02/03/2018 Victoria Derbyshire

Hello, it's Friday March

2nd, it's nine o'clock.

I'm Chloe Tilley,

welcome to the programme.

How long have you been here?

About eight and a half hours.

Hellboy you for supplies, water,

food, blankets? A blog I am melting

snow to drink, I drank mine.

-- how are you for supplies? We will

be speaking to those planning to

gather to help those most in need.

Theresa May is to make a major

speech on Brexit today.

She'll outline five tests

for a future UK-EU deal and pledge

to bring our country together.

And we meet the clowns who travel

to some of the world's

most dangerous places

to try to help refugee children.

There was one little girl right at

the back, a very sweet girl just

watching and standing back. I just

smiled at her and she smiled and

moved back quite shyly, but I had

this real feeling of that was

special for her.

There are around 400,000 children

at that single Ronhinga refugee camp

at Cox's Bazaar in Bangladesh.

You can see the full

film later this hour.

Hello.

Welcome to the programme,

we're live until 11am this morning.

As always, we want to hear from you.

Today a group of leading doctors

and fertility experts is calling

on the Government to get schools

to tell girls how and

when to get pregnant.

They say focusing too much

on contraception and teenage

pregnancy makes women think they'll

be able to get pregnant

the moment they decide to -

when, in reality they say,

one in seven couples has

problems conceiving.

Have you struggled to have a baby

after waiting years before trying?

Or were you a teen mum and think

more needs to be done to educate

young girls about contraception?

Do get in touch on all the stories

we're talking about this morning -

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Our top story today...

Weather warnings remain

in place for much

of the UK this morning -

ten people are now known to have

died in weather related incidents

since the conditions first hit

earlier in the week.

The Army is coming to the aid

of hundreds of motorists who have

spent the night trapped

in their cars on some

of the country's major roads.

In the north of England, the M62

is closed in the Rochdale area.

Motorists have been trapped in heavy

snow and high winds.

Emergency services and

volunteers have been working

through the night to get

people to safety.

On the A31 through the New Forest

in Hampshire, police declared

a major incident and brought

in the army to help free the road.

Traffic on the eastbound

carriageway has finally begun

moving after it was closed

for nearly 10 hours.

Some 35 miles north-west,

other drivers are still trapped

in their cars this morning,

after police declared a major

incident on the A303

through Wiltshire and Somerset.

Our correspondent Robert Hall

was one of those drivers,

and sent this report.

With every mile,

the clouds came lower.

More snow swirled, and

the carriageway began to disappear.

By the time we reached

the hills of Wiltshire,

the blizzard had begun.

Very soon everything

ground to a halt.

Travelling tonight from east to west

is absolutely horrendous.

If I put the window down,

hopefully you can see that,

it is driving snow.

We probably have six

or seven inches here.

In front and behind, hundreds

of vehicles were going nowhere.

We hope to get to Taunton eventually

but at the moment it is not

looking very promising

and we could be stuck.

With lorries blocking half

the road, the snowploughs

struggled to clear a path.

Trying to get to an old people's

home to to get the heating on.

I've been stuck out here

since 3pm this afternoon.

Do you think you will get out?

Of course we will.

There is worse trouble at sea!

Granny would say!

At the foot of the next hill,

delivery driver Mark Brown had

become a traffic marshal.

You seem to be taking

charge of this.

Well, somebody needs to.

Finally after six hours

the traffic began to crawl on,

but this was going to be

a very long night.

Robert Hall, BBC News,

Chicklade in Wiltshire.

In a moment we will hear from Phil

Mackie in Worcester, but first let's

be to Sian Lloyd in Cardiff. What is

it like?

I am standing next to what is

normally one of the busiest

interchanges on the M4. A few cars

and lorries have struggled to this

morning, some are abandoned behind

me. The warning is do not trouble

unless it is essential. Yesterday we

had the red extreme weather warning

in Wales, it dropped to amber and

currently we are on yellow with a

threat of ice to come. More snow is

forecast. The situation here is

changing pretty quickly that the

adviser is for people to stay in and

stay warm. More than 1000 schools in

Wales are closed, hundreds of homes

without power, the company is trying

to get them back on. Hospital

appointments have been cancelled, we

have seen on Twitter some of the

major hospitals have been contacting

staff on Twitter and asking them to

get in if it is safe. In other cases

fall by fours have been sent to

essential stuff to get them in. In

South Wales small disruption is

forecast and many of the rail

services have been cancelled. So the

advice is to check before

travelling. That is the situation in

south-east Wales, now let's go to

Phil Mackie in Worcester.

Thanks. You can see a lot of snow

fell yesterday, it is only really

just stopped at a 24 hours. On the

main high street it has not been

cleared, the wind is blowing it into

drifts. I wonder what Sir Edward

Elgar makes of it as he looks down

upon us. You can see that the

gritting is beginning to work. There

was so little traffic on the roads

last night that it was not working

at all and it was becoming very,

very dangerous to drive. But because

some traffic is going around today,

the main road at least are clear.

Outside the city centre in rural

areas there are real problems.

Drifting has caused lots of the

minor roads to be impassable. Bus

services are suspended in large

parts of Herefordshire and

Worcestershire. The further north

and east you go, the less snow and

disruption here, but Sian mentioned,

more snow is forecast for this

afternoon. Much as yesterday but it

will not improve things. One slight

optimistic note, if I can call it

that, the temperature has risen to

about the role as opposed to -3 or

four, so we might even see a bit of

thawing before the next 's no.

The Met Office says the cold weather

could last into next week

and possibly the following week.

There are 10

severe weather warnings

in place for the UK.

Amber warnings for snow

are in place for Scotland,

North East England and Northern

Ireland.

Most of the rest of the country is

subject to yellow weather warnings

Annita McVeigh is in the BBC

Newsroom with a summary of the rest

of the days news.

Good morning.

Theresa May will make a speech later

explaining the relationship

the government wants

with the EU after Brexit.

She will promise to deliver

the change that people voted

for in the referendum,

while protecting jobs and security.

Mrs May will set five tests

to guide the negotiations,

which include strengthening the UK

and bringing all its

people together.

New research suggests

that there could be as many as five

different strains of diabetes.

Current medical diagnosis

is for type one or type two

of the blood sugar condition.

