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The family of the four children
who died in a house fire in Salford | 0:00:04 | 0:00:08 | |
this week say the children
were the best of friends. | 0:00:08 | 0:00:11 | |
The children were aged
between three and 15. | 0:00:11 | 0:00:13 | |
Their mother, who survived,
remains in a coma and knows | 0:00:13 | 0:00:16 | |
nothing of what happened. | 0:00:16 | 0:00:19 | |
How can I turn round
and say they've gone? | 0:00:19 | 0:00:21 | |
I can't even turn round
and say one's gone. | 0:00:21 | 0:00:23 | |
All her young 'uns,
all her babies have gone. | 0:00:23 | 0:00:29 | |
The police say the fire
was a targeted attack. | 0:00:29 | 0:00:31 | |
Three people have been
charged with murder. | 0:00:31 | 0:00:35 | |
The family say the mother had called
the police before and that | 0:00:35 | 0:00:38 | |
night claiming the family
was being harrassed. | 0:00:38 | 0:00:40 | |
Also tonight: | 0:00:40 | 0:00:43 | |
EU leaders give the official
go-ahead for the Brexit talks | 0:00:43 | 0:00:46 | |
to proceed to the next stage. | 0:00:46 | 0:00:51 | |
A judge calls for an inquiry
after a student is acquitted of rape | 0:00:51 | 0:00:54 | |
because police failed
to disclose evidence | 0:00:54 | 0:00:56 | |
which could have cleared him. | 0:00:56 | 0:00:57 | |
How an appearance on BBC News meant
this man with learning difficulties, | 0:00:57 | 0:01:00 | |
who'd been sent home to die,
is now responding well to treatment. | 0:01:00 | 0:01:04 | |
And the date is set for Prince Harry
and Meghan Markle's wedding. | 0:01:04 | 0:01:08 | |
Coming up on Sportsday on BBC News,
Captain Steve Smith nears a ton | 0:01:11 | 0:01:15 | |
as he leads the Australian fightback
on the second day of the vital third | 0:01:15 | 0:01:18 | |
Ashes Test in Perth. | 0:01:18 | 0:01:21 | |
Good evening and welcome
to the BBC News at Six. | 0:01:41 | 0:01:43 | |
Relatives of the four children
who died in a house fire in Salford | 0:01:43 | 0:01:46 | |
have said they don't know how
they will be able to tell | 0:01:46 | 0:01:49 | |
the children's mother,
who is in a medically-induced coma | 0:01:49 | 0:01:51 | |
and likely to remain that
way for several weeks. | 0:01:51 | 0:01:54 | |
15-year-old Demi Pearson, Brandon,
aged eight, Lacey, aged seven, | 0:01:54 | 0:01:57 | |
and three-year-old Lia died
following the fire on Monday, | 0:01:57 | 0:02:03 | |
which police are calling
a targeted attack. | 0:02:03 | 0:02:04 | |
The children's grandfather says
the family had been harrassed before | 0:02:04 | 0:02:07 | |
and the police had been called
on Sunday night but left. | 0:02:07 | 0:02:10 | |
The house was set alight
a few hours later. | 0:02:10 | 0:02:13 | |
Three people have been
charged with murder. | 0:02:13 | 0:02:15 | |
Judith Moritz has been
speaking to the family. | 0:02:15 | 0:02:25 | |
This is the most harrowing of cases.
Yes. It's impossible to some it up. | 0:02:25 | 0:02:34 | |
I spent an hour this afternoon with
the Pearson family, with Mike | 0:02:34 | 0:02:39 | |
Pearson, whose grandchildren have
died, and whose daughter, Michelle, | 0:02:39 | 0:02:44 | |
is badly burned and fighting for her
life in a coma, and with Michelle's | 0:02:44 | 0:02:50 | |
brother and sister, Chris and Clare.
The pain was obvious, looking at | 0:02:50 | 0:02:55 | |
them, talking to them, but they said
they wanted to do this interview | 0:02:55 | 0:03:00 | |
because they want the public to
understand the scale of what they | 0:03:00 | 0:03:03 | |
have lost. | 0:03:03 | 0:03:09 | |
They were running up and down the
street, so happy that it was | 0:03:09 | 0:03:13 | |
snowing.
Brother and sister playing in the | 0:03:13 | 0:03:19 | |
snow last week, Brandon and Lacey
Pearson were inseparable. Leo was | 0:03:19 | 0:03:25 | |
the baby of the family. Everyone
doted on her. She melted your heart. | 0:03:25 | 0:03:31 | |
You could not have a serious face
with that child. She brought so much | 0:03:31 | 0:03:35 | |
happiness. Their teenage sister
looked out for them all. She | 0:03:35 | 0:03:41 | |
mothered them like they were her
own. They were best friends. Four | 0:03:41 | 0:03:46 | |
young lives, take. Their mother,
Michelle, is badly burned and in a | 0:03:46 | 0:03:51 | |
coma. She does not know her children
have died. How can I turn round and | 0:03:51 | 0:03:58 | |
say they have gone? All her young
ones, all her babies have gone. She | 0:03:58 | 0:04:03 | |
will say, why have you brought me
back? Wide into you just let me go? | 0:04:03 | 0:04:12 | |
-- why didn't you just let me go?
