13 > 0:31:16We will talk to one professor.

0:31:16 > 0:31:18Time for the latest news - here's Annita.

0:31:18 > 0:31:22The BBC News headlines this morning.

0:31:22 > 0:31:26Hospitals are struggling to cope and need long-term funding,

0:31:26 > 0:31:29according to health bosses.

0:31:29 > 0:31:32NHS Providers, which represents acute hospitals and

0:31:32 > 0:31:34Ambulance Services in England, says standards of care cannot be

0:31:34 > 0:31:36met without without more money.

0:31:36 > 0:31:38The Department of Health and Social Care says

0:31:38 > 0:31:40the NHS was given top priority in the last budget.

0:31:40 > 0:31:44One Conservative MP says he wants to see a change in the way

0:31:44 > 0:31:49in which the NHS is funded.

0:31:49 > 0:31:53If people knew when they looked at their payslip that there was a line

0:31:53 > 0:31:58that said national health insurance, if they knew that that money,

0:31:58 > 0:32:03legally, could only go to support the national health care and social

0:32:03 > 0:32:07care, they would be willing to pay a bit more. It is not going to have to

0:32:07 > 0:32:10be an enormous amount more, but there will have to be some

0:32:10 > 0:32:10increases.

0:32:10 > 0:32:13A woman whose father has been missing for years has been

0:32:13 > 0:32:15charged with murder after a body was discovered in the garden

0:32:15 > 0:32:16of her home in Stockport.

0:32:16 > 0:32:19Barbara Coombes' father has been missing for more than a decade.

0:32:19 > 0:32:21The 63-year-old has also been charged with preventing

0:32:21 > 0:32:23a lawful burial and fraud.

0:32:23 > 0:32:25During their investigation police officers have told neighbours

0:32:25 > 0:32:27that Mr Coombes would have been in his 80s

0:32:27 > 0:32:32when he disappeared in 2005.

0:32:32 > 0:32:35Police in Paris are hunting two armed robbers

0:32:35 > 0:32:36who stole jewellery worth millions of pounds

0:32:36 > 0:32:39from the city's Ritz Hotel.

0:32:39 > 0:32:42Armed with small axes, thieves smashed windows

0:32:42 > 0:32:44to gain access to display cases,

0:32:44 > 0:32:46before snatching the jewels from the ground floor of the hotel.

0:32:46 > 0:32:51Three people were arrested while trying to flee the scene.

0:32:51 > 0:32:53Rescue teams in southern California are searching for survivors

0:32:53 > 0:32:56of the mudslides that swept away homes in the town of Montecito.

0:32:56 > 0:32:5917 people are known to have died in Santa Barbara County,

0:32:59 > 0:33:04and more than 20 others are still unaccounted for.

0:33:04 > 0:33:06Many places remain inaccessible,

0:33:06 > 0:33:11and more than 100 homes have been destroyed.

0:33:11 > 0:33:18That's a summary of the latest BBC News.

0:33:18 > 0:33:23Thank you very much, Annita. Summary messages about your experiences of

0:33:23 > 0:33:28being inhospital, Margaret says, I broke my wrist and went to Aberdeen

0:33:28 > 0:33:32A&E, my wrist was manipulated into praise and sedation. The attention I

0:33:32 > 0:33:38received was first class. Javad says I broke both legs, the staff were

0:33:38 > 0:33:42brilliant, but I could see there was a lot of pressure on them, I would

0:33:42 > 0:33:45love to pay extra money through national insurance contributions,

0:33:45 > 0:33:48but I believe the Government was taking us towards private health

0:33:48 > 0:33:58insurance. Alan says, if every GP surgery opened longer each day, that

0:33:58 > 0:34:02would take pressure off A&E. Kimberly says, so again those who

0:34:02 > 0:34:09pay taxes need to pay more, but what is not fine is those who do not work

0:34:09 > 0:34:11will receive the same services without paying into the system. That

0:34:11 > 0:34:16is not a plan, by the way, Kimberly, it is a suggestion from one

0:34:16 > 0:34:21Conservative MP. More about the NHS in the next half-hour, your

0:34:21 > 0:34:24experiences are very welcome. But Jessica is back with the sport.

0:34:24 > 0:34:32Headlines this morning: the draw for the first Grand Slam of the year,

0:34:32 > 0:34:35the Australian Open, have taken place. Johanna Konta will play

0:34:35 > 0:34:42Madison Brengle in the first-round, and in the men's single straw, no

0:34:42 > 0:34:47Andy Murray, recovering from surgery, Kyle Edmund will be

0:34:47 > 0:34:49Britain's male representative, playing US Open finalist Kevin

0:34:49 > 0:34:55Anderson, a big match. No goals in the first leg of the EFL Cup

0:34:55 > 0:34:59semifinal between Arsenal and Chelsea, the video assistant referee

0:34:59 > 0:35:04system created the biggest talking point. Martin Andersson consulted it

0:35:04 > 0:35:09for two penalty claims but was satisfied with the evidence not to

0:35:09 > 0:35:14award a spot kick. And England have called up Lancashire batsman Liam

0:35:14 > 0:35:18Livingstone for their series against New Zealand next month. Fast bowler

0:35:18 > 0:35:22Mark Wood has also been recalled after injury. A full bulletin for

0:35:22 > 0:35:25you just after ten o'clock.

0:35:25 > 0:35:29Good morning, Thursday morning, welcome to the programme. Give us

0:35:29 > 0:35:33more money or patients will suffer, that is what NHS bosses in England

0:35:33 > 0:35:40are saying today. The warning comes amid reports of patients being left

0:35:40 > 0:35:51on trolleys while ambulances queue up outside.

0:35:53 > 0:35:58The Royal College of Nursing says there are currently 40,000 vacant

0:35:58 > 0:36:02posts. Then there is these zoo of money. NHS Providers say they got

0:36:02 > 0:36:11less than they needed in November's budget. -- the issue of money. The

0:36:11 > 0:36:14Government says the NHS is a top priority. The number of doctors

0:36:14 > 0:36:24being trained is up by a quarter. But Chris Hobson from NHS Providers

0:36:24 > 0:36:32explains how the current situation is affecting patients.The NHS can

0:36:32 > 0:36:35no longer deliver the standards of care in the constitution, so we have

0:36:35 > 0:36:40an important decision to make, do we abandon those standards, which were

0:36:40 > 0:36:45incredibly hard fought to gain those standards in the 2000s, or do we

0:36:45 > 0:36:48make decisions on the long-term funding of the NHS and social care

0:36:48 > 0:36:52to ensure it has enough money to meet those standards? We need the

0:36:52 > 0:36:56Government to make those decisions this year, by the time of the Budget

0:36:56 > 0:37:03at the latest. For the first time ever last, the NHS missed all of the

0:37:03 > 0:37:07key standards on A&E, elected surgery, ambulance waiting times,

0:37:07 > 0:37:11cancer waiting times. We set a new trajectory to recover the A&E

0:37:11 > 0:37:16standard, which we will now miss. We have reached the point where the NHS

0:37:16 > 0:37:20cannot meet the standards of care that we would all of us, ministers

0:37:20 > 0:37:23included, want to provide.

0:37:23 > 0:37:24Olivia Szepietowski is a doctoral researcher

0:37:24 > 0:37:26who specialises in obesity.

0:37:26 > 0:37:29Tim Gardner is from the Health Foundation,

0:37:29 > 0:37:31a charity which carries out research and policy

0:37:31 > 0:37:34analysis into health care.

0:37:34 > 0:37:40We are also hoping to talk to underneath assist, but he is

0:37:40 > 0:37:44slightly delayed, will talk to him after ten o'clock. -- hoping to talk

0:37:44 > 0:37:49to an anaesthetist. Do you agree with NHS Providers that this is a

0:37:49 > 0:37:56watershed moment for the NHS?So research has found that the NHS is

0:37:56 > 0:38:02going through the most steer decade in all of its history. It is seven

0:38:02 > 0:38:10years into a massive funding squeeze. -- most

0:38:10 > 0:38:14squeeze. -- most austere. The Government did provide more money in

0:38:14 > 0:38:18the Budget, but that is less than half of the minimum funding gap that

0:38:18 > 0:38:26our analysis found was going to hit services.How much extra would be

0:38:26 > 0:38:33NHS need, 28-19, for example?

0:38:34 > 0:38:36NHS need, 28-19, for example? -- 2018-19.Before the Budget, there

0:38:36 > 0:38:41was a gap of £4 billion, and the Government found some money, but

0:38:41 > 0:38:45still at least £2 billion, and that is before we start asking the NHS to

0:38:45 > 0:38:50do more, rather than just maintain current standards for more people.

0:38:50 > 0:38:54Can you describe your experiences of working alongside doctors, nurses

0:38:54 > 0:39:00and patients, treating people with obesity?Absolutely. Conditions are

0:39:00 > 0:39:05extremely stretched in hospitals at the moment. As we have heard on the

0:39:05 > 0:39:11news, patients are struggling to get a bed when they need it, and it is

0:39:11 > 0:39:14affecting my specialty, bariatric surgery, surgery for weight loss,

0:39:14 > 0:39:21and to improve other things like diabetes and high blood pressure and

0:39:21 > 0:39:26cholesterol. Unfortunately, these kind of surgeries are not seen as

0:39:26 > 0:39:32essential to many different local authorities and trusts, and despite

0:39:32 > 0:39:37the amazing effects that they have, and the people that they can really

0:39:37 > 0:39:41help, we are seeing that the surgeries are being delayed or

0:39:41 > 0:39:45cancelled, and often not just once but multiple times for one

0:39:45 > 0:39:50individual.Because they are not urgent?Exactly, they are not seen

0:39:50 > 0:39:55as urgent, but at what point does it become agent? When someone needs an

0:39:55 > 0:39:59operation, they need that operation. They have been found to have the

0:39:59 > 0:40:05requirements, and so it should really be that people should not be

0:40:05 > 0:40:09delayed so much.Should patients pay for things like gastric bands, for

0:40:09 > 0:40:15example?It is an interesting argument. Gastric bands have been

0:40:15 > 0:40:21shown to be hugely effective in treating people with obesity, and

0:40:21 > 0:40:24particularly gastric bypass and sleeves. Unfortunately, there is

0:40:24 > 0:40:29this huge stigma around obesity, and it is seen as being the individual's

0:40:29 > 0:40:35fault. My research focuses on genetic factors in obesity and

0:40:35 > 0:40:40diabetes. One of the amazing results we see is that, within hours or days

0:40:40 > 0:40:44of a surgery, somebody who was diabetic before is no longer

0:40:44 > 0:40:49diabetic, and that can save huge amounts of money for the NHS. So

0:40:49 > 0:40:53these operations, whilst they do have an overhead for the surgery

0:40:53 > 0:40:56itself and the follow-up, they actually save the NHS loads of

0:40:56 > 0:41:00money, because those people don't have diabetes, they don't require

0:41:00 > 0:41:05blood pressure medication and so on. Is there anything else that the NHS,

0:41:05 > 0:41:09putting money to one side, which is difficult in this conversation, but

0:41:09 > 0:41:16anything else the NHS could be doing to help itself?So as Olivia

0:41:16 > 0:41:19mentioned, things are incredibly tough within the health service at

0:41:19 > 0:41:23the moment, we have seen it on the news throughout the last few days.

0:41:23 > 0:41:27Unfortunately, in terms of quick fix solutions, the NHS has done?