Scientists in Scandinavia

believe their findings based

on a study of 15,000 patients,

shows how different causes,

risks and complications can respond

to different treatments.

The condition currently affects one

in every eleven adults, worldwide.

So I think it is really important we

started talking about the subtypes

of diabetes. Moving beyond type one

and two. Only then will we be able

to personalise treatment for people

with the condition. Although the

study in itself will not change the

way people with diabetes are

treated, it will hopefully help move

in that direction.

The chief medical officer

for England has warned that people

are being exposed to a daily

cocktail of pollution that is having

a significant impact on health.

In her annual report,

Dame Sally Davies says the impact

of air, light and noise pollution

is well recognised in

the environment but not

properly understood when it

comes to sickness.

She also calls on the NHS -

which employs a million staff -

to lead the way in cutting

pollution.

Our health correspondent

Dominic Hughes explains.

The impact of serious air pollution

on conditions such as asthma is well

understood. What is less clear is

the wider effect on our health of

all the other pollutants we

experience every day. Now England's

Chief Medical Officer says more

research is needed, not just into

today's threats but those in the

future.

I am most concerned about aye at the

moment, but we must not forget to

measure the impact on health of

other types of pollution or we could

find in ten or 30 years

there is a real problem we did not

see coming earlier -- I am most

concerned about air.

The report says the NHS could lead

on reducing pollution levels. With

more than a million staff, the

health service is one of the biggest

employers in the country and

responsible for around one in 20

road journeys. So for example the

NHS could cut down on consumption of

single use plastics and emissions

from buildings. If nothing is done

there are warnings that consistent

long-term exposure to a range of

pollutants, air, light, noise and

chemical, could undermine efforts to

improve public health. A better

understanding of the threat would

help identify possible solutions.

The Government says it'll commission

research in to the safety of tyres

on public transport vehicles.

18-year-old Michael Molloy

was killed in 2012,

along with two others,

when the coach he was travelling

in crashed due to a blown tyre

which hadn't been changed

in nearly two decades.

His mother has since been

campaigning for a change in the law.

A couple in California have been

arrested after authorities

discovered they were living

with three children inside a box.

This is the area in Joshua Tree,

in California, where it's alleged

that Mona Kirk and Daniel Panico

were living with their kids.

They've been charged with wilful

cruelty to children.

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have

invited more than 2000 people,

including 1200 members of the

public, from every corner of the

United Kingdom into the grounds of

Windsor Castle to watch the arrival

and departure of the bride and groom

at their wedding. Those invited will

include people from charities and

local schoolchildren.

That's a summary of the latest BBC

News - more at 9:30am.

We'll be bringing you regular

updates on the snow situation

right across the country,

throughout the programme.

Do get in touch to tell

us how you're coping -

use the hashtag #VictoriaLive.

If you text, you will be charged

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Let's get some sport.

Olly Foster joins us. If we talk

about Phil Neville, Arsene Wenger,

there are probably slightly

different moods. Let's start with

Phil Neville, who had a good night?

Good morning. We did a lot on the

programme about five weeks ago when

Phil Neville was appointed as head

coach of the England lionesses, lots

of debate about whether he had

enough managerial experience, very

little managerial experience at all.

And also the FA processes in the

recruitment were analysed and

criticised. He is in position, he

has had his first match. They are at

the She Believes Club, a very

important friendly tournament, in

Columbus, Ohio. They beat the French

4-1. France are a very big bogey

team. They went 4-0 up. Phil Neville

was as pleased as punch, as you

might imagine. He said before the

tournament he knew people out there

would want him to fail. He has had a

brilliant start and feels his

message to his new players has got

through.

I think bravery is the one word I

have used more than any other in the

last three days. It is easy saying

it but the hardest thing is to do

it. My players played with massive

courage today against a side, say

what you want, we have been really

poor against.

They will have to step up again

because they come thick and fast in

this club, they have Germany and the

USA, both very useful women's team.

Is not good for Arsenal?

Not useful at all. You go back to

last Sunday and they were completely

humbled in the League Cup final to

Manchester City, 3-0. Would you

believe they played City again in

the league last night and again 3-0.

Embarrassed Cink am really. Tens of

of empty seats. -- embarrassing,

really. The weather probably had

something to do with it but there

was probably foreboding and people

do not want to see Arsenal get

thumped in this manner. If you are

an Arsenal fan, that is. Bernard

Silva, David Silva, Leroy Sane man

of the Manchester City masterclass.

Is this the end for Arsene Wenger

and his 22 years at that club?

A blog as a player, you are tapped

on the shoulder by Arsene Wenger, as

I was,

and he said your time is up,

your too old. When you too old as a

manager? When has it gone? We are

not seeing on the pitch the magic he

created in the past. It is gone, it

is not there. It is almost like a

boxer in the ring, one more fight.

Nobody is thriving in the towel.

Pretty sad. Doom and gloom if you

are an Arsenal fan. Take nothing

away from Man City, they are 16

points clear at the top of the

table, 30 points clear of Arsenal.

It is looking like Manchester City

will head for that Premier League

title at the earliest opportunity.

They could win it on April seven.

The Prime Minister, Theresa May,

is set to deliver a major speech

today, setting out the Government's

latest position on Brexit.

She's going to outline five tests

she thinks any deal should

meet to be successful.

Let's talk to our political guru

about what we can expect.

Lets talk to Norman Smith. Take us

through these five tests.

These are tests to reassure folk

about the type of Brexit she will

deliver. She said she will respect

the results of the referendum and

there will be a permanent deal so we

won't be going back to the

negotiating table next year. It will

be a deal protecting prosperity and

livelihood and

be a deal protecting prosperity and

livelihood and it will be a deal

which tries to bring everyone

together. So far, so simple. The

really difficult part of her speech

today is trying to convince EU

leaders that we should now move on

to negotiating those crucial trade

talks. Because at the moment, both

sides seem to be shouting past each

other. And I think the core message

from Theresa May to EU leaders is

going to be the cake eating, we

will. All that. We're not going to

carry on helping ourselves to huge

chunks of cake because we know you

find that an acceptable. We will

listen to what you are saying, take

on board your red lines, listen to

issues that matter to you and we

will not assume we can have

everything we want. And that, met

Tara Clay, will get the EU leaders

to think, OK, maybe we can do

business with Theresa May. The

second part of the speech is going

to be a plan. This is the difficult

bit, we don't know how much detail

is going to be in Theresa May's

plan. Downing Street said there will

be lots of things that will give us

an idea of the sort of trade

relationship we want to negotiate.

