hello, welcome to the programme. we will bring you the dramatic testimony of and brett kavanaugh‘s emotional denial. i try to yell for help and when i did, brett put his hand over my mouth to stop me from yelling. this is what terrified me the most and has had the most lasting impact on my life. it was ha rd lasting impact on my life. it was hard for me to breathe and i thought that brett was accidentally going to kill me. your co-ordinated and well—funded effort to destroy my good name and destroy my family will not drive me out. the vile threats of violence against my family will not drive me out. you may defeat me in the final vote but you will never get me to quit. the politicians who oversee the us department ofjustice are due to vote today on whether to allow brett kava naugh

are due to vote today on whether to allow brett kavanaugh to be a justice for life in the country's most powerful court. here, up to 1000 headteachers will march on downing street this morning saying school funding is at crisis point. some of them are with us in the studio. i am headteacher of a small school in staffordshire, premises manager, you name it i do it, and thatis manager, you name it i do it, and that is because of lack of funding. in my school in south end we have seen in my school in south end we have seen pupil numbers rise from 950 to 1300 without any increase in staffing. i am a headteacher and like many others i have had to take on the role of caretaker, just to ensure every penny goes into the classroom guns would and this woman had her face reconstructed using her shoulder blade after being diagnosed with bone cancer. she is here to tell us about the remarkable surgery she went through and her recovery. welcome to the programme, we're live

until 11 o'clock this morning. if you have a disability, do you find it difficult to travel by train? a new app which is being described as life—changing is going to be rolled out across the country. it means station staff can be updated on where a disabled passenger is at any point, which means they can be in the right place to help even if the journey has changed because of a delayed train or change of platform. if you are disabled, let us know your experiences of train travel. you can get in touch with us using #victorialive. if you want to be contacted, please include your phone number in your message. our top story today. donald trump is pushing for a vote on his nominee for the us supreme court after dramatic testimony from thejudge supreme court after dramatic testimony from the judge brett kavanaugh and a woman accusing him

of sexual assault. judge kavanaugh angrily denied all allegations against him before a senate committee and vowed he would never give up. earlier christine blasey ford told the hearing she had feared for her life during an assault by thejudge 36 years for her life during an assault by the judge 36 years ago. our washington correspondent chris buckler was watching. nothing but the truth, so help you god? i do. at times, this committee hearing felt more like a court, with senators left to judge the testimony of a supreme court nominee against a woman who has accused him of a horrific attack when they were both teenagers. i am here today not because i want to be, i am terrified. i am here because i believe it is my civic duty. details of christine blasey ford's allegations had already been published. but in the hushed committee room, her words had a different impact. i believed he was going to rape me. i tried to yell for help.

when i did, brett put his hand over my mouth to stop me from yelling. this is what terrified me the most. there was a stark difference in tone from brett kavanaugh. he didn't try to hide his anger, as he denied the allegations. my family and my name have been totally and permanently destroyed. he was careful in the language he used about dr blasey ford, but he attacked the process. describing it as a political hit—job that had impacted severely on his family. the other night ashley and my daughter liza said their prayers. little liza, all of ten years old... ..said to ashley, "we should pray for the woman. " it's a lot of wisdom from a 10—year—old. across america, people watched the highly—charged proceedings that saw democrats clash with both judge kavanagh and republican senators.

in a tweet, president trump said judge kavanaugh had shown america exactly why he had nominated him. the committee heard powerful, personal testimony, but some will argue it was ultimately drowned out by america's deep political divides. chris buckler, bbc news, washington. with us now is a lawyer in the uk and the us and who organised the time's up women's march against sexual harassment in london earlier this year. thank you forjoining us. what were your thoughts as you watched that? i have to say that it was a pretty dramatic hearing. of dr ford and brett kavanaugh presented double testimonies and if anything it leads you to want a thorough investigation to be undertaken. i

think that with the way the women's movement has amplified the voices of women is israeli important that a thorough investigation, due process and due diligence is undertaken in this matter so that the truth can be revealed. in the end, how easy is it to get to the bottom of a situation which was 36 years ago and they both seem which was 36 years ago and they both seem to have very different recollections? that is why you get experts involved, that is why the fbi should undertake a fact—finding mission to corroborate both sides and to get to the truth of the matter. it is clear to me and to a lot of people watching it that dr ford was very credible and believable in what she said. but even when you believe her, that should not prevent you from being objective when reviewing brett kavanaugh‘s objective when reviewing brett kava naugh‘s own testimony objective when reviewing brett kavanaugh‘s own testimony which was also credible. so if she's saying 100% he assaulted her and he's saying 100% he did not, a whole lot more needs to be done and that means

this confirmation hearing has to be postponed, voting can't be done until the truth is revealed. if somebody has lied, this is a felony. it doesn't look like it will be pushed back, though. so, in the absence of there being an investigation and the vote going ahead, what are your thoughts? my thoughts would be that america has learned nothing from the anita hill experience, they've learned nothing from the women's rights movement, it tells me that we need to keep fighting, we need to keep pushing, we cannot continue to allow this mindset where women who bring forth these allegations, we can't allow these allegations, we can't allow the mindset that they are liars in the mindset that they are liars in the first instance. we need to change this mindset, that is the problem, we need to stop treating women who have the courage and boldness to come and share their experiences as though they've done something wrong. they've done nothing wrong. we need to give them

that platform and take what they've said seriously and investigate it. that is what is important here. i think president trump's tweet was highly responsible and honestly disgraceful. he has totally politicised this issue and totally forgetting that there is a real human being behind this and we need to get to the truth of the matter. things have changed, though, haven't they? as i mentioned you were involved in this country with the time's up march, people are speaking ? time's up march, people are speaking up...? absolutely, and it is such a i°y up...? absolutely, and it is such a joy to see and it's been incredibly inspiring. i think that we need to keep russian, we need to keep raising our voices and taking those steps that are necessary, giving the power to the silenced and showing that their voices are heard. more importantly enjoy that legislation, evenin importantly enjoy that legislation, even in this country, reflects that. we cannot allow prosecution, for

instance, not to take seriously what they may consider weak rape cases or wea k they may consider weak rape cases or weak allegations. everywoman's allegation must be taken seriously and investigated thoroughly, they deserve that, justice demands it and due process is required. pressure for joining due process is required. pressure forjoining us. let's catch up with the rest of the news now. two days before the conservative party conference, the former foreign secretary boris johnson conference, the former foreign secretary borisjohnson has launched an outspoken attack on the prime minister's brexit strategy, calling ita minister's brexit strategy, calling it a moral and intellectual affiliation. in an article for the daily telegraph, mrjohnson argues for a looser free—trade deal with the eu. theresa may has repeatedly said that her brexit proposals known as the chequers deal are the only viable once. about a thousand head teachers from across england are expected to march in westminster this morning, in protest

against what they say is the under funding of schools. the organisers of the rally are warning about staff cuts, a loss of support for children with special needs and less pastoral care. the government says it is investing record amounts in education. we are spending record amounts on school funding, £43.5 billion by 2020, but yes, of course, schools are being asked to do more and they have faced some cost increases that other employers are also facing such as employers' national insurance conclusions, but standards are contributions, but standards are rising both in terms of the proportion of schools judged good or outstanding and the reading ability of pupils. regulators are to investigate phone companies, banks and insurers accused of ripping off loyal customers to the tune of four billion pounds a year by keeping charges high or paying low returns. the competition and markets authority will look into a so called super complaint lodged by citizens advice. the charity says the "loyalty penalty" paid by consumers who don't shop around is, on average, nearly £900 a year. simon gompertz reports. rya nair has cancelled

around 250 flights today, as some of its pilots and cabin crew stage a new strike, over pay and conditions, in six european countries. the airline has played down concerns about disruption, saying it has notified affected customers and insists that the vast majority of scheduled flights will go ahead as normal. a report for the law society warns that people on low—income is our pushed into... anyone earning above £17,000 a year does not get legal aid... researchers are warning that half of the world's kilauea populations could be wiped out within 50 years unless more is done to tackle toxic chemicals in oceans. experts say the waters are particularly contaminated around the

uk and brazil. the toxins are seeping into the oceans, affecting the reproductive capability of the orcas. what did you think about that extraordinary hearing in the united states, nine hours of testimony from both sides? if you have seen it and you have got any thoughts that you would like to share, get in touch with us. if you text, you will be charged at the standard network rate. time to catch up with the sports. good morning. and it is a special morning, because the wait is overfor special morning, because the wait is over for sports special morning, because the wait is overfor sports fans special morning, because the wait is over for sports fans across the globe, golf‘s biggest event, the ryder cup, is centre stage once again for the first time in a couple of years. team usa defending their ryder cup title against the europeans in paris. they're five it's running not winning in europe the 25 years. john watson is in paris. always a big day in the start of the ryder cup, give us an idea of

what it has the like at the course so what it has the like at the course so far this morning? well, it is the atmosphere of the ryder cup that makes it a tournament like no other and that was evident this morning around an hour before the first players teed off, hundreds already gathered in the huge stand which you might be able to see behind me, 6500 people cramming in their, the largest grandstand ever put up in ryder cup history. one hour before play was due to begin, it was still dark, the music was playing, only lights from camera phones, the crowds already chanting, it was already becoming frenzied, and that only escalated somewhat as you can imagine when the european team of justin rose and jon rahm came out for their opening tee shot this morning. it was a very special atmosphere and i think that is what makes the ryder cup so special. it's the crowd that really makes it. they're encouraged to chant and cheer and that in turn spurs on the players and being on european soil,

the european team and their captain thomas bjorn will hope that will inspire them to victory over the united states this weekend. have they been inspired so far, how have they been inspired so far, how have they been inspired so far, how have they been getting on? well, it was a good start for the europeans. justin rose, what a start he made. he has been the form player this year, winning the fedex cup and he got off toa winning the fedex cup and he got off to a superb start, birdieing the first, playing alongside jon to a superb start, birdieing the first, playing alongsidejon rahm as i was saying, up against brooks koepka and tony finau. a lot of pressure as you can imagine taking that first tee shot forjon rahm. butjustin rose that first tee shot forjon rahm. but justin rose birdied that first tee shot forjon rahm. butjustin rose birdied it, what a great start for europe, one up in that match. also, all eyes as you can imagine on the last group out, patrick reed playing alongside tiger woods. so much has been spoken about tiger woods following his victory in the tour championship, his first tournament victory in five years.

