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the prime minister lays out her plans to combat what she calls the hidden injustice of mental illness. it's part of a broader strategy to create what she described as a "shared society" to try to prevent extremists exploiting divisions and discontent. failure to take this opportunity to show the ability of mainstream centre ground of politics to respond to public concern would further entrench the buried divisions we seek to overcome. —— very divisions. also on the programme this lunchtime... chaos in london for millions of commuters as a 24—hour tube strike brings most of the underground to a halt. seventeen people arrested in france after reality tv star kim kardashian was robbed of millions of pounds of jewellery last year. donald trump calls meryl streep one of hollywood's most overrated actresses after she criticises him in a speech at the golden globe awards. and heavy snow in southern italy — dozens of people die as a cold snap grips large parts of eastern and central europe. and coming up in the
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sport on bbc news... england flanker chris robshaw will miss the six nations championship as he undergoes shoulder surgery, ruling him out of action for 12 weeks. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. theresa may has described mental illness as a "hidden injustice" which had been "dangerously disregarded", and said she is determined to transform attitudes. the prime minister has been outlining a package of measures, including plans to give extra training for teachers and employers, as part of broader proposals to create what she described as a "shared society". mental health experts, though, say more funding is needed to improve services. here's our health correspondent, elaine dunkley. there are no words for what it does
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toa there are no words for what it does to a family. shock is not the word, it is just your whole reality is blown to pieces. in 2014, doctor sangeeta mahajan‘s son took his own life. he was just 20 years old and had been diagnosed with bipolar disorder. ten weeks later he was dead. they don't discharge patients with adequate information, the doors we re with adequate information, the doors were closed for us. we were told to either go to a&e or your gp and it is the only way we can come back, we had no direct access back to the specialist services. that is wrong. the prime minister, theresa may, has described mental health care as a burning injustice and today a promise of a major overhaul. left unaddressed it destroys lives, separates people from each other and deepens the divisions within our
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society. changing this goes right to the heart of our humanity, to the heart of the kind of country we are, the attitudes we hold and the values we share. the plans include mental health first aid training for secondary schools, employers and organisations will also be given additional guidance in supporting staff who need to take time off. and there will be greater emphasis on community care. the prime minister says this is an historical opportunity to right a wrong but for those on the front line of mental health services, funding is a major concern. mental health is still very underfunded compared to other areas of medicine. it generates probably 20 to 25% of the total disease burden of all diseases and yet the funding is ten to 12% in this country. so little people are putting about it. four years ago, jake mills tried to end his life and he now runs a mental health charity
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to help others and he says in order for there to be to change there needs to be greater awareness and understanding. education needs to happen. and without being facetious about it, if there was a disease that existed that was killing more men in this country under the age of 49 and it was preventable and treatable, we would all be experts on it, we would know exactly what to look out for, exactly what to do if we had symptoms. jake says he is living proof that with the right intervention there is hope but many feel in orderfor intervention there is hope but many feel in order for mental health to get the same recognition as physical health, additionalfunding get the same recognition as physical health, additional funding is crucial. elaine dunkley, bbc news. let's speak to our social affairs correspondent, michael buchanan. the prime minister has outlined a strategy but how much difference will it make to mental health? that is going to be the key question and a lot of mental health
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professionals will hope it makes a difference because the need for it to do so as you heard in that report is urgent and intense. one of the ironies in recent years there has been a ironies in recent years there has beena campaign ironies in recent years there has been a campaign aimed at reducing the stigma around mental health which theresa may was talking about this morning and that have been partially successful and has led to people coming forward and talking about mental health services and seeking support but when they have done that, support has often not been there. there is a report out in novemberfrom the been there. there is a report out in november from the education policy institution think tank that found one infour institution think tank that found one in four young people were being turned away from therapy and two thirds of people aged between 16 and 34 who had actually attempted suicide had not received any follow—up care at all. that was all taking place after the government had promised to spend nearly £2 billion on mental health services in england. the reason the money is not getting through from the treasury is
