we're seeing air syria soon and now we're seeing air strikes. there needs to be a long—term consistent, patient approach on the part of the international community. people have been trying for years to get some sort of peace agreement in syria. been trying for years to get some sort of peace agreement in syriam is hopeless. well, maybe we need to try harder and more. is hopeless. well, maybe we need to try harderand more. i is hopeless. well, maybe we need to try harder and more. i don't pretend that these things are easy. i don't pretend that there is not deep frustration regarding previous efforts. i know the frustrations are there, but the idea that isolated air strikes will take syria a single step closer to please, i simply think it does not bear scrutiny and that should be big question that underpins all of the decisions taken. only making the situation better, or are we risking making it worse? and the action of the nature whistle on friday night, i think the danger is that not only does it not

make a positive difference, but it risks escalating the civil war in syria and perhaps more worrying for the region and the whole world is that it risks escalating these proxy tensions that have been superimposed upon the syrian situation. i'm not sitting here pretending either that the prime minister took the decision she took on friday likely. i accept that these are difficult decisions and i'm not questioning her good faith, norami and i'm not questioning her good faith, noram i saying and i'm not questioning her good faith, nor am i saying that the situation as an easy resolution, but actually that is the point i am making. sometimes the decision toward air strikes are presented as if it's an easy solution and it gives the impression that it is helping the situation rather than actually helping. international effo rts actually helping. international efforts have not succeeded so far and and it's not an excuse for wringing our hands and saying it should not continue to be the effort. if we are to seize syria come out of this now eight long

civil conflict, there must be a patient application of that kind of international approach because air strikes on going to resolve this and asi strikes on going to resolve this and as i say, they do respect in the situation worse. good to talk to you and thank you very much for your time this morning. nicola sturgeon, scotla nd time this morning. nicola sturgeon, scotland ‘s first minister. let's ta ke scotland ‘s first minister. let's take a look at some of the other news this morning. sir martin sorrell, the highest paid boss of a british public company, has resigned after being investigated for personal misconduct. sir martin announced he had stepped down as chief executive of wpp with immediate effect, saying it was in the "best interests of the business" for him to go. last year, wpp, the world's largest advertising agency, cut sir martin's salary by nearly a third — to £48.1 million. one person is in a critical condition in hospital, and another has potentially life—changing injuries, after a car ploughed into six pedestrians in essex. two of the group had to be air—lifted to hospital after the incident in canvey island. now on bbc news, we've got some of the best of radio i

newsbeat‘s documentaries — with a few images you may find distressing. here's nesta mcgregor. coming up in this special programme, two reports from radioi and ixtra's newsbeat team. firstly, what happens when you lose your hair early? it can be caused by genetics, stress or even a poor diet. and it happens to men and women. this is chidera's story. people have always gone bald and they've tried lots of strange ways to hide it or stop it falling out, but some techniques work better than others. my name's chidera, i'm 23, and most people don't know this is a wig. there's a massive bald patch right here and it's pretty much what i've been hiding underneath this the whole time.

my hair loss gets to me and it's something that upsets other women and loads of young men too. i'm going to meet others who are losing their hair and some who are going to extreme lengths to get it back. so i'm going only as deep as we need to go, which is where the roots sit. i'll find out about my own hair loss and discover whether you can ever feel good about it — because it doesn't matter how rich or famous you are, you can't hide from hair loss. so, i wear this and it doesn't disturb my hairline at all. my hairlinejust remains as it is underneath and then ijust put it on, clip it on. it's really easy to put on, but then very easy to remove as well. so, going to remove it. so this hairstyle is pretty much what took away my hairline. you can see that the extensions are quite thick and heavy. and then, as if that wasn't enough, i went and tied it up into a ginormous bun. and what happens is, when you have your hair in a heavy bun like that, each time you move your head, the bun sways.

