0:00:04 > 0:00:05Tonight at six,
0:00:05 > 0:00:08the International Aid Secretary's career hangs in the balance.
0:00:08 > 0:00:13She's minutes away from a showdown with Theresa May.
0:00:13 > 0:00:15Priti Patel was ordered to fly back to London
0:00:15 > 0:00:17in the middle of an official trip.
0:00:17 > 0:00:21She's due in Downing Street any minute now.
0:00:21 > 0:00:23Priti Patel is accused of not telling Mrs May
0:00:23 > 0:00:26about highly sensitive meetings with top Israeli politicians.
0:00:26 > 0:00:29Labour says she must go.
0:00:29 > 0:00:34She needs to go, first and foremost, but after that we need
0:00:34 > 0:00:37to have a full investigation to find out what happened at these meetings,
0:00:37 > 0:00:39who was at the meetings and, more importantly,
0:00:39 > 0:00:43has any damage being done?
0:00:43 > 0:00:46A government battling on many fronts, a Westminster sex scandal,
0:00:46 > 0:00:51criticism of the Foreign Secretary, and now this.
0:00:51 > 0:00:55We'll be asking what this says about Theresa May's authority.
0:00:55 > 0:00:58Also tonight, a new warning on NHS waiting lists in England.
0:00:58 > 0:01:02There'll be an extra million if there's no extra cash.
0:01:02 > 0:01:05Hollywood star Kevin Spacey faces a new allegation
0:01:05 > 0:01:10of sexual misconduct - we hear from an alleged victim.
0:01:10 > 0:01:13Imagine living in the middle of an industrial estate.
0:01:13 > 0:01:17The plight facing Victoria and her daughter after being made homeless.
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0:02:01 > 0:02:03Priti Patel's position as International Development
0:02:03 > 0:02:06Secretary is looking increasingly uncertain tonight.
0:02:06 > 0:02:09In the next hour, she faces a make-or-break meeting
0:02:09 > 0:02:11with the Prime Minister after being ordered
0:02:11 > 0:02:14back to London while on an official visit in Africa.
0:02:14 > 0:02:16Last Friday, the BBC revealed that Ms Patel had held several
0:02:16 > 0:02:18unauthorised meetings with Israeli politicians while on holiday
0:02:18 > 0:02:22in the country this summer.
0:02:22 > 0:02:25She apologised for that on Monday, but there are now questions
0:02:25 > 0:02:28about other meetings she did not disclose.
0:02:28 > 0:02:30Our diplomatic correspondent James Landale,
0:02:30 > 0:02:40who broke the story, has this report.
0:02:40 > 0:02:45This afternoon, Priti Patel arrived back from Kenya, avoiding the queues
0:02:45 > 0:02:48and cameras, enjoying this perk of ministerial office for perhaps the
0:02:48 > 0:02:53last time. The International Development Secretary had been
0:02:53 > 0:02:57summoned back to London after more details have emerged of her
0:02:57 > 0:03:00undisclosed meetings while on holiday in Israel, the secret
0:03:00 > 0:03:04diplomacy that opposition parties believe broke ministerial rules.
0:03:04 > 0:03:08Well, what she's done it she has shown us that she hasn't got respect
0:03:08 > 0:03:12for the job itself, she has breached the Ministerial Code by not being
0:03:12 > 0:03:16transparent, by not making sure that all the meetings were listed, and
0:03:16 > 0:03:19the Prime Minister should have sacked as soon as she found out that
0:03:19 > 0:03:29she'd reached that code.The controversy began when Ms Patel went
0:03:29 > 0:03:32on holiday to Israel in August. I heard some rumours about what you
0:03:32 > 0:03:34have got up to, checked them out, and then last Friday I reported that
0:03:34 > 0:03:37Ms Patel had held a number of meetings with officials and
0:03:37 > 0:03:38charities without telling the Foreign Office, as would be
0:03:38 > 0:03:42expected. That afternoon, she challenged my report, telling the
0:03:42 > 0:03:45Guardian that the Foreign Secretary, Boris Johnson, did know about the
0:03:45 > 0:03:49visit. But it emerged on Monday that she had been summoned to Downing
0:03:49 > 0:03:52Street to be reprimanded by the Prime Minister and reminded of
0:03:52 > 0:03:55ministerial rules. She sued a statement apologising, and admitting
0:03:55 > 0:03:59there had been 12 secret meetings, including one with Israel's Prime
0:03:59 > 0:04:05Minister. Downing Street hoped that would be that. But on
0:04:05 > 0:04:05Minister. Downing Street hoped that morning, I reported that after the
0:04:05 > 0:04:16trip, Ms Patel suggested using British aid money for Israeli army
0:04:16 > 0:04:20work in the Golan Heights. Then Ms Patel disappeared on a prearranged
0:04:20 > 0:04:23trip as it emerged that Downing Street had not known about the plan
0:04:23 > 0:04:26to help the Israeli army, then it emerged overnight that Ms Patel and
0:04:26 > 0:04:30had two further meetings with senior Israelis in September, without