0:41:27 > 0:41:32Everything can do. Part of that response is to cancel some of the

0:41:32 > 0:41:37less urgent but still very important procedures that we know patients can

0:41:37 > 0:41:42benefit from and that have big cost and complications for patients

0:41:42 > 0:41:46themselves, but it is the only realistic option, in order to cope

0:41:46 > 0:41:51with the tide of urgency needed that it is being presented with.And it

0:41:51 > 0:41:58is not just the less urgent stuff, I take your point, a hospital in

0:41:58 > 0:42:01Oxford potentially considering getting chemotherapy sessions. In

0:42:01 > 0:42:11order to free up staff, for example. They have not made the main -- final

0:42:11 > 0:42:16decision, but it must be drastic. This is not simply about money, the

0:42:16 > 0:42:20Government did find extra funding, specifically for winter pressures,

0:42:20 > 0:42:24but it was only announced, really, less than a week before winter

0:42:24 > 0:42:32began.350 million.That is right, so not that helpful. So one of the

0:42:32 > 0:42:39big issues facing the health service is staffing. We need to have a

0:42:39 > 0:42:42robust, long-term plan, and a long-term approach for how we train,

0:42:42 > 0:42:48recruit the right staff with the right skills and get them in the

0:42:48 > 0:42:51right places. We also need to do better at retaining the staff that

0:42:51 > 0:42:56we have got, and that seemed to be the problem in Oxford, not not

0:42:56 > 0:43:00enough money, but simply not enough staff to be able to run the service

0:43:00 > 0:43:04safely.A spokesman for the Department of Health and Social Care

0:43:04 > 0:43:07are acknowledged there were problems, we know there is pressure

0:43:07 > 0:43:12on A&E departments, we are grateful to all the staff for their work in

0:43:12 > 0:43:18challenging circumstances. It says plans are in place for extra money

0:43:18 > 0:43:21for council run test and was so people can be moved out of hospital

0:43:21 > 0:43:28more quickly, and the single biggest expansion in the number of doctor

0:43:28 > 0:43:34training places, 25% in the coming years. The current model does not

0:43:34 > 0:43:38work, that seems to be the consensus, and Jeremy Hunt,

0:43:38 > 0:43:43England's Health Secretary, has talked about a long-term sustainable

0:43:43 > 0:43:47model. What might that look like? You might not have the answer, it is

0:43:47 > 0:43:51fair enough to say it, because it may be above all of our pay grades,

0:43:51 > 0:43:54but what do think?I am not sure there is consensus that the model

0:43:54 > 0:44:01does not work. Easy is that the NHS is currently facing, funding

0:44:01 > 0:44:06shortfall, staffing shortages, the growing needs of an ageing, growing,

0:44:06 > 0:44:09more sick population, no country in Europe is immune from any of these

0:44:09 > 0:44:14issues. And all of these countries are facing the same issues as we

0:44:14 > 0:44:21are. The model is fundamentally sound, there is quite a lot of

0:44:21 > 0:44:25research that shows that no type of health system performs universally

0:44:25 > 0:44:32better than any other type of health system. Go back 20 years, when there

0:44:32 > 0:44:35was quite substantial funding and staffing increases for the NHS in

0:44:35 > 0:44:39England, and we saw some quite big improvements in quality of care

0:44:39 > 0:44:42flowing from that, some other big advances.So it is mostly about more

0:44:42 > 0:44:48money.The model is fine, it is about staffing and funding it

0:44:48 > 0:44:54properly.What I would add is that it should not be a party political

0:44:54 > 0:44:57view, it should be about coordinating a cross-party and

0:44:57 > 0:45:02moving forward to try and make the NHS a sustainable as possible. It is

0:45:02 > 0:45:06reaching its 70th anniversary this year, and we want to see a blast for

0:45:06 > 0:45:13another 70.Thank you both very much.

0:45:13 > 0:45:18Police have arrested two men after CCTV stills were circulated as part

0:45:18 > 0:45:23of the investigation into the murder of the Jay Patel in North London.

0:45:23 > 0:45:29The two men, aged 15 and 16, were arrested on suspicion of violent

0:45:29 > 0:45:34disorder. Mr Patel died in hospital last week after being attacked

0:45:34 > 0:45:38outside his shop. Two teenagers have been arrested.

0:45:38 > 0:45:39Coming up,

0:45:39 > 0:45:41YouTube has cut business ties with Logan Paul,

0:45:41 > 0:45:43the hugely popular vlogger who posted a video showing

0:45:43 > 0:45:50the body of an apparent suicide victim in Japan.

0:45:50 > 0:45:53We will talk about that before ten.

0:45:53 > 0:45:57Equal pay has been in the news again this week after the high-profile

0:45:57 > 0:45:59resignation of the BBC's China Editor and the publication

0:45:59 > 0:46:02of figures showing a number of large companies have gender pay gaps.

0:46:02 > 0:46:06Anyone who thinks they are being treated unfairly can take their case

0:46:06 > 0:46:09to an employment tribunal, but figures seen by the BBC's

0:46:09 > 0:46:12Reality Check show very few of these cases are actually resolved

0:46:12 > 0:46:16by the courts.

0:46:16 > 0:46:23Chris Morris from the BBC's Reality Check is here to explain why.

0:46:23 > 0:46:30Really interesting what you found. Yeah, you can go to employment

0:46:30 > 0:46:34tribunal is for a variety of reasons. We were looking at cases of

0:46:34 > 0:46:40equal pay. In data stretching back to 20 11,000 and thousands of people

0:46:40 > 0:46:48every year have begun cases relating to equal pay. -- stretching back to

0:46:48 > 0:46:522000 11,000 and thousands of cases. We know very little about the

0:46:52 > 0:46:56outcomes because the number of successful complaints in that

0:46:56 > 0:47:01period, since 2011, are so small, just a handful, but statistically

0:47:01 > 0:47:09they are recorded as 0% every year. 0% are successful every year. But

0:47:09 > 0:47:15when you look at on successful complaints, that is also 0%. So none

0:47:15 > 0:47:18of these cases come to a public conclusion. What is happening is

0:47:18 > 0:47:24something called dismissal on withdrawal. What that means is

0:47:24 > 0:47:30perhaps the two parties come to a private conclusion outside the

0:47:30 > 0:47:33tribunal, or simply the employee withdraws the case. We don't know

0:47:33 > 0:47:38very much at all about those outcomes.When they settle out of

0:47:38 > 0:47:43the tribunal environment, they are usually subject to confidentiality

0:47:43 > 0:47:46clauses?Yes. There is no requirement to make that conclusion

0:47:46 > 0:47:51public. And of course what that means is we know very little about

0:47:51 > 0:47:57how many cases of unequal pay are actually onerous. If you look at

0:47:57 > 0:48:02other tribunal on things like discrimination on age or disability,

0:48:02 > 0:48:06at least there is a proportion of cases that do come to a public

0:48:06 > 0:48:13conclusion in one way or another. For equal pay, 0% successful and

0:48:13 > 0:48:18unsuccessful.Incredible. Thank you.

0:48:18 > 0:48:19Professor Elizabeth Schafer launched legal proceedings

0:48:19 > 0:48:21against Royal Holloway, University of London, over the pay

0:48:21 > 0:48:22gaps between professors.

0:48:22 > 0:48:25Caroline Underhill is the head of equal pay at Thompsons

0:48:25 > 0:48:26Solicitors, has worked

0:48:26 > 0:48:28on thousands of equal pay cases, and has over 30 years' experience

0:48:28 > 0:48:30working as a barrister.

0:48:30 > 0:48:33Doreen Reeves, employment solicitor at Slater and Gordon,

0:48:33 > 0:48:35believes the answer is having a more open culture around

0:48:35 > 0:48:42talking about pay rather than using tribunals.

0:48:42 > 0:48:46Welcome all of you. I will start with Professor Schaeffer. You have

0:48:46 > 0:48:53gone through the tribunal process yourself, briefly. What were you

0:48:53 > 0:49:02arguing?Yes, I went to the tribunal about equal pay. I was on average

0:49:02 > 0:49:07being paid, I was looking out of the averages and I worked out I was well

0:49:07 > 0:49:13adrift of the male professorial average salary. I went to the

0:49:13 > 0:49:20tribunal about that. I'm not surprised at the figures you have

0:49:20 > 0:49:28quoted. Going to the tribunal is a very tough process. It is tough

0:49:28 > 0:49:33emotionally and intellectually, and you have to be incredibly tenacious.

0:49:33 > 0:49:39You collected information and evidence that amounted to, that

0:49:39 > 0:49:43filled 120 files. Then you have to be cross-examined. Then you have to

0:49:43 > 0:49:48hear employer say potentially not good enough to be paid as paid as

0:49:48 > 0:49:53much as your employers. That does sound challenging? It is

0:49:53 > 0:49:56extraordinary the amount of evidence you need. You are trying to prove a

0:49:56 > 0:50:00point. You have to be comic and historian, document yourself, look

0:50:00 > 0:50:05at everything you have ever done and prove how valuable you are. -- you

0:50:05 > 0:50:12have to become and historian.

0:50:12 > 0:50:14have to become and historian. My judgment rent to 95 pages as well.

0:50:14 > 0:50:20Not exactly a light read. Dealing with the sheer amount of evidence. I

0:50:20 > 0:50:26am used to conference situations, being in public and speeding and

0:50:26 > 0:50:31then being asked to defend my point of view. That process for some

0:50:31 > 0:50:36people would be, I think, quite difficult. The whole process of the

0:50:36 > 0:50:45tribunal is very challenging, yeah. Let's bring in Caroline Underhill.

0:50:45 > 0:50:50Statistically from 2011 no cases were successful or on successful.

0:50:50 > 0:50:56What does that suggest we should do in the future?We should make the

0:50:56 > 0:51:04procedure simpler. We should look at trying to make the law simpler. And

0:51:04 > 0:51:13we should also look at placing greater emphasis on pay transparency

0:51:13 > 0:51:17and negotiation within employers, because one of the reasons that we

0:51:17 > 0:51:24don't have many cases that go through to full hearing is the

0:51:24 > 0:51:31length of time it takes to get to a final resolution on an equal pay

0:51:31 > 0:51:39case. 11 years is not uncommon.It took four years to get a judgment in

0:51:39 > 0:51:43the Professor's case. Doreen, do you think judgment should be avoided

0:51:43 > 0:51:50altogether?We need to work towards a culture where there is less of a

0:51:50 > 0:51:56cloak of pay secrecy in the industry.Do you think we are doing

0:51:56 > 0:52:01this because big companies will have to reveal a gender pay gap by April?

0:52:01 > 0:52:05Yes, that is one way they assess average salaries for men and women

0:52:05 > 0:52:09over a period of time. But with equal pay it is about looking at

0:52:09 > 0:52:14what you are being paid at the same time as you are in a job as a male.

0:52:14 > 0:52:18We need to work towards a culture where there is more transparency

0:52:18 > 0:52:24about how much you are being paid at work.So employees simply talk to

0:52:24 > 0:52:29each other?Yes, at the moment you can only ask a male employee about

0:52:29 > 0:52:32your pay if you believe you are discriminated against on the grounds

0:52:32 > 0:52:38of your six. It is not as if you can have a culture where you are openly

0:52:38 > 0:52:46discussing your pay.You smile that that when Doreen suggested that. ?

0:52:46 > 0:52:52Don't think it is just about employees talking to each other.

0:52:52 > 0:52:55Employees -- employers have responsibility to be more

0:52:55 > 0:52:58transparent not only about what individuals are paid but why they

0:52:58 > 0:53:04are paid what they are paid, what the rate is for the job. What is it

0:53:04 > 0:53:07that makes somebody worth more than another? These are very difficult

0:53:07 > 0:53:15questions.They are. It is very subjective.It is. That is one of

0:53:15 > 0:53:21the unfairness is. Because generally speaking people believe when they

0:53:21 > 0:53:25work for an employer that they will be treated fairly and it won't be

0:53:25 > 0:53:30completely subjective.

