Transcripts For BBCNEWS Victoria Derbyshire 20171030

Its horrible because i love him so much. And yeah, i dont want people to be scared of him, because hes, you know, his nature is gentle and he doesnt. He is not meaning to be the way he is at all. The National Autistic society tell us that parents are being let down by lack of support really keen to hear your experiences this morning. And the greatest of all time. Lewis hamilton has become britains most successful formula one driver ever and could still continue to break records. Hello, welcome to the programme, were live until 11 this morning. Do get in touch on all the stories were talking about this morning use victorialive. If you text, you will be charged at the Standard Network rate. Our top story today more stories of alleged abuse and lewd conduct in hollywood. This morning, the spotlight is on the Actor Kevin Spacey. Hes accused of making a sexual advance towards a child actor more than 30 years ago. The claim has been made by the star trek Actor Anthony Rapp, who said mr spacey had placed him on a bed and climbed on top of him when he was 1a. Kevin spacey has responded on twitter, saying he does not remember the incident but, if it had happened, it would have the house of cards actor also said that he was now living as a gay man. But some in hollywood have criticised mr spacey for what they say is using his sexuality as an excuse for his actions, as our correspondent james cook reports. Lets just set out first of all what is alleged to have happened. Anthony rapp spoke to Buzzfeed News and set out what he said happened back in 1986 when he was a child actor on broadway. He was m at the time, and kevin spacey was also acting on broadway as well. He said he was invited back to a party by kevin spacey at his house. At the end of the night, when everyone else had left, he said that he found himself alone in the house, he was in the bedroom, kevin spacey came in and basically climbed on top of him and made a sexual advance towards him, which he then rebuffed, essentially. Now, kevin spacey says, as you say, that he does not remember this incident. He says if, i did behave as he describes, i owe him the sincerest apology. This would have been deeply inappropriate, drunken behaviour. He also goes on to say that he knows there are other stories out there about me. Also in the statement, he comes out as gay, he says he is living now as a gay man. That has prompted, in terms of the reaction, some considerable criticism from people in hollywood. Is the macro various writers and producers, on social media, saying why is he trying to conflate these two things . Thatjust because hes gay or has decided now to come out as gay, what does that have to do with fact that he might be alleged as a predator of a young person essentially a paedophile potentially . He denies remembering anything about this incident and, of course, i am sure would deny that he is a paedophile. But these allegations are very serious. Later we will be speaking to the journalist who first broke the story about kevin spacey. Allegations of Sexual Harassment are also making the headlines at westminster. The leader of the house of commons has been asked to make an urgent statement in the wake of a series of allegations of inappropriate behaviour by mps. Lets get the latest on this from norman smith, what is theresa may going to do about this . Theresa may has come up with her own proposals, but they have already been criticised for not going far enough. She is suggesting there should be an independent Mediation Service who the victims of Sexual Harassment at westminster can complain to, but a lot of mps are saying, well, you know, that really doesnt quite cut it, because that would only cover people working for mps, and bad the most Vulnerable People at westminster tend to be in turns, people on Work Experience who are not directly employed. In interns. They do not necessarily have co nta ct interns. They do not necessarily have contact at westminster and would not be covered by this idea. There is also a question about the powers this Mediation Service would have, because a lot of mps say it is not enough for it to be dispute resolution, it has to have investigatory powers, be able to launch and zoning choir is. That would mean a very different sort of staffing skill set, you would former detectives, it would take on a quad judicial role. Basta be able to launch its own inquiries. That in the normal water like, if you are found guilty of Sexual Misconduct at work, you will be booted out. In normal walks of life. But mps are not, in fact, normal walks of life. But mps are not, infact, employed by normal walks of life. But mps are not, in fact, employed by anyone, how do you sack an mp . May be the only sanction would be the shame of going through a grievance procedure, and many people think that would not be enough. There is talk of a spreadsheet, a list of names of male and female mps accused of Sexual Misconduct. Does it exist . Well, there is, on twitter, if you look ha rd there is, on twitter, if you look hard enough, a conversation which has been redacted which contains a whole list of allegations from predominantly, it seems, young researchers, parliamentary aides, listing mps to avoid in a taxi, mps not to go for dinner with, dont go to parties with, all that sort of thing. I mean, there are a huge number of allegations out there. Most of them, it has to be said at the moment, and substantiated, and thatis the moment, and substantiated, and that is one of the difficulties in this whole area, these allegations generally sent on two people without witnesses, which makes it much harder to investigate and prosecute. Plenty more to come on that through the programme Annita Mcveigh or has the programme Annita Mcveigh or has the rest of the days news. The parents of autistic children are not being properly supported in dealing with violent behaviour, according to a charity. This programme has spoken to families who say theyre not getting enough help from local authorities while they face violent outbursts from their children, including kicking and head butting. The National Autistic society says that a special Educational Needs to de escalate violent behaviour. An influential economic think tank says the chancellor is caught between a rock and a hard place as he prepares his forthcoming budget. The institute for fiscal studies says Philip Hammond will have to abandon his target for getting rid of the deficit, if he is to meet demands from cabinet colleagues to increase spending. The treasury has responded by saying it would continue to adopt what it called a balanced approach. A leading Cancer Charity has appointed what it calls a digital nurse to combat so called fake news about the disease. Macmillan Cancer Support says the internet is full of unverified statistics and bogus treatment suggestions which mislead often frightened patients. It says it wants to provide clear advice online about diagnosis and treatment. Scrapping interest on Student Loans and extending the time limit on paying it back could help to avoid a future debt crisis, according to a centre right think tank. Uk 2020 says such action would drastically reduce the number of loans which have to be written off. The government says its committed to Sustainable University funding the first charges into alleged russian interference in the us president ial election are expected to be announced later today. President trump has denounced the inquiry asa President Trump has denounced the inquiry as a witchhunt and again denied any collusion with russia. Former director of the fbi Robert Mueller has been looking into possible links between the Trump Campaign and moscow since the president took office injanuary. The Spanish Government has today began running catalonias institutions at the regions deposed leader called for peaceful resista nce leader called for peaceful resistance to the imposition of direct rule. He has been threatened with imprisonment at the leading a declaration of independence. Attention is focused on the headquarters of the Catalan Government this morning to see if he turns up for work. Storms sweeping through Northern Europe have left at least six people dead in germany, poland and the Czech Republic. Four victims in poland and the Czech Republic were killed by falling trees. Hamburg has been republic were killed by falling trees. Ha ofurg has been republic were killed by falling trees. Ha of homes been republic were killed by falling trees. Ha of homes are n flooded and thousands of homes are without power. Saudi arabia says it will allow women to attend sporting events for the first time, but only in three selected stadiums. The saudi government says the stadiums are being prepared to accommodate families by early next year. Last month, saudi arabia overturned its longstanding law against women driving from june next year. Police are hunting for a lynx which has escaped from an animal park in wales. The animal, a eurasian lynx, which is twice the size of a domestic cat, escaped from borth wild animal kingdom, near aberystwyth five days ago. It can travel up to 12 miles per day. Thats a summary of the latest bbc news, more at 9 30. Thank you very much, we are going to bring you a film in the next few minutes featuring families with autistic children, and the difficulties that mums and dads to experiencing because some of the children can be violent. Pamela says on facebook, i was told by professionals that there was no proof my son was hitting me, so i photographed my bruises and sent them to every professional involved with my son not a single answer from any of them. As an adopted mum, trying to bring up a child with complex health needs, it is disgusting how i am treated as an inadequate mum and spoken to. We are ona inadequate mum and spoken to. We are on a never ending waiting list and all services seem to be geared up to adults Domestic Abuse and not to child two parent violence, so we dont come under their remit. My son isa dont come under their remit. My son is a matt slater two, he is people are scared of him. My son has a mental age of two. Mark says that people need the proper support of local authorities, publicity is needed. To get into do get in touch, your experiences are absolutely pertinent to this. Only one story in sport, Lewis Hamilton claiming a fourth world title in mexico, john watson is in brackley, not mexico, he is at the mercedes headquarters. Good yes, sadly, good morning, victoria, yes, sadly, not mexico, brackley, but the best place if you cant get all the way out to mexico, and in venice at mercedes hq, well, look at this, this is what success looks like, all of the trophies that have been won by mercedes this season. And in fairness. Four world titles, and it started many years ago paul Lewis Hamilton, after his success in karting, the relationship with his dad, who masterminded his success in karting, a freshfaced young hamilton, paving the way to join mclaren, and then mercedes, where he has no one his fourth world title. He won is first in 2008. But it was not straight forward last night, hamilton suffered a collision with Sebastian Vettel on the opening lap, which forced him to pick up a puncture. He was way down the field, but he only needed to finish 50 secure the title. In fairness, he in ninth, so managed to finish in ninth, so Sebastian Vettel needed to finish second or higher, and he couldnt did that last night. So Lewis Hamilton is four time champion, four world titles, he stands alone, as far as british drivers go, and i am joined by geoff willis, one of the jeep joined by geoff willis, one of the jeep one of the chief joined by geoff willis, one of the jeep one of the chief engineers, keeping a spot warm here. Yes, the constructors and drivers trophy, again winning both championships, thatis again winning both championships, that is what we planned to do two yea rs that is what we planned to do two years ago, we wanted to win both in 2016 and 2017, after the big rule change, and we have finally done it, it has been tough. And you know what it has been tough. And you know what it is like to stand on the podium, you managed to be awarded one of these yourself. I was very privileged to receive a constructors trophy at monza back in 2015, a fantastic experience, for once in my life on the podium, so what it is like for lose all those times i dont know, but it must be fantastic. Amazing for you and the fantastic. You live team, these are the days you live for in this board. Absolutely, it is a tough business, it is a beautiful, and now we want to go and do it again. It gets harder every year, but that is what we are here for. What is it about Lewis Hamilton that has paved the way for his success . What is it about him and the work he has done on the track . Lewis is clearly a n has done on the track . Lewis is clearly an exceptional driver, right up clearly an exceptional driver, right up in the pantheon of grapes. I think is real skill is about the sensitivity with the car. The pantheon of greats. Lewis has a magicical ability to feel what the tyres are doing. He saves the tyres and you can see that in qualifying where he can prepare the car perfectly for that one lap. Its really, really impressive and lewis himself has been in a fantastic position this lewis himself has been in a fa the tic position this lewis himself has been in a fa the top osition this lewis himself has been in a fa the top of tion this lewis himself has been in a fa the top of his1 this lewis himself has been in a fa the top of his game and he has at the top of his game and he has brought the team with him. We wait for the trophy cabinets to be filled when Lewis Hamilton returns to the factory. There is a certain record that he is chasing down, Michael Schumacher who has seven and with the success and the cars that mercedes are producing, you wouldnt bet against Lewis Hamilton matching that down the line. 0n the programme this morning, strangled, head butted, kicked, the violence faced by some parents attacked by their own autistic children and teenagers. The National Autistic society tells this programme that parents are not being properly supported by their local authorities, leaving families and their children in dire need. And its notjust parents who are at risk from violent autistic children, so are their other siblings. 