22/01/2018 Victoria Derbyshire

Hello, it is Monday, it is nine

o'clock. Welcome to the programme.

The head of the Army speaks out on

defence funding in a rare public

intervention. General Sir Nick

Carter will warn of the potential

threat posed by Russian long-range

missiles and cyber warfare skills.

His call for more money has been

welcomed by military colleagues.

There is a Russian threat out there.

I visited Russia last year for the

May Day parade. I found that their

capability was awesome. Not only in

the conventional side, but also, as

we know, the developments in the

cyber and high technology.

Large

numbers of young women say they are

too embarrassed to go for a smear

test, putting themselves at risk of

cervical cancer.

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

say they were embarrassed,

so I did put lots of things

in front of mine.

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

anything not to go.

You know, it is very embarrassing.

We will ask AGP what more can be

done to improve uptake. We will also

talk a mother whose daughter

swallowed a small button battery, as

doctors warn of a spike in cases and

life changing injuries that can

result from it.

Hello.

Welcome to the programme,

we're live until 11 this morning.

We're also talking about social

media this morning as a report

suggests that we're falling out

of love with it.

Concerns about fake news,

social anxiety and cyber bullying

are partly to blame.

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Our top story today...

The head of the Army

will warn today that

Britain's military risks falling

behind that of its enemies unless it

gets additional investment.

In a speech to the defence

think tank, the Royal

United Services Institute,

General Sir Nick Carter is expected

to say that Russia now has superior

battlefield capabilities to the UK,

and poses a significant threat

in terms of cyber warfare.

Simon Clemison reports.

Images showing what Russia said

was a strike on Syria.

But the rockets come not

from the Mediterranean Sea,

but the Caspian Sea,

more than 900 miles away.

The head of the Army warns Russia

is building an increasingly

aggressive military,

which the UK is struggling to match.

Russia has also been simulating

attacks closer to home,

conducting large-scale exercises.

This, the heavily armed Klinongrad

bordering Lithuania.

General Sir Nick Carter will warn

Britain must take notice

of what is going on around us

and keep up, or we could be

massively constrained.

He will say the threats are not

thousands of miles away,

but are now on our doorstep.

He says cyber warfare can also

disrupt the lives of normal people.

One of the most important aspects

is to deter any aggression.

You can only do that with a strong

army and forward presence.

You need the back-up

to sustain that.

That means a significant size

in terms of the army and any thought

of reducing the army below

the numbers that we have

at the moment, about 80,000,

I think would put it at risk.

The head of the army is not saying

this in so many words,

but one way to avoid the possibility

of Britain falling behind

in combat could be more money

from the Chancellor here

at Number 11.

He certainly won't

want to see any cuts.

The speech will be made

with the approval of

the Defence Secretary, who has

already said a 2% rise should be

a base, not a ceiling.

No word yet from the Chancellor.

Simon Cleminson, BBC News.

More on that later.

Annita McVeigh is in the BBC

Newsroom with a summary

of the rest of the days news.

A charity says one in three young

women in the UK are embarrassed

to attend smear tests for cervical

cancer because of issues

with body image.

Jo's Cervical Cancer Trust,

which surveyed more than 2000 women

aged between 25 and 35,

said it was worried about the impact

on screening rates, which have

fallen to a 20-year low.

The key finding that has come out

is that one in three women that have

been researched say that body image

is a very significant factor for not

attending cervical screening.

That's a big concern.

For those under 35 it's

the most common cancer,

and if women aren't attending

cervical screening then

potentially their lives

will be put at risk.

Ukip's deputy leader has resigned

in protest over Henry Bolton's

decision to step down

as party leader.

MEP Margot Parker, who'll

remain with the party,

says Mr Bolton has left the party

in "limbo" after refusing to go,

despite receiving a vote of no

confidence from UKIP's

national executive committee.

Mr Bolton faces repeated calls

to quit over offensive text messages

sent by his former girlfriend.

Lord O'Neill says that economy

should perform better this year than

many opponents of Brexit had

predicted. He said it should be

upgraded because of increased demand

from America, China and continental

Europe.

Detectives are continuing

to investigate the fatal stabbing

of an 8-year-old girl in the West

Midlands.

Mylee Billingham was named by police

as the schoolgirl who died

at an address near Walsall

on Saturday night.

A 54-year-old man, who was arrested

in connection with the attack,

remains in a critical

condition in hospital.

Boris Johnson will meet his US

counterpart Rex Tillerson in London

today for talks on Syria, Iran and

Yemen. It comes after Donald Trump

refused to visit the UK to open the

new US embassy.

Donald Trump may not be coming to

Britain, but his Secretary of State

is. Rex Tillerson arrived for a

fresh round of diplomacy in European

capitals. America's foreign policy

chief is expected to visit the new

US Embassy in London on the one the

President said he doesn't like, and

try to smooth ruffled feathers by

offering the now ritual reassurances

about the importance of the UK and

US relationship. But in his meetings

with Boris Johnson and senior

security officials, Mr Tillerson is

also expected to seek common ground

on key international issues. On

Syria, there will discuss not only

the new Turkish assault on Kurdish

forces in the north, but also

upcoming meetings in Geneva and

elsewhere to seek yet again some

kind of political solution to the

conflict. Mr Tillerson also wants to

discuss Iran, where Britain and

Europe are at odds with the US over

the deal to restrict Teheran's Ukip

-- nuclear programme. It looks set

to look into ways to curb the

nuclear process. Both sides will

want to talk about Yemen, the

fighting and the humanitarian system

continues to get worse, in what has

become a proxy war between Iran and

Saudi Arabia. Attention, as ever,

will focus on the UK and US

relationship, that is being tested

by Donald Trump's apparent

indifference and reluctance to

visit. Today's diplomacy will

prepare the way for the President's

meeting with the Prime Minister

Theresa May, which is expected in

the Swiss resort of Davos next week.

The US federal government

will remain closed today

after the Senate delayed a vote

on a budget measure,

which would have allowed civil

servants to go back to work.

Democrats want President Trump

to negotiate over immigration,

but Republicans say no deal

is possible while federal government

services are closed.

The last government

shutdown was in 2013,

and lasted for 16 days.

Authorities in Mexico say more than

25,000 people were murdered in the

country last year, about 500 every

week. The majority were in states

where drug cartels are deeply

entrenched. Mexico City and the

tourist areas of Baja California

also saw murder rates rise 400%.