0:04:30 > 0:04:34following usual procedures, without civil servants present. After all
0:04:34 > 0:04:38this, it was no surprise she was ordered back to London. There will
0:04:38 > 0:04:41also reports that Ms Patel had taken the controversial step of visiting
0:04:41 > 0:04:45an Israeli army field hospital in the Golan Heights, an area not
0:04:45 > 0:04:48recognised by the British Government. So why did Priti Patel
0:04:48 > 0:04:52act that she did? Some MPs believe she simply didn't realise what she
0:04:52 > 0:04:56was doing was wrong. Others say she doesn't like officialdom and has a
0:04:56 > 0:04:59history of doing things without telling civil servants. Other
0:04:59 > 0:05:04suspect she was pursuing her own private foreign-policy.Politics is
0:05:04 > 0:05:09not a game...All this matters not just because there is a risk of
0:05:09 > 0:05:12policy confusion but because government is based on Cabinet
0:05:12 > 0:05:14responsibility, the idea that the men and women around this table
0:05:14 > 0:05:19speak as one and are accountable to Parliament and the public as one.
0:05:19 > 0:05:22Tonight, who ministerial colleagues were hardly rushing to her defence.
0:05:22 > 0:05:27Quick question? Priti Patel, do you think she should resign?I'm going
0:05:27 > 0:05:31to leave it or not to the Prime Minister, thank you very much.But
0:05:31 > 0:05:36some allies did come to her aid. Priti should not resign, she has
0:05:36 > 0:05:39clearly been foolish, she is a workaholic, she should have had
0:05:39 > 0:05:42officials with her, they would have briefed her, they would have
0:05:42 > 0:05:45reported back and make sure that the Foreign Office knew what was
0:05:45 > 0:05:49happening. She didn't do that, it was an air of judgment, but she has
0:05:49 > 0:05:53been a good Secretary of State.This evening, Priti Patel was being
0:05:53 > 0:05:58German to Westminster to the learn her vote. She has apologised for her
0:05:58 > 0:06:01behaviour, but her apparent lack of candour about her holiday in Israel
0:06:01 > 0:06:04may mean she is coming to the end of the ministerial road. James Landale,
0:06:04 > 0:06:06BBC News.
0:06:06 > 0:06:08Joining me from Downing Street is our political editor,
0:06:08 > 0:06:09Laura Kuenssberg.
0:06:09 > 0:06:16Laura, whether Priti Patel goes not we will know soon enough, but all of
0:06:16 > 0:06:21this is pretty damaging for the Prime Minister.Well, George,
0:06:21 > 0:06:25certainly today has been a bit of a political pantomime, the Government
0:06:25 > 0:06:28privately being fairly candid about the fact that they think Ms Patel is
0:06:28 > 0:06:32certainly on her way out of the door, while in public people watched
0:06:32 > 0:06:39as Ms Patel got her plane, flew back, the long journey of hours and
0:06:39 > 0:06:42hours, eventually landed at Heathrow with speculation and fever pitch
0:06:42 > 0:06:46over when and how she was going to be dispatched. Now, as we talk, I
0:06:46 > 0:06:50understand that the Prime Minister and Ms Patel still have not had a
0:06:50 > 0:06:54conversation, even on the phone. They will be meeting any next hour
0:06:54 > 0:06:59or so, and of course this comes on top of, just a week ago, the former
0:06:59 > 0:07:03Defence Secretary, Michael Fallon, being dispatched from government
0:07:03 > 0:07:06over allegations of harassment, and many of our viewers and members of
0:07:06 > 0:07:08the public might question if team-mates can't keep control of her
0:07:08 > 0:07:13ministers, if ministers are not behaving at the standard to which we
0:07:13 > 0:07:18would hope and expect them to, well, how can she really be trusted to run
0:07:18 > 0:07:23the country? That said, when you talk about damage, in any of these
0:07:23 > 0:07:27kinds of situations, Prime Ministers have to make a calculation - is it
0:07:27 > 0:07:30more damaging to keep hold of somebody whose behaviour has not
0:07:30 > 0:07:33come up to scratch, or is it more damaging to go through the
0:07:33 > 0:07:37short-term pain of getting them out of the door and having to sort out a
0:07:37 > 0:07:41replacement? It is not officially confirmed, but it seems, in this
0:07:41 > 0:07:45case, that Theresa May does feel she has to make the decision to go for
0:07:45 > 0:07:51the short-term pain, get her out, get somebody else in. But without
0:07:51 > 0:07:55question, this adds to the general shakiness and around the Government,
0:07:55 > 0:08:02and it does again undermine Theresa May's authority that was so damaged
0:08:02 > 0:08:06after the general election. There is still the possibility of a miracle,
0:08:06 > 0:08:10that Ms Patel manages to argue and hang onto her job, but as we talk
0:08:10 > 0:08:13right now, that seems extremely unlikely.Laura, thank you very
0:08:13 > 0:08:14much.