0ur reporter noel philips has this exclusive report. With their violent autistic children. Cam, shall i go and get your chocolate biscuits . Stop that noise are they in your room . Stop that noise autism is often a hidden disability, which affects around 120,000 young people in england. Im scared of him, because you live on a knife edge because you dont know whats coming next, and that level of sort of heightened adrenaline. Definitely experienced split lips, bruising all over. We go inside the homes of two families struggling to cope with their disabled children, for a glimpse of what life is like and the challenges they face. Very rarely the day goes by where either myself, my wife, or one of our children isnt hurt in some way by elliot, our son. 0k, cam and rarely do we see or hear from parents about the realities of life for them and their children, but these families have invited us into their homes in the hope of raising awareness about a lack of help and support. Excuse me, mum. That he is, hes obviously. Excuse me, mum excuse me . Very hard to deal with. Campaigners say some local authorities are failing to provide services that meet the needs of families and their children. The system is not working at the moment for all autistic children, and thats an issue. Its terrifying, really, sometimes, because if it comes out of nowhere, theres always that bit of you that cant quite believe its actually happening, so itsjust a case of desperately trying to extricate yourself from that situation that youre in, which is easier said than done, particularly if hes got me by the neck, which he often does. Every day is a challenge for ian and lucy. Their eldest son, elliott, has severe autism and learning difficulties. Social interaction and communicating is difficult, and they say dealing with his condition, which requires constant care, hes the size of a very large, very strong 12 year old, and thats the difference. If it was a toddler having a huge tantrum and flailing around and, you know, scratching you and kicking you, you can manage it better simply because theyre so much smaller. Whereas, if you think of when elliott does it, its basically like a small man suddenly attacking you. Not everyone with autism is violent, though. A us study of nearly 11100 children on the autistic spectrum found more than half were aggressive or violent towards theirfamilies. Elliott is 12 and has the strength of an adult, but thinks like a two year old. His parents say a lack of specialist help from their local council has caused his behaviour to become increasingly difficult to deal with. Weve been living with elliott being violent and aggressive most of his life, you know. Probably first started encountering things like that when he was about five or six or so, we probably started. And the difficulty has been, as hes got older and as hes got bigger and hes got stronger, hes still only violent maybe 5 of the time but the consequences of that violence are getting worse and worse. And whilst hes only 12 years old, hes the size of a 15 year old. Its the law of averages that one day one of us is going to get really badly hurt. These scars are just a glimpse of what ian and lucy have had to endure when elliott has a violent episode. Definitely experienced split lips, bruising all over. Ians had a scratched cornea from a punch. Hes knocked me down the stairs before and ive just managed to hang on to the banister rail so that ive not gone the whole way down the stairs, but theres a severe injury waiting to happen, we know that, and the problem is that the help available to you is reactive rather than proactive. You have to get to absolute crisis point when one of you is hospitalised or youve had to call the police out. This is why ian and lucy have spoken out. They say they are living in an almost permanent state of worry, so much so theyve had to take measures to protect not just elliott but also their other children. So this is elliotts room, and you can see its not like a room that most 12 year olds would have, that weve made quite a few adjustments the most obvious are the bars that we have to have across the windows. You kind of get used to that, you know, your childs bedroom looks more like a cell of some kind, and its only when you stop and step back and really reflect on it and you go, what a symbol ofjust how different our life is. Most people do not have to set their childs bedroom up with locks on the doors and bars across the window, but there are times when, in order to keep elliott safe and in order to keep the rest of the family said, thats what we have to setup. Now, this familys story is not a one off. Weve been speaking to many parents across the country and they repeatedly tell us that there is simply not enough support available for their children, some of whom are also very violent. 19 year old cameron is one of 700,000 people in the uk on the autism spectrum. He was diagnosed with the condition at the age of three. Im going to go and do your telly. Im just talking to noel. He screams. Move, please cam, stop. It scares me. It can be quite dangerous for you being on your own with cameron . Well, yeah. Go up if you werent here, obviously i would just go and do it, and if the girls were here i would do it, because. Go up, go up, go up . To stop this, because its not nice for the girls to see and it will probably escalate into more. Cam, stop. Go up, please. I will. Go up now. 0k. Dont speak to them. Stop. Dont speak to them. 0k. Go on, mum. As you can see, hes edging towards me. Hannah and doug have devoted their lives to caring for cameron, but, due to his condition, his needs have become increasingly challenging, and his anxiety and stress can sometimes lead to full scale tantrums. Its really upsetting. This is horrible. Because i love him so much. And, yeah, i dont want people to be scared of him, because hes, you know, his nature is gentle, hes not meaning to be the way he is at all. Ifeel sorry for him, because hes frustrated, and he cant tell me why or tell other people why, so its horrible. It is, its sad, really sad. How much longer do you think you can continue to cope with camerons behaviour . Well do it for as long as we have do, but its going to become. Well, it already is unmanageable sometimes, but, i dont know, because i dont know how hell become as he turns, it could become worse, but really we need to be, well, we are thinking about him. Living elsewhere, because we cant manage his behaviour, because it is unpredictable and, you know, physically, i cant manage him by myself. I mean, as you can see, hes tall, facial hair. Hes like a man, but hes like a baby, really. 0k, cam. Not doing that again he doesnt have the understanding, he doesnt understand why you guys are here, and also its out of his routine, isnt it . Excuse me yes, cam . Whos that . Noel almost anything can trigger an outburst from cameron. Surrey council, who are responsible for his care, have told us they are working hard with his family to provide additional respite and they support. I dont want him to go anywhere that im not happy about, so i dont know how long that will take. But if he carries on. Excuse me, mum . In the way that he is, hes obviously. Excuse me, excuse me eye. Very hard to deal with, its going to be really difficult. Excuse me stop. Excuse me yes, cam . No. Its important to get the point across that. I cant see you . This is not cameron being unruly, this is his condition, this is what it does to him, this is autism. 0h, absolutely, yes, this is autism. Sometimes it seems like theres no light at the end of the tunnel with regards to the support and direction of where were going to go, because we dont, its hard for us when we dont know how camerons going to be, we dont know how the children are going to be, we dont know. Planning for the future, planning for whats going to happen has just been. I mean, the last six years, seven years, just no direction at all. This woman, who we are calling sam, knows just how hannah and doug feel. He hit me over the head with a plastic object, and i had to have my head glued, and i thought at that point it would be a turning point, but it wasnt. I thought id get help, but it didnt really happen. Weve agreed not to identify her in order to protect her teenage son, who is now in the care of social services. First i got a bit of help, but then it went monthly, then it was, right, 0k, well wash our hands of you, you can have 48 hours a year respite from a charity. And 48 hours a year doesnt add up to much, does it . Her son was taken into care following a violent incident in the family home in 2011. Documents weve seen appear to back up her claims that she had asked for help on a number of occasions. This letter from her gp to Childrens Services reads, family struggling to cope with childs behaviour. He goes on to say, mother desperate for help. I have cried and cried for help. But, more so, my family was failed, you know, my children, my other children didnt get attention, or i tried to give them attention, but theres a limit to what you can do, and my son was certainly failed. Absolutely. So why are parents like sam and other families not getting the crucial support and services they need . Ive come to the National Autistic society, which helps thousands of people with autism across the country. If children are not having their needs met, then they are being failed, and we have to try and work to change that system. We need a special Educational Needs and disability system that identifies all the needs of autistic children that are out there and then puts in place the support and the services to allow them to live the life that they and their families want to live. In a recent report, the Charity Found families of autistic people in inpatient and Residential Care being failed due to a lack of trained staff. We interviewed 13 families who had experiences of having relatives who were in inpatient care across both children, young people and adults, and basically weve incorporated what we found from them and the lessons that could be learned from that in this report. And what its really painted is a really stark picture of the fact that the system just isnt working at the moment. Cameron has recently started at a specialist day centre, but mum hannah tells me shes worried about the future. I do feel guilty all the time i feel guilty to cameron, i feel guilty to my daughters. Yeah, i do sometimes feel like im not equipped for all of it. But i dont really have a choice, i have to do it. But, yeah, guilt plays a massive part of every day, coping with, you know, a child with disabilities, i think. Ive returned to find out how they are coping with elliot. Weve definitely had moments when, you know, weve gone to bed sobbing and just despairing at, you know, how is this our life . But you cant wallow in it too long because youve got exactly the same life the next day, and youve got to be up and youve got to be. And its difficult, because theres no blame you can attach to elliott, theres nothing fundamentally different you can do, so youre just carrying on and hoping to try and learn the lessons from whatever precipitated that particular bout of aggression to try and reduce it or avoid it next time. The autism act, which was introduced in 2009, is currently being reviewed by politicians. But laws on their own only form a part of the solution. As for cameron and elliott, their parents are their real lifeline. They may face abuse daily, but they dont want their children to be misunderstood. All theyre asking for is more support. Thank you for your messages, this text says, i am grateful for your report about autistic children, i can confirm all these experiences, my son is a gentle and sensitive soul, which makes it even more difficult when he has violent outbursts. No support from professionals, you look that as an inadequate parent. This text, my severely learning disabled autistic daughter is being failed by my local authority. She cannot speak, she has no self care skills, and no awareness of the wider world. We have been fighting for support for three years. In march, i tried to ta ke three years. In march, i tried to take my whole life because i couldnt cope with my daughter. I was provided with two weeks additional support, and now we are backin additional support, and now we are back in the same boat. I need to put my daughter in care so she can have her needs met. That is going to cost the local authority £300,000 a year. It would be far cheaper just to provide the behavioural support instead. And on facebook, stephen says, i have two sons with autism, kids with autism are like a light switch, one