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Hello.

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It's Tuesday, it's 9 o'clock,

I'm Victoria Derbyshire,

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welcome to the programme

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Our top story today -

Police in California have rescued 13

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brothers and sisters from a house,

where some of them were

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chained to their beds.

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Here Alison hits, from 29 22-macro,

just captive.

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Malnourished and filthy, it is

heartbreaking. -- here are some

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kids, from the age of 29 to two.

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Their parents have been arrested

and charged with torture

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and child endangerment.

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We'll bring you the full

story this morning.

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How common are fake degrees? More

than 3000 bogus qualifications were

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bought in Britain alone from one

company in Pakistan.

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Plus this horrific experience does

not define me, I am much more than

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this.

The words of Olympic champion

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gymnast Simone Biles, who has

revealed she was sexually abused by

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the former USA team Doctor Larry

Nassar. We will get reaction from

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the gymnasts. -- from some other

gymnasts.

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Hello.

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Welcome to the programme,

we're live until 11am.

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Throughout the programme we'll bring

you the latest breaking news

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and developing stories.

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In the next 15 minutes we're

going to hear your experiences

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of the NHS during what some

are calling a winter crisis.

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We had so many of you get in touch

last week we wanted to air some

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more of your stories.

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Our top story today...

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Police in California

have rescued 13 brothers

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and sisters from a house,

where some of them

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were chained to beds.

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The alarm was raised on Sunday,

when one girl escaped

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and alerted the authorities.

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Their parents have been arrested

and charged with torture

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and child endangerment.

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Our North America correspondent

James Cook has this report.

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They look like a big, happy family.

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The children a little pale,

perhaps, but smiling.

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Photographs on Facebook show

the Turpins visiting

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Disneyland and in Las Vegas,

as their apparently proud parents

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renewed wedding vows.

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Now David and Louise Turpin

are under arrest, charged

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with torture and child endangerment.

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Their children are in hospital.

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Our staff is used to taking care

of people who are quite ill,

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they are used to compassionate care,

and so we pull out all the stops,

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so to speak, to make sure

that their privacy is dealt with,

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that they get the appropriate care

and that they are treated

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with dignity and respect at a time

when they need it the most.

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The horror on Muir Woods Road

was uncovered early on Sunday

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morning when a 17-year-old girl

escaped with a mobile phone

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and called the police.

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At the home, officers found 12

siblings and were shocked

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to discover that seven were adults -

the oldest, 29.

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The captives were dirty

and malnourished, say police,

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shackled to their beds with chains

and padlocks in dark

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and foul-smelling surroundings.

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As reporters arrived at the quiet

suburb east of Los Angeles,

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neighbours said they were stunned.

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They were the type that

you didn't really get to know

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anything about them.

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They were very to themselves,

in a sense, clan-ish,

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so they only kept to themselves.

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And the only time you would see

them, you would never see anyone

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visit, you would never see anyone

come outside, all you would really

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see is that they would go out

and maybe make a grocery run

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and that was about it.

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There is no hint at all here of

the grim conditions inside his home.

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The questions about what

happened are mounting.

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Not least, how long were

the siblings held captive and why.

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James Cook, BBC News,

Perris, California.

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John Fenoglio is

a news correspondent

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with KTLA-5 in Los Angeles.

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He told me how the alarm was raised.

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Well, this is truly an horrific

child abuse investigation. What we

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know from police is that early

Sunday morning a young girl called

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for help. She said she was being

held captive, along with her 12

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brothers and sisters, and that some

of them had been shackled to their

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beds with padlocks.

Responding officers found what they

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described as a young, emaciated

girl, they believed to be about ten

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years of age, but in fact she was 17

years old.

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She led police back to their home,

and what officers described was a

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hellish scenario.

Children chained to their beds,

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police could not give an adequate

description as to why they were

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chained to their beds. They were

arrested.

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The parents both arrested. The

officers say what they discovered

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with several people chained to their

beds in dark and foul smelling

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conditions.

You say this girl appeared to be ten

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but was in fact 17, she had called

for help. Had she escaped from a

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house?

According to a police

statement she said she was able to

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escape from the house and take a

cell phone with her. That is how she

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called police and led officers to

her home, that is when officers

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discovered the chilling environment.

John Fenoglio. More on that story

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through the morning.

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Reeta is in the BBC

Newsroom with a summary

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of the rest of the day's news.

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Ministers are trying to limit the

damage caused by the collapse of the

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construction services company

Carillion which went into collapse

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yesterday with debts of around £1.5

billion.

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The firm was involved in a large

number of public building projects,

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including HS2, and holds cleaning

and catering contracts for schools,

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hospitals and prisons.

Chris Mason reports.

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One after another, they came

from all corners of government.

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Are taxpayers going to suffer

as a result of this?

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The march of ministers

into the Cabinet Office for a Cobra

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contingency meeting spoke

to the central truth

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of the collapse of Carillion,

the tentacles of this failed

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business reaching to every part

of the public sector,

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in every part of the UK.

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And they now have to work out

what on earth to do next.

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There is no evidence of chaos.

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The government is working hard

across all Whitehall departments

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to ensure the liquidation

of Carillion takes place

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in an orderly manner that does not

disrupt public services.

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When did the government

first realise...

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Labour accused ministers

of shocking negligence.

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A government representative managing

the relationship between Carillion

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and the public sector was rotated

off the company last summer.

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There was no blindspot,

insist the Conservatives.

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Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn,

in a video to supporters on social

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media, said this was a watershed

moment for the outsource-first dogma

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that has fleeced the public.

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The government insisted

what happened with Carillion showed

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a private business shouldering real

risk, and that there

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had been no bailout.

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It is an insight into the vastly

contrasting instincts of the two

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biggest parties about how

so many of our public

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services are delivered.

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The four-time Olympic champion

gymnast Simone Biles has said

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she was sexually abused by the USA

team doctor, Larry Nassar.

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In a tweet, Simone Biles described

herself as one of many survivors -

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but said she had been reluctant

to speak out until now.

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Larry Nassar was jailed last month

for 60 years for possessing images

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of child sexual abuse -

and is awaiting sentence

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for assaulting other athletes.

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An Australian teenager has been

found alive in the wreckage of his

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car after his father made an

intuitive decision to search them in

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a helicopter. 17-year-old Samuel

Lethbridge was trapped for many

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others. After alerting the police,

his father had a helicopter when he

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recalled a similar local car

accident from about five years ago.

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A BBC investigation has found around

3000 bogus qualifications were

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bought in Britain from the company

in Pakistan.

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The radio programme File On 4 has

said

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said that the qualifications

included doctors and nurses and a

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company which trains for helicopter

pilots also bought qualifications

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for some employees.

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MPs say the manufacturer Whirlpool

hasn't done enough to deal

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with defective tumble dryers

which have caused hundreds of fires.

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The Commons Business Committee said

the response to the problem,

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discovered in 2015, had been woeful.

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Our business correspondent,

Emma Simpson reports.

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A flat in a tower block in west

London engulfed in flames.

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The smoke rising more

than ten stories.

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The blaze itself

damaging five floors.

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It started in this property,

and London Fire Brigade believe

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the cause was a faulty tumble dryer

made by Whirlpool.

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It has had a problem with defective

and potentially dangerous

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tumble dryers since 2015,

when it discovered a defect

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which could cause them to set fire.

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Today, MPs described Whirlpool's

attempts to fix things

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are slow and inadequate.

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Their evidence was woeful.

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Since 2004 they admit there have

been 740 fires in homes caused

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by these tumble dryers,

and yet still today, in 2018,

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there are a million of these tumble

dryers in peoples homes.

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They need to take much

stronger action to get those

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out of people's homes.

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Her parliamentary committee has

looked into the safety

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of electrical goods.

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Among its recommendations,

it wants Whirlpool to deal with any

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faulty machines within a fortnight

of being by customers.

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All manufacturers should make risk

assessments available as soon

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as defects are identified.

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Safer materials to replace

plastic-backed fridge

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freezers, which appear

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to be a significant risk.

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And it wants the Government

to actively explore the creation

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of a single national product safety

agency to improve a system

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which the MPs claim is fragmented

and under resourced.

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Whirlpool says it has helped

the vast majority of customers

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who have come forward so far,

and promises it will now serve

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customers' problems with faulty

machines within a week.

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The Government says Britain's

product safety requirements

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are among the highest in the world

and it has already taken steps

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to improve the current regime.

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The controversial claim that the UK

sends £350 million a week to the EU

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has been described as a "gross

underestimate" by the Foreign

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Secretary, Boris Johnson.

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In an interview with the Guardian

newspaper, Mr Johnson said Britain's

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contribution would rise to almost

£440 million by the end of

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the post-Brexit transition period.

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Vote Leave's claim about the UK's

contribution to the EU was hotly

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disputed during the EU referendum.

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The supermarket chain, Iceland,

has said it will eliminate plastic

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from its own brand products

within five years.

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The retailer said plastic

would be replaced with paper

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which could be recycled.

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The move has been welcomed

by environmental campaigners

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and comes amid growing concern over

plastic pollution in

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the world's oceans.

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New footage has emerged of a car

which became embedded in the first

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floor of an office block in

California.

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-- can video from a bus captures the

moment the car crosses its path

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before flying through the air

towards the building -- dashcam

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video.

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That's a summary of the latest BBC

News - more at 9:30am.

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Unbelievable images. Thank you. A

couple of messages from you on the

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NHS, a tweaked pics of my

introduction when I said some people

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are calling it a winter crisis. She

says some, what planet are you on?

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In Bradford, people have been

transported and fire trucks to

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hospital. Marissa says my father is

in hospital, the NHS have been

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fantastic and helping him. Just a

problem the Aussie flu has put the

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hospital in lockdown, we cannot even

visit. Kiss, Kiss. We will speak to

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a British Australian patient in a

moment about his own experiences,

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nothing to do with the Aussie flu,

but his experience of the NHS. We

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have good and not so good

experiences.

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Let's get some sport now with Hugh,

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who can bring us up to date

with the Australian Open -

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and Jo Konta has been enjoying

the heat, hasn't she?

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Not many people would enjoy the heat

she has. She beat American Madison

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Brengle 6-3, 6-1, ten nudging 40

degrees in Melbourne but Konta

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called it a nice, sunny day. She

grew up in Australia. She enjoys the

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heat. She reached the Australian

open semifinals in 2016, the

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quarterfinals last year, both times

losing to eventual champion.

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She is the ninth seed this year,

under her new coach, Michael Joyce,

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she very much enjoyed herself

against Madison Brengle.

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Next up is another American,

Bernarda Pera, who just ranked 123

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in the world. Konta was able to

focus despite a blueberry tobacco on

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a recent shopping trip!

I went to the supermarket to buy

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Drew Brees, I only bought blue

breeze, two permits. I left Umaga

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Benneteau blooper is there. That is

$5 I will not get back, but it is

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more the betrayal of my own mind

that I felt so upset about the

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blueberries, I was so upset.

The first soft fruit fiasco of the

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year!

Heather Watson went down to Yulia

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Putintseva from Kazakhstan but now

leads 5-4 on soma -- on serve in the

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first set.

That is the latest from the women's

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side of the game.

Johanna Konta has just tweeted that

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she has managed to buy two permits

of blueberries and bring them back

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with her.

Novak Djokovic chin action, what is

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this about a stray?

You would think Johanna Konta has

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the resource to get more

blueberries! Djokovic is seeded 14th

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because he missed much of last year

with an elbow injury. He beat Donald

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Young in straight sets in no time at

all this morning. There were reports

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he held a meeting with players

before the tournament to propose

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forming a new union to try to get

more price money and even suggested

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boycotting the Australian Open next

year to get his way.

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The prize money is in the

single-digit percentage rise of the

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overall revenue of each Grand Slam,

although the

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although the figures remain

impressive, between 28 and £36

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million overall to the players. In

Melbourne the singles winners both

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get £2.3 million. But in the NBA, it

is 50% of the overall sport's

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turnover, so the players currently

represented by the ATP, and Djokovic

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is the president of the players

cancel, reported to want a little

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bit more. He wants more of that

money to go to players outside of

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the top 50. Djokovic has responded

to reports this morning following

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his game against Donald Young, he

feels he has been unfairly

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portrayed. He says there has been no

talk of boycotts and that the story

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has been greatly exaggerated. But

with all the talk over the last five

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to ten years about the prospect of

making sure there is equal price

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money between men and women in

tennis, now there seems to be a

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question being floated by Novak

Djokovic at the least that the

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overall money should be distributed

more fairly to all players.

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This morning - how do we get

to grips with the enormous pressure

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the NHS is under this winter

and in years to come?

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Over the past few weeks,

we've seen A&Es over-crowded,

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a lack of beds and queues

of ambulances stacked up outside

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unable to hand over their patients.

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On top of that as the NHS

approaches its 70th birthday -

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it's having to deal with a growing

and ageing population adding more

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pressure to its services.

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After 10am, we're going

to discuss different ways

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the NHS could be funded

from charging for certain

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services to raising taxes to make

entirely different political

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decisions, but first

we want to hear about your

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experiences of the NHS.

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So many of you got in touch last

week to tell us your stories -

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we wanted to try and get a snapshot

of how hospitals

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are coping right now.

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Do get in touch wherever

you are this morning.

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I'm going to introduce you to a

one-year-old who has been sitting

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here so quietly for 15 minutes and

his mum Lucy is here too. Over

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Christmas the baby had a chest

infection and had to wait nine hours

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for a bed and Lucy a member of the

Labour Party. Dr John Robinson is

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with us. His wife is being treated

for sepsis in hospital and is in a

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critical state. Jordan Berry is

here. He sliced the top off his

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finger and needed an operation. Ruth

just had a knee operation postponed.

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Thank you very much for coming on

the programme. Right, can I give him

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an I plad. Does that make no

difference?

It might help.

That

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tells you about my parenting!

What's that?

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Thank you so much for coming on.

Thank you. John, how is Mavis?

She

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is more stable than she was. She has

been through a traumatic time with

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sepsis which turned into pneumonia

and she got a blood clot in her

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right arm, but as we speak, the

infection is coming under some sort

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of control, but it there has been

setbacks with that and the blood

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clot drugs have been given so

hopefully that will disperse the

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blood clot in the right arm.

You

feel that her condition has been

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exacerbated by the way her case has

been dealt with. Let's begin with

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the arrival of the ambulance on 2nd

January. How long did it take?

Well,

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the doctor came to visit at 12

o'clock. She booked the ambulance

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for two having seen some other

important patients she had to see.

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The ambulance never came until nine

o'clock so we waited seven hours and

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that was despite ringing up on

several occasions to be told after

0:19:120:19:16

four hours, you know, it should be

there. You should be getting near

0:19:160:19:20

the top of the list. In fact, there

is no list. Other people come up,

0:19:200:19:24

you just drop down.

And when she was

taken to hospital, did she get a

0:19:240:19:27

bed?

Well, she didn't. We were

assured by the GP that she would

0:19:270:19:31

have a bed waiting for her, that

just didn't materialise at all.

When

0:19:310:19:35

did she get a bed?

She got a bed at

four o'clock the next day, so that

0:19:350:19:40

was after 18 hours in A&E.

Right.

Now, could you see that staff were

0:19:400:19:44

overstretched at that time?

