19/02/2018 Victoria Derbyshire

Hello, it's Monday, it's 9am,

I'm Victoria Derbyshire -

welcome to the programme.

Our top story...

The Prime Minister is to launch

a year-long review of how higher

education is funded,

admitting that England has one

of the most

expensive university systems.

Also on the programme...

Serial paedophile football coach

Barry Bennell will be sentenced

today for abuse on an "industrial

scale" committed on young

boys in his care.

These men abused by Bennell told us

how important it is for them

to see him in person in court today.

I will be there and I will like him

in the eye.

It is important for you

that he is there?

It is important

for me personally to get that

closure and hopefully to hear the

judge say... Well, hopefully, life

in prison.

Even up to his last

second he should be shown no

remorse. I want to have that

opportunity to look him in the eye

and show him that I have power now,

you does not have that power over

me.

Micky Fallon, abused by Bennell

from the age of 13, will read us

part of his victim impact statement.

Plus, will last week's Florida

school shooting mark a change in gun

control laws in America?

We know that there are mental health

issues and I am not a psychologist,

but we need to pay attention to the

fact that this isn't just a mental

health issue. He would not have hurt

that many students with a knife!

Three students who survived last

weeks gun attack tell us why they're

telling American politicans

"enough is enough".

And...

Three Billboards Outside Ebbing,

Missouri has dominated

the Bafta film awards,

winning five trophies.

It focuses on a woman looking for

justice, played by Francis

McDormand, who picked up Best

Actress.

I have a little trouble

with compliance.

LAUGHTER.

But I want you to know that I stand

in full solidarity with my sisters

tonight in black. Power to the

people.

Hello, welcome to the programme.

We're live until 11am this morning.

Later we will talk about an

interesting report out today on

employee is' attitudes to women who

work for them who happened to become

pregnant. According to the survey

this morning, the majority of bosses

think women should have to disclose

if they are pregnant at a job

interview. They don't have to do

that. While a third think it is OK

to ask women about their plans for

children, which is against the law.

If you have been discriminated

against because you are pregnant,

get in touch with us this morning.

We will speak to a woman who was

sacked by her organisation, a

women's organisation, when she was

on maternity leave.

Our top story today...

Theresa May will launch a year-long

review of how higher

education is funded,

admitting that England has one

of the most expensive systems

of tuition in the world.

In a speech later,

the Prime Minister will say

she shares the concerns of students

and parents about the cost

of getting a degree.

Labour has accused the Government

of simply kicking the problem

into the long grass.

Let's talk to Norman, who is at

Westminster. What kind of things

will be discussed, do you think,

over the next year?

We are told everything is on the

table except for one thing, which is

the tuition fee system, that is

going to stay, but the view amongst

ministers is that the current system

is just not working, that the costs

are simply too steep and it is not

good value for money. So the sorts

of things they want to look at is

whether they can encourage

universities to provide shorter

courses, maybe two year courses so

you do not run up such a long bill

-- such a big bill. Also encouraging

more students to do computer

courses, to live at home and go to

their local university, but of

course the big ticket item is the

overall level of fees, with pretty

much every university charging the

maximum of just over £9,000 for

pretty much every course. Don't hold

your breath for the Government to

put those fees, there is not likely

to be legislation forcing the fees

down, in part I think because if the

Government were to do that there

will be howls of outrage claiming it

was a middle-class tax subsidy. What

they seem to be talking about is

trying to arm prospective students

with more information about courses

and the job prospects they have, the

sort of salaries they have, in the

hope that youngsters will say, well,

I will not do that cause because it

is probably not going to lead to a

very well-paid job, so fewer would

do the course, therefore

universities might think, we will

have to make those causes more

attractive and cut the level of

fees, and they hope that way to

create more of a market system in

universities and thereby reduce some

of the fees for the less worthwhile

causes.

Thanks, Norman, for the moment. If

you are a student, we would like to

hear from you. What would you like

to hear from Theresa May today? If

you are perhaps looking at going to

university in the future, or

somebody who would rather pursue the

technical qualification side, do get

in touch. You can messages on

Twitter, there is WhatsApp, and

there is our Facebook page which is

getting pretty big now, thanks to

you! Let's get the rest of the

morning 's news.

Here's Annita.

An internal Oxfam report

on the sexual misconduct of some

of its staff in Haiti in 2011 has

revealed that three of the men

involved physically threatened

witnesses during the investigation.

The charity has published

the document for the first time,

saying it wants to be

as transparent as possible.

Here's our diplomatic

correspondent, James Landale.

In the wake of the earthquake

in Haiti in 2010, seven of the Oxfam

staff sent there to help left

because as a result

of their unacceptable behaviour.

An internal report published today

shows one was dismissed and three

resigned for using prostitutes

on Oxfam premises.

Two more were dismissed for bullying

and intimidation, one of whom also

downloaded pornography.

And another man was sacked

for failing to protect staff.

The report says three

of the suspects physically

threatened witnesses

during the investigation.

The 11-page document makes various

recommendations, including finding

better mechanisms for informing

other aid agencies about

so-called problem staff.

This is something Oxfam

appears to have ignored,

as Roland Van Hauwermeiren,

the charity's director in Haiti,

went on to work for another aid

organisation in Bangladesh,

even though the charity says

he resigned for using prostitutes.

Parts of the reports are blacked out

to hide people's identities,

but Oxfam says it has given

an unredacted copy to Haitian

ministers, whom senior

managers from the charity

will meet later today.

James Landale, BBC News.

Former football coach Barry Bennell

will be sentenced today

for historical sexual assaults

committed on young boys in his care.

The 64-year-old, who worked

with Manchester City

and Crewe Alexandra's youth teams,

was convicted of 50 child sex

offences at Liverpool Crown Court.

The former scout is thought to have

abused more than 100 boys over

a period spanning three decades.

The Equality and Human Rights

Commission says a survey of 1100

employers it commissioned has

revealed "antiquated" attitudes

to recruiting women.

The poll found that more than half

believed a woman should have

to say if she was pregnant

during the recruitment process,

and 44% thought women should work

for a firm for at least a year

before having children.

The mother of a seriously ill

six-year-old boy has described a

Government decision to deny him

cannabis treatment as astonishing.

Hannah Deacon wants ministers to

approve a medical cannabis license

to help her son, Alfie, who rare

form of epilepsy improved after

taking the drug. She has pleaded for

help to overturn the decision,

saying cannabis oil is safer for her

son than his present treatment.

