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Tonight at six,

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the International Aid Secretary's

career hangs in the balance.

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She's minutes away from

a showdown with Theresa May.

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Priti Patel was ordered

to fly back to London

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in the middle of an official trip.

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She's due in Downing Street

any minute now.

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Priti Patel is accused

of not telling Mrs May

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about highly sensitive meetings

with top Israeli politicians.

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Labour says she must go.

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She needs to go, first and foremost,

but after that we need

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to have a full investigation to find

out what happened at these meetings,

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who was at the meetings and,

more importantly,

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has any damage being done?

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A government battling on many

fronts, a Westminster sex scandal,

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criticism of the Foreign Secretary,

and now this.

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We'll be asking what this says

about Theresa May's authority.

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Also tonight, a new warning

on NHS waiting lists in England.

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There'll be an extra million

if there's no extra cash.

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Hollywood star Kevin Spacey

faces a new allegation

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of sexual misconduct -

we hear from an alleged victim.

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Imagine living in the middle

of an industrial estate.

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The plight facing Victoria and her

daughter after being made homeless.

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Good evening, welcome

to the BBC News At Six.

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Priti Patel's position

as International Development

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Secretary is looking

increasingly uncertain tonight.

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In the next hour,

she faces a make-or-break meeting

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with the Prime Minister

after being ordered

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back to London while on

an official visit in Africa.

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Last Friday, the BBC revealed

that Ms Patel had held several

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unauthorised meetings with Israeli

politicians while on holiday

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in the country this summer.

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She apologised for that on Monday,

but there are now questions

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about other meetings

she did not disclose.

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Our diplomatic correspondent

James Landale,

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who broke the story,

has this report.

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This afternoon, Priti Patel arrived

back from Kenya, avoiding the queues

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and cameras, enjoying this perk of

ministerial office for perhaps the

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last time. The International

Development Secretary had been

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summoned back to London after more

details have emerged of her

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undisclosed meetings while on

holiday in Israel, the secret

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diplomacy that opposition parties

believe broke ministerial rules.

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Well, what she's done it she has

shown us that she hasn't got respect

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for the job itself, she has breached

the Ministerial Code by not being

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transparent, by not making sure that

all the meetings were listed, and

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the Prime Minister should have

sacked as soon as she found out that

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she'd reached that code.

The

controversy began when Ms Patel went

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on holiday to Israel in August. I

heard some rumours about what you

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have got up to, checked them out,

and then last Friday I reported that

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Ms Patel had held a number of

meetings with officials and

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charities without telling the

Foreign Office, as would be

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expected. That afternoon, she

challenged my report, telling the

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Guardian that the Foreign Secretary,

Boris Johnson, did know about the

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visit. But it emerged on Monday that

she had been summoned to Downing

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Street to be reprimanded by the

Prime Minister and reminded of

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ministerial rules. She sued a

statement apologising, and admitting

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there had been 12 secret meetings,

including one with Israel's Prime

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Minister. Downing Street hoped that

would be that. But on

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Minister. Downing Street hoped that

morning, I reported that after the

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trip, Ms Patel suggested using

British aid money for Israeli army

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work in the Golan Heights. Then Ms

Patel disappeared on a prearranged

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trip as it emerged that Downing

Street had not known about the plan

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to help the Israeli army, then it

emerged overnight that Ms Patel and

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had two further meetings with senior

Israelis in September, without

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following usual procedures, without

civil servants present. After all

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this, it was no surprise she was

ordered back to London. There will

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also reports that Ms Patel had taken

the controversial step of visiting

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an Israeli army field hospital in

the Golan Heights, an area not

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recognised by the British

Government. So why did Priti Patel

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act that she did? Some MPs believe

she simply didn't realise what she

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was doing was wrong. Others say she

doesn't like officialdom and has a

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history of doing things without

telling civil servants. Other

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suspect she was pursuing her own

private foreign-policy.

Politics is

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not a game...

All this matters not

just because there is a risk of

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policy confusion but because

government is based on Cabinet

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responsibility, the idea that the

men and women around this table

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speak as one and are accountable to

Parliament and the public as one.

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Tonight, who ministerial colleagues

were hardly rushing to her defence.

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Quick question? Priti Patel, do you

think she should resign?

I'm going

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to leave it or not to the Prime

Minister, thank you very much.

But

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some allies did come to her aid.

