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Hello, it's Monday,
it's nine o'clock, | 0:00:04 | 0:00:05 | |
I'm Victoria Derbyshire,
welcome to the programme. | 0:00:05 | 0:00:11 | |
The top story today... Tributes are
pouring in for a Sir Ken .com or one | 0:00:11 | 0:00:14 | |
of the last great musical acts of
his time, who has died at the age of | 0:00:14 | 0:00:19 | |
90 and will be best remembered for
jokes like this. Tickled I am by all | 0:00:19 | 0:00:24 | |
this goodwill. What about you Mrs,
have you been tickled by goodwill? | 0:00:24 | 0:00:29 | |
Freud said a laugh was a sudden
explosion of psychic energy. The | 0:00:29 | 0:00:32 | |
trouble with Freud was he never
played second house Friday night at | 0:00:32 | 0:00:35 | |
Glasgow Empire. | 0:00:35 | 0:00:36 | |
We'll pay tribute to the man best
known for his tickling stick | 0:00:36 | 0:00:39 | |
and epic performances. | 0:00:39 | 0:00:40 | |
Also on the programme -
the Prime Minister will meet | 0:00:40 | 0:00:42 | |
the National Security Council
to hear the latest intelligence | 0:00:42 | 0:00:44 | |
on the nerve agent attack
on the Russian father employed | 0:00:44 | 0:00:47 | |
by Britain as a spy. | 0:00:47 | 0:00:49 | |
It comes as Salisbury residents
voice concern they're | 0:00:49 | 0:00:51 | |
being kept in the dark. | 0:00:51 | 0:00:57 | |
I'd like to know what precautions I
personally can take rather than just | 0:00:57 | 0:01:02 | |
watching my clothes. What long-term
implications are there to me and my | 0:01:02 | 0:01:07 | |
wife. | 0:01:07 | 0:01:07 | |
--? | 0:01:07 | 0:01:08 | |
We'll get reaction. | 0:01:08 | 0:01:13 | |
And it has been described as the
worst grooming scandal in the | 0:01:13 | 0:01:16 | |
country. 1000 | 0:01:16 | 0:01:21 | |
country. 1000 young girls abused in
Telford. | 0:01:22 | 0:01:23 | |
We bring you details. | 0:01:23 | 0:01:27 | |
Hello.
Welcome to the programme, | 0:01:27 | 0:01:30 | |
We're live until 11. | 0:01:30 | 0:01:32 | |
Throughout the morning,
the latest breaking news | 0:01:32 | 0:01:33 | |
and developing stories. | 0:01:33 | 0:01:36 | |
A little later we'll
talk about these | 0:01:36 | 0:01:38 | |
popular baby sleep products,
which are sold on the high street | 0:01:38 | 0:01:41 | |
but can pose a risk to babies | 0:01:41 | 0:01:43 | |
- we'll tell parents
what to look out for. | 0:01:43 | 0:01:50 | |
We are having that conversation
about 20 minutes to ten. | 0:01:50 | 0:01:52 | |
And we'll bring you more
on former England | 0:01:52 | 0:01:54 | |
and Liverpool defender
Jamie Carragher's applogy, | 0:01:54 | 0:01:56 | |
after a video showed him spitting
towards a 14-year-old girl. | 0:01:56 | 0:01:59 | |
Do get in touch on all the stories
we're talking about this morning - | 0:01:59 | 0:02:03 | |
use the hashtag Victoria Live. | 0:02:03 | 0:02:05 | |
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at the standard network rate. | 0:02:05 | 0:02:07 | |
Our top story today - | 0:02:07 | 0:02:09 | |
Sir Ken Dodd, the much loved
comedian, has died at the age of 90. | 0:02:09 | 0:02:13 | |
Described by his publicist as "one
of the last Music Hall greats", | 0:02:13 | 0:02:17 | |
Sir Ken was known for his marathon
stage performances and the creation | 0:02:17 | 0:02:19 | |
of the Diddy Men and
the tickling stick. | 0:02:19 | 0:02:21 | |
The performer from Liverpool had
recently spent six weeks in hospital | 0:02:21 | 0:02:24 | |
with a chest infection. | 0:02:24 | 0:02:25 | |
On Friday, he married his partner
of 40 years, Anne Jones. | 0:02:25 | 0:02:29 | |
Caroline Davies looks
back at his life. | 0:02:29 | 0:02:37 | |
Tickling sticks and Diddy Men - | 0:02:37 | 0:02:38 | |
Ken Dodd was a variety performer
with a gift for the surreal. | 0:02:38 | 0:02:41 | |
What a brilliant day for going up
to Count Von Zeppelin | 0:02:41 | 0:02:44 | |
and saying, "You'll never sell
a sausage that size!" | 0:02:44 | 0:02:47 | |
And the love of a
catchphrase or three. | 0:02:47 | 0:02:49 | |
How tickled I am! | 0:02:49 | 0:02:51 | |
How tickled I am
by all this goodwill. | 0:02:51 | 0:02:54 | |
What about you, Missus? | 0:02:54 | 0:02:54 | |
Have you been tickled by goodwill? | 0:02:54 | 0:02:56 | |
# Knick-knocky, knick-knock,
knick-knocky knick-knack! | 0:02:56 | 0:02:58 | |
# Knick-knocky, knick-knock,
knicky-knacky-noo! | 0:02:58 | 0:03:01 | |
Proud of his Merseyside roots,
the coal merchant's son | 0:03:01 | 0:03:03 | |
from Knotty Ash became
a chart-topping singer, a television | 0:03:03 | 0:03:06 | |
star, and a ventriloquist. | 0:03:06 | 0:03:10 | |
Doddy!
Hi-ya, Doddy! | 0:03:10 | 0:03:14 | |
Although silly on stage,
Dodd was serious about his craft. | 0:03:14 | 0:03:18 | |
Freud said that a laugh is a sudden
explosion of psychic energy. | 0:03:18 | 0:03:22 | |
Of course, the trouble with Freud
was he never played second house | 0:03:22 | 0:03:26 | |
Friday night at Glasglow Empire. | 0:03:26 | 0:03:29 | |
He still lived in the home he grew
up in, and guarded his | 0:03:29 | 0:03:33 | |
private life carefully. | 0:03:33 | 0:03:34 | |
In 1989, that was shattered
when he faced charges | 0:03:34 | 0:03:38 | |
of massive tax evasion. | 0:03:38 | 0:03:40 | |
He had 20 offshore bank accounts,
and more than £300,000 | 0:03:40 | 0:03:42 | |
hidden around his house. | 0:03:42 | 0:03:45 | |
He was acquitted and
continued performing. | 0:03:45 | 0:03:49 | |
Last year, he was given
a knighthood in recognition | 0:03:49 | 0:03:51 | |
of his charity and comedy work. | 0:03:51 | 0:03:55 | |
We shall have one or two
glasses of tickle tonic, | 0:03:55 | 0:03:57 | |
and then we shall go back
to Knotty Ash up north, | 0:03:57 | 0:04:01 | |
Knotty Ash on Merseyside,
and I shall see the Diddy Men there, | 0:04:01 | 0:04:04 | |
so I'll give your regards to them. | 0:04:04 | 0:04:08 | |
Aged 90, Dodd was recently
hospitalised with a chest infection, | 0:04:08 | 0:04:12 | |
but he still wanted to go
back on stage. | 0:04:12 | 0:04:15 | |
I look forward to getting
back to doing my job - | 0:04:15 | 0:04:19 | |
the only job that I have ever had,
the only job that I know. | 0:04:19 | 0:04:23 | |
# Happiness, happiness. | 0:04:23 | 0:04:25 | |
After more than 60 years
of making others laugh, | 0:04:25 | 0:04:27 | |
it was performing to the British
public that Dodd said | 0:04:27 | 0:04:30 | |
gave him enormous happiness. | 0:04:30 | 0:04:35 | |
Happiness! | 0:04:35 | 0:04:42 | |
And Caroline Davies is here now. | 0:04:42 | 0:04:44 | |
Caroline, in the final few days
he married his long term partner? | 0:04:44 | 0:04:49 | |
He did, yes, to his partner of the
40 years, and Jones. She wasn't just | 0:04:49 | 0:04:54 | |
his partner but one of his
supporting acts. She was a singer | 0:04:54 | 0:04:58 | |
and dancer. We have heard from his
publicist that apparently after he | 0:04:58 | 0:05:02 | |
left hospital yesterday she would
like to get married. They had had a | 0:05:02 | 0:05:06 | |
very Long engagement. That was on
Friday. So many tributes? There have | 0:05:06 | 0:05:12 | |
been many. One was from comedian
Gary Delaney, who made reference to | 0:05:12 | 0:05:18 | |
the fact that Ken Dodd's show tended
to go on for a while. He said one of | 0:05:18 | 0:05:24 | |
the great of all time, the funeral
will be held on Wednesday, Thursday, | 0:05:24 | 0:05:27 | |
Friday and most of Saturday. Dara
O'Briain called him an education to | 0:05:27 | 0:05:30 | |
watch. Fellow Liverpudlian
remembered him fondly and said your | 0:05:30 | 0:05:38 | |
city will miss you terribly.
-- Claire Sweeney. Thank you. | 0:05:38 | 0:05:42 | |
Joanna Gosling is in
the BBC Newsroom | 0:05:42 | 0:05:44 | |
with a summary of the rest
of the day's news. | 0:05:44 | 0:05:46 | |
Good morning. | 0:05:46 | 0:05:47 | |
The Government's National
Security Council will meet | 0:05:47 | 0:05:49 | |
today, to discuss the nerve agent
attack in Salisbury of a former | 0:05:49 | 0:05:52 | |
Russian intelligence
officer and his daughter. | 0:05:52 | 0:05:54 | |
The group, chaired
by the Prime Minister, | 0:05:54 | 0:05:55 | |
will be given the latest evidence
and intelligence on the attack, | 0:05:55 | 0:05:58 | |
before deciding what
action should be taken. | 0:05:58 | 0:05:59 | |
Yesterday, hundreds of people
who were in the same pub | 0:05:59 | 0:06:05 | |
and restaurant as the victims
were warned to wash their clothes | 0:06:05 | 0:06:08 | |
and other belongings they had
on them at the time. | 0:06:08 | 0:06:10 | |
There are claims that up
to 1,000 children may have | 0:06:10 | 0:06:13 | |
been abused in the Shropshire town
of Telford over a 40 year period - | 0:06:13 | 0:06:16 | |
and MPs are now calling
for an inquiry. | 0:06:16 | 0:06:19 | |
Seven men have already
been convicted, | 0:06:19 | 0:06:20 | |
but it's thought others
have escaped charges. | 0:06:20 | 0:06:23 | |
It's thought the unfolding scandal
in Telford could be the worst | 0:06:23 | 0:06:25 | |
the country has ever seen. | 0:06:25 | 0:06:32 | |
At least five people were killed
after a helicopter crashed into the | 0:06:32 | 0:06:37 | |
East River in New York last night.
The pilots -- pilot managed to free | 0:06:37 | 0:06:42 | |
himself. The helicopter, chartered
for a photo shoot. An investigation | 0:06:42 | 0:06:48 | |
will be held to determine the cause
of the crash. | 0:06:48 | 0:06:50 | |
A bitter row has broken out
at the top of the Labour Party, | 0:06:50 | 0:06:53 | |
with a shadow cabinet minister
being removed from her post, | 0:06:53 | 0:06:56 | |
apparently against her will. | 0:06:56 | 0:06:57 | |
The Labour Party says
Debbie Abrahams stepped down | 0:06:57 | 0:06:59 | |
as the spokeswoman on Work
and Pensions, while what is | 0:06:59 | 0:07:01 | |
described as an "employment
issue" is investigated. | 0:07:01 | 0:07:03 | |
But Mrs Abrahams claims she's
the victim of a bullying | 0:07:03 | 0:07:06 | |
culture in the party. | 0:07:06 | 0:07:10 | |
Jamie Carragher has apologised,
after a video showed | 0:07:10 | 0:07:12 | |
the former England and Liverpool
defender spitting at a girl in a car | 0:07:12 | 0:07:16 | |
The footballer, who's
now a TV pundit, | 0:07:16 | 0:07:19 | |
had been covering his
former side's 2-1 defeat | 0:07:19 | 0:07:23 | |
by Manchester United on Saturday. | 0:07:23 | 0:07:25 | |
Footage has emerged of Mr
Carragher spitting toward | 0:07:25 | 0:07:27 | |
the vehicle from his own car. | 0:07:27 | 0:07:28 | |
On Twitter, he said he'd been
provoked, but described his actions | 0:07:28 | 0:07:31 | |
as "totally out of order" | 0:07:31 | 0:07:38 | |
Almost two thirds of doctors in some
parts of the UK say they feel | 0:07:38 | 0:07:41 | |
patient safety has deteriorated over
the past year, according to a new | 0:07:41 | 0:07:45 | |
report. The Royal College of GPs is
and has found growing pressures on | 0:07:45 | 0:07:49 | |
NHS staff has led to some concerns
about patient care. Adina Campbell | 0:07:49 | 0:07:52 | |
reports. | 0:07:52 | 0:07:56 | |
With the NHS coming out one of the
toughest winters on record, a new | 0:07:56 | 0:08:00 | |
report by the Royal College of GPs
is and is claims most of care have | 0:08:00 | 0:08:04 | |
got worse over the past 12 months.
More than 1500 doctors in England, | 0:08:04 | 0:08:11 | |
Wales and Northern Ireland replied
to the same questions they were | 0:08:11 | 0:08:13 | |
asked during a similar period a year
ago. 64% said they felt patient care | 0:08:13 | 0:08:20 | |
had deteriorated. 10% higher than
last year. 93% said they had | 0:08:20 | 0:08:25 | |
experienced staff shortages, up
again by almost 10%. And 85% said | 0:08:25 | 0:08:32 | |
they had seen a rising demand for
their service, 7% higher than 12 | 0:08:32 | 0:08:38 | |
months ago. Doctors crying on their
way home or distress calls to older | 0:08:38 | 0:08:42 | |
patients because of substandard care
were delays in social care, were | 0:08:42 | 0:08:48 | |
some of the anonymous stories
reported to the Royal College of | 0:08:48 | 0:08:53 | |
physicians. The government says it
is absolutely committed to making | 0:08:53 | 0:08:56 | |
the NHS the safest health care
system in the world. With nearly £3 | 0:08:56 | 0:09:02 | |
billion in extra funding allocated
to ordered over the next two years. | 0:09:02 | 0:09:05 | |
But some doctors say they often feel
they are having to do more for less. | 0:09:05 | 0:09:09 | |
Senior Conservatives have
criticised an attack made | 0:09:13 | 0:09:16 | |
by the Liberal Democrat leader,
Sir Vince Cable, on Brexit voters. | 0:09:16 | 0:09:18 | |
Sir Vince accused them
of being mainly older people, | 0:09:18 | 0:09:20 | |
who'd blighted the hopes of younger
people because they felt nostalgic | 0:09:20 | 0:09:22 | |
about the days when Britain's
population was largely white. | 0:09:22 | 0:09:26 | |
The Communities Secretary,
Sajid Javid, described his | 0:09:26 | 0:09:28 | |
remarks as disrespectful. | 0:09:28 | 0:09:36 | |
A police investigation as an honest
after people across the country | 0:09:36 | 0:09:39 | |
received anti-Muslim letters in the
post. The document caused for -- | 0:09:39 | 0:09:44 | |
calls for a punishing Muslim Day in
October and suggests a number of | 0:09:44 | 0:09:47 | |
violent acts. | 0:09:47 | 0:09:48 | |
A council facing financial
problems, has been accused | 0:09:48 | 0:09:50 | |
of using millions of pounds of money
ring-fenced for public health | 0:09:50 | 0:09:52 | |
to prop up other services. | 0:09:52 | 0:09:53 | |
The BBC's Inside Out East
programme has learned | 0:09:53 | 0:09:57 | |
Northamptonshire County Council
may have to return | 0:09:57 | 0:09:58 | |
as much as £10 million
to Public Health England. | 0:09:58 | 0:10:02 | |
The BBC is urging the
United Nations to support | 0:10:02 | 0:10:04 | |
the staff and families
of its Persian television service, | 0:10:04 | 0:10:07 | |
which broadcasts from London
into Iran and the region. | 0:10:07 | 0:10:10 | |
The UN's Human Rights Council
in Geneva will discuss | 0:10:10 | 0:10:13 | |
a report describing how relatives
of BBC staff in Iran | 0:10:13 | 0:10:15 | |
have been detained and
subjected to travel bans. | 0:10:15 | 0:10:21 | |
Future students will be able
to make consumer-style | 0:10:21 | 0:10:23 | |
comparisons of degree courses
when choosing their university. | 0:10:23 | 0:10:28 | |
Under government plans,
universities in England would be | 0:10:28 | 0:10:33 | |
graded on areas such as the chances
of employment, potential | 0:10:33 | 0:10:34 | |
earnings and drop-out rates. | 0:10:34 | 0:10:36 | |
The Department for Education says
the new system would expose poor | 0:10:36 | 0:10:39 | |
teaching and help students get
value for money. | 0:10:39 | 0:10:42 | |
The annual Crufts dog show had
to be temporarily halted, | 0:10:42 | 0:10:46 | |
after two protesters
stormed the venue. | 0:10:46 | 0:10:48 | |
As this year's winner,
a two and a half year old whippet | 0:10:48 | 0:10:51 | |
called Tease, made her way
to the podium, this happened. | 0:10:51 | 0:10:57 | |
Two demonstrators from
the animal rights group Peta | 0:10:57 | 0:10:59 | |
emerged from the audience. | 0:10:59 | 0:11:01 | |
They were quickly chased down
and subdued by security staff. | 0:11:01 | 0:11:04 | |
You can see here the quick
reaction of Tease's owner, | 0:11:04 | 0:11:06 | |
moving him out of harm's way.
No animals or owners were harmed. | 0:11:06 | 0:11:11 | |
That's a summary of
the latest BBC News. | 0:11:11 | 0:11:13 | |
More at 9.30. | 0:11:13 | 0:11:16 | |
Thank you. | 0:11:16 | 0:11:17 | |
Do get in touch with us
throughout the morning. | 0:11:17 | 0:11:23 | |
You can send us an e-mail and
message was on Facebook. | 0:11:23 | 0:11:26 | |
Time for sport now with Will | 0:11:26 | 0:11:28 | |
and let's talk about
the Winter Paralympics | 0:11:28 | 0:11:29 | |
because Britain's snowboarders have
made their debut but it wasn't | 0:11:29 | 0:11:32 | |
a great start, was it? | 0:11:32 | 0:11:36 | |
No, it wasn't the best start. They
have had a nightmare at the Winter | 0:11:36 | 0:11:40 | |
Paralympics. Temperatures were up at
18 degrees. They have had to | 0:11:40 | 0:11:49 | |
reschedule some of the events,
especially the events on snow. The | 0:11:49 | 0:11:53 | |
Snowboard Cross was moved forward as
they tried to get that out of the | 0:11:53 | 0:11:57 | |
way with better snow in the morning.
