hello. it's friday, it's nine o'clock. i'm joanna gosling. welcome to the programme. hundreds of people have been arrested overnight at a protest against donald trump's nomination for the us supreme court, brett kavanaugh. these two women who stopped jeff flake in the elevator, they speak for so many of us as survivors when they stand up and they say, "look me in the eye when you're talking about me, when you're making decisions that have an implication on my life." today there'll be a procedural vote ahead of the main vote tomorrow on whether brett kavanaugh should be given a lifelong position as a justice at the county's highest court, despite allegations of sexual assault against him. we'll talk to a woman who says men are using the professional networking site linkedin to send creepy messages. meg stickland says men are undermining women who are just trying to get on in their careers with unprofessional sexual comments. you assume positive intent, that this is a person wanting to make professional connections, and then they undermine your professional stance. we'll talk to meg and a barrister

who spoke out after the same thing happened to her. and 15—year—old aaron groves saved his dad's life after he had a cardiac arrest at home after being shown how to do cpr in the scouts. aaron's being presented with an award tonight and he and his dad, david, are here. hello, welcome to the programme. we're live until ”am this morning. did you enjoy maths at school or does the thought of working out even basic sums bring you out in a cold sweat? a new survey out today suggests fear of numeracy, or arithmophobia, is putting many parents off helping their children with their maths homework. well, we've got some homework for you this morning. grab gmba graba pen grab a pen and paper. here are three maths questions aimed at nine and 10—year—olds. we want you to send in your

answers and no cheating! question one. calculate 56 times 2a using any method. but not a calculator! question two. thinking about a triangle, calculate the size of the third angle if the other two angles are 3a and 39 degrees. you can't use a protractor but you can use a calculator. and question three. you've got to work this out in just 15 seconds. "i multiply a number by 100. my answer is 250. what is the number i started with?" send us your answers and we'll see how many people get them right later when we'll be talking about this subject with university challenge star and maths teacher, bobby seagull. i'll be having a go later too. do get in touch on all the stories we're talking about — 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. our top story today... hundreds of protesters, opposed to president trump's supreme court candidate, brett kavanaugh, have been arrested in washington. in an interview with the wall streetjournal, mr kavanaugh said his testimony last week was "too emotional". 0ur washington correspondent chris buckler reports. the senate, like america, is divided, and protesters have been doing all they can to be heard by the small handful of politicians who are still deciding whether they will vote for brett kavanaugh. a vote for kavanaugh is a vote saying women don't matter. yes. let's stay together, let's fight, let's keep showing up! cheering. before the senate'sjudiciary committee, christine blasey ford accused brett kavanaugh of sexually assaulting her decades ago

at a party when they were both teenagers. his at times angry denials in which he attacked the democrats, led almost 2,500 law professors to question whether he has the temperament to become a supreme courtjustice. in an article for the wall streetjournal, judge kavanaugh has now admitted, "i might have been too emotional at times. i know that my tone was sharp and i said a few things i should not have said." but donald trump is continuing to fiercely defend the man he selected for the supreme court. democrats have been trying to destroyjudge brett kavanaugh. the protests and the politically charged debate will continue, but a final vote on whether brett kavanaugh should have a seat on america's highest court now seems likely this weekend. chris buckler, bbc news, washington. annita is in the bbc newsroom with a summary

of the rest of the day's news. thank you. good morning. the number of rail passengers falling victim to crime has increased in the last year. figures from the british transport police show that more than 60,000 offences were recorded in the year to the end of march — a i7% rise. ben ando reports. until last year, crime on the railways was going down but british transport police, who cover the network in england, scotland and wales, say that has changed. 0verall, crime is up 17% to 61,159 and the proportion of violent crimes is up by more — nearly one in five. sex crimes are up, too, by 16%, and now comprise one in 25 of all crimes committed on the network. so, why the increase? the police say they've got better at recording crime and all new trains have cctv cameras on board, meaning there's more

likely to be evidence that can be taken to court, so victims and witnesses have the confidence to come forward. these figures are worrying but it's important to maintain a sense of perspective. there arejust 19 crimes for every million passenger journeys, meaning that, statistically, you'd have to travel via rail every day for 144 years to become a victim of crime. but while not a crime, an increase in the number of people trying to self harm on the railways is also causing concern. statistics show that five times every day police officers or rail staff intervene to stop someone hurting themselves, while more than 300 people did take their lives on the railways last year. unilever, which makes marmite and dove soap, has scrapped its plan to move its headquarters from london to rotterdam in the netherlands. the anglo—dutch company had wanted to simplify its corporate structure but british investors complained

that the move would force them to sell their shares. power has been restored to parts of the indonesian city of palu a week after it was struck by a devastating earthquake and tsunami. more than 11100 people are confirmed to have died. 0ur correspondent in the city, mariko 0i, says survivors are beginning to gain access to basic supplies. palu is a city of contrasts. a collapsed building on one side of the street but people here are getting on with their daily life and we have really been struck by the resilience of people here this week. they were struggling to get hold of food and water earlier in the week but there seems to be quite a lot of them now, many people starting to sell food. and petrol, which the city ran out of earlier in the week, is back, as you can tell. traffic is quite bad. and it also shows that, while some buildings were damaged by the earthquake, it was really the tsunami and mudslides which killed

many of the victims. and while the city is doing 0k, there are smaller villages which have been wiped out along the coastline, still struggling to get supplies. and aid agencies told us that villagers are complaining why they are being neglected by the government. president widodo faces growing pressure because he faces an election next year. the irish prime minister, leo varadkar, says a brexit deal could be reached in as little as two weeks, if it includes a plan to avoid a hard border between the republic of ireland and northern ireland. his comments come ahead of a meeting between the eu's chief brexit negotiator, michel barnier, and four of northern ireland's political parties later today. the environment agency says it's launched a criminal investigation to establish how tonnes of medical waste, including body parts, have built up at disposal sites across england. it emerged yesterday that a contractor had been failing to dispose of the hospital waste within the regulatory time—frames.

the company blamed a shortage of incinerators. the department of health said there's no risk to patients or the public. russia has hit back at claims it was involved in a series of cyber attacks, saying the accusations are part of an anti—russian campaign by the west. yesterday the uk, the us and the netherlands said kremlin intelligence agents have targeted political organisations in the uk, including the foreign office and the porton down defence research facility. high street stores are fueling a "throwaway culture" which is damaging the environment, mps have said. they're asking some of britain's top fashion retailers, including marks and spencer, next and primark, how they plan to reduce the environmental and social impact of the clothes they sell. the environmental audit committee says the fashion industry fuels climate change, spreads microplastics into the oceans, and fills up landfill sites. young people in the uk are not saving as much as previous generations,

with more than half of 22 to 29—year—olds living with no savings at all, according to official figures. new figures from the 0ns reveal some 53% of this age group have nothing in a savings account or isa. among those who are saving, nearly four in ten have no more than £1,000 tucked away. scientists have suggested there's little justification in using vitamin d supplements to maintain or improve the health of bones. researchers said taking the supplement would only be useful for high risk groups who want to prevent rare conditions such as rickets and osteomalacia, which can occur due to vitamin d deficiency. a 23—year—old british man has died after being poisoned by a sea snake in australia while working on a fishing trawler. the man was bitten while pulling up a net off the coast of the northern territory 400 miles east of the capital darwin. it may be the first recorded death from a sea snake in australia, according to researchers. an eight—year—old girl in sweden has found a sword believed to date

from 1500 years ago — before the viking era. saga vanecek stepped on the sword in a lake during the summer, when the water level was low, because of a drought. the discovery was kept a secret until now, to give researchers time to search the lake for other artefacts. waitrose is to test a delivery service which will allow drivers to enter a customer's home while they are out, and put their groceries away. the trial uses smart lock technology to allow customers to set an access code for their door lock which is deleted when the delivery is complete. that's a summary of the latest bbc news. more at 9:30am. thank you. so, what do you think about the idea of your shopping delivery being brought into your kitchen and unpacked by the driver while you're out? would it make your life that little bit easier? or would you feel weird about someone going through your cupboards? do get in touch with us throughout the morning — use the hashtage victorialive

and if you text, you will be charged at the standard network rate. let's get some sport now. holly hamilton is at the bbc sport centre for us this morning. morning holly, f1 moves to japan this weekend and lewis hamilton will be happy with the start he has made? lewis hamilton is already leading by 50 points in the championship over sebastian vettel and earlier he lay down the market in first finishing almost half a second faster than the rest of the field and it was a similar situation in second session. but he did narrowly avoid a rather big crash with pierre gasly who was driving his toro rosso slowly on the racing line. hamilton had to take avoiding action and run into the escape road. afterwards they were both summoned to see the stewards to discuss the incident with pierre gasly handed a reprimand but it did

not seem to faze hamilton who was laughing as he crossed the line. they're in mind he has won three of the last four races staged in suzuka and the world champion looks set for and the world champion looks set for a fourth. jose mourinho has been speaking to the press. what has he been talking about? we are hanging on his every word it seemed at the moment pulls up we have become used toa moment pulls up we have become used to a fairly guarded jose mourinho in recent weeks and months given inspect elation over his future at 0ld inspect elation over his future at old trafford. —— the speculation. manchester united enduring the worst start to a season in 29 years. and it's fair to say he hasn't been too open with the press today. the whole section of his regular friday press conference reserved for broadcast media lasted just over three minutes. when asked about going five matches without a win for only the second time since 1998, all mourinho had to say was "i accept." and the british sides in europa

league action last night, how did they get on? it was a busy night. no problems for arsenal, a win for them last night, while chelsea just about scraped past the hungarian champions vidi to maintain their 100% start in the europa league. celtic‘s problems continue, though — beaten 3—1. however, their old firm rivals rangers are now sitting top of their group ater beating rapid vienna 3—1. the match was poised at a 1—1 draw going into the final stages but, after winning this penalty, well, manager steven gerrard had plenty to be smile about as his team went in front at ibrox and a result that gives them more than an outside change of qualifying for the knockout stages. gerrard went on to describe it as the best 90 minutes of football rangers have given since he arrived, worth the seven—year wait to return to european competition. and finally, the biggest name in usc

is back this weekend after an absence of two years but not coming back quietly —— ufc. love him or hate him — or love to hate him — conor mcgregor is back for ufc 229. and after a two—year absence from ufc, he still draws the crowds. they were probably expecting another dramatic, over—the—top episode of this long—running feud between mcgregor and his opponent this weekend, khabib nurmagomedov. well, they didn't even cross paths this time because mcgregor didn't turn up on time, blaming traffic. when he did arrive, he answered questions, insulted the russian champion, posed for photos and then slipped off. that fight takes place on saturday night, assuming they both make weight. 0ne things for sure, though, mcgregor wants everyone know he's back and, if nothing else, his fans are happy about that. thank you.