0:53:30 > 0:53:34completely subjective. One of the problems with equal pay is the

0:53:34 > 0:53:40pressure and force of the market. The market is not fair.Professor,

0:53:40 > 0:53:47briefly tell's the outcome for your case -- Mike Towell us. And I would

0:53:47 > 0:53:58ask you for your advice to others.I would also add that fairness is not

0:53:58 > 0:54:01what the employment tribunal deals with. The employment tribunal deals

0:54:01 > 0:54:08with law and equal pay. One of the first things the judge said in my

0:54:08 > 0:54:11tribunal, if you want to argue about fair pay, this is not the place to

0:54:11 > 0:54:19do it.You wanted to argue about equal pay, didn't you?Yes. But what

0:54:19 > 0:54:28I was really after was a transparent system. The situation, when I went

0:54:28 > 0:54:34to the tribunal, was there were no criteria whatsoever to indicate why

0:54:34 > 0:54:38anyone might get a pay rise. Of course what was happening was people

0:54:38 > 0:54:44who felt more confident about what they were doing, they were stating

0:54:44 > 0:54:51pay rises in confident terms and indeed securing pay rises, whereas

0:54:51 > 0:54:54other people, who tended to be women, not exclusively, were not

0:54:54 > 0:55:02doing that. So actually getting the judge to say there needs to be

0:55:02 > 0:55:05transparent criteria for pay, that is what I was going to the tribunal

0:55:05 > 0:55:15for.And he said that?O yeah, he said it loud and clear in my

0:55:15 > 0:55:21judgment.Was it worth it?It was worth it but it was an extraordinary

0:55:21 > 0:55:25journey. Personally I found it quite empowering. I found that at the end

0:55:25 > 0:55:31I felt more confident about the value I was delivering. But I would

0:55:31 > 0:55:36say that if you are going to even think about going to the employment

0:55:36 > 0:55:41tribunal, you need to think like a lawyer. You may be very upset but

0:55:41 > 0:55:46you have to think like you are playing chess, you have to construct

0:55:46 > 0:55:49a case, documented, get evidence, produce an argument, ask questions

0:55:49 > 0:55:58of people around informally... What do you get paid? Asked over coffee,

0:55:58 > 0:56:03if you can. Very difficult to do in our culture. And you have to be

0:56:03 > 0:56:08absolutely tenacious. One of my friends, who is a lawyer, said the

0:56:08 > 0:56:13whole system expects you to give up. If you haven't given up they were

0:56:13 > 0:56:17probably offer you a settlement the day beef your -- before the tribunal

0:56:17 > 0:56:22starts. The important piece of advice he gave me was, do not take

0:56:22 > 0:56:31it personally. It is like a chess game.Thank you very much.

0:56:31 > 0:56:42Thank you all. We will bring you the latest news and sport in a moment.

0:56:45 > 0:56:56YouTube vlogger Logan Paul as had his channels downgraded by YouTube.

0:56:56 > 0:57:01He was on a trip to Japan. He and his friends were at the base of

0:57:01 > 0:57:05Mount Fuji, where people are known to take their own lives. As part of

0:57:05 > 0:57:10a video he was blogging, you showed a video of somebody who had

0:57:10 > 0:57:14apparently taken their own life. He said later on that it was to raise

0:57:14 > 0:57:18awareness for suicide and suicide prevention. But in the video it

0:57:18 > 0:57:23shows in joking and looking shocked. The video stayed up for quite a

0:57:23 > 0:57:27while and got millions of views. YouTube didn't actually take it

0:57:27 > 0:57:35down. It was Logan Paul who took it down after much criticism from the

0:57:35 > 0:57:39YouTube and vlogger community. Now YouTube have come out and said they

0:57:39 > 0:57:45will no longer effectively promote his work on what they call their

0:57:45 > 0:57:50Google Preferred programme, where brands target big stars with

0:57:50 > 0:57:55advertising. His channel is still up. He has still got millions of

0:57:55 > 0:58:00subscribers. And since that video was posted he gained more than

0:58:00 > 0:58:0480,000 more subscribers. Technically speaking because the video is still

0:58:04 > 0:58:09up, he can still make money from advertising, just not as much.

0:58:09 > 0:58:12YouTube have said they will no longer allow him to have him appear

0:58:12 > 0:58:19in a show and his originals, which include a sequel to one of his

0:58:19 > 0:58:25films, will not be happening any more. Yes, Logan Paul has been

0:58:25 > 0:58:29reprimanded by YouTube but YouTube has gotten criticism because it has

0:58:29 > 0:58:32taken effectively between nine and 11 days since this happened for them

0:58:32 > 0:58:38to respond. Thank you. You may remember we spoke

0:58:38 > 0:58:42to Dan before Christmas. He is a phenomenally successful star on

0:58:42 > 0:58:49YouTube. He owns a lot of money from it. He said we have a responsibility

0:58:49 > 0:58:51to our young audiences. Now

0:58:51 > 0:58:55to our young audiences. Now the weather. Good morning. We

0:58:55 > 0:58:58have seen quite a lot of fog around this morning. As you can see from

0:58:58 > 0:59:04one of our Weather Watchers, it has been across parts of the West,

0:59:04 > 0:59:08Central England and eastern areas as well. But not everywhere. Look at

0:59:08 > 0:59:13this lovely Sunrise in East Sussex. The fog is already starting to lift.

0:59:13 > 0:59:21We have some around Glasgow, Northern Ireland, pockets of

0:59:21 > 0:59:24north-west England, Wales and the south-west of England. As the rises

0:59:24 > 0:59:27it will lift into low cloud and eventually it will break and we will

0:59:27 > 0:59:33see some sunshine. In the east, more cloud, we have got some patchy rain

0:59:33 > 0:59:37and drizzle. This afternoon across south-west England, we are looking

0:59:37 > 0:59:44at sunny spells. A similar story across Wales. You may find some fog

0:59:44 > 0:59:50as you will across Northern Ireland. If that happens, that will peg the

0:59:50 > 0:59:55temperatures back to close to freezing. In north-west Scotland, a

0:59:55 > 1:00:00sunny day ahead. In the east, a bit more cloud. The fog will lift from

1:00:00 > 1:00:04the Central lowlands and south-west. It should also lived in north-west

1:00:04 > 1:00:07England. Dundee East of thing than through the Midlands, there will be

1:00:07 > 1:00:13more cloud. -- down the East of England. Low cloud and drizzle

1:00:13 > 1:00:18lifting into low cloud. This evening and overnight but you will find is

1:00:18 > 1:00:23we will hang on to the cloud. More will form. Patchy fog forming

1:00:23 > 1:00:28tonight. Not quite as widespread as the night just gone. Where there are

1:00:28 > 1:00:32breaks in the cloud, it will be cold enough for a frost. Those are the

1:00:32 > 1:00:37temperatures in towns and cities. Lower in rural areas. A cold and

1:00:37 > 1:00:42frosty start for some tomorrow. The fog lifting into low cloud. Tomorrow

1:00:42 > 1:00:47will be a cloudy day again with a spot of drizzle. We will see some

1:00:47 > 1:00:51brighter breaks, more notably in the north of Scotland, parts of Wales,

1:00:51 > 1:00:57Cornwall, Dorset and Hampshire. For a Saturday, we have a weather front

1:00:57 > 1:01:01coming in from the worst that will introduce some rain and

1:01:01 > 1:01:05strengthening winds. The further east you travel, the try and the

1:01:05 > 1:01:09brighter the weather is likely to be. As we head into Sunday, there

1:01:09 > 1:01:14will be dry and bright weather around. The weather front producing

1:01:14 > 1:01:20cloud in parts of western England and Wales. A new, more active system

1:01:20 > 1:01:22from the north-west later in the day will introduce wetter and windy

1:01:22 > 1:01:29weather.

1:01:30 > 1:01:32Hello, it's Thursday, it's ten o'clock, I'm Victoria Derbyshire.

1:01:32 > 1:01:35Our top story this morning - One of the strongest warnings yet

1:01:35 > 1:01:38about the NHS in England.

1:01:38 > 1:01:40This time hospital bosses say services are at breaking point

1:01:40 > 1:01:46and that the Government must spend more.

1:01:46 > 1:01:5685% of patients was seen in four hours, well below the target.The

1:01:57 > 1:02:02NHS is seven years into a massively austere decade, the worst in its

1:02:02 > 1:02:07history, and we cannot go on like this.The details from our

1:02:07 > 1:02:10correspondent shortly. And we want to hear from you about your

1:02:10 > 1:02:18experiences if you have been in hospital, or a family member has.

1:02:18 > 1:02:23Also today, Theresa May wants to eliminate plastic from supermarkets,

1:02:23 > 1:02:30including, among other things, plastic free aisles in supermarkets.

1:02:30 > 1:02:36In 25 years' timeI will be 75, we can't wait to 25 years to tackle

1:02:36 > 1:02:39this tide of plastic waste.

1:02:39 > 1:02:41And we'll hear the story of the twin sisters from Syria

1:02:41 > 1:02:44who were burnt when a shell hit their home six years ago.

1:02:44 > 1:02:52The conflict in their country has now being going on for eight years.

1:02:53 > 1:02:55Good morning.

1:02:55 > 1:03:01Here's Annita in the BBC Newsroom with a summary of today's news.

1:03:01 > 1:03:08Thank you, Victoria, good morning. Hospitals are in need of long-term

1:03:08 > 1:03:15funding according to health bosses, a warning made by NHS Providers. In

1:03:15 > 1:03:18the last few minutes, figures have revealed weights in accident and

1:03:18 > 1:03:23emergency in England during December were the worst since the target was

1:03:23 > 1:03:27introduced in 2004. The Department of Health and Social Care says the

1:03:27 > 1:03:30NHS was given top priority in the last Budget but acknowledged there

1:03:30 > 1:03:36was pressure. The Prime Minister has set out plans to tackle, or is

1:03:36 > 1:03:39setting out plans to tackle plastic pollution by wiping out all

1:03:39 > 1:03:43avoidable waste by 2042. The proposals include asking every

1:03:43 > 1:03:49supermarket to have an aisle of goods with no plastic wrappings, as

1:03:49 > 1:03:53well as extending the charge for carrier bags to all retailers in

1:03:53 > 1:03:55England. Environmentalists have called the plan is worthless unless

1:03:55 > 1:03:57they are written into law.

1:03:57 > 1:03:59A woman whose father has been missing for years has been

1:03:59 > 1:04:02charged with murder after a body was discovered in the garden

1:04:02 > 1:04:03of her home in Stockport.

1:04:03 > 1:04:06Barbara Coombes' father has been missing for more than a decade.

1:04:06 > 1:04:08The 63-year-old has also been charged with preventing

1:04:08 > 1:04:09a lawful burial and fraud.

1:04:09 > 1:04:11During their investigation police officers have told neighbours

1:04:11 > 1:04:13that Mr Coombes' would have been in his 80s

1:04:13 > 1:04:18when he disappeared in 2005.

1:04:18 > 1:04:20Rescue teams in southern California are searching

1:04:20 > 1:04:24for survivors of the mudslides that swept away homes

1:04:24 > 1:04:28in the town of Montecito.

1:04:28 > 1:04:3217 people are known to have died in Santa Barbara County,

1:04:32 > 1:04:36and more than 20 others are still unaccounted for.

1:04:36 > 1:04:37Many places remain inaccessible,

1:04:37 > 1:04:39and more than 100 homes have been destroyed.

1:04:39 > 1:04:46That's a summary of the latest BBC News, more at 10:30.

1:04:46 > 1:04:51We will talk about those figures that Annita was reporting from A&E

1:04:51 > 1:04:56units in hospitals in England from December, more in a moment, your

1:04:56 > 1:05:02experiences are very welcome. Sport now with Jessica.

1:05:02 > 1:05:04The draw for the Australian Open, which starts next week,

1:05:04 > 1:05:06has been made in the last hour.

1:05:06 > 1:05:08British number one Johanna Konta, who reached the semifinals

1:05:08 > 1:05:11of the tournament two years ago, will play the American Madison

1:05:11 > 1:05:12Brengle in the opening round.

1:05:12 > 1:05:15Brengle is ranked number 92 in the world but has won three

1:05:15 > 1:05:17of their four previous meetings against the world number nine.

1:05:17 > 1:05:18British number two Heather Watson

1:05:18 > 1:05:26will face Kazakhstan's Yulia Putintseva.

