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Hello, it is Monday, it is nine

o'clock. Welcome to the programme.

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The head of the Army speaks out on

defence funding in a rare public

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intervention. General Sir Nick

Carter will warn of the potential

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threat posed by Russian long-range

missiles and cyber warfare skills.

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His call for more money has been

welcomed by military colleagues.

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There is a Russian threat out there.

I visited Russia last year for the

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May Day parade. I found that their

capability was awesome. Not only in

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the conventional side, but also, as

we know, the developments in the

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cyber and high technology.

Large

numbers of young women say they are

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too embarrassed to go for a smear

test, putting themselves at risk of

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cervical cancer.

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I've not met a woman yet who didn't

say they were embarrassed,

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so I did put lots of things

in front of mine.

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I'll clean house, I'll go shopping,

anything not to go.

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You know, it is very embarrassing.

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We will ask AGP what more can be

done to improve uptake. We will also

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talk a mother whose daughter

swallowed a small button battery, as

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doctors warn of a spike in cases and

life changing injuries that can

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result from it.

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Hello.

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Welcome to the programme,

we're live until 11 this morning.

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We're also talking about social

media this morning as a report

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suggests that we're falling out

of love with it.

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Concerns about fake news,

social anxiety and cyber bullying

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are partly to blame.

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Let us know if you've

deleted your accounts, or if you're

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just using social media less.

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Do get in touch on all the stories

we're talking about this morning -

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Our top story today...

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The head of the Army

will warn today that

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Britain's military risks falling

behind that of its enemies unless it

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gets additional investment.

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In a speech to the defence

think tank, the Royal

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United Services Institute,

General Sir Nick Carter is expected

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to say that Russia now has superior

battlefield capabilities to the UK,

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and poses a significant threat

in terms of cyber warfare.

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Simon Clemison reports.

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Images showing what Russia said

was a strike on Syria.

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But the rockets come not

from the Mediterranean Sea,

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but the Caspian Sea,

more than 900 miles away.

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The head of the Army warns Russia

is building an increasingly

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aggressive military,

which the UK is struggling to match.

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Russia has also been simulating

attacks closer to home,

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conducting large-scale exercises.

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This, the heavily armed Klinongrad

bordering Lithuania.

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General Sir Nick Carter will warn

Britain must take notice

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of what is going on around us

and keep up, or we could be

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massively constrained.

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He will say the threats are not

thousands of miles away,

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but are now on our doorstep.

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He says cyber warfare can also

disrupt the lives of normal people.

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One of the most important aspects

is to deter any aggression.

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You can only do that with a strong

army and forward presence.

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You need the back-up

to sustain that.

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That means a significant size

in terms of the army and any thought

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of reducing the army below

the numbers that we have

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at the moment, about 80,000,

I think would put it at risk.

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The head of the army is not saying

this in so many words,

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but one way to avoid the possibility

of Britain falling behind

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in combat could be more money

from the Chancellor here

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at Number 11.

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He certainly won't

want to see any cuts.

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The speech will be made

with the approval of

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the Defence Secretary, who has

already said a 2% rise should be

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a base, not a ceiling.

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No word yet from the Chancellor.

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Simon Cleminson, BBC News.

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More on that later.

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Annita McVeigh is in the BBC

Newsroom with a summary

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of the rest of the days news.

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A charity says one in three young

women in the UK are embarrassed

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to attend smear tests for cervical

cancer because of issues

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with body image.

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Jo's Cervical Cancer Trust,

which surveyed more than 2000 women

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aged between 25 and 35,

said it was worried about the impact

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on screening rates, which have

fallen to a 20-year low.

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The key finding that has come out

is that one in three women that have

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been researched say that body image

is a very significant factor for not

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attending cervical screening.

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That's a big concern.

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For those under 35 it's

the most common cancer,

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and if women aren't attending

cervical screening then

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potentially their lives

will be put at risk.

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Ukip's deputy leader has resigned

in protest over Henry Bolton's

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decision to step down

as party leader.

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MEP Margot Parker, who'll

remain with the party,

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says Mr Bolton has left the party

in "limbo" after refusing to go,

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despite receiving a vote of no

confidence from UKIP's

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national executive committee.

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Mr Bolton faces repeated calls

to quit over offensive text messages

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sent by his former girlfriend.

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Lord O'Neill says that economy

should perform better this year than

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many opponents of Brexit had

predicted. He said it should be

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upgraded because of increased demand

from America, China and continental

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Europe.

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Detectives are continuing

to investigate the fatal stabbing

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of an 8-year-old girl in the West

Midlands.

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Mylee Billingham was named by police

as the schoolgirl who died

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at an address near Walsall

on Saturday night.

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A 54-year-old man, who was arrested

in connection with the attack,

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remains in a critical

condition in hospital.

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Boris Johnson will meet his US

counterpart Rex Tillerson in London

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today for talks on Syria, Iran and

Yemen. It comes after Donald Trump

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refused to visit the UK to open the

new US embassy.

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Donald Trump may not be coming to

Britain, but his Secretary of State

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is. Rex Tillerson arrived for a

fresh round of diplomacy in European

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capitals. America's foreign policy

chief is expected to visit the new

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US Embassy in London on the one the

President said he doesn't like, and

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try to smooth ruffled feathers by

offering the now ritual reassurances

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about the importance of the UK and

US relationship. But in his meetings

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with Boris Johnson and senior

security officials, Mr Tillerson is

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also expected to seek common ground

on key international issues. On

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Syria, there will discuss not only

the new Turkish assault on Kurdish

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forces in the north, but also

upcoming meetings in Geneva and

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elsewhere to seek yet again some

kind of political solution to the

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conflict. Mr Tillerson also wants to

discuss Iran, where Britain and

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Europe are at odds with the US over

the deal to restrict Teheran's Ukip

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-- nuclear programme. It looks set

to look into ways to curb the

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nuclear process. Both sides will

want to talk about Yemen, the

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fighting and the humanitarian system

continues to get worse, in what has

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become a proxy war between Iran and

Saudi Arabia. Attention, as ever,

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will focus on the UK and US

relationship, that is being tested

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by Donald Trump's apparent

indifference and reluctance to

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visit. Today's diplomacy will

prepare the way for the President's

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meeting with the Prime Minister

Theresa May, which is expected in

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the Swiss resort of Davos next week.

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The US federal government

will remain closed today

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after the Senate delayed a vote

on a budget measure,

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which would have allowed civil

servants to go back to work.

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Democrats want President Trump

to negotiate over immigration,

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but Republicans say no deal

is possible while federal government

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services are closed.

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The last government

shutdown was in 2013,

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and lasted for 16 days.

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Authorities in Mexico say more than

25,000 people were murdered in the

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country last year, about 500 every

week. The majority were in states

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where drug cartels are deeply

entrenched. Mexico City and the

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tourist areas of Baja California

also saw murder rates rise 400%.

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Kaymer Kennelly 1000 children

centres are crossing and have not

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been inspected by Ofsted for more

than five years. The Government

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temporarily suspended inspections in

2015. The charity Action For

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Children says it has left thousands

of parents with no idea how good

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their local centre is.

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For babies and toddlers,

it is a chance to play.

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For parents, a chance to socialise

and get free support

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from health workers.

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There are 3000 or so children's

centres across England.

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Like schools, Ofsted inspects them

for safety and quality.

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In 2015, the Government decided

to consult over their future

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and told inspectors

to stop inspecting.

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The charity Action For Children says

two years on, some 969 centres due

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an inspection have not had one.

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That is 40% of the total.

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In that time, councils have invested

£1.4 billion in children's centres,

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but it is not clear how well

the money has been spent.

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What it means is that local

authorities under pressure for cash,

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if the centres are not inspected,

they are sort of invisible.

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What that means is that it is much

easier to close them.

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Two years ago, Alka lost her mother

just after giving birth to her son

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and was heading towards depression.

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At the centres were not here

to help me, and the health visitor,

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one consistent person throughout

to help me, I'm not sure how

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we would have coped,

and I don't think we would have

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coped very well.

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These centres are a lifeline.

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Ofsted confirmed that

the inspections are still suspended.

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The Department for Education said

robust and regular partial

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inspections do still take place.

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A man's been rescued after a week

of being cut off by the snow.

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The 64-year-old, who lives

in Dumfries and Galloway,

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had been attempting to reach

the nearest village, but his path

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was blocked by deep snow.

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A mountain rescue team

tried to drive to him,

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but had to abandon the car and go

on foot to help him.

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They finally managed to reach

the man after battling

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through drifts for two hours.

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Gary Oldman has cemented his status

as favourite to win an Oscar this

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year after being awarded

Best Actor at the Screen

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Actors Guild Awards.

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It's for his role as Winston

Churchill in The Darkest Hour. He

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was overcome with emotion as he

received his prize.

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Churchill reminds us we make

a living by what we get,

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but we make a life by what we give.

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And you have given, you have

given enormously tonight.

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I am so deeply honoured and proud to

receive this magnificent award.

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Perhaps a golden statue in his hands

next time round?

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Time to get an sport. Let's talk

about the Australian open, Kyle

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Edmund has some decent company?

We

are whittling down the numbers.

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After his success yesterday,

incredible, through to his first

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grand slam quarterfinal, the biggest

win of his career. There is another

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name you might know.

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Roger Federer through to the quarter

finals of the Austrailian Open

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beocming the oldest man to reach

the last eight since

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Ken Rosewell in 1977.

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That was the grand age of 36!

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He beat Hungary's Marton Fucsovics

in straight sets, making quick work

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of him too in under two hours.

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He'll face Czech Tomas Berdych next.

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And in the women's draw top seed

Simona Halep beat Naomi Osaka

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after coming through a tight first

set she ran away with it 6-3, 6-2.

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and she goes on to face the winner

of the all Czech contest

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between sixth seed Karolina Pliskova

and 20th seed Barbora Strycova.

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Novak Djokovic, also bidding for his

place. But standing in the way, the

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South Korean

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South Korean 21-year-old, Hyeon

Chung. Already shaping up to be an

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exciting match. And the Masters has

a new champion in the snigger?

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What a performance from

Northern Ireland's Mark Allen,

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in what was arguably the biggest

contest of his career.

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He beat Kyren Wilson to triumph 10-7

in the final of the Masters

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at Alexandra Palace.

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Remember, he had to beat the likes

of Ronnie O'Sullivan

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and John Higgins to get

to the last two.

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But 40 years since Alex Higgins

won his first Masters title Allen

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has followed in his footsteps

after last night's marathon match

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which in the end lasted five

hours and 14 minutes!

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He walks away with the Paul Hunter

trophy of course and

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£200,000 in prize money.

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Devastating though for Kyren Wilson

who was in tears afterwards,

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he is of course the first player

born in the 1990s to appear

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in a triple crown.

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You could see what it meant to him.

Close to tears, we can understand.

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But you should hold ahead of really

high. -- your head up.

I've had an

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incredible week. I said to my

manager and my coach, if anybody was

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going to beat me, I would have loved

it to have been Mark

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going to beat me, I would have loved

it to have been Mark. I am

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devastated. But he deserves it, he

has been knocking on the door.

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Incredible what two are doing for

the sport. Kyren said it was nice to

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go into pizza express and have

people asking for his autograph.

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A lot of people tweeting

about ths yesterday.

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Strong selfie gain in football.

There has been a lot of talk about

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this transfer, Alexis Sanchez. If

ever we needed confirmation,

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standing on the pitch in his number

7 shirt, taking a selfie. And he is

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not the only one. Somebody else that

once wore that number seven shirt is

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Cristiano Ronaldo.

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After Cristiano Ronaldo scored twice

during Real Madrid's 7-1 thrashing

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over Deportivo he did get a boot

to the face, but couldn't quite wait

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to get to the changing rooms

to check the results,

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borrowing his physio's phone

to check out the damage.

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Nobody had a mirror handy. What have

you got? An iPhone.

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He wasn't happy with

what he saw either.

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He might be starting something, I

was checking my make-up on my phone

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earlier and I was accused of doing a

Visteon Ronaldo! You -- a Cristiano

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Ronaldo.

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Cervical cancer is the most common

cancer in women under 35 and easily

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treatable if it's found early.

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But a new study has found that

a third of young women

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are avoiding getting smear tests

because they are too embarrassed

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to show their bodies to doctors.

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The cervical cancer charity

Jo's Cervical Cancer Trust surveyed

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2000 women under 35 and found that

in some areas, half

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of them were ignoring

invitations to be screened.

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35% said this was because

of their body shape.

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While more than a third were worried

about the look and smell

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of their pubic areas.

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220,000 British women of all ages

are diagnosed with cervical

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abnormalities each year.

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And just under a thousand women die

from cervical cancer

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every year in the UK.

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With us in the studio

is Robert Music from

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Jo's Cervical Cancer Trust,

Tina Holland will tell us why

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she didn't go for smear test,

And GP Dr Philippa Kaye is here too.

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Thank you to joining us. Robert,

it's your organisation who carried

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out the research. Shocking to hear

that so many women don't go for

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their smear test because they are

worried about their body image.

It's

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really worrying. We've known for a

long time that embarrassment is one

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of the factors. The results from

this data is very concerning. Body

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image has come up as such a huge

image as it has done beforehand.

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This body -- this age group. We've

got to find a way of reassuring

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them. Making sure they were aware

that this test is vitally important

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and it is the most common cancer for

their age group. We are really

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worried if things don't turn around

and unfortunately more women will be

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diagnosed and sadly lose their

lives. The key thing this cancer is

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preventable.

It so many women, such

a crucial test for them to get to

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diagnose them in the early stages,

and if we're hearing that they would

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rather go to a gym class or get

their waxing done then both for

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their smear test, what barriers,

what can be done to remove some of

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those barriers?

I think educational

awareness. Making that age group

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understand that this is a test that

is very relevant for them. But every

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three years they get invited, it's a

five-minute test but those five

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minutes can literally save their

lives. What's very important and has

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come out in the research is that

they don't understand about the risk

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of cervical cancer so that's very

important as well. One of the things

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we are calling for is a national

awareness campaign to make this

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acceptable.

We need to start very

young. When they start having their

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personal and social education as

children in primary school and they

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learn about their bodies, we should

be teaching them about breast

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examination, testicular examination

and the importance of smear tests.

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If it is delivered from very early

on that this is part of your self

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care, in the same way you brush your

teeth and you wash your face, but it

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becomes part of everyday life. I

think it needs to start there and we

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need to have a bigger push on social

media. We need to be pushing on

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social media in the same way you

think about contraception and sexual

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health, we should be using those

opportunities to have a smear test.

