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what we, the british menopause society, aspire to is that every gp practice has somebody with a special interest. it might not be a gp, actually, it might be a nurse practitioner. that's the aspiration. right now, a campaign to make menopause matter is gaining support online, calling on the government to make training a compulsory part of gp education. he made me feel quite ashamed for having gone to ask for his help. we are trying to solve the productivity puzzle. as we wait for the latest figures we are at a factory and bolton where they say that working faster but also happier is key. and in sport, britain's johanna konta will play american sloane stephens in the italian open second round after a straight—sets win over her compatriot alison riske. good morning from the roof of broadcasting house in london, where the sinners beating down. it has been a chilly start to the day, but most of us will have sunny and warm
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one. more inefficient in minutes. —— more in15 one. more inefficient in minutes. —— more in 15 minutes. the head of the national crime agency wants her budget doubled to deal with what she describes as the staggering threat posed by organised gangs across the uk. then owen says that without the extra investment of nearly 3 billion p. extra investment of nearly 3 billion p, members of the public would feel the consequences. a home affairs correspondent danny shaw has more. jailed last month, zain qaiser was behind a sophisticated online scan investigated by the national crime agency. the 24—year—old used his computer programming skills to blackmail pornography website users out of hundreds thousands of pounds. the case highlights the increasing
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complexity of serious and organised crime and is why the nca is calling for more staff and expertise to counter the threat. according to the agency's latest assessment of the problem, there are now 181,000 offenders linked to serious and organised crime. the main areas include drug dealing, human trafficking and sexual exploitation. the nca says £2.7 billion investment is needed over three years to fund more undercover surveillance operations and financial investigators. the net cost to the state, to just the uk of organised crime, is £37 billion. i mean, that's a lot of money we're talking about and they're looking at a £3 billion increase so roughly £700 million a year. that £700 million a year would increase their effectiveness greatly. last year, the home office published a strategy to tackle serious and organised crime. in response to the latest demand for extra money, the department says it is continuing to invest in the right capabilities and law enforcement tools. danny shaw, bbc news.
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and in the next he minutes we will be speaking to the head of national crime agency. whatsapp says it has found and fixed a major security flaw which has allowed hackers to install security, surveillance of five. a select number of people were targeted and users are being urged to update theirapp, as users are being urged to update their app, as dave lee explains. human rights organisations say this is the attack they always feared it was possible, a flaw that meant attackers could plant surveillance software without the target needing to do anything. whatsapp has said it found a problem around ten days ago and, over the course of this month, has been notifying human rights groups, journalists and us law enforcement. the attack was said to have been developed by the ns0 group, an israel—based security company known for creating ways to hack into the most popular devices and systems and selling those tools onto governments and intelligence agencies. in a statement, the ns0 group
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said its products were about helping countries fight crime and terrorism. the firm said it played no part in determining who was targeted. but this week, groups led by amnesty international are calling on the israeli military to revoke the nso's license to sell its products overseas, citing what it described as mounting evidence that tools were being used for human rights abuses. whatsapp has urged all of its users to update their apps as a precaution, but this is a cyber attack noteworthy not because of how many people were affected but because of who those people may have been. the prime minister's chief brexit negotiator, olly robbins, is going to brussels today to discuss how changes might be made to the so—called political declaration on future relations between the uk and the european union. back in westminster, the prime minister theresa may is coming under increasing pressure from within her own party not to strike a brexit deal with labour. our political correspondent ben wright can tell us more. ben, what is olly robbins hoping to achieve in brussels if we are no
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closer to a brexit deal at home? the political declaration is the non—binding brief bit of the brexit deal sketching out the future relationship between the uk and the eu, and labour want to see changes made to that, the big one being a customs union included. olly robbins is going to brussels to see if that could potentially be done. the eu has always said the political declaration could be rewritten, it is no big deal, so i think this shows that talks between the government and labour are ongoing, but in reality i think they are in real difficulty. there was a very tetchy meeting between labour leader jeremy corbyn and labour mps last night, his party worried that labour is being damaged at the polls because it is in talks with the government over brexit. theresa may is under massive pressure from tory mps to abandon the talks as well, she has been warned in a letter signed by 13 former cabinet members and sir graham brady, a very senior
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tory backbencher, that if she gives grant to labour on a customs union and concedes to labour's demand for another referendum, she could destroy and split the conservative party. so jeremy corbyn and theresa may under pressure to give up on these talks which have been going on for around six weeks. thank you. the change uk mp anna soubry says british politics is in need of a huge clean—up after divisions caused by brexit. the former conservative, who has been targeted for her pro—remain views, told bbc breakfast she now lives with regular abuse. isn't it a sad indictment of what has happened in politics in this country that i can sit here and say, "hey, i haven't had a death threat for about three weeks now." i am absolutely determined, along with others, to say that this is not the norm, it is not acceptable and to continue to make the case that we have got to change the whole atmosphere and attitude in britain to the way that we do politics and, if you like, have that huge clean—up
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that is absolutely so necessary. inequalities in pay and opportunities in the uk are becoming so extreme they are threatening democracy, according to the institute for fiscal studies. the think tank says that while high earners are enjoying run—away incomes there are rises in what it calls "deaths of despair" among the poorest. our consumer affairs correspondent colletta smith reports. inequality is a big problem in the uk. in fact, we've got the highest income inequality of any developed country, except for the united states. the starting point for this investigation are some big differences that lots of us feel on a daily basis. children from single—parent families are more likely to come from a lower income bracket. the gender pay gap gets even bigger after a woman has given birth. and men from the richest areas of the country live on average 10 years longer than those from the poorest areas of the country, and that's a gap that's getting even bigger.
