Skip to main content

tv   BBC News  BBC News  April 17, 2017 10:00am-10:31am BST

10:00 am
this is bbc news. i'm joanna gosling. the headlines at ten: 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. also: should older people the made to retake the driving test? and join
10:01 am
us to retake the driving test? and join us for weather world. we will be behind—the—scenes finding out what it takes to keep these aeroplanes flying, whatever the weather. 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. the world watched as prince harry followed his mother's funeral cortege. he was 12 when diana prince
10:02 am
of wales was killed in a car crash. now after 20 years of struggling to deal with it, prince harry has opened up about the impact diana's death has had on him. losing my mum at the age of 12 and therefore shutting down all my emotions for the last 20 years has had a quite serious effect on not only my personal life but also my work. my way of dealing with it was refusing ever to think about my mum, because why would that help? it would only make you saddam would not bring her back. the prince said taking up boxing helped with aggression after he nearly punched someone, and he talked about looking for professional help with his health. all this grief started to come to the forefront, and i thought, there is actually a lot of stuff here that i need to deal with. it was 20 years of not thinking about it and then two years of total chaos. as you know, one of the easiest people to speak to is a shrink, as the
10:03 am
americans call them, someone you've never spoken to before and who just listens. and you have done that? a couple of times. more than a couple times! it was great. the prince said he hoped speaking openly would encourage others to do the same. he hoped speaking openly would encourage others to do the samelj thought encourage others to do the same.|j thought it was incredible, because to have someone of his profile talking so openly about the stuff in his head is so important. i can't begin to tell you. when i first got ill, if members of the royal family we re ill, if members of the royal family were standing up and talking about their mental health, i think how different the subsequent decades could have been in terms ofjust people talking openly and honestly about this very normal illness. the heads together campaign, set up by harry and his brother and sister—in—law, will be the main charity at next weekend's london
10:04 am
marathon, another example of the princes‘ commitment to mental health. a little earlier i spoke to telegraph columnist bryony gordon about her experience interviewing prince harry. i don‘t think anyone‘s surprised by what he had 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 probablyjust feels like the right time. it‘s 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. one of the things he says is, you don‘t need advice, i just 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, obviously, i was like, this is a scoop.
10:05 am
but i write a lot about mental health, and to hear someone of his profile talking so candidly about the stuff 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. i think, what you do is, you have people like harry talking openly about these things. the more we all stand up and talk about these things, the more it will get better and mental health will be seen on
10:06 am
the same level as physical health. and hopefully, 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. 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 our allies have stood together for a denuclearised korean peninsula.
10:07 am
in the last few weeks, the world has seen the resolve of our president in his actions. 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 deploy the missile defence system as a defensive measure. we will continue to evolve a comprehensive set 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. and an unprecedented number of
10:08 am
ballistic missile tests. even conducting a failed missile launch as i travelled here for this visit. the period of strategic patience is over. lets talk to the former foreign secretary, sir malcolm rifkind. thanks forjoining us. what is your assessment? are we seeing a classic game of brinkmanship? what are the dangers? the united states is perfectly serious in what it is saying and doing. you have got to realise that north korea has said quite publicly it is planning to develop intercontinental nuclear weapons missiles that could reach the united states. that is a very serious business and takes us back to 1963 and the cuban missile crisis, when the russians were trying to do the same in cuba. do you think the american strategy is right? i think they are right in saying that they want to avoid a military confrontation if that is
10:09 am
possible. the key to that happening is not asking north korea. i think the north koreans are obdurate. the only people who have leverage of a substantial kind are the chinese, because north korea depends almost entirely on china for its energy supplies and the lot of its food supplies. north korea is a basket economy and all its resources have gone into its military capability, so the economy is in a complete mess, and china could put pressure on them, although they are reluctant to do that because they are afraid the north korean regime would simply colla pse the north korean regime would simply collapse and korea would be united under a pro—american government. collapse and korea would be united under a pro-american government. the united states is obviously saying it wa nts united states is obviously saying it wants china to deal with the situation, but if it doesn‘t, the united states will. what would your qb of the possibility of a pre—emptive or reactive reaction to another strike launched by north korea? i can't be expected to give
10:10 am
