hello, it's tuesday, it's ten o'clock, i'm victoria derbyshire. the uk's highest ranking police officer contradicts the prime minister and says there is a link between violent you're watching bbc news at nine crime and falling police numbers. with me, annita mcveigh. the headlines... we've been given exclusive access to nottinghamshire police's knife crime unit, where officers are dealing with on average least two stabbings a day. britain's top police officer says my son is my everything, for me. there is a link between violent i miss my son. crime and cuts in police numbers, i'm crying every day. 24/7, i cry. appearing to contradict theresa may. it comes as police say they're making progress in the fight in one night i had six stabbings, against knife crime — but a former home office minister and that was in a 12 hour period, from seven till seven. calls on the the government so it's certainly increased a lot. to treat it with the same urgency as terrorism. this is also something which is a national crisis, a national emergency. a former home office minister tells the jewish labour mp dame margaret hodge expresses fresh us exclusively that knife crime should be treated like terrorism. concerns about how her party is handling accusations of anti—semitism. for a child to witness violence in their home is traumatic, and the impact can last for years. now there's a call for these children to get priority for school what is so awful about this is that jeremy always proclaims zero—tolerance of anti—semitism.

when it comes to the actual cases, if they are his mates, he doesn't demonstrate zero—tolerance. a british man is the second person to become clear of hiv after a stem cell transplant — he received the bone marrow stem cells almost three years ago. a crisis in confidence in canada's prime minister, justin trudeau, with the resignation of a second cabinet minister following a corruption scandal. rescuers fly in to help search for two climbers missing on the world's ninth highest mountain as hopes fade for briton tom ballard and his italian climbing partner. the first cervical screening advertising campaign in england is launched, as the numbers of women attending tests hits a 20—year low. good morning and welcome

to the bbc news at nine. the most senior police officer in britain, cressida dick, says there's a link between violent crime and cuts in police numbers — appearing to contradict the prime minister, who has suggested there's no correlation between cuts and certain crimes. it comes after two 17—year—olds were killed in separate incidents in london and greater manchester. cressida dick, who's the metropolitan police commissioner, made her comments on lbc this morning. i think if you went back in history you would see examples of one police officer numbers have gone down and cry and has not necessarily risen at the same rate in the same way, but i think what we all agree on is that in the last few years, police officer numbers have gone down a lot, there have been lots of cuts

and other public services, more demand for policing, and therefore there must be something. you agree that the prime minister is wrong, there is a link? i agree that there isa link there is a link? i agree that there is a link between violent crimes on the street and police officer numbers, i think everybody would see that. i asked to get more money and more officers and was given a small amount, this year i have been given more. i am amount, this year i have been given more. iam recruiting amount, this year i have been given more. i am recruiting 3000 officers this year. it will take awhile to get them in, trained and experienced, but i absolutely agree and, again, had said, we must have more officers on the streets of london. she must reverse her policy. i don't want to talk about the prime minister. the home secretary has enabled people like my mayor in london to increase funding to the police latterly, and, indeed, has increased in some respects funding to the police in the last few months. i am able to use that money

to recruit 3000 officers this year. about 1500 of those are completely new posts for me. but it does not ta ke new posts for me. but it does not take me back up to the numbers in 2013 slot 14. take me back up to the numbers in 2013 slot14. -- take me back up to the numbers in 2013 slot 14. -- 201314. let's speak to our reporter noel phillips, who is outside the home office. there appears to be a contradiction between what the prime minister and the head of the knight are saying, but are they making progress in tackling knife crime? —— the head of the met are saying. there is a call on the home office to do more to tackle the problem. the home office is in charge of national security and policing matters. there is immense pressure on home secretary sajid javid to do more to stop the violence on the streets. tomorrow he will need 43 police chief constable is from across the uk to discuss ways to try to contain the problem.

labourmp ways to try to contain the problem. labour mp vernon coaker, a former policing minister, spent some time in the home office under gordon brown's premiership. he wants knife crime treated with the same agency as terrorist attacks. he says cobra needs to meet, the government's emergency committee which meets in the wake of national disasters or threats to national security, he says it is absolutely vital that we get a says it is absolutely vital that we geta grip says it is absolutely vital that we get a grip on this problem and a response from central government is then deployed across the country to tackle the menace that is knife crime. knife crime is notjust a problem confined to london, i have been outside the capital in nottingham, where six people were fatally stabbed between 2017 and 2018. nottinghamshire police have the only dedicated task for the dealing with knife crime outside of the metropolitan police, their officers are spending jn, day out,

responding to two to three incidents per day, removing deadly weapons of the streets. siren wails. so the officer stopped the vehicle, and straightaway they notice there's a hammer in the vehicle. these specialist officers are responding to reports of a man with a deadly weapon. the bbc has been given exclusive access to nottinghamshire police's knife crime unit, the only force outside of london with a dedicated knife crime task. do you understand why you've been stopped? why you've been arrested? stop and search is seen as one of the most intrusive policing powers, but its officers insist it is essential in the fight against violent crime. so this is what you recovered from the car? yes, this was just down by the driver's seat, within arm's reach of the driver. he claims it is a tool from his tool box. nearly 900 incidents involving knives were recorded in nottinghamshire last year. compared to 794 the previous 12 months. the chief constable says gangs are taking children beyond nottinghamshire's borders to rural areas to spread violence, referred to as county lines.

