The Football Association has apologised to two female england players who were found to have been discriminated against by coach mark sampson. Im a human being, ifeel relieved it suggests that it was all worth it to go through the trouble to now have that vindicated. As concerns grow for hundreds of thousands of Rohingya Refugees who have fled violence in myanmar well have the latest from neighbouring bangladesh. And well be talking to the cia official who interrogated the former iraqi leader Saddam Hussein after his capture in 2003. Its 5 oclock. Our main story is that ministers have been forced to abandon charges for calling a helpline about the new universal Credit System after strong criticism from campaigners and mp5. The calls, often made by people in financial difficulty and facing long waits for the new benefit payment, currently cost up to 55 pence a minute. The announcement was made ahead of a commons debate about the implementation of universal credit, which labour says should be put on hold given the problems experienced so far. Our Political Correspondent iain watson reports. Newcastle was one of the first areas in the country where the governments flagship welfare reform was implemented, universal credit brings together six existing benefits for both Unemployed People and those on low incomes. But it is paid six weeks in arrears and the labour led local council says claimants are being forced into debt. Some government minister thought waiting six weeks was a good idea. I dont think so. I think that is creating lots of difficulties. And for those who are really struggling, that just makes the whole situation worse. And this is no local difficulty. So far around 600,000 people receive universal credit. But the government wants to speed up its introduction with another half a Million People scheduled to move onto it in the coming months. Exactly a week ago the labour leader asked why calls to the universal credit hotline cost up to 55p a minute. Today the work and pensions secretary had some good news. Given the recent attention and concern that this could place a burden on claimants, i have decided that this will change to a freephone number over the next month. But that wasnt enough forjeremy corbyn. He pressed the Prime Minister to pause the further roll out of universal credit until more extensive changes were made. The fundamental problems of universal credit remain. The six week wait, rising indebtedness, rent arrears and evictions. Will the Prime Minister now pause universal credit and fix the problems before pressing ahead with the roll out . Pausing universal credit will not help those people who will be helped by going to universal credit, getting into the workplace and bringing home more pay for their families. And the government say that half the people on universal credit do not have to wait six weeks for their money. Because they are entitled to advance payments. Although these come in the form of a loan. And it is notjust Opposition Mps who are concerned about the roll out of universal credit. More than 20 conservative mps have written to the Prime Minister setting out their worries. Many of them would like to see universal credit paid within four weeks rather than six weeks. And one of those potential rebels suggested that even more pressure would now need to be applied to her own government. I and several of my colleagues will keep making the case to say that it is undermining the principles behind universal credit because if people get into debt, and have real difficulty right at the start of the process, they are unlikely to recover from it. Conservative rebels are unlikely formally to join forces with labour today. But they hope the government will make more concessions on universal credit by the time of the budget next month. Ian watson, bbc news. 0ur chief Political Correspondent vicki young is in westminster. They have given ground on the issue of charges. Do you think they will ultimately do the same on the implementation . What is interesting is they have chosen something that is they have chosen something that is relatively easy to sort out. It was causing bad headlines and people could not understand why anyone would have to pay more than 50p a minute just to would have to pay more than 50p a minutejust to phone would have to pay more than 50p a minute just to phone up to try to find out about their benefits. So that was easily solved. There is a broader issue though about the roll out itself. It has been incredibly gradual, some would say it has taken far too long, it has been going on for years with pilot schemes, starting with the easiest cases, single claimant. I did not get the impression today from the cabinet minister the secretary of state for work and pensions that thatis state for work and pensions that that is what he was thinking about. He pointed out on the principle a lot of people agree that the principle is correct. There is a question of whether they can make more changes. Speaking earlier to the Democratic Unionist Party leader, the roll out in Northern Ireland is going to start with direct payments being made to landlords for example, payments made earlier than six weeks so some people will ask why that cannot be done for the rest of the uk. This is a flavour of a pretty lively debate. It has the capability to dramatically change lives for the better, it is something i think my party should be proud of. I therefore would not support this motion because it is clearly in its determination to stop the roll out, to domej universal credit for short term political reasons. We should resist that temptation on the side of the house. 