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this is bbc news. i'm joanna gosling. the headlines at nine: prince harry reveals he's had counselling, after spending nearly 20 years ‘not thinking' about his mother's death. there's actually a lot of stuff here i need to deal with. it was 20 years of not thinking about it and then two years of total chaos. us vice president mike pence tells north korea not to test donald trump's patience, and says all options are on the table. turkey's president erdogan vows to press ahead with new sweeping powers after narrowly winning the constitutional referendum. police in the us state of ohio are searching for a man who fatally shot a "random" victim and posted the footage on facebook. and in the next hour: bringing a halt to the use of drones being used to smuggle contraband into prisons. a specialist unit will try to combat the problem of drugs and mobile phones being flown in for prisoners. a call for all 70—year—old drivers to be forced to take another driving test. and coming up at 9.30,
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we'll be looking at how the city of hull is being transformed by a year—long festival of arts and culture. good morning and welcome to bbc news. prince harry has revealed he sought counselling after spending nearly 20 years "not thinking" about the death of his mother, princess diana. in an interview with the daily telegraph, he said it was not until his late 20s that he processed the grief following two years of "total chaos". dan johnson reports. with public grief on a scale barely seen before, we got very little insight into how two young boys were missing their mum. now, after two decades struggling to deal with diana's death, prince harry's told the daily telegraph just how big
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and long—lasting the impact was. i can safely say that losing my mum around the age of 12 and therefore shutting down all of my emotions for the last 20 years, has had a quite serious effect on, on not only my personal life, but also my work as well. my way of dealing with it was refusing to ever think about my mum, because why would that help? it is not going to bring her back. the prince said boxing helped him deal with aggression after he nearly punched someone. and he talked about asking for professional mental health advice. all of a sudden, all of this grief i'd never processed had come to the forefront, and i thought there's a lot of stuff here i have to deal with. it was 20 years of not thinking about it and then two years of total chaos. as i am sure you know, some of the best people to help you deal with it are shrinks, someone you never have met before, as americans call them, you tell them everything.
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i have done it a couple of times. more than that. it was great. the heads together campaign, set up by harry and his brother and sister—in—law will be the main charity at next week's london marathon. the prince says he spoke openly about his own experience in the hope of encouraging others to discuss mental health issues. dan johnson, bbc news. with me isjournalist bryony gordon. thank you for coming in. he spent nearly 20 years not thinking about it- nearly 20 years not thinking about it - tell nearly 20 years not thinking about it — tell us more about what it was that triggered him suddenly reflecting and wanting to talk. heads together, the campaign that is coming toa heads together, the campaign that is coming to a head now with the marathon this weekend, which i'm doing, i think we've had all those amazing, powerful videos from rio
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ferdinand, stephen fry, alistair campbell, and i think he probably felt, right, we've got to step up now and talk a bit. i don't think anyone‘s surprised by what he had said. they have been through a hell ofa said. they have been through a hell of a lot, the two of them. i wasn't shocked that he has had therapy or counselling. i think it probably just feels like the right time. it's 20 years since their mother died. i don't know, i felt a 20 years since their mother died. i don't know, ifelt a bit, it was intimate, just me and him in a room with a cup of tea at kensington palace. there were no cameras and i think he felt he could open up. i didn't have to ask any questions. 0ne didn't have to ask any questions. one of the things he says is, you don't need advice, ijust want you to listen. he did that a bit with you, did he? i have never thought of myself as prince harry's therapist... as a journalist,
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obviously, i was like, this is a scoop. but i write a lot about mental health, and to hear someone of his profile talking so candidly about the stuff in there had —— in their head, it was a watershed moment. it is really important. he has taken this massive negative and he is turning it into a positive. how do you make that young child who has lots going on in their head actually talk? what he says is that he didn't, he didn't think about it.|j think, what you do is, you have people like harry talking openly about these things. the more we all
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stand up and talk about these things, the more it will get better and mental health will be seen in the same level as physical health. unhappily, one day, we won't have to differentiate. you could call up work and say, i am ill, and they will say ok, and you won't be embarrassed about mental health issues. he talked about two years of chaos — dirty talk about what those we re chaos — dirty talk about what those were like? i would love to be able to say that we had an off the record chinwag, but that was everything that you heard. —— did he talk about what those were like? i'm amazed that they did not kill off the rails more. to have to walk in front of
