hello, it's wednesday, it's 9am, i'm victoria derbyshire, welcome to the programme. it's been called the most exciting cancer treatment for decades — and a deal has been done to let the nhs give children with a type of leukaemia this expensive new cancer therapy. this is the beginning of a new area of cancer treatment where cells from your own body can be reprogrammed to provide treatment for previously untreatable conditions. how much of a game changer could this treatment be? we will find out. should misogyny — sexism or prejudice towards women — be a hate crime? today mps will vote on proposal which could make that happen. we'll talk to the labour mp campaigning for change and also ask, what about hatred towards men? and what's in the meat you buy from supermarkets or order in restaurants? not always what you think, as it turns out. as the bbc reveals that more than a fifth of meat sample tests done last year found dna from animals that were not listed on the label. we'll find out why.

hello. welcome to the programme. how are you? we're live until 11am. if you've experienced misogyny — which can include unwanted sexual advances, wolf—whistling, verbal abuse, or taking pictures of you without consent — what do you think about the possibility of it becoming offically in law, a hate crime? if that happens, the move would allow courts to consider it as an aggravating factor when it comes to handing out punishments. if you've experienced this — let me know — and we'll feed that into our conversation. that will be at about 9:15am. use the #victorialive. if you're emailing and are happy for us to contact you — and maybe want to take part in the programme — please include your phone number in your message. our top story today. a revolutionary new treatment

to tackle a rare form of childhood leukaemia is to be made available through the nhs in england. health experts say the therapy — which uses the body's own immune cells to fight the cancer — represents one of the most exciting advances for decades. there are hopes it could also have an impact on other cancer treatments. here's our health correspondent dominic hughes. leukaemia is a form of blood cancer, and, in most cases, is highly treatable. but some patients don't respond, so researchers have been looking at the potential for individualised therapies. this is cutting—edge science, and it's expensive. but, within a few weeks, via the nhs in england, it could be available to up to 30 children and young people who otherwise have run out of treatment options. nhs patients are the first in europe to get this new treatment, and because we're on the beginning of a new era of personalised medicine, where cells from your own body are being reprogrammed to provide treatments for previously untreatable conditions. this is how the blood cancer treatment works. a blood sample is removed from the patient and then immune cells, known as t—cells, are

taken from the blood. these are then modified to detect and kill cancer cells. they're then grown in the laboratory and injected back into the patient. it's the first time this type of cellular therapy is going to be used in the nhs and in europe. for people... children with blood cancer, it's going to make a huge difference to them, but we can expect to see this type of therapy be rolled out in other blood cancers and in other types of cancers over the next few years. this announcement marks a big step forward for a form of therapy that many believe is game—changing. after years of promise, personalised medicine is becoming a major weapon in the fight against cancer. dominic hughes, bbc news. if you have a child with leukaemia, do stay tuned cos be if you have a child with leukaemia, do stay tuned because we will be discussing the breakthrough — and how the deal with nhs was done so quickly — straight

after the 10am news bulletin. joanna gosling is in the bbc newsroom with a summary of the rest of the days news. good morning. the former bank of england governor mervyn king has branded britain's preparations for leaving the eu as "incompetent". lord king, who's a brexit supporter, told the bbc the government had been left without a credible bargaining position — but claimed blame should be shared between parliament and key decision makers in whitehall. the group of people tasked with trying to make decisions on all of this is parliament as a whole, notjust the government and the civil service, have brought us to a position where we are now being told that we have to accept a certain course of action because otherwise it will be catastrophic. now, it beggars belief that the sixth biggest economy in the world should get itself into that position. everyone in europe has a strong economic incentive in coming to a free—trade agreement. that is something we should have said in 2016 was what we wanted to do. but the only way to get

other countries to agree to that is to demonstrate that we have actually put in place credible plans to be prepared to leave without a deal because we can't impose a deal on anyone else. more than a fifth of meat sample tests last year found dna from animals not on the labelling. lamb was most likely to contain traces of other animals, with cow dna being most frequently detected where it shouldn't. the food standards agency said testing wasn't random and had targeted businesses suspected of not complying. later on this programme — we'll be hearing from those calling for better labelling of meat — and from a trading standards body — which routinely carries out testing on meat. jewish groups have criticised the labour leaderjeremy corbyn‘s attempt to get his party's ruling body to adopt a statement allowing criticism of the foundation of the state of israel. the party's national executive agreed to the internationally recognised definition of anti—semitism yesterday but it also pledged to protect freedom of expression. and we'll hear from two labour mps at opposing ends of the debate later in the programme.

thousands of people in the uk have been charged twice for debit card payments. the error occurred due to an issue with a card terminal run by cardnet, a joint venture between lloyds bank and first data. money came out of bank accounts twice but transactions only showed up once on many shop, pub and restaurant receipts. lloyds banking group said people would be refunded. at least ten people have been killed and hundreds injured as the strongest typhoon for more than 25 years continues to hit the west coast of japan. the storm named jebi has left a trail of destruction across the west of the country, hitting major cities like kyoto and osaka, with more than a million people being forced to evacuate their homes. the winds are now slowing down and moving north, but people are being urged to stay alert for landslides and floods. global health experts have issued an urgent warning afterfinding more than a quarter of the world's adults are at risk of disease from not doing enough physical activity. the world health organisation says one point four billion people do not 1.4 billion people do not

exercise enough and are vulnerable to heart conditions, type two diabetes, dementia and cancer. research published in the lancet today reveals the problem is worse in wealthier countries including the uk. we have focused so much on physical activity being individual responsibility, instead of thinking about how we can build our environment to facilitate physical activity. for example, through urban planning, through transportation systems, through building more parks and recreation facilities, so that the physically active choices are the obvious choice, the easier choice, free choices for everybody. donald trump has dismissed a highly critical new book about his administration. bob woodward — the journalist who helped break richard nixon's watergate scandal — says the white house is having a "nervous brea kdown". the president suggested mr woodward was working for his political opponents, the democratic party, while the white house issued statements from leading figures in the government denying

claims in the book. the archbishop of canterbury has called for a fundamental rethink of how the uk economy works including more public spending and higher taxes on technology giants and the wealthy. it comes ahead of the launch of a major report by the left—leaning think tank, the commission on economicjustice, of which justin welby was a leading member. the government says its balanced approach means spending more money whilst reducing the deficit. people suffer from injustice in the economy. the need to go to a food bank, even when you have got two adults in the household living reasonably tightly and both working. a gin appreciation society has fallen foul of advertising regulators. complaints about ten facebook posts by the scottish gin society, including this one, have been upheld by the advertising standards authority — who said the adverts implied gin had nutritional benefits and linked it to sexual success. the group argued they were just

memes and didn't think of its posts as advertisements. it's been a record—breaking summer and the perfect conditions led to solar power briefly becoming the uk stop energy source during the last weekend injune. but how could the solar energy industry be affected by more frequent heatwaves? tim muffett reports. cleve hill would put every other uk solar farm in the shade. the site itself will be close to 1,000 acres. the solar park would produce enough clean, affordable, renewable power for over 110,000 homes. the site is on the north kent coast. the plan is for an area around the size of 400 football pitches to be covered with solar panel. it would be by far the uk's biggest solarfarm. the reason why we're proposing a solar park here is because it is a very large, flat, open space of privately owned

land in the south—east of england, in kent, where solar radiation is very good. and, if the future weather predictions continue, then this is an incredibly significant form of renewable energy to be enhanced. in other countries, giant solar farms are more common. some of the biggest are in china. collectively, they could produce enough energy to power the entire united kingdom many times over. a decision as to whether or not a solar farm will be built on this site is not expected for a year at least. but, whilst many accept that we should be doing more to harness energy from the sun, solar farms can be controversial. it would have a huge impact on the environment, and the local area. michael wilcox lives close by, and supports solar energy in principle. but a giant solar park on this site? too big, too disruptive. it'll look like the roof of a factory, but it's going to cover so much land, it's the same size as a town.

so, if you can imagine a town—sized factory being put there, in the landscape, we think that's the wrong kind of design. other countries have shown that big solar farms can transform energy production. a bright idea, or a blot on the landscape? tim muffett reporting. a pair of ruby slippers worn byjudy garland in the film the wizard of oz have been found, 13 years after going missing. the infamous shoes were stolen from a museum in minnesota, when someone broke in through a window late at night. no specific details were given about how or where they were found, but the slippers are said to be amongst the most valued props in film history. the pair were insured for $1 million but experts say they could be worth two times that now. that's a summary of the latest bbc news — more at 9:30am. i really need those shoes! in a moment we will be talking

about whether misogyny — sexism or prejudice towards women — should be a hate crime and we want to hear from you — particularly if you've experienced sexist incidents yourself. do get in touch. 0n do get in touch. on twitter amy says it should be a hate crime, definitely, it is unwanted attention, or lister rocketry and an infringement of a woman's right to just exist in any space. another says, a wolf whistle used to make my day, especially if it had been going badly. your experiences really welcome. use the hashtag victoria live and if you text, you will be charged at the standard network rate. let's get some sport. 0lly is at the bbc sport centre. a historic moment for scotland's women footballers. scotla nd scotland beat albania, they topped the group to qualify automatically. it was 1—1 at half time butjane ross got the second half winner. that result wasn't good enough by itself. the scots also needed

switzerland to slip up in poland and they did, only drawing so they go into the play—offs. scotland have booked their ticket to france next summer. it's absolutely huge, to make history for the women's national team, to have never gone to a world cup final team, to have never gone to a world cupfinaland team, to have never gone to a world cup final and those players to take us cup final and those players to take us there having had such an incredible campaign, it is fantastic for the national side but it's all so for the national side but it's all so wonderfulfor girls for the national side but it's all so wonderful for girls and women's football in general. england finished third at the last world cup in canada. they are the other home nation through. they had already qualified after beating wales last week. phil neville gave seven players their first starts against kazakhstan, they beat them 5—0 at home last november, and went one better. 6—0 yesterday. they topped their group. wales missed out on the play—offs, they needed a couple of results