playing against francesco molinari and tommy fleetwood. molinari birdied the first but tiger woods birdied the first but tiger woods birdied the first but tiger woods birdied the second, all square in that match at the moment, the final match out this morning. but what about this from tony finau...? this is the first pairing, they were one down in that opening match, tony finau, though, getting an eagle on the sixth to make it all square. rory mcilory out alongside the thorbjorn olesen at the moment, playing dustin johnson thorbjorn olesen at the moment, playing dustinjohnson and rickie fowler, all square in that match. but the americans leading in that third match out on the course at the moment. jordan spieth and justin thomas, good friends, playing alongside each other, they are two up alongside each other, they are two up at the moment against paul casey and tyrrell hatton. five rookies in the european team. four of them already out on the course this

morning, so thomas bjorn clearly feels that it is important for those players to get a flavour of it on the first morning. and you can stay updated on bbc radio 5 live and follow on the website an app as well. more sport later on. from cornwall to cumbria, more than 1000 headteachers are today heading to down street to protest about a lack offunding. down street to protest about a lack of funding. they say it is leading toa of funding. they say it is leading to a bigger class sizes, is offering cuts, reduced subject choices and a loss of support for pupils with special needs. the department for education says there is more money going into schools than ever before. so what is the truth? joining us now are three headteachers who will be heading to the march this morning. clem coady is from stoneraise school in carlisle. he says they are so short of staff, because of funding cuts, he is also now the school ca reta ker. cuts, he is also now the school

caretaker. emily proffitt is from a school in atlantic village in staffordshire. and robin bevan is from southend high school for boys. and also with us the chief executive of the institute of school business leadership, an organisation which represents the people in charge of finances in schools. thank you all of you forjoining us. starting with you, emily proffitt, we heard from you, emily proffitt, we heard from you a few moments ago saying you do several differentjobs because you don't have the money to pay for others to do it, what is a typical day like for you? it's hectic. i start the day at the door welcoming the children in and doing all the safeguarding elements, and then i will be checking e—mails and those sorts of things but everyday it changes. we are almost firefighting. as clem indicated we might have issues with premises that we have to deal with, i'm catering manager as well now, so that i can have a greater hold on what is happening on the spending with my kitchens, which is something i never thought i was doing as a headteacher. on top of

all of that there is the safeguarding element which becomes priority. and recently i've also been sharing the senco role because i cannot afford somewhat separate to do it because of resources. and this is because of funding cuts? yes. we are seeing a massive difference in ourfunding. i have been headteacher there for two—and—a—half years and when i took over we had a contingency just short of 30000 when i took over we had a contingencyjust short of 30000 and now we've got barely anything at all. which means that going forward, setting budgets we have to use our contingency, which the future years will mean that we are in deficit budget, we are pretty much on the breadline at the moment. come and, at your school the numbers have gone up at your school the numbers have gone up dramatically since 2012, from 950 to 1300 pupils and at the same time you say you've had budget cuts...? yes, back in 2012 we knew that we we re yes, back in 2012 we knew that we were about to enter a period of

budget reductions. there are very few things schools can do to manage cuts of that kind. what we did was we looked to increase the number of pupils in the school because we get extra money for each pupil. but as the pupil numbers have gone up our money has gone down. so we are in a position where across a five—year period we've increased pupil numbers from 950 to 1300, we've kept our staffing the same and at the same time we've seen a total budget reduction which is the equivalent of £1 million across that period, a 30% budget cut. and when we see as we did a few moments ago the schools minister saying there is more money in schools than there has ever been, there's something that just doesn't quite make sense. just explain for me the logistics of increasing the pupil numbers so dramatically, you say it was a strategy because you get extra money per pupil but then that will impact on class sizes if you don't increase the number of staff and what about the actual

number of classrooms, if you don't have the resources, why get more pupils? it is very straightforward, if you increase the pupil numbers and keep the stuff the same you're going to have to increase class sizes. so we have seen class sizes increase by about 20%, from 25 to 32 or 33. they are at the limit that our classrooms will take. in the sixth form class rises have risen by about 50%, from a typical sixth form class of 18, now up to 26. the reason headteachers have come out today to protest, which is very unusual for us, the reason we've come out, is because all of a sudden saying, we've done everything we can, we've been reasonable, we've been financially responsible, but we are now getting to the point as emily said where we are looking to the future and there is no way that the future and there is no way that the money coming into our schools is going to be is efficient to continue to deliver the kind of education

that all your viewers would expect secondary schools, primary schools, to be delivering across the country. clem, we heard that you're the ca reta ker clem, we heard that you're the caretaker as well as the headteacher, tell us what different roles you're doing? headteachers across the country are doing multiple roles just to ensure that every penny inside their school budget goes where it is needed, which is inside the classroom. as a school we analysed every external contract, every resource, procurement, photocopying, you name it, we looked at it. it got to the point where sutherland where recently didn't have enough money so we cut caretaker hours and i assumed the role is and responsibilities and when i can. usually one day a month i will spend the debut of the ca reta ker i will spend the debut of the caretaker and i will pick up the e—mails on an evening, on a weekend andi e—mails on an evening, on a weekend and i will catch that time up and miss that time with my family but it ensures that the children in my school get the best education we can

provide with the very limited resources we are given. stephen deazley department for education says headteachers are comparing resourcing levels with 2010, the department for education says that actually in real terms since 2000 there has been a 50% real terms increase in funding — how does that square with what we are hearing from these headteachers over in an unprecedented step going to be marching on downing street today? and i think there is some know once to this whole debate. we can talk about the total amount of money that is available to the education system but then there is the distribution debate comma so how money is distributed across the system. and there is still huge disparity from one area to another. and in some cases it runs into the thousands. a school, for example, in inner london

will be enjoying levels close to £8,000 per pupil. whereas a school in another region of eczema characteristics, so we're not talking about additional need, just basic entitlement, is enjoying a fraction of that, maybe 60% of that number. so that disparity across the syste m number. so that disparity across the system exit incredibly difficult and i'm sure colleagues here... just explain that, because that is a huge disparity so why is there such a big difference? you've got to go back couple of decades to understand how the funding formula was created, there were about 150 factors going back a few years and it was so bizarre that in fact... and this is real, this is not made up, if your grass grew quicker in a certain region there was a factor to compensate for that. so when you add all those factors up and you look at the legacy approach to funding, it

is no surprise... has it not been tinkered with? well, it has and the department have taken steps to move toa department have taken steps to move to a national funding formula but it is still in its embryonic stages, it's what's known as a soft formula, which means that at a local authority level even though money comes down from central government and local authorities, local authorities still have some discretion over how that money is distributed within their local region. that means that schools in different regions will be in a different regions will be in a different position, irrespective of what they receive from central government nz so, that picture is very complex. i think we need to look very carefully at how funding distributed across the system. the other thing is that any pressure on basic entitlement which comes from what's known as additionality, so that's special—needs, what's known as additionality, so that's special— needs, that's deprivation, that's children entitled to free school meals, any

increase in that very important element of funding will put pressure on basic entitlement and in an environment where there is a fixed quantum... i want to get reaction because i can hear lots of noises from the freeview! can i come back in on from the freeview! can i come back inona from the freeview! can i come back in on a couple of things. firstly he is absolutely right, my own school gets about £4600 per pupil per year, there are schools within a 20 mile radius that get £6,500 per people per year. so there is an issue about that distribution. but at the same time, the impact is on all schools that are having to manage are cuts. i also want to go back to the figure that you quoted from the department. you said that in real terms budgets had risen by 50% since 2000. well, yesterday, a fabulous lady in my office at school found our accounts from the year 2000 and we did the sums. and if that was true for my school i would not be sitting here today. if it was true for my school,

we would have £1.5 million a year more than we do. so what are the actual sums for your school in terms of the differential from 2000? actual sums for your school in terms of the differential from 200mm terms of the differential from 2000, in real terms our income has gone down by about 10% to 15%. where that money has gone i don't know. what i know is that pupils in schools like mine, secondary schools particularly in the home counties and in rural areas, are struggling to deliver the basic curriculum requirements that every single parent and grandparent watching this show would expect. emily, headteachers walking on downing street today is getting a lot of attention because it is so unusual, what materially do you want to come out of it? what we want to come out of it is that the treasury listen and they listen to every single voice out there today and all the headteachers that cannot make it today because they need to be in school... they're saying that there has been a real terms increase

across the piece. so there is no more money forthcoming so what...? if we talk about real terms, real terms picture is more pressure on schools. when we look at send for example i have a child in my school where we have had to increase the funding for them from our own budget because it is not coming from the local authority. so what we have been told is happening is not happening. we have no longer got set up happening. we have no longer got set up is to support the send or for educational psychology, we have to ta ke educational psychology, we have to take that out of our budgets when we did not have to in recent years —— in previous years. we are completely out of time, i'm afraid. thank you all very much. a spokesman for the department for education has told us there is more money going into schools than ever before, rising to a record £43.5 billion by 2020. those are the figures they say. and

you heard the reaction in the studio to that. the 0ecd you heard the reaction in the studio to that. the oecd recently confirms the uk is the third highest spender on education in the world, spending more per pupil than countries including germany, australia and japan. that is all from the department for education. we have covered many stories about the problems experienced by train travellers with disability is. one paralympian appeared on our programme to describe her she really getting ordeal when she had to wet herself on a train because the disabled toilet was out of order. my name is anne wafula—strike. i am a paralympian. i have an mbe. but last yeari paralympian. i have an mbe. but last year i was forced to wet myself on a train because the accessible toilet was out of order. it was one of the most immediate and experiences of my life. there are some toilets people

with severe disabilities can use but campaigners say there are not enough of them. they are called changing places toilets. there are only around 1000 across the uk and it is estimated a quarter of a million people need to use them. some parts of the country have none. well, now a new app is to be rolled out across the country to help people with disabilities who travel by train, and it is being described as life—changing. it will update station staff in real—time on where the disabled passenger is so that they can still be in the right place to help. even if the train is delayed or there is a platform change. sarah ward is a wheelchair user and has been trailing the app since may. and also a member of the team who developed the app, who works at the company start—up tra ns—report. developed the app, who works at the company start—up trans—report. thank you both forjoining us. sarah, has it made a difference? good morning.