Former shareholders in the collapsed

construction giant Carillion

are calling for its management

to be investigated.

Some have told MPs

that the company's

executives must have known -

or should have known -

about its cash flow problems

well before it went

into liquidation last month.

At the same time, say MPs, investors

were "fleeing for the hills".

MPs are to scrutinise the pension

schemes at the retail

empire of Topshop boss

Sir Philip Green.

Frank Field, chairman of the Work

and Pensions Committee,

said the move follows claims

Sir Philip was in talks to sell

all or part of his business.

Newspaper reports say

the billionaire has held talks

with a Chinese textiles giant.

A group of American teenagers

who survived a school shooting

in Florida have announced a national

march on Washington to demand

political action on gun control.

They say they're determined

that the mass shooting,

in which 17 people died,

will be a turning point

in the debate about guns.

The Bank of England says more

than £2 billion worth of old £10

notes need to be spent or exchanged

in the next 10 days.

The notes, featuring

Charles Darwin, cease to be legal

tender on 1st March.

Three Billboards Outside Ebbing,

Missouri, a film about a mother

seeking justice for her daughter's

murder, was the big winner

at the Bafta awards last night.

It won five prizes, including best

film and best actress

for Frances McDormand.

The theme of justice and equality

for women dominated the event,

with most guests wearing black

to show solidarity with campaigns

against abuse and harassment.

That's a summary of the latest BBC

News - more at 9.30am.

This message from Andy about

university tuition fees in the

future, he suggests courses for

engineers, scientists, doctors and

nurses should be subsidised but all

others should pay the full costs for

their course.

Do get in touch with us

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Let's get some sport...

Sonali is with us, and there has

been drama for Team GB in curling at

the Winter Olympics?

Yes, there has, lots of

qualification events going on today

so a busy morning so far for the

Brits and it went to the wire with a

curling but Great Britain's men made

it four wins from seven. It was

tight throughout, nail-biting stuff,

and eventually they came through 7-6

against Denmark which puts them in a

strong position to earn a place in

the last four, that crucial last

four. Just after 11am, Great

Britain's women take on Switzerland

after the hog line controversy

yesterday.

Less than two years after being told

she may never skate again, ice

dancer Penny Combs and her partner

Nick Butler and have qualified for

the final. Earlier this morning they

finished in tenth place ahead of

tomorrow's free dance, where the

medals are decided after two

routines. This routine was partly

choreographed by Christopher Dean

who won Olympic gold alongside Jane

Torvill in 1984.

And there were mixed fortunes out on

the snowboard Team GB?

This was where the dramatic action

happened, those spectacles, and a

great morning for row in Cheshire in

the freestyle skiing half pipe

event. Her performance was good

enough to qualify for the finals but

unfortunately the other Brit in the

competition, Molly Summerhays,

missed out. Huge disappointment for

Amy Fuller in the snowboarding big

air event. This is making its debut

at this year's games. She fell on

both of her attempts, including a

huge crash in her second jump, so

her Olympics is over. It looks like

her face took the brunt of the

iceberg. This is her Tweet this

morning. Took wanted the grill were

her words. But she say she is proud

and will keep on smiling.

Just one more story... Away from the

winters, Tottenham's collective ego

may be feeling bruised this morning,

the romance of the FA Cup evident

for all to see over the weekend as

the club that is bottom of League 1,

Rochdale, held high-flying spurs to

a 2-2 drawer. They have got a replay

at Wembley thanks to this injury

time equaliser from Steve Davis.

Spurs took the lead with Kane

penalty but the joy belonged to

Rochdale in the end on their big day

out at Wembley.

We knew, having gone 1-0 up in the

first half, we knew what would come

in the second half. Although the

players got a little bit did, they

responded superbly, their heads

could have gone down after the

penalty and I feel as though we got

a deserved equaliser.

That is all the sport for now. Thank

you, Sonali. More throughout the

morning.

Paedophile football coach

Barry Bennell will be sentenced

today for historical sexual assaults

committed on young boys in his care.

The 64-year-old was convicted of 50

child sexual offences,

but the court heard those charges

reflected the "industrial scale"

with which he targeted his victims.

The former Crewe Alexandra coach

and Manchester City scout is thought

to have abused more than 100 boys

over a period spanning

three decades.

The scale of his abuse was made

clear after our interview with these

four players in November 2016,

which prompted dozens more

victims to come forward.

After Bennell's conviction

last week, we caught up

with three of those players -

Andy Woodward, Steve Walters

and Chris Unsworth -

and a fourth, Gary Cliffe,

who told us how important it

would be to see him in court today.

I have waited two and half years,

basically, to sit here with you to

speak about this. I came forward in

September 2015, and I suppose you

could say I have waited over 30

years, really. I myself got seven

counts guilty, six counts on

Tuesday, I had to wait a day and

then yesterday I got my final count

of guilty to make seven, but what I

can say to you, Victoria, is if

people think this is horrific, this

is not even scratching the surface.

You know and I know the real number

is tenfold in terms of offences and

lads affected by this.

When you were

hearing the verdict come in for each

offence, guilty, guilty, guilty,

that must have been just so

emotional for all of you?

that must have been just so

emotional for all of you?

Yes, it

was a roller-coaster, that day, they

did not all come in, so, you know,

the first ones came in, I had five

charges read out, all of them

guilty, the boy next to me, he did

not.

Just a roller-coaster. None of us

could celebrate until we all heard

the guilty verdict.

It felt as

though... It felt as though my

charges were guilty, perhaps

somebody else waiting on a verdict,

and we will all in this all

together.

You will be in the same

court room as him on Monday, as

sentencing happens, when he is in

the room to hear what punishment he

will get for what he did to you, how

do you feel like about seeing him

face-to-face?

I know I have said

that I want to have my day with him,

I want to look him in the eye, see

him face-to-face, and we did not get

that chance. When the trial was

going on. Monday, I will be there, I

will look him in the eye.

It is

important for you that he is...

Yes,

for me, it is important, personally,

to get that closure, and hopefully

to hear the judge say, life.

Hopefully, life in prison.

That will

be the final chapter of our closure.

Give us the opportunity to move on.

And this man, up to his last

seconds, shown no remorse, I want

the opportunity to look him in the

eye and show him, I am over you now,

he does not have power over me.