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james and bethany each have a postgraduate degree but they've struggled to make ends meet their family. they say that's because some of the people they are competing against for work have more money behind them to start with. we are competing with an elite and to compete with that elite, you could, you can do it but for me, as a parent, i didn't feel comfortable being sort of us being separated, even though we were a couple, and then working all hours. bethany has decided not to work at the moment because they can't afford to pay for childcare if she does. the institute for fiscal studies say that failing to tackle inequality not only damages our economy, but our democracy too. colletta smith, bbc news. a jury in california has awarded more than £2 billion to a couple who say the world's most widely—used weedkiller, roundup, was responsible for their cancer. the german pharmaceutical company
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bayer bought monsanto, the makers of roundup, last year. it's the third time bayer has been ordered to pay damages over the product. the company is appealing the decision. a new state—of—the—art treatment centre for military personnel is opening its doors for the first time today. the defence medical rehabilitation centre, at stanford hall near loughborough, aims to help members of the armed forces get back to work following serious injury. our correspondent phil mackie is there for us this morning. is this the new headley court? is that the plan? people have seen films and documentaries about headley court, everything has been moved here to this state—of—the—art facility. this the prosthetics room, we were in one of the gems previously, this is where people come who have lost lower limbs to test out new prosthetics and learn how to use them. i am joined by an occupational
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therapist here. we have the stairs and the ramp, you would use these for people testing prosthetics? i don't work with the prosthetics but we definitely would. we are trying to get people back into their everyday life. for many people, one of the first hurdles can be getting up the stairs. you used to work in the nhs as an occupational therapist often with older people, a very different task here? having a younger population, people who want to get back into work, running, exercise or mountain biking. it was not what i did before. it is great to work with people who are really motivated to get back to everyday, normal things. it is not just it is notjust the physical therapy. it is the mental therapy as well? yes, when you have an injury or are not able to work, it really impacts your moods, there is a lot of adjustment. we think about the physical side and the mental health as well, supporting people to get
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back to normal life and how things have changed. thank you so much. they do a really importantjob here. when it is open fully they will be coping with up to 250 patients a week. at the moment around 200 are using this facility. this is the new headley court and it will become just as well—known over the next few years, no doubt. an amazing facility, thank you, phil mackie. they are violent, technologically—advanced, and they out—number britain's regular army by two—to—one. that's the chilling assessment of serious and organised criminals in the uk, by the head of the national crime agency. lynne owens says she needs an extra three—billion—pounds to fight the tide of organised crime, or member of the public will start to "feel the consequences". she joins us now to tell us more. good morning, thank you so much forjoining us. £3 billion is a huge amount of money, how would you justify that? today we're launching our
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annual national strategic assessment where we talk about the —— the changing nature of serious and organised crime. it is chronic and corrosive, it faces children in their bedrooms being targeted by paedophiles, it targets communities to violence, drugs, firearms, and targets those in their homes using cyber and potentially being subject to fraud. so to go forward into the future as a whole system we will need from local policing to the national crime agency an additional £2.7 billion. is it costed? where exactly would this money be going? it is absolutely costed. it is work we have done jointly with policing, looking at what we need in local police forces, regionally and nationally. there are some things we already do we currently only have one year funding from, some response to child abuse and illicit finance,
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but there are new capabilities, some of them covert like surveillance and undercover, some of them new technological capabilities needed to respond to the changing nature of the threats, encryption and the extended use of things like dark web technology. you talked about the changing nature. what has changed, in your view? i think there are a number of changes. serious and organised criminals used to be networked in what vehicle organised crime groups, phrases people know because of things like line of duty. but because of technology they don't always need to join groups now, sometimes they can be enabled through technology, just talking online. technology, dark web and encryption are two significant and big changes. we see a change because of the geographic spread, including internationally, so much of the crime is generated overseas and then brought to uk shores. lastly, things like virtual currencies, bitcoin, need new capabilities so we can track them so that people cannot make crime pay.
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he had been director—general of the national crime agency for some time, explain if you would how it has got so out of hand? we do this assessment every year, we build on it each year. it is notjust our assessment, we take information from law enforcement partners, the intelligence agencies, private and voluntary sectors and many others. this is not a new document but it is the most comprehensive we have yet produced. we are seeing a change because of technology moving as quickly as they do, dark web is one of the examples of that. you said the money is not made available, if that occurs, the public will feel the consequences, what do you mean? ifi if i could take a couple of areas.
