15/02/2018 Victoria Derbyshire

Cruz,

Hello it's Thursday, it's nine

o'clock, I'm Victoria Derbyshire,

welcome to the programme.

At least 17 people have died

after a gunman opened fire at a high

school campus in Florida.

The suspect is a teenager

who was believed to have

been an expelled pupil.

It is one of the US'a deadliest

school attacks in recent years.

Nikolas Cruz Nikolas Cruz,

I I was

like that's not a drill, we never

did a drill like that?

How can this

happen, this is a state that is

focussed on keeping all the children

safe. We come to the conclusion this

is just absolutely pure evil.

Bethany Shipsey was just 21

years old when she died

on an A&E trolley at

Worcestershire Royal

Hospital after taking

an overdose of diet pills.

Yesterday a coroner ruled

that the care the hospital gave her

There is a new warning today

processed foods could increase your

chances of getting cancer. A team of

French reSerbsearchs have been

looking at what they call ultra

processed foods. What are they, how

dangerous are they? We will find out

in the next hour.

Hello.

Welcome to the programme,

we're live until 11 this morning.

We will be joined by

We

TV presenter Jeff Brazier,

whose sons lost their mum,

Big Brother star Jade Goody

from cervical cancer after she put

off going for a smear test.

she part of a cam main to get people

stop ignoring health symptoms and

urging people to seek help earlier.

Talking to him just after 10.30.

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Our top story today -

at least 17 people have been shot

dead by a gunman at a high

school in Florida.

Several other people

are in hospital with serious

injuries, after the attack

at the Marjory Stoneman Douglas

school in Parkland, near Miami.

It's the eighteenth shooting

at an American school this year.

Police have named the suspect

as 19-year-old Nikolas Cruz,

a former student who had been

expelled.

This was supposed to be one

of the safest communities

in the country.

In an instant, these students

became helpless targets,

sheltering in place

and fearing for their lives.

Officials now suggest this

was a well-planned plot to maximise

the loss of life.

Just moments before the end

of the school day, a former student

reportedly pulled the fire alarm at

Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School

to draw out his

unsuspecting victims.

There had already been a drill

earlier in the day but confused

teachers followed procedure

and began to exit the building.

As soon the fire alarm got hold,

and kids were evacuating,

I heard five pops.

I was like, "That's not a drill."

We never did a drill like that.

When we started evacuating back

away towards the back,

towards the the middle school,

I knew it was more than a drill

because we've never done that.

Armed with an AR-15 semiautomatic

rifle, he began firing outside

and then continued inside the school

as panic and chaos erupted.

Police were warning the shooter

was still at large, even

as emergency workers rushed

to treat those wounded.

SWAT teams evacuated

distressed students.

In a row, some with hands

in the air, others clinging to each

other for support,

they frantically rushed to safety.

I see you, I see you, I see you!

Parents, sick with,

worry, waited for news.

The suspect was arrested

without incident an hour later

in a neighbouring city.

Police identified him as Nikolas

Cruz, who had been expelled.

He was taken into custody,

I believe, about an hour

after he left Stoneman Douglas,

after he committed this horrific,

homicidal, detestable act.

This is the 18th school shooting

in the United States this year.

It's a uniquely American epidemic

that has only gotten worse.

Yet this country is more

divided than ever on how

to solve the problem.

The Governor of Florida, Rick Scott,

said the shooting was pure evil.

You're furious.

How could this ever

happen in this country?

How could this happen in this state?

This is a state that is

focused on keeping all

of our children safe.

You come to the conclusion

this is just absolutely

pure evil.

This state is not

tolerating violence.

We have law enforcement

that will always show up

to defend our safety.

I can't imagine the family,

wondering if they have lost a family

member, they don't know. Those that

do know, I can't imagine how their

lives have been changed.

lives have been changed.

We can cross live now

to Florida and talk

to Laura Podesta who's in Parkland.

Tell us what you some of the

survivors and parents have been

saying about how they reacted when

they first heard shooting in their

school.

Good morning Victoria, from

what we have eseen the survivors

were just in shock, they, it was the

end of the school day, they know

that the suspect pulled the fire

alarm in order to get people to

leave the school quickly, it was

chaos because they didn't know if it

was a real fire, then they heard

that pop, pop, sound. Then some

teachers told students to just run,

so, we have seen images of students

leaving the school with their arms

up, just trying to get to safety as

quickly as possible.

What are people saying, and

obviously it will be part of the

investigation, about the possible

motivess for this former pupil to do

this?

Motives. Well, that is

something that investigators are

going to be discussing with the

suspects today. He is in police

custody. They have seen a trail on

social media through Instagram, they

have seen this suspect with a gun,

those photos have been taken down,

we presume by the family and

replaced by messages of asking for

sympathy, and apologies by the

family, but we know there was a

photo of this suspect holding a gun,

and some violent messages that

investigators are going to be

sorting through, over the next days

and weeks.

And when Donald Trump, the President

says that every child and teacher

and anybody who goes to school on a

daily basis deserves to be safe,

what do people read into that? In

terms of the debate on gun

legislation in America?

Well, I

think that the parents of the

students who were involved in this

tragedy are going to read into that

as the President is hopefully going

to be putting his foot down when it

comes to gun control. But I think a

lot of people would read into that

that maybe things need to change in

other way, maybe there needs to be

more of a focus on mental illness.

Time will really tell when it comes

to how the President's tweets are

interpreted.

Thank you very much.

We will have more in the morning.

Now the rest of the morning news so

far.

The ANC leader, Cyril Ramaphosa,

will be sworn in as South Africa's

new president later today ,

following the resignation

of Jacob Zuma.

His nine years in office has been

marred by allegations

of corruption and his own party,

the ANC had threatened to force him

out with a vote of no confidence.

Our Africa Editor,

Fegal Keane, reports.

The moment of decision came late,

when the former guerrilla fighter

at last recognised he could not win.

President Jacob Zuma addressed

to the South African

nation and faced reality.

The ANC should never

be divided in my name.

I have therefore come

to the decision to resign

as president of the republic

with immediate effect.

A populist, a crowd pleaser,

he appealed to the ANC grassroots

and, with their backing,

became party leader in 2009.