you an answer to that, because the americans haven‘t reached a conclusion, as far as we know. they have a series of military options, but they have to take into account that if they take action against north korea, the north koreans can‘t damage america very much, but they could do quite serious damage to south korea, mainly by, for example, massed artillery within range of the south korean capital. they could also move tens of thousands of their troops over the border into south korea. north korea would be bound to lose against the united states and south korea combined, but in the meantime, a lot of innocent south koreans might lose their lives. do you think that another korean war looks inevitable that the moment? what we call the korean war was something very different. that was when you had hundreds of thousands of united states, british and other troops in south korea, crossing the
10:11 am
border into north korea, and then the chinese became also involved. that was a land war involving hundreds of thousands of chinese and american troops. i don‘t think that is remotely on the cards. the chinese are not going to get involved militarily, and i don‘t think the united states is contemplating any major movement of land contemplating any major movement of la nd forces contemplating any major movement of land forces into the korean peninsula. beyond those that are already there helping south korea. there are reports that the missile launch failed because of a cyber attack, the systems being in full trait it by the americans. do you think that that is a likely scenario? it is entirely possible. of course, by definition, they are not going to admit it if it is true, but we know there have been previous occasions — for example, the united states and israel getting into the
10:12 am
iranians nuclear enrichment programme and creating some havoc some years ago. if reports are to believed, there is no doubt that the americans have been using their cyber capabilities to try to disrupt north korea as well. it would be astonishing if they weren‘t trying to do that. whether the collapse this week was because of that, obviously, we don‘t know. this week was because of that, obviously, we don't knowm this week was because of that, obviously, we don't know. if that capability is there, then, can eve ryo ne capability is there, then, can everyone rest a lot easier? laughter in one sense, if the cyber capability is good enough to disrupt the north korea nuclear programme, that would be a marvellous way of solving the crisis because it would not function and nobody would be hurt, nobody would be killed. you can‘t make that assumption, certainly. cyber capability can disrupt, as we have seen with iran. it did not prevent the nuclear programme. that came with a
10:13 am
diplomatic solution some years later. thank you very much. 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 police chief said they did not know of any other victims. a spokesman for facebook said it was a horrific crime and it did not allow that sort of content. 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 to be life threatening. the injured wife of a man killed in the westminster terror attack has returned home to the united states. melissa cochran had been visiting london from utah with her husband kurt to celebrate their 25th wedding anniversary when they were caught in the attack.
10:14 am
her brother says doctors have cleared her to fly back home and revealed that she is healing faster than expected. turkey‘s president erdogan has vowed to press ahead with the constitutional changes approved in a referendum — which vastly expand his presidential powers. mr erdogan‘s victory was closer than expected, taking 51 and a half per cent of the vote. 0pposition leaders plan to challenge the result due to irregularities, including the acceptance of unstamped ballot papers at counting centres. 0ur correspondent mark lowen is in ankara. tell us more about the increased powers that he has as a result of this referendum. well, he would be able to declare a state of emergency, dissolve parliament, appoint ministers, choose most seniorjudges, prepare the budget. there would be a vast concentration of power was in the hands of
10:15 am
president erdogan following elections in 2019. he will be able to stanford two terms after those elections, so he could potentially stay in office until 2029. the opposition are contesting this result. you can see from the newspapers this morning just how divided this country has been by the vote. the pro government newspaper here talks about the revolution of the people, describing the president asa the people, describing the president as a world leader and having achieved an historic victory. but the secularist, one of the few opposition newspapers that remains here and hasn‘t been shut down under the president‘s clampdown asks, is your conscious comfortable? and talks about massive voter fraud? that is a sign, an indication of the splits there are within the media. those splits have been massively amplified across the country. thank you, mark. the headlines on bbc news: prince harry has revealed he sought counselling,
10:16 am
after spending nearly 20 years not thinking about the death of his mother. us vice—president mike pence has warned north korea not to test the strength of the united states. turkey‘s president erdogan has said he‘ll press ahead with new sweeping powers, after narrowly winning the constitutional referendum. sport now and a full round—up from the bbc sport centre. chelsea manager antonio conte has blamed himself for their loss to manchester united. the blues have had their 10—point lead at the top of the premier league, reduced to just four after yesterday‘s 2—0 loss. it didn‘t take united 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. united decided to win the game
10:17 am
because they showed more ambition, more motivation to win this game. i think it‘s very simple. but in this case the fault is of the coach. because it means that the coach wasn‘t able to have the right concentration, right motivation, right ambition to win this type of game. united‘s victory boosts their chances of champion league qualification, as did liverpool‘s 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
10:18 am
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 — 124. after the match, he vented his frustration with the tournament 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.
