of the complainant cuddling the defendant in bed. hello. it is thursday already. welcome to the programme, we're live until ”am this morning. we're also talking about breast cancer screening this morning after researchers in london suggested all women should be tested for the so—called "angelina jolie gene" mutations to the bcra gene. for all women over the age of 30. if you carry of the faulty gene, or you've been tested for it, we'd love to hear from you this morning. irrespective of your age. what kind of information did you get from the screening? how has it impacted on your behaviour? what have you done about it? do get in touch on all the stories we're talking about this morning — use the hashtag victoria live and if you text, you will be charged at the standard network rate. our top story today, britain is to increase its contribution towards border controls in france by 44—and—a—half million pounds, and commit to taking more migrants. the money will be spent on fencing, security cameras and body scanners at calais and other channel ports. the deal will be announced at a uk—french summit this afternoon, at which theresa may will conclude a series of agreements with president emmanuel macron. their meeting is being seen as the most important for several years, as our diplomatic correspondent, james robbins, reports. this summit is very deliberately being held at sandhurst, britain's military academy for officer cadets. the venue underlines the fact that britain and france are the key military powers in europe, used to working together and today, committing to greater cooperation. even if the background to all of this, of course, is brexit. and in other ways, britain and france are heading in very different directions. under pressure from president macron, theresa may will take on some migrants stuck in calais and desperate to cross the channel. so, expect more unaccompanied children to be allowed into britain as well as adults who successfully argue that their admission will reunify families. but the longer—term deals will focus on defence. britain is sending three british chinook helicopters to mali, they're large troop carrying aircraft which the french badly lack in their fight against islamists. so, britain will broaden its military involvement in africa without committing troops. in return, france will back—up british forces in the baltic states of estonia. there, confronting the potential russian threat. james robbins, bbc news. in a moment we'll get the thoughts of our political guru norman smith but first our correspondent hugh schofield is in paris. how much is this to do with brexit? it has and it hasn't. the french are quite clear that there is brexit and there is the bilateral relationship. and near the twain shall meet. at this meeting today, it's clear that on the face of it it is dominated by things related to the bilateral relationship. calais is a bilateral... the agreement which is all about the border controls, that isa all about the border controls, that is a two—way outside the eu agreement in france and britain. security and defence. the extremely important part of this meeting as all summits, it is not part of the eu. lots to talk about. both countries have an interest in seeing the bilateral relationship, which predated the eu and will outlast the eu, is still very much on track. there's no way you can say that these talks will contain, you give us these talks will contain, you give usa these talks will contain, you give us a bit on calais and we will be kinder on passport rights for british banks. that's not the way it works. but in the background, of course, there is the whole brexit debate. and the wrangling, which will go on for another two or three yea rs will go on for another two or three years over that. indirectly, the relationship which is forged three meetings like this and the bilateral relationship, will have an impact on the longer and more arduous brexit talks. -- forged through meetings. norman, how important is today's meeting with theresa may? it's important, not just because meeting with theresa may? it's important, notjust because of keeping the deal on calais, which, you know, british politicians view as an unbelievably good deal. because, basically, it means our border controls are not at dover, they are on french soil in calais. from the british perspective, we are desperate to keep that deal. many british politicians have always been quite amazed that the french have been prepared to stick by it. an extra 44 million quid? yeah, we will pay that, that's fine. the other pa rt of pay that, that's fine. the other part of this meeting, which is crucial, the personal dynamic between theresa may and president macron. the lunch when the two sit down together is absolutely pivotal, not necessarily because there will be any particular deal on brexit, but because of how they get on. it is quite clear from the british government's perspective that they think the best route to getting a good deal on brexit is to bypass the european commission and get individual countries sympathetic on—board with britain. which is why we saw david davis and philip hammond going over to germanyjust the other week to smooth and the germans. mrs may will hope to strike up germans. mrs may will hope to strike upa germans. mrs may will hope to strike up a friendly and convivial relationship with president macron, hoping that cometh the hour, he will adopt a more sympathetic approach to britain when it comes to those crucial brexit trade negotiations. thank you. more on that throughout the morning. let's have the rest of the morning. let's have the rest of the morning's news. annita is in the bbc newsroom with a summary of the rest of the days news. taxpayers owe private companies £199 billion for schemes set up under private finance initiatives, according to the government's spending watchdog. the national audit office found 716 deals were currently operational under pfi and its successor, pf2, with annual costs amounting to more than £10 billion. the government says both schemes improved public services. the report was written before the collapse of carillion, which held a number of contracts, including some under pfi schemes. heavy snow fall is continuing to cause problems in parts of scotland and northern england, with drivers warned to proceed with "extreme caution" while on the roads. while travel warnings have been downgraded police say there is still the likelihood of disruption and delays. elsewhere, severe gales and heavy rain are affecting other parts of the uk. some areas reported gusts of up to 70 miles per hour. more than 10,000 homes have been left without power in essex. there are calls for all women over the age of 30 to be screened for a faulty gene linked to higher rates of breast and ovarian cancer. research by the barts cancer institute in london found testing would prevent thousands of cancers, and be cost—effective for the nhs. it's emerged that residents of a privately—owned tower block in south london with the same cladding as grenfell tower may be forced to pay up to £2 million for replacement panels. the company, which manages citiscape in croydon, which failed a fire safety test following the disaster, said it was "committed to minimising" costs. it will take the case to a property tribunal next month, to determine who should foot the bill. scotland yard says it's investigating a third complaint of sexual assault against the actor, kevin spacey. the allegation relates to an incident in westminster in 2005. kevin spacey, who has not been charged with any offences, has denied previous claims against him. patient safety in accident and emergency units in wales is being compromised to an "unacceptable degree" according to hospital consultants. a group of 46 doctors is warning of the risks in a letter sent to the first minister, which has been seen by bbc news. 0ur wales correspondent sian lloyd reports. we have heard warnings of emergency units in other parts of the uk being at breaking point and this time it's the turn of doctors in wales to speak out. the group of consultants who have written to the welsh first minister believe the situation here is the worst it has ever been. this is hugely concerning. we are seeing staff members, that are coming into work, the staff are the glue that holds the nhs together, the staff are coming in, doing their shifts and sometimes going home in tears. we have patients in the department where we don't have space to see them. we come back the next day and some of the patients are still here. the monthly performance figures for wales will be published later this morning. but in this letter, consultants warn the first minister that the four hour target times for wales' best performing hospitals are similar to those from some of the worst—performing hospitals in england. it acknowledges efforts have been made to plan for winter pressures, including more investment but says it's simply not enough. patient safety is being compromised, the doctors say, and the letter calls for a significant increase in funding. those in charge of the nhs in wales say it has been a very challenging winter with demand exceeding expectations. they believe there are signs that things are improving. the european court of human rights is due to rule in the case of 100 leading athletes challenging a requirement for them to advise anti—doping officials of their whereabouts at all times. the group claims the regime violates their privacy and is contrary to their freedom of movement. if the case succeeds, the world anti—doping agency would face a crisis, as it can't appeal against the ruling. a survey by an educational charity suggests some parents are subsiding a childcare scheme for three and four year olds in england, which the government says is free. since september, parents working more than 16 hours a week have been able to claim 30 hours of free childcare. but the majority of nursery providers say they're struggling to cover their costs. police in portugal and spain have broken up an international drug smuggling ring. that used boxes of fruit to bring in cocaine from south america. authorities found more than 700 kilogrammes of the drug hidden in pineapples packed in shipping containers. nine people have been arrested. the actor peter wyngarde, who played the flamboyant 60s crime—fighterjason king, has died aged 90. wyngarde shot to fame in the series "department s" but was also a prolific stage actor and director. his agent described wyngard as the most extraordinary man he had ever met. that's a summary of the latest bbc news — more at 9.30am. 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... the main british hope that the australian open is already out? yes, johanna konta, the number nine seed in the women's singles, high hopes for my melbourne, she played really well in previous years. despite the fa ct well in previous years. despite the fact she was out of form of late and was working with a new coach at this yea r‘s year's australian open, it won't mean that her defeat overnight isn't a disappointment for her. she was shocked really by the world number 123 bernarda perera in the second round. the american took it 6—4, 7—5 to get what's only her second win in a grand slam. konta would have hoped for more as the number 9 seed, who has reached the quarters and the semi finals on her last two visits to melbourne — but maybe the pressure has told for her she's actually only won three of her 11 matches since reaching the wimbledon semi finals last july... it's a bit frustrating. but, also, i think... i'm still taking good stuff from this. i'm not... i don't feel... by any means that it's a massive catastrophe. obviously, i play every event to be there to the end. sol play every event to be there to the end. so i definitely don't want to be going home this early. but i think, in terms of building myself back up again and playing the way wa nt back up again and playing the way want to i think i keep moving forward. there was a better day for six—time champion novak djokovic who battled back from a set down in 39 degree heat to come past gael monfils to reach round 3. the frenchman complained of dizziness and needed treatment from the doctor at one point. due to the heat. temperatures are likely to exceed 40 degrees tomorrow. when britain's kyle edmund will be in third round action... his mum is reminding him to use as much sun block as possible. good mum p995 much sun block as possible. good mum pegs we talked a lot about the video system referee. some love it but some are not happy. have we seen the first controversy? quite possibly. yesterday morning we were praising the video assistant referee system after that was responsible for awarding the first goal in english football but maybe we saw the negative side last night. 