hello, it's wednesday, it's nine o'clock, i'm victoria derbyshire — welcome to the programme. how has scotland managed to cut knife crime by 70% in a decade, when in england and wales, it's on the rise? i've been stabbed in the back, punctured lungs... so, what lessons can be learnt? we have an exclusive report. the politician who helped london win the 2012 olympic games has spoken publicly for the first time to the bbc about being diagnosed with an aggressive form of brain cancer. i have not a single apparent... symptom symptom.” i have not a single apparent... symptom symptom. i felt it was something that i could deal with. we'll be speaking to a 22—year—old who' has survived

three brain tumours. also, on the programme... we'll talk live to the deaf mum who is suing the promoter of a gig by little mix for failing to provide a sign language interpreter for the two support acts. hello and welcome to the programme — we're live until 11 this morning. we're going to bring you that exclusive film on knife crime at quarter past nine — incredible progress made in reducing knife crime in scotland. if your family has been affected by knife crime, then we want to hear from you today. what happened, what impact did it have on your family and what's your solution to trying to tackle it? use the hashtag #victorialive, send me an email or facebok message — and you don't have to leave your name, that's absolutely fine. our top story today... more than 900 criminal cases were dropped last year in england and wales due to a failure by police or prosecutors to follow the rules relating to

the disclosure of evidence. figures obtained by bbc news show a 70% increase in the number of collapsed cases over the course of two years. our home affairs correspondent danny shaw reports. i was relieved not only for myself but also everyone that's been with me every step of the way. under investigation for rape for two years, liam allen's life was on hold. then, three days into his trial, his legal team received crucial information, and the prosecution was halted. the case highlighted problems with disclosure, the duty on police and prosecutors to pass on material which might assist the defence case or undermine the prosecution's. bbc news has obtained figures on how many people have been cleared or had allegations dropped against them because of disclosure failings. in 2014—15, proceedings were halted against 537 people. by last year, that number had risen to 916. that's a 70% increase in two years

in the number of defendants cleared after disclosure failings emerged. the justice system has to have confidence in it. without that, how can you expect anybody to respect the law and to have confidence in a civilised society? the crown prosecution service pointed out that the number of cases which failed because of disclosure issues represented only a fraction, 0.15% of all prosecutions. but the cps said that was still too many and it would take a collective effort across the criminaljustice system to bring about an improvement. danny shaw, bbc news. we can speak to our reporter, who is

here. what is disclosure? it is a good question. police and prosecutors have to do two things in the build—up to a criminal trial. they have to show the defence any evidence which may help their case, and the prosecution any evidence which might undermine theirs potentially. when this is done openly, say, in the case of a serious rape trial, innocent people can go to prison if it is not done properly. and there have been a number of high—profile cases recently? yes, we have had the case of leon, was on this programme. there was also isaac, who was charged with raping a child under 16. his case collapsed because the police were too late to pass on new, important evidence, sieges which showed the girl who was 16 at the time telling isaac that she was in fa ct time telling isaac that she was in fact 19. we can bring you the rest of the news now. ben brown is in the newsroom. two newspapers have

threatened legal action if the pa role threatened legal action if the parole board does not publish its reasons for agreeing to release the convicted rapistjohn reasons for agreeing to release the convicted rapist john worboys. reasons for agreeing to release the convicted rapistjohn worboys. the sun and the daily mail have written to the justice secretary and sun and the daily mail have written to thejustice secretary and the pa role to thejustice secretary and the parole board demanding a report within seven days or they say they will apply forjudicial within seven days or they say they will apply for judicial review. at both the parole board and the ministry ofjustice says drawers and legally prohibited from disclosing such decisions. one in a free 11 patients in england is being prescribed medication which could be addictive difficult to stop taking, according to new nhs data. public health england is launching a year—long review into what it calls the growing problem of prescription drug addiction. it will look at sedatives, painkillers and antidepressants. baroness sedatives, painkillers and a ntidepressa nts. baroness tessa jowell, the former labour minister, has been speaking for the first time about being diagnosed with a severe form of brain cancer. as culture secretary in tony blair's government, she led the successful bid for london to host the 2012

olympic games. on thursday she will give a speech in the house of lords about her illness and her thoughts on the way that cancer treatment could be improved. she has been speaking to the today programme's nick robinson. i feel every single bit of my determination to go on creating better opportunities for people managing cancer. ifeel very clear about my sense of purpose and what i want to do. and how do i know how long it's going to last? i'm certainly going to do everything i can to make it a very long time. deaf woman is suing the promoter of a concert by little mix for failing to provide a sign language interpreter for two support acts. she and two deaf friends took her

daughter to a concert last year and after repeated requests an interpreter was provided for the main act but not for the support act. bylaw, any organisation supplying a service to the public must make reasonable adjustments to accommodate those with disabilities. talks aimed at restoring the coalition government in northern ireland are due to start today. newly appointed northern ireland secretary karen bradley will attend the talks at stormont along with representatives from the region's five main parties. there has not been a functioning power—sharing executive for more than a year. the coalition between the democratic union and sinn fein collapsed last january. liam fox, the international trade secretary, has told the bbc the government is providing enough funding for the nhs but admitted it may be time for a national debate on how that money is spent. his comments come after borisjohnson let it be known he would push in cabinet for more funding for the service. dr fox, a former gp, was speaking from the world economic forum in davos, where he is hoping to lay the foundations for post—brexit trade deals.

i think it's very clear where our direction of travel is on health. we've spent £12.5 billion more since 2010 — that will be £16 billion more by 2020. and we've seen extra money for winter pressures this year, another £400 million, so the money's going in. if we have to have a debate in this country about how we spend that money, how we get better efficiency in the health service and make sure that more of the money goes through to the patients, i think that will be a good thing i think that would be a good thing not least as an ex—gp myself. the bbc has learned that three men from britain are among a group of international volunteers who are due tojoin the international volunteers who are due to join the fighting in syria. turkey has been continuing its offensive on a kurdish held enclave. many western volunteers have been fighting with the kurds against so—called islamic state running warnings from the british government. england and the united

states have opted out of a new international test which will measure how much teenagers respect other cultures and whether they can spot fake news. the subject has been added to the influential tests run by the organisation for economic co—operation and development, which ra nks co—operation and development, which ranks education systems around the world. stars of the small screen were on the red carpet last night, for the annual national television awards. best drama was won by the bbc series, doctor foster, with its star surannejones taking home best drama performance. ant and dec were named best presenters for the 17th time and also picked up the first ever bruce forsyth entertainment award. it's been a very emotional night tonight. it's been quite a year, quite a tough 12 months. so, winning this tonight really means a lot. i would personally like to thank pepsi and my friends, some of you are here tonight. i love you, thank you very

much. thank you to all of you for your support, it really, much. thank you to all of you for yoursupport, it really, really means a lot to me and it has helped means a lot to me and it has helped me get through it. i love you, man! hold it! let's not cry! that's a summary of the latest bbc news — more at 9.30. very happy for them, and for sir david attoub, who won the impact award. time for some sport, with holly. phil neville is the new england women's coach but for several reasons quite a few people are not happy about it? we can't hear you, holly. you just need to put your microphone up, somehow. it has been questioned whether he has enough managerial experience to take ona enough managerial experience to take on a roll as big as this one. we know that he was a coach at manchester united and valencia while his brother was manager and england

u21s. but he has only managed one game and that is at salford cities, the team he is the co—owner of. england and chelsea midfielder katie chapman says, surely there must be coaches out there who have a lot more experience in the women's game and have actually been a manager! that of course is the next problem — how much experience does he have in the women's game specifically? some people say it simply highlights that there is an issue in women's foot will — a lack of female coaches, something we've talked about in the past. just three of the women's super league clubs are managed by women. we can now hearfrom former arsenal and england defender alex scott. it is an interesting one, he has been involved in the game at the top level as a player and as an assistant manager. maybe fa thought was this was the right important that he could add insights. obviously, he has knocked in the women's game, i think that will be the main thing that people will look

at. but he has people around him to draw on, and the experience of people like casey stoney, he is looking to move into a coaching role as long as he builds the right network of people around him i am sure he will be fine. there is, victoria, still some excitement around this appointment, especially among the players themselves. that i will say the eyes of the world will be watching. but sometimes perhaps in the women's game, is that a good thinker thinker scheme they are certainly looking back at some of his tweets from a few years ago, which have emerged? absolutely. this came out last night almost immediately after his appointment, not the best start. rebel do this as soon there is a big appointment like this. they begin looking back at all tweets, trying to find something and it did not take them long. 2012, tweets from phil neville that he probably will be regretting. in one

tweet in particular he attempts to clarify why in a previous tweet he had only addressed me in it and he wrote... when i said mourning, men, i thought the women would be busy preparing breakfast, getting kids ready! sorry, mourning, women! slightly unfortunate! and among those posts, that got thousands of retweets last night and he then deleted his twitter account. but he will have to put this behind him. his first taste of women's football will involve taking on the top two teams in the world, the united states and germany, then france in a tournament which begins on the 1st of march. he will probably not have time for twitter between now and then! and what about the australian open in golbourne? this morning we saw world number one simona halep doing through after she beat karolina pliskova in straight sets. she will meet angelique kerber tomorrow. meanwhile south korea got

their first ever tomorrow. meanwhile south korea got theirfirst ever grand tomorrow. meanwhile south korea got their first ever grand slam semifinalist. but will he face roger federer or tomas berdych? that quarterfinal is under way right now. federer really not getting into his stride early in the first set. tomas berdych took an early lead. it looked like at one point he was about to take the first set, but federer, as he does, is coming back fighting. that first set continues. tomorrow morning, kyle edmund back on court, looking for his place in the final, against marin cilic. that is expected to begin at about half past eight. right now the brexit secretary, david davis, is appearing before the select committee whose job it is to scrutinise the whole process. we will bring you more on what he has to say to them later on in the programme. we're going to start today by talking about knife crime in scotland, which has reduced

