tonight at ten: 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.

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no appropriate support when they reach a crisis. the nhs in her area has apologised. 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. mental 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 was 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? yeah. 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 regularly 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 your 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 either have their own house or have the right support to live with their parents with people going 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 hasn'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 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. how many more mollys are there, alison? ., ., ,., how many more mollys are there, alison? ., ., . ., alison? there are no solid, official statistics. over _ alison? there are no solid, official statistics. over time _ alison? there are no solid, official statistics. over time i _ alison? there are no solid, official statistics. over time i have - alison? there are no solid, officialj statistics. over time i have spoken to many families in similar situations and after molly's story has gone out tonight we have heard from otherfamilies has gone out tonight we have heard from other families who say they are encountering the same problems. the national autistic society says that he has for many young people with similar concerns. like molly's parents, those families are generally really distressed because they say that children end up in places like a general hospital or a mental health unit, which are not really geared for autism, and they believe it compounds the problems.

for years we have had the promise of more services in the community built around people with autism and learning disabilities, tailored to their needs, but it is not happening on the needed scale. in molly's area they say they are building new services but one of the issues the whole of the nhs and the care system has is staffing, it is difficult to find enough staff. on a more positive note, i spoke to molly a couple of days ago, she has been out with herfamily, she is enjoying much, but she wants a plan to support her in the future. many thanks, alison. _ 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 claims phone hacking — that's intercepting people's voicemails — and other unlawful information gathering was happening on 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 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 as a balancing of the scales, a campaign, really, against the media, one of several actions he is bringing. and he will give evidence for about three days, according to the court timetable. mirror group newspapers has previously settled more than 600 claims against it for unlawful activity, with 104 remaining. it said today... the trial is expected to last for seven weeks. katie, thank you. piers morgan was editor of the daily mirror from 1995 to 200k. at today's 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 an interview with the bbc�*s amol rajan, recorded before the trial, mr morgan denied any knowledge of unlawful activity.

good to see you. how are you? very good. better known now for being a judge on talent shows or walking off set on breakfast tv, piers morgan was for many years a campaigning and influential tabloid newspaper editor. have you ever hacked a phone? no. did phone hacking ever take place during your editorship of the mirror? not that i'm aware of. cos what you're not saying there is there was no phone hacking at the mirror. to be clear, originally i said i've never hacked a phone, i've never told anyone to hack a phone, and no story has ever been published in the mirror in my time from hacking a phone. and then somebody pointed out, well, you can only know the first two things for sure. yeah. all i can talk to is what i know about my own involvement. i never hacked a phone. i wouldn't even know how. in 2015, the trinity mirror group apologised for historic phone hacking and said such behaviour represented an unwarranted and unacceptable intrusion into people's lives. you must see... i hear what you're saying. i agree with that, by the way. sure. i think phone hacking is completely wrong and shouldn't have been happening, and it was lazy journalists being lazy.

but there's evidence that it happened while you were editor. there's no evidence i knew anything about any of it. i never told anybody to hack a phone, and nobody on the daily mirror of the hundreds and hundreds, thousands possibly ofjournalists who worked with me on the daily mirror, have ever been arrested in connection with phone hacking. but does it stretch credulity for an editor as hands—on, as energetic, as intricately involved in the paper as you were to say, "this stuff was going on but i didn't "know about it." i didn't. so i don't care whether it stretches people's credulity or not, but i can be certain about what i knew and what i did and no one has ever produced anything to contradict what i'm saying. prince harry is taking legal action against several tabloid newspaper groups. his legal actions include legal actions which concern claims about your record at the mirror. are you worried? no, not at all. most people, piers, would find that quite... i couldn't give a monkey's cuss. you couldn't give a monkey's cuss about the fact that you... why don't you walk around and ask 100 members of the public, do you have any sympathy for prince harry when it

comes to privacy now? zero. this guy, he's got no time for his family. he comes all the way, 5,000 miles, this eco—warrior, to come and lecture the media once again about invasion of privacy and intrusion. and yet he's the biggest invader of privacy in royal history. so, no, i'm not going to take any lectures from him, and i don't give a damn what actions he wants to take. good luck to you. but, honestly, it's like being lectured on the truth by donald trump. you can watch amol rajan�*s full interview tomorrow night at 7pm on bbc two or right now on bbc iplayer. the westminster government has abandoned its plan to repeal thousands of laws inherited from the eu at the end of the year. former cabinet minister jacob rees—mogg has accused the prime minister of shredding his promise. our political editor, chris mason, is at westminster tonight.

