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this is bbc news. the headlines at 8pm. the prime minister warns that tax rises will be needed to pay for more health funding. 50 across the nation, taxpayers will have to contribute a bit more in a fair and balanced way to support the nhs we all use. donald trump has said the us will not be a migrant camp as he defends his policy separating families at the border. the government has lost a vote in the house of lords over its brexit plans. peers backed a call to give parliament a bigger say in the event of a "no deal" departure from the eu. also coming up, england's world cup campaign kicks—off in russia. after an early goal by harry kane, england are level 1—1 against tunisia in volgograd. and a new report says poor housing and insecure work mean the millenial generation will suffer poor health in later life.
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good evening and welcome to bbc news. theresa may says tax rises will be needed to pay for an increase in the nhs's budget in england. the prime minister has promised an extra £20 billion a year by 2023 for the health service, but she didn't say who would be required to pay more tax. labour claim the new funding plans lack credibility. the announcement means the rest of the uk will get extra funding, but it will be up to individual governments to decide how to spend it. our political editor laura kuenssberg reports. as autographs go it is not a bad one to collect. shall i sign?
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yes. why not? 14—year—old jade's plaster cast as the prime minister's name and she has signed up to an enormous commitment of more taxpayer money year after year after yearfor the nhs. the nhs needs to be able to plan for the future with ambition and confidence. we cannot continue to put a sticking plaster on the nhs budget each year so we will do more than just simply give the nhs a one—off injection of cash. an extra 20 billion a year by 2023 after inflation, less than the historical average but more than recently. a huge sum but who will pay? are you telling working families to get ready to pay more tax? as a country we will need to contribute a bit more. taxpayers will need to contribute a bit more but we will do that in a fair and balanced way. the government claims some of the cash will come back from the eu,
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that is at best uncertain, at worst misleading, so expect extra national insurance or tax thresholds to be frozen. these plans for the nhs will be funded by increases in borrowing, the tories putting up borrowing and increases in taxation. now, what jeremy hunt, theresa may and chancellor have to do is level with the british people and tell us which taxes are going up. with patients and members of the public be willing to stump up? yes and no depending on whether it will actually go to the nhs. the fear is you will pay it and go somewhere else. if you ask that question to an able—bodied person and they are working i don't see their argument as to why they shouldn't pay. if you ask the lower class people and middle class they don't really own much to be given to supply their family as well as pay tax for the nhs at the same time. this is a big promise and a big change. until recently the prime minister said there was no magic money tree somewhere for health. well, she hasn't found
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it but the politics have moved and changed her mind. but vowing billions more is the comparatively easy part. deciding who will pay is much harder. and it's still to come. health bosses aren't even really sure if this post dated cheque will be enough but the government has made the promise before deciding who takes the strain. laura kuenssberg, bbc news. we can now speak to roy lilley, a former nhs trust chairman and now a health commentator. thank you for being with us on bbc news. how important their day in office for the health service? news. how important their day in office for the health service ?m news. how important their day in office for the health service? it is a very important day because the nhs has had flat line funding since 2010, since fundamentally the world banking crisis. prior to that it has gone up by about 4% a year. most trusts are pushing forward a wave of
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debt. there are 4 million people on the waiting list. and there is a whole load of other things in the pipeline. for example, a pay rise for the nurses which no one seems to really understand how that is going to be funded. there is all of that on top of the growth as well. the recognition that the nhs needs more money is welcome. the implication of what you are saying is that the government is going to have to revisit the amount it is allocating, and it may need to allocate much more? it is 3.496 and that is underneath the historical average of just on 4%. with prices going up and demand going up, i don't want to sound churlish but it's frankly simply not enough money and the prime minister today was also talking about improved services, cancer, mental health, innovations. the last time we had a sustainability fund and a trans
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formation fund, we pinched all the money from the trans formation fund and put it in the sustainability fund to keep the nhs going. it takes £2 billion a week to run the nhs. that is a lot of money. although in context it sounds like a lot of money, it really isn't. what about the capacity for efficiency improvements? there is no question the nhs can approach some of what it does differently. at the moment, lord carter is reviewing the covers efficiency, pretty woman and so on. he thinks he can take about £5 billion out of the operating cost. but at the end of the day 70% of funding goes on staffing, and quite often, innovative changes require investment. you have got to invest says. i don't think with a 3.4 published and the fact there is a huge amount of pressure from the treasury to balance the books, i
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can't really see where the investment is going to come from.|j suppose the difficulty for the people who are in the position you we re people who are in the position you were once in, which is helping to run trusts, 44% of them are in deficit at the end of financial year that has just finished. they are presumably, their first priority is looking to plug the hole before they can think about imaginative ways to use additional money. absolutely. there is enormous pressure on them to balance the books from the treasury, they have to balance the books. what there is to do about that, the debt, the operating debt might be £2 million. there is talk of quantitative easing for the nhs to write the debts off. technically, you can't write off taxpayers money. you have got to find another way of doing it. quantitative easing would bea doing it. quantitative easing would be a way of wiping out that debt.
