hello, it's tuesday, it's nine o'clock, i'm victoria derbyshire. welcome to the programme. our top story today... the government's going to cut the maximum stake on fixed—odds betting terminals, known as the crack cocaine of gambling, from £100 per spin to somewhere between 50 and £2. ijust went to i just went to the counter and i said 500. i lost that in the space ofaa said 500. i lost that in the space of a a few minutes. a thousand, lost that. and another thousand. i had no more money in my bank account. we'll get reaction from some of those who've lost thousands and thousand of pounds to these machines — and from those in the betting industry. also this morning, women fleeing domestic abuse have told this programme they're being left homeless because councils are failing to provide them with suitable temporary accommodation. basically begging and every day not knowing where you are going to be sleeping. at the same time trying to put on a happy face to be supportive

for the children. that full exclusive report in around half an hour's time. and defence secretary sir michael fallon has confirmed he was once told off by a journalist for putting his hand on her knee during dinner. we bring you reaction. hello. welcome to the programme. we're live until 11. latest breaking news and developing stories as always this morning. plus, a little later we'll look at claims that some of britain's most successful paralympic athletes won their gold medals unfairly. uk athletics stand accused of manipulating the classification system in order to win medals. 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... the government has proposed reducing the amount of money that can be staked on fixed—odds betting terminals, to protect players from racking up huge losses. betting companies earn about £i.8 billion a year from the machines, which critics have described

as the "crack cocaine" of gambling. newsbeat‘sjim connolly is with me. so what kind of proposals are out there? is a general gambling review, looking at online gambling, advertising. today's focus is on fixed odd machines, because they have become such a toxic issue four of the government and society in general. people are very —— during the stories about putting hundreds of pounds and machines. at the minute if you have a special cardigan going to your bookmakers, loaded up and spin a roulette wheel. the proposals today are to bring those limits down to be —— to summer between £2 and £50. if you can only

put £2 into the machine, the chances of winning our lower, the chances of getting addicted to add are lower. the gambling industry are not happy. they say if you hit that £2 limit. you will wipe out half of british gambling shops. bookmakers will close. 20,000 to 30,000 jobs are at sta ke. close. 20,000 to 30,000 jobs are at stake. it's not football bringing in the money any more. it is these machines. there are limited to four per shot. if you go down a high street you will often see two the same bookmaker. it is profitable to have four of these machines in one shop and another one 100 yards down the road. thank you. it is a 12 week consultation period. we bring you more reaction to these proposals in the next hour. now an eta with the rest of the news. good morning. the white house has insisted that criminal charges brought against former aides to president trump, show no evidence of collusion between his election campaign and russia. george papadopoulos has

admitted lying to the fbi about his contacts with moscow, and two other senior aides have been placed under house arrest as the fbi‘s investigation intensifies. laura bicker reports. paul manafort, donald trump's former campaign manager, leaves court under house arrest facing 12 grave charges including money laundering and conspiracy. he's pleading not guilty and the charges don't relate to his work with the trump campaign. but as he sped away from the spotlight, there came an unexpected bombshell. george papadopoulos, an unpaid foreign policy adviser for the trump campaign secretly pleaded guilty to lying to the fbi about his russian contacts. his charge sheet says that while he was an aide he met a russian professor in london who said he had dirt on hillary clinton. despite having earlier told the fbi he wasn't a member of the trump campaign when the meeting took place.

the professor claimed he had thousands of clinton campaign emails and he worked to arrange a meeting between vladimir putin and donald trump, something that did not happen. papadopoulos's guilty plea discloses facts of communication between donald trump campaign and the russians we didn't know about and that could be a bigger problem for trump. more details have emerged about alleged russian attempts to influence voters on social media. facebook believes that 126 million american users may have come into contact with russian backed propaganda during the election. this investigation is not going away, as the white house had hoped, and could overshadow the trump presidency for some time to come. the bank of england is warning that 75,000 jobs could be lost from britain's financial services sector, if the uk leaves the european union without a trade deal. senior figures at the bank of england are said to be

using the number as a "reasonable scenario" in their planning for the future, but are thought to be optimistic that negotiations will be successful. 0ur economics editor, kamal ahmed, reports. it will be one of the toughest challenges facing the brexit negotiators, tackling the multitrillion—pound financial services industry which links the uk with the rest of the european union. banks and financial companies based in britain pay £67 billion in taxes each year, and contribute a trade surplus of £58 billion, helping the uk's economy. many eu countries would like a slice of the sector and see brexit as an opportunity. frankfurt and paris, for example, are marketing themselves as new places to locate. the bank of england is now preparing for tens of thousands ofjob losses which it believes will hit the uk if there is no new free—trade deal. some will simply disappear as the financial sector shrinks across britain and some will be lost to london's competitor cities. although the bank believes 75,000

job losses is a reasonable scenario over 3—5 years, many are optimistic that a good deal will be signed on financial services because both the uk and the eu will not want to disrupt such a vital component of the economy. and even with the job losses, britain, with over1 million financial services jobs, will still be by far the most important centre for banking in europe. the defence secretary, sir michael fallon, has confirmed he was once rebuked by a politicaljournalist for putting his hand on her knee during dinner. the radio presenter, julia hartley—brewer, said she had not been "remotely upset or distressed" by the incident, which happened 15 years ago. ms hartley—brewer said that it was absurd to treat misjudged sexual overtures orflirting as being morally equivalent to serious sexual harassment or assault. netflix, has insisted its decision to cancel the political drama, house of cards, was made before the star of the series was accused of making a sexual advance

towards a teenage boy. kevin spacey has apologised for any "inappropriate drunken behaviour", but he's faced criticism for using the same statement to come out as gay. the deposed leader of catalonia, carles puigdemont, has arrived in belgium and hired a lawyer specialising in immigration, raising speculation he may seek asylum. earlier, the spanish attorney general said he was seeking charges, including rebellion, sedition and the misappropriation of public funds, against mr puigdemont and other separatist leaders over last week's unilateral declaration of independence. sarah corker reports. in barcelona, people are asking just what happens next. the spanish government is now in charge of running this, the catalan region. carles puigdemont, the deposed catalan leader faces charges of rebellion and he has decided to escape. translation: he is in belgium.

i think, to step away a bit and let things calm down. he did not give me much more explanation. i am not his political assistant but his justice assistant. and speculation is growing that carles puigdemont is preparing to seek asylum in belgium. he is now potentially a fugitive from spanishjustice. in catalonia, he won the hearts of these supporters by declaring independence on friday. but he has left others, like these pro—unity campaigners, furious. what happened here, it is like carles puigdemont is a dictator. i lost a lot of friends. we talk a lot about politics and this is impossible to talk about. and the stand—off is escalating. yesterday the prosecutor in madrid announced serious charges against catalan leaders, carrying a maximum sentence of 30 years in prison. translation: in order to uphold honour, this office has five charges of rebellion,

sedition and misuse of funds against the main catalan leaders. and the reaction to that from the defacto catalan deputy president who said he had nothing new to say. amid reports of the other former cabinet members are also in belgium with carles puigdemont, the potential repercussions of this crisis now stretch across europe. women fleeing domestic abuse have told this programme they're being left homeless because councils are failing to provide them with suitable temporary accommodation. it means in some cases women are having to move time and time again when councils can't find appropriate homes. prince william attended the pride of britain awards last night, in which first responders to the terrorist attacks in london and manchester were among the people honoured. just a warning, the following

pictures do contain flashing images. the awards, at london's grosvenor hotel, were also attended by the prime minister. residents and community helpers were given a special recognition award for their work following the grenfell tower fire. prince william praised the "inspiring" efforts of those who reacted to the tragedy. that's a summary of the latest bbc news — more at 9.30am. we are going to talk more about the proposals for a fixed odds betting terminals. if you have spent money on them, tell‘s your own experience. let's get some sport with 0lly foster. sirmo farah is sir mo farah is coming home and ending his relationship with controversial american coach alberto salazar. he is indeed. it was an inspired move in 2011. mo farah, not

winning very much at all, halting up with alberto salazar, a former marathon runner. that state—of—the—art facility in the united states. in his time there, it was a glut of gold medals for mo farah, becoming the greatest distance runner on the track. four 0lympic titles, six world titles as well, as recently as this summer when he won macro 10,000 metres gold at the world championships in london. he retired from the track after that race in london. he decided to aim towards road running. half marathons, marathon running. the last couple of years there has been a growing unease about that relationship with salazar, because he has been subject to the us anti—doping investigation. 0ne he has been subject to the us anti—doping investigation. one of their report was leaked in which the coach was accused of unlawful conduct, with absolutely no

justification for possessing testosterone, something he defended himself against, saying it was just for personal use because of a medical condition that he has. he has always denied any wrongdoing, as that investigation, which is also included an fbi investigation as well, he says he has never done anything wrong and none of his athletes have ever failed drug tests. we have seen mo farah get very angry when questioned about his relationship with salazar and this ongoing investigation. he says, i have never failed a ongoing investigation. he says, i have neverfailed a drugs ongoing investigation. he says, i have never failed a drugs test. i have never failed a drugs test. i have never failed a drugs test. i have never done anything wrong. he says the reason he is ending that relationship now has got nothing to do with that investigation or any of the allegations against salazar. he says it is purely for family reasons. he wants his children to grow up in the uk. he isjoining a new coach on the road. he has posted this on social media.