i think what we've seen, particularly of recent times, is we've recovered children from outside nottinghamshire who were born and bred in nottingham, and certainly they've been used as part of a wider criminal network to go and ply their trade of selling drugs elsewhere. we see probably about a third of that group of people who are certainly touched by either knife crime, violent crime or county lines. home office figures show a little 43 forces, nottinghamshire police saw the seventh highest number of knife crime offences per head of population between april 2017 to march 2018. at nottingham's queens medical hospital, one of the biggest trauma centres in the uk, doctors are seeing at least one person a week with severe knife injuries. nearly every day, certainly every other day, we are having someone come in who's been the victim of knife violence and is seriously

injured and need a procedure of one sort or another in this hospital, they need to stay in this hospital so we can get them better. last year medics at this hospital resuscitated 28 children with serious knife wounds, a 50% increase compared to the previous year. the maximum i have ever seen, in one night i had six stabbings, and that was in a 12 hour period, from seven till seven. so it's certainly increasing a lot. you know, people say this, people say that, but it was a 14—year—old boy. in this park in nottinghamshire is a memorial for the teenager jayden moodie, who was stabbed to death in east london four months ago. it's a crime that has left his local mp demanding action from the government to treat knife crime with the same urgency as terrorism. if a terrorist incident occurs, of course we should deal with that really seriously. but this is also something which is a national crisis, a national emergency. although nottinghamshire police's knife crime unit is barely two years

old, its chief constable says the forces already turning the tide when it comes to tackling violent crime. i am absolutely committed to attacking this issue, you know, with all the means that we've got. the home office tell us knife crime is claiming too many young lives and devastating communities. noel phillips, bbc news, nottinghamshire. a man in london is the second person to become clear of hiv after a stem cell transplant. doctors said the man — known only as the london patient — received bone marrow stem cells almost three years ago from a donor with a rare genetic mutation that resists hiv infection. they say he has shown no sign of the virus in more than eighteen months. let's now speak to our health correspondent michelle roberts. tell us more about this patient, what we know about the treatment he received? these are really unusual

cases, but the fact we now had two shows they are not a one off, which scientists are really excited about. both of these patients had cancer that needed treating, that was the primary thing the doctors were looking at, they had to do a sta nsell looking at, they had to do a stansell transplant, give them chemotherapy and radiotherapy to get rid of their own bone marrow and give an donated stem cells, very early blood cells. but the ones that we re early blood cells. but the ones that were donated were resistant to hiv, so the virus could not enter into the cells that it would normally infect, which has effectively given these patients this clearance of hiv that they had before. this clearly could not be done with every person who has hiv? we have really good drugs at the moment battery to hiv and people on them can lead a really normal life, there

is no suggestion that this would replace that at this stage. what scientists are looking at is whether they can learn from these cases, do some gene therapy to take advantage of this natural immunity that a few people have. it is not widespread, it is quite rare that people have this gene that stops hiv getting into cells, but if we can use it as a tool, it would be great. why are doctors talking about this patient being cleared rather than cured?m you do not have detectable levels of hiv in your blood, that is what you are after to keep a patient healthy. you planet secured, we are very careful about that, hiv can hide in the body. the hope is it will not come back and because these patients any problems, but you do not know for sure that it is completely eliminated. provides really interesting, michelle roberts, thank you. mps will try to find a way to secure legally—binding changes to theresa may's brexit deal —

in the hope it will be approved in parliament next week. brexit secretary stephen barclay and attorney general geoffrey cox will meet eu officials in brussels in search of guarantees over the backstop plan to avoid border checks in ireland. mps will vote on the deal by the 12th of march. labour mp dame margaret hodge has expressed fresh concerns about how her party is handling accusations of anti—semitism. she's written tojeremy corbyn, claiming she was misled over assurances his office wasn't involved in disciplinary procedures. labour has dismissed her claims as categorically untrue. 0ur assistant political editor norman smith is at westminster for us now. good morning. just remind our viewers, jeremy corbyn and, indeed,

his office, is supposed to have nothing to do with these investigations into anti—semitism all, indeed, other potentially disciplinary matters. it is a system of checks and balances, but margaret hodge has concerns? it has always been the case that labour has insisted that mr corbyn has been entirely independent and separate to the disciplinary process, it has nothing to do with him. dame margaret beckett net with mr corbyn last week, which she says he repeatedly assured her that was the case that he had nothing to do with the process. since then she has now said she has received e—mails suggesting those close to mr corbyn, his inner circle, have sought to lower the punishments meted out to some of those involved in alleged anti—semitism. 0f some of those involved in alleged anti—semitism. of course, this comes, as we know, there is still rumbling unease in the party over its handling of anti—semitism, with attem pts its handling of anti—semitism, with atte m pts to its handling of anti—semitism, with attempts to try to dose things down by appointing charlie falconer, lord

