to that and they need to respond because we've got a lot more older drivers coming along. we don't have a system in place at the moment for giving advice and access to assessments and that kind of thing. there was a big tidal wave of older drivers coming and we haven't got oui’ drivers coming and we haven't got our souls set up to deal with it. drivers coming and we haven't got our souls set up to deal with itm does rely on self—assessment currently and if someone isn't making a realistic assessment of themselves, there was nothing to force them to get off the roads, is there? friends and family can help, ultimately the police might be involved, but the vast majority of older people are very responsible. they know when it is time to give up. there has been a lot of research to show the vast majority do it correctly. some do it too late, some do it too early. our concern about compulsory testing is that it might lead to a lot more people giving up too early which can lead to isolation in the home, health problems, extra costs and society in bringing services to those people, so bringing services to those people, so there are a lot of things to discuss but we need to get some kind of strategy in place and agreed nationally because they're all these extra older drivers coming in the future. ultimately, if somebody is not safe to be on the roads, does

then not need to be a formalised process of stopping it? yes, and i think this is where we need to have more training for gps and medical professionals, people who are interacting with the older drivers who can see somebody has a problem. there mechanisms at the moment it you can phone dvla and tell them about somebody who has a problem on the road and dvla can take their licence away until they've had a medical but that is a fairly extreme measure. we would like to see that the more formalised way to talk it is about having this discussion. this petition is useful and stimulating that discussion but compulsion, not at the moment but i think a lot more information, advice and access to voluntary assessment will help older people to make a really good, informed decision on the right time to give up. thank you. steel cloud around for most of us. a strea k of steel cloud around for most of us. a streak of cloud across the heart of england and wales. further north,

another front coming in across northern ireland and scotland. this was the scene in the shetland isles. a dusting of snow on the grass. you can see through the rest of the afternoon, a wintry mix. reagan, hill -- rain afternoon, a wintry mix. reagan, hill —— rain and hail mac. hill snow. ezra, england and wales, the cloud so to break up. by this bill through, the best of the sunshine for england in the north. a chilly 6 degrees in shetland, 14 to was the sap. a really cold night. temperatures getting down to around minus eight celsius. a damaging frost. gardeners, beware. you might wa nt to ta ke frost. gardeners, beware. you might want to take action. hello.

this is bbc news. 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 suspected of posting a video on facebook of him shooting dead an elderly stranger. now on bbc news — katie snooks investigates how people cope with acne in the newsbeat documentary, me, my spots and i.

hey, everyone, so i am katie snooks and you can normally find me here. i've suffered with acne for the last decade and, honestly, it has controlled every single aspect of my life from my social life, dating, and also my self—confidence. i don't feel beautiful at all, my confidence is really low today. i tried five different antibiotics. i even tried light therapy. none of them worked. until, recently, i finally had success. i have spent the last eight months vlogging my journey taking the sometimes controversial drug isotretinoin, more commonly known as roaccutane. the success rate is high, but it's also hard to get. you can't get it from your gp and it took me a couple of years to get referred to a dermatologist.

i recently finished my treatment and ijust uploaded my last skin update on my youtube channel, and the transformation in my skin has just been amazing. so i finally found a drug that cleared my skin, but i want to know how other people deal with their acne. but not just the treatments, but how they deal with the emotional side, the self—confidence and the way you feel about being you. time to catch a train — i'm off to edinburgh. libby and lauren are taking me on a night out. libby's tried roaccutane three times without success so now she's trying something different. so the first time i went on it, it totally cleared up and it was really good. cleared up for about a year. and then itjust came back, all of it, and ifeel like it came back even worse than the first time. you so you lived with perfect skin for a whole year? i wouldn't say perfect, i still had scarring from obviously the spots before, but i was happy

with my skin and that's like the only time in about eight years that i have actually been happy with my skin. you are trying a new treatment now — can you tell me a bit about that? so it's a suction and laser treatment and they go around your skin and they suck the bacteria out and zap it with a laser to kill any leftover bacteria. what's the first step in your make—up regime? i always start with covering the majority of the redness with a really high—coverage concealer. 0k. that looks like an amazing product. it's so good. i love it. this is bbc radio 1, saturday night, this is danny howard, a big shoutout to the girls getting ready for a massive night out in edinburgh... taxi's here, let's go. libby's training to be a beauty therapist and she says nights out like this are one of the times

she feels most self—conscious about her skin. you feel like the odd one out, like, you stick out like a sore thumb. also i feel like sort of through the night like your make—up comes off, as well, like it's not as nice as it is at the start of the night. do you feel like you completely let go on a night out, regardless of how you're feeling about yourself at that particular time? if i drink enough! if i have had enough drinks, then, yeah, but if i have not.. yeah, i do let go. i am with my friends and trying to enjoy myself. when i have a problem about anything i can always go to them, they're so nice about it, i love them. do you feel like libby at any point gets jealous of you and the friends that don't have acne and have never really suffered with it? i wouldn't say so — libby's not like a jealous person, but i do see she is not confident in her of herself and it is a real shame. she'd never be jealous of anyone. do you think her acne has held her back with dating and her self—confidence?