It didn't go that way. They have a | 0:11:57 | 0:12:02 | |
metal release date. James
Barnes-Miller got out. This metal | 0:12:02 | 0:12:09 | |
gate wasn't working. They stuck a
bungee jump caught on the side. That | 0:12:09 | 0:12:19 | |
is the snowboarders coming out. This
caused huge delays. It said everyone | 0:12:19 | 0:12:22 | |
back. We can see Owen Pick, the flag
bearer for a Team GB at the opening | 0:12:22 | 0:12:29 | |
ceremony. This is him. Losing his
first eliminator in Snowboard Cross. | 0:12:29 | 0:12:39 | |
All three Britons not making the
semifinal. Owen Pick said the delay | 0:12:39 | 0:12:46 | |
affected his performance. There were
talks of the coaches cancelling it | 0:12:46 | 0:12:53 | |
and doing it another day. It was
like, guys, come on, this is the | 0:12:53 | 0:12:58 | |
Paralympics. It was tough. It was
really tough. It was a shame that | 0:12:58 | 0:13:03 | |
today has gone the way it has gone
in general, because we wanted to put | 0:13:03 | 0:13:07 | |
on a good show.
Not great news. But they will all | 0:13:07 | 0:13:12 | |
get another chance in the slalom.
Paralympic GB curling team is doing | 0:13:12 | 0:13:20 | |
pretty well and they have an
interesting fan? They do. Mr T. He | 0:13:20 | 0:13:27 | |
is a huge curling fan. He really got
into it during the Winter Olympics | 0:13:27 | 0:13:31 | |
in February. He has tweeted today,
saying, wheelchair curling... | 0:13:31 | 0:13:44 | |
He says he has so much respect and a
lot of admiration for the | 0:13:48 | 0:13:51 | |
paralympian 's. The Paralympics GB
curlers dominated their second game | 0:13:51 | 0:13:57 | |
of the day against Finland, beating
the 9-2. They were beaten earlier in | 0:13:57 | 0:14:01 | |
the day by Switzerland. Defeat and
two wins for them. Tomorrow they | 0:14:01 | 0:14:08 | |
take on Sweden and Canada.
Safe to say Mr T will be watching. | 0:14:08 | 0:14:13 | |
Thank you. | 0:14:13 | 0:14:17 | |
Good morning. Welcome. | 0:14:17 | 0:14:18 | |
There are calls for an inquiry
into child sexual exploitation | 0:14:18 | 0:14:20 | |
in Telford in Shropshire, where it's
thought up to 1,000 children | 0:14:20 | 0:14:23 | |
could have been abused
there over a 40-year period. | 0:14:23 | 0:14:30 | |
The stories we'll hear this
morning are horrific. | 0:14:30 | 0:14:31 | |
Girls as young
as 11 who were drugged, | 0:14:31 | 0:14:36 | |
beaten and raped. | 0:14:36 | 0:14:37 | |
MPs are calling for an inquiry,
with claims the scandal could be | 0:14:37 | 0:14:40 | |
the worst the country has ever seen. | 0:14:40 | 0:14:43 | |
To give you a sense of the scale,
Telford has a population of around | 0:14:43 | 0:14:47 | |
170,000 people - 1,000 of those
young girls - are thought | 0:14:47 | 0:14:50 | |
to have been abused. | 0:14:50 | 0:14:52 | |
Sex grooming gangs in Rotherham
are thought to have | 0:14:52 | 0:14:54 | |
targetted around 1,400.
The population there is 260,000. | 0:14:54 | 0:15:02 | |
There are also allegations
that the abuse could be linked | 0:15:03 | 0:15:07 | |
to three murders and two deaths
in the town. | 0:15:07 | 0:15:10 | |
As with other grooming
scandals, we've seen | 0:15:10 | 0:15:12 | |
the victims are mainly white,
and the abusers mainly British | 0:15:12 | 0:15:14 | |
Pakistani or Bangladeshi men. | 0:15:14 | 0:15:22 | |
Seven men have been convicted,
but it's thought others | 0:15:23 | 0:15:25 | |
have escaped charges. | 0:15:25 | 0:15:27 | |
We can speak now to Kathleen
Hallisey, who is a lawyer | 0:15:27 | 0:15:30 | |
specialising in child abuse. | 0:15:30 | 0:15:35 | |
Thank you for talking to us. | 0:15:35 | 0:15:38 | |
You've worked on similar
abuse scandals. | 0:15:38 | 0:15:42 | |
What do you draw from what we know
of this one? It's a disgrace and | 0:15:42 | 0:15:47 | |
essentially it means there's no end
to the sexual abuse scandals we are | 0:15:47 | 0:15:51 | |
going to see in this country. Why do
you say that? Just when we think we | 0:15:51 | 0:15:57 | |
have reached the tip of the iceberg,
most recently it is football abuse, | 0:15:57 | 0:16:06 | |
we seem to think that is the end and
it isn't the end and I think we will | 0:16:06 | 0:16:11 | |
continue to seek more sexual abuse
scandals. -- to see more. | 0:16:11 | 0:16:19 | |
In your experience, how does
the abuse of so many victims stay | 0:16:19 | 0:16:22 | |
covered up for so long? | 0:16:22 | 0:16:24 | |
We see that people in positions of
authority don't take these | 0:16:24 | 0:16:29 | |
allegations seriously, they blame
the victims and that allows the | 0:16:29 | 0:16:32 | |
cover-up and the abuse to carry on
for decades. We have learned so much | 0:16:32 | 0:16:37 | |
in terms of how victims present.
Presumably in the future those in | 0:16:37 | 0:16:44 | |
authority would not necessarily
treat alleged victims in similar | 0:16:44 | 0:16:51 | |
ways to the past? I hope so, but
looking at information from the | 0:16:51 | 0:16:56 | |
abuse scandal we have in Telford,
those lessons don't seem to have | 0:16:56 | 0:17:00 | |
trickled down to social workers and
police. We are talking about very | 0:17:00 | 0:17:06 | |
recent allegations. In terms of some
of the men convicted, that was in | 0:17:06 | 0:17:10 | |
2013, and what is new now is the
scale of abuse in Telford. The | 0:17:10 | 0:17:19 | |
figures estimate up to 1000 children
could have fallen victim to abuse | 0:17:19 | 0:17:29 | |
gangs in Telford. Yes, looking at
people who were unfortunately | 0:17:29 | 0:17:33 | |
victimised and abuse, they are very
recent allegations. The local MP | 0:17:33 | 0:17:42 | |
Lucy Allen says there has to be an
independent inquiry into what's | 0:17:42 | 0:17:46 | |
happened in Telford, would you agree
with that? Absolutely, I don't think | 0:17:46 | 0:17:50 | |
we can end it here. We definitely
need a public inquiry, the victims | 0:17:50 | 0:17:56 | |
need justice. Many of these victims
will not come forward. Again, I am | 0:17:56 | 0:18:02 | |
extremely concerned that have been
continued failings by police and | 0:18:02 | 0:18:05 | |
social workers and I think a broader
inquiry needs to look in depth at | 0:18:05 | 0:18:09 | |
those issues. We need to be
educating people in positions of | 0:18:09 | 0:18:13 | |
authority | 0:18:13 | 0:18:18 | |
authority of how to deal with these
and that victims should not be seen | 0:18:19 | 0:18:22 | |
as criminals. I don't mean this
flippantly but why don't people read | 0:18:22 | 0:18:25 | |
the Rotherham inquiry outcome? The
lessons are there. Absolutely they | 0:18:25 | 0:18:30 | |
are there but they don't seem to
have been learned so maybe we need | 0:18:30 | 0:18:34 | |
another inquiry with more attention
on that inquiry. OK, thank you for | 0:18:34 | 0:18:39 | |
talking to us. We will have plenty
more on this story tomorrow on the | 0:18:39 | 0:18:46 | |
programme. | 0:18:46 | 0:18:49 | |
The number of rough sleepers
in the UK has more than doubled | 0:18:49 | 0:18:53 | |
in the last eight years -
in every major British town or city | 0:18:53 | 0:18:56 | |
you will see someone
sleeping on the streets. | 0:18:56 | 0:18:58 | |
In London it's estimated that one
in every 59 people is homeless | 0:18:58 | 0:19:06 | |
or living in inadequate housing
like bed and breakfast, | 0:19:06 | 0:19:08 | |
rooms or hostels. | 0:19:08 | 0:19:09 | |
Now one group of homeless people
in London have decided to take | 0:19:09 | 0:19:13 | |
matters into their own hands. | 0:19:13 | 0:19:18 | |
They've taken over
an empty four-storey | 0:19:18 | 0:19:20 | |
building in the heart
of the capital's West End and say | 0:19:20 | 0:19:22 | |
anyone without a home is welcome. | 0:19:22 | 0:19:24 | |
On Wednesday the group,
calling themselves | 0:19:24 | 0:19:26 | |
the Sofia Solidarity Centre,
will go to court to fight | 0:19:26 | 0:19:28 | |
a possession order from
the landlord in a bid to stay. | 0:19:28 | 0:19:31 | |
We gained access to the building
and spoke to some of the volunteers | 0:19:31 | 0:19:34 | |
and people living there. | 0:19:34 | 0:19:37 | |
Heavy snowfall has hit
many parts of the UK, | 0:19:40 | 0:19:42 | |
with the south east and north-east
of England seeing up | 0:19:42 | 0:19:45 | |
to 13 centimetres of snow
and temperatures of minus 12. | 0:19:45 | 0:19:48 | |
For people living on the streets,
these conditions are treacherous. | 0:19:48 | 0:19:53 | |
You see it in doorways. | 0:19:53 | 0:19:54 | |
People just look at
you like you're scum. | 0:19:54 | 0:19:59 | |
You're stuck in a position
where you're going to be lost | 0:19:59 | 0:20:02 | |
in the system for a very long time. | 0:20:02 | 0:20:08 | |
During the cold weather, it became
apparent that people are dying. | 0:20:12 | 0:20:17 | |
We had to do something about it,
so an empty building was found | 0:20:17 | 0:20:22 | |
and it now has 100 or more
residents, who are eating, sleeping | 0:20:22 | 0:20:25 | |
and being comfortable and not dying. | 0:20:25 | 0:20:29 | |
We're kind of happy with that. | 0:20:29 | 0:20:37 | |
OK, so when we have
somebody new come in, | 0:20:41 | 0:20:43 | |
they come in the front door,
they'll be greeted here. | 0:20:43 | 0:20:46 | |
We'll ask them what they need, how
they are, what their priority is, | 0:20:46 | 0:20:51 | |
whether they want to go straight
to sleep, to eat, and we have | 0:20:51 | 0:20:54 | |
the kitchen down the end there. | 0:20:54 | 0:20:57 | |
We can provide and are providing
hot, nutritious food all the time. | 0:20:57 | 0:21:00 | |
There's tea and coffee,
some medical supplies, | 0:21:00 | 0:21:03 | |
and we have people who know how
to look after people. | 0:21:03 | 0:21:07 | |
So if somebody needs
some attention to wounds | 0:21:07 | 0:21:09 | |
or infections, we can do that. | 0:21:09 | 0:21:11 | |
We have been donated a huge amount
of clothing, bedding, | 0:21:11 | 0:21:14 | |
so whatever the people need
and whatever their priorities are, | 0:21:14 | 0:21:17 | |
we can look after them. | 0:21:17 | 0:21:25 | |
We've got sleeping areas
on the ground floor here | 0:21:25 | 0:21:27 | |
and on the first floor. | 0:21:27 | 0:21:33 | |
There was electricity
already in the building, | 0:21:33 | 0:21:35 | |
and the water was already on. | 0:21:35 | 0:21:37 | |
We just tidied up the plumbing
where there were leaks and stuff, | 0:21:37 | 0:21:40 | |
made sure everything
is safe and secure. | 0:21:40 | 0:21:41 | |
We have qualified
electricians helping us. | 0:21:41 | 0:21:43 | |
I'm a plumber-builder as well, so... | 0:21:43 | 0:21:44 | |
We do safety checks every day,
make sure there's nothing dangerous, | 0:21:44 | 0:21:47 | |
no cables to trip over,
everything's lit properly, | 0:21:47 | 0:21:49 | |
so people don't... | 0:21:49 | 0:21:50 | |
Yeah, we're keeping people safe. | 0:21:50 | 0:21:51 | |
Do you worry that you might attract
the wrong kind of attention | 0:21:51 | 0:21:54 | |
and people that don't necessarily
need help might come here? | 0:21:54 | 0:21:57 | |
It becomes quite obvious very
quickly and, yes, it may happen. | 0:21:57 | 0:22:03 | |
But that, as a percentage
of the whole of what we're doing, | 0:22:03 | 0:22:06 | |
I think it's worth it. | 0:22:06 | 0:22:08 | |
Some people might argue that
you guys aren't able to give | 0:22:08 | 0:22:11 | |
the support that a lot of the people
coming through the doors | 0:22:11 | 0:22:18 | |
need that a shelter,
a regular shelter, might be able to. | 0:22:18 | 0:22:22 | |
I'll counter that with the fact that
a lot of people who are supposedly | 0:22:22 | 0:22:25 | |
psychologists and mental health
workers have learnt it from a book. | 0:22:25 | 0:22:31 | |
We've all learned it the hard way
and we can actually give more | 0:22:31 | 0:22:34 | |
support because we've all been
down the road. | 0:22:34 | 0:22:36 | |
If any person comes
in with a particular issue, | 0:22:36 | 0:22:39 | |
there is someone here who has
already been through that issue. | 0:22:39 | 0:22:43 | |
We can actually guide people
through our own experiences, | 0:22:43 | 0:22:45 | |
empathy and listening,
so we're actually better qualified | 0:22:45 | 0:22:47 | |
than most people who are qualified. | 0:22:47 | 0:22:52 | |
What about others who might say that
you've got no business being here, | 0:22:52 | 0:22:55 | |
you don't own the building,
that you're not paying | 0:22:55 | 0:22:57 | |
rent for the building. | 0:22:57 | 0:22:58 | |
What would you say to that? | 0:22:58 | 0:23:02 | |
Our brothers and sisters
have no business being | 0:23:02 | 0:23:04 | |
on the street, freezing, dying. | 0:23:04 | 0:23:07 | |
And there are ten empty
commercial buildings for every | 0:23:07 | 0:23:09 | |
person that is registered
as street sleeping. | 0:23:09 | 0:23:15 | |
Ten empty commercial buildings
for every person who is registered | 0:23:15 | 0:23:17 | |
as sleeping on the streets. | 0:23:17 | 0:23:19 | |
I'm sorry. | 0:23:19 | 0:23:20 | |
What business model is that? | 0:23:20 | 0:23:23 | |
So, yeah, no business being here,
with 100 people here, eating, | 0:23:23 | 0:23:25 | |
sleeping, comfortably? | 0:23:25 | 0:23:28 | |
We're saving lives here. | 0:23:28 | 0:23:31 | |
I'm sorry. | 0:23:31 | 0:23:32 | |
Property? | 0:23:32 | 0:23:36 | |
I have disregard for that. | 0:23:36 | 0:23:38 | |
When the building's been empty 15
years and we can save lives with it, | 0:23:38 | 0:23:41 | |
it's our moral duty
to save those lives. | 0:23:41 | 0:23:46 | |
I left home at 15 years of age. | 0:23:46 | 0:23:48 | |
I started going into
the hostel system. | 0:23:48 | 0:23:51 | |
There was a big battle
because of social services and, | 0:23:51 | 0:23:53 | |
like, a lot of things happened
in a short amount of time. | 0:23:53 | 0:23:58 | |
And I've been homeless recently due
to having a lot going on in my life. | 0:23:58 | 0:24:02 | |
There was no help being given. | 0:24:02 | 0:24:03 | |
There was nothing available. | 0:24:03 | 0:24:06 | |
No services wanted to, obviously,
understand or were willing to help, | 0:24:06 | 0:24:10 | |
so I had no choice but to have
nowhere to go, because there | 0:24:10 | 0:24:13 | |
is nowhere for us to go. | 0:24:13 | 0:24:16 | |
I mean, it is hard out there. | 0:24:16 | 0:24:19 | |
People are breaking down as it is,
with other problems in life. | 0:24:19 | 0:24:25 | |
Having to worry about this as one
for a long time is just even more | 0:24:25 | 0:24:30 | |
worse and there is no way that... | 0:24:30 | 0:24:32 | |
No way of them helping me out. | 0:24:32 | 0:24:34 | |
They would put me in
shelters and nowadays, | 0:24:34 | 0:24:36 | |
not any help for shelters. | 0:24:36 | 0:24:39 | |
So I found, like, a link
to the squat and now I'm | 0:24:39 | 0:24:42 | |
in a squat situation. | 0:24:42 | 0:24:44 | |
Like, I have a lot of issues. | 0:24:44 | 0:24:46 | |
I have a daughter that
I don't get to see. | 0:24:46 | 0:24:50 | |
I don't get to see
