today at six, are england's mental health services failing children? we follow the case of one 16—year—old girl with autism. molly has spent months in this small general hospital room when what she's desperately needed is specialised care. the hospital room is like a small box and you are not allowed to leave and there's phones going off, alarms, children screaming. campaigners say there is a crisis in mental health services for children. also on the programme... prince harry claims his relationship with chelsy davy broke up because of illegal intrusion by tabloid papers into his private life. the unsolved murder of private detective daniel morgan in 1987 — the met police apologise for failing to disclose dozens of documents relating to the case.

and eurovision mania in full swing in liverpool and it's still three days until the final. and coming up on bbc news: in milan, two giants of italian football prepare for a showdown in the champions league — with manchester city or real madrid awaiting in the final. good evening. we start tonight with a special report into the plight of 16—year—old molly who has autism and who's been stuck for nearly seven months in a general hospital because of a lack of suitable mental health services for children in england. campaigners say hundreds of young people like molly have no appropriate support when they reach a crisis. the nhs in her area has apologised for molly not getting care in a better environment.

our social affairs editor alison holt has been following the story of molly and her family for almost a year now. this is her report. this is molly. she is 16 and has autism. it's at the root of her deep anxiety and eating problems. i've been talking to molly and her parents since last summer. their experience exposes a health and care system which is failing too many young people. the health services don't do anything until you are almost dead. there is no long—term strategy, there is no planning really other than reacting to crisis. the queen alexandra hospital in portsmouth is a busy general hospital, not a mental health unit, yet molly has spent most of the last seven months in a side room on a children's ward here. her sensory needs mean she usually sleeps on pillows and cushions on the floor. she was here mainly because there was nowhere else suitable, but this environment overloads her senses. when she becomes distressed her behaviour can become challenging.

she has been restrained numerous times. it feels like they are torturing you. the hospital room is like a small box and you are not allowed to leave and there's phones going off, alarms, children screaming. this is molly speaking when she was at home last august. it was when we first met and she had already spent 90 days in the same general hospital. why have you decided that you want to talk to us about this? this shouldn't happen to anybody. the system really needs to change. that is a mind map, isn't it? yes. in the last four years molly has also spent time in four different mental health units for young people. she wrote this in the last place. only two visits a week for two hours. her family feel none of the units provided her with the therapy or autism support she needed. constant alarms, no one understands autism or any of my needs. sessions don't happen.

but back at home molly's family say the mental health support she got was patchy. her weight dropped and last october she was sectioned and taken to the general hospital. molly's parents asked us to delay telling her story, hoping she would be home soon, but by this april she was still here, with little else to do, her artwork and thoughts reached across the floor. to keep her safe agency mental health nurses watched her 2a hours a day. it's a vicious cycle, so the more distressed she gets, the more her behaviour becomes more challenging and the more intense support they get round her, which is more oppressive and more sensory overloading. and do you think that is then adding to her problems, traumatising her? yes, definitely. definitely, being restrained is really, really traumatising. and despite the close supervision she has tried to take her life several times. i think we know something is wrong before we even answer it _ if the phone goes at night. we just know, don't we?

it's pretty desperate, pretty miserable, it's on our mind 24/7. we are exhausted. it's exhausting being in that situation where we are kind of almost waiting for a bad phone call. at the national autistic society they say they are hearing hundreds of stories like molly's. they describe it as a human rights crisis. molly is there again because there is nowhere else, because there aren't the right support services in the community so people have to stay in their own house or have support for people to go and live with their parents with people coming in to provide additional support and a bit of support from the community mental health team. those things just don't exist properly for autistic people. steve crocker represents directors who run council children's services. until recently he ran services in hampshire where molly lives. he can't talk about her case, but says health and care teams are seeing a rapid rise in young people with mental health issues. we need to work together with the families to try to understand the children's needs. we also need to push government