I'm

so pleased that I did do this,

because now, with initially Steve

and Chris being on the couch, and

Gary in the background, doing stuff,

you know, this has highlighted this,

and hopefully, it will save so many

lives. Because we cannot lose anyone

else. What is more important is that

football in general now, they are

standing up and they are accountable

for what happened in the past but

more a importantly, that we can move

things forward now.

This guy, he

knew what he was doing, and he

rapped everyone around his little

finger. Basically.

Steve recently

lost his mother, my father passed

away in August. At least we have

been able to give our parents that

release. I know that my dad is up

there watching, Steve's mother is,

as well, able to give them that

release, that they were not on their

own... They were all manipulated,

like every parent has been.

My

mother was diagnosed with lung

cancer, in February, and passed away

in June. I hope that she is up

there, watching down. She was my

rock. It has been hard.

My dad was

my best friend, he watched me all

the way through, never missed a

game, my mother and father, they

went all over the country. I know my

mother is watching now, she is

really proud of me, finding it

really hard, but I am so proud of

them and the way of the dignity,

with which they have dealt with all

of this, it is hard for parents.

There will be parents out there

suffering from this. I will say

something that no parent in this

country who has been affected by

Barry Bennell should have any guilt

or any shame, because he manipulated

everybody.

And he is responsible.

He

manipulated everybody.

That was on

Friday.

We can speak now to

Micky Fallon,

one of Bennell's victims,

who will be reading his victim

impact statement in court today.

He has waived his right to anonymity

to talk to us. Thank you for coming

on the programme.

Not a problem,

good morning.

Tell us what sort of

punishment you are hoping for today.

Today is our day today, hopefully he

will be put away and never see the

light of day again. That would

probably be the perfect day, the

perfect ending for us, this man does

not deserve to walk in normal

society.

You are going to read your

victim impact statement out in court

this morning, what are some of the

things that you will want to tell

the court room, and to tell Barry

Bennell?

So, the impact on me

personally, over 33 years has been

quite devastating. From 13, when

this happened to me, my dreams of

being a football player pretty much

diminished. I did stay at Crewe

Alexandra until the age of 18 but my

heart was never in it, I had chances

to go to other football clubs but I

wanted to move home, I moved home

and I never moved away from Plymouth

after that. I feel like the impact

on my football career was pretty

damning. But in terms of as an

adult, subconsciously, what you

carry with you, that dirty secret,

quite devastating. There were very

similar stories, my personal story,

in my early 20s, I could not cope

with it, I turned to alcohol, it

took me two years to get myself

through counselling, in terms of

being alcohol dependent, and that

culminated in me trying to take my

own life. I don't think anyone can

underestimate the impact that

carrying this kind of secret has on

you, not just as a child but has on

you when you move forward in your

adult life, it can be pretty

devastating.

You only told your

partner about the abuse you had

endured after watching the interview

on this programme in November, 2016,

when those former players spoke out

about what Barry Bennell had done to

them. When you watched those men,

what effect did that have on you?

I

cannot explain the feelings,

watching, Steve, who was my friend,

before we even went to Crewe we grew

up together, we were mates, seeing

him sat on the Sofer, it hit me like

a train. -- sat on the sofa. It was

my moment to realise I had to

confront this, to be brave enough to

come out with my secret, and deal

with it, or, do I deny, do I deny

myself, and deny people like Steve,

brave enough to sit there, to

acknowledge there is other is out

there. It hit me hard, personally I

thought it was the right thing to

do, to come forward, and to show

that actually, the scale of this, it

is fairly phenomenal.

The first time

you were abused by Barry Bennell was

over Christmas, you were staying at

his home, you moved up from Plymouth

to Crewe

his home, you moved up from Plymouth

to Crewe, Steve Walters moved as

well, close friend of yours, staying

there, over Christmas, with several

of the boys, in the early 1980s. We

can show an image of you on

Christmas Day, with a couple of the

other boys, that the audience will

be familiar with, Andy Woodward and

Steve waltzer. Barry Bennell's

Alsatian dog had bitten you on the

cheek and Barry Bennell would not

take you to hospital despite the

fact you were bleeding heavily, you

were really vulnerable that day,

that is when the abuse began.

Yes,

Christmas eve, the dog bit me,

Christmas Eve morning. I clearly

needed hospital treatment, I was

denied that opportunity by Barry

Bennell, he would not take me to

hospital, took me to a pharmacist,

pharmacist said, he needs medical

attention, he would not do that. I

guess that is all part of his

grooming process. I was vulnerable,

13 years old, first Christmas away

from my parents, and I believe that

the use that opportunity as an

opportunity to take my vulnerability

and... As you will see from what I

have described in evidence in court,

that moved onto driving us around

Manchester, scaremongering about the

places we were driving through,

taking us back to watch a horror

movie, at the age of 12, with a pet

puma walking around. Come and have a

cuddle, you must be feeling upset,

vulnerable, that was the grooming,

that was how it started.

On

occasion, you would wake up in his

house, because he was abusing you.

That was terrifying. It is

terrifying. I was a young boy. You

would see from the pictures, people

will clearly see, I may well have

been 13 but probably, body wise,

mentality wise, I was a late

developer, I was a lot younger. I

was a really young boy and for that

to happen in the middle of the

night, I was petrified. Every time I

had to stay there, I would run to

the top bunk, and that top bunk, he

still got to me but that was safety

for me. That was safety.

We have had

statements from Crewe and from then

manager Dario Gradi, now director of

football, suspended by the FA, they

say they did not know what Barry

Bennell was doing, they say it was

1994 before he realised what had

been going on. What a risk he was.

Cooperating with enquiries, running

their own enquiry. Is it feasible

that others at the time, other

adults did not know what a risk

Barry Bennell was?

My own personal

opinion on this matter is very

clear, I think it is clear to

everyone, the scale that this abuse

happened throughout these years.

Access to children, I personally

find it hard to believe that no

other adults understood, even if it

was just the potential risk that

they were putting us under. I find

that hard to believe over the years,

that nobody even had any such

suspicions.

We are showing a picture

of you with Dario Gradi and Barry

Bennell. And also other teams used

to call you, what, they would call

you...

Yes, it was well known, we

are talking 30 odd years ago, people

would call us, here come the

paedophile boys... Crewe Alexandra

had a reputation back then for that

kind of thing, we would get called

that at the age of 12, 13, 14, 15,

it was not uncommon.

Why did you

want to speak out?