so each time that sway happens, a bit of hair pulls out because of the weight of it. i would never wear my hair upwards, or in an afro, without covering it. no—one sees this. like, i wouldn't go out on the street. no—one in the street sees it like this. i always cover my bald patch when i'm out by wearing a wig or a hat, but it's not so easy for guys to hide their hair loss. perry is 23 and first lost his hair as a teenager. hello, everyone! my name is perry and this is perry presents. he has male pattern baldness — by far the most common form of hair loss in men. so, in times like this, what do you do? so i get my phone and, obviously, iwill look into, like, a mirror. oh, you put a front camera? that's the idea, yeah, a front camera. 0k. so i'm going to say something. ooh! and then i'll check it. yeah. and obviously, you can

see now, really bad. 0k. yeah, yeah, yeah. and the wind makes it worse. so, i have my brush. mm—hmm. you basicallyjust do the same thing again. restyle it. ah! but to be honest with you, in the wind... in the wind, itjust blows again. it's life, it'sjust life. and until i get indoors, that's just the way it is. speaking about it being just life, how are you sort of preparing yourself for it becoming more and more obvious? i've kind of got to embrace it. at the same time, it is quite scary, cos i'm like, ooh, people will think differently of me, or i look really bad. so deep down, do you feel like your hair, to an extent, holds a core part of your sort of personality and who you are, that it contributes majorly? yeah, massively. like, my hair is me, that's how i feel. mmm. and personality... whatever i do on youtube, whatever i do in everyday life, it's always there and it's something that i'm so self—conscious of. mmm. if my hair is gone, i feel like i'm becoming something else, or someone different. i guess it's a good thing if you're being different, but at the same time, it's a worry because i'm like, what if somebody thinks differently

of me, or if i go out on a night out and someone isn't attracted to me, or likes me, or i don't look good as such, do you know what i mean? i can tell perry's thought about his hair loss a lot and worries about what he'll look like in the future. his dad lost his hair when he was young and is now completely bald. in most men, it will never grow back. but there are ways to sort it out. i'm in manchester, to see a 28—year—old guy who's having a hair transplant today — and i'll be meeting the surgeon who's doing it. i'm really excited to see how this is going to happen. nice to meet you. yeah, you too. i'm chidera. nice to meet you, all right? jordan started losing his hair when he was 20, and dr bessam farjo has been carrying out hair transplants since the 1990s. look towards me. straighten your shoulders and turn your neck all the way that way. the plan is to take hair from the back ofjordan's head and plant it in the thin areas on top. it's a weird one really because, obviously, it affects so many men. so it's like, should it upset you? it wasn't the worst feeling,

but it's also, it knocks your confidence a little bit as well. someone might look at me and go, you know, you're having a hair transplant, do you really need it? and, you know, in some cases, you might say no, but then it'sjust how it makes you feel, i guess. jordan's transplant will take all day. the procedure is becoming increasingly popular, but it isn't normally available on the nhs. it can cost anywhere between £1,000 and £30,000. dr farjo will make small holes in the top ofjordan's head. he will then take healthy hairs from the back to plant in the thin areas on top. so i'm going only as deep as we need to go, which is where the roots sit. approximately about four millimetres inside the skin. jordan just looks so chilled out. honestly, it's really painless. like, they said before that it wouldn't be as bad as the dentist, and it definitely isn't.

we'll turnjordan over facedown and then we'll start removing the graft from the back of his head. and then once we have a certain amount, we then can put them back in here. during the procedure, about 30,000 hairs will be inserted intojordan's head. what will it feel like when you finally get up and have a look at your head and actually touch that area? well, we'll see what it's going to be, but... good, hopefully. it will take a long time to see ifjordan's hair transplant has been a success. but for an idea of what the results might look like, i'm meeting a woman who's had it done already. paigey cakey had a hair transplant a few months ago and told her youtube followers all about it. there's, like, no hair. there's, like, really small strands of hair. paigey‘s hair loss was down to alopecia. it's when your hairstyle creates tension on your scalp. for example, tight braids or cornrows.