4296 in rent arrears due to universal credit have gone into debt after making the claim. Due to long waiting times many have had notice to quit and been evicted from their family homes. Government needs to stop, open your eyes and ears. Do not punish the poor and disabled. Be fair, pause and repairthe punish the poor and disabled. Be fair, pause and repair the system. This debate is what is known as an opposition day debate so the subject has been chosen by labour. There is likely to be a vote at seven oclock this evening, ive been told by a government source that conservatives will abstain. That means they will not vote either way on this. There are some conservatives who are still unhappy, i think the idea that the government is abstaining on this shows the weakness of their position. The labour mp frank field is chair of the work and Pensions Committee hejoins me from our westminster studio. He knows the system inside out it is fairto he knows the system inside out it is fair to say. This is not a debate about the principle of universal credit but about implementation. Which for you are the elements that are most worrisome. Well there are a number, the six weeks waiting period before you can claim anything, or get your main benefit and after that evenif get your main benefit and after that even if it is successfully delivered to you that may take up to eight or ten weeks, 12 weeks. The numbers were not sure about according to the government. And then after that you are only paid every four weeks. Soi you are only paid every four weeks. So i have twice as the secretary of state in the select committee and in the house, he is confident about the roll out, so much so that he is accelerating it. In birkenhead the food bank, after conversations with food bank, after conversations with food banks and other area, that have had the roll out that will begin for us over had the roll out that will begin for us over christmas, they believe they will need another 15 tonnes of food. Either, i asked the secretary of state what message to take home, do i tell people at home that the food bank is ludicrously exaggerating the dangers of the roll out, or should i be saying to constituents, no extra food, we can all believe the secretary of state. Is that the message i should take to them, do not give more food to the food banks and ona not give more food to the food banks and on a couple of occasions the secretary of state has not replied to that question. Up until now ministers have been clear that the lessons of the implementation so far, and clearly there have been big problems in some areas but those lessons have been lent or they are being learned. And for those reasons there does not need to be a system put on hold. What is your answer . They say it not need to be put on hold, they are confident about the roll out. But theyre not confident in telling me to take the message back home. It is all going to work so well that the idea that we will need 15 tonnes extra food to be relayed through our food bank is scare tactics. They were remained silent on the subject. From that i read that in birkenhead and all the other areas where there is going to be the roll out from now until christmas and beyond, at an accelerated rate, we need to give even more food to our food bags because people will be hungry, because people will be hungry, because the delivery as described by perceptive straight in the house of commons bears no resemblance to reality in our constituency roll out. Reality in our constituency rollout. We have already had the delivery in Northern Ireland will be direct payments to landlords and payments earlier than six weeks being incorporated in that. Why cannot happen in other parts of the uk . A good question and again we put the question to the government. Scotla nd the question to the government. Scotland has negotiated a special deal, if it is good enough for scotla nd deal, if it is good enough for scotland and Northern Ireland white can england not have the same deal that Northern Ireland and scotland is going to get. If they have given ground as they have today on the issue of phone lines and charges, and that is going to happen over the next month, is it your sense that they might actually be in the business of giving ground more significantly on the implementation as well . Well they need to. In that if they do not were going to have a christmas, one of the dominant stories of which will be people who are hungry, not as a result of any act of god but by a deliberate act of the government to roll out universal credit at this period of time when they cannot guarantee that it will work. Hence food banks will be seeking even more food to feed those people who will be hungry. People will not be able to heat their homes, people will be risking being evicted from their homes. All of christmas. I am amazed that the secretary of state has got the iron nerve, political nerve to actually think in these circumstances, knowing all that we know about the roll out, and its consequences, that we re roll out, and its consequences, that were not only going to continue but were not only going to continue but we are going to speed up the programme. I wouldve thought his political sense would give him another message soon. Thank you very much. And we will be talking about this more later on as well with a former adviser to indent kim smith, the cabinet minister, former cabinet minister who created the credit. So a different perspective a little later on for you. To ian duncan smith. The Football Association has apologised to two england women footballers eniola aluko and drew spence for discriminatory remarks on the grounds of race which were made to them by coach mark sampson. He was sacked last month for a previous misdemeanour. A select committee has been hearing evidence into how the affair was handled. Eniola aluko told mps she finally felt vindicated. My my overwhelming emotion isjust relief because it has been a long process. Getting to this point. I say in my statement im not the architect or engineer of any of these circumstances. I have pretty much been put on the situation. But i was always honest and truthful about those comments. And about other comments that i have raised. And about the culture of the team under mark sampson. And so i feel vindicated in that honesty and that truth and im a human being and i feel relieved because it suggests that it was all worth it to go through the trouble, to now have that vindicated. Had support from some of your team mates and the pfa. But has it at times felt like a lonely process where you have had to yourself challenged the Football Association in what has been a lengthy process when you try to