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BBCNEWS Breakfast November 5, 2017

Beat the british record with 63 games unbeaten. And matt has the weather for us. Good games unbeaten. And matt has the weatherfor us. Good morning. A few showers in the north and west today but foremost a dry and sunny day. More chilli than yesterday. I have the forecast details coming up. Colder than yesterday. Good morning. First, our main story. Theresa mays most senior minister, damian green, has denied that pornography was found on a computer when his Westminster Office was raided by police in 2008. The claim made by a former Senior Police officer is reported in the sunday times. Mr green said the allegation was completely untrue, and came from an untrustworthy source. More allegations have emerged about the conduct of mps this morning, as our Political Correspondent iain watson reports. The allegations in the times that pornography was found on a computer in damian Greens Office dates from 2008. This was during a controversial enquiry into home office leaks which briefly led to mr greens arrest. As theresa mays second in command she would not want to lose him from the cabinet and he has responded robustly to the allegation. In a statement he said that the story was completely untrue and he called it a disreputable political smear. He added that the police have never suggested to him that improper material was found on his parliamentary computer. In turn he accuses the officer in charge of the investigation of breaching his duty to keep the details of an investigation confidential. This weekend, allegations of improper behaviour in and around westminster have been filling the front pages. And even when ministers resign, that is rarely the end of the story. More allegations have emerged about the past behaviour of sir Michael Fallon. In the observer, a journalist said she informed them of an incident in 2003. Friends of sir Michael Fallon has not denied the allegation. Some of them believe that his ministerial career ended because it could not guarantee there would be no further revelations. 0ur Political Correspondent Susana Mendonca is in westminster this morning. These revelations show no sign of going away . More tales are coming out. So we cannot even talk about at this stage. Do you think we have reached a peak in this discussion or are we likely to see more . I think we will see more. If you look at what has happened over the last few day, there are new names every day. Not just in the conservative party, in the labour party as well. The snp also investigating another number of people. Just yesterday a snp minister in the Scottish Parliament has stood down. What we here today, especially among the scottish newspapers, is that a labour snp says she was sexually assaulted by a labour member. These stories are coming out every day. Were getting drip, drip, drip, more information feeding through. The parties spoke about having a new code of concert conduct the conservatives and others talk about improving systems to do with grievances. Jeremy corbyn will today took about a culture change and then tomorrow we expect all the Party Leaders will get together and discuss a proper system for dealing with grievances. At the moment, this place does not really have a proper system in place. The Royal College of psychiatrists says its found that the number of unfilled consultant posts in england has doubled in the past four years. The college says the shortage is alarming, and it has led to increased waiting times and lower standards of care, as ben ando reports. Good health, it is said, is a matter for both body and mind. But someone with Mental Health difficulties have to wait months to see a consultant psychiatrist. That, according to figures from the Royal College of psychiatrists, is because in england one in ten of those jobs are not filled. It is a scandal that if you need to see a consultant psychiatrist you can not. If you had cancer you would see a cancer specialist quite quickly, within a few weeks. If you needed an operation you would see a surgeon. It is not right that people with Mental Health problems can not go to see a psychiatrist when they need one. In wales, the number of unfilled post stands at 9 , in scotland 6 , while in Northern Ireland, just 2 ofjobs are vacant. The department of health says it knows it needs more psychiatrists, especially in the light of an increase in demand for Mental Health services. That is why it is expanding doctor training places by 25 . It says that is the largest single increase ever. But training a psychiatrist to co nsulta nt level ta kes over a decade. Mental illness is moving up the Health Agenda but it will be sometime before the supply of psychiatrist can match the increasing demands. We will be talking to the dean of the Royal College of psychiatrists inafew the Royal College of psychiatrists in a few minutes time. Social media giants must do more to stop child sexual exploitation, the home secretary has said, as new government figures show a rise in indecent images of children being reported to the police. Writing in the sun on sunday, amber rudd said that companies have a moral duty to go further and faster in tackling abuse. Technology firms insist theyre doing their utmost to keep their young users safe. President trump has arrived in japan, the first stop on what will be the longest tour of asia by a us president in twenty five years. Mr trumps trip comes at a time of heightened tensions with north korea over its Nuclear Programme and missile tests. After he landed he addressed us troops stationed in the country. No dictator, no regime and no nation should under maize estimate, ever, american resolve. We can speak to our correspondent Stephen Mcdonnell who is in tokyo. Good morning. North korea is expected to dominate the