falconer, to take up a new role overseeing both allegations. dame margaret is raising a question over lord falconer‘s position, suggesting he is not truly independent because he is not truly independent because he has been appointed by the labour party and will be accountable to mr corbyn, and she also suggests that when she was temporarily suspended from the labour party for calling jeremy corbyn an anti—semite, lord falconer, to use herface, bombarded her with phone calls to try to falsehood to apologise. in effect, she raises serious questions about the role of jeremy she raises serious questions about the role ofjeremy corbyn and the leader's office in handling the anti—semitism allegations, and this is what she said on the today programme this morning. what is so awful about this is that jeremy always proclaims zero—tolerance of anti—semitism. when it comes to the actual cases, if they are his mates, he doesn't demonstrate zero—tolerance. and the other thing, he claims no political interference in...

in these cases. there is. i've never seen so much evidence, there is definitely political interference. —— i have now seen much evidence. so trust in him has gone and, actually, misleading me, or himself being misled, really undermines my trust for him. it is worth stressing that lords faulkner said he was shocked by the claims from dame margaret and insisted that when he contacted her it was an attempt to bring the two sides together. that said, i know there are other labourjewish mps equally uneasy about lord falconer taking over because, as i say, they believe he would not be truly independent and their fear is that you could have a rerun of the chakrabarti you could have a rerun of the chakra barti reports, you could have a rerun of the chakrabarti reports, wherejeremy‘s —— where baroness chakrabarti was brought in to investigate alleged anti—semitism, and many concluded

her report was a whitewash. provides the handling of anti—semitism for labour continues to be a massive issue for the party, alongside brexit, a dominant issue, i think it is fairto brexit, a dominant issue, i think it is fair to say. are there any signs that the party will satisfactorily find a way through this? mr corbyn's tea m find a way through this? mr corbyn's team would say they have tried to be as open as they can in that they are suggesting this new post of surveillance commissioner, which lord falconer has been asked to take up, to oversee the whole process, is designed to bolster confidence. lord falconer is not a jeremy corbyn acolyte, he is tony blair's old flatmate and close colleague. he has been told if he takes up the postie can have access to all the e—mails and correspondence, both past and present, that he wants, he can ask to speak to current former labour party staff. if any have signed

nondisclosure agreements they will be put to one side. the intention is he should produce a report pretty quickly, probably in time for may's nec. i'm sure mr corbyn's office would say we are trying to address that. all of which said, there is huge anxiety and angst, so much so i am told thejewish labour movement will consider whether they should disability from the labour party. the jewish labour movement disability from the labour party. thejewish labour movement have been allied to the labour party forjust over 100 years, but it points to the disenchantment and alienation of manyjewish members of the labour party from the current membership. thank you very much, northern smith at westminster. the headlines on bbc news... britain top police officer has said

there is a link between violent crime and falling police numbers , appearing to contradict the prime minister. the jewish labour mp dame margaret hodge has accused members ofjeremy corbyn's inner circle of interfering in the outcome of anti—semitism cases to reduce the sanction imposed. a british man has become the second person to become clear of hiv after a stem cell transplant — he received the bone marrow stem cells almost three years ago. in sport, spurs play in the champions leaked tonight, heading to the rosia dortmund with a three—goal lead from the first leg. mauricio pochettino says they needed more time to prepare. england face japan tonight in the shebelieves cup in florida, if they win it would be a first trophy for the women's team. coverage on bbc four from first trophy for the women's team. coverage on bbc fourfrom 10pm. coverage on bbc fourfrom10pm. ronnie 0'sullivan has reached the quarterfinals of the players, beating barry hawkins 6—4 in preston yesterday. more on all those stories in around 30 minutes.

thank you, sally. military helicopters have reported no sightings in the search for the british mountaineer, tom ballard and his contact with the pair was lost last sunday after they had reached a height of more than 20,000 feet on nanga parbat. search efforts had been delayed by bad weather and the ongoing hostilities with neighbouring india. let's speak to richard galpin, who's in islamabad. hello, richard, what is the latest news you are hearing from the search operation? a girl —— news you are hearing from the search operation? a girl -- there is another search and rescue operation under way as we speak, a team of climbers on 30 china to reach can three, almost at an attitude of 6000 metres. —— at an altitude of. if they make it they will start

