hello. it's monday, it's nine o'clock, i'm victoria derbyshire. welcome to the programme this morning. amy's place — the recovery house changing lives in memory of amy winehouse. sitting where i am today, i am not that long sober but i have made it so that long sober but i have made it so far, that you forget my life was sitting in a homeless hostel planning how to kill myself. i was very, bitterly, bitterly suicidal, depressed. my world basically collapsed. the drugs take over. we've had exclusive access to the rehab centre for women under the age of 30. also on the programme — people convicted of animal cruelty and killing animals face a maximum prison sentence in england and wales of six months. this morning, there are calls for that sentence to be made ten times longer. we'll hear the arguments.

ido i do geta i do get a lot of abuse. what do you normally do when you hang out together? this. we sit around, he abuses me. david baddiel will tell us about life with his father whose rare form of dementia makes him prone to extreme outbursts of swearing and sexual—inappropriateness. really keen to hear your experiences of caring for a relative with dementia. hello. welcome to the programme. we're live until 11 this morning. do get in touch on all the stories we're talking about this morning. use the hashtag #victorialive. and if you text, you will be charged at the standard network rate. our top story today. council tax rises are planned by nearly all of england's local authorities in the coming year, but the organisation that represents them is warning that deep cuts to services will still be needed. the local government association says social care services for the elderly and disabled are at breaking point and will swallow up any extra money raised. here's our social affairs correspondent alison holt. this is social care in action.

after several falls, maureen edwards is getting support to regain some independence and rebuild her confidence. mick to cope in their own home. i'm gratefulfor all that they've done for me, i really am and... without them, i don't know what i would have done. so, yeah, it's good, really good. councils fund most social care and today's surveys shows the majority of them struggling to meet growing costs. there are 151 local authorities in england, 147 plan to raise council tax specifically to help pay for social care. but councils warn that won't plug the funding gap and that could mean cuts to other council services. there has been a united voice of local government to say

that they need to have more funding into social care and that the crisis in social care is immediate now. the funding for local government needs to be resolved immediately. the government says extra money is being put into social care and authorities will soon be able to keep all the money they raise from council tax and business rates. alison holt, bbc news. our correspondent angus crawford is here with me now. what are the key findings of this local government association report? this is a 118, the council taxpayers not only are you likely to find your council tax goes up but the services you take for granted, filling potholes, libraries, bin collections, children's services will face further cuts. of the 151 local authorities in england, 147 say they will put up council tax all because of the crisis in social care. how much?

that is the big question. they can put up council tax by 1.99% without a referendum, and an extra 3% if they will pay the social care using that money. arguably some people may find next year a 5% rise in their council tax. how have we got to this point? essentially, funding from local government, for local government, from central government, went down a third in the last parliament. the cost of the national living wage is coming in for local authority employees, and an ageing population. a series situation where the local government association says there will be a shortfall of £5.8 billion by 2020. you heard they are putting in newfunding by 2020. you heard they are putting in new funding streams, £200 billion available to spend by 2020, and local authorities will be able to

keep 100% of local taxation. thank you. let's go to the bbc newsroom for a summary of the rest of the day's news. iraqi government forces have resumed their offensive to try to win control of western mosul, the last major stronghold of so—called islamic state in iraq. thousands of troops are involved in the assault on the western half of the city which is now in its second day. last month, iraqi government forces secured the eastern part of mosul after weeks of fighting. in record time, the iraqi federal police have made it in time inside of mental city. and the river tigris is in the foreground. it really was a very fast assault to get here. now, behind me, perhaps if we move the camera over there, you might pick out the helicopter, the gun ship which is launching an attack

against the town of abu safe, and important town, all that lies between the federal police and mosul is that town, a daesh stronghold. all morning we have watched these helicopters attacking the town and the iraqi police have fired their own home—made rockets deep inside that town. it is very important for them. just two miles, you can hear them. just two miles, you can hear the helicopters firing again, you can't quite see it. we can hear it. just beyond that town, two miles, is mosul‘s airport. that airport is mostly symbolic value because the islamic state long ago destroyed the i’u nways islamic state long ago destroyed the runways and terminal buildings. taking that would be very important because it would be a small victory. after that, they would be in mosul. the us president donald trump has attempted to explain on twitter why he made comments about a nonexistent

security incident in sweden on friday. at a rally on saturday in florida, president trumpjustified his moves to restrict immigration from several majority—muslim countries by referring to the imaginary swedish incident along with other recent terror attacks. you look at what's happening last night in sweden — sweden! who would believe this? sweden! they took in large numbers and they are having problems like they never thought possible. yesterday evening, he tweeted that he had got the information from a fox news documentary about immigration in sweden, and the white house later clarified he'd been talking about rising crime rather than any specific incident. the swedish embassy has responded by tweeting that they looked forward to advising president trump's administration about swedish immigration and integration policies. meanwhile, donald trump's vice—president mike pence is in brussels to meet eu and nato leaders.

he's expected to address concerns about the american president's position towards both organisations. he will be giving a news conference at ten o'clock. two senior ukip officials in merseyside have resigned in protest at their leader paul nuttall‘s handling of the hillsborough controversy. the chairmen of the merseyside branch and the liverpool branch cited mr nuttall‘s "unprofessional approach and crass insensitivity", saying mr nuttall‘s comments had provoked "a strong reaction" from people in liverpool. last week, the ukip leader admitted that a claim on his website that he had lost a close friend in the hillsborough tragedy was untrue. the house of lords will get its first chance to debate the so—called brexit bill later, the legislation which kicks off the formal process for britain leaving the eu. the bill passed through the commons unamended, but it's thought opposition peers will seek guarantees about the rights of eu citizens in britain — and the role of parliament in scrutinising brexit. campaigners have called the current maximum jail term for animal cruelty

in england and wales "laughable". battersea dogs and cats home is calling for prison sentences to be increased from six months to five years to bring the punishment in line with crimes such as fly—tipping. england and wales currently have the lowest maximum sentence in the uk. and victoria will be discussing this issue on the programme later in this hour. two of the world's biggest search engines, google and bing, have pledged to make it harder for internet users in britain to find pirated material such as music and films. they've signed up to a voluntary code of practice which involves demoting offending websites in their search results. the entertainment industry reached the agreement with the tech giants after talks brokered by the government. the initiative will run in parallel with existing anti—piracy measures. ride—sharing company uber has said it will conduct an "urgent investigation" into claims of sexual harassment at the company. a blog post written by a former employee detailed a string of instances during her time working for uber as an engineer. the company's chief executive, travis kalanick responded

saying he had not heard these allegations before, and that anyone who thought such behaviour was ok would be fired. that's a summary of the latest bbc news. more at 9.30am. a couple of messages from you on the amy winehouse recovery house. that is for women under the age of 30. 0ne viewer says, this is so inspiring, she introduced herself into my life when i hit rock bottom with addiction. this is a foundation eve ryo ne with addiction. this is a foundation everyone needs to support. do get in touch with us throughout the morning. use the #victoria live. if you text, you will be charged at the standard network rate. let's get some sport. 0lly foster is at the bbc sport centre. a big day for seven sports with their futures in the balance. a couple of months ago, five sports we re a couple of months ago, five sports were stripped of their funding for the next 0lympics were stripped of their funding for the next olympics and paralympics cycle through to tokyo and the 2020

games. badminton, archery, fencing, wheelchair rugby amongst those. table tennis and others were told they would continue not to be funded and they were unhappy. badminton, they had a strong argument for more funding because they met their target in rio, they got a medal in the men's doubles. they said if they lost all their funding it would be catastrophic and they would become nothing more than a hobby sport. sentiments all those exports have shared. we will find out later this morning from uk sport exactly how all those appeals have been heard and whether they have been successful. unlike they have been successful. unlike the uk sport with £350 million to spread across all those sports will reverse those decisions, they say they have to prioritise where they think those medals will be one. it has been a great weekend in the fa cup and another non—league side plays tonight.

can we see another upset, sutton against arsenal, at an old school stadium. i have seen the away dressing rooms, arsenal would fancy that one little bit. the quarterfinal draw was made yesterday. tonight's winner will face non—league lincoln at home. they made the headlines this weekend beating burnley 81 places above them. that is what it meant to them at turf moor. 1—0. the first non—league side in a century to reach the quarters. chelsea face manchester united, they had a tricky tie at black burn, the winner scored from their sub, 2—1. that is anotherjuicy tied to look

forward to. cricketer ben stokes has become a lot richer in the last couple of hours. you wouldn't have thought england's stop is very high in india, they just had that tour whitewash in all forms of the game. we had the frenzied auction we have every year for the ipl. ben stokes has become the most expensive foreign player in the ten years of the tournament, £1.7 million paid for him. kevin pietersen, he loves himself a little bit, he properly won't be that happy, he was previously the most expensive player at £1 million. but ben stokes has a lot to live up to in that tournament when it starts in april. there was an awkward moment in austria at the biathlon world championships. yes, they ski and shoot, then ski a bit more. an awkward moment with the at them,

not as awkward as when the old german anthem was played for the german anthem was played for the german women at the fed cup. this was pretty embarrassing nonetheless. the russian men one goals, here they are on the podium. they played an old version of the russian anthem, not the done thing. this is one of their coaches, do it yourself, take it away! no gold medal the singing. the russian athletes haven't done much to ingratiate themselves of late. but they loved it there in the crowd. they did well. thank you. this morning, exclusive access inside amy's place, the uk's only recovery house dedicated to helping young women overcome their addictions. it was set up in memory of amy winehouse who died of alcohol poisoning five years ago. it only accepts women under the age of 30 who have been clean or dry for three months, but aren't ready to live on their own.