i want to thank each member of the project and alberto for what he has done over the years. yeah, so i'm coming back. my new coach is gary locke, who coached paula radcliffe through her marathon. very excited to start a new project, a new start. i can't wait to be back home and i can't wait to see my team, arsenal, the emirates. gary locke is paula radcliffe's husband. he has guided her career. he has a stable of young athletes. sirmo farah, a he has a stable of young athletes. sir mo farah, a new chapter in his athletic career. but breaking his relationship with alberto salazar. there will be many who will be glad of that. at westminster today the culture, media and sport select committee are going to scrutinise paralympic classification, aren't they? this could be fascinating. the ipc, the international paralympic movement, will be bracing themselves for a a

few high—profile athletes and allegations against them under parliamentary privilege. they are looking at claims of cheating. there are claims that athletes are exaggerating their conditions or impairments to be classified within a group that gives them a better chance of winning. a key man appearing before the committee will be the lawyer michael green. his daughter 0livia, paralympic long jump daughter 0livia, paralympic long jump champion. he has campaigned for yea rs jump champion. he has campaigned for years paralympic jump champion. he has campaigned for years pa ralympic issues. jump champion. he has campaigned for years paralympic issues. he says there is no question that certain athletes from certain nations have and continue to manipulate the classification system. it is easy to manipulate, he says, not robust, not fit for purpose. we will be hearing from the key players later this morning in westminster. we will be across that. thank you very much, 0lly. thank you. fixed—odds betting terminals like these have been dubbed the crack cocaine of gambling

because they are so addictive. it is possible to lose a vast amount of money on them in a very short amount of time. but now the maximum stake for fixed—odds betting terminals could drop to as little as £2 under a government review. currently, people can bet up to £100 every 20 seconds on the gaming machines, but proposals could limit that to between £2 and £50. the rise of fixed—odds betting terminals is an issue we've been covering for years on this programme and the radio, where we've heard from addicts who have lost hundreds of thousands of pounds on them. last year an investigation by this programme found staff in betting shops telling us they're being told to offer customers perks and incentives to keep them playing on those controversial high stakes machines.

i was in that hairdressers over the road and i don't know what happened. i came out of the hairdressers i thought, oh, go on, what's the harm, i'll go in and have a go. the addiction is always present. ifed in what i had in my wallet, which i think was about £90. then i came out, took some money out of the cashpoint. at this point, i was totally devastated and just completely caught up in the gambling. in a red mist is probably the best way to describe it, or fog. and i just went to the counter and said, you know, £500. i lost that in the space of a few minutes. £1,000, i lost that. £1,000, lost that, and another £1,000 — until i had no more money in my bank account. and how did you feel after losing that? devastated. at this point, the plan was still for my wife and child to come and live here in this country with me. i'd got a flat set up and everything ready to go. but because of that relapse, and because my wife realised i was still very much in the gambling, the addiction was there... let us know your reaction to the

proposed changes particularly if you have used fixed—odds betting terminals. you can e—mail and tweet. we can speak now to jason haddigan. adam bradford's father has had major gambling problems. at one point going to prison to fuel his habit. and in the studio, the labour mp carolyn harris who chairs a cross—party group on fixed 0dds betting. ina in a moment we will be joined by john wright from the british amusement catering trade association. jason, how much do you reckon you have lost through your lifetime on these terminals? i have lost £300,000 on them. over what period

of time? ok, so they came out in the year 2000. i was actually banned from all bookmakers in the year 2014. so from 2000 to 2014, yeah, i lost over £300,000. wow. and where did you get the money from? how did you afford it? i was conning the bookmakers to fuel my gambling addiction. yes and that is why in 2014, a crown courtjudge banned me from every bookmakers in the united kingdom for i believe it was five yea rs, yes. kingdom for i believe it was five years, yes. tell me this - how much do you take responsibility for your actions? how much do you think it is to do with the nature of these particular betting terminals? well, before the fixed—odds terminals came

out, i was gambling since the age of nine. very, very bad gambler. i can relate to tony franklin. i feel sorry for him. i believe he has lost over £2 million, the same as me, but you had a chance before the machines come out. i used to have thro, three, four five grand come out. i used to have thro, three, fourfive grand on horses and sometimes i would win, 2—1 and 3—1 andi sometimes i would win, 2—1 and 3—1 and i would collect £15,000 or £20,000, but the last time i went into a bookmakers was in 2013 and i remember going up to the staff and i wa nted remember going up to the staff and i wanted £1500 on a horse at 3—1 and she said no, you can only have £60 on it. right. but we can load the £1500 into the machines if you want. so, the bookmakers know that you have got absolutely no chance at all of winning any money on these fixed—odds terminals. this is why they are not accepting bets on

horses and dogs anymore. let me bring in adam. yourfather went horses and dogs anymore. let me bring in adam. your father went to jailfor bring in adam. your father went to jail for stealing bring in adam. your father went to jailfor stealing to fuel bring in adam. your father went to jail for stealing to fuel his habit. something that the, you only found out about, i think, after it was reported in the media. his gambling had a devastating impact on your life. tell us what happened? so you're right, he went to prison for fraud. he had a gambling addiction more about 30 years that he kept secret from the family. it started off line and then in recent years we nt off line and then in recent years went online and as he bet more and more and more he started borrowing money from banks, from credit cards, payday loans, he even remortgaged the house in secret without any of us the house in secret without any of us knowing. he ended up stealing money from his employers to fund the habit which he ultimately went to prison for, but still, when he was on his way to court and going through the court case we had no idea until he had gone into prison. he got a two year sentence for fraud

and you know that shock and the misery we were left with just, you know, just devastated the family. let me bring in carolyn and john white. so the proposals that are going to be consulted on over the next few months talk about reducing the £100 stake every 20 seconds to somewhere between £2 and £50, that's a big difference, isn't it? what do you going to be campaigning for? £2. if it's not £2 i will feel that the campaign thave been running for the la st two campaign thave been running for the last two years will have been a waste of time. i'm confident that the government will see sense. there is overwhelming evidence that people's lives have been destroyed by these machines and i'm interested to hear what adam was saying. so many people i have spoken to had to steal in order to feed their gambling habit. they don't have to steal, do they? we would not say about that a cocaine addict. we

acce pt about that a cocaine addict. we accept that people have a problem with drugs and we accept that they commit crime in order to feed that. it is the same with these machines, but nobody is acknowledging the fact that these machines are as dangerous as any otherdrug. that these machines are as dangerous as any other drug. when you see the statistics, 31% of the people who actually use the machines earn less than £10,000. so where do they get the money to put into the machines from? they are not earning it. it has got to come from somewhere. john white, just be clear for our audience what kind of organisation you represent? so we represent the amusement machine industry, the seaside amusement arcade and the people who put machines in pubs and clu bs people who put machines in pubs and clubs and adult gaming centres on the high street. where do you stand on whether it is a £2 or up to £50? we think it should be reduced substantially and £2 would be... you would get more business compared to the betting shops? no, not at all, it is about striking the right balance between what is appropriate for those people that wish to play on machines and enjoy what they have

to offer and the harnl machines can cause to some people and quite frankly, £100, £50, £20, the numbers quoted in the consultation paper don't cut the mustard, you will not see from the evidence that i have seen see from the evidence that i have seen any see from the evidence that i have seen any reduction in the harms that the machines can cause. as a labour mp you will be concerned aboutjobs, of course, you know the betting industry say if you reduce the stake to £2, thousands of people will be out of work in the gambling industry? well, i don't accept that... you don't believe them? no, i don't believe them. they are classed as shops. they are only allowed four machines per shop. they will put more betting shops in the proximity. they are sole worker operations. truth of it is they make so operations. truth of it is they make so much money from the machines that they open up extra shops in order to take, over 50% of their revenue comes from these machines. exactly. that's what they are saying. that's why people will be out of work. well, you have done the maths

yourself, pretty much. if we actually had better businesses on the high street and reduced the sta ke, the high street and reduced the stake, there would be more income that people could spend in cafes and restaurants, there would be better shops in the high street. gambling isa shops in the high street. gambling is a legitimate industry. it is not illegal? the fixed-odds machines are dangerous. i'm not out to destroy industry. this is really, really bad for individuals. michael says, "i used to work in betting shops and i have seen people spend hundreds of pounds in minutes. lyon says, "i work ina pounds in minutes. lyon says, "i work in a bookies. i'm terrified by this. so many friends and family could lose theirjobs." do you care? i have to say that the fobts have caused job losses across the economy. 0ne figure that i think stands out for me, from our particular sector is that nearly half of adult gaming centres you

find on the high street have disappeared since the introduction of these types of machines. it is perfectly right and proper that a sustainable book making industry should exist on the high street. like wise adult gaming centres and like wise family entertainment centres. i come back to the word again, it is balance. what is the right stake for machines on the high street to allow people to enjoy them and provide employment and provide businesses, but without coming to harm. there was a study out there, i don't want to get into too much technicalities, the introduction of these machines had destroyed jobs. destroyed jobs. so i don't buy the argument that's being put forward, but for each individual, of course, it isa but for each individual, of course, it is a tragedy and one sympathises. jason, you want to come back in there? yes. a good point what carolyn just there? yes. a good point what carolynjust made. there? yes. a good point what carolyn just made. they there? yes. a good point what carolynjust made. they are saying there will be 16,000 people out of a job if the stake gets reduced to £2. i actually believe there is more

than 16,000 people that have lost their job than 16,000 people that have lost theirjob because they have got addicted to the fixed—odds terminals. well, thank you all of you. thank you very much for coming on the programme. we will see what happens in the next few weeks. there will be a lot of lobbying and campaigning going on. thank you. your reaction welcome. send me an e—mail. you can message us on facebook, whatsapp. still to come, women fleeing domestic abuse are being left homeless because councils are failing to provide them with suitable temporary accommodation. we'll be hearing first—hand experiences from survivors of domestic abuse. it is the final of the great british bake 0ff tonight. we will look ahead to it. time for the latest news, here's annita. the government has published proposals to limit the amount

of money that can be staked on fixed—odds betting terminals. measures to cut the current £100 maximum bet to somewhere between £50 and £2 will be considered during a short consultation period. critics have called the machines the crack cocaine of gambling. the white house has insisted that criminal charges brought against former aides to president trump, show no evidence of collusion between his election campaign and russia. george papadopoulos has admitted lying to the fbi about his contacts with moscow. he appears to be helping investigators. two other trump aides have been placed under house arrest. facebook says 126 million americans may have come into contact with russian—backed propaganda before and after last year's presidential election. twitter and google also say they were used to share divisive posts traced to russia. the social media giants had initially dismissed complaints about fake news as crazy. women fleeing domestic abuse have