minute so lovable, then they can attack you. They dont mean to hurt you, though, it is not their fault. We are going to talk more about this after ten oclock. Nhs england told us it has set out a Clear Programme for those with learning difficulties and autism to enable more people to live in the community. And the local Government Association told us, councils are working hard to make sure children with autism and other special needs get access to the support they need. However, they have been put in an impossible situation due to increasing demand and historic underfunding. Still to come we will talk to the broadcaster and journalist ann robinson, who says women should know better than to go toa women should know better than to go to a hotel with somebody they dont trust. An exclusive report into the University Student from bristol on trial after police found a copy of the terrorism manual the anarchist cookbook underneath his bed. He has now been cleared, and it i so i; r i time for the latest news, heres Annita Mcveigh. The hollywood Actor Kevin Spacey has been accused of making a sexual advance towards a child actor more than 30 years ago. The star trek Actor Anthony Rapp said mr spacey had placed him on a bed and climbed on top of him when he was 1a. Kevin spacey has responded on twitter, saying he does not remember the incident but if it had happened, it would have been deeply inappropriate and drunken behaviour. The leader of the house of commons is being asked to make an urgent statement, amid allegations of widespread inappropriate Sexual Behaviour in westminster. Yesterday the Prime Minister proposed a new system for dealing with claims of harassment, saying the reputation of parliament had to be protected. Unverified lists of mps accused of misconduct are reportedly circulating in westminster. The parents of autistic children are not being properly supported in dealing with violent behaviour, according to a charity. This programme has spoken to families who say theyre not getting enough help from local authorities, including kicking and headbutting. The National Autistic society says that a special Educational Needs system needs to be put in place to provide the support needed to de escalate violent behaviour. An influential economic think tank says the chancellor is caught between a rock and a hard place as he prepares his forthcoming budget. The institute for fiscal studies says Philip Hammond will have to abandon his target for getting rid of the deficit if he is to meet demands from cabinet colleagues to increase spending. The treasury has responded by saying it would continue to adopt what it called a balanced approach. That is a summary of the latest bbc news. All the sports now withjohn watson, who is at mercedes hq in brackley. Yes, a warm comeback to mercedes hq, this is last seasons car, a successful night for Lewis Hamilton, becoming the most successful british driver in formula 0ne history, he now holds four world titles after picking it up at the mexico he could only mexico grand prix. He could only finish ninth following a collision with Sebastian Vettel on the first lap, but that was enough to see him win the title with two racers despair. Two races to spare. Claude puells first game in charge of Leicester City saw them beat everton at home. Jamie vardy scored their first in a 2 0 win. Everton remain in the relagation zone. Elsewhere in the prmier league, brighton against southampton was 1 1. Caroline wozniacki has won the biggest tournament of her career. The dane beat Venus Williams to claim the wta finals trophy in singapore. Welshman elfyn evans won the season ending wales rally gb, the first british winner of the event in 17 years. He isa he is a local lad with plenty of local knowledge, which perhaps helped him without success. He is the first british winner since burns in 2000. But frenchman sebastien 0gier came third to claim his fifth consecutive World Championship. Lots of people winning world titles at the moment, victoria, not least Lewis Hamilton, a lot of people wondering whether he can emulate the achievements of Michael Schumacher, who has the record of seven world titles. The cars that mercedes are producing and the talents that Lewis Hamilton has, you would not bet against him doing it in the years to come. Absolutely not we will talk to some of his fans before ten oclock. Hollywood Actor Kevin Spacey has made an apology after being accused of making a sexual advance toward a child actor. Anthony rapp, who was 1a at the time, says spacey invited him to a party and seemed drunk when the alleged incident happened. Adan vary is the journalist at Buzzfeed News who broke the story. Anthony rapp is alleging that when he was 1a in 1986, he was prevented by kevin spacey, who was performing on broadway, as was anthony. He was invited to a party at Kevin Spaceys house late at night, he went, he was very used to being in the company of adults as a child actor, so he didnt think there was anything out of the ordinary. Even when he arrived at the party and realised he was the only non adults there come he didnt think it unusual, but he got bored, he said, pretty quickly, ended up in the bedroom watching late night tv. And then at some point, he says that he realised that eve ryo ne point, he says that he realised that everyone else had left, and he was alone with kevin spacey. Kevin spacey appeared at the bedroom door and what anthony rapp says there was and what anthony rapp says there was a clumsy motion, spacey stepped into the bedroom, picked him up like a bride would pick up a groom, placed him on the bed, basically landed on top of him, at which point anthony says that he felt spacey pressing into his body, and then anthony was able to squirm away and says that he stepped into the bathroom very quickly tojust sort stepped into the bathroom very quickly to just sort of composing self, and then once he was composed, he stepped out, told kevin spacey he was going to be leaving, and the spacey followed him to the front door and ask them, are you sure you wa nt to leave . Door and ask them, are you sure you want to leave . According to anthony. And then he said, yes, and he left. And then he said, yes, and he left. And that is the last time that anthony rapp ever spoke to kevin spacey. He has never spoken with him since, although he has seen him a few times in his life, but they have never spoken. Just to confirm, at the point of this alleged incident, anthony rapp was 1a, and kevin spacey was 26. According to public records, kevin spacey was 26, yeah. So why has anthony rapp decided to speak out now . He was really moved by the sheer number of women who we re by the sheer number of women who were coming forward and sharing allegations of Sexual Harassment and assault by Harvey Weinstein. It has really become a turning point moment, both in the Entertainment Industry and in society at large, about how we talk about Sexual Harassment and Sexual Misconduct, and how we treat victims. And anthony felt very much, as he says, awake to that moment and felt that this was the right time for him to come forward and tell his story. Kevin spacey has given a statement in response to this allegation, and i know you are going to read that for us, adam. Yes, before i do, i wa nt to for us, adam. Yes, before i do, i want to stress that Buzzfeed News reached out to Kevin Spaceys representatives multiple times and send a detailed letter with all the allegations in our storage and heard nothing from his representation until kevin spacey tweeted this statement out. And the statement is i have a lot of respect and admiration for anthony rapp as an actor, i am admiration for anthony rapp as an actor, iam beyond horrified admiration for anthony rapp as an actor, i am beyond horrified to hear his story. I honestly do not member the encounter, it would have been over 30 years ago. But divided behaviour then as he describes, i owe him the sincerest apology for what would have been deeply inappropriate drunken behaviour, and iam inappropriate drunken behaviour, and i am sorry for the feelings he describes having carried with him all of these years. This story has encouraged me to address the other things about my life. I know that there are stories at there about me that some have been fuelled by, sorry, and that some have been fuelled by the fact that i have been so protective of my privacy. As those closest to me know, in my life i have had romantic relationships with both men and women, excuse me, andi with both men and women, excuse me, and i have loved and had romantic encounters with men throughout my life. And i choose now to live as a 93v life. And i choose now to live as a gay man. I want to deal with this honestly and openly, and that start with examining my own behaviour. And how has that statement been greeted . Not well. I think the idea that he is using the allegation that he made a sexual advance on a 14 year old boy as an opportunity to come out is striking many as sort of missing the point, and he in no way at knowledge is anthonys age at the time in a statement, speaking to wants statement, speaking to what he wants our reach to be, which is that he is now coming out as a gay man. I think you can see a lot of headlines, in fa ct, you can see a lot of headlines, in fact, focusing on that part of the story and missing entirely the allegations against him. That was adam vary, the journalist that Buzzfeed News who broke the kevin spacey story. Of course, Sexual Harassment is a serious problem in all walks of life, with over 50 of women saying theyve been affected by it. This morning the spotlight has turned on politics with claims that lists of 36 mps accused of misconduct are circulating in westminster. Theresa may is proposing a new system for dealing with claims of harassment, saying the reputation of parliament had to be protected. Over the weekend it was revealed that a government minister, mark garnier, sent a Junior Member of staff to buy vibrators for him and used sexually offensive terms to describe her breasts. And a former government minister, stephen crabb, was accusing of sending sexually explicit texts to a 19 year old who applied for a job in his office. All these revelations have come to light since allegations so last week the New York Times published this massive article detailing allegations of about three decades worth of accusations of Sexual Harassment from Harvey Weinstein against female employees. After about 30 minutes, he asked to excuse himself and go to the bathroom. He returned in nothing but a robe with the front open and he was buck naked. The actresses Angelina Jolie and Gwyneth Paltrow have joined the growing number of women who have claimed they were sexually harassed by him. He said that he wanted a massage, could i give him a massage . I said no. Together, the claims build up a picture of one of the most powerful men in the industry exerting pressure on younger women at the start of their careers, often in hotel rooms or offices. The suggestions, spoken or unspoken, were that he could advance their careers if they went along with him, or he could do serious damage to the dreams if they didnt. I didnt know about these things, but they dont surprise me at all, and they are endemic to the system anyway. Lots of these women were in their 20s when it happened, vulnerable, afraid that if they say anything or do anything that it will ruin their career. I was shocked and appalled, because ive known him through politics, as Many Democrats have. Police investigations into Sexual Assault and rape politicians against hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein continue this morning. Over 30 women, including Angelina Jolie, Gwyneth Paltrow and rose mcgowan have made a number of allegations against her. Members of the European Parliament have been debating Sexual Harassment in the wake of the Harvey Weinstein scandal. Some meps complained they themselves have experienced harassment. Some lawmakers sat behind placards with the hashtag metoo. Downing street has said any allegations of Sexual Harassment and abuse at westminster are deeply concerning. Allegations made will be ta ken very seriously. These stories, if they are true, are obviously totally unacceptable. Jeremy corbyn has called for mps who are guilty of Sexual Harassment or abuse to be held to account. The labour leader warned that a warped and degrading culture was thriving in westminster. Complaints of inappropriate behaviour and Sexual Harassment by mps have now led to a government minister being placed under investigation. There is recognition that a change in culture is needed. It was worse. Its a little bit better now, but theres a long way to go. Cat smith is a labour mp and atjust 32, is a member of the shadow cabinet. Have you experienced Sexual Harassment . Not in westminster, but i have experienced Sexual Harassment in politics. It was quite a long time ago now, but when i was active campaigning for the labour party in an area, there was a senior person from the labour group on the council, who had a bit of a reputation and on one occasion when i was at reputation and on one occasion when iwas ata reputation and on one occasion when i was at a party, and he was there andi i was at a party, and he was there and i was leaving, he chose to leave the party at the same time as me under the guise of wanting to walk me to the nearest station so i got home safely. I insisted that i was me to the nearest station so i got home safely. I insi own hat i was me to