hello it's friday, it's 9am, i'm tina daheley, welcome to the programme. when you get a prescription and you pick up the treatment you expect it's the right drug, but too often it isn't and it's costing lives. new research suggests mistakes could be linked to up to 22,000 deaths in england. we are seeing four to five deaths every single day because of errors in prescription or dispensing or the monitoring of medications. and i'll be talking to the health secretaryjeremy hunt at 9.15am. from fighting fit, to fighting for his life, a mystery virus left former england footballer andy cole in need of a kidney transplant. his nephew alexander stepped in and saved his life by donating one of his. we'll hear their story here on the programme in the next hour. the number of people being attacked by acid is three times higher than in 2013, we will hear from two survivors who tell us what impact the attacks have had on them. and a

ca re the attacks have had on them. and a care home for the elderly has been holding pole dancing displays for its residents. and despite criticism from some, it has said it will consider holding more. and so we shall be speaking with a couple of pole dancers. hello, welcome to the programme, we're live until 11am this morning. in a few minutes‘ time, we're going to be talking about organ donation with the former england footballer andy cole. andy's life was saved when his nephew gave him his kidney. today, mps are debating a new bill which would introduce an opt—out organ donor system in england, where people are registered as a potential donor unless they state otherwise. so what do you think? we'd like to hear from you if you've benefited from an organ donation, or maybe you're a donor or on the organ transplant waiting list. do get in touch on this all the stories we're talking about this morning, use the hashtag #victorialive. if you text, you will be charged at the standard network rate. our top story today,

mistakes in giving medicine out, the wrong pills or the wrong dose, are costing lives in england. gps, pharmacists, hospitals and care homes may be making millions of errors a year according to a new study and could be a factor in more than 22,000 deaths. the health secretaryjeremy hunt says this level of harm is appalling and he's going to act. the report covers mistakes made in the prescribing, dispensing and administering of medication in england. these could involve gps, pharmacists, care homes and hospitals. the research is one of the first exercises of its kind. it found that medication errors could cause around 1,700 deaths per year and perhaps contribute to up to 22,000 deaths. the cost to the nhs could be around £1.6 billion a year. it does note that the vast majority of prescriptions dispensed on the nhs are safe and mistakes do occur in all health care systems. the health and social care secretary jeremy hunt said it was a far bigger problem globally than has so far been recognised, causing appalling levels of harm and death. plans to tackle the problem include

introducing electronic prescribing systems in hospitals designed to cut mistakes. the national pharmacy association said it welcomed the focus on reducing medication errors, but that a culture of learning, rather than blame, was needed. hugh pym, bbc news. a short while ago we spoke with jeremy hunt, near is what he has had to say. twin four and five people die every single day because of these errors, so what are we doing? we know that if we move to electronic prescribing systems rather than paper— based systems electronic prescribing systems rather than paper—based systems that we still have, then you can eliminate around half of errors. my full interview with him

is after the news headlines. get in touch, have you or somebody in yourfamily get in touch, have you or somebody in your family been wrongly prescribed medication, what impact has it had? unarmed officer who was at a florida school when 17 people were killed has failed to intervene in the incident and has resigned subsequently. he remained outside of the building and did not confront the building and did not confront the gunmen, it is not yet known if criminal charges will be brought. —— an armed officer who was at the florida school, where 17 people were killed, has resigned after it emerged he failed to intervene. . scot peterson was facing suspension after an investigation revealed he remained outside the building and did not confront the gunman. it's not yet known whether criminal charges will be brought.” not yet known whether criminal charges will be brought. i saw a deputy arrived at the west side of building 12 and take up a position and he never went in. was he there when the shooter was still inside the building? yes he was, he did not go in, what he should have done was

going, address the killer, kill the killer. detectives investigating two murders in camden earlier this week have arrested an 18—year—old man. he was arrested in camden on suspicion of two counts of murder and one count of grievous bodily harm. the police say both murders are being treated as linked, and are appealing for information two people are still being questioned after a suspected hit—and—run in coventry, which killed two young brothers. a man in his 50s, and a woman in her 40s, we re his 50s, and a woman in her 40s, were arrested on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving and drink—driving. a two—year—old boy was pronounced dead shortly after the incident — the death of his six—year—old brother was confirmed a couple of hours later. a fourth british tourist has died of injuries he suffered in a helicopter crash

in the grand canyon nearly a fortnight ago. jonathan udall, who was in his 30s and from brighton, was on honeymoon with his wife, ellie milward when the accident happened. his family has been told of his death. adina campbell reports. jon udall and ellie milward were on their honeymoon. she has now been left with critical injuries, while herfriends' online post, announcing mr udall‘s death, described him as strong and brave. the eurocopter ec130 crashed as it came into land in arizona's remote quartermaster canyon. witnesses say it spun around twice before hitting the ground and then bursting into flames. police say bad weather meant it was more than eight hours before the survivors could be flown to hospital. stuart hill, on the left, is pictured here along with his brotherjason, who also died at the scene. their parents say the brothers shared an incredible bond and would be deeply missed. jennifer barham remains in a critical condition in hospital in las vegas, as does the pilot, scott booth. experts say possible causes of the crash include a faulty tail rotor and gusty winds. but it may take many months to determine why the helicopter came down with such terrible consequences. adina campbell, bbc news. theresa may is understood to have

agreed with senior ministers, a position on britain's future relationship with the eu during talks at chequers yesterday. downing street has given few details but some of those present have suggested that everyone was happy with the outcome. 0ne told the bbc that "there has been an outbreak of unity for now". number ten says the prime minister will set out "the way forward" next week after a discussion by the full cabinet. eu leaders are meeting today to discuss life after brexit, reporter adam fleming is in brussels. what can you tell us about the away day and what is happening? so this is a meeting of the 27 remaining eu leaders here in brussels, brexit is not the theme chin but it is the background music, they will be talking about life after brexit, as you said, lots of technical things, what do you do with the seats that

members of the european parliament have that they will no longer need, some will be spread around other countries, some left in reserve, what do you do about hiring a replacement for the president of the european commission, jean—claude juncker, whose term of office ends just after brexit happens next year, coincidentally. the real big one, how do you fill the brexit sized hole that will appear in the multi—annual budget of the eu from 2021 onwards, they reckon it is £13 billion and there will be months and months of arguments about that, do you raise new money? find new ways? ask countries that pay into the budget to pay more? they are not happy about that. ask countries who receive money from the budget to receive money from the budget to receive less, they are not happy about that. there will be a brief update from the president of the european council, donald tusk, who chairs these meetings, about the next thinking about the next phase, which will be about trade and the future relationship, which will not

really get started until the next time these guys meet, which will be the end of next month. mps will debate a bill later which would introduce a national "opt—out" system for organ donation in england. a private member's bill presented by labour mp geoffrey robinson would mean people who did not want to donate their organs would have to opt out. the bill would need cross party support to have any chance of progressing. the way we eat and drink is almost as much of a factor in tooth erosion as what we consume, according to new research. scientists at king's college london found acidic food and drink can wear teeth down, especially if people snack continually. 0ur health correspondent, catherine burns reports. sipping, swilling, and nibbling, researchers think one in six of us have habits like this, and they are bad news for your teeth. when it comes to dentist visits, the main worries tend to be fillings or gum disease, but this report says we should also be thinking about erosive tooth wear. it is when acid eats away at the teeth, making them chip or get shorter. if you tend to play with things in your mouth, or you if you tend to chop pieces of fruit up slowly

and nibble on them over a few minutes as opposed to just eating them as a whole fruit, if you're doing these behaviours on a daily basis for years and years and years, you can cause serious damage to your teeth, and that serious damage can mean that your whole mouth needs to be rebuilt. treatment takes an average of more than 20 months at a cost of £4500 on the nhs and almost £14,000 privately. prevention is key. one part of that is cutting back on acidic food and drinks. some of the healthy choices we make might be good for us overall, but they can erode your teeth. this report mentions adding a slice of lemon or lime to your water, sugar—free soft drinks, drinking fruit teas, and snacking on fruit. take these grapes, for example. if you were to eat ten or 20 of them in one sitting,

that would be one acid attack on your teeth. if you were to eat the same amount over a longer period of time, that would be a sustained attack. the advice is to be aware of overall eating patterns and to consider snacks that are less acidic and higher in calcium. catherine burns, bbc news. more and 9:30am. do get in touch with us throughout the morning — use the hashtag victoria live and if you text, you will be charged at the standard network rate. big day for men's curling, will you be watching? hopefully everyone will be watching? hopefully everyone will be watching? hopefully everyone will be watching on bbc two, big mac shone horizon for the women's curlers, that is after the men went out, british vogue is carried into the business end of the competition, taking on sweden in a couple of hours' time, in the semifinals,

victory would guarantee themselves 01’ victory would guarantee themselves or gold. eve muirhead and her team should be confident after knocking out the defending champions, canada, in the last match. things will not be easy against the swedish, they have already beaten great britain earlier in the around robin phase. if the british do win, that will be one better than the bronze medal they won in the sochi games four yea rs they won in the sochi games four years ago. fingers crossed. i will try to catch it, 11, that is just when i finish. how significant is this first gold medal for an athlete from russia? extremist significant, piece of history. yesterday we were talking about one of their athletes handing back a medal after being found guilty of doping and today, it's the complete opposite, a stunning gold in the women's singles figure skating for the 15—year—old alina zagitova, who had a world record score in her short programme before an impeccable routine in the free dance here. her

training partner, the two—time reigning world champion yevgenia medvedeva clearly upset with her silver medal, she was the favourite going into it, but a fantastic moment for the 15—year—old, and asi as i say, slice of olympic history for her. and so you'd expect her to lead out the olympic athletes from russia in the closing ceremony at the weekend but what flag would she be carrying? well there is speculation that a meeting between the international olympic committee president thomas bach and an aide of the russian president vladimir putin, involved discussions over lifting the olympic ban on the country in time for the ceremony. t may also, be of no coincidence that the russians have now paid a fine of nearly 11 million pounds, as part of their punishment. that would upset many of the sporting bodies at the games though with the question being why not wait until monday? —— £11 million. celtic are out of europe, what went

