in the number of adults calling a national helpline for the children of alcoholic parents, according to figures seen by the bbc. in 2013, the majority of calls to the national associationoholics were from children but now more than 80 per cent of calls are from people over the age of 18. the department of health said it was investing six million pounds to tackle the issue. adrian goldberg from 5 live investigates gave us more details. these figures come from national association of children of alcoholics. back in 2013, they tell us that the majority of the calls that they received seeking help and support from their helpline, the majority of those calls were from children. they did at that time have around 6500 calls a year from adults, and anybody over the age of 18. that figure has rocketed during 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 support and assistance. we know why there has been such a big rise? it's very interesting. around 2015, when you had high—profile figures like labou

in the number of adults calling a national helpline for the children of alcoholic parents, according to figures seen by the bbc. in 2013, the majority of calls to the national associationdren of alcoholics were from children. but now, more than 80% of calls are from people over the age of 18. the department of health said it was investing £6 million to tackle the issue. we are going to talk to that in a few minutes. we will talk to the daughter of an alcoholic father about the impact that had on her. more than £200 million 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 te

in the number of adults calling a national helpline for the children of alcoholic parents, according to figures seen by the bbc. in 2013 the majority of calls to the national associationhildren but now more than 80% of calls are from people over the age of 18. the department of health said it was investing six million pounds to tackle the issue. amelia, who grew up with an alcoholic father, joined ben brown earlier — she sought help after his death two years ago. i was about five when my dad, alcoholism took over, so that was a lot of, you know, drunken pick—ups from school, things like that. it was really difficult but you grow up and you realise as you get older that that is not normal, it is not 0k. and what were the symptoms of his alcoholism? he used to get pretty angry? very aggressive. a lot of drunkenly passing out. luckily i am the youngest of four. i had older siblings who were able to help me deal with that. it was a lot of really difficult times, and unfortunately, my dad passed away from alcoholism about three years ago now. how old were you then, and what were your feelings then when he died? i was 21. i was at university. to be perfectly honest, ifelt t

children dealing with parents who have a drink problem says it's seen a huge increase in the the number of adults contacting them about their parents. the national association for the children of alcoholics than 28,000 calls or messages from adults asking for help compared with under six and a half thousands five years before. the husband of a british—iranian womanjailed in iran has delivered a mother's day card to her on the steps of the iranian embassy in london, as part of his campaign for her release. nazanin zaghari ratcliffe was jailed for five years in 2016 on spying charges which she denies. with more here's our correspondent sangita myska. almost three years ago, nazinin zaghari—ratcliffe was stopped by iranians police at tehran airport. she was about to fly home with her child but was instead arrested. and accused of spying. seen here with her daughter gabriella, just before being jailed for five years, the british government and her family have repeatedly called for her release. today, on mother's day, her husband, who has tirelessly campaigned on behalf of his wife, delivered a card and dozens of flowers to the iranian embassy. it's a message, this is the third mother's day t

in the number of adults calling a national helpline for the children of alcoholic parents, according to figures seen by the bbc. in 2013 the majority of calls to the national association from people over the age of 18. the department of health said it was investing six million pounds to tackle the issue. more than 200 million pounds 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 pounds over a decade to bring all their roads up to scratch. a beach party has been held for 400 sausage dogs. try not to laugh. owners from across the country met in suffolk for the event which is now in its fifth year. it's held to raise money for a charity that supports dogs with a spinal condition which affects about one in four dachshunds. surprisingly common. they are trying to raise money to come up with a nswe rs. to raise money to come up with answers. we used to have a — found growing up. the little one called coope

children... a remarkable change. these figures have come from the national associations of children alcoholic parents and back in 2013, the motor surety of 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 associated many people ‘s minds with alcoholism particularly if it involves their parents. we have had more people coming forward to talk about their childhood experiences of alcoholism now that they are adults but also,