09/02/2018 Victoria Derbyshire

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It's Friday.

It's 9 o'clock.

I'm Chloe Tilley.

Welcome to the programme.

The last of the so-called Beatles -

the British men fighting

with Isis forces in Syria -

have been captured.

They are said to have

tortured and murdered more

than 20 hostages.

We'll be hearing from a French

journalistm who was held

hostage for ten months.

Protecting our children's

mental health.

Nearly half of head teachers

surveyed say they're struggling

to get proper support

for their pupils.

We'll hear from a head

as well as a mum who says support

has been vital for her daughter.

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And Marvel's latest film -

Black Panther - is one

of the most anticipated comic

adaptations of all time.

We find out why this film

is so important and hear

about the reception it got at last

night's UK premiere.

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Welcome to the programme.

We're live until 11 this morning.

We're going to be talking

about children's mental

health this morning.

Does your child suffer

and are they getting

the help they need?

Or maybe you didn't get the help

you needed when you were at school.

What effect has this had?

Are you a school counsellor?

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Two British extremists,

believed to be members

of one of the so-called

Islamic State group's

most notorious cells,

have been captured by Syrian Kurdish

fighters in Syria,

according to US officials.

They are accused of being part

of a unit which executed 27 Western

hostages and tortured many more.

Andy Moore reports.

Alexanda Kotey and

El Shafee Elsheikh -

the two Britons captured by Kurdish

forces last month and

questioned by the Americans.

Together with Aine Davis

and Mohammed Emwazi,

they formed the kidnap gang that

became known as the Beatles,

because they were usually masked

and their captors could hear

only their British accents.

Alan Henning was one of to dozen

foreign hostages they held captive

and then executed.

Last year, the American State

Department designated Kotey

and Elsheikh as wanted terrorists

who had fought for Islamic State.

Kotey was born in

Paddington in London.

He was of Ghanaian and

Greek Cypriot background.

The citation said he used

exceptionally cruel torture methods,

including electronic

shock and waterboarding.

Elsheikh's family had

fled Sudan in the 1990s.

He became a British citizen.

According to the State Department,

he'd earned a reputation

for waterboarding, mock

executions and crucifixions.

The two men were captured

by the American-backed

Syrian Democratic Forces,

a Kurdish-led militia.

The fate of the two men is unknown.

They could be sent to the US

detention centre at Guantanamo Bay

or they could stand trial

in the States.

The Foreign Office in the UK said it

would not comment on individual

cases or ongoing investigations.

Andy Moore, BBC News.

Our Middle East correspondent is in

Beirut for us now. Martin, what we

know about these two men?

I think

this is hugely significant festival.

The fact is they were high-level

members of the so-called Islamic

State. According to reports they

were captured in eastern Syria. That

is the stomach state stronghold in

eastern Syria as well as Iraq. They

were caught last month by the

Kurdish forces. -- Islamic State.

They were flagged up to the

Americans because they believed they

were foreigners. Using biometric

data and fingerprints, the Americans

said they identified these two men

as the British meant that had been

revealed to them.

What do we know

about so-called Islamic State? The

caliphate has collapsed but what

state are they in?

This is an

organisation on the run. They have

lost most of the territory, or all

of the territory, the ones

controlled in eastern Syria or Iraq.

This group terrorised areas in the

Middle East as well as carrying out

attacks in Europe and America. The

fact these two men have been

captured is significant and will

provide comfort to the family of the

hostages who were executed on this

unit. There are some suggestions

that these two men could, perhaps,

according to one report, they could

perhaps provide details as to where

some of the captors were actually

held.

Now to the BBC newsroom and the rest

of the day post Mac news. The Senate

failed to vote on a budget deal

before midnight deadline after a

Republican senator demanded a

last-minute amendment. For the

temporary shutdown to end the deal

must be passed in both the Senate

and the House of Representatives and

then signed by president. Let's go

to our CBS correspondent in New

York. How long can the shutdown

last?

Good morning from New York.

That is a great question. There is a

procedural vote going on right now

in the house. Nancy Pelosi just

spoke about waiting to make a

procedural vote. The Government is

shutdown, even though a new budget

deal made its way through the Senate

this morning. The bill is now in the

House. At about 2am the Senate

approved a budget deal but not in

time to avoid the second government

shutdown this year. That deadline

was midnight. Late last night the

Republican senator repeatedly

objected to calls for a vote before

1am for the he did so to protest

what he called runaway government

spending.

Thank you very much

indeed.

There are just hours to go

until the Opening Ceremony

of the Winter Olympics in South

Korea.

The sister of the North Korean

leader has become the first member

of her family to visit the South

since the Korean War.

For the second time in a week, US

stock markets have fallen sharply,

with the Dow Jones index falling

more than 4 per cent.

Investors are selling off shares

due to concerns central

banks are going to raise

interest rates soon.

Asian and Australia markets

also dropped overnight.

Researchers at Edinburgh University

have grown human eggs

in a laboratory for the first time.

The findings could lead to new ways

of preserving women's fertility .

Here's our Health and Science

Correspondent, James Gallagher.

In laboratories in Edinburgh,

scientists have grown human eggs.

They've taken immature eggs women

are born with and transformed them

so they are ready to be fertilised.

It's taken decades of work to copy

what happens inside women's ovaries.

We never imagined that we would be

getting these kind of results

using human tissue.

So it's a significant step, but,

of course, the main objective for us

is to improve and to determine

the safety of these techniques,

so that they could, in the future,

go into some kind of application.

It could be used to help young girls

with cancer, as treatment can

damage their fertility.

So how might it work?

A girl diagnosed with cancer

would have a sample of her ovary

frozen before cancer treatment.

Then later, as an adult,

the tissue would be defrosted,

an egg grown, fertilised,

and then put in the womb.

There may even be other applications

in fertility treatment, but this

technology is still at a very early

stage and needs refining.

None of the eggs have been

fertilised, so it's still uncertain

how viable they are.

James Gallagher, BBC News.

There are calls for schools

to receive more funding

and counsellors after new research

shows many schools are struggling

to support pupils with

mental health issues -

because teachers don't know

what type of help children need.

