think it was about getting some the education secretary went on to defend the government's record. we're seeing standards in our schools rise. critically, we're seeing the attainment gap in schools narrow. the attainment gap in this is the difference in outcomes between disadvantaged children and their better off peers. the social mobility commission's most recent report described britain as a deeply divided nation. two thirds of the areas where young people face the brightest prospects are now in london. while many coastal, rural, and former industrial areas are being left further behind. and former industrial areas are it singled out the midlands as the worst performing area in england. deprived areas registered some of the highest support for leaving the european union. of the highest support the government is now facing criticism that it is so focused on the process of brexit that it is ignoring some of the reasons that led people to vote for it. jonathan blake, bbc news. people to vote for it. president trump's national security advisor says the potential for war with north korea is increasing every day. general hr mcmaster, says america and its allies, are in a race to stop pyongyang achieving its nuclear ambitions but armed conflict isn't the only solution. let's speak to laura bicker, who's in washington. laura, who's in washington. these are sobering words fro the laura, these are sobering words from the general. he told the audience here in washington never other options to deal with north korea but he said there was not much time left. in another very serious warning in the last few hours, the republican senator lindsey graham has said that he thinks the threat is so serious he will be earning the bashers are urging the pentagon to ta ke bashers are urging the pentagon to take american dependents out of south korea. —— urging the pentagon for that this comes at a time when the us believes north korea is getting closer to achieving its nuclear ambitions after the rocket launch earlier this week. these warnings are not just launch earlier this week. these warnings are notjust aimed at the regime of king john un, they are aimed at china for that they want china to step up pressure on its neighbour and stop crude oil supplies to north korea. china so far has seemed unwilling to do so put up with these serious warning we re put up with these serious warning were will beijing take the threat more seriously? be in no mistake. if kimjong un more seriously? be in no mistake. if kim jong un does more seriously? be in no mistake. if kimjong un does not change his actions and the sanctions do not work, the message that is coming out of the trump obliteration is they will act. children are to get access to mental health support in schools and colleges in england. health support in schools £300 million of funding will be made available over three years, in a joint initiative between the departments of health and education. between the departments a waiting time of four weeks for those who need specialist support will be tested in some areas. labour says the plans don't go far enough. here's our health editor, hugh pym. don't go far enough. george discovered the harsh reality of young people's mental health services. of young people's mental health very long waits in many areas. of young people's mental health he struggled with anxiety and ocd but was told he would have to wait nine months for nhs care. but was told he would have to that really hit me hard. but was told he would have to i thought, "oh, my god, i'm in this situation and i now have to wait a0 weeks to get help that i need." what can happen in that time? to get help that i need." it's quite scary. to get help that i need." i didn't know what i'd do to myself during that time. his gp recommended he went private therapy and his family could afford it but he knows many others arn't so lucky and he is campaigning for faster and more effective treatment across the nhs. how do we encourage people to speak out about it? that's what the health secretary, jeremy hunt, says is the aim of a new government plan. jeremy hunt, says is the access to mental health support will be provided in schools in england with trials in some areas, of four—week targets for treatment to be delivered. if your child has a mental health issue, we want to make sure you get the help much, much earlier than happens at the moment. and, if possible, we want to work within the school system to prevent that condition deteriorating. within the school system to prevent but labour argues that children's mental health services have been underfunded for too long. mental health services have been services are really overstretched and children are waiting years for the vital support that they need. so, this is a drop in the ocean compared to the cuts unfortunately that many services have faced. this is one teenager who had to be sent hundreds of miles from home for treatment for an eating disorder. her mother, rachel, is angry they were failed by local services. she says the stress on the whole family has been devastating. on the whole family you keep going and you keep going to do all you can to aid their recovery. going to do all you can you travel to where you've got to travel. it's difficult for them