what race, religion, but becomes secondary. and at 10, we are talking to former towie stars, mum and daughter debbie douglas and lydia bright. the chat that goes with gaming can be offensive, intimidating, but is it just part of the territory? an anti—bullying charity says gamers and sports fans are amongst the worst offenders for their attitudes to mental health and the language they use around it. we are talking to a group of gamers in the next half hour. hello. welcome to the programme, we're live until 11 this morning. we are we a re interested we are interested in what you think about the scheme of opening up people's homes to patients to free up people's homes to patients to free up beds in hospital. the latest on the harvey weinstein scandal. do get in touch on all the stories we're talking about this morning. use the hashtag #victorialive. and if you text, you will be charged at the standard network rate. nhs patients recovering after an operation could be moved from a hospital bed to a stranger's spare room under radical plans being considered by health trusts in essex. talks are at an early stage, but the company behind the idea has already started recruiting potential carers. 0ur correspondent, alice hutton, has been following the story. good to see you. it is an intriguing idea. certainly caught the eye of some of the newspapers. tell us where it came from. this is about easing the problem of ad blocking, huge problem in nhs england, last year they lost 2.2 million beds through patients possibly through no fault of their own, not too sick to stay in hospital, but not quite well enough to go home if they had to live alone. and emergency services doctor in essex has thought, why not ease the shortage by getting households who can provide a private room and bed and three meals a day to earn about £50 a day, £1000 a month, caring for them at home? inevitably, a reaction which we will get ina inevitably, a reaction which we will get in a second, very early days, this is still an idea, not happening at the moment. the pilot scheme has not even been signed off yet, they are hoping to have it in essex of about 30 people and they are looking for carers at the moment. we have already heard voices who are anxious, including the association of directors for adult social services, they have said they worried that if you put patients in the care of carers who are not professionals, they could be neglected or perhaps abused. we heard earlier in the week about better efficiency in the health services to do with operating times and operating theatres not being used well enough, busiest time of the year, winter, these ideas will crop up more, what has been the response from the health service? the health service have said today that while they welcome innovation, they think it is still a long way off. but it is worth noting that today the emergency admission figures came through and they said they are up by a fifth for the first time in five years which could be some people say down to a doctor is trying to clear beds too early. thank you. annita is in the bbc newsroom with a summary of the rest of the day's news. good morning. more than 300,000 people are leaving the workforce every year because of insufficient support for mental health problems. a report, commissioned by the government, says the human cost of this is huge and that the loss to the economy runs into tens of billions of pounds. now the prime minister has instructed the nhs and the civil service to do more to help promote the mental wellbeing of their staff, as rob sissons reports. at this insurance company, they are proud of their record of supporting workers. today's report recommends more places should be like this. aviva in sheffield says it's tried to change the way people think about mental health, training managers and encouraging openness. james tringham has a history of mental health problems, something the firm was aware of when they took him on. when i started working here, i was terrified. i had to be coaxed in and the support team that were training me at this stage weren't sure if i'd make it through or not, although they could see that there was potential there. and work has a great benefit. it has a normalising effect. the government—ordered review which covers the whole of uk suggests what is being held up as good practice is yet to catch on. it concludes poor mental health costs businesses £112 billion a year in lost work days and low productivity. the costs to the uk economy is put even higher at £99 billion. that takes in nhs costs of caring for people, the payment of benefits and lost taxes. the government says it welcomes the report and says big employers like nhs england and the civil service, who have two million workers, will now be guaranteed tailored in—house mental health support. and it will encourage small businesses to implement the recommendations. rob sissons, bbc news. polls have opened in kenya for the re—run of the disputed presidential election, which is being boycotted by the main opposition. president uhuru kenyatta won the august election by 1.4 million votes, but the supreme court annulled the election, citing irregularities. the numbers of disadvantaged pupils gaining places at top universities could be significantly raised if entry requirements for those students were lowered by two grades, according to research. a study by the sutton trust showed that if a student's background is taken into account when making offers, what it calls contextual admissions, the numbers of students from less well off families could rise by 50 % at those universities. youth workers have been told they should consider monitoring the social media used by young people who are at risk of being involved in crime. the recommendation‘s been made by her majesty's inspectorate of probation, which has warned that a quarter of the crimes it studied were directly linked to social media. here's our home affairs correspondent, tom symonds. violent crime is increasing after yea rs of violent crime is increasing after years of decline. this report reveals increasingly the way young people communicate is making the problem worse. aggressive messages online have resulted in physical assaults on the streets. gangs make videos which can raise tensions with rivals. social media is used to blackmail and intimidate, especially sexually. 0ut blackmail and intimidate, especially sexually. out of more than 100 cases, studied by the inspectors, one infour cases, studied by the inspectors, one in four were directly linked to something put on social media. the report concludes... the internet is not the only trigger. three out of four involved in youth crime had suffered some sort of previous emotional trauma, making it more likely they would offend. we found a range of things, sometimes simple exchanges could escalate into violence when people met, particularly if there is a knife involved. people were using social media to plan crime. and sometimes people were using social media to commit crime, soap, for example, blackmailing people who put u nfortu nate blackmailing people who put unfortunate images of themselves on that media. youth offending teams struggle to keep up with the jargon used online. as one youth worker put it, they used to hang around on street corners, now they get into arguments or plan offences on the internet. another woman has accused the hollywood producer, harvey weinstein, of raping her. the norwegian actress natassia malthe said he assaulted her after the bafta awards ceremony in 2008. mr weinstein insists all his sexual relations were consensual. meanwhile, the bbc understands that the government's honours forfeiture committee is actively considering removing the producer's cbe. a car designed to travel at up to 1,000 miles an hour will make its first public runs later today. the british designed bloodhound will be conducting trials at a mere 200 miles an hour in cornwall ahead of an attempt to break the land speed record in 2019. just a little sunday drive today then! that is a summary of the latest bbc news. more at 9:30am. we are discussing loads of stories including this one about interracial foster ca re, including this one about interracial foster care, with a shortage of foster care, with a shortage of foster carers in the country, more people need to do that and perhaps kids will be placed with those of a different background or faith. plenty of tweets on this. one says, a lovely story about interracial foster ca re a lovely story about interracial foster care but i am angry the integrity and trust of uk muslim foster parents integrity and trust of uk muslim foster pa rents has integrity and trust of uk muslim foster parents has even been questioned. another says, these assumptions are clear indication of the lack of faith education in schools, essential to learn and understand. patrick has tweeted, it does not just understand. patrick has tweeted, it does notjust depend... it does not depend on the religion, it depends on foster pa rents depend on the religion, it depends on foster parents and how they will ca re on foster parents and how they will care for the kids. do get in touch with us throughout the morning — use the hashtag victoria live and if you text, you will be charged at the standard network rate. let's get some sport with katherine. england's women haven't had the best start to the ashes series, and they have their work cut out again today. what's the latest? it is not looking good for england again. already done the series after losing the first 0di, set a record run chase if they want to level the series in the second, but it has looked like they might be saved by the weather. not looking great in australia. england have started the innings badly. australia made the start, progress briefly halted by the fine catching from the captain heather knight. that brought the australian skipper took the crease and she smashed 89 from 56 balls. a terrible start to the reply from england. 0ut, third ball. england 3-1 england. 0ut, third ball. england 3—1 after an over. not looking good for england in the second 0di of the ashes series. spurs have been on fantastic form, getting a result against real madrid, liverpool. last night, it was all about west ham. against real madrid, liverpool. last night, it was all about west hamm was. finally, good news for west ham fa ns after was. finally, good news for west ham fans after miserable form in the league, hovering just above the relegation zone. maybe the league cup will be their salvation. they came back from 2—0 to beat tottenham 3-2 came back from 2—0 to beat tottenham 3—2 in the league cup. two goals down, moussa sissoko scored for totte n ha m down, moussa sissoko scored for tottenham after five minutes. dele alli with the second. but west ham turned it around, three goals. slaven bilic celebrating the result. giving mauricio pochettino a big hug. slaven bilic is under huge pressure after their league form, but he said his side reacted in the most brilliant way. a glimmer of light the west ham. in the other league cup match last night, chelsea beat everton who sacked their manager ronald koeman earlier this week, 2—1 the score, chelsea beating everton. i do not play golf, but i certainly understand the value of a hole in one. two parameters in berkshire hathaway managed an even more incredible feat. -- amateurs. i have never managed a hole in one! it isa have never managed a hole in one! it is a combination of skill, luck, being in the right place at the right time. what are the chances... iam about right time. what are the chances... i am about to tell you! two consecutive holes in one. never previously played together, they play in berkshire, on the 13th, one hit a hole in one, celebrations, then the other one steps up to the tee and she hits a hole in one too. according to the national hole in one registry, who knew that existed? the chances of hitting two consecutive holes in one in the same round of 70 million to one. completely amazed i have got a hole in one before it dawned on us we had both done it and that must be pretty rare. it was so exciting. we did high fives, probably a little dance, i cannot remember, so lovely. high fives, probably a little dance, i cannot remember, so lovelylj imagine an astronomical drinks bill. tradition is, after you have scored a hole in one, you have to buy a drink for everyone in the clubhouse. two drinks for everyone! i'm amazed they never played together before, they never played together before, they will have to play together from 110w they will have to play together from now on, so they will have to play together from now on, so good. firm friends for life after the stroke of luck, i am sure. thanks. see you later. you may remember the recent row that hit the headlines, about a little girl who was originally reported to have been removed from her christian mother and placed with muslim foster carers. the story turned out not to be what it first seemed, but it still highlighted the fact that it's not unusual for children in care to be moved to new foster carers dozens of times in their childhood, often living with people from different backgrounds. the uk's leading charity in the area, the fostering network, has recently launched a project to recruit more muslim foster carers. they say that thousands more foster families are needed each year, with a need for foster carers from all sectors of society, including from the muslim community. 