hello it's thursday, it's nine o'clock, i'm victoria derbyshire, welcome to the programme. charlie gard's parents return to the high court in london this morning in a hearing that will decide if their terminally—ill son will be allowed access to experimental treatment in the us. they've got letters from up to seven doctors and scientists and it demonstrates that there's up to a 10% chance of this ground—breaking treatment working. medics at great ormond street hospital say the therapy won't work, and his life support systems should be turned off. we'll have the latest. why can't schools recruit more teachers from ethnic minority backgrounds? we'll ask some what the barriers are and what more can be done to attract new trainees. and at wimbledon, johanna konta faces venus williams on centre court today. can she become the first british woman to reach a wimbledon singles final since virginia wade? i don't take anything for granted and i demand

of myself my best effort and i demand of myself my full commitment to what i do and then to make sure i prepare well and do the best that i can out there. hello, welcome to the programme, we're live until 11 this morning. also today — new figures this morning show applications for university courses have fallen by 4% among british students, and 5% for students from elsewhere in the eu. it's the first decline in uni applications since fees were last increased in england, back in 2012. if you've decided not to go to university because of the cost, let me know. whether you're a school leaver or a would—be mature student, please do get in touch. use the hashtag #victorialive. our top story today, lawyers representing the parents of the terminally—ill baby, charlie gard, will return to the high court in london this morning, to present what they claim is new evidence showing an experimental treatment could help him. doctors at great ormond street hospital, where he's in intensive care, say the therapy won't work,

and his life support systems should be turned off. sophie hutchinson reports. charlie gard has been in intensive ca re charlie gard has been in intensive care since october last year. he has an extremely rare genetic condition. it has left him extremely brain damaged and unable to breathe without the help of a ventilator. ever since his birth 11 months ago, there have been numerous legal battles, escalated to the highest level in the uk and europe. all the courts have agreed that the baby is so courts have agreed that the baby is so welcome he must be allowed to die. but his parents have persuaded the originaljudge they should be permitted to present what they say this new scientific evidence today, suggesting an experimental treatment could help their son. my understanding as they have got letters from up to seven doctors and

scientists, and it demonstrates there is up to a 10% chance of this ground—breaking treatment working, and they would know within a period of two to eight weeks whether or not baby charlie is improving. and the treatment is noninvasive, it is not an operation, it is actually a food additive into his food. charlie's pa rents additive into his food. charlie's parents have received offers of help from the vatican and the united states, but thejudge, mrjustice francis, has made it clear any new evidence must be presented swiftly, due to concerns about prolonging the little boy's suffering. sophie hutchinson, bbc news. ben brown is in the bbc newsroom with a summary of the rest of the days news. the bbc has learned that at least one person who survived the grenfell tower fire has been diagnosed with cyanide poisoning. 12—year—old luana gomes was treated for the effects of the highly toxic gas. it isn't known what caused the poisoning, but her parents — who lost their unborn child after the fire — believe it may have

been caused by the burning of insulation or plastics during the blaze. katie razzall reports. this was the home of the gomes family on the 21st floor of grenfell tower. they have been living in a hotel since their release from hospital. andreia gomes was seven months pregnant and the baby was stillborn by caesarean section, while she and her daughters were in induced comas. the family allowed bbc newsnight to film their hospital discharge papers. their 12—year—old's diagnosis details cyanide poisoning. her mother and sister were also treated for the risk of cyanide. this is the first confirmation of a cyanide poisoning diagnosis as a result of the fire. the highly toxic gas may have been released by the burning of insulation or plastics during the blaze. the gomeses direct their ire at whoever made the decision to place cheaper fire retardant

cladding on the tower. i'm very angry with them, because it could have all been avoided. and that is where the anger really stems from. yes, it was an accident. i am sure it was. but it could have been avoided. it should never have happened like this. the residents never wanted the cladding in the first place. i don't know if it's the right word, but you just killed so many people and you just killed my son, because if we were in a normal situation, i could have gone out, and he was seven months, he could have survived. there's babies that survive less. because of the conditions, he passed away. the family has requested a full postmortem examination on their son to discover what caused his death. they should have been celebrating his birth next month, and they had already decided to name him logan. the government will today publish a long—awaited bill that will convert european union laws into british legislation.

the repeal bill is designed to ensure a smooth transition when the uk leaves the eu. the brexit secretary, david davis, has described it as a "major milestone". but political opponents have threatened to disrupt its passage through parliament. with us now is political guru, norman smith. norman, publishing the bill is one thing, but getting it through the commons, something else. what we have learned is that the government is now facing a titanic battle to get its kebe brexit bill through parliament, —— its key brexit bill. not only has the liberal democrat leader tim farron said he will make life hell for the government, but more significantly labour have said they will vote against the legislation, unless there are significant changes. and when you put labour mps together with some conservative rebels, then that opens up conservative rebels, then that opens up the prospect that mrs may could

be defeated on this, which would plunge brexit into chaos. and so this morning the brexit minister steve baker was appealing for all mps to work together in the national interest. we will consider what they bring forward, and after we have published the bill and everyone has had a good chance to look at it, we look forward to what they bring forward , look forward to what they bring forward, but this is a bill in the national interest and it is an essential next step as we leave the european union. the labour party manifesto accepted the result of the referendum, so i'm hoping that people will come together in the national interest, support this bill and insure that we are able to leave the european union in a way which is smooth and orderly, and which, as i say, gives individuals and businesses that certainty that the law will have some continuity as we leave. and more trouble for the government today over brexit when they publish their what is called position paper on the future of euratom, this is the organisation that manages the import and export

of radioactive materials into britain, with the royal college of radiologists warning that if we leave euratom, that mightjeopardise the sort of isotopes cancer patients need for scans and treatments, and some tory mps threatening to rebel against the government's plans to quit euratom. applications for university courses have fallen by 4%. figures from the admissions service ucas show a sharp decline in those wanting to study nursing courses, down i9%, and they continued fall in the number of mature students as well. the number of eu students planning to study in the united kingdom has also fallen by 5%. it is the first decline in applications since fees were last increased over £9,000 of england five years ago. university leaders say the decline could be done to in amber rudd factors, including brexit, higherfees amber rudd factors, including

brexit, higher fees and funding changes the trainee nurses and midwives —— a number of factors. school inspectors have raised what they call serious concerns about the standard of education in derby. ofsted says the city does not have enough high—quality academy trusts, with the experience necessary, to improve underperforming schools. the warning coincides with new research by the cross—party commission on inequality in education, which says the gap between poor and rich children is now wider than it was a generation ago. the government says derby has been selected as one of 12 areas in england to receive extra support to help boost social mobility. president donald trump is in paris, where he will be holding talks with president macron, and also attending a steel day celebrations. high on the agenda will be us french actions in syria and iraq against so—called islamic state. despite the differences between the two leaders, mr macron

has indicated he will work to reaffirm historic ties between the two allies, and to prevent the us from being isolated. let's go live to our paris correspondent, is used to. what sort of reception do you think donald trump will get in france? there is the reception from france? there is the reception from france and there is the reception from macron. i think in france there is no question that there is a general feeling of is no question that there is a generalfeeling of suspicion, if not outright hostility to the man, not that that will express itself in demonstrations here in paris. in fa ct, demonstrations here in paris. in fact, we are kind of entering holiday mode in paris, now that we are in the middle ofjuly, so there are in the middle ofjuly, so there are no demonstrations planned, but there is, no question about it, and polls confirm it, yes, people don't like trump in general. macron on the other hand does have this very, very peculiar relationship with him, which isn't friendship, but is certainly based on a kind of openness and candidness, and a

willingness to communicate. macron's view is very much, i'm not macron come he's not come, i'm france, is america, france and america talk, so we are going to talk and we will be friends because our relationship is old and fruitful and necessary. the things that divide us must not be allowed to dominate. and so the relationship, even though it is an old one, and it is hard to imagine anything that binds them on a personal level, is there, and both sides say there is a chemistry. so today will have ceremony, and tomorrow will have the march down the champs—elysees, where trump will be guest of honour. this is 100 yea rs be guest of honour. this is 100 years since the american entry into the first world war, and then there will be the talks, which will focus on the issues which divide, and there is no question there is many of them, above all climate and trade. but they will also focus on the things that bring the countries together and that will in course

include the fight against terrorism against so—called islamic state. many thanks indeed. the owners of southern rail have been fined £114 million for poor performance. the government said the fine on go the thames link railway would have been higher but most of the delays have not been southern's fought. the department for transport said strikes and president levels of sick leave were also to blame but the rmc union has been critical, saying the government had let southern and its pa rent government had let southern and its parent company off the hook. the natural history museum in london has unveiled a skeleton of the blue whale in its entrance hall. weighing 4.5 tonnes, it has been suspended from the ceiling with wires, so that it appears to dive down on the visitors, as they enter the building. the whale replaces dippy, the dick lebeau rocas, which will soon had out —— the diploid ochres, which will soon had out on a tour of

the uk. that is a somebody —— the diplodocus. that's a summary of the latest bbc news — more at 9.30. this e—mailfrom this e—mail from scott, this e—mailfrom scott, my name is scott foster, i am starting university in computing the september. the fees and loans being as high as they are did not bother me, considering the conditions and percentages when paying it back. bettering myself and my living is more important than a little bit of money. good luck with your course, scott. we are asking if you have been put off applying for university, because figures out today show there has been a 4% decline in british students applying to university here, the first decline since 2012, which was the last time the university tuition fees went up. so share your own experiences. do get in touch with us throughout the morning — use the hashtag victoria live and if you text, you will be charged at the standard network rate. here's some sport now with leah boleto. a big day forjohanna konta. she'll be waking up this morning knowing

she's got to get past five—time champion venus william to become the first british woman to reach a wimbledon final for 40 years. the last time that happen was back in 1977, when virginia wade took the title. there's every chancejo could make the final, having beat venus three out of the five times they've played. that match is second on centre court today. meanwhile, world number one andy murray says it's possible he'll take several weeks off to recover fully from his hip injury. he was of course beaten in five sets by american sam querrey yesterday and looked in pain throughout, limping between points. elsewhere, the former fifa official, chuck blazer, seen here on the left, has died aged 72. the american had been banned from all football activities for life two years ago, after admitting charges of tax evasion. he'd been suffering from cancer, but did turn whistle blower to help investigators uncover corruption in football. and england have secured their place in the semifinals of the women's world cup. they beat new zealand by 75 runs, thanks to natalie sciver‘s century. she hit 129 offjust111 balls.