the nearest station so i got home safely. I insi own and i was me to the nearest station so i got home safely. I insi own and iwas me to the nearest station so i got home safely. I insi own and i didnt fine walking on my own and i didnt feel the need to be accompanied and he tried to hold my hand on that walk and i resisted, but i let him, but once we got to the station he delved in for a kiss that was not invited and i pushed him away and basically ran away interest him. Now, i did report that and along with other young female colleagues who were active campaigning for the labour party at that time, we actually did manage to go through our partys procedures and as far as iam aware our partys procedures and as far as i am aware he no longer behaves like that. He was dealt with. He was dealt with basically and i am glaed that we spoke out and did and im glad that were having this debate today about the fact that for many women this is still a massive problem that is not being dealt with. You know what theresa may has suggested, some kind of independent mediation system. What do you think of that idea . I think it cant be that on its own. I think every Political Party has a responsibility to deal with Sexual Harassment in their own parties. There needs to be a space for mps staff and also for mps, interns and Work Experience as well. When you say mps, interns and Work Experience as we you when you sap; mps, interns and Work Experience as we you mean . Ou say; mps, interns and Work Experience as we you mean . |fi say; mps, interns and Work Experience as we you mean . If you j; mps, interns and Work Experience as we you mean . If you work for an mp, do you mean . If you work for an mp, if you are a researcher or intern and that mp happens to sexually harass you, you cant go to them. Certainly, it varies party by party and thats part of my concern. There isa and thats part of my concern. There is a lot of inconsistency here. In my party there is a route that you can go down in order to address Sexual Harassment, but it is not the same in every Political Party and someone same in every Political Party and someone might work for a politician who is not party alined and there needs to be something in place for people like that. My worry is also for people who intern and do Work Experience in mps offices because when you dont have the formal employer, employee relationship there needs to be something in place for them and maybe there is a space for them and maybe there is a space for them and maybe there is a space for the house of commons to have have a process in place which maybe could be led by the speaker, but it cannot just be could be led by the speaker, but it cannotjust be that, it needs to be parties for situations like the one i mentioned where i was a party activist. Have you seen this activist. This dossier, this apparent lis, this dossier, this spread sheet of 36 mps . I havent seen spread sheet of 36 mps . I havent seen it, but i have no reason to doubt that it exists. I think that what we have learnt over the past few days is this behaviour is happening in westminster and im glad that we are speaking about it and it is out in the open because that will be the first step in the way of making people change their behaviour. Why do you think it is happening . It is happening because of the power relationship. Its a lwa ys of the power relationship. Its always amazed me in westminster how many unattractive perhaps middle aged men seem to end up, you know, with very young, very good looking girlfriends. And i think so much of it is about that power relationship. Be it gender, but that power relationship between an employer and an employee and politics is competitive. If somebody wa nts to politics is competitive. If somebody wants to have a career in politics, you know, they realise it is a Competitive Industry and they dont wa nt to Competitive Industry and they dont want to upset anyone along the way, turning down unwanted sexual advances might for some women they might certificate receive that as upset be people and damage their career. I would say to women, dont see it way, career. I would say to women, dont see it way, report it, see it in that way, report it, because theme their attitudes towards women and because theme their attitudes towards v in nen and t , because theme their attitudes towards v in our and t , because theme their attitudes towards v in our parliament. , welcome in our parliament. Has labour got its house in order. There are reports thatjeremy corbyn refused to meet labour mp Sarah Champion when she raised the issue . I believe that sarah and jeremy have spoken and he did a speech at the weekend setting out how seriously he is taking this. He has a zer atol ra ns is taking this. He has a zer atol rans approach. I have knownjeremy for a number of years. Rans approach. I have knownjeremy fora number of years. I rans approach. I have knownjeremy for a number of years. I always knew he took the allegations seriously and he is appalled as the rest of us about it. How do you respond to the accusation that the party was slow when it came to dealing with person in terms of his foam phobic comments . It the comments that were made by him are indefensible. The criticism was that you were. He has been suspended from the labour party. Was it too slow . It would be very difficult for me to comment on it. You must have an opinion on whether it was slow or not . I think that, obviously the it was released very slowly and it was drip, drip, drip approach, but think that certainly by wednesday it was right that the whip was removed and he is not sitting as a labour mp. What should happen to a minister who asks his secretary to buy vibrators for him and then calls her a demeaning phrase . Well, i think certainly, the allegation that youre talking about was made before this person was a minister. So i dont think the ministerial code is an adequate way to go addressing that particular allegation. Because that particular allegation. Because that relationship was in his capacity as a member of parliament u not as a minister. I think that every party needs to get their house in order on this issue. 0k. Thank you very much. Thank you. Thank you for coming on the programme, kat smith, labourmp. Coming up, well be hearing from parents of autistic children whove told us they face violence at home regularly and dont have the support they need. Lewis hamilton clinched his fourth world title ninth after a clash with rival Sebastian Vettel. His achievement makes him unquestionably the most successful british formula one driver in history, moving him one championship clear of sirjackie stewart. Hes certainly come a long way from this. Winner of the yamahas, Lewis Hamilton. Recognise me now . Im Lewis Hamilton. My ambition is to get formula one, definitely. I enjoy the speed. I like to be with all the big guys and id like to be making lots of money. Itsjust great feeling when you wake up and you think to yourself how did yesterday go . And you say im World Champion and its it the coolest thing to be able to say World Champion. Commentator Lewis Hamilton is the 2014 World Champion. Oh my god. I cant believe it. I cant really explain how much this means. It means even more than the first one. Commentator Lewis Hamilton wins the us grand prix in austin. Its the greatest moment of my life. I cant really find the right words right this second to tell you how amazing this feels and just that i couldnt have done it without this team who have empowered me for the last three years and really taken me on board and really helped nurture me with the consider and just faultless. So i love you guys, thank you very much for everything you do for me. I feel like i conquered any demons, that if i may have had any, i dont think i did really, but if i had any demons or anything standing in my way i feel i conquered it with great strength. Commentator hamiltons got problems. Hamilton got a puncture on his right rear tyre. Hamilton does it in 2017. Hamilton is World Champion in 2017. I was always grateful after my first and then the second came and then the third came and then this sheer will, how i still had this will and willpower to continue after a lot of the success weve had. I felt even a bigger burning desire this year to win the championship particularly as were fighting anotherteam and i had a difficult year last year. So, i was adamant i was going to better myself mentally, physically and with my attitude and how i work with everyone so that i could put myself in the position im in today. We can speak now to david brabham, the son of the former racing World Champion sirjack brabham, and Lewis Hamilton super fan donna james. Welcome both. David, how do you assess this achievement . Its pretty incredible really. To win one World Championship is hard enough, but to win four championship is hard enough, but to winfour in championship is hard enough, but to win four in the way that he has done it as well. This year the championship was going either way ferrari or mercedes or vettel or hamilton and over the break in august, lewis has gone up a gear. He is driving jut standingingly. What sort of a driver is he . Hes very natural. What does that mean for us lay people . Just comes easy to him natural. What does that mean for us lay peopl but 1st comes easy to him natural. What does that mean for us lay peopl but hes jmes easy to him natural. What does that mean for us lay peopl but hes not s easy to him natural. What does that mean for us lay peopl but hes not lazy sy to him natural. What does that mean for us lay peopl but hes not lazy with him natural. What does that mean for us lay peopl but hes not lazy with it. I natural. What does that mean for us lay peopl incredibly at lazy with it. I natural. What does that mean for us lay peopl incredibly hard y with it. I natural. What does that mean for us lay peopl incredibly hard to yith it. I natural. What does that mean for us lay peopl incredibly hard to keep. I he works incredibly hard to keep improving himself and i was watching yesterday and niki lauda said from last year to this year a big improvement and over that break he has improved again. Hejust keeps wanting to improve and improve again and with the right car, right team around him, slightly untouchable at the moment. Donna, would you agree, untouchable at the moment . 0h definitely, yes, without a doubt. He has been amazing this season. And what is it that you love about Lewis Hamilton . 0h, what is it that you love about Lewis Hamilton . Oh, i have loved formula 0ne hamilton . Oh, i have loved formula one for so long now, but when lewis started, i followed one for so long now, but when lewis started, ifollowed him right one for so long now, but when lewis started, i followed him right from the start. He is a really natural driver. But hes also a racer and thats what we want to see more in formula one. You know, good racing really. Do you think its right that appeals not only to what you might call the petrol heads, but he loves music and he has amazing personality and he loves fashion. Does he bring more people into formula one . 0h yeah, more people into formula one . Oh yeah, definitely. He is treated more like a rock star. We recently went to sepang to see the formula one there and it isjust a different feeling when hes around, you know, he gets the crowds going. No other formula one driver, i dont think, is treated the way he is. I mean he is treated the way he is. I mean he isjust treated like is treated the way he is. I mean he is just treated like a is treated the way he is. I mean he isjust treated like a rock is treated the way he is. I mean he is just treated like a rock star really. And david, what about what hamilton can do in the rest of his career, can he beat Michael Schumachers record . Career, can he beat Michael Schumachers record . Well, i think were starting to see lewis in his prime. And probably just were starting to see lewis in his prime. And probablyjust at the beginning of it. Hejust seems prime. And probablyjust at the beginning of it. He just seems to prime. And probablyjust at the beginning of it. Hejust seems to be ina beginning of it. Hejust seems to be in a really good place at the moment. He is happy about his life, where hes a i think he is co mforta ble where hes a i think he is comfortable with who he is, he struggled with this the past which may have got in the way. He has got a fantastic team around him. You would say have to say that Michael Schumachers achievements of seven World Championships kind of looks like its possible. Thank you very much. Thank you for coming into the studio. Thank you donna. Thank you for talk to us, i appreciate it. Lets get the latest weather update with carol. How are you . Very well, thank you. Its freezing. Winter is harem has been a really cold start. The lowest temperature was minus five celsius in the highlandsment the last film we saw a temperature of minus 5. 