blackman. his daughter lucie tragically lost her life injapan at the age of 21.emory. the trust has been assisting grace millane's family. he told me how the trust helps in these tragic situations. what people fail to realise is as soon as you leave these shores to travel abroad, you leave behind all the connections and the agencies that we have grown accustomed to who look after us if there is a difficulty — whether it be the police or any other agencies. and when you've got a crisis abroad, the lucy blackman trust is really the only organisation that can sit in the middle and act as a friend, as an experienced cool head for all the matters that are going to come with the rest of this case. we work alongside the fco and there is is a lot the fco can do, but there's many things that the lucy blackman trust does which gives support to families. what would you say are the most pressing things, leaving aside grace's case, but more generally when you're dealing with a disappearance, what are the kind of things that are most important terms of getting help and support

blackman. his daughter lucie tragically lost her life injapan at the age of 21.pport trust in her memory. the trust has been assisting grace millane‘s family. thank you for being with us this morning. this is the terrible news that everybody was hoping you wouldn't be the case but has now been confirmed by police. have you had any opportunity to speak to the family since the police made the announcement? david beard of auckland police drugs unused to the family and —— broke the news to the family. we are not in a position to speak to them. it is important they have time to themselves and they feel traumatised at the moment. we arejust feel traumatised at the moment. we are just waiting feel traumatised at the moment. we arejust waiting on feel traumatised at the moment. we are just waiting on the end of the phone should we need to support them in any way. in terms of the kind of situations that dummies find themselves in when a loved one disappears, in the case of your daughter it was a long period before you knew what had happened, this has happened much quicker

yes, the lucie blackman trust, for the last 12 yea rs, blackman trust, for the last 12 years, was setapan. it still in the court case of lucy's trial injapan. it is a unique organisation in that it helps families who have a crisis abroad. we are the only organisation that does that and we have gained a lot of experience both from lucie's case as well as a decade of helping people with these cases abroad. so for a family, it's like having somebody who is really knowledgeable, clear—headed and understands how they are feeling, because we do know that and they can pick up the phone to us at any time, 24 pick up the phone to us at any time, 2a hours a day. pick up the phone to us at any time, 24 hours a day. so that is the help he would give to the families. what advice would you give to young people who are travelling abroad, sometimes alone in places like new zealand or anywhere around the world 7 zealand or anywhere around the world? well, there is work to do around this. grace is 22, so she was just two years old when lucie went missing. we have had a generation go past and we probabl

that is right, and that is the lucie blackman trust usp, when people talk to us we know we know theyecisely how the family of grace millane are feeling. we were there seven months looking for lucie and fora there seven months looking for lucie and for a big chunk of that time i couldn't think properly or straight. the shock kind of shots your head down and i am sure that the millane family will be in that situation which is where the lucie blackman trust can keep things going and keep working for them. it must be so helpful to have you there, that organisation there, because not only is it of course devastating for the family it is also a huge new story but in new zealand and over here so they are having to do all the media attention as well. we act as a shock absorber in that situation. we understand from experience the media is extremely helpful. it raised the profile enormously in new zealand and over here, coupled with social media, which is also now a strong tool. but it can be enormously intrusive for a family, so that this pa rt of intrusive for a family, so that this part of

the lucie blackman trust, set up after the terrible death of a young british women's dying in japan,ct details and e—mail that to your parents and your friends together with your plans for the following week. in new zealand specifically, all the telecom companies have a system word you can text your details, where you're going, what your plans to a central database if going, what your plans to a central data base if necessary going, what your plans to a central database if necessary that can be investigated. that is useful advice for that particular country. thank you very much. in paris, the clean up has begun after a day and night of more protests and violence by the so—called ‘yellow vest‘ movement. the french finance minister has said the violence is a catastrophe for the nation‘s commerce and economy. he warned it would affect the growth rate. amid the unrest, looting broke out and shops and storefronts were hit. the demonstrations are over rising living costs and dissatisfaction with president macron. police arrested nearly 1,700 people, while more than 100 were injured needing

for example, the lucy blackman trust, which was set up after the terrible death of a young british woman you meet, their contact details and every week email that to your folks and your friends, together with your plans for the following week, and in new zealand specifically all the telecom companies have a system where you can just text your details, where you're going, what your plans are to a central database. then if necessary that can be investigated. the travel editor for the independent. time for a look at the weather with susan powell. hello. sunday did bring a few sharp showers, but did also bring a lot of sunshine. and hopefully you got out and were able to enjoy a little bit of that great afternoon at hayling island in hampshire, because sunshine will become perhaps increasingly in short supply as we move further into our week ahead. on a positive note, the winds will be lighter for the first couple of days, it'll be a largely dry picture too. from the midweek onwards, however, there is a lot of uncertainty in our forecast and i will explain a little bit more about that in jus