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Hello it's Friday, it's 9

o'clock, I'm Chloe Tilley,

welcome to the programme

A simple blood test

to diagnose cancer.

Scientists in America are trialling

a test which can detect eight

forms on the disease.

It's being hailed as

a major breakthrough.

I look forward to a time in 10 years

where we all go to the pharmacy,

we buy our shampoo,

we give a blood test.

And we get on with our lives.

The NHS is spending more

money on diagnostics

than treating the disease.

We'll have all the details

and ask when it might be

available in the UK.

The Californian couple

accused of imprisoning,

abusing and torturing their 13

children plead not guilty in court.

We'll have the latest.

The true story of a man

from Southern India who helped

millions of women by designing cheap

sanitary towels is made

into a major Sony picture.

Woman strong, mother son,

sister strong, then country strong.

Woman strong, mother strong,

sister strong, then country strong.

Hello...

Welcome to the programme,

we're live until 11 this morning.

A new study has found that work

is taking a heavy toll on parents,

affecting their health

and family lives.

The research from the charity

Working Families found many

parents were putting in more

than their contracted hours

because of intense work loads.

It found almost two in five do not

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Our top story today...

Scientists in the US

are close to a major

cancer breakthrough,

after trials for a new universal

blood test detected eight common

forms of the disease.

Overall, the test found

70% of the cancers -

but researchers are cautiously

optmistic, saying more work

is needed to verify its accuracy.

Here's our health correspondent,

James Gallagher.

More than 14 million people find

out they have cancer

each year worldwide.

The sooner they're diagnosed,

the more likely they are to survive.

The test, called CancerSEEK,

is a new approach that looks

for mutated DNA and proteins

that tumours release

into the bloodstream.

It was tested on eight

common times of cancer,

including ovarian,

pancreatic and lung.

In the study, on more than 1,000

patients known to have cancer,

the test correctly diagnosed

seven in 10 patients.

The researchers at Johns Hopkins

University in Baltimore say more

work is needed and are starting

trials to see if the test can find

cancers in seemingly healthy people.

They say such tests could

have an enormous impact

on cancer mortality.

Experts in the UK said the approach

had massive potential.

I look forward to a time in 10

years where we all go

to the pharmacy and buy shampoo,

we get a blood

test, and we get on with our lives.

The NHS is spending more money

diagnosing than treating disease

because if we can diagnose it early

then we can treat it sooner.

The researchers' vision is an annual

test that can catch cancer early

and save lives.

James Gallagher, BBC News.

Annita McVeigh is in the BBC

Newsroom with a summary

of the rest of the days news.

Living conditions at Liverpool

prison are the worst that inspectors

have ever seen, according to a new

report. Her Majesty's prison and

probation service has said it has

already taken immediate action by

appointing a new governor and

cleanliness has also improved. Our

health correspondent Adina Campbell

reports.

"Dirty, infested and hazardous" -

these are conditions hundreds

of inmates are facing

at Liverpool Prison,

according to a new report

by the prison watchdog.

As well as problems with rats,

broken windows and blocked toilets,

it has also found two thirds

of inmates had easy access to drugs,

often smuggled by the growing use

of drones, with more than one

seized every week.

And violence had also increased.

More than a third of prisoners

said they felt unsafe

at the time of the inspection.

I was horrified when

I read this report.

It's the worst report I have ever

seen into a British prison

and that's the assessment,

too, of the very experienced

inspectorate team.

They said these were the worst

living conditions for prisoners

that they had ever experienced.

Her Majesty's Prison

and Probation Service

acknowledged that the conditions

at the prison were unacceptable.

It said it's already

taken immediate action

by appointing a new governor,

and that cleanliness

has also improved.

It also says it has put a huge

amount of energy and money

into trying to improve the prison

healthcare service there.

The inspection took place

in September last year,

but last month, whistle-blowers told

the BBC that inmates

at Liverpool Prison had died or been

injured due to poor care,

which Lancashire Care NHS

Foundation Trust has apologised for.

Today's report comes

after the government was ordered

to make immediate improvements

to Nottingham Prison

over safety concerns.

Eight men there are believed to have

taken their own lives in two years.

Adina Campbell, BBC News.

A couple from California who are

accused of abusing their 13 children

have pleaded not guilty to charges

of abuse, torture and false

imprisonment. David and Louise

Turpin were arrested on Sunday after

one of their children escaped

through a window from their home.

Police found them severely

malnourished with some in shackles.

Our North America correspondent

James Cook reports.

..Give up that right.

David Turpin appearing in court

to deny torturing his own children

and sexually abusing one

of his young daughters.

His wife, Louise, also

pleaded not guilty.

Prosecutors say the siblings endured

the abuse for years as their parents

plumbed the depths

of human depravity.

One of the children at age 12

is the weight of an average

7-year-old.

Several of the victims have

cognitive impairment and neuropathy,

which is nerve damage,

as a result of this extreme

and prolonged physical abuse.

The children were supposedly

schooled here in their home,

but the district attorney said

some didn't even know

what a police officer was.

They were reportedly allowed

to shower just once a year

and were taunted with food

that they were forbidden to eat.

The 17-year-old, who raised the

alarm after climbing out of the home

through a window, had been plotting

the escape for two years.

One of her sisters made it out

with her, but turned back

out of fear.

This case has sent waves

of revulsion across

the United States and beyond.

The authorities say the siblings

are doing well, but some of them

at least have almost certainly

suffered irreparable physical

and mental damage.

The parents are due

in court again next month.

If convicted, they

face life in prison.

James Cook, BBC News,

Riverside in California.

Two fishermen are missing

after their boat capsized off

the coast of Western Scotland.

Lifeboats were launched

after receiving a distress signal

from Loch Fyne in Argyll

and Bute yesterday evening.

Royal Navy divers have been

helping in the search.

Another man who was rescued

is recovering in hospital.

Funds earmarked to help transform

the NHS have instead been spent

on managing existing pressures,

that's according to a report

from the National Audit Office.

In 2017, trusts received

more than £3 billion

of additional cash injections

to help fund day-to-day activities.

But it said growing pressures

and surging demand had caused

a reallocation of resources.