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are we living with the consequences of some of our own earlier decisions? 0ne thinks the big reduction in local government spending which therefore meant a spec reduction in social care spending. is that one of the causes of the problems the nhs is dealing with now or would these problems have existed anyway?” with now or would these problems have existed anyway? i think the nhs has its own problems but they are exacerbated by the differences the social care has had. they have had in some instances at 240% and that isi in some instances at 240% and that is i watering. what they've done is raise the eligibility criteria so a lot of people who used to get care no longer get care. they are wandering around in the system like refugees. is it any wonder that a lot of them, as they get older, end up lot of them, as they get older, end up in a&e. 0nce lot of them, as they get older, end up in a&e. once they are in, the nhs is very efficient at fixing them up
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but they can't get them out again because social care simply doesn't have the resources to get the care packages to get them home safely. we have got to do something about social care. they have been told they have to wait until the autumn statement but it is just as agent for social services as it is the nhs. the nhs is 70 years old, or the glamorous bits and pieces that go with that, but social care is 70 yea rs old with that, but social care is 70 years old and it needs its own birthday present. thank you. and we'll find out how this story and many othersare covered in tomorrow's front pages at the later time of 11:30pm because of the world cup in the papers. 0ur guestsjoining me tonight are the comment and features editor at cityam, rachel cunliffe, and the political commentator, lance price. let me bring you some breaking news
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that i suspect will feature in the papers tomorrow one way or another. reports from malmo in sweden of a shooting in the city centre. there are four people injured. their condition is not known, although the police are now saying there is no cause for public alarm. i suppose the application of that would be that this is not thought, as far as it is possible to judge from the limited information, to be some kind of serious incident that might threaten the public. nonetheless, it was a shooting. the four people are known to be injured. malmo is sweden's third—largest city. their condition is not known and the police have not given any motive for this shooting. that is the latest and we will bring more on that story as soon as we get it. donald trump has said the us will not be a refugee camp, amid fresh criticism of the us policy of separating migrant families at the border.
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some 2,000 children, as young as two years old, have been split from their parents as they tried to cross into the country illegally. these are the latest pictures from a migration centre in texas. they are the result of a white house policy to try to deter illegal immigration. it's a policy known as zero—tolerance. the president says the policy is horrible and tough but accused the democrats of obstructing his efforts at reform. we could have something done very quickly. good for the children, good for the country, good for the world. it could take place quickly. we could have an immigration bill, we could have child separation... we're stuck with these horrible laws, they are horrible laws. what's happening is so sad, is so sad. it can be taken care of quickly, beautifully and we'll have safety.
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this could really be something very special, it could be something maybe even for the world to watch, just like they're watching our great economy, how it is soaring, they could watch this. we have the worst immigration laws in the entire world. nobody has such sad, such bad, and actually, in many cases, such horrible and tough. we see about child separation, what's going on there, butjust remember, a country without borders is not a country at all. 0ur correspondent peter bowes is in los angeles. can you flesh out the background of this decision the president has made because there has been an issue
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about the number of people crossing illegally for decades. across the texas border. it has become politically hugely important to the president. in the absence of the long promised war, is this his alternative? we are hearing this praise —— fraser zero tolerance and the policy, zero tolerance applies to the people coming into this country illegally, across the border, the policy now is to arrest everyone, to send them to jail pending a court appearance. previously those people might have been charged with a letter of friends, perhaps a warning or turned around and deported back to mexico. those people are now being sent to jail. if they have children with them, zero tolerance policy involves those children being sent to these detention areas, these refugee camps as they are being described. a tent has been erected in texas are very
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close to the mexico border, separated from their parents. this is something the trump administration has done over the last couple of months. nothing to do with the democrats. in terms of the impact, there was obviously political controversy about the effect on children in this particular case and some suggestion that the president might be finding things a little uncomfortable in the white house from his family members over this decision. what has the public reaction been? there has been a lot of negative reaction to this. melania trump has been writing about this, saying that she objects to it. laura bush, the formerfirst lady, in quite strong terms saying the onusis in quite strong terms saying the onus is on the drug administration to stop this. and the general reaction across the board, internationally as well, has been extremely negative. and the images coming out of these tents and these camps in texas are just appalling to so many people. very, very young
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children being taken away from their pa rents children being taken away from their parents with the potential of being in these camps for many, many weeks to come while the legal process against their parents takes its course. thank you. meanwhile, president trump has said the german public are turning against their leader over immigration. on twitter, mr trump said, "crime in germany is way up" and that europe made a mistake in allowing millions of people in who have so strongly and violently changed their culture. the german interior minister has given chancellor merkel until the end of the month to engineer a european deal on immigration, before he begins turning away migrants at the border. our correspondent in berlin, jenny hill, sent us this update. the chancellor is worried that
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turning migrants away will divide europe and cause a reaction in a similar way from other countries. this is what our correspondent in berlin had to tell us. i think we have seen a bit of a truce, a temporary ceasefire in this row, which is still threatening to ta ke row, which is still threatening to take this very fragile coalition government apart. it's a corrugated story and i will try to put it into a nutshell. angela merkel‘s interior minister has this plan to turn away migrants from the german border if they have already registered or sought asylum in another you country first —— eu country first. this has been going backwards and forwards, crisis talks for days and days now, and finally today the interior minister said, let's wait until the
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european summit at the end of next week. if angela merkel can come back with something, maybe it's different, but otherwise he will implement the plan regardless. angela merkel reminded him today that she is the one whose job it is to decide this level of migration policy. it's a really interesting area of the law. no one is entirely sure about that. what we do know is that this is really damaging for angela merkel and makes her look weak. it illustrates the fragility of this coalition government. regardless of your opinion about angela merkel, you have got to feel sorry for her. she has had a hell of a last 48 hours. last night she watched germany being defeated in its first world cup match, and today donald trump puts the boot in as well. thank you. the headlines on bbc news: the prime minister has warned that tax rises will be needed to pay for more funding for the nhs. donald trump says the united states will
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not be turned into a migrant camp as he defends his policy separating families at the border. the government has lost a key vote at the house of lords over its brexit plans. sport now, and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre. it is good news i can bring you. england have made a confident start to their world cup campaign against tunisia in volgograd. it is currently 1—1. we are into the second half in russia. they made the perfect start, harry kane calling after only ten minutes. in fairness, english would have been further ahead. but all that good work was undone when kyle walker was adjudged to have committed a foul. the referee awarding tunisia a penalty, which was converted. 1—1 the score
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remains at the moment. these are live pictures. well into the second half there. england have had several opportunities, certainly in the first half, and some good periods of play in the second and will possibly feel they should have more goals on the board at the moment. england going well. what will england have learned from this afternoon's match between the other two teams in their group? belgian comfortably beating panama 3-0. belgian comfortably beating panama 3—0. belgium expected to offer england their toughest challenge in their group. hear the voices, look at the faces. that is how panama feel about reaching their first world cup. that is how panama feel about reaching theirfirst world cup. this is for them is a remarkable end goal. for belgium, it is only a starting point. the time for a team added speed to produce something tangible. panama spent the first half asking for their ball back. failing that, doing everything they
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could to keep it out of their net. even eden hazard denied. the world's third—best team were not in the mood but belgium have the ability to eclipse long minutes of frustration with an instant of inspiration. backin with an instant of inspiration. back in and that is the moment of magic that belgium were so desperate for! dries mertens made the goal of the tournamentjudging teva dries mertens made the goal of the tournament judging teva still. panama were obliged to venture forward and just for a second this striker may have become a national hero. but class told. eden hazard, kevin de bruyne, romelu lukaku. a goal build from some of the best footballers belgium has ever seen. panama were similarly dissected by an eden hazard through ball. in went romelu lu ka ku an eden hazard through ball. in went romelu lukaku and belgium sailed over the horizon. for them, a day of routine, for panama, one of history. in the day's other match, sweden
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beat korea. it was another penalty which was awarded which was calmly converted by the sweden captain. with wimbledon nowjust two weeks away, the grass court season well under way at queen's club and we have already had a first british defeat. cameron norrie proved light work for stan wawrinka. the swiss player currently well down the world rankings after an injury lay—off but looks to be returning to form. and the british women's numberfour is out of the birmingham classic. she was beaten in straight sets by the world number 19, soccer of japan. hampshire beat yorkshire in the semifinal of cricket‘s one—day cap. hampshire ended their 50 overs on 348 - hampshire ended their 50 overs on 348 — nine. in reply, yorkshire were
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bowled out for 241. hampshire will now play kent in the final at lord's on the 30th ofjune. england will be without two of the all—rounders for the rest of their one—day series against australia. chris woakes has injured a thigh muscle while ben stokes is recovering from a torn hamstring. neither have played in the series, which england currently lead 2—0. still 1—1 in volgograd in that opening match for england at the world cup. that is all from me. john watson, the bringer of good news. the government has lost a crucial vote in the house of lords over its brexit plans. peers backed a call to give parliament a bigger say in the event that there is so—called "no deal" departure from the eu. the proposals will go back to the commons on wednesday. here's confirmation of that government defeat in the lords. there have voted, contents 354, not content 235, so the contents have it.