1:05:47 > 1:05:50In the men's draw, Kyle Edmund is the only British representative

1:05:50 > 1:05:55following Andy Murray's pulling out as he's recovering from hip surgery.

1:05:55 > 1:05:59He's been handed a tough opening match, though, in Melbourne.

1:05:59 > 1:06:03He'll have to get past 11th seed and US Open finalist Kevin Anderson.

1:06:03 > 1:06:07Other highlights in the men's draw include top seed Rafael Nadal

1:06:07 > 1:06:10up against Dominican world number 81 Victor Estrella Burgos.

1:06:10 > 1:06:13Swiss five-time champion Roger Federer will open his title

1:06:13 > 1:06:18defence against Slovenia's former British player Aljaz Bedene.

1:06:18 > 1:06:21Six-time champion Novak Djokovic will open

1:06:21 > 1:06:29against American Donald Young.

1:06:29 > 1:06:32It was honours even at Stamford Bridge as Chelsea

1:06:32 > 1:06:35took on Arsenal in the first leg of EFL Cup semifinal.

1:06:35 > 1:06:37The video assistant referee was consulted on two occassions.

1:06:37 > 1:06:41Here's one of them.

1:06:41 > 1:06:43Arsenal's Danny Welbeck challenged Cesc Fabregas in the penalty area

1:06:43 > 1:06:45in the closing minutes.

1:06:45 > 1:06:47But the referee was happy with his originial decision

1:06:47 > 1:06:50not to award Chelsea a penalty.

1:06:50 > 1:06:51Some fans have expressed frustration at how long

1:06:51 > 1:06:54the VAR decision process takes,

1:06:54 > 1:06:59but Blues boss Antonio Conte said the system is "very positive".

1:06:59 > 1:07:02James Vince and Mark Stoneman have kept their places in England's Test

1:07:02 > 1:07:05squad for the tour of New Zealand, despite their batting struggles

1:07:05 > 1:07:10in the recent 4-0 Ashes defeat by Australia.

1:07:10 > 1:07:14Lancashire batsman Liam Livingstone receives his first Test call-up,

1:07:14 > 1:07:16with the 24-year-old having impressed for England's B

1:07:16 > 1:07:18team over the winter.

1:07:18 > 1:07:21Fast bowler Mark Woods is also back in the squad after injury,

1:07:21 > 1:07:23but Gary Ballance has been dropped.

1:07:23 > 1:07:26After almost two years out of the ring,

1:07:26 > 1:07:28former world light-welterweight champion Amir Khan

1:07:28 > 1:07:31says he's ready to make a comeback.

1:07:31 > 1:07:35His opponent will be named next week,

1:07:35 > 1:07:41for the fight at Liverpool's Echo Arena in April.

1:07:41 > 1:07:44Khan's last fight was in May 2016, where he was knocked out

1:07:44 > 1:07:45by Mexico's Saul Alvarez.

1:07:45 > 1:07:49He's signed a three-fight deal with Eddie Hearn's Matchroom stable,

1:07:49 > 1:07:50which seems to increase the likelihood of

1:07:50 > 1:07:53a British super-fight between Khan and his long-term rival Kell Brook,

1:07:53 > 1:08:01possibly later in the year.

1:08:01 > 1:08:05Something to look forward to in the coming months. That is all the sport

1:08:05 > 1:08:09for now. Thank you. Back to those figures just out in the last few

1:08:09 > 1:08:13minutes that show that waiting times in A&E departments in December in

1:08:13 > 1:08:18England were the worst since the target was introduced in 2004. Our

1:08:18 > 1:08:23health correspondent Catherine burns can tell us more.When you go to

1:08:23 > 1:08:27A&E, the target is 95% of people should be seen with in four hours,

1:08:27 > 1:08:33that definitely didn't happen last month, only 85.1% of people were

1:08:33 > 1:08:36found in that time, and that adds up to about 300,000 patients waiting

1:08:36 > 1:08:44for longer than they should have done.Four hours is the target.And

1:08:44 > 1:08:48we have weekly statistics from last week, when more than 20 hospital

1:08:48 > 1:08:52trusts were on the highest level of alert, so we have some figures to

1:08:52 > 1:08:57show how they did. Two interesting things, one was norovirus, there was

1:08:57 > 1:09:01a spike in the number of beds being closed due to norovirus, and the

1:09:01 > 1:09:07other thing was bed occupancy generally. Ideally, the NHS ones 85%

1:09:07 > 1:09:19bed occupancy rates, last week it 95%, up from 91.7%.Any stories from

1:09:19 > 1:09:22you about your experiences of being in hospital, Maria said, my

1:09:22 > 1:09:2712-year-old daughter has a long-term illness and often needs to attend

1:09:27 > 1:09:30A&E as an emergency case. On Christmas Day she was admitted, and

1:09:30 > 1:09:34there were so many patients on trolleys just waiting. There was

1:09:34 > 1:09:39even a queue to get into resuscitation. Staff were run off

1:09:39 > 1:09:43their feet. Fortunately, we were taken to the children's ward. The

1:09:43 > 1:09:48staff there went out of their way to try to make the day special. Let's

1:09:48 > 1:09:54talk to Norman, who is at Westminster. These figures, the

1:09:54 > 1:09:56stories are putting even more pressure on the Government, aren't

1:09:56 > 1:10:03they?Huge pressure, Vic, I am in a rather more rural setting than

1:10:03 > 1:10:07Westminster, because the PM is doing a speech on the environment today,

1:10:07 > 1:10:12but she will be asked about these figures, and the timing could hardly

1:10:12 > 1:10:15be worse, frankly, because yesterday in the Commons she was saying that

1:10:15 > 1:10:21the NHS was better prepared than ever before and that the delayed

1:10:21 > 1:10:26operations was all part of the plan. Now we have got the guy who

1:10:26 > 1:10:32basically represents all of the NHS trusts, all of the NHS hospitals,

1:10:32 > 1:10:35saying things cannot go on like this, we have reached a watershed

1:10:35 > 1:10:39moment, we have not got enough staff, beds or money, and we can't

1:10:39 > 1:10:44just push it down the road, we need answers now, we need more cash in

1:10:44 > 1:10:51the November Budget. When you put all that together, that is beginning

1:10:51 > 1:10:55to put real pressure on Mrs May, because the accusation will be that

1:10:55 > 1:10:58maybe she has taken her I off the ball with Brexit, there is an

1:10:58 > 1:11:04element of complacency. Speaking to those close to Jeremy Hunt, their

1:11:04 > 1:11:09take is that the NHS is getting more cash next year, I think it is

1:11:09 > 1:11:18getting about 1.7 billion more next year, but even Mr Hunt accepts there

1:11:18 > 1:11:21has to be a rethink about the NHS, he has talked about a ten-year plan,

1:11:21 > 1:11:26and there is a growing view that everyone needs to think seriously

1:11:26 > 1:11:32about how, in the long term, will go to fund the NHS, given that we are

1:11:32 > 1:11:36an increasingly ageing population that cannot carry on in this sort of

1:11:36 > 1:11:41piecemeal fashion.Thank you very much Norman, sorry, you obviously

1:11:41 > 1:11:45there May's speech, which we will bring to you live. Norman mentioned

1:11:45 > 1:11:49Chris Hopson from NHS Providers, he has been explaining how the

1:11:49 > 1:11:54situation is affecting patients.

1:11:54 > 1:11:56The NHS can no longer deliver the standards of care

1:11:56 > 1:11:59in the constitution, so we have an important

1:11:59 > 1:12:01decision to make - do we abandon those standards,

1:12:01 > 1:12:03which were incredibly hard fought to gain those

1:12:03 > 1:12:05standards in the 2000s, or do we make decisions

1:12:05 > 1:12:09on the long-term funding of the NHS and social care to ensure

1:12:09 > 1:12:13it has enough money to meet those standards?

1:12:13 > 1:12:16We need the Government to make those decisions this year,

1:12:16 > 1:12:20by the time of the Budget at the latest.

1:12:20 > 1:12:26For the first time ever last, the NHS missed all of the key

1:12:26 > 1:12:28standards on A&E, elective surgery, ambulance waiting times,

1:12:28 > 1:12:31cancer waiting times.

1:12:31 > 1:12:34We set a new trajectory to recover the A&E standard,

1:12:34 > 1:12:36which we will now miss.

1:12:36 > 1:12:39We have reached the point where the NHS cannot meet

1:12:39 > 1:12:43the standards of care that we would all of us,

1:12:43 > 1:12:47ministers included, want to provide.

1:12:47 > 1:12:50Dr Tom Dolphin is an anesthetist at a London hospital.

1:12:50 > 1:12:58He's also a Labour member.

1:13:00 > 1:13:04Of the latest figures show that targets were missed in December, NHS

1:13:04 > 1:13:09Providers saying this is a watershed moment, do you agree?It certainly

1:13:09 > 1:13:14looks like it, it looks like it in the figures and if you go to any A&E

1:13:14 > 1:13:19in any hospital, people everywhere, in cubicles, on chairs, they are

1:13:19 > 1:13:23queueing up, they are being treated in car parks around the country. It

1:13:23 > 1:13:27feels like this is the worst it has ever been.Is there a mismatch

1:13:27 > 1:13:32between what the NHS is expected to deliver with the money it has got,

1:13:32 > 1:13:39with the workforce available, and what it is getting in in money?

1:13:39 > 1:13:42Definitely. We have been told we are supposed to be saving £20 billion

1:13:42 > 1:13:46over the next couple of years from the budget each year, and at the

1:13:46 > 1:13:50same time we see more demand from patients, who need to be treated,

1:13:50 > 1:13:53and the funding does not match that at all. We have also got gaps in

1:13:53 > 1:14:00rotors across the country, 40,000 nursing places, 10,000 doctor places

1:14:00 > 1:14:08unfilled. You cannot provide a service that patients need

1:14:08 > 1:14:10service that patients need with that kind of gap.What was Christmas

1:14:10 > 1:14:13like?It was horrendously busy. Busier than this time last year or

1:14:13 > 1:14:18the year before?It certainly felt like it. It got to the point where

1:14:18 > 1:14:21you almost couldn't boot in A&E with people waiting everywhere, trying to

1:14:21 > 1:14:25get through with a trolley with a sick patient, and you cap to keep

1:14:25 > 1:14:30asking people to move to get through with emergencies.If there was a

1:14:30 > 1:14:33major incident, how would your hospital have coped?We have managed

1:14:33 > 1:14:38to cope so far, every hospital has, by the extraordinary hard work that

1:14:38 > 1:14:44NHS staff are putting in. They are pulling out., moving patients to

1:14:44 > 1:14:48extraordinary places, and some are being left to sleep on floors,

1:14:48 > 1:14:52cupboards are being turned into rooms, that kind of thing. I am not

1:14:52 > 1:14:56sure what the plans are to deal with if there were a major incident. I

1:14:56 > 1:14:59expect somehow we would cope, but I do not know a family times we can

1:14:59 > 1:15:03keep doing it before something terrible happens.Terrible meaning?

1:15:03 > 1:15:10That we cannot provide the care all need.

1:15:10 > 1:15:13Philip is a disabled person with a severe lung disorder. He recently

1:15:13 > 1:15:18had a fall at home and spent two hours on the floor. He called the

1:15:18 > 1:15:22ambulance service and they said it would take a few hours to get to

1:15:22 > 1:15:27him. When he got to hospital he waited 11 hours in a wheelchair with

1:15:27 > 1:15:32a dislocated elbow, in pain and suffering from a chest infection. It

1:15:32 > 1:15:35was not until 11 o'clock the next day when they got around to treating

1:15:35 > 1:15:42him. He was left with people around him coughing and sneezing.That

1:15:42 > 1:15:47sounds like the kind of pressures I have been seeing and hearing. It is

1:15:47 > 1:15:54a whole system problem. The A&E is full, the rest of the hospital is

1:15:54 > 1:15:57full. Community services are not fair. General practices on its

1:15:57 > 1:16:02knees. There are not enough GPs any more. The whole system is congested

1:16:02 > 1:16:08and grinding to a halt.The Department of Health say they have

1:16:08 > 1:16:12put extra funding in, 350 billion before Christmas. There is 1.6

1:16:12 > 1:16:17billion coming down the track. They have plans to increase Doctor

1:16:17 > 1:16:23places.That will be great for 2025 when they start work as doctors. But

1:16:23 > 1:16:29we need them now. We need more funding.Where would you get the

1:16:29 > 1:16:34doctors from, even if there was more funding?A lot of the hospitals are

1:16:34 > 1:16:37struggling to staff what they have got to pay for the staff they need

1:16:37 > 1:16:47to have. There are staff available out there. There needs to be a

1:16:47 > 1:16:50longer term solution. In the short-term hospitals are doing what

1:16:50 > 1:16:55they can. There are bringing in extra staff when they're available.