bya crime in scotland, which has reduced by a massive 70%. but it's a very different story in england and wales where it's at the highest level since at least 2011. so how have they done it? well, the police in scotland have adopted what's known as a "public health" approach. as well as increasing sentences for people caught carrying knives, they've engaged heavily with gang members and people working in education, health and social services. a senior member of the scottish government told the victoria derbyshire programme that england and wales may want consider changing their approach. louis lee ray reports now from scotland. awarning, his film contains graphic descriptions and images of violence from the start. knife crime in england and wales is at its highest level for years. stabbed in the head. fractured skulls. stabbed in the back, punctured lungs. last year, more than 200 people

were fatally stabbed. you are walking into a situation where somebody has maybe been stabbed seven times. and you're saying, how are you doing? "i'm absolutely fine, aye, it's great." in scotland, a different approach has seen the number of stabbings fall significantly. over a period of time, young people's attitudes towards carrying weapons and carrying knives changed. we have seen a massive reduction in more serious forms of violence, particularly homicide. so, does the rest of the uk need to rethink the way it deals with knife crime? guys went and played football, we went to try and stab each other. callum is 26. he has been in and out of prison since he was a teenager. i grew up in the east end of glasgow. i started to get involved in violence when i was about 12. gang fighting, from the age of 12, 13, i remember getting brought in by the police when i was 13

years of age. it was for gang fighting and having an offensive weapon. and that was just, just seemed normal, for where i was from. and what kinds of things were you doing? assaults, mobbing and rioting, carrying offensive weapons, breaching the peace. continuously getting myself involved with the police. you've been injured a lot, i think, in fights. i've lost count. that gies ye some sort of pointer how many times i have been in and out of accident & emergency. i've nearly had my arm severed off. stabbed in the head, fractured skulls, stabbed in the back,

punctured skulls. cou ntless, cou ntless ti mes. it's amazing i'm still alive, to be honest with you. it's all fear—driven. you carry a knife because of fear, and then you fear that you've got a knife on you. it is riddled with ten different forms of fear. scotland is in perfect when it comes to violent crime but stories like calum's are increasingly rare. back in 2005, parts of scotland were much more violent. knife crime, violent crime was more common. a un report that year found that scotland was the most violent place in the developed world. another gave glasgow an unwanted title, the murder capital of europe. this is the tollcross area. round here, we had maybe at one point 20 different gangs, round this one park area. this was a really bad park for gang violence. will linden started working for the police in scotland in the early 20005. glasgow had a notorious image for gangs, we had a generational problem for gangs. we had fathers and sons

and grandsons being in the same gangs as their grandfathers. and it was almost omnipresent. in areas of our communities, areas known as gang territories rather than actual areas. will helped to set up the violence reduction unit in 2005, its run at arm's—length by police scotland, and funded by the government. one of their firstjobs, to deal with glasgow's gang problem. so we had 200—odd gang members turn up, two sittings, one in the morning, one in the afternoon. we did the call in. we had them in and we told them to stop offending, not necessarily stop offending, stop being violent. we did that three or four times. so all in all, possibly seen 800 gang members. i'm not saying the gangs have disappeared, the gangs still exist, but in much smaller numbers. it's a model of carrot and stick. what you basically say to the gang members is,

if you persist in your gang fighting and your violence etc, we will arrest you. we will arrest you, we will charge you, you will end up injail. however, if you want out, we will help you, we will support you, we will give you access to services and we will support you no matter what you want to do. the violence reduction unit took what is called the public health approach to violence and knife crime, they treated it like a disease, dealing with the causes rather than the symptoms. scotland was often held up as being the knife capital, glasgow in particular, of western europe. trauma surgeons travelling throughout the world to come to the glasgow royal infirmary, to learn how to deal with knife crime. but what we changed it to, to de—normalise the feeling that everybody else was carrying weapons, that actually, it actually meant that people started to realise, weapons were in the minority, weapons we re no longer cool to carry. and what we've seen was, over a period of time, young people's attitudes towards carrying weapons and carrying knives changed,

because a lot of our knife assaults were happenstance, people get caught in fights and somebody takes a knife out and stabbing someone. if you remove the knife from the situation, by addressing the kind of misconception about it, the seriousness of the violence reduces. the police in scotland are still stopping and searching people. and they have upped the heavier sentence for carrying a knife to five years. but you're more likely to serve a community sentence than go to jail as a first—time offender. the unit runs a number of programmes to help those caught up in a knife life of violence, working with people in education, health, and social work across scotland to reduce violent crime. the royal infirmary in edinburgh is home to one of these schemes. these guys, in the pink t—shirts, are known as navigators. i guess our goals for navigating is to install hope that people can change, and empower people to take control of their own lives. they are here to speak to anyone who turns up in a&e.

but mostly those who have got issues with drugs and alcohol and in particular people who have been stabbed. you're walking into a situation where somebody has been stabbed maybe seven times. you ask them, how are you doing? they say, i'm absolutely fine, aye, it's great. at that moment, when they're getting stitched up, and they're getting all the medical staff, there's nothing i can do, i'm not medically qualified. but i can take a step back and look at the situation and look at what is happening, i can then use that and it is a reality shock for them as well. some people involved in this lifestyle get too used to it, they're able to brush things like that off and it's not a normal thing to do, but to bring someone back to reality and make them aware, balance between life and death, and see the emotion come flooding back in, and that is an opportunity that we can really pounce on. the navigators work here and in glasgow, they use this moment in hospital

to try to turn people's lives around. by engaging them with other services. while it's a police run scheme, the navigators are not police officers. even helping that one person, you're then affecting potentially a whole community or a whole family. because we know that itjust takes that one stab, and that's that one life over. the way the service works as well, generally when somebody is in having been stabbed or assaulted, and they're there plotting already to go back out there and attack the person that's done it. so we're in a perfect point of that intervention to be saying, what are you doing, you can't be doing that. how may people are keen engage with you guys? oddly enough, most of them. we've had very little rejection. which sounds kind of strange, because we are a team of people in bright pink t—shirts. speaking to a young fighting male with massive amounts of bravado. the navigators might connect patients with implement opportunities, help them get off drugs or into appropriate housing, anything that helps to break the cycle of violence. and they're a huge help to

the clinical director of the edinburgh a&e unit, helping to make sure patients who come in often don't come back. in the emergency department don't have any continuity with patients. so you do very much patch people up and go on. the navigators have been able to come in and give a more holistic approach to the way we are treating our patients. and callum, who'd had such a frequent and devastating relationship with violence, was one of those people. my lifestyle was really catching up on me i was stabbed nine times and a hatchet was put in my head. but my son witnessed all this, through the window, because it was right outside my house. i've got a son and a daughter now. leading up to that event, i was getting sick and tired of leading the life i was leading, i didn't know how to change the life because i had been doing it so long. i didn't know how to do it. i've been in and out of a&e. for a very long time.

i'd never met anybody in there who had said to me, have you had enough of that lifestyle you are living? then we can help you step away from it. that's what happened. it was a desire to change. and i grabbed it with both hands. because i kind of knew that i was running out of chances. i've got more lives than a siamese cat, you know what i mean, it's unbelievable, how many times i have diced with death. and if i didn't make a change then, my days were probably numbered in that lifestyle. and callum is not alone, the violence reduction units work has helped to almost half scotland's homicide rate in the last ten years. from 115, to 64. according to one academic, it helped to reduce street bay of islands in particular. so we've seen a marked decline in public place violence involving men with weapons. but also men using fists as well, so notjust weapon related violence, and that has declined very significantly. and i think that is because of the involvement

of the violence reduction unit. the figures suggest scotland is still a more violent place than england and wales. although we've seen big changes, and we've seen a massive reduction in the most serious forms of violence, particularly homicide, and some parts of glasgow have been transformed as a result of some of the work that has been done, violence is still a problem in pockets of scotland. but scotland's approach does seem to have been successful among young people. last year, more than 35 children and teenagers were killed with knives in britain. not one was in scotland. mark? aye, auntie karen. where you going? park. aye, watch yourself. i will. all yous. this film tells the story of what can happen when you carry a knife, and when you use one. it was produced by another government funded scheme, working in schools to prevent knife crime. it's incredibly graphic,

so you may want to look away now. a report in 2013 found that working with school age kids was one of the most important ways of preventing people from carrying knives. and in scotland, they raise the issues at a young age. six is really young but we know anecdotally from local partners that in primary schools there have been incidences where young people do take knives into school, often they don't understand the consequences or the risks associated with this so that's why it is important to start prevention as early as possible and invest in that early stage, so that young people don't grow up thinking that is unacceptable behaviour. ——thinking that is an acceptable behaviour. it's notjust within scotland that

their training schemes are popular. there doesn't seem to be an equivalent of our programme in england, one that works nationally. we have worked with partners based in london, like the ben kinsella trust. we do actually here quite often from practitioners in england, once or twice a week. could adopting a public health approach to knife crime help in reducing the number of stabbings south of the border? i think the difficulty is that in scotland we've always had more of a consensual form of policing, so, the police public relations in scotland have always been better, and particularly in london, where you have got a situation where some communities have such anti—authority views, very negative attitudes towards the police and the perception that they are being persecuted by the police, that is very difficult to shift. here at the home of the scottish government, a change in tack since 2005 is seen as a great success. the scottish justice secretary says he is not soft on crime. this isn't about the false dichotomy of whether it is soft