i'm pleased to say that it has made a huge difference to my experience of rail travel. it has given me so much more confidence. it has enabled me to be so much more flexible on day—to—day basis which is very helpful because my previous experience has been that i have had to book 24 hours or 48 hours in advance and whilst people are lovely at the call centres for the different train operators, it is not very flexible because you don't necessarily know what you are going to do the next day or the next week. it is great to have something that is like this, it feels so much more reliable. because you never know

when you are travelling if someone going to be there to meet you at is going to be there to meet you at the next station. that is the worry of will you be over carried and sometimes you can be left on the train. how important is it that you get that help because what will happen if it is not there, what difficulties would you have? as i say, i was once invited to milton keynes and sadly no one was expecting me to arrive and u nfortu nately i expecting me to arrive and unfortunately i ended up stuck in london which is perhaps the worst experience i have had, i've also arrived at a major turnaround tip

terminal because staff are not expecting me and i have been locked in the train before! so to have something like this where staff are aware in real time what is going on, and also i know where they are, is hugely reassuring. it has made a hugely reassuring. it has made a huge difference to me. what are your hopes for this app and the difference is that it will make to people like sarah? hi, thank you for inviting me. there's a lot of things that the app can fill gaps for, as great as the current system is, a lot of passengers are satisfied with the assistance provided a train staff because they do theirjob so well. yet unfortunately some incidents like the ones sarah described can occur. it can be for several reasons, because of a lack of communication, perhaps of sarah

has got a later train and not been able to inform staff because she has no way to let them know and many other reasons. i think the key thing is that this app now gives disabled passengers the confidence to travel whenever they want, as sarah said, everyone should have the right to travel ten minutes or half an hour before they need to be somewhere, we shouldn't have to book 24 hours or 48 hours in advance. what this allows is passengers to not only travel when they want and have the confidence that someone will be there waiting for them at the right place under the right time. been getting comments, cel from viewers, maria says i'm disabled and have to use the underground and trains to go to crystal palace to see my daughter, no lifts and only if you members of staff, i find daughter, no lifts and only if you members of staff, ifind using public transport especially underground and no go area. an anonymous text says, i'm a

wheelchair user i had to travel to london from scotland for medical assessments and out of eight journeys only one went well including getting help on and off trains, on the other seven hostages had to help me, spaces and trains are generally full of suitcases and bikes and the seats of no use to me soi bikes and the seats of no use to me so i have to be jostled about it because there's no anchor points in the wheelchair. the disabled person has no choice but to use these trains and in some cases i believe animals have more rights than the disabled. i hope this app will help. neville says, on tuesday i went to the labour party conference in liverpool and when the station staff got the ramp out i asked him to put me near a toilet, the train was old and the wheelchair space was nowhere near the toilet so i got in the wake of people, after a journey of almost one hour i had to use the toilet, i don't care when the train was designed, to put the wheelchair space so farfrom designed, to put the wheelchair space so far from the toilet is

crazy. sarah, hearing those comments and hearing from you it is clear that people that don't have the same difficulties to factor in, and not necessarily aware of what an ordeal it can be when they have to think about every single aspect of it. that's right. it's just about every single aspect of it. that's right. it'sjust not something that people take into consideration. theyjust gone about their business. they don't see it. when they do they are extremely helpful. they notice when you want to leave the train and they will look for staff, but often people are ina hurry, look for staff, but often people are in a hurry, but that can't always happen and while people out willing to welcome you off the train

physically, that's not always safe, it is far preferable that someone is there. and sorry? i thought you had finished talking, thank you, thank you both very much, sarah and ara, thank you. let us know your experiences. thank you for the comments that you have been sending in. the rail delivery group says they want everyone to get the assistance they need which is why they are investing in pioneering technology which has the needs of customers at its heart. still to come. jen taylor had her face rebuilt using bone from her shoulder, these pictures show her incredible recovery. jen will be with us in the studio shortly. now

time for the latest news and annita mcveigh. president trump has urged the supreme court to approve his nominee, brett kavanaugh, who has angrily denied accusations of sexual assault. he said that the democrats we re assault. he said that the democrats were trying to destroy ‘s good name. earlier professor christine blasey ford said she had feared for her life during an assault by the judge 36 years ago. former foreign secretary boris johnson 36 years ago. former foreign secretary borisjohnson — two days before the conservative party conference, the former conference, the former foreign secretary, boris johnson, has launched an outspoken attack on the prime minister's brexit strategy in an article for the daily telegraph, mrjohnson argues for a looser free trade deal with the eu. theresa may has repeatedly said her brexit proposals known as "the chequers deal" are the only viable ones. about a thousand head teachers from across england are expected to march in westminster this morning, in protest against what they say is the under— funding of schools. the organisers of the rally

are warning about staff cuts, a loss of support for children with special needs and less pastoral care. the government says it is investing record amounts in education. and that is a summary of the latest bbc news. thank you, let'sjoin hugh for a sports update. the ryder cup is under way in paris, things finely poised earlier, good news, europe are leading in three of the fourball match thanks to some fine putting from jon rahm, the usa is leading in the other. lewis hamilton of mercedes has the chance to take a big step towards a fifth world title, is leading the championship by 40 points, he is on trackjust ahead of the russian grand prix this weekend. england's women have overta ken weekend. england's women have overtaken france to go third in the fifa world rankings this morning following scotland's qualification for the world cup next year they have moved up two places to 19th, their best ever position. and

salford red devils have all but mathematically secured a spot in the super league next mathematically secured a spot in the super league next season mathematically secured a spot in the super league next season by beating toulouse last night. follow the ryder cup on bbc one radio five live and on the bbc sport website and app. more about that after ten o'clock. thank very much. when jen taylor developed a lump on her topjaw, she initially thought it was a abcess. but she was diagnosed with bone cancer and underwent a 16 hour operation to remove half herface. doctors then used her shoulder blade and muscle from her back to rebuild it. these are pictures of the start to finish of the process. jen photographed what has been an incredible recovery as a appearance was restored, dealing with the emotional as well as the physical side effects will not have been easy. nowjen is cancer— free and

back to work and is speaking about her story because she wants to inspire others. jen, it is amazing, welcome. you look fantastic. this operation was six months ago. we have seen the pictures. you had half of your face removed! have seen the pictures. you had half of yourface removed! can have seen the pictures. you had half of your face removed! can you indicate the bit that was removed? and what you had to go through? one i look back at those pictures i think, how was i even a person? i can't believe it, ijust wanted to give that girl a hug! and say it will be ok. it does get better. they took off the top of myjaw. i've lost most of my top row of teeth and my jaw lost most of my top row of teeth and myjaw up to behind my cheekbone up to my eye socket and the back of my nose. it was all cut out. and then my shoulder blade was cut out and reconstructed from there and the roof of my mouth is made from the skin and muscle from my shoulder.

the physical recovery has been amazing because to look at you, it's ha rd to amazing because to look at you, it's hard to believe that this happened, and only six months ago. take us further to when you were diagnosed. you were plunged headlong into something that must have been huge shock and completely life changing. people say they never think they will have cancer but you never even think about thinking about getting cancer. i never think the worst until it happens so you go into that first appointment thinking that will be fine, nothing will be wrong, sitting there in the room... it was an abscess in your tooth? apparently? a super rare cancer. you just assume it's something dental. but as soon as the specialist saw me he said, we need you to come in, on

the same day, they got me straight m, the same day, they got me straight in, biopsy. one week later, cancer. so my oncologist and one week later chemotherapy. so it all happened very quickly. southee chemo will have taken it out of you? yes, it is quite hectic, there is no usual when it comes to cancer treatment but it was monday— friday, 24 hours a day, connected up. the amazing thing, you get these backpacks, and they feel like bags, with all of your chemo and water, sending you to the nhs hotel next door and you've got the ability to fill that you are not in ability to fill that you are not in a hospital ward which kept me going. and you went into surgery. going into it, what were you told what

happened, what we are told to expect? you are told the details, before you go to surgery you have to sign off that they have explained what they will do so you know they are going to cut out the cancer, cut outside your jaw and are going to cut out the cancer, cut outside yourjaw and your shoulder. accent they don't know what they will do until you get there. did they not know the extent of how much they not know the extent of how much they would have to cut away? yes, until they got in there they thought they would have to cut my face. i was lucky to find that they had not, my surgeon was was lucky to find that they had not, my surgeon was amazing. a lot of things like this might happen, we can't really tell, so you wake up and your whole face was taken out. extraordinary. so they did not cut your face but they removed the bone underneath? at one point they thought they would have to cut out

