over 2a years and the seven children he fathered with her during the time he kept them captive. one of the children died shortly after birth. a recent psychiatric report well, since then, he's been held in a high security institution for mentally disturbed offenders. but a recent psychiatric report found that he no longer poses

a threat to the public. he's now 88 and has dementia, and a court has now ruled he can be moved to a regular prison. here's what his lawyer said outside the hearing. translation: in the end, - the court came to the conclusion that he is indeed not dangerous any more. councils and charities are warning that the number of nursery places for children with special educational needs will fall in england, when the government expands its free childcare scheme. a survey by the charity, coram, suggests that a third of councils expect there to be fewer places next year. the government says it's phasing in more funded hours for working parents, so the sector has time to prepare. our education reporter vanessa clarke, has been speaking to one family who have had to move across the country to access the right nursery care. joe is incredible. he struggles in the world, but he has his own way of finding his way in the world. joe is one of thousands of children with special educational

needs and disabilities, commonly known as send. for his parents, the road to getjoe into the right nursery has been long and tough, particularly when his first nursery in greater manchester told the family they could no longer support joe's needs. we got to the point where we were almost totally out, totally on our knees and being, like, we don't know what to do. but breakthrough came when craig visited a nursery nearly 200 miles from where they lived. the children were part of — you know, everything was around them, they weren't on the outside. it was, like, let's all be a community together, children with different needs, different abilities, but them all celebrating together and exploring and learning together. joe had found a place, but there are warnings there will be even fewer send spaces available in england following the expansion of funded hours for working parents, which begins in april. i think quite a lot of local

authorities are concerned about there being enough places. there's already not enough places for children with special educational needs and disabilities. and i think they are concerned about what these additional spaces that need to be created in the system — the impact that will have on how many providers are able to offer places to children with special educational needs and disabilities. with nurseries already struggling with staff leaving and funding issues, there are fears of more children being turned away. settings who are already cut to the bone for funding will look at a child with send and think if that child comes to me today, i might not get the funding for two months to give them the support they need, so i have to fund it out of my own money, which already isn't enough for that two—month period. so we have to improve the way it's funded, otherwise children will continue to be turned away. the government says it's committed to ensuring that children with send are able to benefit equally from the childcare roll—out and funding is increasing. joe is now thriving.

i can't state enough how vital these services are. it needs to be across the board. there are calls for the rising number of children with send not to be left behind. vanessa clarke, bbc news, newbury. a key part of identifying skin conditions is using reference images to check any spots, lumps or moles, but what if none of the images feature your skin colour? most images currently feature white skin, but one project in bristol is trying to change that by taking photos of conditions on darker skin to help doctors recognise and diagnose problems on all patients. cheryl dennis reports. this is a photo shoot which could have a big impact on health care. the pictures being taken will give doctors and nurses images of medical conditions on skin that isn't white.

my eye — i don't know if you can see it. there's a scar and some stuff here, and my knee with the bumps and a few other bits, but i won't say. you know, they got their pictures out of me today. there are plenty of images of white patients, but, on darkerskin, we teach people about the example of being pale. in white skin that is obviously very noticeable. but for someone in darker skin tones, you can't look at the face, for example, so you have to look at the palm of the hand. so you have to kind of approach things slightly differently compared in these medical books, the team have found that only 5% of pictures show black or brown skin. it's a project being supported by the nhs. they hope to create a free library of pictures that can be used all over the country.

it's a really important project to help to reduce that's really the biggest aim of this project. the images will be verified, as well, so clinicians looking at them will know that if it says it's a measles rash, it'll be a measles rash and not something else. it's the first of 30 sessions and all the photos will be anonymous. i've got a fistula, which is a joint of veins, so that i can have my dialysis, which is for kidney failure. it's important because, obviously, the people who are doing the treatment come from all over the world and they may have experience of those diseases, those complaints, and they're not recognised when people with darker skin present themselves here. i've just gone through a medical book here that they've shown. it does need changing. our doctors need to be given the right tools to do theirjob even more robustly and this will help.

i'm really excited by it, actually. all those here hope they're making an important contribution to the nhs — one which caters for every patient from every background. cheryl dennis, bbc news. we can take you back alive mac back to edinburgh where the covid inquiry is continuing. the first minister of scotland humza yousaf is being questioned. he was health secretary for some time during the pandemic, moche of the questioning has been on messaging when he was in the government via whatsapp and what messages were retained. he government via whatsapp and what messages were retained.— government via whatsapp and what messages were retained. he was going to double the — messages were retained. he was going to double the number _ messages were retained. he was going to double the number of _ messages were retained. he was going to double the number of patrols - messages were retained. he was going to double the number of patrols near. to double the number of patrols near the border_ to double the number of patrols near the border at that point. there would — the border at that point. there would be — the border at that point. there would be no checkpoints and he was very clear _ would be no checkpoints and he was very clear about that but he was looking — very clear about that but he was looking to — very clear about that but he was looking to increase the number of police _ looking to increase the number of police assets near the border to effectively act as a deterrent. so when effectively act as a deterrent.