get theseissues lengthy process when you try to get these issues properly examined . Yes it has at times felt, i certainly have felt isolated in terms of the process. I did not want it to be as adversarial as it has become in terms of the Football Association versus eni alu ko terms of the Football Association versus eni aluko if you like. I say in my statement that i have had very good relationships with the Football Association up until two years ago. So that disappoints me. That has felt very isolating because there are huge institution. Our sports news correspondent, Richard Conway has been listening to the committee this afternoon. What is the sense you got from the session, what has come out of it . What is the sense you got from the session, what has come out of mm has been a difficult they ultimately for the Football Association and the leading executives, currently talking to mps and facing questions about how things got to be in such a mess. That is a web the sports minister has used about this situation. Any aluko saying she felt vindicated today by the apology she received. But this is the third enquiry into these allegations. Mark sampson was cleared of bullying but kathryn newton, the barrister who has looked into this has now said she believes there was inappropriate and discriminated comments made towards a ny and discriminated comments made towards any alu ko and discriminated comments made towards any aluko and her team mate drew spent. So that is just one part of the story, the other part relates to mark sampson and she he has been dismissed for entirely separate matter regarding a safeguard issue, allegations made when he was employed at Bristol Academy some yea rs before employed at Bristol Academy some years before becoming an fa employee. The fa said his behaviour was inappropriate, that they discovered that and he was dismissed. So theyre being asked about that at the moment as well. But it is the manner in which they undertook this implies that is the subject of much scrutiny today. Mps saying to Martin Glenn Pfa chief executive and rachel brace hr director at wembley that perhaps they had tried to steer Catherine Newton the barrister away from certain witnesses. That was denied by the fa officials saying that they had tried to conduct an open and clear investigation. In the last few moments weve heard from the fa chairman himself who has said he is not happy with the way things have gone but nevertheless he wanted to have a better system for whistle blowers to come forward. So that there is a more acceptable environment for people to make grievances if they have them. Many thanks for the update. This is bbc news at five the headlines ministers have been forced to abandon charges for calling a helpline about the new universal Credit System after strong criticism from campaigners and mp5. The nhs is failing to meet performance targets for cancer, a e and planned operations at hospitals across the uk according to bbc research. The Football Association has apologised to two female england players who were found to have been discriminated against by coach mark sampson. Manchester united manager Jose Mourinho has played down speculation linking him with a move to paris st germain. It comes as the Progressive Side for the Champions League tie with benfica in portugal tonight. He has been forced to respond to comments that he made on sunday in which he said he would not end his career at Manchester United. Celtic are in munich to face bayern munich, the five times european champions. They are level on points after two matches in the group stage. And Johanna Konta has split from her coach having teamed up together ahead of the 2017 season, their partnership took to the wimbledon semifinals but she has since gone on to lose her last five straight matches. More on all of the stories at around half past. The general performance of hospitals has worsened across the uk with targets for cancer, a e and planned operations being widely missed thats according to bbc research. England, wales and Northern Ireland have not hit one of their three key targets for 18 months. Scotland has hit one of its targets. The findings are revealed as the bbc launches its online nhs tracker which allows poeple to see how local services are performing on these three key waiting time targets. Being seen within four hours at accident emergency, cancer care beginning within 62 days of diagnosis, and planned operations taking place within 18 weeks in england and scotland. 0ur Health Correspondent rob sissons reports. Round the clock, the nhs is treating more patients. In the cold light of day it is clear the pressure is mounting. The patients here notice it, nottingham is home to one of the uks busiest accident and emergency departments. I am in agony. And theyre just not quick enough. You can see it is under pressure straightaway when i came in. There is not enough volume of people turning over very quickly. In order to alleviate this kind of pressure. Dr malik spent seven years on the front line. He says patient demand has gone up and up. Certainly from when i started practising emergency medicine, we were on average seeing 400 a day. We are now going in excess of 500 a day which seems like the norm on a daily basis. So definitely the volume, the intensity, the pressures at front line have definitely increased. Now for the targets to be met nationally, the vast majority of patients have to be seen and treated promptly. Individual trust performance of course varies when it comes to a e waits, cancer waits and routine operations. So when we look across the uk, what does the bbcs nhs tracker reveal . Four years ago the key targets were met across england 86 of the time. This year it is zero. In Northern Ireland, they were hitting the targets 25 of the time. Again, performance has got worse. It is also zero. Wales in 2012 13 did not hit the targets and four years on it is the same picture. Scotlands Health Boards previously achieved 42 . Now the goals are being met 8 of the time. But that is the best in the uk. I think the challenge for lots of hospitals, ours included, has been an increase in demand and the population has