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that nhs in england and local care commissioners are not ring fenced it. it has meant that a lot of the money that was meant to go to mental health has simply got into acute ca re health has simply got into acute care and physical health care needs. up care and physical health care needs. upfiu care and physical health care needs. up till now it has been possible for health care officials to ignore central diktats from westminster but the keeper will be whether theresa may's rhetoric cantered into the reality on the front line for mental health patients. our assistant political editor, norman smith, is in westminster. how much more did we learn about the vision for government?” how much more did we learn about the vision for government? i think what we got was mrs may's attempt at a big idea beyond brexit, what she wa nts big idea beyond brexit, what she wants her government to be about beyond pulling out of the european union. she said it is wholesale social reform. at the heart of it is this idea of trying to tackle what
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she regards as everyday, forgotten injustices around issues like this termination in the criminaljustice system, life expectancy for poorer families and also around mental health provision. the second aspect is about recalibrating where government focuses its effort and her view is that for too long successive governments have simply focused on those who are most disadvantaged and most deprived and it has ignored people who are just about managing but are still having about managing but are still having a pretty ha rd about managing but are still having a pretty hard time. she has promised a pretty hard time. she has promised a raft of announcements over the coming months, filling in some of the details. today, beyond mental health, we got no real specific commitments. the difficulty she faces is that brexit is such a massive undertaking for any government that trying to do almost anything substantial beyond that is
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going to be incredibly difficult. that, coupled with a lack of resources , that, coupled with a lack of resources, means trying to undertake the hugely ambitious sort of reforms in the area of mental health and social care that mrs may wants to undertake is going to be extraordinarily difficult. the danger that she ends up overpromising and under delivering. thank you. the value of the pound fell by almost 1% this morning in early trading against the dollar and the euro. the fall came after the prime minister, in an interview yesterday, refused to rule out the possibility of the uk leaving the single market once it had left the european union. let's speak to our economics editor, kamal ahmed. it goes to show how sensitive it all is. markets are obviously still concerned about what is the root of exit full so yes, britain is leading the eu but what kind of trading relationship will we have with the rest of europe, our most important trading partner? it had a weak morning to date but it has been weak
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really since the referendum, falling by 11% on the referendum night. why does it matter? because we import a lot of our food and fuel into the uk so if sterling is weak, that means that prices will go up which effects on consumers. there are some upside toa on consumers. there are some upside to a weaker pound. our experts become more competitive and exports. and the stock market has had a strong morning because although a lot of big companies are uk based, bit actually earn in dollars and they have become more valuable and thatis they have become more valuable and that is important for peoples pension funds, a lot of which are invested in the stock market so if it is strong that is good for pensions. the overall judgment it is strong that is good for pensions. the overalljudgment of the market at the moment is that, because of uncertainty about the direction of travel of brexit and how hard it might be, they believe the uk economy will suffer because of that uncertainty and therefore they are saying that the pound, or
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they are saying that the pound, or they are saying that the pound, or they are signalling that the pound will be weaker because of it. thank you. the taxpayer is no longer the largest sharehold in lloyds banking group after the government has reduced its stake. the government spent £20 billion on a 43% stake in lloyds at the height of the financial crisis. the government now owns less than 6% of shares. it has already said it wants to return the bank to full private ownership during the course of 2017. millions of commuters have had a chaotic start to the week after a strike on the london underground shut down most of the network. one of the capital's busiest train stations, claphamjunction, had to be evacuated because of overcrowding after large numbers of people tried to find an alternative way into work. the strike, which is due to end tonight, is over staff numbers and safety on the tube. our correspondent daniel boettcher is in central london. this strike started yesterday evening but it was only this morning in the rush hour that the full impact became clear. there has been