Figures show 50% of adult

mental health problems

start at the age of 14 -

and the charity Place 2 Be -

which is behind the findings -

says that early intervention is key.

More on this coming up

in the programme...

There's a warning that some patients

in England and Wales being treated

for hip fractures are having

to wait up to 80 days

to see a physiotherapist.

The Chartered Society

of Physiotherapy says

the average wait is 15 days,

but there are unacceptable

variations in care.

Hip fractures affect one in three

women over the age of 50.

Trinity Mirror has announced a £127

million deal to buy the Express and

Star newspapers, as well as OK

magazine. The company says the

combined group will be able to save

money by sharing content and

reducing duplication. The chief

executive said there will be

changes.

There will, over time,

be job cuts because we are going

to remove duplication,

mainly in back office functions.

We're bringing two very similar

businesses together,

and when you do that,

inevitably there's

a certain of duplication.

This transaction doesn't affect our

regional newspapers at all.

We operate around 100 regional

papers, Manchester Evening News

through to the Plymouth Herald,

and Trinity Mirror, as a group,

makes over £120 million,

and we're absolutely committed

to continuing our investment

in our great regional titles,

both in print and digitally.

Rescue workers in Taiwan

are continuing to search

for survivors in the eastern city

of Hualien after Tuesday's

6.4 magnitude earthquake.

The Marshal Hotel

is still leaning precariously

and some floors remain buried under

ground as a result of the quake.

The death toll has risen to ten,

and rescue operations are at risk

of continuing aftershocks.

At least 60 people

are still missing.

The European premiere of Marvel's

newest super hero film,

Black Panther, took place

in London last night.

It is the first film to focus

on black characters from the comics

and has also received praise

for its portrayal of

strong female characters.

The actor, Michael B Jordan,

said that the film was empowering

for young black people.

You know, my 10-year-old self didn't

have many superheroes to kind of be

able to identify with.

So I think for the kids now to be

able to dream and imagine and see

themselves and see different

possibilites in an empowering way,

not your typical stereotypes that

we're used to seeing in the cinema,

I think it's extremely

important for the future.

That's a summary of

the latest BBC News.

More at 9:30am.

We're going to be talking about the

lack Panther UK premiere with a Jan

black actor and film producer. --

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Let's get some sport with Hugh.

It's officially the first day

of this year's Winter Olympics -

but already there's

a real disappointment

for one Team GB athlete?

Yes, you'll remember we spoke

yesterday about Katie Ormerod, a

freestyle skier full she suffered a

fractured wrist in training. But

things got worse. She's out of the

Winter Olympics following an

accident meaning she had a broken

heel. She said words cannot describe

how gutted she is missing out. She

was taken to solve macro overnight

for surgery. -- Seoul. Some pretty

extensive surgery. It clearly was

not meant to be for the women from

Yorkshire and a big blow for Team

GB.

She has had her fair number of

injuries already. She is resilient

and comes back better from injuries

also be would not wish this on

anyone in the team at this point for

the bill be very sad for the rest of

the team not to have her there. She

is a very positive member of the

team and that is a big loss. We wish

her the best in recovery and that

when she is fit and well she can

look forward and focus on the future

and coming back and fulfilling the

great potential that she has.

She

was just 20 years old and hopefully

she will be back. She will stay in

hospital for another week or so. We

wish her the very best. It reminds

us how the dangerous these sports

are.

She's not the only athlete who has

seen their hopes vanish

at the last moment -

what's the latest on Russia?

A few of their athletes are holding

out hopes of competing in the Winter

Olympics will stop the only light at

the end of the tunnel was the IOC

allowing those who could prove they

were clean following the

state-sponsored doping a couple of

years ago it led to a raft of

appeals. Athletes and coaches have

been told appeals have failed. They

will be 169 athletes competing in

South Korea as Olympic athletes from

Russia. They include this figure

skating pair. If they do win a

medal, the Olympic anthem will be

played instead of the Russian

anthem. That is an indication of

where the IOC still sits on the

Russian sporting involvement.

And of course the opening

day means one thing -

the Opening Ceremony.

We all become artistic directors and

choreographies, offering up our

expertise in what shots look best on

who was in time with the music in

all seriousness, ill be a fantastic

moment for the athletes.

Lizzy

Yarnold, as we mentioned yesterday

will be leading out Team GB as the

flag bearer. Spoiler alert, the

rehearsals have been taking place

and it looks like once again it

could be another massive production.

Lots to see those that they'll be

plenty of fans to watch. As we told

you, temperatures set to reach minus

ten. Not all the athletes will be

attending that some of them

preferring to stay warm. It looks

like it will be another spectacular.

If you do want to watch, 1030 will

be the time.

As we've been hearing,

the 2018 Winter Olympics get

underway in PyeongChang

in South Korea just

a couple of hours.

Team GB is aiming for up

to ten medals this year -

following on from the four it won

last time round.

Over the course of the Olympics we

will be following the British

bobsleigh,

bobsleigher Mica MicNeill.

Here's her first

video diary for us.

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Hi, I'm Mica McNeill

and I'm now part of Team GB

for bobsleigh, heading out

to the Winter Olympic Games,

which is in Pyeongchang.

We're heading to Seoul

early, it's quite early.

The Opening Ceremony's not

until the 9th of Feb,

but we're getting out there early

and getting over the jet lag,

adapting to the time zone

and the environment.

It gives us a good chance to get

in some really solid sessions

in the gym and on the sprint track,

before we head into the Olympic

Village environment.

Yeah, we're so, so excited,

and the season's gone really well.

It's been so long, but we're ready

now to get out there and stand

on that start block for the Olympic

Games.

We've been everywhere.

We've been in North

America, Canada and USA.

We've had a couple of races

in Germany, Switzerland and Austria,

so next is South Korea,

which is awesome.

And, yeah, absolutely can't wait.

Morning!

It's our first day here in Seoul,

this is Mica, my brake lady,

and we're just going for a little

look around, a little adventure,

stretching the legs and just

trying to adapt here.

This is day five now

on our training camp here in Seoul

at the Sport University,

and we're just, we're

getting there with jet lag.

I've just come from the running

track, done a great sprint session.