wrong? celtic boss brendan rodgers claimed his team needed to have more courage. but his young side will learn from the experience. they crashed out of the europa league after a 3—1 aggregate defeat against zenit st petersburg. celtic had led 1—0 from the first leg, but conceded three goals in a disappointing performance. they had 67% of possession but clearly lacked a cutting edge, with rodgers saying his team needed to show more bravery to play more positively going forward. the arsenal survived a scare in the last 32 tie, it is now six years in a row they have lost the home leg of their european tie, they went 2—0 down to their swedish opponents, 0stersunds, banks to a 3—0 first leg lead and this goal from sayed kolasinac, they went through, 4—2, and arsene wenger hoping to avoid a difficult draw for the last 16, that

will be taking place at midday. too many mistakes and too many lives lost, and it's got to stop. that's what the health secretary, jeremy hunt, has told this programme. he's concerned about the findings of new research showing that gps, pharmacists, hospitals and care homes in england may be making millions of errors a year, and could be a factor in more than 22,000 deaths. mr hunt told me this level of harm is appalling, and he's going to act. we are doing a lot of things but it is important to reassure your view is important to reassure your view is that this report shows that error rates are not higher in the uk then the us and other countries... one in five when it comes to prescriptions is too high? far too high and between four and five people die every day because of these errors. so what are we doing to sort this out? we know that if you move to electronic prescribing systems rather than paper—based systems that we still have in many hospitals, you

can eliminate around half of errors. how far can eliminate around half of errors. howfarare can eliminate around half of errors. how far are you with that? today we are announcing around an extra £75 million to help hospitals, but they create projects, so for example if you try to give a drug to a pregnant woman that could damage the foetus, then you will get a contraindication when you try to do that. that means 7596 when you try to do that. that means 75% of hospitals at the moment do not have an electronic process in place? that is right and that is what we want to put in place and over the next five years we want all hospitals to move to that. he bube talk to doctors, pharmacists, nurses on the front line, they have another wobbly, and thatis line, they have another wobbly, and that is that the culture is wrong, that is that the culture is wrong, that if they make a mistake when prescribing medicine, if they forget to bring down someone's dosage and

they admitted, they could get fired all suffer criminal prosecution or something like that so the other thing we need to do is get the culture right to recognise that there are going to be ordinary human errors and we need to support people... but they are just words, ina way, people... but they are just words, in a way, in a sense, having this conversation today, the focus being on how many mistakes are being made by gps, in care homes, in hospitals, could only serve to increase blame culture ? could only serve to increase blame culture? not at all, what we are doing today is notjust words, we are decriminalising dispensing errors by pharmacists, which i think is something pharmacists have long thought creates the wrong culture. so you are changing the law so if a pharmacist says, i made a mistake, they will not be prosecuted? provided it is a sensible mistake, no room for gross negligence, but the kinds of human errors we typically see in the situation so we are changing the law and we want to look at more generally how we move in the nhs from a blame culture to a learning culture. let me bring it one of our viewers' questions, this is from louise, my nan was overdosed

on heard usual medication when admitted into hospital last week due to an ever by a pharmacist, what can you do to ensure this does not happen in future and hold people accountable for these very serious actions? two things come first... not prosecute them? we need to make sure we learn from those mistakes because they happen far too often and at the moment very often we are not because people are worried about the consequences if they are open about them so that is the first thing we are doing. the second thing is we are employing 2000 pharmacists to work in gp surgeries because i don't know if it was the case in that particular story but very often these problems happen with older people with dementia who are on a cocktail of drugs which sometimes don't work well together, and what

you need to do is get an experienced pharmacist to look at these combinations of drugs and say, we need to take you off those two drugs because we think they could conflict with some of the others you are taking. what would you say in louise's ks? you are right, it is a terrible problem, much more widespread than we thought, but the world health organization said today that the nhs is taking the lead in trying to tackle these problems, and we certainly want to halve the number of medication errors over the next five years and hopefully avoid a repeat of the stories. changing the culture is one thing, that is progressive, but isn't the real issue fundamentally about the nhs being understaffed and under resourced? there are real staffing pressures in the nhs, for sure, because of the pressure of an ageing population, but today's report is clear that levels of medication are no higher in the nhs and other european countries, so it is about... saying, it is notjust us, this is other countries as well, it is not reassuring to people in this country. but it answers the question of whether it is about nhs

staffing levels. i don't for a second suggest there are not staffing issues and we are increasing the number of doctors and nurses and training places and so on, buti nurses and training places and so on, but i think it is also having systems in place that when people are busy you have got checks and bala nces are busy you have got checks and balances that can stop those m ista kes balances that can stop those mistakes being made. this programme has been exposing the problem with joiner or mesh implant over the last year, you announced a review into them, would you like to see them banned completely? no, i have taken independent advice from the chief medical officer who has looked at all of the evidence and no european country has banned mesh because there are women for whom it is a lifeline, incredibly important... but there are also women crippled by its use, unable to walk and to have sex? that is why we have to have processes in place to use it inappropriate situations and that is what this review is going to look at, but we don't want to ban it altogether because we know there are

other women who benefited hugely from mesh and notjust women but also something that men can benefit from in certain situations as well. and a quick word on brexit, were you at the away day and how did it go?|j was at the away day and how did it go?” was not there but the findings will be brought back to the cabinet on tuesday when we will have a discussion. what was your sense of it, didn't go well? my senses would it, didn't go well? my senses would it -- it, didn't go well? my senses would it —— my sense is it was a good discussion and there are industries and supply chain across continents but it must always be on a voluntary basis and we must have control of our own laws. after ten o'clock this morning we will speak to the grandmother i mentioned tojeremy hunt, health secretary, who say she was overdosed on her usual medication when she was admitted into hospital last week. former england footballer andy cole had an illustrious career playing for top teams such as manchester united and newcastle united and he remains the premier league's third all—time top scorer.

but in 2015, at the age of 43, andy fell ill with a mystery virus that attacked his kidneys and left him needing a transplant. his 29—year—old nephew alexander palmer stepped in and saved andy's life by donating his kidney. the two have now recovered but are raising awareness of the importance of organ donation. a private members bill today will consider whether england should adopt the opt—out organ donation system that's already in place in wales. i'm pleased to say andy and his nephew alexander are with me now. good to see you both, thank you for coming in. my first question is, how are you? a lot better than i was a year ago, two years ago. take me back to that time, ex—footballer, fit, healthy, on holiday in vietnam in 2015, what happened?” fit, healthy, on holiday in vietnam in 2015, what happened? i was having a very nice time, got back to manchester, didn't feel particularly well. 0ver manchester, didn't feel particularly well. over three or four days,

manchester, didn't feel particularly well. 0verthree orfour days, i finally decided to go into hospital with quite a bit of persuasion. what we re with quite a bit of persuasion. what were your symptoms?” with quite a bit of persuasion. what were your symptoms? i was getting a lot of water retention, a bit of weight, growing and growing every single day, so with a bit of persuasion in the end i went into the hospital and my consultant at the hospital and my consultant at the time, still my consultant now, basically explained to me what the situation was and how bad it was at the time. what was the situation? as they explained it to you at that time? because this is a pretty rare condition? he asked me quite a few questions, ijust condition? he asked me quite a few questions, i just remember saying condition? he asked me quite a few questions, ijust remember saying to him, i've not really got time, i need to get home, and he was saying, well, you won't be going home. took a sample of my kidney, a biopsy, and started to explain what he thought it was and if i had had other symptoms which could be a kidney problem and as soon as he said that,

every single symptom there was, and he explained, that is one of the reasons you will not be going home for a little bit. you have already mentioned the bloating, putting on weight, what with the other symptoms? uncontrollable pick-ups, things like that, itching, i was itching like i had fleas, that was basically the toxins in my body —— uncontrollable hiccups. when you're kidney does not work, the toxins cannot be flushed out. you say you had to be persuaded to see somebody, why? they sound like a pretty bad symptoms to me! i am a man, and i think as a man we feel like we don't need to go to hospital, doctors, whatever. when you become ill, if you believe you become vulnerable, and you don't want to... admit there is anything wrong? people say, man

of, get wrong with it, that is exactly what i did. would i do it differently now? yes. but at that time it was like, no, i'm not going to do it, i will take a couple of paracetamol and in the morning i will be good to go. and, alex, your nephew, it is fair to say he is the reason you are sitting here now? yes, he is. iam reason you are sitting here now? yes, he is. i am forever indebted to him, he knows that. i appreciate everything he has done for me and what he has gone through, the pain he has gone through, to see me recover than alex did at the time because i remember when i left hospital i left him in the hospital. i remember saying, if hospital i left him in the hospital. i remembersaying, ifi hospital i left him in the hospital. i remember saying, if i could change it, i would do, i remember saying, if i could change it, iwould do, because i remember saying, if i could change it, i would do, because i did not wa nt to it, i would do, because i did not want to see him in that pain, first and foremost. fortunately he came round and that is why we are sitting in front of you now. alex, can you tell me about the journey, andy's journey from the moment he was diagnosed to the point where you decided to donate your own kidney? for me it was a straightaway thing,

as soon as they told be about the situation i said, help, i am more than happy to help stop a no—brainer for me. and what was the process like, how do you go about donating your kidney, would you have decided your kidney, would you have decided you wanted to help, what happens next? a lot of blood tests, i had the test and once the test came in and it is positive, then it is the next stage, not a simple process but a process that is worthwhile. was it an instant decision, did you think about it and discuss it with anybody? for me it was an instant decision, i knew within my heart of hearts that if i could help then i would come straightaway. how did the conversation go when you told andy, your uncle, that you wanted to do this? he was like, no, i don't want it, i will be ok! but after persuasion he came round to the idea. what was the operation like, for both of you? it was hard. for

me, it was one of those ones, you know, even the day i went down for the transplant, i was still trying to convince myself i didn't need it. i sat down with the surgeons the day before and said, are you sure that i could not have a couple more weeks? they said, you have gone as i as they said, you have gone as far as you can go now. acceptance in the whole has been very, you can go now. acceptance in the whole - has been very, very whole situation has been very, very tough. it is coming up to a year from the transplant, i have finally accepted that it is what it is and i need to try and move on with things as quick as possible. before that, you were having dialysis? you sound like you have a strong support network around you, your nephew, you have said that your wife was overboard in what you were going to, getting a donor in the first place was down to your wife? i have got to be honest, if she did not nag me so i would not have gone into

much i would not have gone into hospital, a couple of paracetamol is andi hospital, a couple of paracetamol is and i am good to go, i was doing that every day, so the constant nagging finally got me to say, ok, my old club doctor came to see me, sent before a scam, ended up going into the hospital to find out what the situation was. before you fell ill and donated your kidney, were you on the organ donor list, was it something you cared about?” you on the organ donor list, was it something you cared about? i will be brutally honest, i knew nothing about it. when you talk about organs, it is not something i actually thought about until me going through what i went through, going through what i went through, going into the hospital and seeing different people having whatever problems they have, it started to change my perspective as well. knowing that you can change someone's life if you do pass away and leave your organs to someone else to continue their life, that has been a big thing for me, definitely. this is being debated today in parliament, what do you think about the opt out scheme? it is already in place in wales.

