hello. it's thursday. it's nine o'clock. i'm victoria derbyshire. welcome to the programme. "these countries invited #rape—fugees and now they're paying the price." that tweet sent by a russian bot in an attempt to stir up hatred of islam in this country. we've seen new research which shows the extent of russian attempts to sow division in british society in the wake of last year's terror attacks in manchester and london. russian accounts immediately started spreading rumours and disinformation blaming islam and multiculturalism in the uk for those attacks. but it was notjust politics that is the target of russian influence operations, but also our society. so what if anything can be done to stop russia fermenting social division here? in a first and only interview, we hear from a woman groomed and sexually abused by a couple known as the fred and rose west of wales. she's angry that peter and avril griffiths were not given life sentences for their crimes

it put me on the road to ruin, what they done to me. i became a heroin addict, lost my children. and it'sjust ruined me, you know? and at my age that i am now, i can finally hopefully start moving forward. sarah has told us she's convinced there are more victims of the couple yet to come forward. medicinal cannabis can now be legally prescribed to some patients across the uk for the first time from today following a campaign by two mums whose sons benefited from cannabis oil. i'm just a mother who is tired of seeing my son suffer and i found something that helps him, and i want eve ryo ne something that helps him, and i want everyone to get together and make this happen, for him. we will ask doctors if the rules for prescribing it are clear enough. and should people who make sexual

assualt accusations be forced to hand over mobile phone data? this man was falsely accused of rape and thinks he would have gone to prison if his accuser‘s phone records hadn't come to light. hello. good morning. we're live until 11 this morning. and let me tell you before i forget that from next monday forever more, our programme will begin at ten o clock. so remember from monday november 5th we'll be on air from 10am til iiam each weekday here on bbc two and the bbc news channel. obviosuly we'll carry on bringing you original stories that you wont see anywhere else that affect you and your daily lives and exclusive interviews, as well as getting your personal experiences on air. like today let me ask you about this issue. do you think that someone who alleges rape should have to disclose all the material on their devices?

phones and laptops obviously, in order so that the accused can get a fair trial. some women's groups are concerned about this. tell us what you think, particularly if you have patent experience, you have been to the police to report rape or you have been accused of rape. if you are happy for us to contact you and maybe would like to take part in the programme, please include your phone number in your message. our top story today: the government is to announce a new strategy to combat the fight against organised crime, with a focus on the gangs which ministers claim are a greater threat than terrorism. the strategy will focus on money laundering and the impact of economic crime. it comes as one of the country's most senior police officers says forces are over stretched and need to concentrate on core policing. ben ando reports. a raid on a gun factory this summer, but this is just the tip of the uk's

rampant organised crime problem. it is notjust guns. drugs, fraud, trafficking, cyber crime. organised gangs are increasingly behind them all. and while terror attacks or extreme weather events may grab the headlines, it's serious organised crime that does the real damage, killing more people annually than terrorism, national disasters and war put together. the national crime agency believes there are around a600 organised crime gangs working in the uk. it's estimated they're now costing the economy £37 billion every year. in 2013, that cost was estimated to be £24 billion, meaning it's gone up by more than 50% in just five years. so today ministers are launching a new strategy with an emphasis on economic investigation. the government says it also wants to tackle those who indirectly help the criminals launder their money. that could be garages selling luxury cars, schools providing expensive private

education, or those selling tickets to exclusive sporting events, all of whom, it says, could and should do more to report suspicious spending. to pay for it, £48 million will be diverted from other police budgets. some say that's a mistake. the public expect an effective response to organised crime, to terrorism, to the focus on the vulnerable, but they also expect the basics. responding to emergencies, investigating and solving crime and neighbourhood policing. others say the task isn't helped by years of cuts to police numbers. ben ando, bbc news. security minister ben wallace said he agreed that local police chiefs should be free to make their own priorities, adding that minor offences can indicate a wider issue. often the minor crimes you see on your street

are actually linked to organised crime. so, county lines, we heard over the last few months, where, you know, organised crime groups have taken over up and down the country, the distribution of drugs, even small amounts of drugs, by placing people in market towns, in small communities, in villages, running up and down the country, using secure smartphones to distribute those drugs. that is driving some of that local crime that you and i see every day. that is driving some of the burglary, because it's feeding the addicts. rachel schofield is in the bbc newsroom with a summary of the rest of the day's news. specialist doctors in the uk can now prescribe medicinal cannabis to some patients for the first time. the change in the law came in response to a campaign on behalf of severely epileptic children, but patient groups warn many people are likely to be denied access to the medicine because the guidelines are too restrictive. david rhodes reports. harry has a rare form of epilepsy, but this

ten—year—old is full of life. this syringe here is iml. at the moment, harry's parents can legally buy non—medical low strength cannabis oil, which costs over £300 per bottle. they say without the oil, harry was having potentially fatal epileptic fits every day. harry was dying before our very eyes. we spent days where he just lay on the sofa. he didn't go to school, he couldn't do anything, so you were with him 2a hours a day. as harry grows up, his parents say he may need stronger medicinal cannabis products, a reason they want him to have a prescription, but local doctors say, at the moment, harry won't qualify. the nhs says that cannabis products will only be prescribed for a small number of patients in exceptional circumstances, where licensed medicines have not worked, and specialist doctors say patients will only be given medicinal cannabis as a last resort. for that small number of patients where i have run out of other options, where this is something worth trying, absolutely, it's great that it's there as an option, but it's not

the miracle drug that it's sometimes portrayed as. taking or supplying cannabis for recreational use is still illegal across the uk, and the government says it has no plans to legalise cannabis use more widely. patient groups and charities have already called the new prescribing guidelines restrictive, which will leave many families still searching for a long—term medical solution. david rhodes, bbc news, north yorkshire. a global study has warned that the amount of heat absorbed by the oceans over the past 25 years has been seriously underestimated. researchers say the seas have absorbed 60% more heat than previously thought, which means it could be harder to keep global warming within safe levels this century. this programe has seen new research which suggests a primary tactic of russian twitter trolls or bot accounts is to stoke divisions over islam.

experts at the centre—left think tank demos analysed more than nine million tweets sent by russian—linked accounts. they say activity from the social media users spiked around the time of the london and manchester terror attacks last year. fake news on social media is being blamed for damaging parents' faith in vaccines, according to england's chief medical officer. professor dame sally davies says online myths are behind a fall in children getting the jab for measles, mumps and rubella, as our health correspondent james gallagher reports. the mmr jab protects against measles, mumps and rubella. but there have been more than 900 cases of measles already this year. completely discredited claims the vaccine causes autism led to a fall in the number of children getting vaccinated around the turn of the millenium. immunisation rates recovered, but in the past three years they have been falling again. when the infection rates drop

you get complacency, but there is also this dreadful social media fake news and people peddling myths and stories. they are absolutely wrong. as a young doctor, professor dame sally davies treated children as they were dying from measles. she describes the experience as horrific. she accused what she called the anti—vax brigade of putting lives at risk by saying mmr was unsafe. the people who spread these myths when children are ill, or die, will not be there to pick up the bits to help or even to blame. instead, dame sally said the vaccine had saved millions of lives around the world and encouraged parents to make sure their child was vaccinated. james gallagher, bbc news. the black box of the lion air plane which crashed in waters off the western coast of indonesia on monday has been found. a spokesman for the indonesian transport ministry said the flight recorder will provide a better understanding of the plane's final moments. the boeing 737, carrying 189 people, crashed shorted

after ta ke—off from jakarta. no survivors have been found. google staff around the world are set to stage a series of walk—outs in protest at the company's treatment of women. the employees will demand the process by which sexual misconduct allegations are dealt with at the firm changes. google has angered employees since it emerged one high profile executive received a $90 million pay—out after resigning over an allegation of sexual misconduct. ryanair passengers are bracing for the latest changes to the airline's baggage policy, which come into effect today. passengers can now take just a small bag on board free of charge. only those who pay £6 for priority boarding will be able to take a suitcase into the cabin. ryanair says the changes are intended to reduce flight delays. two boys aged 16 and 15 have been

charged over a hit and run incident which left a toddler from wigan fighting for his life. leo darrington aged three was knocked down by a stolen ford transit van on tuesday morning as it was being pursued by police. heavy rains have brought chaos to southern austria, destroying bridges, flooding homes and rivers. strong winds caused trees and power lines to come down, roofs to be ripped off houses and roads to be blocked. many houses are still without power. that's a summary of the latest bbc news. more at 9.30. back to victoria. thank you. an emailfrom susan: back to victoria. thank you. an email from susan: yes, back to victoria. thank you. an emailfrom susan: yes, i do think mobile phones and so on accusers should be checked. it is so easy to make an accusation of rape, and the alleged offender is afforded no privacy. if the accusation is true, what is the problem? we will talk about that at 9:45am. let us know

your experiences, especially if you have reported the rape to the police oi’ have reported the rape to the police or serious sexual assault or if you have been accused of such a crime. do you believe that those making the allegations should have to hand over material from laptops and allegations should have to hand over materialfrom laptops and phones allegations should have to hand over material from laptops and phones and so material from laptops and phones and so on? now some sport. frank lampard was back at chelsea as a manager and the team took some gifts with them. yes, they did. a couple of very bad own goals scored by frank lampard's team. they didn't get the dream return to stamford bridge that he was hoping for. it came in efl cup. he is now the manager of derby county, and they were undone by some cracking own goals. this is the first one by fikayo tomori. he is actually a player on loan from chelsea at derby and he couldn't sort his legs out. it went straight into the back of the net. the second one was not much better. that from the club captain, richard keogh, putting it past his own keeper. derby did give a good account of