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looking at child sexual abuse, there are 2.88 million users on the worst dark web sites, we believe at least, probably more, 5% of those are based in the uk. we need to proactively target those individuals to protect children the uk and abroad. similarly, fraud in the uk went up by 12% from april to september last year, and if you speak to many fraud victims in this country they would say the response from law enforcement is not as good as it needs to be, so the role of the national economic crime centre as we build it and building financial investigation skills across all of the law enforcement, is critical. you claim organised crime kills more people than terrorism, war and natural disasters combined. is that really what you think? is it realistic? if you just look at drugs deaths alone, we are in the thousands.
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lynne owens, director—general of the national crime agency, thank you. let us know what you think about that. there are lots of topics you are contacting us about this morning and probably the main one is still using the hashtag #bbcmenopause. that is ever series this week. we are calling it wake up to menopause, and you have been heavily involved. yesterday louise chatted with naga, carol and sally. i think this is still available on the iplayer. you have not spoken to anybody at work about it. and i have realised that i have not spoken to my family about it much. i have been on a personal journey with this for three years. i have been looking at that, been honest about how it has affected me and i have looked up at different alternatives, we are trying to answer questions about it, find out what is available and how you can get help. dr rosemary leonard will be
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joining us, she has been a guest on breakfast for many years, she will be with us. and louise had spoken to us and we had spoken to your daughter about what has been going on in yourfamily. it has been a big eye—openerfor me, and also for you, carol? absolutely right. we learnt so much that none of us knew. the weather is a completely different subject, it is a beautiful start in london. it has been chilly for many, temperatures will rise quickly. 21.2 celsius was the top temperature yesterday, it could be higher today. that temperature was in edinburgh and are buying. for the next three days, mostly dry weather, sunny and particularly warm for some others for this stage in may. high pressure is firmly in charge. we have some cloud in the west, high cloud. that will turn the sunshine hazy in the west at times. for most of us it
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will be dry and sunny, with blue skies and some fair weather cloud. we have an onshore breeze coming from the north sea, temperatures will be pegged back a touch. it will be quite breezy across the english channel and adjacent coastlines, an easterly breeze, so feeling chilly. we have a south—westerly or southerly wind in the west, not as cold. top temperature is likely to be in northern scotland, between about 22 and 23 degrees, widely between 17 and 21, and the mid—teens in the north sea coastline. under clear skies, temperatures will fall away. we are looking at about six to 8 degrees in towns and cities and we could see patchy mist and fog. the breeze in the english channel will ease. any mist and fog forming tomorrow will burn away quite quickly and we are looking at another sunny, dry day. through the afternoon we could see more clouds coming in across northern england
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and southern scotland, we might see a shower. it is an isolated chance but it is there, and temperatures in northern scotland could hit 2a degrees tomorrow, we are looking at 17 to about 22 widely, but with a more noticeable breeze from the north sea it will feel cooler. thursday, more cloud later in the day across the northern half of the country, you could see a shower in the north—west. another dry and sunny day for the uk. temperature coming down just a touch with more of a noticeable breeze. it looks like we could see some rain from the north sea on friday. it looks really lovely there. and it was a beautiful sunrise this morning. thank you for all your emails
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on the menopause today. juvan sitz i'm 55, isolate female doctor with. .. good morning from bbc news at nine, apologies for the late start, we have had problems with our regular studio so have moved to a different studio. whatsapp urges users to update the messaging service after hackers remotely install surveillance software on some mobile phones facebook, which owns the company, says the attack targeted a select number of people. users are being urged to update their app, as our north america technology reporter dave lee explains. human rights organisations say this is the attack they always
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feared it was possible, a flaw that meant attackers could plant surveillance software without the target needing to do anything. whatsapp has said it found a problem around ten days ago and, over the course of this month, has been notifying human rights groups, journalists and us law enforcement. the attack was said to have been developed by the ns0 group, an israel—based security company known for creating ways to hack into the most popular devices and systems and selling those tools onto governments and intelligence agencies. in a statement, the ns0 group said its products were about helping countries fight crime and terrorism. the firm said it played no part in determining who was targeted. but this week, groups led by amnesty international are calling on the israeli military to revoke the nso's license to sell its products overseas, citing what it described as mounting evidence that tools were being used for human rights abuses. whatsapp has urged all of its users to update their apps as a precaution, but this is a cyber attack noteworthy not because of how many people were affected
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but because of who those people may have been. joining me now is dr daniel dresner, lecturer in information and cyber security and governance at the university of manchester. thank you very much for your patience as we battled to run technical difficulties. how was the security flaw used? the phones, we call them phones, they are small hand—held computers, and computers are designed, as alan turing intended, to obey instructions. so if you put an instruction in it hit has to have a very good reason not to abate it. the attackers took advantage of that. this was not a phishing attack as we would know it, not individuals clicking on a dubious link, they accessed the