We might see, for example,

suggestions about which parts of the

British economy the government would

be prepared to abiding by EU rules

and standards and suggestions have

been it could be the car industry,

the pharmaceutical industry. The big

question, is will EU leaders think

that goes far enough. Secondly,

doesn't that still look like cherry

picking. In other words, it still

looks like we are trying to eat our

cake and have it. It is tougher

Theresa May, but the test will be

whether EU leaders say, OK, we will

talk trade.

Norman, thank you for

that.

Let's talk to Senator Neale Richmond

from the Governing party

in Ireland Fine Gael,

he's the chairman of an Irish

Parliamentary Brexit Committee,

and Richard Tice, a businessman that

set up Leave UK, which campaigned

for Britain to leave the EU.

Richard now co-chairs the Leave

Means Leave campaign group.

Thank you both for speaking to us

this morning. If I can speak to you

first, Senator, the five Brexit

tests Norman was guiding us through

we are told the British Prime

Minister will talk about today in

her speech, do they satisfy you?

Be

alone do not satisfy us. They sound

like messages for the domestic UK

audience, which is understandable.

The tone of the speech is very

important, of course and everything

we have heard so far is welcoming

and we hope we can move onto the

next age. We are crucially looking

for the element of detail the

British government haven't exactly

presented. There has been a lot of

rhetoric and a political agreement

made in December which manifested

into legal text this week. But if

the government are serious to having

the closest relationship, which is

we aspire to, we need to see more

detail quickly.

Richard, are you

happy with the five tests Theresa

May has outlined?

It is important

she doesn't make further

concessions. She gave two positive

warm speeches at Lancaster house

Amber Florence speech last year. So

far we haven't seen enough

reciprocal from the European Union.

There has been tough and

uncompromising talk and we need to

see if they are going to genuinely

entering into some serious trade

talks quickly, otherwise the Prime

Minister needs to make it clear we

are prepared to go to the world

Trade Organisation arrangement. We

will not be pushed around and

bullied and we must not let

ourselves end up with a bad deal

because we're not prepared to walk

away.

Norman Smith has just said

Theresa May will start to say, we

are going to be honest, not to ask

for our cake and eat it, because it

isn't realistic?

It is realistic to

say we want a deep and special

relationship and we need warm words

back from the European Union. You

must not negotiate against

yourselves and may concessions be

about getting concessions so far.

Otherwise you'll end up with a bad

deal and that is the danger of where

we are at.

Senator, would you agree

Theresa May should not be making the

concessions Norman Smith suggested

she may make today?

So far, all we

have heard is red line as the red

line. The negotiating side is always

negotiated in good faith. Brexit was

in her idea or something we sought.

We cannot expect to design what

Brexit can apply, that is the

responsibility of the British

government. That is what they voted

for. We need to maintain the close

as possible relationship. In an

ideal world, the UK would be leaving

the EU in the first place, but we

hope there is a possibility to stay

well aligned and close to make sure

the trading and social relationships

can be achieved. The continuous warm

speeches alone and I'm other members

of the Cabinet and they are not

enough. Series detail and

propositions about what Brexit

should look like is what we need. It

is 13 months until Brexit kicks in,

it is about time we got some detail.

What about the Northern Ireland

border, clearly it huge issue for

you?

We had a political agreement

between both the European and

British negotiating side is that

there would be no hard border in

Northern Ireland. It is important

and it requires a level of customs

alignment and no regulatory

diversions that both sides agreed

upon in December. It is very much

our aspiration that we can achieve a

new trade deal with a large customs

arrangements aspect to it. The

British government said there might

be possibilities of some sort of

imaginative options. We have not

seen any details and we remain

sceptical that any of those are

achieved. But the third option, the

backstop in the draft legal text

will come into force, we hope it

does that happen because we continue

to negotiate in good faith and we

want to make sure that there is not

only no border but no border between

the other members of the United

Kingdom as a whole and we can have a

strong relationship built on 45

years of positive commonality

between the UK and the rest of the

EU.

Richard is shaking his head?

Yes, let's be very clear, the

European Parliament's own report by

their specialist last November, made

it absolutely clear, we can have a

frictionless border using the latest

technology, number plate recognition

systems, authorised operators, the

options are there. The European

Parliament report says it Amat

mirrors what our government said

last August.

That is what Boris

Johnson said, it is easy as the

congestion charge but everybody

mocked him.

Our former Prime

ministers are deliberately

mischiefmaking in a way that is

totally disgraceful. The reality is,

the solutions and technology are

there. You can have a soft border

and everybody needs a positive,

can-do attitude as opposed to

talking about the negatives. That

way we make progress and we can

arrive at a straightforward,

positive, totally frictionless

border.

I have to come in on that

point if you don't mind. The report

Richard has mentioned, he left off a

litter detail, saying there will be

customs checks and patrol.

It is

very disingenuous. Not at the

border.

Putting in place any border

on the island of Ireland has been

cited by both our police forces that

is a viable threat to the Good

Friday Agreement. We cannot dismiss

it, we cannot say it is

scaremongering, it is a viable

threat are people who dismiss it, do

themselves en massive injustice and

do not take this process seriously.

Senator, thank you and also thank

you Richard.

Coming up...

With motorists and train

passengers stranded for hours

and troops called in to help,

we'll hear some heart-warming

stories of people mucking in to help

each other out during these

challenging weather conditions.

Sex education in schools focuses

on contraception and how

NOT to get pregnant.

But now a group of leading doctors

and fertility experts is calling

on the government to make schools

teach girls when and how

they should have a baby.

They say women too often assume

they'll get pregnant as soon

as they want to but, they say,

for one in seven couples,

that is not the case.

Joining me now is Jessica Hepburn -

who has had 11 rounds

of unsuccessful IVF treatment

and is now a fertility campaigner

driving the Fertility

Education Initiative.

Also joining us from Cambridge

is Professor Joyce Harper

from the UCL Institute of Women's

Health.