themselves on the night. it finished 3-2 to themselves on the night. it finished 3—2 to chelsea and they go into the quarterfinals now. frank lampard did enjoy warm applause at the final whistle at the place once called home. chelsea women cruised into the champ is the quarterfinals with a 7-0 champ is the quarterfinals with a 7—0 aggregate win over fiorentina. for the next round of the efl cup, but i will be a london derby between arsenal and spurs and the rest of the draw is on our website. the edinburgh derby was marred by unsavoury scenes? indeed and not for the first time this season in scotla nd the first time this season in scotland and object was thrown onto the field of play and make contact with someone, this time the manager of hibernian, neil lennon, as his side went head to head in a pretty ferocious edinburgh derby against hartson scottish premiership. it happened as an offside decision ruled out what would have been a winnerfor hearts. in ruled out what would have been a winner for hearts. in the second

half, the goalkeeper also went down after being struck by hibernian fan. hearts's lead at the top has been cut to four points in scottish premiership. headlines are wrong about those incidents with neil lennon condemning the baby are both sets of fans afterwards. he called their behaviour disgusting. and there is more fallout from the ball tampering scandal of earlier this year. yes, that scandal engulfed cricket. the chairman of cricket australia has resigned after a damning review labelled it arrogant and controlling. david peever steps down after the sydney based the ethics centre's review said cricket australia's winning without counting the costs culture was partly to blame for the incident.

that happened during a test match against south africa in march and led to bans for then captain steve smith, david warner and cameron bancroft. their interim chair say‘s they'll now be working to earn back the trust of the cricket community and are determined to make the sport stronger. thank you. more sport later in the programme. we've heard lots about russian attempts to influence politics in the us and over here, during the eu referendum and our general election last year. but a new analysis seen by this programme of more than nine million tweets sent by russian—linked accounts has revealed something else. a primary tactic of russian twitter trolls or bot accounts is to stoke divisions over islam. experts at the research group demos say activity from these accounts spiked around the time of the london and manchester terror attacks last year. tweets that were sent included these: these tweets and others

like them were shared thousands of times. before we discuss this, here's alex krasodomski—jones from demos to explain what a bot is and how they work. a bot is an automated twitter account. it might look like a real person, but it's actually controlled by a computer programme, and it will share or post the kinds of things it is told to. bots can be effective in two ways. of course, they spread a message more widely, but they can also pretend to be the audience, pretend to be the crowd. imagine logging on and seeing that a message has been

shared thousands of times, and liked thousands of times more. that message must be popular. but in fact, it's all an illusion. the message is sent from a fake account, and all of the traction, all of its popularity, is also fake. there have been rumours forfive or six years now that russia and other states around the world have been using the online world to try to destabilise democracies here in the uk and also in the united states by sending messages designed to stir up tension. and our research found exactly that. we should be worried. if we are logging on to social media and seeing things that aren't true, or seeing groups of fake people becoming angry at things that aren't true, this can be a very potent cocktail. outrage is contagious.

the data shows where as a society we are most vulnerable to being manipulated. where russian influence operations were most widely shared was in the immediate wake of the 2017 terror attacks. online platforms were ruthlessly exploited. russian accounts immediately started spreading rumours and disinformation, blaming islam and multiculturalism in the uk for those attacks. and it was notjust politics that was the target of russian influence operations, but also our society. disinformation presents a problem to our society. if we are logging on to social media and seeing things that aren't true, or seeing groups of fake people becoming angry at things that aren't true, this can be a very potent cocktail. let's talk now to alex who you saw

in that film and chloe colliver from the institute for strategic dialogue. and talking to us from oxford university's internet institute is bharath ghanesh. thank you all for coming on the programme. in terms of the tweets that you analysed, let me remind our audience, one for examples that muslims are running a campaign for sharia law and they must be sponsored by the mayor of london. shari no go areas in britain. only trouble can stop this here. who do you say these tweets are coming from and why? we believe that in the wake of the terror incidents that took place in 2017, the public debate was hijacked. it was exploited by hostile actors, and in this case we believe they came from the internet

research agency in russia, a group spreading programme in propaganda in russia and outside its borders. spreading programme in propaganda in russia and outside its bordersm was public debate hijacked here? russia and outside its bordersm was public debate hijacked here7m is difficult to say exactly how much impact this had. one of the big questions is who exactly is on twitter? politicians, the journalists, thejournalistic community is on twitter. research by the guardian and others have shown that media outlets picked up these tweets and used them examples as the kinds of conversations that were happening after the events. and why would russians want to stir up hatred of islam in the uk? that is a really good question. we know that we take, our referendums perhaps, both here in the uk and in the us. this research shows that there are wider aims around stoking division within society and this is part of a broader attempt to stir up cultural war, rather than just trying to attack politics. but why would that benefit the kremlin for example?

attack politics. but why would that benefit the kremlin for example7m stokes benefit the kremlin for example7m sto kes u p benefit the kremlin for example7m stokes up division and by doing that, that is one of the long—term aims of the russian state. it wea ke ns aims of the russian state. it weakens our democracy and our society. many of these 9 million tweets that you analysed came from 4000 accounts, but actually the focus on britain was a very small pa rt focus on britain was a very small part of the wider influence operations. of the 9 million tweets, this is really interesting. 3.1 million were in english and of those 3 million, you estimate that 83,000, just 83,000, were in some way linked to the uk, but they were shared 222,000 times. so it is small, this influence, isn't it? it is interesting. the question here is whether we are seeing the uk being used as a pawn in a wider influence operation against the states, or was there just not much focus on the uk?

my there just not much focus on the uk? my guess is that this data shows an influence operation against the states, where the event that took place in the uk were exploited as pa rt place in the uk were exploited as part of a wide operation but actually i think there is more data out there that gives us a better look on what they were pushing for in the uk. what do you think? i think both sides of the coin are right. the uk itself is a target and there are strategic reasons that the grammarand would be there are strategic reasons that the grammar and would be seeking to sow chaos in our society. —— the kremlin. it also different states are used as emblems of the failure of the west, if you will. not only the uk after the terrorist attacks, but also sweden used by the kremlin in its broadcast media and social media output, for example, as a kind of civil war chaos zone, taken over by sharia law, which is obviously a false picture of what is going on on the ground. that is spread by sputnik deutschland and sputnik france as well, and it is an example of the failure of the progressive

liberal west. how of the failure of the progressive liberalwest. how do of the failure of the progressive liberal west. how do you describe this kind of influence?” liberal west. how do you describe this kind of influence? i think it is really important to understand what we mean by influence. i think it is actually quite important to go back a few years to look at the longer project that the ira was involved in. for example they were baying facebook adverts as early as 2016. -- the gra. a lot of baying facebook adverts as early as 2016. —— the gra. a lot of these tweets go back to 2015 as well. what we have seen is that the way that they try to sow division, as it tends to be called, has been by splitting up their efforts into specific campaigns targeted at specific campaigns targeted at specific parts of society. in the united states, there was a really big effort to reach out to the african—american community and encourage them not to vote for the democrats. in terms of reaching out to conservatives in the us, they we re to conservatives in the us, they were essentially focused around

immigrants, and there is even a focus on amplifying the narratives that donald trump is using. what is being said about how these tweets about the uk are being used as part ofa about the uk are being used as part of a different operation for the us i think is really relevant. chloe and alex both pointed to this issue. it is really important to remember that a lot of the accounts that were tweeting about issues about multiculturalism were definitely trying to show examples of how, quote unquote, the west has failed in some way. primarily focused around islam and multiculturalism. i would give a quick example. there is an account named souse lone star, targeting the united states, but they spread a story about a muslim women wearing hijab walking on westminster bridge after the attack, and they tried to spin it to make it seem and they tried to spin it to make it seem like she wasjust trying to get away and he was not bothered about

the attack and not concerned about it. -- the attack and not concerned about it. —— she was not bothered. in reality she was actors and afraid and she was calling for help. many of our audience will remember that of our audience will remember that of course. is that fake account linked to the russian internet research agency, the ira? as far as lam aware, research agency, the ira? as far as i am aware, souths loan star was linked to russian operations. but there was also another account doing similar things as well. chloe, you said the strategic goal of the russians is to create chaos in a country like ours, or the states, why? i think there is a domestic agenda there. it shows vladimir putin and the kremlin is stronger in the context of a weak eu or weekly usa. we saw that with the skripal case. it wasn'tjust usa. we saw that with the skripal case. it wasn't just aimed at usa. we saw that with the skripal case. it wasn'tjust aimed at uk audiences but domestic russian audiences but domestic russian audiences as the fear tactics. this

is what happens if you step outside the lines. don't do that. we have got to take into consideration the fa ct got to take into consideration the fact that this is a state with a very fragile domestic situation that is reliant on political authoritarianism, and it needs to maintain that vision of control and power. is this fake news, alex? you know, i am power. is this fake news, alex? you know, iam not power. is this fake news, alex? you know, i am not sure it is fake news. what we are seeing in this data is not necessarily the making up false stories, it is the amplification of certain sections of the media. we know that the internet has allowed for thousands of new voices to join the media. it has lowered the barriers, lowered the number of gatekeepers, and now anyone can go out there and have a voice and style themselves as a media personality or even media outlet. what we are seeing here is that rather than creating false stories, we're amplifying the ones that suit our agenda. and why the focus on islam, do you think? this goes into a