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your mother's coughing in front of the world —— coffin in front of the world. i think they are pretty awesome boys, really. we look at the man he is now. you have obviously been up close and personal with him, having the conversations. what is he like as a man? i didn't know what he was like before, only having met him a couple of times, but he is incredibly charming and articulate, and also normal. ifelt like i was having a chat with a mate. he swears, having a chat with a mate. he swears , you having a chat with a mate. he swears, you know, he is sort of... he ribs me. he is a normal bloke who happens to be in the most extraordinary position and circumstances, and i think he is a real credit to the royal family,
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that he does appear so normal. they are all incredibly normal. the heads together thing has been brilliant, because they don't want you to cu rtsy to because they don't want you to curtsy to them. they are revamping the monarchy as we know them. i have seen so the monarchy as we know them. i have seen so many the monarchy as we know them. i have seen so many people this morning going, i was a republican until i heard this interview, and now i love them! everyone feels incredibly warm towards him this morning. the american vice president, mike pence, has warned north korea not to test the patience of donald trump, and has said that the us is keeping ‘all options on the table' his comments came on a visit to the demilitarised zone which divides the two koreas. a day after pyongyang carried out an unsuccessful missile test, mr pence said the era of what he called "strategic patience" with the north was over. since 1992, the united states and oui’ since 1992, the united states and our allies have stood together for
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ray denuclearise depends —— for a denuclearised korean peninsula. north korea would do well not to test president trump's resolve, or the strength of the armed forces of the united states in this region. we will continue to deployed missile defence system as a defensive measure. we will continue to evolve a comprehensive range of capabilities. as was made clear not long ago, we will defeat any attack, and we will meet any use of conventional or nuclear weapons with an overwhelming and effective response. in the past 18 months, north korea has conducted two unlawful nuclear tests. even
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conducting a failed missile launch asi conducting a failed missile launch as i travelled here for this visit. the period of strategic patience is over. 0ur correspondent, stephen evans, is in seoul. the fallout continuing... how was the situation seen there? it is com pletely the situation seen there? it is completely normal here. in the streets, thereafter food completely normal here. in the streets, thereafterfood markets, people dancing. it is a completely easy, free moving city with no sense of any easy, free moving city with no sense ofany impending easy, free moving city with no sense of any impending doom or imminent war, and that is because this war of words between the us and south korea, on the one hand, and north korea, on the one hand, and north korea on the other, is a feature of life and has been for decades. having said that, they are noticing what is going on. there is not as much tension here now as there was
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four years ago, when there were warnings that foreigners to leave because war seemed so imminent. what we do not know from mike pence's state m e nts we do not know from mike pence's statements is exactly how this policy is different from the previous policy. he said, for example, as you heard, there would be an overwhelming response to a north korean attack. that would have been true of clinton, bush and 0bama. what we do not know is what the role of force will be. this city would be a target, and it is a city of 25 million people. the missile launch, of course, failed, and there is all sorts of speculation as to why, whether the pentagon managed to hack the systems, but the fact that it failed has made a big difference right now, hasn't it? who knows where things go, but we would be in
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a different situation if that launch had gone differently. yeah, these launches are very common, pretty much one every ten days. 0ften, launches are very common, pretty much one every ten days. often, they don't work. it underlines the technological lacking of north korea. they have made big strides in missile technology and nuclear technology, because they had detonated warheads and they have launched stuff, but there is an awful lot they can't do. they are getting there, but they are not there yet. you mentioned cyber attacks. there was a new york times story, extremely reliable newspaper, and it did an investigation and said its sources indicated there has been some kind of cyber penetration of the north korean computer system. whether that is of the missiles themselves or the wider missile
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production system, we don't know. the reliability of the story, we also don't know. it is the new york times — they don't make things up. if they have got into the system, that would slow things down. the same thing happened, probably with more success, with a run, you remember, when viruses were put into the processing system for nuclear fuels. clearly, there are lots of things going on. there is the rhetoric, the threat, there is probably cyber war, and whether there is now a possibility of a pre—emptive attack, or a retaliatory attack if they do a sixth nuclear test, we simply don't know. thank you very much, stephen evans. the turkish president, recep tayyip erdogan, has vowed to press ahead with the constitutional changes approved in a referendum — including a significant increase in the powers of the presidency. his victory was narrower