I think

so, yeah. They were absolutely

0:19:440:19:49

flooded with patients in the major

incident unit. And the normal A&E

0:19:490:19:55

was seething. There was hundreds of

people in there.

Hill loining

0:19:550:19:59

don't's Hospital NHS Trust told us,

"All our staff are working flat-out

0:19:590:20:03

to minimise the time patients wait

to be seen. The unprecedented demand

0:20:030:20:09

we have experienced in recent weeks

left us operating at our full bed

0:20:090:20:13

capacity resulting in delays to

admissions and we deeply regret that

0:20:130:20:17

patients are having to wait." Do you

accept that?

Well, I accept that it

0:20:170:20:21

is not down, you know, the hospital

is just overload. There have been so

0:20:210:20:27

many cuts, having spoken to various

people in general practice, there

0:20:270:20:31

have been cuts across the whole

service, the bed-blocking that's

0:20:310:20:34

taking place because the people

cannot come out of the wards, where

0:20:340:20:38

my wife has been admitted to,

because...

It is really interesting

0:20:380:20:41

you say that because as you know,

NHS budgets in England have been

0:20:410:20:47

ring-fenced since 2010, but there

has been cuts to social care which

0:20:470:20:50

is elderly people in particular

going back into the community, £6

0:20:500:20:53

billion worth of cuts in that area

and it is interesting that you say

0:20:530:20:57

they were telling you it is because

of that bed-blocking that it is

0:20:570:21:01

really exacerbating the problem?

Yes. Yes. We are in the situation

0:21:010:21:04

where I can see in the ward that my

wife is in, with 60 people, they are

0:21:040:21:10

aged people. They are clearly going

to have a hell of a job releasing

0:21:100:21:14

the beds. When my wife went to A&E

that day, there were 20 beds, people

0:21:140:21:21

waiting for 20 beds were required

and some people waited up to 22

0:21:210:21:24

hours.

Gosh.

For a bed.

OK. Let me

bring in Jordan. Hi.

Hi.

We can see

0:21:240:21:29

you hurt your finger. It was more

than that, you actually sliced the

0:21:290:21:33

top of it, because you dropped a 34

kilogramme dumbbell on it Ouch.

It

0:21:330:21:40

hurt a lot.

You went to hospital in

a cab because you waited over an

0:21:400:21:47

hour for an ambulance?

Around about

an hour. It was a busy festive

0:21:470:21:51

period and you know I knew I could

make my way myself to the hospital.

0:21:510:21:55

So...

When you got there, how were

you treated?

I was treated

0:21:550:22:00

fantastically, as soon as I got

there, I could see it was brimming

0:22:000:22:04

with people. Being the festive

period, but they could see that I

0:22:040:22:08

was in acute, severe pain and they

brought me into a ward straightaway,

0:22:080:22:12

got me the great care that I needed.

I had three staff there in with me,

0:22:120:22:18

caring for me, and I thought that

they were very amicable and very

0:22:180:22:22

understanding, very caring.

Ultimately a really positive

0:22:220:22:27

experience

Oh yeah, world-class

experience. Very, very happy with

0:22:270:22:30

it.

Do you think that when people

are critical or feel that the NHS

0:22:300:22:37

deserves some criticism or the

system or whatever bit of the NHS

0:22:370:22:42

they want to criticise, they

shouldn't voice that?

I think that

0:22:420:22:46

it is OK to voice their experiences.

However, I think that it's very good

0:22:460:22:51

to have, you know, a bird's eye view

on things. I think that it's a bit

0:22:510:22:56

too much kind of generalise and

state that the NHS is in a crisis

0:22:560:23:01

because if you look recently like,

you know, with the high waits for

0:23:010:23:07

ambulance and ambulances because

there has been the uncertainty

0:23:070:23:11

thrown up over Brexit, you know,

with EU employees leaving the

0:23:110:23:17

Ambulance Service. Until all of that

is resolved, will we get raet

0:23:170:23:25

concrete answers on the Ambulance

Service. So I think it is important

0:23:250:23:27

to wait until that's all resolved

and not only that, we've had the flu

0:23:270:23:33

crisis as well with the Australian

flu coming on as well and because it

0:23:330:23:38

is winter and there is going to be a

higher amount of people within the

0:23:380:23:41

hospital, we need to take that into

view as to why that would increase

0:23:410:23:44

the amount of people in hospitals at

this current time.

0:23:440:23:51

Lucy, Remis was admitted a week

before Christmas. How was he treated

0:23:510:23:54

and cared for?

The treatment was

amazing. It was just the wait time

0:23:540:23:58

for him to get a bed that was really

difficult because we were receiving

0:23:580:24:01

treatment in the waiting room prior

to getting the bed, but I couldn't

0:24:010:24:05

fault the staff at all. You could

see the strain they were under.

How

0:24:050:24:08

long did it take?

We got admitted to

hospital, well we got referred by

0:24:080:24:13

the GP, we got to hospital at two

o'clock and we didn't get a bed

0:24:130:24:17

until about half past nine at night

and throughout that time he was

0:24:170:24:21

receiving treatment in the waiting

room in, in a public waiting room.

0:24:210:24:25

Where there other patients being

treated in the waiting room at the

0:24:250:24:28

same time?

Assessments, to see if

they were going to be admitted or to

0:24:280:24:32

go home. Yeah, lots of other

patients.

Clearly, you saw staff

0:24:320:24:36

under pressure.

Yeah.

Did you ever

feel it affected the way they did

0:24:360:24:40

their job?

No, I think they remained

professional throughout. There is no

0:24:400:24:44

doubt in my mind.

How is he now?

He's so much better now. He's poorly

0:24:440:24:50

on and off since September, but with

new medication that he has had, well

0:24:500:24:54

you can see he is fine now.

And your

hospital in Cornwall say they are

0:24:540:25:02

sorry for any delay and subsequent

admissions to a hospital ward, our

0:25:020:25:06

staff have been making heroic

efforts to meet the demand for our

0:25:060:25:10

services and to provide good, safe

care. Let me bring in Ruth who is in

0:25:100:25:16

Staffordshire, hello Ruth, you run a

printing business and you have

0:25:160:25:23

Rheumatoid Arthritis, you have had

it since you were a child and you

0:25:230:25:26

were due to have a knee operation

and what happened to the operation?

0:25:260:25:28

Well, it was cancelled just

yesterday morning actually. I had

0:25:280:25:31

assumed when I heard the news about

January operations being cancelled

0:25:310:25:34

that maybe, you know, I would be one

of them, but I didn't hear, you know

0:25:340:25:38

from the hospital until yesterday.

And the operation, I think, was due

0:25:380:25:42

Thursday, wasn't it?

Yes.

So news of

the cancellation, what impact does

0:25:420:25:46

that have on you and you trying to

go about your daily life, which

0:25:460:25:50

involves two children and running

your own business?

Well, it is

0:25:500:25:54

difficult for me because partly I

have to come off some of my

0:25:540:25:58

medicines in order to be able to

have the operation because I have an

0:25:580:26:03

over active immune system, I have to

be on immune suppressing drugs and

0:26:030:26:06

some have to be stopped for weeks

before the operation. So I put

0:26:060:26:09

myself into quite a flair up of the

disease by coming off the meds. So

0:26:090:26:16

it's and also have lined up a lot of

help and support for me whilst I was

0:26:160:26:20

in hospital to look after my

children and pick them up from

0:26:200:26:24

school and look after my dog and all

that sort of thing. Yeah, it is

0:26:240:26:29

disruptive, but it is disappointing.

The hospital says they would like to

0:26:290:26:37

alpoll jaous, but say that all

operations will resume at the

0:26:370:26:41

beginning of February which...

I

mean I just want to say, I don't

0:26:410:26:45

think it is the hospital's fault at

all. They made this clear they were

0:26:450:26:50

under orders and they were following

the orders that they had been given.

0:26:500:26:54

So, you know, the surgeon and the

nurses have been wonderful to me

0:26:540:26:57

there.

I'm going to try and read

some messages.

0:26:570:27:06

You can have a look as well Remis.

There are various experiences. Now

0:27:060:27:14

it has frozen.

I'm sorry.

It is not

your fault. The computer says no. I

0:27:140:27:20

will read them later.

Thank you very much all of tu for

0:27:200:27:23

coming on the programme. Thank you,

Remis. Thank you very much.

0:27:230:27:36

Remis. Thank you very much. After

10am, we are going to talk about

0:27:360:27:38

different funding suggestions for

the NHS. We heard from a

0:27:380:27:42

Conservative MP that might include

re-branding and redirecting national

0:27:420:27:46

insurance so it becomes national

health insurance. It might be down

0:27:460:27:51

to different political decisions. It

might be about charging for certain

0:27:510:27:54

services. If you have views on that,

if you have proposals, suggestions,

0:27:540:27:59

let me know because we're going to

talk about other solutions after

0:27:590:28:03

10am when it comes to the funding

crisis.

0:28:030:28:08

An alleged victim

of the football coach

0:28:080:28:11

Barry Bennell has told a court

that he was repeatedly abused

0:28:110:28:13

on visits to Butlins in North Wales

and on trips to Spain.

0:28:130:28:16

Our reporter Jon Donnison has

been following the trial

0:28:160:28:18

at Liverpool Crown Court.

0:28:180:28:23

Fill us in John from yesterday.

This

is the trial of 64-year-old Barry

0:28:230:28:27

Bennell. He is known as Richard

Jones. We've got pictures of him,

0:28:270:28:33

drawings appearing in Liverpool

Crown Court by videolink because of

0:28:330:28:36

ill-health yesterday. The court

heard from an alleged victim who

0:28:360:28:40

said he was abused after being

spotted playing for alschool

0:28:400:28:44

football team. Mr Bennell denies

four counts of bug Riaz the offence

0:28:440:28:49

was then called against this man who

would have been a teenager at the

0:28:490:28:53

time of the alleged abuse.

Yesterday, the man gave evidence

0:28:530:28:57

anonymously from behind a screen. He

was asked about the final time he

0:28:570:29:02

was allegedly abused. He said he

felt the lowest I have ever felt in

0:29:020:29:06

my life. I was a biggish, strongish

14-year-old lad and I felt like I

0:29:060:29:12

had been raped.

And there were allegations Barry

0:29:120:29:15

Bennell then contact that had player

years later?

Yes, this was in Twinl.

0:29:150:29:21

He says Mr Bennell sent him a

Facebook message or he believes he

0:29:210:29:25

did, although using an account under

a different name. He TVed that the

0:29:250:29:31

message said, "Good to see you have

a family and are enjoying life. I

0:29:310:29:35

got cancer a while back and it left

me in a mess. Pay back I hear you're

0:29:350:29:40

saying, well, I understand that if

you could find time, could you drop

0:29:400:29:44

me a line saying how your life is

going?" The complainant said he

0:29:440:29:48

didn't reply to that message of the

he was then asked under

0:29:480:29:52

cross-examination about £2,000 in

compensation, he was awarded after

0:29:520:29:56

Mr Bennell pleaded guilty to

offences in 1998. Asked if he felt

0:29:560:30:03

aggrieved about that amount, he said

I have felt aggrieved for years.

0:30:030:30:09

£2,000, it makes no difference. The

court heard the same man-made a

0:30:090:30:14

statement in 1994 in which he

accused Mr Bennell of attempted

0:30:140:30:19

buggery. He was asked why he did not

allege the more serious offence of

0:30:190:30:25

buggery, he said, "I wasn't strong

enough and I wasn't brave enough."

0:30:250:30:28

Mr Bennell is on trial for a total

of 48 charges against 11 boys and he

0:30:280:30:33

denies the charges and the trial

continues.

Thank you very much,

0:30:330:30:37

John, we will bring you up-to-date

with the trial every morning at

0:30:370:30:41

around this time on this programme.

0:30:410:30:44

Still to come...

0:30:440:30:45

A BBC investigation has found

a multi million pound diploma mill

0:30:450:30:48

in Pakistan which is

churning out fake degrees.

0:30:480:30:50

UK nations are buying them

up in their thousands,

0:30:500:30:52

We speak to someone whose job

0:30:520:30:54

is to check if degrees

are genuine or not.

0:30:540:30:57

-- UK nationals are buying them up

in their thousands.

0:30:570:31:00

Four times Olympic champion -

Simone Biles has revealed

0:31:000:31:02

that she was sexually abused

by Larry Nassar the gymnastics

0:31:020:31:04

doctor for Team USA.

0:31:040:31:05

We'll be talking to a former gymnast

later in the programme.

0:31:050:31:13

Time for the latest news.

0:31:170:31:19

Here's Reeta.

0:31:190:31:20

Thirteen brothers and sisters

between the ages of two

0:31:200:31:22

and 29 have been discovered

in a malnourished and dirty state

0:31:220:31:25

at their home in California.

0:31:250:31:26

Their parents have been

charged with torture

0:31:260:31:28

and child endangerment.

0:31:280:31:30

Some of the children had been

chained to their beds.

0:31:300:31:33

The alarm was raised on Sunday,

when one girl escaped

0:31:330:31:35

and alerted the authorities.

0:31:350:31:39

The four-time Olympic champion

gymnast Simone Biles

0:31:390:31:40

has said she was sexually abused

by the USA team

0:31:400:31:43

doctor, Larry Nassar.

0:31:430:31:46

In a tweet, Simone Biles

described herself

0:31:460:31:48

as one of many survivors -

but said she had been reluctant

0:31:480:31:51

to speak out until now.

0:31:510:31:54

Larry Nassar was jailed last month

for 60-years for possessing images

0:31:540:31:56

of child sexual abuse -

and is awaiting sentence

0:31:560:31:59

for assaulting other athletes.

0:31:590:32:03

The future of some major

construction projects and hundreds

0:32:030:32:05

of public service contracts hang

in the balance this

0:32:050:32:08

morning after the

collapse of Carillion.

0:32:080:32:14

Britain's second largest

construction firm -

0:32:140:32:16

which also holds cleaning

0:32:160:32:17

and catering contracts for schools,

hospitals and prisons -

0:32:170:32:19

went into liquidation yesterday

with debts of around

0:32:190:32:21

£1.5 billion.

0:32:210:32:26

MPs say the manufacturer Whirlpool

hasn't done enough to deal

0:32:260:32:29

with defective tumble dryers

which have caused hundreds of fires.

0:32:290:32:31

The Commons Business Committee said

the response to the problem,

0:32:310:32:33

discovered in 2015, had been woeful.

0:32:330:32:36

It also said that it was

"unacceptable" that more

0:32:360:32:38

than one million potentially

dangerous dryers were still being

0:32:380:32:40

used in people's homes.

0:32:400:32:42

The company insists its repair

campaign has been successful.

0:32:420:32:49

That's a summary of

the latest BBC News.

0:32:490:32:57

News just in, the latest inflation

figures, the rate of Consumer Prices

0:32:570:33:02

Index inflation fell to 3% in

December, from 3.1% in November.

0:33:020:33:08

That just in from the Office of

National Statistics, inflation has

0:33:080:33:12

fallen slightly from 3% of... Sorry,

from 3.1% in November to 3% in

0:33:120:33:17

December.

I now have some of your comments

0:33:170:33:23

about the situation in the NHS. Lots

of you say there are times in many

0:33:230:33:28

people in A&E that only to be there.

Hallett says I have been to St

0:33:280:33:33

George's Hospital in tooting, that

A&E twice in the last three months.