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well, our political correspondent, chris mason, told me a short time ago that tonight's vote in the lords is part of the wider rebellion in both the house of commons and lords over brexit. we knew as a result of what happened in the house of commons last week that this would head back to the house of lords. it is not surprising that the house of lords has defeated the government and therefore that this will head back to the house of commons, but crucially, because of that row last week involving dominic grieve, the conservative mp, and the government, and whether or not the government, and whether or not the government was willing to compromise in any way to try and ensure that parliament would have a greater say in the event of no deal, right
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towards the countdown and the moment of the uk's departure from the european union next march, this whole thing is going to bubble up now and reach a chris boyd on wednesday in the commons. the difference being with last week, those who were irritated that the government was doing more last week iam also government was doing more last week i am also now because they feel that the government did a bit of double—dealing, that it promised to double—dealing, that it promised to do something to take on board their concerns but then in the end didn't really do that. we are building up toa really do that. we are building up to a real showdown on wednesday. last week there was a genuine fear from the government that they could be defeated, that the rebels had the numbers on their side, and we saw the chief whip, the man in charge of parliamentary discipline for the government, scuttling around, trying to twist the arms of conservative mps. he was successful bend but can he be successful this time around given what's happened in the
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intervening days? a majority of 119 defeating the government. that big set piece occasion is now going to happen ina set piece occasion is now going to happen in a couple of days' time. chris mason there from westminster. you'd think given the number of avocados millennials consume, they'd be the healthiest generation yet. but a report out today from the health foundation think tank suggests insecure jobs and the housing crisis could be setting up millennials, those born between the early 80s and the mid 90s, for an unhealthy middle age. joining me in the studio now is martina kane, who led the team at the health foundation think tank who put together the report. and also with us is nia, who at 23 years old is one of those millennials the report mentions. let me ask you first of all, were you surprised to learn that you might be facing an unhappy and in healthy middle—aged?” might be facing an unhappy and in healthy middle-aged? i have to say not at all. i certainly have a lot
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of friends who have spoken to me about the troubles that the security of the life that millennium have has brought to them, not being able like they would be affording a house in they would be affording a house in the next few years, not having a sta ble the next few years, not having a stablejob, going the next few years, not having a stable job, going through the next few years, not having a stablejob, going through university working on zero—hours contracts, all those things in your early adulthood setter who you are going to be in your middle age and they don't set your middle age and they don't set you up as a very secure human being. tell us about the report itself because you have talked to quite a large number of young people about their experiences and you try to draw out some common threads from that to help predict what might happen in ten or 20 years. presumably it comes with all the caveats about predictions. absolutely. what some of the big factors that set you up for a healthy middle—aged and healthy later life are absolutely laid as foundations in your teenage years. young people today are facing a very
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different future and a very different future and a very different housing market. a very different housing market. a very differentjob different housing market. a very different job market to the other generations. those things are factors that can change though. they are not determinants that will shape the rest of your life. 0ther are not determinants that will shape the rest of your life. other factors could change, the economy can change, presumably there is still an opportunity to change the path you free of this generation may be set on. absolutely, and this is not a done deal, but if you look at factors that do determine someone's health, it is often their income, and that is massively related to their skills, and a lot of their skills and qualifications they develop between the ages of 12 and 24. so if they are being pushed down particular past because of the way the system is set, they need to have opportunities in the world of to capitalise on that. i thought your generation was supposed to be healthier in so many ways compared to my generation that was born at the end of the 60s. you drink less, you are
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the end of the 60s. you drink less, you a re less the end of the 60s. you drink less, you are less likely to become pregnant at a very young age and all the effects that can have on your income prospects, whatever thejoy of having a child is, and you are taking fewer drugs, you are not smoking, all those things. taking fewer drugs, you are not smoking, all those thingsm taking fewer drugs, you are not smoking, all those things. it is safe to say we are more avocado than human at this point. but it doesn't mean that our mental health is not affected in a much worse way. being physically healthy is a basis for any happy life that you are going to have. but that doesn't mean that the insecurity that you will experience throughout your early adulthood and later on as you reach middle age are not going to create a great deal of trouble for you. what about housing them? we talked a bit about that and you come from bulgaria, so i wonder if back home the experience of people of your generation would perhaps be different to what it is in the uk? i would say it is very different but my point of view is also skewered by living in london
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and as we know london is the most difficult place to ever buy a house. i can't difficult place to ever buy a house. ican't imagine difficult place to ever buy a house. i can't imagine what it's like to be 23 and feeling like you could be able to afford a house any time soon. 0f able to afford a house any time soon. of course, i am jealous of everyone. but at least you haven't got the stress of a mortgage. one of the things we are keen to emphasise is the impact that level of insecurity might have on your mental health. people who have to move every six months often report this has an impact on their levels of stress and their ability to put down roots in a community. we know from the office for national statistics that one in three young people are saying they are feeling lonely often or all of the time and that has a massive impact on your health, both in the short term and the long term. thank you both very much for coming into the studio to talk to us this evening. it's a fascinating report. we will see what further evidence