none of my family. | 0:24:50 | 0:24:57 | |
When you are this low in life, like,
you take everything for how | 0:24:57 | 0:25:00 | |
it is and you appreciate it
a lot more. | 0:25:00 | 0:25:02 | |
How does it feel to not
have a permanent home? | 0:25:02 | 0:25:05 | |
It destroys your brain. | 0:25:05 | 0:25:08 | |
Yeah, man. | 0:25:08 | 0:25:09 | |
It makes you think a lot. | 0:25:09 | 0:25:10 | |
You start, like, deteriorating
inside and, yeah, you start | 0:25:10 | 0:25:13 | |
breaking down slowly. | 0:25:13 | 0:25:14 | |
There's not a lot
you can do, really. | 0:25:14 | 0:25:16 | |
You are stuck in a position
where you are going to be lost | 0:25:16 | 0:25:19 | |
in the system for a very long time. | 0:25:19 | 0:25:21 | |
I mean, right now I'm doing
three days' work a week, | 0:25:21 | 0:25:24 | |
which ain't a lot but I'm
doing my best to save money | 0:25:24 | 0:25:27 | |
for a deposit to get my own place
and move on with my own life | 0:25:27 | 0:25:30 | |
but it's very hard. | 0:25:30 | 0:25:32 | |
I was just on my way to work
and then I see you lot and I had | 0:25:32 | 0:25:36 | |
a phone call from my boss just,
like, two minutes ago, | 0:25:36 | 0:25:39 | |
and he's saying there's no work
available and so now I've got | 0:25:39 | 0:25:43 | |
to stress about whether I'm even
able to work tomorrow | 0:25:43 | 0:25:44 | |
or throughout the week. | 0:25:44 | 0:25:46 | |
A lot of people wouldn't want to go
down the official channels | 0:25:46 | 0:25:49 | |
for various reasons. | 0:25:49 | 0:25:51 | |
Some have maybe run away
from home or social care. | 0:25:51 | 0:25:57 | |
Some are avoiding
being part of the... | 0:25:57 | 0:25:59 | |
They don't want to be recognised. | 0:25:59 | 0:26:01 | |
Here, no human is illegal. | 0:26:01 | 0:26:03 | |
If you need food, you need
shelter, we have it. | 0:26:03 | 0:26:07 | |
And we're dealing with people
who can be very vulnerable, | 0:26:07 | 0:26:11 | |
very frightened, sometimes quite
aggressive, because fear | 0:26:11 | 0:26:13 | |
creates aggression. | 0:26:13 | 0:26:17 | |
Everyone on the team
knows what it's like. | 0:26:17 | 0:26:20 | |
We all have some experience,
some of us with mental health | 0:26:20 | 0:26:23 | |
issues, homelessness. | 0:26:23 | 0:26:27 | |
We're all able to see,
when somebody comes in, | 0:26:27 | 0:26:29 | |
who they might relate to best. | 0:26:29 | 0:26:32 | |
I will see someone come in,
I will pick up on something, | 0:26:32 | 0:26:35 | |
you know, and go, "Oh,
I see myself, I see my | 0:26:35 | 0:26:38 | |
story, in that person". | 0:26:38 | 0:26:45 | |
And this is where us,
sitting round as we do, | 0:26:45 | 0:26:48 | |
socialising, gets people
to relax, unwind, unburden. | 0:26:48 | 0:26:50 | |
So there's a lot of,
I wouldn't say counselling, | 0:26:50 | 0:26:52 | |
but camaraderie, empathy,
and the shedding of | 0:26:52 | 0:26:54 | |
the weight and baggage. | 0:26:54 | 0:26:56 | |
It is perfectly legal in the sense
that if you find an empty building, | 0:26:56 | 0:27:00 | |
an empty commercial building,
and you can get in without doing any | 0:27:00 | 0:27:03 | |
damage, which happened,
you can use this space as your home | 0:27:03 | 0:27:07 | |
until such time as a repossession
order, an order possession, | 0:27:07 | 0:27:09 | |
is obtained by the owners. | 0:27:09 | 0:27:12 | |
It is a legal thing. | 0:27:12 | 0:27:14 | |
It is lawful. | 0:27:14 | 0:27:16 | |
This place has saved my life
and the community spirit | 0:27:16 | 0:27:18 | |
in there is wonderful. | 0:27:18 | 0:27:20 | |
Everybody is so helpful,
it is unbelievable. | 0:27:20 | 0:27:22 | |
It is like Xanadu. | 0:27:22 | 0:27:23 | |
I've been on the
streets three weeks. | 0:27:23 | 0:27:25 | |
I was a subletting a flat
and the landlord just | 0:27:25 | 0:27:28 | |
threw me out, no warning. | 0:27:28 | 0:27:31 | |
Threw us out, no warning at all. | 0:27:31 | 0:27:32 | |
Turned up with three of his mates. | 0:27:32 | 0:27:34 | |
Threw us out. | 0:27:34 | 0:27:38 | |
Not a lot of people are willing
to be understanding. | 0:27:38 | 0:27:41 | |
There's not a lot of
people out there that | 0:27:41 | 0:27:43 | |
actually want to help or... | 0:27:43 | 0:27:45 | |
Everyone is just, like,
in London in general, | 0:27:45 | 0:27:47 | |
everyone's worried about themselves,
about their own life. | 0:27:47 | 0:27:50 | |
I mean, that's cool,
but you've got to be understanding | 0:27:50 | 0:27:52 | |
about others as well. | 0:27:52 | 0:27:53 | |
You feel like a
second-class citizen. | 0:27:53 | 0:27:55 | |
You just feel worthless. | 0:27:55 | 0:27:56 | |
Your self-confidence and everything
just sinks down to nothing. | 0:27:56 | 0:28:01 | |
You are sitting in doorways
and people just look | 0:28:01 | 0:28:03 | |
at you like you are scum. | 0:28:03 | 0:28:04 | |
You know what I mean? | 0:28:04 | 0:28:06 | |
I'm not. | 0:28:06 | 0:28:07 | |
I've worked all my life. | 0:28:07 | 0:28:08 | |
You know what I mean? | 0:28:08 | 0:28:10 | |
And that's what it
makes you feel like. | 0:28:10 | 0:28:12 | |
It makes you feel like scum. | 0:28:12 | 0:28:14 | |
I'm young. | 0:28:14 | 0:28:15 | |
There's a lot of things I'm
still understanding till now, | 0:28:15 | 0:28:18 | |
at my age, and it's a lot harder
for me to understand them | 0:28:18 | 0:28:21 | |
things when I've got this
going on in my life. | 0:28:21 | 0:28:23 | |
We're not doing any
harm in that place. | 0:28:23 | 0:28:26 | |
I've fixed the toilets,
I've fixed the basins. | 0:28:26 | 0:28:28 | |
I clean the stairs,
I clean the toilets. | 0:28:28 | 0:28:30 | |
Everyone mucks in. | 0:28:30 | 0:28:31 | |
It's sanitary, you know? | 0:28:31 | 0:28:35 | |
To see them wake up having
had their first decent | 0:28:35 | 0:28:39 | |
night's sleep for months,
and to see the difference in them, | 0:28:39 | 0:28:46 | |
their weight fall off them, it's... | 0:28:46 | 0:28:48 | |
It is a passion for life,
for humanity, for our | 0:28:48 | 0:28:51 | |
brothers and sisters. | 0:28:51 | 0:28:52 | |
We couldn't leave them out there,
so we had to do this. | 0:28:52 | 0:28:55 | |
Now, it's a shameful situation
when we have to do this. | 0:28:55 | 0:29:02 | |
Rough sleeping in England
has increased for the | 0:29:05 | 0:29:07 | |
seventh year in a row. | 0:29:07 | 0:29:09 | |
There were 4751 people counted
or estimated to be bedding down | 0:29:09 | 0:29:13 | |
outside in autumn 2017. | 0:29:13 | 0:29:18 | |
That's a 15% rise on a year before. | 0:29:18 | 0:29:23 | |
The figures provide a snapshot
of rough sleeping on a typical | 0:29:23 | 0:29:26 | |
night, and shows about a quarter
were in London. | 0:29:26 | 0:29:29 | |
The Government says it is investing
£1 billion to tackle rough sleeping. | 0:29:29 | 0:29:37 | |
Without an address, finding
work is very difficult. | 0:29:37 | 0:29:40 | |
Without a change of clothes,
finding work is very difficult. | 0:29:40 | 0:29:42 | |
Without the sleep... | 0:29:42 | 0:29:44 | |
Because sleep deprivation
is one of the major | 0:29:44 | 0:29:46 | |
problems of being homeless. | 0:29:46 | 0:29:48 | |
You might see people bedding down
in cardboard boxes in the doorway. | 0:29:48 | 0:29:51 | |
Are they really asleep? | 0:29:51 | 0:29:53 | |
Is that real rest? | 0:29:53 | 0:29:56 | |
A lot of them are sleeping with one
eye open because of the amount | 0:29:56 | 0:30:00 | |
of times that people
are attacked, abused. | 0:30:00 | 0:30:02 | |
So is that rest? | 0:30:02 | 0:30:06 | |
Here, they're getting
a good night's sleep | 0:30:06 | 0:30:08 | |
and you can see the difference. | 0:30:08 | 0:30:11 | |
Steve, why is it you do what you do? | 0:30:11 | 0:30:13 | |
Because I know what it's like. | 0:30:13 | 0:30:15 | |
I know every person in here has
a very, very unique story. | 0:30:15 | 0:30:20 | |
Everyone's different, and everyone
needs a different approach. | 0:30:20 | 0:30:24 | |
So, why do I do what I do? | 0:30:24 | 0:30:26 | |
It makes a difference. | 0:30:26 | 0:30:34 | |
Westminster Council told us
they have "well-established routes | 0:30:53 | 0:30:55 | |
to help people who may be sleeping
rough or homeless via Streetlink. | 0:30:55 | 0:31:01 | |
Over 400 bed spaces are available
each night to help people" | 0:31:01 | 0:31:09 | |
Your messages on this. This of your
says, totally agree with what has | 0:31:10 | 0:31:16 | |
been said about whether the people
who are helping homeless people are | 0:31:16 | 0:31:19 | |
qualified to do so. There is no one
better equipped to help understand | 0:31:19 | 0:31:24 | |
that people with the same extremes.
Stevie says, what I am seeing right | 0:31:24 | 0:31:29 | |
now about people being empowered to
take over empty buildings and use | 0:31:29 | 0:31:32 | |
them for the homeless is amazing.
Cancels all over the UK should take | 0:31:32 | 0:31:36 | |
note. Cancels all had empty
buildings that can help people. Neil | 0:31:36 | 0:31:42 | |
says building -- breaking the law is
not the way to do with this issue. | 0:31:42 | 0:31:47 | |
And Paul says, completely agree with
the homeless squatters. If buildings | 0:31:47 | 0:31:50 | |
are empty for years, it should be
made legal to take possession. | 0:31:50 | 0:31:55 | |
Councils should be doing it. Thank
you. | 0:31:55 | 0:31:57 | |
Still to come... | 0:31:57 | 0:32:02 | |
A row has broken out at the top of
the Labour Party as one of Jeremy | 0:32:02 | 0:32:06 | |
Corbyn's top team says she has been
removed from her post against her | 0:32:06 | 0:32:08 | |
will. More shortly. | 0:32:08 | 0:32:16 | |
will. More shortly. And a charity is
warning that these do not meet sleep | 0:32:16 | 0:32:20 | |
safety guidelines and could increase
the risk of cot death. | 0:32:20 | 0:32:24 | |
Time for the latest news -
here's Joanna Gosling. | 0:32:24 | 0:32:26 | |
The BBC News headlines this morning: | 0:32:26 | 0:32:28 | |
Hello again. | 0:32:28 | 0:32:34 | |
The comedian Sir Ken Dodd has
died at the age of 90. | 0:32:34 | 0:32:42 | |
# Happiness, happiness... | 0:32:42 | 0:32:46 | |
Described by his publicist as "one | 0:32:46 | 0:32:48 | |
of the last music hall greats,"
Sir Ken was known for his | 0:32:48 | 0:32:51 | |
marathon stage performances
and the creation of the 'Diddy Men' | 0:32:51 | 0:32:53 | |
and the 'tickling stick'. | 0:32:53 | 0:32:54 | |
The Government's National
Security Council will meet | 0:32:55 | 0:32:58 | |
today, to discuss the nerve agent
attack in Salisbury of a former | 0:32:58 | 0:33:01 | |
Russian intelligence
officer and his daughter. | 0:33:01 | 0:33:03 | |
The group, chaired
by the Prime Minister, | 0:33:03 | 0:33:05 | |
will be given the latest evidence
and intelligence on the attack, | 0:33:05 | 0:33:07 | |
before deciding what
action should be taken. | 0:33:07 | 0:33:09 | |
Yesterday, hundreds of people
who were in the same pub | 0:33:09 | 0:33:14 | |
and restaurant as the victims
were warned to wash their clothes | 0:33:14 | 0:33:16 | |
and other belongings they had
on them at the time. | 0:33:16 | 0:33:24 | |
A plane has crashed at Kathmandu
International airport in Nepal. It | 0:33:24 | 0:33:29 | |
crashed on the side of the runway,
according to the Kathmandu Post. An | 0:33:29 | 0:33:33 | |
airline spokesman said dazzled his
were expected. A bitter row has | 0:33:33 | 0:33:39 | |
broken out of the top of the Labour
Party, with a Shadow Cabinet | 0:33:39 | 0:33:42 | |
minister being removed from her
post, friendly against her will. | 0:33:42 | 0:33:51 | |
post, friendly against her will. The
Labour Party says Debbie Abrahams | 0:33:51 | 0:33:53 | |
stepped down as spokesperson on work
campaigns and is. She says she is | 0:33:53 | 0:33:57 | |
the victim of a bullying culture in
the party. | 0:33:57 | 0:34:03 | |
At least five people
were killed after a helicopter | 0:34:03 | 0:34:05 | |
crashed into the East River
in New York last night. | 0:34:05 | 0:34:07 | |
The pilot managed to free
himself and was rescued | 0:34:07 | 0:34:09 | |
by a passing tugboat. | 0:34:09 | 0:34:10 | |
The helicopter, which had been
chartered for a photo shoot, | 0:34:10 | 0:34:13 | |
crashed near Roosevelt Island. | 0:34:13 | 0:34:14 | |
An investigation will be held
to determine the cause of the crash. | 0:34:14 | 0:34:17 | |
There are claims that up
to 1,000 children may have | 0:34:17 | 0:34:19 | |
been abused in the Shropshire town
of Telford over a 40 year period. | 0:34:19 | 0:34:22 | |
MPs are now calling for an inquiry. | 0:34:22 | 0:34:27 | |
Seven men have already been
convicted, but it is thought others | 0:34:27 | 0:34:30 | |
have escaped charges. It is thought
the unfolding scandal could be the | 0:34:30 | 0:34:34 | |
worst the country has ever seen. | 0:34:34 | 0:34:35 | |
Jamie Carragher has apologised
after a video showed | 0:34:35 | 0:34:37 | |
the former England
and Liverpool defender | 0:34:37 | 0:34:38 | |
spitting at a girl in a car. | 0:34:38 | 0:34:40 | |
The footballer, who's
now a TV pundit, | 0:34:40 | 0:34:42 | |
had been covering his
former side's 2-1 defeat | 0:34:42 | 0:34:44 | |
by Manchester United on Saturday. | 0:34:44 | 0:34:47 | |
Footage has emerged of Mr
Carragher spitting toward | 0:34:47 | 0:34:49 | |
the vehicle from his own car. | 0:34:49 | 0:34:50 | |
On Twitter, he said he'd been
provoked, but described his actions | 0:34:50 | 0:34:53 | |
as "totally out of order". | 0:34:53 | 0:34:56 | |
A police investigation has been
launched after people | 0:34:56 | 0:34:58 | |
across the country received
anti-muslim letters in the post. | 0:34:58 | 0:35:02 | |
The document calls for a "Punish
a Muslim" day in April | 0:35:02 | 0:35:05 | |
and suggests a number of violent
acts | 0:35:05 | 0:35:07 | |
That's a summary
of the latest BBC News. | 0:35:07 | 0:35:13 | |
Thank you very much. Some more
messages from you about the homeless | 0:35:13 | 0:35:16 | |
film that we just showed, where some
people took over an empty building | 0:35:16 | 0:35:21 | |
in the West End, in the heart of the
capital. Debra says, well done for | 0:35:21 | 0:35:26 | |
that brave man standing up against
homelessness. If I had a spare home | 0:35:26 | 0:35:31 | |
were empty building I would give it
to them. Are we still the sixth | 0:35:31 | 0:35:34 | |
richest country in the world? We
must win support for this movement | 0:35:34 | 0:35:38 | |
because surely it can lead to real
sustained change for the better. | 0:35:38 | 0:35:41 | |
Fiona says what they are doing is
wonderful. Why can't more of these | 0:35:41 | 0:35:46 | |
empty buildings be utilised? Lee
says, what a marvellous scheme of | 0:35:46 | 0:35:51 | |
self-help, a sure sign of government
failure. The authorities don't care | 0:35:51 | 0:35:55 | |
about single men and they find it
hard to get housed, whilst wealthy, | 0:35:55 | 0:35:59 | |
greedy landowners sit on empty
buildings to make more profit. I | 0:35:59 | 0:36:02 | |
hope they win a landmark case.