to go their way and they didn't. it was a very long night of tennis at the us open. it really was. when you put the time difference in this match was still going on when i came into the office this morning. the longest match at this years tournament, close to five hours at flushing meadows, a brilliant five setter. the defending champion rafael naval he came through against the ninth seed dominic thiem. nadal lost the first set 6—0. this finished just after 2am in the morning new york time. the spaniard beat the austrian in the french open final. nadal is in such great shape. going over and consoling his

opponent. playjuan martin del potro in the semi—finals, just like last year. the other quarters are played later today including novak djokovic. one of the women's semi—finals has also been confirmed. serena williams has taken a step closer to equalling the grand slam singles record. she's been stuck on 23 for a while after taking time out to have her first child but she's back to her best. she's one of the hot favourites at flushing meadows. she beat karolina pliskova in straight sets and will now face the latvian anastasija sevastova. this is always a big debate in golf. big decision for thomas bjorn, eight players have qualified by right for the tournament at the end of the month taking place just sat ——

outside paris at the club national. these eight will definitely be going but outside those the other five are all rookies. what will thomas bjorn do when he picks his wild cards? he's expected to go with experience with his four picks and who else to go to? ian poulter. he is a ryder cup inspiration, losing just four of 18 matches he's been involved in, he has never lost a singles match and we love that. the fist pumping that goes with his victories. five ryder cups, expect him to get the call if he hasn't already. it will be revealed this afternoon. sergio garcia has gone off the boil since winning the masters last year but another experienced player. paul casey and henrik stenson also expected to get into thomas bjorn‘s

team.jim furyk, the expected to get into thomas bjorn‘s team. jim furyk, the american captain made his wild card picks, just three of them and he has won more. tiger woods, as expected, will play in france, as is phil mickelson and my favourite american golfer bryson dechambeau. he has a wild ca rd bryson dechambeau. he has a wild card pick as well. cheers, you can explain why he is your favourite american golfer later on. i'm going to start by reading an e—mailfrom i'm going to start by reading an e—mail from elizabeth about stricter laws on misogyny. she says stricter laws on misogyny. she says stricter laws are long overdue, and a university student i've lost count of the amount of times i've been harassed, shouted at or worse by men three orfour times my harassed, shouted at or worse by men three or four times my age. harassed, shouted at or worse by men three orfour times my age. several times i've caught strangers taking my photograph was sitting on public transport. it's intimidating, embarrassing, and also dangerous. several times i've been yelled and laid out with lewd sexual comments while running, even whenjust crossing the road. this is extremely

distracting and could cause an accident. i don't feel the need to shout such "condiments" at other men so shout such "condiments" at other men so what gives them the right to violate my privacy. —— such compliments. in 2016 we brought you an exclusive report from nottinghamshire as the police force there became the first in the country to begin recording misogyny — sexism or hatred towards women — as a hate crime. misogyny can include unwanted sexual advances, wolf—whistling, verbal abuse, or taking pictures without consent. two years on — mps are set to vote on whether misogyny should be considered a hate crime. if successful, the move would allow courts to consider it as an aggravating factor when handing out sentences. in a moment we'll talk to the labour campaigning for this — but first here are some of the women and police officers we spoke to in nottinghamshire two years ago. i've been called a slut, a whore. there seems to be a lot more groping, especially if you're in a club or a bar.

it was just so offensive. i was like, i'm not flattered, thank you. when they are calling you dogs and slags and everything, it's not nice. women are pretty used to being shouted at in the street, but when does the unwanted attention become a crime? is it a wolf whistle, a cat call, or a sexual or aggressive threat? get the dishes done. lasses go for lads. lads go for lasses. that's it. hello, sweetheart. that's about it, really. bit of a whistle. there have been a lot of headlines about this. the big one that people have drawn on is wolf whistling. is a wolf whistle a hate crime? it wouldn't itself be classed as a hate crime. it would probably constitute as part of a potential hate incident. i was walking through this beautiful wooded cut

through on my way to work one day, alone. i encountered three largish young lads about here. we passed each other there. one of them yelled back at me, "you look like you need a big fat bleep in your mouth." well, that was quite shocking. it was horrible. how did you feel once you had left the situation and it settled in? initially, quite vulnerable and scared. once i had got out into the open, i guess my mind was more able to let in the feelings of disgust that you inevitably feel when someone says something so sexually aggressive at you. when i was using the disabled toilet and i tried to get out

and i was blocked from getting out by someone very aggressively and persistently asking for sex. and he wouldn't actually let me leave. i was just walking on the pavement. a group of boys, must've been 17, 18, just blocked my path, asking for my number, kept saying, "no, just give us your number, then you can go." ijust wanted to go home, just wanted to be left alone. i would get a lot of comments going, "oh, baby, look at your legs." and then you also get the more extreme cases of stalking and being followed. you are not reporting these things. why not? i previously didn't really think that anyone would take me seriously. now that the changes have come into place in nottingham, i feel much more confident to call the police. we can speak now to labour mp for walthamstow stella creasy,

who's leading this campaign, fiona vera grays — who is a research fellow from the durham law school, and the writer and journalist sian norris who says she's ‘endured 20 years of street harassment and making misogyny a hate crime could help end it." why would it be useful for police to consider misogyny a hate crime ? right now there is a gap in how we treat various characteristics we think should be protected in society. if you are harassed in your workplace there is protection but not on our streets or indeed in our courts. today what we are discussing in parliament is what people are calling the upskirting bill, which does not happen in a vacuum. it happens in a society and we have so much research on this now where young women, especially, are facing co nsta nt young women, especially, are facing constant harassment of which upskirting is just one example.

constant harassment of which upskirting isjust one example. it happens because sadly there are some men, and let me be clear, i'm standing upfor men, and let me be clear, i'm standing up for the reputation of men because the vast majority don't do this, don't behave like this towards women, but there are some men who think of women as something they can play with, therefore their entertainment, they are hostile and prejudice towards and therefore they think it's acceptable to follow women down the street and harass them. to try and touch them and take pictures of them. i worry, where does it stop? are these people escalating? what is the evidence that that kind of horrible behaviour is motivated by misogyny? that's what we're looking for in these amendments, to be able to give the courts where there is evidence, and once you start recording that evidence, as we've seen in nottinghamshire, a changes the conversation about things like stalking and harassment to take that into account. if you had somebody who had created a website where they we re who had created a website where they were encouraging people to take photos, talking about women in a certain way, showing them hostility, the law does not have a formal test

mission of hostility but the same way it does with someone who is of a religious background. —— formal definition of hostility. where someone shows a clear pattern of behaviour attacking someone because of their religious or racial background, we should be able to ta ke background, we should be able to take that into account. i want to treat these things equally. presumably you are next going to campaignfor presumably you are next going to campaign for mis—en treaty be made a hate crime? —— misandry to be made a hate crime? —— misandry to be made a hate crime? —— misandry to be made a hate crime? we say sex characteristics in no particular are an issue, but frankly what i want is an issue, but frankly what i want is a review of the whole of hate crime and that's why it organisations refuge who work with the muslim community and dimensions who work with disabled people and stonewall are working with this as well because i don't think our hate crime legislation works right now. that would include issues around sex and gender. including hatred and prejudice towards men?” gender. including hatred and prejudice towards men? i think they would have to look at what we are clear run from the evidence is that

there are a small group of men out there are a small group of men out there who have a hostility towards women and that is leading to... the figures are horrific. two thirds of women having to change their behaviour because of that hatred and harassment from men. this is 2018, it shouldn't be for young women to have to live their lives in fear. these people should be stopped and to make sure we have the and freedom for everyone. let me bring in sean morris, if i may, who has written about in during 20 years of street harassment. —— sian norris. can you explain what you have experience? like most women, street harassment began when i was a teenager. i was 14 years old, standing at the bus stop, then men would be there horns at me, shout things from their cars, and bearing in mind you are 14 years old, on your way home from school, wearing school uniform. that's what i meant when i said this has been going on for tee decades, since i was a child. and then, like many

women i have various experiences with harassment, men have shouted obscene things at me, chant horrible words at me until i burst into tears, i've been chased through public spaces, i've been on trains, on buses, in clubs, and when i talk about street harassment talk about the main, most frightening issues, being chased, having obscene remarks made at me, having mental about what they want to do to me sexually as i walked past. there's also the day—to—day small incidents that you sort of take in your stride almost, things we have begun to accept as normal, as part of being a woman in public space, what my friend calls the woman tax, you just get on with it and shut those remarks out. sorry to interrupt but now one would doubt how utterly grim that must have been, to experience the kind of things you have just described. but there is already legislation to protect somebody like yourself and other women from that kind of

behaviour. why do you think that misogyny should be regarded as a hate crime? i think there's two really important reasons why we should regard as suddenly as a hate crime. the first is that it gives women a language to talk about what has happened to them. it gives us a reason to say we are not going to put up with it any more. my experiences are not rare, they are incredibly common. most women will have experience street harassment or kind of comments yet we just put up with it. we accept as normal, as pa rt of with it. we accept as normal, as part of being a woman in public space. if we name it, give it a name as misogyny and a hate crime, then that allows us to tackle it. it gives us something we can focus on and needs to change. let me bring in fiona. we are getting so many m essa 9 es fiona. we are getting so many messages already about this. fiona, a research fellow at the durham law school, does this sound sensible? a research fellow at the durham law school, does this sound sensible7m does. it really resonates with me, what chandra said as well and what celeste said about women having to change their behaviour. i have just

published a book about this, how we trade freedom for safety. it shows how women have to daily stop doing things that maybe they want to do in order to try and make themselves feel safe. we are absolutely on the same page, in terms of the impact an effect and range of street harassment. around misogyny as a hate crime, i find it a little more challenging i guess, because sometimes there is lots of information and misinformation going around. today, what's been debated in parliament is a amendments that has done really well but it is specific to upskirting offences, it's not about introducing misogyny asa it's not about introducing misogyny as a hate crime more broadly. mps are not debating whether or not women are going to be able to record things as a hate crime if they happen in public space and they are not a form of upsetting for example. just to bring stella back in... stella is absolutely right. i'm constrained by the legislation. my point is, upskirting is a classic example of a misogynistic crime that