Increasing costs on the build

of the UK's new aircraft carrier

programme is putting

the budgets of other

defence projects at risk,

according to MPs.

A Public Accounts Committee

report said the programme,

which includes two new carriers

costing £6 billion,

is hugely complex and costly.

The MoD said that it was committed

to keeping costs down.

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda

Ardern has announced

that she is pregnant.

Ms Ardern said she and her partner,

Clarke Gayford, were expecting

their child in June,

after which she planned

to take a six-week break.

Ms Ardern is now set to be

the second elected world leader

to give birth while in office -

and the first to do

so in almost 30 years.

Winds from a storm across northern

Europe reached up to 200 kilometres

per hour causing severe disruption

to travel and plunging thousands of

homes into darkness.

A car has ploughed into crowds close

to Copacabana beach in Brazil,

killing a baby and injuring

a dozen more people.

Eyewitnesses said the car

went over a bicycle path

and across the promenade,

hitting people and crashing through

the tables and chairs of a cafe.

The driver, who was detained,

had an epileptic fit at the wheel,

and drugs to treat the condition

were found by police

in the vehicle, reports say.

The duration of adolescence

is increasing - and now lasts

from the age of 10 until 24,

according to scientists.

They say that young people

continuing their education

for longer, as well as delayed

marriage and parenthood, which has

pushed back popular perceptions

of when adulthood begins.

Writing in the Lancet health

journal, the researchers argue

a change in the definition

of adolescence is needed

to ensure laws and government

policy stay appropriate.

Boris Johnson has proposed

building a 22 mile bridge

across the English Channel,

saying he believes another link

would further improve relations

between the two countries.

He made the suggestion

at the meeting with the French

President Macron yesterday.

A source close to the Foreign

Secretary said he believed the fact

the two countries are only connected

by one railway line was "crazy".

The British author Peter Mayle,

who wrote "A Year in

Provence" has died aged 78.

His publisher said he'd

suffered a short illness.

The book, published in 1989,

told the story of his first year

as a British expat in a village

in the South of France.

It sold six million copies around

the world and was adapted for radio

and television by the BBC.

In 2002, the French government

awarded him a Knight

of the Legion of Honour,

for his contributions to culture.

That's a summary of the latest BBC

News - more at 9:30am.

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Let's get some sport,

Olly Foster is with us this morning.

Lots going on in Australia

at the moment, tennis and cricket,

let's start with Kyle Edmund.

Kyle Edmund is still going strong in

Melbourne in the Australian open.

He's the British number two. Andy

Murray didn't make it to the start

line and there are no British women

left. But Kyle Edmund has equalled

his best progress at a Grand Slam,

into the fourth round.

The British number 2 beat

Nikoloz Basilashvili

from Georgia in five sets.

He won the first set, but lost the

next two. Areola pants down match

with both men not at their best. Had

to dig very deep.

to dig very deep. -- it was an up

and down match.

Temperatures have been over 40

degrees for the second day running.

A lot of players have been

complaining, thinking

that the tournament

should be stopped.

They do have a heat policy but it's

not just based on temperature.

Kyle Edmund through, but he

certainly struggled.

It's a tough

one, but it is professional sport,

it's meant to hurt. It's not meant

to be easy, that's the point of it.

But I guess... Yeah, if people start

to become ill than it might be a

concern. As far as I am aware,

everybody is just getting through.

It is supposed to go a little bit

cooler in the next couple of days in

Melbourne.

Andy Murray was watching Edmund

and tweeted that it was

the biggest win of his career.

Told him congratulations.

Andreas Seppi is next up for Edmund.

Rafael Nadal is on court right now.

Also talk about increased pay for

tennis players. A big debate about

it and an influential voice getting

involved.

Novak Djokovic is the President

of the Players council and called

a meeting before the tournament

and they are unhappy

that the Grand Slams pay out about

7% of their income on prize money.

They feel it should be a lot more.

Roger Federer used to have that role

and he has kept quiet up to now

about the pay issue.

When he was in charge there were

talks of player boycotts. It didn't

come to that, they did get or prize

money. But he has kept quiet about

it until now.

And he thinks that the time has

come to up pay again.

We are not partners, we are just

players. So it's always hard to

rally. We had a good agreement, in

my opinion, that made the grand

slams happy, the players pretty

happy. It seems that has run its

course. So the moment that happens,

there isn't the same increases any

more, so players have to rally and

get back together again and put in

the effort. The tournaments know

that and will only react when we do

so. We are ready to do it and it

will be the same process over and

over again.

When Roger Federer

speaks you imagine they will start

listening. It's not just the winners

of the grand slams, they will take

more than £2 million home. It's the

players to get knocked out the

players to get knocked out the in

the first round. They spend a lot of

money travelling.

And let's talk

about the cricket with Ingram

starting the run chase in Brisbane.

England chased down over 300 to win

the first one-dayer.

That gave them a 1-0 lead in the

series.

Australia made 270-9

after winning the toss.

Aaron Finch made a century,

that's two in two matches,

but they couldn't get

a partnership going.

And their were a couple of wickets

each from Adil Rashid and Joe Root.

Jason Roy made a record 180

in the first one dayer

but he was out for just two

in the very first over

of the England reply,

caught by Finch off the bowling

of Mitchell Starc.

Alex Hales and Jonny Bairstow then

tried to outdo each other, racing to

50 each. Both going, Alex Hales at

57 and Jonny Bairstow out on 60.

England at 145-3 and racing towards

taking a 2-0 lead in the series. All

going well for England's cricketers

and we haven't said that much over

the winter!

This weekend marks a year

since Donald Trump was sworn

in as America's 45th President

and he's certainly made his mark.

In what's been an incredibly

eventful year, he's been

accused of being everything

from racist to incompetent.

But unemployment in the States

is at a 17-year low and many of his

supporters are as loyal as ever.

Let's have a look at some

of the key moments of

the last 12 months.

I, Donald John Trump,

do solemnly swear that

I will faithfully execute the office

of President of the United States.

Congratulations, Mr President.

No politician in history has been

treated worse or more unfairly.

We need strong programmes.