0:33:330:33:38

I was triage, blood tested and

scanned within 2.25 hours. I got the

0:33:380:33:42

impression that half the patients

there did not need to be there.

0:33:420:33:45

Katy Dunne to it as it is time the

many goods A&E because they can't

0:33:450:33:50

get GP appointments.

James says granddaughter broke her

0:33:500:33:53

arm over Christmas. She got fast and

first class treatment from the

0:33:530:33:56

hospital.

But whilst on the waiting area a man

0:33:560:33:59

and his partner were swearing at

staff because others were seen

0:33:590:34:03

before him.

He was boasting how he had beaten a

0:34:030:34:05

guide the night before and had cuts

to his knuckles as a result.

0:34:050:34:09

Most people would have sold their

hands and anti-septic and

0:34:090:34:11

anti-septic address this at home.

Some doctors have got in touch.

0:34:110:34:17

Aussie flu is causing havoc with

primary care services in hospital

0:34:170:34:21

attendances, says Doctor Singh. It

is not too later the flu jab, we're

0:34:210:34:26

running special flu vaccination

clinics, please remind people.

0:34:260:34:30

Dan says I am a doctor in the NHS,

please correct anyone who says it is

0:34:300:34:34

free. It is not. The paper it

through taxation, which is the most

0:34:340:34:39

efficient way of funding health

care.

0:34:390:34:41

The problem is not how we are

funding the NHS, but how much we

0:34:410:34:45

have cut, 14,000 beds in 2010.

We will talk about different ways of

0:34:450:34:50

funding the NHS in a sustainable

way, that is the issue. After 10am,

0:34:500:34:55

your proposals are very welcome.

0:34:550:34:56

Now the sport.

0:34:560:34:57

Johanna Konta is through to the

second round of the Australian Open.

0:34:570:35:00

She's the ninth seed in Melbourne

this year and beat Madison Brengle

0:35:000:35:03

in straight sets in temperatures

approaching 40 degrees.

0:35:030:35:11

She had no problems with that,

having grown up in Australia.

0:35:130:35:16

A similar story for Novak Djokovic.

0:35:160:35:17

He had an easy win

over Donald Young.

0:35:170:35:19

Djokovic is only seeded 14th

in Melbourne after missing

0:35:190:35:22

the second half of last year

with an elbow injury.

0:35:220:35:24

Manchester United have reduced

Manchester City's lead at the top

0:35:240:35:26

of the Premier League to 12 points

after beating Stoke last night.

0:35:260:35:31

They won 3-0 at Old Trafford

with new Stoke boss Paul Lambert

0:35:310:35:34

watching from the stands.

0:35:340:35:37

Anthony Martial micro-2-macro others

scored. -- Anthony Martial and two

0:35:370:35:44

others scored.

0:35:440:35:45

United could have a major signing

in the next few days too.

0:35:450:35:48

Manchester City have ended

their interest in Alexis Sanchez.

0:35:480:35:50

So United and now we understand

Chelsea too are battling to sign

0:35:500:35:53

the Chilean from Arsenal.

0:35:530:35:59

Much more coming up just after 10am.

0:35:590:36:01

Thousands of UK nationals

have bought fake degrees

0:36:010:36:03

from a multi-million pound "diploma

mill" in Pakistan, a BBC

0:36:030:36:06

investigation has found.

0:36:060:36:11

Buyers include NHS consultants,

nurses and a large

0:36:110:36:13

defence contractor.

0:36:130:36:14

One British buyer spent almost

£500,000 on bogus documents.

0:36:140:36:21

The claims are being made

in BBC Radio 4's File

0:36:210:36:24

on four programme -

reporter Simon Cox can tell us more.

0:36:240:36:30

Tell us what you have discovered.

3000 fake degrees had been bought by

0:36:300:36:37

people in Britain. They came from a

company called Exact, based in

0:36:370:36:42

Pakistan. They are not just fluffing

up people see these, they are

0:36:420:36:46

doctors working in the NHS, nurses,

lawyers, psychologists. The

0:36:460:36:50

interesting thing is knowing did

they use them to get their job? They

0:36:500:36:55

are lots of their professional

profiles, if they use them to get

0:36:550:36:59

their job they could be breaking the

law and they could be prosecuted for

0:36:590:37:02

fraud.

You manage to buy one?

I went

0:37:020:37:07

online, there are hundreds of these.

They look pretty legitimate when you

0:37:070:37:10

at them, they tend to claim they are

US universities. You go online, I

0:37:100:37:19

was going for a degree in business

management, which I know nothing

0:37:190:37:23

about and in ten minutes I could

have bought it for 2500. I could

0:37:230:37:28

have got a Masters or PhD if I

wanted. They even show you what the

0:37:280:37:32

degree would look like when they

send it to you.

I have a load

0:37:320:37:36

printed out. This is Williamsburg

University, I don't know if you can

0:37:360:37:40

see. The Board of Trustees,

accordance with the recommendation

0:37:400:37:45

of the faculty coming confers upon,

insert your own name, the degree,

0:37:450:37:50

bachelor of laws, upper second

class. I'm a bit of rubbishy paper

0:37:500:37:54

with the rubbish printed it does not

look amazing, but you could make it

0:37:540:37:58

look amazing. -- on a bit of

rubbishy paper.

They will send you

0:37:580:38:03

extra courses, they will show you

the courses you are meant to have

0:38:030:38:07

taken. They were very blatant about

it.

0:38:070:38:13

it. Some people got back in touch

and said you are not a university,

0:38:140:38:17

you do not exist, and they tried to

bluff it. They said they were in

0:38:170:38:22

America, one said Washington, the

other California. Even when you

0:38:220:38:26

confront them they try to maintain

this fiction that they are a real

0:38:260:38:31

university.

One company, having sold

a fraudulent degree, tried to

0:38:310:38:38

blackmail the buyer of

aforementioned fake degree?

This

0:38:380:38:44

company, Exact, sold over 200,000 of

these globally. They thought they

0:38:440:38:48

had a great database of people who

they thought they could blackmail.

0:38:480:38:52

They did this with lots of people.

We looked at one case of a guy

0:38:520:38:57

called Cecil Horner who works in

Saudi Arabia for 20 years, died in

0:38:570:39:02

2015, we spoke to his son Malcolm.

He was going to his De Plus my

0:39:020:39:07

papers, found his dad had bought

some fake degrees but also he had

0:39:070:39:10

been blackmailed -- he went through

his dad plus my papers.

0:39:100:39:18

It became clear it was just

acquiring qualifications, it was

0:39:180:39:22

then chasing him up, having done

that, to essentially blackmail him,

0:39:220:39:31

saying you have got degrees that are

not official, we will report you to

0:39:310:39:35

the Foreign Office, they will kick

you out of the country, you will

0:39:350:39:38

lose your job, you are not qualified

to your job. And that... And that

0:39:380:39:45

clearly gotten scared and very wound

up.

0:39:450:39:50

What is interesting about his case,

he is the person that you mention,

0:39:500:39:54

almost £500,000. One person per

payment, then he paid almost

0:39:540:40:00

£500,000 to this company or the four

years. -- a £1000 payment, then he

0:40:000:40:06

paid almost £500,000 to this

company.

And that programme is on at

0:40:060:40:10

APM tonight. -- at 8pm.

0:40:100:40:15

We can speak now to Jayne Rowley,

who is from Higher Education

0:40:150:40:17

Degree Datacheck -

the UK organisation which checks

0:40:170:40:19

whether degrees are valid or not.

0:40:190:40:21

And to David d'Souza

from the Chartered Institute

0:40:210:40:23

of Personnel and Development,

which is the professional body

0:40:230:40:25

for people working in HR

for employers across the UK.

0:40:250:40:27

Thank you both for joining us.

Jayne, how do you react to what

0:40:270:40:32

Simon Cox has discovered?

I am not

shocked at all. We have been aware

0:40:320:40:36

of the problem for quite some time.

I am saddened that people are being

0:40:360:40:43

blackmailed, there are innocent

victims, but it stems from the fact

0:40:430:40:45

that employees do not make proper

checks, so people can get away with

0:40:450:40:50

fake certificates, fake universities

thrive.

0:40:500:40:53

Let me bring in David, from the

chartered Institute of personnel and

0:40:530:40:57

development. Employers do not make

proper checks?

Large-scale employers

0:40:570:41:02

like the NHS make proper checks.

Tend to

I cannot vouch for every

0:41:020:41:08

employer but I think the NHS will

make scrupulous checks. There

0:41:080:41:18

make scrupulous checks. There is a

difference between employers

0:41:180:41:19

expressing a preference for a degree

and not checking, and professions

0:41:190:41:21

that really require professional

qualifications. They will be

0:41:210:41:23

thoroughly checked.

In terms of your

organisation, Jayne, how do you help

0:41:230:41:29

employers spot potential fake

qualifications on job applications?

0:41:290:41:33

Sometimes it is very difficult. You

can look out for use of language,

0:41:330:41:37

spelling and grammar, but the only

certain way to Chequers to contact

0:41:370:41:42

the universities directly, they have

the qualifications in their

0:41:420:41:45

database. That can be done quickly

easily directly with the

0:41:450:41:52

universities, or through Head. Some

of the fake certificates look really

0:41:520:41:55

good and lots of employers are

fools.

What is your advice? About

--

0:41:550:42:04

lots of employers are fooled.

They

need to check qualifications, and

0:42:040:42:09

throughout the interview process

they need to check they are doing

0:42:090:42:12

things the relief. It should never

be a surprise that somebody does not

0:42:120:42:16

have a qualification. They could

really scrutinise whether people

0:42:160:42:19

actually needs a degree to do the

job. One of the things we are

0:42:190:42:23

proliferating in the UK is that

people put down we would like people

0:42:230:42:25

to have a degree as a preference,

which makes it harder for people to

0:42:250:42:30

move and encourages people to go to

fake universities.

Does it? Why?

0:42:300:42:35

Just because an employer requires

something does not mean you have to

0:42:350:42:40

life.

But if your job does not

require degree standard

0:42:400:42:44

qualifications and you put it

anyway, it is frustrating to

0:42:440:42:47

candidates to feel locked out of an

opportunity that they have the

0:42:470:42:51

experience to deliver, they might

have an apprenticeship in or a

0:42:510:42:54

suitable background.

So do you have some sympathy with

0:42:540:42:58

applicants who buy fake degrees

because a job description requires

0:42:580:43:01

that?

I don't think I have sympathy,

you should never lie in those

0:43:010:43:06

circumstances, but it is a tough

economy and employers are not

0:43:060:43:09

thinking about how they can be more

inclusive. It invites people to take

0:43:090:43:14

short cuts.

Is that a fair point,

Jayne, people are encouraged to take

0:43:140:43:18

short cuts because employers do not

think very hard about whether a job

0:43:180:43:25

requires a degree?

It can be

difficult when people feel they have

0:43:250:43:28

the skills, but at the point which

you put something down on a CV or

0:43:280:43:32

job application which is not true,

an employer has to question himself

0:43:320:43:36

about that person's integrity. Do

you want somebody in your

0:43:360:43:41

organisation who has lied to get in?

Employers need to think about the

0:43:410:43:45

skill sets required and the

qualifications, but applicants

0:43:450:43:49

should not lie about.

Thank you, Jayne and David.

0:43:490:43:58

File on 4: Degrees

of Deception is on BBC

0:43:590:44:01

Radio 4 tonight at 8pm

0:44:010:44:05

Cunningham, the TUC is calling on

the Government to come up with a

0:44:050:44:08

task force the collapse of

Carillion. -- coming up, the TUC is.

0:44:080:44:20

Four-time Olympic champion

Simone Biles says she was sexually

0:44:200:44:22

abused by former Team USA gymnastics

sports doctor Larry Nassar.

0:44:220:44:27

Many of you will remember

Simone Biles from the Rio Olympics -

0:44:270:44:32

she wowed everyone with her amazing

performances and was dubbed

0:44:320:44:35

"untouchable" and the "greatest

gymnast anyone had ever seen".

0:44:350:44:37

Now in an emotional statement

she says that she too was one

0:44:370:44:40

of those abused by Nassar

but that she would not let him

0:44:400:44:43

steal her "love" and joy".

0:44:430:44:44

Nassar was jailed for 60 years

for possessing child sex

0:44:440:44:46

abuse images and has also

admitted assaulting gymnasts.

0:44:460:44:52

This is Simone Biles'

full statement:

0:44:520:44:59

Most of you know me as a happy,

giggly and energetic girl, but

0:45:000:45:05

lately I have felt a bit broken, and

the more I try to shut off the voice

0:45:050:45:09

in my head, the loaded screens. I am

not afraid to tell my story any

0:45:090:45:14

more.

I too and one of the many survivors

0:45:140:45:18

is that was sexually abuse by Larry

Nassar. Please believe me when I say

0:45:180:45:23

it was a lot harder to first speak

those words out loud than it is now

0:45:230:45:27

to put them on paper. There are many

reasons that I have been reluctant

0:45:270:45:31

to share my story, but I now know it

is not my fault. It is not normal to

0:45:310:45:39

receive any type of treatment from a

trusted team physician and refer to

0:45:390:45:43

it horrifyingly as the special

treatment. This behaviour is

0:45:430:45:50

completely unacceptable, disgusting

and abusive. Especially coming from

0:45:500:45:54

someone whom I was told to trust.

For too long I have asked myself,

0:45:540:46:00

was I too naive, wasn't my fault? I

now know the answer to those

0:46:000:46:06

questions. No. No, it was not my

fault. No, I will not and should not

0:46:060:46:12

carry the guilt belongs to Larry

Nassar, USA G and others. It is

0:46:120:46:17

impossible for me... It is

impossibly difficult to relive these

0:46:170:46:25

experience and it breaks my heart

more to think that as I worked

0:46:250:46:28

towards my G Mosse working towards

Tokyo 2020, I will have to return to

0:46:280:46:33

the same training of facility where

it abused.

0:46:330:46:36

After hearing the break stories of

my friends and other survivors, I

0:46:360:46:40

know that this horrific experience

does not define me. I am much more

0:46:400:46:45

than this. I am unique, smart,

talented, motivated and passionate.

0:46:450:46:52

I have promised myself that my story

will be much greater than this, and

0:46:520:46:56

I promise all of you that I will

never give up. I will compete with

0:46:560:47:00

all of my heart and soul every time

I step into the gym. I love this

0:47:000:47:06

board too much and I have never been

a quitter. I won't let one man and

0:47:060:47:11

the others that enabled him to steal

my love and joy. We need to know why

0:47:110:47:18

this was able to take place for so

long and to so many of us. We need

0:47:180:47:23

to make sure something like this

never happens again. As I continue

0:47:230:47:28

to work through the pain, I kindly

ask everyone to respect my privacy.

0:47:280:47:34

This is a process, and one that I

need more time to work through.

0:47:340:47:38

Kiss, hug, Simone Biles.

0:47:380:47:41

Larry Nassar was involved

with the US gymnastics programme

0:47:420:47:46

from the 1980s until July 2015,

when the sport's national

0:47:460:47:48

governing body sacked him.

0:47:480:47:49

As well as Simone Biles,

three other former US

0:47:490:47:54

Olympians have accused him

of sexual abuse under the guise

0:47:540:47:57

of medical treatment,

and more than 130 women have

0:47:570:48:01

filed civil lawsuits

against him alleging abuse.