0ur reporter, ashleyjohn—baptiste, has been to meet some foster carers and care leavers who have been sharing their own, varied experiences. the story of a child who was removed from her christian mother and placed with muslim foster carers recently gained significant media attention. the government say interracial and interfaith fostering should be a last resort, but for some councils, it's a choice between leaving a child in a care home or moving them to a different family. we've been to meet some of those families. i was talking to one of my friends on facebook and he was like, "so where are you living?" i was like, with my family, and he was like, "you're living with terrorists." i was like, excuse me. the first family i lived with, they were an indian family and they were muslim as well. it wasjust a massive culture shock because my mum's white. over 72,000 children in the uk are in care. according to latest figures, over 53,000 of these are fostered. we've come to nottingham to meet an interracial foster family, the carers are pakistani muslim. they look after 18—year—old rebecca, who is white british and doesn't hold a religious faith. rebecca was fostered by the arshad family six years ago, when she was 12. having just turned 18, she's now a care leaver, but continues to live with the family under an arrangement called ‘staying put‘. legislation that allows care leavers to stay with their foster parents if both parties agree to it. we're looking after one afghani boy, one african girl from kenya. rebecca hasjust moved out of the foster carer. now she is staying with us under ‘staying put‘. rebecca, why have you chosen to stay with this family? i'm literally a part of the family. if i had left, i wouldn't have anyone else to call family. what does this family mean to you? everything. literally everything. as rebecca can tell you, she considers us as her family and she wants to continue to stay with us for the rest of her life. you are obviously white british. yes. and you're not a muslim. were there any cultural changes moving into this home? i'm not a spicy person, so a lot of the food, they have to make it so mild. so obviously, they make separate dishes. religion—wise, obviously, there's certain things you need to know about it, like you can't walk in front of someone if they're praying. i didn't know that when i first came in, but you told me. at my old foster carers, we used to go away a lot so i was used to adopting to different cultures from different countries. actually living in it on a regular basis, i think was kind of like a hard bit. mum and dad pray. you call them mum and dad? yeah, i've always called them mum and dad. after three months, she decided to call us mum and dad. she says, "can i stay, please?" we feel like she's our daughter, yeah. i have children from my previous marriage. he has got children from his previous marriage and she is our child. have you ever wanted to see rebecca become a muslim? we've discussed it with her, how she would feel, but we never imposed saying, rebecca you should become a muslim because you're in our household. rebecca has got her own identity. rebecca is going to be rebecca. and it's like the clothes, the dress, the food, the religion is significant to individual choice. we celebrate every culture and religion in this household and we also celebrate christmas because it's the holiday and all the family gets together, it's festival time, but when rebecca came along, the first christmas she had with us, we bought a christmas tree, but we haven't done that before. iasked rebecca, do you want a christmas tree? she goes, don't buy a real one, just get me a little artificial one and she wanted a pink one. i think the principle of fostering and which makes a success is not because you put two together who are the same religion, the same religion people could have problems as well. if you're a foster carer, you've got to have within you the nurture nature. you've got to look after this child regardless of race, religion — that comes secondary. first is, you have got to love that child and protect them and got to make them safe and secure. do you think that muslim foster carers are stigmatised in our society? they are because if the girl goes in a muslim household, she is going to forget her identity. she is going to forget her religion and forget her culture and she is going to wear a hijab when she walks out. people normally stereotype that. a lot people, a lot of white people question, oh, is she going to become one of you? is she going to have an arranged marriage? is she going to do this? no, she is a child with her own identity. we are her parents and that does not mean we control her life. when i first went to pakistan, i was talking to one of my friends on facebook and he was like, "what are you doing?" and i was, oh, i'm on holiday. where are you ? i was like, pakistan. so where are you living? i was with my family. and he said, you're living with terrorists. i was like, excuse me? when i tell them i'm in a muslim family, they will start making sudden assumptions like... they haven't said it to me directly, but they've said it behind my back, "ah, i bet her parents have got explosives or bombs or whatever in their house!, and i'm just like, i live there. in my spare time, i don't like, i don't learn how to make a bomb. i live in a family, as any other person would. it makes us feel hurt sometimes because we're trying to give this child the best care of the world. the government doesn't have figures on how many interracial placements exist. we do know, however, that last year saw a rise in the number of children in care from ethnic minority backgrounds. and whilst it's estimated that 3,000 muslim children are put into foster care every year, only a quarter of long—term foster carers are from an ethnic minority. we understand what god wants us to do. we understand who god is and how he feels about us. krish kandiah is a christian theologian who has fostered children from a broad range of religious and cultural backgrounds. he currently has three foster children. we pray that you'd open our eyes to those that are in need around us every day. we started fostering 11 years ago. we had three birth kids already and, to be honest, i was a little bit reticent about getting started. just reading the bible, it has so much to say about god's concern for vulnerable people. and in our society, kids in care have often come from very a vulnerable context. if your religious faith is a key motivator for you being a foster carer, how do you then not enforce your faith on the foster kids that you look after? the important thing for me as a foster parent — and we have looked after children who have christian faiths, some have no faith, some came from muslim backgrounds — i guess it is a principle of reciprocity. i would like to think if my children had to be in care for some reason, theirfaith would be respected and they would be allowed to go to church, they would be allowed to read the bible or pray as they saw fit. so when kids come into my care, i want to offer that same kind of care to the parents and the children that are in my care. so when muslim children have come into my household, i have asked through the social workers, what does being muslim mean for you? how can we honour that, how can we show hospitality for that? so sometimes that's meant we've had halal food, or sometimes we have been vegetarians because we couldn't get hold of the food that would be halal. sometimes that meant making a koran available to a child or offering to take them to a mosque. so i would hope that what i do for these children would be the same as what someone would do for my kids in a similar circumstance. one time, four children came in a police van at 2am in the morning and two lovely police officers came and kind of helped them get into our house and we knew immediately that they were from a muslim background because the little girl had a head covering. did you feel ill—equipped to meet the religious, the cultural needs of those children? at that moment, in my lounge at 2am, these children just need to know they are safe and secure. we want to offer them some hospitality. we got milk and cookies. and that's the most important thing. and then we had a little bit of time until the next morning to kind of figure out, 0k, what does this mean? how do we make this work? i'm sure you have come across recent headlines about the christian girl in tower hamlets who was put in the care of muslim foster parents. how do you think that story has informed the public‘s view of interracial and interfaith foster care? i think it's had quite negative ramifications. i have met fantastic muslim foster carers who have made space for christian children or muslim children. despite the rise in the number of children in care from ethnic minority backgrounds, latest figures show that 84% of long—term foster carers are white british. ijust think we need to do better at making all types of carers welcoming to the system and we do need more muslim carers. we need more people from black and ethnic minority backgrounds. we need more christians, there is a deficit of carers across the uk. what does it take to make an interracial foster placement work? you just need to think your way into their shoes and emphasise as best you can, and try and imagine what this trauma feels like and then find a way to kind of meet that. i think if foster carers were able to receive more training on becoming faith literate, i think that would be a great gift. jerome is a 26—year—old care leaver who was put in care at the age of four and recalls the strong cultural barriers in his first foster home. the first family i lived with, they were an indian family and they were muslim as well and it was just a massive culture shock because my mum is white and they were is white and they were asian, and it was like, 0k, what's going on here, in a sense? so, the first thing that stood out for me really was the food. we didn't like the food because we didn't recognise it. we were used to what my mum used to cook, like corned beef and rice and english breakfast, and that just disappeared. they would cook like what they call biryani, which is rice with chicken and chapatis and different curries and things like that, but the stuff that i didn't recognise it, so we didn't eat it. but eventually, over time, there was little things we ate, but they kind of forced us to eat it basically. and so, it got to the point where they would just give us jam sandwiches. to be fair, they lost us. your carer's job is to find you, but they actually lost us as kids because they weren't interested in who we were before we got there. so... so they didn't take time to understand your background, your cultural identity? not at all. not at all, if anything, they damaged us further because they didn't want to understand. so, one, they didn't want us to understand who we were, but at the same time, they also excluded us from who they were. we would watch them pray, but not really understand why they're doing it or what it is and just copy. we would model it and copy it, but we didn't understand any of the process. we weren't brought into their family unit. they weren't given the right training to understand that. children come with an identity and yourjob is to help to help them to understand who they are, but also, you can introduce them to your cultural identity. and the way we were treated, we were like second—class citizens. i mean, i used to cry myself to sleep and always wished to be away from there. the fostering network, a leading charity in foster care, says thousands more carers are needed each year from all sectors of society. and despite jerome's experience, they recognise the need for more muslim foster parents. they have recently launched a project to recruit more of them. have a conversation with them. who said that? not me. what would you say to people who have a negative view of muslim foster parents? basically, it's like, don'tjudge a book by its cover. you can't believe everything that's on the news or what's been told about islam. you actually have to, i don't know what the word is for it, you actually have to be there and understand it. great smiles at the end. and a great response to that report on social media. and said, brilliant story. heart warming, life affirming and true unlike other platforms reporting falsehood. some people have been getting the reporting of this wrong. peter said, sorry, you are moulded to the people you live with and if they follow a religion can you experience it every day and you have to abide by it if you live in a house. soo e—mails, you can do all of these if you want to get involved... society is a metropolis of multi—race beliefs and we truly find oui’ multi—race beliefs and we truly find our place as young adults in the world by being free to choose ad live by our own values. thank you for those messages and i will discuss those after ten o'clock with a group of people with first—hand experience of this. still to come... first scotland, then catalonia, now independence fever has reached... ca nvey island. we find out why. an anti—bullying campaign has found that there high levels of offensive language in the gaming community when discussing mental health issues. we'll be speaking to gamers to find out why. time for the latest news. here's annita. the headlines now on bbc