1 celsius was on 9th may in shap and that was high. You are not wrong as usual isnt it gorgeous . A lovely weather watcher picture showing we had clear skies, but it was frosty. Another gorgeous one. You can see the frost on the flowers and the dew as well and we have got another one if my clicker will move on, from perth in kinross, a frosty scene. We are a lwa ys kinross, a frosty scene. We are always talking about your central heating. Its on. You might want to switch it off because the temperatures are up and down like a yo yo. What we have got is after today, there is a cold start. This is alluding to there with victoria, we will see more cloud building from tomorrow and through the midweek period. It will turn milder. There is little rain in the forecast this week. Welds some in the north and the west, but many of us will stay dry and it is next weekend it turns colder and showery. Talking of showers, we have got showers flirting with the north sea coast line. We have got two weather fronts crossing us from the west, both heading eastwards and in between a lot of dry weather. This afternoon a cold afternoon when you compare it to yesterday across northern england, temperatures staying in single figures. Still a few showers particularly in east anglia through the afternoon. But from the midlands heading towards kent and the isle of wight, we have got a lot of sunshine. A lot of sun shy across South West England and the isles of scilly and the Channel Islands for that matter and as we head into wales, again, you are looking at a brighter, sunnier afternoon too, temperatures lower than they were this time yesterday. For Northern Ireland, the cloud will be starting to build, courtesy of our weather front coming in from the west. It will introduce splashes of rain and drizzle as it will do across western parts of scotland, but move away from that, we are in brighter skies, except for in the north east where we have got our first weather front crossing. Now this evening it will turning chilly quickly in the south east. We could have a touch of frost for a east. We could have a touch of frost fora time, east. We could have a touch of frost for a time, but as the cloud comes in from the west, bringing this rain with murky in from the west, bringing this rain with murky conditions, the with it, and murky conditions, the temperatures will actually go up in the south east. And we are looking at heavy rain across the Western Highlands and we will have the heavy rain tomorrow. So we will be starting to see especially with height the accumulations building. Tomorrow, as the rain rattles from the west to the east, we will see showers coming in across Northern Ireland and into wales and north west england and around the isle of man, we are looking at showers and drizzle, but push down towards the south east, better back in brighter skies and sunshine. Look at the difference in the temperatures. Today, single figures and tomorrow we are back into double figures. Moving from tuesday and into wednesday, we have got this weather front and it is wiggling northwards and southwards, not covering huge distances as it does so, but it means that it is bringing in cloud and rain. Quite a breezy day, but the wind coming from a mild south westerly direction. Again, windward coast seeing more cloud at times, push down towards the south and the east and we are back into the sunshine, highs of 15 celsius, still we are looking at 12s and 13s in the north. Hello, its monday, its 10am. Im victoria derbyshire, welcome to the programme. Our top story today kevin spacey apologises after being accused of making a sexual advance toward a child actor. And Sexual Harassment claims at westminster spiral, with reports of 36 mps being accused of misconduct. These young people, especially as some of them, it might be their firstjob in politics, they have been desperate to get it and might have applied amongst 400 people to get the job, and they get the job, and then they find this mp has wandering hands and says inappropriate things and they feel slightly frightened or threatened by them. Where do you go to make that complaint . Who do you speak to . At the moment its not clear at all, and, of course, no one really has teeth. There is no body that can slap the mp down. Well hear from tv presenter anne robinson, who says women really should know better than to share a cab or go to a hotel room with someone they dont trust. Also on the programme an exclusive report looking at the reality for some parents of living with autistic children. It was really upsetting. Its horrible, because i love him so much. And yeah, i dont want people to be scared of him, because hes, you know, his nature is gentle and he doesnt. He is not meaning to be the way he is at all. Many of you getting in touch to say that you feel totally isolated, you find yourself in a similar scenario, totally isolated and failed by your local authority. If you want to send us an mail, please do. And there is a new suggestion to scrap interest on Student Loans to help avoid a future debt crisis. If you are a student, tell us what you think of the idea. Time for the latest news, heres Annita Mcveigh. Thanks, victoria, good morning. The hollywood Actor Kevin Spacey has been accused of making a sexual advance towards a child actor more than 30 years ago. The star trek Actor Anthony Rapp said mr spacey had placed him on a bed and climbed on top of him when he was 14. Kevin spacey has responded on twitter, saying he does not remember the incident but if it had happened, it would have been deeply inappropriate and drunken behaviour. The leader of the house of commons is being asked to make an urgent statement, amid allegations of widespread inappropriate Sexual Behaviour in westminster. Yesterday, the Prime Minister proposed a new system for dealing with claims of harassment, saying the reputation of parliament had to be protected. Unverified lists of mps accused of misconduct are reportedly circulating in westminster. Earlier, kat smith told the victoria of her experience of harassment in politics. Once we got to the station, he delved in for a case that was definitely not invited, and i pushed him away and basically ran away from him. Now, i did report that, along with other young female collea g u es that, along with other young female colleagues who were actively campaigning for the labour party at that time. We did manage to go campaigning for the labour party at that tim ourie did manage to go campaigning for the labour party at that tim our party manage to go campaigning for the labour party at that tim our party procedures go campaigning for the labour party at that tim our party procedures and, as campaigning for the labour party at that tim our party pro no ures and, as campaigning for the labour party at that tim our party pro no longer d, as far as i am aware, he no longer behaves like that. The parents of autistic children are not being properly supported in dealing with violent behaviour, according to a charity. This programme has spoken to families who say theyre not getting enough help from local authorities, while they face violent outbursts from their children, including kicking and headbutting. The National Autistic society says that a special Educational Needs system needs to be put in place to provide the support needed to de escalate violent behaviour. An influential economic think tank says the chancellor is caught between a rock and a hard place as he prepares his forthcoming budget. The institute for fiscal studies says Philip Hammond will have to abandon his target for getting rid of the deficit if he is to meet demands from cabinet colleagues to increase spending. The treasury has responded by saying it would continue to adopt what it called a balanced approach. That is a summary of the latest bbc news. More from me at half past ten. Cheers, thank you very much, just reading your e mails, many of you have autistic children, michelle says, i have three autistic children, two have been extremely violent at times. My eldest child pushed my husband down the stairs following my younger son cracking my ribs. I was offered workshops and allocated a social worker, when they came out, having skimmed through our historical notes, i was told, you couldnt cope then, now you are not coping again, and if you cant manage, we will have to place your children in care. I was shocked and terrified at the same time, i did need support, but i wanted to keep my children. I told them i did not need their help, and i will never ask for their help again. This e mail isa ask for their help again. This e mail is a story that brings me to tea rs, e mail is a story that brings me to tears, my son has severe autism, and it has reduced my life to almost nonexistent. There is not enough support, i have had to give up my job, i have no friends, worst of all family feel i am throwing my life away, it is very isolating and the council have failed us. Another says, iam council have failed us. Another says, i am crying watching your report, i have two autistic children, seven and four, i am a is report, i have two autistic children, seven am no ur, i am a is report, i have two autistic children, seven am no help, m a is report, i have two autistic children, seven am no help, 11a is report, i have two autistic children, seven am no help, i have in your parent with no help, i have got no energy. I am a single pa rent got no energy. I am a single parent with no help. Very distressing and moving correspondence from you, we will be talking more about this in the next half hour, and we will try to get some advice for you at least. Do get in touch, send an e mail or message us on twitter. Lets bring you some sport, 0lly foster is with us. Hello, victoria, Lewis Hamilton, as we have been hearing all morning, has become the most successful british driver in the history of formula one. He could not make it onto the podium at the mexican grand prix, but ninth was good enough to become World Champion for a fourth time. He collided with title rival Sebastian Vettel on the first lap, a puncture on his mercedes saw him drop to last. Vettel could not achieve the top two finish each needed to keep the title race live, and hamilton was champion again with two races to spare. That moves him head of the jackie head of the greatest sirjackie stewart, won three titles. He is the one, at the moment, who is driving the best car with the best team, and he is delivering, driving and winning the World Championship for one year is not all that difficult but doing it as a serial World Champion is considerably more difficult. Perfect start for claude puel at Leicester City, he only took over from puel at Leicester City, he only took overfrom craig puel at Leicester City, he only took over from Craig Shakespeare last wednesday, they beat everton 2 0 to move up to 11 in the table. Everton had caretaker David Unsworth in charge, they remain in the relegation zone. Jamie vardy and demarai gray scored the goals for the foxes. Elsewhere, brighton drew with southampton. In the womens super league, Manchester City are joint top of the two injury time goals saw them beat Birmingham City ladies 3 1, chelsea join them at the top, they beat yeovil 6 0, arsenal beat everton. Caroline wozniacki has won the end of season world tour finals in singapore after a straight sets victory over Venus Williams, her biggest win of her career. It is the first time she has beaten williams in eight attempts, capping a remarkable comeback. She had slipped to number 74 in the world after a serious ankle injury last year. Now she is back up to third in the rankings. Talking about rolling back the years, Roger Federer beat juan martin del potro to win the swiss indoor title, a record eighth time he has done that in basel, his seventh title of 2017. But he is going to skip next months paris masters, which will almost certainly see rafa nadal finish masters, which will almost certainly see rafa nadalfinish as number one this year. That is all the sport for now, back with the headlines later in the programme. Cheers, 0lly, thank you very much. Sexual harassment allegations have dominated the news over the last three weeks no walk of life is unaffected by it and hundreds of women and some men have now felt empowered to speak out since allegations about Harvey Weinstein first emerged. We can speak now to tv presenter and journalist anne robinson, who says women really should know better than to share a cab or go to a hotel room with someone they dont trust. Anne robinson, good morning. Morning, victoria. Is it as simple as that . No, it is not as simple as that, it is very disappointing that over the last 50 years the glass ceilings have been broken and rather than confidence flowing alongside the fact that there are women in power, there is a sort of fragility and inability to speak out. If there are former cabinet ministers now saying, yes, it goes on in the houses of parliament, why havent they done anything about it . houses of parliament, why havent they done anything about it . m there is a fragility amongst women, why is that . I really fail to understand it, because you know, 50 yea rs understand it, because you know, 50 years ago, there were very few of us, particularly in newspapers, who had a position of power, and we seems to be much more robust and then about bending off this sort of behaviour. It is women having phd is and masters degrees if they have not got any common sense and masters degrees if they have not got any commonsense it is not about education, though, is it . Got any commonsense it is not abc have jcation, though, is it . Got any commonsense it is not abc have a ation, though, is it . Got any commonsense it is not abc have a first class gh, is it . Got any commonsense it is not abc have a first class degree t . Got any commonsense it is not abc have a first class degree from can have a first class degree from one of the top universities in the world still feel vulnerable and intimidated by a man world still feel vulnerable and intimidated bya man in a world still