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Wheels any to talk about what

happens when you get there. People

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are frightened.

We will come onto

that. Let's bring in Tina. Thank you

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for joining us. Let's ask you why

you didn't give your smear test.

It

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was something I didn't find the time

for. I think if you're in pain,

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you've got something going on that

you think you need to get checked,

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then you go to the doctor. For

something that you don't necessarily

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have symptoms, it's just something

you put to one side, which I regret

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doing.

Why do you regret it?

I

eventually went for my smear test

0:19:360:19:44

and unfortunately I found that I had

cervical cancer. It was the early

0:19:440:19:49

stages which was very, very lucky.

If I'd left it any longer it could

0:19:490:19:53

have been a different story. If I'd

have gone sooner it would have

0:19:530:19:58

prevented me getting cancer rather

than the cells changing into cancer.

0:19:580:20:03

Teen comedy recognise what we are

hearing from the today, that women

0:20:030:20:09

are put off because they are

embarrassed about their bodies,

0:20:090:20:13

embarrassed about how they look,

about smell, they would rather do

0:20:130:20:16

other things than go for a smear

test and find any excuse not to go?

0:20:160:20:21

It's an intimate part of a woman's

body, and people get embarrassed I

0:20:210:20:26

think. Like you say, smells, the

look and somebody else seeing that

0:20:260:20:36

area. But every female has got one

and, you know, the specialist that

0:20:360:20:42

does the smear test have seen a

variety of them. There's nothing to

0:20:420:20:47

be embarrassed about at all.

We even

hear that women won't go unless

0:20:470:20:51

they've shaved or waxed in that area

as well.

0:20:510:20:58

as well.

Again, everybody is

different, everybody's preferences

0:20:580:21:01

are different. The nurses, the

gynaecologist that do the tests have

0:21:010:21:05

seen it all and will see worse,

better, every time they do a test.

0:21:050:21:11

It's nothing to be worried about,

nothing to be embarrassed about, and

0:21:110:21:15

it saves your life and it helps

prevent cancer. I recommend

0:21:150:21:20

everybody getting it done.

Is there

anything looking back that would

0:21:200:21:24

have helped you, that would have

maybe encouraged you to go sooner?

I

0:21:240:21:30

think I'm site is a wonderful thing.

I think knowing and having the

0:21:300:21:36

knowledge that it's there to prevent

you cancer, not to diagnosed cancer,

0:21:360:21:44

it is there to diagnose the changes

in your cervix not actually

0:21:440:21:49

detecting cancer. Yes, it does

detect cancer but it's there to help

0:21:490:21:53

prevent it. It's one of the cancers

that can be prevented with a smear

0:21:530:21:58

test and cervical screening. If I'd

have had more knowledge of that at

0:21:580:22:02

the time I think I would have gone

sooner.

Thank you. Can you talk us

0:22:020:22:08

through the procedure. It's not

necessarily just about detecting

0:22:080:22:12

cancer, it's about detecting

abnormalities.

It doesn't actually

0:22:120:22:16

diagnose cancer and I wonder if some

people don't go because they are

0:22:160:22:19

terrified that they are going to be

diagnosed with cancer. It detects

0:22:190:22:23

precancerous changes and we can do

something about those changes before

0:22:230:22:27

it turns into cancer. I think we

need to push the message of it

0:22:270:22:32

doesn't mean that you have cancer.

Some of those changes will go away

0:22:320:22:36

on their own and some won't. So this

is what we do. When you go to the

0:22:360:22:44

doctor, it's a date that you are not

bleeding. That's quite important

0:22:440:22:47

when you're planning. This is a

spectrum. There's a definite fear of

0:22:470:22:52

the big old-fashioned metal cold

speculums. Not all of that goes

0:22:520:23:02

inside. If you can tolerate sex, you

can tolerate that. We put it inside

0:23:020:23:08

and open it up a bit to hold the

walls of the joiner out of the way.

0:23:080:23:13

We are looking down the sensor we

can see the cervix through the hole.

0:23:130:23:19

-- the walls of the vagina out of

the way. We use this to swipe the

0:23:190:23:27

walls of the vagina. That bit

sometimes causes period pain.

How

0:23:270:23:32

uncomfortable is that?

It depends

person-to-person. Some people find

0:23:320:23:39

the stretching uncomfortable and

some people are more prone to period

0:23:390:23:42

pain than others. That lasts a few

seconds. This brush then goes in a

0:23:420:23:47

pot. This comes out and you're done.

Two minutes, that's all. It's

0:23:470:23:53

potentially life-saving. Is it

present? No. Is it uncomfortable?

0:23:530:23:56

Yes. It is absolutely necessary --

is it pleasant? No. Think about

0:23:560:24:06

relaxing your bottom down into the

bed, that. You can sync against the

0:24:060:24:12

speculum.

You're explaining it in a

way that makes it sound less

0:24:120:24:15

terrifying but what can doctors and

nurses do to make that situation

0:24:150:24:19

more comfortable for women?

We are

lucky that you come and see your

0:24:190:24:26

nurse and hopefully you have a

relationship with your nurse and

0:24:260:24:28

your doctor, that you get to know

them over a few years. That

0:24:280:24:32

relationship is really helpful.

You

may not.

Absolutely. All of us and

0:24:320:24:38

all of the nurses are very used to

doing this. We are trained in doing

0:24:380:24:42

this and we are used a calming down

nervous women. We appreciate it's

0:24:420:24:47

not comfortable, we have it done

ourselves. Part of our job is to

0:24:470:24:51

relax people. Makes it easier from

our end as well but the message

0:24:510:24:55

needs to come out that we can pick

up precancerous changes. You can

0:24:550:25:00

have treatment, that will save your

life. It doesn't affect fertility if

0:25:000:25:05

we early. People are worried about

that. If we treat you early you

0:25:050:25:11

shouldn't have any problems later

on. We don't think about appearances

0:25:110:25:16

and smells, the patient over there

said they'd seen better or worse. I

0:25:160:25:20

wouldn't even think about it in

those terms. It is what it is.

We

0:25:200:25:24

are all different.

Absolutely. We

have to think about sexual health.

0:25:240:25:28

People are worried about the number

of partners they've had, people are

0:25:280:25:35

worried will make judgments. We

don't, we are using that information

0:25:350:25:38

for the best treatment and care.

One

viewers as I'm puzzled by the

0:25:380:25:44

objective embarrassed.

Uncomfortable, inconvenient but

0:25:440:25:47

extremely important. Is this what

happens when we distort women's body

0:25:470:25:50

image? Tina, what would your message

be to people watching at home?

It

0:25:500:26:00

saved my life. Don't put it off. Go

and get it checked and good luck.

0:26:000:26:06

Tina, thank you. Thank you both as

well.

0:26:060:26:12

Crewe Alexandra Football Club had

an arrangement with former coach

0:26:120:26:14

Barry Bennell to let players

as young as 11 years old stay

0:26:140:26:17

in his house overnight,

his trial has heard.

0:26:170:26:19

The 64-year-old is accused

of sexually abusing 11 boys

0:26:190:26:21

between 1979 and 1991.

0:26:210:26:26

Our reporter Jim Reed was at

Liverpool Crown Court on Friday.

0:26:260:26:28

Jim.

0:26:280:26:33

This is the trial of Barry Bennell.

Former youth football coach linked

0:26:330:26:36

to a number of large professional

clubs, including Crewe Alexandra and

0:26:360:26:41

Manchester City. He's facing 48

counts of historical sexual abuse

0:26:410:26:46

which he denies. On Friday the court

heard from a former youth team

0:26:460:26:50

player at Crewe Alexandra. He said

he was 11 or 12 when he first became

0:26:500:26:55

linked to the club. This was in the

early 1980s. The jury were played a

0:26:550:27:02

police interview with this man. In

it he talked about trips he made to

0:27:020:27:07

the north-west of England with his

family, with his dad. He said it was

0:27:070:27:11

there his dad used to leave him and

he would stay overnight at Barry

0:27:110:27:16

Bennell's house. He alleges he was

seriously abused. He said between 12

0:27:160:27:20

and 20 times. He was asked in the

interview whose idea was it to stay

0:27:200:27:26

in Barry Bennell's house. The

alleged victim replied, the football

0:27:260:27:30

club. By that he meant Crewe

Alexandra. It would have been Dario

0:27:300:27:39

... He went on to tell officers

about the house itself. He described

0:27:410:27:47

how Barry Bennell used to play

horror movies to young children. He

0:27:470:27:51

mentioned nightmare on Elm Street.

He said you'd be that scared, you'd

0:27:510:27:55

want to cuddle up to him. He told

police this arrangement lasted for

0:27:550:28:00

about 18 months until he went to

stay at Dario Gradi's house. He said

0:28:000:28:08

Dario looked after me, I always grew

up thinking Dario saved me from

0:28:080:28:12

Barry Bennell. He was asked why did

this arrangement change, why did you

0:28:120:28:17

stop being in Barry Bennell's care

and start to be in Dario Gradi's

0:28:170:28:21

care, he said he didn't remember.

What did he say about the impact on

0:28:210:28:26

his life?

This alleged victim talked

about how when he was 18 or 19, he

0:28:260:28:31

said he had a panic attack. He got

taken to hospital. At that point he

0:28:310:28:36

said he told his father about the

alleged abuse and what he said Barry

0:28:360:28:40

Bennell had been doing. He said he

didn't know what happened to the

0:28:400:28:44

complaint, it didn't seem to go any

further.

What happened under

0:28:440:28:50

cross-examination?

Eleanor laws QC

is representing Mr Bennell in this

0:28:500:28:54

case. He was asked about a positive

character reference that he

0:28:540:28:58

apparently gave for him in the late

1980s. He also talked about a police

0:28:580:29:05

statement that he gave in 1998. In

this police statement he apparently

0:29:050:29:10

said he was never the victim of

abuse. He said he denied it then

0:29:100:29:14

because of embarrassment. He was

repeatedly asked about possible

0:29:140:29:19

financial compensation and he said,

I don't need any money, all I want

0:29:190:29:23

is closure. He said he couldn't rule

out claiming damages in the future.

0:29:230:29:28

Mr Bennell denies 48 counts of abuse

and this trial will continue at

0:29:280:29:32

10:30am.

Thank you.

0:29:320:29:35

Still to come.

0:29:350:29:36

A campaign to stop the convicted

rapist John Worboys from being able

0:29:360:29:39

to live in London -

after he's released from prison.

0:29:390:29:42

And the long-term health dangers

of babies and toddlers accidentally

0:29:420:29:44

swallowing lithium batteries.

0:29:440:29:52

Time for the latest

news - here's Annita.

0:29:530:29:57

The BBC News headlines

this morning...

0:29:570:29:59

The head of the Army will warn today

that Britain's military risks

0:29:590:30:02

falling behind that of its enemies

unless it gets

0:30:020:30:04

additional investment.

0:30:040:30:06

In a speech to the defence

think tank, the Royal

0:30:060:30:09

United Services Institute,

General Sir Nick Carter is expected

0:30:090:30:11

to say that Russia now has superior

battlefield capabilities to the UK,

0:30:110:30:14

and poses a significant threat

in terms of cyber warfare.

0:30:140:30:16

His comments have been authorised

by the Defence Secretary.

0:30:160:30:21

A charity says one in three young

women in the UK are embarrassed

0:30:210:30:24

to attend smear tests for cervical

cancer because of issues

0:30:240:30:26

with body image.

0:30:260:30:29

Jo's Cervical Cancer Trust,

which surveyed more than 2000 women

0:30:290:30:32

aged between 25 and 35,

said it was worried about the impact

0:30:320:30:36

on screening rates, which have

fallen to a 20-year low.

0:30:360:30:42

Ukip's deputy leader has resigned

in protest over Henry Bolton's

0:30:420:30:45

decision not to step down

as party leader.

0:30:450:30:50

MEP Margot Parker says Mr Bolton has

left the party in "limbo"

0:30:500:30:52

after refusing to go,

despite receiving a vote of no

0:30:520:30:56

confidence from Ukip's national

executive committee.

0:30:560:30:59

Mr Bolton faces repeated calls

to quit over offensive text messages

0:30:590:31:01

sent by his former girlfriend.

0:31:010:31:09

Former Treasury Minister and remain

supporter Lord O'Neill says the

0:31:110:31:13

British economy should perform

better this year than many opponents

0:31:130:31:17

of Brexit had predicted. He said UK

growth forecasts were likely to be

0:31:170:31:20

upgraded because of increased demand

from China, America and continental

0:31:200:31:23

Europe. Detectives are continuing to

investigate the fatal stabbing an

0:31:230:31:29

eight-year-old girl in the west

midlands. Mylee Billingham was named

0:31:290:31:34

by police as the schoolgirl who died

at an address near Walsall on

0:31:340:31:37

Saturday. A 54-year-old man,

understood to be her father, was

0:31:370:31:41

arrested in connection with the

attack. He remains in a critical

0:31:410:31:45

condition in hospital.

The US Federal government will

0:31:450:31:47

remain closed after the Senate

delayed a vote on a budget measure

0:31:470:31:50

which would have allowed civil

servants to go back to work.

0:31:500:31:53

Democrats want President Trump to

negotiate over immigration.

0:31:530:31:56

Republicans say no deal is possible

while the federal government

0:31:560:31:59

services are closed. The last

government shutdown was in 2013 and

0:31:590:32:02

for 16 days.

0:32:020:32:04

Gary Oldman has cemented

his status as favourite

0:32:040:32:06

to win an Oscar this year.

0:32:060:32:08

He won the award for best actor

at the Screen Actors

0:32:080:32:10

Guild awards overnight.

0:32:100:32:11

It's for his role as Sir Winston

Churchill in the Darkest Hour

0:32:110:32:19

That is a summary of the latest BBC

News.

0:32:210:32:24

Lets get some sport now.

0:32:240:32:34

Coming up on sport Tina -

Familiarity won't be breeding

0:32:340:32:36

contempt for Roger Federer

as the defending champion lines up

0:32:360:32:38

for his fifth Australian Open match

against long-time rival Tomas

0:32:380:32:41

Berdych.

0:32:410:32:48

Mark Allen hopes his Masters victory

over Kyren Wilson will lead to

0:32:490:32:53

bigger and better things. His 10-7

victory makes him the first Northern

0:32:530:32:57

Irishman to win the Masters since

Dennis Taylor back in 1987. And with

0:32:570:33:03

Alexis Sanchez set to join

Manchester United from Arsenal in a

0:33:030:33:05

swap deal in the coming days, he has

been spotted with the number 7 shirt

0:33:050:33:10

at Old Trafford. He will pass

0:33:100:33:17

and fresh from her victory at the

weekend, Lizzy Yarnold will lead the

0:33:170:33:25

skeleton team at the Winter games

next month. More on all of those

0:33:250:33:32

stories in 30 minutes.