and it's excruciating for the family really left behind. excruciating for the family the government's plan, bringing together schools and the nhs, has been welcomed by mental health charities. but they say it is only a start. by mental health charities. it is not clear whether sufficient funding has been committed to train enough staff and make the four—week treatment target a reality for young people who need care urgently. hugh pym, bbc news. who need care urgently. australia are in a commanding position after day two of the second ashes test in adelaide. position after day two of rain ended play early, with england on 29 fori in reply to australia's first innings total of a42 for 8 declared. from adelaide, andy swiss reports. of aa2 for 8 declared. for england, a demoralising day. of aa2 for 8 declared. for the ashes, a potentially defining one. and yet, the visitors began it so brightly. third ball, peter handscomb led before. —— leg before. handscomb led before. stuart broad quite enjoyed that. handscomb led before. but england didn't enjoy what followed. tim payne and shaun marsh both given out, both reprieved by the video umpire with match—changing results. out, both reprieved by the video payne went on to 50, marsh an outstanding hundred. he had seemed a strange selection to many people, not any more. selection to many people, when he did finally offer up a chance, this moment pretty much summed up england's day. a chance, this moment pretty alastair cook and james vince's calamatous collision, a symbol of their struggles. calamatous collision, marsh simply piled on the misery. calamatous collision, australia declaring on aa2—8. calamatous collision, england, remember, had put them into bat. now they had a mountain to climb under floodlights and the fiercest pressure, their batsmen soon faltered. mark stoneman trapped forjust 18, australia were closing in. forjust 18, australia were but so was the weather. forjust 18, australia were the rain rescuing england, only for now though. tomorrow they'll have to produce something very special. it's not impossible to score runs. something very special. there's a long time left in the game. so, it will be up to one or two of our guys to go out and make a big score, and not just add a0 or 50. for england then, a frustrating and deflating day. they now need to bat at their very best if they're to save this match and realistically save their ashes hopes. match and realistically andy swiss, bbc news, adelaide. match and realistically coventry, paisley, stoke, sunderland and swansea are all competing for the title of uk city of culture 2021. the winner will be announced this week. the year—long celebration of arts, music and culture has boosted local economies and proved a huge success for the current holder, hull. and proved a huge success well, we'll be taking a look at all the cities in contention. and first tonight it's coventry, from where colleen harris reports. this is a city that has embraced its reputation for peace and reconciliation. embraced its reputation transformed by post—war immigration, coventry‘s which has been shaped by its history. coventry‘s which has been —— culture has been shaped. the cathedral symbolises its resilience. what stands today in my home city are the ruins from a campaign of bombings during the blitz. the martyred city of coventry. during the blitz. it was also the heart of the british car industry. its decline turned it into a ghost town. # into a ghost town. town.# this town is comiing liki ghost the song became an anthem for a generation, written by the specials. for a generation, the coventry band captured racial tensions of the early 80s through their music. tensions of the early 80s walking around in coventry at the time, it was horrendous. and you couldn't walk down the street without being so, when the specials got together, that was to get black and whites united. that was to get black and whites coventry is hoping to breathe new life into its rich multicultural and industrial past. new life into its rich multicultural its bid to win the city of culture 202i puts young people at the heart of its focus. 202i puts young people there are so many exciting things to see and do for the people just for the people just don't know. to see and do for the people just we need to do a lot of work as part of the city of culture bid as to what our city has to offer. helping to move the city forward is louis, a choreographer, taking his work from coventry to young people around the world. he represents a new generation looking for hope in a city trying to shake off its post—war image. it's actually crucial it wins. off its post—war image. this is like the biggest thing that has ever happened in coventry. it's bringing a lot of hope and excitement to the city which it doesn't tend to have — there is always a lot of doubt. this is the one time for the underdog to come up and rise and show what we really have. for the underdog to come up and rise winning the city of culture can help transform the city's chins. the people of coventry hope the city's rich heritage can secure its future. the city's rich heritage colleen harris, bbc news, coventry. the city's rich heritage town.# the city's rich heritage tomorrow we will be looking at town.