longer discussion about russian geopolitics, which i would be happy to expand on another time. the russian state agencies, such as the state media agencies and broadcasters, have a history of bringing the radical right onto their programmes. there has been clear evidence of financial support of radical right parties such as the front national in france. there is not much evidence of direct influence in the uk in that way but there has been consistent focus from there has been consistent focus from the kremlin in terms of supporting parties with radical right agendas, which are primarily anti—immigrant. this is part and parcel of the strategy they have been using. the real focus is on trying to stoke the divisions that are merging and that politicians are playing on very frequently across all european countries as well as in the united states, and what they are trying to do is really build on existing ways in which our societies are polarised

and divided. alex, the worry was that the russians were trying to influence the brexit debate, but the tweets you have been analysing suggest not as much as some feared? our hunch was that it was targeting the us and actually the day of the brexit vote did receive a lot of coverage from these accounts, particularly celebrating the idea that the brits have succeeded in their brexit and now we in the united states, we being a questionable use of that word, can now do the same thing by electing donald trump and sticking one to the establishment. and as russia the only one to use these bots? the cia? iam sure only one to use these bots? the cia? i am sure they do. this country using them the most recently are the saudis, in the wake of the mode of jamal khashoggi, as it turns out. we

saw a large amount of online misinformation spread about that murder, which apparently originated with the saudi government. laura on twitter says russian twittered d rawls twitter says russian twittered drawls influencing the uk? people are not as stupid as the so—called experts think they are. i'm pretty certain that most twitter users know when they are using a fake tweet from a russian bot. i actually follow a russian bot because it amuses me. do you think people are aware? i think twitter has got better at barking these things out and as the media covers the issue more, it makes it easier for people to understand the environment they are discussing things in. but as efforts have got better to remove bots accounts, it has forced state agencies and non—state actors using bots, to get more sophisticated. when i looked at them day—to—day, they look very much more human and they look very much more human and they integrate better into cumin twitter networks. i think that tale nt twitter networks. i think that talent is increasing in some ways.

—— human talent is increasing in some ways. — — human twitter talent is increasing in some ways. —— human twitter networks. talent is increasing in some ways. -- human twitter networks. do you think that british agencies use bots in the same way as the russians? ican i can only speculate on that. both countries have been using a counter narrative campaign, so i would say they are probably doing something along these lines, but the strategy and style is probably different. i do not like to use the term bots because they are paid industrial patrols and this is theirjob. it is to imitate the kind of narrative is that people in these different countries are using, so it is hard to detect. thank you very much, all of you, very interesting. still to come: cannabis products can be prescribed in certain circumstances. we will get the reaction from a

mother and her son who has severe epilepsy and who hopes to benefit from this change. we will talk to them. also, people reporting sexual assault may be subject to having 30,000 pages of their own data given to the police. we will talk to somebody who was cleared of rape last year and in his case he would not have been cleared if the user's phone records had not been given to the police. time for the latest news. the threat posed by serious organised crime is no greater than terrorism. analysis by the national crime agency says more people are harmed or killed by gangs than by all other national security risks are put together. ministers are

pledging to combat more than 4000 gangs that are active in the uk. the security minister ben wallace said minor offences can indicate a wider issue with imran khan. often the minor crimes you see on your street i linked to organised crime, so cou nty i linked to organised crime, so county lines, we have heard over the last few months were organised crime groups have ta ken last few months were organised crime groups have taken over up—and—down the country the distribution of drugs, even small amounts of drugs, by placing people in market towns and small communities, running up and small communities, running up and down the country, using secure smartphones to distribute those drugs. that is driving some of that local crime that you see every day. that is driving some of the burglaries because it is feeding the addict. ben wallace. specialist hospital doctors in the uk can prescribe medicinal cannabis for the first time today. a change in the law was announced in the summer

following a high profile campaign on behalf or severely epileptic children. but patient groups are warning that many people are likely to be denied access to the medicine because the guidelines are too restrictive. this programme has seen new research which suggests the primary tactic of russia and twitter controls or bot accounts is to stoke divisions of islam. express at a ce ntre—left divisions of islam. express at a centre—left think tank analysed more than 9 million tweets sent by russian linked accounts. they say activity from the social media users spiked around the time of the london and manchester terror attacks last year. and manchester terror attacks last yea r. two boys and manchester terror attacks last year. two boys aged 16 and 15 have been charged over a hit and run incident which left a toddler from wigan fighting for his life. leo darrington aged three was knocked down by a stolen ford transit van on tuesday morning as it was being pursued by police. both boys will appear at manchester magistrates' court today. a global study has warned the amount

of heat absorbed by the oceans over the past 25 years has been seriously underestimated. researchers say the seas have absorbed 60% more heat than previously thought, which means it could be harder to keep global warming within safe levels this century. that is a summary of the latest bbc news. here's some sport now. frank lampard didn't get the dream return to stamford bridge he was hoping for but his side derby county of the championship certainly did themselves justice against one of the premier league's top sides in his former club chelsea.. chelsea go through to the quarterfinals, as do spurs would be there london rivals 3—1. they will face another big london rival in the shape of arsenal in the last eight. cricket australia chairman david

peavy has resigned after a scathing review into the ball tampering scandal which labelled the body as arrogant and controlling and partly to blame for an incident in a test match against south africa back in march. today, medicinal cannabis products can, for the first time, be legally prescribed to some patients across the uk. the treatments can be prescribed only by specialist doctors in a limited number of circumstances where other medicines have failed. the decision to relax the rules on the treatments has come after two boys — billie caldwell and alfie dingley — who both suffer from severe epilepsy were denied access to cannabis oil. we have been following this story for months and spoke to alfie's mother hannah in march. for months and spoke to alfie's mother hannah in marchlj for months and spoke to alfie's mother hannah in march. i am just a mother hannah in march. i am just a mother who is tired of seeing my son suffer and i have found something that helps him and i want everyone

to get together to make this happen for him. it is his human rights to be well and this makes him well. i understand there are illegal sides and there is legislation and red tape, iget and there is legislation and red tape, i get that, but we need to act quickly and i want some sincere, you know... interaction and commitment. yes, some commitment. that the home office will make this happen. this is what they have offered us and i wa nted is what they have offered us and i wanted to happen quickly. joining us now from cardiff is rachel rankmore and her son bailey who has severe epilepsy. phillipa kaye, a gp working in north west london also joins us and professor hannah cock, who is a consultant neurologist at st george's hospital london. thank you all very much for talking to us. rachel, how do you respond to

today's news? it should be the date ofjubilation for us today's news? it should be the date of jubilation for us that today's news? it should be the date ofjubilation for us that bailey can get the medication he needs to control his seizures, but what i read in some guidelines that i saw last night from the health board is that they will be issuing something else for treating his syndrome. why are they not right for bailey? he has been on cbd oh for three years and we have seen positive effects with that, so we need him now to have full extra ct with that, so we need him now to have full extract cannabis oil to have full extract cannabis oil to have the full effect, to give him seizure control. so it will not help that much at all? no, not at all. let me bring in hannah. what do you make of this news? i welcome the news and i have a great deal of sympathy for families and they

appreciate what a desperate situation it is, however, the guidance that has come through is appropriately restrictive given the evidence we have at the moment. we know the oil does have effectiveness in this very severe childhood onset epilepsy. there is no evidence the thc component, the other component in cannabis oils, is of any additional benefit. it may in fact be doing harm. there is definitely a risk of psychiatric problems. that is particularly in children and young adults exposed to it. i welcome that we can now offer the oil to that small group of patients who really need it were other things have failed, but the guidance that has come through at the moment is appropriately restrictive on the evidence we have. philippa, what does that mean for you as a gp? evidence we have. philippa, what does that mean for you as a gwm has already meant that patients are

coming and asking for medical cannabis for all kinds of things from chronic pain to ms, to epilepsy. at the moment the answer is no for most of those things. the news today essentially says that i can now referred to either a neurologist for patients with epilepsy who are not under control by anything else, or to an oncologist for patients having severe vomiting from chemotherapy who are not responding to something else. ican who are not responding to something else. i can refer those cases. but from a practical point of view of coming to yourgp from a practical point of view of coming to your gp and having medical cannabis, we still cannot do that. are you expecting more people at your door? these cases have been in the press we have seen a big influx, even personally, of patients coming to ask for it. essentially we work on the evidence base. where there is evidence we will give treatment and at the moment there is not as strong

evidence base and until more research is done into the effects of the thc, which is the other component of cannabis, there is the cbd which is available over—the—counter in your local health shop, and the thc. the thc is the bit that gets you high and it is about having more research into the balance of those two components versus any potential risk that still needs to be done in order for us to get the evidence base and be able to prescribe. bailey, hello, it is victoria here. bailey? say hello. hello. go ahead, victoria. i wonder what you hope, bailey, that this new, stronger medicine might do for your condition? what will the magic

medicine do, bailey? can you tell victoria what the magic medicine will do? what do you want it to do? get my shakes away. get your shakes away. rachel, in terms of the seizures, how bad can it get for bailey? he has seizures every day, they are relentless. even though he is on 19 tablets a day, he has tried over 20 pharmaceutical drugs over the last 13 years. they are relentless, it inhibits his everyday life. he is sedated by the drugs that he is currently taking, the pharmaceutical drugs, so we have to wea n pharmaceutical drugs, so we have to wean him down off that which will cause psychosis and rages, which obviously inhibits our whole family life. he has got no quality of life which is why we need full extract cannabis oil for him. and the