think about the opt out scheme? it is already in place in walesm think about the opt out scheme? it is already in place in wales. it is an option, life is all about options. would i do it? of course i would do it, 100%. when my time comes and i pass away, i would love to do it, for sure. alex, what do you think? i would, for sure, because it is something you don't think about until someone falls ill and then you do your research and think about the big changes you can make when you donate your organs. a comment from twitter, i know people looking for receiving transplants, i moved over to wales from england for university web i have the opt—out law and i signed up to bea have the opt—out law and i signed up to be a donor, should someone needs my to be a donor, should someone needs l to be a donor, should someone needs my help on bed then i am more than happy to give life. what would you say to people who don't support changing the system we have two and opt—out where consent is given unless you opt out of it? naturally it is entirely up to them that if you look at the grand scheme of things, why not? i am not trying

to be morbid but once you pass away, if you can help someone else continue with their life, it could bea continue with their life, it could be a young person, middle—aged person, old person, why not? life is about enjoying it, if you can give someone that opportunity, definitely, for me. and, alex, a message to people watching at home? i would say considerate, think about it, because you are doing a good thing in giving somebody the opportunity to live longer, just give it a good thought. alex, andy, thank you so much for coming in and sharing your experiences with us. still to come. the number of people being attacked by acid is three times higher than in 2013. we'll hear from two survivors who tell us what impact the attacks have had on them. 0ur poll dancing displays in a care home an appropriate way to entertain elderly residents? —— are pole

dancing. mistakes in giving medicine out, the wrong pills or the wrong dose, are costing lives in england. gps, pharmacists, hospitals and care homes may be making millions of errors a year according to a new study and could be a factor in more than 22,000 deaths. jeremy hunt says that the government is investing in police systems which could help event mistakes. —— a study has found that mistakes made in the medication given to patients in england could be the cause of seventeen—hundred deaths a year, and could contribute to thousands more. -- 1700 could contribute to thousands more. —— 1700 deaths a year. the report, commissioned by the government said the number of drug errors totals 237 million cases a year. the health and social care secretary, jeremy hunt, said the government is investing in computer systems that would help prevent mistakes. an armed officer who was at the florida school, where 17 people were killed, has resigned after it emerged he failed to

intervene. scot peterson was facing suspension after an investigation revealed he remained outside the building and did not confront the gunman. it's not yet known whether criminal charges will be brought. a fourth british tourist has died of injuries he suffered in a helicopter crash in the grand canyon nearly a fortnight ago. jonathan udall, who was in his 30s and from brighton, was in his 30s and from brighton, was on honeymoon with his wife, ellie milward. she and another british woman, as well as the helicopter‘s pilot, remain in a critical condition in hospital. detectives investigating two murders in camden earlier this week have arrested an 18—year—old man. he was arrested an 18—year—old man. he was arrested in camden on suspicion of two counts of murder and one count of grievous bodily harm. the police say both murders are being treated as linked, and are appealing for information. theresa may is understood to have agreed with senior ministers, a position on britain's future relationship with the eu during talks at chequers yesterday. downing street has given few details but some of those present have suggested that everyone was happy with the outcome. the environment secretary, michael gove, said there was a "very, very good atmosphere". number ten says the prime minister will set out "the way fo rwa rd " prime minister will set out "the way forwa rd" next prime minister will set out "the way forward" next week after a discussion by the full cabinet. sipping acidic drinks such as fruit teas and flavoured water can wear

away teeth and damage the enamel. a tea m away teeth and damage the enamel. a team at king's college london found that drinking them between meals and savouring them for too long increased the risk of tooth erosion from acid. the research found the problem was increasing as people snacked more. tea m team gb's women face sweden in the semifinals of the curling at the 0lympics, after beating the defending champions canada, in their last match, britain will be confident, but face a team that has beaten them once already in pyeongchang. the winner will take home at least a silver medal. there was an historic moment in the women's singles figure skating as 15—year—old alina zagitova won the first gold for the olympic athlete from russia. celtic went out of europe after losing 3—1 on aggregate to zenit st petersburg. but arsenal are in the draw later today despite losing at home to 0stersund fc of sweden — a 2—1 defeat but a 4—2 aggregate win. a growing number of people

are being attacked by acid. new figures — obtained by 5 live investigates show there were 646 acid attacks in england and wales last year, over three times higher than in 2013. the majority of these attacks were in london, followed by greater manchester and essex. along with 5 live investigates, we brought together two acid attack survivors — with very different stories — to talk about the impact the attacks have had — and are still having — on their lives... in 2014, my ex paid someone to chuck acid over me. i was a victim of acid

attack last year. someone threw acid attack last year. someone threw acid at my face on the street while i was riding my mopeds. i was attacked three and a half years ago, almost four, august, 2014, my ex—partner paid someone to chuck acid on me while i was on the way to work, 8:30am. this guy came towards me, shaking a bottle. he looked me in the eyes and gave me this look and thatis the eyes and gave me this look and that is when he threw the acid. half a head of hair, my right ear, all my right side. my first thing was, my god, he has chuck water over me, and seconds later, it was burning, and it felt like i was melting. i was delivering food, i was a food

delivery man, i was finishing my work, trying to go home, i stopped at the traffic light. i felt water on the helmet, i saw two boys with masks on. i left my bike on the street. i felt burning on my face. 0ne street. i felt burning on my face. one of the ladies passing by, she asked me what happened. when she saw me lying down on the pavement. i was crying like a baby. i have never cried like that. the police arrived and put water on me. where is it hurting? are you all right? where is it hurting, mate? keep your eyes open. yeah, i kept crying for water as well, that was the initial thing, feeling burning. someone running out

of the house with a bucket of water, andi of the house with a bucket of water, and i remember smoking, of the house with a bucket of water, and i remembersmoking, and for of the house with a bucket of water, and i remember smoking, and for me, that started the reaction again, it was all over me. looked down... it was all over me. looked down... it was all over me. looked down... it was all burned, it was everywhere, i can still smell that smell now, it isa can still smell that smell now, it is a smell that i cannot describe. ifi is a smell that i cannot describe. if i did not have that water over me, i would if i did not have that water over me, iwould have if i did not have that water over me, i would have been blind, that water was a blessing. it was burning on my chest. there was a pain all over my body. i had to sleep all day as well. i was in hospitalfor over my body. i had to sleep all day as well. i was in hospital for six weeks. i had skin grafts, they took it from my thigh, all the operations. my right hand, my right arm, right side of my head, this hair is fake. i lost my ear and minor. and then my chest. —— i lost my earand my

minor. and then my chest. —— i lost my ear and my neck. i realised it was my ex, the key person that planned it, ivowed was my ex, the key person that planned it, i vowed that he would never win, and that was the fight that i wanted to fight back at full i remember the first time i ever cried... everyone was crying around me, buti cried... everyone was crying around me, but i thought, this is how anthony wants me, so from that point, why was like, i'm not going to do what he wants. he wanted me not to go out so i went out, i am a tacky how i was before, i did not wa nt tacky how i was before, i did not want what he had done to affect my life. he had affected it enough already. your one is different issues, my scarring is, i'm not able... i issues, my scarring is, i'm not able... lam issues, my scarring is, i'm not able... i am not able to go anywhere, i able... i am not able to go anywhere, lam able... i am not able to go anywhere, i am scared, able... i am not able to go anywhere, lam scared, it able... i am not able to go anywhere, i am scared, it is psychological. weekends, iwould spend time with my friends, chill

out. i don't know why i cannot meet them now, but i do not feel safe. if anyone comes to my house, i am happy, but i do not feel like it is safe for me to go back to work. for me, it is the effects of my family, my dad is a broken man, he is the person i can see has changed the most, i am person i can see has changed the most, iam his person i can see has changed the most, i am his little girl, he was away at the time, it was so hard because my family were struggling. and i did not know how to deal with that, for me, it was like, why are you crying, are you... what have you got to cry about. took me a while to think about how they must be feeling. idid not i did not go back to work until last april, it has had three years, it

took me that long to feel that i was ready to go back into society. i needed to get back to work, it made me feel so much better getting bacteria allergy. my ex—partner got life, minimum 13 years, he had seven convictions. —— it made me feel so much better getting back to life. my attacker got seven years, he was out last may, i don't think that is justice, he is the one who scarred me for life, i think he should have got a lot longer than two years. i am still here, no ear, half a head of hair, whereas he is starting his new life. exactly. my attacker is 15. i have a sympathy for his age, but i think he is responsible for what he done. i want him to be in jail... he should get a long sentence for that. a tougher

sentence. he is probably oblivious to the effects and how severe acid is. there is no education... robbie was not educated enough to know the severity of it. why do they have to do acid, they have got a lot of options, why do they have to do this? i think it is so easy, rather than with a knife, with a gun, with any weapon, you have got to hide it. liquid ina any weapon, you have got to hide it. liquid in a bottle... a bit of acid goes on your face, you are scarred, that second. it is severe. i have my scars, i have lost my ear, the side of my head, but i feel like it could have been worse, i could have been blind. you cannot live your life based on what they have done. i could spend all my time hating the fa ct could spend all my time hating the fact that he got for but where would it get me, that sentence will be what he done anyway. for yourself,

obviously, when you have the sentence coming up, if it is not something you are not happy with, don't let it affect you more than it should, it has already affected you enough. obviously, we can go to the camera, we can speak out, but there isa camera, we can speak out, but there is a lot of victims that cannot show their face now. as a community, as a society, we will have the responsibility. we should speak out about it. and you can hear much more on that story on the bbc radio 5 live investigates programme at 11 on sunday we will also be discussing further what should be done to tackle acid attacks after 10am this morning. a couple of your comments before we move on, on prescriptions, this e—mail, two weeks ago we had a letter from the local gp surgery advising they were no longer issuing electronic prescription, now we have to ta ke electronic prescription, now we have to take a trip every two weeks to

the surgery because prescriptions now take seven days with a gp and four days with a chemist. call this progress? and john has said, even correct or electronic prescribing will not sort out basic errors in actually giving medication to patients, my wife was recently in hospital and my daughter and i, both medically trained, had to check drug charts every day, to make sure medication had been administered. 0ne medication had been administered. one important medication was omitted foran one important medication was omitted for an entire day because they had run out and needed to order more. keep your messages coming in. it's a crisis that began six months ago and is now regarded as the fastest growing humanitarian disaster in the world. hundreds of thousands of rohingya muslims — most of them children — have been forced from their homes fleeing violence at the hands of the myanmar military. according to aid organisation unicef, there are now an estimated 720,000 children in the camps of southern bangladesh and myanmar‘s rakhine state. with the cyclone season approaching, the potential for yet more suffering is great and unicef are warning the fragile camps on which the children depend could be swept away.