Thank you both for joining us this

morning. Jessica, first of all, tell

me the challenges you have faced in

your life, in your quest to have a

baby?

My partner and I started to

try and concede when I was 34, I

thought it was the perfect age. I

had got to a great point in my

career. It didn't happen. We tried

for about a year, which is what

couples are recommended to do before

we went to have a sort of fertility

tests. That was the start of what

became a decade-long struggle to

conceive, that as you said, involved

11 rounds of unsuccessful IVF. That

is at the extreme end of the

spectrum, I am conscious of that but

we did seem to be able to get

pregnant but I have multiple

miscarriages and an ectopic

pregnancy that was discovered very

late.

I got pregnant with my first

child when I was 32 and I was amazed

my doctor said to me, you are a

young mum. I thought 32? That is

crazy. But that is the message our

generation has been given, you can

have your career and I get babies to

fit in with you?

The average age of

first-time motherhood is increasing,

but exactly as you said, but what

we're not talking about is the

number of couples who are struggling

to conceive. Really staggering

statistic that I am aware of is that

the number of people entering their

40s now, which includes me without a

child has doubled in a generation

and most of those people are

childless, not by choice but by

circumstance.

Joyce Harper, explain

this idea of speaking to children in

school and changing that message

completely that we have been giving

them, do get pregnant?

We are giving

a different message, but we're not

asking to get pregnant when they are

teenagers. We want both men and

women to be fully informed about

fertility decline, especially in the

female. We are very fertile when we

are in our teens and 20s, but

unfortunately when we hit 30,

especially 35, our fertility starts

to decline rapidly and trying to get

pregnant in your late 30s and early

40s is difficult. We want to make

sure people have this information

and make sure the technology we

have, such as IVF, it cannot work

miracles. We can't help people get

pregnant beyond their mid-40s at the

very most, over 40. People are

having different lifestyles now.

Women are having careers and

travelling and doing all sorts of

other things and they have to be

aware of fertility decline.

If you

stand up as a teacher in front of a

classroom of teenagers and say to

them, be aware, your mid-20s is your

optimum time to have a baby, don't

leave it until your mid-30s, that

seems a lifetime away for these

teenagers, will they take it on

board?

This is why we want to use

the art project and the project we

do with Jessica is perfect. We don't

expect teachers to stand up there

and give this information, children

will not engage with that. The

project is called Modern Family

because we don't just want to import

the information that you shouldn't

leave it too long. But also

different ways of making families.

There may be a choice you don't want

to have children, or you may want to

be a single mother be in a gay or

lesbian relationship. We want to

give that information to children

there are different options

available to them.

Do you think in

your mid-20s, everybody is ready to

have a baby, because that is the

problem?

It is an massive problem,

Chloe. A lot of people don't want to

have children at the biological

optimum age. We have to accept that.

Many people are not in a position

to. Many people haven't got their

own home, some people haven't even

left home.

Some people haven't found

a life partner either?

That is

another big issue also. What we are

saying is that we're not going to

change that overnight, but what we

are going to say is the education

about fertility that young children

are getting in schools is inadequate

at the moment. We want to give them

an adequate education so they can

make the best life choices for them.

We are not encouraging or telling

young people went to get pregnant,

we just know they are getting the

right information and that is what

we are trying to change.

If you knew

this in your 20s, what you know now

when you were in your optimum period

of fertility, would you have made

different choices?

It is so

difficult to look back and say that.

But I didn't have this information

then. My partner and I have

unexplained infertility. What I do

know is, the longer journey

continued and the older I got,

whatever else was going on, I was

bringing my age into the equation.

Now I have so much more information

having written a book about it and

now becoming a campaign in this

area. I feel like I have a duty to

try and change things for the next

generation.

We have had so many

conversations with friends of mine

who struggled with their fertility

and the Aaron Niguez, they spent

their teenage years trying not to

get pregnant.

We have been working

with young people all this week and

they say, tell us, they want to

know, they really want this

information. Everyone says exactly

what you have just said. So we have

to change this.

Thank you for coming

in. Thank you also for joining us.

Still to come...

We'll bring you the

latest on the weather

and all the disruption it's causing.

And - clowns without borders.

We meet the unique charity putting

on a show and lifting

the spirits of refugee children

Time for the latest

news - here's Annita.

The BBC News headlines

this morning...

A Met Office red "danger to life"

warning covering south-west

England and South Wales has been

lifted, but amber and yellow alerts

for snow, ice and wind

are still widely in force.

Police, with help from the

military, have been rescuing

drivers trapped in snow,

as blizzards continue

to sweep across the UK.

Thousands of schools are closed,

and 5,000 homes in the north-west

of England are without electricity.

Dozens of volunteers have been

helping drivers left

stranded on the M62.

It's England's highest motorway

and is currently impassable.

Highways England are warning

there will be no suitable

cross-Pennine routes

until weather conditions improve.

On the A31 through the New Forest

in Hampshire, police declared

a major incident and brought

in the army to help clear the road.

Traffic on the eastbound

carriageway has finally begun

moving after it was closed

for nearly 10 hours.

Hundreds of drivers are still

stranded on the A303

in Wiltshire and Somerset this

morning, having spent the night

in their cars with temperatures

as low as minus 10 degrees.

In other news...

Theresa May will make a speech later

explaining the relationship

the Government wants

with the EU after Brexit.

Mrs May will promise to deliver

the change that people

voted for in the referendum -

while protecting jobs and security.

Mrs May will set five tests

to guide the negotiations -

which include strengthening the UK

and bringing all its

people together.

New research suggests there could be

as many as five string to diabetes.

Current medical diagnosis is for

type one or two McGrew of the

condition, but sinus and Scandinavia

believe their findings, based on a

study of 15,000 patients, show how

different causes, risks and

complications can respond to

different patients.

The condition affects one in 11

adults worldwide.

Prince Harry and Meghan

Markle have invited

more than 2,000 people -

including 1,200 members

of the public - into

the grounds of Windsor Castle

to watch the arrival

and departure of the bride

and groom at their wedding.

Prince Harry and Meghan

Markle have invited

more than 2,000 people -

including 1,200 members

Kensington Palace says those invited

will include people "from every

corner of the United Kingdom",

including charity workers

and local school children.

That's a summary of

the latest BBC News.

Thank you, and Eton.