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phones without any of that?“ dubious link, they accessed the phones without any of that? if you wa nt to phones without any of that? if you want to call it clever, that is the clever pa rt. most want to call it clever, that is the clever part. most attacks need that permission, a bit like a vampire coming across the doorstep needs to be invited in. this took advantage ofa be invited in. this took advantage of a flaw which was there which meant they did not need that permission and it needed to be triggered by the phone call. and whatsapp is known for being pretty hot on security,, so what does this mean in terms of reputation? all of these things that offer a security, and whatsapp is famous for it and will tell you clearly that even they cannot get to your messages, the way of getting to people is not through the actual main application itself, it is to take control of the device, and that is what these attackers have been allowed to do. so what do
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we as whatsapp users need to do to make sure our devices are secure? for anything, make sure you have the options switched on that take the updates and the corrective software which are manufacturers and app providers send out. if the keep an eye on 80 will probably notice you're getting maybe ten or 20 updates a week, which might be a bit of inconvenience while it slows things down, but this is the cost we have to pay for security. we will get probably a few new features, some of those things will be hidden corrections which have entered the softwa re corrections which have entered the software which might not necessarily be the direct result of the manufacture of the app that has been taken down, but the fact it interacts differently because something else has been updated, something else has been updated, something in the android, the apple 01’ something in the android, the apple or how it reacts with something
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else. covers keeping devices secure is all the more important based on your answer to this next question,, which is due you expect more of these types of attacks where we as phone and device users do not need to interact with our phone in some way for the attack to happen? the more apps we want to download, including the fact we will probably keep on a lot of old stuff which is not being updated and therefore people a channel in, we need to get into the habit of clearing out all the old stuff that we no longer use 01’ the old stuff that we no longer use or perhaps being strict and saying this software is no longer being updated, we would call it computational devices, from your phones, to your laptops, to your apple max, the whole bed. thank you
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so apple max, the whole bed. thank you so much. the prime minister's chief brexit negotiator, olly robbins, is going to brussels to discuss how changes might be made to the political declaration — a document which sets out the future relationship between the eu and the uk. back in westminster, theresa may is coming under increasing pressure from within her own party. 13 senior conservatives have written to the prime minister, warning her not to strike a compromise deal with labour over brexit. norman smith is in westminster. jeremy corbyn is getting similar warnings from mps and his party not to strike a deal with the prime minister, so does that mean ollie robinson is on a theoretical mission to make inquiries about the future relationship? we were told ollie robinson does not have any meetings in brussels with commission
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officials today, so plenty of time for light tourism, but i suspect it points to the fact that whatever mr robinson gets up to in brussels will probably not change things very much. in westminster the talks basically seem deadlocked, in part because both groups of backbenchers are adamantly opposed to any deal being made and i would suggest that makes the prospect of a deal close to zero. jeremy corbyn last night got a hard time from any of his remain and client mps, fearful the prospect of talks would haemorrhage votes in remain seats from labour supporters and we know that 13 former cabinet ministers have written to mrs may saying don't even think about some sort of customs union deal with labour because it will split the party. and also warning that if she did a deal that would not stick, it would only be temporary because sooner they knew tories are claiming they could rewrite it, if mr corbyn reads that
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it will confirm that there is no point making a deal with mrs may at the moment because her own survival is in question, and you wonder if the ground is shifting in the cabinet against continuing with these talks. andrea leadsom left home this morning, she was asked if she supported the talks going on and she supported the talks going on and she did not answer. we have the local elections are couple of weeks ago, and i totally get the message, we had to get on with brexit and deliver it. whatever that takes, we have to deliver brexiter urgently. this so we are expecting this cabinet potentially to be a moment of decision. i say that with some hesitation because frankly, we have been offered moments of decision so many times and nothing has actually happened. however, it seems today that ministers will have to decide whether to carry on with these dogs with a view to having a fourth go at getting this may's deal through the commons ahead of the european
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elections —— mike carry on with these talks. that is known as the withdrawal agreement bill, the legislation to implement mrs may's deal, so the thinking is they will have to decide whether they are going to do that today and, if they don't, they will also have to form a view about whether instead they will have to go for a series of indicative votes, or what are now being called definitive votes, to give mpsa being called definitive votes, to give mps a list of options in the hope that they will settle on something. so maybe, maybe, maybe, we get some firm decisions out of cabinet today. so a moment of decision, perhaps. what about a moment of departure? any more pressure on theresa may today to namea pressure on theresa may today to name a date when she will go? the next key moment of pleasure for mrs may i suspect is going to come on thursday. —— of pressure. the problem with the cabinet is many of them frankly have a vested interest in mrs may staying on, because those, if you like, who are on the