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some improvement, a few more stations have opened, although the one behind me is locked and has been a difficult start to do it for many tube passengers. this is what commuters on the london underground faced this morning, a third of all stations closed and a limited service on most of the lines that were operating. around 4 million people use the network, the strike has left travellers frustrated with journeys taking far longer than usual as passengers had to find other ways of getting to work. i gave myself two hours and it looks like i'm going to be late. work. i gave myself two hours and it looks like i'm going to be latelj almost missed quite a few exams because of all this industrial action going on. it's quite irritating. i did think it is unfair because it puts all others in a situation where we are all late for work. the way i see it, it is what it is. they have got their cause so, yeah, you work around it. because
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there are so few tube trains running, kenny to traffic on the road has been even heavier than usual and despite an extra 150 buses being laid on, the bus network has been packed with long queues —— commuter traffic. the rmt and the tssa and is aboutjobs and staffing levels and the unions say cuts are jeopardising safety. they need to put back in a task force response almost two put this safe. because we have sympathy for the public and we regret this strike. we're been in weeks of talks between were up against a brick wall. the london mets sadiq khan said he condemned the action and that talks to resolve the action and that talks to resolve theissues the action and that talks to resolve the issues should be resumed. the action and that talks to resolve the issues should be resumedlj the action and that talks to resolve the issues should be resumed. i know this strike could have been avoided and it is unnecessary and i'm imploring the trade unions to come back and talk to the management team about resolving this so there are not further days of industrial action. london underground says there is no need for a strike. we will continue our process of
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recruiting additional people and we also want to work with the trade unions over the next couple of months to identify where we may need to strengthen that. this dispute could only be resolved by the trade unions working with us collaboratively and talking around the table, not through strike action. some commuters face further disruption this week in an unrelated strike on southern rail services. passengers are being told to travel only if essential on tuesday, wednesday and friday, when train drivers belonging toa to a aslef are expected to be on strike over a long—running dispute over the role of guards and the company said there will be no services on strike days with only a limited number of bus links instead. the industrial advection —— the industrial action today is not in both overground industrial action today is not in both overg round rail services industrial action today is not in both overground rail services but there has been no interchange to be tube network at key stations and in places the numbers of passengers trying to use rail services instead
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has caused problems. clapham junction was temporarily evacuated because of overcrowded. there were no trains stopping and passengers had to wait outside the border station reopened. the strike is due to end at 6pm this evening but london underground is that it has been focusing efforts on trying to provide the best service possible under these circumstances today so there will be further problems this evening even after the strike had ended and things will only get back to normal tomorrow. seventeen people have been arrested in connection with the robbery of the reality tv star, kim kardashian, in october last year. a gang of masked men burst into her apartment in paris and held her at gunpoint before making off with millions of pounds worth ofjewellery. let's speak to our correspondent in paris, hugh schofield. what more can you tell us? there was a series of dawn raids this morning in the paris area, in normandy and also in the south in nice and grasse. 17 people were picked up of all ages and police says that are
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well known as card and members of the criminal underworld. what led to this was a clue left at the scene at this was a clue left at the scene at this luxury hotel in october by the perpetrators. —— hardened members. five men burst in and held her at gunpoint and took away these jewels but i also left behind dna, one of them had handled the ligatures that she was bound with an another dropped upend and on the road outside. from these bits of dna they we re outside. from these bits of dna they were able to make a match with somebody who was on their books already —— dropped a pendant. they we re already —— dropped a pendant. they were put under surveillance and they have had this information for a long time and were watching this man and his gang and they were able to make preparations as the gang prepared to dispose of the jewels. it was at the end of a long period of surveillance that they decided to sweep this
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morning and arrest 17. one question still remaining to be answered is whether this was an inside job because of course one of the key factors was that on that very night, the bodyguard of kardashian was absent. did the gang know that? thank you. the time is 1.15pm. our top story this lunchtime. the prime minister has been laying out her plans to combat what she calls the hidden injustice of mental illness. and still to come. a british trucker is honoured for raising money for the family of the polish lorry driver killed in the berlin christmas market attack. and coming up in the sport on bbc news. johanna konta warms up for the start of the australian open, where she was a semifinalist last year, with a comfortable win at the sydney international. the hollywood musical la la land looks like the film to beat at this year's oscars after it swept the board at the golden globes, winning a record seven awards.