Here's some sport now

with Olly Foster.

Phil Neville is off to a winning

start with the England lionesses.

They thrashed France 4-1 in Ohio in

a friendly tournament.

Two thrashings for Arsenal against

Manchester city in five days. They

are ten points of the Premier League

top four, 30 points off City at the

top.

The British men took gold in the

team pursuit at the world track

cycling Championships. Laura Kenny

helped the women to silver in the

Netherlands.

Laura Muir has her first major

medal, winning 3000 metres bronze on

the first day of the world indoor

athletics Championships in

Birmingham.

I will be back with a full update

after 10am.

Thank you.

20 years ago, 37-year-old former

soldier Christopher Alder died

handcuffed and face down in a Hull

police station after

choking on his own vomit.

A group of officers

stood chatting nearby.

The inquest into Christopher's death

found that his death was unlawful

and four police officers were guilty

of the "most serious neglect

of duty," but they were cleared

of all criminal charges.

During the inquest,

Christopher's sister Janet Alder

and her lawyer were put under

secret police surveillance.

Yesterday a gross misconduct hearing

into two officers involved

in the surveillance ruled

there was no case to answer.

We can talk now to Christopher's

sister, Janet Alder, for the first

time since that decision.

Thank you so much for speaking to us

today, Janet, on what I can only

imagine is an incredibly difficult

day for you as you try to take in

everything that has happened. Take

us back to 1998, when Christopher

died in police custody. You fought

so hard for so long to get answers

to his death. Do you feel you have

had any answers?

Absolutely none.

There is not many families that go

through the amount of injustices we

have been through. There just seems

to have been a wall of silence since

his death in 1998, up until today.

Tell us, the inquest concluded

unlawful killing, then what

happened?

Then we... You know, when you get an

unlawful killing, with its being the

only verdict that can sanction a

criminal trial, we then had high

expectations that the CPS would

prosecute these police officers for

gross negligence, manslaughter,

because that was the inquest

verdict. We've found they were very,

very reluctant to charge them with

gross negligence, murder...

Manslaughter, I apologise. It was

only to my solicitor getting the

evidence that supported... The CPS

seem to find it difficult to find my

solicitor found this evidence and

that the CPS in a position where

they had to add the charge to a

misconduct charge and take the

police officers to court.

And those

police officers were all cleared. It

is also worth saying that at the

time of the inquest in 2000, we now

know that you and your lawyer were

under police surveillance. Did you

have any suspicion at the time?

When I had been to the police

station in 1998 to find out what

happened to Christopher, I think it

was the second time I went and spoke

to a superintendent and basically I

was asking what had happened and

whatsoever. When I left I just

walked to a book shop, I can't say

why I went to a book shop at that

time but I went into a book shop and

I saw what I believed to be a

plainclothes police officer stood

outside with navy blue overalls on

and a Bloomberg has jacket. The

reason I believe he was a police

officer is that he had a thin black

notebook in his hand -- and a blue

Berghaus jacket. On the notebook was

a badge with red at the top of it. I

was startled and scared. I added

burst in the book shop, everybody

went over to have a look. I said my

brother has died in a police custody

and the police are following me.

They looked out of the door, that

must have made him feel little bit

uncomfortable and he disappeared.

We know it was decided yesterday

there was no case to answer

surrounding that surveillance, but

there also you learned that 12 years

after you had buried Christopher and

you were trying to move on that, in

fact, the wrong body had been

released to you and you had not

buried Christopher at all?

Yes. That

is just a total shock. It was

totally unbelievable how a

37-year-old former paratrooper could

be mistaken with a 77-year-old woman

that had been found to have been sat

next to a fire for two weeks. It was

a total shock. Nobody has actually

told us how this can happen, how his

body could have been swapped for the

funeral. We have had absolutely no

answers to that.

All of this time you are trying to

come to terms with your brother's

death. How has that affected you and

your family and the unit of people

around you? All of these different

fronts you had to fight on?

I have made a complaint in 2000 that

I believed I had been spied on. I

made it to the police complaints,

that was just before the inquest had

started. I had just seen the death

of Christopher on CCTV. I was in a

very, very vulnerable position. I

was told there was no evidence of

this. But because I was told there

was no evidence did not mean that my

senses and my beliefs had

disappeared, that I was being

watched and whatsoever. I was living

with that kind of trauma as well as

having to watch Christopher died in

the conditions that I had. This went

on for years. We had gone through a

failed trial. I got really, really

concerned because I was campaigning

about my son, who was only... Sorry,

he was about nine at the time. As

years went on he got to about 15 and

because there was so much pressure

on me with so many things that had

happened at around the same time,

for the fear of him I put him at his

father's, because I still felt that

my phone was being tapped and there

was something not right about what

was going on at the time. The fear

was unbelievable. In 2006, after the

death in camera was aired on

television and Mr Blunkett had

appointed the IPCC to do a review

into his death, I mentioned it yet

again in 2006 and was told yet again

there was no evidence of me being

spied on. Because I weren't getting

any answers to all the horrific

things that had happened with

Christopher, of course I was

campaigning for answers. It is

something I should not have had to

do and a family should not have to

do. We should not have to take us

away from our normal life, looking

after our own children and

whatsoever, to campaign for answers.

Janet, let me read you a statement

from Humberside Police about that

surveillance. They said we complied

with the direction of the

Independent office for police

conduct to convene a hearing for

gross misconduct against the two

officers. This has concluded with a

result of no case to answer for

both. We know it has been a

distressing time for Ms older and

her family and understand her

frustration that the exact details

are on the case have not been

established. Janet, briefly, do you

ever feel you will get justice for

Christopher?

Not at all. As far as

this hearing was concerned I really

did not want to attend because of my

past experience, you know? I really

did not want to attend. This was a

hearing recommended by the IPCC

because there were mountains of

evidence against the police. The

police flatly refused to do it. The

IPCC then directed them to do it.

This hearing was a situation of the

police legal team setting a hearing

against their own officers and their

own offices being defended by the

police.

Janet, it just sums up and

we can tell by the way you are

speaking to us about the frustration

you have and the lack of faith you

have in all this. Thank you for

taking the time to speak to us. It

is very, very kind of you.

Coming up...