there were angry scenes in washington overnight when more than 300 protesters were arrested as they made a final attempt to get senators to reject president trump's nominee for the supreme court, brett kavanaugh. thousands of mainly female demonstrators marched through the us capital, chanting "kavanaugh has got to go!" the comedian amy schumer was reportedly among those detained. the protesters don't want the judge to be appointed to the country's highest court after he was accused of sexually assaulting a girl at a party while they were both in high school. there's a procedural vote today but the main vote is tomorrow and, with republicans saying an fbi investigation proves his innocence, he's expected to be confirmed in the post tomorrow. here's what happened at the protest overnight. shut it down! i believed he was going to rape me. i'm telling the truth! i want to know what you want to do.

i'm innocent. we will not be hoodwinked by those who have tried hard to smear this good man. it looks to be a product of an incomplete investigation. i think this interaction is everything that we're about, it's what activist leadership looks like. these two women that stopped jeff flake in the elevator i think speak for so many of us as survivors when they stand up and they say, "look me in the eye when you're talking about me, when you're making decisions that have an implication on my life. " i'm here because i believe women, because i believe survivors, and we, as a country, are going through a period right now, and it would be nice if all of our senators took it as seriously as the people here today. well, president trump spoke to supporters at a rally in minnesota overnight and spoke aboutjudge kavanaugh. this is what he had to say.

just take a look at what's going on. democrats have been trying to destroyjudge brett kavanaugh. booing since the very first second he was announced. and he was announced for one simple reason — he is an incredible intellect, an incredible person, an incredible talent. cheering and applause he's been an incrediblejudge. because they know that judge kavanaugh will protect, uphold and defend the constitution of the united states as written. cheering and applause let's talk now to charlotte clymer, a human rights campaigner

who was at last night's protest in washington. sarah elliot, chair of the uk branch of republicans 0verseas, amy pope, former advisor to president 0bama and now part of the america's programme at the research institute chatham house, rina shah is in washington this morning and is a republican strategist who does not back brett kavanaugh, and sharon stevenson is a donald trump supporter in atlanta georgia. thank you all very much forjoining us. thank you all very much forjoining us. charlotte, you were protesting, why did you do that? this is the most unqualified nominee for the supreme court in decade and we believe that, given he could shape the legal system for decades to come, we do not want someone who has been widely accused of sexual assault in that seat. thousands of us were assault in that seat. thousands of us were protesting the nomination. when you say he is most unqualified, you don't mean in career terms because he has obviously had a

strong career with that background but you're talking about the sexual assault allegations? notjust that for that he had lied under oath 31 times. he has had endorsements from several organisations. this is someone several organisations. this is someone who several organisations. this is someone who seems several organisations. this is someone who seems wholly unequipped ethically and morally to hold this seat. what was the mood like out on the protest? indications are that it looks likely he will get the nomination. how would that go down? not well. i think people are very angry and we are going to see that anger in november. come hell or high water, there will be some kind of price to pay for this. sarah elliott, you are chair of republicans 0verseas, do you think he will get the nomination?” republicans 0verseas, do you think he will get the nomination? i do. how do you think that will play out? charlotte saying it will not go down well when the country goes to the

polls in the mid—term elections. well when the country goes to the polls in the mid—term electionslj polls in the mid—term elections.” think actually the polls are showing that it think actually the polls are showing thatitis think actually the polls are showing that it is motivating republicans more, the enthusiasm gap that was between democrats and republicans has now narrowed. it is only a statistical error margin. republican women are very motivated to go out and vote. why do you think that is if that is the case? because what this scenario has done if it has raised a question of whether an accusation can prove someone raised a question of whether an accusation can prove someone guilty of the crime. folks are looking at it and going, if come you can't believe all women all the time and also be innocent until proven guilty. i think it is emboldening the republicans to say, listen, this guy was never even given the benefit of the doubt, he was guilty until prove n of the doubt, he was guilty until proven innocent and actually the claims of doctor ford have many holes in them and it is not a

corroborated or unsubstantiated allegation. amy pope, how do you respond to that? i was also a federal prosecutor for many years andl federal prosecutor for many years and i continue this is not a trial. doctor ford is not on trial, judge kavanaugh is not on trial, this is a job interview. and talking about a job interview. and talking about a job interview. and talking about a job interview for the highest court in the united states, a court that will decide extremely sensitive and often politically sensitive issues, we ca re very often politically sensitive issues, we care very much about the temperament and credibility of the person under consideration and that is what people should consider. the truth of doctor ford's allegations, i think that is for people to decide, but ultimately we need to look at kavanaugh himself, how he responded to it, how truthful he has been and what we take from that. he has spoken out in the wall street journal, saying that he was overwhelmingly frustrated at being wrongly accused and that was why he was so wrongly accused and that was why he

was so emotional. he said he was distressed at what he says was the unfairness of how the allegation has been handled. does that go some way to explain why he was so emotional on the stand? that was a man with a lot to lose. it absolutely does, but i think what it also revealed is who he is at his core. everyone can prepare for the nomination hearings, thatis prepare for the nomination hearings, that is typical, and everyone can put their best foot forward when they are writing a letter to a newspaper. you have time to consider and you can take a step back. what is really at issue here is if they will be objective, can he truly be nonpartisan? can he be considered credible when deciding very difficult cases? and let me say, it is incredibly important we preserve the credibility of the supreme court. having any justice the credibility of the supreme court. having anyjustice on the court who appears to be partisan in any way is quite damaging to the institution. and on that point, when

he was giving evidence to senators and talking about the clinton administration and the allegations he was throwing out about the way this has been handled, is this someone this has been handled, is this someone who can be partisan? he also said in that article that the supreme court is the last line of defence for the separation of powers. has this process undermined that? i think what it is undermining is the justice system and i think it is the justice system and i think it is making some very dangerous precedents in the fact that he was not able to defend himself or be given the benefit of the doubt first. i think this idea, and i think it can be quite hurtful to the metoo movement, if we believe every allegation that comes out without scrutiny, because the real victims will not necessarily be believed. he has been accused of some pretty horrific crimes such as gang rape, he has had death threats, he has had

six background investigations and none of this is, the poor, yet have a stellar career as a federaljudge. this is a man who killed his reputation has been thrown through the mud were dragged through the mud by the democrats and it is the democrat who have made a circus of this, holding onto these allegations until the 11th hour. and not even bringing it up with kavanaugh in one—on—one meetings. bringing it up with kavanaugh in one-on-one meetings. a lot of people to talk to but i concede charlotte is shaking her head. tell us what you're thinking. i think it is incredibly dishonest and insulting to survivors across the country to characterise the fbi to investigate as in any way credible or thorough. 30 witnesses to the crimes alleged by deborah merhi —— ramirez, by doctor ford, were not interviewed by the fbi. doctor ford herself was not interviewed by the fbi, he was not interviewed by the fbi, he was not interviewed by the fbi. it is incredibly disingenuous and i would say rather immature to claim that

this has been in any way a proper way to investigate this. rina shah, you are a republican strategist. how bad you felt watching all of this unfold? —— bad you felt watching all of this unfold ? —— how bad you felt watching all of this unfold? —— how have you felt. bad you felt watching all of this unfold? -- how have you felt. judge kavanaugh said he said things he should not have said. that is all well and find for someone not looking to be on the highest court in the land. impartiality is very important to the american judicial system, particularly the supreme court because it is bad checks and balances. we have someone in the 0val balances. we have someone in the oval office did not win the popular vote than anyone the electoral vote. there has been an uproar among a lot of people in the republican party about his choice ofjudge kavanaugh and a president tom's choice. because judge kavanaugh in the past has expressed opinions that would protect the president from indictment or the result of what special counsel robert muller's

approach would bring. take it back to the impartiality, i believe his temperament and his words in his appearance in front of the judiciary committee, which is not a court of law but a hearing, it disqualified him. i law but a hearing, it disqualified him. lam law but a hearing, it disqualified him. i am with the former supreme courtjustice him. i am with the former supreme court justice stevens who also spoke out, almost 100 years old, and he was also supporting judge kavanaugh until watching him in front of the committee and hearing him say things, evoking the clintons and essentially saying the allegations we re essentially saying the allegations were a partisan hackjob. that is not appropriate for the wii could ever they better pick. i think republicans could have withdrawn the nomination and look to any of the women that president trump had on the shortlist. we would have been in a better place today if we did not have judge kavanaugh still in front of the senate. i did want to bring ina clip of the senate. i did want to bring in a clip of donald trump speaking about christine blasey ford. he has effectively publicly mocked her over

what she has said. 36 years ago, this happened. i had one beer, right i had one beer. well, do you think... no! it was one beer. oh, good. how did you get home? i don't remember. how did you get there? i don't remember. where was the place? i don't remember. how many years ago was it? i don't know. cheering and applause and a man's life is in tatters, a man's life is shattered. 36 years ago, this happened. his wife is shattered, his daughters who are beautiful, incredible young kids. they destroy people, they want to destroy people. these are really evil people. cheering and applause and then you see the people that are doing it. i know every one, i could tell you things about everyone of them. would president trump to have —— been better to have risen above that? it is his style. he was at a rally and this is an issue that has divided the country in a very