for a full review around children's mental health services so they can get a better deal. last month, molly's family said her behaviour became so distressed the whole of the children's ward she was on was closed to other patients. ten days later she was moved to a mental health unit, even though that hadn't helped in the past. it's ruining her life, she's been in this kind of loop for four years or more really, it seems, going round and in and out of hospital and it's costing an absolute fortune. the nhs in hampshire says molly's safety has been its priority and everyone involved is doing their best to provide compassionate care. and with the right support life could be different for molly. what are your hopes for the future? to stay out of hospital and go to college. i don't know. enjoy life, i hope. yeah. the government says it is investing in community services and recognises

that people like molly need the right support in the right place. alisonjoins me now. how many more mollys are there out there? that is really difficult to say, there are no solid numbers around this, but certainly i have spoken to quite a number of families who have had children in similar situations. they have been worried about getting the right services for their young people. as we heard from the national autistic society, they are getting hundreds of calls with similar concerns. like molly's parents the families i have spoken to our distress, they are worried their children are being put in the wrong place, in a hospital or mental health unit. they are not geared up for someone with autism and they feel it compounds their problems. for a long time we have promises of the right support in the community built around the individual and their needs, but that is not happening on the scale that is needed yet. in molly's area they are

building new services and they have those plans in place, but generally the nhs and care system is struggling to find staff. on a more positive note with molly, i spoke to her a couple of days ago, she has been out on trips with her family and now shejust been out on trips with her family and now she just wants that plan for the future so she can get on with life. details of organisations offering information and support with mental health are available at bbc.co.uk/actionline, or you can call forfree, at any time to hear recorded information on 08000155 998. prince harry has alleged that illegal intrusion into his private life by tabloid journalists led to the break—up of his relationship with his girlfriend chelsy davy because she was constantly hounded. the claim was disclosed in documents on the opening day of his damages trial against the mirror group newspapers in which he and three others are demanding compensation for press intrusion.

the publisher of the daily mirror apologised to the prince at the start of the trial for one instance of gathering information about him unlawfully. our media editor, katie razzall, has been following the case. katie. it's the first of prince harry's cases against a newspaper group to get to a full civil trial. the duke of sussex, with two coronation street actors, michael levell and nikki sanderson and fiona wightman, the ex—wife of the comedian paul whitehouse, are suing the owners of the daily mirror, the sunday mirror and the people. their lawyer says phone hacking, that's intercepting people's voicemails, and other unlawful information gathering was happening at an "industrial scale" at these papers for more than 20 years. it was, he said, all to sell newspapers, not in the public interest. we heard that prince harry was subjected to "the most intrusive methods of obtaining his personal information" even from his schooldays, including hacking his phone and the use of private investigators. he'll give evidence in person

injune but in court documents today he describes his "huge distress" and "paranoia". he says his one—time girlfriend chelsy davy decided "a royal life was not for her" after mgn's alleged activities, which included journalists booking rooms in a remote island hotel where the couple had gone to escape. mgn says there is no evidence it hacked prince harry's phone. it has "unreservedly apologised" today for one instance by the people of illegal information gathering when harry was 19. mgn contests the claims and argues two of the other claimants are out of time. prince harry is also pursuing cases against the owners of the sun and the mail. for the duke it is important because it is part of an ongoing, i suppose he sees it, is a balance of the scales, a campaign against the media. it is one of several actions that he is bringing and he is going to give evidence for about three days, according to the court

timetable. mirror group newspapers have previously settled more than 600 claims against it for unlawful activity, with 104 remaining. it said today: "where historic wrongdoing has taken place we have made admissions, take full responsibility and apologise unreservedly, but we will vigorously defend against allegations of wrongdoing where ourjournalists acted lawfully". piers morgan was editor of the daily mirror from 1995 to 200k. in the trial the lawyer for prince harry and the other claimants has claimed they have new evidence linking mr morgan — who is now a tv presenter — to phone hacking at the mirror. in a bbc interview recorded before the trial, which will be broadcast tomorrow night, mr morgan denies any knowledge of unlawful activity. originally i said i have never hacked a phone, i have never told anyone to hack the phone and no stories have ever been published in the mirrorfrom my time stories have ever been published in the mirror from my time from stories have ever been published in the mirrorfrom my time from hacking the mirrorfrom my time from hacking the phone and somebody pointed at you can only know the first two for sure. i can only talk about what i