Priti should not resign, she has

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clearly been foolish, she is a

workaholic, she should have had

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officials with her, they would have

briefed her, they would have

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reported back and make sure that the

Foreign Office knew what was

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happening. She didn't do that, it

was an air of judgment, but she has

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been a good Secretary of State.

This

evening, Priti Patel was being

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German to Westminster to the learn

her vote. She has apologised for her

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behaviour, but her apparent lack of

candour about her holiday in Israel

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may mean she is coming to the end of

the ministerial road. James Landale,

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BBC News.

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Joining me from Downing Street

is our political editor,

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Laura Kuenssberg.

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Laura, whether Priti Patel goes not

we will know soon enough, but all of

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this is pretty damaging for the

Prime Minister.

Well, George,

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certainly today has been a bit of a

political pantomime, the Government

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privately being fairly candid about

the fact that they think Ms Patel is

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certainly on her way out of the

door, while in public people watched

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as Ms Patel got her plane, flew

back, the long journey of hours and

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hours, eventually landed at Heathrow

with speculation and fever pitch

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over when and how she was going to

be dispatched. Now, as we talk, I

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understand that the Prime Minister

and Ms Patel still have not had a

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conversation, even on the phone.

They will be meeting any next hour

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or so, and of course this comes on

top of, just a week ago, the former

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Defence Secretary, Michael Fallon,

being dispatched from government

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over allegations of harassment, and

many of our viewers and members of

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the public might question if

team-mates can't keep control of her

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ministers, if ministers are not

behaving at the standard to which we

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would hope and expect them to, well,

how can she really be trusted to run

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the country? That said, when you

talk about damage, in any of these

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kinds of situations, Prime Ministers

have to make a calculation - is it

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more damaging to keep hold of

somebody whose behaviour has not

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come up to scratch, or is it more

damaging to go through the

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short-term pain of getting them out

of the door and having to sort out a

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replacement? It is not officially

confirmed, but it seems, in this

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case, that Theresa May does feel she

has to make the decision to go for

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the short-term pain, get her out,

get somebody else in. But without

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question, this adds to the general

shakiness and around the Government,

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and it does again undermine Theresa

May's authority that was so damaged

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after the general election. There is

still the possibility of a miracle,

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that Ms Patel manages to argue and

hang onto her job, but as we talk

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right now, that seems extremely

unlikely.

Laura, thank you very

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much.

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The head of NHS England has

given his starkest warning yet

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about the impact its financial woes

are having on patient care.

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Simon Stephens says it won't be able

to do everything that's asked of it.

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He told a conference in Birmingham

that independent studies show

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the NHS will face a £4 billion

funding gap next year.

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Our health editor,

Hugh Pym, reports.

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It's a key indicator of how

well the NHS is doing.

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Ten years ago, there were

over 4 million people waiting

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for routine surgery in England.

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That figure fell

to around 2.5 million,

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but in the past few years it's

risen back to the 4 million mark.

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Now the head of the NHS is warning

it could hit 5 million.

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From Simon Stevens,

this was an unusually direct message

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aimed straight at Downing Street.

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On the current funding outlook,

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the NHS waiting list will grow

to 5 million people by 2021.

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That's an extra million people

on the waiting list,

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one in ten of us

waiting for an operation,

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the highest number ever.

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Simon Stevens is certainly

playing a high-stakes game.

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This was an extraordinary

intervention from a senior public

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official, demanding more money

ahead of the Budget

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and warning of the consequences

if he doesn't get it.

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Rose is one patient

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who thinks the NHS needs

a rapid financial boost.

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She believes she's missing out

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on the specialist care

she needs for her MS.

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You call to make an appointment,

and they make you wait two or three

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weeks, and then you when you get

in there, they're very busy,

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and they just say, "Well, actually,

at this point you should just call

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a physio, and maybe they can help

you strengthen your core muscles."

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And I can't get through to physio,

they don't answer their phone,

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they don't answer e-mails.

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Remember this?

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The Vote Leave battle bus

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and the claim that Brexit would mean

£350 million more for the NHS.

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That was quoted by Simon Stevens

as part of his pitch for more money.

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Trust in democratic politics

will not be strengthened

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if anyone now tries to argue,

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"You voted Brexit partly

for a better funded health service,

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but precisely because of Brexit

you now can't have one."

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The Health Secretary said

it was a Vote Leave,

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not a Government pledge,

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but any Brexit dividend

should help the NHS.

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If we end up having

less pressure on public finances,

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because of the fact that we are not

making net contributions to the EU,

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then I believe the NHS should be

the first port of call.

