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0:00:09 > 0:00:11Hello it's Friday, it's 9am, I'm Tina Daheley,

0:00:11 > 0:00:13welcome to the programme.

0:00:13 > 0:00:16When you get a prescription and you pick up the treatment

0:00:16 > 0:00:18you expect it's the right drug,

0:00:18 > 0:00:19but too often it isn't and it's costing lives.

0:00:19 > 0:00:21New research suggests mistakes could be linked to up

0:00:22 > 0:00:28to 22,000 deaths in England.

0:00:28 > 0:00:35We are seeing four to five deaths every single day because of errors

0:00:35 > 0:00:37in prescription or dispensing or the monitoring of medications.

0:00:37 > 0:00:44And I'll be talking to the Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt at 9.15am.

0:00:44 > 0:00:50From fighting fit, to fighting for his life,

0:00:50 > 0:00:52a mystery virus left former England footballer Andy Cole

0:00:52 > 0:00:53in need of a kidney transplant.

0:00:53 > 0:00:55His nephew Alexander stepped in and saved his life

0:00:55 > 0:00:57by donating one of his.

0:00:57 > 0:01:00We'll hear their story here on the programme in the next hour.

0:01:00 > 0:01:04The number of people being attacked by acid is three times higher than

0:01:04 > 0:01:08in 2013, we will hear from two survivors who tell us what impact

0:01:08 > 0:01:15the attacks have had on them. And a care home for the elderly has been

0:01:15 > 0:01:17holding pole dancing displays for its residents. And despite criticism

0:01:17 > 0:01:26from some, it has said it will consider holding more. And so we

0:01:26 > 0:01:31shall be speaking with a couple of pole dancers.

0:01:31 > 0:01:34Hello, welcome to the programme, we're live until 11am this morning.

0:01:34 > 0:01:36In a few minutes' time, we're going to be talking

0:01:36 > 0:01:38about organ donation with the former England footballer Andy Cole.

0:01:38 > 0:01:43Andy's life was saved when his nephew gave him his kidney.

0:01:43 > 0:01:46Today, MPs are debating a new Bill which would introduce an opt-out

0:01:46 > 0:01:47organ donor system in England,

0:01:47 > 0:01:49where people are registered as a potential donor

0:01:49 > 0:01:50unless they state otherwise.

0:01:50 > 0:01:51So what do you think?

0:01:51 > 0:01:55We'd like to hear from you if you've benefited from an organ donation,

0:01:55 > 0:01:58or maybe you're a donor or on the organ transplant waiting list.

0:01:58 > 0:02:00Do get in touch on this all the stories we're talking

0:02:00 > 0:02:02about this morning, use the hashtag #VictoriaLIVE.

0:02:02 > 0:02:10If you text, you will be charged at the standard network rate.

0:02:13 > 0:02:17Our top story today,

0:02:17 > 0:02:20mistakes in giving medicine out, the wrong pills or the wrong dose,

0:02:20 > 0:02:21are costing lives in England.

0:02:21 > 0:02:23GPs, pharmacists, hospitals and care homes may be making millions

0:02:23 > 0:02:25of errors a year according to a new study

0:02:25 > 0:02:28and could be a factor in more than 22,000 deaths.

0:02:28 > 0:02:31The Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt says this level of harm is appalling

0:02:31 > 0:02:37and he's going to act.

0:02:40 > 0:02:42The report covers mistakes made in the prescribing,

0:02:42 > 0:02:44dispensing and administering of medication in England.

0:02:44 > 0:02:45These could involve GPs, pharmacists, care

0:02:45 > 0:02:46homes and hospitals.

0:02:46 > 0:02:49The research is one of the first exercises of its kind.

0:02:49 > 0:02:51It found that medication errors could cause around 1,700 deaths

0:02:51 > 0:02:54per year and perhaps contribute to up to 22,000 deaths.

0:02:54 > 0:02:57The cost to the NHS could be around £1.6 billion a year.

0:02:57 > 0:02:59It does note that the vast majority of prescriptions dispensed

0:02:59 > 0:03:02on the NHS are safe and mistakes do occur in all health care systems.

0:03:02 > 0:03:06The Health and Social Care Secretary Jeremy Hunt said it was a far bigger

0:03:06 > 0:03:08problem globally than has so far been recognised, causing appalling

0:03:08 > 0:03:18levels of harm and death.

0:03:19 > 0:03:21Plans to tackle the problem include introducing electronic prescribing

0:03:21 > 0:03:23systems in hospitals designed to cut mistakes.

0:03:23 > 0:03:25The National Pharmacy Association said it welcomed the focus

0:03:25 > 0:03:27on reducing medication errors, but that a culture of learning,

0:03:27 > 0:03:28rather than blame, was needed.

0:03:28 > 0:03:38Hugh Pym, BBC News.

0:03:46 > 0:03:50A short while ago we spoke with Jeremy Hunt, near is what he has had

0:03:50 > 0:03:54to say.Twin four and five people die every single day because of

0:03:54 > 0:03:59these errors, so what are we doing? We know that if we move to

0:03:59 > 0:04:02electronic prescribing systems rather than paper-based systems that

0:04:02 > 0:04:13we still have, then you can eliminate around half of errors.

0:04:13 > 0:04:17My full interview with him is after the news headlines.

0:04:17 > 0:04:21Get in touch, have you or somebody in your family been wrongly

0:04:21 > 0:04:24prescribed medication, what impact has it had?

0:04:27 > 0:04:31Unarmed officer who was at a Florida school when 17 people were killed

0:04:31 > 0:04:36has failed to intervene in the incident and has resigned

0:04:36 > 0:04:39subsequently. He remained outside of the building and did not confront

0:04:39 > 0:04:45the gunmen, it is not yet known if criminal charges will be brought. --

0:04:45 > 0:04:48An armed officer who was at the Florida school, where 17 people were

0:04:48 > 0:04:50killed, has resigned after it emerged he failed to intervene. .

0:04:50 > 0:04:52Scot Peterson was facing suspension after an investigation revealed he

0:04:52 > 0:04:54remained outside the building and did not confront the gunman. It's

0:04:54 > 0:04:56not yet known whether criminal charges will be brought.I saw a

0:04:56 > 0:04:59deputy arrived at the west side of building 12 and take up a position

0:04:59 > 0:05:02and he never went in.Was he there when the shooter was still inside

0:05:02 > 0:05:11the building?Yes he was, he did not go in, what he should have done was

0:05:11 > 0:05:17going, address the killer, kill the killer.

0:05:17 > 0:05:19Detectives investigating two murders in Camden earlier this week have

0:05:19 > 0:05:20arrested an 18-year-old man.

0:05:20 > 0:05:23He was arrested in Camden on suspicion of two counts

0:05:23 > 0:05:25of murder and one count of grievous bodily harm.

0:05:25 > 0:05:27The police say both murders are being treated as linked,

0:05:27 > 0:05:37and are appealing for information

0:05:55 > 0:05:57Two people are still being questioned after a suspected

0:05:57 > 0:06:00hit-and-run in Coventry, which killed two young brothers. A man in

0:06:00 > 0:06:02his 50s, and a woman in her 40s, were arrested on suspicion of

0:06:02 > 0:06:04causing death by dangerous driving and drink-driving. A two-year-old

0:06:04 > 0:06:07boy was pronounced dead shortly after the incident - the death of

0:06:07 > 0:06:08his six-year-old brother was confirmed a couple of hours later.

0:06:08 > 0:06:11A fourth British tourist has died of injuries he suffered

0:06:11 > 0:06:13in a helicopter crash in the Grand Canyon

0:06:13 > 0:06:14nearly a fortnight ago.

0:06:14 > 0:06:16Jonathan Udall, who was in his 30s and from Brighton,

0:06:16 > 0:06:18was on honeymoon with his wife, Ellie Milward when

0:06:18 > 0:06:19the accident happened.

0:06:19 > 0:06:22His family has been told of his death.

0:06:22 > 0:06:22Adina Campbell reports.

0:06:22 > 0:06:25Jon Udall and Ellie Milward were on their honeymoon.

0:06:25 > 0:06:26She has now been left with critical injuries,

0:06:26 > 0:06:29while her friends' online post, announcing Mr Udall's death,

0:06:29 > 0:06:30described him as strong and brave.

0:06:30 > 0:06:33The Eurocopter EC130 crashed as it came into land in Arizona's remote

0:06:33 > 0:06:34Quartermaster Canyon.

0:06:34 > 0:06:38Witnesses say it spun around twice before hitting the ground and then

0:06:38 > 0:06:38bursting into flames.

0:06:38 > 0:06:41Police say bad weather meant it was more than eight hours before

0:06:41 > 0:06:42the survivors could be flown to hospital.

0:06:42 > 0:06:45Stuart Hill, on the left, is pictured here along

0:06:45 > 0:06:47with his brother Jason, who also died at the scene.

0:06:47 > 0:06:49Their parents say the brothers shared an incredible bond

0:06:49 > 0:06:52and would be deeply missed.

0:06:52 > 0:06:54Jennifer Barham remains in a critical condition

0:06:54 > 0:06:57in hospital in Las Vegas, as does the pilot, Scott Booth.

0:06:57 > 0:06:59Experts say possible causes of the crash include a faulty tail

0:06:59 > 0:07:00rotor and gusty winds.

0:07:00 > 0:07:03But it may take many months to determine why

0:07:03 > 0:07:04the helicopter came down with such terrible consequences.

0:07:05 > 0:07:14Adina Campbell, BBC News.

0:07:15 > 0:07:18Theresa May is understood to have agreed with senior ministers,

0:07:18 > 0:07:20a position on Britain's future relationship with the EU

0:07:20 > 0:07:21during talks at Chequers yesterday.

0:07:21 > 0:07:24Downing Street has given few details but some of those present have

0:07:24 > 0:07:26suggested that everyone was happy with the outcome.

0:07:26 > 0:07:29One told the BBC that "there has been an outbreak of unity for now".

0:07:29 > 0:07:32Number Ten says the Prime Minister will set out "the way forward" next

0:07:32 > 0:07:38week after a discussion by the full Cabinet.

0:07:44 > 0:07:48EU leaders are meeting today to discuss life after Brexit, reporter

0:07:48 > 0:07:55Adam Fleming is in Brussels. What can you tell us about the away day

0:07:55 > 0:07:58and what is happening?So this is a meeting of the 27 remaining EU

0:07:58 > 0:08:03leaders here in Brussels, Brexit is not the theme chin but it is the

0:08:03 > 0:08:08background music, they will be talking about life after Brexit, as

0:08:08 > 0:08:11you said, lots of technical things, what do you do with the seats that

0:08:11 > 0:08:14members of the European Parliament have that they will no longer need,

0:08:14 > 0:08:18some will be spread around other countries, some left in reserve,

0:08:18 > 0:08:23what do you do about hiring a replacement for the president of the

0:08:23 > 0:08:25European Commission, Jean-Claude Juncker, whose term of office ends

0:08:25 > 0:08:31just after Brexit happens next year, coincidentally. The real big one,

0:08:31 > 0:08:35how do you fill the Brexit sized hole that will appear in the

0:08:35 > 0:08:40multi-annual budget of the EU from 2021 onwards, they reckon it is £13

0:08:40 > 0:08:44billion and there will be months and months of arguments about that, do

0:08:44 > 0:08:49you raise new money? Find new ways? Ask countries that pay into the

0:08:49 > 0:08:53budget to pay more? They are not happy about that. Ask countries who

0:08:53 > 0:08:57receive money from the budget to receive less, they are not happy

0:08:57 > 0:09:01about that. There will be a brief update from the president of the

0:09:01 > 0:09:04European Council, Donald Tusk, who chairs these meetings, about the

0:09:04 > 0:09:08next thinking about the next phase, which will be about trade and the

0:09:08 > 0:09:12future relationship, which will not really get started until the next

0:09:12 > 0:09:17time these guys meet, which will be the end of next month.

0:09:17 > 0:09:19MPs will debate a bill later which would introduce a national

0:09:19 > 0:09:21"opt-out" system for organ donation in England.

0:09:21 > 0:09:23A private member's bill presented by Labour MP Geoffrey Robinson

0:09:23 > 0:09:26would mean people who did not want to donate their organs

0:09:26 > 0:09:27would have to opt out.

0:09:27 > 0:09:30The Bill would need cross party support to have any

0:09:30 > 0:09:34chance of progressing.

0:09:34 > 0:09:37The way we eat and drink is almost as much of a factor in tooth

0:09:37 > 0:09:40erosion as what we consume, according to new research.

0:09:40 > 0:09:42Scientists at King's College London found acidic food and drink

0:09:42 > 0:09:43can wear teeth down,

0:09:43 > 0:09:44especially if people snack continually.

0:09:44 > 0:09:49Our health correspondent, Catherine Burns reports.

0:09:49 > 0:09:52Sipping, swilling, and nibbling, researchers think one in six of us

0:09:52 > 0:09:54have habits like this, and they are bad

0:09:54 > 0:09:55news for your teeth.

0:09:55 > 0:09:58When it comes to dentist visits, the main worries tend to be

0:09:58 > 0:10:00fillings or gum disease, but this report says

0:10:00 > 0:10:02we should also be thinking about erosive tooth wear.

0:10:02 > 0:10:04It is when acid eats away at the teeth, making them

0:10:04 > 0:10:08chip or get shorter.

0:10:08 > 0:10:11If you tend to play with things in your mouth, or you if you tend

0:10:11 > 0:10:15to chop pieces of fruit up slowly and nibble on them over a few

0:10:15 > 0:10:22minutes as opposed to just eating them as a whole fruit,

0:10:22 > 0:10:25if you're doing these behaviours on a daily basis for years

0:10:25 > 0:10:28and years and years, you can cause serious

0:10:28 > 0:10:31damage to your teeth, and that serious damage can mean

0:10:31 > 0:10:32that your whole mouth needs to be rebuilt.

0:10:32 > 0:10:37Treatment takes an average of more than 20 months

0:10:37 > 0:10:41at a cost of £4500 on the NHS and almost £14,000 privately.

0:10:41 > 0:10:45Prevention is key.

0:10:45 > 0:10:52One part of that is cutting back on acidic food and drinks.

0:10:52 > 0:10:54Some of the healthy choices we make might be good for us overall,

0:10:55 > 0:10:58but they can erode your teeth.

0:10:58 > 0:11:01This report mentions adding a slice of lemon or lime to your water,

0:11:01 > 0:11:02sugar-free soft drinks, drinking fruit teas,

0:11:02 > 0:11:05and snacking on fruit.

0:11:05 > 0:11:09Take these grapes, for example.

0:11:09 > 0:11:11If you were to eat ten or 20 of them in one sitting,

0:11:11 > 0:11:14that would be one acid attack on your teeth.

0:11:14 > 0:11:17If you were to eat the same amount over a longer period of time,

0:11:17 > 0:11:18that would be a sustained attack.

0:11:18 > 0:11:22The advice is to be aware of overall eating patterns and to consider

0:11:22 > 0:11:24snacks that are less acidic and higher in calcium.

0:11:24 > 0:11:30Catherine Burns, BBC News.

0:11:36 > 0:11:41More and 9:30am. Do get in touch with us throughout the morning - use

0:11:41 > 0:11:44the hashtag Victoria LIVE and If you text, you will be charged at the

0:11:44 > 0:11:50standard network rate.

0:11:50 > 0:11:53Big day for men's curling, will you be watching?Hopefully everyone will

0:11:53 > 0:11:59be watching on BBC Two, Big Mac shone horizon for the women's

0:11:59 > 0:12:02curlers, that is after the men went out, British Vogue is carried into

0:12:02 > 0:12:08the business end of the competition, taking on Sweden in a couple of

0:12:08 > 0:12:10hours' time, in the semifinals, victory would guarantee themselves

0:12:10 > 0:12:15or gold. Eve Muirhead and her team should be confident after knocking

0:12:15 > 0:12:20out the defending champions, Canada, in the last match. Things will not

0:12:20 > 0:12:23be easy against the Swedish, they have already beaten Great Britain

0:12:23 > 0:12:28earlier in the around robin phase. If the British do win, that will be

0:12:28 > 0:12:30one better than the bronze medal they won in the Sochi games four

0:12:30 > 0:12:36years ago. Fingers crossed.

