hello it's wednesday, it's 9 o'clock, i'm victoria derbyshire, welcome to the programme. our top story today — a passenger has died 7 g, 3 3 733— 33533, 3: out, everybody‘s crying. the pilot, who calmly landed the plane, was described by one passenger as having nerves of steel. we will bring you the story. also — this programme can reveal that over 50% of siblings in foster care or care homes in some local authorities are being separated from their brothers and sisters. i needed that person, and that person was basically dragged away from me, and taken away where i wouldn't see them, or i wouldn't have no contact. that full exclusive story in around 15 minutes. and — starbucks is to close more than 8,000 branches in the us for an afternoon next month, to carry out "racial bias" training with its staff after racist incidents were reported. is it my skin colour?

like that's a place to work that's like whites only on that sign or something, that's how i took it. hello... welcome to the programme, we're live until 11. through the programme the latest breaking news and developing stories — a little later we'll bring you an astonishing interview with a schoolgirl who was groomed online by a paedophile. she's written a letter to the government calling on them to take action to make social media sites safe for children. do get in touch on all the stories we're talking about this morning — use the hashtag victoria live and if you text, you will be charged at the standard network rate. our top story today... a woman has died after being partially sucked out of the window of an american passenger plane. one of the plane's engines exploded while it was flying between new york and dallas.

shrapnel from the blast broke one of the plane's windows, causing the aircraft to depressurise 30,000 feet up in the air. the pilot managed to make an emergency landing in philadelphia. james cook has more on this story. pilot: airport ten, there is a hole in the side of the aircraft. with a huge bang and a sharp drop, a terrifying ordeal began. 0n—boa rd southwest flight 1380, passenger marty martinez started a facebook video. it felt like it was freefalling and of course, everybody was freaking out, crying. the left engine had apparently blown up, sending shrapnel into the fuselage and smashing a window. first there was an explosion and then almost immediately, the oxygen mask comes down and probably within a matter of 10 seconds, the engine then hit a window and busted it wide open. in the cockpit, the pilots, preparing for an emergency landing, radioed for help.

survivors say one woman was sucked halfway out of the cabin before they managed to pull her back. other passengers desperately tried to block the hole with their coats. the passenger who died was jennifer riordan, a mother of two from new mexico. she was on a business trip for her employer, wells fargo bank. an investigation is now under way into what is the first passenger death in a us airliner accident since 2009. james cook, bbc news, los angeles. more on that story to come later in the programme — first ben is in the bbc newsroom with a summary of the rest of the days news.

theresa may is facing more questions over her handling of the windrush generation. in revelations that put more pressure on her government, the home office has admitted thousands of landing cards recording the dates people arrived in britain were disposed of. officials are now investigating dozens of new cases. 0ur assistant political editor norman smith is at westminster. how damaging is this revelation?m has prompted calls from labourfor amber rudd to consider her position, following the disclosure of the destruction of these landing cards, which would have been a crucial piece of evidence for those windrush family seeking to prove their right to remain in the uk. the home office say these cards though important are not a definitive piece of evidence and they say they got rid of all these cards, which were stored in a

basement of their office in croydon, after they moved office to comply with data privacy rules. you are only allowed to keep information about people for a certain number of yea rs. about people for a certain number of years. these records, many go back to the 60s and 70s said the government under renewed pressure from labour but also under pressure in europe, where eu leaders are very concerned about what the wind rush to buckle might mean for the registering of the 3 million eu nationals living in the uk. have a listen to the leading mep guy verhofstadt this morning. even with the withdrawal agreement now, things are not over. we need still to have the citizens' rights completed, because certainly after the windrush scandal in britain, we want to be sure that the same is not happening to our european citizens, and that there is no bureaucratic nightmare there. we will organise that the

president with the home office next weeka president with the home office next week a special session on the 24th, with the home office and committees involved in this. and if there are changes needed, we will also communicate to negotiate to david davis michel barnier what modifications are needed to avoid real problems for eu citizens. labour are now also calling for a group exemption for all windrush individuals from immigration rules on for the burden of proof to be placed on home office officials, to prove that someone does not have the right to remain. almost certain, i think, too, but prime minister's questions later today. norman, thank you. the head of the cia has reportedly travelled to north korea to meet the country's leader, kim jong—un. according to unnamed officials, mike pompeo went to pyongyang over

the easter weekend to prepare for direct talks between mr kim and the american president. donald trump is currently hosting the japanese prime minister and he told reporters that five locations are being considered for the meeting. a plan by inspectors in syria in douma has been delayed, according to some reports. gunfire was heard at the site delaying the inspection due today. a team of experts from the chemical watchdog arrived in damascus on saturday, but so far have been unable to visit the site because of what russia calls "security issues" . the syrian president bashar al—assad denies responsibility for the attack. the former first lady of the united states, barbara bush, has died at the age of 92. she was married to president george bush for 73 years, and was the mother of president george w bush. at the weekend, she had decided to cease medical treatment for heart failure and lung disease, instead spending her last few days with her family. laura trevelyan reports.

barbara bush was a commanding matriarch, only the second woman in american history to be both the wife of a president and the mother of one. she was married to the 41st occupant of the white house and raised the a3rd. born barbara pierce, she met george bush at a school dance and they married in 1945 after his service as a navy pilot in world war ii. barbara was credited with helping his political career by keeping a card file of everyone he ever met. it all paid off when george bush was elected first vice—president to ronald reagan, and then president. the office of president of the united states... barbara wore her trademark pearls at his inauguration, confiding they hid the wrinkles in her neck. it was this honesty which helped endear her to the american public. as first lady, she focused on promoting literacy, helping the most disadvantaged americans learn to read and write. i honestly believe that if more people could read, write and comprehend,

we would be that much closer to solving so many of the problems that plague our nation. during the first gulf war in 1990, barbara bush spoke for the nation in calling for a speedy end to the conflict. we are all wishing for peace — we want our people home. when her son george w bush decided to run for president... i, george walker bush, do solemnly swear... ..barbara was back in the spotlight once again. after his two terms in office, she was regretting the lack of civility in public life. ijust hate it — i hate the fact that people think compromise is a dirty word. it is not a dirty word. by the time her sonjeb made his unsuccessful run for president in 2016, barbara bush was a national icon. vote forjeb. oh, yes! barbara bush was smart, tough and often plain—spoken. an influentialfigure in a political dynasty. thousands of children

who are in foster care in england and wales have been split up from their siblings. a freedom of information request for this programme has revealed that across the 50 local councils that responded, at least 5,000 children had been separated from their brother or sister. councils have a duty to try and keep siblings together in care. the company that makes uk passports, de la rue, has said it won't appeal against the government's choice of a franco—dutch company to produce britain's post—brexit blue passports. the contract for the new passports was won by gemalto, which is based in amsterdam. de la rue said it had considered all the options, but had decided not to challenge the decision. malaria experts are calling for a renewed effort to combat the disease which is becoming more common after two decades of decline. campaigners and health groups say it's because of increased resistance to drugs and insecticides, as well as cuts to funding.

the co—founder of microsoft, bill gates, has spent millions on efforts to eradicate the disease. he says it's time for world leaders to come together to take action. when you first become a parent, it's always an emotional moment. and it seems it's no different for gorillas. this is cayala, the lowland gorilla, greeting her little baby boy with a big kiss on the lips. the species is listed as critically endangered, so it was a big deal for the smithsonian zoo in washington. it's the first time in nine years they've successfully bred a male lowland. they've called the baby mo—key, which means "junior" or "little one" in the lingala language. that's a summary of the latest bbc news — more at 9.30. that was a massive kiss. thank you.

ina that was a massive kiss. thank you. in a moment we will show you a film that shows brothers and sisters split up whilst in care homes or foster ca re. split up whilst in care homes or foster care. thank you for your m essa g es foster care. thank you for your messages already mess. one says, some of the difficulty is the sum looked after children may come from large families and most foster ca re rs large families and most foster carers don't have room for them all. another said, ijust read your story on the bbc news site on the siblings that were split up and i can relate to this. my brother and i were put into ca re by to this. my brother and i were put into care by our birth mother and new boyfriend after our parents got divorced. we spent the better part ofa divorced. we spent the better part of a year in a children's home before i found my fosterfamily. my brother was put into care with anotherfamily brother was put into care with another family six months later. brother was put into care with anotherfamily six months later. i felt like our lights went down different paths and although we saw each other, i don't remember the few yea rs we each other, i don't remember the few years we did actually live together. i was lucky, with my foster family they supported the school and work and included me in all family events. sadly, my brother's foster family seem to be only in it for the money. he struggled for years after coming out of care but now living a

fairly normal life and our sibling relationship is closer now after the death of our birth mother. we will bring you that film in the next couple of minutes, so stay tuned for that. sport and we'll is here. you are leading your bulletin with accrington stanley? we are but the question is, who are accrington sta nley? question is, who are accrington stanley? a club that has hardly won anything of any significance. so why do so many people know the name of that club? remember this? yet, and he said ifi yet, and he said if i didn't grow the milk when i grow up are only be good enough to play for accrington stanley. accrington stanley, who are they? that will bring back a few memories. last night accrington sta nley memories. last night accrington stanley seal promotion to league 1 for the first time in a 50 year history. billy key scoring twice against yeovil town in a 2—0 win.

