0:00:07 > 0:00:08Hello.
0:00:08 > 0:00:10It's Friday, it's nine o'clock, I'm Chloe Tilley.
0:00:10 > 0:00:12Welcome to the programme
0:00:12 > 0:00:15The number of men dying in Britain from prostate cancer has overtaken
0:00:15 > 0:00:22the number of women killed by breast cancer for the first time.
0:00:22 > 0:00:25It really is time to get behind this and realise that we need to get
0:00:25 > 0:00:28on top of it now because it's just going to become more
0:00:28 > 0:00:31common and kill more men if we aren't able to do that.
0:00:31 > 0:00:34We'll be speaking to two men who have the disease and also talk
0:00:34 > 0:00:37to an expert who will tell us what symptoms men should
0:00:37 > 0:00:40be looking out for.
0:00:40 > 0:00:46Theresa May is on her way back from her trade trip to China. She is
0:00:46 > 0:00:50under ever increasing pressure from her own party to do a much better
0:00:50 > 0:00:54job of leading. We will be speaking to Tory MPs.
0:00:54 > 0:00:57I'm not a quitter - I'm in this because there is a job
0:00:57 > 0:01:00to be done and that's delivering for the British people and
0:01:00 > 0:01:07the future prosperity of our country
0:01:07 > 0:01:11Choosing civil partnership over marriage, we speak to a heterosexual
0:01:11 > 0:01:15couple fighting for a civil partnership, the problem is they are
0:01:15 > 0:01:20only available to same-sex couples. This is being debated in the House
0:01:20 > 0:01:24Of Commons today. Should the law be changed to allow it to be available
0:01:24 > 0:01:29for everyone?
0:01:29 > 0:01:30Hello.
0:01:30 > 0:01:32Welcome to the programme, we're live until 11 this morning.
0:01:32 > 0:01:36We'll be talking about prostate cancer.
0:01:36 > 0:01:39The number of men dying from this has now overtaken the number
0:01:39 > 0:01:41of women dying from breast cancer for the first time in Britain.
0:01:41 > 0:01:44We'd like to hear from you.
0:01:44 > 0:01:45Are you suffering from prostate cancer?
0:01:45 > 0:01:47Or maybe someone in your family?
0:01:47 > 0:01:51Or have you survived it?
0:01:51 > 0:01:54Do get in touch on all the stories we're talking about this morning.
0:01:54 > 0:01:55Use the hashtag #VictoriaLive.
0:01:55 > 0:02:01And if you text, you will be charged at the standard network rate.
0:02:01 > 0:02:06Our top story today.
0:02:06 > 0:02:08Theresa May has insisted she is delivering what the British
0:02:08 > 0:02:10people want on Brexit, despite persistent criticism
0:02:10 > 0:02:13of her approach from within the Conservative Party.
0:02:13 > 0:02:19The Prime Minister has ended a three-day trade visit to China
0:02:19 > 0:02:21in which Downing Street says £9 billion worth
0:02:21 > 0:02:24of deals have been signed.
0:02:24 > 0:02:26Speaking in Shanghai to the BBC's political editor Laura Kuenssberg,
0:02:26 > 0:02:29Mrs May rejected the idea that she had to choose
0:02:29 > 0:02:31between maintaining close ties to the EU, or making
0:02:31 > 0:02:33a cleaner break.
0:02:33 > 0:02:36It is important that we deliver what people want, which is control
0:02:36 > 0:02:38of our money, our borders and our laws.
0:02:38 > 0:02:39It's exactly what we are doing.
0:02:39 > 0:02:44What I am showing in China is how we can ensure that we actually
0:02:44 > 0:02:46enhance our trade with the rest of the world as well.
0:02:46 > 0:02:48Why do we want to do that?
0:02:48 > 0:02:51It is good for people in Britain, it's good for jobs in Britain.
0:02:51 > 0:02:53Prime Minister, can you stay on?
0:02:53 > 0:02:56Because people are asking you again and again to be clearer
0:02:56 > 0:02:57about your priorities.
0:02:57 > 0:02:59How long can you stay on, do you believe?
0:02:59 > 0:03:03Well, let's be very clear about this - I've set out what my vision is.
0:03:03 > 0:03:06I have set out and I have said to people that at every stage
0:03:06 > 0:03:09where we can fill in the detail, we will do so,
0:03:09 > 0:03:10and that is exactly...
0:03:10 > 0:03:12But how long can you stay on?
0:03:12 > 0:03:15The idea that we have to have - that we are about to complete
0:03:15 > 0:03:18the negotiation with the European Union on our future
0:03:18 > 0:03:19relationship is wrong.
0:03:19 > 0:03:21We are just at the beginning of the process of negotiating
0:03:21 > 0:03:22with the European Union.
0:03:22 > 0:03:26So we will be out there ensuring that the deal we get delivers
0:03:26 > 0:03:27on what the British people want.
0:03:27 > 0:03:28That's what this is about.
0:03:28 > 0:03:32And I know that what the British people want as well is good jobs
0:03:32 > 0:03:34for themselves and their children, and that is why it is important
0:03:34 > 0:03:37for me to be here in China where businesses have been signing
0:03:37 > 0:03:40deals, selling more UK products, great UK products, into China,
0:03:40 > 0:03:45ensuring there are more jobs for people in the UK.
0:03:45 > 0:03:48Do you want to be the Tory leader at the next general election?
0:03:48 > 0:03:51Well, I have been asked this on a number of occasions.
0:03:51 > 0:03:53I've said very clearly throughout my political career
0:03:53 > 0:03:56I have served my country and I have served my party.
0:03:56 > 0:03:57I am not a quitter.
0:03:57 > 0:04:00I am in this because there is a job to be done here,
0:04:00 > 0:04:03and that's delivering the British people and doing that in a way that
0:04:03 > 0:04:07ensures the future prosperity of our country.
0:04:07 > 0:04:09Global Britain, global Britain is a real vision
0:04:09 > 0:04:10for the United Kingdom.
0:04:10 > 0:04:14I want the British people to see a Government that is delivering
0:04:14 > 0:04:15for them around the world, and that is exactly
0:04:15 > 0:04:19what we are doing.
0:04:19 > 0:04:21Our viewers see day after day the Tory Party
0:04:21 > 0:04:22fighting amongst themselves.
0:04:22 > 0:04:28How do you reassert your authority?
0:04:28 > 0:04:31I am doing what the British people want, which is delivering on Brexit
0:04:31 > 0:04:33but also getting out around the world ensuring that we bring
0:04:33 > 0:04:34jobs back to Britain.
0:04:34 > 0:04:37Companies will be selling more great British products to China
0:04:37 > 0:04:38as a result of this trip.
0:04:38 > 0:04:42There will be more people in jobs in the UK as a result of this trip.
0:04:42 > 0:04:43That's global Britain in action.
0:04:43 > 0:04:45Prime Minister, thank you very much.
0:04:45 > 0:04:49Thank you.
0:04:49 > 0:04:54Let's speak to Iain Watson at Westminster.
0:04:54 > 0:05:00Theresa May saying she is not a quitter, people at Westminster?
0:05:00 > 0:05:07They are not necessarily overly chuffed. The Prime Minister has some
0:05:07 > 0:05:14animation to say this is why she should be carrying on -- ammunition.
0:05:14 > 0:05:21She has called it a global Britain. A confident nation going forward.
0:05:21 > 0:05:29She doesn't yet have a confident party. I have been speaking to MPs,
0:05:29 > 0:05:34candidates, business people about her position on the home front. Some
0:05:34 > 0:05:38people are concerned, some MPs want to set a date for her departure from
0:05:38 > 0:05:46Downing Street. She said she wasn't a quitter. The question she was
0:05:46 > 0:05:51asked was whether she would lead the party into the next general election
0:05:51 > 0:05:55and she sidestepped that. Some would like to see her go sooner, local
0:05:55 > 0:06:02councillors think they fared badly and will fare badly in local
0:06:02 > 0:06:06elections in May triggering her stepping down. Others feel let down
0:06:06 > 0:06:11she is blocking rather than delivering radical change. It is
0:06:11 > 0:06:14against that backdrop. Downing Street would say this is a
0:06:14 > 0:06:20Prime Minister delivering, in China, on trade deals, and will do the same
0:06:20 > 0:06:33with the EU. If that happens, then that feeding frenzy will abate.
0:06:33 > 0:06:35Annita is in the BBC Newsroom with a summary
0:06:35 > 0:06:39of the rest of the day's news.
0:06:39 > 0:06:42The number of men dying in the UK from prostate cancer has overtaken
0:06:42 > 0:06:47the number of women killed by breast cancer for the first time.
0:06:47 > 0:06:50The charity Prostate Cancer UK says advances in diagnosis
0:06:50 > 0:06:53and treatment of breast cancer have paid off and similar benefits
0:06:53 > 0:06:56could be seen if more money was allocated to the fight
0:06:56 > 0:06:57against prostate cancer.
0:06:57 > 0:07:02Here's our health correspondent Dominic Hughes.
0:07:02 > 0:07:09Prostate cancer does not discriminate.
0:07:09 > 0:07:12Last year, keen runner Tony Collier discovered he had the disease
0:07:12 > 0:07:13while training for an ultramarathon.
0:07:13 > 0:07:17His diagnosis was late, and he knows cancer will eventually
0:07:17 > 0:07:20take his life, so Tony is using the time he has left
0:07:20 > 0:07:22to warn other men about the dangers.
0:07:22 > 0:07:24I think it's really important that people are aware
0:07:24 > 0:07:28of what the symptoms are and I would actually urge men
0:07:28 > 0:07:30to talk to their doctors, if they have any
0:07:30 > 0:07:31urinary issues at all.
0:07:31 > 0:07:34My issue is that I didn't actually have any symptoms
0:07:34 > 0:07:38and they think I had the cancer for ten years beforehand.
0:07:38 > 0:07:42More men are living to an age where they have a greater chance
0:07:42 > 0:07:45of developing prostate cancer.
0:07:45 > 0:07:48So, in 2015, more than 11,800 men died of the disease,
0:07:48 > 0:07:54compared with just over 11,400 deaths in 2015 due to breast cancer.
0:07:54 > 0:07:59And while the proportion of people dying from
0:07:59 > 0:08:03prostate cancer, the mortality rate, has fallen in the past decade,
0:08:03 > 0:08:06down by 6%, the decline in deaths from breast cancer has been
0:08:06 > 0:08:07even greater, at more than 10%.
0:08:07 > 0:08:11It is time to get behind this and to realise that we need to get
0:08:11 > 0:08:14on top of it now because it will just become more common,
0:08:14 > 0:08:17and it is actually going to kill more men, if we are not able
0:08:17 > 0:08:20to do that.
0:08:20 > 0:08:23Tony has joined those calling for increased funding for research
0:08:23 > 0:08:25and the development of a reliable prostate screening programme,
0:08:25 > 0:08:28so the gains seen in the fight against breast cancer can be matched
0:08:28 > 0:08:30in the fight against the disease that he knows
0:08:30 > 0:08:38will eventually claim his life, too.
0:08:38 > 0:08:41The NSPCC has accused the Government of "dragging its feet" when it comes
0:08:41 > 0:08:43to protecting children online.
0:08:43 > 0:08:45The charity says ministers have failed to implement half
0:08:45 > 0:08:48of the recommendations made in a report which was
0:08:48 > 0:08:49commissioned a decade ago.
0:08:49 > 0:08:51MPs say they are planning a voluntary code as part
0:08:51 > 0:08:52of the Internet Safety Strategy.
0:08:52 > 0:08:58Sarah Campbell reports.
0:08:58 > 0:09:01This is the online generation.
0:09:01 > 0:09:05Over the past decade the internet and its use has expanded rapidly.
0:09:05 > 0:09:11Instagram, Snapchat and WhatsApp didn't even exist in 2008.
0:09:11 > 0:09:13Back then, Professor Tanya Byron was asked by the then
0:09:13 > 0:09:17Prime Minister to look into children's safety online.
0:09:17 > 0:09:19Ten years on, the NSPCC says less than half
0:09:19 > 0:09:26of the recommendations have been put into place.
0:09:26 > 0:09:28A UK Council on Child Internet Safety was established.
0:09:28 > 0:09:31Video games now have to have an age rating,
0:09:31 > 0:09:34but the charity says there's been no improvement to parental controls
0:09:34 > 0:09:37for games consoles and no code of practice is yet in place
0:09:37 > 0:09:39for the online industry.
0:09:39 > 0:09:42The Government has really dragged their feet in implementing
0:09:42 > 0:09:44recommendations from what was a landmark report ten years
0:09:44 > 0:09:46ago by Professor Byron that was supposed to be
0:09:46 > 0:09:48a comprehensive package to keep children safe.
0:09:48 > 0:09:50Those measures haven't been acted on and is
0:09:50 > 0:09:52clearly essential that now
0:09:52 > 0:09:55we do see the Government take steps, in particular introducing a code
0:09:55 > 0:09:57of practice and an independent regulator to make social
0:09:57 > 0:10:03networks keep children safe.
0:10:03 > 0:10:06The Government says it does intend to introduce a voluntary code
0:10:06 > 0:10:08of practice for social media networks and it says
0:10:08 > 0:10:11changes to the law will also be considered to compel companies
0:10:11 > 0:10:19to reduce the risks their science pose to children.
0:10:20 > 0:10:23Health leaders have written to the Justice Secretary urging him
0:10:23 > 0:10:25to reform the pay-out system for negligence claims
0:10:25 > 0:10:28against the NHS.
0:10:28 > 0:10:31They say the NHS would have to pay up to 365 billion
0:10:31 > 0:10:32if all current claims were successful.
0:10:32 > 0:10:34The Government says it is looking at measures to control
0:10:34 > 0:10:42costs in such cases.
0:10:43 > 0:10:46A shooting by a 12-year-old girl at a Californian school is thought
0:10:46 > 0:10:49to be unintentional, according to police in Los Angeles.
0:10:49 > 0:10:51The girl has been charged with "negligent
0:10:51 > 0:10:53discharge of a firearm" after the incident
0:10:53 > 0:10:59left five injured.
0:10:59 > 0:11:02A 15-year-old boy who was shot in the head, and a 15-year-old girl
0:11:02 > 0:11:05who was shot in the wrist, are both in a stable
0:11:05 > 0:11:07condition and are expected to make a full recovery.
0:11:07 > 0:11:08Police investigating the death of Hollywood star
0:11:08 > 0:11:11Natalie Wood 37 years ago say her husband Robert Wagner
0:11:11 > 0:11:13is now being treated as a "person of interest".
0:11:13 > 0:11:16The actress was found dead after going missing from a yacht off
0:11:16 > 0:11:17the coast of California.
0:11:17 > 0:11:22Our Los Angeles correspondent James Cook reports.
0:11:22 > 0:11:26Natalie Wood was a Hollywood superstar with three Oscar
0:11:26 > 0:11:33nominations when she died suddenly in 1981 at the age of just 43.
0:11:33 > 0:11:36Her body was found floating in the water off the coast
0:11:36 > 0:11:38of California near the yacht on which she was sailing
0:11:38 > 0:11:40with her husband Robert Wagner, co-star Christopher Walken
0:11:40 > 0:11:42and the boat's captain.
0:11:42 > 0:11:45Initially, the death was ruled an accident, but the inquiry
0:11:45 > 0:11:49was reopened in 2011.
0:11:49 > 0:11:51Police now say that two new witnesses have corroborated
0:11:51 > 0:11:54accounts of a fight between Mr Wagner and Ms Wood
0:11:54 > 0:11:57on the night she disappeared.
0:11:57 > 0:12:01Detectives say it appears she was the victim of an assault
0:12:01 > 0:12:03and they believe her husband was the last person
0:12:03 > 0:12:05to see her alive.
0:12:05 > 0:12:07Police say Robert Wagner has refused to speak to them
0:12:07 > 0:12:08since the case was reopened.
0:12:08 > 0:12:11They've not declared the death a murder and no charges have been
0:12:11 > 0:12:12filed against the actor.
0:12:12 > 0:12:14He is now 87-years-old and has not commented
0:12:14 > 0:12:22on the latest developments.