0:33:320:33:37

The head of the army will warn today

that Britain's military capability

0:33:370:33:40

could fall behind that of potential

enemies without extra investment.

0:33:400:33:43

In a speech to the Royal

United Services Institute,

0:33:430:33:45

General Sir Nick Carter will point

to Russia's growing battlefield

0:33:450:33:47

capabilities, and the threat

posed by cyber warfare.

0:33:470:33:50

This appeal is being made

with the approval of the defence

0:33:500:33:52

secretary, Gavin Williamson,

who's made clear he wants more

0:33:520:33:55

cash from the Treasury.

0:33:550:34:03

We were supposed to be speaking to

Chris Parry, a former officer with

0:34:040:34:10

the Royal Navy. I don't think we

have the Skype line, but we should

0:34:100:34:15

be able to speak to him. Let me

check you are there. Good morning,

0:34:150:34:19

Chris? We are having problems with

that line, I'm afraid. Chris, can

0:34:190:34:26

you hear me? We will come back to

that story when we get him. In the

0:34:260:34:34

meantime, I can read you a message

that has come in on the story we

0:34:340:34:37

have been talking about this

morning. Our top story, cervical

0:34:370:34:40

cancer. Lisa on Facebook says I am

overweight and have no body

0:34:400:34:46

confidence. I hate the thought of

having to go for a smear test, but I

0:34:460:34:50

would rather go through a couple of

minutes of embarrassment, instead of

0:34:500:34:54

being diagnosed with cervical cancer

and risk being taken away from my

0:34:540:35:02

children, leaving them without them.

Come on, ladies, it takes a couple

0:35:020:35:06

of minutes and could potentially

save your life. That is in response

0:35:060:35:12

to the discussion we have been

having this morning, findings from

0:35:120:35:15

research that has told us that women

are not going to get their smear

0:35:150:35:19

tests because they are embarrassed

about their bodies. Another message

0:35:190:35:23

has come in from severe. She says, I

am 33 and I have never missed a

0:35:230:35:29

smear test. I don't and why women

don't go for one. The nurses are so

0:35:290:35:34

amazing and putting you at ease and

so dignified. It is mind-boggling

0:35:340:35:37

women are happy to have a Brazilian

wax but not a test. Women need to

0:35:370:35:42

grow up a little bit. Please keep

your messages coming in on that

0:35:420:35:46

story or anything we're talking

about this morning. We could not get

0:35:460:35:49

hold of Chris, but we will move onto

another story we covering this

0:35:490:35:53

morning.

0:35:530:35:58

morning. A leading surgeon says that

small button batteries should be

0:35:590:36:02

classified as poisons, because they

are so dangerous. Kate Cross says

0:36:020:36:08

she is worried that the message is

not getting through to parents. A

0:36:080:36:13

Dutch surgeon said she treated three

babies and toddlers in just one

0:36:130:36:16

week, and that was re-tweeted

thousands of times. If swallowed,

0:36:160:36:20

the batteries, they are typically

small, round and silver, they can

0:36:200:36:26

cause serious damage to the patient

will stop in some cases, it can be

0:36:260:36:30

fatal. They are used in things like

children's poise, electronic car

0:36:300:36:35

keys and other household devices.

They are also found in toys for

0:36:350:36:39

household pets.

0:36:390:36:40

We can speak now to Kate Cross who

is a surgeon at Great Ormond Street.

0:36:400:36:44

Also here is Rosie Nicholson,

and her 5-year-old daughter Freya.

0:36:440:36:46

Freya swallowed a lithium battery

just before her first Birthday.

0:36:460:36:51

And we can hear from Sheila Merrill

in Cambridgeshire, who is a public

0:36:510:36:54

health adviser for the Royal Society

for the Prevention of Accidents.

0:36:540:37:02

Thank you for joining us this

morning. I want to start with you.

0:37:020:37:05

How bad is the problem?

With me? Oh,

sorry.

0:37:050:37:16

sorry. With Freya? She swallowed it

about two weeks before her first

0:37:160:37:22

birthday and it was in there for

five weeks and we didn't know. She

0:37:220:37:27

was choking at every meal and I was

really concerned about that. I was

0:37:270:37:31

slapping her on the back. When it

first happened, it looked like flu

0:37:310:37:36

symptoms. She was cold and very

upset. We took her to the doctor

0:37:360:37:42

five or six times over that course,

she was on three different brands of

0:37:420:37:46

antibiotics, still throwing up. I

was saying these concerns to the

0:37:460:37:51

surgeon, to the GP. As a mother, you

want to trust your instincts. But

0:37:510:37:56

when nobody else is supporting that,

you question yourself a little bit.

0:37:560:38:02

Eventually, she did choke properly

and lost her breath when we were out

0:38:020:38:08

shopping. I was able to back slap

her and get it out, then I took it

0:38:080:38:18

into A&E.

I'm so sorry to hear that.

Do you remember that, Freya?

Kind

0:38:180:38:23

of.

What do you remember of that

day?

I was lying down and the

0:38:230:38:31

doctors did an x-ray on me.

How long

passed from the moment he first

0:38:310:38:38

started sorting out differences in

Freya, to that incident?

A couple of

0:38:380:38:47

hours a day, maybe. I can't exactly

remember the timeline. We never

0:38:470:38:52

imagined it would be a button

battery. It was from one of the

0:38:520:38:58

scales on our bathroom floor.

It had

fallen out?

She was playing with the

0:38:580:39:03

scale, I didn't even think it has

button batteries come I didn't know

0:39:030:39:07

anything about this at the time. The

covering for the batteries comes off

0:39:070:39:12

very easily. We didn't know that

this was even a problem. And you

0:39:120:39:16

have got children on the floor when

you're getting ready, you are busy

0:39:160:39:19

and they are busy. When we found

out, obviously it is still quite

0:39:190:39:27

horrifying to think about how lucky

we were.

And also terrifying, that

0:39:270:39:32

moment when you see your daughter

choking?

Yes. It was. When you are

0:39:320:39:39

telling the GP and the doctor what

is happening, they say, it is

0:39:390:39:49

is happening, they say, it is croup,

they are diagnosing different

0:39:490:39:53

things, you start to doubt yourself.

Do you now understand how dangerous

0:39:530:39:58

they are?

Yes.

Kate, how serious is

this problem?

A very serious

0:39:580:40:04

problem, and Freya has been very

lucky. That is fantastic. Most

0:40:040:40:10

children can be lucky, that you

don't know that necessarily it has

0:40:100:40:14

been swallowed. Children that are

one or two cannot tell you that is

0:40:140:40:17

what happened. As you say, the

button batteries are in so many

0:40:170:40:21

things. Kitchen scales, toys, remote

controls, VR headsets, watches. Most

0:40:210:40:33

houses will have batteries that have

been taken out of those and put in a

0:40:330:40:38

drawer, and even the old batteries

can cause problems. If they fall on

0:40:380:40:43

the floor behind the sofa, children

exploring the world can easily get

0:40:430:40:46

those and put them in them out. It

is a real problem.

Just to follow on

0:40:460:40:53

from that, my youngest daughter then

got a light from her scooter when

0:40:530:40:58

she was one and a half, came to me

with two small button batteries in

0:40:580:41:02

her hand that she had pulled apart.

Even after going through that, still

0:41:020:41:10

not realising how accessible these

are to children and how easily

0:41:100:41:15

avoidable it is, my husband and I

started a petition on the government

0:41:150:41:21

website, looking for signatures,

because it would be so simple to get

0:41:210:41:23

quantum coating to make them safe.

What does that mean?

It is a coating

0:41:230:41:30

that means that the charges of the

battery will only work if the Acree

0:41:300:41:35

is squeezed, on a spring. -- the

battery. That should just be

0:41:350:41:41

governed regulation, as well as

having a child protective covering

0:41:410:41:44

for anything that uses the

batteries, because the plus and

0:41:440:41:48

negative charges so close to each

other, they do produce a poison that

0:41:480:41:55

can erode the oesophagus and cause

death or lifelong injuries. We were

0:41:550:41:58

really lucky to come out.

We know it

is a serious problem if it happens.

0:41:580:42:03

Can you give us a sense of the

scale? How many cases have you dealt

0:42:030:42:07

with, do you know how many there

are?

One of the problems in the UK

0:42:070:42:11

is that we don't know how any cases

there are nationally. In the United

0:42:110:42:15

States, the poisons database system

record all button battery ingestion

0:42:150:42:18

is, because it is regarded to be a

poison and to be so dangerous. But

0:42:180:42:23

we don't have a similar mechanism of

recording it in the UK. It is each

0:42:230:42:27

individual hospital that deals with

children that will have their own

0:42:270:42:30

caseload, but it is not all been

brought together and linked up. We

0:42:300:42:35

brought this, with the BBC, to

greater attention back in 2016. We

0:42:350:42:40

were seeing two three children per

month coming with significant

0:42:400:42:43

injuries from button battery

ingestion is. Since that, there has

0:42:430:42:47

been a greater awareness. We are

still seeing one or two children

0:42:470:42:50

every two to three months, too many.

Particularly when some of these

0:42:500:42:55

children are having a life changing

injuries and we have children that

0:42:550:42:58

are coming back to the hospital and

have to have more than 50 different

0:42:580:43:02

operations to try to correct the

damage that has happened because

0:43:020:43:05

they have swallowed a battery.

Let's

bring in Sheila.

Good morning.

Is

0:43:050:43:14

this about raising awareness?

It is

about raising awareness, yes. We do

0:43:140:43:21

hear about children on a frequent

basis actually swallowing his

0:43:210:43:25

batteries. As the previous person

said, they do cause untold damage

0:43:250:43:34

and distress to the parents. What

we're doing is actually constantly

0:43:340:43:40

raising awareness about the need to

put them away, put them out of

0:43:400:43:47

reach, well out of the reach of

young children, particularly when

0:43:470:43:52

you are changing batteries, because

it is so easy to put the old one

0:43:520:43:55

down and forget to throw it away.

Again, we're talking about small

0:43:550:44:00

lithium batteries. Do they range in

size, do they come in different

0:44:000:44:03

sizes, can you give us, let us know

what else they come in?

They come in

0:44:030:44:10

different sizes, they can be found

in remote controls. Particularly the

0:44:100:44:14

much smaller remote controls, and

they can be found in kitchen scales,

0:44:140:44:21

bathroom scales, Christmas cards,

musical cards. A musical birthday

0:44:210:44:31

card is something that a child would

find quite entertaining. It is so

0:44:310:44:34

easy to give them something like

that to play with, but the battery

0:44:340:44:37

is inside and can be peeled out.

They come in various sizes. I've got

0:44:370:44:45

a card here, you can see all of the

various sizes that they come in.

0:44:450:44:49

Some of them are so tiny that if you

drop one, it is like dropping a

0:44:490:44:53

little bead. It is difficult to find

it. Another example that I have got

0:44:530:44:59

here, this is a little dangle for a

dog collar. If you squeeze it, it

0:44:590:45:08

flashes. If you unscrew that, which

is so easy, there are two tiny

0:45:080:45:13

button batteries in there. It is a

case of being aware, the things that

0:45:130:45:21

hold the button batteries, the

actual equipment that has button

0:45:210:45:24

batteries, and then they can so

easily fall out if they are not

0:45:240:45:27

actually fixed incorrectly or the

back comes off.

0:45:270:45:33

What should you do if you suspect a

child has swallowed one?

If you're

0:45:330:45:40

worried a child or someone had

swallowed a button battery, take

0:45:400:45:44

them to A&E and tell them you think

your child has swallowed a button

0:45:440:45:48

battery. They need to do an x-ray

and check.

What is that?

This is the

0:45:480:45:54

battery that my daughter had

swallowed. It's quite corroded

0:45:540:46:00

around the edge, and how small it

is. It was just sitting in her

0:46:000:46:05

oesophagus.

How does it feel to see

that and to know that was inside

0:46:050:46:11

you?

It feels dirty.

She had very

high magnesium levels after the

0:46:110:46:21

battery. We still had to go to the

poisons clinic, there's a bit of

0:46:210:46:26

damage in her oesophagus but it was

able to heal and lucky it didn't

0:46:260:46:32

perforate.

We are very pleased you

are a cave. Thank you for sharing

0:46:320:46:36

your story with us today. You've

been getting in touch with us with

0:46:360:46:41

your text messages. This text on the

cervical cancer story, I can

0:46:410:46:47

understand why young women avoid

smear tests but believe me, a few

0:46:470:46:50

minutes of discomfort is nothing

compared with cancer. And we've had

0:46:500:46:54

this tweet, I've booked mine today,

please book ladies. This view says

0:46:540:47:02

she's 35, she had one and it came

back with abnormalities. She's been

0:47:020:47:07

on the phone booking an appointment

this morning. Another viewer says in

0:47:070:47:12

1972 a postnatal smear test saved my

life. I've lived to see my children

0:47:120:47:17

and grandchildren and now three

great-grandchildren. Please don't be

0:47:170:47:21

embarrassed. And another viewer says

smears are so important, my mum died

0:47:210:47:25

ten years ago grieving my brother

and I heart broken, all because she

0:47:250:47:29

missed a sneer and died of cervical

cancer. Don't be embarrassed, nurses

0:47:290:47:34

do them to save your life -- missed

a smear. Thank you for all of your

0:47:340:47:40

messages.

0:47:400:47:43

Campaigners opposed to the release

from prison of black cab rapist

0:47:430:47:45

John Worboys are stepping

up their efforts to ban him

0:47:450:47:48

from living in London.

0:47:480:47:49

There has been a fierce debate over

whether or not Worboys -

0:47:490:47:52

who drugged, raped and sexually

assaulted his passengers -

0:47:520:47:54

still poses a risk to the public.

0:47:540:47:56

But on Friday the Government said

it would not challenge

0:47:560:47:58

the decision to release him.

0:47:580:47:59

Two of Worboys' victims will begin

a legal challenge next week,

0:47:590:48:02

while the Mayor of London,

Sadiq Khan, says he would look

0:48:020:48:04

at bringing a separate review.

0:48:040:48:12

Our legal correspondent is here with

all the details. Good morning. Can

0:48:120:48:16

you run us through the key

developments?