partisan way will stop what i will say is that i don't think he was mocking doctor ford but her story. it's the same thing, isn't it?” don't think so. unfortunately for doctor ford, and i do think she is a victim in all of this and has been used by the democrats for the own political purposes, her storyjust is not substantial. this is why republican women cannot back away for the we have sympathy for her and what she has possibly been through but the president is pointing out that it but the president is pointing out thatitis but the president is pointing out that it is not credible and that it should not be used to ruin a man's life. i think that was a dog whistle to the right. what the president is doing right now is trying to get his base energised. this is the best campaign tactic he could ever have wished for. he is saying to people, if you don't get out and vote in november, everything you have done in the past can come back to haunt

you and the liberal order will keep you and the liberal order will keep you in check. without really taking into consideration what has driven the metoo movement, countless women who have been sexually assaulted and have been silenced because of fear of what will happen when they speak out. it is a dangerous game he explained, there is no reason to alienate all of these women by getting into the fray on this issue. the dangerous game is senator fine style and how she has played this.” wa nt to style and how she has played this.” want to bring in sharon stevenson because you are i donald trump supporter. we heard from amy saying this is president, tried to get his co re this is president, tried to get his core vote energised and out there for the midterms in november. how has this whole episode left you ? well, as a mother, i'm scared to death that someone could do this same thing to my son. sorry to interrupt, do you have a daughter as well? do you see it from that perspective? are you concerned about potentially... false allegations,

thatis potentially... false allegations, that is what this is, false allegations. it is a tactic of the left. we have a very dangerous left in america, they seek to divide, destroy, scorched earth, they do not ca re destroy, scorched earth, they do not care who they take out in the process. there are geeks and things. why did they hold these letters sincejuly? they why did they hold these letters since july? they started why did they hold these letters sincejuly? they started cleaning dr blasey ford's internet references backin blasey ford's internet references back in september 17. i think the earring was the 26th. google or somewhere had already started clearing at things from her yearbooks. peshmerga i think the hearing was the 26. —— i think the hearing was the 26. —— i think the hearing was the 26th. it may galvanise some supporters on the left, it will backfire on the leftists. this is something that every mother, every sister, every brother, everyone cares about in america. they would do this to a man

just for doing hisjob. america. they would do this to a man just for doing his job. he america. they would do this to a man just for doing hisjob. he is the most qualified, he is intelligent, he is usually very soft—spoken, but if you accuse me of something i have not done, i will come after you. and i respect him for standing up. i think he will be a betterjudge in the long run for seeing the inequity and the outrageous false charges. how can you be so certain? when you talk about the passion of brett kavanaugh, talk about the passion of brett kava naugh, christine talk about the passion of brett kavanaugh, christine blasey ford was equally passionate and equally convinced. no, she spoke like an immature child. she had a fake voice. she had probably been hypnotised to pass the polygraph test. she did not tell the truth. nobody has corroborated any of her story. not just a nobody has corroborated any of her story. notjust a little bit of her story, even her friends story. notjust a little bit of her story, even herfriends has not

corroborated any of it. aimee, one of the words sharon used was circus. it isa of the words sharon used was circus. it is a situation that has divided america. we have had this fbi investigation but it was brief and not everybody that people would have liked to have seen being spoken to was spoken to. in the end, people will make up their own minds. ultimately has it been a circus that eve ryo ne ultimately has it been a circus that everyone will move on from and the lasting effects may be that brett kavanaugh becomes... goes on to the supreme court for life? it didn't need to be this way. the president has the ability to nominate anyone, so has the ability to nominate anyone, so the moment there are allegations of wrongdoing, the moment you get a judge responding the way he does, the moment the situation falls apart isa the moment the situation falls apart is a moment that the president could reconsider whether this is really the right guy. he has a list of people who are very well—qualified, who could serve on this court. he

care? —— does he care? if brett kavanaugh gets it, the republicans? a blurb he has calculated that it is to his advantage to push forward the nomination, which is which is what is so troubling. the supreme court is so troubling. the supreme court is not meant to be partisan. the fa ct is not meant to be partisan. the fact that the situation has become so fact that the situation has become so deeply partisan and the candidate himself has engaged in the partisan politicking should give everyone cause. but he is responding to the partisan attacks on him. -- should give everyone pause. immediately after he was named, democratic senators said they would not god for him. in the ten days from the washington post article when we first heard about dr ford's allegations and the testimony, the left rallied around and called him a six pest and a rapist without even hearing his side of the story. —— gordimer sex pest. i think the

partisanship has been going on washington for a long time, it started with the democrats holding onto the allegations, not telling the ranking memberand using dr ford, who did not want to come forward , ford, who did not want to come forward, they could have done this behind closed doors. they tried, thatis behind closed doors. they tried, that is why the senator held on to the letter, she was respecting the wishes of the victim. senator feinstein proceeded in a way to protect the privacy of the victim of sexual assault. absolutely incorrect. lots of people are getting in touch. andrew on text, when there is a direct conflict in the evidence from two sources, one has to ascues stands to gain from lying? denise on e—mail, disgusted with the protest is' cause considering there is no sound evidence to back aboard's claim. the protesters are an embarrassment to women worldwide as they are victimising cavanaugh to

detect their cause by any means. 0bviously innocent until proven guilty does not come into their language. until i hear sound and substantial evidence to the contrary, cava naugh substantial evidence to the contrary, cavanaugh is innocent. another person says the way cavanaugh another person says the way cava naugh behaved at another person says the way cavanaugh behaved at the inquiry precludes him from being a supreme court judge, precludes him from being a supreme courtjudge, no precludes him from being a supreme court judge, no empathy, self—interest, shameful. nothing will convince people on each side of those who have very firmly held views? going forward, what will be the legacy of this? it will be very similar to that of clarence thomas and anita hill in the 80s. as a millennial republican woman i thought we were better than this in 2018. there is a dynamic yet, i will get to that in a moment, but first i would like to say thatjustice was that did not have allegations of sexual assault against him. i believe that democrats handled this ina very believe that democrats handled this in a very political manner and very

improperly when they heard of dr ford's allegations. this is a political process, not a court of law. people can toss around the phrase due process but in this era things are filled with talk of character above all else, what we are going back to as a boys will be boys mentality aboutjudge kavanaugh's boys mentality aboutjudge kava naugh's actions as boys mentality aboutjudge kavanaugh's actions as a teenager and republicans pointing to his exemplary record since that time. however, the biggest thing here and the takeaway is there could have been somebody better nominated unconfirmed, you can believe doctor cavanaugh, i'm sorry, judge kavanaugh and dr ford and you can believe this was all a really terrible sham of an fbi investigation, and lastly you can believe tribalism has made its way to trump supporters. they believe anything president trump will say andi anything president trump will say and i think we hear that often.

whatever president trump says, he has the soapbox, the highest platform in the land, you can convince his supporters of anything. ifind convince his supporters of anything. i find that very dangerous and disturbing. thank you all very much indeed for a very interesting discussion. still to come... the sportswear company nike says it is deeply concerned by rape allegations against cristiano ronaldo. his contract with them is worth nearly £750 million. time for the latest news — here's annita. the headlines on bbc news... hundreds of protesters opposed to president trump's supreme court candidate, brett kavanaugh, have been arrested in washington. the comedian amy schumer is reportedly among those detained. in an interview with the wall streetjournal, mr kavanaugh said his testimony last week was too emotional but reflected his frustration following accusations of sexual assault, which he denies.

the number of rail passengers falling victim to crime has increased in the last year. figures from the british transport police show that more than 60,000 offences were recorded in the year to the end of march, a 17% rise. it comes after a long period of steady decline. the number of sexual offences was up by 16% with a total of 2,472 sexual offences reported. the japanese car giant toyota is recalling around two and a half million hybrid vehicles worldwide, because of a fault in their systems that could cause them to lose power. the recall of prius and auris cars includes about 55,000 in the uk. all those affected were produced between october 2008 and november 2014. unilever, which makes marmite and dove soap, has scrapped its plan to move its headquarters from london to rotterdam in the netherlands. the anglo—dutch company had wanted to simplify its corporate structure but british investors complained that the move would force them to sell their shares. the environment agency says it's

launched a criminal investigation to establish how tonnes of medical waste, including body parts, have built up at disposal sites across england. it emerged yesterday that a contractor had been failing to dispose of the hospital waste within the regulatory time—frames. the company blamed a shortage of incinerators. the department of health said there's no risk to patients or the public. two companies which sponsor cristiano ronaldo have expressed concern about an allegation of rape which has been made against him. nike described the claim as "disturbing" and the video game maker, electronic arts, which publishes the fifa game, said it was "closely monitoring the situation". the footballer has strongly denied any wrongdoing and his club has come out in support of him. waitrose is to test a delivery service which will allow drivers to enter a customer's home while they are out, and put their groceries away. the trial uses smart lock technology to allow customers to set an access code for their door lock which is deleted when

the delivery is complete. that's a summary of the latest bbc news. thank you very much. holly has this board. mourinho's been back in front of the cameras this morning ahead of manchester united's premier league meeting with newcastle tomorrow. he had very little to say on the club's recent run of poor form. when asked, his response was quite simply, "i accept." while rangers came from behind to beat rapid vienna 3—1 at ibrox last night and go top of their europa league group. it means steven gerrard's side are still unbeaten in europe this season, with five wins and five draws. lewis hamilton was fastest in first and second practice for the japanese grand prix. he was the best part of half a second clear of any other driver with valtteri bottas completing a mercedes one—two, while vettel was a distant third. tom lineham's two second—half tries

against st helens sent warrington wolves to their second super league grand final in three years. they won 18—13 and will play either wigan or st helens. that's all the sport for now. more after 10 o'clock. next this morning, an assisted dying campaigner who gave his first ever interview to this programme has ended his life in a clinic in switzerland. the 54—year—old, who wanted us to only use his first name — 0mid — was diagnosed in 2014 with a rare degenerative disease. it meant he was largely confined to his bed and needed constant care. 0mid was awaiting the outcome of a legal challenge launched in march 2017 against the uk's ban on assisted dying. his barrister told a previous high court hearing he found his condition intolerable. 0ur reporterjean mackenzie spent time with 0mid last year. here's a short clip of that interview — and, just to say, 0mid's speech was affected by his condition so he's difficult to hear.