I'm now, as you can see,

at the Olympic Hall,

which is where the Korean

weightlifters train,

ready to do a good power session,

and tomorrow we head

into the Olympic Village,

which I'm really excited for,

which'll be amazing to see.

Mica McNeill and the rest of Team GB

will be getting ready right now for

the opening ceremony beginning at

11am Maritime.

So let's speak now to two

former Olympic skiers,

who've both competed

in the Winter Olympics for Team GB.

Graham Bell is in Pyeonchang.

It is a bit cold, I'm afraid to say.

And Chemmy Alcott

joins us from Salford.

We got a sense from Mica McNeill

what this is like but at this moment

ahead of the opening ceremony, how

is everyone feeling?

There is a huge

bundle of excitement and nerves but

also they are all frothing, they are

ready to perform, they've done

thousands of hours of work and ready

for those two minutes to show the

world what they are made of an

especially from Britain, we are the

underdogs in winter sport but also

know that we are sending the most

powerful and strongest team we ever

have sent. There is that camaraderie

about being united.

We have talked

so much about the cold, the media

gets excited about a thing and it

seems to be the cold with this

Winter Olympics. How much does it

affect an athlete, we are talking

about -10?

For the Alpine skiers it

was about -25 and they are going 80

mph so there is a huge wind-chill,

the boys are covering every part of

their face with tape and if you

leave any skin exposed you can get

frostbite and it is dangerous. We

have had experience racing in this,

the Torah goes to Lake Louise every

year. The guys knew this would be an

issue and hopefully they have

adapted. That's why they have gone

out earlier to see how their bodies

react -- the tour goes to Lake

Louise. The coldest temperature I've

been in is -14 in Finland last year.

My word, it was freezing, I had

massive snow boots on. How warm is

the clothing, presumably which still

has to be light while competing?

The

more clothes these athletes wear the

slower they will be. Skin to win is

the fastest, wearing nothing under

these Lycra suits, that's why they

will be stripping off at the last

minute and they will have physios at

the start gate to make sure their

muscles are warm and ready to go

because they have got to go from

standing there to 100% in terms of

intention and the high heart rate.

It is tough but they will not

sacrifice being warm for being fast

so they will still definitely worth

less clothes underneath than they

should.

That is commitment of the

sport. I'm pleased to say we have

reconnected with Graham Benn in

Pyeongchang and I'm impressed you

are standing outside to speak to us.

-- Graham Bell. Explain how cold it

is and the challenges for people

where you are now.

The temperature

itself isn't Backel compared to

racing in Norway or Canada. But the

-- isn't back old. The difference is

it is quite humid and there is a

cold north wind blowing all the time

meaning it is chilly all the time

and there is a definite kind of, you

know, wind-chill affect that bites

as well.

Chemmy Alcott talked about

that and how it affects the

athletes, because they have

obviously got to have thin Lycra

layers on full speed, but how

challenging is it to get warmed up,

stay warm and compete at your best?

The thing with skiing, particularly

Alpine skiing, is you are in tight

race boots so the most important

thing is you can feel your feet. A

lot of the racers will go into a

warming station before they race and

warm up their boots, so you're

putting on warm boots. I know that

the Italian racer takes a hairdryer

to the start with him because he

will go on a course inspection and

he will go and dry his liners in his

boots with the hairdryer before his

race. When he gets to the finish

they will be boots off, over suit on

and get themselves warmed up in the

finish.

Chemmy Alcott, the irony of

talking about it being too cold,

they might not be enough snow and

there will be snow cannons. I was

listening to an interview saying

this could benefit the British

athletes because it has better grip.

Is that true?

It is cold and humid

snow like Graham said, packed down

snow, not I seek like we are used

to, meaning the track should stay

sustained from the first to the last

runner and it won't write as much

and is good for athletes. Dave

Ryding likes the ice but his event

is at the end of the games. The one

to watch out for as a nation is the

Americans, they ski on this cold,

dry, hardpacked snow a lot and it's

very grippy. We call it hero snow

gives you feel amazing but it means

you can overturn, you can get to the

finish and think you have had a

great run and you are off the pace.

It's important to still risk

everything.

Graham, if you were

competing in this Winter Olympics

would you go to the opening ceremony

tonight?

Absolutely not. In men's

downhill you are doing a training

run, or racing the day after the

opening ceremony. I know that

Lindsey Vonn is going to the opening

ceremony and she has come out to the

Olympics a little bit earlier than

she normally would have to because

the women's downhill is later in the

programme, because they only have

one track for both men's and

women's, so she's coming out and

doing the opening ceremony. I went

to five Olympic Games and didn't go

to a single opening ceremony because

the men's downhill is often the

first event, so you don't want to be

standing out in the cold for two or

three hours the night before the

race.

Chemmy Alcott, I can see you

nodding.

I went to four Olympics and

in Sochi I decided because of the

situation with me being slightly

injured before and I wanted to go to

the opening ceremony to feel part of

something bigger than myself and

Team GB and I went and we have a

training run cancelled the next day

so we got to recover but like Graham

says, you don't want to stand

around. We'd see the athletes from

the moment they walk out into this

amazing round epic opening ceremony

but they are

but they are standing like sardines

four hours beforehand. You've got a

thing, psychologically, do I need to

go to feel like I am in the

Olympics? To feel I have made it and

feel I want to risk more because

it's the biggest event? Or do I

think about physically I need a

rest? It is a hard game to play.

Lindsey Vonn is going because she

knows this is her last Olympics and

she wants to enjoy every part of the

bubble of this Games.

Graham, I said

in the introduction we are looking

at potentially ten medals for Team

GB. Is that realistic?

Unfortunately

we have just lost one of our big

medal hopes in Katie Ormerod,

injured in training, and it just

goes to show that the Winter

Olympics are not as easy to call as

the Summer Olympics because they are

generally high-risk sports. To call

ten medals, that's quite a big call.

I

I think that, yeah, looking at snow

sports, skiing and snowboarding, it

would be nice to get one or even

two, but across the board, ten is a

big ask.

Chemmy Alcott, would you

agree?