0:48:010:48:05

One of those Olympic gymnasts

is Aly Raisman, who spoke

0:48:050:48:07

about the abuse to American TV.

0:48:070:48:11

Why are we looking at why didn't the

girls speak up? Why not look at what

0:48:110:48:15

about the culture? What did US

gymnastics do and Larry Nassar do to

0:48:150:48:21

manipulate these girls so much that

they are so afraid to speak up?

0:48:210:48:24

You're angry?

I am angry. I'm really

upset because it has been, I dare a

0:48:240:48:29

lot, you know, when I see these

young girls that come up to me and

0:48:290:48:33

they ask for pictures or autographs

or whatever it is, every time I look

0:48:330:48:38

at them, every time I see them

smiling, I just think, I just want

0:48:380:48:42

to create change so that they never

ever have to go that.

0:48:420:48:48

We can speak now to Craig Heap -

a former Commonwealth Games Gold

0:48:480:48:51

medal winning gymnast,

who also went to Sydney Olympics

0:48:510:48:53

and has gone on to

coach and commentate.

0:48:530:48:55

He's also just about

to set up own gym.

0:48:550:48:57

And to Martha Kelner,

a journalist, who's investigated

0:48:570:49:02

a British gymnastics coach over

claims of child neglect and physical

0:49:020:49:04

and emotional abuse.

0:49:040:49:07

Thank you for talking to us. Craig

Heap, how do you react to what

0:49:070:49:12

Simone Biles has told the world?

Well, I've just listened to the

0:49:120:49:16

statement again and I just feel

physically sick to believe that, you

0:49:160:49:20

know, something like this system of

abuse has gone on for so long and no

0:49:200:49:26

action has been taken and it does,

it sends a shiver down your spine. I

0:49:260:49:31

certainly think in about the new

business I'm going into, hopefully

0:49:310:49:35

set up a new gymnastic academy, it

is a beautiful sport which has been

0:49:350:49:40

tarnished by the actions, not only

by Larry Nassar, but it seems like a

0:49:400:49:45

host of people that have covered it

up and it's a time now where action

0:49:450:49:50

needs to be taken. There is

questions that need to be answered

0:49:500:49:55

and people need to be punished for

what's gone on.

Yes. Martha, Craig

0:49:550:50:02

says that it seems other people have

covered it up and from Simone Biles'

0:50:020:50:06

statement she said she was told to

trust this man. I mean, that is just

0:50:060:50:10

shocking, isn't it?

I think that's

what makes this case so serious and

0:50:100:50:17

so horrifying really. It's the abuse

of that power. It's a man who these

0:50:170:50:22

young women put their trust in and

he, you know, he took advantage of

0:50:220:50:27

that in the worst possible way and I

think you can really hear the anger

0:50:270:50:32

both in Simone Biles written

statement, but also Ali Raisman, she

0:50:320:50:39

is seething. It is quite clear she

is very angry at the treatment that

0:50:390:50:45

she received from USA gymnastics and

there probably has to be a look at

0:50:450:50:49

the whistle-blowing and the

procedures within that organisation

0:50:490:50:52

because those young women felt like

they couldn't speak up.

I wonder if

0:50:520:50:58

it is something unique to gymnastics

in this respect in that you can

0:50:580:51:04

reach an elite level at such a young

age in gymnastics, can't you?

It is

0:51:040:51:08

an early specialised sport and

that's one of the problems is

0:51:080:51:11

because you have young people

involved in physical activity, and

0:51:110:51:16

unfortunately the world we live in,

this area is where these people will

0:51:160:51:21

target groups to get involved. I

think the biggest shock to me is

0:51:210:51:25

that this guy has been involved

since the 1980s. The gymnasts have

0:51:250:51:31

felt that they can't speak out.

There has been maybe some sort of

0:51:310:51:36

cover-up. And at what point do you

go that's acceptable, enough is

0:51:360:51:43

enough.

0:51:430:51:49

enough. They have had success and

maybe in the past, the gymnasts have

0:51:490:51:53

said to the coaches, "I'm not happy

about this sort of treatment." Maybe

0:51:530:51:57

the coaches have said, "Well, you

know, some of these things, you just

0:51:570:52:01

have to put up with because of the

coaches desire to be successful. I

0:52:010:52:08

think the whole system really needs

looking at and the coaches of these

0:52:080:52:13

gymnasts, you know, if the gymnasts

have said this tomb, "I'm being

0:52:130:52:20

abused." What have the coaches done

about it? I have had a fantastic

0:52:200:52:24

relationship with all my coaches and

I have been lucky enough to have

0:52:240:52:27

been in a system where I have not

seen any of this abuse, but I felt

0:52:270:52:30

that I had a strong enough

relationship with my coach he would

0:52:300:52:34

have definitely done something about

it. So there are lots of questions

0:52:340:52:40

not only for USA gymness Aks, but

for the coaches of these gymnasts if

0:52:400:52:46

they have raised their concerns.

Martha, in this country, as far as I

0:52:460:52:50

am aware, at the top level of

gymnasts there have been no claims

0:52:500:52:54

of sexual abuse, but from your

investigations there has been claims

0:52:540:52:57

of physical abuse and allegations of

emotional abuse. Remind our audience

0:52:570:53:01

about those?

Yeah, I think it is key

to say that there is not been any

0:53:010:53:06

allegations of that seriousness, but

I think you can also under estimate

0:53:060:53:10

how much of a toll physical and

particularly emotional abuse takes

0:53:100:53:14

and there have been numerous

allegations in recent years about

0:53:140:53:18

emotional abuse and there was a

police investigation last year into

0:53:180:53:23

a coach who was abused of

emotionally abusing female athletes

0:53:230:53:27

within their care. So, we do have to

be vigilant of those cases and I

0:53:270:53:33

think Craig and yourself mentioned

there about how young an age you do

0:53:330:53:40

become an elite gymness and female

gymnasts can go to the Olympics aged

0:53:400:53:45

16 and for male gymnasts it is 18.

So I wonder whether maybe female

0:53:450:53:49

gymnasts are more vulnerable to

abuse if there is more of a chance

0:53:490:53:52

of them being exploited in that way.

OK.

0:53:520:53:58

I wonder Craig, I mean you heard in

Simone Biles statement that she is

0:53:580:54:05

going to have to go back to this

training facility to preparing for

0:54:050:54:11

Tokyo 2020, the very facility where

she says the sexual abuse happened.

0:54:110:54:15

I mean, I think that's ridiculous.

If USA gymnastics are talking about

0:54:150:54:21

change and moving forward, the first

thing they need to do is build a new

0:54:210:54:28

national centre away from this. Yes,

you know, it's not cheap to build a

0:54:280:54:33

gymnastics centre, but you're

talking about, you know, victims

0:54:330:54:36

that have gone through serious

abuse, returning to that scene. It

0:54:360:54:41

is just the most ludicrous thing

that I've ever heard of within

0:54:410:54:45

sport. It certainly won't happen

anywhere else so they really need to

0:54:450:54:51

look at that and say we are totally

supportive in my mind by returning

0:54:510:54:56

to the camp it's almost saying well,

we just want to forget about it. You

0:54:560:55:00

can't forget about this. Over 130

victims, you know, at the hands of

0:55:000:55:09

this nasty, horrible man within that

centre so, they really need to look

0:55:090:55:13

at changing the venue for certain.

Thank you very much, Craig Heap,

0:55:130:55:18

thank you for coming on the

programme and Martha, journalist

0:55:180:55:23

from the Guardian. British

gymnastics deny any claims about a

0:55:230:55:28

culture of fear.

0:55:280:55:38

The government has promised its top

priority will be maintaining

0:55:380:55:41

vital public services,

after Carillion was

0:55:410:55:42

put into liquidation.

0:55:420:55:43

Our reporter Andy Moore has more

details on this story now.

0:55:430:55:46

What's the latest today, Andy?

The

question is about the tens of

0:55:460:55:49

thousands of companies that are

subject contractors for Carillion,

0:55:490:55:54

people working in hospitals, prisons

and schools, they will be paid about

0:55:540:55:58

the Government, what about the

private subcrat rs. They have been

0:55:580:56:01

saying that Carillion wasn't a good

payer in the past anyway, a lot have

0:56:010:56:04

outstanding debt and now it looks as

if many of them won't be paid for

0:56:040:56:07

the contracts that are up coming.

And there is evidence from the past

0:56:070:56:11

that when there is a big collapse

like this, many of the small

0:56:110:56:15

subcontractors won't survive. There

is evidence from the past, 17%, 18%

0:56:150:56:19

of them won't survive after five

years, we have heard from one

0:56:190:56:23

company saying it has an impact,

possible financial impact of £1.6

0:56:230:56:30

million and it has warned its

shareholders about the adverse

0:56:300:56:33

financial impact.

And questions

continue to be asked about president

0:56:330:56:38

government giving Carillion

contracts after a profits warning

0:56:380:56:41

and after the Chief Executive

departed last summer and about why

0:56:410:56:46

that former Chief Executive is being

paid a very large salary until

0:56:460:56:49

October this year?

That's right. The

former Chief Executive was paid £1.6

0:56:490:56:54

million. He is going to be paid

£600,000 as you say, until October

0:56:540:56:58

this year. So a lot of questions

being asked about that. The Liberal

0:56:580:57:03

Democrat leader, Sir Vince Cable,

said it was a reward for failure.

0:57:030:57:08

David Lidington from the Government

said the whole situation would be

0:57:080:57:12

looked at and there could be a

financial penalty if misconduct was

0:57:120:57:16

proved.

Thank you very much, Andy, thank

0:57:160:57:19

you.

We will bring you the latest news

0:57:190:57:22

and sport in the next couple of

minutes. Before that, here is the

0:57:220:57:27

weather and Carol, what is going on,

it's getting colder.

0:57:270:57:31

weather and Carol, what is going on,

it's getting colder.

0:57:310:57:32

If I show you some of our Weather

Watcher pictures you can see where

0:57:320:57:37

we have had the snow. A beautiful

picture from the Highlands and we've

0:57:370:57:41

got another one too, this is North

Yorkshire. Some lying snow here and

0:57:410:57:45

finally, well, we have got some more

snow too across County Antrim. So it

0:57:450:57:50

is northern England and Northern

Ireland and Scotland seeing the

0:57:500:57:53

lion's share of the snow fall. Even

down to sea level. Elsewhere, today,

0:57:530:57:56

we are looking at showers. Some of

those across Wales and central

0:57:560:58:01

England will be wintry through the

afternoon in the heavier showers,

0:58:010:58:04

but generally there will be rain

with hail and that will be the case

0:58:040:58:08

as we push further south. It is a

brisk wind. And also driving the

0:58:080:58:14

showers. So, with height across

Northern Ireland, Scotland and

0:58:140:58:18

northern England, well we are

looking at drifting and also

0:58:180:58:21

potentially blizzard conditions. But

at lower levels you can see the snow

0:58:210:58:24

showers. They will be blowing around

in the wind. For northern England

0:58:240:58:31

further snow showers to come your

way, but they are showers so not all

0:58:310:58:35

of us are seeing them. For Wales,

most of the showers will be rain or

0:58:350:58:38

hail at lower levels, but in some of

the heavier ones we could see snow

0:58:380:58:43

at lower levels too. Gusty winds

whipping up large waves across

0:58:430:58:46

south-west England. That will be the

case for the next few days and

0:58:460:58:49

again, we are looking at the wintry

flavour on the moors for example,

0:58:490:58:53

largely with height. But for much of

the Midlands, East Anglia and the

0:58:530:58:56

South East, it should stay dry. If

you see a shower, it is more likely

0:58:560:59:00

to be of rain. The temperatures

today will be two to seven Celsius.

0:59:000:59:04

Add on the strength of the wind,

it's going to feel sub-zero for many

0:59:040:59:09

parts of the UK. Through this

evening and overnight, we continue

0:59:090:59:12

with the snow showers. A good flurry

of them crossing from the west

0:59:120:59:15

towards the east being driven in on

the wind. There will be the risk of

0:59:150:59:19

ice on untreated surfaces and it's

going to be a cold night. These are

0:59:190:59:22

the temperatures you can expect in

towns and cities. So we start

0:59:220:59:26

tomorrow on this note. Still a lot

of snow showers. Some of them fading

0:59:260:59:29

as we go through the day. The wind

will ease for a time, but it won't

0:59:290:59:34

last and we will see a lot of dry

weather and more sunshine than we're

0:59:340:59:37

expecting today, but the next system

is waiting in the wings. Now this is

0:59:370:59:41

an area of low pressure that's

forming off the coast of the United

0:59:410:59:44

States. It will deepen as it moves

across the Atlantic and this is the

0:59:440:59:48

track we think it's going to take,

but this track could change

0:59:480:59:51

slightly. So as it comes in across

the k, it will bring heavy rain.

0:59:510:59:54

Some snow across Northern Ireland,

North Wales, northern England,

0:59:540:59:58

southern and eastern parts of

Scotland. That could be disruptive

0:59:581:00:00

snow. We expect it to be quite

heavy. If you look at the isobars,

1:00:001:00:06

they are squeeze the tightly, we are

looking at gales across North Wales,

1:00:061:00:09

parts of northern England, heading

down through parts of the Midlands

1:00:091:00:12

and Norfolk. That will rattle

through quickly during the course of

1:00:121:00:16

Thursday morning. Leaving behind it

still a windy day, just not as

1:00:161:00:21

windy, wherever you are, with

temperatures between three and

1:00:211:00:23

around nine Celsius.

1:00:231:00:26

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Hello it's Tuesday, it's 10 O'Clock,

I'm Victoria Derbyshire.

1:00:311:00:34

I'm Victoria Derbyshire.

1:00:341:00:36

Our top story this morning -

13 brothers and sisters have

1:00:361:00:39

been rescued from a house

in California, some of them had

1:00:391:00:42

been chained to their beds.

1:00:421:00:43

Their parents have been

charged with torture.

1:00:431:00:51

Here were some kids from 29 to two,

held captive and malnourished.

1:00:511:00:54

It's heartbreaking.

1:00:541:00:56

The siblings were rescued after one

girl managed to escape

1:00:561:00:58

and raise the alarm.

1:00:581:00:59

We'll bring you the full

story this morning.

1:00:591:01:03

A Marie Stopes clinic in London

could become the first

1:01:031:01:06

to be surrounded by a special

protection zone, to shield women

1:01:061:01:08

from anti-abortion protesters

holding vigils outside.

1:01:081:01:16

We can see the women being addressed

as "mum" on the way out and saying -

1:01:161:01:22

youed shouldn't have killed your

child, you shouldn't have murdered

1:01:221:01:25

your child.

1:01:251:01:30

We'll be speaking to a nurse

from the clinic about the impact

1:01:301:01:33

on patietns of those protests

1:01:331:01:37

And if you were in charge of the

NHS, what would you do to sort out

1:01:371:01:43

the printer pressures, to sort out

the lack of beds, and queues with

1:01:431:01:51

ambulances. Your views are welcome

in the next hour.

1:01:511:01:55

Good Morning.

1:01:551:01:56

Here's Reeta in the BBC Newsroom

with a summary of today's news.

1:01:561:01:59

Police in California have rescued 13

siblings from a house,

1:01:591:02:01

where some of them were shackled

to their beds.