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it was also a good night for the brits. but the evening was also filled with political drama as meryl streep took to the stage and criticised the president—elect donald trump for mocking a disabled reporter. this morning, mr trump hit back, calling her one of the most overrated actresses in hollywood. james cook reports from los angeles. los angeles, california — where stories are spun and stars are born. a place of glitz and glamour, of gowns and gossip. a place they call... la la land. yeah. la la land. there were a record seven golden globes for the musical including acting awards for its stars ryan gosling and emma stone. this is a film for dreamers. and i think that hope and creativity are two of the most important things in the world, and that's what this movie is about. the television categories included wins for atlanta, the people versus oj simpson,
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and for claire foy, who played britain's queen elizabeth in the crown. i really, really, really wouldn't be here if it wasn't for some extraordinary women, i'm going to thank them. one of them is queen elizabeth ii. she has been at the centre of the world for the past 63 years. and i think the world could do with a few more women at the centre of it, if you ask me. there were three acting awards for bbc co—production the night manager. its star tom hiddlestone used his speech to highlight conflict in africa. it's a terrible situation happening for children. the night manager is about arms dealing and there are far too many arms going to south sudan. co—star hugh laurie's remarks were also political, with a dig at donald trump. i suppose made more amazing by the fact i'll be able to say that i won this at the last ever golden globes. i don't mean to be gloomy, it'sjust that it has the words hollywood, foreign and press in the title.
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ijust don't know what... receiving a lifetime achievement award, meryl streep also lambasted the president—elect. disrespect invites disrespect, violence incites violence. when the powerful use their position to bully others, we all lose. so hollywood is crawling with outsiders and foreigners and if we kick them all out you'll have nothing to watch but football and mixed martial arts, which are not the arts. elsewhere, britain's aaron taylor—johnson won for his supporting role in the dark crime thriller nocturnal animals. what a tremendous honour. thank you, hfpa, for acknowledging me in this role. thank you, tom ford. thank you so much for this opportunity. creating this role and collaborating on this journey was an immense joy. well, hollywood can be fun and frivolous but it also prides itself on tackling serious subjects.
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many stars here on the red carpet are predicting a surge in political films this year following the most divisive of elections. james cook, bbc news, at the golden globes in los angeles. this morning, donald trump responded to those comments with a tweet in which he called meryl streep. .. the foreign secretary borisjohnson has held the first meeting between british government ministers and donald trump's top aides. he will meet leading republicans in washington later today. our diplomatic correspondent james robbins is with me. this is all ahead of the prime minister's first trip to washington to meet mr trump. it could be as soon as next month. that's right, substance and symbolism in this visit. attempting to get the us and uk relationship back on an even keel because the transatlantic ship was listing quite
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badly after nigel farage was so quick to trump tower after the election of the president elect donald trump. that sent an entirely negative signal, particularly from a downing street point of view, about where the axis of the us and uk relationship really lay. boris johnson is in new york and washington as a bit of a trailblazer. in new york, he saw members of the incoming trump administration, and that was very important. apparently they had very frank discussions, including big differences between washington and london over russia in particular. today the foreign secretary will be seeing republican leaders on the hill in congress, also very important. it's worth underlining that he cannot, for protocol reasons, see the likely next secretary of state rex tillerson, because he is facing congressional confirmation hearings and it wouldn't be per before the foreign secretary to see him before he is confirmed in office. —— wouldn't be
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proper. he is not seeing donald trump, that is a murmured reserved for theresa may. more than a quarter of young people in britain say they don't feel in control of their lives as a result of political events in the uk, such as brexit. according to a national study, money worries are top of the list of issues making them feel anxious about their future. anisa kadri reports. for 19—year—old milly rawley, getting help was crucial to getting her life back on track after her mum died. i faced a series of relationship breakdowns and different forms of abuse until eventually when i was 16 i became homeless for three months, and this was when mental health really declined. after receiving treatment in hospital, milly is living at the ymca while doing her a—levels, and she's now feeling much happier. compared to years ago, i know where i want to go, what i want to do, and i know how to get there. according to the prince's trust, which has supported milly, more than a quarter of young people don't feel in control of their lives.