1—1 after 90 minutes the game went to extra time with chelsea's willian seemingly fouled in the penalty area. the referee booked him for diving and the decision remained no penalty after being checked. it meant the tie went all the way to penalties with eden hazard scoring the decisive spot—kick at stamford bridge but all the discussion afterwards was about var with alan shearer clearly not a fan. you can see why i was very doubtful about it. it is a shambles. four former footballers here, jermaine jenas, five. we fear —— we think it isa jenas, five. we fear —— we think it is a clear jenas, five. we fear —— we think it isa clearand jenas, five. we fear —— we think it is a clear and obvious penalty and he looks for diving axeman who on earth is looking at that screen at stockley park and doesn't think that isa stockley park and doesn't think that is a penalty! —— e—books him for diving! it is someone else's opinion, that is why it is a shambles. —— he books him for diving! well things were a lot clearer as league one leaders wigan shocked bournemouth of the premier league with a comfortable 3—0 win — they'll take on another top flight side, west ham in the fourth round. in the night's other game swansea beat wolves 2—1. and you can watch the highlights of both games on the bbc briefly, ben stokes is back for england, the england cricket team and some people really unhappy about that? the ecb has made a choice that has drawn plenty of criticism... ben stokes as we know was not considered for england's ashes tour defeat because he was under police investigation following an incident outside of a bristol nightclub back in september of last year. but a few days ago, stokes was charged with affray but the ecb have decided to bring him back. it's likely he'll play in their series in new zealand next month. former england captain nasser hussain saying in his newspaper column today that stokes should not have been brought back until his case had ended and all the details were known. england's head coach trevor bayliss, has given his view on the situation. from my point of view it was a board decision. they've kept me up to date pretty much with what is going on. i am happy with the decision made and fully understand why it was made. as isaid, fully understand why it was made. as i said, with the rest of the players and ben himself it is a complex situation, one that has not been easy to work through. we are coming out of the other end of it and hopefully we can get on with the cricket. ben stokes says he's looking forward to being back, england probably need him, he was named in the one—day and twenty20 teams so quality player who will be back soon. thank you, hugh. hundreds of people are still congregating in the so—called jungle migrant camp in cali, hoping to cross to the uk. today theresa may will promise even more uk money to tackle the issue when she meets the french president emmanuel macron at a major summit in london. in moment we'll discuss whether the extra money — £44.5 million, is the answer. first here is an extract from a film made by our reporter catrin nye about when she visited the area last year. calais is a darker place than i have ever seen it. this is my fifth time reporting here and it is more hostile. more desperate. colder, wetter, miserable. i promise you one thing. this place will never get finished. this scrap of land used to be home to more than 7,000 people. this is what remains of the jungle now. not very much. in october 2016, french authorities cleared the camp known as thejungle. but people have kept on coming. some back from centres they were dispersed to. finding new places to set up temporary home. so now thejungle has gone, dozens of people every night are sleeping between these massive mounds of industrial waste in the middle of calais. charities estimate that up to 700 people are here now, many again pitching tents in the woods for shelter. but the police are constantly pulling these down because they do not want new camps here. so how do you solve a problem like calais? let's speak to jean—paul mulot, permanent representative to the uk of the hauts—de—france region, which covers calais. tony smith, former head of the uk border force and josie naughton, founder of help refugees uk. welcome to you all. let's talk about the extra security measures the money britain is giving to france will pay for, and what you think of. extra fencing, extra cctv, what difference will it make. quite a lot. we always had money but vella two issues. one is immigration and the other is trade. so what are to do is to protect them, 30 million tourists travel across the channel every year and 40 million trucks. on the other side there is the migrant crisis with the security we need to provide. £50 million sounds a lot, but i'm just going to give you figure. at the moment you have the cost, just to pay them is exactly that amount, £50 million. so the money isn't going to go far.|j that amount, £50 million. so the money isn't going to go far. i know people always criticise it but... as an organisation working on the ground, us, this seems to be this batting of responsibility between the french and the british as to whose problem it is. ithink the french and the british as to whose problem it is. i think the answer is, it is both of their problem and the response on the ground, the organisations on the ground, the organisations on the ground both french and british, this money going towards security is not going to solve the problem. what is needed as asylum process. that goes for people who will be staying in france and those coming to the uk because they have a legal right with family here, and accommodations are people and sleeping in the cold in december, 15—year—old boy who had a legal right to be with his family in the uk and wasn't able to have the right, ourteam the uk and wasn't able to have the right, our team was notified, nothing was done and he lost his life. he was hit by a truck. by a car, gas. if money had been spent, oi'i car, gas. if money had been spent, on accommodation to protect vulnerable people, maybe that would not have happened. we all want to solve this is you, the french president actually said, when he was in calais on tuesday, but the french state had helped to organise food distribution, in the end what is important is what we do at the end of the line, what we do in africa. i heard the british government would give £50 million to help countries in berlin also to tackle the issue. we need to know where they are. can stop them travelling in the first place. tony, this extra money physicality as jean—paul says will be spent on these things, will it make any difference, it won't stop migrants wanting to come to calais. it won't stop them whether they come to the uk or not, i think you know that we did invest in calais years ago and it has had an impact and we do have border force controls over theirand we've do have border force controls over their and we've dropped from 80,000 to 30,000 since that investment... answers the campus demolished. so i think what the french government is doing is right, they are trying to process asylum seekers themselves, putting them into more hospitable accommodation into other centres, dispersing them and trying to process them through their systems. from our point of view the best solution is to retain the agreement... the agreement whereby the british border is in france. wiggle and juxtaposed controls but essentially our officers control immigration in france every day and the french officials do the same here. but the best borders in the world check people and goods before they cross. and quite often electronically through data systems. that is what we are building with the french, a vision for the future. asjean—paul says the french, a vision for the future. as jean—paul says it is the french, a vision for the future. asjean—paul says it is hugely strategically important economically for both sides. there's a real opportunity to build our collaboration with the authorities and invest together in a structure that will support us. i think we need to remember the number of displaced people in europe between 700 and pheasant in calais at the moment is a tiny, tiny proportion sometimes blown out of the water. and again over £2 million was spent oi'i and again over £2 million was spent ona and again over £2 million was spent on a wall, i don't know if it would cost this amount to spend on accommodation, do we need a thousand policemen? we don't want them! is your argument that if you did not have the police and the wall there would be more than 1000 migrants there? probably. the media is very powerful and stories current quickly. there's a huge irregular micro publishing in the eu now. we are not part of that and a significant number of those people have been through the silent system in the schengen zone and have been said they won't go back, and returning asylum seekers is a hugely difficult, expensive and emotional business. so what you need is try to control the problem at source. where are they coming from in the first place? with the pull factor. if we let our guard down in calais you'd see huge numbers flocking back to northern france, to the ports, with the hopes that we would allow migration through that route. we wa nt migration through that route. we want to distinguish legal migration, it's not really the proper way of processing people... the problem is that at the moment there is no process. a family can wait nine months before any proper help is given to them and in that time they are sleeping outside in the cold. what are they supposed to do. their youngest child in calais at the moment is ten and is terrified of the police and their brutality. does the police and their brutality. does the french government care about that child? it is true that massively over the last two years the french government has invested in centres and trying to help. it is not enough. what we need is to tackle the traffickers. we've seen on tuesday, in one area, a young migrant paid 10,000 pounds to cross. it is slave trade. we need to tackle that. when those people are arrested, it's not enough. they've got to be condemned. in the absence ofa got to be condemned. in the absence of a safe, legal and when people are pushed into exploitation, this is why the solutions needs to be talked about by both governments, rather than the problem. thank you both for coming in. it's that time of the morning where we bring you up to date in the trial of former football coach barry bennell. the court heard yesterday that ex—wales captain gary speed was one of four men who went on to take their own lives after being coached by barry bennell. our reporterjim reed has been following the trial at liverpool crown court. yes this is the trial, as you've said, of barry bennell who was a youth football coach linked to a number of teams including manchester city and crewe alexandra. he faces 48 charges of sexual abuse between 1979 and 1991 which he denies. he's attending the trial by video link because of ill health. yesterday then was day six of the trial and the jury heard from a man who mr bennell had admitted abusing back in 1998. this man spoke about the impact on his life and on the lives of others. he said he knew of former youth players who had been left with alcohol problems as a result. he told the court: "four people from teams i have played with, with bennell, have taken their own lives. whether they have taken their lives due to barry solely i don't know. but all i know is how it's had an impact on me and how it could impact on other people." one of those four was, he said, former wales captain and manager gary speed — who also played for leeds, newcastle and others. he very sadly took his own life six years ago in 2011. after gary speed's death, the victim said he tried to contact gary speed's parents at the time. and he was asked about compensation? that's right. so this witness says there was an ongoing civil case against manchester city. but added: "i know personally, for me, it's aboutjustice." earlier in the day the court also heard from another victim in the case. this is someone that barry bennell has admitted one charge against. this man — now in his 40s — said he believed people working for manchester city knew about abuse involving barry bennell but did nothing about it. he named the former chief scout there, ken barnes, who is now dead, and another man called mike grimsley who he said ran one of the youth teams. he said these two people must have known. he also said he wanted an apology from manchester city. again under cross examination he was asked about claiming compensation. he said: "if you think i am going to put myself through this, talk about being raped over 100 times?. for damages, you are wrong." as i said earlier mr bennell denies 48 counts of abuse in this case. the trial continues today. thank you very much. coming up in the next half—hour we will talk