hello, it's wednesday, it's 9 o'clock, i'm victoria derbyshire, welcome to the programme our top story today — the parents of the terminally ill child, alfie evans, return to the court of appeal today in the latest attempt to persuade judges to allow them to take him to italy. still to come: staying safe when is we wa nt still to come: staying safe when is we want to go to italy. everybody is ready. alfie is we will hear from those supporting alfie the activist, director and hollywood actor rose mcgowan is here — she was the first to go public with rape allegations against the movie producer harvey weinstein — it led to many other women coming forward and led to the creation of the #metoo movement. and sleep — we never quite get enough, do we? how much is that damaging

us and what can we do to try and get more? in their legalfight. in their legal fight. also on the programme: sleep british are useless, we are one of the worst nations for sleep deprivation. hello. welcome to the programme, we're live until 11. throughout the programme we'll bring you the latest breaking news and developing stories. the parents of all the evidence will ta ke the parents of all the evidence will take their case back to the court of appeal later, demanding to be

allowed to take their terminally ill son to italy for further treatment. doctors in liverpool removed the child from a ventilator on monday. extending his medical care would be futile, according to the courts, and inhumane. keith doyle reports. pa rents of parents of alfie evans have not given up their fight to remove parents of alfie evans have not given up theirfight to remove him from the country for treatment. a high courtjudge said it was not in the toddler's best interests. following the ruling his father said the 23—month—old was doing 0k and the 23—month—old was doing 0k and the family have been allowed to appeal. we want to go to italy. alfie is ready. everybody is ready. we will see what the court of appeal can do. even if we don't achieve to get italy, thejudge is still offering us an option. alfie has beenin offering us an option. alfie has been in hospital since december 2016 with a rare degenerative neurological condition. supporters

of the child's family tried to storm the hospital on monday shortly before his life support was withdrawn when a court ruled doctors could end his care. his parents wanting to be transferred to a hospital in rome, a move which is supported by the pope whom all the's father, tom, met last week. last night supporters of the family were outside the hospital. inside, alfie's parents stayed at the boy's side. the court said he should receive end of life care at the hospital or possibly at home. his pa rents say hospital or possibly at home. his parents say a plane is on stand—by to ta ke parents say a plane is on stand—by to take and italy if the court of appeal rules in his favour this afternoon. how is it this legal battle is continuing? the ruling last night was preventing alfie potter my parents from taking him to this specialist hospital in rome. under the children's act 1989 the state can intervene against

pa rents‘ the state can intervene against parents‘ wishes if they feel it is in the best interest of the child. doctors all believe that helping alfie at this stage is futile. he cannot be cured, the best thing for him is end of life palliative care, and that is in his best interests. so that's what they believe, and the case is now going to the court of appeal today, and what the family are hoping to get is to be allowed to ta ke are hoping to get is to be allowed to take him to italy, and there is treatment waiting. reading more details of that court hearing yesterday, explain why his pa rents hearing yesterday, explain why his pa re nts wa nt hearing yesterday, explain why his parents want to take him to rome. this hospital, bambino paediatric hospital, is linked to the vatican, and the pope has been a great supporter of the family. he met alfie potter mac father last week and has been treating his support. this has a catholic ethos. experts from the hospital have examined alfie and they have said that they

agree with the experts here and the doctors here about his condition, but they are saying that they can offer him operations to help him breathe and feed and keep him alive foran breathe and feed and keep him alive for an undefined period, and that is what the family are hoping that they will get a ruling for. thank you very much, keith doyle reporting there. the christian centre are supporting alfie potter my parents, and one of their advisers was criticised by the high courtjudge yesterday, described as the malign hand of one of the families advisers. so that is just after half past nine. let's bring you the rest of the morning's news. thank you, victoria, good morning. labour is promising to settle the vast majority of the outstanding cases of alleged anti—semitism within the party by the end ofjuly. jeremy corbyn says the top priority for labour's new general secretary will be dealing with complaints swiftly and fairly. it follows a meeting last night between mr corbyn and members

of the board of deputies of britishjews and thejewish leadership council. both groups expressed disappointment afterwards, complaining of a lack of action and describing the meeting as a missed opportunity. merseyside police are questioning two italian men on suspicion of attempted murder after a fight between liverpool and roma fans before last night's champions league semifinal. the confrontation happened outside a pub near anfield. the police say a 53—year—old man from ireland was hit on the head. he's described as being in a critical condition in hospital. serious violent crime remained at roughly the same level in 2017 as the year before. that's according to a study by cardiff university which suggests that, despite a spate of violent crime in london, serious violence figures show little change from 2016. researchers looked at the numbers of patients who went to a&e and walk—in centres with knife or gun injuries. the times newspaper ran three

front—page stories in august 2017 after a girl was removed from her mother's care by tower hamlets council in east london. the times executive acknowledged the story caused enormous offence. popular messaging service whatsapp is banning under—16s from using its platform in the european union. users must currently be at least 13, but the firm is changing the rules ahead of the introduction of new eu data privacy regulations in may. the app, which is owned by facebook, will ask users to confirm their age when prompted to agree new terms of service in the next few weeks. it is not clear how the age limit will be verified. the head of fifa is facing an allegation that he tried to interfere the awarding of the 2026 world cup. bbc news has been told that gianni infa ntino attempted to prevent morocco from making it on to the ballot paper. he is alleged to have preferred a joint bid

from the us, canada and mexico. in response, a fifa spokesman said the panel assessing the bids was guided by clear and objective criteria. the spokesman said the fifa president was not involved in the process, and would not take part in a future vote. a danish court will deliver its verdict today in the trial of a man accused of killing the journalist, kim wall. the 30—year—old swedish reporter went missing after she was invited to interview the inventor peter madsen aboard his homemade submarine. her dismembered remains were found at sea 11 days later, in august last year. 300,000 people are in debt to illegal money lenders in the uk. the government has announced a fresh crackdown on lenders who target vulnerable people. more than £100,000 already seized from loan sharks will be spent on helping victims. our business correspondent, emma simpson reports. loan sharks, by the very nature of them, are just hideous. they really do control

people's lives. this team are on their way to make some arrests. they've got information about suspected illegal money lending at an address in leeds. and they are now ready to enter and search for evidence. is there anybody else on the premises? thank you, take a seat. some 300,000 people are in debt to loansharks across the uk and more money is now being made available for investigations like this to try to stamp it out. i was starting to have literally nightmares. i had a massive problem trying to sleep. we spoke to a man who got hooked on these fixed odds betting terminals after his business went downhill. he ran up thousands of pounds of debt by taking a loan from an illegal lender and doesn't want to be identified. i felt permanently anxious, i felt trapped, i felt a real sense of regret and shame which was destructive in its own way. i didn't know who to turn to.

ijust had anxiety all the time. ijust felt a failure. do you have anything on the premises, anything illegal? back in leeds, the raid is in full swing and a married couple are inside. i'm arresting you both for the offence of illegal money lending. eventually, the suspects are led away, an investigation which is onlyjust beginning. the government hopes the funding boost will lead to more prosecutions as well as support for victims. emma simpson, bbc news. joanna lumley has said she is "terrified that all men are seen as bad" in the wake of the hollywood sex scandal. the actress told good housekeeping magazine that she felt "the spirit of the suffragettes is with us" as people speak out about the treatment of women around the world. but she said it mustn't lead to the derision of all men. that's a summary of the latest bbc news — more at 9.30.

we are going to talk to rose mcgowan in the next few minutes, one of the first to go public with rape allegations against harvey weinstein. she is now a director, activist and former hollywood actor. we will talk to her live in the next few minutes. do get in touch with your own experiences. her coming forward led to the creation of the #metoo movement, and hundreds of other women coming forward with allegations of what had happened to them in their workplace, a global movement. use the hashtag or send us a text, and if you are texting, you will be standard at least —— charged the standard network rate. let's get some sport with hugh woozencroft, and it was a brilliant european night for liverpool at anfield? yes, jurgen klopp asking for a fantastic atmosphere that his players, and anfield delivered,

spurring liverpool onto a 5—2 first leg win over roma in the first leg of the champions league semifinal. fantastic atmosphere, and maybe a footin fantastic atmosphere, and maybe a foot in the final to liverpool. they we re foot in the final to liverpool. they were inspired by mohamed salah. he the opened scoring with the first of two goals on the night for him, firstly a wonderful strike to put liverpool ahead. it is now 43 goals in 47 appearances since he moved from roma last summer. roberto firmino got in on the act the cobblers well, that made it 5—0, and liverpool fans definitely thinking about a place in the final, but a couple of late roma goals mean that they are in the thai just about at they are in the thai just about at the moment. —— they are in the tie. and because of those away goals, for the second leg will some liverpool fa ns the second leg will some liverpool fans still be a little nervous?” think you would be, tentatively, because the away goals can double in the champions league, and that means that a 3—0 win from roma would put

them through to the final. but things look good for liverpool, because they do have a fantastic goal—scoring record. but roma have form, they were trailing barcelona 4-1 form, they were trailing barcelona 4—1 going into the second leg of their quarterfinal, and they won 3-0. it their quarterfinal, and they won 3—0. it was an amazing comebackjust to reach the semifinal. another good omen for them as they haven't conceded a single goal at home in the champions league this year, so there is still a chance for them, butjurgen klopp, i think he thinks thejob will remain butjurgen klopp, i think he thinks the job will remain the same regardless of yesterday's scoreline. and there was a dramatic... we have to work again at rome, no question. there would have been work for us to do even if we had won 5—0, because they would try everything to strike back anyway, so that is not a big difference, but what i learned tonight is we can win the second game as well, even if it will be different. jurgen klopp known for