Something has to be done to help | 0:36:02 | 0:36:06 | |
them. These are genuine people in
need of help. | 0:36:06 | 0:36:08 | |
Now the sport. It has not been a
great day for Britain at the Winter | 0:36:08 | 0:36:14 | |
Paralympics. James Barnes-Miller,
Ben Moore and Owen Pick have all | 0:36:14 | 0:36:16 | |
been knocked out of the Snowboard
Cross. Pick went out in the first | 0:36:16 | 0:36:21 | |
eliminator after the metal start
gate broke this morning, which meant | 0:36:21 | 0:36:23 | |
they had to use a piece of rope to
ensure the athlete started at the | 0:36:23 | 0:36:27 | |
same time. Harry Kane will have a
scan on his ankle today after he was | 0:36:27 | 0:36:32 | |
injured during their 4-1 win over
Bournemouth. They move into third in | 0:36:32 | 0:36:37 | |
the Premier League. There was a
brilliant old firm derby in the | 0:36:37 | 0:36:41 | |
Scottish premiership. Rangers went
ahead after three minutes. 2-2 at | 0:36:41 | 0:36:45 | |
half-time before Celtic snatched
victory through Odsonne Edouard. And | 0:36:45 | 0:36:51 | |
Tiger Woods came so close to winning
his first title in more than four | 0:36:51 | 0:36:54 | |
years. He needed to sink this putt
but ended up finishing one shot | 0:36:54 | 0:37:00 | |
behind Paul Casey at the Valspar
Championship. | 0:37:00 | 0:37:03 | |
A row has broken out at the top
of the Labour Party, as one | 0:37:03 | 0:37:07 | |
of Jeremy Corbyn's top team says
she's been removed from her | 0:37:07 | 0:37:09 | |
post against her will. | 0:37:09 | 0:37:10 | |
On Sunday, Labour said
Debbie Abrahams MP had stepped down | 0:37:10 | 0:37:13 | |
as spokeswoman on Work and Pensions
while an "employment | 0:37:13 | 0:37:16 | |
issue" is investigated. | 0:37:16 | 0:37:19 | |
But she claims she is the victim
of a "bullying culture | 0:37:19 | 0:37:22 | |
of the worst kind". | 0:37:22 | 0:37:29 | |
Ben Wright joins me now. What is
going on? It is an extraordinary | 0:37:29 | 0:37:35 | |
row. Interrupted pretty late
yesterday evening, when the Labour | 0:37:35 | 0:37:40 | |
Party issued a short statement
saying Debbie Abrahams has stepped | 0:37:40 | 0:37:43 | |
aside while these employment issues
are being investigated. I understand | 0:37:43 | 0:37:47 | |
they concerned a number of
complaints around the issue of | 0:37:47 | 0:37:51 | |
bullying. And that this now will be
investigated by the party itself, | 0:37:51 | 0:37:56 | |
not just the whips to enforce
discipline at the House of Commons. | 0:37:56 | 0:38:00 | |
Almost as soon as that statement had
been put out, Debbie Abrahams hit | 0:38:00 | 0:38:05 | |
back with a blistering attack on
Jeremy Corbyn's office, saying the | 0:38:05 | 0:38:09 | |
treatment she has experienced by
certain individuals in the leader's | 0:38:09 | 0:38:14 | |
office has been aggressive,
intimidating and wholly | 0:38:14 | 0:38:17 | |
unprofessional. She says the
treatment has shown a bullying | 0:38:17 | 0:38:20 | |
culture of the worst kind, and she
is now making a formal complaint to | 0:38:20 | 0:38:24 | |
the Labour Party and to the
Parliamentary authority. An | 0:38:24 | 0:38:29 | |
extraordinary war of words. Debbie
Abrahams has been in the leader's | 0:38:29 | 0:38:32 | |
team since Jeremy Corbyn took the
top job. She has been Shadow Work | 0:38:32 | 0:38:37 | |
and Pensions Secretary. She is in
the inner circle. They have | 0:38:37 | 0:38:40 | |
obviously had a colossal falling
out. Debbie Abrahams completely | 0:38:40 | 0:38:44 | |
denies the allegations against her,
saying she has completely not been | 0:38:44 | 0:38:50 | |
bullying her staff. The allegation
is she has been bullying people, and | 0:38:50 | 0:38:53 | |
now she says she has been bullied by
the top people in Labour? Yes. I | 0:38:53 | 0:39:00 | |
understand there was a meeting on
Friday between Debbie Abrahams and | 0:39:00 | 0:39:03 | |
people from Jeremy Corbyn's office,
where this was discussed. During the | 0:39:03 | 0:39:08 | |
course of the weekend, both sides
are worked out what should happen | 0:39:08 | 0:39:11 | |
next. Clearly it is the hope of the
Labour Party that Debbie Abrahams | 0:39:11 | 0:39:16 | |
would step aside sort of quietly and
allow the investigation to happen. | 0:39:16 | 0:39:19 | |
For whatever reason, the manner in
which that conversation happened and | 0:39:19 | 0:39:24 | |
the action decided, clearly upset
Debbie Abrahams. She feels she has | 0:39:24 | 0:39:27 | |
been treated unjustly and this has
exploded. It is in the context of | 0:39:27 | 0:39:33 | |
rumbling, deep concerns at
Westminster, about a culture of | 0:39:33 | 0:39:37 | |
harassment, bullying more broadly
over the last few months. It has | 0:39:37 | 0:39:41 | |
produced a quickly put together new
code of conduct which the government | 0:39:41 | 0:39:44 | |
announced last month, which will
come into effect shortly. This is a | 0:39:44 | 0:39:49 | |
very pertinent issue right now in
Westminster. Labour clearly feel | 0:39:49 | 0:39:54 | |
they have acted appropriately.
We asked Debbie Abrahams to come | 0:39:54 | 0:39:58 | |
onto the programme. She declined to
do so. She said she put a statement | 0:39:58 | 0:40:03 | |
out and she wants to leave it there.
I want to this tweet. This is from a | 0:40:03 | 0:40:10 | |
woman called Sarah Louise. She says,
Debbie Abrahams, one of the few | 0:40:10 | 0:40:15 | |
reasonable and nice Labour MPs,
struggling to justify Labour's | 0:40:15 | 0:40:19 | |
destructive direction. What might
that mean? I'm not sure what that | 0:40:19 | 0:40:28 | |
means, to be honest. She has been, I
think, pretty harmonious member of | 0:40:28 | 0:40:37 | |
the top team. She had a grilling on
the Labour Party's Brexit policy on | 0:40:37 | 0:40:46 | |
the Andrew Marr Show the other day.
This is quite a surprise. What I | 0:40:46 | 0:40:51 | |
find so surprising is the vehemence
and the strength of Debbie Abrahams' | 0:40:51 | 0:40:55 | |
own rebuttal and how the Labour
Party has treated her. | 0:40:55 | 0:41:00 | |
Thank you very much, Ben. | 0:41:00 | 0:41:03 | |
Many popular sleeping products
for babies don't meet safer sleep | 0:41:03 | 0:41:05 | |
guidelines, and could increase
the risk of cot death | 0:41:05 | 0:41:07 | |
or Sudden Infant Death Syndrome,
a baby charity is warning. | 0:41:07 | 0:41:10 | |
Items such as cushioned
sleeping pods, | 0:41:10 | 0:41:13 | |
nests, baby hammocks,
cot bumpers, pillows, | 0:41:13 | 0:41:19 | |
duvets and anything that wedges
or straps a baby in place, can pose | 0:41:19 | 0:41:23 | |
a risk to children under 12 months. | 0:41:23 | 0:41:27 | |
The Lullaby Trust says at the moment
there are no safety standards | 0:41:27 | 0:41:30 | |
which relate specifically
to Sudden Infant Death | 0:41:30 | 0:41:32 | |
Syndrome, which can make
it difficult for parents to know | 0:41:32 | 0:41:35 | |
which products are safe to use. | 0:41:35 | 0:41:39 | |
We've got some examples
in the studio of the many different | 0:41:39 | 0:41:42 | |
kinds of sleep pods and nests
available to buy, and we've | 0:41:42 | 0:41:45 | |
also got examples of
what meets safety guidelines. | 0:41:45 | 0:41:48 | |
Let's speak to Francine
Bates, chief executive | 0:41:48 | 0:41:54 | |
of the Lullaby Trust. | 0:41:54 | 0:42:01 | |
To Rupal Kantaria, who lost her baby
to Sudden Infant Death | 0:42:01 | 0:42:04 | |
Syndrome, and is working
with the Lullaby Trust to warn other | 0:42:04 | 0:42:06 | |
parents of the dangers. | 0:42:06 | 0:42:07 | |
And we also have Jayde Edwards,
who slept with her baby | 0:42:07 | 0:42:10 | |
on the sofa when he was born,
and now works to educate other young | 0:42:10 | 0:42:13 | |
parents about better sleeping
practices with their children. | 0:42:13 | 0:42:15 | |
Thank you for coming on the
programme. Francine, let's look at | 0:42:15 | 0:42:17 | |
some of these products and tell us
which meet safety guidelines and | 0:42:17 | 0:42:20 | |
which don't. OK. We have got a Moses
basket. This absolutely does meet | 0:42:20 | 0:42:26 | |
the safety guidelines in terms of
savers sleep. We have got a firm, | 0:42:26 | 0:42:31 | |
flat mattress. It is waterproof.
This is portable. You can carry it | 0:42:31 | 0:42:37 | |
around the house with you. And
always keep an eye Macron the baby. | 0:42:37 | 0:42:42 | |
We recommend a cot or a Moses basket
to sleep a baby safely. This is | 0:42:42 | 0:42:49 | |
good. You have to be careful about
soft bedding. Duvas and pillows | 0:42:49 | 0:42:55 | |
Arieh no no. We advised to use a
sleeping bag. Put the baby in the | 0:42:55 | 0:43:02 | |
sleeping bag in the Moses basket or
the card. And you will undoubtedly | 0:43:02 | 0:43:07 | |
reduce the risk of Sudden Infant
Death Syndrome. | 0:43:07 | 0:43:14 | |
Death Syndrome. Obviously, the baby
neatly slots in there. I can't do it | 0:43:14 | 0:43:18 | |
now because the zip is broken! Oh,
it is there! When it is zipped up, | 0:43:18 | 0:43:24 | |
the baby's head cannot be covered?
Absolutely. It is designed so the | 0:43:24 | 0:43:29 | |
sleeping bag fits over the
shoulders. It can never go over the | 0:43:29 | 0:43:33 | |
baby's head, which is key. The other
products we are not so keen on. As | 0:43:33 | 0:43:40 | |
you can see, they are much softer.
They have raised padded cushion and | 0:43:40 | 0:43:46 | |
sides. The big concern here is that
this will increase a baby's risk. | 0:43:46 | 0:43:58 | |
Primarily to do with overheating. On
a flat surface, a baby will not | 0:43:58 | 0:44:03 | |
overheat. But on a soft surface,
there is a risk the baby could | 0:44:03 | 0:44:09 | |
overheat. And of course overheating
is a risk. We are also concerned | 0:44:09 | 0:44:20 | |
about the pads. Even small babies,
as you know, can wiggle and move. | 0:44:20 | 0:44:24 | |
They can turn their heads, they can
squished their face against this | 0:44:24 | 0:44:29 | |
padded surface. And they may not be
able to move back. The other issue | 0:44:29 | 0:44:36 | |
we are concerned about is they can
actually put their heads over the | 0:44:36 | 0:44:42 | |
sides. | 0:44:42 | 0:44:50 | |
sides. We do not recommend these
products. OK. But if you are a new | 0:44:50 | 0:44:56 | |
parent, you would not necessarily
know that this is not recommended by | 0:44:56 | 0:45:00 | |
you? I think that's true. We have
become very much aware from parents | 0:45:00 | 0:45:05 | |
calling the helpline every day, that
these products are becoming much | 0:45:05 | 0:45:08 | |
more popular. In fact, we did a
survey and it was clear that 40% of | 0:45:08 | 0:45:14 | |
parents were either thinking of, had
bought, one of these products. That | 0:45:14 | 0:45:19 | |
gave it a lot of concern to us
because they don't conform to safer | 0:45:19 | 0:45:22 | |
sleep guidelines. So we produced a
guide. We produced a brochure in | 0:45:22 | 0:45:28 | |
conjunction with the leading
paediatricians, researchers and | 0:45:28 | 0:45:33 | |
Public Health England, which sets
out safer sleep advice, what to look | 0:45:33 | 0:45:37 | |
for in products, and to give
information about the risks | 0:45:37 | 0:45:43 | |
associated, not just with these
products, but also hammocks, Duvas, | 0:45:43 | 0:45:49 | |
pillows, these things should not be
used near a baby. | 0:45:49 | 0:45:56 | |
Thank you for coming on the
programme. Your baby boy was found | 0:45:56 | 0:46:01 | |
not breathing and an inquest said it
was sudden infant death syndrome. | 0:46:01 | 0:46:10 | |
What did you take from that in terms
of when you had another child? I had | 0:46:10 | 0:46:17 | |
my third child in 2014 and these
nests and pods have risen in | 0:46:17 | 0:46:29 | |
popularity. I still bought something
very similar to this for my child | 0:46:29 | 0:46:38 | |
now it was almost four to sleep in
because it was not clear to me that | 0:46:38 | 0:46:41 | |
it didn't comply with safer sleep
guidelines. All of my friends use | 0:46:41 | 0:46:47 | |
this sort of product because again I
think there's huge confusion out | 0:46:47 | 0:46:51 | |
there amongst mothers and parents as
to what and what doesn't comply, | 0:46:51 | 0:46:58 | |
particularly because these products
are fairly new. That is something I | 0:46:58 | 0:47:02 | |
feel strongly to make sure parents
are making an informed choice and I | 0:47:02 | 0:47:06 | |
don't think that's happening
currently. When you said you were | 0:47:06 | 0:47:09 | |
looking at this kind of stuff and
buying it, it wasn't clear whether | 0:47:09 | 0:47:13 | |
it met these guidelines, were you
actually looking for some kind of | 0:47:13 | 0:47:18 | |
recommendation or guidelines or just
thinking, what can the possible harm | 0:47:18 | 0:47:24 | |
be? The fact it was available from a
trusted retailer in the UK on the | 0:47:24 | 0:47:32 | |
high street, I wrongly assumed it
must comply with all of the | 0:47:32 | 0:47:35 | |
guidelines out there, not only the
British safety standards but also | 0:47:35 | 0:47:39 | |
safer sleep guidelines because
otherwise how could it possibly of | 0:47:39 | 0:47:42 | |
the available in a trusted retailer?
I wasn't buying it second hand from | 0:47:42 | 0:47:47 | |
an internet site from another
country so that was my assumption. | 0:47:47 | 0:47:50 | |
Then on top of that, all of these
mothers out there are saying how | 0:47:50 | 0:47:56 | |
fantastic they are because their
babies sleep better in them. I have | 0:47:56 | 0:48:00 | |
no comment on that but we need to
separate out the marketing and | 0:48:00 | 0:48:04 | |
parental opinion from the research
and science, such that mothers and | 0:48:04 | 0:48:09 | |
parents can make their own informed
decisions. Jade, how are you? Fine, | 0:48:09 | 0:48:18 | |
thank you. You are only 18, still
incredibly young, were you aware of | 0:48:18 | 0:48:26 | |
safety guidelines? Not at all, you
would assume there would be more | 0:48:26 | 0:48:30 | |
initiatives involved to make sure me
as a young parent provides the best | 0:48:30 | 0:48:35 | |
safety for my child but I have no
idea about safer sleep, let alone | 0:48:35 | 0:48:40 | |
how to place a child down. A year
and a half later, getting involved | 0:48:40 | 0:48:47 | |
with the Lullaby Trust and getting
involved in information that was | 0:48:47 | 0:48:53 | |
shocking, because a lot of the
information was provided for | 0:48:53 | 0:48:56 | |
children under the age of one, my
child was a year and a half so I | 0:48:56 | 0:49:02 | |
feel like what a lot of young
parents or organisations would think | 0:49:02 | 0:49:07 | |
is, if it's a young parent maybe
they need much more care or a lot | 0:49:07 | 0:49:12 | |
more. In reality it is just sitting
down with us and saying this is how | 0:49:12 | 0:49:18 | |
you place a baby. My main job I
would say is to ensure every young | 0:49:18 | 0:49:23 | |
parent that I do get in contact with
could have been all around London | 0:49:23 | 0:49:28 | |
with the Lullaby Trust explaining to
them you are no better or worse than | 0:49:28 | 0:49:32 | |
a parent who is 35, it's just
ensuring you know how to put your | 0:49:32 | 0:49:37 | |
baby to sleep because all it takes
is for you to sleep on a sofa or a | 0:49:37 | 0:49:42 | |
bed with your child which I did from
the age of newborn to be honest so I | 0:49:42 | 0:49:46 | |
feel what the Lullaby Trust is doing
is really good. Explain why it's not | 0:49:46 | 0:49:51 | |
advised to sleep with a newborn
either in your bed or on the sofa. I | 0:49:51 | 0:49:57 | |
think for numerous reasons, and a
lot of times as a young parent I | 0:49:57 | 0:50:03 | |
study, I also work, I'm trying to
build a career, your sleeping on a | 0:50:03 | 0:50:07 | |
bed with your child, you could
potentially roll over, you could not | 0:50:07 | 0:50:12 | |
realise your child is there and
that's not to say you are bad parent | 0:50:12 | 0:50:18 | |
but you get exhausted. Old parents
get exhausted too! I look back and | 0:50:18 | 0:50:32 | |
think what if something went wrong
but there are numerous things that | 0:50:32 | 0:50:35 | |
can happen if you do that. And the
biggest | 0:50:35 | 0:50:42 | |
biggest risk, Francine, is
suffocation. We don't know exactly | 0:50:42 | 0:50:48 | |
why Sids happens, but the risk is 50
times greater so it is extremely | 0:50:48 | 0:50:55 | |
dangerous. With these new products
on the market, there is concerned | 0:50:55 | 0:51:02 | |
they could the risk for Sids. These
products do not have a British | 0:51:02 | 0:51:09 | |
standard. What does that mean, what
does it look like? The symbol will | 0:51:09 | 0:51:15 | |
be on the packaging of any product
on the market. And that means it's | 0:51:15 | 0:51:22 | |
OK? It means it complies with
certain standards so it is well | 0:51:22 | 0:51:27 | |
constructed, the chemicals that have
been used in the products are safe, | 0:51:27 | 0:51:30 | |
it complies with fire regulations.
The Moses basket has a British | 0:51:30 | 0:51:36 | |
standard. The sleep bag has a
British standard, the pods, the | 0:51:36 | 0:51:43 | |
nests and the hammock do not. We
would say to parents to only buy | 0:51:43 | 0:51:48 | |
products where there is a British
standard, make sure the surface your | 0:51:48 | 0:51:51 | |
baby will sleep on is flat and is
waterproof and firm, and ensure you | 0:51:51 | 0:52:00 | |
place your baby on its back which is
the biggest, strongest factor in | 0:52:00 | 0:52:04 | |
terms of reducing Sids. I appreciate
that parents are exhausted and | 0:52:04 | 0:52:13 | |
sometimes people say my baby sleeps
better on its tummy so I'm going to | 0:52:13 | 0:52:17 | |
put baby on its tummy and I think
that's just understanding it is an | 0:52:17 | 0:52:21 | |
informed risk you are taking if you
choose to do those things, which I | 0:52:21 | 0:52:26 | |
think the Back To Sleep campaign has
been successful with, making parents | 0:52:26 | 0:52:33 | |
aware of that, but there is not the
awareness with nests. "Our parents | 0:52:33 | 0:52:41 | |
may do, but today's products are
fantastic but there will always be | 0:52:41 | 0:52:46 | |
an element of risk". Pat says, or
new babies are given a baby box by | 0:52:46 | 0:52:51 | |
the Scottish Government which helps
keep babies safe, perhaps the | 0:52:51 | 0:52:58 | |
British government would consider
that" so what do you think? Going | 0:52:58 | 0:53:08 | |
back to an earlier comment, what I
would say is we have been really | 0:53:08 | 0:53:13 | |
successful in reducing the numbers
of Sids. You have, I've got the | 0:53:13 | 0:53:19 | |
figures here, over 25 years... Over
25 years we have reduced the rate of | 0:53:19 | 0:53:29 | |
Sids by 80%. It is phenomenal but
the reason we have done that is | 0:53:29 | 0:53:35 | |
because we have developed our safer
sleep guidelines, based on detailed | 0:53:35 | 0:53:40 | |
research which enables us to tell
parents how to sleep their baby | 0:53:40 | 0:53:44 | |
safely. While he first listener was
clear that in the old days people | 0:53:44 | 0:53:53 | |
used to spoil things onto babies and
people used to sleep in different | 0:53:53 | 0:53:59 | |
ways, yes that is true but the cot
death rate was so much higher and I | 0:53:59 | 0:54:04 | |
think that is the key point. People
often say, well I used them and my | 0:54:04 | 0:54:11 | |
baby is fine. That's fine but your
baby is one baby, that's not what | 0:54:11 | 0:54:15 | |
the research is saying. I don't fall
into any of the risk categories in | 0:54:15 | 0:54:21 | |
terms of a parent of a baby with
Sids, but it happened to me. As I | 0:54:21 | 0:54:27 | |
keep saying, parents need to make an
informed choice. Thank you very | 0:54:27 | 0:54:31 | |
much. Thank you for your many
comments about the film we played | 0:54:31 | 0:54:38 | |
earlier which involved some people
taking over an empty four story | 0:54:38 | 0:54:43 | |
building in London and inviting
anyone who was homeless to stay | 0:54:43 | 0:54:48 | |
there for shelter. Sarah says we all
need to listen to the amazing man | 0:54:48 | 0:54:52 | |
and your film who knows what support
these homeless need, what compassion | 0:54:52 | 0:54:55 | |
he has for the individuals who find
themselves in this position. David | 0:54:55 | 0:55:00 | |
says, we have farmers all over the
country crying out for workers and | 0:55:00 | 0:55:04 | |
sometimes they even provide housing.