1:16:55 > 1:16:59People are working where more shifts than it is safe for them to do. They

1:16:59 > 1:17:05are being asked to do shift after shift.Have you had to do that?Yes.

1:17:05 > 1:17:12There are lots of gaps in road. The shift are limited in length but it

1:17:12 > 1:17:23is more to do with the number of them.

1:17:27 > 1:17:28Still to come...

1:17:28 > 1:17:33The story of the two young Syrian girls, Rahaf and Qamar,

1:17:33 > 1:17:35who've both been caught up in the conflict which has

1:17:35 > 1:17:43engulfed their country for eight years.

1:17:43 > 1:17:46Let's talk more about the Prime Minister speech in the next quarter

1:17:46 > 1:17:47of an hour.

1:17:47 > 1:17:49The Prime Minister is about to reveal plans

1:17:49 > 1:17:52for how her government aims to, and this is her quote,

1:17:52 > 1:17:54"leave the environment in a better position than they found it."

1:17:54 > 1:17:58We will bring you that speech live. There have been a lot of people

1:17:58 > 1:18:03welcoming it but there has been a lot of criticism of recent

1:18:03 > 1:18:05Conservative governments for breaking promises on environmental

1:18:05 > 1:18:09policy.

1:18:09 > 1:18:11But today Theresa May will outline her 25-year plan

1:18:11 > 1:18:12for a "cleaner, greener Britain".

1:18:12 > 1:18:14Much of it will revolve around plastics,

1:18:14 > 1:18:16something we've covered on the programme a number of times -

1:18:16 > 1:18:23with a pledge to eliminate all avoidable plastic waste by 2042.

1:18:23 > 1:18:24Your definition of that welcome.

1:18:24 > 1:18:27She wants Britain to be a beacon for the developing world.

1:18:27 > 1:18:30But can a shift in UK policy, actually affect global change?

1:18:30 > 1:18:32Let's talk to Lang Banks, a campaigner

1:18:32 > 1:18:34for the World Wide Fund for Nature.

1:18:34 > 1:18:40He lobbies international governments on environmental issues.

1:18:40 > 1:18:43And Dr Alison Doig is Christian Aid's head of policy.

1:18:43 > 1:18:48She specialises in climate change.

1:18:48 > 1:18:54Welcome to both of you. There is one definite in this plan, extending

1:18:54 > 1:18:59that 5p charge on plastic bags to small shops. The other plans are

1:18:59 > 1:19:03simply plans for a consultation. How is that going to be good for the

1:19:03 > 1:19:07environment when you look across the world?I think it is true to say

1:19:07 > 1:19:11that those plans need to be firmed up and we need to see more detail.

1:19:11 > 1:19:17We are looking forward to that speech. From what we have heard so

1:19:17 > 1:19:21far, the UK wishes to play a leadership role globally. That is

1:19:21 > 1:19:25welcome. The UK has played a big role historically when it comes to

1:19:25 > 1:19:30climate change, illegal wildlife trade, the poaching of elephants and

1:19:30 > 1:19:35rhinos and tackling the ozone layer. If the UK is to put its foot forward

1:19:35 > 1:19:40once more and leave the world issues, that is a good thing. Put

1:19:40 > 1:19:45your own house in order first. That is why what happens in the UK in the

1:19:45 > 1:19:5025 year plan is critical and that it gets delivered.Mrs May will talk

1:19:50 > 1:19:54about using the foreign aid budget to help the performance of

1:19:54 > 1:19:57developing countries. What do you think about the use of that money?

1:19:57 > 1:20:03Is it a good use?It could be a very good use of that money. If it is

1:20:03 > 1:20:08used to put a ban on waste and a big stick to hit people with, that would

1:20:08 > 1:20:13not be good. It would not be a sustainable solution. It is not a

1:20:13 > 1:20:16question of saving the environment and delivering development. Both of

1:20:16 > 1:20:21those can be done effectively together. An example I would use, I

1:20:21 > 1:20:23worked a lot in delivering renewable energy is to poor people off the

1:20:23 > 1:20:29grid. Imagine having -- having no lighting, using a wood stove every

1:20:29 > 1:20:35day to cook? We worked with the woman in that household to develop

1:20:35 > 1:20:38the solution. We worked with manufacturers in that country to

1:20:38 > 1:20:40build the technologies they were using, and with entrepreneurs to

1:20:40 > 1:20:45make markets work.

1:20:48 > 1:20:50make markets work. Similarly with plastics, working to developing

1:20:50 > 1:20:55solutions with the country and to develop good green jobs, and an

1:20:55 > 1:20:59environmental solution working together is where it should be used.

1:20:59 > 1:21:04If it is used well, I think it can be a very good part of overseas

1:21:04 > 1:21:09development.OK. There will be people watching now saying, let's

1:21:09 > 1:21:13say all the things that Mrs May promises actually come to pass in

1:21:13 > 1:21:20this plan, it is a tiny dent in the plastics problem when you look at

1:21:20 > 1:21:24the problem globally. What do you say to people who feel cynical?

1:21:24 > 1:21:30Don't. You have to start somewhere. There are 8 million tonnes of

1:21:30 > 1:21:37plastic waste that end up NICs every year. It is a global issue. That is

1:21:37 > 1:21:42why countries like the UK need to step and coordinate action locally

1:21:42 > 1:21:48and globally. Tackling climate change is an issue that needs

1:21:48 > 1:21:55tackling by every country.You say every country but we have President

1:21:55 > 1:22:01Trump rejecting the idea of climate change.The Paris agreement is

1:22:01 > 1:22:04bigger than one country, bigger than one president. The interesting thing

1:22:04 > 1:22:12in the US is that many states, companies, mayors are stepping up to

1:22:12 > 1:22:17take the action needed.President Trump is isolating himself. Every

1:22:17 > 1:22:26single country are joined up to the Paris agreement. We -- within the US

1:22:26 > 1:22:32there are companies, states and cities holding to Paris. He is

1:22:32 > 1:22:36increasingly marginalised. This is where the UK can step in and step up

1:22:36 > 1:22:41their leadership. And say, actually Paris is good. To deliver a safe

1:22:41 > 1:22:47climate we need to go a step further. There is an opportunity for

1:22:47 > 1:22:51countries to do more. The UK can lead that discussion and support

1:22:51 > 1:23:00poorer countries to step up. We actually launched with Canada, the

1:23:00 > 1:23:06UK, the power in past coal initiative. That means countries

1:23:06 > 1:23:12will give up coal by 2025. They are helping developing countries do the

1:23:12 > 1:23:20same. That is where the UK can be a positive force, play that bigger

1:23:20 > 1:23:25role globally.Eid imported food, of course, and we buy imported clothes.

1:23:25 > 1:23:30How can our government forced the people who grow those products in

1:23:30 > 1:23:39the developing world, how can they persuade them to do it in an

1:23:39 > 1:23:44environmentally friendly way?It is an important point. We understand

1:23:44 > 1:23:47the speech will contain an ambition to be a global leader and make sure

1:23:47 > 1:23:51it is not just the UK's backyard we are protecting. It is really

1:23:51 > 1:23:58important. The vast majority of the commodities we use on a daily basis

1:23:58 > 1:24:02are imported from other countries. We must make sure that they are not

1:24:02 > 1:24:09just exporting their environmental damage, whether it is cotton, palm

1:24:09 > 1:24:12oil etc, 50% of the fish on our supermarket shelves comes from

1:24:12 > 1:24:17outside the UK, yes, we must compel businesses to make sure that they

1:24:17 > 1:24:21are only taking sustainable commodities. But they also must help

1:24:21 > 1:24:25the countries and work with farmers to make sure they can do this in a

1:24:25 > 1:24:28sustainable way. I think it is critical that we in the UK don't

1:24:28 > 1:24:34simply sit here and say we will make the UK and oasis of environment when

1:24:34 > 1:24:38the rest of the world is going to hell in a handcart. We are all

1:24:38 > 1:24:42heading in the wrong direction. That is why is 25 year plan is important.

1:24:42 > 1:24:45It marks a turning point between destroying the planet and starting

1:24:45 > 1:24:56to restore the planet.Thank you for coming in.

1:25:00 > 1:25:04We will bring you Theresa May's speech on the environment just after

1:25:04 > 1:25:0410:30am.

1:25:04 > 1:25:07Next, please do watch this next film about twin

1:25:07 > 1:25:09sisters from Syria caught up in the conflict

1:25:09 > 1:25:13in their country, which has now being going on for eight years.

1:25:13 > 1:25:16Six years ago, a shell hit their home,

1:25:16 > 1:25:21and the pair were badly burned.

1:25:21 > 1:25:23The children's charity Unicef says that attacks on hospitals and

1:25:23 > 1:25:27other health facilities have become commonplace in Syria,

1:25:27 > 1:25:29with less than half of the country's health facilities operating

1:25:29 > 1:25:32at full capacity.

1:25:32 > 1:25:35They're struggling to cope with the number

1:25:35 > 1:25:36of children seriously injured.

1:25:36 > 1:25:38We've been following the story of the two young girls,

1:25:38 > 1:25:42Rahaf and Qamar, who've both undergone

1:25:42 > 1:25:44operations in Jordan. where they now live.

1:25:44 > 1:25:47Our correspondent Caroline Hawley has been back to to Jordan

1:25:47 > 1:25:48to see how they're getting on,

1:25:48 > 1:25:55and some of this film is upsetting.

1:26:13 > 1:26:15Six years ago, the two Syrian sisters' home

1:26:15 > 1:26:22in Homs was hit by a shell.

1:26:22 > 1:26:30They were asleep, and their bedclothes caught fire.

1:26:38 > 1:26:46Their burns left them so traumatised they couldn't leave the house.

1:26:46 > 1:26:50Qamar had to wear this mask to help her skin heal.

1:26:50 > 1:26:52Slowly, they got better.

1:26:52 > 1:27:00Now, they're star students.

1:27:23 > 1:27:25Their parents worry about their future and the social

1:27:25 > 1:27:28stigma they could face.

1:27:28 > 1:27:34Qamar drew her dream house for us, and a mosque.

1:27:34 > 1:27:40What do they pray for?

1:27:55 > 1:27:57Rahaf has now been discharged, but Qamar's still waiting

1:27:57 > 1:28:00for more operations.

1:28:00 > 1:28:08All this from a single shell fired in Syria's war.

1:28:09 > 1:28:16Nine year old Rahaf and Qamer.

1:28:16 > 1:28:20Let's talk to Caroline Hawley who reported on that film.

1:28:20 > 1:28:24Incredible girls. You have been following them for some time. Tell

1:28:24 > 1:28:30us about them?I first met them several years ago, the year that

1:28:30 > 1:28:34they were injured. They were injured six years ago this month when that

1:28:34 > 1:28:38shells slammed into their bedroom. Their father rushed in to rescue

1:28:38 > 1:28:43them. He was badly burned. They fled to Jordan. That is where I met them

1:28:43 > 1:28:51first. This incredible hospital run by MSF, where they do reconstructive

1:28:51 > 1:28:55surgery on the victims of war from around the Middle East. This project

1:28:55 > 1:29:00started off treating Iraqis and then it started treating Syrians in

1:29:00 > 1:29:09Yemen. -- and Yemeni. They have come a long way. Their parents said to me

1:29:09 > 1:29:13the change has been incredible. For example, they could not feed and

1:29:13 > 1:29:16dress themselves because they had some knee injuries to their hands.