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the charity says well—being for 16 to 25—year—olds is at its lowest level in eight years of research. we need to invest in things like cadets, programs in schools that are character—building and encourage teamwork. i think we need to invest much more heavily in vocational training in the further education sector. concerns over body image, recent political events including the brexit vote and the syria situation, as well as money worries, were all raised by the survey — issues these young people say are a concern. because of recent political events and the economic outlook, there isjust a really high level of uncertainty. you have to have a certain income to rent. a lot of employers expect you to have lots of experience just even to find an entry—level job. while life can be difficult for all young people, milly says it's important to reach out when you know things are really spiralling out of control. north korea says it's ready at any
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time to test a long—range missile. the country's leader, kim jong—un, said in his new year's address that the missile was in the final stages of development. washington has made it clear that, if it launched an intercontinental ballistic missile, america would shoot it down. so is the threat real, or just posturing before donald trump becomes president? here's our correspondent in seoul, steven evans. they look fearsome. the big missiles paraded through pyongyang. though some experts think they can't actually do what north korea claims they can, they are more for show. now, though, the tone has changed. in his new year's message, kim jong—un said his country was in the final stages of developing an intercontinental ballistic missile — a long—range missile able to hit us cities. a message echoed on the north korea news. the talking is getting
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tougher, and the tweeting. donald trump tweeted about north korea getting icbms. "it won't happen." but washington's outgoing secretary of defence said that if north korea did test an icbm, it might be shot down. their nuclear weapons and ballistic missile defence programmes are a serious threat to us. we try to stay ahead of that and we are trying, we are staying ahead of that with our missile defences to make sure we've upgraded their number, their type, so that we are sure we can defend ourselves. we have deployed missile defences in south korea, japan, guam. in pyongyang, it was sports day on sunday. workers from different industries competed and chanted that they wanted the two halves of korea to reunite. kim jong—un visited
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a silk and textile mill. he'll have more on his mind, though, than the design of quilts. his nuclear ambitions are moving up the washington agenda as donald trump prepares for power. neither is known as a quiet man. stephen evans, bbc news, south korea. when the attack against the berlin christmas market happened, one of the first who was killed was the polish driver whose lorry was used by the attacker. a british lorry driver was so moved by what happened that he launched an appeal to help the polish man's family. so far, it's raised nearly £200,000, and today he's being thanked by the polish ambassador in london. kasia madeira is at the polish embassy. david duncan had never met lukasz
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urban, he had never had contact with him, but when he heard about what happened to the polish trucker in berlin, he felt so moved, so compassionate that he set up this online crowdfunding campaign. today is about thanking him on behalf of the polish community in the uk and also the polish community in poland. when you first heard about what happened, what did you feel? obviously i was very moved by the story, like everyone else. it touched me a bit more being a truck driver myself, thinking about his poor family he left behind, his work colleagues, he worked for his cousin, a family firm, and it touched me in that way. when did the idea come to set up this online fund? i had seen things on the news, programmes about funding and things like that, i looked into it and found go fund me and it seemed like a good idea. the results have been fantastic, you have had a lot of
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support. overwhelming, incredible support. overwhelming, incredible support from all over the world. unbelievable. it is notjust people from the driving community, people from the driving community, people from poland, britain and all over the world. the polish community in the world. the polish community in the uk started spreading it around the uk started spreading it around the world, polish people around the world and that is how it grew. most of the money has come from polish people. that tells you everything, really. i know that the family of lu kasz urban were really. i know that the family of lukasz urban were really touched. his cousin contacted you and invited you to his funeral. in banie. that's true, we met the family, lovely people, quiet and unassuming, gracious people. hospitality is second to none, can't thank them enough and can't wait to see them again. today is about thanking dave, from the polish embassy in london. dozens of people have died in parts of central and eastern europe in the past few days because of bitterly cold weather.
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in poland, where ten people died, temperatures fell to minus 20 degrees yesterday. and heavy snow has fallen in parts of turkey, italy and even the greek islands. let's speak to our correspondent in budapest, nick thorpe. yes, it's pretty cold here as you can see. i'm standing across from the hungarian parliament in budapest, and the danube, large ice flows floating down the danube. relatively mild in budapest this morning, only —8, temperatures touched 28 celsius yesterday on the northern border. in neighbouring romania, the eastern carpe diem is, a record —67 was recorded on a mountain peak. —— carpathian mountains. disruption, many schools in and bulgaria closed. the most vulnerable people, the in the cities, migrants and refugees,
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moving into turkey and greece... remarkable weather conditions. on the black sea coast, snow and ice, difficult conditions in large parts of eastern europe today. nick, thank you. the weather now with louise. some of that weather heading this way? cold, but not that cold. everything but the kitchen sink thrown at us through the course of this week. we started today mild and wet, but if you are taking a walk across lancashire, a bit muddy underfoot. it is brightening up as the rain spills down into the south—east corner in the next few hours. following behind, a scattering of showers and windy. showers in the far north turning increasingly wintry as they fall across the high

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