0:12:27 > 0:12:30All 955 workers from a gold mine in South Africa have been safely
0:12:30 > 0:12:31brought back to the surface.
0:12:31 > 0:12:34They had been trapped underground since Wednesday night
0:12:34 > 0:12:36when a thunderstorm brought down power lines, cutting electricity
0:12:36 > 0:12:39to the mine's lift systems.
0:12:39 > 0:12:41South Africa is a leading gold producer, but safety in the industry
0:12:41 > 0:12:45is often questioned.
0:12:45 > 0:12:47That's a summary of the latest BBC News.
0:12:47 > 0:12:54More at 9.30.
0:12:54 > 0:13:01Do get in touch with us throughout the morning.
0:13:01 > 0:13:04Do you think straight couples should be allowed to have a civil
0:13:04 > 0:13:10partnership?We will be talking to a couple who want a civil partnership,
0:13:10 > 0:13:15they have been together 26 years. But they can't do it.
0:13:15 > 0:13:20Use the hashtag #VictoriaLive.
0:13:20 > 0:13:22Let's get some sport with Hugh.
0:13:22 > 0:13:25And we start with the Women's Super League, and it's not great news
0:13:25 > 0:13:30for the new England head coach?
0:13:30 > 0:13:34Yes, it was a big big game in the Women's Super League last night -
0:13:34 > 0:13:37Chelsea missed the chance to go to the top of the table,
0:13:37 > 0:13:39but they did end leaders' Manchester City's 100% start
0:13:39 > 0:13:40to the season.
0:13:40 > 0:13:42The match ended in a goalless draw so not much
0:13:42 > 0:13:45action for new boss Phil Neville to mull over, but he will be
0:13:45 > 0:13:47concerned to see his goalkeeper, City's Karen Bardsley hurt
0:13:47 > 0:13:48after a heavy fall.
0:13:48 > 0:13:51Bardsley was sent to hospital for X-rays on her left shoulder
0:13:51 > 0:13:59after the incident which came just two minutes into the game.
0:13:59 > 0:14:03She has gone off to hospital to be checked, she has a little bit of
0:14:03 > 0:14:08pain in her arm and shoulders but she is talking and she seems OK and
0:14:08 > 0:14:14in good spirits. We will trust the medical team to carry on from there.
0:14:14 > 0:14:16It meant just a week after 18-year-old Ellie Roebuck
0:14:16 > 0:14:19signed a professional contract, she got her chance in goal
0:14:19 > 0:14:21and pulled off some great saves, keeping a clean sheet.
0:14:21 > 0:14:29These were the pictures she tweeted upon signing that contract.
0:14:30 > 0:14:32Neville also saw City and England captain Steph Houghton limp off
0:14:32 > 0:14:35with what looked to be an Achilles injury so not the best
0:14:35 > 0:14:38preparation for Phil Neville - his first match is a tough one
0:14:38 > 0:14:41against France in a month.
0:14:41 > 0:14:44And last night we had the start of rugby league's Super League -
0:14:44 > 0:14:47and an early exit for the Warrington captain, but he wasn't sent off.
0:14:47 > 0:14:51Yes, and it's a great time of year - I'll be watching our local side
0:14:51 > 0:14:54here Salford take on Wigan tonight, but things kicked off
0:14:54 > 0:14:57with Grand Final winners Leeds Rhinos, who made the trip
0:14:57 > 0:14:58to Warrington Wolves.
0:14:58 > 0:15:02The excitement was clearly too much for some.
0:15:02 > 0:15:04Warrington captain Chris Hill, on the left here,
0:15:04 > 0:15:07had to leave the game early after his wife went into labour -
0:15:07 > 0:15:14congratulations to them on the birth of their little girl.
0:15:14 > 0:15:16Unfortunately Hill was absent as England winger Ryan Hall provided
0:15:16 > 0:15:18the highlight with two tries on the night, helping Leeds
0:15:18 > 0:15:21Warrington captain Chris Hill, on the left here,
0:15:26 > 0:15:27to a 16-12 win on the night.
0:15:27 > 0:15:29Elsewhere Hull FC began their campaign with a six-try
0:15:29 > 0:15:30win over Huddersfield.
0:15:30 > 0:15:33And there is some more live sport to come today,
0:15:33 > 0:15:36as Great Britain's men begin their Davis Cup campaign with a tie
0:15:36 > 0:15:37against Spain in Marbella.
0:15:37 > 0:15:39They'll be without the British Number two Kyle Edmund,
0:15:39 > 0:15:42who misses out after picking up a hip injury in the semi-final
0:15:42 > 0:15:43at the Australian Open.
0:15:43 > 0:15:45Andy Murray is a long term injury casualty,
0:15:45 > 0:15:48and with Dan Evans suspended it means Liam Broady and Cameron Norrie
0:15:48 > 0:15:49will be flying the flag.
0:15:49 > 0:15:50Broady will take on Albert Ramos-Vinolas, who's
0:15:50 > 0:15:58ranked 144 places higher.
0:15:59 > 0:16:05There's no pressure on ulcer, and I'm just going to focus solely on
0:16:05 > 0:16:10myself and see of Albert can handle what I have to offer -- no pressure
0:16:10 > 0:16:13on us, and I'm just going to focus. He will have to play has a game
0:16:13 > 0:16:19because I'm not going anywhere.A great opportunity to play in Spain
0:16:19 > 0:16:23away on the clay. I couldn't be more thankful for the opportunity and
0:16:23 > 0:16:27just pumped to show the world what I can do.A big day to come for both
0:16:27 > 0:16:27of those men.
0:16:27 > 0:16:30You can follow the action on the BBC Red button from 9:45,
0:16:30 > 0:16:34or from 1pm on BBC Two.
0:16:34 > 0:16:40Back to you, Chloe. Thanks, Hugh. We will carry on speaking to you
0:16:40 > 0:16:41throughout the morning.
0:16:41 > 0:16:44For the first time, the number of men dying from prostate cancer
0:16:44 > 0:16:46has overtaken the number of women dying from breast cancer.
0:16:46 > 0:16:49That makes prostate cancer the third biggest cancer killer in the UK
0:16:49 > 0:16:53behind lung cancer and bowel cancer.
0:16:53 > 0:16:56Figures released by Prostate Cancer UK reveal that just over 11,800
0:16:56 > 0:16:59men die from prostate cancer every year in the UK
0:16:59 > 0:17:01and the charity is calling for it to get the same attention
0:17:01 > 0:17:04and resources as breast cancer.
0:17:04 > 0:17:07Lets talk now to Kevin Webber who was diagnosed with terminal
0:17:07 > 0:17:09prostate cancer in 2014, Phil Kissi who was diagnosed in 2006
0:17:09 > 0:17:16and has now recovered, Catherine Stewart
0:17:16 > 0:17:18who lost her husband to prostate cancer in 2011, and Caroline Moore
0:17:18 > 0:17:25a consultant urologist from UCL.
0:17:25 > 0:17:30Thank you all for coming in to speak to us this morning. Kevin, I want to
0:17:30 > 0:17:35speak to you first of all, because with prostate cancer there is often
0:17:35 > 0:17:42no symptoms are very few symptoms. Did you have any?Yes, I had to get
0:17:42 > 0:17:47up in the night for wee, and that is what you call a prostate wee, when
0:17:47 > 0:17:54you go to the toilet bursting for the loo, and then it only lasts
0:17:54 > 0:17:56about four seconds, so it is your prostate telling you something is
0:17:56 > 0:18:02wrong.Where you much aware of it? Even though my father had it my
0:18:02 > 0:18:05doctor never told my father to tell me that increased my risk, so I
0:18:05 > 0:18:11wasn't aware.So you have this crushing diagnosis, four years ago?
0:18:11 > 0:18:16Three years ago.Three years ago. What does that go you?I don't think
0:18:16 > 0:18:20anything prepares you to be told you will only lead to for two more
0:18:20 > 0:18:24years, which is what I was told. My wife and I both just burst into
0:18:24 > 0:18:28tears, the normal reaction, I would think, but then when I started
0:18:28 > 0:18:31chemotherapy a couple of years later I realised I had a choice, to either
0:18:31 > 0:18:39give up on everything ought to live my life still.
0:18:39 > 0:18:42my life still. I went out for a run. My wife said I can't, but I did, and
0:18:42 > 0:18:45since then I haven't stopped.We will talk about some of your ultra
0:18:45 > 0:18:47marathons which are pretty incredible, but at this point I want
0:18:47 > 0:18:51to bring in Phil. Did you have any symptoms, back in 2006?Not at all.
0:18:51 > 0:18:57It was back in October 2005 I saw a programme about prostate cancer, and
0:18:57 > 0:19:02I thought, what is prostate? I had never heard what a prostate was
0:19:02 > 0:19:07before, until then. After the programme the key message I got from
0:19:07 > 0:19:11that was about going to your doctor and getting tested, so I
0:19:11 > 0:19:15straightaway went to my doctor, got tested, and my doctor then referred
0:19:15 > 0:19:23me to the hospital. I had a biopsy and I found I had aggressive cancer,
0:19:23 > 0:19:27so the clock was ticking straightaway, and I wanted to live,
0:19:27 > 0:19:32I didn't want to die. At that time, as you said earlier on, I didn't
0:19:32 > 0:19:37want to be one of those statistics, from the 11,000 dying, one every 45
0:19:37 > 0:19:42minutes. I didn't want to, I had lots to do in my life. I then went
0:19:42 > 0:19:48through the operation and it was very challenging, I had to ensure
0:19:48 > 0:19:53that everybody in my family, friends, loved ones, knew what I was
0:19:53 > 0:20:00going through. And also, not to be scared. It was quite important not
0:20:00 > 0:20:06to be scared or be shy to talk about it. So once I had that operation and
0:20:06 > 0:20:11I went through the recovery, people knew what I was going through, and
0:20:11 > 0:20:15also getting my regular checkup until I was signed off, and as you
0:20:15 > 0:20:23see today I am here.Well, Caroline, I want to bring you in, because two
0:20:23 > 0:20:30dies here talking about, yes, symptoms, sometimes yes, sometimes
0:20:30 > 0:20:34no -- two guys here. But that message, it sometimes isn't getting
0:20:34 > 0:20:39through. Why is that?I think that one of the difficulties is not
0:20:39 > 0:20:44everybody has symptoms. As we heard from Phil, some men just get their
0:20:44 > 0:20:51blood tested and find out. I think we need more of a message that men
0:20:51 > 0:20:55who are at high risk, so black men and men with a family history of
0:20:55 > 0:21:00prostate cancer, they should get tested early. The other difficulty
0:21:00 > 0:21:08is that the tests we used to use ten, 15 years ago, they are not as
0:21:08 > 0:21:11accurate as the tests we have today, so it is good news we have more
0:21:11 > 0:21:18accurate tests including MRI that people can come forward and get.For
0:21:18 > 0:21:22you, Catherine, to lose your husband, were you aware of prostate
0:21:22 > 0:21:27cancer? Was your husband aware before his diagnosis?Very vaguely,
0:21:27 > 0:21:32and exactly the same as this gentleman here, he used to get up in
0:21:32 > 0:21:36the night. We had an ensuite bathroom so I hardly walk up when he
0:21:36 > 0:21:41used to do that. We used to stay in a big old cranky house with the
0:21:41 > 0:21:45toilet two flight up and December with Snow outside, and I suddenly
0:21:45 > 0:21:51realised he was getting up in the night with freezing cold feet, and I
0:21:51 > 0:21:54marched into the doctor the next day and our GP was very good -- we
0:21:54 > 0:22:00didn't live in an ensuite -- with an ensuite bathroom. The warning bells
0:22:00 > 0:22:04went off in my head and it was picked up very quickly, it was quite
0:22:04 > 0:22:09aggressive, and it was downhill from there, but a bit like you. We had a
0:22:09 > 0:22:12very positive outlook on it and we just got on with living life in the
0:22:12 > 0:22:17fast lane, I think.And important for you now to get the message out
0:22:17 > 0:22:21there for men, because I guess one of the problems, and maybe I am
0:22:21 > 0:22:25being unfair, and you can correctly, but blogs are not too good at
0:22:25 > 0:22:29talking about things, well, anything vaguely implement or about emotion
0:22:29 > 0:22:35or feeling are worried?I think you are dead right. It is the natural
0:22:35 > 0:22:43image, it is about -- it is the macho image, oh, that is not the
0:22:43 > 0:22:47sort of thing I talk about, but I think is the public get to know more
0:22:47 > 0:22:52of the information on prostate cancer, they know if you go to your
0:22:52 > 0:22:56doctor and get tested early, you could be one of those people that
0:22:56 > 0:22:59are saved today and I think that is the message we have to get out
0:22:59 > 0:23:03there. Early testing, and we need more research. And talking about
0:23:03 > 0:23:14more research, we are doing a campaign in March, and it is
0:23:14 > 0:23:16Glasgow, Nottingham, Bristol, London, Manchester. And we want
0:23:16 > 0:23:22people to sign up to this.
0:23:24 > 0:23:27people to sign up to this. It is 2K, 4K, 10K, and it is so important we
0:23:27 > 0:23:29get funds to do more research around the prostate Cancer agenda and
0:23:29 > 0:23:33programmes like this give us platform to speak to the general
0:23:33 > 0:23:38viewers.Kevin, what do you make of this?Yes, quite right. I am one of
0:23:38 > 0:23:44the people quite happy talking about things, as my friends know, so I am
0:23:44 > 0:23:46absolutely honest about it and there are no questions that are bad
0:23:46 > 0:23:53Christians. A great story for me, a client of mine at work who I
0:23:53 > 0:23:57actually talked to quite a lot went a bit quiet on me, and I thought
0:23:57 > 0:24:01maybe it was a surprise for them when I had prostate cancer, and he
0:24:01 > 0:24:05later phoned me up and said he had read one of my blogs, he had
0:24:05 > 0:24:09symptoms, went to the doctor, had prostate cancer, and because he went
0:24:09 > 0:24:12early to the doctor he was cured and he felt he couldn't phone me up
0:24:12 > 0:24:16because I was going to die and he felt embarrassed about that, but I
0:24:16 > 0:24:19said, to make me feel I have done something good, it is an amazing
0:24:19 > 0:24:27feeling, and I hope Edessa Mackie talks now to a lot of men, and
0:24:27 > 0:24:30joining the fight for Prostate Cancer UK, signing up to marches and
0:24:30 > 0:24:34doing things, it is a massive difference -- I hope that man talks
0:24:34 > 0:24:38to a lot of people now. People see it as a man's disease, but ask my
0:24:38 > 0:24:45wife and kids that? They have to see me go downhill, far worse for them.
0:24:45 > 0:24:49That is why as a female I think important for us to bang the drum,
0:24:49 > 0:24:52and because we are more able to talk about these things. The number of
0:24:52 > 0:24:56men at dinner parties, who I have sat next to, you know, I don't get
0:24:56 > 0:24:59invited any more! LAUGHTER
0:24:59 > 0:25:03But it is what we have to do.We have been sent so many messages,
0:25:03 > 0:25:07people getting in touch with us about this. An e-mail from Sharon.
0:25:07 > 0:25:12My father was diagnosed with prostate cancer in 2007 and the
0:25:12 > 0:25:15living years on he is still under what the NHS called watchful
0:25:15 > 0:25:19waiting, so his cancer is still within the prostate and requires no
0:25:19 > 0:25:23intervention. My issue with this is dad's cancer has changed during this
0:25:23 > 0:25:31time, that his reviews are cancelled or postponed. A worry that an ever
0:25:31 > 0:25:33straining NHS means he will fall through the net and it will be too
0:25:33 > 0:25:36late for. This is presumably your worry as much as it is the people
0:25:36 > 0:25:40affected by the disease hit personally? It is about funding as
0:25:40 > 0:25:43much as about awareness?That's right because once a man comes
0:25:43 > 0:25:48forward for testing, we want to make sure he is able to get the most
0:25:48 > 0:25:52effective tests, wherever he is in the country. And that is not
0:25:52 > 0:25:56differing by hospital or by which consultant you see, but that we have
0:25:56 > 0:26:01national standards for doing the best tests.I just want to read a
0:26:01 > 0:26:05couple more messages before we talk about your ultra marathons which are
0:26:05 > 0:26:09quite incredible. Text. I was diagnosed with prostate cancer in
0:26:09 > 0:26:13March 2016, had no symptoms as such. It was caught early enough and I had
0:26:13 > 0:26:17keyhole surgery and code myself very lucky, also due to the diligence of
0:26:17 > 0:26:23my doctor and I will be ever grateful. Roger e-mailed to say he
0:26:23 > 0:26:26was diagnosed with prostate cancer back in 2013, aggressive and
0:26:26 > 0:26:32invasive. The count was 1741, astronomically high. Didn't have any
0:26:32 > 0:26:37classic symptoms, wasn't frequently going to the loo, I am taking
0:26:37 > 0:26:41medication and my numbers are controlled. Leading a normal life at
0:26:41 > 0:26:45the moment, get a bit tired but I am 71 so not all that surprising. Good
0:26:45 > 0:26:50to hear Roger is coping. One way you're coping with your diagnosis of
0:26:50 > 0:26:54terminal cancer is to do some incredible ultra marathons.I always
0:26:54 > 0:26:59ran a bit but not that much and I entered the Brighton Marathon before
0:26:59 > 0:27:03I was diagnosed, and when I started chemotherapy I asked if I could
0:27:03 > 0:27:08actually run a
0:27:11 > 0:27:14actually run a marathon, my oncologist, and he said no but I did
0:27:14 > 0:27:16it anyway, run the London Marathon two weeks later on chemotherapy,
0:27:16 > 0:27:18then I set myself...How did you do that, seriously? I know people who
0:27:18 > 0:27:21have been on chemotherapy and it is just utterly training, physically
0:27:21 > 0:27:23and mentally.It is a bit but because I had something to look
0:27:23 > 0:27:27forward to, reason to get out of bed every day, to go and train, and the
0:27:27 > 0:27:31buzz of the marathon is fantastic, if you're healthy. If you are ill it
0:27:31 > 0:27:35is even better. When I crossed the finish line I got a better buzz than
0:27:35 > 0:27:38anyone will add London this year, because I never thought it was
0:27:38 > 0:27:48possible,
0:27:51 > 0:27:54to do something you didn't think was possible yourself is amazing. So the
0:27:54 > 0:27:56following year I thought I can't ask people to sponsor me again running
0:27:56 > 0:27:59just a marathon again, so I ran one across the Sahara, 250 colour
0:27:59 > 0:28:02matters, carrying everything on your back for a week. At that, loved it,
0:28:02 > 0:28:05did that again the next year, did a few more races, 15 marathons in 15
0:28:05 > 0:28:07days, and ultramarathon in Iceland, and in four weeks' time I am off to
0:28:07 > 0:28:12the Arctic for the Arctic Ultra, 350 miles nonstop across the Arctic
0:28:12 > 0:28:17cooling a sledge. I have reached temperatures of -- tempters of about
0:28:17 > 0:28:21-40, had a cold, then two weeks later back to the day has owed for
0:28:21 > 0:28:25the Sahara again, but it keeps me alive, keeps me buzzing, makes
0:28:25 > 0:28:28people aware, gives a profile, people sponsor me, so all those
0:28:28 > 0:28:32things are so important and I don't expect everyone to run ultra
0:28:32 > 0:28:37marathons like I can, but just sign up for these marchers, walking the
0:28:37 > 0:28:412K, it makes a massive difference. Incredible story. Blown away -- sign
0:28:41 > 0:28:51up for these marches. Thank you all. Still to come, Theresa May back from
0:28:51 > 0:28:54her three-day trip to China but what of which are back home? She is under
0:28:54 > 0:29:00pressure from her own party to do a better job of leading. We will be
0:29:00 > 0:29:04speaking to Tory MPs. Former gymnastics coach of the US Larry
0:29:04 > 0:29:15Nassar is thought to have
0:29:15 > 0:29:19Nassar is thought to have abused more than 265 victims. He's already
0:29:19 > 0:29:24been sentenced to 165 years in jail. We'll hear from one of the lawyers
0:29:24 > 0:29:29of the victims before ten o'clock. Time for the latest news with
0:29:29 > 0:29:39Annita.
0:29:45 > 0:29:48It is important that we deliver what people want, which is control
0:29:48 > 0:29:50of our money, our borders and our laws.
0:29:50 > 0:29:51It's exactly what we are doing.
0:29:51 > 0:29:55What I am showing in China is how we can ensure that we actually
0:29:55 > 0:29:58enhance our trade with the rest of the world as well.
0:30:03 > 0:30:05Why do we want to do that?
0:30:05 > 0:30:13It is good for people in Britain, it's good for jobs in Britain.
0:30:23 > 0:30:29There have been violent clashes between migrants in Calais. Four
0:30:29 > 0:30:34Eritreans migrants are in critical condition after being shot in
0:30:34 > 0:30:39clashes with Afghan asylum seekers.
0:30:40 > 0:30:45Health leaders have written to the
0:30:45 > 0:30:48-- Health leaders have written to the Justice Secretary urging him
0:30:48 > 0:30:49Secretary urging him
0:30:49 > 0:30:51to reform the pay-out system for negligence claims
0:30:51 > 0:30:52against the NHS.
0:30:52 > 0:30:55They say the NHS would have to pay up to 365 billion
0:30:55 > 0:30:56if all current claims were successful.
0:30:56 > 0:30:59The Government says it is looking at measures to control
0:30:59 > 0:31:00costs in such cases.
0:31:00 > 0:31:03The NSPCC has accused the Government of "dragging its feet" when it comes
0:31:03 > 0:31:04to protecting children online.
0:31:04 > 0:31:06The charity says ministers have failed to implement half
0:31:06 > 0:31:08of the recommendations made in a report which was
0:31:08 > 0:31:09commissioned a decade ago.
0:31:09 > 0:31:12MPs say they are planning a voluntary code as part
0:31:12 > 0:31:20of the Internet Safety Strategy.
0:31:28 > 0:31:34loads of you getting in contact regarding our story about prostate
0:31:34 > 0:31:41cancer. We have had a tweet from Tom who is 26, he says the biggest
0:31:41 > 0:31:46embarrassment is getting checked. Jeff says by e-mail, if GPs do not
0:31:46 > 0:31:52perform the appropriate tests or refer you, then the system fails. I
0:31:52 > 0:31:59have had symptoms other two years before by GP preferred me. GPs are
0:31:59 > 0:32:01discouraged from referring to hospital.
0:32:01 > 0:32:08Tim says men ignore symptoms. There is an assumption seemed a GP will
0:32:08 > 0:32:10result in misdiagnosis or wasting time.
0:32:10 > 0:32:17Here's some sport now with Hugh.
0:32:17 > 0:32:21Eddie Jones has named his team to face Italy in their opening Six
0:32:21 > 0:32:26Nations match in Rome on Sunday. Their centre has been preferred to
0:32:26 > 0:32:31Jonathan Joseph.
0:32:32 > 0:32:35Jonathan Joseph. Alex Hepburn should make his debut from the bench.
0:32:35 > 0:32:45Karen Bardsley was taken off after just two minutes in the women's
0:32:45 > 0:32:51Super League. She has had x-rays on her left shoulder.
0:32:51 > 0:33:02And in the Super League, Ryan Hall seen here scoring twice. And Lee
0:33:02 > 0:33:07Brody goes into the opening day of the Davis Cup tie in Marbella,
0:33:07 > 0:33:10shortly.
0:33:10 > 0:33:13Theresa May is on her way back from China after a three-day visit.
0:33:13 > 0:33:15But it's been a tricky week.
0:33:15 > 0:33:18As the Prime Minister tries to keep the different factions
0:33:18 > 0:33:21in her party onside over Brexit, she's also come under pressure
0:33:21 > 0:33:24from some of her own MPs to do more at home and regain control
0:33:24 > 0:33:25of the political agenda.
0:33:25 > 0:33:28So how can she do that?
0:33:28 > 0:33:31And how long can the irreconcilable differences over what
0:33:31 > 0:33:35the Conservatives want post-Brexit Britain to look like continue?
0:33:35 > 0:33:39In a moment we'll speak to two of the party's MPs but first
0:33:39 > 0:33:44let's take a look back at the Prime Minister's week.
0:33:44 > 0:33:48You can't put the date on how long has she got.She is the Prime
0:33:48 > 0:33:54Minister. Sorry to interrupt. By using the
0:33:54 > 0:33:58phrase, the window is closing, you are thinking about a time frame.
0:33:58 > 0:34:03You can feel in politics when people are extremely popular like they were
0:34:03 > 0:34:08going into the election, you can feel when that starts to wane. It is
0:34:08 > 0:34:14not about saying Theresa May has a certain amount of time. A change in
0:34:14 > 0:34:19leadership is absolutely not what is required going through Brexit the
0:34:19 > 0:34:23negotiations. What concerns me is a hard-core of
0:34:23 > 0:34:28Brexiteer MPs who appeared to refuse to offer any support unless she
0:34:28 > 0:34:32delivers Brexit as they interpret it. They are doing their utmost to
0:34:32 > 0:34:38undermine our Chancellor, to force him out and resign, that is not
0:34:38 > 0:34:42acceptable. I hope Theresa May will come out firmly behind Philip
0:34:42 > 0:34:46Hammond, point out they are worried great team at the top of the
0:34:46 > 0:34:49Conservative Party, and make it clear she leads the party and will
0:34:49 > 0:34:54set the direction of travel and not be bullied.
0:34:54 > 0:34:57I tend to disagree with the Chancellor on many things but on
0:34:57 > 0:35:01this issue he seems to be disagreeing with Government policy,
0:35:01 > 0:35:07the Conservative Party manifesto. This is a real trouble for the
0:35:07 > 0:35:10Government. The history of chances being in opposition to prime
0:35:10 > 0:35:14ministers is not a good one or encouraging.
0:35:14 > 0:35:18The Prime Minister is carried out a very complex and difficult
0:35:18 > 0:35:23negotiation, she needs the support of all of her party, the support of
0:35:23 > 0:35:27everybody in Britain as she goes about this task. It is in our
0:35:27 > 0:35:32interests we get the best possible deal with the EU and that is what
0:35:32 > 0:35:34the Prime Minister is determined to deliver.
0:35:34 > 0:35:41I don't think anyone should be sacked people should be able to have
0:35:41 > 0:35:44opinions and voice them, that is all that is happening.
0:35:44 > 0:35:48The Conservative Party which I have worked very hard over my lifetime to
0:35:48 > 0:35:53put that in a position to be Government, must offer to the
0:35:53 > 0:35:59country a big plan for the future, big ideas, big vision, whether it is
0:35:59 > 0:36:03transforming schools in the north of England, a plan to engage with the
0:36:03 > 0:36:07rest of the world, or a form of Brexit which is not as economic
0:36:07 > 0:36:14league damaging as some forms proposed.
0:36:14 > 0:36:18Let's talk about that with Sir Bill Cash,
0:36:18 > 0:36:20a leading supporter of Brexit for many years.
0:36:20 > 0:36:23Katy Balls
0:36:23 > 0:36:26who's a political correspondent at the Spectator magazine.
0:36:26 > 0:36:27And with us from his Essex constituency is
0:36:27 > 0:36:34Conservative MP Rob Halfon.
0:36:34 > 0:36:39I have like to find your assessment of the Prime Minister's week, she
0:36:39 > 0:36:43has been in China for trade talks, with ceremony people discussing
0:36:43 > 0:36:49whether she should stay or go. I would describe the promised a bit
0:36:49 > 0:36:54like Zebedee from the Magic roundabout. She is resilient. I do
0:36:54 > 0:36:58not support people who say she had to go, it is right we support a
0:36:58 > 0:37:03sitting Prime Minister. We need to be much more radical in our policy
0:37:03 > 0:37:09making and focus on five big challenges, skills, housing, the NHS
0:37:09 > 0:37:15the cost of living, social injustice, things the Prime Minister
0:37:15 > 0:37:20inspired many when she stood on the steps of Downing Street. Her policy
0:37:20 > 0:37:24making can be taught is like and she needs to be more like a lion, be
0:37:24 > 0:37:30radical, clear with the message our party is a ladder of opportunity,
0:37:30 > 0:37:37offering hope to people to climb that ladder for jobs, security and
0:37:37 > 0:37:39prosperity. Bill, how would you assess her week?
0:37:39 > 0:37:45Robert is right in looking at the question of housing, the health
0:37:45 > 0:37:51service and so on. But you need the money to pay for it. It is my belief
0:37:51 > 0:37:56that actually the Brexit process will lead us as we have seen from
0:37:56 > 0:38:01China, with the £9 billion trade deal, into a situation where we can
0:38:01 > 0:38:06generate income to pay for the public services. A very positive
0:38:06 > 0:38:12vision. The EU doesn't work. Massive youth and implement, up to 50% in
0:38:12 > 0:38:19some EU countries. The position is Brexit is about regaining our
0:38:19 > 0:38:26sovereignty, our borders, and also having a massive opportunity. The EU
0:38:26 > 0:38:31doesn't work for us all for them. Going outside into the rest of the
0:38:31 > 0:38:36world, global trading, is the future.
0:38:36 > 0:38:39Isn't this the problem? You have the two sides of the Conservative Party
0:38:39 > 0:38:45with their own agenda wanted to be made happy by Theresa May.
0:38:45 > 0:38:49She can't win. I don't think there is any clear option, she will upset
0:38:49 > 0:38:57one part of the party. It is worse, the Brexit side who want specific
0:38:57 > 0:39:02things, the Remain side pushing for a Customs Union. And last week there
0:39:02 > 0:39:11is anger at the lack of domestic agenda, like Nick
0:39:12 > 0:39:19agenda, like Nick Boles,... Went Theresa May stood in Downing
0:39:19 > 0:39:24Street talking about opportunity, helping people who need a leg up in
0:39:24 > 0:39:29society, that has been brushed aside, it is Brexit will stop no, it
0:39:29 > 0:39:33isn't. Other things are going on. In terms
0:39:33 > 0:39:40of the health service, more money has been put in. What I am arguing
0:39:40 > 0:39:45for is to get the Brexit issue, the biggest issue facing this country
0:39:45 > 0:39:52for generations, we were in the EU, we thought it would work, some voted
0:39:52 > 0:39:56yes in 1975. We concluded it didn't work. The British people were given
0:39:56 > 0:40:01the chance to govern themselves. That is the big picture. We had to
0:40:01 > 0:40:07push it through, we have the Withdrawal Bill, the bottom line is
0:40:07 > 0:40:13the House Of Lords looks like it won't oppose it. So, get on with it
0:40:13 > 0:40:17but also have a very positive vision.
0:40:17 > 0:40:24The opportunities are huge.Talking about positive vision, should the
0:40:24 > 0:40:30Prime Minister be saying, I will be talking about the NHS, housing,
0:40:30 > 0:40:37things people can relate to. Banging on about Brexit, many people are
0:40:37 > 0:40:40frustrated and bored. Brexit is important but my huge
0:40:40 > 0:40:45concern is we are not talking about these other issues. We should be
0:40:45 > 0:40:50thinking of radical solutions on housing, using the extra monies
0:40:50 > 0:40:55raised from cutting corporation tax to redistribute to build social
0:40:55 > 0:40:58housing and affordable housing for those in overcrowded accommodation.
0:40:58 > 0:41:04We have the march of the robots, jobs will be taken over by
0:41:04 > 0:41:09artificial intelligence, we need to rocket boost skills and spend money
0:41:09 > 0:41:14on that, and reform technical education and universities. We need
0:41:14 > 0:41:18a new NHS tax, a conversation about how much should be spent on the NHS
0:41:18 > 0:41:24above the real terms increase. We have deep social injustices, so many
0:41:24 > 0:41:38who take free school meals who don't get good GCSEs, children excluded.