1:29:16 > 1:29:22They could not move them properly. Their faces were in a much more

1:29:22 > 1:29:26disfigured state. They have had a lot of operations. Too many to count

1:29:26 > 1:29:33between them.What about the other children in Syria who left injured

1:29:33 > 1:29:38because they are harmed by shells falling around their homes?That is

1:29:38 > 1:29:44the reality and the tragedy of Syria. These bombs, these shells

1:29:44 > 1:29:49don't discriminate. The problem is no one knows how many people have

1:29:49 > 1:29:54been killed and injured in the Syrian war. A very conservative

1:29:54 > 1:30:00estimate is at least 4000. 4000 kids killed. And tens of thousands of

1:30:00 > 1:30:05children injured. Some will have, many will have a life changing

1:30:05 > 1:30:13injuries. What happens to them? In a sense they are looking they are

1:30:13 > 1:30:17being treated at the MSF hospital, where the treatment is free. But as

1:30:17 > 1:30:20you can imagine, with all the wars waiting -- waiting in the Middle

1:30:20 > 1:30:27East, the waiting list is really long.

1:30:27 > 1:30:31What are the chances of being able to be a doctor when she grows up?

1:30:31 > 1:30:36Well, she is very bright, very keen, she values her schooling because she

1:30:36 > 1:30:41has missed out on so much of it. She comes from a very supportive family,

1:30:41 > 1:30:44her father believes in education, but I know from the parents that

1:30:44 > 1:30:50they worry about both girls. Even though they believe in education, in

1:30:50 > 1:30:55some parts of the Middle East, you are defined by your marriage, and

1:30:55 > 1:30:59the fear is that their marriage prospects have been limited by what

1:30:59 > 1:31:06has happened to them. And so one thing Qamar's mum said to me, she

1:31:06 > 1:31:12was so full of life before this happened, and she changed a lot. And

1:31:12 > 1:31:17although she is much better, I really saw a sadness in her eyes,

1:31:17 > 1:31:23and I think, I know that the family really worry about their future. But

1:31:23 > 1:31:27they are incredible, really brave, really keen.It is so upsetting in

1:31:27 > 1:31:31one sense, though. Thank you for bringing that to our audience, no

1:31:31 > 1:31:35doubt you will continue to follow them, Caroline Hawley.

1:31:35 > 1:31:38Still to come, this is the scene live in West London, where Theresa

1:31:38 > 1:31:41May is about to unveil her plans for the environment, the Government

1:31:41 > 1:31:49say they will eradicate all avoidable plastic waste by 2042.

1:31:50 > 1:31:54She is due to speak any time now, we will speak to her when she starts

1:31:54 > 1:31:54talking.

1:31:54 > 1:31:59Time for the latest news, here's Annita.

1:31:59 > 1:32:00The headlines on BBC News:

1:32:00 > 1:32:02Waiting times at England's A&E departments

1:32:02 > 1:32:04during December were the longest since targets were

1:32:04 > 1:32:05introduced in 2004.

1:32:05 > 1:32:07The latest figures coincide with a warning made by NHS Providers

1:32:07 > 1:32:09that hospitals are unsafe, overcrowded

1:32:09 > 1:32:11and in need of long term funding.

1:32:11 > 1:32:13The organisation represents acute hospitals and ambulance

1:32:13 > 1:32:17providers in England.

1:32:17 > 1:32:21The Department of Health and Social Care says the NHS

1:32:21 > 1:32:22was given top priority in the last Budget,

1:32:22 > 1:32:26but acknowledged that services were under pressure.

1:32:26 > 1:32:28The Prime Minister is about to launch plans

1:32:28 > 1:32:30to tackle plastic pollution by wiping out all

1:32:30 > 1:32:32avoidable waste by 2042.

1:32:32 > 1:32:36Her proposals will include asking every supermarket

1:32:36 > 1:32:37to have a plastic-free aisle,

1:32:37 > 1:32:40as well as extending the five pence charge for carrier bags

1:32:40 > 1:32:41to all retailers in England.

1:32:41 > 1:32:43Environmentalists have called Theresa May's plans worthless

1:32:43 > 1:32:47unless they're written into law.

1:32:47 > 1:32:50A woman whose father has been missing for years has been

1:32:50 > 1:32:52charged with murder after a body was discovered in the garden

1:32:52 > 1:32:54of her home in Stockport.

1:32:54 > 1:32:59Barbara Coombes' father has been missing for more than a decade.

1:32:59 > 1:33:00The 63-year-old has also been charged

1:33:00 > 1:33:05with preventing a lawful burial and fraud.

1:33:05 > 1:33:07During their investigation, police officers have told neighbours

1:33:07 > 1:33:10that Mr Coombes' would have been in his 80s

1:33:10 > 1:33:12when he disappeared in 2005.

1:33:12 > 1:33:13Rescue teams in southern California are searching

1:33:13 > 1:33:16for survivors of the mudslides that swept away homes in

1:33:16 > 1:33:19the town of Montecito.

1:33:19 > 1:33:2217 people are known to have died in Santa Barbara County,

1:33:22 > 1:33:24and more than 20 others are still unaccounted for.

1:33:24 > 1:33:25Many places remain inaccessible,

1:33:25 > 1:33:31and more than 100 homes have been destroyed.

1:33:31 > 1:33:37That's a summary of the latest BBC News.

1:33:37 > 1:33:41Jessica has the sport headlines now.

1:33:41 > 1:33:46The draw for the first Grand Slam of the year, the Australian Open, has

1:33:46 > 1:33:49taken place. Johanna Konta will play Madison

1:33:49 > 1:33:53Brengle of the USA in the first round. Heather Watson plays

1:33:53 > 1:33:58Kazakhstan's Yulia Putintseva. In the men's draw, no Andy Murray as he

1:33:58 > 1:34:03recovers from hip surgery, so Kyle Edmund will be the sole British male

1:34:03 > 1:34:07representative, playing US Open finalist Kevin Anderson, a tough

1:34:07 > 1:34:13match. No goals in the first leg of the EFL Cup semifinal. Martin

1:34:13 > 1:34:18Atkinson consulted the VAR on two Chelsea Pitman declaims but was

1:34:18 > 1:34:24satisfied with the evidence not to award a spot kick. That Chelsea and

1:34:24 > 1:34:31declaims. Until Ian Livingstone has been called up for the two match

1:34:31 > 1:34:34series against New Zealand next month.

1:34:34 > 1:34:36Rescue teams in southern California are searching

1:34:36 > 1:34:38through debris for survivors of the mudslides that have

1:34:38 > 1:34:39killed at least 17 people.

1:34:39 > 1:34:45It's thought that a similar number are missing.

1:34:45 > 1:34:53Heavy rain falling on ground burned by wildfires in December,

1:34:53 > 1:34:55resulted in streams of mud which have destroyed at least

1:34:55 > 1:34:57100 homes and damaged 300 more.

1:34:57 > 1:35:00The flash floods struck early on Tuesday morning,

1:35:00 > 1:35:03with the worst affected areas in Santa Barbara County,

1:35:03 > 1:35:06including the towns of Montecito and Carpinteria.

1:35:06 > 1:35:08David Neels is the Fire Brigade Chief

1:35:08 > 1:35:09of Santa Barbara County.

1:35:09 > 1:35:12He said he had never dealt with anything on this scale before.

1:35:12 > 1:35:13I've been a firefighter for 26 years.

1:35:13 > 1:35:16For most people that are here on this incident,

1:35:16 > 1:35:19we've never seen an event like this.

1:35:19 > 1:35:23So this is very unusual, to have something to this magnitude.

1:35:23 > 1:35:25Kelsey McFarland, is a reporter with KSBY News in California.

1:35:25 > 1:35:33She's on the scene in Montecito.

1:35:37 > 1:35:43So the latest from officials today, they said that the death toll has

1:35:43 > 1:35:47risen to 17, and seven people are still reported missing. That being

1:35:47 > 1:35:55said, they have made hundreds of rescues, the devastation is

1:35:55 > 1:35:57something like I've never seen, and a lot of first responders that I

1:35:57 > 1:36:01spoke to that have been doing this for decades, it is unlike anything

1:36:01 > 1:36:06they have ever seen. There are cars that are completely crumpled,

1:36:06 > 1:36:11boulders the size of houses have moved down from the mountain and are

1:36:11 > 1:36:18now in the middle-of-the-road, on the highway. There is marred up to

1:36:18 > 1:36:25my waist in a lot of areas. And this is an area that is beautiful and has

1:36:25 > 1:36:30mansions of the rich and famous, and it now looks like a scene from World

1:36:30 > 1:36:40War I, completely devastatedwhy has this happened?Well, just a few

1:36:40 > 1:36:42weeks ago, we were actually reporting on the Thomas Dyer, the

1:36:42 > 1:36:49largest wildfire in California...

1:36:49 > 1:36:52largest wildfire in California... -- fire.The Prime Minister is just

1:36:52 > 1:36:57about to speak, there she is.This is a true oasis in the heart of

1:36:57 > 1:37:02London. In our election manifesto last year, we made an important

1:37:02 > 1:37:05pledge to make ours the first generation to leave the natural

1:37:05 > 1:37:09environment in a better state than we found it. As we leave the

1:37:09 > 1:37:14European Union, which for decades as controlled as some of the most

1:37:14 > 1:37:18important levers in environmental policy, now is the right time to put

1:37:18 > 1:37:22the question of how we protect and enhance our natural environment

1:37:22 > 1:37:28centre stage. And it is a central priority for this government - our

1:37:28 > 1:37:32mission is to build a Britain where the next generation can enjoy a

1:37:32 > 1:37:36better life than the one that went before it. That means tackling the

1:37:36 > 1:37:41deficit and dealing with our debts, so they are not a burden for our

1:37:41 > 1:37:44children and grandchildren, building the houses that people need so the

1:37:44 > 1:37:48dream of home ownership can be a reality, ensuring every child has a

1:37:48 > 1:37:51good school place and can get the best start in life, and it also

1:37:51 > 1:37:56means protecting and enhancing our natural environment for the next

1:37:56 > 1:37:59generation. So they have a healthy and beautiful country in which to

1:37:59 > 1:38:04build their lives. Making good on the promise that each new generation

1:38:04 > 1:38:10should be able to build a better future is a fundamental Conservative

1:38:10 > 1:38:14principle. And whilst every political tradition has a stake in

1:38:14 > 1:38:17our natural environment, speaking as the leader of the Conservative

1:38:17 > 1:38:23Party, I know I draw upon a proud heritage. Because conservatism and

1:38:23 > 1:38:28conservation are natural allies. The fundamental understanding which lies

1:38:28 > 1:38:34at the heart of our philosophical tradition is that we in the present

1:38:34 > 1:38:39our trustees charged with protecting and improving what we have inherited

1:38:39 > 1:38:44from those who went before us, and it is our responsibility to pass on

1:38:44 > 1:38:49that inheritance to the next generation. That applies to the

1:38:49 > 1:38:52great national institutions which we have built up as a society over

1:38:52 > 1:38:57generations, like our courts, our parliament, the BBC and the NHS, and

1:38:57 > 1:39:04it applies equally to our natural heritage. Britain has always been a

1:39:04 > 1:39:10world leader in understanding and protecting the natural world. From

1:39:10 > 1:39:13Gilbert white's vivid descriptions of the ecology of his Hampshire

1:39:13 > 1:39:16village in the first work of natural history writing in the 18th century

1:39:16 > 1:39:22to Sir David Attenborough landmark TV series in the 21st century, which

1:39:22 > 1:39:26have opened the eyes of millions of people to the wonder of our planet

1:39:26 > 1:39:31and the threats it faces. The appeal of our natural world is universal

1:39:31 > 1:39:36and has caught the imagination of successive generations. In the

1:39:36 > 1:39:39United Kingdom, we are blessed with an abundance and a variety of

1:39:39 > 1:39:45landscapes and habitats. These natural assets are of immense value.