each of the 16 occupants gets their own flat which they pay for using housing benefit. they can stay for up to two years. the amy winehouse foundation says there is a desperate need for more such recovery houses, and wants other housing providers to follow its lead. six months since it opened, our reporterjean mackenzie was given exclusive access to the house, and spent time with the first women to live there. you may find some of the details you hear in this report upsetting. hello, i'm grace and i'm an alcoholic. i'm struggling this morning. i kind ofjust want to go out and walk for the day. do you know when you just want to wander, just get out of your head? my head can just talk to me all the time. you don't want to be an addict. you're not an addict. you are an addict. i am an addict. people with addictions, they can't do it on their own.

to be able to change the lives of the young women who come through these doors and make that difference isjust the most wonderful thing, really in amy's memory. after a high—profile addiction to drugs and alcohol, amy winehouse died when she was 27. last year, her family set up a home for young women fighting addiction. the only centre of its kind. we've been given exclusive access and spent time with the first women to live there. every monday, the women eat breakfast together. some of the issues the girls have is like eating disorders and the fact that we are so busy, we tend to not get a lot of time to spend with each other. so i suggested it and then all the other girls said it was great. i think it makes everyone less angry. i feel like one of them ladies who has to curtsy. the house takes in young women

for up to two years after they've been through rehab. it helps them stay clean while they take their first steps without drugs and alcohol. yeah, ifeel a bit like not really here or there today. i just feel a bit floaty, which is all right. my head can just talk to me all the time. you don't want to be an addict, you're not an addict. you are an addict. i am an addict. and i know i'm an addict. hello, my name is grace, i'm19, i'm a recovering alcoholic and i'm a year and month sober. the youngest member of the house, grace, had a difficult upbringing. so i'm going to have duck egg in the front i’ooiti and then a wall of glitter. she went into care when she was 13 and then moved around homeless hostels. i've never decorated a house. so this is a first. it started out, i know that i had my first drink at eight.

and by kind of like 12 i was sneaking around and doing things that i shouldn't have been doing. between 13 and 14 i went into care and that is kind of where it took off. and i could be more sneaky about it, because i didn't have my parents around. and it was a way of coping. i did it when i could. obviously, i went into my youth hostels and that is where it just rocketed. i didn't have anyone to say you shouldn't be doing this or you shouldn't be doing that. it was habit. and so what point did you think, i'm an alcoholic? it was only in november 2015 where i nearly died. i woke up frothing at the mouth and i was terrified. they were detoxing me in resus in hospital. they told me it's a waiting game now, whether we see that your organs are failing or not. so it was four days of me sitting in resus, hoping and praying that i wasn't dying. ijust wanted to get well. so since you made that decision, how has it been? that's all right, take a moment.

it's fine. i think you forget how real it feels. and so when you talk about it again, it's like, that was my life, that's not.... i think i said my story so much it doesn't feel real, and when you tell it again, it's like, that's how i was living. i've kind ofjust accepted that is how i was living. does it shock you to remember that was your life? definitely. i think i was stuck in it for so long that i didn't know a way out. then you forget, when you are sitting where i am today and i'm not that long sober, but i've made it so far, that you forget that my life was sitting in a homeless hostel planning how to kill myself. each morning, the women must go to one of these check—ins.

so the house knows they're safe and well. morning. i'm an addict. yeah, i feel all right. i feel content. i'm struggling this morning. i just feel like i didn't get enough sleep and i'm tired. i kind ofjust want to go out and jsut walk for the day. you know when you just want to wander, just get out of your head? just for today i will strive to forgive rather than to be forgiven. i will try to act in such a way that i feel worthy of self—love. that kind of stuff is a way of showing yourself that you are learning to forgive yourself. well, that's the major point, isn't it? that's what it is. it's about forgiving yourself and that's very hard. it is. it is, but the whole cycle of guilt, shame, you, guilt, shame, you. hi, i'm judith, i'm 26, i'm a recovering addict and i'm13 months clean.

my son is seven and my daughter is five and she's going to be six in april. they are a massive motivator, massive. also quite fearful around being a mother, because, looking back, i've never really done it properly. i find it hard to believe still that i have two children. judith started using drugs as a teenager and tells me she would take whatever was on offer. most of the time i didn't even ask what it was. it was like, take that, take that. you didn't care? ididn't care. this then escalated a few years later. one thing i always wanted was never to get married and never to have children. so i got married and had children. how old were you? i was 18. and how was your life then? i was very depressed. i was very bitterly, bitterly, bitterly, like suicidal depressed. my world basically collapsed. you know, the drugs took over.

can you tell us what drugs? cocaine. eventually i started smoking it, but... so crack cocaine? yeah. in september, october 2014, was the last time i lived with my kids. what has that been like for you? it's like hell. and the thing that made me cry out for help was a phone call i got from the social worker. all i can remember was my solicitors saying that they are going to start adoption proceedings for my kids. from that day, from when that happened, that was it, i kind of changed my life completely. literally i think they are what kept me alive. hello. hello, can we have a talk? yes, of course.

alice is recovering from a ketamine addiction. this is my favourite room. this is my living room. each woman gets their own flat within the house, which they pay for using their housing benefit. but it comes with some rules. no drugs and alcohol, no overnight guests, and they must agree to random drug tests. we do six of them a month, just randomly. if we suspect there's something going on, we might do a few more. so i'm going to give grace a call and ask her to come down. hello. guess what time of year it is? drug test time. sojust breathe? wow, look at that, zero. check you out. ok, so i'm peeling off the label and it's all coming up negative. zero. awesome. all negative. really? yeah, i mean it didn't come up any levels that were...

that came up. i mean, i know i haven't taken any drugs, but i thought that my medication might come up. what is striking when you're here is how difficult it is to be in recovery. some of the girls here have been through rehab before, but without the skills and environment to start a different life, they have relapsed. that's what motivated amy's stepmotherjane to set up this service. we met people in treatment who were scared to death of what was going to happen when they finished their treatment. for a lot of them, all they could think about was, if i have to go back to where i was before, you know, i'm just not going to stand a chance. and, in fact, a lot of the women that weren't completing their treatment, it was for that reason, because they could not see how they were going to manage a life out of it. have you ever had false nails?

yes, i used to be a girly. what do you like about living here? to have your own property, where nobody is like using drugs or drinking. it's great. plus i've got all the girls, they are all amazing. we all want to be part of society and contribute and just be normal people. did you feel that wasn't possible in the places you were before? idid. i felt like, to live in a hostel where you're paying nearly £400 a week rent, i think... i know. and the worst thing was it was one room. and the support that was meant to be offered wasn't there. when your room is next door to somebody that is selling drugs, you can never get well, in a sense. you are always stuck in the conundrum of, do i go next door and go back to my old habits, or do i go to a meeting? i was living a life of recovery in a using and drinking world. it's not good enough

to be plonked in a dry house and expect us to deal with all this stuff, in my opinion. you need a lot more, a lot more support. a lot more love and care and you need that time to heal. do you think this place is keeping you clean? yes. 100%. i think so. for me, one of the things i've always lacked in my life is feeling safe. i've never felt safe, ever. and here i do. as part of the programme, the women must take part in activities outside the house that will help them stay clean and prepare them for living by themselves. it can be going back to school, or starting volunteer work, or, in judith's case, finding a passion. i can really zone out and just do something that i absolutely love. "judith,

you've got to find something that gives you an adrenaline buzz. something that gets you excited but does not involve drink, drugs orsex, right? and he was like, i am looking forward to finding out what it is". so i found something. ifound exactly the thing i need to keep me grounded. these are the sorts of skills that are going to help us, you, in life. a lot of work is put into preparing the women for a life after amy's place. where do i want to be, what kind ofjob do i want to have? what do i want to be making money from? do i want to use my own experience to help others, maybe? i want to be a forensic psychologist. so it's like the steps towards that. for me, this is really important, because if! didn't have this kind of setting, or didn't have the direction in my own head, i don't

think i could last this. it takes a lot of effort to be in recovery. i don't know if you will agree, but it takes a lot more effort to be in addiction. yeah. would you agree? i would, yeah. it's exhausting and it's relentless. i'd much rather do this. it's much easier. you can tell it is just one square and the tin is gone. there are very few recovery houses that offer this level of support and this is the only one dedicated to helping young women. the amy winehouse foundation wants others to realise that this type of service can save lives. does it make a difference to you that this is amy's place? i think it's quite sad that you have to lose somebody in order for them to realise that we need this kind of help. we're not the only ones in addiction that young.