talking at length, sorry he interrupted you there! my fault. and a dramatic first day of racing at punchestown. yes, this came in the novice chase, albion photo leading going into the final fence only for his jockey to veer off course after appearing to think he was being directed away from the jump, took another moorside in the process. he has now been given a three—week ban, but a dramatic set of pictures. all of the horses and jockeys were 0k. thank you. more throughout the morning. this morning — an exclusive interview with hollywood actor rose mcgowan whose decision to speak out about her alleged rape at the hands of film producer harvey weinstein led to dozens of other women coming forward, the creation of the #metoo movement and a shift in public perceptions of sexual harassment. but rose mcgowan says she was left feeling isolated, lonely and silenced by some

in the industry. in a moment, we'll be talking to her about the fight to get her story heard. but first here's how the harvey weinstein scandal unfolded. he said that he wanted a massage, could i give him a massage, and i said no. after about 30 minutes, he asked to excuse himself and go to the bathroom. he returned in nothing but a robe with the front open and he was butt naked. most of these women were in their 20s when it happened. vulnerable, afraid that if they say anything or do anything that it'll ruin their career. is

i didn't know about these things, but it i didn't know about these things, but they don't surprise me at all and they're endemic to this system anyway. and what i find sort of extraordinary is that, you know, this man is at the top of a very particular iceberg. i was shocked and appalled because i've known him through politics, as many democrats have. i will admit that i should've been braver and i think from now on i will be when i hear such stories. that didn't seem as dangerous at that point, so i let him put his hands on my shoulders, thinking if i gave in a little bit, i could placate him. but i didn't like that. when he touched me, i was really... revulsed. he is, as it were, the top of the ladder of a system of harassment and belittling and bullying and interference and what my mother would have

referred to in the olden days as pestering. i've seen him described as charming and charismatic. i never got any charming, i never got any charismatic. i got scared, i got frightened by him. i would happily stand in a courtroom and testify. happily. when a critic took against his film, he would single them out. he came for me and shook me at a reception and said, "you can't publish that". "if you don't retract that, you're never coming to the baftas again. you're never going to go to the cannes film festival again. you'll never work in this town again!" harvey weinstein denies any

allegations of non—consensual sex. we can speak to rose mcgowan now in her first bbc interview. you've become an activist and one of the most prominent faces in the metoo movement after you spoke out about harvey weinstein saying he raped you. what has the response been like since you came forwards? the response has been nothing short of cataclysmic, really. in some ways i feel like it is an honour to be a receptacle for so many people's pain, voices, so many people who want to reach out,

identify and say may too. the other part, i had hoped that by showing people if you can cut off the head of power you can achieve an awful lot and we are all capable of doing this. it might have taken me 20 yea rs, this. it might have taken me 20 years, but, yeah. do you feel like you've cut off the head of power?” think it shows... power is a many headed beast, it's a hydra, you put one down, another one pops up. his company went bankrupt a few weeks ago and that was a great day. it shows that so many women, especially women, think it is, like, may i have some more? it's a dickens thing. i wa nted some more? it's a dickens thing. i wanted to show that we've all had this, we've all had these people. you can work at a parking garage, a

grocery store, and have the same power structure, just in a different form. it could be a tiny town. this person's power in a tiny town is omnipotent. it is power and bullying. you said he, you do not speak its name, you do not use his name in your book, you call him the monster, the studio head, or the pig- monster, the studio head, or the pig. explain to our audience while you will not speak its name. sometimes i can say his name. can you? other times i cannot. it was used as a bullet for many years. people would come up to me and say things, like, did you get any harvey wei nsten things, like, did you get any harvey weinsten scripts lately? they would stare in my eyes and wait for reactions. this could be journalists, or people on the streets in hollywood, just wanting a reaction. that felt like a bullet. because for me i couldn't turn on the tv, open a newspaper, go to the

movies, because his name was everywhere. he was thanked as many times as god at the oscars. that just shows how he was everywhere. did you have any idea when you spoke to the new york times back in october that it would launch this movement, that it would lead to so many women coming forward?” fervently hoped so. when i started working with jodie cantor, fervently hoped so. when i started working withjodie cantor, who was one of the writers, journalists, who won a pulitzerfor one of the writers, journalists, who won a pulitzer for the coverage one of the writers, journalists, who won a pulitzerfor the coverage in the new york times. when i started speaking to her, it wasjust the new york times. when i started speaking to her, it was just her and me. i never spoke speaking to her, it was just her and me. i neverspoke in speaking to her, it was just her and me. i never spoke in those articles, ijust me. i never spoke in those articles, i just gave documents. me. i never spoke in those articles, ijust gave documents. i orchestrated, behind—the—scenes, kind of, in a way, it was, like, hey, over here, so it was focused on

me. but it took about ten months, a lot longer than it appeared. ten months of hard struggle. behind—the—scenes him terrorising the as i was finishing my book, which was a three—year project. the as i was finishing my book, which was a three-year project. the day of the alleged rape, you describe that as the date your life was hijacked by evil. i've read the details of what you say happened that day. we've had a conversation about how much detail we will go into today on national television. we have agreed so as not to traumatise you again and i will summarise what happened. which is that harvey weinsten raped you all really in a jacuzzi. it was meant to bea really in a jacuzzi. it was meant to be a business meeting after a premiere of one of your films at the sundance festival. it was actually at ten in the morning. the premier was the night before. a business

meeting was arranged by your agent for the morning after. you thought, wow, presumably. i was in for the morning after. you thought, wow, presumably. iwas in the for the morning after. you thought, wow, presumably. i was in the middle of my second film for this person. i was able to take four days off work to go to the sundance festival, to promote these other movies. i had other movies at the time. i was supposed to be the belle of the ball, it was supposed to be a crowning achievement, of sorts. i was new in the industry. i hadn't heard whispers. i hadn't heard the horror. i hadn't heard anything. you write about it in detail. it was the reality even worse —— was the reality even worse —— was the reality even worse —— was the reality even worse? the reality of what happened in that hotel room was worse than what i wrote the book. i

just thought this is enough to get my point across. there is a strange thing which happens with becoming a survivor, you feel like you are almost trapped in this weird relationship with this person that you cannot get away from. and this person, as we have all seen, it... it is shocking to me that this person touched me. and so many. and iamjust person touched me. and so many. and i am just one of many. it was 10am... i am just one of many. it was 10am. .. you talk about freezing, as many survivors do. you talk about hovering above yourself from the ceiling, as if you are dis— associated from your body and you are looking down on yourself. that's the trauma, isn't it? exactly. trauma is something we do not talk about enough in society. if you have such a huge preponderance of humans that have been hurt, and are walking

around with this trauma, you know? with no outlet is always of dealing with it, we are pretty damaged as a society, i would say. but i flew out of my body. time goes very slow and very fast. i was walking down a hallway. my immediate thought was that there is a camera crew waiting for me outside. they were filming rose mcgowan, a day in the life. i was thinking, do i have enough lipstick on? your body is trying to deal with it. your brain is freezing. this was a situation that had never entered your mind.” wonder if i could ask you to give some insight to our audience about the impact of the alleged violation

had on you physically and mentally? physically and mentally... it did a lot of damage. it still does. i think because his name is everywhere. his face is everywhere. i'll tell you there is something very strange about having this, kind of, abstract envy over another victim who just have to see her perpetrator began. there is something really wrong with that frame of mind. and yet that's the truth. my body, i went through horrible, a lot of years, actually, of night terrors. i could run for an hour and wouldn't sweat, but when i was asleep i would sweat through my entire mattress. body flashbacks. and sound. and not being able to be ina and sound. and not being able to be in a small room with men. to not

have somebody giant stand over me, looming over me, without, kind of, short—circuiting, in a way, you know? and i'm not the only one, that's the thing. when i speak to you here, and i do not beenjust his victims, but i know there are so many out there who have been hurt. i think that's my gift and maybe my curse, that i can hear them, and think that's my gift and maybe my curse, that i can hearthem, and i wa nt to curse, that i can hearthem, and i want to do something about it. you talk about being a live body and carrying around a dead and spirit, which is absolutely searing. what does that mean for you? and do you still carry around that deadened spirit? i feel like i've largely got rid of that dead spirit. but a lot of people do not write books, they just carry it around. it was with

me. for real time you just want to get back to who you work you want to forget it happened, go back to you work, reschedule a life. and that's a crime. i have a statement from harvey weinsten's representatives. mr wallenstein has vigorously —— mrweinstein —— mr weinstein has vigorously denied the statements. she has turned a complicit act into a sexual assault. you told people, you told your management, you told your co—star, you told the then author of your book. i told everybody. they said, he owes it to you to do this.

i don't really care what he had to say. i don't really care for his comments. i don't really care that he exists. he is a person who is beneath contempt. he consumed bodies and lives. and careers, and dreams, and lives. and careers, and dreams, and aspirations. and time. he stole time. your lawyer got $100,000 from him. you said it was the only way i could put the pig on notice that i was not ok with what he did.” didn't always say i wasn't childish when i wrote. chuckles yes, and to take it further, i tried to buy a billboard. i have

requested. i didn't take the settlement, i requested it. i didn't think it was fair that i didn't get to shout his name from the rooftop, soi to shout his name from the rooftop, so i thought, $100,000, that'll give me enough money for therapy, donate toa me enough money for therapy, donate to a rape crisis centre, and i can buy a billboard that says "harvey weinstein is a rapist". which he would deny. that is his prerogative. did you whose work afterwards? definitely. my career is on a very different trajectory. i had been nominated for an independent spirit award, but now cut to later i am on award, but now cut to later i am on a show that was much beloved, but i was talking leprechaun. so that was the come—down? was talking leprechaun. so that was the come-down? that was what i was

left with, because he didn't think to go to television producers and blacklist me, he didn't have power in the arena. i have a statement read from his former spokesperson. it isa read from his former spokesperson. it is a fiction to suggest that any individuals were targeted or suppressed at any that is in response to saying effectively you we re response to saying effectively you were blacklisted or lost work. response to saying effectively you were blacklisted or lost workm has been proven so many times, so many people have come out. when peterjackson said it about mira sorvino, and she said she burst into tea rs, sorvino, and she said she burst into tears, because it is something you have always suspected, but it is impossible to prove until it was proven in the new york times and the new york herald. he can say whatever he wants, but i did a movie where the director kept bragging to me about how brave he was firing me because he said my reputation, which should have been stellar, because i ama should have been stellar, because i am a worker amongst workers, and i am a worker amongst workers, and i

ama am a worker amongst workers, and i am a pro, and to constantly have people say things like at one point the head of fox studios are long—time ago said, over my dead body will we ever higher rose mcgowan. what did i do to these men? 0h, mcgowan. what did i do to these men? oh, i know what i did, i got raped. catherine the deneuve, she said there had been a witchhunt which risks sexual freedom, trying to seduce someone even persistently cack handedly is not a crime, and she said men have been punished, forced out of their jobs, when all they did was that someone's knee or try to steal a kiss. what do you think of those comments? it is really hard not to laugh. and say bless, as the brits

would say, right? i think there are certain women, and a lot of them from hollywood, that... it's almost as if they would have to confront what happened to them. what do you mean? meaning probably if catherine deneuve went back through her life and her career, the times she had been hurt or victimised, sometimes i think it is too much from people to bear, and they can't look at it, so they lash out. it is obviously categorically wrong. persistently grabbing after somebody is in fact a crime. today we have a british actor called joanna lumley who has said she is terrified all men will be seen as she is terrified all men will be seen as bad in the wake of the hollywood scandal. i'm terrified blonde people are stupid? what do you want me to say to that? i don't know. some comments from people watching you around the country. ray says, just watching your programme this morning, rose mcgowan, you are

amazing for helping women who has gone through the same as you. sean says what a beautiful and brave woman you are. ian says, what an immensely brave woman for telling her story, speaking at like she does ta kes her story, speaking at like she does takes some doing with what she has been through. and what has been thrown at her. she is an inspiration. that's lovely. have you heard from harvey weinstein since you went public? directly? texts, things like that. you have had texts from him? no idea how he got my number. but he also had former mossad agent in my life, so getting my phone wasn't that hard. was this since you went public after the alleged incident? this was a month ago. you had a text from harvey weinstein a month ago? somebody that worked with him. so it was on his behalf? on his behalf. what did it

say? i shook. it was like a bullet once again. it was basically... this person was reaching out. i don't understand what the point was. i can't understand to what end, the cat is out of the bag, you know? i said it loud for years, because what so many people need to realise is that the shame is not ours. it's his. it is the perpetrator‘s shame. it is not the victim's. what was the nature of the text, then? my guess, it was essentially about so—and—so wa nts you it was essentially about so—and—so wants you to... it was kind of like trying to get a hold of you or the

illusion of alluding to... i don't know why. it was completely insane, frankly. but so-and-so wants you to, as of harvey weinstein? wants to get in touch, wants to talk. it could have been some random person, but that would also be a long shot. ok. have you had any direct communication from him? only in the form of... people hired to terrorise me. people that he paid to terrorise me. people that he paid to terrorise me. people that he paid to terrorise me. people like his crisis pr agency. is this recently? yes, yes. and what was i communication? things like, it is communicating to me but through media, it is hard to explain. there is a journal called indy wire, and they wrote an article on me, around the 2nd of february,

and in the middle of the article, the writer says they get a call from his pr agency saying, make sure you put in the part where she says she faked the orgasm to get out of it. which had absolutely nothing to do with the interview. and that is somebody‘sjob, to harass my to terrorise, but this is a person who allegedly stole a pages of my book. there was $1 million bounty on my book. your book is out now, it is called brave. and it is not about this hotel room incident, it is about being brave through a lot of different, tumultuous situations and circumstances, but it is about shiny fluid coming through and standing tall. thank you. thank you. thank you very much for coming on the programme. rose mcgowan's book is

out now. harvey weinstein denies all allegations of nonconsensual sexual activity. time for the news now. the bbc news headlines this morning: alfie evans was my parents want to move him to a hospital in rome to continue his care. labour is promising to settle ‘the vast majority‘ of the outstanding cases of alleged anti—semitism within the party by the end ofjuly. jeremy corbyn says the top priority for labour's new general secretary will be dealing with complaints swiftly and fairly. it follows a meeting last night between mr corbyn and members of the board of deputies of britishjews and thejewish leadership council. both groups expressed disappointment afterwards, complaining of a lack of action and describing the meeting as a missed opportunity. an annual survey of people receiving

medical attention after being assaulted suggest that violent crime remained roughly the same level in 2017 is the year before. the researchers looked at the numbers of patients who went to a&e and walk—in centres with knife or gun injuries. merseyside police are questioning two italian men on suspicion of attempted murder after a fight between liverpool and roma fans before last night's champions league semi—final. the confrontation happened outside a pub near anfield. the police say a 53—year—old man from ireland was hit on the head. he's described as being in a critical condition in hospital. that's a summary of the latest bbc news. here's some sport now with hugh. there was an extraordinary night at anfield, where for most of the match liverpool dominated roma in their champions league semifinal first leg. mohamed salah scored twice and

set up two others, but two late goals for roma gave the italians hope for their home second leg. elsewhere, blackburn rovers secured promotion back to the championship at the first attempt, that came after victory away at doncaster. play gets under way shortly at the crucible in sheffield after more shocks at the world snooker championship is. stuart bingham was the latest former winner to be knocked at yesterday. a jockey paul townend has been given a three—week ban townend has been given a three—week ba n after townend has been given a three—week ban after his horse veered off course was leading the champion novice chase on the opening day of the punchestown festival. that is all sport for now, we will have more after ten. the parents of the terminally ill child, alfie evans, are going to the court of appeal today in the latest attempt to persuade judges to allow them to take him to italy for treatment. they've lost several cases where judges agreed with doctors that further treatment would be "inhumane". yesterday a judge ruled alfie may be allowed home from alder hey children's hospital, but will not be allowed to go to rome for further treatment. let's speak now to roger kiska

from christian legal centre — who is working with and supporting the family. that's an organisation linked to the campaigning group christian concern which wants to ban abortion and is against homosexuality. and iain brassington, a senior lecturer in the school of law at the university of manchester and specialises in medical ethics. thank you both very much for talking to us. ifi if i may start with you, roger from the christian legal centre. the high courtjudge the christian legal centre. the high court judge yesterday criticised the christian legal centre. the high courtjudge yesterday criticised one of your colleagues. he talked about the malign hand of one of your colleagues, a man who was a law student who is not a practising lawyer who is one of the family's advisers, and he said the people around the evans family do not have their back. how do you respond to that? i would say first of all that the context of those statements, they were highly personalised and inappropriate for a high courtjudge to say. second, what he was speaking

of was a threat of a private prosecution of anyone who delivered medicine, drugs, which would hasten alfie evans' medicine, drugs, which would hasten alfie eva ns‘ death, medicine, drugs, which would hasten alfie evans' death, which is euthanasia and a crime in this country. that is the private prosecution which is a consideration, against the medical professionals at alder hey for murder? for those who would deliver drugs that would end his life prematurely, yes. thejudge drugs that would end his life prematurely, yes. the judge said... he criticised this statement that your colleague gave to him, and this statement which suggests that alfie eva ns‘ statement which suggests that alfie evans' health was significantly better than first thought since life support was withdrawn. mrjustice hayden said the sad truth is that it is not, with little and no hesitation i reject that.” is not, with little and no hesitation i reject that. i would say look at the videos on social media. look at the cognitive gauge but alfie is showing. he enjoys chocolate. he enjoys hugging his doll. this has all been improved

since doses of medication have been lowered, and we reject the idea that it is in his best interests to either starve to death because he is being refused food, or suffocate because he is largely being refused oxygen, and that is not in his best interest and comparison to being sent to italy for treatment. the high court says that in his best interest our plans the palliative ca re interest our plans the palliative care options, which are now being exported including him returning home with his parents. having heard from tom, and i do believe tom that he is being refused food and has been the 24—hour is, so that is not palliative care. that is not in his best interest. alfie has fought, he isa miracle, best interest. alfie has fought, he is a miracle, they expected him to live the minutes, and he has been around now for 2h hours. he continues to fight, the parents continues to fight, the parents continue to fight and we will continue to fight and we will continue to fight for him, and he deserves every right to travel to italy to be treated. and we did you organise and get involved in this case? we were contacted by tom to a half weeks ago. ian brassington,

what are the legalities here? legally the question is fairly straightforward. the decision is going to be one about how best to serve alfie's best interests. and that will draw very heavily on the medical opinion, so if the medical opinion is that withdrawing treatment is in alfie's best interests, then that is what the judges will beam towards. obviously other voices will be taken into account, but it is medicaljudgment that really carries the weight here. and people will ask, what about the pa rents‘ and people will ask, what about the parents‘ rights? and people will ask, what about the parents' rights? it is a good question, but as far as the law is concerned, and i think morally the law is correct in this, the role of the parents is to defend a child's best interests, and in the normal run of things, they will be the first people to whom we turn her insight. but, and this is the important bit, they are consulted in

so important bit, they are consulted in so faras important bit, they are consulted in so far as they are the best representatives of the trial's best interests. if it should turn out that they are mistaken or they are in some way not promoting the child's best interests, then the assumption that they are the right people to talk to is reportable. what about the moral position?” think morally the law is saying the right thing. in all cases it is the best interest of the child to carry the moral weight, so best interest of the child to carry the moralweight, so again best interest of the child to carry the moral weight, so again the parents will be important people to talk to in cases where we are dealing with a child who can't make decisions for themselves, but the medical insight is also hugely important, and when it comes to deciding whose assessment to take, then again, the parents are consideration, but they are in no way the only consideration, so to frame things in terms of parental rights i think is a little bit of a

mistake. it is more in terms of pa re ntal mistake. it is more in terms of parental duty than parental responsibility. what we talk about pa re ntal responsibility. what we talk about parental rights, that isjust a kind of proxy from all bunch of other considerations. thank you very much to both of you. ian brassington is a senior lecturer at the school of law at the university of magister specialises in medical ethics, and roger kiss kiss from the christian legal centre who are working with and supporting the evans family. sleep — we all need it, most of us don't get enough of it. and we're sleeping less than ever which has led to more of us getting obsessed with how much sleep we get. our reporter chi chi izundu is a self—confessed sleep worrier, so she set off for this programme in search of what she can do to get that elusive perfect night's rest. bye. chi chi izundu, bbc news.

we all lead incredibly busy lives and the thing that suffers the most? our sleep. we know how to count calories when it comes to our diet, we know how much exercise we should be having, but experts say when it comes to sleep, we don't quite understand how much and the quality of sleep we should be getting every night and it all adds up to our general well—being. even when we get into bed, thoughts take over. you can think of things to do, food, work, food, what i missed on netflix, work, food... and then your general well—being and sleep is disrupted. hundreds of apps, health monitors and alarm clocks are available, claiming to help analyse how much shut eye we're getting a night. some even tell you whether the sleep quality is good or bad,

but do they actually help with our night's rest? i've been given a special sleep tracker to wear by sleep scientists to see how well or poorly and sleeping. —— scientists to see how well or poorly i'm sleeping. 0k. so it's nearly six o'clock in the evening. my day's not quite done yet. it's been quite stressful, but i get to put on the monitor that's going to monitor my sleep. so let's do that now. looks a little bit like this. stick it on my left wrist because it's the one that doesn't have a watch. that's going to monitor me. i can't put it on! i'm so knackered, i couldn't even put the thing on. i had to keep a sleep diary, noting my bedtimes, get up times, whether my sleep was disturbed at all for things like getting up in the middle of the night for a trip to the toilet. some people work shifts at different times of the day, like 41—year—old single mum claire elliott, who is a midwife, has a teenage son and works part—time because she's worried

the night shifts will take their toll on her health. we asked her to keep a video diary of her sleep patterns. i'm in the middle of a run of night shifts. i worked last night. last night was quite smooth, quite a good shift. hit a wall probably about four o'clock, but you get through it because it's what we do. let's go and look after some mums and babies. see you in the morning. i'vejust done 12 hours. i'm absolutely shattered. ifeel a little bit delirious and i don't feel like i can string a sentence together properly. i can't even think properly. i had about three and a half hours sleep. i feel quite hungover, actually. i don't feel i had a good amount of sleep, i don't really feel rested. i just feel groggy and hungover and you just feel a little rubbish. according to the tuc the number of people who work a night shift like claire is more than 3 million. one in nine of us are grafting the dayjob at night, which can have an impact

on our health. studies show that it can affect things like completing day—to—day tasks, disrupt our mental health and even change our dna. i've been having a lot more health problems, which i tend not to have. i've always been very, very healthy, whereas since i started work, i've had investigations for heart palpitations, i've had low iron, i've had to have b12 injections because my b12 has been low. it's almost like a hangover in the sense. you just don't want to do anything, you don't want to go anywhere, you want to eat rubbish, and that is a side—effect of working long hours in the nhs doing shifts, but it doesn't mean we're going to stop doing it. we love what we do. nice to meet you, tom. hello, chi chi.

come on in. let's go to bed. having spent his nights working as a dj around the world, tom middleton wanted to do something about getting a better night's sleep and has trained as a sleep coach. most people have a laugh when you say sleep hygiene and think, oh, it's dirty sheets, but it's nothing to do with that at all. it's just to do with the fact that you, you know, make sure that you've got the tools and the training if you like to get a good night's sleep. if you're not getting the right number of hours of sleep, it's going to have a significant impact on your health and life span. now, brits are useless. we're on about six and a half... we are. we're rubbish. we're one of the worst nations, the worst culprits for sleep deprivation. six and a half hours average. nowhere near enough, so come on, we've got to do something about this. it's time to go to bed an hour earlier. using his music—making skills, tom's released a sleep album, which comes with a legal health disclaimer.

you can't listen to it whilst driving or while submerged underwater. the idea is that i want you to unlisten to them. i don't really want you to listen to them at all. ijust want it to fade into the background and fade down without you even having to touch it. so we could well have created the most boring album in the world, ever. but some people find other types of sounds comforting to help them nod off and millions are listening to asmr videos online. it's me. asmr, darling! asmr stands for autonomous sensory meridian response — a feeling or tingling you get when you hear something you really like. emma petty found asmr at university and used it to help her insomnia caused by exam stress. it can range from anything from someone who's just kind of talking close to your ear,

or page turning. it really ranges in between people. i started listening to page turning. i found that was a really good triggerfor me. it reminded me of when teachers at school would just flick through textbooks when i was a child. i found it really calming, so i listen to a lot of that. when you try and explain it to someone, they have no idea what you're talking about and it sounds quite weird, but a lot of my friends listen to it as well and they can't sleep without it as well. i think i've become quite reliant on it, but i'd rather have that than not listen to it at all. one of the most popular is whispers red emma. hello, beautiful. are you ready for bed now? it's a term for a feeling, a physical feeling that usually begins in the crown of your head and works its way down your back and down your arms. it's like a tingling feeling. do you find that some people, though, find it weird? oh, yeah, loads of people find it weird. it's very difficult for some people to appreciate how genuine something is that they don't understand.

so i'm just being myself and ijust happen to relate to a lot of people and attract a lot of people who are just like me. after a week where stress kicked in hard and some not so smooth nights, it's time to get the results for the sleep monitor i was made to wear. professor kevin morgan is director of the clinical sleep research unit at loughborough university. if you consider that the pillars of your well—being are your diet, your level of exercise and your sleep, the thing that people know least about is their sleep. if you want to know, am i sleeping enough? the answer doesn't lie generally in your sleep, it lies out here in the daytime. enough sleep is enough sleep to wake up, confront your day with the energy required for it. if you can do those things on average mostly, then you're getting enough sleep.

this looks very clinical. professor kevin wanted to see how quickly i fall asleep, but this time, monitor my brainwaves. so i'm currently having electrodes attached to my scalp because they're going to try and work out how quickly i can fall asleep and the electrodes measure the electrical activity of my brain. and what i'd like you to do is to lie down with your eyes closed and intend to sleep. 0k. i will do. believe you me, as soon as it's dark and there isn't a camera in my face, i'll be out. 20 minutes later... professor kevin was ready to explain my results. here, you are asleep. 0k. and you're only seven minutes into the trace,

and it's not even late afternoon, it's before lunch. on an average night for a normal person, it would take you maybe half an hour to get off, 0k? you're there in, what are you? nine minutes. and it suggests that you either have a talent for falling asleep, or you came to us relatively sleepy. i'm going to go with the talent because even though i am tired, i'm not so exhausted that i couldn't get on with my day. research suggests if we could all sleep an extra hour a night we would increase britain's economy by £24 billion a year. so if you're keen on getting some extra kip, there are some top tips from tom. routine. i cannot over emphasise how important this is. you have to be persistent. you have to try and go to bed and wake up at the same time. once you get into that, it really will be much easier.

sex. try and keep the bedroom for sleep and for sex. the cocktails produced before, during and after are a great way of getting to feel sleepy. food. you might want to try a couple of kiwi fruit before bed. new research shows that it produces serotonin, which is a precursor of melatonin, the sleep hormone. and lord

if you are watching us on bbc two, you are going to be leaving us now for the snooker. and we carry on now with a full weather update from carole. good morning. a lot of showers will develop further east, heavy and sundry with some hail thrown in for good measure. what's happening today is low pressure is driving our weather, coming around from the south west or the west, chilly

direction, blowing the showers towards the east, but some will develop anyway. nowhere is immune to shower or two, but in between them you will find some sunshine. temperatures up to 15, not as high as yesterday where in gravesend in kent we got to 18.5. overnight, many showers will fade but we hang onto them across the north and west, still being driven on a brisk south—westerly or western li wen. could see a touch of frost tonight across parts of scotland and northern ireland, and generally it will be a cold night, cold start to the day if you are out early on, but a lot of dry weather for central, eastern and southern parts. but the showers already in the west will continue to develop through the course of the day, getting over to the east where we will also see home—grown ones. drier conditions in the south, showers not as heavy or frequent us today. and through the

afternoon, the cloud will build across the south—west, parts of pembrokeshire, so the sunshine will turn hazy, and by sunset we will see this rain coming in. top temperature tomorrow upto 16, this rain coming in. top temperature tomorrow upto16, and ijust this rain coming in. top temperature tomorrow upto 16, and ijust want this rain coming in. top temperature tomorrow upto 16, and i just want to say goodbye to our lovely editor, louisa compton, she has been brilliant and we will miss you. hear, hear. hello it's wednesday, it's 10 o'clock, i'm victoria derbyshire. our top story today — the parents of the critically ill toddler, alfie evans, are at the court of appeal today — in their latest attempt to persuade judges to allow them to take him to italy for treatment. we wa nt we want to go to italy. everyone's ready, alfie is ready, so now we see what the three judges in the court of appeal can do to us, and even if we don't achieve getting to italy, thejudge is still we don't achieve getting to italy, the judge is still offering we don't achieve getting to italy, thejudge is still offering us we don't achieve getting to italy, the judge is still offering us the chance to get home, and if we can do that, then that can be done. also this morning: actor and director rose mcgowan, the first woman to go

public with rape allegations against harvey weinstein, tells this programme she has received texts from the film producer in the last month. it was on his behalf. what did it say? i shook. it was like a bullet. so many of you getting in touch after that interview — abbie says, thank you for your bravery. if it wasn't for people like you speaking out, some men still wouldn't realise that certain behaviours are wrong. and sleep, we all need it but most of us don't get enough of it, how to get that elusive perfect night's sleep. good morning. here's annita mcveigh in the bbc newsroom with a summary of todays news. thank you, victoria. good morning again. the parents of seriously ill toddler alfie evans will challenge a high court ruling preventing them from taking him to italy for further treatment.

the 23—month—old's life support was withdrawn on monday after the court ruled liverpool's alder hey children's hospital could end his care. alfie's parents want to move their son to a hospital in rome. labour is promising to settle ‘the vast majority‘ of the outstanding cases of alleged anti—semitism within the party by the end ofjuly. jeremy corbyn says the top priority for labour's new general secretary will be dealing with complaints swiftly and fairly. it follows a meeting last night between mr corbyn and members of the board of deputies of britishjews and thejewish leadership council. both groups expressed disappointment afterwards, complaining of a lack of action and describing the meeting as a missed opportunity. the hollywood actor rose mcgowan, the first woman to go public with rape allegations against harvey weinstein , has told the victoria derbyshire programme she has received texts which she believes were sent on behalf of the film producer in the past month. the actor said the communication, from someone who she assumes works for mr weinstein, said she was shocked. harvey weinstein denies any allegations of non—consensual sex. texts, things like that. you have

had texts from him? i have no idea how he got my number. but he also had mossad agents involved in my life, so i think getting my personal phone number wasn't hard. is this since you went public or after the alleged incident? this is a month ago. you had a text from harvey weinstein a month ago? somebody that worked with him. somebody. on his behalf? on his behalf. merseyside police are questioning two italian men on suspicion of attempted murder after a fight between liverpool and roma fans before last night's champions league semifinal. the confrontation happened outside a pub near anfield. the police say a 53—year—old man from ireland was hit on the head. he's described as being in a critical condition in hospital. freelance reporter stewart whittingham spoke to some of the supporters who'd witnessed the violence. he's in our salford newsroom. good morning. tell us about what you

saw, what you found out about last night and the investigation. eyewitnesses told me that about 15 minutes before kick—off, there was a large group of liverpool fans drinking outside the albert, and about 20 roma fans charged from an adjacent street, armed with bats and belts with eyewitnesses claim sharpened buckles. there was pandemonium, they were hitting out at any liverpool fans they could find. they targeted an elderly fan who ended up crumpled to a the ground unconscious. the liverpool fa ns ground unconscious. the liverpool fans for back, throwing bottles and ca ns fans for back, throwing bottles and cans at the roma fans, who then retreated. the police then arrived on horseback and dispersed them with batons. a steward at the pub

described seeing the badly injured fan on the ground. paramedics attended to him and gave him oxygen, that fan is from ireland and he remains ina that fan is from ireland and he remains in a critical condition. stewart, thank you very much for that. that's a summary of the latest bbc news — more at 10.30. thank you, anita. here's some sport now with hugh. liverpool took control over the champions league semifinal with a 5-2 champions league semifinal with a 5—2 win over roma. mohamed salah got two goals, sadio mane and roberto firmino also got in on the act. at 5-0 firmino also got in on the act. at 5—0 up, the liverpool fans were definitely thinking about the final in kiev, but a couple of late roma goals mean that they are still in the tie. a penalty from simone zaza

to means that they will carry some hope next week, but forjurgen kl°pp, hope next week, but forjurgen klopp, regardless of that result, he will approach the match in the same way. we have to work again at rome, thatis way. we have to work again at rome, that is no problem. there would have been work for us to do if we won 5-0, been work for us to do if we won 5—0, because rome would have tried everything to strike back anyway, so thatis everything to strike back anyway, so that is not a big difference, but what i learned tonight is we can win the second game as well, even when it will be different. staying with football, blackburn rovers have been promoted back to the championship thanks to a goal from charlie mulgrew last night. they could still win the league, too, they are a point behind wigan with two games to play. the draw for rugby league's challenge cup has been made with all of the super league topsides joining the competition. cup-holders hull fc

who have won for the last two years have been drawn away championship syed featherstone. super league leaders st helens will play castleford ,. that leaders st helens will play castleford,. that is all your sports fanatic. thank you. labour is promising to speed up disciplinary cases against members accused of anti—semitism. the pledge comes afterjeremy corbyn met representatives of two major jewish organisations who issued a series of demands they wanted labour to accept including no mp sharing a platform with someone expelled or suspended for anti—semitism. but those demands they were rejected, leading the thejewish leadership council and board of deputies to call the meeting disappointing are meeting withjeremy corbyn today was a disappointing missed opportunity regarding the problem of anti—semitism in the labour party. let's speak to someone at that meeting — jonathan goldstein ,

chair of the jewish leadership council and michael segalov, a journalist and jewish labour party member, who believes that jeremy corbyn can stamp out anti—semitism in the party. why do you describe it as a disappointment? because there were warm words earlier in the day mr corbyn had issued an op—ed for the evening standard apologising. we put out six very simple request, and five minutes before the end of the meeting, i had to say to him, we are all going to have to go and talk to the media now, and we have to accept that whilst it has been a nice conversation, every time we have asked you to do something, you have said no. or you asked you to do something, you have said no. oryou have asked you to do something, you have said no. or you have found an ideological reason to say no. but the vast majority of cases will be dealt with by the party by the end ofjuly. since the end of the meeting, victoria... . that is an

action. repeated statements that anti—semitism will be tolerated, the calling of the meeting with you. some people say it doesn't matter what he says or does know, you won't be satisfied. that is not true. we wa nt be satisfied. that is not true. we want this issue to be dealt with. since the end of the meeting, there has been a line that has come out from the party to say all outstanding matters will be dealt with by the end ofjuly. so that is good? that will be a positive outcome, but it was not given to us in the meeting, it is, tonight. soap you would welcome it, it is happening? of course. we were told in the meeting there would be appointing more lawyers to deal with the issue. what we have said for them as we have looked for transparency, an independent ombudsman, we have looked for them to say that people who were suspended or expelled from the party should not be sharing platforms with mps or other senior officials. we have looked at the definition of anti—semitism which is accepted by the uk government, the welsh and scottish governments, the cbs, the police and 132 local authorities to

be adopted. michael is rolling his eyes. slightly. i'm disappointed that people left the meeting feeling disappointed, but there are points being made, and i'm glad the rather than walking into a meeting making blind promises, there will be some discussion tojewish blind promises, there will be some discussion to jewish labour party members. to most people, there being an outcome straightaway is more important. talking about the definition of anti—semitism, for example, the labour party does adopt the definition on most part. there are examples given underneath which are examples given underneath which are potential pigs was that might be invoked, and some are controversial even tojewish invoked, and some are controversial even to jewish people. invoked, and some are controversial even tojewish people. i'm not saying we shouldn't be speaking about those things, but we need to ta ke about those things, but we need to take time... deavin jeremy corbyn has done enough? i have been pleased at how much progress has been made. i think there is lots more to be done, but my priority is making sure it is done properly and realising that this was the first meeting after a very long period of frustration. i said to mr corbyn myself yesterday but all i would ask

to do was engage with anti—semitism with the same energy and enthusiasm and vigour that he adopted for the windrush case. but that is not what you asked him to do. talk to michael comedy is talking to you. on sunday he talked out on the windrush, that was a scandal, we wanted to speak out like this. you have asked him to do six specific things as well, and i have every faith that this is going to happen. we have to give that process time, and it has been a tricky process of getting to this point. alljewish tricky process of getting to this point. all jewish labour tricky process of getting to this point. alljewish labour party members and non—jewish labour party members and non—jewish labour party members find that hard. there were six specific demands laid out yesterday, the instance but jackie walker and ken livingstone point. i believe they have no place in the labour party, but jeremy corbyn believe they have no place in the labour party, butjeremy corbyn is in no position to walk into a meeting with un meet that demand. he doesn't control the suspension process. the expulsion of jackie walker and ken livingstone are not

on the list of six issues, that is wrong. you are incorrect. let's be clear about this and step back. you are talking about time. mr corbyn is the leader of the labour party. he has been the leader of the labour party since september 20 15. the jewish community has been worried about this issue for almost three yea rs about this issue for almost three years now. last tuesday in parliament, jewish and non—jewish mps alike stood up and pleaded with their leader to aggressively deal with this issue. we should not be talking about time. we are not talking about time. we are not talking about time when it comes to windrush. we're not talking about time and it comes to other issues of racism, we talk about now. we talk about no area, zero tolerance, and thatis about no area, zero tolerance, and that is what we are asking for, we are asking for energy and commitment, and nobody can argue with that. nobody is doing with that, though. when on friday the jewish voice for labour founder member stands up and criticisesjohn mann and in louisiana burger and

says that their claims are being fabricated, when john mann's says that their claims are being fabricated, whenjohn mann's door to write an article in the sunday times saying she has had allegations of threats and rape against her... let michael respond. this is what i'm trying to get out. there is the broad will to take this on, and i hope you have seen from yesterday, i feel from the last few weeks and beyond that there is a general desire to take this on, but i do think we need to be careful when we come out of meetings and have specific demands as to how we portray this, and these things will ta ke portray this, and these things will take time to implement, but that is the key thing here, ratherthan wanting specific things, we should be careful of how we get there in the future. thank you both. london has seen a rise in gun and knife violence so far this year, but a study shows that for the whole of 2017 — serious violent crime levels were roughly the same as the year before. the study looked at patients who had been stabbed or shot who went to a&e and walk—in centres. mohamed nizami received hospital treatment after he was stabbed

so seriously he nearly died. we can talk to him now. along with makarand tare, mohammed's consultant plastic surgeon at broomfield nhs hospital in chelmsford who did reconstructive surgery on mohamed. thank you both for talking to us. you were coming home from work, tell us you were coming home from work, tell us what happened. it was friday night coming home from work, i came out of the station, and on my way home from the station, i saw a gang fight, an argument kicking off, between 20 people against six. and the 20 guys were aged between 13—22 against six, and the six didn't have

weapons, but the 20 guys were carrying knuckle dust is, baseball bats, knives, and they were wearing masks, balaclavas and hoodie these, so they were there for blood, that is what it seemed like. and how did you get caught up in this?” is what it seemed like. and how did you get caught up in this? i made a judgment call. i decided that i could walk away but i would have to live with the fact that i walked away from someone live with the fact that i walked away from someone getting seriously hurt and away from someone getting seriously hurtandi away from someone getting seriously hurt and i did nothing to stop it. i jumped in the way. i intervened. and you were stabbed, seriously?” jumped in the way. i intervened. and you were stabbed, seriously? i tried to come in the way of somebody they we re to come in the way of somebody they were targeting and they hit me by accident. what were your injuries? they pierced my right arm. i still wear this two years from my injury.

it hitan wear this two years from my injury. it hit an artery. i lost two litres of blood in about four minutes. and it hit my nerve. and you nearly died? yes, i was left to bleed out. i had to wait for the ambulance, which took about nine minutes to get there. it was in the ambulance that saved my life, it was a nurse coming home from her shift. shejust happened to be there. and i think it was a miracle in itself that she managed to cut open myjacket and clamp the artery. and that is when i have to wait for the ambulance. you saw a surgeon after the initial treatment. a couple of hours, two, three hours after you first got hospital. good morning. what do you remember about mohammed and his family when they first came to you?

i distinctly remember. i was on call. it was about ten o'clock when muhammad was waiting for me in the seating area. when i looked at the wound and i heard his story it was horrific. —— mohamed was waiting. he told me the story. it was quite shocking. it was the first day on hisjob. he wasjust coming home from his work. he hasn't committed any crime. he wasn't at fault. to sustain such a nasty injury, all of the muscles responsible for bending the muscles responsible for bending the hand, the fingers, were all cut. the nerve was cut. a nurse helped him on the spot. he was quite lucky. otherwise it could have been a life—threatening situation. i think it was immediately taken to queens hospital where i think one of the

vascular surgeons prepared the artery so that the limb survived. and he was sent to me for further reconstruction. when i examined him, his limb was flailing. there was no sensation in the hand. it was a gruesome injury. gruesome? it was. presumably you have seen lots of things like this. absolutely. we see this may regular basis, but this was something not coming from accident, but coming from senseless violence. was there more risk to mohamed's life because the artery had been cut? exactly. it was the artery and if that is hit patients can bleed to death. it is life—threatening. the nerves and muscles responsible for the hand function, as well. it was a very nasty injury. how do you do the

reconstruction? how do you put it back together as much as you can? we explore the arm. the next day we took him to theatre. we explored the arm, we looked at the muscles, we explored the nerve, the magnification. we prepared the nerve. then it was a long journey. you know? he was in the hospital for a couple of days. then he was referred to our specialist hand physio team. we have infrastructure within the unit to deal with injuries like this. we have colleagues. specialist hand physiotherapists. we do this on a regular basis. he was seen by our therapist, who prepared a splint and showed him the exercises, and i monitored his progress. that was

mohamed talking to us. this morning, the home secretary has announced the 2a members of a new task—force to tackle serious violence. among them are senior police officers, politicians and a former prisoner, junior smart, who now runs a project to divert young people away from gangs. we can speak tojunior smart. tell us about the kinds of things you see. it's very serious. life changing, life—threatening injuries. the examples we see, people do not realise the sheer number of very serious injuries, knife crime, gunshot wounds. an example of that might be one of the kids i was working with, stabbed multiple times, he had rarely turned 16. how many times? 12. very lucky to be alive. the nurses, the doctors, the surgeons do incredible work. but there is a normalisation. i asked

there is a normalisation. i asked the kid if he was scared, and he saidi the kid if he was scared, and he said i would be more scared of getting shot. people get stabbed nowadays for anything. when you compare that with the work we do in schools, you know, young kids are often telling us that they are safe places you can stab someone. you can sta b places you can stab someone. you can stab someone here, there. i think there is that reality that they do not realise there can be life changing injuries. we mystify the reality. we give kids and young people the tools to make better choices. what is happening when a 16—year—old is stabbed 12 times? what is going on? i wish these cases we re what is going on? i wish these cases were isolated. a young female i was working with, she has now lost the ability to have children. because she was stabbed here? in the stomach. and it was over something very petty. can you tell us what?

the reality is that there is this misconception. 20 minutes will do it. an intervention will do it. that's not the case, my team will work tirelessly. it takes months and months of work, notjust one day. dealing with the trauma, dealing with the young person, the reality of the young people saying i didn't realise there was going to be so much blood. they live in a desensitised world. we have to do work with them and their families to help support them and divert them. thank you for telling us about it. keep going. and good luck on the task force, as well. they prey on the vulnerable and desperate and can cause an untold spiral of debt and misery. illegal lenders — loan sharks — will use threats and violence to force repayment. the government is announcing an extra £800,000 to tackle the problem. it'll go into a £55 million fund

to investigate and prosecute the loan sharks and help their victims. we can talk now to debbie wilson who was left suicidal when a loan to buy her child a christmas present snowballed out of control. also with us tony quigley — head of the illegal money lending team — which investigates and prosecutes loan sharks and peter tutton from the debt charity step change. i would like to talk to you first, debbie. why did you need a loan, how much did you borrow?” debbie. why did you need a loan, how much did you borrow? i borrowed £500 for a computerfor much did you borrow? i borrowed £500 for a computer for my kids for christmas. how much did you end up paying back? in the end, 80 8000. how much! 88,000. —— in the end,

88,000. basically every pound was going to the loan shark. that's right. did it feel like they were controlling you? were you threatened? yes. we were. in what way? never direct threats. it was always, like, they would sell the debt onto somebody who would be violent. what effect did this have on you and your health? dreadful. i had strokes. brain haemorrhage is. stress— related had strokes. brain haemorrhage is. stress—related health problems. it was really bad. —— brain haemorrhages. would you think of this case? it is horrendous. it shows that once you are in their clutches it can spiral out of control. the stress, the pressure

that it puts people under, it is something we see with all debt cases, but it is that much worse when it is an illegal lender. because it is hard to do something about. that's why £500 ends up being £88,000. it's extraordinary. the government has put money into this, is it enough? it is a start and it's an improvement. the legal management teams do amazing work. funding is essential to deal with this. it is good the government are looking into this. as well as dealing with people struggling with illegal lenders, there was also the causes asked why people are using them, people who are financially vulnerable, desperate for money. there is also money and there for awareness of credit unions. something the government needs to do is offer alternatives, giving people a safer way to borrow money for things they

desperately need. this presumably doesn't mean the end of the legal lending —— the end of illegal lending. it doesn't. many people use it. it is an embedded problem. it needs an enforcement approach. it needs an enforcement approach. it needs expert in place. it is people like the illegal money lending team. if you are in debt to a loan shark, what should you do? the illegal moneylending team, get in touch with them, there was a website, there is a phone number. talk to them. thanks very much. ina in a moment we will talk to norman smith. he is at westminster to talk

to us about reports that there was a heated cabinet meeting. also, the press fragility has ruled that the times newspaper distorted its coverage of a five—year—old christian girl who was placed with muslim foster carers. the parents of alfie evans will challenge a high court ruling preventing them from taking him to italy for further treatment. the 23—month—old's life support was withdrawn on monday after the court ruled that the hospital could end his care. his parents want to move their son to a hospital in rome. labour is promising to settle the vast majority of the outstanding cases of alleged anti—semitism within the party by the end ofjuly. jeremy corbyn says the top priority for the new general secretary will be dealing with complaints swiftly and carefully. it follows a meeting last night betweenjeremy corbyn and

the jewish last night betweenjeremy corbyn and thejewish leadership last night betweenjeremy corbyn and the jewish leadership council. last night betweenjeremy corbyn and thejewish leadership council. they complained of a lack of action, describing the meeting as a missed opportunity. the hollywood actor rose mcgowan, the first woman to go public with rape allegations against harvey weinstein, has told the programme she has received text which she believes were sent on behalf of the film producer in the past month. she received communication from someone who she assumes works with the harvey weinstein, and she said they left her shock. harvey weinstein rejects all of the charges. levels of violence in england and wales have remained broadly stable. the study from cardiff university collected data from almost 100 accident and emergency departments between 2016 and last year. researchers looked at the numbers of patients with knife or gun injuries. merseyside police are questioning two italian men on suspicion of that tented murder after a fight between

liverpool and roma fans before last large's champions league semifinal. the confrontation happened outside a pub in anfield. the police say a 53—year—old man from ireland was hit on the head and is described as being ina on the head and is described as being in a critical condition. that is the summary of the latest bbc news. thank you very much. here is the sport now. jurgen klopp held his talisman mohamed salah as world—class after their stunning 5—2 win over roma in their stunning 5—2 win over roma in the champions league semifinal first leg last night. mo salah scored twice and set up two others. two late goals for rover will give them hope for the second leg next week. blackburn rovers have secured promotion at the first attempt after victory away at doncaster last night. play gets under way shortly at the crucible after more shocks of the world snooker championship. stuart bingham is the latest former winner to be knocked out. jockey paul townend has been given a

three—week ban after his horse veered off—course whilst leading in the —— leading on the opening day of the —— leading on the opening day of the punchestown festival. the press regulator has ruled the times "distorted" its coverage of a five—year—old christian girl who was placed with muslim foster carers. the newspaper ran three front—page stories, including this one with the headline "judge rules child must leave muslim foster home" in august 2017 after the girl was removed from her mother's care by tower hamlets council in east london. the story said foster carers stopped her eating bacon, confused her by speaking arabic, and removed a crucifix. tower hamlets council say the story was misleading because it had sought to move the child to live with her grandmother, who herself had a muslim background. an executive from the times acknowledged the story caused "enormous offence". miqdaad versi, the assistant general secretary of the muslim council

of britain has been raising concerns about anti—muslim stories in british press for some time. we have talked about it on this programme before. first of all the fa ct programme before. first of all the fact that the press regulator has said this story was a distortion, and the times have had to put an apology in their newspaper, and it is on the front page, which is a first. it is a first, and it is very welcome that there is an apology, but it has taken seven months for this to happen, and a number of complaints including by myself and others were entirely dis— regarded by the press regulator. they said they couldn't rule on the matter, despite thejudge having disclosed all of this information on the fact that the times have got it entirely wrong. what should journalists learn

from this? i think there is a lot to learn here. firstly there is a question of going out and trying to show that we are there first. there can bean show that we are there first. there can be an element of waiting a bit, and getting the facts right. you can't go and publicise something and have three or four front—page stories that only a few days later is known to be incorrect. the head of the government's foster caring work came out and called this disgracefully dishonest. when individuals like that, when a large number of people come out and this could stop foster carers coming forward , this could stop foster carers coming forward, this is serious. extremists from britain first in the image defence league all took this story to incorporate their narrative, and thatis

to incorporate their narrative, and that is really worrying. until now, we haven't had an apology from the times. the times has refused to apologise for what has happened, and this is quite worrying for me. this is something clearly wrong, they got it wrong, put your hands up. one of the key lessons is, if you get something wrong, don't act like a tabloid by digging in and saying, this is all pc rubbish. that is the way the executive editor talked about this initially. he put out hate tweets saying that this was all pc rubbish, basically. and that type of attitude is unacceptable, we need to have something that is far more careful in the way that they look at this thing. the editors need to look at this better, but also what i really worry about as many of the journalists themselves, excellent journalists themselves, excellent journalists at the times and others, they didn't say anything. they were silent afterwards. they knew that this was wrong but they chose not to say anything. is this an issue only with newspapers, or is it with the

broadcast media and websites and online journalism as well.” broadcast media and websites and online journalism as well. i think there is an element within certain parts of broadcast media, but i think really this is a question of many within the print press. the tabloids in particular, but also the times. the times has a history of a number of articles which are seriously problematic. this is not a one—off, it is a one off on the front page, but even on the front page they wrote a story saying muslims silent on terror. these types of divisive... when was that? about a year and a half ago approximately. these things shouldn't happen, and unfortunately they are, and we need to have a strong regulator to deal with this. do you accept that sometimes the journalist writing the story, in fa ct always journalist writing the story, in fact always as far as i understand it, the journalist writing a story ona it, the journalist writing a story on a newspaper has no control over the headline, it is a totally separate person. correct, that is

where the editorial positioning is very important. but at the same time, i believe andrew norfolk was out in this case defending the story and saying that he thought it was correctly positioned, so actually there are real challenges, not only with the journalist in question here, but the fact that his integrity is really at stake. thank you for talking to us. the times wa nt to you for talking to us. the times want to point out that they didn't set out to cause any offence. let's talk to our political guru normam smith about reports of heated exchanges between pm theresa may and foreign secretary borisjohnson. this is about immigration. other reports true? fascinating insight into what went on at cabinet, because it appears there was a sharp spat between boris johnson and theresa may over this crunch issue of immigration. this is pa rt crunch issue of immigration. this is part of the government's response to

immigration, at which borisjohnson said he thought the government should be doing more in terms of helping more, while citizens to stay in the uk, but crucially, he then reheated an idea he first mooted when he was london mayor, that there should be an amnesty for a large number of illegal immigrant is, those who had been in britain for, say, 10—15 years, but when they had been here, had in his words and impeccable record and made a constructive contribution to society, so these were people who had not committed any offence is, they had worked, paid their taxes. mrjohnson suggested that the government ought to look at some sort of amnesty for them, which it is understood mrs may said that voters were strongly in favour of strict controls over immigration. why this is so fascinating is that we know at the start of the week, amber rudd, home secretary, try to draw a line under this whole windrush saga with a series of

concessions granted the windrush generation and their children pretty much exemption. boris johnson generation and their children pretty much exemption. borisjohnson one day later appears to have told cabinet colleagues in effect that doesn't go far enough, we need to go further, and on top of that, pretty much to challenge mrs may by saying, why don't we have an amnesty? we know tackling immigration, getting down to the tens of thousands, has been central to mrs may's whole career at the home office, and now was prime minister, she has never resile from that, but borisjohnson in cabinet saying i think we ought to think about some sort of amnesty, so to think about some sort of amnesty, soa to think about some sort of amnesty, so a fascinating sign of the tensions between the two of them, albeit one source was telling me, thatis albeit one source was telling me, that is what cabinet is for, to have those sort of discussions. cheers, norman, thank you very much. a verdict is expected today in the trial of the danish inventor who's accused of killing a swedish journalist kim wall on his submarine. ms wall was invited to interview inventor peter madsen aboard his homemade submarine. her dismembered remains were found

at sea 11 days later, on 21 august last year. prosecutors accuse him of having planned the crime, either suffocating her or cutting her throat. he admits dismembering her body but denies intentionally killing her. maddy savage reports on what we know about the case so far, ahead of the verdict. versus the neighbourhood where kim had been living with her danish or friend. it is popular place, packed off to work on nights like this. it does feel edgier than other parts of the danish capital, but by global standards, really safe. kim was 30, from southern sweden, and was four

yea rs into from southern sweden, and was four years into her career as a freelance reporter. she had already had her work published in the guardian, the new york times. she loved to travel, and was about to move to china with her boyfriend. but first she had one last story to finish. this was her home turf. her birthplace was 45 minutes away from here sweden, and she was living here. so naturally she was living here. so naturally she thought she was saved, you just never occurred to her that something would happen here. kim wall boarded a submarine built by peter madesn, danish inventor she had been waiting to interview. she had told her boyfriend she was a little nervous going under the ocean, but i think she was looking forward to a fun ride. her boyfriend said he was little jealous and wanted to come with her. this is one of the last photos of her alive. police have identified this as the

route taken by the submarine. starting in the straight, the waters between copenhagen and southern sweden, then spending time underwater around koge bay. the next morning, the submarine sank, and peter madesn was rescued without kim .he peter madesn was rescued without kim . he was described as a geek who was interested from an early age to create technical things. he wanted eventually make up his mark, making rockets. he didn't care about anything else. so he was not so caring about other people if they couldn't help him out. he loved people who could help him out, but if he didn't see any purpose for you, you might as well disappear. peter madesn was arrested soon after

kim was reported missing. later the remains of her dismembered torso we re remains of her dismembered torso were discovered on a beach. other body parts were found by police divers. it is quite hard to believe it is just up there where that final photo of kim wall with peter madesn looking out over the sea was taken. it feels really creepy. i don't feel very comfortable being around here, being so close to such key evidence in the case. but as a journalist, you get why someone would want to go on this. kim's death grabbed headlines around the world. some drew parallels to horror movies and nordic crime thrillers, something many here in scandinavia found upsetting. one thing is watching a scandinavian war series that you love in england, for example, and

another thing is when there are actually people suffering at the otherend. actually people suffering at the other end. it is a safe area for the normal population. this is a very unusual case. you have been in touch with kim wall's family throughout the investigation. how are they doing? they have had a terrible time, and all through the investigation and now during the trial, when they get to see all the evidence. i can't imagine what they go through, and ifeel truly evidence. i can't imagine what they go through, and i feel truly sorry for them. the case is also deeply affected kim's friends, many of whom we re affected kim's friends, many of whom were freelance journalists themselves. it is mind boggling that her life has also become a note in a story of how things are for our livelihoods, for the work we do. so i think everyone who knows her

personally, especially women journalists and freelance journalists, too, iwould journalists and freelance journalists, too, i would say, we are all very much still processing what has happened. you know, we are only really beginning to comprehend and to understand what we ought to do, because it is a period of intense reflection, and now we need to see action. kim wall's friends and family have set up a foundation in her memory. it has already raised more than $200,000 to help support other female journalists like kim.” think it is really inspiring to see that we can champion women in the midst of what has been one of the worst things ever to hit women in journalism, in this industry, that we can continue to keep moving forward , we can continue to keep moving

forward, because to kind of shrink inside or shrink in fear is the opposite of what kim would have wanted, is the opposite of what is actually good for our world. that report from maddie savage. a verdict is expected today in the trial. you will hear it reported on bbc news. so many of you getting in touch following our exclusive interview with director, activist and hollywood actor rose mcgowan who has decided to speak out about her alleged rape at the hands of harvey weinstein, and it led to dozens of other women coming forward. rose mcgowan has told us she received text she believed were from the film producer in the last month. the response has been amazing, and i feel it is an honour to be receptive receptacle for so many people's pain and voices, people that want to reach out and identify and say me,

too. and i hoped that by showing people that if you can cut off the head of power, you can achieve an awful lot, and that we are all capable of doing this. it might have taken me 20 years. is that what you think you have done, cut off the head of power? i think it shows... power is a many headed beast, it is a hydro. you cut one down, another one pops up. for me, knowing his company went bankrupt a few weeks ago, that was a great day. i think it shows that so many women, especially women, think that it is like, excuse me, may i have some more, it is like a dickens kind of thing. and ijust wanted to show them, go to the bad one at the top, we have all worked with the rot, we have all had this. we have all had these people. you can work at a parking garage or at a grocery store

and have the same power structure, just ina and have the same power structure, just in a different form. it could bea just in a different form. it could be a tiny town of this person's power in this tiny town is omnipotent. it is power abuse and bullying. you said he. you do not speak to his name. in your book you call him the monster, the studio head, or the pig. call him the monster, the studio head, orthe pig. explain call him the monster, the studio head, or the pig. explain to our audience while you will not speak its name. sometimes i can say his name. can you? other times i cannot. for a number of years it was used as a bullet. people would come up to me and say things, like, did you get any good harvey weinstein scripts lately? stare any good harvey weinstein scripts lately? sta re into any good harvey weinstein scripts lately? stare into my eyes. wait for a reaction. this could be journalists, or people on the street in hollywood, just wanting a reaction. that felt like a bullet. i couldn't open a newspaper, turn on

the tv, go to the movies. his name was everywhere, you know? he was thanked as many times as gold at the oscars. it just shows thanked as many times as gold at the oscars. itjust shows that he was everywhere. did you have any idea, when you spoke to the new york times backin when you spoke to the new york times back in october, but it would spawn this movement? that it would lead to so this movement? that it would lead to so many this movement? that it would lead to so many women this movement? that it would lead to so many women stepping forward?” fervently hope so. when i started working with jody fervently hope so. when i started working withjody cantor, who was one of the writers, journalists, who won a pulitzerfor this one of the writers, journalists, who won a pulitzer for this coverage for the new york times, when i started speaking with her it was just her and me. i neverspoke in speaking with her it was just her and me. i never spoke in those articles, i gave documents, and i orchestrated, behind—the—scenes, a way of, hey, over here, so it could focus on me, even though it was

focused on them, as well, to get the article is done. it was a lot longer thanit article is done. it was a lot longer than it all of a sudden appeared. it was about ten months. thank you for your messages about this. amy on facebook says i think rose mcgowan is amazing, i've been through the same thing, i've never got over it, i've never had help, but she has inspired me to go forward with my life. an absolute hero of our times, incredible interview, the strength to sit through his denials, says another message. harvey weinstein denies all allegations. sleep — we all need it, most of us don't get enough of it — and we're sleeping less than ever which has led to more of us getting obsessed with how much of it we get. we are bombarded with data from sleeping apps. experts say this could make people even more anxious. our reporter chi chi izundu has been looking at how to get that elusive perfect night's rest — we bought you her full report

earlier — here's a short extract. we all lead incredibly busy lives. the thing that suffers the most? our sleep. we know how to count calories when it comes to diet, we know how much exercise we should be having, but experts say when it comes to sleep we don't know how much and the quality of sleep we should be getting every night, and it all adds up getting every night, and it all adds up to our general well—being. even when we get into bed thoughts take over, you can think of things to do... food... work... food... whati missed on netflix... work... food... and then george edible well—being and sleep is disrupted. —— and then your general well—being. the number of people who work a night shift like claire is more than 3 million. one in nine of us are doing the

daily grind at night, which can have an impact on our health. i've been having a lot more health problems which i tend not to have. i've a lwa ys which i tend not to have. i've always been very healthy. but since i started work i've had investigations for heart palpitations, i've had low iron, i've had to have b12 injections because my levels were low. and that isa because my levels were low. and that is a side—effect of working long hours in the nhs and doing shifts. but it doesn't mean we will stop doing it. we love what we do. it's me, asmr darling. asmr is a tingling ora me, asmr darling. asmr is a tingling or a feeling that we get when we hear something we really like. av found asmr at university and helped to deal with her insomnia from exam stress. —— a knee. it ranges between people. when you

explain it to someone they have no idea what you're talking about. i've become quite reliant on it but i'd rather have that than not listen to it at all. nice to meet you, tom. come on in, let's go to bed. if you are not getting the right number of hours of sleep if all have a significant impact on your health. and life span. research suggests if we could all sleep an extra hour a night we would increase britain's economy by £24 billion per year. £24 billion a year. let's talk to the author of "sleep: the myth of 8 hours, the power of naps", nick little hales. he's also an elite sleep coach, is that right? elite sports sleep

coach. that's right. sleep physiologist stephanie romiszewski, who started the sleepyhead sleep clinic in exeter after working for the nhs for over a decade. you've heard sleep coach tom middleton in that film say that if we don't get enough sleep there will be a significant impact on our health and lifespan — do you agree? it's absolutely true, but i think it is the way you get it. the myth of eight hours, getting eight hours sleep in one block at night is difficult for many people. if you look at it in a different way humans are more attuned to sleeping in and are more attuned to sleeping in and a polyphasic way, like children. what does that mean? for different periods during the day. i agree with it, it isjust periods during the day. i agree with it, it is just how you do it. periods during the day. i agree with it, it isjust how you do it. what do you think? i agree, but we need to look at that all is helping people get to sleep, rather than scaremongering people into thinking that if you do not sleep you are going to die. that is essentially what people think when we say things like that. but we are not promoting

the tools which might help. if you tell someone who already has a problem with their sleep that they need to get eight hours, they will go to bed and have extreme anxiety about the fact they cannot sleep. let's talk about the things which can help. has chris hoy or cristiano ronaldo slept in that bed? most of tea m ronaldo slept in that bed? most of team sky. sir chris hoy has had a kit like that. we look at the home environment of the elite athlete. may i? yes, do get in. nothing tricky, right? no, no, ijust want you to get into it properly. this is how i get into bed. are you right—handed? how i get into bed. are you right-handed? i'm not telling you. you need to be on the opposite of your dominant side. you have a body profile. listen, i can sleep anywhere, i can sleep standing up on

anywhere, i can sleep standing up on a packed train, i'm telling you, that's because i used to do a brea kfast that's because i used to do a breakfast show on radio. i never wear a watch, because i always think it is time to go to bed. where is the link between elite athlete and mere mortals like us? wejust take the single sizes, put it in a bag like this, and they take it to sports events. what is the big deal? these layers mould and shape to your body. it allows you to sleep in that the two position. totally co mforta ble. the two position. totally comfortable. i doubt you have anything at home which is as soft as that. it is so soft it would wreck my back, i reckon. it wouldn't. i work with some of the best current practice and physiotherapists. all we wa nt practice and physiotherapists. all we want is this the two position in a beautiful, balanced way. —— some of the best chiropractors and physiotherapists. when you are going into a sleep state, to get all of

those wonderful deep sleep stages you need to take a lot of boxes. it's about breeding, it's about temperature, it's about having something which is familiar to you. that is why all of these things work. it is quite scientific, yet straightforward. i want to pick up on your point that human beings are designed to sleep anywhere at any time on anything. we get too concerned about the types of products and environments we are in. you can go too far and scare yourself, thinking this mattress will save my life. and mattresses are will save my life. and mattresses a re really will save my life. and mattresses are really expensive. you have some clever headphones, £160, you say it helps produce serotonin, things like that. that is just a waste of money, come on. a nice smell around your pillow, just wash them! familiarisation is absolutely key when sleeping away from home. things like that can make such a

difference. lots of biochemistry goes into things like this. it is a bit like using noise, sound, visualisation, it makes a difference. for normal people who will not spend a lot of money, let's have some advice, emma and nick forster should i get out, stay you can stay here. if you can sleep anywhere, maybe you should do it in the studio lies. the first thing to do is to give yourself permission to go to bed when you need to. people think they should go to bed at a certain time because they want eight hours before that meeting in the morning. but if you are anxious about it, the best thing to do is go and do something that makes you happy and content. don't worry too much about relaxation, the point at this time is to reduce anxiety, and you know how to do that best above and beyond anybody and what they might tell you. go to bed when you are feeling sleepy tired, rather than feeling a bit of fatigue. what about phones, looking at them before

going to bed? what gap should there be? as much as possible. stimulation is not good for us. like isn't very good for us, we know that, but it is more about the stimulation. you want to get as much light exposure in the morning because it helps you to wake up. waking morning because it helps you to wake up morning because it helps you to wake up. waking up at the same time every day is the best thing to do. but we get the least sleep in the week, and we try to catch up at the weekend, but our bodies don't work like that. you might as well let it go and move on instead of trying to get the levels back up, and try to make sleep more of a priority in the future. i agree with all of those things. a consistent waking up time is crucial. as humans your brain will tell you when to go to sleep. do not fight it. sleeping in short periods more often makes a real difference. every day there is an amount of blue light we should get from the sun every day. that's about

it. thank you very much. thanks for your company have a nice day. we are back tomorrow at nine. we had a largely sunny start to the day. the clouds are starting to build up now in the sky. they will continue to grow. we will see some showers today. some of those could be on the heavier side. they could be on the heavier side. they could be hale and thunder, but in between some sunshine. there are showers across northern and western areas already. they will move east gradually. some of those will turn heavy and thundery with hailstone. and blustery conditions, too, making

it feel chilly, especially when a shower comes past. maximum temperature between 13 and 15 celsius. eventually the showers will fade away across many areas, but they will continue over the north and west. this takes us on to thursday where further showers are expected towards the north—west. further south and east, showers are not as widespread or as frequent as today. lengthy dry and sunny spells. ten bridges between 13 and 16 celsius. goodbye. —— temperatures between 13 and 16 celsius. this is bbc news, and these are the top stories developing at 11: a verdict is due in the next hour in the trial of a danish inventor accused of murdering

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