told this programme they're being left homeless because councils are failing to provide them with suitable temporary accommodation. some women have been forced to move accommodation repeatedly because the councils can't find appropriate accommodation. the defence secretary, sir michael fallon, has confirmed he was once rebuked by a politicaljournalist for putting his hand on her knee during dinner. the radio presenter, julia hartley—brewer, said she had not been "remotely upset or distressed" by the incident, which happened 15 years ago. ms hartley—brewer said that it was absurd to treat misjudged sexual overtures orflirting as being morally equivalent to serious sexual harassment. sirmo farah has sir mo farah has left as american coach and is returning to the uk

with his family. gary locke is set to oversee his marathon career. salazar is the subject of a us anti—doping investigation but denies allegations of wrongdoing. sean dyche mark five years as manager of burnley with victory over newcastle last night. jeff hendrick with the only goal. they are seventh in the premier league. manchester united ta ke premier league. manchester united take a 100% record to benfica tonight in the champions league. victory could take them into the knockout stages. chelsea and celtic also in action. and ronnie 0'sullivan has been knocked out of the international open in china by a 17—year—old. sullivan says the only men to have played that well against him at the former world champions, john and stephen hendry. a full update after ten. women fleeing domestic abuse have told this programme they're being left homeless because councils are failing to provide them with suitable temporary accommodation. it means in some cases women are having to move time and time again when councils can't find appropriate homes.

lucy martindale escaped domestic violence four years ago — she moved seven times before finding a home. she's been to meet other women in her situation for this programme. i reported domestic violence as i was in fearfor my i reported domestic violence as i was in fear for my life. i reported domestic violence as i was in fearfor my life. i lived in a two—bedroom flat with a secured tenancy here in lambeth. my children happily attended the local school just around the corner. the council moved me out of lambeth to be away from my abuser and i was glad of this. i was placed here in temporary

accommodation, a hostel in norwood. it was tiny with six or seven families, around 22 people, all crammed inside. i moved the children toa crammed inside. i moved the children to a local school and then the council told me i had a better chance of getting permanent accommodation by taking a private rental. and so i moved to here. a small flat in streatham. the flat had damp. i reported this to the landlord. a few months later, i was evicted and i had to present to the council as homeless. i was moved to this hotel. nowhere to cook, nowhere to feed your children, and you all share one bed. my son had his tenth birthday here. not one of his best birthdays. and from the hotel i was moved here, to a bed and breakfast in purley. we shared it with five

families and some single men. we we re families and some single men. we were now eight miles away from the children's school. i insisted the council moved me. and six weeks later, i ended up here, an old school which is now used as temporary accommodation for homeless families. i had one tiny bedroom. the children's school was three miles away. in the end i was so fed up miles away. in the end i was so fed upi miles away. in the end i was so fed upround miles away. in the end i was so fed up i found accommodation myself. this meant a move into a private rental, which is hard for me to afford. so now i'm here. my seventh home in less than four years. my experience has been traumatic. so it made me want to find out what has happened to other women in my position. how are you? fine, thank you. caves

led a violent relationship last year. he woke up this morning and said, it was so comfortable. after three months of sofa surfing and going around different properties, fitting into other people's lives, it's such a relief. when i went to meet her, she had just moved into temporary accommodation with her children. tell me how you ended up here in bromley? i approached bromley. after six months, i was in a refuge, after six months they agreed to has me as a single person. a couple of months later, the children came to live with me. it was then that they refused to accept the children onto the housing. what is your housing situation now? i'm currently in a temporary property. we have been staying at four

different properties. just co nsta ntly different properties. just constantly moving. with family and friends? yeah. did they offered to put you in a hostel, hotel? no. they didn't give me... they didn't give me even a leaflet. how did you arrange your housing on a day—to—day basis? it was very difficult indeed emotionally. very difficult. because you are basically begging and every day not knowing where you are going to be sleeping. at the same time trying to put on a happy face, to be supportive for the children, telling them it's going to be all right went deep inside you really don't think it's going to be. you don't know what you are going to be doing, where you are going to be staying. you can maybe —— you couldn't always maybe koke dinner, so maybe you are buying food on the go, eating

sandwiches. you feel you are not providing a stable diet. but the fa ct i providing a stable diet. but the fact i was escaping domestic violence, and that they are dependent children, still they was flat—out refusing to liaise with me. every door was closed. kay visited the council numerous times and made repeated phone calls, begging them for help. i've got nowhere to go. nowhere! it says you can stay with your cousin. i cannot stay there. i cannot stay there. 0k? i cannot stay there. i cannot stay there. ok? but why? but why can't you help me? y can't bromley helped me? what are we supposed to do tonight? i can't stay there.

it bromley council spokesperson said... cheryl fled her home in croydon this year and was immediately placed in a refuge. she has been —— she is being evicted today because after eight months her time is up. but she has nowhere else to go. how did it make you feel, having to be evicted from the refuge? worried, because i didn't know where i was going that night. they give you four weeks notice. you expect to leave at the end of four weeks knowing where you are going. you know the date you we re you are going. you know the date you were leaving? you would've picture

key is up, gone to view properties. 0n the monday, the week that i was leaving, they found somewhere in westcliff on sea, but that was too far. the day after that, the tuesday, i spoke to them again and they asked me if i would go to the north of england. i said no. i they asked me if i would go to the north of england. isaid no. i have commitments down this way. i've got nobody in the north england. the government strategy says it will continue to ensure all women are supported. what do you feel about that? i feel that they have lied because all women are not supported. i feel that someone from the government should go through what we have been through and see if they say the same at the end of it, because i can guarantee they want. i think they should be more places for women with domestic violence to go to. all the numbers they give you,

half of them don't do anything for you. it is like a lucky dip. i can identify with that. you are just a number at the end of the day, really. i thought we all have human rights and stuff. you've got no rights. your rights are taken out of your hands. i wanted to know if councils have a duty to house all women who have left a violent relationship. so i went to speak to jane pritchard, a housing lawyer. so when a person applies to the local authority in a situation where they are fleeing domestic abuse, there is a really low bar that they need to be satisfied of, in order to provide them with temporary accommodation. of the local authority simply need reason to believe that the person is harmless, which should be obvious. that they are eligible for assistance under the housing act.

and that they are in priority need of accommodation. if those criteria are satisfied, then there is a duty to provide suitable accommodation immediately. all the women which i have spoken to feel that they have been bounced from one person to the next. do you think this is a common thing? it's a really common situation that week, culross. clients coming to see us seeking advice because they have gone to one council and been told it's not their responsibility, and to go to another responsibility, and to go to another responsibility it's really important to understand that this type of behaviour week—old gatekeeping is housing lawyers, is unlawful. ———week—old gatekeeping. your connection with the borrower has nothing to do with their immediate duty to one, except a homeless person's application, and two, to

provide you with temporary accommodation. what impact does this have? where someone is fleeing domestic abuse we may only ever have one chance, one opportunity to assist in protecting them, to ensure they are housed in suitable safe, secure accommodation. if that applicant goes to the council and is turned away at that time, we know that that person may never go back. they go back to the perpetrator of the abuse. they never, ever have the opportunity again of being rehoused. lots of the women i spoke to told me about how councils had refused to help them. sofia greeted talk about her experience but she wanted to keep her identity private. when i went into this relationship i

was in love with my partner. and within a month, when i was beaten up, iwas within a month, when i was beaten up, i was stripped nude and thrown out of the house. my neighbours helped to told me and give me first aid. sofia left her home with nothing. i knew i needed aid. sofia left her home with nothing. i knew! needed resources like money. so i had somejewellery on. my wedding ring, my engagement ring. i had some bangles. basically... sophia went to the council after arriving in london, hoping they would help. i had walked in about ten seconds into the council within ten seconds into the council within ten seconds into the council within ten seconds i was asked to go. they just dismissed me. they didn't seem to understand that i was homeless. i was actually homeless. what happened next? since then i repeatedly

visited the council almost every day and there were times when i have beenin and there were times when i have been in that phone booth crying my eyes out, i was so upset and i was so vulnerable. eventually the council agreed to house sofia and offered her a place at a hostel. when i went to this hostel, it housed 14 women. i was scared. i was just scared. you was a victim of domestic violence. yes. i do remember one of those men actually came to me and said, you know darling, if you get a knock on your door at two o'clock in the morning, don't worry, it only me. i couldn't speak. i literally couldn't speak. having made it to where i am today,

i couldn't have done it. i am very proud of myself. you should be. i wanted to learn more about the impact domestic violence has no woman's light and her housing. so i travelled to north london to meet mary mason. there are already people who are feeling traumatised. to move then from home to home, to move often from home to home, to move often from school to school, to move from temporary accommodation to temporary accommodationjust adds temporary accommodation to temporary accommodation just adds to the lengthening amount of trauma that somebody experiences. the other thing i think it is important to understand is that a lot of women would choose not to leave a violent relationship because they can't get decent housing. this isn'tjust a london problem, is it? no, it is a national problem and a lot of issues that are happening in london are

repeated elsewhere around the country. what we really want to do and the women we're working with really wa nt and the women we're working with really want to do is rebuild their lives. the reason they left the violence and abuse was to find a better life for themselves and their children. i'm glad there are people like mary and jane who are helping women like me find their way, but i don't think, we the survivors of domestic violence should have to rely on lawyers and charities to help us. thank you for your messages. jane on facebook says, "the system is wrong and leaves victims more vulnerable and leaves victims more vulnerable and sweeps this under the carpet. i lost a daughter to suicide three yea rs lost a daughter to suicide three years ago due to reporting domestic abuse and she got no help from anyone " abuse and she got no help from anyone." this tweet from jo, "women and children are fleeing domestic violence and they are often left homeless or housed in b&b—type