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Any budget funding increase

for health in England

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would automatically mean more money

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for Scotland, Wales

and Northern Ireland.

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It's now down to the Chancellor

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and whether he believes

the claims of Simon Stevens.

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Hugh Pym, BBC News.

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The Hollywood actor and

theatre director Kevin Spacey

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is facing fresh allegations

of sexual misconduct tonight.

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The US journalist Heather Unruh

has told reporters that her son

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was sexually assualted

by Mr Spacey last year.

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Mr Spacey has not responded

to any of the allegations.

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The actors' union, Equity,

told the BBC that the problems

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of sexual harrasment were endemic

in the industry.

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Our special correspondent

Lucy Manning reports.

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In July 2016, actor Kevin Spacey

sexually assaulted my son.

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The tears of a mother

in Boston today,

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revealing what she claimed

happened to her son.

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The victim, my son, was a starstruck

straight 18-year-old young man,

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who had no idea that the famous

actor was an alleged sexual

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predator, or that he was about

to become his next victim.

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Journalist Heather Unruh's

tweet about Kevin Spacey

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last month triggered

all the allegations against him.

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Today, she went public and

the police are now investigating.

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To Kevin Spacey, I want to say this.

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Shame on you for what

you did to my son.

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The BBC has interviewed

more alleged victims.

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Chris Nixon did not have to speak

out but wanted to make clear

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Kevin Spacey's behaviour was part

of a pattern.

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It is not just sleazy,

it is predatorial.

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He did what he did because he knew

he'd get away with it.

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The one-time barman met Kevin Spacey

in London in 2007,

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when he alleges

the actor groped him.

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Kevin Spacey sat down

on the sofa next to me,

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asked if it was my girlfriend,

then reached over and grabbed...

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He then describes a sexually

explicit action and words.

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A couple of weeks after

the party at his place,

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he was in the bar, reached forward,

grabbed my waistband and said

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something to the effect of,

"If I can make it up to you,"

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or, "Let me make it up to you."

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So I went back upstairs,

was standing behind the bar

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thinking, "What the

hell just happened?"

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I was in work so I could not

make a scene about it.

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I told him in no uncertain

terms where he could go.

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The BBC also spoke to an American

film-maker who did not

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want to be fully identified.

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In the 1990s,

he was a junior crew member

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on a film Kevin Spacey directed.

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He claims the actor sexually

harassed him, something he mentioned

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to another man working on the film.

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He said, "You too, huh?"

I said, "What do you mean, you too?"

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He said, "He was touching

you and flirting with you?"

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I said, "Yeah, it was awful."

He said, "Yeah, he did that to me."

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The first week we were all out

of the bar, and he grabbed my butt,

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and I turned round,

and I said to him,

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"Kevin, if you ever do

that again,

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I will kick your ass,

so leave me alone."

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In the UK, the actors' union

says sexual harassment

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in the industry is endemic.

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Can those at the Old Vic Theatre,

where Kevin Spacey worked

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for 11 years,

really have been in the dark?

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The theatre initially said

it had no complaints against him,

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but it has now appointed

external advisers to investigate.

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Kevin Spacey has not responded

to any of the latest allegations.

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Previously, he said he needed

to examine his own behaviour.

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Lucy Manning, BBC News.

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Relatives of the 12 people

who died after an IRA bomb exploded

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at a Remembrance service

in Enniskillen have held a memorial

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service in the town to mark the 30th

anniversary of the explosion.

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A plaque was unveiled and the names

of those killed were read aloud.

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The Queen sent a message

saying the memorial was a poignant

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reminder of a terrible event.

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The trial has begun of a woman

charged with murdering her

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ex-boyfriend following

a suspected acid attack.

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The jury has heard that

Mark Van Dongen was left paralysed

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from the neck down and lost his left

leg, ear and eye.

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He ended his life in a euthanasia

clinic 15 months later

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saying he couldn't bear

the pain any longer.

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Our correspondent Jon Kay reports

from Bristol Crown Court.

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They were together for five years.

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Mark van Dongen

and Berlinah Wallace.

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He was an engineer from Holland.

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She was a fashion student

from South Africa.

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They lived in this Bristol flat.

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The prosecution claims that

in September 2015 she bought

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sulphuric acid online and threw it

over him while he was sleeping

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in just a pair of shorts.