10:19 am
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 threaten and bully me. ain‘t happening. world snooker chairman barry hearn declined to comment last night, but told the bbc recently that 0‘sullivan is beholden to the same rules as every other player. ronnie 0'sullivan is a great player and a great advert for our game. he gets us more media and more ratings than anyone else. for that, we love him and admire him for his ability. but that is where it ends. there are no exceptions to people, and there can't be. he is operating under the same rules and mindset as anyone else. the first round matches continue today and it‘s live from the crucible now on bbc two. england‘s peter ebdon is taking on compatriot stuart bingham. the match resumed with bingham — 2015 world champion — five frames to four ahead.
10:20 am
first to 10 frames goes through to the second round. that‘s all sport for now. i‘ll have more in the next hour. should older drivers be made to retake their test? 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 to1 million by 2025, so is there more we can do to improve safety on the roads? holly hamilton reports. frank has been driving for most of his life. know where you are relative to as much traffic as you possibly can... but despite 56 years of experience behind the wheel, he feels he benefits from an appraisal from time to time. none of us gets sharper as we age.
10:21 am
i mean, i can see i'm not as sharp as i was ten or 15 years ago and that must apply when i'm driving a car. ijust think it's a good idea. this driver skills scheme in hampshire for the over 60s assesses around 50 people each month. the aim is to keep people driving safely for longer. it‘s delivered from their own home in their own car. we get on of our assessors to go along and sit with them and offer advice, really. and then we can monitor how their driving is going so they don‘t have to give up too early before they‘re ready but they don‘t go on too long and they become unsafe. there‘s no legal age to stop driving in the uk but under the current system, drivers have to renew their licence every three years from the age of 70. to do that, you will simply need one of these. a self—assessment form. you decide whether or not you are fit to drive based on your health and eyesight. there are no mandatory
10:22 am
checks on your eyesight, hearing or even driving and reaction times. and that is well into old age. for most drivers, this is not a problem but not disclosing a medical issue can have devastating consequences. you drew that when you were a baby. you drew that with mummy. in 2012, ben‘s wife was killed while working in 2012, ben‘s wife was killed while walking with their 2—year—old sonjackson. a car came speeding around the corner, skimmed my son‘s push chair but then struck my wife and she died at the scene. when the pressure was on, when the driver had to choose between an accelerator and a brake, he wasn‘t able to make that decision, he wasn‘t able to react. he was driving in an automatic vehicle and he thought he was braking and as he broke harder, he was actually accelerating faster. ben is campaigning for drivers to be retested every three years after the age of 70. so far, an online petition has received over 200,000 signatures. i think there needs to be some sort of test to check that we are well
10:23 am
enough to drive, that we can react in time to drive safely and regulate our own behaviour. at the moment, the self—assessment system doesn‘t do that. last year, leading road safety experts published a report setting out a national strategy for safe driving into old age. it made a number of recommendations including increasing the age of licence renewal to 75, if proof of an eye test is made compulsory. older drivers, at the age of 70, are no more likely to be involved in a collision. but obviously, as we do get older and start to suffer from frailty, eyesight and hearing, yes, problems can arise if we don't address them at an early stage. ben‘s petition is set to be discussed by a cross party transport committee after getting the support from his local mp. meanwhile, ben is hoping his campaign will highlight the issue for thousands of families. no one wants to take someone‘s life.
10:24 am
no—one wants that hanging over them for the rest of their life but a car is a powerful weapon, you need to make sure you are capable and that is notjust about sticking to your guns and saying, i‘m fine. this is about checking that you definitely are. let‘s speak to ben—brooks dutton now who was in holly‘s report. he lost his wife in 2012 and has since started a petition calling for people over 70 to have compulsory retesting to keep their driving licence. thank you very much forjoining us. imean, thank you very much forjoining us. i mean, it‘s obviously clear why you feel so passionately about this. tell us more about your battle to try to see this come into effect. well, it‘s obvious that it‘s a personal issue to me but it‘s become much more than that. my wife died four—and—a—half years ago and i didn‘t start to campaign for this to begin straightaway by any means, i actually started a blog about grief
10:25 am
and it was through that i met lots of other people that heard my story and said that they had gone through something similar. they had lost a loved one at the hands of an older driver. it was because of that, because so many people started to come forward i thought, actually, there is a lot of interest in the blog and a profile for it now so maybe we can do some good from this andi maybe we can do some good from this and i started the petition really on behalf of everyone that does frequently tell me that they really struggle to persuade an elderly relative to stop driving when they know they‘re not safe any more. relative to stop driving when they know they're not safe any more. you said sometime ago in an article that you realised quite early on that the driver who killed your wife by mistakenly pressing the accelerator rather than the brake was jailed, but you realised you can‘t punish a crime by transferring — you can punish a crime but can‘t transfer pain. that‘s obviously driven you here. well, yeah, i mean, the simple