cannabis oil for him. and the cannabis oil for him. and the cannabis oil that you are able to use at the moment, what difference does that make? it has made huge differences. three years ago before he started taking it he had hospital admissions every week. he had fortnightly loading doses of pharmaceutical drugs which made him sedated and unable to walk and he acted like a caged animal. now since those three years he has had no hospital stays or no induced or increased medications. his eeg showed that before and after taking the oil there were less spikes since taking the oil, so that its clinical evidence it has worked for him. he isa evidence it has worked for him. he is a lot more communicated with us and his family although today he is not because he is coming of temazepam. i am guessing that bailey words that crash helmet before because he falls over? he has a

range of different seizure types and they are just relentless. they batter his body day and night. he turns over into his cushion at night which blocked his airway, so we have to stay within 24 hours a day. daily‘s dad and i take it in turns to ca re daily‘s dad and i take it in turns to care for him through the night. we have got a 12—year—old son who has seen his brother suffered from seizures since a toddler and he has got mental and anxiety problems. it impacts on the whole family. got mental and anxiety problems. it impacts on the whole familylj got mental and anxiety problems. it impacts on the whole family. i am still not clear, rachel, why you will not be able to get this new stuff? the new stuff they referred to is every dialects. what bailey is taking now is along the same lines. it would make no difference, except you would get it for free. at the moment you are paying £200 a month? yes, we are, but we feel the quality

is far better. he has had no side effects. before he had side—effects with diarrhoea and liver. he is so tired. yes, the drugs are not being kind to him. i am going to let him get some sleep, rachel. i am grateful for your time. get some sleep, rachel. i am gratefulfor your time. thank get some sleep, rachel. i am grateful for your time. thank you so much. hannah, it is interesting because for many people, as rachel said, this is a day of elation, but not necessarily for some families who desperately need some help. not necessarily for some families who desperately need some helplj cannot comment on an individual case, but certainly in my case load those who have epilepsy of a similar variety, they are the people i would think of offering that to those people. the reason why this is a pharmaceutical grade, the reason we are all recommending that rather

than some of the other preparation is firstly it is properly quality controlled and is manufactured to pharmaceutical standards so we know exactly the concentration of drug in each batch, that it is stable and so on. secondly, because of the concerns about thc, there is almost no thc in it. the thc does have side effects potentially. it is true about one in three patients get diarrhoea and sedation, but it is a misunderstanding to think that a drug with cbd and thc in it is not also going to have to side—effects. the preparations people are buying in health food shops and the preparations we prescribe this just a dose effect. people would weigh up the risks and benefits. rachel, i don't know if you can still hear me,

we need to open your microphone, but you can hear us. in 124 hour period, what is the most seizures that bailey might have had? 250 seizures. he is recorded to have abnormal brain activity every 2.5 seconds. you outweigh that with giving him just a tiny bit of thc which in actual fact the cbd counteracts, really there is no comparison. i would put my son on that before giving him any other pharmaceutical drugs that he is on now. the side—effects he has had from them are horrendous. hallucinations, head to toe rashes, rages, he has been like a caged animal running into the road away from us, the list is endless. he has suffered enough. he has been on all these drugs since the age of two and a half and i cannot bear seeing him in

the age of two and a half and i cannot bearseeing him in pain the age of two and a half and i cannot bear seeing him in pain and suffering any longer. we need to ta ke suffering any longer. we need to take action. there are a lot of children in this country. there might be drugs for children who have not been an cbd oil and that is a gateway for them, but for us we need the next stage. there are families out there who need access to these products. three licences have been granted in the uk for products with thc. you cannot possibly give it to those children and not ours. we have seen those children and not ours. we have seen the positive effects and there is no denying that evidence is there in front of your eyes. you look at the clinical evidence. by the way, these products are gmp tested as well, and so is the oil that bailey is on now, said the evidence is there. thank you, everybody. we appreciate your time. the amount of

heat soaked up by our oceans has been underestimated according to an report. if a person claims they are a victim of a sexual offence, the police can choose to seize all of their electronic devices. disclosure material can range from medical records to images to e—mails and text messages. campaigners fear the intrusion could lead to victims being put off from coming forward and later today the feminist group sisters uncut are staging what they call a "creative direct action" in central london. the new head of the crown prosecution service for england and wales starts his job today and they have a message for him. "give survivors support not suspicion." but others argue it's not that simple. the crown prosecution service and the law society say disclosing all the relevant evidence is vital to a fair trial. and a man who was cleared of rape in a high profile trial last december has told this programme he believes he would have gone to prison had the complainant not had her phone thoroughly searched.

let's talk to that man now — he's a former mp's aide who was cleared of rape in a high profile trial last december. samuel armstrong believes he would have gone to prison had the complainant not had her phone thoroughly searched. also with us, director of end violence against women, sarah green. jana pinto from the campaign group sisters uncut. they are protesting today. solicitor advocate for gwb harthills, joy merriam, she's also a member of the law society. welcome, all of you. samuel armstrong, let me begin with you. it is two years since you were accused of raping a woman twice at the palace of westminster and almost a year since you are cleared of all charges. how would you describe that time? the ordeal for me was devastating. i lost my home, myjob, my reputation, everything. actually,

that was a process that was avoidable if evidence that in the end of the process had been discovered at the beginning, which was material discovered on the accuser‘s telephone. if it had been found at the beginning, i would never have had to go through this horrifying process, so that is why is so important. in certain cases, mine included, and the famous case of liam allen's being another one, it is crucial evidence to establish the truth of what has gone on. do you accept that? it is difficult to comment on any individual case without having the information in front of us and there is another party who is not here to talk about why she made a complaint. it is important to make it clear about what is happening to digital evidence and what the law is in the first place. the law on consent and rape is very simple. someone must seek consent and someone must give consent. you are looking for

evidence in that area. we are worried that this growing practice of taking in as much digital evidence in order to have a full belt and braces approach and no stone unturned, not least because of pressure from high profile cases, has led to a gathering of loads of evidence, for examples looking through all text messages and facebook and whatever, with the parties and conversations between the complainant and her friends went a few years ago before the phones andipads a few years ago before the phones and ipads were available you did not have police officers going in and interviewing all the classmates of a 17—year—old who had made an allegation for example. what is happening is the availability of this digital evidence is smashing up our rules on sexual history. we have fought long and hard for the rules and prejudices in court not me admitted. this woman has had lots of partners, she is into this kind of sexual practice, we have tried hard

to stop that. the of this digital evidence and the failure to develop good rules and practice around it are devastating. that is not true. the section 41 legislative requirements that band the use of previous sexual history remain in force. the evidence being disclosed, which is these key pieces of evidence is not sexual history. if an accuser sends a text to someone else the next morning saying i had a great night last night and then two weeks down the line decides to say she was raped, that is not previous sexual history. that is not a short skirt argument, that is crucial evidence that has the capacity to undermine a potential miscarriage of justice in that case. it is deeply irresponsible to describe that as kind of old school rape victim bashing. you may know that the rules around sexual history are very contested. good research shows it has, lee... the specific example

that samuel gave there is not about history, it is about what happened is day after the alleged incident. it can absolutely be reasonable, but these rules do not exist at the moment to say we have a common—sense approach to what digital evidence we will look at. we have not got that, we have got police officers working all weekend on 12 hour shifts to go through digital evidence and i do mean third—party conversations. there have been cases where sexual behaviour of another person has been brought into these cases and it is not on and we need rules about it. but the political voice on this is absent, we have had no comments from the home secretary or the justice secretary as these cases have unfolded. that is terrible. the new head of the cps who starts today can decide to make this a priority because there is a raw about it in terms of victims and survivors' groups and the implications for people coming forward. one of our

investigations has seen not a single charge. that collapse in the charge... and that is despite all the digital evidence? the digital evidence is having a chilling effect on reporting in the first place and isa on reporting in the first place and is a disaster. if someone you knew was accused of rape, would you not wa nt was accused of rape, would you not want the pleased to leave no stone unturned? i would stand by and be on the streets for the presumption of innocence, for the rule of law, for a fair trial because women and survivors are as dependent on that as anybody else. nobody wants to wreck the system. doesn't disclosing the evidence from electronic devices means the accused gets a fair trial? it is what is happening in practice, the rules the cps and the police are using. they are not getting enough political debate or guidance about

it, they are not using common sense and it is a waste of money. you are taking direct action today. let me read you this text. women's groups need to accept that women can and do lie about rape. the accept that? that is not the point. there are a very small number of false rape allegations and when we look at the stats around those sometimes those include people who have withdrawn their allegations after a time because of the trauma. it is dangerous to propagate this myth that so many women... i do not think the person was putting numbers on it, but simply making the point that some women lie about rape. that may be the truth. it is in very small numbers of cases. it is true, therefore. my boyfriend was accused

of rape some years ago and it affects him to this day. women and men caught lying need to face some form of consequence, they say. in terms of what you are protesting about, the cps and the police should not take so much material from the accuser‘s electronic devices, why do you say they should not? we have talked a lot about the impact on the defence, sorry the defendant, in a very small number of cases. we have scarcely talk about the survivor. i am thinking about what the survivor has already gone through in cases of sexual violence. the data that is on a phone amounts to 30,000 pages. to have that trawled up in court, there are so many cases where have that trawled up in court, there are so many cases where that is very traumatising to have that used against you. what kind of

information are you concerned could be used? anything really. as sarah was saying, a text to a third party people, you're cancelling those. that is already being shared. it is a breach of privacy and is invasive. it is also invasive of time, thinking about how much police time is put into looking at this data and how many hours it takes. we should be reinvesting that money into transformative responses to sexual violence. it was not a waste of time in samuel's case. there are so few cases like that, we should be looking at the broader picture and a holistic response. thank you for talking to us. where do you stand on this? the purpose was that alison saunders referred to a justice syste m saunders referred to a justice system and the purpose is to