It depends how the first few

days go for Team GB because if one

of your team does well in that

environment it can inspire you to

push yourself but like Graham said

there is a thin line in snow sports

between making that ultimate run,

pushing yourself to the fine line

and getting on the podium which they

all need to do, and complete

disaster and pushing it. We saw

Katie pushing it too far and getting

an injury, which is horrendous for

her. We do have huge talent, Elise

Christie, double world champion, she

had a brutal Games four years

had a brutal Games four years ago

and I hope she comes away as Olympic

medallist. Lizzy Yarnold hopes to

become the first ever Brit to

back-up the gold she had four years

ago. The curlers are strong, Andrew

Musgrave, the one at the start of

the Games who could start that medal

league rolling for us. I am an

optimist and I believe we are

sending the most powerful, talented

team we have ever had, and who

knows?

Graham, do you think that the

public gets engaged with the Winter

Olympics in the same way that it

does with the Summer Olympics?

I

definitely think so. If you look at

the skiers and snowboarders in the

UK, we have over 1 million people

that will go skiing and snowboarding

every year. If you look at our ski

areas in Scotland, we have five ski

areas in Scotland and lots of indoor

snow centres. There is a lot of

people that are engaged in winter

sports. I think there is absolutely

no reason why we won't have the same

levels of participation in winter

sports as we do in summer sports. To

say that we're not a winter sports

nation is absolutely wrong. We are a

winter sports nation, we do have

mountains and we do have snow sports

taking place in the UK. So, yeah, I

think that people do get engaged

with the Winter Olympics. It is more

exciting that the summer games

anyway.

Great to speak to you,

Graham, put your hairdryer in your

boots, or whatever it is. Chemmy

Alcott, thank you also.

BBC coverage of the Winter Olympics

means this programme will not be on

BBC Two next week but you can find

us on the BBC News Channel. Still to

come, calls for more help for school

children experiencing mental health

problems, as one charity says half

of mental illness in adults starts

by the age of 14. And white marble's

Black Panther is no ordinary

superhero movie. It had its UK

premiere last night. -- and why

Marvel. Time for the latest news.

Thank you, Chloe, the BBC News

headlines this morning. Two British

extremists believed to be members of

one of so-called Islamic State's

most notorious cells have been

captured by Syrian fighters in Syria

according to American officials.

They were part of a unit from London

who became known as the Beatles

because of their British accidents.

The sister of the North Korean

leader, Kim Jong Un,

has became the first member

of her family to visit the south

since the Korean War.

It marks first time since part of

the Qin dynasty has visited the

South since the Korean War.

Key US government agencies have

shut down for the second

time in three weeks.

A Republican senator demanded a

last-minute amendment for the

temporary shutdown to end.

The spending deal must be passed

in both the Senate and the House

of Representatives and then

signed by the President.

For the second time in a week, US

stock markets have fallen sharply,

with the Dow Jones index tumbling

more than 4%.

Investors are selling off shares

due to concerns central

banks are going to raise

interest rates soon.

Asian and Australian markets

also dropped overnight.

Researchers at Edinburgh University

have grown human eggs in

the laboratory for the first time.

Scientists removed egg cells

from ovary tissue at their earliest

stage of development,

and matured them to the point

they were ready for fertilisation.

The team say their findings

could lead to new ways

of preserving women's fertility.

Trinity Mirror has announced

a £127 million deal to buy

the Express and Star newspapers

from Northern & Shell as well as

OK!

Magazine.

The company says the combined group

will be able to save

money by sharing content

and reducing duplication.

As well as cutting some posts. That

is a summary of the latest BBC News.

Here's some sport now with Hugh.

Bad news ahead of the start of the

Winter Olympics for Team GB,

freestyle snowboard Katie Ormerod

says she is gutted after being ruled

out of the Games. The 20-year-old

has had surgery after breaking her

heel in a training crash yesterday.

She will miss the opening ceremony

in Pyeongchang coming up later on,

rehearsals have been taking place

ahead of this morning's 11am start

and you can watch Lizzy Yarnold will

lead out Team GB on BBC One.

In football, the former Scotland

manager Walter Smith won't be taking

on the job for a second time -

he was favourite to replace Gordon

Strachen but he's ruled himself out.

Riyad Mahrez's feud with

Leicester City looks to be over -

he's set to train with the squad

today, for the first time

since a move to Manchester City

fell through last month.

He's effectively been on strike

since Leicester rejected a deal

of around £50 million.

we will carry on speaking to you

throughout the morning.

We regularly hear on this programme

that taking care of children's

mental health is extremely important

- but what is the right

way to go about it?

A new piece of research says many

schools are struggling to support

pupils because teachers don't know

what type of help they need.

Figures show 50% of adult

mental health problems

start at the age of 14 -

and the charity Place two Be -

who is behind these new findings -

argues this is proof that early

intervention is key.

It's calling for all primary

and secondary schools to receive

more funding and counsellors.

Let's speak to Danielle Forbes -

her daughter received counselling

at school when she was seven,

Sam Barakat - who started

experiencing depression and suicidal

thoughts when she was 16,

to Nicola Percy - headteacher

of New North Academy Primary School

in north London and Dr Patrick

Johnston, Director of Learning

at Place2Be.

Thank you all for coming in to talk

to us. Sam first of all. You started

experiencing your depression when

you were 16 foot did you get any

support from your school?

I found it

hard to open up at school. The

school was quite school but there

was no mental health support I have

been made aware of. I tried to find

my own help outside of school, which

was difficult.

What was the perfect

scenario for you?

To have some

within school available during

school and after school and also a

place to go to if you're feeling a

bit low. In my school, when I was

once feeling low in a lesson I was

not allowed to be in the first stage

win. I was told unless you are dying

you are not allowed to be in there.

I was in a very low place mentally

but it was not viewed as seriously

as say a broken leg and causes a lot

of problems.

It is because it is

invisible, isn't it? Dani Alves how

did you and your family feel when it

was suggested that your

seven-year-old daughter should get

some counselling and support? --

Dani Alves.

I thought it was a good

thing full she was not feeling good

with herself. She said, Mum, I'm not

pretty, I am not nice. No one wants

to be friends with me. It is hard

when you're listening to your

daughter saying stuff like that.