accommodation which leaves them feeling more isolated." kirsty says, "there should be more support in place to get the abusers out of the family home." another viewer says, "we can't rely on the government and councils to help, so abused women end up staying with the abuser." kerry, abused women end up staying with the abuser. " kerry, "i abused women end up staying with the abuser " k abused women end up staying with the abuser." kerry, "i am sorry for every victim this this domestic abuse housing film. ijust wish i could help them." keep viewer views coming in, particularly if you have your own personal experience. coming up, some of britain's most successful paralympic athletes are facing suggestions they won their gold medals unfairly at parliamentary hearing. we'll be getting the views of two paralympic athletes a little later in the programme. it's the final of the great british bake 0ff tonight with kate, stephen and sophie battling it out to win the title. despite only getting around half the viewers on channel 4 compared to bbc one, it has been seen as a huge success. it has been watched by more young people than any other show on tv

so far this year, and is likely to be channel 4's most watched programme since 1985. here's why. is trifle popular in siberia. is trifle popular in siberialj is trifle popular in siberia. i have never seen is trifle popular in siberia. i have never seen trifle. what's trifle in russian? i don't know. 0h oh my god. what happened? stacey is making red velvet chocolate sponge which she will decorate to make look like a designer handbag. which she will decorate to make look like a designer handbagm which she will decorate to make look like a designer handbag. it will be quite moist. looking forward to the moist clutch. do you feel you need this one to get yourself higher up

the rankings? i think we do. it's a we now. very nice. laughter it's so frustrating. i like the snail! is there something about the shape of the snail? laughter paul, are you going to pull yourself together? yeah, in a minute. what's the shape? solid. try and keep up with the youth. that is ridiculous. bakers, you've got 45 minutes left. 45. takeit minutes left. 45. take it out. the second prove. minutes left. 45. take it out. the second provem minutes left. 45. take it out. the second prove. it is not horrific. let's talk now to

andrew smyth, a finalist on last year's bake 0ff. he's still baking and made an edible jet for prince william after the series. isaid, "i recognise i sa' i said, "i recognise you." off the tv! i thought we'd met. she thought she had seen me at a conference! buzzfeed's bake 0ff correspondent, scott bryan is also here. he thinks this year hasn't been a "vintage" series. becky chester is a bake off superfan that's been baking along to the series. she has baked us a halloween special pumpkin cake in the theme of week eight‘s "forgotten bakes. " we will show it to you now. there is the pumpkin cake, thank you. john holland is a fan who thinks the bake 0ff brand is potentially running out of steam. he has brought in a brain—themed cake based on week

one's "illusion" theme. that's quite a masterpiece. it looks like the same thing. when have you seen a like the same thing. when have you seen a real brain? not recently! laughter he was carrying it on the tube this morning. did everyone see it? yeah. someone said, "don't eat it all at once." scott, let's look at the audience figures first of allment they are lower than bbc one. as you would expect. yes. but for the 16 to 34 age group, it is mega, isn't it? it is the biggest show on tv this yearfor it is the biggest show on tv this year for young people and also for channel 4's prospective, it is great for them because they get all of the appetising for shows they get to definitely get in the money that they have spent on this show. i have sensed that i think particularly online there is less of a buzz this year. so you mean they are not pumping out the social media as much or there is less chatter? there is less chatter, i think. why is that

then? part of it is because last year when you used to watch it on bbc iplayer, you could rewind and have stuff to share around on tumbler and twitter. this year it is harder because on all 4 it is not as good as the bbc‘s. so i think, i know that sounds a bit specific, but i think that does have an effect with how young people talk about the show. but still, i mean, it is definitely a programme that i think people really just like definitely a programme that i think people reallyjust like particularly because it's authentic also the fact that they have characters like liam who is very young, their age range as well. liam... oh liam. liam. the nation seemed to weep. absolutely. everyone loved liam. there was a lot of social media around liam going out and there was huge uproar. what do you think in terms of how similar it is to the bbc version apart from the adverts?

i thought it would be more channel 4 and the advert leading up to bake 0ff gave you that inkling that we we re 0ff gave you that inkling that we were going to do something different and away went the music and you were there and it was the same again, apart from noel being noel! laughter what do you mean, funny and rude? yes. do you like that? i think he's fantastic. he has done really well. what do you think looking at the co ntesta nts a nd presenters what do you think looking at the contestants and presenters and judges and the new faces? they have pitched it quite well. audiences only like a certain amount of change and with the channel move and the brea ks and with the channel move and the breaks and the new presenting teams it was a sensible decision to keep the bake e the music and the challenges and the same format, they might have lost more of a share if they moved away from the classic format. the bakers have been fantastic. what about as characters? for me it is about the baking and when we auditioned to go in the tent, you arejudged on the when we auditioned to go in the tent, you are judged on the quality of your baking. it is nice if there

isa of your baking. it is nice if there is a personality to go with it. there was some personalities when liam left, there was some upset because he was one of the favourite characters and a lot of people thought he was going to make it the whole way to the end. but in the tenth night, we have got three amazing skilled bakers and i can't wait to see what they produce. john, why do you think it is running out of stea m ? why do you think it is running out of steam? there is only so much that love productions can do. they have built ina love productions can do. they have built in a format where they are able to introduce commercial breaks like on channel 4. and so, i think there is only so much they can do in terms of how the show is structured. you are always going to open with that signature bake. you are going to have technical. you are going to have a show—stopper. so i don't think the system is there, it's not broken. i don't think they should try and fix it. right. but. i'm confused. it's running out of steam, but it's all right. it's running out of steam because they can't change

it. it's kind of... is that fair or not? the weird thing i find about it channel 4 say it is a very channel 4 show now and i still think it is a bbc show with ads in like it is distinctively un—channel 4y.fi bbc show with ads in like it is distinctively un-channel 4y. it is very similar. it is very similar and i like the fact that noel fielding is providing some left field humour and each every week he is trying to see how far he can take it. on the first episode... oh, he was apologetic, he was really sheepish, i'm really sorry i got this job. last week he was dancing around and having, and i like the how he works with sandy. it is not what i was expecting. nobody could see them being a duo. what do you think andrew about the challenges that they have been set this time? could they have been set this time? could they have been set this time? could they have pushed that further? do you think they were challenging enough? i think year-on-year they have to ramp up the challenges. if we look back to the first series of

bake 0ff we look back to the first series of bake off now, it does look simpler, it was things like victorian sponges and scones, as you have gone through the series they have had to increase in complexity and you only had to look at the illusion cakes. it was final territory a couple of years ago. i think as people have watched it and gained more confidence at home as well, people i think around the nation have upskilled their baking. if you had talked about spray baking. if you had talked about spray nodsles that they were using in the first episode a couple of yea rs in the first episode a couple of years back, people would have had no idea, but now there is lots of amateurs who are making incredible ca kes. amateurs who are making incredible cakes. i think it will be interesting to see how much they can push that because there is only so far you can push that because there is only so faryou can go push that because there is only so far you can go if you get more and more complicated. what's been the best bake for you, becky? well, of the whole series? yes. in terms of baking along i found it hard to bake along with the technicals because they have used a lot of specialist equipment and things like that which ijust haven't equipment and things like that which i just haven't got equipment and things like that which ijust haven't got so i had to adapt bits and pieces, but i thought the meringues were brilliant last week

and you needed that element of technical ability of understanding how the meringue works alongside making it look beautiful which challenged stephen which i quite like the fact it challenged stephen because i think he's done so well at making things look fabulous so far. how many sometimes of times has he won star baker? three or four. what about worst bake? i can't say how bad their bakes are because mine have been horrible in the past. i think like sometimes that you have it when they try to be very so ambitious and they realise about ten minutes before the end... they can't manage it. they can't manage it. sometimes when people do that at home they don't have the time constraint. when you are doing it in timed scenario, i was at this live interactive baking experience where you can bake along in real—time and it is only when you realise that you are in the at any time and you are against the clock, it really makes

it, you just do daft things. you just lose control about how simple things work like a whisk because it is the pressure. scott is right. it is the pressure. scott is right. it is the pressure. scott is right. it is the balance between being just ambitious, but not stretching yourself because you can fail quickly in the tent. whether it is the oven door coming off or overflowing things on the hob. who is going to win? stephen. sophie. stephen. sophie. i have the casting vote —— not! thank you very much for bringing in youramazing vote —— not! thank you very much for bringing in your amazing creations particularly love the brain cake and the pumpkin cake. thank you. we appreciate it. carol is here. i have a lovely little dancing skeleton if you're going out to celebrate hallowe'en, maybe trick or treating, for most of us, it will be mild. that's where the weather starts to change. let's focus first of all on what's happening this morning. we've got some rain across the western

highlands. that's going to be persistent through the course of the day. rain pushing north—east wards across the northern isles and some showers coming in across northern ireland, northern england and through the day we will see one or two in wales, the midlands and east anglia, but there is a lot of dry weather around as well. so this afternoon across northern ireland, it's a mixture of bright spells, sunshine and showers. the more persistent rain hanging around western scotland and argyll and bute. anything that goes over to the east of scotland will be patchy and to the east of gram preians, we will have temperatures 14 or 15 as we will to the east of pennines in any sunshine. but quite a bit of cloud with the showers across north—west england, some of it getting across the pennines. some showers in the midlands and one or two in east anglia, but this morning's cloud will continue to break up and we will continue to break up and we will start to see sunny spells developing. temperatures this afternoon in the sunshine in plymouth 12 celsius. for wales, bright skies or sunny spells with just one or two showers as well. if you are going out trick or treating

this evening, it will be mild. it will be fairly cloudy. where the cloud breaks across southern england it will be cooler, but we will have the rain and mild conditions across northern ireland and scotland and the rain sinking further south by the rain sinking further south by the time we get to the end of the night. so tomorrow's rush hour across scotland and northern ireland is likely to be quite wet and as this front producing the rain sinks further south, what you will find is it will tend to turn weaker in nature and the rain on it patchier and behind it, we see a return to bright spells, sunshine and showers. still quite windy in the north and ahead of it, we are looking at the cloud breaking up and some sunny spells coming out as well. temperatures in the north, 12 celsius. but in the south, we are looking at 15 celsius. if we pick up the weather front producing the rain it sinks south during wednesday and into thursday. that's a weak feature. what we will find across southern areas is a band of cloud with spots of rain, the far south of england, seeing bright spells, but look at the difference across

scotland, northern england and northern ireland. much drier, much brighter, but also it's going to feel much cooler. hello, it's tuesday, it's 10 o'clock, i'm victoria derbyshire. a government review could see the maximum stake for fixed—odds betting terminals drop to as little as £2. the bookmakers know if you have absolutely no chance at all of putting money on. this is why they are not accepting any bets on horses or dogs and a more. that as a man who lost more than £300,000 on fixed odds betting. we're speaking to some of those who have lost money through addiction to the machines, including a man whose gambling problem cost him half a million pounds. also this morning, women fleeing domestic abuse have told this programme they're being left homeless because councils are failing to provide them with suitable temporary accommodation.