This is the first time the family | 0:04:12 | 0:04:17 | |
have spoken of their pain, their
loss and the night they saw fire | 0:04:17 | 0:04:22 | |
engulfing the house where the
children and their mother were | 0:04:22 | 0:04:25 | |
asleep. There are not words to
describe what you see. You can't | 0:04:25 | 0:04:31 | |
describe what you see. I remember
going down the street and being | 0:04:31 | 0:04:36 | |
surrounded by police officers, and
screaming at them, screaming at | 0:04:36 | 0:04:39 | |
them, calling them all sorts of
names. You just wanted to go in and | 0:04:39 | 0:04:43 | |
help, and you couldn't. Little Lia's
life hung in the balance for two | 0:04:43 | 0:04:52 | |
days. Her auntie comforted her. Did
you speak to her? I spoke to her, I | 0:04:52 | 0:05:00 | |
sang to her. That must have been so
difficult. It broke me, it did. I | 0:05:00 | 0:05:11 | |
did not want that little girl gone.
The police say the house was | 0:05:11 | 0:05:16 | |
targeted. The family say that
Michelle complained of being unsafe. | 0:05:16 | 0:05:22 | |
She said she had actually been to
the housing that week and begged | 0:05:22 | 0:05:25 | |
them to move her to a safe house, or
get her out of the area. Michelle | 0:05:25 | 0:05:31 | |
has been unsafe in that property for
months, and the police were aware of | 0:05:31 | 0:05:35 | |
this, the council were aware of
this. I'm sorry to say this, but | 0:05:35 | 0:05:39 | |
they have let her down and my sister
and her kids would have a chance of | 0:05:39 | 0:05:44 | |
survival if they did their jobs
properly. The family is broken, | 0:05:44 | 0:05:49 | |
their pain is raw, and the loss is
immeasurable. Judith Moritz, BBC | 0:05:49 | 0:05:54 | |
News, Manchester. | 0:05:54 | 0:05:57 | |
EU leaders have agreed to move
Brexit talks on to the next phase, | 0:05:57 | 0:06:00 | |
which will deal with the future
relationship between Britain | 0:06:00 | 0:06:02 | |
and the EU once Britain leaves. | 0:06:02 | 0:06:05 | |
Theresa May has called it
an important step on the road | 0:06:05 | 0:06:07 | |
to a "smooth and orderly" Brexit. | 0:06:07 | 0:06:10 | |
But the President of
the European Council, Donald Tusk, | 0:06:10 | 0:06:12 | |
has warned it will be "dramatically
difficult" to reach a final | 0:06:12 | 0:06:15 | |
deal by March 2019. | 0:06:15 | 0:06:16 | |
Here's our political
editor, Laura Kuenssberg. | 0:06:16 | 0:06:21 | |
The men with the message. | 0:06:21 | 0:06:23 | |
Part one is done. | 0:06:23 | 0:06:26 | |
The European Union is ready to grant
the Prime Minister's | 0:06:26 | 0:06:28 | |
wish and move on. | 0:06:28 | 0:06:31 | |
She was a tough, smart,
polite and friendly negotiator. | 0:06:31 | 0:06:36 | |
And so we were able to conclude that
sufficient progress has been made. | 0:06:36 | 0:06:41 | |
To get this far on Brexit,
there has been some conflict | 0:06:41 | 0:06:43 | |
and a lot of compromise. | 0:06:43 | 0:06:45 | |
What is needed to get
to the end of the next phase, | 0:06:45 | 0:06:48 | |
and is Theresa May's goal of a full
agreement by March 2019 realistic? | 0:06:48 | 0:06:55 | |
Still realistic and, of course,
dramatically difficult. | 0:06:55 | 0:07:01 | |
The real negotiations on the second
phase will start in March next year. | 0:07:01 | 0:07:06 | |
I cannot say when these
negotiations will be concluded. | 0:07:06 | 0:07:08 | |
But I don't hope that I will have
to have as early morning meeting | 0:07:08 | 0:07:13 | |
with the British Prime Minister
than the one I had last week. | 0:07:13 | 0:07:19 | |
Hopefully, with fewer
last-minute trips to Brussels | 0:07:19 | 0:07:21 | |
in the middle of the night,
the negotiations step up. | 0:07:21 | 0:07:26 | |
It has been a slog to get this far,
but their words this morning | 0:07:26 | 0:07:29 | |
are part of our history now,
the official end of the beginning | 0:07:29 | 0:07:32 | |
of our departure from
the European Union. | 0:07:32 | 0:07:37 | |
It's taken time, but at last
the government's negotiating team | 0:07:37 | 0:07:39 | |
can crack on with initial talks
about how we do business in future, | 0:07:39 | 0:07:42 | |
and vitally the transition a couple
of years after Brexit itself. | 0:07:42 | 0:07:50 | |
The UK and the EU have shown
what can be achieved by commitment | 0:07:50 | 0:07:54 | |
and perseverance on both sides. | 0:07:54 | 0:07:55 | |
I'm pleased that it's been agreed
we should make rapid progress | 0:07:55 | 0:07:58 | |
on an implementation period,
which will give certainty | 0:07:58 | 0:08:00 | |
to businesses and individuals. | 0:08:00 | 0:08:03 | |
The EU's brokers believe
the Cabinet at home must | 0:08:03 | 0:08:05 | |