It's an idea to offer people a | 0:55:04 | 0:55:09 | |
chance of a fresh start, a wage, a
purpose, a chance to restart life. | 0:55:09 | 0:55:15 | |
Bill says I have huge sympathy for
homeless people and used to have | 0:55:15 | 0:55:19 | |
some sympathy for squatters until
the terraced house next door was | 0:55:19 | 0:55:24 | |
squatted. They were worse than
animals, shouting and screaming all | 0:55:24 | 0:55:28 | |
day and night, abusive behaviour and
serious damage to the property. It | 0:55:28 | 0:55:35 | |
might be reasonable to allow formal
charities to take over buildings if | 0:55:35 | 0:55:38 | |
they have been unused for a period
but they should also be required to | 0:55:38 | 0:55:41 | |
leave on demand, not by going to
court. Joyce says, I believe the | 0:55:41 | 0:55:45 | |
people organising the squat need a
knighthood. There's no point in huge | 0:55:45 | 0:55:52 | |
commercial buildings being empty for
years and is not a people to use | 0:55:52 | 0:55:58 | |
them.
The latest sport at ten o'clock but | 0:55:58 | 0:56:03 | |
them.
The latest sport at ten o'clock but | 0:56:03 | 0:56:03 | |
first the weather with Matt. The
best of the weather is to be found | 0:56:03 | 0:56:07 | |
in parts of Scotland. We have
already seen sunshine around, and | 0:56:07 | 0:56:11 | |
some sunshine here and in Northern
Ireland throughout but a different | 0:56:11 | 0:56:18 | |
story elsewhere, particularly in
northern England. Heavy rain in the | 0:56:18 | 0:56:21 | |
Midlands and south east too, linked
to an area of high pressure. The | 0:56:21 | 0:56:27 | |
tell-tale sign that the cloud is
swirling around in the anticlockwise | 0:56:27 | 0:56:31 | |
fashion. The further north you are,
the further away from it, hence the | 0:56:31 | 0:56:37 | |
drier conditions. Let's focus on
what is happening in England and | 0:56:37 | 0:56:40 | |
Wales because we continue to see
outbreaks of rain coming and going | 0:56:40 | 0:56:44 | |
throughout the day. Heavy bursts
through the Midlands and towards the | 0:56:44 | 0:56:48 | |
south-east. The showers in the
south-west will push through smartly | 0:56:48 | 0:56:51 | |
on the strong breeze and there will
be brightness around in between | 0:56:51 | 0:56:55 | |
those rain bands, the best of which
will be in Northern Ireland and | 0:56:55 | 0:56:59 | |
western parts of Scotland.
Temperatures today, even with the | 0:56:59 | 0:57:04 | |
rain, still at 11 degrees, but in
eastern parts of Scotland with a | 0:57:04 | 0:57:09 | |
gentle breeze it will feel rather
chilly. Tonight we will see the | 0:57:09 | 0:57:14 | |
cloud and occasional rain across
England becoming more confined to | 0:57:14 | 0:57:17 | |
East Anglia and the south-east with
some showers in the west. More | 0:57:17 | 0:57:21 | |
breaks in the cloud tonight and into
tomorrow morning night than the one | 0:57:21 | 0:57:25 | |
just gone with a touch of frost and
for one or two maybe a bit dicey as | 0:57:25 | 0:57:34 | |
well. This area of low pressure is
waiting in the wings for Wednesday, | 0:57:34 | 0:57:39 | |
we are in between the ridge of high
pressure and that means fewer | 0:57:39 | 0:57:41 | |
showers around during the day. Maybe
wetter in parts of East Anglia and | 0:57:41 | 0:57:48 | |
some showers drifting eastwards but
very few in number. Most will have a | 0:57:48 | 0:57:53 | |
dry day, if not completely,
predominantly dry. Once the March | 0:57:53 | 0:57:58 | |
sunshine is on your back it will
feel quite pleasant with | 0:57:58 | 0:58:01 | |
temperatures in some spots into
double figures. Into Wednesday it | 0:58:01 | 0:58:05 | |
turns more breezy but the best of
drier weather limited to eastern | 0:58:05 | 0:58:08 | |
parts of the country. Later in the
day, the cloud will thicken in the | 0:58:08 | 0:58:15 | |
west, outbreaks of rain into the
evening become persistent across | 0:58:15 | 0:58:18 | |
Ireland, western Wales and into
parts of Devon and Cornwall. | 0:58:18 | 0:58:22 | |
Temperatures between ten and 14
Celsius. Things will change by the | 0:58:22 | 0:58:28 | |
time we get to the weekend, could we
see cold air on the way back? With | 0:58:28 | 0:58:33 | |
high pressure across Scandinavia is
set to drag in, it looks like cold | 0:58:33 | 0:58:37 | |
air back to our shores is so
temperatures will take a dip, | 0:58:37 | 0:58:41 | |
night-time frosts will then. How
cold it will get is uncertain at the | 0:58:41 | 0:58:45 | |
moment but we will keep you updated
here on BBC News. Goodbye for now. | 0:58:45 | 0:58:55 | |
Hello it's Monday, it's 10 o'clock,
I'm Victoria Derbyshire. | 0:58:55 | 0:58:57 | |
Our top story today -
tributes have been pouring | 0:58:57 | 0:58:59 | |
in for Sir Ken Dodd,
one of the last great Music | 0:58:59 | 0:59:02 | |
Hall acts of his time,
who's died at the age of 90 | 0:59:02 | 0:59:05 | |
and is best remembered
for jokes like this. | 0:59:05 | 0:59:07 | |
Tickled, I am, by all this goodwill. | 0:59:07 | 0:59:09 | |
What about you Missus -
have you been tickled by goodwill? | 0:59:09 | 0:59:11 | |
Freud said a laugh was a sudden
explosion of psychic energy. | 0:59:11 | 0:59:14 | |
The trouble with Freud was he never
played second house Friday | 0:59:14 | 0:59:16 | |
night at Glasgow Empire. | 0:59:16 | 0:59:20 | |
We'll carry on paying tribute
to the man best known | 0:59:20 | 0:59:23 | |
for his tickling stick
and epic performances, | 0:59:23 | 0:59:24 | |
and hear from former Brookside
actress Claire Sweeney, | 0:59:24 | 0:59:26 | |
who knew him well. | 0:59:26 | 0:59:28 | |
Also on the programme -
the Prime Minister will meet | 0:59:28 | 0:59:30 | |
the National Security Council
to hear the latest intelligence | 0:59:30 | 0:59:32 | |
on the nerve agent attack
on the Russian father employed | 0:59:32 | 0:59:34 | |
by Britain as a spy. | 0:59:34 | 0:59:35 | |
It comes as Salisbury residents
voice concern they're | 0:59:35 | 0:59:37 | |
being kept in the dark. | 0:59:37 | 0:59:43 | |
I'd like to know what precautions I
personally can take rather than just | 0:59:43 | 0:59:46 | |
washing my close, having personally
been exposed, and what of the | 0:59:46 | 0:59:52 | |
long-term medications for me and my
wife? | 0:59:52 | 0:59:55 | |
We hear from the leader of the
council. | 0:59:55 | 0:59:58 | |
And we're talking
about Jamie Carragher, | 0:59:58 | 0:59:59 | |
filmed spitting at
the occupants of a car. | 0:59:59 | 1:00:02 | |
He's apologised. | 1:00:02 | 1:00:10 | |
2-1. 2-1, made! Unlucky, Jamie
Latta. 2-1. | 1:00:10 | 1:00:21 | |
Good morning. | 1:00:21 | 1:00:22 | |
Here's Joanna Gosling
in the BBC Newsroom | 1:00:22 | 1:00:24 | |
with a summary of today's news. | 1:00:24 | 1:00:25 | |
The comedian Sir Ken Dodd has
died at the age of 90. | 1:00:25 | 1:00:28 | |
Described by his publicist as "one
of the last Music Hall greats", | 1:00:28 | 1:00:32 | |
Sir Ken was known for his marathon
stage performances and the creation | 1:00:32 | 1:00:34 | |
of the Diddy Men and
the tickling stick. | 1:00:34 | 1:00:36 | |
The Liverpool-based perfomer had
recently been treated in hospital | 1:00:36 | 1:00:39 | |
for a chest infection. | 1:00:39 | 1:00:41 | |
The Government's National
Security Council will meet | 1:00:41 | 1:00:44 | |
today, to discuss the nerve agent
attack in Salisbury of a former | 1:00:44 | 1:00:49 | |
Russian intelligence
officer and his daughter. | 1:00:49 | 1:00:50 | |
The group, chaired
by the Prime Minister, | 1:00:50 | 1:00:53 | |
will be given the latest evidence
and intelligence on the attack, | 1:00:53 | 1:00:57 | |
before deciding what
action should be taken. | 1:00:57 | 1:00:58 | |
Yesterday hundreds of people
who were in the same pub | 1:00:58 | 1:01:02 | |
and restaurant as the victims,
were warned to wash their clothes | 1:01:02 | 1:01:04 | |
and other belongings they had
on them at the time. | 1:01:04 | 1:01:07 | |
A Bangladeshi plane with more
than 70 people on board, has crashed | 1:01:07 | 1:01:10 | |
at Kathmandu's International Airport
in Nepal. | 1:01:10 | 1:01:14 | |
The plane from US-Bangla
Airline went off the runway | 1:01:14 | 1:01:16 | |
while landing, and crashed
on the side of the runway, | 1:01:16 | 1:01:18 | |
according to the Kathmandu Post. | 1:01:18 | 1:01:19 | |
An airport spokesperson
told the paper that | 1:01:19 | 1:01:21 | |
casualties were expected. | 1:01:21 | 1:01:25 | |
A bitter row has broken out
at the top of the Labour Party, | 1:01:25 | 1:01:28 | |
with a shadow cabinet minister
being removed from her post, | 1:01:28 | 1:01:31 | |
apparently against her will. | 1:01:31 | 1:01:33 | |
The Labour Party says
Debbie Abrahams stepped down | 1:01:33 | 1:01:36 | |
as the spokeswoman on Work
and Pensions, while what is | 1:01:36 | 1:01:38 | |
described as an "employment
issue" is investigated. | 1:01:38 | 1:01:42 | |
But Mrs Abrahams claims she's
the victim of a bullying | 1:01:42 | 1:01:44 | |
culture in the party. | 1:01:44 | 1:01:52 | |
There are claims that up
to 1,000 children may have | 1:01:54 | 1:01:56 | |
been abused in the Shropshire town
of Telford over a 40 year period - | 1:01:56 | 1:02:00 | |
and MPs are now calling
for an inquiry. | 1:02:00 | 1:02:02 | |
Seven men have already
been convicted, | 1:02:02 | 1:02:03 | |
but it's thought others
have escaped charges. | 1:02:03 | 1:02:06 | |
It's thought the unfolding scandal
in Telford could be the worst | 1:02:06 | 1:02:07 | |
the country has ever seen. | 1:02:07 | 1:02:09 | |
Jamie Carragher has apologised
after a video showed | 1:02:09 | 1:02:11 | |
the former England
and Liverpool defender | 1:02:11 | 1:02:12 | |
spitting at a girl in a car. | 1:02:12 | 1:02:14 | |
The footballer, who's
now a TV pundit, | 1:02:14 | 1:02:15 | |
had been covering his
former side's 2-1 defeat | 1:02:15 | 1:02:19 | |
by Manchester United on Saturday. | 1:02:19 | 1:02:20 | |
Footage has emerged
of Mr Carragher spitting toward | 1:02:20 | 1:02:22 | |
the vehicle from his own car. | 1:02:22 | 1:02:24 | |
On Twitter, he said he'd been
provoked, but described his actions | 1:02:24 | 1:02:26 | |
as "totally out of order". | 1:02:26 | 1:02:29 | |
That's a summary of the latest BBC
News - more at 10.30. | 1:02:29 | 1:02:33 | |
Thank you. Many comments from you
about the film we showed earlier, | 1:02:33 | 1:02:41 | |
where people have taken over an
empty four-storey building in the | 1:02:41 | 1:02:44 | |
centre of London and homeless people
are being invited to share it. | 1:02:44 | 1:02:50 | |
Rachel says, I live in Manchester
and bypass scores of homeless people | 1:02:50 | 1:02:54 | |
every day, mostly men. I also pass
scores of empty buildings every day. | 1:02:54 | 1:02:57 | |
Surely that is an obvious answer?
This from someone who does not | 1:02:57 | 1:03:01 | |
please -- leave their name. What
about using church halls for | 1:03:01 | 1:03:06 | |
homeless people? The majority have
under utilised halls which could be | 1:03:06 | 1:03:09 | |
used to house homeless people, even
if only during the winter. Is this | 1:03:09 | 1:03:13 | |
not what churches are for, to give
comfort to the vulnerable? Sarah | 1:03:13 | 1:03:20 | |
says, God bless that mantra standing
up for the homeless. Dean says it is | 1:03:20 | 1:03:25 | |
disgusting that a building in
central London has been left empty | 1:03:25 | 1:03:29 | |
for 15 years. This is so wrong. Paul
completely agrees with the squatters | 1:03:29 | 1:03:34 | |
will stop it should be made legal to
take temporary possession for | 1:03:34 | 1:03:37 | |
emergency housing. This person
doesn't leave their name. A lot of | 1:03:37 | 1:03:42 | |
these people choose to sleep off and
I are too lazy to get a job. Be fair | 1:03:42 | 1:03:46 | |
for couples who want to start a
family to go to back of the queue | 1:03:46 | 1:03:50 | |
when it comes to housing. Steve Lee
says, what I am seeing today is | 1:03:50 | 1:03:55 | |
people being empowered to take over
empty buildings for the homeless. It | 1:03:55 | 1:03:58 | |
is amazing. And Gay says
homelessness in this day and age is | 1:03:58 | 1:04:04 | |
an Oak Ridge. We should be going
forward is not you. | 1:04:04 | 1:04:08 | |
Do get in touch with us
throughout the morning - | 1:04:08 | 1:04:10 | |
use the hashtag Victoria live. | 1:04:10 | 1:04:11 | |
And if you text, you will be charged
at the standard network rate. | 1:04:11 | 1:04:15 | |
Now the sport. Great Britain's
snowboarders made their Winter | 1:04:15 | 1:04:21 | |
prolix debut Jeong Jang today but it
didn't quite go according to plan. | 1:04:21 | 1:04:26 | |
-- Winter Paralympics. The event was
held up by technical problems. Kate | 1:04:26 | 1:04:31 | |
Grey can tell us more. Yes, all
sorts of problems at the | 1:04:31 | 1:04:36 | |
snowboarding. The event was moved
forward due to the increasing | 1:04:36 | 1:04:39 | |
temperatures. It was about 18
degrees in the middle of the day. | 1:04:39 | 1:04:42 | |
They had to move the event earlier.
When the event started they had | 1:04:42 | 1:04:46 | |
problems with the start gate. They
were not dropping down and athletes | 1:04:46 | 1:04:51 | |
were falling over them. They had to
replace it with a rope. Not ideal. | 1:04:51 | 1:04:58 | |
Britain did have three athletes
competing. None of them made it | 1:04:58 | 1:05:03 | |
through to the final stages. When I
spoke to Owen Pick, he told me he | 1:05:03 | 1:05:08 | |
was not happy with how the event had
unfolded. | 1:05:08 | 1:05:11 | |
There was talk that there were going
to cancel it and do it another day. | 1:05:11 | 1:05:17 | |
It was just like, guys, this is the
Paralympics, we want to race. It was | 1:05:17 | 1:05:24 | |
tough. It was really tough. It was a
shame that today has gone the way it | 1:05:24 | 1:05:29 | |
has gone in general, because we
wanted to put on a good show. | 1:05:29 | 1:05:33 | |
No medals for Great Britain. The
snowboarders will get another chance | 1:05:33 | 1:05:36 | |
later in the week in the slalom.
There was success for the wheelchair | 1:05:36 | 1:05:41 | |
curlers. They won their match
against Sweden 6-1. They will go | 1:05:41 | 1:05:47 | |
against Canada later today. They are
the Paralympic champions. | 1:05:47 | 1:05:53 | |
Tottenham Mandem than fans will be
waiting for the result of a scan | 1:05:53 | 1:05:56 | |
today on Harry Kane's ankle. He was
forced off against Bournemouth | 1:05:56 | 1:06:00 | |
yesterday. Heung-Min Son found the
net twice as Spurs won 4-1. | 1:06:00 | 1:06:09 | |
Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger says
his team need to get the fans back | 1:06:09 | 1:06:13 | |
on site after their recent poor
form. The players did their bit | 1:06:13 | 1:06:17 | |
yesterday, beating Watford 3-0, but
still plenty of empty seats at the | 1:06:17 | 1:06:21 | |
Emirates.
There was a cracking old firm derby | 1:06:21 | 1:06:24 | |
in the Scottish premiership. Josh
Windass putting Rangers ahead after | 1:06:24 | 1:06:27 | |
three minutes. It was 2-2 at
half-time before Celtic snatched | 1:06:27 | 1:06:30 | |
victory thanks to Odsonne Edouard.