about the wild weather that's causing disruption across parts of the uk and bring you the latest. time for the latest news — here's annita. the bbc news headlines this morning. britain is to increase its contribution towards border controls in france by nearly £45 million, and commit to taking in more migrants. the deal will be announced at a summit between theresa may and the french president emmanuel macron this afternoon. other commitments being unveiled include the deployment of three raf chinook helicopters to mali, where french forces are fighting islamic extremists, and the confirmation that france will loan britain the bayeux tapestry. taxpayers owe private companies £199 billion for schemes set up under private finance initiatives, according to the government's spending watchdog. the national audit office found 716 deals were currently operational under pfi and its successor, pf2, with annual costs amounting to more than £10 billion. the government says both schemes improved public services. the report was written before the collapse of carillion, which held a number of contracts, including some under pfi schemes. heavy snow fall is continuing to cause problems in parts of scotland and northern england, with drivers warned to proceed with "extreme caution" while on the roads. while travel warnings have been downgraded, police say there is still the likelihood of disruption and delays. elsewhere, severe gales and heavy rain are affecting other parts of the uk. scottish borders council has closed all schools. trees have all that there are power outages. some areas reported gusts of up to 70 miles per hour. there are calls for all women over the age of 30 to be screened for a faulty gene linked to higher rates of breast and ovarian cancer. research by the barts cancer institute in london found testing would prevent thousands of cancers, and be cost—effective for the nhs. patient safety in accident and emergency units in wales is being compromised to an "unacceptable degree" according to hospital consultants. a group of 46 doctors is warning of the risks in a letter sent to the first minister. monthly performance figures will be published later this morning. nhs wales say it's been a very challenging winter, but things are starting to improve. that's a summary of the latest bbc news. here's some sport now with hugh. good morning. there was a disappointing defeat for british number onejohanna konta at the australian open. the number nine seed was shocked in the second round, beaten by the world number 123 bernarda pera in straight sets. konta said afterwards it's not a massive catastrophe. the new video assistant referee system caused it's first strong debate last night with the former england captain calling it calling it a shambles — after chelsea were not awarded a penalty in their fa cup third round win over norwich. the shock of the night in the fa cup though came at wigan where the league one side knocked out premier league bournemouth beating them 3—0. elsewhere, swansea beat wolves. and defending champions england have named their six nations squad for their first match against italy. eight uncapped players are named including northampton‘s harry mallinder. more sport after 10am. thank you. let's talk about the wild weather. severe gales have been causing disruption to much of the uk and police in several areas including east anglia and gloucestershire have reported fallen trees on or near main roads. bridges are closed, trees are down. thousands of homes are without power in essex. in scotland, drivers were warned overnight to use extreme caution on the roads due to heavy snow. and in dumfries and galloway, the a75 was closed between dumfries and gatehouse of fleet because of a number of jackknifed lorries. let's talk to various people around the country. our correspondents fiona trott are in penrith and abington rebecca manning joins us from her home in south west london. believe it or not a tree fell over there and caused some damage. stein connelly is operation manager at traffic scotland. fiona, tell us about the area where you are. the a66 is closed eastbound near broth, not surprising, lots of snow over higher ground, 38 centimetres, that's just south. opens on the a19 between hartlepool and durham. 18 miles of tailbacks this morning because of snow. it's not just snow, winds this morning because of snow. it's notjust snow, winds are causing problems down the south—east this morning. costs of over 80 mph in norfolk. we are hearing thousands of homes without power in suffolk, east anglia and cambridgeshire, three —— 3000 without power. fallen trees in norfolk and cambridgeshire and lincolnshire causing some of those power cuts we heard about. in double show, norfolk, surrey and gloucestershire. because of the strong winds, the trains, problems in suffolk, or one railway line is blocked and delays to and from manchester, piccadilly and birmingham new street. the latest on the weather warnings, yellow winter warning for england and wales. in northern england, yellow snow and ice warning until 11am. thank you. it's not often you get a do not travel warning, but that is what happened for drivers across parts in scotla nd happened for drivers across parts in scotland last night? there was a really serious warning issued by the police. in effect, saying, keep your cars at home. i have to say, this morning, it's very white here. about one foot of snow by the side of the motorway that it is not so wild and crucially, the m74, the main link road down the west side of the country, between scotland and england, is running clearly. it really does seem as if drivers needed that warning to stay at home. overnight, what you saw on this stretch of motorway was a fleet of gritters going up and down making sure it stayed clear. what they really wanted to avoid was a repeat of those scenes on tuesday night where hundreds of drivers were left stranded for hours overnight after jackknifed lorries slowed the traffic. cars struggled on the inclines and the whole system ground toa inclines and the whole system ground to a halt. conditions are still a bit tricky today. the met office has downgraded it to an amber weather warning. but drivers are still being urged to take caution. some of the more minor roads are still extremely difficult in places. interestingly, though, scotland's transport minister has announced that there is a review of this morning's system —— this warning system, to start using normal language instead of the jargon. thank you, let's use normal language with steve. operation manager at traffic scotland. drivers we re manager at traffic scotland. drivers were a lot more sensible last night and the other night, weren't they? very much so. we were trying to put out the message when the police were saying avoid road travel, we will put in that message out all of yesterday so that people heeded the warning and it allowed us to get gritters in your previous interviewee said they had seen fleets of gritters on the m74. we ke pt fleets of gritters on the m74. we kept that clear and open for the morning peak this morning. what is the advice for the rest of the day to motorists? i can see the roads behind you are clear, pretty much back to normal? you can still see that there is a lot of snow. we are still on a yellow warning for snow and ice. the met office are working with us here in the traffic scotland response centre. we will continue to do that until we think it is safe to step down. last night, we had 154 gritters out, they are still out. they are monitoring and patrolling the roads, dealing with any issues that we have. we will continue to do that we have. we will continue to do that until we think it is time to step down. thank you. rebecca joining us from her home in south—west london, people mock when people who live in london complain about the weather that something dramatic did happen last night because of the wind?” dramatic did happen last night because of the wind? i got up for work as usual to get ready. and i heard the wind outside. i thought somebody was trying to break into the house. i walked into the living room and no one was there. i walked over to where the window was broken. a christmas tree had been blown into my window and broke it. is this camera on your laptop or is it your phone? can you show us? interference pin you can see where i have taped it up. right. that is proof that the winds in the south—east were as strong as people thought when they were woken up in the middle of the night. it was really bad. thank you for talking to us. really bad. thank you for talking to us. rebecca, steve, lorna, fiona, thank you. thank you for your m essa 9 es thank you. thank you for your messages on the migrant camp in calais. carroll will be here with the full weather forecast just before 10am. coming up: is it a breach of their human rights for athletes to have to keep anti—doping officials informed of their whereabouts so they can be drug tested? a court is ruling on that shortly — we'll have the latest. some of the country's most senior police officers, barristers and prosecutors are meeting this morning to discuss ways to address problems caused by the non—disclosure of evidence. the high—level meeting will be chaired by the director of public prosecutions in england and wales, alison saunders. it comes after a third rape case in just over a month collapsed after it emerged images from the defendant's phone showing him cuddling the alleged victim were not disclosed. we will talk to batman's lawyer in just a moment. we will talk to batman's lawyer in justa moment. —— we will talk to batman's lawyer in just a moment. —— that man's lawyer. this comes after the trial of liam allan was abandoned after it emerged officers had failed to disclose vital evidence which undermined the prosecution case against him. this included phone messages where his accuser had pestered him for sex. he appeared on our programme after being cleared in court. there is relief on one side, in terms of the case is over. as in, i'm not the suspect, i'm not standing trial more. there is relief there. with the publicity,, it has been huge. it is a different kind of stress in terms of that now. and it is still another battle to go through in terms of compensation. and sueing. it is not over completely. i'm just not the one standing trial any more. what do you think would be adequate compensation from what you have insured? i wouldn't know. i said at the time that university is supposed to be the best times of your life. the last two years i have just spent worrying and not concentrating on anything. it has ripped apart by normal personal life and now that it has come to light, it is still going on. the longer we have to wait, in terms of going for compensation and things like that, the more stress it still is. because i'm still away from uni and my normal life. according to your solicitor, there could be other cases and other miscarriages of justice, people in jail right now where evidence that could have proved their innocence has not been disclosed. i think, yet... they can't really stop false accusations because people do have a spiteful side. when people are hurt they react in a way you wouldn't really expect. we rely on the procedure to find the right sort of things. as far as i am aware, and i have been through it, i am not the only one. there are people going through it right now. with me now is paris theodorou, he's a lawyer who defended samson makele, who was charged with rape 18 months ago. but this week the case against him collapsed when his legal team found photos of him and his alleged victim cuddling in bed. tell our audience about this case, first of all. samson makele was accused of rain, originally arrested 18 months ago, bailed and his phone was seized. as a result of his phone being seized, his telephone was downloaded. later on it suffice that the downloads didn't include pictures, which later came to light. presumably your client was telling you, i know there are pictures on my phone. he did. how come they weren't disclosed by the police? there was a download allegedly committed by the offices in the case but we don't know why they were not provided to us. thankfully we were able to obtain the phone ourselves. us. thankfully we were able to obtain the phone ourselvesm us. thankfully we were able to obtain the phone ourselves. it could be technical incompetence that the download didn't happen properly or fully. it could be. or it could be something more sinister, the download happened and the photographs were kept back because there would undermine the prosecution case. i am not suggesting anything sinister happened. but i think there has been a technicalfailing. happened. but i think there has been a technical failing. right. you managed to get the phone. a technical failing. right. you managed to get the phonelj a technical