Even though he already faced

serious corruption charges,

it was his relationship with this

family, the Guptas, Indian

immigrants, that created the public

outrage that finally forced

the ANC to act.

The Guptas are accused

of using their connections

with the president to acquire state

enterprises and assets

worth millions of pounds.

So powerful, it is alleged,

they could hire and fire

cabinet ministers.

By the end of this dramatic day,

Jacob Zuma seemed friendless

and politically isolated.

Resigning before he could be

humiliated in Parliament.

Fergal Keane, BBC News.

Zimbabwe's main opposition leader

and former Prime Minister Morgan

Tsvangirai has died.

He was 65 and had cancer.

He founded the Movement

for Democratic Change,

and his career was marked by a long

political struggle against former

President Robert Mugabe.

He had been beaten and

imprisoned numerous times.

The consumption of highly-processed

foods, including cakes,

chicken nuggets and mass-produced

bread is linked to the risk

of cancer, according

to researchers in France.

The study of more than one hundred

thousand people is published

in the British Medical Journal.

Experts have expressed caution,

but continue to advise eating

a health balanced diet.

a healthy balanced diet.

The government has publicly blamed

Russian military intelligence

for a cyber attack last year,

which affected businesses

around the world.

The Defence Secretary,

Gavin Williamson, said Russia

was "ripping up the rule book

by undermining democracy

and weaponising information".

Russia has denied

responsibility for the attack.

Sinn Fein is expected

to outline its next move today

following the collapse

of negotiations to restore

power-sharing at Stormont.

Talks ended yesterday

when the Democratic Unionist Party

said there was no prospect

of a deal.

Both parties have been locked

in negotiations for 13 months.

Oxfam has said it sacked its country

director in Haiti last

year for mismanagement.

The charity said Damien Berrendorf

had faced allegations

of inappropriate behaviour,

but it said his dismissal was not

related to sexual misconduct,

or the scandal in 2011 involving aid

workers in Haiti paying

local women for sex.

The consumers' association, "Which",

says faulty household appliances

are causing about 60 fires every

week in the UK.

It says a third of fires

are started by washing

machines and tumble dryers.

"Which" has written to ministers,

giving them 90 days to draw up

a plan to address the issue.

Dubious financial advisors exploited

former steel workers

in a pensions mis-selling scandal

according to MPs.

The Work and Pensions Select

Committee says it cost the people

involved thousands of pounds,

and that the Financial Conduct

Authority did too little to protect

them after the closure

of the British Steel

Pension Scheme.

More than a thousand driving bans

were issued in 2017 to children

who were not legally old enough

to be behind the wheel of a car.

Some youngsters, aged 12

were included in the ban,

and the figure has risen by almost

50 %, over the past four years.

The statistics were given

to the BBC under the Freedom

of Information Act.

The RAC describe the numbers

as "the tip of the iceberg".

Differences in life expectancy

between the richest and poorest

neighbourhoods have widened

according to a new report.

The Longevity Science Panel found

that, a boy born in one of the most

affluent areas such as St Albans

will outlive one born in one

of the poorest such as Blackpool

by nearly eight and a half years.

It's very unfair in our

society that the poor,

particularly among the elderly,

are already quite disadvantaged

in terms of income and all

kinds of other social

and economic factors.

And they're also more

likely than their richer

counterparts to die early.

That's a summary of the latest BBC

News - more at 9.30.

Let's get some sport, with Hugh.

The Wimbledon

Lots of debate about

-- winter Olympics, lots of debate

about the suits the GB were wearing

in the skeleton.

We have had it with

swims suit ands and cycle wheels.

The suits for skeleton have been

causing a stir because of how well

the sliders have been doing in the

training runs ahead of competition.

Questions have been asked,

complaints made forcing the sports

governing body to confirm they are

in fact legal. They have special

drag resistant ridges on these suit,

the suggestion being made now it is

all a bit of mind games from the

other teams trying to unsettle those

in the British team. The men's

competition started today, Tom

Parsons is currently out for, within

touching distance of a medal. He is

just 3 hundredths of a second from

the bronze medal after two runs of

the four he will have in total. He

says in the meantime between the two

final runs tomorrow he will chill

out and read a book! Few mistakes on

the first run. Probably a bit of

race tension, just ended up

overdriving a couple of bits and a

bit off line, it is what it is, I am

still in the mix so I'll take that.

The other thing so far on day six

the curling continues, so far today

one win for the men, one defeat for

the women.

Is And after the bad weather some

skiing action.

A host of

postponement because of the weather

in South Korea, only one event had

taken place before today, and it

eventually was the men's down hill,

that has been postponed, got under

way, Norway's skier becoming the

oldest alpine skiing champion at the

age of 35. His team-mate won silver

with Switzerland's reigning World

Champion taking bronze. He was

disappointed with the sparse crowd

at the alpine centre for the race.

The women's Giant Slalom a nail you

will hear a lot, Mikaela Shiffrin

won what she hopes will be a slope

load of golds. She did more than

enough to win. She is back in the

slalom which she won in Sochi four

years ago tomorrow.

Man City had the record of the

biggest away win in the Champions

League for 24 hours after their win

on Tuesday. Last night Liverpool won

5-0 at Porto. Saadi and money became

the fourth Liverpool player in

history to score a hat-trick -- Mane

became the fourth Liverpool player.

An incredible kit. They have scored

an incredible 24 goals. Usually it

is there to sell them, but I would

suggest, they should keep wearing

it. The other much predicted to be

the try of the round, real Madrid

against PSG, first leg, Madrid came

from behind thanks in part to the

goal from Cristiano Ronaldo, his

100th of the club, he scored another

from his knee, and PSG very much

relying on the two players that cost

£350 million plus to get them back

into it in the second leg. A

brilliant game. It will be a

brilliant second leg no doubt.

Thank

you very much. Good morning. Back to

the top story.

Just seven weeks into 2018

and America has witnessed its 18th

school shooting this year -

the eighth in which school children

have been killed or injured.

This time it's a community

in Florida, recently named one

of the safest in the country,

which has seen another

mass shooting.

At least 17 people have been

killed after a gunman

opened fire with a rifle

at Marjory Stoneman

Douglas High School.