strip no matter where the president goes. Here in the japanese capital people we re here in the japanese capital people were wondering what this visit from donald trump will bring. Now, in theory, trade could be at the top of theory, trade could be at the top of the agenda. At a whole the belief is that north korea will swamp everything. We heard that donald trump theyre speaking to American Forces at that us air force race. He will do the same thing in south korea. I think that sends a message in terms of the american in the region. He has also played golf with shinzo abe. Apparently they spoke about north Koreas Nuclear weapons and what to do about the. But we had yet to have an announcement. It may be days before we have any type of initiative but it is hard to see, really, what the way forward is given the north korea simply does not want to give up its nuclear deterrent. Theres been a major purge in the government in saudi arabia. Ten royal princes and dozens of former ministers have been detained in a campaign to stamp out corruption. Several hours earlier, a missile, apparently fired from neighbouring yemen, was shot down near the capital, riyadh. There are no reports of any casualties. Some tv Companies Based in britain may have to move overseas in the event of a so called hard brexit. Thats the view of the commercial broadcasters association, which represents International Media networks such as disney and discovery. Heres our business correspondent, joe lynam. Dashmac sales of beer in britains pubs, bars and restaurants have suffered their biggest fall in five years. The british beer and Pub Association says tax on beer is too high, and its calling on the chancellor to cut it by a penny in this months budget. Its thought the decline could be due to people preferring to drink at home, with sales in supermarkets having overtaken those in pubs. Will sing to rush around these days train to get from one place to another as fast as possible. Not so in prague. This whole event included a race it was part of an annual festival celebrating the historic b i cycles. Festival celebrating the historic bicycles. There is no more of a historic bicycles and that one. Wouldnt you feel slightly silly on a penny files and, though . Itjust looks so ergonomically ludicrous, you know . What are not even peddling we have been hearing this morning that the Royal College of psychiatrists is raising concerns about the number of roles that are currently left unfilled across england. It says the number of va ca nt post england. It says the number of vacant post has more than doubled over the last quarter years leading to increased waiting times and a lawyer standard of care for some. Why are so few young doctors choosing to become psychiatrists . The situation is complex. Historically, in the uk, we have a lwa ys historically, in the uk, we have always under produced doctors for a start. And within medicine we have gone on to produce relatively too few psychiatrists and we have never produced enough psychiatrists in this country. So we are very keen to encourage young dog is to choose psychiatry. It is likely to be back here. I was here a few months ago talking about our choose psychiatry campaign. Is it working . The proof will be in the pudding and we will not find out until early next year whether it is working. But in terms of our media reach and in terms of young doctors signing up for membership of Free Membership for our college, we are more than exceeding our target. Were quite positive and people are contacting me to say they have heard of somebody and people are talking about a. It is a fantasticjob. It is quite interesting. It is not easy to get into. Everyone knows that doctors are highly trained and it ta kes a doctors are highly trained and it takes a long time to train to become a doctor. Psychiatry is towards the higher end. 13 years to become a consultant. Is that the problem . I dont think it is the length of training because the length of training because the length of training is necessary. I think the problem there is that the workforce planning in the past, historically, has been quite short term and we have not taken a long term view. Yes, it takes somebody i3 have not taken a long term view. Yes, it takes somebody 13 years the train from scratch to become a co nsulta nt train from scratch to become a consultant psychiatrist. We cannot solve the problem quickly. We need to be thinking about how we are investing for the future. I wonder if to an extent psychiatry has gone out of fashion a little bit. People, they may be more enthusiastic these days with associating themselves with different kinds of therapies and less medicalised way of treating Mental Health problems with which they wrongly associate psychiatry with. That is true. Psychiatry is a a holistic approach to people and you cannot be a good psychiatrist if you cannot be a good psychiatrist if you do not embrace the whole person and you do not think about the very important social aspect of peoples situations. Here is a tendency for people to think it is just medication. Absolutely. And it is an important part of recovery sometimes. We know that antidepressants can save lives, for example. But it is part of a much broader picture. Were trained to think holistically about the psychological aspects of people and their social. We now try to catch people, then, is thatjunior doctors who are trying to encourage down the path or are you looking at people even younger, people in otherjobs who could retrain . Absolutely. We have a lot of people who come to psychiatry later on in life. They think it is a speciality where Life Experience is helpful so we are keen to encourage people who may have done degrees in other specialties other subjects, to come and join us. But, yes. We want the message to go out to young