feel vulnerable and intimidated by a man in a more senior position than you. Well, i can ask you the same, why do you think that is . You have gone silent on me. Yeah, i amjust thinking about it it is complex, isnt it . |j will tell you what i think should happen much more, and i do try, they should be more mentoring of young women. So they learn not to have to put up with this behaviour. I mean, why if someone is bright enough to bea pa why if someone is bright enough to be a pa to why if someone is bright enough to beapatoa why if someone is bright enough to be a pa to a trade minister not able to say to him, i am not going to go to say to him, i am not going to go toa to say to him, i am not going to go to a shop and buy sex toys . Because you might feel that your job would be under threat. But there is a certain amount of the attitude you have, i cant say i come across much of this behaviour, i honestly have not, and i think it is i very good because i developed a very good dont mess with me attitude to it. You know, bullies only operate where they think there is a weakness. Are you not blaming victims here . Well, ido you not blaming victims here . Well, i do think there is a lot more. I do sort of feel that women are much more fractured on the wheel of life than maybe we were 40 years ago. What about telling men to just stop doing it . Well, i certainly think. Ido doing it . Well, i certainly think. I do think it is difficult for a youngster who has just got her first job to make a farce, but they should bea job to make a farce, but they should be a system whereby senior women in any organisation are there to have a collective arm around her so that she is not singled out as a nuisance, that they listen to her complaints and give those complaints some validation. And how should men change . Well, you know, shall we tell them one more time and then they will get it, victoria . Men wont change until it is made very, very, very inconvenient for them to i had no idea this behave like this. I had no idea this was still going on, i am very disappointed in it. But the fact that it disappointed in it. But the fact thatitis disappointed in it. But the fact that it is still going on, and to such an extent, it would seem, you make of that . Well, i think there is collaboration. The Prime Minister has been mp for 20 years, did it not occurred to her before this that something horrid was happening . Has it happened to you . No honestly, i cant think of a dreadful occasion i have had working, i really cant, because bullies know better than anybody when not to mess with you. They understand no. And we simply must start having women believe that they can make a fuss. I dont recognise your argument that a clever pa cant say, i am not going to go and buy sex toys for you. Look, you have another former look, you have got another former cabinet minister, justine greening, saying women should go to the police. Can you imagine going to the police. Can you imagine going to the Police Station near westminster and saying to the desk sergeant, by the way, i would like to complain that my boss ask me to buy sex toys . |j way, i would like to complain that my boss ask me to buy sex toys . I am not sure you would go to the police about that. The fact that a pa is clever or otherwise seems to be one point, but in the end, when you are working for somebody, and they are asking you to do something or putting themselves upon you, suggesting sexually inappropriate things, you might feel intimidated you might feel your position is under threat if you say no, and that is fairenough, under threat if you say no, and that is fair enough, isnt it . Do you not have sympathy with those people . Well, you could say i find this inappropriate behaviour, you could have some sort of mentoring system so have some sort of mentoring system so you could go and discuss it and perhaps some woman more senior in power can help you get through this. Thank you. You must agree with me, that, you know, these days there are enough women mps, it is a disgrace that they have allowed it to go on happening. Do you wonder that, its perhaps because of views like yours, it stops peopling speaking up . Why would views like mine stop them speaking up . It some people it might sound like you are blaming the victim . Im not blaming the victim. Im being pragmatic. In a Perfect World men wouldnt behave badly, but they are going to go on behaving badly until it is inconvenient for them not to and part of that has to be that women who are in powerful positions start helping younger women not to put up with it. Ok. I dont think thats under reasonable, is it . Thank you very much, anne robinson, thank you for coming on the programme. Thank you. This morning weve been hearing from parents of violent autistic children whove told us they face being strangled, head butted and kicked. Of course not all autistic children are violent, but when they are, it can be incredibly difficult to manage. The National Autistic society say parents arent being properly supported by their local authorities, leaving families and their children in dire need. We bought you noel philips exclusive report earlier, heres a short extract. Lets talk to yvonne newbold, who has faced violence at the hands of her son who is now in Residential Care. Stephenie sverna and her sonjames. James is ten and has autism. David, step dad is here as well. Stephenie is also expecting a second child, and is due to give birth next month, so she has concerns about keeping her baby safe. Richard sutton has a 14 year old son called max who needs a two to one staff ratio at all times in school to manage his behaviour safely. And labour mp dr paul williams, who is also a gp and a member of the Health Select committee. He recently wrote to englands Health Secretary, jeremy hunt, raising concerns about support for families. Welcome all of you. Thank you so much for coming on the programme. Yvonne, your son would lash out at you. Tell our audience a little of what you experienced. Right, it started when he was about ten and we, it was just a complete shock. It came from nowhere. At first ijust thought, he wasnt very mobile, he was just learning how to walk and at first i thought that it was just he was experimenting with moving his arms and things, i thought it was an accident. The first time arms and things, i thought it was an accident. T he first time arms and things, i thought it was an accident. T he hit time arms and things, i thought it was an accident. T he hit me |e arms and things, i thought it was an accident. T he hit me across the face happened, he hit me across the face so happened, he hit me across the face so hard that my glasses went across the room. I thought it was a one off, by the end of that week it was happening seven or eight times a day. It escalated so that it was kicking. It was pulling my hair. 0ne of the things he would do would be pull my hair, but then kick me in the face where there is no escape. Were you frightened . The face where there is no escape. Were you frightened . Terrified at times. The times i didnt know how we we re times. The times i didnt know how we were going to get through the next five minutes. There were times when i really didnt think that i would be able to somehow get all of us through it alive. 0r without a serious injury. I also had two other children, toby was my middle child so children, toby was my middle child so it just children, toby was my middle child so itjust wasnt me that was vulnerable and one of the things was when he came downstairs in the morning, somebody had to come because his mobility is so poor, somebody has to walk backwards ahead of him. Well, at least once a week i was getting kicked down the stairs backwards. It just was getting kicked down the stairs backwards. Itjust becomes your life. It just becomes backwards. Itjust becomes your life. Itjust becomes normal. Stephanie, youre nodding in agreement here. Our agreement here. Again, give our audience a little insight into your daily life and the challenges. Well, my sonjohn mccain is daily life and the challenges. Well, my son john mccain is ten years old. Hes severely autistic and non verbal and still in nappies and every day, every moment is different so even now, every day, every moment is different so even now, hes quite unsettled. He has a diagnosis of asd and adhd so he has a diagnosis of asd and adhd so hes very, very active, consta ntly so hes very, very active, constantly on the move. He will self harm and he will constantly on the move. He will self harm and he will lash out at us if we get too close and its every day forjames is quite challenging and quite difficult. So we never really know to what expect and we have to hyper vigilant and on edge all the time so it is a big challenge. What are your concerns as you prepare to have another baby . |j you prepare to have another baby . am worried about, because for the la st am worried about, because for the last ten years, my focus has been entirely on james and last ten years, my focus has been entirely onjames and im last ten years, my focus has been entirely on james and im worried that i wouldnt be able to have that focus 100 onjames that i wouldnt be able to have that focus 100 on james and that i wouldnt be able to have that focus 100 onjames and im expecting within the next two weeks so expecting within the next two weeks so it will be a huge life change so expecting within the next two weeks so quite ne a huge life change so expecting within the next two weeks so quite worried e life change so expecting within the next two weeks so quite worried about hange so expecting within the next two weeks so quite worried about the ige so expecting within the next two weeks so quite worried about the impact im quite worried about the impact that thats going to have on his behaviour and the challenging behaviour. Right. Does that include safety towards your new baby . Yes. Yes, i mean ive had even throughout this pregnancy i have had to keep a distance, a physical barrier with my son because he doesnt understand how he is being around me so i have to kind of protect already, safeguard already, my, you know, baby. Ok. Richard, hello. Hi. Tell us about theissues richard, hello. Hi. Tell us about the issues with your son . Max is 14. He has a chromosome deletion. He has autism features. He has behaviour that challenges us most days. What does that mean in practical terms . That means he can become from being a passive young man to escalating into direct violence either to us or to himself and that can last for minutes. It can last for hours and i think the overwhelming impact is that it leaves you feeling unsure where to go for help. Unsure how to manage. Ok. And where, yvonne, where should parents with autistic children who are being violent towards them go for help and what help should they get . Are you asking what help should they get . What help should they get . First of all being believed and understood and accepted that this is a thing. Right. Sorry to interrupt, im getting messages from parents in similar scenarios and they are being told you are an inadequate parent. Exactly. Is that a theme . I thought i was a failure as a mother for years. It wasnt until years later when i began to realise that i wasnt the only one and if anybody is watching today, please know that you are not the only one out there. I didnt realise actually i was like the tough mother of parents. We have to learn on thejob. Tough mother of parents. We have to learn on the job. We tough mother of parents. We have to learn on thejob. We have tough mother of parents. We have to learn on the job. We have to try every possible, off the wall quirky, strategy, going to just try everything and throw everything at it to try and sort it. Ok. So what should be available, but what is actually happening . What should be available is a robust referral system whereby parents can access positive behaviour support from a behaviour intervention team. Does that mean someone coming into your home . Yes, we got it, but it took seven yea rs. Home . Yes, we got it, but it took seven years. Oh my word. And we finally got it after tobys 17th birthday and because it was a childrens service, it finished on the day he was 18. Ok. Let me bring in paul williams. The local Government Association tell us that councils arent getting the funding they need, thats why parents like they need, thats why parents like the ones we have here are not getting the help in their home with their challenging autistic children . Local councils are having to deal with significant cutbacks and sadly the stories that were hearing today show there are too many people that are falling through the net and its are falling through the net and its a net they fall between and what council is trying to do and what schools are trying to do and what Health Services are trying to do. How would you make it work . First of all, families need to get a prompt diagnosis and i have been doing some work with mps to try and hold the Health Secretary to account for this. The guidance says that a diagnosis should start, the process start within three months of referral. Some people are waiting four years for that process to begin. We need at qat support for families to get the right behaviour intervention. It is not about medicines, they dont want medication, they want support to look after their children in their own homes. And we actually need better support for respite as well because you can much better