england are joined in the last four by australia, who beat india, and south africa, who defeated sri lanka. that's all from me for now, but sally will be live from wimbledon for you at 9.30 with all the latest. there's a shortage of teachers from ethnic minority backgrounds in english schools, and if the situation is to get any better, then many more people from diverse backgrounds need recruiting onto training schemes. it's hard to get a totally accurate picture of the current situation because of the way data on this is collected. but we know 27% of school pupils in england are from black or minority ethnic backgrounds. however, in 2016, only 7% of teachers were bme. the government puts the figures slightly higher, at 13%, but that is because they include white non—british teachers from other minorities in that number, such as irish teachers, for example. now research from bbc yorkshire has found that schools in england would need to recruit an extra 69,000 ethnic minority teachers to reflect the diversity

within the school population. let's talk now to dr zubaida haque from the runnymede trust. she's researched this issue extensively. tobie martins—ojo works in a london school, co—ordinating volunteers, and wrote an article about the lack of black teachers. patrick dempsey who is the diversity lead for teach first, the recruiter responsible for 5% of all teacher placements in england. and allana gay is the deputy head of lee valley primary school in london. and nikki cunningham—smith, a teacher, who'sjoining us from ross—on—wye. welcome to all of you. obviously, i am going to ask you why you think there is such a shortage. you have done research, zubaida. tell us why. it is across the piece, starting from the beginning, in terms of recruitment, the government have not done very well in terms of recruiting. only one in ten of the new recruits are from ethnic

minority backgrounds. where the story is really interesting and worrying, if you like, is around retention, the teachers that stay within the occupation, and now increasingly research showing teachers are more likely to leave. why is that? there are lots of reasons. first of all, it is important to know approximately 75% of black and ethnic minority teachers have told us in our very large surveys they are thinking of leaving. the reasons are around discrimination, sadly, workload and pay discrimination as well. give us some examples. workload, the government have introduced a lot of bureaucracy. that is teachers across the board. let us concentrate on discrimination. the disproportionate impact on bme teachers is

day—to—day, the policies and practices keeping them out, an example of that would be, for instance, and this is a rather sad example, but a lot of the teachers, black and ethnic minority teachers in our surveys, talked about how they were given behavioural responsibilities, instead of more intellectual responsibilities. the issueis intellectual responsibilities. the issue is when it claims to —— when it comes to pay performance, behaviour is not counted as much as taking over a maths class. because they are misdirected into behavioural issues on stereotypes... a headteacher sees a black teacher and says, you would be good to be in charge of discipline? absolutely. you are a deputy head, allana. can you relate to this? that has come

out for us. in my experience, when you go into teaching, as an ethnic minority, they preferred to put you ata minority, they preferred to put you at a pastoral level. what we have found is that the vast majority of our teachers find they are placed into a pastoral box, you are told, you are able to relate to those children, you take them. so they ta ke children, you take them. so they take the lower sets and they have behaviourally difficult children and they are not given the opportunity orfair they are not given the opportunity or fair distribution of the workload for everyone. what about cultural issues, go|ng for everyone. what about cultural issues, going to the pub after school with your colleagues? for some ethnic minorities, that would be an issue because part of british culture is that in the pub you will have decisions and discussions and you feel excluded from those discussions. when you start self—selecting, later on, everyone

starts excluding new. if you have certain requirements for your culture, you would like to take a pa rt culture, you would like to take a part of, going out for eating meal, because everyone has to consider you, you become the problem in the group. if you do not have the social support, you will not survive in teaching. you need to have that to reinforce the work you are doing already. let me bring in nikki. why do you think there is such a shortage? when i grew up, i never saw any ethnic minority teachers. from primary through the secondary. it was because my parents and pupils direction put me on the path towards further education and that is a missing link. i have been quite fortunate in my school is to be invited the senior leadership team, but when i go to meetings and i am ina more but when i go to meetings and i am in a more rural area, but when i go to meetings and i am in a more ruralarea, ifind but when i go to meetings and i am in a more rural area, i find there is not fat spread of ethnic

minorities to give those pupils role models —— there is not that spread. i never had that. i know that there are pupils who gravitate towards me and they are probably gravitating in the first instance because they finally have someone to identify with. is that your view? that is the key point, the figures you mentioned, 7% of teachers in the teaching workforce, 25—30%, depending on how you look at it, black and minority ethnic pupils, there is a gap in that gap is expressing itself in exactly that, a lack of role models. it is a self— perpetuating problem. if lack of role models. it is a self—perpetuating problem. if you have a lack of role models, people in your primary classes are not thinking, i will be an educator. they are thinking, my role models are doing something else. we need to break that self— perpetuating... are doing something else. we need to break that self— perpetuating. . ij agree. break that self— perpetuating. . i agree. a lot of second—generation

immigrants are not drawn to teaching because a lot of them might have grown up because a lot of them might have grown up poor and you aren't —— you are drawn tojobs grown up poor and you aren't —— you are drawn to jobs that pay better. i think it isjust are drawn to jobs that pay better. i think it is just that cycle. i think you are not drawn to it. when i was writing the article and speaking to and searching for blackmail teachers, they said, teaching does not pay well for me —— black male teachers. selecting yourself out, it is an issue, but we should not fall into the false trap where we think thatis into the false trap where we think that is what is holding black and ethnic minority people back from applying for teaching. there are push and pull factors. it relates to the story within schools where you have to ask questions like, are the government, the national college of school leadership, are they

recruiting in the right places, advertising in the right places, making the job attractive overall? are they encouraging black and ethnic minority people to apply? it might not be a job you have fought about —— thought about. has it been pitched to you? absolutely, it sits at the recruitment level. that is how we break the cycle. 25% of pupils in classrooms. we are at 16% of our cohort that started a couple of our cohort that started a couple of weeks ago at black and ethnic minority backgrounds. we are doing better but not as well as we want to. but we are doing the things you are talking about. this is where it gets complicated because what is happening at the moment is even when the recruits are coming in, the evidence is suggesting they are not staying. there is quite a high dropout rate after three years, even with teach first. i can see you want

to come in, nikki. what can happen is the advertisement does not give a clear picture. i know i personally have been used as a poster girl at times of areas. it gives the illusion we do have black and ethnic minority people in these areas. that is not always the case. i know i have been the only black girl on that course, in that environment, yet i am the first to be selected, bea yet i am the first to be selected, be a part of it. where are the advertisement is going out? where is the careers advice at a lower level saying, you can achieve and you can do this? for me, it comes... you have the element where the recruitment process is very difficult because within ethnic minority communities, if we think of the people, when they had their expense of education, it was not necessarily positive. they then

project those sorts of prejudices they experienced onto their children and say, you have got a good degree, why do you to teach? when you sign up why do you to teach? when you sign upfor why do you to teach? when you sign up for the course, you break the barrier, you go, you are the only one, you are again experiencing that isolation. you do not have the support network. what drew you to the profession? i love kids and i have a moral purpose, making sure there is a change in education. that is what is part of wrong with the advertising. when you say, come into teaching, you will get 65,000, however much. if you come into teaching to be a millionaire, good luck! if you come because you want to make a difference, you can see a change is necessary, that is when you will capture your ethnic minority because they have come here to seek change and we need to ca ptu re to seek change and we need to capture that and encourage them onto the courses and give them the role models. i would like to see teach

first put forward a lot more role models on their roster of trainers. we have talked about role models, advertising, what else could you suggest now to the government to attract more teachers from black and ethnic minority backgrounds? they have to go beyond what they are doing. at the moment, it is piecemeal. an initiative here, a big campaign, they have got the leadership equality and diversity fund. they are small initiatives. no strategy? the question i would be asking in government, i have had these initiative since i came in, these initiative since i came in, the figures have not changed, it was... we have a minute and a half, other ideas? there needs to be reached. there is clearly black and ethnic minority teachers, but i have never had anyone say, why haven't you got involved ? never had anyone say, why haven't you got involved? i think they know we are there, why not outreach to people who have got into it

recently? hear from them, people who have got into it recently? hearfrom them, get people who have got into it recently? hear from them, get them involved, get them talking to people, getting people involved that universities. the constant level of support. you also need to show it from the top as well because ofsted does not have a good track record on diversity either. they all need to make that change as well. it is not just the bottom—up approach, in needs to be top down as well. the government needs to follow through with the initiatives they bring forward because the conversation comes up forward because the conversation comes up again and the government bring something out and drops it and you need to follow it through. bring something out and drops it and you need to follow it throughi have got a statement from the department for education. "the proportion of teachers from minority ethnic groups in our schools is rising. the department provides a range of initiatives to ensure there are no barriers to any individual, including black and minority ethnic groups, joining the teaching profession." ask them what the range is, what

accountability they have, to show the impact. even the equalities grant, think about it, when the course is finished, what is the follow—up that encourages those teachers to progress? thank you, all of you. i know there is so much more you could say. i can see it in your face, zubaida! on nikki's face! thank you for your input. still to come on the programme... lawyers for the parents of the terminally—ill baby, charlie gard, are to present to the high court what they argue is new evidence that an experimental treatment in the us could help him. we'll be live outside the high court for the latest hearing. and the royal college of radiologists is seeking reassurances from the government that leaving the eu will not affect the uk's supply of vital diagnostic and cancer—treating materials for thousands of patients. we will bring you all you need to know about euratom in the next half an hour. it sounds dull but it is incredibly important. the latest news headlines. lawyers representing the parents