0:08:14 > 0:08:17The head of NHS England has given his starkest warning yet
0:08:17 > 0:08:19about the impact its financial woes are having on patient care.
0:08:19 > 0:08:23Simon Stephens says it won't be able to do everything that's asked of it.
0:08:23 > 0:08:25He told a conference in Birmingham that independent studies show
0:08:25 > 0:08:28the NHS will face a £4 billion funding gap next year.
0:08:28 > 0:08:34Our health editor, Hugh Pym, reports.
0:08:34 > 0:08:38It's a key indicator of how well the NHS is doing.
0:08:38 > 0:08:40Ten years ago, there were over 4 million people waiting
0:08:40 > 0:08:43for routine surgery in England.
0:08:43 > 0:08:45That figure fell to around 2.5 million,
0:08:45 > 0:08:49but in the past few years it's risen back to the 4 million mark.
0:08:49 > 0:08:54Now the head of the NHS is warning it could hit 5 million.
0:08:54 > 0:08:57From Simon Stevens, this was an unusually direct message
0:08:57 > 0:09:00aimed straight at Downing Street.
0:09:00 > 0:09:02On the current funding outlook,
0:09:02 > 0:09:08the NHS waiting list will grow to 5 million people by 2021.
0:09:08 > 0:09:12That's an extra million people on the waiting list,
0:09:12 > 0:09:16one in ten of us waiting for an operation,
0:09:16 > 0:09:19the highest number ever.
0:09:19 > 0:09:21Simon Stevens is certainly playing a high-stakes game.
0:09:21 > 0:09:25This was an extraordinary intervention from a senior public
0:09:25 > 0:09:27official, demanding more money ahead of the Budget
0:09:27 > 0:09:32and warning of the consequences if he doesn't get it.
0:09:32 > 0:09:35Rose is one patient
0:09:35 > 0:09:37who thinks the NHS needs a rapid financial boost.
0:09:37 > 0:09:39She believes she's missing out
0:09:39 > 0:09:42on the specialist care she needs for her MS.
0:09:42 > 0:09:45You call to make an appointment, and they make you wait two or three
0:09:45 > 0:09:48weeks, and then you when you get in there, they're very busy,
0:09:48 > 0:09:51and they just say, "Well, actually, at this point you should just call
0:09:51 > 0:09:54a physio, and maybe they can help you strengthen your core muscles."
0:09:54 > 0:09:57And I can't get through to physio, they don't answer their phone,
0:09:57 > 0:09:58they don't answer e-mails.
0:09:58 > 0:10:00Remember this?
0:10:00 > 0:10:02The Vote Leave battle bus
0:10:02 > 0:10:07and the claim that Brexit would mean £350 million more for the NHS.
0:10:07 > 0:10:12That was quoted by Simon Stevens as part of his pitch for more money.
0:10:12 > 0:10:14Trust in democratic politics will not be strengthened
0:10:14 > 0:10:17if anyone now tries to argue,
0:10:17 > 0:10:20"You voted Brexit partly for a better funded health service,
0:10:20 > 0:10:26but precisely because of Brexit you now can't have one."
0:10:26 > 0:10:29The Health Secretary said it was a Vote Leave,
0:10:29 > 0:10:30not a Government pledge,
0:10:30 > 0:10:33but any Brexit dividend should help the NHS.
0:10:33 > 0:10:36If we end up having less pressure on public finances,
0:10:36 > 0:10:40because of the fact that we are not making net contributions to the EU,
0:10:40 > 0:10:47then I believe the NHS should be the first port of call.