there are 16 beds here and i know so many people who are in addiction and can't get help. how has your week been? it has been a really busy week and i am exhausted. to the point i've just forgotten who's coffee is which! have you had any wobbles? yeah, i had one, i was on the way to a meeting and i decided that i was going to go and drink. so ijust stood outside a pub and then bumped into one of the guys from the meeting. it was like, oh, god, i actually have to come to the meeting and stay on this. so yeah, that was difficult. since moving into the house, grace has found an unexpected hobby in woodwork. she comes here every week and today she is finishing restoring an old dressing table. i'm known for not finishing things. ifeel like now i can kind of do anything, really. i still get frightened about doing

stuff, but now i feel like i am more determined to do things, now i know what it feels like to really finish something. now i want to go ahead and do lots of things. how do you feel about your future? positive. really positive. as long as i don't go back to that lie. as long as i keep moving on from the other. i'd like to think i have that, i can get that future, that future that i want. have my gym. have my kids. yeah, life will come up, but i will be able to deal with it. i'm not going to go back to the bottle and go back to using. i think the girls here, they are going to get to a point where they are ready to move on and i am really excited to see that. to see that point where they go, do you know what, i don't need to live here any more, i don't need the support. and we will have new arrivals and i think they will keep growing from

strength to strength. to be able to change the lives of the young women that come through these doors and make that difference and give them the tools to be able to maintain that, hopefully for the rest of their lives, is just the most wonderful thing, really, in amy's memory. since you have been here last week, i have finally finished off my decorating and i think it's been a lot more hard work than i thought it would be. i think i am kind of nervous, but also really excited for the first time in a long while. before it was black and there wasn't anything i was looking forward to and now i realise i have a really long life ahead. elizabeth has e—mailed, and holly now, what an inspiration these young women are. grace is now, what an inspiration these young women are. grace is beautiful inside and on the outside. david says, there should be more

places like this recovery house, there is so much focus on getting of substance abuse but most dangerous time is after becoming abstinent. i have been clean for nearly two years and success is due to good after—ca re and success is due to good after—care and and success is due to good after—ca re and support. after 10am, we'll be speaking to one resident of amy's place who you saw in that film as well as the director of the centre. if you've been affected by the issues raised, you can find details of organisations offering information and support with addiction at bbc.co.uk/actionline. or you can call for free, at any time to hear recorded information on 08000155 947. and your own personal experience of being addicted and how you recover, please do let me know, we will feed back into the conversation. still to come. david baddiel will be here. he has allowed cameras in to film his father who has a rare form of dementia. and calls for people convicted of animal cruelty to face much harsher prison sentences.

here'sjoanna in the bbc newsroom with a summary of today's news. council tax rises are planned by most local authorities in england in the coming year to help meet the increasing cost of social care. the government says extra money is being put into social care and councils will soon be able to keep all the money they raise from council tax and business rates. but the local government association who represent councils say deep cuts will still have to be made to other services as the cost of care for the elderly and disabled will account for all of the extra money raised. iraqi government forces have resumed their offensive to try to win control of western mosul — the last major stronghold of so—called islamic state in iraq. thousands of troops are involved in the assault on the western half of the city, which is now in its second day. last month, iraqi government forces secured the eastern part of mosul after weeks of fighting. two senior ukip officials in merseyside have resigned in protest at their leader paul nuttall‘s false claim — since retracted — that he lost close friends in the hillsborough disaster.

the chairmen of the merseyside branch and the liverpool branch cited mr nuttall‘s "unprofessional approach and crass insensitivity." — saying mr nuttall‘s comments had provoked "a strong reaction" from people in liverpool. last week, the ukip leader apologised after admitting that a claim on his website that he had lost close friends at hillsborough wasn't true. the us president donald trump has attempted to explain on twitter why he made comments about a non—existent security incident in sweden on friday. at a rally on saturday in florida, president trump justified his moves to restrict immigration from several majority—muslim countries by referring to the imaginary swedish incident along with other recent terror attacks. yesterday evening, donald trump tweeted that he had got the information from a fox news documentary about immigration in sweden, and the white house later clarified he'd been talking about rising crime rather than any specific incident. the swedish embassy has responded by tweeting that they looked forward to advising president trump's administration about swedish immigration and integration policies. members of the house of lords

are to begin debating the legislation that will allow the government to start the brexit process. the bill passed through the commons unamended, but it's thought opposition and cross—bench peers are seeking guarantees about the rights of eu citizens living in britain — and about the role of parliament in scrutinising the process of the leaving the eu. that's a summary of the latest bbc news. more at 1000. david baddiel will be talking about his father's form of dementia, pick‘s disease. 0ne symptom is his dad swears a lot which can be amusing but wearing for the kids involved like david and his brother. we will talk about it in a minute. here's some sport now. these are our headlines this morning. seven sports will find out today

whether or not they will get any money for the next 0lympic and paralympic games in 2020. uk sport has been consdiering their appeals against the cuts that were decided last december. badminton say the effects on the sport will be catastrophic if they don't get any funding. manchester united will travel to chelsea in the fa cup quarterfinals. united beat balckburn 2—1 yesterday. lincoln will face either fellow non—league side sutton united or arsenal who play in the fifth round tonight. and ben stokes has become the most expensive foreign player in the indian premier league. pune rising giants paid £1.7 million for him in the auction this morning. stokes surpasses the $1 million that was paid for kevin pietersen three years ago. thousands of families live with or look after mums and dads or grandparents who have dementia — including david baddiel. his 82—year—old father has a type

of dementia called pick‘s disease — named after professor arnold pick who first discovered it in 1892. its symptoms mean david baddiel‘s dad colin has no inhibitions — he swears a lot, he says sexually inappropriate things, and he's sometimes aggressive. for the last 12 months, david has been making a documentary about his dad, and his and his brothers' attempts to look after him. it's on channel 4 tonight at 9pm. here's a clip. my name's david baddiel. i'm a comedian. like a million other people in britain, i have a relative with dementia. and, like many of them, i'm trying to hold onto what still remains of my relationship with my father. hello. hello, are you all right? this is my friend charlie, he's got a camera. hello, charlie.

i am doing some filming with him. you might be in the film. 0k. yeah, are you all right with that? i couldn't give a rusty damn. 0h. i'm going to sit here, colin. is it nice to see david? what am i supposed to do, smile? i do get a lot of abuse. but then, so does everyone. what do you two normally do when you hang out together? this. we sit around. he abuses me. what? you abuse me. you call me a bleep. you tell me to bleep. it is comical but also very moving. this is the way the disease is. partly the disease. you have seen my stand—up show which led to this documentary. part of what i talk

about is when i first got the dothan —— the diagnosis for my dad, i said, has he got a disease or have you just met him? he has always been one of those blokes who can express himself, he is very intelligent, but emotionally through insulting banter. i thought, emotionally through insulting banter. ithought, this emotionally through insulting banter. i thought, this is what he is like. but, no, this is a cartoon of that self. he is an extreme version of what he was. part of it is funny. there's no point pretending it is not. part of it is sad. iam try sad. i am try to find a balance. what is it like trying to look after him? when you go around? we are lucky to be able to afford a carer, lots of people can't. we meet some otherfamilies carer, lots of people can't. we meet some other families with people who have pick‘s disease in a family and who have to live with their family 01’ who have to live with their family or the time. i saw my dad yesterday. part of the problem is the disease and the

documentary charts this, the disease changes. he can be constantly abusing me or someone in the room. i can't take my children round because he swears so much. other times, he is quiet and withdrawn. a part of me d eftly is quiet and withdrawn. a part of me deftly prefers the abuse because at least i know that is my dad, and there is some spirit, he is engaged and lively. the thing ifear more is him turning off. it is a weird thing, it is very challenging, at the same time, i hold onto that abusive sparky difficult side of him. why can't your kids go around. he is swearing, so what? certainly, a year ago when we started filming, when he was in the grip of it, and it is still there but he is quieter now, he would also be sexually inappropriate. towards my daughter, towards anyone, any

woman. we couldn't really deal with that. i thought it was unfortunate in terms of my kids only have one grandparent left and i want them to haveit grandparent left and i want them to have it possible some nice sense of him. since the disease has calmed down a bit, i have been able to take my children round but at the same time thatis children round but at the same time that is when i worry that now he is withdrawn which feels bleak. we will show another tip now where you are helping to look after him by trimming his beard. compared to that first clip we showed where he is aggressive and full of abuse, this is way he is much quieter and more. . . more compliant. more compliant but not that much. so, off you go. what the hell are you going on about? we are going to try and give your beard a trim. what for? too long. it's too long. 0h, don't talk such rubbish.

there's all sorts of creatures in there. last night's supper is still there. it's my bloody responsibility, not yours. well... do you do it, though? you don't do it. why do you keep telling me what i should be doing? i'm not telling you what you should be doing. i'm going to offer to help. 0h... here we go. can't be bothered! here's the towel, right? short back and sides, sir. sit back a little bit, relax. just think of the money we'll save not going to the hairdresser. what the hell are you doing? shaving your beard. it doesn't hurt. 0h, lovely. look at that. do this side now. that's it. he thinks he's done. the worst customer! what the hell are you doing? the customer's always right. i'm shaving your beard. i know you are. you just asked us to do the other side. all right. that's it. all right, well... laughter not complied but slightly quieter.