such a fantastic club. i was there and filmed these pictures. great hospitality, great place to be. there is essentially a portakabin i'm standing on. the other side, fa ns i'm standing on. the other side, fans watching on the roof. bumble is a big accrington stanley found. they went bust and out of the league in 1962. it was reborn six years later in the 1980s. in the second division. john coleman is their manager, adored by the fans. he has had two stints at the club totalling 17 years. unbeaten in 1a matches and extended their lead at the top of the table last night to four points as they close in on the title. their chairman is andy holt. he has been making headlines recently, a local businessman and a fan but has made money from the plastics industry, investing it in to accrington sta nley. investing it in to accrington stanley. he buys his players a mcdonald's every time they win and

if they don't they have to buy their own food. he has been in a bit of trouble recently from the esl for doing that. i spoke to him last night and he said he is coming on at ten o'clock. no pressure! i know you will be a little hung over. good story, good for teitjens good fa ct. good story, good for teitjens good fact. brighton, what are they doing question up eight points clear of safety with four to play after that 1-1 safety with four to play after that 1—1 draw with tottenham. safety with four to play after that 1-1 draw with tottenham. guess who put spurs ahead? yes, him again, harry kane with a 26 league goal of the season. brighton were behind the just two minutes. pascal gross levelling with a penalty last night. the brighton fans celebrating at the full—time whistle as if they had secured survival. they won't be p°ppin9 secured survival. they won't be p°pping any secured survival. they won't be popping any champagne corks yet. four games to go, burnley, chelsea, liverpool, a tough run in and at home to manchester united. but close

to survival for chris hughton and brighton. and obviously your mamma will rate your performance every time you do sports bulletin on our programme. presumably she gives you ten out of ten. everton fans have been asked to their boss? they have sent a survey to a group of supporters asking them to rate sam allardyce's of supporters asking them to rate sam alla rdyce's supporters, of supporters asking them to rate sam allardyce's supporters, part of an exercise apparently with a fan panel to discover how connected they feel to everton and their club. they have been asked to rate the statement, i have a high level of trust in the current staff to get the best out of the team. sam alla rdyce the best out of the team. sam allardyce took charge in november and has guided everton to safety, ninth in the premier league, 27 points from 20 games, but there is this growing unrest among the supporters over what they perceive

asa supporters over what they perceive as a negative playing style that is often associated with sam allardyce's football. he suffered criticism, and there were plenty of stories about him at goodison. marco silva who everton wanted originally has been sacked and is available now, so it will be interesting to see where they go at the end of the season. those are your sports headlines, more fiat 930. good morning. this morning we look at the impact of splitting siblings up in foster care and care homes. a freedom of information request for this programme shows that across 50 councils in england and wales who responded — at least 5,000 children there are currently split up in care. in 30 of those councils, more than 50% of sibling groups had been separated. councils have a duty to keep brothers and sisters together in care, but that doesn't always work out as our reporter ashleyjohn baptiste has been finding out. for kids in care, childhood can be particularly tough, with many being moved between foster

families and care homes at a very young age. but once in care, some face yet another separation — being split from their siblings. i was 12, she was ten. i knew that she was going to different foster carers. ifelt like i'd done something wrong. councils have a duty to keep siblings together, but according to latest figures obtained by this programme from 50 councils across england and wales, we can reveal that thousands of children in care are currently split up from their siblings. i've come to bury st edmunds, to meet vicky willis, a 19—year—old mum and care leaver. at four years old she was put into foster care and at nine years old she was moved to another home

where she was separated from her younger brother and older sister pip, who she was really close to. vicky and her siblings went into care due to neglect. hello? hey, vicky. it's ashley here. 0k. i'll buzz up. cool when separated from her brother and sister, vicky still lived near her brother in their childhood town. her sister pip, however, went to live with a family in oxford, hours away from where they grew up. now an adult, vicky lives in a mother and baby unit with her two—year—old son louie. what was your relationship like with your sister before we went into foster care? we've always been close. like, best friends. we were very close. we were always out together. we'd go to the park, we'd hang round the block together. what was it like being separated from your sister at nine years old? well, that was hard because she went so far away. it wasn't like i could just walk around the corner and see her. it was very, very difficult.

do you remember the day that you...? 28th of march. i remember that, yeah. ijust remember packing everything and getting in the car, and then i remember, like, oh, i'm staying there now. where are your little cars? they're under there. go get them. go on. i just found it quite unfair on me and my sister and obviously my brother because we hadn't done anything wrong to be separated, and that was what was going through my head for the first couple of weeks. i haven't done anything. why did they have to go away from me? yay! i'd go to school and see all these families that were really happy and all that, but you're, like, that's not our family, we're all separated. i don't see my brother and sister. did you ever ask your social worker to be put in the same home as your sister? i didn't think there was a choice. go play. where's your police car? when your sister moved to oxford, she got on really well with her foster family.

yeah, she did, very well. what was that like for you to see her settle in with a new family with other brothers and sisters? i think i was annoyed because i was her sister. obviously we were left behind kind of thing, but she got taken to all these new opportunities. new schools, new everything, and we kind of stay behind. what is the impact of being separated from a sibling? i felt like someone was taken from me that shouldn't have been taken. at the time, i needed that person and that person was basically dragged away from me and taken away where i wouldn't see them and would have no contact. that kind feeling. it was, like, very... it really, i really did struggle. there are currently over 70,000 kids in care in england and wales and many of them, like vicky, have been split from siblings.

suddenly in a strange environment and they are no longer with you and you don't know what's happening to them, that sense of loss and bereavement alongside all the other trauma you've faced can be overwhelming. whilst councils are required to keep siblings together, there are times when it's in a child's best interest to be moved away. in what instances is it better for a sibling group in care to be split than kept together? sometimes some of the horrors and trauma that they have experienced may have led to a unhealthy dynamic and that needs counselling, that needs support and that may not be best done by two children living together, but that is not the norm. the norm should be that priority

is given to brothers and sisters being able to live together, just like most brothers and sisters. there we go. is that better? today, vicky is going to visit her sister pip at her new flat in buckinghamshire. she hasn't been to visit for two years. where vicky was shunted between a few foster homes, pip remained with one foster family in oxford, who she still considers family. this is my living room. oh, this is nice. oh, wow. it's awesome. so, vicky, this is the first time that you've been there? yeah. what do you think of the place? i really like it. it's... i am jealous of her. why are you jealous? because it's huge. pip‘s foster parents only planned to foster one child when they took her on and so it

wasn't possible for vicky to move in. what was it like for you, pip, being split from vicky in foster care? i hated everyone for doing it. it was difficult because i'd gone from a tiny little village to a big city. because you moved to oxford? yeah. away from vicky? yeah, and it is like, a three—hour drive, so it's not like i could pop round the corner and just see her. it was difficult, it really was. you moved to live with a foster family in oxford and you grew quite close for that family, you're still in touch with them ten years on. they are like your family. yeah, definitely. how close are you now? we're very close, all of us are. i babysit my nieces whenever my sister needs it. my other sister is getting married this year, so i am... your other sister? yeah, and, um... vicky, what is it like to hear pip talk about her foster sister as her sister? sorry. no, i'm used to it now. obviously when i first started hearing it, because you didn't start calling them brothers and sisters to begin with. it was, like, quite a while in and then when you kept

hearing brother and sister, i was, like, who are you on about? then she was like, this person. all right. 0k. it used to annoy me a little bit because i was, like, i'm your sister kind of thing, but i was young. but then to her, they are. they've been there like a family, like her mum and dad. she always says mum and dad. obviously to me, i know who she's on about when she says mum and dad. when a court makes a care order for a child or sibling group to go into care, the local authority then becomes responsible. we asked all 375 councils in england and wales how they have dealt with their looked—after sibling groups over the last few years. we heard that from only 50 councils and according to those responses, nearly 2,500 sibling groups are currently split. clearly that figure doesn't take into account sibling groups from councils that did not respond, suggesting that in reality the figure could be much higher. of the 50 councils that did respond, 30 of them currently have half

or more of their sibling groups split up. some of the figures were striking. in islington, 73% of their sibling groups are split up. in oxfordshire county council, 68%. 60% split in cheshire west and chester and in bridgend in wales, 58%. the lowest rate of separation was found in ealing in london where only 8% of looked sibling groups are split. the local government association is the organisation that represents all councils in england and wales. we wanted to find out from them why so many siblings are split up in care. councils do sometimes have difficulty finding foster carers who can look after big groups of children when they all come into care together. there may be factors like that one of them has been a victim of sexual abuse where the other children may not be aware of it, but that child needs some therapy,

needs some support, including from specialist foster carers to address that situation and it may be that in the interest of the whole sibling group of giving them a future together as a family that child needs the space to have the treatment that they need. but those cases are more the minority, aren't they? councils do have a duty to keep sibling groups together. is that right? it's absolutely right and councils will always see that as a high priority. you're a father. you are a councillor as well. what's your reaction to the fact that over 2,000 sibling groups have been split up? well, i'd like to make sure that that's only ever been done because it's the only thing that can be done in the best interest of the children. there's a £2 billion funding gap in children's social care in england and inevitably, that's going to have an impact on the way that councils do their work. this is a school picture and i think it was only school picture of all of us together at the same primary school for the same period of time.