it's what's caused my own hair loss. my forehead probably started, like, here. no way, you've got a new forehead! so now i've got a new forehead, so... what?! yeah. it looks so natural. yeah, so... where exactly was the initial hair loss? well, all this side here. so as you can see, there's still some hairs here, i've brushed it down, but all on this side. it was literally this whole section, up to my ear. and a bit went back here. and what did that feel like, when you look at it and you see that it's clearly missing hair, what did that make you feel? erm, do you know what, i felt very self—conscious, but i never told anybody. i never told anybody my insecurities. not a single person knew about it? nobody actually knew. i felt like i was the only person in the world going through this, apart from the people on youtube. i felt like i was the only one going through this. in the real world, yeah. yeah, in the realworld. so, that's why i never spoke about it.

otherwise, iwould have spoke about it sooner. and i wish i spoke about it sooner, when it was first happening. i wish i was so open about it. i thought, i'm too young for hair loss. like, i've just turned 25. i've been experiencing this since college. i'm way too young to be losing my hair. i feel like i was robbed. and now you've reclaimed it! yeah. your hair, your face, it's beauty, especially to a female. and to guys, hair is a big thing, because i know a lot of females probably only find guys attractive notjust because of their hairline, but a hairline is attractive. if a guy's got full hair, it's attractive. cutting all my hair and getting a hairtransplant, i have so much more confidence. i feel very empowered now and i feel like sharing my story was probably the biggest thing i've ever done and probably the biggest thing i ever will do. i've tried to look online for a solution for my bald patch, but it's all really confusing. it looks there are hundreds of techniques to try. so it's time to speak to someone who really knows about hair loss. ian salas is an expert,

who helps people understand why they're losing their hair. 95% of men, there is major... well, not major issues, but there is issues with genetic predisposition, and genetic hair loss can be from the male or the female side. it doesn't have to come through the male side or the female side, so it's not sex linked. so they will come in and they will be looking at hairlines, going, this has moved. and, yes, but from 16 to your mid—20s, your hairline does move. it does change. you get a mature hairline. but then there is change over and above what it should. so if you're becoming thin there and everything else is normal, that's usually genetic. ian says there are only two medications that can help with hair loss — finasteride and minoxidil. the nhs says women shouldn't use finasteride, and neither drug is available on the national health service. so when you start taking this medication, it allows the hair — in some cases —

to respond quite significantly. it may grow hair density back. i've heard, though, that with medications like minoxidil, once you start using it, you've got to keep using it if you want to keep seeing hair growth. is that true, or can you use it just once, or that's it? you do have to keep taking these medications day after day. it's a treadmill medication. there is no such thing as a one—shot thing that willjust get rid of hair loss. hair loss can also be caused by stress, weight loss, cancer treatment or an unhealthy diet. in some cases, your immune system can attack your hair follicles. that's what's known as alopecia areata. i first noticed my hair loss when i was about 19. do you want to see what it looks like? sure. because this is a wig and i hide behind this all the time. as you can see, i've got braids and lots of hair on my head, but there's clearly a lot missing here. this is classed as a diffuse thinning around here. it does look as though the follicles have atrophied, which means that some follicles have actually died off. if you've cared for your hair

over a period of time and it hasn't returned, then the likelihood is that it's probably permanent. yeah. most people hate hearing that. i didn't want to accept that my hair wasn't going to grow back, so i tried all kinds of weird things i came across on the internet. apparently, if you bend all the way down and then massage your head for, like, a minute with castor oil, it will apparently make your hair grow quicker. it did not work. there is egyptian text from 2000 bc that are remedies and prayers for hair loss. if there was something natural out there, we would know about it. thank you, ian, i've learnt so much. no problem. you know what, hearing that my hair loss is at a permanent stage, i'm not going to lie, it's super disappointing. even though i did know somewhere in the back of my mind that it's not going to grow back.