Kaymer Kennelly 1000 children

centres are crossing and have not

been inspected by Ofsted for more

than five years. The Government

temporarily suspended inspections in

2015. The charity Action For

Children says it has left thousands

of parents with no idea how good

their local centre is.

For babies and toddlers,

it is a chance to play.

For parents, a chance to socialise

and get free support

from health workers.

There are 3000 or so children's

centres across England.

Like schools, Ofsted inspects them

for safety and quality.

In 2015, the Government decided

to consult over their future

and told inspectors

to stop inspecting.

The charity Action For Children says

two years on, some 969 centres due

an inspection have not had one.

That is 40% of the total.

In that time, councils have invested

£1.4 billion in children's centres,

but it is not clear how well

the money has been spent.

What it means is that local

authorities under pressure for cash,

if the centres are not inspected,

they are sort of invisible.

What that means is that it is much

easier to close them.

Two years ago, Alka lost her mother

just after giving birth to her son

and was heading towards depression.

At the centres were not here

to help me, and the health visitor,

one consistent person throughout

to help me, I'm not sure how

we would have coped,

and I don't think we would have

coped very well.

These centres are a lifeline.

Ofsted confirmed that

the inspections are still suspended.

The Department for Education said

robust and regular partial

inspections do still take place.

A man's been rescued after a week

of being cut off by the snow.

The 64-year-old, who lives

in Dumfries and Galloway,

had been attempting to reach

the nearest village, but his path

was blocked by deep snow.

A mountain rescue team

tried to drive to him,

but had to abandon the car and go

on foot to help him.

They finally managed to reach

the man after battling

through drifts for two hours.

Gary Oldman has cemented his status

as favourite to win an Oscar this

year after being awarded

Best Actor at the Screen

Actors Guild Awards.

It's for his role as Winston

Churchill in The Darkest Hour. He

was overcome with emotion as he

received his prize.

Churchill reminds us we make

a living by what we get,

but we make a life by what we give.

And you have given, you have

given enormously tonight.

I am so deeply honoured and proud to

receive this magnificent award.

Perhaps a golden statue in his hands

next time round?

Time to get an sport. Let's talk

about the Australian open, Kyle

Edmund has some decent company?

We

are whittling down the numbers.

After his success yesterday,

incredible, through to his first

grand slam quarterfinal, the biggest

win of his career. There is another

name you might know.

Roger Federer through to the quarter

finals of the Austrailian Open

beocming the oldest man to reach

the last eight since

Ken Rosewell in 1977.

That was the grand age of 36!

He beat Hungary's Marton Fucsovics

in straight sets, making quick work

of him too in under two hours.

He'll face Czech Tomas Berdych next.

And in the women's draw top seed

Simona Halep beat Naomi Osaka

after coming through a tight first

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

and she goes on to face the winner

of the all Czech contest

between sixth seed Karolina Pliskova

and 20th seed Barbora Strycova.

Novak Djokovic, also bidding for his

place. But standing in the way, the

South Korean

South Korean 21-year-old, Hyeon

Chung. Already shaping up to be an

exciting match. And the Masters has

a new champion in the snigger?

What a performance from

Northern Ireland's Mark Allen,

in what was arguably the biggest

contest of his career.

He beat Kyren Wilson to triumph 10-7

in the final of the Masters

at Alexandra Palace.

Remember, he had to beat the likes

of Ronnie O'Sullivan

and John Higgins to get

to the last two.

But 40 years since Alex Higgins

won his first Masters title Allen

has followed in his footsteps

after last night's marathon match

which in the end lasted five

hours and 14 minutes!

He walks away with the Paul Hunter

trophy of course and

£200,000 in prize money.

Devastating though for Kyren Wilson

who was in tears afterwards,

he is of course the first player

born in the 1990s to appear

in a triple crown.

You could see what it meant to him.

Close to tears, we can understand.

But you should hold ahead of really

high. -- your head up.

I've had an

incredible week. I said to my

manager and my coach, if anybody was

going to beat me, I would have loved

it to have been Mark

going to beat me, I would have loved

it to have been Mark. I am

devastated. But he deserves it, he

has been knocking on the door.

Incredible what two are doing for

the sport. Kyren said it was nice to

go into pizza express and have

people asking for his autograph.

A lot of people tweeting

about ths yesterday.

Strong selfie gain in football.

There has been a lot of talk about

this transfer, Alexis Sanchez. If

ever we needed confirmation,

standing on the pitch in his number

7 shirt, taking a selfie. And he is

not the only one. Somebody else that

once wore that number seven shirt is

Cristiano Ronaldo.

After Cristiano Ronaldo scored twice

during Real Madrid's 7-1 thrashing

over Deportivo he did get a boot

to the face, but couldn't quite wait

to get to the changing rooms

to check the results,

borrowing his physio's phone

to check out the damage.

Nobody had a mirror handy. What have

you got? An iPhone.

He wasn't happy with

what he saw either.

He might be starting something, I

was checking my make-up on my phone

earlier and I was accused of doing a

Visteon Ronaldo! You -- a Cristiano

Ronaldo.

Cervical cancer is the most common

cancer in women under 35 and easily

treatable if it's found early.

But a new study has found that

a third of young women

are avoiding getting smear tests

because they are too embarrassed

to show their bodies to doctors.

The cervical cancer charity

Jo's Cervical Cancer Trust surveyed

2000 women under 35 and found that

in some areas, half

of them were ignoring

invitations to be screened.

35% said this was because

of their body shape.

While more than a third were worried

about the look and smell

of their pubic areas.

220,000 British women of all ages

are diagnosed with cervical

abnormalities each year.

And just under a thousand women die

from cervical cancer

every year in the UK.

With us in the studio

is Robert Music from

Jo's Cervical Cancer Trust,

Tina Holland will tell us why

she didn't go for smear test,

And GP Dr Philippa Kaye is here too.

Thank you to joining us. Robert,

it's your organisation who carried

out the research. Shocking to hear

that so many women don't go for

their smear test because they are

worried about their body image.

It's

really worrying. We've known for a

long time that embarrassment is one

of the factors. The results from

this data is very concerning. Body

image has come up as such a huge

image as it has done beforehand.

This body -- this age group. We've

got to find a way of reassuring

them. Making sure they were aware

that this test is vitally important

and it is the most common cancer for

their age group. We are really

worried if things don't turn around

and unfortunately more women will be

diagnosed and sadly lose their

lives. The key thing this cancer is

preventable.

It so many women, such

a crucial test for them to get to

diagnose them in the early stages,

and if we're hearing that they would

rather go to a gym class or get

their waxing done then both for

their smear test, what barriers,

what can be done to remove some of

those barriers?