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Before the jury saw videos they were

warned they might be shocked. They

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saw Mark in bed with scars across

his face and upper body.

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He says he woke up and saw Heather

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-- he woke up and says he saw

Berlinah Wallace laughing.

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The jury was told that she laughed,

saying, "If I can't

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have you, no-one will."

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Our top story this evening.

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The Cabinet career of Priti Patel

hangs in the balance.

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And still to come...

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How new skin grown by scientists

in a lab saved this boy's life.

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Coming up on Sportsday on BBC News,

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That's their concern if former

heavyweight world champion

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Tyson Fury successfully sues them

for loss of earnings.

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Now to a new report

highlighting the plight

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of the homeless in England.

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The charity Shelter says the number

of people rough sleeping,

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staying in hostels or temporary

accommodation is more

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than quarter of a million.

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Since 2010, the number of people

sleeping on the streets in England

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alone has increased by 134%.

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More than 100,000 children

in England are living

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with their families

in temporary accommodation.

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Our social affairs correspondent

Michael Buchanan has been to one

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industrial estate in London that is

now housing dozens of families.

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In the world's sixth richest nation,

increasingly people

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cannot afford a home.

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In Newham in east London one

in every 25 people is homeless,

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according to today's report.

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Rising levels of rough sleeping

are the most obvious sign.

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But homelessness is not

always apparent.

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This is the Winnow Lane trading

estate in South London.

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It is busy and noisy, and home

to dozens of young families.

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They live here, Connect House,

a former office block.

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Scores of families sent

by nearby councils.

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For Victoria and her daughter Daisy,

this cramped room is home.

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Do you want some soup, darling?

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They have been here since April.

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Seven months of sheer hell.

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All I have to do to

electrocute myself here

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is turn the tap on fully.

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The water comes out

and drips everywhere,

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all over electrical stuff.

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They became homeless when a landlord

sold their property.

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And they could not

find another home.

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I have malnutrition.

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And it's a struggle.

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I need to eat protein

and I need an oven.

0:19:020:19:06

They do have a microwave.

0:19:060:19:08

But it is no substitute for home

cooking and quite dangerous to use.

0:19:080:19:12

It is heartbreaking.

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I have never seen her so sad

in her entire life.

0:19:160:19:20

Sometimes if she's really

tired I lift her legs

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into bed and tuck her in.

0:19:220:19:26

This building is a damning

indictment of Britain's

0:19:260:19:28

housing crisis.

0:19:280:19:32

More than 80 families,

usually more than 100 children,

0:19:320:19:34

are living here.

0:19:340:19:36

And each family is paying hundreds

of pounds each week to live

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in a converted office.

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The landlord here gets almost £1

million a year in housing benefit.

0:19:430:19:47

They say they have costs

such as maintenance,

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and that no one is forced

to stay here.

0:19:490:19:53

But still, some are

desperate to leave.

0:19:530:19:58

Was he able to breathe on his own?

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No.

0:20:000:20:02

Angela Vasey shows me the prized

photos of her son Kilani.

0:20:020:20:10

He died aged 40 days

of several complications.

0:20:100:20:12

Among his mum's regrets,

is that the ambulance could not find

0:20:120:20:15

this obscure office block

when her labour started, forcing her

0:20:150:20:17

to have the child in the car park.

0:20:170:20:19

When I came back from the hospital,

when I came back to the estate

0:20:190:20:23

I still saw all the blood

on the floor.

0:20:230:20:25

Every time I come here I just feel

so weird at being here, you know.

0:20:250:20:28

Sometimes I think I see my little

one in the bed next to me.

0:20:280:20:32

Because I was meant to to bring him

home to this address.

0:20:320:20:40

Following our enquiries, Angelle

says has been offered a move.

0:20:400:20:43

But her room will be quickly filled,

the councils who send

0:20:430:20:45

people here say they have

few other options.

0:20:450:20:47

Ministers say they are determined

to end all homelessness.

0:20:470:20:49

But no one expects it

to happen any time soon.

0:20:490:20:52

Michael Buchanan, BBC News.

0:20:520:20:53

The family of the sacked Welsh

assembly member, Carl Sargeant,

0:20:530:20:55

has released correspondence

indicating that he faced allegations

0:20:550:20:58

of "unwanted attention,

inappropriate touching or groping",

0:20:580:21:00

which he denied.

0:21:000:21:02

In a statement, the family said

that the 49-year-old was not given

0:21:020:21:04

details of the allegations before

he apparently took his own life.

