hello it's friday july mth, it's 9am. i'm joanna gosling, welcome to the programme. more acid attacks in london — police are investigating five attacks overnight which involved corrosive substances being thrown in people's faces. this was a shocking attack last night. somebody‘s left with life—changing injuries, and this is something we've been concerned about in the home office for some time. as the government launches a fresh crackdown on drug use, we speak exclusively to a woman whose son was groomed by gang of dealers. i would ask where he's been, he wouldn't say anything. just literally his manner towards me wasn't very nice. what i would call from an angel child turned into a monster. you can hear the full interview shortly. and, they wanted their wedding dance to be knock—out. we'll talk to the couple whose dirty dancing routine didn't go exactly as planned when they started to practice for the big day.

i was told, and i've seen a text since, that i ended up with a neck brace on. then they put me through a ct scan to make sure i never did any damage to my brain, if i had one. hello, welcome to the programme — we're live until ”am this morning. we want to hear about your embarrassing moments on the dance floor and about any of your wedding day plans that didn't go quite the way you hoped. do get in touch on all the stories we're talking about this morning — use the hashtag #victorialive. texts will be charged at the standard network rate. our top story today: police in east london are investigating five attacks which involved corrosive substances being thrown in people's faces. one of the victims has suffered what's been described as life—changing injuries. the incidents all happened within 90 minutes in hackney and stoke newington last night. one teenager has been arrested on suspicion of grievous bodily harm and robbery.

andy moore's report contains some distressing images. this was the scene of the most serious attack last night, the victim was apparently delivering takeaway food when a pair of men tried to steal his moped. police say a corrosive substance was thrown in his face. he was taken to hospital with what they described as life—changing injuries. in the space ofjust over an hour, police were alerted to five very similar attacks, the motive on each occasion seems to be robbery. police believe they are linked. the government says it is keen to crack down on this type of crime. this was a shocking attack last night. somebody is left with life—changing injuries, and this is something that we've been concerned about in the home office for some time. we've been working very closely with our colleagues in law enforcement to get a better picture of actually what is happening, as you quite rightly say it's happening in pockets of the country.

acid attacks in england have doubled since 2012. 21—year—old resham khan and her cousin jameel mukhtar were attacked shortly after they had been celebrating her 21st birthday in east london. acid was thrown through the window of their car. my face started melting, my clothes started to burn, my shorts started sticking to me, there was smoke coming out of the seats. moped crime is also on the increase, especially in london. delivery drivers in east london say they've been faced by an escalating crime wave from knife—wielding gangs. andy moore, bbc news. annita mcveigh is in the bbc newsroom with a summary of the rest of the day's news. good morning. the home secretary, amber rudd, has launched a new strategy to tackle illegal drug use, after what the home office calls a dramatic increase in the number of deaths from drugs in england and wales since 2012. the strategy focuses on helping addicts to recover and makes clear

there'll be no legal changes to decriminalise the use of drugs. our home affairs correspondent danny shaw reports. enforcing the law on drugs. police raids against dealers have been the traditional way of clamping down on the drugs trade. it's estimated to cost the uk £10.7 billion a year. and the new government drug strategy says that approach will continue along with renewed efforts to get people off drugs. that's what they do at the harbour centre in london. support people affected by drugs and help them rebuild their lives. the home secretary amber rudd visited the centre this week. she said her drugs strategy will focus on recovery. people who are recovering from drugs often need help with housing, they need help with employment, they might have mental health difficulties, and in this strategy we've acknowledged that, we've embraced that, i've set out clear expectations for local authorities about working with recovery to make sure that these additional

elements are supplied. the 2017 drug strategy is the first for seven years. it says there should be treatment tailored to the needs of drug users. a new national recovery champion will help co—ordinate services. and there will be measures to deal with new drug threats, including substances intended to enhance the experience of having sex, known as chemsex drugs. amber rudd's involvement in a new cross—government drug strategy board will give the plans political impetus, but she's set to disappoint people who say drug possession should no longer be a crime. danny shaw, bbc news. children and teenagers from middle—class families are being groomed to sell drugs by criminal gangs, according to a parliamentary report. the report from the parliamentary group on runaway and missing children and adults warns that

children from better—off backgrounds are being used in a drug distribution model known as county lines, which typically involves city gangs branching out into county or coastal towns to sell heroin and crack cocaine. a mother whose child was groomed in this way says it was a living nightmare. i didn't know who to cool nightmare. i didn't know who to cool, i knew something was happening but to find out he was being exploited in such a way was devastating. i would ask where he has been, he wouldn't say anything. just literally his manner towards me wasn't very nice. what i would call from an angel child turned into a monster. because that came with abuse, verbal and physical. the bbc has learned that the government is preparing a review of building regulations in england, following the grenfell tower tragedy. as results of checks on tall buildings have come in, civil servants have expressed shock at how the official rule books

have been interpreted. they remain unclear whether the problem is the rules or their enforcement. president trump will be the guest of honour at the bastille day celebrations in paris today. he was invited to mark france's national day by the country's president, emmanuel macron. the two leaders will watch the traditional military parade which, this year, has us troops marching alongside french soldiers to mark the centenary of america's entry into the first world war. crowds are expected to line the streets for the funeral of bradley lowery. the six—year—old sunderland fan won a legion of supporters across the country, including the footballerjermain defoe, who has left training in spain to be at the funeral. bradley died last friday after suffering from a rare cancer. two police forces have become the first in the uk to set up a dedicated drones unit. a helicopter can cost hundreds of pounds per hour but the remote—controlled miniature alternative provides an eye—in—the—sky

for a fraction of the price to help with searches for missing people, responding to road crashes and tackling other major incidents. beyonce has shared the first picture of herself with her twins to celebrate them turning one month old. the us singer confirmed they are called sir carter and rumi, which had been rumoured after she and husband jay—z filed a trademark for the names. the post clocked up more than 2 million likes on instagram in an hour. that's a summary of the latest bbc news — more at 9:30am. let's catch up with the sport now with jessica. hello, good morning to you. tennis fa ns hello, good morning to you. tennis fans would have wanted to be talking about the first british woman into a wimbledon finalfor a0 about the first british woman into a wimbledon final for a0 years this morning but it was a step to bar for johanna konta who came up against venus williams, five—time champion, who is playing some of her best tennis at the moment. she won the

match in straight sets but content remains upbeat, saying she believes she can win wimbledon in the future. centre court favourite roger federer will be back there later today as he bids to win an eighth wimbledon singles title, he faces tomas berdych in the semifinals. sam querrey take sunil narine cilic ahead of that. wayne rooney is impressing back in an everton shirt, he has already scored his first goal, a brilliant long—range effort on his debut during their pre—season tour of tanzania. rooney back at everton after signing from manchester united. and the three—time tour de france winner chris froome has lost the leaders‘ yellow jersey winner chris froome has lost the leaders‘ yellowjersey in this year‘s race after a gruelling day in the mountains on stage 12. the finished in seventh. that is all from me for now, mike busheu that is all from me for now, mike bushell will be back at wimbledon at 9:30am andi bushell will be back at wimbledon at 9:30am and i will be back at around 10am. thank you, see you later. we have

got a text from you to read out about embarrassing moment at weddings, you may have seen the couple who wanted to do the dirty dancing at lift at their wedding and not themselves out rehearsing, we will speak to them later. this text is, i fell will speak to them later. this text is, ifell during a ceilidh, my dress got caught under my shoes. i have always been a fall so it is no surprise i fell on my wedding day! thank you for that, let us know if you have any experiences you would like to share this morning. on the programme this meaning there are two stories about the effects of drug use in the uk and what can be done to tackle the problem. as we reported in the news, the government is launching a new drugs strategy which will specifically target psychoactive substances, once known as legal highs, performance—enhancing drugs and prescription medicines. ministers are concerned because there has been a spike in deaths amongst people using those substances. there‘s also a focus this morning on people who sell drugs, with a new warning from mps that

children and teenagers from all backgrounds, including affluent ones, are in danger of grooming by criminal gangs. we‘ll speak to guests on both stories in a moment. first, our reporter simon cox has spoken exclusively to a mother who‘s child was groomed bya criminal gang in his early teens. he‘s done very well at school, he‘s had good academic achievement, very good, never had any problems with his behaviour. he supported the school, he was involved in sports to the point where he was involved infootball, hockey, basketball. he was a very key player, and was actually featured in the local newspaper for very good work. when did you realise that there were problems? it was in 2012, he was exploited to sell class a drugs and what came with that was him going missing for quite a long time. when did you find out that he was selling drugs? when he was coming home late. there was one occasion when he came home and i heard a rustling

at the door, and to my horror he was actually dealing from my home so effectively he was getting calls on his mobile phone and asking whoever it was, who was willing to purchase, to come to my gate. and then it progressed to him being out on the street most of the time, which was more or less what he was doing when he was away for three months. nowhere to be heard, nowhere to be seen. how did you cope with that, when he was away and you have no idea where he is? it‘s an absolute nightmare. i didn‘t know what to do, who to call. i knew obviously something was happening but to find out that he had been exploited in such a way was devastating. i would ask where he has been, he wouldn‘t say anything. just literally his manner towards me wasn‘t very nice. what i would call from an angel child turned into a monster. because that came with abuse, verbal and physical.