searching for any trace of tom ballard and daniele nardi. 0bviously they will also be using drones, as we have heard over the past few days, 13 has a number of drones with then and obviously they would be very useful in the search. —— the tea m very useful in the search. —— the team has a number of drones. when they were brought in by helicopter yesterday to nanga parbat, the helicopter then carried out a reconnaissance with some of the team on board, they went up to about 7000 metres and could not see any sign of the two men during the reconnaissance. 0bviously the two men during the reconnaissance. obviously it can be more precise and effective with the tea m more precise and effective with the team on the ground in the area. more precise and effective with the team on the ground in the aream the area in their favour at least? -- is the area in their favour at least? —— is the weather in the area in their favour? yes, it is much, much better. we are hearing that it is also warm, which makes the risk of

avalanches in the area very, very high. the route by which tom ballard and daniele nardi had been following isa and daniele nardi had been following is a very difficult route anyway and it seems to be very prone to avalanche, but now it seems to be a much higher risk for the rescue team. nobody wants to give up hope that the two can be found alive, but obviously the chances of finding them alive are diminishing by the hour. thank you, richard galpin in islamabad. disabled pensioners will no longer face repeat assessments to continue to get benefits. the change will affect 270,000 people who currently receive personal independence payments. the work and pensions secretary amber rudd will also announce later today that the government will increase its target of getting a million more disabled people into work by 2027.

a canadian cabinet minister has resigned, the second to do so over a high—level corruption scandal. jane philpott — the head of canada's treasury board — said she had lost confidence in the prime minister, justin trudeau's handling of a criminal case involving one of canada's biggest engineering and construction companies. mr trudeau has insisted that his conduct is lawful. ramzan karmali has more. it's probably prime minister trudeau's biggest political crisis since he took office in 2015. the snc—lavalin affair has now seen three high—profile departures from government. treasury board president jane philpott became the latest to step down. while i am disappointed, i understand her decision to step down. mr trudeau struggled to give his reaction to the news at an event in toronto. in democracies, you get people with a wide range of perspectives and voices, and we need to leave room for as many of them as possible. i think that's an important piece of it. so i want to thankjane... cheering.

in her resignation letter, jane philpott wrote, a minister must always be prepared to defend other ministers publicly. i must speak in support of the government and its policies. she goes on to say, sadly, i have lost confidence in how the government has dealt with this matter and in how it has responded to the issues raised. the snc—lavalin affair centres around the quebec—based engineering firm which faces fraud and corruption charges in relation to $36 million in bribes it's alleged to have offered to libyan officials between 2001 and 2011. philpott‘s resignation comes less than a month after former attorney generaljody wilson—raybould resigned from the cabinet amid allegations that the prime minister's offers inappropriately pressured her to stop a criminal prosecution against snc—lavalin. for a period of approximately four months between september and december of 2018, i experienced a consistent and sustained effort by many people within the government to seek to politically interfere

in the exercise of prosecutorial discretion in my role as the attorney general of canada, in an inappropriate effort to secure a deferred prosecution agreement with snc—lavalin. shortly after this departure, one of trudeau closest aides, gerald butz, also resigned, denying any wrongdoing. mr trudeau has maintained that any discussions he has had with miss wilson—raybould were lawful, and that his government was concerned that thousands ofjobs in quebec were at stake if the company went to trial. with elections coming up in october, prime minister trudeau and members of his liberal party know that often when they win in quebec, they win a majority of seats in parliament, but when they lose, they lose badly. let's take a look at some of the other main stories on bbc news this hour. the national people s congress —

china s annual session of parliament — is under way in beijing with the country s premier predicting slower growth this year, and announcing improvements for foreign companies to access the chinese market in an apparent attempt to ease trade tensions with the united states. president trump has announced that he plans to end a programme allowing billions of dollars worth of imports from india to enter the united states duty free. mr trump said his decision was in response to high tariffs imposed by india on us goods. the president said he would also end turkey's preferential trade treatment. a court in tokyo has granted bail to the former nissan executive carlos ghosn pron, who's been detained for more than three months. bail was set at one—billion—yen which is almost nine million dollars. the former head of the renault—nissan—mitsubishi alliance was arrested injapan on suspicion of financial misconduct. he denies any wrongdoing. the high street department store debenhams has made an unscheduled statement to the city

warning that it is no longer likely to make anticipated profits. it said a statement made injanuary that it was due to deliver profits this year in line with market expectations was no longer valid. let's speak to our business correspondent dominic 0'connell. dominic, is debenhams saying what the level of shortfall in these anticipated profits is? if you are a public company like debenhams, normally analysts have a general consensus of what they would expect the profits to be and the company says yes or no, if it is comfortable or not. it was £8 million for debenhams, they are no longer confident in that consensus around the company and they are not saying what it will be, they will have to wait until later. so not putting a figure on it at all and warning that it is likely to be a good deal lower because of the trading conditions and the costs around a financial

restructuring expected later this year. has never says that making the city and anyone connected to debenhams? it has had a string of profit warnings and the shares have collapsed, but the much bigger picture is what is the future of debenhams? —— picture is what is the future of debenhams? -- how nervous is that making? you make with the company is talking to lenders about a big financial structure, one thing could be debt for equity, shareholders get wiped out and lenders take control, like if you can't afford your mortgage payments you have to hand the keys to your house back to the bank. but debenhams' shares are only worth £36 million in total. it is more likely to be a company