as far as i have known her — it's been since high school since we started there — i have never known her to have a boyfriend. which is a real shame becausethere are so many other girls that aren't as pretty as her. she's had acne the whole time you have known her? never known her without and ijust hope something does happen for her that she can gain her confidence back. she's not really dated many guys since i have been friends with her. do you think that could be because of that? definitely. if libby never looked good before she went out, she wouldn't go. she would be like, i am not going out. do you think her confidence has been affected by having acne? sometimes we have to come in the morning without any make—up on, and i think libby is quite self—conscious coming out into college with absolutely no make—up on. if you are giving someone a facial with great skin but you have not great skin, so, yeah, definitely. so it's been lovely to spend the evening with you, and after

spending the last couple of hours with you and your friends, i've been thinking — are you kind of pinning all your hopes on this current treatment that you're on? yeah, i'd say i am just because the amount of money i've paid towards it, it's like my own savings and things like that. but if it doesn't work, it doesn't work, and i'll try something new. hopefully not as expensive, but i have noticed a difference in my skin and i have only had two treatments, so fingers crossed. it was lovely to meet libby, but after meeting her, it really dawned on me just how much she's spending on this acne treatment. it's costing her £600 and that's on top of all the make—up she's buying as well. i can relate to her so much and i really know how it feels to pin all your hopes on one acne treatment. day one of roaccutane.

this is my skin. i've taken one pill, so it's kind of the first day but nothing's really happened yet. woken up and my lips feel weird. i'm very worried about these big ones all coming at the same time. that will be very painful and very unattractive. day 18. i wasn't going to film today because i didn't feel like it but i thought i would be completely honest and show you guys. today's really hard. my skin hasn't been this bad in a really long time. i put so much hope and so much faith into every single thing i tried for acne, and when things didn't work, itjust crushed me even more. i'm wondering, what are the other solutions available for people like libby? so i've come to meet one of the uk's

leading dermatologists. have a seat. i met libby a few days ago and she's tried roaccutane three times and it hasn't worked for her and now she's paying her own money for a new light therapy treatment which she's kind of pinning all her last hopes on. i was wondering if there are any other treatments left available for her or people like her? i wouldn't say there's anything imminent that's going to topple roaccutane off its perch, but there are particularly light—based treatments now that seem to be gaining more evidence to suggest they may help. for libby, i think getting support from consultant dermatologists, either privately, if it's not possible because the nhs is so burdened, would probably at least make her feel more empowered and enabled. so i've just finished my course of roaccutane after eight months, and before i started i was googling it and researching it an awful lot. there are a lot of kind

of controversial things about roaccutane on the internet. is it really that controversial? well, roaccutane is an extremely strong medication for acne, and acne is not a life—threatening disease. so it's always a matter of balancing up the pros and cons, but it doesn't come without risks and it's understanding the risks, informing the patients of the risks so they can make their own decision. but it can be extremely effective for people who have severe and/or stubborn acne. it's understanding what the risks are. someone who knows all about those risks isjessica. i'm off to third wheel her date night with boyfriend brendan. someone who knows all about those risks isjessica. i'm off to third wheel her date night with boyfriend brendan. jess hasn't used roaccutane because she's been diagnosed with anxiety. dermatologists say the side—effects range from dry lips to — much more rarely — kidney damage and even mental health problems. so how did you two meet?

we met at my dad and my stepmum's wedding. want to show us your...? show us your moves, your skills? backflips? i don't think so. how long have you had acne? it's been about ten years now. so i'm 22 now, so kind of all started when i was about 12. i'd get, like, really bad whiteheads on my face and my friends were like, let me pop your spot. and i'd be like, no, no, that's horrible! and i think forget, like, the physical side of it as well. yes. kind of worse on my shoulders, but it does go down my back as well, and i like to call it bacne. can we see that as well? do you mind? let's have a look. see, they don't look too inflamed at the moment. theyjust look a little bit... it looks like scarring, but it has been worse in the past? yeah, definitely. how about when you first met, was that kind of awkward? i think i was a bit embarrassed, and especially because of my shoulders. i kind of, like, made a joke out of it but i think it was... it's hard. and do you have any ways in particular to make yourself feel better whilst you're, like, really suffering with acne? just, like, having somebody, having your friends and family, and just know that

