what is your response in a nutshell to the cass review? ss is a reality check, and it's shown us that that for decades now, homosexuality has , decades now, homosexuality has, in effect, been medicalized at the nhs. you and i have spoken before about the fact that 8,090% of the kids at the tavistock were same sex attracted , and which has been attracted, and which has been confirmed by the cass review precisely that. >> so we say this , we say this >> so we say this, we say this is a shocking indictment of gay politics and of the gay rights movement generally , particularly movement generally, particularly in view of the fact that the very people who should have been protecting gay youth, principally stonewall, weren't just , didn't just just abandoned, didn't just abandon their post, they joined the opposition forces when they should have been standing up for these kids. >> and what do you think their response will i know response will be? now, i know stonewall out a kind of stonewall put out a kind of unclear statement, sort of saying, we

leaving ideology with the cass review, we"echr, stopping ion leaving ideology with the cass review,opping the leaving ideology with the cass review, we"echr, stopping the small] the echr, stopping the small boats. think fundamental boats. i think the fundamental problem in many western democracies elites democracies is that the elites who are presiding over the political system also the political system and also the cultural and a large chunk of the media elite to who shape the national conversation don't actually represent the vast majority of people on these issues. so migration would be a great example . well, we know great example. well, we know that in more 80% of that in more than 80% of constituencies in this country, a majority of people want to dramatically the amount dramatically reduce the amount of immigration into britain. but we also know that the political elites in charge of westminster have been putting the pedal down on that issue, largely ignoring what they promised voters in their the their own manifesto. so the direct democrats would argue, and i'm with them on

, an response to the cass review, an nhs spokesperson said, and i quote the nhs has made significantng a fundamentally different gender service for children and young people, in line with earlier advice by doctor cass and following extensive public consultation and engagement, by stopping the routine use of puberty, suppressing hormones and opening the first of up to eight new regional centres delivering a different model of care, we will set out a full implementation plan following careful consideration of this final report and its recommendations , report and its recommendations, and the nhs is also bringing forward its systemic review of aduu forward its systemic review of adult gender services and has written to local nhs leaders to ask them to pause, offering first appointments at adult gender clinics to young people below their 18th birthday. end quote . another break. i'm sad to quote. another break. i'm sad to say. after which i'll be chatting to two experts about how the desert kingdom of dubai has been hit with flooding . has been hit with flooding. you're watching the neil

well, since the cass review, things are slightly shifting, aren't they? nick, i want to ask you about this because if the nhs, they're making a good start, let's stop referring to chest feeders, which sounds like some kind of auen which sounds like some kind of alien species. anyway and they're going to start using words like woman again. so is this because of the cass review? is that why is this going to sort itself out eventually? finally? >> it seems that way, andrew. and it's a huge achievement after 14 years of conservative government that we finally get back to something like normal and admitting that women exist again, this is where we are. we're hailing. this is a great victory that our national health service is admitting that women are real. i thought i was a misogynist. i came across the nhs. it's unbelievable. i mean, it's a victory , but you sort of it's a victory, but you sort of step back and go, it's insane that this is a victory and but i do think it's good. i do think it's changing. i think the gender thing is over. it'll take a while to

this is this big cass review. this is this big cass review. this is this big cass review. they do in country. they they do in this country. they hire one person to, hire one like one person to, like, everything . and like, decide on everything. and if person, if that person if that person, if that person makes mistake is bit on makes a mistake or is a bit on the take or something, i mean, they grab somebody they didn't just grab somebody randomly street. randomly off the off the street. >> is esteemed >> this is a very esteemed paediatric doctor. >> was of >> yeah, there was tons of esteemed doctors esteemed paediatric doctors who were covid if esteemed paediatric doctors who weremight covid if esteemed paediatric doctors who weremight rememberlid if esteemed paediatric doctors who weremight remember .d if esteemed paediatric doctors who weremight remember. anyway, this you might remember. anyway, this is this is what's happened because review where because of the cass review where they've said we haven't really tested the puberty tested the, the, the puberty blockers, the