could be motivated by misogyny. if the ministers will commit to a law commission review of all hate crime and include misogyny in that, and commit to dealing with any legislation that is required coming out of that, i will withdraw these amendments because this is not a perfect vehicle. we don't often get opportunities to make progress and i believe listening to women, and it is mainly women who experienced this, the time is not to say it's not perfect so let's not do anything, it's time to get on with it. this man says what about men who groped and wolf whistled at? it's totally sexist to just target men. women can behave just as totally sexist to just target men. women can behavejust as badly totally sexist to just target men. women can behave just as badly as men. i would love to see the data andi men. i would love to see the data and i would love to know whether thatis and i would love to know whether that is his real name. nobody is saying women that is his real name. nobody is saying women are that is his real name. nobody is saying women are perfect but this is a classic example of what happens in these debates. we know disproportionately it's women who experience these issues and we know the vast majority of men don't do it. iam the vast majority of men don't do it. i am yet to meet a couple who

says i met him when he followed me down the street in his car saying, get in. that's not upstanding people meet each other. this person says i work in parliament in a nonpolitical role and i don't know if i have confidence in what mps say about tackling misogyny because of the culture there. i touching and contact culture there. i touching and co nta ct ha d culture there. i touching and contact had been experienced by myself and other women, notjust from mps but their staff. ask any woman who dares to go into the sports bar on the parliamentary estate. women being treated as anything but equal seems to be a common feature and i have had m e nswear common feature and i have had menswear square up common feature and i have had menswear square up to common feature and i have had menswear square up to me common feature and i have had menswear square up to me and call me stupid because i have dared to question them as part of myjob. this kind of misogyny is so ingrained in parliament and society at large to the extent i'm worried even legislation would not change a thing despite the efforts of brilliant mps like yourself. we have had a problem with sexual harassment in parliament and that's why many of us have worked on an independent reporting system and investigating

system, also within our political parties. this is 2018 and sadly we don't live in an equal world. and equal world is about freedom for both men and women and we have to tackle all of these issues. sarah j, street harassment for women has been commonplace for so long for some my first experience was walking for the bus for my dance class and an older man shouted something across the street about my legs, he would have known how old i was and i put my head down and walked off and he shattered the word "frigid" to me andi shattered the word "frigid" to me and i had to ask my mum what it meant also by being turned into a sexual object and verbally abused for not giving a response. this is the same for women everywhere, regardless of clothing, time or place, doesn't matter what you do. in that one moment as a woman you are afraid, reduced and shutdown. nobody should be allowed to shout at any one based on their appearance, gender or sexuality. if it's against protocol in the workplace it shouldn't be allowed on the streets. misogyny is sometimes hard to

recognise, especially when the reactions from scared to flattered, but both of these are defence mechanisms, because although not all men do this enough men do it for it to bea men do this enough men do it for it to be a huge issue and one that essentially feeds into rape culture and dehumanisation of women. i was 13 when it first happened and it happens weekly ever since. women live in different comfort zones to men. if your amendment goes the way you wa nt if your amendment goes the way you want it to, that's the sort of first step to what is making it a hate crime but it wouldn't stop kind of behaviour, would it? what we have seen behaviour, would it? what we have seen from nottingham is it has led toa seen from nottingham is it has led to a change. sadly i have many women in my local community who have tried to report instances to the police and often get old, i had one the other day of a woman followed down the street by a man in his car, trying to get her to get into his carand he said trying to get her to get into his car and he said it was a trying to get her to get into his carand he said it was a prank and because the police said it was a jokeit because the police said it was a joke it wasn't an offence. i'm worried that because a man thinks

that's ok it is not an offence. what is next, harassment legislation, stalking legislation? unless you record the patterns you cannot work out what is happening and unless it is an offence the police will not record at. from nottinghamshire and other forces around the country, where they are starting to enforce this it is leading to changes in what they're doing and they need parliament act. police would like to look into it, the law commission would like to look into it and i hope ministers can see it's a reasonable request to have the review and include misogyny in it. if they do not support that and we have to have the vote they are sending a clear message they think it's unacceptable that half of women in this country had to change their behaviour and live their lives in fear because a small minority men in this country don't think it's important enough to tackle. as a labourmp important enough to tackle. as a labour mp you would expect me to ask you about the adverse emitters controversy in your party. the nec accepting the full definition of anti—semitism and added examples even with the clarification of

freedom to criticise israel. does that draw a line under this row for you today? we have a vote in the parliamentary labour party about making bih are a in full part of our standing orders without any qualification and i will be voting for it and i think it's important to do, because it's important all others in the labour party are responsible for how we treat these issues —— ihra. we still have a number of cases outstanding that need to be dealt with and now we are clear that the ihra definitions matter. i think the relationship between not just matter. i think the relationship between notjust the matter. i think the relationship between not just the jewish relationship and the labour party movement but also with jewish members has become strained. we have to put that rattigan. i'm clear i didn'tjoina to put that rattigan. i'm clear i didn'tjoin a racist party and stand up didn'tjoin a racist party and stand up to all forms of racism including anti—semitism and i do that in the local community. i see it and i hear it. -- local community. i see it and i hear it. —— we have to put that right again. thank you, fiona vera-gray

kranjcar norris, writer and journalist. your views are welcome. if you have experienced street harassment and if you have a view on whether misogyny should be regarded asa whether misogyny should be regarded as a hate crime, let us know. —— sian morris. time for the latest news — here's joanna gosling. a revolutionary new treatment to tackle a rare form of childhood leukaemia is to be made available through the nhs in england. health experts say the therapy — which uses the body's own immune cells to fight the cancer — represents one of the most exciting advances for decades. there are hopes it could also have an impact on other cancer treatments the former bank of england governor mervyn king has branded britain's preparations for leaving the eu as "incompetent". lord king, who's a brexit supporter, told the bbc the government had been left without a credible bargaining position — but says blame should be shared between parliament and key decision makers in whitehall. more than a fifth of meat sample tests last year found dna from animals not on the labelling — lamb was most likely to contain traces of other animals, with cow dna being most frequently detected where it shouldn't. the food standards agency said testing wasn't random and had

targeted those businesses suspected of not complying. jewish groups have criticised the labour leader jeremy corbyn's attempt to get his party's ruling body to adopt a statement allowing criticism of the foundation of the state of israel. the party's national executive agreed to the internationally recognised definition of anti—semitism yesterday but it also pledged to protect freedom of expression. thousands of people in the uk have been charged twice for debit card payments. the error occurred due to an issue with a card terminal run by cardnet, a joint venture between lloyds bank and first data. money came out of bank accounts twice but transactions only showed up once on many shop, pub and restaurant receipts. lloyds banking group said people would be refunded. at least ten people have been killed and hundreds injured as the strongest typhoon for more than 25 years continues to hit the west coast of japan. the storm named jebi has left a trail of destruction across the west of the country, hitting major cities

like kyoto and osaka, with more than a million people being forced to evacuate their homes. the winds are now slowing down and moving north, but people are being urged to stay alert for landslides and floods. that's a summary of the latest bbc news. here's some sport now with 0lly foster. scotland's women have qualified for their first world cup. they beat albania 2—1 away to top their group. england have also qualfied for france next summer meaning there will be two home nations in a women's world cup for the first time. defending champion rafael nadal is through to us open semi—finals. he beat dominic thiem in five sets in just under five hours. he'll playjuan martin del potro, a repeat of last year's semi—final. serena williams is a step closer to that record—equalling 24th grand slam singles title.

she won her quarterfinal against karolina pliskova and will now face the lativain anatssia sevastova. this afternoon, the european ryder cup captain thomas bjorn will reveal his four wildcards for the tournament at the end of the month, ian poulter is likely to be one of them. sergio garcia, paul casey and henrik stenson are also tipped for inclusion. that's all the sport for now. 83% of headteachers in england say they're getting no funding for pupils with special needs. that's according to research by a leading body that repreesents more than 29,000 headteachers up—and—down the country. the schools involved say cuts to nhs services mean that they're having to find the cash to pay for psychologists, therapists and other vital resources that theyjust can't do. in the studio this morning is valentine mulholland who is from the national association of headteachers, they have carried out this research — also here is andy mellor who is the president of the naht and also the headteacher of st nicholas church

of england primary school in blackpool and leise cooper who has two sons with special needs and she runs a support group for parents too. what's the problem? the key issue is that when the government introduced new arrangements for supporting pupils with pupils with special educational needs and disabilities, that need more than normal educational funding, they set out that there should be funding coming in from education budgets but also from health and social care, and our survey of 650 headteachers has shown that actually 83% of them are saying that actually 83% of them are saying that they are getting no financial support from health and social care at all. what does that mean in pounds and pence? in pounds and penceit pounds and pence? in pounds and pence it depends on the child but what it means is they are not getting funding for things like medical needs, not getting funding for speech and language therapy, not getting funding for psychological services, educational psychology,

all of those essential requirements, and schools are having to try and cope within the normal mainstream education budget and are seriously struggling with that. we know that education budgets are under severe strain and 73% of people who responded to our survey said they are not able to support children, even those that get funding, the use to be at the support them with teaching assistants and pastoral ca re teaching assistants and pastoral care that they had to make cuts. you are the headteacher of a school that has ten children with special educational needs. what changes have you had to make to support these children? we have ten children with high special needs, what that means is those children need a great deal more support than we can provide in school. how much are you short by? i would say probably in terms of the conservative estimate would be about £60,000. ega? each year, that is on

top of a cut of £300,000 over the la st top of a cut of £300,000 over the last five years of our budget so the budget is shrinking and we are asked to pay more so it's not possible —— each year. nadhim zahawi says we have undertaken the biggest special—needs reforms in a generation including the introduction of health, education and special care plan so that the needs of the individuals and families are put at the heart the process. we recognise there is pressure and that's why funding is rising. core schools funding is increasing to 43.5 billion by 2000 20, 50 3% more increasing to 43.5 billion by 2000 20,50 3% more per pupil in real terms than in the year 2000. —— by 2020. that's not what we are seeing in schools, we are seeing a reduction of £20,000 to £300,000 —— £200,000. we have something like enough educational psychologists to be able to see one child per term so we have a list of children waiting