bury their differences,
though, to give a clearer picture | 0:08:05 | 0:08:09 | |
of how they want the future to look,
before getting a decent hearing. | 0:08:09 | 0:08:14 | |
The divide within the Conservative
Party is going to make it very | 0:08:14 | 0:08:17 | |
difficult for us to negotiate a way
through as a country. | 0:08:17 | 0:08:20 | |
And Theresa May, ultimately,
has to be able to deliver | 0:08:20 | 0:08:22 | |
for business here. | 0:08:22 | 0:08:27 | |
Business need that certainty now. | 0:08:27 | 0:08:32 | |
The 27 we are leaving behind don't
agree with much of what the UK has | 0:08:32 | 0:08:35 | |
already put on the table,
especially during | 0:08:35 | 0:08:37 | |
the transition period. | 0:08:37 | 0:08:39 | |
They want the European Court to be
in charge during that whole time, | 0:08:39 | 0:08:42 | |
for the UK to accept any changes
without a say, and for | 0:08:42 | 0:08:46 | |
immigration to stay the same. | 0:08:46 | 0:08:50 | |
This is a big junction. | 0:08:50 | 0:08:53 | |
Phase two will be even
tougher, she warned. | 0:08:53 | 0:08:57 | |
We would like it to look
as much like the current | 0:08:57 | 0:08:59 | |
relationship as possible,
but that wouldn't necessarily be | 0:08:59 | 0:09:01 | |
the view of everyone. | 0:09:01 | 0:09:03 | |
It's a marathon race. | 0:09:03 | 0:09:04 | |
We have just finished
the first mile. | 0:09:04 | 0:09:08 | |
Given how far apart the two sides
were, and the distance | 0:09:08 | 0:09:10 | |
between the different wings
of the Tory party, | 0:09:10 | 0:09:12 | |
the Prime Minister might feel
entitled tonight to take a pause | 0:09:12 | 0:09:15 | |
for breath, a moment to savour
having reached this junction. | 0:09:15 | 0:09:17 | |
But with clashes in the Commons
to come, in the Cabinet, | 0:09:17 | 0:09:23 | |
and contradictions between
the European Union and the UK, | 0:09:23 | 0:09:26 | |
still, she has little time or energy
to waste on celebration. | 0:09:26 | 0:09:33 | |
And to reach this point,
not even halfway, she's already | 0:09:33 | 0:09:35 | |
had to yield so much. | 0:09:35 | 0:09:40 | |
Indeed, at times it felt
like the Prime Minister simply | 0:09:40 | 0:09:43 | |
might not make it even this far. | 0:09:43 | 0:09:44 | |
It is a very long way still
until the end of this whole journey. | 0:09:44 | 0:09:48 | |
Laura Kuenssberg,
BBC News, Brussels. | 0:09:48 | 0:09:57 | |
So with the first phase
of Brexit talks finished - | 0:09:57 | 0:10:00 | |
what's on the table for the second
round of negotiations? | 0:10:00 | 0:10:03 | |
Chris Morris from the BBC's
Reality Check team looks ahead | 0:10:03 | 0:10:06 | |
to what the next phase of talks
will be about. | 0:10:06 | 0:10:10 | |
Nearly 18 months after
the referendum, the EU and the UK | 0:10:10 | 0:10:13 | |
are finally going to start talking
about the future. | 0:10:13 | 0:10:15 | |
Negotiations will focus initially
on a transition period of roughly | 0:10:15 | 0:10:18 | |
two years after Brexit,
with the aim of giving | 0:10:18 | 0:10:23 | |
businesses extra certainty. | 0:10:23 | 0:10:25 | |
This transition will take
place under existing EU | 0:10:25 | 0:10:27 | |
rules and regulations,
where things mostly stay the same, | 0:10:27 | 0:10:30 | |
except the UK no longer has a seat
at the decision making table. | 0:10:30 | 0:10:33 | |
For example, the EU says the UK
will have to follow all EU | 0:10:33 | 0:10:37 | |
rules and regulations,
including new ones approved | 0:10:37 | 0:10:39 | |
during the transition. | 0:10:39 | 0:10:44 | |
The jurisdiction of
the European Court of Justice | 0:10:44 | 0:10:46 | |
will still apply in full,
and free movement of people | 0:10:46 | 0:10:48 | |
will continue, too. | 0:10:48 | 0:10:53 | |
The EU says that means the UK
staying in the single | 0:10:53 | 0:10:55 | |
market and customs union. | 0:10:55 | 0:10:57 | |
The British government doesn't agree
and says we will leave both | 0:10:57 | 0:10:59 | |
of these on the 29th
of March, 2019. | 0:10:59 | 0:11:04 | |
It could become a dispute
over a form of words, | 0:11:04 | 0:11:06 | |
but politically it is important. | 0:11:06 | 0:11:09 | |
So lots to negotiate,
but time is short. | 0:11:09 | 0:11:13 | |
If all goes to plan,
more EU guidelines will be issued | 0:11:13 | 0:11:15 | |
next March, allowing talks
on the future relationship to start, | 0:11:15 | 0:11:18 | |
on things like security, foreign
policy, and of course, trade. | 0:11:18 | 0:11:26 | |
The EU says formal trade
negotiations cannot begin, legally, | 0:11:26 | 0:11:28 | |
until after the UK has left in 2019. | 0:11:28 | 0:11:33 | |
But by October next year