failing. right. you managed to get the phone. i did. what did you do differently?” managed to get the phone. i did. what did you do differently? i did my own download with my own experts. tha nkfully my own download with my own experts. thankfully we found the images. samson makele is from eritrea, he doesn't speak the best english. tha nkfully doesn't speak the best english. thankfully we were able to facilitate a proper interview with him and obtain all of the information. but this has been going on for 18 months. it has. had the photos emerged much earlier this case would clearly... he may never have been charged in the first place. i don't want to talk about hypotheticals, it could have been the case that this evidence or the telephone could have gone missing and he could been convicted of an offence where crucial evidence could have been available to the court. he could have had a fair trial. alison saunders is having a high—level meeting today, the director of public prosecutions for england and wales, this is what she said on radio 4 this morning. if you have a case where people have briefly manage other, there is nothing that says there will be photographs. the police obligation is to pursue all reasonable lines of enquiry. that doesn't mean going into every single avenue of your life. they would look to see if there was contact, text messages, which they did and which we looked at and we served. but they did not know what else was on the phone. did they even look at it? the download, i think, phone. did they even look at it? the download, ithink, was phone. did they even look at it? the download, i think, was not complete. certainly, the prosecutors had no idea there were photographs. forgive me for interrupting but in a way, that seems a glaring omission right from the start. they didn't even think, "we must look at photographs or social media". we don't look into every single aspect of everybody's life, there has to be a proportional response. but even a glancing blow, even notice that it wasn't there, why wasn't it? this is where there isa why wasn't it? this is where there is a complete systemic issue. what should have happened is that it should have happened is that it should have happened much earlier. it was an18 should have happened much earlier. it was an 18 month process that he was under investigation and his name was under investigation and his name was out there. that is one of the things we are looking at today with everyone , things we are looking at today with everyone, how do we make all of this happen more effectively and at an earlier stage? so you don't have suspect is going through this process, you don't have complain is going through this process. his life was ruined because of that procedure going wrong. i understand this. it is really important that we get it right across the system. i am not for one moment saying we couldn't have done better in that case, that it couldn't have been dealt with earlier. how do you respond to that.|j how do you respond to that. i think it is good that the cps are expecting some responsibility for the failures and it is good that they will be full disclosure. let me bring injerry they will be full disclosure. let me bring in jerry hayes, they will be full disclosure. let me bring injerry hayes, the prosecuting lawyer who helped to clear liam allan, the man that he was prosecuting. mr hayes, how do you react to this meeting, what needs to happen? very good news indeed. this problem has been bedevilling the courts for a long time. thank heavens it is now in the open. two things need to be done and are relatively simple. first the police have to be retrained and understand their duties of disclosure. secondly they must be told that it is not for them to decide what is relevant, it is for the crown prosecution lawyer to decide. the next thing that has to happen is that the cps have to be properly resourced. they have to have the people, the equipment, and the money to sift through sometimes mountains of evidence which comes from social media. they can't take another round of cuts. it sounds as if you are saying that you don't believe that police and prosecutors on occasion deliberately withheld evidence because it would undermine their case. no, i have never seen any evidence of that and i prosecute and i defend. what has happened is that there has been a systemic and cultural problem within the police. they seem to think theirjob is just too but the case. it is not. they need to look at the evidence, to re cord need to look at the evidence, to record it, to retain it, and reveal it. in the case of liam allan police told his defence team that some of the text messages the complainant had sent to friends were not relevant to the trial. that is what they told me, not the defence. absolutely. and i ask questions... that isn't about a lack of training, jerry hayes, was it? i thought this was a particularly appalling case. it is not widespread. but if you have the systems in place, there is an act of parliament that list and the things that the police should do and we must make sure they do it. it was a police officer who told me, i wasn't aware of this disc and i said, can you show me there's nothing here that can assist the defence and undermine the prosecution case? he said there wasn't and i wasn't happy and in court i said this must be served so we can go through it. we found the stuff which quite properly cleared liam. hollande are you about other cases that have collapsed, others might say this is a good thing, because of late disclosure of evidence? that has been fairly common. evidence? that has been fairly common. the cps doesn't have the resources. the rape and serious offe nces resources. the rape and serious offences unit of 130 cases each, they need more lawyers, more paralegals, more money. the chancellor is threatening another round of cuts to the cps. this would be disastrous for everyone. accent todayis be disastrous for everyone. accent today is a good day, something that has been bedevilling us four years is now out in the open and something is now out in the open and something is being done about it. thank you very muchjerry is being done about it. thank you very much jerry hayes, is being done about it. thank you very muchjerry hayes, and paris, thank you. let me read some messages we have received about the migrant camp in calais. we began the problem today with this story because of this high—level summit between the prime minister and the french president today. britain is giving france £44.5 million to boost security at calais to stop a camp building up again. philip says in a text, we must have control of our borders and not let the french president dictate to the uk how many migrants retaken. lynn says what happens to failed applications, those who apply from calais, where did they go. do they wed there, hoping to find another way into the uk? nota hoping to find another way into the uk? not a nice environment to live in while they are waiting. johnny says the charity workers need to be held to account for adding to the problem. john says, enough of the refugees, we must look after our own people first. more of those to come. send me an e—mail. send a message on twitter and you can text and use facebook as well. athletes in france have in the last half—hour lost a legal challenge to drug testing rules. they argued that strict rules which require competitors to disclose their whereabouts for one hour every day are an a breach of their human rights. the european court of human rights disagreed. it found this would increase the dangers of doping in sport. let's talk now with toni minichiello, trainer of olympic champion jess ennis—hill, jo pavey mbe the british long distance runner, craig maclean mbe olympic cyclist silver medallist. ellis cashmore, professor of sociology at aston university. liam -- liam —— toni, how do you respond to this. and is a good ruling. common sense has been delivered by the european court of human rights. explain this principle of notification of your whereabouts? you have to give you when about three months in advance so you put down in three—month blocks, you basically say where you are going to be, you have to be available for one hour and say where that should be way you will be for one hour. the time starts at 5am and up to 11 o'clock at night. you pick one hour out of that period and say where you will be. invariably a lot of people give their home address at an early time, let's say 7am, or their training venue. if you put that in in three—month blogs, you can always come back to it on a daily basis and alter it, should your plans change. some french athletes were arguing that this god in the way of their family life, to such an extent that it was too much of a burden. family life, to such an extent that it was too much of a burdenm it was too much of a burden. it can be awkward. i would not say it is a burden. i say, be awkward. i would not say it is a burden. isay, if be awkward. i would not say it is a burden. i say, if situations change for example if you have a dental appointment and needs to leave the house earlier, as long as you can send a text or an e—mail you can change where your whereabouts will be at any time during that day. it can bea be at any time during that day. it can be a bit awkward. it's up to you to remember but once you start doing it it is easy enough to do. some athletes talk about having to have made sacrifices to stick to this rule. i would have to understand those sacrifices, i worked with an athlete and she made sure she was available for one hour every day including her wedding day! it is easily done. was that jessica ennis hill? it might have been! on her wedding day she had to tell the doping officials where she would be for one hour. presumably at home getting ready for the wedding? yes, that could have been awkward! in the same situation when she was pregnant with her first child she was still competing. and babies don't stick to schedules. you have to give one hour for you are going to be and should the situation change you make provision that someone can access the system, should your whereabouts change. it's easy enough to handle. craig maclean is an olympic silver medallist, apologies are introducing you as some are different! thank you for talking to us. how do you react to this ruling that it is not a breach of the human rights of french athletes to have to tell anti—doping officials where they offer one hour a day? i think all athletes will sigh with relief. common sense has prevailed. if they had won the case the impact could have been massive, i guess, the impact could have been massive, iguess, in the impact could have been massive, i guess, in terms of how we go about the sports of it is good. tell us about the impact on some iq of this rule where you have to give notice of your whereabouts, as it is officially called, and also try to live your life. —— on somebody like you. as toni says it isn't a burden, it is something you accept. when you first become an athlete at first you don't appreciate this maybe but when you go full sign up to any sport programme you're accepted as part of your life. most of the time you forget about it. —— you accept it as pa rt of forget about it. —— you accept it as part of your life. it is not a big deal. and the reason it works is because it can act as a deterrent because you know that someone can turn up at any moment at the point that you have said you would be in a particular place? i guess to any honest athlete it isjust particular place? i guess to any honest athlete it is just a particular place? i guess to any honest athlete it isjust a gentle reminderto be aware honest athlete it isjust a gentle reminder to be aware if you are taking a supplement, whether it is for a cold or a cough or something like that, you have to think twice about these things. it is quite nice. i about these things. it is quite nice. lam about these things. it is quite nice. i am sure that people out there who are hell— bent nice. i am sure that people out there who are hell—bent on doping and will find a way around the syste m and will find a way around the system unfortunately. let me bring in ellis, how do you react to the ruling? i'm sorry, victoria, what is the question? i apologise. the french athletes have lost their case, the european court of human rights says it is not a bridge of human rights to have to tell anti—doping officials where they offer one hour a day. i wasjust asking for your reaction. it was a predictable outcome. there's not much else that organisations charged with the responsibility of policing doping can do. because the athletes have made it clear that they will ta ke have made it clear that they will take dope, whatever the punishments may be and although we talk about deterrence i don't think there are that many deterrents. they are taking dope basically not