So that people that love us

and want to love our country

and will end up loving our country

are allowed in.

Not people that want to destroy us

and destroy our country.

I can often tell how I get along

with somebody very early,

and I believe we're going

to have a fantastic relationship.

We'll just let Obamacare fail.

We're not going to own it.

I'm not going to own it.

I can tell you the Republicans

are not going to own it.

We'll let Obamacare fail, and then

Democrats are going to come to us,

and there are going to say,

how do we fix it, how do we fix it?

I am not going to

give you a question.

Can you state categorically...

You are fake news.

More than anything, I just think

it was in the best interest

of our communications department,

of our press organisation,

to not have too many

cooks in the kitchen.

It's heartbreaking.

But for now, that's it.

The United States stands prepared

to defend itself and its allies

using the full range

of our unmatched military

capabilities if need be.

There are a lot of issues that

need to be talked about,

need to be brought to life.

Wouldn't you love to see one

of these NFL owners when somebody

disrespects our flag to say get that

son of a (BLEEP) off

the field right now?

Out!

He's fired!

It's the largest, I always

say the most massive,

but it's the largest tax cut

in the history of our country.

I consider it a work of fiction,

but just so you know,

I never interviewed with him

in the White House at all.

He was never in the Oval Office.

We didn't have an interview.

I never questioned

his mental fitness.

I have no reason to question

his mental fitness.

The first goal is, we want

Trump to apologise.

We deserve an apology

for his comment.

I am the least racist person

you have ever interviewed.

The Russia story is

a total fabrication.

It's just an excuse for the greatest

loss in the history of American

politics, that's all it is.

Joining us now is

Pearleen Sangha - she's

a Democrat who worked

on the Hillary Clinton

campaign in 2016.

And Jan Halper-Hayes,

from Republicans Overseas, former

Worldwide Vice President

of Republicans Overseas.

Good to speak to you both. Pearleen,

start with you, in some ways it

feels like years ago that I was in

Washington the inauguration but how

do you feel United States has

changed in the last year?

Good

morning, Chloe. Thank you for having

me on. One year and, it really feels

like the administration still hasn't

gotten off the ground. And the White

House is inundated with infighting,

resignations and firing. Despite

holding power in both houses of

Congress we still on the brink of a

government shutdown, the deadline

being tonight. The biggest change

that we have seen is that Trump's

presidency has been marked by policy

announcements on Twitter, something

we have never seen before. That has

included the Muslim band, a ban on

transgender people the army, both of

which have been struck down by the

courts. You know, the one thing

domestically that Trump has tried to

do is the tax change, which is not

a" when".

Can we get jammed's

thoughts on this? Jan, as 21 year

ago in Washington and you were

hugely optimistic about the time

ahead, -- when I saw you one year

ago. Is the country now more

divided, one your arm? Lacey the

thing is, the polarisation has been

going on for more than 20 years as

both parties have moved further to

the left and further to the right.

And one identity politics really

became the way in which they

captured voters, that polarisation

was there. I don't think it has

changed because the Democrats are

very happy to continue that. And the

Republicans in our own party, we've

got a bit of polarisation. Do you

think there is a special

relationship between the US and the

UK?

Whenever I get asked that, it is

kind of, what is the special

relationship? I think it is, the

fact that we are allies, but is the

leadership of each country changes I

think the definition of its changes.

You can definitely found on the US

with a trade agreement under Brexit.

And that is probably one of the most

important special relationships that

will exist.

Pearleen, do you think

there is that special relationship?

You know, I think there certainly

was. I think that despite Theresa

May being the first in line to meet

President Trump, one year ago, she

hasn't really gained anything from

it. The government over there is in

need of support, with Brexit. I

think it has been a stark difference

to what we have seen before. And his

relationship with the UK has not

proved friendly or fruitful. He has

actively attacked the Mayor of

London. And he has frankly forced to

made to slap him down when he shared

far right propaganda from Britain

First. And in addition to that,

Sadiq Khan's concerns and various

parliamentary address is led by a

number of MPs have been broadcast

over here on national news. They've

made it clear that Trump is neither

welcome nor wanted in the UK. So I

think that speaks volumes to the

state of the relationship at the

moment. It has clearly proved very

embarrassing for the administration.

And it has resulted in this bizarre

series of tweets and press

statements and why Trump will not be

travelling to London!

Forgive me,

Pearleen... Jan, how has President

Trump down on the world stage in the

last year. Pearleen has raised the

fact that he has insulted the Mayor

of London. Also the Twitter attacks

on North Korea and disparaging

language used just last week about

some countries, on a world stage how

has he done?

You would have to go

country by country, almost. If we

look at what the president of South

Korea says he was exceedingly

complementary and credited Trump as

being the catalyst that got North

Korea and South Korea to begin

talks, and the fact that they are

going to march together at the

opening of the Olympics under one

flag.

flag.

It is not successful

diplomacy...

Pearleen, please wait a

moment. Jan, please finish your

point, I know that's Pearleen is

keen to come in but she will wait

until you have finished.

I find that

very rude because I have not

interrupted her. I think there is

some hope at Davos because Theresa

May and Trump will have a cordial

conversation. I think that Trump

really does not mind all the

controversy. He brings it on.

Sometimes he shoots himself in the

foot but he has a very strategic

approach to his tweets. Some people

might not like it but would you have

told JFK to get of TV, Franklin

Roosevelt to get off the radio? This

is part of our culture today. And he

is playing and better than anyone

else have.

Strategic to say, I am a

very stable genius, on Twitter?

Well, look, come on! You know he's

going to respond to things like

that. We did some research and

people are getting so bored with

hearing us on the media talk about

his behaviour.

A fair point.

Pearleen, I know you want to make a

point.

I am not sure I agree with

most of that. It is not successful

diplomacy if Americans in Hawaii

were living in absolute fear the 30

minutes that be a missile strike

because Trump constantly wants to

argue with Kim Jong-un over who has

the bigger nuclear button. And

further to that is a he welcomes the

controversy isn't good enough. He's

making it harder for our allies and

friends to do business with America.