half of my nostril. i am very lucky that they did not have to do that. and they took bone, muscle and blood supply from your shoulder to reconstructed, everything in one operation? unfortunately for me, pa rt operation? unfortunately for me, part of my first operation failed so i got rushed back into surgery five days later and had another ten hour surgery days later and had another ten hour surgery to take the pain out of my leg and reconnect that through my neck. because the flap, which is what they call it, had started dying! they rushed me back inside had a 16 hour surgery and ten hour surgery. had a 16 hour surgery and ten hour surgery. you took pictures of yourself. was it for others? was it for you? i was very much, from when i was first diagnosed i was all about being very open so i started a blog and i had instagram photos. i wa nt blog and i had instagram photos. i want people to understand the reality of what this means. you don't understand when you look at me now. i wanted people to understand

that and i thought it was important, but as time went on and became such an important part of my recovery. because day to day you don't think anything has got better. you are still swollen and still have all these problems. i would think, this will never get better. then i would ta ke will never get better. then i would take a photo and look back to four days before and think, i have come so days before and think, i have come so far! so having that comparison and on hard days, looking back and seeing that, made such a difference. anyone who has any kind of invasive surgery anyone who has any kind of invasive surgery should do that, to see their progress, keep themselves going. you sound like you got through it with incredible resilience. it wasn't easy. you must make it sound straightforward in terms of how you got to it? although obviously it wasn't. were you given any support for what you were going through, psychologically? did you have

psychologically? did you have psychological issues with that? there is always supported there. for may i it was very good, i had my blog and i had a community on twitter that i connected with, so having them was just incredible. another great thing, you don't realise that things exist until you get cancer, which is probably a good thing, but when i got treated at ucl h, the macmillan cancer centre, they call it the living room, this part of the building, you can have cups of the building, you can have cups of tea, there are always people you can chat to, they may have psychologists and weak services and things like that. just having that support one i was in for an appointment, knowing that there were a lwa ys appointment, knowing that there were always people there to chat to, support from them was really good at

doing this time. and know you are cancer free? you can't say cancer free but currently no evidence of disease is what they call it, so the mr eye has nothing on them, so fingers crossed. how has it changed you? i sort of thought when i got diagnosed, my cancer is treatable, i thought, fine, it will be hard work but i will close that chapter and i will move on. it became apparent that that was not possible, it becomes such a big part of your life and the people who i have met, and connected with, it's just amazing. it's just been incredible, connected with, it's just amazing. it'sjust been incredible, i connected with, it's just amazing. it's just been incredible, i almost feel as if my life is richerfor these people and these things. it's

definitely a part of my life now. these people and these things. it's definitely a part of my life nowm is great to talk to you, jen. thank you for coming in. we wish you all the best. coming up after ten o'clock, the dramatic testimony of the woman who accuses the us supreme court nominee of sexual assault. and that kava naugh‘s emotional court nominee of sexual assault. and that kavanaugh‘s emotional denial. —— brett kavanaugh. lots of reaction coming up, do that. how do you know when you look at a tweet or an instagram post whether the person posting it has been paid? social influencer marketing is big business. and it's notjust the kardashians who can rake it in. bloggers and instagrammers with a large enough following can turn those followers into money. but is the line always clear between what's an authentic post and what's a paid for advert? a number of celebrities have fallen foul of advertising rules recently which say brands must make it clear when a promotion has been paid for. today a new guide is being published to help bloggers and celebrities stay

within the rules. in a moment we'll speak to montana brown, previously of itv reality show love island and now a social influencer, and emily russell a fashion blogger who gets paid to post. but first let's take a look at a couple of the posts that broke the rules. the first is an advert for a daniel wellington watch, worn by louise thompson from made chelsea on her instagram. daniel wellington said the terms of the contract stipulated that it should be made clear this was a sponsored post. louise acknowledged the correct hastag had not been used, and amended the post. the second one here is a yoga video from millie mackintosh, which promotes the drinkj2o at the end. the asa ruled that even though this looks like an advert, this isn't really clear until the end. although the post had the hastag sp which stands

for sponsored post, the asa decided this wasn't obvious enough. it told the company britvic not to run this again in like this. we can speak now to montana and emily. and also with us are shahriar coupal, director of the committees of advertising practice who've come out with this guide today and ian samuel from marketers buzzoole. thank you all forjoining us. welcome. montana, explain yourjob asa welcome. montana, explain yourjob as a social influence? i think like being a reality star versus social influence our different. i can kind of promote fashion, drinks, i would say that people like louise thompson are reality stars as opposed to social media influences. whereas our followers... some might be inactive, whereas all of your followers for example are probably quite responsive to your posts. myjob now

looks like posting different pictures with different brands pledges to be authentic with those posts and i choose to promote stuff that i actually use or where. but you get paid for it. a lot? it varies, with regards to which brand you work with. the bigger the brands, the bigger the budgets, obviously. give us a ballpark of perhaps how much you make a year? enough to sustain the lifestyle? more than enough. i used to have a normaljob in pr and now i'm burning three times the amount i would burn ina three times the amount i would burn in a normaljob. —— and burning three times that amount. you say some followers are more responsible than others to what you are doing, more responsive, can you explain what that means? because of course the brands want the people who follow you to think, she likes it, so follow you to think, she likes it, soi follow you to think, she likes it, so i will have some of that. when

you come off a massive show, i've got1.3 you come off a massive show, i've got 1.3 million followers but it might be that i only get 200,000 views on a certain post. so that means that only 200,000 of those followers are engaging with the post which might cost a brand £10,000 to pay me to do a post. whereas for you, they might pay half the amount but they will reach a bigger number of people. ok. shahriar, what are the rules? they are quite clear. if a brand is paying for and exercising some control over social influence a post, then it should be clear it is advertising. in most contexts you don't need to be told that you are being advertised to, it's clear in a commercial break or on a poster board that you are being advertised to, it's not always clear on social media the line between someone's

personal opinion and paid for endorsements. what makes it crystal clear to someone following because we saw in one example that the term sp or sponsored post... the advertising standards authority agreed that it did not think people seeing that post would understand what sp means. the advertising standards authority have been clear about that. use the word advertisement, or add, all words that people can understand me and advertising. do you use those words, montana? ijust think advertising. do you use those words, montana? i just think it's obvious. people on social media are not silly. they know when somebody the big instagram following posts something like charcoal teeth whitening, it is obvious they are not using that product. i don't see why they should put hashtag sp because people know they are getting

paid for it. is that fair? there are circumstances, there was a tweet by wayne rooney some time ago which was very different from his day—to—day posts, it was highly produced, stylised, he was doing an overhead kick, fantastic photography, we did not think in that circumstance it was necessary to label that is an advertisement. yet in other circumstances it is not clear and our rules say that the ad must be obviously identifiable as such. our rules say that the ad must be obviously identifiable as suchm comes down to a lot ofjudgment in terms of what is clear and what is not. emily, you get paid for posts. describe how much clarity there is around what you do?” describe how much clarity there is around what you do? i always make sure that i put "paid sponsorship" at the top of every ad i do. it has become that every every post that i put up that is an ad, my followers

know that. i'm not sure how else you can clarify it, apart from paid sponsorship on the top. i like to make sure that my followers know that i am being paid for it... do you do that because you feel that is the right thing to do because you're following specific guidelines?” think it's the right thing to do. it is fairfor the think it's the right thing to do. it is fair for the company and myself not to like about it. ian, emily is putting that... it makes it clear to people following her, in terms of brands have valuable is the sort of stuff that emily and others are doing? i think it's the fastest—growing sector of marketing it is, currently estimated to be worth 5 billion growing to 10 billion in the next five years, i've

runa billion in the next five years, i've run a business, we've worked with 260,000 influences, we've got offices all over the world, as trust reduces in mainstream traditional advertising and it has become a powerful medium. why has trust declined in mainstream advertising? why might there be less trust in what you are seeing?” think in general the regulation is very clear around influencer marketing. it's very well labelled. the social networks themselves have clear regulations as well as the a s

a. we have heard examples where it is not totally clear. does it diminish the impact of something if it is clear to the person reading it that it it is clear to the person reading it thatitis it is clear to the person reading it that it is an advertisement?” it is clear to the person reading it that it is an advertisement? i think you have to look at the challenge of transparency in advertising as a whole, when you look at complaints and influence and marketing, there we re and influence and marketing, there were around 400 last year in a group of 30,000 across the entire advertising landscape. so it's not a big problem. ithink advertising landscape. so it's not a big problem. i think the consumers, the most part, are clear and understand when they are being advertised to, or when an influencer is being to promote product. shahriar, would it be a good idea for us to be the same wording that is applied to everything and then there can be no grounds for confusion? emily scarratt she

decided off her bad that she would put that clear phrase on her posts —— emily says that she decided off her own bat that she would but that phrase on her posts. posts are supposed to be authentic and engaging and what comes with that is transparency. it is part of consumer protection law that you should not mislead your audience. in all circumstances you don't always have to put in hashtag add, i told you about the wayne rooney tweaked when we thought it was clear that it was advertising, but we do think there is considerable benefit to using terms such as advertising, hachette, because it sets responsibility standard that benefits both the user