basically begging and every day not knowing where you're going to be sleeping and at the same time trying to put on a happy face and... to be supportive for the children. and as sexual harassment claims continue to engulf westminster, we'll bring you more reaction. good morning. here's annita in the bbc newsroom with a summary of todays news. good morning. the government has proposed reducing the amount of money that can be staked on fixed—odds betting terminals, to protect players from racking up huge losses. betting companies earn about £1.8 billion a year from the machines, which critics have described as the "crack cocaine" of gambling. the white house has dismissed the arrest of some of president trump's former advisers as inconsequential. george papadopoulos has admitted lying to the fbi

about his contacts with russia, and now appears to have been helping the investigation into alleged links between the trump campaign and moscow. two other trump aides have been placed under house arrest. facebook says 126 million americans may have come into contact with russian—backed propaganda before and after last year's presidential election. twitter and google also say they were used to share divisive posts traced to russia. the social media giants had initially dismissed complaints about fake news as crazy. the bank of england says failure to secure a trade deal with the eu before brexit could see the loss of 75,000 jobs from the uk's financial services sector. it's told financial firms to be prepared for "no deal", but senior figures at the bank are said to be optimistic that negotiations will be successful. women fleeing domestic abuse have told this programme they're being left homeless because councils

are failing to provide them with suitable temporary accommodation. it means in some cases women are having to move time and time again when councils can't find appropriate homes. the defence secretary, sir michael fallon, has confirmed he was once rebuked by a politicaljournalist for putting his hand on her knee during dinner. the radio presenter, julia hartley—brewer, said she had not been "remotely upset or distressed" by the incident, which happened 15 years ago. ms hartley—brewer said that it was absurd to treat misjudged sexual overtures orflirting as being morally equivalent to serious sexual harassment or assault. netflix has insisted its decision to cancel the political drama, house of cards, was made before the star of the series was accused of making a sexual advance towards a teenage boy. kevin spacey has apologised for any "inappropriate drunken behaviour", but he's faced criticism for using the same statement to come out as gay. prince william attended the pride of britain awards last night,

in which first responders to the terrorist attacks in london and manchester were among the people honoured. just a warning, the following pictures do contain flashing images. the awards, at london's grosvenor hotel, were also attended by the prime minister. residents and community helpers were given a special recognition award for their work following the grenfell tower fire. prince william praised the "inspiring" efforts of those who reacted to the tragedy. that's a summary of the latest bbc news. more at 10:30. jonathan has e—mailed. he is talking about the fixed—odds betting terminals. he says he has lost so much it would be impossible to accurately calculate. the misery is incalculable. gambling should not be made —— made illegal but strategies need to be put in place to help people like him. individuals who are not weak but have an illness. a good start would be to limit the maximum

bet on high street betting shops and ban all gambling adverts. alison owns a small independent betting office in yorkshire, and continues to watch the programme on the acu and the problems caused by fixed—odds betting. she agrees some people have a problem with betting but it is notjust restricted to machines. you can bet and gamble far more than £100 on any dog or horse race. your guest this morning is1 million miles wide of the mark if she thinks there will be no job losses, if the state is reduced to £2 per spin. i employ five people. they will all lose their jobs £2 per spin. i employ five people. they will all lose theirjobs the following day should this extreme action be taken. thank you for those. do get in touch. here's some sport now with 0lly foster. good morning. four 0lympic golds, six world championship titles, that is the impact alberto salazar had on

so is the impact alberto salazar had on so mo farah's career. but after six yea rs so mo farah's career. but after six years he is leaving his american colt to return to the uk with his family. he says the split has nothing to do with the two—year us anti—doping investigation into salazar. both men deny any wrongdoing. none of salazar's athletes have ever failed a drugs test. farah resigned —— retired from the track this summer. gary locke will oversee his marathon career. farah posted this message on social media. i want to thank each member of the project and alberto for what he has done over the years. yeah, so i'm coming back. my new coach is gary locke, who coached paula radcliffe through her marathons. very excited to start a new project, a new start. i can't wait to be back home and i can't wait to see my team, arsenal, at the emirates. in the next half an hour at westminster, adc select —— select committee will hear from figures within paralympic sport as they

examine the classification of sports within the paralympic movement. a bbc investigation uncovered claims that some athletes manipulate the rules, exaggerate their impairments, to give them a better chance of winning. i don't subscribe to the view that there is a fundamental weakness within sport. i don't subscribe to the view that it is absolutely perfect either. i think actually it isa perfect either. i think actually it is a very sophisticated part of paralympic sport that is getting better, that is getting more understood, and it fundamentally does work to support the athletes to compete and win fairly. much more on that select committee looking into paralympic sport on this programme with victoria after half past ten. in the premier league last night, sean dyche celebrated five years at burnley in the best possible way. it was a win for his team. they are into seventh after beating newcastle

1-0, into seventh after beating newcastle 1—0,jeff into seventh after beating newcastle 1—0, jeff hendrick with the goal. dyche has recently been linked with the vacant everton job. england's cricketers have had their first practice session in australia ahead of the ashes. they are in perth and they will face a waca 11 on saturday. we have heard from james vince, who is expected to bat at three. he was dropped last year. he says he was surprised to get a recall. he is determined to make the most of his second chance. i think if you go to the side and do well you get pompous up and it's all very rosy. 0n the flip side if you get pompous up and it's all very rosy. 0n the flip side if you're having a tough time, that is also publicised. it was hard to deal with at times. ifelt publicised. it was hard to deal with at times. i felt i should be doing better than what i was. thankful to have another opportunity now, especially in australia against the aussies in an ashes series. blue skies in perth. not jealous at all. blue skies in perth. notjealous at all. back blue skies in perth. not jealous at all. back with

blue skies in perth. notjealous at all. back with more later. thank you. good morning. on this programme tomorrow, we'll be joined by an audience of women — and some men — who've been sexually harassed in all walks of life, in the nhs, in schools, in banks. but it's harassment in the world of politics and acting which is dominating headlines. conservative cabinet minister michael fallon — who's one of the most senior men in theresa may's government — has admitted inappropriately touching a female journalist, by repeatedly putting his hand on her knee in 2002. she threatened to punch him unless he stopped. that allegation is thought to be the tip of the iceberg, let's speak to norman smith, who's in westminster. how serious is this for michael fallon? i suppose mitigating this is the fact it happened back in 2002. the reaction of the journalist involved, julia hartley—brewer, she tweeted that she doesn't see herself asa tweeted that she doesn't see herself as a victim, that she is still friends with michael fallon and she

doesn't want this to be compared to some of the allegations of sexual harassment and intimidation that have been swirling around westminster. in that sense it is the lesser end of the accusations. and her view, and i suspect the view of many people, will be the danger of conflating this incident, which was michael fallon repeatedly putting his hand on her knee at a dinner at the conservative party conference, isn't in the same league as, you know, situations where older male mps are behaving in a predatory way towards younger female researchers. clearly the dynamic is somewhat different. add this morning i notice julia hartley—brewer was taking a fairly light—hearted approach to add. she put up tweet. full medical checkup this morning, and yes, both of my knees are still intact. get a grip, people. although, not of my knee, obviously. she is not taking

it too seriously. i suspect a lot of people at westminster will take the view there are serious problems to be addressed. there are issues around a grossly inadequate complaints system. there are issues around the vulnerability ofjunior members of staff and the culture at westminster. and the danger is they get sort of conflated and confused and maybe even trivialised by much lesser incidents, perhaps like that involving sir michael fallon. what else do you know about this dossier of mps acting inappropriately? the dossier is reported to have 35 named mps who are accused of a whole range of sexual misdemeanours. from inappropriate behaviour to intimidating attitude towards staff, to asking staff to do inappropriate duties. a whole range of things. i have to say, no names. i guess that

is where we are at the moment. there is where we are at the moment. there isa is where we are at the moment. there is a whole swirl of allegations but there is a lack, at the moment, of ha rd there is a lack, at the moment, of hard evidence. and that kind of, i suspect, reflected truth here that many of the victims and probably most of them are junior parliamentary aides, researchers, people on work placement, just do not feel in the position to go public and make those sort of accusations about mps, much more seniorfigures. they accusations about mps, much more senior figures. they probably feel intimidated and simply don't want to go there. that is why there is this view that there has to be a much more coherent, user—friendly complaints system. at the moment the only way you can really raise a complaint about an mp is to go to the mp, which of course is a com plete the mp, which of course is a complete no no for many people if they have been victims of harassment by that particular mp. 0ne they have been victims of harassment by that particular mp. one other thing worth saying is that although there is a lot of rhetoric about

something must be done, the speaker yesterday kind of passed the ball back to the political parties to do something. he is not going to do it. he doesn't believe it is up to the political authorities. he believes it is down to the political parties. the danger is that politics gets wrapped up in this. i am reminded that when david cameron tried to introduce a mandatory code of conduct in 2014 for tory mps, they basically told him to take a running jump, that it was none of his business or the party's business to try and set out how they should run relations between themselves and their staff. so getting the parties to do something and then to agree on it, may yet be quite a challenge. thank you. the maximum stake for fixed—odds betting terminals could drop to as little as £2, under a government review. currently, people can bet up to £100 every 20 seconds on the gaming machines, but proposals could limit that to between £2 and £50. jim reid has been speaking to

gamblers, some of whom have lost thousands. i was in that hairdressers over the road and i don't know what happened. i came out of the hairdressers i thought, oh, go on, what's the harm, i'll go in and have a go. the addiction is always present. ifed in what i had in my wallet, which i think was about £90. then i came out, took some money out of the cashpoint. at this point, i was totally devastated and just completely caught up in the gambling. in a red mist is probably the best way to describe it, or fog. and i just went to the counter and said, you know, 500. i lost that in the space of a few minutes. 1,000, i lost that. 1,000, lost that, and another 1,000 — until i had no more money in my bank account. i was in that hairdressers over the road and i don't i've got a flat set up and everything ready to go.