The key development

0:48:160:48:21

was on Friday when the government

said it wasn't going to seek a

0:48:210:48:25

judicial review of the parole board

decision. Let's define what a

0:48:250:48:29

judicial review is because there's a

lot of confusion. It isn't an appeal

0:48:290:48:33

of the parole board decision, it is

simply an application to the court

0:48:330:48:38

to scrutinise the lawfulness the

process of that decision. The

0:48:380:48:43

argument would be that either

something has gone wrong during the

0:48:430:48:47

process of making that decision, or

that the decision itself was so

0:48:470:48:52

irrational and unreasonable that no

reasonable parole board could have

0:48:520:48:55

come to that decision. The

government having taken legal advice

0:48:550:48:59

on that, the Justice Secretary

announced he felt it wouldn't be

0:48:590:49:03

appropriate. Clearly they were

advised the prospect of success were

0:49:030:49:06

not very high. As a result of that

there has been some concern and

0:49:060:49:12

activity over the weekend. It's been

reported that 25 MPs including the

0:49:120:49:17

Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson have

written to the head of the parole

0:49:170:49:21

board Nick Hardwick demanding that

John Warboys is not allowed to

0:49:210:49:25

reside in London or come to London

because that would be a betrayal of

0:49:250:49:29

his victims. The Justice Secretary

said on Friday also that John

0:49:290:49:34

Warboys would not be released until

his licence conditions had been

0:49:340:49:37

finalised. At the moment he stays in

prison, those conditions are being

0:49:370:49:43

finalised. We know that there are

two other judicial reviews. One is

0:49:430:49:47

being taken by two of his victims,

and you just mentioned that but also

0:49:470:49:53

the Mayor of London Sadiq Khan has

instructed a senior lawyer to look

0:49:530:49:56

into the possibility of a judicial

review on the part of the mayor 's

0:49:560:50:02

office. That's where we stand at the

moment. David Gauke announced there

0:50:020:50:06

would be an overarching review of

the way in which the parole board

0:50:060:50:10

operates. This is not going to be

retrospective, this isn't going to

0:50:100:50:14

affect the decision, but importantly

it will look at where the decisions

0:50:140:50:20

of the parole board can be

challenged and overturned, in a sort

0:50:200:50:25

of freestanding mechanism. Not this

mechanism of judicial review. But

0:50:250:50:31

whether we build into the parole

system itself a mechanism for

0:50:310:50:34

challenging the decisions. That's

where we are at the moment. If the

0:50:340:50:39

judicial review gets off the ground,

both parties will need permission

0:50:390:50:43

initially, if they get permission

there will be an injunction put in

0:50:430:50:47

place that. John Warboys being

released whilst those judicial

0:50:470:50:51

reviews play out. At the moment

that's where we are, he remains in

0:50:510:50:56

prison, two potential judicial

reviews and this overarching review

0:50:560:51:00

of the entire system.

Thank you. We

are joined by MP Toby Perkins, one

0:51:000:51:06

of the MPs who has raised concerns.

We also joined by Chris from the end

0:51:060:51:14

violence against women coalition.

Thank you for joining us. What's

0:51:140:51:18

your concern?

Our concerns are

obvious. Someone who should have

0:51:180:51:25

been in jail for a great deal longer

is going to be released. I think the

0:51:250:51:34

demand for at least a judicial

review of that parole board

0:51:340:51:38

decision, so that we can see if the

parole board's decision was one that

0:51:380:51:42

was a logical as many of us feel, at

least will provide the scrutiny that

0:51:420:51:47

is demanded -- that was illogical.

The licensing conditions, given that

0:51:470:51:54

Mr Warboys was a taxi driver and had

the addresses of most of his

0:51:540:51:59

victims, the condition that he

shouldn't be allowed to travel into

0:51:590:52:02

London will at least give a

scintilla of peace of mind for some

0:52:020:52:06

of those victims who must be going

through absolute hell, reliving

0:52:060:52:10

their appalling experiences of this

man.

Even if he isn't in London, as

0:52:100:52:17

has been requested by these MPs who

signed this letter, do you not think

0:52:170:52:21

he could still be a threat to win in

other parts of the country?

Of

0:52:210:52:24

course he can. That's why he should

be in jail, I absolutely agree he

0:52:240:52:30

should still be in jail. In the

event that the Justice Secretary

0:52:300:52:35

doesn't call for a judicial review,

in the eventuality that he comes

0:52:350:52:40

out, at least the existing victims

who by and large have London

0:52:400:52:45

addresses, that Mr Warboys in many

cases is whereof, will have the

0:52:450:52:48

peace of mind, the site peace of

mind, that he isn't allowed to come

0:52:480:52:53

into London and could be arrested if

he does. You're absolutely right

0:52:530:52:58

that in my view he could probably

still pose a threat to the public

0:52:580:53:03

safety elsewhere for new victims. I

think at the very least, we owe

0:53:030:53:09

existing victims that Mr Warboys is

banned from coming into London.

0:53:090:53:14

What's your response to this letter

MPs have written to Nick Hardwick

0:53:140:53:18

the chairman of the parole board,

saying that if Warboys is released,

0:53:180:53:23

we don't know when that will be, he

shouldn't be allowed to live in the

0:53:230:53:27

capital where his victims are in

fear of their lives because he may

0:53:270:53:32

have their home addresses?

Well, I

can completely understand why the

0:53:320:53:35

MPs have written that letter. It is

fair to say that John Warboys'

0:53:350:53:39

victims in London are particularly

concerned because of the type of

0:53:390:53:44

predatory behaviour he displayed. He

kept the names and addresses of his

0:53:440:53:48

victims, the police found that

afterwards. Also he's a taxi driver,

0:53:480:53:52

he often drove them home after his

horrible offences were committed. I

0:53:520:53:56

completely understand why MPs in

London have called for this

0:53:560:54:00

restriction. On a wider point, we

are questioning the parole board's

0:54:000:54:04

decision generally to release this

man, such a short time after his

0:54:040:54:10

conviction. It really again shows

that the CJS doesn't deal with rape

0:54:100:54:14

and sexual violence very well.

That's why we are supporting the

0:54:140:54:17

judicial review of the two victims,

saying we really want the parole

0:54:170:54:21

board to look again at their

decision and we want a mechanism to

0:54:210:54:25

be able to review decisions like

this, so this sort of thing can't

0:54:250:54:29

happen again.

Is it correct that if

that fails, the victims who are

0:54:290:54:34

taking this action, calling for a

victims judicial review, will have

0:54:340:54:38

to pay the cost? If, as we've heard

on Friday, the government take legal

0:54:380:54:43

advice and decide not to pursue a

judicial review based on limited

0:54:430:54:47

chances of success, where does that

leave them?

I think those are two

0:54:470:54:50

different things. There is a

crowdfunding campaign to support the

0:54:500:54:59

victims to bring their judicial

review and we would encourage people

0:54:590:55:02

to go to the CrowdJustice website.

On the MOJ's judicial review, they

0:55:020:55:08

would have had to judicial review

its own department in many cases.

0:55:080:55:12

The prison service who provided a

lot of the evidence that went

0:55:120:55:15

towards the decision of the parole

board, are part of the Ministry of

0:55:150:55:19

Justice, and the parole board is

funded itself by the Ministry of

0:55:190:55:23

Justice. It is understandable that

it was difficult for the Secretary

0:55:230:55:27

of State for Justice to launch that

judicial review. They haven't said

0:55:270:55:30

it is something the victims

shouldn't do. In Parliament last

0:55:300:55:35

week the Secretary of State for

Justice said he completely

0:55:350:55:37

understood why everyone was so

concerned about release. Bearing in

0:55:370:55:40

mind he is one of the few people in

the country who does know on what

0:55:400:55:45

basis the parole board made the

decision, then I think it's fair to

0:55:450:55:48

say we are right to be bringing this

judicial review.

Toby, can I get

0:55:480:55:52

your response to Crispin Blunt

saying the Justice Secretary made

0:55:520:55:58

the right decision, because it could

have been a waste of taxpayers money

0:55:580:56:01

of the legal challenge was pursued,

if it had no reasonable chance of

0:56:010:56:05

success.

Obviously I haven't had all

of the information at my disposal

0:56:050:56:12

that the Secretary of State for

Justice has. But I think that one of

0:56:120:56:16

the things that people want to see

here is that there is at least some

0:56:160:56:21

scrutiny of that decision. That

would have been allowed by a

0:56:210:56:24

judicial review. It's a real

disgrace to our legal system that

0:56:240:56:31

the victims themselves are now

having to try and cobble money

0:56:310:56:34

together in order to bring about a

judicial review. I think that even

0:56:340:56:41

if the normal level of chances that

the Ministry of Justice would

0:56:410:56:49

expect, it would have been in the

public interest to give them every

0:56:490:56:56

chance to bring about a judicial

review, to see the basis and at

0:56:560:57:00

least allows an scrutiny. I wish

that the Secretary of State for

0:57:000:57:07

Justice had come to a different

decision but obviously I accept that

0:57:070:57:13

he had information at his disposal I

don't have.

Thank you for joining

0:57:130:57:16

us. Some of your messages before we

move on. You've been getting in

0:57:160:57:21

touch and cervical cancer. This text

says and 34, I've never been for a

0:57:210:57:27

smear test and ignored all letters.

She says my choice. I'm in two minds

0:57:270:57:32

now while watching your show whether

I should have won or not. I know I'm

0:57:320:57:36

burying my head in the sand but I'm

worried they will find something. --

0:57:360:57:40

whether I should have one of them or

not. The test doesn't tell you

0:57:400:57:44

whether you have cancer or not, it

picks up abnormalities which can be

0:57:440:57:48

investigated. This text says smear

testing stops when you reach 60,

0:57:480:57:53

I've been having them since I was

17. I'll miss the reassurance

0:57:530:57:57

everything is OK. And this message,

my reluctance to having a smear test

0:57:570:58:02

is because I find it extremely

uncomfortable and couldn't let the

0:58:020:58:08

test continue. Everybody is

different. Coming up, could be

0:58:080:58:13

British economy perform better this

year than many opponents of Brexit

0:58:130:58:17

have predicted?

0:58:170:58:19

Let's get the latest weather update.

0:58:190:58:20

Let's get the latest weather update.

0:58:200:58:22

It's certainly been a wintry

weekend. Yesterday we had some heavy

0:58:220:58:26

snowfall and also heavy rain in the

south-west which caused a few

0:58:260:58:30

flooding problems. It's all changed.

If we take a look at the forecast,

0:58:300:58:34

over the next few days things will

be turning milder. They're still

0:58:340:58:38

quite a lot of lying snow out there

at the moment. This is the scene

0:58:380:58:42

captured by one of our Weather

Watchers in Nottinghamshire. Some

0:58:420:58:46

icy stretches around but as

temperatures are on the rise a lot

0:58:460:58:49

of that snow is set to thaw. Let's

compare temperatures yesterday, many

0:58:490:58:54

places struggled to get much above

freezing. By tomorrow many of us

0:58:540:58:58

will be a good 10 degrees or more

warmer. That's down to the fact the

0:58:580:59:02

cold air that's been in charge is

getting pushed away towards the

0:59:020:59:06

north-east, replaced by much milder

air sweeping in from the south-west.

0:59:060:59:10

That is bringing a fair amount of

cloud but it's not a bad day. The

0:59:100:59:15

cloud is set to thin and break

allowing some sunshine to emerge,

0:59:150:59:19

particularly towards the east of

higher ground. Eastern Scotland also

0:59:190:59:24

seeing a bit of sunshine later on.

One or two showers in the western

0:59:240:59:29

half of Scotland but perhaps an

isolated showers in Northern Ireland

0:59:290:59:33

and north-west England. A lot of dry

weather, less windy and a bit warmer

0:59:330:59:37

than it has been. Heading further

south, fairly cloudy conditions for

0:59:370:59:41

the Midlands and southern England.

We've lost the rain we had first

0:59:410:59:46

thing this morning. It's looking

largely dry and quite bright. Fairly

0:59:460:59:51

dry, light winds than we've seen

recently too. As temperatures rise

0:59:510:59:55

we are set to see more of that snow

thawing out. It's going to be a mild

0:59:551:00:03

night. Temperatures should rise as

we see the south-westerly winds

1:00:031:00:06

picking up. Turning squally and

gusty by tomorrow morning, with the

1:00:061:00:10

arrival of some rain. It will be a

frost free morning but a pretty

1:00:101:00:14

unsettled day. We've got the wind

and these bands of rain crossing

1:00:141:00:18

south-eastwards across the country.

They will be followed by something

1:00:181:00:22

sunnier but also further squally

show was moving in from the

1:00:221:00:25

north-west. Let's take a look at the

temperatures across the board. We

1:00:251:00:28

are looking at double figures

through the day. The unsettled theme

1:00:281:00:33

continues into Wednesday. Another

band of heavy rain and strong

1:00:331:00:37

squally winds moving eastwards

across the country. There could be

1:00:371:00:40

some disruptive winds in the north

for a time. A return to sunshine and

1:00:401:00:45

showers behind that. Looking ahead

to the end of the week, staying

1:00:451:00:48

fairly unsubtle. Friday a dry day

with temperatures just down a notch.

1:00:481:00:54

Certainly nothing as cold as we saw

through the course of last week as

1:00:541:00:58

temperatures are much milder over

the next few days.

1:00:581:01:02

Hello it's Monday, it's 10

o'clock, I'm Tina Daheley.

1:01:021:01:07

Too embarrassed to go for a smear

test, the danger so many women take

1:01:071:01:11

putting themselves at risk of

cervical cancer.

We are really

1:01:111:01:16

worried that if things don't turn

around, and fortunately, more women

1:01:161:01:19

will be diagnosed and sadly lose

their lives. The key thing is that

1:01:191:01:23

this is a cancer that is

preventable.

More turmoil for Ukip.

1:01:231:01:27

The particles are 's debited leader

resigns and calls for Henry Bolton

1:01:271:01:30

to step down as leader. We will have

all the details. And a pioneering

1:01:301:01:35

gene therapy is cleared for use in

Britain. It could help save the

1:01:351:01:38

lives of children born with a deadly

immune disorder. We will be talking

1:01:381:01:42

to the parents of a child with a

faulty gene.

1:01:421:01:49

Good morning.

1:01:501:01:52

Here's Annita in the BBC Newsroom

with a summary of todays news.

1:01:521:01:55

The head of the Army will warn today

that Britain's military risks

1:01:551:01:58

falling behind potential enemies

unless it gets

1:01:581:01:59

additional investment.

1:01:591:02:03

In a speech to defence experts,

General Sir Nick Carter is expected

1:02:031:02:07

to say that Russia now has superior

battlefield capabilities to the UK,

1:02:071:02:10

and poses a significant threat

in terms of cyber warfare.