# tomorrow we will be looking at paisley, the first onto the short lived in the race for the uk's city of culture. that's it. of culture. there's more throughout the evening on the bbc news channel. and i'll be back with the late news at ten. now on bbc1, it's time for the news where you are. bye for now. for the news where you are. hello. this is bbc news. he talks to me earlier and spoke about the chances of seeing military action on north korea by the us. they are worried that korean missiles can reach us cities, that may be an attempt to blackmail the us into taking its troops out of the south korean —— out of south korea so south korean —— out of south korea so the whole peninsula can be unified. trump said he would not allow us cities to be threatened. u nless allow us cities to be threatened. unless the chinese can tighten the economic squeeze around korea, and make the north koreans think twice about continuing their current policies, then military action is certainly possible. is it possible to tighten that economic squeeze? will china play ball with that? the chinese seem reluctant to tighten sanctions, for example, by cutting of oil supplies. they could probably bring the north korean regime to heal quite quickly but they don't seem heal quite quickly but they don't seem to want to do that. they don't wa nt seem to want to do that. they don't want chaos and pandemonium in north korea. they don't want the regime to collapse. i think time is running out. the main argument against taking military action is that most people think if the us did strike north korea, south korea would be immediately struck by lots of artillery shells from the north. a lot of south koreans would get killed. they are very nervous indeed. but that factory doesn't necessarily seem to make it certain that trouble not take the literary action against the north. what was a sense from those three days of talks about how far planning for an attack by the us is advanced, and how far is planning advanced for whatever scenario might follow an attack?|j think scenario might follow an attack?” think planning is advanced, and i think planning is advanced, and i think there is certainly talk amongst senior officials over a modest attack on north korea's military services, to teach kim jong—un a lesson. rather than an all—out war, the danger is even a fairly modest set of precision strikes could still provoke the north to rain fire on the south, as they put it, and kill an awful lot of south koreans. it's not clear that even a modest attack would not have put a ghastly consequences. was anyone prepared to say anything about the personalities involved here? when you look at donald trump and kim jong—un. here? when you look at donald trump and kim jong-un. us officials keep saying this country, north korea, deterrence will supply as normal to that country. some people were critical of the us think north korea is not the only country run by a madman. that was charles grant a short while ago. wood president is going to make his decision. he hasn't made his decision? he is still looking at a lot of different facts. he will make sure he does that at the right time. the metropolitan opera in new york has said it will investigate allegations that its former music director sexually abused a teenage boy in the 19805. the met said it was deeply disturbed by media reports about james levine, who stepped down last year after forty years in the role. he's reported to have denied the allegations. pope francis has defended his decision not to mention the word "rohingya" during a trip to myanmar —— a move that was criticised "rohingya" during a trip to myanmar — a move that was criticised by human rights groups. speaking to journalists on the plane back to rome from bangladesh, the pope said he knew he could achieve more in private meetings with the myanmar authorities if he did not use the word in his speech: pioneering surgeons successfully completed a human heart transplant for the first time 50 years ago today — a procedure which has changed the way heart disease is treated. the youngest person on the uk transplant list, eight week old baby charlie is making good progress following a nine hour operation where he received a new heart. duncan kennedy reports. earlier i spoke to james tottle who received a heart transplant 20 years ago... i had ihada i had a new lease of life. having a heart transplant is like winning the national lottery. it is a legacy that lasts a lifetime. for me it is 20 years. telephone you felt after that transpired, comparative the time before it. beforehand i have had failure as i said. i headed either which is a condition where you get fluid retention. ifelt very well, i couldn't walk, couldn't breathe properly. after my transplant it was like a new lease of life. i basically felt back to normal again. i had of life. i basically felt back to normalagain. i had a new of life. i basically felt back to normal again. i had a new hard and, 20 years later, i am here to tell you about it. 50 years ago, as you said, it was the year when christian barnard, ini937, did said, it was the year when christian barnard, in 1937, did the first heart transplant. and you have a son who would not be here without that transplant. yes, my son michael is 17 years old and