In the past week Mr Rogge tree

comments about Haiti and all those

other African countries -- his

derogatory comments, it has really

shown that he is the only one in any

kind of a hole at the moment. It is

just an acceptable. We need to move

past this -- it is just not

acceptable. And I think by

normalising it and creating a

conversation that makes it OK, that

is frankly, just, unreal.

Pearleen,

thank you for joining us, thank you

to Jan as well.

It's that time of the morning

where we bring you up to date

in the trial of former football

coach Barry Bennell.

The court heard how he made

a "veiled threat" to ruin the career

of one of his alleged victims.

Greg Dawson is here.

Tell us more.

Yes this is the trial,

as you've said, of Barry Bennell

who was a youth football coach

linked to a number of teams

including Manchester City

and Crewe Alexandra.

He faces a total of 48

charges of sexual abuse

between 1979 and 1991,

which he denies.

Yesterday was day

seven of the trial.

The jury was shown the video

of a police interview with a former

Crewe Alexandra youth player.

This man said he had been scouted

by Barry Bennell who then took him

for training sessions

at Manchester City

and to a soccer school.

He claimed he was later sexually

abused - both in Mr Bennell's

home and in his car.

The alleged victim left

Crewe Alexandra in 1986

to join another club.

It was at this point he said he made

allegations about the coach's

behaviour to others though he didn't

tell anyone he had

personally been abused.

It was at that point he said

he received a two page handwritten

letter from Mr Bennell

on Crewe Alexandra headed

notepaper asking why

he was making allegations.

He claimed the letter said:

"Football is a small world,

and troublemakers don't go far

in the game".

In the police interview the former

player described that

as a "veiled threat."

And there were also details

about Barry Bennell's health?

Yes.

The court heard how Barry Bennell

claimed he had part of his tongue

removed because of a tumour

and was unable to eat and drink.

The jury was read a transcript

of a police interview

with Mr Bennell himself.

In it the former coach said: "I got

cancer and I thought

'Well, it's karma?.

If you said to me 'lethal

injection', I'd take it."

In the interview, officers

questioned Mr Bennell

about allegations made

by another player.

Mr Bennell has admitted

one count of indecent

assault against this man.

But denies other charges

against him because -

he said - the alleged victim

"wouldn't allow it."

Mr Bennell also told police how

he had tried to kill himself

after allegedly abusing boys

because he was - in his words -

"out of control".

As I said, Mr Bennell denies a total

of 48 charges of sexual abuse

in this trial which

continues later today.

Greg Dawson, thank you for bringing

us up to date with this trial. We

spoke earlier about a study that

says two out of five parents do not

get to kiss their children good

night because they are so

overwhelmed with their workload. We

asked you to get in touch with your

experiences. Pam has sent this text,

I'm due to return to work after

eight months of struggling on

maternity pay, I had to accept going

back full-time otherwise I can't

afford childcare. My work overtime

to earn money and all my earnings

will go on childcare. Some nights I

won't be home to kiss my youngest

good night. Such an awful thought.

Thank you Pam. To shake your

experiences, contact us.

Now you'll really love this.

It's a TV promotion

for Channel 9 in Australia.

And they're clearly big fans of BBC

Breakfast as you'll see.

They've basically copied a Breakfast

promo word for word.

Have a look.

It is a brand-new day.

Good morning, Cal.

Good morning, Georgie.

Good morning, Karen.

Good morning.

This is BBC Breakfast.

Good morning, Dan.

Morning, Jenny.

It's an action packed day of sport

ahead with the FA Cup,

poppies, sports day.

The headlines are coming up.

Jack, your toast is burning.

The toast is burning.

And still ahead this morning.

Increasing petrol prices.

Changes to petrol prices

are affecting your commute...

It's going to be a wet one.

Start your day right

with BBC Breakfast.

Every morning from six on BBC One.

Don't they say copying is the

greatest form of flattery, something

like that. Clearly fans of BBC

breakfast.

Still to come.

He changed the lives

of millions of women -

providing low-cost sanitary towels

and revolutionising feminine

hygiene in India.

We'll be taking a look

at the the latest Bollywood smash

hitting the big screen.

We will be learning more about Pad

Man.

Time for the latest

news - here's Annita.

The BBC News headlines this morning.

Scientists in the US are close

to a major cancer breakthrough,

after trials for a new universal

blood test detected eight common

forms of the disease.

Overall, the test found

70% of the cancers -

but researchers are cautiously

optmistic, saying more work

is needed to verify its accuracy.

Their vision is an annual test

designed to catch cancer

early and save lives.

UK experts said it was

"enormously exciting".

Living conditions at

Liverpool Prison are the worst that

inspectors have ever seen,

according to a new report.

Inspectors say living

conditions at the jail

are the poorer than any other

reports they have undertaken..

However, Her Majesty's Prison

and Probation Service said it's

already taken immediate action

by appointing a new governor and

that cleanliness has also improved.

A couple who are accused

of imprisoning, abusing

and torturing twelve

of their children at their home

in California have pleaded not

guilty during their first court

appearance.

David and Louise

Turpin were arrested

on Sunday after one

of their children escaped

through a window of their home.

Police found the children severely

malnourished with some in shackles.

The duration of adolescence

is increasing - and now lasts

from the age of 10 until 24,

according to scientists.

They say that young people

continuing their education

for longer, as well as delayed

marriage and parenthood, which has

pushed back popular perceptions

of when adulthood begins.

Writing in the Lancet Health

Journal, the researchers argue

a change in the definition

of adolescence is needed

to ensure laws and government

policy stay appropriate.

Boris Johnson has proposed

building a 22 mile bridge

across the English Channel,

saying he believes another link

would further improve relations

between the UK and France.

He made the suggestion

at the meeting with the French

President Macron yesterday.

A source close to the Foreign

Secretary said he believed the fact

the two countries are only connected

by one railway line was "crazy".

That's a summary of

the latest BBC News.

Here's some sport now

with Olly Foster.

Kyle Edmund is through to the 4th

round of the Australian Open

after a five set win over

Georgia's Nikoloz Basilashvili

with the match lasted over three

and half hours in sweltering

temperatures of over 40

degrees in Melbourne.

The british number 2

will face Andreas Seppi next.