there could be a paper setting out | 0:11:33 | 0:11:36 | |
broad political ambitions for future
trade, perhaps 50 pages long. | 0:11:36 | 0:11:41 | |
Contrast that with the EU's free
trade agreement with Canada, | 0:11:41 | 0:11:44 | |
a potential future model,
which is more than 1500 pages. | 0:11:44 | 0:11:51 | |
The government wants to be more
ambitious and finish trade talks | 0:11:51 | 0:11:53 | |
as quickly as possible,
but realistically, says the EU, | 0:11:53 | 0:11:55 | |
they will continue long after Brexit
has actually happened. | 0:11:55 | 0:11:59 | |
Chris Morris, BBC News. | 0:11:59 | 0:12:05 | |
The date of Prince Harry
and Meghan Markle's wedding | 0:12:05 | 0:12:07 | |
has been announced. | 0:12:07 | 0:12:08 | |
It will be on Saturday
19th of May next year. | 0:12:08 | 0:12:10 | |
The couple confirmed
their engagement last month and said | 0:12:10 | 0:12:12 | |
the ceremony will take place
at Windsor Castle. | 0:12:12 | 0:12:15 | |
Our royal correspondent
Nicholas Witchell is | 0:12:15 | 0:12:17 | |
at Buckingham Palace. | 0:12:17 | 0:12:19 | |
So now we have a date. | 0:12:19 | 0:12:27 | |
Yes, and it is a Saturday, which is
unusual but not unprecedented. There | 0:12:27 | 0:12:33 | |
was a royal wedding on Saturday in
1999. Part of the calculation will | 0:12:33 | 0:12:38 | |
have been that because there is no
bank holiday for the wedding, having | 0:12:38 | 0:12:41 | |
it on a Saturday will give people an
opportunity to go to Windsor and be | 0:12:41 | 0:12:45 | |
part of the celebration. The other
interesting thing about Saturday the | 0:12:45 | 0:12:50 | |
19th of May is that it is the date
of the FA Cup final. William is | 0:12:50 | 0:12:55 | |
President of the FA and would
normally be at Wembley. If he | 0:12:55 | 0:12:59 | |
chooses to, he could still make it.
Best man, or supporter to his | 0:12:59 | 0:13:04 | |
brother at Windsor in the morning,
for a late kick-off at Wembley in | 0:13:04 | 0:13:09 | |
the afternoon. Somehow, I think they
will be too busy celebrating. I | 0:13:09 | 0:13:14 | |
think so. Thank you. | 0:13:14 | 0:13:16 | |
A judge has called for an inquiry
after a university student | 0:13:16 | 0:13:18 | |
was cleared of rape because police
failed to disclose evidence | 0:13:18 | 0:13:21 | |
casting doubt on the case. | 0:13:21 | 0:13:22 | |
22-year-old Liam Allan spent two
years on bail, before his trial | 0:13:22 | 0:13:25 | |
at Croydon Crown Court was halted,
when it was revealed his accuser had | 0:13:25 | 0:13:28 | |
sent him thousands of text messages. | 0:13:28 | 0:13:29 | |
Clive Coleman has the story. | 0:13:29 | 0:13:33 | |
The day after the case
against him was dropped, | 0:13:33 | 0:13:35 | |
Liam Allan is coming to terms
with the end of | 0:13:35 | 0:13:38 | |
a two-year nightmare. | 0:13:38 | 0:13:41 | |
I was relieved, not just for myself,
but for everyone who's been with me | 0:13:41 | 0:13:44 | |
for every step of the way. | 0:13:44 | 0:13:45 | |
And everyone it has impacted. | 0:13:45 | 0:13:47 | |
It was just a huge, huge relief. | 0:13:47 | 0:13:49 | |
You sort of get your life back. | 0:13:49 | 0:13:52 | |
You don't realise that you've
lost parts of your life | 0:13:52 | 0:13:54 | |
until you have it completely done. | 0:13:54 | 0:13:56 | |
The trial may be over, but
the strain it caused remains vivid. | 0:13:56 | 0:14:00 | |
I'll be honest, I did start
to suffer from panic attacks, | 0:14:00 | 0:14:03 | |
a couple of weeks before court,
which is why I said | 0:14:03 | 0:14:06 | |
it was probably my worst time. | 0:14:06 | 0:14:07 | |
Because you just, you have
to have your own reaction, | 0:14:07 | 0:14:09 | |
panic attacks are an internal
reaction that you | 0:14:09 | 0:14:11 | |
can't help yourself. | 0:14:11 | 0:14:14 | |
But it is to be expected,
you can't not go through this | 0:14:14 | 0:14:16 | |
and not panic and not fear
and remain strong | 0:14:16 | 0:14:19 | |
through the whole thing. | 0:14:19 | 0:14:21 | |
It could bring the strongest person
in the world to their knees. | 0:14:21 | 0:14:24 | |
Liam went on trial charged with six
rapes and six sexual assaults. | 0:14:24 | 0:14:29 | |
His lawyers were repeatedly refused
access to his alleged | 0:14:29 | 0:14:32 | |
victim's phone records. | 0:14:32 | 0:14:35 | |
They were finally handed over
at the start of the trial. | 0:14:35 | 0:14:38 | |
40,000 phone messages,
included details which clearly | 0:14:38 | 0:14:40 | |
suggested he was innocent. | 0:14:40 | 0:14:45 | |
His trial at Croydon Crown Court
collapsed yesterday. | 0:14:45 | 0:14:49 | |
She said she didn't
like sex with him. | 0:14:49 | 0:14:51 | |
Text messages to say