0:10:47 > 0:10:51Any budget funding increase for health in England
0:10:51 > 0:10:53would automatically mean more money
0:10:53 > 0:10:55for Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.
0:10:55 > 0:10:57It's now down to the Chancellor
0:10:57 > 0:11:00and whether he believes the claims of Simon Stevens.
0:11:00 > 0:11:03Hugh Pym, BBC News.
0:11:03 > 0:11:06The Hollywood actor and theatre director Kevin Spacey
0:11:06 > 0:11:10is facing fresh allegations of sexual misconduct tonight.
0:11:10 > 0:11:12The US journalist Heather Unruh has told reporters that her son
0:11:12 > 0:11:15was sexually assualted by Mr Spacey last year.
0:11:15 > 0:11:20Mr Spacey has not responded to any of the allegations.
0:11:20 > 0:11:22The actors' union, Equity, told the BBC that the problems
0:11:22 > 0:11:24of sexual harrasment were endemic in the industry.
0:11:24 > 0:11:30Our special correspondent Lucy Manning reports.
0:11:30 > 0:11:39In July 2016, actor Kevin Spacey sexually assaulted my son.
0:11:39 > 0:11:41The tears of a mother in Boston today,
0:11:41 > 0:11:46revealing what she claimed happened to her son.
0:11:46 > 0:11:51The victim, my son, was a starstruck straight 18-year-old young man,
0:11:51 > 0:11:57who had no idea that the famous actor was an alleged sexual
0:11:57 > 0:12:04predator, or that he was about to become his next victim.
0:12:04 > 0:12:07Journalist Heather Unruh's tweet about Kevin Spacey
0:12:07 > 0:12:11last month triggered all the allegations against him.
0:12:11 > 0:12:15Today, she went public and the police are now investigating.
0:12:15 > 0:12:19To Kevin Spacey, I want to say this.
0:12:19 > 0:12:22Shame on you for what you did to my son.
0:12:22 > 0:12:26The BBC has interviewed more alleged victims.
0:12:26 > 0:12:29Chris Nixon did not have to speak out but wanted to make clear
0:12:29 > 0:12:32Kevin Spacey's behaviour was part of a pattern.
0:12:32 > 0:12:36It is not just sleazy, it is predatorial.
0:12:36 > 0:12:41He did what he did because he knew he'd get away with it.
0:12:41 > 0:12:43The one-time barman met Kevin Spacey in London in 2007,
0:12:43 > 0:12:46when he alleges the actor groped him.
0:12:46 > 0:12:50Kevin Spacey sat down on the sofa next to me,
0:12:50 > 0:12:53asked if it was my girlfriend, then reached over and grabbed...
0:12:53 > 0:12:58He then describes a sexually explicit action and words.
0:12:58 > 0:13:00A couple of weeks after the party at his place,
0:13:00 > 0:13:03he was in the bar, reached forward, grabbed my waistband and said
0:13:03 > 0:13:06something to the effect of, "If I can make it up to you,"
0:13:06 > 0:13:08or, "Let me make it up to you."
0:13:08 > 0:13:10So I went back upstairs, was standing behind the bar
0:13:10 > 0:13:12thinking, "What the hell just happened?"
0:13:12 > 0:13:15I was in work so I could not make a scene about it.
0:13:15 > 0:13:18I told him in no uncertain terms where he could go.
0:13:18 > 0:13:21The BBC also spoke to an American film-maker who did not
0:13:21 > 0:13:23want to be fully identified.
0:13:23 > 0:13:26In the 1990s, he was a junior crew member
0:13:26 > 0:13:29on a film Kevin Spacey directed.
0:13:29 > 0:13:31He claims the actor sexually harassed him, something he mentioned
0:13:31 > 0:13:35to another man working on the film.
0:13:35 > 0:13:39He said, "You too, huh?" I said, "What do you mean, you too?"
0:13:39 > 0:13:42He said, "He was touching you and flirting with you?"
0:13:42 > 0:13:48I said, "Yeah, it was awful." He said, "Yeah, he did that to me."
0:13:48 > 0:13:52The first week we were all out of the bar, and he grabbed my butt,
0:13:52 > 0:13:54and I turned round, and I said to him,
0:13:54 > 0:13:56"Kevin, if you ever do that again,
0:13:56 > 0:13:58I will kick your ass, so leave me alone."
0:13:58 > 0:14:01In the UK, the actors' union says sexual harassment
0:14:01 > 0:14:04in the industry is endemic.