what's going to happen in the future? how is your condition going to progress? we can speak now to andrew copson, chief executive of humanists uk, the organisation which had been supporting 0mid's legal challenge here in the uk. thank you forjoining us. he never saw what he wanted to happen in this country happen, and he has now ended his life in a clinic in switzerland. no one would fail to be moved watching how he was when he was obviously struggling so greatly. how would you describe the life he had? i think lots of people might think that he was vulnerable, and he certainly was very ill, but i think he was very brave and courageous and selfless because although there is no question at all that he wanted to

end his life, he held that for as long as he could, and the reason he did was to fight for his rate to do that at home with dignity in his own country, and the right for us all to do that if unfortunately the same thing should happen to us. although the circumstances has something of a tragedy about it, in his case it is also heroic. he was obviously campaigning for this, how much did it dominate his final time on earth, his last months? humanists uk have worked with a lot of very brave humanists in this position, not only ill but incurably suffering, and the struggle they enter into when they try to change the law, as 0mid was doing and many others have done with us.

doing and many others have done with us. it really comes to give incredible meaning and purpose to their lives. 0bviously humanists like 0mid are people who are not religious, they don't think there is any meaning after our lives, they find meaning and purpose in this life and in the strange way this battle for all of our human right comes to dominate many people in his position's lights, and i think that isa position's lights, and i think that is a good thing and something to be thankfulfor, is a good thing and something to be thankful for, because it is a good thing and something to be thankfulfor, because it gives is a good thing and something to be thankful for, because it gives a purpose to many people including 0mid in those last days. it is still terribly cruel, and i really think a national scandal like people like 0mid, and another person who also took a legal case to try to get the right to die, are unable to do that in their own country and have to go abroad and end their lives far from have to go abroad and end their lives farfrom home, when really i think other government and parliament should give them a right. there are people who are goodliffe —— who argue equally passionately on the other side who are concerned

that if we go down that path, where it might end, it could ended being used in ways that were not foreseen without people having complete freedom or feeling that they are perhaps a burden and therefore going for that option, where it may not be com pletely for that option, where it may not be completely the right thing. no one who is arguing, as we have over 120 is, for assisted dying, nobody is arguing it should be without safeguarding. there should be safeguards to make sure people have genuine intent, they are not being coerced, and to make sure people really are having a consistent desire, notjust over one day but over a period of time. nowhere in the world where these laws have been introduced have they been introduced without safeguards. i do not think it is beyond the wit of our parliament to find ways that protect

the rights of the venerable while at the rights of the venerable while at the same time giving us all dignity of choice in our lives. medical science keeps us alive now for longer than ever before, and for most of the time that is a joy, a brilliant thing and we should be thankful. but it sometimes also ta kes thankful. but it sometimes also takes is beyond the point of insurance, and when that happens we need the law to catch—up with reality and give us all the right to choice. thank you very much, andrew. nike has said it is deeply concerned by rape allegations against footballer cristiano ronaldo. the sportswear giant — which has a contract worth a reported $1 billion with ronaldo — said it would continue to closely monitor the situation. ea sports, which also has a contract with the footballer, made similar comments. ronaldo has strongly denied the allegation. i'm joined by our reporterjim reed. what is the latest? these are the first comments by commercial firms with ties to cristiano ronaldo. nike

signed a lifetime sponsorship agreement with him back in 2016, as you said, thought to be worth over $1 billion over the course of the deal and the contract. they set concerned —— said yesterday they are deeply concerned with what they describe as disturbing allegations. video game manufacture ea sports has big ties to ronaldo, another sponsor, it says it is closely monitoring the situation and expects the athletes it works with two conduct themselves in a manner consistent with ea's values. what are the allegations? a single allegation from 2009, when ronaldo left manchester united to join real madrid for a then world record fee. he went on holiday with friends to las vegas that summer and it is there that it is alleged he met an american teacher, a woman called kathryn mayorga. she says she was invited to his apartment, hotel room, and claim she was sexually assaulted and raped in his bathroom.

a year assaulted and raped in his bathroom. ayearorso assaulted and raped in his bathroom. a year or so after that alleged incident the german news magazine —— beagle reported that her legal team came toa beagle reported that her legal team came to a financial agreement with the footballer where she would be paid $375,000, around £290,000. —— the german magazine search reported. in return she would agree not to mention this publicly. it is that agreement the lawyers are trying to get overturned. what has he said? he firmly denies the allegations, as he puts it. he puts on statements on twitter earlier in the week where he described rape as an abominable crime which, as he puts it, goes against everything he believes in. he said he refused to feed the media spectacle created by people trying to promote themselves at his expense. interestingly, last night we had more comments from his current club, juventus. they said cristiano ronaldo has shown in

recent months has great professionalism and dedication, which is uprooted by everyone at juventus. in a second tweet they went on to say, the events allegedly dating back to almost ten years ago do not change this opinion, shared by anyone who has come into contact with this great champion, as they put it. ronaldo's legal team have said they will take legal action against this german news magazine, der spiegel, which first reported these allegations. thank you. coming up... we'll look at what's preventing young people from saving, as figures show that more than half of 22 to 29—year—olds don't have a single penny saved up. let us know whether or not you are a good saver. we will talk about that later. now... 0k. ..

would you know what to do if someone you were with had a heart attack? how about when you were 15 years old? well, aaron groves was put in that position injanuary when his dad david suffered a cardiac arrest at their home. this evening aaron will get an award from the british heart foundation for saving his dad's life. we'll speak to them both shortly. they are with this in the studio. we're going to speak to them right now, actually. sorry about that. so nice to see you both, and both looking so well. aaron, tell us what happens when your dad had a cardiac arrest, were you there and did you know what was happening? my mum was downstairs and said dad is feeling a bit faint, i was upstairs doing some studying for my gcses at the time. my studying for my gcses at the time. my mum started shouting my name downstairs, my dad... his face... his ear lobes had gone blue, his lips and nose were blue. really

quickly? no warning. just i feel a bit faint, then my mum started shouting my name. she was trying to slap him to wake up in case he had fainted, he has had a faint in a pool two weeks before this had happened. they called the ambulance and they said it was just a faint. but we think it might have been a warning. a warning sign. you sprang into action. the fact he was going blue so quickly, that shows a series that was. within minutes. i told my mum to get him on the floor, dragged him onto the floor, ripped his shirt open, he was wearing a button—down shirts, i said get the phone, got it on speaker and call the ambulance, i started doing cpr and the man said to chest compressors and i was like, thank god i'm doing the right thing. —— the man said to do chest compression is. within about three minutes of me doing that, the ambulance came. and i thought i can

stop now and they were like, no, carry on. i kept doing it. did you not panic? no. you had been taught in the scouts how to do cpr?” not panic? no. you had been taught in the scouts how to do cpr? i had had informal thursday training, i knew about the doctor's abc, you look for the airwaves, if their chest is going up and down, it was not so i knew his heart had stopped and cpr was what i needed to do. and this is your dad lying there, you stayed completely calm and went to the steps. almost robotic, really. you had no idea? i was out for the count, i was at pearly gates. what is the last thing you remember?” just remember feeling very, very strange, almost like a feeling of aura, a panic attack, almost like a breath had been taken away from me. my wife went into the kitchen to get

mea my wife went into the kitchen to get me a glass of water and i drank a little bit but it made no difference, and within less than three or four macro seconds ijust collapsed on the settee, i believe. i had absolutely no idea. the rest is to do with memory. for the first weekl is to do with memory. for the first week i had complete memory loss, family from all over the world, people from italy, leicester, friends and family from newcastle, i couldn't remember the first week. they all came to see me. apparently it isa they all came to see me. apparently it is a side—effect of a cardiac arrest. if you hadn't stepped in, we re arrest. if you hadn't stepped in, were you told he would have died? absolutely. the paramedic came to our house last week, we met him for the first time. the survival rate outside of the hospital is about 2%,

and that is with correct cpr. it does not restart your heart, itjust keeps the blood going around your body and keeps your brain oxygenated so body and keeps your brain oxygenated so it does not start dying, because if it starts going it can go within minutes of not having oxygen to the brain. so how do you feel about the fa ct brain. so how do you feel about the fact that you saved your dad's life? it is surreal, it has taken a long while to overcome this... the emotion of saving my dad's life, the trauma has been spread out over a few months. i don't have a big panic. only really beginning to beginning to come to terms with it. he left me a note. that is the original. why did you write that?

