for now, for molly and childrenjust like her, ian russell's works goes on.elped and the increased awareness that we have has helped anyone else, she would be very pleased. angus crawford, bbc news. the colombian government says it's to restart aerial spraying of coca leaves with herbicide, in an effort to reduce the record levels of cocaine currently produced in the country. spraying was suspended in 2015 after a study found the chemical used could cause cancer. since then, the area under coca cultivation has tripled, with much of the cocaine produced ending up in the us. 0ur social affairs correspondent michael buchanan travelled to colombia to find out what else is behind the surge in production. in the middle of the andes, after a three—hour hike, i meet the foot soldiers of the cocaine trade. the farmers. how old are you? every two months, they harvest a crop of coca leaves. it pays them around £75 a month each, mainly for what they do with the leaves. they add a variety of toxins, including ammonia and petrol. the process creates this valuable paste, wh

for now, formerly in childrenjust like her, ian russell's work goes on.y molly storey has helped and the increased awareness that we have has helped anyone else she would be very pleased. now two of the candidates to succeed jeremy corbyn as leader of the labour party have launched their campaigns today. early this evening, rebecca long—bailey set out her pitch to the membership in manchester. she promised to end the gentleman's club of politics by devolving power to the regions. before that, it was emily form bree's turn. she opened her campaign in her hometown saying it was important to choose a leader to take labour forward and bring important to choose a leader to take labourforward and bring back important to choose a leader to take labour forward and bring back the voters the party had lost. 0ur correspondent has been following the action. from rebecca long-bailey, definitely one of the favourites in this election, a fiery speech there in the last hour talking about how she wanted to fight for labour values, many of those values similar to those tha

for now, for molly and childrenjust like her, ian russell's works goes on.y has helped and the increased awareness that we have has helped anyone else, she would be very pleased. angus crawford, bbc news. ben croucher has all the sport. england are on top. 120 from ben stokes and a maiden century. 135 not out. england declared on 499—9. the england spinner was taking both wickets. still trailing. i think they were at medan and when he gave up, i didn't know what to do asa he gave up, i didn't know what to do as a celebration. get rid of a bit of energy. it was a pretty special moment and it was awesome to see the boysin moment and it was awesome to see the boys in the changing room and see how happy they were as well is something we really enjoying changing room. we enjoy each other‘s success changing room. we enjoy each other‘s su ccess ca n changing room. we enjoy each other‘s success can so that was pretty awesome. a great day for him. he him. he says he has not stopped smiling. the thoughts in ourjonathan trott. the thing that struck me and impressed me

injanuary, ian russell tried to understand why his teenage daughter molly took her own life after seeingrm on instagram. my colleagues angus crawford and tony smith broke the story. this is the story of molly russell. molly was the youngest of three sisters. at the time, she seemed to be a very ordinary teenager. she was 14. she was enthusiastic. she handed her homework in that night, she packed her bags and was preparing to go to school the next day, and then when we woke up the next morning, she was dead. molly was one of around 200 children who take their own lives every year. since her death, we have been able to look back and just scratch the surface of some of the social media accounts that she had been following. i remember this one, that picture. "this world is so cruel, i don't want to see it anymore." there are accounts from people who were depressed or self—harming, and some of that content seemed to be quite positive, perhaps groups of people who were trying to help each other out, but some of that content is shocking in that it encourages self—harm. it links self—harm to sui

for now, for molly and childrenjust like her, ian russell's works goes on.ry has helped and the increased awareness that we have has helped anyone else, she would be very pleased. angus crawford, bbc news. earlier, i spoke to the ceo of the centre for countering digital head, i asked of the foot of today's report. i thought it was set of very sensible recommendations in the report. perhaps it was with an eye to further use. we would go further at the centre, we would say that some of those social media companies have behaved downright morally in allowing the sort of hate to fester on their platforms, notjust the abuse of young ladies and young people, but also nasty level that we find in groups. it is time for society to take action. is that not another element of the world of social media, in terms of blocking that type of content? i think what they psychiatrists are saying is research into mental health. absolutely. they lookjust not at the mental health of young people, but also at the impact of radical material on young people and society asa material on