volu nta ry more likely to be a company voluntary arrangement, a form of insolvency where the country leaves behind some of its own financial liabilities like pensions and long—term building leases, restru ctu res long—term building leases, restructu res completely long—term building leases, restru ctu res com pletely a nd long—term building leases, restructures completely and emerges out of the other side, as debenhams would help, a much more profitable company, but it has to leave liabilities behind. a quick thought on carlos ghosn, the former nissan executive have been granted bail. a huge story? he has beenin granted bail. a huge story? he has been injail since granted bail. a huge story? he has been in jail since november and granted bail. a huge story? he has been injail since november and it shines a light on the very different criminal process in japan shines a light on the very different criminal process injapan where people often stay in prison until the trial comes. carlos ghosn has agreed to be under video surveillance in order to get out. from a business point of view, renault and nissan, the two car—makers he brought together and run in essence as one in a big alliance, they have always said the alliance, they have always said the alliance will survive the carlos ghosn affair. but it has, that nissan had been leaning on the japanese government to say, look, we must distance ourselves from renault, they had too much say. so the future of the big alliance, which a lot of people thought was

the future for the car industry, car—makers coming together, make no dissolve, and carlos ghosn is the focus of that. in a moment the weather but first let's here's victoria derbyshire with what she's got coming up in her programme at ten. an exclusive report for nottinghamshire knife crime task. the only force outside of london to have a dedicated knife crime unit. screening for cervical cancer are at their lowest rate for 20 years. is it time to rename the smear test? public health england say the name is putting some people off. what do you think it should be called? now it's time for a look at the weather. we can cross the newsroom to matt taylor. a lovely, sunny start to shrove tuesday. plenty of showers for northern ireland, central and southern scotland and northern

england into this afternoon. the far north in scotland will mostly stay dry with sunshine, for england wales, the sunshine tends hazy and by mid—afternoon, south—west england and south wales turn increasingly wet. 13 degrees in the south, six in the north. mild air comes in as the rain spreads more widely. a bit of snow over the higher ground byjohn, frost on the far north of scotland, which starts tomorrow with a bit of sunshine. a cloudy start to wednesday for most and wit and windy. —— wet and windy. heavy showers will push through on the strong breeze, but temperatures could hit 15 celsius in eastern england. hello, this is bbc news. the headlines. britain top police officer has said there is a link between violent crime and falling police numbers —

appearing to contradict the prime minister. the jewish labour mp dame margaret hodge has accused members ofjeremy corbyn's inner circle of interfering in the outcome of anti—semitism cases to reduce the sanction imposed. a british man has become the second person to become clear of hiv after a stem cell transplant — he received the bone marrow stem cells almost three years ago. rescuers have flown in to help search for two climbers missing on the world's ninth highest mountain, as hopes fade for briton tom ballard and his italian climbing partner. time now for the morning briefing where we bring you up to speed on the stories people are watching, reading and sharing. the senior labour mp dame margaret hodge has claimed members ofjeremy corbyn's "inner circle" interfered in assessing

allegations of anti—semitism. she has written to the labour leader accusing him of misleading her "or himself being misled" about the extent of involvement of those in his office. labour has said any suggestion that the leader's office overturned recommendations on individual cases was categorically untrue. dame margaret told nick robinson on the today programme on bbc radio 4 that documents reported on by the observer newspaper contradicted what mr corbyn had told her when she met him last week. we discussed how the complaints were handled and he gave me absolute, copper— bottomed undertakings that there was no interference in the complaints process by his inner circle, by his top team. what we then discover from the observer on sunday, and i have seen further e—mails, is that a whole number of his top team, notjust one, lots of them, are involved in decisions around

individual complaints. what they do is they interfere and lower the sanction so people aren't suspended, they are just given a warning letter. what is so awful is jeremy always proclaims zero tolerance of anti—semitism. when it comes to the actual cases, if they are his mates, he does not demonstrate zero tolerance. the other thing, he claims no political interference in these cases. there is. i have now seen so much evidence. there is definitely political interference. so trust in him has gone. and misleading me or himself being misled is really undermining my trust for him. the labour leader's office is clear about this, they say this is an old system that was exposed in the observer. yes, some advisers were involved

in giving advice but they could not overrule, they weren't involved in the investigation, and besides, all this has changed. there is a new system, a new general secretary of the labour party, a new determination to root it out. are you saying that you have evidence that isn't true? i have got evidence that under the new general secretary of the labour party, those very close to jeremy corbin, his inner circle, were involved in discussing cases of terrible anti—semitic abuse, and in lowering how those people were dealt with. one case, the two key cases around defending, people who defended the grotesque and clearly anti—semitic mural. one said... to be clear, this is the mural, jeremy corbyn apologised for the fact he showed on facebook, a classic anti—semitic image ofjewish bankers, in a global conspiracy. this gives listeners an idea. one of these cases, the individual against whom the complaint was made,