0:14:04 > 0:14:07Can those at the Old Vic Theatre, where Kevin Spacey worked
0:14:07 > 0:14:10for 11 years, really have been in the dark?
0:14:10 > 0:14:13The theatre initially said it had no complaints against him,
0:14:13 > 0:14:18but it has now appointed external advisers to investigate.
0:14:18 > 0:14:22Kevin Spacey has not responded to any of the latest allegations.
0:14:22 > 0:14:25Previously, he said he needed to examine his own behaviour.
0:14:25 > 0:14:30Lucy Manning, BBC News.
0:14:30 > 0:14:33Relatives of the 12 people who died after an IRA bomb exploded
0:14:33 > 0:14:35at a Remembrance service in Enniskillen have held a memorial
0:14:35 > 0:14:43service in the town to mark the 30th anniversary of the explosion.
0:14:43 > 0:14:47A plaque was unveiled and the names of those killed were read aloud.
0:14:47 > 0:14:50The Queen sent a message saying the memorial was a poignant
0:14:50 > 0:14:54reminder of a terrible event.
0:14:54 > 0:14:56The trial has begun of a woman charged with murdering her
0:14:56 > 0:14:59ex-boyfriend following a suspected acid attack.
0:14:59 > 0:15:02The jury has heard that Mark Van Dongen was left paralysed
0:15:02 > 0:15:05from the neck down and lost his left leg, ear and eye.
0:15:05 > 0:15:08He ended his life in a euthanasia clinic 15 months later
0:15:08 > 0:15:10saying he couldn't bear the pain any longer.
0:15:10 > 0:15:19Our correspondent Jon Kay reports from Bristol Crown Court.
0:15:21 > 0:15:24They were together for five years.
0:15:24 > 0:15:26Mark van Dongen and Berlinah Wallace.
0:15:26 > 0:15:27He was an engineer from Holland.
0:15:27 > 0:15:37She was a fashion student from South Africa.
0:15:37 > 0:15:38They lived in this Bristol flat.
0:15:38 > 0:15:41The prosecution claims that in September 2015 she bought
0:15:41 > 0:15:44sulphuric acid online and threw it over him while he was sleeping
0:15:44 > 0:15:45in just a pair of shorts.
0:15:55 > 0:16:02Before the jury saw videos they were warned they might be shocked. They
0:16:02 > 0:16:17saw Mark in bed with scars across his face and upper body.
0:16:20 > 0:16:22He says he woke up and saw Heather
0:16:29 > 0:16:33-- he woke up and says he saw Berlinah Wallace laughing.
0:16:36 > 0:16:38The jury was told that she laughed, saying, "If I can't
0:16:38 > 0:16:48have you, no-one will."
0:16:59 > 0:17:03Our top story this evening.
0:17:03 > 0:17:05The Cabinet career of Priti Patel hangs in the balance.
0:17:05 > 0:17:09And still to come...
0:17:09 > 0:17:12How new skin grown by scientists in a lab saved this boy's life.
0:17:12 > 0:17:15Coming up on Sportsday on BBC News, could UK Anti-Doping go bankrupt?
0:17:15 > 0:17:17That's their concern if former heavyweight world champion
0:17:17 > 0:17:27Tyson Fury successfully sues them for loss of earnings.
0:17:29 > 0:17:31Now to a new report highlighting the plight
0:17:31 > 0:17:32of the homeless in England.
0:17:32 > 0:17:34The charity Shelter says the number of people rough sleeping,
0:17:34 > 0:17:36staying in hostels or temporary accommodation is more
0:17:36 > 0:17:38than quarter of a million.
0:17:38 > 0:17:41Since 2010, the number of people sleeping on the streets in England
0:17:41 > 0:17:46alone has increased by 134%.
0:17:46 > 0:17:48More than 100,000 children in England are living
0:17:48 > 0:17:53with their families in temporary accommodation.
0:17:53 > 0:17:55Our social affairs correspondent Michael Buchanan has been to one
0:17:55 > 0:17:58industrial estate in London that is now housing dozens of families.
0:17:58 > 0:18:00In the world's sixth richest nation, increasingly people
0:18:00 > 0:18:03cannot afford a home.
0:18:03 > 0:18:06In Newham in east London one in every 25 people is homeless,
0:18:06 > 0:18:09according to today's report.
0:18:09 > 0:18:12Rising levels of rough sleeping are the most obvious sign.
0:18:12 > 0:18:16But homelessness is not always apparent.