Police and Swat teams swarmed

the campus and began evacuating

terrified students from the school,

about an hour north of Miami,

as parents and ambulances

gathered on the scene.

The footage shows students cowering

as gunshots ring out.

In the panic, hundreds of students

took shelter in classrooms

and cupboards while emergency

services methodically

searched the school campus.

Nikolas Cruz, a 19-year-old

former pupil who had been

expelled from the school,

has been arrested.

He is

has been arrested.

He is in

has been arrested.

He is in custody.

has been arrested.

Police say the shooting has

devastated the community.

We have a shooter in custody.

He was taken into custody,

I believe, about an hour

after he left Stoneman Douglas,

after he committed this horrific

homicidal, detestable act.

The FBI and our crime

scene people will

begin processing this horrific scene

as soon

as the buildings are cleared.

Students and parents have been

describing what they saw.

That is

not a drill, we have never done a

drill like that. We started

evacuating towards the back, the

middle school, I knew it was more

than a drill, we had never done

that.

We had to wait. We kept

hearing shooting, we were not sure

if it was fireworks, shooting, then

it was on the news and we found out

what was going on.

We literally just

came from there, picking up kids

along the way, a lot of really

distraught, as you can imagine. Just

terrifying. Terrifying for the

parents of the kids, very emotional.

The Governor of Florida, Rick Scott,

vowed to do everything

in his power to ensure children

were safe at school.

You're furious.

How could this ever

happen in this country?

How could this happen in this state?

This is a state that is

focused on keeping all

of our children safe.

You come to the conclusion

this is just absolutely

pure evil.

This state is not

tolerating violence.

We have law enforcement

that will always show up

to defend our safety.

The shooting will reignite

the debate around tighter

gun control in the US.

Florida is now the scene of one

of the deadliest US school shootings

since the 2012 attack

at the Sandy Hook Elementary School

in Connecticut where 20 children

and six staff members were killed.

Chris Murphy is the Democratic

Senator for Connecticut.

He's made a passionate plea

for action to be taken

to prevent school shootings.

This happens nowhere else other than

the United States of America. This

epidemic of mass slaughter, this is

scourge of school shootings. It

happens here not because of

coincidence, not because of bad

luck, but it is a consequence of our

inaction. We are responsible. For a

level of mass atrocity that happens

in this country with zero parallel

anywhere else. As a parent, it

scares me to death that this body

does not take seriously the safety

of my children. It seems like a lot

of parents in South Florida will be

asking that same question later

today. We pray for the families, for

the victim 's. We hope for the best.

President Trump treated his

condolences, saying no child,

teacher, anyone is, they should

never feel unsafe in an American

school. It is not yet clear if he is

considering any change to a gun

legislation. We will get reaction

from the scene and the latest

through the morning of course. Next

today...

The parents of a 21-year-old

who died after taking illegal

weight-loss pills are warning

others not to take them.

Beth Shipsey died in February last

year after taking DNP tablets,

after an overwhelmed hospital

department failed to spot

the potentially fatal overdose.

An inquest which finished

yesterday concluded her care

at the Worcestshire Royal Hospital

was significantly sub-standard,

there were significant

failings in her care,

but evidence suggests

she would still have died.

The coroner also said

that he was going to write

to the Government calling

for the substance DNP to be banned.

DNP is an industrial chemical,

it's highly toxic and not intended

for human consumption.

It's sold illegally in diet pills

as a fat-burning substance.

Users experience a metabolism boost,

leading to weight loss,

but taking even a few

tablets can be fatal.

We can talk to Beth Shipsey's

parents, Carole and Doug,

in their first BBC interview.

Good morning to you. How do you

respond to the conclusion of the

coroner?

We do not agree with his

opinion. We felt that the evidence

heard in the inquest, the five

inquest, it does not reflect fully

his opinion.

How do you react, Doug?

The verdict of suicide, Beth did not

intend to take her own life, we

feel.

It was a miscalculation. A

huge mistake. Another cry for help.

She had taken overdoses before.

Equally surprised for help.

14

before, is that right?

That is

right, obviously a bit of a

nightmare for everyone concerned,

especially us as parents. So we are

disappointed that the verdict was

delivered as suicide when there is a

lot of evidence to suggest that it

was not the case, no suicide note,

her social media messages that Beth

had left that would indicate... But

she meant to be found and taken to

hospital and treated.

The coroner

did highlight significant failings

in her care at the Worcestershire

Royal Hospital, staff failed to

carry out checks on the drugs she

had taken, the department were not

familiar with the DNP drug and its

effects, they did not recognise

watching was experiencing was a

fatal overdose, they were clearly

overwhelmed, evidence from nurses

saying it was one of the most

challenging shifts they had been on,

yet the coroner said he still does

not think she would have survived,

hence him finding she had taken her

own life. How do you feel towards

the hospital?

The fact is, her blood

level of DNP following her death is

the lowest recorded worldwide and

people have survived with a higher

level that have had supportive care

and Beth had no care in the form and

a half hours she was there until she

had a cardiac arrest.

-- the for and

a half hours. The hospital say, we

are very sorry for the shortcomings

in her care, and they talk about the

series of improvements they have

made since. I want to talk to you

about DNP, I have been looking on

the NHS website, it makes it clear

it is illegal to sell it as a weight

loss drug and I wonder what you

think the Government should do now

about this substance.

The Food

Standards Agency crime prevention

unit have been doing their best to

close down websites and tackle

anybody selling this illegally in

the UK. Much of it comes from

overseas. The FSA's hands are tied

in what they can do, relying on

authorities in other countries. The

fact is, you can buy this today on

the internet if you look hard

enough. That is not acceptable. We

need the substance itself to be made

less or non-accessible to

unscrupulous people by either

banning the actual substance itself

or putting license controls over it

and make it much more difficult or

hopefully impossible for people to

get their hands on it, other than

industrial uses.

When you discovered

Beth had been taking these, what did

you think?

We were not aware until

the day before her death of the

potency and toxicity of the drug.

She had mentioned a few weeks before

she had bought some diet pills but

she was no longer taking them and

that that point we had no reason to

believe that they were anything

other than herbal diet pills that

people can buy from health shops.

What have you learnt about the

substance in the diet pills since?