because they want to get an advantage but because they look around them at all the other athletes and presumed that they are taking dope as well. this is the only way they can get a level playing field. world anti-doping agency has become stricter over the yea rs agency has become stricter over the years simply because it has two and is turning sport into a surveillance culture. but they have no genuine alternative. this is now a spiral and it's not one that can be interrupted, it will simply go on and on. you are right that there will always be cheats but you're generalising, are you not, the majority of athletes are clean, aren't they? nobody can actually say if they are or not. simply because doping is going on in this kind of stand such at the moment. athletes are taking unknown substances in unknown quantities and getting them from who knows where. it's an unsafe environment. we have to think about how after 45 years of anti—doping policy in sport, we have to think about whether this is a doomed experiment. we have to evaluate whether anti—doping is legitimate because it cannot succeed. i think we have rented sport and save and i think we have to —— we have rented sport unsafe. we have to ask if it would be safer if we allowed doping in sport and just said to athletes we want to monitor what you are taking so we can do research and advise on whether this is a safe substance. craig, what do you say to ellis's proposal? i would like to believe, as a clean athlete that the majority of athletes are clean. there are probably one or two up to no good. but if you want to compete you believe it is possible to do it clean. i think it's a bit of a flippant reaction. thank you gentlemen, thank you very much. thank you for coming on the programme. the latest news and sport ina programme. the latest news and sport in a moment. also coming up: a special report about the strict abortion laws in el savador and the story of one teenager who says she's been sentenced for murder after suffering a miscarriage. let's get the latest weather update. i welcome a good morning! what might run the country. but today for some it will be a reasonable day with a lot of sunshine, for others the snow will go on. let's deal with the snow from last might. up to seven inches in parts of northern england which led to a few problems, six inches of snow in some areas, there are still some ongoing problems on the roads, for others it was the strength of the wind bringing down the auditory, the strongest of the gusts here and there, 80 miles an hour, we saw winds of 60—70 miles an hour which has caused issues. the fund which brought this has now moved into the netherlands and they have winds of mighty mouse per hour, back to square one, with a mixture of sleet and snow for some, further south, heavy showers with thunder, bit of sleet on higher ground and some hail. many across the south and east will get away with a predominately dry day. the bees is lighter than it was for many but it's still enough to have an impact on the way things feel, subzero across parts of scotland, northern ireland and northern england. to light showers keep going over north—west scotland and northern england, a bit more than last might have some areas of the show was coming on the breeze. further south, clearer skies with a greater chance of frost and with temperatures widely below freezing, showers and a risk of ice. it could bea showers and a risk of ice. it could be a slippery start to friday morning. driest and brightest across parts of england and wales, show was get going once more quite widely across the country, northern ireland and northern england, a further covering of snow in places. these will feel much colder when you factor in the wind. into the weekend the winds will ease, still a north—westerly to get into saturday's sale a cold night with a sharp frost, notice whether funds towards the south which will bring a cloudy start across the south on saturday, patchy rain which will gradually ease, many will have a dry afternoon, sunny conditions the further north you are after that frosty stop. on saturday night into sunday another push of rain coming from the south—west which will affect more of us, wet state preceded by snow of the scottish mountains, the house to egg hills of northern england, that temperatures will be on the rise, turning back to rain and next week should look much milder than the weekjust gone. hello it's thursday, it's 10am, i'm victoria derbyshire. welcome to the programme. cash for calais, britain will provide an extra £44.5 million to improve border controls in france. that's one of the announcements expected when theresa may meets french president emmanuel macron later today. one of the announcement is expected when theresa may meets the it's quite clear from the british,'s perspective that they think the best route to getting a good deal on brexit is to bypass the european commission and to get individual countries sympathetic, on board with britain. we have all the details. also this morning — we have a special report from el salvador where women accused of having an abortion can be locked up for 30 years. the majority of them of have nothing to do with abortion. they are in fact stillbirths or miscarriages. and you'd be hardpressed to find somebody who thinks women should go to prison for having a miscarriage. we'll bring you that full report after 10:30am. researchers say testing all women over the age of 30 for the gene mutations which cause breast and ovarian cancers could save 12,000 lives. we will bring you the details. here's annita in the bbc newsroom with a summary of today's news. britain is to increase its contribution towards border controls in france by nearly £45 million, and commit to taking in more migrants. the deal will be announced at a summit between theresa may and the french president emmanuel macron this afternoon. other commitments being unveiled include the deployment of three raf chinook helicopters to mali, where french forces are fighting islamic extremists, and the confirmation that france will loan britain the bayeux tapestry. taxpayers owe private companies £199 billion for schemes set up under private finance initiatives, according to the government's spending watchdog. the national audit office found 716 deals were currently operational under pfi and its successor, pf2, with annual costs amounting to more than £10 billion. the government says both schemes improved public services. the report was written before the collapse of carillion, which held a number of contracts, including some under pfi schemes. heavy snow fall is continuing to cause problems in parts of scotland and northern england, with drivers warned to proceed with "extreme caution" while on the roads. while travel warnings have been downgraded police say there is still the likelihood of disruption and delays. scottish borders council has closed all schools. elsewhere, severe gales are affecting other parts of the uk, causing trees to fall down and power outages. some areas reported gusts of up to 70 miles per hour. the european court of human rights is due to rule in the case of 100 leading athletes challenging a requirement for them to advise anti—doping officials of their whereabouts at all times. the group claims the regime violates their privacy and is contrary to their freedom of movement. it disagreed unanimously. it found that removing the requirement could lead to an increase in doping. there are calls for all women over the age of 30 to be screened for a faulty gene linked to higher rates of breast and ovarian cancer. research by the barts cancer institute in london found testing would prevent thousands of cancers, and be cost—effective for the nhs. patient safety in accident and emergency units in wales is being compromised to an "unacceptable degree" according to hospital consultants. figures show that 78.9% of patients spend less than 48 hours in emergency care facilities in december, the lowest performance since march 2000 and 16. nhs wales says it's been a very challenging winter but that things are starting to improve. —— since 2016. lifeguard in australia have used drone technology to save swimmers. it is the first rescue. it was used to locate two men who had been seen struggling in three metre high swells in new south wales. a rescue pod was dropped into the water which expanded allowing both swimmers to grab itand expanded allowing both swimmers to grab it and help them stay afloat. the drone tookjust over one minute to reach the swimmers compared to six minutes for a lifeguard. fantastic. that's a summary of the latest bbc news — more at 10:30am. a text message from a serving police officer about nondisclosure of evidence and the collapse of a number of rape trials in recent months. i am a serving officer and i believe the lack of complete investigations into rape cases comes down to a lack of officers. based in a small city investigators have 30 plus rape cases each of their workloads. therefore, they have an impossible task. many are begging to come off their department due to stress and their inability to do theirjob and serve the alleged victim. thank you. 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. particularly if you have pertinent experience like that, we feed that into our conversations. you are the experts. british number one johanna konta was staying optimistic, despite a shock defeat in the second round of the australian open overnight. she was beaten by ‘lucky loser‘ bernarda pera in straight sets — the american only made it into the tournament after another player withdrew with injury. tennis correspondent russell fuller has more from melbourne. arrows's performance caught the eye. somebody who is 123 in the world, no success to celebrate on the big stage until today, she played with freedom, power and huge confidence. today, johanna konta couldn't live with her. she said it wasjust today, johanna konta couldn't live with her. she said it was just one of those days. per serving speeds we re of those days. per serving speeds were down. she was troubled by some overheads, two or three shots coming off the frame of the racket. there was anxiety is spreading through her game in the second set when it looked as if the match was going to run away with her. she has now lost eight of her last 11 games, the success she enjoyed in the two years after first making a name for herself at the us open of 2015 has morphed into a disappointing and frustrating run. she says she needs more matches and is determined to work our way through it with her new coach. it's a bit frustrating. but, also, ithink... i'm still taking good stuff from this. i'm not... i don't feel... by any means like it's a massive catastrophe. obviously, i play every event to be there until the end. so, i definitely don't want to be going home this early. but, i think, in terms of building myself back up again and playing the way want to, i think i keep moving forward. there was a better day for six—time champion novak djokovic who battled back from a set down in 39 degree heat to come past gael monfils to reach round 3. our first ‘head—scratching' moment regarding the new video assistant referee system came last night with a controversial moment in chelsea's fa cup third round win over norwich... 