adrian goldberg reports. teams working extremely long hours and surgeons regularly working 36—hour shifts without a break. he says patients sometimes face delayed transplant operations because of the lack of availability of intensive care beds or operating theatres, and, in rare cases, this has led donated organs going to waste. there has been a huge success in transplanting patients so the number of transplants has increased by about 50% over the last 8—10 years. that has been fantastic for patients but what it has meant is that the workload has gone up, the pressures are getting increasingly difficult and, in fact, people often use phrases like "we are at breaking point", "this is not sustainable", "we can't continue". professor mamode fears that the nhs is struggling to deal with current demand and is concerned about the predicted increases in donations when the law changes next year. under the new system, consent will be presumed unless people have opted out. the department of health say they are investin

adrian goldberg from 5 live investigates has more on this story and joins us now.ou found? these figures come from the national association of children of alcoholics. in 2013, they tell us the majority of calls they received seeking help and support, the majority of those calls were from children. they did at that time have around 6500 calls a year from adults. anybody over the age of 18. that figure has rocketed between 2013 and 2018, to the point where last year they had 23,000 calls from people over the age of 18. that now makes up around 81% of their caseload. a really significant increase in the number of adults contacting that helpline for its support and assistance. do we know why there has been such a big rise? what are the theories behind it? why there has been such a big rise? what are the theories behind mm is very interesting. around 2018, when you had high—profile figures like liam byrne talking as an adult about his experiences having been a child of an alcoholic, and what he perceived as the stain —— micro—shame and stigma to talk about that, prompte

adrian goldberg there.fter his death two years ago. i am the youngest of four. i had older siblings who were able to help us deal with that. it was a lot of really difficult times, and unfortunately, my dad passed away from alcoholism about three years ago now. when you have an alcoholic parent from a really young age, you are grieving for that person from when they become an alcoholic, you lose your parent anyway. when that person actually dies, you know, ifelt this horrible relief, and then a lot of shame associated with feeling that relief as well. i had a good family, a good support system. we had our mam and my siblings and a big extended family and we used to talk about it a lot within the family but it wasn't something i sought help for externally until i became an adult. if you, or someone you know has been affected by any of the issues raised you can find details of where you can find support at www. bbc. co. uk/actionline or this number. lines are open 2a hours a day with recorded information and

adrian goldberg.ews: police in england and wales are being given greater stop and search powers to tackle rising knife crime. theresa may considers her next move to break the brexit deadlock following the latest defeat of her withdrawal plan. there's been a sharp rise in the number of adults calling a national helpline for the children of alcoholic parents, according to figures seen by the bbc. sport and for a full round up from the bbc sport centre, here'sjohn watson. good morning. after manchester city's win yesterday, liverpool can move ahead of the champions in the premier league title race if they beat tottenham at anfield later. it's been 29 years since liverpool last won a league title. they remain unbeaten at home this season. both teams returning to action after the international break. the only period in the whole season without any interruptions is this one because now it's really until the final match day, go for it, and that is exactly the situation you want to have, that you are still fi

adrian goldberg.ion is being handed to councils in england as part of government plans to improve road surfaces. the department of transport says the money could help local authorities resurface more than a thousand miles of road. a report published last week warned that councils in england and wales would need to spend nearly £10 billion over a decade to bring all their roads up to scratch. it's another £200 million to repair potholes, it's enough to re—tarmac a road from london to edinburgh and back. it's part of the financial support that's been rolled out over the last few months, 400 million extra in the budget. but we're also now really driving to improve the technology used to repair potholes. this money can'tjust be used to patch and mend. we've got to do a betterjob, we've got to hold utility companies to account, and we're putting in place measures to do that. people are frustrated with broken down roads and we've got to change that. the headlines on bbc news... police in england and wales a

adrian goldberg has been looking at the issue. adrian, what is fabricated induced illness? make upa situation where a parent might make up a symptom for a child, they might exaggerate the child's symptoms or in the worst cases make their child ill. a parent might do that to get extra support from social services, they might do it to get additional benefits or they might do it to get some kind of recognition for themselves. but in all cases it is about exaggerating or making up your child's symptoms. tell us what your investigation has discovered. many pa rents investigation has discovered. many parents have come forward saying they believe they have been wrongly accused of fii. leading paediatricians have said the child comes first and we have suspicions that this has been exaggerated for whatever reasons, we have a duty to that child. but many parents coming forward saying they have been wrongly accused and instead of identifying what is wrong with their child, who may be on the autistic spectrum, it is they, the parents who are put in the dock and been threatened with hav