0:12:36 > 0:12:41I will try to catch it, 11, that is just when I finish. How significant

0:12:41 > 0:12:47is this first gold medal for an athlete from Russia?Extremist

0:12:47 > 0:12:52significant, piece of history. Yesterday we were talking about one

0:12:52 > 0:12:55of their athletes handing back a medal after being found guilty of

0:12:55 > 0:12:57doping and today, it's the complete opposite, a stunning gold in the

0:12:57 > 0:13:01women's singles figure skating for the 15-year-old Alina Zagitova, who

0:13:01 > 0:13:04had a world record score in her short programme before an impeccable

0:13:04 > 0:13:11routine in the free dance here. Her training partner, the Two-time

0:13:11 > 0:13:14reigning world champion Yevgenia Medvedeva clearly upset with her

0:13:14 > 0:13:18silver medal, she was the favourite going into it, but a fantastic

0:13:18 > 0:13:19moment for the 15-year-old, and

0:13:19 > 0:13:31as I say, slice of Olympic history for her. And so you'd expect her to

0:13:31 > 0:13:33lead out the Olympic Athletes from Russia in the closing ceremony at

0:13:33 > 0:13:35the weekend but what flag would she be carrying? Well there is

0:13:35 > 0:13:38speculation that a meeting between the International Olympic Committee

0:13:38 > 0:13:39president Thomas Bach and an aide of the Russian President Vladimir

0:13:39 > 0:13:41Putin, involved discussions over lifting the Olympic ban on the

0:13:41 > 0:13:46country in time for the ceremony. T may also, be of no coincidence that

0:13:46 > 0:13:49the Russians have now paid a fine of nearly 11 million pounds, as part of

0:13:49 > 0:13:52their punishment. That would upset many of the sporting bodies at the

0:13:52 > 0:13:57games though with the question being why not wait until Monday? -- £11

0:13:57 > 0:14:02million.

0:14:10 > 0:14:13Celtic are out of Europe, what went wrong?

0:14:13 > 0:14:15Celtic boss Brendan Rodgers claimed his team needed

0:14:15 > 0:14:17to have more courage.

0:14:17 > 0:14:19But his young side will learn from the experience.

0:14:19 > 0:14:22They crashed out of the Europa League after a 3-1 aggregate defeat

0:14:22 > 0:14:23against Zenit St Petersburg.

0:14:23 > 0:14:25Celtic had led 1-0 from the first leg,

0:14:25 > 0:14:28but conceded three goals in a disappointing performance.

0:14:28 > 0:14:31They had 67% of possession but clearly lacked a cutting edge,

0:14:31 > 0:14:34with Rodgers saying his team needed to show more bravery to play more

0:14:34 > 0:14:44positively going forward.

0:14:44 > 0:14:50The Arsenal survived a scare in the last 32 tie, it is now six years in

0:14:50 > 0:14:54a row they have lost the home leg of their European tie, they went 2-0

0:14:54 > 0:15:02down to their Swedish opponents, Ostersunds, banks to a 3-0 first leg

0:15:02 > 0:15:07lead and this goal from Sayed Kolasinac, they went through, 4-2,

0:15:07 > 0:15:13and Arsene Wenger hoping to avoid a difficult draw for the last 16, that

0:15:13 > 0:15:16will be taking place at midday.

0:15:16 > 0:15:19Too many mistakes and too many lives lost, and it's got to stop.

0:15:19 > 0:15:21That's what the Health Secretary, Jeremy Hunt,

0:15:21 > 0:15:22has told this programme.

0:15:22 > 0:15:24He's concerned about the findings of new research showing that GPs,

0:15:24 > 0:15:27pharmacists, hospitals and care homes in England may be making

0:15:27 > 0:15:29millions of errors a year, and could be a factor in more

0:15:30 > 0:15:31than 22,000 deaths.

0:15:31 > 0:15:33Mr Hunt told me this level of harm is appalling,

0:15:33 > 0:15:34and he's going to act.

0:15:39 > 0:15:41We are doing a lot of things but it is

0:15:41 > 0:15:43We are doing a lot of things but it is important to reassure your view

0:15:43 > 0:15:50is that this report shows that error rates are not higher in the UK then

0:15:50 > 0:15:55the US and other countries...One in five when it comes to prescriptions

0:15:55 > 0:15:59is too high?Far too high and between four and five people die

0:15:59 > 0:16:03every day because of these errors. So what are we doing to sort this

0:16:03 > 0:16:07out? We know that if you move to electronic prescribing systems

0:16:07 > 0:16:11rather than paper-based systems that we still have in many hospitals, you

0:16:11 > 0:16:20can eliminate around half of errors. How far are you with that?Today we

0:16:20 > 0:16:25are announcing around an extra £75 million to help hospitals, but they

0:16:25 > 0:16:29create projects, so for example if you try to give a drug to a pregnant

0:16:29 > 0:16:34woman that could damage the foetus, then you will get a contraindication

0:16:34 > 0:16:39when you try to do that.That means 75% of hospitals at the moment do

0:16:39 > 0:16:42not have an electronic process in place?That is right and that is

0:16:42 > 0:16:45what we want to put in place and over the next five years we want all

0:16:45 > 0:16:57hospitals to move to

0:17:01 > 0:17:03that. He Bube talk to doctors, pharmacists, nurses on the front

0:17:03 > 0:17:06line, they have another wobbly, and that is that the culture is wrong,

0:17:06 > 0:17:08that if they make a mistake when prescribing medicine, if they forget

0:17:08 > 0:17:11to bring down someone's dosage and they admitted, they could get fired

0:17:11 > 0:17:13all suffer criminal prosecution or something like that so the other

0:17:13 > 0:17:15thing we need to do is get the culture right to recognise that

0:17:15 > 0:17:18there are going to be ordinary human errors and we need to support

0:17:18 > 0:17:21people...But they are just words, in a way, in a sense, having this

0:17:21 > 0:17:25conversation today, the focus being on how many mistakes are being made

0:17:25 > 0:17:30by GPs, in care homes, in hospitals, could only serve to increase blame

0:17:30 > 0:17:42culture?Not at all, what we are doing today is not just words, we

0:17:42 > 0:17:44are decriminalising dispensing errors by pharmacists, which I think

0:17:44 > 0:17:46is something pharmacists have long thought creates the wrong culture.

0:17:46 > 0:17:49So you are changing the law so if a pharmacist says, I made a mistake,

0:17:49 > 0:17:52they will not be prosecuted? Provided it is a sensible mistake,

0:17:52 > 0:17:55no room for gross negligence, but the kinds of human errors we

0:17:55 > 0:17:59typically see in the situation so we are changing the law and we want to

0:17:59 > 0:18:04look at more generally how we move in the NHS from a blame culture to a

0:18:04 > 0:18:07learning culture.Let me bring it one of our viewers' questions, this

0:18:07 > 0:18:13is from Louise, my Nan was overdosed on heard usual medication when

0:18:13 > 0:18:17admitted into hospital last week due to an ever by a pharmacist, what can

0:18:17 > 0:18:20you do to ensure this does not happen in future and hold people

0:18:20 > 0:18:25accountable for these very serious actions?Two things come first...

0:18:25 > 0:18:31Not prosecute them?We need to make sure we learn from those mistakes

0:18:31 > 0:18:34because they happen far too often and at the moment very often we are

0:18:34 > 0:18:37not because people are worried about the consequences if they are open

0:18:37 > 0:18:42about them so that is the first thing we are doing. The second thing

0:18:42 > 0:18:46is we are employing 2000 pharmacists to work in GP surgeries because I

0:18:46 > 0:18:49don't know if it was the case in that particular story but very often

0:18:49 > 0:18:54these problems happen with older people with dementia who are on a

0:18:54 > 0:19:05cocktail of drugs which sometimes

0:19:08 > 0:19:10don't work well together, and what you need to do is get an experienced

0:19:10 > 0:19:13pharmacist to look at these combinations of drugs and say, we

0:19:13 > 0:19:15need to take you off those two drugs because we think they could conflict

0:19:15 > 0:19:18with some of the others you are taking.What would you say in

0:19:18 > 0:19:20Louise's Ks?You are right, it is a terrible problem, much more

0:19:20 > 0:19:23widespread than we thought, but the World Health Organization said today

0:19:23 > 0:19:25that the NHS is taking the lead in trying to tackle these problems, and

0:19:25 > 0:19:30we certainly want to halve the number of medication errors over the

0:19:30 > 0:19:33next five years and hopefully avoid a repeat of the stories.Changing

0:19:33 > 0:19:37the culture is one thing, that is progressive, but isn't the real

0:19:37 > 0:19:41issue fundamentally about the NHS being understaffed and under

0:19:41 > 0:19:52resourced?There are

0:19:55 > 0:19:58real staffing pressures in the NHS, for sure, because of the pressure of

0:19:58 > 0:20:00an ageing population, but today's report is clear that levels of

0:20:00 > 0:20:02medication are no higher in the NHS and other European countries, so it

0:20:02 > 0:20:05is about...Saying, it is not just us, this is other countries as well,

0:20:05 > 0:20:08it is not reassuring to people in this country.But it answers the

0:20:08 > 0:20:11question of whether it is about NHS staffing levels. I don't for a

0:20:11 > 0:20:13second suggest there are not staffing issues and we are

0:20:13 > 0:20:16increasing the number of doctors and nurses and training places and so

0:20:16 > 0:20:20on, but I think it is also having systems in place that when people

0:20:20 > 0:20:24are busy you have got checks and balances that can stop those

0:20:24 > 0:20:34mistakes being made.This programme has been exposing the problem with

0:20:34 > 0:20:37joiner or mesh implant over the last year, you announced a review into

0:20:37 > 0:20:39them, would you like to see them banned completely?No, I have taken

0:20:39 > 0:20:42independent advice from the Chief Medical Officer who has looked at

0:20:42 > 0:20:46all of the evidence and no European country has banned mesh because

0:20:46 > 0:20:51there are women for whom it is a lifeline, incredibly important...

0:20:51 > 0:20:56But there are also women crippled by its use, unable to walk and to have

0:20:56 > 0:21:02sex?That is why we have to have processes in place to use it

0:21:02 > 0:21:06inappropriate situations and that is what this review is going to look

0:21:06 > 0:21:11at, but we don't want to ban it altogether because we know there are

0:21:11 > 0:21:14other women who benefited hugely from mesh and not just women but

0:21:14 > 0:21:17also something that men can benefit from in certain situations as well.

0:21:17 > 0:21:22And a quick word on Brexit, were you at the away day and how did it go?I

0:21:22 > 0:21:26was not there but the findings will be brought back to the Cabinet on

0:21:26 > 0:21:29Tuesday when we will have a discussion.What was your sense of

0:21:29 > 0:21:40it, didn't go well?My senses would it -- my sense is it was a good

0:21:40 > 0:21:44discussion and there are industries and supply chain across continents

0:21:44 > 0:21:48but it must always be on a voluntary basis and we must have control of

0:21:48 > 0:21:52our own laws.After ten o'clock this morning we will speak to the

0:21:52 > 0:21:56grandmother I mentioned to Jeremy Hunt, Health Secretary, who say she

0:21:56 > 0:21:58was overdosed on her usual medication when she was admitted

0:21:58 > 0:22:04into hospital last week.

0:22:04 > 0:22:06Former England footballer Andy Cole had an illustrious career

0:22:06 > 0:22:08playing for top teams such as Manchester United

0:22:08 > 0:22:10and Newcastle United and he remains the Premier League's third

0:22:11 > 0:22:12all-time top scorer.

0:22:12 > 0:22:15But in 2015, at the age of 43, Andy fell ill with a mystery virus

0:22:15 > 0:22:19that attacked his kidneys and left him needing a transplant.

0:22:19 > 0:22:21His 29-year-old nephew Alexander Palmer stepped

0:22:21 > 0:22:25in and saved Andy's life by donating his kidney.

0:22:25 > 0:22:27The two have now recovered but are raising awareness

0:22:27 > 0:22:31of the importance of organ donation.

0:22:31 > 0:22:36A private members bill today will consider whether England should

0:22:36 > 0:22:38adopt the opt-out organ donation system that's already

0:22:38 > 0:22:39in place in Wales.

0:22:39 > 0:22:44I'm pleased to say Andy and his nephew Alexander are with me now.

0:22:44 > 0:22:49Good to see you both, thank you for coming in. My first question is, how

0:22:49 > 0:22:55are you?A lot better than I was a year ago, two years ago.Take me

0:22:55 > 0:22:59back to that time, ex-footballer, fit, healthy, on holiday in Vietnam

0:22:59 > 0:23:05in 2015, what happened?I was having a very nice time, got back to

0:23:05 > 0:23:11Manchester, didn't feel particularly well. Over three or four days, I

0:23:11 > 0:23:15finally decided to go into hospital with quite a bit of persuasion.What

0:23:15 > 0:23:21were your symptoms?I was getting a lot of water retention, a bit of

0:23:21 > 0:23:27weight, growing and growing every single day, so with a bit of

0:23:27 > 0:23:30persuasion in the end I went into the hospital and my consultant at

0:23:30 > 0:23:35the time, still my consultant now, basically explained to me what the

0:23:35 > 0:23:39situation was and how bad it was at the time.What was the situation? As

0:23:39 > 0:23:44they explained it to you at that time? Because this is a pretty rare

0:23:44 > 0:23:51condition?He asked me quite a few questions, I just remember saying to

0:23:51 > 0:23:54him, I've not really got time, I need to get home, and he was saying,

0:23:54 > 0:24:02well, you won't be going home. Took a sample of my kidney, a biopsy, and

0:24:02 > 0:24:07started to explain what he thought it was and if I had had other

0:24:07 > 0:24:11symptoms which could be a kidney problem and as soon as he said that,

0:24:11 > 0:24:15every single symptom there was, and he explained, that is one of the

0:24:15 > 0:24:18reasons you will not be going home for a little bit.You have already

0:24:18 > 0:24:21mentioned the bloating, putting on weight, what with the other

0:24:21 > 0:24:27symptoms?Uncontrollable pick-ups, things like that, itching, I was

0:24:27 > 0:24:36itching like I had fleas, that was basically the toxins in my body --

0:24:36 > 0:24:39uncontrollable hiccups. When you're kidney does not work, the toxins

0:24:39 > 0:24:46cannot be flushed out.You say you had to be persuaded to see somebody,

0:24:46 > 0:24:52why? They sound like a pretty bad symptoms to me!I am a man, and I

0:24:52 > 0:24:58think as a man we feel like we don't need to go to hospital, doctors,

0:24:58 > 0:25:03whatever. When you become ill, if you believe you become vulnerable,

0:25:03 > 0:25:10and you don't want to...Admit there is anything wrong?People say, man

0:25:10 > 0:25:14of, get wrong with it, that is exactly what I did. Would I do it

0:25:14 > 0:25:18differently now? Yes. But at that time it was like, no, I'm not going

0:25:18 > 0:25:22to do it, I will take a couple of paracetamol and in the morning I

0:25:22 > 0:25:27will be good to go.And, Alex, your nephew, it is fair to say he is the

0:25:27 > 0:25:34reason you are sitting here now? Yes, he is. I am forever indebted to

0:25:34 > 0:25:37him, he knows that. I appreciate everything he has done for me and

0:25:37 > 0:25:42what he has gone through, the pain he has gone through, to see me

0:25:42 > 0:25:45recover than Alex did at the time because I remember when I left

0:25:45 > 0:25:51hospital I left him in the hospital. I remember saying, if I could change

0:25:51 > 0:25:55it, I would do, because I did not want to see him in that pain, first

0:25:55 > 0:25:58and foremost. Fortunately he came round and that is why we are sitting

0:25:58 > 0:26:03in front of you now.Alex, can you tell me about the journey, Andy's

0:26:03 > 0:26:07journey from the moment he was diagnosed to the point where you

0:26:07 > 0:26:11decided to donate your own kidney? For me it was a straightaway thing,

0:26:11 > 0:26:15as soon as they told be about the situation I said, help, I am more

0:26:15 > 0:26:21than happy to help stop a no-brainer for me.And what was the process

0:26:21 > 0:26:25like, how do you go about donating your kidney, would you have decided

0:26:25 > 0:26:32you wanted to help, what happens next?A lot of blood tests, I had

0:26:32 > 0:26:36the test and once the test came in and it is positive, then it is the

0:26:36 > 0:26:43next stage, not a simple process but a process that is worthwhile.Was it

0:26:43 > 0:26:47an instant decision, did you think about it and discuss it with

0:26:47 > 0:26:50anybody?For me it was an instant decision, I knew within my heart of

0:26:50 > 0:26:54hearts that if I could help then I would come straightaway.How did the

0:26:54 > 0:26:57conversation go when you told Andy, your uncle, that you wanted to do

0:26:57 > 0:27:03this?He was like, no, I don't want it, I will be OK! But after

0:27:03 > 0:27:08persuasion he came round to the idea.What was the operation like,

0:27:08 > 0:27:15for both of you?It was hard.For me, it was one of those ones, you

0:27:15 > 0:27:20know, even the day I went down for the transplant, I was still trying

0:27:20 > 0:27:24to convince myself I didn't need it. I sat down with the surgeons the day

0:27:24 > 0:27:29before and said, are you sure that I could not have a couple more weeks?