justice or tough justice, this is about smartjustice, taking a smart approach, listen to what the evidence says, how you can prevent young people from getting involved in violent crime. last year into this year there was a slight rise in the number of people handling offensive weapons and the number of homicides, have you reach the point where you cannot go any lower? well, the slight increases we saw in recent years have only been based on small numbers of an increase. we've got the whole issue at a much lower base, both homicide and with knife crime. what we cannot afford to be is complacent, we are certainly not complacent. does he think the government in westminster needs to change tack? i would certainly encourage them to look at the experience in scotland, and we are always very willing to demonstrate the way we have gone about doing these things. it is also important that people don'tjust say that, you know, continue what we are doing at the present moment, because if it's not able to address the issue effectively, then we need to be honest and politicians need to recognise that we may need to change tack. it's notjust about more police officers or increasing sentencing powers. or sentences within the courts, it's about preventing young people from getting involved in the first

place, and i certainly see that as an approach that could help england in tackling some of these issues. whatever happens in england and wales, for callum, things are working out. he is now part of another of the violence reduction unit's programmes, which provides employment, mentoring and support to offenders with a violent past on this food truck. i wanted to be a role model to my children. i didn't want to be leading that life anymore. my life is night and day. i was a guy whose life was totally unmanageable, involved in a lot of chaos, violence. didn't know where i was going in life. i used to look and people and think, they know where they're going, they know what they're doing with their life, i don't know what i'm doing with my life. i come here, i've got a purpose. there's nothing more rewarding at the end of a day, when you've earned an honest day's work. it's the satisfaction

for that, it's amazing. i'm leaving my house in the morning, waving my kids off, and coming to work, i'm finishing work, going to the house, my son is there waiting on me. i'm responsible, do you know what i mean. there is no feeling that beats that, without a shadow of a doubt. i don't even know if i'd be alive, so it has literally saved my life, and it has saved other people's lives. the ripple effect that this has, just engaging me, is massive. it has helped my son, it has helped my daughter, it has helped my mother. and it's helped everybody in my community. because callum isnae running about involved in violence anymore. you know what i mean. so the impact it has is massive. callum talking to loui lee ray. if knife crime has affected your fmaily, let me know your own experiences and your own views about best to tackle it. after ten this morning we'll talk live to police scotland, to london's deputy mayor on policing to see what they think of scotland' approach, to a youth worker who was stabbed when he was 15, and to a mum who's 20—year—old son was fatally

stabbed four years ago. still to come... the thank you messages. gareth says... iam impressed the thank you messages. gareth says... i am impressed that scotland has reduced this awful indictment of society by 70%. i am also shocked that england and wales has not already learned from scotland's success and replicated their measures for tackling this very serious issue. i struggled for more than ten years with post—traumatic stress disorder. and this, from charles... schools need to target potential knife carriers at an early stage. aggressive behaviour needs to be nipped in the bud. do let me know if you have been affected by knife crime. send me an e—mail and if you have been affected by knife crime. send me an e—mailand i if you have been affected by knife crime. send me an e—mail and i will read it out later. still to come... a deaf mum is suing the little mix concert promoterfor a deaf mum is suing the little mix concert promoter for failing to provide a sign language interpreter.

we will be speaking to sally reynolds and her dynamic interpreter vicki to find out what happened to. that's coming up in the next half an hour. before that, the latest news with ben brown. proceedings were dropped against more than 900 people in the last 12 months up to april because of problems with evidence. the issue has been highlighted by some recent rape trials which have put the process under scrutiny. two newspapers have threatened legal action if the parole board does not publish its reasons for agreeing to release the convicted rapistjohn worboys. the sun and the daily mail have written to the parole board and the justice secretary have written to the parole board and thejustice secretary demanding they report within seven days, or they say they will apply for a judicial review. but both the parole board

and the ministry ofjustice says they are legally prohibited from disclosing such decisions. breaking news this morning... the latest unemployment figures show unemployment figures show unemployment fell by 3000 between september and macro november to 1.41; million. the number of people in work has reached a record high of 32.2 million rate the office for national statistics. one in 11 patients in england is being prescribed medication which could be addictive or difficult to stop taken according to new data from the national health service. fabric of england is launching a year—long review into what it calls the growing problem of ascription drug addiction. that is a summary of the news. time for the sport now. coming up... phil neville has not had the best start to his england women's managerial tenure. best start to his england women's

managerialtenure. former best start to his england women's managerial tenure. former england defender has signed a deal with the lionesses but within hours of his confirmation as manager, screen shots of old tweets posted by him we re shots of old tweets posted by him were circulating on twitter and they have been widely condemned. back to the tennis now. the line—up for the australian open is almost complete after the south korean has got through. but on court right now roger federer and tomas berdych are playing each other. federer has come back from 5—2 down to take the first set after a tie—break. meanwhile world number one simona halep beat karolina pliskova in straight sets to claim a final place in the women's semifinals. she will take on angelique kerber in the last four. and we will have more on the bristol city against manchester city match later in the programme. it's that time of the morning where we bring you up to date

in the trial of former football coach barry bennell. our reporterjim reed has been following the trial at liverpool crown court. an alleged victim of barry bennell has told a court how he was abused in the changing rooms at crewe alexandra football club? as you said, this is the trial of barry bennell in liverpool. the former football coach denies 48 counts of historical abuse against 11 alleged victims. yesterday the court heard from an alleged victim who said he had been abused at the coach's home, on a trip to butlins and — he said — in the changing rooms at crewe alexandra football club. the man said he contacted the police in 2016 after seeing reports about mr bennell in the press. and what happened under cross examination? well, the same alleged victim was then questioned by eleanor laws qc who is representing mr bennell. she said... "i am going to suggest you have made these allegations up either for money or whatever reason." he replied... "that is ridiculous." she continued...

"you essentially blame crewe alexandra and the fa for your failed career." he replied... "i blame barry for my failed life, not my football career." and the court also heard from a second witness as well? yes, that was earlier in the day. testimony from a former crewe alexandra youth footballer called martin clarke. he said he returned to crewe's training ground one day after a game to pick up his boots, he said, and he said he saw barry bennell abusing another young player. he claimed mr bennell then pinned him up against the wall and told him: "if you say anything to anyone i will make sure i will finish your football career." again, this man came forward at the tail end of 2016 after seeing media reports. as i said at the start, mr bennell denies 48 charges of abuse in this trial.

it continues tomorrow morning. coming up, we will speak to a deaf mother who is suing concert organisers who refused to provide a sign language interpreter at a little mix concert. the politician who helped london win the 2012 olympic games, baroness tessa jowell, has spoken for the first time about having an aggressive form of brain cancer called glioblastoma. around 2,000 people each year will receive a similar diagnosis. the prognosis is grim — measured in months, not years. no new drugs have been developed in the last 50 years that have improved survival rates. but tessa jowell is determined that that that should change — a former health minister, she's been speaking to experts from around the world to make sure it does. tomorrow she will lead a debate in the house of lords and argue that innovative cancer treatments should be evaluated much more quickly

so that they are made available on the nhs. she's been speaking to radio 4's today programme about her diagnosis... i was diagnosed with an acute and very serious form of brain cancer. it came with absolutely no expectation. no warning? absolutely none at all. i had not a single apparent symptom. ifelt it was something i could deal with, and that i would have to deal with. and that, i suppose, is where i immediately stopped thinking about, what would other people do and what there would be for them? because i felt strangely competent to deal with what was likely to happen. anyone who has had cancer knows that, particularly for people like you, and maybe me as well,

the hardest thing, in a way, is getting used to not being in control. i don't think i immediately leapt to the inevitability of cancer. i think that, to begin with, ifelt that i would have this tumour, that it would be operated on, and that would be it. it's actually much harder now, because now, my life is, day by day, affected by the tumour. and affected by the uncertainty of what my cancer is actually going to mean for how long. not just that uncertainty, but i can feel your

frustration, because there are words occasionally that don't come, and that the tumour is doing its work. but the tumour bloody well does this to you. and then if you have an hour of being quiet and so forth, you get it back again. and then you're fine. what have you learnt as a patient that you would like people who care in the medical system, notjust doctors and nurses but others, about how they treat patients? it's a really interesting question, that. and it's much more complicated, i think, then you necessarily assume. i spent a huge amount of time with people with cancer. i spend a huge amount of time very risk averse children. all these are things which now seem

difficult, and that we underestimate the scale of the problem that they have. ifeel every single bit of my determination to go on creating better opportunities for people managing cancer. when you are a patient, you often want every trial going. you want to try everything because you want to stay alive. you want to have as long a life as you can, but... shall i tell you something? i am absolutely 100% staying to stay alive. good for you. the problem is, sometimes, in medical research, they say, one trial at a time, one drug at a time, because we need to

isolate which one works. but what that doesn't do is to identify the way in which the accessibility and the availability of different treatments become changed, and that's what that is doing, so there's... for instance, there's no point in having another six months of waiting for that trial, because it's not going to have any effect, so let's go on to the next one. what that also does is to respect in the proper way the... just how quickly you get... you get. . . killed. people listening to you would think, why don't you curl up on the sofa, be with your family and friends, look after yourself? and yet, here you are, as busy as ever, wanting to be of public service. i have so much love in my family, my children, my

close friends. it's the most... it is the most extraordinary, blessed and... and...recreating sense. and i feel that i want that to be experienced by so many other people as well. and so, we'll talk more about it, we'll experience more about it, and i hope for more people, it will be their future as well. tessa jowell talking to nick robinson. we can speak now to chandos green, he's just 22 years old and has already survived three brain tumours, and to dr