but because of that relapse, and because my wife realised i was still very much in the gambling, the addiction was there... there are plans to tackle the way online betting sites are sold and advertised. last week this programme revealed that 95% of tv advertising brea ks revealed that 95% of tv advertising breaks during live, uk football matches feature at least one gambling advert. as revealed by our reporterjim reed. so what is the government saying? they are saying they want to tighten the rules around advertising. we are talking about a crackdown in particular on betting adverts appearing in the social media feed of under—18s which is one thing there has been a big campaign about in the press and new rules on adverts which encourage impulsive gambling. if you watch a lot of live

football a lot of the adverts, the message is bet now, go online, best odds now if you go online. it is adverts like that would fall foul of the new regulations. some people would like things to go further, i think, some people would like things to go further, ithink, wouldn't some people would like things to go further, i think, wouldn't they? you have got this situation with advertising and gambling where it is banned or the rules ban if before the 9pm watershed shed and ed is an exception and that loophole is for any live sport and that's one reason you see the big increase if gambling adverts in live football matches. you were talking earlier and we did research last week showing in some games one in three of the adverts, shown before the watershed, are for gambling companies. some people think they need to be completely banned in live sport. at one time we thought that's the way the government in this country was going to head. they haven't gone that way. there will be a new pot of money, we

think between £5 million and £7 million for an advertising campaign for responsible gambling and those adverts will be shown in live football matches. what response to that? labour say it doesn't go far enough. tom watson speaking about and add ask about adverts. labour say more research is needed to show that they lead to more problem gambling. they would take extra measures including banning betting firms advertising on football shirts for example. thank you,jim. some more comments from you. this texter says, "i am a compulsive gambler, the sooner they cap the terminals to £2 a stake. . people's lives are being destroyed by these machines." this e—mail from lorraine, "my brother would steal whatever he could from our family to fund his gambling. this has gone on for years. he won big, fund his gambling. this has gone on foryears. he won big, but fund his gambling. this has gone on for years. he won big, but he lost a lot bigger.".

for years. he won big, but he lost a lot bigger." . i have known for a long time that my sister has been stealing from my mum and dads bank accounts, she plays bingo and bets on the horses." mick says, "the betting shops have become high stake amusement arcades. these machines should never about been allowed in the bookmakers in the first place. the fobts should be taken out." let's speak to terry white, whose gambling problems have cost him £500,000. in the studio i am joined by conservative mp sir peter bottomley, who is secretary for a cross—party group on fixed—odds betting. terry white, tell bus your own problems. well, i have been a gambler since the age of about 15 even and usually bet on sport, horse racing and mainly football and it was relatively under control and i was relatively under control and i

was actually quite successful of it and made a few hundred thousand, but sadly when the machines were introduced into the betting shops about 15 years ago, i went from sort of £5 and £10 stakes betting in hundreds and then in thousands and then sadly in tens of thousands to then sadly in tens of thousands to the extent that i have lost my home, andi the extent that i have lost my home, and i am about to be made bankrupt and i am about to be made bankrupt andi and i am about to be made bankrupt and i am about to be made bankrupt and i am addicted to them and i believe that the betting operators have not helped me enough and certainly they have not recognise that had for quite a few people we have serious issues with them and there needs to be tighter regulation. if the stake had been £2, do you think your life would have been very different? oh very much so, victoria. it would have simply have been notjust a few thousand, which obviously is a lot of money to many people, but it wouldn't have created the buzz and high stakes adrenalin that you get when there is hundreds of pounds thousands of pounds at stake. you

are stealing and begging and doing all sorts of things to feed at the addiction, the betting staff can't help, they are under pressure to come and make customers aware that they are spending perhaps over what they are spending perhaps over what they should, but realistically, you know, they are employees of of a betting organisation and their first responsibility is to their employers, i guess. sir peter bottomley, the proposals which will be consulted on over the next three months suggest a stake could be £2, but it could be £50. what would you go for? £2. we ought to have terry's law. people like he could have fun. they could risk a bit, lose a bit and gaina they could risk a bit, lose a bit and gain a bit, but mainly lose and he would be able to live his life without disturbance. if these so—called betting shops would close, if the machines weren't there at £100, or £50, they are not betting shops, they are machine shops and the ways of stripping money out of

people, nearly £500 million goes to the government. you have no sympathy that thousands of jobs the government. you have no sympathy that thousands ofjobs will be lost. the betting industry are beginning to tar themselves with a bad sort of colour. if there were no horses in this country, they could go on running machines. we have a lot of employment in our horse industry, breeding, and running and race courses. they say they would prefer to get rid of that and just have the machines, there isjust one person sitting in a so—called shop with four machines there. they declared their own stake, four machines there. they declared theirown stake, their four machines there. they declared their own stake, their stake is to rapid off people like terry. if terry was spending say £10,000 a year on terry was spending say £10,000 a yearon gambling, terry was spending say £10,000 a year on gambling, instead of that if he put £9,000 into extending his house and buying new furniture, the employment factor is higher than one person, not supervising gamblers losing money in four machines. the

all—party parliamentary group on fixed odds betting terminals, has it weakened its case by accepting donations from companies that operate rival products to bookies such as donation from dj wetherspoon. the simple answer is no. how is that possible? when i was young i spent my time working at a fun fair. i met a man called pat o'neill. he has died, but his family go on running it. come down to worthing and look atten ect leisure and look the fun people are having. why are you taking donation from jd wetherspoon's. how do you run an organisation against the bookmakers. take gala bingo. see people having, society, in community, being able to buy food cheaply, stake small ams of money on their bingo, some small machines, nothing like the pour your money down this slot for the fobts,

and they are not defending it, they are ripping people off, nobody intended in parliament they should lose money at the rate terry did and bring in terry's law. thank you very much. thank you. conservative mp sir peter bottomley and terry white, thank you for coming on the programme. thank you. it was another eventful day for president trump yesterday. his former campaign manager faces serious charges of money laundering and his formerforeign policy adviser admitted that he'd lied to the fbi over his russian connections. this is a big deal because for months, the white house has denied any collusion with russia during the election campaign. now this man, george papadopoulos, seen here fourth from the left of donald trump, has admitted he falsely claimed he met with two russian go—betweens before joining the trump campaign in march 2016. in fact, he met them after joining the campaign. we can talk now to

dr sebastian gorka. he, was until recently, one of donald trunp's most senior advisers. at one stage he was dubbed the most powerful brit in the white house a until he was sacked a few months ago from his role. we can also hear from nancy soderburgh, a former white house national security advisor to bill clinton who is now running for congress in florida for the democrats. dr gorka isn't time that donald trump came about his links and his office's links to russia? he doesn't have any. so there is nothing to come clean about. there is nothing to find. yesterday's unveiling of why a fraud charges dating back 11

yea rs why a fraud charges dating back 11 years and manafort's connections to the ukraine just have years and manafort's connections to the ukrainejust have nothing years and manafort's connections to the ukraine just have nothing to do with russia and have nothing to do with russia and have nothing to do with collusion and the fact that you called a 29—year—old peripheral individual his foreign policy adviser is a great example of fake news. that individual was part of the committee that met once and he in no way, shape orform was the committee that met once and he in no way, shape or form was the foreign policy adviser to donald trump. it's desperation. it is the left clutching at straws. there is no collusion. there is no conspiracy and they will find no none if you wa nt to and they will find no none if you want to prosecute why a fraud and not paying your taxes and that's fine, but it has nothing to do do with collusion. if you look hillary clinton the $140 million paid into her bang at her foundation and the dodgy dossier which her lawyers spent $12 million on. do you think it will be enough to simply continue

to say there was no collusion? that will be enough? yes. absolutely. zero. none. can you think of why this man would lie about meetings with the two russian go—between? this man would lie about meetings with the two russian go-between? you would have to ask him. this is clearly a person who oversold himself. if you look at the indictment sheet for the individual that you are talking about, there is a very interesting footnote on it. it is page eight where they quote an e—mail where they say, "we will not talk anymore to this person because clearly he is misrepresenting himself." even the campaign thought this guy was something doing something that was untoward and they rejected his advances. there is some speculation that george papadopoulos became an informant for the fbi and was wearing a wire in order to gather information on potential suspects. would than worrying to donald trump? no, not at all because they are never going to find anything because there is nothing there. the bottom line is look at

what he was charged with. he wasn't charged with anything criminal relating to the election or russia or anything else, he was charged with lying to federal agents in an interview. that tells you there is smoke, but no fire. does it bother president trump that there were people around him who have since lied to official investigators?” don't think so. i don't think. the president isn't responsible for everybody's actions around him. essentially peripheral figures who met ina essentially peripheral figures who met in a committee once. he has got important things to do and they don't include george papadopoulos.” wa nt to don't include george papadopoulos.” want to ask you about another big issue in the uk and in the united states, headlines dominated by sexual harassment claims in hollywood and in politics. the president has faced allegations of sexual harassment how weiried will he be at the moment? zero worried. because... because there is nothing there again. it'sjust because... because there is nothing there again. it's just desperation. the left knows this is the most

successful president in the first nine months in modern history. you look at the economy. 0ne nine months in modern history. you look at the economy. one million jobs created. you look at the 47 stock market record break since 20th january. you look at 78% decease in illegal migration. nato revitalised at 2% of gdp spending, isis kicked out of mosul, isis kicked out of raqqa. this isjust the out of mosul, isis kicked out of raqqa. this is just the left, out of mosul, isis kicked out of raqqa. this isjust the left, they can't get over that 8th november's victory of the rank outside of donaldj victory of the rank outside of donald j trump so victory of the rank outside of donaldj trump so they keep doing this fake news, but it's irrelevant. it is not fake that donald trump talked about grabbing a woman by the vagina. yeah, guys talk about a lot of things in private, so what? it's not trying to have sex with a 14—year—old old boy like kevin spacey. so that's acceptable? what, locker room talk? do you know men who talk crudely privately or don't you? imean it you?