news. nhs patients recovering after an operation could be moved from a hospital bed to a stranger's spare room under radical plans being considered by health trusts in essex. talks are at an early stage, but the company behind the idea has already started recruiting potential carers. more than 300,000 people are leaving the workforce every year because of insufficient support for mental health problems. a report, commissioned by the government, says the human cost of this is huge and that the loss to the economy runs into tens of billions of pounds. now the prime minister has instructed the nhs and the civil service to do more to help promote the mental wellbeing of their staff polls have opened in kenya for the re—run of the disputed presidential election, which is being boycotted by the main opposition. by 1.4 million votes, but the supreme court annulled the election, citing irregularities. the numbers of disadvantaged pupils gaining places at top universities could be significantly raised if entry requirements for those students were lowered by two grades, according to research. a study by the sutton trust showed that if a student's background is taken into account when making offers — what it calls contextual admissions — the numbers of students from less well—off families could rise by 50% at those universities. a car designed to travel at up to 1,000 miles an hour will make its first public runs later today. the british—designed bloodhound will be conducting trials at a mere 200 miles an hour in cornwall, ahead of an attempt to break the land speed record in 2019. that's a summary of the latest bbc news. here's some sport now. england have been set huge target by australia. chasing 296—6. terrible start, losing a batterforjust australia. chasing 296—6. terrible start, losing a batter forjust two. it is currently raining, no play at the moment. we will keep you up—to—date. west ham thought —— fought back to win. chelsea also beat everton to one. celtic beat aberdeen 3—0 to move three points clear at the top of the scottish premiership. that is the headlines. back to you. speak to you later. thank you. a committee of mps has called for the waiting time before claimants receive their first universal credit payment to be cut. the work and pensions select committee said reducing the waiting time from six weeks to one month would remove a major obstacle to the success of the policy. let us have a chat with eleanor garnier at westminster. the government has not gone with this idea so far, will they now? they are under a significant amount of pressure for the flagship welfare policy. universal credit is something that rolls six working age benefits into one, designed to make the system simpler and to make sure no one is better off claiming benefits than in work. it is being rolled out gradually across the uk, currently just over rolled out gradually across the uk, currentlyjust over 600,000 people on it. this work and pensions committee is a group of cross—party mps and it says that where the universal credit has been rolled out in its full form, the evidence compellingly shows it leads to achieve financial difficulty, people are ending up in debt and in some cases they are ending up dependent on foodbanks. it says if you could just remove the six—week delay designed to mimic waiting for your first pay cheque in a newjob, if you remove that, it would remove a massive barrier to this policy succeeding. labour has already called for this universal credit to be paused. it says the system needs to be revised. that is whatjeremy corbyn was pushing theresa may on at prime minister's questions yesterday, challenging the prime minister to say, look, will this roll—out finally be paused? roll-out finally be paused? perhaps i could update the house on where we are on the roll—out of universal credit. currently of people claiming benefits, 8% are on universal credit, by january benefits, 8% are on universal credit, byjanuary of next year, that will rise to 10%. the roll—out is being conducted in three phases and in the intention of it being completed by 2022. it is being done ina completed by 2022. it is being done in a measured way and i am pleased to say that four out of five people are satisfied or very satisfied with the service they are receiving. significantly, several tory mps have also voiced concerns about the universal credit roll—out and with parliamentary arithmetic as it is, theresa may's very slim majority, causing the pram and a step at a headache. privately, it is understood ministers are looking at opsin is —— looking at options —— causing the prime minister a headache. the advance payment system for people who need help has been improved. the tory critics who are critical of the scheme are hoping there might be an announcement from there might be an announcement from the government ahead of the budget next month. thank you. still to come. . . an anti—bullying campaign has found that there high levels of offensive language in the gaming community when discussing mental health issues. we'll be speaking to gamers to find out why. first, there was the scottish referendum, then the uk's vote on leaving the eu, then catalonia voted for independence in a disputed referendum, and now... ca nvey island. 0k, it may not quite have the same ramifications as those other pushes for independence, but the island in the thames estuary wants to separate from the essex council that runs it. until 1974, the 40,000 people who lived there had their own district council, but since then, it's been part of castle point borough council. the island has its own independence party with councillors, who sit on the borough council, but they say they're consistently outvoted and feel like the poor relations to the mainland. now we can speak to danielle low, who wants canvey island to become independent. of the council, at least. colin riley is the leader of the council that she wants independence from. and chris fenwick is manager of canvey island's most famous export — the band dr feelgood. and he thinks the independence argument will all blow over. really good to see you all. tell me, danielle kang on what is canvey island like to live in? a lovely community. —— dani. if there is anything to be done, they get it sorted. in good times, sad times, lovely community. charities, all sorts, they step up and do things together, lovely living on canvey island, i liked. it is not that hard to get to the mainland, as islands 90, to get to the mainland, as islands go, separated by a creek and a couple of bridges. the main road and the little bridge. you are pretty well attached to the mainland. you think there was a feeling still of independence on canvey island? think there was a feeling still of independence on canvey island7m would be nice to have our own independence. why? and sometimes the council, you feel let down by the council. when you put it to them or people put it to them, it always gets backfired, they pull it off on other people, not their fault, a lwa ys other people, not their fault, always an excuse. it would be nice to look after ourselves, like they did afew to look after ourselves, like they did a few years ago. is that true? and i firstly thank you for allowing me to come on to the programme? you are welcome. i have been a councillor for nearly 18 years, when we took over the administration from the labour council, we have worked through this, providing all we can for canvey through this, providing all we can for ca nvey island. through this, providing all we can for canvey island. there are canvey island independence councillors there, but they feel they are being overlooked, do you listen to them as pa rt overlooked, do you listen to them as part of the discussion around the place? the leader of the canvey independent party, he regularly meets, he attends my cabinet meeting, we have introduced open questions as well and we have a policy and scrutiny committee looking at everything we do. we do not ignore them and we tried to include them all the time in what decisions we are making. we have to bearin decisions we are making. we have to bear in mind our decisions are made for the whole of castle ponit which is what i represent. we do not look down on ca nvey is what i represent. we do not look down on canvey island. we want to make sure they get their share of what funds are available. let us ci’oss what funds are available. let us cross to the island itself and possibly one of its most famous residents. he is moving around! what do you think? good morning. good morning. what is your take on it, being on the island yourself? you are one of the better—known people living on ca nvey, are one of the better—known people living on canvey, are you sitting on the fence on this issue? it crops up every ten years, canvey claiming some kind of broad independence. we are on the tip of essex and i have always regarded ca nvey are on the tip of essex and i have always regarded canvey island as more of an always regarded canvey island as more of an overseas always regarded canvey island as more of an overseas protectorate because we are so different from the re st of because we are so different from the rest of certainly essex and indeed from other communities in the uk. why? what makes it different? settled by the dutch originally, reclaim from the sea. reclaim land from the dutch in the 16th century when the uk had a dutch king for a while, william of orange. it has grown very organically, which people have moved from the east end of london to canvey since, basically, the second world war. canvey, since the second world war. canvey, since the old administration was shut down, and we joined the old administration was shut down, and wejoined in the old administration was shut down, and we joined in making castle point, canvey has a 40% increasing growth of people. argument, quite honestly, of there being 17 councillors the ca nvey honestly, of there being 17 councillors the canvey and 24 for the mainland, it is an imbalance. councillors the canvey and 24 for the mainland, it is an imbalance]! this an immigration issue, is that what you are saying? no, it is purely on a voting side of things and they are looking at ways, i am informed by various councillors i know, of rejigging the boundaries of the awards to give canvey a bit more balance. at the moment, there is an imbalance, purely on the amount of councillors that represent canvey as opposed to benfleet. councillors that represent canvey as opposed to benfleetlj councillors that represent canvey as opposed to benfleet. i want to nail down why you think canvey is so special. there are plenty of other islands in the british isles quite a bit further away from the mainland, dozens bit further away from the mainland, d oze ns of bit further away from the mainland, dozens of them. i totally agree. canveyis dozens of them. i totally agree. canvey is the seventh largest island in the uk, but its close proximity to london shapes it because our travel time, thousands of people commute to london on a daily basis, london taxi drivers live on canvey island and drive up there and do their trade. we are very connected, it isa their trade. we are very connected, it is a very switched on in place. 0n the eastern side of it, you sail off from canvey and you bump into continental europe. we have always had a very close connection with europe. we are sailing community and a boat building community. we are extremely switched on, east and west, and indeed, my band, dr feelgood, before we played in london in the 705, we took the ferry to holland and did eight 5how5 in the 705, we took the ferry to holland and did eight shows there and decided it worked and we then we nt and decided it worked and we then went to london to try our luck. and decided it worked and we then went to london to try our luckfi seems like when canvey island looks out, it looks across the channel and not across the creek towards essex. is there something in the number of people having gone up to 40,000, i think now. it is only 30 8000. forgive me, close enough. it has gone up thousands. are they underrepresented? the council do not 5et... underrepresented? the council do not set... this is why we offered the councillors a couple of posts on the cabinet to be more involved. when i took over three years ago, as the leader of the council, identified then, half the population of castle point or on the island and half are. and i said, come and join the cabinet. unfortunately, they decided against that. he has put the offer there, democracy being what it is, if the whole of the island felt like this, perhaps they could vote in more independence councillors. this, perhaps they could vote in more independence councillorsm the last vote, did we not vote in more then? 15 local independence... decent enough number. there could be more of them. perhaps it will stay at this level, what do you think? maybe they need to do more, if they are adamant about it, push forward with it, if that's what he wants.