Shocking how lethal and there is no

safe dose. People must not be

complacent. We believe Bethany did

not take 30 pills because of the low

blood level and also we know she did

not take that amount, we do not

people do think there is a safe

therapeutic dose, it is illegal and

dangerous.

What would you say, Doug

to anyone watching who might be

tempted to try something like this?

As I said in the introduction, it

increases metabolism leading to

weight loss, but it is a highly

toxic substance.

The people usually

attracted to take such substances as

this, girls or young woman with body

image issues or body-builders,

again, body image issues, so any

parent or partners or anyone

surrounding these people, be

vigilant. Do not buy such diet pills

over the internet. Be aware,

intervene, be proactive. Because an

envelope coming through the door

with pills in it could be a killer,

as it turned out to be in the case

for Beth and others before.

And it

was exactly a year ago your daughter

died.

Yes, this evening will be the

first anniversary.

How do you mark

that? How do you cope with that? How

do you remember her?

This evening we

will spend our time with immediate

family and... We will be lighting a

candle at the time of death.

The

difficulty is we are starting to

relive what Beth was doing that day

because a year ago today she was

still alive and the what ifs, could

we... All of the questions going

through powerhead has each minute

passes through the day. Tonight will

be particularly difficult when it

comes to the time we know she

arrested -- going through powerhead.

What do you want her legacy to be?

We want the legacy to be the banning

or control of the substance so no

one else dies from it.

Unfortunately, we are where someone

already has. Also, the hospitals,

they are overwhelmed, so busy, they

just did not have the time to apply

what they would normally in

treatment for Beth that night. The

accident and emergency departments

need more funding. It is

unacceptable in a first world

country to have Third World

circumstances in the A&E

departments.

Thank you very much for

talking to us. We appreciate how

difficult it was for you and we

appreciate your time as well. Coming

up...

It many not come as a surprise that

scientists have found a link

between highly-processed

foods and cancer rates,

but how seriously should

we take this latest study?

And we'll catch up with team GB

bobsleigher Mica McNeil who has

sent us her latest video diary

from the Winter Olympics.

Time for the latest news.

Here's Annita McVeigh.

The BBC News headlines this morning.

At least 17 people have been shot

dead by a gunman at a high school in

Florida. Others are in hospital with

serious injuries following the

attack near Michael Schumacher my.

It is the 18th shooting at an

American school this year. Police

have named the suspect at

19-year-old Nikolas Cruz, a former

student who had been expelled. It

was the end of school day, they know

that the suspect pulled the fire

alarm to get people to leave the

school quickly, so it was a lot of

chaos because they didn't know if it

was a real fire or not. All of a

sudden they heard that pop, pop, pop

sound. Some teachers told students

to run, so we have seen images

leaving the school with their arms

up, trying to get to safety as

quickly as possible.

quickly as possible.

The ANC leader, Cyril Ramaphosa,

will be sworn in as South Africa's

new president later today,

following the resignation

of Jacob Zuma.

Mr Zuma's time in office has been

marred by allegations of corruption,

and his own party, the ANC had

threatened to force him out

with a vote of no confidence.

In a televised statement he said

he was quitting with immediate

effect but said he disagreed

with his party's decision.

The consumption of highly-processed

foods, including cakes,

chicken nuggets and mass-produced

bread is linked to the risk

of cancer, according

to researchers in France.

The study of more than one hundred

thousand people is published

in the British Medical Journal.

Experts have expressed caution,

but continue to advise eating

a healthy balanced diet.

The government has publicly blamed

Russian military intelligence

for a cyber attack last year,

which affected businesses

around the world.

The Defence Secretary,

Gavin Williamson, said Russia

was "ripping up the rule book

by undermining democracy

and weaponising information".

Russia has denied

responsibility for the attack.

Sinn Fein is expected

to outline its next move today

following the collapse

of negotiations to restore

power-sharing at Stormont.

Talks ended yesterday

when the Democratic Unionist Party

said there was no prospect

of a deal.

Both parties have been locked

in negotiations for 13 months.

That's a summary of

the latest BBC News.

To leave the school quickly, so it

was a lot of chaos because they

didn't know if it was a real fire or

not. All of a sudden they heard that

pop, pop, pop sound. Some teachers

told students to run, so we have

seen images leaving the school with

their arms up, trying to get to

safety as quickly as possible.

Hugh is back with the latest sport.

The British skeleton slide Serb Dom

parsons is in the medal hunt after

two of his four runs, he is 3

hundredth of a second outside the

bronze medal position with his two

final runs coming up tomorrow.

Elsewhere Team GB's men's curlers

bounced back to win their match this

morning against Japan. The winning

stone was the final stone of the

final end. The women lost to the USA

but they are back on the ice at

11.00 against China. The American

skier Mikaela Shifrin wons the hopes

of what she thinks will be a handful

of golds. It is her weakest

discipline so expect more from her

in the coming day end Liverpool

hammer Porto 5-0 in the last 16 tie

in Portugal. Maine scoring a

hat-trick in a away record knock out

victory for the club in a

competition.

More after 10.00.

Now, after weeks of speculation,

growing claims of corruption,

raids against wealthy friends,

and a party increasingly

united against him,

South Africa's President Zuma has

finally stepped down.

He was one of the foot soldiers

of the anti-apartheid movement

which saw Nelson Mandela rise

to power in the 90s.

But once in office, allegations

of corruption and nepotism turned

South Africans against him.

Now, his rival and the man the ANC

party want to replace him,

will be sworn in today.

Our correspondent Pumza Fihlani

is in Johannesberg.

In the end, he, mine he fought and

fought and fought, didn't he, but in

the end he did do it?

He certainly

did, and he really left that right

down to the wire, Victoria, with

like an hour to go, before the

deadline of midnight. He tendered

his resignation, we have received is

word a few moments ago that he has

handed officially his letter to the

speaker of Parliament in Cape Town,

so it is official now, he is no

longer President of South Africa,

which then begins the process for

the African National Congress as you

said, there to table a sitting that

will elect the new President and

Cyril Ramaphosa ises poised to the

man to take over from him. That is

if opposition parties are also

agreed on the ANC's preferred

candidate.

How will Cyril Ramaphosa

be different?