1—1 after 90 minutes the game went to extra time with chelsea's willian seemingly fouled in the penalty area. the referee booked him for diving and the decision remained no penalty after being checked. it meant the tie went all the way to penalties with eden hazard scoring the decisive spot—kick at stamford bridge but all the discussion afterwards was about var with alan shearer clearly not a fan. you can see why i was very doubtful about it. it is a shambles. four former footballers here, jermaine jenas, five. we think it is a clear and obvious penalty and he books him for diving! who on earth is looking at that screen at stockley park and doesn't think that is a penalty?! that is why it is all wrong. it is someone else's opinion, that is why it is a shambles. get off the fence! well things were a lot clearer as league one leaders wigan shocked bournemouth of the premier league with a comfortable 3—0 win — they'll take on another top flight side, west ham in the fourth round. in the night's other game swansea beat wolves 2—1. a day after signing a contract extension to stay as england head coach until 2021, eddiejones has named eight uncapped players in his six nations squad for the first match against italy. among them is northampton back harry mallinder. injuries and suspensions mean several senior players are out. england are hoping to become the first side to win three successive six nations titles outright. that's the sport for now. i'll be back with the latest headlines around 10:30am. thank you very much. the latest nhs weekly figures, breaking news. they show that pressures on a&e units have begun to ease slightly across england. according to these figures come up to last on the ambulances experienced fewer delays waiting outside hospitals compared to the previous week. the number of arrogance is delayed by 30 minutes fell by almost a quarter to 12,000 500. bed closures due to the vomiting bugs have also fallen. but figures show, as you would expect hospitals remain incredibly busy with average bed occupancy rate of 94.9% across trusts in england. that is down a tiny bit. theresa may will confirm later that britain will contribute an extra 44 and a half million pounds to border security at french ports. the prime minister will also say the uk has agreed to take more migrants from calais, particularly unaccompanied minors. well, i've been talking to the permanent representative to the uk that covers calais, a former head of the uk border force and the founder of help refugees uk, josie naughton, who described the situation they're facing on the ground. burgess seems to be this batting of responsibility between the french and british as to this is —— there seems to be. the answer is answer is it is both of their problem. the response on the ground, the organisations working are both and british. this money going towards security, that will not solve the problem. what is needed is faster asylu m problem. what is needed is faster asylum process, that is the problem and that goes for people who will be staying in france and coming to the uk because they have a legal right because they have family here. and accommodation, so people aren't sleeping outside in the cold. in december, towards the end of december, towards the end of december, a 15—year—old boy who had a legal right to see his family in the uk wasn't able to access that right. our team notified the french authorities about his vulnerability and nothing was done. he lost his life. because he was hit by a truck? he was hit by a car. if money had been spent on more people in the asylu m been spent on more people in the asylum office to speed that up, accommodation to protect vulnerable children, maybe that wouldn't happen. respond to that. she is right. we all want to solve these migrants the issues, especially with children. it's not possible. the french president, emmanuel macron, actually said when he was in calais on tuesday that he would... that the french state would now help to organise food distribution. but in the end, was very important is what we do at the end of the line. what we do at the end of the line. what we do at the end of the line. what we do in africa. i heard today at the summit have heard that the british government would also give 50 million to help. to help our countries in mali, cameroon, and to tackle the issue. because migrants, we have also got to help them where they are. to stop them travelling in they are. to stop them travelling in the first place. tony, this extra money for security is welcome, of course. it will be spent on all of those things but will it make any difference? it will not stop migrants coming to calais and wanting to come to britain? migrants coming to calais and wanting to come to britain7m migrants coming to calais and wanting to come to britain? it will not stop them, whether they come to calais or not. we put some investment into calais years ago. it has had an impact. we have border force control zones over there. our detections have dropped from 80,000 to 30,000. since that investment when in to protect the perimeter. and since the exactly. what the french government is doing is right, they are trying to process asylum seekers, trying to put them into hospitable accommodation away from calais in other centres to disperse and processing them through their systems. from our point of view, the best solution is to retain the agreement and to retain... so everybody is aware, the agreement whereby the british border is in france. we call them juxtaposed controls but our border officers go through and operate border controls in france every day and the french do the same thing in dover. that is preclearance, part of a multiple border strategy but the best borders in the world check people and goods before they cross. that way... quite often electronically through data systems. that is what we're trying to build with the french. a vision for the future. strategically important. tell us for the future. strategically important. tell us more for the future. strategically important. tell us more about for the future. strategically important. tell us more about the for the future. strategically important. tell us more about the deal, for the future. strategically important. tell us more about the deal, norman for the future. strategically important. tell us more about the deal, norman smith for the future. strategically important. tell us more about the deal, norman smith in for the future. strategically important. tell us more about the deal, norman smith in westminster. for the future. strategically important. tell us more about the deal, norman smith in westminster. don't for the future. strategically important. tell us more about the deal, norman smith in westminster. don't worry about the alarm going off in the background. this deal is in the eyes of many british and french politicians, and unbelievably good deal. because what it does it allows the french to have their border guards on our side of the channel and allows us to have our border guards on their side of the channel in calais. but there not masses of migrants trying to leave britain to go to france although there are an awful lot trying to get from calais to britain so it's a pretty one—sided deal. some british politicians are amazed the french haven't torn and because it is just such a bad dealfor them. now because it isn't part of the brexit or eu rules, it means that when we leave it should not be affected by brexit. it will still be in place. the fact that we are paying an extra £44 million today, i suspect many british politicians will still feel thatis british politicians will still feel that is a very good deal. because very bluntly, it means the calais jungle, if you like, stays in calais and doesn't come to dover. so from a british perspective it remains a good deal which i suspect british politicians will be prepared to pay quite a lot of money to make sure it continues. how much will brexit dominate the meeting. it's not part of the formal public part of today and in private it will be critical. and when theresa may and emmanuel macron set down for lunch of course that will be the guts of what they talk about. it is that they will reach a dior but what will be pivotal, i think, reach a dior but what will be pivotal, ithink, will reach a dior but what will be pivotal, i think, will be the relationship that they strike up, how they get on. and why that matters is because the hope of the british government is, at the end of the day, individual countries will cut britain a good deal. in other words, they will take a swerve around the eu's chief negotiator in brussels and will be able to strike a deal with individual countries. and for that reason the howard theresa may gets on with the french president is crucial. she was a good relationship, convivial, she wants to be sympathetic when it comes down to be sympathetic when it comes down to ha rd to be sympathetic when it comes down to hard details about negotiating a trade deal. , thank you, norman smith. coming up, president trump unveils the winners of what he calls his news awards. in case you were wondering, the bbc didn't make the cut! when we orderfood when we order food online, when we orderfood online, take when we order food online, take our car to be repaired or something like that we expect our details to be stored safely. when michelle ordered a meal, hurt delivery man contacted her via whatsapp and asked if she had a boyfriend. the messages were signed with "good night baby, see you next time i might get your meal." she has since received dozens of message with people who have had similar experiences. here are some of the responses that michelle received on twitter. abigail wrote, this happened to me before with a pizza delivery guy about ten years ago and a man who collected me and my car when i broke down. lizzie said, same thing happened to me and they just said, same thing happened to me and theyjust said, said, same thing happened to me and they just said, what would you said, same thing happened to me and theyjust said, what would you like us theyjust said, what would you like us to do. it is ridiculous, i didn't even get a voucher, it wasn't even my driver who sent the messages, he passed my driver to another —— he passed my driver to another —— he passed a man about to another drive at the restaurant. let's speak now to michelle midwinter and to hannah galliers, who also received unwanted messages from a shop worker after taking her phone in to be repaired. thank you the coming on the programme. you and ordered your meal on justeat. what programme. you and ordered your meal onjusteat. what happened. programme. you and ordered your meal on justeat. what happened.” programme. you and ordered your meal on justeat. what happened. i opened the door to the delivery guy come he didn't say anything, he just stared at me, handed me my food and backed away. i thought this was a bit odd and commented that this was weird. i ate the food and a couple of hours later i received a message saying hi from him. and then when he responded saying he had delivered my food i was shocked because i thought he had been angry in the first place. so it was quite unsettling. i put a little exchange of the text messages onto my facebook, and to my friends and that's when people started saying they had had similar experiences. the same guy had sent messages to two people that i know. i put his number into facebook and said he had a wife and child. i thought, this is not harmless flirty behaviour, this is quite predatory. how did you respond to his text? at first i was a bit surprised but i was thinking, i thought it was a bit cheeky at first and then some of the things he said made me feel more uncomfortable. if it simply had been funny it is still an abuse of your private information. a new complaint to justeat what was their response. first they asked me to leave a review for the restaurant so they could improve... they told me to do that. i asked if they were serious and then she said, we can offer you and then she said, we can offer you a£5 and then she said, we can offer you a £5 voucherfor and then she said, we can offer you a £5 voucher for the and then she said, we can offer you a £5 voucherfor the inconvenience. isaid,| a £5 voucherfor the inconvenience. i said, i think you're missing the point. i wanted them to contact the restau ra nt point. i wanted them to contact the restaurant on my behalf and tell them why this was not acceptable. they then increase the offer and said, we will offer you £10. wow! yeah! i was more shocked by the response from justeat than i was... we got a touch with them and they gave a statement and acknowledged that the way that you were dealt with was not good. they add, the safety a nd with was not good. they add, the safety and well—being of our customers is extremely important to us, we were deeply concerned to hear about this. by the restaurants our platform are independent from the justeat business we hold ourselves to to high standards and expect all drivers are associated with our restau ra nt drivers are associated with our restaurant partners to ask responsibly and respectfully at all times. the driver has acted in a way that does not representjusteat and our core values. that does not representjusteat and our core values. was that does not representjusteat and our core values. was not good enough? the director ofjusteat apologised to me personally for the way this is handled and said he wa nted way this is handled and said he wanted to update me on the changes they were going to implement. he said they had immediately begin retraining the entire customer care team. they were also changing their policies and guidelines and also would be looking into changing the technology so that numbers were masked because they do not need the numbers. hanekom halloo. a similar experience with a phone shop when you took your phone to be repaired --. it was with my phone provider, i took my phone to be repaired, i got a message the next day saying it was repaired, i had never received a message from them before. but first i was polite and then the conversation turned to asking about me and my day. i thought that was weird. then i got a message from a different number saying it was the same person and this was his personal number. then he proceeded to ask me on a date. i was like, no and ignored his that the messages. he found me on facebook, tried to message me on there. i ignored