“ it comes to what you want, and canvey did get its own council, like in the early 70s, what would it be like them question notjust as lovely as now, just with our own independent people. -- what would it be like then? we have, i was saying to colin, the canvey clean—up team who go around in their own time to tidy up the beach. that is not the job of the locals to do, it should be the council. they go out every day, every other day, in their own time, to tidy up the beach. little things like that make us different on the island. you may have some disagreements about the way the play should be run, but it seems like quite a special place. decent sense of community. thanks to all three of you for coming in or staying on the island to talk about it! coming up... could inter—faith fostering be the solution to getting more vulnerable children out of care and into foster families? we'll be speaking to a foster carer and a man who experienced inter—faith fostering. 0nline attitudes towards people with mental health problems are worst amongst the gaming community, sports fans and people working in it. that's according to the anti—bullying charity ditch the label. they've analysed nearly 13 million online conversations that have something to do with mental health, and they found video gamers were 10% more likely to use offensive or derogatory language when discussing mental health. earlier this year, the world's highest paid youtuber, pewdiepie, had to apologise for using an offensive word during a live—stream game play. he claims it was just a slip of the tongue. but is the community taking mental health seriously, or is offensive language and competitive bullying an acceptable part of the fun for some of them? let's talk now to emma slade. she's an online gamer who says she's faced more abuse from females than males and thinks mental health can be disrespected on gaming platforms. bailey mitchell is 17 years old. he faced a lot of online bullying over multiplayer games when he was younger and says it made his anxiety worse. also, niki bernard — or niki trash as she's called on gaming sites — says the community needs to toughen up and that abuse as banter is commonplace. it is good to have you here. emma, first, what kind of bing have you experienced and what games were playing when you experienced it? to be honest, i have experienced it more and console gaming, things like my playstation and xbox, then pc gaming. i have been playing games like grand theft auto or sports games and that is where i have had the majority of name—calling. i think there is a great community out there, it is just a think there is a great community out there, it isjust a bit think there is a great community out there, it is just a bit hard think there is a great community out there, it isjust a bit hard binding them. when you say they are abusing you and call you names, how does it start? is it just you and call you names, how does it start? is itjust banter and part and parcel of playing games online and parcel of playing games online and having a headset on and people talking and getting into the moment? i get what she is saying, but especially with headset gaming, when it comes to that, there needs to be a line between banter and abuse. mainly, it happens if you don't play very well in a video game. and i think most people who play video games have some sort of mental health illness... most people, really, have mental health illness if they are playing video games? really, have mental health illness if they are playing video game5?|j would if they are playing video games?” would say nearly everyone i know in the huge gaming community has some sort of mental illness. how'd you know they have a mental health problem? i have spent the last two yea rs problem? i have spent the last two years raising money for charity and being very involved raising money for mental health, so the sphere i have around me of community have all got mental health illnesses, or they are very keen on supporting people. is this kind of thing you talk about drawing playing a game, the mental health issues you are dealing with? laying games on my playstation that is not so much what happens because people are more in the moment. if you play a game where people can leave comments on a live stream, it is not really banter so much. people do not really acts like that and thatis do not really acts like that and that is a space where you can talk about mental health illnesses. bailey, you have suffered anxiety as a result of the experiences you have had playing games online, how did that manifest itself? when i was about 11, i got my first console and the main game i played was life. when you play on that game, you can talk to people on headsets. when i wa511, talk to people on headsets. when i was", if! talk to people on headsets. when i was", if i had 5tranger5 telling me to kill myself if i score a goal, it really can, you take things more literally. 0ver it really can, you take things more literally. overtime, you develop and it does not... for some people, it is not affect them as badly a5 other5. it is not affect them as badly a5 others. to clarify, we have spoken toa others. to clarify, we have spoken to a 13—year—old who plays the game you mentioned, fifa, a football game online, and has not experienced any of this. how commonplace is it?” think it is pretty common. it sort of depends. if you are playing online, if you are playing in a big game with lots of people. if you are talking. and also, it is not only over a headset, you can also get sense over a headset, you can also get 5en5e direct me55age5. over a headset, you can also get sense direct messages. a final question, bailey, if you have got all these people in a room together ata all these people in a room together at a party, there will be a couple you will avoid because they are saying too many things you do not agree with. is it like that, or is it more people than that and in a way you cannot avoid it when you are playing? i think by saying just avoid it, kind of like, it is kind of not really solving any problems, it is of not really solving any problems, it i5ju5t hiding a big issue. i think it really varie5. sometimes, there will be times when you can ju5t avoid it, othertime5, you cannot. sometimes it can reach out under the times you can't. it really depends. again, i don't think ignoring it is a good solution to that problem. listening to bailey and emma, do you think they should toughen up still? well, the whole thing is so subjective to what game you are playing. grand theft auto, questionable things, and how are you supposed to turn on the mute button and avoid it? it is an online community and there will be somebody, somewhere, ranting about something and people get far too easily triggered about stuff. in a real—life situation, you cannot say these things to a person committee would not say that naturally. what you say online you would not say to some body's base, within reason?” am not pewdiepie, we willjust say that. i know one word you talked about using which many people find so offensive is regard, would you use that to somebody‘s face? so offensive is regard, would you use that to somebody's face? yes, if they are being ridiculously unintelligent and that is offensive, i get it. but it is the 215t century. i make it sound that i am a terrible person here, but in the heat of the moment, in a game, you do not see these people, you are not face—to—face. it is very easy to freely say things you would not say to them face—to—face. does that justify it? no, it does not. definitely not. there are people who get triggered by things so you have to be careful. at the same time, it is the online world and no matter harm hard you try to avoid it, if you get triggered by things like offensive language from people who are gamers all the time playing, avoid those games may be. you are a bit older than our other guests and you have a nine—year—old yourself and they play games and experience this kind of language and you're happy with that? well, i am not happy with that? well, i am not happy with that? well, i am not happy with it, but at the same time, i have taught him that there is a difference between virtual reality and the things these people say. they are grown—ups, they are not the nine—year—old kids. he notes the difference between, you cannot talk like that ever, not in my house, not out in reality, but watching these guys playing, he understands, 0k, they are having a rage moment and they are having a rage moment and they are having a rage moment and they are going to say some ridiculous stuff. thank you, back to bailey and emma. daily, have you ever fallen into the trap of getting so fired up during a game that you have said things you regret and can you appreciate white people might do that? i can, at the same time, offensive language is not the issue. it is what you say. so i don't think swearing is going to trigger somebody's mental health issues. i think telling them that you are going to find their parents or whatever, it is really difficult to find where it starts to become a problem. but i do think, yes. very briefly, emma, it seems like there is obviously still a big gap between the real world and the online world, do you think the online world will grow up do you think the online world will grow up a do you think the online world will grow up a bit or have to grow up to cope with this kind of thing?” think that the online community is self will grow up itself. what she said that it is the 21st—century and it is ok to call somebody a name is com pletely it is ok to call somebody a name is completely wrong, in my opinion. i don't think children should be exposed to games with language like that. it is not swear words that trigger people, it is the name calling and the threats. thank you so much. thank you, all. there have been clashes in kenya this morning between police and opposition protesters, who want to disrupt a re—run of the presidential vote. butjust why is kenya holding another election? here's the background. and there will be updates on the situation in kenya, as people go to the polls, throughout the day on bbc news. let's get the latest weather update, with carol. iam i am already thinking about the weekend, it has been fairly mild of late, but it will get colder. it is too mild at the moment. the temperatures almost where we would expect the maximum temperature is to be at this stage in october. london would be 40 normally and at ten a:m., it is 13. cardiff, 11th, spot—on more or less. so pretty good temperatures. but it will change at the weekend, what would you expect? i will get my coat! don't go just yet! it is turning much colder because of the wind direction. we have high pressure dominating, friday and saturday it slips to the west. the isobars moved from the north west to a northerly direction and northerly direction is a cold direction. in scotland, temperatures a bit below average on sunday, but with the wind and it feels pretty chilly. england wales and northern ireland, temperatures again roughly where they should be. you are right, it get your coat, you will need it by the weekend. and it is very nice to see you. we have got some rain across the central part of the uk, southern parts of ireland and northern england and north wales. fragmented at the moment and it had south through today. as it does so, it becomes heavier across eastern parts. 0r becomes heavier across eastern parts. or the far north of england and scotland and northern ireland, it brightens up with sunny spells. in the north and north west of scotland, showers and windy. showers blowing through quickly. we still have rain across parts of northern england and north wales even into the afternoon, heavy bursts possible in lincolnshire and cloud, with fog this morning, lifting three this morning. by the afternoon, we will see the clouds break in places, not everywhere, with a little sunshine coming through. south wales has sunshine but with the weather front across north wales, we have light rain and drizzle and for northern ireland, a fine day in prospect with sunny spells and highs of 13 in belfast. in scotland, we hang onto the showers in the north and north west, a blustery wind. for the rest of scotland, dry with sunny spells. this evening and overnight, the weather front had south taking what is left of the patchy rain with it. behind it and clearer skies, cooler night. frost in northern ireland and northern england. bok forming across northern england. bok forming across northern ireland, northern england and the northwest midlands. —— fog. when we lose the front from the south into the channel islands, it ta kes clou d south into the channel islands, it takes cloud with it. it will brighten and we will see decent sunshine. windy in the north of scotla nd sunshine. windy in the north of scotland with the wind strengthening and severe gales overnight. in the saturday, we have this weather front across scotland, heading south. a westerly a nd across scotland, heading south. a westerly and north—westerly wind, not as chilly as the northerly, and thatis not as chilly as the northerly, and that is the rain coming southwards. a noticeable breeze if you are out and about. temperatures slipping in the south, 15 is the maximum. into sunday, we still have this northerly coming down the east coast, so across england, wales and northern ireland, temperatures more or less spot—on but it feels cooler because of the wind and as we move into scotland, temperatures a little bit below par, especially in glasgow and edinburgh, it should be 11—12, but with the wind, it feels quite nippy so get something woolly out to keep warm. hello it's thursday, it's 10am, i'm matt barbet. nhs patients could be put up in people's homes under an airbnb—style scheme to relieve pressure on hospital beds. that's under a plan being considered