but i really hoped that i would be told that if you just use this one thing, it will grow back. but now that i know, i guess i've got closure and now i'm just going to embrace it and accept it. chidera sounding very upbeat at the end of herjourney. next, a journey of my own. veganism seems to be the latest buzzword, and the lifestyle is on the rise. so much so that as a self—proclaimed meat lover, i decided to give veganuary a go. no meat, no fish, no

dairy, for a month. how hard can it be? when it comes to my food, there's only ever been one rule — the more meat, the better. but as much as a kebab or spicy wing—free life scares me, i'm going meat—free forjanuary and, and who knows, maybe forever. if i told you i was going vegan forjanuary, what would you say? no meat for 31 days? no chance! nesta going vegan, to me, is a myth. yeah, it's going to be hard for you. very, very, very, very hard! i do like meat, but i love a challenge more. i've also heard there are health benefits to a vegan diet. it seems the vegan lifestyle is growing, and at a rapid rate, with thousands of people in the uk taking part in veganuary.

veganism also has a a lot of celebrity backing. sia, miley cyrus and ariana grande have all committed to the diet. my last ever kebab, so no more business from me. yeah? i'm about to go vegan. you're going vegan? are you coming back or not? i might come back, i might not. if i don't, thank you very much, it's been emotional. over the next month, i'll meet those leading the vegan charge. i would say at least 40% to 50% of the people who come to that weekly market are not vegan, or not yet vegan. we like to call them freegans. i think that it is definitely the best decision i have ever made in my life. i ordered tomato soup the other day. that's not a thing. and those leading the defence of meat. veganism isn't the future. all i want to do is have a lamb chop! to find out if being a vegan is a fad. after walking around this

supermarket for what feels like an eternity, reading the small print on all the ingredients, i think i have what it takes to make soup. i've never made soup in my life. i've never contemplated making soup in my life. as for how it tastes... not too bad. not too bad at all. lunch today is on sarahjane — friend and former bbc ixtra presenter. her vegan journey started when she tried it as a challenge on her show. two and a half years later, she's still going strong. it's been so easy. people used to say to me, oh, rabbit food, rabbit food. you know? and laugh. i'd be going to a show and charlie'd be like, rabbit food. but now it's like, you can get the junk food. obviously, you don't want to eat junk food every day, whether it is meat or not.

do something today that your future self will thank you for. a few days in, thumbs—up to a vegan menu. if you had told me i would be making a kebab and that it wouldn't have donor meat, chilli sauce or mayonnaise, i would have laughed at you. but, look! today's destination, a vegan cafe in birmingham. the founding principle for being a vegan is that no animal should be killed, harmed or exploited for human benefit. the animal welfare argument for becoming vegan makes a lot of logical sense because most of us are against animal cruelty, we don't want to see animals being harmed. vegans and vegetarians are becoming more widely accepted, it is more mainstream. even mcdonald's has a vegan burger now. some people have the idea that veganism is only accessible to people in london or in large cities but, actually, this couldn't be further from the truth. we've seen a growth in vegan places and options all across the uk. one man always happy to sing the praises of the lifestyle, fat gay vegan. we're here in fargo village.

it's a little shopping centre in coventry. it's testament to how strong veganism is in this part of the country. there is a vegan cafe, a vegan grocery, and we are inside a vegan brewey right now. vegainsm is not a trend, it is not a fad. it is here to stay. how we know that is that we have seen the numbers of vegans growing year—on—year. now, when you walk down the high street and businesses are shouting, hey, vegan customers, come in here. i think we have reached that tipping point. it is the point of no return. it is not going to fall back. wherever you go now, there is more choice than ever, and it's because people are slowly sort of waking up. and all the other companies, they don't want to lose out. so everybody is really adapting. so wherever you go now, you will always find something that will be suitable for vegans. i had quite a bit of a struggle at first at school, with people just telling me that i was being really stupid and that it was wrong, and that i wasn't actually helping anything and it wasn't making a difference. but ijust kind of learnt to ignore it, because it's what i want to do

