02/02/2018 Victoria Derbyshire

Hello.

It's Friday, it's nine

o'clock, I'm Chloe Tilley.

Welcome to the programme

The number of men dying in Britain

from prostate cancer has overtaken

the number of women killed by breast

cancer for the first time.

It really is time to get behind this

and realise that we need to get

on top of it now because it's just

going to become more

common and kill more men

if we aren't able to do that.

We'll be speaking to two men

who have the disease and also talk

to an expert who will tell us

what symptoms men should

be looking out for.

Theresa May is on her way back from

her trade trip to China. She is

under ever increasing pressure from

her own party to do a much better

job of leading. We will be speaking

to Tory MPs.

I'm not a quitter -

I'm in this because there is a job

to be done and that's delivering

for the British people and

the future prosperity of our country

Choosing civil partnership over

marriage, we speak to a heterosexual

couple fighting for a civil

partnership, the problem is they are

only available to same-sex couples.

This is being debated in the House

Of Commons today. Should the law be

changed to allow it to be available

for everyone?

Hello.

Welcome to the programme,

we're live until 11 this morning.

We'll be talking

about prostate cancer.

The number of men dying from this

has now overtaken the number

of women dying from breast cancer

for the first time in Britain.

We'd like to hear from you.

Are you suffering

from prostate cancer?

Or maybe someone in your family?

Or have you survived it?

Do get in touch on all the stories

we're talking about this morning.

Use the hashtag #VictoriaLive.

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Our top story today.

Theresa May has insisted

she is delivering what the British

people want on Brexit,

despite persistent criticism

of her approach from within

the Conservative Party.

The Prime Minister has ended

a three-day trade visit to China

in which Downing Street

says £9 billion worth

of deals have been signed.

Speaking in Shanghai to the BBC's

political editor Laura Kuenssberg,

Mrs May rejected the idea

that she had to choose

between maintaining close ties

to the EU, or making

a cleaner break.

It is important that we deliver

what people want, which is control

of our money, our

borders and our laws.

It's exactly what we are doing.

What I am showing in China is how

we can ensure that we actually

enhance our trade with the rest

of the world as well.

Why do we want to do that?

It is good for people in Britain,

it's good for jobs in Britain.

Prime Minister, can you stay on?

Because people are asking you again

and again to be clearer

about your priorities.

How long can you stay

on, do you believe?

Well, let's be very clear about this

- I've set out what my vision is.

I have set out and I have said

to people that at every stage

where we can fill in

the detail, we will do so,

and that is exactly...

But how long can you stay on?

The idea that we have to have -

that we are about to complete

the negotiation with

the European Union on our future

relationship is wrong.

We are just at the beginning

of the process of negotiating

with the European Union.

So we will be out there ensuring

that the deal we get delivers

on what the British people want.

That's what this is about.

And I know that what the British

people want as well is good jobs

for themselves and their children,

and that is why it is important

for me to be here in China

where businesses have been signing

deals, selling more UK products,

great UK products, into China,

ensuring there are more jobs

for people in the UK.

Do you want to be the Tory leader

at the next general election?

Well, I have been asked this

on a number of occasions.

I've said very clearly

throughout my political career

I have served my country

and I have served my party.

I am not a quitter.

I am in this because there

is a job to be done here,

and that's delivering the British

people and doing that in a way that

ensures the future

prosperity of our country.

Global Britain, global

Britain is a real vision

for the United Kingdom.

I want the British people to see

a Government that is delivering

for them around the world,

and that is exactly

what we are doing.

Our viewers see day

after day the Tory Party

fighting amongst themselves.

How do you reassert your authority?

I am doing what the British people

want, which is delivering on Brexit

but also getting out around

the world ensuring that we bring

jobs back to Britain.

Companies will be selling more great

British products to China

as a result of this trip.

There will be more people in jobs

in the UK as a result of this trip.

That's global Britain in action.

Prime Minister, thank you very much.

Thank you.

Let's speak to Iain

Watson at Westminster.

Theresa May saying she is not a

quitter, people at Westminster?

They are not necessarily overly

chuffed. The Prime Minister has some

animation to say this is why she

should be carrying on -- ammunition.

She has called it a global Britain.

A confident nation going forward.

She doesn't yet have a confident

party. I have been speaking to MPs,

candidates, business people about

her position on the home front. Some

people are concerned, some MPs want

to set a date for her departure from

Downing Street. She said she wasn't

a quitter. The question she was

asked was whether she would lead the

party into the next general election

and she sidestepped that. Some would

like to see her go sooner, local

councillors think they fared badly

and will fare badly in local

elections in May triggering her

stepping down. Others feel let down

she is blocking rather than

delivering radical change. It is

against that backdrop.

Downing Street would say this is a

Prime Minister delivering, in China,

on trade deals, and will do the same

with the EU. If that happens, then

that feeding frenzy will abate.

Annita is in the BBC

Newsroom with a summary

of the rest of the day's news.

The number of men dying in the UK

from prostate cancer has overtaken

the number of women killed by breast

cancer for the first time.

The charity Prostate Cancer UK says

advances in diagnosis

and treatment of breast cancer have

paid off and similar benefits

could be seen if more money

was allocated to the fight

against prostate cancer.

Here's our health

correspondent Dominic Hughes.

Prostate cancer does

not discriminate.

Last year, keen runner Tony Collier

discovered he had the disease

while training for an ultramarathon.

His diagnosis was late,

and he knows cancer will eventually

take his life, so Tony

is using the time he has left

to warn other men about the dangers.

I think it's really important

that people are aware

of what the symptoms

are and I would actually urge men

to talk to their doctors,

if they have any

urinary issues at all.

My issue is that I didn't

actually have any symptoms

and they think I had the cancer

for ten years beforehand.

More men are living to an age

where they have a greater chance

of developing prostate cancer.

So, in 2015, more than 11,800 men

died of the disease,

compared with just over 11,400

deaths in 2015 due to breast cancer.

And while the proportion

of people dying from

prostate cancer, the mortality rate,

has fallen in the past decade,

down by 6%, the decline in deaths

from breast cancer has been

even greater, at more than 10%.