to see the educational psychologist. you are shaking your head in disagreement as i was reading that statement. it was in of the situation. sorry, to the statement from the minister, you shook your head in disagreement. what is your experience? families and children find it really difficult to get their head around their child's right to education doesn't seem to extend to your child if they have special educational needs. like you are saying, how you have to prioritise the children who have an educational psychology assessment and that's very much the situation. how does it affect your two sons? they are diagnosed with autism and adhd. in terms of the educational support they get at school, what is missing? my two boys are at college and have been through the system but i'm supporting what's families who, at the moment, what of the children

aren't even in school because schools are saying we cannot have them in as we don't have the staff to look after them and support them and to access their lessons. would just can't have them in. where are they being educated ? just can't have them in. where are they being educated? they are not. there was a recent report that said that 3000 children nationally are waiting for a special school placement and then there are also a lot of children that we don't necessarily know how manyjust aren't in school, or are in school foran houra aren't in school, or are in school for an hour a day. if that's your situation for your family then you can't work. that's a family that's going to be in poverty. the impact on that family's whole lifestyle is enormous, and on the child. we are basically leaving them not to have an education and not to be able to... thousands are struggling. just to... thousands are struggling. just to pick up on that, that's one of the saddest things about what we're finding. because supporters and

therefore mainstream schools to support pupils, of course, they do, there are1.2 support pupils, of course, they do, there are 1.2 billion pupils who have a special educational need or disability in the country and they are being educated. 1.2 billion? 1.2 million, sorry! because that support isn't there in mainstream schools we are seeing an increase in the number of children who have to go to a special school to get their needs met and then special schools are getting overloaded and so we have some children who are waiting a long time for a specialist placement. the special schools are the right place for children with very complex needs and without a doubt they perform a valuable role. but there are children... 73% of our members say they are struggling to meet the needs of pupils that they could meet two years ago and that's about the cuts to education funding, but also about the cuts to health and social ca re about the cuts to health and social care funding. when you have the

releva nt care funding. when you have the relevant minister saying funding is going up and that's why we are making these reforms, what do you say to them? i would agree that the reforms have been put in place. we have a statutory code of practice for special educational needs. the great tragedy is that our staff in the schools are far better trained than they have ever been in terms of identifying, or being able to seek support, from specialists, but the tragedy is there is an money to pay for that support. we are having children identified... what are you to the minister? however much you are saying it is going up by, it is not enough. the ministers have a view of how much they are put into education but the need to come into schools to look at budgets. would you invite him into the your school? we have an open invitation, we have said to the minister for education

to see if you can find money from somewhere because there isn't any. it's not just somewhere because there isn't any. it's notjust the minister for education, it is the chancellor needs to listen. education health ca re needs to listen. education health care plans mean health and social ca re care plans mean health and social care also have to be funded to support pupils through schools and support pupils through schools and support the i want to ask leise finally, in order to fight for what your son is needed at school, what was that like as a family? when i gave birth to my son i didn't know i would have to be an expert in equality law to be able to get him his basic rights. it's very difficult. it's really difficult and parents... in our support group we are supporting parents to build their advocacy skills, to build their advocacy skills, to build their resilience to get their child's needs met. the system is pitting one child against another to get the funding. the point about how social care and health are not

contributing, that is having a massive impact as well. there is a £2 billion deficit in children's social care budgets over the next two years and the impact of that is huge. it isjust essentially for parents. it is just huge. it isjust essentially for parents. it isjust a really depressing situation to see your child not be able to make the progress you know that they could. and have them, you know, cast aside, if you like, in some cases, certainly. thank you forjoining us. if the bbc has learned that more than a fifth of meat sample tests done last year found dna from animals that were not listed on the label. of 665 results from england, wales and northern ireland collected

by the food standards agency, 145 were partly or wholly made up of unspecified meat — some samples contained meat from four different animals, where others didn't contain any of the advertised meat at all. the tests were done by trading standards departments, who suspected the meat — in supermarkets and restaurants — wasn't as advertised. let's talk now to emma slawinski, who's from compassion in world farming, who are always calling for better labelling of meat. if the emma slawinski emma slawinski. nick allen is from the british meat processors association. mark norfolk is from kent trading standards. his team routinely carries out testing on meat. thank you for the programme. like the british meat processors association. we cannot trust what we are buying supermarkets because of m ista kes are buying supermarkets because of mistakes that your members are making. this is frustrating for us as an industry. there's a lot of people in the meat industry trying really ha rd to people in the meat industry trying really hard to make sure that the consumer gets what they're supposed to be getting. try really hard?

there's lots of investment in technology. don't forget, with these results, these are targeted results, so results, these are targeted results, so the local authority suspected there was a problem with these particular plants. these are not 20% of all meet in the country having some contaminated. is still shocking. is still disappointing, lots of our members have invested lots of our members have invested lots of our members have invested lots of money in making sure that this does not happen and they are feeling let down by a minority who still do these things and let the industry down, basically. do you have the confidence in the meat coming out of the processing plants and ending up in supermarkets and restaurants? when we hear phrases like disappointed and let down if does not lead to the level shock there should be at these results but it is not surprising because we have

a problem with the labelling of meat and dairy products in the uk, which is that it does not provide the information to consumers that we know that they want, they've asked for and they need, to make an informed decision. this is a shocking revelation. if it says pork in the packet it should be brought in the packet it should be brought in the packet. it's only! problem with meat labelling so that same port might be coming from racing very intensive conditions, perhaps indoors their entire lives, overcrowded, using canterbury ticks and all these things, and it might be ina and all these things, and it might be in a packet showing pictures of green fields and a lush, outdoor environment. the basic point is, whatever the label says, you expect it to accurately reflect whatever it is you're eating. exactly, that is fundamental. but also if the label says farm fresh, what does that even mean? mark norfolk, from kent county

council trading standards, you're a manager on the animal welfare side of things. how the regard these figures that us of meat tested wasn't as advertised? that is disappointing, but for ourselves we target resources on the products that we think are going to present as with misuse and carry out work there to see what's going on and we have found a number of issues. does that mean that consumers cannot have confidence in the meat that they are buying? we can only take so many samples and we probably trust are places that we go to. but it is our role to check what is not checkable for the consumer. if you're buying meat or something for a restaurant, perhaps you cannot tell easily what the meat is or what it might contain

so the meat is or what it might contain so that is where we come in, doing our work to make sure that people are getting what they are being told is being served to them. nick allen, 22 of the samples were from meat processing plants. is it happening because your members are not following the rules because they are cutting corners? probably a combination of both. 0bviously some m ista kes combination of both. 0bviously some mistakes happen from time to time and that is down to poor processes. we have encouraged them to have as good processes as possible so that these things do not happen, but u nfortu nately these things do not happen, but unfortunately there are some people out there doing this deliberately. it's frustrating for us, but we want them out of the industry because they let us down completely. how do you get them out of the industry? we are encouraging members and legislating ourselves like trading standards, if our members have suspicions of someone locally that they are not doing the job properly

or is letting the side down, we contact the authorities. how would they have suspicions? you just know sometimes in the trade and even when you walk into a shop or a plant, you just know that things are not being done properly. we encourage everyone to say, if you can see something that isn't right, report it to the authorities. don't just that isn't right, report it to the authorities. don'tjust walk that isn't right, report it to the authorities. don't just walk away from it. because they can see what's wrong. lots of people would walk into a shop or restaurant and when they will —— look around they might think, do i really want to buy some food here? there is a lot that can be told just by visual appearance and that is how local authorities pick up the information and investigate these people. i stress again that these are targeted results. you keep making that point is though that makes it sound easier to cope with. i'm making that point,

because actually, the headlines are being interpreted that 20% of all meat is contaminated. and that is simply not the case. that is not what we have said this morning. we have said tested meat. with respect the headline on bbc news, people could just look at that headline and interpret it that way, i'd agree that the article makes it clear, but the art —— the headline can be a bit misleading. what else does the meat industry need to do apart from better labelling? it all sounds a bit piecemeal, if you're suspicious, report it. we need more fundamental reform. this is a symptom of a syste m reform. this is a symptom of a system that is producing as much meat as possible as cheaply as possible and actually we should be focusing on quality, for the consumer, quality of life for the animal, and a quality livelihood for farmers. so we do need reform but there is a bigger problem here, as well. thank you all for coming on

the programme. we appreciate your time. coming up in the next hour, we will be talking about this revolutionary new drug for children with a particular kind of advanced leukaemia, it has been called the most exciting treatment advance for a decade. we'll be talking to two pa rents a decade. we'll be talking to two parents with little boys with advanced leukaemia, for whom this could potentially be a game changer. next we're going to bring you some astonishing footage from japan, where nine people have been killed by the most powerful typhoon to hit japan in the last 25 years. the storm has torn roofs off houses, damaged tankers and tens of thousands of people have been left without power. let's get the latest weather update, with matt taylor. you want to talk about the typhoon as well, don't you? yes, is1 of you want to talk about the typhoon as well, don't you? yes, is 1 of the strongest typhoons in decades, so whilst it has left a trail of

destruction it has been an improving picture. look at how quickly it has pushed northwards. that means that things have calmed down rapidly. that means that the rainfall amounts have not been as potentially high as they can be with the typhoon and the wins last strong and did we have eased down substantially. at the moment that storm is now across eastern russia as an area of low pressure. things certainly have improved injapan pressure. things certainly have improved in japan over the pressure. things certainly have improved injapan over the last 12 hours. from that side of the world, let's head here, and it was a gamestop across many areas. lovely sunny skies today in county durham at the moment, but it has not been a dry start everywhere. we have seen that rain across parts of east anglia and the south—east. we still have some showers across kent, part of east sussex as well. it is going to ta ke of east sussex as well. it is going to take a few more hours for them to

diminish and the afternoon should be drier and brighter. showers across western scotland and northern ireland becoming more abundant into the afternoon. in between, a hefty chunk of dry, sunny weather, representing big improvements for parts of northern england, wales, the midlands, towards the south—west, lots of sunshine around and feeling better than over the last few days. some sunny spells for the south—east and east anglia, one or two showers, with some cloud in the coast of lincolnshire and east yorkshire. northern ireland and western scotland continuing with showers, and then they will ease away from the hebrides, with temperatures across scotland generally around the mid—teens. showers across scotland pushed away eastwards. 0ne showers across scotland pushed away eastwards. one or two showers across the country, but there will be lots of dry weather, with lengthy clear skies, and the air starting to get cooler, so the mornings will be