1:39:45 > 1:39:49Our countryside and coastal waters are the means by which we sustain

1:39:49 > 1:39:52our existence in these islands. They are where we grow and harvest a

1:39:52 > 1:39:57large proportion of the food we eat, where the water we drink comes from.

1:39:57 > 1:40:02Our green and blue places have inspired some of our greatest

1:40:02 > 1:40:07poetry, art and music, and have become global cultural icons.

1:40:07 > 1:40:11Shakespeare's Forest of Arden has been recreated on stages across the

1:40:11 > 1:40:15world, Beatrix potter's stories and William Wordsworth's poetic

1:40:15 > 1:40:20descriptions of the calm that nature breeds among the hills has made the

1:40:20 > 1:40:23Lake District world-renowned. He suffered landscapes of John

1:40:23 > 1:40:26Constable and the beautiful defections of the River Thames in my

1:40:26 > 1:40:32own constituency by Stanley Spencer are iconic. People from every

1:40:32 > 1:40:36continent are drawn to our shores to enjoy these beautiful landscapes,

1:40:36 > 1:40:41supporting hundreds of thousands of jobs in tourism. Industries which

1:40:41 > 1:40:47directly draw on our environment, from agriculture and forestry, to

1:40:47 > 1:40:49agriculture and fishing, support hundreds of thousands of jobs and

1:40:49 > 1:40:54contribute billions to our economy. The natural environment is around us

1:40:54 > 1:40:58wherever we are and getting closer to it is good for our physical and

1:40:58 > 1:41:05mental health and our emotional and spiritual well-being. Millions of us

1:41:05 > 1:41:09visit the countryside, the seaside, a local park or places like this

1:41:09 > 1:41:13every week to recharge our batteries, spend time with friends

1:41:13 > 1:41:17and family, and to exercise. So the environment is something personal to

1:41:17 > 1:41:21each of us, but it is also something which, collectively, we hold in

1:41:21 > 1:41:26trust for the next generation. And we have sponsored the attack and

1:41:26 > 1:41:31enhance it. -- we have a responsibility to protect and

1:41:31 > 1:41:36enhance it. It is sometimes thought that a belief in a free-market

1:41:36 > 1:41:39economy is not compatible with taking the action necessary to

1:41:39 > 1:41:43protect and enhance our natural environment, that we need to give up

1:41:43 > 1:41:47on the very idea of economic growth itself as the price we have to pay

1:41:47 > 1:41:51for sustainability. Others argue that taking any action to protect

1:41:51 > 1:41:56and improve our environment harm is business and hold back growth. Both

1:41:56 > 1:42:02are wrong. They present a false choice, which I entirely reject. A

1:42:02 > 1:42:07free-market economy, operating under the right rules, regulations and

1:42:07 > 1:42:10incentives, delivering sustainable economic growth, is the single

1:42:10 > 1:42:14greatest agent of collective human progress we have ever known. Time

1:42:14 > 1:42:20and again, it has lifted whole societies out of abject poverty and

1:42:20 > 1:42:25subsistence living, increased life expectancy, widened literacy and

1:42:25 > 1:42:30improved educational standards. More than this, it is in free colonies

1:42:30 > 1:42:32and free society is that the technological and scientific

1:42:32 > 1:42:37breakthroughs, which improve and save lives, are made. -- free

1:42:37 > 1:42:41economies. The innovation and invention of a free enterprise

1:42:41 > 1:42:45economy will help to deliver new technology to drive a revolution in

1:42:45 > 1:42:50clean growth. Around the world, economies at all stages of

1:42:50 > 1:42:53development are embracing new low carbon technologies and a more

1:42:53 > 1:42:58efficient use of resources to move onto a path of clean and sustainable

1:42:58 > 1:43:03growth. And our industrial strategy puts harnessing the economic

1:43:03 > 1:43:08potential of the clean growth revolution at its heart, as one of

1:43:08 > 1:43:12its four grand challenges. From how we generate power and transport

1:43:12 > 1:43:17people and goods to our industrial processes, and how we grow our food,

1:43:17 > 1:43:20new, clean technologies have the potential to deliver more good jobs

1:43:20 > 1:43:27and higher living standards. The UK is already home to around 500,000

1:43:27 > 1:43:31jobs in low carbon businesses and their supply chain. We are a world

1:43:31 > 1:43:34leader in the manufacture of electric vehicles. We are the

1:43:34 > 1:43:38biggest offshore wind energy producer in the world, and we must

1:43:38 > 1:43:42continue to press for sustainable economic growth and the immense

1:43:42 > 1:43:46benefits it brings. Now, of course, for a market to function properly,

1:43:46 > 1:43:50it has to be regulated, and environmental protection is a vital

1:43:50 > 1:43:55part of any good regulatory regime. So where government needs to

1:43:55 > 1:43:59intervene to ensure that high standards are met, we will not

1:43:59 > 1:44:03hesitate to do so. And that the approach which underpins our

1:44:03 > 1:44:06corporate governance reforms and our plans to make the energy market work

1:44:06 > 1:44:13better for consumers. Government, stepping up to its proper role as an

1:44:13 > 1:44:16engaged and active participant, he finds our industrial strategy, and

1:44:16 > 1:44:21it is the approach we are taking in this environment plan too. --

1:44:21 > 1:44:26defineds. Together, they combine to form a coherent approach to boosting

1:44:26 > 1:44:31economic productivity and growth, while at the same time restoring and

1:44:31 > 1:44:36enhancing our natural environment. Conservative governments have always

1:44:36 > 1:44:41taken our responsibility to the natural environment seriously. In

1:44:41 > 1:44:44the 19th century, it was Benjamin Kayser ale and's Conservative

1:44:44 > 1:44:48government which passed the river pollution prevention act, providing

1:44:48 > 1:44:53the first legal environmental and for our waterways. -- Benjamin

1:44:53 > 1:44:56Disraeli. A Conservative government passed the clean air act, making the

1:44:56 > 1:45:01great smog of London a thing of the past. Margaret Thatcher was the

1:45:01 > 1:45:04first world leader to recognise the threat of global warming and helped

1:45:04 > 1:45:09to protect our ozone layers through their work on the Montreal protocol.

1:45:09 > 1:45:11And David Cameron restored environmentalism to a central place

1:45:11 > 1:45:16in the Conservative agenda.

1:45:16 > 1:45:20The measures set out in this plan builds on this proud heritage and

1:45:20 > 1:45:27the action we have taken in office since 2010. We have seen some

1:45:27 > 1:45:30notable successes. Thanks to concerted action, our rivers and

1:45:30 > 1:45:35beaches are cleaner than they have been at any time since the

1:45:35 > 1:45:37Industrial Revolution. Otters are back in rivers in every English

1:45:37 > 1:45:41county. We are releasing beavers to the Forest of Dean to help reduce

1:45:41 > 1:45:47the risk of flooding. Action at EU level, of which the UK has

1:45:47 > 1:45:52consistently been a champion, has helped to drive these improvements.

1:45:52 > 1:45:56Because we recognise their value, we will incorporate all existing EU

1:45:56 > 1:46:02environmental regulations into domestic law when we leave. And let

1:46:02 > 1:46:05me be very clear. Brexit will not mean a lowering of the environmental

1:46:05 > 1:46:11standards. We will set out our plans for a new world leading independent

1:46:11 > 1:46:14statutory body to hold government to account and give the environment a

1:46:14 > 1:46:20voice. And our work will be underpinned by a strong set of

1:46:20 > 1:46:23environmental principles. We will consult widely on these proposals,

1:46:23 > 1:46:29not least with many of the people in this room. But be in no doubt, a

1:46:29 > 1:46:33record shows we have already gone further than EU regulation requires

1:46:33 > 1:46:41us to protect our environment. Thanks to action we have taken, 7886

1:46:41 > 1:46:45square miles of coastal waters around the UK and a Marine

1:46:45 > 1:46:51conservation zones, protecting a range of important a rare habitats

1:46:51 > 1:46:56and species. Our ban on the use of micro beads and cut -- in cosmetic

1:46:56 > 1:47:01care products is another positive step towards protecting the marine

1:47:01 > 1:47:07environment. We want to further restrict neo- knicker tonight. We

1:47:07 > 1:47:13will use the opportunity Brexit provides to enhance environmental

1:47:13 > 1:47:17protections, not to weaken them. We will development -- development of

1:47:17 > 1:47:21new environmental land management scheme which supports farmers. And

1:47:21 > 1:47:25once we have taken that control of our waters, we will implement a more

1:47:25 > 1:47:30sustainable fishing policy that also supports our vital coastal

1:47:30 > 1:47:35communities. That is action for the future. But we are also acting in

1:47:35 > 1:47:41the here and now. When animals are mistreated, are common humanity is

1:47:41 > 1:47:44tarnished. We are pursuing policies to make Britain a world leader in

1:47:44 > 1:47:49tackling the abuse of animals. Here at home we are introducing Iman

1:47:49 > 1:47:55Baytree CCTV into slaughterhouses to ensure standards of treatment are

1:47:55 > 1:48:03upheld. -- we are introducing mandatory. We recognise that animals

1:48:03 > 1:48:07are sentient beings and we will enshrine that understanding in

1:48:07 > 1:48:10primary legislation. We have consulted on plans to introduce a

1:48:10 > 1:48:15total ban on UK sales of ivory that contribute directly or indirectly to

1:48:15 > 1:48:20the continued poaching of elephants. In 2014, we convened the London

1:48:20 > 1:48:24conference on the illegal wildlife trade, the first of its kind, to

1:48:24 > 1:48:29help eradicate an abhorrent crime and to better protect the world's

1:48:29 > 1:48:34most iconic species from the threat of extinction. In October, we will

1:48:34 > 1:48:38host this conference again and press for further international action.

1:48:38 > 1:48:42Whether they are pets, livestock or wild life, animals deserved the

1:48:42 > 1:48:49proper protection under the law and they will receive that under the

1:48:49 > 1:48:51Conservative government. I am proud of the progress we have made but

1:48:51 > 1:48:55recognise the challenges we face remain acute. In England, changes in

1:48:55 > 1:49:00patterns of land use have seen habitats lost and species

1:49:00 > 1:49:04threatened. Since 1970, there has been a significant decline in the

1:49:04 > 1:49:11numbers of woodland farm land birds. Pollinating insects have declined

1:49:11 > 1:49:1513% since 1980. While the water in rivers and beaches are keener than

1:49:15 > 1:49:19ever before, around the world 8 million tonnes of plastic makes its

1:49:19 > 1:49:24way into the oceans each year. The problem was vividly highlighted in

1:49:24 > 1:49:29the recent Blue Planet series on the BBC, which was public service

1:49:29 > 1:49:33broadcasting at its finest. And I also pay tribute to the Daily Mail

1:49:33 > 1:49:39for its tireless campaigning on this issue. The 25 year environment plan

1:49:39 > 1:49:42for England, which we are publishing today, said said the action

1:49:42 > 1:49:46government will take to tackle all of these challenges. I would like to

1:49:46 > 1:49:50pay tribute to Michael Gove and his team for their work on it and the

1:49:50 > 1:49:55energy and enthusiasm they have brought to it. It's goals are

1:49:55 > 1:50:00simple. Clean air, clean and plentiful water, plants and animals

1:50:00 > 1:50:04which are thriving and a cleaner, greener country. These are all

1:50:04 > 1:50:10valuable in themselves. But together they add up to something truly

1:50:10 > 1:50:14profound. A better world for each of us to live in and a better future

1:50:14 > 1:50:17for the next generation. We have worked closely with the devolved

1:50:17 > 1:50:20administrations as we have developed this plan, and we want to work