It's the 90th Oscars Awards

ceremony on Sunday -

We have exclusive details of a new

survey revealing that Hollywood is

failing women when it comes to

representing gender on-screen.

parts of the country.

Thousands of motorists have been

stranded overnight and troops have

been drafted in to get key medical

staff to work.

Red weather alerts, meaning

there is a risk to life,

were issued yesterday in south-west

England and south Wales,

and Storm Emma rages

on, meeting the "Beast

from the East" weather front.

Many people have been cut

off and are struggling

to access vital supplies,

while others have been going above

and beyond to help those in need.

Joining us now is Robert Taylor and

he is a chef and he owns a pub in

Kent which has been cut off for

three days because of the weather

and he has been helping villagers

with supplies.

Also Jessica Bell she

is in County Durham and has been

stranded at home for a few days

because of the snow. Thank you be

joining us, I suppose it has been a

challenge just even connecting with

you in light of what has happened.

Robert, why did you decide to help

everyone, why have you come to the

rescue when you could have snuggled

up on the sofa and stayed warm?

Yesterday morning, we thought we

have all the stuff here and people

are stuck and cannot get out. It

made sense, why wouldn't you help

people around you.

What have you

been doing?

Not much, we put it out

on the local social media that I was

making bread so I was making enough

that if people want to come and get

some they could. Eggs and milk, and

stuff like that, it was there if

people wanted it.

How bad is the

snow outside, how much do you have?

We have had a lot over the last few

days, on the fields and the roads,

we have had a lot of drifts. Which

have been blocking the roads. Mostly

now it is nice and because of where

we are, we are elevated and you

cannot get here without going up and

down massive hills. People aren't

able to go up and down to get out.

Presumably there are some people in

the village who are more vulnerable

and need help?

Yes, the farmers are

doing amazingly well, they are out

gritting, even though they still

have to do their farm work, they are

out ploughing the roads to make it

easier for everybody around. It is a

nice community spirit and everybody

is helping out.

Who has been

dropping in, trudging to your pub?

There has been a few locals,

obviously there is not a lot to do

if you cannot get out of the village

so we have had quite a lot of people

come in. We have got the log fires

going and it is nice and warm.

It is

great work you are doing. Let's

bring in Jessica, because you are

stranded in County Durham, give us a

sense of what it is like outside?

Pretty much, the roads are really,

really bad. They haven't got round

with any gritters, but local farmers

have taken their trackers around

with a scoop on the end. It isn't so

bad today, but round the back of the

house where we parked cars, there is

about 14 inches of snow so it is

completely over the wheels of both

mine and my partner's car.

14 inches

of snow?

Yes, we measured it last

night.

Are you in a rural area?

Consett is quite high up, even when

anybody else doesn't have snow, we

do tend to have snow. With the

dramatic weather that we have had,

it hasn't stopped snowing for the

past four days.

Have you got lots of

food, water, heating?

We have, we

actually walked to Tesco yesterday.

There wasn't much on the shelves and

we ended up having to go to another

supermarket instead. As the

gentleman before me was saying

before me, bread is a big one, there

is no bread on the shelves and I am

lucky we have a family bakery and we

had already been a couple of days

before. So we have loads of bread,

plenty of food so we have pretty

much been watching the TV and

sitting here waiting.

Jessica, thank

you for speaking to us and Robert,

thank you for speaking to others and

I hope the snow clears up soon.

against minority Rohingya Muslims.

Last summer violence erupted

in the Rakhine region of Myanmar

against minority Rohingya Muslims.

They became the target

of the country's military,

with reports of mass violence,

torture and rape.

It's since become one of the world's

largest humanitarian crises

with hundreds of thousands of people

fleeing into neighbouring

Bangladesh.

The refugees are now housed

in a camp close to the border

of the two countries.

Many of them are children.

Our reporter Michael Cowan has made

a film about a unique charity -

which has sent in clowns

to try to help improve

the children's mental

and emotional wellbeing.

Hello!

These are the Clowns

Without Borders.

They travel across the globe

to entertain refugee children

in some of the most dangerous

parts of our planet.

Their latest expedition is here.

Cox's Bazaar, Bangladesh.

In the spate of six months,

its population has swelled to form

a city the size of Birmingham.

It home to over 1 million Rohingya

refugees who fled violence

in their native Myanmar at the hands

of the country's military.

Over 400,000 of them are children

and what child doesn't love a clown?

Hannah and Richard are two

performers with the UK wing

of Clowns Without Borders.

On their recent trip to Bangladesh,

they kept video diaries for us.

Today, we went to the camp

for the first time.

The camp is huge.

Really, really, really

unfathomably big.

Like a million people.

We got a little tour

of where the river is that separates

Bangladesh from Myanmar,

where the refugees came over.

Where some of the first

refugees started settling.

Quite ramshacle, built from bamboo

sticks and lots of plastic tarp.

We did our first show

for the kids today.

Basically, we arrived

at about 9am in the morning,

had a look around at

the space and then the kids

slowly started arriving.

And the other performers,

obviously were very well chosen,

because they are incredible

performers but they were also

great with the kids.

Actually, I think one

of the things today,

my tummy was a bit upset

and I was quite tired so I hung back

in quite a few moments.

It also made me happy just

to see my other two colleagues just

playing with the kids and then

you just see this group

of kids and they all just

standing there like...

There was one little

girl right at the back,

watching and standing back.

I just smiled at her and she smiled

and kind of moved back quite shyly.

But I had this real feeling

that was special for her.

The Rohingya fled when their

villages in Myanmar's Rakhine state

were raised to the ground

by the country's military.

There are widespread

allegations of brutal

violence, torture and rape.

The UN described the crisis

as a textbook example

of ethnic cleansing.

Myanmar's government denies

targeting civilians.

It is so conflicting

because all the contact we have put

the children and people is smiling

and laughing and knowing what

happened to these people, but not...

Just seeing them smiling at this

conflict and hey guys,

everything seems fine.

Up until now, I've had one

or two ups and downs.

It's obviously a humanitarian

crisis, so seeing person,

after person, after person.

Every time I looked at a woman

today, I wandered all these things.

Are you pregnant?

I know a lot of women are pregnant

because they were raped.

I'm wondering, are you pregnant

because you where you raped?

The next woman, have

you seen your children

being killed in front of you?

It's horrible.