that is ten months later. he is old 110w. that is ten months later. he is old now. but part of me does still love that he is so sparky. clive, one of his carers, was laughing. clive, i know, lives with him all the time, he enjoys it when my dad is like that. also one thing i liked about that, my dad was annoyed and angry we we re that, my dad was annoyed and angry we were shaving his beard or though he did need it. i love it when he said, do that side, and still gets annoyed. my dad has been something ofa annoyed. my dad has been something of a curmudgeon. the disease has lost a ny of a curmudgeon. the disease has lost any sense that needs to be controlled for social grace, that has gone. you talk in the documentary, it is your word, the damage done to you,

because he has always been like this, although it is exacerbated by the dementia. defensive, he never said, i love you, it has always been like that, that had an impact on you which you are saying now you don't mind that any more. but what was the damage? the film is a portrait of a family, forgetting about the dementia. a particular type of family. my dad was a 1970s dad, very male. i think, because i'm not like that with my children, they are bored of hearing me say i love them. that is a sea change in the way fathers are. but when i look back on it, the fact he was like that made me who i am and i am happy with who i am. don't think i wouldn't —— i would be a comedian without my dad. he was always wearing, out there, happy to joke about everything, that is at the rock of my being and i am grateful.

it did mean he wasn't a sweet dad who told me he loved me. but i wouldn't be the person i am now. there is someone we will talk to, a viewer has got in touch, paul in essex. hello? hello, and you? tell us about your experience? my mother is 90 with advanced alzheimer's, fairly immobile, with my five, 94 with the mitu years diagnosed dementia —— with my father. he is looking after her. we have a carer coming in every morning. they were offered more assistance because my dad doesn't like cooking. he has never really cooked, just heated things up. he refuses to have anyone else in to help. they do have a couple of days of respite to give my dad a chance

to get out. is your dad well? physically he's 0k. is your dad well? physically he's ok. but he had dementia for two years as well. so your 92-year-old dad who has dementia is looking after your 94—year—old mum... dad who has dementia is looking after your 94-year-old mum... how is that for you? do you go around and see them a lot? i go around at least once a week. if there are any medical appointments i deal with that so i have to take mum in a wheelchair because she can't be left on her own. if has got an appointment and vice versa how is your engagement and recognition with them? generally 0k, your engagement and recognition with them? generally ok, but mum ajusz anything i try and arrange. as far as she is is concerned in alzheimer's world everything is fine. she had a situation recently

a lot of people with dementia don't recognise they have the condition and it is pointless trying to tell them. so therefore, they don't understand why they should be at doctors or wherever they're being taken to. 0ne viewer says, i lost my dad to pick‘s disease on the 16th of february. it is very unusual that people don't know about this disease so people don't know about this disease soi people don't know about this disease so i will be watching. cani so i will be watching. can i say, one reason i wanted to make it is we do have a slightly bono view of dementia as a person in a wheelchair in a blanket staring at the wall which is why i wanted to do it. my experience is still very challenging but of a person totally there, almost too much, rather than this absent thing. people who have

had that experience with pick‘s disease will understand we are trying to change the narrative. will your dad watch it? yes. he will be at home with clive. he has watched the trails and laughed throughout and said, that is me. and he seemed to be fine. julie says, my father has pick‘s disease. he has had its ten years. he has closed down completely and has no communication skills, he can't feed himself or go to the loo. it is heartbreaking. but we hope he is not aware of what he has become. he was never violent and never swore but he is slowly slipping away. s i feel that's probably the way my dad is going and ifind that s i feel that's probably the way my dad is going and i find that very difficult, but i know it is the same for so many people. yeah. thank you very much. thank you. thank you very much. thank you. thank you very much. thank you. thank you for talking to us. you can watch david baddiel‘s documentary the trouble with dad on channel 4 tonight at 9pm.

coming up: it's day two of the iraqi troops advance on western mosul, the last major stronghold of so—called islamic state militants in iraq. we'll be getting an update from near the frontline. should people convicted of cruelty against animals face much harsher prison sentences? the current maximum custodial sentence for the worst cases of animal cruelty in england and wales is six months, but campaigners want this increased tenfold to five years — describing current sentences as "shocking" and "laughable". david bowles is a spokesman for the rspca in leeds. brian wheelhouse runs the whitehall dog rescue shelter in wakefield, and on his lap is benji, a bull terrier cross who suffered abuse. mike butcher who has spent more than 40 years working in the special operations unit at the rspca dealing with the most serious cases. welcome all of you. one of the example in ourfilm, a farm with welcome all of you. one of the example in our film, a farm with 120 horses in a state of neglect, 32 dead other animals, fined and jailed

for six months. too lenient? yeah, so for six months. too lenient? yeah, so the legislation that we've got is ten yea rs so the legislation that we've got is ten years old next month. it is a good piece of legislation, but it is based on 19th century sentencing because the sentencing wasn't updated after the 1911 act so what we're dealing with is sentencing that's 105 we're dealing with is sentencing that's105 years old and u nfortu nately that's105 years old and unfortunately the uk, england and wales have slipped behind, not only other parts of the uk like northern ireland, but also other parts of europe, bulgaria is ahead of us in terms of sentencing, greece are ahead of us. northern ireland five year, a maximum of five years in jail. is there any evidence to show that long of sentence, maximum sentence, is deterring people from being cruel to animals? well, the rspca does have evidence thatjudges are getting frustrated, judges are frustrated with the lack of any higher sentence. do you have evidence that the longer sentence is deterring people? it is difficult with the dogfighting that we come across to show a deterrent effect,

what we do know is the public support this. we know the uk has slipped behind other people and we also know that magistrates themselves arisation they would like to impose longer sentencing on the most gratuitous and fighting issues. mike, you've dealt with the most awful cases. tell us about the most extreme. i have been doing this for 40 years and like myself and my colleagues are dealing with this on a bailey basis. people digging up a badger and microwaving a rabbit and starving horses to death. my colleague has described it much more eloquently than i can, but the sentencing is just too low and i think magistrates have indicated on many occasions that they wish they could give the more higher sentence because there has to be a deterrent and the sort of stuff that we're dealing with on a daily basis is horrific. brian you have been

running a rescue shelter for 20 yea rs running a rescue shelter for 20 years and tell us what happened to bengi and what happened to the owner? we don't deal with the owner. bengi was found abandoned, but the dog wardens felt he had been used as a bait dog because of the injuries on his face and neck. he had severe lacerations and he had a condition where he had got a severe skin problem. when you say a bait dog, describe what that actually means?‘ bait dog is where the bait dog and they use that then to train the fighting dogs on because they don't wa nt fighting dogs on because they don't want the fighting dogs injured because they're going to be putting them into later fights with other fighting dogs as a reward for winning bets. right. do you think increasing the jail term in england and wales, if that were to happen, the maximum jail term from six

months to five years would stop whoever used bengi as a bait dog from doing it again? it won't sort all the crimes out, but it will reduce them. you've only got to think about, it's so low, it is unbelievable. you can get up to five years for fly—tipping. you can get up years for fly—tipping. you can get up to seven years for theft. but if you take a dog and do horrendous things and i have done dog rescue for 25 years, the dogs, we have had dogs we had a greyhound that had been tied to a railway line and she had been hit by a train resulting in severe injuries. starvation, neglect, starvation of dogs. these people are just getting off with it scot—free. it'sjust ridiculous. it's time that things do get

changed. we're the second most lenient country in europe for the actual penalties that are handed out. let me bring david back in. in january the department for the environment said current sentencing practise for offences of animal cruelty don't suggest that the courts are finding current sentencing powers inadequate? the rspca looked at the number of people that get sent to jail from the 800 cases each year. we've got probably 50 cases where the judge sup against the ceiling. if it was more than six months, he would have applied a more than six months sentence and i think that's the important thing to stress. it is notjust about the magistrates that are getting frustrated, all the public support this, 70% of the public support this. we are supposed to be a nation of animal lovers and we're slipping behind other countries. a government

spokesman said, "the government will keep the strict legislation under regular review." it doesn't sound like they're going to move in the short—term? like they're going to move in the short-term? well, we had a select committee report onlyjust a couple of months ago and that said raise it to five years. 0bviously of months ago and that said raise it to five years. obviously the rspca supported what that. the rspca is confident that we could see the door open. we have got a second reading ofa open. we have got a second reading of a private members' bill on friday which i hope will get a lenient and sympathetic hearing from the minister and we hope we will see the minister and we hope we will see the minister and we hope we will see the minister and the government moving on friday. 0k. thank you very much. thank you all of you, david, who is a spokesman for the rspca, thank you brian, and thanks to bengi and mike butcher who spent more than 40 years working in the special operations

unit at the rspca. coming up. mike pens is will be holding a press conference shortly. we will bring it to you live as soon as that starts. before that the weather. here is carol. well, this morning there is a mild start. those will be good temperatures as maximum temperatures at this time of year particularly that 15 celsius. is this mild weather going to last? well, it is through today. it is for some of us tomorrow, but as we head into the middle and later part of this week, things turn more unsettled. some of us things turn more unsettled. some of us will see snow and strong winds as

well and down goes the temperature, but you can see it is fairly transient because in the atlantic mild air is waiting to come our way once again. so this morning there is a lot of cloud around. there is hill fog and murk. rain in scotland and northern ireland continuing to flow southwards getting into northern england and north wales and very windy across the northern half of the countriment for a time this morning we could have gusts up to 50mph across northern england. bear that in mind if you are in a high sided vehicle or a light vehicle. but behind that band of rain, for northern ireland, and also scotland, into the afternoon, brighter skies. some showers and still pretty windy, but temperatures around about 11 celsius. so for some, a little bit lower than where we currently have. across parts of northern england we have got that patchy rain extending in through north wales. as we come south, there is a lot of cloud around. but where the cloud breaks, we could have highs up to 16 celsius. there is a low probability we could hit 17 celsius. into the

south—west, again a lot of cloud. some damp conditions. some murky conditions. and it is the same for wales, but in north wales, we've got that rain sinking south. through this evening and overnight, the rain continues to push into the midlands through wales and then it rejuvenates as it pivots and starts to work its way back northwards. behind that, in scotland and northern england under clear skies it will be a colder night and we will see snow above about 500 meters in the scottish mountains, but note the difference in the temperature, still very mild in southern counties. tomorrow we start off on the cloudy and wet note across southern england and wales. move north of that, we've got brighter skies and sunshine coming through, but we have got more wet and windy weather coming in across north—west scotla nd weather coming in across north—west scotland and at the same time, as this band of rain pushes northwards, it almost merges, but not quite. and then look at the temperatures starting to come down further in the north, but still not too bad in the south, but then after that, it does turn that bit colder. hello.