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remain side of the debate don't want her to go now because they fear it will pave the way for an out and out brexiteer, in other words boris johnson or some similar character to ta ke johnson or some similar character to take over, so the remain wing of the cabinet clinging on to mrs may, saying don't go now! so the next moment of real pressure on mrs may i suspect will come on thursday, when she addresses the executive of the 1922 committee and they will say we wa nt 1922 committee and they will say we want you to tell us when you are going, we want a date. the sides are at the moment promises made that she is not going to because she fears if she does that, that will make the chances of her getting a deal through even less because people will just hang on through even less because people willjust hang on to that date and wait for her to go, but be in no doubt, there will be huge pressure from members of the executive promises made to be an awful lot clearer about when she is going to go on thursday. norman, thank you very much. during the campaign for the european parliament elections, we're going to be interviewing all the main uk parties
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here on the bbc news channel. and we want you to send us your questions. this afternoon at 5:30pm, we'll have nigel farage of the brexit party, and on friday, chuka umunna from change uk. you can email us at askthis@bbc.co.uk, text us on 611211, or use social media with the hashtag #bbcaskthis. the think tank is releasing what it thinks is the widest gap in inequality. colette smith reports. inequality. colette smith reports. inequality is a big problem in the uk, we have the highest income
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inequality of any country except the united states. the starting point for this investigation as to be differences that lots of us feel on a daily basis. children from single—parent families are likely to come from a lower income bracket but the gender pay gap gets even bigger after a woman has given birth and men from the richest areas of the country live on average ten years longer than those from the poorest areas of the country, and that is a gap that is getting even bigger. james and bethany each have a postgraduate degree but they've struggled to make ends meet their family. they say that's because some of the people they are competing against for work have more money behind them to start with. we are competing with an elite and to compete with that elite, you could, you can do it but for me, as a parent, i didn't feel comfortable being sort of us being separated, even though we were a couple, and then working all hours.
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bethany has decided not to work at the moment because they can't afford to pay for childcare if she does. the institute for fiscal studies say that failing to tackle inequality not only damages our economy, but our democracy too. colletta smith, bbc news. the headlines on bbc news: whatsapp urges users to update the messaging service after hackers remotely install surveillance software on some mobile phones a warning that inequalities in pay and opportunity in the uk are becoming so extreme they threaten economic prosperity and democracy. pressure mounts on theresa may to abandon brexit talks with labour — as her brexit negotiator heads to brussels to explore changes to future eu relations.
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more details have emerged about the man who died after appearing on thejeremy kyle show. he's reported to be steve dymond, who was in his 60s. it's believed he took his own life a week after the programme was filmed. itv has taken the programme off air indefinitely. joining me via webcam is jo hemmings. she's a behavioural psychologist and used to work on the trisha show, dealing with guests who would come on the programme. thank you very much forjoining us today. what was the duty of care when you are working on the macro to show for guests who appeared on it? fairly informal, i would say. —— on the trisha show. it was a quick chat to make sure they felt comfortable about going on and an equally quick chat, perhaps five minutes, when they came off before they were taken back to their homes. so it was never a case of you perhaps owing to producers, look, i don't think this guest is in a fit state psychologically to appear on live
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television or unrecorded television? duty of care back in those days, and we are going back about 17 years, was really totally in its infancy and so really all that happened at that point was almost like a psychological meet and greet and then a psychological farewell, psychological meet and greet and then a psychologicalfarewell, so there was no opportunity in those few minutes that you met them to assess anything other than perhaps a bit of nerves or anxiety, which is to be expected in anybody about to go on tv. and as far as you are aware, has that changed in the intervening years? massively changed. i mean, forthe intervening years? massively changed. i mean, for the production companies that i work for, it is taken extremely seriously now, they are taken extremely seriously now, they a re really taken extremely seriously now, they are really robust psychological assessments that involve written tests a nd assessments that involve written tests and evaluations, speaking to somebody on the phone or face—to—face and a full report is given to those production companies, either saying they can go ahead,