by a health trust in essex. we'd welcome your thoughts on this. get in touch in the usual ways. we've a special report on inter—racial and inter—faith fostering. atheist rebecca has lived with her muslim family since she was 12. when i tell them i am in a muslim family, they start making sudden... assumptions. yeah. they have said it behind my back, i bet her parents have explosives in their house. i am just, like, i live there! we'll be speaking to former towie stars, mum and daughter, debbie douglas and lydia bright a little later in the programme. and another woman has accused the hollywood producer harvey weinstein of raping her. the norwegian actress natassia malthe said he assaulted her after the bafta awards ceremony in 2008. good morning. he said he could give me the movie pa rt he said he could give me the movie part in an upcoming film. with the implication being that i had to sleep with him in order to get it. good morning. here's annita in the bbc newsroom with a summary of todays news. nhs patients recovering after an operation could be moved from a hospital bed to a stranger's spare room under radical plans being considered by health trusts in essex. talks are at an early stage but the company behind the idea has already started recruiting potential carers. the aerospace company bombardier is to cut 280 jobs in northern ireland, according to the unite union. it's the latest in a series of job losses at the firm. last year, 1,000 staff were made redundant as part of the company's plan to cut costs and increase profitability. four people have been killed in finland in a collision between a train and an army truck on a remote level crossing. the defence ministry said three of the dead were soldiers, thought to be conscripts doing compulsory military service. youth workers have been told they should consider monitoring the social media used by young people who are at risk of being involved in crime. the recommendation's been made by her majesty's inspectorate of probation, which has warned that a quarter of the crimes it studied were directly linked to social media. we found a range of things, sometimes simple exchanges could escalate into violence when people met, particularly if there's a knife involved. secondly, people were using social media to plan crime. thirdly, sometimes people were using social media to commit crime, so, for example, blackmailing people who put unfortunate images of themselves on social media. there have been clashes in kenya between police and opposition protesters as polls open in the re—run of the disputed presidential election. president uhuru kenyatta won the august election by 1.4 million votes, but the supreme court annulled the election, citing irregularities. the main opposition leader has described the election as a sham and urged his supporters to boycott it. a car capable of travelling at up to 1,000 miles an hour will make its first public runs later today. the british—designed bloodhound will be conducting trials at a mere 200 miles an hour in cornwall ahead of an attempt to break the land speed record in 2019. later, we will be speaking to the chief engineer of the bloodhound to find out how preparations are going. looking forward to that too! we have had loads of messages already on the foster ca re had loads of messages already on the foster care story, kids from different backgrounds going to live with foster carers from different backgrounds to them. claire tweeted, love and nurture is not defined by colour, race. a foster parent should not be either. we saw that in the report. the care and the child were very happy in that relationship. another tweet, fabulous foster pa rents another tweet, fabulous foster parents doing a great thing, the young lady seemed happy and cared for ina young lady seemed happy and cared for in a balanced home. adam e—mailed, i watched for in a balanced home. adam e—mailed, iwatched not for in a balanced home. adam e—mailed, i watched not all of the clip, you can watch it all if you like! ifound clip, you can watch it all if you like! i found it clip, you can watch it all if you like! ifound it very clip, you can watch it all if you like! i found it very uplifting. clip, you can watch it all if you like! ifound it very uplifting. it does not matter about them being of different faiths, as long as they can provide a loving, stable home. the children learn a bit about the fate of their foster parents, they come out wiser —— the faith. get in touch. if you text, you will be charged a standard network rate. here is the sport. england have a mammoth task on their hands to win the second 0di of the women's ashes series. australia made 296 with the captain blasting a quickfire 89. england have already lost both openers. england currently 39-2. not lost both openers. england currently 39—2. not going particularly well for england. you can listen to commentary on radio 5 live sports extra at the moment. see if they can turnit extra at the moment. see if they can turn it around. slaven bilic has said his side reacted in the most brilliant weight after coming from 2-0 brilliant weight after coming from 2—0 down to beat tottenham. they scored twice in five minutes for west ham and another nodded home the winner. slaven bilic had been under pressure following the drubbing by brighton on friday. a bit of breathing space for him. david u nsworth breathing space for him. david unsworth first game in charge of everton, it ended in defeat. beaten 2-1 everton, it ended in defeat. beaten 2—1 byte premier league champions chelsea. it is a massive 61 matches unbeaten now the celtic in the scottish premiership. they beat aberdeen 3—0. kieran tierney gave them the lead, moussa dembele scored twice, his second from close range coming upforyou, twice, his second from close range coming up for you, celtic went three points clear at the top of the table. rugby union, james haskell has been left out of 34 man england squad. he has 75 england caps and started the season with a hand injury. he has been placed by samsung is from exeter, his first call—up. england play argentina at twickenham on the 11th of november, before facing australia and samoa on successive weekends. the rugby league world cup gets under way in australia in 24 hours. england taking on the daunting task, the hosts and champions. sam burgess says they are looking forward to the challenge. really excited. since the end of march in the nrl, good two months until kick—off to the world cup. plenty of time to think about it and get fit for it. really excited. 0n the eve of the world cup, playing the aussies in melbourne, does not get much better than that. we have been enjoying the story. two amateur golfers who have defied astronomical odds by hitting consecutive holes—in—one. they had never played together before but last saturday, they both went from tee to pin in one shot on the 13th hole and according to the national hole and according to the national hole in one registry, the odds of two players acing the same hole on the same date on the same round are 17 million to one. completely amazed i got 17 million to one. completely amazed igota 17 million to one. completely amazed i got a hole in one before it dawned on us, we both felt like that, it dawned on us we had both done it and it must be pretty rare. so exciting. we did high fives and probably a little dance, i cannot remember, so lovely. if i was them, iwould little dance, i cannot remember, so lovely. if i was them, i would have gone straight out and bought a lottery ticket! what are the chances? 17 million to one! i wish i had put a ten on it! the uk's leading charity in foster care, the fostering network, has recently launched a project to recruit more muslim foster carers. they say that thousands more foster families are needed each year, with a need for foster carers from all sectors of society including from the muslim community. 0ur reporter, ashleyjohn—baptiste, has been to meet some foster carers and care leavers with their own experiences of interracial and interfaith foster care. the government say interracial and interfaith fostering should be a last resort, but for some councils, it's a choice between that or leaving a child in a care home. over 72,000 children in the uk are in care. according to latest figures, over 53,000 of these are fostered. rebecca was fostered at the age of 12 by the arshads, a pakistani muslim couple in nottingham. having just turned 18, she is now a care leaver but continues to live with the family under an arrangement called staying put. legislation that allows care leavers to stay with their foster parents if both parties agree to it. were there any cultural changes moving into this home? i'm not a spicy person, so a lot of the food, they have to make it so mild. you can't walk in front of someone if they're praying. i didn't know that when i first came in. have you ever wanted to see rebecca become a muslim? we've discussed it with her, how would she feel, but we've never imposed saying, rebecca, you should become a muslim because you're in our household. rebecca has got her own identity. when i first went to pakistan, i was talking to one of my friends on facebook and he was like, "what are you doing?" and i wasjust like, "ah, i'm on holiday". and he was like, "where are you?" i said, pakistan. and was like, "so where are you living?" with my family and he was like, "you're living with terrorists". i was like excuse me. they haven't said to me directly, but they have said it behind my back. "i bet her parents have got explosives or bombs or whatever in their home," i'm just like, "i live there". the government doesn't have figures on how many interracial placements exist. we do know, however, that last year saw a rise in the number of children in care from ethnic minority backgrounds and whilst it's estimated that 3,000 muslim children are put into foster care every year, only a quarter of long—term foster carers are from an ethnic minority. jerome is a 26—year—old care leaver. he was put in care at the age of four and recalls the strong cultural barriers in his first foster home. the first family i lived with were an indian family and they were muslim as well and it wasjust a massive culture shock because my mum was white and they were asian and it was like, 0k, what's going on here, in a sense. we didn't like the food because we didn't recognise it. 0ur mum used to cook corned beef and rice and english breakfast and that disappeared. to be fair, they lost us. your carer's job is to find you, but they actually lost us as kids. the fostering network, a leading charity in foster care, says that thousands more carers are needed each year from all sectors of society. they recognise the need for more muslim foster parents. they have launched a project to recruit more of them. let's talk now to debbie douglas, from the series the only way is essex, who has fostered more than 100 children. that meant a rather busy household for her biological daughter, lydia bright. sir martin narey, who's the government's advisor on children's social care. kevin williams is from the fostering network. and jerome harvey, who we filmed with, is a care leaver who had some difficult experiences while in foster care. starting with the positives. having fostered so many children, you would not do it if you did not love it, why? because i believe it makes a difference in the world and i think all too often we look at running around, doing jobs we have, and for me, ifell into it, to tell you around, doing jobs we have, and for me, i fell into it, to tell you the truth. i did not know too much about fostering. i look back over the last 25 years and i would not have wanted to do anything different because it is the most rewarding thing a person can do, give something back without wanting anything in return. we have talked about this before, you get something in return, it is a job, but it is more than that, a vocation, a way of life. it really isa vocation, a way of life. it really is a way of life. i would not class it as is a way of life. i would not class itasa is a way of life. i would not class it as a job. it is what i do everyday. if you say it is a job, you are working 24 hours a day. not manyjobs you work 24 hours a day! when you finish, you leave the office, that is it. for me...” when you finish, you leave the office, that is it. for me... i have my own kids to look after! so did i, i had four, and the children that came into my home. each of those children taught my own children something. more importantly, taught me something. you get as much back from them as you give to them. what did they teach you, lydia, particularly the kids coming from different backgrounds? they have their own problems and they come from destructive backgrounds and they can be disruptive and it can be chaotic. and of my childhood, i probably wished at times my mum never did it. but then i think you see you the child developing and children are very adaptable and you see them flourish and i think they learn from our behaviour. and they become settled. and they become part of the family. what time did you think they wish i had not done this? lots of times! whena wish i had not done this? lots of times! when a children first comes into replacement, they are always a bit chaotic, understandably. they have come from chaos. and also, they are going from hurt and they have left their family and they are missing their parents, so when they first comment, they do normally come with a first comment, they do normally come witha numberof first comment, they do normally come with a number of problems. what about the other cultural differences? this has been highlighted because of story reported, not entirely as reported, but essentially about a white british christian girl, five years old, placed with a family who worship islam. do you think that can cause problems or can it be overlooked if the love and support is there? over the years, my parents have fostered children from all races. children of every colour and races. children of every colour and race and religion coming into our household. i have personally never seena household. i have personally never seen a problem. i do understand probably the priority for most councils would be to put a child within a placement with similar cultural background to where they come from. the same race. but that cannot always be the case. especially with such a shortage of carers. it is much better to put a child within a foster placement rather than a presidential home. if it means placing a child with a home thatis it means placing a child with a home that is not exactly where they have come from, that is a much better option than presidential care. and the story about the tower hamlets case, that was heartbreaking to hear that a child was going through a ha rd that a child was going through a hard time living within a family they felt was so different and going through distress. 0n the flip side, there a need for ethnic minority ca re rs there a need for ethnic minority carers at the moment and sometimes stories like that ostracised the islamic faith and ethnic minorities. and they make them feel ostracised against society and not wanting to come forward. the story was an invention, notjust come forward. the story was an invention, not just misleading, come forward. the story was an invention, notjust misleading, the times should be ashamed, it was almost completely untrue. tower hamlets found the girl was relatively happy and has since been placed in the care of her grandmother. these are issues we will explore in a minute and kevin will explore in a minute and kevin will talk about the shortage of foster carers. but a bit more about your experience. it was the other way around to begin with. tellers about where you were placed on what that was like. i want to be clear this not about cultural or religious issues, the first thing was how i was labelled. i identified, my mother was white and i am a mixed—race child, but i was identified as black first so that confused me and lost me a bit because i was like, why are they saying i am black when i am mixed? the first care i had did not care about my cultural background and did not want to invest time in that. so already, you have failed me. they we re already, you have failed me. they were muslim and they were from an asian, indian background. iwanted to understand, we were kids and everything around you embrace a bit. i wanted to embrace them as new people in our lives as a four—year—old but we did not get that, they were shut off. we were not engaged in their family. they did not help to communicate. this was over 20 years ago, 23 years ago. he was so young and clearly, you we re very he was so young and clearly, you were very vulnerable. and they did not embrace the differences. you we re very not embrace the differences. you were very young, but looking back with hindsight, why do think there was that difficulty? i remember it clearly a nd was that difficulty? i remember it clearly and i would say you do not realise the impact you have kids. and at those times, may the training was not enough. at this point, and would say, what are we doing to put ca re rs would say, what are we doing to put carers through a process where you will have kids from different backgrounds, help them to learn about their identity and how to have an exchange about who they are so they embrace it? i have a balanced now of a carer that has lost us and also a carer that has found others who helps me understand where i am, she says, are mixed—race, your dad is black and your mum is white, what does that mean cover where you from? what was her background? she was from trinidad. my dad is from ghana and jamaica so i have african and jamaican. what she gave us, the love she gave us, which was authentic and real and she did not give up, i began to embrace who she was. so i took on that identity. now she is a mother to me so i have another extended family and that is what it should be, an extra family. and look clearly is the main bit of this. i know you think that. —— love. and one point, the owner has said something similar, it with foster ca re are something similar, it with foster care are not about different races, but about having sufficient training and appropriate support. you advise the government on this, is that message getting through that the support and training of those people willing to change their lives to bostick is not being provided?” think it has got through and for some years, and things have changed from jerome. do not make assumptions because a child is mixed—race. it was cleared to run buttons are primarily white because he lived with his mother. —— it was clear that he thought himself primarily white. we were at the house of commons and each social worker showed a book teaching white parents bringing up like children, how to do their hairand was bringing up like children, how to do their hair and was gone —— the skin products, this is easy stuff and all local authorities are sensitive to that. is the ideal like placed with like or is that not necessarily the case? all things being equal, a match on racial grounds is a bonus. but the research is very clear, in terms of a good outcome from fostering and adoption, it doesn't matter. people like debbie can make the difference because of her energy and enthusiasm and her love for the kids she has brought into her home. and about the training, i started training 25, 26 years ago and the training 25, 26 years ago and the training was very basic. but the love was there and the passion. but the training now is unbelievable. and i think it is very important for anybody who is going to foster to be pa rt anybody who is going to foster to be part of their posturing family. so when we do train, i train with all different kinds of backgrounds —— foster family. muslims, buddhists, christians, orthodox jews. foster family. muslims, buddhists, christians, orthodoxjews. i get information and courage and determination from other foster carers. it is great to hear positive experiences but there are not enough and that is the problem. there is a shortfall of about 8,000 carers across the uk and that is to make sure children have the right choice. it is notjust about ethnicity sure children have the right choice. it is not just about ethnicity and religious backgrounds, it is the right choice to maintain their relationships with their birth family and with their school. it is about making sure we look at an individual child and think about all their needs and place them with the most appropriate foster carer.“ there is a shortage of 8,000 and debbie has looked after over 100, how many children is that letting down? i think today, how many children is that letting down? ithink today, a how many children is that letting down? i think today, a child in need ofa down? i think today, a child in need of a foster placement would be in a placement and that is really important. 8,000 is about making sure we get the right choice placement for the right child. we make sure those carers of fully trained and assessed before they become foster carers and we have ongoing training and support for those carers. there is not a shortage, every child in england needing a foster placement is in one, but we have not got the right foster carers in the right places and we need to recruit, if possible, is surplus, to have a better choice in placing people. there are children in homes, very few people are in homes these days. in terms of training, young people need to be involved in that. when carers come into that, they can understand the genuine experiences young people go through and even the assessments. i did assessment when i was younger and to say, because i am a child in care, when! and to say, because i am a child in care, when i come into this house, doi care, when i come into this house, do i feel i get that love and energy? and imagine there is that training going on and somebody who is very well known from the only way is very well known from the only way isa is very well known from the only way is a six comes in and says, this is the experience i have had. i am putting you on the spot, what you think? i am always encouraging new ca re rs think? i am always encouraging new carers to come forward and there is a massive demand for ethnic minorities to come forward and teenage carers. a lot of people coming forward that want, —— become foster carers. that is what we need. i have been given an amazing platform to push that out there. out of the training, she would be, you area of the training, she would be, you are a child in care and she is a child who has cared. your mother is forging a career! she was that high when i first fostered a baby and ifostered just was that high when i first fostered a baby and i fostered just taking babies and she was the one playing dolls with the baby. it is important people with care experience and people with care experience and people who have experienced young people who have experienced young people coming into the home are involved in that training and the assessment, absolutely necessary. and we often talk about it being a short—term measure, increasingly what we know is we need fostering ca re rs what we know is we need fostering carers for the longer term. young people, into the care system and often for the duration of their childhood and there is often a must understanding about fostering that we need foster carers who can look after perhaps just a single we need foster carers who can look after perhapsjust a single child or after perhapsjust a single child or a sibling group and it is not always people like debbie you do a fantasticjob of caring for hundreds of children. we are talking in an as to —— ina of children. we are talking in an as to —— in a very positive fashion. are there still those negative experiences were placements are not donein experiences were placements are not done in the right way? we have debunked a lot of this story, but is that still happening? of course. we do not get it right first time. last night in the event, jerome and i we re night in the event, jerome and i were there and there we young people with heart—rending stories about their unhappiness. they had been with carers who did not look after them and one girl had been kept in a home because people were insisted she had to wait for a black family. she had waited a year longer for the foster placement. the authorities to nervous of placing kids with different backgrounds? they have been. as recently as the 19805, the view was that you must never, ever place a child with carers of a different skin colour, that has changed radically, but there is still a bit of a delay and caution about that. what needs to be done much more in the game does happen, people like jerome need to be asked what they think. assumption should not be made aboutjerome's culture because he can talk confidently about his life and the things he likes. but there is a difficulty when they are two or three. we should not impose a cut on a child. there is a fear that young kids do not understand. i was four when i went into ca re not understand. i was four when i went into care and i knew who i was. i want to change the direction. we are talking about background and we have not focused on religion. is it prefera ble have not focused on religion. is it preferable that foster carers are perhaps not particularly religious, they are secular? 