pressure towards the end of the week, most thousand cities starting the day in single figures. showers will quickly develop widely across scotla nd will quickly develop widely across scotland and northern england on thursday. rain across the south and northern ireland, then spreading into wales, the midlands and parts of the south—west, so this is one of the wetter areas on thursday. in between, sunny skies with temperatures continuing to drop, and dropping into friday because an area of low pressure bringing the showers into the weekend is to the east of us, with the wind is blowing anticlockwise, bringing more of a zero north—westerly wind on friday. quite a blustery day the board. many places will be dry with showers coming and going in that stiff breeze. eastern counties of england, northern and eastern scotland most likely pc perry and lengthy bursts of rain and most places below 20 degrees. that continues into saturday. rain most likely in the

south, and in the north, it is sunday when you are most likely to see some showers. thank you very much, matt. hello, it's wednesday, it's 10am, i'm victoria derbyshire. it's been called ‘the most exciting cancer treatment for decades' — and a deal has been done to let the nhs give children with a type of leukaemia this expensive new cancer therapy. we are at the beginning of the new era of personalised medicine we re cells from your own body are being reprogrammed to provide new treatments to previously untreatable conditions. how much of a game changer could this treatment be? we'll speak to the mums of two children with this advanced type of leukaemia about what the news means to them. also, should misogyny — sexism or prejudice towards women — be a hate crime? today mps will vote on proposal which could make that happen. this is 2018. it shouldn't be for young women to have to live their lives in fear. it should be for these people to be stopped and to make sure we have equality

and freedom for everyone. also, is hair transplant surgery becoming mainstream ? thousands of british men are flying to turkey to get the operation much cheaper than it is in the uk. we follow one to see how effective the treatment is. this is me at my worst. even my girlfriend hasn't seen me like this. i hate hiding it. i hate flicking it across all the time. it embarrasses me going to the hairdressers and brush it forward and you just see people looking at me. good morning. here's joanna gosling is in the bbc newsroom with a summary of the days news. with a summary of the day's news. a revolutionary new treatment to tackle a rare form of childhood leukaemia is to be made available through the nhs in england. health experts say the therapy — which uses the body's own immune cells to fight the cancer — represents one of the most exciting advances for decades.

there are hopes it could also have an impact on other cancer treatments. five people have been arrested on suspicion of terrorism offences. three men, a woman and a 17—year—old boy were detained following a series of arrests in birmingham, halifax and nottingham. all five are being held at a police station in the west midlands — and a number of properties are being searched. counter terror police say the arrests were pre—planned and intelligence—led. the former bank of england governor mervyn king has branded britain's preparations for leaving the eu as "incompetent". lord king, who's a brexit supporter, told the bbc the government had been left without a credible bargaining position — but says blame should be shared between parliament and key decision makers in whitehall. more than a fifth of meat sample tests last year found dna from animals not on the labelling. lamb was most likely to contain traces of other animals, with cow dna being most frequently detected where it shouldn't. the food standards agency said testing wasn't random and had targeted those businesses suspected of not complying. jewish groups have criticised the labour leader jeremy corbyn's attempt to get his party's ruling body

to adopt a statement allowing criticism of the foundation of the state of israel. the party's national executive agreed to the internationally recognised definition of anti—semitism yesterday but it also pledged to protect freedom of expression. thousands of people in the uk have been charged twice for debit card payments. the error occurred due to an issue with a card terminal run by cardnet, a joint venture between lloyds bank and first data. money came out of bank accounts twice but transactions only showed up once on many shop, pub and restaurant receipts. lloyds banking group said people would be refunded. at least ten people have been killed and hundreds injured as the strongest typhoon for more than 25 years continues to hit the west coast of japan. the storm named jebi has left a trail of destruction across the west of the country, hitting major cities like kyoto and osaka, with more than a million people being forced to evacuate their homes. the winds are now slowing down and moving north, but people are being urged to stay

alert for landslides and floods. that's a summary of the latest bbc news — more at 10:30am. thank you very much and thank you for your messages on whether misogyny should be in law a hate crime. this text says, when i was pregnant i was crossing the road and a man shouted at me from his car, you should have kept your legs shut, you should have kept your legs shut, you slack. i was also shouted by at a man to put a you slack. i was also shouted by at a man to puta brahim. no one should have to be subjected to this appalling behaviour, it is uncivilised and of dom and totally unacceptable. i should have said there is strong languages do matt langridge in some of these messages. we don't want to skirt around the abuse but some may be offended. it wasn't comfortable to be wolf whistled at. at 16 he put a smile on my face, at 20 and gave me

confidence and now at 607! would love to be wolf whistled at, we need common sense. isaac donkor e—mail saysis common sense. isaac donkor e—mail says is it worth noting it was felt rape within marriage was impossible to prove and police yet it has changed the way we think about consensual sex and marriage. such a law and ounces as a society our collective of right and wrong. this text doesn't leave a name. i was called jailbait at the age of 14 by our milkman, followed at night, shouted and spat out in the street, groped in pubs and clubs, even in front of my husband. i have been date raped twice. change is long overdue. dill says there are real issues of women being harassed by a small number of men but police have to prioritise based on the limited number of resources they have. education of young boys as to why it is unacceptable behaviour would be more effective in the long—term. thank you for those. do get in touch with us throughout the morning —

use the #victorialive. if you're emailing and are happy for us to contact you ? and maybe want to take part in the programme — please include your phone number in your message. if you text, you ll be charged at the standard network rate. let's get some sport now. 0lly foster is at the bbc sport centre. good morning. scotland's women have qualified for their first world cup. they beat albania 2—1 away and that saw them top their group. it was 1—1 at half time butjane ross got the second—half winner. that result wasn't good enough by itself. it was a nervy last 25 minutes. the scots also needed switzerland to slip up in poland and they did, only drawing so they go into the play—offs. scotland, though, have booked their ticket to france next summer. iam so, i am so, so proud of them, proud of eve ryo ne i am so, so proud of them, proud of everyone involved, the girls and women's game in scotland, sportscotland, so many people instrumental, their family and friends, because they commit and give up so many things. i'm a bit emotional right now. i'm so proud of them. for the first time there will be two home nations

at a women's world cup. england had already qualified after beating wales last week. phil neville gave seven players their first starts against kazakhstan, they beat them 5—0 at home last november, and went one better. 6—0 last night. wales missed out on the play—offs, needed a couple of results to go their way and they didn't. the defending champion, rafael nadal came through a five—set thriller to reach the us open semi—finals. his match against dominic thiem lasted almost five hours. really humid conditions in new york, even though the game finished at 2am in the morning. nadal lost the first set 6—0 against the austrian. he'll playjuan martin del potro in the semi—finals, just like last year. the other quarters are played later today, including novak djokovic. one of the women's semi—finals has also been confirmed. serena williams has taken a step closer to equalling the grand slam singles record. she's been stuck on 23 for a while. she took time out to have her first child.

she beat karolina pliskova in straight sets and will now face the latvian anastasia sevastova. this afternoon, the european ryder cup captain thomas bjorn will name his four wildcards for the tournament later this month. eight players have qualified by right. these are the leading four on the european tour and also the top four europeans in the world rankings. after rory mcilroy, francesco molinari and justin rose, the rest will be rookies in france. that's why bjorn is expected to go for some experience with his four picks. ian poulter, always a ryder cup inspiration, is expected to be one of them. a veteran of five ryder cups, he's never lost a singles match. sergio garcia, paul casey and henrik stenson have also been tipped for inclusion. as expected tiger woods is going to be in the us team. he is one ofjim

furyk‘s captains picks. phil mickelson and bryson dechambeau have also been brought in. jim furyk is going to name his last wild card next week. that is all the sport for now. i will have the headlines later. that's all the sport for now. thank you. good morning. it's been called the most exciting treatment advance for decades — a cutting—edge new therapy for aggressive leukaemia which could be given to children on the nhs within weeks. it's called car—t and helps target leukaemia where other drugs have failed. it usually costs hundreds of thousands of pounds per patient, but nhs england boss simon stevens has said a fair and affordable price deal has been reached with manufacturer nova rtis. now we can talk to phil reynolds, the car—t lead for charity bloodwise, and rose gray, policy manager at cancer research uk. also joining us via webcam is hannah 0liver willets. her four—year—old son zachariah is undergoing treatment for acute

lymphoblastic leukaemia now — but wouldn't be eligable for the new treatment unless he got worse. we also have kerry brown — whose son felix has that same form of leukaemia — he's undegroing a three—year programme of intensive chemotherapy. also on webcam is lydia and darrell bate, whose son fabian was one of the first children to have the therapy, who has now sadly died. and a representative from the drugs company ina and a representative from the drugs company in a few moments time. there is so much to talk about. how does this drug work? car-t takes the immune cells from the body and turbochargers them and puts them back into the body. watters turbo—charging mean? it equips them and makes them better to fight the cancer cells in the bloodstream. it

is not just like a cancer cells in the bloodstream. it is notjust like a pill or a drug that has a limited effect. it can work for months or years afterwards and that's why it's considered to be and that's why it's considered to be a cure. when it is put back in the bodyit a cure. when it is put back in the body it is looking for the cancer cells and better able to tackle those? that's right and because it is the person's sells it is much more targeted and specialised so that's why it is considered such an effective treatment. how successful and how effective? when it works it works very well. we know people who are alive today who wouldn't otherwise have survived but it doesn't always work and there are significant side effects that can occur which can mean people need to be admitted to hospital. i think it is really promising but it's not the magic bullet. we still need of the treatments and other medicines to sure everyone can benefit. who will benefit from this drug? it's been licensed for young children and we know from the news today that very small numbers of people will benefit, 50 or so, which is positive. in this country? yes but

we wa nt positive. in this country? yes but we want everyone to benefit from this treatment, the early signs are positive and early data is really strong so we want everybody to be able to get access to car—t in the future. what kind of leukaemia does this treatment target? this is particularly for acute leukaemias, leukaemias in children. so this is particularly good news for them but we wa nt particularly good news for them but we want to be able to benefit all types of leukaemia and blood cancer. it is and fans b—cell lymphoblastic leukaemia. how has this been introduced after it was approved so recently? this has been really good news that is a has—been just ten days since being licensed by the european medicines agency, so very quick, one of the quickest in