dobre my wife was told they could not guarantee what is when i woke up i would be ok. they thought there could be severe brain damage. you had no idea what's shape you would be in? i said hi, dad, on wednesday you went into cardiac arrest. called the ambulance and started chest compressions until the ambulance arrived. you were take and a&e and thatis arrived. you were take and a&e and that is why you are here to make sure you are ok. everyone is here including yourfamily. sure you are ok. everyone is here including your family. your sure you are ok. everyone is here including yourfamily. your ribs are really sore, because of the chest compressions. i love you. i left him out, hoping he would wake up. when you go into a&e, they put you into an almost coma, not complete, they put you to sleep and it gives your brain time to recover. and so i left on that note, because they did tell

me he would have short term memory loss within that time. imagine waking up in a hospital having no idea. david, your son saved your life, that is an extraordinary thing. how do you feel? can you get your head around it? it greatly affected me emotionally, which is why i got in touch with the british heart foundation. i spoke with a heart nurse called maria moffat, she offered me some support and she said it you know what, david, the best thing to do is write it down, send it to me. i had already read stories in the promotion magazine, called heart matters, ijust felt it was important to put everything down, that would help me psychologically to get over. i was breaking down crying when i was reading the note and thinking to myself, what if i had never woken up? in the end, and thinking to myself, what if i had neverwoken up? in the end, when they read the compelling story, they

felt that this was something really exceptional. though he is getting an award, does that matter to you?m is the icing on the cake for me, really. it really is. what more can ido? really. it really is. what more can i do? nothing can replace him. i just felt it was so important that other people should know about this. that is one of the reasons. it is not the only reason, but it is the reason why i am so proud of him. i love him to bits. 0ne one person on twitter says, well done, you not only saved your father ‘s life by using cpr but achieved something many would—be afraid to even assist. that's the thing, it's 0k doing the practice but it actually saying, like i would advise anyone, if you know it, if there is

anyone, if you know it, if there is a crowd of people and nothing is being done, if you know it you have got to do it. they might not know it. it is minute, literally minutes before that's it. it is shocking, the distance between not being treated with cpr to being treated and if you can do it as well as aaron obviously did it, your chances of survival... we are thrilled you are both here. thank you very much and well done. let's catch up with the weather now. good morning, the seasons are battling across the uk, summer this afternoon in southern areas with temperatures around 22 degrees but further north and it is more like autumn with temperatures of good 10 degrees if not more cooler. when you get those contrasts there is always something that separates them and this fund has been producing rain. moving away from northern ireland

but raining heavily in the borders of scotla nd but raining heavily in the borders of scotland and the far north of england. the heaviest move into the north sea but you can see outbreaks of drizzle them into north—west wales and that will move across northern england and into the northern midlands and parts of southeast wales. to the north, a breeze in the far north but a cool feeling. to the south, a warm feeling. to the south, a warm feeling of summer. the morning fog clears, sunnis belt and light winds, tempered is 19—22d. cloudy in southern wales and central and northern midlands —— sunny spells. cumbria, northumberland brightening up cumbria, northumberland brightening up by cumbria, northumberland brightening up by the end of the day and scotla nd up by the end of the day and scotland and northern ireland have not a bad day after the rain this morning. it will be chilly at 10—12d but apart from a couple of showers, most will have sunshine. as the night, the split will remain. a few showers in the far north of england and scotland and northern ireland

but mostly dry and tempered is below freezing in the countryside. mild in southern areas, mist and fog could return but in between the rain will increase, parts of yorkshire, the midlands, wales and the south west have heavy rain going into saturday morning and that will push eastwards. gardeners in central and southern england will welcome it. good news if you like to spend your weekend on the sofa. wet and windy and cold across england and wales. brightening up in north—west england and wales later, rain after a bright start to east anglia and the south—east. some bad conditions on the south coast and channel islands where the winds will touch gale force. scotland and northern ireland and the far north of england, a crisp autumn day, a lovely day with light winds and temperatures similar to today. as for sunday, we reverse the fortunes, the breeze is their first thing in the south—east but much of england and wales has a bright and sunny day after a frosty

start. scotland and northern ireland and later the far north of england have a day of cloud, wind and eventually some rain. temperatures by sunday will be up a little bit and they will climb further next week. hello, it's friday, it's ten o'clock. i'm joanna gosling. hundreds of protesters were arrested in washington last night as they marched against donald trump's controversial supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh. we've been hearing from both sides of the polarised debate. cou ntless countless women who have been sexually assaulted and silenced because of fear of what would happen when they speak out. it is a dangerous game is playing. they are false allegations, this is a tactic of the left. we have a very dangerous left in america. today senators will hold a procedural vote to decde whether ot not a full vote should be held tomorrow. it will determine if brett kavanaugh is given a lifelong position as a justice at the county's highest court, despite allegations of sexual assult against him. also coming up...

we'll hear from a woman who is frustrated by the volume of what she calls "creepy messages" that she receives on the professional networking site, linkedin. meg strickland says men are undermining her, and other women, by acting unprofessionally. you assume positive intent, that this is a person wanting to make professional connections, and then they undermine your professional stance. we hearfrom meg and from barrister charlotte proudman who hit the headlines after making a similar complaint three years ago. and we'll speak to the first ever boy band to win the x—factor. rak—su won the competition in 2017 and were praised for performing their own, original music. we'll hear how that win has changed the lives of this group of freinds. here's annita is in the bbc newsroom with a summary of the day's news. thank you and good morning.

hundreds of protesters opposed to president trump's supreme court candidate, brett kavanaugh, have been arrested in washington. in an interview with the wall streetjournal, mr kavanaugh said his testimony last week was "too emotional". 0ur washington correspondent chris buckler reports. the senate, like america, is divided, and protesters have been doing all they can to be heard by the small handful of politicians who are still deciding whether they will vote for brett kavanaugh. a vote for kavanaugh is a vote saying women don't matter. yes. let's stay together, let's fight, let's keep showing up! cheering. before the senate'sjudiciary committee, christine blasey ford accused brett kavanaugh of sexually assaulting her decades ago at a party when they were both teenagers. his at times angry denials in which he attacked the democrats, led almost 2,500 law professors to question whether he has the temperament to become

a supreme courtjustice. in an article for the wall streetjournal, judge kavanaugh has now admitted, "i might have been too emotional at times. i know that my tone was sharp and i said a few things i should not have said." but donald trump is continuing to fiercely defend the man he selected for the supreme court. democrats have been trying to destroyjudge brett kavanaugh. the protests and the politically charged debate will continue, but a final vote on whether brett kavanaugh should have a seat on america's highest court now seems likely this weekend. chris buckler, bbc news, washington. in the past few minutes it has been announced that congolese doctor denis mukwege and yazidi campaginer nadia murad have won the nobel peace prize. they were awarded for their efforts to end the use of sexual violence as a weapon of war

and armed conflict. denis mukwege is known as "doctor miracle", has spent two decades helping women recover from the violence and trauma of rape in war—torn eastern democratic republic of congo. nadia murad is a 25—year—old yazidi woman who was kidnapped by islamic state militants in 2014 and endured three months as a sex slave before managing to escape. the number of rail passengers falling victim to crime has increased in the last year. figures from the british transport police show that more than 60,000 offences were recorded in the year to the end of march, a 17% rise. it comes after a "long period" of steady decline. power has been restored to parts of the indonesian city of palu a week after it was struck by a devastating earthquake and tsunami. more than 1,500 people are confirmed to have died. dozens of charities across the world have launched appeals for emergency funds to help the survivors. unilever, which makes

marmite and dove soap, has scrapped its plan to move its headquarters from london to rotterdam in the netherlands. the anglo—dutch company had wanted to simplify its corporate structure but british investors complained that the move would force them to sell their shares. the environment agency says it's launched a criminal investigation to establish how tonnes of medical waste, including body parts, have built up at disposal sites across england. it emerged yesterday that a contractor had been failing to dispose of the hospital waste within the regulatory time—frames. the company blamed a shortage of incinerators. the department of health said there's no risk to patients or the public. two companies which sponsor cristiano ronaldo have expressed concern about an allegation of rape which has been made against him. nike described the claim as "disturbing" and the video game maker electronic arts, which publishes the popular fifa game, said it was "closely monitoring the situation". the footballer has strongly denied any wrongdoing and his club has come out in support of him.

the japanese car giant toyota is recalling around 2.5 million hybrid vehicles worldwide, because of a fault in their systems that could cause them to lose power. the recall of prius and auris cars includes about 55,000 in the uk. all those affected were produced between october 2008 and november 2014. high street stores are fueling a "throwaway culture" which is damaging the environment, mps have said. they're asking some of britain's top fashion retailers, including marks and spencer, next and primark, how they plan to reduce the environmental and social impact of the clothes they sell. the environmental audit committee says the fashion industry fuels climate change, spreads microplastics into the oceans and fills up landfill sites. waitrose is to test a delivery service which will allow drivers to enter a customer's home while they are out, and put their groceries away. the trial uses smart lock technology to allow customers to set an access code for their door lock

which is deleted when the delivery is complete. that's a summary of the latest bbc news. more at 10:30am. this e—mail says, any delivery driver entering the house is sure to get a big welcome from the dog. paul says this new idiotic proposal to unpack groceries is just an invitation for crime and making people even more lazy. tony says, allowing delivery drivers to enter your home to deliver and unpack shopping, one go further and ask a local chef to come in and cook your meal and why not ask a poor to admit themselves to eat the meal because your life is so busy because you don't have time to question would then give your keys to some homeless people to sleep in your house while you stay in a hotel. pretentious garbage. the world has gone mad! an anonymous person says, the idea will

probably be taken by those too busy to follow a normal family life. i not ever use the idea for the sadly, in this day and age, it is too far—fetched to think there was enough trust in human nature to pick it isa enough trust in human nature to pick it is a security safe action. alan says, i don't think much of the groceries being delivered while out. the dog would eat the delivery person and the food! and we would have to tidy up before leaving the house! that is a resounding no to those people thinking it is a good idea but let us know your thoughts with the usual ways of getting in touch also use the hashtag victoria live. if you're emailing and are happy for us to contact you and maybe want to take part in the programme please include your phone number in your message. if you text, you'll be charged at the standard network rate. let's get some sport now. holly is at the bbc sport centre. good morning. well, we've become used to a fairly guarded jose mourinho in recent weeks and months, but it's fair to say he hasn't been too open with the press today.

the whole section of his regular friday press conference reserved for broadcast media lasted just over three minutes. when asked about going five matches without a win for only the second time since 1998, all mourinho had to say was, "i accept." he was also asked why his side have been underperforming so far this season. can you tell us the reasons? no. 0nly can you tell us the reasons? no. only one defeat at home all season. 0nly only one defeat at home all season. only one defeat at home all season. only one defeat at home all season. only one defeat in the last seven matches. but not victories at home in the past three matches. three draws. not the feeling of the defeat but not the happiness of the victory. so yes it is important for us victory. so yes it is important for us to try to win this match on

saturday. no problems for arsenal — a win for them last night, while chelsea just about scraped past the hungarian champions vidi to maintain their 100% start in the europa league. and while celtic‘s problems continue, their old firm rivals rangers are now sitting top of their group after beating rapid vienna 3—1. the match was poised at a 1—1 draw going into the final stages, but after winning this penalty, manager steven gerrard's side went in front at ibrox and a result that gives them more than an outside change of qualifying for the knockout stages. they might be onto a bonus. what a finish. lewis hamilton was fastest in first and second practice for the japanese grand prix. however, in the earlier session, he did narrowly avoid a huge crash with toro rosso's pierre gasly who was handed a reprimand afterwrads. it didn't seem to phase hamilton, though — he was 0.833 seconds clear of title rival sebastian vettel‘s ferrari, and nearly half a second faster than team—mate valtteri bottas. rugby league now and st helens may

have topped the end of season table but they won't be in the end of season grand final. that's because neighbours and big rivals warrington beat them 18—13 on their own ground. two tries broke the home sides hearts so it's warrington who go on to next week's final at old trafford. they'll face either wigan or castleford who play this evening. forward sam burgess has been forced to pull out of the england squad to face new zealand in the upcoming tri—series. burgess captained england in last year's world cup final, but shoulder and wrist surgery means he won't feature in wayne bennett's side. burgess, who plays his club rugby for south sydney, will remain in australia in preparation for the 2019 season. the three—test series starts at the end of the month. that's all the sport for now.