it. i was younger, i did not know what to do. i think that's the case, many women don't know where to make their complaints. to the company, obviously. i put my initialjusteat screen chat on to twitter and this is where it got so much attention. —— the screenshot. many women said they were either too scared to say something, or if they did say something, or if they did say something, people would reply, he does that all the time, it is harmless. not only does that person have your number, they know where you live because they have just brought food around. that's not good, is it. hopefully from what justeat have said, this will change. it is shocking customer relations, apart from anything else, it is bad pr for companies. those employees need to be properly trained, don't they? complaints procedures need to be looked at so that these things are taken seriously. and we need to empower women to have a voice and stand up for it, and call it out when they feel uncomfortable. even if it seems harmless, it is breaking the privacy policy and it is the misuse of peoples personal data. it isa misuse of peoples personal data. it is a much bigger issue than just a little text message. absolutely, you both. let me bring you this news, chris tarrant has pleaded guilty at reading magistrates' court to drink—driving. this newsjust in. patient safety in accident and emergency units in wales is being compromised to an "unacceptable degree" according to hospital consultants. our correspondent tomos morgan is at morriston hospital in swansea good morning, tell us more. in the last few moments the a & e road statistics for wales in december have been revealed, december was the worst winter period for a & e on records as they began. this hospital saw only 60% of patients within a four hour time frame, it's the worst performing hospital on record in wales. it's down from last year, as isaid, on wales. it's down from last year, as i said, on both the four hours and the 12 hour targets. with regard to the 12 hour targets. with regard to the 12 hour targets. with regard to the 12 hour targets the target is that nobody should have to wait that long but it appears that more people again have been waiting to be seen within that time frame. with regards to the letter you mentioned, victoria, a number of consultants in a&e victoria, a number of consultants in a & e departments across wales wrote to first minister carwynjones saying that the nhs and social care in wales is chronically underfunded. this is a huge issue to do with a & e departments across wales. the government says they have put an extra £60 million into patient care and do have winter plans in place but clearly these have not been enough to stem the flow. there's been an increase in patients coming into a been an increase in patients coming intoa & been an increase in patients coming intoa& e been an increase in patients coming into a & e departments across wales. huge increase also in the number of people that have been coming in with influenza rated symptoms. —— flu related symptoms. a huge increase of people coming into a & e departments and missing the targus again and performance worsening across welsh a &e performance worsening across welsh a & e departments. thank you very much. still to come: we have a special report from el salvador and hear from women who say they've being wrongly sent to jail for having abortions, when actually they've suffered a miscarriage. and should all women over 30 be screened for a faulty gene linked to higher rates of cancer? we'll hear from someone with the brca gene. time for the latest news, here's annita. the headlines on bbc news. theresa may will confirm this afternoon that britain is to contribute an extra £44 and a half million to border security at french ports. the prime minister will also say the uk has agreed to take more migrants from calais, particularly unaccompanied minors. she'll make the announcement at a summit with emmanuel macron at the sandhurst military academy. heavy snowfall is continuing to cause problems in parts of scotland and northern england, with drivers warned to proceed with "extreme caution" while on the roads. although travel warnings have been downgraded, police say there is still the likelihood of disruption and delays. scottish borders council has closed all schools. severe gales are affecting other parts of the uk with fallen trees and power outages. some areas reported gusts of up to 70 miles per hour. there are calls for all women over the age of 30 to be screened for a faulty gene linked to higher rates of breast and ovarian cancer. research by the barts cancer institute in london found testing would prevent thousands of cancers and be cost—effective for the nhs. taxpayers owe private companies £199 billion for schemes set up under private finance initiatives, according to the government's spending watchdog. the national audit office found 716 deals were currently operational under pfi and its successor, pf2, with annual costs amounting to more than £10 billion. the report was written before the collapse of carillion, which held a number of contracts. the government says pfi schemes are more transparent and offer better value for money. that's a summary of the latest bbc news. it's half past ten and here's some sport with hugh. there was a disappointing defeat for british number onejohanna konta at the australian open. the number 9 seed was shocked in the second round, beaten by the world number 123 bernarda pera in straight sets. konta said afterwards it's not a massive catastrophe. the new video assistant referee system caused its first strong debate last night with the former england captain calling it calling it a shambles — after chelsea were not awarded a penalty in their fa cup third round win over norwich. the shock of the night in the fa cup though came at wigan, where the league one side knocked out premier league bournemouth beating them 3—0. elsewhere, swansea beat wolves 2—1. and defending champions england have named their six nations squad for their first match against italy. eight uncapped players are named by eddie jones including northampton's harry mallinder. michelle so she was contacted by a supermarket delivery driver "i didn't tell the supermarket, it was creepy". another viewer says my daughter had several inappropriate text messages from a delivery goods driver. 12. the manager was dismissive. another person says use of personal data for anything other than the purpose it is collected for isa than the purpose it is collected for is a breach of data protection laws. take note. there was no red carpet, but donald trump has unveiled his highly anticipated "fa ke news" awards. he did this via twitter, linking to a website gop.com, a republican site, listing the winners, the website crashed soon after it went live, but later recovered. the intro reads this: 2017 was a year of unrelenting bias, unfair news coverage, and even downright fake news and studies have shown that over 90% of the media's coverage of president trump is negative. the site then went on to list the awards, essentially a rollcall of reports that were wrong and had to be corrected. the "winners" were cnn, mentioned four times; the new york times, with two mentions, and abc, the washington post, time and newsweek, with one mention each. taking top spot was the new york times's paul krugman's opinion piece, which claimed on the day of trump's presidential victory, that the economy would never recover. three days later, mr krugman retracted his prediction of an economic collapse, saying he had overreacted. abc news' brian ross was second place. abc "chokes and sends markets in a downward spiral with false report," the website said. abc apologised and suspended mr ross for four weeks without pay over mistakes in the report. cnn got the third prize for reporting that donald trump and his oldest son donald trump junior had received an email offering access to hacked wilileaks files during the presidential election campaign. cnn issued a retraction, admitting that it got the date wrong and that the material was already in the public domain. time magazine was fourth, for falsely reporting that trump removed a bust of martin luther king from the oval office. and so it goes on. at number six, it claims cnn "falsely edited a video to make it appear president trump defiantly overfed fish during a visit with the japanese prime minister. the japanese prime minister actually led the way with the feeding", the site said. next on the programme, we're going to show you part of a documentary about a teenager from el salvador who says she's been sentenced for murder after suffering a miscarriage. the central american country is often thought of as having some of the strictest abortion laws in the world. all forms of abortion are illegal, no matter what the circumstances. but some women say they are being sent to jail for having abortions when actually they've had a miscarriage or stillbirth. the bbc‘s benjamin zand went to meet evelyn haernandez, a teenager who says she had a miscarriage after being raped by a gang member and is now serving 30 years injailfor murder. just to let you know, this film has graphic discussions and themes throughout that some people may find upsetting. abortion in all forms is banned in el salvador. including in cases of incest, rape and where a woman's life is at risk. since 1998, its estimated over 600 women have been imprisoned under these laws. some are serving sentences of up to 40 years for aggravated murder. even more shockingly, i'd heard many of the murder convictions are people who have had miscarriages. there was one case in particular i had been hearing about involving a woman called evelyn. evelyn is from a poor rural family. injuly, 2017, at the age of 19, she was sentenced to 30 years injail. the prosecution accused her of homicide. but evelyn and her defence say she had a miscarriage. i arranged to meet her mum to find out more. and then what happened? how did she end up in the hands of the police? evelyn's story was hard to believe. how could a woman who had apparently had a miscarriage be sentenced to 30 years in prison? i wanted to know more about the case. so i went to meet evelyn's lawyer, dennis munoz. dennis is one of the few lawyers in the country prepared to work on cases like evelyn's. they are controversial and he's been derogatively labelled as the "pro—abortion lawyer". how is it possible that a teenager, who has a miscarriage, can be sent to jailfor 30 years? evelyn is an example of that? it sounds like you're saying that any woman who has a miscarriage is at risk of being sentenced to 30 years in jail. so, no matter your views on abortion, whether you are for it or against it, the surprising thing about the cases dennis represents is that the majority of them have nothing to do with abortion. they are, in fact, stillbirths or miscarriages. and you'd be hard—pressed to find somebody who truly believes that a woman should spend 30 years in jail for having a miscarriage. ricardo parker is a right—wing parliamentarian for the arena political party here. we'd agreed to meet. hello, how are you doing? very nice to meet you. he is one of the most hardline anti—abortionists in the country. not only does he think evelyn is guilty, he thinks people like her should be sent to jail for even longer. our constitution in article one states that we recognise a human being from the moment of conception so i don't see the difference between killing a kid and killing a baby inside the womb of its mother. someone like evelyn says she was sentenced because it was a homicide... yeah, homicide. but was the argument not that she didn't know that she was pregnant and gave birth, she had a stillbirth? and she killed the baby. how did she kill the baby? one of the cases was mechanical strangling. the other was with a brick, a stone, breaking the baby's skull. ijust need to clarify something. i found no evidence that this was true. there doesn't seem to be anything in evelyn's case that states physical injuries. she didn't know she was pregnant. she had a stillbirth in a house. she did not know that she was pregnant? for real? that is the argument? have you ever been pregnant? no, i am a man. but there are cases where women have been pregnant and not known they are pregnant. yeah, there are cases... how do you know that she was not one of these cases? well, you see, go read the file. the psychiatrist who had the file told me... they are lying. ricardo parker is at the extreme end of the abortion debate in this country. there are other political parties trying to loosen abortion laws. as of yet, though, there have been no changes. evelyn's case partly hinged on the prosecution's argument that she'd avoided antenatal care. they said this was tantamount to killing the child. but evelyn says she did not even know that she was pregnant. i wanted