was born in bristol, my knee. without my transplant he would not be here. in some ways to lives were saved. tell us some ways to lives were saved. tell us about the band! 11 transplants have been in the band so far. hearts, lungs, liver ‘s and kidneys. three heart transplants. sadly one of our members, simon cooper, who had a lung transplant, died last year of cancer. it has been —— it will be very hard to find someone to replace him. we are hoping next year to relaunch the vans to celebrate life through the music. we do associate music with, very often with occasions of great happiness and joy. of being a form of celebration. it is a really appropriate way for all of you people in the band to say thank you to your donors, to say thank you for this second chance at life. do you know much about your donor? sadly i do know anything about my donor. i think they might have been 19 years old. they might have been from the west midlands. my life was saved on easter weekend, 1997. i have written one song which is called tomorrow. i have 20 years worth of tomorrow's because of my donor. 0ne have 20 years worth of tomorrow's because of my donor. one of the mines is, it's notjust for christmas, it's a gift for life. everyday like having christmas, like having your birthday. 20 years of tomorrow's, the wonderful thing is as the years have gone on, when we look back to the first transplants and look at transplant technology now, people who have had transplants are living much longer in general because of the after—care as well. the length of time you were living isa the length of time you were living is a lot longer, over 30 years. there are lots more immunosuppressa nts available now which help us, stop the heart from rejecting. my heart did reject after about three months. but they saved my life at the hospital again. it is a lwa ys my life at the hospital again. it is always a bit of a worry that the after—ca re always a bit of a worry that the after—care is amazing. it is all free with the nhs. something that we should be really gratefulfor free with the nhs. something that we should be really grateful for in this country. i lorry driver has been jailed for 16 months at wolverhampton crown court. quite astonishing pictures. it comes ahead of a meeting between liberal minister and the european commission president in the brussels tomorrow. the former work and pensions secretary and prominently campaigner iain duncan smith has been talking about the issues facing the prime minister in the brexit negotiations. he said he didn't see a role for the european court of justice in overseeing citizens rights after written leaves the eu. i don't think there's any grounds for the european court ofjustice. in any particular role directly with regards to anyone he is a citizen in the united kingdom. 0nce regards to anyone he is a citizen in the united kingdom. once we leave, we are to sovereign entities. it would be almost a first in history with one exception that any foreign court would therefore be able to rule on matters in age uk jurisdiction. that would be there for quite wrong. we have some of the best words in the world, some of the most rational courts. 0ur supreme court is quite able to settle all matters with regards to citizens rights as well as uk citizens rights. what about other areas after transition, for example, trade? there is no precedent for the european court of justice there is no precedent for the european court ofjustice being the court that sits over any trade arrangement. all trade arrangements agreed to an arbitration process. that is often made up of independent individuals together, ruling on disputes that may come up directly asa disputes that may come up directly as a result. all free trade arrangements have to be ruled on, on an equal basis by some organisation thatis an equal basis by some organisation that is not either the european court ofjustice or the supreme court ofjustice or the supreme court ofjustice or the supreme court of the uk. it is separate from those. the european court ofjustice cannot rule on uk matters, that would be quite wrong and unprecedented. i'm not happy with jurisdiction of the european court ofjustice. we are leaving on the 29th of march. in 2019. from thereafter, we are leaving as to sovereign legal and seas. whilst i am completely content, as most of my collea g u es am completely content, as most of my colleagues had, that the european court ofjustice is able to be referred to the not refer directly, simply to take note, of any judgments it has made that are releva nt to judgments it has made that are relevant to european law, if the supreme court of the uk is unable to ta ke supreme court of the uk is unable to take a view, they might want to look at what the european court of justice as saying. but without any sense that they have to follow it. what would be unacceptable is that they would have to refer to and therefore be bound by thatjudgment. even though that period of ‘s and haitian... if anyone is rational, the answer is that we will of course ta ke the answer is that we will of course take note of judgment the answer is that we will of course take note ofjudgment they have made and act accordingly, will not necessarily have the power of the court ofjustice to tell us we