0r perhaps not particularly religious, they are secular? or if they do go to church or synagogue or a place of worship, they are not hardline about it? it is important people come forward to look after children in need of safety and protection regardless of their faith, that they can provide that loving and caring home. and where possible, it is important to match children of the same fake with foster carers, but thatis same fake with foster carers, but that is not the only consideration, it should be one of many. and it is important to maintain relationships with a birth family and so it is important we have a local placement for local children who can maintain those relationships with their birth family and friends and their school because that is as much about their culture and background as their religion and ethnicity. no doubt there will be people watching thinking, i want to do my bit. what would you say to them about their motivation? you can all have a go. if you are thinking about fostering, do look at the boston network's website and taught your local fostering service, they will be interested in talking to you and explaining the process and the level of support you will receive because it is important foster carers realise they will be supported to ca re realise they will be supported to care for children who have had the most challenging start in their life. if you are thinking about fostering, stop thinking and pick up the phone and do it. it is the most wonderful experience of my life and i would not have wanted to do anything else. she is incredibly persuasive! would you do it as you have got older? would you consider doing it after seeing the experience so closely? definitely. at the moment, with everything in my life, it would not be right, i am not in a position to have my own children as yet, but when i mature and i grow up andl yet, but when i mature and i grow up and i have my own children, may be. definitely, it would be something i would consider. i can only speak about my parents and i was 13 months when they became carers so i have never known different but i can speak about it positively and it taught me a lot of life lessons. i was never lonely, i always had kids to play with. i loved it and i would 100% consider it when i am a bit more settled and i have more children. what would you say to people thinking, i could make a difference? would you want your child to have another family? i see the job like a hero, because you turn something very painful into something very positive. i have two carers who are family, that is it. it is building an extended family. martin? phone in your local town hall, the fostering network, you do not need skills, you can be given training, you do not need to worry about the sort of child. suggesting you need a child ofa similar child. suggesting you need a child of a similar ethnicity is ridiculous. i have two grandchildren, one is half pakistani, nobody can tell me i do not love him as much as the other one! if foster parents are prepared to love kids who have been damaged, they can change lives in the most fantastic way. the slightly more serious business, undeniably, it is a life choice, vitally important, but there is financial support, people do make a career out of it, i have talked foster as many times and some have to remain slightly dispassionate about it because there are kids who they get close to who move on, be clear about that side of it. there is that part of it. some children will live with foster ca re rs children will live with foster carers forever to adulthood. your wonderfulfilm of the carers forever to adulthood. your wonderful film of the white girl talking about mum and dad, absolutely their child, one side of fostering. 0thers absolutely their child, one side of fostering. others are short—term assessment while we decide what to do with people. love and compassion are still at the centre of it. no doubt. thank you. jerome, you are still looking after your last foster care, brilliant to hear, it goes around in circles! thank you all very much indeed. still to come... would you volunteer to be a "host" for people coming out of hospital? a new pilot scheme in essex is asking people to do just that. we'll find out more. we'll be talking to the man behind the world's most powerful supersonic car, the bloodhound, which is hoping to break a 20—year land speed record. time for the latest news. here's annita. nhs patients recovering after an operation could be moved from a hospital bed to a stranger's spare room under radical plans being considered by health trusts in essex. talks are at an early stage but the company behind the idea has already started recruiting potential carers. more than 300,000 people are leaving the workforce every year because of insufficient support for mental health problems. a report, commissioned by the government, says the human cost of this is huge and that the loss to the economy runs into tens of billions of pounds. now the prime minister has instructed the nhs and the civil service to do more to help promote the mental wellbeing of their staff. the aerospace company bombardier is to cut 280 jobs in northern ireland, according to the unite union. it's the latest in a series of job losses at the firm. last year, 1,000 staff were made redundant as part of the company's plan to cut costs and increase profitability. four people have been killed in finland in a collision between a train and an army truck on a remote level crossing. the defence ministry said three of the dead were soldiers, thought to be conscripts doing compulsory military service. the number of assaults in prisons has increased to a new high in the year to has increased to a new high in the yeartojune, has increased to a new high in the year to june, 2017. has increased to a new high in the year tojune, 2017. more than 7400 of the attacks were on staff, also a record number. the figures show self harm has also risen. that is a summary of the latest bbc news. here is the sport now. england have been set a huge target by australia to win the second one day international of the women's ashes in new south wales. chasing 285 to win, they've already lost both openers — including tammy beaumont for 8. they are currently 77—3. england struggling. west ham fought back from 2—0 down to beat tottenham 3—2 and reach the quarterfinals of the efl cup. chelsea are also through to the last eight after being everton 2—1. experienced wasps flanker james haskell has been left out of england's squad for the autumn internationals. exeter back row sam simmonds has received his first call—up. the first of those internationals is on november 11. back to you. nhs trusts in essex are looking at plans to allow patients who are waiting to be discharged to be moved into private, rented, rooms. it's to ease pressure on beds in hospital wards. the idea has come from an emergency doctor in southend, but nhs england says it's a long way from being implemented. it's raised concerns amongst some medical professionals and patients' groups. mike fieldhouse, from the campaign group save southend a&e, is in our chelmsford newsroom. and here in the studio is alex baylis, from the independent think—tank the king's fund. mike, will this save your a&e? well, i think we have already saved the a&e for the moment, that campaign went successfully, got the public behind us, local politicians, and for the moment, the local regime has backed down on downgrading the a&e. 0bviously, backed down on downgrading the a&e. obviously, the latest proposal is another attempt to save money and reduced costs in the nhs. which needs to be done, so what do you think about it as an idea? first of all, i would question whether it does need to be done because it is a political decision the government have made to make the cuts nationally in england, they are looking to save £20 billion over the next three, four years. in the south and mid essex, they are looking to save £400 million. it is a choice by the government to make the cuts and we think some of the things they are doing are going to have very severe effects on patients. it is a choice, you are absolutely right, they are democratically elected, that is what they are planning to do. coming back to this particular idea, what has been called an airbnb for the nhs. would you encourage it? no, we think it isa would you encourage it? no, we think it is a rather ridiculous idea and we have serious concerns over the safeguarding of both patients and the carers, frail and elderly people are going to be placed in private accommodation where the carers have minimaltraining and the accommodation where the carers have minimal training and the way it has been advertised is earn £1000 a month for renting out your spare room. it will undoubtably attract the wrong sort of attention. why do you think it will undoubtedly do that? there could be well—meaning people who think, i can make £50 a night, do some good for the country, win—win? night, do some good for the country, win-win? definitely there will be people who are caring, compassionate, feel they can do something for their community. but the way it was marketed, we first came to know about it when leaflets we re came to know about it when leaflets were handed out in the canteen at the hospital advertising, earn £1000 a month renting out your spare room. they were not sane, would you like to ca re they were not sane, would you like to care for somebody? the emphasis, would you like to earn some money? this is a way for them to cut costs and move people out of hospital. who have not got any where else to go. it is just because the social care in this country is severely underfunded, they are looking for cheap methods of addressing this problem. alex, do you think it is a creative idea that could ease of the backlog when it comes to bed blocking as we get into a really busy part of the year for the nhs? 0r busy part of the year for the nhs? or is its social care on the cheap? i think part of the problem is the numberof i think part of the problem is the number of hospital beds in england has halved since the 19805, people not staying overnight, but very little spare capacity and local authority budgets cut by nearly 40% since austerity started. a real problem about capacity. each area is having to think really carefully, how do we get people through hospitals and properly looked after when they leave hospital, particularly as winter comes? when they leave hospital, particularly as winter come57m will grab the eye, the airbnb for the nhs. earlier in the week, we heard the story about operating theatres not being used perhaps as efficiently as they could be. are there efficiencies that could be employed to free up beds more quickly? i speak from employed to free up beds more quickly? i speakfrom experience, for example, people getting a prescription when they leave hospital, they have to wait for the pharmacist to bring it to them. lots of examples like that. no doubt there are more efficiencies that could be got out of the system, some hospitals do better than others, six r rated as outstanding in the country. but they are under pressure because there is a basic problem of constrained number of beds and constrained number of beds and constrained funding in local authorities. if some are doing it brilliantly, why is it not best practice filtering quickly through the nhs? that is one of the questions for the national bodies. the half—dozen outstanding hospitals do demonstrate what they are doing, but it does not seem to get replicated quickly in other areas. mike, this is an idea emanating from essex, do you not think people thinking laterally about solving these problems, let us get away from these problems, let us get away from the view about government funding, there are problems that need to be solved perhaps in other ways, do you not think it is right to be thinking ina not think it is right to be thinking in a creative fashion here? we have still got... the primary care is to the patient. we have got to make sure they are looked after properly. by sure they are looked after properly. by all means, make efficiencies, we do not want the public‘s money wasted, it has to be spent efficiently, but we have got grave concerns about whether this is the best way to go about things. this comes up best way to go about things. this comes up fairly regularly, the elephant in the room here, when it comes to the nhs, sorting out social ca re comes to the nhs, sorting out social care one centralfor comes to the nhs, sorting out social care one central for the future. yes, it is a big problem. the bed blocking, not a particularly nice term, we have a lot of frail, elderly people, we have not got provision for care in the community for. this is maybe one creative solution, but we do not think it is suitable for people. alex, when it comes to nhs and trusts and hospitals doing things differently, why ina hospitals doing things differently, why in a country the size of ours, not that big, is in not the same across the board these days? well, good reasons for having local systems designed for the local areas' characteristics. you do not wa nt areas' characteristics. you do not want everything the same. there are some moves afoot with hospitals joining up as chains which looking at how to get more standardised care, so more assurance we have consistent good practice across the hospitals. alex, mike, thank very much indeed. we did ask the department of health for an interview but it declined. it gave usa interview but it declined. it gave us a statement saying, this is a locally organised pilot scheme for patients following minor operations, not national policy, and to suggest it isa not national policy, and to suggest it is a cheap substitute the social ca re it is a cheap substitute the social care is simply untrue. any schemes such as these are subject to the strictest quality controls and regulations. we are backing the social care sector with an extra £2 billion to ensure everyone can access high—quality care. still to come... can this supersonic car really break the land speed record? we will be talking to the vehicle's chief engineer. the actor natassia malthe has alleged that the hollywood producer, harvey weinstein, raped her in a london hotel room in 2008. she's become the latest woman to make accusations against him. so far, more than two dozen women have come forward — among them, actresses angelina jolie and gwyneth paltrow. mr weinstein unequivocally denies any allegations of non—consensual sex. we can listen to ms malthe's accusations now. i opened the door and his clothes were messy and his face didn't look normal and i thought, could he possibly be on drugs? he barged into my room. then i remembered he took off his pants and sat on my bed. i was feeling panic and i wondered what i should do. my mind was racing, what should i do? he said that he could give me a movie part in an upcoming film, with the implication being that i had to sleep with him in order to get it. i'm joined by our correspondent, chi chi izundu. another day, another accusation, bring us up to speed. like you said, she accused harvey weinstein of forcing himself upon her after the bafta celebrations in 2008. she said he was insistent during the after party of finding out exactly which hotel she was staying at and then she was awoken in the middle of the night to banging on the door, he turned up, he did some sexually explicit things, before forcing himself upon her, and said, basically, she would have a role in a film starring daniel day lewis and judi dench, marek nine, and she said she was humiliated by the ordeal. she and her lawyers say they may go to the metropolitan police to make a complaint. as yet, they have not done so, we checked with the met police this morning. this is a long list in a number of accusations against harvey weinstein. we should point out this is not going to go away any time soon. the son of mia farrow and woody allen, also a journalist, he is looking to do another big expose on harvey weinstein. he wrote the article in the new yorker detailing three alleged rapes. as we know, london, new york and la police forces are looking into sexual assault allegations against harvey weinstein. he unequivocally denies any was nonconsensual. the board that looks after cbes is actively looking after at considering removing the cbe he got in 2004. an honorary cbe, a foreign national. where has that come from, that idea? the mp made a complaint and once they receive a complaint, they consider it quite actively. she said he was awarded this back in 2004 for his outstanding contribution to british film. the board recognises these international awards, it is now considering actively whether to remove it, the bbc understands. 