0:27:29 > 0:27:35They said, you have gone as far as you can go now. Acceptance in the

0:27:35 > 0:27:40whole situation has been very, very tough. It is coming up to a year

0:27:40 > 0:27:43from the transplant, I have finally accepted that it is what it is and I

0:27:43 > 0:27:47need to try and move on with things as quick as possible.Before that,

0:27:47 > 0:27:52you were having dialysis? You sound like you have a strong support

0:27:52 > 0:27:58network around you, your nephew, you have said that your wife was

0:27:58 > 0:28:02overboard in what you were going to, getting a donor in the first place

0:28:02 > 0:28:07was down to your wife? I have got to be honest, if she did not nag me so

0:28:07 > 0:28:11much I would not have gone into hospital, a couple of paracetamol is

0:28:11 > 0:28:15and I am good to go, I was doing that every day, so the constant

0:28:15 > 0:28:22nagging finally got me to say, OK, my old club doctor came to see me,

0:28:22 > 0:28:26sent before a scam, ended up going into the hospital to find out what

0:28:26 > 0:28:30the situation was. Before you fell ill and donated your kidney, were

0:28:30 > 0:28:35you on the organ donor list, was it something you cared about?I will be

0:28:35 > 0:28:40brutally honest, I knew nothing about it. When you talk about

0:28:40 > 0:28:44organs, it is not something I actually thought about until me

0:28:44 > 0:28:48going through what I went through, going into the hospital and seeing

0:28:48 > 0:28:51different people having whatever problems they have, it started to

0:28:51 > 0:28:56change my perspective as well. Knowing that you can change

0:28:56 > 0:28:59someone's life if you do pass away and leave your organs to someone

0:28:59 > 0:29:03else to continue their life, that has been a big thing for me,

0:29:03 > 0:29:07definitely.This is being debated today in Parliament, what do you

0:29:07 > 0:29:12think about the opt out scheme? It is already in place in Wales.It is

0:29:12 > 0:29:18an option, life is all about options. Would I do it? Of course I

0:29:18 > 0:29:21would do it, 100%. When my time comes and I pass away, I would love

0:29:21 > 0:29:28to do it, for sure.Alex, what do you think?I would, for sure,

0:29:28 > 0:29:31because it is something you don't think about until someone falls ill

0:29:31 > 0:29:34and then you do your research and think about the big changes you can

0:29:34 > 0:29:39make when you donate your organs. A comment from Twitter, I know

0:29:39 > 0:29:42people looking for receiving transplants, I moved over to Wales

0:29:42 > 0:29:46from England for university web I have the opt-out law and I signed up

0:29:46 > 0:29:49to be a donor, should someone needs my help on bed then I am more than

0:29:49 > 0:29:54happy to give life. What would you say to people who

0:29:54 > 0:29:57don't support changing the system we have two and opt-out where consent

0:29:57 > 0:30:05is given unless you opt out of it? Naturally it is entirely up to them

0:30:05 > 0:30:10that if you look at the grand scheme of things, why not? I am not trying

0:30:10 > 0:30:17to be morbid but once you pass away, if you can help someone else

0:30:17 > 0:30:20continue with their life, it could be a young person, middle-aged

0:30:20 > 0:30:24person, old person, why not? Life is about enjoying it, if you can give

0:30:24 > 0:30:29someone that opportunity, definitely, for me.And, Alex, a

0:30:29 > 0:30:34message to people watching at home? I would say considerate, think about

0:30:34 > 0:30:37it, because you are doing a good thing in giving somebody the

0:30:37 > 0:30:42opportunity to live longer, just give it a good thought.Alex, Andy,

0:30:42 > 0:30:46thank you so much for coming in and sharing your experiences with us.

0:30:46 > 0:30:47Still to come.

0:30:47 > 0:30:50The number of people being attacked by acid is three times

0:30:50 > 0:30:51higher than in 2013.

0:30:51 > 0:30:53We'll hear from two survivors who tell us what impact

0:30:54 > 0:31:03the attacks have had on them.

0:31:03 > 0:31:07Our poll dancing displays in a care home an appropriate way to entertain

0:31:07 > 0:31:24elderly residents? -- are pole dancing.

0:31:32 > 0:31:35mistakes in giving medicine out, the wrong pills or the wrong dose,

0:31:35 > 0:31:36are costing lives in England.

0:31:36 > 0:31:39GPs, pharmacists, hospitals and care homes may be making millions

0:31:39 > 0:31:41of errors a year according to a new study

0:31:41 > 0:31:43and could be a factor in more than 22,000 deaths.

0:31:43 > 0:31:46Jeremy Hunt says that the government is investing in police systems which

0:31:46 > 0:31:50could help event mistakes. -- A study has found that mistakes made

0:31:50 > 0:31:53in the medication given to patients in England could be the cause of

0:31:53 > 0:31:55seventeen-hundred deaths a year, and could contribute to thousands more.

0:31:55 > 0:31:58-- 1700 deaths a year. The report, commissioned by the government said

0:31:58 > 0:32:01the number of drug errors totals 237 million cases a year. The Health and

0:32:01 > 0:32:03Social Care Secretary, Jeremy Hunt, said the government is investing in

0:32:03 > 0:32:05computer systems that would help prevent mistakes. An armed officer

0:32:05 > 0:32:08who was at the Florida school, where 17 people were killed, has resigned

0:32:08 > 0:32:10after it emerged he failed to intervene. Scot Peterson was facing

0:32:10 > 0:32:12suspension after an investigation revealed he remained outside the

0:32:12 > 0:32:14building and did not confront the gunman. It's not yet known whether

0:32:14 > 0:32:25criminal charges will be brought.

0:32:30 > 0:32:33A fourth British tourist has died of injuries he suffered in a helicopter

0:32:33 > 0:32:35crash in the Grand Canyon nearly a fortnight ago. Jonathan Udall, who

0:32:35 > 0:32:37was in his 30s and from Brighton, was on honeymoon with his wife,

0:32:37 > 0:32:39Ellie Milward. She and another British woman, as well as the

0:32:39 > 0:32:41helicopter's pilot, remain in a critical condition in hospital.

0:32:41 > 0:32:43Detectives investigating two murders in Camden earlier this week have

0:32:43 > 0:32:46arrested an 18-year-old man. He was arrested in Camden on suspicion of

0:32:46 > 0:32:48two counts of murder and one count of grievous bodily harm. The police

0:32:48 > 0:32:51say both murders are being treated as linked, and are appealing for

0:32:51 > 0:32:52information. Theresa May is understood to have agreed with

0:32:52 > 0:32:55senior ministers, a position on Britain's future relationship with

0:32:55 > 0:32:56the EU during talks at Chequers yesterday. Downing Street has given

0:32:56 > 0:32:59few details but some of those present have suggested that everyone

0:32:59 > 0:33:01was happy with the outcome. The Environment Secretary, Michael Gove,

0:33:01 > 0:33:03said there was a "very, very good atmosphere". Number Ten says the

0:33:03 > 0:33:05Prime Minister will set out "the way forward" next week after a

0:33:05 > 0:33:06discussion by the full Cabinet.

0:33:07 > 0:33:09Sipping acidic drinks such as fruit teas and flavoured water can wear

0:33:09 > 0:33:11away teeth and damage the enamel. A team at King's College London found

0:33:11 > 0:33:14that drinking them between meals and savouring them for too long

0:33:14 > 0:33:16increased the risk of tooth erosion from acid. The research found the

0:33:16 > 0:33:27problem was increasing as people snacked more.

0:33:31 > 0:33:36Team GB's women face Sweden in the semifinals of the curling at the

0:33:36 > 0:33:40Olympics, after beating the defending champions Canada, in their

0:33:40 > 0:33:44last match, Britain will be confident, but face a team that has

0:33:44 > 0:33:46beaten them once already in Pyeongchang. The winner will take

0:33:46 > 0:33:51home at least a silver medal. There was an historic moment in the

0:33:51 > 0:33:53Women's singles figure skating as 15-year-old Alina Zagitova won the

0:33:53 > 0:33:59first gold for the Olympic Athlete from Russia. Celtic went out of

0:33:59 > 0:34:03Europe after losing 3-1 on aggregate to Zenit St Petersburg. But Arsenal

0:34:03 > 0:34:06are in the draw later today despite losing at home to Ostersund FC of

0:34:06 > 0:34:18Sweden - a 2-1 defeat but a 4-2 aggregate win.

0:34:20 > 0:34:22A growing number of people are being attacked by acid.

0:34:22 > 0:34:25New figures - obtained by 5 live investigates show there were 646

0:34:25 > 0:34:27acid attacks in England and Wales last year, over three times

0:34:27 > 0:34:29higher than in 2013.

0:34:29 > 0:34:31The majority of these attacks were in London, followed

0:34:31 > 0:34:32by Greater Manchester and Essex.

0:34:32 > 0:34:34Along with 5 live Investigates, we brought together two

0:34:34 > 0:34:36acid attack survivors - with very different stories -

0:34:36 > 0:34:39to talk about the impact the attacks have had -

0:34:39 > 0:34:49and are still having - on their lives...

0:34:57 > 0:35:10In 2014, my ex paid someone to chuck acid over me.I was a victim of acid

0:35:10 > 0:35:16attack last year. Someone threw acid at my face on the street while I was

0:35:16 > 0:35:26riding my mopeds.I was attacked three and a half years ago, almost

0:35:26 > 0:35:32four, August, 2014, my ex-partner paid someone to chuck acid on me

0:35:32 > 0:35:38while I was on the way to work, 8:30am. This guy came towards me,

0:35:38 > 0:35:43shaking a bottle. He looked me in the eyes and gave me this look and

0:35:43 > 0:35:51that is when he threw the acid. Half a head of hair, my right ear, all my

0:35:51 > 0:35:58right side. My first thing was, my God, he has chuck water over me, and

0:35:58 > 0:36:03seconds later, it was burning, and it felt like I was melting.

0:36:06 > 0:36:13I was delivering food, I was a food delivery man, I was finishing my

0:36:13 > 0:36:19work, trying to go home, I stopped at the traffic light. I felt water

0:36:19 > 0:36:26on the helmet, I saw two boys with masks on. I left my bike on the

0:36:26 > 0:36:33street. I felt burning on my face. One of the ladies passing by, she

0:36:33 > 0:36:41asked me what happened. When she saw me lying down on the pavement. I was

0:36:41 > 0:36:46crying like a baby. I have never cried like that. The police arrived

0:36:46 > 0:36:57and put water on me.Where is it hurting? Are you all right? Where is

0:36:57 > 0:37:04it hurting, mate? Keep your eyes open.Yeah, I kept crying for water

0:37:04 > 0:37:10as well, that was the initial thing, feeling burning. Someone running out

0:37:10 > 0:37:16of the house with a bucket of water, and I remember smoking, and for me,

0:37:16 > 0:37:22that started the reaction again, it was all over me. Looked down... It

0:37:22 > 0:37:26was all burned, it was everywhere, I can still smell that smell now, it

0:37:26 > 0:37:32is a smell that I cannot describe. If I did not have that water over

0:37:32 > 0:37:37me, I would have been blind, that water was a blessing.It was burning

0:37:37 > 0:37:46on my chest. There was a pain all over my body. I had to sleep all day

0:37:46 > 0:37:52as well.I was in hospital for six weeks. I had skin grafts, they took

0:37:52 > 0:37:58it from my thigh, all the operations. My right hand, my right

0:37:58 > 0:38:03arm, right side of my head, this hair is fake. I lost my ear and

0:38:03 > 0:38:12minor. And then my chest. -- I lost my ear and my neck. I realised it

0:38:12 > 0:38:21was my ex, the key person that planned it, I vowed that he would

0:38:21 > 0:38:26never win, and that was the fight that I wanted to fight back at full

0:38:26 > 0:38:32I remember the first time I ever cried... Everyone was crying around

0:38:32 > 0:38:36me, but I thought, this is how Anthony wants me, so from that

0:38:36 > 0:38:40point, why was like, I'm not going to do what he wants. He wanted me

0:38:40 > 0:38:47not to go out so I went out, I am a tacky how I was before, I did not

0:38:47 > 0:38:51want what he had done to affect my life. He had affected it enough

0:38:51 > 0:39:01already.Your one is different issues, my scarring is, I'm not

0:39:01 > 0:39:08able... I am not able to go anywhere, I am scared, it is

0:39:08 > 0:39:10psychological. Weekends, I would spend time with my friends, chill

0:39:10 > 0:39:16out. I don't know why I cannot meet them now, but I do not feel safe. If

0:39:16 > 0:39:24anyone comes to my house, I am happy, but I do not feel like it is

0:39:24 > 0:39:29safe for me to go back to work.For me, it is the effects of my family,

0:39:29 > 0:39:33my dad is a broken man, he is the person I can see has changed the

0:39:33 > 0:39:40most, I am his little girl, he was away at the time, it was so hard

0:39:40 > 0:39:44because my family were struggling. And I did not know how to deal with

0:39:44 > 0:39:49that, for me, it was like, why are you crying, are you... What have you

0:39:49 > 0:39:53got to cry about. Took me a while to think about how they must be

0:39:53 > 0:40:04feeling.

0:40:04 > 0:40:09I did not go back to work until last April, it has had three years, it

0:40:09 > 0:40:14took me that long to feel that I was ready to go back into society. I

0:40:14 > 0:40:18needed to get back to work, it made me feel so much better getting

0:40:18 > 0:40:27bacteria allergy. My ex-partner got life, minimum 13 years, he had seven

0:40:27 > 0:40:32convictions. -- it made me feel so much better getting back to life. My

0:40:32 > 0:40:36attacker got seven years, he was out last May, I don't think that is

0:40:36 > 0:40:41justice, he is the one who scarred me for life, I think he should have

0:40:41 > 0:40:45got a lot longer than two years. I am still here, no ear, half a head

0:40:45 > 0:40:51of hair, whereas he is starting his new life.Exactly. My attacker is

0:40:51 > 0:41:0015. I have a sympathy for his age, but I think he is responsible for

0:41:00 > 0:41:08what he done. I want him to be in jail... He should get a long

0:41:08 > 0:41:12sentence for that. A tougher sentence.He is probably oblivious

0:41:12 > 0:41:19to the effects and how severe acid is. There is no education... Robbie

0:41:19 > 0:41:25was not educated enough to know the severity of it.Why do they have to

0:41:25 > 0:41:28do acid, they have got a lot of options, why do they have to do

0:41:28 > 0:41:35this?I think it is so easy, rather than with a knife, with a gun, with

0:41:35 > 0:41:41any weapon, you have got to hide it. Liquid in a bottle... A bit of acid

0:41:41 > 0:41:48goes on your face, you are scarred, that second. It is severe. I have my

0:41:48 > 0:41:53scars, I have lost my ear, the side of my head, but I feel like it could

0:41:53 > 0:41:57have been worse, I could have been blind. You cannot live your life

0:41:57 > 0:42:02based on what they have done. I could spend all my time hating the

0:42:02 > 0:42:06fact that he got for but where would it get me, that sentence will be

0:42:06 > 0:42:11what he done anyway. For yourself, obviously, when you have the

0:42:11 > 0:42:16sentence coming up, if it is not something you are not happy with,

0:42:16 > 0:42:20don't let it affect you more than it should, it has already affected you

0:42:20 > 0:42:27enough.Obviously, we can go to the camera, we can speak out, but there

0:42:27 > 0:42:34is a lot of victims that cannot show their face now. As a community, as a

0:42:34 > 0:42:39society, we will have the responsibility. We should speak out

0:42:39 > 0:42:41about it.

0:42:41 > 0:42:44And you can hear much more on that story on the BBC Radio 5 live

0:42:44 > 0:42:47Investigates programme at 11 on Sunday

0:42:48 > 0:42:52We will also be discussing further what should be done to tackle acid

0:42:52 > 0:42:56attacks after 10am this morning. A couple of your comments before we

0:42:56 > 0:43:01move on, on prescriptions, this e-mail, two weeks ago we had a

0:43:01 > 0:43:05letter from the local GP surgery advising they were no longer issuing

0:43:05 > 0:43:09electronic prescription, now we have to take a trip every two weeks to

0:43:09 > 0:43:12the surgery because prescriptions now take seven days with a GP and

0:43:12 > 0:43:18four days with a chemist. Call this progress? And John has said, even

0:43:18 > 0:43:23correct or electronic prescribing will not sort out basic errors in

0:43:23 > 0:43:26actually giving medication to patients, my wife was recently in

0:43:26 > 0:43:30hospital and my daughter and I, both medically trained, had to check drug

0:43:30 > 0:43:36charts every day, to make sure medication had been administered.

0:43:36 > 0:43:41One important medication was omitted for an entire day because they had

0:43:41 > 0:43:48run out and needed to order more. Keep your messages coming in.

0:43:48 > 0:43:51It's a crisis that began six months ago and is now regarded

0:43:51 > 0:43:53as the fastest growing humanitarian disaster in the world.

0:43:53 > 0:43:55Hundreds of thousands of Rohingya Muslims -

0:43:55 > 0:43:57most of them children - have been forced from their homes

0:43:57 > 0:43:59fleeing violence at the hands of the Myanmar military.

0:43:59 > 0:44:02According to aid organisation Unicef, there are now an estimated

0:44:02 > 0:44:04720,000 children in the camps of southern Bangladesh

0:44:04 > 0:44:05and Myanmar's Rakhine state.

0:44:05 > 0:44:07With the cyclone season approaching, the potential for yet more suffering

0:44:07 > 0:44:10is great and Unicef are warning the fragile camps on which the

0:44:10 > 0:44:12children depend could be swept away.

0:44:12 > 0:44:14In a moment we'll hear from two people working with refugees

0:44:14 > 0:44:18on the ground in those camps, but first here's a look at the story

0:44:18 > 0:44:20of Mohammed Faisal - a Bangladeshi boy who fled his home

0:44:20 > 0:44:26when his village was burned to the ground.

0:44:26 > 0:44:28This video was filmed and given to us by Unicef,

0:44:28 > 0:44:35and just a warning you might find some of the details upsetting.

0:45:54 > 0:45:59Let's talk now to Tun Khin, who fled Myanmar when he was 17

0:45:59 > 0:46:04and now campaigns on behalf of his fellow Rohingyas.

0:46:04 > 0:46:12Thank you for coming in. Why did you have to leave?I left when my age

0:46:12 > 0:46:18was 17 and I have suffered these things, even though my grandfather

0:46:18 > 0:46:23was a member of Parliament, I was not recognised as a citizen of

0:46:23 > 0:46:28Burma. For me, I have faced restriction of movement and I have

0:46:28 > 0:46:38seen my friends who are not allowed to go to university myself in Burma,

0:46:38 > 0:46:41and Rohingyas, if we want to get married we need to get a pass and

0:46:41 > 0:46:46many of my friends...This is because you are Muslim?It is

0:46:46 > 0:46:50ethnic, religious and political prosecution, quite a big issue, they

0:46:50 > 0:46:54do not want to see Rangers in Burma. They are systematically destroying

0:46:54 > 0:46:59the Rohingya community as a genocide, it has been a long-time

0:46:59 > 0:47:06planned, so we have seen only six months ago mass exodus and mass

0:47:06 > 0:47:15killings, but going on since 1978, so 40 years right now, this is going

0:47:15 > 0:47:23on a long-term, we have seen refugees 1991, 1992, 1978 we have

0:47:23 > 0:47:28seen the 2016...So why do you think, you are telling me that you

0:47:28 > 0:47:32have experienced what people are going through now, the same sort of

0:47:32 > 0:47:36persecution. What do you think about what is happening now, the fact that

0:47:36 > 0:47:39the world is talking about what is happening, things have escalated in

0:47:39 > 0:47:42the last six months and we have hundreds of thousands of children in

0:47:42 > 0:47:49these camps?This is long-time planned but first they strip our

0:47:49 > 0:47:53ethnic breads, then our citizenship rights, they impose restriction of

0:47:53 > 0:48:00movement and then when the government came to power there was

0:48:00 > 0:48:08more anti-Rohingya campaign in cited in Burma and military getting an

0:48:08 > 0:48:18opportunity to eliminate and wipe out the population. They are trying

0:48:18 > 0:48:23to get mass killings and finally we had only one thing, they were taking

0:48:23 > 0:48:27away our land, they burned our villages, massive atrocities taking

0:48:27 > 0:48:34place there and military committed in the Rohingya community but...We

0:48:34 > 0:48:37can speak to somebody who is there.

0:48:37 > 0:48:38Benjamin Steinlechner from Unicef, who's joining us

0:48:38 > 0:48:43from his hotel half-an-hour from a huge refugee camp.

0:48:43 > 0:48:47Thank you for joining us this morning. Can you give us a sense of

0:48:47 > 0:48:51what it is like there at the moment? It somewhat feels like the calm

0:48:51 > 0:48:57before the storm in the camp now. Lots of our response efforts work

0:48:57 > 0:49:02very well, we have installed latrines, we are able to help the

0:49:02 > 0:49:07refugees with medical supplies, medical services, and nutrition

0:49:07 > 0:49:11services for the babies, basic education and child protection

0:49:11 > 0:49:16services. However, there is the cyclone monsoon season looming and

0:49:16 > 0:49:20the camp, which is terribly fast, is built on the grounds of a former

0:49:20 > 0:49:25Forest which is now absolutely deprived of the forest and without

0:49:25 > 0:49:30any routes because people have used them for firewood. With the rain

0:49:30 > 0:49:35coming in there are huge risks of floods and people getting flooded,

0:49:35 > 0:49:40and of diseases spreading in the camps.Can you mitigate for any of

0:49:40 > 0:49:43those things, knowing that cyclone season is approaching, what can you

0:49:43 > 0:49:53do?So, we have already started implementing the wells, finding out

0:49:53 > 0:49:56where we could move some people who are at very high risk of getting

0:49:56 > 0:50:00flooded and we make sure some of the major facilities that are important

0:50:00 > 0:50:04life-saving facilities are moved to higher places that people have easy

0:50:04 > 0:50:08access to them.Can you tell me about some of the children you are

0:50:08 > 0:50:12helping and working with? What is the sense in the camp, do people

0:50:12 > 0:50:16feel like things are getting worse, that things are improving?Things

0:50:16 > 0:50:21have definitely improved for the children. When they first came

0:50:21 > 0:50:26during the biggest influx in August, you could see them draw images of

0:50:26 > 0:50:30horrific scenes, soldiers shooting people, men hanging from trees,

0:50:30 > 0:50:37blood everywhere. Now you see children are drawing peaceful scenes

0:50:37 > 0:50:41of flowers and peaceful landscapes, so you can definitely see a change

0:50:41 > 0:50:45there.What are the diseases that you are dealing with, what are

0:50:45 > 0:50:49people most vulnerable to? Teams from the UK were sent out before

0:50:49 > 0:50:53Christmas to deal with an outbreak of diphtheria in the camps.That is

0:50:53 > 0:50:58very true and luckily that has been pretty much contained because of the

0:50:58 > 0:51:03effort of the combined effort of aid agencies there. We are still

0:51:03 > 0:51:07fighting malnutrition in the camps, many children are still malnourished

0:51:07 > 0:51:11but we are helping them through our malnutrition centres giving them

0:51:11 > 0:51:15highly nutritious peanut paste to get them back to a healthy state.

0:51:15 > 0:51:19You have been there for three months working on the ground with people

0:51:19 > 0:51:23trying to help them. In terms of the international effort, what more

0:51:23 > 0:51:30could the global community be doing to help?Our efforts need to be

0:51:30 > 0:51:34stepped up. As I mentioned, with the monsoon coming in, it does feel like

0:51:34 > 0:51:38the calm before the storm and this is an underfunded crisis and we need

0:51:38 > 0:51:43more help from around the world to respond to the imminent needs of the

0:51:43 > 0:51:48Rohingya people here.OK, then, for now, thank you. Tun, I want to come

0:51:48 > 0:51:52back to you, do you have family living there at the moment, do you

0:51:52 > 0:51:59speak to people?I have some relatives in Northern Rakhine state

0:51:59 > 0:52:03facing starvation, threatened by military and security forces and

0:52:03 > 0:52:10even yesterday some houses burned down, some of my friends messaged

0:52:10 > 0:52:15me. The military and Burmese government is trying to get all

0:52:15 > 0:52:19Rohingya out from Burma, that is their plan, another 500 to 600,000

0:52:19 > 0:52:25left only so every day they cannot access the race though, cannot

0:52:25 > 0:52:29access the fishing, they have no right to move through markets, and

0:52:29 > 0:52:34the situation is getting much, much worse. Six months, no government has

0:52:34 > 0:52:40taken any action to stop this genocide. It is very disappointing.

0:52:40 > 0:52:43What do you think the government should be doing here, you are from

0:52:43 > 0:52:48Myanmar but live in the UK, what should the Government be doing?The

0:52:48 > 0:52:54Government must bring this responsible who committed genocide,

0:52:54 > 0:52:57military and other murderers, must be brought to the International

0:52:57 > 0:53:01criminal Court, those who are complicit in this genocide. Also it

0:53:01 > 0:53:07is important that we need to look for a prominent solution, we also

0:53:07 > 0:53:21need to call for a global arms embargo for Burma and also the UN, a

0:53:21 > 0:53:25lot of people talking about repatriations, I was there a few

0:53:25 > 0:53:30days ago in Bangladesh, I have met recently people who fled from Burma.

0:53:30 > 0:53:35The situation is still the same, so how can you return back these

0:53:35 > 0:53:40refugees when people are still fleeing? So in Burma, Rohingyas

0:53:40 > 0:53:46cannot go back without any protection of international level,

0:53:46 > 0:53:51that is UN protection, which is much needed to save the lives of

0:53:51 > 0:53:55Rohingya.Tun, thank you for coming in to talk to us, I am sure we will

0:53:55 > 0:53:57revisit this subject again in the future.

0:53:57 > 0:54:02Let's return out into the inquiry into lasting's Florida school

0:54:02 > 0:54:03shooting, which ranks as the second deadliest ever

0:54:03 > 0:54:08at a US public school.

0:54:08 > 0:54:11Now it's emerged that an armed guard was on duty at the school

0:54:11 > 0:54:13in Parkland where 17 people were shot dead,

0:54:13 > 0:54:14and did not intervene.

0:54:14 > 0:54:16Scot Peterson, who has now resigned, remained outside the building

0:54:16 > 0:54:22and failed to confront the gunman.

0:54:22 > 0:54:25Scot Petersen was absolutely on-campus through this entire event.

0:54:25 > 0:54:35He was armed, he was in uniform. But what I saw was a deputy arrive at

0:54:35 > 0:54:46the west side of building 12, take up a position, and he never went in.

0:54:46 > 0:54:49A care home in Dorset is facing critism after it emerged staff hired

0:54:49 > 0:54:53pole dancers as entertainment for its elderly residents.

0:54:53 > 0:55:03Pictures from the performance show elderly residents -

0:55:03 > 0:55:05both male and female, and their families -

0:55:05 > 0:55:07watching the dancers acrobatically spin around a metal pole

0:55:07 > 0:55:08in sports bras and knickers.

0:55:08 > 0:55:10It's been branded 'inappropriate' by local councillors,

0:55:10 > 0:55:12who said they were 'staggered' by the choice of entertainment.

0:55:12 > 0:55:16But bosses at the home in Christchurch defended its decision.

0:55:16 > 0:55:18Let's speak now to Eleanor Spry, who owns Pole Crazy -

0:55:18 > 0:55:24some of her students took part.

0:55:24 > 0:55:33With me in the studio is Sam Cane from Pole Fit London, he's one of

0:55:33 > 0:55:36the UK's top poll instructors. Eleanor, first of all, how did this

0:55:36 > 0:55:43come about?It was a bit of fun. Someone from the care home said to

0:55:43 > 0:55:46one of my instructors, the residents are looking for something a bit more

0:55:46 > 0:55:49interesting and diverse, would you like to come and do a performance,

0:55:49 > 0:55:54and that was it, that is what we did. It was a Sunday afternoon, just

0:55:54 > 0:55:57some light-hearted entertainment. Were you surprised they had come to

0:55:57 > 0:56:02you with this request? Have you had anything like it before?We have

0:56:02 > 0:56:09done public performances, so we have done community fates in the area,

0:56:09 > 0:56:15not specifically a care home. So I wasn't overly surprised, sometimes

0:56:15 > 0:56:19it is difficult with the logistics of getting the poll there but there

0:56:19 > 0:56:23was no, oh my goodness, what are we doing.What was the response from

0:56:23 > 0:56:28the residents?Loved it, four rounds of applause. The girls love

0:56:28 > 0:56:31performing and I think the residents saw that, they saw how much they

0:56:31 > 0:56:36enjoyed putting on a show for them and they have asked us to go back,

0:56:36 > 0:56:40so I can only assume that they enjoyed it that much.Did you get

0:56:40 > 0:56:44any negativity? I know this was an optional activity for the residents

0:56:44 > 0:56:47to attend, they did not will have to watch it, they could come along if

0:56:47 > 0:56:55they wanted to.Negativity from the residents? From the care home beyond

0:56:55 > 0:57:00that?We will come to the outside criticism, but no one from there?

0:57:00 > 0:57:04But what do you make of criticism from local councillors? Dorset

0:57:04 > 0:57:09County Council told the Bournemouth Echo, it is not really the sort of

0:57:09 > 0:57:11entertainment would have thought that the residents wanted all would

0:57:11 > 0:57:17have encouraged.That is more a critic of the residents, isn't it,

0:57:17 > 0:57:21that is trying to think for them. They requested it, we performed,

0:57:21 > 0:57:25that is the end of the story for me. They have covered it with this

0:57:25 > 0:57:29notion of what pole dancing is, we have proved time and time again that

0:57:29 > 0:57:34pole dancing is far more diverse and here we are, with people who you

0:57:34 > 0:57:37would assume would maybe frown upon it or have connotations of it and

0:57:37 > 0:57:41they are not, they are so open-minded and we can learn from

0:57:41 > 0:57:44those burdens.Some, there has been criticism of it being too sexual, do

0:57:44 > 0:57:49you take that on board?When it comes down to it, it is very much a

0:57:49 > 0:57:53fitness thing, you can do it in different styles but this kind of

0:57:53 > 0:57:56performance was fitness -based, very acrobatic spaced, so in that respect

0:57:56 > 0:58:03it is not so much sexualised, it is more of a sport, a performance. What

0:58:03 > 0:58:06do you make of the creditors and? I can always understand where the

0:58:06 > 0:58:10criticism comes from but I think it is now reminded. People don't take

0:58:10 > 0:58:13into account the progression of where we have come with the sport

0:58:13 > 0:58:17and the different level that is taken.We can show our viewers some

0:58:17 > 0:58:23pictures of you. Do you think part of the criticism is down to the fact

0:58:23 > 0:58:30that this is an elderly audience and that is where people, some people

0:58:30 > 0:58:34are saying it is inappropriate? Do you think they would have responded

0:58:34 > 0:58:37the same if it was a group of younger people?They probably would

0:58:37 > 0:58:43not have responded the same way, no, but in the same way elderly people

0:58:43 > 0:58:49are people as well and they can have their own fun.You look like you are

0:58:49 > 0:58:55having fun, very agile! How common are male pole dancers?Very common,

0:58:55 > 0:59:00lots of competitions around the world have male categories. In my

0:59:00 > 0:59:03school, Pole Fit London, male students take up 30 to 40% of the

0:59:03 > 0:59:07overall student so it is quite common to have men.Do you get a

0:59:07 > 0:59:12range of ages?Absolutely, a range of ages and body types, we get

0:59:12 > 0:59:16everyone coming through our doors, so we have kids classes, classes for

0:59:16 > 0:59:21people that are as old as want to take part, there is no limit in that

0:59:21 > 0:59:27respect.Eleanor, if we can get you back again, is Alan is still there?

0:59:27 > 0:59:34Yes, I near!Are you planning to put on any more events like this? Could

0:59:34 > 0:59:39this be a new line of work for you, performing at care homes across the

0:59:39 > 0:59:46country?!Absolutely! Why not?! Let's liven them up!Moving art and

0:59:46 > 0:59:49craft and gardening to one side, pole dancing seems to be the way

0:59:49 > 0:59:52forward! Thank you both for coming to talk to

0:59:52 > 0:59:56us. If the Nichols, operations manager from the care home, told us

0:59:56 > 0:59:59in a statement, our residents requested through regular meetings

0:59:59 > 1:00:03with them that we include more modern entertainment and activities.