history, which is exceptionally remarkable, given it is such a complicated treatment and we know it is something that is very expensive. it is something that the nhs and nice, who approve new drugs in general, have been discussing in a lot of detail with researchers and with the drug company for months now to make sure that they have all the right evidence about how effective the drug is, to negotiate on the price so that we get a good deal that the nhs can afford to pay for and also importantly to make sure the nhs is able to give these treatments, because as phil said it is something that has lots of side effects, unfortunately, and is very complicated to deliver. 0k. ten days, i mean, that hardly ever happens. in terms of the expense, obviously it's really expensive but then three years of chemotherapy is really expensive, isn't it? it is, and as phil said because this involves taking cells out of the

patient's body and engineering them and putting them back in a different level to chemotherapy. we know with this is it has entered the cancer drugs fund which means patients can get access quickly while more data is gathered about how effective the drug is, which is why the nhs has been able to afford it. we don't know the details yet about price or how the process works but i'd be very interested to read it when it becomes available. 0k. let's bring in kerry and also lydia and hannah is with us as well. and darryl as well. let me ask you all, first of all, starting with kerry, how you respond to today's news. this is absolutely great news for us. my son felix who is responding well to treatment at the moment and the outcome for him at the moment is good but in the back of any parent's mind whena good but in the back of any parent's mind when a child is diagnosed with cancer there is always the fear of

relapse. we don't talk about it, it's the unknown kind of thing and we don't mention. but it is there and always in the background. to know there is another form of treatment available should that happen, and we have seen it happen to many families we have been in contact with and we have got to know very well, that is so reassuring for us. so, your son is undergoing three yea rs of so, your son is undergoing three years of chemotherapy, i understand. if that doesn't go to plan, you think that car-t if that doesn't go to plan, you think that car—t would be available to your son. we matter at the moment he is responding as he should so fingers crossed his end of treatment is april 2019, as long as everything keeps going, as it is, the outcomes should be good, but it is good to know there is another possible form of treatment available. lydia, your son, fabian was one of the first to have this treatment at great 0rmond

street hospital in 2013—14. very sadly, he died. i wonder how you respond to the news today. it's very bittersweet because it is too late for us and for our son but we are absolutely thrilled, aren't we? it is wonderful news. it did start to work for baby but it was not advanced enough, the cells were consumed by the modified cells. it did start to work but sadly, he relaxed. you will it isjust early days, but the announcement today is kind of a legacy to him, that he was pa rt of kind of a legacy to him, that he was part of in his early days, and it has come forward in this announcement today and it has now become a main line treatment, which is fantastic. he was one of the first to have this kind of therapy, the medical professionals and scientists will have learnt from the effect it had on your son. that

early clinical trial, only a small trial of about 30 children, they clearly learn from that and what was going on in a similar trial in america, and they have tweaked, as it were, the specifics of how they modify those cells, as i recall and clearly, the outcomes have really improved since then. i'm going to bring in hanover, if i may, thank you for talking to us. —— bringing hannah. tell us about your little boy and the treatment he's getting. he has acute lymphoblastic leukaemia, but he has a sub type of it which is quite rare. itjust means that the latest studies show, basically, that there was a study

done that said four out of five children would end up relapsing and dying if they stayed on... sorry, if they stayed on chemotherapy, and similar results if they had a bone marrow transplant, so, because his chance of relapse is so high, that's the reason why we want him to have car-t the reason why we want him to have car—t therapy because, in a way, we don't have anything to lose. the treatments here in the uk are not going to offer any better hope for our child, unfortunately, although the nation might be happy about the new car—t trial that has come in, we knew it was coming in, and we have already been speaking to certain professors and oncologists throughout the world, and

u nfortu nately throughout the world, and unfortunately zachariah still doesn't meet the criteria so, although we know that there is more chance of him relaxing and dying on chemotherapy and bone marrow transplants, he still does not meet the criteria for the new car—t therapy being introduced. the criteria for the new car—t therapy being introducedlj therapy being introduced.” understand, and the way you have described it makes it clear why you are so described it makes it clear why you are so emotional about this. abe medical professionals elsewhere in the world that could help? the trial has asset threshold. the leukaemia has asset threshold. the leukaemia has to be at 0.5 mrd. whereas in the us, they have a trial with a threshold of 0.01 mrd. at the minute zachariah is not in remission, he is still mrd positive, but not positive and up to meet the criteria threshold in the uk. so although we

know that we are in a very poor prognosis position and we know he has bone marrow transplants and chemotherapy, he has a ten out of ten match for bone marrow transplant, and the only reason he is not being put forward is because they know that the outcome is just as poor as with chemotherapy, so that leaves us in a really difficult position where he doesn't meet the criteria for car—t, bone marrow transplant and chemotherapy will leave us with a really cool prognosis, so we leave us with a really cool prognosis, so we are leave us with a really cool prognosis, so we are trying to raise about half £1 million to get him... sorry. please don't apologise. it is absolutely fine. we try to raise the money to get him to the us so that we can try car—t therapy. 0ne money to get him to the us so that we can try car—t therapy. one of the first things are oncologists said to us is, when you treat acute,

aggressive cancer, when you treat acute cancer, the first time, you wa nt to acute cancer, the first time, you want to treat it right because you don't want it to come back. when it comes back that is when the body is then weak and tired and it struggles to fight, it struggles to have all of the therapy delivered into the body, and the body can't take it, so our oncologists, the first thing he said was, when you treat it, you wa nt to said was, when you treat it, you want to treat it as if it is never going to come back. we are offered chemotherapy in this country with the knowledge that it will come back. do you see what i mean? we are stuck, we are really stuck and, i guess car—t therapy is our lifeline. it is our one hope that, if we treated like the first time, if we get him the car—t cell therapy then

it could save his life. i'm going to bring in mari from novartis, the company that has done this trial with the nhs. it is upsetting to hear hannah speaking in these terms, it is clear there are some excitement around this therapy but it is not available for everybody who would want it. that is what we're working on. it is a game changing innovation out of today's development to get the availability on the nhs for certain paediatric patients, and we're happy about that, and as a company we are working hard to get access for more patients and we have our european commissioner getting into work on getting access in the nhs to those patients as well. can i ask about

the deal you did with nhs england? what sort of discount did you give? we cannot talk about the specific amount. what i can say is that there was a clear recognition from government, from nhs and nice around the complex manufacturing, individualised treatment custom made for each patient, an 80% of patients who have gone through other options, had no other treatment options and have had a good response. there is a good understanding on both sides about having an affordable price but understanding also the value of the treatment. why have you enabled some kind of discount? what is important to us is that there was an ability to us is that there was an ability to get fast access for this cutting edge new therapy, for patients in

the uk. we have been working on the la st the uk. we have been working on the last few months within the company and also with multiple parties in the uk to ensure that we can try to get access as quickly as possible. it is notjust the price, it is the availability and readiness of sites, and we're working closely with centres in the uk to make sure that the treatment is available over the next few weeks. the speed with which this has been done is also really interesting. doesn't happen very often, either. that's right. that is a testament to how different parties have come together. we have been pleased with the cooperation across the board that these centres have been very open to engaging very carefully and well robust across the board, and it brings together so many disciplines within the

hospital, and that is what has been so hospital, and that is what has been so amazing. lots more work to do to make sure that we can get the first patients in the uk on treatment. bill, how do you respond to this kind of negotiation and this speed? -- phil. some people are initially entered into it who may not be well enough to receive the cells when they come back from the us. so car—t isa they come back from the us. so car—t is a step in the right direction but we need to make sure that everyone can benefit and that the next wave of treatments means that everyone can get access to what could be a life—saving treatment.” can get access to what could be a life-saving treatment. i want to ask you, kerry, you had explained that the 12—year—old —— if the chemotherapy your 12—year—old is undergoing doesn't go to plan, you feel reassured that this could be

available for him, if the treatment doesn't work and he relapses. how is he doing at the moment? he's doing well, at the moment, he should be getting more chemotherapy every day but that is one of the problems with these tests, because he has been in treatment for so long, his body is getting tired so he is far more sensitive to chemotherapy. but he's still playing football once a week, still playing football once a week, still attending school. sorry to interrupt, we are just showing a picture of him there, with his sisters. yes, that's the first day of school. he is doing really well, they're just trying to get to the finish line of april 2019, and hoping that we don't have too many issues over the winter, and just trying to keep positive. lydia and

daryl, you have sadly lost a son that this illness. what kind of message can you send to parents who are coping with a child with this kind of leukaemia? we had 8.5 years of standard treatment and then two bone marrow transplants and then gene therapy so it was a very long journey for us. the biggest impact has been upon the other children in the family. i would just say to pa rents you the family. i would just say to parents you are a family unit, look after each other. try to make some time for the other children. and it's nearly four years since we lost fabian, and now we run a childhood cancer trust in his memory, and we just keep going every day, and we are grateful for every day that we had with fabian. victoria, may i pass something onto hannah, because we we re

pass something onto hannah, because we were in the exact same position looking to go to america for treatment. there is a foundation told the emily whitehead foundation which can help and possibly support you financially that works through the children's hospital in philadelphia. it is a fantastic foundation set up by the family of a child that was the first car—t patient in america and is doing fa nta stically patient in america and is doing fantastically well, now and they are there. so it is the emily whitehead foundation if she wants to research that. we really wish her all the best. hope is the thing that you keep going, day to day, and we never run out of it, and it is another treatment, the news today is positive, it is good for patients and notwithstanding the caveats we have heard, just hang on in there and keep hoping. also, the drug combination trials are very helpful.

