wales. it looks pretty messy for the weekend with some longer, heavier spells of rain and then sunday or monday, look what happens there. we start to pick up a northerly wind and temperatures plunge right the way across the uk. spring has not properly set up shop yet. you have been warned, thank you, susan. and that s bbc news at ten on tuesday the 18th of april. there s more analysis of the days main stories on newsnight with victoria derbyshire, which is just getting underway on bbc two. the news continues here on bbc one, as now its time to join our colleagues across the nations and regions for the news where you are but from the ten team, it s goodnight. the police investigation into snp finances widens. another arrest on the day the new first minister hoped to set out his stall to scotland. is the snp now in freefall and, if it is, what, or who, can stop it? can humza yousaf the snp continuity candidate distance himself from the previous sturgeon regime, when he wa
you re live with bbc news. let s turn to a story of courage from a remarkable young woman. poppy is 18, and was sexually abused as a child by her grandfather. he was eventually convicted of her rape and jailed for 13 years. but now, poppy s waived her right to anonimity, to try to help other victims of sexual abuse, by talking about her experience. new analysis for the bbc, by the centre of expertise on child sexual abuse, reveals in the last year, police forces in england and wales, recorded over a hundred thousand sexual offences against children, that s a 57% increase, in six years. experts say the rise is largely due to greater awareness, but most abuse remains hidden. 0ur social affairs editor, alison holt, has poppy s story. a few words with her dad on the phone and with her mum watching. this is a big day for poppyjust before her 18th birthday. see you later.
the judges are going, yes, ok, but we don t want to do that because we re sticking to the guidelines. so actually, the guidelines have to change. it s difficult to even get your head round or even, you know, to work out how you have coped at the loss of your daughters. ellie was 17. she s on the cusp of adulthood. you ve got her through primary school. you ve almost got her through secondary school. poppy s, you know, 2a and thriving and independent, and both are taken from you just like that. how do you, how do you cope with that? perhaps the campaigning gives us a purpose to fight for change, because as it stands, it s so immorally wrong. but every day is a struggle, you know, there s no denying it. every day you can have tears, a memory, a thought, a piece of music playing. it s.
we are a bit early, is that 0k, maureen? yeah. ..there can be good days, months, even years. the boy sighed. so, young man, began the doctor in a singsong tone. maureen is both nanny and effectively mum to her granddaughter, p°ppy - there are 192 questions. ..whose own mother died tragically young. she made me better with my cuddles, do you know that? did she? a bit of cuddle training? when i used to come back from getting the treatment. they are making me better, didn t they? getting maureen s cancer under control has changed her life, of course. but also poppy s. very moving to see you and poppy, very moving, because you have given her everything, and if there is no you, she is missing so much. i know. i know, that s it, isn t it? so. so i ve got to live another ten years or more, haven t i? what has it meant to you to be here for her formative years? oh, so much. so much.
a bit of cuddle training? when i used to come back from getting the treatment. they are making me better, didn t they? getting maureen s cancer under control has changed her life, of course. but also poppy s. very moving to see you and poppy, very moving, because you have given her everything, and if there is no you, she is missing so much. i know. i know, that s it, isn t it? so. so i ve got to live another ten years or more, haven t i? what has it meant to you to be here for her formative years? oh, so much. so much. the stakes here could not be higher. most patients with secondary breast cancer are women. many are mothers. all right? yeah, i m fine. you sure? yeah. alina s daughter is three and every second they get to spend together is precious. she has got another two years until she goes to school, but i am looking forward to seeing her go into that. and i hope i can see her go to that.