conflict the guilty and to acquit the innocent. there are rules about what happens with disclosure, very strict rules, that the police have to look at the data, and they only disclose it to the defence if it assists the defence or undermines the prosecution. they simply cannot disclose willy—nilly the prosecution. they simply cannot disclose willy— nilly previous the prosecution. they simply cannot disclose willy—nilly previous sexual history of a complainant in a sexual offe nce, history of a complainant in a sexual offence, that is a misconception. i get very cross with some of these groups who think they are helping women and all they are doing is giving out with information which may prevent women coming forward and making complaints. what women should know is if they are telling the truth, they have nothing to fear. they have nothing to fear about matters that are relevant being disclosed to the defence. there are very strict rules as has already been referred to in section 41. people are shaking their heads in this agreement. it is common for a

complainant to be asked to sign a statement and those commonly involve giving position at the very early stage of an investigation to give full access to social services records, health records sometimes from birth and all of your digital evidence. we have seen this and it is extremely inhibiting in terms of how complainants feel about pursuing a case. sometimes those health records, having included details of an abortion which might be revealed and have been revealed in court to say this is a dishonest person who had an abortion and did not tell other people about it. we have come across cases like that. social services records are used to demonise working—class girls. it is simply not permitted under the law to attack a claimant on a sexual case on their previous sexual or medical history unless it is releva nt medical history unless it is relevant and it can only be relevant

if they made previous false complaints, for example, or if they have not told the truth to the police in the investigation about what they were doing or saying at the time. and in both miss armstrong's case and in the alan's cases, there were messages to third parties which gave a completely different account than that which was given to the police. if you are telling the truth, you should have trust in the police that they will investigate your complaint vigorously, which they will, but they are also under a duty in law to look at matters which may undermine the prosecution. and they have a duty to disclose that to the defence and you have got to have equality of arms. you cannot have people being convicted of serious offences like rape with double—figure sentences because the police have concealed or sat on or been too lazy to look at evidence. the police take more resources. thank you. are you saying this is already impacting on alleged

rape survivors and stopping them reporting it to the police? absolutely. the knowledge that all your devices will be taken from you and what that might tell other people in your life about what has happened. do you have sympathy with some of those women, samuel?” happened. do you have sympathy with some of those women, samuel? i have sympathy for women listening to this programme and thought this but the truth is that actually the information taken from the phone is reviewed by specially highly trained office rs reviewed by specially highly trained officers who do so sensitively, and they only disclose that evidence if it is crucially relevant. i think if anything is going to put off women from making reports it is this kind of scaremongering which says that all of a sudden you have got to sign away all of your rights, which is grossly untrue, if you make an allegation. it is really dangerous in fact to pretend that is the case for whatever reason to make a point. a final word from you? i was just going to say that we have talked a

lot and the system is already geared towards protecting the defendant, thatis towards protecting the defendant, that is the presumption of innocence. that is fine and that is great but when we talk about the effect that this is having on survivors, i think the defence well knows that delays can lead to survivors withdrawing the case. we are not thinking about it from outside the perspective of the legal system. thank you very much. we will bring you the latest news and sport ina bring you the latest news and sport in a moment but first the weather. thank you. it was not as cold this morning across many parts of the uk. but we had a lot more cloud around and some rain. that rain is still with us across eastern parts of the uk. further west, there has been some sunshine coming through, but just a variation from weather watchers this morning, and this one is in essex where it has been cloudy and wet, but further west in devon the clouds parted and there is sunshine. at brightening up process will continue into the afternoon across will continue into the afternoon a cross m ost will continue into the afternoon across most areas. across the east midlands towards east anglia and the south—east of england it will always

bea south—east of england it will always be a slow process and across norfolk and suffolk, it will remain quite wet into the afternoon. some showers coming into western scotland and the western fringes of england and wales but plenty of sunshine elsewhere. temperatures get up to nine of 13. that rain will finally clear away from eastern coasts overnight and then lots of clear skies taking us into friday morning. there will be patches of mist and fog around the midlands, wales and south—west england, but frost is likely for many of us on friday morning as well. it may be cold and frosty, but as the sun comes up, there will be plenty of blue skies and sunshine. a crisp and sunny day for most of us on friday. light winds as well. the cloud increases gradually in northern ireland, baking sunshine hazy here, the same in western scotland. maximum temperature of 12 degrees. this area of blue behind me is linked into the remnants of hurricane oscar, and the centre will move towards iceland. but the

weather fronts associated with that believing their way in for saturday. pretty wet in northern ireland and across scotland. staying dry towards the south—east. pretty windy for all of us, especially the north west where there will be gales on saturday afternoon. with that sunshine, temperatures 12 to 14, and up sunshine, temperatures 12 to 14, and up to 15 in northern areas with a south—westerly wind bringing in milder air. by sunday, that band of rain will have moved into central and eastern areas. but then there is some uncertainty about how far west it could spread back again during sunday. quite wet today for many parts of england and wales. scotland and northern ireland will be drier and northern ireland will be drier and brighter on sunday with temperatures getting up to 12 to 14 once again. fairly quiet over the next few days but turning very u nsettled next few days but turning very unsettled as we go into the weekend. goodbye. thank you, simon. it is

thursday. it is just after ten o'clock. i'm victoria derbyshire. organised crime costs this country 37 billion pounds a year and is more of a threat to us than terrorism. the home office says it's got a new plan to tackle it. we have seen an increase in violent crime and that is partly driven by organised crime and we want to see an increase in arrests, which is so important. in her only interview, we hear from a woman groomed and sexually abused by a couple known as the fred and rose west of wales and the devastating impact its had on her life. it put me on the road to ruin, what they done to me. i became a heroin addict, lost my children. and it'sjust ruined me, you know? and at my age that i am now, i can finally hopefully start moving forward. sarah has told us she is convinced there are more victims of the couple yet to come forward. climate catastrophe —

the world has seriously underestimated the amount of heat soaked up by our oceans over the past 25 years according to new research. we will bring you the details and the story on that research published today. good morning. rachel is in the bbc newsroom with a summary of the day's news. a new government assessment has concluded that the threat posed by serious organised crime is now greater than terrorism. analysis by the national crime agency says more people are harmed or killed by gangs than by all other national security risks put together. ministers are pledging to combat more than 4000 gangs that are active in the uk. the security minister, ben wallace, said minor offences can indicate a wider issue with criminal gangs. often the minor crimes you see on your street are actually linked to organised crime. so, county lines, we heard over the last few months, where,

you know, organised crime groups have taken over up and down the country the distribution of drugs, even small amounts of drugs, by placing people in market towns, in small communities, in villages, running up and down the country, using secure smartphones to distribute those drugs. that is driving some of that local crime that you and i see every day. that is driving some of the burglary, because it's feeding the addicts. security minister ben wallace. specialist hospital doctors in the uk can prescribe medicinal cannabis for the first time from today. a change in the law was announced in the summer, following a high profile campaign on behalf of severely epileptic children. but patient groups warn many people are likely to be denied access to the medicine because the guidelines are too restrictive. this programe has seen new research which suggests a primary tactic of russian twitter trolls or bot accounts is to stoke divisions over islam. experts at the centre—left think tank demos analysed more

than 9 million tweets sent by russian—linked accounts. they say activity from the social media users spiked around the time of the london and manchester terror attacks last year. two boys aged 16 and 15 have been charged over a hit—and—run incident which left a toddler from wigan fighting for his life. leo durrington, aged three, was knocked down by a stolen ford transit van on tuesday morning as it was being pursued by police. both boys will appear at manchester magistrates' court today. fake news on social media is being blamed for damaging parents' faith in vaccines, according to england's chief medical officer. professor dame sally davies says online myths are behind a fall in children getting the jab for measles, mumps and rubella. speaking on the 30th anniversary of the introduction of the combined vaccine, she said it had saved millions of people around the world. that's a summary of

the latest bbc news. more in half an hour. thank you, rachel. thank you to joe for this email: my teenage son was falsely accused of rape. the police failed to investigate the accuser‘s data records during the inquiry. my son and myfamily records during the inquiry. my son and my family were subjected to 22 months of sheer hell before only at trial were the records inspected, resulting in the case collapsing on day two. had the data being investigated, the evidence contained was clear there had been further false claims of rape, and the person accusing my son was a serial accuser. such a pity that the same procedures are not carried out in respect of both the accused and the accuser. if you are getting in touch with us, you are very welcome. use the hashtag. and now some sport. good morning. frank lampard's big return

to chelsea as derby county manager was overshadowed by not one but two own goals. the first was was scored by a player on loan from chelsea. the kaya to mori just couldn't sort out his legs and he inadvertently used both to direct the ball into the net. —— tomori. the second came 16 minutes later as the championship side had the worst possible start. they gave it a real go but chelsea eventually won the game 3—2 and there was warm applause for lampard at the ground he once called home. elsewhere, in the league cup last night son heung min scored his first two goals of the season for tottenham as they beat west ham. spurs will play arsenal in a north london derby in the quarterfinals, after they beat blackpool. the hibernian manager neil lennon labelled fa ns' behaviour in the edinburgh derby with hearts last night as disgraceful

after an ugly end to the edinburgh derby in the scottish premiership. lennon goaded hearts fans after a late disallowed goal and was then hit by a coin. the hearts keeper was also struck by a fan in the second half and police scotland have confirmed the arrest of a 25—year—old man who's been charged in relation to an assault on the assistant referee. the game finished 0—0. celtic meanwhile are up to second in the league. they have closed the gap on hearts to four points after a comfortable 5-0 to four points after a comfortable 5—0 win at dundee. this opener from tom roggich was the pick of the goals. arsene wenger says his nextjob in football won't be in england. wenger has been out of work since leaving arsenal last may. he says he's had plenty of offers and will return to management in the new year. when i come, i watch the game. i am a supporter and i am happy when arsenal wins and i am not happy when arsenal wins and i am not happy when arsenal doesn't win. it is early in the season. it's good that it's smooth and going well.