He certainly has been

more vocal, especially in the last

few months, in the run up just after

his election, as party President. He

has been very vocal about reclaiming

South Africa's dignity in the world,

but also, reclaiming the country

back from people he says have used

the close relationships with the

President and people in power to

loot the state. He has promised to

stamp out corruption, he has

promised to create an environment

that is favourable for investment.

There has been fears here, for a few

years, that Jacob Zuma's government

was uncertain and that threatened

investment here, he has promised to

stabilise things but also to find a

which of reigniting the economy that

it creates jobs for young people

here, so it is a very big order he

needs to fulfil, but South Africa's

-- South Africans are at a point

where they want somebody who is

going to deliver. They have seen

what democracy can bring when people

come together. So it is a big task

he had ahead of them. He they are

not going to take him as face value.

Thank you.

We already know that processed

foods such as cakes,

crisps and ready meals often have

high levels of sugar,

Study was conducted on 150,000

French adults and we measured their

dietary consumption and the study

was about the association between

the ultra processed food consumption

and the risk of developing cancer,

what we observed here, was that when

people increased their share of

ultra processed food in the diet, a

10% increased we observered is an

11% risk and a 12% risk in breast

cancer.

But just how significant

is this news - and should

we change our life styles?

Here to tell us a bit more

is Cancer Research's lead UK health

expert Sarah Williams.

The kind of ultra processed foods we

are talking about include what?

It

is a massive list. So crisp,

packaged sweets, snack, mass

produced breads and cakes but not

cakes that are made for example at

home and bakery, meatballs, nugget,

anything that is high in fat, salt,

sugar it is really very broad.

It is

to do with the high levels of 2359,

salt and sugar or could it be be to

do with additives. They say they

don't know, they are not creating a

cause there, they are just saying we

see this, we are suggesting there is

a link, we are eat morgue of these

foods and that could mean that over

time there will be more cancer, so

the figure they have come up with

saying at the minute they think the

people they studied ate about 18% of

their diet, was made of this ultra

processed food, they are saying we

are increasing that, if we increase

it by 10%, they think that that will

cause another nine cancer for every

100,000 people a year. How big is

this study. There are some who are

expressing caution about it?

It is a

large study. It is 105,000 people.

It tracked them five years but it is

ongoing, the researches admit there

are things they haven't managed to

take into account. That I have tried

to weigh their data against thing

like people smoking, whether or not

people exercise, whether they have

high calorie diets overall or will

if they take the pill. They can't

exclude that. Then there is the

thing about how broad that

definition of ultra processed food

is. So, the thing that it doesn't

for example include artisan breads,

so there are...

Who what is an

artisan bread?

Anything made in a

posh bakery or at home.

That is all

right?

They aren't included in this

study. Even though it's a large

study the researchers saying more

needs to be done to see what the

cause is here.

And that is a really

key point, is it not, because the

people who experienced higher rates

of cancer could be living unhealthy

lifestyles any away, could be

smoker, all sorts of things could be

going on. On. The study noticed and

the researchers mentioned this that

the people who were eating the most

ultra processed is foods tended to

have unhealthy lifestyleses in other

way, being more likely to be smokers

and less like will he to be

physically active. This is a

different way of locking at diet and

cancer, we tend to look at nutrients

or attives and take a bottom up

approach. This is top down, to that

is good because people heat a whole

diet, on the other hand as we have

said the limitation is we can't tell

what within this massive bucket of

ultra processed foods could be

causing a problem and whether that

is down to nutrients or weight gain

or if will is something else. It is

a key piece of initial research we

can build on. Sure, OK.

But I mean, in the future, with more

research, they might be able to

point to a particular additive or

the way you know, a cop pound is

made when they are doing the cooking

process. -- compound.

It is possible

that could happen. That would be

useful information, particularly so

people can be aware of what they are

doing, but to inform how our food is

made, we do buy a lot of processed

food, I think it is in some ways

part of modern life, we are busy,

one of the key things in this area

is reform lacing of products so we

know with things like the sugar Levy

coming in with fizzy drink, that has

been seen to have an effect in terms

of manufacturers reducing sugar, if

we can find other things within

food, sugar or chemicals that can be

reduced so there is less than in the

first place.

Should people cut out

ultra process food from their diet?

On the basis of this study I think

that is going a bit too far, on the

other hand, we do know as we have

said things like crisps and chips

and cake, we know they are not

things to be good to be eating a lot

the time. It is about cutting down,

there are lots of other good reason,

we know they increase the risk of

weight gain and we know obesity

loads to cancer and other Serbses

you diseases.

Is the being

overweight, is that more of a risks

for developing cancer than what we

can take from this study?

I would be

more concerned is personally from

ultra processed foods via weight

rather than a accuse direct link.

What is the difference between ultra

processed food and processed food?

People want to know, I am confused,

tell me what I shouldn't eat, what I

should eat.

It is a tricky one, this

study basically divided people's

diets into four buckets and it did

that based on a previous piece of

research, the buckets go from fresh

foods, things like fresh fruit and

veg, frozen fruit and veg as well.

Right through to ma processed foods,

it is defined based should be much

sort of interference has been

happening in the foods before they

get on your plate. But it is a broad

definition and as we have mentioned

there are some things that seem a

little bit strange looking at it

from a public point of view, like

what type of bread is OK, but it is

more to do with how it has been

divided up. I won't put emphasis on

the specific foods. It is a big

group, and it is not to say those

foods particularly are especially

worrying or dangerous to people.

But

you would say wouldn't you, just

exercise more, and eat more fruit

and veg.

More fruit and veg, more

fibre, less red processed meat, cut

down on calories.

One feet this

people want the try living on a

healthy diet on a low income. I know

you hear that a lot

It is a huge

problem, there is is a real limit as

to what people themselves can do in

terms of healthy diet and managing

their weight. Because simply we can

only buy what is in the shop, we

can't control what is marketed to

us. As well as people have the

information and the advice to make

healthy choices where they can, this

is why it is important that industry

play a role in reform lacing, and

the Government really step up and

play a role as well. So the sugar

Levy but what Cancer Research would

like to see is further restrictions

on junk food marketing. So we would

be calling on the Government to

introduce a watershed to reduce the

amount of advertising children are

see, we know it leads them to

consume more of these foods.