I sprained the

connection, for me speaking out now,

this is not so much about me, I am

46 years old, it happened to me a

long time ago, this now is all about

the future. And making sure that

this cannot happen again, not just

in football but sport in general,

this type of thing cannot happen,

children need to be able to play

sport and be safe from doing so, and

the work with the offside trust,

that is one of the reasons why I

have waved my right to anonymity, I

want to speak out and show the

devastating effect that child abuse

can have a and we need to work with

the authorities within football,

within sport, and make sure that

safeguarding children at all levels,

grassroots rugby way through to

Premier League, is as tight as it

can be. Everyone talks about

historical child abuse, but this

still goes on today. Different scale

but we know it is still going on

today.

What are your thoughts

towards Barry Bennell?

I have no

feelings for that man whatsoever,

today is my day, and it is the rest

of the lads's day, I can walk into

court with my head held high, but

the first time, throughout this

trial, I can walk through without my

stomach going... All of that guilt

and feeling of being ashamed and

carrying that secret, today, for me,

will be transferred to that man. The

minute he gets his sentence and is

put away, that man is nothing to me,

nothing to any of the others, we can

put into one side and we can forget

about him. We can never forget about

the abuse, but we can forget about

him, he will be nothing to us.

Thank

you so much for speaking with us, we

really appreciate it. Mickey will be

in court today to hear what

punishment Barry Bennell will

receive.

Our reporter Jim Reed has been

following this story.

Sentencing around midday, very

important, as has been eloquently

explained by Mickey Fallon, not

least the fact this, through this

five-week trial, Barry Bennell was

never actually in court in person,

having evidence by video link from

Woodhill prison, near Malton Keynes,

because of ill-health, he has

cancer, fed through a chew, a

decision was made that he does not

have too attend. His lawyers made a

similar argument about sentencing,

the judge has refused that, so we

are expecting him to be in court for

the first time today. Liverpool

Crown Court, fairly small courtroom,

you can imagine a lot of the

complainants, the victims in the

case will be there, first time they

will have seen in this trial Barry

Bennell face-to-face, said at the

start, then they will have the

opportunity to give the victim

impact statements.

They all get to go in the witness

box and explain the impact on their

lives with Mr Benn out face-to-face

in front of them so it will be

important for many reasons, not just

that reason alone. And he will

receive a prison term, it is not the

first time he will be getting a jail

sentence for abusing young boys?

Know, and the joy we did hear this

through the trial, this is the

fourth prison term he will be

sentenced to, the first back in 1994

in the United States, again in 98 in

this country, a gain in 2015 in this

country, then a fourth term in 2018.

In this case he is, the jury found

him guilty of 43 historic counts of

abuse, he admitted seven before the

start of the trial so he will be

sentenced to 50 count against 12

boys, the most serious of those is a

count called buggery which we don't

use these days, effectively rape,

but because these are historical

charges they use the old term. The

maximum term is life imprisonment,

we do not know what the judge for

sentencing to but that is the kind

of maximum sentence he could in

theory face. It also does not mean

that this trial is over. We

understand that police have received

more calls from people who said they

were abused by Barry Bennell who

were not involved in this latest

case of the investigation is likely

to go on, we don't know if there

will be fresh charges and

investigation, that is for the

future. Today is about the victims

and the sentencing of this man

around 12pm today.

And of course you will hear the

outcome here on BBC News.

Still to come...

Will last week's shooting in Florida

change gun laws? We will speak to

three student survivors of the

attack who are telling American

politicians that enough is enough.

And Hannah Jones made headlines when

she was 13 over her decision to

refuse a life-saving heart

transplant. She changed her mind a

year later. She is now 22 and will

join us to tell us about her life

now.

Time for the latest news -

here's Annita McVeigh.

The BBC News headlines

this morning...

Theresa May will today launch

a year-long review of how higher

education is funded,

admitting that England has one

of the most expensive systems

of tuition in the world.

In a speech in Derbyshire,

the Prime Minister will say

she shares the concerns of students

and parents about the cost

of getting a degree.

Labour has accused the Government

of simply kicking the problem

into the long grass.

Oxfam has revealed that charity

workers physically threatened

witnesses during an investigation

into sexual misconduct

in Haiti in 2011.

The report includes accusations

of bullying, intimidation of staff

and use of prostitutes,

as well as suggesting that Oxfam

bosses ignored a recommendation that

better ways should be found

to inform other charities

about problem staff.

The former football coach

Barry Bennell will be sentenced

today for historical sexual assaults

committed on young boys in his care.

The 64-year-old, who worked

with Manchester City

and Crewe Alexandra's youth teams,

was convicted of 50 child sex

offences at Liverpool Crown Court.

It's thought the former scout may

have abused more than one hundred

boys over a period spanning three

decades.

The equality and human rights

commission says a survey of 1100

employee of its commission has

revealed antiquated attitudes to

recruiting women. The poll found

more than half believe the woman

should have to save she was pregnant

during the recruitment process, and

44% thought women should work for a

firm for at least a year before

having children.

Three Billboards Outside Ebbing,

Missouri, a film about a mother

seeking justice for her daughter's

murder, was the big winner

at the Bafta awards last night.

It won five prizes, including best

film and best actress

for Frances McDormand.

The theme of justice and equality

for women dominated the event,

with most guests wearing black

to show solidarity with campaigns

against abuse and harassment.

That's a summary of

the latest BBC News.

Thank you for your messages

regarding those have spoken out

about the abuse they endured at the

hands of the former football coach

Barry Bennell. This text just says,

bless you, guys, I was abused as a

kid but never told anyone.

John on Facebook says, well done to

these men of your programme, I am 66

and was abused over several years in

my teens by a man who is now dead. I

had the courage to approach

authorities a couple of years ago

but I was ignored. I am now going to

go back and get the help I need.

Thanks for keeping this high

profile. The says, Bennell has never

shown remorse for what he has done.

I hope the sentencing brings closure

for the many people he heard. Now we

have to ask how he got away with it

for so long.

This is an e-mail from Stu, I am a

workmate of Gary Cliffe, Gary was

one of the people we spoke to on

Friday. I have known him for over

ten years. Just over a year ago I

met up with him for a copy. Normally

we would chat about sport or put the

world to rights, and Staffordshire

Police, where we both worked.

However, Gary calmly disclosed his

involvement as an injured party to

the Barry Bennell case which at the

time was headline news. This was

shocking and at the same time

explained a few things about Gary

and his lack of affection for his

footballing days with Manchester

City. The most thought-provoking

issue that has troubled me, Gary is

no different to just over half of us

detectives in Stoke-on-Trent t:i.d.