kieran breen — research director at brain tumour research

what's going to happen tomorrow, it can be scary and daunting. what do the doctors say about your future? can be scary and daunting. what do the doctors say about your future ?|j have the doctors say about your future?” have a scan in november last year, and luckily, the tumour has shrunk a bit since my last operation in 2014. in the future, it is just kind of monitoring it, but they are hopeful that won't do anything. do you know why it has shrunk? i have no idea, to be others. i think it's just a bit of luck and also progress in the way they operated last time. we just showed our audience some photographs that you kindly gave us of yourself in hospital. let me bring in kieran breen from brain tumour research. there are many different types of brain cancer, is that correct? that is one of the key challenges — the rover 100 different types of brain tumour. we heard from chandos about the tumour he has, and tessa

jowell's is different. you have slow—growing and fast—growing tumours which have different genetic components. you can't use the same treatment for both. they are both brain tumours, but they are actually very different. a huge challenge for developing treatments and executing them. some can be treated with surgery, others can't. some tumours can be treated with specific drugs that others won't respond to. this isa that others won't respond to. this is a key challenge to us, and we really need to start at the very beginning and understand the differences between a brain tumour and a normal brain cell. our brains are such complex organs. each of the different types of brain cells can potentially become a tumour. even if you have two exactly the same brain cells that become tumours, depending on the pathway they take, it needs different therapies. one thing that researchers are doing is looking at

the very beginning, what happens when a normal brain cell sparks off to become a tumour cell, because thatis to become a tumour cell, because that is what we need to understand — what is the difference between the two ? what is the difference between the two? and that is then how we can understand potential ways to develop new drugs which would be much more effective at stopping the growth of tumourand effective at stopping the growth of tumour and killing it. its vital work, because brain tumours are the biggest cause of cancer deaths in people under 40. most people don't know that. this is the thing, because when you think of tumours, cancer in people under the age of 40, most people think of leukaemia or blood cancer, but the success rate or survival rate for people with that sort of tumour is 50% after five years of diagnosis. for brain tumours, it is only 20% after five years of diagnosis. chandos said that his tumour was so close to the brain that they had to leave

apportioned there. you have talked about the many differences in the types of cancer, and that's one of the reasons why would research —— why research is slow, or is itjust not fashionable to put money into brain tumour research? it is a complex situation. the complexity of the brain, the fact that the brain is by what we call the blood brain barrier, which stops drugs getting into the brain. we have a lot of drugs that will treat other cancers but they don't actually get into the brain. if they can't get in, they can't kill the tumour, so we need to develop new drugs, innovative therapies. we need to think out of therapies. we need to think out of the box. we have a tumour within this enclosed area called the brain, so this enclosed area called the brain, so how do we develop new drugs that will get in there? we need a completely new approach. but we also need to invest in research.

unfortunately, in the uk over the past 20—30 years, the investment just hasn't been there. indeed, even at the moment, only 6% of people with brain tumours take part in clinical trials. for breast cancer, it is 13%, for leukaemia, 16%, so we don't have the capacity to do the research. chandos, would you agree with kieran? would you a clue what he says, that there needs to be more money put in to get more research done? as you said previously, it is the biggest cancer killer of those under 40, the biggest cancer killer of those under40, and the biggest cancer killer of those under 40, and i've known a lot of people who have lost their lives to brain tumours, so i 100% echo the fa ct brain tumours, so i 100% echo the fact that more investment needs to go into research and finding a cure for this disease. thank you very much for talking to us. coming up: should free school meals be given to all primary school

children, notjust the be given to all primary school children, not just the first few yea rs ? children, not just the first few years? and if you think that, where would you get the money from? we will speak to a teacher and a mother. last year sally reynolds booked tickets to go and see little mix for herself, two friends and their daughters. sally and her two friends are deaf, so they requested a sign language interpreter through the concert‘s organisers, lhg live. they refused to provide one, so in an unprecedented move sally reynolds applied for a court order to compel them to. lhg then agreed to this before the hearing reached court. the mums and daughters went to the concert, only to find the interpreter was provided for little mix and not the two support acts. in sally's words "it's like being able to read only the last third of a novel'. the mum is now suing lhg live under the equality act which states any organisation supplying a service to the public must make reasonable adjustments to accommodate disabled people. sally is here alongside

her interpreter vicki, chris fry is sally's solicitor, and marie pascall is here too — she provides sign language interpreters for events across the country. welcome to the programme, and thanks for coming on. nice to see you all. sally, i want to ask you first of all, when you have an interpreter at all, when you have an interpreter at agig. all, when you have an interpreter at a gig, how do you experience the concept? —— the concert? a gig, how do you experience the concept? -- the concert? for me, it was the first time i had been to a concert of that size, especially something live, so i was really blown away. we went to see little mix. i wanted to access the songs, when they were singing, talking, the

way they engaged with the audience. i was able to follow what they were saying and talk to my daughter about it. we talked about it after, which was wonderful, a great experience. i really got a feel of the concert itself. where was your interpreter placed so that... ? you can hear some of the music a little, can't you? well, i can hear the music, but i can't follow the words, so really, it made such a big difference to be able to see the lyrics translated. i could identify the songs, and for me, it wasjust could identify the songs, and for me, it was just so important to be able to see the interpreterjust had that clear view. they were opposite us. we were in the accessible area, which was great. for that part of the concert, it was perfect. but the problem was, for a lot of the concert, there was no interpreter. why was that a problem? yeah, i mean... the reason behind it all

was, we asked the promoter probably two months beforehand to have access. we asked for an interpreter specifically. the reply we got back was, we're really sorry, but no, we will give you carer tickets as a compromise and you can bring your own interpreter. i thought, juno what? that's not ok. you have a duty to provide a reasonable adjustment for us. i ask them again, and it went up to the board of directors, it was escalated. they made the decision that no interpreter would be provided and they offered a refund, which i was shocked by. they really couldn't explain their justification for refusing an adjustment. i wrote a third letter, which was ignored, and then the fourth letter, which i sent to the liz hobbs group, they asked me which pa rt liz hobbs group, they asked me which part of the equality act they felt

had been breached. and it wasjust such a convoluted process and so long, and by that point, i contacted chris, with all the evidence i had a mass than the exchanges we had had, andi mass than the exchanges we had had, and i have always been deaf, i was born deaf. this is not the first timei born deaf. this is not the first time i have faced those kinds of barriers. in the end, they provided a dynamic interpreter for the little mix bit of it but not for the two support act. i will bring your solicitor, chris fry, in. he is in our sheffield studio. good morning. tell our audience what the law says. the equality act and the disability discrimination act 20 years before that have been very clear that service providers are under a duty to make reasonable adjustments to accommodate disabled customers. ok,

and do you agree with sally that reasonable accommodation was not made here, when after all, an interpreter was provided for little mix? absolutely. sally bought tickets for an event which was a memorable family experience, and a really interesting thing about this is that for months before, she was being told she wouldn't be able to access that event at all, requiring us access that event at all, requiring us to make an application for an injunction to even get the signed interpreting for the little mix aspect itself. what is disappointing in these circumstances is that the service provider, having identified that a reasonable adjustment was necessary, just limited that to the little mix aspect of the case, whereas in fact the whole of the concert should have been made accessible, notjust for concert should have been made accessible, not just for sally, obviously, but for other people with hearing impairments. which is why you are now taking this action on behalf of your client, sallie reynolds, to sue them. they upgraded your tickets, gave you

private seating, access to private accessible toilets. little mix say they strongly believe that concerts should be completely inclusive for all and the band welcomes all those to the shows, including those with hearing impairment. iwill ask to the shows, including those with hearing impairment. i will ask you, sally, what you want to achieve in a moment. but let me bring in marie, because you do interpreting at events, concerts, theatre productions. you tell me they are very good at this in america but we are way behind in this country — why? three main factors, and the first is really a lack of deaf awareness. there are huge misunderstanding and misconceptions around the deaf community and british sign language needs. what is

the biggest misconception? many people ask me why deaf people want to go toa people ask me why deaf people want to go to a music concert. they don't understand that, actually, deaf people can experience music on an equal footing to hearing people. deaf people can get goose bumps and crime. the interpreter is essentially a bridge between the music and the artist and the deaf person, so it is a connection so that the deaf person can essentially experience is exactly the same as a hearing person, but getting that across to the music industry is proving difficult. that makes sense, the way you describe that. would you agree with that, sally? once you have the dynamic interpreter, that isa have the dynamic interpreter, that is a major connection between the lyrics and the sound of the music? definitely. i've felt so engaged, it was a wonderful experience. i was there with my friends, we were there with our daughters, we could talk about it after. we discussed the

songs, and we even talked about the interpreter, who did a fantastic job. i would like to be able to just do that again. i want the full experience this time. what is the purpose of suing them? what is it that you want to achieve, apart from presumably some compensation? well, i would like something... i would like a precedent. i don't want to go through this again. that is the number one. it was so hard and arduous. i would number one. it was so hard and arduous. iwould really like number one. it was so hard and arduous. i would really like service providers to think about access for everyone, and inclusivity, and to make those thoughts beforehand. i would really like something in law that anyone can use in the future if they want to attend a concert or a venue, if they want to buy a ticket. all they have to do then is to ask for either captions or an interpreter, and they will know what to do, and people will understand that that is a reasonable adjustment. ok. thank you. and thank