10:26 am
fa ct here. well, yeah, i mean, the simple fact is here. well, yeah, i mean, the simple fa ct is really here. well, yeah, i mean, the simple fact is really things aren‘t working at the moment. there is no test there to check that someone‘s safe on the road. i think that everybody wa nts to on the road. i think that everybody wants to be safe but i think people are broadly quite intimidated by the idea of a retest because they probably imagine something that‘s like the test they originally took or maybe didn‘t, depending on their age. iam not or maybe didn‘t, depending on their age. i am not really calling for someone age. i am not really calling for someone to have to prove they can do a three—point turn or reverse around a three—point turn or reverse around a corner, it‘s about an age appropriate test that shows reaction times are there when needed. i was doing an interview with a bbc radio station earlier and someone came on and commented, someone that was 93, and commented, someone that was 93, and said he had done this sort of test as a result of having a stroke and he passed with flying colours. they were able to check within a second how easily he could react to a moment of pressure or stress and it‘s that kind of thing, it‘s eyesight, hearing, it‘s things that need to be considered as we do age. we heard in the report you have the
10:27 am
support of your local mp, the petition is getting a lot of people signing up, more than a quarter of a million now. the transport committee is going to look at it. what are your expectations for where this may go? well, i hope it's a balanced conversation around it. at the moment about this time last year there was a taskforce, an elderly driver‘s taskforce launched that had one simple objective, and that was to keep older drivers driving for longer. it didn‘t look at things from the other side. as your report stated then, there is a recommendation that the self—assessment age increases from 70 to 75 but within that same report it talks about more catastrophic accidents happening with drivers over the age of 80 or 85. but we never hear about those stories. i feel there is a lot of data kept away. people try to dismiss the issue by talking about younger drivers and saying they‘re the
10:28 am
problem. but there can be more than one problem at a time and that‘s what i think needs to be looked at, it needs to be a balanced conversation. you said the reaction to your blog was that people were getting in touch saying they were finding it difficult to persuade elderly loved ones to think again about driving. what responsibility there is on family around older people getting behind the wheel? well, i think all the responsibility is on them at the moment, someone wrote to me a while ago and said they had actually managed to persuade their mother to stop driving at a certain age but as a result she didn‘t talk to the daughter any more, so that relationship was ruined because it‘s not easy to tell someone to take that power away from them. again, what i really want to make clear is this isn‘t about taking away someone‘s driving licence or independence, this is about proving they‘re safe to drive. i think it‘s very difficult, ifind it they‘re safe to drive. i think it‘s very difficult, i find it difficult to swallow when i am accused of wanting to take people‘slines away,
10:29 am
it‘s not the case —— people‘s licences away, it‘s not the case. i wa nt licences away, it‘s not the case. i want there to be evidence, for their own well—being, that they are actually still safe to drive. the driver that killed my wife didn‘t wa nt to driver that killed my wife didn‘t want to do this, he will have suffered immeasurably, as well. i think there is no policy in place at the moment. that‘s what the judge that sentenced him said, as well. he said that the law is not on their side. there is nothing there to tell people when to stop driving or when they‘re not safe. that‘s what he was calling for too. thank you very much forjoining us. time for a look now at the weather. gardeners might want to take note over the next couple of nights we will have unusually cold weather, damaging frosts on the way for those tender plants and blossoms out at the moment. today we have this strip of cloud bringing a few showers. another weather front to the north of scotland. this one has been bringing some snow. this was
10:30 am
ca ptu red bringing some snow. this was captured earlier from the shetland isles. yes, the air is that cold. snow in the northern isles. moving into aberdeenshire, most of the snow here will be over the hills, but you could get some hail, maybe sleet at lower levels. this wintry mix will continue to push southwards. perhaps a bit of wintriness over the hills of the scottish borders towards the end of the afternoon. 0therwise bright sunny spells coming through. england and wales, we have seen this strea k of england and wales, we have seen this streak of cloud across central areas, that‘s going to continue to be the focus of a few light showers. most of these should die away by the time we get to the afternoon. the cloud gradually breaking up, there should be sunny spells coming through. temperatures, highs between a cold six in shetland to a milder 14 a cold six in shetland to a milder 1a in london. then overnight watch out gardeners for northern areas, we could see temperatures as low as minus eight in scotland. damaging frosts on the way for some. that‘s the weather.

41 Views

info Stream Only

Uploaded by TV Archive on