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than expected — election officials say he took 51 and a half per cent of the vote. but turkey's two main opposition parties have questioned the result, as greg dawson reports. from the flag—waving and the fireworks, to the clattering of pots and pans in protest, the reaction to this vote reveals how divided turkey is about its future. it's a narrow victory, but it's one that vastly increases the power of this man. president erdogan will now be able to appoint several vice presidents, hire and fire judges, and can now potentially stay in power until 2029. translation: turkey took a historic decision on a 200—year—old discussion on its constitutional system. this decision is not an ordinary event. this is the day on which a very important decision has been made. within hours of victory, he raised the idea of a referendum on reinstating the death penalty,
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a move which would kill off turkey's already—slim hopes ofjoining the eu. 0pponents fear the changes amount to one—man rule, without any checks on his power. as a member of nato, turkey is viewed by the us and europe as a crucial ally to bring stability in the middle east. but it has been through one of its most volatile periods in recent history, a failed coup attempt, and several terror attacks in the last 18 months. president erdogan says his increased powers will help him restore security, but this was far from a resounding victory, and it is one that leaves this country polarised. greg dawson, bbc news. police in the us state of ohio are hunting a man suspected of posting a video on social media of him fatally shooting a stranger. officers in the city of cleveland say the suspect steve stevens claimed to have killed 12 other people in a later broadcast on facebook live but the city's
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police chief said they did not know of any other victims. the video of the incident has now been removed by facebook. the headlines on bbc news: prince harry has revealed he sought counselling, after spending nearly 20 years "not thinking" about the death of his mother. us vice president mike pence has said an "unshakeable bond" exists between the us and south korea, during a visit to the country's border with north korea. tu rkey‘s turkey's president has said he will press ahead with powers after winning a constitutional referendum. let's catch up with all the sport. good morning. chelsea manager antonio conte has blamed himself for their loss to manchester united. the blues have had their 10—point lead a the top of the premier league, reduced to just four after yesterday's 2—0 loss. it didn't take united
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long to take the lead. england forward marcus rashford showing great pace to open the scoring after seven minutes. united added a second immediately after the break, through ander herrera. this is chelsea's second loss in four games now. more motivation to win this game, it's very simple. but in this case the fault is of the coach. because it means that the coach wasn't able to just play the right concentration, the right motivation to win this type of game. united's victory boosts their chances of champion league qualification, as did liverpool's
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1—0 win at west brom. roberto firmino scored the only goal, moving jurgen klopp's side up to third. a controversial penalty earned ross county a point against champions celtic in the scottish premiership. have you ever seen a more questionable penalty decision? look at this. alex schalk goes down in the box. was there contact? liam boyce makes it 2—2 from the spot in the final moments of the game, and moves ross county three points clear of the relegation play—off spot. mercedes‘ recent domination of formula one looks like it could be coming to an end after sebastian vettel won the bahrain grand prix, ahead of lewis hamilton. the german started from third, behind the two mercedes, but ferrari's smarter tyre strategy saw vettel claim the chequered flag for his second win of the season. it moves him seven points clear of hamilton in the drivers‘ championship. ronnie 0'sullivan is through to the second round of the world snooker championship. the five—time winner beat qualifier gary wilson 10 frames to 7. his win included the highest break of the tournament so far — a 124. after the match, he vented his frustration with the tournament
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bosses, having received a letter warning him about his behaviour, after he criticised a referee and swore at a photographer back in january at the masters. 25 years of service to this game. i think i have given enough to this game. i think i have helped and done my bit. i don't need that. i don't need you and you probably don't need me. i just want to enjoy my life and i am not putting up with someone who feels they can bully me. ain't happening. world snooker chairman barry hearn declined to comment last night, that's all sport for now. i'll have more in the next hour a specialist squad of police and prison service staff has been formed to tackle the use of drones to smuggle contraband, like drugs and phones, into prisons. the officers, in england and wales, will study how to catch those operating the drones to deliver contra band direct to prisoners' cells. daniel sandford reports. wandsworth prison last year,