after a year in which the ball—tampering scandal engulfed australian cricket the chairman of its governing body,cricket cricket australia, has resigned after a damning review labelled it arrogant and controlling. david peever steps down after a review said cricket australia's winning without counting the costs culture was partly to blame for the incident that happened during a test match against south africa in march and led to bans for then captain steve smith, david warner and cameron bancroft. and we'll finish with an increbile fluke from snooker. this is england's jack lisowski playing judd trump at the international championship in china. a triple cannon to start with, it then uses a few cushions, and then the white ball helps out at the end with the final touch. not bad. that's all the sport for now. more later in the hour. thank you. another message from you on the issue of whether phone and laptop

records of others accusing others of rape should be handed over to the police in orderfor them to investigate. artemis on twitter says: in what other circumstances does the victim of a crime become the subject of investigation upon reporting the crime to the police? what a ludicrous suggestion. reporting rape is already difficult enough. i thought we were trying to improve the reporting and convicting of this crime? thank you for those. please keep them coming in. opportunities were missed to catch them and there are more victims yet to come forward. the words of a mother who's given herfirst and only interview to us about the grooming and sexual abuse she suffered at the hands of a couple known as the fred and rose west of their housing estate in barry in wales. peter and avril griffiths were jailed two weeks ago, sentenced to a total of 36 years in prison for rape, indecent assault and taking indecent images of a child. sarah, which isn't her real name, kept her abuse a secret from everyone for years, only revealing what she had been through when police

contacted her a couple of years ago, wanting to speak to her as a witness to another woman's abuse. in an exclusive interview, sarah says she has faced homelessness, heroin addiction and has had her children taken into care as a result of the impact of the horrific abuse she suffered at the hands of the griffiths. first of all, thank you for talking to us. how are you? i'm fine, thank you. how have you been since your abusers were jailed ? up and down. i have flashbacks. i had a dream last night actually. i said i was sorry and they got out of prison. i have weird dreams. why do you think that is? i really don't know. i've got to go and see a doctor about that. peter griffiths was found guilty of eight counts of rape, two counts of taking an indecent

photograph of a child and three counts of indecent assault. avril griffiths was found guilty of five counts of rape, two counts of taking an indecent photograph of a child and two counts of indecent assault. he was given a 21—year jail sentence. she was given a 15—year jail sentence. you were in court for that sentencing. what do you think of those punishments? not long enough, not long enough. why do you say that? because it put me on the road to ruin what they've done to me. i became a heroin addict. i lost my children. it'sjust ruined me, you know. at my age that i am now i can finally, hopefully, start moving forward. do you think they should have had a life sentence? yes. because of the impact

of what they did on you? yes. they pleaded not guilty. what did you think of that? they knew they were guilty. and to prolong it out for three weeks, they knew they were going to get guilty. i just think they were... you know... looking for time out of prison because i was told the neighbours saw them returning in the night and they were burning stuff in the back garden. you gave evidence in court, you were behind a screen, having never told anyone. you had not told your partner for decades. no. what was that like? i would have taken it to the grave

with me if the other girl hadn't come forward. and the reason that came about was the police came to you a couple of years ago to talk to you as a witness to what had happened to another of the griffiths' victims, which is when you decided to tell the police. yes. what led to you making that decision after so long? they can't get away with it. they cannot get away with it. the girl came forward and i thought if she can do it, i can do it. how difficult was it for you? very hard. got to be up there with one of the hardest things i have ever had to do in my life. you knew the griffiths from a young age, around eight or nine. what did you think about them when you first met them? really nice people, really nice people. how did they treat you?

really, really nice. they fed me, made me feel welcome. when did things start to change? when i was around 12, 13, when my body started to change. what did you feel about what they were doing to you? they were grooming me. i know that now after i had my children. that's what they were doing. it's only then i realised what they were doing. in 2004, the police contacted you about indecent photographs that were taken by the griffiths, but no further action was taken. and the crown prosecution service said there didn't seem to be enough evidence to take

the griffiths to court. what is your view on that now? well, they had the photographs, so they should have been done for that. so action should have been taken back then? yes. would you describe some elements of the way the police investigated this case as failing? yes, yes. in what way? well, they failed me because there were photos of me and i thoughtjustice could have come a lot sooner. i think i would have told them then, having the chance. but theyjust came and told me that they'd found these photos and nothing else came of it. how does it feel for you now

to know that what happened to you is in the open? it's like a massive weight has been lifted. how does it make you think about your future? a lot brighter. in what respect? i want to do something with my life now, you know. and does it feel like you can now that they have been jailed? yes. you have told people and justice to a degree has been served? yes, to a degree. you have been clean from heroin for seven years. yes. how hard has that been? well, i am nearly at the end now, so, fab. yes, fab. and you are absolutely clear that you were led down the path to heroin because of the effect of what this couple had done to you

as a young teenager? yes. to black it out, to feel numb. what do you think of them now? there's no word in the dictionary that can describe what they are. thank you very much for talking to us. i know it's been very difficult, but we appreciate it. thank you. sarah. and this statement from south wales police says: "following the convictions of peter and avril griffiths, two people have reported allegations of non—recent sexual offences to police. we are investigating these allegations and they are being supported by specially trained officers." it is 10:23am. sexual abuse against women in north korean is so common it has become part of ordinary life. that's the conclusion of a report based on interviews with over 60 women who have fled the country

and provided detailed accounts of rape and sexual abuse from men in positions of power. "they consider us sex toys. we are at the mercy of men," one woman said. another talked about the way that high—ranking party officials picked women they liked to abuse and rape. "my life was in his hands, so i did everything he wanted. how could i do anything else?" said one woman. heather barr wrote the report and is injeddah this morning. thank you for talking to us. i wonder if you could tell us some more of the things the women that you spoke to told you.” more of the things the women that you spoke to told you. i think what was most shocking about this research was the utterly commonplace nature of the experiences the women described. human rights watch document sexual violence all around the world but this was really something quite different in the sense that women didn't even recognise what was happening as rape

because impunity in north korea is so because impunity in north korea is so total that no one would even consider reporting these types of crimes to the police, in part because the police are the perpetrators, and in part because women have no expectation that anyone will do anything to help them. they take a real risk if they make a report. i can hear what you are saying but it is quite noisy there. i willjust ask one more question, if i may. were you able to convince the women to report what had happened to them or not? no. the way we did this research was by interviewing people who had escaped north korea. they were no longer in a position to be reporting the crimes to the police in north korea. but the people that we interviewed had never even considered reporting it because they felt there was absolutely no chance at all that the government would do anything to help them or bring them justice. how did you persuade them to talk to you?m

was very you persuade them to talk to you?m was very difficult, honestly. even people who escaped from north korea really struggle to feel safe and feel they are not somehow going to be retaliated against by that government. it is an extraordinarily difficult situation. i think the situation of women and sexual violence has been a neglected part of the abuses happening in north korea. thank you very much, heather, who wrote that report. some really interesting messages from you on the issue of whether those who have made a complaint of rape to the police should be required to hand over their laptops, phones etc to the police in orderfor the police to investigate fully the allegation. annie says: all evidence needs to be investigated so i say, yes, you should hand over the stuff. jackie says: i thought it was the perpetrator who had to give up their

phone etc and not the victim. why should people who say they have been raped do this? this twitter user: hello, my name is claire. what is the physical activity of nonconsensual sex have to do with your phone and laptop use? leslie says: i have that that this for a while and it is a tough one. on one side, inference may be wrongly drawn from certain messages between the victim and the offender and on the other side substantial evidence may be disclosed if these gadgets are inspected. i guess it depends on the circumstances. big joe says: as long as there has been mobile phone contact between the accuser and the accused, yes, they should hand them over. peter morris says: i'm not sure how this can help. of course it can be difficult to prove but not sure why you would investigate the victim. this will put women off from coming forward and that is sad. andrew says: yes, in such a serious alleged offence evidence on both sides should be given, digital or otherwise. dean says: absolutely it has got to be handed over. we can't

deny someone a fair trial because it may stop people coming forward in the future. it isa is a common argument that doesn't wash. thank you for those. there are many more and i will try to get through some more before the end of the programme. still to come: a new government assessment has concluded that serious organised crime is more ofa that serious organised crime is more of a threat than terrorism. we will talk to two former met police officers about how serious crime can be tackled. and scientists are warning that the world's oceans have absorbed 60% more heat over the past 25 years than previously believed, which is a big problem. we'll find out what this means for our oceans. time for the latest news. here's rachel. a new government assessment has concluded that the threat posed by serious organised crime is now greater than terrorism. analysis by the national crime agency says more people are harmed or killed by gangs than by all other