to talk to a doctor about this, to see what their opinion was on evelyn's situation but it wasn't easy. finally, i found one who would talk, but this was no ordinary doctor. he was one of the very few willing to carry out abortions in el salvador, risking 12 years injail. in a case like evelyn, where her defenders say she had a stillbirth, or a miscarriage, in those types of cases what do you think has happened? for the past few years, el salvador has been listed among the world's deadliest countries for women and ranks first in latin america. a huge issue with rape is part of this, taking place both in people's homes, by relatives, and as a form of control by gangs. it was thought evelyn herself was in a forceful relationship with a gang member, which made things much more complicated. el salvador‘s problem with gangs is out of control, with thousands of young men joining their ranks and living by their violent code. they have become infamous for their terrible treatment of women. if evelyn was raped by a gang member, it may explain why no—one knew of her pregnancy and why she may have had difficulty recognising any signs of it. late at night, ifound a gang member who was willing to talk to me. if you were in a relationship with a girl and she decided that she wanted to leave you, how would you react? what happens if the girl gets pregnant, if you were going out with the girl, if you don't want the baby, or if you do, what are you going to do? at this point, i just wanted to speak to evelyn myself, to see what life had been like, over the last 18 months. and to hear her account of what happened. finally, i got my chance. the prison said they'd let me in. i was meeting her lawyer again, dennis munoz, to head there. tell me a bit about the prison that she is in now. how has your time been in prison? there was some report that a member of a gang might have had something to do with the pregnancy. is that true or is that not true? the case was concluded that you had killed your child. what actually happened, in your eyes? what do you think of the abortion laws in this country that led you to being sentenced to jailfor so long? how many other people here are in situations like yours? this is a depressing story, whatever way you look at it. on the defence's side, this is a teenager who'd had a miscarriage after being raped in a violent relationship. on the prosecution's side, evelyn murdered her own child. her lawyer is confident she'll get out, and said there will be a supreme court appeal in early 2018. but in the meantime, evelyn will stay where she is, with 28 years left on her sentence. you can watch the full extended version of the film, miscarriage to murder, and the rest of benjamin zand's bbc stories series — cults, gangs and god — thank you for your comments on the colla pse thank you for your comments on the collapse of rape trials. one message says, please do notjudge our integrity, officers can be running ten cases at a time is mistakes are made. we are talking about this today, because because some of the country's most senior police officers, barristers and prosecutors are meeting this morning to discuss ways to address problems caused by the non—disclosure of evidence. earlier we heard from a lawyer who had been defending someone accused of rape, case which collapsed when his defence team found photos of him and his alleged victim cuddling in bed. he was arrested 18 months ago, bailed, his phone was seized and as a result information was downloaded, it appeared that the downloads did not include pictures which later came to life. and presumably your client told you, i know that there are pictures on my phone. he did. how come they were not disclosed by the police? download had presumably been completed by the police officers in the case, we don't know why these pictures did not come to light but we were able to download the pictures ourselves. it could be technical incompetence or something more sinister, the download happened and the photographs were kept back because they could undermine the prosecution case. are not suggesting anything sinister but i think there has been a technical failing. right. you managed to get the phone. idid. and did what differently? i got my own download i got my own experts. thankfully, we found the images. mr makele is also from eritrea, he doesn't speak the best english. thankfully, we were able to facilitate a proper interview with him and obtain all the information. right. but this has been going on for 18 months. so, had the photos emerged much earlier, this case would clearly... he may never have been charged in the first place. it certainly would not have come to court. i don't want to talk about hypotheticals, about shoulda, woulda, couldas. it could have been the case that this evidence or the telephone could have gone missing and he could been convicted of an offence where crucial evidence could have been available to the court. and he could have had a fair trial. testing all women over the age of 30 for breast and ovarian cancer gene mutations could save 12,000 lives, according to researchers. tests are normally offered only to high—risk families. the study by doctors at the barts cancer institute in london suggested that blanket screening would prevent thousands of breast cancers and 17 thousand ovarian cancers. one expert said it would be a sensible move. we estimate that thousands of people at risk to not meet the current criteria for testing and therefore would be missed. this new strategy offers is the chance to identify more women at risk and offered them screening and prevention and therefore save more lives. rachel williams is a nurse specialising in breast cancer care, kirsten williams had a faulty gene and when the surgery. kirsten, thank you for talking to us. you were tested for the brca gene after the death of your mum from cancer that started as a variant. when it came back positive for you what were the conversations you had with your partner and the decisions you had to make? we had long conversations about what would happen if i came back positive. and we both decided that, once the children were old enough to be in full—time school, any prophylactic surgery that was offered i would take up. what surgery did you have in the end?” had one operation where they took both of my ovaries, reducing the chances of ovarian cancer down to pretty much zero. i went for that one first because it has the lowest time for recovery, and ovarian cancer is the one that will kill you with virtually no warning. it was what got my mum. the other surgery that i was offered was a bilateral mastectomy. to get rid of all the breast tissue that could possibly get infected or cancerous. which i went for in late 2015. right. what do you think of the suggestion from these researchers that screening all women over 30, which is something like 27 million women in this country, would save 12,000 lives and in the long run would save the nhs money? i think it would be an absolutely fantastic idea. having gone through all the stress and hassle of annual mammograms and scans and simply not knowing, and thinking that every tiny bump i found might be cancerous, the sheer saving in stress alone would be brilliant. let me bring in rachel rawson from breast cancer care, thank you for talking to us. what do you make of this proposal? it's very early days. i think is interesting. and for the feature that we will have a test that potentially could help and support a lot of women but we mustn't forget the consequence of genetic testing and the fact that once you have this positive test the ripple effect that can happen from that in terms of making decisions about risk reducing surgery, we have heard her difficult those decisions can be about having the ovaries removed which means that if you are a young woman, losing your fertility, potentially, losing your breasts and everything that entails, and going through major surgery related to that, it can be really hard. and then the impact that can have on the family, and the children of the person who has been tested, the parents of, we hear many, many times our helpline at cancer care how hard these decisions can be and again how it affects people. unbelievably hard decisions to decide as kirsten did to have her breasts and ovaries removed, and i will talk about her children with her ina will talk about her children with her in a moment. yet if the alternative is breast cancer you can see why there might be a clamour for this testing for all women over 30, can't you ? this testing for all women over 30, can't you? i can absolutely see that. but we mustn't forget the personal effect this will have, and potentially on people having a positive test. but better to know than not know? as long as the support is there, knowing that the decisions are being made with support. kirsten, you have children. i don't know who few have a girl. one girl, one by. my daughter will be nine in a couple of weeks' time. is she aware of why your mum died? she knows that my mother got really sick and died when she was one—year—old. she is sad that she never got to properly meet her rather than sad because she's died ofa rather than sad because she's died of a certain thing. i'm going to wait before explaining that. although at some point you will have to talk to your daughter about getting her tested for this corrupt gene. one thing i have made clear when i went into hospital was that i had a slight thing wrong inside of me that they had found. and that there was a chance that when she was older they might find that she had it as well. the response to that was, oh, ok. itjust does not strike that important yet. of course not, of course not. but when she becomes an adult and a young woman, when you are embarking on the rest of your life, hopefully falling in love and having children, if she tests positive for that gene, as rachel was saying, some very hard decisions particularly when you are young woman. yes. the university hospital and we are attached to doesn't actually offer the testing for those at high risk until they are passed a certain age. i believe it is about 30. she wouldn't even be offered the test if she went before them. i can teach her how to look for breast cancer, at best, in the meantime. when you initially got the tests back stating that you are positive that the corrupt gene, what was your reaction. i was hoping for the best yet prepared for the worst. the second that they said it i was in floods of tears. it is a natural reaction to have to it. and now? now? iam reaction to have to it. and now? now? i am just glad that i don't need to worry about it so much any more. because there was an awful lot of stress around all of it. once my mum tested positive i was offered early tests, and scans, and waiting every few months was really stressful. let me bring rachel back in. if you have this risk reducing surgery as kirsten has does that mean that you won't get cancer? not 100% but it reduces the risk hugely. what i think kirsten has explained is very important. it was a difficult journey to go through but she was able to make that choice and she was able to make that choice and she sounds like she was well supported through that. ok. thank you very much. thank you rachel, thank you kirsten. thank you for your company today. bbc newsroom is next with annita mcveigh. have a good day. good morning. snow across scotland cause problems but for much of england and wales it was strong winds, all associated with cap next storm dashwood storm davide, named by the french authorities. the winds easing from what they were first thing this morning, we are left with showers moving in, those turning to snow of a higher ground of north—west england and scotland, northern ireland, down to low levels. the best of the sunshine in the south—east, it will feel cold this afternoon. through this evening and tonight ice will be a risk especially in northern and western areas, showers coming in across the west and overnight tonight. i think further south and east it's looking dry and bright just like further south and east it's looking dry and brightjust like today, the best sunshine in the south—east, and once more it's cold, maximum temperature is two or three celsius in northern areas, six or 7 degrees further south. goodbye. this is bbc news. these are the top stories developing at 11am: strong winds with gusts of up to 80 miles per hour batter parts of the uk. more than 60,000 homes are left without power in eastern england. snow causes problems elsewhere. schools closed and drivers are to ta ke schools closed and drivers are to take care. theresa may prepares to welcome france's president macron for his first summit in britain. border controls and brexit are expected to dominate the agenda. britain will spend an extra £44 million to bolster security in calais and commit to take in more migrants. also this hour: