hello, it's monday, it's 9 o'clock, i'm victoria derbyshire, welcome to the programme. our top story today — a woman whose mother and sister were murdered by her step—father tells this programme why she wanted to revisit the scene of their deaths and how what happened will stay with her forever. even my mum was cowering, she was on her knees, catherine. can you imagine having to beg for your life? it's just barbaric. we'll bring you that full report in about 1k minutes. also on the programme — claims that the government is dragging its feet over tougher sentences for people who carry out acid attacks from a young age, we educate that knife crime is how bad it is and gun crime except but chemical attacks, substance attacks, are becoming more and more frequent now and there needs to be something done to stop it. the issue is being debated

in parliament today — we'll speak to the mp leading the motion and to a victim of an attack who's been left with severe burns on her face and neck. also... and — the new doctor who is a woman — and predictably some people aren't happy. jodie whittaker tells fans not to be scared of her gender. hello... welcome to the programme, we're live until 11 this morning. a little later we'll speak to the greatest of all time, 8 times wimbledon winner and 19 grand slams — 35 year old roger

federer... do stay tuned for that... that's just after 10am, we think. as always do get in touch on all the stories we're talking about this morning — use the hashtag victoria live and if you text, you will be charged at the standard network rate. our top story today, a terminally ill man will this morning begin a high court challenge to the ban on assisted dying. noel conway, who's 67 and has motor neurone disease, wants a doctor to be allowed to prescribe a lethal dose of drugs when his health deteriorates further. under the law, any doctor who helped him to die would face up to 1a years in prison. 0pponents say a change in the law would place the weak and vulnerable at risk. but mr conway says that as his disease progresses, he fears becoming entombed in his body. i do not want to die very slowly of suffocation and being semiconscious until i am in a condition where i don't even know what is going on. that is called...

for some people, they say that is good palliative care. but i am sorry, that is not an acceptable option for me. they cannot tell me how long it will take. none of them can. it could be days, it could be weeks, it could be even longer. i am going to be left in a situation at some stage when i can't face that amount of suffering, actually being locked in my own body, or are facing a slow, suffocating death, drifting off slowly into unconsciousness. why should i have to do that? i know i am going to die. we can speak to our health correspondent fergus walsh. we have had similar cases in the

past, judges have often said it's a decision for parliament, parliament last voted on this in 2015, similar terror true. no, talking about a narrow group of people. he is, talking about people who have less than six months to live and are terminally ill. in a sense he is the first case that fits the description of the attempt on successful attempt that was brought by a labour mp in 2015 to change the law. —— similar territory. in 2014 the supreme court rejected a previous case involving tony nicholson who had locked in syndrome and two other men but it said this is a matterfor mps, a matter for parliament. and parliament rejected it after a four howard debate but things are co nsta ntly howard debate but things are constantly evolving, more states in the us are now allowing assisted dying, parts of australia are

considering it as well. and there is a lot of public support for it in the opinion polls that are done although those who are against says it depends how you asked the question. yes. are there any parallels, similarities between this case of north conway and the case of the terminally ill baby charlie card? i think there are because both involve end of life care, both are terminally ill, and both raise profound issues as medical technology improves and people can be kept alive longer. that is where legally similarities end because in the case of charlie guard his doctors say he should be allowed to die with dignity and bad in bowls withdrawing treatment which is perfectly legal. in the case of normal conway, he says he wants to die with dignity but he needs a doctor to actively do something and

it's that active giving him this lethal dose of barbiturates that would mean they were falling foul of the suicide act and they would face up the suicide act and they would face up to 14 years in prison but both raise profound issues. neither has any indications for the other but interesting that both are before the high court. and in the case of charlie guard, an american neurologist is due to meet the doctors at great arms. that's right, he was invited back injanuary but declined to come, he is a busy man and runsa declined to come, he is a busy man and runs a mitochondrial research unit in new york, but he has agreed to come. thejudge has said if both sides, he am the doctors at great 0rmond could reach a mediated settle m e nt 0rmond could reach a mediated settlement he would be delighted. but at the beginning of last week when this case came back to the high court with the claims of new evidence, thejudge said it court with the claims of new evidence, the judge said it would ta ke evidence, the judge said it would take something pretty dramatic to make him change his mind but this

will be the first time that the doctor in america has seen charlie guard and had access to all his medical records forjihad and asked 4—by—4. he's going to be here today and tomorrow and then the high court judge has said he will bring it back to court next week and will make a decision. thank you, fergus. fergus is our medical correspondent. more on both those stories later in the programme. now, a summary of the rest of the days news. here is to wonder. —— here is joanna. victoria will speak to victims of acid attacks and the mps you arranged for the debate at 935. the brexit secretary david davis has called for both sides to "get down

to business" this morning as the next round of negotiating takes place in brussels. mr davis is meeting the european commission's chief negotiator michel barnier. key issues will include the future rights of eu citizens in the uk and british citizens living in other member states. as the foreign secretary 0ris johnson explains. i'm pleased negotiations are beginning and as you know, a very fair and serious offer has been put on the table by the uk government about citizenship, the uk government about citizenship, the value we place on the 3.2 million eu citizens in our country, i think the very good offer we are making to them and the security they can have about their future and i hope very much that people will look about for in the spirit it deserves because i think it's a great offer. thank you. the final route for the controversial hs2 rail line north of birmingham will be announced today — after years of disagreements. there's also more detail on who has been awarded contracts worth nearly 7 billion pounds to work on the first stretch

of the line — and information on around 16,000 jobs. our business correspondent joe lynam has more. it's britain's biggest investment ever in public transport. highspeed2 is designed to cut journey times and increase the number of passenger seats between london and the northwest via birmingham. it's been six years in the planning but now the first construction contracts have been signed, and they're worth £6.6 billion, which the government says will support 16,000 jobs during the construction phase. the first trains aren't expected to run, though, until 2026, by which time they hope to carry 300,000 passengers per day. £50 billion on a track of this nature... but hs2 has faced stiff opposition. the stop hs2 campaign in the chiltern says it will only benefit the richest in society and the corporations who build it. and reports on the weekend said hs2 could end up as the most expensive rail line per mile in the world. even so, the muddy work of spades

in the ground begins next year for what the government calls "the backbone of britain's rail network." joe lynam, bbc news. stacy banner has returned to her mother's home for the first time since her mum was killed by her step—father, who also shot dead her sister at their puppy farm in 2014. in april the independent police complaint's commission found that two surrey police staff were rebuked for returning shotguns tojohn lowe, who later murdered christine and lucy lee. and you can see that film of stacy banner returning to her mum's home at 9.15. for the first time doctor who will be a woman, she's been unveiled asjodie whittaker but everyone is happy about the change. the actress said she wanted to tell fa ns the actress said she wanted to tell fans not to be scared by her gender. there has been mixed reaction in the

newspapers and from commentators something men are being marginalised, others saying the change is long overdue. and victoria will be talking to fans and the editor of doctor who magazine to see their reaction at 9.45. so many of you giving your views, rees saying jodie whittaker is brilliant, especially excited and used by crew men getting upset by this. in an audio series arabella weir played the doctor, one pure has said, give hera weir played the doctor, one pure has said, give her a chance. martin on facebook says millions of fans stop watching several years back, this is just several more nails in the doctor who coughlan. —— one. another viewer said it would be great if it encourages girls to get involved in science. terry on facebook says it

is brilliant, excellent choice, bring on the next series. delyn says its great a woman has got the role, the eccentric he could look theme was getting stale. elisabeth says what is all the fuss about? michelle says she is a great actress and will be brilliant. many of you will know herfrom broad church. she was amazing in that role. get in touch with us throughout the morning. some sports news. blair is here and amazing roger federer. good morning. such a massive day for him yesterday, watched on centre court by his family including his two sets of twins, becoming the first man to win wimbledon eight times eating marin cilic in straight sets, not dropping a single set which is a record in itself. the first man to do that in 41 years. now part of wimbledon history of poets worth mentioning martina navratilova has

won the ladies singles title nine times before. but at the age of 35, he becomes the oldest man in the open era to win at the all—england clu b after open era to win at the all—england club after spending six months away from the sport last year, missing the french open injune but he said that wimbledon is his favourite and he hopes to come back next year to defend his title. good news for johanna konta. excellent news, the world rankings are out and after that incredible run at wimbledon she is the fourth test player in the woman's game. moving from seventh to fourth after garbine muguruza beat venus williams in the finals on saturday. angelique kerber still number one. andy murray keeping his spot at the top of the world rankings despite losing to sam querrey. the first time since 1975 that a british man and woman have made the top five. great news. an unusual mixed dubber is —— doubles

or kim cloisters. this has to be the most endearing moment this year away from the serious sporting achievement, four—time grand slam winner kim cloisters invited a fan tojoin her on court, this was during the individual doubles on friday. it was after he was shouting suggestions were she should serve. she also said he had to look the part, he had to wear a skirt. she was in stitches but he eventually managed to get it on. what a sport! a serve coming up. this is surprising. kim was serving, he beckons her, he lobbed it loving that. he was a good sport, eventually hitting the net. great sport, hosing or picture is a little bit later. i think it's the wimbledon equivalent of come and have a go if you think you are hard enough. my favourite moment of wimbledon away from the sporting events. victoria, back to you. thank

you. a woman whose mother and sister were shot at a family farm in surrey tells us why she wanted to visit the scene of their deaths. 82—year—old john lowe murdered his wife and step daughter along with four puppies in 2014. police had returned his shotguns to him before he murdered them. christine lee's other daughter was at her family home three miles away. she was arrested after the deaths and now an independent police complaints commission review has found misconduct claims against one surrey police sergeant involved in the case. two other detectives have been cleared. almost three years after the murders, stacy wanted to revisit the scene where her family was killed and asked us to be there with her. during the visit, she becomes very upset but was determined to carry on. you might find some of the details in this report distressing. it's exactly...

very eerie. it's almost like expecting something to happen. my heart is just... erratic, yeah. for the first time in three years, stacy banner has returned to the family farm near farnham in surrey where her sister lucy and her mum christine were shot dead in 2014 by this man, her stepfatherjohn lowe. it brings back so many terrible memories. it's just... just awful place, awful. why did you want to come back? just to see... if there was anything that reminded me of them. my sister painted those gold. i don't know.

i don't think i'll come back again. the two deceased appeared to have gunshot wounds. the officers also found a total of four dogs at the address, all of whom also appeared to have had gunshot wounds. so what drove this 82—year—old to carry out such a brutal double murder? if he hadn't have got those guns back then they would be here, no ifs or buts about it. they would be alive, they would be fine, my children would be, you know, able to see them. a year before the killings, in march 2013, john lowe's seven shotguns were seized by surrey police following allegations he made threats to kill. but five months later the guns and his licence were returned and, in february 2014, christine, who had known lowe for more than 25 years, was shot at point—blank range.

her daughter lucy escaped and made a frantic 999 call before she too was shot dead. so when lucy made that 999 call... she's running down the drive, 0k, and making that call. that's what she's doing. exactly that. that's what she's doing. surrey police were strongly criticised by the independent police complaints commission for returning john lowe's collection of shotguns. yet proven, and it was proven. stacey's account of what happened that day is very distressing. you know, my mum was cowering. she was on her knees, cowering. can you imagine having to beg for your life? that's what my mum did. it's just barbaric.

the police described what happened in the house as an execution. it was worse than an execution. executions are quick. and i keep thinking, you know, she should've hid. it took a long time to die. it took her quite a long, it wasn't instant with lucy. you know, the police took 45 minutes to get there, so it wasn't instant, because... gosh, she's so brave. wasn't she brave? so then he beat her, shot the dogs. then stood over her with that gun.

(bleep) absolute monster. couldn't let me have her, you see? couldn't let me have her. he couldn't leave me her. he couldn't leave me her, i want her back. john lowe, just hours after being arrested, calmly talking to police. he claimed the murder was an accident. i was going to the door, holding the gun up to go to the door. they were both barracking me... so i pulled the trigger, i don't know if i even meant to.

now, surrey police had records ofjohn lowe's violent history. he had made repeated threats to kill, and even lied on his firearms application, but yet he was still given a licence to hold a gun. one of the reasons why people are so shocked, likely, is because this is not commonplace in england. so why were warning signs missed? i've come to meet surrey‘s police and crime commissioner, david munro. what went wrong? a lot of things. i'm afraid the firearms licensing unit did not behave as it should have done, and made catastrophic mistakes which led to this tragic, tragic result. there was a catalogue of errors in the firearm licensing department. they handed john lowe back his guns, and as a result of that he murdered both christine and lucy. absolutely right. as soon as the murders happened,

we got in independent police forces to review our firearms licences, so i am confident that the firearms licensing unit is now fit for purpose, which it clearly wasn't at the time. that's deeply disturbing, isn't it? of course it is, of course it is. the tragedy should never have happened. the two officers who were held responsible for failing to carry out proper checks onjohn lowe have since been dismissed from surrey police. he wasjust, hisjob was as a guard dog. mandy worked withjohn lowe and says she still has nightmares about him. speaking for the first time, she says that she was also threatened by the pensioner on his farm. we had the rspca there, we had the police there. he didn't have his guns back at this time. we had to remove all the dogs from the farm because the rspca were taking them, and john stood at the fence and said, "if i had my guns, i'd shoot

the effing lot of you." they still gave him his guns back later on. and he said that in front of the police? he said that in front of the police, while we were walking out with arms full of dogs on leads. we'd had to borrow leads to get the dogs away from that. remember the last time when you see her? just before she went to heaven. stacey, her two children, and her husband andrew say they are still coming to terms with the pain their family has endured. the circumstances and how brutal the murder was, the more and more that came out over time, the more dreadful it got. then you see stuff on the news that you wasn't even told yourself, you find out on the news what actually had happened instead of being told by the police. it'sjust not... it wasn't great to see stacey watching that kind of thing and learning it that way.

to me, it should've been done better, it should've been dealt with better, definitely. and it's all the more upsetting for stacey that the mum and sister she loved so much should have died in such tragic circumstances. i can't forgive him. i can't forgive that pain. they were incompetent, they were complacent, and they've enabled john lowe to murder. that's it. what are you doing in order to prevent this happening ever again? we have implemented in full all recommendations. we have a new leadership team in place. i'm confident they are giving this whole area —

it's a complex area, firearms licensing — the attention that it deserves, and i will be making sure that they keep their eye on the ball. john lowe, seen here in 2014, will spend the rest of his life in prison. christine and lucy lee's murders offer a rare glimpse into a tragic crime and the impact on the victims left behind. stacey says that she's decided to speak out with her family in the hope that her story will resonate as a vivid account of what happens when mistakes are made. he has wrecked my life, because i have no roots. everyone's got that, "i'm going to my mum's this weekend," or, "my mum's taking me for lunch." i haven't got that. i've got to live with this forever. it's every day, it's relentless. i won't give up. i won't give up on them, never.

just last week a surrey police detective involved in the case was found guilty of misconduct after arresting stacey in 2014. this was following the death of her mum and sister. meanwhile two other detectives were cleared. we'll talk to stacy later on in the programme. coming up, acid attacks — we'll talk about that later. plus we'll talk about that later. plus we'll hear from roger federer, we'll talk about that later. plus we'll hearfrom roger federer, the greatest of all—time after his eighth wimbledon win. and the new dr whojodie whittaker deals with criticism of her appointment by tells fans not to be scared of her gender. he's not bothered! we'll talk to some of those fans in the next half hour. time for the latest news with

joanna. our top story today, a terminally ill man will this morning begin a high court challenge to the ban on assisted dying. noel conway, who's 67 and has motor neurone disease, wants a doctor to be allowed to prescribe a lethal dose of drugs when his health deteriorates further. under the law, any doctor who helped him to die would face up to 14 years in prison. 0pponents say a change in the law would place the weak and vulnerable at risk. a 20—year—old man has been charged in connection with the murder of a girl at the weekend. he has been charged with possession with intent to supply a class a drug. the 15—year—old was found unconscious at

a park in newton abbott over the weekend. the final route for the controversial hs2 rail line north of birmingham will be announced today — after years of disagreements. there's also more detail on who has been awarded contracts worth nearly 7 billion pounds to work on the first stretch of the line — and information on around 16,000 jobs. the foreign secretary borisjohnson explains what will be happening in the brussels round of talks. we can't bring you that now. we'll bring you that later. american neurologist who's offered to carry out a new therapy on the terminally ill baby, charlie gard, is due to meet

the child's doctors in london today. eat 0rmond street hospital — where charlie is being treated — says his condition is irreversible. the high court is considering his case. for the first time doctor who will be a woman, she's been unveiled asjodie whittaker but everyone is happy about the change. the actress said she wanted to tell fans not to be scared by her gender. there has been mixed reaction in the newspapers and from commentators something men are being marginalised, others saying the change is long overdue. and victoria will be talking to fans and the editor of doctor who magazine to see their reaction at 9.45. more people are delighted about her becoming the 13th dr who, than those who're not so delighted. here is liz with the sport. roger federer says he plans to

return to defend his title in eczema. he turns 36 next summer, winning for the eighth time at the all—england club. —— to defend his title in the summer. johanna konta reaches a career high of four in the world after losing to venus williams in the semifinal. it's the fourth day of the second test for england cricket against south africa, hoping to avoid defeat at trent bridge. resuming on1—0. to avoid defeat at trent bridge. resuming on 1—0. that's all from me. i will be back at 10am. the government is being accused of dragging its feet over tougher sentences for people who carry out acid attacks. there were 450 attacks in london alone last year, double the number from 2015. in london alone last year, double the numberfrom 2015. harsher punishments and stricter rules for buying crews of substances will be

debated in parliament but victims wa nt to debated in parliament but victims want to know why it's taken so long to get the issue talked about in the commons. something first raised on this programme in april by chris bonnie who was attacked with acid by strangers on the doorstep of his home. there needs to be some form of education, it's not acceptable to use it as a weapon. from a young age, sorry, we educate that knife crime, how bad it is, gun crime but chemical attacks, substance attacks, they are becoming more and more frequent and there needs to be something done to stop it. we can talk now to stephen timms, the labour mp that has organised tonight's debate, jaf shah from the acid survivors trust international and tara quigley, who had acid thrown at her in 2013 leaving her with severe burns on herface and neck; she's had 15 operations to date on the burns. tara, thank you so much for talking

to us, tell the audience for happened to you. i was at my home address, i had a young man knocked on my front door, he asked for someone on my front door, he asked for someone of a on my front door, he asked for someone of a name on my front door, he asked for someone of a name that didn't live there, he went away, five minutes later he returned and threw acid acne. without saying a word. basically destroyed my life in one action. tell us about the treatment you had since then. i had plastic surgery, you had since then. i had plastic surgery, skin grafts, realignments of my skin, itjust goes on and on, 15 operations. is that how it feels, it feels like he has destroyed your life? definitely. you have any idea why he did what he did? none whatsoever, he refused to give any information. but he has been caught. yes, he was caught with them i think

the first two weeks. and he's never ever given any steered to the officers investigating your case? not whatsoever, he was quite ignorant to the fact. what you think about the debate now for either new legislation or a data base about the debate now for either new legislation or a database of thibaut who buy acid or an age limit, restriction on those who buy this corrosive substance? restriction on those who buy this corrosive substance ?|j restriction on those who buy this corrosive substance? i think it's long, long overdue to be honest, excuse me. i think this should have been done years ago. we are just showing the audience an image of you after the acid was thrown at you. can you recall the sensation as it was on your head? it was horrible. i could see my skin bubbling and the pain was excruciating. it was the worst day of my life, by far. and

how are you now? notjust physically but also mentally? i think the mental side of it in some ways is the worst because physically, the doctors have healed me as such and they've done amazing work with me but mentally, it's never going to leave me. it's an everyday thing, i think about it every day, i fear it every day, i think of it every night, its ongoing, part of me now. right. tara, i am night, its ongoing, part of me now. right. tara, iam going night, its ongoing, part of me now. right. tara, i am going to bring in another guest, from the acid survivors trust international. what should be in place to prevent what happened to tara happening to someone happened to tara happening to someone else? we released a study looking at uk legislation back in november, 2015. we made recommendations that the government should be introducing tighter controls on the sale of acid, particularly sulphuric acid in concentrated form. through a

licensing system, like licensing systems we have for knives and guns, that should happen immediately. 0n top of that, we are conscious of the fa ct top of that, we are conscious of the fact young perpetrators are perpetrating many of these, an age restriction should apply to purchasing notjust sulphuric restriction should apply to purchasing not just sulphuric acid and household products which have high corrosive content. and i think at the end of the day, we need a lot more research on the problem. we don't have a clear picture, we need a better understanding of the perpetrators, what either demographics... they are all young men, aren't they? but we don't necessarily know the motivation behind the attacks, we get a conflict in picture, some attacks relating to robbery, had crime, gender—based relating to robbery, had crime, gender— based violence, and relating to robbery, had crime, gender—based violence, and some unprovoked. we need to get a clearer pattern, once we have a clearer pattern, once we have a clearer pattern we are better able to introduce a more targeted response. stephen timms, good morning. good morning. do you think we need new

legislation or have we got the legislation or have we got the legislation we need, it'sjust legislation or have we got the legislation we need, it's just we need prosecutors and judges to use what we have? i think we need changes in the law and i very much agree with both your previous speakers. i think first of all carrying acid should be a criminal offe nce carrying acid should be a criminal offence in the same way that we made carrying a knife a criminal offence. of course in both instances there are perfectly legitimate uses of knives and acid. sorry to interrupt, what we have this possession of acid or other corrosive substances with intent to do harm can be treated as possession of an offensive weapon. that's right but the is proving someone that's right but the is proving someone has the intent to do harm if they have not actually done harm. i'm saying that simply possessing acid should be a criminal offence on less is a good reason why it's somebody has got at. that's the change we made in the case of knives, we could equally do that in the case of acid and i hope the home secretary today confirms the government will make that change.

the other one, picking up from what your previous guest has said, sulphuric acid should only be sold to someone who has a license to buy it, that's a change recommended by the british retail consortium, either shopkeepers themselves. the regulations are already in place to make that possible, government will make that possible, government will make that possible, government will make that change too. acid attackers, as you probably know can be given life sentences, that is the maximum available for causing grievous bodily harm with intent. would you read a message out to the judicial to start using the powers they have? yes, i think they should. the home secretary of the weekend said she was going to review the sentences for people or conflict had up sentences for people or conflict had up acid attacks. i think we need tougher sentences and more consistent sentencing because although sometimes life sentences have been used other times really very small sentences have given, i think we need consistency and the

guidelines need to spelt that out. why do you think we have seen a rise in this country of these kinds of attacks? i think it's linked to a clamp—down on the use of other illegal weapons like knives and guns, perpetrators have identified a loophole in the system because there isn't sufficient control around acid... getting hold of it. yes. at acid... getting hold of it. yes. at acid leaves a very visible mark. 0n its intended fit in, enormous amount of scarring. i think for some would—be of scarring. i think for some would— be perpetrators that's of scarring. i think for some would—be perpetrators that's part of the perverted appeal, it's about leaving a visible scar on your victim. tara, what would you message be to politicians who will talk about this in the house of commons today? just, please, please change the law, may get a compulsory life sentence and i totally agree with the sales of acid, having to produce some sort of is that id or hold a

licence. all right, thank you so much. we appreciate your time. tara quigley who had acid thrown out in 2013. thank you very much to my other guests as well. coming up, we'll be live at wimbledon to speak to this year's winner roger federer. that is around in 30 minutes time, we hope, possibly one of the nicest men in sport! some men are angry that a woman has been chosen to play doctor who. jodie whittaker, who is best known for her roles in the crime drama broadchurch, is taking it all in her stride telling fans not to "be scared of her gender, saying. it feels completely overwhelming; as a feminist, as a woman, as an actor, as a human, as someone who wants to continually push themselves and challenge themselves, and not be boxed in by what you're told you can and can't be. it feels incredible. she'll take over from peter ca paldi in this years christmas special, ecoming the 13th doctor since the 1960s.

theme music you will have to destroy all living matter. i never said that but i maintain! matter. i never said that but i maintain i have the right to decide what i look like. i got lost in the time vortex. the tardis brought me home. how about this? much better, let's settle for this. i am off to visit the scene of the crime. tell me on

the scene of the crime. tell me on the way. can you hear me? open your mouth, you must drink this. is this death? doctor? you were expecting someone us? i... stereo is and eager breath makes you sound and appear rather egotistical, young lady! where am i? who are you? stay back. this is idiotic. i apologise. who are you? stay back. this is

idiotic. iapologise. physician, heal by self! of course, i suppose it makes sense. wearing a bit thin. i hope the years are rabid less conspicuous this time! absolutely fantastic! and you know what? so was i. his body repairs itself, know what? so was i. his body re pairs itself, it know what? so was i. his body repairs itself, it changes, but you can't! i'm sorry, it's too late. i'm regenerating. no! no! please don't. who's that

girl? who's that girl? we can chat about this more now with doctor who fans, katyjon went, kavita kakur, ben bradford and the editor of doctor who magazine, tom spilsbury. what do you think? i am ecstatic, over the moon, we need a shake—up and we've been waiting for a female doctorfor ages. when was and we've been waiting for a female doctor for ages. when was the last time we women had a great female role model to look up to? long time coming. we've already shaken up

sexuality in the doctor who world, so sexuality in the doctor who world, so to speak. just explain. bring back torchwood. torchwood shook up things around sexuality and the character of bill, same sex. and i think it's already had and played with sexuality plenty and it has been time to do gender and the master has been missing for three years. get over it. then, for about you? i think it's great, when i saw jodie whittaker i was excited and it was great. because she's a woman or a great actress? or both. great actor, the female aspect, she gives ita actor, the female aspect, she gives it a new twist. tom, does it give it a new twist? is it we generate, to use that word, rejuvenate doctor who? i think audiences have been falling away a little. a little,

there is always an ebb and flow to something so popular, then it's been around for 54 years. back in 1960, in 66, william hartnell left the programme and that they hadn't decided to do something different that wouldn't have lasted any longer than that, there's always going to have to be new and inventive ways to keep something fresh and there's no reason why a keep something fresh and there's no reason why a woman keep something fresh and there's no reason why a woman couldn't play the part. jodie whittaker is fantastic. i'm really looking forward to seeing what she does. in the past, she tipped herself to ta ke in the past, she tipped herself to take over as the doctor at some point. this was 0livia cole's reaction. she's brilliant, it's a classy decision, she'll do it so well. my only thing to say is to leave her alone and let her do herjob brilliantly, because it's a massive, massive thing she's undertaken, and she will be great. it's not her job to fly the flag for all of women kind. the creatives made the right

decision, decided that part should be a woman and yes it's about time. she'll do that part better than anyone, and yeah, i'm so proud of her. so let her get on with the job, it's not herjob to do the job for womankind? why does it matter whether the doctor is a woman womankind? why does it matter whether the doctor is a womarm does matter to some, not many, but some people are cross about it. yes. they think it's just about political correctness and a sort of "typical bbc decision". right, buti correctness and a sort of "typical bbc decision". right, but i think jodie's a fantastic actress and she'll do itjustice. jodie's a fantastic actress and she'll do it justice. if that's the case, they should have been upset from the advent of the programme itself. it was female envisioned from the outset, there were female producers at time, women have been involved in its production from the beginning. there have been brilliant

female characters in it. yes, it's probably one of the most diverse programmes out there, but it needs to be more so. there'll be people out there saying, why couldn't it have been a black woman. you can't tick every single box but it's a long—awaited diverse shift that i think will bring a new charm and character to the role. she's also not representing all of womankind, she's going to represent her character and her role. she's already said she's got to channel 13 other personalities of the doctor already so the character, the gender may change and the character will ta ke may change and the character will take shifts, but the personality of the doctor will remain the same. interesting to see if chris uses the... chris is the new executive producer and he workeded withjodie whittaker on broad church. and 0livia coleman. i think we are going to have a very interesting show. was ita to have a very interesting show. was it a surprise or not tom when you heard it was jodie

it a surprise or not tom when you heard it wasjodie whittaker, bearing in mind chris worked with her on broad church?” bearing in mind chris worked with her on broad church? i suppose it's not the biggest surprise because you look at people who chris has worked with before and she's going to be flailing at the top of the list. i was surprised as everyone else was when it was the hood being pulled back and it was her because i didn't have any advance warning. when we can stop talking about the fact that it's a woman and specificallyjodie whittaker, that will be the big moment, because the real question is, what is she going to do with it, how will she convince us she's the same character that's been played by all these other men? i'm really looking forward to that because i think she'll do it really well. martin says on facebook, still the

bbc are trying to twist a negative into a positive. try doing a live poll before spouting rubbish. i'm going on messages the programme and actually, there are not many criticising the decision to make the 13th doctor a woman. that is what i was going on. adele says it's long overdue, not for any pc reason but it could provide new refreshing material. i couldn't watch it much after david tenant but i think whittaker could add a new diamongst and aisle excited by it. simon says, anyone who has a problem with it should jump in anyone who has a problem with it shouldjump ina anyone who has a problem with it should jump in a tardis and join us in the modern day. the seer i haves was getting stale and needed something fresh. it should have been done for the sake of the stories, but not for political correctness. men aren't being marginalised but we are being reduced and about time.

syd ney are being reduced and about time. sydney says, people really upset at the new doctor as a woman? ! it's pathetic, grow up. what do you think about the fact ben thatjodie whittaker said in a statement, apart from being thrilled, delighted and overwhelmed, don't be scared of my gender? they shouldn't be scared of her gender, she's going to be playing the doctor, rather than the female doctor and it's exciting. there can't be any other way to describe it. but the fact that she put that in her statement? it means that people are still kind of hung up that people are still kind of hung up on the idea of gender. i think in the last couple of episodes, they've been hinting with clues that there is going to be a change and that it's swinging towards a female. there was a q & a rather than a statement but you know what i mean. 0k, we'll look forward to it. thank you very much all of you.

plenty more on this later in the programme. get in touch with your own views. next an american doctor who has offered to carry out a new therapy on the terminally ill baby charlie gard is due to meet the medical team today. he says there is a 10% chance the treatment could help the little boy. it's the latest development in this long—running legal battle between his parents and doctors at great 0rmond street hospital. music. you know, he wakes up, he enjoys his tickles,

we lie next to him, he watches videos on the ipad and stuff like that. so, you know, if he were suffering, i couldn't do it, i promise you. i can't, still, to this day, cannot get my head round when we took him into this hospital, they don't want to do the treatment. like, there is somewhere out there that does. and they've basicallyjust kept him a prisoner there. and, you know, our parental rights have been completely stripped the minute we took him in there. in hindsight, we lost him. the reality is that charlie can't see, he can't hear, he can't move, he can't cry, he can't swallow. immensely sadly, his condition is one that affords him no benefit. he's not brain dead.

he still has brainwaves. but they are slower than what they should be. you know, they're not normalfor his age. i wouldn't be able to sit there and watch my son suffer or be in pain, i promise you that. there's a lot of people that say, oh, i couldn't do it, i couldn't watch my child suffer. but neither could i. we will talk more about that in the next hour of the programme. inafew next hour of the programme. in a few minutes, we'll bring you the latest news and sport, of course, and much more comments about theissues course, and much more comments about the issues in the news today. before all of that, let us bring you a weather update and here is lucy martin and it's herfirst weather update and here is lucy martin and it's her first day on our programme. hello, welcome!

hello there, thank you victoria. some hot weather over the next few days. we'll see some blue skies. beautiful photos sent in by some of our weather—watchers. there was plenty of blue skies around this morning, not a cloud in the sky. good spells of sunshine and it will feel warm in the sunshine. for northern ireland and scotland and parts of northern england, more in the way of cloud first thing this morning. that will thin and break and allow for some good spells of sunshine. the cloud becoming confine toed the far north of scotland. light drizzle possible there. a beautiful day today. plenty of sunny spells around and plenty of brightness. a bit of high level cloud. for wales and northern ireland, plenty of brightness too. for scotland, plenty of brightness and sunshine here. temperatures

responding in the low 20s. where we have got that cloud, the temperatures slightly clipped back. through the evening, the far north of scotla nd through the evening, the far north of scotland holds on to the cloud. it will become dry and there'll be clear skies for northern ireland and scotland. more cloud pushes into the south—west into the early hours. it's a muggy night with overnight lows of between 11 and 18. for tuesday, high pressure remains in charge but it starts to shift to the east, meaning we are going to drag in warmerairfrom east, meaning we are going to drag in warmer airfrom the near continent. it will be a bright start to the day. the best of the sunshine across northern ireland and scotland first thing. for wales and the south—west, a bit more cloud first thing. then we are beginning to thin and break it. the chance of thundery showers pushing south—west. feeling really warm with highs of 29. it will be a touch cooler on the east coast. as we go through tuesday night, we'll

start to see the showers creeping up towards the north. they'll become a little more heavy as we move into the early hours. temperatures on wednesday are going to be really warm so wednesday are going to be really warm so there is the chance for england and wales to see some thundery showers. starting in the east and gradually making their way to the west. becoming fresher through thursday and friday. if you don't like it as warm, that will be a welcome relief for you. slightly more changeable with a few outbreaks of rain. some brightness as we move through the day today. hello, it's monday, it's 10 o'clock, i'm victoria derbyshire, welcome to the programme. we'll speak to the daughter of the

puppy we'll speak to the daughter of the puppy farm murder victim. he beat her, shot the doings. then stood over her with that gun. (bleep) absolute monster. we'll talk to stacy in the next few minutes. the terminally ill man who will begin a high court challenge this morning to challenge the ban on assisted dying. noel conway says he wants the right to die when his health deteriorates further. ido i do not want to die very slowly of sufficiencation and being semi conscious until i'm in the position where, you know, i don't even know what's going on. why should i have to do that? i know i'm going to die. noel conway has motor neurone disease. we'll hear from noel conway has motor neurone disease. we'll hearfrom him later on. also today: and the new dr who

isa on. also today: and the new dr who is a woman and some people aren't happy butjodie whittaker is a woman and some people aren't happy but jodie whittaker tells is a woman and some people aren't happy butjodie whittaker tells fans not to be scared of her gender. karen on e—mail says, i knew she'd be slim, probably blonde and attractive. what a surprise, not a success for equality. tina says i object to you stating that the opposition comes solely from men. many women, myself included, are not happy about this, the inference that men who disapprove are being petty is another way for the feminist obsessed bbc to slur men. this role was created as a male character and should have remained so. george says brilliant to have jodie whittaker and being from yorkshire, she'll be the best yet. thank you for those. keep them coming in. here'sjoanna in the bbc newsroom with a summary of todays news. a terminally ill man will protest to

overturn the laws so a doctor is allowed to help him die when his health deteriorates. under the current law, any doctor that helped him would face up to 14 years in prison. 0pponents say the change would put vulnerable people at risk. the rise in the number of acid attacks will be discussed in parliament today. latest figures suggest there were more than 400 assaults involving corrosive su bsta nces assaults involving corrosive substances in england and wales in the since months to april. the debate comes as the government begins a review into the issue which could see sentences for the offence increased. the brexit secretary david davis has called for both sides to "get down to business" this morning as the next round of negotiating takes place in brussels. mr davis is meeting the european commission's chief negotiator michel barnier. key issues will include the future rights of eu citizens in the uk and british citizens living in other member states, a 20 year old man has been charged with drug offences by police investigating the death of a teenage girl in newton abbot

over the weekend. the 15 year old was found unconscious at a park in newton abbot over the weekend. devon and cornwall police have charged jacob khanlarian, from newton abbot with possession with intent to supply a class a drug. he is due to appear before magistrates in plymouth later. the final route for the controversial hs2 rail line north of birmingham will be announced today — after years of disagreements. there's also more detail on who has been awarded contracts worth nearly 7 billion pounds to work on the first stretch of the line — and information on around 16,000 jobs. an american neurologist who's offered to carry out a new therapy on the terminally ill baby charlie gard is due to meet the child's doctors in london today. he is also expected to examine charlie over the next two days and meet other medical experts. great 0rmond street hospital says his condition is irreversible. the high court is considering his case. for the first time doctor who will be a woman, she's been unveiled asjodie whittaker but everyone is happy about the change. asjodie whittaker but not everyone

is happy about the change. the actress said she wanted to tell fans not to be scared by her gender. there has been mixed reaction in the newspapers and from commentators something men are being marginalised, others saying the change is long overdue. that's a summary of the latest bbc news. mostly you want to talk about doctor who, but please, get in touch with us. but now, time for the sport. thank you. boris becker says he expects roger federer to win more grand slams after claiming his 19th at wimbledon, some weeks shy of his 36th birthday. he won a record eighth wimbledon title, beating aaron cilic in straight sets. becker

believes that taking time out is key to this success of the swiss player. six months off, he rescheduled all of this year, played the us open, winning the first major, he is back. compare him to any athlete, he is right up there, you talk about formula one, running, basketball, football, i don't think there's anyone like him at the moment. i don't know if he can get better but it is important, what to do the next couple of weeks. i am sure he will ta ke couple of weeks. i am sure he will take some time off, but which tournament to pick? the way he plays at the moment there are more slams in the making. jamie murray admits he would have rejected any other partner apart from martina hingis after they won the mixed doubles title at wimbledon. they have been playing together for long, only deciding to team up prior to the tournament. it's her sixth wimbledon title in her career and jamie murray

is second. really happy that i contacted jamie about playing together and pretty much, my wish came true to give ourselves a good chance to win the title and we did. it was a great two wigs were a scot played a lot of great tennis, excited to win, huge achievement for us. “— excited to win, huge achievement for us. —— it was a great two weeks for us. —— it was a great two weeks for us. johanna konta is now fourth in the world after reaching the semifinals of wimbledon before losing in straight sets. she was ranked seventh before the tournament, andy murray remaining world number one despite going out in the semifinals. england cricketers staring defeat in the face in the second test against south africa are being set a target of 474 to win and if they chase it, it would be a world record test match. alastair cook and kid in jennings resuming on one without loss, enduring a tricky four overs yesterday. england will have to bat

for two days if they are to avoid defeat. today is a rest day in the tour de france, chris froome enjoy including his feet up, overcoming mechanical issues to retain his 18 seconds lead after stage 15 despite a dramatic afternoon. he had to change a wheel and deal with the hostile doing home fans, recovered brilliantly, no for near the 189 points five colour meter stage win. freedom retained the yellowjersey. aids day for the world para athletics championships, britain holding eight old medals. jonnie peacock picking up his eighth in the t 44. -- it is peacock picking up his eighth in the t 44. —— it is the eighth day. i know i was in good form but i

don't care about times, i never do. it would be a great cherry on top of the icing, people care about medals, that's what i'm going to be able to keep for ever. that's all for now. victoria, back to you. this morning, a woman whose sister and mother were shot by her stepfather at the family farm in surrey tells this programme why she wanted to visit the scene of their deaths. 82—year—old john lowe murdered his wife christine and step—daughter lucy lee along with four puppies in 2014. police had returned his shotguns to him before he murdered them. christine lee's other daughter was at her family home three miles away. she was arrested after the deaths, and now an independent police complains commission review has found misconduct claims against one surrey police sergeant involved in the case, but two other detectives have been cleared. almost three years after the murders, stacy wanted to revisit the scene where her family was killed, and asked us

to be there with her. during the visit she gets very upset, but was determined to carry on. we bought you noel phillips‘ full report earlier. here's a short extract. it's exactly the same. it's very eerie. you know, it's almost like expecting something to happen. my heart is just... erratic. yeah. for the first time in three years, stacy banner has returned to the family farm near farnham in surrey, where her sister, lucy, and her mum, christine, were shot dead in 2014 by this man — her stepfather, john lowe. it brings back so many terrible memories. it's just... just an awful place, awful. why did you want to come back?

just... to see if there was anything that reminded me of them. and my sister painted those gold. i don't know. i don't think i'll come back again. a year before the killings, in march 2013, john lowe's seven shotguns were seized by surrey police following allegations he made threats to kill. but five months later, the guns and his licence were returned. and in february 2014, christine, who had known lowe for more than 25 years, was shot at point—blank range. her daughter, lucy, escaped, and made a frantic 999 call before she too was shot dead. it was proven... stacy's account of what happened that there is very distressing. stacy's account of what happened that day is very distressing.

it was worse than an execution. executions are quick. and i keep thinking, you know, she should have hid. god, she's so brave. wasn't she brave? so then he beat her, shot the dogs... and then stood over her with that gun. he is an absolute monster. he couldn't let me have her, you see, he couldn't let me have her. he couldn't leave me her. now, surrey police had records ofjohn lowe's violent history. he had made repeated threats to kill, and even lied on his firearms application. but yet he was still given a licence to hold a gun. as soon as the murders happened, we got an independent police forces

to review our firearms licences. so i'm confident that the firearms licence is now fit for purpose, which it clearly wasn't at the time. that's deeply disturbing, isn't it? of course it is, of course it is. the tragedy should never have happened. christine and lucy's murders offer a rare glimpse into a tragic crime, and the impact on the victims left behind. i can't forgive him. i can't. i can't forgive that pain. just last week, a surrey police detective involved in the case was found guilty of misconduct after arresting stacey in 2014. meanwhile, two other detectives were cleared. we can speak now to stacy banner now. good morning and thank you for

coming on the programme. good morning. i wonder if you could tell the audience what impact going back there has had on you. it has put some closure on it, it's made me feel there is nothing there, you know, my mum and sister aren't there any more, it hasn't changed, it's incredibly scary for me to go back but it has put some closure on that, not completely, but some. how would you like to remember your mum and your sister? i think it's incredibly important that people are aware of domestic violence and not to be scared to speak out. you know, regardless of age or culture, your background, you have to do something about it, you have to take direct action. 0r about it, you have to take direct action. or you could be sitting as i am today, morning the death of someone you love. am today, morning the death of someone you love. i'm very lucky to

be alive because he would have killed me so i'm fortunate in that aspect. but in a way you would want that to be their legacy?” aspect. but in a way you would want that to be their legacy? i wanted to be the legacy and i want people to be the legacy and i want people to be able to have the access to justice and not be scared because in my situation, you know, i haven't, i was treated as the perpetrator rather than the victim. so the comparison between john rather than the victim. so the comparison betweenjohn lowe and i was awful. and by that you mean, after the murder of your mum and sister, you were arrested, you were held in the same police station as john lowe? yes. for 23 hours. and i can remember it and i can remember sitting in the self thinking, was he in the cell? was he in the cell and

now i can't be in small spaces, it absolutely... it fills me with utter panic, you have to remember, this was all for atv. threats that didn't happen. so the audience know you we re happen. so the audience know you were arrested on suspicion of theft and questioned over allegation she wa nted and questioned over allegation she wanted to burn down the farm? yes, which weren't true and you know, ironically, no investigation has carried on from that, so... i was treated as a perpetrator, surrey police have been relentless in pursuing me. the misconduct hearing as noel said in the film last week, the officer who arrested you did not have sufficient evidence to suspect you of the offence for which he arrested you and failed to ensure releva nt arrested you and failed to ensure relevant witness statements were taken before deciding you should be arrested. what do you think of that? i think that detect it should

investigate, i think the police should have evidence before they have the power to arrest anybody. especially... how vulnerable i was. i hadn't eaten, i don't drive, there was no evidence. i mean, i am sure people will appreciate that saying that you want some work to burn down doesn't mean you are going to do it. it's completely... i was an absolute trauma and grief and the fact of the matter was, it wasn't investigated, it was persecution. you had previously been investigated for fraud, you are appealing against that conviction, do you think that played a part in perhaps the way they viewed you are approached you? i think the fraud as part of this, i am determined to obtainjustice, it

might take me another three years, i don't know but i have to do that for my mum and sister. again, another thing i reported, again, everything else like i reported, never got taken seriously which is incredibly sad. because my mum and sister would be here. how did you find out what had happened to your mum and sister? it was sky news, actually. the family liaison officer is came to my home, and it was in the afternoon, i had cooked sunday dinner, they came m, had cooked sunday dinner, they came in, and told me two women had been found at the farm and that there was a male in custody. i knew he had killed them. you said that, didn't you? yes, i knew, i knew he had killed them. and then i passed out. and then it was hours and hours

because i was expecting a family liaison officer and no one came. so at 5:15pm i got my husband to take me to the farm and it was just full of police, she can imagine. and their bodies were still there. my beautiful sister, my mum, their bodies were still there and they told me to go to guildford station and even then, it was like i was treated in a way that no victim should be treated. they knew, they we re should be treated. they knew, they were fully aware of what exactly he was capable of so, i wasn't told, i found out on sky news. you mentioned at the beginning of our conversation that you want people to have access to justice, that it's very important that if you are ina that it's very important that if you are in a domestic abuse situation, it's very important that you speak out. tell us more about what you

mean by that? unfortunately, victims of domestic violence and historic violence are treated with almost contempt. it's like "john lowe couldn't do that, he's an old man. " he was violent. the violence went back years, he was a violent man. there are different degrees of violence. as a victim, i compared trauma. i want access for justice for anyone that is in a domestic violent situation that feels they can actually take on the police or ta ke can actually take on the police or take on the establishment it takes a lot of time and you have to have a lot of time and you have to have a lot of time and you have to have a lot of patience. but eventually, your name can be blackened. you know, you can feel like the perpetrator. but eventually, the truth comes out and it takes a long

time and it's incredibly hard. you have to be very strong. a previous ipcc report found some failings with the police, including criticism of their decision to hand the guns back tojohn lowe their decision to hand the guns back to john lowe after their decision to hand the guns back tojohn lowe after you'd warned them, raised the alarm. is there anything that you want to change or would like to see changed in terms of the gun laws? gun laws in this country are incredibly tight. however, the shotgun fee is minimal and the taxpayer pays for people to have guns. do i agree with that? of course not. the fact of the matter is, you know, with guns, there needs to bea is, you know, with guns, there needs to be a complete change in the way we look at guns. it's not acceptable for any police to hand back guns to anyone, especially not psychopaths. you've talked about your mum and

sister's legacy, what you hope the legacy will be. tell us a bit about the both of them? my sister was incredibly clever, she was a graphic designer, she was beautiful, absolutely beautiful and i'm incredibly proud of her. we had a very bad childhood so she survived that and she was a real fighter. my mum was very funny actually. she sometimes saw, you know... we'd had a hard life so she saw the good in life and that's what i'm still trying to do, however difficult. thank you very much, stacy. absolute pleasure, thank you so much. thank you for talking to us. speaking after the initial ipcc report was published, surrey police said in 2014 the force commissioned two independent reports from hampshire and north yorkshire police which indicated the decision by

firearms licencing officers to return weapons to john firearms licencing officers to return weapons tojohn lowe was flawed and did not meet national standards. we spoke with members of christine and lucy's family at that time to advise them of the findings and to apologise for that decision. asa and to apologise for that decision. as a result of those reports, we conduct add comprehensive review of the firearms licencing in the years since 2014 and instigated the recommendations from both independent reports. coming up... we'll be live at wimbledon to speak to the winner of the tournament, federer. that is in - 20 roger federer. that is in about 20 minutes' time. more brexit talks today with david davis, the brexit secretary urging both sides in negotiations to get down to business. a second formal round of talks opens in brussels this morning. mr davies says his priority is to lift the uncertainty for eu citizens living here and british

nationals in eu countries. in a moment, we'll talk to conservative mp quasi kwateng, who was a leave campaigner, and still is, but first, let's talk to sir andrew khan, a former senior civil servant and former senior civil servant and former head of uk trade and investment, that's a government department aiming to increase the number of exporters and investors to the uk and hopefully someone who can give us an insight as to how the negotiations are going to work. hello, thank you very much for talking to us. hello. you are expert in those negotiations, i'm told. give the audience an insight then in what the uk needs to do to make them progress smoothly and reasonably swiftly? well, i think what the uk needs to do is to do what the eu 27, the europeans have already done, which is to be very cleaver about what our objectives are, very clear

about what the law is, and very clear about the process. the eu side have done all of that. now, it's easierfor them have done all of that. now, it's easier for them because they're united. the strength of the negotiating cards are in their hands and the cliff edge is far worse for us than for them so if we don't reach agreement it's worse for us than for them. however, the problem in the uk on ourside, is that we just don't have agreement in this country about what we are going for. are we going for some of the minister euro—sceptics and what they want, which is reject everything and walk away, don't give them any money. do we go the other extreme which some remainers say, which is a disaster, we mustn't do this. there isa disaster, we mustn't do this. there is a whole spectre of opinion in—between, in particular the soft brexiteers, the people who say look for business, jobs, prosperity, we

must be part of the single market and must have good access to it. the ha rd and must have good access to it. the hard brexiteers say no, no, don't worry, we can find alternative markets elsewhere. the most important thing for us is to decide what we want, what our negotiating objectives are, to work out the negotiating realities, you know, where does the power lie, and then look at each of the individual areas of problem and there are 40 or 50 or 60,! of problem and there are 40 or 50 or 60, i mean it's a very complicated difficult negotiation. work out what the priorities are, what is the most thing thing that you must have and what can you give away. that is how you appreciate the negotiation. yes. do you think david davis will have a clear plan? well, i think he probably does. but it's not clear that the government has a clear plan. the government itself is

divided. you have philip hammond, the chancellor of the exchequer, who has to think about money, think about tax receipts, think about business, think about jobs about tax receipts, think about business, think aboutjobs and employment. he is saying, we can't afford to follow the lines that theresa may set out in her lancaster house speech injanuary, you know, the red line she set out, no european court of justice, the red line she set out, no european court ofjustice, no free movement, no money paid to europe. 0n the one hand, you have him. on the other hand, you have liam fox in effect saying, let's just escape, let's just go. so the government is divided. now, david davis is of course, he and his civil servants have done a huge amount of preparation, very professional, but they don't have a clear government policy. until we have that, we can't negotiate properly and sensibly. ok. just to let you know, we may interrupt because roger federer is going to give a live interview at wimbledon any moment i'm told so i'm

going to apologise in advance. don't worry. i'm not worried actually, i was just letting you know. this week they are going to talk about the rights of eu citizens and nationals abroad, they are going to talk about the liabilities, the bill the uk has to pay, that has to be done swiftly in order to move on to other stuff. does the uk in your opinion have any cards up its sleeve? yes, of course we have cards up sleeve? yes, of course we have cards up our sleeve. what? we are not without cards. but we don't have as many cards as the european side does. it's whistling in the wind, to quote something. , to pretend that we do. but of course we do. for one thing, the europeans need our money. we have been a major contributor to the budget. indeed, in my 40 years of negotiating in europe, the biggest issue has always been money and, in my view, the biggest issue

in this negotiation will in the end be money. so we have the money, they wa nt be money. so we have the money, they want us to continue to pay in if per prepared to, we'll get more access. in the end, the negotiation will be access to the markets, you know, for our goods and services, in return for money. so we do have that on our side. sorry to interrupt, but you are suggesting, notjust will there be this divorce bill, as it's being described by some, but you are saying we could continue to pay in in order to get access to the single market? of course we will, the government's said so. the government's said so. the government's said so. the government's said there are some things we really want. for example, the programme about universities, the programme about universities, the research programme which is the r&d the research programme which is the r & d programme, the government's said we can see ourselves paying in future to be part of these programmes. that's natural, you

know. there are bound to be some things that we want to work closely with with our closest neighbours in the future. if you have a big project, everybody‘s got to contribute to it. i don't think there's anything surprising about us paying. the argument will be first of all what's the bill for the past and, you know, you can argue in lots of different ways and the europeans are putting huge numbers on the table, we are putting small numbers and we'll find an agreement in the middle. that's what always happens in the negotiations. the difficulty is, we need to know how much access we wa nt is, we need to know how much access we want of the single market and how much we are prepared to pay for that. it's that which i think we still, as a government, don't know. we haven't decided. ok. thank you very much. sir andrew cahn, former head of uk trade and investment, the government department which aims to increase the number of exporters and investors to the uk and spent many

yea rs investors to the uk and spent many years negotiating. quasi kwateng is here. hello. what sort of bill would be acceptable for the uk to pay? clearly not the £100 billion that has often been said. the negotiations are starting today. i think that we'll pay something. people are talking about transitional arrangements, maybe two or three years, who knows how long, but it will be a phased withdrawal. but in terms of the bill you say not 100? no. why not? it's too large. if you look at where we were when we we re you look at where we were when we were in it, and we are still in it actually, we are the second net contributor, we are putting in 10 billion euros a year and it doesn't make sense if we are the second biggest contributor to pay an exorbitant amount of moneyjust to get out of the club. i don't think that makes much sense. we have already contributed a huge amount. is it not simple maths, whatever our

liability is, that is what it will be? it's not as simple as that. the investment bank has assets and we have contributed a lot into that. there are assets on the other side, there are not just there are assets on the other side, there are notjust liabilities. would you welcome something that sir andrew cahn suggested there, which is we continue to pay in order to get better access into the single market? that's what the negotiation is about. would you welcome that? my view is i can live with the transitional arrangements but at the end of the process, i want to be out. pay them nothing? i don't think we should pay anything because the eu is going down a different path, we have chosen not to go down that and we should be free to leave it. that's part of the discussion. the rationale as you know would be in order to continue to have, or to have better access to the single market or the sames a cesc, would it not be worth it? it's a simple proposition, you are either in it or

out of it. once you are out of it. there is no sense in which they are paying a continuing fee to be kind of quasi or associate members. how worried are you about the collapse in discipline within the cabinet since the general election? look, i've been in politics for a few yea rs now i've been in politics for a few years now and i know in the summer there are lots of garden—party type events... philip hammond talked yesterday about the briefing against him, so it's notjust garden parties is it? he also mentioned the prosecco and it's the height of the summer. prosecco and it's the height of the summer. he said people are against him. how worried are you about that? not desperately because the government has a clear direction in terms of getting out of the eu... do you? i think it does. there are so many different opinions around that cabinet table? not that many. i work very closely with philip hammond. we we re very closely with philip hammond. we were on two different sides of the debate but actually talking to him, we have lots of shared ground. we

wa nt to we have lots of shared ground. we want to leave the eu, we want to deliver on brexit. there is an issue in terms of the potential transitional deal. why are collea g u es transitional deal. why are colleagues briefing against him? you will have to ask them. i don't know. i read the papers like you do, i think people... you don't hear it as his ministerial aid, considering that you are on opposite sides of the debate, you don't hear that?” have my own views as to how these stories get through and i read the papers but i don't feel they're particularly representative. do you expect a leadership challenge to theresa may before march 2019, the two—year deadline for when we are supposed to be out? i really don't. i think most mps wa nt to i really don't. i think most mps want to get through the brexit process before we think about trying to replace the leader have a leadership contest. thank you very much. thank you. still to come, an

american doctor who has offered to carry out a new type of treatment on charlie card. and we get more on doctor who, as people debate the lead role being given to a woman. time for the latest news headlines. a terminally ill man will begin a legal challenge to overturn the ban on so—called assisted dying. noel conway who has motor neuron disease wants to change the law in england and wales saw a doctor is allowed to help them die but his condition deteriorates. 0n the current law any doctor who helped him would face 14 years in prison. 0pponents say the change would put honourable people at risk. the rise in borough of acid attacks will be discussed in parliament today, latest figures suggesting there were more than 400 assaults

involving corrosive substances in england and wales and the six months to april. the debate comes as the government begins a review into the issue which could see sentences for the offence increase. a 20—year—old man has been charged with drug offences in the case of a girl dying in newton abbott at the weekend. she was found unconscious in a park. devon and cornwall police have charged a newton abbott man with possession with intent to supply a class a drug, he is due to appear before magistrates in plus later. as the latest news. join me for bbc newsroom live at 11am. here's the sport. three—time wimbledon champion boris becker expects even more from roger federer after the swiss player claimed his 19th grand slam title. becker believes taking time out is the key to his success, the dad of ford beading marian cilic in straight sets to win a record eighth and open singles title. new world rankings are out this morning,

johanna konta has risen to fourth in the world, becoming the first british woman to reach the semifinals for 39 years, andy murray remaining the world number one. in cricket england star player at 11am this morning on the fourth day of the second test against south africa. a hugejob of chasing the second test against south africa. a huge job of chasing 474 to avoid defeat at trent bridge. a resume on 1—0. avoid defeat at trent bridge. a resume on 1-0. that's all from us. thank you. an american doctor who's offered to carry out a new therapy on the terminally ill baby charlie gard is due to meet the child's medical team in london today. michio hirano says there's a 10% chance his treatment could help. it's the latest development in a long—running legal battle between his parents and hospital doctors. let's get more insight into what the family can expect today. let's speak to professorjulian savulescu, chair in practical ethics at oxford university. good morning. hello. in terms of the

america will neurologist who will have access to charlie and his medical notes, what will be his priority? his his priority is to evaluate how much to terry oration there has been in turleigh's brain since january when he estimated the chances were low but not zero of experimental treatment having some benefit. he will be looking at the brain scans, recent brain scans, requesting a new one. the evidence from the ee gramss and other clinical tests to evaluate what element is a reversible and what scope there is for reversibility. and the brain seizure that charlie has been having, what do they point to, what with that suggest to you? there is no doubt that charlie's brain is involved and his brain has been starved of energy for 11 months now. the abnormal electrical

activity is indicative of that, in january the doctor felt the level of abnormal electrical activity was not so abnormal electrical activity was not so great there wasn't the possibility of some improvement. electrical activity can normalise, it will depend on how much deterioration has been and whether there is any chance, or whether there is any chance, or whether there is any chance, or whether there is no chance. ok, thank you for your time. this statement from great 0rmond street hospital... the medical director will formally receive two visiting positions to review clinical data in the case today. they will have an honorary contract in place which allows them to examine the patient for the purposes of this visit, adding them the same status as our clinicians and allowing them access to all

clinical systems including diagnostic images, records and facilities. clinical staff will be on hand to facilitate the visit and will have the opportunity to clinically examined charlie. next, we can speak to the cyclist who stole her bike back from a man selling it on a street corner the day after someone nicked it from her. 30—year—old jenni morton—humphrey ignored police advice, and we can speak to her now. hello. hi, how are you? i'm very well thank you. tell the audience what happened. a few weeks ago someone what happened. a few weeks ago someone took my bike, i was very angry as you might imagine and i happened to see it was on the internet, someone messaged me because they had seen it for sale, someone because they had seen it for sale, someone had stolen, i put the picture, within minutes i got a response a total stranger. and help me out, messaging a guy and i posed asa me out, messaging a guy and i posed as a buyer, didn't go to work the next day and went and took it,

pretty much. it was a bit more than that. you met him, you chatted, you did the pleasa ntries that. you met him, you chatted, you did the pleasantries and then, what did the pleasantries and then, what did you do? i've seen him across the street, is often and i thought 0k, i'll the friendly, be nice, ask a couple of stupid questions, is at a girls by, the right size, don't know ifi girls by, the right size, don't know if i can ride it. i was pretty nervous but i think he believed everything i was saying and i said, 0k, everything i was saying and i said, ok, i'm going to take it for a test ride and i thought about it the night before. i had a bunch of old keys which were strangely enough the keys which were strangely enough the keys to the locks they had cut off my bike the night before so i thrust those into his hand and said, can you oldies, i am going to ride it? he took the keys, i wobbled down the pavement, fell off a couple of times to make it realistic and then off i went. and he pedalled like the wind, did you? i really did. faster than i

ever have before for quite a long time. i didn't look back on what i just kept going. eventually i found my way back to a meeting spot i had arranged with my friend who was watching the entire thing. yes, it was a lot of adrenaline, definitely. let's talk about the safety side, you informed the police, you said this is what i'm going to do, i think they advised against it, why would you so determined because it could have been dangerous? would you so determined because it could have been dangerous7m would you so determined because it could have been dangerous? it could have been, but you know, anyone that owns a bike knows how i felt, i was so angry, someone owns a bike knows how i felt, i was so angry, someone had my bike which i love, i phoned the police, i gave them quite a lot of evidence, we had a number of screenshots from conversations between the person who saw the sale online and the guy who presumably had stolen it. i did consider it might be dangerous but i was quite confident that i could pull it off, basically. and you did and there is resplendent bike behind

you. right here, very happy. thank you. right here, very happy. thank you very much, thanks for coming on the programme. you're very welcome. take care. we did ask avon and somerset police for a comment but they were unable to get us anything in time. don't mess with that lady. a terminally ill man will today begin a legal challenge to overturn the ban on so—called assisted dying. noel conway, who has motor neurone disease, wants to change the law in england and wales so a doctor is allowed to help him die when his health deteriorates. under the current law, any doctor who helped him would face up to 14 years in prison. 0pponents say the change would put vulnerable people at risk. noel explains why he's taking his case to court. i'm on a ventilator 20 hours out of 24 and it allows me some quality of life, as i have said. but increasingly i'm coming to

rely on that ventilator so there will come a stage when i've got it on permanently. that's going to be problematic. both, not so much for communication because i can use different masks, whilst i've still got my voice, but there are a number of lines that you contemplate when you are terminally ill, you never know which one is going to be the real one. but one of them for me is being bedridden and not being able to move, i do not want to die very slowly, of suffocation, and being semiconscious until i am in a position where i don't even know what's going on. for some people, they say, that is good palliative care, well, i am sorry, that isjust not an acceptable option for me. my

co nsulta nt not an acceptable option for me. my consultant cannot tell me how long it'll take. no one can. it be days, it'll take. no one can. it be days, it could be weeks, it could be longer. i am going to be left in a situation at some stage, when i can't face, i can't face that amount of suffering. but actually being, you know, locked in my own body. 0r facing a slow, suffocating death, drifting off into semiconsciousness. why should i have to do that? i know i'm going to die. i want to be like david, hume, the great nationalised, he said keep your energy, i reject it, i want to be absolutely

conscious at the moment of my death. let's talk to lord faulkner who tried to introduce an assisted bank bill as a private members' bill in the house of lords which was defeated in 2015, is that correct? correct. you are a supporter of changing the law, you would like to see assisted dying in cases like this, quite a narrow group people, why? because i think extremely unfair that you shouldn't be to choose how you die once you are already dying. what my bill proposed was that if you have a diagnosis of six months or less to live you should be entitled to have a doctor prescribed to you a prescription for which you take which would then end your life. there are many people who get real benefit from palliative ca re get real benefit from palliative care but there are always people who are care but there are always people who a re however care but there are always people who are however good the palliative care, don't want the indignity of dying after they have said their goodbyes, just holding on from day

to day, facing the sort of fate that noel has just described on the piece you've just shown, which noel has just described on the piece you'vejust shown, which is noel has just described on the piece you've just shown, which is the only way that he can determine his own death is be taken off the ventilator and then he will effectively drown because his heart and be able to function properly. that's cruel, he should be allowed to choose this moment and do it in his own way once he is dying. there have been a number of similar cases, not many, but each time, roddy speaking, the outcome is the same, judges said this is a decision for parliament, parliament has voted, has spoken. parliament has voted, has spoken. parliament spoke in 2015 for they rejected in the commons a private members' bill very much like the one i proposed in the lords, the lords never reject the bid it felt through the general election coming and there was no time but what the courts said is we don't want to intervene as parliament is debating it, parliament is no longer debating it, parliament is no longer debating it, for parliament does is express

the democratic will of the majority, but thejudges do the democratic will of the majority, but the judges do is determine that minority interests are protected and everybody has equal treatment for the law and they are guided in that either human rights act. the last time it came before the courts, the supreme court said robert lee by majority we think it's contrary to the human rights law that you can't make these choices but we don't want to intervene and so we hear what parliament has got to say. now parliament has got to say. now parliament has got to say. now parliament has spoken... you think it could be different. it could be different, it's for the courts now to say, whether or not they think it's contrary to your right to make choices at the end of your life. ok. i'm going to introduce if i may, what faulkner, sarah wootton, the chief executive of dignity in dying, campaign group by noel conway and we will talk to michel findlay, her daughter ella took her own life aged 36, with the generative multiple sclerosis and terminal cancer. ladies before i begin talking to you

are young being told potentially roger federer will be doing a live interview from wimbledon, so if that happens, we have to go to it at that moment so i will pause our conversation but we will definitely come back to you, i do hope you understand that i apologise in advance. sarah, lord faulknerwas seen advance. sarah, lord faulknerwas seen potentially through the courts, this time it might be different because parliament has a ready spoken, what what do you think will happen in this case? the blanket ban on assisted dying is compatible with noel‘s human rights to a dignified death. in the supreme court in 2014, they made it clear that if parliament didn't deal with this issue, they could. so it was likely to come back to parliament. the chairman of the supreme court, lord

knowberger, said that it was likely that another person with a terminal illness would get the declaration of income patability. michelle, ithink your daughter's circumstances were similarto your daughter's circumstances were similar to noel conway's. tell our add jens a little about what decisions she made? well, ella was diagnosed with ms when she was 20 so she lived with the condition for 16 yea rs, she lived with the condition for 16 years, possibly 17 years, before the diagnosis. she was convinced from the moment that she understood what ms was that she would not want to be, as she called it, a cabbage with a heartbeat and she wanted to be able to choose the time at which she said goodbye to everybody. and that is indeed what she did? it is indeed what she did. she said the decision

was facilitated by a diagnosis of terminal cancer. there was no going back, there was no miracle cure on the horizon. she was going to die within two or three months. shejust decided that when she could no longer go to the toilet on her own, brush her teeth or get even just sort of sit up and feed herself, that she just sort of sit up and feed herself, that shejust did sort of sit up and feed herself, that she just did not want to be pa rt that she just did not want to be part of this life. she'd always been a contributor to life even though she had disabilities and when she couldn't do that any more, it wasn't worth living. did she make the decision to die on her own? yes. yes. i knew when i left her house that that was going to be the day, but other people that looked after her and loved her didn't. i was the only one that knew because she knew that she could confide in me. but

she didn't want anybody there, apart from her little cat, because she didn't want the risk of anybody being prosecuted for having been there, you know. i understand that it's discretionary that we might be prosecuted but that wasn't good enough for her. so she was effectively drying to protect you all? yes. she campaigned and was active in trying to change the law. do you think in your lifetime you will see a law change? it really depends on whether mps are going to listen to their constituents, rather than to official medical organisations from the royal college of physicians. jeremy hunt said that he had changed his mind since he voted against it because he attended

a funeral of somebody who had taken their own life in holland and he was coming to the opinion that it was the right thing to do for some people. ok. political decision... 0k. what do you say to the judges who will be hearing the case of noel conway's? i would say to them and maybe some of them have, i would say to them, if one of your loved ones was going to die a terrible death, would you want to be sitting there with them while this happened, or would you prefer to see them go and slip away peacefully. i'm going to bring lord falconer back in. you know the argument against this which is vulnerable people will be helped

to die when they don't necessarily wa nt to to die when they don't necessarily want to die, that is why people oppose what you're campaigning for? i think the position is worse the way it is at the moment because there are no safeguards at all and what noel is proposing to the court is that there be safeguards, namely two doctors have got to say it's right and the judge has got to say it's right. michelle's account of her daughter's death is absolutely tragic. as she said, and it's not just michelle's daughter, it's other people as well who've had the die alone because they fear what may happen under the existing law and what happens under the existing law is, you're investigated by the police, a well—meaning official then decides in his office or her office whether or not you are going to be prosecuted. if you are prosecuted, you've got no defence and it's awful. thank you all very much for coming on the programme. thank you particularly michelle for telling us about your daughter. let's go to wimbledon and hear from

roger federer, eight—times wimbledon champion. here he is. sitting here on the players‘ lawn at wimbledon on a glorious third monday in the championships, many congratulations again roger. thank you. i remember you saying once in the past your favourite hour after the past your favourite hour after the groom grand slam is the hour after match point when you see your family and friends. you had a lot of hands to shake yesterday, royalty, fans, celebrities, did it live up to expectations? yes, an amazing amount of friend and family that came from around the world to support me at the last minute at the finals and plus the people already here for some time. we were actually up there almost like 80 of us, you know, celebrating the win afterwards, so that was a beautiful momentjust having that one hour away from the

press, away from the attention of the world watching and just celebrating with your friend and family and my kids and my wife. it was great. my parents too. i had a great time. i was very thankful that i could get that hour in before i had to go into two—and—a—half hours of press conference. here you are again this morning. here i am. you have broken your tie with pete sampras, you were level with him on seven titles. how special an achievement is that for you? he'll a lwa ys achievement is that for you? he'll always be my hero. not because i‘ve surpassed his feat here, nothing‘s changed, he‘s still my guy, you know. after our match here in 2001, that one day i would surpass him, i never thought that would be possible in my wildest dreams so i take it as it is and run with it, i enjoy it, i‘m happy. people and fans were

happy for me again yesterday. so it was just another incredible day here at wimbledon. wimbledon‘s been too kind to me over all these years and now, to be the roshed holderfor the first time for a male to win eight wimbledons, i‘ll always be that guy, it‘s very, very special and pete remains my hero for life, of course. how tempted are you by the prospect of being world number one again? it looks almost certain as if you or nadal will take overfrom looks almost certain as if you or nadal will take over from andy murray? it is at the very least a fantastic storyline absolutely. i think it‘s going to be a three or four way race or maybe a two—way race with me and rafa when andy will drop the world number one ranking. if all of a sudden andy starts winning again, we also have to win again. at some stage if he drops points, we‘ll get there. i hope it‘s me and not rafa because it would meana me and not rafa because it would mean a lot to me to get back to world number one. iwasjust mean a lot to me to get back to world number one. i wasjust trying to explain to the press that i

hadn‘t thought about it a whole lot yet. i have to speak with the team and decide, am i going to chase it for the near future, so and decide, am i going to chase it for the nearfuture, so maybe get to wimbledon at least one more time in my career, oh e or is the goal maybe to finish at world number one which isa to finish at world number one which is a bigger deal. to me that makes no difference being world number one for a week or year end number one at this stage in my career. so i have to have a meeting and discussion with my team about that in the coming week. our favourite question generally is, how long are you going to play for and i know you can‘t possibly answer that question. you have won two grand slams since you turned 35. ken rose was in grand slam finals at the age of 39. does it appeal to you, the thought of hitting your expertise and experience against guys half your age? how it feels to play against the players half my age — it feels also again quite different, you

know. i love the times when i came on tourandi know. i love the times when i came on tour and i played the likes i knew from the video gamestv and here iam knew from the video gamestv and here i am playing against them and now i‘m playing, i‘m on the opposite side, i‘m like the guy they know from tv and now, joining, it‘s quite —— i don‘t know, it‘s quite different. i‘m enjoying myself. i like to guide them and help them along the way and if they have any advice they seek, i like to give guidance. it‘s important to share experience and knowledge about the game. the game will always move on and be bigger than any athlete, so i‘m happy that i could be in the sport as long as i have been and we‘ll see how much longer i‘ll be around. a final thought. we‘ll see how much longer i‘ll be around. a finalthought. have we‘ll see how much longer i‘ll be around. a final thought. have you learnt a great deal from other sports men and women in other fields. i‘m thinking of the likes of usain bolt likely to be making headlines here in london over the next few weeks? i get inspired in a

big way by usain bolt, le bron james, rossi or schumacher. people at the highest levels because i would marvel at what they did. when i was younger i could get match ready. people would practise 100% andi ready. people would practise 100% and i would struggle in a big way when i was younger. eventually i found my way how it was possible and how i needed to motivate myself, how i needed a team around me to motivate myself and do that. it‘s been really important for me to have inspiring figures —— inspiring figures. i take it mostly from legends. confrank laces again, roger, it‘s an extraordinary achievement to have won an eighth title 14 years after your first. enjoy the moment. i sure will, thank you very much. appreciate it. russell fuller talking to the brilliant roger federer, so special he said it was and also interesting

takening inspiration from other sports people and looking at how they practise day in day out. yes, guess what you have got to work really ha rd to guess what you have got to work really hard to do what roger federer has done. so many comments about doctor who. most of you are very delighted jodie whittaker is to become the 13th doctor. ian says i wish her all the best, then he goes on the say, i‘m one of the minority who won‘t be watching after 40 years of being a fan. i bet you any money you will not be able to resist, even if it‘s for curiosity sake watching jodie whittaker. she‘s going to be in the christmas special isn‘t she. we‘ll see what happens after that. alex says, the fact there is even a discuss about the next one being a woman, itjust goes to show gender inequality still exists. surgical mesh could be banned for some

surgical operations, that goes to parliament today. we‘ll bring you the details tomorrow. some clear spells across and although. more on the way of cloud pushing into the south—west. 0vernight lows between 11 and 18 celsius. as we move through the next few days, starting to see see temperatures increasing, becoming increasingly muggy with the risk of a thunderstorm midweek. this is bbc news and these are the top stories developing at 11. in brussels, the brexit secretary, david davis, has called for both sides to "get down to business" this morning as the next round of negotiating begins. a terminally ill man will today begin a legal challenge to overturn the ban on so—called assisted dying. ido i do not want to die very slowly of suffocation, and being semiconscious

until i am in a position where i do not even know what is going on. the final route for the controversial hs2 rail line north of birmingham will be announced today, after years of disagreements. also, the father of the zombie film genre, george a romero, has died at the age of 77. the american—born director‘s 1968 cult classic night of the living dead spawned an entire genre of zombie movies.