Tiger Woods came so close to winning | 1:06:30 | 1:06:37 | |
his first event for more than four
years at the Valspar Championship in | 1:06:37 | 1:06:41 | |
Florida. The 14 times major winner
has slipped to 388th in the world | 1:06:41 | 1:06:48 | |
rankings. He needed this putt on the
final hole to force a play-off with | 1:06:48 | 1:06:52 | |
Englishman Paul Casey. It came up
just short. That is Casey's first | 1:06:52 | 1:06:57 | |
tournament victory for nearly four
years. | 1:06:57 | 1:07:02 | |
There was a really disappointing
defeat for the British number one | 1:07:02 | 1:07:05 | |
Kyle Edmund at the Indian Wells
open. It was his first match since | 1:07:05 | 1:07:12 | |
reaching the final stages of the
Australian open. He was beaten in | 1:07:12 | 1:07:16 | |
straight sets. That is all the sport
for now. Headlines at half | 1:07:16 | 1:07:21 | |
past ten. | 1:07:21 | 1:07:24 | |
Theresa May will meet
the National Security Council today, | 1:07:24 | 1:07:27 | |
who are looking at the latest
evidence of the suspected poisoning | 1:07:27 | 1:07:29 | |
of a former Russian double
agent and his daughter. | 1:07:29 | 1:07:33 | |
An assessment will be made
of who might have carried out | 1:07:33 | 1:07:35 | |
the nerve agent attack. | 1:07:35 | 1:07:38 | |
Sergei and Yulia Skripal remain
critically ill in hospital. | 1:07:38 | 1:07:43 | |
People in Salisbury
are concerned about possible | 1:07:43 | 1:07:45 | |
contamination, and say
advice from officials has been slow. | 1:07:45 | 1:07:47 | |
Yesterday up to 500 Salisbury
members of the public | 1:07:47 | 1:07:50 | |
who were in a pub and restaurant
at the same time as the Skripals, | 1:07:50 | 1:07:53 | |
were told to wash their possessions
as a precaution after traces | 1:07:53 | 1:07:56 | |
of the nerve agent were found there. | 1:07:56 | 1:07:59 | |
Leila Nathoo is in Salisbury. | 1:07:59 | 1:08:06 | |
What is the latest? What is
happening today? There are still a | 1:08:06 | 1:08:12 | |
number of locations still in play in
the best occasion. The bench behind | 1:08:12 | 1:08:16 | |
me remains cordoned off. The
restaurant, Zizzi, and the pub are | 1:08:16 | 1:08:22 | |
key sites in the investigation
because traces of the nerve agent | 1:08:22 | 1:08:25 | |
have been found at both locations.
Police are still carrying out | 1:08:25 | 1:08:28 | |
searches there. We know the table at
the Zizzi restaurant were surrogate | 1:08:28 | 1:08:34 | |
and Yulia had their lunch has been
contaminated so much it has been | 1:08:34 | 1:08:39 | |
destroyed. We know the police are
still examining Sergei Skripal's car | 1:08:39 | 1:08:44 | |
and his home. Clearly a number of
locations still of interest to the | 1:08:44 | 1:08:48 | |
police. They are trying to ascertain
exactly when and how they were | 1:08:48 | 1:08:53 | |
exposed to this deadly chemical.
Police do know the nature of the | 1:08:53 | 1:08:59 | |
nerve agent, the precise chemical
that was used in this attack. They | 1:08:59 | 1:09:02 | |
are not revealing that publicly.
Clearly that will give them an | 1:09:02 | 1:09:06 | |
understanding of exactly how fast
acting this chemical was, and will | 1:09:06 | 1:09:09 | |
likely help them identify the exact
time and place the two were exposed | 1:09:09 | 1:09:15 | |
to that substance. This morning,
Theresa May is going to chair the | 1:09:15 | 1:09:19 | |
meeting of the National Security
Council. She's been kept updated on | 1:09:19 | 1:09:23 | |
the investigation. We know the Cobra
emergency committee has met to | 1:09:23 | 1:09:26 | |
discuss this at the highest level.
Clearly there is interest now to try | 1:09:26 | 1:09:32 | |
to pin some blame on who was
responsible. Although Amber Rudd has | 1:09:32 | 1:09:37 | |
been urging caution in jumping to
conclusions, the possibility that | 1:09:37 | 1:09:41 | |
the Russian state is involved in
some way in this incident is clearly | 1:09:41 | 1:09:45 | |
been considered quite strongly. And
some people cross because they were | 1:09:45 | 1:09:50 | |
told, wash your possessions if you
were in that pub or restaurant, but | 1:09:50 | 1:09:55 | |
they were told seven days after the
poisoning happened? Yeah, all along | 1:09:55 | 1:10:01 | |
there has been some concern about
the wider risk to the public about | 1:10:01 | 1:10:04 | |
this. This was a deadly chemical
used. The bench was cleared last | 1:10:04 | 1:10:12 | |
Sunday night by police and officers
in huge protective suits. There has | 1:10:12 | 1:10:17 | |
been reassurance from public health
officials that there was no wider | 1:10:17 | 1:10:20 | |
risk to the public and no reason to
be alarmed. Yesterday, a full week | 1:10:20 | 1:10:25 | |
on from the incident itself, we get
this warning to around 500 people | 1:10:25 | 1:10:30 | |
who dined at Zizzi and had been to
the Mill Pub, as a precaution, to | 1:10:30 | 1:10:34 | |
say, wash clothes, wiped down any
phones, any objects, as a precaution | 1:10:34 | 1:10:42 | |
in case Tupe don't -- to prevent
repeated exposure. There has been | 1:10:42 | 1:10:46 | |
anger and confusion among residents
who say, if we are at risk, why are | 1:10:46 | 1:10:52 | |
we only told this far on? If we are
not, why are we being told at all? | 1:10:52 | 1:10:56 | |
We spoke to one man who was at the
Mill Pub. | 1:10:56 | 1:11:00 | |
I have been more worried as the week
has gone on and the gravity of the | 1:11:00 | 1:11:06 | |
event that has taken place in a
small city has unravelled. The last | 1:11:06 | 1:11:10 | |
few days have become more
concerning. Certainly because they | 1:11:10 | 1:11:14 | |
haven't revealed what the nerve
agent was. And what the effect, the | 1:11:14 | 1:11:19 | |
long-term effect, on anyone's health
could be. I'd like to know what | 1:11:19 | 1:11:24 | |
precautions I personally can take,
rather than just washing my clothes, | 1:11:24 | 1:11:29 | |
having potentially already been
exposed, what other long-term | 1:11:29 | 1:11:31 | |
indications are there for me and my
wife? | 1:11:31 | 1:11:34 | |
We can talk now
to Matthew Dean, Conservative Leader | 1:11:34 | 1:11:38 | |
of Salisbury City Council. | 1:11:38 | 1:11:42 | |
Also with us, Marina Litvinenko, the
wife of Alexander Litvinenko, a | 1:11:42 | 1:11:47 | |
former Russian agent killed in 2006
after defecting to the UK. And Harry | 1:11:47 | 1:11:54 | |
Ferguson, a former MI6 officer.
Matthew Dean, why did it take so | 1:11:54 | 1:11:57 | |
long to warn people? I think that
was because of emerging science, | 1:11:57 | 1:12:03 | |
actually. You will recall that when
this incident happened last Sunday, | 1:12:03 | 1:12:07 | |
the original speculation was that
the casualties had taken a heroin | 1:12:07 | 1:12:13 | |
substitute. It took some days for
Public Health England to ascertain | 1:12:13 | 1:12:17 | |
it was a nerve agent, and then some
further science has been done and | 1:12:17 | 1:12:22 | |
they issued this very much
precautionary advice yesterday, | 1:12:22 | 1:12:28 | |
saying that only if you were in the
Mill Pub or Zizzi's restaurant on | 1:12:28 | 1:12:34 | |
Sunday or Monday, you may wish to
wash your clothes to eliminate any | 1:12:34 | 1:12:41 | |
possible long-term risk of public
health contamination. | 1:12:41 | 1:12:51 | |
health contamination. You don't
think the warning... Without | 1:12:51 | 1:12:57 | |
exposure you have no risk
whatsoever. If you are in the city | 1:12:57 | 1:12:59 | |
going about your normal business,
there is no risk. Why didn't the | 1:12:59 | 1:13:05 | |
warning, earlier? We knew earlier in
the week it was a deadly nerve | 1:13:05 | 1:13:08 | |
agent, potentially? Well, we could
only go on what Doctor Jane Harries, | 1:13:08 | 1:13:14 | |
the deputy public health director of
Public Health England, said | 1:13:14 | 1:13:19 | |
yesterday. She said in her statement
that the reason the advice was | 1:13:19 | 1:13:24 | |
forthcoming yesterday was because
they had done some more research. | 1:13:24 | 1:13:27 | |
And they had reached the conclusion
that there was a very small risk | 1:13:27 | 1:13:31 | |
that if you are in that restaurant
or that public house at the time, | 1:13:31 | 1:13:38 | |
that any substance was administered
to Mr Skripal or his daughter, but | 1:13:38 | 1:13:43 | |
possibly, over weeks and months, if
you continue to wear the same | 1:13:43 | 1:13:46 | |
clothes without washing them,
conceivably you may have some public | 1:13:46 | 1:13:52 | |
health consequences. That was it. Of
course, I think they just took the | 1:13:52 | 1:13:58 | |
view that any advice is important to
give out as soon as they have | 1:13:58 | 1:14:01 | |
ascertained exactly what the risk
was. | 1:14:01 | 1:14:05 | |
Thank you very much, Matthew Dean.
Let's talk to Marina Litvinenko and | 1:14:05 | 1:14:09 | |
Harry Ferguson. Marina Litvinenko,
what were your emotions when you | 1:14:09 | 1:14:14 | |
heard what was happening in
Salisbury? My first emotion was I | 1:14:14 | 1:14:20 | |
was absolutely shocked. I couldn't
believe something similar to me | 1:14:20 | 1:14:23 | |
happened again. But when I hear what
you already said in this programme, | 1:14:23 | 1:14:30 | |
and even you ask why after just one
week you need to protect yourself | 1:14:30 | 1:14:34 | |
wash your clothes, remember, it was
mustered 23 days just after my | 1:14:34 | 1:14:41 | |
husband all these protections were
done. Only after them. People didn't | 1:14:41 | 1:14:48 | |
know. They were sitting in a place
contaminated by radioactive | 1:14:48 | 1:14:51 | |
material. They didn't know in
hospital they were in contact with a | 1:14:51 | 1:14:57 | |
person who was poisoned by
radioactive material. In this case, | 1:14:57 | 1:15:00 | |
I would like to say that after one
week to receive this action is good. | 1:15:00 | 1:15:04 | |
If you remember what happened in
2006, everything was so much | 1:15:04 | 1:15:08 | |
delayed. | 1:15:08 | 1:15:13 | |
But you are shocked this could
happen again on British soil? Yes, | 1:15:17 | 1:15:22 | |
because there was a very serious
investigation after what happened to | 1:15:22 | 1:15:26 | |
my husband. There was a lot of money
paid for this investigation. After | 1:15:26 | 1:15:32 | |
ten years we provided a public
inquiry, which was not easy as well, | 1:15:32 | 1:15:36 | |
but we did it and people who wanted
to understand what actually happened | 1:15:36 | 1:15:44 | |
in 2006 could see evidence and
facts, and even more Russia was | 1:15:44 | 1:15:47 | |
named after this public inquiry as a
state behind this crime. And even | 1:15:47 | 1:15:55 | |
more, president Putin was named, who
has probably approved this crime. | 1:15:55 | 1:16:01 | |
And I believed after this public
inquiry verdict was released in 2016 | 1:16:01 | 1:16:08 | |
something would be done and what
happened one week ago, it looks like | 1:16:08 | 1:16:16 | |
nothing changed. Next week is the
Russian presidential election, | 1:16:16 | 1:16:22 | |
Vladimir Putin will probably be
re-elected, I do think the killing | 1:16:22 | 1:16:32 | |
of Sergei Skripal and his daughter
is related to this? I don't think it | 1:16:32 | 1:16:39 | |
does any harm. President Putin plays
to his domestic audience which is | 1:16:39 | 1:16:43 | |
Russian nationalists. If you ever
have the chance to get at one of | 1:16:43 | 1:16:50 | |
them come you take it and that
appears to be what's happened in | 1:16:50 | 1:16:53 | |
this case. Does that mean you think
it is from Vladimir Putin's point of | 1:16:53 | 1:16:59 | |
view, it is something that he | 1:16:59 | 1:17:05 | |
view, it is something that he might
be behind or just a freelancer? | 1:17:05 | 1:17:10 | |
That's where it gets interesting and
this is one of the reasons the | 1:17:10 | 1:17:14 | |
Government has been cautious in
attributing blame. It is hard to | 1:17:14 | 1:17:18 | |
imagine who it could be other than
the Russians, who else would want to | 1:17:18 | 1:17:25 | |
kill him? But finding out who it is
in Russia is very challenging. It | 1:17:25 | 1:17:35 | |
has become rather like the wild
west. There is an organisation of | 1:17:35 | 1:17:41 | |
former KGB officers who are ultra
nationalists who have sworn to get | 1:17:41 | 1:17:44 | |
people like Sergei Skripal because
they view traitors as the worst | 1:17:44 | 1:17:50 | |
criminals possible. They are quite
capable of doing something of their | 1:17:50 | 1:17:55 | |
own back because they have the
contacts. One thing that strikes me | 1:17:55 | 1:18:01 | |
about this assassination attempt is
that it is incredibly clumsy, | 1:18:01 | 1:18:05 | |
particularly if it has come through
the post. There's no reason the | 1:18:05 | 1:18:10 | |
Russian intelligence services should
do that and you've seen the | 1:18:10 | 1:18:13 | |
long-term effects locally. It also
killed a police officer which would | 1:18:13 | 1:18:17 | |
have elevated the whole event which
makes me wonder whether it is the | 1:18:17 | 1:18:21 | |
intelligence services behind it or
wannabes equally powerful groups who | 1:18:21 | 1:18:24 | |
have a great deal of control in
Russia today. OK, thank you, both. | 1:18:24 | 1:18:35 | |
The letters started
to arrive on Friday. | 1:18:36 | 1:18:40 | |
Printed on a side of A4
paper with the title, | 1:18:40 | 1:18:48 | |
'Punish a Muslim Day' -
it lay out a points based system | 1:18:51 | 1:18:56 | |
for certain acts of violence
towards Muslims living in the UK, | 1:18:56 | 1:18:58 | |
from 25 points for removing
a woman's headscarf to 500 points | 1:18:58 | 1:19:01 | |
for murdering a Muslim. | 1:19:01 | 1:19:02 | |
"Are you a sheep like the vast
majority of the population?" | 1:19:02 | 1:19:05 | |
the letter reads. | 1:19:05 | 1:19:06 | |
"Sheep follow orders
and are easily led. | 1:19:06 | 1:19:07 | |
They are allowing the white-majority
nations of Europe and north America | 1:19:07 | 1:19:10 | |
to become overrun by those
who would like nothing | 1:19:10 | 1:19:12 | |
more than to do us harm
and to turn our democracies | 1:19:12 | 1:19:15 | |
into Sharia-led police states." | 1:19:15 | 1:19:18 | |
The letters were received by people
in Bradford, Leicester, London, | 1:19:18 | 1:19:22 | |
Cardiff and Sheffield. | 1:19:22 | 1:19:27 | |
Counter-terrorism police, | 1:19:27 | 1:19:28 | |
co-ordinated in the North East,
are investigating. | 1:19:28 | 1:19:33 | |
We can speak now to Riaz Ahmed,
Lib Dem councillor | 1:19:33 | 1:19:35 | |
in Bradford, who received
one of the letters. | 1:19:35 | 1:19:38 | |
Also Fiyaz Mughal,
of Tell Mama UK, who monitor | 1:19:38 | 1:19:40 | |
anti-Muslim hate crime. | 1:19:40 | 1:19:41 | |
And Dr Paul Jackson,
a far right expert at | 1:19:41 | 1:19:43 | |
the University of Northampton. | 1:19:43 | 1:19:51 | |
Welcome all of you. | 1:19:53 | 1:19:58 | |
Mr Ahmed, when you opened this
and read it, what did | 1:19:58 | 1:20:01 | |
you think? | 1:20:01 | 1:20:05 | |
I thought it was something that
should go in the rubbish bin, an | 1:20:05 | 1:20:10 | |
advertisement or something. When I
read through it I was shocked and | 1:20:10 | 1:20:13 | |
amazed that some of the wording
used, which you mentioned earlier. | 1:20:13 | 1:20:18 | |
Especially throwing acid. With the
incidents that have happened around | 1:20:18 | 1:20:24 | |
the country recently it was very
shocking. The first reaction was to | 1:20:24 | 1:20:29 | |
take the letter down to the police
station. How worried are you? I am | 1:20:29 | 1:20:38 | |
just over 60 years old. Nope, sorry,
how worried are you? I wasn't | 1:20:38 | 1:20:46 | |
worried about it myself, but the
more I thought about it the more | 1:20:46 | 1:20:51 | |
shocking it became because the
intention is to terrorise people and | 1:20:51 | 1:20:54 | |
caused discord in the community.
Will it work? No, I'm proud to say | 1:20:54 | 1:21:01 | |
it hasn't worked and will not work
because the people in Britain have | 1:21:01 | 1:21:07 | |
come beyond that. Very few people
still hold those extreme views. | 1:21:07 | 1:21:15 | |
Iman, how many reports of letters
has your charity received? | 1:21:15 | 1:21:21 | |
Approximately 15 cases of these
letters which have gone to people | 1:21:22 | 1:21:26 | |
across the country, so there's been
about 15 of these letters but they | 1:21:26 | 1:21:30 | |
are very random. Clearly someone has
looked at or found Muslim sounding | 1:21:30 | 1:21:35 | |
names and sent them off so it is
targeted in the sense it is Muslim | 1:21:35 | 1:21:39 | |
individuals receiving it, but there
are 15 today. A similar campaign was | 1:21:39 | 1:21:46 | |
run from Sheffield postal area to
mosques in America so this is the | 1:21:46 | 1:21:53 | |
second part of a campaign and
whether they are linked or not, the | 1:21:53 | 1:21:56 | |
police will only know. The reality
is this is not the first campaign | 1:21:56 | 1:22:02 | |
that has taken place targeting
Muslim communities whether in the UK | 1:22:02 | 1:22:07 | |
or the US. What impact is it having?
It is elevating a sense of fear, | 1:22:07 | 1:22:13 | |
particularly within Muslim women.