adrian goldberg, the presenter of 5 live investigates, gave more details about the response times ofverage response time to be more serious, most urgent crimes, has gone up over a five year period from ten minutes to 19 minutes. in greater manchester, from seven minutes to 12 minutes. in urban areas, the target time is 15 minutes — so greater manchester is meeting their targets but west midlands are not. if you look at west yorkshire and south yorkshire, that target time has been missed by both on thousands of occasions and it is getting worse. dr lynnette kelly, the assistant police and crime commissioner for the west midlands, said that she believed cuts in police numbers had had an effect on response times. we are concerned about it. i have to say, if you are going to cut police funds year after year after year, if you are going to make us lose 2000 officers, which is what has happened in the west midlands, at the same time as crime is going up, then the natural thing to happen is response times will increase. so why hasn‘t that happened everywhere? the west midlands has been hit

adrian goldberg, the presenter of 5 live investigates gave more details about the response times of some midlands where the average response time to be more serious, most urgent crimes, has gone up serious, most urgent crimes, has gone up over a serious, most urgent crimes, has gone up over a five year period from ten minutes to 19 minutes. in greater manchester, from seven minutes to 12 minutes. in urban areas, the target time is 13 minutes of the greater manchester is our meeting their targets but west midlands are not. if you look at west yorkshire and south yorkshire, that target time has been missed by both on thousands of occasions and it is getting worse. the headlines on bbc news... thousands of people attend vigils across new zealand to remember the victims of the mosque attacks — as the country's prime minister says her office received a message from the suspected killer minutes before the shootings theresa may calls on mps to make an ‘honourable compromise‘ and back her brexit deal — or risk never leaving the eu. police response times to the most urgent calls at two of england

more on this story on five live investigates, at 11am this morning on bbc radio five live with adrian goldbergesa may has made a fresh appeal to mps, to unite as "democrats and patriots" and support her brexit deal. writing in the sunday telegraph she warns the alternative would be a lengthy delay to leaving the eu that would be a "potent symbol of parliament‘s collective political failure". the eu withdrawal agreement is due to be put before mps in the commons again this week, after previously suffering two crushing defeats. with me is our political correspondent jonathan blake. what more has she said in the paper? the arguments over the details on the deal have been had no entries theresa may realises her best argument is perhaps this moral one, appealing to mps to see if you want brexit to happen the only way to guarantee it is to vote for this deal and it‘s an argument we‘ve heard her make before, the last time mps were asked to vote but she says know a couple of days before we expect parliament to vote again on her deal, if you back eight we will leave slightly later than expected but sti

more on this story on five live investigates, at 11am this morning on bbc radio five live with adrian goldbergr 30 people. the authorities say about 70 people are still missing as a result of the cyclone, which earlier caused severe damage in mozambique. the former vice president of the united states, joe biden, has given his strongest hint yet that he may run for president. if he enters the race, the 76—year—old would join a packed field of more than a dozen democratic candidates hoping to challenge donald trump next year. speaking at a rally in deleware last night, mr biden gave though he says he misspoke... i‘ll get criticised and told i‘ll be criticised by the new left. i have the most progressive record of anybody running for the... ..anybody who would run... cheering and applause. ididn‘t mean... cheering and applause. ..of anybody who would run... junk food adverts on tv and online could be banned before 9pm, as part of government plans to tackle childhood obesity. ideas for the new watershed have been put out for public consultation from today, and have been backed by doctors. the depa

adrian goldberg from five live investigates gave us more details.ed seeking help and support from their helpline, the majority of those calls were from children. they did at that time have around 6,500 calls a year from adults, anybody over the age of 18. that figure has rocketed between 2013 and 2018 to the point where last year they had 23,000 calls from people over the age of 18. that now makes up around 81% of their caseload at their helpline. a really significant increase in the number of adults contacting that helpline for support and assistance. do we know why there has been such a big rise? it‘s very interesting. around 2015, when you had high—profile figures like labour mp liam byrne talking as an adult about his experiences, having been a child of an alcoholic, and finally overcoming what he perceived to be the shame and stigma, coming forward to talk about that, that has prompted other adults to come forward and say that they too had problems like this as a child with a parent who had turned to drink. joining me now is amelia, who grew up

presenter adrian goldberg joins us now.ral 15 minute time for responding to what is called grade one emergencies. this is where there is a risk to life or serious harm to health. in the west midlands, we found the average response time has gone over a five year period of from ten minutes to i9 year period of from ten minutes to 19 minutes that they are missing out on their targets. it is gone from seven to 12 minutes so they are still within the target but it has nearly doubled within that period. looking at other forces like west and south yorkshire, in other cases where they failed to meet that 15 minute target has significantly increased. the home office had said there is extra funding coming but also interesting, you weren't able to get the figures from the met? no, not from the metropolitan police. 0n that response, chief police councils are saying look, we have a4,000 offices since 2010 and are saying look, we have 114,000 offices since 2010 and we have significantly rising demand that echoes what many of the forces a

adrian goldberg from 5 live investigates has more on this story and joins us now.igures have come from the national association of children for alcoholic parents and back in 2013 the majority of the calls they received with dealing with an alcoholic parent came from children and only about 6500 calls a year came from adults of people over the age of 18. by 2018, that number had rocketed to more than 23,000 so that's now taking up 80% of their caseload. many, many more adults deciding to contact the helpline because they have experience of an alcoholic parent. over the last few yea rs, alcoholic parent. over the last few years, people have become more open about talking about these things. we have had the likes of liam byrne talking about his experiences. yes and since he started talking about his experiences, children of having alcoholic parents, what they perceive as the shame and stigma of talking about alcoholism in the family, that triggered a significant increase in the number of calls. the association also say there are a growing number of people, adults, tha

five live investigates has been looking into this, and presenter adrian goldberg joins us now.t the university of portsmouth and he noticed a pattern of death by accidental misadventure involving predominantly young men, mostly involving accidents or misfortune around water. he crunched the numbers and in the last nine yea rs the numbers and in the last nine years there have been 150 deaths of mostly young men in these circumstances. it's very disappointing and very disturbing, young men going for a night out and not going home, wandering off and sadly coming to grief. there have been conspiracy theories in some places about someone pushing men into the canal. police always say there is absolutely no truth in that, there is something about young men having a drink and for some reason they are attracted to the water? and it is partly about how young men socialise with each other. anecdotally, women will say that if a young woman goes off alone her friends are more likely to look out for her, drop her a message, ask who she is with and whether she is ok, with young men there is a

adrian goldberg, the presenter of 5 live investigates, has been looking at the issue.ed accusations that she was fabricating her daughter bethanie's illness. thank you for coming in to talk about this. adrian, what is fii? it's the idea that parents might exaggerate or invent symptoms. it might be that they are looking for extra help or benefits or have a personality disorder themselves. it isa personality disorder themselves. it is a real condition. it gets difficult if a child has a quite difficult if a child has a quite difficult to diagnose condition, perhaps on the autistic spectrum, perhaps on the autistic spectrum, perhaps a physical condition that doctors are struggling to pin down. pa rents doctors are struggling to pin down. pa re nts ca n doctors are struggling to pin down. parents can sometimes find themselves wrongly accused of exaggerating or inventing symptoms when in fact it is simply that the symptom hasn't yet been identified at its root cause. that's what you're looking into? absolutely. doctors think there are about 50 cases a year where they are lo

adrian goldberg from 5 live investigates has more on this story and joins us now. it traditionally would have been children... a remarkable change. these figures have come from the national associations of children alcoholic parents and back in 2013, the motor surety of the kill —— calls were from children. —— majority. by 2018, number of calls from adults had rocketed from more than 23,000 two 3.5 times the rate they were getting from adults in 2030 and that now accounts for 80% of their caseload. why do you think that is? do you think it's because there are more people looking at their parents who are perhaps older in life, they are perhaps retired and they are turning to alcohol later on in life? there's definitely a bit of that going on. there was also a moment in 2015 where a number of high that make high—profile people spoke as adults about their experience with living with an alcoholic as a child and that takes alcoholic as a child and that takes a lot of courage to do because there isa a lot of courage to do because there is a stigma and chain —— shame asso

presenter adrian goldberg is here with us now to explain more. this is an interesting one. been hearing about the opt out system but now your research suggests that could cause a problem in itself. transplantation is a real nhs success story. 5000 people have their lives saved, their lives transformed. the chair of the chapter of surgeons says the system is already running at more than full throttle, a breaking point. he says some of his colleagues have to work 36 hour shifts with operation sometimes having to be cancelled because there are not intensive care beds and operating theatres available. a new system comes into place next year where in theory more organs should be donated and he is asking where is the extra resources to deal with that. the idea of organs going to waste is appalling. it is not just organs going to waste is appalling. it is notjust the patient receiving the organ but the family around the donor. the fact that it happens at all, and now we have this system coming on stream, increasing the flow of organ and we have such a scene medic saying the system

adrian goldberg reports.fessor paints a bleak picture ofa the professor paints a bleak picture of a system under stress with teams working extremely long hours and surgery of 16 hour shifts without a break. patients face delays because of the lack of availability of intensive care beds or operating theatres and an array cases this has led donated organs going to waste. there has been a huge success so the number of transplants has increased by 50% over the last 8—10 years. it has been fantastic for patients but what it has meant is the workload has gone up, the pressures are getting increasingly difficult and, in fact, people often use phrases like we are at breaking point, this is not sustainable and we cannot continue. he fears the nhs is struggling to deal with current demand and if concern about the predicted increases when the law changes next year. under the new system, consent will be presumed u nless system, consent will be presumed unless people have opted out. the department of health say they are i