in a moment we'll hear from two people working with refugees on the ground in those camps, but first here's a look at the story of mohammed faisal — a bangladeshi boy who fled his home when his village was burned to the ground. this video was filmed and given to us by unicef, and just a warning you might find some of the details upsetting. let's talk now to tun khin, who fled myanmar when he was 17 and now campaigns on behalf of his fellow rohingyas. thank you for coming in. why did you have to leave? i left when my age was 17 and i have suffered these things, even though my grandfather was a member of parliament, i was not recognised as a citizen of burma. for me, i have faced restriction of movement and i have seen my friends who are not allowed

to go to university myself in burma, and rohingyas, if we want to get married we need to get a pass and many of my friends... this is because you are muslim? it is ethnic, religious and political prosecution, quite a big issue, they do not want to see rangers in burma. they are systematically destroying the rohingya community as a genocide, it has been a long—time planned, so we have seen only six months ago mass exodus and mass killings, but going on since 1978, so 40 years right now, this is going ona so 40 years right now, this is going on a long—term, we have seen refugees 1991, 1992, 1978 we have seen the 2016... refugees 1991, 1992, 1978 we have seen the 2016. .. so why do you think, you are telling me that you have experienced what people are

going through now, the same sort of persecution. what do you think about what is happening now, the fact that the world is talking about what is happening, things have escalated in the last six months and we have hundreds of thousands of children in these camps? this is long-time planned but first they strip our ethnic breads, then our citizenship rights, they impose restriction of movement and then when the government came to power there was more anti—rohingya campaign in cited in burma and military getting an opportunity to eliminate and wipe out the population. they are trying to get mass killings and finally we had only one thing, they were taking away our land, they burned our villages, massive atrocities taking place there and military committed

in the rohingya community but... we can speak to somebody who is there. benjamin steinlechner from unicef, who'sjoining us from his hotel half—an—hour from a huge refugee camp. thank you forjoining us this morning. can you give us a sense of what it is like there at the moment? it somewhat feels like the calm before the storm in the camp now. lots of our response efforts work very well, we have installed latrines, we are able to help the refugees with medical supplies, medical services, and nutrition services for the babies, basic education and child protection services. however, there is the cyclone monsoon season looming and the camp, which is terribly fast, is built on the grounds of a former forest which is now absolutely deprived of the forest and without any routes because people have used them for firewood. with the rain

coming in there are huge risks of floods and people getting flooded, and of diseases spreading in the camps. can you mitigate for any of those things, knowing that cyclone seasonis those things, knowing that cyclone season is approaching, what can you do? so, we have already started implementing the wells, finding out where we could move some people who are at very high risk of getting flooded and we make sure some of the major facilities that are important life—saving facilities are moved to higher places that people have easy access to them. can you tell me about some of the children you are helping and working with? what is the sense in the camp, do people feel like things are getting worse, that things are improving? things have definitely improved for the children. when they first came during the biggest influx in august, you could see them draw images of horrific scenes, soldiers shooting people, men hanging from trees,

blood everywhere. now you see children are drawing peaceful scenes of flowers and peaceful landscapes, so you can definitely see a change there. what are the diseases that you are dealing with, what are people most vulnerable to? teams from the uk were sent out before christmas to deal with an outbreak of diphtheria in the camps. that is very true and luckily that has been pretty much contained because of the effort of the combined effort of aid agencies there. we are still fighting malnutrition in the camps, many children are still malnourished but we are helping them through our malnutrition centres giving them highly nutritious peanut paste to get them back to a healthy state. you have been there for three months working on the ground with people trying to help them. in terms of the international effort, what more could the global community be doing to help? our efforts need to be

stepped up. as i mentioned, with the monsoon coming in, it does feel like the calm before the storm and this is an underfunded crisis and we need more help from around the world to respond to the imminent needs of the rohingya people here. ok, then, for now, thank you. tun, iwant rohingya people here. ok, then, for now, thank you. tun, i want to come back to you, do you have family living there at the moment, do you speak to people? i have some relatives in northern rakhine state facing starvation, threatened by military and security forces and even yesterday some houses burned down, some of my friends messaged me. the military and burmese government is trying to get all rohingya out from burma, that is their plan, another 500 to 600,000 left only so every day they cannot access the race though, cannot access the race though, cannot access the race though, cannot access the fishing, they have no

right to move through markets, and the situation is getting much, much worse. six months, no government has taken any action to stop this genocide. it is very disappointing. what do you think the government should be doing here, you are from myanmar but live in the uk, what should the government be doing? the government must bring this responsible who committed genocide, military and other murderers, must be brought to the international criminal court, those who are complicit in this genocide. also it is important that we need to look for a prominent solution, we also need to call for a global arms embargo for burma and also the un, a lot of people talking about repatriations, i was there a few days ago in bangladesh, i have met recently people who fled from burma.

the situation is still the same, so how can you return back these refugees when people are still fleeing? so in burma, rohingyas cannot go back without any protection of international level, thatis protection of international level, that is un protection, which is much needed to save the lives of rohingya. tun, thank you for coming in to talk to us, i am sure we will revisit this subject again in the future. let's return out into the inquiry into lasting's florida school shooting, which ranks as the second deadliest ever ata us at a us public school. now it's emerged that an armed guard was on duty at the school in parkland where 17 people were shot dead, and did not intervene. scot peterson, who has now resigned, remained outside the building and failed to confront the gunman. scot petersen was absolutely on—campus through this entire event. he was armed, he was in uniform. but

what i saw was a deputy arrive at the west side of building 12, take up the west side of building 12, take upa the west side of building 12, take up a position, and he never went in. a care home in dorset is facing critism after it emerged staff hired pole dancers as entertainment for its elderly residents. pictures from the performance show elderly residents — both male and female, and their families — watching the dancers acrobatically spin around a metal pole in sports bras and knickers. it's been branded ‘inappropriate' by local councillors, who said they were ‘staggered' by the choice of entertainment. but bosses at the home in christchurch defended its decision. let's speak now to eleanor spry, who owns pole crazy — some of her students took part. with me in the studio is sam cane

from pole fit london, he's one of the uk's top poll instructors. eleanor, first of all, how did this come about? it was a bit of fun. someone from the care home said to one of my instructors, the residents are looking for something a bit more interesting and diverse, would you like to come and do a performance, and that was it, that is what we did. it was a sunday afternoon, just some light—hearted entertainment. were you surprised they had come to you with this request? have you had anything like it before? we have done public performances, so we have done public performances, so we have done community fates in the area, not specifically a care home. so i wasn't overly surprised, sometimes it is difficult with the logistics of getting the poll there but there was no, oh my goodness, what are we doing. what was the response from the residents? loved it, four rounds of applause. the girls love performing and i think the residents

saw that, they saw how much they enjoyed putting on a show for them and they have asked us to go back, soi and they have asked us to go back, so i can only assume that they enjoyed it that much. did you get any negativity? i know this was an optional activity for the residents to attend, they did not will have to watch it, they could come along if they wanted to. negativity from the residents? from the care home beyond that? we will come to the outside criticism, but no one from there? but what do you make of criticism from local councillors? dorset cou nty from local councillors? dorset county council told the bournemouth echo, it is not really the sort of entertainment would have thought that the residents wanted all would have encouraged. that is more a critic of the residents, isn't it, thatis critic of the residents, isn't it, that is trying to think for them. they requested it, we performed, thatis they requested it, we performed, that is the end of the story for me. they have covered it with this notion of what pole dancing is, we have proved time and time again that

pole dancing is far more diverse and here we are, with people who you would assume would maybe frown upon it or have connotations of it and they are not, they are so open—minded and we can learn from those burdens. some, there has been criticism of it being too sexual, do you take that on board? when it comes down to it, it is very much a fitness thing, you can do it in different styles but this kind of performance was different styles but this kind of performance was fitness —based, very acrobatic spaced, so in that respect it is not so much sexualised, it is more of a sport, a performance. what do you make of the creditors and? i can always understand where the criticism comes from but i think it is now reminded. people don't take into account the progression of where we have come with the sport and the different level that is taken. we can show our viewers some pictures of you. do you think part of the criticism is down to the fact that this is an elderly audience and that this is an elderly audience and thatis that this is an elderly audience and that is where people, some people

are saying it is inappropriate? do you think they would have responded the same if it was a group of younger people? they probably would not have responded the same way, no, but in the same way elderly people are people as well and they can have their own fun. you look like you are having fun, very agile! how common are male pole dancers? very common, lots of competitions around the world have male categories. in my school, pole fit london, male students take up 30 to 40% of the overall student so it is quite common to have men. do you get a range of ages? absolutely, a range of ages and body types, we get everyone coming through our doors, so we have kids classes, classes for people that are as old as want to ta ke people that are as old as want to take part, there is no limit in that respect. eleanor, if we can get you back again, is alan is still there? yes, i near! are you planning to put

on any more events like this? could this be a new line of work for you, performing at care homes across the country?! absolutely! why not?! let's liven them up! moving art and craft and gardening to one side, pole dancing seems to be the way forward ! thank you both for coming to talk to us. if the nichols, operations managerfrom the us. if the nichols, operations manager from the care us. if the nichols, operations managerfrom the care home, told us ina managerfrom the care home, told us in a statement, our residents requested through regular meetings with them that we include more modern entertainment and activities. dementia residents and non—dementia residents are dementia residents and non—dementia residents a re really dementia residents and non—dementia residents are really enjoyed the artistic display of musicality and gymnastic ability, and the showcase received overwhelming positive feedback from relatives. time to get the latest weather. as temperatures take a significant dip through the weekend, any physical activity would be a good