. White, 40 odd years old, working

class, a blow, not meant to be

victims of sexual offences. The only

difference between Gary and the rest

of us were his childhood talent at

football. It is testament to Gary

that over the years he somehow

managed to investigate the heavy

workload of serious crimes allocated

to him.

Thank you very much for those. If

you get in touch, you are welcome.

Here's some sport now with Sonali.

It has been a busy morning for the

Brits in Pyeongchang. The curling

went to the wire but Great Britain's

men made it four wins from seven. It

was tight and they eventually came

through 7-6 against Denmark which

puts them in a strong position to

earn a pace in the last four. Just

after 11am, Great Britain's women

take on Switzerland.

Less than two years after being told

she may never skate again, ice

dancer Penny Combs and her partner

Nick Putland have qualified for the

short dance

final.

They finished in tenth place ahead

of tomorrow's free dance where the

medals are decided. A good morning

for Rome in Cheshire in the

freestyle half pipe skiing event, a

good enough performance to qualify

for the finals but unfortunately the

other Brit in the competition, Molly

Summerhays, missed out. Huge

disappointment as well for Amy

Fuller in the snowboarding big aero

bed, making its debut at this yea

r's games. She fell on both of her

Olympics is over, I'm afraid,

including a big crash in her second

jump, so her Olympics is

Will last week's Florida school

shooting mark a change in gun

control laws in America?

The attack, which left 17 students

and staff members dead,

was the deadliest US school shooting

since the Sandyhook

massacre in 2012.

Now students at the school

in Parkland are standing up

to politicians and saying,

"Enough is enough".

They have united under the hashtag

#neveragain and are demanding

for immediate action to be taken

on gun-control

legislation in the US.

Over the weekend one student,

Emma Gonzalez, delivered

this emotional speech.

there will be more throughout the

are mental health issues and I am

not a psychologist, but we need to

pay attention to the we know they

are claiming there are mental health

issues and I am not a psychologist,

but we need to pay attention to that

this is not just a mental health

issue!

He would not have hurt that many

students with a knife!

APPLAUSE. Blaming the victims was

something that was the shooter's

fault how about we stop blaming the

victims was something that was the

shooter's faultlet him buy the guns

in the first place.

Those at the gun

shows, the people who encouraged him

to buy accessories for his guns to

make them fully automatic, the

people who didn't take them away

from him when they knew that he

expressed homicidal tendencies, and

I am not talking about the FBI! I am

talking about the people that he

lived with! I am talking about the

neighbours who saw him outside

holding guns! If -- how about we

stop blaming the victims? The fault

of the people who let him buy the

guns in the first place. Those at

the gun shows, the people who

encouraged him to buy accessories

for his guns to make them fully

automatic, the people who didn't

take them away from him when they

knew that he expressed homicidal

tendencies, and I am not talking

about the FBI! I am talking about

the people that he lived with! I am

talking about the neighbours who saw

him outside holding guns! If the

president wants to come up to me and

tell me it is a terrible tragedy and

how it should never and maintained

telling to be done about it, I will

happily ask him how much money he

received from the National Rifle

Association nothing

CHEERING. Know something? It doesn't

matter because I already know! Do

you want to know something? It

doesn't matter because I already

know! $30 billiondivided by the

number of gunshot victims in the

United States one and a half months

of 2018 alone, that comes out to

being $5,800. Is that how much these

people are worth to you, Trump one

and a half months of 2018 alone,

that comes out to being $5,800. Is

that how much these people are worth

to you, Trump?! You did not number

of gunshot victims will go up and

the number they are worth will go

down!

And we will be worthless to

you, to every politician taking

donations from the NRA, shame on

from continuing, that number of

gunshot victims will go up and the

number they are worth will go down!

And we will be worthless to you, to

every politician taking donations

from the NRA, shame on you!

So where does President Trump

stand on gun control?

-- shame on youyour second

Amendment, OK? I am going to save

your second Amendment I am going to

save your second Amendment, OK? I am

going to save your second. If some

of those great people that were in

that club had guns strapped to their

waists or strapped to other

direction, aimed at this guy who was

just open target practice, you would

have had a situation, folks, and if

the bullets were going in the other

direction, aimed at this guy who was

just open target practice, you would

have had a situation, folks, which

would always horrible but nothing

like suffered this weekend.

That we all, as a people, suffered

this weekend. By the way, if she

gets to pick Hillary wants to

abolish, centrally abolished, the

second Amendment.

By the way, if she gets to

pickalthough the second Amendment

people, maybe there is, I don't

know.

You know she is very much against

the second Amendment. She wants to

destroy your second Amendment. Guns,

guns, guns, right?

I am a very strong supporter of the

second Amendment and I am, I don't

know if Hillary were saying it in a

sarcastic manner, but I'm proud to

have the endorsement of the NRA and

it is the earliest endorsement they

have ever given to anybody who ran

for president.

So let me make a simple promise to

everyone of the freedom loving

Americans in the audience today. As

your president, I will never ever

infringe on the right of the people

to keep and bear arms. Never ever.

We can talk now to three students

from the school in Parkland.

Isabela Barry lost one

of her close friends that day.

Sawyer Garrity is 16

and recently moved to the school

and knew two of the victims.

And 16 year old Ashley Paseltiner,

who, along with Isabela and Sawyer,

had to hide from the gunman

for over 90 minutes.

We are very grateful to you for

getting up so early to talk to other

British audience, thank you so much.

Ashley, I want to begin with you, if

I may. You heard a firearm, you

thought it was a drill and you began

to file out. What happened after

that?

So, our classroom is right

across from the building where the

shooting happened. Our location for

where we are supposed to go during a

fire drill is right next to the

building, so my class started filing

out of the room, we were walking

across the grass towards the

building and we heard gunshots. I

believe I heard at least four of

them, and everything started to

scatter. It turned into chaos and we

ran into our classroom again. We

turned off the lights and we went

into the back closet, and we just

tried to stay quiet until it was all

over.

And you work texting

your mum and dad, what were they

saying to you?

My mum was just

telling me to be quiet. I kept

telling both of my parents how much

I love them, I couldn't imagine not

telling them again, but if something

were ever to happen, but they were

just trying to tell me to stay safe.

Isabela, one of your friends died on

the 14th of February, Helena Ramsey,

she was one of your close friends.

Tell our audience a little about

Helena?