in many cases the impact of being separated from a sibling can last a lifetime. she was younger than me and she should've stayed with me. lee piaroux from london is 45 years old and was split from her sister over 30 years ago when they were put into foster care. at the time, she was 12. nobody wants to be separated from their brothers and sisters. i missed her, i missed brushing her hair, i missed, you know, we shared a bedroom, so, you know, telling little stories at night. she'd often say, "tell me a story." i remember reading the little princess to her when we were little. that familiarity that sisters have, just about their family and where they are and their little in jokes and things like that, and her looking up to me and, like, "lee, what do you know about this? lee, what about this?" and asking me questions and me being able to answer those questions. and... not having that any more, i felt a bit lost and i felt a bit lost in the world. i didn't know, because, you know, i used to be a big

sister and now i wasn't. have you tried to reach out to your sister? yeah, i have. so i spent up until the last couple of years, i always tried. i wished her happy birthday on facebook because i can see her on facebook, but i'm not a friend of hers on facebook, so i canjust send a message. and... so she hasn't accepted your friend requests? no. so it sounds like she frankly doesn't want anything to do with you? yeah, i would say that that is definitely the case, yeah. it's been over 30 years since you were split from your sister. you are a5, you're married, you have kids, are you still impacted by the pain of being separated from your sister? i feel angry. i feel angry that we were separated. we shouldn't have been separated. if it was difficult, then we should have got support to work through that because i think had we had that support to work through these very, very painful issues and circumstances of us going into care, i believe

we would have a relationship today. i believe that my children would know her children and they would have cousin relationships, i believe. from the care leavers we've spoken to it's clear that being split from a sibling can have a significant impact. whilst there are instances where it's in the best interests of a looked after child to be removed from the sibling group, our latest figures raise the question — is separation always the best move? generally speaking, do you think that siblings should be separated in care? hell, no. definitely not. even though i have all of this at the moment, i don't think they should. they should be brought up with their siblings, and i know it's difficult for families to take, like, three, four siblings on... but then it could be different. like, me and vicky might never talk again and we're missing out on each other's lives,

but luckily we do talk. ca re leavers, foster children who'll be watching, people who'll be watching, they'll meet the care leavers in ourfilm, do you have any recommendations on how the children's minister nadhim zahawi can tackle this issue? he needs to hear their voices and we need to make sure that they are at the heart of the system. thank you for your comments this morning. if you were separated in care, do let me know. let me read you this one to begin with... this is a side of foster carejoe public doesn't normally see. kids can be punished for being in the ca re system, can be punished for being in the care system, it's just not good enough. another said, we foster siblings and for our most recent placement we were the only family in the county available at that time to receive three children together. another says, good to see a programme discussing the disgrace of

children routinely being separated from their siblings when being taken into care. another foster carer says, there is a real policy issue around siblings. looked after siblings are not allowed to share a bedroom, regardless of age. in some cases this might be appropriate, but asa cases this might be appropriate, but as a blanket policy it is flawed. it limits placements based on the amount of bedrooms. another viewer, when social services took granddaughter in 2015, my daughter was due to have a third within a couple of months. the children were aged two and three at the time. my daughter had the new child and then contact daughter had the new child and then co nta ct was daughter had the new child and then contact was stopped. it has been over two years and the older children ask where is their baby brother? these children are now aged four and five and still think he is now two. and june says,

i can't believe so many children in the uk are in care in the first place. i think people in the uk need to learn how to be parents first of all, then we wouldn't have this happening. thank you for those happening. thank you for those happening. if you have been separated in care from a brother or sister, please let me know. still to come... she was groomed on twitter by by a 32—year—old father when she was just 15 — now schoolgirl gemma ward has come forward to ask the government to regulate social media better. we'll be hearing exclusively from her later in the programme. and — we'll be talking to one of the 1a men who said they were hooded, beaten and tortured in northern ireland in 1971 by royal ulster constabulary officers to try and get information about the ira. ten of them are still alive, and they're going back to court to try and secure what they say would be justice. time for the latest news — here's ben with the bbc news headlines this morning. good morning, victoria. our latest headlines: a woman has been killed after an aircraft's engine exploded at 30,000 feet in the united states. the explosion caused a window to break and the woman was nearly sucked out, and had to be pulled back in by other passengers. the southwest airlines flight was between new york and dallas when it had to make an emergency

landing in philadelphia. here, the shadow home secretary, diane abbott, says her counterpart, amber rudd, needs to "consider her position" over her department's treatment of windrush generation migrants. the home office has admitted disposing of thousands of landing cards which had recorded the dates people arrived in britain. officials are now investigating dozens of new cases. the head of the cia is reported to have travelled to north korea to meet the country's leader, kim jong—un. according to unnamed officials, mike pompeo went to pyongyang over the easter weekend to prepare for direct talks between mr kim and the american president. donald trump is currently hosting the japanese prime minister and he told reporters that five locations are being considered for the meeting. there are reports that a planned visit by weapons inspectors to the site of an alleged chemical attack in douma has been delayed. sources for the reuters news agency say that gunfire

was heard at the site, delaying the inspection scheduled for today. a team of experts from the chemical watchdog arrived in damascus on saturday, but so far have been unable to visit the site because of what russia calls "security issues" . syrian president bashar al—assad denies responsibility for the attack. that's a summary of the latest bbc news. more from the yet ten o'clock. thank you. some more messages from you... samantha says, we are foster carers with a sibling group of three and they are going to be split up next week, even though we offered to adopt them. and this text, i adopted my daughter when she was 18 months old. she has four brothers and sisters but only two were put together. now they have no contact with each other and my daughter has no interest in her siblings. she doesn't want to know, even though we have been quite open about them. it is such a shame that my daughter

knows she can know anything. we have never hidden anything from her and we wouldn't unless it was detrimental. i know some need to be separated but is such a shame. thank you for those, do keep them coming in. we will talk more about in second hour. here's some sport now with will. brighton close to his premier league survival after 1—1 draw with totte n ha m survival after 1—1 draw with tottenham last night. harry kane scored his 26th goal of the season to put spurs in front before pascal gross equalised from the penalty spot. brighton are eight points above the relegation zone with four games to play. accrington stanley, they have been promoted to league1 for the first time in history. the side seal promotion last night after a 2—0 win at home against yeovil town. a tough season with plenty of crashes but mark cavendish hoping for better fortunes on home soil in a couple weeks. he will race on the tour of yorkshire having overcome a rib problem. ed smith, former england cricketer is in line to become england cricket's next

national selector. he will be scouting the best players in the country, taking over from scouting the best players in the country, taking overfrom james whittaker. those are the main sports stories for now. there are reports that a visit by inspectors to the site of an alleged chemical weapons attack in syria's douma has been delayed after a un security team reported gunfire at the location a day earlier. the inspectors have been waiting to access to the site with russian and syrian authorities citing multiple excuses ranging from security issues, to a lack of un clearances for the inspectors. theresa may has accused the regime of a cover up, while america alleges it has tampered with evidence. chris cobb—smith is a former un weapons inspector — he isa he is a security consultant. we can also speak to dr amhad dbis from the union of medical care and relief organisations — he's just returned from idlib, which is where thousands of people who escaped douma have moved to, and he is now in southern turkey.

thank you forjoining us. . chris cobb—smith, what is the job of chemical weapons inspector? their primary job chemical weapons inspector? their primaryjob is to go on and verify whether there has has not been a chemical strike in that area. how do they do that? they will want immediate access to the site, and i stress immediate, to take samples. i have to say, i was an operations officer and it was myjob to get those inspectors to the right place at the right time with the right kit and i'm not a chemical weapons expert but i have been at many inspections and it was myjob to facilitate that inspection, to plan and trainee inspectors make sure the operation actually went ahead. and trainee inspectors make sure the operation actually went aheadm has been ten days since the suspected chemical attack on douma,

what difference will it make? i'm not an expert but i think a huge difference. the most important thing for any inspection team is to get on the ground and find evidence as fast as possible. it has already been ten days since the strike. they have beenin days since the strike. they have been in the country since saturday and still haven't got access to the site. i predicted several times when this process was first initiated that there would be delays initiated. we have had delays initiated. we have had delays initiated by documentation, claimed they didn't have the right paperwork. they are now claiming the delays due to security concerns. but we already know that some people have been on the site. independent journalists have had access to the site. they say it is a benign environment, they didn't seem to feel under threat. what is the motivation of a country to block chemical weapons inspectors going on? the obvious motivation is they

didn't want the inspectors on the ground to be able to do theirjob. but to me, syrians have been denying chemical strike took place, so it is of their best interest to get impartial inspectors that as soon as possible but that is not happening stoplight doctor, you're just back from italy, not farfrom stoplight doctor, you're just back from italy, not far from the turkish border, not farfrom from italy, not far from the turkish border, not far from the mediterranean sea. —— you are just back from idlib. it is held by people not loyal to president assad. i want people not loyal to president assad. iwantai people not loyal to president assad. i want a i knew viewers know something about idlib, 165,000 people lived there before 2010, a similar numberto people lived there before 2010, a similar number to the people who live in the town of bury. now in idlib an extra 1.5 million people have been forcibly passed there or had to move there to escape violence. tell us how you found it

in idlib? in idlib now, 50,000 displaced people from eastern ghouta on about position. at the same time, there are not any protection procedures against the regime and attacks. as you know, the bombardment still continues in this area. many people were killed and injured. at the same time, there are not shelters, not food, not a good response for this number. now in

idlib and the countryside of idlib and the eastern side of aleppo, millions of people. this number is people need and international law to protect them from the bombardment and airstrikes and protect them from the bombardment and air strikes and another kind of conflict issues. many people would agree with that. it is very unlikely to happen. what do you think is going to happen then to the people that are now in idlib? you know, the people in idlib, will speak about this situation here, stop the killing, stop the displacement. this number is people need a suggestion

by any side to stop this war. you know, the local organisation and humanitarian organisation response for this displacement by armed services for this displacement. now many people leave schools, leave mosques, on the street without any help. i suggest if the regime tries to advance to idlib, this number of people will move to the turkish border, maybe the north of aleppo, maybe to other places, but the condition is very difficult for them, because there is displacement.