Really young. You want to say, no

comic you are beautiful, you are

amazing.

amazing. This really helped us. It

was someone who was not in charge of

her, she could sit down and talk

over her feelings and thought

process.

Was it a case of the school

reaching out for Place2Be?

She was

very upset and had written on her

hands, head teacher did not like

her. They said, actually we have

Place2Be. I did not know much about

it but I sat down with a lady who

said, just sometimes you can spend

talking to someone else. My husband

was not for it at the time that we

discussed it and said, this could be

good for her, so let her go. I did

not understand they have like a

drop-in day service or you can just

go in if you feel sad at any time.

She had dropped in a few days like

in the weeks previous which I did

not know about and it worked for

her.

Explain the importance of that

support. Some people may watch this

and think, seven, that is really

young. It is not a mental health

issue, they are just feeling sad as

a child.

Listening to Sam as well,

having the safe space got somewhere

a child feels they can stop off and

talk about whatever is on their

minds. Sometimes it is the

playground difficulties. No doubt

about that. Sometimes more

significant issues children might be

facing. Having a supportive

environment where a child can speak

to someone who is not always a

member of staff from a teaching

point of view, it allows them to

come through and speak about those

feelings. 60% of the mental health

difficulties we see in adulthood

start at the age of 15.

You do this

at your school. I am an advocate of

the need to break the to boo about

mental health. The Royal family has

really helped to put mental health

on the map and at the forefront.

What we were talking about is that

mental health is not the diagnosed

issues we hear about but a child who

is not feeling happy. Issues that

affect learning. If schools are

better equipped to pick up some of

those needs, then it can only serve

to be better in the future.

Have you

seen a wider benefit across the

school?

Absolutely. We have seen

improvements in how children just

work and collaborate with each

other. They are empathetic of each

other and can talk about their

feelings I recognise that they are

beginning to feel a bit sad. They

had strategies they can use to bring

them back up again. We have seen

benefits in results, we have seen

benefits in children generally being

happier about going to school and

having someone else to talk to.

It

has been fantastic. Do you think

there's still a stigma about mental

health? Prince Harry has been

talking about his own challenges. Do

you think that stigma is still

there?

It has improved over time but

there is still stigma. Speaking from

my own there is a lot of stigma

about depression. Depression is a

clinical condition. There is also a

stigma surrounding other medical

health conditions forced you might

be attention seeking all the

selfishness of it. It is a stigma

around that which is making people

think that, rather than the

condition itself.

Have you found it

has made your daughter become more

confident and be able to work

through things herself?

Yes, it has

she got the school for and they said

they have seen a big change in

higher. It was really nice for me

and her dad to read. I noticed a

change at home. Her sessions lasted

11 months. They said no do you feel

like you need to come back question

she said, no, I don't need to come

back anymore, I feel really good. It

has helped with the way she has

coped with her feelings for that

winter starts to feel down or sad I

see her come out of it quicker and

not get as angry.

-- when she

starts. A lot of adults when they

seek counselling say it does not

work for them. They can give it to a

counsellor and feel better. Do

children think in the same way?

We

have seen from what Danielle said

this morning, but sometimes children

don't want to go home. Burden is

sometimes the word they use. Their

mums, their dads, their carers.

School is the place where lots of

children will spend a large majority

of their time. We see in schools,

time and again, the difficulty these

children may be facing. It is a

really good place to think about the

difficulties some of these children

are facing in schools.

Particularly

when you are six. It is difficult to

articulate you have a problem.

Again, just having those

professionals around who can help to

pick that is really key.

It is

heartbreaking. Powerlessness as a

parent. When a small child says that

to you, you just want to make it

better that you do not know how. We

have had this tweet. My daughter has

suffered anxiety since the

Manchester bombing. The child and

adolescent mental health services

refuse to see her and it has taken

until now to get her help. Schools

are not coping with the problems

they have at the moment. I do not

think it is up to the school to put

them through this. It is time for

parents to step up and start being

parents instead of passing the buck.

Do you want to respond? That is not

quite fair. When you think about it,

a parent has the best interests of a

child at heart. I want to see my

children have ghost you can do as

much as you can home but sometimes

it is just not enough.

it is just not enough. Sometimes my

child has said, don't worry, I am

fine. I look in her eyes and you try

to probe out of her but she does not

want to talk about it. She got

really happy every week. I did not

ask what conversations she had but

sometimes she would say, it is such

a lovely conversation. She would ask

me how I am and how I feel like

that.

I saw a difference. Some

people watching this may say school

budgets as we all know are

incredibly tight in my local area

some schools have stopped teaching

on a Friday in the afternoon. Others

have considered the same action.

have considered the same action. If

it is at the expense of other things

in the school, surely that is not

right question in response to

whoever is in touch there is a need

for everybody to step up.

I don't

think that the aim should be set

squarely on school parents or

whoever. We need more funding in

order to be able to support a

child's help early on in schools. We

are constantly balancing our

budgets. My governors are absolutely

committed to mental health. They

will say, Nicola, we want to to find

X number of pounds we can have the

service two days a week. That is my

job to find that money.

Where do you

find it?

Through the school budget.

We have to balance what another

person has said about the cams

waiting list. The tension that has

been put on families will come back

to impact in the school environment.

I do think schools need to be

proactive in trying to balance out

and look at some of those

foundations that will really make a

difference if a child is to succeed

academically.

We need to remember

that schools are under immense

pressure. Children's health is only

one aspect. In day-to-day running of

the school and teacher retention,

we're not expecting teachers and

head teachers to become mental

health experts. That is why there is

a need to have a mental health

professional in school. Funding will

always be one of the constraints

that we see and has been for a

number of years. From research we

have done now, it is about

understanding as well. Sometimes

head teachers are a little bit

worried about what type of

therapeutic approach I should put

into school. They lack the

confidence for that they should not

be mental health experts. They need

to think about who they can bring

into schools. They need qualified

people to deliver that service.

Let

me read you these comments which are

coming in. Someone has tweeted in

saying mental health services at

schools are vital. When I was seven,

my mum and dad got divorced after a

few years of vicious arguments. It

turned me into a weird kid and I got

bullied. Counselling happy to get

through it. The quick question from

Brenda. My tenure granddaughter

could do with this service. Where

can I find out more information? --

ten-year-old.