She was really kind, so

selfless, she was one of just the

nicest people I will ever meet in my

life, and I'm just really glad I got

to meet her.

And when you realised

she was one of those who lost her

life, what did you think?

I started

with disbelief. I was kind of hoping

that she would be OK. We hoped we

would find her at hospital, but once

the search was over we kind of had a

feeling and we just tried to fight

that feeling, but we found out and

it was just, it was probably one of

the worst feelings I have ever felt

in my life.

Sawyer, you, too, were

hiding in the storage room, what was

that like for you?

It was bad. It

was claustrophobic, it was dark,

there was barely any air

ventilation, there was no service so

we could barely get in contact with

our parent and I remember the whole

time thinking, this is not how I

want to die, this is not how I want

to go.

What do you feel is the mood among

those who have survived this

shooting?

I think a lot of us feel

like it is our duty to change, to

make change in the world, but also a

lot of us feel guilty for being

alive

...

alive

... When

alive

... When so

alive

... When so many

alive

... When so many have

alive

... When so many have died.

alive

... When so many have died.

What

alive

... When so many have died.

What

about you, what you want to do now?

The most important thing out of all

of this is that we need to get

justice, justice for those 17

classmates of mine that have

unfortunately lost their lives. For

the 14 victims who were injured and

stop we have two fight for them,

because they do not have the ability

to at this moment. And it is very

important to me and I think to all

of my classmates and the rest of my

school that they receive justice,

through reform of better gun-control

laws and more mental health

awareness so that something like

this never has to happen to another

family or another school ever again.

Do you think that this, this is the

watershed, this is the tipping

point, and if you think it is, tell

us why it is different to Columbine,

or Sandy Hook.

I don't know why but

right now I do feel that, I don't

know why, but the uproar, the

ultimate support of everything going

round right now is amazing. And I

think that as a whole, this was a

great community to be a part of, and

when this happened, we all flocked

together, in Parkland, and we were

able to say, enough is enough, we

are not letting this happen to

another school or community again.

For that to happen, what has to

change, to make sure this does not

happen to another school?

Better

gun-control laws. Background checks.

Maybe not even to sell automatic

weapons, because if anyone feels

they need one, that they genuinely

need an automatic weapon, they

probably don't need one! They

probably should not be getting one

in the first place. I think that if

someone did the smallest background

check on this man, then they would

have realised he was not fit to have

even the dainty is type of gun.

What

do you want to see change to

specifically?

I believe that there

should be better background checks,

and I wish that the entire country

was on the same pains as us.

--

daintiest.

I understand some people

think that we are infringing on

their second Amendment rights, we

are not trying to take away their

handguns or protection, just

stricter and, you know, common-sense

laws to be placed. -- I wish that

the entire country was on the same

page as us. Laws so that people who

have dangerous records, homicidal

thoughts, so that they will not be

able to get their hands on a

semiautomatic rifle that can kill so

many people!

This has been said

before, there are many messages from

the audience, who are praising your

eloquence and dignity and your

bravery this morning, Leo says this,

all these children who go to these

college schools should boycott them,

that would make your government

listen, actions speak louder than

words, unite and holds tight and

boycott school and then your voices

will be heard, what you say to that?

I feel that that is probably a good

way to get things done, I know that

there has been talk around my

community about having specific

dates, calling it a walk-out, where

we will not attend school until

things change. I have many

classmates of mine who feel the same

way, who will not be attending

school in the next week that we go

back, and I think that it will

really bring a lot of attention to

this.

On Tuesday, many of you are

going, about 100 of you are going to

Tallahassee, tell us what you are

going there, what will you be doing?

We are going to a meeting with

representatives, in Tallahassee,

from our government, and we are

going to split up into groups of

kids and we are all going to speak

to them about what we want, and what

we want to change, and all the

things that need to be said,

face-to-face. Thank you for speaking

with us.

Thank you for speaking to

this British audience.

After ten o'clock, we will be

talking about the cost of higher

education in England.

When Hannah Jones was 13 years

old she made national headlines

over her decision to refuse

a life-saving heart transplant,

giving herself the right to die.

Hannah had spent so much

of her childhood in hospitals

being treated for leukaemia

that she simply could not

face any more treatment.

It says somewhere that if you have a

heart transplant, you have to have

one and then go back and have

another one in ten years, not

another stay in hospital, I thought,

it is not worth it, and that made me

think, no thanks. I thought it was

not worth it. I have had enough.

Just after her 14th birthday, to

change the mind, she had the heart

transplant. Now, at the age of 22,

she's here to talk to us about that

life-saving change of heart. You are

well, you have had a recent checkup.

Nine years this summer everything is

going fine.

Nine years, my goodness.

You were five years old when you

were diagnosed with leukaemia. How

much do you remember about the

treatment that was involved then as

you were growing up?

They class chemotherapy as a cure

for leukaemia, trying everything and

anything they could to make me well,

I remember being ill as a well and

every day was in hospital, same

thing every day, I understand they

were trying to make me better, doing

everything in my best interest but I

realised I was not a normal child

and that was probably how my life

would be.

How did the leukaemia

damage your heart?

It was working at

20 of 30% of a normal heart, I could

not keep up with my peers, I missed

a lot of my schooling, I was not

having a normal life.

Thinking back

to your decision to refuse the heart

transplant as a 13-year-old, what do

you think of your 13-year-old self?

I think that I was incredibly brave,

maybe slightly naive but I think it

was very brave to go against all

those people who said, you should go

and have that will stop looking back

on it, I knew what was the best

thing for me, that was the only

thing that mattered.

Because too

much of your life had been spent in

hospitals?

Same for walls, doing the

same thing every day, at some point

you have to say, no. -- same four

walls.

One of the things that made

you change your mind which your

desire to go to your school prom.

I

wanted the big dress, the tiara, the

hair, the make up, I wanted to

finish off my high school life,

although I had not been there for

all of it, I wanted to experience it

with all my friends.

Indeed, you did

make it, after the operation.

It was

not long until after I had it and I

thought, I am here, it was a great

feeling.

How do you reflect on the

fact that your story became national

news headlines, it was massive?

I

cannot believe it went that far, I

thought I was ordinary until I saw

my face on television, and I

thought, maybe someone has taken

notice. Up until then I thought I

was a normal child.

We will play

this clip, you were grappling with

the decision, you said you wanted it

but you were grappling with it.