and the advertiser. thank you for that. get in touch with your thoughts, tell us what you think. now the weather with matt. i think ithink our i think our weather watchers are doing their bit to advertise britain, look at these stunning pictures. temperatures are still in single figures, frost lifting in cou nty single figures, frost lifting in county down, a modest start further south that only great conditions at the moment, the cloud is a cold front introducing much fresher air than yesterday edging towards the channel islands where the highest temperatures are, 20 degrees, but from most areas a stunning day, a bit more cloud sometimes in scotland, the odd shower in the hebrides, orkney and shetland and more of a breeze across eastern england, knocking temperatures down about 10 degrees from yesterday, so generally in the teens, at best in

the channel islands. the cooler air in place, the mites are longer than the days and a court might come to light, the exception being across parts of the hebrides, further outbreaks of rain, temperatures around 9 degrees, widely in the lower single figures and away from towns and cities that could be frost on the grass and on the cards first thing tomorrow, although a cracking start to the weekend, if you have plans go out early, lots of sunshine from the start of the day, all clad in scotland and northern ireland in the afternoon, and across the highlands after a dry start here it will turn wet through the day. easy across the north with temperatures in the low teens, in the south, mid—teens at best. in saturday night, a weather front bringing showery rain across scotland and northern ireland and into northern and central parts of england and wales, sunday looks more cloudy than saturday but still sunny spells, more of the breeze on sunday and

note the direction coming directly in from the north and the north—west, lots of showers in northern scotland, but mostly dry on sunday although feeling colder. temperatures 11—16dc, may be struggling to get above single figures for some parts of the north. all in alla figures for some parts of the north. all in all a cool weekend although it should be fine for many, in contrast with the eastern mediterranean, crete and greece have potential for stormy weather this weekend. this weather cloud must looks like a hurricane and has similar characteristics and could bring damaging winds, rough seas and torrential rain and flash floods to southern parts of greece and crete this weekend. it is in the mediterranean so meteorologists might call it a medicane. it's ten o'clock, i'm joanna gosling. president trump is urging the us senate to approve his supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh, who has angrily denied accusations of sexual assault, in hours of dramatic testimony.

i tried to yell for help. when i did, brett put his hand over my mouth to stop me from yelling. this is what terrified me the most and has had the most lasting impact on my life. it was hard for me to breathe and i thought that brett was accidentally going to kill me. but i have never done this to her or to anyone. it's not who i am, it is not who i was. i am innocent of this charge. we'll get reaction from a former republican senator and speak to a former treasurer of the united states who was raped as a five—year—old child and went public with it 40 years later. the inquest into the death of a 15—year—old girl after she ate a pret a manger sandwich on a flight to france is expected to deliver its conclusion shortly — we'll be live at the coroner's court and we'll also speak to a woman

who was offered a £5 voucher by pret after their mislabelled salad caused her to have a serious allergic reaction. and we've been speaking to a woman who had herface reconstructed using her shoulder blade after being diagnosed with bone cancer. i look back at those photos now and think, i can't even believe that kind of thing but ijust want think, i can't even believe that kind of thing but i just want to give that girl hugged, it'll be ok! good morning it's ten o'clock. here's annita mcveigh is in the bbc newsroom with a summary of the day's news. good morning. president trump has urged the us senate to approve his supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh, who has angrily denied accusations of sexual assault at a senate hearing. mr kavanaugh said a "frenzy" of left—wing opponents were trying to destroy him. earlier, his accuser, christine blasey ford, told the hearing that she'd feared for her life during an assault by the judge 36 years ago. two days before the conservative party conference, the former foreign secretary boris

johnson has launched an outspoken attack on the prime minister's brexit strategy, calling it "a moral and intellectual humiliation". in an article for the daily telegraph, mrjohnson argues for a looser free trade deal with the eu. theresa may has repeatedly said her brexit proposals, known as the chequers deal, are the only viable ones. about 1,000 head teachers from across england are expected to march in westminster this morning, in protest against what they say is the under—funding of schools. the organisers of the rally are warning about staff cuts, a loss of support for children with special needs and less pastoral care. the government says it is investing record amounts in education. regulators are to investigate phone companies, banks and insurers accused of ripping off loyal customers to the tune of £4 billion a year by keeping charges high or paying low returns. the competition and markets authority will look into a so—called super—complaint lodged by citizens advice. the charity says the "loyalty penalty" paid by consumers who don't shop around is,

on average, nearly £900 a year. seven men have been arrested in the netherlands on suspicion of planning what prosecutors have described as a major terrorist attack. police say the men were trying to source ak47s, hand grenades and bomb materials. prosecutors believe the plot was at an advanced stage. rya nair has cancelled around 250 flights today, as some of its pilots and cabin crew stage a new strike, over pay and conditions, in six european countries. the airline has played down concerns about disruption. it says it has notified affected customers and insists that the vast majority of scheduled flights will go ahead as normal. us regulators have charged the billionaire tesla founder elon musk with fraud. he is accused of deliberately misleading investors when he claimed last month that he had secured funding to take the company private. mr musk has described the charge as "unjustified".

a report for the law society warns that many people on low incomes are pushed into poverty when they face criminal charges, due to restrictions on legal aid. anyone earning above about £17,000 a year doesn't get legal aid in a magistrates court, and has to pay a big contribution towards defence costs at crown court. a flotilla of small boats has rescued all 47 passengers and crew on board a plane that ended up in the sea as it tried to land on the tiny pacific island of weno. the plane, which belongs to papua new guinea's national carrier, is thought to have overshot the short runway in bad weather, falling into the lagoon at the end of the airstrip. as it started to sink, locals got into their boats and went to rescue those on board. researchers are warning that half of the world's killer whale populations could be wiped out within 50 years unless more is done to tackle toxic chemicals in oceans. experts say waters are particularly

contaminated around the uk, brazil and the strait of gibraltar. the whales are being poisoned by chemicals known as pcbs. the toxins are seeping into the oceans, affecting the orcas' reproductive capability. that's a summary of the latest bbc news — more at 10.30. lots of reaction from you to the new app which is going to help disabled people travelling on trains get the support they need to get on and off the train in particular. one missed text says... we have first aiders in the workplace and most people travel on the same train each morning so why can we not have a buddy service for our disabled people using our trains? also, isn't it the perfect reason never to get rid of the conductors on trains? theirjob is not just giving conductors on trains? theirjob is notjust giving tickets. i would gladly assist any wheelchair user or vulnerable person on and off transport. this one says... i had a

reunion that i wanted to go to and asa reunion that i wanted to go to and as a wheelchair user i had to book ramps in advance. i was unsure of the time i was returning but i was told i needed to book ramps to a set time. i ended up not coming. the reality really impacted my choice to join in something i wanted to do. now, if it involves a train journey ijust don't go. mary now, if it involves a train journey i just don't go. mary says... now, if it involves a train journey ijust don't go. mary says... my daughter wendell is totally blind. a couple of years ago she got a bit disorientated on the underground going to work in london. a person offered to take her to an underground member of staff so that they could help her. there were two staff members and she was really upset to hear them arguing with each other about who would take her to the platform just the argument went on for a couple of minutes, she had no choice but to wait for one of them to agree to take her. she was lost, she was pregnant at the tonbridge made it even worse. this was the straw that broke the proverbial camels back and now she never uses trains or tubes unless she is accompanied by a friend or family member. luckily for her she

can work from home now. my son is also blind and over the years has experienced many upsetting incidents while travelling on british rail and on the tube is mainly because of the lack of staff and a lack of training. do get in touch with us throughout the morning — use the hashtag #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. if you text, you'll be charged at the standard network rate. let's get some sport now. good morning. the crowds have been out in their thousands at le golf national and despite the early start, they've been making plenty of noise in paris for the start of this year's ryder cup. the united states are defending champions but haven't won in europe for 25 years. they haven't had things all their own way. some beautiful parting from spaniard jon rahm, helping he and justin rose into the lead in their match. jon rahm, clearly enjoying his first

ryder cup experience. american jordan spieth has been in great form so jordan spieth has been in great form so far, free up in his match alongsidejustin thomas. the other two fourball matches are currently all square. championship leader lewis hamilton was amongst the quickest cars in first practice ahead of the russian grand prix this weekend. red bull's max verstappen had set the early pace but sebastian vettel has just gone fastest. there isa vettel has just gone fastest. there is a boost for hamilton and his mercedes, both red bulls will start from the back of the grid at the weekend after changing their engines for this race. phil neville's england side have overtaken france to move to up to third in fifa's latest women's world rankings, which were released today. they jump just one place after their qualification for next year's world cup. scotland's qualification moves them up spots, to their best ever position of 19th. wales stay 29th but northern ireland

drop five places to 61st. glasgow city are through to the last 16 of the women's champions league despite defeat at home to cypriots somatio barcelona. leading 2—0 from the first leg in cyprus two weeks ago, glasow had to hang on after kristina freda gave the cypriots an early lead. and they held out to reach the last 16 for the fourth time in their history. salford red devils have pretty much secured their place in super league next season after beating toulouse. salford ran in seven tries to give them a lead both in points and in points difference over the teams looking to catch them. leeds and toronto occupy the other spots that would guarantee super league status next season as it stands. that's all the sport for now. there's due to be a vote today on whether a man accused of sexual assault should be allowed to sit as a justice in america's highest court. christine blasey—ford accuses brett kavanaugh of sexually assaulting at a party when they were high school students. yesterday, in a dramatic hearing

before senators lasting nine hours, both sides gave emotional testminony. during the televised session, brett kavanaugh angrily accused democrats of being behind the claims to try to block his appointment, because it would give conservatives a clear majority on the court. there have been calls for today's vote to be delayed while an fbi investigaton is carried out. president trump continues to back the candidate he nominated, and says the vote should go ahead. we're going to play some of that powerful testimony now. it lasts just over seven minutes and, just a warning, it does contain some graphic description of sexual violence. i am here today, not because i want to be. i am terrified. i am here because i believe it is my civic duty to tell you what happened to me while brett kavanaugh and i were in high school. i swear today under oath, before the senate and the nation, before my family and god, i am innocent of this charge. when i got to the top

of the stairs, i was pushed from behind into a bedroom across from the bathroom. i couldn't see who pushed me. brett and mark came into the bedroom and locked the door behind them. there was music playing in the bedroom. it was turned up louder by either brett or mark once we were in the room. i was pushed onto the bed and brett got on top of me. he began running his hands over my body and grinding into me. i yelled, hoping that someone downstairs might hear me and i tried to get away from him, but his weight was heavy. brett groped me and tried to take off my clothes. he had a hard time because he was very inebriated and because i was wearing a one—piece bathing suit underneath my clothing.