0:18:16 > 0:18:19This is the Winnow Lane trading estate in South London.
0:18:19 > 0:18:24It is busy and noisy, and home to dozens of young families.
0:18:24 > 0:18:27They live here, Connect House, a former office block.
0:18:27 > 0:18:32Scores of families sent by nearby councils.
0:18:32 > 0:18:36For Victoria and her daughter Daisy, this cramped room is home.
0:18:36 > 0:18:38Do you want some soup, darling?
0:18:38 > 0:18:40They have been here since April.
0:18:40 > 0:18:44Seven months of sheer hell.
0:18:44 > 0:18:46All I have to do to electrocute myself here
0:18:46 > 0:18:48is turn the tap on fully.
0:18:48 > 0:18:50The water comes out and drips everywhere,
0:18:50 > 0:18:54all over electrical stuff.
0:18:54 > 0:18:56They became homeless when a landlord sold their property.
0:18:56 > 0:18:58And they could not find another home.
0:18:58 > 0:19:00I have malnutrition.
0:19:00 > 0:19:02And it's a struggle.
0:19:02 > 0:19:06I need to eat protein and I need an oven.
0:19:06 > 0:19:08They do have a microwave.
0:19:08 > 0:19:12But it is no substitute for home cooking and quite dangerous to use.
0:19:12 > 0:19:16It is heartbreaking.
0:19:16 > 0:19:20I have never seen her so sad in her entire life.
0:19:20 > 0:19:22Sometimes if she's really tired I lift her legs
0:19:22 > 0:19:26into bed and tuck her in.
0:19:26 > 0:19:28This building is a damning indictment of Britain's
0:19:28 > 0:19:32housing crisis.
0:19:32 > 0:19:34More than 80 families, usually more than 100 children,
0:19:34 > 0:19:36are living here.
0:19:36 > 0:19:39And each family is paying hundreds of pounds each week to live
0:19:39 > 0:19:43in a converted office.
0:19:43 > 0:19:47The landlord here gets almost £1 million a year in housing benefit.
0:19:47 > 0:19:49They say they have costs such as maintenance,
0:19:49 > 0:19:53and that no one is forced to stay here.
0:19:53 > 0:19:58But still, some are desperate to leave.
0:19:58 > 0:20:00Was he able to breathe on his own?
0:20:00 > 0:20:02No.
0:20:02 > 0:20:10Angela Vasey shows me the prized photos of her son Kilani.
0:20:10 > 0:20:12He died aged 40 days of several complications.
0:20:12 > 0:20:15Among his mum's regrets, is that the ambulance could not find
0:20:15 > 0:20:17this obscure office block when her labour started, forcing her
0:20:17 > 0:20:19to have the child in the car park.
0:20:19 > 0:20:23When I came back from the hospital, when I came back to the estate
0:20:23 > 0:20:25I still saw all the blood on the floor.
0:20:25 > 0:20:28Every time I come here I just feel so weird at being here, you know.
0:20:28 > 0:20:32Sometimes I think I see my little one in the bed next to me.
0:20:32 > 0:20:40Because I was meant to to bring him home to this address.
0:20:40 > 0:20:43Following our enquiries, Angelle says has been offered a move.
0:20:43 > 0:20:45But her room will be quickly filled, the councils who send
0:20:45 > 0:20:47people here say they have few other options.
0:20:47 > 0:20:49Ministers say they are determined to end all homelessness.
0:20:49 > 0:20:52But no one expects it to happen any time soon.
0:20:52 > 0:20:53Michael Buchanan, BBC News.
0:20:53 > 0:20:55The family of the sacked Welsh assembly member, Carl Sargeant,
0:20:55 > 0:20:58has released correspondence indicating that he faced allegations
0:20:58 > 0:21:00of "unwanted attention, inappropriate touching or groping",
0:21:00 > 0:21:02which he denied.
0:21:02 > 0:21:04In a statement, the family said that the 49-year-old was not given
0:21:04 > 0:21:11details of the allegations before he apparently took his own life.
0:21:11 > 0:21:16Our Wales correspondent Sian Lloyd is in Cardiff.