of the terminally—ill baby, charlie gard, will return to the high court in london this morning to present what they claim is new evidence showing an experimental treatment could help him. doctors at great ormond street hospital, where he's in intensive care, say the therapy won't work, and his life support systems should be turned off. the bbc has learned at least one person who survived the grenfell tower fire has been person who survived the grenfell towerfire has been diagnosed person who survived the grenfell tower fire has been diagnosed with cyanide poisoning. 12—year—old was treated for the effects of the highly toxic gas. it is not known what caused the poisoning but her pa rents what caused the poisoning but her parents who lost their unborn child after the fire believe it may have been caused by the burning of insulation or plastics during the blaze. as the government prepares to publish its long—awaited bill that will convert european union laws into british legislation, the head of the national audit office has said he's worried about failures in government leadership over brexit. sir amyas morse said ministers

weren't presenting a united front in dealing with the challenges. the brexit minister, steve baker, has dismissed those concerns. donald trump is in paris, where he'll hold talks with president macron and attend bastille day celebrations. high on the agenda will be us—french actions in syria and iraq against the islamic state group. despite differences between the two leaders, mr macron has indicated he will work to reaffirm historic ties between the two allies and prevent the us from being isolated. applications for university courses starting this autumn have fallen by 4% among british students. figures from the admissions service ucas show a sharp decline in mature students and those applying to study nursing courses. it is the first decline in applications since fees were last increased to over £9,000 in england, five years ago. university leaders say the decline could be down to a number of factors, including brexit, higher fees and funding changes for trainee nurses and midwives. that's a summary of the latest

bbc news — more at 10. let's head to wimbledon now, and talk to sally nugent. sally, you have had behind the scenes exciting access tojohanna konta training. it is all about her today, isn't it? yes, can you believe it? i have to say it wasn't in the last ten days, about eight or ten weeks ago we went to film with her at roehampton, and she gave us a real insight into the work she has been doing to get this far. one of the most interesting things she said to me was we were walking around the courts, we spent hours with her and she did her routine and everything, and we got the one court, and she saidi and we got the one court, and she said i lived there. i said what, where, and she pointed to like a cubbyhole, there is a row of tiny bedrooms, so she lived on the court

while she was training as a young player. that is the level of dedication. she wasn't even joking. that is the level of dedication she had to her sport, so i got a little bit ofan had to her sport, so i got a little bit of an insight into her training routine but i'm joined by somebody who knows an awful lot more, justin sherrin, you used to be her coach. who knows an awful lot more, justin sherrin, you used to be her coachi did, and what a pleasure that was, all the hard work we put in, all of the enthusiasm shoe showed after every session, and to see her on ce ntre every session, and to see her on centre court today is a dream come true. i mentioned she lived next to the tentacle, she would sleep there, as “— the tentacle, she would sleep there, as —— next to the tennis court, as a kid, was her life completely unlike any other normal‘s teenager? kid, was her life completely unlike any other normal's teenager? you imagine what the normal 19, 18—year—olds do at university, having fun, having parties. if you wa nt having fun, having parties. if you want to be a supreme athlete and one day come to centre court community to be very dedicated from an early age. she faces venus williams right

here on centre court today. it is an intimidating prospect at the best of times, but how willjoe be managing her nerves this morning? if you listen to the way she talks, she talks the talk and she certainly walks the walk and she willjust be focusing on the tennis ball and their processes, and her team sets out fantastically for each match, and if the plan goes as well as it has done in previous matches, i think she willjust think of it as any other match. what is the process , any other match. what is the process, because she talks about the process. it is most like sometimes when you watch her, point by point, she is doing the same thing again and again and again. the great thing about tennis is, we know how it starts, either with a return or a serve. if you watch how meticulous she is with her ball bouncing, her breathing, it is about focusing on your target, presenting the ball to the sky and then ripping it. if you keep doing that over and over again

for about ten years, you end up getting it in. just the ten years! how do you beat venus williams? by returning well, you have to take away the great woman's serve, and you have got to get her running. those 37 years i'm hoping we'll catch up with her legs. ifjo can hit the ball as well as she did against halep, we could have a finalist on our hands. disappointed to see andy murray go out yesterday. very disappointing, but what has andy given us in the last five or six years? so much pleasure and joe and it is now —— klizanjoy, joanna contador's turn now. present the ball to the sky and hit the hell out of it, that is all you need to do. some of your e—mails about applying, applications are down in this country. as a college lever with a confirmed union place, so many of my

peers with the potential to get into university had been deterred by a lack of financial support and ridiculous level of debt we will all leave with. sad to see so much potential lost due to the government's lack of support. charlie says as a current university student, fedetskyi written off after 30 years anyway. i read on the bbc‘s website that only 33% of fees get paid and the scaremongering of being left with thousands of pounds worth of debt is not very truthful. we will talk about the university application numbers before ten o'clock. charlie gard's parents are back at the high court today for another hearing in their ongoing fight for permission to take him abroad for experimental treatment. sarah campbell is outside the high court. what will mrjustice francis be hearing today? we are just awaiting the arrival of charlie's

pa rents awaiting the arrival of charlie's parents chris card and connie yates. charlie is now 11 months old, and the legal battle over his treatment has gone to the highest court in the uk. every single decision so far has gone against his parents, who want to ta ke gone against his parents, who want to take him to america. charlie's doctors at great ormond street hospital believe that his brain damage is most likely irreversible and that he is most likely to be suffering pain, so they have been arguing throughout that this trip would not be in the best interests of charlie, and what is in his best interests is to have his life support withdrawn. what changed is that last friday, seven scientists, some clinicians, wrote a letter to

charlie's parents to be given to great ormond street hospital, detailing treatment, which they say is new, and experimental, it has never been tried on any trial or indeed any animal with charlie's condition. they say it is worth trying and there is a chance it might have a positive benefit. last friday, great ormond street hospital applied to the high court to have this hearing so that mrjustice francis, who is the originaljudge who made that original high court decision back in april, that the life support should be withdrawn, he is hearing this new evidence today, and it will be up to him to decide whether this new evidence does have merit. we will be back with you when charlie gard's parents arrive. in a moment, we'll speak to darran o'neill, whose son, james, was born with the same condition as charlie gard. but first to the us, which is where charlie's parents hope he can be treated.

six—year—old art estopinan, from baltimore, in the us, is receiving a similar treatment. his father, art senior, has been telling the bbc about his progress. ooh! all of his muscles shut down, so it's basically a slow death. it's devastating, especially to see your son in that situation. we had a healthy, normal baby, and then all of sudden, 20 months later, a doctor is telling us that he is going to die in two months. i mean, we were totally devastated, but i told her, "doctor, i could assure you we are not taking our baby home to die." do you want to throw it on the floor? so i was sort of calling all kinds of doctors from harvard in the east to stanford in the west, ohio in the midwest and everywhere in between. so they started gearing me towards columbia university medical centre in new york city, and when i talked

to the doctor he said, "yes, we are doing a clinical protocol," and we were like, wow, this is the hope that we are looking for. i didn't care if he was the first human to try this medication, because they only told us he was going to die. because we had already called him the priest to give him the last rites because he hadn't opened his eyes in a few days. so... luckily we were able to get the approval pretty fast and then we were able to give him the medication. little by little, he started to get stronger. we are going to go in and play a little bit. now he can move his hands, his fingers, he is able to vocalise. he is able to cry. you know, like, little kids, when they want mickey mouse and you tell them no, we have to do this, that or the other, take a bath and he doesn't want to take a bath. but we are happy to see that,

because he is reacting like a normal six—year—old would do. i have a good idea. dying with dignity is just not a dignity at all. human beings are taught to fight and to go forward and to give up is not dignity at all. pa pa loves you. let's now talk to darren o'neill whose son james let's now talk to darren o'neill whose sonjames was born with the same condition as charlie gard. hello. and your little boy very sadly died after three months, and i wonder how long it was before yourselves, the medics, realised there was something wrong? yes, james was born in 2008, in december, and he passed away in march 2009.

the actual diagnosis for the depletion syndrome, we actually got that in the august after he died. right. at the time, there was no actual recent research that had been done on the actual condition. they realised about three to four weeks before he died that he had a mitochondrial disorder, but because mitochondrial disorder, but because mitochondria is made up of 70 different things, they didn't actually know what the strain was. and can you explain to our audience, darran, how the symptoms manifested themselves? with james, it was quite weird, he was born quite similar to art, a healthy baby, the only issue we had was about feeding. he was taking about four hours to take a bottle of milk. at first he was breast—feeding with his mum, and it puts a much strain on his mum that

in the end we actually got some bottles of the doctor, so we went and bought some bottle feed, and he was still taking four hours, he just didn't have the energy, he didn't have the muscles to do the sucking. so after two weeks, he was put into hospital at warrington general, and he was just treated for a feeding issue, at first. that is what they thought. as you are hearing charlie gard's parents speak, and what they are going through, it must bring up so many emotions for you and your family? definitely. my heart goes out to them, it really does. any pa rent out to them, it really does. any parent who is in a position that you find yourself in when you get told your son or daughter will die, you will fight tooth and nail, regardless of whether the outcome is a positive or a negative one. you wa nt to a positive or a negative one. you want to know that you have given

your child every opportunity for the chance of life. and, as i say, u nfortu nately, chance of life. and, as i say, unfortunately, when james chance of life. and, as i say, unfortunately, whenjames died in 2009, because it had been like 30 yea rs 2009, because it had been like 30 years since the last research paper was written, there was no actual research, there were no options of medication. the mitochondria, the easiest way to describe it is basically, if you take a car engine, ta ke basically, if you take a car engine, take out the engine of the car, the car doesn't work, and that is exactly what the mitochondria depletion is. it is in the nucleus, basically. basically in the nucleus of the eggs, so from the minute he was conceived, he already have this bonus. —— already had this illness. forjames, the only way we could change james was forjames, the only way we could changejames was basically forjames, the only way we could change james was basically take

forjames, the only way we could changejames was basically take i suppose his spirit and put it into another body, really. suppose his spirit and put it into another body, reallyi suppose his spirit and put it into another body, really. i understand. because every part of your body, every living gene, every living cell in your body, has mitochondria, and the depletion syndrome is basically because the body has not got enough mitochondrial. as art's dad was describing before, the organ start to shut down, bit by bit. darran, thank you, we are really grateful for your time, thank you so much. thank you very much. still to come on the programme, the number of stu d e nts on the programme, the number of students applying for uni students has fallen for the first time in five years. brexit has been cited, rising tuition fees in england, your own pertinent experiences are really helpful for our conversation, which is coming up in the next few minutes. a decision will soon be made, which could affect thousands of cancer patients. the government is going to outline

its policy on whether the uk should remain part of europe's nuclear regulator, called euratom. euratom is responsible for supplying vital radioactive isotopes, which we, in the uk, have to import because we don't make them ourselves, and which are used for cancer treatments. doctors are concerned our deliveries could be disrupted if we leave this regulator when we leave brexit. medics have called for more clarity and assurance for patients who require treatment using these isotopes. the government has accused the media of publishing alarmist stories about the risks of leaving, yet even some of their own conservative mps strongly disagree with that. we will speak to one in a moment, as well as the president of the royal college of radiologists, but first, here's all you need to know about euratom in 90 seconds. a group of mps and some medics are concerned that the treatment of thousands of cancer patients could be disrupted or delayed if britain leaves europe's nuclear regulator as part of brexit.

the european atomic energy community has controlled europe's use and movement of nuclear energy since 1957. it's not part of the european union, but it does use many of its laws and institutions. back in march, theresa may sent a letter telling the eu of the uk's intention to leave. it contained a clause, which set out the uk would also be withdrawing from euratom. this was hardly discussed, until now. doctors are warning leaving euratom will threaten the uk's supply of vital imported radioactive isotopes. these are widely used in scans and nhs treatments. the move could affect thousands of cancer patients. there are also warnings the uk could risk losing highly paid, highly skilled jobs going overseas. the government says there will be no impact on the availability of medical radioisotopes with the uk's exit from euratom. euratom places no restrictions on the export of medical isotopes

to countries outside the eu. so after leaving euratom, our ability to access medical isotopes produced in europe will not be affected. so i hope that clears up and i hope that reassures cancer patients around the country that the scaremongering that's going on is unnecessary. the government will clarify its position in a paper released today. here with us now is conservative mp ed vaizey, who is calling for the government to reconsider its stance on euratom. and the president of the royal college of radiologists, dr nicola strickland. it is going to be fine, nothing to worry about, says damian green, you are scaremongering. worry about, says damian green, you are scaremongeringi worry about, says damian green, you are scaremongering. i have not raised the issue of the effect on cancer treatment. i think he will talk about that in a minute, but i have an interest in nuclear research in general because we do nuclear

research in my constituency in oxfordshire and that is under threat if we leave the nuclear treaty with europe. there are a whole range of issues, whether cancer treatment or nuclear research in terms of cleaner nuclear research in terms of cleaner nuclear energy that could be threatened if we leave euratom and the paper the government is publishing today on the future of euratom does not mention medical research so i do not think it will clarify the position on treatment. dr nicola strickland, do you accept you are scaremongering? dr nicola strickland, do you accept you are scaremongering ?i dr nicola strickland, do you accept you are scaremongering? i am not scaremongering, it is my role in representing patients in this country and clinical radiologists and oncologist to make sure those patiently map are treated properly, so patiently map are treated properly, so my role is merely to protect patients and make sure they do not suffer as a result of us leaving euratom. the government says they will not suffer, it will not affect access to the isotopes that we do

not make in this country. we will still be able to import them. why are you not reassured? we just do not know and we want more communication from the government with the medical profession and with industry to know what the situation will be. at present, the radioisotopes are covered by the treaty. there has been some disagreement about that. they are actually listed under list a2 in the annex and air transport is also protected by the union in the nuclear treaty by which the tariffs cannot be increased and the transport is assured. we do not want patients getting investigations for cancer or treatment delayed as a result of hold—ups in the delivery of these materials or an increase in their prices. you think both of those are possibility? they are a

possibility and we want some reassurance and to know what is actually going to happen. when the government says, leaving euratom as pa rt government says, leaving euratom as part of brexit will have no impact on the supply, the availability, our access to the radioisotopes used in scans and treatments for thousands of patients, at the moment, you do not believe them, frankly?i of patients, at the moment, you do not believe them, frankly? i am saying there is a risk and patients deserve some reassurance. 0k. the government publishing the paper today to clarify its position, hopefully, on euratom. would it work for you as a conservative backbench mp if there is some kind of associate membership of euratom? we leave the institutions to do with the eu, but we have some kind of associate membership? let us look at what solution the government can come up with. we have got into this mess partly because we have taken an

ideological view of brexit, it has to be pure, we cannot be subject to the jurisdiction to be pure, we cannot be subject to thejurisdiction of to be pure, we cannot be subject to the jurisdiction of any things like the jurisdiction of any things like the european court ofjustice. euratom creates a mini free market in nuclear which is deeply controversial because it supports millions of pounds of investment in oxfordshire in nuclear research and as dr nicola strickland has pointed out, it enables the transport of nuclear material for cancer treatment. the government wants to say it is going to completely replicate it. it is a bizarre process of leaving an institution and then trying to recreate it as perfectly as we possibly can. for me, the simplest thing would be to stay in that institution. if associate membership is the compromise the government comes up with, switzerland is an associate member, that might work, but remember, switzerland is subject to the european court ofjustice. we do not want ideological pure brexiteer

is saying, that is not good enough because the european court of justice has the jurisdiction. because the european court of justice has thejurisdiction. we wa nt justice has thejurisdiction. we want security for cancer patients and my constituents who work in nuclear research and we want continued investment in nuclear research in the uk. associate membership might not be on offer. i have been reading some legal opinion which suggests that when article 50 was triggered, that is it, we cannot pick and choose which bits we still want, we are leaving, the letter was written. this is also the big dilemma. ido written. this is also the big dilemma. i do not want to widen this discussion too much, but you saw the head of ryanair discussion too much, but you saw the head of rya nair saying, discussion too much, but you saw the head of ryanair saying, we are now in picking wall of the aviation agreements which allows us to fly cheaply around european destinations —— we are now undertaking all of the aviation agreements. our european partners might say we want one thing and we say we want another thing. we need clarity from the government and

an indication they are prepared to compromise to save british jobs and things we take for granted like reliable cancer treatment and cheap air travel in europe. thank you both. i will read the statement then from the government. there will be no impact on the availability of radioisotopes. the uk supports euratom and will want to see continuity of cooperation in standards. we remain absolutely committed to the highest standards of nuclear safety, safeguards and support for the industry. new figures showed the number of people applying for uk university places is falling. ucas, the university admissions service, says the number of british applications is down 4% compared to last year. and applications from students in other eu countries are down 5%. some people are saying that higher tuition fees are putting off british students form applying to university and that uncertainty caused by brexit is another reason people from other countries are not applying. let's talk now to sally hunt, the general secretary of the university and college union. good morning. what are your own

theories? you have hit the nail on theories? you have hit the nail on the head. when you know the average debt for the poorest student is £57,000, the average debt is around £50,000, when you know that bursaries and grants have been replaced by loans, when you know that we have a 19% drop, for example, in student nurses applying. what we understand from this is that people are not stupid, government has repeatedly pretended this is not a debt, repeatedly said this is the only way we can fund the system, we now know the bluff is being called. people have looked, they understand the debt is huge, it does impact on their life, those people in the future sea 6.1% interest rate being slapped on it from september. it is putting people off. but it has not

four years, has it? there has always been a benefit recognised, higher education, everyone knows that, i would say it over and over again, one of the best things you can do for yourself. but people are very uncertain in the current climate, very worried. people do not really understand where this government is going on all sorts of issues, let alone higher education itself. they are worried about the economy, all sorts of things that make them think, shall i invest at this point in time? if you look in the times higher, they are reporting even vice chancellors are questioning whether the regime is sustainable. that need to look at it. it is a mess. what do you mean specifically? we have said for many years there should be a question put as to why the state are paying, why the families of students and students themselves are paying and students themselves are paying and business is not. there needs to bea

and business is not. there needs to be a more equitable spread and we have always advocated a business education tax and we have always said to look at corporation tax and we we re said to look at corporation tax and we were glad to see the labour party picking up on that. robert halfon has just been elected as the education select committee chair, a tory, someone who understands government and someone who understands working—class people. i would say to him, get this on your agenda, get a review going and let us look for a way we can have a sustainable future for our economy and our people because we all need higher education to work. does it matter if university applications have fallen by 4%? it does. when you are looking at brexit and we understand we have to have an economy that has a lot of people who are skilled up, looking at the world as it is which is a very tense place now, you need to have a democracy thatis now, you need to have a democracy that is vibrant and people who feel able and willing to share and participate. those to —— two pillars

alone tell us it needs access to higher education. it opens up opportunity. what is happening at the moment is people are being frightened by the debt and eu stu d e nts frightened by the debt and eu students in particular are saying to themselves, is there a future here for me? what will happen in terms of not just my for me? what will happen in terms of notjust my education but also my sense of being welcome as a person who has writes or not? these things matter because we have to be part a world and we have to be part of a world and we have to be part of a world in a positive way. thank you. let us bring you the latest weather. sorry, let us do a statement from the department for education. about university applications. young people continue to see the benefits of going to university with record application rates for 18—year—olds and those from disadvantaged backgrounds... later, the sport. before that, the

weather. a largely fine day so far and we will continue to see sunny spells with the rest of the day. this lovely picture from shetland, sunny spells here. this afternoon, scattered showers developing across england and wales, but across northern ireland, western scotland, the showers more persistent. temperatures reaching high teens, low 20s. staying dry for wimbledon this afternoon and feeling quite warm. showers in the north—west spreading south—east through the night. staying largely dry in the south. temperatures tonight similar to last night. towns and cities, double figures. in the countryside, low single figures in sunspots. tomorrow, not bad on the whole ——