i'll have the latest at 10:30am. thank you. were you watching earlier when i gave you those three maths questions? they are aimed at night and ten—year—olds for that we have had and ten—year—olds for that we have ha d a nswe rs and ten—year—olds for that we have had answers from some and we will appeal how many got them right. question 1: calculate 56 by 24 using any method. but not a calculator! question 2: thinking about a triangle, calculate the size of the third angle if the other two angles are 34 and 39 degrees. you can't use a protractor but you can use a calculator. and question 3: you've got to work this out in just 15 seconds. "i multiply a number by 100. my answer is 250. what is the number i started with?"

i have to say that one of our producers has been working on it for quite a while but she says she has been busy doing other stuff! i will not name her! multiply this number by 100 and the answer is 250, what is the number you started with? send us your answers and we'll see how many people get them right later when we'll be talking about this subject with university challenge star and maths teacher, bobby seagull. i'll be having a go later too. do get in touch on all the stories we're talking about, use the hashtag victorialive. if you're on a dating app or even a social site like facebook, you might expect to be propositioned. but it seems some men are using the professional networking site linkedin to make unwanted advances to women. and one of those women has now taken to social media to complain about men sending her sexual messages on the site. i've been speaking to meg stickland,

as well as dr charlotte proudman, who also received sexual messages on linkedin. and alongside them, journalist nina bahadur who has written about women being propositioned and harassed on the site. meg started by telling me about the kind of messages she received. i have received numerous messages, all of which would immediately comment firstly on my appearance and that's obviously not what linkedin is for, not what it's about. and it's incredibly frustrating. all of them from men. and they obviously connect with you, you assume positive intent, that this is a person wanting to make professional connections, and then they undermine your professional stance. so how many different men were getting in touch with you on linkedin to send you these sorts of messages that were obviously nothing at all to do with career prospects? i couldn't give an exact figure. usually, if i see the conversation is going to go that way, i normally block and delete that contact.

i would say around 40% of the messages i do receive on linkedin are nothing to do with career prospects, with jobs, with opportunities. so can you give us some specific examples, maybe read out some of the messages you have had? i had a message commenting on the dress on my profile picture. just saying that you look stunning. i have had people message me saying, have you got whatsapp if this isn't the right platform? i have had people message me, immediately asking what i do, and then immediately undermining that with, is that because of how you look. and how would you respond, how did you reply? usually just call them straight out and say, this is not the right platform for that. this is not a platform for general socialising,

this is a professional domain, and that should be respected. i would normally ask the question — do you believe this conversation is appropriate. the reason obviously we are talking about this now is because you decided actually to ultimately post some of the messages on twitter and it went beyond that. why did you decide to do that? sheer frustration. i received a message last week and it was the straw that broke the camel's back. i know i'm not the only person receiving these. someone replied on twitter saying that this is rife. and i really wanted to air that frustration publicly. i wanted it to be a problem shared. what reaction have you had? largelyjust people saying, i have had this exact same situation. people sympathising, people congratulating for speaking out about it.

i have had a lot of men who have messaged me since on linkedin, saying, i'm really sorry you've experienced that, on behalf of men who are not like that in any which way, shape or form, we do apologise and we apologise that you have experienced this. charlotte, you had a similar issue on linkedin. tell us what happened. your story actually made the news a while ago but remind us. it's very similar to meg's story. in september 2015 i publicly shared a sexual, as i consider a sexual harassment message that was sent to me on linkedln by a senior solicitor. and he was commenting on my professional photograph, saying it was a stunning and he was delighted to connect with me and he would like to work with me again in the future which, to any lawyer, suggests potentially sex in exchange for decent briefs.

and that, for me... you say to any lawyer, you might that anyone might take the same... anyone might take the same view but in the legal profession, particularly given it is male dominated, it is not uncommon for those types of suggestions to be made to you. tell us more. people will basically offer you work if you get into a relationship? yes, for young women in particular, this can happen so it is almost transactional sex where you are offered decent briefs, good work, in exchange for perhaps sleeping with other men, solicitors, who will give you that work. it is not an uncommon scenario to arise, unfortunately. and i found that that message wasjust one of many that i had received on linkedln and for me particularly, given it was someone who was double my age, there was clearly a power imbalance. they were in a senior position, a leader within the profession, and i thought it was highly inappropriate. and so i thought it was important to share that message and to see how many other women had experienced similar types of sexual

harassment online. of course they had. linkedln is not a platform for dating. it is a platform for professional networking and they are clearly getting the two very much confused. you say obviously that other people came forward after you put it out there and called it out, to say they had similar experiences. what was the level of reaction you had? for me in 2015, of course this was before the metoo campaign, professional opinions were very much divided. even people in the public also divided. you had those very much supporting and saying this had happened to me. thank you for taking a stand. this is a moment of reckoning, we want to change what has happened and we want to move forward and change the culture. but on the other hand you had those who were saying, this is political correctness gone mad. can't you just take a joke or a compliment and move on from that and you've just gone way overboard. i think, since the metoo campaign, or the movement, i should say, i think there has been a real change and shift in public attitudes towards sexual harassment

in the workplace and people are more ready to call it out without experiencing the backlash that i did in obviously being branded a femi—nazi by the daily mail. i had the media camped outside my home and it continued for months if not years. so what has life been like for you since that moment? initially, the fallout from it was very difficult because people knew who i was for that linkedln message rather than knowing me as a barrister for the work i do and obviously i have a lot more to show not only personally but professionally. aside from that, i was very much branded and seen as a troublemaker. moving on now a number of years, what, three years, i would save have years, i would say things have dramatically changed thanks to a cultural change in attitude and thanks to the metoo movement. i am seen as part of, i suppose, more women collectively standing up and saying, this is wrong. do you still practice as a barrister? i do. and has the culture that you described, that sounds very shocking, has that changed?

i don't think it has changed enough, no. and of course the experiences i have are going to be very different to other women because people know who i am, they know i'm a feminist, they know i won't stand for this. and so people approach me differently to how they will approach others and in a way that is positive but of course it does mean that sexual harassment is still very much dominant. in fact, there was a survey done by the bar standards board back in 2015 approximately, and they showed that about 40% of women barristers that took part had experienced harassment and discrimination. nina, you have actually looked into harassment on linkedin. tell us more about what you have found. i found that it is quite common and it really hard to put exact numbers on it because many, many women receive messages on linkedln that are not related to business or professional interests at all. many of them will receive messages from men looking for dates, commenting on the appearance. i spoke to one young woman,

people on linkedln had got her phone number from her resume and would call her and ask her out on dates. so this is definitely a widespread issue. for some reason, harassers feel entitled to send women these messages, contact them and, as charlotte said, it is not a dating website, this is a professional website. but, for some reason, people are not behaving appropriately on it. is it always men who are sending women these messages? in the research i did for my article, those were the people i spoke to, women who had received messages from men. that's not to say it cannot happen the other way around. so, what's the answer to this? 0bviously everyone is an adult and they can respond appropriately, and both meg and charlotte decided to take matters into their own hands and gave back as good as they got and ended up putting it out in the public domain which has had the effect that we're talking about. is there anything else that should

be done as far as you're concerned? well, i think that, unfortunately, the burden remains on women to respond to this reactively rather than proactively changing the culture. linkedln's community guidelines expressly ban this sort of contact and they recommend that you report a user who has been harassing you. you can block them. there are steps women can take to help protect themselves from cyberstalking. they can not use a photograph. they can block messages from harassers. they can not put their home telephone number on. they could use a business e—mail address. but it is very unfortunate that that responsibility still falls on women rather than a more proactive change to the culture where people thinking about sending these inappropriate messages take a step back and say, actually, this is not the right platform for that. meg, how important do you think social networking is to getting on in your career when it is done right? it is crucial. it is how we communicate now.