0:21:16 > 0:21:24What more can you tell us?Well, George, Carl Sargeant's family have
0:21:24 > 0:21:30released a series of letters. They show at the time of his death, Mr
0:21:30 > 0:21:32Sargent was aware of the broad nature of the allegations against
0:21:32 > 0:21:37him, but he did not know the details, and he was distressed that
0:21:37 > 0:21:42he could not defend himself and there were warnings about his mental
0:21:42 > 0:21:47state of mind and his welfare. The First Minister Carwyn Jones is
0:21:47 > 0:21:50accused of prejudicing the investigation by commenting to the
0:21:50 > 0:21:54media, so we get a sense of the anger the family have been feeling,
0:21:54 > 0:22:00but also from Welsh Labour sources tonight, a feeling of groundswell of
0:22:00 > 0:22:03opinion and the rank-and-file, that he was badly treated in the way it
0:22:03 > 0:22:08has been handled. Labour say they followed procedures and Carwyn Jones
0:22:08 > 0:22:11has released a statement saying he is deeply upset by the death of his
0:22:11 > 0:22:14friend. This is the biggest challenge in his leadership and
0:22:14 > 0:22:20tomorrow, he will face Welsh Assembly members here.Thank you.
0:22:20 > 0:22:23A child suffering from a rare genetic condition which leaves skin
0:22:23 > 0:22:26as fragile as a butterfly's wings has been given new genetically
0:22:26 > 0:22:28modified skin in a series of life-saving operations in Germany.
0:22:28 > 0:22:30Using experimental therapy, skin was taken from the boy,
0:22:30 > 0:22:33its DNA repaired in a laboratory, and the new skin was then grafted
0:22:33 > 0:22:36back on, covering more than three quarters of his body.
0:22:36 > 0:22:37It's a medical first.
0:22:37 > 0:22:42James Gallagher reports.
0:22:42 > 0:22:46When Hassan was just a week old, his skin began to tear and blister.
0:22:46 > 0:22:50He has junctional epidermolysis bullosa.
0:22:50 > 0:22:53The separate layers of his skin should be held together like Velcro.
0:22:53 > 0:22:56But Hassan's DNA is missing vital instructions that leave his skin
0:22:56 > 0:23:01as fragile as a butterfly's wing.
0:23:01 > 0:23:03There is no cure and around four in ten patients
0:23:03 > 0:23:06do not reach adolescence.
0:23:06 > 0:23:09Hassan's dad said it was an upsetting time for the family.
0:23:09 > 0:23:13TRANSLATION:He was in severe pain.
0:23:13 > 0:23:15He was asking me a lot of questions.
0:23:15 > 0:23:18I couldn't answer them.
0:23:18 > 0:23:20For example, why do I have this disease?
0:23:20 > 0:23:24Why do I have this life?
0:23:24 > 0:23:27In June 2015 Hassan was critically ill at the Children's Hospital
0:23:27 > 0:23:29in Bochum, Germany.
0:23:29 > 0:23:32And doctors did not think he would survive.
0:23:32 > 0:23:36More than half his body looked like a red raw open wound.
0:23:36 > 0:23:39In an experimental therapy, a patch of Hassan's skin
0:23:39 > 0:23:42was taken to a lab in Italy.
0:23:42 > 0:23:46There it was infected with the virus.
0:23:46 > 0:23:49Viruses are good at getting inside cells and this one was used
0:23:49 > 0:23:52like a postman to deliver the missing instructions for binding
0:23:52 > 0:23:55layers of skin together.
0:23:55 > 0:23:58Large sheets of the skin were then grown and grafted
0:23:58 > 0:24:01back onto Hassan's body.
0:24:01 > 0:24:03This breakthrough is exciting doctors.
0:24:03 > 0:24:06I got goose bumps when I heard this.
0:24:06 > 0:24:08It was just incredible.
0:24:08 > 0:24:11Very, very exciting.
0:24:11 > 0:24:13Is this going to make a difference for patients today?
0:24:13 > 0:24:16This treatment is not available and it is not going to be available
0:24:16 > 0:24:18in the next few months.
0:24:18 > 0:24:22But this is a massive advance in research.
0:24:22 > 0:24:25Four-year-old Tia is just one of half a million people living with
0:24:25 > 0:24:28epidermolysis bullosa worldwide.
0:24:28 > 0:24:31This gave us a lot of hope.
0:24:31 > 0:24:34If it is going to make her better and make her have a normal life,
0:24:34 > 0:24:37we would definitely go for it.
0:24:37 > 0:24:40Every birthday that she has, I dread it sometimes
0:24:40 > 0:24:43because I always sit and think, is she going to die this year?
0:24:43 > 0:24:45Is she going to live?
0:24:45 > 0:24:48And I don't want to think that any more.
0:24:48 > 0:24:50But this is not a proven therapy.