It is time to get behind this

and to realise that we need to get

on top of it now because it

will just become more common,

and it is actually going to kill

more men, if we are not able

to do that.

Tony has joined those calling

for increased funding for research

and the development of a reliable

prostate screening programme,

so the gains seen in the fight

against breast cancer can be matched

in the fight against

the disease that he knows

will eventually claim his life, too.

The NSPCC has accused the Government

of "dragging its feet" when it comes

to protecting children online.

The charity says ministers have

failed to implement half

of the recommendations made

in a report which was

commissioned a decade ago.

MPs say they are planning

a voluntary code as part

of the Internet Safety Strategy.

Sarah Campbell reports.

This is the online generation.

Over the past decade the internet

and its use has expanded rapidly.

Instagram, Snapchat and WhatsApp

didn't even exist in 2008.

Back then, Professor Tanya Byron

was asked by the then

Prime Minister to look

into children's safety online.

Ten years on, the NSPCC

says less than half

of the recommendations have

been put into place.

A UK Council on Child Internet

Safety was established.

Video games now have

to have an age rating,

but the charity says there's been no

improvement to parental controls

for games consoles and no code

of practice is yet in place

for the online industry.

The Government has really

dragged their feet in implementing

recommendations from what was

a landmark report ten years

ago by Professor Byron

that was supposed to be

a comprehensive package

to keep children safe.

Those measures haven't

been acted on and is

clearly essential that

now

we do see the Government take steps,

in particular introducing a code

of practice and an independent

regulator to make social

networks keep children safe.

The Government says it does intend

to introduce a voluntary code

of practice for social media

networks and it says

changes to the law will also be

considered to compel companies

to reduce the risks their

science pose to children.

Health leaders have written

to the Justice Secretary urging him

to reform the pay-out system

for negligence claims

against the NHS.

They say the NHS would have

to pay up to 365 billion

if all current claims

were successful.

The Government says it is looking

at measures to control

costs in such cases.

A shooting by a 12-year-old girl

at a Californian school is thought

to be unintentional,

according to police in Los Angeles.

The girl has been

charged with "negligent

discharge of a firearm"

after the incident

left five injured.

A 15-year-old boy who was shot

in the head, and a 15-year-old girl

who was shot in the wrist,

are both in a stable

condition and are expected

to make a full recovery.

Police investigating

the death of Hollywood star

Natalie Wood 37 years ago

say her husband Robert Wagner

is now being treated

as a "person of interest".

The actress was found dead

after going missing from a yacht off

the coast of California.

Our Los Angeles correspondent

James Cook reports.

Natalie Wood was a Hollywood

superstar with three Oscar

nominations when she died suddenly

in 1981 at the age of just 43.

Her body was found floating

in the water off the coast

of California near the yacht

on which she was sailing

with her husband Robert Wagner,

co-star Christopher Walken

and the boat's captain.

Initially, the death was ruled

an accident, but the inquiry

was reopened in 2011.

Police now say that two

new witnesses have corroborated

accounts of a fight

between Mr Wagner and Ms Wood

on the night she disappeared.

Detectives say it appears

she was the victim of an assault

and they believe her husband

was the last person

to see her alive.

Police say Robert Wagner has

refused to speak to them

since the case was reopened.

They've not declared the death

a murder and no charges have been

filed against the actor.

He is now 87-years-old

and has not commented

on the latest developments.

All 955 workers from a gold mine

in South Africa have been safely

brought back to the surface.

They had been trapped underground

since Wednesday night

when a thunderstorm brought down

power lines, cutting electricity

to the mine's lift systems.

South Africa is a leading gold

producer, but safety in the industry

is often questioned.

That's a summary of

the latest BBC News.

More at 9.30.

Do get in touch with us

throughout the morning.

Do you think straight couples should

be allowed to have a civil

partnership?

We will be talking to a

couple who want a civil partnership,

they have been together 26 years.

But they can't do it.

Use the hashtag #VictoriaLive.

Let's get some sport with Hugh.

And we start with the Women's Super

League, and it's not great news

for the new England head coach?

Yes, it was a big big game in the

Women's Super League last night -

Chelsea missed the chance to go

to the top of the table,

but they did end leaders'

Manchester City's 100% start

to the season.

The match ended in a

goalless draw so not much

action for new boss Phil Neville

to mull over, but he will be

concerned to see his goalkeeper,

City's Karen Bardsley hurt

after a heavy fall.

Bardsley was sent to hospital

for X-rays on her left shoulder

after the incident which came just

two minutes into the game.

She has gone off to hospital to be

checked, she has a little bit of

pain in her arm and shoulders but

she is talking and she seems OK and

in good spirits. We will trust the

medical team to carry on from there.

It meant just a week

after 18-year-old Ellie Roebuck

signed a professional contract,

she got her chance in goal

and pulled off some great saves,

keeping a clean sheet.

These were the pictures she tweeted

upon signing that contract.

Neville also saw City and England

captain Steph Houghton limp off

with what looked to be an Achilles

injury so not the best

preparation for Phil Neville -

his first match is a tough one

against France in a month.

And last night we had the start

of rugby league's Super League -

and an early exit for the Warrington

captain, but he wasn't sent off.

Yes, and it's a great time of year -

I'll be watching our local side

here Salford take on Wigan tonight,

but things kicked off

with Grand Final winners

Leeds Rhinos, who made the trip

to Warrington Wolves.

The excitement was clearly

too much for some.

Warrington captain Chris Hill,

on the left here,

had to leave the game early

after his wife went into labour -

congratulations to them on the birth

of their little girl.

Unfortunately Hill was absent

as England winger Ryan Hall provided

the highlight with two tries

on the night, helping Leeds

Warrington captain Chris Hill,

on the left here,

to a 16-12 win on the night.

Elsewhere Hull FC began

their campaign with a six-try

win over Huddersfield.

And there is some more live

sport to come today,

as Great Britain's men begin

their Davis Cup campaign with a tie

against Spain in Marbella.

They'll be without the British

Number two Kyle Edmund,

who misses out after picking up

a hip injury in the semi-final

at the Australian Open.

Andy Murray is a long

term injury casualty,

and with Dan Evans suspended it

means Liam Broady and Cameron Norrie

will be flying the flag.