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emerges over the coming years. time for a look at the weather with matt taylor. good evening. it is a fresh night to come. the cloud will thicken up to produce a bit of dampness here and there. temperature is not dropping below 18 degrees in central london. this is the best of the sunshine on tuesday morning. a few showers for the highlands and island ‘s. better for wales in southern england. cloudy steadily builds from the south—west and after a bright state in scotland and northern ireland, cloudy to finish with with outbreaks of rain. beg tempter contracts from north to south, 14 in glasgow, 24 in london. this time tomorrow night a
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wet spell for scotland and northern ireland and the north of england, that move southwards for wednesday. not moving really milder air in the south—east for wednesday but getting fresher and mostly sees dry and bright. this is bbc news — the headlines. theresa may's confirmed that taxes will have to be increased to pay for the extra £20 billion funding for the nhs. she said taxpayers would contribute "a bit more" in a "fair and balanced" way. donald trump says the united states will not the united states
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will not be a migrant camp, as he defends his policy on separating families at the border. the government has lost a vote in the house of lords over its brexit plans. peers backed a call to give parliament a bigger say in the event of a "no deal" departure from the eu. you can see the scene live in volgograd where england are currently level at 1—1 against tunisia in their first world cup match. we are 50 minutes from the end of the game. the captain harry kane scored the first call. —— 15 minutes. —— first goal. and in a moment, we'll hear from a ten—year—old who's become one of the country's youngest published authors. meet the author as you have never seen it before! more now on our top story, and the announcement by the prime minister that tax rises will be needed to pay for an increase in the nhs‘s budget in england. theresa may has promised an extra £20 billion a year by 2023 for the health service. let's speak now to dr sri kalidindi, who is a consultant psychiatrist.
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iam not i am not sure i have lost that correctly. could you tell me how to say it. my apologies. thank you. what do you make of the announcement by the prime minister? at the royal couege by the prime minister? at the royal college of psychiatrists we very much welcome this money. the key thing is that this money gets to the front line, to services. at the moment one in three people with a mental illness receive mental health ca re mental illness receive mental health care and clearly, by making sure that gets to the front line, the money, and increased numbers, that means we can get the treatment and ca re means we can get the treatment and care that works and improve lives for these people and let them get on with their lives. often improving things is not about fancy technology but instead talking and listening and the opportunities to access that kind of support quickly and closely on time. yes, exactly correct. at
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the moment in mental health, we do not have the same number of what we call access and wait times, so, for example, and physical health care, there are clear guidelines as to how quickly one must receive care, we need one of those in mental health to make sure that people access care that we know works with any timely fashion and as well as that, early, because they are low that people can access good and effective care, it means that the condition often can be treated better, because it is less entrenched, less severe. there are some good examples also by making sure that we follow what we know works well. that is a very good programme of work that nhs improvement are rolling out, to get it right first time, where we learn from those things that do well, so
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that we are using efficient ways to get the best care to people. and thatis get the best care to people. and that is being rolled out to mental health care. the point about making sure that we get people in the coastal home is also key. you have heard stories of people travelling hundreds of miles just to get basic normal patient care. and rehabilitation care for more complex conditions. by making sure we have good local services, it means that people can remain close to home, the family and friends are close to them and that helps all of us to improve from a mental health perspective much better. sorry, you wanted to make one last point? yes, we must move to a more preventative model to make sure that we are building resilience into people and looking at the public mental health of people to avoid them getting
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problems in the first place wherever possible. social care, the workforce, they are key components of this as well and we must strengthen things in the community as well, so that it will cost less to provide such services. thank you for being with us this evening. my pleasure. apologies for the technical difficulties with that line but i think you could still hear clearly enough what the doctor was proposing and how that money could be spent. three men have died after being hit by a train near a station in south london. police are investigating whether the men were spraying graffiti after reports that cans of paint were found near their bodies. sophie long sent us this update from brixton at some point in the early hours this morning the men in their early 20s were struck by a train and help. one man has been identified and his family have been informed. elise tonight continue to work to find out who the other men were and while all three were on the tracks. just after 7:30 this morning,
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a train driver passing through this part of the track near brixton in south london reported seeing bodies on the line. ambulance workers found three men, all of them were in their 20s. police say they could have been dead for some hours. it is believed that they died earlier in the morning and their injuries are consistent with having been hit by a train. our investigation is focusing on how and why the men came to be on the tracks in the early hours of this morning. spray cans were found nearby, prompting speculation that the men could have been graffiti artists. that is one line of inquiry the police are now investigating, but as you can see here, there is very little space between the tracks and the walls that have been sprayed. police say their priority now is to find who the two unidentified men were. they are appealing for anyone with information to contact them and they are reminding people that climbing onto the line for any reason is dangerous. they say there have would been no safe refuge for the men on the track. sophie long, bbc news, south london.