idea! laughter you may have heard about the beast from the east, it means very cold weather is on the way next week, in fa ct, weather is on the way next week, in fact, bitterly cold, when you factor in the wind, daytime temperatures for a time next week barely above freezing, may feel like it is minus and double figures with the wind chill, and snow in the forecast for eastern areas. that is next week. this weekend, it is all quiet compared with that, and lots of sunshine this weekend, but protect yourself against the cold wind, very much part of the weather. is breezy out there, southern and western parts in particular, some areas of cloud particularly through the eastern side of england, one or two light showers. rather cloudy. many places will have good breaks, cloud allowing some of the sunshine to come through, temperatures around three to six celsius, factoring in the breeze, and feeling colder than that. coming through tonight, large

holes in the cloud will allow the temperature to get away for a widespread frost, this morning starting at —7, rural oxfordshire. tomorrow morning, some spots will be as low as that, northern ireland may stay above that, cloud and breeze here. for many of us, cold, frosty start to the weekend. saturday, sunshine to come, some cloud around, maybe northern ireland, far south—west of england, for most places, there will be a lot of sunshine to come, not doing anything for the temperature, getting cold on sunday and into next week. hello it's friday, it's 10 o'clock, i'm tina daheley. mistakes made in the medication given to patients in england could be the cause of 17—hundred deaths a year. the health secretary says the government is investing in online e—prescriptions to prevent mistakes. we'll be speaking to a patient who ended up overdosing after being given the wrong amount of her medication. today we are investing money to help hospitals progress, around only one quarter have those systems in place

at the moment. we'll be speaking to a patient who ended up overdosing after being given the wrong amount of her medication. from fighting fit, to fighting for his life, a mystery virus left former england footballer andy cole in need of a kidney transplant. his nephew alexander stepped in and saved his life by donating one of his. going into the hospital and seeing all the different people having whatever problems they had, that's changed my perspective. knowing you can change someone's life, if you do pass away, and leave organs to someone else, i think that has been a big thing for me, definitely. today, mps will debate changing the law so that presumed consent on organ transplant can be made legal. 650 acid attacks last year, we will be finding out why this crime is on the rise. snapchat loses £1 billion from stock market value as one of

its most influential users, kylie jenner, tweets that she no longer uses the social media site. a study has found that mistakes made in the medication for patients in england could be the cause of 1700 deaths every year and contribute to thousands more, the report commissioned by the government says the number of drugs errors totalled 237 million cases every year, the health and social care secretary jeremy hunt says the government is investing in computer system that would help to prevent mistakes. an armed officer who was at a florida school when 17 people were killed has failed to intervene in the incident and has resigned subsequently. scot peterson was facing suspension after an investigation revealed he remained outside the building and did not confront the gunman. it's not yet known whether criminal

charges will be brought. a fourth british tourist has died of injuries he suffered in a helicopter crash in the grand canyon nearly a fortnight ago. jonathan udall, who was in his 30s and from brighton, was on honeymoon with his wife, ellie milward when the accident happened. his family has been told of his death. detectives investigating two murders in camden earlier this week have arrested an 18—year—old man. he was arrested in camden on suspicion of two counts of murder and one count of grievous bodily harm. the police say both murders are being treated as linked, and are appealing for information theresa may is understood to have agreed with senior ministers, a position on britain's future relationship with the eu during talks at chequers yesterday. downing street has given few details but some of those present have suggested that everyone was happy with the outcome. the environment secretary, michael gove, said there was a "very, very good atmosphere". number ten says the prime minister will set out "the way forward" next week after a discussion by the full cabinet.

mps will debate a bill which will introduce a national opt out system for organ donation in england, a private members bill presented by labourmp private members bill presented by labour mp geoffrey robinson will mean that those who do not want to donate organs will have do opt out, the bill will need cross—party support to have any chance of progressing. sipping acidic drinks such as fruit teas and flavoured water can wear away teeth and damage the enamel. a team at king's college london found that drinking them between meals and savouring them for too long increased the risk of tooth erosion from acid. the research found the problem was increasing as people snacked more. get in touch with us throughout the morning, use the hashtag, victoria live, if you text us, you will be charged at the standard network rate. less tha n

less than one hour away from the crucial match for team gb's women's curlers at the winter olympics. bbc 0ne curlers at the winter olympics. bbc one or online, we will see great britain taking on sweden for a place in the gold—medal match. skipper eve muirhead and the team should be confident, knocking out the defending champions canada in the last match. things will not be easy for them, beaten by the swedish ones already during the round robin phase. if the british win, it will be one better than the bronze they won in the saatchi games four years ago. and switzerland have already beaten canada to take the bronze in the men's medal match. canada were the men's medal match. canada were the defending champions and like their women's team miss out on any medal at all. another athlete representing the olympic athletes from russia has tested positive for a banned substance at pyeongchang. the russian bobsleigh federation has confirmed nadezhda sergeeva, who finished 12th in the two—woman bob, is under investigation. but, an extremely significant gold medal overnight,

a first for an olympic athlete from russia, a stunning gold in the women's singles figure skating for the 15—year—old alina zagitova, who had a world record score in her short programme before an impeccable routine in the free dance here. her training partner, the two—time reigning world champion yevgenia medvedeva though, clearly upset with her silver medal as she was the favourite going into it but a fanstic moment for young zagitova and of course a slice of 0lymnpic history for her. in the women's ski cross overnight, britain's emily sarsfield got through herfirst britain's emily sarsfield got through her first heat on final‘s day. that was thanks in part to a big crash for one of her opponents. but sadly, she was knocked out in the next race. still, a great achievement from emily given she's had no funding and worked three jobs just to compete at an 0lympics. had no funding and worked three jobs just to compete at an olympics. to eventually get here after upsets of

multiple knee surgeries and whatever else it might be, and working three jobs in the summer and staff, it is huge to be stood on the line and the big thing is to have fun. ski cross is such a good sport, i hope i have put it on the map, that is what i wanted to do. emily did not make it but there was a brilliant final, in the ski cross as canada continued their dominance of the event. first and second place for them — kelsey serwa and brittany phelan with gold and silver. away from south korea, celtic boss brendan rodgers claimed his team needed to have more courage but they will learn from the experience as they crashed out of the europa league after a 3—1 aggregate defeat against zenit st petersburg. celtic had led 1—0 from the first leg, but conceded three goals in a disappointing performance. despite 67% of possession on the night, they lacked a cutting edge. with rodgers

saying his team needed to show more bravery to play more positively going forward. arsenal survived a scare in their last 32 type, now six yea rs scare in their last 32 type, now six years ina scare in their last 32 type, now six years in a row they have lost the home leg of their european tie, going 2—0 down at home against swedish opposition 0stersunds. thanks to their 3—0 first leg lead and that goal from cor kolasinac, they went through, 4—2, on aggregate. —— sead kolasinac. bravo to the pole dancer that was just on, says one viewer, ifi that was just on, says one viewer, if i was in that was just on, says one viewer, ifiwas ina that was just on, says one viewer, if i was in a care home i would much rather see that then listened to an inept musician or boring speaker who would think that because we are old, we must be prepared to put up with mediocrity chosen for us. descriptions as well, jeremy hunt has been in charge of the nhs for almost eight years, all failings are

asa almost eight years, all failings are as a direct result of his inaction or action, says one viewer. it fits in with his agenda of privatisation through the back door, suddenly the idea will come an outside private company to come in and address these issues. keep your messages come in. too many mistakes and too many lives lost. and it's got to stop. that's what the health secretary, jeremy hunt, has told this programme. he's concerned about the findings of new research showing that gps, pharmacists, hospitals and care homes in england may be making millions of errors a year and could be a factor in more than 22,000 deaths. mr hunt told me this level of harm is appalling and he's going to act. louise fenner—jiggins got in touch with us because she says her, nan shirley wardell, was overdosed by mistake when in hospital. we are doing a lot of things but it is important to reassure our viewers, that this report is clear that the nhs error rates are not

higher than elsewhere, than in the us or other eu countries. one in five when it comes to prescriptions is high. far too high, between four and five people die every single day because of these errors. so what are we doing? we know that if we move to electronic systems rather than paper—based electronic systems rather than paper— based that we electronic systems rather than paper—based that we still electronic systems rather than paper— based that we still have electronic systems rather than paper—based that we still have in many hospitals, you can eliminate around half of errors. how far are you with that? today we announce the next £75 million to help hospitals progress, at the moment it is around a quarter of hospitals that have those systems in place. but they create the czechs, for example, if you try to give a drug to a pregnant woman that could damage the foetus, then you will get a contrary indication when you get that. —— checks. that means 75% of hospitals at the moment do not have electronic processing in place? yes, and that is what we want to put right, we wa nt is what we want to put right, we want all hospitals to move to that,

but if you talk to doctors, pharmacists, nurses on the front line, they have another worry, and thatis line, they have another worry, and that is that the culture is wrong, that is that the culture is wrong, that if they make a mistake where they are prescribing medicine, bringing down someone's dosage, and they admit it, they could get fired. 0r they admit it, they could get fired. or they could suffer a criminal prosecution, and so the other thing we need to do is get the culture right, to recognise that there is going to be ordinarily human errors. those are just words, in a way, in a sense, having this conversation right now today, the focus being on how many mistakes are being made by gps in care homes and hospitals, could only serve to increase blame culture ? could only serve to increase blame culture? not at all, what we are doing today is not just words, culture? not at all, what we are doing today is notjust words, we are decriminalising, dispensing errors by pharmacists, which is something pharmacists have long thought creates the wrong culture. pharmacists says, i made a mistake,

you say there will not be prosecuted? as long as it is a reasonable mistake, human errors, yes, as long as it is not gross negligence. we want to look at more generally how we move in the nhs from a blame culture to a learning culture. this just thisjust in, in my past life i was a pharmacy tech in a well—known london hospital, the pressure put on technicians and pharmacists is awful, waiting times, patients not being patient, waiting for proper checks, patients, nurses and doctors need to be more patient and then there would be fewer errors. we can speak now with louise and her grandmother, she says she was overdosed by mistake while in hospital. tell us what happened ?