And I can't imagine, I cannot

connect to how humans can do this.

Not men, I somehow feel dirty

and ugly because somehow I connect,

I'm connected to man,

to men who did these things,

a group of men who came

in and they raped and they destroyed

and they killed.

As an adult, I hear some

of the things they have been

through and I think to myself,

I look at the actual five-year-old,

seven-year-old, nine-year-old

11-year-old child's face in front

of me and I think, I cannot imagine,

as an adult, dealing with that.

So I don't know how someone that

young, who maybe doesn't

understand the world yet,

would be able to deal with that.

You know a good couple of thousand

make their way to our shows and it's

a lot of people to take care of.

There was one moment in the show,

I pour myself a cup of water

and hide behind a newspaper

and another clown drink the water.

When I go to drink

the water, it's empty.

I repeat and repeat,

every time I realise my reaction...

Eventually I'd put it on my head,

it is a very clever way of no one

being able to take it.

The other clown replaces

it with his shoe.

And then freaking out because I have

to drink from a shoe.

It is so simple, kids are laughing,

adults are laughing,

all the people are laughing.

Everyone, it is universal.

TRANSLATION:

When the see acting

and dancing they laugh.

It is important for them,

for their development,

to reduce anxiety.

Laughing is also good

for their emotional development.

They forget their sorrows and pain

when they see these shows.

I don't think I have ever been

appreciated this much anywhere else,

where I have been to work.

Which is also really nice,

but also it makes me feel

there is genuinely a real human need

for the work that we've done.

When somebody said to me,

thanking us for the work

we are doing and saying how special

it is and how long this moment

will stay in the minds of these

kids and this community.

Some joy being brought into the

lives of the Rohingya children in

Myanmar.

Let's get the latest weather update

with Sarah Keith Lucas.

It's not getting any better soon is

it?

Not any time soon. We still have

that beast from the east. Snow and

ice around. More disruptive weather

and we have had pictures in from

people around the country showing

the disruption and extent of the

snow. This is from Worcestershire. I

don't think he will be going to much

further up that particular lane. We

have had other pictures showing a

lot of lying snow and ice and this

is how things are looking in

Nottinghamshire this morning. If we

look at some of the lying snow

depths across the country we have

around 50 centimetres of snow across

parts of south Wales. Elsewhere,

between 20 to 40 centimetres, so

enough to cause ongoing disruption

and with the cold conditions, it is

not going to be melting in a hurry.

We have these brisk, easterly winds

coming in from Siberia. Further

south, the winds are turning more

southerly to something less cold on

the cards with the arrival of the

remnants of storm Emma. This will

continue to bring some more snow

through today. So this morning, the

snow is as heavy across Wales and

southern England as it has been but

we will see another band of heavier

and more persistent snow pushing in

from the South during this

afternoon. More snow showers for

north-east England and eastern

Scotland, further west across

northern part of the country, things

are not looking quite as snowy but

temperatures will be a degree or two

either side of freezing. When you

add on the wind chill effect, it

will feel bitter, minus ten, the

feel of the weather with the wind

chill. This band of snow it tracks

northwards across England and Wales

and could be another five to ten

centimetres for some parts. Further

north, snow showers for north-east

England and eastern Scotland. More

disruptive weather. Overnight,

temperatures falling below freezing

so cold and icy start to the

weekend. Staying cold in the North

this weekend but less cold further

south across the country. Still a of

some showers. Some rain showers

heading into wards the south-west of

England. We could see some freezing

rain so that is rain falling on to

freezing surfaces and turning into

ice. It could be dangerously dishes

in the South with the potential for

freezing rain. But temperatures will

be quite as cold as they have been

today. Certainly pushing the right

side of freezing. During Sunday,

still a chance of a few snow showers

towards the north, but further

south, showers will be turning back

to sleep, some rain around and

temperatures not as cold although

still below average for the time of

year.

Hello, it's Friday March 2nd,

it's ten o'clock, I'm Chloe Tilley.

Our top story...

Britain is still in the grip

of the big freeze with many

roads still impassable.

Troops have been called in to take

medical staff to and from

Edinburgh's two biggest hospitals,

but not everyone is happy with the

response.

Can I ask you what you

think of the emergency

services overnight here?

Has there been one?

We certainly haven't seen anything.

What do you think of

the response of the emergency

services overnight here?

Not very good.

They have been doing their bit,

I guess, but I've been

here since 4:05 and I've done

for miles in 15 hours.

-- four miles.

Take a look at this.

It's the moment that a double

decker bus almost crashed

into an out-of-control car.

Somehow the driver just managed

to swerve past the vehicle.

We'll hear from that hero bus

driver, Charmaine Laurie, shortly.

This weekend it's the Oscars.

We'll hear about all

the runners and riders.

Plus we've exclusive details

of a new survey revealing that

Hollywood is failing women when it

comes to representing

gender on screen.

An astonishing 999 call.

We will hear from a couple who ended

up with a rather big surprise.

There's something seriously wrong

with my partner. She's a lot of pain

and it looks as if she's going to

give birth to something, but she's

not pregnant.

That was the surprise. You will find

out more later.

Here's Annita in the BBC Newsroom

with a summary of today's news.

A Met Office red "danger to life"

warning covering south-west

England and south Wales has been

lifted - but amber and yellow

alerts for snow, ice and wind

are still widely in force.

Police - with help

from the military -

have been rescuing drivers trapped

in snow, as blizzards continue

to sweep across the UK.

Thousands of schools are closed,

and five thousand homes

in the north-west of England

are without electricity.

Dozens of volunteers have been

helping drivers left

stranded on the M62.

It's England's highest motorway

and is currently impassable.

Highways England are warning

there will be no suitable

cross-Pennine routes

until weather conditions improve.

On the A31 through the New Forest

in Hampshire, police declared

a major incident and brought

in the army to help clear the road.

Traffic on the eastbound carriageway

was stuck after the road was closed

for nearly 10 hours.

Hundreds of drivers became

stranded on the A303

in Wiltshire and Somerset.

Many are still stranded.

Many had to spent the night

in their cars with temperatures

as low as minus 10 degrees.

In other news...

Theresa May will make a speech later

explaining the relationship

the Government wants

with the EU after Brexit.

Mrs May will promise to deliver

the change that people voted

for in the referendum,

while protecting jobs and security.