know about my own involvement. i have never hacked a phone, i wouldn't know how. mr morgan is not involved in the trial — which is expected to last for 7 weeks. and you can see more of that interview tonight at ten — and the full "piers morgan: amol rajan interviews" is on bbc2 tomorrow night at seven. the magazine columnist sexually abused by donald trump said today she is overjoyed by the court decision. ejean carroll said it was the happiest day of her life. donald trump says he will appeal the decision after a jury in a civil case found he'd sexually abused ms carroll in a new york department store in the 1990s and then subsequently defamed her by calling her a liar. the former president described the verdict as a disgrace. our north america correspondent nomia iqbal reports. for e jean carroll this for ejean carroll this was a long fought victory. i for e jean carroll this was a long fought victory-— fought victory. i feel fantastic. yesterday _ fought victory. i feel fantastic. yesterday was _ fought victory. i feel fantastic. yesterday was probably - fought victory. i feel fantastic.

yesterday was probably the i fought victory. i feel fantastic. - yesterday was probably the happiest day in my life. she alleged that donald trump raped her in a dressing room in new york in the mid—19 90s and then defamed her when he mocked and then defamed her when he mocked and dismissed her claim last year when she wrote about it. then he said terrible _ when she wrote about it. then he said terrible things _ when she wrote about it. then he said terrible things about - when she wrote about it. then he said terrible things about me, - when she wrote about it. then he l said terrible things about me, drag me through the mud, ground my face in the dirt, it was horrible. yesterday, a new yorkjury awarded $5 million in damages after a civil trial. they said she had sufficiently proved that donald trump sexually abused her, but the jury trump sexually abused her, but the jury did not find he had raped her. he never gave evidence but during a deposition confused ejean carroll with his former wife. donald trump ripped into the verdict on his social media account.- social media account. i have absolutely _ social media account. i have absolutely no _ social media account. i have absolutely no idea _ social media account. i have absolutely no idea who - social media account. i have absolutely no idea who this| social media account. i have - absolutely no idea who this woman is. the verdict is a disgrace, a continuation of the greatest witchhunt of all time, absolutely ashamed. ., , , ., , ashamed. donald trump has blown up the rules and — ashamed. donald trump has blown up the rules and what _ ashamed. donald trump has blown up the rules and what disqualifies - ashamed. donald trump has blown up the rules and what disqualifies a - the rules and what disqualifies a candidate from running for the white house. decades agojoe biden had to

pull out of a presidential race after plagiarising a few sentences in a speech. but our president biden found himself up against an opponent who may not be stopped after being found liable for sexual abuse. but republican women will have a key role in next yearreaction —— election. how they reacting? we role in next yearreaction -- election. how they reacting? we may not think any— election. how they reacting? we may not think any less _ election. how they reacting? we may not think any less of _ election. how they reacting? we may not think any less of him. _ election. how they reacting? we may not think any less of him. i _ election. how they reacting? we may not think any less of him. i don't - not think any less of him. i don't think that someone like her coming out and saying this all these years later and everything i have seen on the news i don't believe that. i just don't believe her story, unfortunately.— just don't believe her story, unfortunately. just don't believe her story, unfortunatel . . , unfortunately. kathleen in the deep south is a trap _ unfortunately. kathleen in the deep south is a trap supporter. _ unfortunately. kathleen in the deep south is a trap supporter. as - unfortunately. kathleen in the deep south is a trap supporter. as this i south is a trap supporter. as this made her change her mind? hat made her change her mind? not reall . if made her change her mind? not really- if it _ made her change her mind? not really. if it was _ made her change her mind? not really. if it was a _ made her change her mind? not really. if it was a choice between joe biden— really. if it was a choice between joe biden and donald trump in the next election, i would vote for donald — next election, i would vote for donald trump.— next election, i would vote for donald trump. next election, i would vote for donald trum -. ., ., , ., , donald trump. even though a “my has found him liable * donald trump. even though a “my has found him liable of h donald trump. even though a “my has found him liable of sexual_ donald trump. even though a jury has found him liable of sexual abuse? - found him liable of sexual abuse? does that not make you question him more? no, not as a public servant.