0k, thank you so much for talking to pass. next we are going to talk about the woman who has died in the united states after she was partially sucked from a plane after an engine failed. the blast shattered the window she was sitting next to. seven other people were injured when the aircraft, made an emergency landing in philadelphia. one passenger, marty martinez, streamed the incident on social media. he later described what happened. it felt like it was freefalling, and eve ryo ne it felt like it was freefalling, and everyone is freaking out, everybody is crying, there was an explosion and almost immediately the oxygen masks came down. in a matter of ten seconds, the engine hit a window and

busted it wide open. the pilot tammiejo shults is being hailed as a hero with "nerves of steel" — after taking the plane into rapid descent, it's thought she helped prevent a far worse tragedy by calmly landing the plane. here's part of the audio between the pilot and air traffic controllers. firefighters on the ground said they found a fuel leak in the damaged engine and used foam to extinguish a fire. 149 passengers and crew were on board. our transport correspondent victoria fritz is here.

tell us more about the pilot? she is being hailed as a hero. you heard from the audio just how cool, calm and collected she was on that conversation to air traffic control. she managed to take control of this aircraft at 32,000 feet and safely landed at philadelphia. some passengers have described the landing is extraordinary smooth, and this is with one engine. tammiejo shults was a navy veteran before she became a commercial pilot. she is married to a pilot as well. she was one of america's very first female fighter pilots. sometimes there is a lot of stereotyping when it comes to pilots, there are only 3% of women are pilots across the world, it is a bit higher in the us in the uk, but lots of plaudits coming in for tammiejo lots of plaudits coming in for tammie jo shults today. and the engine that appeared to explode, or

those are the reports, is used on many commercial airlines, isn't it? how anxious will be industry be? we have already heard from this particular airline that they will be checking all of these engines. we have heard from the likes of korea airas have heard from the likes of korea air as well saying that they will check. it is up to 30% of 737s around the world. if you look at 737s, you are missing a windowjust in front of where the engine would be and where the fan blade would be if it were to hit. there is a reason for that, it is because it is to stop any kind of problems, but it doesn't mean that there wouldn't be bits of fuselage that could hit somewhere else, which is what happened here, it hit the 17th row and went through three layers of glass to depressurised the entire plane, which of course is a problem for the entire plane, notjust people sitting on that road. so it is quite amazing that this pilot was

able to land this plane safely and get all the passengers and crew off that pilot once 5::: pilot once she 53: it pilot once she 53: it walked )ilot once she of it"ie‘ii it‘ifiit fiiir gemma’w’erdrwho emt- in the hope that her story will stop other children falling prey to sexual predators online. michael wood was jailed for three years in january this year after he admitted three counts of sexual activity with a child when gemma was 15. she's now written to the culture secretary,

matt hancock, asking him to force social networks to protect children online. she's waived her right to anonymity to talk to our reporter anna adams — we should tell you that there are some graphic sexual descriptions in this report, i'm studying for my a—levels and learning how to drive. doing all the normal stuff a normal 17—year—old would do, but i want to tell you about what happened to me when i was 15 years old, because that wasn't ordinary or anything that a 15—year—old should have to go through. i'd just broken up from school for the christmas holidays. i was feeling quite lonely. my friends lived far out, i didn't have much to do. so ijust posted a tweet. my tweet said something along the lines of, feeling quite lonely, someone dm, whichjust means someone direct message me. that's when he got in contact. hejust said, are you 0k?

like the sound of this guy. i thought that he was quite a good person. after about a week, this began to get flirty. i do remember him saying once, like, you've got a nice body. like, you've got a really nice body and obviously that made me feel really good about myself and i thought, well, no—one's ever going to say that again. that's what i was thinking. like, it was really nice to hear that from someone and, um, also right at the start he would be, like, what is a pretty girl like you doing being single? and ijust thought, wow, 0k. he sent me a picture and then threatened that he would not talk to me if i didn't send some in return. and what was the picture of? his penis. i felt quite uncomfortable because i didn't think

we were at that place yet to be doing anything like that. he used to tell me what he wanted to see, you know, what angles, stuff like that. so after a few months it was just normal for me to do that, but also quite exhausting because he'd only ever want to speak to me at night and throughout the day i was obviously busy with school. did he know what age you were? yes. yeah, he did. it was one of our first conversations we had about ages. he wouldn't... by that point i also knew how old he was, um, but he definitely knew i was 15. i thought it was different to anything else. i was saying to my friends, like, he's not, you know, he's not a weirdo, he's a nice person. he was just an average man that you would see every day in the streets. you wouldn't look at him and think anything different.

he first met me after three months of talking. he asked me, he was, like, can i come over to your house and see you? i knew what for. he, um, ialways said no. i said i wasn't ready for him to come over and then eventually ijust, in fright of losing him, ijust let him come over one day. he parked in the back streets. he was so scared of being caught. he always used to say the earlier the better because less people would see him about. i was quite shy. i didn't say anything to him. he had sex with me and, um, it was only in a way that he wanted it. so i didn't really get a say in it. i didn't speak at all. i didn't give any form of consent, even though i didn't say anything, it wasn't exactly like i said no

because i didn't have the confidence to say no, but it wasn't like i agreed to it either. then the next week he did the same thing. came over, did what he wanted and then left within about 20 minutes. he came over five times. three times when i was... 15 and twice when i was 16. and then once i turned 16, he kind ofjust switched off. he wasn't too bothered. and did he know that he'd taken your virginity? yeah, he knew that, and he was quite proud of that. i confided in a friend and she got very concerned for me because he had sent me a message talking about me going to london and he wanted my

13—year—old cousin to come with and that's when things started to click in my head, this is not right at all. and it wasjust because he brought in another family member into the conversation i thought, right, he can hurt me all he wants, but he's not going to hurt my little cousin. so i went to my friend, talked to her about it and she went and spoke to her mum. her mum wanted to then speak to me. she said, if you don't tell the police, i will. i didn't want to class myself as a victim. i did believe that i was at fault rather than him, and that's what i thought up until my mum found out. i always thought that i was in the wrong for everything that had ever happened. how did you feel about this going to court? i was nervous, yeah.

i was nervous, more nervous about if i had to go to trial, but luckily he was sensible enough to plead guilty to everything that he'd done. i'm a big fan of wigan athletic. i use twitter to follow football news and use facebook to keep in contact with my friends. i should be able to do that safely without being groomed. please make sure that i can. yours sincerely, gemma. i thought at the time at 15 that i was quite mature for my age, but then i thought, what other 15—year—old doesn't think that? so looking back now, i'm a lot more mature than what i was when i was 15 and i think, yeah, i was basicallyjust a child. what a woman. 17—year—old gemma

talking to our reporter. let's talk now to andy burrows from the nspcc, the national society for the prevention of cruelty to children. you've got some new data on this about what's happened since the offence of sexual communication with a child was introduced in march last year. in this first nine months of the new offence, there has been more than 1600 offences, and what is really concerning is that more than half of those have taken place either on facebook or on platforms that facebook or on platforms that facebook own, and i think that is really concerning, because the biggest sites should be those who have the greatest resources, who should have the greatest ambition to wa nt to should have the greatest ambition to want to make sure the grooming is not happening on their sites, and that ambition is clearlyjust not there. they are failing to stop grooming happening on their sites. you are talking about facebook, instagram, whatsapp? yes. the government is introducing a volu nta ry government is introducing a voluntary code of practice for social networks, what you think of

that and is it good enough? they are suggesting another form of self—regulation, and over the last decade or so, we have seen that social media firms have been able to mark their own homework when it comes to child safety online. there is no consistent or common set of rules they have to follow, and that means that simply not enough has been done. what we need to see is a culture shift, social media firms putting child protection front and centre of what they do, and that hasn't happened. and after a decade or so of that not happening, we are now at the point where the only thing that can realistically change this is for the culture secretary to step in now and legislate. thank you very much, andy burrows from the nspcc. let me bring you this breaking news. the father of alfie evans has met the pope at the vatican today. the pope has previously tweeted about the case, and mentioned it in sunday prayers. we are hearing that the father of alfie evans has met the pope at the

vatican this morning. latest news and sport on the way at ten o'clock, but here is the latest weather with simon. in sucha simon. in such a positive mood! many of us should be very positive through this morning. we have had some sunshine across southern parts of england and up across southern parts of england and up into the north—east of scotland. in kent, blue skies, but not sunshine for all of us. quite a bit of cloud across northern ireland, from one of our weather watchers here, but if you have got the cloud at the moment, it will tend to finland broke up, and there will be some sunshine coming through, and it will become warm, if not very warm. this is the latest satellite imagery, you can see the cloud streaming up across northern ireland. bits of rain associated with that as well, but as you notice, as we go through today, that cloud is just drifting further north, all of england and wales some of england and scotland having those

temperatures, it will be warm, up to 25 celsius, and even where there is more cloud around, temperature still in the mid teens. as we go through tonight, we have still got this cloud and rain, it is an old weather front hanging around a little bit. elsewhere, clear skies into tonight. there will be a bit of coastal mist and fog coming into the shore from time to time, and temperatures overnight down to about 12 degrees. we will still keep some coastal mist and fog around the south coast, perhaps around the north sea as well, but otherwise it is going to be another sunny day on thursday, clear blue skies across most parts, and for some of us, even warmer, temperatures up to 28 celsius in the capital, further north and west perhaps just a little fresher with those temperatures in the mid to high teens again. going into friday, this is the pressure chart, not much going on it, really, high pressure in charge, but the wind comes round

more from the westerly, so that means there might be a bit more cloud around on friday, still some rain expected across the far north—west of scotland. because that change in wind direction will be a little lower, but still above the average for the time of year, so still, 15-17d average for the time of year, so still, 15—17d in scotland and northern ireland, 21 to 24 degrees, so still a very pleasant afternoon in the sunshine. into the weekend, a lot of dry and fine weather, it becomes a little, catered later on saturday into sunday, and there could be some thunder showers in western areas, but ijust want could be some thunder showers in western areas, but i just want to end on the london marathon, because if you are taking part in any way, it could end up being one of the warmest london marathons on record, temperatures expected to get as high as 24 degrees, so bear that in mind. hello. it's wednesday, it's 10 o'clock, i'm victoria derbyshire. our top story today: a passenger has died in the united states after being partially sucked from the window of a plane mid—flight.