national security risks put together. ministers are pledging to combat more than 4000 gangs that are active in the uk. the security minister, ben wallace, said minor offences can indicate a wider issue with criminal gangs. often the minor crimes that you see on your street directly linked to organised crime. so county lines, we have heard over the last few months, where organised crime groups have taken over up and down the country the distribution of drugs, even small amounts of drugs, by placing people in market towns and small communities and villages, running up and down the country, using secure smartphones to distribute those drugs. that is driving some of that local crime that you and i see everyday. that is driving some of the burglary because it is feeding addicts. ben wallace. specialist hospital doctors in the uk can prescribe medicinal cannabis for the first time from today. a change in the law was announced

in the summer following a high profile campaign on behalf of severely epileptic children. but patient groups warn many people are likely to be denied access to the medicine because the guidelines are too restrictive. this programe has seen new research which suggests a primary tactic of russian twitter trolls or bot accounts is to stoke divisions over islam. experts at the centre—left think tank demos analysed more than 9 million tweets sent by russian—linked accounts. they say activity from the social media users spiked around the time of the london and manchester terror attacks last year. two boys aged 16 and 15 have been charged over a hit—and—run incident which left a toddler from wigan fighting for his life. leo durrington, aged three, was knocked down by a stolen ford transit van on tuesday morning as it was being pursued by police. both boys will appear at manchester magistrates' court today. fake news on social media is being blamed for damaging

parents' faith in vaccines, according to england's chief medical officer. professor dame sally davies says online myths are behind a fall in children getting the jab for measles, mumps and rubella. speaking on the 30th anniversary of the introduction of the combined vaccine, she said it had saved millions of people around the world. that's a summary of the latest bbc news. here's some sport now with hugh. derby manager frank lampard was undone by a couple of unfortunate own goals in the efl cup last 16 tie against the team at which he became a club legend — chelsea. they lost 3—2 on the night. chelsea go through to the quarter finals, as do spurs who beat london rivals west ham 3—1, helped by a couple of goals from son heung—min. they'll face another big rival in arsenal in the last eight. they beat blackpool. hibernian manager neil lennon called the behaviour of fans in the edinburgh derby "disgraceful" after he was hit by an object thrown

from the crowd and the hearts goalkeeper was struck by a supporter and police scotland have arrested a man in connection with an assault on the asssistant referee. and cricket australia chairman david peever has resigned after a scathing review into the ball—tampering scandal labelled the body as "arrogant and controlling" and partly to blame for the incident in a test match against south africa in march. that's all the sport for now. serious and organised crime is costing the british economy £37 billion pounds, according to the national crime agency. today the security minister ben wallace is setting out what he says is a new strategy to target organised crime, targeting money laundering and criminals engaged in sexual exploitation and abuse. the government says activities of organised crime gangs affect more uk citizens than all other national security threats combined. ben wallace laid out the new plans a little earlier. the new strategy, that is about ruthlessly focusing on the sort of highest harms of organised crime is that we wanted not only go

after the individuals, we want to go after their money and their status that they have acured during this type of activity, and some of it is huge amount of money. and the best way to do that is to centralise through what we are going to call the national economic crime centre a whole group of the government's agencies — hmrc, the tax people, the national crime agency, the serious fraud office, and the city of london police, alongside some of the private sector to actually use all their expertise to set about the best way to disrupt or deny these people their money. and what we know is we get lots of intelligence around the country, we see lots of investigations, we have financial investigators up and down within regions, but it would be better directed based on a proper authorities and priorities of the harm that we face every day, and that is what we are trying to maximise, to make sure

that we really deny some of these people, both international crooks and local ones, their money. let's talk to peter kirkham, who spent over 20 years in the metropolitan police and served at every rank up to detective chief inspector, and former chief superintendent at the met police, dal babu. and joining us via webcam from central london is jason hungerford — he's a lawyer who specialises in tackling money laundering. welcome to all of you. the last big published by the years ago shows the cost 24 billion, now it is 37 billion a year and we are talking about child abuse, trafficking and drug dealing. what about the strategy to tackle it? do you welcome it? the cost of organised crime is massive and that is more than 50% increase five years. we have got to get into that serious organised crime. what we are talking about is the very pinnacle of a huge amount of crime. just like we have

with terrorism, it is find funding the counterterrorist officers, but without the ordinary policing below that, they cannot operate in a vacuum. we have got the same situation, we are talking about funding the pinnacle of serious organised crime, the national crime agency. all good stuff, money—laundering, seizing assets, excellent stuff, but it does nothing at all about the ordinary policing they desperately need below that as well. what do you think? the biggest challenge is neighbourhood policing, crime happens in neighbourhoods and it is solved in neighbourhoods and we have seen it decimated. some organisations like norfolk police are saying we are organisations like norfolk police are saying we are not going to have any more pch is os map. i find the strategy confusing. surprisingly, i agree with peter. we do not often agree. at strategic level it is all very well talking about money, i am not sure it is the new money, but it is all about basic level when you

have got police officers walking on the street. whether it is anti—social behaviour, terrorism, murder, what solves you crime is the people giving information and that has been reduced significantly. jason hungerford, how does money—laundering, one of the things pointed out that is a serious problem today, how does it work in the uk? right, well, first i would say i would applaud additional resources both on the ground, but also at the ability to get into the data that the private sector is providing. that is going to be the foundation for the development of the uk's anti—money—laundering and anti—organised crime efforts. the banks we represent are at the forefront of providing that data. they work quite hard to collect

information with respect to source of wealth, source of funds. that information is shared with the government. the banks and the corporate i worked with have a sense that whilst there is all the goodwill in the world, there is not the resize to take those funds and turnit the resize to take those funds and turn it into a real enforcement. as a criminal with a load of money simply plays it in a bank account? they could do or they could make an investment in a business.” they could do or they could make an investment in a business. i am trying to understand, jason, because ido trying to understand, jason, because i do not know how it works. when you say open a business, what do you mean? right, so we have criminal proceeds and the personal possession of those proceeds they may make an investment with those proceeds, hiding the source of the funds and they could be withdrawn in the form

of dividends. let's take a simple example. if i had illegal proceeds i might decide to buy a property through a shell company in london. i can then sell that property even for a loss and make off with the proceeds which then appear to be legitimate. it is simply the sale of a property. the source of those funds is shrouded in a series of financial transactions. understood. why is it, peter, it is so difficult to tackle organised crime? because they have got very highly skilled lawyers, accou nta nts they have got very highly skilled lawyers, accountants and other professionals who assist them basically. they will buy businesses or set basically. they will buy businesses orset up basically. they will buy businesses or set up businesses which are a front to launder proceeds. worried about modern slavery, there are quite a few nail bars that have been set up with people being used and the staff in there, but the accounts of that business, they feed in their

criminal proceeds into the business as if they had genuine business, but they have not. but the money that comes out as the proceeds of that business are laundered. have you cracked cases like this in your careers? we used in a regional crime squad, i was speaking to peter earlier on about it. they used to work together in a group before the national crime agency. give us an example. one team busted drug squad and the guys walked in with half £1 million worth of cash in a bag and thatis million worth of cash in a bag and that is going back decades. in a lot of ways what the national crime agency is doing is nothing new. i am not entirely sure what is new about this announcement. a few months ago we had this discussion about wealth orders where the government were able to identify individuals who had significant amounts of wealth, and they were talking about russian

oligarchs. what we need to go back to is the basics. it is all very well talking about it at the top level. ultimately it is about neighbourhood policing. that is where you solve crimes. that is where you solve crimes. that is where we continue to have massive reductions in please resources. 48 million is what the security minister is announcing this morning which will be invested in law enforcement capabilities in 2019—20, to specifically tackle illicit finance which will enhance, quote, the overall response to serious and organised crime. it is 2019, so it is not money being spent now. i am not sure what that statement means. what we really need is investment back into pleasing. i feel very sad when i speak to young officers now, they are running around... that is investment into pleasing. it is not street policing, the pleasing that people see. it is not the only area that needs to be invested in ulster

i work on the flying squad for five yea rs i work on the flying squad for five years dealing with organised crime and armed robberies at that time and i could not have done what i did without all the boys and girls out there doing street policing, finding stolen vehicles, noticing things going amiss, seeing what the suspects were up to when we were not behind them. i could not have done that with out them. that is still going on. it is not, it has been cut. but that kind of whose work is still going on. the other day i was walking along the street in central london with a friend of mine, a rabbi, a carcame london with a friend of mine, a rabbi, a car came along and it went very quickly and we had tojump rabbi, a car came along and it went very quickly and we had to jump out of the way. we had an altercation with the driver. a police officer came out. you had two offences, so if the car had carried on driving, you had common salt and... common

assault? if you are using a vehicle and you are driving it toward somebody it can be common assault. we spoke to a police officer and he said, you should not have been crossing at that point. they are so short of resources they are looking at avoiding and dealing with basic crime. if you speak to people the police are threadbare and we need those resources at that basic level. lam all those resources at that basic level. i am all in favour of better resources for the police. the uk has one of the best written and honest anti—money laundering regimes in the world and its financial institutions are quite good at submitting reports of suspicious activity, but the ability of the national crime agency to process those reporters in a meaningful way and to give the information to the police that they need to be able to track down these crimes is really limited. we would

all agree that resources for the piece is important, and also that ability to be able to deal with the information that is being fed to them every day by the banks is sorely needed as well. thank you all very much. how do you take the temperature of the ocean? it's not a riddle but a genuine challenge for climate scientists trying to measure the impact of rising co2 levels on the planet. traditionally scientists have used temperature gauges attached to buoys and boats. but a group of scientists has found a new method which can measure the amount of carbon dioxide and oxygen in the sea, giving them a far more accurate picture of the ocean termpatures. they've found the world has been seriously underestimating the amount of heat soaked up by the oceans over the past quarter of a century. their study suggests the seas have absorbed 60% more than previously thought, making it even harder to keep global