Roger Federer has given his backing

to increased prize money

at the four Grand Slams.

Novak Djokovic, who heads up

the player's council,

has called for a greater percentage

of tournament profits to be

passed on to the players.

England's cricketers are chasing

down 271 in Brisbane to try to take

a 2-0 series lead in the one day

series against Australia. Alex Hales

and Jonny Bairstow shared a century

stand for the second wicket. England

wobbling slightly, 157-4 from 27

overs.

And the overnight joint leader

Tommy Fleetwood has begun his second

round at the HSBC Championship

in Abu Dhabi - he made a birdie

on the second but he's currently

five shots behind current leader

the Belgian Thomas Pieters

A couple accused of torturing,

abusing and imprisoning their 13

children for at least eight years

have appeared in court in California

where they denied the charges.

57-year-old David Turpin

and his wife Louise, who is 49,

were arrested on Sunday after one

of their daughters escaped

through a window from the squalid

family home in the city of Perris

and called the police.

Mr Turpin is further charged

with sexually abusing one

of his younger daughters.

Prosecutors say the parents

tormented their starving children

allowing them to look at apple

and pumpkin pies

but not to eat them.

They were allegedly allowed

to shower just once a year

and if they were caught washing

they were punished by beatings,

strangulation and being

chained to their beds.

The siblings are said to be stunted

and severely malnourished.

The local district lawyer

in Riverside County -

Mike Hestrin - told reporters more

about their condition.

One of the children

at age 12 is the weight

of an average seven-year-old.

The 29-year-old female

victim weighs 82lb.

Several of the victims have

cognitive impairment and neuropathy,

which is nerve damage,

as a result of this extreme

and prolonged physical abuse.

Supposedly home-schooled,

the children lacked even...

They lack a basic knowledge of life.

Many of the children didn't know

what a police officer was.

The 17-year-old, when asked

if there was medication

or pills in the home,

didn't know what medication

or pills were.

About the only thing

the children were allowed to do

in their rooms or chained up

was to write in journals.

We now have recovered those

journals, hundreds of them.

And we are combing

through them for evidence.

All 13 of the victims,

including the defendants,

typically go to sleep around four

or five in the morning,

sleep all day and then be up

all through the night.

The victims report that

as a punishment, starting many years

ago, they began to be tied up.

First with ropes.

One victim at one point

was tied up and hogtied,

and then when that victim was able

to escape the ropes,

these defendants eventually began

using chains and padlocks to chain

up the victims to their beds.

These punishments would last

for weeks or even months at a time.

The 17-year-old victim that escaped

had been working on a plan

with her siblings to escape this

abuse for more than two years.

She escaped through a window and

took one of her siblings with her.

That sibling eventually turned back,

became frightened and turned back,

and went back into the house.

It's been infested with rats

and cockroaches, and seriously ill

prisoners are waiting days to be

treated, we'll be asking how can

Liverpool Prison turn itself around.

Next - a taboo-smashing comedy

featuring Bollywood superstar

Akshay Kumar on a surprising theme.

"Pad Man" is inspired by the life

of Arunachalam Muruganantham -

a school-drop out from a poor family

in southern India who changed

the lives of millions of women

across the world by inventing

a machine to make

cheap sanitary pads.

Let's have a look at a clip

from the film's trailer.

You're thinking I'm mad,

but mad only becoming famous.

Let's speak now to Pad Man

producer Twinkle Khanna-

A woman's activist and one of

India's bestselling authors.

And wife of the film's star

Akshay Kumar, who plays Pad Man.

How did you find out about the

story?

I was doing research on a

column about menstruation. I write

columns for the Times of India. I

read about him and was completely

fascinated. Here was a man from a

very simple and Conservative village

and he encountered a problem and

realised that his wife was using

unhygienic rags.

Really unhygienic

as well.

A normal man would say, if

I can't afford sanitary pads then I

will earn more money to buy them for

my wife. But Arunachalam

Muruganantham is a very eccentric

and idiosyncratic character. He

decided to make a cheaper version.

His wife got fed up of testing the

pads for him. He got fed up of

waiting month after month. He had to

wait a month for each trial as well.

No other woman was willing to test

it out. He had a contraption with a

pig's blather furled with pig 's

blood. He went cycling around with

this.

He replicated having a period.

It still leaked. The people in a

village thought he was a pervert or

hay had a sexual disease. He tells

me that some people even thought he

was a vampire secretly sucking blood

from animals and people overnight.

He was ostracised, but still made

this sanitary pad.

He lost

everything, lost his wife, was

ostracised from the village.

Even

his mother left him. He was

abandoned completely. His sense of

determination just pulled him

through that period and he

succeeded. And then his wife came

back.

That's good. Explain for

people who are not familiar with the

taboo and shame attached to having

periods in India.

I really don't

think it's just about India. I think

this is a problem that lots of women

face globally. In India there are

different taboo is. You can't touch

a pickle, it will get spoiled. You

can't go to temples because it's

blasphemy. In the Western world,

you'd take your handbag to the

toilet come you don't just take a

tampon or sanitary pad. There is

still a shame that is prevalent.

This August a 12-year-old girl was

pulled up by her school teacher

because she stained her uniform and

the bench with menstrual blood. She

went home and committed suicide by

jumping off a balcony. That's the

level of shame that this simple

biological function brings about.

The significance of this man's story

and what sounds like a very simple

and ingenious invention, that you

make a cheap sanitary pad. Sanitary

pads are very expensive and taxed at

12% in India.

That is something I

have been talking about repeatedly.

Brooms do not have tax. Apparently

in India is more important to keep

your house clean and your body. I

don't understand that. But to

reiterate, it's not just India. In

many states in America Viagra is

tax-free, but tampons are taxed,

because policies are made by six to

five-year-old men with erectile

dysfunction! -- with 65-year-old

men.

How odd was it to go out and

make the film, how did you get the

funding?

Is surprising, but the

biggest obstacle in making the movie

was too convinced Arunachalam that I

should be able to make it. He wasn't

interested because he's not a man

who wants to be famous or who is

interested in money beyond the

point. He lives a very simple life.