it's monday, it's10am, i'm victoria derbyshire. this morning. how amy's place, set up in memory of amy winehouse, is helping young women with drug and alcohol addictions. the thing that made me cry at was a phone call i got from a social worker. i can't remember if it was my sister. saying they would start adoption proceedings for my kids. from that day when it happened, i changed my life completely. thank you to those who have got in touch. bob says what a fantastic inspiration and a realisation that life can get better. ina life can get better. in a moment we will be speaking to one of the lived in that recovery house. —— one of the women. iraqi government forces renew their assault on western mosul, the last major stronghold of so—called islamic state in iraq,

we'll be hearing from those on the front line. army vehicles are getting ready. 0nly army vehicles are getting ready. only a couple of kilometres that way, they know those —— goes then are coming. and anglina jolie speaks exclusively to the bbc ahead of her new film on the genocide in cambodia. and her divorce from brad pitt. and her views on president trump. i think that the american people are bigger than any president. i think that our country... i suppose i have faith in my country and in what it is founded on, and the values we hold dear. here'sjoanna in the bbc newsroom with a summary of today's news. council tax rises are planned by nearly all of england's local authorities in the coming year, but the organisation that represents them is warning that deep cuts

to services will still be needed. the local government association says social care services for the elderly and disabled are at breaking point and will swallow up any extra money raised. this is social care in action. after several falls, maureen edwards is getting support to regain some independence and rebuild her confidence. she needs help each day, which allows her and her husband mick to cope in their own home. i'm gratefulfor all that they've done for me, i really am and... without them, i don't know what i would have done. so, yeah, it's good, really good. councils fund most social care, and today's survey shows the majority of them struggling to meet growing costs. there are 151 local authorities in england, 147 plan to raise council tax specifically to help pay for social care. but councils warn that won't plug

the funding gap and that could mean cuts to other council services. there has been a united voice of local government to say that they need to have more funding into social care and that the crisis in social care is immediate now. the funding for local government needs to be resolved immediately. the government says extra money is being put into social care and authorities will soon be able to keep all the money they raise from council tax and business rates. alison holt, bbc news. iraqi government forces have resumed their offensive to try to win control of western mosul — the last major stronghold of so—called islamic state in iraq. thousands of troops are involved in the assault on the western half of the city, which is now in its second day. last month, iraqi government forces secured the eastern part of mosul after weeks of fighting two senior ukip officials in merseyside have resigned

in protest at their leader paul nuttall's false claim — since retracted — that he lost close friends in the hillsborough disaster. the chairmen of the merseyside branch and the liverpool branch cited mr nuttall's "unprofessional approach and crass insensitivity." saying mr nuttall's comments had provoked "a strong reaction" from people in liverpool. last week, the ukip leader apologised after admitting that a claim on his website that he had lost close friends at hillsborough wasn't true. campaigners have called the current maximum jail term for animal cruelty in england and wales "laughable". battersea dogs and cats home is calling for prison sentences to be increased from six months to five years to bring the punishment in line with crimes such as fly—tipping. england and wales currently have the lowest maximum sentence in the uk. it is so low it is unbelievable. you can get up to five years for

fly—tipping. up to seven years for theft. but if you take a dog and do horrendous things, i have done dog rescue the 25 years, the dogs we have picked up, tied to a railway line, she had been hit by a train resulting in severe injuries, starvation, total neglect, starvation, total neglect, starvation of dogs. these people are getting off with it scot free. that's a summary of the latest bbc news — more at 10.30. we are going to be talking about amy's place. this e—mailfrom rachel, i am desperate to get help, i have tried to get into a rehab centre. i have relapsed after 14 yea rs centre. i have relapsed after 14 years clean. it has affected my work and relationships. i just years clean. it has affected my work and relationships. ijust wanted you to know how impossible it is to get

help. rachel, iwill give to know how impossible it is to get help. rachel, i will give you a phone number to call and a website which may point you in the right direction. audrey says, amy's place empowers people to be responsible for themselves which is the only way forward , themselves which is the only way forward, well done, we need more places like this. john says, and joss says, this addiction report is fab. support is vital. and, you have featured someone vital. and, you have featured someone full stories of hope and recovery. details of organisations offering help and support here. time now for the sport. some

breaking news regarding that funding story. wheelchair rugby has had its appeal against a total funding cut rejected by uk sport. they had previously received £3 million for the last pa ralympic previously received £3 million for the last paralympic cycle. 0ne previously received £3 million for the last paralympic cycle. one of five sports having their funding taken away for the tokyo 0lympics and paralympics. they are said to be furious. table tennis and goalball have also appealed after being told they would continue to be not funded. badminton, archery, fencing and weightlifting are the others waiting to hear if their appeals have been successful. badminton reached their medal target with bronze in the men's doubles in rio. they said the effect of losing their money would be catastrophic. and they would be reduced to nothing more than a hobby sport. as those decisions come through from uk sport, we will have reaction from

those governing bodies. non—league sutton united face arsenal in the fifth round of the fa cup waiting for the winners are lincoln city who became the first non—league team in over 100 years to reach the quarterfinals. the draw also pitched chelsea against manchester united in the last eight. united beat blackburn rovers 2—1 at ewood park yesterday. they came from behind and needed zlatan ibrahimovic to come off the bench to get the winner. sojose mourinho is heading back to stamford bridge where he had two spells. he thinks his old club will be taking cup very seriously whereas he has quite a few competitions tojuggle i still plays santa etienne, i had to play the final, i have two place hopefully another opponent in the europa league. i had to fight for a top four position in the

premiership. so i have so many things to think about. probably chelsea can only think about that because i think they are champions and they have nothing else to play for. so the fa cup is something i believe important to them. ben stokes has become the most expensive foreign player in the indian premier league. pune rising giants paid £1.7 million for him in the auction this morning . stokes surpasses the £1 million that was paid for kevin pietersen three years ago. eoin morgan was a snip at £240,000. former leicester director of rugby richard cockerill has a newjob. he's been appointed head coach of edinburgh from the start of next season. he was sacked by the tigers in january and is currently a consultant at french club toulon. donald trump's deputy — the american

vice—president mike pence — is in brussels meeting eu and nato leaders. both organistions mr trump has been critical of in the past. he's due to be speaking alongside the president of the european council donald tusk. this morning, we've been given exclusive access to a recovery house for women under the age of 30 addicted to alcohol and drugs. it's been set up in memory to amy winehouse who died of alcohol poising five years ago. women go there after rehab but before they're ready to live alone.. 0ur reporterjean mackenzie was given exclusive access to the house, and spent time with the first women to live there. we played herfull report earlier in the programme — here's a short extract — you may find some of the details you hear in this report upsetting. i'm going to have duck egg in the front room, and then a wall of glitter. at 19, grace is the youngest woman here. i've never decorated a house. so this is a first.

she turned to alcohol after a difficult upbringing. it was a way of coping. i did it when i could. at what point did you think, i'm an alcoholic? it was only in november 2015, where i nearly died. they told me it is a waiting game now, whether we see your organs are failing or not. so it was four days of me sitting in, hoping and praying that i would not die. this house is the only one of its kind. it takes in young women for up to two years after they have been through rehab, and helps them stay clean while they take their first steps without drugs and alcohol. i get scared being all right. each morning, the women must go to one of these check—ins, so the house knows they are safe and well. morning. i'm an addict. yeah, i feel all right. i feel content. i'm tired. i kind ofjust want to go out and walk for the day. hello. can we have a talk?