it's been called the cass review. ucted by the paediatrician ian hillary cast or to hillary cass. and long story short, it was looking at, how young children who essentially were thinking that they were born in the wrong body . what kind of treatment have they been receiving when it comes to the nhs? now, let me tell you now, the reports, the outcome report is outcome of that report is damning. also have to say, damning. i do also have to say, though it did say some of the things that many people have been saying very long been saying for a very long time. speaks toxicity time. it speaks of the toxicity that that debate that surrounds that whole debate . it speaks of the fact that actually, when you're trying to use puberty blockers to essentially puberty, essentially stop puberty, guess what, term harms what, folks? the long term harms associated doing that associated with doing that were not understood . as i say, not really understood. as i say, many people have been saying this, shouting this from the rooftops for

puberty, suppressant and gender affirming hormones to young people has been paused following this cass reviewes. this review which came out last week, which was comprehensive, 400 pages long, it made 32 recommendations and any doctor hilary cass said children had been let down by a lack of there was remarkably weak evidence on puberty blockers and cross six hormones to treat people with gender dysphoria and included warnings that giving hormones to 16—year—olds should be an approach taken with extreme caution. the statement released this morning here in scotland said that existing patients in scotland who are currently receiving hormone suppressant or gender affirming hormones will continue receiving treatment. it also said anyone who was referred into the young people's gender service will continue to receive the psychological support that they require. responses are already coming in. scottish trans—, already coming in. scottish trans—, a lobby group here in scotland, said it is a wrong decision, that it will harm trans children and young people. the scottish conservatives have said this is

i mean, you can't whitewash this cass review, surely? erspective on this incident. many people read this review and they see many different stories that result on it . the cass review does not it. the cass review does not recommend that all trees of transgender young people and children ceases completely. what they recommend is more evidence needs to be gathered. more studies said it was safe place . studies said it was safe place. >> say again, she said it was safe, they said the medical expert blockers, it was still being prescribed because puberty blockers are still being prescribed on licence to young children who have precocious puberty . puberty. >> that is not ceasing. what is ceasing is being used to them, using them as treatment for gender dysphoria or gender incongruence. but they're still being prescribed to young children today for precocious, precocious puberty. >> if they were dangerous, where was stonewall on that? >> let me finish. let me finish. if they were dangerous, why are they still being prescribed for certain cases

today's report on treating children and young people who are gender—distressed a watershed 7 the cass revieways gender services were driven by ideology and the evidence for giving puberty blockers to young people to give them "time to think" about whether they really wanted to transition was poor. we'll talk to whistelblower susan evans who worked at the now closed tavistock clinic and hannah phillips, who was treated there and says she had a positive experience. also tonight abortion and donald trump. the state will be determined by vote or legislature or vote and whatever they decide must be the law of the land. he declined to back a nationwide ban on abortion this week and said individual states should decide, like arizona did 2a hours later. how big an issue will it be in the us presidential election? and is the uk pub facing extinction? we'll ask broadcaster james may who stepped in to save his local pub in wiltshire, and mandy yin who runs a restuarant bar. plus this. this has to be the widest miscarriage ofjustice in british legal history. the politician who's campagined for justice f

this hilary cass to conduct that review. this is hilary cass to conduct that review .w. this is a detailed, empirical scientific review that should inform the way that policy is developed, and it shouldn't be a matter of trends or feelings or social cachet on how this very sensitive issue is developed . developed. >> in other news, assaulting a shop worker will be made a separate criminal offence in a government u—turn in response to a surge of retail crime. it's after a report found violent and abusive incidents against shop workers rose by 50% in 2022 to 2023. the government previously said it did not think a law change was required. but today rishi sunak has announced the government would be amending its criminal justice bill to bring in the new offence . campaigner in the new offence. campaigner and former subpostmaster alan bates has hit out at his former bosses as thugs in suits. bates has hit out at his former bosses as thugs in suits . as the bosses as thugs in suits. as the post office inquiry reveals, the full extent of the scandal. the inquiry has been probi

, about in the cass review, about clinical foundations not being as robust as they should.en who are not psychologically and developmentally fully formed yet , and their whole range of sort of policies that are being promoted in the schools include, getting higher marks if you have gender neutral bathrooms and things . and there's a it's quite things. and there's a it's quite a broad ideological policy agendain a broad ideological policy agenda in the schools . agenda in the schools. >> it's very curious this because i don't think a single soul on this planet should oppose people teaching that . oppose people teaching that. some people have two mums, some people have two dads, but this is something very different. this is asking children to sort of be almost advocates political representatives themselves. yes, absolutely . absolutely. >> i mean, as someone who was who is gay myself , i >> i mean, as someone who was who is gay myself, i can guarantee that i was not fully aware of my own sexuality, as it were, until i was beginning at secondary school. so the idea that a four

dr hilary cass led the review.f other nhs care. she added the toxicity of the debate means professionals are afraid to openly discuss their views. 0ur health editor hugh pym has more. sonia wanted to transition from the age of 15, but she found she couldn't get access to care and was put on a waiting list. by the age of 18, she hadn't had a first appointment and was transferred to adult services. after hearing there'd be another long wait, she opted to go private until she could be seen by the nhs. sonia says the long delays were hard to cope with. all in all, i spent four years on waiting lists to be seen by an nhs specialist. it was incredibly frustrating and the period between being told that, "oh, we're not going to see before your 18th," and being referred on, and then me gaining private health care was an incredibly dark period in terms of my mental health. it was the the lowest i've been during the course of my transition. expanding gender services is a key focus of the latest independent review. recommendat

the main driver of this fallout is in fact the cass review.d something useful for once and listened to the cass review and stopped puberty blockers being given to kids at the scottish gender clinic. but the lgbt wing of the greens are absolutely up in arms about this. you've even had the rainbow greens on twitter , rainbow greens on twitter, calling the cass review a social murder charter. the greens have lost their minds if they think that trans kids which, if you ask me as criminal, is more important than the supposed climate emergency that they normally bang on about, benjamin , what do you think? do you think that these scottish greens have lost their minds and have forgotten what the real cause of their party is ? their party is? >> i mean, look, i'm not likely to vote for the green party and i think they're being quite reckless in their language. i don't think you need to use terms like murder. that's unacceptable . but i absolutely unacceptable. but i absolutely disagree with this ugly assertion that you can, quote unquote , trans kids.

the cass review of a new study. for gender services for young people to match the standards of other nhs care centres. labour's wes streeting said today children have been let down by a lack of research and evidence, saying the report is an important piece of work which had raised concerns . the which had raised concerns. the report said the toxicity of the debate around gender issues has meant professionals were too afraid to openly discuss their medical concerns. also in the news today, the former chairman of the post office mediation scheme has described the wrongful prosecution of subpostmasters by the post office as the greatest scandal he'd ever seen, and he's called for a re—evaluation of the entire justice system . sir entire justice system. sir anthony hooper told the horizon it inquiry today we've had many miscarriages of justice, but nowhere as many as these. sir anthony says a new approach is needed to ensure there is no repeat of the same . new home repeat of the same. new home office figures revealed t

, doctor cass also her review, doctor cass also said that she had received a string ofice following the publication of her report. now, the cass review feels like a watershed moment. could gender treatment be the medical scandal of our time? >> oh, without a doubt. i mean, you just have to watch one sad detransition in a video, and it's heartbreaking. i didn't it took me a long time to even really understand what transitioning was, because you just can't believe it. you the idea that you would lose your genitals ? oh no, that's much genitals? oh no, that's much later down the line. but it's just extraordinary to me. so yeah, i think is yeah, i think it's i think it is a scandal. >> second, only to abortion, which they have put on a pedestal and rebranded as reproductive health care or in some languages, like in italian, voluntary termination of pregnancy. you know, you can sugarcoat it and use all these, but i think at the end of the day, abortion and the abuse of these impressionable sometimes really, abused and, problematic kids. >> well, because quite often they've g

the decision by the sandyford clinic in glasgow follows the landmark cass review of gender services foren let down by a lack of research. lorna gordon is in glasgow for us now. lorna, tell us more about this decision in scotland? yes, ben, like other parts of the uk, scotland has seen a rapid rise in the number of young people questioning their identity, experiencing gender dysphoria, and the only specialist service for u18s is here at the sandyford clinic in glasgow. they have now formalised the decision to stop prescribing, or to pause prescribing puberty blocking hormones and cross sex for mounds such as oestrogen and testosterone, to young people, although there will be no change to young people already receiving treatment. it comes as you say one week after the cas review, which was about services in england, said that there was not enough evidence that giving puberty blockers to children experiencing gender dysphoria was safe or effective. in a joint statement, scotland's two biggest health boards, covering greater glasgow and clyde abra, described the cass review as a significant

the cass review calls for gender services for young people to match the standards of other nhs care. it says the toxicity of the debate around gender meant professionals were afraid to openly discuss their views. the review also found no evidence that the use of blockers, which delay puberty in children, led to better mental health outcomes. the author of the report, doctor hilary cass, spoke about the concerns for children . children. >> safety i've been very concerned about is the lack of an evidence base. our systematic reviews from the university of york show that the evidence was really disappointing, and that's meant that we have to be really quite cautious about how we manage medical interventions. these young people have quite complex presentations. they've got a range of other issues that it's really important that we address . and i think one of the address. and i think one of the problems that's arisen is that people have stopped looking at them in a holistic way. >> meanwhile, parliamentary under secretary for justice laura pharis says it's a problem countries around the w

the cass review says treatments.he cass review says children are being let down by remarkably weak evidence, and calls for gender services for young people to match the standards of other nhs care. it says the toxicity of the debate around gender meant professionals were afraid to openly discuss their views. prime minister rishi sunak says children's wellbeing is the government's priority . government's priority. >> of course we must treat children who are questioning their gender with compassion and sensitivity, but we have to recognise that we need to move with extreme caution in these areas because we just simply don't know the long tum impacts of what this all means, and children's wellbeing is uppermost in our mind, and that's why we've acted on the interim findings previously. whether that's the nhs banning the use of puberty the routine use of puberty blockers or indeed the guidance that we gave to schools about how to treat these issues , how to treat these issues, assaulting a shop worker will be made a sepa

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because we had the cass review last week.en covid tears making you out to be some sort of weirdo. i mean, clearly they were the weirdos, but do you feel vindicated? i do feel vindicated, and before i actually contacted the paper, i emailed my supervisor, the sort of head of the region, and i, i, i said to her, you know, i actually reached out to her and said, you know, the cass review have you read it? what are the nspcc doing about it ? and i sent nspcc doing about it? and i sent her a link to victoria atkins speech in the house of commons and completely ignored, completely ignored it. >> they didn't reply to you ? >> they didn't reply to you? >> they didn't reply to you? >> no, not at all. >> no, not at all. >> not at all. i mean, that is the quality and the calibre of the quality and the calibre of the people we're dealing with. the former chief executive of stonewall, who last week, i mean, for years she was advocating the use of puberty blockers for children, saying that that's what the experts advised and so on. she tol

the cass review of a new study.he cass review says children are being let down by remarkably weak evidence and calls for gender services for young people to match the standards of other nhs care centres. labour's wes streeting said today children have been let down by a lack of research and evidence, saying the report is an important piece of work which had raised concerns . the which had raised concerns. the report said the toxicity of the debate around gender issues has meant professionals were too afraid to openly discuss their medical concerns. also in the news today, the former chairman of the post office mediation scheme has described the wrongful prosecution of subpostmasters by the post office as the greatest scandal he'd ever seen, and he's called for a re—evaluation of the entire justice system . sir entire justice system. sir anthony hooper told the horizon it inquiry today we've had many miscarriages of justice, but nowhere as many as these. sir anthony says a new approach is needed to ensure there is no

he now backs the cass review and the reforms there on duffield. revi trans d the reforms there on duffield. he now backs the cass revi trans issue.reforms there on duffield. he now backs the cass revi trans issue. thanks there on duffield. he now backs the cass revi trans issue. thanks chris.on the trans issue. thanks chris. >> really interesting to hear from streeting. to from wes streeting. lots to digest . i hope we have a little digest. i hope we have a little bit time the break to bit of time after the break to be do so. lots of be able to do so. lots of things. make into things. want to make it into gbnews.com/your for say gbnews.com/your say for say we're going to get to that 100% private sector capacity. >> if he could, he would in i >> -- >> good afternoon. britain. it's 1:00 on thursday, the 11th of april. >> cabinet revolt. rishi sunak will face a rebellion if he decides to leave the european convention on human rights. the chancellor, home secretary and even secretary have even the justice secretary have all voiced opposition to leavin

she also hit out labour mp dawn butler, who questioned health secretary victoria atkins over the cass reviewainst the welsh government's default policy to reduce speeds to 20—miles per hour. wales' transport minister said the changes would address concerns many people had about the £34—million project. our wales political correspondent cemlyn davies reports. it's the clearest the new transport secretary ken skates has been about his thoughts on the controversial 20mph policy. earlier this week he talked about wanting a truly targeted approach with the policy focused on built—up areas where you have schools, parks, hospitals and so on. and he said that there would be some changes. and we have had a bit more detail from him in an interview he has given to north wales live where he also admits that the welsh government has got things wrong on this policy. "we have put our hands up to say the guidance has to be corrected," he said. and he's also said that he wants communities to play a more active part in deciding what speed limits should be, rather than having speed limits imposed upon them. an

even though the cass review over 80% review has shown that over 80% of referred to these of the kidsices were either gay or bisexual, means, of bisexual, which means, of course, they're just effectively fixing medical izing, sterilising gay kids. >> yeah. so i didn't have time to read the whole 400 page report because i'm a slow reader, but there's it's like a 70 point summary and recommendations and going through is incredibly through that, it is incredibly evenly handed. so it's like evenly handed. so it's not like you it and go, oh, this you can read it and go, oh, this is one side. attributes is taken one side. it attributes blame the toxicity of the blame about the toxicity of the debate and how that shuts down things being have things like being able to have a conversation about it. and it even points out, well, through the the general the whole thing, the general theme no theme is if you've got no evidence, you've got evidence, don't act, you've got weak . get more weak evidence. get more evidence, don't proceed evidence, don't, don't proceed forwards sort of forwards without

>> well, this is an interesting one, ian, because we've got the cass review, which we know we've had ernment for a long time. the government has that to kind of has been using that to kind of moderate and generate new guidelines for teachers and for schools. when it schools. basically, when it comes identify comes to children who identify as opposite sex no sex as the opposite sex or as no sex or whatever, whatever it might be, review final be, and the cass review final cass going to be cass review is going to be published wednesday. published this wednesday. it looks cass review is looks like the cass review is going pretty what it going to say pretty much what it said which was not said before, which was it's not a neutral actually it a neutral act, and actually it can psychologically can be very psychologically damaging to socially transition a words, to call a child. in other words, to call the by the name of the the child by the name of the opposite sex and the pronouns of the sex. because what the opposite sex. because what it does it locks in it does is it locks in psychologica

>> well, doctor cass has done unbelievable work on this review.he spent nearly four years writing it, and she produced an interim report two years ago, which has already been informing government policy. but look, yes, identified some yes, she's identified some really, really serious issues. one thing i think that your viewers should know, though, that in 2011, 250 children were referred for gender identity services. by 2021, that number had climbed to more than 3500. and that's been happening in many similar countries across the west. so yes , there has been the west. so yes, there has been this sort of very unprecedented demand for a service that really hadnt demand for a service that really hadn't had much demand at all in the last decade or so. and she has uncovered some very, very serious matters that have been , serious matters that have been, that have resulted from that. >> she's identified in particular that there could be questions for activist charities who've put pressure on the nhs , who've put pressure on the nhs, on parents and inde

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the cass review, as it's called, came out last week, and it recommends a new approach for clinicians.s it? hannah barnes is a former bbc producer who investigated some of the uk's gender identity services for the corporation's newsnight programme. she went on to write a book about it. i asked her when she first started her investigation. first came across it at all in 2017. i was off on my first maternity leave and there was a piece in the times byjanice turner which was talking about this really rapid increase

the cass review, as it's called, came out last week, and it recommends a new approach for clinicians.s is a polarising subject for some people. so, what mightjournalism do differently in how it covers it? hannah barnes is a former bbc producer who investigated some of the uk's gender identity services for the corporation's newsnight programme. she went on to write a book about it. i asked her when she first started her investigation. first came across it at all in 2017. i was off on my first maternity leave and there was a piece in the times byjanice turner which was talking about this really rapid increase in the referrals of teenage girls to gids — the gender identity development service — and she had spoken to two clinicians who worked at the service. it wasn't really a big sort of whistle—blowy piece but they had talked to her and said — what they'd seen and itjust — i thought it was very interesting, but i was off and, you know, spending time with my baby. and there was also a documentary that same year on bbc two about a gender clinic — a children's gender clinic in canada. and

to, a commitment that the scottish government will implement in full the recommendations of the cass reviewngland here in scotland will stop i had a chat with ash regan this evening and she said she has genuinely not decided how to vote yet, she is waiting to see what happens. it's going to be a nervous few days and hours for humza yousaf. indeed, james cook, thank you, in edinburgh. a 13—year—old girl will appear in court tomorrow, charged with three counts of attempted murder. it follows the stabbing of two teachers and a teenager at a school in carmarthenshire yesterday. tomos morgan has the very latest. the scene yesterday, one of the three injured members of ysgol dyffryn aman being taken to hospital after being stabbed. this afternoon it was announced that teacher fiona elias, pictured here, and another teacher who the bbc understands to be liz hopkins and a pupil affected, have all been released from hospital. the shocking incident prompted a huge multi—agency response. cid and forensic teams recovered a knife and tonight an update from the police. a 13—year—old girl was arrested at

the decision by the sandyford clinic in glasgow follows the landmark cass review of gender services for had been let down by a lack of research. an inhouse lawyer at the post office admitted to a bunker style mentality within the organisation as the horizon it scandal developed. giving evidence at the inquiry today rodric williams said he wasn't aware of a cover up but said he could see why someone could see it like that. emma simpson has more. subpostmasters whose lives were ruined — they've come to see a lawyer who worked for a decade behind the scenes as the alleged cover up was well under way. i swear by almighty god... roderick williams is still employed by the post office and he wasn't enjoying being in the spotlight today. i'm missing your question. i'm sorry, i'm being thick. i'm struggling with these questions a little bit. can i understand what you mean by strategy? i haven't got my dictionary with me at the moment, mrwilliams. he admitted bantering about subpostmasters with colleagues in internal emails. "if they aren't happy with horizon, they can leave the network," he wrot

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dr hilary cass's review said children had been let down by a lack of research.she also said there wasntions. nhs england confirmed it would stop prescribing puberty blockers in march. you can get more on that on the bbc news website and we will keep you updated here a little later. a global cyber gang accused of industrial—scale fraud has been busted by police. it's accused of offering a service to criminals which allowed them to steal from victims using fraudulent text messages. 37 people worldwide have been arrested, 24 of them in britain. it's estimated that 70,000 people have fallen victim to the scams, which saw them put their personal details into a website hosted by labhost. our correspondent tom symonds has the details. it's 5am in south london — the end of a two—year investigation. this was one of a series of coordinated raids, targeting cybercrime in 17 countries, masterminded from the uk. one man was arrested here and 23 others around the uk. and this all began about two years ago when security experts for the banking industry spotted on the dark web criminals offering othe

call belgium and the netherlands call for restrictions for puberty blocker restrictions following cass reviewave become the latest countries to question puberty question the use of puberty blockers children, the blockers on children, after the cass a of cass review warned a lack of research the treatment research on the gender treatment long effects. this is long term effects. now this is quite if you care for quite positive if you care for the welfare and protection of children because , puberty children because, puberty blockers, which were originally based on the dutch protocol, have shown to be unscientifically. sorry, they've not been proven to be, to do all the things that they were claimed to be doing, and they have a lot of negative side effects as well, such as affecting things as bone density and forget gender. gender aside, the human body was meant to go through puberty of the through the puberty of the biological sex that it is. forget the whole like gender debate in of pure biology. forget the whole like gender debat