Is

Thank you very much.

We'll hear some harrowing accounts

from children living in war zones,

which tragically has increased

by more than three quarters

over the past 30 years.

We will hear what life is like for

some of these children before 10.00.

It's day six of the Winter

Olympics in South Korea.

So far Team GB have yet to feature

on the podium. There is a chance who

will get one tomorrow. Over the

duration of the Games, Team GB Mica

McNeill, a bobsleigh, has been

keeping a video diary for us of her

experience.

Here's her latest extract.

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Hi, guys.

It's Mica McNeill,

Team GB bobsleigh pilot

out here in South Korea

at the Pyeongchang 2018

Winter Olympic Games.

We've now been here for two weeks

and official training

is coming up really,

really soon, which we

are so excited for.

We're actually in

Seoul at the moment.

But I'll give you a little recap

of how our two weeks have been.

We got here in Seoul

at the National Sport University

to get some training done,

get over jet lag and what not,

before we went into

the Olympic Village.

When we got there,

that was an absolutely incredible,

incredible feeling.

It was a two-hour bus journey

across the country and then

we arrived and you walk

through and you see all the flags

and all the other nations.

We had great fun

while we were there.

We have the flag raising ceremony,

we had the Team GB reception,

where we got to dress up

in our fancy suits and meet

her Royal Highness Princess Anne.

And we had the opening

ceremony, which was amazing.

We didn't actually stay

there for the whole time.

We went and stayed in the warm tent

and got to walk out behind the flag,

which was an absolute honour

and such a proud moment for any

athlete, but then we actually went

straight on the bus and went home,

because we didn't want to get

cold and tired as we had

training the next day

and we are still preparing.

But it wasn't all fun

in the village.

We had some 5am wake-up

calls to go sliding,

which was actually my first time

down the Olympic track.

I'd never driven it before.

So I've had four runs now.

I'm getting to grips with it.

I've got some fine tuning to do,

but it's such a fun

track and I absolutely,

absolutely loved it.

So the sled got there all safe.

But our village is amazing,

and our block, Team GB have made it

so homely and done a great job.

The food's fantastic.

So you might be wondering why

we're back in Seoul.

There's a couple of viruses

going around the village,

which we don't want to catch,

and we wanted to just take ourselves

away from that environment

of everything being 100 mph

all the time and get some

serious sessions put down.

We're a week out from our

competition now and we're

here in Seoul with a gym

to ourselves and a running

track to ourselves.

We're not fighting 1000 athletes

for equipment in the village.

But I will say, I'm so,

so excited to get back

to the village later on today.

Our bus leaves at four from here

so that's a wrap for our holding

camp and I'm absolutely buzzing

for the official training to start

on the 17th and for our competition

on the 20th and 21st.

And we'll continue to follow her

story over the next week or so.

The number of children living

in a war zone has increased

by more than three quarters

in the past three decades.

More than 350 million kids now live

in areas of conflict -

that's over a third of a billion

children, or around six times

the population of the UK.

And it's up from around

200 million in the early 1990s.

Let's hear some of the experiences

of children from warzones

around the world.

"They hit me in the face with a gun,

kicked me in my chest and stamped

on my arms and legs.

Then I was raped."

Another said...

Another child...

Those are just three stories

from three different children caught

up in conflict zones

around the world.

The new report from Save

the Children out today suggests kids

are being used as suicide bombers,

and that schools and hospitals

are being targeted by cluster bombs.

Let's look at the experience of one

persecuted minority.

Since August, 2017, more than half

a million Rohingya Muslims have fled

Myanmar for neighbouring Bangladesh.

Two months ago two armed men stormed

into our house. I was there with my

two daughters. One is 16 and the

other is 12. They beat and kicked me

and threw me out of my house and

they raped both of my daughters.

Even the youngest one. She has not

even reached puberty yet. When they

were finished, they came out of the

house and started shooting at

people. I saw them killed two men, a

bullet missed me by a few inches. I

ran back into the house. I took my

daughters by their hands and we ran

away as fast as we could. My

daughters were in a state of shock.

It took us two days to get to

Bangladesh. They are still

suffering. One of them feels

constantly in and weak and the other

one has a Domino and back pain. They

feel really a shame talking about

what happened and they are worried

no one will want to marry them when

they are older than now they have

been raped.

With us is George Graham

from Save the Children,

Doaa Kutbi who is a doctor in Yemen

for the International Medical Corps,

and Nikita Malik, who researches

the way children are used

in conflict for the Henry Jackson

Society, which is a think tank that,

according to its website,

works to combat extremism,

to advance democracy

and real human rights.

Thank you all for talking to us. I

will start in Yemen with Doaa, what

is it like for parents trying to

bring up children in parts of Yemen?

Unfortunately, my country is

suffering a lot nowadays, especially

the health system. In 2018... 18.8

million that the dog the

population... As a mother of two

kids, both of them need medical

help, as a doctor, as a mother, a

regular, monthly income. But what

about those who do not? Even if they

tried their best, nowadays, in my

country, my country is now reporting

one of the top countries with a

crisis in the world. Nowadays, we

are in Yemen suffering through a lot

of outbreaks, endemic with critical

diseases like malaria, polio, and

now a diphtheria outbreak, cholera

outbreak, as a mother, I'm afraid to

let my children go out from home.

And visitors, I'm suspicious

sometimes, but what can I do? We

will try. As a humanitarian worker,

I try my best to change some...

I

will bring in George, if I may.

Thank you, Doaa. George from Save

the Children who have done the

report. We can clearly hear the

difficulties of a mum, who is a

doctor, trying to bring up children

in a conflict zone. Can you give us

examples of the way children are

affected and used in conflict zones?

Certainly. One of the most

depressing findings in this very

depressing report is the number of

children killed and maimed has gone

up three times its 2010 according to

UN reports, kids being injured,

lifelong disabilities. Part of the

reason is conflict is increasingly

happening in cities, another piece

of research with Imperial College we

are doing, looking at how children's

bodies are uniquely vulnerable to

blast injuries, more at risk to

adults. Recruitment of children into

Armed Forces, sexual violence

against children, adoption of

children. Another very stark finding

is that the numbers of people being

denied humanitarian aid has gone up

15 times, starving, not getting

health care because parties to

conflict are deliberately preventing

aid from reaching them.