0:41:38 > 0:41:43The Prime Minister made it her mission when she got to Downing
0:41:43 > 0:41:47Street, of course Brexit will always be there, but it is like Groundhog
0:41:47 > 0:41:52Day. I thought that was a fairy tale. Now every day on the radio,
0:41:52 > 0:41:57Groundhog Day is true, hearing about Brexit. I say to the Prime
0:41:57 > 0:42:04Minister... Hang on a minute. Basically, all the
0:42:04 > 0:42:09objectives you set out are right, Robert. The problem is, you want to
0:42:09 > 0:42:15have your own laws to make the changes needed. You need the money.
0:42:15 > 0:42:19I am not disagreeing. I am saying you have to get the priorities
0:42:19 > 0:42:24right. This is the greatest issue of our generation, about who governs
0:42:24 > 0:42:30us.The EU has never worked for us. You have made that point. There is
0:42:30 > 0:42:35another problem. There is no majority for the Conservatives, they
0:42:35 > 0:42:40are working in a hung parliament. That restrained what they can do for
0:42:40 > 0:42:45domestic policy. With the snap election manifesto, some ideas
0:42:45 > 0:42:53weren't popular, they had to be the end. The core of Government plans
0:42:53 > 0:42:57has been stripped out. Brexit is the most obvious thing to replace it.
0:42:57 > 0:43:08All this talk about... Hang on. About finding a
0:43:09 > 0:43:14Hang on. About finding a new leader, the issue is I don't think that the
0:43:14 > 0:43:18main things won't change. Even with a more charismatic leader, the issue
0:43:18 > 0:43:24is there is no majority. It is true we don't have a big
0:43:24 > 0:43:28majority, that is a constraint. If the prime Minster had said these are
0:43:28 > 0:43:32the five things I want to change for our country, I will do everything I
0:43:32 > 0:43:37said when I got into Downing Street, even if we lose votes in parliament,
0:43:37 > 0:43:42it doesn't matter because the public would see us doing the right thing.
0:43:42 > 0:43:45Let us make the argument, stand up for all the things we believe in,
0:43:45 > 0:43:54skills, housing, NHS, cost of living, social justice, and go out
0:43:54 > 0:44:00there. I would say one thing, the last
0:44:00 > 0:44:06thing the country needs is Jeremy Corbyn and his Government. That is
0:44:06 > 0:44:12another factor we haven't mentioned. In this context with Brexit and
0:44:12 > 0:44:15these options, it is important we focus on the kind of things Robert
0:44:15 > 0:44:21is mentioning but also with a slender majority, it is true, the
0:44:21 > 0:44:26fact is we have to stick together in order to be able to deliver it.
0:44:26 > 0:44:35But it is not working. We have seen, three sides of the party is arguing.
0:44:35 > 0:44:39Argument is one thing, votes is another.
0:44:39 > 0:44:43Almost every week we seem to be having conversations about whether
0:44:43 > 0:44:46Theresa May can survive. That can only go for a period because it is
0:44:46 > 0:44:51distracting. The sorry thing is it can go on for
0:44:51 > 0:44:56a long time. Rob has won Groundhog Day, this is
0:44:56 > 0:45:04the second. The alternatives is undesirable. It is the lack of
0:45:04 > 0:45:11discipline, people calling for Philip Hammond to be sacked. It
0:45:11 > 0:45:15seems to be Theresa May doesn't have control of her Cabinet.
0:45:15 > 0:45:20I understand in the context of the Westminster bubble that is the case
0:45:20 > 0:45:23but when it comes to votes we have been winning all the time,
0:45:23 > 0:45:29consistently. That demonstrates the fact when push comes to shove, we
0:45:29 > 0:45:36are having arguments, it would be surprising in this context if there
0:45:36 > 0:45:42weren't differences. But I think a grown-up approach is to concentrate
0:45:42 > 0:45:47on getting things sorted out. My European scrutiny committee is
0:45:47 > 0:45:52looking at the transition period. Let us have a grown-up discussion.
0:45:52 > 0:45:59It involves a lot of differences. Thank you.
0:46:02 > 0:46:05A 12-year-old girl is in custody after a shooting at a school
0:46:05 > 0:46:06in Los Angeles injuring five people.
0:46:06 > 0:46:09It's thought that the girl fired the gun accidentally.
0:46:09 > 0:46:17We'll have an update from a reporter in LA before 10.
0:46:17 > 0:46:24A boy was shot in the head and is described as critical but stable.
0:46:24 > 0:46:29Brenda Gazza from the Los Angeles News has been following the story.
0:46:29 > 0:46:32We know a 12-year-old girl was arrested on Thursday and she was
0:46:32 > 0:46:39booked for negligent discharge of a firearm. After two students were
0:46:39 > 0:46:43shot at this middle school in central Los Angeles. All students
0:46:43 > 0:46:50who were wounded by gunfire, won a 15-year-old boy shot in the temple.
0:46:50 > 0:46:54He, miraculously, is going to be OK, they believe, and another girl who
0:46:54 > 0:47:01was shot in the wrist. A classroom at this middle school called
0:47:01 > 0:47:06Salvador Castro Middle School. Both were taken to hospital and is
0:47:06 > 0:47:10thought they will -- both are going to survive and they will be fine,
0:47:10 > 0:47:14which is great news, and we know that the girls take into account a
0:47:14 > 0:47:18juvenile facility, booked on suspicion of negligently discharging
0:47:18 > 0:47:22a firearm, meaning they don't believe it was intentional, and she
0:47:22 > 0:47:26is expected to be charged soon. Three other people were injured with
0:47:26 > 0:47:35minor injuries, they were not shot, including two children, and we are
0:47:35 > 0:47:39waiting for details about how this 12-year-old girl was able to get
0:47:39 > 0:47:55this garden, how she got it, how she was able to bring an on-campus.
0:48:10 > 0:48:12That was going to be my next question.
0:48:12 > 0:48:16Is it clear whether it was the girl who brought the gun into the school
0:48:16 > 0:48:18or whether the gun was somebody else's in the school?
0:48:18 > 0:48:21At this time, we do not know where she got the gun.
0:48:21 > 0:48:23It's a great question, how she got the gun.
0:48:23 > 0:48:25It isn't clear at this point.
0:48:25 > 0:48:27We are still waiting to hear from authorities exactly
0:48:27 > 0:48:29where she got it and how she brought it on campus.
0:48:29 > 0:48:32I was reading a little bit earlier on, there were some reports
0:48:32 > 0:48:34suggesting from a student who was in the classroom
0:48:34 > 0:48:38at the time, that the girl had thought the weapon was a toy gun.
0:48:38 > 0:48:39If that something that you've also heard?
0:48:39 > 0:48:42I saw that same television report of a little boy being interviewed,
0:48:42 > 0:48:45saying that they all thought it was a toy gun.
0:48:45 > 0:48:47Authorities have not commented on that yet, at least to us,
0:48:47 > 0:48:49so at this stage we do not know.
0:48:49 > 0:48:52But the fact that she was booked for negligent discharge of a firearm
0:48:52 > 0:48:55could mean anything, so we are waiting to hear.
0:49:03 > 0:49:06It's very possible that she did think it was a toy gun
0:49:06 > 0:49:07but we don't know that for sure.
0:49:07 > 0:49:10We only had one child at this point on television saying that.
0:49:10 > 0:49:12And the details of the gun.
0:49:12 > 0:49:13This was a handgun, was it?
0:49:13 > 0:49:15That's right.
0:49:15 > 0:49:15It was some kind of firearm.
0:49:15 > 0:49:19I'm sorry, I don't have the details on exactly what kind of gun it was.
0:49:19 > 0:49:23Just remind people here in the UK - to hear that a 12-year-old girl has
0:49:23 > 0:49:26by accident shot people in a school is so shocking for us,
0:49:26 > 0:49:28but we of course know that the number of shootings that
0:49:28 > 0:49:31sadly happen at schools in the US, this is sadly a problem
0:49:31 > 0:49:34that is lived with in your country day in, day out.
0:49:34 > 0:49:36Yes, unfortunately, it seems we are hearing these
0:49:36 > 0:49:40incidents more and more.
0:49:40 > 0:49:43In fact, this was reported to be the 14th school shooting so far
0:49:43 > 0:49:46this year in the US, which seems very shocking
0:49:46 > 0:49:53since we have only had a month of the year so far.
0:49:53 > 0:49:56Because of course it is not just schools we are talking about,
0:49:56 > 0:49:58we are talking about university and college campuses.
0:49:58 > 0:50:04This seems like a widespread problem, isn't it, in the US?
0:50:04 > 0:50:07It does seem that way.
0:50:07 > 0:50:10Every time there is a mass shooting, whether it's at a school,
0:50:10 > 0:50:13campus or in a mall, it does renew the gun debate,
0:50:13 > 0:50:14so I'm expecting that will happen again.
0:50:14 > 0:50:16And whether any significant gun control legislation will be
0:50:16 > 0:50:24introduced remains to be seen.
0:50:32 > 0:50:42That was Brenda Gazzar speaking to me a little earlier on from LA.
0:50:42 > 0:50:45Larry Nassar - the former gymnastics coach who has been exposed
0:50:45 > 0:50:48as a prolific paedophile.
0:50:48 > 0:50:49His victims have said they're "overwhelmed
0:50:49 > 0:50:50by the truth of his abuse."
0:50:50 > 0:50:53Nassar gave medical treatment to hundreds of girls and abused
0:50:53 > 0:50:54and manipulated them.
0:50:54 > 0:50:56There are now more than 265 victims.
0:50:56 > 0:51:02Questions remain over whether the gymnastic world allowed into
0:51:02 > 0:51:08continuing that allowed him to continue abusing.
0:51:09 > 0:51:10Questions remain whether the gymnastics world
0:51:10 > 0:51:12allowed him to continue abusing and whether his victims
0:51:12 > 0:51:13were not believed.
0:51:13 > 0:51:16Many are now suing Nassar and the other institutions they accuse
0:51:16 > 0:51:17of ignoring early allegations.
0:51:17 > 0:51:20I would like to say something to my abuser, Larry Nassar.
0:51:20 > 0:51:22You took advantage of my innocence and trust.
0:51:22 > 0:51:23You were my doctor.
0:51:23 > 0:51:24Why?
0:51:24 > 0:51:26I ask myself that question all the time, especially while I'm
0:51:26 > 0:51:28lying in bed crying myself to sleep.
0:51:28 > 0:51:30What you did to me was twisted.
0:51:30 > 0:51:31You manipulated me and my entire family.
0:51:31 > 0:51:33How dare you?
0:51:33 > 0:51:35No one should ever do that and if they do,
0:51:35 > 0:51:36you should tell someone.
0:51:36 > 0:51:39Well, Larry, I'm here, not to tell someone but to tell everyone.
0:51:39 > 0:51:41He's going to jail for the rest of his life.
0:51:41 > 0:51:45We on the other hand are going to move forward.
0:51:45 > 0:51:51We are going to live our best lives because we are fighters
0:51:51 > 0:51:53and we are strong.
0:51:53 > 0:51:55Well, Rajini Vaidyanathan has been following the trial for us.
0:51:55 > 0:51:58She explained why Larry Nassar was back in court again.
0:51:58 > 0:52:00Yes, well, basically this is the second sentencing hearing,
0:52:00 > 0:52:03because he pled guilty to seven counts in one county and then
0:52:03 > 0:52:06three counts in another.
0:52:06 > 0:52:09That's why there are two different sentencing hearings,
0:52:09 > 0:52:12but the total number of women who now say that they were sexually
0:52:12 > 0:52:17abused by Larry Nassar is a staggering 265,
0:52:17 > 0:52:22I think, so it has certainly gone up since the first sentencing hearing
0:52:22 > 0:52:24I was at in Lansing, Michigan, just over a week ago,
0:52:24 > 0:52:27where there were just over 150 women who came forward
0:52:27 > 0:52:28sharing their story.
0:52:28 > 0:52:31So it really is staggering, and of course they believe that that
0:52:31 > 0:52:32number could be far far higher.
0:52:32 > 0:52:34Rajini, I know you have followed this case so closely.
0:52:34 > 0:52:37You sat through so many of those incredibly brave and powerful
0:52:37 > 0:52:39testimonies by those women, who were just children
0:52:39 > 0:52:47at the time of the abuse.
0:52:47 > 0:52:49For people who haven't followed it as closely as you,
0:52:49 > 0:52:52give us a sense of some of those stories and the bravery
0:52:52 > 0:52:53of those women.
0:52:53 > 0:52:57Well, I think what was really outstanding being in the court
0:52:57 > 0:52:59is at the beginning of this sentencing hearing...
0:52:59 > 0:53:02So Larry Nassar had already pled guilty to seven counts in that
0:53:02 > 0:53:04particular case of child - criminal sexual conduct,
0:53:04 > 0:53:07should say - and so as part of the sentencing hearing,
0:53:07 > 0:53:10at the beginning about 90 women said that they were going to deliver
0:53:10 > 0:53:12testimony sharing their stories as part of that sentencing process,
0:53:12 > 0:53:20but by the end of it 156 women came forward.
0:53:20 > 0:53:23Day by day in the court room more women said, "No,
0:53:23 > 0:53:26I want to with my anonymity, I want to share my story."
0:53:26 > 0:53:29But what is so unusual about all of this is it is very rare
0:53:29 > 0:53:32to see survivors of sexual abuse with their anonymity, first of all,
0:53:32 > 0:53:36and second of all stand in court, and then stand in court only a few
0:53:36 > 0:53:38meters away from the man who abused them.
0:53:38 > 0:53:41Let's talk now to Casey Copp - he is a student
0:53:41 > 0:53:43at Michigan State University and has been leading protests
0:53:43 > 0:53:48against the staff there about how the survivors have been treated.
0:53:48 > 0:53:53We were also top to wreck who has been following the case for Michigan
0:53:53 > 0:53:59public radio -- we will also
0:54:00 > 0:54:02public radio -- we will also speak to Rick Pluter, who has been
0:54:02 > 0:54:05following the case for Michigan public radio.
0:54:05 > 0:54:17First of all, Casey, say something about the gravity that has her --
0:54:17 > 0:54:21the gravity of what has happened. Yes, a lot of these people at the
0:54:21 > 0:54:25university were highly respected and a lot of people trusted them, and
0:54:25 > 0:54:30with each detail that comes out it seems to be that everyone was acting
0:54:30 > 0:54:34very inappropriately, and it is very unfortunate because we have all kind
0:54:34 > 0:54:40of just been devastated with each day of these trials, something new
0:54:40 > 0:54:44comes out each day, and different media outlets find different scary
0:54:44 > 0:54:50details, and it has just been very tense around here because each day
0:54:50 > 0:54:56we wake up expecting something you bad to come out about our
0:54:56 > 0:55:01university, and the administration has handled this whole case frankly
0:55:01 > 0:55:06very badly, so we as students have felt that we needed to rise up in
0:55:06 > 0:55:10whatever way we can assure the community that we stand with sexual
0:55:10 > 0:55:13assault survivors and we will not tolerate our university
0:55:13 > 0:55:19administration the
0:55:19 > 0:55:24administration the case so poorly. Rick, I want to bring UN. It is
0:55:24 > 0:55:28worth pointing out our viewers in the UK that Larry Nassar was a
0:55:28 > 0:55:31former University of Michigan physician and that is why it has
0:55:31 > 0:55:34affected the university so much. Is there a sense of your reporting in
0:55:34 > 0:55:38the story that many people were turning a blind eye, or they simply
0:55:38 > 0:55:46didn't know that it was going on? Yes, the issue here, and there are
0:55:46 > 0:55:52multiple investigations, and we have a state Attorney General
0:55:52 > 0:55:57investigation, we are expecting congressional hearings, there are
0:55:57 > 0:56:02lots of other inquiries going on, and the issue here isn't so much
0:56:02 > 0:56:10that people seemed to know, but that people didn't ask questions after
0:56:10 > 0:56:15athletes who were patients of Larry Nassar complained that they had been
0:56:15 > 0:56:19molested, that they had been assaulted, and like you said turned
0:56:19 > 0:56:28a blind eye.Do you think that this is a game changer in sport now? That
0:56:28 > 0:56:31athletes will not only be protected more, but also believed, because
0:56:31 > 0:56:37that was a big thing, wasn't it? These girls, these young women, they
0:56:37 > 0:56:43were not believed.An unanswerable question at this moment, but a
0:56:43 > 0:56:48critical one because that is what a lot of people are wondering, and not
0:56:48 > 0:56:51just at Michigan State University but a lot of big universities and
0:56:51 > 0:56:56colleges, they are wondering whether or not this is going to be a change
0:56:56 > 0:57:06in sports culture where, you know, that high-ranking university
0:57:06 > 0:57:13officials have to be aware of what is happening because the issue here
0:57:13 > 0:57:17isn't whether or not people knew what was going on so much as whether
0:57:17 > 0:57:23or not they actually followed up when students, when patients
0:57:23 > 0:57:29complained.Is that your view as well, Casey?Yes, because it has
0:57:29 > 0:57:33been proven that the university president knew about potential
0:57:33 > 0:57:36problems with Doctor Nassar two years before he was eventually
0:57:36 > 0:57:40dismissed, and when those details come out that is when we, as
0:57:40 > 0:57:48students, have been demonstrating our very just anger at our
0:57:48 > 0:57:52administration's lack of doing anything regarding Doctor Nassar.