I think educational

awareness. Making that age group

understand that this is a test that

is very relevant for them. But every

three years they get invited, it's a

five-minute test but those five

minutes can literally save their

lives. What's very important and has

come out in the research is that

they don't understand about the risk

of cervical cancer so that's very

important as well. One of the things

we are calling for is a national

awareness campaign to make this

acceptable.

We need to start very

young. When they start having their

personal and social education as

children in primary school and they

learn about their bodies, we should

be teaching them about breast

examination, testicular examination

and the importance of smear tests.

If it is delivered from very early

on that this is part of your self

care, in the same way you brush your

teeth and you wash your face, but it

becomes part of everyday life. I

think it needs to start there and we

need to have a bigger push on social

media. We need to be pushing on

social media in the same way you

think about contraception and sexual

health, we should be using those

opportunities to have a smear test.

Wheels any to talk about what

happens when you get there. People

are frightened.

We will come onto

that. Let's bring in Tina. Thank you

for joining us. Let's ask you why

you didn't give your smear test.

It

was something I didn't find the time

for. I think if you're in pain,

you've got something going on that

you think you need to get checked,

then you go to the doctor. For

something that you don't necessarily

have symptoms, it's just something

you put to one side, which I regret

doing.

Why do you regret it?

I

eventually went for my smear test

and unfortunately I found that I had

cervical cancer. It was the early

stages which was very, very lucky.

If I'd left it any longer it could

have been a different story. If I'd

have gone sooner it would have

prevented me getting cancer rather

than the cells changing into cancer.

Teen comedy recognise what we are

hearing from the today, that women

are put off because they are

embarrassed about their bodies,

embarrassed about how they look,

about smell, they would rather do

other things than go for a smear

test and find any excuse not to go?

It's an intimate part of a woman's

body, and people get embarrassed I

think. Like you say, smells, the

look and somebody else seeing that

area. But every female has got one

and, you know, the specialist that

does the smear test have seen a

variety of them. There's nothing to

be embarrassed about at all.

We even

hear that women won't go unless

they've shaved or waxed in that area

as well.

as well.

Again, everybody is

different, everybody's preferences

are different. The nurses, the

gynaecologist that do the tests have

seen it all and will see worse,

better, every time they do a test.

It's nothing to be worried about,

nothing to be embarrassed about, and

it saves your life and it helps

prevent cancer. I recommend

everybody getting it done.

Is there

anything looking back that would

have helped you, that would have

maybe encouraged you to go sooner?

I

think I'm site is a wonderful thing.

I think knowing and having the

knowledge that it's there to prevent

you cancer, not to diagnosed cancer,

it is there to diagnose the changes

in your cervix not actually

detecting cancer. Yes, it does

detect cancer but it's there to help

prevent it. It's one of the cancers

that can be prevented with a smear

test and cervical screening. If I'd

have had more knowledge of that at

the time I think I would have gone

sooner.

Thank you. Can you talk us

through the procedure. It's not

necessarily just about detecting

cancer, it's about detecting

abnormalities.

It doesn't actually

diagnose cancer and I wonder if some

people don't go because they are

terrified that they are going to be

diagnosed with cancer. It detects

precancerous changes and we can do

something about those changes before

it turns into cancer. I think we

need to push the message of it

doesn't mean that you have cancer.

Some of those changes will go away

on their own and some won't. So this

is what we do. When you go to the

doctor, it's a date that you are not

bleeding. That's quite important

when you're planning. This is a

spectrum. There's a definite fear of

the big old-fashioned metal cold

speculums. Not all of that goes

inside. If you can tolerate sex, you

can tolerate that. We put it inside

and open it up a bit to hold the

walls of the joiner out of the way.

We are looking down the sensor we

can see the cervix through the hole.

-- the walls of the vagina out of

the way. We use this to swipe the

walls of the vagina. That bit

sometimes causes period pain.

How

uncomfortable is that?

It depends

person-to-person. Some people find

the stretching uncomfortable and

some people are more prone to period

pain than others. That lasts a few

seconds. This brush then goes in a

pot. This comes out and you're done.

Two minutes, that's all. It's

potentially life-saving. Is it

present? No. Is it uncomfortable?

Yes. It is absolutely necessary --

is it pleasant? No. Think about

relaxing your bottom down into the

bed, that. You can sync against the

speculum.

You're explaining it in a

way that makes it sound less

terrifying but what can doctors and

nurses do to make that situation

more comfortable for women?

We are

lucky that you come and see your

nurse and hopefully you have a

relationship with your nurse and

your doctor, that you get to know

them over a few years. That

relationship is really helpful.

You

may not.

Absolutely. All of us and

all of the nurses are very used to

doing this. We are trained in doing

this and we are used a calming down

nervous women. We appreciate it's

not comfortable, we have it done

ourselves. Part of our job is to

relax people. Makes it easier from

our end as well but the message

needs to come out that we can pick

up precancerous changes. You can

have treatment, that will save your

life. It doesn't affect fertility if

we early. People are worried about

that. If we treat you early you

shouldn't have any problems later

on. We don't think about appearances

and smells, the patient over there

said they'd seen better or worse. I

wouldn't even think about it in

those terms. It is what it is.

We

are all different.

Absolutely. We

have to think about sexual health.

People are worried about the number

of partners they've had, people are

worried will make judgments. We

don't, we are using that information

for the best treatment and care.

One

viewers as I'm puzzled by the

objective embarrassed.

Uncomfortable, inconvenient but

extremely important. Is this what

happens when we distort women's body

image? Tina, what would your message

be to people watching at home?

It

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

and get it checked and good luck.

Tina, thank you. Thank you both as

well.

Crewe Alexandra Football Club had

an arrangement with former coach

Barry Bennell to let players

as young as 11 years old stay

in his house overnight,

his trial has heard.

The 64-year-old is accused

of sexually abusing 11 boys

between 1979 and 1991.

Our reporter Jim Reed was at

Liverpool Crown Court on Friday.

Jim.

This is the trial of Barry Bennell.