said, actually, ithink it is a great mural. no way should it be painted over, it should be preserved. the officials dealing with that in the complaints unit suggested that person be suspended. that was overruled by those very close to jeremy corbyn, in his office. two women die from cervical cancer every day in england, but it's a figure that could be drastically reduced through regular screening. a new campaign has been launched today to encourage more women to go for tests that can detect and stop cancer before it starts. bbc breakfast spoke to professorjulia verne from public health england, the body running the campaign, and to isha webber, who benefitted from screening. professor verne explained why the campaign was avoiding using the term "smear test". one of the main reasons is the term "smear" doesn't sound very pleasant, it derives from, well,

currently, you take cells from the cervix and smear them on a glass slide. in the future, the test will change. it has been piloted in bristol. it will be a two—stage test, testing for the hpv virus, if that is positive, you test the cells. that is why we are changing the terminology. we are saying, cervical screening saves lives, the cervical screening test saves lives. one of those lives potentially saved is yours. yes. you had one test, then went back for your second, tell us what happened ? i went back for my second test last year, for my 28th birthday. unfortunately, the test came back with abnormal cells. that meant that it was found early on, so you had further procedures. these are precancerous cells. they were mild to moderate. within the recommended time, i was seen. did you have any symptoms at the time?

nothing at all? no symptoms at all. it was a routine check—in with my practice nurse and she said you are due for your smear test. this is a key example of why screening is important. if you have this type of cancer, there can be no symptoms. there can be no symptoms, the common symptoms are bleeding, between periods, on intercourse. however, the programme is aiming to detect precancerous changes and prevent cancer developing which is what happened with isha. how worried are you the numbers of people going for screening is dropping? really worried. about a quarter of women, particularly young women, are not attending for their cervical screening test. if everybody attended, we can prevent 83% of all deaths. that is huge. this is a preventable cancer. there cervical screening test aims to prevent cancer and detect any

early changes which can be easily treated. which is why isha is sitting on the sofa today. what would encourage more women to go through the same process you went through? more information about what the test entails, that the medical professional is there to support you, make you comfortable. it is part of looking after your health in the long term even if you might not have pressing symptoms at present. and if you would like more information on that campaign with its message cervical screening saves lives, public health england has tweeted this, this morning. they say that their research suggests that once they have been screened, the vast majority of women feel positive about the experience. and we will be talking to an obstetrician and gynaecologist about this story in a few minutes. a quick look at what you are reading and looking at. that quote from dame

margaret hodge, saying you misled me, the accusation against the labour leader about the extent she claims of involvement of either him or members of his office, in dealing with claims of inappropriate behaviour. she says either she has been misled by him, or he has been misled himself, the labour leader's office denies those accusations. and, uk mind free of hiv with new stem cells, we were talking about that story earlier. looking down the list, lots of interesting stuff. 0ne interesting stuff. one that i want to draw your attention to is that children giving out fake parking tickets to polluting parents, in greater manchester. the idea came from a head teacher at a primary school,

that children were coming to the school with asthma, and he decided to send out these children, giving these fake parking tickets to pa rents these fake parking tickets to parents who sit with their engines idling. and for parking badly. the children are loving taking charge of this. a really positive campaign. well done to them. that is it. that's it for today's morning briefing. sport now. and for a full round—up, from the bbc sport centre, here's sally nugent. tottenham manager mauricio pochettino says the fa and premier league should do more to help english clubs in europe. they're in germany tonight to face borussia dortmund, carrying a 3—0 lead from the first leg at wembley. but pochettino is unhappy with the lack of preparation time for european matches. it's impossible in this

type of game, last 16. how important is the game, that one team has 24 hours more than another to prepare for the game? i think it's massive. we need help from the fa. we need help from the premier league. you can hear live commentary of borussia dortmund against against tottenham on bbc radio 5 live. coverage starts at seven o'clock with kick off at 8pm. defending champions real madrid play ajax in their second leg this evening. real are 2—1 up after winning the first leg in holland. it will be interesting to see if gareth bale starts at the bernabeu after his agent said his treatment by the club's fans towards him had been "a disgrace" and that they should be "kissing his feet" due to his achievements for them. bale was jeered when subbed during real‘s defeat to barcelona at the weekend.