it felt like it was freefalling. everyone was crying. also, the "misery" caused to windrush migrants — as more cases emerge of people who've been told they are living here illegally. labour says the home secretary should consider her position. i think this incident is so shameful, and has caused such distress to so many people that she really needs to consider her position. we'll be speaking to a man who came to the uk as a baby in the 60s and has been fighting to prove his legal status. also, this programme can reveal that over half of siblings in foster care or care homes in some local authorities are being separated from their brothers and sisters i needed that person and that person was basically dragged away from me and taken away where i wouldn't see them

and would have no contact. so many of you getting in touch with your own experiences. we hearfrom some of you in the next half an hour of the programme. good morning. time for the latest news. here's ben in the bbc newsroom with a summary of todays news. a woman has died after being partially sucked out of the window of an american passenger plane. one of the plane's engines exploded while it was flying between new york and dallas. shrapnel from the blast broke one of the plane's windows, causing the aircraft to depressurise, 30,000 feet up in the air. the pilot managed to make an emergency landing in philadelphia. this was the moment the pilot of the southwest airlines flight made contact with air traffic control. here, labour says the home

secretary amber rudd should "consider her position" over the misery caused by her department's treatment of windrush generation migrants. the call, from shadow home secretary diane abbott, follows fears that people who arrived in the uk as children decades ago, and who should have indefinite leave to remain, now face deportation because of a lack of documentation. yesterday, the home office admitted disposing of thousands of landing cards, which had recorded the dates people arrived in britain. inflation fell last month to its lowest level for a year. the consumer price index dropped from 2.7% in february to 2.5% in march. the fall has dampened expectations of an interest rate rise, and saw the pound fall slightly against the dollar on the currency markets. the head of the cia

is reported to have travelled to north korea to meet the country's leader, kim jong—un. according to unnamed officials, mike pompeo went to pyongyang over the easter weekend to prepare for direct talks between mr kim and the american president. donald trump is currently hosting the japanese prime minister and he told reporters that five locations are being considered for the meeting. the former first lady of the united states, barbara bush has died at the age of 92. she was married to president george bush for 73 years, and was the mother of president george w bush. as first lady, she set up a foundation for family literacy, helping parents and children of disadvantaged americans to read and write. she spoke out against segregation and backed more liberal views on abortion rights. that's a summary of the latest bbc news, more at 10:30. send us an e—mail,

bbcbrea kfast@bbc. co. uk, send us an e—mail, bbcbreakfast@bbc.co.uk, or message us on bbcbreakfast@bbc.co.uk, or message us on twitter as well. these are comments from you. samantha says," we are foster carers with a sibling... asibling we are foster carers with a sibling... a sibling group of three, they will be split up next week, even though we offered to adopt them. " "children adopted into our family come from a family of five sibling, split into two grid, to give the toddlers a chance of having a foreverfamily, give the toddlers a chance of having a forever family, two easy kids are easier to adopt and five. the older children remain in foster care." this text from somebody that doesn't wish to use their name. "i understand how difficult it must be to be separated from sibling, however, i have three children that have shared trauma, and this has a negative impact on two children's relationships, and this affects

their lives on a daily basis as well as their brothers." thank you for those. we'll is back with us. the accrington stanley owner, when i spoke to him last night after accrington stanley sealed promotion, hopefully, we can get him on skype and talk to him later. we remember the milk ad, accrington stanley, the most famous minnow club, ceiling promotion for the first time in their history. billy kee scored twice against yeovil in a 2—0 win. the club went bust in 1962. these are the scenes last night, brilliant scenes. there is andy holt in the flat cap on the left. unbeaten in 14, extending their lead at the top of the table to four points as they close in on the title, a great achievement by managerjohn coleman, who has been at the club for 17 yea rs over two who has been at the club for 17 years over two stints. the second

lowest average attendance in the efl cup and a tiny wage bill. he was named manager of the season. great scenes, congratulations to everyone at accrington stanley. write an closer to securing premier league survival after a 1—1 draw to totte n ha m. league survival after a 1—1 draw to tottenham. harry kane scored his 26th league goal of the season to put spurs in front. brighton were behind forjust two minutes before pascal gross levelled with a penalty. this is kane putting them in front here. brighton fans celebrating at the full—time whistle as if they'd secured premier league survival. they are nearly there. the last four games are away to burnley, manchester city, liverpool and at home to manchester united. spurs are now eight clear of chelsea in the race to finish in the top four, they faced manchester united next in the fa cup semifinal. we've got four big games now. and when you think perhaps, on paper,

our less of the four games is burnley away, they have had an incredible season. we have four very tough games, but the performance like that against the quality of totte n ha m like that against the quality of tottenham will certainly give this group of lads confidence. mark cavendish will make his return from injury in next month's tour of auction. the formal road race world champion has been involved in a number of crashes in his starting the season but will be on the start line in beverley. he is not sure how his form will be, but has recovered quicker than expected from rib and ankle problems. those of you that have played football never like to be substituted, especially after barely half an hour, but one player in bolivia really wasn't. look at this. diarra gowda santos was the man taken. he went straight over to tell his coaching set you what he thought of the decision. his team—mates off the bench coming to his rescue. he was pulled over to the bench, before making his case and being removed

from the sidelines completely. i would be amazed, victoria, if he is in the team next week. that is all the sports and out. labour are calling on the home secretary amber rudd to consider resigning over the windrush row. the government has apologised that many people who came to the uk as children in the first wave of commonwealth immigration were told that they were here illegally, because they didn't have the required documents. dianne abbot is the shadow home secretary. i think this incident is so shameful and has caused such distress to so many people that she really needs to consider her position. on the landing cards, which the government says it is confirmed they were destroyed, and there is no definitive proof for people to prove their status, what do you think think it was the right move to destroy them and what you make of the government's justification? destroy them and what you make of the government'sjustification? the government is wrong to dismiss the importance of the landing cards.

many of these windrush generation cases turn on when did the person first enter the country? and the landing cards would have proved that definitively. the fact they were just thrown away shows the home office doesn't have a careful commonwealth migrants, despite what amber rudd is saying now. the home office says it's looking at 49 cases as a result of calls over the course of yesterday. it's also emerged that landing cards belonging to windrush migrants were destroyed by the home office in 2010. no one knows who it was exactly who gave the orders to destroy those cards, but that decision helped set in train a series of events that have made life incredibly difficult for the children of those immigrants. they've had to prove that they are british or, in theory, face being thrown out. the windrush generation are named after the empire windrush ship which brought workers from the west indies to britain in 1948. we can speak now to nick broderick, who came to the uk as a baby in 1962 and has been fighting

for the past four years to prove his legal status. he came from kingston, jamaica. nick's brother, andrew broderick, who came to the uk at the same time as a 16 year old with his own passport, unlike nick, who travelled on his mother's passport. polly mackenzie advised the deputy prime minister, nick clegg, at the time when theresa may was the home secretary. welcome, all of you. nick, how did it come to pass that the home office was asking you to prove who you were and why you were allowed to stay in this country? i didn't have a birth certificate, and that was the start of all my troubles quite a few years ago. i applied to jamaica to get one sent over, but i tried three, four times, plus £70 which kind of disappeared, to no avail. by that time, things were getting really hot

with the immigration office, because let's face it there are thousands of illegal immigrant is over here the moment, and they wanted to weed out those who weren't. but it is the way they applied it. it caused a lot of stress, you know, because my brother had to go to jamaica to get me one, but that wasn't enough. i sent him all the documentation that i could to eight mr hegley from the home office, and he said he couldn't find it. we had to do it again, and again to another department. and in march last year you received a letter from the home office, and you have brought that with you. would it be all right to have a quick scan of that? and this effectively says, grant of leave to remain, private life rules. and it talks about your application which you submitted for limited leave to remain on the basis of yourfamily and limited leave to remain on the basis of your family and private life being in the uk. sorry, this was

november 20 17. i am writing to inform you that you have been granted a period of 30 months limited leave to remain on the private life route under the legislation. when you read that, what will you thinking? what went through my head was, it has not stopped. it seems there is another barrier put there, and it will go on, because that doesn't mean i can stay permanently. it is a bit like being a nowhere man. there is no real strong basis for me to stay here. this is another hurdle. how does that make you feel? it is stressful, because before that i was informed by border control that there was a van on the way to take me to there was a van on the way to take metoa there was a van on the way to take me to a detention centre. thankfully, the lady got it turned around for me, and i am very grateful she did that, otherwise i might not be here now. but effectively a van is on its way to you because they are saying you are

an illegal immigrant. you because they are saying you are an illegal immigrantlj you because they are saying you are an illegal immigrant. i had to sign into a police station every month, they wanted to keep an eye on me. it makes you feel a little bit like a criminal. and the worst thing about it, you are not allowed any nhs treatment, so if you are ill, and i know there are quite a few people in this country in the same position who are ill at the moment and are denied treatment. i have got a really bad right foot, i can't get it done. i can't go because it says here that you will be flagged up and that will destroy any hope of you staying here, so it puts you in a very dark place. what you mean by that? i contemplated suicide at one time. did you? yes, because i didn't wa nt to time. did you? yes, because i didn't want to go back to jamaica and sit outside the airport and wait for the end. i discussed it with my wife, without my children, obviously, and we had a suicide kit ready for me to go. that is really shocking and distressing. it has left me a little