got older with more health needs. So it gets more difficult every year to achieve some of the targets. Then we do a heart scan every three months. Cancer services are also under pressure. Nikki was a young mum when she had oesophageal cancer. She had timely treatment but is concerned others face delays. Every day is a really long day when youre either waiting to see the consultant, waiting for results, waiting for a scan. It is another sleepless night, it is another day of worry. It is that uncertainty. It is the not knowing that is really hard to deal with. Although most patients are seen within target times, growing numbers are waiting longer for treatment. To find out how your local Hospital Service is performing on waiting times for cancer, a e and planned operations go to the bbcs nhs tracker at bbc. Co. Uk nhs tracker. There are growing concerns over the condition of thousands of Rohingya Refugees caught up in dire circumstances in the worlds Fastest Growing humanitarian crisis. More than half a million rohingyas have fled across the border into bangladesh from their homes in the Rakhine State in myanmar, after an offensive from the army. My colleague clive myrie is in coxs bazar on the bangaldesh myanmar border. We have been here for several days now, crisscrossing the coastal area and getting a sense of the scale of this humanitarian crisis that is affecting the Rohingya Muslims on the bangladeshi side on the eye on my side. The figures are stark, you mention close to 600,000 refugees crossing into bangladesh since august the 25th. 150,000 children and there is malnutrition, 60 of that 600,000 are under the age of 18. The speed of the crisis is something that has taken so many people, the government, here and governments around the world and the aid agencies, by complete surprise. Lets get more on this now with a representative of the Un Childrens Agency unicef. I talked about the scale and speed of the deterioration of the situation and that is what shocked many people. And it suggested, caught everyone by surprise. You mentioned the complexity, you have the scale and so complexity, you have the scale and so many other issues as well, land issues, access to roads and many major needs. 600,000 people, does a lot of people, 60 of them children, children who need water, shelter, vaccination, you name it. That is why unicef right now is working to feed these people and bring vaccination. We just recently finished a Vaccination Campaign for 700,000 people with our partners. We vaccinated 130,000 children against measles and rubella and so much more needs to be done because the scale isjust there. A needs to be done because the scale is just there. A few days ago, two days ago 15,000 people just came in across the border and now caught up in no mans land so we have to bring water and vaccinations because we are afraid of cholera and polio spreading in the camps. So these situations they are today, so the scale and complexity is there and also it is spread out, not one single big camp but many so we need to reach them and make sure that we coordinate properly. And this is happening in one of the poorest districts of bangladesh. But can the country code, it is a poor country and the numbers coming across the border are colossal. When you look at the scale, obviously know when was prepared for that comic unicef was prepared for that comic unicef was present in the camps because they existed prior to this new influx. So we did have a comparative advantage if you like. But we were never prepared for the scale of 6000 people entering in less than two months. So you must prepare for that and fund the operation, funding is one of the most important priorities for us because we do not have enough funding for this kind of operation. Imagine that you have to provide food for thousands and thousands of children who are malnourished. You have to provide vaccinations, make sure they all have clean water. When are providing 100,000 people with clean water but you need to do a lot more. You need to do a lot more in of the back to you. Many thanks million. Back to you. Many thanks for the latest on that humanitarian crisis developing there. Average earnings including bonuses increased by 2. 2 in the year to august, according to official figures but wages continue to lag behind inflation. To have been g shooting at been killed after a shooting at,,7f i five 555 and. 55 and. Is the President Trump has denied making insensitive remarks to the widow of a us soldier killed by islamist militants. Sergeant David Johnson was among four Us Special Service soldiers killed in niger this month. Democrat congresswoman, frederica wilson, was with sgt davidsons widow when she received a telephone call from the president. He was a young man who gave his life for our country. He was a hero. I was in the car when President Trump called. He never said the word hero. He said to the wife, well i guess he knew what he was getting into. How insensitive can you be . 0ur washington correspondent gary 0donoghue is in washington for us now. How is this going down, and what has the president said . Well it is going down pretty badly here, you do not mess around with military families in this country. You show deference and respect and you call them heroes and respect and you call them heroes and people do that at every turn. The presidency especially those that ona the presidency especially those that on a regular basis especially when people have died in the service of the country. And President Trump has got himself into a huge row notjust with the congresswoman but the family as well who backed up the story. The mother of the soldier in point here has confirmed that the account was accurate. But President Trump is doubling down, he has said it is not true, it is a fabrication and he has challenged the congresswoman to repeat what she said and then he said, we will see after that. As he claims he has proved he did not say what he said. Just looking at that tweet, as you mentioned. And then the trademark, sad, at the end. Do you think that the row will continue or is this something, we now building in expectations even on this level with the president to do as you say with military families who traditionally are treated with complete deference . This is a tricky one because there isa this is a tricky one because there is a stand off in terms of what took place. The weather has calmed down at the minute and we have missed and low cloud. Also pulses of rain heading north up into scotland. It is going to bea north up into scotland. It is going to be a mild night, it has been quite chilly today and temperatures are not going to fall much. We will see rain coming into Northern Ireland. And ahead of that another pulse of rain coming across central parts of england. And turning wet in the far south west of england and wales. Notjust the far south west of england and wales. Not just wet the far south west of england and wales. Notjust wet but some strengthening wind as well. Temperatures are degree higher than today, up to around 19 in the south east. But the wetter weather and windy weather sweeps used during tomorrow evening. Gail is likely to run from the south west to the English Channel but even windier weather to come and probably wetter weather to come and probably wetter weather to come just weather to come and probably wetter weather to comejust in weather to come and probably wetter weather to come just in time for the weekend. This is bbc news the headlines. The government has announced its scrapping charges for its universal credit helpline after it emerged claimants were being charged up to 55p a minute for the service. Labour wants the roll out of the system to be put on hold because of ongoing problems. The nhs is failing to meet performance targets for cancer, a e, and planned operations at hospitals across the uk according to bbc research. The Football Association has apologised to two female england players who were found to have been discriminated against by coach mark sampson. Straight to the bbc Sports Centre for the sport with john. Thank you, good afternoon. Chelsea, Manchester United and celtic in action in the Champions League tonight. Jose mourinho preparing his side for their match with benfica but forced to play down rumours linking him with a move to Paris Saint Germain. Its after he said on sunday there was something magical about the Paris Saint Germain project. And he said he woulldnt finish his career at old trafford. But wont be leaving anytime soon. My my ambition would be to end my career at Manchester United. I think im going to be here 15 years minimum. Here in football in the job, andi minimum. Here in football in the job, and i think its impossible to stay 17 years in the same club. It is an impossible mission. Premier League Champions chelsea take on roma at Stamford Bridge knowing a win would move them five points clear at the top of group c. I know very well italian football and every team is well organised. Roma is a great team, they have a really good coach. They are working very well for the present and the future. Celtic take on bayern munich. The two sides tied on points in second spot of group b. The german champions were beaten 3 0 last time out, but Brendan Rodgers is not underestimating the challenege his side face. We respect that we are playing against some fantastic players. And in this competition, no matter how your form is and your league form is, this is a competition you want to do well in so i think they will be highly motivated. They will want to come and press the game and show their qualities. We need to be resilient. BritainsJohanna Konta has split with her coach wim fisette. Having teamed up together ahead of the 2017 season, their partnership took her to the wimbledon semi finals. But shes won only two of her matches since, losing her last five. That run has seen her miss out on the end of season wta rankings for the Second Season in a row. Britains Heather Watson has made it two wins from two at the luxembourg 0pen and is into the quarterfinals after beating Anett Kontaveit in straight sets. This a really good win for watson against the estonian third seed. She won the opener 6 4 after getting the crucial break in the ninth game and then completed the victory by winning the second set 6 4 too. Shell play Elise Mertens of belgium next. The former World ChampionJenson Button says Lewis Hamilton is capable of breaking Michael Schumachers record of seven formula one world titles. Button was previously team mates with hamilton at mcclaren, and describes him in his autobiogrophy as an unpredictable but brilliant driver. Hamilton currently leads the championship by 59 points. I think he will clinch it over the next couple of races and four World Championships is just crazy. Next couple of races and four World Championships isjust crazy. Thats more than ayrton senna. Three off michael schumacher. If he stays around in sport, theres a chance he could beat Michael Schumachers record. Weve witnessed a maximum 147 break at the english 0pen snooker. Liang wenbo, who is the defending champion, did it against tom ford in his second round match at the tournament in barnsley. If nobody equals that this week, it could be worth £42,000 to him. Thats all the sport for now. You can find more on those stories on the bbc sport website. I will have more in the next hour. More on the main story the government is to stop charging people to phone a help line about universal credit payments after strong criticism from mps and campaigners. The calls currently cost up to 55 pence a minute. That will be phased out over the next month. The announcement was made ahead of a commons debate about the implementation of universal credit across the uk. Labour says it should be paused because of the problems. Ed boyd is a former special advisor at the department for work and pensions with a focus on reforming welfare. Hes now managing director at the centre for socialjustice. Hejoins me from our westminster studio. This is not a debate today about the principle of universal credit, its a debate about how it is being implemented. What for you have been the main problems that could have been avoided . The first thing to say, it is great the principles are not being debated because a quarter ofa not being debated because a quarter of a Million People will be in work asa of a Million People will be in work as a result of this reform. As its being rolled out, it is welcome the government have made it easier to access the benefit more easily. 0ne of the things i think they should look at to improve it that will help with the implementation is to bring ina with the implementation is to bring in a seven day waiting period so when you first come on to universal credit, for the first week when you need the safety net of the welfare system you dont get paid any money for your housing, heating orfood andi for your housing, heating orfood and i think it would be good for the government to look at whether taking that away will be enabling it to work more effectively. When this system was devised, was a period of six weeks to wait for payment for to be acceptable . Yes, it was. Lets remember the context for this. When the whole system is rolled out, there will be 8 Million People on universal credit and the overwhelming majority of those people will be in work and having their wages topped up by this benefit that covers people both out of work and in work. To align getting your benefits with your monthly pay packet is the right thing because we want the world of work to be mirrored by the world of out of work so when you are transitioning from one into the other, it is as seamless as possible. To improve it is really important for job centres, so possible. To improve it is really important forjob centres, so that they are communicating the fixes there. If you cannot wait six weeks for your payment, you get money in advance and its great to hear david gauke said if someone comes in and really need that money, they can get at the same day. It was a huge job forjobcentres to communicate that to claimants. If they can get that right, this system should really start to fly. That has been a major failing them, because that is the thing that has caused immense suffering to lots of people who have been talking to us and others saying they are not in a position where they are not in a position where they can wait even two or three weeks. Im wondering why the planning of the implementation that category of people was not dealt with. The government right in terms of theyve identified there was a mistake being made a few months ago. A lot of the stories we have heard are from april, may time when people on the front line, the work coaches working with the claimants were not telling them enough they could get their benefit advanced and get it within two weeks or even sooner than when they lost their job within two weeks or even sooner than when they lost theirjob and came on to benefit. If you look at the dated now, there is welcome signs this is being communicated far more widely, such that over half the people claiming universal credit for the first time are getting a benefit advanced which basically means they are getting half their money within two weeks which is tidying them over and making sure they can pay their bills effectively. This is something the government needs to watch. It is horrible when you hear of people going destitute but the safety net should be picking that up and it is down to the front line workers to communicate effectively what is available. If government thinks that is not being done, they can make the benefit of answers the default for eve ryo ne benefit of answers the default for everyone while communication is going on. All of the tools are there for government to do this right but lets not pretend it isnt working already. As a result of the system more people are in work and they are earning more money and staying in work longer. Its a big success, and we need to make sure that some people dont get left behind. That should be the sole focus of the government over the next few weeks. Some people will be asking if thats the case why have some people are being made to pay 55p per minute for the phone line. If you look at it in detail, it is not that everyone is paying 55p per minute, the overwhelming majority it is free for but if you are paying on a pay as you go mobile with no free minutes, they are paying that amount. Lets not pretend everyone was being charged that. It was a little mistake in terms of a few people being charged that and now they have identified it and we welcome that. Good to talk to you, thanks for coming in today. Ed boyd is a former special advisor at the department for work and pensions. A Coroners Court has concluded that neglect by a surrey care home contributed to the death of a severely autistic man two years ago. 64 year old Anthony Dawson died from an undetected gastric ulcer at the ashmount facility near epsom in may 2015. The jury at woking Coroners Court described as a gross failure the fact that a gp had not been called when mr dawson appeared to be ill. Richard lister reports. His sister said repeated requests for the management to keep the non smoking site clean were dismissed. The whole idea of being on this pretty sight was that he should be protected, and in the nhs you expect somebody to have their health protected as a priority. That clearly wasnt happening. In may 2015 he became ill, his sister said he needed to celia gp but it never happened. He had limited medical attention and died from an undiagnosed gastric ulcer. The inquest jury undiagnosed gastric ulcer. The inquestjury said today undiagnosed gastric ulcer. The inquest jury said today that not calling the gp was a gross failure by the care home staff and their neglect contributed to mr dawsons death. Had he received attention earlier, it is probable he would have survived. He was treated, i would say, less than a full human being. They werent looking at him holistically. They werent really valuing people. The Charity Mencap has been following the case closely and says anthonys experience is symptomatic of a much wider problem. We know thousands of people die affordably when timely quality healthcare could have saved their lives. Anthony experienced those issues, he spent half a century locked up in institutions and healthcare failed him. The trust responsible for dash mount has put reforms in place but in a statement it said the nhs has commissioned an independent investigation into mr dawsons half century in care and how neglect contributed to his death. The Prime Minister of malta has told the bbc that there will be no stone unturned in the hunt for the killer of an investigative journalist. Daphne ca ruana galizia died in a car bomb outside her home on monday. Mr muscat, who is due to address the Maltese Parliament on the matter, had been strongly criticised by ms galizias reports. The opposition has called on him to resign. He was speaking to our correspondent Daniel Sandford who asked him how he first felt when he had heard of the killing. Shocked, flabbergasted. You know, she was a very harsh critic of mine, maybe the harshest i ever had. For the past 20 years or so, since i was a journalist myself. She actually once sued me because on the book i wrote. But i couldnt get myself to understand that this had happened, not only to her but this had happened to our country. So it was the state of shock, disbelief. It isa was the state of shock, disbelief. It is a nightmare. It is a nightmare of sorts. I wouldnt know whether this was because of something she has written or because of something that she was going to write. That is up that she was going to write. That is up to the investigators to determine but i think it is too simplistic to just say, well she had written about politics, about these politicians, about these businessmen, about these drug deals and just discount what she was working on for the near future. That is something i am not privy to but i hope the investigations will help also answer that question. That was the Prime Minister of malta speaking to our correspondent a short time ago. This is bbc news at five the headlines the nhs is failing to meet performance targets for cancer, a e and planned operations at hospitals across the uk according to bbc research. The Football Association has apologised to two female england players who were found to have been discriminated against by coach mark sampson. Ina in a moment we will be talking to the senior cia official who interrogated the former iraqi leader Saddam Hussein after his capture in 2003. 110 years ago, edward vii was on the throne. Rudyard kipling had won the nobel prize for literature and amyjohnson was born. Today she is celebrating her 110th birthday in cumbria with her daughter doreen who is 87. This landmark means shes now become one of only four super centenarians in the uk. Ian palmer has the story. In 1907 Albert Einstein published his theory of relativity. 110 years later, experts are trying to discover the secret of amyjohnsons longevity. 110. Jamie was born in jamaica. She moved to cumbria in 1961 to help look after her daughters three children. A christian, her voice is often heard in her local church. Dear saviour, please tell my darling mother ill be there. Amys daughter doreen is 87. When she goes to respite u nfortu nately 87. When she goes to respite unfortunately she sings as well that doesnt go down well with everybody. Singing is clearly something amy enjoys although naturally she didnt particularly wa nt to naturally she didnt particularly want to sing her own birthday song. Im not singing my own birthday, you are not singing to me . Happy birthday dear amy, happy birthday to you. Today amy joins a Prestigious Group of super centenarians. Its believed there fourin centenarians. Its believed there four in the uk, the oldest of whom is 113. For a me there are no secrets for a long and happy life other than a big singsong and an even bigger laugh. Congratulations to all of the family there. In december 2003 the iraqi leader Saddam Hussein was captured in iraq by Us Military Forces after one of the most extensive manhunts in history. 0nce captured he needed to be officially identified and thatjob fell to senior cia official john nixon, who had to interrogate and examine the former iraqi leader. Lets remind ourselves of the moment president bush announced to the world that Saddam Hussein had been captured. Yesterday, december the 13th, at around 8 30pm baghdad time, United States military forces captured Saddam Hussein alive and now the former dictator of iraq will face the justice he former dictator of iraq will face thejustice he denied former dictator of iraq will face the justice he denied to former dictator of iraq will face thejustice he denied to millions. The announcement made by george bush when that happened. Your book is probably not what you would expect, cani probably not what you would expect, can i start with this because it is right to the heart of your story that your perceptions of this man when you came face to face with him had to be changed, is that right . Yes. In what way . The Us Government had developed a caricature of that man and we sold a caricature to the rest of the government and they accepted that readily and so did the media. When i met him face to face i realised a lot of the caricature was wrong. We learned a lot about him that we never really knew. What were the best examples . How he felt threatened by Sunni Islamic extremism in his own country and he felt after 9 11 the United States would change its policy because he we would realise we were threatened by the same forces. But that wasnt the case. No, the Bush Administration was trying to seek connections between 9 11 and the sadam government. What others, when you came across and started to get him to talk a bit . You explain in the book very carefully and in a way that draws you into the exchanges the way that some days he was receptive to questions and other days he wasnt. That was always very difficult to get him to focus at times. What was interesting was how aloof Saddam Hussein had been from running the government in his final days. We had a vision of him the way he was in the 1980s, but really saddam had gotten older and didnt wa nt to saddam had gotten older and didnt want to run the government on a daily basis. He still remained in charge of the government and security needs but he had other pursuits, he was writing a novel. He said, iam a pursuits, he was writing a novel. He said, i am a writer. This is one of the things, when you look at