1:02:011:02:03

The alarm was raised on Sunday,

when one girl escaped

1:02:031:02:06

and alerted the authorities.

1:02:061:02:07

Their parents have been arrested

and charged with torture

1:02:071:02:09

and child endangerment.

1:02:091:02:11

Our North America Correspondent

James Cook has this report.

1:02:111:02:19

They look like a big, happy family.

1:02:191:02:21

The children a little pale,

perhaps, but smiling.

1:02:211:02:23

Photographs on Facebook show

the Turpins visiting

1:02:231:02:26

Disneyland and in Las Vegas,

as their apparently proud parents

1:02:261:02:29

renewed wedding vows.

1:02:291:02:31

Now David and Louise Turpin

are under arrest, charged

1:02:311:02:33

with torture and child endangerment.

1:02:331:02:38

Their children in hospital.

1:02:381:02:40

Our staff is used to taking care

of people who are quite ill,

1:02:401:02:43

they are used to compassionate care,

and so we pull out all the stops,

1:02:431:02:50

so to speak, to make sure

that their privacy is dealt with,

1:02:501:02:58

that they get appropriate care

and that they are treated

1:02:591:03:01

with dignity and respect at a time

when they need it the most.

1:03:011:03:04

The horror on Muir Woods Road

was uncovered early on Sunday

1:03:041:03:07

morning when a 17-year-old girl

escaped with a mobile phone

1:03:071:03:09

and called the police.

1:03:091:03:10

At the home, officers found 12

siblings and were shocked

1:03:101:03:13

to discover that seven were adults -

the oldest, 29.

1:03:131:03:16

The captives were dirty

and malnourished, say police,

1:03:161:03:19

shackled to their beds with chains

and padlocks in dark

1:03:191:03:21

and foul-smelling surroundings.

1:03:211:03:28

As the reporters arrived in the

quite suburb in Los Angeles,

1:03:281:03:35

neighbours were stunned.

1:03:351:03:42

neighbours were stunned.

They coat

to themselves.

1:03:421:03:48

They kept to themselves,

in a sense, clan-ish,

1:03:481:03:50

so they only kept to themselves.

1:03:501:03:52

And the only time you would see

them, you would never see anyone

1:03:521:03:55

visit, you would never see anyone

come outside, all you would really

1:03:551:03:58

see is that they would go out

and maybe make a grocery run

1:03:581:04:01

and that was about it.

1:04:011:04:02

There is no hint at all here of the

grim conditions inside this home.

1:04:021:04:05

The questions about what

happened are mounting.

1:04:051:04:06

Not least, how long were

the siblings held captive and why.

1:04:061:04:09

James Cook, BBC News,

Perris, California.

1:04:091:04:14

The future of some major

construction projects and hundreds

1:04:141:04:16

of public service contracts hang in

the balance this morning, after the

1:04:161:04:20

collapse of Carillion. Britain's

second largest construction firm,

1:04:201:04:23

which also holds cleaning and

catering contracts for schools,

1:04:231:04:27

hospitals and prisons, went into

liquidation yesterday, with debts of

1:04:271:04:30

around £1.5 billion.

1:04:301:04:36

The four time Olympic gymnastcy moan

Biles has said she has been abused.

1:04:421:04:47

She said she has been reluctant to

speak out until now. Larry Na Serbs

1:04:471:04:51

r was jailed last month for 60 years

for possessing images of child

1:04:511:04:56

sexual abuse and is awaiting

sentence for assaulting other

1:04:561:04:59

athletes.

1:04:591:05:01

Inflation eased slightly

from its six-year high in December.

1:05:011:05:03

The Consumer Prices Index

slipped to an annual rate

1:05:031:05:05

of 3% - down from 3.1%

in November.

1:05:051:05:07

Across the eurozone,

inflation stood at just 1.4%.

1:05:071:05:14

New footage has emerged of a car

that became embedded on the first

1:05:141:05:20

floor of an office block inical

foreignia. Video from a bus captures

1:05:201:05:24

the moment the car crosses its path

before flying through the air

1:05:241:05:27

towards the building. The driver and

passenger escaped with minor

1:05:271:05:31

injuries.

1:05:311:05:33

That's a summary of

the latest BBC News.

1:05:331:05:35

More at 10.30am.

1:05:351:05:38

We have a text from somebody who is

in hospital right now. They don't

1:05:381:05:42

leave their name, "The staff are

mazing and my experience is positive

1:05:421:05:45

but it is clear the nurses, doctors

ands fa its are being overworked.

1:05:451:05:49

It's not sustainable. I'm sick of

Conservative politicians taking any

1:05:491:05:53

credit for our fabulous NHS, when

they've presided over such

1:05:531:05:57

inadequate funding." And this text

"Part of the problem is river Friday

1:05:571:06:02

and Saturday night, without fail,

the A&E is full of the same idiots

1:06:021:06:11

taking up valuable resources repeat

or second thoird offenders should

1:06:111:06:14

incur a £50 charge. It won't fix the

problem but it would happen, not

1:06:141:06:19

least the savings, if two security

staff helping with this unwanted

1:06:191:06:25

disruption." And this on twitter.

"Two ladies at my loikal GP, with

1:06:251:06:35

snotty noses after free Calpol. Why?

You can see why GPs are swamped."

1:06:351:06:40

Get in touch your experiences, both

positive and injury which is from

1:06:401:06:43

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use #VictoriaLIVE.

1:06:491:06:51

If you text, you will be charged

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1:06:511:06:53

Here's some sport now with Hugh.

1:06:531:06:55

British number one Johanna Konta

is through to the second

1:06:551:06:57

round of the Australian Open.

1:06:571:06:58

Her win over Madison Brengle took

place in temperatures

1:06:581:07:01

of almost 40 degrees.

1:07:011:07:02

Although Konta said she really

enjoyed the heat in Melbourne

1:07:021:07:04

and tried to absorb the atmosphere

in the arena and she certainly

1:07:041:07:07

looked comfortable out there,

dropping only four games in a match

1:07:071:07:11

that lasted a little over an hour

and afterwards she seemed more

1:07:111:07:14

concerned with what she's called

"the blueberry debacle".

1:07:141:07:19

I went to the supermarket to buy

blueberries. I only bought

1:07:191:07:23

blueberries. Two pun ets. I left two

pun ets tlchl it is $5 I will not

1:07:231:07:29

get back but it is the betrayal of

my own mind I feel so upset about. I

1:07:291:07:33

was so sad.

Breaking news, this

morning, it is OK, she has more

1:07:331:07:40

blueberries, since.

1:07:401:07:41

Britain's other player

in the women's draw, Heather Watson,

1:07:411:07:43

is a set down in her match

against Yulia Putintseva.

1:07:431:07:45

She fought back, going a break

up in the second set,

1:07:451:07:49

but she's just been broken herself.

1:07:491:07:50

She now leads 4-3

with Putintseva serving.

1:07:501:07:52

Defending champion Roger Federer had

a fairly straight-forward passage

1:07:521:07:54

into the second round.

1:07:541:07:59

He beat the former British player

Alljaz Bedene in straight sets.

1:07:591:08:01

The six-times champion

Novak Djokovic has been back

1:08:011:08:03

in action for the first

time since Wimbledon

1:08:031:08:05

and he came through with ease,

only dropping serve once,

1:08:051:08:07

in beating Donald Young.

1:08:071:08:10

Djokovic is seeded 14th,

after missing the second half

1:08:101:08:13

of 2017 with an elbow injury.

1:08:131:08:17

Manchester United's Paul Pogba says

they still have Manchester City

1:08:171:08:21

in their sights after reducing

the leaders' advantage at the top

1:08:211:08:23

of the Premier League to 12 points.

1:08:231:08:26

Pogba inspired United

to a 3-0 win against Stoke,

1:08:261:08:32

setting up two goals, including this

one for Anthony Martial.

1:08:321:08:35

New Stoke manager Paul Lambert

was watching from the stands.

1:08:351:08:37

His opposite number Jose Mourinho

insists United aren't

1:08:371:08:39

giving up on the title race yet.

1:08:391:08:45

We know that the distance is a very

important distance. I have been

1:08:451:08:50

there before and you can control

your Distiny when you play relaxed

1:08:501:08:55

and when you play relaxed the best

qualities are company coming. I

1:08:551:09:00

think they have their destiny in

their hands. We want to win matches

1:09:001:09:04

and finish the best we can.

1:09:041:09:07

Mourinho and Manchester United

are a lot closer to making

1:09:071:09:09

a major signing.

1:09:091:09:10

Manchester City have

pulled out of the race

1:09:101:09:12

for Arsenal's Alexis Sanchez.

1:09:121:09:13

It's understood the wages

being demanded by Sanchez would have

1:09:131:09:16

made him the top

earner at the Etihad,

1:09:161:09:17

something that Pep Guardiola

and the club's hierarchy

1:09:171:09:19

were not willing to do.

1:09:191:09:21

Manchester United and Chelsea

are rumoured to be

1:09:211:09:22

interested in the Chilean.

1:09:221:09:25

England cricketer Ben

Stokes says he's keen

1:09:251:09:28

to clear his name in court

after he was charged with affray.

1:09:281:09:31

It relates to an incident outside

a Bristol nightclub in September.

1:09:311:09:35

Stokes missed the Ashes Series

and the selectors will be meeting

1:09:351:09:38

over the next couple of days

to discuss his future.

1:09:381:09:41

He's been charged along

with two other men.

1:09:411:09:46

That's all the sport for now.

Headlines just after 10.30am.

1:09:461:09:53

13 siblings - ranging

in age from two to 29 -

1:09:531:09:55

have been rescued by police

in California from a house

1:09:551:09:58

where some of them had

been chained to beds.

1:09:581:10:05

They were found in a house in a

residential neighbourhood near LA -

1:10:051:10:11

after one of the children

escaped with a mobile phone

1:10:111:10:14

she'd found and managed

to call the police.

1:10:141:10:16

John Fenoglio is

a news correspondent

1:10:161:10:17

with KTLA-5 in Los Angeles.

1:10:171:10:19

He told me how the alarm was raised.

1:10:191:10:21

This is truly an horrific child

abuse investigation.

1:10:211:10:22

What we know from police is that

early Sunday morning a young

1:10:221:10:25

girl called for help.

1:10:251:10:26

She said she was being held captive,

along with her 12 brothers

1:10:261:10:29

and sisters, and that some of them

had been shackled to

1:10:291:10:32

their beds with padlocks.

1:10:321:10:34

Responding officers found

what they described as a young,

1:10:341:10:38

emaciated girl, they believed to be

about ten, but in fact

1:10:381:10:41

she was 17-years-old.

1:10:411:10:44

She led police back to their home,

and what officers described was a

1:10:441:10:52

a hellish scenario.

1:10:591:11:01

Children chained to their beds,

police could not give an adequate

1:11:011:11:03

ents both arrested.

1:11:031:11:04

The officers say

what they discovered

1:11:041:11:06

with several people chained

to their beds in dark and foul

1:11:061:11:08

smelling conditions.

1:11:081:11:13

You say this girl who appeared to be

ten but in fact was 17 had called to

1:11:131:11:18

help.

1:11:181:11:21

Had she escaped from a house?

1:11:211:11:29

According to a police statement

she said she was able to

1:11:291:11:32

escape from the house and take

a cell phone with her.

1:11:321:11:35

That's when the officers discovered

the chilling environment.

Do we note

1:11:351:11:37

ages of the brothers and sisters?

The Youngest two, the oldest 29.

1:11:371:11:41

They have all been taken to a

hospital for a medical evaluation.

1:11:411:11:47

Right now we don't know their

condition and police are keeping a

1:11:471:11:51

tight lid on the situation at the

time.

What are neighbours say?

They

1:11:511:11:57

are saying it is a bizarre

situation, it is about 70 miles

1:11:571:12:01

north-east of Los Angeles. It is a

quiet community. Neighbours say they

1:12:011:12:06

never saw the children and when they

z they would act a bit cagey, some

1:12:061:12:10

would not respond at all. There is a

strange tale that one neighbour

1:12:101:12:15

describes, saying some of the

children are were outside in the

1:12:151:12:18

front yard at night planting grass

but again all the neighbours we have

1:12:181:12:22

spoken with, say the children, were,

for the most part, unresponsive and

1:12:221:12:26

that they didn't see them very

often. You say two adults are being

1:12:261:12:30

held on charges of torture child

endangerment. Are he this the

1:12:301:12:38

parents as far as we know? Yes, two

people have been arrested.

1:12:381:12:46

57-year-old David Alan Turpin and

his wife, being charged with child

1:12:461:12:50

engagement and torture, both being

held on $9 million bail.

1:12:501:12:56

After the couple were arrested

neighbours began to learn how some

1:12:561:12:58

of the children had been held

captive in dark and dirty rooms,

1:12:581:13:01

some had been so malnourished

the authorities initially thought

1:13:011:13:03

they were all underaged.

1:13:031:13:11

We heard on Facebook and on the news

this family holed their children

1:13:121:13:17

captive o in the house and chained

some of their kids to the beds. It's

1:13:171:13:21

been really shocking knowing they

have 12 kids locked in their house.

1:13:211:13:24

They were the type that you didn't

really get to know anything about

1:13:241:13:27

them. They were very to themselves,

in a sense clan-ish. So they only

1:13:271:13:34

kept to themselves. The only time

you would see them, you would never

1:13:341:13:40

see them on business, or anyone come

outside. All you would really see is

1:13:401:13:44

that they would go out, maybe make a

grocery run, that was about it. They

1:13:441:13:49

kept to themselves. They were, like

I said, the kids were inadvice I

1:13:491:13:53

will. The only time I saw the kids,

beside the Christmas incident, they

1:13:531:13:58

were just coming out of the car and

going into the house, that was T it

1:13:581:14:01

was never - I never saw the kids by

themselves. The parents were close

1:14:011:14:05

around. But I believe that they,

even though I thought they were kids

1:14:051:14:11

because they physically looked like

pre-steep, I don't believe they

1:14:111:14:15

were. I think these were the

20-year-olds.

1:14:151:14:22

20-year-olds.

Still to come: If you

were in charge of the NHS, what

1:14:221:14:26

would you do to try to sort a

long-term sustainable funding

1:14:261:14:29

situation. To sort winter pressures,

overcrowded kids, queues at

1:14:291:14:35

ambulances and so on. Your funding

issues, welcome.

1:14:351:14:40

A council in London will today

consider the next step

1:14:401:14:42

in the launching of a special order

to stop anti-abortion protectors

1:14:421:14:45

holding daily vigils outside

of a Marie Stopes Clinic.

1:14:451:14:47

The demonstrators are accused

of "harassing" women attending

1:14:471:14:55

the abortion clinic in Ealing

and displaying "deliberately

1:14:551:14:57

disturbing images".

1:14:571:14:58

Councillors will decide

whether to begin a consultation

1:14:581:15:01

on whether or not to bring

in a public space protection order -

1:15:011:15:08

to prevent disruption at the clinic.

1:15:081:15:13

If it's granted, it would be

the first time it's been used

1:15:131:15:16

in a situation involving

an abortion clinic.

1:15:161:15:18

We're going to speak now

to John Hansen-Brevetti,

1:15:181:15:20

a nurse and manager

at the Ealing Marie Stopes clinic.

1:15:201:15:22

Councillor Binda Rai represents

the area where the clinic

1:15:221:15:24

is and brought this issue

to the attention of the council.