Former youth football coach linked

to a number of large professional

clubs, including Crewe Alexandra and

Manchester City. He's facing 48

counts of historical sexual abuse

which he denies. On Friday the court

heard from a former youth team

player at Crewe Alexandra. He said

he was 11 or 12 when he first became

linked to the club. This was in the

early 1980s. The jury were played a

police interview with this man. In

it he talked about trips he made to

the north-west of England with his

family, with his dad. He said it was

there his dad used to leave him and

he would stay overnight at Barry

Bennell's house. He alleges he was

seriously abused. He said between 12

and 20 times. He was asked in the

interview whose idea was it to stay

in Barry Bennell's house. The

alleged victim replied, the football

club. By that he meant Crewe

Alexandra. It would have been Dario

... He went on to tell officers

about the house itself. He described

how Barry Bennell used to play

horror movies to young children. He

mentioned nightmare on Elm Street.

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

want to cuddle up to him. He told

police this arrangement lasted for

about 18 months until he went to

stay at Dario Gradi's house. He said

Dario looked after me, I always grew

up thinking Dario saved me from

Barry Bennell. He was asked why did

this arrangement change, why did you

stop being in Barry Bennell's care

and start to be in Dario Gradi's

care, he said he didn't remember.

What did he say about the impact on

his life?

This alleged victim talked

about how when he was 18 or 19, he

said he had a panic attack. He got

taken to hospital. At that point he

said he told his father about the

alleged abuse and what he said Barry

Bennell had been doing. He said he

didn't know what happened to the

complaint, it didn't seem to go any

further.

What happened under

cross-examination?

Eleanor laws QC

is representing Mr Bennell in this

case. He was asked about a positive

character reference that he

apparently gave for him in the late

1980s. He also talked about a police

statement that he gave in 1998. In

this police statement he apparently

said he was never the victim of

abuse. He said he denied it then

because of embarrassment. He was

repeatedly asked about possible

financial compensation and he said,

I don't need any money, all I want

is closure. He said he couldn't rule

out claiming damages in the future.

Mr Bennell denies 48 counts of abuse

and this trial will continue at

10:30am.

Thank you.

Still to come.

A campaign to stop the convicted

rapist John Worboys from being able

to live in London -

after he's released from prison.

And the long-term health dangers

of babies and toddlers accidentally

swallowing lithium batteries.

Time for the latest

news - here's Annita.

The BBC News headlines

this morning...

The head of the Army will warn today

that Britain's military risks

falling behind that of its enemies

unless it gets

additional investment.

In a speech to the defence

think tank, the Royal

United Services Institute,

General Sir Nick Carter is expected

to say that Russia now has superior

battlefield capabilities to the UK,

and poses a significant threat

in terms of cyber warfare.

His comments have been authorised

by the Defence Secretary.

A charity says one in three young

women in the UK are embarrassed

to attend smear tests for cervical

cancer because of issues

with body image.

Jo's Cervical Cancer Trust,

which surveyed more than 2000 women

aged between 25 and 35,

said it was worried about the impact

on screening rates, which have

fallen to a 20-year low.

Ukip's deputy leader has resigned

in protest over Henry Bolton's

decision not to step down

as party leader.

MEP Margot Parker says Mr Bolton has

left the party in "limbo"

after refusing to go,

despite receiving a vote of no

confidence from Ukip's national

executive committee.

Mr Bolton faces repeated calls

to quit over offensive text messages

sent by his former girlfriend.

Former Treasury Minister and remain

supporter Lord O'Neill says the

British economy should perform

better this year than many opponents

of Brexit had predicted. He said UK

growth forecasts were likely to be

upgraded because of increased demand

from China, America and continental

Europe. Detectives are continuing to

investigate the fatal stabbing an

eight-year-old girl in the west

midlands. Mylee Billingham was named

by police as the schoolgirl who died

at an address near Walsall on

Saturday. A 54-year-old man,

understood to be her father, was

arrested in connection with the

attack. He remains in a critical

condition in hospital.

The US Federal government will

remain closed after the Senate

delayed a vote on a budget measure

which would have allowed civil

servants to go back to work.

Democrats want President Trump to

negotiate over immigration.

Republicans say no deal is possible

while the federal government

services are closed. The last

government shutdown was in 2013 and

for 16 days.

Gary Oldman has cemented

his status as favourite

to win an Oscar this year.

He won the award for best actor

at the Screen Actors

Guild awards overnight.

It's for his role as Sir Winston

Churchill in the Darkest Hour

That is a summary of the latest BBC

News.

Lets get some sport now.

Coming up on sport Tina -

Familiarity won't be breeding

contempt for Roger Federer

as the defending champion lines up

for his fifth Australian Open match

against long-time rival Tomas

Berdych.

Mark Allen hopes his Masters victory

over Kyren Wilson will lead to

bigger and better things. His 10-7

victory makes him the first Northern

Irishman to win the Masters since

Dennis Taylor back in 1987. And with

Alexis Sanchez set to join

Manchester United from Arsenal in a

swap deal in the coming days, he has

been spotted with the number 7 shirt

at Old Trafford. He will pass

and fresh from her victory at the

weekend, Lizzy Yarnold will lead the

skeleton team at the Winter games

next month. More on all of those

stories in 30 minutes.

The head of the army will warn today

that Britain's military capability

could fall behind that of potential

enemies without extra investment.

In a speech to the Royal

United Services Institute,

General Sir Nick Carter will point

to Russia's growing battlefield

capabilities, and the threat

posed by cyber warfare.

This appeal is being made

with the approval of the defence

secretary, Gavin Williamson,

who's made clear he wants more

cash from the Treasury.

We were supposed to be speaking to

Chris Parry, a former officer with

the Royal Navy. I don't think we

have the Skype line, but we should

be able to speak to him. Let me

check you are there. Good morning,

Chris? We are having problems with

that line, I'm afraid. Chris, can

you hear me? We will come back to

that story when we get him. In the

meantime, I can read you a message

that has come in on the story we

have been talking about this

morning. Our top story, cervical

cancer. Lisa on Facebook says I am

overweight and have no body

confidence. I hate the thought of

having to go for a smear test, but I

would rather go through a couple of

minutes of embarrassment, instead of

being diagnosed with cervical cancer

and risk being taken away from my

children, leaving them without them.

Come on, ladies, it takes a couple

of minutes and could potentially

save your life. That is in response

to the discussion we have been

having this morning, findings from

research that has told us that women

are not going to get their smear

tests because they are embarrassed

about their bodies. Another message

has come in from severe. She says, I

am 33 and I have never missed a

smear test. I don't and why women

don't go for one. The nurses are so

amazing and putting you at ease and

so dignified. It is mind-boggling

women are happy to have a Brazilian

wax but not a test. Women need to

grow up a little bit. Please keep

your messages coming in on that

story or anything we're talking

about this morning. We could not get

hold of Chris, but we will move onto

another story we covering this

morning.

morning. A leading surgeon says that

small button batteries should be

classified as poisons, because they

are so dangerous. Kate Cross says

she is worried that the message is

not getting through to parents. A

Dutch surgeon said she treated three

babies and toddlers in just one

week, and that was re-tweeted

thousands of times. If swallowed,

the batteries, they are typically

small, round and silver, they can

cause serious damage to the patient

will stop in some cases, it can be

fatal. They are used in things like

children's poise, electronic car

keys and other household devices.