people. Many people dont realise that psychiatrists go to medical school and people are often confused between psychology psychology and psychiatry. Were keen to get the message out there to young people but if you want to be a psychiatrist it is a brilliantjob that makes a big difference to the lives of people in terms of recovery. Come and join us. That was a good pitch. Thank you very much indeed. Time now to look at the weather. How is the weather . Not bad. A few showers around. A lovely start on the east sussex coast. But what is behind me . One of the shower clouds in south west england. Also part of wales, the midlands, north west england, Northern Ireland, northern scotland. That is where the showers are to start the day. Heavy ones. Wintry in the Higher Ground of scotland. The blue disappears during the day. Many will avoid showers altogether. A few showers later on towards the yorkshire coast and lincolnshire. Then good sunshine. A lovely day in store for most parts of. I think there will be showers limited to 0rkney and shetland. A few showers in the evening and around lincolnshire, yorkshire and developing in parts of suffolk and norfolk. A breezy day in the south west and in wales. Adding to the chill. Most areas cool. Blue colours on the chart indicates how quickly and widely the showers developed. The saudi town and City Centre Temperatures. These are the. Minus 4 6. Temperatures going up the. Minus 4 6. Temperatures going up in scotland and Northern Ireland as the cloud moves in. Breezy conditions for monday and cloudy weather. Frost in the morning. Scraping the car in england and eastern wales. A dry and sunny morning. Cloud increasing from the west. The wettest in the highlands of scotland. Some wind in the north of scotland. Some wind in the north of england. Cloud increasing, but eastern areas staying bright and dry. Pretty chilly. Heavy rain through the night in scotland and Northern Ireland. Potentially the southern plan is as well. A different day on tuesday. Very wet weather in scotland and western part of england and wales. Brightening up in the west later to be a cool start after a bright start. The rain gradually spreading in here. Sunshine to finish the day to be cold a back in the west later on. Leading to a frost for tuesday night. Typical autumn weather on the way. Back to you. A little bit of everything. Makes life more interesting. Mark pollocks track record of overcoming adversity has inspired people all over the world. You may or may not know his name. He won two Commonwealth Games rowing medals, and after losing his sight, he became the first blind person to trek to the south pole. And when he was left paralysed by a fall, he vowed that he would find a way to walk again. Now, with the help of cutting edge robotic technology, that ambition is gradually becoming a reality. Mark is using what hes learnt to help others, including the former jockey, jonjo bright. 0ur Northern Ireland correspondent, chris page, has been to meet them. Successful sportspeople stretch themselves to the limit. Mark pollock and jonjo bright im no exception. Now they are pushing scientific boundaries in search of a cure for paralysis. Mark was a Commonwealth Games rally medallist. After losing his sight, he became the first blind person to trek to the first blind person to trek to the south pole and 2009. The next year, he fell from a second storey window and was paralysed from the waist down. But he was not going to shirk his biggest challenge yet and has become a global plane in using robotic legs and electrical stimulation of the spine. Plane. Were at the intersection of humans and technology. It is a terrible thing, paralysis, but it has an exciting future. Adversity has brought him and jonjo bright together. Jonjo bright was a jockey and then had a spinal injury after being thrown from a horse. He has had to accept he will never walk again. He is up on his feet three times a week thanks to physio. Learning to walk like your body has been designed to do. At no point do i ever feel better than after i have been walking with my exoskeleton. My Blood Pressure feels good, my muscles feel nice and lose. It is healthy for you as well. Loose. After his accident five years ago, jonjo bright became more aware of what mark had been doing. There is the technology and the science. I believe it can beat paralysis. We are trying to bring it all together. I think that is great. Has marks story been an inspiration . To everyone, i think. Now, story been an inspiration . To everyone, ithink. Now, with story been an inspiration . To everyone, i think. Now, with the support of his new friend, marks Charitable Foundation is building on the Research Carried out on mark himself by building trials for other people. The annual fundraiser, himself by building trials for other people. The annualfundraiser, run in the dark, is taking place in 50 cities worldwide in november. What i am trying to do is to explore a way of finding am trying to do is to explore a way offinding a am trying to do is to explore a way of finding a cure for paralysis. Along the way we are meeting scientists working on this. If you ta ke scientists working on this. If you take the blindness and paralysis out of it, it is an exciting time. Step by step and inch by inch, they are making new ground in their quest. It is a story of determination hope, and strength. Chris page, bbc news. Remarkable stuff. Youre watching brea kfast remarkable stuff. Youre watching breakfast from bbc news. Time now for a look at the newspapers. The former england cricketer, lucy pearson, is now a head teacher, and also a director of the england and Wales Cricket board. Well ask her whats caught her eye in a minute. Good morning. Good morning. First lets look at the front pages. The te

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