what is the government doing this? why are the government doing this? last summer, when rishi sunak was campaigning to be conservative leader, he published a campaign video and, in it, in a room described as the brexit delivery department, were all these bundles of paper, purporting to be eu laws, and then a shredder is wheeled into the room and, you guessed it, one by one these pieces of a four encounter oblivion as they are fed into the today, the government is effectively acknowledging that, if you put too much into a shredder too quickly, there is a risk you don't read what's on those bits of paper before they are turned into smithereens. little wonder that the opposition parties tonight say this is embarrassing for the government and conservative mps, a good number, already angry, about 20 went in to see a seniorfigure already angry, about 20 went in to see a senior figure tonight to argue that this is a big broken promise and others have been to downing street for the ministers make the

argument they are being pragmatic, this is still about taking back control, to quote that brexit slow, but it is doing it at a sensible pace. they say they will get rid of another 600 laws by the end of this year and the detailed will come next week. but will still leave thousands that are still to be looked at. what we have today is a very good example of a bold campaigning promise colliding with reality.— of a bold campaigning promise colliding with reality. thank you, chris mason. _ 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. 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. the met says the papers were discovered in a locked cabinet at scotland yard just a few months ago. sanchia berg has followed this story for many years.

here's her report. 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. pakistan's former prime minister, imran khan, whose detention yesterday sparked violent protests across the country, has been remanded in custody for eight days on corruption charges. his supporters have again clashed with the security forces. so far, ten people have been killed and about 1,000 arrested. our pakistan correspondent, caroline davies, reports. waiting, watched by pakistan. this compound is where imran khan is due to appear. a night of unrest. calm now, but for how long? roadblocks installed around the entrances, hoping to stop the protesters. in the centre of the capital, clashes between the police and protesters build quickly and surge unexpectedly. the tear gas is coming pretty thick and fast now. i think we need to move back. we need to move back.

we've been seeing people gathering sticks and stones from the side of the road, pulling up trees, and then hitting any of the tear gas canisters that land, trying to get them back towards the police lines. and now they're surging forward again. imran khan's party leaders said they wanted these protests to be peaceful. but, after months of building tension, some attending come ready for something more. "they've shelled on us", says this man, referring to the metal tear gas shells. "this is what we've brought to fight against them." "you seem to be prepared?", we ask. "we're going to bring shotguns and pistols next time "if they keep on shelling at us like this", he replies. in lahore, another day of stand—offs. in peshawar, multiple dead and injured. imran khan has now been formally charged on corruption for one case and will spend eight days in custody for investigation for another. multiple senior members of his party

have also been arrested today. in an address to the nation, prime minister shehbaz sharif said that those taking the law into their own hands would not be spared. pakistan's military has said it will not tolerate any further attacks on state institutions. tonight in islamabad, the army was on the streets, the power struggle for pakistan still consuming a country already on the edge. caroline davies, bbc news, islamabad. palestinian militants in gaza have fired hundreds of rockets, as israeli airstrikes continue on palestinian territory. officials in israel say only three rockets managed to get through the country's air defence system. 21 palestinians have now been killed in the past two days, including women and children. islamichhad militants have sworn to avenge the deaths. the north west leicestershire mp andrew bridgen has joined

reclaim, a party set up by actor laurence fox. mr bridgen was kicked out of the conservative party last month after comparing covid vaccines to the "biggest crime against humanity since the holocaust". mr bridgen said he had been "a prisoner" in the conservatives and is resisting calls for a by—election. the ruling body of the welsh nationalist party, plaid cymru, has been meeting this evening, as the future of its leader, adam price, hangs in the balance. last week, a damning review alleged there was misogyny, harassment and bullying in the party. there are reports that mr price has already agreed to resign. our wales correspondent, hywel griffith, is outside the senedd in cardiff. what is the latest? this meeting bean at what is the latest? this meeting began at 8pm — what is the latest? this meeting began at 8pm and _ what is the latest? this meeting began at 8pm and we _ what is the latest? this meeting began at 8pm and we were - what is the latest? this meeting - began at 8pm and we were promised there would be a statement at its conclusion. there is nothing in my

inbox, so we can only conclude that the national executive of the party are still grappling with one key question, not if adam price's time as leader should come to an end but when. it's a week since a damning report critiqued the culture within plaid cymru and its failure to challenge cases of harassment and misogyny, amid criticism of the collective leadership of the party would his initial response was to say that he should remain in post and be the person to bring change. but by last night that position seems to have changed, with some reports suggesting he was offering to quit, but not everyone in the party wanted a leadership election for the cold tonight before committing but we are told he won't be speaking this evening at the moment there is no update from the pontiff trip if it is the case that plaid cymru will be looking for a replacement, there is no obvious waiting in the wings. the deputy leader is what he said he wants to stand for election in westminster next year so whoever takes that position will need to re—establish