sheffield united missed the chance to move into the championship's automatic promotion places, after they drew 0—0 with sheffield wednesday. play was briefly stopped early on when a bottle and a coin were thrown at united's jack 0'connell. there weren't many chances, but wednesday's sam hutchinson might have won it in the second half, only to fire straight at the goalkeeper. holders celtic will face their old firm rivals rangers or aberdeen in the scottish cup semifinals. partick thistle are also still in it after making a spirited comeback to force a replay with hearts. christie elliot equalising for the side who are bottom of scotland's second tier. england's women could make history tonight and win their first ever trophy. phil neville's side take onjapan in tampa, knowing that a win would see them lift the she believes cup. it would be the perfect preparation ahead of this summer's world cup and neville wants his players

to thrive under the pressure. when it gets the moments like this and you're in touching distance of a trophy, if the manager starts changing his beliefs, then, that's the wrong message to my players. this is a game that we have to win, this is a game that we want to win, and it's a game of football that i want us to enjoy. and i want us to enjoy it with the team i have picked, and i think i've picked the best team possible to win the shebelieves cup. you can watch how england get on this evening in tampa. there's live coverage on bbc fourfrom 10 o'clock. it's also available via the bbc sport website, app and connected tv. let's have a look at some of this morning's back pages. the telegraph — "united in tug of war for £100 million teenager." and to welsh rugby clubs that might be merging. —— two.

the sun — bale exclusive, "0ut of your league", and "rom row with pog". and gordon banks 0be. a formula e race on the streets of london will be held in 2020. the race will take place around the london docklands and the excel centre. the london e—prix was previously held in 2015 and 2016, when battersea park provided the stage for back—to—back season finales. 0rganisers were then forced to find an alternative location after protesters argued the event caused disruption and harmed the environment in a green space area. ronnie 0'sullivan is through to the quarterfinals of the players championship. the five—time world champion was made to work for the win against barry hawkins, eventually coming through by six frames to four in preston. he'll face eitherjohn higgins

or mark selby in the last eight, and he decided to put on an australian accent in his post—match interviews. i just feel totally positive. when you talk aussie, the aussies are just winners, mate. you have to love a winner. i'm going to try and talk like a winner, like the aussies. get the ashes won, mate. let's have a look at what stories have been a big hit online over the last few hours. this is from borussia dortmund ahead of the champions league game tonight. that is the yellow wall that will face spurs. and following on from the sun back page speculating about a row between romelu lukaku and paul pogba, this is what lukaku tweeted just a short time ago pouring scorn on that story. interesting. that's all the sport for now.

more from the bbc sport centre at 11.15. the headlines on bbc news. britain's top police officer has said there is a link between violent crime and falling police numbers — appearing to contradict the prime minister. the jewish labour mp dame margaret hodge has accused members ofjeremy corbyn's inner circle of interfering in the outcome of anti—semitism cases to reduce the sanction imposed. a british man has become the second person to become clear of hiv after a stem cell transplant, he received the bone marrow stem cells almost three years ago. let's return to our main story, and the most senior police officer in britain, cressida dick, saying there's a link between violent crime and cuts in police numbers, which appears to contradict the prime minister. she's been speaking this morning, let's hear what she had to say.

the events in london and nationally have been absolutely ghastly. when i became commissioner, i made it clear violent crime on our streets was my priority. it remains so. my officers are working night and day to try to prevent knife crime in particular, and they will continue to do so. clearly, now is the time for all of us, the public, in our communities across london, across the country, politicians, to say, what else can be done to prevent young people getting involved in knife crime. i would like to say something about the horrible murder of —— on friday night. my officers are working incredibly hard. they will do everything they can to bring the perpetrators to justice. we need help. we have already had calls from the public, but anybody

in that area on friday evening, please get in touch, give us information, share your webcams or videos. someone out there and those who committed that crime. certainly the person who did it and the present with them and maybe somebody else as well. i would appeal to anybody to search their consciences and come forward and tell us who did this. danny shawjoins me. the correlation between police numbers and violent crime, to what extent is there a contradiction between what cressida dick has been saying, and the prime minister? when you look closely at what the premise —— said yesterday and what cressida dick has been saying today, there isn't actually a contradiction. what the prime minister said was there is no direct correlation between certain crimes and police numbers are no direct

correlation. what cressida dick said todayis correlation. what cressida dick said today is there is some link between violent crime on the streets, and police numbers. now, that is two different things. some might say we are splitting hairs. what the prime minister said does give her some wiggle room. a typical politician's answer. you might say that. she is saying, you can't say in this area police numbers fell by 500 and there has been an increase in violent crime by 10%, they are directly related. she is not denying, the prime minister, that there is no link or no connection at all. that is not what she is saying. some people could paint those comments as directly opposed to each other. i do not think they are strictly speaking. but clearly, as part of a broader

debate, the government does not want to talk about violent crime being linked to police numbers at all, because they were responsible for cutting police budgets which lead to 21,000 fewer police officers over eight years. and clearly, if they then come out and say there is a link between police numbers falling, and violent crime rising, then, they are admitting in essence their policies were responsible. good to get your assessment on that, thank you. children whose families have had to move because of domestic violence should have priority in school places, according to charities working with victims. the report says half—a—million children in the uk have been exposed to such abuse. but there are warnings that when families are moved to a safe address they can struggle to get their children into another school. here s our education correspondent sean coughlan.