They are also found in toys for

household pets.

We can speak now to Kate Cross who

is a surgeon at Great Ormond Street.

Also here is Rosie Nicholson,

and her 5-year-old daughter Freya.

Freya swallowed a lithium battery

just before her first Birthday.

And we can hear from Sheila Merrill

in Cambridgeshire, who is a public

health adviser for the Royal Society

for the Prevention of Accidents.

Thank you for joining us this

morning. I want to start with you.

How bad is the problem?

With me? Oh,

sorry.

sorry. With Freya? She swallowed it

about two weeks before her first

birthday and it was in there for

five weeks and we didn't know. She

was choking at every meal and I was

really concerned about that. I was

slapping her on the back. When it

first happened, it looked like flu

symptoms. She was cold and very

upset. We took her to the doctor

five or six times over that course,

she was on three different brands of

antibiotics, still throwing up. I

was saying these concerns to the

surgeon, to the GP. As a mother, you

want to trust your instincts. But

when nobody else is supporting that,

you question yourself a little bit.

Eventually, she did choke properly

and lost her breath when we were out

shopping. I was able to back slap

her and get it out, then I took it

into A&E.

I'm so sorry to hear that.

Do you remember that, Freya?

Kind

of.

What do you remember of that

day?

I was lying down and the

doctors did an x-ray on me.

How long

passed from the moment he first

started sorting out differences in

Freya, to that incident?

A couple of

hours a day, maybe. I can't exactly

remember the timeline. We never

imagined it would be a button

battery. It was from one of the

scales on our bathroom floor.

It had

fallen out?

She was playing with the

scale, I didn't even think it has

button batteries come I didn't know

anything about this at the time. The

covering for the batteries comes off

very easily. We didn't know that

this was even a problem. And you

have got children on the floor when

you're getting ready, you are busy

and they are busy. When we found

out, obviously it is still quite

horrifying to think about how lucky

we were.

And also terrifying, that

moment when you see your daughter

choking?

Yes. It was. When you are

telling the GP and the doctor what

is happening, they say, it is

is happening, they say, it is croup,

they are diagnosing different

things, you start to doubt yourself.

Do you now understand how dangerous

they are?

Yes.

Kate, how serious is

this problem?

A very serious

problem, and Freya has been very

lucky. That is fantastic. Most

children can be lucky, that you

don't know that necessarily it has

been swallowed. Children that are

one or two cannot tell you that is

what happened. As you say, the

button batteries are in so many

things. Kitchen scales, toys, remote

controls, VR headsets, watches. Most

houses will have batteries that have

been taken out of those and put in a

drawer, and even the old batteries

can cause problems. If they fall on

the floor behind the sofa, children

exploring the world can easily get

those and put them in them out. It

is a real problem.

Just to follow on

from that, my youngest daughter then

got a light from her scooter when

she was one and a half, came to me

with two small button batteries in

her hand that she had pulled apart.

Even after going through that, still

not realising how accessible these

are to children and how easily

avoidable it is, my husband and I

started a petition on the government

website, looking for signatures,

because it would be so simple to get

quantum coating to make them safe.

What does that mean?

It is a coating

that means that the charges of the

battery will only work if the Acree

is squeezed, on a spring. -- the

battery. That should just be

governed regulation, as well as

having a child protective covering

for anything that uses the

batteries, because the plus and

negative charges so close to each

other, they do produce a poison that

can erode the oesophagus and cause

death or lifelong injuries. We were

really lucky to come out.

We know it

is a serious problem if it happens.

Can you give us a sense of the

scale? How many cases have you dealt

with, do you know how many there

are?

One of the problems in the UK

is that we don't know how any cases

there are nationally. In the United

States, the poisons database system

record all button battery ingestion

is, because it is regarded to be a

poison and to be so dangerous. But

we don't have a similar mechanism of

recording it in the UK. It is each

individual hospital that deals with

children that will have their own

caseload, but it is not all been

brought together and linked up. We

brought this, with the BBC, to

greater attention back in 2016. We

were seeing two three children per

month coming with significant

injuries from button battery

ingestion is. Since that, there has

been a greater awareness. We are

still seeing one or two children

every two to three months, too many.

Particularly when some of these

children are having a life changing

injuries and we have children that

are coming back to the hospital and

have to have more than 50 different

operations to try to correct the

damage that has happened because

they have swallowed a battery.

Let's

bring in Sheila.

Good morning.

Is

this about raising awareness?

It is

about raising awareness, yes. We do

hear about children on a frequent

basis actually swallowing his

batteries. As the previous person

said, they do cause untold damage

and distress to the parents. What

we're doing is actually constantly

raising awareness about the need to

put them away, put them out of

reach, well out of the reach of

young children, particularly when

you are changing batteries, because

it is so easy to put the old one

down and forget to throw it away.

Again, we're talking about small

lithium batteries. Do they range in

size, do they come in different

sizes, can you give us, let us know

what else they come in?

They come in

different sizes, they can be found

in remote controls. Particularly the

much smaller remote controls, and

they can be found in kitchen scales,

bathroom scales, Christmas cards,

musical cards. A musical birthday

card is something that a child would

find quite entertaining. It is so

easy to give them something like

that to play with, but the battery

is inside and can be peeled out.

They come in various sizes. I've got

a card here, you can see all of the

various sizes that they come in.

Some of them are so tiny that if you

drop one, it is like dropping a

little bead. It is difficult to find

it. Another example that I have got

here, this is a little dangle for a

dog collar. If you squeeze it, it

flashes. If you unscrew that, which

is so easy, there are two tiny

button batteries in there. It is a

case of being aware, the things that

hold the button batteries, the

actual equipment that has button

batteries, and then they can so

easily fall out if they are not

actually fixed incorrectly or the

back comes off.

What should you do if you suspect a

child has swallowed one?

If you're

worried a child or someone had

swallowed a button battery, take

them to A&E and tell them you think

your child has swallowed a button

battery. They need to do an x-ray

and check.

What is that?