There is great

information online. Place2Be is

about to launch a website later this

term. I would recommend having a

look on there. It gives good advice

about what to do. Also get in touch

with a school. Sometimes they are

really good.

Every local authority

should have information about where

to seek advice.

A government spokesperson said:

"To support schools,

the Government has pledged

£1.7 billion to help improve

children and young people's mental

health and wellbeing.

This includes improving the links

between the NHS and schools,

speeding up access to more intensive

support and boosting capacity

to ensure early intervention."

Thank you all for coming in today.

Last night was the UK

premier of the new Marvel

film, Black Panther -

one of the most anticipated comic

adaptations of all time.

It features an almost entirely black

cast and had a black director,

black producers and black writers.

It's already being tipped to make

150 million dollars on its opening

weekend after gathering a whole host

of good reviews.

Here's a clip of what's in store.

I have seen gods fly. I have seen

men build weapons I could not

imagine. I have seen aliens drop

from the sky but I have never seen

anything like this.

How much more

are you hiding?

Let's go.

We are home.

My son, it is your time.

# Show me my respect and bow down.

You get to decide what kind of king

you are going to be.

Don't freeze.

I never freeze.

# The revolution

will not be televised.

# Show me my respect and bow down.

# We own you.

# We own you.

We're only getting started

now because we own you.

# We own you.

I've waited my entire life for this.

The world's going to start over.

I'm going to burn it all!

What happens now determines what

happens to the rest of the world.

# You will not be able

to stay home, brother.

# You will not be able to plug in,

turn on and tap out.

# The revolution

will not be televised.

Let's have some fun.

# The revolution will be live.

Let's talk to Nicole Vassell -

Entertainment and features editor

at Pride Magazine who went

to the premiere last night,

also we are joined by sabel

Adomakah Young -

a British actor who also

went to the premiere,

Samira Musa -

is a British film producer.

And a comic book scholar and author

of the Encyclopaedia of black

comics, Sheena Howard.. This film

has been so widely anticipated.

Yes

and you could tell at the premiere

how much people have been looking

forward to this come across everyone

but especially for, you know, black

viewers and people like from African

and Caribbean descent, people

dressed in traditional clothing,

people came out and it was such an

event and it was a pleasure to be

there.

You are nodding away and you

were there as well.

It was amazing

to see, with the run-up to the

release of the film, you could see

on Twitter people planning what they

would work to the cinema to see the

film, let alone to the premiere, and

people really came through, people

looked like royalty.

Did it live up

to the hype?

Absolutely. I was kind

of nervous watching it because when

you've waited for something so long

and wanted it to deliver, and I sat

there for so long feeling like so

bust, it's an incredible film, it's

so good.

Did any of you think there

would be a film like that made this

year -- feeling like I was buzzing.

From my perspective I was so happy

to see the film being made. But it

has taken a long time in the making

and I'm really, really glad that

it's been made and really excited

and stoked to be seeing it next

week. Like you've said, the people

are showing up, the clothing and a

tire, people pre-booking tickets and

that's important as well.

Are you

surprised it has taken this long, or

that it's happened this soon? I know

it has sounds backwards but the way

the film industry works.

the film industry works.

Not shocked

that all. I'm surprised how much the

film was able to reference that,

it's a very self-aware, not only is

there just a black cast, but it

refers to it and there are so many

knowing laughs in the room about the

nods and winks to the struggle that

the makers will have been through

and the audience will have

experience. I'm just really glad it

has happened now and so glad they

were able to deliver. It really is

worth the hype.

Give us a historical

context to this if you would the

significance of now, not just with

the film industry but within comics.

It's been a long time coming with

this particular movie and for black

creatives in the comic industry,

they have been trying to get

recognition for many, many years.

Black Panther was introduced in the

1960s during the civil rights

movement, and so it's interesting to

see a movie to date reference some

of the cultural elements of

African-Americans and the political

elements in America going on. To

just see the connection between

Black Panther and actual black

cultural identity on screen for the

first time in this way is really

important. Really important to black

creatives who have been struggling

to be seen and heard in the comics

industry since people started

creating comics.

Who wants to pick

up on that because some people

watching this may ask why it is so

important that it is black writers,

black actors, black producers?

It

has been said a lot that

representation really matters.

Seeing that they black led film with

black creatives and black cast can

make some much money, or is

predicted to make so much money, it

can only inspire future generations

and future film-makers to see that

the much diversity in film is

something that is necessary and will

be successful.

It's a really

interesting point that you make.

Sheena, is there a general view that

this type of film would not make

money and that's why it hasn't been

made, or is it down to bog-standard

racism?

It is a little bit of both.

There has been a myth that movies

with a completely black cast,

especially comics with black

characters and black superheroes

will not sell, but I think that is

the method black creatives have been

fighting against all this time,

which makes this movie so important.

They say the same thing about female

characters but we see how good

wonder woman did so now we are at a

point where all of the myths around

race, gender in comics are flying in

the face of what we have been told

historically about movies with

historically about movies with The

Black Cats, or women leads.

How much

has it been a battle to be a woman

of colour?

That is a loaded

question.

That's the important

thing, do you feel you have had to

be so much better because of your

heritage?

I think everybody,

regardless, in the film industry

whether you are an actor, producer,

if you are a person of colour or

diversity, you have to work harder,

you have to work more hours, you

have to show up all the time and be

at your best. I think that's because

there isn't many of us at the top

and it is harder, and also going

back to the point, there has never

been films for all of black casts,

black actors, writers, directors,

producers and so forth and now this

film will make money, it is

projected to do so, people are

watching it, it has social media

buzz, it has audience is going crazy

all over the world. I think that is

what is going to open doors for a

lot of people. But it is tough. You

cannot sugar-coat it, unfortunately.

Starting out, what difference would

it have made if this film, black

Panther, had been made when you were

a young girl and looking for

inspiration? What does it do to

young people to see that?