i mean it is irrelevant. as it happens i don't know that anyone would use that kind of language. you must live in a very rarified atmosphere. you never met anybody who plays rugby or soccer and uses blue language privately then you really must be a member of the closeted elite. have you ever had conversations with him about those claims from the women who said he sexually harassed them ? claims from the women who said he sexually harassed them? no, as a strategist to the president of the united states, funnily enough i haven't. let me bring in nancy. the significance of the arrest first of all in your view? well, good morning. i think this is not a good day for donald trump. this is an indictment of his campaign chairman and the arrest of two other people involved at various levels of the campaign and it is very clear that the junior guy, george papadopoulos, has been wearing a wire, i think,

very clearly. i think this isjust the first of more facts to come out, but i think sebastian is right in that this doesn't lead yet to the president. we don't know whether it will lead to the president. this is clearly some e—mails coming out about being approached by the russians, being willing to take dirt on hillary clinton in the campaign. that's been known. what wasn't known is there was this young guy, until yesterday, i don't think anyone had heard of, had been approached as sort of the point person at a junior level to reach out to the russians and he sought repeated meetings with the russians and they all lied about it. paul man that ford came out a year—and—a—half that he had taken shush money from theure gainian government and i thought at the time he hadn't paid taxes on that, so that would be a drip, drip, drip which sebastian is right, doesn't

affect donald trump. but what may affect donald trump. but what may affect donald trump and it is important to let this independent, led by muller who is not a partisan continue the investigation because we don't know what went on during the elections. i'm not one who questions the outcome of the elections and i have moved on from that and trying to go back and dig up that and trying to go back and dig up more dirt on hillary clinton is simplya up more dirt on hillary clinton is simply a distraction. what we need to know is what did the president know and when did he know it? it maybe nothing. there are some characters around the president, mike flynn, who lied about his meetings with the russians. we don't know his legal studies. there are meetings donald trump's son had. what has come eigg with these indictments, this is the beginning, not the end. we don't know what the president is going to

do. he has the right to pardon these individuals. he has already done it ona individuals. he has already done it on a popular sheriff who was tough on a popular sheriff who was tough on immigration. it will be a rallying cry for the president. we will see. the plot thickens today. thank you very much. still to come macro, we will hear claims that uk athletics have manipulated the pa ralympic classification system to win medals. a parliamentary hearing is about to get under way. and survivors of domestic abuse talus mike baird trying to get suitable accommodation. —— tell us. now the latest news. good morning. the government has proposed reducing the amount of money that can be staked on fixed—odds betting terminals, to protect players from racking up huge losses. measures will undergo a short

consultation period. critics call the machines the crack cocaine of gambling. the white house has dismissed the arrest of some of president trump's former advisers as "nothing to do with the president". george papadopoulos has admitted lying to the fbi about his contacts with russia, and now appears to have been helping the investigation into alleged links between the trump campaign and moscow. two other trump aides have been placed under house arrest. facebook says 126 million americans may have come into contact with russian—backed propaganda before and after last year's presidential election. twitter and google also say they were used to share divisive posts traced to russia. the social media giants had initially dismissed complaints about fake news as crazy. the bank of england says failure to secure a trade deal with the eu before brexit could see the loss of 75,000 jobs from the uk's financial services sector. it's told financial firms to be prepared for "no deal", but senior figures at the bank are said to be optimistic that

negotiations will be successful. women fleeing domestic abuse have told this programme they're being left homeless because councils are failing to provide them with suitable temporary accommodation. it means in some cases women are having to move time and time again when councils can't find appropriate homes. the defence secretary, sir michael fallon, has confirmed he was once rebuked by a politicaljournalist for putting his hand on her knee during dinner. the radio presenter, julia hartley—brewer, said she had not been "remotely upset or distressed" by the incident, which happened 15 years ago. ms hartley—brewer said that it was absurd to treat misjudged sexual overtures orflirting as being morally equivalent to serious sexual harassment or assault. that is a summary of the latest bbc news. an e—mailfrom news. an e—mail from chris, news. an e—mailfrom chris, a very worried mother. 0n fixed odds betting

terminals, she says her son has a terrible addiction and it is ruining their lives. he has banned himself from all his local betting shops but that doesn't work. they allow him back in. if you want to get in touch, you can do so. now the sport. hello. sir mo farah has left his american coach, alberto salazar. he is returning to the uk with gary locke said to oversee his marathon career. salles —— salazar is the subject of the uk and did open investigation. sean dyche mark five years as manager of burnley with a victory over newcastle last night. jeff hendrick with the only goal. they are into seventh in the premier league. manchester united tigger100% record into their champions league group game against benfica. victory could take united into the knockout stages. chelsea and celtic also play tonight. and ronnie 0'sullivan has been knocked

out of the international open in china by 17—year—old. sullivan says the only men to have played that well against him are john the only men to have played that well against him arejohn higgins and stephen hendry. that is all your support of this morning. i am back with more after 11. thank you. let's talk about paralympics. some of britain's most successful paralympic athletes are facing suggestions they won their gold medals unfairly at parliamentary hearing, which is under way right now, on whether the classification system is fit for purpose. we'll bring you some of it live. first, here's a guide as how the classification system actually works. i beg your pardon. earlier we spoke to two paralympic athletes — james freeman, who has cerebal palsy and thinks he's raced against wrongly categorised athletes. and richard whitehead, four—times world champion, two—time parlympian gold medal winner for the 200 metres.

james, i'm going to start with you, the accusation is that athletes are pretending to be more disabled than they are in order to win more. have you come across this? yes. i've come across this a number of times. it is purely down to the range of motion. so you'll instantly be able to tell if someone is less disabled than they already are. you can tell by the way they sit, the posture, in terms of racing, it's all about core function. the motor skills, if you will. the more range of movement they have. 0k. so in its most basic term, for example, you wouldn't be able to get out of your wheelchair? no. but are you saying there are some athletes in the same category as you who can? yes. and who lie about that? yes. or maybe not necessarily...

maybe necessarily they have a lack of education when it comes to the whole classification system, i don't know. so of course, we can't blame these people, they may not know that's the case. but you think some do know and are doing it deliberately? yes. and what impact does not have on somebody like you who wants to compete? well, ifeel that like it happens... that i've been training for seven years and when you have someone who is physically better than you and who is a lot physically stronger than you and has more core strength and is all—round going to be better than you just on the ability alone it has a huge downer on your enthusiasm to go and train, to race. i've seen people come into the sport and leave just because they thought, there's no point, there's no point in competing because you have people that are physically better and are going to be physically better and i don't know, i had to have a really serious

conversation with my coach and family about whether it was going to bejust a hobby for me and nothing else because it was so hard to be in that environment and know that these people were better than you and you couldn't do anything about it. richard, how do you react to what james has just told us? good morning, victoria. i totally disagree with the comment before. i'm an athlete that's on the ground, i've been involved in the movement, the paralympic movement all my life, really, but on the track since 2010. and for me, it's governed... break in sound and this morning, around widespread cheating, i've not seen that...

you've never seen a fellow competitor pretending to be less disabled in order to gain an advantage? why would you do that? in orderto gain a competitive advantage? obviously not impossible that people want to cheat. it's possible. then there's governance in place to stop that, these are professional people, professional doctors, professional classifiers that are independent of british athletics and they sit the athletes down, they classify the athletes and put them into a category for which they will compete. there is a range of impairments in the classification so there's athletes at the top, the middle and the bottom of that class because we all can't be the same, in my class we all can't be the same and it's about on the day, the best athlete winning, the athlete that trains

the hardest, the athlete that wants it the most and some of these accusations actually do astound me. i say, i am a double paralympic gold medallist, four times world champion, i've been team captain twice and i want to be part of a team that has core values that reflect who we are as a team and the athletes, i'm sure, want the same as me. so we want to have clarity around this and clarity around the governance of the sport so the ipc have questions to answer. james, do you not trust the governance of the sport, do you not trust the officials richard just listed who look at the medical information, who talk to the particular athlete concerned and their trainers, physios and so on? it's not that i don't trust them, i think more needs to go into it. i think we need more than just one classifier to look at you.