when you effectively act as a deterrent. sr when you say there was a barren it seems there was a reluctance on the part of police scotland to do very much about enforcing it. —— when you say there was a ban. much about enforcing it. -- when you say there was a ban.— say there was a ban. there was an understanding _ say there was a ban. there was an understanding from _ say there was a ban. there was an understanding from the _ say there was a ban. there was an understanding from the scottish . understanding from the scottish government that police resources were _ government that police resources were very — government that police resources were very stretched and nobody expected — were very stretched and nobody expected a mass deployment of police resources _ expected a mass deployment of police resources at the border. we understand how busy police scotland were and _ understand how busy police scotland were and they were integral to our response _ were and they were integral to our response to ensuring public health at the _ response to ensuring public health at the time of the pandemic. while ou are at the time of the pandemic. while you are on — at the time of the pandemic. while you are on the _ at the time of the pandemic. while you are on the subject _ at the time of the pandemic. while you are on the subject of— you are on the subject of enforcement, i had some questions about that as well. the scottish government chose to enforce the regulations such as the stay at home requirements by way of a fixed penalty notices.— requirements by way of a fixed penalty notices. we penalty notices. that is correct. we understand — penalty notices. that is correct. we understand from _ penalty notices. that is correct. we understand from your _ penalty notices. that is correct. we understand from your statement i penalty notices. that is correct. we i understand from your statement that the level of fixed penalty notices were a matter that you decided on. that's correct. were a matter that you decided on. that's correct-— that's correct. fixed penalty notices are _ that's correct. fixed penalty notices are in _ that's correct. fixed penalty notices are in essence - that's correct. fixed penalty notices are in essence on i that's correct. fixed penalty| notices are in essence on the that's correct. fixed penalty - notices are in essence on the spot fines typically issued by police officers in respect of minor

breaches of the law which does not count as a criminal conviction but is recorded on a police system and may be disclosed via the enhanced disclosure application in a certain period of time. is that your broad understanding?— period of time. is that your broad l understanding?_ why understanding? that's correct. why was it ou understanding? that's correct. why was it you chose _ understanding? that's correct. why was it you chose to _ understanding? that's correct. why was it you chose to enforce - understanding? that's correct. why was it you chose to enforce the - was it you chose to enforce the scottish government, choose to enforce the regulations in that particular way? flan enforce the regulations in that particular way?— enforce the regulations in that particular way? can i say that i understand — particular way? can i say that i understand that _ particular way? can i say that i understand that there - particular way? can i say that i understand that there will - particular way? can i say that i understand that there will be l particular way? can i say that i i understand that there will be very different — understand that there will be very different viewpoints on the use of fixed _ different viewpoints on the use of fixed penalty notices. from a government perspective we had to have some sort of deterrent once the regulations— have some sort of deterrent once the regulations were in place. we thought— regulations were in place. we thought that was important in relation — thought that was important in relation to compliance but also understanding that the vast majority of compliance would take place without — of compliance would take place without any police interaction whatsoever. if i went a step further, _ whatsoever. if i went a step further, the vast overwhelming majority — further, the vast overwhelming majority of that would be done

without — majority of that would be done without enforcement. police had the approach _ without enforcement. police had the approach of the four es with enforcement being the last they would _ enforcement being the last they would choose to deploy forced up my understanding of the figures, during this period, 94% of police activity did not— this period, 94% of police activity did not require a fixed penalty notice. — did not require a fixed penalty notice, only 6% required that level of enforcement action. did notice, only 6% required that level of enforcement action.— of enforcement action. did you or the scottish _ of enforcement action. did you or the scottish government - of enforcement action. did you or the scottish government more i of enforcement action. did you or i the scottish government more broadly give consideration to the possible if you're seeking to enforce the regulations without using fixed penalty notices? i regulations without using fixed penalty notices?— penalty notices? i think my recollection _ penalty notices? i think my recollection is _ penalty notices? i think my recollection is that - penalty notices? i think my recollection is that my i penalty notices? i think my i recollection is that my concern penalty notices? i think my - recollection is that my concern was if we _ recollection is that my concern was if we used — recollection is that my concern was if we used anything else, for example _ if we used anything else, for example a recorded warning, it would not have _ example a recorded warning, it would not have the — example a recorded warning, it would not have the same impact, effect or understanding. we were conscious that people would understand what a fixed penalty notice was, people might— fixed penalty notice was, people might have had it for speeding or littering. — might have had it for speeding or littering, so it was and understood, well understood system, whereas a formal _ well understood system, whereas a formal police recorded warning might not have _ formal police recorded warning might not have the same impact or effect.