0:24:50 > 0:24:51It is experimental.
0:24:51 > 0:24:55Clinical trials are underway to see if it can be used more widely.
0:24:55 > 0:24:59James Gallagher, BBC News.
0:24:59 > 0:25:02It began as an experiment that was supposed to last just two
0:25:02 > 0:25:06years, but today BBC local radio is 50 years old.
0:25:06 > 0:25:09Originally funded by local councils the number of stations grew from 20
0:25:09 > 0:25:11in the early '70s to more than 40 now.
0:25:11 > 0:25:13Radio Leicester was the first to go on-air.
0:25:13 > 0:25:23From there our Media Editor Amol Rajan reports.
0:25:23 > 0:25:31People were really panicking... Leicester City have created history.
0:25:31 > 0:25:35For decades, local radio has provided a sound track to
0:25:35 > 0:25:39communities across the country. It was 50 years ago today that the BBC
0:25:39 > 0:25:44launched local radio from its hub in Leicester.We have had the
0:25:44 > 0:25:49Postmaster general to open the station.That was the brainchild of
0:25:49 > 0:25:52Frank Gillard, a veteran war correspondent who had been inspired
0:25:52 > 0:25:58by local media in America and Canada.It is our 50th birthday.
0:25:58 > 0:26:08Over 30 million of us listen to commercial or BBC local radio
0:26:08 > 0:26:13stations every week, including this breakfast show in BBC Leicester.
0:26:13 > 0:26:18People get involved, it is their own local radio station. They say it is
0:26:18 > 0:26:22my own local radio station, kind of thing, so that kind of thing
0:26:22 > 0:26:28resonates.Local radio is being buffeted by technological forces.
0:26:28 > 0:26:33The audience is getting older and longer the younger listeners have
0:26:33 > 0:26:41choices like never before. But local radio remains remarkably resilient.
0:26:41 > 0:26:46It will grow in importance as other kinds of media declines. Local media
0:26:46 > 0:26:50such as newspapers. Over 200 titles have shut in the past two years
0:26:50 > 0:26:55alone. The Coventry Telegraph, which is 126 years old, is reaching more
0:26:55 > 0:26:59people than ever before through the web, but making a profit through
0:26:59 > 0:27:04local news is dauntingly tough.The audience is shifting but as they are
0:27:04 > 0:27:08shifting the moving away from print so print revenues are falling. We do
0:27:08 > 0:27:13need to replace those print revenues with digital revenues and we're
0:27:13 > 0:27:18working hard to build a really large and engaged and local, loyal
0:27:18 > 0:27:22audience here.Whatever the platform, it is a vibe another 50
0:27:22 > 0:27:26years, local radio will have to continue connecting with its
0:27:26 > 0:27:37audience on a personal level.Well done rich who had a fantastic time
0:27:37 > 0:27:40riding the 210 taxi today...
0:27:40 > 0:27:42Time for a look at the weather...
0:27:42 > 0:27:43Here's Ben Rich.
0:27:48 > 0:27:55Hello. It is a very changeable week. South-eastern areas struggled to
0:27:55 > 0:27:59break up the cloud and now it is all lies to the north-west. This shield
0:27:59 > 0:28:05of cloud working its way in. It will bring patchy rain tonight. Where we
0:28:05 > 0:28:09keep hold of some clear skies towards the south-east, it will turn
0:28:09 > 0:28:14decidedly chilly. The countryside could dip below freezing. It will
0:28:14 > 0:28:18also turn chilly across the north of Scotland as the skies clear again
0:28:18 > 0:28:23here by the end of the night. Into tomorrow, it is a process of
0:28:23 > 0:28:28breaking up the cloud really. A damp and chilly start across England and
0:28:28 > 0:28:37Wales. The cloud gradually peeling back. Some heavy showers in the far
0:28:37 > 0:28:41north of Scotland. For most places, temperatures tomorrow and nudge up
0:28:41 > 0:28:46on where they have been today. Into tomorrow evening, it will be fine
0:28:46 > 0:28:50but another change. Things cloud over from the West. Rain into
0:28:50 > 0:28:53Northern Ireland and Scotland. That will sink southwards and eastwards
0:28:53 > 0:28:58and it will be gone by the morning. Wintry showers across high ground in
0:28:58 > 0:29:03Scotland. At this stage it will be feeling much colder in the north. 6
0:29:03 > 0:29:07degrees in Aberdeen. Here we go again. Another area of rain into the
0:29:07 > 0:29:11far west by the end of the day. That will be associated with