I

experienced watching the film, the

kind of later stages of that. It is

so inspiring. Not only in a kind of

emotional way but it gives you a

practical sense of what is possible

to CB is black actors just

absolutely slaying, delivering these

amazing, complicated stories.

And

being a hero, not being a drug

dealer in a Puddy.

Exactly command

is important to underline that the

film is set in an African state,

that is significant, although a lot

of the actors are African-American,

it is not set in the US, or even in

Britain, these are African people.

For me the most emotional moment of

the film was when they were doing

the more kind of traditional tribal

rituals, which I won't go into

detail about, obviously. But it

really got me in my stomach because

I am part of the demo that tried in

Ghana and I recognised the gestures

and it was unbelievable -- because I

am part of that tribe.

It was

unbelievable to see something like

that we haven't seen before and to

be amongst people feeling this

excitement of something that is so

severely but we have not seen on

television or film before, it was

incredible.

It is related ability

which is the connection that we have

which has been missing from the

industry for so long. We didn't have

anybody when I was growing up that

you could say, that is beautiful,

she looks and sounds like me and has

my heritage, or even resembles me or

us.

And therefore can go out and

achieve that.

That's what it is.

I

could talk to you for so long. Thank

you all and to Sheena from

Philadelphia.

Two British IS Fighters -

the last of the so-called Beatles -

have been captured in Syria.

We'll be talking to a French

journalist held captive

there for ten months.

It's been on display

at the Natural History

museum since 1905 -

and now Dippy the diplodocus -

the giant replica of a dinosaur

skeleton has started its UK tour.

Dippy is 70 foot long,

more than 13 foot

tall, and has 292 bones.

He roamed the Earth

150 million years ago.

First stop in the three-year

journey is Dorset.

It will then be shown at museums

and cathedrals around Britain.

Have a look at this.

Let's get the latest weather

update with Simon King.

Hello, you may have seen the new

graphics that we launched this week

and this is one that you might have

seen, the Aurora. Last night we were

very lucky because towards the

north, if we go and run this

through, you can see in the Shetland

Islands, we have had a glimmer of

the Aurora moving through last night

and one of our Weather Watchers was

lucky enough to capture that moment,

there it is in the Shetland Islands,

lovely green haze on the horizon.

For many last night it was clouded

because of this weather front moving

south and east would overnight and

this morning, a little front behind

that indicating we have some showers

but behind that, more speckled cloud

but the speckled cloud is snow

showers, so those will continue to

move in across western Scotland,

rain will clear away from the

south-east but because we will see

some wintry showers across parts of

Yorkshire Andy Stirling can show,

for money some sunny spells this

afternoon but colder than yesterday,

temperatures about 4-7d. This

evening and tonight the rain will

clear away from the south-east

corner and with clear skies in

Central and eastern areas it will

turn chilly. Further west more cloud

rolling in and that will keep the

temperature is above freezing, you

can see by those Greens. But the

blues are quite wide spread, colder

start to Saturday morning. The

sunshine will not last too long

because towards the west we have

this next weather system working in,

the isobars getting closer together,

so we could see some strong winds

around on Saturday, especially

across southern areas into the

afternoon, but some wet weather

moving through south-west England,

Wales, up into northern England,

gradually spreading to the south and

east, something dry and brighter,

especially in the far north-east of

Scotland. It is a milder day,

temperatures up a few degrees, they

are taking a roller-coaster over the

next few days, 11 or 12 Celsius

potentially. Saturday night into

Sunday, the weather front will

continue to move south-eastward,

behind its tracking the isobars

back, you can see the snow showers

coming in all the way from

Greenland. It is a colder feel on

Sunday, one others experiencing the

colder weather once again, and with

the colder weather there will be

snow at times across Scotland,

Northern Ireland, even across

England and Wales with its season

snow down to low levels, strong

north-westerly wind, feeling cold on

Sunday, sunny spells in between,

maximum temperatures up to 4-7d.

Quite cold here but nowhere near as

cold as it is in Pyeongchang.

Temperatures for the opening

ceremony around the average. They

are a little colder than it has

been, but on Sunday the temperatures

drop down once again, bitterly cold

conditions. By the end of next week

those temperatures rising slightly

again.

Hello.

It's Friday.

It's 10 o'clock.

I'm Chloe Tilley.

Two British men suspected

of being members of one of so called

Islamic State group's most notorious

cells have been captured in Syria.

In a moment, we'll hear from one

journalist held hostage

by IS for ten months.

Connor Gornall was born

with his intestines growing outside

of his body three months ago.

He's now been discharged

from hospital and joins me

in the studio with his parents

and consultant in just

over half an hour.

The latest Marvel superhero film

Black Panther, had its premiere last

night. It is hoped it will go some

way to challenge stereotypes.

Seeing

that a black led film with black

created some black cast is addicted

to make so much money, it can only

inspire future generations and

future film-makers to see that

diversity in film is something that

is necessary.

Good morning.

Here's Ben Brown in the BBC Newsroom

with a summary of today's news.

Two British extremists,

believed to be members of one

of the so-called Islamic State

group's most notorious cells,

have been captured by Syrian Kurdish

fighters in Syria -

according to US officials.

They were part of a unit comprising

of four men from London,

who became known as "The Beatles"

because of their British accents.

The US State Department said

they beheaded more than 27 Western

hostages and tortured many more.

The sister of the North Korean

leader, Kim Jong Un, has arrived

in South Korea as part

of a delegation attending

the opening ceremony

of the Winter Olympics.

The visit by Kim Yo Jong marks

the first time a member of the Kim

dynasty has visited the south

since the Korean War.

Key US government agencies have

shut down for the second

time in three weeks.

The Senate failed to vote

on a budget deal before

a midnight deadline,

after a Republican senator demanded

a last minute ammendment.

For the temporary shutdown to end,

the spending deal must be passed

in both the Senate and the House

of Representatives and then

signed by the President.

There are calls for schools to be

given more funding and counsellors

after new research shows many

schools are struggling to support

pupils with mental health issues -

because teachers don't know

what type of help children need.

Figures show 50% of adult

mental health problems

start at the age of 14 -

and the charity Place 2 Be -

which is behind the findings -

says that early intervention

is key.