so that— not have the same impact or effect. so that was— not have the same impact or effect. so that was the government's view that a _ so that was the government's view that a fixed penalty notice was the film that a fixed penalty notice was the right mechanism to use for deterrence purposes. was right mechanism to use for deterrence purposes. was that not recisel deterrence purposes. was that not precisely potentially _ deterrence purposes. was that not precisely potentially the _ deterrence purposes. was that not precisely potentially the problem | precisely potentially the problem with fixed penalty notices in this circumstance. whereas there might be used and there was an existing administrative system to process them for things like speeding, speeding offences are relatively cut and dry, whereas the question as to whether someone is breaking one of these regulations by, for example, not being at home without a reasonable excuse, is a much more difficult and nuanced question to answer. i am interested difficult and nuanced question to answer. iam interested in difficult and nuanced question to answer. i am interested in whether consideration was given within the scottish government to alternative means of trying to ensure that the rules were followed, other than the fixed penalty notice system. forgive me, i fixed penalty notice system. forgive me. i would — fixed penalty notice system. forgive me, i would have _ fixed penalty notice system. forgive me, i would have to _ fixed penalty notice system. forgive me, i would have to look— fixed penalty notice system. forgive me, i would have to look back i fixed penalty notice system. forgive me, i would have to look back over. me, i would have to look back over previous— me, i would have to look back over previous cabinet discussions but i certainly— previous cabinet discussions but i certainly know that there was an understanding that there were other

systems— understanding that there were other systems available, such as formally recorded _ systems available, such as formally recorded police warnings. i think for the _ recorded police warnings. i think for the confidence we had in police officers. _ for the confidence we had in police officers, was that every single day i officers, was that every single day i suspect— officers, was that every single day i suspect police officers have to try to _ i suspect police officers have to try to exercise judgment. you are right, _ try to exercise judgment. you are right, some — try to exercise judgment. you are right, some issues are cut and paste. — right, some issues are cut and paste, dried, black and white and you understand exactly whether or not an _ you understand exactly whether or not an offence has been committed and whether or not a fixed penalty notice _ and whether or not a fixed penalty notice should be issued. but police scotland _ notice should be issued. but police scotland police officers i think every — scotland police officers i think every day operate in an area where they have — every day operate in an area where they have to make a judgment about whether— they have to make a judgment about whether an _ they have to make a judgment about whether an offence has been committed or not. so there was certainly— committed or not. so there was certainly a — committed or not. so there was certainly a belief in police scotland's ability, if it was necessary, to issue a fixed penalty notice _ necessary, to issue a fixed penalty notice in _ necessary, to issue a fixed penalty notice in a — necessary, to issue a fixed penalty notice in a correct and appropriate manner~ _ notice in a correct and appropriate manner. there was also an understanding amongst all of us, government and police scotland, that enforcement such as a fixed penalty notice _ enforcement such as a fixed penalty notice would only ever be the absolute _ notice would only ever be the absolute last resort, therefore we didn't _ absolute last resort, therefore we didn't expect there to be significant amounts of fixed penalty

notices— significant amounts of fixed penalty notices issued. the significant amounts of fixed penalty notices issued.— notices issued. the inquiry has heard some — notices issued. the inquiry has heard some evidence - notices issued. the inquiry has heard some evidence from i notices issued. the inquiry has i heard some evidence from professor mcvie on the subject of enforcement. in her statement she suggests that internal scottish government correspondence suggests that scottish ministers took the lead from the uk government on offences and fixed penalties. at paragraph 13 of a separate document which she relies upon, she also suggests the decision also administratively, as you suggested, fitted in with an existing system of anti—social behaviour legislation. what i'm interested in trying to explore is the extent to which any real consideration was given to the possibility of not using this method of enforcement or whether it was simply adopted because it was the approach the uk government had decided upon. i

approach the uk government had decided upon-— decided upon. i think our default osition decided upon. i think our default position was _ decided upon. i think our default position was to _ decided upon. i think our default position was to go _ decided upon. i think our default position was to go down - decided upon. i think our default position was to go down the i decided upon. i think our default | position was to go down the fixed penalty— position was to go down the fixed penalty notice routes. and professor mcvie, _ penalty notice routes. and professor mcvie, whose evidence i have read, and whose _ mcvie, whose evidence i have read, and whose work i have read, also make _ and whose work i have read, also make some — and whose work i have read, also make some important points for us to reflect— make some important points for us to reflect upon _ make some important points for us to reflect upon is a government. i think— reflect upon is a government. i think it — reflect upon is a government. i think it was our default to go to the fixed — think it was our default to go to the fixed penalty notice route because — the fixed penalty notice route because it was well understood and all our— because it was well understood and all our behavioural scientists told us that— all our behavioural scientists told us that in — all our behavioural scientists told us that in order to get a greater... studio: _ us that in order to get a greater... studio: scottish first minister humza yousaf giving his evidence to the edinburgh leg of the covid inquiry. he has been responding to questions about whatsapp messages and the fact some were deleted, certainly many of nicola sturgeon, who was first minister at the time, some of those were deleted. if you want to carry on watching that you can scan the qr code on the right—hand side of your screen. you

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