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