0:57:52 > 0:57:56But I think it is an important distinction that the president who
0:57:56 > 0:58:03has since resigned was not aware specifically about Doctor Nassar -
0:58:03 > 0:58:11she was that one of MSU's doctors was being investigated, and what we
0:58:11 > 0:58:15don't know is why she didn't know specifically witch doctor, and why
0:58:15 > 0:58:18she wasn't informed, at least according to what we have been told
0:58:18 > 0:58:26so far -- with which Doctor.I appreciate you both taking the time
0:58:26 > 0:58:28to speak to us, thank you.
0:58:28 > 0:58:33Let's get the latest weather update - with Simon King
0:58:34 > 0:58:35- called with the possibility of
0:58:35 > 0:58:38- called with the possibility of snow? Yes, as you will see in just a
0:58:38 > 0:58:45moment there is an increasing threat of some snow -- cold with the
0:58:45 > 0:58:48possibility of some snow. Some lovely sunrise pictures from our
0:58:48 > 0:58:52weather watchers and blue sky moments in Staffordshire, Abbot of
0:58:52 > 0:58:55cloud here and there, but on the hall for most of us this morning it
0:58:55 > 0:59:02has been dry and also fairly bright. We do have a few showers around and
0:59:02 > 0:59:05those are affecting eastern and western coasts but elsewhere they
0:59:05 > 0:59:11are few and far between. Lincolnshire, perhaps at times in
0:59:11 > 0:59:15East Anglia, the south-east, a few showers down here, and also
0:59:15 > 0:59:20Cornwall. Unlike yesterday where we had quite a few wintry showers into
0:59:20 > 0:59:23Scotland, a much nicer afternoon in terms of more sunshine, drier
0:59:23 > 0:59:27weather, lighter winds. More in the way of cloud moving into Northern
0:59:27 > 0:59:30Ireland, making the sunshine here later on. We will see a bit more in
0:59:30 > 0:59:35the way of cloud across eastern areas as well. Really for most of us
0:59:35 > 0:59:40lighter winds and temperatures about four, five, six Celsius, and it
0:59:40 > 0:59:44might feel that little bit more pleasant out and about. Through this
0:59:44 > 0:59:47evening and into the night, it will turn quite cold quite quickly with a
0:59:47 > 0:59:51bit of frost developing. Out towards the west that band of rain will
0:59:51 > 0:59:56gradually push eastward. And as it does so it will start to turn to a
0:59:56 > 0:59:59bit of sleet and snow over the higher ground of Scotland and
0:59:59 > 1:00:03northern England and we will have quite a complicated mixture of rain,
1:00:03 > 1:00:07sleet and snow during Saturday and a lot of snow over higher ground even
1:00:07 > 1:00:10down to low levels for a time you can see wet snow, some sleet, and
1:00:10 > 1:00:17staying quite cloudy and wetter times, and it will feel cold
1:00:17 > 1:00:23throughout. Drier weather on Saturday across eastern areas.
1:00:23 > 1:00:25Through into Sunday, the weather front bringing that wet weather
1:00:25 > 1:00:29doesn't really move very far. It will stick around. It will weaken
1:00:29 > 1:00:33because it will be drier but we will have an easterly wind developing
1:00:33 > 1:00:36across south-eastern parts and that will bring in a few showers towards
1:00:36 > 1:00:40the far south-east of England, nothing too much at this stage but
1:00:40 > 1:00:44for most of us Sunday is a dry day, brighter day towards northern and
1:00:44 > 1:00:47western parts but it will feel cold once again. I mentioned that
1:00:47 > 1:00:51easterly wind and that will still be with us through the early part of
1:00:51 > 1:00:56next week, then we have cold air coming in from the West as well. As
1:00:56 > 1:01:00you can see into Mandy and next week, it will be cold, in fact
1:01:00 > 1:01:05colder than it is at the moment with that increasing risk of some snow
1:01:05 > 1:01:08and of course some overnight frost as well, so winter certainly isn't
1:01:08 > 1:01:14over yet. Bye-bye.
1:01:15 > 1:01:16Good morning.
1:01:16 > 1:01:17It's ten o'clock.
1:01:17 > 1:01:24Here's Annita in the BBC Newsroom with a summary of today's news.
1:01:24 > 1:01:30Immunotherapy is seen as one of the most promising cancer treatments. We
1:01:30 > 1:01:33hear from one patient who says it saved her life.
1:01:33 > 1:01:36Theresa May is on her way back from her three-day trade trip
1:01:36 > 1:01:38to China but what awaits her back home?
1:01:38 > 1:01:41She's under ever-increasing pressure from her own party to do a much
1:01:41 > 1:01:43better job of leading - we'll be speaking to Tory MPs.
1:01:43 > 1:01:47I'm not a quitter - I'm in this because there is a job
1:01:47 > 1:01:49to be done and that's delivering for the British people and
1:01:49 > 1:01:55the future prosperity of our countr
1:01:55 > 1:01:57And we'll hear from the heterosexual couple fighting for
1:01:57 > 1:02:01a civil partnership.
1:02:01 > 1:02:05They say it's not fair that's only available to same sex couples.
1:02:05 > 1:02:08The issue is being debated in the House of Commons today -
1:02:08 > 1:02:15so should the law be changed to make it available for everyone?
1:02:16 > 1:02:19In this day and age the state is having a comment on how people
1:02:19 > 1:02:22arrange their private sexual lives which we don't think is right.
1:02:22 > 1:02:25In many other groups where other civil rights types of cases came
1:02:25 > 1:02:29on programmes like this and said we want to live the lives we want,
1:02:29 > 1:02:33the question wouldn't be why do you want to do that, it would be how
1:02:33 > 1:02:36can we help you achieve that?
1:02:36 > 1:02:40Here's Annita in the BBC Newsroom with a summary of today's news.
1:02:40 > 1:02:44Theresa May has attempted to brush off criticism of her leadership
1:02:44 > 1:02:46and approach to the Brexit negotiations, insisting
1:02:46 > 1:02:48she will secure a deal with the EU that "delivers
1:02:48 > 1:02:50what the British people want."
1:02:50 > 1:02:53She was speaking at the end of a trip to China,
1:02:53 > 1:02:55during which questions about her future as Prime
1:02:55 > 1:03:03Minister have persisted.
1:03:04 > 1:03:08I have said very clearly I have served my country and my party.
1:03:08 > 1:03:14There is a job to deliver for the British people and do that in a way
1:03:14 > 1:03:19which ensures the future prosperity of our country. Global Britain is a
1:03:19 > 1:03:27real vision for the UK. People want a given -- want a Government
1:03:27 > 1:03:32delivering around the world. Our viewers see the Tory Party
1:03:32 > 1:03:36fighting amongst itself, how do you reassert your authority?
1:03:36 > 1:03:41I am doing what the British people want, delivering on Brexit. And
1:03:41 > 1:03:46ensuring we bring jobs back to Britain. Companies will be selling
1:03:46 > 1:03:51more Jewish products as a result of this trip, more people will be in
1:03:51 > 1:03:55jobs. That is global Britain in action.
1:03:55 > 1:03:57Two army helicopters have crashed in southern France,
1:03:57 > 1:03:58killing at least five people.
1:03:58 > 1:04:01Emergency services are still at the scene of the accident -
1:04:01 > 1:04:03which happened in the Var region around 30 miles north-west
1:04:03 > 1:04:04of St Tropez.
1:04:04 > 1:04:06Both helicopters belonged to a military flying school,
1:04:06 > 1:04:08which trains pilots for the army and other military services.
1:04:08 > 1:04:16Investigators say it's not clear what caused the crash.
1:04:16 > 1:04:20A man who carried out a far right terror attack driving a van into a
1:04:20 > 1:04:25crowd of Muslim worshippers outside a mosque in north London is due to
1:04:25 > 1:04:29be sentenced today. Darren Osborne, from Cardiff, ran down people
1:04:29 > 1:04:37outside the Finsbury Park mosque. He was convicted of murder and
1:04:37 > 1:04:40attempted murder yesterday at Woolwich Crown Court.
1:04:40 > 1:04:43The number of men dying in the UK from prostate cancer has overtaken
1:04:43 > 1:04:46the number of women killed by breast cancer for the first time.
1:04:46 > 1:04:48The charity Prostate Cancer UK says advances
1:04:48 > 1:04:50in diagnosis and treatment of breast cancer have paid off
1:04:50 > 1:04:53and similar benefits could be seen if more money was allocated
1:04:53 > 1:04:58to the fight against prostate cancer.
1:04:58 > 1:05:00Health leaders have written to the Justice Secretary urging him
1:05:00 > 1:05:02to reform the pay-out system for negligence claims
1:05:02 > 1:05:06against the NHS.
1:05:06 > 1:05:09They say the NHS would have to pay up to £65 billion
1:05:09 > 1:05:10if all current claims were successful.
1:05:10 > 1:05:13The Government says it is looking at measures to control
1:05:13 > 1:05:19costs in such cases.
1:05:19 > 1:05:21The Government is facing criticism for failing to implement adequate
1:05:21 > 1:05:24safeguards for children online.
1:05:24 > 1:05:26In 2008, the Byron Review, commissioned by Gordon Brown,
1:05:26 > 1:05:27put forward 38 recommendations on internet safety.
1:05:27 > 1:05:30The NSPCC says fewer than half have been implemented.
1:05:30 > 1:05:32Ministers say they are planning a voluntary code as part
1:05:32 > 1:05:40of their forthcoming Internet Safety Strategy
1:05:43 > 1:05:48Police investigating the death of Hollywood star Natalie Wood 37 years
1:05:48 > 1:05:52ago say her husband Robert Wagner is being treated as a person of
1:05:52 > 1:05:56interest. The actress was found dead after going missing on a yacht off
1:05:56 > 1:05:57the coast of California.
1:05:57 > 1:06:01All 955 workers from a gold mine in South Africa have been safely
1:06:01 > 1:06:02brought back to the surface.
1:06:02 > 1:06:04They had been trapped underground since Wednesday night
1:06:04 > 1:06:06when a thunderstorm brought down power lines, cutting electricity
1:06:06 > 1:06:11to the mine's lifts.
1:06:11 > 1:06:19That's a summary of the latest BBC News, more at 10.30.
1:06:20 > 1:06:25We will be talking about civil partnerships, at the moment only
1:06:25 > 1:06:29available to same sex couple. We will hear from one heterosexual
1:06:29 > 1:06:34couple who want the opportunity for a civil partnership. It is being
1:06:34 > 1:06:38discussed in the House Of Commons. Diane says it is about time civil
1:06:38 > 1:06:45partnerships were made available to all couples. Many couples want the
1:06:45 > 1:06:47right to acknowledge their commitment to each other.
1:06:47 > 1:06:52Paul says he is a gay man in favour of civil partnerships for anyone who
1:06:52 > 1:07:01wants one. Discrimination is discrimination. The only time I
1:07:01 > 1:07:04recall the majority being discriminated against.
1:07:04 > 1:07:08Your thoughts are welcome.
1:07:08 > 1:07:16Here's some sport now.
1:07:16 > 1:07:22A big weekend coming up. The 6-nation -- Six Nations is coming
1:07:22 > 1:07:23up.
1:07:23 > 1:07:26England head coach Eddie Jones has named his team the first match
1:07:26 > 1:07:29of their Six Nations title defence against Italy in Rome on Sunday.
1:07:29 > 1:07:31Worcester's Ben Te'o has been named at outside centre
1:07:31 > 1:07:33ahead of Jonathan Joseph despite being out since mid-October
1:07:33 > 1:07:36with an ankle injury and not having played for England
1:07:36 > 1:07:37for almost a year.
1:07:37 > 1:07:39Exeter forward Alec Hepburn is set to make his international
1:07:39 > 1:07:40debut from the bench.
1:07:40 > 1:07:41In tennis.
1:07:41 > 1:07:43Great Britain's men begin their Davis Cup campaign
1:07:43 > 1:07:46with a tie against Spain on the clay courts of Marbella.
1:07:46 > 1:07:50They'll be without the injured Andy Murray and Kyle Edmund
1:07:50 > 1:07:52and with Dan Evans suspended it means Liam Broady and Cameron Norrie
1:07:52 > 1:07:54will be flying the flag.
1:07:54 > 1:07:59You can watch the action right now on the BBC Red Button.
1:07:59 > 1:08:05Second-placed Chelsea missed the chance to go to the top
1:08:05 > 1:08:08of the Women's Super League last night, but they did end leaders
1:08:08 > 1:08:09Manchester City's perfect start to the season.
1:08:09 > 1:08:13The match ended in a goalless draw so not much action for new boss
1:08:13 > 1:08:15Phil Neville to mull over but he was concerned
1:08:15 > 1:08:17to see his goalkeeper City's Karen Bardsley hurt
1:08:17 > 1:08:20after a heavy fall, she was taken off on a stretcher just two
1:08:20 > 1:08:26minutes into the game.
1:08:26 > 1:08:30She has gone off to hospital to be checked, she has a little bit of
1:08:30 > 1:08:33pain in her arm and shoulders but she is talking and she seems OK and
1:08:33 > 1:08:36in good spirits.
1:08:36 > 1:08:39We will trust the medical team to carry on from there.
1:08:39 > 1:08:44The excitement of the start of the Super League season proved
1:08:44 > 1:08:47too much for some last night, Grand Final winners Leeds Rhinos
1:08:47 > 1:08:49made the trip to Warrington Wolves whose captain Chris Hill
1:08:49 > 1:08:52- here on the left - had to leave the game early
1:08:52 > 1:08:56after his wife went into labour.
1:08:56 > 1:08:58Unfortunately, Hill was absent as England winger Ryan Hall provided
1:08:58 > 1:09:01the highlight with two tries on the night, helping Leeds
1:09:01 > 1:09:04to a 16-12 win on the night.
1:09:04 > 1:09:07Elsewhere, Hull FC began their campaign with a six-try
1:09:07 > 1:09:11win over Huddersfield.
1:09:11 > 1:09:16Lee Westwood has fired his best round 15 years for a share of the
1:09:16 > 1:09:21lead after the second round at the Malaysian open. He landed 11 birdies
1:09:21 > 1:09:33in a ten under 62 including this on the eighth hole. One shot behind
1:09:33 > 1:09:44the eighth hole. One shot behind the leader who is on 11 under.
1:09:47 > 1:09:50There was disppointment this morning for one of England World Cup player
1:09:50 > 1:09:52of the tournament Tammy Beaumont made 50, but she was
1:09:52 > 1:09:55on the losing side in the Women's Big Bash semifinal.
1:09:55 > 1:09:57The Sydney Sixers beat the Adelaide strikers by 17 runs
1:09:57 > 1:10:01to set up a repeat of last years final against the Perth Scorchers.
1:10:01 > 1:10:03Earlier, we talked about the rise of prostate cancer and how
1:10:03 > 1:10:05it's overtaken breast cancer to become the UK's
1:10:05 > 1:10:08third deadliest cancer.
1:10:08 > 1:10:11But now we're going to talk about something called immunotherapy.
1:10:11 > 1:10:13It's seen as one the most promising forms of cancer treatment
1:10:13 > 1:10:15and involves using the body's own immune system
1:10:15 > 1:10:16to kill cancer cells.