i believed he was going to rape me. i categorically and unequivocally deny the allegation against me by doctor ford. i never had any sexual or physical encounter of any kind with doctor ford. i never attended a gathering like the one doctor ford describes in her allegation. i have never sexually assaulted dr ford or anyone. i tried to yell for help. when i did, brett put his hand over my mouth to stop me from yelling. this is what terrified me the most and has had the most lasting impact on my life. it was hard for me to breathe and i thought that brett was accidentally going to kill me. i'm telling the truth. i want to know what you want to do, judge. i'm innocent. i'm innocent of this charge. then you're prepared for an fbi investigation? they don't reach conclusions. you reach the conclusions, senator.

no, they do investigate questions. i'm innocent. and you can't have it both ways, judge. you can't say here at the beginning... i wanted a hearing. "i welcome any kind of investigation." this thing was sprung on me. this thing was sprung at the last minute after being held by staff. dr ford, with what degree of certainty do you believe brett kavanaugh assaulted you? 100%. 100%? i'm not questioning that dr ford may have been sexually assaulted by some person in some place at some time, but i have never done this to her or to anyone. it's not who i am, it is not who i was. i am innocent of this charge. i intend no ill will to dr ford and her family. the other night, ashley and my daughter liza said their prayers and little liza, all of ten years old... ..said to ashley, "we should

pray for the woman. " both brett and mark were drunkenly laughing during the attack. they seemed to be having a very good time. my family's been destroyed by this, senator. destroyed. and whoever. .. whatever the committee decides, you know, i'm all in. immediately. i'm all in, immediately. apart from the assault itself, these past couple of weeks have been the hardest of my life. i've had to relive this trauma in front of the world and i've seen my life picked apart by people on television, on twitter, other social media, other media and in this body who have never met me or spoken with me. i have been accused of acting out of partisan political motives. those who say that do not know me.

i am an independent person and i am no—one's pawn. my motivation in coming forward was to be helpful and to provide facts about how mr kavanaugh‘s actions have damaged my life so that you could take that into serious consideration as you make your decision about how to proceed. it is not my responsibility to determine whether mr kavanaugh deserves to sit on the supreme court. my responsibility is to tell you the truth. but your coordinated and well funded effort to destroy my good name and destroy my family will not drive me out. the vile threats of violence against my family will not drive me out. you may defeat me in the final vote, but you'll never get me to quit. never. how are you so sure that it was he?

the same way that i'm sure that i'm talking to you right now. basic memory functions. was there ever a time when you drank so much that you couldn't remember what happened or part of what happened the night before? no, i rememberwhat happened and i think you've probably had beers, senator, and... so you're saying that there's never been a case where you drank so much that you didn't remember what happened the night before or part of what happened? you're asking about blackouts. i don't know. have you? could you answer the question, judge? so, that's not happened? is that your answer? yeah, and i'm curious if you have. i have no drinking problem, judge. nor do i. 0k. thank you. brett's assault on me drastically altered my life. for a very long time, i was too afraid, and ashamed

to tell anyone these details. your family has gone through hell, her family has gone through hell. she sat here, she told her truth and you made the allegation that she was coordinating it. i do not think she was coordinating... i did not say that. i'm sorry, you said that others were making a co—ordinated... co—ordinated by... co—ordinated by people in this room... and the people you were talking about were not her. so she was not doing this for political effort in 2012 when she talked to her therapist about this attack, she was not coordinating about this when she made painful revelations to her husband. she did not coordinate in 2013, 2016, 2017, before you were even nominated when she revealed it was you with three different people that had sexually assaulted her, that wasn't coordination. all the witnesses who were there say it didn't happen. that was just a flavour of some of

the nine hours of hearings yesterday, with brett kavanaugh and christine blasey ford both very emotional on these very personal issues. but of course it merges with politics because of what is at stake with the supreme court. we can speak now to the former republican senatorjohn leboutillier. the former us tresurer rosario marin joins us from washington. she was raped as a child, and it took her 40 years to share this publicly. also we can speak to sarah, we're not using her real name, to protect her identity. she says she was raped at a wedding three years ago. much has been made of why christine blasey ford didn't report what happened to her sooner — and sarah is one of the many women to have come out in her defence to explain why they haven't reported crimes against them. thank you all very much indeed for joining us. i will come to you first of all, john leboutillier, because you're a former republican senator and now a political analyst, this is...iam

and now a political analyst, this is... iam nota and now a political analyst, this is... i am not a former senator but that's ok. in terms of the blurring in what we saw yesterday or overnight between something that is so overnight between something that is so deeply personalfor overnight between something that is so deeply personal for them both, but the politics, what were you thinking as you were watching those hearings? i went back and forth before i was really looking at it strictly true politics of whether or not the republicans could get 50 votes out of 100 senators. if they get 50, he will be confirmed. and by last night when it ended it was clear to me that it is still clear after sleeping on it, that the republicans —2 or three, collins, macaskill and maybe flake, the other 48 of them, are going to vote for this no matter what, it didn't matter what happened yesterday, they have decided they've got this window of power where they control the senate and they're going to go ahead

and jam this thing through. but they still need to get 50 votes and we don't know this morning as we talk whether they have them or not. rosario marin, you i presume were seeing it through the personal prison because of your own experience, tell us how you were feeling as you watched it? well, it was very clear that dr ford was telling the truth. and not only was she able to explain exactly what happened, but to those of us who have experienced any kind of sexual harassment, any kind of sexual violence, it was clear that we were re—living with her our own situations. and we're talking about millions of women and men who have experienced something as traumatic as sexual harassment, any kind of

sexual violence. we could feel her pain. we could feel her desperation. we could feel the desire to leave the room. and that will never go away, no matter what happens, she will have to live with that, as we all do, for the rest of our lives. i believe her. brett kavanaugh was equally passionate but in a different way, their stands, their delivery, very different, but he was just as passionate, and he said, he has no doubt she was assaulted by some person at some place at some time but not him... you know, the person that did what he did to me we nt person that did what he did to me went to hell denying what he did. and so i don't know many people who

have been found out who then readily admit that they did something wrong. and often times all victims want is the validation by the perpetrator that something was done wrong to them. that's all they want! and yet we have seen time and again, look at our president, there are 16 women that have come out of that have claimed sexual violence by the president and he has denied unequivocally all 16 of them. so, if that's the standard, well, there you go, that is what we are dealing with right here and right now, is till. much has been made of the fact that she did not speak publicly sooner and that has led to many people now coming out and speaking, with a

hashtag why i didn't report, with you amongst others coming forward and talking about why you didn't report. how much does that get used to undermine and why didn't you report previously? so, there are many reasons, many, many many reasons, in my case i was very young and first they give you some money, and first they give you some money, and then they whisper that this is a secret and then they threaten you and then they say that if you say anything, there will be consequences, anything, there will be consequences, and something may happen to your dad. and then you just don't want to tell anybody, you're so afraid and you don't want to make your grandmother crying or your mother cry and then life goes on and you just hide that and are terrified that if you say it, something bad will happen. and you don't want anything bad to happen, you're a child. but then as i have

talked to other women who have been victims of sexual violence, they're afraid that they are not going to be believed, and that's exactly what happened with dr ford. so there are many reasons why people take this to theirgrave, many reasons why people take this to their grave, hopefully the more of us that come out and clearly state what happened to us... i go around the world, i give speeches and invariably there is going to be at least one woman that comes in and says, it happened to me, too. and, you know, it's so painful, i see some of these women in their 705, andl some of these women in their 705, and i have facebook post5 some of these women in their 705, and i have facebook posts from women that come to me and they say, i have never told anybody, and they're 70 year5 never told anybody, and they're 70 years old, can you imagine having all of that with you for all these years? i guess we still have a long

way to go. sarah, it's not your real name but it's what we're calling you in order to protect your identity, you were raped at a wedding three yea rs you were raped at a wedding three years ago and you have come forward with your story as a result of the movement that we were talking about the #why i didn't report it. yes—man. the #why i didn't report it. yes-man. and how have you felt about the hearings? i would say it is definitely taxing. i would say the biggest problem is not that she is not believed, it is just the apathy surrounding it, the congressman said, they're going to push it through, they just said, they're going to push it through, theyjust don't care. they have their own agenda in mind. and i truly believe that it's not that people don't believe it happened, but they wish that it didn't and so they choose to see it in a different light and to just regard it with

apathy. john, our congressman with us, respond to that, do they not care, is it that they wish it didn't happen, what is it? well, i'm sure they wish it didn't happen but they really don't care, i'm talking about the 47 or 48 republican 5enator5 who are men, they don't care. i mean daycare a little bit but what they really care about is... this is going to sound awful, it'5 payback to the democrats. you could see in the hearing when kavanaugh wa5 to the democrats. you could see in the hearing when kavanaugh was the witne55 the hearing when kavanaugh was the witness and the republican 5enator5 didn't use the county prosecutor anymore and they themselves 5tarted doing the questioning, they didn't que5tion doing the questioning, they didn't question of an all, they turned to their democratic colleagues and poisonou5ly blasted them over the way this was conducted, the fact that they held the letter back for