1:15:241:15:27

And Claire McCullough,

Founding Trustee of

1:15:271:15:28

The Good Counsel Network,

1:15:281:15:36

which hold daily vigils outside

the clinic, an organisation

1:15:381:15:40

affiliated to the US anti-abortion

1:15:401:15:41

movement.

1:15:411:15:45

John, tell us how the vigils have

changed over time?

We have seen the

1:15:451:15:50

tactics used outside our doors get

worse. Staff who been at the clinic

1:15:501:15:55

for upwards of 20 years can describe

a time when it was just peaceful

1:15:551:15:59

prayer happening outside which

people still found intimidating, but

1:15:591:16:02

it is different to what we see today

which is people standing directly

1:16:021:16:07

outside our gates, engaging everyone

who comes past trying to persuade

1:16:071:16:14

them not to attend their treatment

and they do this by calling them,

1:16:141:16:20

"Mum" by saying they will be haunted

by the ghost of that I foetus, they

1:16:201:16:29

will say Rosarys at them and try and

close the gate.

All that you have

1:16:291:16:34

described is lawful?

It is and

that's the issue is that when we

1:16:341:16:40

call the police, they're quite

frustrated that also little they can

1:16:401:16:44

do under current laws to protect

women from going through that

1:16:441:16:48

horrific experience, through that

emotional blackmail and that's why

1:16:481:16:52

we're pleased with the leadership

that Ealing Council has shown in

1:16:521:16:57

bringing the proposal forward and

taking the next step. It is a

1:16:571:17:00

landmark thing and it has

implications for the whole country

1:17:001:17:03

and we're hoping that Parliament

will take their cue and show

1:17:031:17:06

leadership at a national level as

well.

What is wrong with trying to

1:17:061:17:09

persuade a woman about to go into

your clinic to have an abortion

1:17:091:17:14

potentially not to have one or to

think further about it?

Part of is

1:17:141:17:18

the information that they're given.

Women are given leaflets by the

1:17:181:17:25

pavement counsellors that have

completely false information on

1:17:251:17:27

them, that they'll develop cancer,

that they'll develop drug and

1:17:271:17:31

alcohol habits, that they will feel

inadequate as a mother in the

1:17:311:17:35

future, the information they are

receiving is wrong. The way in which

1:17:351:17:38

it is being given to them is

coercive and we see it as they come

1:17:381:17:42

through our doors, they're shaking

and they are in tears and they are

1:17:421:17:46

angry as are their partners or

families who come to support them.

1:17:461:17:49

What do they say to you when they

get inside?

They tell us that they

1:17:491:17:53

have been called murderers and had

their paths blocked and they felt

1:17:531:17:57

judged and shamed and we see it

happening, not only on the way in,

1:17:571:18:00

but on the way out as well which is

how we know this isn't about

1:18:001:18:03

providing information or support,

this is about making people feel

1:18:031:18:07

ashamed, scared and intimidated

about accessing treatment that

1:18:071:18:11

they've, in most cases, really

thought long and hard about and come

1:18:111:18:13

to a firm decision already.

You have

cameras outside?

It focuses just on

1:18:131:18:17

our property. We are not allowed to

film beyond that because it's a

1:18:171:18:21

public area and we have some large

hedges that block our view of most

1:18:211:18:25

of this.

A public space protection

order is a step closer, Ealing

1:18:251:18:29

Council are going to decide tonight

whether to launch a consultation on

1:18:291:18:32

bringing one in. What impact do you

think such an order would have on

1:18:321:18:37

the Ealing clinic if it were to

brought in?

It would be an

1:18:371:18:41

incredible day for us to know that

our patients were coming to the

1:18:411:18:47

clinic free that that experience on

the way in and way out. It is

1:18:471:18:50

something that people can enjoy in

Ealing, but it is happening outside

1:18:501:18:53

clinics across the country, but it

is an important first step and we

1:18:531:18:57

would welcome it.

You have been

going to the clinic and standing

1:18:571:19:03

outside for several years taking

part in vigils. The last time we

1:19:031:19:06

spoke to you on this programme you

denied all of the kind of claims

1:19:061:19:10

that you've heard this morning from

the nurse at the clinic today. Is he

1:19:101:19:15

lying?

Unfortunately, yes. Can I

just say again...

No, no...

Yes,

1:19:151:19:21

he's lying.

How do you respond to

that?

I think unfortunately there

1:19:211:19:28

has been a lot of denial about the

impact this has on women. We've, we

1:19:281:19:34

hear it from our own patients. We

hear it from our neighbours who

1:19:341:19:37

phone us and say that they can see

people distressed outside the

1:19:371:19:40

clinic. We've had officers from the

council for the past several weeks

1:19:401:19:45

interviewing women and not only have

they heard it from the women, but

1:19:451:19:48

they have felt harassed and

intimidated on the way in.

Clare,

1:19:481:19:52

you wouldn't know the impact on the

patients because once they're

1:19:521:19:55

inside, you don't see them, so you

have no idea what effect you're

1:19:551:19:59

having on these patients?

I think

when you stand outside an abortion

1:19:591:20:03

centre for 20 years and many of the

women who stand there with us are

1:20:031:20:06

women who have had pay bortions,

many, many people who come to vigils

1:20:061:20:10

outside clinics...

I am talking

about the women inside the clinics.

1:20:101:20:16

They have been past people like

ourselves and come to the vigils. So

1:20:161:20:19

think we have a good idea on what

women may feel.

Do you accept that

1:20:191:20:24

however you're doing t for some

women and their partners, once they

1:20:241:20:28

get inside the Marie Stopes clinic,

they are upset, distressed and angry

1:20:281:20:33

at you, not at their own decision,

to have a termination?

I think

1:20:331:20:38

abortion is something that upsets

women a lot I'm sure some women

1:20:381:20:41

would rather... I'm trying to

answer.

No, you are answering a

1:20:411:20:46

different question.

I accept that

some women who are extremely upset

1:20:461:20:50

at the horrible decision they are

feeling they have to take, don't

1:20:501:20:52

like our presence there, yes, I

accept that.

So why do you carry on

1:20:521:20:58

then?

Can I just correct, you said

we are affiliated to the group in

1:20:581:21:08

America, we are not.

Why do you

carry on?

Last Friday I spoke to

1:21:081:21:12

several of my counsellors who during

the week one of them at Ealing had

1:21:121:21:16

spoken to a woman who had been there

three times and didn't want to go

1:21:161:21:19

ahead with the abortion and felt she

had no alternatives, at this moment,

1:21:191:21:23

one of the passers-by saw this

crying lady and grabbed her arm and

1:21:231:21:26

rushed into the clinic with her

because she could see this woman was

1:21:261:21:30

upset and presumed we were upsetting

her. On that occasion, a woman had

1:21:301:21:34

approached us for help and support

that she was not getting inside the

1:21:341:21:37

abortion centre, that's why we're

still there.

That's the explanation,

1:21:371:21:42

the justification for why the group

is still there, what do you say?

1:21:421:21:46

Well, over the past four months or

so now, our officers have been

1:21:461:21:51

investigating all these claims. They

have been collecting evidence and

1:21:511:21:55

what we've concluded is that the

behaviour outside the clinic is

1:21:551:21:59

unacceptable. There is harassment.

There is intimidation of these women

1:21:591:22:04

and I think basically we have a

responsibility to stop that sort of

1:22:041:22:08

behaviour.

Why haven't you called

the police?

The police have been

1:22:081:22:14

called on some occasion and we have

constant policing outside the

1:22:141:22:17

clinic. I know that every Saturday

that I have been there, the police

1:22:171:22:21

are there in force, but it's very

difficult for the police because

1:22:211:22:26

their current legislation is really

restricting because in terms of

1:22:261:22:30

harassment, you have got to prove

this is continuous harassment to one

1:22:301:22:33

individual and many of the women

that come and visit the clinic will

1:22:331:22:37

only come once or twice so it's

really difficult to make harassment

1:22:371:22:41

stand up legally.

I'm going to

appeal to our audience, we have been

1:22:411:22:44

trying to talk to women who have

been going to the clinic,

1:22:441:22:48

understandably, it is a very

sensitive situation, but if there is

1:22:481:22:51

anybody watching right now, who has

used the clinic and who has walked

1:22:511:22:57

past the group holding the vigils,

do send me an e-mail now or a

1:22:571:23:01

message and you can do that

anonymously and tell us your own

1:23:011:23:06

experiences. What would be the

effect of this kind of protection

1:23:061:23:11

order if the council takes the

decision to hold a consultation on

1:23:111:23:14

it which is a step closer to the

order?

Yes, the effect would be that

1:23:141:23:18

we would have a certain area that

would not allow any protesters to

1:23:181:23:24

protest outside that area. So women

would be able to access the clinic

1:23:241:23:31

without anybody obstrucking their

journey to the clinic.

1:23:311:23:33

Right.

And of course, we mustn't

forget that would also make life a

1:23:331:23:38

lot easier for people living in that

street, for people using the

1:23:381:23:45

facilities in that area, the park,

the theatre down the road...

What

1:23:451:23:49

impact is it having on residents, do

you say?

Well, residents are having

1:23:491:23:52

to see this and hear this every

single day.

Hear what?

The prayers.

1:23:521:23:57

They're having to look at the

graphic images that are on

1:23:571:24:01

display...

We have no graphic

images.

Well, I was there on

1:24:011:24:06

Saturday, I saw graphic images.

When

she says graphic pictures, you mean

1:24:061:24:14

pictures of the developing baby.

I

think it is inappropriate for young

1:24:141:24:18

children to see those images.

To see

pictures of a developing baby a

1:24:181:24:21

womb?

Parents have to choose to

discuss, parents don't have a choice

1:24:211:24:25

on whether they're discussing those

issues with their children...

What

1:24:251:24:29

issues, developing babies in the

womb? Lots of children see these all

1:24:291:24:34

the time.

Parents don't have a

choice about discussion.

What

1:24:341:24:38

discussion?

A lot of parents told me

they have had to have discussion

1:24:381:24:43

with their children about abortion

and that's a topic they should be

1:24:431:24:46

able to choose as and when they

discuss it with their children.

1:24:461:24:49

There is nothing in those images.

There is a school nearby and people

1:24:491:24:53

will use a different route to get to

the school. They'll use a different

1:24:531:24:56

route to get to the park and I don't

think people should be restricted in

1:24:561:24:59

that way because a group of people

decide they want to protest, that's

1:24:591:25:05

the vigil holders and the pro-choice

group. I think that area needs to be

1:25:051:25:10

brought back to normality.

If this order is ultimately brought

1:25:101:25:15

in, that would be unprecedented.

It

would.

Particularly in terms of

1:25:151:25:21

protecting an abortion clinic, if

protecting is the right word, but it

1:25:211:25:25

would only be in place for three

years. It only lasts for three years

1:25:251:25:28

is my understanding.

That's the

difficulty with is PSPO, but once we

1:25:281:25:36

have consulted and if residents

agree it would be the best fit for a

1:25:361:25:39

solution for Ealing. However, we do

need a national solution and I know

1:25:391:25:44

that myself and Julian Bell have

given evidence to the Home Affairs

1:25:441:25:48

Select Committee where we have very

clearly said a national solution, we

1:25:481:25:53

need national legislation otherwise

women across the country aren't

1:25:531:25:55

going to be protected and you're

going to end up with a postcode

1:25:551:25:59

Lottery as John stated earlier.

We

are showing our audience images of

1:25:591:26:03

some of the vigils outside and some

of the images that are held up on

1:26:031:26:07

placards and I would love to read

some messages from our audience, but

1:26:071:26:12

my tablet has decided to freeze on

me so I apologise for that. John,

1:26:121:26:15

the work that you do at the clinic,

tell us about the significance of

1:26:151:26:20

it.

It's different for every woman

who comes through. We have a lot of

1:26:201:26:28

patients who simply feel they cannot

continue with the pregnancy for

1:26:281:26:32

whatever reason. That it would be

detrimental to their lives and in

1:26:321:26:36

fact the only way that abortion is

legal in this country is if two

1:26:361:26:40

doctors certify that continuing the

pregnancy would in fact have a

1:26:401:26:44

detrimental effect to that woman's

mental or physical health. We have

1:26:441:26:48

other women who come to us because

it was a wanted pregnancy, but an

1:26:481:26:55

abnormality has been discovered and

they have to terminate. It is these

1:26:551:26:58

sorts of circumstances that nobody

knows about when a woman is

1:26:581:27:01

approaching our clinic and yet they

are all approached in the same way,

1:27:011:27:05

every single woman and they are

being told that they will be

1:27:051:27:08

punished for their decision...

It's

not true.

It is what they tell us

1:27:081:27:11

when they are in the door.

It is not

true. If you look through the Marie

1:27:111:27:16

Stopes log, there is one or two

claims. These are the best

1:27:161:27:21

hand-picked ones refer to the

presence of sister supporters around

1:27:211:27:24

the gate in many instances, the

complaints of women standing away

1:27:241:27:27

from the clinic and phoning the

clinic because they are afraid of

1:27:271:27:31

the protest at the doctor, refer to

the times when sister supporter are

1:27:311:27:39

across the door which are Bin Laden

da and John.

This is why we would be

1:27:391:27:45

happy for a public space protection

order that bans all protests. This

1:27:451:27:48

isn't about one group. There are

five different anti-abortion groups.

1:27:481:27:53

We don't care if it is Sister

Support outside, we want that area

1:27:531:27:57

free so that women can walk in

without having to walk past a crowd

1:27:571:28:00

and without having to walk past one

person.

Victoria, we have had

1:28:001:28:06

discussions with both groups and we

have come, we have tried to get an

1:28:061:28:09

agreement, we have tried to get them

to agree not to do what they're

1:28:091:28:13

doing at the moment, but we have

come to a deadlock... You have

1:28:131:28:20

stated Clare, that you will continue

to do what you do and operate in the

1:28:201:28:24

way thaw do.

We have had no

discussion with the council about

1:28:241:28:28

stopping any particular behaviours,

you have never put to us particular

1:28:281:28:31

behaviours and asked us to stop

those particular behaviours.

1:28:311:28:34

Behaviours have been discussed with

us, but we have never been told if

1:28:341:28:38

you stop doing this or stop doing

that the vigil will continue.

You

1:28:381:28:43

never told the Select Committee that

you would change your behaviour.

1:28:431:28:46

Clare is in denial, we have

witnessed this behaviour. We have

1:28:461:28:49

been told it's going to continue no

matter what. So we have no choice,

1:28:491:28:55

but to look at the report that's

come to committee tonight and

1:28:551:29:00

consider consulting with residents,

all stakeholders including Clare's

1:29:001:29:04

group and every other group to see

if a PSPO is the right way forward.

1:29:041:29:09

When John se saying we are blocking

the gates and shutting the gates on

1:29:091:29:13

women, why are they not bringing

forward CCTV images of this. This is

1:29:131:29:18

where their CCTV camera is on, the

path on the gate, not a single image

1:29:181:29:22

of us doing this has emerged, why?

Because it doesn't happen.

1:29:221:29:26

I will read some messages and then I

want to ask you about the

1:29:261:29:29

significance of your work in your

view and then I'm going to talk to a

1:29:291:29:33

woman who has used the clinic.

Trevor tweets, "The anti-abortion

1:29:331:29:39

terrorists, who protest outside

abortion clinics should be banned

1:29:391:29:42

from protesting within 500 meters of

the gates of a clinic. They have no

1:29:421:29:46

right to push their religious and

moral views on others seeking lawful

1:29:461:29:50

treatment." A tweet from this

viewer, "What's wrong with asking a

1:29:501:29:55

woman who is having an abortion, not

to have an abortion? Well, it is not

1:29:551:30:01

your body for starters. " Another

viewer, "I think it is disgusting

1:30:011:30:07

these protesters put these women

through such guilt. They have no

1:30:071:30:10

idea what their personal situation

is. Perhaps they can't support the

1:30:101:30:14

child or a pregnancy would endanger

the woman. Take a look at the story

1:30:141:30:21

of the children being enshackled.

They have no right to judge. "

1:30:211:30:28

I was advised to I a bort my women

at 20 weeks because my water has

1:30:281:30:38

gone. She was born and is now three.

I'm going to talk to one woman, who

1:30:381:30:49

tally didn't use the Ealing clinic,

used a different abortion clinic.

1:30:491:30:52

Good morning, thank you very much

for talking to us, I will call you

1:30:521:30:55

Isobel. I know that's not your real

name but thank you for talking to

1:30:551:31:00

us, Isobel. Tell us of your

experience of entering an abortion

1:31:001:31:04

clinic?

I had to go to the clinic

twice. I was turned away the first

1:31:041:31:10

time due to having to wait too long.

So, suffered the abuse kind of twice

1:31:101:31:17

and it was just torturous, really. I

mean we are lucky enough to have

1:31:171:31:21

this choice and be free to have this

choice in the UK. And you should

1:31:211:31:26

just be able to go and do what you

feel is right at the time. These

1:31:261:31:33

people standing outside, have no

idea of who you are, where you come

1:31:331:31:37

from, what your scenario is and how

you have got into the situation.

1:31:371:31:39

What abuse was it that you suffered,

Isobel if I might ask, bearing in

1:31:391:31:45

mind, it is a daytime audience.

Of

course. Just being called a murder.

1:31:451:31:53

Quite graphic images being pushed

into your face and, you know

1:31:531:31:57

mentioned around.

1:31:571:32:04

mentioned around. And mentions

around God. In this country we have

1:32:041:32:07

a free right to decide what we

believe and don't believe in.

What

1:32:071:32:12

impact did it have on you?

It made a

very stressful time even more

1:32:121:32:16

stressful. I don't know whether

these people understand that it is

1:32:161:32:19

still difficult to make a decision

like that. So, you know the people

1:32:191:32:24

in the clinics are specialised and

trained to provide that support and,

1:32:241:32:28

you know, that's very much welcomed

but you don't kind of need harassing

1:32:281:32:32

when you are going about your

decision.

Thank you very much

1:32:321:32:36

Isobel. Thank you for coming on the

programme. I appreciate T Lisa says

1:32:361:32:40

"If I wanted counselling I wouldn't

go and see someone on a street

1:32:401:32:43

corner." Linda tweets "People, if

they want an abortion should able to

1:32:431:32:49

do so peacefully without

intimidation." I really think people

1:32:491:32:51

going in without knowing the

details, they do not need

1:32:511:32:56

self-opinionaited people outside

giving crass info, concentrate on

1:32:561:33:00

your own lives." Joanna says "Even

if you are antiabortion you have no

1:33:001:33:06

right to stress already harassed and

vulnerable women." The decision

1:33:061:33:10

tonight, what are you expecting?

We

will have to wait and see. There

1:33:101:33:14

will be a debate but I hope that

Cabinet will approve the

1:33:141:33:19

consultation and we go ahead with

the next stage because it is really

1:33:191:33:22

important for us to protect women

who are trying to access

1:33:221:33:27

legally-available health care

without intimidation and harass am.

1:33:271:33:31

And briefly, Claire, the

significance of your work?

Well, we

1:33:311:33:34

have seen hundreds of women over the

years, we have seen over 1,000 women

1:33:341:33:39

in London chose life for their

children by being offered help or

1:33:391:33:43

having a supportive person outside

who felt they had no alternative.

1:33:431:33:46

Over half of those women come from

the Ealing centre and I think that

1:33:461:33:50

if this is put in place it is an

attempt by the clinic to people

1:33:501:33:54

their profits high and very little

care for women. Just look at NHS

1:33:541:33:59

Choices... Reviews of Ma ri, e

Stopes delinic online, I would ask

1:33:591:34:07

you to look at that, and what

choices they have.

We have a nurse

1:34:071:34:11

and manager from there, would you

like to talk about that the lack of

1:34:111:34:17

care and profits sn.s it is untru.

All of the nurses that worked in the

1:34:171:34:20

clinic they joined this line of work

to support women. I think that's

1:34:201:34:24

easy to understand. We have heard

multiple accusations that our

1:34:241:34:28

numbers have gone down because ofP

good Counsel's presence outside the

1:34:281:34:33

clinic, actually they have gone to

other clinics, the total numbers

1:34:331:34:37

across the UK haven't changed. The

only impact this is having is

1:34:371:34:42

delaying treatment

When someone

approaches the clinic, they see a

1:34:421:34:46

crowd, they don't want to pass, so

they rebook.

It is not true, figures

1:34:461:34:50

are drochlingt

It means they have to

receive treatment at a later

1:34:501:34:54

gestation and it is safer to be

treated earlier and you have more

1:34:541:34:57

options. They are being rob of their

choice and safety.

These women are

1:34:571:35:04

being helped. We are seeing them and

their babies, they are not going

1:35:041:35:06

elsewhere.

Thank you. We'll report

back on the programme tomorrow after

1:35:061:35:10

the decision tonight. Thank you very

much for coming on the programme.

1:35:101:35:13

Still to come: The NHS is in crisis

say many people. How do we solve the

1:35:131:35:17

problems to safe guard the service

for the future? We'll talk to

1:35:171:35:21

various people who have their own

solutions.

1:35:211:35:25

Ministers from 20 counties

are meeting in Canada

1:35:251:35:27

to talk about curbing

North Korea's nuclear programme.

1:35:271:35:28

Later in the programme we'll be

speaking an American

1:35:281:35:31

author who has written

about the North's

1:35:311:35:32

nuclear capabilities.

1:35:321:35:37

Time for the latest

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1:35:371:35:40

Two parents have been arrested

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1:35:401:35:42

found they allegedly kept their 13

children captive at home, some

1:35:421:35:45

of whom were shackled to their beds.

1:35:451:35:49

The brothers and sisters -

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1:35:491:35:53

were found by police after one girl

escaped and alerted the authorities.

1:35:531:35:59

Their parents have been charged

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1:35:591:36:04

Thousands of small businesses

working for Carillion

1:36:041:36:10

are waiting to find out

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1:36:101:36:13

the collapse of the firm.

1:36:131:36:14

Britain's second largest

construction company -

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which also holds cleaning

and catering contracts for schools,

1:36:151:36:18

hospitals and prisons -

went into liquidation yesterday

1:36:181:36:26

with debts of around £1.5 billion.

1:36:281:36:29

Within the past hour,

the Archbishop of Canterbury has

1:36:291:36:31

said the firm's collapse threatens

workers, families

1:36:311:36:33

and sub-contractors.

1:36:331:36:34

The four-time Olympic champion

gymnast, Simone Biles,

1:36:341:36:36

has said she was sexually abused

by the USA team

1:36:361:36:38

doctor, Larry Nassar.

1:36:381:36:39

In a tweet, Simone Biles described

herself as one of many survivors -

1:36:391:36:42

but said she had been reluctant

to speak out until now.

1:36:421:36:47

Larry Nassar was jailed last month

for 60-years for possessing images

1:36:471:36:50

of child sexual abuse -

and is awaiting sentence

1:36:501:36:52

for assaulting other athletes.

1:36:521:36:54

Police say they are not

treating the death of

1:36:541:36:57

the Cranberries' singer,

Dolores O'Riordan, as suspicious.

1:36:571:36:59

The 46-year-old was found dead

in a hotel in London's

1:36:591:37:01

Park Lane yesterday.

1:37:011:37:05

The Irish musician,

originally from Limerick,

1:37:051:37:13

led the band to international

success in the 90s with singles

1:37:151:37:17

including Linger and Zombie.

1:37:171:37:19

MPs say the manufacturer, Whirlpool,

hasn't done enough to deal

1:37:191:37:21

with defective tumble dryers

which have caused hundreds of fires.

1:37:211:37:23

The Commons Business Committee said

the response to the problem,

1:37:231:37:26

discovered in 2015, had been woeful.

1:37:261:37:27

It also said that it was

"unacceptable" that more

1:37:271:37:29

than one million potentially

dangerous dryers were still being

1:37:291:37:31

used in people's homes.

1:37:311:37:34

The company insists its repair

campaign has been successful.

1:37:341:37:42

The controversial claim that the UK

sends £350 million a week

1:37:461:37:49

to the EU has been described

as a "gross underestimate" by the

1:37:491:37:52

Foreign Secretary, Boris Johnson.

1:37:521:37:53

In an interview with the Guardian

newspaper, Mr Johnson said Britain's

1:37:531:37:56

contribution would rise to almost

£440 million by the end of

1:37:561:37:59

the post-Brexit transition period.

1:37:591:38:00

Vote Leave's claim about the UK's

contribution to the EU was hotly

1:38:001:38:03

disputed during the EU referendum.

1:38:031:38:04

That's a summary of

the latest BBC News.

1:38:041:38:11

This anonymous texter regarding the

abortion clinic in Ealing "In my

1:38:111:38:16

experience in Ealing they have not

been physically abecausive or

1:38:161:38:19

obstructive but their presence is

inappropriate and makes the

1:38:191:38:22

situation is whole lot more

daunting."

1:38:221:38:24

Here's some sport now with Hugh.

1:38:241:38:25

Johanna Konta is through to the

second round of the Australian Open.

1:38:251:38:28

She's the ninth seed in Melbourne

this year and beat Madison Brengle

1:38:281:38:31

in straight sets in temperatures

approaching 40 degrees.

1:38:311:38:36

Defending champion Roger Federer had

a straight sets win over former

1:38:361:38:39

British player, Aljaz Bedene.

1:38:391:38:44

Who is now back

representing Slovenia.

1:38:441:38:47

Manchester United have reduced

Manchester City's lead at the top

1:38:471:38:51

of the Premier League to 12 points

after beating Stoke last night.

1:38:511:38:55

They won 3-0 at Old Trafford

with new Stoke boss Paul Lambert

1:38:551:38:59

watching from the stands.

1:38:591:39:03

And United could have a major

signing in the next few days too.

1:39:031:39:06

Manchester City have

ended their interest

1:39:061:39:07

in Alexis Sanchez.

1:39:071:39:10

So United and now we

understand Chelsea too

1:39:101:39:13

are battling to sign

1:39:131:39:14

the Chilean from Arsenal.

1:39:141:39:21

The British brand, Burberry,

has become the latest organisation

1:39:211:39:23

to say it won't work with members

of the fashion industry that

1:39:231:39:26

have been found to have

abused their position.

1:39:261:39:29

It comes as two star photographers -

Mario Testino, a favourite

1:39:291:39:36

of the British Royal Family,

and American Bruce Weber -

1:39:361:39:38

both strenuously deny accusations

made against them by a string

1:39:381:39:41

of models and assistants

in the New York Times.

1:39:411:39:43

Let's talk to our

reporter, Chichi Izundu.

1:39:431:39:45

What are Burberry saying? . They

have basically said they will now no

1:39:451:39:52

longer commission future projects

with marrow test teeniour and Bruce

1:39:521:39:56

Weber. It is not just them. Other

companies have also said they will

1:39:561:40:00

not be working with them in the

future.

1:40:001:40:08

future. As Saud Said Mario Testino

and Bruce Weber, strenuously deny

1:40:081:40:13

this. Next week is Paris men's

fashion week, so it'll be

1:40:131:40:18

interesting to see if there are any

further developments in the fashion

1:40:181:40:23

world, who will no longer work with

people who they say av abused their

1:40:231:40:28

position of power. What were the

accusations that they deny?

Some

1:40:281:40:32

include encouraging male models to

get nude when it wasn't part of the

1:40:321:40:35

shoot. Being quite sexually

suggestive, in some cases. Yes,

1:40:351:40:45

Stuart whiteman, Burberry, Michael

Corrs, raffle Lauren, says they will

1:40:451:40:49

not work with anyone, including Con,

de Nast saying they will no longer

1:40:491:40:53

work with people they believe have

abused their position of power in

1:40:531:40:56

the world of fashion.

As I said,

Bruce Weber deny the claims. Mario,

1:40:561:41:06

Testono's lawyers say his accuser

cannot be considered reliable

1:41:061:41:10

sources.

1:41:101:41:12

This morning we've been

asking how we get to grips

1:41:121:41:15

with the huge pressure the NHS

is under this winter.

1:41:151:41:17

Over the last few weeks you'll have

seen reports of over-crowded A&Es,

1:41:171:41:20

a lack of beds and queues

of ambulances stacked up outside

1:41:201:41:22

unable to hand over their patients.

1:41:221:41:24

On top of that as the NHS

approaches its 70th birthday,

1:41:241:41:27

it's having to deal with a growing

and ageing population adding more

1:41:271:41:29

pressure to its services.

1:41:291:41:30

Last week on this programme

Conservative MP Nick Boles argued

1:41:301:41:33

that money from national insurance

should go to the NHS.

1:41:331:41:35

I believe that if people knew that

when they looked at their pay slip

1:41:351:41:39

and that there was a line that said

national health insurance, if they

1:41:391:41:44

knew that that one legally could

only go to support national health

1:41:441:41:47

care and social care, that they

would be willing to pay a bit more.

1:41:471:41:51

And it's not going to have to be an

enormous amount more, but there are

1:41:511:41:54

going to have to be some increases.

1:41:541:41:56

So how should the NHS be funded?

1:41:561:41:58

Let's talk to the former Chair

of the Royal College

1:41:581:42:00

of General Practitioners,

Dr Clare Gerada,

1:42:001:42:02

she is also a member

of the Liberal Democrats.

1:42:021:42:04

Stephen Dorrell is chair

of the NHS Confederation

1:42:041:42:06

which represents providers

and commissioners.

1:42:061:42:09

He's also a former

Conservative Health Secretary.

1:42:091:42:12

And Alex Hitchcock who is from

the think-tank Reform

1:42:121:42:15

which looks at the NHS amongst other

issues and is not alligned

1:42:151:42:18

to any political party.

1:42:181:42:20

Welcome all of you. So, the funding

of NHS and social care. What is your

1:42:201:42:25

solution?

Well, clearly we do need

more money. And

1:42:251:42:37

more money. And to have a

hypothicated, tax, ringfenced seems

1:42:371:42:39

a sensible way forward. Also, I

think we should be looking at 1% for

1:42:391:42:44

income tax, to look and urgently

address the funding crisis. Money

1:42:441:42:47

isn't the whole answer, of course,

you have very, very expensive health

1:42:471:42:52

systems, such as the American health

system which doesn't deliver what it

1:42:521:42:54

should. It is clearly not just

money. We need the investment in the

1:42:541:42:58

right places and we need investment

in out of hospital care, community

1:42:581:43:01

care, primary care, so we can keep

people as healthy as possible for as

1:43:011:43:05

long as possible before we put them

into very expensive beds.