Broady will take on Albert

Ramos-Vinolas, who's

ranked 144 places higher.

There's no pressure on ulcer, and

I'm just going to focus solely on

myself and see of Albert can handle

what I have to offer -- no pressure

on us, and I'm just going to focus.

He will have to play has a game

because I'm not going anywhere.

A

great opportunity to play in Spain

away on the clay. I couldn't be more

thankful for the opportunity and

just pumped to show the world what I

can do.

A big day to come for both

of those men.

You can follow the action on the BBC

Red button from 9:45,

or from 1pm on BBC Two.

Back to you, Chloe. Thanks, Hugh. We

will carry on speaking to you

throughout the morning.

For the first time, the number

of men dying from prostate cancer

has overtaken the number of women

dying from breast cancer.

That makes prostate cancer the third

biggest cancer killer in the UK

behind lung cancer and bowel cancer.

Figures released by Prostate Cancer

UK reveal that just over 11,800

men die from prostate cancer

every year in the UK

and the charity is calling for it

to get the same attention

and resources as breast cancer.

Lets talk now to Kevin Webber

who was diagnosed with terminal

prostate cancer in 2014,

Phil Kissi who was diagnosed in 2006

and has now recovered,

Catherine Stewart

who lost her husband to prostate

cancer in 2011, and Caroline Moore

a consultant urologist from UCL.

Thank you all for coming in to speak

to us this morning. Kevin, I want to

speak to you first of all, because

with prostate cancer there is often

no symptoms are very few symptoms.

Did you have any?

Yes, I had to get

up in the night for wee, and that is

what you call a prostate wee, when

you go to the toilet bursting for

the loo, and then it only lasts

about four seconds, so it is your

prostate telling you something is

wrong.

Where you much aware of it?

Even though my father had it my

doctor never told my father to tell

me that increased my risk, so I

wasn't aware.

So you have this

crushing diagnosis, four years ago?

Three years ago.

Three years ago.

What does that go you?

I don't think

anything prepares you to be told you

will only lead to for two more

years, which is what I was told. My

wife and I both just burst into

tears, the normal reaction, I would

think, but then when I started

chemotherapy a couple of years later

I realised I had a choice, to either

give up on everything ought to live

my life still.

my life still. I went out for a run.

My wife said I can't, but I did, and

since then I haven't stopped.

We

will talk about some of your ultra

marathons which are pretty

incredible, but at this point I want

to bring in Phil. Did you have any

symptoms, back in 2006?

Not at all.

It was back in October 2005 I saw a

programme about prostate cancer, and

I thought, what is prostate? I had

never heard what a prostate was

before, until then. After the

programme the key message I got from

that was about going to your doctor

and getting tested, so I

straightaway went to my doctor, got

tested, and my doctor then referred

me to the hospital. I had a biopsy

and I found I had aggressive cancer,

so the clock was ticking

straightaway, and I wanted to live,

I didn't want to die. At that time,

as you said earlier on, I didn't

want to be one of those statistics,

from the 11,000 dying, one every 45

minutes. I didn't want to, I had

lots to do in my life. I then went

through the operation and it was

very challenging, I had to ensure

that everybody in my family,

friends, loved ones, knew what I was

going through. And also, not to be

scared. It was quite important not

to be scared or be shy to talk about

it. So once I had that operation and

I went through the recovery, people

knew what I was going through, and

also getting my regular checkup

until I was signed off, and as you

see today I am here.

Well, Caroline,

I want to bring you in, because two

dies here talking about, yes,

symptoms, sometimes yes, sometimes

no -- two guys here. But that

message, it sometimes isn't getting

through. Why is that?

I think that

one of the difficulties is not

everybody has symptoms. As we heard

from Phil, some men just get their

blood tested and find out. I think

we need more of a message that men

who are at high risk, so black men

and men with a family history of

prostate cancer, they should get

tested early. The other difficulty

is that the tests we used to use

ten, 15 years ago, they are not as

accurate as the tests we have today,

so it is good news we have more

accurate tests including MRI that

people can come forward and get.

For

you, Catherine, to lose your

husband, were you aware of prostate

cancer? Was your husband aware

before his diagnosis?

Very vaguely,

and exactly the same as this

gentleman here, he used to get up in

the night. We had an ensuite

bathroom so I hardly walk up when he

used to do that. We used to stay in

a big old cranky house with the

toilet two flight up and December

with Snow outside, and I suddenly

realised he was getting up in the

night with freezing cold feet, and I

marched into the doctor the next day

and our GP was very good -- we

didn't live in an ensuite -- with an

ensuite bathroom. The warning bells

went off in my head and it was

picked up very quickly, it was quite

aggressive, and it was downhill from

there, but a bit like you. We had a

very positive outlook on it and we

just got on with living life in the

fast lane, I think.

And important

for you now to get the message out

there for men, because I guess one

of the problems, and maybe I am

being unfair, and you can correctly,

but blogs are not too good at

talking about things, well, anything

vaguely implement or about emotion

or feeling are worried?

I think you

are dead right. It is the natural

image, it is about -- it is the

macho image, oh, that is not the

sort of thing I talk about, but I

think is the public get to know more

of the information on prostate

cancer, they know if you go to your

doctor and get tested early, you

could be one of those people that

are saved today and I think that is

the message we have to get out

there. Early testing, and we need

more research. And talking about

more research, we are doing a

campaign in March, and it is

Glasgow, Nottingham, Bristol,

London, Manchester. And we want

people to sign up to this.

people to sign up to this. It is 2K,

4K, 10K, and it is so important we

get funds to do more research around

the prostate Cancer agenda and

programmes like this give us

platform to speak to the general

viewers.

Kevin, what do you make of

this?