themselves at this place. position will need to re-establish themselves at this place. the magazine columnist sexually abused by donald trump said today she is overjoyed by the court decision. e jean carroll says 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". nada tawfik reports from pennsylvania. bells chime. the quaint town of nazareth is the type of place that decides elections. voters here in pennsylvania flipped from trump to biden in 2020, helping to return this swing state to democrats. so donald trump needs republican women here to stick by him, even as a jury in new york unanimously concluded that he sexually abused and defamed the writer ejean carroll.

but will they? isn't this a step too farfor someone to be in the white house? yes. probably, for a normal... ..female. but i've always been the exception, not the rule. we are all human, we all make mistakes. would that affect my decision to vote for him? i'm really not sure. i don't think so. it's ridiculous. i find it pointless. if she... if anything really happened, it would have come out a long time ago. i feel this is a ploy again by the democrats to keep him from running for office. donald trump has an amazing ability to survive scandals that would normally sink other candidates. he is the current frontrunner among republicans vying for the white house. if he does secure the party's nomination, well, then his bigger challenge will be convincing a general electorate to disregard this case and others, to once again become president of the united states. yesterday was probably the happiest day of my life. e jean carroll's quest for justice put her in the national spotlight.

today she readily embraced that attention as a vindicated woman. while more than two dozen others have made allegations against the former president, her case was the first to make it before a jury. donald trump is treating this legal defeat and stain on his legacy as politics as usual. the continuation of the greatest witchhunt of all time. he's attacked the judge, the jury and ms carroll on social media, and is wasting no time getting back on the campaign trail tonight, with a town hall in new hampshire. nada tawfik, bbc news, pennsylvania. thousands of people have converged on 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. one fan who's made his own pilgrimage is our very own russia editor, steve rosenberg, who's been taking requests and reflecting on how he got hooked.

and now for something completely different. for one day only, from foreign correspondent to eurovision cocktail pianist. atjimmy�*s bar in liverpool, my eurovision piano party. thank you! applause. thank you very much indeed. it's got to be cliff and congratulations. it's engelbert humperdinck for the united kingdom. bucks fizz, making your mind up. 0h! piano plays making your mind up. i can play around 300 eurovision songs from memory. but why? well, from an early age, i was mesmerised by the television extravaganza that is eurovision.

because of the colour, the costumes and sometimes the music. # waterloo, couldn't escape if i wanted to... and i loved the idea of a song contest bringing people together across europe. it's been around with me all my life for as long as i can remember. mel totally gets it. what is it about eurovision? you know, why is it so magical? i think it's a kind of beacon, eurovision. it's a beacon of hope. it's a beacon of inclusivity. this is going to sound so cheesy and i do apologise, steve. let's hold hands. all right. it's all about the love. but it is, though, genuinely. you're moistening, aren't you? iam. and in your hands as well. # let it be, let it be... pop star rebecca ferguson popped into the party for a non—eurovision interlude. # whisper words of wisdom, let it be...

a beatles classic in honour of liverpool. the great city on the mersey that's hosting the greatest song contest in the world. steve rosenberg, bbc news, at eurovision in liverpool. thank you. thank you very much. to find out more about everything from the iconic songs to how the voting works, take a look at our guide to eurovision on the bbc news website. time for a look at the weather. here's louise lear. i'm speechless! 12 points for the start of the day, not so much towards the end. blue sky and sunshine, glorious in st albans this morning, but look what happened as we would through the afternoon, the thunderclouds started to develop and plenty of showers once again across the country. there is more to come

as we move into tomorrow, i am afraid. it's all because of this area of low pressure still sitting across the far north and west. for the next few hours, we stopped to see showers using away but, as we go into tomorrow morning, though showers are really going to start together as we develop into the afternoon. once again, some of them could be quite heavy and possibly thundering to you can't be too clever about it. it's sunshine and showers for the afternoon to tip top temperatures of around 17 in the sunnier moments but those temperatures will pull away in the sharper showers. further north and west, we might see 18 degrees in sheltered western scotland, but underneath this low cloud in the north and east, temperatures more subdued at ten to 12. high pressure will start to build as we head into the weekend. a bit tricky with this weather front and a bit of a west east provide with the weather story perhaps on friday for the further

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