for now, for molly and childrenjust like her, ian russell's works goes on.s helped and the increased awareness that we have has helped anyone else, she would be very pleased. angus crawford, bbc news. we are nowjoined by the ceo of centre for countering digital hate imran ahmed. thank you for coming in. we had a look at the report that was put out? i have. what did you make of it? if it it was a set of very sensible recommendations. perhaps with an active fairness we would go further, we would say that actually some of those social media companies, the way we have behaved is downright immoral. in allowing this kind of hate to fester on their platforms, not just abuse of young ladies hate to fester on their platforms, notjust abuse of young ladies and young people, but also that sea—level hatred that we find in groups and it is time for society to ta ke groups and it is time for society to take action. is that another element of the world of social media? in terms of blocking that type of co nte nt ? terms of blocking that type of content? because i think wha

ian russell joins us from our london newsroom now. good morning to you, and thank you for talking to. there we re we found there was shocking. there were memes of depressive material that encourage depression and anxiety, normalising such subjects andi anxiety, normalising such subjects and i think it led her to her death —— death or lead her to death. and it was disturbing to see these things are so obvious easily found on platforms such as instagram and pi nte rest. on platforms such as instagram and pinterest. just talking about the content pinterest. just talking about the co nte nt you pinterest. just talking about the content you are saying molly was exposed to, it is interesting because this is not as simple as people being encouraged to take their own lives or bullying online or looking up images which related to hashtag suicide. these are images that were perhaps not meant to make someone depressed, they could almost be pieces of art, it could be argued. you could look at them in many ways but i think, collectively, when you start looking at those images on the internet, the

ian russell, who believes instagram was partly responsible for his daughter molly taking her life at backing the calls. the uk is "hurtling towards a major stroke crisis" because of a shortage of specialist consultants, according to the stroke association. in 2016, alison brown had what is believed to have been at least one minor stroke. a british teenagerfound guilty of lying about being gang raped in cyprus has launched an appeal against her conviction. the 19—year—old had denied causing public mischief and on thursday lawyers filed the grounds for her appeal at the supreme court of cyprus. she is now back in the uk after receiving a suspended jail term. eminem has called for the end to gun violence in the release of his album. the surprise album, music to be murdered by, features a song called darkness, which comes from the perspective of the shooter responsible for the 2017 las vegas mass shooting. the video ends with words "when will this end?", before asking the viewer to register to vote and help change american gun laws. new research has shown that almost a quarter of all new

molly russell's father ian fully backs the plans.levy that was forced upon them so that they had to pay, it would be a tiny amount in terms of their profits, but it only needs to provide for good, proper academic research with anonymised data so that the whole world can better understand the sort of problems that are driving young people into desperate places. radical solutions which may not be popular with an industry making billions from the children using its products. angus crawford, bbc news. downing street has confirmed that eu citizens won't automatically be deported if they fail to sign up to the government's settled status scheme by the deadline ofjune next year. let's get more on this from our political correpsondent iain watson at westminster. iain many have signed up for settled status, but quite a few haven't. absolutely, ben, 2.8 million eu citizens have applied for settled status allowing them to work here, 2.5 million applications have been processed, but that still leaves about half a million who have not, and the eu

molly russell's father ian fully backs the plans. a levy that was forced upon them so that they had to pay, it would be a tiny amount in terms of their profits, but it only needs to provide for good, proper academic research with anonymised data so that the whole world can better understand the sort of problems that are driving young people into desperate places. radical solutions which may not be popular with an industry making billions from the children using its products. angus crawford, bbc news. we have a guest from the big brother watch group now, what is your view on the idea of gathering data so we can look at the impact of online abuse? gathering data and doing research is very welcome and a very good idea, but what we are very cautious about is any call that suggests that data subjects, those using social media platforms, are taken out of the equation. it is important for trust online and people's data rights and their health and well—being that when they are using the internet, they feel they have full control over who has