tell us what happened? last tuesday my grandmother was admitted to kingston hospital with pneumonia, while she was in the care of kingston hospital, from tuesday, she received four doses, of double her usual epilepsy tablet she has been taking four years, the issue came to attention when my grandfather noticed that the nurse who was dispensing medication had two ta blets dispensing medication had two tablets instead of one, and so we we re very tablets instead of one, and so we were very concerned tablets instead of one, and so we were very concerned at the fact this had not even been picked up on by the hospital until my grandfather noticed himself. what was the response from the hospital when you told them? first of all they said my grandad was wrong, that they had the correct dosage. she did then go to investigate and the doctor came back very quickly and said, i'm sorry but there has been a terrible error, to which then the prescription was changed, but by which point my nan had received four times what she should have done and had some really

nasty, severe side effects from it which could have got a lot worse had the time gone on even longer. surely, it sounds awful, what happened. can you tell us about last tuesday from your perspective?” don't remember a lot about it, actually, because i wasn't well anyway, so i only know that they overdosed me. my nan cannot remember a lot, that was part of the problem, she was hallucinating, she did not know where she was, she had a lot of side—effects and that was part of it, she cannot remember what happened. how do you feel about what we are hearing today, this report, the data that has been released, telling us there are potentially millions of mistakes being made every year? personally i think it is disgusting. at the end of the day, these people have other people's lives in their hands. i am a secondary school teacher myself, duty empathetically those working in the nhs, i know what it is like to work ina

the nhs, i know what it is like to work in a stressful environment and under pressure and i understand everybody has a hard job to do, but at the same time these mistakes should not be made. somebody needs to be held accountable for what they are doing and luckily in our insta nce are doing and luckily in our instance the consequences were not as dire as they could before somebody else. but it is scary that this is still happening in today's h. shirley, how do you feel about what we are hearing today in the news that lots of errors are being made, one in five prescriptions could be a mistake? when you are in hospital and see some of them walking and they don't know what they are doing with the tablets and that, you know... we asked the health secretary, jeremy hunt, to comment on your situation, we put your question to him on your behalf. here is what he said. we need to make sure we learn from those kinds

of mistakes because, as you said at the start, they happened far too often and at the moment very often we are not because people are worried if they are open about them there will be consequences, so that is the first thing we are doing. the second thing is we are employing 2000 pharmacists to work in gp surgeries because i don't know if it was the case in that particular story but very often these problems happen with older people with dementia who are on a cocktail of drugs which sometimes don't work well together and what you need to do is get an experienced pharmacist to look at the combinations of drugs to look at the combinations of drugs to say, actually, we need to take two of those two drugs because they could conflict with some of the other drugs you are taking. in louise's case, what would you say? you are right, this is a terrible problem, much more widespread than we thought. but the world health 0rganization said today that the nhs is taking the lead in trying to tackle these problems and we certainly want to halve the number of medication errors over the next

five years. shirley, are you convinced byjeremy hunt's response? i don't know, really. i really don't know. that they are tackling the problem, the nhs is trying to change the culture and they are dealing with this. they say that, then nothing happens, does it?” with this. they say that, then nothing happens, does it? ithink the issue is that people do need to be held accountable for their actions. it is not enough to say, we are spending this money, that money, it is down to what you do and how you change it, and halving the incidence is not good enough, they should not happen at all. i accept human errors happen, we are all human, but when you are dealing with something as important as this, people must be held accountable for what they are doing. there will be people watching who work in care homes, hospitals, they may be pharmacists, doctors, they may feel frustrated that, again, they are the

focus of blame when they are working on the front line, working in an environment which is under resourced, understaffed, lacking money, and yet again the finger of blame is being pointed towards them? asi blame is being pointed towards them? as i say, i empathise with them, it is very hard, but, as i say, i am accountable as a teacher for the outcomes and results of my students, they have to be held accountable for what theirjob is and ultimately theirjob is dealing with medication for these people and they must be held accountable for what they are doing. what do you think about the pointjeremy hunt made, the health secretary, about blame culture, getting away from that where people are able to admit they made mistakes which they can then go on to learn from, instead of hiding them or covering them up? i think it is much better than hiding them, obviously, but we have to make sure that ultimately they can learn from it and that the mistakes don't continue to happen. we should not be hiding

it but, as i keep saying it and i will always say, there has to be accountability, so whilst they should not necessarily lose their jobs, we are all human, mistakes do happen, they have to be picked up on and they have to learn from it, there has to be some sort of outcome to it, that is what we are seeking for my nan, we know what has happened based on her experience, something is happening and it is not allowed to be brushed under the carpet and forgotten about. louise, shirley, thank you for coming onto the programme to talk about what happened with you. a couple of you have sent in messages. i got my first ypres description a few weeks ago, the consultant prescribed mild steroid and an error in transcription meant the drug i received was different, not the drug i was supposed to be given, not a goodidea i was supposed to be given, not a good idea for someone waiting for a new hip having mobility issues. alan has e—mailed, my wife and i get several repeat prescriptions every month and each month the boxes change paid someone to chuck acid over me. my paid someone to chuck acid over me. my name is gibaud hussein and i was

a victim of an acid attack last year. someone threw acid on my face on the street while i was riding my method. i was attacked three and a half yea rs i was attacked three and a half years ago, almost four, august 2000 and 14. my ex—partner paid someone to chuck acid over me. i was on my way to work, 8:30am when this guy came towards me, shaking a bottle. i rememberfeeling wary came towards me, shaking a bottle. i remember feeling wary as he walked past me because he looked me in the eye and gave me a look, that is when he chucked the acid. half the head of hair, my right ear, all my right side. my first thing was, oh, my god, he has chucked water over me. seconds later it was burning and it felt like i was melting.” seconds later it was burning and it felt like i was melting. i was working for number at the time, food delivery —— working flat uber. i had

just finished my work and was going home will stop i heard the sound of water on my helmet on the left—hand side. i looked to the left and soared two boys with the mask on and ijumped on my bike, left my bike on the street. it was burning on my face. 0ne the street. it was burning on my face. one of the ladies who was passing by, shejust asked me what happened. when she saw me, i was just lying down on the pavement and i started crying like a baby, i have never cried like that. they started putting water on me. where is it hurting, in youreyes? putting water on me. where is it hurting, in your eyes? we need to try and get water in your eyes. eyes open, 0k? try and get water in your eyes. eyes open, ok? yeah, i kept crying for water as well, just the initial thing, i would feel it burning, someone came running out of their

house with a bucket of water, then i just remember smoking, for me that kind of started a reaction again and it was all over me, i looked down, didn't have a bra, it was all burned, everywhere, i can still smell that smell now, it is a smell that i cannot describe. if i did not have the water over me, i would have been blind. that water was a blessing. it was burning on my chest, there was pain all over my body, so i had to sleep.” chest, there was pain all over my body, so i had to sleep. i was in hospitalfor six weeks, i had skin grafts, they took it from my side. my grafts, they took it from my side. my right hand, my right arm, the right side of my head, this hair is fake. i lost my ear and my neck, and then my chest. we can speak now to simon harding, a criminologist who's currently researching acid attacks

at middlesex university. janette collins, who runs the crib, a youth project in hackney. and ayesha nayyar, a lawyer who represents acid attack victims. thank you forjoining us on the programme. simon, what do you think is behind the rise? it is interesting, acid attacks that we experience in the uk is really quite different from other areas around the world. if you look at india, pakistan, jamaica, colombia, indonesia, you tend to find acid attacks are men throwing acid over women, usually because the women have exercised their decision—making power. they are to do with honour? to do with honour and domestic violence. here, less so. we have seen a shift in how acid attacks are presenting in this country. they have traditionally been used as a kind of last resort, perhaps a

revenge attack, that type of thing, but we now find it is much more casual, and certainly people will be aware of the incidents in london over the past year that grabbed the headlines over the summer, young boys sometimes gang affiliated casually using and throwing acid, sometimes to incapacitate people so they can then go on to rob them of their wallet, the phone, even their mopeds. so it is a change in the type of victim and also a change in the age of the offender, so much younger than ever before. janet, is this about also, as well as using acid in attacks, is is also about people carrying acid in the way they might have carried a knife before?” understand what my friend is saying here, but i have not seen that rising acid attacks when it comes to the young people we have been

working with, and we work with some ha rd working with, and we work with some hard to reach young people as well. when we are doing our knife —based workshop, we introduce acid attacks in there but a lot of the young people i have spoken do have not really seen it as a big issue is how we, the adults, are seeing it. i think sometimes, i do understand they were doing it on the mopeds, but sometimes when we start pushing things over to young people it can create a problem with young people. ifi create a problem with young people. if i think you are carrying acid and lam going if i think you are carrying acid and i am going to go into a certain area, i i am going to go into a certain area, lam i am going to go into a certain area, i am going to have to carry acid myself. sometimes i think we fuel the fire. who is fuelling the fire, because some people have made this argument that the more the media talks about it, we see it in the papers and on tv, it in a way encourages it, but also if we are hearing that the number of attacks have tripled, what do you put that down to? has it tripled in the sense of young people using acid as a new

form of violence towards another young person? your area of expertise? it can lead to what we call a bird expert —— escalation. approximately half of the incident in london occurred in the east of london so there is some significant event taking place there and it is possible that young people who have adopted this or learned it through social media, it is effectively leading to escalation within that neighbourhood, so one gang start using it, another rival gang starts... i totally agree with that, i understand that. let's bring in ayes ha. i understand that. let's bring in ayesha. what kind of sentence can you expect for carrying out an acid attack or even carrying acid? you expect for carrying out an acid attack or even carrying acid ?m depends what you are doing with the acid. if you are carrying acid you can be charged with the offence of possession of a weapon which carries a maximum four—year prison sentence. the same as carrying a knife?m a maximum four—year prison sentence. the same as carrying a knife? it is, yes. if you throw acid, if you miss

your victim you can be charged with throwing a corrosive liquid with intent to maim, disfigure or cause grievous bodily harm. that does carry a maximum life sentence in prison. if you throw acid and you hit your victim, you can be charged, likely to be charged with grievous bodily harm which, again, carries a maximum life sentence in prison. if you compare that with knife crime, if you use a knife you are likely to be charged with attempted murder. if you use acid and throw it, you are likely to be charged, cases we have had in the past, you are likely to be charged with grievous bodily harm. so are you saying the law needs to be tougher?” harm. so are you saying the law needs to be tougher? i think the framework is there, even if you are charged with grievous bodily harm the framework is there to receive a maximum life sentence in prison but that has not happened to date. the arthur collins case in 2017 was the largest acid attack in the country, he was charged with five counts of

grievous bodily harm, nine counts of assault, 14 counts, he got a 20 year prison sentence. he did not get life in prison. i know the case that is going to trial, sorry, being sentenced next week where —— next month whether young mopeds driver threw acid on six victims, the victims are pushing for life sentencing to be passed. sentencing is one thing but also the charge, grievous bodily harm as opposed to attempted murder in the case of a knife attack, toughening up the law, do you think that would act as a deterrent and see the numbers come down? definitely, remember at the moment there is no crime of possession for acid, if you are caught ina possession for acid, if you are caught in a knife you are charged with the crime of possession. if the police stop you with acid, they have to prove you intended to use it and criminals are aware of that, as a statistic, they know if they stopped carrying acid, the police have to prove they intend to use it which

threshold, as opposed to knife crime. so something needs to be done about introducing a crime of possession for acid, that would go some way possession for acid, that would go some way to stopping the carrying of acid in the country at the moment. and we know the government is reviewing legislation around carrying corrosive substances. thank you all forjoining us this morning. in a statement, the home office said... "the perpetrators of these sickening attacks can already face up to life imprisonment on conviction. an action plan was set up by the home secretary last year to tackle the use of corrosive substances in violent attacks and we are making good progress on implementing this." su bsta nces substances in violent attacks and we are making good progress on implement in this. still to come on the programme: after lily allen draws attention to the three day london music festival with a distinctively male line—up, a new initiative pledges to have a 50/50 gender balance across all live music events. and the power of celebrity, kyliejenner says events. and the power of celebrity, kylie jenner says that she is events. and the power of celebrity, kyliejenner says that she is no longer using snapchat and snapchat prom ptly loses longer using snapchat and snapchat promptly loses £1 billion from its stock market value!

time for the latest news, here's joanna gosling. a study has found that mistakes made in the medication given to patients in england could be the cause of seventeen—hundred deaths a year, and could contribute to thousands more. --1700. the report commissioned by the government said the number of drug errors totals 237 million cases a year. the health and social care secretary, jeremy hunt, said the government is investing in computer systems that would help prevent mistakes. a fourth british tourist has died of injuries he suffered in a helicopter crash in the grand canyon nearly a fortnight ago. jonathan udall, who was in his 30s and from brighton, was on honeymoon with his wife, ellie milward. she and another british woman, as well as the helicopter‘s pilot, remain in a critical condition in hospital. an armed officer who was at the florida school, where 17 people were killed, has resigned after it emerged he failed to intervene. scot peterson was facing suspension after an investigation revealed he remained outside the building and did not confront the gunman.

it's not yet known whether criminal charges will be brought detectives investigating two murders in camden earlier this week have arrested an 18—year—old man. he was arrested in camden on suspicion of two counts of murder and one count of grievous bodily harm. the police say both murders are being treated as linked, and are appealing for information. sipping acidic drinks such as fruit teas and flavoured water can wear away teeth and damage the enamel. a team at king's college london found that drinking them between meals and savouring them for too long increased the risk of tooth erosion from acid. the research found the problem was increasing as people snacked more. before we go to the sport, i want to read you out a comment that has come in from stephen, 78, he has e—mailed

to ask, how can i book a place at the care home(!) that is in response to the story this morning about some people criticising a care home which showed pole dancing to its residents. slightly linked to sport, apparently, pole dancing is on its way to becoming a recognised sport, potentially even an olympic sport. potentially, i think it will be quite a while before we see it at an 0lympic quite a while before we see it at an olympic games. serious stuff out on theice olympic games. serious stuff out on the ice to come. team gb's women face sweden in the semi final of the curling at the winter olympics in around half an hourfrom now. britain will be confident, but face a team that has beaten them once already in pyeongchang. the winner will take home at least a silver medal which would make it britain's most successful winter olympics. another 0lympic athlete from russia has tested positive for a banned substance. bobsleigh pilot nadezhda sergeeva is one of 168 russians allowed to compete as neutrals, despite the country being banned for a state sponsored doping programme.

but there was a first gold of the games for an olympic athlete from russia. it came in the women's singles figure skating as 15—year—old alina zagitova. she beat her team—mate and favourite yevgenia medvedeva. arsenal are in the europa league last 32 draw later today, despite losing at home to 0stersunds of sweden — a 2—1 defeat but a 4—2 aggregate win. wales already does it, now organ donation could soon become an opt—out system in england. today mps are debating a bill which wants the law to be changed so medics would be able to assume consent had been given by a potential adult organ donor, unless they've said otherwise. the former england footballer andy cole is supporting the bill after having a kidney transplant in 2013 at the age of 43. the kidney was donated by andy's nephew, alexander palmer. i spoke to the pair earlier in the programme about how the transplant process changed their lives. i appreciate everything he has done

for me and what he has gone through, the pain he has gone through, to see me recover than alex did at the time because i remember when i left hospital i left him in the hospital. i remember saying, if i could change it, i would do, because i did not want to see him in that pain, first and foremost. fortunately he came round and that is why we are sitting in front of you now. alex, can you tell me about the journey, andy's journey from the moment he was diagnosed to the point where you decided to donate your own kidney? for me it was a straight away thing, as soon as they told be about the situation i said, help, i am more than happy to help stop a no—brainer for me. and what was the process like, how do you go about donating your

kidney, would you have decided you wanted to help, what happens next? a lot of blood tests, i had the test and once the test came in and it is positive, then it is the next stage, not a simple process but a process that is worthwhile. joining us now is 30—year—old jess harris, who is waiting for both a kidney and pancreas transplant. intensive care consultant dale gardiner, who is also the deputy clinical lead for organ donation for the nhs blood and transplant. and crispin blunt, one of the mps who is debating the bill today. how long have you been waiting?” have been active on the list since september 15, 2017, five months on the list. wide eu need a kidney and pancreas transplant? type one diabetic, since i was 12, 13 years old. the impact of diabetes is... there is a link between diabetes type one and kidney disease, disease kidney failure, if it develops. that is the point i am at. you are having

dialysis every day. i do pd dialysis every night and every morning, from my flat. what is it like for you, day—to—day? my flat. what is it like for you, day-to-day? the dialysis was a really big adjustment, i feel a day-to-day? the dialysis was a really big adjustment, ifeel a lot better than i did before i started dialysis, but it is the last thing i do before bed, first thing i do in the morning before i wake up, really. how does it affect your quality of life? in terms of what i'm able to do in between dialysis, i feel generally better. i'm grateful i have it. the kidney is the only organ where you have replacement therapy while you are waiting for a kidney. but i don't wa nt to waiting for a kidney. but i don't want to have to do it. all my friends are travelling, if i have been out with friends, i have to go back and do it, if i do it before i go out with friends, i am uncomfortable the whole night. i

have not found a time when is the optimal time. opting have not found a time when is the optimaltime. opting out, it is being debated today, let's bring in crispin blunt, dozens of mps are gathering, to debate the bill, why are you taking part? i'm one of the supporters of the bill, 20 minutes ago concluded his speech introducing his speech to the house, he took a lot of interventions, it is pretty clear there is very strong support for him, to get this bill onto the statute book. both from the government front bench as well as his own. given that unanimity across the house, i hope that we can get to a place where we can start to address the 500 people every year unable to get a life—saving transplant. how much of an impact will the opt out system have, for bringing down the number of people

who are waiting for an organ donation likejess, who are waiting for an organ donation like jess, waiting who are waiting for an organ donation likejess, waiting for a kidney and a pancreas? exactly right, wonderful opportunity here to launch a conversation in the country, as in intensive care doctor, i have these really difficult conversations with people. people who are dying, with their families, at the end of their life, and what i know for a fact is the family do not know what your wishes are, they are just left in such shock, and confusion. i am so excited by these conversations, the possibility of launching a discussion through the country, so that you can tell your family what your wishes would be. when you have the difficult conversations with people who have just lost a loved one, it is that is when you need the conversation to take place, in the cases where people have said, no, what do they say to you, how often do they say that to you? if you are on the organ donor register, 38% of the population, nine times out of

ten the families will support your wish. if you are not on the register, it is a 50/50 chance, families are left uncertain because they do not know what the wishes would be. through this discussion and conversation and legislation, there will be a chance that you will bea there will be a chance that you will be a donor unless you tell us you do not want to be, and that will bring a lot of comfort to families, that they know their loved one would have opted out if they wanted to. crispin blunt, this opt out system, 24 yea rs, blunt, this opt out system, 24 years, why has it taken the government so long to be debating this when other places have had it longer? i don't know why we have not got round to this before, there was some discussion with jeffrey benson about the chief rabbi giving some opposition to gordon brown when he was opposition to gordon brown when he was prime minister, when he was looking at bringing this measure in. but there are, as i understand it, only two religions, aroma and shintoism, who have fundamental objection to this. there are

elements of judaism who objection to this. there are elements ofjudaism who have problems with it but all of this can be addressed through an opt out system. —— the roma. this bill will doa system. —— the roma. this bill will do a couple of important things, it will put on the statute book that you need to opt out in order to do it but it will mean there is a societal assumption that the right thing to do is to make your organs available to others, after your death, and that then changes the conversation with families as well. it does... i think that will make a big difference. it changes the conversation but then there is added pressure on families who have just lost a loved one, to perhaps agree to something they may not want. they will then be clear, if their relative has opted out, then they will no that there has been the opportunity for their relative to consider this when they were able to do so and to opt out. that changes the dynamic, a family suddenly faced with this really difficult decision,

in that often, in circumstances of sudden death, in a road traffic accident, that kind of thing, when those organs will be really useful toa numberof those organs will be really useful to a number of people, and it is an agonising conversation for people to have, if the whole national conversation around it changes about what the expectations are, and there has been the opportunity for people to opt out, that will make life considerably easier for the doctor we have just heard from, to have those conversations and save lives. lots of people may be signed up, decide whether they are willing to donate their organs but in reality, donate their organs but in reality, do you know what is the percentage, how many organs can actually be used? one thing that is really clear, only 1% of us will die in a way where there is a possibility for us to donate organs, that means you have two die in an intensive care unit, that is why you come across doctors like myself, who after trying to save your life will have the terrible conversation with the

family. but if the family say yes, and for me, this is the most humbling moment of my intensive care career, when you are with a grief stricken family, and they look beyond themselves to other people, and they say that simple word, yes, to help others, that is immensely humbling. and when they do say yes, and the donation does go ahead, they can save and transform the lives of up can save and transform the lives of up to eight or nine people, i have heard stories like that over the la st heard stories like that over the last few months, people helping to save that many people, who saves that many people in their whole life? thank you. jess, how much difference would it make to your life is someone donated and you got the match? it would transform my life because i have been on the list for five months but even before i was activated on the list, my life has been in limbo, have not been able to work, to travel, i get tired doing really

basic things, food shopping, hospital appointments for me is basically might activity for the day, but it is important everyone has that conversation or start having that conversation so that your wishes are known, so there is no shock discovery at the end if something were to happen. it is life transforming and this vote... i have got a few friends in similar situations to myself, 6500 people waiting for transplants, and it would be an exciting day for people like me if this vote goes through. you are backing it? 10096, yes. thank you for coming in and talking about what happened to you. last month, lily allen made a simple statement with a tweet when the line—up for london's wireless festival was announced. it showed only three female artists were set to perform over the three days. but a new initiative to be announced next week is hoping to get gender balance in the music industry. 30 music events have made a pledge towards achieving a 50/50 gender balance

across their festivals by 2022. that includes live music line—ups, conferences and commissions. before we get to the guests, we thought we'd take a look at how some of this summer's big festivals are doing when it comes to having female artists... we looked at some of the big summer festivals and removed all the male artists and bands to see how many female artists are on the line—up. first up, reading and leeds festival. headlined by fall out boy, kendrick lamarand kings of headlined by fall out boy, kendrick lamar and kings of leon. we also did the same with the isle of wight festival. again, taking out all the male artists. and we did the same with boardmasters, which takes place in cornwall. in a statement, the organisers of boardmasters told us this isn't the full line—up. .. "but booking acts is a complex process that needs to factor in touring schedules, the fast—paced and changing music landscape and, of course, acts'

willingness to play the festival. we don't see gender as a defining factor." we can speak now to yaw 0wusu, who is the curator of liverpool international music festival. he also has a music label and manages male and female artists. vanessa reid, chief executive of the prs foundation. and rapper little simz. thank you all forjoining us. seems to be the topic of the year, gender. when it comes to booking artists for the festival, is gender something you take into consideration or is that a recent thing? not really, you focus on the audience and the remit of the liverpool international music festival is to reflect the music people like and reflect the ever—changing relationship liverpool has with music. so gender is not really a factor, i don't lean heavily to male or female, just what people like. our line—ups tend to be

very balanced in every single way and that is just because i feel the audience wants that and it is important to do. but you are leaving it to fate, in a way, and if we are seeing in the case of other festivals, it is great that yours ends up being balanced, but as we have seen, so many are not and if we ta ke have seen, so many are not and if we take away the male artists from a lot of the festival line—ups, you only have a few female artists on their? that is why a product like key change is so important, because it forces the dialogue, forces the conversation, so places where gender balance is not so strong, hopefully that changes. vanessa, your target, asi that changes. vanessa, your target, as i understand it, is also 2020 to achieve gender balance? 2022. why so long? i think that is a short amount of time to achieve the change that festivals have proposed was that they want to achieve. we have been working with festivals in europe and

north america and supporting emerging female artists and industry professionals, but they said, let's ta ke professionals, but they said, let's take this further, let's set up a gender balanced pledge and because la st gender balanced pledge and because last year i think on average women made up 26% of the festival line—up in the uk, so we are talking about doubling the target in a five—year time frame sol doubling the target in a five—year time frame so i think that is quite ambitious but also achievable, and thatis ambitious but also achievable, and that is what we want to see, people working together to achieve change that i think everyone wants. is that good enough, 2022 target?” that i think everyone wants. is that good enough, 2022 target? i believe so, yeah, for sure, and i believe it is possible. especially with my festival and what i am trying to achieve yearly, it seems to be heading that way, sol achieve yearly, it seems to be heading that way, so i think 2022 for sure. tell me about your experience, being a female artist in the industry, are you in a minority, do you face bigger challenges, is it the case, i don't know, that the industry outside of artists, the

people making the big decisions, our men, is that why women are not being booked? yeah, but i also think it boils down a lot to women are just not being, i feel, boils down a lot to women are just not being, ifeel, played in boils down a lot to women are just not being, i feel, played in terms of the radio factor, all these different factors that come into play which it appears like... break them down, what are they, radio the first one? for sure, myself, i am unsigned, independent, so everything is done in—house, there is not a label or a big machine is done in—house, there is not a label ora big machine pushing me or handing me these opportunities. i played a bunch of festivals last year which i actually found the majority of them i was the only woman on the line—up, or at least on my stage, and with my festival, we did the maths yesterday, it is 75% women, which is insane to me. if i am able to do that at my level, then the big festivals are. when you talk

about radio, you meal radio play, female artists not being paid enough? yeah, i think it is not as much as it should be, in my opinion. what is that down too, is it a conscious or subconscious thing?” don't know, honestly, i have no answer to that. what about you as a female artist making it in the industry, what are the challenges? are any of them dictated by george on the? for sure, especially because i wrap on the? for sure, especially because iwrap and on the? for sure, especially because i wrap and rap is, some would say, a male dominated sport. my gender has come into play over the years, of course, being the fact that i am female, i course, being the fact that i am female, lam course, being the fact that i am female, i am young, i am black, course, being the fact that i am female, lam young, lam black, that is the reality of the situation, and i have found many challenges in that, but i think over time as i have grown and my family has grown, people have ta ken have grown and my family has grown, people have taken to me. he said a female black artist in the industry, being a rapper, what is your response then when you see stormzy

has made such a lot of progress, picking up two big awards at the brits, his performance at the end was being called iconic. do you think the next artist potentially next year, the year after, will be a female stormzy, to achieve the same amount of success? hopefully. you, possibly! i hope so! stormzy is a good friend of mine, i have seen his journey, so happy for his success at the minute and it is what we need and what young people need to see, especially now, it is all these, especially now, it is all these, especially in my area, it is nice to be able to see that real model and be able to see that real model and be able to say, yeah, they have done it and come from the same environment as me, i am able to achieve that, i am able to do good. what, for you, would be a sign that gender parity has been achieved in the industry? one thing about the key change campaign, success is when

it is not needed any more sol key change campaign, success is when it is not needed any more so i hope in five, ten years from now we will be at a point when we don't need to keep talking about this and the stage is better reflect the audiences they are serving, and i think promoting a bowl models, as little simz was saying, is important. we saw dua lipa at the brits are accepting her reward and talking about the people who inspired her to take that step and make such a success out of her career so continuing to promote role models on stage while investing in tale nt models on stage while investing in talent is really important. thank you for coming on to talk to us today. a spokesperson from boardmasters told us... we are always on the lookout for new artists to perform at the festival alongside the existing surf competition featuring the world's best male and female competitors. this year's complete music line—up is yet to play the festival. we

don't see gender as a defining factor. the md of the company that runs the wireless festival said, 18 female artists were approached to play but only three were secured for the first announcement, several were unable to commit due to touring schedules and other regions but in an ideal world all 18 would be confirmed and we would be having a different conversation. i recognise there is an imbalance in the music industry and i am actively trying to correct that with the rebalance programme i launched in august last year. popular social media app snapchat lost one of it's most influential users this week — as well as £1 billion from its stock market value. the reality tv star kylie jenner tweeted to her 24 million followers that she no longer uses snapchat after the new update. she later professed her love for the apps. she later professed her love for the apps, calling at her first love. the app's parent company snap's

shares dropped by almost 8%. one million people have signed a petition demanding snap change the app back to how it was before the update. let's speak to the technology expert tom cheesewright. is the update really that bad, tom?! i think if you are used to a certain way of doing things, and this is a very tight community and particular demographic, then any change is bad change, just like when facebook changed its news feed a few years ago, people react against it. maybe they will settle down, but not so far. for people who don't know about snapchat, what exactly was the update and what was it that angered people? two things, one is the move towards bringing in more of the brands, the publishers into the news feed, and the second one is about mixing those up with your friends' stories, people found it harder to see their friends' stories and harder to navigate through that.

see their friends' stories and harder to navigate through thatm terms of generally the idea of snapchat in the first place was people being able to post stories that would then disappear after a certain amount of time, how much of snapchat‘s success, or lack of, depending on what you think, have been influenced by instagram launching its own insta stories? there has been a constant battle between them, snapchat started to claim more users recently and forecast said that facebook would lose users to snapchat but messages that disappear don't create a great model for generating revenue. again, reading the papers today, the owner has picked up something like a 450 million salary for last year?! that isa million salary for last year?! that is a lot of money! for a company who shares have dropped. it is very stock related but the company also posted record results, the share pricejumped posted record results, the share price jumped 26% two weeks ago so an 8% fall is perhaps not so dramatic

in those terms. what do you think the future of snapchat is?” in those terms. what do you think the future of snapchat is? i think it has a hard slog against facebook which is rapid at copying its beaches but if it can keep its core of users and grow with people like me, maybe ed can succeed. thank you very much. i want to finish on some comments, abbey on facebook on organ donation says, why would people donate organs? it is selfish for families to say no because, let's face it, they don't need them any more. families can override donor card at the moment which is wrong. graham tweeted to say the government is legalising body snatching. let us know the level of compensation if organs are taken from dead patients by mistake before they start this. on monday, victoria will be at a pupil referral unit for primary school pupils — hearing from them, their parents and teachers about how they're trying to turn their lives around. from me, though, thank you for your company today. good morning, we had a frosty start

across many parts of the uk, —6, —7 imrul areas of 0xfordshire, there was a frost this morning in dudley, but some sunshine here at the moment and a lot of sunshine across the uk as we speak. a few more clouds towards eastern areas, the odd show around east yorkshire but for most of usa around east yorkshire but for most of us a drier day, chillier compared to yesterday, maximum temperature is about four to 6 degrees but it is going to turn really quite cold over the next few days and certainly through tonight with clear skies many of us with those clear skies getting some frost, a bit of cloud to eastern part, that may prevent a frost right across the east but otherwise temperatures typically below freezing, —2 to minus five degrees. a hard frost to start the weekend but there will be lots of

sunshine on both saturday and sunday, some frost around but you will notice especially on sunday at a biting south—easterly goodbye. this is bbc news and these are the top stories developing at 11. new research suggests errors with drugs across the nhs in england could be linked to up to 22,000 deaths. today we are announcing an extra £75 million to help hospitals progress. at the moment only around a quarter have those systems in place. an armed officer who was at the florida school where 17 people were killed has resigned after it emerged he failed to intervene. a symbolic moment —

royal bank of scotland returns to profit for the first time in a decade. mps are debating a bill which would introduce a national opt—out system for organ donation in england. and you can see the scene live in the house of commons. we'll bring you the latest updates.