This is the

battery that my daughter had

swallowed. It's quite corroded

around the edge, and how small it

is. It was just sitting in her

oesophagus.

How does it feel to see

that and to know that was inside

you?

It feels dirty.

She had very

high magnesium levels after the

battery. We still had to go to the

poisons clinic, there's a bit of

damage in her oesophagus but it was

able to heal and lucky it didn't

perforate.

We are very pleased you

are a cave. Thank you for sharing

your story with us today. You've

been getting in touch with us with

your text messages. This text on the

cervical cancer story, I can

understand why young women avoid

smear tests but believe me, a few

minutes of discomfort is nothing

compared with cancer. And we've had

this tweet, I've booked mine today,

please book ladies. This view says

she's 35, she had one and it came

back with abnormalities. She's been

on the phone booking an appointment

this morning. Another viewer says in

1972 a postnatal smear test saved my

life. I've lived to see my children

and grandchildren and now three

great-grandchildren. Please don't be

embarrassed. And another viewer says

smears are so important, my mum died

ten years ago grieving my brother

and I heart broken, all because she

missed a sneer and died of cervical

cancer. Don't be embarrassed, nurses

do them to save your life -- missed

a smear. Thank you for all of your

messages.

Campaigners opposed to the release

from prison of black cab rapist

John Worboys are stepping

up their efforts to ban him

from living in London.

There has been a fierce debate over

whether or not Worboys -

who drugged, raped and sexually

assaulted his passengers -

still poses a risk to the public.

But on Friday the Government said

it would not challenge

the decision to release him.

Two of Worboys' victims will begin

a legal challenge next week,

while the Mayor of London,

Sadiq Khan, says he would look

at bringing a separate review.

Our legal correspondent is here with

all the details. Good morning. Can

you run us through the key

developments?

The key development

was on Friday when the government

said it wasn't going to seek a

judicial review of the parole board

decision. Let's define what a

judicial review is because there's a

lot of confusion. It isn't an appeal

of the parole board decision, it is

simply an application to the court

to scrutinise the lawfulness the

process of that decision. The

argument would be that either

something has gone wrong during the

process of making that decision, or

that the decision itself was so

irrational and unreasonable that no

reasonable parole board could have

come to that decision. The

government having taken legal advice

on that, the Justice Secretary

announced he felt it wouldn't be

appropriate. Clearly they were

advised the prospect of success were

not very high. As a result of that

there has been some concern and

activity over the weekend. It's been

reported that 25 MPs including the

Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson have

written to the head of the parole

board Nick Hardwick demanding that

John Warboys is not allowed to

reside in London or come to London

because that would be a betrayal of

his victims. The Justice Secretary

said on Friday also that John

Warboys would not be released until

his licence conditions had been

finalised. At the moment he stays in

prison, those conditions are being

finalised. We know that there are

two other judicial reviews. One is

being taken by two of his victims,

and you just mentioned that but also

the Mayor of London Sadiq Khan has

instructed a senior lawyer to look

into the possibility of a judicial

review on the part of the mayor 's

office. That's where we stand at the

moment. David Gauke announced there

would be an overarching review of

the way in which the parole board

operates. This is not going to be

retrospective, this isn't going to

affect the decision, but importantly

it will look at where the decisions

of the parole board can be

challenged and overturned, in a sort

of freestanding mechanism. Not this

mechanism of judicial review. But

whether we build into the parole

system itself a mechanism for

challenging the decisions. That's

where we are at the moment. If the

judicial review gets off the ground,

both parties will need permission

initially, if they get permission

there will be an injunction put in

place that. John Warboys being

released whilst those judicial

reviews play out. At the moment

that's where we are, he remains in

prison, two potential judicial

reviews and this overarching review

of the entire system.

Thank you. We

are joined by MP Toby Perkins, one

of the MPs who has raised concerns.

We also joined by Chris from the end

violence against women coalition.

Thank you for joining us. What's

your concern?

Our concerns are

obvious. Someone who should have

been in jail for a great deal longer

is going to be released. I think the

demand for at least a judicial

review of that parole board

decision, so that we can see if the

parole board's decision was one that

was a logical as many of us feel, at

least will provide the scrutiny that

is demanded -- that was illogical.

The licensing conditions, given that

Mr Warboys was a taxi driver and had

the addresses of most of his

victims, the condition that he

shouldn't be allowed to travel into

London will at least give a

scintilla of peace of mind for some

of those victims who must be going

through absolute hell, reliving

their appalling experiences of this

man.

Even if he isn't in London, as

has been requested by these MPs who

signed this letter, do you not think

he could still be a threat to win in

other parts of the country?

Of

course he can. That's why he should

be in jail, I absolutely agree he

should still be in jail. In the

event that the Justice Secretary

doesn't call for a judicial review,

in the eventuality that he comes

out, at least the existing victims

who by and large have London

addresses, that Mr Warboys in many

cases is whereof, will have the

peace of mind, the site peace of

mind, that he isn't allowed to come

into London and could be arrested if

he does. You're absolutely right

that in my view he could probably

still pose a threat to the public

safety elsewhere for new victims. I

think at the very least, we owe

existing victims that Mr Warboys is

banned from coming into London.

What's your response to this letter

MPs have written to Nick Hardwick

the chairman of the parole board,

saying that if Warboys is released,

we don't know when that will be, he

shouldn't be allowed to live in the

capital where his victims are in

fear of their lives because he may

have their home addresses?

Well, I

can completely understand why the

MPs have written that letter. It is

fair to say that John Warboys'

victims in London are particularly

concerned because of the type of

predatory behaviour he displayed. He

kept the names and addresses of his

victims, the police found that

afterwards. Also he's a taxi driver,

he often drove them home after his

horrible offences were committed. I

completely understand why MPs in

London have called for this

restriction. On a wider point, we

are questioning the parole board's

decision generally to release this

man, such a short time after his

conviction. It really again shows

that the CJS doesn't deal with rape

and sexual violence very well.

That's why we are supporting the

judicial review of the two victims,

saying we really want the parole

board to look again at their

decision and we want a mechanism to

be able to review decisions like

this, so this sort of thing can't

happen again.

Is it correct that if

that fails, the victims who are

taking this action, calling for a

victims judicial review, will have

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

on Friday, the government take legal

advice and decide not to pursue a

judicial review based on limited

chances of success, where does that

leave them?

I think those are two

different things. There is a

crowdfunding campaign to support the

victims to bring their judicial

review and we would encourage people

to go to the CrowdJustice website.