and it's not got anything to do with them. i think that it's definitely the best decision that i've ever made in my life, so... i don't see myself as someone who is easily brainwashed — and i use that term quite loosely — but the more people i talk to, the more empowered ifeel, and the more i feel like i'm making a choice for me. so i was born, my parents fed me meat because that was their choice. me suddenly not eating meat, it's like i'm doing something for me and no—one is forcing me to live that way. once people have got that reason in their heart and their minds for going vegan, it's very difficult — almost impossible — to come back from that. and the weather, mainly dry today, apart from some patchy rain in the east. the northwest will get the best sunshine. it's 7:33am. thanks very much, nesta. i just wanted to ask you, actually, about your vegan diet. erm, i'm waning a bit, i won't lie. today is january 15th. and i think it's the day i became bored with not eating meat. there's no shame in admitting that

when it comes to my life, it's all about convenience. there are days when i don't want to cook, i just want a kebab. and that's what i'm going to have — vegan—style. donor and chips in a box, please. that's amazing. i'm almost going to taste it again. cos i don't even believe it's not meat. mmm! this is my type of vegan food. veganism is obviously on the rise, and one of our slogans is, ‘meat—free more often'. lots of people aren't trying veganism, but are just cutting back on meat. people want to go out, partying, eating junk food too. it's already in high demand. we get messages all the time on social media asking us to be in glasgow, to be in manchester, to be in birmingham? but i think it's something that's going to happen. it's the future. i think a lot more people are going meat—free. so i don't think it's going to be too long before they're on every street corner.

normally, i would eat meat kebab, but this is better. i feel like this one actually tastes more like meat than normal meat. do you know what i mean? so, this is by far one of the nicest things i've eaten all month. the problem is — two parts to this problem, actually. a) i can't eat this every day. b) and my local kebab shop doesn't do food like this. and until there's a vegan kebab shop at the end of my road, i'm going to be honest, i'd struggle to be a vegan. any kebab too often isn't healthy, but is a vegan diet any healthier than one which contains meat? if you're on a strict vegan diet, it is very difficult to get some minerals and vitamins. the key ones would be vitamin b12, which you really only get from animal sources. the vegan society themselves recommend a vitamin b12 supplement for all vegans. and omega—3 fatty acids is another one that's really difficult to get. the best source of that is from oily fish. well, there is no doubt that veganism is on the boom, but it continues to have

plenty of doubters. we're about to meet one woman who doesn't think it's the answer and reckons the future might actually be small—scale ethical farming. fiona's farm in suffolk is a calf—at—foot dairy. she describes it as small—scale and ethical. unlike high—volume industrial farming, cows here like bella are grass—fed. they're only milked once a day and are never separated from their calfs. i don't think a plant—based diet, en masse, is the answer at all. we've got to think of the planet. it just wouldn't sustain, most people cannot live for a whole lifetime on a vegan diet. i understand where vegans are coming from. i have a conscience when it comes to food. i think the way we're doing it is the best for the future. i think all the people that work here learn sort of invaluable skills for the future, because this is the future. whether it's a lamb chop or a sausage, it is a long journey from a farm to a dinner plate.

but how will seeing where an animal's life ends affect me? take the knife out of there, and he would actually cut the blood vessels, the main blood vessels in the animal's neck here. and the animal would bleed out here, the heart would stop and the animal's dead. no, i don't think it's wrong to kill animals. if we want to eat meat and want to continue eating meat, then an animal has to be killed. these animals wouldn't have even been born in the first place if we weren't eating meat. i think physiologically, we are designed as omnivores to eat some meat. i think if people want to make a life choice not to eat meat, fine, but i think we have to acknowledge that if you are going to eat meat, an animal has to die, and we have to do that in the most humane and the best way possible. 5—1, this is what a vegan diet does. two vegans... i never knew he was a vegan! hat—trick.