Which is

absolutely shocking and scandalous.

Completely shocking. We talk

about... We have called this report

the war on children, one of the

biggest alt on time and we are

trying to raise awareness -- one of

the biggest outrages of our time.

Literally millions of children whose

lives are being destroyed

preventively so that is what we need

to look at.

How did terrorists use

children in war zones, Nikita?

This

is one of the things that has been

increasing, and incredibly effective

strategy. A number of international

conventions prevent the use of

children by Armed Forces but

terrorists will use children

precisely because it disarms the

individuals facing these children.

And we see multiple levels of

exploitation so children are used

for child labour, often trafficked,

sexually abused, and they tend to

listen to authority and not question

it and what we see in conflict zones

in particular is that the children

are joining these groups for things

as simple as food, a stable income,

and with the case of Islamic State,

and non-state armed groups in the

Middle East, they are joining them

because it gives them a sense of

stability, the groups provide them

with a distorted ideological

indoctrination and education. And in

times of war, the sense of stability

for a child is very appealing.

They

are provided with basic human

essentials.

Precisely.

Food and

water and then become indoctrinated?

That is what is most disheartening

because these are basic needs,

education, food, a safe place to

sleep every night and we have these

terrorist organisations offering it

to these children who have often

been separated from their families

and providing them with very

radicalised ideas.

And if they

survive, how much long-term damage

can this do to a child?

It is

immense because of the levels of

trauma these children have

experienced, the normalisation of

violence, they have often been asked

to commit all kinds of violence

against people, and to make matters

worse, when the children are

captured by the state, they are

often put in jail. The majority of

information we have received from

children and their experiences have

been from children in jail.

Finally,

if I may ask you, George, from Save

the Children, in light of the

scandal that has emerged in the last

week about Oxfam and officials there

exploiting vulnerable people and

inappropriate sexual behaviour,

presumably Save the Children is

looking at its own staff and

procedures?

Exactly. The news this

week, personally, I found it

shocking but also really sad and it

has made me incredibly angry. We

exist to protect the most vulnerable

so when you see that people who are

professing to do the same thing but

are clearly not taking advantage of

the most vulnerable, it is really

sick making, precisely the opposite

of what we are here to do. You are

right, we're looking at our

systems and processes, we have child

safeguarding training in teams and

sexual harassment training, we have

got the processes, but what I keep

thinking and we keep talking about

internally is it is about leadership

and culture. We need an environment

in which anyone who experiences

harassment or exploitation feels

comfortable bring it forward and

they know something will be done and

there is a culture of tolerance. I

am optimistic is we will get there.

-- a culture of zero tolerance.

Mission-critical for us, protecting

the vulnerable. In some ways, I feel

like this is something we will get

to grips with, we have to get to

grips with, as the sector, and we

are trying our best to do it.

Thank

you very much for coming on the

programme. The latest news and sport

at 10am. Before that, the weather.

Something a little

at 10am. Before that, the weather.

Something a little bit milder on the

way over the next few days. A bit of

a chilly start this morning.

Compared with yesterday and the

forecast, more sunshine around than

yesterday afternoon. A few showers

around, fairly wintry in the

northern and western parts of the UK

with some sleet and snow. This is

where the showers have been so far

today. Mainly snow for Scotland and

Northern Ireland. The tops of the

Pennines and the Brecon Beacons.

More showers across south-west

England and Wales. They will run

across southern counties this

morning. In between, lots of gaps in

the cloud, lots of sunshine,

particularly in the east. That will

be the case into the afternoon.

Lunchtime, a few showers still

running across Southern counties,

one or two in Wales and still some

snow falling across the tops of the

Pennines. Snow as well in Northern

Ireland. From Glasgow North on the

Highlands, the bulk of the snow

today. As much as 20 centimetres of

fresh snow over higher ground here.

That will be blown around as well by

pretty strong winds. Temperatures

for the afternoon, blue colours

below freezing. Not too bad today,

up on recent days. Double figures in

the south-east. Strengthening

sunshine at the moment overhead.

With more of it around today, it

will feel more pleasant than it has

done of late. Going into tonight, we

will start to see temperatures

dropping quite smartly. Further snow

showers in western Scotland,

Northern Ireland, wintry flurries in

the West of England and Wales, but

with clear skies, temperatures

dropping tonight. Greater chances of

frost. And greater risk of ice with

the showers. Tonight, parts of

Scotland and Northern Ireland, the

northern lights for costs. Bright

red, greatest chance of seeing it

tonight. The northern lights

forecast. Here you may just get

treated to a little bit of a little

glimpse of the bright colours

dancing on the horizon in Scotland

and Northern Ireland. The risk of

ice tomorrow morning. Scotland and

Northern Ireland, another day of

thick cloud in the West, further

outbreaks of rain and hail snow, not

as much as today, temperatures on

the rise with south-westerly winds.

Best of the sunshine in the eastern

half of Scotland and England. A

fairly mild day. Quick look into the

weekend, Saturday, start with frost

in southern areas, much having a dry

and bright day. Some outbreaks of

rain and drizzle, mainly light and

patchy. Temperatures still holding

up into double figures for some,

continuing the mild theme into

Sunday. The big question mark is

where the weather front will lie.

Goodbye for now.

Our top story - a 19-year-old man's

in custody over the deaths

of 17 people in a school

shooting in Florida.

Kids were evacuating. I heard five

pop, I thought that is not a drill.

We never did a drill like that

We

have a shooter in custody, he was

taken into custody I believe about

an hour after he left the school,

after he committed this horrific

homicidele detestable act.

We'll hear from a local

reporter at the scene.

Children as young as 12

are being banned from driving

after being caught on the road

illegally, often with

deadly consequences.

We'll speak to the sisters of boy

who died in a crash ,

here's one underage driver

explaining why he does it.

I do get a rush, you know, but I

just want to put my foot down and go

crazy. I've been in police chases

and got away because we know where

we need to go. If there's a group of

us we will chip in, let an older

person know we want a car, they will

get a car from someone else.

Why do so many people put

off going to the doctor

to discuss worrying symptoms?