On the MOJ's judicial review, they

would have had to judicial review

its own department in many cases.

The prison service who provided a

lot of the evidence that went

towards the decision of the parole

board, are part of the Ministry of

Justice, and the parole board is

funded itself by the Ministry of

Justice. It is understandable that

it was difficult for the Secretary

of State for Justice to launch that

judicial review. They haven't said

it is something the victims

shouldn't do. In Parliament last

week the Secretary of State for

Justice said he completely

understood why everyone was so

concerned about release. Bearing in

mind he is one of the few people in

the country who does know on what

basis the parole board made the

decision, then I think it's fair to

say we are right to be bringing this

judicial review.

Toby, can I get

your response to Crispin Blunt

saying the Justice Secretary made

the right decision, because it could

have been a waste of taxpayers money

of the legal challenge was pursued,

if it had no reasonable chance of

success.

Obviously I haven't had all

of the information at my disposal

that the Secretary of State for

Justice has. But I think that one of

the things that people want to see

here is that there is at least some

scrutiny of that decision. That

would have been allowed by a

judicial review. It's a real

disgrace to our legal system that

the victims themselves are now

having to try and cobble money

together in order to bring about a

judicial review. I think that even

if the normal level of chances that

the Ministry of Justice would

expect, it would have been in the

public interest to give them every

chance to bring about a judicial

review, to see the basis and at

least allows an scrutiny. I wish

that the Secretary of State for

Justice had come to a different

decision but obviously I accept that

he had information at his disposal I

don't have.

Thank you for joining

us. Some of your messages before we

move on. You've been getting in

touch and cervical cancer. This text

says and 34, I've never been for a

smear test and ignored all letters.

She says my choice. I'm in two minds

now while watching your show whether

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

burying my head in the sand but I'm

worried they will find something. --

whether I should have one of them or

not. The test doesn't tell you

whether you have cancer or not, it

picks up abnormalities which can be

investigated. This text says smear

testing stops when you reach 60,

I've been having them since I was

17. I'll miss the reassurance

everything is OK. And this message,

my reluctance to having a smear test

is because I find it extremely

uncomfortable and couldn't let the

test continue. Everybody is

different. Coming up, could be

British economy perform better this

year than many opponents of Brexit

have predicted?

Let's get the latest weather update.

Let's get the latest weather update.

It's certainly been a wintry

weekend. Yesterday we had some heavy

snowfall and also heavy rain in the

south-west which caused a few

flooding problems. It's all changed.

If we take a look at the forecast,

over the next few days things will

be turning milder. They're still

quite a lot of lying snow out there

at the moment. This is the scene

captured by one of our Weather

Watchers in Nottinghamshire. Some

icy stretches around but as

temperatures are on the rise a lot

of that snow is set to thaw. Let's

compare temperatures yesterday, many

places struggled to get much above

freezing. By tomorrow many of us

will be a good 10 degrees or more

warmer. That's down to the fact the

cold air that's been in charge is

getting pushed away towards the

north-east, replaced by much milder

air sweeping in from the south-west.

That is bringing a fair amount of

cloud but it's not a bad day. The

cloud is set to thin and break

allowing some sunshine to emerge,

particularly towards the east of

higher ground. Eastern Scotland also

seeing a bit of sunshine later on.

One or two showers in the western

half of Scotland but perhaps an

isolated showers in Northern Ireland

and north-west England. A lot of dry

weather, less windy and a bit warmer

than it has been. Heading further

south, fairly cloudy conditions for

the Midlands and southern England.

We've lost the rain we had first

thing this morning. It's looking

largely dry and quite bright. Fairly

dry, light winds than we've seen

recently too. As temperatures rise

we are set to see more of that snow

thawing out. It's going to be a mild

night. Temperatures should rise as

we see the south-westerly winds

picking up. Turning squally and

gusty by tomorrow morning, with the

arrival of some rain. It will be a

frost free morning but a pretty

unsettled day. We've got the wind

and these bands of rain crossing

south-eastwards across the country.

They will be followed by something

sunnier but also further squally

show was moving in from the

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

temperatures across the board. We

are looking at double figures

through the day. The unsettled theme

continues into Wednesday. Another

band of heavy rain and strong

squally winds moving eastwards

across the country. There could be

some disruptive winds in the north

for a time. A return to sunshine and

showers behind that. Looking ahead

to the end of the week, staying

fairly unsubtle. Friday a dry day

with temperatures just down a notch.

Certainly nothing as cold as we saw

through the course of last week as

temperatures are much milder over

the next few days.

Hello it's Monday, it's 10

o'clock, I'm Tina Daheley.

Too embarrassed to go for a smear

test, the danger so many women take

putting themselves at risk of

cervical cancer.

We are really

worried that if things don't turn

around, and fortunately, more women

will be diagnosed and sadly lose

their lives. The key thing is that

this is a cancer that is

preventable.

More turmoil for Ukip.

The particles are 's debited leader

resigns and calls for Henry Bolton

to step down as leader. We will have

all the details. And a pioneering

gene therapy is cleared for use in

Britain. It could help save the

lives of children born with a deadly

immune disorder. We will be talking

to the parents of a child with a

faulty gene.

Good morning.

Here's Annita in the BBC Newsroom

with a summary of todays news.

The head of the Army will warn today

that Britain's military risks

falling behind potential enemies

unless it gets

additional investment.

In a speech to defence experts,

General Sir Nick Carter is expected

to say that Russia now has superior

battlefield capabilities to the UK,

and poses a significant threat

in terms of cyber warfare.

His comments have been authorised

by the Defence Secretary.

A charity says one in three young

women in the UK are embarrassed

to attend smear tests for cervical

cancer, because of

body image issues.

More than 2000 women, aged

between 25 and 35, were surveyed

by Jo's Cervical Cancer Trust.

The charity says it is worried

about the impact on screening rates,

which have fallen to a 20-year low.

Ukip's deputy leader has resigned

in protest over Henry Bolton's

decision not to step down

as party leader.

She has been joined by John Bickley,

Ukip's immigrations boatswain. Henry

Bolton has refused to step down,

despite a vote of no-confidence the

national executive.

The former Treasury minister

and Remain supporter, Lord O'Neill,

says the British economy should

perform better this year than many

opponents of Brexit had predicted.

He said the UK's growth forecasts

were likely to be upgraded -

because of increased demand

from China, America

and continental Europe.

Detectives are continuing

to investigate the fatal stabbing

of an 8-year-old girl in the West

Midlands.