1:02:101:02:13

His comments have been authorised

by the Defence Secretary.

1:02:131:02:21

A charity says one in three young

women in the UK are embarrassed

1:02:261:02:29

to attend smear tests for cervical

cancer, because of

1:02:291:02:31

body image issues.

1:02:311:02:39

More than 2000 women, aged

between 25 and 35, were surveyed

1:02:401:02:42

by Jo's Cervical Cancer Trust.

1:02:421:02:44

The charity says it is worried

about the impact on screening rates,

1:02:441:02:46

which have fallen to a 20-year low.

1:02:461:02:48

Ukip's deputy leader has resigned

in protest over Henry Bolton's

1:02:481:02:51

decision not to step down

as party leader.

1:02:511:02:55

She has been joined by John Bickley,

Ukip's immigrations boatswain. Henry

1:02:551:03:01

Bolton has refused to step down,

despite a vote of no-confidence the

1:03:011:03:05

national executive.

1:03:051:03:06

The former Treasury minister

and Remain supporter, Lord O'Neill,

1:03:061:03:08

says the British economy should

perform better this year than many

1:03:081:03:11

opponents of Brexit had predicted.

1:03:111:03:12

He said the UK's growth forecasts

were likely to be upgraded -

1:03:121:03:15

because of increased demand

from China, America

1:03:151:03:17

and continental Europe.

1:03:171:03:22

Detectives are continuing

to investigate the fatal stabbing

1:03:221:03:24

of an 8-year-old girl in the West

Midlands.

1:03:241:03:26

Mylee Billingham was named

by police as the schoolgirl

1:03:261:03:28

who died at an address

near Walsall on Saturday.

1:03:281:03:30

A 54-year-old man, understood

to be her father, was arrested

1:03:301:03:32

in connection with the attack.

1:03:321:03:33

He remains in a critical

condition in hospital.

1:03:331:03:41

The authorities in Mexico say more

than 25 thousand people

1:03:441:03:46

were murdered in the country last

year - about 500 every week.

1:03:461:03:49

The majority were in states where

drug cartels are deeply entrenched.

1:03:491:03:52

But Mexico City and the tourist

areas of Baja California also saw

1:03:521:03:55

murder rates rise 400%.

1:03:551:04:03

The US federal government

will remain closed today

1:04:031:04:05

after the Senate delayed a vote

on a budget measure,

1:04:051:04:07

which would have allowed civil

servants to go back to work.

1:04:071:04:10

Democrats want President Trump

to negotiate over immigration,

1:04:101:04:12

but Republicans say no deal

is possible while federal government

1:04:121:04:14

services are closed.

1:04:141:04:15

The last government shutdown

was in 2013, and lasted for 16 days.

1:04:151:04:22

Gary Oldman has cemented

his status as favourite

1:04:221:04:24

to win an Oscar this year.

1:04:241:04:26

He won the award for Best Aactor

at the Screen Actors

1:04:261:04:28

Guild Awards overnight.

1:04:281:04:29

It's for his role as Sir Winston

Churchill in the Darkest Hour.

1:04:291:04:36

Churchill reminds us we make

a living by what we get and make

1:04:361:04:39

a life with by we give.

1:04:391:04:41

And you have given me an enormous

honour, and I am so deeply,

1:04:411:04:44

deeply honoured and proud to receive

1:04:441:04:46

this magnificent award.

1:04:461:04:53

That's a summary of the latest BBC

News - more at 10.30pm.

1:04:531:05:00

Lots of you have been getting in

touch on the stories we're talking

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We have a text about lithium

batteries, we were discussing the

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dangers of children swallowing them.

This says, it is really thoughtful

1:05:171:05:22

you highlighting the risks, I am

helping a family that lost a

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three-year-old child who died after

swallowing a flat battery

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unknowingly. It went and diagnosed

until she died and a postmortem was

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performed. The problem is that it

needs more awareness and publicity.

1:05:321:05:35

I hope you can continue to work on

this.

1:05:351:05:41

Here's some sport now

with Holly Hamilton.

1:05:411:05:43

Roger Federer is thorugh

to the quarter finals -

1:05:431:05:45

beocming the oldest man ot reach

the last eight since Ken Rosewell

1:05:451:05:48

in 1977 at the grand age of 36.

1:05:481:05:50

He beat Hungary's Marton Fucsovics

in straight sets -

1:05:501:05:52

making quick work of him too

in under two hours.

1:05:521:05:54

He'll face Czech Tomas Berdych next.

1:05:541:06:02

It is their 26th meeting.

We have

had some good ones over the years,

1:06:051:06:11

going back all the way to the

Olympic Games in Athens in 2004. I

1:06:111:06:16

am looking forward to playing

against him. He seems in good shape,

1:06:161:06:19

he is over his back issues and that

is a good thing.

1:06:191:06:26

Novak Djokovic is in action right

now, and he's having a tough time

1:06:261:06:29

against Heung Chung.

1:06:291:06:30

The Korean has taken the first set

against the six-time

1:06:301:06:33

winner in Melbourne.

1:06:331:06:35

Meanwhile in the women's draw top

seed Simona Halep has eased

1:06:351:06:37

into the last eight with victory

over Japan's Naomi Osaka.

1:06:371:06:44

The Romanian came through a tight

first set before racing away

1:06:441:06:46

to a 6-3, 6-2 victory -

showing no sign of the ankle injury

1:06:461:06:49

she suffered in the first round.

1:06:491:06:51

She'll face the winner

of the all-Czech contest

1:06:511:06:53

between sixth seed Karolina Pliskova

and 20th seed Barbora Strycova.

1:06:531:06:59

Harry Kane struck his 99th

Premier League goal for Tottenham,

1:06:591:07:02

but couldn't prevent them

from losing ground in the race

1:07:021:07:04

for the top four as his Spurs side

drew 1-1 at Southampton.

1:07:041:07:08

An own goal from Tottenham defender

Davinson Sanchez gave Saints

1:07:081:07:11

the lead in the opening 15 minutes.

1:07:111:07:14

Then came Kane's equaliser.

1:07:141:07:16

Spurs miss out on the chance to go

level with fourth-placed Liverpool

1:07:161:07:19

who take on Swansea tonight.

1:07:191:07:22

Commentary of that game on BBC Radio

five live from seven o'clock.

1:07:221:07:25

You know, you watch everybody else

play and win and then you have to do

1:07:301:07:34

the same. That makes it more

difficult. Obviously there are still

1:07:341:07:39

a very long way to go, lots of ups

and downs, I am sure. We just need

1:07:391:07:43

to keep working hard, keep fighting.

That is obviously the aim.

1:07:431:07:47

Mark Allen hopes his Masters victory

over Kyren Wilson will lead

1:07:471:07:49

to "bigger and better things."

1:07:491:07:51

Allen's 10-7 victory makes him

the first Northern Irishman

1:07:511:07:53

to win the Masters since

Dennis Taylor in 1987.

1:07:531:07:55

"It's 40 years since Alex Higgins

first won the trophy to bring it

1:07:551:07:58

back to the country,

that's what I did it for."

1:07:581:08:06

Kinnego this is his first success of

one of snooker's Triple Crown

1:08:101:08:13

events.

1:08:131:08:14

I felt calm all week

except for the first session today.

1:08:141:08:17

I was on edge.

1:08:171:08:18

As the match went on,

I got stronger.

1:08:181:08:20

I felt more at ease with myself.

1:08:201:08:27

Yeah, I am just very,

very pleased to be on the right

1:08:271:08:30

end of it for a change.

1:08:301:08:31

And fresh from her fourth placed

finish at the final skeleton

1:08:311:08:34

World Cup of the season in Germany

at the weekend Lizzy Yarnold

1:08:341:08:37

will lead Team GB's skeleton team

at the PyeongChang Winter Games.

1:08:371:08:40

Yarnold is aiming to become

the first British Winter Olympian

1:08:401:08:42

to retain her title,

with her success in

1:08:421:08:44

Sochi four years ago.

1:08:441:08:47

She'll be joined by Laura Deas,

Dom Parsons and Jerry Rice to

1:08:471:08:50

compete in South Korea next month.

1:08:501:08:56

That's all your sport for now.

1:08:561:08:57

I'll have the latest at 10.30am.

1:08:571:09:03

Thank you. I want to get some more

of your comments before I move on.

1:09:031:09:06

We have been talking about women

being too embarrassed about their

1:09:061:09:09

bodies to go for a smear test. Dawn

tweeted to say, a smear test saved

1:09:091:09:15

my life. Please, have it done,

quick, easy and a possible

1:09:151:09:18

life-saver. Bill says it affects

families through wives, mothers,

1:09:181:09:24

daughters etc. Don't avoid it.

Anonymous, my ex-girlfriend of 27

1:09:241:09:28

years didn't know what a smear test

was. Better awareness is needed.

1:09:281:09:33

Finally, Anne on Facebook says she

had a smear test and it showed an

1:09:331:09:38

abnormality, which turned out to be

cervical erosion. I was having

1:09:381:09:42

bleeding after sex and was due a

smear, so mentioned it to the nurse.

1:09:421:09:49

They also found a cyst on my cervix.

Please go for your spears, ladies.

1:09:491:09:56

-- smears.

1:09:561:09:59

The former Treasury minister

and Remain supporter, Lord O'Neill,

1:09:591:10:01

has told the BBC he think

the British economy should perform

1:10:011:10:03

better this year than many opponents

of Brexit had predicted.

1:10:031:10:06

He believes that UK growth

forecasts will be upgraded -

1:10:061:10:08

because of increased demand

from China, America

1:10:081:10:10

and continental Europe.

1:10:101:10:11

It comes as a survey of MPs suggests

many of them changed their views

1:10:111:10:14

on the impact of Brexit.

1:10:141:10:22

The majority of conservative MPs now

agree with Theresa May that Britain

1:10:221:10:25

must leave the single market -

but the vast majority

1:10:251:10:28

of Jeremy Corbyn's MPs disagree

with him that this is the way to go.

1:10:281:10:33

Lord O'Neill said that the economic

performance post wrecks it might

1:10:331:10:36

surprise many.

I certainly wouldn't

have thought the UK economy would be

1:10:361:10:45

as robust as it currently seems. But

that is because it looks to me like

1:10:451:10:48

some parts of the country, led by

the Northwest, are actually doing

1:10:481:10:52

way better than people seem to

realise or appreciate, as well as

1:10:521:10:58

this crucial fact that the rest of

the world is doing way better than

1:10:581:11:02

many people would have thought a

year ago. It makes it easier for the

1:11:021:11:06

UK. If this turns out to be borne

out with more and more data in

1:11:061:11:12

coming months, the Brexiteers are

going to be like a cat with the

1:11:121:11:19

cream, they will say, I told you so,

which is ridiculous.

1:11:191:11:23

Let's talk now to Labour MP

Heidi Alexander who is campaigning

1:11:231:11:26

for the Labour Party to push

for the UK to remain

1:11:261:11:28

in the single market.

1:11:281:11:29

Anne-Marie Trevelyan

is a pro-Brexit Conservative MP.

1:11:291:11:35

Good morning. That is a message of

optimism from Lord O'Neill?

What we

1:11:351:11:42

have seen with respect to the

economy as the UK going from the

1:11:421:11:45

fastest-growing in the G7 to the

slowest growing. We are actually

1:11:451:11:48

being dragged along by the strength

of the European economy at the

1:11:481:11:53

moment. We have seen the pound

devalued. We have not taken a hit to

1:11:531:11:58

exports as much as we perhaps

predicted. There are underlying

1:11:581:12:01

problems there.

Not just about

Europe, he is saying Britain's

1:12:011:12:08

forecasts are going to get graded as

China and America show increased

1:12:081:12:11

activity, it is a global picture?

I

think there is increasing

1:12:111:12:16

uncertainty among business, business

leaders decided to delay investment

1:12:161:12:19

decisions. I think it is incredibly

important that we stay in a European

1:12:191:12:23

customs union said that we have

tariff free trade on goods within

1:12:231:12:28

the European Union and because

services, financial services,

1:12:281:12:31

insurance companies, are so critical

to our economy. It accounts for 80%

1:12:311:12:35

of the service industry. We need to

find a way to ensure that those

1:12:351:12:38

businesses can continue to trade

freely and easily with other

1:12:381:12:41

European countries. For me, that

means staying in the single market

1:12:411:12:47

and staying in the European Economic

Area.

I guess you share that

1:12:471:12:51

optimism?

It is lovely to hear Lord

O'Neill talking much more positively

1:12:511:12:55

than he was during the Brexit

campaign back in 2016. I think those

1:12:551:13:02

of us who have been here for a long

time and have seen that, that

1:13:021:13:06

opening up of markets, the

opportunity for global Britain to be

1:13:061:13:08

a real thing within the trade, I am

a north-east MP and the devaluation

1:13:081:13:14

of the pound has been huge for

exports, we have export markets

1:13:141:13:17

opening all over the world. While

meeting the Democratic mandate to

1:13:171:13:22

leave the EU, which is what the

British people gave us the most

1:13:221:13:26

clear directions to do, staying

within the customs union is not

1:13:261:13:30

possible.

Heidi, you are shaking

head throughout. We will come back

1:13:301:13:35

to you. Let's find out what the

picture is amongst both of your

1:13:351:13:38

party is and how views have changed.

1:13:381:13:43

Anand Menon.

1:13:431:13:46

Could you talk us through the most

significant shifts?

The most

1:13:461:13:50

significant figures are since last

year, a large number of Conservative

1:13:501:13:55

MPs have come to believe that

staying in the single market is

1:13:551:13:59

incompatible with Brexit. 40% last

year, now it is 70%. On the Labour

1:13:591:14:05

benches, around 90% of Labour MPs

say they would like to see Britain

1:14:051:14:08

stay in a single market and think it

would be compatible with Brexit,

1:14:081:14:11

putting them at odds with the formal

position of their leadership.

When

1:14:111:14:16

it comes to the Labour Party, as you

said, the survey shows Labour MPs

1:14:161:14:21

are deeply against Jeremy Corbyn on

the matter of the single market, but

1:14:211:14:24

also very concerned about our

economic future?

There is a very

1:14:241:14:28

clear difference across the aisle.

Both sides of the house are not

1:14:281:14:33

exactly rosy about prospects over

the next year, but it is very clear

1:14:331:14:37

that over 80% of Conservative MPs

think the economy will do well over

1:14:371:14:40

the next ten years after Brexit,

whereas only a small number of

1:14:401:14:44

Labour MPs share that optimism.