she loves sex with him. | 0:14:51 | 0:14:53 | |
There were rape fantasies,
there was sex in the open air. | 0:14:53 | 0:14:57 | |
This was a 12 count indictment. | 0:14:57 | 0:14:59 | |
If the defence hadn't got that,
that man would have been convicted, | 0:14:59 | 0:15:02 | |
that man would have got 12 years,
that man would have had his life | 0:15:02 | 0:15:06 | |
trashed and on the sexual
offences register for ever. | 0:15:06 | 0:15:10 | |
It is a fundamental principle
of our system that the prosecution | 0:15:10 | 0:15:16 | |
must hand over any evidence that it
holds that could help | 0:15:16 | 0:15:18 | |
the person on trial. | 0:15:18 | 0:15:22 | |
Lawyers tell me that Liam Allan's
experience is far from a one | 0:15:22 | 0:15:25 | |
off and that there's
a widespread problem. | 0:15:25 | 0:15:29 | |
The Metropolitan Police are carrying
out an urgent assessment the case. | 0:15:29 | 0:15:31 | |
But for Liam, sorry
just won't do it. | 0:15:31 | 0:15:35 | |
An apology just doesn't
feel like enough. | 0:15:35 | 0:15:37 | |
The length of time I faced,
the fact that the person remains | 0:15:37 | 0:15:40 | |
anonymous and I am everywhere
and got dragged through hell | 0:15:40 | 0:15:44 | |
for the last two years,
apology doesn't even slightly cut | 0:15:44 | 0:15:46 | |
it at all. | 0:15:46 | 0:15:50 | |
Liam's case adds to mounting
concerns that the system | 0:15:50 | 0:15:52 | |
for ensuring that those on trial
receive all of the evidence that | 0:15:52 | 0:15:55 | |
could help their defence,
is failing far too often. | 0:15:55 | 0:15:59 | |
Clive Coleman, BBC News. | 0:15:59 | 0:16:08 | |
The time is 6:16 pm. | 0:16:11 | 0:16:12 | |
Our top story this evening: | 0:16:12 | 0:16:14 | |
The family of four children killed
in a house fire speak | 0:16:14 | 0:16:17 | |
of the pain of losing them. | 0:16:17 | 0:16:20 | |
And still to come, will Ryanair's
offer to its pilots avert strike | 0:16:20 | 0:16:23 | |
action in the run up to Christmas? | 0:16:23 | 0:16:24 | |
Coming up in Sportsday on BBC News: | 0:16:24 | 0:16:28 | |
British number two Aljaz Bedene
decides to switche his allegiance | 0:16:28 | 0:16:31 | |
back to his native Slovenia,
finally admitting defeat | 0:16:31 | 0:16:33 | |
in his battle with the
International Tennis Federation. | 0:16:33 | 0:16:37 | |
Six months ago we brought
you the story of Ian Shaw, | 0:16:45 | 0:16:48 | |
who has learning disabilities,
autism and epilepsy. | 0:16:48 | 0:16:52 | |
He was diagnosed with testicular
cancer and in January | 0:16:52 | 0:16:54 | |
was sent home to die. | 0:16:54 | 0:16:56 | |
But after watching our report,
a psychiatrist got in touch | 0:16:56 | 0:16:59 | |
suggesting Ian's case should be
looked at again. | 0:16:59 | 0:17:03 | |
It was and Ian is now
responding well to treatment. | 0:17:03 | 0:17:06 | |
Charities say it raises questions
about the care given to some people | 0:17:06 | 0:17:13 | |
with learning disabilities,
as our social affairs | 0:17:13 | 0:17:14 | |
correspondent Alison Holt reports. | 0:17:14 | 0:17:15 | |
September, and it's an important
moment in the Shaw household. | 0:17:15 | 0:17:19 | |
34-year-old Ian will soon be
on his way to hospital. | 0:17:19 | 0:17:22 | |
Going out for a drive,
Ian, in the ambulance? | 0:17:22 | 0:17:24 | |
Yeah, please. | 0:17:24 | 0:17:27 | |
Ian has learning disabilities,
autism, epilepsy and can't | 0:17:27 | 0:17:29 | |
speak for himself. | 0:17:29 | 0:17:30 | |
Morning, everyone. | 0:17:30 | 0:17:31 | |
Hello. | 0:17:31 | 0:17:32 | |
He also has testicular cancer. | 0:17:32 | 0:17:35 | |
He's being taken for his second
round of chemotherapy, | 0:17:35 | 0:17:37 | |
and that's a major change. | 0:17:37 | 0:17:40 | |
In January, his family was told
he was terminally ill and had | 0:17:40 | 0:17:43 | |
three months to live. | 0:17:43 | 0:17:46 | |
He spent a long time in bed,
especially when I thought | 0:17:46 | 0:17:49 | |
there was no treatment and no cure,
I just thought... | 0:17:49 | 0:17:51 | |
Just a waiting game, but now,
it's like there is hope. | 0:17:51 | 0:17:53 | |
I first met Ian back in April,
because his family wanted others | 0:17:53 | 0:17:56 | |
to understand how people
with learning disabilities | 0:17:56 | 0:18:02 | |
are too often failed by the system. | 0:18:02 | 0:18:04 | |
None of us realised
then the full extent | 0:18:04 | 0:18:05 | |
of what that meant in his case. | 0:18:05 | 0:18:09 | |
Turn the clock back to our report,
broadcast in July, | 0:18:09 | 0:18:12 | |
and Ian was clearly ill. | 0:18:12 | 0:18:14 | |
Difficult for his parents,
who believed his cancer should have | 0:18:14 | 0:18:17 | |