Sam started feeling depression at

the age of 16 and found it hard to

open up to her teacher.

In my school, when I was once

feeling low during a

lesson, I wasn't even allowed to be

in the first aid room because I was

told that, unless you're like dying,

basically, you're not allowed to be

in there, which was hard for me

because I was in a very low place

mentally.

Mental health isn't viewed

as seriously as say a broken leg.

It just causes a lot of problems.

Researchers at Edinburgh University

have grown human eggs in

the laboratory for the first time.

Scientists removed egg cells

from ovary tissue at their earliest

stage of development,

and matured them to the point

they were ready for fertilisation.

The team say their findings

could lead to new ways

of preserving women's fertility.

Trinity Mirror has announced

a £127 million deal to buy

the Express and Star newspapers

from Northern & Shell,

as well as OK magazine.

The company says the combined group

will be able to save money

by sharing content and reducing

duplication, as well as

cutting some posts.

The European premiere of Black

Panther took place in London last

night put a bit is the first film to

focus on black characters from the

comics and has received praise for

its portrayal of strong female

characters.

That's a summary of

the latest BBC News.

More at 10:30am.

Here's some sport now with Hugh.

Bad news for Team GB before

the Games has ereally kicked off.

Katie Ormerod has tweeted it's

the worst luck she's ever had,

and she's absolutely gutted.

Snowboarder Ormerod broke her heel

in training, just a day

after fracturing her wrist.

She's already had surgery,

and will stay in hospital

She had been due to compete

in the Slopestyle

and Big Air events.

She is in an extreme sport she has

had her fair share of injuries

already. She has a brilliant

resilience. She comes back from it,

she comes back better from injuries.

You would not wish this on anyone in

the team at this point. It would be

sad for the rest of the team. She is

a very positive member of the team

and that is a big loss. We wish her

the best with recovery. When she is

fit and well she can focus on the

future, coming back and fulfilling

the great potential she has.

We've had more action

overnight, in the run-up

to the Opening Ceremony.

And going well in the team

pairs figure skating

are the Olympic

athletes from Russia.

But, while they were on the ice,

45 Russian athletes and two

coaches were told they had

lost their appeals,

so they won't be at the Games.

Walter Smith won't be taking

the Scotland football manager's

job for a second time.

He'd become the favourite

to succeed Gordon Strachan,

after the Northern Ireland boss

Michael O'Neill turned the job down,

but it's understood Smith ruled

himself out after talks

with the Scottish FA.

Some good news for fans

of Leicester City.

It appears the club's 'fall out'

with talisman Riyad Mahrez

is coming to an end.

The BBC understands that the Algeria

international plans

to train for the first time

since the club rejected a number

of bids from Premier League leaders

Manchester City at the end

of the January transfer window.

It's the second round of

matches in rugby union's

Six Nations this weekend.

England's head coach Eddie Jones has

ramped up the mind games ahead

of their meeting with Wales.

He's questioned whether Wales's

'fill-in' fly-half Rhys Patchell has

the "bottle" for the match at

Twickenham.

It is a massive step up. He hasn't

played much test rugby at all. He is

a young guy. He is going to have Rob

Shaw and Farrell at him. All guys

who have played a lot of test rugby.

The pressure on him will be

enormous. It is whether he has the

bottle to handle it.

The former Ireland international

Joy Neville will make more rugby

union history tonight,

when she'll become the first woman

to referee a Pro 14 rugby match -

Ulster versus Southern Kings.

Neville is already the first woman

to take charge of a men's

European club fixture -

but despite the landmarks, she says

she STILL encounters negativity.

Often, the little stories you hear a

referee and a third division men's

game and there is no one to referee

in Division 1. Would you keep up

with the pace of life? There is no

point being defensive. They will be

annoyed and you will be annoyed and

no messages being sent.

That is a

fantastic achievement. Sport later

on.

Now, it's three and a half years

since the world watched in horror

the spectacle of an American man

savagely murdered -

beheaded - in the Syrian

desert by a British man.

The American was James Foley and his

murderer was dubbed Jihadi John.

He was one of a group that became

known as the British Beatles.

They'd volunteered to fight

alongside IS forces and became

notorious for their brutality.

Well, the last two of the Beatles

have now been captured in Syria.

With me is Mark Campbell,

co-chair of the pro-Kurdish

solidarity campaign.

He also supports families of British

fighters killed fighting

against Isis.

In Cambridgeshire is Macer Gifford,

which isn't his real name.

He gave up a career in finance

and decided to fly to Syria

three years ago.

And we're also joined

by Nicolas Henin, a French

journalist who was held hostage

by IS and the so-called

'Beatles' for ten months.

Nicolas, thank you for joining us

today. How do you feel when you hear

the news today that these two men

have been captured?

I am delighted.

This is the first stage of what I

want, which is justice. There cannot

be justice if there is no capture.

These people committed horrific

acts.

This is the first stage. How

much do you know about where you

were held? Tell us about the bit

about the conditions in which you

were held?

I was moved across Syria

from place to place, probably from

rack to Aleppo, probably to Italy

prevents and then back to Raqqa. We

were helped probably by Western

jailers. Also British citizens as

well as French and Belgian jihadists

fighters.

When you were held, as

they were British, European, Weston,

clearly you would have understood

them speaking to one another. Did

you ever get a sense of who they

were? Was that any kind of

relationship, as weird as that

sounds, built up between you and

your captors?

There were -- they

were cautious at keeping identities

secret. They disclose little by

telling about themselves little

details about their lives. They

thought potentially that would help

a lot in the course of legal

process.

How did you manage to get

through the ten months? A really

long time to be held constantly in

fear of your life.

That is a

question for decisions. We reacted

in our group of hostages, we were

about 2000 hostages kept together,

or Westerners. It is a question of,

we reacted in different manners. We

are now coping with the recovery.

How is your recovery?

It is a long

process. Did days like this help you

to move forward and feel like you

can begin to rebuild your life?

One

of the things with this recovery is

to know there is justice. It is the

first time, I heard this morning,

James Foley was the first Westerner

to be beheaded by this group of

people nicknamed the Beatles. We are

pretty much similar. She also wants

justice. It will not bring her son