When I was visiting his house, we

sat on a flight eight off banana

leaves. He was getting excited

because he was getting bed for his

daughter, the first bed in the

household. His philosophy is very

simple. We are a world of

unnecessary consumers. If you are

satisfied, and your chair is broken

and you can just put a book and to

balance, why not do that.

So it

wasn't difficult to go to a film

company and make this into a huge

feature film, and get the cash for

somebody like Pad Man. It's talking

about periods.

I'd already written the story in my

book. When we went for funding

surprisingly we had no problem with

it. The only problem while filming,

we had two junior artists on the

set, and on the second day of

filming they felt sanitary pads and

they ran away because they were

mortified at holding menstrual

product.

How important was that to

get your husband on board, a

Bollywood superstar, because

presumably then it will get more

people to watch the film.

Exactly,

when I began I thought we'd make a

small arthouse film. Then I realised

the mission was to have as many

people watching it, for it to go

across households in India, and

globally as well and if the Indian

people see one of their idols

holding a sanitary pad in his hand

then half the taboos will be

dispelled. I thought it was a good

idea and it was much easier because

he lives in the same house as me!

You could annoy him until he said

yes! How much is this about the

message? It is a comedy. It is

important to have fun and make sure

this isn't just bridging at people.

The unique part is that

Muruganantham is very whimsical. His

tackling serious problem but he

doesn't take himself seriously. And

we stayed true to that because in

the film. The other thing we tried

to do was make sure the message was

clear that you can come to the movie

with your children, and you should

do, and with your grandmother

because the grandmother is the one

saying that the wife can't enter the

kitchen and has to be segregated. So

we came up the comicstrip. Again so

that this child friendly. So we've

been very clear with that messaging.

How has it been received in India?

We were very apprehensive before the

trailer because we thought people

would say, this is a movie about

menstruation and we don't want to

watch it. But the response has been

overwhelming, it is the most watched

trailer of any Indian film. People

are interested. I think a lot of

people will go to see it and will

drag conservative family members to

watch it.

In the UK where will we be

able to watch it?

able to watch it?

At the Odeon...

Everywhere! A widespread release!

Thank you so much for coming in,

Twinkle.

Thank you so much.

Severely ill patients

at Liverpool Prison are waiting days

to be seen due to poor care

and a lack of staff resulting

in a "substantial clinical risk",

according to an assessment of mental

healthcare at the jail by a senior

psychiatrist seen by BBC News.

In a separate report,

which is published today

but was leaked to the BBC last

month, inspectors say living

conditions at the jail

are the worst they've ever seen,

with the prison infested

with rats and cockroaches.

Let's speak now to Mark Fairhurst,

a prison officer at Liverpool Prison

and chairman of the Prison Officers'

Association.

Conservative MP Bob Neill, who is

Chairman of the Justice Committee.

And Peter Clarke, HM

Chief Inspector of Prisons.

Let me make my way over to meet you

all, gentlemen. Thank you so much

for coming in. Peter, if I could

start with you. For people who

didn't see the report that was

leaked to the BBC last month, give

us a sense of what was found at

Liverpool Prison.

The team of

inspectors who went to Liverpool

were very experienced, between them

they have been to hundreds of

prisoners over the years. And they

found conditions they describe as

the worst they could ever remember.

What we had were prison cells that

were dirty and damp, hundreds of

windows were broken. Lavatories were

blocked, sinks were leaking, there

were piles of letter in which they

saw rats running around and

cockroaches were photographed on the

floors. And the letter. I remember

asking a senior member of staff,

pointing it out and asking what is

this about, why haven't you cleaned

it up. He says, it's got so bad that

we can't use prison orderlies to

clean it up because it's a health

and safety issues we need external

contractors to do it. I said, you

are telling me that you've allowed

this prison to become too dirty to

be cleaned. Extraordinary. And that

is part of what sits behind our

report.

I want to bring you in as

well, Mark. You are a prison officer

at Liverpool prison. Just explain

how bad things are on a day to day

basis, to work there, and for the

inmates?

It is quite sad that we

have to rely on achieving spectre

reporting things that have been

going on for some time, that

management and staff have reported

to the prison service directors. And

they've taken no action. Most of

this report, and there's a theme in

Mr Peter's inspectors reports

throughout the country, they state

that prisons are dilapidated. That

is down to the private sector

contractor in charge of maintenance,

who is clearly not fit for purpose,

not doing their job. It takes less

than one hour to repair a broken

window, yet prisoners are getting

put in prison cells not fit for

human habitation. The governor of

Liverpool has notified this for some

time but he has got the answer, it's

a space, it's a bed, you are getting

a body. I feel he has been made a

scapegoat. Things are improving. I

was there on Boxing Day. It is a lot

cleaner and stuff for implementing

an improved regime.

Just explain the

impact on the behaviour of inmates,

to live in an environment like that.

Because we hear so often about

prison officers feeling under

pressure and it's a difficult

environment to work in any way.

Added to this, how challenging is

and for all of you?

You have to

understand that we are staff. We

don't want to put a prisoner in a

cell that we think is not fit for

habitation. But when you are forced

to buy the hierarchy you have to put

them in a cell. That leads to

frustration is because anybody with

a broken sink or blocked toilet and

waiting months for that repair to

get done, they bear the brunt of the

frustration. The stuff in the front

line take the flak for something

that isn't their fault. And this is

down to private contractors. We need

those services. As Carillion Proops,

get them back in the public sector

and get them back now. They are not

fit for purpose. They are causing

stability issues in our prisons.

Bob, do you acknowledge that is the

problem?

No, there are some very

well maintained private sector

prisons and some badly maintained

public sector ones. Where Mark is

right is that there are systemic

failures because the people on the

ground were not being supported by

the regional and national leadership

of the prison service. That's why we

have some and a director of the

prison service and the top

management to explain it away. The

first time we've ever done that in

respect of an individual prison

report, that is because it

report, that is because it was so

bad, it is a systemic failure and

that is when we need answers.

So

what needs to change? I am

interested in all your points of

view. Peter?

You would expect me to

say this but I would like to see

inspection reports taken more

seriously than they have been in

recent years.

So they forced to do

what you recommend in the report?