5even that they held the letter back for seven weeks, dianne fein5tein have the letter and never revealed it, blah blah blah. the poison in the senate in that committee is what's driving them to say, we're going to 5ay nice things about chri5tine ford but 5mearju5t going to go and jam thi5 but 5mearju5t going to go and jam this thing through and get this supreme court 5eat, period. it may happen, they may get him on the bench in the next few days. the re5ult bench in the next few days. the result will be, yes, they will have the supreme court in hand. but they will probably get wiped out six and a half weeks from now in the mid—term elections because of it. sarah, respond to that, i mean, john telling it absolutely how he sees it in terms of the way that it will have been seen by those inside the hearing... absolutely. i'm in com plete hearing... absolutely. i'm in complete agreement and it's infuriating but it's realistic and it's the world that we're living in,

here in the states right now, it's the political climate and it's infuriating and disappointing but that really is the reality of it, the congressman really hit the nail on the head with that. if he does get approved, as a supreme court justice, what will this have all been about? # i really believe it will have been for nothing. it is wonderful that it has given people the chance to share their stories but of the end of the day doctor ford is putting so much on the line. she has said that her biggest fear is to ultimately go through the ringer and have nothing come of it. and unfortunately it looks like that maybe what happens. it is just looks like that maybe what happens. it isjust a looks like that maybe what happens. it is just a very, very

disappointing situation but u nfortu nately, disappointing situation but unfortunately, so on point with the rest of the trump era. just to say there is a national sexual assault hotline, which, prior to the hearing, had expected to see a spike in the number of people returning to that hotline. it offers free confidential assistance via phone and hotline chat. the numbers of people seeking help were unprecedented threat that hearing. a jump unprecedented threat that hearing. a jump of 147%. coming back to you, rosario, you spoke about how difficult it is for people to come forward. if it does go through that he gets the nod as the next supreme courtjustice, how will you see it? very regrettably, one of the things

that, as the congressman and your other guest said, what is so unbelievable is to see a repeat of the anita hill hearings. this happened 21 years ago. the same thing. a woman coming forward, saying that the nominee had some sexual violence against her. and went through that. so then they came up went through that. so then they came up with this charade of having a prosecutor coming in and questioning doctor ford, all the republican, the 11 republican senators were male. they hid behind her to ask the questions of doctor ford, to cross—examine her. and then they started with judge kavanaugh.

cross—examine her. and then they started withjudge kavanaugh. the rest of the men, the senators, no longer questioned him. they were embracing him, taking care of him, feeling his pain. or what about feeling his pain. or what about feeling the pain for doctor ford? none of them said one nice thing about her. they all watched in disbelief. what charade this was. and to hide behind a woman so that it does not look like it did 21 yea rs it does not look like it did 21 years ago, so this was just a sham, not taking care of the victim? suddenly the victim wasjudge cavanaugh, according to the senators that were there. i don't knowjudge cavanaugh. i won't passjudgment that were there. i don't knowjudge cavanaugh. i won't pass judgment on him. but!

cavanaugh. i won't pass judgment on him. but i will defend doctor ford for everything she has gone through and to defend this charade of the hearing knowing that what was intended was to get him through and have this perfunctory process is a laughing matterfor them. have this perfunctory process is a laughing matter for them. and have this perfunctory process is a laughing matterfor them. and for all of us who have been victims of sexual violence this is no laughing matter. thank you all forjoining us. one anonymous text says that an fbi investigation is required and people should be subpoenaed under oath. clare from texas is appalled by some of the rhetoric, saying that because this happened in teenagers and should be brushed under the carpet. she says she found the aggressive stance of kavanaugh

disturbing, this will have done much to dissuade other victims from coming forward, depressing from a supposedly civilised society. the coroner into the inquest into the death of the girl or died from an allergic reaction to sesame after eating a sandwich has given its verdict. fifteen year old natasha ednan laperouse reacted after buying the baguette from a pret—a—manger store at heathrow airport before flying to france injuly 2016. she collapsed on the flight, suffered a cardiac arrest and died within hours. let's speak now to angus crawford who's been in court. angus, what has the coroner said. doctor shaun cummings, the foreigner, has made four major criticisms of pret and the way it went about its business. it said that the stickers in the fridge is where you pick your sandwiches were simply inadequate in terms of visibility, they advised customers to co nta ct

visibility, they advised customers to contact staff, they said they had an incoherent system for monitoring complaints to the could not learn from them. he said that they had not addressed the issue of allergen labelling and criticise the fact that there was no formal investigation into the investigation. he mentioned a process 28 and which process you can write letters to the relevant authorities demanding that letters can be written so he believes that the lack of information they gave is insufficient, the second letter will be to medical health regulators about epi— pens. he wants them to have longer needles so that they will be more effective and have higher doses of adrenaline. the third letter will be to michael gove, he's going to write to him

because he is concerned about the fa ct because he is concerned about the fact that high street vendor have to show allergens on the label on the packet enclosing the sandwich itself. so he intends to write to michael gove and request that that regulation is reviewed. so that it then requires all fenders of that kind of food to place the allergen information specifically on the label, and the sandwich in the fridge at the moment —— or vendors. he says is extraordinary that a business that sells over 200 million items a year by law is not required to share the information on the label of the sandwich that you and i buy. this has been an incredibly distressing, moving hearing in terms of hearing the evidence from natasha's family. what reaction was there as the coroner spoke?

throughout this five—day hearing the family have had a framed photograph of natasha sitting on the bench in this small court in front of them. they have been very distressed, at times, throughout the hearing. but today, on hearing the coroner's view, his verdict of what had happened to their daughter they were very, very upset. the coroner also apologised to natasha's father and said it was terribly sorry that it had taken so long for the inquest to happen. he added, i cannot imagine how awful it must have been view on the day. natasha's father, deeply upset, simply said, terrible. we expect him to come out and speak to usa expect him to come out and speak to us a little later this morning. you, angus. —— thank you, angus. we can speak now to lucy sherrif, who has a nut allergy and got ill after eating a salad she bought in pret, which she said had been labelled incorrectly.

thank you forjoining us. what happened, lucy? i went to pret in 2015 and bought a salad. at out to eat and there was a label on the shelf although not on the individual box, it said it didn't contain nuts. i started eating it and i think it had pistachio nuts in it. i was very lucky that i didn't go into anaphylactic shock. i think if i had eaten peanuts it would have been a different story. i went back in and said what had happened and the woman just swapped the labels round. there was no apology, i complained to head office, i think they offered me a £5 gift voucher. so there was a label that the product did not follow what

the label said. because of the policy of labelling which tends to be about things on shells it's about the onus being on someone with an allergy to be proactive in finding out what is on the product. what do you think about it being that way around? i don't have an issue with being proactive. the issue i get is that you get staff that have not been adequately trained, sometimes the shop is busy, they are stressed, and you just get this answer of, i don't think there are nuts in it, and you end up playing russian roulette with your life, which is not acceptable in this day and age. the coroner said this morning that

pret has not addressed the fact that food allergies are to be taken very seriously, given the enormous size of their business. it does not sound as if they were particularly sympathetic. did you go any higher, did you make clear what had happened, because the other thing we heard about is that the coroner was identifying that there wasn't enough joined up thinking in terms of making change when things went wrong? yes, i complained to head office, and then i spoke with someone over it e—mails, someone in customer services who then did apologise. and offered me a £5 voucher and said that they would be training their staff in that office. but i never followed training their staff in that office. but i neverfollowed it training their staff in that office. but i never followed it up to see if they had actually gone in for more training. £5 voucher to use in pret?

did you use it? i can't remember. i definitely never bought a salad from the game. i think i might have bought something. but after this story i would never go there again. what do you think should happen? we have been hearing that the reason for the labelling of being the way it is is that the food is made fresh on—site in the mornings and that needs to be flexibility, whether there are different ingredients. should changes need to be made to labelling? yes, absolutely, 100%. i understand if they are talking about a small—scale independent operator, but this is pret, huge multinational. they have no excuse for not labelling their products. i just do not understand why it has taken this awful, tragic incident

the vista finally be addressed. it should have been addressed years ago, absolutely. —— it's taken this incident for this to be addressed. lucy, thank you. we've got in touch with pret a manger with regards to lucy's case and they said: "we sincerely apologise for this customer's experience and we would like the chance to make it up to her, if she would be happy to contact us again. we take food allergies and providing allergen information to our customers very seriously, and are constantly reviewing our approach. our food is handmade fresh in our shops, and, in line with regulations, individual products are not labelled. we have signs in ourfridges, on our packaging, and at till points asking customers with allergies to speak to a manager to see our allergen guide." as we heard, the coroner has just delivered the ruling on the death of natasha as a result of having a sandwich at pret which contained sesame seeds. we will bring you more reaction to that ruling on the bbc news channel throughout the day, more details of what the coroner has said. now, female performers have been taking over

the transport network in a bid to celebrate and champion women in music. the initiative was part of bbc music day and saw musicians playing to tram passengers in birmingham before passing the mic to another artist waiting at the next stop. this is the fourth year of bbc music day with each year focusing on different themes within the industry. in a moment we'll chat with these three artists who took part in the pass the mic event but before that let's have a look at them performing on the trams yesterday. good vibes, yeah? check it, let's go. # take a shot, what you got, suit your shot, # aiming for the bull's—eye...# # take a shot, what you got, suit your shot, # aiming for the bull's—eye...# # take a shot, what you got, suit your shot, # aiming for the bull's—eye...# # i'm searching for the real thing # i need to feel # wish it were like thi5...# # i don't need permi55ion