you. thank you very much. we will keep our audience updated on your story and your legal action. we will see what happens. coming up after 10am: we will talk more about the incredible progress made in scotla nd the incredible progress made in scotland to reduce knife crime. in a decade, they have cut it by almost 70%. there are lessons llama definitely for england and wales, surely. we will speak to a chief co nsta ble surely. we will speak to a chief constable from police scotland and also a youth worker who was stabbed at the age of 50. now, the weather. it isa it is a difficult morning across some part of the country. elly riley overnight and mild conditions are. some of the rain that we have seen has been particularly heavy, particularly looking at these shots

from north east somerset. some pretty dusty winds. restrictions on, which bridges and ferris. it is hectic linked in to storm georgina, the latest storm of the season. it has been giving gusts of up to 77mph in the hebrides, lower than they we re in the hebrides, lower than they were earlier. all linked into this cold front. as it arrives you will see a brief and intense spell of rain, also some dusty winds. over lunchtime they will be heading across london and the south—east and working across east anglia. the winds drop as that really heavy rain goes through. by lunchtime things will be brightening up in parts of cornwall, wales and northern ireland. similar across scotland and

northern ireland, with summer showers coming through rapidly on the breeze. and showers across northern scotland, as temperatures crop will be a little bit on the wintry side. we have already seen the peak in temperatures for the day. it is going to drop from now on, even with the sunshine out later. showers continuing in the west with a blustery wind. in the east, a touch of frost is possible. the commute tomorrow will be colder then this morning, but for many, a good deal drier. showers in the west could merge into some longer spells of rain across northern england and southern scotland, a little bit of sleep across the top of the hills. staying dry throughout tomorrow. temperatures like this afternoon for

most, in single figures. the showers becoming confined to eastern england overnight. coldest morning of the week on friday. showers in eastern parts of england will fade away. not a bad day for many of you. even if it isa a bad day for many of you. even if it is a bit on the cool side. into the weekend we will have cloudy conditions and rain pushing eastwards on saturday. temperatures by sunday, double figures for most of us. a big change from what we saw last weekend. hello, it's wednesday, it's 10 o'clock, i'm victoria derbyshire. how have scotland managed to cut knife crime on their streets by 70% in a decade, whereas england and wales are experienced a significant rise? a hatchet was put in my head. my son witnessed it from the window because it was outside my house. we'll be speaking to a scottish chief constable to see

what lessons can be learnt later in the programme. and we'll talk to the deaf mum who is suing the promoter of a gig by little mix, forfailing to provide a sign language interpreter for the two support acts. one viewer says... in today's environment we must appreciate that resources a re environment we must appreciate that resources are finite and interpreters are very expensive. this one says... i am not without sympathy for the deaf mother that you interviewed but surely, we might as well have a blind man suing the tate modern because no—one described the senate to him. —— the art to him. and it's official — the nation loves ant and dec who won best presenters for the 17th time. we'll hear more about that and more from last night's national television awards. and the most watch programme of

2017, blue planet, received a special impact awards. we will hear from all of the winners —— hear about all of the winners in the next hour. good morning. here's ben in the bbc newsroom with a summary of today's news. the number of prosecutions which have collapsed because police or prosecutors didn't follow rules about disclosing evidence has risen by 70% in england and wales over the past two years. proceedings were dropped against more than 900 people in the 12 months to last april, because of problems with evidence. our home affairs correspondent danny shaw reports. i was relieved not only for myself but also everyone that's been with me every step of the way. under investigation for rape for two years, liam allen's life was on hold. then, three days into his trial, his legal team received crucial information, and the prosecution was halted. the case highlighted problems with disclosure, the duty on police and prosecutors to pass on material which might assist the defence case or undermine the prosecution's. bbc news has obtained figures on how

many people have been cleared or had allegations dropped against them because of disclosure failings. in 2014—15, proceedings were halted against 537 people. by last year, that number had risen to 916. that's a 70% increase in two years in the number of defendants cleared after disclosure failings emerged. the entire criminaljustice system has to run on the public trusting and having confidence in it. it's seen as a very serious issue now at all levels and rightly so because unless the defence can have confidence, unless the public can have confidence in the disclosure regime, we're going to have problems. the crown prosecution service pointed out that the number of cases which failed because of disclosure issues represented only a fraction, 0.15% of all prosecutions. but the cps said that was still too many and it would take a collective

effort across the criminaljustice system to bring about an improvement. danny shaw, bbc news. uk unemployment fell by 3,000 to 1.4 million in the three months to november. the number of those in work increased sharply and wages rose at their fastest rate in almost a year, according to figures from the office for national statistics. growth in wages at 2.4% remained below inflation at 3.1%. two newspapers have threatened legal action if the parole board does not publish its reasons for agreeing to release the convicted rapistjohn worboys. the sun and the daily mail have written to the justice secretary demanding the report within seven days, or they say they will apply for a judicial review. both the parole board and the ministry ofjustice said they're legally prohibited from disclosing such decisions. one in 11 patients

in england is being prescribed medication which could be addictive or difficult to stop taken, according to new nhs data. public health england is launching a year—long review into what it calls the growing problem of ascription drug addiction. it will look at sedatives, painkillers and antidepressants. a deaf woman is suing the promoter of a concert by the pop group little mix for failing to provide a sign language interpreter for two support acts. sally reynolds and two deaf friends took their daughters to the concert last september, where after repeated requests, the promoter provided an interpreterfor the main act, but not the support. sally has been telling victoria the difference having an interpreterfor that part made to her. well, i can hear the music but i can't follow the words. so, really in makes such a big difference to be able to see the lyrics translated. i could

identify the songs, and for me, it was just so important to be able to see the interpreter, just to get that clearview. they were opposite us, we were in the accessible area, which was great, for that part of the concert, it was perfect. england and the united states have opted out of a new international test which will measure how much teenagers respect other cultures and whether they can spot fake news. the subject has been added to the influential pisa tests, run by the organisation for economic co—operation and development, which rank education systems around the world. sta rs of stars of the small screen were on the red carpet last night. best drama was won by doctor foster. and ant and dec were named best presenters for the 17th time. they also picked up the first ever bruce

forsyth entertainment award. lava is continuing to erupt from the most active volcano in the philippines, mount mayon. the intense activity has been captured in this timelapse footage. more than 40,000 people have been moved from their homes in the surrounding area and a local airport has been closed. more headlines at half past ten. quite a few of you have been in touch to talk about tessa jowell. this one says... what an inspiring and brave woman. this one says... it is very moving to hear tessa jowell talk about her diagnosis. time for the sport, with holly. the appointment of the new england women's manager has received mixed reactions, with many concerned phil

neville simply doesn't have enough managerial experience. the former manchester united and england defender has signed a three and a half year deal with the lionesses with the hope that it will bring new interest to the women's game is its most high—profile england manager. however arsenal and former england defender alex scott says she is worried he does not have enough experience in the women's game. worried he does not have enough experience in the women's gamem is an interesting one, he has been involved in the game at the top level as a player, he has been assistant manager. maybe the fa thought with this was the right appointment, that he can add insights. obviously, he hasn't worked in the women's game, i think that will be the main thing that people will look at, but he has people will look at, but he has people around him to draw on and the experience of people like casey stoney, who is looking to move into a managerial role, so as long as he builds the right network of people around him i'm sure he will be fine. within hours of his confirmation as manager, screen shots of old tweets he had posted were circulating on

twitter. on one from 2012, he had written... he has since deleted his twitter account. pep guardiola has his first cup final in england, with he's side on the cusp of an unprecedented season quadruple. they beat bristol city 3—2 last night to get to the final of the league cup. goals came from leroy sane, sergio aguero and kevin de bruyne. manchester city will face either arsenal or chelsea, who play tonight. celtic came from behind in their glasgow derby at partick thistle to win 2—1. partick thistle had taken the lead through a penalty but celtic equalised with a penalty of their own before leigh griffiths got the winner. it stretches celtic‘s lead at the top of the table to 11 points. over to melbourne, where the line—up for the

australian open semifinal is almost complete. on court right now, roger federer and tomas berdych. federer came back from 5—2 down in the first set to take its sevensix. he has just taken the second now, sixthree. whoever is the winner of that match will face chung hyeon in the last four after he beat his american opponent in straights sets. the south korean is the youngest grand slam semifinalist for eight years. earlier, world number one simona halep beat pliskova to reach the women's semifinals. simona halep was 3-0 women's semifinals. simona halep was 3—0 down in the first set but for back to win nine games in a row on her way to winning in straight sets. she will face angelique kerber in the last four after the german thrashed madison keys. angelique

kerber has won all 14 singles matches she's played so far this season. we will have the latest from melbourne in around half an hour. we brought you the news earlier that knife crime in scotland has reduced massively in the last decade — at a time when similar crimes in england and wales are at their highest level since 2011. the police in scotland have adopted what's known as a public health approach to dealing with the issue. louis lee ray went to meet a former gang member who's turned his life around. a warning — his film contains graphic descriptions of violence. stabbed in the head. fractured skulls. stabbed in the back, punctured lungs. i started to get involved in violence when i was about 12. gang fighting, from the age of 12, 13, i remember getting brought in by the police when i was 13 years of age.

it's all fear—driven. you carry a knife because of fear, and then you fear that you've got a knife on you. it is riddled with ten different forms of fear. scotla nd scotland was often held up as the trauma capital of europe. we had surgeons coming to glasgow royal infirmary to try to learn how to deal with nike run. but what we changed it to, to de—normalise the feeling that everybody else was carrying weapons, that actually, it actually meant

that people started to realise, weapons were in the minority, weapons we re no longer cool to carry. and what we've seen was, over a period of time, young people's attitudes towards carrying weapons and carrying knives changed. didn't know where i was going in life. i used to look and people and think, they know where they're going, they know what they're doing with their life, i don't know what i'm doing with my life. i come here, i've got a purpose. there's nothing more rewarding at the end of a day, when you've earned an honest day's work. let's speak now to assistant chief constable mark williams,

from police scotland; sophie linden, london's deputy mayor for policing and crime; lorrainejones, whose son was a few months short of his 21st birthday when he was fatally stabbed in south london; and mahamed hashi, who was stabbed when he was a teenager, he's now a youth worker mark williams, let's begin with you. this quite astonishing drop in knife crime since you changed your approach to it, since you started treating it as a public health issue. the mayor of london wants an increase in stop and search to tackle the rise in the capital — is that the wrong approach? the approach we have taken in police scotla nd approach we have taken in police scotland is an approach that has worked on a number of different levels. i think the public health approach you have heard about this morning has been very successful, and what we have recognised as a policing service is that the police alone could never tackle the problems of violence in totality.

there had to be a partnership approach taken. now, part of our journey along the violins prevention success journey along the violins prevention su ccess you journey along the violins prevention success you have seen has been stop and search. we have made changes to it in recent years. the volumes of stop and search have reduced significantly in the last four years asa significantly in the last four years as a result of the new code of practice being introduced last year. so, while stop and search remains an important policing tactic on it isn't the be all and end all. there isn't the be all and end all. there is no single solution. and the approach around public health as a whole is more important. sophie linden, perhaps increasing stop and search is not the answer? we agree. the public is in london should expect an increase in stop and search. the knife crime is increasing, stop and search,

intelligence led, will increase. but it has not been done in scotland. as mark said, it is not the only answer, and we publish their strategy last year which border enforcement alongside the public health approach. that's about early intervention and prevention. it is interesting, the video you showed, showing interventions in hospitals, we have learned from scotland and we are intervening in hospitals, funding youth workers to go into a&es. why are the numbers of fatal stabbings going up, then? a&es. why are the numbers of fatal stabbings going up, themm a&es. why are the numbers of fatal stabbings going up, then? it is increasing in england and wales, and we know that it is only through enforcement with early intervention and prevention that we will make progress on this. argue prepared to do what they have done in scotland, help people with mental health problems, help them potentially get thejob, get decent problems, help them potentially get the job, get decent accommodation? one of the other interesting things in your package... sorry, could you just answer the question? absolutely, the mayor is investing in mental health services in schools

and in projects that help people out of violence, but he can only go so far. the scottish government is investing in this as well. whilst the mayor is investing in london, the government is withdrawing funds to the key services that will make a difference. why are you shaking your head? do you disagree? again, it is theissue head? do you disagree? again, it is the issue of the government. we can't keep doing things by ourselves, we need support. the money getting dragged out is affecting young people. they are afraid and giving through a whole host of issues. i agree with sophie, it is not a police issue. the police e nforce rs. it is not a police issue. the police enforcers. we need to engage with people around their mental health, theirfamily people around their mental health, their family lives. it has to be a holistic approach. withdrawing £99 million is not going to solve it. it will make it worse. do you see health professionals, health... education professionals wanting to

pursue the scottish approach?- violins commission has been put together, and i have sat in meetings, and i have seen the strategy they are putting together, but without the support from the government, it is like they are sitting on an island looking at us like we are in a zoo, and these problems don't affect them. our kids are dying every single day and they withdraw funds. i don't understand. lorraine, your son sadly lost his life a few years ago. you spend time now trying to tackle like run, telling people not to carry knives. you have also been to alabama, and it sounds like they are doing similar things to scotland. they are. they are doing brilliant work in birmingham, alabama. the crime rate is just horrific there. it is a disease. it really is a disease. scotla nd disease. it really is a disease.

scotland have hit the nail on the head. and we really need to look at it for what it is. these young people, they are sick. we have to deal with all the aspects of their well—being and mental health to be able to get to the root of this problem. yes, he died of one single sta b problem. yes, he died of one single stab wound that went right through his heart. i haven't been able to grieve as a mother because i am relentlessly campaigning. and as was said, we need the government to support us. the iraqi people like myself and other services. with scotland, they did research in 2002. they went across the world to gather information to put this model together. we've got great inspirational people here in the uk, and the investment is needed for us to tackle this together.” and the investment is needed for us to tackle this together. i want to put this to you, mark williams, if i may: what do you say to those who are watching now who don't carry a

knife, who don't get involved in violence, who have never broken the law and think perhaps it is grossly unfair that your help is targeted at those who do break the law, violent, knife carrying criminals who you will help get a house overjob or get help for the mental health and so on? it is important to understand that the health of the whole community is what matters, the well—being of our communities across scotla nd well—being of our communities across scotland is what comes first. all of the social policy and the public health approach leads to a healthier scotland, a place where people are safer and a place where people who do carry knives won't be tolerated. but equally, they are offered the opportunity to devote, the opportunity to devote, the opportunity to devote, the opportunity to do something different. and they understand the stigma around carrying a knife. a lot of the work we do with young people in schools is very much about that, about influencing their decision—making at the earliest stages of their lives. what we understand, and i think what has

just been touched on there, is that the value of academic evidence is important, because we know that childhood experiences that take place in the early years of some of the most deprived people in our communities have a massive impact on their future life chances and the likelihood of them being incarcerated or suffering from mental health issues, or suffering from chronic alcoholism or drug abuse. all of that has to be taken into account when you're designing policies to address long—term reductions in violence. that is what has happened in scotland. when our guest csa, actually, we can't do that when money is being cut, is that when money is being cut, is that a fair point, from your point of view? —— when our guests say.... investing together with partners in the sort of policies we have done in scotland, and that we have talked

about this morning, actually has a long—term financial impact on society. public health and social polity come in lots of different guises, but the minimum pricing of alcohol, for example, that will kick off this year in scotland will have a wide impact on society, notjust on the reduction of violence, but in lots of other positive ways as well, including employability. all of that needs to be taken into account. let me read this statement from the home office. knife crime has devastating consequences on our communities and we are determined to tackle it head on. that is why we are working with partners to address the root cause of the problems. last month we provided £765,000 to organisations tackling knife crime, and the funds we re tackling knife crime, and the funds were focused on young people, including those most at risk. we

also work to make sure that people affected by gangs get support. we have announced a serious violence strategy that will be published earlier this yearfor strategy that will be published earlier this year for —— early this year. mohammed, you were stabbed when you were 15. i wonder if you would describe for our audience what it is like to experience that. would describe for our audience what it is like to experience thatm would describe for our audience what it is like to experience that. it is interesting, because for me, by the grace of god, i survived, unlike twain, unfortunately. for me, what it was was the fear that i was infected with afterwards. for the next four weeks, i carried a screwdriver because i was afraid of the imbalance of power. i was attacked by a group with knives and i had no knife. there was a fear that that imbalance would happen again. it is that fear that keeps infecting our young people today. the reason they carry knives, it is publicised across all the media that it isa publicised across all the media that it is a fashion. it is fear that drives them, because i was

terrified. and then i was angry, which is not a good place to be when you have a weapon. you can get into a minorargument, and you have a weapon. you can get into a minor argument, and the first thing you're thinking is, i'm even more powerful because i have this weapon. for me, as a victim, i can only imagine being stopped by the police and then finding that screwdriver, because in my head, i would feel like i was being re—victimised. and i was carrying it for fear. a lot of young people who are carrying knives, the fear is infectious. the question asked about people not carrying knives, they are not immune to this fear.” people not carrying knives, they are not immune to this fear. i had so many young people coming to my service wearing bullet—proof vests as part of their dressing attire. that's the level of fear that young people are going through, and it is rippling into the family. we don't just need to support the young people, we need to support families

as well, the parents, especially in cases like mine, where we have lost a child. the ripple effects are... devastating. sorry. it's devastating. don't apologise. because we've got hard—working professionals like myself that have been working relentlessly to build this country, who are now becoming victims. who is helping us? i mean, thank god i'm a strong woman, and i have channelled my pain to turn it into power to work with the police, with the government, with other services to tackle this. i am a pastor, and i work with so many families. we have a man who will bury his son on friday. his son was stabbed multiple times. he is a

faithful bus driver. he is in trauma, shock and grief. this is a disease that ripples through the family into the community, and it's that serious that it needs to be dealt with. thank you very much. thank you for coming on the programme. thank you, all. we appreciate your time. mark williams from police got in, we really appreciate your time. thank you. still to come: we will be speaking toa still to come: we will be speaking to a reporter who went undercover to an all—male charity event where the female hosts were allegedly groped and sexually harassed. it's 10:30am. and sexually harassed. it's10:30am. here are the latest news headlines. the number of prosecutions which have collapsed because police and prosecutors did not follow rules about disclosing evidence has risen by 70% in england and wales over the last two years. proceedings were dropped against more than 900 people in the 12 months to last april because of problems with evidence.

the issue has been highlighted by some recent rape trials which put thejudicial some recent rape trials which put the judicial process under scrutiny. uk unemployment fell by 3,000 to 1.4 million in the three months to november. the number of those in work increased sharply and wages rose at their fastest rate in almost a year, according to figures from the office for national statistics. growth in wages at 2.4% remained below inflation at 3.1%. one in 11 patients in england is being prescribed medication which could be addictive or difficult to stop taking, according to new nhs data. public health england is launching a year—long review into what it calls the growing problem of prescription drug addiction. it will look at sedatives, painkillers and antidepressants. two newspapers have threatened legal action if the parole board does not publish its reasons for agreeing to release the convicted rapistjohn worboys. the sun and the daily mail have written to the board, and thejustice secretary david gauke, demanding the report

within seven days — or they will apply for a judicial review. but both the parole board and the ministry ofjustice said they are legally prohibited from disclosing such decisions. a deaf woman is suing the promoter of a concert by the pop group, little mix, forfailing to provide a sign language interpreter for two support acts. sally reynolds and two deaf friends took their daughters to the concert last september where — under threat of legal action — the promoter agreed to provide an interpreter but only for the main act. sally told victoria the difference having an interpreter for that part had made to her. we're told that there's no such thing as a free lunch. that's unless you're an infant school child in england. 1.4 million four— to seven—year—olds have been receiving a free lunch since 2014.

now, a report from the independent, evidence—based research institute, evidence—based research institute the education policy institute has found child nutrition, concentration, attainment and overall health has improved since it was introduced. now the lead association for catering in education, who commissioned the report, are calling for the government to extend its plans further to cover all primary school children. but with the government already investing £600 million a year in universal free school meals, would that be money well spent? let's speak now to louise regan, a primary school head teacher and president of the nut section of the national education union and daphne aikens, who is chief executive of the hammersmith and fulham foodbank, which runs a variety of projects including holiday clubs for children who receive free school meals during term time. and in salford we have charlotte hughes, who says although she struggles financially, her 11—year—old daughter doesn't qualify for free school meals. welcome, all of you and thank you

for them and on the programme. charlotte, do you think all primary school children in england and wales should receive free school meals? absolutely i do. being poor and suffering from fall poverty does not end after year two. it has just come out yesterday, 25 constituencies are suffering levels of at least 40% of their children living in poverty. it is awful. children are going hungry. i put the question that, it does need to continue. and i would also beg the question that it needs to continue into secondary education as well... i hear what you're saying, tell me why it is a good use of taxpayers' money to provide free school dinners for all state school children in england and wales when some parents can afford to pay for it? well, we have got a big problem with discrimination in this country. i remember being on free school

meals at school and i remember feeling disc related against and alienated from friends. i don't think we should put children in a position where they feel like this. all children, no matter where they are in life, need to have a good meal every single day and they need to be with their friends to do this. also i think this will save the government money in health issues and nhs related issues also. so, it isa and nhs related issues also. so, it is a really good thing. at my daughter's school there's children going hungry. it is unacceptable, it really is. let a bring in primary school head teacher louise regan, why should it be extended to all primary school children?” why should it be extended to all primary school children? i think the pa re nt primary school children? i think the parent has made a very good point. the difficulty is, children don't suddenly not become hungry when they move into year three. if they're living in poverty, they are hungry and they need a good healthy dinner and they need a good healthy dinner and they need it right through their primary career. as the parent has

said, people say we can't afford this, but the long—term health benefits of a good start to a young person's life have to be catered for. also the fact that having a really healthy, nutritional hot dinner in the middle of the date helps with learning and concentration and helps good physical development. all of those benefits have to be taken into account, when you look at the overall cost. i totally understand that, investing to save money down the line, but what about those pa rents the line, but what about those parents who can afford to pay for the school dinners? the difficulty is always, where do you draw the line and we have a parent here who says she is not entitled to it but says she is not entitled to it but says she is not entitled to it but says she struggles. parents who are working on going to food banks. but iam asking working on going to food banks. but i am asking you about the ones who can i am asking you about the ones who ca n afford i am asking you about the ones who can afford it. but who decides? that has always been the difficulty. and there is also a huge difficulty with stigmatisation of those people who are entitled to benefits and those not taking it up. again, it's very difficult to say where you draw the

line and say, those are the parents that can afford to pay. this parent has said, she struggles to afford it but is not actually entitled.“ this was extended to all children from reception to year six, what difference would it make to the work that you do in school holiday time? it could make a very big difference. we have hundreds of children attending our holiday clubs, and they're hungry. attending our holiday clubs, and they‘ re hungry. there's attending our holiday clubs, and they're hungry. there's families who might not qualify for free school meals but are really struggling to pay for the extra meals at lunchtime in the holidays. hot, healthy meals for click bit of entertainment, and for click bit of entertainment, and for those families it makes big savings and a big difference to those children. sorry, iwasjust about to take a deep rough because you will have heard this many times before, as i have, there are people watching now who do not believe that children in this country are hungry in the school holidays because we are the sixth richest economy in the world, and also they will say it is

because their parents can't budget... i have been running a food bank for nearly eight years, and over those eight years, seven and a half years, numbers have grown significantly. in 2017 9400 people benefited from our food banks and about a third of those were children. these are families who are being very impacted by benefits, universal credit rolled out in our borough in 2016, families who are getting maybe £200 a month to live on, to pay for food, for school uniforms, clothes and travel. gas and electric and everything. it is not enough for people to live on. these families need their free school meals, they rely on us during term time and holiday time. coming to my food bank, you can do it any time. there is real poverty, there are children who have nothing to eat. thank you all, we will see what happens. we have heard this morning

that unemployment has fallen against any number of people in work is at any number of people in work is at an all—time high. but there are some more depressing stats out today, that the happiness and confidence of young people in this country has dropped to its youngest level in yea rs. dropped to its youngest level in years. the princess trust survey to more than 2000 young people and found that concerns about their future and job prospects are really playing on the minds of quite a lot of them. five young people have been sharing their work worries with us. when are you going to stand on your own two feet? you are not masculine enough. maybe you are not able to ta ke enough. maybe you are not able to take it on at the minute, it would be too much of a big step... i worry about being a good mum is because i don't take i can pull it off all by myself. it is not the

situation i imagine it would be all by myself and ijust situation i imagine it would be all by myself and i just worry, situation i imagine it would be all by myself and ijust worry, we won't be financially steadied.” by myself and ijust worry, we won't be financially steadied. i am very anxious in a sense that it is an apprenticeship and it will end eventually and i'm worrying where i will go after that, will i be good enough to go anywhere after that? it is all about people believing in you as well. it is the culture in terms of like, if! as well. it is the culture in terms of like, if i am not making enough money, if i'm not living up to the type of life, that i'm not doing something right. for me it is about trying to be at peace with where i am at in my life now. we all have this worry, a lot of me

and my friends, maybe i've just started of a first, proper, full—time job, some might started of a first, proper, full—timejob, some might have been to university and can't even find a job now. everybody has to worry about moving up, getting a job, to get you by, one that you have just sort of scene and gone for. getting a job was probably the biggest achievement i've had in a long—time, so i'm happy with that. having done my apprenticeship, i feel like there is more opportunities than people think. however, i feel like a opportunities than people think. however, ifeel like a lot opportunities than people think. however, i feel like a lot of people don't get enough guidance and stuff, which they need in order to see the opportunities that are out there for them. there's no point being worried

about what if and what could be and what could have been, just focus on what's going on now. you can see more on our website. financial times journalists working undercover as hostesses allege that they were groped and propositioned at a men only charity dinner at london's dorchester hotel. the organisers of the presidents club annual fundraiser have said they are appalled by allegations of sexual harassment at the event and have launched an investigation. the guest list for the dinner included bankers, entrepreneurs and celebrities. here is a flavour of what the financial times and said it found via secret recording and it begins with a host telling the audience, welcome to the most unvc event of the year. maria miller chairs the

parliamentary committee and suggested that the equalities at me need to be strengthened.” suggested that the equalities at me need to be strengthened. i think at a time when hollywood and westminster are getting their act in order, to see so many of the top establishment in british business involved in an event like this i think gives cause for concern, and has to bring into question whether or not the laws are strong enough in this area maria miller. madison marriage is one of the undercover financial times reporters who went in to the event, and the labour mpjess phillips has campaigned on equality issues. madison, why don't you tell our

audience whatjob you were expected to do that night, what was the brief? i was hired as a hostess. posters injobs, brief? i was hired as a hostess. posters in jobs, plenty brief? i was hired as a hostess. posters injobs, plenty of brief? i was hired as a hostess. posters in jobs, plenty of women do them around the country at sports events, music concerts, essentially being a waitress, you're there to be friendly and smile and serve drinks. and just to make people feel co mforta ble. and just to make people feel comfortable. what were you expected to weara? comfortable. what were you expected to wear a? we were told in advance to wear a? we were told in advance to bring a pair of black high heels, to bring a pair of black high heels, to be wearing black underwear, and that we would be given a black dress and black belt on the night. and on the evening itself, tell me more about the clientele? so, the men introduced themselves by their first names, so we don't necessarily know their backgrounds, but it was a room of 360 men, and we had done the background research on who they all were, and plenty of big names, from

a property, finance, media, sport, theatre, the arts, academia, pretty much every sector was represented. and what happened to you and some of the other hostesses? numerous hostesses told me that they had been groped by men present on the night. several had been propositioned, asked to go upstairs to people's bedrooms. one woman was asked directly whether she was a prostitute. it was a kind of incest and stream of harassment. and did it happen to you as well? alan tell us what happened. i was groped several times. do you mind me asking where you were touched? it's a bit drunk of will to go into details, but... categorically, that kind of behaviour. how did you react? move away from that person as quickly as possible and avoid them for the rest of the nitrogen what did you think about the whole atmosphere that

evening? charged. what do you mean? a very macho, excitable... i have never witnessed an environment like that in my life. and what do you think about what you witnessed? that in my life. and what do you think about what you witnessed 7“ was shocking and surprising to see it's still going on in this day in age. jess phillips, what do you think about what madison has uncovered? i am horrified, obviously. i'm tired as well, tired of having to continually say it's 2018 and totally unacceptable that women should be hired in as a herd to entertaina women should be hired in as a herd to entertain a group of entitled, rich men. because, you know, that's not what we're teaching our kids is an acceptable thing. some of the people involved, certainly some of those organising the event, have

links with the department of education. it is unacceptable that people who are allowed to make decisions about where mike children are... go to school can have an event with women parading around. this is what the president of the clu b this is what the president of the club said in a statement: the club raised several million pounds for disadvantaged children at its event. we are appalled by allegations of... the allegations will be investigated fully and promptly and appropriate action taken. are you reassured? no, i'm not. they organised an event where they hired in over 100 women, not to serve the catering order food. it wasn't a functionaljob, and they were told what underwear to wear. have you ever been told what underwear to wear at work? no. i can't say that i have had a job where they had told me that. the

express intention was to get these men drinking, having fun, make them easy and free and feel powerful and show off in front of their friends so that they give out money. it is disgraceful. this isjust completely and utterly weak. the dorchester, the hotel where it was held: we are greatly concerned about the allegations levelled the organisers ofa allegations levelled the organisers of a private event at the hotel. we we re of a private event at the hotel. we were not aware of any claims during or following the charity event. we have zero tolerance of any harassment of our guests, employees and suppliers. we are in discussions with the organisers and an investigation is under way. madison, do you know if any of the other hostesses made a formal complaint? did that happen, do know?” hostesses made a formal complaint? did that happen, do know? i don't know if they did. i know this wasn't a one—off occurrence, notjust last week's event. this dinner has been running for 33 years annually, and i have had hostesses from 2012, 2014,

2015 telling me it was running an identical way in previous years and women were treated just as badly on those nights as well. what should be done, then? i think they should stop running this event. people say, what a shame, it is giving money to great ormond street hospital, but you can do that without attending a lady sue, i think. do that without attending a lady sue, ithink. you do that without attending a lady sue, i think. you can offer your cash. —— a lady zoo. maybe, if we wa nt cash. —— a lady zoo. maybe, if we want to support organisations, maybe paying our taxes would be the answer. this is got to stop. also, there are serious questions to be asked about david mellor, the man who organised this event. he is the chair of the trustees of this group who organised this event, and he is a nonexecutive director for the department of education. there are

serious questions to be asked of the secretary of state of education about whether this man is appropriate considering, for example, how high the level of sexual harassment in our schools is. you have been given permission via text from the speaker and you are going to ask an urgent question in the commons about this.” going to ask an urgent question in the commons about this. i will ask the commons about this. i will ask the new secretary of state for education about the suitability of david mellor as a nonexecutive director. the right questions to be asked about ministers from the department of education whom the financial times have claimed were invited to the event. it is nadhim zahawi, who invited to the event. it is nadhim za hawi, who has invited to the event. it is nadhim zahawi, who has admitted he attended. thank you, both. still to come: ant and dec are the kings of british tv — after winning best presenters for the 17th year in a row. that and more from last nights national tv awards with our entertainment correspondent

ina bit. in the last hour, the brexit secretary david davis has been appearing in front of a commons committee to give more evidence on the government's preparations for brexit. our assistant politcal editor norman smith is in westminster to tell us more. what has been said? we are, as we know, getting to the real cut and thrust of the brexit talks now about trade. one of the big areas of concern is what will happen to the city, because it is such a big part of the economy. we heard from the eu side in the last few weeks, michel barnier saying, you guys cannot expect a special deal when it comes to the city. you leave, you leave. there will be no special treatment for financial services in london. one idea being kicked around is, maybe we could pay for a special dealfor access. this morning, david davis put the kibosh on that idea. in his view, there is no question of

us paying for access to the single market. in fact, us paying for access to the single market. infact, he us paying for access to the single market. in fact, he said it would be like paying what the old anglo—saxons had to pay to ensure the viking raiders did terrorise them. have a listen to what he said. we may well be involved in scientific research issues, for example, where we will make a contribution... is irrational as, things like that. why? because it is in our interest. but i don't see us paying for access. i could turn around to michel barnier and say, 0k, around to michel barnier and say, ok, i will pay you the access was not i will pay you £1 for every £1000 of business we sell to you as long as you pay me £1 for every thousand pounds of business you sell to me i think i would make money on the deal. so, i don't think this will be necessary. and in any event, the other events put—mac thing about

this is that we are a fantastic country with a proud future as well asa country with a proud future as well as a proud past. i don't think we will be paying. some banks have previously said, we may have to look at relocating some of our staff and services into europe if they can't be any special arrangement. mr davies's response seems to be, there is no need to panic because european countries need london, need the city, so they won't want to damage it. another interesting thing in the hearing was the hard time mr davies got from jacob rees mogg over the fa ct got from jacob rees mogg over the fact that during this transition period, this two—year transition period, this two—year transition period, nothing much will change, including the fact that we will continue to take rulings from the european court of justice. jacob rees mogg said that leaves us like a vassal state. you get a sense that there real are tensions on the tory side about this transition phase and

cutting loose from the eu. thank you very much, norman. more from norman throughout the day. let's talk about and and dec winning best tv presenters for the 17th time. this was the emotional reaction from the pair onstage. time. this was the emotional reaction from the pair onstage“ has been a very emotional night to night. it has been quite a year, quite a tough 12 months, so winning this means a lot. i would personally like to thank all my family, my friends. some of you are here tonight, and i love you. thank you very much. thanks to all of you for your support. it means the world to me. thanks to you, little guy. i love you. let's not cry. very happy for them. our entertainment correspondent, colin paterson, was there. i have left on my

identification from last night. was it amazing? it was. and and dec, talking about the hard year they have had. his marriage ending, going to rehab. but the big event of the night, sir david attenborough winning the impact award for the way that blue planet has caused politicians to change policy, do you do that show. i managed to speak to him afterwards. i don't often get starstruck, but i was standing there thinking, that is so david attenborough. we were all amazed when we saw that programme. what was your reaction when you first saw the footage from blue planet? you see shots sometimes as they come in. you see them is not edited, in different shapes and forms, and eventually, you see the finished thing. when you see the finished thing, you think, i

am very privileged to be putting words to that. right, jodie whittaker was there. you spoke to her about doctor who.” whittaker was there. you spoke to her about doctor who. i wanted to ask about one of the most memorable moments in tv last year. do you remember the men's singles final at wimbledon? at the end, they unveiled doctor who. i said, wimbledon? at the end, they unveiled doctor who. isaid, what wimbledon? at the end, they unveiled doctor who. i said, what is that —— was that like for you?” doctor who. i said, what is that —— was that like for you? i was nervous, because i knew and no one else did. there were a lot of panicked phone calls to my family who were about to find out at the same time. my dad found out after, when i finally got hold of him at the golf club. i told my brother beforehand, the golf club. i told my brother before hand, really quickly, the golf club. i told my brother beforehand, really quickly, and then there was a whole thing off, i can't believe you didn't tell me it was overwhelming but brilliant. as soon as it happened, because i hadn't seen the reveal. obviously i was

there when we shot it. but it was really exciting. the build—up of the day, very stressful, but after that, it has been a breeze. did you watch the wimbledon final like everyone else? i watched bits of it. it is a bit of a blur. i think ijust did this most of the day. i made sure i didn't accidentally tell everyone beforehand. from doctor who to doctor foster. two awards. best drama and best drama performance. this was the second series, all about a vengeful why. i asked her about a vengeful why. i asked her about that. i in the plotline, not her. -- i meant the plotline. she beat tom hardy and david tenant to best drama performance, on the same day as the oscars, which very much a

male and female categories, he was one that was gender neutral. what this stands for is a fair representation of women in society, so more roles for women, the type of role that women should be playing, interesting women that younger women can see on screen. i interesting women that younger women can see on screen. i think that's important. if there is more of that... at the moment, it is a 2—1 ratio of actors to actresses. if this is a bit fairer, then why not keep it all gender neutral7 this is a bit fairer, then why not keep it all gender neutral?” this is a bit fairer, then why not keep it all gender neutral? i did have one low moment last night. the pr came into the room and said, we have got you donjohnson, do you wa nt to have got you donjohnson, do you want to speak to him? and the 22 year beside me, said, who is don johnson? buy did explain those days?

miami coming vice. thank you very much, colin. thisjust in from great ormond street hospital. they have said that they will be returning previous donations from the president's club after those allegations of sexual harassment at that fundraiser. thanks for your company today. back tomorrow at 9am. have a good day. hello. some very strong winds in the forecast today, thanks to our next named storm, georgina, continuing to bring strong winds through today. some severe gales to parts of the uk. storm georgina here in the north, but we also have this cold front passing slowly to the south—east. some heavy rain associated with that and squally winds. behind it, and mixture of sunny spells and showers. the strong

winds transferring to northern scotla nd winds transferring to northern scotland as we move through this afternoon. temperatures are fresher in some places than it was first thing this morning, with high temperatures of 10 celsius. this evening and overnight, plenty of clear skies. some showers in the west which could fall as snow over the hills. if will feel colder than last night. a fresh start to the day tomorrow than today. a mixture of sunny spells and showers, show was coming from the west. parts of northern scotland and south—east england will get away without seeing them. this is bbc news, and these are the top stories developing at 11am. a significant rise in the number of

court cases dropped in england and wales due to the police or prosecutors failing to disclose evidence, with around 900 collapsing last year. unless the defence can have confidence, unless the public can have confidence in the disclosure regime, we're going to have problems. the organisers of a men—only charity dinner say they are "appalled" by allegations of sexual harassment at the event. a leading advertising agency has severed ties with the event and great ormond street say they will return previous donations. the number of people in work reaches a record high, but wage growth remains below inflation. brexit secretary