molly russell's father ian fully backs the plans.y that was forced upon them so that they had to pay, it would be a tiny amount in terms of their profits, but it only needs to provide for good, proper academic research with anonymised data so that the whole world can better understand the sort of problems that are driving young people into desperate places. radical solutions which many not be popular with an industry making billions from the children using its products. angus crawford, bbc news. the headlines on bbc news... the city of glasgow becomes the biggest in the uk to pledge to become carbon neutral in the next ten years, amid fresh warnings about global warming, with the last decade the hottest on record. calls for a public inquiry into cuts to the probation service — following the inquest into the death of conner marshall, killed by an ex—offender who was on probation. psychiatrists call for social media companies to hand over their data so they can research what the online world does to children's mental health. calls for

molly russell had been looking at these online and took real life. protecting children like molly or what her father ianare all about. we are not asking for people's privacy to be invaded here. we are asking for the data that is available, that these tech companies use and monetise, to be not just tech companies use and monetise, to be notjust turned into their profits but to be used for good as well. do you really think the tech companies will willingly hand over their data? i think the tech companies' first step seems to be a caution. they are very suspicious of people's motives, but i would hope the tech companies see the value of that. it is really important. it will save lives. social media is of course not totally bad, but it is important the harmful parts of social media are kept in check, otherwise that is what we will only hear about. how many of you use social media? learning about online safety is also of course a job for teachers, parents and the youngest users, some still at primary school. social media makes me feel very happy because many of my friends live very far away. sometimes you co

chief inspectorjustin russell says the service is being hampered by a lack of trained probation officers, and over—strteched managers. let's speak now to ianon and family court staff. thanks forjoining us. there seem to be two key issues, literally the number of staff and the experience of those staff? that's true, the first thing i'd like to say, to commend justin russell for his report, it's very fulsome and damning and it vindicates all the things my union and our members have been saying for the last five years about the stresses and strains on the service, both in the public and private sector. yes, those issues are paramountand private sector. yes, those issues are paramount and we now need a government that's going to take some real action the problems. before we talk about that, explain to us how overstretched the service is in your opinion, how many more probation officers do you think you need for the service to be working effectively so that it isn't overstretched, as the report suggests? justin russell has identified at the time of his report around 650 vacancies, we think the realfigure of the around 650 vacancies, we think th

molly russell, who we saw in angus‘s report, was 1a when she died days before her birthday in 2017, after viewing graphic self—harm and suicide material on instagram. herfather, ianorning, there was an urgent need for greater action: collectively, when you start looking at those images on the internet, the algorithms that are there start pushing more and more of those images and such content to you, and they connect you with other people who are in a similar, desperate place. and there's an element of self—help, i'm sure there's an element of self—help that goes on, but there is an absence of professional help on those platforms and an absence of real care. and i think it's even possible that the public, obvious platforms can lead you to darker places on the internet, where there is much more discussion about suicide. and it's just a horrible spiral, a vicious circle that leads you into a very desperate place. i think it could be quite hard, that's what the social media companies seem to say, they seem to say it takes... it's not as easy as we might think, it's taking them a long time to inch their way to safer platforms. i mean, some measures have been taken, bu

molly russell, who we saw in angus‘s report, was 14 when she died days before her birthday in 2017, after viewing graphic self—harm and suicide material on instagram. herfather, ianning, there was an urgent need for greater action. collectively, when you start looking at those images on the internet, the algorithms that are there start pushing more and more of those images and such content to you, and they connect you with other people who are in a similar, desperate place. and there's an element of self—help, i'm sure there's an element of self—help that goes on, but there is an absence of professional help on those platforms and an absence of real care. and i think it's even possible that the public, obvious platforms can lead you to darker places on the internet where there is much more discussion about suicide. and it's just a horrible spiral, a vicious circle that leads you into a very desperate place. i think it could be quite hard, that's what the social media companies seem to say, they seem to say it takes... its not as easy as we might think, it's taking them a long time to inch their way to safer platforms. i mean, some measures have been taken but i d