they're always there. none of my friends, my family, my boyfriend, they don't care about my skin. so spending time with them, and ijust make sure that i use, like, a moisturiser. hello. are you exhausted? yeah, i'm a bit tired after that. now it's your turn. show us your moves. brendan... i'lljoin you in a minute! so ijust wanted to talk a little bit about how, kind of, jessica's acne has affected your relationship at all? she does have low confidence sometimes, especially when wearing tops where her back's revealed, because she feels quite conscious about that. has it ever, like, caused any friction in your relationship, her low self—confidence because of her skin? i've always been able to kind of notice whenjess has been quite down about things. so when she's been quite quiet or quite upset, i've approached her and spoken to her about it. you sound like a great boyfriend. shall we go back in? let's gojoinjess. it was really lovely to meetjessica last night, and although she is feeling

confident and happy at the moment, i am concerned because i know from experience that if you have acne, it's always there in the back of your mind, no matter how many kind of smiles you can put on for the people. i'm meant to be going out tonight. supposed to be going out tonight and now ijust don't... i really don't want to. not only is it breaking out, it's also so itchy and it hurts — it's painful as well. it becomes really infuriating and frustrating when girls with clear skin on social media, especially some of the ones i follow on twitter and snapchat, they're like, oh, i've got a spot, everything is ruined! and they've got the tiniest, tiniest little spot you can't even see. i've got something going on with my eyes, i've got some kind of eye infection. i've never really had one before. it makes me want to gouge my eyes out. and sojust... really frustrated.

today, i'm going to meet sarah. she got in touch with us about her acne. she's suffered with it for an awful long time. and we're also going to be meeting her son, george. he also has acne. i'm unsure about how much he's going to talk to us about it, but let's go and have a chat. i'm katie. so your mum got in touch with us about her acne. how did you feel when you found out? not too bad, really. i mean i think it's quite good that you're doing a documentary, because everyone can understand what it's like. almost everyone has or suffers with acne at some point in their lives. but when you're going through it kind of almost feels like you're the only one. yeah. i look at myself in a mirror and think, yeah, this is worse than everybody else. because i don't really see, i don't look at other people specifically, i kind ofjust criticise myself for it. you sometimes wear make—up to cover your acne — can you tell me a bit about that? it comes as a bit of a shock

at first, people are like, are you wearing make—up? then everybody realises, what is the difference? all the girls in my year slather themselves in make—up as soon as they get a spot, at this stage i was, i think everyone could empathise with me and see why i was doing this, because i was in such a bad point. it made you feel better? it did. i covered it up, when i looked in the mirror i did not look atrocious, i looked normal. do you have any pictures, would you me having a look? george is 15 and it takes him real guts to show me these pictures. these are on holiday. as you can see, i look pretty bad. that is not at my worst. he is now on roaccutane, but the camera photos up when he was not is a step too far. it looks really painful, your entire face is

covered with quite big... not just the t—zone. it was quite bad, it was notjust on my face, it was my back, my neck. i would have to deal with my face in the day and my back at night. i'm sorry to say this but it also... it almost makes you look like a different person because the cysts are so big they kind of distort your face. i was quite swollen as well. thank you so much for showing me these pictures and for talking to me today — you are super—inspiring. i thought me and george had a unique story — we both have acne, we both have acne, we're both on roaccutane. i can't imagine many people in that situation. if showing the world has acne at its worst is too much for george, his mother has had decades to grow in confidence. oh, my gosh!

that was pretty much rock bottom. that was horrendous. how did...? when you woke up every day, what did...? literally, every time i looked in the mirror, it changed. it was like it was moving around. it got worse and worse. when george was nearing the age when you started to get it, were you worried? i always said as soon as they got spots they would go to the doctors. did it make you feel guilty at all? no, just a bit sad. i can't feel guilty — i have done nothing wrong, but i feel sad, i feel for george that he has had to go through this and he has dealt with it really, really well. he is a very resilient kid. seeing acne that bad has really touched a nerve. i can remember exactly how i used to feel when mine was that bad, and it just isn't fair. you just want someone that you feel