some of donald trump's republican rivals say he needs to step aside, but he is continuing to push to return to office. the archbishop of canterbury has attacked the government's migration plans, saying they risk "great damage" to the uk's reputation. speaking in the house of lords, justin welby said the illegal migration bill would not stop small boat crossings, and that it failed in "our moral responsibility" towards refugees. the immigration minister robertjenrick has told the bbc that the plan — to have migrants who arrive illegally detained and then deported to rwanda — is supported by the public. here's our political editor, chris mason. 115,000 migrants crossed these waters last year — more than 6,500 have so far this year. the government acknowledges this is out of control and wants to do something about it. but its plan is now colliding and religious opposition.

it is isolationist. it is morally unacceptable and politically impractical to let the poorest countries deal with the crisis alone and cut our international aid. it risks great damage to the uk's interest and reputation, at home and abroad. the government says it will create more safe and legal routes to claim asylum once illegal immigration is under control. this planned new law aims to make it clear that people who enter the uk illegally won't be able to remain here. instead, ministers want to send them home or to rwanda in africa. but making this happen is being challenged in court. minister, what is the moral case for your plan? well, the british public can see how unfair what's happening in the channel is, when you've got predominantly young men in a place of safety, france, getting into small boats, fuelling

a multi—billion pound industry. that's why we need to change the system. should the archbishop of canterbury put a sock in it? well, we value scrutiny in the house of lords, and this is an important piece of legislation, but the british public overwhelmingly want us to tackle this issue. there's nothing moral about allowing this trade to continue. stopping the boats is one of the prime minister's main priorities. the thing is, actually doing so is loaded with practical, moral, financial and diplomatic issues — and as we've seen today, political ones too. ministers remain confident they will eventually turn their ideas into law, but they're not putting a timetable on it. as the arguments about small—boat crossings continue to rage, another 400 migrants have been brought ashore here since saturday. chris mason, bbc news. our top story this evening:

bbc news has learnt an autistic girl aged 16 spent nearly seven months in a busy general hospital due to a lack of suitable children's mental health services in england. and still to come, we look at the growing issue of homelessness, as charities say the sector is on its knees. coming up in sport on bbc news: rain causes chaos on stage five of the giro d'italia, as mark cavendish crashes over the line to still finish fifth. it's nine months since russia began its siege of bakhmut in eastern ukraine. in that time, the city has been all but destroyed and almost no—one is left living there. it's been one of the war�*s deadliest battles. but ukrainian troops have resisted capture and are still holding out. as you can see here, the city is right on the front line. our defence correspondent

jonathan beale sent this report from the outskirts of bakhmut. the battle for bakhmut — the longest and bloodiest of the war so far. too dangerous to enter, we try to get a view from the distance. this is it. bakhmut is burning. now a shattered shell of a city. in a bunker, ukrainian troops direct artillery fire to support their last line of defence, the last few streets on the western edge of the city. this drone feed of bakhmut tells you a scene of utter devastation. and itjust tells you how fierce this fighting has been. wagner, are they mostly wagner fighters?- miroslav says the russians don't care about their people,