been spotted sooner. | 0:18:17 | 0:18:18 | |
He'd spent nine years
in secure health units | 0:18:18 | 0:18:20 | |
because of his challenging
behaviour, and they felt | 0:18:20 | 0:18:23 | |
he'd been overmedicated
and his health neglected. | 0:18:23 | 0:18:26 | |
I was told there was no treatment. | 0:18:26 | 0:18:30 | |
Because he'd been there a long time
and they couldn't treat it | 0:18:30 | 0:18:37 | |
because it would be too much. | 0:18:37 | 0:18:39 | |
It just wouldn't work,
it's gone too far. | 0:18:39 | 0:18:44 | |
Watching that report
was Dr Justin Wilson, | 0:18:44 | 0:18:46 | |
a psychiatrist who had researched
cancer treatments in people | 0:18:46 | 0:18:48 | |
with learning disabilities. | 0:18:48 | 0:18:49 | |
Knowing that testicular cancer
is one of the most treatable | 0:18:49 | 0:18:51 | |
cancers that there is,
I was surprised that a decision had | 0:18:51 | 0:18:54 | |
been made not to provide treatment. | 0:18:54 | 0:18:57 | |
I wanted to understand
what that was about. | 0:18:57 | 0:18:58 | |
We put him in touch with the family. | 0:18:58 | 0:19:00 | |
He suggested getting a second
opinion, which led to Ian having | 0:19:00 | 0:19:03 | |
chemo at the Royal Marsden Hospital. | 0:19:03 | 0:19:08 | |
My concern was that
perhaps judgments are made | 0:19:08 | 0:19:10 | |
about the quality-of-life
that he has, because of his severe | 0:19:10 | 0:19:15 | |
learning disabilities
and because of the physical impact | 0:19:15 | 0:19:16 | |
of how the cancer had spread. | 0:19:16 | 0:19:19 | |
I'm also clearly aware that
providing cancer treatment | 0:19:19 | 0:19:21 | |
for somebody with the problems that
Ian has is a real challenge, | 0:19:21 | 0:19:24 | |
but my view is that those
challenges can be overcome. | 0:19:24 | 0:19:30 | |
Give me your hands... | 0:19:30 | 0:19:32 | |
It is now November and
another big day for Ian. | 0:19:32 | 0:19:35 | |
He's being moved to a wheelchair
because the doctors | 0:19:35 | 0:19:37 | |
want him up and about. | 0:19:37 | 0:19:40 | |
The cancer has affected his
spine, so he can't walk, | 0:19:40 | 0:19:42 | |
but he's doing really well. | 0:19:42 | 0:19:43 | |
Do you like it, Ian? | 0:19:43 | 0:19:45 | |
After ten months stuck in a bed,
he's had enough of people talking. | 0:19:45 | 0:19:49 | |
He's desperate to have
a chair, isn't he? | 0:19:49 | 0:19:51 | |
Once moving, he doesn't
want to stop. | 0:19:51 | 0:19:54 | |
The look on his face... | 0:19:54 | 0:19:57 | |
There's still a long way to go
for Ian, but the change | 0:19:57 | 0:20:03 | |
is staggering since I first met him,
and since his family was told | 0:20:03 | 0:20:06 | |
there was no hope at the Luton
and Dunstable Hospital in January. | 0:20:06 | 0:20:09 | |
In a statement the hospital says,
"A number of experts | 0:20:10 | 0:20:12 | |
were consulted about Ian's case. | 0:20:12 | 0:20:14 | |
It was agreed that Mr Shaw was too
ill to undergo chemotherapy. | 0:20:14 | 0:20:23 | |
It concludes his learning
difficulties were not a factor | 0:20:23 | 0:20:25 | |
in the decision to move
to a palliative care pathway". | 0:20:25 | 0:20:28 | |
First time in the chair? | 0:20:28 | 0:20:29 | |
For ages. | 0:20:29 | 0:20:30 | |
He's over moon. | 0:20:30 | 0:20:33 | |
Dr Wilson and Bernadette Adams,
the family's advocate, haven't seen | 0:20:33 | 0:20:36 | |
Ian for a couple of months. | 0:20:36 | 0:20:37 | |
Hello, how are you? | 0:20:37 | 0:20:40 | |
I think we need to know that people
with autism and learning | 0:20:40 | 0:20:43 | |
disabilities have the same right
as anyone else, and there | 0:20:43 | 0:20:52 | |
and there doesn't need to be
a barrier, we can make | 0:20:52 | 0:20:55 | |
adjustments so that they get
the right treatment, | 0:20:55 | 0:20:57 | |
at the right time. | 0:20:57 | 0:20:58 | |
NHS England says it's working
to reduce the health inequalities | 0:20:58 | 0:21:00 | |
faced by people with learning
disabilities, but it didn't | 0:21:00 | 0:21:02 | |
want to comment on Ian's case. | 0:21:02 | 0:21:04 | |
The latest scan has shown
that his is shrinking. | 0:21:04 | 0:21:13 | |
-- his cancer is shrinking. | 0:21:13 | 0:21:14 | |
Give us a kiss! | 0:21:14 | 0:21:15 | |
Alison Holt, BBC News. | 0:21:15 | 0:21:21 | |
In California 8,000 firefighters
are still battling a huge wildfire - | 0:21:21 | 0:21:23 | |
which has been burning for 11 days. | 0:21:23 | 0:21:25 | |
The blaze has now destroyed an area
larger than New York City and Paris | 0:21:25 | 0:21:28 | |
combined, and is on track to become
the largest wildfire | 0:21:28 | 0:21:31 | |
in the state's history. | 0:21:31 | 0:21:32 | |
A mounted police officer