Yes, quite right. I am one of

the people quite happy talking about

things, as my friends know, so I am

absolutely honest about it and there

are no questions that are bad

Christians. A great story for me, a

client of mine at work who I

actually talked to quite a lot went

a bit quiet on me, and I thought

maybe it was a surprise for them

when I had prostate cancer, and he

later phoned me up and said he had

read one of my blogs, he had

symptoms, went to the doctor, had

prostate cancer, and because he went

early to the doctor he was cured and

he felt he couldn't phone me up

because I was going to die and he

felt embarrassed about that, but I

said, to make me feel I have done

something good, it is an amazing

feeling, and I hope Edessa Mackie

talks now to a lot of men, and

joining the fight for Prostate

Cancer UK, signing up to marches and

doing things, it is a massive

difference -- I hope that man talks

to a lot of people now. People see

it as a man's disease, but ask my

wife and kids that? They have to see

me go downhill, far worse for them.

That is why as a female I think

important for us to bang the drum,

and because we are more able to talk

about these things. The number of

men at dinner parties, who I have

sat next to, you know, I don't get

invited any more!

LAUGHTER

But it is what we have to do.

We

have been sent so many messages,

people getting in touch with us

about this. An e-mail from Sharon.

My father was diagnosed with

prostate cancer in 2007 and the

living years on he is still under

what the NHS called watchful

waiting, so his cancer is still

within the prostate and requires no

intervention. My issue with this is

dad's cancer has changed during this

time, that his reviews are cancelled

or postponed. A worry that an ever

straining NHS means he will fall

through the net and it will be too

late for. This is presumably your

worry as much as it is the people

affected by the disease hit

personally? It is about funding as

much as about awareness?

That's

right because once a man comes

forward for testing, we want to make

sure he is able to get the most

effective tests, wherever he is in

the country. And that is not

differing by hospital or by which

consultant you see, but that we have

national standards for doing the

best tests.

I just want to read a

couple more messages before we talk

about your ultra marathons which are

quite incredible. Text. I was

diagnosed with prostate cancer in

March 2016, had no symptoms as such.

It was caught early enough and I had

keyhole surgery and code myself very

lucky, also due to the diligence of

my doctor and I will be ever

grateful. Roger e-mailed to say he

was diagnosed with prostate cancer

back in 2013, aggressive and

invasive. The count was 1741,

astronomically high. Didn't have any

classic symptoms, wasn't frequently

going to the loo, I am taking

medication and my numbers are

controlled. Leading a normal life at

the moment, get a bit tired but I am

71 so not all that surprising. Good

to hear Roger is coping. One way

you're coping with your diagnosis of

terminal cancer is to do some

incredible ultra marathons.

I always

ran a bit but not that much and I

entered the Brighton Marathon before

I was diagnosed, and when I started

chemotherapy I asked if I could

actually run a

actually run a marathon, my

oncologist, and he said no but I did

it anyway, run the London Marathon

two weeks later on chemotherapy,

then I set myself...

How did you do

that, seriously? I know people who

have been on chemotherapy and it is

just utterly training, physically

and mentally.

It is a bit but

because I had something to look

forward to, reason to get out of bed

every day, to go and train, and the

buzz of the marathon is fantastic,

if you're healthy. If you are ill it

is even better. When I crossed the

finish line I got a better buzz than

anyone will add London this year,

because I never thought it was

possible,

to do something you didn't think was

possible yourself is amazing. So the

following year I thought I can't ask

people to sponsor me again running

just a marathon again, so I ran one

across the Sahara, 250 colour

matters, carrying everything on your

back for a week. At that, loved it,

did that again the next year, did a

few more races, 15 marathons in 15

days, and ultramarathon in Iceland,

and in four weeks' time I am off to

the Arctic for the Arctic Ultra, 350

miles nonstop across the Arctic

cooling a sledge. I have reached

temperatures of -- tempters of about

-40, had a cold, then two weeks

later back to the day has owed for

the Sahara again, but it keeps me

alive, keeps me buzzing, makes

people aware, gives a profile,

people sponsor me, so all those

things are so important and I don't

expect everyone to run ultra

marathons like I can, but just sign

up for these marchers, walking the

2K, it makes a massive difference.

Incredible story. Blown away -- sign

up for these marches. Thank you all.

Still to come, Theresa May back from

her three-day trip to China but what

of which are back home? She is under

pressure from her own party to do a

better job of leading. We will be

speaking to Tory MPs. Former

gymnastics coach of the US Larry

Nassar is thought to have

Nassar is thought to have abused

more than 265 victims. He's already

been sentenced to 165 years in jail.

We'll hear from one of the lawyers

of the victims before ten o'clock.

Time for the latest news with

Annita.

It is important that we deliver

what people want, which is control

of our money, our

borders and our laws.

It's exactly what we are doing.

What I am showing in China is how

we can ensure that we actually

enhance our trade with the rest

of the world as well.

Why do we want to do that?

It is good for people in Britain,

it's good for jobs in Britain.

There have been violent clashes

between migrants in Calais. Four

Eritreans migrants are in critical

condition after being shot in

clashes with Afghan asylum seekers.

Health leaders have written to the

-- Health leaders have written

to the Justice Secretary urging him

Secretary urging him

to reform the pay-out system

for negligence claims

against the NHS.

They say the NHS would have

to pay up to 365 billion

if all current claims

were successful.

The Government says it is looking

at measures to control

costs in such cases.

The NSPCC has accused the Government

of "dragging its feet" when it comes

to protecting children online.

The charity says ministers have

failed to implement half

of the recommendations made

in a report which was

commissioned a decade ago.

MPs say they are planning

a voluntary code as part

of the Internet Safety Strategy.

loads of you getting in contact

regarding our story about prostate

cancer. We have had a tweet from Tom

who is 26, he says the biggest

embarrassment is getting checked.

Jeff says by e-mail, if GPs do not

perform the appropriate tests or

refer you, then the system fails. I

have had symptoms other two years

before by GP preferred me. GPs are

discouraged from referring to

hospital.

Tim says men ignore symptoms. There

is an assumption seemed a GP will

result in misdiagnosis or wasting

time.

Here's some sport now with Hugh.

Eddie Jones has named his team to

face Italy in their opening Six

Nations match in Rome on Sunday.

Their centre has been preferred to

Jonathan Joseph.

Jonathan Joseph. Alex Hepburn should

make his debut from the bench.

Karen Bardsley was taken off after

just two minutes in the women's

Super League. She has had x-rays on

her left shoulder.

And in the Super League, Ryan Hall

seen here scoring twice. And Lee

Brody goes into the opening day of

the Davis Cup tie in Marbella,

shortly.