of course. each woman gets their own flat within the house, which they pay for using their housing benefit. but it comes with some rules. no drugs and alcohol, no overnight guests, and they must agree to random drug tests. we do six of them a month, just randomly. if we suspect there's something going on, we might do a few more. wow, look at that, zero. check you out. we met people in treatment who were scared to death of what was going to happen when they finished their treatment. for a lot of them, all they could think about is, if i have to go back to where i was before, i'm just not going to stand a chance. when your room is next door to somebody who is selling drugs, you can never get well, in a sense. you are always stuck in the conundrum of do i go next door and go back to my old habits, or do i go to a meeting? these are the sorts of skills that are going to help us, you, in life. a lot of work is put into preparing the women

for a life after amy's place. where do i want to be? what kind ofjob do i want to have? there are very few recovery houses that offer this level of support, but the amy winehouse foundation says its approach can save lives. it takes a lot of effort to be in recovery. it takes a lot more effort to be in addiction. would you agree? i would, yeah. it's exhausting and it's relentless. i'd much rather do this. since you have been here last week, i've finally finished off my decorating. i think i'm kind of nervous, but also really excited for the first time in a while. before, it was very black, and there wasn't anything i was looking forward to. now i realise i have a long life ahead of me. let's talk to alice 0'toole who is one of the residents there who you saw in our film. she was addicted to the class a drug ketamine, a horse tranqulliser. dominic ruffy, one of the directors of amy's place. noreen 0liver who has advised the government

on its approach to addiction. and jimmy barclay, a recovering heroin addict who has been through one of noreen's programmes. welcome, all of you. let me ask you, dominick, first of all, why it is important to have a place specifically for younger women? i think essentially there are very few places for younger women in the country. women come in with a variety of context needs underlying their addiction issues and if you do not address them, will lead them back to using. it is all very well going into rehab time and again but unless you spend time and again but unless you spend time after rehab is looking at those issues, then you properly might... when i was last in rehab, they said, we have lived with you as an addict over 8000 days. ponder on that when

you think how long you might have to spendin you think how long you might have to spend in rehab. i spent time at a recovery has and it has taken me five years to have a manageable lifestyle. the drink and drugs are a symptom of an underlying problem which is hard to imagine —— manage your emotional well—being, not to say young women have very different problems, the problems we have as men, but they certainly are aspects infamily men, but they certainly are aspects in family history that need looking at. alice you were in a dry house before you got to amy's place. what difference does it make being around women your own age? difference does it make being around women your own age ?|j difference does it make being around women your own age? i think that the environment is just very different because although there was myself and another younger woman in that house, generally they were older and so house, generally they were older and so they have most women had children and it was just very different concerns and i think that sometimes

asa concerns and i think that sometimes as a younger person in that environment you could kind of get left aside because it is like you've got years. you're going to be fine andi got years. you're going to be fine and i understand that, but i think what's good about amy's place you can feel the sense of hope for the future. there is so much that we can do with our lives. you have got two yea rs do with our lives. you have got two years there. as we saw injean's film, help and support and a sort of, hopefully a plan about how to manage your life so you're never tempted to back to the ket mean or whatever it maybe. will you be ready in two years? i think so. i'd like to think so. i don't see why not with the support that i get now and i think it is realistic. do you mind me asking how you are drawn towards ket owe mean? i think my experience with all drugs and i it's very common for most addicts like dominic said, there is a kind of, there is

something within me that i wasn't able to cope with my life. my experiences, i didn't know how to manage my emotions or balance work or school being sociable and drugs were, or school being sociable and drugs we re , you or school being sociable and drugs were, you know, at the time they did the job. they enabled me to meet people and they dulled anything that i was feeling that i couldn't cope with. as a young person, it's part of the culture really. if we look at the uk today, binge—drinking, everything like that, it'sjust, yeah. dominic, what if somebody rela pses yeah. dominic, what if somebody relapses when they are in amy's place? we don't have a throw them out policy. we would rather work with women to help them re—establish their recovery. if need be, they will be referred into a rehabilitation centre and keep the space open for a lady. if it is a relapse, if a lady came back and

saidi relapse, if a lady came back and said i had one drink and it was a mistake, we will work with that and the team wrap themselves around that person and make sure that person reapplies themselves. how do you measure success then? how do we measure success then? how do we measure success? engagement in outside activities like volunteering, looking at employment opportunities, education opportunities, education opportunities, silly things, getting up opportunities, silly things, getting up in the morning on time. is your house tidy? are you manageable? are you happy? once people leave, you have only been going for six months, once people leave would you then monitor them to see who stays clean? yeah, i mean this is consistent across the foundation, but we have a family feel amongst our programmes and our volunteers in amy's place, yes we would very much envisage looking at the long—term outcomes of what this programme does. looking at the long—term outcomes of what this programme doesm looking at the long—term outcomes of what this programme does. it is £7600 perez dent per place per year.

yes. noreen, hello. you think we need more of these recovery houses? without a doubt. why? we put people into rehab and we deal with the issues, why they are using drugs and their behaviours and the consequence of such. and then we forget that actually, the majority of people have never held a job. have never had a tenancy and lived on their own and have never paid bills and missed out on education and need training and literacy and the basic things that you and i would take for granted and we started doing this about ten years ago and outcomes significantly went up so people weren't returning significantly went up so people we ren't returning to significantly went up so people weren't returning to drugs and alcohol because actually we had slowly introduced them back into the community and taken responsibility as well. and family issues and relationships, all those things that we don't really deal with in rehab.

the every day things and the recovery houses have been so important, but they must have a programme with them. if somebody is ina house, programme with them. if somebody is in a house, and housing benefit has been claimed and they're just being sent to aa that's not a recovery house and that's vital because people don't know how to deal with those things and they will return to using drugs or alcohol. jimmy, you spent decades in and out of rehab and in and out of prison too. you get into noreen's recovery house in staffordshire, was that the difference? that was the big difference. i only had been injail and that was the only place i stayed clea n and that was the only place i stayed clean and felt comfortable was in prison which is sad to say and then it came to a head injuly 2015 where someone suggested to me just give it a try, go around the corner and give ita a try, go around the corner and give it a try. i didn't want to be here anymore. there was numerous attempts at suicide and yeah, i went into the

rehab for the first time and it gave me some sort of growning and i started looking at myself and then how to live, but it wasn't so much the rehab, it was the after care i got after the rehab. you do however many weeks programme, but you need what the recovery houses offer afterwards ? what the recovery houses offer afterwards? i spent 30 years on addiction and i got 18 weeks of recovery and i thought where am i going next and i was petrified. i didn't know how to live my life and the only way i knew how was how i used to live. i started volunteering around the enterprise of the rehab and i've continued that. i stayed in the recovery house for six or seven months. i got my own flat, i was offered paid work and got myself work into work and got myself back into society and carried on using the fellowships and the meetings in the fellowships and the meetings in the evenings and i'm trying to build up my the evenings and i'm trying to build

up my life. i have got my daughter backin up my life. i have got my daughter back in my life and my family back in my life. it is getting manageable. that's a really optimistic story, isn't it, alice? yes. you say we need more. we talked about the funding. you would get a referral from a council or a charity. your housing benefit which you charity. your housing benefit which y°u pay charity. your housing benefit which you pay to amy's place is paid for by the taxpayer. there is no vote in a political saying, "we want to open more a political saying, "we want to open m o re recovery a political saying, "we want to open more recovery houses." no votes at all. drugs and alcohol is not sexy. most of the local authorities are going to be up for election and you know, potholes and street lights, but i think... sorry to interrupt noreen, from the people i've interviewed over the years, a number of people still think it is a choice, you could wake up one morning and say, "i'm not going to ta ke morning and say, "i'm not going to take heroin anymore." people think this still. you could wake up and go i'm not going to have ketomene anymore. it is an illness, you don't

have a choice? it is a stigma and that's why it is so hard to get funding because if there is not much money then you're not going to give it to people who are drug addicts or alcoholics, you know what i mean? and housing benefit because the individual would be claiming housing benefit anyway, that goes towards it, but unfortunately at the moment, you know, local authorities are cutting drug and alcohol budgets by 59%, re ha bs cutting drug and alcohol budgets by 59%, rehabs are closing, i have never known of so many rehabs that are actually closing because the funding has been cut. so we're going back 20 years, you know, as from april, most areas will only be able to prescribe met owe done and they will be carrying huge case loads and staffordshi re will be carrying huge case loads and staffordshire they will be carrying 80 to 100, so it will be methadone and go. we've lost 20 years of recovery and coming to successful outcomes, we're going to lose all of that. and the experience. ok. thank

you. on that note, thank you very much. thank you for coming on the programme. thank you very much. thank you. thank you for allowing us into amy's place as well. if you are or have been affected by addiction issues raised, you can find details of organisations offering info and support at bbc.co.uk/actionline. or you can call for free, at any time to hear recorded information on 08000155 947. we are still waiting for that press conference from vice—president mike pence. naomi grimley is there. what are we expecting? officials are expecting som warm words about the eu. there is a feeling that the language from the white house has just been too add va certificatial and too erratic. in particular the remarks by donald trump that he thinks brexit was a good idea a that he was hoping more countries will follow suit. that didn't go down

very well at all with jean—claude juncker. we have got him meeting donald tusk later. donald tusk classed america as one of the threats to the eu because of those kind of statements coming out of the white house. cheers, naomi. we will be back there live as soon as vice—president mike pence begins to speak. now, for something you may find increasingly familiar. it is all fake stuff. not you. not you. your organisation's terrible. your organisation's terrible. let's. .. don't be your organisation's terrible. let's... don't be helmand province i'm not going to give you a question. you are fake news. go ahead. bbc news, that's another beauty! as far as buzz feed which is a failing pile of garbage. as you

know you have a running war with the media. they are among the most dishonest human beings on earth. reporter: thank you very much, mr president. . where are you from? the bbc. here is another beauty. a good line. impartial, free and fair. yeah, sure. mr president... just like cnn, right? tomorrow they will say donald trump rants and raves at the press. i'm not ranting and raving, i'm telling you, you're dishonest people, but i'm not ranting and raving, i love this, i'm having a good time doing this. it's a refrain we've heard from president donald trump time and time again — when he's facing difficult questions or when he wants to dismiss reports he doesn't like. but he's also been peddling his own fake news, too. take this over the weekend. you look at what's happening last night in sweden, sweden, who would believe this, sweden. they took in large numbers that and they're having problems like they never