0ur trust is raising funds for these combination trials that are being run at the northern institute for cancer research, so we're channelling funds into that. don't forget the combination trials are running, and they are making good progress for children with relapsed anl. thank you. the emily whitehead foundation, i know that year. thank you very much, hannah, i really appreciate all of your time, all of you. thank you very much. coming up. allegations of anti—semitism within the labour party — yesterday its national executive agreed to the internationally recognised definition of anti—semitism and pledged to protect freedom of expression. we'll hear from two

labour mps at opposing ends of the debate. thousands of people in the uk were charged twice for debit card payments. the error occurred due to an issue with a particular card terminal run by cardnet, a joint venture between lloyds bank and first data. let's talk to our personal finance correspondent, simon gompertz. they are big operators, lots of businesses depend on them, the little machine that you put your ca rd little machine that you put your card in to do your card payment and la st card in to do your card payment and last wednesday lots of people found they had been charged twice. they thought it was the trader they were dealing with that had charged them twice, so bad for the trader, but thenit twice, so bad for the trader, but then it later turned out that the consoles themselves had an error that day. what has happened is that lloyds ca rd net that day. what has happened is that

lloyds card net have refunded eve ryo ne lloyds card net have refunded everyone and their happened by yesterday, so you could say little damage done, but it really highlights how much we depend on these technologies nowadays. i'm not saying banks didn't get things wrong in the past, that tended to affect you or me or a handful of people but now with one glitch there can be thousands, or even potentially as we saw with tsb, millions of people affected by this technology problems. dealing with them quickly is something that is at a premium. was it quick enough for people to have been double charged on wednesday and only paid back yesterday? nearly a week? i think some people were a bit panicky about what happened to the accounts and they might say no, so it's important to get it done quickly. it could happen more because of the increasingly cashless society. it's so increasingly cashless society. it's so complicated, we have lots of legacy systems that have to talk to each other and it is technologically difficult and that means we do get these glitches from time to time and it's very important to stress test all the systems as robustly as they can. 0k, thank you very much.

time for the latest news — here's joanna gosling. the bbc news headlines this morning. a revolutionary new treatment to tackle a rare form of childhood leukaemia is to be made available through the nhs in england. health experts say the therapy — which uses the body's own immune cells to fight the cancer — represents one of the most exciting advances for decades. there are hopes it could also have an impact on other cancer treatments five people have been arrested on suspicion of terrorism offences. three men, a woman and a 17—year—old boy were detained following a series of arrests in birmingham, halifax and nottingham. all five are being held at a police station in the west midlands — and a number of properties are being search. counter terror police say the arrests were pre—planned and intelligence—led. the former bank of england governor mervyn king has branded britain's preparations for leaving the eu as "incompetent". lord king, who's a brexit supporter, told the bbc the government had been left without a credible bargaining position — but says blame should be shared between parliament and key decision makers in whitehall. more than a fifth of meat sample tests last year found dna from animals not on the labelling.

lamb was most likely to contain traces of other animals, with cow dna being most frequently detected where it shouldn't. the food standards agency said testing wasn't random and had the food standards agency said testing wasn't random and had targeted those businesses suspected of not complying. jewish groups have criticised the labour leader jeremy corbyn's attempt to get his party's ruling body to adopt a statement allowing criticism of the foundation of the state of israel. the party's national executive agreed to the internationally recognised definition of anti—semitism yesterday but it also pledged to protect freedom of expression. that's a summary of the latest bbc news. thank you. here's some sport now with 0lly foster. scotland's women have qualified for their first world cup. they beat albania 2—1 away to top their group. england have also qualified for france next summer meaning there will be two home nations in a women's world cup for the first time.

defending champion rafael nadal is through to us open semi—finals. he beat dominic thiem in five sets in just under five hours. he'll playjuan martin del potro, a repeat of last year's semi—final. serena williams is a step closer to that record—equalling 24th grand slam singles title. she won her quarter—final against karolina pliskova and will now face the latvian anastasija sevastova. this afternoon, the european ryder cup captain thomas bjorn will reveal his four wildcards for the tournament at the end of the month. ian poulter is likely to be one of them. sergio garcia, paul casey and henrik stenson are also tipped for inclusion. that's all the sport for now. allegations of anti—semitism and that labour leaderjeremy corbyn has not done enough to tackle it — have dominated the headlines all summer. much of the anger from somejewish campaigners and community leaders has centred around whether labour should include examples of what could be seen as prejudice from a widely—used definition of anti—semitism in its rules

for party members. they all relate to israel. well, yesterday evening labour did adopt those examples — along with a separate statement to make sure legitimate criticism of israel is still allowed. but will that be the end of the row? 0ne labour mp has already quit the parliamentary party and there's been speculation others could follow suit. let's speak to two labour mps at opposing ends of the debate. chris williamson is a close ally ofjeremy corbyn who says some of the examples of anti—semitism labour has now included in its rule book "fetter free speech". and also here is dame louise ellman who'sjewish and a long—standing critic of the labour leader. you've repeatedly called on labour to include the ihra examples. they've now done that. is that enough? iam i am pleased labour has accepted the ihra definition but it is problematic they have added a statement which might challenge some of those statements within the definition itself. the definition

makes it very, very clear that criticising israel in the way you might criticise any other government is not anti—semitic. i think it would have been very good for the labour party to highlight that statement to make it clear that adopting that the commission does not stifle free speech on israel. because they have issued a separate issue, statement in the way you have raises the issue of whether it would be possible for people to make allegations outlawed in the definition, such as saying israelis are behaving like nazis, or that the formation of israel itself was a racial endeavour and that is quite separate from criticising the policies of any government. you're still not satisfied? you don't feel trust has been repaired? some progress has been made but trust hasn't been repaired yet. chris williamson, do you accept that? how do you react to it? i hope we can move on because i think we should be on the same page, we are both opposed to any form of anti—semitism

and racism and we have both been anti—racist all our lives. the key issue is the way in which the ihra examples can be misinterpreted, and indeed we have evidence of that happening in this country and overseas as well. it's interesting, the author of the examples, kenneth stern, has said in a senate hearing he referred to them potentially chilling free speech and being mccarthy like in invoking the mccarthyite witch hunts. you think adopting these examples make it harder to speak up for and defend palestinians? it is important we speak out against the abuse of the palestinian people. do these exa m ples palestinian people. do these examples adopted by labour's code of conduct to make it harder to do that? that's why the clarification statement was important, really. i think all of us want to be able to protect free speech. ijust think all of us want to be able to protect free speech. i just want to be clear, does it make it harder or

not? i think with that accompanying statement, i'm hopeful that we can move on and we recognise the importance of being able to stand up for the palestinians who have been terribly abused by netanyahu's apartheid regime. chris's comments now make me even more alarmed. because he seems to be challenging the labour pa rty‘s because he seems to be challenging the labour party's acceptance of that definition with all of his examples. and really he is highlighting the concern i have got. i think the labour party should clarify what they mean. it is perfectly legitimate to criticise the government of israel, the current government and past governments, but the definition shows to call israel a gracious endeavour is wrong and should not be done and neither should we say that israelis behave like nazis but chris seems to want to row back and say although the party say they have accepted the full definition he thinks there are some loopholes so i'd like clarification from the

labour party. we are not looking for loopholes. have you accepted it? of course, the national executive is the ruling body of the party and they have embraced it. i'm not trying to row back and seek loopholes, as i said, we should be on the same page, we both want to drive at any form of racism but also wa nt drive at any form of racism but also want to be able to speak up for the palestinian people. all i would come back to is a number of eminent jewish academics and high legal brains in the country like jeffrey roberts and have said they are troubled by the ihra examples. but it has been brought into the code of conduct so is there even any point making the point about those academics? it is done. it is not necessarily making the point but their observations are on the record, aren't they? the labour party's national executive has accepted those examples. they have issued this statement. i would hope

this would satisfy everybody, those who are concerned that we didn't go farenough, even who are concerned that we didn't go far enough, even though the labour party adopted the definition of anti—semitism in full several years ago. it was only the working examples that was the dispute and it was only a handful examples the labour party had in the first place. do you believe him? i am very troubled. chris is saying on the one hand the party have accepted the definition plus examples and then he says he is concerned that would undermine free speech and glad about the statement that followed it. i think the labour party should clarify the meaning of that statement. if they could clarify it and confirm they really have adopted it. another clarification? it is a shame this couldn't have been resolved yesterday and in any case the definition is only the first step, the party has to deal with the people. maybe this conversation between these two labour mps is an illustration of the issues that still remain. mayu stomach where

does this leavejeremy corbyn and doesn't make it harder or easierfor him to keep the labour party together? let's speak to three people who should know. sienna rodgers edits labourlist, an influential website for party members and supporters, richard angell is director of progress — a campaign group closely associated with tony blair and opposed tojeremy corbyn's leadership. and michael segalov is a jewish labour member and prominent supporter of mr corbyn. the row seems to rumble on? some people want it to go on. the most established representative jewish body seems to have achieved what we wanted, which is the protection ofjewish what we wanted, which is the protection of jewish people what we wanted, which is the protection ofjewish people codified under labour's code of conduct which was important but also ensuring as the home affairs select committee itself has said, hardly a bastion of corbyn at politics, there needs to

bea corbyn at politics, there needs to be a protection of freedom of speech. is it time to move on? i hope so, yesterday was about labour deciding what anti—semitism was it wasn't taking action on the anti—semitism that takes place in the labour party. people are clinging to this home affairs select committee report that came nearly two years ago. and made several recommendations about what labour could do to tackle anti—semitism had not one has been upheld. for example, kicking out jackie walker, or at least putting her through the disciplinary process, that hasn't happened. suddenly this report is being pulled out as the panacea on the solutions for labour's problems. it hasn't listened to any of the things it said. still lots to do? loads to do. this isjust the start. what are people saying on this website? unfortunately i don't think the row has come to an end. we thought that if at the first opportunity labour's national executive committee did pass the

ihra's definition of anti—semitism that would put an end to it but some middle ground has been reached because they put out an accompanying statement along with the ihra, so actually some of the grass roots activists on the left are quite annoyed about that and there are jewish groups who are angry about the personal statements jeremy corbyn was going to attempt to pass at the nec meeting yesterday. what does mr corbyn need to do at the labour party conference? address anti—semitism again. labour party conference? address anti-semitism again. and say what? he has addressed at a number of times and apologised.” he has addressed at a number of times and apologised. i don't think jeremy needs to pauljones, he should assert there is no space for anti—semites in the party and the labour party is saddened by this episode. —— needs to apologise. labour party is saddened by this episode. —— needs to apologisem he says that is that enough? he doesn't call out individual supporters that propagate race hate towards jews online. he's the leader ofa towards jews online. he's the leader of a political party, not there to

step comment on individual cases. the people who continue to do it in his name. he made a video... let me make this point... he made a video assessing the on this point. assign one of his members of staff to control the twitter account to call out particular examples. there is a cultural problem. he's the leader of the labour party and potentially the next prime minister of this country. you are saying he needs to speak to his supporters, and he did it in the video, he said if you continue to denounce anti—semitism and say it is a smear you denounce anti—semitism and say it is a smear you do not do so in my name and it is not good for our party. i appreciate the small number of cases of anti—semitism need to be taken seriously but a magath this is jeremy corbyn's responsibility when he's the leader the labour party and it is... leaders had to change culture. it is a stain on our society that has caused devastation across europe for decades. change

within the labour party has become since there has been a change in leadership and the sense it is endorsed in some way, and when people do that people turn a blind eye. easier to say that what ken livingstone said was anti—semitic. he was about to resign rather than be kicked out. that's not ok, that's not action, words are meaningless to jewish people who feel like victims. thank you, all of you, for coming on the programme. next — is hair transplant surgery becoming mainstream ? the procedure works by painstakingly moving grafts of hair follicles from the back of the head to the temples and crown and can cost thousands of pounds. so now lots of british men are flying to turkey to get the operation on the cheap. tiffany sweeney follows one of them from middlesbrough to istanbul to see how effective it is. and just a warning there is graphic footage of hair transplant surgery in this film. just so see—through.