Theresa May is on her way back

from China after a three-day visit.

But it's been a tricky week.

As the Prime Minister tries to keep

the different factions

in her party onside over Brexit,

she's also come under pressure

from some of her own MPs to do more

at home and regain control

of the political agenda.

So how can she do that?

And how long can the irreconcilable

differences over what

the Conservatives want post-Brexit

Britain to look like continue?

In a moment we'll speak to two

of the party's MPs but first

let's take a look back

at the Prime Minister's week.

You can't put the date on how long

has she got.

She is the Prime

Minister.

Sorry to interrupt. By using the

phrase, the window is closing, you

are thinking about a time frame.

You can feel in politics when people

are extremely popular like they were

going into the election, you can

feel when that starts to wane. It is

not about saying Theresa May has a

certain amount of time. A change in

leadership is absolutely not what is

required going through Brexit the

negotiations.

What concerns me is a hard-core of

Brexiteer MPs who appeared to refuse

to offer any support unless she

delivers Brexit as they interpret

it. They are doing their utmost to

undermine our Chancellor, to force

him out and resign, that is not

acceptable. I hope Theresa May will

come out firmly behind Philip

Hammond, point out they are worried

great team at the top of the

Conservative Party, and make it

clear she leads the party and will

set the direction of travel and not

be bullied.

I tend to disagree with the

Chancellor on many things but on

this issue he seems to be

disagreeing with Government policy,

the Conservative Party manifesto.

This is a real trouble for the

Government. The history of chances

being in opposition to prime

ministers is not a good one or

encouraging.

The Prime Minister is carried out a

very complex and difficult

negotiation, she needs the support

of all of her party, the support of

everybody in Britain as she goes

about this task. It is in our

interests we get the best possible

deal with the EU and that is what

the Prime Minister is determined to

deliver.

I don't think anyone should be

sacked people should be able to have

opinions and voice them, that is all

that is happening.

The Conservative Party which I have

worked very hard over my lifetime to

put that in a position to be

Government, must offer to the

country a big plan for the future,

big ideas, big vision, whether it is

transforming schools in the north of

England, a plan to engage with the

rest of the world, or a form of

Brexit which is not as economic

league damaging as some forms

proposed.

Let's talk about that

with Sir Bill Cash,

a leading supporter

of Brexit for many years.

Katy Balls

who's a political correspondent

at the Spectator magazine.

And with us from his

Essex constituency is

Conservative MP Rob Halfon.

I have like to find your assessment

of the Prime Minister's week, she

has been in China for trade talks,

with ceremony people discussing

whether she should stay or go.

I would describe the promised a bit

like Zebedee from the Magic

roundabout. She is resilient. I do

not support people who say she had

to go, it is right we support a

sitting Prime Minister. We need to

be much more radical in our policy

making and focus on five big

challenges, skills, housing, the NHS

the cost of living, social

injustice, things the Prime Minister

inspired many when she stood on the

steps of Downing Street. Her policy

making can be taught is like and she

needs to be more like a lion, be

radical, clear with the message our

party is a ladder of opportunity,

offering hope to people to climb

that ladder for jobs, security and

prosperity.

Bill, how would you assess her week?

Robert is right in looking at the

question of housing, the health

service and so on. But you need the

money to pay for it. It is my belief

that actually the Brexit process

will lead us as we have seen from

China, with the £9 billion trade

deal, into a situation where we can

generate income to pay for the

public services. A very positive

vision. The EU doesn't work. Massive

youth and implement, up to 50% in

some EU countries. The position is

Brexit is about regaining our

sovereignty, our borders, and also

having a massive opportunity. The EU

doesn't work for us all for them.

Going outside into the rest of the

world, global trading, is the

future.

Isn't this the problem? You have the

two sides of the Conservative Party

with their own agenda wanted to be

made happy by Theresa May.

She can't win. I don't think there

is any clear option, she will upset

one part of the party. It is worse,

the Brexit side who want specific

things, the Remain side pushing for

a Customs Union. And last week there

is anger at the lack of domestic

agenda, like Nick

agenda, like Nick Boles,...

Went Theresa May stood in Downing

Street talking about opportunity,

helping people who need a leg up in

society, that has been brushed

aside, it is Brexit will stop no, it

isn't.

Other things are going on. In terms

of the health service, more money

has been put in. What I am arguing

for is to get the Brexit issue, the

biggest issue facing this country

for generations, we were in the EU,

we thought it would work, some voted

yes in 1975. We concluded it didn't

work. The British people were given

the chance to govern themselves.

That is the big picture. We had to

push it through, we have the

Withdrawal Bill, the bottom line is

the House Of Lords looks like it

won't oppose it. So, get on with it

but also have a very positive

vision.

The opportunities are huge.

Talking

about positive vision, should the

Prime Minister be saying, I will be

talking about the NHS, housing,

things people can relate to. Banging

on about Brexit, many people are

frustrated and bored.

Brexit is important but my huge

concern is we are not talking about

these other issues. We should be

thinking of radical solutions on

housing, using the extra monies

raised from cutting corporation tax

to redistribute to build social

housing and affordable housing for

those in overcrowded accommodation.

We have the march of the robots,

jobs will be taken over by

artificial intelligence, we need to

rocket boost skills and spend money

on that, and reform technical

education and universities. We need

a new NHS tax, a conversation about

how much should be spent on the NHS

above the real terms increase. We

have deep social injustices, so many

who take free school meals who don't

get good GCSEs, children excluded.

The Prime Minister made it her

mission when she got to Downing

Street, of course Brexit will always

be there, but it is like Groundhog

Day. I thought that was a fairy

tale. Now every day on the radio,

Groundhog Day is true, hearing about

Brexit. I say to the Prime

Minister...

Hang on a minute. Basically, all the

objectives you set out are right,

Robert. The problem is, you want to

have your own laws to make the

changes needed. You need the money.

I am not disagreeing. I am saying

you have to get the priorities

right. This is the greatest issue of

our generation, about who governs

us.

The EU has never worked for us.

You have made that point. There is

another problem. There is no

majority for the Conservatives, they

are working in a hung parliament.