thought possible. as we now know there was no such incident. the swedish government has asked for an explanation about his recent comments. let's have a look. donald trump then tried to clarify what he meant tweeting. "my statement as to what's happening in sweden was in reference to a story that was broadcast on fox news concerning immigrants and sweden". this is a clip from fox news that the president may have been referring to. you can look at france and belgium. they have been doing it for that period of time and for longer. you can see the social unrest and the terrorism that's happening there. sweden is a relatively new policy for them and by the way, sweden had its first terrorist islamic attack

not that long ago, so they're getting a taste of whae we we have been seeing. so does any of this matter? does it affect his core voters? let's talk to doctorjan halper—hayes a republican commentator and a member of president trump's transition team who is in south london. emma johansen, a school librarian who was in charge of the official @sweden twitter account on saturday night and found herself fielding hundreds of questions from concerned people in sweden. ryan girdusky, a senior writer for red alert politics and a donald trump supporter, joins me on webcam from new york. emma, so how did you respond to what mrtrump was emma, so how did you respond to what mr trump was saying? as soon as i got word from the followers that something was going on and someone sent a link, some follower sent the link to the clip where he was saying

this and then i went out to the main newspapers here in sweden to check, to see if there was nothing going on. i told everyone that nothing happened. it's not true. that's pretty much what i said. right. we will see your tweet actually. you we re will see your tweet actually. you were having to tell people there has not been a terrorist attack? yeah. that was pretty much what i was saying. what do you make of this? does it matter? well, no, i really think it doesn't, but i think it is a perfect example of what he was talking about about fake news because people seize upon it and then you see all these articles and when i pulled it up on google it is like well donald trump was really right. there was the neo—nazis going to the refugee camps and there has beena to the refugee camps and there has been a lot of corruption and rape going on. the thing that happened is that anything he says, we're pouncing on it and then we're having to talk about it when we could talk

about so many more important things such as the fact that we really do support nato and pence made it clear that unless the 27 other nations start paying their share, america's not going to carry the load anymore. ryan, does it not matter if he doesn't get his facts right, but it matters if other people don't get their facts matters if other people don't get theirfacts right? there are two standards. the president has a tendency to speak in broad terms, sometimes to his benefit when he is campaigning, sometimes to his detriment. he did not give exact detail of what he was referring to, to the crowd. and causing hysteria in the us of

america. like what? the associated press published on friday and article saying the president was considering using 100,000 troops, national guard troops, to round up the illegal aliens in seven states. that was a lea ked aliens in seven states. that was a leaked e—mail that was a draft from a memo, it never mentioned 100,000. another example, the associated press said president sharp planned on leaving mexico to the president of mexico, that was not true. —— president trump. the new york times talking about

russians when it was lithuanians. the press has expanded the hysteria. the press has expanded the hysteria. the more news hits you get, it is a sad state. the press has to be held accountable. thank you all very much. still to come. as iraqi forces battle to reclaim the city of mosul — the last stronghold of islamic state in the country — we'll speak to charities attempting to help the three—quarters of a million people living there. angelina jolie talks exclusively to the bbc about her latest film, the trump presidency and her divorce from brad pitt. time now for the news from the bbc newsroom.

the body which represents local authorities in england has warned that deep cuts to services will be needed — despite rises in council tax from april. the local government association says social care services will swallow up the extra money raised and that councils are in a difficult position. the government says extra money is being put into social care. iraqi government forces have resumed their offensive to try to win control of western mosul — the last major stronghold of so—called islamic state in iraq. thousands of troops are involved in the assault on the western half of the city, which is now in its second day. last month, iraqi government forces secured the eastern part of mosul after weeks of fighting. two senior members of ukip in merseyside have resigned in protest at the controversy involving their party leader paul nuttall, and the hillsborough tragedy. last week, mr nuttall apologised after admitting that suggestions on his website that he had lost close personalfriends in

the tragedy were inaccurate. the chairmen of the merseyside branch and the liverpool branch cited mr nuttall's "unprofessional approach and crass insensitivity." and saying mr nuttall's comments had provoked "a strong reaction" from people in liverpool. members of the house of lords are to begin debating the legislation that will allow the government to start the brexit process. the bill passed through the commons unammended, but it's thought opposition and cross—bench peers are seeking guarantees about the rights of eu citizens living in britain — and about the role of parliament in scrutinising the process of the leaving the eu. campaigners have called the current maximum jail term for animal cruelty in england and wales "laughable". battersea dogs and cats home is calling for prison sentences to be increased from six months to five years to bring the punishment in line with crimes such as fly tipping. england and wales currently have the lowest maximum sentence in the uk. uber has said it will conduct an "urgent investigation" into claims of sexual harassment at the company. a blog post written by a former employee detailed

a string of instances during her time working for uber as an engineer. the company's chief executive travis kalanick responded saying he had not heard these allegations before, and that anyone who thought such behaviour was ok would be fired. this time about our relations and common security for us to pretend that everything is as it used to be. and like you for being so open. this is donald tusk. the president of the european commission, the european council. the approach of the new administration in washington. i repaid our guests by offering honesty in my assessment of the

situation, i shared our concerns and hopes. given that i am an incurably pro—american and european with fanatically pro—american and european with fa natically devoted to pro—american and european with fanatically devoted to transatlantic operation. i asked the vice president directly if he shared my opinion on three key matters. international order, security and the attitude of the new american administration towards the eu. firstly, i expressed my belief that maintaining order based on the rules of international law where brute force do not determine everything, in the interests of the west. and that maintaining that order can only be enforced through a common

mutually supportive and decisive policy of the whole of the western community. and the millions of people around the world, their predicted gritty and stability of our approach provides a guarantee of at the very least hope that chaos, violence and arrogance will not triumph ina violence and arrogance will not triumph in a global dimension. referring to some statements made in munichjust two referring to some statements made in munich just two days ago, i would like to say clearly that the reports of the death of the west have been greatly exaggerated. we will leave donald tusk there, we are awaiting mike pence the american vice president. iraqi government forces are still advancing towards so—called islamic state forces in mosul.

mosul is a key territory for is, it's also iraq's second city. and if the country is to function again as a nation, then the recapture of mosul is a vital key to that happening. the east has been taken back, and now another big offensive is under way to take the rest of it. 0ur middle east correspondent quentin somerville has this update on the progress made on the assault of the city. in record time, iraq's federal police have made it to within sight of mosul city. that's the south—east of the city you can see there. and the river tigris just in the foreground. it really was a very fast assault to get here. and now, behind me, perhaps if we move the camera over there, you mightjust be able to pick out the helicopter, the gun ship which is launching an attack against the town of abu saif. that's a very important town, because all that lies between the federal police and mosul is that town, and it's a daesh stronghold.

all morning we've watched these helicopters attacking the town. the iraqi police have fired their own home—made rockets deep inside that town. it's very important for them. just two miles, 3km or so... you can hear the helicopters firing again, you can't quite see it. but we can hear it. just beyond that town, two miles or so, is mosul's airport. that airport is mostly of symbolic value because the islamic state long ago destroyed the runways and terminal buildings. but taking that would be very important because it would be a symbolic victory. and after that, they would be in mosul. there are around three—quarters of a million people living there, with reports of shortages of food and water. more than 200,000 civilians have fled the violence, and there are several large camps on the outskirts of the city

housing many of them. let's talk to gareth browne, a journalist who's been on the front line in mosul. dr bernardita gaspar from the international medical corps who has been making video diaries for this programme about the work she's doing in iraq. caroline gluck from the unhcr. and jumana mumtaz who is a journalist from mosul who has family living there. gareth, i hope you can hear me, what is the nature of the fighting between iraqi troops and islamic state fighters? i have been watching fighting in the town all morning and it has been pretty intense. the iraqi army corps has the advantage, the us led coalition providing significant artillery and armoured vehicle is. but the islamic state are still putting up a very strong fight. we

heard about a david and girl i battle. the fighting this morning has been very intense —— david and goliath battle. with the coalition forces and iraqi troops themselves, is it inevitable they will retake the west of the city in the coming days? a lot of people do think it is inevitable but the reality is the challenges, at what cost will that victory come for the iraqi government? we are talking about casualties, the west of mosul is densely populated. there is a very high risk we could see significant numbers of civilian casualties. we had to look at the cost to the iraqi military. there are very as other

political and sectarian factors. like you. caroline. —— thank you. many thousands of people living in those all, many have fled. those who have been left there but who do want to escape, how can you help them? it is extremely difficult and we are worried about the humanitarian situation in western mosul. families have reported serious shortages of food, fuel, water, they are burning furniture to stay warm, many shops have closed, prices have skyrocketed and families are finding it very ha rd and families are finding it very hard to get food to eat. this is only the beginning of the offensive, we have no idea how long it will continue and the longer it does, the harder conditions will be. looking

at two scenarios, one is the possibility of a large mass displacement, families will leave. the other could be that families simply cannot get out, they are trapped, they have no way out. we need to have discussions with the government about getting help into these places for the villains who could be tracked the many months. you have relatives, your aunt is in western mosul. are you able to speak to her, what does she tell you about conditions, what is she expecting? yes, i conditions, what is she expecting? yes, lam conditions, what is she expecting? yes, i am trying to speak to her from time to time, maybe once a week. that is because of the weak connections between us, there is no ability to connect to them. but i know they are facing hunger, their education, clinics, hospitals have shut because isis controls them,