We

1:43:051:43:08

will,back to some of the other

issues you raised there. -- we will

1:43:081:43:13

come back. Stephen Dorrell, former

Secretary of State for Health now

1:43:131:43:18

NHS scone confederation Chairman.

Your solution?

Well, first of all,

1:43:181:43:21

it is true that health and public

services generally need more money

1:43:211:43:25

in the long-term, in order to

deliver the improving public

1:43:251:43:28

services that we all want to see.

Health is part of that. Part of the

1:43:281:43:32

problem, I think, as Claire said, is

seeing health separate from social

1:43:321:43:37

care, from social housing, and the

full range of social houses. That's

1:43:371:43:42

why, within the Confederation what

we have done, is to set up in

1:43:421:43:46

partnership with the institute of

fiscal stud yans the health

1:43:461:43:50

foundation, instead of guessing how

much money public services need for

1:43:501:43:53

the future, a serious analysis of

demand trends, so we can look and

1:43:531:43:57

see what the rising elderly

population, what the implications of

1:43:571:44:01

that are and then we can plan for it

as a country.

Just a quick side

1:44:011:44:07

issue but really important. Should

the NHS they, rather than local

1:44:071:44:12

councils be in charge of

commissioning social care? Snipe'

1:44:121:44:14

not in favour of imagining it is all

the responsibility of the health

1:44:141:44:17

service. I think health policy

actually ought to be about enabling

1:44:171:44:21

us to lead, not merely longer lives

but also healthier and more

1:44:211:44:25

enjoyable lives. It is about

housing, jobs, public spaces as well

1:44:251:44:30

as the treatment of disease in the

health service. OK. Alex hitch corks

1:44:301:44:35

your suggestion?

So, I think -- Alex

Hitchcock. Stephen is right with the

1:44:351:44:43

about the support of services more

money is needed. The NHS is

1:44:431:44:47

well-funded.

Snr less than other European

1:44:471:44:50

countries. If you include social

cakes 9.9% of GDP is spent on health

1:44:501:44:57

and social care, above the EU

average. We need to look at how care

1:44:571:45:01

is delivered. Currently too much is

delivered in hospitals when it can

1:45:011:45:04

be delivered in GPs, more efficient

and more effective and as Claire

1:45:041:45:07

will be able to testify but also

look at social care as well, to

1:45:071:45:10

ensure we can get people out of

hospital who don't need to be there.

1:45:101:45:15

But if you cut £6 billion from

social care which the coalition and

1:45:151:45:21

Conservative skefsh Government has

in the last seven years, you can see

1:45:211:45:24

why hospitals are full

Certainly so.

That points to the challenge of

1:45:241:45:27

spending the money in the correct

places. You have had those cuts.

1:45:271:45:30

North cutting in the first place by

quite so much.

But at the same time,

1:45:301:45:35

the NHS's funding has been

ringfenced and hospital funding

1:45:351:45:37

going up.

Of course, ringfenced. We

know that but if you are at the same

1:45:371:45:42

time cutting # billion from social

care, it is going to have a knock-on

1:45:421:45:45

effect, is it not?

1:45:451:45:49

We all know there is a rising

population of elderly people, we

1:45:491:45:53

should celebrate that. That's not a

problem, that's because we can look

1:45:531:45:57

forward to longer lives. Surely the

policy challenge is to make the

1:45:571:46:01

longer lives more enjoyable and to

keep people out of hospital and even

1:46:011:46:06

out of GP surgeries so we can enjoy

life. We need to access when we're

1:46:061:46:11

ill, but we should be looking for

opportunities to support people to

1:46:111:46:17

enjoy their lives and not rely on

treatment of avoidable illness.

1:46:171:46:27

treatment of avoidable illness.

The

amount is below the average EU

1:46:271:46:30

allocation...

The EU average

includes a lot of very poor

1:46:301:46:33

countries by our standards.

Yes, it

also includes, there is a lot of

1:46:331:46:37

care that's paid for separately

outside that, it is a complicated

1:46:371:46:41

issue, but nevertheless I think we

need more money. I do think we need

1:46:411:46:44

to be looking at how we use the

money as we've heard, it is better

1:46:441:46:49

to fund care outside hospital,

nevertheless, we don't have enough

1:46:491:46:52

beds. I think we have over Christmas

98% bed occupancy is not on in a

1:46:521:46:59

modern health care system. We need

to be investing, as the others have

1:46:591:47:03

said, in keeping people safe in

their homes and I wonder how many

1:47:031:47:06

people, how many people of my

generation are looking at their

1:47:061:47:10

homes and saying, "Well, where is

the trip hazard? Have I got a bed

1:47:101:47:15

that's suitable as I grow older? Can

I put a wheelchair between my

1:47:151:47:21

doors?"

Do think of you support

charging for services, either going

1:47:211:47:26

to see the GP or whatever it might

be?

No, that's very difficult. That

1:47:261:47:30

points to more money being put into

the system whereas we would argue

1:47:301:47:33

that shouldn't be the case. It is

difficult to be able to value what

1:47:331:47:37

is GP appointment is worth before

you know, how much is a lump worth,

1:47:371:47:41

if I find it in the morning is it

worth going to the GP or not?

No, I

1:47:411:47:50

am not in favour of producing

additional charges within the Health

1:47:501:47:53

Service, what I am in favour of

doing as recognising as our society

1:47:531:47:57

gets richer, as the economy grows

all the evidence is that we shall

1:47:571:48:01

devote, we shall want to devote, as

citizens, a rising share of that

1:48:011:48:05

income to the delivery of improving

public services to enable us to

1:48:051:48:10

enjoy our longer lives.

Briefly...

You had a call of somebody who went

1:48:101:48:15

in for Calpol. The price of that

Calpol if somebody paid for it over

1:48:151:48:21

the counter, probably under £1. The

real cost now of that patient going

1:48:211:48:26

in and using a GP, might be £30 to

£40, we need a sensible discussion

1:48:261:48:31

for the public. This is our money,

our services and our choices, but I

1:48:311:48:35

do think we need to be looking at

where services should be free and

1:48:351:48:39

where we should be expected to pay

for ourselves.

Pay extra.

Yeah.

We

1:48:391:48:47

know what you meant.

1:48:471:48:52

Foreign ministers from around 20

countries are meeting

1:48:521:48:54

in Canada to discuss how to curb

North Korea's nuclear programme.

1:48:541:48:56

China will not be there.

1:48:561:48:57

It says the meeting will not

help resolve tensions.

1:48:571:49:00

Last year saw fiery exchanges

between US president Donald Trump

1:49:001:49:02

and North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un,

but 2018 has seen a thaw

1:49:021:49:08

in relations, resulting in

high-level talks between the North

1:49:081:49:10

and South last week.

1:49:101:49:11

But how much of that thaw

is due to Donald Trump's

1:49:111:49:16

heavy-handed diplomacy?

1:49:161:49:21

Let's talk to Greg

Scarlatoiu in Washington.

1:49:211:49:24

He's

the Executive Director

1:49:241:49:25

of the Committee for Human Rights

in North Korea.

1:49:251:49:27

Gordon Chang an American

author who's written

1:49:271:49:29

about the North's

nuclear capabilities.

1:49:291:49:30

Thank you very much for talking to

us. How significant is this big

1:49:301:49:34

meeting in Canada, Greg?

This

meeting is supposed to be about a

1:49:341:49:40

ramping up pressure and sanctions

and clearly, this is the reason why

1:49:401:49:45

China is not present. Again, it's a

meeting meant to strengthen the

1:49:451:49:52

economic pressure exercised against

the North Korean regime in order to

1:49:521:49:58

achieve the strategic objective of

naving North Korea suspend and give

1:49:581:50:03

up its nuclear programme and its

missile programme.

1:50:031:50:08

Gordon, any decision made by foreign

ministers today isn't much use,

1:50:081:50:11

without the backing of China, is

that right?

Well, you know, I think

1:50:111:50:15

that China should not be there and

the reason is this is supposed to be

1:50:151:50:19

a meeting of like minded nations and

these are nations want to increase

1:50:191:50:24

pressure on North Korea. China has

been busting sanctions continually

1:50:241:50:29

throughout 2017 and it is about a

bad actor so I don't think China

1:50:291:50:34

should be in the room and nor should

Russia. Yes, China and Russia are

1:50:341:50:39

consequential, but that doesn't mean

that they should be part of the

1:50:391:50:42

solution at this point. We can get

China to co-operate, but only if we

1:50:421:50:47

put immense pressure on Beijing and

so, that's what this talk about

1:50:471:50:52

today putting pressure on China, on

Russia and on North Korea.

How do

1:50:521:50:57

you assess Greg, the nuclear threat

from North Korea this year?

Clearly,

1:50:571:51:05

under the Kim Jong-un regime, North

Korea has dramatically accelerated

1:51:051:51:12

both its nuclear and its long-range

ballistic missile programme. Four

1:51:121:51:17

out of six nuclear tests by North

Korea have happened on Kim Jong-un's

1:51:171:51:21

watch. If one looks at statements,

public statements, by senior

1:51:211:51:28

officials, I think we are pretty

close to acknowledging that North

1:51:281:51:33

Korea has reached one of its

fundamental strategic objectives

1:51:331:51:37

which is being capable of having a

long-range ballistic missile capable

1:51:371:51:43

of delivering a nuclear warhead to

the Continental United States.

1:51:431:51:46

Gordon, do you think that now

sanctions are biting, North Korea

1:51:461:51:52

might be willing to put their

nuclear programme on the table when

1:51:521:51:55

it comes to negotiations in the

future?

Sanctions, indeed are biting

1:51:551:52:00

and there is a lot of evidence of

that including koupg's New Year's

1:52:001:52:04

address. He talked about sanctions

being a threat to the regime. We

1:52:041:52:09

have seen for instance officials in

Pyongyang

1:52:091:52:14

have seen for instance officials in

have seen for instance officials in

1:52:141:52:14

Pyongyang are not getting their

rations through the distribution

1:52:141:52:16

system. The soldier who defected in

December had uncooked kernels of

1:52:161:52:26

corn. Those most favoured a

scroujing for food. North Korea is

1:52:261:52:34

not at the point to sit done Artalk

about denuclearisation. That means

1:52:341:52:41

that sanctions need to be ramped up.

At some point, I think, that the

1:52:411:52:47

regime, either Kim Jong-un or those

around him are going to realise this

1:52:471:52:50

they have no choice, but to give up,

but the pressure has got to be much

1:52:501:52:54

more than it is now.

Thank you both. Thank you very much.

1:52:541:53:06

In the last half an hour, we asked

you to get in touch with your

1:53:061:53:10

experiences of an abortion clinic in

Ealing in West London. The council

1:53:101:53:13

is meeting today to discuss whether

to introduce a special order to stop

1:53:131:53:20

any protesters holding vigils

thousands Marie Stopes Clinic. Clare

1:53:201:53:28

McCulloch told us their protests

were not over the top. So, we asked

1:53:281:53:32

you to get in touch and share your

experiences. Louisa used the clinic

1:53:321:53:37

in Ealing five years ago. Lisa is

not her real and also used the same

1:53:371:53:42

clinic. Hello both of you.

Hello.

Hi.

Hi. Louisa, tell us your

1:53:421:53:49

experience.

Yes, I have been to the

clinic. It was my first-term nation

1:53:491:53:57

and as soon as I got there with my

partner, I had a woman coming to me

1:53:571:54:05

with very graphic images, with

leaflets and then called me a

1:54:051:54:11

murderer. I went inside the clinic

crying already. I had lots of

1:54:111:54:16

support inside the clinic and that

created a big impact when I went

1:54:161:54:21

home after I finished the ter minute

nation. Those people made my

1:54:211:54:28

experience worse than it already

was. All I kept thinking was, "Am I

1:54:281:54:33

a murderer?" I was doubting myself

and I don't think those people

1:54:331:54:38

should be in those places.

Let me

bring in Lisa, Lisa isn't her real

1:54:381:54:42

name. You also used the same clinic

and you were accompanying your

1:54:421:54:46

daughter who had an abortion, Lisa,

I understand. Tell us what happened.

1:54:461:54:52

Well, my daughter fell pregnant or

became pregnant when she was 17

1:54:521:54:56

after a two month relationship with

somebody. We had a very tearful

1:54:561:55:03

exchange where she said that she

really didn't feel that she wanted

1:55:031:55:06

to go ahead with the pregnancy. I

toll her that I would support her

1:55:061:55:11

either way. She made up her mind and

we went to Ealing. She was very

1:55:111:55:16

young. She came across these people

outside and I asked her again at

1:55:161:55:24

that time whether she was really

sure? We had the most fantastic care

1:55:241:55:30

within the clinic. They actually

asked her whether she was really

1:55:301:55:36

sure because obviously she is young

and advised her about things like

1:55:361:55:43

possible guilt and all of that, but

she went ahead and now she, you

1:55:431:55:49

know, has a daughter of he own. She

has a life. She has a PhD and I

1:55:491:55:55

don't believe any of that would have

happened if she had gone ahead with

1:55:551:55:59

the pregnancy.

What impact did the

protesters outside have on you and

1:55:591:56:04

your daughter?

It made me very angry

and her very sad.

Why did it make

1:56:041:56:11

you angry?

Because I felt that they

really should just back off. This is

1:56:111:56:19

a very hard decision. Nobody has an

abortion lightly in my view. It's a

1:56:191:56:24

very hard decision for anybody to

make. It's not easy. And so that

1:56:241:56:31

made me angry. It just made her feel

guilty, sad, you know, all the rest

1:56:311:56:38

of it.

Louisa, let me ask you, the

council meets tonight to discuss the

1:56:381:56:43

next step in whether to bring in the

protection order, do you think they

1:56:431:56:47

should?

Yes, I think they should go

ahead and those people shouldn't be

1:56:471:56:55

allowed to be at the clinic. Making

vulnerable people feel worse about

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everything. Everybody's situation is

different. They don't know the

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reasons why someone is there. They

shouldn't make people feel like

1:57:051:57:09

that. It's wrong.

You may have heard

the representative from the Good

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Counsel Network say they do what she

said, was they do offer some women

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support who look like they need

support and in some cases, the woman

1:57:181:57:22

changes her mind about having an

abortion.

Yes, it's true. Some women

1:57:221:57:27

do change their mind, but it has to

be the woman's decision. It's her

1:57:271:57:31

body. It's her decision. She is in

charge of her body. If she thinks it

1:57:311:57:35

is not the right time to have a

child, whatever circumstances she

1:57:351:57:39

has, no one should try to change her

mind. It is the woman's decision if

1:57:391:57:44

she wants to go ahead or not.

Lisa, finally, do you think any

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protest outside abortion clinics

should be banned with the bringing

1:57:521:57:56

in of a protection order, briefly?

Briefly, applaud freedom of speech,

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but I think that circumstances

regarding abortion are so varied

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that they should basically not be

allowed.

OK. Thank you both. I'm

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really grateful that you came on the

programme. Thank you, Lisa. Thank

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you, Louisa. Thank you very much.

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On the programme tomorrow,

how do achieve a better

1:58:181:58:20

work life balance?

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Thank you for watching today. We're

back tomorrow at 9am. Have a good

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day.

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