That restrained what they can do for

domestic policy. With the snap

election manifesto, some ideas

weren't popular, they had to be the

end. The core of Government plans

has been stripped out. Brexit is the

most obvious thing to replace it.

All this talk about...

Hang on. About finding a

Hang on. About finding a new leader,

the issue is I don't think that the

main things won't change. Even with

a more charismatic leader, the issue

is there is no majority.

It is true we don't have a big

majority, that is a constraint. If

the prime Minster had said these are

the five things I want to change for

our country, I will do everything I

said when I got into Downing Street,

even if we lose votes in parliament,

it doesn't matter because the public

would see us doing the right thing.

Let us make the argument, stand up

for all the things we believe in,

skills, housing, NHS, cost of

living, social justice, and go out

there.

I would say one thing, the last

thing the country needs is Jeremy

Corbyn and his Government. That is

another factor we haven't mentioned.

In this context with Brexit and

these options, it is important we

focus on the kind of things Robert

is mentioning but also with a

slender majority, it is true, the

fact is we have to stick together in

order to be able to deliver it.

But it is not working. We have seen,

three sides of the party is arguing.

Argument is one thing, votes is

another.

Almost every week we seem to be

having conversations about whether

Theresa May can survive. That can

only go for a period because it is

distracting.

The sorry thing is it can go on for

a long time.

Rob has won Groundhog Day, this is

the second. The alternatives is

undesirable. It is the lack of

discipline, people calling for

Philip Hammond to be sacked. It

seems to be Theresa May doesn't have

control of her Cabinet.

I understand in the context of the

Westminster bubble that is the case

but when it comes to votes we have

been winning all the time,

consistently. That demonstrates the

fact when push comes to shove, we

are having arguments, it would be

surprising in this context if there

weren't differences. But I think a

grown-up approach is to concentrate

on getting things sorted out. My

European scrutiny committee is

looking at the transition period.

Let us have a grown-up discussion.

It involves a lot of differences.

Thank you.

A 12-year-old girl is in custody

after a shooting at a school

in Los Angeles injuring five people.

It's thought that the girl fired

the gun accidentally.

We'll have an update

from a reporter in LA before 10.

A boy was shot in the head and is

described as critical but stable.

Brenda Gazza from the Los Angeles

News has been following the story.

We know a 12-year-old girl was

arrested on Thursday and she was

booked for negligent discharge of a

firearm. After two students were

shot at this middle school in

central Los Angeles. All students

who were wounded by gunfire, won a

15-year-old boy shot in the temple.

He, miraculously, is going to be OK,

they believe, and another girl who

was shot in the wrist. A classroom

at this middle school called

Salvador Castro Middle School. Both

were taken to hospital and is

thought they will -- both are going

to survive and they will be fine,

which is great news, and we know

that the girls take into account a

juvenile facility, booked on

suspicion of negligently discharging

a firearm, meaning they don't

believe it was intentional, and she

is expected to be charged soon.

Three other people were injured with

minor injuries, they were not shot,

including two children, and we are

waiting for details about how this

12-year-old girl was able to get

this garden, how she got it, how she

was able to bring an on-campus.

That was going to be

my next question.

Is it clear whether it was the girl

who brought the gun into the school

or whether the gun was somebody

else's in the school?

At this time, we do not know

where she got the gun.

It's a great question,

how she got the gun.

It isn't clear at this point.

We are still waiting to hear

from authorities exactly

where she got it and how she brought

it on campus.

I was reading a little bit earlier

on, there were some reports

suggesting from a student

who was in the classroom

at the time, that the girl had

thought the weapon was a toy gun.

If that something that

you've also heard?

I saw that same television report

of a little boy being interviewed,

saying that they all thought

it was a toy gun.

Authorities have not commented

on that yet, at least to us,

so at this stage we do not know.

But the fact that she was booked

for negligent discharge of a firearm

could mean anything,

so we are waiting to hear.

It's very possible that she did

think it was a toy gun

but we don't know that for sure.

We only had one child at this point

on television saying that.

And the details of the gun.

This was a handgun, was it?

That's right.

It was some kind of firearm.

I'm sorry, I don't have the details

on exactly what kind of gun it was.

Just remind people here in the UK -

to hear that a 12-year-old girl has

by accident shot people in a school

is so shocking for us,

but we of course know

that the number of shootings that

sadly happen at schools in the US,

this is sadly a problem

that is lived with in your country

day in, day out.

Yes, unfortunately, it seems

we are hearing these

incidents more and more.

In fact, this was reported to be

the 14th school shooting so far

this year in the US,

which seems very shocking

since we have only had

a month of the year so far.

Because of course it is not just

schools we are talking about,

we are talking about university

and college campuses.

This seems like a widespread

problem, isn't it, in the US?

It does seem that way.

Every time there is a mass shooting,

whether it's at a school,

campus or in a mall,

it does renew the gun debate,

so I'm expecting that

will happen again.

And whether any significant gun

control legislation will be

introduced remains to be seen.

That was Brenda Gazzar speaking to

me a little earlier on from LA.

Larry Nassar - the former gymnastics

coach who has been exposed

as a prolific paedophile.

His victims have said

they're "overwhelmed

by the truth of his abuse."

Nassar gave medical treatment

to hundreds of girls and abused

and manipulated them.

There are now more than 265 victims.

Questions remain over whether the

gymnastic world allowed into

continuing that allowed him to

continue abusing.

Questions remain whether

the gymnastics world

allowed him to continue abusing

and whether his victims

were not believed.

Many are now suing Nassar and

the other institutions they accuse

of ignoring early allegations.

I would like to say something

to my abuser, Larry Nassar.

You took advantage of my

innocence and trust.

You were my doctor.

Why?

I ask myself that question

all the time, especially while I'm

lying in bed crying myself to sleep.

What you did to me was twisted.

You manipulated me

and my entire family.

How dare you?

No one should ever do

that and if they do,

you should tell someone.

Well, Larry, I'm here, not to tell

someone but to tell everyone.

He's going to jail for

the rest of his life.

We on the other hand

are going to move forward.

We are going to live our best lives

because we are fighters

and we are strong.