and a farrier working for the police | 0:21:32 | 0:21:34 | |
who claimed Liverpool fans burned
a horse with cigarettes | 0:21:34 | 0:21:37 | |
during the Hillsborough disaster,
will not face criminal charges. | 0:21:37 | 0:21:41 | |
The former South Yorkshire Police
policeman and the civilian farrier | 0:21:41 | 0:21:43 | |
were accused of making up the story. | 0:21:43 | 0:21:45 | |
Both men were referred
to the Crown Prosecution Service | 0:21:45 | 0:21:47 | |
by the police watchdog. | 0:21:47 | 0:21:49 | |
Ryanair has agreed to recognise
pilots unions for the first time, | 0:21:50 | 0:21:52 | |
to try to avert strike action
in the run-up to Christmas. | 0:21:52 | 0:21:56 | |
It's urging its staff to call
off industrial action | 0:21:56 | 0:21:59 | |
which is planned for next Wednesday. | 0:21:59 | 0:22:02 | |
Our Transport Correspondent Richard
Westcott is at Stansted Airport, | 0:22:02 | 0:22:09 | |
and Richard, the head of Ryanair,
Michael O'Leary reportedly once said | 0:22:09 | 0:22:12 | |
he'd rather cut off his own hand
than recognise unions so this | 0:22:12 | 0:22:15 | |
is a bit of a turnaround. | 0:22:15 | 0:22:17 | |
Yes, he doesn't mince his words, the
boss of Ryanair, Michael O'Leary. I | 0:22:17 | 0:22:22 | |
think it is a staggering turnaround,
for someone who is always known as | 0:22:22 | 0:22:26 | |
one of the real tough guys of the
business world. For years, Michael | 0:22:26 | 0:22:30 | |
O'Leary said he would not basically
recognise unions, won't let pilots | 0:22:30 | 0:22:35 | |
negotiate through unions. He was
saying it only on Tuesday when a | 0:22:35 | 0:22:38 | |
press release came out from the
company saying, we will not | 0:22:38 | 0:22:41 | |
recognise unions. This morning out
of the blue they basically did an | 0:22:41 | 0:22:44 | |
about turn and | 0:22:44 | 0:22:55 | |
said we have changed our mind, we
will recognise unions under some | 0:22:55 | 0:22:57 | |
circumstances. Why have they
dot-mac? They are facing industrial | 0:22:57 | 0:22:59 | |
action from pilots, a strike in
Ireland and Portugal next week. You | 0:22:59 | 0:23:02 | |
may remember they have had problems
with pilots before, Ryanair. It | 0:23:02 | 0:23:04 | |
wasn't long ago when I was standing
right here telling you about the | 0:23:04 | 0:23:06 | |
20,000 flights they had to cancel
all across the winter because they | 0:23:06 | 0:23:09 | |
messed up their pilot roster. That
affected 700,000 passengers, people | 0:23:09 | 0:23:15 | |
who had to rebook flights or make
other plans. So what about that | 0:23:15 | 0:23:19 | |
strike next week on Wednesday
question that there is a bit of a | 0:23:19 | 0:23:23 | |
twist tonight with that. The union
has said that they are happy to call | 0:23:23 | 0:23:26 | |
off the strike but they want to meet
Ryanair first. They are not going to | 0:23:26 | 0:23:31 | |
call off the strike until they can
meet Ryanair face to face. Ryanair | 0:23:31 | 0:23:35 | |
says it can only meet on Wednesday,
strike date, too late. At the moment | 0:23:35 | 0:23:40 | |
neither side is moving. We will have
to see how it plays out. As it | 0:23:40 | 0:23:44 | |
stands at the moment, that strike in
Ireland next Wednesday still going | 0:23:44 | 0:23:48 | |
ahead. We shall see, Richard at
Stansted, thank you. | 0:23:48 | 0:23:53 | |
Cricket, and England failed
to capitalise on centuries | 0:23:53 | 0:23:55 | |
from Jonny Bairstow and Davvid Malan
on the second day of the third | 0:23:55 | 0:23:58 | |
Ashes Test against Australia. | 0:23:58 | 0:24:00 | |
They were bowled out for 403,
after losing their last six | 0:24:00 | 0:24:03 | |
wickets for just 35 runs. | 0:24:03 | 0:24:04 | |
Australia, in reply, are 203-3. | 0:24:04 | 0:24:06 | |
England need at least a draw
to avoid losing the series, | 0:24:06 | 0:24:08 | |
as Andy Swiss reports. | 0:24:08 | 0:24:12 | |
The WACA is traditionally
where Australian heroes are made, | 0:24:15 | 0:24:19 | |
but would this be another day
for English ones? | 0:24:19 | 0:24:22 | |
Well, it seemed so at first,
as Dawid Malan and Jonny Bairstow | 0:24:22 | 0:24:25 | |
picked up their marathon partnership
where they'd left. | 0:24:25 | 0:24:27 | |
Bairstow completing
a superb century. | 0:24:27 | 0:24:31 | |
After his now infamous incident
in a Perth bar, he celebrated | 0:24:31 | 0:24:34 | |
by head-butting his helmet. | 0:24:34 | 0:24:35 | |
England were enjoying themselves. | 0:24:35 | 0:24:38 | |
But out of nowhere, guess what? | 0:24:38 | 0:24:42 | |
Malan went to a brilliant catch
by Peter Handscomb for 140, | 0:24:42 | 0:24:45 | |
and the rest crumbled in all too
familiar fashion, losing | 0:24:45 | 0:24:49 | |