i'm not saying it's the vegan diet... but if i score three next week... nice. come on, let's go! more energy! at this stage, i am feeling leaner, more energetic, and my skin has never been this clear. well, today, we are combining two things that i love — football and food. this is forest green rovers, the first—ever vegan football team. em is the head chef at the club. yes, dale bennett went vegan and he's loving it. he's really, really enjoying it. and he's been vegan for several months now. and he feels great, as a result. well, i did get called a dictator. the argument we came back with was, look, we aren't dictating what you eat, we're just setting the menu. we are responsible for the food we put on here and we are taking that responsibility and we're not involving meat and dairy because those are important things to avoid. and if you want to bring your own food to a football game, you can.

we aren't going to stop you. it's against the traditional outlook of most clubs, where you get meat, burgers and pies and hotdogs, and everything else. the overarching thing is, the food is pretty good. it tastes really good. and as long as the food tastes good, then you can't really complain. half—time, the away fans may be applauding the football, but what about the food? it's good. i wouldn't call it gourmet. definitely better than the pies at kidderminster. i've heard of footballers sign for, i don't know, money, to win trophies, but to give veganism a try? yeah, at this level, we're not multimillionaires, you know? there's different pulls to different clubs, and one of the pulls to coming here was the different way of doing things, the vegan way, the way they treat the pitch. it's all about trying to help the environment and trying to make the world a better place. i think it's great to be a part of. 5—2, at the final whistle, and the time's also up on my month as a vegan. it is february 1st. i've woken up with a fat smile on my face because i made it a month without eating no meat! the table's booked, all that's left to be decided is the final meal. an alternate test might be

to order a meat option and a vegetarian option, have them in front of me and then i'll choose. i think i'm ready to decide which one you can take away, anna. no way would have you said to me that i would be at my turkish restaurant and you gave me my signature levente specialfor one, and a couple of deep—fried courgettes and i'd have said, give me the deep—fried courgettes! but people change. i don't know what it is about me that makes people not believe me but, honestly, for the entire month, no meat, no dairy, no milk. although i slipped up once because i ordered mayonnaise, not thinking. i was halfway through the chips and i thought, i could throw them away, or i could finish them. so i did finish them! but that aside, i promise you, hand on heart, completely for the whole entire january. it is scotland and northern ireland

holding on to the best of the sunday morning sunshine. elsewhere, plenty of cloud, some outbreaks of rain pushing north. not a huge amount, reaching eastern england. risk of some rain for a time with the exception of northern scotland, fine and sunny throughout much of the day. brightening up again later, with heavy showers around. for many of us, cooler compared yesterday, but warm in the sunshine. in northern scotland. here tonight, showers reaching in and elsewhere, and clear spells and temperatures overnight around 6—9d. let's see how monday is shaping up. first thing in the morning, northern ireland and scotland, some showers around, the bulk of those clear away and what follows is a largely fine and dry day with variable cloud, sunny spells. quite windy today in the west and again tomorrow, especially northern ireland, with wet weather moving in monday night and tuesday.

after that, as the week goes on, lots of sunshine and it becomes much warmerfor lots of sunshine and it becomes much warmer for a lots of sunshine and it becomes much warmerfor a time. this is bbc news. " locked and loaded". america tells syria it's ready to strike again after yesterday's attacks on suspected chemical weapons facilities. labour leader, jeremy corbyn, has called for a vote in parliament tomorrow, following yesterday's air strikes it looked awfully to me as though the prime minister was more interested in following donald trump's lead than anything else. this is policy made up by twitter. the chief executive of the world's largest advertising agency, martin sorrell, is stepping down five people have been treated by paramedics after a car collided with a group of pedestrians in essex. also coming up, jubilation at the commonwealth games. england beat australia in the netball to secure the greatest result in their history and win their first