what help was there for you? nothing at all. i was basically at a loss, i didn‘t know who to call, what to do. initially, as any parent would do, i was going out there looking for him myself. but obviously i found that there was more to it than that. when i had exhausted that, i was a nervous wreck by the time i had done thatjourney. why do you think they recruited him? there were a few reasons. it could be that one of his peers that had family members that are into criminal activity asked their brother or sister to recruit within their mates. there‘s also the other side where you could literally be approached outside the school. i think personally he has gone through all of those stages. what about police and social services? were they much help? i had quite a journey with all of those services, because unfortunately, with every

service that i was trying, to prevent this, i was always told that my son would have to have worse problems in order to get the support that i needed. i have screamed, i have shouted, i have done everything possible to try and prevent my son from getting deeper and this was before i knew how complex being involved in this was. i was trying to stop that, but every which way i turned i was backed up into a corner. what‘s the future for him? not too bad. he‘s ok, but i‘m very fortunate to have him here. he nearly passed away after being stabbed. as much as, ok, he‘s alive and he‘s in a hospital bed, when i saw him ijust broke down, i just thought, "this has got to stop."

his words to me were, "it‘s all right, mum, i‘m ok, it could have been worse." what would help for people like you and other families in this situation? there has to be a response team that is working together because i had to be dealing with so many services just for one child. unfortunately they were not talking to each other, so there was always something that hadn‘t been done or that could‘ve been done or should‘ve been done, or that was done that created more problems. there was never anybody that could see what the other person was doing. what would you say to a parent who ends up in your situation? any advice? reach out. i really truly say reach out for any help that you can get. that is the mother of one teenage

boy who was groomed to deal drugs. let‘s talk now to labour mp ann coffey, who chairs the all party parliamentary group who produced the report on the dangers of children being groomed to sell drugs. thank you very much forjoining us. how common do you think that story is? i think it is difficult to know how extensive the grooming of children and young people by criminal gangs is. certainly i think it is very underreported. interestingly enough, 80% of police forces reported some activity in their area and it is clear those gangs who currently operate in the big cities are looking to extend their drug operations into quieter townsend seaside resorts outside those cities, particularly targeting children and young people to run drugs to their new business operations. tell us more about the evidence heard by your committee about who is being specifically targeted, and how? we had a round

table in which we had lots of the agencies that are involved with this, who talked and gave evidence. it is not clear the extent to which children are targeted. part of the difficulty is that when children go missing, they have a return interview. if you are not aware that children are being exploited in this way you may not take that up at the return interview. and children being exploited to run drugs are very relu cta nt to exploited to run drugs are very reluctant to disclose that because they have committed a criminal offence and of course are worried about repercussions from the organised crime behind them which has recruited them to run drugs in the first place. your report specifically talks about concerns that children and young people from middle—class families are being groomed. why are you highlighting bat and what is the evidence? we are drawing concerns about the fact that all children... and sometimes what

happens is when you talk about exploitation of children, people think it is children from a particular group that are vulnerable to this, and they are vulnerable, but we forget that it is all children and we have a duty to protect all children, including those from better off backgrounds who we might not think are vulnerable, and they go unnoticed. this was exactly the problem with a pa rent this was exactly the problem with a parent you interviewed, she is effectively a middle—class parent. her son‘s missing episodes were perhaps not seen in the way that they should have been because perhaps maybe the agencies did not connect the risk to him in the way they might have done with a child from a different type of background. and you mentioned the reluctance for kids to say what is going on because they have done something illegal. how should they be treated? if they have done something illegal, the law

seesitin have done something illegal, the law sees it in terms of punishment? that is the problem. we need to understand this is another form of ruthless exploitation of children and we should not make the same m ista kes and we should not make the same mistakes that were made in rotherham and rochdale of starting by blaming children for what they do, and we should look at them as children that need to be protected, children that are exploited, we should look to bring to justice the people are exploited, we should look to bring tojustice the people hiding behind these children and look at them as children that need to be safeguarded, not criminalised. ann coffey, thank you very much. well let‘s turn now to the government‘s new plans to help drug users themselves. of psychoactive substances, once known as legal highs, as well as performance—enhancing drugs and prescription medicines. cut the fear of being labelled a criminal being prosecuted be a

barrier in preventing people from coming forward to seek help? here is the home office minister sarah newton. we have consulted very carefully on the strategy involving a wide range of stakeholders. it is really important that we send out a very clear message to people that these drugs are very harmful. that is why we make them illegal and that is why we make them illegal and that is why we put every effort into reducing demand, by educating about the harm is, by reducing supply, by taking really world leading international efforts to prevent the drugs coming into the country. it is quite right that we have new powers to the psychoactive substance act which came in last year to crackdown on new drugs coming through, like legal highs, chemsex drugs and the appalling zombie spice that we saw last year. it is right that we try to prevent people from taking it. but there are many vulnerable people who take drugs, that is why we have

recovery at the centre of what we are doing so if people started to ta ke are doing so if people started to take drugs there are really good services for them to help them break that habit and leading meaningful full life in society. lets get some reaction from michael o‘toole, chief executive of the drugs charity mentor uk. he helped draw up the government‘s strategy. thank you forjoining us, two words sound conflicting, one talks about crackdown, the other recovery. how would you summarise this approach?” think what we like about the new strategy is, as you hint at, it recognises that the single approach will not work. there is no silver bullet which will tackle the drugs problem, it is about different approaches at different stages. the strategy picked up four key themes,

one is about the criminal approach, which is to disrupt and stop the supply, which is to disrupt and stop the supply, the second is to focus on recovery, try to build recovery to help those people that have drug misuse problems. thirdly they recognise it is a global thing, so acting in the uk alone will not stop the drug problem. it is about the global system of drugs. i think the final element which, for us, it‘s really exciting, is it really recognises that trying to prevent people getting into problems with drugs in the first place makes the most sense. having an approach to try to prevent drug use, particularly working with young people and educating them about the risks of drugs and helping young people be more resistant to drugs has to makes sense. what is the picture with drugs in this country at the moment, if you look at the

statistics the number of 15 to 16—year—olds has fallen from 10.5% to 8%, but the number of deaths has increased quite dramatically. that is true. obviously we should welcome that. we cannot be complacent. drug trends are always changing and the minister in the piece before talks about the psychoactive substances act and the need to try to cut up the risks of new and emerging drugs all the time, there are new trends taking place all the time. the reason for the difference between an overall decline in drug use and an increase in deaths is quite complex but it is around an old cohorts of opiate users coming to a point where, tragically, many are dying. in terms of use by young people in

particular, there is definitely quite a strong decline. that is really good. but we need to build upon that and be watchful of these trends around new and emerging drugs. that is very interesting to look at why drug use among the young is decreasing. what would you put it down to? there is a real combination of factors. part of it is about culture, youth culture changes and there are different trends around music and clubs and festivals etc. pa rt music and clubs and festivals etc. part of it is about young people gaining some skills to be more resilient, to want to make more informed and healthier choices. what is really fundamental to that is about building young people‘s resilience, which you do through giving them confidence, helping them have healthy relationships with peers, having ambition and being able to think critically through the risks that they may face as they

grow up. there is a lot of evidence to show that you can really develop those skills and attributes in young people but it has to be done in the right way. just trying to scare young person about drugs is proven not to work. we had to be really careful about how we work with young people through schools and through the role that parents and carers can play. there are definitely some things we can do to help young people gain that resilience to these risks as they get older. thank you very much, michael o‘toole. now, many couples planning to tie the knot spend a lot of time planning, and indeed practising, their first dance. we‘re going to talk in a moment to one couple for whom that process didn‘t quite go to plan. sharon price and herfiance andy price were trying to recreate the scene from the classic 1980s film dirty dancing. let‘s first of all take a look at what they were aiming for. # this could be love

# this could be love # because i had the time of my life # because i had the time of my life # and # because i had the time of my life #andl # because i had the time of my life # and i neverfelt # because i had the time of my life # and i never felt this way before # and i never felt this way before # yes, i swear # yes, i swear # it's # yes, i swear # it‘s the truth... now let‘s look at what actually happened. this is them wrapping up to make that famous jump from the film dirty dancing, about to get there, and then that. oh, my gosh, you two. what a shame! what happened? were not really sure, to be honest. i can remember her running up to me, me putting my hands on her hips, the rest of it is blank. were you just both out cold after you collided? andy was, i wasjust badly winded.

andy was, i wasjust badly winded. and he was unconscious. tell us about it. why did you want to do that? this was part of your wedding rehearsals, you wanted to do this at your wedding? we are getting married next year, i love the film and we thought we could re—enact it, it did not go to plan. what is it about it that made you think you wanted to do that, rather than the traditional slow dance? everybody does a slow dance, we just thought we would try something different. my niece and nephew were on the grass, doing it themselves. all they said, sharon turned around and said why don‘t we give it a go now? that was your first crack at it? and the last! have you decided you definitely won‘t be doing it for the wedding?

yes! two feet on the ground. you we re yes! two feet on the ground. you were taken to hospital? what happened? i was concussed, were taken to hospital? what happened? iwas concussed, iwas in and out. i was not aware of what was going on anyway. i was told and i had seen a text since that i ended up had seen a text since that i ended up with a neck brace on. they put me through a ct scan to make sure i didn‘t do any damage to my brain, if i had one. theyjust checked me over on an ecg as well. they were being there. as for sharon, you would have to ask her. i was breathless, i couldn't catch my breath. obviously i ended couldn't catch my breath. obviously iended up couldn't catch my breath. obviously i ended up with a sore back and neck. obviously i landed on my back. did the doctors know what had happened? did the doctors know what had happened ? you did the doctors know what had happened? you were having serious

treatments, when you had to say why you were in hospital, what was it like? to be fair, i was not as that. i was like? to be fair, i was not as that. iwas in like? to be fair, i was not as that. i was in and out and it happened for quite a while. sharon said when they spoke to her they had a bit of a laugh about it. what did they say? they could not believe it. they told us they could not believe it. they told us to keep two feet on the ground! what did your friends and family say? they were killing themselves with laughter. they can't believe all this is happening to us. we have had 12—macro comments that we are too old for this sort of thing. —— one 01’ too old for this sort of thing. —— one or two comments. but we have had a laugh. did you see the funny side straightaway? not at the time, no. once it was sunday we started laughing at it. i think the pain was

still there at the time. we were in quite a bit of pain at the time. still a little bit tender but all right now. is it mainly heard bride? yeah! -- is it mainly hurt pride. i hate to say it but it is a shame no one had filmed it, do you wish it was caught on film? we have been asked so many times for the video, but we did not dare dream it would end up like this. it is certainly giving you a story to talk about forever. are you sure you won‘t be tempted to try this on the wedding day? it is going to be the scene that people want to see, you successfully being able to capture the dream that you had for so long, to perform this on your wedding day? never say never! just make sure there are mattresses around if you

practice it again! good luck. it is really great to speak to you, good luck with the wedding. thank you. thank you. sharon and andy. ina in a moment we will have the latest news but first, the latest from wimbledon. no dancing here, i promise! centre court is just about ready, they had the covers on in the last hour, there was a quick shower, but we are told it will be dry by the time the men‘s semifinals start at 1pm. the favourite very much roger federer, second of on court against tomas berdych, before that marin cilic against sam querrey. let‘s bring you the 2015 women‘s champion, marion bartoli. you are playing soon in the presentation doubles, let‘s talk aboutjo presentation doubles, let‘s talk about jo konta first presentation doubles, let‘s talk aboutjo konta first of all, she couldn‘t quite make it to the final,

beaten by the five—time champion venus williams, but you were not too surprised? no, i think it venus williams, but you were not too surprised? no, ithink it was venus williams, but you were not too surprised? no, i think it was normal but she lost to venus yesterday because of many factors but mainly is the experience of venous, five—time champion, she put so much pressure onjo from the word go that it was difficult for her to keep it up. she did it extremely well up until the momentum switch when venous until the momentum switch when venous was able to put so much pressure onjo. venous was able to put so much pressure on jo. after venous was able to put so much pressure onjo. after that point, i thinkjo really suffered from the pressure coming in and she went a bit inside her shell, and if you go inside your shell with venus williams you don‘t have a chance to come back in the match. but i think it will be great experience for her, she will learn the process, being in the quarterfinal is great, a bit of pressure, the semifinal is amazing but the pressure is just so tremendous and i don‘t even think about the final because that is

another story! it is about small baby another story! it is about small ba by ste ps another story! it is about small baby steps when you are learning but she is definitely in the right place. it is harnessing the pressure from the crowd because if you are not used to it it can be a negative with the home support for someone likejo? with the home support for someone like jo? yes, the crowd went a little bit flat when jo got broken early on in the second set and i think they lost their hopes a little bit, and it is something you have to remember, when the crowd is starting to go remember, when the crowd is starting togoa remember, when the crowd is starting to go a little bit flat, you have to find them, and playing those tough matches, a tough one against simona halep as well, i think she arrived a bit fatigued and it is hard to mentally bounce back and get the crowd going as well, i think she was a little bit drained. as for venus williams, jo will be back, but venus williams, jo will be back, but venus williams in a night final, she has won it five times already, did you

think you would see this again? at the first time was in 2000. loving her, i‘m not surprised. i know how motivated she is a wimbledon, i think because serena is not there she feels she is on a mission, doing it for the williams family! she was so sweet with me yesterday, i wrote her a good luck note at the beginning of the event and she carried it in her bag and said, look, you have to do this at every tournament now! she‘s really nice and such a competitor, yesterday she was speaking about the matches she lost at the french open, tellingly, this will never happen again! i said, venus, just enjoy the moment! shejust said, venus, just enjoy the moment! she just wants to win everything when serena is not there and that is why she is in the final once again. and she will do everything against garbine muguruza, who faced the other williams sister before.” think she will feel free on the

court, the help of martinez has been a plus for her in this tournament, but that said i think venous will have maybe a bit too efficient on grass. we have to hand back to the studio now, oh, here we go, they are testing out the fire alarm! inaudible. i don‘t see anyone being able to challenge him. i think the way he plays right now, i dream to play tennis one day like that! maybe you will play like it today in your doubles match! i haven‘t done it, but i will try! as the alarms go off, it is probably time to andy back to joanna! you battled valiantly against the background noise! thank you both. a wedding dance fiasco following is from sharon and andy‘s experience, one person has addicted, no name, my

middle—aged man dancing back—to—back with a big solid guy, she had seen him do the same routine with others, holding hands and surprising by lifting them off their feet, she thought she felt intense so she bent forward to manoeuvre, the next moment he went right over her head and everybody was stunned, how embarrassing! keep those coming in, we love hearing those stories. let‘s catch up with annita mcveigh in the newsroom. police in east london are investigating five attacks which involved corrosive substances being thrown in people‘s faces. the incidents happened within 90 minutes in hackney and stoke newington last night. one of the victims has what‘s been described as life—changing injuries. one teenager has been arrested. the home secretary has launched a new strategy to tackle illegal drug use, after what the home office calls a "dramatic" increase in the number of deaths from drugs in england and wales since 2012. it follows a rise in drug—related deaths in england and wales and targets

new psychoactive substances. the home secretary amber rudd said the plan will focus on recovery. the bbc has learned that the government is preparing a review of building regulations in england, following the grenfell tower tragedy. as results of checks on tall buildings have come in, civil servants have expressed shock at how the official rulebooks have been interpreted. they remain unclear whether the problem is the rules or their enforcement. president trump is guest of honour at the bastille day celebrations taking place in paris. he was invited to mark france‘s national day by the country‘s president, emmanuel macron. the two leaders will watch the traditional military parade which this year has us troops marching alongside french soldiers to mark the centenary of america‘s entry into the first world war. crowds are expected to line the streets for the funeral of bradley lowery. the six—year—old sunderland fan won a legion of supporters across the country, including

the footballerjermain defoe, who has left training in spain to be at the funeral. bradley died last friday after suffering from a rare cancer. that‘s a summary of the latest bbc news — more at 10am. a highly—anticipated and controversial new film about a young woman who has anorexia is being released on netflix today. to the bone‘s director marti noxon and its lead, lily collins, have both experienced eating disorders and say they want the film to "start a conversation", but some charities and medical experts are concerned. it comes months after netflix released the teen suicide series 13 reasons why, which also caused concern amongst mental health professionals. the trailer which we‘re about to show does contain some distressing images. it lasts about a5 seconds. let‘s start by taking a quick look. all right, ready? 280 for the pork,

350 for the buttered noodles, and 75 for the butter. it looks like you have calorie asperger's. that's not breakfast. neither is coffee. you do a lot of sit—ups, i am not going to treat you if you are not interested in living. good speech. i‘ve got it under control. isn‘t it funny? piece of cake. you‘ve got it under control. i‘ve got it under control. you 0k, honey? joining us in the studio are 20—year—old abigail steadman, who lived with anorexia throughout her teens. and laura hearn, who has also lived with anorexia and is the founder of online communityjiggsy. laura is also a bbc producer, but is speaking to us today in a personal capacity. and from the royal college of psychiatrists, we have

dr sandeep ranote. and finallyjoining us via webcam from new york is liana rosenman from project heal. laura and abigail, i know you have seen the movie, what do you think? it was interesting to watch, it addresses a lot of issues that do need to be talked about, the underlying conditions, like the thoughts and feelings that are behind the eating disorders, but at the same time it was disappointing and plays into stereotypes about what people with eating disorders are like, so i think more can be done. what sort of stereotypes? the stereotype of the overachiever, the very, very thin white young woman, and it is a shame to see that kind of continual image being shown again, that seems to be all we see

when we talk about eating disorders. what did you think, laura?” when we talk about eating disorders. what did you think, laura? i was disappointed, i thought it missed an opportunity to show eating disorders ina opportunity to show eating disorders in a broader light. it showed the likes of me, white middle—class, typical person with anorexia, it was filtered with hollywood cliches, the love story, the whole treatment setting. it has in a broader context highlighted anorexia and eating disorders and ported to the forefront but i think for a hollywood film to have such a great wide audience it missed an opportunity to reach so many more communities. when you talk about the cliches, the love story element, is there a sense that it glamorises, because that is one of concerns?” think glamorising it, i think anorexia and eating disorders are glamorised all over social media right now, you only have to go on instagram to find unhealthy accounts. if you want to learn how to become anorexic you don't need to watch the film for it. i do think

they could have tapped into more of they could have tapped into more of the reasons why allen, the character, developed anorexia, it was very much, it seemed to me, very much about food and my recovery and the reason i got anorexia was completely to do with my feelings and emotions, and i think it kind of filter back in but there was a whole element to do with her father, you never saw him, glamorising it, no, but there were some humorous aspects to it, i won't talk about the tip because they could be triggering but there were particular tips that i thought were completely unnecessary to show what it is like to have an eating disorder i think it was humour raised in a way that was unnecessary. liana, you are from project heal, you had screenings of this movie, why did you decide to do that? do you feel like it is an informative, helpful movie? that? do you feel like it is an informative, helpful movie ?” that? do you feel like it is an informative, helpful movie? i do, i think that this is the first major

film that is about eating disorders, andl film that is about eating disorders, and i think this is a great starting place. look, there was diversity, it was a semiautobiographical film about her experience, i know many people struggle with eating disorders, they come in all shapes and sizes, genders, ethnicities, no one is immune, and they do capture that in the film through the different people staying at the treatment centre. but, that said, i think again this is a great starting point. they had to start somewhere. and i think that this is the beginning of many conversations to come and more stories to be spoken about. project heal decided to post one screening in new york and one screening in la for our audience, and we partnered with this film so that as christine and i, the

co—founders of project heal, re cove red co—founders of project heal, recovered and we are the voices of recovery and we wanted to partner with this film in order to put the conversation and make sure that it is going given the right place, and we think that this film doesn't really have the ability —— does have the ability to not only debunk these options but it is a starting point. sandeep, what impact do you think the film will have? good morning, everybody. i think that abigail, laura and, apologies, i did not get the name of our colleague from the states, have captured a lot of the issues really well. i think it has opened a debate, it has started people talking and i think that has got to be good, because this is such a serious illness, a very serious illness that we must not trivialise. some of what you have said is

important, listening to the people who have suffered and who have recovered from illness, that has got to be key. i think some of the concerns of professionals in the field are that it could potentially glamorise anorexia, but i think laura captured that very well, it is everywhere. we are also concerned that it could potentially trivialise what is a devastating and serious illness for many young people and families. however, that said, it does start the conversation. laura, we are talking about starting a conversation but if you are ready and potentially vulnerable girl or boy at home, what impact do you think it might have? there are certain content you said you did not wa nt to certain content you said you did not want to mention because might be triggering? i am not a parent, but ifi triggering? i am not a parent, but if i was a parent and had seen signs of my child potentially developing an eating disorder i would not let them watch it, personally. i do not

think we need to give young people any more influence or ideas as to how to do things. the tricks of the trade, as we call them. isn't quite explicit on things like that? in parts, you see an aspect on the trailer when she is counting the calories. i got into recovery because i was sick of counting calories, i did not want to do it any more. i respect that it has been any more. i respect that it has been an adventurous project and it has brought it into a wider audience and it is the first film of its type, but i personally feel it missed a few tricks and it could have done more for the opportunity available to it. what do you think, abigail, it could have done? would it have had to be more hard hitting and therefore more unpalatable to watch? i think it is difficult, in a sense it is very hard—hitting as it is. watching it, iwould

it is very hard—hitting as it is. watching it, i would consider myself re cove red, watching it, i would consider myself recovered, and watching it for me is very, very hard, because it takes me back to a place that was traumatic. i think my family would find a traumatic, it is hard—hitting enough in that sense. it could have been less focused on the physical aspects, less focused on the food.” spoke to a friend who i went to a treatment similar to the one that alan did with, in america. my friend is from california and is ladino, she said there is not a hope in hell i will watch that film because it will not reflect me at all in that community —— she is latino. there are many people suffering with eating disorders who are not emaciated, from various religious groups and communities, ifeel they are possibly left out. liana, we're talking about starting a

conversation, but anorexia is not something that parents and families are not aware of. the difficulty is obviously around if there are issues how to handle something with your child in the best possible way for them. what comes out of this that can help in that regard? for sure. i think that the film does show how families are in bold through the recovery process or some not involved. my parents went to the screening, it was incredible to watch them watch it. i think honestly, one of the things that really stuck with me throughout the film was how much it impacts the family. when you are suffering with an eating disorder it feels like a lonely battle, you don't realise it affects your whole family. that is one of the reasons why when i was in

recovery and trying to recover that it was such a big motivator for me, that i realised i was not only destroying my life but those around me that i love. for parents, we actually just released me that i love. for parents, we actuallyjust released a discussion guide and advise which has a bunch of resources for parents. laura and abigail, could it potentially... it is such a complex thing, anorexia, so when you say put people off it is not like people are attracted to something like this, it is complex, but might it make somebody potentially who might be struggling at the beginning perhaps think about family issues and perhaps take a different approach? could it be helpful in that way? for me personally there was a lot of similar information around when i was descending into the illness and none of it put me off. the problem with anorexia and eating disorders in general is that lots of denial is

in bold, you think it‘ll never happen to me, i am not that sick, you think that until the very end. i think the film is more for people who do not have eating disorders than those who could. i think that is correct to say that it explores the family dynamics, which was very much part of my illness. and my family and friends have been very much part of my recovery, so it explores those issues. i don't know, i don't think it is something that i would recommend perhaps too somebody at the moment to personally. sandeep, we are talking about a conversation, but do you think there are people who should not watch this? what would you say to parents and kids about whether it should be watched or not? there is a lot more awareness but there are still many more communities not aware,

particularly from different cultural backgrounds. that is one thing. i don‘t think we can tell people to watch it or not to watch, what is important is that professionals, pa rents important is that professionals, parents and schools are equipped with the knowledge that this film is out, it has been given a rating of 15, that there is advice around that in terms of the images seen, and i think somebody said it before, it could potentially trigger for those people suffering or those at risk or recovering. it is important, i think, very important for specialists working with young people, families and young adults that they are aware of the film and the content so that they can support people should they access this and watch it. it is not something we will ban all say you cannot see, but i think it is about the advisory information around it. also it is an

opportunity, it could have told a different story, this is one person‘s story, one person‘s journey, there are lots of different journeys for young people and families. i have not seen all of the film and i am not sure if at the end of the film there will be information. it has been mentioned that there was a resource booklet. i think that is a great idea to have information so that there is a message to people that if you are worried, if you are concerned, if you or a loved one or somebody you know has an eating disorder, and let‘s remember that anorexia nervosa is only one of many eating disorders that we see, but there is help out there, specialist help, there is support from a whole system and here in england‘s over the last few years lots of work has been done. we have a long way to go. sorry to interrupt

but we need to go live to paris, we will see what is happening right now. thank you forjoining us and there are organisations which offer advice and support with eating disorders, you can find them online at the bbc action line website. president trump is visiting france, american and french soldiers are marching ina american and french soldiers are marching in a double celebration to mark 100 years since united states entered world war i, and the annual bastille day holiday in france. quite impressive scenes along the champs—elysees in the centre of paris. there will also be a binational fly—past of fighter jets to symbolise present—day military cooperation in the middle east and elsewhere. the talks yesterday, you

probably saw donald trump and emmanuel macron meeting along with their wives in paris yesterday. the four of them died in the restaurant at the top of the eiffel tower. this visit was an invitation by a emmanuel macron to donald trump. it is culminating in these scenes along the champs—elysees is the two countries mark 100 years since the united states entered world war i. what would you do if you saw family drowning in the sea? in a testament to the human spirit, 80 beach—goers formed a human chain in florida to help save the family who were pulled into the sea by strong tides. roberto hold —— roberta heard her

two son is calling for help, she went in to rescue them, along with her husband, mother and nephew. two swimmers came to their rescue by encouraging people to hold hands and former human chain, bringing the family back to safety. roberto spoke from florida about what happened.” running after them, once i hit the water i got about waist deep and realised people passing me, telling me, don‘t go in there. they were already coming out. they said the tide was bad. i told them i didn‘t care, they were my kids and i kept going. i passed one couple who had already gotten caught trying to get to them. it was an asian couple and then i got to tabatha, who was actually out there with noah and stephen, so them three were caught together. and tabatha kept saying, i tried to get them out, i tried to get them out. got us, it got us. so, i was like, ok, well i‘m going to get you all out, thinking it would be simple to get

them out because i thought of myself as a fairly good swimmer and i found out it was a lot harder than what i thought and i wasn‘t able to get nobody out. we were all stuck. so, describe what it was like. it was a riptide that was causing the issues? yes. it was like mother nature was playing tug of war with us. we would go a little bit, get a little ways, and then the water and the waves were such that it would suck us right back out. i mean, we couldn‘t get anywhere. so, you went in and then other family members came in and you were effectively all stuck in the water. how frightening was it? did you feel like you would ever not get out at all? yes, idid. even my boys thought we weren‘t going to get out of it. i thought, you know, i was going to be out

there and we were all going to go together, we just weren‘t going to come out of it, because it was very scary. we had the water coming from every direction, knocking me under. the waves were coming over and hitting the boys. it was scary and not something that i ever want to have to experience again. and then all of a sudden, people on the shoreline came along to help and effectively formed a human chain to get you out. describe the moment when that help first came forward. what happened ? um, i was on the beach and we kept hearing that help‘s coming, help‘s coming. and, you know, itjust seemed like it never got there and it seemed like all of a sudden, everybody on the beach took it amongst themselves to start forming this chain into the water

and at first i was like, i‘m never going to be able to reach this because it was only a couple of people at the time and then it just progressively got larger and larger and larger and in the end, jessica come out and she reached me and stephen, which is my eight—year—old—son, and got to us and got us to the chain and we were the first ones to get out. and once i got out, i blacked out actually being pulled, and once i come around, i was out for about two minutes, they said, once i came around, i wake up to hearing, she‘s having a heart attack, and my mom‘s out in the middle of the ocean, in the tide, having a massive heart attack. jessica, who you mentioned, was a complete stranger who was passing by on the beach and just realised what was going on? yes, i‘d never met her

up until that day. she took it upon herself to come in and her husband come in and they worked with the chain to get us all out. if they hadn‘t have come along, what do you think would have happened? i honestly think we wouldn‘t have made it that day, because it was, from my understanding, it was them and one other person that was pushing everybody to come together to start the chain and once the chain got started, you know, she come into the water, was my understanding of it. i‘m just thankful that they were there and that god‘s angels was on the beach that day to all come together to get us out. roberta and that amazing effort by

80 people to get her and herfamily out safe. let‘s get the latest weather update with korsa quama. the cloud will thin and break through the afternoon and it will become mainly dry, just the risk of 12—macro isolated showers but more sunshine, especially through the afternoon. across the north—west, from northern ireland, western fringes of scotland, outbreaks of rain. the rain will continue to make progress south eastwards overnight tonight, patchy as it spreads towards the south—east. some mist and murk, temperatures staying in double figures tonight, 13 or 1a celsius at best. for the start of the weekend will be cloudy, quite damp, persistent rain to western slopes of the highlands, islands and north—western england. by the time we reach sunday it will become

drier, but with the risk of some rain possibly for wimbledon for the men‘s final, but mostly quite humid and one for all. hello, i‘m joanna gosling. five acid attacks in london within the space of 90 minutes last night. as a teenager is been arrested, we‘ll ask what‘s behind the increase in this type of crime. we are concerned because the numbers appear to be going up. we will arrest people, we will enforce the law as we can, we are working very closely with the home office to see whether any changes in law are required. the funeral of the six old sunderland fan who died of cancer, bradley lowry, is taking place this morning. we will talk to his headteacher about how schools are paying tribute to him. as the government launches a fresh crackdown on drug use, we speak exclusively to a woman whose son was groomed by gang of dealers. i would ask where he has been, he wouldn‘t say anything. just

literally his manner towards me wasn‘t very nice. what i would call from an angel child turned into a monster. we‘ll be speaking to a former gang member about the problem. and they wanted their wedding dance to be knock—out. we‘ll hear from the couple whose dirty dancing routine didn‘t go exactly as planned when they started to practice for the big day. i was told, and i‘ve seen a text since, that i ended up with a neck brace on. then they put me through a ct scan to make sure i never did any damage to my brain, if i had one. here‘s annita mcveigh in the bbc newsroom with a summary of today‘s news. police in east london are investigating five attacks which involved corrosive substances being thrown in people‘s faces. the incidents all happened within 90 minutes in hackney and stoke newington last night. one of the victims has suffered what‘s been described

as life—changing injuries. one teenager has been arrested. children and teenagers from middle—class families are being groomed to sell drugs by criminal gangs, according to a parliamentary report. the report from the parliamentary group on runaway and missing children and adults warns that children from "stable and economically better—off" backgrounds are being used in a drug distribution model known as county lines, which typically involves city gangs branching out into county or coastal towns to sell heroin and crack cocaine. a mother whose child was groomed by a criminal gang in his early teens tells this programme it was ‘a living nightmare‘. detective from counterterrorism police have charged a 17—year—old male with terrorism offences, with three counts of disseminating terrorist publications, contrary to

section two of the terrorism act, and one count of preparation of terrorist acts, contrary to section five of the terrorism act. the bbc has learned that the government is preparing a review of building regulations in england, following the grenfell tower tragedy. as results of checks on tall buildings have come in, civil servants have expressed shock at how the official rule books have been interpreted. they remain unclear whether the problem is the rules or their enforcement. president trump is the guest of honour at the bastille day celebrations in paris today. he was invited to mark france‘s national day by the country‘s president, emmanuel macron. the two leaders are watching the traditional military parade which this year has us troops marching alongside french soldiers to mark the centenary of america‘s entry into the first world war. crowds are expected to line the streets for the funeral of bradley lowery. the six—year—old sunderland fan won a legion of supporters across the country, including the footballerjermain defoe,

who has left training in spain to be at the funeral. bradley died last friday after suffering from a rare cancer. two men have died in a light aircraft crash in wiltshire. the incident happened in a field in brimslade near marlborough last night. police were called to the scene early this morning, both men were found dead at the scene. the air accidents investigation branch are leading the investigation into the incident. that‘s a summary of the latest bbc news — more at 10:30am. a couple of comments about the film anorexia, fiona says, it is dangerous to make anorexia into a film, i had anorexia and any new tips to reduce further weight and normalise the condition is not the way to help young, impressionable teens. dj says, another film from america, nothing like what we‘ll anorexia is about. keep your comments coming again, the

usual ways of getting in touch. use the hashtag #victorialive. here‘s some sport now. johanna konta says there is no reason she cannot win wimbledon one day after her brilliant run came to an end in the semifinals. the british number one lost her semi—final to 5—times champion venus williams in straight sets. williams‘ experience really told in this one, as she dictated the pace for much of the match. at 37 years of age, williams becomes the oldest grand slam singles finalist since martina navratilova finished runner—up at wimbledon in 199a. but for konta, she‘ll break into the world‘s top five rankings for the first time i‘ve definitely enjoyed every single moment i‘ve been here these past two weeks. so i don‘t think i need too much time for that to sink in or me to analyse that, i‘ve made sure that i‘ve been very present with everything i‘ve done to make sure i have enjoyed and taken the most out of every opportunity and experience i‘ve had. men‘s semi—final day at wimbledon

today, and in previous years we‘d have been rooting for andy murray. he, of course, is out of the tournament but centre court favourite roger federer will be bidding for a record eighth men‘s wimbledon title by securing a place in sunday‘s showpiece. he takes on tomas berdych later today. federer missed the entire clay court season after injury but, at the age, of 35 he hasn‘t dropped a set here yet and is in impressive form. wayne rooney doesn‘t seem to have had too much trouble settling back in to life at everton. they‘re on a pre—season tour in tanzania and on his debut, rooney let rip with this long—range goal. what is that, about 30 yards out? rooney has moved back to everton, his boyhood club, after signing from manchester united last week. ijust want i just want to take it back to wimbledon for a moment, unlike other

grand slams we all know there is a very strict dress code at the all—england club with that insistence on everyone wearing white clothes. but i didn‘t realise that extends to everything including underwear! clearly the message didn‘t quite hit home to these top seats in the boys double tournament. they were wearing pants over that quite so they had to leave the court and then come back once they had changed into something a little bit more appropriate! that will teach them at! that is all gosport borough now... no way! that is so weird, i had no idea! thank you so much. more now on our top story. a teenager has been arrested in connection with five acid attacks in east london within 90 minutes last night. police say the attacks were carried out by two men on a moped. two of the victims had their mopeds stolen, while one of them suffered what have been described as life—changing injuries. let‘s get the latest now with our correspondent dan johnson,

who‘s in east london. police are linking the attacks, it looks like the same group involved in all of them. one teenager arrested but they believe there were at least two young men involved in the attacks, the pattern seems to have been two young men on a mopeds pull up alongside somebody walking on the pavement or alongside another mopeds driver and then throw acid into that person‘s face and use the opportunity to steal the mopeds in some instances. that is what happened late last night between 10pm and 11:30pm across this part of north—east london, police saying they believe that these five attacks are linked. five men who were the victims of these acid attacks having been treated in hospital, police using the term life changing injuries for one of those men, i guess that means an injury that has got serious effects and is going to

last a long time, and with the sort of attack with acid being thrown in the face you would suspect that might involve at least temporarily loss of sight. there has been concerns raised about increases in this sort of attack notjust here after this spate of attack but more widely. one of the mps in east london already has a debate in parliament next week about the issue, he is calling for tougher controls on the sale of acid because he reckons there has been a doubling in the number of these attacks in london in the last two years. we know the numbers have increased and the met police commissioner cressida dick was on the radio this morning saying she recognised there had been an increase and that was cause for some concern, though she wanted to iterate that these attacks are not happening every day but she say she will work with the home office to

look at tougher controls on the sale of acid, but the reality is these are household projects that are easily bored, for sale very freely and would be difficult to control so difficult challenge for politicians to address, and shock and concern in this community at the number of people suffering as a result of this series of attacks late last night. thank you very much. as dan mentioned, the metropolitan police commissioner cressida dick has been this morning on lbc, and said the attacks were barbaric but not widespread. i don‘t want people to think this is happening all over london all the time, it‘s really not, but we are concerned because the numbers appear to be going up. we will arrest people, we will enforce the law as we can, and we are working very closely with the home office to try to see if there is any changes in the law required. and meanwhile all of us need to make sure that if somebody in our family appears to be purchasing such a substance, we challenge them. just like if you‘ve got a child in your family who takes a knife as they go out the door, you know, i think people should challenge. that was cressida dick. we can speak now to dr simon harding, a senior lecturer in criminology at middlesex university.

they are being reported with increasing regularity, there have been 1800 reports since 2010? yes, we seem to be seeing a rise in these kind of attacks, something seems to have changed over the last couple of yea rs. have changed over the last couple of years. it seems that gang affiliated young people, people who are involved in street gangs, have begun to adopt throwing acid as a weapon of first choice, rather than perhaps asa of first choice, rather than perhaps as a weapon of last choice. we have seen this before, we have seen this backin seen this before, we have seen this back in victorian times when gangs and young people were involved in throwing acid, but it seems to have come back rather surprisingly this year. as we were hearing it is something that is very easy to get hold of and looking again at statistics, since 201a 7a% of

investigations have been wound down because it is very difficult to identify the attackers and victims are identify the attackers and victims a re often identify the attackers and victims are often unwilling to press charges? that is true and one of the reasons, one of the motivations, if you like, for throwing acid is to create fear, and i think anyone who has been a victim is suffering from trauma, post—traumatic stress disorder, they are very, very frightened, and that is one of the reasons perhaps why they don‘t want to press charges, or the trial is cracked. you mentioned acid being used by gangs, are there any other trends to identify within who is using it and who is being targeted? the issue with acid throwing is it is used in a very wide range of criminal activity, drug deals that have gone wrong, business deals that have gone wrong, business deals that have gone wrong, intimidation of court witnesses. it can be used for incapacitating evicting court witnesses. it can be used for inca pacitating evicting before

another physical assault or theft or robbery takes place, so in actual fa ct robbery takes place, so in actual fact it is quite a wide array of criminal activity that it can be used in, and that again is part of the reason why we are seeing an increase here, because it is being used in such a wide range of criminal activities. what do you think could be done to try to get a grip on this? we are hearing about the difficulties of cracking down on sales of acid, but that is increasingly talked about is something that needs to be looked at? indeed, and the government and police on top of this, they are looking at amendments to the poison that for example, but i think we need to act quite quickly around the ease of access and ease of purchase of these materials. it is possible for example to buy acid online, have it delivered to your home, you can buy it in a range of quantities and strengths from various retail outlets all diy stores, so i think all that has to be looked at, perhaps cracking down on cash

purchases so that it can only be purchased via credit card, maybe signing a register, possibly looking at licensing, and also possibly looking at how acid can be transferred or transported. those are two issues which i think need further attention. thank you. children and teenagers from middle class backgrounds are in danger of being groomed by criminal gangs to sell drugs. that is the message from a report out today by the all—party parliamentary group. largely it involves vulnerable children being groomed to carry drugs from major cities into small towns and rural areas. we‘ll speak to two people who work directly on this issue in a moment. first though our reporter simon cox has spoken exclusively to a mother whose child was groomed by a drugs gang, we played his full interview earlier, he‘s an extract. he has done very well at school, he has had good academic achievement, very good. never any problems with his behaviour. he supported the

school, was involved in sports to the point where he was involved in football, hockey, basketball. he was a very keen player and was actually featured in the local newspaper for very good work. when did you realise there were problems? it was in 2012, he was exploited to sell class a drugs. what came with that was him going missing for quite a long time. when did you find out he was selling drugs? when he was coming home late. there was one occasion when he came home and i heard wrestling at the door, to my horror he was actually dealing from my home. so effectively. he was getting calls on his mobile phone and asking whoever it was who was willing to purchase to come to my gate. then it progressed to him being out on the street most of the time. which is more or less what he was doing when he was away for three months,

nowhere to be heard, nowhere to be seen. how did you cope with that when he is away and you have no idea where he is? it is an absolute nightmare, i did not know what to do or who to call. i knew something was happening, but to find out he had been exploited such a way was devastating. i would ask where he has been, he would not say anything. just literally his manner towards me wasn‘t very nice. what i would call from an angel child turned into a monster. because that came with abuse, verbal and physical. what help was there for you? nothing at all. i was basically at a loss. i did not know who to call, what to do. initially, as any parent would, i was going out and looking for him myself. but obviously i found out there was more to it than that. when i had exhausted that, i was a

nervous wreck by the time i had done that journey. why do you think they recruited him? a few reasons. it could be that one of his peers that had family members into criminal activity that asked their brother or sister to recruit within their mates. there is also the other side where you could literally be approached outside the school. i think, personally, he has gone through all of those stages. what about police and social services, we re about police and social services, were they much help?” about police and social services, were they much help? i had quite a journey with all those services. u nfortu nately, journey with all those services. unfortunately, with every service that i tried to prevent this, i was a lwa ys that i tried to prevent this, i was always told that my son would have to have worse problems in order to get the support i needed. i have screamed, i have shouted. i have done everything possible to try and prevent my son from getting deeper. this was before i knew how complex

being involved in this was. i was trying to stop that but every which way i turned i was backed up into a corner. what is the future for him? not too bad. he is ok. but i am very fortu nate to not too bad. he is ok. but i am very fortunate to have him here. he nearly passed away after being stabbed. as much as, ok, he is alive and he is in a hospital bed, when i saw him! and he is in a hospital bed, when i saw him ijust broke down. ijust thought, this has got to stop. his words to me was, it‘s all right, mum,i words to me was, it‘s all right, mum, iam words to me was, it‘s all right, mum, i am ok, words to me was, it‘s all right, mum, iam ok, it words to me was, it‘s all right, mum, i am ok, it could words to me was, it‘s all right, mum, iam ok, it could have words to me was, it‘s all right, mum, i am ok, it could have been worse. what help for people like you and theirfamilies could what help for people like you and their families could be used what help for people like you and theirfamilies could be used in what help for people like you and their families could be used in this situation? has to be response team working together, i dealt with so many services just for one child. u nfortu nately many services just for one child. unfortunately they did not talk to each other so there was always something that had not been done or could have been done or should have

been done. all that was stunned that created more problems. there was never any body that could see what the other person was doing. what would you say to a parent who ends up in your situation? any advice? reach out. i really, truly say reach out for any help you can get. that is the mother of one teenager groomed by a gang to sell drugs. earlier i spoke to and coffee, the chairman of the committee looking into these issues and which produce this report —— earlier i spoke to ann coffey. when you talk about child expectation, people think it is children from a particular group who are vulnerable, and of course they are vulnerable to this but we have a duty to protect all children, including children from better off backgrounds who we may not think our vulnerable to this

kind of exploitation and might go unnoticed. this was the problem with the parent you interviewed, she is effectively a middle—class parent. her son‘s missing episodes were perhaps not seen in the way they should have been because maybe the agencies did not connect the risk to him in the way that they might have done to another child. let‘s talk now tojunior smart, a former gang member who set up the sos gang network at the st giles trust, which works to help people get out of gangs. and helen rosenthal in bristol, who is the unit manager of catch 22, an organisation that supports those impacted by gangs. thank you both very much forjoining us. junior, tell us more about what you think of this, when you hear about kids from all areas being groomed to sell drugs? the reality is for us what we have been saying is for us what we have been saying is exactly that. we have been aware of this for awhile. people tend to

think it is one specific group, the most single—parent households, those on the cusp of society that our most disadvantaged, most likely to be drawn into gangs, but we have known for a while it includes middle—class families, better off kids. they go under the radar. both parents might be working, but they are not present because they are both always working. the way that the gangs recruit, they base themselves on whatever is missing from that young person‘s life. if that young person is ok financially, they focus on the other assets such as sense of identity and sense of belonging. with females as well, we see it often, it is the relationship aspect. i think it is really important that we do not ignore certain sections of society because the problem affects everyone. it is important that all agencies work together because the way the gangs

recruit, it is exploitation and grooming. it really requires a tailor—made solution and it requires people with first—hand experience. helen, are you seeing the same pattern? we have seen a variety of vulnerable children who are being exploited by these gangs. in bristol we have a unit that can work directly with young people and their families. we would look at the issues are that have brought the children to be vulnerable. one of the greatest things to highlight is to recognise the risk to a young person and child at the time of going missing. unfortunately lots of missing episodes are not reported. the questioning and the statutory interviews of young people when they return from a missing periods is not consistent across areas. we have been looking to work with families

and children and finding out why they have gone missing, educating them on keeping themselves safe and making the right choices and educating them about some of the coercive methods used by gangs to groom and exploit them into the criminal world. junior, what do you feel is the most effective way of dealing with this? the mother of one teenage boy who was groomed said she was describing a complete nightmare where she could not reach out to her son and was not getting enough help to deal with it. son and was not getting enough help to dealwith it. in our son and was not getting enough help to deal with it. in our experience it requires a three pronged approach, you need enforcement to ta ke approach, you need enforcement to take out the networks of people who are take out the networks of people who a re really take out the networks of people who are really embedded who will not stop what they are doing for the sake of it, they have everything to gain and nothing to lose. you need intervention for the people who have been more involved thanjust intervention for the people who have been more involved than just on the periphery. it is easy to get drawn m, periphery. it is easy to get drawn in, the stuff that is that the

social media, they are proliferating the image that they are untouchable, there is big money to be made through running these drug line networks. the next thing you need is prevention, things like going into schools. we do some stuff with sos which goes into schools, and former gang members to demystify and show people the other side of the reality. how much money can you realistically make? the reality is a young person might be set up by their own friends to create a debt. that is another way the middle—class families are being brought in, the young person has been set up, they have created a debtor and the gang members or the collective know that the parents are in a better position to pay that debt. the debt is repaid, the debtjust goes on and on and on. through that we need the support for the families. we really need that help. someone with cultural competence to get through

to these young people and break down the reality for them. thank you both very much. a gay muslim man who shared photos and videos of his wedding publicly has suffered major abuse online. he and his husband say they wanted to encourage other gay muslims to come out to family and friends and show it‘s ok to practise your faith and be gay. now we can speak to jahed — orjay — rogan and sean choudhury. thank you both very much. jay, you put the pictures out because as a 93v put the pictures out because as a gay muslim you wanted to say to the game of thrones it is ok, to show some solidarity —— you wanted to say to other gay muslims. it is notjust for muslims, it is for all religious backgrounds. i feel like most religions need to be more educated on homosexuals. my family comes from a traditional backgrounds, from their country, they have not been educated on homosexuals. when i came

out to my parents, they did not know what it was. we will talk more about that. what reaction did you have when you put this stuff online? it was your happy day, your wedding pictures. we got death threats. really bad. tell us what it was like? the worst one was when somebody said, next time i see you in the street, i will throw acid in yourface. in the street, i will throw acid in your face. sean? it has been horrible, how people can say things like that. have people been nice? what proportion of comments have been like that? we have had death threats but also support. it must be quite shocking when you put something out there because you feel like it is the good and right thing to do? yes. how has it left you feeling? mixed feelings at the moment. jay, you said when you came

out to your family, what was that like? you knew from an early age that you were gay? from the age of six or seven, in junior school. that you were gay? from the age of six orseven, injuniorschool. i had these feelings and i did not know what it was. and when i came out, no one understood. i did not understand myself. what this was. how did you tell your family? when i tried to commit suicide. and after that one of my really good friends told me, you need to tell your pa rents. told me, you need to tell your parents. she came with me and she encouraged me to tell my mum. when i told my mum she had no idea what this is. how old were you when this happened? i was about 18, 19. what was going on in your head in terms of the conflict that led you to search a bleak situation?” of the conflict that led you to search a bleak situation? i have been brought up muslim, and as far

asi been brought up muslim, and as far as i know... it is a fact that the koran mentions that you cannot be 93v koran mentions that you cannot be gay and muslim. it is prohibit it. i just want to apologise to anyone who may be offended, i respect that. they say in the koran you can‘t be 93v, they say in the koran you can‘t be gay, but this is how i chose to live my life. i would never gay, but this is how i chose to live my life. iwould never get gay, but this is how i chose to live my life. i would never get rid of my faith. what led you down the path of being able to reconcile the two?m is when i had my second suicide attempt, that is when ijust thought, enough is enough, i had to do something about it. in my head i had been battling for so long, 15 or 16 years, whether i am gay or a muslim, why am i battling all the time? because of that i have had severe mental health problems. how have your family been? my family has been really supportive. they have been really supportive. they have

been very supportive. sean, how have you found helping jay through this? i know it... what it is like to come out to your parents, i have been through that myself. luckily my mum understood and she helped me in her arms and let me in and said she would stand by me every step of the way. the story we want to get out is just to let people know that there is support everywhere for them. when the right time is, they should come out and not be scared. have you spoken to people who have felt that you two talking openly has been a help? yes, we went home yesterday and had an e—mail from this guy who said he watched our story yesterday and he said it touched his heart, and he said he is going to plan to tell his parents

that he is gay, so step by step people are taking our advice and helping us to help them to come out of their parents. how important is that for both of you? amazing. jay, ami that for both of you? amazing. jay, am i right in thinking that when you we re am i right in thinking that when you were younger you went and had therapy to try... 0h, were younger you went and had therapy to try... oh, i tried everything because i didn‘t want to be gay, in my head i didn‘t want to be gay, in my head i didn‘t want to be dead. you put yourself on a terribly forward for that? yes, i went to pilgrimage, i prayed, i left some friends that were gay because i thought i was influenced by them, so i left them and went abroad, stayed there for six months trying to clea nse there for six months trying to cleanse my soul. i saw mosque teacher after mosque teacher, they gave me prayers, medication to give me hallucinations, i tried everything. what was it like when you were going through one of that?

i was desperate, i would go through it because i know i don‘t want to be 93v, it because i know i don‘t want to be gay, but now ijust can‘t do it any more. so you went through all of that and at the end of that treatment you must have been in a pretty vulnerable, difficult... yes, that led to my second attempt. so now yourfamily that led to my second attempt. so now your family is supportive, your family have always been supportive, as you say, though, you have had difficulties online. is it mainly online, is that where the abuse is coming? it is more around my community. and mine as well. what has happened ? community. and mine as well. what has happened? i have had people spitting on me, calling the pig, just nasty stuff. how are you coping with that? i'm getting there, but...

yeah. what do you say, do you say anything bad or just yeah. what do you say, do you say anything bad orjust keep walking? just keep walking. it has obviously been a really, really upsetting time for you both, i hope it all is fine but obviously what you are both doing in terms of talking, as you say, reaching out to people, that is why you are doing it. thank you, thank you very much. the funeral of six—year—old bradley lowery, who died of neuroblastoma, takes place this morning. bradley became well—known through his relationship with former sunderland striker jermain defoe. here‘s a look back at how he touched the nation‘s hearts. can you please sponsor me? get me better.

because its joint goal of the month, we‘ve put the graphics on it. he gives asmir begovic the eyes, begovic goes that way and bradley goes straight down the middle. from sort of like that first moment i met him, i just couldn't believe that he was actually the young kid that was ill, because he sort of like ran overto me. i think from that moment, it wasjust like... i was with him a few days ago and it was tough to see him obviously suffer like that.

he will always be in my heart, for the rest of my life, because his love is genuine and i can see it in his eyes when he looks at me. # smile, even though it‘s breaking. # when there are clouds in the sky. # you‘ll get by. # if you smile through your fear and sorrow... ijust see him as my little boy and i‘m biased, so i think he‘s special, but i think maybe his smile. he‘s got a fantastic personality and everyone‘s kind ofjust took to him. # when you just smile...# we can talk to the head teacher of bradley‘s school, joanna clark. paul dobson from sunderland afc fanzine a love supreme, alastair whitington, from neuroblastoma uk, and sarah elliott whose child‘s school, like many today, paid tribute to bradley. also our correspondent danny savage, who is at the funeral in county

durham. thank you all forjoining us. joanna, you were bradley‘s headteacher, tell us more about him. bradley came to us in nursery, he is a year one people now, so he has been at our school for three years. obviously today is an incredibly sad day for his family in particular with the funeral, and today we are marking it in school and we are trying to mark it in as positive a way as we can, and we are doing a day of celebration of bradley‘s life today at school. he is somebody who really touched a lot of people‘s hearts, tell us what it was about him that was... a little boy suffering from cancer, devastating situation, but he had such spirit? tell us more about him. absolutely,

really happy, popular little boy, he made friendships so easily here at school, and his illness, he tried to hide, he was a real little fighter, you just wanted to be like every other child and be treated like every other child. so here at school we also touched by the level of support his family has been given, it has been incredible at such an national and local way. and does that help with talking to the other kids about it? they are young children to be dealing with this, aren‘t they? children to be dealing with this, aren't they? they are, they are very young children and we are trying to be sensitive to that and use language children will understand so we more recently talked about bradley being very poorly and very sick, so we tried to build the children up to that understanding, and we‘ve also tried to let them

know how they can help bradley and how they can help other children that are as poorly as bradley, so we have been trying to talk in that way, and in terms of that song, smile, that you paid earlier, that has helped our children because they enjoyed the verse where the words we re enjoyed the verse where the words were changed for bradley and we talked about how money raised for that will go towards children as poorly as bradley and we can help other children as well and aren‘t we lucky to be able to help other children? so we talked in that way to the children. thank you for talking to us, i know that you are heading to the funeral now, so thank you for your time. let‘s go to danny savage, who is there with a large group of people gathered. tell us what will be happening? this is blackhall colliery, midway between middlesbrough and sunderland, and this is the main street, normally fairly busy but has

been completely closed off bradley‘s funeral, many hundreds of people have turned out today to pay their respects. look at the top shot from our camera here, you can see how many people are lining the main street here, all of them, well, many of them, in their football shirts, sunderland shirts, everton shirts, bradley was a mascot for everton at one point, he was a mascot for england, some manchester united shirts, and the family have said to people coming along, where bright shirts, waigel football shirts, that is what they have turned out to do, some people have driven up from robert run this morning after raising money there for the appeal. the funeral is taking place this morning, people have been moved and inspired by the fight he put up against cancer and also the way that sunderland football club took into their hearts, they did so much for him,jermain their hearts, they did so much for him, jermain defoe especially became a close friend of him and the family, jermain defoe will be here today, and the funeral will start at around 11:15am this morning, an

hour—long service at the catholic church, saintjoseph‘s, just a way to my right, a large community get together afterwards. but people here in this village and way beyond have been very moved by bradley‘s pride, what happened to him, the fight he put up and the smile he had, that is what a lot of people mentioned, bradley‘s smile and spirit, reflected by the great deal people thought of him and the great number of people that have turned out here today. thank you, danny. let‘s bring in paul dobson from the fanzine a love supreme. that reaction that he had from the team at sunderland must have been amazing for the little boy, mustn‘t it? have been amazing for the little boy, mustn't it? yes, i imagine if! had been that age and met my footballing heroes, it is great the way everton took into the heart as well, chelsea gave him support, even diego costa, who has a reputation as a pantomime villain, they were

posing for photographs with the lad, so it bought his plight to the football world and the world in general with the number of people who had responded, a quarter of a million christmas cards, that sort of thing, and everybody has been made aware of the awful disease he suffered, there are other kids out there who will probably benefit from bradley‘s legacy in terms of the fund his parents have set up. let's bring in alistair whittington bromley robust in the uk, in terms of the condition and raising awareness and raising financial support, what impact?” awareness and raising financial support, what impact? i think bradley's story has brought more awareness of the disease of people may not have heard before bradley and how his family coped with what isa and how his family coped with what is a dreadful disease which affects 100 children each year, two per week diagnosed, of which sadly 35, like bradley, will die each year, and therefore i think the awareness has

been great. hopefully that will translate into funding for research, organisations like neuroblastoma uk do because all of the research happening in this disease is dependent on charity such as ourselves in making the right decisions to invest in new treatments and we are starting to make progress in that but we need to make progress in that but we need to make further progress to get along the same lines as leukaemia has, which 20 years ago the same position was wet neuroblastoma is but is now getting 90% survival rates as opposed to the 35 that we are getting for high risk disease at the moment. sarah, you are amongst those who have been touched by bradley and your child‘s school is paying tribute to bradley like so many others today. tell us what is happening. yes, we actually did it yesterday as some of the children are on school trips today. we arranged the football shirt day for yesterday so everybody got a chance to ta ke yesterday so everybody got a chance to take part. and how have the

children reacted? to see their faces yesterday morning, it was amazing, so excited they got a chance to wear their football shirt so excited they got a chance to wear theirfootball shirt or a so excited they got a chance to wear their football shirt or a colour of their football shirt or a colour of their choice shirt if they didn‘t have a football shirt, some children walbrook be shirts, they all took part, and the teachers —— some children wore rugby shirts. paul, will there be a legacy at the club? we like to think so, somebody started a petition to have part of the ground named in bradley's honour, whether it is a whole stand or the family section seems quite appropriate but i'm sure we will do something along those lines, even if it is one of those wonderful pictures alongside —— pictures bradley alongside the players in the main entrance, perhaps. alistair, just going back to the prognosis for children with this, and the treatments available, you are saying obviously it is not great at the moment, do you think that comes down to the fact that it is one of the

lesser—known cancers and there just has not been the funding for it as a result? i think that is probably one of the problems, and obviously raising the profile will hopefully alleviate that. the treatment itself involves a high dose of chemotherapy, surgery, radiotherapy and stem cell transplant but we are also getting new emerging treatments in terms of immunotherapy which is starting to show some promise, and we have just completed a trial on that, hopefully the result of that, the drug developed from that, will be funded by nice, i think the application is going in in august and that will be important and we also investing in other immunotherapy, a trial we are doing in connection with cancer research uk, to look at how the t—cells, the cells that go through the body looking for rogue cells, how we can harness the power of the t—cells to

actually treat neuroblastoma, and that, we think, will start showing some promise. but, as i mentioned, all the funding for research into this disease is wholly dependent on charity such as neuroblastoma uk, andi charity such as neuroblastoma uk, and i would hope the legacy for bradley is that we can move forward and certainly over the next 15, 20 yea rs and certainly over the next 15, 20 years find a cure for this disease so that 100 families don‘t have defaced this worry and 35 families don‘t have to go through what bradley lowery‘s family are going through today. thank you. there will be a vigil and a medic‘s —— a minute‘s applause in newcastle today and balloons will be released at the stadium of light. the world para athletics championships are due to start today, we will speak about the president trump is the guest of honour at the bastille day

military parade in paris today, a century after the us came to the aid of france in the first world war. he was invited to mark france‘s national day by the country‘s president, emmanuel macron. david eades is in paris for us now. david, what has been happening? well, we have just david, what has been happening? well, we havejust had david, what has been happening? well, we have just had a never—ending parade of french military might, really. the french do their military pageantry very well. bastille day is the greatest platform, the greatest opportunity to show that. as you mentioned, something rather special about this occasion because president trump is there. president macron celebrated his first bastille day as president, it isa his first bastille day as president, it is a very bold move to have invited mr trump to join it is a very bold move to have invited mr trump tojoin in it is a very bold move to have invited mr trump to join in this moment of celebration. there is a good reason, a rationale behind this. it is 100 years since american

troops arrived on french soil in 1917, in the latter stages of the great war, the first world war, to cement victory, ultimately. 125, 120 6000 americans lost their lives in the process. this has been an opportunity to remember the ties that bind these countries together. we have had a small contingent of american troops on display as well in this parade, some wearing first world war uniforms to boot. at the moment it is all the heavy gear, the miller vehicles passing through. they will be followed by those on horseback and, as i say, great signs of regalia for a visit which has been seen as an opportunity to show that america is not alone and the french at the very least stand side by side with the new american president. more on this still to

come, we are sticking across it. thank you, david. now, many couples planning to tie the knot spend a lot of time planning — and indeed practising — their first dance. sharon price and herfiance andy price were trying to recreate the scene from the classic 1980s film, dirty dancing. let‘s first of all take a look at what they were aiming for. # this could be love. # because i had the time of my life. # and i never felt this way before. # yes, i swear. # it‘s the truth... let‘s ta ke let‘s take a look at what actually happened. this is down revving up to make the famous jump from the film dirty dancing, about to get there, and then that. oh, my gosh. what a

shame. what happened? we are not really sure, to be honest. i can remember her running up to me, me putting my hands on her hips, the rest is blank. were you both out cold after you collided ? rest is blank. were you both out cold after you collided? andy was, i was just badly cold after you collided? andy was, i wasjust badly winded. cold after you collided? andy was, i was just badly winded. he was unconscious. why was it that you wa nted unconscious. why was it that you wanted to do that? this was part of your wedding rehearsals? you wanted to be able to do this at your wedding? we are getting married next year, i love the film and i thought we could re—enact it. obviously it did not go to plan. what is it about it that made you think you wanted to do that, rather than the traditional slow dance? everybody does a slow dance, we just thought we would try something different. it was on the

plans, my niece and nephew were up on the grass doing it themselves, all of eight sharon turned around and said why don‘t we give it a go now? so we did. that was your first crack at it? and the last. have you decided you definitely will not do it at the wedding? yes. two feet on the ground. you were taken to hospital? what happened?” the ground. you were taken to hospital? what happened? i was concussed, i was in and out so i was not quite aware of what was going on. i was told and i have seen a text since that i ended up with a neck brace on, then they put me through a ct scan to make sure i never did any damage to my brain, if i had one, and theyjust checked me over on the ecg as well. they were

just being there. as for sharon, you would have to ask her.” just being there. as for sharon, you would have to ask her. i was breathless, i could not catch my breath. obviously i ended up with a sore back and neck. did the doctors know what happened? obviously they were treating, as you say, you are having serious treatment, but when you had to say why you were in hospital, what was it like? to be fair, i was not asked that, because at the time i was in and out and that happened for quite and out and that happened for quite a while. but sharon said when they spoke to her they had a bit of a laugh about it. what did they say? they could not believe it. they told us to keep two feet on the ground from now. what have your friends and family said? killing themselves with

laughter. they can't believe this is happening to us. we have had 12—macro comments that we are too old for this sort of thing. everyone has had a laugh. did you see the funny side straightaway? not straightaway, by sunday we started laughing at it. there was pain at the time. we were still in agony. are you find now? is still a bit tender. is it mainly heard bride? yes. we have the pictures, i hate to say it but it is a shame no one film dead. do you wish it was caught on film? we did not dare dream it would end up like this. we have been asked about the bid you are so many times.

it has certainly given you a story to talk about for ever, are you sure you will not be tempted to try this on the wedding day, it will be the scene that people want to see, you successfully being able to capture the dream that you had for so long, to perform this on your wedding day? never say never. just make sure there are mattresses around if you practice again! good luck. it is really great to talk to you, good luck with the wedding and everything else. thank you very much. sharon and andy, love them. you have been getting in touch on the interview with jay on sean on their wedding. jay is muslim and gay and put out wedding pictures because he wa nted put out wedding pictures because he wanted to basically show people how important it is to tolerate who you are. important it is to tolerate who you

a re. charlotte says important it is to tolerate who you are. charlotte says heartbreaking that we live in such an intolerant society where gay people are being abused because they are muslim and 93v- abused because they are muslim and gay. peter says heartbreaking interview with the couple who had the first muslim gay wedding. i am not sure it is the first muslim gay wedding, but they were coming out to talk about it. suffering horrendous hate from the community. audrey, respectively two guides for speaking out, every person deserves love and religions need to stop judgments. out, every person deserves love and religions need to stopjudgments. —— audrey says respect for these two guides. let‘s go to paris, donald trump is visiting as a guest of a emmanuel macron to mark bastille day and 100 yea rs macron to mark bastille day and 100 years since american troops helped french troops in the first world war. american and french soldiers have marched together in paris in a

double celebration which marks 100 yea rs double celebration which marks 100 years since the united states entered world war i and it is, of course, the annual bastille day all holiday in france. there has been a flight holiday in france. there has been a flight ‘s past jests —— holiday in france. there has been a flight ‘s pastjests —— a fly-past of fighterjets. flight ‘s pastjests —— a fly-past of fighter jets. there flight ‘s pastjests —— a fly-past of fighterjets. there is the emmanuel macron. away from the displays, talks between donald trump under emmanuel macron. the biggest names in para—athletics are in london to compete at the world championships which start today. more than 1000 athletes from 91 nations will be competing. familiar faces taking to the field for team gb include sprint stars jonny peacock and richard whitehead. meanwhile, hannah cockcroft competes in the wheelchair race 100m final tonight. we can speak now to baroness tanni grey—thompson, former wheelchair racer, who holds 11 paralympic gold medals. thank you forjoining us. what are

you most looking forward to? the good thing about being the host nation is you get to determine the timetable. every single night there really strong hopes for british medals. jonnie peacock has had a really tough few years, he won in london and rio, he really performs at world championships but has had a lot of injuries. a massive crowd pleaser. hannah cockroft could potentially win three gold medals. richard whitehead, double parham —— double paralympic richard whitehead, double parham —— double pa ralympic medallist. richard whitehead, double parham —— double paralympic medallist. there isa double paralympic medallist. there is a team of 50 and 27 have already won medals at major championships. it isa won medals at major championships. it is a very interesting mix of people who have already performed, some younger athletes coming through, this might be theirfirst step through, this might be theirfirst ste p o nto through, this might be theirfirst step onto the stage. how much of a boost as a team get

when they are competing on home turf? it is huge. athletics crowds are generally really fair. they will cheer good performances. but there is something special about competing in london. for the paralympics it was the first time there was a total sell—out of tickets, these world championships are the most successful in terms of six —— in terms of ticket sales. they have sold 250,000 tickets. there are some places available, if you can come then definitely do. it is better for every country when you have really good crowd support. anyone who will have competed here for the paralympics will have massive expectations for what the crowds will be like. you have said there are still some tickets left, but i think more tickets left, but i think more tickets have been sold already than for all of the eight previous championships combined. that is extraordinary. it is amazing. in the early world championships i competed

m, early world championships i competed in, you had days when you could name the crowd because you knew them. i am glad we are not at that stage any more. there have been challenges in terms of some of the countries that have hosted the games, they do not have hosted the games, they do not have the knowledge and understanding of paralympic sport. that is totally different in the uk. i am so sorry to cut you short, we are right out of time. we will all enjoy watching over the next few days. thank you. see you soon, have a lovely weekend. there has been a fair bit of cloud around so far, we are continuing to seek spells of sunshine. this was the scene in north yorkshire, lovely blue skies. becoming mainly dry for many, showers dying away and censured by the afternoon. across the north—west, northern ireland and western scotland will seek outbreaks of rain later in the day. temperatures reaching the high teens, the low 20s further towards the south—east. the rain will spread

further south—east as we enter the evening and overnight. mr and murk over the hills, remaining patchy further south—east. largely dry in the south, temperatures holding up in double figures. a mild night in store. cloudy wet weather further towards the west tomorrow, dryer for longer in the south—east and temperatures feeling quite humid, reaching the low to mid 20s. the humidity is still with us i sunday, mid to high 20s towards the south, the high teens further north. good morning. it‘s friday 1ath july. i‘m annita mcveigh. calls to tighten the availability of acid — after five people

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