You

gave MPs a choice of four different

1:14:441:14:48

types of Brexit to choose from. What

were they and what do the results

1:14:481:14:51

show?

It ranged from remaining in

the single market and Customs union

1:14:511:14:59

to leaving with no deal. Labour MPs

overwhelmingly favour staying in a

1:14:591:15:05

single market. Conservative MPs have

come around the Prime Minister's

1:15:051:15:08

thinking, that we should leave the

single market and customs union. On

1:15:081:15:11

that score, she seems to have the

backing of her.

They also vary

1:15:111:15:18

significantly on whether we should

favour no deal over a bad deal. What

1:15:181:15:22

did you find?

Significantly more

Conservative MPs think a no deal is

1:15:221:15:25

a acceptable outcome. Very few

Labour MPs do. It seems like the

1:15:251:15:33

government itself is less keen on no

deal, there is less talk about it

1:15:331:15:36

being better than a bad deal than

before the election.

Thank you.

1:15:361:15:40

Heidi, I want to come back to you. I

want to talk about some of those

1:15:401:15:44

findings. Jeremy Corbyn has been

pretty clear in his view that

1:15:441:15:47

leaving the EU means leaving the

single market. It looks like 90% of

1:15:471:15:51

Labour MPs disagree with that. Why

so much opposition?

If you look at

1:15:511:15:57

how you might stay in the single

market, remaining part of the

1:15:571:16:02

European Economic Area, essentially

being a bit like Norway, so

1:16:021:16:05

countries like Norway, Iceland,

Lichtenstein, they are not in the EU

1:16:051:16:10

and are not subject to the treaty on

the function of the European Union,

1:16:101:16:14

but they are part of the European

Economic Area and they can trade

1:16:141:16:18

freely and easily with other

European countries. If you listen to

1:16:181:16:23

what Labour Party members are

saying, they overwhelmingly want to

1:16:231:16:25

stay in the single market and

customs union. If you listen to what

1:16:251:16:29

the CBI is saying about staying in a

customs union...

That is at odds

1:16:291:16:33

with the leader of the party, isn't

that a big problem if you are not

1:16:331:16:37

united and the opposition needs to

have a united stand going into

1:16:371:16:40

crucial negotiations if they want to

impact what is happening next

1:16:401:16:44

We've got a big problem for the

country at the moment and it is

1:16:481:16:53

incumbent on Parliament irrespective

of their party to do what they

1:16:531:16:56

believe is right for the country and

to protect the economy. On those

1:16:561:16:59

figures we were talking about

earlier, even if 10% of the

1:16:591:17:04

Conservative Party in Parliament

believed that we should stay in the

1:17:041:17:08

single market, and if they were

minded to vote that way in the

1:17:081:17:12

division lobbies, then Theresa May's

government could be defeated on

1:17:121:17:17

this. What I sense from Conservative

MPs, especially what happened just

1:17:171:17:21

before Christmas when the government

were defeated on the EU Withdrawal

1:17:211:17:27

Bill, is that a number of

Anne-Marie's colleagues are starting

1:17:271:17:32

to think really really hard about

the impact and their constituents

1:17:321:17:38

about jobs, investment, livelihoods.

I think this year we could see some

1:17:381:17:41

very, very interesting folks coming

up.

Anne-Marie, is it a case of hope

1:17:411:17:48

over actual analysis when it comes

to the Conservative Party? If there

1:17:481:17:51

has been a significant shift against

staying in the single market amongst

1:17:511:17:55

Tory MPs, is that the genuine belief

held in the party or is it about

1:17:551:17:59

party loyalty?

The EU Withdrawal

Bill went through the house with

1:17:591:18:05

only one amendment. I hunted members

were put the Conservative Party and

1:18:051:18:15

MPs have supported what the Prime

Minister put forwards. It is very

1:18:151:18:18

clear, we cannot stay in the single

market and customs union without

1:18:181:18:23

also maintaining freedom of

movement. The British people were

1:18:231:18:26

absolutely clear. The challenge of a

referendum and its bluntness is that

1:18:261:18:30

the message was very clear. We want

to come out of the EU because we no

1:18:301:18:35

longer want to be under EU

jurisdiction nor to have this free

1:18:351:18:39

movement of people. We want to take

control of what we are doing. The

1:18:391:18:43

reality is we cannot just revert to

what was the case, we have to find a

1:18:431:18:49

way forward. The EU don't want no

deal, we don't want no deal. We have

1:18:491:18:53

to find a way forward is which is a

new positive relationship.

Emmanuel

1:18:531:18:58

Macron has said over the weekend

that conditions for accessing the

1:18:581:19:02

single market are strict and

non-negotiable.

It's very clear, if

1:19:021:19:08

you stay in the single market you

have to maintain freedom of

1:19:081:19:12

movement, therefore we cannot stay

in the single market. The British

1:19:121:19:15

people were very clear that that is

not what they want to continue to

1:19:151:19:18

have. We want control of immigration

and therefore need to step out of

1:19:181:19:22

the single market.

Ed Vaizey said

yesterday that the government is now

1:19:221:19:28

considering staying in the cost

union. It's changing on a day-to-day

1:19:281:19:32

basis. We're not that I'm aware of.

The word single market were not on

1:19:321:19:39

the ballot paper in the referendum.

The words immigration were not on

1:19:391:19:43

the ballot paper. I remember the now

Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson

1:19:431:19:47

running around the country with a

big red bus claiming that there

1:19:471:19:52

would be £350 million extra per week

to go into the NHS. If a tiny

1:19:521:19:57

fraction of people who voted Leave

voted for that reason, then there

1:19:571:20:04

never has been a mandated be doing

the sort Brexit Theresa May is

1:20:041:20:09

currently going along the lines of.

We will bring some breaking news of

1:20:091:20:16

a union. The Duke and Duchess of

York are delighted to announce the

1:20:161:20:20

engagement of Princess Eugenie to Mr

Jack Brooks bank. Her Royal Highness

1:20:201:20:26

and Mr Brooks bank became engaged in

Nicaragua earlier this month. The

1:20:261:20:31

wedding will take place in the

autumn of 2018. Further details to

1:20:311:20:39

be announced in due course.

1:20:391:20:45

Ukip's leader Henry Bolton

is under increasing pressure

1:20:451:20:47

after the party's national executive

committee unanimously backed a vote

1:20:471:20:49

of no confidence in him last night.

1:20:491:20:51

This morning his deputy

Margot Parker and the party's

1:20:511:20:53

Immigration and Integration

spokesman John Bickley have resigned

1:20:531:20:55

calling for Mr Bolton to step aside.

1:20:551:21:02

The row began after his former

girlfriend she sent texts saying

1:21:021:21:05

Prince Harry's fiancee Meghan Markle

would "taint" the Royal Family,

1:21:051:21:08

leading to accusations of racism.

1:21:081:21:09

Our political correspondent Chris

Mason is in Westminster for us.

1:21:091:21:17

What can you tell us? Is this really

the end of Ukip?

That is the big

1:21:231:21:31

question. At the heart of it is a

bloke you would be forgiven for not

1:21:311:21:35

knowing who he was. Henry Bolton,

the leader of Ukip for the last

1:21:351:21:40

couple of months. He previously

spent time in the police and

1:21:401:21:43

military. He got an OBE for his

services to international security.

1:21:431:21:48

He then popped up in politics as

Ukip's umpteen leader in not a very

1:21:481:21:56

long time. He quickly found himself

in these shenanigans involving him,

1:21:561:22:03

his ex-governor and those text

messages, facing all sorts of people

1:22:031:22:07

in the party saying he should walk

the plank. Then along came a meeting

1:22:071:22:11

of the party's NEC where unanimously

there was the verdict he would go.

1:22:111:22:15

There was actually one guy in the

meeting who said he shouldn't, Mr

1:22:151:22:21

Bolton himself. He says he's going

to stick around. Then this morning

1:22:211:22:26

we've had two further resignations,

Margot Parker the deputy leader, MEP

1:22:261:22:31

for the East Midlands. John Bickley

beat integration and immigration

1:22:311:22:35

spokesperson, they both said his

judgment is shot through and he

1:22:351:22:40

should disappear as leader. He is

absolutely determined to stick

1:22:401:22:43

around. What happens now is that

there is going to be an emergency

1:22:431:22:48

meeting in about four weeks' time,

where any member of the party can

1:22:481:22:53

turn up and have a vote, providing

250 in total turn up the meeting

1:22:531:23:00

will be deemed legitimate. It's now

the case that both sides in the

1:23:001:23:05

argument, those who are supportive

of Mr Bolton and those who aren't,

1:23:051:23:09

have to try and persuade as many

people as possible to give up a day

1:23:091:23:13

of their weekend to come along and

cast a vote. That will determine

1:23:131:23:17

whether he carries on leading Ukip

or doesn't.

Fascinating stuff. Thank

1:23:171:23:21

you.

1:23:211:23:24

Still to come.

1:23:241:23:28

The growing problem of homelessness.

1:23:281:23:29

The number of people sleeping rough

in England has risen

1:23:291:23:32

for a sixth year in a row.

1:23:321:23:34

From Twitter, Facebook,

Snapchat and Instagram -

1:23:341:23:35

has social media had its day?

1:23:351:23:37

A new study reckons we're falling

out of favour with social media,

1:23:371:23:40

because sites aren't regulated

enough, they don't do enough

1:23:401:23:42

to prevent bullying,

and are failing to tackle the rise

1:23:421:23:44

of fake news.

1:23:441:23:45

The survey, by Edelman,

taps in to a lot of concerns

1:23:451:23:48

about the effect social media has

on young people - from exacerbating

1:23:481:23:51

worries about body image,

to increasing feelings

1:23:511:23:52

of depression,

loneliness and anxiety.

1:23:521:23:59

Amy Orben is a social

media psychologist at

1:23:591:24:01

the University of Oxford.

1:24:011:24:08

Good morning. Are you surprised by

what we've heard today?

I don't

1:24:081:24:14

think I am. What we've been having

in the last few months is a fierce

1:24:141:24:18

public debate about social media.

These numbers that trust has been

1:24:181:24:24

decreasing and really surprising.

Naturally that is the outcome of

1:24:241:24:27

such a debate. I guess what we think

is worrying here at the University

1:24:271:24:32

of Oxford is that this worry doesn't

seem to be founded on evidence.

1:24:321:24:39

What's factored into that debate? If

you're saying this is inevitable

1:24:391:24:43

after that discussion, is it fake

news, is it an overload of

1:24:431:24:49

information that people are getting?

Is it being more aware of fake news

1:24:491:24:54

being out there after the American

election and the stories we are

1:24:541:24:59

hearing on a day-to-day basis?

I

think we have a couple of debates

1:24:591:25:04

going on at the moment. We have this

problem with fake news and the

1:25:041:25:10

election coverage. This has been

heavily publicised in the media. We

1:25:101:25:15

also have this debate about the

well-being effects of social media,

1:25:151:25:22

especially young children. That has

been fuelled by a couple of very

1:25:221:25:27

outspoken psychologists who

published a book about these

1:25:271:25:31

effects. But when we actually look

at the data, the effects are

1:25:311:25:37

actually very, very small. We

wouldn't say that social media can

1:25:371:25:42

decrease well-being at the moment.

Do you think we are going in a

1:25:421:25:47

cycle? What will happen next? At the

same time we are hearing that before

1:25:471:25:51

it was newspapers are being killed

off, traditional TV networks won't

1:25:511:25:55

survive in the future, news outlets

that is. Today we've heard the trust

1:25:551:26:00

in traditional media and TV has

jumped to a six-year high.

I think

1:26:001:26:04

with every new technology we have an

uptake cycle. At the beginning

1:26:041:26:09

people are very interested, but then

quickly people become worried about

1:26:091:26:14

new technologies. That's happened

for many hundreds of years. In the

1:26:141:26:20

1500 with the printing press we had

alarms about information overload. I

1:26:201:26:25

think it's quite a natural

progression, that people are

1:26:251:26:30

becoming worried about new

technologies and probably in the

1:26:301:26:33

next few years that will balance out

again. I think there will be peaks

1:26:331:26:39

and troughs about trust in new

technologies and I guess we are

1:26:391:26:43

currently in one of those troughs.

Why is this more pronounced with

1:26:431:26:48

young people? One tenth of young

adults say they've quit Facebook in

1:26:481:26:52

the last year according to this

research.

I don't know if that's to

1:26:521:26:56

do with trust. Young people are

incredibly volatile in what they

1:26:561:26:59

want to use and what social media

platforms they want to use. What we

1:26:591:27:03

are seeing is that with grandmothers

and mothers and parents and teachers

1:27:031:27:09

being on platforms like Facebook,

young people are moving to other

1:27:091:27:12

platforms. I don't know if that can

be used as evidence that they trust

1:27:121:27:16

social media less. I think it shows

that they are the first to move to

1:27:161:27:22

novel platforms where they can hang

out with their own generation.

1:27:221:27:27

Interesting that last month Facebook

said for the first time using the

1:27:271:27:31

site can lead to unhappiness,

especially if you're scrolling

1:27:311:27:35

through friends' updates without

interacting.

Yes, that's research

1:27:351:27:40

done at Facebook. We do find that

certain types of social media use

1:27:401:27:49

might be more detrimental to

well-being. I think this is the

1:27:491:27:53

first step to providing some really

important nuance in the debate. At

1:27:531:27:57

the moment we are debating about

whether social media increases or

1:27:571:28:01

decreases well-being. There are so

many different types of social media

1:28:011:28:07

use and different contexts and ways

that we need to actually start

1:28:071:28:11

disentangling these are facts. I

guess Facebook has started this

1:28:111:28:18

debate in the public at the moment

which has been present in academia

1:28:181:28:22

for quite a long time.

Do you think

tighter regulation would mean more

1:28:221:28:25

trust?

I don't think I can give an

opinion on that. I think naturally

1:28:251:28:33

that would be where we are going at

the moment. I think what is

1:28:331:28:36

important is that we do more

research in the area so that the

1:28:361:28:43

public and policymakers can really

make their decisions on strong

1:28:431:28:47

evidence and not just public

debates.

Thank you for joining us

1:28:471:28:50

this morning. Lots of you have been

getting in touch about cervical

1:28:501:28:56

cancer. This e-mail says, I'm 53 and

have only ever had one smear test. I

1:28:561:29:04

ignored all reminder letters for

similar reasons to other viewers.