obviously i am part of the millennial generation. that is what i have grown up with and i would say that the past four positions that i have been very fortunate to be in have been because of linkedin. solely because of linkedin. how you perceive yourself in the public domain, it shows a lot of credibility for any recruiters out there. charlotte said that when she called it out a few years ago, she was called a femi—nazi, and some of the reaction was critical of what she had done. you described a much more positive reaction. do you think things have changed? don't get me wrong, i have received the usual internet trolls, but i think i have just ignored those. they come as part and parcel of when you decide

to post anything publicly. the reaction that has probably changed since is that, in the daily mail they have supported me and that has been the biggest change i have noticed since charlotte's situation. this person on twitter says i co nsta ntly this person on twitter says i constantly get chatted up on linkedin but i ignore it. people try to chat up ladies in all walks of life, if you don't like it only at people you know full paul says, men sending these messages through tabernacle is pathetic and as a man i'm ashamed. i must kavit this by saying that all too often certain women on linkedin profile picture is not appropriate for the platform. i have also . this is only macome why do people put their photo on the site? if they are getting inappropriate messages, ta ke are getting inappropriate messages, take off the picture. if the site is about professional contact why‘d you need your picture question of kim says, i have said it time and again, linkedin is basically tenth for the

corporate world. i get daily creepy messages. we did approach linkedin for comment creepy but, as you'll have heard there, the women aren't blaming the site for the problems, just the men who make inappropriate comments. mustafa coming up... are you terrified when your children bring their maths homework to you for help? well, it seems you're not alone. research shows plenty of parents try and avoid it altogether, or get it wrong when they do try and help. time for the latest news — here's annita. the bbc news headlines this morning... hundreds of protesters opposed to president trump's supreme court candidate, brett kavanaugh, have been arrested in washington. the comedian amy schumer was among those detained. in an interview with the wall streetjournal, mr kavanaugh said his testimony last week was too emotional but reflected his frustration following accusations of sexual assault, which he denies. the number of rail passengers falling victim to crime has increased in the last year. figures from the british transport police show that more than 60,000 offences were recorded in the year to the end

of march, a 17% rise. it comes after a "long period" of steady decline. congolese doctor denis mukwege and yazidi campaginer nadia murad have been jointly awarded the nobel peace prize for their efforts to end the use of sexual violence as a weapon of war and armed conflict. denis mukwege has spent two decades helping women recover from the violence and trauma of rape in war—torn eastern democratic republic of congo. nadia murad is a 25—year—old yazidi woman who was kidnapped by islamic state militants in 2014 and endured three months as a sex slave before managing to escape and tell her story. power has been restored to parts of the indonesian city of palu a week after it was struck by a devastating earthquake and tsunami. more than 1,500 people are confirmed to have died. dozens of charities across the world have launched appeals for emergency funds to help the survivors. unilever, which makes

marmite and dove soap, has scrapped its plan to move its headquarters from london to rotterdam in the netherlands. the anglo—dutch company had wanted to simplify its corporate structure but british investors complained that the move would force them to sell their shares. two companies which sponsor cristiano ronaldo have expressed concern about an allegation of rape which has been made against him. nike described the claim as disturbing and the video game maker, electronic arts — which publishes the popular fifa game, said it was closely monitoring the situation. the footballer has strongly denied any wrongdoing and his club has come out in support of him. the japanese car giant toyota is recalling around two and a half million hybrid vehicles worldwide, because of a fault in their systems that could cause them to lose power. the recall of prius and auris cars includes about 55,000 in the uk. all those affected were produced between october 2008 and november 2014. that's a summary of the latest bbc news.

you know i mentioned there was a producer struggling with the answer to the question what you need to multiply by 100 to get 250, i was told she has just got it, but then i was told somebody gave her the answer. how are you getting on at home? send us how are you getting on at home? send us your how are you getting on at home? send us your answers. we how are you getting on at home? send us your answers. we will be talking about the maths homework issues that some of us face when our kids tell as they need help with maths homework, with a max guru and some other parents. gosh, i have people arguing in my ear about the answer. i was just told that someone in holly's department thought the a nswer holly's department thought the answer was 25. i thought it was you. we have a rule around here that we do not do any maths before midday! studio: tell us what you know about

the sport? aryna has been back in front of the cameras this morning, that is ahead of manchester united's premier league meeting with newcastle —— jose mourinho has been back in front of the cameras. he had little to say on the recent run of poor form, he simply said! on the recent run of poor form, he simply said i accept. rangers came from behind to beat rapid vienna 3—1 at ibrox last night to go top of their europa league group, meath —— meaning steven gerrard's side remain unbeaten in europe this season, five wins and five draws. lewis hamilton was fastest in first and second practice for the japanese grand prix, the best part of half a second clear of a ny prix, the best part of half a second clear of any other driver, with va ltteri bottas clear of any other driver, with valtteri bottas completing a mercedes 1—2, sebastian vettel was a distant third. sam burgess has been forced to pull out of the england squad to face new zealand. he captained england in the world cup final last year but

shoulder and wrist surgery mean he will not feature in wayne bennett's side. back to joanna, will not feature in wayne bennett's side. back tojoanna, and i will leave the maths to you! the answer is not 25, you can rule that out. have a go. what you need to multiply by 100 to get 250? new figures suggest that young people in the uk are saving less. the office for national statistics says more than half of 22 to 29—year—olds are living with no savings at all. this compares to ten years ago, at the start of the financial crisis, 41% had no savings. the squeeze on pay and the prevalence of insecure work means many cannot put money aside. candace wilson is a radio producerfrom north london who is living with family members to save money and in bath is anna bowes, co—founder of the savings advice site savings champion. and there was somebody else we have

not mentioned. no, i was confusing myself! i am not mentioned. no, i was confusing myself! iam not looking not mentioned. no, i was confusing myself! i am not looking great with numbers at the moment! let me talk to you, candace. hi. how are you getting on? you are having trouble with saving? the only reason i am able to have any semblance of saving is because i live with family since i have graduated from university. i have been living with family the majority of that time. i got married just under two mckerr years ago, we lived out by ourselves for a year and realised there was no way to put aside barely even £50 a month, so we have had to move back in with family. that is the only way i have managed to have any pennies in my account. but for many young adults they do not have that opportunity to live with family members, to put some money aside every single month.

i could be doing much more, but as i ama i could be doing much more, but as i am a freelance radio producer, my husband is also self—employed, our salaries change month to month. there are many people in mine and my husband's situation, they are self—employed. we do not have a guaranteed set amount of money every month, it is quite variable. candace, did it come as a shock to you, when we go into the real world and had to stand on ourfeet and work out the income and outgoings and try to work out the best thing to do, it can be difficult, obviously, and confusing, because we have not really been taught how to do it? that was my initial first thought, back when i was doing my gcses, i loved maths, i got an a in gcses, i loved maths, i got an a in gcse maths. i can't do those questions you asked earlier! but i remember loving simultaneous equations, quadratic equations. if

you put that in front of me now, i would have no clue. we need to go back to schools and include in the sylla bus back to schools and include in the syllabus is some kind of money management course so syllabus is some kind of money management course so people have an idea from when they are 13 or 14 how to budget, save, track your money. when you come out of university and you start earning, it is a com pletely you start earning, it is a completely new world and concept. anna, are you surprised people find it so hard to save? not surprised, but it is very worrying. you have to look at the long—term. i understand what candace says and i think a real problem is people finding it hard to make ends meet, but there are different types of people, there are save rs different types of people, there are savers and spenders. those who are saving will find life a lot easier, the longer you save for the easier it is. there is an equal compounding

interest, you earn interest on any interest, you earn interest on any interest, that make such a difference over the longer term. it is difficult but it can be the smallest things that might make a difference. making sandwiches when you are going to work could save you a few quid. if you did not have a cup of coffee every day, £2.50 every day, if you don't do that that is £12.50 a week, £50 a month you could start putting away. it is those little things about budgeting, looking at your spending and seeing if there is any way you can put aside money. candace was obviously say how we are not geared up for it at school. we do maths but it does not hear you up for the real—life maths we need to grapple with when we are working out household budgets. what are your best tips for somebody struggling? the earlier you can start, even putting money into a piggy bank when

you are younger, parents can help children to get into that savings habits, it can be good. another thing to think about is to almost look at a savings account as another bill, so when you get paid, put a little bit into a savings account each month. it is like a bill except you will get that back at some point in the future. the key thing is not tojust spend in the future. the key thing is not to just spend money in the future. the key thing is not tojust spend money because in the future. the key thing is not to just spend money because you in the future. the key thing is not tojust spend money because you can. getting into debt can be a nightmare for people, so it is trying to save for people, so it is trying to save for things rather than instant gratification. and look towards the future, that will help you in the long run. as i am no young —— no longer a young person, as i am approaching retirement in 15 years or something, i am feeling very grateful that i was putting the smallest amount aside each year, now lam smallest amount aside each year, now i am looking and thinking maybe i will be able to afford to retire at some point. thank you both very much. that takes us nicely into the

next item. how good are you with your numbers? did you enjoy maths at school or does the thought of working out even basic sums bring you out in a cold sweat? if so, you could be suffering from arithmophobia! ?a new study published today suggests that this fear of numeracy is putting many parents off from helping their children with their maths homework. the research suggests one in five parents with kids between six and 16 are steering completely clear of maths homework, and around half of mums and dads who do risk having a go at helping their children have got the homework wrong. earlier we asked you some questions of the standard typically given to a child in yearfive — that's a nine or ten—year—old. here they are. without using a calculator, can you work out what 56 times 24 is? if two angles of a triangle are 34 and 39 degrees, how big is the third angle? and finally, i multiply a number by100. my answer is 250. what was the number i started with? how did you do?

we can speak now to bobby seagull — he's a university challenge star, arithmophobia expert and maths teacher. we've also gotjohn adams, a dad of two and from bradford. we can speak to aisha khan — a parent and teacher who says she is hopeless at maths and panics at the thought of helping her son with his maths homework. you will be very pleased to hear she is actually an english teacher! thank you very much forjoining us. bobby, i have done my sons, let's go through. i have scribbled out my a nswe rs. through. i have scribbled out my answers. good, clear working, very important. at school we are told the a nswer important. at school we are told the answer is as important as getting the answer. you have done the column method, parents will see children doing the grid method.” method, parents will see children doing the grid method. i am quite confident. this method, they don't do itany confident. this method, they don't do it any more? schools still teach it but they use a grid where they

put 50 and six, 20 underfour and multiply it almost like noughts and crosses. all my kids have been taught that and i have never got it. you still have the right answer. you have added a the two small angles, giving 73, you have taken away from 180. if you had in the answer is, the first one is 1344, 107 degrees for the angle and the last one, this seems to have bamboozled people. is this something you can just get quickly or not? what do you multiply by 100 to get 250? kids get 15 seconds to do this. if it is written you can see it quickly, said out it relies on a bit of mental arithmetic. 2.5 was the answer. pa rents,

arithmetic. 2.5 was the answer. parents, john, you have two kids and you struggle with the maths homework. would you struggle with questions like that? what are the issues? i could probably work them out but i am afraid under the heat of the studio lights with cameras on me... talking about the grid method, i work and check and i sometimes get the answers right, but my eldest daughter will then tell me apart for using a different method. i think possibly... i think teaching techniques used today are far superior than when i was at school, maybe as parents are suffering a little bit because we were brought up little bit because we were brought up with what is now the old—fashioned methods. up with what is now the old-fashioned methods. somebody i was talking to earlier said that schools offer parents maths teaching to help them with the kids. have you been offered that? i haven't, and i