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and a delivery direct to a cell window of a package containing drugs and mobile phones. the parcel was being carried by a cheap quad—copter drone. the invention of these easy—to—fly, remote—control aircraft has caused a huge security headache. suddenly, prison walls are not much of a barrier for those wanting to smuggle contraband into jails. the prison service's response has been to set up a national squad of police and prison officers across england and wales who will now pool intelligence. they will forensically examine captured drones, like this found near pentonville prison in london, to try and find out who was flying them and share information about the types of quad—copters and methods used, in an attempt to curb the problem, though the prison service could give few details about how many officers would be involved in the drone squad or how big their budget was. even before the squad was set up, there were some recent successes, with three men receiving jail
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sentences of over four years for their roles in flying drugs and phones over prison walls. daniel sandford, bbc news. with me in the studio is mike rolfe, chair of the prison 0fficers' association, and john podmore, former head of the prison service's anti—corruption unit, who joins us from bristol. thank you both very much. how much are drones being used to get stuff into prisons? it's an unknown quantity at the moment. 0bviously they've had some findings and seizures and some arrests and obviously jail sentences seizures and some arrests and obviouslyjail sentences handed seizures and some arrests and obviously jail sentences handed out, but because a lot of this happens at night when prisons are on minimal staffing levels and prisoners obviously won't typically report criminality that goes on around the prison walls, it's hard to pin down exactly how much it's happening but it is certainly a problem in prisons. what would your assessment be of how widely they're being used?
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well, the prison service report, 33 incidents a year and i would agree with mike it's probably more, but in terms of it being a major security problem, i don't think so. the prison service report finds 10,000 mobile phones a year and needs to do better analysis of where those phones are coming from and i am on re cord phones are coming from and i am on record as saying that one of the primary sources is to a very small numberof primary sources is to a very small number of corrupt staff and i think if resources are available and they should be available to tackle the problem of contraband coming into prison it is should be on corruption prevention and i worked for many years with people like mike and his colleagues and had an enormous amount of co—operation in tackling corruption. i think that's where the resources should go. the drone thing, yes, it's a problem, an irritant but is it a major security issue? i don't think so. do you think it's a waste of money spending this money on the way they're doing it? it's difficult to know what they're spending, they won't tell
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you what the budget is, they won't tell you... you what the budget is, they won't tell you. .. it's you what the budget is, they won't tell you... it's £3 you what the budget is, they won't tell you. .. it's £3 million a year. is it £3 million for drones, is it for general intelligence? i would welcome greater police and prison co—operation out of this. there were a numberof senior co—operation out of this. there were a number of senior prison secondments to headquarters many years ago to deal with these issues, to work together, to look at intelligence and tactics. those posts were abolished. i think if this implies that kind of close co—operation is come back, i welcome it. what would you say would be the best use of money to crack down on this? £3 million isn't really a lot of money to tackle this issue or a lot of the issues going on injail, i think we are getting the government and ministers off the hook with pie in the sky announcements to put a plaster over announcements to put a plaster over a wound. we need sufficiently resourced prisons that have good staff, that are kept in the job so they gain experience and they stick
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around so that they're doing the security aspect of the job, tracking down prisoners building links to the outside, there also could be capital expenditure on prisons, a lot of them have windows with open ventilation. the modern prisons now have special vented type window so they could fit cages over the existing windows or replace existing windows in prison and also invest in anti—drone technology. it seems this is an attempt to cover over the major issues we have in prisons yet again without actually focussing on the real issue and having an approach to the system which is staffing, which is to eliminate the risk of corruption but also to eliminate the risk of smuggling routes and have enough staff making sure security procedures are taking priority. the example of the drone in the reports with a small one flown in under cover of night. it would have seemed there was an open window at a particular cell and it got in. you are saying about more