i completely agree with richard. it's all about who trains the hardest and the category system is in place and i agree with that. mine is a little harder to distinguish. i am a t33, and the next category is t34. both cp which is what i have... cerebral palsy. cerebral palsy, yes. and one of them is more severe, one of them less severe. t33, what i am, i cannot get out of my chair, cannot walk at all. t34, they are able to walk or have some range of walking ability so there's a little bit of a fine line of which i can understand is why people get classified wrong because it is a little bit of a fine line with that, but i agree with richard that it is down to who trains the hardest and there are some cases of, you know, some people, you might say, again,

i'm not trying to complain, i think the values that the paralympics are and they... my argument is if you are going to beat me i don't mind you beating me, but i'd like to be on a level playing field. richard, i want to put you a couple of things that a bbc file on four investigation uncovered and that was for example claims of tactics such as the taping of arms, taking cold showers to enhance muscle strength and in one case, surgery to shorten the limb in order to cheat the system. obviously that's... i've not seen, especially the last one. these are like i say allegations that have been brought, i've not seen that, what i see is people with impairments and disabilities competing,

like you say, on a level playing field and trying to empower and inspire a generation around disability sport. but for me, the paralympics, especially since 2012 has moved forwards in 99% of the areas that it wanted to understand, areas that need to improve. classification is something that does evolve all the time but like i say, the governance of the sport, the ipc is in charge, in control of that environment and in charge of the classification. and they have to be held to account for any of those athletes that are in wrong classes or maybe in wrong classes or other athletes feel aren't and that's not for an individual athlete or parents to throw accusations around regarding that. i think obviously this has been highlighted

by a parent and an athlete that actually retired. for me, there may be some issues around that and it's not in the interest of the sport moving forward. to take those allegations seriously. i think the ipc are an organisation that everybody has maybe mall issues with because that's the governance of the sport. i personally feel that it's going in the right way but we still obviously, there are areas need to improve. there are going to be new classifications, it is evolving, is that fine with you or do you worry about that? no, i put a statement on my twitter handle regarding my feelings on the new classification, classes for the forthcoming season,

2018 all the way up to tokyo and the classification system is getting to a stage where they're trying to put like—for—like athletes on the track so for myself, who is a double leg amputee and i was in the t42 class, they are wanting me to race t42 athletes with exactly the same impairment and through my class i race against single leg, above the knee amputees, i am a double leg above the knee amputee and i also race athletes with all four limbs and it's about functional ability too. for me, it's about being the best athlete and having lots of athletes to race against and the first person across the line being the athlete that's trained the hardest and worked the hardest for that medal. but it's not all about those gold medals as well. so i have big issues around

the new classification system, around that we will have less athletes, less interest in the sport and it needs to be looked at but again, that's for the ipc, the likes of myself, a high—level world professional athlete to take it up with the ipc and challenge those decisions. richard and james. women fleeing domestic abuse have told this programme they're being left homeless, because councils are failing to provide them with suitable temporary accommodation. it means in some cases women are having to move time and time again when councils can't find appropriate homes. lucy martindale escaped domestic violence four years ago. she moved seven times before finding a home. she has been to meet other women in her situation for this programme. we bought you her full report earlier, here's a short extract. i reported domestic violence as i was in fearfor my life. i lived in a two bedroomed flat with a secure tenancy.

the council moved me out of lambeth to be away from my abuser. so now i'm here — my seventh home in less than four years. my experience has been traumatic so it made me want to find out what's happened to other women in my position. how are you? fine, thank you. come in. kay fled a violent relationship at the end of last year. he woke up this morning. it was the first time in their bed and hejust said, "mum, it was just so comfortable". when i went to meet her, she had just moved in to temporary accommodation with her two children. so, how did you arrange your housing on a day—to—day basis? it was very difficult indeed emotionally because you're basically begging and every day not knowing where you're going to be sleeping. at the same time, trying to put on a happy face and to be supportive for the children, telling them that it's going to be all right when deep inside, you really don't think it's

going to be. you don't know what you're going to be doing, where you're going to be staying. sheryl fled her home in croydon in january this year and was immediately placed in a refuge. she has been evicted today because after eight months her time is up. how did it make you feel having to be evicted from the refuge? worried because i didn't know where i was going that night. i mean they give you four weeks notice and you expect to leave at the end of four weeks knowing where you're going. i think there should be more places for women with domestic violence to go to because the amount of numbers they give you and all the phone calls you make, let's be honest, half of them don't even do anything for you. they are already people who are feeling traumatised.

to move then from home to home, to move from school to school, to move from temporary accommodation to temporary accommodation with insecurity around your income just adds to the lengthening amount of amount of trauma that somebody experiences. i wanted to know if councils have a duty to house all women who have left a violent relationship? so, i went to speak to jane pritchard who is a housing lawyer. it's a really common situation that we come across. clients coming to see us seeking advice because they've gone to one council and been told it's not their responsibility and to go and to go to another council. it's really, really important to understand that this type of behaviour that we call gate—keeping as house lawyers is unlawful. your connection with that borough has nothing to do with their immediate duty to one, accept a homeless person's application from you and two, to provide you with emergency

temporary accommodation. we can speak now to lucy martindale. she made the film for us as a survivor of domestic domestic violence herself. sandra johnson, who had a difficult time trying to find a house in london when she fled her ex—partner. jessica mcgawley is from the cassandra learning centre, a charity which helps women find accommodation. sandra what happened to you?” attended a london borough after fleeing domestic violence after ten yea rs fleeing domestic violence after ten years and i was told i needed a local connection to the borough despite obviously clearly showing distress about how i was feeling. i was placed in a bed and breakfast more about five months and i understand that due to having a local connection you need to have beenin local connection you need to have been in london for six months so as a result of that, i was moved out to another london borough and because

of that, and that temporary accommodation was cancelled by a post—it note. so then i attended that london borough because that was the borough i worked in. u nfortu nately the borough i worked in. unfortunately that borough again failed to accept me because they we re failed to accept me because they were under the understanding that i initially went to the first borough so initially went to the first borough so therefore, that borough should re—house me under domestic violence. so, it was a long, long ongoing legal battle and eventually i won andi legal battle and eventually i won and i was placed in temporary accommodation, but then my temporary accommodation, but then my temporary accommodation was for a year and six months until i was placed into permanent accommodation in the borough. you have had a similar experience. you were moved seven times as you explained in the film. you know there is a housing shortage. clearly. when you're fleeing a violent partner, you are a vulnerable person and you may have children as well. so in terms of criteria, you would come high up the

list, but there is a housing shortage. so temporary accommodation might be the only thing a council has. i understand that. but then they have to take into account the people with children, they have to attend school and the impact it has psychologically on a child to be moved around so many times. like my children had to attend three different schools so ijust think that... different schools so ijust think that. . . and different schools so ijust think that... and that has an impact on them clearly... big time. they need to be more aware of, it's notjust the housing, it leads to other problems such as not being able to go back to work. your children's school. again, you know, i have sympathy for your cases, but let me put say this — if there is no where for you to go in the borough, is it not better to be in a different borough with a roof over your head? i don't see why you should have to leave where you have grown—up, you have support, family, friends, it's almost like you are the person that

has committed the crime and not the victim. in my case, i believe the person should have been arrested and sent to prison and i could have remained safely in my home. but i couldn't. yes. jessica, let me bring you in as a psychologist as well as working for the charity, what about the effect of constantly moving. people who are already vulnerable and potentially traumatised because of what they have experienced this theirfamily of what they have experienced this their family home? well, you have safety and psychological needs are the basis of these. these are not luxuries, security of environment, of mind and body, knowing you have somewhere to rest your head and sleep at night. if you have been a victim of domestic violence and your child has too, leaving that unstable environment to go to another one in temporary housing is to some degree just as bad. now, you are most likely left that environment so you can rebuild your life. you can't rebuild your life if you're consta ntly rebuild your life if you're constantly on the move. you don't know where you're going to be resting. and the effects of this

psychologically on children are anxiety, depression, pdsd, anger, but high levels of adrenalin. consta ntly but high levels of adrenalin. constantly in a state of flight. so you're and that's not con deuce cif to develop your education. sorry, lucy. go on. some of these children already have issues such as autism, or adhd already have issues such as autism, oradhd and it already have issues such as autism, or adhd and it makes, my older son does have adhd which then had a much worse impact on him and i've begged for him help. i have had to make sure my children are ok, but there is many women that don't have the strength that i do and their children end up being taken into ca re children end up being taken into care due to being a victim. so the government definitely need to do something to help women in our situation. this is what the government says. they say they have

secured £40 million worth of dedicated funding for domestic abuse services over four years up to 2020 which they say will create 2200 bed spaces and give support to 19,000 victims. is that evidence that they are tackling the problem? hopefully they are. that's something we need to work on is how can we access that. do you think that's enough? i mean it's a start, but many times we have heard things are going to be done and it's hard to see the help that they are saying is offered because notjust in my case, but many other women. i wasn't aware of how widespread this issue was until i made the programme and since then a lot of women have come forward with their story. so it is a big problem that needs to be acknowledged. you are in dispute with your council because they have housed you ten miles from your children's school. as a result of

that, i'm now in a legal dispute with that council due to that reason, but i'm going to keep on fighting. and your situation, sandra? i am placed in permanent accommodation, but also trying to give back to the community and raising awareness around domestic violence and also the impact of domestic violence on mental health. ok, are you all right? i'm fine. that's really, really good to hear. thank you very much, sandra. sand drarks lucy, and jessica, thank you very much. on this programme tomorrow, we'll be joined by an audience of women, and some men, who have been sexually harassed in all walks of life, in the nhs, in schools, in banks, as well as politicians and actors. join us if you can can at 9am tomorrow. have a good day. good morning. a milder day on the

way today than we saw yesterday. but with that more in the way of cloud and outbreaks of rain for northern ireland, scotland and into northern england. some of the rain for western scotland will be heavy and persistent. just one or two showers creeping into northern wales and northern parts of the midlands. for southern england and wales, dry with brighter intervals or sunny spells. a touch warmer than yesterday. if you are out trick or treating, it will be largely dry for england and wales. in the north a chance of seeing rain to begin with. but in western scotland we will continue to see heavy and persistent rain. that rain feeding into northern ireland as we move through the night tonight. temperatures in the south, cooler, where we have got clear spells, a touch warmer where we have more in the way of cloud. so a wet start for western scotland and parts of northern ireland. we could see localised flooding and spray on the roads. it is making its way southwards through the day, becoming lighter and patchier. behind it, drier and brighter with just one or two showers and a dry and bright day

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