as we watch two of their soldiers trying to advance under fire. his comrade adds, "they walk towards us with no fear." he says they must be on drugs. russia is also trying to surround the city. ukrainian troops here are dug in to stop that happening. butjust a few hundred metres away, the russians are still waiting. ukraine's president calls bakhmut their fortress. quickly, go, go! but like these trenches, it's under attack every hour of every day. explosion go, go, go! explosion we'll have to wait a little bit, so we've now been shelled by the mortar. that was pretty damn close. eugene gives the reason

for ukraine's determined resistance. let's go, quickly, quickly. if we would retreat, for example, yes, we could save a few lives, but then we will have to assault back and we could lose much more lives. so we need to stand here till the end. so we're going to shoot back right now, try to kill some of them. explosion ukraine hopes bakhmut will exhaust its enemy. taking ground can prove more costly. but ukraine may soon find that out too, when it launches its own offensive. jonathan beale, bbc news, bakhmut. the metropolitan police has apologised for not disclosing documents relating to the murder in the 1980s of a private detective to a panel investigating the case. the met says the papers were discovered recently in a locked cabinet at scotland yard. daniel morgan was found dead

in a pub car park in london in 1987. no—one has ever been convicted for his killing. the panel said in 2021 that the met had been institutionally corrupt in its handling of elements of the case. sanchia berg reports. this is where it all began — in march 1987, daniel morgan was found murdered in the car park of a south london pub, an axe in his head. no—one was successfully prosecuted for his killing. corrupt police officers were involved in the very first inquiry, and that marred the four others that followed. in 2013, an independent panel began its own investigation. it ended up taking eight years because, said the panel chair, the metropolitan police had been reluctant to cooperate. her final verdict was damning. we believe that concealing or denying feelings for the sake of an organisation's public image

is dishonesty on the part of the organisation for reputational benefit. this constitutes a form of institutional corruption. this morning, without warning, and two years after the daniel morgan panel had completed its work, the metropolitan police said they'd come across documents relevant to the inquiry. they'd been locked away in a cabinet for several years and overlooked. a senior officer said this was unacceptable and deeply regrettable. an unexpected twist? not for daniel's brother alastair. i wasn't surprised. because in 2011, the prosecution collapsed at the old bailey because of the disarray of the met's documents, you know? for a prosecution — one of two attempts to prosecute the suspect.

the metropolitan police say there are no evidential documents that relate to criminal investigations into the murder. both the morgan family and the panel chair plan to make their own assessments. sanchia berg, bbc news. the number of households in england living in temporary accommodation has passed the 100,000 mark for the first time in nearly two decades. housing charities have described the situation as a grim milestone that shows the system is on its knees. our social affairs correspondent michael buchanan has been highlighting the problem in recent weeks and joins me now. it isa it is a problem that is just growing, isn't it, michael? it is a problem that isjust growing, isn't it, michael? these are official _ growing, isn't it, michael? these are official figures _ growing, isn't it, michael? these are official figures from - growing, isn't it, michael? these are official figures from the - are official figures from the department for levelling up, housing and communities, and they show that on the final day of last year, more than 100,000 households were living in temporary accommodation, a figure equal to the high set in 200a. that total means that more than 127,000 children were classed as homeless. a

few weeks ago, i met six—year—old who was living in temporary in bristol with his mother and younger brother. this is where they're currently living, all three sharing a one—bed flat. it's temporary accommodation. they're not allowed to own furniture, it's all in storage. i do miss my bunk bed. under my bunk bed, there's like a wooden bit where i have all of my things, and things that are special. is an insight into the very real problem is that people are facing, some councils say they are struggling to get accommodation from private landlords that they used to use, they cannot use their properties any longer. for its part, the government say they are spending £1 billion over three years to help councils prevent and tackle homelessness, but many housing charities say that as high as these figures are the true extent of