They should taken seriously. It is

clear that in recent years there's

been a steady decline in the number

of our recommendations taken

seriously. If we take the urgent

notification that I made yesterday

about Nottingham prison, where we

found it to be fundamentally unsafe,

on the last inspection two years ago

we made 13 recommendations

specifically about safety, and when

we inspected last week we found only

two of those had been achieved.

That's sort of ignoring, I have to

put it that way because it feels as

of our reports are being ignored,

that sort of ignoring will

inevitably lead to a decline in

standards.

Bob, you are a

Conservative MP, is your government

ignoring what Peter Clarke is saying

in these reports.

Any ignoring is

happening on the part of the prison

service, that is something that we

intend to raise, the government was

proposing to make it a statutory

obligation, I'd like to see it

again, that sadly was lost in the

dissolution of parliament, we need

to return to that and we need to

increase pressure on that and make

sure top civil servants are up to

the job and if they are not

supporting people on the front line

that won't leave the safe and decent

environment which is the obligation

we need.

Mark, I want you to read a

statement we've had from the trust

in charge of health care at

Liverpool prison. They said they put

huge amounts into trying to improve

services but they say they haven't

seen the improvements they would

have rights they sorry about that.

This in the prison has hired a

significant number of new officers

and the prison is now fully staffed.

They say urgent steps are being

taken to look into the running of

health care services in prison.

It's

being subjected to a bid process

because the Lancashire authorities

don't want it any more. We don't

know who will win the bid yet. What

has happened at Liverpool is what we

want for all prisons, we want

investment from the government to

improve living conditions for

prisoners and for staff the working

conditions, is going to be a long

overdue process. We just one senior

managers in the prison service to

listen to staff and management and

prisons that are experiencing

difficulties. We want safe prisons

and decent living conditions for

prisoners and decent working

conditions for staff. Staff have the

right to work in a safe environment

and prisoners have the right to live

in a safe environment and we want

that decency agenda full on with the

investment and resources in place.

Gentlemen, thank you so

much for coming to speech to us. A

lot of you have been getting in

touch about the movie Pad Man, which

is set in India and is talking about

periods, it hugely taboo subject.

One tweet says, I loved too talking

about Pad Man. Martha says I'm so

proud to see Twinkle grazing a

programme to talk about Pad Man,

Bollywood is taking the world by

storm. Twinkle is the producer of

the movie Pad Man, who came in to

talk to us about it. Keep your

messages coming in. A simple blood

test to diagnose cancer is being

hailed as a major breakthrough.

We'll have more details shortly.

First the weather with Simon.

We'll have more details shortly.

First the weather with Simon.

Another wintry start across the

north of the UK, and in Scotland, in

the Highlands, a lot of snowfall,

look at this, real snow day, the

roads around Glasgow looking pretty

treacherous, it will continue with

snow showers moving in, particularly

across the West of Scotland,

Northern Ireland, even across

north-west England snow showers of a

higher ground. One or two rain

showers as well, as we go through

the day, particularly south-west

Scotland, we could see travel

disruption because of heavy snow and

also ice. The Met Office has is it

an amber warning, be prepared, south

of Glasgow towards Dumfries and

Galloway because of their heavy

snow, eagerly towards the north and

west of Scotland, snow showers in

Northern Ireland and the north-west,

first the 70s looking dry and

bright. At three o'clock we could

see between ten and 15 centimetres,

more perhaps on higher ground, less

than that lower levels, enough to

cause disruption. Some wintry

showers into the Pennines, North

Wales, the South might see a bit of

sleet, maybe some hail developing in

South Wales and south-west England,

otherwise dry with bright spells,

some sunshine this afternoon across

the South and east. It will pretty

cold, and there, the temperatures on

the thermometer might say two or

three degrees in the north of the

UK, but with a brisk westerly wind

it will feel much colder. Maybe -1

or minus two degrees further north.

Snow continues other south-west

Scotland, and other night more

wintry showers. Rain spreading into

South Wales and southern England by

Saturday morning. Some snow over the

Brecon Beacons, clearer skies to the

north and east mean it will be a

cold and icy night. Saturday morning

a bit of snow of the Chilterns and

the Cotswolds, although that should

clear away and for many of us it's

dry on Saturday, dryer towards the

north and east of the UK. As we go

through Saturday into Sunday, a very

different sort of day for most of

us, this weather front pushing in

will bring some heavy rain for a

time, stronger winds on Sunday and

four times snow, over the Pennines,

the uplands, into the Grampians and

the Highlands for a time. But rain

pushing east, although becoming

Buddha, 11 degrees towards the

south-west, still keeping the cold

air in the and east. -- becoming

milder. That's all from me. Hello,

it's Friday, it's ten o'clock, and

Chloe Tilly.

A simple blood test

to diagnose cancer.

Scientists in America are trialling

a test which can detect eight

forms on the disease.

It's being hailed as

a major breakthrough.

I look forward to a time in 10 years

where we all go to the pharmacy,

we buy our shampoo,

we give a blood test.

And we get on with our lives.

The NHS is spending more

money on diagnostics

than treating the disease.

We'll be asking just how significant

this is and what hope does it offer?

This weekend marks a year

since Donald Trump was sworn

in as America's 45th President.

but what a year it's been -

we'll be asking just how has the US

changed over his first year

in the White House.

And she lost three of her daughters

within seven years -

but Samantha Dorricott had to stay

strong for her grandchildren -

it's no surprise many

are hailing her "supergran".

She tells us how she keeps the

memories of her daughters alive.

Talking about them every day,

making sure these children

are happy, you know,

just stay strong.

Here's Annita in the BBC Newsroom

with a summary of today's news.

Scientists in the United States have

taken a step towards one

of the biggest goals in medicine -

a universal blood test for cancer.

The method - known

as "Cancer Seek" -

detects eight common forms

of the disease.

Overall the research found 70% of

cancers.

Researchers are cautiously

optmistic, saying more work

is needed to verify its accuracy.

UK experts said it was

"enormously exciting".

Living conditions at

Liverpool Prison are the worst that

inspectors have ever seen,

according to a new report.