0:21:040:21:11

Our Wales correspondent

Sian Lloyd is in Cardiff.

0:21:110:21:16

What more can you tell us?

Well,

George, Carl Sargeant's family have

0:21:160:21:24

released a series of letters. They

show at the time of his death, Mr

0:21:240:21:30

Sargent was aware of the broad

nature of the allegations against

0:21:300:21:32

him, but he did not know the

details, and he was distressed that

0:21:320:21:37

he could not defend himself and

there were warnings about his mental

0:21:370:21:42

state of mind and his welfare. The

First Minister Carwyn Jones is

0:21:420:21:47

accused of prejudicing the

investigation by commenting to the

0:21:470:21:50

media, so we get a sense of the

anger the family have been feeling,

0:21:500:21:54

but also from Welsh Labour sources

tonight, a feeling of groundswell of

0:21:540:22:00

opinion and the rank-and-file, that

he was badly treated in the way it

0:22:000:22:03

has been handled. Labour say they

followed procedures and Carwyn Jones

0:22:030:22:08

has released a statement saying he

is deeply upset by the death of his

0:22:080:22:11

friend. This is the biggest

challenge in his leadership and

0:22:110:22:14

tomorrow, he will face Welsh

Assembly members here.

Thank you.

0:22:140:22:20

A child suffering from a rare

genetic condition which leaves skin

0:22:200:22:23

as fragile as a butterfly's wings

has been given new genetically

0:22:230:22:26

modified skin in a series of

life-saving operations in Germany.

0:22:260:22:28

Using experimental therapy,

skin was taken from the boy,

0:22:280:22:30

its DNA repaired in a laboratory,

and the new skin was then grafted

0:22:300:22:33

back on, covering more than three

quarters of his body.

0:22:330:22:36

It's a medical first.

0:22:360:22:37

James Gallagher reports.

0:22:370:22:42

When Hassan was just a week old,

his skin began to tear and blister.

0:22:420:22:46

He has junctional

epidermolysis bullosa.

0:22:460:22:50

The separate layers of his skin

should be held together like Velcro.

0:22:500:22:53

But Hassan's DNA is missing vital

instructions that leave his skin

0:22:530:22:56

as fragile as a butterfly's wing.

0:22:560:23:01

There is no cure and around

four in ten patients

0:23:010:23:03

do not reach adolescence.

0:23:030:23:06

Hassan's dad said it was

an upsetting time for the family.

0:23:060:23:09

TRANSLATION:

He was in severe pain.

0:23:090:23:13

He was asking me a lot of questions.

0:23:130:23:15

I couldn't answer them.

0:23:150:23:18

For example, why do

I have this disease?

0:23:180:23:20

Why do I have this life?

0:23:200:23:24

In June 2015 Hassan was critically

ill at the Children's Hospital

0:23:240:23:27

in Bochum, Germany.

0:23:270:23:29

And doctors did not

think he would survive.

0:23:290:23:32

More than half his body looked

like a red raw open wound.

0:23:320:23:36

In an experimental therapy,

a patch of Hassan's skin

0:23:360:23:39

was taken to a lab in Italy.

0:23:390:23:42

There it was infected

with the virus.

0:23:420:23:46

Viruses are good at getting

inside cells and this one was used

0:23:460:23:49

like a postman to deliver

the missing instructions for binding

0:23:490:23:52

layers of skin together.

0:23:520:23:55

Large sheets of the skin

were then grown and grafted

0:23:550:23:58

back onto Hassan's body.

0:23:580:24:01

This breakthrough

is exciting doctors.

0:24:010:24:03

I got goose bumps when I heard this.

0:24:030:24:06

It was just incredible.

0:24:060:24:08

Very, very exciting.

0:24:080:24:11

Is this going to make

a difference for patients today?

0:24:110:24:13

This treatment is not available

and it is not going to be available

0:24:130:24:16

in the next few months.

0:24:160:24:18

But this is a massive

advance in research.

0:24:180:24:22

Four-year-old Tia is just one

of half a million people living with

0:24:220:24:25

epidermolysis bullosa worldwide.

0:24:250:24:28

This gave us a lot of hope.

0:24:280:24:31

If it is going to make her better

and make her have a normal life,

0:24:310:24:34

we would definitely go for it.

0:24:340:24:37

Every birthday that she has,

I dread it sometimes

0:24:370:24:40

because I always sit and think,

is she going to die this year?