Mylee Billingham was named

by police as the schoolgirl

who died at an address

near Walsall on Saturday.

A 54-year-old man, understood

to be her father, was arrested

in connection with the attack.

He remains in a critical

condition in hospital.

The authorities in Mexico say more

than 25 thousand people

were murdered in the country last

year - about 500 every week.

The majority were in states where

drug cartels are deeply entrenched.

But Mexico City and the tourist

areas of Baja California also saw

murder rates rise 400%.

The US federal government

will remain closed today

after the Senate delayed a vote

on a budget measure,

which would have allowed civil

servants to go back to work.

Democrats want President Trump

to negotiate over immigration,

but Republicans say no deal

is possible while federal government

services are closed.

The last government shutdown

was in 2013, and lasted for 16 days.

Gary Oldman has cemented

his status as favourite

to win an Oscar this year.

He won the award for Best Aactor

at the Screen Actors

Guild Awards overnight.

It's for his role as Sir Winston

Churchill in the Darkest Hour.

Churchill reminds us we make

a living by what we get and make

a life with by we give.

And you have given me an enormous

honour, and I am so deeply,

deeply honoured and proud to receive

this magnificent award.

That's a summary of the latest BBC

News - more at 10.30pm.

Lots of you have been getting in

touch on the stories we're talking

about this morning.

Use the hashtag #VictoriaLive

and if you text, you will be charged

at the standard network rate.

We have a text about lithium

batteries, we were discussing the

dangers of children swallowing them.

This says, it is really thoughtful

you highlighting the risks, I am

helping a family that lost a

three-year-old child who died after

swallowing a flat battery

unknowingly. It went and diagnosed

until she died and a postmortem was

performed. The problem is that it

needs more awareness and publicity.

I hope you can continue to work on

this.

Here's some sport now

with Holly Hamilton.

Roger Federer is thorugh

to the quarter finals -

beocming the oldest man ot reach

the last eight since Ken Rosewell

in 1977 at the grand age of 36.

He beat Hungary's Marton Fucsovics

in straight sets -

making quick work of him too

in under two hours.

He'll face Czech Tomas Berdych next.

It is their 26th meeting.

We have

had some good ones over the years,

going back all the way to the

Olympic Games in Athens in 2004. I

am looking forward to playing

against him. He seems in good shape,

he is over his back issues and that

is a good thing.

Novak Djokovic is in action right

now, and he's having a tough time

against Heung Chung.

The Korean has taken the first set

against the six-time

winner in Melbourne.

Meanwhile in the women's draw top

seed Simona Halep has eased

into the last eight with victory

over Japan's Naomi Osaka.

The Romanian came through a tight

first set before racing away

to a 6-3, 6-2 victory -

showing no sign of the ankle injury

she suffered in the first round.

She'll face the winner

of the all-Czech contest

between sixth seed Karolina Pliskova

and 20th seed Barbora Strycova.

Harry Kane struck his 99th

Premier League goal for Tottenham,

but couldn't prevent them

from losing ground in the race

for the top four as his Spurs side

drew 1-1 at Southampton.

An own goal from Tottenham defender

Davinson Sanchez gave Saints

the lead in the opening 15 minutes.

Then came Kane's equaliser.

Spurs miss out on the chance to go

level with fourth-placed Liverpool

who take on Swansea tonight.

Commentary of that game on BBC Radio

five live from seven o'clock.

You know, you watch everybody else

play and win and then you have to do

the same. That makes it more

difficult. Obviously there are still

a very long way to go, lots of ups

and downs, I am sure. We just need

to keep working hard, keep fighting.

That is obviously the aim.

Mark Allen hopes his Masters victory

over Kyren Wilson will lead

to "bigger and better things."

Allen's 10-7 victory makes him

the first Northern Irishman

to win the Masters since

Dennis Taylor in 1987.

"It's 40 years since Alex Higgins

first won the trophy to bring it

back to the country,

that's what I did it for."

Kinnego this is his first success of

one of snooker's Triple Crown

events.

I felt calm all week

except for the first session today.

I was on edge.

As the match went on,

I got stronger.

I felt more at ease with myself.

Yeah, I am just very,

very pleased to be on the right

end of it for a change.

And fresh from her fourth placed

finish at the final skeleton

World Cup of the season in Germany

at the weekend Lizzy Yarnold

will lead Team GB's skeleton team

at the PyeongChang Winter Games.

Yarnold is aiming to become

the first British Winter Olympian

to retain her title,

with her success in

Sochi four years ago.

She'll be joined by Laura Deas,

Dom Parsons and Jerry Rice to

compete in South Korea next month.

That's all your sport for now.

I'll have the latest at 10.30am.

Thank you. I want to get some more

of your comments before I move on.

We have been talking about women

being too embarrassed about their

bodies to go for a smear test. Dawn

tweeted to say, a smear test saved

my life. Please, have it done,

quick, easy and a possible

life-saver. Bill says it affects

families through wives, mothers,

daughters etc. Don't avoid it.

Anonymous, my ex-girlfriend of 27

years didn't know what a smear test

was. Better awareness is needed.

Finally, Anne on Facebook says she

had a smear test and it showed an

abnormality, which turned out to be

cervical erosion. I was having

bleeding after sex and was due a

smear, so mentioned it to the nurse.

They also found a cyst on my cervix.

Please go for your spears, ladies.

-- smears.

The former Treasury minister

and Remain supporter, Lord O'Neill,

has told the BBC he think

the British economy should perform

better this year than many opponents

of Brexit had predicted.

He believes that UK growth

forecasts will be upgraded -

because of increased demand

from China, America

and continental Europe.

It comes as a survey of MPs suggests

many of them changed their views

on the impact of Brexit.

The majority of conservative MPs now

agree with Theresa May that Britain

must leave the single market -

but the vast majority

of Jeremy Corbyn's MPs disagree

with him that this is the way to go.

Lord O'Neill said that the economic

performance post wrecks it might

surprise many.

I certainly wouldn't

have thought the UK economy would be

as robust as it currently seems. But

that is because it looks to me like

some parts of the country, led by

the Northwest, are actually doing

way better than people seem to

realise or appreciate, as well as

this crucial fact that the rest of

the world is doing way better than

many people would have thought a

year ago. It makes it easier for the

UK. If this turns out to be borne

out with more and more data in

coming months, the Brexiteers are

going to be like a cat with the

cream, they will say, I told you so,

which is ridiculous.

Let's talk now to Labour MP

Heidi Alexander who is campaigning

for the Labour Party to push

for the UK to remain