0nly a matter of time before we find out whether he will be removed. he has already been removed from the bafta membership. the academy awards have removed him. the producer's guild are thinking of removing him. he has been sacked from his own company. time against harvey weinstein is coming to an end. we have not heard from the man himself for quite a while, as he responded to the latest allegation? he has not, as far as we know, he is undergoing outpatient rehabilitation treatment so i guess we have to wait and see. his lawyer has already quit, one of them, lisa bloom. another has already quit as well. so who knows what is going on with harvey weinstein? it will only take a matter of time, i am sure, before he resurfaces. next this morning — it can reach speeds of up to a thousand miles an hour and it's hoped it will pass the two—decade—old world land speed record of 763 miles per hour in two years' time. the world's most powerful supercar — the british—built bloodhound — is being tested in cornwall, where thousands of people are expected at lunchtime today. in a moment, we'll speak to one of the engineers behind the car, but first, let's hear from the man who will be behind the wheel, for an insight into what the car is capable of. i'm wing commander andy green, i'm a fighter pilot in the royal air force and i'm the driver for the bloodhound supersonic car. so, this is a five—tonne, 13.5—metre—longcar. i am going to be sitting right here in the cockpit, just in front of the jet engine intake. the testing here over the last two or three weeks has taught us an awful lot of very valuable things. ok, this is the back end of the rolls—royce cj 200. the most advanced high—performance and most reliable jet engine in the history of military aviation. in the car, it is notjust doing everything it said on the tin, we are getting more performance, particularly at slow speeds, than we were expecting. so off the line, this car is accelerating, with this engine, at close to 1.5g. that is 30 mph, per second. what is our zero to 60 time? well, actually, the engine is still winding up. but if we could start with full power, then the car would do zero to 60 in two seconds. forget your supercars, forget your high—performance cars, this is a high—performance vehicle. the ultimate target, once we've got this car tested and proven to supersonic speeds, is to find out how fast it is it is possible for a land vehicle to go. we believe that that answer is 1,000 miles an hour and we are going to use this car to prove it. let's speak now to mark chapman, chief engineer of the bloodhound. he's with the car in newquay, where he joins us from. iam sure i am sure this has been a long time in coming. tell us about the start of this journey for you. good morning. for me, this is fantastic. giving a chance for the public to see the car for the first time. it has just been wielding behind see the car for the first time. it hasjust been wielding behind me. it is stunning. we have been working on it for ten years and it is still running in tests last week, which was awesome and to share that with the public and the media is fantastic. it is called bloodhound, how much blood, sweat and tears has gone into the vehicle? hopefully not too much blood! quite a lot of sweat. it is a passion. talk to anybody on the project and you cut their arm anybody on the project and you cut theirarm and it anybody on the project and you cut their arm and it says bloodhound. there is huge passion and enthusiasm to make this event possible. we can just see it is being wielding behind you. it is a magnificent thing and feel free to look over your shoulder. it looks like it is relatively light, if they pushing it fairly easily. that weighs five times. the performance is sprightly. we think we can go 0— 60 injust over eight seconds. to break the land speed record, we will have a rocket system. but it is fa ntastically well rocket system. but it is fantastically well and does not have the reverse gear so we have to push it back and it does do a 15 point turn! that is pretty rubbish. but in a straight line, there is nothing like it. on the runway today later on, it will really shake people how impressive it is. i am a scientific simpleton with these things, but to my untrained eye, it looksjust like a plane without wings, is that essentially right? no, it is very much a car, it has a steering wheel and a throttle and a brake pedal. it looks that shape because it has to be selected to go through the air. the force on this car is huge. at 1,000 mph, the pressure is 12 tonnes per square metre and 1,000 mph, we break the airspeed record and no aircraft has flown as quickly as this will drive at that altitude. it is part race car, the front is carbon fibre like a formula one car, the back end is titania. the lower end is weighed down with a rocket so we have a spaceship going behind him to get him up to 1,000 mph so it is a jet fighter and a spaceship and a race car combined. we do not want it to ta ke race car combined. we do not want it to take off like a jet fighter and display chip so what is it? turnaround and tell us about it, what keeps it on the ground? i am sure it is dying to take off. we have been working on the shape, so the shape of the car does not generate much left. we can go up to 1,000 mph generating very little lift and we do not want down force. it is the shape of the car which is the key to the success. it is very low drag and that is the secret of the vehicle. we are 130,000 horsepower in the desert. so it is about eight times and it would go straight up on its end, it would go vertically to 25,000 feet and break the sound barrier going up. phenomenal piece of engineering. how much space will you have in the desert is to get up to full speed compared to what you have in newquay? and newquay, we have the ru nway newquay? and newquay, we have the runway and we all limited by slowing down, speeding up is easy with this car, slowing down is difficult. it is speeding up which is optional and slowing down is not. in the desert, we go to1,000 slowing down is not. in the desert, we go to 1,000 and covet 11 miles and accelerate just over five miles, the measured mile is to be .6 seconds long, that is 4.5 football pitch is a second and he deploys air bra kes pitch is a second and he deploys air brakes and parachutes in reserve and wheel brakes at 200 mph. phenomenal experience. a phenomenal vehicle and andy is a phenomenal individual for doing vehicle and andy is a phenomenal individualfor doing it. i did a 15 point turn in my driving test. i would not know where to begin driving that, who would? clearly, andy does. how'd you prepare for doing that speed and stopping again? andy is part of the design team and he has been part of the project from day one and he is as big an impact as the engineers into this car which is designed around him. it is the thing is where he wants them to be, the steering wheel and the brake pedal and the accelerator pedal and the interface. it has a three glass cockpit screen. the test frame, we do not give him the keys and say 1,000 mph, away you go. it is very measured in accelerating so next year, we will go much faster in the desert and get up towards the speed of sound. and put the rocket in and go through the sound barrier and take the existing record and put in an even bigger rocket and go 1,000 mph. you make it sound so simple, it is not that straightforward. what could go wrong, i hate to say? what could go wrong, i hate to say? what could go wrong, i hate to say? what could go wrong? this is an adventure and a journey and we have been quite open and saying this is a challenge. 1,000 mph is genuinely difficult and not just beating other competitors, it is beating the laws of physics. there are things we are running into we will not know until we get to it. it is finding out those unknowns. but we could get to 800. up 400, the wheels stopped working and at 800, other things happen and you have shock waves around the car and it is how that develops. it is a huge laboratory. we are gathering data, 700 sensors, streaming that live from the carfor 700 sensors, streaming that live from the car for people to get involved. they can see that at the same time as we do. it is that story and for education, to get people excited about science, there is nothing more exciting. at newquay today, we will see a car doing 200 mph in nine seconds, imagine that in south africa going to 800. in something like eight miles. and going to 1,000 something like eight miles. and going to1,000 mph something like eight miles. and going to 1,000 mph with 20 tonnes of thrust. that is an amazing achievement and when people think about the land speed record, this will take that idea to a new level. it is already inspirational. people in cornwall today will have a real treat seemed you get up to a fraction of the maximum speed. the best of luck, thank you. thank you very much. we have had a number of your m essa g es to we have had a number of your messages to do with the foster care story and great stories coming through. michael said, my brother andi through. michael said, my brother and i went into foster care at the age of ten and remained until our 20s when he lived on his own and i went to university. we entered foster ca re went to university. we entered foster care and we had the option of who cared for as as did our foster father and we came with baggage, domestic violence, neglect, and despite the loving home we move to, still suffered scores. there was no focus on ethnicity. when we entered foster ca re. i focus on ethnicity. when we entered foster care. i hope that continues. it is what a family can offer that child and not a generalfocus it is what a family can offer that child and not a general focus on colour and gender and sexuality and in some cases political preference. scott said, when i first went into foster ca re scott said, when i first went into foster care at 12, was placed in a home where they were jehovah's witnesses. i'm guessing scott was not. they used to force me to go to their meetings and i complained, and was told by my social worker to bite my lip and do what i was told but it made me feel social services did not ca re made me feel social services did not care about my well—being. going into ca re care about my well—being. going into care was the biggest mistake of my life. both sides of the story. finally, i definitely feel i would considerfostering in finally, i definitely feel i would consider fostering in the future and it seems like such a wonderful thing to do. they will be pleased to hear you say that, they want more people to do it. bbc newsroom live is coming up next. thank you for your company today. have a good day. goodbye. this is one scene from suffolk. grey skies here and rain affecting northern parts of england. this is bbc news and these are the top stories developing at 11.00am: a warning that poor mental health in the workplace is costing the uk economy up to £99 billion a year. i was terrified. i had to be coaxed in and support supporting that were training me at that stage weren't sure if i would make it through or not. recovering nhs patients could stay in rented airbnb style rooms in plans to relieve pressure on beds. clashes between police and opposition protesters as the kenya's re—run presidential election goes ahead. also: this year's poppy appeal is launched today. lines of poetry from the first world war recreated using poppies.

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