possibly should not admit but i left school with an e grade in gcse maths and it has held me back. for any kids watching this, do the homework! about why has it held you back? about why has it held you back? about various occupations i have a look that moving into all need a c grades and above, i am thinking of going back and doing it as an adult. what it would do, i know this for a fa ct, what it would do, i know this for a fact, i would have to learn these new teaching methods, and i think my nine—year—old daughter could probably teach me a fair bit, as i think the maths she is taught at school, some, not all, is harder thanl school, some, not all, is harder than i was taught at gcse level. interesting. let's bring in aisha, you are an english teacher but even you are an english teacher but even you struggle with the maths, with your son? why? it is really strange

because people assume that if you are a professional and educated than maths should come easily, it simply doesn't and hasn't. when i was doing my gcses as a teenager, maths was one of the hardest subjects, i could not get my head around it. i ran the going to be single after—school club, homework club, pestering the teacher, it was nonstop. we are talking nearly 25 years ago. we had teachers with the time and patience to go through difficult questions, help others with coursework and so on. finding that we do not have these resources available in schools these resources available in schools these days to give students who are struggling but support and encouragement and ultimately the confidence. going back to being a mother, i have a 14—year—old in year ten, doing his gcses. i struggled for years to do his homework. key stage three was ok for me, it was

kind of things that i remembered. as soon as kind of things that i remembered. as soon as he started working on more difficult questions ijust panicked. i have been lucky, my former husband is actually very good at maths so was able to help allison, but lots of parents do not have the confidence, like your guest beside you has said, maybe did not do well at school, don't have the confidence. and over the years have not really needed to use maths so much so the maths skills might be a little bit rusty. we could step up to help parents and busy the students learn better maths. on the questions we put out, you will be pleased to hear most of you got all the answers right. i didn't. which did you get wrong? sorry to shame you on tv? i panicked, when i saw

the angles question, honestly ijust could not do it. it was so tempting tojust google the could not do it. it was so tempting to just google the answer. i could not do it. it was so tempting tojust google the answer. i got could not do it. it was so tempting to just google the answer. i got the first and last one is right. but not the middle one. that is the one that most people who got in touch found trickiest. he's got the answers right and has had three years ago i took gcse maths higher level at the age of 67. i was the oldest in the class and the only one who managed to get a great a. phil said i did not write down the questions and wrote them down my head in about 30 questions, i am wrote them down my head in about 30 questions, iam not wrote them down my head in about 30 questions, i am not that bright, just 64 with a reasonable education. another view centre as his working. purity sent a photo of their working out. an anonymous text, this is not maths, simple arithmetic. i was being taught to solve problems like this in my head at 11. how anyone can take more than a couple of seconds to work out the 250 answer

is beyond me. an anonymous text, i could not solve the angle question, thatis could not solve the angle question, that is why i hated maths. bobby, if you feel you are not good at it, you are kind of a bit frightened by it? there is the arithmophobia, i had not known before there is that. why are so many not known before there is that. why are so many others are frightened of maths? the research commissioned by the open university business school was about our parents and adults do not feel comfortable with numbers, so not feel comfortable with numbers, so when they are talking to children about mathematics they feel not equipped. as a maths teacher, i love things like pythagoras and trigonometry but most people in the real world need practical things like new morrissey, budgeting, interest rates. 0ne like new morrissey, budgeting, interest rates. one of the courses i am involved in is managing my money for young adults. this might be pa rents for young adults. this might be parents who want to make an effort to support their children. can anybody be good at traditional maths

that they apply themselves, or if you have a creative mind are you not necessarily... ? you have a creative mind are you not necessarily. . . ? there is a small percent of the population, 3% to 6%, with dyscalculia. for the rest of us, it can be overcome. we are not asking people to become nobel prizewinners, we are asking people to become comfortable in shopping, budgeting, looking at foreign exchange, it relies on basic new morrissey. people can slowly build their way morrissey. people can slowly build theirway up. morrissey. people can slowly build their way up. john has a feeling it has got harder, is that right? looking at gcse exams, the ones i did compared to the ones my students do, it has been a step up. the bbc breakfast presenters who did the exams with me this year found the exams with me this year found the exams tougher. john, will you do it ain? exams tougher. john, will you do it again? i would love to if! can exams tougher. john, will you do it again? i would love to if i can get the time, yes. thank you all very much. they made history as the first

boyband to win the x factor back in 2017, and hit the headlines for performing their own original material, week after week. now, after almost a year of writing, touring and performing with the likes of little mix, the four—piece rak—su have written a book about their experiences leading up to their life—changing win. here's that winning moment on last year's x factor final. good luck, grace. good luck, rak—su. i can now reveal the winner of the x factor 2017 is... rak—su! well, we can talk now to ashley, jamaal, myles and mustafa, who've

been friends since childhood. welcome. how has life been since that moment? roller-coaster, itell you. it has been a blessing, it has been good. we have had a lot of fun, we have recorded music, we have travelled, so to speak, as well. we have soaked it up and made the transition before the x factor into musicians now. it is fun, it is good. how long have you known each other? since year seven. jamaal, year nine, that is when he came to england. year ten. around 11 years old. if somebody told you when you we re old. if somebody told you when you were that age that this is where you would be, what would you have thought? is it a dream come true? .biz has exceeded all expectations.

from winning x factor to waking up with your three best friends and just chasing your dreams, it is not something we would ever have put anything on or ever imagined. we are grateful for this opportunity. it has been amazing. you came into the group later, because you were in barbados prior to moving to watford, and you were at school with rihanna? i was born in barbados, went to school with rihanna. i don't know if it had that much of an impact, obviously what she was doing, you see she is a big star and you hope that one day that might be you, but you never imagined... what would she like at school? she was cool. when we chatted it was very brief. she was always friendly, always the first person to say hello and she was in cadets as well, so we used to

have a conversation to that as well. it was only when i came to the uk and probably after i came back from university that we started to really focus on music. i met up with ashley... 0ne focus on music. i met up with ashley... one night at a party, ashley... one night at a party, ashley heard me singing and asked me ifi ashley heard me singing and asked me if i recorded anything, and from then music started to take the forefront. one of the things that was really unusual about you guys was really unusual about you guys was that you were performing original music, and the winning song was an original song. did you have to fight it to be able to do that? we did. obviously it is not commonplace, and the people that work on the show wants you to do what will be easiest for you to get through to the next round, so we we re through to the next round, so we were told that you are doing a song that nobody knows, it will make things harder. for us at the time we just wanted people to hear our music and give ourselves a chance of

becoming artists and thought it was worth the gamble. previous co ntesta nts worth the gamble. previous contestants have criticised the show, will young was a famous example, he wanted to do his own music and was told he had to do cove rs music and was told he had to do covers and was not happy. was there a conversation at any point, myles, where they try to strongly persuade you? it was not clean sailing, it was a fight at the start. with doing your original music, it may not drag people in from the moment you start singing it. doing covers, people know the songs and it is easier to entice people in. fortunately for us, our songs were... entice people in. fortunately for us, our songs were... i entice people in. fortunately for us, our songs were... i would like to say, i hope, good enough to give them the confidence for us to go in them the confidence for us to go in the later rounds and do originals again. mostafa, you knew they wanted you because they got in touch with you because they got in touch with you as a band? how did that work? we

did a performance in soho, i think it was. i think they have scouts, somebody approached us to do the show, i deliberated whether or not we should do it and at the end i thought, let's do it. what did you think that the beginning? do you know what, we understood what the show wasn't for us we realise that the show, even for the things that have been said about it, it is one of the greatest platforms you can potentially put your music across on, and as long as we took that into account, it became a clear choice. before the x factor we were doing music and felt that we had exhausted a few options, so we wanted to make sure we had a big push, essentially thatis sure we had a big push, essentially that is what it was, one of the biggest ways to do that. it has given new booster rockets going forward. i asked you how life has changed, ina forward. i asked you how life has changed, in a material and practical sense, what is life like now? i saw

your big entourage that you travel with. live at the moment is, to be honest, just trying to make the most of the opportunity. winning the show does not turn you into a bona fides star, but it gives you a chance to get your music heard by a lot of people. it has been a process of writing and trying to better the material we have before, lots of time... i'm going to stop me, i want to hear from you time... i'm going to stop me, i want to hearfrom you but time... i'm going to stop me, i want to hear from you but we want to hear you play your music and we almost out of time, so get ready to quickly play is out. thank you very much for joining us. thank you very much for your company today. if you would like to watch films and interviews you can do it on the programme page at the bbc website. in a few minutes, it is bbc newsroom live. before we say goodbye properly, let/ rak—su. # i want you to freak me through the

night until the board. # it's the way your body hits me write to the floor. # i want you to freak me through... lots of cloud at the moment, it will move southwards, there will be sunshine across scotland and northern ireland. for many others across northern and western areas of the uk, surrey, england and wales, remaining quite cloudy with outbreaks of rain through this afternoon. sunny spells in the south—east of england, misty and murky places with fog patches, but they will tend to lift and it'll turn quite warm across the south—east. temperatures into the 20s. further north and west, it will bea 20s. further north and west, it will be a chilly day compared to yesterday, temperatures about ten to about 12 or 13. this evening and tonight, this rain will re—intensifier across parts of

northern england, wales, the south of england, staying quite mild towards the south—east, chillier further north and west. sunshine across scotland and northern ireland on saturday. for england and wales, a rather wet and breezy day, a cooler day. by sunday, rain moving into the north, dry and sunny in england and wales. this is bbc news. i'm annita mcveigh. these are the top stories developing at 11:00am: northern ireland's political leaders meet the eu's chief brexit negotiator, after the irish prime minister said a brexit deal could be reached in as little as two weeks, if border plans can be agreed. unilever, which owns dozens of household brands, scraps plans to move its headquarters from london to the netherlands. a criminal investigation

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