1:50:20 > 1:50:25closely with them on these issues in the years ahead. This is a plan for

1:50:25 > 1:50:29the long-term. As our environment changes, our plan will be updated to

1:50:29 > 1:50:33ensure we are continuing to deliver on our commitment to deliver healthy

1:50:33 > 1:50:38natural environment. Nothing is more emblematic of that natural

1:50:38 > 1:50:42environment than our trees. A tree is a home to countless organisms

1:50:42 > 1:50:49from insects to small mammals, there are natural air purifiers, their act

1:50:49 > 1:50:56as flood defences. We have committed to planting more trees. We also

1:50:56 > 1:51:00support increased protections for England's existing trees and forests

1:51:00 > 1:51:04from inappropriate developments and invasive pests and diseases. To make

1:51:04 > 1:51:08more land available for the harms our country needs, while at the same

1:51:08 > 1:51:13time creating new habitats for wildlife, we will embed the

1:51:13 > 1:51:16principle of net environmental gain for development, including housing

1:51:16 > 1:51:21and infrastructure. And as we pursue our Northern Powerhouse, connecting

1:51:21 > 1:51:25the great cities of the North of England to promote their economic

1:51:25 > 1:51:31growth, we will also create a new Northern Forest. It will be a new

1:51:31 > 1:51:35committee woodland for Cheshire, Yorkshire and Lancashire, provide a

1:51:35 > 1:51:39new and enduring amenity for the population of the North of England,

1:51:39 > 1:51:44and act as a carbon sink for the UK. Decades from now children as yet

1:51:44 > 1:51:48unborn will be exploring this forest, playing under the shade of

1:51:48 > 1:51:51its trees, and learning about our natural world from its flora and

1:51:51 > 1:51:59fauna. But today, more than one in ten young people do not spend time

1:51:59 > 1:52:02in the countryside or in large urban green spaces, meaning they are

1:52:02 > 1:52:05denied the benefits which spending time outdoors in the natural

1:52:05 > 1:52:12environment brings. These young people are disproportionately from

1:52:12 > 1:52:15more deprived backgrounds and their effective exclusion from our

1:52:15 > 1:52:17countryside represents a social injustice which I am determined to

1:52:17 > 1:52:23tackle. The National Park Authority is already engage directly with more

1:52:23 > 1:52:28than 60,000 young people a year in school visits, and they will now

1:52:28 > 1:52:32double this figure to ensure even more young people can learn about

1:52:32 > 1:52:36our most precious environments. I have seen for myself this morning

1:52:36 > 1:52:40the excitement and enthusiasm of children here learning about these

1:52:40 > 1:52:45wetlands and the birds that inhabit them. And to help more children lead

1:52:45 > 1:52:50happy and healthy lives, we will launch a new nature friendly schools

1:52:50 > 1:52:55programme, targeting schools in disadvantaged areas first. It will

1:52:55 > 1:52:57create improved school grounds, which allow young people to learn

1:52:57 > 1:53:01about the natural world. It doesn't have to be big, difficult or

1:53:01 > 1:53:07expensive. It could be planting a garden. Growing a vegetable patch.

1:53:07 > 1:53:12Are setting up a bird feeder. Whatever form it takes, it will put

1:53:12 > 1:53:16nature in the lives of young people, because everyone deserves to

1:53:16 > 1:53:19experience it first hand. And this work with schools will be supported

1:53:19 > 1:53:25by £10 million of investment. We look back in horror at some of the

1:53:25 > 1:53:29damage done to our environment in the past. And wonder how anyone

1:53:29 > 1:53:33could have thought of that. For example, dumping toxic chemicals or

1:53:33 > 1:53:38untreated into rivers. How anybody ever thought that was the right

1:53:38 > 1:53:42thing to do. In years to come I think people will be shocked at how

1:53:42 > 1:53:47today we allow so much plastic to be produced needlessly. In the UK

1:53:47 > 1:53:53alone, the amount of single use plastic wasted every year would fill

1:53:53 > 1:53:581000 Royal Albert Halls. This plastic is ingested by dozens of

1:53:58 > 1:54:03species of marine animals, and over 100 species of sea birds, causing

1:54:03 > 1:54:06immense suffering to individual creatures and degrading vital

1:54:06 > 1:54:12habitats. 1 million birds and over 100,000 other sea mammals and

1:54:12 > 1:54:15turtles die every year from eating and getting tangled in plastic

1:54:15 > 1:54:20waste. This truly is one of the great environmental scourges of our

1:54:20 > 1:54:26time. Today I can confirm that the UK will demonstrate global

1:54:26 > 1:54:32leadership. We must reduce the demand for plastic. Reduce the

1:54:32 > 1:54:36number of plastics in circulation. And improve our recycling rates. We

1:54:36 > 1:54:39will take action at every stage of the production and consumption of

1:54:39 > 1:54:44plastic. As it is produced, we will encourage manufacturers to take

1:54:44 > 1:54:48responsibility for the impacts of their products and rationalise the

1:54:48 > 1:54:55number of different plastics they use. We will drive down the amount

1:54:55 > 1:55:00of plastic in circulation through reducing demand. Government will

1:55:00 > 1:55:04lead the way by removing all consumer single use plastic and

1:55:04 > 1:55:07central government offices. And I want to see other large

1:55:07 > 1:55:11organisations committed to doing the same. Supermarkets also need to do

1:55:11 > 1:55:16much more to cut down on unnecessary plastic packaging. So we will work

1:55:16 > 1:55:20with them to explore introducing plastic free aisles were all the

1:55:20 > 1:55:25food is sold loose. And we will make it easier for people to recycle

1:55:25 > 1:55:32their plastics, saw less of it ends up in landfill or water. I want us

1:55:32 > 1:55:37to go a step further. We have seen a powerful example over the last

1:55:37 > 1:55:40couple of years of the difference which a relatively simple policy can

1:55:40 > 1:55:48make for our environment. We started asking shoppers to pay a 5p charge

1:55:48 > 1:55:53for using a plastic bag in 2015. As a direct consequence we have used 9

1:55:53 > 1:55:57billion fewer of them since the charge was introduced. This means

1:55:57 > 1:56:02the marine life around the shores of the UK is safer, our local

1:56:02 > 1:56:04communities are cleaner and fewer plastic bags are ending up in

1:56:04 > 1:56:10landfill sites. This success should inspire us. It shows the difference

1:56:10 > 1:56:14we can make. And it demonstrates that the public is willing to play

1:56:14 > 1:56:20its part to protect the environment. So to help achieve our goal of

1:56:20 > 1:56:24eliminating all avoidable plastic waste, we will extend the 5p charge

1:56:24 > 1:56:29to all retailers to further reduce usage. And next month we will launch

1:56:29 > 1:56:35a call for evidence on taxes and charges on single use plastics. We

1:56:35 > 1:56:38will also use the UK's International influence to drive positive change

1:56:38 > 1:56:44around the world. When we host the Commonwealth Heads of Government

1:56:44 > 1:56:47Meeting in April, we will put the sustainable development of our

1:56:47 > 1:56:52oceans firmly on the agenda. We will work with partners to create a

1:56:52 > 1:56:56Commonwealth blue Charter and pushed her strong action to reduce plastic

1:56:56 > 1:56:59waste in the oceans. And we will direct development spending to help

1:56:59 > 1:57:04developing nations reduce plastic waste, increase our own marine

1:57:04 > 1:57:07protected areas at home and establish new blue belt protections

1:57:07 > 1:57:13in our overseas territories. I want the Britain of the future to be a

1:57:13 > 1:57:18truly global Britain, which is a force for good in the world.

1:57:18 > 1:57:21Steadfast in upholding our values, not least our fierce commitment to

1:57:21 > 1:57:26protecting the natural environment. You can see that commitment in our

1:57:26 > 1:57:32work on climate change. Since 2012, the carbon intensity of UK

1:57:32 > 1:57:36electricity has fallen by more than twice that of any other major

1:57:36 > 1:57:41economy. In 2016, the UK succeeded in decarbonising at a faster rate

1:57:41 > 1:57:47than any other G20 country. And last April, the UK had its first four-day

1:57:47 > 1:57:54-- full-day without any coal-fired electricity since the 1880s. We are

1:57:54 > 1:57:57supporting the world's poorest as they face the effects of rising sea

1:57:57 > 1:58:00waters and the extreme weather events associated with climate

1:58:00 > 1:58:05change. Last month I attended the one planet summit in Paris where I

1:58:05 > 1:58:09announced new support for countries in the Caribbean, Asia and Africa,

1:58:09 > 1:58:11to help them build resilience against natural disasters and

1:58:11 > 1:58:16climate extremes. We will continue to lead the world in delivering on

1:58:16 > 1:58:21our commitments to planet from fulfilling the environmental aspects

1:58:21 > 1:58:27of the UN sustainable environment goals to the Paris agreement. We set

1:58:27 > 1:58:31our commitment to phase out unabated coal-fired electricity by 2025. And

1:58:31 > 1:58:36through the power past coal alliance, which the UK established

1:58:36 > 1:58:41with Canada, we are encouraging other countries to do the same. 26

1:58:41 > 1:58:44nations have already joined the alliance. And I will carry on

1:58:44 > 1:58:51oppressing others to join. We can be proud of our success in facing up to

1:58:51 > 1:58:55the reality of climate change. But as the plan we are publishing today

1:58:55 > 1:58:58demonstrates, we are not complacent about the action needed to sustain

1:58:58 > 1:59:02that success in the future. And we are not complacent about the action

1:59:02 > 1:59:07we need to take your in the UK to improve the quality of the air in

1:59:07 > 1:59:11towns and cities. Since 2010, air quality has improved and will

1:59:11 > 1:59:14continue to improve as a result of the action we are taking, but I know

1:59:14 > 1:59:19there is more to do. That is why we have committed £3.5 billion to

1:59:19 > 1:59:22support measures to improve air quality. We are investing in

1:59:22 > 1:59:27electric vehicle infrastructure and new charging technologies,

1:59:27 > 1:59:31supporting the roll-out of low-carbon bosses and expanding

1:59:31 > 1:59:34cycling and walking infrastructure. In July, we published our plan to

1:59:34 > 1:59:38tackle traffic pollution and we will end the sale of new conventional

1:59:38 > 1:59:44petrol and diesel cars by 2040. In the last budget, we announced a £220

1:59:44 > 1:59:47million clean-air fund, paid for by tax changes to company car tax and

1:59:47 > 1:59:53vehicle excise duty on new diesel cars. This year we will set out how

1:59:53 > 1:59:56government will support the transition to almost all cars and

1:59:56 > 2:00:05vans being zero emission by 2015. -- 2050. The UK will host a summer

2:00:05 > 2:00:09driving innovation towards cleaner transport. I am determined we will

2:00:09 > 2:00:12do what it takes to ensure our air is clean and

2:00:15 > 2:00:24The new year is a time to look ahead, we are making good process on

2:00:24 > 2:00:29discussions with EU withdrawal. We are pursuing a modern industrial

2:00:29 > 2:00:34strategy that will deliver prosperity across the country. We

2:00:34 > 2:00:38are improving standards in schools, investing in the NHS and helping

2:00:38 > 2:00:43more people own their own homes. In that you are 25 environment plan,

2:00:43 > 2:00:48we're setting out how we will protect and renew our natural

2:00:48 > 2:00:53inheritance for the next generation. How we will make our air and water

2:00:53 > 2:00:58clean our habitats more healthy and create a better world for ourselves

2:00:58 > 2:01:02and our children. It is a national plan of action with international

2:01:02 > 2:01:08ambitions. But what it speaks to is something much more personal for

2:01:08 > 2:01:13each of us. That is the impulse to care for and nurture our own

2:01:13 > 2:01:17surroundings. To protect what is vulnerable and precious. To

2:01:17 > 2:01:22safeguard and improve on our inheritance to pass on something of

2:01:22 > 2:01:29significance to those who come after us. It what is Roger Scrutton has