some spots. sunny spells around, more rain in the north—west later in the day. temperatures similar once again. that is your forecast for now. charlie gard's parents return to the high court in london today. they have got letters from up to seven doctors and scientists and it demonstrates there is up to a 10% chance of this ground—breaking treatment working. doctors that great ormond street said the therapy will not work and his life—support system should be turned off. a junior doctor's gripping account of working on the nhs's frontline. we'll be hearing how doctors deal with rota gaps, exhausted staff, and risks to patient safety, on a daily basis. and at wimbledonjohanna konta meets her date with destiny today, when she takes on venus williams

in the women's singles semifinal. will she reached the final? i'm fully aware that every single match that i'll get to play will be a testing one, and will challenge me. theresa may tells the bbc she was devastated after hearing the exit poll results and says the result was a complete shock. devastated enough to shed a tear? yes, a little tear. at that moment? at that moment. here's ben brown in the bbc newsroom with a summary of todays news. lawyers representing the parents of the terminally—ill baby, charlie gard, will return to the high court in london this morning, to present what they claim is new evidence showing an experimental treatment could help him. doctors at great ormond street hospital, where he's in intensive care, say the therapy won't work, and his life support systems should be turned off. theresa may has said she shed a

little tear after hearing the exit poll results on general election night. in an interview with bbc five live to mark the year sinjah became prime minister, she said the result was a complete shock. prime minister, she said the result was a complete shocki prime minister, she said the result was a complete shock. i suppose devastated really because, as i say, i knew the campaign wasn't going perfectly, but still the messages i was getting from people i was speaking to, but also the comments we we re speaking to, but also the comments we were getting back from a lot of people that were being passed on to become aware that we were going to get a better result than we did. devastated enough to shed a tear? yes, a little tear. yes, at that moment. at that moment, yes. as the government prepares to publish its long—awaited bill that will convert european union laws into british legislation, the head of the national audit office has said he's worried about failures in government leadership over brexit. sir amyas morse said ministers weren't presenting a united front in dealing with the challenges.

the brexit minister, steve baker has dismissed those concerns. the bbc has learned that at least one person who survived the grenfell tower fire has been diagnosed with cyanide poisoning. 12—year—old luana gomes, was treated for the effects of the highly toxic gas. it isn't known what caused the poisoning, but her parents — who lost their unborn child after the fire — believe it may have been caused by the burning of insulation or plastics during the blaze. four former teachers at a leading independent school west sussex, have been charged with a number of historical sex offences dating back nearly 40 years. the men, who taught at christ's hospital school in horsham, are alleged to have attacked 15 suspected victims, both male and female, between 1980 and 1996, according to the crown prosecution service. donald trump is in paris, where he'll hold talks

with president macron and attend bastille day celebrations. high on the agenda will be us—french actions in syria and iraq against the islamic state group. despite differences between the two leaders, mr macron has indicated he will work to reaffirm historic ties between the two allies and prevent the us from being isolated. applications for university courses starting this autumn have fallen by 4% among british students. figures from the admissions service, ucas, show a sharp decline in mature students and those applying to study nursing courses. it is the first decline in applications since fees were last increased to over £9,000 in england, five years ago. university leaders say the decline could be down to a number of factors, including brexit, higher fees and funding changes for trainee nurses and midwives. that's a summary of the latest bbc news — more at 10.30. do get in touch with us throughout the morning —

use the hashtag victoria live and if you text, you will be charged at the standard network rate. particularly about university applications, if you are a would—be mature student and had been put off from applying for a university place, or not, let us know. here's some sport now with leah boleto. britain's on the verge of having it's first woman reach a singles final at wimbledon in 40 years, later. johanna konta takes on five—time champion venus williams on centre court. jo says she knows she got her work cut out, but appreciates the support from the home crowds. it makes it more special, because it is home, and i do get that home support, which i don't get anywhere else. so, in that sense, it makes it... i guess it makes it that much sweeter. the wimbledon crowd will be rooting for the british player this afternoon.

but her form at the all england club has impressed many, including one former grand slam champion, who thinks konta will know exactly what's required of her today. in her mind, jo knows what she needs to do, tactically, the beat venus williams. she has improved as a tennis player, a game is so much better now, mentally she is even stronger, she has really impressed me mentally with her game. she seems to stay in the present moment really well and to stay in the present moment really welland in to stay in the present moment really well and in the zone. i have a feeling if she continues to play like she has since the beginning of this tournament, she has a very good chance to win today. so, support from former players for konta — and from the world of celebrity. u2 are among those who've tweeted wishing her good luck. and sir mickjagger did the same, saying konta's gone further at a grand slam than he ever did! so konta is the only british player left in the main singles draw after andy murray's exit yesterday.

andy says it's possible he'll take several weeks off to recover fully from his hip injury, after he was beaten in five sets by american, sam querrey. murray looked to be struggling — in pain throughout limping between points. the american came from two sets to one down and is through to his first ever grand slam semi—final, where he'll face marin cilic next. cilic beat novak djokovic, who retired with injury. roger federer is the favourite to take the men's title now that three of the top four men's seeds are out. federer looked impressive in beating last year's finalist milos raonic in straight sets. he's bidding to win a record 8th wimbledon title and will face tomas berdych in the semi finals. away from wimbledon, the former fifa official chuck blazer has died aged 72. the american — seen here on the left — had been banned from all football activities for life, two years

ago, after admitting charges of tax evasion. he'd been suffering from cancer, but did turn whistle blower to help investigators uncover corruption in football. let's just return to andy murray for a moment, and as he exited wimbledon yesterday, he was his usual straight—talking self. we know he is always very supportive of women — and we saw another example yesterday in his post—match press conference when he corrected an american reporter on their tennis statistics... reporter: sam is the first us player to reach a major semi—final final since 2009... male player. i beg your pardon? male player. yes, first male player, that's for sure. that's all the sport, i'll be back with more at 10:30. children beaten and tear—gassed by police, their belongings destroyed; falling prey to traffickers. that's the life for many child migrants stuck in northern france, according to a report into what happened after

the so—called ‘jungle' camp in calais was cleared by french authorities. the all party parliamentary group on human trafficking and modern slavery decided to investigate reports that many of the unaccompanied children who were trying to get to britain were at risk of being trafficked, because french police were moving them on from calais. let's talk to fiona mactaggart, co—chair of the all party parliamentary group on trafficking and modern slavery, and a former labour mp, sue clayton, is a documentary maker, who has witnessed police brutality against children in calais. ‘bilal‘ was one of the few hundred children who arrived under scheme before it closed. he's 17 and came from syria; bilal is not his real name, and we're protecting his identity because he has family in syria, where there is a conflict waging.

bilal, by the way, was not trafficked, as i say, he came on the dub scheme. fiona mctaggart, from your research, what is happening to these unaccompanied children? the shocking thing is we are talking about children. i think in this country we are proud of our perfection of children, and yet children, many of whom have relatives here, who are stuck in calais, who have run away from horrible situations, from war in syria, oppression by the taliban, the threat of being recruited into armies, they ran away. they want to come and join their family here, and they face chaos and oppression by they face chaos and oppression by the french police. the dubs scheme, which is the scheme that you described, which allowed actually only 200, so far, children, like

bilal, to come to the uk, actually showed how we could properly process a group of people who are very vulnerable and enable them to come here. and instead, what happened is, after that first 200, nothing happened. so these children are still there, sleeping rough, facing cs gas and pepper spray from riot police in france almost every day. and they are not being treated like children. we aren't doing anything to protect them. and as a result, because they don't know how they can get to safety, they are at risk from criminals, from traffickers, they jump criminals, from traffickers, they jump onto lorries, trying to get here safely. of course some of them are wildly injured, if they get on a lorry. and what our report says is that the fear the government has, that the fear the government has, that having a proper legal way of letting these children come to the

uk makes more of them try. they said it was a pull factor. actually the opposite is true, the pull factors to britain are cricket, television, football, speaking english, education here, those are the pull factors. we are not getting rid of any of those. the pull factors are not legal routes because when they were, the children did not know about them. so we need to treat them as children, protect them, that is what we expect. sue, as a documentary maker, you got back from calais yesterday, tell us what is happening there now. thejungle has been dismantled, apparently, but the unaccompanied children and young people are still there, as fiona has described. that's right. just to recap, the jungle was there. the uk does have a boarder at calais, we have our border there and the jungle camp used to have 10,000 people staying there. and no one really

knew, because it wasn't an official camp, that within that camp there we re camp, that within that camp there were up to 2000 unaccompanied children. no one knew their names, if they had rights or not. i have been filming therefore nine months. what i found out was that almost all of them did have a right under the dubs scheme, which you have just described, or under another law called dublin three, if they have family members in the uk. sol followed right through what has happened to those children. only 200 we re happened to those children. only 200 were accepted, and the rest are stuck in the forest, the words, they are sleeping rough. the french police rta guessing them and spraying —— they are tear gassing them, and pepper spraying them, just when they are asleep that night, not when they are asleep that night, not when they are doing anything bad, but what concerns me more is that the british government, because we do have a boarder at calais, has an arrangement where they pay to support the french policing. so even though the french policing is very harsh, i would like to know more clearly from the home office what

pa rt clearly from the home office what part the home office is playing in supporting those police methods. let me bring in bilal. thank you for talking to us. you have come from syria, bilal is not your real name, we are not using your real name because there is a war going on in syria and your family is still there. you have not been trafficked, you came under the dubs scheme, you have not been treated badly, is that correct? yes. i decided to leave my family come at the first prison because of the war in my country, the second reason, i did not want to shed any blood for my country, i don't want to be any part of the war in my country or of anyone. the third reason i cannot see my future there. ijust see a dark future, so i decided to be said, to follow my future, to make my life again. and why did you want to come to britain? i always wanted to go to britain, before the walk one of my ambitions was before the walk one of my ambitions was to come here legally and study here. we heara

was to come here legally and study here. we hear a lot about this country, we love this country, about the marquess, the safety, the humanitarian life, everything gives it the best advantage to come here. what was it like when you were in the so—called jungle in calais? what was it like when you were in the so-called jungle in calais? life in the jungle is a really demanding life, really difficult, you will face a lot of trouble there. like what? when you arrive there, the ambition is to get there, 0k, what? when you arrive there, the ambition is to get there, ok, but when you arrive, you will face a lot of things, you will try to survive in this horrible place, to find food, clothes, just to survive. after that time you will lose your ambition, you will think you can't even move, just to survive. when you arrive at this place, you lost everything. and what kind of a welcome have you had in this country, bilal? a lot of pressure groups —— country, bilal? a lot of pressure groups “ a country, bilal? a lot of pressure groups —— a lot of groups like citizen uk, they welcomed us, and a lot of british people welcomed us

andl lot of british people welcomed us and i am really happy with that. do you want to stay in britain, or do you want to stay in britain, or do you have an ambition to go back home one day, perhaps when the war is over, whenever that may be?m one day, perhaps when the war is over, whenever that may be? if the war is overand over, whenever that may be? if the war is over and make country is free again and democracy for everyone, maybe i will go back there but if not i am happy to stay here. who have you left back there? mum and dad, my sisters, everyone. i have you left back there? mum and dad, my sisters, everyone. lam have you left back there? mum and dad, my sisters, everyone. i am the only one from a family who came here. 0k, only one from a family who came here. ok, but you must really miss them. i miss them so much, but i have no choice, this is the only thing to protect myself. thank you. why do you believe it is partly the responsibility of british taxpayers to look after people like bilal, desperate to get to britain for the reasons bilal has explained, to help them come here? a very large proportion of the children in calais have relatives here and we have a

legal responsibility under a convention called the dublin convention to enable them to be looked after by their families here. that is the first group, which would be quite straightforward to deal with. we do not know how many because unfortunately the only people who have done a census of volu nta ry people who have done a census of voluntary organisations and the government has never used that information to process people. the second group is people who are profoundly vulnerable. when alf dobbs who himself as a refugee was six came here on kindertransport which was a scheme to enable children who were at risk from the nazis to be protected, when he moved the amendment to the bill, the government and he and parliamentarians of all kinds were talking about perhaps 3000 being the specified number of children, actually 200 have come. in our

report, we did research with the local authorities about how many extra places there are to look after those children. something like 700, 800 places are available. the government says we were full but the government says we were full but the government was wrong. they did not count figures. we can look after these children. are seeing -- you are saying reopen the scheme in print 3000? we open the scheme and make sure the children there at the moment are safe. at the moment, they risk. there is sexual exploitation, they are getting into survival sex, being assaulted by the police, it is not safe. actually, i am just an average middle—aged woman, but i think i have a responsibility to help children to be safe. thank you. it has certainly really changed, the jungle. the jungle itself, it has certainly really changed, the ju lez‘ fef'ae 1gle itself, % it has certainly really changed, the

ju lez‘ fef'ae 1gle its food, g flow are iiizfing worse than we would treat animals. no clean water, clean toilets. they have absolutely nothing. no food. a lot of them do still definitely have a legal claim. as long as the home office is not there, who will prove that claim? the home office sent a statement. "we are committed to supporting vulnerable children who are caught up in conflict and danger. our strategy is clear, we believe the best way to help the most vulnerable children is by resettling refugees directly from the regions around syria. "it is completely untrue to say that the dubs scheme was closed unexpectedly. the government remains committed to resettling 480 children — thank you very much. you look... the expression on yourface. thank you very much. you look... the expression on your face. go on?i feel cynical because when they say we remain committed to 480 people

achieved under consultation, actually, the only reason it went up from 300 was because of a successful legal case against the government. it is not a scheme, it was a law, passed in parliament. they have reduced it to a scheme and the government thinks it can close it but it was a british law passed by the parliament that should be expected. thank you for coming on the programme. —— that should be respected. more now on the news that the number of people applying for uk university places is falling. ucas, the university admissions service, says the number of british applications is down 4% compared to last year. and applications from students in other eu countries are down 5%. the fall is being blamed by some on high tuition fees and the uncertainty caused by brexit. the interest rate is also going to go the interest rate is also going to 9° up the interest rate is also going to go up in september. let's talk now to professor les ebdon, director of fair access to higher education, who is in our studios in dunstable. hello. good morning. what is your

own theory? we can explain them fall in the number of 18—year—olds because of the decline in the number in the population. the percentage of 18—year—olds who have applied for university has gone up from 37.2% last year to 37.9% this year. no evidence it is putting them off. but we do see a full in the numbers of mature students. it may well be mature students. it may well be mature students. it may well be mature students are put off. those over the age of 21, for example, seem to be less inclined to apply for university under the current funding system. are you worried? i am reassured the number of 18—year—olds has held up but i worried about the number of mature stu d e nts worried about the number of mature students because many of them are from disadvantaged backgrounds and i have asked universities to do more to help them in terms of flexible

provision, meeting other needs mature students have in terms of childcare and so on, putting on programmes more attractive to them. like what? well, i was visiting two very different universities this week, birkbeck college and london metropolitan university. both of them do a lot of work to raise the confidence of mature learners, that they can return to education, and also provide flexible opportunities for them to do so with a timetable suiting the kinds of needs parents, for example, have. ok. but that does not address tuition fees. no, it does not. that is a decision for parliament. not for me as the regulator. you say in terms of mature students, you are worried about it, maybe it is about flexibility and the timetable, but it is also about that money, isn't

it? well, i am encouraged the number of 18—year—olds has not fallen, the number of disadvantaged students as a percentage... in terms of the mature students? i think the fees area mature students? i think the fees are a disadvantage for those students, they feel they have other debts and they do not want student debt. maybe there are opportunities to study part—time and in different ways. ok. thank you very much. this e—mailfrom chris, ways. ok. thank you very much. this e—mail from chris, my ways. ok. thank you very much. this e—mailfrom chris, my husband served a five—year electrical apprenticeship. in effect, he paid for his day release to college and paid tax on his weekly wage which helped fund those people luckily enough to attend a university. today more and more are tending and without them contributing, it is unsustainable for their studies to be paid forfrom general taxation. they should accept most of them will become higher earners eventually. another says, from speaking to

academics around the country, it is becoming clear that since the price increase of tuition fees, universities are being run like a business as opposed to a place of learning, some courses without the student numbers are being closed. masters courses are less encouraged because of less profit being made and more students from overseas are encouraged because of more profit. courses with little profit get no funding. wimbledon, johanna konta ta kes funding. wimbledon, johanna konta takes on b as williams in the semifinals today. it's a moment she says she's dreamt of since she was nine years old. let's take a look at the stunning victory over world number two simona halep on tuesday that got her there. it's a very special day forjohanna konta. it is extra special for british tennis fans, they have waited 33 years to be able to say that one of their own is in the quarterfinals. whenever you engage in one of these

titanic tussles, you always seem to have the belief. wow, that is her trademark. my trust in my own ability has got to be there. with the situation and moments like this, it is more from experience than necessarily what i believe i can or cannot do. i have always believed in my own ability but i think i have needed to accumulate experiences and time. that is a magnificent tie—break from simona halep and konta has got to come from behind to win. i go into every tournament, including the championships here in wimbledon, to be involved in the event until the very end. but i am fully aware that every single match i will get to play will be a testing one and will challenge me. most standing. look at that, somehowjo konta has forced a final set. i don't take anything

for granted and i demand of myself my best effort and i demand of myself my full commitment to what i do and to make sure i prepare welland i do the best i can out there. # i rise up, i rise up like the day, i rise up # and i'd do it a thousand times again #. british tennis history is made. you are the first british woman since 1978 to reach the semifinals at wimbledon and now winning that quarterfinal match means that you will be in the top five of the women's rankings when they are out next week. i didn't know about that! 0k, thank you. congratulations. thank you. when you tot up all these achievements, do you ever pat

yourself on the back and go, well done? um, it is difficult because i guess in both an unfortunate and fortunate position that we are in tennis, things move very quickly so before you know it, the championships will be over and it is already an ex—event next week. in that sense, because things are so fast—moving, it's almost an art to reflect well and to acknowledge the good things that you do and actually that is something i work on to make sure i acknowledge the good things that i am doing, but i will let you know after wimbledon how my pat on the back went, 0k? ido i do love a good bbc sport montage. we can speak now to tennis commentator, david law. how is she going to do? i think she's going to do well. whether she is going to win, another matter. she is going to win, another matter. she is up against a five—time champion

in venus williams, but she is 37 now and a player thatjohanna konta has beaten more often than not. i think personally it matches up really well for her. the know—how on the grass and at wimbledon on the centre court, it certainly favours venus williams, butjohanna konta. .. court, it certainly favours venus williams, butjohanna konta... i've personally think she will win this match. i was watching venus williams on monday, i was there, she does not move like a normal 37—year—old. you would think she is 25, unbelievable. she is a miracle. for her age and given meal must as she has had, the injuries, she has been playing for 20 years. —— given the injuries she has had. she is suffering from a fatiguing illness she has had to deal with. she has a veto on diet.

she has had to change her life. at 37, still able to get to the final four of wimbledon. —— she is a vpn. i think it is about 52—48 in the favour ofjohanna i think it is about 52—48 in the favour of johanna konta i think it is about 52—48 in the favour ofjohanna konta but it can go either way. ifjohanna favour ofjohanna konta but it can go either way. if johanna konta does beat venus williams and makes it to the final, what will the pressure be like on her, from the great british public, the media, everybody? like on her, from the great british public, the media, everybody7m like on her, from the great british public, the media, everybody? it is noticeable looking today, i think todayis noticeable looking today, i think today is the first day looking at the newspapers that you really realise the significance of what she is doing. the first time she has gone further than andy murray at wimbledon, a big deal in itself. on the front pages of newspapers, wrapped in the union flag, a huge moment for her. i think a couple of the matches she has won this week have informed everybody in the country who this person is. we intend circles have known for a couple of years. she has announced

herself on the biggest stage of all, the last couple of weeks, and she has done incredibly well because the pressure against simona halep, playing to become the world number one, and johanna konta refused to yield, highly impressive. do you know how? do you come across her a lot? ijust know how? do you come across her a lot? i just see know how? do you come across her a lot? ijust see her in interviews, she seems like a really nice woman. i think she is. i do not know her hugely well. i interviewed herfor half an hour towards the end of last year. as we were trying to get to know her. one of our colleagues on bbc 5 live did a show that was on last night, we repeated it last night, the realjohanna konta. she is concentrating on what is in front of her. she is very keen to talk about the very much process of how she goes about her business, just to keep it simple, to not worry about

the pressure, to not think about the millions watching on hoping she wins, that is her way of handling it. to me, certainly as a dad, i think she is an inspiration. i have a daughter who was calling me up and saying, i really like thisjohanna konta, i want to be like her. i think she is a great role model and she is doing an amazing job at wimbledon. thank you very much, david. coverage of that match on five live and bbc television. still to come... still to come... theresa may has admitted she shed a "little tear" when she saw the exit poll on election night — we'll have the details. on the nhs frontline... we'll be speaking to doctor rachel clarke, to find out what it's really like to be a junior doctor. with the news, here's ben brown in the bbc newsroom. the parents of terminally—ill baby charlie gard have arrived at the high court in london this morning, to present what they claim

is new evidence showing an experimental treatment could help him. doctors at great ormond street hospital — where he's in intensive care — say the therapy won't work. a solicitor for the family read a statement on their behalf. they said they now had over 800,000 signatures on various petitions. theresa may has said she shed "a little tear" after hearing the exit poll result on general election night. in an interview with bbc five live, to mark a year since she became prime minister, she says the result "was a complete shock". well, ifelt, isuppose, devastated really, because, as i say, i knew the campaign wasn't going perfectly, but still the messages i was getting, from people i was speaking to, but also the comments we were getting back from a lot of people that were being passed onto me, were that we were going to get a better result than did. devastated enough to shed a tear? um, to...

yes, a little tear. yes, at that moment, that private moment? at that moment, yes. as the government prepares to publish its long—awaited bill that will convert european union laws in the british legislation, the head of the british legislation, the head of the audit office has said he is worried about failures in government leadership over brexit. sir amyas morse said leaders were not preventing —— possessing a united front in dealing with the challenges. the brexit minister steve baker has dismissed those concerns. the bbc has learned that at least one person who survived the grenfell tower fire has been diagnosed with cyanide poisoning. 12—year—old luana gomes was treated for the effects of the highly toxic gas. it isn't known what caused the poisoning, but her parents, who lost their unborn child after the fire, believe it may have been caused by the burning of insulation or plastics during the blaze. four former teachers at a leading independent school in west sussex

have been charged with a number of historical sex offences dating back nearly 40 years. the men, who taught at christ's hospital school in horsham, are alleged to have attacked 15 suspected victims, both male and female, between 1980 and 1996, according to the crown prosecution service. donald trump is in paris, where he'll hold talks with president macron and attend bastille day celebrations. high on the agenda will be us—french actions in syria and iraq against the islamic state group. despite differences between the two leaders, mr macron has indicated he will work to reaffirm historic ties between the two allies and prevent the us from being isolated. that's a summary of the latest news. join me for bbc newsroom, live at 11 o'clock. this is an e—mailfrom

this is an e—mail from teeth on university applications, which have fallen a bit in this country. i am surprised and this had not fallen sooner, my son is about to go and is looking at close to 60 k debt on leaving. my big fear with the current system is that the debt is linked to an individual, and grows at 6% perannum, linked to an individual, and grows at 6% per annum, so does not go away for 30 years. with an initial debt of 60 k, someone would end up owing £325,000 at the end of 30 years, then written off, so costing the taxpayer five times the original amount. here's some sport now with leah boleto. a big day forjohanna konta she knows five—time champion venus william stands in her way of becoming the first british woman to reach a wimbledon final for 40 years. the last time that happen was back in 1977, when virginia wade took the title. there's every chancejo could make it, having beat venus three out of the five times they've played. that match is second on centre court today. meanwhile, world no 1 andy murray says it's possible he'll take several weeks off to recover fully

from his hip injury. he was of course beaten in five sets by american, sam querrey, yesterday, and looked in pain throughout, limping between points. elsewhere, the former fifa official chuck blazer — seen here on the left — has died aged 72. the american had been banned from all football activities for life, two years ago, after admitting charges of tax evasion. he'd been suffering from cancer, but did turn whistle blower to help investigators uncover corruption in football. germany's marcel kittel has won his fifth stage on this year's tour de france with victory in stage 11. chris froome retains the leaders yellowjersey and will be looking to defend his 18 second overall lead, as the race heads into the pyrenees today. that is the latest sport headlines. 25 to 11, good morning, it is those

day. a new era begins at the natural history museum today. we're about to see the unveiling of the complete skeleton of the giant diving blue whale, which is the largest known animal on earth. our report, rebecca morell, is down at the museum now. lagat that, that is amazing. yeah, it really is quite gobsmacking actually. so this is the new star attraction at the natural history museum, 25 metres 55:5 a nd the name, . ,, the name, .. . ,, putting the in has not in - has not been entirely controversy because replaces without controversy because replaces much loved diddy the dinosaur, who was in the hall since 1974, but the natural history museum said it had been time for a change and to find out why, i am joined by richard said then, the principal curator of mammals here the museum. richard, you were one of the people championing getting a wail in here.

why was that? we wanted to put a specimen at the scent of the museum, at the heart of the museum, a species people could relate to, but something that represented what we asa something that represented what we as a species, the human race, can do when we put our minds to trying to co nse rve when we put our minds to trying to conserve something. there was a com plete conserve something. there was a complete ban based on the hunting of blue whales in 66. we had taken them right the edge of extension, and we realise we were about to lose them, and we should do is work together and we should do is work together and bring them back, and this is what we have done. we wanted the specimen to basically talk to people in that way and give them way to reach the natural world. this has beenin reach the natural world. this has been in the museum. you made a life changing visit here when you were ten yea rs changing visit here when you were ten years old. i came down on a school trip in birmingham in 1976, the last year of my primary school. money was tight, but i got the cash,

saw the then i was told by one of the gallery attendants, you are looking at the bones of an animal thatis looking at the bones of an animal that is out there in the ocean. i was blown away. i was no idea what i was blown away. i was no idea what i was looking at. it really was a life defining moment. if you had said to me back then i would be the person, 40 yea rs me back then i would be the person, 40 years on, making a change, breathing new life into the specimen and displaying her for visitors breathing new life into the specimen and displaying herfor visitors to come for at least the next 20, 30 yea rs, come for at least the next 20, 30 years, i would not have believed you. the logistics have been incredibly difficult, not only have you had to dismantle a dinosaur, you have had to move it from one part of the museum to another, and the post has been really important. tell us a little bit about what it has been like to put this thing in here, it is not easy, is it? no. making the recommendation that the blue well should be the new specimen here was quite a thing because ultimately we had to take it down, around all the other specimens in the mammal hall,

its old location. four other huge skeletons, the blue whale medal was done fairly effortlessly, we had a great team of removals workers and a great team of removals workers and a great team of conservatives in the museum getting it out into a aircraft hanger in bicester where it was worked on from a crew from canada that built the new frame. and then i had to work designing this new pose, this is a lunge feeding, diving posture, and i wanted it to represent the knowledge we now have about the heavy of these blue whales, to really make it exciting for people and i think we have achieved that. and getting it, because it was assembled side, assembling it back in here and winching it up to the ceiling. these are winching it up to the ceiling. these a re really old winching it up to the ceiling. these are really old girders up here, you wa nt to are really old girders up here, you want to be certain this thing isn't going to fall down on someone's head! that was it like winching up? that only took place at a few weeks ago. we finished the winching in may, but it was relatively nerve—racking, because it had to be done though slowly, centimetre by centimetre. on each of the suspension points you can see up on

the roof girders, there was a man, so there were ten men in total with cranks slowly winching the specimen into position, but the structural engineers have signed off the integrity of the roof structure, so we knew that the building could actually take the load thank you very much. there is a party later this evening to show it off but tomorrow will really be the test of the team here, because that is when the team here, because that is when the public will come in and be greeted with this enormous beast. it's huge mouth wide open as if it will swallow them up —— its huge mall. it has been swapping one giant creature, bp, for an even bigger one post they will be up to them to decide whether the wail has been a worthwhile replacement, but i have to say, it does look fantastic. they will love it, i'm sure, it is a thing of absolute beauty and astonishing. thank you. still to come... theresa may says she shed "a little tear" after hearing the exit poll

result on general election night. in a bbc interview to mark a year since she became prime minister, she says the result "was a complete shock". as the campaign was going on, i realised everything was not going perfectly but throughout the whole campaign the was was that it would be a better one for us than it was. we did not see the result that came coming, and if i'm honest, i've heard stories about quite a view labour mps who actually did not think they would keep their seats, and ended up keeping those seats. so when the result came through, it was a com plete result came through, it was a complete shock. complete shock? when was that moment for you, of realisation? it was when i heard the exit poll. to be honest with you, i didn't actually watch the exit poll myself, i have a little bit of superstition about things like that, my husband watched it for me and came and told me come and i was shocked at the result that had come

through in the exit poll. it took a few minutes for it the sort of sink m, few minutes for it the sort of sink in, what that was telling me. my husband gave me a hug, and then i got on to the phone the sisi ho, the conservative party, to find out what had happened. that must have been a moment for philip to tell you, it must‘ve been quite hard for him? moment for philip to tell you, it must've been quite hard for him7m was, but as you know he has been a huge support for me over the years, and there are times when i perhaps get him to read a newspaper article for me and tell me what it says, rather than reading it directly. when you had that hug, did you have a cry, how did you feel?i when you had that hug, did you have a cry, how did you feel? i felt i suppose devastated really because as i say, i knew the campaign was not going perfectly, but still the m essa g es going perfectly, but still the messages i was getting from people i was speaking to, but also the comments we were getting back from a lot of people that were being passed on to me were that we were going to get a better result than we did. devastated enough to shed a tear?

yes, a little tear. at that moment, that private moment? yes. and then you obviously just have that private moment? yes. and then you obviouslyjust have to breast yourself down. you have a responsibility. you are a human being, you have been through that experience but i was there as leader of the party and i had a responsibility then to, as we went through the night, to determine what we we re through the night, to determine what we were going to do the next morning. did you feel in anyway and extra pressure not to step down, because you are only the second woman to hold this office of prime minister comedy that play a role? no, ican minister comedy that play a role? no, i can honestly say it didn't. what i looked at was what i believed was important, important for the country was getting a government. we we re country was getting a government. we were the largest party, i think we had a responsibility, and i think i had a responsibility, and i think i had a responsibility as leader of the party and prime minister. you know, in a sense it can be easy

sometimes if something like this happensjust to sometimes if something like this happens just to walk away, and to leave some deals to deal with it. just like david cameron. well, what i have said to my colleagues, i thought it was important, i have got us into this and i will work to get it out. norman is at westminster obviously. what else did she say? we did not get a vast amount more from mrs may, but she is a very sort of private individual, not one of those politicians who gushes. she likes to keep herself to herself, andl likes to keep herself to herself, and i felt that is the most we have seen her really open up power it anyway. you do get a sense i think how much relies on her husband, that he was relied upon to see what the exit poll was, and then to come and comfort her. she also said very often she gets him to read newspaper articles, because she doesn't want to read all the pretty grim stuff that may be written about her. she said too, which i thought was

interesting, she was asked about what she made upjeremy corbyn, and she said she sort of had new respect for him, in the wake of the attack in finsbury park which was obviously in his constituency, and the fact he had gone there overnight, and been there overnight, and she kind of took that on board, and recognised what a good constituency mp he was. on the sharp end political questions, the armour plating comes down again and she doesn't give anything away. she was asked how long will you go on as prime minister, and she doesn't really give any answerthere. minister, and she doesn't really give any answer there. she was asked when you get the brexit legislation through parliament, and she does not really give any answer there. her default position is a very defensive one. but we did get a little glimpse of the more personal side of theresa may. tell our audience about the repeal bill and why they should care. the paradox is it is not really revealing anything, it is doing the opposite. it takes the

thousands of eu laws from europe and puts them in britain. —— the paradox is, it is not really repealing anything. it takes them from the european court of justice anything. it takes them from the european court ofjustice and put them into british legislation. when we leave the eu, all of the laws will become redundant. the laws cover vast amounts of our everyday lives, they have to be put into british law. it matters hugely for the smooth transition to leaving the eu. and politically, it matters because it is going to be the main pitched battle over brexit with all of the signs mrs may is facing a titanic struggle to get this through, and if she doesn't, we are really in legislative limbo land when it comes to brexit. in the last few minutes, the parents of charlie gard had of arrived at the high

court. they did not speak to the press, but their solicitor gave the statement. we are continuing to spend every moment working around the clock to save our dear baby charlie. we have been requesting this specialised treatment since november. never have the hospital, the courts, we have never asked for anything, except for the permission to go. we have raised over £1.3 million and we have had invitations from specialised doctors in the us and italy. they have offered their ground—breaking treatment to us and they are confident they can help charlie. we will continue to make the case for us to seek treatment for charlie with doctors that are actually specialised in

mitochondrial dna depletion syndrome and we hope the judge and the courts will finally ruled in favour of us seeking treatment elsewhere. we love him more than life itself. if he is still fighting, then we are still fighting. obviously, we will update you from the high court on bbc news through the day. she's been called a nazi by a woman whose life she had saved, threatened with violence by the father of a dying patient, been the victim of sexually indecent behaviour by another patient, and crashed her car after falling asleep at the wheel after a long night shift. these are some of the insights that rachel clarke has revealed in the book she's written to show what it's really like to work as a junior doctor in the uk. she spent ten years working as a journalist before retraining as a nhs doctor but says her first night on call in a british hospital was more frightening than when she was trapped in a warzone in the congo, as she'd left medical school

with lots of knowledge, but no one had taught her what to actually do with it all. she's also become well known for her active role in thejunior doctor's strike last year, which included camping out overnight outside the department of health. she gave up medicine for six months last year but returned to work for the nhs in february. rachel is here. her book, your life in my hands, is published today. explain to the audience more about the comparison with being in a war zonein the comparison with being in a war zone in congo and why it was worse, the first time he worked in a british hospital. being under fire obviously is a terrifying experience but you kind of powerless, nothing you can do, pinned down, trapped. the first night when i was on call, i had to do everything, i had all the responsibility, i was in the dark corridors, alone, scampering around with my bleep the nurses were calling me on every time they were

worried about a patient and my training for that was five years of exams and libraries and textbooks and here i was with real patients, really sick patient this awful fear that if i got it wrong, patients might die on my watch. and nothing had prepared me for that. the actual challenge for the very first time putting all of your knowledge into action and helping patients. although theoretically i knew i had seen you back up if i needed it, the fear you were the first port of call and you might get it wrong, terrifying. one hell of a responsibility and puts into perspective the jobs of the rest of us. if you think most medical stu d e nts us. if you think most medical students when they start out as doctors probably 24, they may have experienced nothing but school and university, and suddenly... you do have placements, training, don't you? you do. but you do not have the

responsibility. then for the first time, you are confronting potentially a dying patient, by yourself, the middle of the night, it is on you for the first time, and the only way to learn to cope with thatis the only way to learn to cope with that is to do it, you have to experience the terror and it is experiencing the terror that toughens you up and gives you the skills. tell us about some of the conditions you describe in the book, the conditions you worked and as a junior doctor. they can be pretty stark and shocking. the understaffing now in british hospitals for nurses as well as doctors really has to be seen to be believed. one in tenjunior doctor rotors have gaps, one in ten doctors missing, one in six gps are missing, and the patients still flood into the hospitals. you are all looking after too many patients, stretched too thinly. sometimes i have worked

nights or my friends have where we have we pt nights or my friends have where we have wept at the end of the night because we are so strung out, exhausted, you just think, i cannot keep doing this. it is only 4am, six hours to go, i cannot do it, but you have to keep going the patients rely on you. are you saying that if there we re eve n on you. are you saying that if there were even more nurses and doctors, you know the government says there are more doctors than ever, numbers going up, you are saying that is not enough, if there were more, people like yourself in the past would not have been crying? completely. the numbers the government come out with, i would argue, they are red herrings. what matters is the numbers per number of patients. it is the doctors per head of population. the numbers of patient humour going up. we have an increasing population. the government never give the right statistics. you know they would say

they do. patients, your time with patients, that is your motivation for becoming a junior doctor, you wa nt to for becoming a junior doctor, you want to help people, save lives. some of them were pretty horrible to you and that is quite shocking in your book. give us some examples. a&e is the place where you tend to experience most of the abuse, sometimes, from patients. a really highly charged environment, often filled with people under the influence of alcohol or drugs, and also patients or relatives going through horrifically frightening experiences themselves. the expressed emotion is ramped up. i think all of us working in those difficult environments, we try very ha rd to difficult environments, we try very hard to remember that patients might not be acting in a coherent, competent way because of illness or intoxication or they are very

frightened and that can provoke real aggression which you just try and absorb because it is part of the environment. however, there is a lot of abuse that is completely unacceptable as well. i have seen the most horrible racist abuse meted out to fellow doctors and nurses. that has increased since brexit, i think, and it is completely unacceptable in every shape and form. the nhs is meant to have a zero tolerance approach. if we booted out every patient who was racist to a doctor or nurse, we would be kicking out so many people, it would be unsustainable. it is really ha rd it would be unsustainable. it is really hard working in an environment where sometimes patients can be fouled to you. you are under such difficult circumstances anyway, sometimes people are angry because they have been waiting ten hours and you totally understand and you empathise with it. you want the

system to be different as much as they do and you cannot fix it for them. you left the nhs for six months last year and went back into a different role. why did you leave? by a different role. why did you leave? by the time i reached summer last year, i felt by the time i reached summer last yea r, i felt pretty by the time i reached summer last year, i felt pretty broken by the combination of having worked a lot of the last year under a really difficult roto gap situations where i was often having to do the job of two doctors and in the end it takes a cumulative toll and you start to feel burnt out and eat human night by constantly trying to live with that. at the same time, the cumulative pressure of the doctors dispute which was very toxic and undermining for us all. —— and dehumanising. what did it achieve? i believe it achieved a lot because for the first time junior doctors

we re for the first time junior doctors were politicised in such a way we spoke out about what we believed we re spoke out about what we believed were the problems facing our patients, we just felt duty bound to speak out about the understaffing. the very act of speaking out meant it was worth it, even though you did not achieve ultimately what he wa nted not achieve ultimately what he wanted to? in terms of the contract, we failed, but in terms of highlighting the dangers of understaffing the patients, i think we achieved a lot. and that is not over. we are politicised now and we will continue speaking out because we believe it is acting in the best interest of our patients and if the government will not speak out, we will. this statement from the department of health. "there are currently over half a million clinical staff working in the nhs — including over 106,000 doctors. but we know hospitals are busier than ever — that's why we have increased the number of doctors every year since 2010 and plan to dramatically increase medical school places by up to 1,500 from 2018/19 - to make sure the nhs continues to deliver excellent patient care long into the future."

you were broken, you left, you repaired yourself, you came back. why? | repaired yourself, you came back. why? i missed patients, as simple as that. even the horrible ones? all of them. the horrible ones are a small minority and the longer... as the weeks went by, ijust missed looking after patients, a pretty simple thing for most doctors, we get up and go to work because we want to look after patients. you are not meant to say it when you apply to medical school, but we all want to help people and i wanted to still be doing that and the feeling grew stronger and it was almost a relief for me because i discovered the thing that had driven me away from one career into another, it was still there inside of me, bruised and battered, buti still there inside of me, bruised and battered, but i loved patients and battered, but i loved patients andi and battered, but i loved patients and i wanted to get back to them.

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