Well, Rajini Vaidyanathan has been

following the trial for us.

She explained why Larry Nassar

was back in court again.

Yes, well, basically this

is the second sentencing hearing,

because he pled guilty to seven

counts in one county and then

three counts in another.

That's why there are two different

sentencing hearings,

but the total number of women

who now say that they were sexually

abused by Larry Nassar

is a staggering 265,

I think, so it has certainly gone up

since the first sentencing hearing

I was at in Lansing, Michigan,

just over a week ago,

where there were just over 150

women who came forward

sharing their story.

So it really is staggering,

and of course they believe that that

number could be far far higher.

Rajini, I know you have followed

this case so closely.

You sat through so many of those

incredibly brave and powerful

testimonies by those women,

who were just children

at the time of the abuse.

For people who haven't followed

it as closely as you,

give us a sense of some of those

stories and the bravery

of those women.

Well, I think what was really

outstanding being in the court

is at the beginning

of this sentencing hearing...

So Larry Nassar had already pled

guilty to seven counts in that

particular case of child -

criminal sexual conduct,

should say - and so as part

of the sentencing hearing,

at the beginning about 90 women said

that they were going to deliver

testimony sharing their stories

as part of that sentencing process,

but by the end of it

156 women came forward.

Day by day in the court room

more women said, "No,

I want to with my anonymity,

I want to share my story."

But what is so unusual

about all of this is it is very rare

to see survivors of sexual abuse

with their anonymity, first of all,

and second of all stand in court,

and then stand in court only a few

meters away from the

man who abused them.

Let's talk now to Casey Copp -

he is a student

at Michigan State University and has

been leading protests

against the staff there about how

the survivors have been treated.

We were also top to wreck who has

been following the case for Michigan

public radio -- we will also

public radio -- we will also speak

to Rick Pluter, who has been

following the case for Michigan

public radio.

First of all, Casey, say something

about the gravity that has her --

the gravity of what has happened.

Yes, a lot of these people at the

university were highly respected and

a lot of people trusted them, and

with each detail that comes out it

seems to be that everyone was acting

very inappropriately, and it is very

unfortunate because we have all kind

of just been devastated with each

day of these trials, something new

comes out each day, and different

media outlets find different scary

details, and it has just been very

tense around here because each day

we wake up expecting something you

bad to come out about our

university, and the administration

has handled this whole case frankly

very badly, so we as students have

felt that we needed to rise up in

whatever way we can assure the

community that we stand with sexual

assault survivors and we will not

tolerate our university

administration the

administration the case so poorly.

Rick, I want to bring UN. It is

worth pointing out our viewers in

the UK that Larry Nassar was a

former University of Michigan

physician and that is why it has

affected the university so much. Is

there a sense of your reporting in

the story that many people were

turning a blind eye, or they simply

didn't know that it was going on?

Yes, the issue here, and there are

multiple investigations, and we have

a state Attorney General

investigation, we are expecting

congressional hearings, there are

lots of other inquiries going on,

and the issue here isn't so much

that people seemed to know, but that

people didn't ask questions after

athletes who were patients of Larry

Nassar complained that they had been

molested, that they had been

assaulted, and like you said turned

a blind eye.

Do you think that this

is a game changer in sport now? That

athletes will not only be protected

more, but also believed, because

that was a big thing, wasn't it?

These girls, these young women, they

were not believed.

An unanswerable

question at this moment, but a

critical one because that is what a

lot of people are wondering, and not

just at Michigan State University

but a lot of big universities and

colleges, they are wondering whether

or not this is going to be a change

in sports culture where, you know,

that high-ranking university

officials have to be aware of what

is happening because the issue here

isn't whether or not people knew

what was going on so much as whether

or not they actually followed up

when students, when patients

complained.

Is that your view as

well, Casey?

Yes, because it has

been proven that the university

president knew about potential

problems with Doctor Nassar two

years before he was eventually

dismissed, and when those details

come out that is when we, as

students, have been demonstrating

our very just anger at our

administration's lack of doing

anything regarding Doctor Nassar.

But I think it is an important

distinction that the president who

has since resigned was not aware

specifically about Doctor Nassar -

she was that one of MSU's doctors

was being investigated, and what we

don't know is why she didn't know

specifically witch doctor, and why

she wasn't informed, at least

according to what we have been told

so far -- with which Doctor.

I

appreciate you both taking the time

to speak to us, thank you.

Let's get the latest weather

update - with Simon King

- called with the possibility of

- called with the possibility of

snow? Yes, as you will see in just a

moment there is an increasing threat

of some snow -- cold with the

possibility of some snow. Some

lovely sunrise pictures from our

weather watchers and blue sky

moments in Staffordshire, Abbot of

cloud here and there, but on the

hall for most of us this morning it

has been dry and also fairly bright.

We do have a few showers around and

those are affecting eastern and

western coasts but elsewhere they

are few and far between.

Lincolnshire, perhaps at times in

East Anglia, the south-east, a few

showers down here, and also

Cornwall. Unlike yesterday where we

had quite a few wintry showers into

Scotland, a much nicer afternoon in

terms of more sunshine, drier

weather, lighter winds. More in the

way of cloud moving into Northern

Ireland, making the sunshine here

later on. We will see a bit more in

the way of cloud across eastern

areas as well. Really for most of us

lighter winds and temperatures about

four, five, six Celsius, and it

might feel that little bit more

pleasant out and about. Through this

evening and into the night, it will

turn quite cold quite quickly with a

bit of frost developing. Out towards

the west that band of rain will

gradually push eastward. And as it

does so it will start to turn to a

bit of sleet and snow over the

higher ground of Scotland and

northern England and we will have

quite a complicated mixture of rain,

sleet and snow during Saturday and a

lot of snow over higher ground even

down to low levels for a time you

can see wet snow, some sleet, and

staying quite cloudy and wetter

times, and it will feel cold

throughout. Drier weather on

Saturday across eastern areas.