their last six wickets in 48
mind-boggling minutes. | 0:24:49 | 0:24:54 | |
They just made it to the 400
mark, but it should have | 0:24:54 | 0:24:57 | |
been so much better. | 0:24:57 | 0:24:59 | |
To be all out by lunchtime
here wasn't exactly | 0:24:59 | 0:25:02 | |
part of England's plan. | 0:25:02 | 0:25:04 | |
That was some batting collapse,
even by their standards, | 0:25:04 | 0:25:06 | |
and Australia are suddenly right
back in this. | 0:25:06 | 0:25:08 | |
So could England's bowlers
repair the damage? | 0:25:08 | 0:25:12 | |
Well, they made a decent start -
Craig Overton removing both openers, | 0:25:12 | 0:25:15 | |
but further chances slipped
through their fingers. | 0:25:15 | 0:25:19 | |
They were difficult ones,
but they proved damaging. | 0:25:19 | 0:25:22 | |
Usman Khawaja made a half-century
by the time he was eventually | 0:25:22 | 0:25:25 | |
trapped leg before, and there was no
budging his skipper. | 0:25:25 | 0:25:28 | |
Steve Smith still there on 92. | 0:25:28 | 0:25:32 | |
If only some of England's earlier
batting had shown such stickability. | 0:25:32 | 0:25:39 | |
You can look at it and say we let
the position slip that our job on | 0:25:44 | 0:25:47 | |
the comeback in the morning is a
case of right, we've got the | 0:25:47 | 0:25:51 | |
capabilities of taking five, six
wickets in a session. We've shown | 0:25:51 | 0:25:53 | |
that previously so there's no reason
why can't now. | 0:25:53 | 0:25:58 | |
A day which belonged to Australia,
then, but a Test which England | 0:25:58 | 0:26:01 | |
can't afford to lose
is still tantalisingly poised. | 0:26:01 | 0:26:03 | |
Andy Swiss, BBC News, Perth. | 0:26:03 | 0:26:05 | |
Time for a look at the weather... | 0:26:06 | 0:26:08 | |
Here's Darren Bett. | 0:26:08 | 0:26:10 | |
You said it will get a bit warmer
but clearly nothing like Australia? | 0:26:10 | 0:26:14 | |
Goodness me, no.
That would be nice. | 0:26:14 | 0:26:19 | |
It would be unusual. It is going to
take a while to lift as temperatures | 0:26:19 | 0:26:23 | |
this weekend. It is a cold winter
sky we have across many areas at the | 0:26:23 | 0:26:28 | |
moment. It will be colder | 0:26:28 | 0:26:30 | |
sky we have across many areas at the
moment. It will be colder tonight | 0:26:30 | 0:26:30 | |
than it was last night. Still the
northerly winds, they will ease | 0:26:30 | 0:26:35 | |
down. Showers in eastern England
will retreat back to the coast. A | 0:26:35 | 0:26:38 | |
few showers in Wales on the
south-west, and some wetter weather | 0:26:38 | 0:26:42 | |
coming into Northern Ireland later.
For many away from these areas it | 0:26:42 | 0:26:46 | |
will be dry, clear, frost developing
widely in rural areas, down 2-50 -6 | 0:26:46 | 0:26:51 | |
in the North. Cold air to start the
weekend but ushering in some warmer | 0:26:51 | 0:26:58 | |
air as we change direction from a
northerly to south-westerly. But it | 0:26:58 | 0:27:01 | |
takes time. A cold start on Saturday
to stop showers and cloud across | 0:27:01 | 0:27:05 | |
Northern Ireland and spilling over
the Irish Sea into England and | 0:27:05 | 0:27:08 | |
Wales. Further east and north
probably largely dry with some | 0:27:08 | 0:27:11 | |
sunshine. Another cold day to come
across Scotland after that frosty | 0:27:11 | 0:27:16 | |
start. Northern Ireland a little bit
mild but certainly more cloud around | 0:27:16 | 0:27:19 | |
here. Some showers especially in the
morning. Northern England, eastern | 0:27:19 | 0:27:23 | |
England, all the way to East Anglia
will be cold. It will be bright but | 0:27:23 | 0:27:27 | |
it will be cold. The mild air
doesn't reach here just yet. | 0:27:27 | 0:27:31 | |
Somewhat milder in Wales, perhaps
north-west England, south-western | 0:27:31 | 0:27:34 | |
parts of England but there will be
cloud and some showers. Before it | 0:27:34 | 0:27:38 | |
gets milder, it will get cold again
tomorrow night across eastern areas | 0:27:38 | 0:27:45 | |
but the more significant change
probably comes during the second | 0:27:45 | 0:27:47 | |
half of the weekend. The weather
system moving from the north-west, | 0:27:47 | 0:27:49 | |
bringing a stronger south-westerly
wind for the rest of the day, | 0:27:49 | 0:27:53 | |
bringing cloud and outbreaks of rain
pushing across the UK but lifting | 0:27:53 | 0:27:56 | |
temperatures to 9-10. Next the first
half of next week at least we won't | 0:27:56 | 0:28:00 | |
see much rain at all. It will be
mild but that mildness comes with a | 0:28:00 | 0:28:04 | |
good deal of cloud. | 0:28:04 | 0:28:05 | |
mild but that mildness comes with a
good deal of cloud. | 0:28:05 | 0:28:06 |