like you can turn and will have answers for you. but obviously, it does not happen with everyone. i was lucky enough to have found a dermatologist i could connect with. it's got me thinking aboutjessica — she has not really nailed any solutions despite putting on a brave face, so i have decided to put her in touch with dr tamara. phone rings. hello, dr tamara. hi, jess. i thought i would tell you a bit about myself. i am 22, i have had acne for about ten years now. i saw a dermatologist and was offered roaccutane, but we decided it was not the best thing for me, so i was wondering if there were any alternatives. every patient is different. i am meeting you for the first time but roaccutane may be a treatment option for someone with your skin type, but it is notjust your skin, it is the emotional side

and anxiety. there are lots of options to treat acne. do you think there will ever be a cure for acne? in many patients, roaccutane or isotretinoin can cure the acne, turn it off and it does not come back, but not all. we always live in hope of a cure. i have heard things about diet, skin care, affects acne. is there any truth behind that? whether or not one develops acne is pretty much genetically determined, but there are outside factors. stress can trigger it. you need strategies to manage it so that you feel happy that it is acceptable and you are coping with the condition rather than it ruining your life. thank you for talking to me. all the best. that is what it is all about. you finding ways to deal with and cope with the acne, rather than it controlling every aspect of your life.

somehow, you have to finds a way to stay positive. it's looking so good. i am really, really happy with how my skin's looking. what is this, though? for the first time in a real long time i am just using like a stick concealer foundation, which i've never been able to do before because my skin's always been so blemished. day 205, this is my skin. still really happy with it apart from this, but apart from that — perfect! loving it! today is my last ever day of roaccutane. i am the happiest i've ever been within myself... for a really long time, like ten since since i have had acne, and i couldn't be happier, yeah, this is my skin, how good is it guys! i've been lucky so far. but the up with thing i've learned is that your skin doesn't define who you are. so whatever stage of your acne journey you are on, you have got to find a way to feel good. i am a keen photographer.

it is what my degree is in. i wanted to do something to help the people i have met feel better. what were your thoughts about chatting to dr tamara? i feel more confident about talking to my doctor about seeing a dermatologist — she put my mind at rest and i might go on roaccutane. it is good you spoke to her, you have not spoken to anybody about your acne for awhile. about four years, it was nice for her to put my mind at rest. cute! big smile. do you guys have one thing that

you would say to someone suffering with acne? go to the doctor, if the doctor does not give you the answer you want, go to another and keep asking, ask for a referral to the dermatologist if the medication is not working. you are never alone ‘ there is always someone else out there suffering, try to find someone to talk to, even if they do not have acne. don't pick your spots — it leaves you with so many scars. every time i get a new spot, i don't touch it. look how beautiful that is. thanks. do you like it? yes. it has been amazing to meet so many inspiring people along this acne journey, who all have great ways of dealing with their acne to make themselves feel better. you can talk to your doctor and see what treatments are available, you can

visit a dermatologist, listen to their advice and take it in because they are the experts. whatever stage of your acne journey, there are still ways to feel great about yourself. a few showers taking us through to the afternoon. quite a lot of dry weather though. the west midlands and north wales picking up spots of rain. scotland, cold enough for some snow. the wintry mix, weather front sliding southwards bringing some rain, sleet, snow, hal. swinging into aberdeen. later, the high ground of the scottish borders. further south, across england and wales, that diagonal strap of cloud stretching from north wales towards south east england, that where the lancashire of the showers are. they will ease through the afternoon. ——

lion ‘s shelby showers. temperatures not doing too badly. out of the wind, between 10—14. cold in shetland. temperatures struggling to 6 degrees. overnight, southwards across northern england, snow across the highest part of the pennines. overnight, clear skies and light winds. the cold air from scotland to spreading southwards. cold by the time of year at night, potentially minus eight. damaging frost for the tender plans and blossoms out. gardeners might want to mitigate against the sharp frost. apart from the five the conditions, tuesday sta rts the five the conditions, tuesday starts on if i know. sunshine turning hazy. rain for the western isles and the highlands later in the afternoon. wednesday morning, england and wales have sharp frost.

temperatures minus seven at the cold est temperatures minus seven at the coldest spots. damaging frost for tender plants and blossoms. cloudy weather for the rest of the uk. passing showers. high pressure dominates for the rest of the week. bringing some rain southwards across scotland, northern ireland and the far northern finland. the rain not amounting to much. the dry team generally continues. —— try theme. remember those damaging, sharp frosts. this is bbc news. the headlines... prince harry reveals he's had counselling to help him come to terms with the death of his mother. there is actually a lot of stuff here only to deal with. it was 20 yea rs of not here only 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 promises 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 in the next hour... should older people be made to retake their driving test? a call for a change in the law that would require all 70—year—old drivers to pass a new test. and coming up at 12.30 — the remarkable story of the woman