1:29:041:29:07

Too busy, too embarrassed. In March

2017 after having sciatica symptoms

1:29:071:29:14

for 18 months I was diagnosed with

cervical cancer. The tumour was very

1:29:141:29:18

large and had spread. Needless to

say my prognosis was poor. In the

1:29:181:29:24

following months I've undergone

chemotherapy, radiotherapy, with all

1:29:241:29:27

the side effects. Although the

treatment has managed to control the

1:29:271:29:31

disease it can't be cleared and I've

recently been told I only have

1:29:311:29:35

months to live. This is all my own

fault because I was stupid enough to

1:29:351:29:38

think it wouldn't happen to me. But

a smear test today and attend

1:29:381:29:43

regularly.

1:29:431:29:51

regularly. The Duke and Duchess of

York have announced the engagement

1:29:511:29:54

of Princess use -- Princess Eugenie

to Mr Jack Brooksbank.

1:29:541:30:05

Time for the latest

news - here's Annita.

1:30:051:30:07

The BBC News headlines this morning.

1:30:071:30:09

Princess Eugenie has become engaged

to her long-term boyfriend Jack

1:30:091:30:13

Brooksbank. The couple became

engaged in Nicaragua earlier this

1:30:131:30:17

month. The wedding will take place

in the autumn of this year at St

1:30:171:30:20

George's Chapel in Windsor.

1:30:201:30:22

The head of the Army is warning that

Britain's military risks falling

1:30:221:30:25

behind potential enemies unless it

gets additional investment.

1:30:251:30:27

In a speech to defence experts,

General Sir Nick Carter is expected

1:30:271:30:30

to say that Russia now has superior

battlefield capabilities to the UK,

1:30:301:30:32

and poses a significant threat

in terms of cyber warfare.

1:30:321:30:40

The former Treasury minister

and Remain supporter, Lord O'Neill,

1:30:491:30:51

says the British economy should

perform better this year than many

1:30:511:30:54

opponents of Brexit had predicted.

1:30:541:30:55

He said the UK's growth forecasts

were likely to be upgraded -

1:30:551:30:58

because of increased demand

from China, America

1:30:581:31:00

and continental Europe.

1:31:001:31:02

Is's front bench have resigned,

putting further pressure on Henry

1:31:021:31:05

Bolton. He is refusing to quit over

racist remarks made by his former

1:31:051:31:10

girlfriend, despite a vote of

no-confidence in leadership. Deputy

1:31:101:31:15

leader Margot Parker stepped down,

followed by John Bickley.

1:31:151:31:22

A charity says one in three young

women in the UK are embarrassed

1:31:221:31:25

to attend smear tests for cervical

cancer, because of

1:31:251:31:27

body image issues.

1:31:271:31:28

More than 2000 women, aged

between 25 and 35, were surveyed

1:31:281:31:31

by Jo's Cervical Cancer Trust.

1:31:311:31:32

The charity says it is worried

about the impact on screening rates,

1:31:321:31:35

which have fallen to a 20-year low.

1:31:351:31:43

Breaking news to bring you, a third

Ukip frontbencher has resigned, over

1:31:451:31:50

leader Henry Bolton's unwillingness

to stand down. It comes after the

1:31:501:31:54

deputy leader quits as well after

Henry Bolton refused to step down

1:31:541:31:58

after a vote of no-confidence. We

will bring you more on that a little

1:31:581:32:03

bit later. First, let's get some

sport.

1:32:031:32:10

Coming up later, familiarity will

not breed contempt for Roger

1:32:101:32:15

Federer. He charged into the

quarterfinal with a 6-4, 7-6, 6-2

1:32:151:32:20

win in just over two hours. He will

face long-time rival Tomas Berdych

1:32:201:32:25

for the 26th time on Wednesday. Six

time champion Novak Djokovic is two

1:32:251:32:30

sets down to South Korea's Hyeon

Chung. Mark Allen hopes his Masters

1:32:301:32:35

victory over Kyren Wilson will lead

to bigger and better things. His

1:32:351:32:39

10-7 victory makes in the first

Northern Irishman to win the Masters

1:32:391:32:43

since Dennis Taylor back in 1987.

And with Alexis Sanchez set to join

1:32:431:32:48

my just united from Arsenal in a

swap deal in the coming days, he has

1:32:481:32:52

been spotted with the number seven

shirt. He will pass Mkhitaryan on

1:32:521:33:00

the M6. He heads to Arsenal in a

deal between the clubs.

1:33:001:33:06

And fresh from her fourth placed

finish at the final skeleton

1:33:061:33:08

World Cup of the season in Germany

at the weekend Lizzy Yarnold

1:33:081:33:11

will lead Team GB's skeleton team

at the PyeongChang Winter Games.

1:33:111:33:14

Yarnold is aiming to become

the first British Winter Olympian

1:33:141:33:16

to retain her title,

with her success in

1:33:161:33:18

Sochi four years ago.

1:33:181:33:24

The number of people sleeping rough

in England has risen

1:33:241:33:26

for the past six years in a row.

1:33:261:33:28

Last January it was found that more

than 4000 people had bedded down

1:33:281:33:31

outside during the previous year -

and on Thursday we find

1:33:311:33:34

out whether that number

has risen yet again.

1:33:341:33:39

The winter months can be deadly

for those forced to sleep outside,

1:33:391:33:42

and many rely on emergency night

shelters when temperatures

1:33:421:33:44

drop below zero.

1:33:441:33:46

But not all small

have these shelters,

1:33:461:33:47

particularly in rural areas.

1:33:471:33:49

Reporter Seb Chowdry from the BBC's

Inside Out West programme has spent

1:33:491:33:52

the night in Weston Super Mare,

in the south-west on England,

1:33:521:33:55

where the nearest shelter

is in Bristol, 18 miles away.

1:33:551:34:03

Well, we've got a freezing night

ahead across North Somerset,

1:34:081:34:10

and on the coastal fringes

temperatures probably about -2

1:34:101:34:12

to -4, and there may well be

some fog around as well.

1:34:121:34:20

Well, that's not good

news, especially as I'm

1:34:201:34:21

going to try to sleep out

tonight in Weston-Super-Mare.

1:34:211:34:23

It's one of many places

in our region where there

1:34:231:34:26

are visibly more homeless people.

1:34:261:34:33

We'll know exactly how bad

the situation is when the latest

1:34:331:34:36

rough sleeper figures are published

later this week.

1:34:361:34:39

And, while we all might walk

past homeless people,

1:34:391:34:41

how many of us really think

about what it's like to be

1:34:411:34:44

on the streets at night?

1:34:441:34:46

He was froze out on the

stretcher, he was gone.

1:34:461:34:49

He froze?

1:34:491:34:50

He froze, yeah.

1:34:501:34:51

During the night.

1:34:511:34:52

Hypothermia.

1:34:521:34:57

It's freezing.

1:34:571:34:59

Nothing could prepare me

for what to expect.

1:34:591:35:00

I don't know how long till sunrise,

but this is really, really,

1:35:001:35:03

really near impossible,

it really is.

1:35:031:35:05

I don't know how they do it.

1:35:051:35:08

Could I make it to the morning?

1:35:081:35:14

It's just after six

o'clock in the evening

1:35:171:35:19

here in Weston-Super-Mare.

1:35:191:35:22

I'm told it's not a great

place to be sleeping

1:35:221:35:25

rough on the streets,

because of the terrible

1:35:251:35:27

temperatures.

1:35:271:35:30

I have the luxury of actually

going home any time I want

1:35:301:35:33

to, these guys don't.

1:35:331:35:35

And in that Victorian

shelter just down the road

1:35:351:35:37

there are a few of the guys

who are sleeping there,

1:35:371:35:40

I'm just going to go

and introduce myself.

1:35:401:35:43

Hello.

1:35:461:35:47

Hello there.

1:35:471:35:48

How are you?

1:35:481:35:55

BBC?

1:35:551:35:57

This shelter is being shared

by Steve, Martin and Kev.

1:35:571:35:59

Kev, what's it like at night here?

1:35:591:36:01

Freezing.

1:36:011:36:02

Is it?

1:36:021:36:03

We just have to manage.

1:36:031:36:04

Yeah?

1:36:041:36:05

Yeah.

1:36:051:36:06

Get into blankets and sleeping bags.

1:36:061:36:07

How long have you been doing this?

1:36:071:36:12

Seven months.

1:36:121:36:13

Seven months?

1:36:131:36:14

Yeah.

1:36:141:36:15

Seven months in this?

1:36:151:36:19

It's a familiar story.

1:36:191:36:20

Steve's been sleeping rough

in Weston for the past nine months.

1:36:201:36:26

What's it like living like this?

1:36:261:36:28

It's not very good, but it's life

and you make it the best you can.

1:36:281:36:35

It must feel like everyday

is like this horrible

1:36:351:36:37

cycle that you're in?

1:36:371:36:38

I don't even want to

wake up some mornings.

1:36:381:36:42

I don't want to wake up,

I just want to end.

1:36:421:36:47

Oh, God.

1:36:471:36:49

I can't take no more now.

1:36:491:36:50

I'm still trying, but...

1:36:501:36:54

Anyone says, I'd cope,

you'd survive, yeah, but...

1:36:541:37:02

Steve, Martin and Kev

are being helped by local people

1:37:031:37:06

who bring them hot drinks and food.

1:37:061:37:11

They've also set up a Facebook page

in the last few weeks to raise

1:37:111:37:15

awareness and encourage more people

to offer support.

1:37:151:37:18

Joseph, hello, you're

helping these guys out?

1:37:181:37:22

Yeah, I've got warm food.

1:37:221:37:23

You've got warm food?

1:37:231:37:28

Do you think this is a problem

that's ever going to get resolved?

1:37:281:37:35

They easily put things

on to attract people to Weston

1:37:351:37:38

and they try to hide the other side

of Weston, and there's

1:37:381:37:41

things they can do,

but I don't feel they do do.

1:37:411:37:44

Everyone deserves a chance to be

in a house and warm.

1:37:441:37:47

Should be in a house.

1:37:471:37:49

Not be out here in the cold.

1:37:491:37:52

It really does upset

you, doesn't it, Joe?

1:37:521:37:54

Yeah.

1:37:541:37:55

It's not right.

1:37:551:37:58

It's eight o'clock.

1:37:581:38:00

The group meet around this time each

night before heading

1:38:001:38:02

to different parts of the town,

taking supplies to those in need.

1:38:021:38:05

Hi, Heidi, I'm Seb.

1:38:051:38:13

You guys have come to help?

1:38:131:38:15

There's no night shelter here -

the closest is Bristol.

1:38:151:38:17

North Somerset Council estimates

the number of rough sleepers

1:38:171:38:19

in this area is seven,

but the volunteers

1:38:191:38:21

say it's much higher.

1:38:211:38:24

We've calculated there's about 20

to 30 of them sleeping rough.

1:38:241:38:27

As high as that?

1:38:271:38:28

Yes.

1:38:281:38:30

So what have they got

wrong that you've seen?

1:38:301:38:34

They're just not going out and doing

what we're doing, having a search

1:38:341:38:37

and finding them more.

1:38:371:38:38

They're just waiting for them to go

into the council office,

1:38:381:38:41

but it can be daunting for them

to go into that council

1:38:411:38:44

office sometimes.

1:38:441:38:45

Right.

1:38:451:38:46

It needs sorting now.

1:38:461:38:49

As Val takes me around the high

street and boulevard,

1:38:531:38:56

I'm amazed to see there's even

someone sleeping outside

1:38:561:38:58

the council offices.

1:38:581:39:02

Do you want to go back up

and get your food and that, yeah?

1:39:021:39:05

Hello, what are you doing here?

1:39:071:39:12

Do you want some biscuits?

1:39:121:39:15

In the few hours we spend walking

around, we see about ten rough

1:39:151:39:18

sleepers in just a very small area.

1:39:181:39:26

It's coming up to midnight or so.

1:39:311:39:32

I've just left Val in the town

centre, I'm heading down

1:39:321:39:37

to the Victorian shelter

where Kevin, Martin and Steve

1:39:371:39:39

are setting down for the night.

1:39:391:39:42

I'll be sleeping over there.

1:39:421:39:45

I've just got to hope I can make it

through the night, that's all.

1:39:451:39:48

When I get back, Steve is struggling

because of the cold.

1:39:511:39:57

You need to cover

yourself up, my friend.

1:39:571:39:59

That's not properly...

1:39:591:40:01

I'm OK.

1:40:011:40:03

Tell me about your old life,

Steve, what was that like?

1:40:031:40:06

It was OK to start off with.

1:40:061:40:07

I married and had kids.

1:40:071:40:08

You were married, were you?

1:40:081:40:10

Yeah.

1:40:101:40:11

How long were you married for?

1:40:111:40:13

Ten years.

1:40:131:40:14

Really?

1:40:141:40:15

Do your kids keep in touch?

1:40:151:40:17

No.

1:40:171:40:19

Never see my kids.

1:40:191:40:22

Do they know you're here?

1:40:221:40:23

No.

1:40:231:40:24

Do you miss them?

1:40:241:40:25

Yeah.

1:40:251:40:28

Do you think about your old life?

1:40:281:40:29

Yeah, course, every time.

1:40:291:40:31

I always see my children...

1:40:311:40:35

Do you?

1:40:351:40:36

Yeah, in my mind.

1:40:361:40:41

Steve, I don't know how you do this.

1:40:411:40:43

It's...

1:40:431:40:44

It's seriously, seriously cold.

1:40:441:40:50

I'm not too bad now,

now I'm inside this sleeping bag.

1:40:501:40:54

It feels like I'm living

back in a house again,

1:40:541:40:57

nice and warm, in my bed.

1:40:571:41:02

Is that how you picture it?

1:41:021:41:03

Yeah.

1:41:031:41:04

This is my home.

1:41:041:41:07

If I could rent this off

the council, I'd rent it and I'd

1:41:071:41:10

block it all off and put a door

there so I can shut the door

1:41:101:41:13

and just have my own little space.

1:41:131:41:20

At around 2am, I attempt

to settle down.

1:41:221:41:28

This is about the only way

I can keep warm here.

1:41:311:41:39

This is, this is freezing.

1:41:411:41:49

No matter how hard I try,

I just can't get to sleep.

1:42:031:42:06

It's about...

1:42:131:42:16

4.30 at the moment.

1:42:161:42:18

It's impossible,

absolutely impossible.

1:42:181:42:22

I've got so many layers on but it's

just getting colder and colder.

1:42:221:42:26

I think it's about four hours

to go until sunrise.

1:42:261:42:33

Some of those guys in there,

they've got terrible coughs,

1:42:331:42:36

they've been coughing all night.

1:42:361:42:39

Absolutely freezing.

1:42:391:42:40

It's near impossible

to survive this.

1:42:401:42:47

I'm going to go back

in there and try to sleep

1:42:471:42:49

a little bit at least.