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marking some red flags if there are concerns or a report saying, no, i think that person is too vulnerable for whatever reason to go ahead on tv. nonetheless, if there have been improvements in the care of these guests appearing on this type of show, if you look at love island, what has happened there, if you look at this latest incident involving thejeremy at this latest incident involving the jeremy kyle at this latest incident involving thejeremy kyle show, is it a time to ta ke thejeremy kyle show, is it a time to take a step back and ask whether this type of show should be on air at all? i think it is a time to put some recommendations, even regulations, in place. ithink some recommendations, even regulations, in place. i think the thing to understand is that there is no obligation to psych assess anybody over the age of 18 for any show. so the people that do it to do because they want to do it and care about the welfare of their participants. so on the one hand, some are extraordinarily robust and on the other, people don't bother to
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do it at all or do it in a flimsy and shallow way. so rather than get rid of reality tv shows, what i think we need to do is implement a recognisable industry standard appropriate for each genre and type of show, whether it is live or pre—recorded, or whatever it is, that make sure every individual has an effective psych assessment before they go on. so a recognisable industry standard, you say, potentially enforceable in law? would you go that far? absolutely enforcea ble would you go that far? absolutely enforceable in law. i think that is eventually where we must go with this. at the moment, it would be nice to see a set of regulations, guidelines, that help broadcasters to know what they should be doing and certainly not let them do nothing at all, because they are not legally obliged to do so. thank you very much for your time today. a new state—of—the—art treatment centre for military personnel is opening its doors for the first time today. the defence medical rehabilitation centre, at stanford hall near loughborough,
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aims to help members of the armed forces get back to work following serious injury. our correspondent phil mackie is there for us this morning. how busy are they going to be there? yes, it is beautiful weather, gorgeous setting as well here just outside loughborough and a wonderful new facility for the nation. it was gifted to the nation by the duke of westminster, thanks to a massive personal grant and it means that service men and women who have suffered injuries or perhaps been wounded in battle will get absolute state—of—the—art treatment to help them get back to work. now, i have got with me wing commander chris barrett, the second in command here. why did you have to move from headley court, why did you have to move? with the ageing infrastructure of headley court, what was delivered there, the fantastic output we all
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know and love, was achieved despite the infrastructure and because of the infrastructure and because of the good work of the people working there at the time and what we have here and there is a fantastic opportunity to demonstrate that we are really investing in our people, we have an opportunity to demonstrate that we are looking after our patients and it meets the needs of both the current patience and also into the future for many years to come. when people think of headley court, they think of people wounded seriously, often losing limbs in iraq or afghanistan, but it is not just about limbs in iraq or afghanistan, but it is notjust about people who have suffered major physical trauma, it is other injuries, too. that component still exists but without us component still exists but without us being in a majorwar component still exists but without us being in a major war fighting role at the moment, there is a requirement to keep our current troops still fighting, so this facility provides an opportunity to invest in those people so that we can return them to active service where possible or, indeed, empower them to take ownership of their injury so they can transition out into civilian life is a fully functioning member of society. only people would you typically look at it here in any given week? we look
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up it here in any given week? we look up to 225 people in any given week, a mixture of complex trauma patients, neurological patients and also patients who come here at three weeks at a time for an inpatient stay and receive treatment from a variety of clinical specialist. so people with long—term injuries? absolutely, they normally have quite complex injuries and hence they come to this facility and the mission statement for stanford hall is consultant led rehabilitation to invest in the moral and physical components of fighting power, so that means we invest in those individuals and return them to active service as much as possible. we talked about it being state—of—the—art, what is so special about this facility compared to what you had at headley court? headley court delivered what it did this by the infrastructure. this is a purpose—built the infrastructure. this is a purpose— built facility that the infrastructure. this is a purpose—built facility that delivers what we did at headley court but enables us to do it in a much easier way, which means we can take the lessons we learned at headley court and perhaps do something better and achieve even more for the future. thank you very much and we have been here this morning, i have seen the gym, here this morning, i have seen the gym , seen here this morning, i have seen the gym, seen where the prosthetics are
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fitted and tested so people who have lost limbs can work out and we can see some even more high—tech equipment in the next couple of hours. anita, just in case you are interested in what happened to headley court, it is up for sale, 25 million and it is yours. thank you very much, good luck to everyone there with the work they are doing. the head of the national crime agency wants her budget doubled to deal with what she describes as the staggering threat posed by organised gangs across the uk. lynne owens says that without the extra investment of nearly £3 billion, members of the public would feel the consequences. our home affairs correspondent, danny shaw, reports. jailed last month, zain qaiser was behind a sophisticated online scan investigated by the national crime agency. the 24—year—old used his computer programming skills to blackmail pornography website users out of hundreds thousands of pounds. of hundreds of thousands of pounds.