They found filthy cells and inmates

living among infestations

of rats and cockroaches.

Her Majesty's Prison

and Probation Service says it's

already taken action by appointing

a new governor and that cleanliness

has also been improved.

A couple who are accused

of imprisoning, abusing

and torturing twelve

of their children at their home

in California have pleaded not

guilty during their first court

appearance.

David and Louise

Turpin were arrested

on Sunday after one

of their children escaped

through a window of their home.

Police found the children severely

malnourished with some in shackles.

Two fishermen are missing

after their boat capsized off

the coast of Western Scotland.

Lifeboats were launched

after receiving a distress signal

from Loch Fyne yesterday evening.

Another man who was rescued

is recovering in hospital.

Eight people, including two

firefighters, have been killed as

hurricane strength winds swept

across northern Europe.

Winds from storm Friederike Europe

reached up to 200 kilometres

per hour causing severe disruption

to travel

and plunging thousands

of homes into darkness.

Retail sales in the UK fell by more

than expected in December. Sales

volumes dropped 1.5% from November,

according to the Office for National

Statistics. It's the biggest month

on month fall since June of 2016

when the UK voted to leave the

European Union, as well as the

weakest December performance for

seven years.

The duration of adolescence

is increasing - and now lasts

from the age of 10 until 24,

according to scientists.

They say that young people

continuing their education

for longer, as well as delayed

marriage and parenthood, which has

pushed back popular perceptions

of when adulthood begins.

Writing in the Lancet Health

Journal, the researchers argue

a change in the definition

of adolescence is needed

to ensure laws and government

policy stay appropriate.

The inquest into the death

of The Cranberries singer,

Dolores O'Riordan has

opened and adjourned.

They are awaiting results of medical

tests.

Dolores O'Riordan was found dead

at the Hilton Hotel on Park Lane

on Monday morning.

Her death is not being

treated as suspicious.

That's a summary of the latest BBC

News - more at 10:30am.

Here's some sport now

with Olly Foster.

The British number two Kyle Edmund

is into the fourth round of the

Australian open after beating the

Georgian Nikoloz Basilashvili in

five sets. He won the first set, but

Edmund lost that next to a Mac, he

had to dig very deep to see out the

mat. It's the second five set match

of the tournament. It's only the

second time that Edmund has got this

fight in a grandson. He reached the

US open fourth round a couple of

years ago. Temperatures have hit 40

degrees for the second day running.

Lots of players have been

complaining and saying that play

should be stopped. Organisers

haven't done that but they say they

will review their heat policy at the

end of the tournament.

It's a tough

one. Its professional sport, it's

meant to hurt, it's not meant to be

easy. But I guess, yeah, if people

start to become ill then it might be

a concern but as far as I am aware,

everyone is just getting through.

Roger Federer has given his backing

to an increase in prize money at the

grand slams. Novak Djokovic, as

president of the players Council, a

few days ago called a meeting before

the tournament. He is unhappy that

the major tournaments pass on only

about 7% of their income to players.

We are not partners, we are just

players. So it's always hard to

rally. We had a good agreement, in

my opinion, that made the grand

slams happy, the players pretty

happy. It seems that has run its

course. The moment that happens,

there isn't the same increases any

more so players have to rally and

get back together again and put in

the effort. The tournaments know

that and will only react when we do

so. We are ready to do it and it

will be the same process over and

over against about England's

cricketers are chasing 271 in

Brisbane to take a 2-0 series lead

in the one-day series against

Australia. Australia made 270-9

after winning the toss. Aaron Finch

made a century, that's his second in

two matches.

But they could get a

partnership going. There were a

couple of wickets each for Adil

Rashid and Joe Root. Jason Roy made

a record 180 in the first 1-dayer,

but he was out just in the first

over of the England reply, caught

out by Aaron Finch off the bowling

of Mitchell Starc. Alex Hales and

Jonny Bairstow then try to outdo

each other, racing to 50 each. Joe

Root and Jos Buttler at the crease

at the moment, England 194-4 and on

course for victory. Ross Fisher is

now leading the

now leading the -- now the leading

Briton at the Abu Dhabi golf

championship. Tommy Fleetwood has

fallen off the pace. Fisher shot a

round of 67 for the second day in a

row to move to ten under. That's two

shots off the lead. Perfect distance

from the outset on the course. Ryder

Cup star Thomas Pieters took

advantage, hitting some sensational

shots in a round of 65 which put him

one clear at the top of

one clear at the top of the the

leaderboard. Fleetwood is five shots

off the pace.

Scientists have taken a step towards

one of the biggest goals in medicine

- a universal blood test for cancer.

Scientists at Johns Hopkins

University in the US have developed

a test that screens for common forms

of the disease.

It was tested on eight types

of cancer including ovarian,

pancreatic and lung.

The study was of 1,005 patients

who were known to have cancer.

The test correctly

diagnosed 7 in 10 cases.

So just how significant is this

and what hope does it offer?

Let's talk to Professor Sam Janes,

who leads on lung cancer at

University College London Hospital,

and Jane Murphy who is

a Clinical Nurse Specialist

at the charity Breast Cancer Care.

Thanks for coming in. How excited

should we be by this?

I think this

is a really exciting breakthrough.

If you imagine, the big problem with

cancer is that it can often grow

inside our bodies. And actually

spread around our bodies before we

even realise we have it. We have no

symptoms, and eventually something

feels wrong and we might go to the

GP or a hospital doctor and they

tell us we have cancer, but

unfortunately it has spread. We have

relatively limited treatments. It

might help us live longer and

improve our quality of life, but it

will not cure us. The big vision for

scientists now is that we diagnose

cancer early. So even when we are

without symptoms and don't know we

have it. This test is a significant

step in that direction.

What does

the tests do in simple terms?

The

test is very clever, it's almost

like a blood biopsy, a liquid

biopsy. You go and have a blood

test, and what the test is looking

for is signs of cancer somewhere in

the body. When a cancer grows, the

cells of the cancer also sometimes

break up a bit. What they do when

they break up is release little bits

of DNA or protein into the blood.

With the blood test, what we are

aiming to do is find that abnormal

protein, or abnormal DNA that has