I

did a 360 there. Obviously people

will still be asking me, do you want

this, what is your decision? I don't

know... It is not an easy decision

to make. And I will fight anybody

who says it is, because it is not.

Nobody should have to make it. Not

even a person as young as me should

have to make it, nobody should have

to make it.

You were smiling then

but that is a real, that is really

illustrative of how much pressure

you were under.

Really is, yes and

looking back I was thinking, I was

so young, so little, how did I make

that decision in the end?

Do you

remember the surgeons, the surgeon

who did it?

I do, and on the day,

the day he was due to go on holiday,

getting on a flight, he got the call

to say there was a heart for me, he

decided to not go on holiday and

instead do the transplant.

We will

bring him in, he is here. I hope he

is here, here he comes. Hello, good

morning, how are you? Come in. You

may remember Hannah.

We have not

seen each other in a long time.

Since surgery.

I am speechless. Not

a good thing on live television!

LAUGHTER

Amazing.

I just want to say, thank

you.

You change your mind, with that

decision, you changed your life.

Amazing. Ten years.

Nearly, I can't

believe it, looking back now, I

think, I have grown up so much.

Having a transplant, when you came

to see me, I was thinking, this has

actually changed my life and it is

because of you that I am here today.

It is almost like a dream that comes

true. Because I remember, you had a

heart transplant, a piggyback

transplant when you were a baby, for

severe heart failure,

I recall that you have convocations

developed relating to the heart

transplantation, but we figured out

what the problem was, and we took

the decision to remove the diseased

donor's heart, and the operation

went well, and you had a normal life

with your own heart will stop with

no medications. And now you have

graduated! What more does a heart

surgeon want!

LAUGHTER

So interesting to hear you speak

about this in the way you are

talking about it, I don't now how

often you would see a patient ten

years after the event, a patient

clearly happy and thriving and well.

That is why you do it.

It is a

privilege to be able to deliver this

sort of service, and it is quite an

honour to be able to do this sort of

work at Great Ormond Street

Hospital. I think you are a very

good example, we are building a very

successful transplant programme on

top of a very successful baby heart

surgery programme, the two go

together hand-in-hand. You are a

perfect example. For ten years, the

results of transplantation have

improved a lot. And we have better

drugs to deal with the complications

that we need. We still have a major

problem. The problem is the

limitation in the donor

availability.

Absolutely.

I think

your programme is very useful, at

least we are talking about it. We

are paying attention to the problem.

I hope that message will get across

to the population, we need support,

because we get a lot more patients

now waiting for the transplant

because it has been very successful.

Thank you both, thank you very much,

nice to see you reunited since the

operation. I know that you are

extremely busy, we are grateful for

your time, but I know that you

wanted to come to see Hannah.

It is

amazing.

We will bring the latest news and

sport in a moment but first the

weather.

After what has been a cold few

weeks, we started the day frost free

across just about all of the UK. But

it is a week of change, it will turn

a bit colder but also become drier

because for the moment it is fairly

damp out there, outbreaks of rain

and drizzle continued through parts

of Scotland and Central eastern

England at the moment, cloud

breaking up to allow some sunshine

through, generally a fairly cloudy

day but a bit of sunshine and it

almost feels like spring is upon us,

temperatures up to 13, maybe 14 in

some spots. Always cooler in the

eastern areas with the rain, and

this evening Northern Ireland and

Scotland will see a spell of rain

from West to east for a time, a few

splashes of rain and the wettest

weather in eastern Scotland, Eastern

counties of England. Later on the

skies were clear to the west,

temperatures will drop, there could

be some frost tomorrow morning but

most will be frost free, a vastly

brighter day through much of

Scotland, Northern Ireland, western

England and Wales, good sunny spells

throughout, eastern England staying

cloudy and across parts of East

Yorkshire, Lincolnshire, East Anglia

into the south-east, further rain or

drizzle at times but it stays mild,

things are on the change, the

weather trend showed us nicely

through the rest of the week,

temperatures dropping as a strong

easterly wind picks up. We will keep

you updated, goodbye for now.

Hello, it's Monday, it's 10am,

I'm Victoria Derbyshire.

Our top story...

Theresa May is to launch a year-long

review of how higher

Theresa May is to launch a year-long

review of how higher

Theresa May is to launch a year-long

review of how higher

education is funded,

admitting that England has one

of the most expensive

university systems.

The Education Secretary Damian Hinds

says thieves need to be addressed.

The average fee is something like

£9,000, very close to the top. We

want to see more variety on that.

We'll be speaking to students

and politicians about the cost

of higher education.

Also on the programme...

Serial paedophile football coach

Barry Bennell will be sentenced

today for abuse of dozens of boy

on an "industrial scale".

Micky Fallon, who was abused by Ben

Els from the age of 13, told us what

a devastating impact it has had on

his life.

I could not cope with it,

I turned to alcohol, took me two

years to get myself some counselling

in terms of being alcohol dependent,

and that accumulated in me trying to

take my own life at one stage.

We will be live outside Liverpool

Crown Court before 11am.

And Three Billboards Outside Ebbing,

Missouri has dominated the BAFTA

film awards, winning five trophies.

It focuses on a woman

looking for justice,

played by Frances McDormand,

who picked up Best Actress.

I have a little trouble with

compliance. But I want you to know

that I stand in full solidarity with

my sisters tonight in black. Power

to the people.

Here's Annita McVeigh

in the BBC Newsroom

with a summary of today's news.

Theresa May will today launch

a year-long review of how

higher education is funded,

admitting that England has one

of the most expensive systems

of tuition in the world.

In a speech in Derbyshire,

the Prime Minister will say

she shares the concerns of students

and parents about the cost

of getting a degree.

Labour has accused the government

of simply kicking the problem

into the long grass.

Oxfam has revealed that

charity workers physically

threatened witnesses

during an investigation into sexual

misconduct in Haiti in 2011.

The report includes accusations

of bullying, intimidation of staff

and use of prostitutes,

as well as suggesting that Oxfam

bosses ignored a recommendation that

better ways should be found

to inform other charities

about problem staff.

The former football

coach Barry Bennell

will be sentenced today

for historical sexual assaults

committed on young boys in his care.

The 64-year-old, who worked

with Manchester City

and Crewe Alexandra's youth teams,

was convicted of 50 child sex

offences at Liverpool Crown Court.

over a period spanning

three decades.

The Equality and Human

Rights Commission says

a survey of 100 employers it

commissioned has revealed

"antiquated" attitudes

to recruiting women.