1:42:491:42:52

The number of rough sleepers

across the region has almost doubled

1:42:521:42:55

in the last four years.

1:42:551:43:00

When it gets below freezing for more

than three nights on the trot,

1:43:001:43:02

emergency accommodation should be

offered to anyone forced

1:43:021:43:04

to sleep outside.

1:43:041:43:08

One of the reasons is to try

and prevent deaths, but we've been

1:43:081:43:11

told in the last year alone at least

15 people have died on the streets.

1:43:111:43:19

So it's ten to seven,

most of the time there

1:43:201:43:23

was freezing fog around,

I'll show you on the top of the car,

1:43:231:43:26

look at that, a lot of frost there.

1:43:261:43:32

It's not just me who's

had trouble tonight.

1:43:321:43:34

Even for Martin, who's used

to this, sleeping in these

1:43:341:43:36

conditions is a struggle.

1:43:361:43:39

You OK, Martin?

1:43:391:43:41

How was the night?

1:43:411:43:43

Cold.

1:43:431:43:44

It was cold, wasn't it?

1:43:441:43:47

That's just a mild night last night.

1:43:471:43:49

That was a mild one?

1:43:491:43:50

Not as cold as it normally is.

1:43:501:43:55

Martin, there's a few guys who've

died recently, haven't they?

1:43:551:43:59

Yeah, there was one up

there in the next shelter up,

1:43:591:44:03

he was froze out on the stretcher,

he was gone.

1:44:031:44:06

He froze?

1:44:061:44:07

Yeah, he froze, yeah.

1:44:071:44:09

During the night.

1:44:091:44:12

Hypothermia, I think.

1:44:121:44:14

That must be scary?

1:44:141:44:15

Yeah, it is.

1:44:151:44:18

You've got to brave it out,

because I've got no choice.

1:44:181:44:24

With wintry weather like this, it's

hardly surprising it takes its toll.

1:44:241:44:29

Steve is at a point where he's

desperate for help.

1:44:291:44:33

I'm too old for all this.

1:44:331:44:34

I need help with my drink,

because I'm an alcoholic.

1:44:341:44:38

I need help with my eyesight,

to get my eyesight back

1:44:381:44:40

so I can see what I'm doing.

1:44:401:44:44

I don't want to live

like this no more.

1:44:441:44:49

Thank you.

1:44:491:44:50

Look after yourself.

1:44:501:44:51

I will.

1:44:511:44:57

For me, luckily, this

was just one night.

1:44:571:45:01

See you, boys.

1:45:011:45:03

See you.

1:45:031:45:06

It was really difficult to say

goodbye to Steve and Martin there.

1:45:111:45:17

I've really bonded with them,

I've been here 14 hours,

1:45:171:45:20

got to know them, spent the night

in that shelter over there.

1:45:201:45:24

It's really difficult,

it's stressful when you don't know

1:45:241:45:26

who might just creep up on you,

and what really struck me is how

1:45:261:45:30

easily you can just lose morale.

1:45:301:45:37

You know?

1:45:371:45:38

And because of the cold,

and because of the just

1:45:381:45:40

intense hopelessness,

you can just lose the will to do

1:45:401:45:43

anything the next day.

1:45:431:45:49

It's a very, very,

very sad situation.

1:45:491:45:56

That report from Seb Chowdry from

the BBC's Inside Out West Programme.

1:45:561:46:00

Well, North Somerset Council

which covers the area told us:

1:46:001:46:08

They also told us that they have

discussed the possibility

1:46:161:46:18

of setting up a night shelter.

1:46:181:46:24

The Government told us

they are providing over £1 billion

1:46:241:46:26

pounds by 2020 to reduce all forms

of homelessness and rough sleeping.

1:46:261:46:33

I'm joined now by a spokesperson for

the homeless charity Crisis. I want

1:46:331:46:39

to get your response to the film.

It

is depressingly depicting the

1:46:391:46:45

picture across the UK. Grassley pig

has significantly increased since

1:46:451:46:51

2010. Across Britain we have an

estimate of 4000 people sleeping

1:46:511:46:58

rough on any given night -- rough

sleeping has significantly increased

1:46:581:47:05

since 2010. A lot of people and

picked up by official statistics.

1:47:051:47:11

That was Weston-Super-Mare, what we

know about the national picture?

1:47:111:47:16

Nationally we see homelessness

increasing everywhere, particularly

1:47:161:47:19

high demand areas where housing is a

problem. London is an obvious point

1:47:191:47:23

but other parts of the country such

as Manchester, homelessness on the

1:47:231:47:30

streets has increased. It's the same

in Scotland and Wales. The lead

1:47:301:47:36

calls of homelessness at the moment

is the end of a privately rented

1:47:361:47:39

tenancy. It's the situation of

secure housing we have across the UK

1:47:391:47:43

at the moment.

What about the

challenges when it comes to engaging

1:47:431:47:48

rough sleepers? People watching at

home, having heard that statement

1:47:481:47:52

from the council saying we tried to

offer help but some people refuse

1:47:521:47:56

it, why is that?

In some situations,

when people are homeless, it can be

1:47:561:48:03

more complex than others. Not

everybody sleeping rough has very

1:48:031:48:08

complex needs and actually they have

a significant problem with housing

1:48:081:48:11

and they just need to be rehoused

into permanent accommodation. For

1:48:111:48:15

others with more complex needs, they

need a really good package of

1:48:151:48:18

support. At the moment that's not

necessarily available. We've seen

1:48:181:48:25

funding cut significantly from the

support services. Even if they are

1:48:251:48:28

offered a place in a hostel there is

not necessarily the money there to

1:48:281:48:32

provide them the support they need.

The history of that experience again

1:48:321:48:37

means people may be distrust the

system.

What about the government

1:48:371:48:40

saying they are spending £1 billion

to help homeless people?

We seen

1:48:401:48:45

some really good investments in the

recent budgets both in terms of

1:48:451:48:49

targeted at rough sleepers with

high-level needs and those who

1:48:491:48:53

literally need to get back into

private renting. That's a really

1:48:531:48:56

good step and we seen a manifesto

commitment to end rough sleeping by

1:48:561:49:01

2027. What we really need is a more

fundamental shift in how the country

1:49:011:49:05

response to homelessness and for it

to be much more rapid than it

1:49:051:49:10

currently is, and housing led. It's

about people being brought into

1:49:101:49:19

their own permanent accommodation.

World Cup winner Jimmie Armfield has

1:49:191:49:28

died at the age of 82.

1:49:281:49:34

died at the age of 82. He was also

part of the victorious World Cup

1:49:341:49:37

winning squad in 1966. He was

diagnosed with cancer for a second

1:49:371:49:43

time last year.

1:49:431:49:45

There's to be another Royal Wedding

in Windsor this year -

1:49:451:49:48

Princess Eugenie has just got

engaged to Jack Brookshank.

1:49:481:49:50

Our royal correspondent

Jonny Diamond is here.

1:49:501:49:57

That's two royal weddings this year.

1:49:571:50:03

There were rumours of an engagement

in late 2016, now Buckingham Palace

1:50:041:50:11

has confirmed it. Princess Eugenie

will marry her long-term boyfriend

1:50:111:50:15

Jack Brooksbank sometime in the

autumn at St George's Chapel. The

1:50:151:50:19

same chapel which will see the

wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan

1:50:191:50:23

Markle in the spring. A busy time

for the Royals.

Is it significant

1:50:231:50:28

it's going to be in the same venue?

It's probably about the right size

1:50:281:50:33

venue. It's going to take around 450

guests. Given a Princess Eugenie is

1:50:331:50:39

the eighth in line to the throne it

wouldn't have been a fast wedding at

1:50:391:50:44

Westminster Abbey. It will be a

rather smaller affair. Still fairly

1:50:441:50:48

large and fairly heavily covered,

certainly by royal watchers and

1:50:481:50:51

people interested in the Royal

family.

There will no doubt be

1:50:511:50:56

comparisons.

There will be. The

couple have met, we believe, there

1:50:561:51:03

have been talk of double dates.

Princess Eugenie probably hasn't

1:51:031:51:07

been in the news as much as some of

the other royals. She doesn't

1:51:071:51:11

receive money from the public purse,

she doesn't attend that many public

1:51:111:51:15

functions. She has a full-time job,

she works as associate director at

1:51:151:51:22

an art gallery in central London and

carries on in a relatively normal

1:51:221:51:27

fashion, leading a relatively normal

life. She's not one of the

1:51:271:51:30

high-profile royals but someone most

people know about.

One final

1:51:301:51:36

question to ask you, how much do we

know about her fiance?

We know

1:51:361:51:40

something. He's privately educated,

didn't go to university, works as

1:51:401:51:45

the manager of a Mayfair nightclub,

a place called Mahiki. They've been

1:51:451:51:51

going out for seven years. They met

in Switzerland in a ski resort.

1:51:511:51:57

Rumours of engagement for some time

now, confirmed now by Buckingham

1:51:571:52:01

Palace.

Thank you for bringing us

all the details.

1:52:011:52:07

A pioneering gene therapy has been

cleared for use in Britain -

1:52:071:52:10

which could help to save the lives

of children born with

1:52:101:52:13

a deadly immune disorder.

1:52:131:52:14

It is the first gene therapy

ever to be made made

1:52:141:52:16

available on the NHS -

and will give children the chance

1:52:161:52:19

to have their faulty DNA rewritten.

1:52:191:52:22

If left untreated, children

with this gene mutation will die

1:52:221:52:24

before they reach school age.

1:52:241:52:26

The plan is for hospitals to start

offering the therapy next month.

1:52:261:52:30

Maria and Stuart Vinen's son Henry

was born with the faulty gene.

1:52:301:52:33

He has survived thanks to a bone

marrow transfusion from his brother,

1:52:331:52:36

which means he now isn't eligible

for this treatment.

1:52:361:52:44

I imagine you have mixed feelings

about the news that this is their

1:52:481:52:52

appeal is now going to be offered

here.

I think it's really get.

1:52:521:52:58

Actually we were lucky, we had a

match with our son Oscar. For those

1:52:581:53:04

people who haven't got a match and

sat waiting watching their children

1:53:041:53:09

deteriorate, I think it means they

feel hope now that their child can

1:53:091:53:13

have a chance at a normal life

without having to wait for that

1:53:131:53:18

all-important match.

Can you tell us

more about Henry's condition? What

1:53:181:53:23

is it, how has it affected him?

He

has severe combined immune

1:53:231:53:28

deficiency. They can't fight off

colds. You wouldn't know when they

1:53:281:53:37

were born that they had it. As time

goes on they get more and more

1:53:371:53:41

infections that they can't fight

off. The only cure is a bone marrow

1:53:411:53:47

transplant or gene therapy.

What

happened after that diagnosis?

1:53:471:53:53

Because this is incredibly rare, I

understand it was difficult and very

1:53:531:53:59

upsetting in those stages when you

weren't aware of what the condition

1:53:591:54:03

was before it was diagnosed.

For us,

Henry is obviously my second baby,

1:54:031:54:09

and he was persistently poorly. At

three days old he had an eye

1:54:091:54:14

infection, then he developed a cold

which developed into a chest

1:54:141:54:18

infection. I kept saying there's

something wrong. After about six

1:54:181:54:25

weeks we went to the hospital after

much persistence and they said we

1:54:251:54:31

think you may have meningitis. He

had to have a lumbar puncture. After

1:54:311:54:37

three days they said he'll be OK, he

can go home, his cells are slightly

1:54:371:54:41

abnormal but it's something we might

review and a couple of months. Two

1:54:411:54:45

days later he had really large

ulcers in his mouth, the size of a

1:54:451:54:50

50p piece. They said actually maybe

you're depressed, maybe there's

1:54:501:54:56

nothing wrong with him and it's in

your head.

How did that make you

1:54:561:55:02

feel?

I was so upset. At first you

almost embarrassed, and then

1:55:021:55:07

actually I thought, I'm a mum. It's

my son, there's something wrong. We

1:55:071:55:12

ended up going back to the hospital

and demanding that someone see him

1:55:121:55:18

who was suitably qualified. Within

the space of under 24 hours I was

1:55:181:55:25

being told to sit down with my

husband and we think your son has

1:55:251:55:29

got this rare condition, he will

need a bone marrow transplant. To

1:55:291:55:34

actually get a diagnosis is

incredibly distressing. To convince

1:55:341:55:38

people you're not going crazy, your

child is consistently poorly, it's

1:55:381:55:42

hard.

Henry has now been given a

bone marrow donation by his older

1:55:421:55:46

brother Oscar. It's not a complete

cure, is it?

For Henry, he was very,

1:55:461:55:57

very poorly. He was intensive care

which meant he didn't have time for

1:55:571:56:02

gene therapy. He doesn't actually

have... His immune system cells

1:56:021:56:18

don't work well. He has to have an

expensive treatment weekly or

1:56:181:56:23

biweekly. That replaces the cells he

won't have a game back from having

1:56:231:56:28

the transplant.

Thank you all for

joining us on the programme this

1:56:281:56:34

morning. Let's return to that

breaking news but the Blackpool and

1:56:341:56:39

England football great Jimmy

Armfield has died at the age of 82.

1:56:391:56:44

We are joined from the sport

newsroom with David who can tell us

1:56:441:56:52

how significant he was at Blackpool

FC.

He was extremely significant at

1:56:521:56:59

Blackpool FC where he was a one club

man, playing over 600 games for

1:56:591:57:04

Blackpool over a 17 year period,

having made his debut against

1:57:041:57:08

Portsmouth. Not just at Blackpool

where he was a legendary figure but

1:57:081:57:13

he was also part of the England

World Cup winning squad in 1966. He

1:57:131:57:18

didn't play in that tournament

because of injury but he did receive

1:57:181:57:22

his medal many years later in 2009

and will always be remembered for

1:57:221:57:31

both an international perspective

and a club perspective. There was a

1:57:311:57:35

stand named after him at Blackpool

and a statue erected in his honour.

1:57:351:57:39

He went on to manage in football as

well. Replacing the legendary Brian

1:57:391:57:46

Clough at Leeds United. He led them

to the European cup final in 1975.

1:57:461:57:52

He was inducted into Blackpool's

Hall of Fame and was also a BBC

1:57:521:57:58

summariser, working for BBC five

live for well over 30 years, most

1:57:581:58:02

recently in January 2000 and seven.

The tributes are flowing in already.

1:58:021:58:06

Jimmy Armfield has died at the age

of 82 -- January 2007.

1:58:061:58:12

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1:58:121:58:15

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1:58:151:58:17

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