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modern prisons having different types of windows so they couldn't get in. presumably it would normally be quite easy to spot when something is being flown into a prison, wouldn't it? absolutely not, ajail i work at, for example, it holds 1300 inmates, you have less than 15 staff operating at the night within that prison and they will be based ona wing that prison and they will be based on a wing where there is perhaps 200 prisoners that have tv sets playing, who are making noise in their cell. listening to a drone approaching one window on the outside is virtually impossible. the camera systems are often inoperable or there is nobody manning the systems or in jails where they haven't got that, they haven't got anyone patrolling the outside areas keeping an eye on drones. it's hard to gauge how much drones. it's hard to gauge how much drones are being used to smuggle. what would be the right level of staffing, 1300 inmates, 15 staff, how many staff do you think there should be overnight? we obviously campaigned have a long time to say staffing levels a re campaigned have a long time to say staffing levels are extremely low,
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we have seen a 30% cut since 2010. we need the right resourcing in place and staff tackling those very grave security issues we have going on at the moment because it's not just obviously drugs we are worried about, it's serious weapons and this could lead to escapes and other incidents within the prison system. what is your view on staffing levels and how much they contribute to what's going on? well, i agree with mike. the staffing levels are way too low. the cutbacks were too severe and too quick. the answer is in staff—prisoner relationships. if you want intelligence about anything ina you want intelligence about anything in a prison, about drugs, about phones or corrupt staff, that comes from well—trained, well motivated, well—paid prison from well—trained, well motivated, well— paid prison officers who know their prisoners, communicating with their prisoners, communicating with their prisoners, communicating with their prisoners and gaining intelligence from that. numbers are an issue but more important than numbers are the relationships. i
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think a chasm has opened up in those relationships because of the severe cutbacks and the low levels of morale in the service at the moment. thank you very much. the injured wife of a man killed in the westminster terror attack has returned home to the united states. you melissa cochran had been visiting london from utah with her husband. united airlines is changing its policy of giving staff last—minute seats on overbooked flights. it's after a passenger lost two front teeth and suffered a broken nose, when he was was violently dragged from his seat after refusing to leave the plane. united says staff will now be allocated seats at least
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at least 12 people have suffered burns from a suspected noxious substance at a nightclub in east london. emergency services, including a hazardous area response team, were sent to the mangle club in dalston around one o'clock this morning. hundreds of people had to be evacuated from the building, 10 were taken to hospital, but the injuries are not thought more than a quarter of a million people have backed a petition asking for a change in the law. it was started by ben brooks dutton whose wife was killed after an elderly motorist hit his accelerator pedal instead of the brakes. it's expected that the number of drivers over 85 will double to one until by 2025.|j am asking people to go through an age appropriate test, not a retest, it's not about reversing and things like that, it's trying to find out they're healthy, well like that, it's trying to find out they‘ re healthy, well and like that, it's trying to find out they're healthy, well and able to react properly in order to stay on the road. we will have a programme for you and a news summary in a we will have a programme for you and a news summary in a few minutes. first, let's catch up with the weather. the next couple of nights are
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unusually cold for the time of we are. we are likely to see a damaging frost, gardeners take note. this morning, we start off with a strip of cloud and a few showers stretching from northern ireland, north wales, north—west england, across the midlands into east anglia and south—east england too. to the north of this, in scotland, it's been a cold start to the day. minus fourin been a cold start to the day. minus four in the coldest parts of the highlands. we have seen snow working in across the northern isles. wintry showers continuing here. rain and hill snow working southwards across aberdeenshire into perhaps the scottish borders through the day. england and wales starting off the day cloudy with showers. by the afternoon most areas will be dry. we will see sunny spells coming through the cloud. temperatures, highs ranging from around 7 in shetland to about 1k in london and plymouth. 0vernight tonight we could get lows as low as minus eight in scotland which will mean a damaging frost. you're watching bbc news. the
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headlines: prince harry reveals he has had counselling after spending nearly 20 years not thinking about the death of his mother. there is a lot of stuff here i need to deal with. it was 20 years of not thinking about it, and then two yea rs of thinking about it, and then two years of total chaos. us vice president mike pence tells north korea there you —— the united states and south korea would not tolerate further nuclear tests. tu rkey‘s tolerate further nuclear tests. turkey's president erdogan said he will go ahead with new powers after narrowly winning a constitutional referendum.
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