must do certain things. iain duncan smith. just getting a bit of news coming in from smith. just getting a bit of news coming infrom her smith. just getting a bit of news coming in from her majesty's prison in swell side in kent. we understand an incident is going on that involves a small mother of prisoners, which is isolated to one wing. the ministry ofjustice saying it is dealing with the incident at hmp swell side in kent. a prison service spokesperson saying they are currently managing an ongoing incident. we are absolutely clear that offenders who behave in this way will be punished and face spending extra time behind bars. we are told there is no risk to the public. just to repeat, we understand it involves a small number of prisoners. the incident is confined to one wing. if we get any more detail on that, we will bring it to you. just checking some more details which might be coming into us. no, that's a repetition of what i told you just now. an incident at hmp swell side in kent. the ministry ofjustice saying it is dealing with an incident air. a warning that any offenders who behave in this way, although we haven't been told the exact nature of the incident, will be punished and face spending extra time behind bars. and there's no risk to the public. a small mother of prisoners involved. the incident is isolated to one wing. we heard iain duncan smith a moment or two ago talking about the issues facing the prime minister in the brexit negotiations. he is one of a number of provenance conservatives, alongside business people and others who have written a letter, an open letter, to the prime minister, offering advice about those negotiations. another signatory to that letter is the conservative mps 0wen paterson, whojoins us now from his constituency in north shropshire. good evening. thanks for joining us. essentially you seem to be asking theresa may to play ha rd ball be asking theresa may to play hardball in these negotiations over the next few days. is this really the next few days. is this really the wake to the uk to follow an effective negotiation against a blog of 27 countries? i think she has been more than generous, more than patient. she made a very open parties gesture with the foreign speech and a generous offer, and she has been —— they have been pretty churlish in their response. we said in october that if they didn't knuckle down and start talking seriously about the end trade relationship, which we ideally would like to see continue as it is at the moment, with reciprocalfree trade and zero tariffs, based on mutual recognition of the conformity of our standards. then we should say sad but you are not talking about the release important issues. we assume, and we will tell our administrators and we will tell our administrators and customs and businesses involved that we will be moving to wto terms, which is a global trade deal. it has been betrayed by some as leaping off a cliff into the dark, it is not. masterminds of trade around the world a re masterminds of trade around the world are conducted under this arrangement. it would be much better if we could have an open free trade deal with zero tariffs, but we can still work very adequately with the wto basis. you are asking the prime ministers to really issue a final ultimatum to brussels this week. to agree to britain's exit redlines more, you say, we shouldn't pay you a penny. doesn't this increase the chances of no deal or at least a deal that's not acceptable to a fairly broad cross—section of the party and the country? we've got very senior businessmen signing a letter who is quite clear that they wa nt letter who is quite clear that they want clarity and certainty. you don't want a had deal. or the inevitable organisations like the cbi wants a transition. most businesses i have talked to talk about having certainty and clarity. europeans have not sat down with any seriousness and talked about the ends arrangement. they put it off, have talked about things they want to talk about, are obsessed by money, have done nothing to reduce their budgets. they know they will be 10 billion worse off without us. they have their own arrangements to go after and that's what they have been pursuing. there's a huge commercial interest across europe, 5 million europeans, depending on sales to the uk. they have a 71.8 billion surplus this last year. it is massively in their interests that we have a trade deal. you're saying if you are not going to seriously talk about trade, the next best option is not a leap in the dark, it is to work on wto terms. countries like india and america have accelerated their sales into the european single market faster from outside the single market and we have from within. it's not solely about trade. it's about citizens rights as well. you area about citizens rights as well. you are a former secretary of state for northern ireland. when the irish foreign minister and deputy prime minister said today that more credible dq was needed on this, do you accept that as a fair comment from him? citizens rights, we have been absolutely open and david davis made it clear early on that we would like to come to arrangements to reassure those 3 million european union citizens here and the 1 million british citizens living in the eu and