1:00:03 > 1:00:07Dementia residents and non-dementia residents are really enjoyed the

1:00:07 > 1:00:12artistic display of musicality and gymnastic ability, and the Showcase

1:00:12 > 1:00:16received overwhelming positive feedback from relatives. Time to get

1:00:16 > 1:00:22the latest weather.

1:00:22 > 1:00:27As temperatures take a significant dip through the weekend, any

1:00:27 > 1:00:30physical activity would be a good idea!LAUGHTER

1:00:31 > 1:00:35You may have heard about the beast from the east, it means very cold

1:00:35 > 1:00:39weather is on the way next week, in fact, bitterly cold, when you factor

1:00:39 > 1:00:43in the wind, daytime temperatures for a time next week barely above

1:00:43 > 1:00:47freezing, may feel like it is minus and double figures with the wind

1:00:47 > 1:00:53chill, and snow in the forecast for eastern areas. That is next week.

1:00:53 > 1:00:58This weekend, it is all quiet compared with that, and lots of

1:00:58 > 1:01:01sunshine this weekend, but protect yourself against the cold wind, very

1:01:01 > 1:01:07much part of the weather. Is breezy out there, southern and western

1:01:07 > 1:01:09parts in particular, some areas of cloud particularly through the

1:01:09 > 1:01:17eastern side of England, one or two light showers. Rather cloudy. Many

1:01:17 > 1:01:21places will have good breaks, cloud allowing some of the sunshine to

1:01:21 > 1:01:23come through, temperatures around three to six Celsius, factoring in

1:01:23 > 1:01:28the breeze, and feeling colder than that. Coming through tonight, large

1:01:28 > 1:01:31holes in the cloud will allow the temperature to get away for a

1:01:31 > 1:01:37widespread frost, this morning starting at -7, rural Oxfordshire.

1:01:37 > 1:01:40Tomorrow morning, some spots will be as low as that, Northern Ireland may

1:01:40 > 1:01:46stay above that, cloud and breeze here. For many of us, cold, frosty

1:01:46 > 1:01:51start to the weekend. Saturday, sunshine to come, some cloud around,

1:01:51 > 1:01:55maybe Northern Ireland, far south-west of England, for most

1:01:55 > 1:01:59places, there will be a lot of sunshine to come, not doing anything

1:01:59 > 1:02:02for the temperature, getting cold on Sunday and into next week.

1:02:06 > 1:02:08Hello it's Friday, it's 10 o'clock, I'm Tina Daheley.

1:02:08 > 1:02:10Mistakes made in the medication given to patients in England

1:02:10 > 1:02:12could be the cause of 17-hundred deaths a year.

1:02:12 > 1:02:14The Health Secretary says the government is investing

1:02:14 > 1:02:16in online e-prescriptions to prevent mistakes.

1:02:16 > 1:02:18We'll be speaking to a patient who ended up overdosing

1:02:18 > 1:02:22after being given the wrong amount of her medication.

1:02:24 > 1:02:28Today we are investing money to help hospitals progress, around only one

1:02:28 > 1:02:33quarter have those systems in place at the moment.

1:02:33 > 1:02:36We'll be speaking to a patient who ended up overdosing

1:02:36 > 1:02:38after being given the wrong amount of her medication.

1:02:38 > 1:02:40From fighting fit, to fighting for his life,

1:02:40 > 1:02:42a mystery virus left former England footballer Andy Cole in need

1:02:42 > 1:02:43of a kidney transplant.

1:02:43 > 1:02:45His nephew Alexander stepped in and saved his life

1:02:45 > 1:02:48by donating one of his.

1:02:48 > 1:02:52Going into the hospital and seeing all the different people having

1:02:52 > 1:02:55whatever problems they had, that's changed my perspective. Knowing you

1:02:55 > 1:03:00can change someone's life, if you do pass away, and leave organs to

1:03:00 > 1:03:07someone else, I think that has been a big thing for me, definitely.

1:03:07 > 1:03:11Today, MPs will debate changing the law so that presumed consent on

1:03:11 > 1:03:19organ transplant can be made legal. 650 acid attacks last year, we will

1:03:19 > 1:03:26be finding out why this crime is on the rise. Snapchat loses £1 billion

1:03:26 > 1:03:29from stock market value as one of its most influential users, Kylie

1:03:29 > 1:03:39Jenner, tweets that she no longer uses the social media site.

1:03:48 > 1:03:52A study has found that mistakes made in the medication for patients in

1:03:52 > 1:03:57England could be the cause of 1700 deaths every year and contribute to

1:03:57 > 1:03:59thousands more, the report commissioned by the government says

1:03:59 > 1:04:03the number of drugs errors totalled 237 million cases every year, the

1:04:03 > 1:04:09health and social care secretary Jeremy Hunt says the government is

1:04:09 > 1:04:18investing in computer system that would help to prevent mistakes.

1:04:18 > 1:04:20An armed officer who was at a Florida school

1:04:20 > 1:04:21when 17 people were killed

1:04:21 > 1:04:23has failed to intervene in the incident and has

1:04:23 > 1:04:25resigned subsequently.

1:04:25 > 1:04:27Scot Peterson was facing suspension after an investigation revealed

1:04:27 > 1:04:29he remained outside the building and did not confront the gunman.

1:04:29 > 1:04:33It's not yet known whether criminal charges will be brought.

1:04:33 > 1:04:36A fourth British tourist has died of injuries he suffered

1:04:36 > 1:04:37in a helicopter crash in the Grand Canyon

1:04:37 > 1:04:38nearly a fortnight ago.

1:04:38 > 1:04:41Jonathan Udall, who was in his 30s and from Brighton,

1:04:41 > 1:04:43was on honeymoon with his wife, Ellie Milward when

1:04:43 > 1:04:44the accident happened.

1:04:44 > 1:04:51His family has been told of his death.

1:04:57 > 1:04:59Detectives investigating two murders in Camden earlier this week have

1:04:59 > 1:05:00arrested an 18-year-old man.

1:05:00 > 1:05:02He was arrested in Camden on suspicion of two counts

1:05:02 > 1:05:05of murder and one count of grievous bodily harm.

1:05:05 > 1:05:07The police say both murders are being treated as linked,

1:05:07 > 1:05:11and are appealing for information

1:05:11 > 1:05:14Theresa May is understood to have agreed with senior ministers,

1:05:14 > 1:05:16a position on Britain's future relationship with the EU

1:05:16 > 1:05:17during talks at Chequers yesterday.

1:05:17 > 1:05:19Downing Street has given few details but some of those

1:05:19 > 1:05:22present have suggested that everyone was happy with the outcome.

1:05:22 > 1:05:23The Environment Secretary, Michael Gove, said there

1:05:24 > 1:05:25was a "very, very good atmosphere".

1:05:25 > 1:05:28Number Ten says the Prime Minister will set out "the way forward" next

1:05:28 > 1:05:35week after a discussion by the full Cabinet.

1:05:35 > 1:05:39MPs will debate a bill which will introduce a national opt out system

1:05:39 > 1:05:44for organ donation in England, a private members bill presented by

1:05:44 > 1:05:46Labour MP Geoffrey Robinson will mean that those who do not want to

1:05:46 > 1:05:50donate organs will have do opt out, the bill will need cross-party

1:05:50 > 1:05:56support to have any chance of progressing.

1:05:56 > 1:05:59Sipping acidic drinks such as fruit teas and flavoured water can wear

1:05:59 > 1:06:00away teeth and damage the enamel.

1:06:00 > 1:06:02A team at King's College London found that drinking them

1:06:02 > 1:06:05between meals and savouring them for too long increased the risk

1:06:05 > 1:06:06of tooth erosion from acid.

1:06:06 > 1:06:13The research found the problem was increasing as people snacked more.

1:06:16 > 1:06:22Get in touch with us throughout the morning, use the hashtag, Victoria

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1:06:27 > 1:06:32Less than one hour away from the crucial match for Team GB's women's

1:06:32 > 1:06:36curlers at the Winter Olympics. BBC One or online, we will see Great

1:06:36 > 1:06:41Britain taking on Sweden for a place in the gold-medal match. Skipper Eve

1:06:41 > 1:06:44Muirhead and the team should be confident, knocking out the

1:06:44 > 1:06:47defending champions Canada in the last match. Things will not be easy

1:06:47 > 1:06:51for them, beaten by the Swedish ones already during the round robin

1:06:51 > 1:06:55phase. If the British win, it will be one better than the bronze they

1:06:55 > 1:07:00won in the Saatchi games four years ago. And Switzerland have already

1:07:00 > 1:07:03beaten Canada to take the bronze in the men's medal match. Canada were

1:07:03 > 1:07:05the defending champions and like their women's team miss out on any

1:07:05 > 1:07:09medal at all. Another athlete representing the Olympic Athletes

1:07:09 > 1:07:11from Russia has tested positive for a banned substance at Pyeongchang.

1:07:11 > 1:07:13The Russian Bobsleigh Federation has confirmed Nadezhda Sergeeva, who

1:07:13 > 1:07:24finished 12th in the two-woman bob, is under investigation.

1:07:29 > 1:07:33But, an extremely significant gold medal overnight,

1:07:33 > 1:07:39a first for an Olympic Athlete from Russia, a stunning gold

1:07:39 > 1:07:42in the Women's singles figure skating for the 15-year-old

1:07:42 > 1:07:45Alina Zagitova, who had a world record score in her short programme

1:07:45 > 1:07:47before an impeccable routine in the free dance here.

1:07:47 > 1:07:49Her training partner, the Two-time reigning world champion

1:07:49 > 1:07:51YEvgenia Medvedeva though, clearly upset with her silver medal

1:07:51 > 1:07:54as she was the favourite going into it but a fanstic moment

1:07:54 > 1:07:56for young Zagitova and of course a slice

1:07:56 > 1:08:03of Olymnpic history for her.

1:08:03 > 1:08:06In the women's ski cross overnight, Britain's Emily Sarsfield got

1:08:06 > 1:08:10through her first heat on final's day. That was thanks in part to a

1:08:10 > 1:08:13big crash for one of her opponents. But sadly, she was knocked out in

1:08:13 > 1:08:15the next race. Still, a great achievement from Emily given she's

1:08:15 > 1:08:26had no funding and worked three jobs just to compete at an Olympics.To

1:08:26 > 1:08:29eventually get here after upsets of multiple knee surgeries and whatever

1:08:29 > 1:08:34else it might be, and working three jobs in the summer and staff, it is

1:08:34 > 1:08:40huge to be stood on the line and the big thing is to have fun. Ski cross

1:08:40 > 1:08:45is such a good sport, I hope I have put it on the map, that is what I

1:08:45 > 1:08:52wanted to do.Emily did not make it but there was a brilliant final, in

1:08:52 > 1:08:55the ski cross as Canada continued their dominance of the event. First

1:08:55 > 1:08:57and second place for them - Kelsey Serwa and Brittany Phelan with gold

1:08:57 > 1:09:05and silver.

1:09:05 > 1:09:07Away from South Korea, Celtic boss Brendan Rodgers claimed his team

1:09:07 > 1:09:13needed to have more courage but they will learn from the experience as

1:09:13 > 1:09:16they crashed out of the Europa League after a 3-1 aggregate defeat

1:09:16 > 1:09:21against Zenit St Petersburg. Celtic had led 1-0 from the first leg, but

1:09:21 > 1:09:23conceded three goals in a disappointing performance. Despite

1:09:23 > 1:09:2867% of possession on the night, they lacked a cutting edge. With Rodgers

1:09:28 > 1:09:31saying his team needed to show more bravery to play more positively

1:09:31 > 1:09:35going forward. Arsenal survived a scare in their last 32 type, now six

1:09:35 > 1:09:46years in a row they have lost the home leg of their European tie,

1:09:46 > 1:09:53going 2-0 down at home against Swedish opposition Ostersunds.

1:09:53 > 1:09:57Thanks to their 3-0 first leg lead and that goal from Cor Kolasinac,

1:09:57 > 1:10:05they went through, 4-2, on aggregate. -- Sead

1:10:05 > 1:10:10Kolasinac.Bravo to the pole dancer that was just on, says one viewer,

1:10:10 > 1:10:14if I was in a care home I would much rather see that then listened to an

1:10:14 > 1:10:19inept musician or boring speaker who would think that because we are old,

1:10:19 > 1:10:22we must be prepared to put up with mediocrity chosen for us.

1:10:22 > 1:10:27Descriptions as well, Jeremy Hunt has been in charge of the NHS for

1:10:27 > 1:10:31almost eight years, all failings are as a direct result of his inaction

1:10:31 > 1:10:38or action, says one viewer. It fits in with his agenda of privatisation

1:10:38 > 1:10:41through the back door, suddenly the idea will come an outside private

1:10:41 > 1:10:55company to come in and address these issues. Keep your messages come in.

1:10:57 > 1:10:59Too many mistakes and too many lives lost.

1:10:59 > 1:11:00And it's got to stop.

1:11:00 > 1:11:01That's what the Health Secretary, Jeremy Hunt,

1:11:02 > 1:11:03has told this programme.

1:11:03 > 1:11:05He's concerned about the findings of new research showing that GPs,

1:11:05 > 1:11:08pharmacists, hospitals and care homes in England may be making

1:11:08 > 1:11:10millions of errors a year and could be a factor in more

1:11:11 > 1:11:12than 22,000 deaths.

1:11:12 > 1:11:15Mr Hunt told me this level of harm is appalling and he's going to act.

1:11:15 > 1:11:17Louise Fenner-Jiggins got in touch with us

1:11:17 > 1:11:19because she says her, Nan Shirley Wardell, was overdosed

1:11:19 > 1:11:20by mistake when in hospital.

1:11:20 > 1:11:24We are doing a lot of things but it is important to reassure our

1:11:24 > 1:11:31viewers, that this report is clear that the NHS error rates are not

1:11:31 > 1:11:35higher than elsewhere, than in the US or other EU countries.One in

1:11:35 > 1:11:40five when it comes to prescriptions is high.Far too high, between four

1:11:40 > 1:11:47and five people die every single day because of these errors. So what are

1:11:47 > 1:11:50we doing? We know that if we move to electronic systems rather than

1:11:50 > 1:11:54paper-based that we still have in many hospitals, you can eliminate

1:11:54 > 1:11:59around half of errors.How far are you with that?Today we announce the

1:11:59 > 1:12:03next £75 million to help hospitals progress, at the moment it is around

1:12:03 > 1:12:08a quarter of hospitals that have those systems in place. But they

1:12:08 > 1:12:13create the Czechs, for example, if you try to give a drug to a pregnant

1:12:13 > 1:12:17woman that could damage the foetus, then you will get a contrary

1:12:17 > 1:12:21indication when you get that. -- checks. That means 75% of hospitals

1:12:21 > 1:12:25at the moment do not have electronic processing in place? Yes, and that

1:12:25 > 1:12:29is what we want to put right, we want all hospitals to move to that,

1:12:29 > 1:12:33but if you talk to doctors, pharmacists, nurses on the front

1:12:33 > 1:12:37line, they have another worry, and that is that the culture is wrong,

1:12:37 > 1:12:41that if they make a mistake where they are prescribing medicine,

1:12:41 > 1:12:45bringing down someone's dosage, and they admit it, they could get fired.

1:12:45 > 1:12:52Or they could suffer a criminal prosecution, and so the other thing

1:12:52 > 1:12:56we need to do is get the culture right, to recognise that there is

1:12:56 > 1:13:03going to be ordinarily human errors. Those are just words, in a way, in a

1:13:03 > 1:13:05sense, having this conversation right now today, the focus being on

1:13:05 > 1:13:09how many mistakes are being made by GPs in care homes and hospitals,

1:13:09 > 1:13:15could only serve to increase blame culture?Not at all, what we are

1:13:15 > 1:13:20doing today is not just words, we are decriminalising, dispensing

1:13:20 > 1:13:24errors by pharmacists, which is something pharmacists have long

1:13:24 > 1:13:30thought creates the wrong culture. Pharmacists says, I made a mistake,

1:13:30 > 1:13:37you say there will not be prosecuted?As long as it is a

1:13:37 > 1:13:41reasonable mistake, human errors, yes, as long as it is not gross

1:13:41 > 1:13:45negligence. We want to look at more generally how we move in the NHS

1:13:45 > 1:13:51from a blame culture to a learning culture.

1:13:51 > 1:13:56This just in, in my past life I was a pharmacy tech in a well-known

1:13:56 > 1:14:00London hospital, the pressure put on technicians and pharmacists is

1:14:00 > 1:14:04awful, waiting times, patients not being patient, waiting for proper

1:14:04 > 1:14:05checks, patients,

1:14:05 > 1:14:10nurses and doctors need to be more patient and then there would be

1:14:10 > 1:14:15fewer errors. We can speak now with Louise and her grandmother, she says

1:14:15 > 1:14:27she was overdosed by mistake while in hospital.

1:14:30 > 1:14:34Tell us what happened?Last Tuesday my grandmother was admitted to

1:14:34 > 1:14:37Kingston Hospital with pneumonia, while she was in the care of

1:14:37 > 1:14:42Kingston Hospital, from Tuesday, she received four doses, of double her

1:14:42 > 1:14:49usual epilepsy tablet she has been taking four years, the issue came to

1:14:49 > 1:14:52attention when my grandfather noticed that the nurse who was

1:14:52 > 1:14:57dispensing medication had two tablets instead of one, and so we

1:14:57 > 1:15:00were very concerned at the fact this had not even been picked up on by

1:15:00 > 1:15:04the hospital until my grandfather noticed himself.What was the

1:15:04 > 1:15:06response from the hospital when you told them?

1:15:11 > 1:15:15First of all they said my grandad was wrong, that they had the correct

1:15:15 > 1:15:18dosage. She did then go to investigate and the doctor came back

1:15:18 > 1:15:22very quickly and said, I'm sorry but there has been a terrible error, to

1:15:22 > 1:15:26which then the prescription was changed, but by which point my Nan

1:15:26 > 1:15:29had received four times what she should have done and had some really

1:15:29 > 1:15:32nasty, severe side effects from it which could have got a lot worse had

1:15:32 > 1:15:39the time gone on even longer. Surely, it sounds awful, what

1:15:39 > 1:15:42happened. Can you tell us about last Tuesday from your perspective?I

1:15:42 > 1:15:46don't remember a lot about it, actually, because I wasn't well

1:15:46 > 1:15:52anyway, so I only know that they overdosed me.My Nan cannot remember

1:15:52 > 1:15:56a lot, that was part of the problem, she was hallucinating, she did not

1:15:56 > 1:15:59know where she was, she had a lot of side-effects and that was part of

1:15:59 > 1:16:05it, she cannot remember what happened.How do you feel about what

1:16:05 > 1:16:09we are hearing today, this report, the data that has been released,

1:16:09 > 1:16:11telling us there are potentially millions of mistakes being made

1:16:11 > 1:16:18every year?Personally I think it is disgusting. At the end of the day,

1:16:18 > 1:16:23these people have other people's lives in their hands. I am a

1:16:23 > 1:16:26secondary school teacher myself, duty empathetically those working in

1:16:26 > 1:16:30the NHS, I know what it is like to work in a stressful environment and

1:16:30 > 1:16:33under pressure and I understand everybody has a hard job to do, but

1:16:33 > 1:16:37at the same time these mistakes should not be made. Somebody needs

1:16:37 > 1:16:42to be held accountable for what they are doing and luckily in our

1:16:42 > 1:16:45instance the consequences were not as dire as they could before

1:16:45 > 1:16:48somebody else. But it is scary that this is still happening in today's

1:16:48 > 1:17:01H.Shirley, how do you feel about what we are hearing today in the

1:17:01 > 1:17:04news that lots of errors are being made, one in five prescriptions

1:17:04 > 1:17:10could be a mistake?When you are in hospital and see some of them

1:17:10 > 1:17:13walking and they don't know what they are doing with the tablets and

1:17:13 > 1:17:20that, you know...We asked the Health Secretary, Jeremy Hunt, to

1:17:20 > 1:17:23comment on your situation, we put your question to him on your behalf.

1:17:23 > 1:17:28Here is what he said.We need to make sure we learn from those kinds

1:17:28 > 1:17:31of mistakes because, as you said at the start, they happened far too

1:17:31 > 1:17:35often and at the moment very often we are not because people are

1:17:35 > 1:17:38worried if they are open about them there will be consequences, so that

1:17:38 > 1:17:43is the first thing we are doing. The second thing is we are employing

1:17:43 > 1:17:472000 pharmacists to work in GP surgeries because I don't know if it

1:17:47 > 1:17:50was the case in that particular story but very often these problems

1:17:50 > 1:17:56happen with older people with dementia who are on a cocktail of

1:17:56 > 1:17:59drugs which sometimes don't work well together and what you need to

1:17:59 > 1:18:03do is get an experienced pharmacist to look at the combinations of drugs

1:18:03 > 1:18:06to say, actually, we need to take two of those two drugs because they

1:18:06 > 1:18:10could conflict with some of the other drugs you are taking.In

1:18:10 > 1:18:15Louise's case, what would you say? You are right, this is a terrible

1:18:15 > 1:18:20problem, much more widespread than we thought. But the World Health

1:18:20 > 1:18:24Organization said today that the NHS is taking the lead in trying to

1:18:24 > 1:18:27tackle these problems and we certainly want to halve the number

1:18:27 > 1:18:33of medication errors over the next five years.Shirley, are you

1:18:33 > 1:18:38convinced by Jeremy Hunt's response? I don't know, really. I really don't

1:18:38 > 1:18:45know.That they are tackling the problem, the NHS is trying to change

1:18:45 > 1:18:51the culture and they are dealing with this.They say that, then

1:18:51 > 1:18:56nothing happens, does it?I think the issue is that people do need to

1:18:56 > 1:19:00be held accountable for their actions. It is not enough to say, we

1:19:00 > 1:19:04are spending this money, that money, it is down to what you do and how

1:19:04 > 1:19:07you change it, and halving the incidence is not good enough, they

1:19:07 > 1:19:13should not happen at all. I accept human errors happen, we are all

1:19:13 > 1:19:16human, but when you are dealing with something as important as this,

1:19:16 > 1:19:21people must be held accountable for what they are doing.There will be

1:19:21 > 1:19:26people watching who work in care homes, hospitals, they may be

1:19:26 > 1:19:29pharmacists, doctors, they may feel frustrated that, again, they are the

1:19:29 > 1:19:34focus of blame when they are working on the front line, working in an

1:19:34 > 1:19:38environment which is under resourced, understaffed, lacking

1:19:38 > 1:19:43money, and yet again the finger of blame is being pointed towards them?

1:19:43 > 1:19:49As I say, I empathise with them, it is very hard, but, as I say, I am

1:19:49 > 1:19:52accountable as a teacher for the outcomes and results of my students,

1:19:52 > 1:19:56they have to be held accountable for what their job is and ultimately

1:19:56 > 1:19:59their job is dealing with medication for these people and they must be

1:19:59 > 1:20:03held accountable for what they are doing.What do you think about the

1:20:03 > 1:20:07point Jeremy Hunt made, the Health Secretary, about blame culture,

1:20:07 > 1:20:11getting away from that where people are able to admit they made mistakes

1:20:11 > 1:20:19which they can then go on to learn from, instead of hiding them or

1:20:19 > 1:20:22covering them up?I think it is much better than hiding them, obviously,

1:20:22 > 1:20:24but we have to make sure that ultimately they can learn from it

1:20:24 > 1:20:29and that the mistakes don't continue to happen. We should not be hiding

1:20:29 > 1:20:33it but, as I keep saying it and I will always say, there has to be

1:20:33 > 1:20:36accountability, so whilst they should not necessarily lose their

1:20:36 > 1:20:40jobs, we are all human, mistakes do happen, they have to be picked up on

1:20:40 > 1:20:43and they have to learn from it, there has to be some sort of outcome

1:20:43 > 1:20:47to it, that is what we are seeking for my Nan, we know what has

1:20:47 > 1:20:50happened based on her experience, something is happening and it is not

1:20:50 > 1:20:55allowed to be brushed under the carpet and forgotten about.Louise,

1:20:55 > 1:20:58Shirley, thank you for coming onto the programme to talk about what

1:20:58 > 1:21:01happened with you. A couple of you have sent in

1:21:01 > 1:21:05messages. I got my first Ypres description a

1:21:05 > 1:21:09few weeks ago, the consultant prescribed mild steroid and an error

1:21:09 > 1:21:12in transcription meant the drug I received was different, not the drug

1:21:12 > 1:21:17I was supposed to be given, not a good idea for someone waiting for a

1:21:17 > 1:21:22new hip having mobility issues. Alan has e-mailed, my wife and I get

1:21:22 > 1:21:25several repeat prescriptions every month and each month the boxes

1:21:25 > 1:21:36change and are different colours and shapes, the tablets themselves can

1:21:36 > 1:21:39be different colours, sizes and shapes, it can be very confusing. I

1:21:39 > 1:21:41assume the pharmacy just supplies whatever they can get cheapest.

1:21:41 > 1:21:42Being attacked with acid is a difficult thing

1:21:42 > 1:21:45to imagine for most of us, but a growing number

1:21:45 > 1:21:46of people are being affected.

1:21:46 > 1:21:48New figures obtained by 5Live Investigates show there were 646

1:21:48 > 1:21:51acid attacks in England and Wales last year, over three times

1:21:51 > 1:21:52higher than in 2013.

1:21:52 > 1:21:55The BBC sent Freedom of Information requests to 46 police

1:21:55 > 1:21:57forces across the country, asking for the number of acid

1:21:57 > 1:21:59attacks in recent years.

1:21:59 > 1:22:0225 forces responded to that request in full.

1:22:02 > 1:22:06Along with 5Live Investigates, we brought together two acid attack

1:22:06 > 1:22:09survivors with very different stories to talk about the impact

1:22:09 > 1:22:11the attacks have had, and are still having,

1:22:11 > 1:22:16on their lives.

1:22:16 > 1:22:31My name is Adele, and in 2014 my ex paid someone to chuck acid over me.

1:22:31 > 1:22:37My name is Gibaud Hussein and I was a victim of an acid attack last

1:22:37 > 1:22:42year. Someone threw acid on my face on the street while I was riding my

1:22:42 > 1:22:50method. I was attacked three and a half

1:22:50 > 1:22:54years ago, almost four, August 2000 and 14. My ex-partner paid someone

1:22:54 > 1:23:02to chuck acid over me. I was on my way to work, 8:30am when this guy

1:23:02 > 1:23:06came towards me, shaking a bottle. I remember feeling wary as he walked

1:23:06 > 1:23:09past me because he looked me in the eye and gave me a look, that is when

1:23:09 > 1:23:18he chucked the acid. Half the head of hair, my right ear, all my right

1:23:18 > 1:23:23side. My first thing was, oh, my God, he has chucked water over me.

1:23:23 > 1:23:31Seconds later it was burning and it felt like I was melting.I was

1:23:31 > 1:23:38working for number at the time, food delivery -- working flat Uber. I had

1:23:38 > 1:23:42just finished my work and was going home will stop I heard the sound of

1:23:42 > 1:23:47water on my helmet on the left-hand side. I looked to the left and

1:23:47 > 1:23:51soared two boys with the mask on and I jumped on my bike, left my bike on

1:23:51 > 1:23:57the street. It was burning on my face. One of the ladies who was

1:23:57 > 1:24:03passing by, she just asked me what happened. When she saw me, I was

1:24:03 > 1:24:07just lying down on the pavement and I started crying like a baby, I have

1:24:07 > 1:24:16never cried like that. They started putting water on me.Where is it

1:24:16 > 1:24:23hurting, in your eyes? We need to try and get water in your eyes. Eyes

1:24:23 > 1:24:32open, OK?Yeah, I kept crying for water as well, just the initial

1:24:32 > 1:24:36thing, I would feel it burning, someone came running out of their

1:24:36 > 1:24:40house with a bucket of water, then I just remember smoking, for me that

1:24:40 > 1:24:44kind of started a reaction again and it was all over me, I looked down,

1:24:44 > 1:24:49didn't have a bra, it was all burned, everywhere, I can still

1:24:49 > 1:24:54smell that smell now, it is a smell that I cannot describe. If I did not

1:24:54 > 1:24:58have the water over me, I would have been blind. That water was a

1:24:58 > 1:25:07blessing.It was burning on my chest, there was pain all over my

1:25:07 > 1:25:19body, so I had to sleep.I was in hospital for six weeks, I had skin

1:25:19 > 1:25:23grafts, they took it from my side. My right hand, my right arm, the

1:25:23 > 1:25:29right side of my head, this hair is fake. I lost my ear and my neck, and

1:25:29 > 1:25:33then my chest.

1:25:33 > 1:25:36We can speak now to Simon Harding, a criminologist who's currently

1:25:36 > 1:25:37researching acid attacks at Middlesex University.

1:25:37 > 1:25:42Janette Collins, who runs The Crib, a youth project in Hackney.

1:25:42 > 1:25:46And Ayesha Nayyar, a lawyer who represents acid attack victims.

1:25:46 > 1:25:51Thank you for joining us on the programme. Simon, what do you think

1:25:51 > 1:25:56is behind the rise?It is interesting, acid attacks that we

1:25:56 > 1:26:00experience in the UK is really quite different from other areas around

1:26:00 > 1:26:07the world. If you look at India, Pakistan, Jamaica, Colombia,

1:26:07 > 1:26:13Indonesia, you tend to find acid attacks are men throwing acid over

1:26:13 > 1:26:16women, usually because the women have exercised their decision-making

1:26:16 > 1:26:23power.They are to do with honour? To do with honour and domestic

1:26:23 > 1:26:28violence. Here, less so. We have seen a shift in how acid attacks are

1:26:28 > 1:26:34presenting in this country. They have traditionally been used as a

1:26:34 > 1:26:37kind of last resort, perhaps a revenge attack, that type of thing,

1:26:37 > 1:26:43but we now find it is much more casual, and certainly people will be

1:26:43 > 1:26:47aware of the incidents in London over the past year that grabbed the

1:26:47 > 1:26:51headlines over the summer, young boys sometimes gang affiliated

1:26:51 > 1:26:58casually using and throwing acid, sometimes to incapacitate people so

1:26:58 > 1:27:04they can then go on to rob them of their wallet, the phone, even their

1:27:04 > 1:27:10mopeds. So it is a change in the type of victim and also a change in

1:27:10 > 1:27:16the age of the offender, so much younger than ever before.Janet, is

1:27:16 > 1:27:21this about also, as well as using acid in attacks, is is also about

1:27:21 > 1:27:27people carrying acid in the way they might have carried a knife before?I

1:27:27 > 1:27:32understand what my friend is saying here, but I have not seen that

1:27:32 > 1:27:36rising acid attacks when it comes to the young people we have been

1:27:36 > 1:27:40working with, and we work with some hard to reach young people as well.

1:27:40 > 1:27:46When we are doing our knife -based workshop, we introduce acid attacks

1:27:46 > 1:27:49in there but a lot of the young people I have spoken do have not

1:27:49 > 1:27:56really seen it as a big issue is how we, the adults, are seeing it. I

1:27:56 > 1:28:00think sometimes, I do understand they were doing it on the mopeds,

1:28:00 > 1:28:03but sometimes when we start pushing things over to young people it can

1:28:03 > 1:28:08create a problem with young people. If I think you are carrying acid and

1:28:08 > 1:28:12I am going to go into a certain area, I am going to have to carry

1:28:12 > 1:28:17acid myself. Sometimes I think we fuel the fire.Who is fuelling the

1:28:17 > 1:28:19fire, because some people have made this argument that the more the

1:28:19 > 1:28:24media talks about it, we see it in the papers and on TV, it in a way

1:28:24 > 1:28:27encourages it, but also if we are hearing that the number of attacks

1:28:27 > 1:28:32have tripled, what do you put that down to?Has it tripled in the sense

1:28:32 > 1:28:38of young people using acid as a new form of violence towards another

1:28:38 > 1:28:44young person?Your area of expertise?It can lead to what we

1:28:44 > 1:28:49call a bird expert -- escalation. Approximately half of the incident

1:28:49 > 1:28:52in London occurred in the east of London so there is some significant

1:28:52 > 1:28:58event taking place there and it is possible that young people who have

1:28:58 > 1:29:04adopted this or learned it through social media, it is effectively

1:29:04 > 1:29:07leading to escalation within that neighbourhood, so one gang start

1:29:07 > 1:29:12using it, another rival gang starts...I totally agree with that,

1:29:12 > 1:29:16I understand that.Let's bring in Ayesha. What kind of sentence can

1:29:16 > 1:29:20you expect for carrying out an acid attack or even carrying acid?It

1:29:20 > 1:29:24depends what you are doing with the acid. If you are carrying acid you

1:29:24 > 1:29:28can be charged with the offence of possession of a weapon which carries

1:29:28 > 1:29:33a maximum four-year prison sentence. The same as carrying a knife?It is,

1:29:33 > 1:29:38yes. If you throw acid, if you miss your victim you can be charged with

1:29:38 > 1:29:44throwing a corrosive liquid with intent to maim, disfigure or cause

1:29:44 > 1:29:48grievous bodily harm. That does carry a maximum life sentence in

1:29:48 > 1:29:52prison. If you throw acid and you hit your victim, you can be charged,

1:29:52 > 1:29:56likely to be charged with grievous bodily harm which, again, carries a

1:29:56 > 1:30:00maximum life sentence in prison. If you compare that with knife crime,

1:30:00 > 1:30:04if you use a knife you are likely to be charged with attempted murder. If

1:30:04 > 1:30:13you use acid and throw it, you are likely to be charged, cases we have

1:30:13 > 1:30:16had in the past, you are likely to be charged with grievous bodily

1:30:16 > 1:30:19harm.So are you saying the law needs to be tougher?I think the

1:30:19 > 1:30:21framework is there, even if you are charged with grievous bodily harm

1:30:21 > 1:30:26the framework is there to receive a maximum life sentence in prison but

1:30:26 > 1:30:31that has not happened to date. The Arthur Collins case in 2017 was the

1:30:31 > 1:30:35largest acid attack in the country, he was charged with five counts of

1:30:35 > 1:30:40grievous bodily harm, nine counts of assault, 14 counts, he got a 20 year

1:30:40 > 1:30:45prison sentence. He did not get life in prison. I know the case that is

1:30:45 > 1:30:48going to trial, sorry, being sentenced next week where -- next

1:30:48 > 1:30:54month whether young mopeds driver threw acid on six victims, the

1:30:54 > 1:30:57victims are pushing for life sentencing to be passed.Sentencing

1:30:57 > 1:31:01is one thing but also the charge, grievous bodily harm as opposed to

1:31:01 > 1:31:06attempted murder in the case of a knife attack, toughening up the law,

1:31:06 > 1:31:10do you think that would act as a deterrent and see the numbers come

1:31:10 > 1:31:13down?Definitely, remember at the moment there is no crime of

1:31:13 > 1:31:16possession for acid, if you are caught in a knife you are charged

1:31:16 > 1:31:20with the crime of possession. If the police stop you with acid, they have

1:31:20 > 1:31:25to prove you intended to use it and criminals are aware of that, as a

1:31:25 > 1:31:29statistic, they know if they stopped carrying acid, the police have to

1:31:29 > 1:31:38prove they intend to use it which threshold, as opposed to knife

1:31:38 > 1:31:40crime. So something needs to be done about introducing a crime of

1:31:40 > 1:31:43possession for acid, that would go some way to stopping the carrying of

1:31:43 > 1:31:46acid in the country at the moment. And we know the Government is

1:31:46 > 1:31:48reviewing legislation around carrying corrosive substances. Thank

1:31:48 > 1:31:50you all for joining us this morning.

1:31:50 > 1:31:52In a statement, the Home Office said...

1:31:52 > 1:31:55"The perpetrators of these sickening attacks can already face up to life

1:31:55 > 1:31:56imprisonment on conviction.

1:31:56 > 1:31:59An action plan was set up by the Home Secretary last year

1:31:59 > 1:32:01to tackle the use of corrosive substances in violent attacks

1:32:01 > 1:32:04and we are making good progress on implementing this."

1:32:04 > 1:32:06substances in violent attacks and we are making good progress on

1:32:06 > 1:32:12implement in this. Still to come on the programme: after Lily Allen

1:32:12 > 1:32:15draws attention to the three day London music festival with a

1:32:15 > 1:32:22distinctively Male line-up, a new initiative pledges to have a 50/50

1:32:22 > 1:32:28gender balance across all live music events. And the power of celebrity,

1:32:28 > 1:32:32Kylie Jenner says that she is no longer using Snapchat and Snapchat

1:32:32 > 1:32:38promptly loses £1 billion from its stock market value!

1:32:46 > 1:32:47Time for the latest news, here's Joanna Gosling.

1:32:47 > 1:32:50A study has found that mistakes made in the medication given to patients

1:32:50 > 1:32:53in England could be the cause of seventeen-hundred deaths a year,

1:32:53 > 1:32:54and could contribute to thousands more.

1:32:54 > 1:32:58-- 1700.

1:32:58 > 1:33:00The report commissioned by the government said the number

1:33:00 > 1:33:02of drug errors totals 237 million cases a year.

1:33:02 > 1:33:04The Health and Social Care Secretary, Jeremy Hunt,

1:33:04 > 1:33:06said the government is investing in computer systems that

1:33:06 > 1:33:07would help prevent mistakes.

1:33:07 > 1:33:10A fourth British tourist has died of injuries he suffered

1:33:10 > 1:33:12in a helicopter crash in the Grand Canyon

1:33:12 > 1:33:13nearly a fortnight ago.

1:33:13 > 1:33:15Jonathan Udall, who was in his 30s and from Brighton,

1:33:15 > 1:33:17was on honeymoon with his wife, Ellie Milward.

1:33:17 > 1:33:20She and another British woman, as well as the helicopter's pilot,

1:33:20 > 1:33:25remain in a critical condition in hospital.

1:33:25 > 1:33:27An armed officer who was at the Florida school,

1:33:27 > 1:33:30where 17 people were killed, has resigned after it emerged

1:33:30 > 1:33:31he failed to intervene.

1:33:31 > 1:33:33Scot Peterson was facing suspension after an investigation

1:33:33 > 1:33:35revealed he remained outside the building and did not

1:33:35 > 1:33:36confront the gunman.

1:33:36 > 1:33:43It's not yet known whether criminal charges will be brought

1:33:44 > 1:33:48Detectives investigating two murders in Camden earlier this week have

1:33:48 > 1:33:52arrested an 18-year-old man.

1:33:52 > 1:33:54He was arrested in Camden on suspicion of two counts

1:33:54 > 1:33:56of murder and one count of grievous bodily harm.

1:33:56 > 1:33:59The police say both murders are being treated as linked,

1:33:59 > 1:34:02and are appealing for information.

1:34:02 > 1:34:06Sipping acidic drinks such as fruit teas and flavoured water can wear

1:34:06 > 1:34:07away teeth and damage the enamel.

1:34:07 > 1:34:09A team at King's College London found that drinking them

1:34:09 > 1:34:11between meals and savouring them for too long increased the risk

1:34:12 > 1:34:13of tooth erosion from acid.

1:34:13 > 1:34:21The research found the problem was increasing as people snacked more.

1:34:27 > 1:34:32Before we go to the sport, I want to read you out a comment that has come

1:34:32 > 1:34:37in from Stephen, 78, he has e-mailed to ask, how can I book a place at

1:34:37 > 1:34:43the care home(!) that is in response to the story this morning about some

1:34:43 > 1:34:48people criticising a care home which showed pole dancing to its

1:34:48 > 1:34:51residents. Slightly linked to sport, apparently, pole dancing is on its

1:34:51 > 1:34:57way to becoming a recognised sport, potentially even an Olympic sport.

1:34:57 > 1:35:01Potentially, I think it will be quite a while before we see it at an

1:35:01 > 1:35:07Olympic Games. Serious stuff out on the ice to come. Team GB's women

1:35:07 > 1:35:09face Sweden in the Semi final of the Curling at the Winter Olympics in

1:35:09 > 1:35:18around half an hour from now. Britain will be confident, but face

1:35:18 > 1:35:20a team that has beaten them once already in Pyeongchang. The winner

1:35:20 > 1:35:23will take home at least a silver medal which would make it Britain's

1:35:23 > 1:35:27most successful Winter Olympics. Another Olympic Athlete from Russia

1:35:27 > 1:35:31has tested positive for a banned substance. Bobsleigh pilot Nadezhda

1:35:31 > 1:35:33Sergeeva is one of 168 Russians allowed to compete as neutrals,

1:35:33 > 1:35:43despite the country being banned for a state sponsored doping programme.

1:35:45 > 1:35:47But there was a first gold of the games for an Olympic Athlete from

1:35:47 > 1:35:49Russia. It came in the Women's singles figure skating as

1:35:49 > 1:35:5215-year-old Alina Zagitova. She beat her team-mate and favourite Yevgenia

1:35:52 > 1:35:54Medvedeva. Arsenal are in the Europa League last 32 draw later today,

1:35:54 > 1:35:57despite losing at home to Ostersunds of Sweden - a 2-1 defeat but a 4-2

1:35:57 > 1:36:05aggregate win.

1:36:10 > 1:36:11Wales already does it,

1:36:11 > 1:36:14now organ donation could soon become an opt-out system in England.

1:36:14 > 1:36:17Today MPs are debating a bill which wants the law to be changed

1:36:17 > 1:36:20so medics would be able to assume consent had been given

1:36:20 > 1:36:22by a potential adult organ donor, unless they've said otherwise.

1:36:22 > 1:36:24The Former England footballer Andy Cole is supporting the bill

1:36:24 > 1:36:27after having a kidney transplant in 2013 at the age of 43.

1:36:27 > 1:36:29The kidney was donated by Andy's nephew, Alexander Palmer.

1:36:29 > 1:36:32I spoke to the pair earlier in the programme about how

1:36:32 > 1:36:38the transplant process changed their lives.

1:36:52 > 1:36:55I appreciate everything he has done for me and what he has gone through,

1:36:55 > 1:36:58the pain he has gone through, to see me recover than Alex did

1:36:58 > 1:37:02at the time because I remember when I left hospital I left him

1:37:02 > 1:37:03in the hospital.

1:37:03 > 1:37:06I remember saying, if I could change it, I would do, because I did not

1:37:06 > 1:37:09want to see him in that pain, first and foremost.

1:37:09 > 1:37:11Fortunately he came round and that is why we are sitting

1:37:11 > 1:37:12in front of you now.

1:37:12 > 1:37:15Alex, can you tell me about the journey, Andy's journey

1:37:15 > 1:37:18from the moment he was diagnosed to the point where you decided

1:37:18 > 1:37:19to donate your own kidney?

1:37:19 > 1:37:22For me it was a straight away thing, as soon as they told be

1:37:22 > 1:37:25about the situation I said, help, I am more than happy to help

1:37:25 > 1:37:35stop a no-brainer for me.

1:37:36 > 1:37:40And what was the process like, how do you go about donating your

1:37:40 > 1:37:42kidney, would you have decided you wanted to help,

1:37:42 > 1:37:43what happens next?

1:37:43 > 1:37:46A lot of blood tests, I had the test and once the test

1:37:46 > 1:37:50came in and it is positive, then it is the next stage,

1:37:50 > 1:37:51not a simple process but a process that is worthwhile.

1:37:55 > 1:37:58Joining us now is 30-year-old Jess Harris, who is waiting for both

1:37:58 > 1:37:59a kidney and pancreas transplant.

1:37:59 > 1:38:01Intensive care consultant Dale Gardiner, who is also

1:38:01 > 1:38:03the deputy clinical lead for organ donation for the NHS

1:38:03 > 1:38:04Blood and Transplant.

1:38:04 > 1:38:07And Crispin Blunt, one of the MPs who is debating the bill today.

1:38:07 > 1:38:12How long have you been waiting?I have been active on the list since

1:38:12 > 1:38:17September 15, 2017, five months on the list.Wide EU need a kidney and

1:38:17 > 1:38:22pancreas transplant?Type one diabetic, since I was 12, 13 years

1:38:22 > 1:38:29old. The impact of diabetes is... There is a link between diabetes

1:38:29 > 1:38:34type one and kidney disease, disease kidney failure, if it develops.That

1:38:34 > 1:38:41is the point I am at. You are having dialysis every day. I do PD dialysis

1:38:41 > 1:38:47every night and every morning, from my flat. What is it like for you,

1:38:47 > 1:38:52day-to-day?The dialysis was a really big adjustment, I feel a lot

1:38:52 > 1:38:56better than I did before I started dialysis, but it is the last thing I

1:38:56 > 1:39:03do before bed, first thing I do in the morning before I wake up,

1:39:03 > 1:39:07really.How does it affect your quality of life?In terms of what

1:39:07 > 1:39:13I'm able to do in between dialysis, I feel generally better. I'm

1:39:13 > 1:39:18grateful I have it. The kidney is the only organ where you have

1:39:18 > 1:39:23replacement therapy while you are waiting for a kidney. But I don't

1:39:23 > 1:39:28want to have to do it. All my friends are travelling, if I have

1:39:28 > 1:39:31been out with friends, I have to go back and do it, if I do it before I

1:39:31 > 1:39:36go out with friends, I am uncomfortable the whole night. I

1:39:36 > 1:39:43have not found a time when is the optimal time.Opting out, it is

1:39:43 > 1:39:49being debated today, let's bring in Crispin Blunt, dozens of MPs are

1:39:49 > 1:39:54gathering, to debate the bill, why are you taking part?I'm one of the

1:39:54 > 1:40:02supporters of the bill, 20 minutes ago concluded his speech introducing

1:40:02 > 1:40:06his speech to the house, he took a lot of interventions, it is pretty

1:40:06 > 1:40:10clear there is very strong support for him, to get this bill onto the

1:40:10 > 1:40:14statute book. Both from the government front bench as well as

1:40:14 > 1:40:19his own. Given that unanimity across the house, I hope that we can get to

1:40:19 > 1:40:26a place where we can start to address the 500 people every year

1:40:26 > 1:40:29unable to get a life-saving transplant.How much of an impact

1:40:29 > 1:40:34will the opt out system have, for bringing down the number of people

1:40:34 > 1:40:38who are waiting for an organ donation like Jess, waiting for a

1:40:38 > 1:40:44kidney and a pancreas?Exactly right, wonderful opportunity here to

1:40:44 > 1:40:47launch a conversation in the country, as in intensive care

1:40:47 > 1:40:51doctor, I have these really difficult conversations with people.

1:40:51 > 1:40:55People who are dying, with their families, at the end of their life,

1:40:55 > 1:41:00and what I know for a fact is the family do not know what your wishes

1:41:00 > 1:41:06are, they are just left in such shock, and confusion. I am so

1:41:06 > 1:41:10excited by these conversations, the possibility of launching a

1:41:10 > 1:41:13discussion through the country, so that you can tell your family what

1:41:13 > 1:41:18your wishes would be.When you have the difficult conversations with

1:41:18 > 1:41:22people who have just lost a loved one, it is that is when you need the

1:41:22 > 1:41:26conversation to take place, in the cases where people have said, no,

1:41:26 > 1:41:32what do they say to you, how often do they say that to you?If you are

1:41:32 > 1:41:36on the organ donor register, 38% of the population, nine times out of

1:41:36 > 1:41:40ten the families will support your wish. If you are not on the

1:41:40 > 1:41:45register, it is a 50/50 chance, families are left uncertain because

1:41:45 > 1:41:48they do not know what the wishes would be. Through this discussion

1:41:48 > 1:41:53and conversation and legislation, there will be a chance that you will

1:41:53 > 1:41:57be a donor unless you tell us you do not want to be, and that will bring

1:41:57 > 1:42:00a lot of comfort to families, that they know their loved one would have

1:42:00 > 1:42:06opted out if they wanted to.Crispin Blunt, this opt out system, 24

1:42:06 > 1:42:09years, why has it taken the government so long to be debating

1:42:09 > 1:42:14this when other places have had it longer?I don't know why we have not

1:42:14 > 1:42:18got round to this before, there was some discussion with Jeffrey Benson

1:42:18 > 1:42:21about the Chief Rabbi giving some opposition to Gordon Brown when he

1:42:21 > 1:42:25was Prime Minister, when he was looking at bringing this measure in.

1:42:25 > 1:42:29But there are, as I understand it, only two religions, aroma and

1:42:29 > 1:42:35Shintoism, who have fundamental objection to this. There are

1:42:35 > 1:42:38elements of Judaism who have problems with it but all of this can

1:42:38 > 1:42:42be addressed through an opt out system. -- the Roma. This bill will

1:42:42 > 1:42:46do a couple of important things, it will put on the statute book that

1:42:46 > 1:42:49you need to opt out in order to do it but it will mean there is a

1:42:49 > 1:42:53societal assumption that the right thing to do is to make your organs

1:42:53 > 1:42:58available to others, after your death, and that then changes the

1:42:58 > 1:43:03conversation with families as well. It does...I think that will make a

1:43:03 > 1:43:07big difference.It changes the conversation but then there is added

1:43:07 > 1:43:11pressure on families who have just lost a loved one, to perhaps agree

1:43:11 > 1:43:16to something they may not want.They will then be clear, if their

1:43:16 > 1:43:23relative has opted out, then they will no that there has been the

1:43:23 > 1:43:26opportunity for their relative to consider this when they were able to

1:43:26 > 1:43:32do so and to opt out. That changes the dynamic, a family suddenly faced

1:43:32 > 1:43:38with this really difficult decision, in that often, in circumstances of

1:43:38 > 1:43:42sudden death, in a road traffic accident, that kind of thing, when

1:43:42 > 1:43:48those organs will be really useful to a number of people, and it is an

1:43:48 > 1:43:50agonising conversation for people to have, if the whole national

1:43:50 > 1:43:55conversation around it changes about what the expectations are, and there

1:43:55 > 1:44:01has been the opportunity for people to opt out, that will make life

1:44:01 > 1:44:04considerably easier for the doctor we have just heard from, to have

1:44:04 > 1:44:10those conversations and save lives. Lots of people may be signed up,

1:44:10 > 1:44:13decide whether they are willing to donate their organs but in reality,

1:44:13 > 1:44:17do you know what is the percentage, how many organs can actually be

1:44:17 > 1:44:23used?One thing that is really clear, only 1% of us will die in a

1:44:23 > 1:44:27way where there is a possibility for us to donate organs, that means you

1:44:27 > 1:44:30have two die in an intensive care unit, that is why you come across

1:44:30 > 1:44:34doctors like myself, who after trying to save your life will have

1:44:34 > 1:44:39the terrible conversation with the family. But if the family say yes,

1:44:39 > 1:44:43and for me, this is the most humbling moment of my intensive care

1:44:43 > 1:44:46career, when you are with a grief stricken family, and they look

1:44:46 > 1:44:50beyond themselves to other people, and they say that simple word, yes,

1:44:50 > 1:44:56to help others, that is immensely humbling. And when they do say yes,

1:44:56 > 1:45:00and the donation does go ahead, they can save and transform the lives of

1:45:00 > 1:45:04up to eight or nine people, I have heard stories like that over the

1:45:04 > 1:45:08last few months, people helping to save that many people, who saves

1:45:08 > 1:45:12that many people in their whole life?Thank you.

1:45:16 > 1:45:20Jess, how much difference would it make to your life is someone donated

1:45:20 > 1:45:24and you got the match?It would transform my life because I have

1:45:24 > 1:45:28been on the list for five months but even before I was activated on the

1:45:28 > 1:45:31list, my life has been in limbo, have not been able to work, to

1:45:31 > 1:45:37travel, I get tired doing really basic things, food shopping,

1:45:37 > 1:45:43hospital appointments for me is basically might activity for the

1:45:43 > 1:45:46day, but it is important everyone has that conversation or start

1:45:46 > 1:45:51having that conversation so that your wishes are known, so there is

1:45:51 > 1:45:55no shock discovery at the end if something were to happen. It is life

1:45:55 > 1:46:00transforming and this vote... I have got a few friends in similar

1:46:00 > 1:46:04situations to myself, 6500 people waiting for transplants, and it

1:46:04 > 1:46:09would be an exciting day for people like me if this vote goes through.

1:46:09 > 1:46:17You are backing it?100%, yes.Thank you for coming in and talking about

1:46:17 > 1:46:18what happened to you.

1:46:18 > 1:46:20Last month, Lily Allen made a simple statement

1:46:20 > 1:46:22with a tweet when the line-up for London's Wireless

1:46:22 > 1:46:23festival was announced.

1:46:23 > 1:46:26It showed only three female artists were set to perform

1:46:26 > 1:46:27over the three days.

1:46:27 > 1:46:31But a new initiative to be announced next week is hoping to get gender

1:46:31 > 1:46:33balance in the music industry.

1:46:33 > 1:46:3730 music events have made a pledge towards achieving

1:46:37 > 1:46:42a 50/50 gender balance across their festivals by 2022.

1:46:42 > 1:46:44That includes live music line-ups, conferences and commissions.

1:46:44 > 1:46:49Before we get to the guests, we thought we'd take a look at how

1:46:49 > 1:46:51some of this summer's big festivals are doing when it comes

1:46:51 > 1:46:56to having female artists...

1:46:56 > 1:47:05We looked at some of the big summer festivals and removed all the male

1:47:05 > 1:47:08artists and bands to see how many female artists are on the line-up.

1:47:08 > 1:47:13First up, Reading and Leeds festival.

1:47:13 > 1:47:16Headlined by Fall Out Boy, Kendrick Lamar and Kings Of Leon.

1:47:16 > 1:47:19We also did the same with the Isle of Wight festival.

1:47:19 > 1:47:21Again, taking out all the male artists.

1:47:21 > 1:47:22And we did the same with Boardmasters,

1:47:22 > 1:47:25which takes place in Cornwall.

1:47:25 > 1:47:27In a statement, the organisers of Boardmasters told us this

1:47:27 > 1:47:29isn't the full line-up...

1:47:29 > 1:47:33"But booking acts is a complex process that needs to factor

1:47:33 > 1:47:37in touring schedules, the fast-paced and changing music

1:47:37 > 1:47:40landscape and, of course, acts' willingness to play the festival.

1:47:40 > 1:47:48We don't see gender as a defining factor."

1:47:48 > 1:47:51We can speak now to Yaw Owusu, who is the curator of

1:47:51 > 1:47:52Liverpool International Music Festival.

1:47:52 > 1:47:55He also has a music label and manages male and female artists.

1:47:55 > 1:47:57Vanessa Reid, chief executive of the PRS Foundation.

1:47:57 > 1:48:03And rapper Little Simz.

1:48:03 > 1:48:09Thank you all for joining us. Seems to be the topic of the year, gender.

1:48:09 > 1:48:14When it comes to booking artists for the Festival, is gender something

1:48:14 > 1:48:18you take into consideration or is that a recent thing?Not really, you

1:48:18 > 1:48:22focus on the audience and the remit of the Liverpool International Music

1:48:22 > 1:48:25Festival is to reflect the music people like and reflect the

1:48:25 > 1:48:29ever-changing relationship Liverpool has with music. So gender is not

1:48:29 > 1:48:34really a factor, I don't lean heavily to male or female, just what

1:48:34 > 1:48:40people like. Our line-ups tend to be very balanced in every single way

1:48:40 > 1:48:43and that is just because I feel the audience wants that and it is

1:48:43 > 1:48:48important to do.But you are leaving it to fate, in a way, and if we are

1:48:48 > 1:48:51seeing in the case of other festivals, it is great that yours

1:48:51 > 1:48:55ends up being balanced, but as we have seen, so many are not and if we

1:48:55 > 1:48:58take away the male artists from a lot of the festival line-ups, you

1:48:58 > 1:49:04only have a few female artists on their?That is why a product like

1:49:04 > 1:49:10Key Change is so important, because it forces the dialogue, forces the

1:49:10 > 1:49:13conversation, so places where gender balance is not so strong, hopefully

1:49:13 > 1:49:19that changes.Vanessa, your target, as I understand it, is also 2020 to

1:49:19 > 1:49:28achieve gender balance?2022.Why so long?I think that is a short amount

1:49:28 > 1:49:30of time to achieve the change that festivals have proposed was that

1:49:30 > 1:49:35they want to achieve. We have been working with festivals in Europe and

1:49:35 > 1:49:39North America and supporting emerging female artists and industry

1:49:39 > 1:49:42professionals, but they said, let's take this further, let's set up a

1:49:42 > 1:49:48gender balanced pledge and because last year I think on average women

1:49:48 > 1:49:54made up 26% of the festival line-up in the UK, so we are talking about

1:49:54 > 1:49:58doubling the target in a five-year time frame so I think that is quite

1:49:58 > 1:50:01ambitious but also achievable, and that is what we want to see, people

1:50:01 > 1:50:06working together to achieve change that I think everyone wants.Is that

1:50:06 > 1:50:11good enough, 2022 target?I believe so, yeah, for sure, and I believe it

1:50:11 > 1:50:18is possible. Especially with my festival and what I am trying to

1:50:18 > 1:50:22achieve yearly, it seems to be heading that way, so I think 2022

1:50:22 > 1:50:26for sure.Tell me about your experience, being a female artist in

1:50:26 > 1:50:30the industry, are you in a minority, do you face bigger challenges, is it

1:50:30 > 1:50:37the case, I don't know, that the industry outside of artists, the

1:50:37 > 1:50:40people making the big decisions, our men, is that why women are not being

1:50:40 > 1:50:47booked?Yeah, but I also think it boils down a lot to women are just

1:50:47 > 1:50:53not being, I feel, played in terms of the radio factor, all these

1:50:53 > 1:50:57different factors that come into play which it appears like...Break

1:50:57 > 1:51:03them down, what are they, radio the first one?For sure, myself, I am

1:51:03 > 1:51:06unsigned, independent, so everything is done in-house, there is not a

1:51:06 > 1:51:12label or a big machine pushing me or handing me these opportunities. I

1:51:12 > 1:51:16played a bunch of festivals last year which I actually found the

1:51:16 > 1:51:20majority of them I was the only woman on the line-up, or at least on

1:51:20 > 1:51:28my stage, and with my festival, we did the maths yesterday, it is 75%

1:51:28 > 1:51:33women, which is insane to me. If I am able to do that at my level, then

1:51:33 > 1:51:37the big festivals are.When you talk about radio, you meal radio play,

1:51:37 > 1:51:41female artists not being paid enough?Yeah, I think it is not as

1:51:41 > 1:51:46much as it should be, in my opinion. What is that down too, is it a

1:51:46 > 1:51:50conscious or subconscious thing?I don't know, honestly, I have no

1:51:50 > 1:51:54answer to that.What about you as a female artist making it in the

1:51:54 > 1:51:59industry, what are the challenges? Are any of them dictated by George

1:51:59 > 1:52:04on the?For sure, especially because I wrap and rap is, some would say, a

1:52:04 > 1:52:11male dominated sport. My gender has come into play over the years, of

1:52:11 > 1:52:16course, being the fact that I am female, I am young, I am black, that

1:52:16 > 1:52:24is the reality of the situation, and I have found many challenges in

1:52:24 > 1:52:27that, but I think over time as I have grown and my family has grown,

1:52:27 > 1:52:33people have taken to me.He said a female black artist in the industry,

1:52:33 > 1:52:36being a rapper, what is your response then when you see Stormzy

1:52:36 > 1:52:40has made such a lot of progress, picking up two big awards at the

1:52:40 > 1:52:45Brits, his performance at the end was being called iconic. Do you

1:52:45 > 1:52:49think the next artist potentially next year, the year after, will be a

1:52:49 > 1:52:55female Stormzy, to achieve the same amount of success?Hopefully.You,

1:52:55 > 1:53:03possibly!I hope so! Stormzy is a good friend of mine, I have seen his

1:53:03 > 1:53:07journey, so happy for his success at the minute and it is what we need

1:53:07 > 1:53:13and what young people need to see, especially now, it is all these,

1:53:13 > 1:53:18especially in my area, it is nice to be able to see that real model and

1:53:18 > 1:53:23be able to say, yeah, they have done it and come from the same

1:53:23 > 1:53:27environment as me, I am able to achieve that, I am able to do good.

1:53:27 > 1:53:32What, for you, would be a sign that gender parity has been achieved in

1:53:32 > 1:53:35the industry?One thing about the Key Change campaign, success is when

1:53:35 > 1:53:40it is not needed any more so I hope in five, ten years from now we will

1:53:40 > 1:53:43be at a point when we don't need to keep talking about this and the

1:53:43 > 1:53:50stage is better reflect the audiences they are serving, and I

1:53:50 > 1:53:53think promoting a bowl models, as Little Simz was saying, is

1:53:53 > 1:53:57important. We saw Dua Lipa at the Brits are accepting her reward and

1:53:57 > 1:54:00talking about the people who inspired her to take that step and

1:54:00 > 1:54:05make such a success out of her career so continuing to promote role

1:54:05 > 1:54:08models on stage while investing in talent is really important.Thank

1:54:08 > 1:54:12you for coming on to talk to us today. A spokesperson from

1:54:12 > 1:54:15Boardmasters told us... We are always on the lookout for new

1:54:15 > 1:54:19artists to perform at the festival alongside the existing surf

1:54:19 > 1:54:24competition featuring the world's best male and female competitors.

1:54:24 > 1:54:34This year's complete music line-up

1:54:37 > 1:54:40is yet to play the festival. We don't see gender as a defining

1:54:40 > 1:54:46factor. The MD of the company that runs the

1:54:46 > 1:54:49Wireless festival said, 18 female artists were approached to play but

1:54:49 > 1:54:52only three were secured for the first announcement, several were

1:54:52 > 1:54:56unable to commit due to touring schedules and other regions but in

1:54:56 > 1:55:01an ideal world all 18 would be confirmed and we would be having a

1:55:01 > 1:55:04different conversation. I recognise there is an imbalance in the music

1:55:04 > 1:55:09industry and I am actively trying to correct that with the Rebalance

1:55:09 > 1:55:13programme I launched in August last year.

1:55:13 > 1:55:15Popular social media app Snapchat lost one of it's most

1:55:15 > 1:55:17influential users this week - as well as £1 billion

1:55:18 > 1:55:22from it's stock market value.

1:55:22 > 1:55:25The reality TV star Kylie Jenner tweeted to her 24 million followers

1:55:25 > 1:55:30that she no longer uses Snapchat after the new update.

1:55:30 > 1:55:36She later professed her love for the apps, calling at her first love.

1:55:36 > 1:55:38The app's parent company Snap's shares dropped by almost 8%.

1:55:38 > 1:55:41One million people have signed a petition demanding Snap change

1:55:41 > 1:55:47the app back to how it was before the update.

1:55:47 > 1:55:52Let's speak to the technology expert Tom Cheesewright.

1:55:52 > 1:55:57Is the update really that bad, Tom?! I think if you are used to a certain

1:55:57 > 1:56:00way of doing things, and this is a very tight community and particular

1:56:00 > 1:56:04demographic, then any change is bad change, just like when Facebook

1:56:04 > 1:56:07changed its news feed a few years ago, people react against it. Maybe

1:56:07 > 1:56:12they will settle down, but not so far.For people who don't know about

1:56:12 > 1:56:17Snapchat, what exactly was the update and what was it that angered

1:56:17 > 1:56:22people?Two things, one is the move towards bringing in more of the

1:56:22 > 1:56:31brands, the publishers into the news feed, and the second one is about

1:56:31 > 1:56:33mixing those up with your friends' stories, people found it harder to

1:56:33 > 1:56:35see their friends' stories and harder to navigate through that.In

1:56:35 > 1:56:38terms of generally the idea of Snapchat in the first place was

1:56:38 > 1:56:41people being able to post stories that would then disappear after a

1:56:41 > 1:56:47certain amount of time, how much of Snapchat's success, or lack of,

1:56:47 > 1:56:51depending on what you think, have been influenced by Instagram

1:56:51 > 1:56:58launching its own Insta stories? There has been a constant battle

1:56:58 > 1:57:02between them, Snapchat started to claim more users recently and

1:57:02 > 1:57:07forecast said that Facebook would lose users to Snapchat but messages

1:57:07 > 1:57:14that disappear don't create a great model for generating revenue.Again,

1:57:14 > 1:57:18reading the papers today, the owner has picked up something like a 450

1:57:18 > 1:57:23million salary for last year?! That is a lot of money! For a company who

1:57:23 > 1:57:29shares have dropped.It is very stock related but the company also

1:57:29 > 1:57:33posted record results, the share price jumped 26% two weeks ago so an

1:57:33 > 1:57:378% fall is perhaps not so dramatic in those terms.What do you think

1:57:37 > 1:57:42the future of Snapchat is?I think it has a hard slog against Facebook

1:57:42 > 1:57:47which is rapid at copying its beaches but if it can keep its core

1:57:47 > 1:57:51of users and grow with people like me, maybe Ed can succeed.

1:57:51 > 1:57:55Thank you very much. I want to finish on some comments, Abbey on

1:57:55 > 1:57:59Facebook on organ donation says, why would people donate organs? It is

1:57:59 > 1:58:02selfish for families to say no because, let's face it, they don't

1:58:02 > 1:58:07need them any more. Families can override donor card at the moment

1:58:07 > 1:58:10which is wrong. Graham tweeted to say the Government

1:58:10 > 1:58:16is legalising body snatching. Let us know the level of compensation if

1:58:16 > 1:58:20organs are taken from dead patients by mistake before they start this.

1:58:20 > 1:58:22On Monday, Victoria will be at a Pupil Referral Unit

1:58:22 > 1:58:24for primary school pupils - hearing from them, their parents

1:58:24 > 1:58:27and teachers about how they're trying to turn their lives around.

1:58:27 > 1:58:29From me, though, thank you for your company today.