1:10:16 > 1:10:20But it's still a very new treatment, and is only available to patients
1:10:20 > 1:10:21with specific types of cancer.
1:10:21 > 1:10:29So should it be made more widely available?
1:10:29 > 1:10:32Let's talk now to Dr Christian Ottensmeir who has just run
1:10:32 > 1:10:35a successful global trial using immunotherapy
1:10:35 > 1:10:37at Southampton University.
1:10:37 > 1:10:39And to Charlotte Moss who was treated
1:10:39 > 1:10:47as part of the trial.
1:10:47 > 1:10:53You were diagnosed with skin cancer, melanoma. You were given just a 20%
1:10:53 > 1:10:59chance of survival? That is right. I initially was
1:10:59 > 1:11:04diagnosed in 2011. I had a number of biopsies and procedures.
1:11:04 > 1:11:11At that stage, I had found out the chemotherapy and radiotherapy want
1:11:11 > 1:11:18going to be effective. I was 35 and given a 20% chance of survival. That
1:11:18 > 1:11:25really completely shook my world. Completely devastating. Then I met a
1:11:25 > 1:11:31wonderful professor who saved my life!
1:11:31 > 1:11:38It is as simple as that?It is. The clinical trial I was invited to, it
1:11:38 > 1:11:45was such a clever solution, to use your own immune system to help
1:11:45 > 1:11:50attack the cancer cells. I had found out there was a lot of cancer cells
1:11:50 > 1:11:55that had spread everywhere. Not knowing where they may be, where
1:11:55 > 1:12:01they may realtor, was a huge worry. -- wrecker.
1:12:01 > 1:12:11This treatment gave me so much hope. How does this work?We know that in
1:12:11 > 1:12:16many patients, the immune system is still trying to attack the cancer.
1:12:16 > 1:12:22This wakes up the sleeping immune cells and make them realise there is
1:12:22 > 1:12:28something going on they need to be active against. We know if the
1:12:28 > 1:12:32immune system is trying and you can wake it up, immunotherapy works
1:12:32 > 1:12:39well. What the puzzle is to work out whether in those patients where it
1:12:39 > 1:12:43doesn't work we can overcome the sleepiness in other ways.
1:12:43 > 1:12:49Immunotherapy in this trial was the first really big step towards
1:12:49 > 1:12:57understanding this kind of approach can make cancer better, and now we
1:12:57 > 1:13:03need to work on how we can make that available to other patients.
1:13:03 > 1:13:09Before we talk about the patient it didn't work in I was reading about a
1:13:09 > 1:13:16woman called Abbey the trial, her story is equally interesting.
1:13:16 > 1:13:22Abbey suffered from a cancer that was in normal terms at the end of
1:13:22 > 1:13:30the road. We thought she might not survive beyond this. Giving her the
1:13:30 > 1:13:34kind of immunotherapy Charlotte had but adding in a second drug, both of
1:13:34 > 1:13:40which are now licensed in the NHS, turned the disease around. Within a
1:13:40 > 1:13:44few weeks, from being what we thought might be death's door, she
1:13:44 > 1:13:50felt entirely well. The real excitement for the team came when we
1:13:50 > 1:13:56did the first big follow-up scan which was clear. All of us, a team
1:13:56 > 1:14:01of four doctors, in large team looking after patients, had a merry
1:14:01 > 1:14:08dance of happiness at the result of the scan. Extraordinary when these
1:14:08 > 1:14:14situations change dramatically.What is the treatment? Is it a tablet?
1:14:14 > 1:14:22Chemotherapy, radiotherapy?It was very simple. I went into hospital on
1:14:22 > 1:14:27a Friday morning. It was an infusion, 90 minutes,
1:14:27 > 1:14:31straightforward. The worst part was getting the cannula in. I rested at
1:14:31 > 1:14:37the weekend and went back to work on Monday. A really simple treatment.
1:14:37 > 1:14:43No side-effects? They were minimal. My skin became more sensitive, my
1:14:43 > 1:14:51pitchers treat grand was effected so I need treatment with cortisone.
1:14:51 > 1:14:59This is an expensive treatment, £200,000 per patient? For a
1:14:59 > 1:15:01cash-strapped NHS, that is difficult.
1:15:01 > 1:15:08That is the problem. If we could work out who to treat and who will
1:15:08 > 1:15:14benefit, that would rationalise the use of resources. And work out who
1:15:14 > 1:15:19we would not make bill by treating them unnecessarily, that would be a
1:15:19 > 1:15:25big thing -- make ill. Science is going in a direction of figuring out
1:15:25 > 1:15:30who other people most likely to benefit and treat those. Then the
1:15:30 > 1:15:35treatment becomes a sensible investment.In half the patients in
1:15:35 > 1:15:40this trial, it didn't work?For the trial for Charlotte, we don't really
1:15:40 > 1:15:44know about the individual because it was in a group of patients that had
1:15:44 > 1:15:49cancer removed by surgery and the patients were treated either with
1:15:49 > 1:15:54immunotherapy or a placebo. It is only by looking at the different
1:15:54 > 1:16:02groups treated, the ones that received the control as well, that
1:16:02 > 1:16:07we note the drug makes a difference. The overall survival difference is
1:16:07 > 1:16:13relatively small. But when we use this drug in patients with recurrent
1:16:13 > 1:16:19disease, and in accommodation, we make half the patients better.
1:16:19 > 1:16:26And you are cancer free?It has been seven years. The scans are
1:16:32 > 1:16:34Thank you so much for coming on and sharing your experiences.
1:16:34 > 1:16:36Since the gay marriage law was passed in the UK,
1:16:36 > 1:16:39gay couples have been able to chose whether to get married
1:16:39 > 1:16:40or have a civil partnership.
1:16:40 > 1:16:42But straight couples can only get married.
1:16:42 > 1:16:44Some say that's unfair, and there are some straight couples
1:16:44 > 1:16:47who say they'd prefer to have civil partnership and would
1:16:47 > 1:16:55like that choice.
1:16:56 > 1:16:59The issue is now being fought both in Parliament and in the courts
1:16:59 > 1:17:02to equalise the law and make it the same for everyone.
1:17:02 > 1:17:04This week there's been some suggestion that the Government
1:17:04 > 1:17:06is backtracking on the issue.
1:17:06 > 1:17:09This morning, the MP Tim Loughton will be trying to get a bill
1:17:09 > 1:17:11through Parliament to force ministers to look
1:17:11 > 1:17:12again at the issue.
1:17:12 > 1:17:14Earlier I spoke to him alongside Martin and Claire.
1:17:14 > 1:17:16They've been together for 26 years and would
1:17:16 > 1:17:17like to have a civil partnership.
1:17:17 > 1:17:20I started by asking why the couple felt marriage
1:17:20 > 1:17:25wasn't right for them.
1:17:25 > 1:17:27For me, marriage still is a sort of patriarchal institution,
1:17:27 > 1:17:29as we are finding out today.
1:17:29 > 1:17:31You don't have the mother's name on the marriage licence.
1:17:31 > 1:17:39It still has the connotations of the father giving away
1:17:43 > 1:17:47the daughter as a sort of piece of chattel, and married has come
1:17:47 > 1:17:50the daughter as a sort of piece of chattel, and marriage has come
1:17:50 > 1:17:53an awfully long way since then, of course, but when we first met
1:17:53 > 1:17:56and when I was growing up that was my sense of marriage,
1:17:56 > 1:17:59so I've never felt it's for me, and what I'm looking for now
1:17:59 > 1:18:01is a purely legal recognition of our long relationship
1:18:01 > 1:18:02and our family status.
1:18:02 > 1:18:05Tim, explain to us why you picked up on this issue and why
1:18:05 > 1:18:06you brought this to Parliament?
1:18:06 > 1:18:08I think this is a really good example.
1:18:08 > 1:18:09There are three reasons.
1:18:09 > 1:18:12One, there is an inequality that was created by extending
1:18:12 > 1:18:13marriage to same-sex couples because same-sex couples,
1:18:13 > 1:18:16quite rightly, can get married now, can have a civil partnership.
1:18:16 > 1:18:19If you're an opposite sex couple you can only get married,
1:18:19 > 1:18:22and if married isn't right for you, for a whole range of reasons,
1:18:22 > 1:18:25as Claire says, then you're just not recognised in the eyes of the law.
1:18:25 > 1:18:27You're a cohabiting couple without any rights, despite the fact
1:18:27 > 1:18:30you might have been together for 26 years and have children.
1:18:30 > 1:18:31That can't be right.
1:18:31 > 1:18:34Secondly, the whole issue about having no rights at all.
1:18:34 > 1:18:37People think there is such a thing as a common-law wife or husband.
1:18:37 > 1:18:40There isn't, and you find out the hard way when somebody dies
1:18:40 > 1:18:43or somebody does a runner, and all of a sudden you have tax
1:18:43 > 1:18:45bills, and you don't have legal rights to property and things
1:18:45 > 1:18:51like that, and there's also the whole issue
1:18:51 > 1:18:53around family stability. also the whole issue
1:18:53 > 1:18:56I mean, I was a children's minister before - I want to see anything that
1:18:56 > 1:18:59has stable families and children brought up in stable families.
1:18:59 > 1:19:00It works in marriage.
1:19:00 > 1:19:02We have 3.2 million cohabiting couples, over half of whom have
1:19:02 > 1:19:10children, and if we gave them that label stability and recognition
1:19:21 > 1:19:23and protection, they are more likely to stay together,
1:19:23 > 1:19:25which is better for children, so it's a real bonus.
1:19:25 > 1:19:26So why can't we adapt?
1:19:26 > 1:19:29Marriage and families takes many different forms in the modern world,
1:19:29 > 1:19:32and this is one of them, and we should make sure everybody
1:19:32 > 1:19:33has the opportunity.
1:19:33 > 1:19:36Martin, you have actually had civil partnership on the Isle of Man?
1:19:36 > 1:19:37Yes, that's right.
1:19:37 > 1:19:38Yes, that's right.
1:19:38 > 1:19:41And you were telling me about the ceremony -
1:19:41 > 1:19:43bits of the marriage were crossed out to make it adapt?
1:19:43 > 1:19:45Well, yes, Claire and me, we were the first heterosexual
1:19:45 > 1:19:48couple who live in mainland Britain to go to the Isle of Man,
1:19:48 > 1:19:51which is the only place in the British Isles now
1:19:51 > 1:19:53where you can get a heterosexual civil partnership, and it has been
1:19:53 > 1:19:54for about 18 months.
1:19:54 > 1:19:57And, yes, it was quite interesting that they went
1:19:57 > 1:19:59through the steps beforehand with us, and it was clear
1:19:59 > 1:20:02they were actually using the process for doing a marriage in a registry
1:20:02 > 1:20:04office, but applying it to civil partnership,
1:20:04 > 1:20:05so it was just understandable teething
1:20:05 > 1:20:07troubles as they added silver partnership to marriage.
1:20:07 > 1:20:10But in terms of the point, for us, we have been together
1:20:10 > 1:20:12for 26 years and we have to make teenage children.
1:20:12 > 1:20:15Our relationship's working pretty well, and we don't feel the need
1:20:15 > 1:20:18to change that just to get, if you like, sort of stamp
1:20:18 > 1:20:20of approval from the state in writing through marriage
1:20:20 > 1:20:23that our relationship in the eyes of other people is on a sound basis.
1:20:23 > 1:20:26We just seek a legal footing for things like pension rights,
1:20:26 > 1:20:29inheritance rights, children protection and so on, and so many
1:20:29 > 1:20:34other couples like us do.
1:20:34 > 1:20:37And many people would absolutely understand why you want that
1:20:37 > 1:20:41security, particularly for your family, but people watching this may
1:20:41 > 1:20:43well say, why not just have a civil marriage? You
1:20:43 > 1:20:44well say, why not just have a civil marriage? You don't have to get
1:20:44 > 1:20:48married in a church, nowadays it can be quite flexible, you can get
1:20:48 > 1:20:52married outside, where you like, you don't have to have someone giving
1:20:52 > 1:20:59you away.That is true.Why not go to that option?It is not so much
1:20:59 > 1:21:12the religious objection, but it is still an institution
1:21:13 > 1:21:16where we don't really feel we need to be part of it, and for us to get
1:21:16 > 1:21:19married now, having been together for 26 years, just for a sort of
1:21:19 > 1:21:21technical expediency, if anything I would say that would devalue
1:21:21 > 1:21:23marriage even more.That isn't the same with a civil partnership?There
1:21:23 > 1:21:27are issues on Fidelity, consternation of marriage, all sorts
1:21:27 > 1:21:30of aspects that still are part of a sort of legal marriage contract that
1:21:30 > 1:21:35we don't want to have imposed upon us.Dave Mowat hasn't been
1:21:35 > 1:21:41consummated it is not valid -- is a marriage has not been consummate it
1:21:41 > 1:21:44is not valid and can be dissolved for reasons of adultery so the state
1:21:44 > 1:21:47is having a comment on how people arrange their private sexual lives
1:21:47 > 1:21:51which we don't think is right. In many other groups with civil rights
1:21:51 > 1:21:54type of cases they came on programmes like this and said we
1:21:54 > 1:21:57just want to live the lives the way we want to. The question is not why
1:21:57 > 1:22:02do you want to do that, but how can we help you achieve that? We see
1:22:02 > 1:22:06inclusion on all sorts of gender and politics issues and we wonder why we
1:22:06 > 1:22:10can't be included to organise our lives the way we want to.And it is
1:22:10 > 1:22:14all but a genuine partnership. That is why they are called civil
1:22:14 > 1:22:16partners. For many a marriage is not a partnership. I don't
1:22:16 > 1:22:23necessarily...Really?I don't necessarily agree, but not on equal
1:22:23 > 1:22:29terms. The patriotic Society...Why is a marriage not on equal terms?
1:22:29 > 1:22:32Because of the institution of marriage, right back to the fact
1:22:32 > 1:22:36that the mother's name is not on the marriage certificate, which is what
1:22:36 > 1:22:40we are trying to change as well. It is still seen in patriotic or terms,
1:22:40 > 1:22:44not a proper partnership. I don't necessarily agree with that view but
1:22:44 > 1:22:46there are many couples who do and for them marriage is not the route
1:22:46 > 1:22:51they want to take, and as I said families take very different shapes
1:22:51 > 1:22:56and sizes in this day and age and this is a way of giving stability
1:22:56 > 1:22:59and security and protection to loving couples who have been
1:22:59 > 1:23:03together for a long time who have children, but have no recognition
1:23:03 > 1:23:07and no protection in the eyes of the law, and that is just crazy in this
1:23:07 > 1:23:12day and age.Yes, it can't go on and on the last couple of days this sort
1:23:12 > 1:23:19of outpouring of emotion and support for what Tim has tried to do on the
1:23:19 > 1:23:23Facebook page, on the campaign for equal civil partnerships, our
1:23:23 > 1:23:26Facebook page, our website, it has been alive with comments trying to
1:23:26 > 1:23:30support Tim with the Bill he is bringing forward today, so there is
1:23:30 > 1:23:34huge support for that.Let's talk about that bill. It had got so far
1:23:34 > 1:23:37with the Government and looked like it would go through and there are
1:23:37 > 1:23:41now concerns since the Cabinet reshuffle that that is not the case?