0:24:400:24:43

Is she going to live?

0:24:430:24:45

And I don't want to

think that any more.

0:24:450:24:48

But this is not a proven therapy.

0:24:480:24:50

It is experimental.

0:24:500:24:51

Clinical trials are underway to see

if it can be used more widely.

0:24:510:24:55

James Gallagher, BBC News.

0:24:550:24:59

It began as an experiment

that was supposed to last just two

0:24:590:25:02

years, but today BBC local radio

is 50 years old.

0:25:020:25:06

Originally funded by local councils

the number of stations grew from 20

0:25:060:25:09

in the early '70s

to more than 40 now.

0:25:090:25:11

Radio Leicester was

the first to go on-air.

0:25:110:25:13

From there our Media

Editor Amol Rajan reports.

0:25:130:25:23

People were really panicking...

Leicester City have created history.

0:25:230:25:31

For decades, local radio has

provided a sound track to

0:25:310:25:35

communities across the country. It

was 50 years ago today that the BBC

0:25:350:25:39

launched local radio from its hub in

Leicester.

We have had the

0:25:390:25:44

Postmaster general to open the

station.

That was the brainchild of

0:25:440:25:49

Frank Gillard, a veteran war

correspondent who had been inspired

0:25:490:25:52

by local media in America and

Canada.

It is our 50th birthday.

0:25:520:25:58

Over 30 million of us listen to

commercial or BBC local radio

0:25:580:26:08

stations every week, including this

breakfast show in BBC Leicester.

0:26:080:26:13

People get involved, it is their own

local radio station. They say it is

0:26:130:26:18

my own local radio station, kind of

thing, so that kind of thing

0:26:180:26:22

resonates.

Local radio is being

buffeted by technological forces.

0:26:220:26:28

The audience is getting older and

longer the younger listeners have

0:26:280:26:33

choices like never before. But local

radio remains remarkably resilient.

0:26:330:26:41

It will grow in importance as other

kinds of media declines. Local media

0:26:410:26:46

such as newspapers. Over 200 titles

have shut in the past two years

0:26:460:26:50

alone. The Coventry Telegraph, which

is 126 years old, is reaching more

0:26:500:26:55

people than ever before through the

web, but making a profit through

0:26:550:26:59

local news is dauntingly tough.

The

audience is shifting but as they are

0:26:590:27:04

shifting the moving away from print

so print revenues are falling. We do

0:27:040:27:08

need to replace those print revenues

with digital revenues and we're

0:27:080:27:13

working hard to build a really large

and engaged and local, loyal

0:27:130:27:18

audience here.

Whatever the

platform, it is a vibe another 50

0:27:180:27:22

years, local radio will have to

continue connecting with its

0:27:220:27:26

audience on a personal level.

Well

done rich who had a fantastic time

0:27:260:27:37

riding the 210 taxi today...

0:27:370:27:40

Time for a look at the weather...

0:27:400:27:42

Here's Ben Rich.

0:27:420:27:43

Hello. It is a very changeable week.

South-eastern areas struggled to

0:27:480:27:55

break up the cloud and now it is all

lies to the north-west. This shield

0:27:550:27:59

of cloud working its way in. It will

bring patchy rain tonight. Where we

0:27:590:28:05

keep hold of some clear skies

towards the south-east, it will turn

0:28:050:28:09

decidedly chilly. The countryside

could dip below freezing. It will

0:28:090:28:14

also turn chilly across the north of

Scotland as the skies clear again

0:28:140:28:18

here by the end of the night. Into

tomorrow, it is a process of

0:28:180:28:23

breaking up the cloud really. A damp

and chilly start across England and

0:28:230:28:28

Wales. The cloud gradually peeling

back. Some heavy showers in the far

0:28:280:28:37

north of Scotland. For most places,

temperatures tomorrow and nudge up

0:28:370:28:41

on where they have been today. Into

tomorrow evening, it will be fine

0:28:410:28:46

but another change. Things cloud

over from the West. Rain into

0:28:460:28:50

Northern Ireland and Scotland. That

will sink southwards and eastwards

0:28:500:28:53

and it will be gone by the morning.

Wintry showers across high ground in

0:28:530:28:58

Scotland. At this stage it will be

feeling much colder in the north. 6

0:28:580:29:03

degrees in Aberdeen. Here we go

again. Another area of rain into the

0:29:030:29:07

far west by the end of the day. That

will be associated with

0:29:070:29:11

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