look after your child if you have the break. After the support packages that are put in place are not fulfilled, whether it is due to lack of staffing or long waiting lists and so, what looks good on paper doesnt necessarily come through in practise and the families dont necessarily receive the support that they should be receiving. So you are promised something, but it doesnt materialise . I have had to make formal complaints about my sons respite provider because we were going four months without a break and hopefully thats been resolved now and things put into place, but often families are promised something and thats not fulfilled in practise so there is a gap. What help do you want . I think the fundamental issue in many, many situations is that the assessment process and the provision, the assessment process actually comes from the starting point of the individual and the family rather than what services do provide and what services can provide. In that way you actually start to get we have been talking about person centred care and person centred planning for years, but actually making that happen is a challenge to professionals, it is a challenge for professionals, it is a challenge for professionals to start to begin to act and work as your support rather thana act and work as your support rather than a gatekeeper for services. Let me read you some messages from people watch you around the country. This e mailfrom people watch you around the country. This e mail from blossom, people watch you around the country. This e mailfrom blossom, children with high functioning autism can also be very violent and exhausting to ca re also be very violent and exhausting to care for. I ended up with an emergency spinal injury following a meltdown by our child. Efficients 11. We usually have one or two emergency social workers on call for the county of lincolnshire due to cuts. It is no longer an emergency service, we live with frequent injury and major damage to our home. This texter says, our son is six and has very violent episodes especially during the school holidays, he is verbal and bright, but lashes out when hes suffering extreme anxiety. I am usually covered in bruises. Weve been offered help, but this was limited and we were discharged after several months. None of the support we were offered helped when our son was in crisis and lashing out. This is when pa rents crisis and lashing out. This is when parents need the support. Its so hard. He doesnt mean to hurt, it is a reaction to anxiety. At six, hes very strong, but we can just about manage, but i am terrified of the consequences as manage, but i am terrified of the consequences as he manage, but i am terrified of the consequences as he gets older and becomes stronger. Thats a despairing scenario for a parent to find themselves in. Iama i am a doctor by background, but i wasnt elected to parliament at the last election, and parents often feel they are not being prioritised, andi feel they are not being prioritised, and i hope, ithink that feel they are not being prioritised, and i hope, i think that politics has the power to change this, if it is prioritised, and we get the systems and structures right. It is really important not to stigmatise, this is never the fault of the children that are often experiencing great frustration, sometimes the expression that we see of violent behaviour is because of how sensitive they are to changes in their environment, and so we need to support, not stigmatise, and we need to make sure this is given a real priority. Thank you all very much, thank you for coming on the programme. Thank you. In the last half hour of the programme, we will talk to the University Student from bristol who was put on trial after police found a copy of the terrorism manual the anarchist cookbook underneath his bed. Hes now been cleared of that charge, and we followed him throughout the trial. And calling all students, should the government scrap interest on student loa ns to government scrap interest on Student Loans to help avoid a future debt crisis . We will talk to some undergraduates to get their thoughts in the next half hour. Time for the latest news, heres annita. The headlines on bbc news the hollywood Actor Kevin Spacey has been accused of making a sexual advance towards a child actor more than 30 years ago. The star trek Actor Anthony Rapp said mr spacey had placed him on a bed and climbed on top of him when he was 14. Kevin spacey has responded on twitter, saying he does not remember the incident, but if it had happened, it would have been deeply inappropriate and drunken behaviour. The leader of the house of commons is being asked to make an urgent statement, amid allegations of widespread inappropriate Sexual Behaviour in westminster. Yesterday, the Prime Minister proposed a new system for dealing with claims of harassment, saying the reputation of parliament had to be protected. Unverified lists of mps accused of misconduct are reportedly circulating in westminster. Earlier, kat smith told the victoria of her the parents of autistic children are not being properly supported in dealing with violent behaviour, according to a charity. This programme has spoken to families who say theyre not getting enough help from local authorities, while they face violent outbursts from their children, including kicking and headbutting. The National Autistic society says that a special Educational Needs system needs to be put in place to provide the support needed to de escalate violent behaviour. A leading Cancer Charity has appointed what it calls a digital nurse to combat so called fake news about the disease. Macmillan Cancer Support says the internet is full of unverified statistics and bogus treatment suggestions which mislead often frightened patients. It says it wants to provide clear advice online about diagnosis and treatment. That is a summary of the latest bbc news. News. News just news. Newsjust in, news. News just in, counterterrorism officers say they have arrested two 14 year old boys from North Yorkshire on suspicion of preparing foran yorkshire on suspicion of preparing for an act of terrorism. Pete boys have been taken to a Police Station in West Yorkshire for questioning. The two boys. They say they are from northallerton and the searchers are ongoing at a number of properties in North Yorkshire. The searches. Police say, quote, we understand that people may have concerns as a understand that people may have concerns as a result understand that people may have concerns as a result of this activity, and we are grateful for the patience and understanding of the patience and understanding of the public as these inquiries are carried out. 0lly foster has all the sport. Lewis hamilton has become the most successful british driver in formula one. The only finished ninth in mexico, but that was enough to ta ke in mexico, but that was enough to take the title for a fourth time. Claude puels first game in charge feeling the heat josh is hard at work as a kitchen hand. His life as a University Student on hold, while he waits to find out whats in store for him. Injust over a week, josh is due in court in birmingham to face charges of terrorism. Weve been given exclusive access to this remarkable ordeal. If hes found guilty, he could go to jail for ten years. A terrorism charge, thats a big deal. If i go to prison over this, well, it would be a ridiculous miscarriage of justice. Explosion. A year ago, josh was in syria, against Foreign Office advice, having joined Kurdish Militia in the fight against so called islamic state. When we met up with him, hed returned safely home to bristol with an extraordinary story. You felt strongly enough to pick up a gun and do something about it. But surely thats the same sort of sentiment a terrorist has . Theres a big difference between those who wish to commit genocide and those who wish to stop people from committing genocide. But no words really to describe being under aerial bombardment. All you can do, essentially, is keep your head down and hope it stops. Im meeting up withjosh in the same cafe where we talked back in march. Last time i saw you, youd recently come back from syria. Now this. What happened . So, obviously they arrested me when i returned. When they went to search my room, they found a partial copy of the anarchist cookbook, which i had printed off about two years ago and i had completely forgotten about. And so in the context, obviously, it didnt look the best. What the police had found in a drawer under his bed were pages of a 46 year old american publication, the anarchist cookbook. It was enough forjosh to be charged under section 58 of the terrorism act for possessing information likely to be of use to a terrorist. They couldnt prosecute me for going to syria, so they are getting me on this stupid university thing, just to cause trouble for those of us who go and help the kurds. Life is undoubtedly stressful with a criminal charge hanging over you. But at work in bristol, joshs colleagues are right behind him. I was quite surprised i heard about it. You look atjosh and you dont really think he looks like a terrorist. I was a shocked, really, shocked and surprised by what hes going through. I want to have a closer look at the anarchist cookbook. Owning a copy is easy. In fact, you can buy it online. Thats it. Its on its way. Welcome to passengers who joined the service at swindon. Its nowjust a few days until the trial. And josh is off to london to meet his lawyer. Theres a chance things can go wrong, people can think all kinds of stupid stuff. Fortunately forjosh, hes qualifying for legal aid, which means the state is paying for a top barrister to defend him. But is this case a waste of public money . If what he did in syria is worthy of criminal sanction, then litigate that. But to merely find a book gathering dust in a drawer under his bed, in his student room, and to prosecute that under terrorist legislation, does strike me as deeply worrying. If the director of Public Prosecutions really thinks this book shouldnt exist, shouldnt be accessible, why hasnt he gone after amazon rather than a part time student from bristol . This wouldnt be the first time that someone with a copy of the anarchist cookbook has been convicted. But, in other cases, there was other compelling evidence, notjust the book on its own. Back in bristol, the post has arrived. So, here it is. My copy of the anarchist cookbook. If i wasjosh walker, just owning this book would be enough to land me with terrorism charges. Looking at the contents page, its not what i thought. Chapter one deals with drugs. Chapter two electronics, sabotage and surveillance. Chapter three, weapons. Chapter four the most useful to a potential terrorist covers explosives and booby traps. Recipes and formulae for making things like nitroglycerin, tnt and molotov cocktails. So what on earth wasjosh doing with the book . In birmingham, his trial is about to start. Outside the court, members of the local Kurdish Community are here to show support and joshs mum. How does your mother feel about it . Shes not incredibly happy with me, im pretty sure. And of course shes worried. Inside the court, josh confirms he did download large portions of the anarchist cookbook, but he had a legitimate reason. Josh told the court that at university he was involved in something called the crisis game society, where they re enacted historical scenarios involving terrorism and genocide. Josh bought the book, he says, because he wanted to bring accuracy to the scenarios. When the games ended, rather than dispose of the book, he put it in a drawer under his bed, where it was found by the police. The next day, josh takes to the stand. Afterwards, he is visibly exhausted. Yeah, quite tired. Still got another day to go. Well, all the evidence has now been heard and its up to the jury to decide whether that book in the drawer underjoshs bed could really be used for terrorism. Its verdict day and bothjoshs parents are with him. The wait is a nervous one. Its a waste of taxpayers money, its a waste of my time. If i go to prison over this, well, you know, it would be a ridiculous miscarriage ofjustice, essentially. Its disproportionate, its not necessary to interfere with what, in legal terms, isjoshs right to have, share and gather information, unless it would actually do something to lessen the risk of terrorism. Which, in his case, it obviously doesnt. The jury takes less than an hour to decide. Really emotional and really stressful. The whole experience has been so surreal, its been hard to call what the outcome would be, because the fact that we are here in the first place isjust an absolute waste of taxpayers money. It makes me quite angry. Its cost tens of thousands of pounds, butjustice has been served. Josh is innocent. But he doesnt escape a scolding from his mum. He has hes got a lot to make up for. Hes got a lot of grovelling to do, havent you . Yes. And hed better not do anything for the next 20 years that may cause me any worry at all. That might be a little difficult, but ill do my best. He can do his best. You can see more of that report on inside out west tonight. Scrapping interest on Student Loans and extending the time limit on paying them back could help to avoid a future debt crisis. Thats according to a conservative leaning think tank called uk 2020 which says such measures would bring down costs for students and graduates. Lets talk to the reports main editor and the editor of the student newspaper. Whats the problem . There is a problem with Student Loans. 