1:23:41 > 1:23:52Yes, it is quite
1:23:53 > 1:23:56complicated, the minister in charge of Qualities who gave me her
1:23:56 > 1:24:00support, then there was a reshuffle so all the ministers responsible
1:24:00 > 1:24:05changed so I have had to start all over again. The Home Office is being
1:24:05 > 1:24:09a bit cautious, and therefore they are saying, OK, we will now look at
1:24:09 > 1:24:13it again but we further consultation and studies. That is frustrating,
1:24:13 > 1:24:19but at the end of the day we all know there is a place for civil
1:24:19 > 1:24:21partnerships. The court case going through as well I think will make
1:24:21 > 1:24:24that absolutely clear that the Government will have to do something
1:24:24 > 1:24:27about that so I think the Government will come round to this. We are just
1:24:27 > 1:24:32going to have to go through a few more extra hoops to do it. The case
1:24:32 > 1:24:35for civil partnerships now is a strong now as it has ever been and
1:24:35 > 1:24:40we have to get on with it.I would just make the point that civil
1:24:40 > 1:24:42partnerships clearly exist already in this country for same-sex couples
1:24:42 > 1:24:47so
1:24:51 > 1:24:53so what we are asking and campaigning for is not a special
1:24:53 > 1:24:56change of the law just to sit us. We just want to join in an institution
1:24:56 > 1:24:59that has been around for another group of society since 2004.And in
1:24:59 > 1:25:01other countries, in France and South Africa at the fibres for years. In
1:25:01 > 1:25:04France there are some evidence that of same-sex partnerships, fewer end
1:25:04 > 1:25:12in divorce than marriages.Before we let you go, Tim I want to ask you as
1:25:12 > 1:25:16a Conservative MP, your reflections on Theresa May's week, lots of
1:25:16 > 1:25:20discussion about whether now is the time for her to step aside, under a
1:25:20 > 1:25:25lot of pressure over Brexit. What is your view?I'm not sure how we got
1:25:25 > 1:25:27from civil partnerships to Theresa May!
1:25:27 > 1:25:29LAUGHTER Just before you go, it seems fair to
1:25:29 > 1:25:34as you well you're here.If she is going to support this measure,
1:25:34 > 1:25:42absolutely, she needs to get on with the job of running the country and
1:25:42 > 1:25:45getting Brexit sorted out, and I am not somebody who says, oh, yes,
1:25:45 > 1:25:48let's have another leadership competition. Let's stop all the
1:25:48 > 1:25:50speculation and get behind the Prime Minister. She has a really important
1:25:50 > 1:25:55job to do, she will be back from China soon and carrying on with it,
1:25:55 > 1:25:58and I have an important job to do to make sure this anachronism in the
1:25:58 > 1:26:02law doesn't carry on any more and we get civil partnerships extended to
1:26:02 > 1:26:07couples like Martin and Claire without having to go to the Isle of
1:26:07 > 1:26:10Man.You have been sharing your thoughts on this drove the morning.
1:26:10 > 1:26:14From Karen. I support civil partnerships for all. One question
1:26:14 > 1:26:18is why the marriage certificates have not yet been changed to include
1:26:18 > 1:26:23mothers' details, point made in that discussion. If you have two mums,
1:26:23 > 1:26:26who goes on the certificate? Civil partnerships certainly have space
1:26:26 > 1:26:30for both parents.
1:26:30 > 1:26:32Police in the United States say the actor Robert Wagner is now
1:26:32 > 1:26:35being treated as a "person of interest" in an investigation
1:26:35 > 1:26:38into the death in 1981 of his wife, the Hollywood star Natalie Wood.
1:26:38 > 1:26:41The actress was found dead in the water off the coast
1:26:41 > 1:26:43of California after going missing from her family yacht,
1:26:43 > 1:26:46the Splendour.
1:26:46 > 1:26:52Our entertainment correspondent Lizo Mzimba is here.
1:26:52 > 1:26:56A person of interest, Lizo. What does that actually mean?It doesn't
1:26:56 > 1:27:00necessarily mean he is a suspect. What it means is the police are
1:27:00 > 1:27:05interested in talking to him because they feel he may, knowingly or
1:27:05 > 1:27:07unknowingly, have further information that hasn't been brought
1:27:07 > 1:27:13into the public domain or into the investigation into what happened
1:27:13 > 1:27:17exactly on the night when Natalie Wood died and was found drowned off
1:27:17 > 1:27:21the coast of California, so obviously the police say they are
1:27:21 > 1:27:24very keen to speak to Robert Wyatt now because they feel he could shed
1:27:24 > 1:27:30light on this, could help move things forward -- Robert Wagner.
1:27:30 > 1:27:36This has for many people been an unsolved death although it was ruled
1:27:36 > 1:27:41as accidental.What do we know about what happened? We know that they
1:27:41 > 1:27:51were on a boat, Robert Wagner and Natalie Wood, big stars, he's the
1:27:51 > 1:27:54star of Hart to Hart, she of West Side Story, along with actor
1:27:54 > 1:27:59Christopher Walken, and she was found floating off the coast of
1:27:59 > 1:28:02California, dead, and Wagner said he only realised she had gone missing
1:28:02 > 1:28:07when he searched the boat for her. It is thought she may have fallen
1:28:07 > 1:28:11off the boat trying to get into a dengue. That is what we know.
1:28:11 > 1:28:20Further allegations have come since -- into our
1:28:20 > 1:28:24-- into our dinghy. Many years later the captain of the boat said Robert
1:28:24 > 1:28:27Wagner had had an argument with her, and other witnesses have come
1:28:27 > 1:28:32forward attesting to what seems to be an argument between the two of
1:28:32 > 1:28:36them and the police obviously think that is worth expiring. Also, the
1:28:36 > 1:28:39postmortem photographs from the original investigation have been
1:28:39 > 1:28:42re-examined by the police. They said at the time what was thought to be
1:28:42 > 1:28:45consistent with her accidentally falling into the water, they feel
1:28:45 > 1:28:49that now could be more consistent with some kind of physical
1:28:49 > 1:28:52altercation which of course is alive and they will want to investigate as
1:28:52 > 1:28:57well, so what has come out of this, nobody is sure what has happened at
1:28:57 > 1:29:02the moment, from the police force in California, but they think there are
1:29:02 > 1:29:04questions worth pursuing in case while it can be shed on what
1:29:04 > 1:29:13happened that night in 1981.Thanks for dropping by, Lizo, and updating
1:29:13 > 1:29:15us on that story.
1:29:15 > 1:29:18Still to come: Hundreds of South African miners who've been
1:29:18 > 1:29:20trapped underground since Wednesday have been rescued.
1:29:20 > 1:29:22We'll bring you the latest from our correspondent in Johannesburg.
1:29:22 > 1:29:25And keeping cool under pressure - Meghan Markle laughs off a right
1:29:25 > 1:29:27royal mix up at an awards ceremony last night.
1:29:27 > 1:29:34We will show you what happened for the end of the programme.
1:29:37 > 1:29:40Time for the latest news - here's Annita
1:29:40 > 1:29:43Theresa May insists she's delivering what British people want on Brexit,
1:29:43 > 1:29:46and setting out a clear vision to the rest of the world.
1:29:46 > 1:29:49She was speaking at the end of a trip to China
1:29:49 > 1:29:51during which questions about her future as Prime
1:29:51 > 1:29:57Minister have continued.
1:29:57 > 1:30:01it is important we deliver what people want, control of our money,
1:30:01 > 1:30:09border and laws. I have shown how we can ensure we actually want --
1:30:09 > 1:30:13enhance our trade with the rest of the world. It is good for jobs in
1:30:13 > 1:30:17Britain.
1:30:17 > 1:30:20A man who carried out a far right terror attack driving a van
1:30:20 > 1:30:23into a crowd of Muslim worshippers outside a mosque in north London
1:30:23 > 1:30:24is due to be sentenced today.
1:30:24 > 1:30:26Darren Osborne, 48, from Cardiff, ran down people outside
1:30:26 > 1:30:29the Finsbury Park mosque.
1:30:29 > 1:30:32He was convicted of murder and attempted murder yesterday
1:30:32 > 1:30:36at Woolwich Crown Court.
1:30:36 > 1:30:38Two army helicopters have crashed in southern France,
1:30:38 > 1:30:42killing at least five people.
1:30:42 > 1:30:44Emergency services are still at the scene of the accident
1:30:44 > 1:30:47which happened in the Var region around 30 miles north-west
1:30:47 > 1:30:49of St Tropez.
1:30:49 > 1:30:51Both helicopters belonged to a military flying school
1:30:51 > 1:30:54which trains pilots for the army and other military services.
1:30:54 > 1:31:02Investigators say it's not clear what caused the crash.
1:31:03 > 1:31:06Staying in France, and the French Interior Minister has visited
1:31:06 > 1:31:07Calais following violent clashes between migrants.
1:31:07 > 1:31:09Gerard Collomb says he will review the security situation there.
1:31:09 > 1:31:11Four Eritrean migrants are in a critical condition
1:31:11 > 1:31:14after being shot during clashes with Afghan asylum-seekers.
1:31:14 > 1:31:22Another 18 people were injured during the violence.
1:31:22 > 1:31:24A 33-year-old woman has been arrested in Derby on suspicion
1:31:24 > 1:31:27of arson in connection with a huge fire at Nottingham railway
1:31:27 > 1:31:28station last month.
1:31:28 > 1:31:31At its peak, ten fire crews were called to tackle the blaze,
1:31:31 > 1:31:39which caused extensive damage to the station.
1:31:41 > 1:31:47Here's some sport now with Hugh.
1:31:47 > 1:31:50England head coach Eddie Jones has named his team the first match
1:31:50 > 1:31:53of their Six Nations title defence against Italy in Rome on Sunday.
1:31:53 > 1:31:55Worcester's Ben Te'o has been named at outside centre
1:31:55 > 1:31:57ahead of Jonathan Joseph despite being out since mid-October
1:31:57 > 1:32:01with an ankle injury and not having played for England
1:32:01 > 1:32:02for almost a year.
1:32:02 > 1:32:04Exeter forward Alec Hepburn is set to make his international
1:32:04 > 1:32:05debut from the bench.
1:32:05 > 1:32:06In tennis.
1:32:06 > 1:32:08Great Britain's men begin their Davis Cup campaign
1:32:08 > 1:32:11with a tie against Spain on the clay courts of Marbella.
1:32:11 > 1:32:13They'll be without the injured Andy Murray and Kyle Edmund
1:32:13 > 1:32:16and with Dan Evans suspended it means Liam Broady and Cameron Norrie
1:32:16 > 1:32:17will be flying the flag.
1:32:17 > 1:32:25You can watch the action right now on the BBC Red Button.
1:32:29 > 1:32:32Second-placed Chelsea missed the chance to go to the top
1:32:32 > 1:32:35of the Women's Super League last night, but they did end leaders
1:32:35 > 1:32:36Manchester City's perfect start to the season.
1:32:36 > 1:32:39The match ended in a goalless draw so not much action for new boss
1:32:49 > 1:32:52A man who carried out a far right terror attack driving a van
1:32:52 > 1:32:55into a crowd of Muslim worshippers outside a mosque in north London
1:32:55 > 1:32:56is due to be sentenced today.
1:32:56 > 1:32:58Darren Osborne, 48, from Cardiff, ran down people outside
1:32:58 > 1:33:00the Finsbury Park mosque.
1:33:00 > 1:33:02He was convicted of murder and attempted murder yesterday
1:33:02 > 1:33:02at Woolwich Crown Court.
1:33:06 > 1:33:12Someone has just run over a whole load of people. He ran over a lot of
1:33:12 > 1:33:16people.
1:33:16 > 1:33:25It is a big fan. He has just run over everyone.
1:33:25 > 1:33:27Angus Crawford is outside Woolwich Crown Court, take us through what is
1:33:27 > 1:33:34happening today? This was as the positives and
1:33:34 > 1:33:39pointed out in no uncertain terms and act of terrorism by a man who
1:33:39 > 1:33:45was in effect on a suicide mission. Darren Osborne we heard described as
1:33:45 > 1:33:49a loner, if rationing alcoholics, with years of mental health
1:33:49 > 1:33:56problems, he said he would attempt suicide in the months before the
1:33:56 > 1:34:01attack. He showed no contrition in court, no reaction yesterday when
1:34:01 > 1:34:05the jury handed its verdict of guilty of murder and attempted
1:34:05 > 1:34:11murder. The jury was sent out just before 3pm. Less than an hour later
1:34:11 > 1:34:15they came back with their verdict. Today we will hear mitigation from
1:34:15 > 1:34:21his defence barrister. His defence in court was described
1:34:21 > 1:34:27by the prosecution as absurd. Darren Osborne has said a man called Dave,
1:34:27 > 1:34:31he couldn't give his surname, was actually driving the van on the
1:34:31 > 1:34:43night into the crowd of Muslim men. While Darren Osborne was in the foot
1:34:43 > 1:34:48well of the vehicle. We will have defence mitigation speech this
1:34:48 > 1:34:52morning, then some information about his background, his previous
1:34:52 > 1:34:57convictions. He had a history of violence and alcoholism. Later, the
1:34:57 > 1:35:04judge will give sentence on Darren Osborne.
1:35:06 > 1:35:09It's time to bring you up to date on the trial of former football
1:35:09 > 1:35:10coach Barry Bennell.
1:35:10 > 1:35:12It emerged yesterday that the 64-year-old has chosen not
1:35:12 > 1:35:15to take the stand and give evidence in his defence.
1:35:15 > 1:35:22Our reporter Jim Reed has been following the trial.
1:35:22 > 1:35:24As you said Mr Bennell, who is a former coach
1:35:24 > 1:35:28linked to Manchester City and Crewe Alexandra Football Clubs,
1:35:28 > 1:35:30is facing 48 counts of historical sexual abuse in this trial.
1:35:30 > 1:35:34He denies those charges.
1:35:34 > 1:35:40Yesterday morning, the prosecution case concluded.
1:35:40 > 1:35:42Mr Bennell's barrister, Eleanor Laws, then said
1:35:42 > 1:35:46she would be calling no evidence on behalf of the defence.
1:35:46 > 1:35:48Which means that Mr Bennell himself will not be called
1:35:48 > 1:35:52to testify in court.
1:35:52 > 1:35:55The judge then asked her if she'd warned her client that the jury may
1:35:55 > 1:35:57"draw such inferences as they see proper from this".
1:35:57 > 1:36:03She replied that she had.
1:36:03 > 1:36:06The trial then will continue on Monday with closing statements
1:36:06 > 1:36:09from both the prosecution and the defence.
1:36:09 > 1:36:12Summing up by the judge is expected to start on Tuesday next week.
1:36:12 > 1:36:15As I said at the start, Mr Bennell is facing 48 counts
1:36:15 > 1:36:20of historic abuse against 11 boys, which he denies.
1:36:20 > 1:36:24Still to come:
1:36:24 > 1:36:27We hear from the family of a prisoner who was stabbed
1:36:27 > 1:36:30to death in Wormwood Scrubs in west London who say he had complained
1:36:30 > 1:36:33to them about violence in the jail in the days before he was attacked.
1:36:33 > 1:36:36Four men have been arrested.
1:36:45 > 1:36:51Video game addiction is to be listed as a mental health disorder that the
1:36:51 > 1:36:55first time. Ian, not his real name, was addicted to video games 26 years
1:36:55 > 1:37:00but has been clean for three years. He says he lost his job, family, due
1:37:00 > 1:37:06to his obsession.
1:39:40 > 1:39:42More than 950 workers who were trapped underground
1:39:42 > 1:39:44in a gold mine in South Africa have been rescued.
1:39:44 > 1:39:47They had been stuck in the mine since a power cut struck
1:39:47 > 1:39:48on Wednesday night.
1:39:48 > 1:39:51South Africa is a leading gold producer, but safety in the industry
1:39:51 > 1:39:59is often questioned.
1:40:00 > 1:40:03Our correspondent has been following events in Johannesburg. They were
1:40:03 > 1:40:11trapped because of a power cut? Correct. There was a severe storm on
1:40:11 > 1:40:16Wednesday night which led to a power cut in the region which meant they
1:40:16 > 1:40:20could be brought back to the surface using the lift. On the side of it,
1:40:20 > 1:40:27the mine says the power generators failed, the worst outcome for them.
1:40:27 > 1:40:31There was no way to bring them to the surface until this morning when
1:40:31 > 1:40:37power was restored. We understand they have been taken to nearby
1:40:37 > 1:40:40hospitals for examination and no serious injuries have been reported.
1:40:40 > 1:40:46What were conditions like down there, they were there for 24 hours
1:40:46 > 1:40:49to mark correct, they were there for nearly 30 hours.
1:40:49 > 1:40:56They were being brought water, and food. There were concerned that some
1:40:56 > 1:41:04of the miners who had medical conditions that needed chronic
1:41:04 > 1:41:10medication and were able to receive that. For the most part, we
1:41:10 > 1:41:13understood -- understand they had air circulation, but they have been
1:41:13 > 1:41:19traumatised and that needs to be assessed.