homelessness is even greater, that there are thousands of people living in cars, sleeping on friends' sofas, or the most visible form, rough sleeping. or the most visible form, rough sleeina. m . or the most visible form, rough sleeina. a ., ., , or the most visible form, rough slee-uin. m ., ., , ., the future of adam price's leadership of plaid cymru is in doubt after a damning review of the party's culture. plaid's national executive committee will meet this evening to discuss next steps after the report last week found a culture of harassment, bullying and misogyny in the party. our wales correspondent hywel griffith is outside the senedd in cardiff. a perilous moment for adam price. absolutely, this meeting tonight may decide his future, it comes a week after the publication of that report which really laid bare plaid cymru's problems, describing a culture where discrimination, bullying, misogyny was not challenged, citing a lack of collective leadership for several years. now, despite being leaderfor five years, last week adam price

insisted he was the right man for thejob, it was hisjob insisted he was the right man for the job, it was his job to insisted he was the right man for thejob, it was hisjob to bring the change, but after some bad headlines over the weekend, that position now seems to be untenable. since becoming party leader in 2018, he has had a personal popularity but failed to translate that into electoral success. on his watch, plaid slipped back to third place here in the senedd with only three mps. there are reports he has decided to offer his resignation, we should know more after tonight's meeting. should know more after tonight's meetinu. , . ., should know more after tonight's meetinu. , ., ~ i. thousands of people are already in liverpool for the eurovision song contest final on saturday, which the uk is hosting on behalf of last year's winners, ukraine. it's considered to be the world's biggest music event and attracts fans from all over. here's our entertainment correspondent, colin paterson. last night's first semifinal was all about eurovision favourites sweden cruising through, ireland failing to qualify for the fifth year in a row, and the king and queen making an unexpected cameo.

now thoughts turn to tomorrow, and the 16 countries still trying to qualify for saturday's final. i have just been watching rehearsals for the second semifinal, there has been an austrian duo singing about how bad royalty rates are on streaming services, an albanian family, mum and dad with the kids, and the australian rock band voyager, sharing the stage with a car. so far, this has been the year of the solo singer — every act eliminated in the first semi was a band or a duo. australia will be hoping that fate doesn't befall them. in the fan zone, the parties continued. fantastic, everyone has been so welcoming, it isjust fantastic, everyone has been so welcoming, it is just fun. colourful, vibrant, everybody is friendly, — colourful, vibrant, everybody is friendly, great atmosphere.

and one of the big hits of this year's competition, the finnish entry, kaarija, has just played there to a huge crowd. absolutely mental! all i heard was the word finland! on saturday, we'll find out what the uk jury makes of kaarija. today, it's been announced it'll be the actress and comedian catherine tate who will read out the scores. if it was up to this lot, it would be douze points all the way. colin paterson, bbc news, liverpool. time for a look at the weather, here's louise lear. banging song, banging weather, lots of thunderstorms around at the moment, as you can see, once again a day of sunshine and showers, white, not halfway through the month of may and many counties of england have already seen above average may rainfall. ., , . , ., ,

rainfall. the only exception is in hiuhland rainfall. the only exception is in highland scotland, _ rainfall. the only exception is in highland scotland, largely - rainfall. the only exception is in highland scotland, largely fine l rainfall. the only exception is in i highland scotland, largely fine and dry at the moment. but more showers to come, this has been the distribution of the showers itself are today, quite widespread across scotland and northern ireland, slightly dry out to the west. some rumbles of thunder mixed in, they will tend to fade through the evening and overnight. with clear skies, turning misty and murky in places. temperatures as low as around 5—9 , so not too cold a start, but tomorrow morning, if you have got in early morning sunshine, it is not going to last, quite a lot of cloud around, showers from the word go out west, and through the date they will become more widespread, heavy, rumbles of thunder mixed in once again. top temperatures generally of around 15-18 temperatures generally of around 15—18 degrees, may be a little bit cooler weather cloud lingers in the far north—east of scotland. high pressure will start to build as we move towards the weekend and quieten things down, but this low pressure across europe will introduce