40 will have to be written off by the government over time and students dont know how much they have got to pay back. They cant afford the interest let alone repaying the capital. We worked out that the government could afford to write off all of the historic Student Loans of £11 billion because they have already provided for that loss in their accounts and then charged no future interest on Student Loans. So you are basically reorganising the deal between the country, the state, and students so yes, students would still have to repay the capital, so they wouldnt have interest on the loa ns they wouldnt have interest on the loans so they would know how much interest, but they would have to pay it over a longer period which would increase the recovery rates, up to about 80 , and therefore, it would bea about 80 , and therefore, it would be a better dealfor the about 80 , and therefore, it would be a better deal for the students, the taxpayers and parents if they are involved too. Cirsy . When they were risen to 6. 1 , the if saismtd it was the main reason that students wouldnt be able to repay their loans. I dont think thats, i dont think thats a new benefit. In terms of increasing the time from 30 years to 50 years, there is positive benefits to that will. Positives and negatives, sorry, the negatives are that it would increase the time the anxiety is above students heads, it makes it longer for them to repay, but the positive is that the repayments but the positive is that the re payments are smaller so but the positive is that the repayments are smaller so when they are on lower salaries, when they just graduate, the monthly repayments just graduate, the monthly re payments are just graduate, the monthly repayments are more manageable, but your youre going to be paying your student loan out of your pension pot. Lets get more more reaction from ucl you like the Current System. like the idea of it increasing to 50. Over 50 years. That makes sense unless people are retiring at 50. No one retires at 50 let alone in future years. Yes. I see no reason to scrap the interest. All that does is decease the value of the loan. Why are you suggesting scrapping the interest . 40 to why are you suggesting scrapping the interest . 4096 to 5096 of student loa ns, interest . 4096 to 5096 of Student Loans, the capital and the interest will not be repaid by students and therefore, the government and the taxpayer is going to have to pick up the bill and the forecast is that by the bill and the forecast is that by the mid 2020s, the government may have to write off over £100 billion of Student Loans when it becomes clear how few repayments are made. Thats why. Surely all they have to, they will be writing off more money by that system, right . The Current System . By that system, right . The Current System . The value of the still the same and the value of the degree is the same, but you are not getting the interest back. Correct. So essentially, the different deal would be that the government is picking up the tab for the interest, the student still has to repay the capital, buff a longer period. Instead of having to pay it at back at 9 , it could be paid back at 7 and inflation will erode the value of the capital of the debt over that longer period and make it easier and therefore, it shouldnt affect ki rstys therefore, it shouldnt affect kirstys concern about pension pots which is a valid concern. Is the universities minister listening . We hope that the government will take on board the suggestions. They have announced a review, we dont know the detail of that review, but these proposals are with the government. With we know they are looking at it and were hopeful they will take serious consideration of them. Thank you. Im sorry, it was brief. Thank you. Im sorry, it was brief. Thank you for coming in. We appreciate it and thank you to kirsty too. You have been of lack of support for autistic children. The local government say they have been put in an impossible situation due to demand and historic underfunding. Situation due to demand and historic under funding. Were going situation due to demand and historic underfunding. Were going to talk to some of you who got in touch this morning. Tony hallett whose four year old daughter is autistic and also violent. Tony is in lancashire. Welcome tony. Also with us in surrey isjosephine larcher whose daughter is violent and in cornwall, michelle hook who has three autistic children, two of whom can be violent. Thank you for talking to us. We really appreciate it. Tony, give us a little insight into your daily life. Ok. So my daughter is four. She has two siblings who are younger than her. She wants to try and hug them, but she can be quite violent towards them so it will be a hug around the neck and choking them. When she is aggravated, she can bite, drawing blood and she can pinch, they blood and she can pinch, but they have no ability to stop. The pinches can turn into nasty bruises. She is only four and i worry this is going to increase, i worry it will get worse. Josephine, hello. You have a six year old daughter who has been lashing out, i think, since the age of about three, is that right . Thats right, yes. How tough is it . Its very tough. I can echo a lot of what toni hasjust its very tough. I can echo a lot of what toni has just said the worry for her younger sibling is huge. She hits, kicks, head butts on a regular basis, myself, my husband and our daughter. She has pushed her two year old sister down the stairs and she has gone to strangle her and it is the unpredictability of her behaviour. She might be kissing her sister on the hand and the next minute she is biting her. Let me ask you and a brief yes or no, josephine, have you had any help from the nhs for example . Josephine, have you had any help from ok. Ihs for example . Josephine, have you had any help from ok. Youryr example . Josephine, have you had any help from ok. Your county ple . Josephine, have you had any help from ok. Your county council, little. Ok. Your county council, Surrey County council . No. No, we have gone through the people to get the support at school and i asked for a carers assessment from social services and they said they couldnt provide that, but theirjob is safeguarding children, even though its a safeguarding issue for my youngest. It really is. They are not interested in looking at that. Michelle, hello, welcome, thank you for talking to me. We really appreciate it. You have three children with autism aged 23, 15, and 11. Yes. And two of them have been extremely violent. What help have you asked for and what help have you asked for and what help have you asked for and what help have you received . After my ribs we re have you received . After my ribs were cracked by my son, afterjust asking him to get in the car, he didnt want to sit in the seat that i asked him to get in, i asked for help. I asked the social services to help. I asked the social services to help us. We have dealt with social services in the past because we have children with Additional Needs and we have had to ask them for help before. And what was forthcoming . Well, essentially i was told if i couldnt cope then and i cant cope now because of our family situation that they would have to put our kids in care. Wow. It terrifies me and ijust withdrew everything that i had asked for and said withdrew everything that i had asked forand saidi withdrew everything that i had asked for and said i dont actually need your help now. Because you would rather try and cope and keep the family together obviously . Absolutely. We just asked for some help, not anything else. Wow. I mean, toni, what do you think of michelles story . Its horrific. We had a similar experience with social services. They said that daisy didnt require any more help or care thana daisy didnt require any more help or care than a normal three year old which is ridiculous. It wasnt until we started privately funding a ba ourselves that we saw an improvement in daisys needs. Ourselves that we saw an improvement in daisys needs. What is aba, i dont know . It is applied behaviour approach. It is similar to the approach. It is similar to the approach the lady was talking about before. It modifies behaviours. It was on a before. It modifies behaviours. It was on a programme negatively was shown on a programme negatively recently, but in england, we have got some very good practises of it with some great groups like focus liverpool, that really, really help those negative behaviours. Its really helping daisy to have a voice and to stop herself injuring and hugging her sister appropriately. You mind me asking how much thats costing you . £30,000 a year. £30,000 a year . Yes. Wow. Ok. Thats very expensive and prohibitive for many, many people obviously. We are applying for the lea to fund it within and we are taking them to trial over that. Ok. Sojosephine, listening taking them to trial over that. Ok. So josephine, listening to taking them to trial over that. Ok. Sojosephine, listening to all of you, it is a constant battle, isnt did, to get some kind of help . M is. I think its so little under understood the ed are there to protect our children from adults, they are not there to safeguard against siblings and proltected parents. Itsjust, against siblings and proltected parents. Its just, because against siblings and proltected parents of s just, because against siblings and proltected parents of most , because against siblings and proltected parents of mos you acause against siblings and proltected parents of most you know, most understanding, you know, most parents cannot imagine their child hurting them to that extent. I think thats the problem with professionals and this hasnt been spoken about and therefore, it is all undercover hopefully with the work your programme has done today, it will come out and it will start the conversation and people will begin to understand that there are so begin to understand that there are so many thousands of parents and families suffering out there. They are really struggling. What are you going to do josephine . Luckily my little one is now three, my youngest and she can stand up for herself pretty well. I still have to be vigilant. She gets a lot of support at school because she is violent at school as well towards other pupils which is always fun in the playground when you see other parents. That is difficult because the judgment is obviously oh, your child is out of control. Your child is ever so naughty. Whereas the reality is, she just, is ever so naughty. Whereas the reality is, shejust, her is ever so naughty. Whereas the reality is, she just, her behaviour is her call for help. Its not right. I hate it. The idea that my child is hurting other children. She hurts my own child, my youngest one, but thats very difficult for people to understand. Yeah. Im going to read some comments from other people watching around the country if i may. Kath tweeted, good reporting about the severe side of autism which is often so hidden. This e i will matter doesnt leave their name, but says, i am a Police Officer being directed to prosecute a 18 year old severely awe stack male over threats he made when he was attempting to burn himself his couege was attempting to burn himself his college have suspended. Hayley says, my son is nine and in a co nsta nt says, my son is nine and in a constant the state of anxiety having been discharged by social services, i get attacked daily. Im a single pa rent i get attacked daily. Im a single parent and i have had to fight for help. We dont leave the house u nless help. We dont leave the house unless absolutely necessary because of the dangers involved with my son. Michelle and josephine and toni, thank you for coming on the programme. Really nice to toni, thank you for coming on the prog thank. Really nice to toni, thank you for coming on the prog thank you. Illy nice to on the programme tomorrow, we look at how people fleeing Domestic Violence can struggle to get housed by local authorities. Thank you very much for your company today. Back tomorrow at 9am. Have a good day. Hello. Good morning. A real nip in the air today. Feel noticeably cooler than it has of late and this morning, some of us woke up to some fairly frosty scenes. This photo sentin fairly frosty scenes. This photo sent in from perth and kinross. Through the good afternoon for england and wales, a lot of dry, bright weather around. The sunshine hazy at points. For Northern Ireland and scotland, more in the way of cloud and a few outbreaks of light rain and drizzle possible for Northern Ireland and the north west of scotland. Temperatures struggling toa of scotland. Temperatures struggling to a maximum of 12 celsius. Through this evening and overnight, we will see outbreaks of rain into Northern Ireland and scotland and northern england. For england and wales though, it will start off with clear skies and the cloud will increase. It means a milder start to the day tomorrow. A cloudier day. And outbreaks for the day tomorrow. A cloudier day. And out scotland for the day tomorrow. A cloudier day. And out scotland and for the day tomorrow. A cloudier day. And out scotland and Northern Ireland, scotland and northern england. It could be heavy and persistent for north west scotland. For england and wales, a lot of dry weather and sunny spells developing and feeling milder with highs of 14 celsius. 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