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the case highlights the increasing complexity of serious and organised crime and is why the nca is calling for more staff and expertise to counter the threat. according to the agency's latest assessment of the problem, there are now 181,000 offenders linked to serious and organised crime. the main areas include drug dealing, human trafficking and sexual exploitation. the nca says £2.7 billion investment is needed over three years to fund more undercover surveillance operations and financial investigators. the net cost to the state, to just the uk of organised crime, is £37 billion. i mean, that's a lot of money we're talking about and they're looking at a £3 billion increase so roughly £700 million a year. that £700 million a year would increase their effectiveness greatly. last year, the home office published a strategy to tackle serious and organised crime. in response to the latest demand for extra money,
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the department says it is continuing to invest in the right capabilities and law enforcement tools. danny shaw, bbc news. figuresjust coming in in figures just coming in in the last few minutes show that unemployment fell by 65,000 to 1.3 million in the three months to march, according to the office of national statistics. andy verity is with me, tell us more about these figures, the headlines and the details behind the headlines. ten or 20 years ago, you would never expect to hear and i'm employment rate of 3.8% and it keeps going down to low and lower rates —— make unemployment rate. one reason is the economy, despite its relative slowdown, continues to generate jobs and the other reason is you are having a larger and larger working population, so the larger the pool of people that it is a fraction of
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come be smaller, even though it is still 1.3 million people who could have work and would like work but don't have it. but what is really remarkable is we see the employment rate, the number of people the country employs, the number ofjobs in the economy, keep on growing. it is at itsjoint in the economy, keep on growing. it is at its joint highest and you start to ask, that all sounds great but how do you reconcile it with the rest of the stuff i come on here to tell you. for example, real wage growth hasn't been very good for the last ten years. having said that, it is good in these figures. 3.3% wage growth excluding bonuses, and that isi.5% growth excluding bonuses, and that is 1.5% above the inflation rate, so we should be getting better off. so thatis we should be getting better off. so that is significant, the real wage growth, because in other recent quarterly figures, as you say, unemployment may have fallen, but we haven't necessarily had the real wage growth to accompany it. that is right and just having more jobs, adding morejobs right and just having more jobs, adding more jobs and right and just having more jobs, adding morejobs and more people working to an economy doesn't necessarily mean that each person is
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getting better. which begs the question, is a drop in unemployment a lwa ys question, is a drop in unemployment always a good thing? does it suggest... what does it suggest about the quality of the work behind those figures? well, the figures are pretty reliable but what is interesting about it is from a business point of view, think for example hotel business, they have quite an inflow of people over recent yea rs, quite an inflow of people over recent years, partly people working to retirement and partly people migrating here from romania and bulgaria, so they have had a plentiful supply of labour but now thatis plentiful supply of labour but now that is drying up a little bit, we have seen signs that some of the people from the eu eight, the people thatjoin the eu in the early naughties, have gone to work elsewhere, they are leaving the uk and there is less people to choose from and you are seeing skill shortages all over the economy where people want people but they can't get hold of them, so if in your copy coffee shop —— coffee shop or your hotel or your construction site, you are having to wait longer to get
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things done because there aren't enough staff, this might be the reason why. we should also mention that this is the lowest unemployment rate in a significant period of time. since december1974, so that is very good news if you are focused on unemployment being a very bad thing and, certainly, i wouldn't think there would be much disagreement if it were 10% but up toa disagreement if it were 10% but up to a point, unemployment being really low, what economists fear is that the construction in the labour market means people can command higher wages, they start to demand higher wages, they start to demand higher wages, they start to demand higher wages and employers who pay those higher wages have to raise their prices. the wage price spiral. there is no sign of it at the moment but it may be used as a reason to raise interest rates. the american actress felicity huffman is facing a four—month prison sentence after pleading guilty to her part in the us university admission scandal. at a court in boston, the desperate housewives star admitted paying $15,000 for her daughter's exam
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a nswe rs $15,000 for her daughter's exam a nswers to $15,000 for her daughter's exam answers to be secretly corrected. in addition to the sentence, prosecutors are recommending a $20,000 fine. she is among 50 people to be charged in relation to the investigation. police in germany investigating the deaths of three people shot with a crossbow at a hotel in bavaria have found two more female bodies in a flat 400 miles away. the apartment near hanover had been occupied by a 30—year—old woman who was one of the victims found in the bavarian hotel. the other two in the hotel room were a man and woman found impaled with several arrows. police say there were no signs of a struggle. ajury in california a jury in california has awarded more than $2 billion to a couple who say the world most —— the world's most widely—used weedkiller, roundup, was responsible for their cancer. the german pharmaceutical company bayer bought monsanto, the makers of roundup, last year.
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it's the third time bayer has been ordered to pay damages over the product. the company is appealing the decision. from oakland in california, our correspondent, sophie long sent this update. this is the third case, we havejust come from a press conference. we heard from alva and alberta pilliod, the couple concerned this time around. they were clasping each other‘s hands and both walking with walking sticks. we were told by their lawyer that alberta had problems standing. alva clearly had problems gathering his thoughts and speaking but they both said that they blamed monsanto for their cancer. they both suffer from non—hodgkin's lymphoma and it has changed their lives, alberta said. she said, "we can't do things we used to "and we are very resentful against monsanto for doing that." she said had round—up, the product, been labelled properly, had they known it could have caused cancer, they would have been given a choice and they would have chosen not to use it. they are of course not alone, this is the third case against bayer,
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there are many thousands of cases waiting to be heard and i spoke to a lawyer involved in this case, a federal liaison officer and he said he believes they could be 15,000 cases waiting to be heard. he said there were 1,000 new cases last month alone, so a good day for alberta and alva and a bad day for bayer, a lot of disgruntlement in their shareholders when the first jury their shareholders when the first jury found against bayer last year. since then, the share price has dropped by 30% and there had been reports of shareholders being unhappy at the way the company is run. they will now have a couple of months to rethink their legal structure. the next case to come to court will be here in missouri in august of this year. all this week bbc breakfast is reflecting the conversations had around the menopause. we've now been told that a parliamentary inquiry will be launched into the difficulties women face when sharing symptoms with their gp. jayne mccubbin has been hearing the stories of some
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of those women affected. all of these women turned to their gp for help, but all tell me they were left looking for answers on their own. marcia and hyacinth‘s menopausal symptoms were passed off as other problems. i was told that i'm stressed, um, depressed. first of all, it was too young to be going through menopause and then continued to constantly test me for sexually transmitted diseases. i've spent 2.5 years fighting to be referred to the gynaecologist. three gps later then they did the blood test and found out i was going through menopause. you were right. yes, i was correct. even with a menopause diagnosis in the bag, sylvia had to fight for treatment. it was only when i did my own research and got in touch with a menopause specialist that i discovered that i actually could and should be taking hrt. they'd all searched for answers and all hit a brick wall. which is why eileen set up a reclaim the menopause support group right
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here in hackney. we were getting women coming to see us. it was the same story. they were going backwards and forwards to their gp several times. an absolute lack of knowledge. and the guidelines have been there for, what? four years. good enough? not good enough. those guidelines were published for the very first time by the national institute for health and care excellence in 2015. four years on, the voice of gps admits it's a work in progress out there. so until now, the evidence has been contradictory and confusing. there have been lots of myths. so it's been quite hard for health care professionals to know exactly how to manage women with menopausal symptoms. but now we've got good, clear evidence. the nice guidelines have been in place since 2015. it's still not filtering through, though, is it? it is — gradually. across london, the next generation of gps are having extra menopause training. they've all elected to be here. none of this is compulsory.