warming within safe levels. our reporter laura foster asked some of the great british public what they would be willing to do to mitigate climate change. joining me now on skype from paris is laurent bopp — he is one of the authors of that report. we're also joined by andrew meijers from the british antarctic survey — he studies the impact of temperature changes on the southern ocean. and with me in the studio is matt rooney — he is a research fellow at the institute of mechanical engineers — and researches energy technologies. welcome to libya. laurent, i want you to explain in lehman's terms to our audience why this is a big deal. it isa our audience why this is a big deal. it is a big deal, ocean heat uptake, the amount of heat taken up by the oceanis the amount of heat taken up by the ocean is a very iconic property of

climate change because the ocean is taking up more than 90% of the additional heat of the system because of an increase in greenhouse gases. we need to measure that property and it is very difficult. we need to compile millions of data from ships and automatic floats. we have lots of uncertainties with these computations. what we have in this study is a new and independent measure. if there is more heat in the ocean than we expected, which is what we are suggesting, what does that mean? it means the climate sensitivity of the earth, the amount of warming we get with a doubling of c02 is of warming we get with a doubling of co2 is more than we expected. especially the low range of this climate sensitivity is eliminated by our new data, so it will warm more. which is not good but at it is not

good. if we want to limit global warming to1.5 degrees, good. if we want to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees, as in the paris agreement, it means the path is narrower and we can eliminate less of this year to than expected. we need to do what? less emissions of c02. we need to do what? less emissions of co2. understood. andrew, how do you respond to this new research? this is a very interesting new line of research. our observations in the la st of research. our observations in the last ten years line very well with the work that laurent is describing. but he has taken that back further in time and it allows us to look with more accuracy at the rate of change of heat in the ocean and they are showing it is higher than previously observed. as laurent has said, this has big impact for climate sensitivity, suggesting that we can emit less c02 if we want to stay under1.5 we can emit less c02 if we want to stay under 1.5 degrees. and if we do

not, what happens to the planet? the oceans take up 90% of the heat and most of that heat goes in and around antarctica. we are quite concerned that we do not understand how this may change in the future at the british antarctic survey. we have change in climate and the wind and the way the oceans move around and we are worried the increase in the heatin we are worried the increase in the heat in the ocean they stack to limit its ability to take more, which means the extra heat from c02 will stay in the atmosphere resulting in a much more rapid change of atmospheric temperatures. it is something we are quite concerned about, the ocean uptake of heatin concerned about, the ocean uptake of heat in the future. warmer oceans than before means what for fish stocks and coral reefs? the sea level will increase because warmer water expands and it also raises the rate of melting of the ice caps. it

can severely impact ecosystems such as the barrier reef which is very sensitive to temperature change. associated with the heat going into the ocean is c02 and that can make the ocean is c02 and that can make the ocean is c02 and that can make the ocean more acidic and that can strongly impact the food. the oceans are an important part of the global climate system and changes in temperature can make significant impact on our society. matt, where do you come in? this shows the urgency to reduce carbon emissions in the recent intergovernmental panel on climate change top about negative emissions and how technology can go further and faster and the government has recently top about net zero, which means you will need to emit less carbon dioxide, but also suck carbon dioxide from the air. there are various ways to do this and the simplest is planting trees. but you can also use bio

energy with carbon capture and storage. if you plant trees and use the route from those trees in a power station and capture the greenhouse gases and pump them underground, over you get net zero, so underground, over you get net zero, so you underground, over you get net zero, so you are underground, over you get net zero, so you are sucking carbon dioxide out of the air. that works to ca ptu re out of the air. that works to capture it and public underground? it has worked on a small scale so far, so we know it works, but we think it will stay there indefinitely and it is thought of as one of the key technologies to reduce carbon emissions and get to net zero. the warning in the research today is it is so vast, i can imaginea research today is it is so vast, i can imagine a lot of people thinking there is nothing i can do about that. maybe i can plant a tree. what else can we do? we can do various things like eat less meat, travel less, and also we are encouraging people to get involved and we have a campaign to encourage people to become engineers in order to fight climate change. in order to come up

with new technology and ideas and innovation? exactly, solar wind, carbon capture and storage. laurent, the facts speak for themselves. you said it is not good and yet not enough people are changing their behaviour, not enough governments are taking it seriously quickly enough and urgently enough, would you agree? i completely agree, but one message from the last report, the1.5 one message from the last report, the 1.5 degrees target, one of the important messages is the fact that every half a degree counts. there is nothing like 2 degrees and then after that nothing happens. everything from now is very important for the future, every small step from everybody from the government to the people would count. that is an important message. some people are still sceptical. i have got some messages here. if co2

is so dangerous, then why are they using nuclear fuel to is so dangerous, then why are they using nuclearfuel to burn more lignite and brown coal which is 36% of energy production. some people do not believe what laurent is saying today or what the climate scientists said the other week. it is hard to refute the scientific fact that have been put forward and the various ipcc reporters leading up to the la st ipcc reporters leading up to the last assessment report and the 1.5 degrees report. government responses are separate from scientific facts. sometimes they are not as enthusiastic as we might hope. this report extends back our observations of ocean warming and it adds a completely independent method which basically confirms what we have been saying for the last ten or so years based on direct observations from ships. it is adding more lines of

evidence to suggest this warming is real and the threat to the global ecosystem and our society is something that needs to be addressed. as you say, what can we as people and individuals do? it is putting pressure on various governments to have stronger industrial level responses. that is the main thing we can do. thank you all very much. thank you for your time. thank you for your many m essa g es time. thank you for your many messages today about the issue of whether those who make a complaint of rape to the police should actually be asked to hand over their mobile phone and laptop or whatever for the police to download any potential digital evidence. you are really split on this. james makes this point, he is an ex—police worker, women are victims of rape by men on a daily basis and only one in 14 guilty men gets convicted. that

is fact, not fiction. ruth has said, even information after an alleged rape cannot be taken at face value. if someone goes home with someone and the people they were with know that and text them, someone who has been raped may well text they have had a good time because they are not able to say what happened to them. during sex one party can ask the other people to stop, if they do not, that is rape. an anonymous reader, i absolutely agree with the information being taken. our son was accused of rape and wanted to end a relationship because the girl was cheating and we believe that was the reason why she decided to accuse him. the police failed to disclose there were messages on my son's phone begging him to forgive herfor cheating and saying how much she loved him and it was the best relationship she ever had. it was

one month before her accusations and statement. they had asked for her telephone, but they were told she had dropped it down the toilet. from next monday, this programme will begin at 10 o' clock on bbc two and the bbc news channel. we will of course continue to bring you the stories that affect you and your lives, stories and issues you don't see reported anywhere else, exclusive interviews and of course definiely continue getting your experiences on air every day. suicide and murder, that is what i had in mind for many years. track bottoms on and it was a sexual assault on the pitch two or three times. do not be too disheartened if it does not happen because it happens to all of us and we will get there. i think. happens to all of us and we will get there. ithink. i promise.”

happens to all of us and we will get there. ithink. i promise. iam really sorry that you have, and have had breast cancer. i am really sorry obviously, but i am also really glad that you took the message from the programme and you checked your cells, which is what we wanted. two people are stabbed in a queue for food, please blocked us from getting near the scene. they say it isjust a phase. people say it means that i ama a phase. people say it means that i am a slut. it happens all day, every day. they cannot wrap their heads around the fact that i want to do thisjob, it is my choice, i enjoy thisjob, it is my choice, i enjoy this work and i would not be doing it ifi this work and i would not be doing it if i did not want to. my kids stop me, thinking of my kids being

on their own without me.” stop me, thinking of my kids being on their own without me. i cannot even sleep properly. three hours a night if i am lucky now.” even sleep properly. three hours a night if i am lucky now. i thought having children were somehow going to make my life complete and ijust felt like screaming. actually it is not all it is cracked up to be. we have got women now who are educated, they came out of world war ii and we did a man's job they came out of world war ii and we did a man'sjob and we are not going back to being domestic servants, not any longer, no way, jose. i love that woman. just some of the hundreds of stories we have done so far this year. ten o'clock on monday morning, be there or else. i will do something, i don't know what!

good morning. we may have started off with a lot of cloud and outbreaks of ring, but things are improving as that rain clears away to the east. there is some sunshine coming through. this is the scene at the moment in port talbot. sunny spells developing across wales and northern ireland western areas of england and scotland and northern ireland. across eastern areas of england the process of getting brighter will be much slower and in parts of east anglia it may stay cloudy and wept for much of the day. maximum temperature is 13. this evening and overnight the rain clears away from east anglia and the south—east. clear skies to take us into friday morning. a few showers

in coastal areas in the north—west, but for most of us it is a cold night and there will be a frost into friday. a clear and crisp start to the day. it will be dried for all of us the day. it will be dried for all of us and temperatures getting up to about 12. you're watching bbc newsroom live. it's11am, and these are the main stories this morning: a bigger threat than terrorism — the government announces a new strategy to combat serious and organised crime. we have seen an increase in the amount of violent crime, and that's partly driven by organised crime. and what we're trying to do is increase these arrests, and that's why this strategy today is so important. specialist doctors in the uk can

prescribe medicinal cannabis to some patients for the first time from today. google staff around the world plan a series of walk—outs in protest at the company's treatment of women. the world has seriously underestimated the amount of heat soaked up by our oceans over the past 25 years, researchers say. and, for the first time, scientists have used high—resolution satellite images to count and identify species of whales from space.