thin in the middle. just little hairs left. this is paul. he's 26 and he wants more hair. hundreds of thousands of men from around the world are going to turkey for cheap hair transplant surgery. over 90% of patients are coming from the united kingdom. paul is one of them, so we followed him on hisjourney to find out why more men are taking risks... i am in a situation where i can't be repaired. there have been case reports around the world of people actually dying from hair transplants. ..and spending their hard—earned cash to get more hair. paul lives in middlesbrough with his mum and dad. hi, nice to meet you, i'm tiffany. nice to meet you. in a week's time, paul will be on a flight to turkey to have hair transplant surgery. you will constantly see me doing this all night. i want to find out why he is doing it, so i am here to meet him and his family.

how does it make you feel that paul's having this operation? for the last year, his humour's starting to recede as fast as his hairline. he's not asjokey as he used to be and not as confident as he used to be, so i am just hoping that if this does go right, then it is going to bring back the humour and the old paul back again. paul works full—time in a supermarket warehouse and he has been saving up the six months for this treatment which will cost him £1400. i bring this long bit across to hide. paul is taking me on a night out with his mates in middlesbrough. while we are getting ready, he tells me what he sees when he looks at his hair in the mirror. this is me at my worst point. even my girlfriend hasn't seen me like this. we will be filming paul's surgery as it happens and there's the chance

something could go wrong. there's been one case of somebody even dying after having a hair transplant in india, possibly after reacting badly to an anaesthetic. and other men have done permanent damage to their hair. this is the bit that i really struggle to speak about. this is because i know how much it's affected me. gerry had two transplants but some new hair didn't grow back. now he cannot have any more surgery. he wanted to warn paul that he's now stuck with hair that he hates. i am in a situation where i cannot be repaired and i will never ever get what i set out for in the beginning. what do you think? it's quite worrying, actually.

his hair doesn't look good at all. do you think because you are so focused on it going right, you kind of shot off the option that it could go wrong? i guess worst—case scenario, if it does go wrong, i am £2000 down and i willjust shave my head anyway. come on the weekend, mostly, when i am off work. paul's taking me to his local social club to meet his best mates. he told me that some of their banter about his hair has made him question the way he looks. is it more relating to your age? you are bang on the money. you are 26 and you are going bald. but you are not going bald bald, though, are you? yeah, but... in reality, you haven't got we would call eggable, have you? no. in reality, have you got that? no. how do you think you can understand what he is going through if you don't see anything wrong? i mean, it has receded a little bit there. look in the mirror, you are a good—looking guy.

exactly. i didn't even notice paul's hair loss when i met him. but it's obviously having such a big impact on his confidence. despite the risks, he is determined to go ahead with the surgery. istanbul is hair transplant city. thousands of men travel from all over the world to get low price surgery in turkey. and as you walk around, the patients are easy to spot. there are more than 300 clinics and businesses offering hair transplants here. 0ne health care agency told us inquiries from the uk about hair loss treatment in turkey have almost doubled in the last two years. i have come here with paul and he is letting us film

the whole procedure. it is his first time in turkey and he is only going to be here for 48 hours. 0k, paul, so i'm giving you a consent form. at the clinic, paul meets his surgeons for the first time. his hair is inspected... paul, you have bilateral recessions. and he is given a consultation. do you want something special from us? do you want me to recommend to you what we are going to do? i don't want it to look thick, do you know what i mean? ijust want it to look natural. the surgeons draw paul's new hairline with marker pens. do you like the front line? yeah, that's cool. are we clear? agreed? perfect. and he is prepared for surgery. paul will be awake for this eight—hour operation.

this looks painful but it's actually a needle—free gun used to inject a local anaesthetic. 2700 hair follicles are taken from the back of paul's head where he still has lots of hair. this surgery would have cost paul around four times as much if he had stayed at home to have it done. back in the uk, some surgeons are concerned about patients travelling long distances for hair transplants and stress this procedure should not be seen as a quick fix. one of the main disadvantages of having a hair transplant abroad is not being able to have ongoing continual follow—up with your surgeon. there are some very, very experienced, very well qualified hair transplant surgeons in turkey, but it is a bit of pot luck. the doctors doing paul's transplant

are experienced surgeons and say that people coming to turkey for treatment should have it done in a hospital. if anything happens, we have the right steps to make the right intervention o the patient. during the last stage of the operation, paul's follicles are reinserted. sounds crazy, but ijust can't believe that actually pushing hair into his head... the surgeons say it will be at least six months until paul sees good results. having watched this so close up, i can tell this has been more gruelling than paul expected. i knew they would take it out and put it in the front, but ijust didn't realise how many injections it was and how long it actually is. but what is going on inside paul's head and inside the heads of thousands of other young men putting themselves through this? celebrities are having it done. you see a lot of this on social media. and men are more and more

image—conscious than ever before. some psychologists have been watching this trend closely and they are concerned. it is really important to have a psychological evaluation before rushing into any cosmetic surgery procedure. some people have underlying low self—esteem and the surgery is not actually going to fix anything, you're not going to be happier afterwards, and you may even focus on other areas that they want to improve, and it becomes addictive or obsessive. the bandages go on and it is time for paul to see his new look. seeing it. that's the most important thing. looks mental. it looks what? are you happy? yeah. with the procedure over, all paul can do now is head home and wait to see if and how his hair grows back. a month later, i am back

in middlesbrough to see how paul's hair is growing and to see how his new look is going down with his family. hi. how are you? good, thanks. how are you? sound. 0h, let me have a look at your hair! the first month after surgery is the worst period for hair transplant patients. after around ten days, the hair from the transplanted follicles falls out and it can take up to six months for new hair to properly grow back. i was waking up and i was dead happy about it, looking at it, i was like, yeah! so cool. so, looking at his hair now, does he have any regrets? i might go back for another one, actually, depending on how this turns out. you are thinking of going back already? it's like having a puzzle and one piece missing, i'm looking in the mirror now and it is a bit light, so i might consider going back for that.

with young men feeling pressure from celebrity culture, society and those around them and an industry making cosmetic surgery cheaper, it looks like more and more guys will be going to extreme lengths to change the way they look. but i wonder whether they will ever be satisfied. like paul said, he is already considering going back for more. it is just what the young ones do nowadays. it is vanity for them, isn't it? tv pressure. see all these people on these shows like love island and they have got to be like them. it is not really the real world. he is fine the way he is, bald or not. he's a good lad. he's all right. thank you for your messages about

whether misogyny should be made a hate crime. emily on twitter says i find it shocking that almost weekly me and brings our cat called from va ns me and brings our cat called from vans and cars went on our way to couege vans and cars went on our way to college and other friends have vans and cars went on our way to college and otherfriends have been approached on the streets. ijust don't understand what these men think this will achieve. my 14—year—old daughter was called a living barbie doll when we were doing a car—boot sale last week, averages behaviour by two middle—aged men. iwas averages behaviour by two middle—aged men. i was so shocked, and lost for words. this from patricia on facebook. as a woman i am ashamed there are so many precious woman around, are women so wea k precious woman around, are women so weak these days? there are so many other issues to be dealing with other issues to be dealing with other than people being terrified of a wolf whistle. another woman says it -- a wolf whistle. another woman says it —— another viewer says that it can be used by women to victimise meant that they don't like.

bbc newsroom live is coming up next. thank you for your company today. have a good day. hello, good morning. many of us saying a fine and bright day with brighter yesterday. not the case for all of us. we have outbreaks of rain and cloudy skies pushing their way across northern ireland and into western scotland. a good deal of sunny spells across england and wales, morna were cloud across eastern england, the rest of 12 showers with temperatures in the high teens and creeping into the low 20s in the south and south—east. this evening and overnight, rain continues to push eastwards. pushing

into north wales, northern england and the north midlands, but patchy and the north midlands, but patchy and light. elsewhere, clearspells with temperatures in the north dipping into single figures, around 10 celsius in the south. tomorrow, picking up a northerly breeze. there will be a good deal of sunshine around but scattered showers, and those in the south—west could merge, to form longer spells of rain later in day. temperatures generally in the mid to high teens. this is bbc news. i'm joanna gosling. these are the top stories developing at 11.00. six months after the salisbury nerve agent poisoning the police are giving a significant briefing

on their investigation, we'll have the details in the next few minutes. bbc 5 live presenter and newsreader rachael bland has died this morning, nearly two years after she was first diagnosed with breast cancer. the former bank of england governor mervyn king brands britain's preparations for leaving the eu as "incompetent". if a government cannot take action to prevent some of these catastrophic outcomes, whatever particular take on the eu, it illustrates a whole lack of preparation. it doesn't tell us anything about whether the policy of staying in the eu is good or bad, it tells us everything about the incompetence of the preparation for it. the nhs says children in england will receive a revolutionary