A campaign is launching

today to address this -

it's called FoFo -

the fear of finding out -

and it's encouraging people to get

checked out when they first notice

something wrong.

Good morning.

Here's Annita McVeigh

in the BBC Newsroom

with a summary of todays news.

At least 17 people have been

shot dead by a gunman

at a high school in Florida.

Several other people

are in hospital with serious

injuries, after the attack

at the Marjory Stoneman Douglas

It's the eighteenth shooting

at an American school this year.

Police have named the suspect

as 19-year-old Nikolas Cruz,

a former student who had been

expelled.

The ANC leader, Cyril Ramaphosa,

will be sworn in as South Africa's

new president later today ,

following the resignation

of Jacob Zuma.

Mr Zuma's time in office has been

marred by allegations of corruption,

and his own party, the ANC had

threatened to force him out

with a vote of no confidence.

In a televised statement he said

he was quitting with immediate

effect but said he disagreed

with his party's decision.

A 17-year-old has been stabbed

to death in east london

in a "sustained and possibly

targeted attack" -

the third teenager fatally knifed

in the capital this year.

The Metropolitan Police said

officers were called to reports

of a young person with stab wounds

at an address in Canning Town,

shortly after eight o

clock on Wednesday night.

No-one has been arrested.

The consumption of ultra-processed

foods, including cakes,

chicken nuggets and mass-produced

bread is linked to the risk

of cancer, according

to researchers in France.

The study of more than one hundred

thousand people is published

in the British Medical Journal.

Experts have expressed caution,

but continue to advise eating

a health balanced diet.

The government has publicly blamed

Russian military intelligence

for a cyber attack last year,

which affected businesses

around the world.

The Defence Secretary,

Gavin Williamson, said Russia

was "ripping up the rule book

by undermining democracy

and weaponising information".

Russia has denied

responsibility for the attack.

Sinn Fein is expected

to outline its next move today

following the collapse

of negotiations to restore

power-sharing at Stormont.

Talks ended yesterday

when the Democratic Unionist Party

said there was no prospect

of a deal.

Both parties have been locked

in negotiations for 13 months.

Oxfam has said it sacked its country

director in Haiti last

year for mismanagement.

The charity said Damien Berrendorf

had faced allegations

of inappropriate behaviour,

but it said his dismissal was not

related to sexual misconduct,

or the scandal in 2011 involving aid

workers in Haiti paying

local women for sex.

That's a summary of the latest BBC

News - more at 10.30.

E-mail from Mike about the ultra

processed food and cancer rates.

Mike says another day, another food

scare, what next? Do not eat at all?

This from Glenn. It is a fallacy

that eating healthily is expensive.

A bunch of bananas 89 pence versus

one quid for chocolate.

Broccoli, 45 pence versus processed

chip, round 1.50. It is easy. People

need help seeing past the doctrine

that hell-0 equals expensive. Sport

and Hugh is back

Good morning.

Britain could claim its first medal

of the Winter Olympics after

skeleton slider Dom Parsons put

himself in a good position half way

through his competition. He is in

fourth after two of his four runs in

Pyeongchang. 3 hundredth of a second

from the bronze medal position. His

final runs will be in the early

hours of tomorrow morning A few

mistakes on the first run. Probably

a bit of race tension, ended up

overdrying a couple of bits and a

bit off line, but it is what it is

I'm still in the mix I so I'll take

that.

The alpine skiing is back on

in the blue ribbon event. The

Norwegian became the oldest alpine

skiing champion when he won the

men's down hill. It is his second

Olympic Gold. Mikaela Shifrin is

expected to be one of those big

success stories of the game, the

American won her first gold of these

2018 games in the Giant Slalom. She

is bidding for three more titles on

the slopes.

They had been fourth overnight after

Massot completed a double instead of

a triple Salchow. They beat their

own record today to finish ahead of

the pairs from China, and Canada.

The curling is back on with the

round-robin matches continuing. The

men's team responded to their defeat

to Canada yesterday with a win this

morning against Japan. It was enough

to win it at 6-5, they are done for

the day, after that one match

against Japan.

It is something we

talked about to be more consistent

through the entire game, instead of

having good spells and a few bad

spells but I think we put that into

action today. There was a couple of

times things didn't look too good

but we managed to get it out and it

was a good team performance and we

ground out the win.

It is one win

and one defeat for the women's team

after losing to the United States,

even Muirhead's rink were expected

to win, they return to the ice to

play China, just after 11 o'clock

this morning, so they have more work

to do today.

Away from Pyeongchang, there was

another hugely impressive

performance for an English side in

this Champions League. It was

Liverpool's first game in the knock

out stage, for nine year, they

marked it with a naive nil win at

Porto in po -- 5-0 win in Porto. It

was very impressive from Liverpool.

As it was from Real Madrid.

Cristiano Ronaldo became the first

player to score 100 goals for a

single club in the Champions League.

He helped them come from behind to

beat Paris St Germain. That was his

second of the night. So 101 overall

for Real Madrid. That is all your

sport for now.

Just seven weeks into 2018

and America has witnessed it's 18th

school shooting this year -

the eighth in which schoolchildren

have been killed or injured.

This time it's a community

in Florida, recently named one

of the safest in the country,

which has seen another

mass shooting.

At least 17 people have been

killed after a gunman

opened fire with a rifle

at Marjory Stoneman

Douglas High School.

Police and SWAT teams swarmed

the campus and began evacuating

terrified students from the school,

which is about an hour north

of Miami, as parents and ambulances

gathered on the scene.

This shocking footage shows students

cowering as gunshots ring out.

In the panic hundreds of students

took shelter in classrooms

and cupboards while emergency

services methodically

searched the school campus.

Nikolas Cruz, a 19-year-old

former pupil who had been

expelled from the school,

has been arrested.

Police say the shooting has

devastated the community.

We have a shooter in custody.

He was taken into custody,

I believe, about an hour

after he left Stoneman Douglas,

after he committed this horrific

homicidal, detestable act.

The FBI and our crime

scene people will

begin processing this horrific scene

as soon as the buildings are

cleared.

Shocked students and parents have

been describing what they saw.

The fire alarm got

pulled and kids were

evacuating.

And I was like, that not a drill.

We never did a drill like that.

We started evacuating towards

the back, towards the middle school.