after the trauma of escaping domestic violence, families often have to rebuild their lives in a new location, which in the short term might be a refuge or shelter. but the report says when families arrive in a new area, they need more help to get their children into school. in the way that children in care given priority. it is incredibly important that children have access to education. on average, a child who is fleeing a domestic abuse situation would probably move anywhere between three to four times within 18 months, and that would mean changing schools the same amount of times, and if it takes anything over four weeks to get a place in school, you could find that a child could be out of school for 12 months, and that is a huge impact on their education. the charities want the government to make a huge addition to their domestic abuse bill, so that the priority to give the children school places will be given legal status. there are financial costs. this is what the report says. domestic violence costs £1.4 billion a year in extra costs for health, education, and the police. the department for education says it is reviewing support

for children in need and is considering changes to admission rules so that families in refuges have access to a new school place as quickly as possible. the number of women in england attending cervical screening sessions has fallen to a 20—year low, with the rates also declining in scotland and wales. for the first time, there will be a national advertising campaign for screening, to highlight how the simple test can prevent cancer. and the term "smear test" is being dropped. the disease claims nearly 700 lives a year. let's now speak to dr anita mitra — an nhs obstetrics and gynaecology doctor. good to have you with us. to what extent is rebranding the phrase, smear test, will change attitudes and encourage women to go for the test? it is important. first, the term

smear test sounds unappealing, it sounds uncomfortable. we need women to be empowered with the right information to go for the test. to understand it is the best way to prevent cervical cancer and it is purely just checking for abnormalities, it does not look at your ovaries, it is not a screen of sti diseases. empowering women, you say. it seems illogical because women are feeling more empowered than ever. illogical they would decide not to go for this test. what has been putting them off? women are much more health savvy. it isa women are much more health savvy. it is a lack of understanding and embarrassment, people are embarrassed to talk about going for a smear test, the idea of getting undressed, something i see in my practice. i want to say we are

health care professionals used to dealing with these examinations. we do not feel embarrassed. we can do lots to make people feel more co mforta ble lots to make people feel more comfortable during the test. and important to remind women if this test picks up abnormal cells, these can be treated quite easily and prevent them getting cancer. that is the point of the test, to prevent cancer. people will refer to it as the cervical cancer test, but we are picking up abnormal cells to prevent them turning into something serious in future. i was reading an online story, quoting one cancer charity, they discovered in their survey women would put their gym appointment or waxing appointment ahead of going for a smear test. is there an element of people burying their heads in the sand? that is why we need to reinforce the

importance of why we need to do it. people need that reminder, you have to look after your health for the long term. people are interested in the short term but this may benefit you in years to come. in your surgery, are you seeing the trend we mentioned, rates are falling to a 20 year low. how will you measure whether this campaign has an impact? we need to look at the rates of people attending in the future. i will be looking for an increase in understanding from patients. thank you very much. the victoria derbyshire programme is coming up at10am. the victoria derbyshire programme is coming up at 10am. we will be looking throughout the day at this story and the other health story we have been telling you about, british patient who has been declared clear

of hiv, following a stem cell transplant. the patient had been receiving treatment for cancer as well. the stem cells appear to have killed off the infection. doctors are emphasising they are talking about the patient being clear of hiv rather than cured. another interesting health story we will be looking at today. and keeping an eye on politics. brexit developments and that story involving dame margaret hodge. now, it's time for a look at the weather with simon king. a rather chilly start. temperatures got below freezing in the north—east of scotland. many of us starting with some sunshine. there will be some cloud and rain in the forecast and some hill snow. fairly clear skies at the moment across the uk.

this area of cloud is developing in the south west, low pressure currently developing. through today, it will move northwards, this weather front will bring some rain for the end of the day. for many of us, it is dry and bright. that cloud will increase in the south—west, brain putting in at lunchtime. further north, still some rain for the north—east of scotland. north—western scotland should remain dry this afternoon with sunny spells. wintry showers across the grampians this afternoon. sunny spells in northern ireland compared to this morning. showers in northumberland, durham and cumbria. northern england, midlands, south east england, dry for the day with sunshine. that cloud and rain will continue to push northwards this

evening. the wind will increase especially across wales and the south—west. the far north of scotla nd south—west. the far north of scotland remained dry with clear spells, but turning chili. elsewhere, temperatures up to 9 degrees. that low pressure is still with us on wednesday. staying and settled for many of us. some rain and hill snow across scotland, northern ireland. england and wales, quite a few showers through the day. sunny spells in between. temperatures for england and wales, up to 15. scotla nd england and wales, up to 15. scotland and northern ireland, a cooler day with highs of eight celsius. 0n celsius. on thursday, a drier day, still a view showers, wintry over higher ground. a northerly wind. temperatures for england and wales dropping down by a few degrees. friday, a chilly start, some frost,

but sunshine. the weekend will be fairly unsettled, rain in the forecast, temperatures up to nine celsius. goodbye.