Through into Sunday, the weather

front bringing that wet weather

doesn't really move very far. It

will stick around. It will weaken

because it will be drier but we will

have an easterly wind developing

across south-eastern parts and that

will bring in a few showers towards

the far south-east of England,

nothing too much at this stage but

for most of us Sunday is a dry day,

brighter day towards northern and

western parts but it will feel cold

once again. I mentioned that

easterly wind and that will still be

with us through the early part of

next week, then we have cold air

coming in from the West as well. As

you can see into Mandy and next

week, it will be cold, in fact

colder than it is at the moment with

that increasing risk of some snow

and of course some overnight frost

as well, so winter certainly isn't

over yet. Bye-bye.

Good morning.

It's ten o'clock.

Here's Annita in the BBC Newsroom

with a summary of today's news.

Immunotherapy is seen as one of the

most promising cancer treatments. We

hear from one patient who says it

saved her life.

Theresa May is on her way back

from her three-day trade trip

to China but what awaits

her back home?

She's under ever-increasing pressure

from her own party to do a much

better job of leading -

we'll be speaking to Tory MPs.

I'm not a quitter -

I'm in this because there is a job

to be done and that's delivering

for the British people and

the future prosperity of our countr

And we'll hear from the heterosexual

couple fighting for

a civil partnership.

They say it's not fair that's only

available to same sex couples.

The issue is being debated

in the House of Commons today -

so should the law be changed to make

it available for everyone?

In this day and age the state

is having a comment on how people

arrange their private sexual lives

which we don't think is right.

In many other groups where other

civil rights types of cases came

on programmes like this and said

we want to live the lives we want,

the question wouldn't be why do

you want to do that, it would be how

can we help you achieve that?

Here's Annita in the BBC Newsroom

with a summary of today's news.

Theresa May has attempted to brush

off criticism of her leadership

and approach to the Brexit

negotiations, insisting

she will secure a deal

with the EU that "delivers

what the British people want."

She was speaking at the end

of a trip to China,

during which questions

about her future as Prime

Minister have persisted.

I have said very clearly I have

served my country and my party.

There is a job to deliver for the

British people and do that in a way

which ensures the future prosperity

of our country. Global Britain is a

real vision for the UK. People want

a given -- want a Government

delivering around the world.

Our viewers see the Tory Party

fighting amongst itself, how do you

reassert your authority?

I am doing what the British people

want, delivering on Brexit. And

ensuring we bring jobs back to

Britain. Companies will be selling

more Jewish products as a result of

this trip, more people will be in

jobs. That is global Britain in

action.

Two army helicopters have

crashed in southern France,

killing at least five people.

Emergency services are still

at the scene of the accident -

which happened in the Var region

around 30 miles north-west

of St Tropez.

Both helicopters belonged

to a military flying school,

which trains pilots for the army

and other military services.

Investigators say it's not clear

what caused the crash.

A man who carried out a far right

terror attack driving a van into a

crowd of Muslim worshippers outside

a mosque in north London is due to

be sentenced today. Darren Osborne,

from Cardiff, ran down people

outside the Finsbury Park mosque. He

was convicted of murder and

attempted murder yesterday at

Woolwich Crown Court.

The number of men dying in the UK

from prostate cancer has overtaken

the number of women killed by breast

cancer for the first time.

The charity Prostate

Cancer UK says advances

in diagnosis and treatment of breast

cancer have paid off

and similar benefits could be seen

if more money was allocated

to the fight against

prostate cancer.

Health leaders have written

to the Justice Secretary urging him

to reform the pay-out system

for negligence claims

against the NHS.

They say the NHS would have

to pay up to £65 billion

if all current claims

were successful.

The Government says it is looking

at measures to control

costs in such cases.

The Government is facing criticism

for failing to implement adequate

safeguards for children online.

In 2008, the Byron Review,

commissioned by Gordon Brown,

put forward 38 recommendations

on internet safety.

The NSPCC says fewer than half

have been implemented.

Ministers say they are planning

a voluntary code as part

of their forthcoming

Internet Safety Strategy

Police investigating the death of

Hollywood star Natalie Wood 37 years

ago say her husband Robert Wagner is

being treated as a person of

interest. The actress was found dead

after going missing on a yacht off

the coast of California.

All 955 workers from a gold mine

in South Africa have been safely

brought back to the surface.

They had been trapped underground

since Wednesday night

when a thunderstorm brought down

power lines, cutting electricity

to the mine's lifts.

That's a summary of the latest BBC

News, more at 10.30.

We will be talking about civil

partnerships, at the moment only

available to same sex couple. We

will hear from one heterosexual

couple who want the opportunity for

a civil partnership. It is being

discussed in the House Of Commons.

Diane says it is about time civil

partnerships were made available to

all couples. Many couples want the

right to acknowledge their

commitment to each other.

Paul says he is a gay man in favour

of civil partnerships for anyone who

wants one. Discrimination is

discrimination. The only time I

recall the majority being

discriminated against.

Your thoughts are welcome.

Here's some sport now.

A big weekend coming up. The

6-nation -- Six Nations is coming

up.

England head coach Eddie Jones has

named his team the first match

of their Six Nations title defence

against Italy in Rome on Sunday.

Worcester's Ben Te'o has been

named at outside centre

ahead of Jonathan Joseph

despite being out since mid-October

with an ankle injury and not

having played for England

for almost a year.

Exeter forward Alec Hepburn is set

to make his international

debut from the bench.

In tennis.

Great Britain's men begin

their Davis Cup campaign

with a tie against Spain

on the clay courts of Marbella.

They'll be without the injured

Andy Murray and Kyle Edmund

and with Dan Evans suspended it

means Liam Broady and Cameron Norrie

will be flying the flag.

You can watch the action right now

on the BBC Red Button.

Second-placed Chelsea missed

the chance to go to the top

of the Women's Super League last

night, but they did end leaders

Manchester City's perfect

start to the season.

The match ended in a goalless draw

so not much action for new boss

Phil Neville to mull over

but he was concerned

to see his goalkeeper

City's Karen Bardsley hurt

after a heavy fall, she was taken

off on a stretcher just two

minutes into the game.

She has gone off to hospital to be

checked, she has a little bit of

pain in her arm and shoulders but

she is talking and she seems OK and

in good spirits.

We will trust the medical team

to carry on from there.

The excitement of the start

of the Super League season proved

too much for some last night,

Grand Final winners Leeds Rhinos