the Bush Administration, they painted a picture of this Man Threatening to blow up the planet, nothing could be further from the truth. Who was running the shop if he wasnt . Many of his top senior lieutenancy. But did he not have a view on how they we re did he not have a view on how they were running things . Of course, he kept informed but i think that on a lot of the day to day actual governance issues, he had delegated thoseissues governance issues, he had delegated those issues and now he was basically. He still wanted to be recognised as the president of iraq. He still wanted to be consulted on major issues but he spent a lot of the time writing and spending time with his second wife and other pursuits. The moment you sat down with him for the first time, what happened . I was pinching myself because i couldnt believe i was here at that moment in time. I was struck by what a charismatic individual he was. I was expecting the butcher of baghdad, but suddenly i got this person who was self deprecating in his humour, he was polite, genial, and wanted to make sure his guests were welcome. Because he saw us make sure his guests were welcome. Because he saw us as make sure his guests were welcome. Because he saw us as guests. Even at that stage . The first night i met him he acted as if we came every saturday night and we were his guests but as i got to know him i saw another side of him, and that was a very mean spirited brutal person, and somebody who basically looked at what we have done in his country, and understood we had overturned a very delicate order he had spent decades keeping together. Cani had spent decades keeping together. Can i ask about the role of the cia and the way you interact it and indeed the way the cia generally interacts with the presidency, especially in this instance when you say there were misconceptions. Is that relationship healthy one, do you think . It can be if you have the right president who understands intelligence and i dont believe we have had a president like that since george hw bush. I very much fear whats happening now with the cia because i think the Trump Administration will be interested in using the cia for covert action policies but yet they have not been able to really come together on a number of key details. I have talked to people i used to work with and they say the same thing, basically that the administration doesnt have an idea of what it wants to do but they are trying to do something and i think they might try to draw the cia in, in terms of covert action. The cia always wants to be in the 0val the cia always wants to be in the oval office helping the president , but the danger is we have a president now who will be pointing fingers at the first sign of trouble and thats a bad thing for the agency because then you will have what happened in the bush years which was a constant struggle and sniping at one another and it doesnt serve anybodys interests. It is fascinating to talk to you. Im going to show viewers the book. It is called debriefing the president , and it is good to meet you, john. John nixon. Letsjoin darren for you, john. John nixon. Lets join darren for todays weather. Good evening, i managed to find some sunshine out there today, there wasnt a great deal but in Northern Ireland and parts of england we have blue skies. In hertfordshire, the rain tumbling down and very wet roads. Two places in eastern england, two very differing sorts of weather. You can see how the thick cloud has been pushing northwards. As we run through this evening and overnight there will be a lot of cloud around. We will find a lot of mist and fog and most of that really over the hills. A lot of rain heading northwards, and a mild night with temperatures not falling a great deal. We have rain on the way for tomorrow and stronger winds coming into the south west with this weather system. Mind you, we still have a troublemaker on the scene, this area of rain moving away from scotland, another area developing in central southern england, turning wetter later in the north east. Either side of that glimmer of sunshine but wetter weather coming into Northern Ireland. This area of low pressure is going to push eastwards overnight. It will take some stronger winds, even gales running through the English Channel, to ta ke running through the English Channel, to take the rain eastwards. This is the next weather system arriving in time for the weekend. This is fridays weather and we will see steady improvements during the day. We will see the rain petering out, skies brightening but on the whole cloudy skies and temperatures of up to 16 degrees. The first signs of trouble in the far south west towards the end of the day, the wind beginning to pick up, the rain beginning to pick up, the rain beginning to pick up, the rain beginning to arrive and its all coming on this deep area of low pressure which will affect us right the way through the weekend. Strongest winds peaking on saturday in western parts of england, southern england and west wales. Some very big waves and high tides in the south west, windy pretty much everywhere. We will all see some rain at times and that will push eastwards overnight into sunday. The north westerly wind will make it feel chillier, it is not a hurricane but it is an autumn storm. The nhs is missing key targets as waits for cancer care, a e and planned operations worsen. Bbc Research Shows that in most hospitals across the uk now the targets arent being reached at all. It caused me to lose more and more mobility as i went along. And each day, you find that there are less and less things that you can do that you take for granted. It is absolutely true that some people are waiting too long for the treatments and we are working night and day to turn that around. And the bbc has launched an online tracker so you can see how your local hospital is performing. Also tonight stranded at the border for days the thousands of Rohingya Muslims fleeing myanmar. The government caves into pressure to make calls free to the controversial universal credit hotline. The fa apologises to two england players after its womens coach made racially discriminatory remarks