They have already felt fear in | 1:22:13 | 1:22:17 | |
relation to hate crimes and
incidents may have seen in the press | 1:22:17 | 1:22:20 | |
and other areas so it has raised
elevation of fear in some parts of | 1:22:20 | 1:22:25 | |
the community but certainly as a
society we see this for what it is. | 1:22:25 | 1:22:31 | |
It is a group of individuals trying
to be malicious and we won't fall | 1:22:31 | 1:22:34 | |
into that trap. Paul Jackson, you
were an expert in the far right from | 1:22:34 | 1:22:41 | |
the University of Northampton. Who
might be behind these letters? I | 1:22:41 | 1:22:47 | |
don't know, possibly an individual
or a small group of people. Many | 1:22:47 | 1:22:54 | |
extreme groups are in a
marginalised, weak position and this | 1:22:54 | 1:22:59 | |
letter campaign is very low-tech, it
is very easy to do in various ways | 1:22:59 | 1:23:04 | |
but it doesn't suggest a super well
resourced group behind this, yet | 1:23:04 | 1:23:08 | |
they are also able to spread a lot
of fear, but maybe inspire some | 1:23:08 | 1:23:13 | |
other people to carry out some of
these attacks too. And these kind of | 1:23:13 | 1:23:19 | |
tactics have been used before? I
don't want to go too much into the | 1:23:19 | 1:23:23 | |
detail of the letter itself but some
of the types of attacks that have | 1:23:23 | 1:23:26 | |
been listed are things we have seen
in the last few years, like acid | 1:23:26 | 1:23:32 | |
attacks, and the Finsbury Park
mosque attack, so it is chiming with | 1:23:32 | 1:23:35 | |
something that could be seen as
tangible in terms of the ways Muslim | 1:23:35 | 1:23:39 | |
people have been attacked in recent
years. What is the state of the far | 1:23:39 | 1:23:45 | |
right in this country at the moment
in terms of numbers and strength and | 1:23:45 | 1:23:49 | |
so on? I think it has declined, in
the sense larger organisations have | 1:23:49 | 1:23:55 | |
waned like the British National
Party and the English Defence | 1:23:55 | 1:23:58 | |
League. Now we have a larger range
of either small groups or | 1:23:58 | 1:24:03 | |
individuals who can be very extreme,
can have the most extreme views you | 1:24:03 | 1:24:08 | |
can possibly imagine, and feel they
are under a sense of existential | 1:24:08 | 1:24:14 | |
threat to their white identities and
that was communicated in part of | 1:24:14 | 1:24:19 | |
this letter in a way. They may feel
they really do need to carry out | 1:24:19 | 1:24:24 | |
violent attacks in order to be able
to defend themselves. So the state | 1:24:24 | 1:24:29 | |
is small and fragmented but
sometimes quite dangerous. Thank | 1:24:29 | 1:24:34 | |
you, I'm sorry, I called you buy a
different name, I expected your | 1:24:34 | 1:24:40 | |
colleague. It's fine.
We are going to talk about Ken Dodd | 1:24:40 | 1:24:47 | |
now. | 1:24:47 | 1:24:49 | |
Sir Ken Dodd, creator
of the Diddy Men and one of the most | 1:24:49 | 1:24:53 | |
popular comedians of his time,
has died at the age of 90. | 1:24:53 | 1:24:55 | |
The Liverpool legend -
famous for his tickling stick - | 1:24:55 | 1:24:58 | |
had recently been released
from hospital after six weeks | 1:24:58 | 1:25:00 | |
of treatment for a chest infection. | 1:25:00 | 1:25:01 | |
He'd been a comedian since 1954,
and made it into the Guinness Book | 1:25:01 | 1:25:05 | |
of Records in the 1960s
for telling 1,500 jokes | 1:25:05 | 1:25:07 | |
in three and a half hours. | 1:25:07 | 1:25:15 | |
Geronimo! | 1:25:32 | 1:25:36 | |
Happiness! | 1:27:16 | 1:27:18 | |
We can speak now to
the actress Claire Sweeney, | 1:27:18 | 1:27:20 | |
a friend of Ken Dodd who grew up
working with him. | 1:27:20 | 1:27:26 | |
How will you remember him? He was a
one-off, wasn't he? A lot of people | 1:27:26 | 1:27:36 | |
didn't know much about his personal
life but from my point of view he | 1:27:36 | 1:27:41 | |
was the most generous and kind man.
What he gave me was more precious | 1:27:41 | 1:27:45 | |
than anything, he gave me time as --
he gave me time. As a 14-year-old | 1:27:45 | 1:27:54 | |
girl I used to support him, and I
remember watching him record a | 1:27:54 | 1:27:59 | |
television show. In the Green room
afterwards, I was there with my | 1:27:59 | 1:28:03 | |
parents, and it was a room full of
stars and television executives and | 1:28:03 | 1:28:07 | |
he spent the majority of the time
talking to me and my parents, | 1:28:07 | 1:28:11 | |
advising me and giving me pearls of
wisdom about the business. Even last | 1:28:11 | 1:28:18 | |
year, we were at a party and he was
asking me about my three-year-old | 1:28:18 | 1:28:21 | |
son, and he said, do you think he
has any inclinations about the | 1:28:21 | 1:28:26 | |
business? He said, if he has funny
bones tell me to spend the day with | 1:28:26 | 1:28:31 | |
me, and I will teach him everything
he needs to know. The workshop. He | 1:28:31 | 1:28:37 | |
lived and breathed the business but
behind every successful man there's | 1:28:37 | 1:28:43 | |
a wonderful woman, and Ann was with
him every step of the way. She would | 1:28:43 | 1:28:51 | |
be with a notebook writing down the
jokes he did, she was always there | 1:28:51 | 1:28:56 | |
for him. And it's very moving to
read they actually got married on | 1:28:56 | 1:29:03 | |
Friday, didn't they? Yes, a
wonderful woman. You were at his | 1:29:03 | 1:29:09 | |
90th birthday party which must have
been amazing. Last night I heard the | 1:29:09 | 1:29:15 | |
news, I sat reflecting and thought
what a great sendoff for him when he | 1:29:15 | 1:29:22 | |
was here. All of his friends and
family were there, and all of the | 1:29:22 | 1:29:27 | |
comics, people got up and paid
tribute to him, told jokes. He did | 1:29:27 | 1:29:33 | |
his turn at the end and everyone was
there to adore him and tell him how | 1:29:33 | 1:29:37 | |
much he loved him -- we loved him
before he left us. Will there ever | 1:29:37 | 1:29:45 | |
be anyone like him again? Times have
changed. I was speaking to someone | 1:29:45 | 1:29:49 | |
this morning, and they said, the
thing about Ken is he didn't need | 1:29:49 | 1:29:55 | |
television or press exposure. Not
like nowadays, he was a legendary | 1:29:55 | 1:30:00 | |
status without doing an interview or
any television he could fill | 1:30:00 | 1:30:04 | |
theatres. And his respect, I worked
with Jason Manford last year, and he | 1:30:04 | 1:30:10 | |
adored Kent. It was the younger
generation of comics who completely | 1:30:10 | 1:30:15 | |
adored him and respected him. | 1:30:15 | 1:30:21 | |
Thank you for coming on the
programme. | 1:30:22 | 1:30:24 | |
We appreciated. Thank you for your
many comments we have had a better | 1:30:24 | 1:30:29 | |
film we played at the beginning of
the programme involving a group of | 1:30:29 | 1:30:33 | |
volunteers taking over a four-storey
empty building in the centre of | 1:30:33 | 1:30:37 | |
London, in the West End, and
effectively inviting anybody who is | 1:30:37 | 1:30:41 | |
homeless to share it with them.
Allison says, while I think that | 1:30:41 | 1:30:45 | |
what the people in London are doing
is admirable, this is not fair on | 1:30:45 | 1:30:49 | |
landlords who have Depay business
rates on empty properties and | 1:30:49 | 1:30:53 | |
utility bills to keep services
running. It also means the landlords | 1:30:53 | 1:30:57 | |
will not be able to advertise their
properties is available for letting. | 1:30:57 | 1:31:02 | |
It is unfair that landlords have to
go to the extremes and costs of | 1:31:02 | 1:31:05 | |
getting an eviction order to get the
squatters out of their property. It | 1:31:05 | 1:31:10 | |
is not the responsibility of
landlords to subsidise social | 1:31:10 | 1:31:13 | |
welfare, nor should this be the
case. Leslie is a private landlord. | 1:31:13 | 1:31:17 | |
She has a little house standing
empty while advertising a tougher | 1:31:17 | 1:31:21 | |
rent. She had a lot of viewings. The
quality of the applicants was not | 1:31:21 | 1:31:26 | |
good. After three or four months she
had a letter from the local council | 1:31:26 | 1:31:29 | |
threatening to take it over from
this use. The shock of this was | 1:31:29 | 1:31:33 | |
terrible. This is my investment, my
income, my future. David says that | 1:31:33 | 1:31:40 | |
as a child he, together with his mum
and sister, were harmless and were | 1:31:40 | 1:31:47 | |
accommodated in workouts in
Camberwell. His mum worked in the | 1:31:47 | 1:31:50 | |
kitchen and all unemployed adults
were working in the building to run | 1:31:50 | 1:31:53 | |
and maintain it. Is it time to bring
back such hostels? There are many | 1:31:53 | 1:31:58 | |
old mills and warehouses that could
be converted and made habitable. | 1:31:58 | 1:32:02 | |
Lilly says, what a fantastic man the
volunteer was, providing such | 1:32:02 | 1:32:07 | |
essential, life-saving helper rough
sleeper is in London. Stuff the | 1:32:07 | 1:32:11 | |
building, it has been vacant for 15
years. They should be commended and | 1:32:11 | 1:32:16 | |
supported. This could be a new
scheme by the government. The power | 1:32:16 | 1:32:21 | |
of peer support, I love it.
Coming up, Jamie Carragher has | 1:32:21 | 1:32:27 | |
apologised... I will start that
again. Jamie Carragher has said he | 1:32:27 | 1:32:31 | |
will apologise again properly over
spitting at a 14-year-old girl, | 1:32:31 | 1:32:35 | |
which has left him facing talks with
his Sky Sports bosses. More in the | 1:32:35 | 1:32:40 | |
next half an hour. And new
allegations about controversial | 1:32:40 | 1:32:43 | |
bowel surgery. A leading pioneer of
mesh surgery at the centre of an NHS | 1:32:43 | 1:32:51 | |
investigation in Bristol. The full
story in the next few minutes. | 1:32:51 | 1:32:56 | |
Time for the latest news -
here's Joanna Gosling. | 1:32:56 | 1:33:02 | |
Comedian Sir Ken Dodd has died at
the age of 90. Described as one of | 1:33:02 | 1:33:06 | |
the last musical greats, he was
known phrase marathon stage | 1:33:06 | 1:33:10 | |
performances and the creation of the
Diddy Men and the tickling stick. | 1:33:10 | 1:33:14 | |
The Liverpool performer had been
recently treated for chest | 1:33:14 | 1:33:17 | |
infection. | 1:33:17 | 1:33:17 | |
The Government's National
Security Council will meet | 1:33:17 | 1:33:19 | |
shortly, to discuss the nerve agent
attack in Salisbury of a former | 1:33:19 | 1:33:22 | |
Russian intelligence
officer and his daughter. | 1:33:22 | 1:33:24 | |
The group, chaired
by the Prime Minister, | 1:33:24 | 1:33:25 | |
will be given the latest evidence
and intelligence on the attack, | 1:33:25 | 1:33:28 | |
before deciding what
action should be taken. | 1:33:28 | 1:33:31 | |
Yesterday hundreds of people
who were in the same pub | 1:33:31 | 1:33:34 | |
and restaurant as the victims,
were warned to wash their clothes | 1:33:34 | 1:33:37 | |
and other belongings they had
on them at the time. | 1:33:37 | 1:33:45 | |
Many people are feared to -- feared
to have died in a plane crash in | 1:33:45 | 1:33:49 | |
Kathmandu. Several bodies have been
recovered. | 1:33:49 | 1:33:53 | |
The plane from US-Bangla
Airline went off the runway | 1:33:53 | 1:33:55 | |
while landing, and crashed
on the side of the runway, | 1:33:55 | 1:33:58 | |
according to the Kathmandu Post. | 1:33:58 | 1:33:59 | |
It failed to land and ended up on
fire on a football pitch. | 1:33:59 | 1:34:04 | |
There are claims that up
to 1,000 children may have | 1:34:04 | 1:34:06 | |
been abused in the Shropshire town
of Telford over a 40 year period - | 1:34:06 | 1:34:09 | |
and MPs are now calling
for an inquiry. | 1:34:09 | 1:34:11 | |
Seven men have already
been convicted, | 1:34:11 | 1:34:13 | |
but it's thought others
have escaped charges. | 1:34:13 | 1:34:14 | |
It's thought the unfolding scandal
in Telford could be the worst | 1:34:14 | 1:34:17 | |
the country has ever seen. | 1:34:17 | 1:34:25 | |
Jamie Carragher has apologised,
after a video showed | 1:34:25 | 1:34:27 | |
the former England
and Liverpool defender | 1:34:27 | 1:34:28 | |
spitting at a girl in a car. | 1:34:28 | 1:34:30 | |
The footballer, who's
now a TV pundit, | 1:34:30 | 1:34:31 | |
had been covering his
former side's 2-1 defeat | 1:34:31 | 1:34:33 | |
by Manchester United on Saturday. | 1:34:33 | 1:34:35 | |
Footage has emerged of Mr
Carragher spitting toward | 1:34:35 | 1:34:37 | |
the vehicle from his own car. | 1:34:37 | 1:34:38 | |
On Twitter, he said he'd been
provoked, but described his actions | 1:34:38 | 1:34:41 | |
as "totally out of order". | 1:34:41 | 1:34:44 | |
That's a summary of
the latest BBC News. | 1:34:44 | 1:34:49 | |
This is what you say about the
spitting incident involving Jamie | 1:34:49 | 1:34:53 | |
Carragher. Ridgers says watching
spitting at a teenage girl an | 1:34:53 | 1:34:56 | |
absolute disgrace. While the FA
tries to clean up football, this | 1:34:56 | 1:35:02 | |
sort of behaviour is shocking to see
from an adult in a public arena. I | 1:35:02 | 1:35:06 | |
hope Sky Sports remove him from
their channel. John says, the driver | 1:35:06 | 1:35:09 | |
of the car in the character incident
should be arrested. He was driving | 1:35:09 | 1:35:14 | |
using his phone to film the
incident, not paying attention to | 1:35:14 | 1:35:18 | |
what he was doing and putting his
daughter at risk. He has broken the | 1:35:18 | 1:35:22 | |
law. Pete says it is clear from the
video that character was driving | 1:35:22 | 1:35:26 | |
dangerously and behaving violently
because his team had lost. He should | 1:35:26 | 1:35:30 | |
be prosecuted. If it was done on the
pitch he would be banned. | 1:35:30 | 1:35:33 | |
Now let's get some sport with Will. | 1:35:33 | 1:35:36 | |
It has been a morning to forget for
Britain's snowboarders at the Winter | 1:35:36 | 1:35:42 | |
Paralympics. All three were knocked
out. Owen Pick was eliminated in the | 1:35:42 | 1:35:45 | |
first race. The metal start gate
broke, which meant they had to use a | 1:35:45 | 1:35:51 | |
piece of rope. Harry Kane will have
a scan on his ankle today after he | 1:35:51 | 1:35:56 | |
was injured during Tottenham's 4-1
win over Bournemouth. Wales move | 1:35:56 | 1:36:04 | |
into second in the Six Nations table
after victory over Italy in Cardiff. | 1:36:04 | 1:36:10 | |
George North scored two of their
five tries, securing the bonus point | 1:36:10 | 1:36:15 | |
win. And Tiger Woods came so close
to winning his first title in more | 1:36:15 | 1:36:20 | |
than four years. He needed that putt
but ended up finishing just one shot | 1:36:20 | 1:36:27 | |
behind Englishman Paul Casey at the
Valspar Championship. The trial of | 1:36:27 | 1:36:30 | |
Ben Stokes will start at Bristol
Crown Court on the 6th of August, | 1:36:30 | 1:36:34 | |
which means he will miss the Lord's
test against India. | 1:36:34 | 1:36:36 | |
Thank you. Let's talk about Jamie
Carragher. He has said he will | 1:36:36 | 1:36:45 | |
apologise again properly over him
spitting, basically, which is left | 1:36:45 | 1:36:52 | |
him facing talks with his Sky Sports
bosses. He will need them today | 1:36:52 | 1:36:56 | |
after he spat at a 14-year-old girl
at the weekend. | 1:36:56 | 1:36:59 | |
Here is the video recording. I will
speak to the family again. Yes. | 1:36:59 | 1:37:13 | |
speak to the family again. Yes. Is
out of character? Of course. | 1:37:13 | 1:37:19 | |
No response to, are you going to be
sacked? Is Sky Sports spokesman said | 1:37:40 | 1:37:46 | |
they will address it with Jamie.
Here is the video of the spitting. | 1:37:46 | 1:37:52 | |
2-1, lad! Unlucky. Then the girl
said, he spat at me. We will see | 1:37:59 | 1:38:07 | |
what happens. You can follow
developments on BBC News. | 1:38:07 | 1:38:11 | |
Next, mesh. Excruciating pain, loss
of bowel control, these are various | 1:38:11 | 1:38:16 | |
outcomes for patients who had a
controversial type of bowel surgery | 1:38:16 | 1:38:21 | |
done by a surgeon who is now under
investigation by the NHS, and | 1:38:21 | 1:38:25 | |
suspended from two hospitals. It is
an issue we have covered on this | 1:38:25 | 1:38:31 | |
programme many times. Tony Dixon,
working privately and for the NHS in | 1:38:31 | 1:38:36 | |
Bristol, used synthetic mesh in
operations designed to help people | 1:38:36 | 1:38:38 | |
with bowel problems like
constipation and prolapse. A BBC | 1:38:38 | 1:38:45 | |
investigation led to more than 50
women are getting in touch. And new | 1:38:45 | 1:38:50 | |
allegations coming to light.
Matthew Hill reports. A group of | 1:38:50 | 1:38:54 | |
women brought together by the BBC.
They had surgery to help fix a | 1:38:54 | 1:38:59 | |
sagging bowel, or prolapse, and
relieve constipation. Last year, I | 1:38:59 | 1:39:05 | |
revealed major concerns about the
mesh used in this procedure and | 1:39:05 | 1:39:10 | |
about one pioneering surgeon, Tony
Dixon. After the film went out, | 1:39:10 | 1:39:13 | |
around 50 people got in touch. I
invited them to Bristol to hear | 1:39:13 | 1:39:18 | |
their stories. Chop me that people
were having issues. I thought I was | 1:39:18 | 1:39:23 | |
an individual case. -- it shocked
me. Obviously not. There were calls | 1:39:23 | 1:39:29 | |
for the mesh to be banned after the
documentary. The mesh can erode | 1:39:29 | 1:39:35 | |
become infected. It failed within
three weeks. I felt everything | 1:39:35 | 1:39:40 | |
dropping. It was very uncomfortable.
Most of the patients we have spoken | 1:39:40 | 1:39:46 | |
to came to see Mr Dixon here in
Bristol. Many paid thousands of | 1:39:46 | 1:39:51 | |
pounds for private operations. Some
were seen on the NHS. They were | 1:39:51 | 1:39:53 | |
attracted to him because he built up
an international reputation in bowel | 1:39:53 | 1:40:00 | |
surgery using the mesh. Mr Dixon
also works at Southmead. He has been | 1:40:00 | 1:40:08 | |
suspended from operating at both
hospitals while they investigate. He | 1:40:08 | 1:40:12 | |
couldn't comment on specific
allegations because of patient | 1:40:12 | 1:40:14 | |
confidentiality.