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the case of a severely ill 12—year—old boy, whose supply of cannabis oil was confiscated then released back to the family, has been raised in the commons in the last hour. billy caldwell was discharged from hospital earlier today. he'd suffered relapses after the cannabis oil — to relieve epilepsy — was seized from his mother at heathrow airport. the government now says it is establishing an "expert panel" of clinicians to advise ministers in future cases where medicinal cannabis may be used. billy's mother charlotte spoke outside the hospital this morning, saying she wanted an urgent meeting with ministers. i am now calling for an urgent meeting with the health secretary and the home secretary. and in that order. i will share with them my experience, which, no matter what anyone says, cannot possibly be imagined by anybody else. i will ask them to urgently implement a programme that now provides immediate access to the meds that billy
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said desperately needs. and now, more urgently than ever, the many children and families that have been affected by this historic development. i will also ask them to implement a review of how the government, our government, our uk government, can make cannabis—based medication available to all patients who urgently require it in our country. that was billy caldwell‘s mother charlotte speaking to journalists outside of the hospital earlier today. well, in the last hour, the home office minister nick hurd told mps that billy's case had shone a light on the issue, but care had to be taken and doctors must be at the heart of the process. let me be clear, mr speaker. both the home secretary and i, as fathers, as the rest of the house, as the rest of the country have,
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of course, been profoundly moved by billy's story, as well as others like it. but i want to reassure the families and the public today that the home secretary and i are working together to do all that we can to take forward the necessary steps at pace, and more announcements will be forthcoming. that was a nick hurd speaking. that was nick hurd speaking. the grenfell tower inquiry has been told the "stay put" policy — to keep residents in theirflats in the event of a fire — has been the main safety strategy for the design of tower blocks for decades. london fire brigade has been criticised for not evacuating residents sooner. but a fire safety expert explained to the inquiry how the "stay put" plan — relying on containment — was undermined by changes to the building which meant it did not meet current fire standards. our correspondent tom symonds reports from the inquiry in central london. when residents dialled 999 from grenfell tower, they were told to stay put, not a fire brigade policy, but a golden rule for nearly 60 years based on the way that tower blocks are designed.
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a rule now being closely scrutinised. the statutory guidance makes no provision within the building for anything other than a "stay put" strategy. i consider that strategy to have failed at 1:26am and that all events after that time occurred in the context of the total loss of the only safety condition provided for. the inquiry was shown this animation. a fire starts in a corner flat. the main concrete walls of the flat — here in green — and the external walls and windows should contain the smoke and flames, preventing them from spreading around the outside of the building. and, the inside, the flat‘s occupants can get out but no one else has to. they can stay put, safely in their flats. that is the theory, it catastrophically failed at grenfell. the new windows and cladding that were added in the refurbishment were combustible, allowing the flames to spread, and today we heard that there were no detailed regulations for abandoning the stay put
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policy once it had failed. the inquiry may consider demanding changes in that area. the expert laid out a long list of problems she found — crevices filled with flammable materials, the wrong components installed, the right components the wrong way up, gaps between the cladding panels exposing them to the flames. of course, it is notjust grenfell, thousands of residents in similar unsafe blocks are paying for fire wardens and facing huge bills for cladding replacement. later this week, firefighters will begin describing their horrifying experiences that night and the harrowing decisions they were forced to make. tom symonds reporting from the g re nfell tower tom symonds reporting from the grenfell tower inquiry. a powerful earthquake has struck
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japan's second city, osaka, leaving tens of thousands of homes without power. three people were killed, including a nine—year—old girl, and more than 200 have been injured. the 6.1 magnitude tremor struck during the morning rush hour, leaving tens of thousands of people stranded on commuter trains. rupert wingfield—hayes reports. this was the moment the quake hit, caught on a weather camera, overlooking osaka castle. the trembler was short, but shallow and violent, the most violent to hit this city in 100 years. lorries and cars swayed alarmingly on highways. food was sent flying from supermarket shelves. translation: when i was coming down on the escalator, i felt a strong jolt, it was really scary. translation: i had no time to think what has happened. i was terrified. it was just very scary. the quake hit at 7:58am, right in the middle of the morning rush, as the city's commuters were heading to work. tens of thousands were left stranded, as all train services
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and most highways in the city were shut down. a number of major water pipes have also been ruptured. huge geysers spewing water into the streets. japan's famous bullet trains were also brought to a halt for hours as the lines had to be checked for any signs of damage. tragically, there has also been death and injury. this wall toppled by the quake crushed a nine—year—old girl, who was walking to school. an 80—year—old man was crushed when this wall collapsed. and another elderly man is reported to have been killed by a falling bookcase. hours after the quake, transport in the city is still paralysed. many tens of thousands of people are being forced to walk home from offices and schools. but considering the violence of the quake, damage has been remarkably light.
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there are many broken windows and plenty to clean up and repair, but there have been no major building collapses. partly, that is luck, but in large part, it is down to japan's tough building regulations. and a major effort to reinforce public buildings, following a devastating earthquake back in 1995, in which more than 6000 people were killed. rupert wingfield—hayes, bbc news, tokyo. now, most children like a good bedtime story — but ten—year—old frasier cox from brighton has written one of his own and it's won him a national competition. he's become one of the country's youngest published authors for his book which is about a friendship between two boys, one of which is a refugee. charlie rose reports. winner of the book people's bedtime
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story competition is frasier. at just ten years old, frasier cox wins a nationwide story writing contest and becomes one of the uk's youngest published authors. even if i and becomes one of the uk's youngest published authors. even ifi did when i did not think it would become such a big thing and on that day when i found out that this was going to be the fate of that story, i so ecstatic. frasier's story is about a friendship between two boys, one of whom is a refugee. the idea came to him in the classroom. the original home work was to make a poor and it had to be about different and diversity. i think the thing that got to me the most is the refugee
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crisis, because i just got to me the most is the refugee crisis, because ijust imagined an ordinary life going to an ordinary school and then suddenly, your country school and then suddenly, your cou ntry tells school and then suddenly, your country tells you you are going to war. frasier has autism and his mother said the condition was a factor in her son's choice of subject matter. hejust factor in her son's choice of subject matter. he just cares a lot about different people and he worries about different people and what is going on, what's wrong and how you can help. and he is not very good at not doing something about it. and the judges described the story as incredibly touching. you can go as they as you like with it. my six—year—old would read it and tell me, mother, that was good. and my 11—year—old would gasp. it is brilliant. we are really the same. 35% of the proceeds of the book will go to charity, and frasier already has plans for another bedtime story. charlie rose, bbc news. that could be the start of something big for him. the headlines on bbc news:
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the prime minister warns that tax rises will be needed to pay for more funding for the nhs. donald trump says the united states will not be a migrant camp, as he defends his policy on separating families at the border. the government has lost a vote in the house of lords over its brexit plans. peers backed a call to give parliament a bigger say in the event of a "no deal" departure from the eu. an update on the market numbers for you — here's how london's and frankfurt ended the day. and in the the united states this is how the dow and the nasdaq are getting on... addiction to electronic games has been formally recognised as a medical disorder by the world health organisation. the change means sufferers will be eligible for treatment on the nhs. to be diagnosed, players will have to demonstrate that the addiction has significantly impaired their lives for at least a year. zoe kleinman reports. maybe a revolver if you are lucky!
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for plenty of people, young and adult, video gaming is fun, an exciting escape from reality that gives you the opportunity to do things that you wouldn't dream of doing in real life. the good thing about fortnight is the graphics and, like, how you can play with other people, your friends, online people around the world. my favourite computer game is probably fifa because i spend the most time on it, now. most of my friends play that, now. but, for some, there's a darker side, when gaming becomes something you simply can't stop doing. it's beyond frightening watching your own child deteriorate like that at such a rate. he was hospitalised at christmas. and couldn't function. so, he wasn't washing, eating. so, yes, by the time it got to that... and then because he wasn't going out, he became too frightened to go to school. a recent study by oxford university found that gaming was less addictive than gambling, but if you do have a problem, currently, you might find it
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difficult to get help. there are no designated treatment providers at the moment in the nhs, dealing with gaming disorder. my wish for the future is that these centres do get set up, in order for parents, for families, who are beginning to struggle with their children, in order for them to receive the education and support they need. the uk games industry is critical of the latest report. it means treatment will now have to be made available on the nhs, with private consultants already seeing increased demand. zoe kleinman, bbc news.
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let us go back to volgograd and the england and tunisia match. harry kane has scored for the second time in the last minute and a half. we are into the final two minutes of the match. england are now leading 2-1. the match. england are now leading 2—1. harry kane scored early in the first half and he has scored right at the end of the second half. we are already into injury time and we we re are already into injury time and we were in injury time in fact when he scored that second goal. let us hear from our correspondent sarah ra i nsfo rd from our correspondent sarah rainsford who has popped out of the stadium. you must have been disappointed coming out at the end when there is only minutes to go! yes, there was a huge roar behind me has that goal went in. there are not many english bands in that stadium but a couple of thousand may be huge roar of relief as much as anything, i guess, has that second harry kane
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goal went in. i was watching it as it went in. fantastic relief for england. the tunisian player is worth their heads in their hands, they could not believe they had conceded so late on. we are just saying that goal now. yes, a lot of shouting in the ground today has been from russian fans who have come to watch the match and they were shouting for russia, neither england or tunisia! but the england fans have been singing and dancing and chanting throughout. a huge roar of applause and relief as that harry kane header went into the net. we are seeing pictures of what must now be the last seconds of the game. four minutes of injury time. that is it, it is all over. 2—1 to england against tunisia and volvo grad. despite the absence of england fans, has the adam szubin lively then? despite the absence of england fans, has the adam szubin lively themm has the adam szubin lively themm has been both in and outside of the
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stadium. in town today the tunisian fa ns were stadium. in town today the tunisian fans were the loudest. —— has the atmosphere been lively? they would not normally see the sort of a mr rennie carr this. it is not known for huge sports events like this. but the police were relaxed than letting the fans get on with it. many england fans were in town and wearing the shirts, they were keeping a low profile and keeping a wa ry keeping a low profile and keeping a wary presence throughout yesterday but today they came out and were wrapped in their flags, but today they came out and were wrapped in theirflags, too. they came to the stadium hoping that england would win. i think this is the first time england have won in the first time england have won in the opening match of the world cup for some time. hopefully this was the one that england could clinch and they have done that. we heard the roars of relief and the joy from england fans. we are hoping this can be the start of a good world cup for england. yes indeed, a huge fillip for the supporters and for what is a young and relatively inexperienced tea m
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young and relatively inexperienced team playing at this international level. what was the mood like inside the stadium? the sense that people have been a little bit nervous in moscow about potential clashes of fa ns moscow about potential clashes of fans but there was a suggestion that there was more of a carnival atmosphere here? yes, in moscow it has been amazing ever since this text. the mood has been amazing in moscow, fans from all over the world singing and acting in the street and eve ryo ne singing and acting in the street and everyone loving it, including muscovites. russians have been getting their photographs taken with all these football fans, this crazy football fans. there was the sense ofa football fans. there was the sense of a party mood today, very unusual for russia. russians really enjoying this game. lots of children here as well. they have been playing in the area around the stadium, there have been football games for them. for adults the food and beer has been falling. the city of volgograd, the people were given the day off today because there are other games being
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played here. a great atmosphere overall. how would you characterise the degree of enthusiasm in russia for hosting such a tournament? there are some great teams but it is not as perhaps passionate about football as perhaps passionate about football as england is. but they have really got into this, very well organised and there has been a lot of money spent and investment. i have been travelling around a lot of the posts at this for the last year as they have prepared for this and people have prepared for this and people have really got behind it. they are extremely pleased to be in the spotlight on very pleased to welcome the world here. also, i think russia is trying to go on the charm offensive and people want to be seen to be respectable, the world. they have put on a good show so far, they have put on a good show so far, they have done that. it is a letter that
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about the show on the other side of russia. we hear a lot about the bad side of politics but then as a jewish nation hear a lot about the bad side of politics but there is a huge nation here of people who are getting into football and really enjoying the international slavery got this tournament. sarah rainsford and volvo grad, on what is a very good night for england and its supporters, thank you very much. —— enjoying the international flavour of this tournament. time for the weather. this level of cloud separates one and you may give to the south and something cool and fresh further north. but also to the north is where we have a clearer skies and that fresh air tonight. just a few showers across the far north of scotland and orkney and shetland the breezes slowly cooling down. there is patchy rain or drizzle for the western coasts of england and wales. but look at the temperature, 17 and 18 degrees for
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the south—west corner. against seven or eight for the rural parts of scotland, quite a contrast. in the south, a lot of cloud to begin tuesday, hot spot of migraine. mine across the western coastal hills. brea ks across the western coastal hills. breaks in the cloud here and there. for the east of scotland temperatures could climb to 18 degrees. 24 celsius is not out of the question. we finished the day with heavy bursts of rain developing for northern ireland. that will develop into more substantial rain pushing across the central part of scotla nd pushing across the central part of scotland and the north of england to ta ke scotland and the north of england to take us into the first part of tomorrow night. with this little bobble on the weather front, that clears up to the north sea and allows the court fund to move through on wednesday and that will introduce fresh airfor through on wednesday and that will introduce fresh air for more of you and the bread and conditions of course. wednesday begins with the jim eadie with lots of cloud. showery abyss of rain pushing into the north of wales and the midlands, never quite reaching the south—east corner. sunshine developing for the
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north and the highlands and islands. the finns the north and south, the warmest of the could get to 25 celsius for south, perhaps more. mid teens further north. it is that fresh air that winds out for thursday and the weather front disappears for the near continent, lots of sunshine to begin with for the north—west of wheels. sunshine will increase and there will be brea ks will increase and there will be breaks in the cloud, pleasant enough out of the breeze. temperatures 17 to 21 celsius. similar data on friday, two. —— wales. hello, i'm karin giannone, this is outside source. these scenes from the us border with mexico of children separated from their parents are shocking america. even the first lady puts out a rare statement saying she hates to see children taken away
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from theirfamilies. but president trump stands firm and defends his immigration policy. the united states will not be a migrant camp and it will not be a refugee holding facility. germany's coalition also in turmoil over immigration. the interior minister threatens to shut the country's borders unless chancellor merkel strikes a deal with europe. it's day five of the fifa world cup and england has just beaten tunisia. we're live in russia for all the action.
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