The poll found that more than half

believed a woman should

have to say if she was pregnant

during the recruitment process,

and 44% thought women should work

for a firm for at least a year

before having children.

The mother of a seriously ill

six-year-old boy has described the

decision not to allow him to use

medically license cannabis is

astonishing. She has pleaded for

help to overturn the decision,

saying cannabis oil is safer for her

son and his present treatment.

A group of American teenagers who

survived a school shooting in

Florida has announced a national

march on Washington to demand

political action on gun control.

They said they are determined that

the mass shooting in which 17 people

died will be a turning point in the

debate about guns.

Former shareholders in collapsed

construction giant Carillion are

calling for its management to be

investigated. Some have told MPs

that the company's executives lost

or should have known about its cash

flow problems well before it went

into liquidation last month. At the

same time, say MPs, investors were

fleeing for the hills.

Three Billboards Outside

Ebbing, Missouri,

a film about a mother seeking

justice for her daughter's

murder, was the big winner

at the Bafta awards last night.

It won five prizes including best

film and best actress

for Frances McDormand.

The theme of justice and equality

for women dominated the event,

with most guests wearing black

to show solidarity with campaigns

against abuse and harassment.

That's a summary of the latest BBC

News - more at 10.30am.

Thank you. Messages from you about

our interview with survivors of the

shooting in Florida last week. We

spoke to 316-year-olds who described

with calm eloquence how terrifying

it was and that they want to see

change. Audrey says, this is

heartbreaking, young children cut

down senselessly, no question that

gun laws in the US need to change.

Brave girl for speaking out, you are

the voices that need to be listened

to.

Chuck says, congratulations, Donald

Trump, you have created the first

generation of citizens who will

amend your ridiculous gun laws.

Another says, when the second

Amendment was written it was on

people had muskets, not military

grade or two presence. America will

never ban the ownership of weapons

because it is written into the law.

This from Josh, I will never fully

understand

guns.

Thank you for those.

Let's get some sport with Sarah.

The Winter Olympics went down to the

wire, Great Britain's men needed

four wins from seven in the curling

and it was tight throughout but

eventually they came through 7-6

against Denmark which puts them in a

very strong position to earn a place

in the last four. Just after 11am,

GB's women will take on Switzerland,

that is after the hog line

controversy yesterday so we will see

how they get on.

Less than two years after being told

she may never skate again after a

very nasty knee injury, shattered in

eight places, I dancer Penny Combs

and her partner Nick Bjorklund have

qualified for the short dance final.

Earlier this morning, this was their

routine, finishing tenth place ahead

of tomorrow's free dance where the

medals are decided after two

routines. Christopher Dean, who won

Olympic gold alongside Jane Torvill

back in 1984, helped choreograph

this routine.

It was a good morning for Rowan

Cheshire in the freestyle skiing

half pipe. Her performance was good

enough to see her qualify for the

finals. Unfortunately, though, the

other Brit in the competition, Molly

Summerhays, missed out.

There was huge disappointment as

well for Amy Fuller in the

snowboarding big error event. This

is making its debut at the games

this year. Fuller fell on both

attempts, including that big crush

on her second jump. Unfortunately,

her Olympics is over. And it looks

like her face took the brunt of that

iceberg, this was her Tweet this

morning...

Snowboarding parlance there! Away

from the winters, Tottenham's

collective ego may be feeling

bruised this morning, the romance of

the FA Cup evident for all to see

over the weekend as the club at the

bottom of League 1, Rochdale, held

high-flying spurs to a 2-2 draw.

They have bagged a replay at Wembley

thanks to an injury time equaliser

from Steve Davies. Spurs took the

lead through a Harry Kane penalty

but the joy belonged to Rochdale.

Their fans, they have a big day out

at Wembley ahead.

Roger Federer followed up his return

to the top of the men's tennis

rankings by winning the Rotterdam

open, beating Grigor Dimitrov in the

final. The 20 time grand slam

champion, who has been confirmed as

world number one today, beat Dimmock

Rob 6-26-2 for his 97th title. --

beat Dimmock Rob 6-2, 6-2.

Australian Wayne Bennett has been

reappointed as England rugby league

coach. He guided the site last

year's World Cup final, where they

lost 6-0 to hosts and favourites

Australia. There is no guarantee he

will lead England into the 2021

World Cup.

And that is the sport for now. Thank

you, Sarah.

It's been a tricky political issue

for successive ministers -

how to pay for university education

for students from England.

Labour first controversially

introduced tuition

fees in the late 90s.

The Lib Dems promised to scrap fees

altogether but once in power voted

to triple them to £9000 a year.

And, at last June's general

election, when Theresa May

lost her majority, many put

Jeremy Corbyn's surprise success

down to his support among young

people and his own pledge

to scrap the fees.

Well, later today the Prime Minister

will step into the debate.

She's expected to say she "shares

the concerns" of young people,

parents and grandparents

about the fees system,

as she launches review

of how our universities are funded.

Let's look ahead to Mrs May's

speech and ask what it

might mean for students -

and their bank balances.

With me here are students

Abdi Duale, a Labour

activist, and Ellie King,

a Conservative activist.

We've also got the Conservative

chairman of the education select

-- the vice chancellor

of the University of

Bedfordshire Bill Rammell.

This has been pretty damning for

vice chancellors like yourself? The

reason we have an expensive system

is because in 2012 the Government

cut the teaching bread to

universities by 80% and fees have

gone up to deliver a good student

experience. If the Government...

But

some courses are cheaper than others

yet you all charged £9,250, pretty

much.

About 50% of the costs are

non-core specifics are they apply to

students across the board and there

is a perverse incentive built in by

the Government which suggests it

want some courses to be cheaper than

others. It will encourage poorer

students to choose courses which are

not necessarily the courses that

they want to undertake. If the

system broken? No, I don't believe

it is. There is no evidence students

have been deterred from applying to

university and applications have

gone up fastest amongst students

from poorer backgrounds...

Which is

true, but it is whether what you are

charging them is fair?

I think it

is. If you look in the university

investments, facilities,

improvements in staff to student

with years, all of that has led to

an all-time high satisfaction levels

amongst students as measured by the

National student survey, so I think

the system is working but there are

changes that can and should be made.

The Government committed a gross

error when it abolished nonrepayable

grants for poorer students and I

think that should be returned, and I

think they need to look up the

interest rate charged which, for

some students, 6.1%, is arguably