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what we, the british menopause society aspire to is that every gp practice has somebody with a special interest. it might not be a gp, actually, it might be a nurse practitioner. that's the aspiration. right now, a campaign to make menopause matter is gaining support online, calling on the government to make training a compulsory part of gp education. he made me feel quite ashamed for having gone to ask for his help. 50 years after this bbc documentary said women were suffering in silence, breakfast has been told women are still fighting to be heard. a parliamentary enquiry is about to be launched into why too little progress has been made in such a long time. f1 world champion lewis hamilton went to the top of this year's drivers standings with victory in spain on sunday — and he was inspired by a special good luck message from one
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of his biggest fans — a terminally ill little boy who received a special thank you. emma jones reports. not everybody gets a formula one car delivered to their front door but this was a thank you to five—year—old harry shaw, after his good—luck message to his favourite formula one driver. hello, lewis hamilton. good look winning the races in spain. and thank you for all the gifts. lots of love from harry. and it was a message that inspired lewis hamilton to win in spain, to move back to the top of the drivers' championship table. harry is terminally ill with a rare form of cancer. so today, as a thank you, a formula one car and the trophy from barcelona were both brought to him. we just can't believe that we've got this car sat there, the support we've had from the mercedes formula one team and lewis hamilton has overwhelmed us. it has made a difficult period
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a little bit better for us. harry's parents know that isn't anything more they can do to save their son but they want to raise awareness of childhood cancers and funds for research to help other little harrys in the future. our life is about to be shattered apart, we are about to lose our darling son. we just don't want other families in future to have to go through the same thing. today was a happy day and a magical memory for lewis hamilton's good luck charm. just to let you know, we have the victoria derbyshire show coming up inafew victoria derbyshire show coming up in a few minutes, but first, let's have a look at the weather forecast with simon king. good morning. yesterday was a warm and sunny day for many others, temperatures got up to the low 20s in northern parts of scotland. over the next few days, we will see those temperatures rise so by wednesday, probably the warmest day of this
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week, with lots more sunshine to come. this is the satellite imagery through this morning, you can see barely a cloud in the sky across the uk. wejust barely a cloud in the sky across the uk. we just have some of these cloud towards the west, high—level cirrus cloud and it is making the sunshine a bit hazy through this morning and by afternoon, we could to see some fair weather cumulus cloud in the sky but for most of us, sunny and temperatures a degree or so higher than yesterday, so widely getting up to 19-21, than yesterday, so widely getting up to 19—21, perhaps 22 in the north of scotla nd to 19—21, perhaps 22 in the north of scotland and always a bit fresher on the coasts of the south—east. through tonight, little change, really. those clear skies with allow temperatures to fall away, down to 4-7 temperatures to fall away, down to 4—7 celsius, a little bit chillier in the countryside, but for wednesday, high pressure still firmly in charge of our weather. it is moving its way a little bit further north and east woods in toward scandinavia, this easterly wind around southern areas, that is why it is always a bit fresher around the coasts of the south—east but for most of us on wednesday,
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while there could be some patchy mist and fog posting in the morning, that will clear fairly quickly, fairweather claire developing and temperatures even higher —— fair weather cloud. temperatures 24 in northern scotland on wednesday but widely, as you can see, 15 or 16 or around coastal areas, inland, temperatures up into the high teens, low 20s. by the end of the week, the area of high pressure moves further north and it will allow more of us to be under the influence of an easterly wind and it will bring more cloud as we go into thursday. they could even be a few showers around the irish sea coast, particularly south—west scotland and a bit more cloud generally but it will be a little fresher throughout thursday, temperatures will start to fall away. still pleasant enough, especially where you've got the sunshine, with highs getting up to about 16 to may be 19 degrees. temperatures likely to fall a little bit further as we go through friday and into the weekend, but even by
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