they do not allow people to take medication. there are no doctors or nurses at the hospitals. the most important thing for families is they are facing hunger, especially for the children, they have nothing to eat. i spoke with my cousin and she told me that her dream now is only told me that her dream now is only to eat bread. this is very sorry news. they are waiting for the military troops to enter and secure them. that is a very distressing situation, is stopping people taking medicines, and clearly hunger isa taking medicines, and clearly hunger is a huge issue. you are in mosul a few weeks ago, it is very cold. you have been working

in the refugee camps. what are the conditions like for the civilians who do manage to escape to those ca adjust it's very cold. so the camps where the tents are, don't really afford that much shelter. we see children, pregnant women and people with disabilities and the elderly who are quite affected. some have suffered from hypothermia and also the most common more bidity that we have seen so far is respiratory infections. this is because of the overcrowding as well where infection is passed on from one person to the other. it is also concerning that while actors, humanitarian actors, as well as the government tries to

cover the needs, its just as well as the government tries to cover the needs, it'sjust too much. that's where we are right now. ok. well, thank you very much for your time this morning. obviously, we will continue to report on what happens to mosul and the people who live there at the moment over the coming days. angelina jolie says she hopes her new film about cambodia under the khmer rouge will help teach the world about the brutality of the regime. first they killed my father is based on the childhood experiences of cambodian human rights activist loung ung during the civil war. khmer rouge troops, led by former prime minister pol pot, killed up to two million cambodians between 1975 and 1979 through execution, starvation and overwork. angelina jolie adopted her first child maddox from an orphanage in cambodia's western province back in 2002 and she has been given cambodian citizenship.

in this exclusive interview, angelina jolie has also spoken for the first time about her highly publicised split from brad pitt. she has been talking to our reporter yalda hakim. i'm not here because i'm a director who wanted to make a movie. i'm here because 17 years ago i came to this country and fell in love with its people and learned about its history and in doing so realised how little i actually knew, in my early 20s, about the world so this country for me has been... it's been my awakening. my son changed my life. becoming a cambodian family changed my life. so there was never a plan to make this movie. it's just that i became a film—maker and one day i thought, what story do i feel is really important to tell? and i felt that this war that happened 40 years ago and what happened to these people was not properly understood. and notjust for the world,

but for the people of the country. i felt that i wanted them to be able to reflect on it in a way that they could absorb. so it's through the eyes of a child. and it's a lot about love. do you think that this nation is ready for that? i hope so. laughter. yes, i do. i wouldn't have... when i first started coming here... so much has changed. when many people spoke about this, 15—20 years ago, since it happened, there were many people denying or saying it wasn't as bad. 0r trying, of course, many people want to forget, the horrors of war. it's interesting that you say that this is a country which is very much part of your own personaljourney. do you think that in many ways

you have come full circle? you know, your humanitarian work started here, you became a mother here, that perhaps this is some sort of crossroads for you and it's come back here? yeah. i'll always... i'll always be very grateful to this country and i hope... i hope i've given back as much as it has given me. i don't think i ever could give back as much as this country has given me. you wrote a new york time piece a few weeks ago and you spoke about having a truly internationalfamily, you said that the refugee policy should be about fact, not fear. you also said that we should not be departing from our values. can you tell me what you meant by that? it's funny, isn't it, some questions seem so obvious. it's these things that we talk about and we hear them spoken about often now.

what are our values? i value human life. equally. every single individual life. i don't separate people by race, colour, religion. and if i do it's because i celebrate the diversity in the world. are you concerned about the trump worldview? are you worried for the world and your children? i think that the american people are bigger than any president, and i think that our country... i suppose i have faith in my country. and in what it is founded on and the values we hold dear. and i believe that many of the things that we're hearing that we feel are based on a sense of spreading fear or hate or dividing people by race or judgment, is un—american, to me.

am i afraid? i am concerned. i am thoughtful, but i have faith in the citizens of my country, to speak up at this time and i think we're going to learn a lot about what the people of america feel it is to be american and what we want to represent and what we hold dear. and i believe that will come forward in force as we have been saying. but we are seeing this rise with populist leaders around the world. do you think it's creating a more intolerant society? this is an old trick. and we should know better to fall for it. and i see it and i see it rising. the only thing i can do is use my voice and encourage others and raise my children to know right or wrong and to have a broader view of the world.

to embrace their diversity and other people's. and respect others. i think that's all we can do now, is each and every person, each one of your listeners, we alljust have to be the best of ourselves. if not now, more than ever, we really have to rise up and find our rational centre. who are we and what do we stand for? and we know it, we know what's right or wrong. if i can get back to your film, it's about family. and loss. i understand this is a very sensitive issue. we know that an incident occurred which led to your separation. we also know you have not said anything about this but would you like to say something? uh... 0nly that... i don't want to say very much about that, except to say it was a very difficult time and... and we are a family and we will

always be a family and we will get through this time and hopefully be a stronger family for it. can i ask how you're coping? many many people find themselves in this situation. my family, we've all been through a difficult time. my focus is my children, our children. and my focus is finding this way through. and as i said, we are and forever will be a family. and so that is how i'm coping. i'm coping with finding a way through to make sure that this somehow makes us stronger and closer. this film is a combination of passions.

film—making as an art, your humanitarian work. in say, five years' time, where would you like to see yourself? where do you think you'll be? five years' time... do i have all teenagers? you have all teenagers at that stage. laughter. at that stage i hope just standing! yeah in five years' time, i would like to be travelling around the world, visiting my children, hoping they are happy and doing interesting things. and i imagine in many different parts of the world. and i'll be supporting them. everything i do, i hope that i represent something and i represent the right things to my children. and i give them the right sense of what they are capable of and the world as it should be seen. not through the prism of hollywood or through a certain kind of life. but really take them into the world where they have a good sense

and become rounded people. what do you really want to do when you wake up first thing in the morning? hmmm... get through the day! laughter. it's been a difficult few months. right now i'm going through a moment where there's just everybody is in my room. two hamsters, two dogs and two children at the moment. so, it's wonderful, but, yeah, usually ijust wake up, trying to figure out who's going to get the dog out, who's going to start the pancakes, did anybody brush their teeth? a sometimes emotional angelina jolie talking to our reporter. mike pence has been speaking to brussels along with the eu president donald tusk. mike pence said that europe and the us must be united in the face of threats. europe's losses at the hands of terrorists are felt

equally in the states and he urged more co—operation. earlier this morning david ba deal told us about his father's dementia. isaid told us about his father's dementia. i said sorry has he got a disease or have you just met him? my dad was a lwa ys have you just met him? my dad was always sweary and aggressive and a lwa ys always sweary and aggressive and always one of those blokes who can express himself in a way, he was a very intelligent, but can only express himself through quite emotional banter. julie got in touch. her dad has this disease. what is it like looking after him? it is wearing on the family. particularly for my mother. she was hoping they would spend this time travelling the world, retiring together, but that's been taken away. she had to have him put in a ca re away. she had to have him put in a care home now where he is very well looked after, just because she

can't, obviously physically cope with it because he is a big man, but she goes to see him every single day and feeds him. so, yeah, i mean obviously for myself, it means that he isn't aware of the fact that i've had a baby. he isn't aware of the fa ct of had a baby. he isn't aware of the fact of who i am. really? that's upsetting. so he doesn't know he has a new granddaughter? no, he is not aware of who anyone is at the moment really. he lost all communication skills and all sort of recognition of anything really. he is at a similar development age as my daughter really. we laugh about it, but it's not funny. how old is he? he is 69 and he was diagnosed in his mid—50s. he is 69 and he was diagnosed in his mid-50s. diagnosed actually at an early age? yes, yeah, very early. we feel like we have been robbed really. it's quite a sad story. well, thank you very much. i wish you all the best with your new baby as well. thank you. hello. good morning. it all started

like that for some this morning. but it isn't all doom and gloom. if you look at the satellite sequence you will see there are some gaps in the cloud, but if you're stuck with a lot of cloud it won't look anything like this here in fife. things improving nicely and there are holes in the cloud further south. a lovely scene in topsham. we have got a weather front slumping its way out of scotla nd weather front slumping its way out of scotland towards the north—west of scotland towards the north—west of england and in towards northern wales. a really mild day right across the country. we will keep it

mild overnight across central and southern parts. we have got the weather front waving away here. clearer skies further north will allow the temperatures to dribble away. a touch of frost in one or two spots. for tuesday this weather front bringing cloud and wind and rain across western parts. we will finish up with another area of cloud, win and rain for the north—west of scotland and still on the mild side for the time of year. this is bbc news, and these are the top stories developing at 11. nearly all english local authorities are raising council tax to pay for social care but warn of deep cuts to other services. us vice president mike pence tells

european leaders that washington is still committed to partnership and co—operation. two senior ukip officials in merseyside resign in protest at the controversy involving their party leader, paul nuttall, and the hillsborough tragedy. fresh cctv images emerge of the alleged attack against the north korea leader's half brother kim jong nam at kuala lumpur airport. he died of alleged poising shortly after. iraqi government forces renew their assault on iraq's second city, mosul, the last major stronghold of so—called islamic state.