Joe Howard mesh before she saw Mr | 1:40:14 | 1:40:22 | |
Dixon in 2012. It didn't work.
I explained I was still in pain and | 1:40:22 | 1:40:28 | |
he asked me about my intimate
relationship with my husband and how | 1:40:28 | 1:40:31 | |
that was at the time. What did you
say? I said at the time that six was | 1:40:31 | 1:40:36 | |
still a bit painful, to be honest.
-- sex. He said, surely it's good | 1:40:36 | 1:40:43 | |
when sex is a bit painful? What did
you think of that? I was just | 1:40:43 | 1:40:49 | |
shocked. She said she wanted a new
biological mesh, but I heard that Mr | 1:40:49 | 1:40:54 | |
Dixon used plastic. The previous
specialist recommended no more | 1:40:54 | 1:40:58 | |
synthetic mesh be put in because of
the problems I had had. I was under | 1:40:58 | 1:41:03 | |
the impression that biological mesh
would be used. What happened? I had | 1:41:03 | 1:41:09 | |
the operation. A short while after I
was experiencing pain, ex-specially | 1:41:09 | 1:41:16 | |
when passing stills. My bowel felt
like it was on fire at times. Mr | 1:41:16 | 1:41:22 | |
Dixon said he could not comment on
specific allegations because of | 1:41:22 | 1:41:27 | |
patient confidentiality, but has
apologised in the past when a | 1:41:27 | 1:41:30 | |
patient complained about his
behaviour. Many of his patients are | 1:41:30 | 1:41:35 | |
now travelling to London for help.
And there is one surgeon they want | 1:41:35 | 1:41:44 | |
to see, whose services have bidding
huge demand in recent months, | 1:41:44 | 1:41:48 | |
specifically for mesh removal. There
is no way of knowing how many people | 1:41:48 | 1:41:51 | |
it happen too. A lot of patients are
now aware that the symptoms they | 1:41:51 | 1:41:55 | |
have had for many years may be
related to the complications with | 1:41:55 | 1:41:59 | |
the mess. They have come to seek
help. We had at the beginning around | 1:41:59 | 1:42:04 | |
two or three a month. We are now
getting at least one patient every | 1:42:04 | 1:42:09 | |
other third or fourth day. | 1:42:09 | 1:42:15 | |
other third or fourth day. I used to
perform live regularly in different | 1:42:17 | 1:42:19 | |
bands. Things have not been right
for me since I had that procedure | 1:42:19 | 1:42:26 | |
because I feel like it's changed me
on some level. David Rowlands | 1:42:26 | 1:42:33 | |
suffered years of bowel pain before
coming to see a specialist in | 1:42:33 | 1:42:36 | |
Bristol. He explained a little about
what he thought the problem was and | 1:42:36 | 1:42:44 | |
he said, "I am going to put you in a
taxi immediately." Before I knew it | 1:42:44 | 1:42:50 | |
I was being ferried to a
consultation room with Mr Dixon. My | 1:42:50 | 1:42:56 | |
head was spinning, thinking, what on
earth is going on? What happened? | 1:42:56 | 1:43:01 | |
Hull he said he would need to do a
consultation. Now this examination | 1:43:01 | 1:43:07 | |
was simply a digital examination. Of
my back passage. And that lasted for | 1:43:07 | 1:43:15 | |
maybe five minutes. It was very
quick, really. He sort of described | 1:43:15 | 1:43:22 | |
it as a vast amount of prolapse
inside there. Just weeks later, | 1:43:22 | 1:43:29 | |
David had the mesh. It didn't work.
Experts told me it is harder to | 1:43:29 | 1:43:35 | |
diagnose a small prolapse without a
scam. David would have known if it | 1:43:35 | 1:43:39 | |
had have been severe. The speed of
events has left him doubting whether | 1:43:39 | 1:43:43 | |
he needed mesh at all. I mean, it's
looking very much like that that | 1:43:43 | 1:43:49 | |
might be the case. I'm not a doctor.
I don't know. That is how you feel? | 1:43:49 | 1:43:55 | |
Gosh, yeah.
Mr Dixon has previously said any | 1:43:55 | 1:44:02 | |
surgery could have complications and
that his operations were done in | 1:44:02 | 1:44:05 | |
good faith and the majority were
successful. Mesh does work for some | 1:44:05 | 1:44:10 | |
people. It did for Emily. I had the
operation fully explained, what it | 1:44:10 | 1:44:18 | |
was, the reason for it. Did that
include publications? Yes. Like | 1:44:18 | 1:44:26 | |
many, she had a prolapse and is one
of a handful of people to contact us | 1:44:26 | 1:44:30 | |
in support of Mr Dixon. She says he
was always professional. It was | 1:44:30 | 1:44:35 | |
really a massive change. I felt like
I had felt before I had the | 1:44:35 | 1:44:41 | |
children. Continence was fine. All
the discomfort was gone. I have | 1:44:41 | 1:44:53 | |
always been told mesh complication
rates are very low, and it should | 1:44:53 | 1:44:57 | |
work for most people. But where is
the evidence for this? This from the | 1:44:57 | 1:45:02 | |
pelvic floor society. Tony Dixon was
a founder member. They have only | 1:45:02 | 1:45:10 | |
just started collecting data but
admitted poor quality. | 1:45:10 | 1:45:17 | |
How can you quote those rates when
it is poor data you are basing it | 1:45:21 | 1:45:28 | |
on? It is the only data we have. The
criticism is the same for any | 1:45:28 | 1:45:37 | |
medical research. Back in Bristol,
the hospital said they could not | 1:45:37 | 1:45:44 | |
comment on individual cases. Spire
saved he no longer worked there. | 1:45:44 | 1:45:56 | |
Guidance is now tightening on mesh
but only after many patients | 1:45:56 | 1:46:00 | |
suffered and Tony Dixon made his
name. I am getting by, but I have | 1:46:00 | 1:46:08 | |
lost a part of myself in that I am
not doing the performing and writing | 1:46:08 | 1:46:16 | |
because it has knocked me back.
Sometimes you look at the prognosis | 1:46:16 | 1:46:21 | |
ahead of you and it can become very
daunting. I have been told if the | 1:46:21 | 1:46:28 | |
methods I use now to continue with
my life don't work, I will have to | 1:46:28 | 1:46:34 | |
have a bag. It is something I don't
think about at my age. You can watch | 1:46:34 | 1:46:45 | |
the report on the iPlayer after
8:30pm tonight. | 1:46:45 | 1:47:03 | |
Let's get more on the breaking news
from Nepal that there has been a | 1:47:05 | 1:47:11 | |
crash near Kathmandu airport. The
plane reportedly became unstable as | 1:47:11 | 1:47:19 | |
it descended and skidded off the
runway. Let's talk to our reporter | 1:47:19 | 1:47:25 | |
in Kathmandu. What more can you tell
us? What we are hearing from the | 1:47:25 | 1:47:33 | |
airport authorities is that there
were 67 passengers, and it overshot | 1:47:33 | 1:47:42 | |
the runway and crashed in the
eastern part of the runway and | 1:47:42 | 1:47:45 | |
immediately caught fire. The fire
has been contained and according to | 1:47:45 | 1:47:52 | |
the authorities, 25 people have been
rushed to hospital and there are | 1:47:52 | 1:47:59 | |
some reports of casualties. The
rescue operation is ongoing. | 1:47:59 | 1:48:14 | |
rescue operation is ongoing. What
weather conditions like as this | 1:48:14 | 1:48:15 | |
plane came in? The weather was a bit
cloudy but not exceptional. The | 1:48:15 | 1:48:28 | |
plane just skidded off the runway
and overshot, according to the | 1:48:28 | 1:48:34 | |
general manager of the airport.
Currently the flights are all | 1:48:34 | 1:48:39 | |
cancelled. Thank you very much. | 1:48:39 | 1:48:47 | |
cancelled. Thank you very much. A
big reaction from you two-hour film | 1:48:47 | 1:48:49 | |
about a group of homeless people in
London who have settled on a | 1:48:49 | 1:48:52 | |
building that has been empty for
many years and they have effectively | 1:48:52 | 1:48:57 | |
invited any homeless person in to
share the shelter. | 1:48:57 | 1:49:07 | |
On Wednesday the group,
calling themselves | 1:49:07 | 1:49:08 | |
the Sofia Solidarity Centre,
will go to court to fight | 1:49:08 | 1:49:11 | |
a possession order from
the landlord in a bid to stay. | 1:49:11 | 1:49:13 | |
We gained access to the building
and spoke to some of the volunteers | 1:49:13 | 1:49:16 | |
and people living there. | 1:49:16 | 1:49:19 | |
We played you the full film earlier,
here is a short extract. | 1:49:19 | 1:49:29 | |
OK, so when we have
somebody new come in, | 1:49:34 | 1:49:36 | |
they come in the front door,
they'll be greeted here. | 1:49:36 | 1:49:39 | |
We'll ask them what they need, how
they are, what their priority is, | 1:49:39 | 1:49:42 | |
whether they want to go straight
to sleep, to eat, and we have | 1:49:42 | 1:49:45 | |
the kitchen down the end there. | 1:49:45 | 1:49:47 | |
We can provide and are providing
hot, nutritious food all the time. | 1:49:47 | 1:49:50 | |
There's tea and coffee,
some medical supplies, | 1:49:50 | 1:49:51 | |
and we have people who know how
to look after people. | 1:49:51 | 1:49:54 | |
So if somebody needs
some attention to wounds | 1:49:54 | 1:49:56 | |
or infections, we can do that. | 1:49:56 | 1:49:57 | |
We have been donated a huge amount
of clothing, bedding, | 1:49:57 | 1:49:59 | |
so whatever the people need
and whatever their priorities are, | 1:49:59 | 1:50:02 | |
we can look after them. | 1:50:02 | 1:50:04 | |
We've got sitting areas
on the ground floor here | 1:50:04 | 1:50:07 | |
and on the first floor. | 1:50:07 | 1:50:14 | |
There was electricity
already on in the building, | 1:50:14 | 1:50:16 | |
and the water was already on. | 1:50:16 | 1:50:17 | |
We just tidied up the plumbing
where there were leaks and stuff, | 1:50:17 | 1:50:20 | |
made sure everything
is safe and secure. | 1:50:20 | 1:50:22 | |
We have qualified
electricians helping us. | 1:50:22 | 1:50:23 | |
I'm a plumber-builder as well, so... | 1:50:23 | 1:50:25 | |
We do safety checks every day,
make sure there's nothing dangerous, | 1:50:25 | 1:50:27 | |
no cables to trip over,
everything's lit properly, | 1:50:27 | 1:50:29 | |
so people don't... | 1:50:29 | 1:50:30 | |
Yeah, we're keeping people safe. | 1:50:30 | 1:50:32 | |
Do you worry that you might attract
the wrong kind of attention | 1:50:32 | 1:50:34 | |
and people that don't necessarily
need help might come here? | 1:50:34 | 1:50:39 | |
It becomes quite obvious very
quickly and, yes, it may happen. | 1:50:39 | 1:50:46 | |
But that, as a percentage
of the whole of what we're doing, | 1:50:46 | 1:50:48 | |
I think it's worth it. | 1:50:48 | 1:50:52 | |
Some people might argue that
you guys aren't able to give | 1:50:52 | 1:50:54 | |
the support that a lot of the people
coming through the doors | 1:50:54 | 1:50:58 | |
need that a shelter,
a regular shelter, might be able to. | 1:50:58 | 1:51:05 | |
I'll counter that with the fact that
a lot of people who are supposedly | 1:51:05 | 1:51:08 | |
psychologists and mental health
workers have learnt it from a book. | 1:51:08 | 1:51:14 | |
We've all learned it the hard way
and we can actually give more | 1:51:14 | 1:51:17 | |
support because we've all been
down the road. | 1:51:17 | 1:51:23 | |
If any person comes
in with a particular issue, | 1:51:23 | 1:51:25 | |
there is someone here who has
already been through that issue. | 1:51:25 | 1:51:27 | |
We can actually guide people
through our own experiences, | 1:51:27 | 1:51:30 | |
empathy and listening,
so we're actually better qualified | 1:51:30 | 1:51:32 | |
than most people who are qualified. | 1:51:32 | 1:51:34 | |
What about others who might say that
you've got no business being here, | 1:51:34 | 1:51:37 | |
you don't own the building,
that you're not paying | 1:51:37 | 1:51:39 | |
rent for the building. | 1:51:39 | 1:51:40 | |
What would you say to that? | 1:51:40 | 1:51:45 | |
Our brothers and sisters
have no business being | 1:51:45 | 1:51:47 | |
on the street, freezing, dying. | 1:51:47 | 1:51:51 | |
And there are ten empty
commercial buildings for every | 1:51:51 | 1:51:53 | |
person that is registered
as street sleeping. | 1:51:53 | 1:51:58 | |
Ten empty commercial buildings
for every person who is registered | 1:51:58 | 1:52:00 | |
as sleeping on the streets. | 1:52:00 | 1:52:02 | |
I'm sorry. | 1:52:02 | 1:52:03 | |
What business model is that? | 1:52:03 | 1:52:06 | |
So, yeah, no business being here,
with 100 people here, eating, | 1:52:06 | 1:52:09 | |
sleeping, comfortably? | 1:52:09 | 1:52:12 | |
We're saving lives here. | 1:52:12 | 1:52:13 | |
I'm sorry. | 1:52:13 | 1:52:14 | |
Property? | 1:52:14 | 1:52:16 | |
I have disregard for that. | 1:52:16 | 1:52:21 | |
When the building's been empty 15
years and we can save lives with it, | 1:52:21 | 1:52:24 | |
it's our moral duty
to save those lives. | 1:52:24 | 1:52:32 | |
I have loads of comments here, I'm
just going to find them. Bear with | 1:52:38 | 1:52:43 | |
me on second. Alan says, I agree
unused buildings should be used for | 1:52:43 | 1:52:49 | |
homeless sleeping, however I don't
agree with stealing utilities. | 1:52:49 | 1:52:53 | |
Perhaps there could be away the
utility companies could provide | 1:52:53 | 1:52:57 | |
services at a nominal or for free as
most rough sleepers received money | 1:52:57 | 1:53:08 | |
from begging.
Christopher says, would the viewers | 1:53:08 | 1:53:15 | |
be so keen if they owned these
properties? Some say is what's | 1:53:15 | 1:53:21 | |
unfair is buildings being bought and
then left an empty, as their value | 1:53:21 | 1:53:27 | |
increases. Town centres lookalike
dumps because of it. Karen says most | 1:53:27 | 1:53:33 | |
cities have empty buildings and
thousands of homeless people, it is | 1:53:33 | 1:53:38 | |
not rocket. Thank you for those. | 1:53:38 | 1:53:41 | |
Tory MPs have labelled as "wrong"
and "unwise" comments | 1:53:41 | 1:53:43 | |
made by Sir Vince Cable,
that older Brexit voters | 1:53:43 | 1:53:45 | |
were "driven by nostalgia". | 1:53:45 | 1:53:46 | |
The Lib Dem leader said too many
older people who voted | 1:53:46 | 1:53:49 | |
Leave longed for a world
where "faces were white". | 1:53:49 | 1:53:57 | |
So, what motivated you to vote
Leave? | 1:55:00 | 1:55:05 | |
We can speak now to Ash
Sarkar, Senior Editor | 1:55:05 | 1:55:07 | |
at Novara Media, and Conservative
activist Aman Singh Bhogal - | 1:55:07 | 1:55:15 | |
What do you say to Vince Cable? Bite
is wrong and disrespectful, and he's | 1:55:26 | 1:55:33 | |
not trying to unite the country with
what he has said. To make things | 1:55:33 | 1:55:38 | |
worse, I think Vince Cable has
doubled down this morning on calling | 1:55:38 | 1:55:43 | |
so many people racist. That's not
what he said, he said I didn't say | 1:55:43 | 1:55:48 | |
that at all. I have travelled the
country knocking on doors and the | 1:55:48 | 1:55:54 | |
overwhelming majority of people I
spoke to who wrote for Brexit was to | 1:55:54 | 1:56:00 | |
take back control of laws, money and
our borders, and to build a liberal, | 1:56:00 | 1:56:06 | |
democratic and more reclusive United
Kingdom which is fair to immigrants | 1:56:06 | 1:56:09 | |
whether they are from Eastern Europe
or India. What would you say, Ash? I | 1:56:09 | 1:56:22 | |
voted Remain but I was not a Remain
supporter, and I don't think all | 1:56:22 | 1:56:28 | |
Leave voters are racist. However I
do think all racists voted Leave | 1:56:28 | 1:56:34 | |
because the campaign material was so
racialised. The non-EU migrants, | 1:56:34 | 1:56:39 | |
Brown faces, stood in for the figure
in terms of Nigel Farage's breaking | 1:56:39 | 1:56:44 | |
point posters. You cannot reduce
everything to do with Leave to those | 1:56:44 | 1:56:49 | |
moments but also imperial nostalgia
is now shaping vision for a | 1:56:49 | 1:56:53 | |
post-Brexit Society. Upcoming
African trade deals have been | 1:56:53 | 1:57:01 | |
described as Empire 2.0. I am an
older voter, I voted to leave Europe | 1:57:01 | 1:57:14 | |
and quite frankly it doesn't matter
how you dress it up, any words used | 1:57:14 | 1:57:22 | |
by Sir Vince Cable to say we are
nostalgic for white faces is | 1:57:22 | 1:57:28 | |
accusing us of being racist, there's
no other way to describe it. And how | 1:57:28 | 1:57:33 | |
do you react to that, Harry? I am
thoroughly offended by it because I | 1:57:33 | 1:57:40 | |
and the majority of shall we call
them grey voters are not racist at | 1:57:40 | 1:57:47 | |
all. We, if we voted back in the
70s, joined what we thought was just | 1:57:47 | 1:57:55 | |
going to be a trading market. What
we have now got is a move to some | 1:57:55 | 1:58:01 | |
sort of federalised Europe, which we
have had no consultation over. OK, | 1:58:01 | 1:58:08 | |
I'm going to pause you there because
it is the end of the programme. | 1:58:08 | 1:58:12 | |
Thank you for your time, it was
short but sweet. | 1:58:12 | 1:58:18 | |
On the programme tomorrow -
Noel Edmonds on why he's trying | 1:58:18 | 1:58:20 | |
to sue a bank after falling victim
to a multi-million pound | 1:58:20 | 1:58:23 | |
fraud a decade ago. | 1:58:23 | 1:58:24 | |
Thank you for your company | 1:58:24 | 1:58:25 |