1:41:19 > 1:41:25How were they brought to the surface? Was it about power being
1:41:25 > 1:41:27restored or was there a different route?
1:41:27 > 1:41:35It was power restored. Overnight, people on social media were calling
1:41:35 > 1:41:41on the power company to intervene, to prioritise returning power
1:41:41 > 1:41:47specifically. With the concern the miners had already been there for
1:41:47 > 1:41:51too long and they wanted them brought to the surface. At 3am local
1:41:51 > 1:41:56time power was returned and rescue workers were able to go down to the
1:41:56 > 1:42:01mind to bring them up with the lists.
1:42:01 > 1:42:05That if speaking to us.
1:42:05 > 1:42:08The mother of a man stabbed to death in Wormwood Scrubs
1:42:08 > 1:42:10prison says she thought he was in a "safe place".
1:42:10 > 1:42:13Khader Saleh died from his injuries after being attacked on Wednesday.
1:42:13 > 1:42:17Four inmates have been arrested on suspicion of murder.
1:42:17 > 1:42:18Speaking exclusively to the BBC,
1:42:18 > 1:42:21Said Yusuf said his 25-year-old brother had told him he feared
1:42:21 > 1:42:28for his life while in the prison.
1:42:29 > 1:42:35She was devastated yesterday. We were not here with her at that time
1:42:35 > 1:42:41to give her support. Did she understand, was she on her
1:42:41 > 1:42:43own? She was with one cousin who was
1:42:43 > 1:42:51translating for half. If you asked your mum how she feels,
1:42:51 > 1:42:57I can see she is emotionally quite distressed. How does she feel now
1:42:57 > 1:43:03with the loss of her son? Probably if I asked her she will be
1:43:03 > 1:43:17crying, to be honest. She is really in... In very bad feeling for her
1:43:17 > 1:43:24loss, and our loss as well. In terms of your brother...
1:43:25 > 1:43:32And she felt he would be in a safe place which was prison. If he was
1:43:32 > 1:43:37outside and we heard the news, probably we would think, we think
1:43:37 > 1:43:42when someone is inside prison, he will be safe enough not to be killed
1:43:42 > 1:43:49in that way. Very difficult view. In of your
1:43:49 > 1:43:56brother, the people who didn't know him. He was 25. He was involved in
1:43:56 > 1:44:01drugs, you mentioned. But he was on remand, waiting for trial. And this
1:44:01 > 1:44:06happened. When was the last time you spoke to your brother or saw him?
1:44:06 > 1:44:17We spoke to him four days ago before he got killed. Because a phone was
1:44:17 > 1:44:21smuggled in, so that is probably the same way they smuggle in nice.
1:44:21 > 1:44:28He spoke to us and was in a bad situation.
1:44:35 > 1:44:39Guards were there but not looking after him. He was afraid for his
1:44:39 > 1:44:47life inside the jail. And a month ago, he had a fight
1:44:47 > 1:44:53inside the prison with other groups. Have the police told you anything
1:44:53 > 1:44:57about what happened yesterday afternoon?
1:44:57 > 1:45:11The police. They have told us they have opened two areas. Every area
1:45:11 > 1:45:18has about 140 prisoners. There were not a lot of guards around. They
1:45:18 > 1:45:28said he was talking to three other people. They went into a different
1:45:28 > 1:45:34cell, not his cell, and they locked the door, they said. These things
1:45:34 > 1:45:39were within five minutes. Or they heard was the alarm of that cell,
1:45:39 > 1:45:45then they started getting the gods around to see what the issue was.
1:45:45 > 1:45:49-- the prison guards. Did they tell you what happened?It
1:45:49 > 1:45:53is still under investigation. How'd you feel in terms of your
1:45:53 > 1:45:57brother saying before he was worried about his safety and feeling
1:45:57 > 1:46:03powerless to do anything but mark what you want to say to the prison
1:46:03 > 1:46:08and Prison Service?
1:46:09 > 1:46:15What I want to say is they have to create a safe environment, not
1:46:15 > 1:46:16What I want to say is they have to create a safe environment, not only
1:46:16 > 1:46:19for us but for all the prisoners in their cell. They should have extra
1:46:19 > 1:46:27guards, certain time to send the people somewhere, not leaving all
1:46:27 > 1:46:31those people in the same place, definitely. If anyone is carrying
1:46:31 > 1:46:34any weapon or anything, something will happen. And the other thing is
1:46:34 > 1:46:37how they get to smuggle most of these things inside is really
1:46:37 > 1:46:42annoying. When we go to visit him, we feel the high security officers
1:46:42 > 1:46:45and everything, so I'm just surprised how these kind of weapons
1:46:45 > 1:46:54are going into the jail.And it was a knife?Metal Blade, the police
1:46:54 > 1:46:59told us, he was stabbed with seven times.Are shocked they were able to
1:46:59 > 1:47:03get a blade into the prison?To be honest, I was shocked at the
1:47:03 > 1:47:09beginning, but in a way when I feel the smuggle other things, I thought
1:47:09 > 1:47:13there might be a link between... I don't know who or how they get these
1:47:13 > 1:47:16things inside, but it is really annoying when you feel someone
1:47:16 > 1:47:21inside the prison. If it was outside, you can understand, someone
1:47:21 > 1:47:25can carry a blade or anything outside, but inside the prison, with
1:47:25 > 1:47:30this high security, getting weapons like this inside, really feels bad.
1:47:30 > 1:47:33How do you want to remember your brother, in terms of what do you
1:47:33 > 1:47:41remember mostly about him? He has a child?He was a young man trying to
1:47:41 > 1:47:47move on with his life. He got married recently, he had a son. He
1:47:47 > 1:47:51was aiming to move to a different area than London because of the
1:47:51 > 1:47:56trouble and everything around. That was his plan. He ended up in the
1:47:56 > 1:48:00wrong place, but as I said we were waiting for him to come outside and
1:48:00 > 1:48:06then we were going to help him to move outside and find his life. But
1:48:06 > 1:48:12getting killed in that way, it's really shocking for us, the family.
1:48:12 > 1:48:17He leaves behind his wife and his child, children?Yes, he left behind
1:48:17 > 1:48:25a wife and one child. The child is going to be two years old on the
1:48:25 > 1:48:3015th of February.And obviously the mum is too traumatised to talk about
1:48:30 > 1:48:37it?Yes, he was her younger son. The younger son, you always have a
1:48:37 > 1:48:41different feeling, than all of us, so it is the biggest loss for our
1:48:41 > 1:48:50mother. And us as well.Do you think you will pursue a case against the
1:48:50 > 1:48:53prison?Definitely, we have to, not only for us but for the safety of
1:48:53 > 1:49:01all the others. Inside that prison. And we will talk for our loss in
1:49:01 > 1:49:07that way, and probably we will have to fight and find out how these
1:49:07 > 1:49:14weapons are getting into the jail, and why they don't separate the
1:49:14 > 1:49:21people are put enough guards around the whole place.That was Khader
1:49:21 > 1:49:27Saleh's family speaking exclusively to the BBC. Earlier we heard how for
1:49:27 > 1:49:30the first in the men from prostate cancer has overtaken the number of
1:49:30 > 1:49:34women dying from breast cancer, which makes prostate cancer of the
1:49:34 > 1:49:42third biggest killer in the UK behind lung and bowel cancer.
1:49:42 > 1:49:49Figures revealed that just over 11,800 men die in the UK from
1:49:49 > 1:49:54prostate cancer every year, and the charity is calling for the same
1:49:54 > 1:49:59resources as breast cancer. Early I spoke with a man diagnosed back in
1:49:59 > 1:50:082014. Phil Kissi, who was diagnosed in 2014, recovered, and we heard
1:50:08 > 1:50:14from Catherine who lost her husband in 2011, and from Caroline, a
1:50:14 > 1:50:21consultant who works in the field.I think one of the difficulties is
1:50:21 > 1:50:28that not everybody has symptoms. As we heard from Phil, some people just
1:50:28 > 1:50:32get there blood tests done and find out. I think we need more of a
1:50:32 > 1:50:38message for men at high risk, so black men and men with a history of
1:50:38 > 1:50:42family cancer should get tested earlier. The other difficulty is the
1:50:42 > 1:50:48tests that we used to use ten, 15 years ago, they were not as accurate
1:50:48 > 1:50:51as the tests we have today, so there is really good news that we have
1:50:51 > 1:50:56more accurate tests including MRI that people can come forward and
1:50:56 > 1:51:01get.For you, Catherine, to lose your husband, were you aware of
1:51:01 > 1:51:06prostate cancer? Was your husband were before the diagnosis?Very
1:51:06 > 1:51:10vaguely, and exactly the same as this gentleman here, he sort of use
1:51:10 > 1:51:16to get up in the night. We have an ensuite bathroom so hardly woke up
1:51:16 > 1:51:20when used to do that. But we went to stay in a big old cranky house where
1:51:20 > 1:51:23the toilet was two flight up and it was December with snow outside, and
1:51:23 > 1:51:27I suddenly realised he was getting up three times in the night with
1:51:27 > 1:51:31freezing cold feet, and I marched into the doctor the next day. Our GP
1:51:31 > 1:51:37was very good. Had a handwritten note through the door two days later
1:51:37 > 1:51:40with a hospital appointment. At which point the warning bells went
1:51:40 > 1:51:43off back in my head, and it was picked up very quickly, it was quite
1:51:43 > 1:51:49aggressive, and it was downhill from there, but a little bit late year,
1:51:49 > 1:51:52we had a very positive outlook on it, and we just got on with living
1:51:52 > 1:51:58life in the fast lane, I think. And important for you now to get the
1:51:58 > 1:52:02message out there for men. Because I guess one of the problems, and maybe
1:52:02 > 1:52:06I am being unfair and you can correct me if I am, blokes are not
1:52:06 > 1:52:09so good at talking about anything that is vaguely Internet, about
1:52:09 > 1:52:20emotion or feeling worried? I think you're dead right. It is the
1:52:20 > 1:52:23macho image, oh, that is not the sort of thing that I talk about, but
1:52:23 > 1:52:28I think as the public get to know more and more about the information
1:52:28 > 1:52:32on prostate cancer, they know that if you go to your doctor, get tested
1:52:32 > 1:52:36early, you could be one of those people that are saved today, and I
1:52:36 > 1:52:40think that's the message we have to get out there. Early testing, and we
1:52:40 > 1:52:45need more research, and talking about more research, we are doing a
1:52:45 > 1:52:55campaign in March, Men to March, and it is in Glasgow, Nottingham,
1:52:55 > 1:53:04Bristol, London, Manchester. And we want people to sign up to this.
1:53:04 > 1:53:07want people to sign up to this. It is 2k, 4k 10k. It is so important we
1:53:07 > 1:53:10get funds to do more around the prostate cancer agenda and
1:53:10 > 1:53:13programmes like this give us that platform to speak to the general
1:53:13 > 1:53:17viewers.Kevin, what do you make of that?Absolutely right. I have
1:53:17 > 1:53:21always wore my heart on my sleeve so I am one of the people who are quite
1:53:21 > 1:53:26happy to talk about things, as my friends know. So I am absolutely
1:53:26 > 1:53:29honest about it, and there are no questions that are bad questions. A
1:53:29 > 1:53:34great story for me, a client of mine at work who are used to talk to
1:53:34 > 1:53:38quite a lot went a bit quiet on me and I thought, oh, maybe it was a
1:53:38 > 1:53:41surprise for them when I had prostate cancer, and later he phoned
1:53:41 > 1:53:47me up and said he had read one of my blogs, he had symptoms, went to the
1:53:47 > 1:53:50doctor, had prostate cancer, and because he went early he was cured
1:53:50 > 1:53:53and he felt that he couldn't phone me up because I was going to die,
1:53:53 > 1:53:58but I said to make me feel I have done something good on this planet,
1:53:58 > 1:54:02it is actually an amazing feeling, so don't be shy about it. And I hope
1:54:02 > 1:54:09he talks about it to a lot of men, and adjoining up, the marchers and
1:54:09 > 1:54:12things, it makes a massive difference. People often think
1:54:12 > 1:54:17there's a man's disease, but ask my wife and kids. It is absolutely
1:54:17 > 1:54:20terrible for them. They have to watch me go downhill and deal with
1:54:20 > 1:54:24it afterwards, for worse for them I think.I think that is why, as a
1:54:24 > 1:54:28female, it is just as important for us to bang the drum, and perhaps
1:54:28 > 1:54:32because we are more able to chat about these things. The number of
1:54:32 > 1:54:37people at dinner parties, the men I have sat next to. I don't get
1:54:37 > 1:54:39invited any more! LAUGHTER
1:54:39 > 1:54:43But it is what we have todo.We have been sent so many messages from
1:54:43 > 1:54:47people getting in touch about this. An e-mail from Sharon, "My father
1:54:47 > 1:54:52was diagnosed with prostate cancer in 2007. 11 years on he is still
1:54:52 > 1:54:56under what the NHS call watchful waiting. In other words, his cancer
1:54:56 > 1:54:59is still within the prostate and requires for intervention at this
1:54:59 > 1:55:03time. My issue with this approach is that dad's cancer has changed during
1:55:03 > 1:55:07this time, that his reviews have been cancelled or postponed. I worry
1:55:07 > 1:55:10that with an ever straining NHS he will fall through the net and it
1:55:10 > 1:55:14will be too late for him". Presumably your worry as much as the
1:55:14 > 1:55:20people affected by the disease personally? It is about funding as
1:55:20 > 1:55:24much as awareness?That's right. Once a man comes forward for testing
1:55:24 > 1:55:28we want to make sure he's able to get the most effective tests,
1:55:28 > 1:55:33wherever he is in the country. And that that is not differing by
1:55:33 > 1:55:37hospital or by which consultant you see, but that we have national
1:55:37 > 1:55:42standards for doing the best tests. I just want to read a couple more
1:55:42 > 1:55:45messages before we speak about your ultra marathons which are quite
1:55:45 > 1:55:51incredible. Mick has got in touch via text. He was diagnosed in March
1:55:51 > 1:55:542016, no symptoms as such. Caught early enough, he had keyhole surgery
1:55:54 > 1:55:58and turned himself very lucky, also due to the diligence of his doctor
1:55:58 > 1:56:03and he will be ever grateful. Roger's e-mail to say he was
1:56:03 > 1:56:10diagnosed back in 2013. Aggressive, invasive prostate cancer. His PSA
1:56:10 > 1:56:14count was 1741, astronomically high. No classic symptoms, not frequently
1:56:14 > 1:56:26going to the loo, have been taking
1:56:37 > 1:56:39medication and numbers are controlled. He says he is leading a
1:56:39 > 1:56:42normal retired life, just get a bit tired, "But I am 71 is probably not
1:56:42 > 1:56:45all that surprising." That was the discussion we had earlier on and you
1:56:45 > 1:56:47have been sharing your experiences throughout the morning of prostate
1:56:47 > 1:56:49cancer. Ronald said he felt uncomfortable and went to the
1:56:49 > 1:56:51doctor, he examined by prostate and thought it was OK but took a PSA.
1:56:51 > 1:56:54Thewhich showed a high PSA. The hospital confirmed prostate cancer
1:56:54 > 1:56:56with a biopsy. I was told the options open to me have it removed,
1:56:56 > 1:56:59best decision I ever made. Men should not be embarrassed to see
1:56:59 > 1:57:02their doctor on this matter. I am clear at the moment. And you will
1:57:02 > 1:57:04love this...
1:57:04 > 1:57:06Things didn't quite go to plan when Meghan Markle
1:57:06 > 1:57:08was attending her latest official event as a Royal financee.
1:57:08 > 1:57:11She acted cool under pressure as she laughed off a mix-up
1:57:11 > 1:57:13with the envelopes containing the nominees at the Endeavour Fund
1:57:13 > 1:57:15Awards, which celebrate the achievements of ex-servicemen
1:57:15 > 1:57:22and women.
1:58:21 > 1:58:24Didn't she handle it well?
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