bit even though have got my license back now, i don't think i'm in the right frame of mind to drive again, because it had been such a halibut time for me. what you do for a living? i drive, coach driving, minibus driving, but it is terrible. andrew, did you know that your brother was going through this?” didn't know the three months that he was made an illegal immigrant. he was made an illegal immigrant. he was so was made an illegal immigrant. he was so withdrawn, ijust wondered what was happening, and he eventually admitted what was happening. and it hasn't happened to you, because you had a passport as you, because you had a passport as you came here as a 16—year—old, unlike your brother who came on his mum's passport. what you think about the way the home office have handled this? i would probably say a bit left wing —ish are my actual views, it seemed like a deliberate act to... lessen the immigrant

population of this country. it is frightening to think, it hasn'tjust happened six months ago. he has been in this situation now for over a year. he can't work. he has been denied any possibility of work. he can't claim anything. he has no legal rights whatsoever. so he can't even go to a lawyer and say, this is the situation i am in. what he can do, he could do things if he had money, but fortunately my sister—in—law, she has a job. she is an £800 a month, £400 of that is read, and for all this time, that has been keeping them alive with no chance of working. if he is caught working, he is kicked out of the country. polly mckenzie, adviser to

the then deputy and that is to nick clegg at the time when theresa may was home secretary. remind the audience about that time and what the view was amongst the coalition government about immigrants should be treated, illegal immigrant is. we need to start in 2010, where the conservatives had this mission to cut immigration to the tens of thousands per year. the lib dems had never signed up to that, but nevertheless, theresa may pursued it as an objective under serious pressure from david cameron, but of course we we re pressure from david cameron, but of course we were still in the european union, we still are, course we were still in the european union, we stillare, so course we were still in the european union, we still are, so controlling eu migration was not possible. so theresa may, in order to try to get this target achieved, had to focus on non—eea migrants, huge majority of whom are from the commonwealth, and illegal migrants, so she had a five—year programme during her time as home secretary going relentlessly

through everything to try and make life a bit harder for illegal immigrant is, particularly making it really difficult to survive without the right paperwork to get by, so this doctrine of creating a hostile environment was developed. so that you had to be able to produce papers to get benefits, but then for the first time, nhs treatment, they wanted to see papers to get kids into schools. nick has talked very distressingly about losing his driving licence, and that was something where the home office worked very deliberately with the dv la worked very deliberately with the dvla and the department for transport to systematically remove driving licences from people, as happens in other parts of the system, if they thought that they didn't have the right to be here. all really in order to target that immigration number, and i think what they missed, i remember making the case at the time, but we didn't win all of the arguments, was that there we re all of the arguments, was that there were loads of people who are here who don't have all the right

paperwork, but not because they are illegal immigrants, and i think that mindset in the home office developed that everybody who doesn't have the right paperwork is just a that everybody who doesn't have the right paperwork isjust a bad guy who ought to be deported, who is probably involved in human trafficking, and probably drug smuggling, when actually a huge numberof smuggling, when actually a huge number of people have just been the victims of a deeply incompetent system. and the environment you describe, does that explain why those landing cards and possibly there was a landing card for you all those years ago, were destroyed in 2010, because that was the environment? i don't think they were destroyed deliberately. no, but it isa destroyed deliberately. no, but it is a part, if in 2010, there wasn't any money left, every apartment was expected to cut. you can imagine even something as boring sounding a

storage costs would have been cut. diane abbott has called on amber rudd to resign, to consider resigning from her position. what do you think about that? do you think she should? it is a bit extreme. she is in power, why doesn't she made good of this fiasco? if she is there, she is in power, give her a chance to do good. don't start sacking everybody. life is hard for many people. why make it harder? she is in the right place now to do some good, and she should be able to if she is given the right powers to do so. she is given the right powers to do so. i don't hate the british government or anything like that. it is just unfortunate this happened to me and thousands more people. let them do good and make it better than people, and end this stress and this horrible situation we are in. thank you very much. we asked a

representative from the government tojoin us, and it wasn't representative from the government to join us, and it wasn't possible. they're known as the hooded men. they were 14 men who claim to have been hooded, beaten and tortured in northern ireland in1971. they say police officers from royal ulster constabulary were trained by the british army in the techniques, to try and get information about the ira. ten of the men are still alive, and they're going back to court, to try and secure what they say would be justice, a full investigation, to find out who ordered their alleged torture. today, the police service of northern ireland — which replaced the royal ulster constabulary — is appearing a high court ruling calling for a fresh inquiry into the torture claims. let's talk now to francis mcguigan, who's one of the 14 hooded men. he says he was tortured for seven days in the early 70s. grainne teggart from amnesty international has been campaigning on behalf of the men.

we should warn you, in the course of this conversation, we will hear some descriptions of violence, which you may find distressing francis mcguigan, you say you were dragged out of bed one night in 1971 and subjected to seven days of torture. describe what happened to you. i was dragged out of bed at four o'clock in the morning by three british army members, put into the back of a british army lorry and made to lie face down. we drove to kirkwood barracks, and i was held there for the next 48 hours. i was then put into a small room, held there for a couple of hours, and then taken out and into the corridor where a hood was placed over my head. i was handcuffed behind my back and i was then taken out along with three other lads and placed into a british army helicopter,

which took off and flew as it now turns out about 35, 40 minutes. we had heard stories about this helicopter taking lads out, going up and down, round and round, then throwing them out and they were only a few feet off the ground, but we we re a few feet off the ground, but we were hooded and handcuffed. the helicopter appeared to slow down, the compression doors opened, and i was just gripped and physically thrown out of the helicopter backwards. hadn't a clue what vaitai was out. but i was caught by some soldiers and taken into this room. the food was removed. there was a man with a white coat and a stethoscope, that i assumed to be a doctor, and after a 32nd medical examination, the hood was put back on, my close were removed and i was placed into a boiler suit. and for the next seven days, that boiler suit became my day clothes, my mike

nig htclothes suit became my day clothes, my mike nightclothes and also my toilet because we were denied to use the toilets during those seven days. and where you accused of being a member of the ira? where you there, as you understood it, to give information about the ira? i was there because i had been active in several riots, and in belfast housing act committees and i had always been a lifelong republican. and that is the only reason i could think that they had singled me, not only me but 14 of us, out for torture. had singled me, not only me but 14 of us, out fortorture. i had singled me, not only me but 14 of us, out for torture. i was placed against a wall with this white noise, fingertips and toes, and i physically collapsed. refused to stand against the wall, i was beaten, so i decided to take a break and stand against the wall, and i noticed this white noise as it is now described, coming in. it appeared to come in through my hair, down through my body and out through

my toes, and itjust kept circling round. it touched every nerve and sinew in my body. and it kept getting louder and louder and louder. we collapsed, were beaten back up against the wall again. then i remember coming to, being dragged along a corridor, and brought in, placed on a chair. my hands were handcuffed behind my back. the hood was removed and there were two man city two desks, —— to men sitting at desksin city two desks, —— to men sitting at desks in front of me. i was accused of nearly everything that had happened throughout the whole six counties during the previous couple of years, and at the same time had these bright lights shining in my eyes, one guy behind me, swinging the hand cuffs, or he would hit me in the back of the head. one interrogator used to lean and

physically put his forehead to mine, and he could actually be screaming and he could actually be screaming and shouting, and i could feel the spittle from his voice hitting me in the face, and i couldn't wipe it away because i was handcuffed. these interrogations could last up to three orfour hours, interrogations could last up to three or four hours, then the hood was placed back on and we were told back to the music room, the room with a white noise. mr magoo -- -- mr mcguigan... for with a white noise. mr magoo -- -- mr mcguigan. .. for seven days, i was interrogated or handcuffed to a cast—iron pipe. i had no skin on my wrists, i broke three ribs, the instead of my feet were scraped. i lost a stone and a half in wait in seven lost a stone and a half in wait in seven days. and that happened to each and every one of us, and each one of these men could tell you the

same story as i am telling you. i am trying to describe seven days of pure hell in five minutes. it simply can't be done. none of us felt that we we re ever can't be done. none of us felt that we were ever going to be able to get out of there alive. we felt that they were never going to release us to tell the world what they had just done to us. we worked on the assumption that when they were finished with us here they would kill us, dumped cars, blow us up, whatever, but none of us were getting out alive. so you came to accept the fact that death was inevitable, and you just wanted it to be sooner rather than later, because i just simply can't take much more of this, and that went on for seven solid days. i appreciate it is difficult to describe the horror of what you experienced in that time. in a short time this morning, i am gratefulfor that. i would like to bring in grainne teggart from amnesty international. this is about whether

or not the police should investigate now what happened to the men 47 yea rs now what happened to the men 47 years ago. yes, in 2017, the belfast high court ruled the methods used to interrogate these men were unlawful. the ps and i have taken a decision in prydie14 have decided not to progress “— in prydie14 have decided not to progress —— 2014. the judge said it was wrong and a flawed decision. a new process should begin afresh. they are? '5 over whether it is fit to interview and investigate the former colleagues. but as amnesty international, the men have been denied justice, which is unacceptable. no one is above the law. those that sanctioned the torture and carried it out must be held accountable, and where possible, prosecuted. thank you very

much. grainne teggart from amnesty international and francis mcguigan, we are grateful for your time. thank you. still to come: more than half of siblings in foster care or care homes in some local authorities are separated from each other. we'll be speaking to some of those who were split up — as health experts warn the fight against malaria is reaching a critical level, we'll be hearing from a tv presenter and olympic athlete who caught malaria. they want to stop the number of malaria cases going up. time for the latest news. here's ben. good morning, victoria. a woman has died after being partially sucked out of the window of an american passenger plane. one of the plane's engines exploded while it was flying between new york and dallas.

shrapnel from the blast broke one of the plane's windows, causing the aircraft to depressurise 30,000 feet up in the air. the pilot managed to make an emergency landing in philadelphia. labour says the home secretary amber rudd should "consider her position" over the misery caused by her department's treatment of windrush generation migrants. it follows fears that people who arrived in the uk as children decades ago, and who should have indefinite leave to remain, now face deportation because of a lack of documentation. yesterday, the home office admitted disposing of thousands of landing cards which had recorded the dates people arrived in britain. i think this incident is so shameful and has caused such distress to so many people that she really needs to consider her position. inflation fell last month to its lowest level for a yea r.

consumer price index inflation dropped from 2.7% in february to 2.5% in march. the fall has dampened expectations of an interest rate rise, and saw the pound fall slightly against the dollar on the currency markets. the head of the cia is reported to have travelled to north korea to meet the country's leader, kim jong—un. according to unnamed officials, mike pompeo went to pyongyang over the easter weekend to prepare for direct talks between mr kim and the american president. donald trump is currently hosting the japanese prime minister and he told reporters that five locations are being considered for the meeting. that's a summary of the latest bbc news. more from me at 11am. thank you for this message from a viewer that doesn't leave their name, it's long but worth reading. it is about siblings being separated

when taken into care. "good morning, i was taken into the care system at 11. my siblings were neglected by our parents and extended family, so we formed a very strong bonds with each other. i took the mothering role of the younger three. me and my eldest brother were extremely close. we were best friends and did everything together. when you live an environment when you are a blues and neglect, you cling to ones that ca re and neglect, you cling to ones that care about you on which for me was my oldest brother. we were spit up as soon as we went my oldest brother. we were spit up as soon as we went into care, despite us protesting. we were happy to be put into care away from our pa rents, to be put into care away from our parents, but we felt heartbroken being ripped apart. ifelt a huge sense of loss, and this affected my behaviour. i stopped engaging with social workers. i felt so guilty that i had split the family up. i had disclosed that a baby—sitter had been sexually abusing me. and within a week, me and my eldest were put into care. i felt like a week, me and my eldest were put into care. ifelt like i couldn't

trust social workers because they didn't listen to my feelings. if i had been placed with my eldest brother, the trauma of care would have been much less and i wouldn't have been much less and i wouldn't have had the mental health problems i have had. the pain felt is beyond imagination. not only are you taken away from your family, friends, school and everything you have a lwa ys school and everything you have always known, you are then torn from your siblings, who you've developed a stronger bond with. i still haven't got over it, but me and my brother are back in the same area and we have regular contact. we are both 30 now with our own children and spouses. children placed in the ca re system and spouses. children placed in the care system and especially separated from siblings, experience difficulties with forming relationships and they develop attachment issues. " thank you for sharing that with us. we will talk more about it in the next half an hour. we'll is herewith the sport. brighton are closer to premier

league survival after drawing 1—1 with tottenham. harry kane scored his 26 goal of the season, that was to put spurs in front before pascal gross equalised from the penalty is what. brighton are now eight points above the relegation zone with four games to play. accrington stanley, john coleman's site have been promoted to league1 in theirfirst time in site have been promoted to league1 in their first time in history. site have been promoted to league1 in theirfirst time in history. they sealed promotion after a 2—0 win over yeovil. he has had a tough season with crashes, but mark cavendish hopes for better luck on home soil. he will race on the tour of yorkshire having overcome a republican. that is all the sport for now. health groups are warning that the fight against malaria is at a critical stage, as the number of cases worldwide reversed the downward trend and went up last year. at a malaria summit in london today, experts are hoping to urge leaders of commonwealth nations to commit to halving the number of cases within the next five years. malaria is a serious tropical disease spread by mosquitoes. last year, over 200 million people

got malaria, with around half a million dying from it. earlier, i spoke to charlie webster, the tv presenter who very nearly died after she caught malaria in brazil in 2016, and anyika 0nuora, olympic bronze medallist who contracted malaria in nigeria in 2015. i did the cycle ride, as you mentioned, for charity, and i arrived and just felt really ill quite quickly. and you know, i'd just done a charity cycle ride, which is a bit ridiculous, as in the length. so, i thought i'm just tired, i'm dehydrated, that must be what's wrong with me. and it very quickly alluded that i wasn't. i was actually bleeding out of everywhere. and that's one of my first symptoms. and i started to, kind of, get these convulsions, and shakes. i was in so much pain, and then i went to find a doctor,

but i was meant to be working on the olympic games as a presenter, and i was also an ambassador for team great britain, so i tried to avoid going to the doctor because i wanted to work! then eventually, when i did, it's a very long story, but they sent me away, then i went back and then, very quickly, four days later, i was in a coma on a life—support machine. and malaria had completely overtaken my whole body. i had multiple organ failure. my lungs had failed. i'd gotten various other things. and i'd got damage, what they thought, to the brain as well. but they didn't know it was malaria. that's why it's complicated in my case, because if you don't catch or diagnose malaria within the first couple of days, then it's very unlikely that you'll survive. and it was 12—14 days down the line before they tested me for malaria. by that point, they'd already given me 24 hours to live, which i think was the headline in the press at the time. gosh. wow...

that we ask anyika about you contracting malaria, because again, you didn't find out until much later, but you picked it up in nigeria, didn't you? yeah, idid. i was travelling between countries. so, i was in nigeria on holiday with my family for a few weeks, and then i came back, and i flew, left the uk, then i flew to dominican on vacation with my boyfriend. days into the holiday, that's when i kind of started to feel nausea, the vomiting, and you know, the diarrhoea, and just everything else in between. it was on and off, you know, with the fever and the hot flushes and stuff. what did it feel like? just constant pain. constant pain on and off. surprisingly, in the daytime, we were actually able to do stuff. so, it wasn't completely painful, but it was weird. come six, seven, eight o'clock at night, that's when everything would kick in. i would just kind of feel tired

and my eyes would get heavy. i would have a shaking convulsion during the night and i couldn't sleep. thankfully, i was home after ten days or whatever, so it wasn't completely bad. as soon as i got home, i went to see my team and he gave me blood tests and urine tests. and he said, you know, 24 hours later, there is something wrong with your kidneys. so we need to check you and see a specialist. i managed to make it to london in time, just about! and yeah, when i arrived at hospital, i pretty much collapsed. i wasjust, like, ok... whatever i've got, it's nothing bad. i was so in denial at the time. ijust have a headache or eaten some dodgy food... and because i was working towards the olympic games, i wanted to get back into training.

they said, no, we need to admit you straightaway. as soon as i was admitted, i knew something was seriously wrong. a couple of hours later, that is when it was diagnosed. charlie, why is it so significant and worrying that the figures for malaria are now going up? i think today is crucial. the reason why both myself and anyika are sat on your sofa, and we're heading straight to the commonwealth summit after this, is because if we don't all commit right now, we're going to have a major catastrophe on our hands, because we've worked so hard since 2000 to really change malaria. but it's still absolutely unacceptable that malaria is preventable, by the way, and treatable, that's why we're both luckily alive, because we had the treatment eventually. but it's completely unacceptable that something that we've put so much science and development into, that we know how to prevent, is killing a child every two minutes still. but as you ask the question, if we don't do something now, it's make or break date today, basically. it means were going to fall back into and increase it in rising

cases, because it was not long ago that a child was dying every 30 seconds. and even the latest world malaria reports has shown that there has been an increase of cases, due to various different factors. but we need to commit today, and you know, there are so many economic reasons why we do for the global economy, and 90% of the deaths of malaria are in the commonwealth, and 70% are children under five. that summit is in london today. over 50% of brothers and sisters in foster care or care homes in some local authorities are separated from each other — a freedom of information for this programme shows. 30 councils across england and wales reported to us that they had more siblings split up then kept together. in one london council, 73% of sibling groups are split up, in oxfordshire it's 68%. our reporter ashleyjohn baptiste has been looking into the impact it can have on children.

we bought you his full report earlier. here's a short extract. vicky willis, a 19—year—old mum who's also a care leaver. she was put into foster care at four years old with her younger brother and older sister, pip, due to neglect. at nine years old, she was moved again, and separated from her siblings. today she's visiting her sister for the first time in two years. so, what was it like for you, pip, being split from vicky in foster care? i hated everyone for doing it. yeah. it was difficult, because i'd gone from a tiny little village to a city. because you'd moved to oxford? yeah. and they're like your family? yeah, definitely. how close are you now? we're very close. all of us are. my other sister's getting married this year. your other sister? yeah. but vicky, what is it like to hear pip talk about her foster sister as her sister?

sorry! no, i'm used to it now. obviously, when i first started hearing it, because you didn't start calling them brothers and sisters to begin with. it was, like, quite a while in and then when you kept hearing brother and sister, i was, like, who are you on about? when a court makes a care order for a child or sibling group to go into care, the local authority then becomes responsible. we asked all 375 councils in england and wales how they have dealt with their looked—after sibling groups over the past few years. we heard that from only 50 councils, and according to those responses, nearly 2,500 sibling groups are currently split. clearly, that figure doesn't take into account sibling groups from councils that did not respond, suggesting that, in reality, the figure could be much higher. of the 50 councils that did respond, 30 of them currently have half or more of their sibling groups split up. some of the figures were striking. in islington, 73% of their sibling

groups are split up. in oxfordshire county council, it's 68%. 60% are split in cheshire west and chester, and in bridgend in wales, 58%. the lowest rate of separation was found in ealing in london where only 8% of looked after sibling groups are split. the local government association represents all councils in england and wales. we wanted to find out from them why so many siblings are split up in care. councils do sometimes have difficulty finding foster carers who can look after big groups of children when they all come into care together. there may be factors like that one of them has been a victim of sexual abuse. and it may be that in the interest of the whole sibling group of giving them a future together as a family, that child needs the space to have the treatment that they need. well, i'd like to make sure that that's only ever been done because it's the only thing that can be done in the best interests of those children.

there's a £2 billion funding gap in children's social care in england, and inevitably, that's going to have an impact on the way that councils do their work. let's talk to tolu abisogun — she's 19, and was separated from her twin brother in care when they were 8 or 9 years old. delma hughes is from a charity called siblings together. we are also talking to two viewers who were separated from their siblings.

welcome to all of you. you have spent all your life in care. you were separated from your twin brother aged seven or eight. what you are a member about that time? it was quite hard, because my social worker asks me if! hard, because my social worker asks me if i wanted to carry on living with my brother, so where ever he would move, iwould move, or! with my brother, so where ever he would move, i would move, or i could stay in the placement i was in. at that age, you don't understand what is going on, so i didn't know. i put my trust in my social worker at that age, and he said that everything was going to be ok, and then he ended up moving my brother miles away to kent andi moving my brother miles away to kent and i was in east london at the time, and it was so hard to get in contact with him, we didn't have phones or anything, so it was organised contact that i had with him. but! organised contact that i had with him. but i am lucky because a lot of people don't have contact with their siblings. but the next day when you woke up and your brother is not there any more? it was hard, because his room was exactly opposite to me, so his room was exactly opposite to me, so if! his room was exactly opposite to me, so if i was upset or anything, i

could just go and sit with him and talk with him, but when he's not there, you're just with strangers basically, there is nobody there that you can count on. ijust didn't have that support from the family, especially because i only know my mum and my brother, so to be split up mum and my brother, so to be split up from both of them, it is like you don't have family at all. so why couldn't you stay where you were? my foster carer was concerned that our behaviour was erratic and she couldn't take care of both of us, so she said that in order for the placement of work, one of us had to go. and because he was the boy, they made him leave. stacey, i raid your long message out earlier. thank you so long message out earlier. thank you so much for that. you were 11 when you were separated from your siblings, including your oldest brother who you were very close to. you had already been taken from your birth parents because of neglect. what was that like for you? as you

can imagine, it is quite traumatic, and you just feel really lonely and guilty, and you are not aware of why you are separated. the hardest part for me as i said in my message this morning was being taken away from my siblings. my younger ones, i looked after them and siblings. my younger ones, i looked afterthem andl siblings. my younger ones, i looked after them and i cared for them, as though i was their mum. we just had a really good relationship. they never asked if we wanted to be together, and we constantly asked if we could stay together, but they wouldn't let us, i think that probably helped inform the social workers as to why we shouldn't be together, and i think theyjust didn't look at the reasons why we we re didn't look at the reasons why we were behaving that way. and how many in total, how many brothers and sisters in total? five. i am going

to bring in martin. as a foster carer, would it be possible for you to ta ke carer, would it be possible for you to take on five brothers and sisters? do you know any foster ca re rs sisters? do you know any foster carers who could? very few. we only foster sibling groups, usually two or three at a time, and potentially we could take maybe four brothers and sisters, five, we have never been asked. but it is very rare, and our last placement of three siblings, we were the only family in we st siblings, we were the only family in west sussex who were able to accommodate three children at that time. thatjust accommodate three children at that time. that just shows you the shortage. that is an illustration from martin. it is hard for any foster carer to take on a number of siblings together. absolutely it is. accommodation and everything else. we tried to encourage local authorities and providers, even if

they can keep the siblings in close proximity so that they can go to school together, some way that their relationship can be maintained. it is important to keep them in mind. they don't all have to be under the same roof to have a relationship. and why is that so important, do you think? it is one thing to bring a child in the safety and to give them nurturing and care, but i think we also need to think about the long—term relationships for the future, foster ca re long—term relationships for the future, foster care won't be there after 18 or 16 for some, so to nurture those relationships early on, you have got relationships for life. john simmonds, in our film, the conservative leader of the local government association said there was a £2 billion funding gap in children's services. we have statement from the department for education saying local authorities have more than 200 billion available to local services up to 2019/20,

which includes funding for children's services. all councils have a duty to make sure a child can live with their siblings where it is in the best interest of the children. who is right and what is going on? there is a crisis in the ca re going on? there is a crisis in the care system. there is a crisis in relation to the availability of placements, and i think that issue that we heard from the foster carer, martin, about foster carers that have the accommodation, the resources, the support, the commitment to provide a placement for more than one or possibly two children, that is a huge issue and there does need to be a significant investment in the development of foster care placements which will enable siblings to stay properly together. and what is your reaction together. and what is your reaction to the fact that so many thousands of sibling groups are being split up according to our figures? it is a tragedy and a scandal. our relationship with our brothers and

sisters are the most long—standing relationships that we have, longer standing by probably 20 or 30 years to our parents. so sibling relationships are the core of who we are, and parents have to be included in that as well, and the risks that it poses to any one individual to lose contact with and not have the means to enable support and create the ongoing meaning of that relationship with everything that that actually means, it would be the one issue i'm sure that all of your listeners would recognise, but it is so listeners would recognise, but it is so fundamental to who we are, but i think it isjust ascribed now is a problem or a headache rather than seeing the kind of opportunity and the resource that provides us all with. there is a big review going on about foster care at the moment which the department for education is leading, the sector are very involved in it. this must be one of the core issues that that review

addresses, because the current situation is unacceptable. stacey, how old are you now? and 28 now. so you are back in touch with your siblings, orjust some of them? yes, the majority of them. the younger ones, the relationshipjust wasn't there because we didn't coric other, so we there because we didn't coric other, so we don't see each other. and how do you feel about that? sad. really sad. what about you, tolu? what is your relationship with your twin brother? it is quite hard, because we have been in different situations growing up, so we don't really know each other, so when we do talk, we tend to clash quite a bit, and because we don't live in the same pa rt because we don't live in the same part of london, we don't get to see each other that often either. if we are both quite busy, we have to sort it out ourselves, and it is quite ha rd it out ourselves, and it is quite hard because it has definitely put a

strain on our relationship. i do definitely want to make things work between us, but i don't really know how to. delma, you are 18 months old when you are separated from your six brothers and sisters, all seven of you went to different places.” lived with one sister for a time but ultimately we were separated. and ta ke ultimately we were separated. and take a new 34 years to find one of your brothers? yes. and eu think, thank god i found your brothers? yes. and eu think, thank god ifound him, or do you feel like you have wasted three decades? it is a bit of both. i was really pleased to find him, it was ha rd to really pleased to find him, it was hard to track down, but at the same time, in my own children and his children would have benefited from meeting each other and having that sense of family. we have all grown up sense of family. we have all grown up and had ourfamilies sense of family. we have all grown up and had our families separated, andi up and had our families separated, and i think the issue of isolation for care and i think the issue of isolation for ca re leavers and i think the issue of isolation for care leavers is something we can address by bringing families

together. let me read this. i am the old est together. let me read this. i am the oldest sibling of six, all separated and put into care in 1993, i was 12. i made it my life's ambition to get them back. ispent i made it my life's ambition to get them back. i spent years and thousands of the high court to get custody of three of my siblings. i had to be assessed and go through a foster panel to get custody of my own siblings. we are extremely close now, but suffered terrible anxiety as two siblings have still been lost in the system after 27 years. each day we miss and pray we find them and are reunited. you might be watching this programme now, you could be two of those siblings. marlene is the oldest, put into care in1983, marlene is the oldest, put into care in 1983, she is looking for you and we're going to help you track them down. what do you think of that?” think that is fantastic that she has contacted you, but i really hope she finds them. it is really worth looking for your siblings. for a lot of people who have been adopted as

well, one of the first members of theirfamily they well, one of the first members of their family they want to know about. thank you all very much. i really appreciate all of you, john, stacey, martin, tolu, delma. bbc newsroom, live next. a good day. good morning. we still have a bit of cloud affecting northern parts of the uk, but as we go through the day, that will tend to disappear, and for most of us we will be enjoying clear blue skies such as this down towards cornwall. you can see from the imagery here that cloud just slowly melting away a crossing lynn and wales, you can still see some cloud in north—west scotland, perhaps to the west of northern

ireland, some outbreaks of rain, but otherwise plenty of blue skies and sunshine, and those temperatures today, 25 celsius across england and wales, even for scotland and northern ireland, temperatures up into the mid—teens. through this evening and tonight, we have got this old weather front which is bringing cloudy skies and outbreaks of rain in the west of scotland. elsewhere through into thursday, more sunshine, a bit of coastal mist and fog onshore from time to time, temperatures tomorrow could be as high as 28 in the capital, and further north and west, temperatures still 23, 24, even across scotland and northern ireland. this is bbc news, and these are the top stories developing at 11: labour calls for the home secretary

to "consider her position" over the "misery" caused to windrush migrants, after it emerges that landing cards were destroyed by the home office. a woman dies after a us plane's engine explodes mid—air causing her to be partially sucked out of the window. is physically on fire? the head of the cia has reportedly travelled to north korea to meet the country's leader, kim jong—un. inflation fell to 2.5% in march, the lowest rate in a year — raising doubts over an expected interest rates hike.