Mrs May will set five tests

to guide the negotiations -

which include strengthening the UK

and bringing all its

people together.

New research suggests

that there could be as many as five

different strains of diabetes.

Current medical diagnosis

is for type one, or type two,

of the blood sugar condition.

Scientists in Scandinavia

believe their findings,

based on a study of 15,000 patients,

shows how different causes,

risks and complications can respond

to different treatments.

The condition affects one in every

eleven adults, worldwide.

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have

invited more than 2000 people,

including 1200 members of the

public, into the grounds of Windsor

Castle to watch their arrival and

departure at their wedding.

Kensington Palace says people from

every corner of the United Kingdom

have been invited, including charity

workers and local schoolchildren.

That's a summary of the latest BBC

News - more at 10:30am.

Thank you, any two.

-- Annita A group of fertility

experts have been telling us this

morning they think that girls in

school should be taught when and how

to get pregnant, rather than don't

get pregnant. Saying the opt age a

major fertility is in the mid-20s

and encouraging girls to take that

on board.

Lots of you getting a touch. Claire

says I decided on Korea first before

trying to get pregnant. Everything I

read indicated women were waiting

later in life to have children so I

assumed it would not be a child,

could bring them into a stable home

and was in the right place,

physically and financially. I could

not get pregnant and was told I had

unexplained fertility. I think lots

of women like me are encourage to

leave having children until later in

life and realise it is not possible.

Statistics clearly show fertility

dramatically reduces after the age

of 35, yet this is not widely

publicised.

Helen says listening to your piece

about the optimum time to have a

baby, I was astonished that no time

was given a happy, stable

relationship.

We did say in your mid-20s you might

not be ready. I might have liked a

baby in my 20s but did not meet the

man I loved and trusted enough to

have a baby with until I was 34. We

had two healthy boys together when I

was 37 and 39. If I had a baby in my

20s I would not have been able to

provide for a child.

You need a loving relationship.

Sammy Jo says I have struggled for

many years to get pregnant. Started

trying at 25, had unexplained

fertility. Many IVF attempts. Sadly

most friends my age are in the same

situation and joining the bottom of

IVF waiting lists. The same for

about half of my colleagues. I would

say it is more like three in seven

rather than one in seven. I know a

woman who gave birth at 27 years of

trying. Most infertility is

pathological, it is not necessarily

down to leaving a too late. I had

nothing to indicate in my formative

years I would face this battle.

Injection is for IVF seven start

today. Best of luck, Sammy Jo.

Do get in touch with us

throughout the morning -

use the hashtag VictoriaLIVE

and if you text, you will be charged

at the standard network rate.

Here's some sport now

with Olly Foster.

Thank you. Another morning for

Arsenal fans to try to avoid the

newspaper headlines. Lots more

fallout, and the defeat to

Manchester city, second in the space

of five days. Completely outclassed

in the League Cup final at Wembley,

beaten again 3-0 in the league. The

gulf between the champions elect and

the gunners is huge by the looks of

it. Let's get more from the daily

Mirror's Chief football writer John

Cross. Also an author of that

biography and Arsene Wenger, those

early chapters were absolutely

glorious but we are surely reaching

the final paragraph, the end, now?

A

very good morning. The first ten

years wonderful, the second less so.

It feels like the end. There was so

much debate last season and last

summer whether he should stay on, so

many doubts even from within the

boardroom. I feel it was such a

gamble for him to stay for that

extra two years. There was a hope he

would give it one more crack at a

title push that they are so far

behind and for every year that he

stays I think Arsenal are in serious

danger of slipping further and

further behind. 30 points behind

Manchester City at the moment in the

Premier League table, they are

languishing in sixth place, out of

the FA Cup, they only have the

Europa League left. Desperate times

for Arsenal at the moment.

He has been the great survivor, he

has had dark days before. What

degree of blame do you think this

rather fractious Arsenal board and

hierarchy should take for the

current predicament?

I think in

fairness to them they wanted to give

him every opportunity and the

majority shareholder Dave Crombie

stood by his man. But much of the

blame understandably will be penned

and Arsene Wenger and I guess he has

to take responsibility for the team

and players he has put together.

There was an very lacklustre

performances and some of those

players just would not get near some

of the classic teams that finger

built ten or 15 years ago when he

was enjoying that success. -- that

Wenger built. There are lots of many

as needed to guide some of the

promising players. Bellerin was such

a talent and I still think that is

fair, but when confidence is low you

need characters to build them up and

there was hope that that central

defensive axis would help provide

that. Mustafi has not been the

player they hope they were signing,

Koscielny is on the way down. So

many players are underperforming

right now. The confidence is shot to

bits and you wonder where they will

get the next result from.

Silly rebuild required in the

summer, perhaps starting with the

manager? You think that is it? -- so

a rebuild required?

I think there is

no doubt he will be gone in the

summer. I think the walls are

closing in and we are seeing the

final days of a legend. I think it

is the end of Arsene Wenger.

John

Cross, thank you very much. That is

all the sport for now, I will have

the headlines in the next half-hour.

More now on the blizzards that

are continuing to disrupt road

and rail travel across many parts

of the country.

Police - with help from the military

- helped to free hundreds

of motorists stranded

on the A31 in Hampshire.

Police declared a major

incident and the military,

coastguard and fire service helped

to rescue motorists.

Elsewhere volunteers have been

bringing supplies to people trapped

in their cars on the M62

near Rochdale - we'll be talking

to one of the organisers shortly.

One of the most dramatic images

that's emerged in the past 24

hours was footage of a bus swerving

to avoid a car in Scotland.

I actually felt sick when I watch

this.

The footage was filmed on a dashcam

by van driver Gareth Smith,

who was in the Fairmilehead

area of Edinburgh.

Let's take a look at what happened,

along with Gareth's

terrified reaction...

Oh, my God! Oh, my God! Oh! Oh! Oh!

It still makes me feel sick now.

Incredible.

I'm joined via webcam from Edinburgh

by Charmaine Laurie,

who was driving that number 11 bus,

and also by councillor Andy Kelly

from Rochdale Borough Council.

From Bournemouth by Philip Brown,

who has spent the night stranded

on an unheated train.

And also our correspondent

Phil Mackie is in Worcestershire.