# make my own decisions # that's my prerogative # you, you love it how i'm moving # you love how i touch you..# hey, lisa marie, everyone. ican i can introduce you properly now, we have priya, singer songwriter who has appeared in the west end, and the grime artist who

played to more than a million people at the commonwealth closing ceremony. how important is it that this happens, and that you get involved? it was such a fantastic experience. bbc music date is all about the power of music helping to change lives, and number of events ta ke change lives, and number of events take place across the uk. they will all be showcased on bbc online tv. the themes this year are women in music, transport choirs and freshers week, and the bbc asian network teamed up with free radicals to create this amazing event that we we re create this amazing event that we were pa rt of create this amazing event that we were part of which was a performance ta keover were part of which was a performance takeover on a tram in the midlands, 24 female artists, all incredible and inspiring and talented, at each stop we performed to the wonderful

commuters of birmingham! why is it important to you that women be the focus of this? there's always a 5tigma around how women behave around each other and treat each other. i think this was such an important event because it's con5ta ntly important event because it's constantly lifting a important event because it's con5ta ntly lifting a pitch important event because it's constantly lifting a pitch ever, 5upporting constantly lifting a pitch ever, supporting each other, making each other feel equal to everyone else in the industry. the only time that we we re the industry. the only time that we were down was when the tram stopped! why do you feel you are not equal to others in the music industry? out of no fault of their own, just the way that it has panned out over the years, men have more fanatic fans. i think females tend to be more fanatic when it comes to being part ofa fan fanatic when it comes to being part of a fan base. i think when following the females there tends to

be jealousy, what is she wearing, what does she look like, surpassing all talent she has, it's more about how she physically represents herself. the key thing is that there needs to be more females in positions of power in the industry to help nurture female talent. it is a male dominated industry. which i think sometimes, it doesn't help female artists to progress. if you have a team of men trying to put a female artist out and trying to find out their sound and the way in which they should look, there needs to be somebody within that team who understands women and it should be female. have you experienced anything where you have felt you have not maybe have the opportunities? i have, actually. doing open jams, which

opportunities? i have, actually. doing openjams, which unwrap terminology, i do find it a bit of a struggle to actually gain access to a microphone, it is like you literally have to put yourself out there to try and grab the mike like we did yesterday. they kind of overlook you if you are not outspoken. you really have to fight for your position and to showcase your talent. the event yesterday, do your talent. the event yesterday, do you think something like that makes a difference? definitely. which is unity amongst females having respect for each other's artform. it was also to celebrate 100 years since women got the right to vote as well. it was such an amazing mark to show that unity amongst different females in the industry now. preeya have you ever felt that being a woman has held you back in the industry? assad is great opportunities this industry. —— i have had some great

opportunities. the industry is difficult, we must be clear and honest about that. not everyone can have amazing success on a worldwide scale. my own experiences of not been terrible. if anything, it has been terrible. if anything, it has been more my ethnicity that has been an issue in certain situations. i have been told by one particular manager, i'm not saying that everybody thinks this way, one particular manager who told me that because of my ethnicity, that i would not able to make it in music. if anything, that spurred me more. i just thought, that is your opinion, that there are a lot of other people who don't think like that. so it would be great to be in a time where we don't focus on ethnicity and it is purely about talent, because there is an incredible, amazing amount of talent out there, that will need a platform. sanity, you

we re will need a platform. sanity, you were nodding about the ethnicity thing, have you had similar experiences? we see it every day, with artists all the time, especially females. a lot of sa happens and it is like, the darker you are, the harder it is to break onto the scene. why is that, where is the discrimination coming from?” don't know, it is one of those things that has progressed from ages ago, do you know what i mean? but it feels like we're getting to a point where we are starting to empower one another and overlook the norms that of society is showing us, and taking notice of the talent that's happening over the images. esha you are studying as well? tell us?” think the most important thing when trying to balance hobby that will soon be your career and getting a

degree at the same time is sort of, make sure that your priorities straight from the beginning. it is a question of how badly do you want it. and what pushes you to go forth and pursue a dream and pursue a degree and things like that? you need to kind of pick the hard work of the partying! and in terms of breaking through and getting recognised and getting airplay and all of that, how hard is that?” would personally like to think that my luck is very good. but for anyone trying to break through as an artist, the only advice i can give, i'm pretty young myself so i can't give loads of advice, but the one thing i would say is be authentic, be yourself. because there comes a time when you can't play the part any more and you can't be that person that a manager wants you to be. you can't be the colour that

people ask you to be and you can't behave in a certain way. be authentic. it will happen, it will happen. perseverance is also good. self belief. it sounds cheesy, it really does! thank you all very much. when jen taylor developed a lump on her topjaw, she underwent a 16—hour operation to remove half herface. doctors then used her shoulder blade and muscle from her back to rebuild it. as you can see from these photographs, she underwent an amazing recovery and she has been sharing her story. there is no usual when it comes to cancer treatment but it was monday to friday, 24 hours a day, connected up to friday, 24 hours a day, connected up to this treatment, the amazing thing, it does things that these

patients, with the chemo you get these backpacks and they feel like bags with your chemo and your water sending you to the hotel next door, so you have the ability, as much as you can, you can live and feel that you can, you can live and feel that you are not lying in a hospital ward, which kept me going, having that. you went from having that into this surgery. and, going into it, what were you told to expect? what we are told what happened? you are told the details. before surgery you have to sign confirming that they have to sign confirming that they have kind of explained what they will do. you know that they will cut out the cancer, cutout part of your jaw, cut out your shoulder. they don't know what they will do until they get in there. did they not know they get in there. did they not know the extent of what they would be cutting away? yes, untilthey the extent of what they would be cutting away? yes, until they got in there they thought they might have to cut my face, i was very lucky when i woke up to find they hadn't. amazing. i was warned that a lot of

things might happen, they can't really prepare you for everything. so you wake up,... extraordinary, they did not cut your face, yet they removed the bone underneath. they went all through the roof of my mouth which is incredible, with no outward scars they thought at one point they might have to cut off half my nostril. i was very lucky that they did not do that. they took the bone, the muscle and the blood supply from your shoulder to reconstruct your face so everything happened in one operation. u nfortu nately for happened in one operation. unfortunately for me, part of my first operation failed so i got rushed back into surgery five days later and had never the ten hour surgery to take the pain out of the la ke surgery to take the pain out of the lake and reconnect that up —— take the pain out of the lake. because the pain out of the lake. because the flap, as the college, had begun dying, so they rushed me back in, after 16 hours of surgery i had ten

more hours of surgery. and you took the pictures of yourself, why was that? for others, feel? from when i was first diagnosed i was all about being very open for everything. i had a blog, instagram photos, iwant people to understand the reality of what this is. if you seem you know you don't understand the reality of what i have been through. i thought it was important and as i was taking them and became an important part of my recovery. because day to day you don't think anything has got better. who are still sitting there, swollen, with all these problems. i would be thinking, this will never get better. and then i would look at a photo from four days before and think, my gosh, i have come so far! that was jen speaking earlier. think, my gosh, i have come so far! that wasjen speaking earlier. harry on e—mail says this young woman is amazing that, after everything she has endured she has emerged as an

incredibly positive bubbly young woman who also happens to be attractive. it would be remiss of me not to pay tribute to every member of the medical and surgical teams to have achieved such a great outcome. les says, bless her, what a great story. helen on facebook says what a positive and encouraging present you are,jen, positive and encouraging present you are, jen, good luck, stay healthy. dawn on facebook says what a fantastic ladyjen is, a positive attitude does help to heal, such an inspiration to fellow cancer sufferers. before we go, some comments on the headteachers conversation we had earlier. in an unprecedented step headteachers are marching on downing street today because of concerns about underfunding. we had a group of head teachers in the studio earlier talking about the difficulties they are having, sometimes doing more than onejob. are having, sometimes doing more than one job. one anonymous viewers said by text, my children's school is falling to bits, the lesson had to be stopped yesterday because the

ceiling is falling through, they had to be moved to another without electricity. an anonymous viewers says by text, the lowest headteachers salary she has seen his £90,000. thank you for your comments and your company. bbc newsroom live is coming up next. have a lovely weekend. bye bye. hello, many of us will notice that it is chilly compared to yesterday, some cold air moving in from the north, while many of us have some sunshine there is still cloud over southern parts of england, as you can see on the satellite. the cloud will melt away to the south and eventually sunshine will breakthrough across southern parts. more cloud across the far north and the north west of scotland, for most of us, it is a dry in sunny afternoon. but chillier, as is

suggested, temperatures between 13 and 17 degrees, perhaps the warmest place will be in the channel islands. tonight with lengthy clear spells it will turn quite chilly widely across the uk, temperatures in oral spots getting close to freezing. get a lovely sunny start on saturday with lots of dry weather, or cloud on sunday, there could be some showers around, the maximum temperatures in the mid teens. that's it fours me. goodbye for now. this is bbc news, i'm annita mcveigh. these are the top stories developing at 11am: two years after the death of a teenager who ate a pret a manger baguette containing sesame seeds, the coroner rules that the company's food

labelling was inadequate. donald trump urges the us senate to approve his supreme court nominee after hours of dramatic testimony. brett groped me and tried to take off my clothes. he had a hard time because he was very inebriated. and because i was wearing a one—piece i have never sexually assaulted dr ford or anyone. borisjohnson sets out his own plan for brexit, arguing that the uk should "chuck chequers" and negotiate a canada—style free—trade deal instead. also this hour: a jet crashes in a lagoon off a remote island in micronesia