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A man at the pdc World Championships. Game, set. Fallon sherrock smashes the Glass Ceiling and wins at the world darts championship. The first woman to beat a man at the world darts championship. Fallon sherrock is that woman. Fallon sherrock is here with the darts board she won on, to show us how its done. And this labour mp was one of 59 who lost theirjob in the general election last week. What voters didn t know is that four weeks earlier Emma Dent Coad had been diagnosed with Breast Cancer. We ll talk to her in the next hour. Welcome to the programme. Were live until 11 this morning. Thank you for all your messages about Fallon Sherrocks win last night to stop stewart on twitter says, surprised its not happened before. Always knew that male and female darts players growing up in leicester years ago. Best of luck in the next round. I hope victoria is a Good Practice partner. We will see later. Also on twitter, first football and now darts, where will it end. Congratulations, impressive. And another tweet, saying, you werent in it. We will talk to her live in the next few minutes. Use the hashtag victoria live if you wa nt to the hashtag victoria live if you want to get in touch. You can e mail, and text. First, the news with annita mcveigh. Around 9,000 nurses in Northern Ireland are staging a 12 hour strike today, over ongoing disputes about pay and staffing levels. It s the first time members of the Royal College of nursing have ever taken part in strike action. All Emergency Departments will remain open, but some routine appointments will be cancelled and a number of minor injury units will be closed. Tony blair is warning that labour will be replaced as a serious Political Force if it tries to whitewash the scale of its election defeat. The former Prime Minister presented Research Suggesting labours problems go far deeper than its leadership and brexit stance. Mr corbyn faced fury within his party at the first meeting of labour mps last night, where he was criticised for both the campaign and the lack of an apology. President trump is set to face a trial in the us senate if as expected the house of representatives votes in favour of impeaching him today. If convicted by the senate, he would be removed from Office Something thats never happened in us history. In a public letter, mr trump has accused the democratic speaker of the house, nancy pelosi, and her party of subverting democracy with an illegal, partisan attempted coup. Mortgage borrowers who were stuck on high Interest Rates when their lenders were nationalised after the financial crash are launching legal action against the companies they say are responsible. Its thought around 150,000 homeowners were unable to switch to a cheaper deal after their mortgages were transferred. A Group Legal Action is now looking to claim repayment of the extra interest. We were on Something Like six and 796, we were on Something Like six and 7 , which was a lot more than what other people were on. I then worked out how much i would have paid had i been given the fixed rate and it was well over £32,000 i had paid extra. Four vaping companies, including British American tobacco, have had instagram posts promoting e cigarettes banned by the advertising standards authority. The posts showed models and celebrities such as lily Allen Holding electronic cigarettes. The advertising of these products is banned on social media. One of the groups that had complained said the ruling was a huge step forward. Hundreds of thousands of people are facing a wait of months to have their faulty and potentially dangerous washing machines replaced. Whirlpool recalled half a million appliances yesterday because the door locking system can overheat, causing a fire risk but customers are struggling to get information because of problems with its website. The company was already dealing with problems with its dryers. An investigation into vienna state 0peras high profile Ballet Academy has found that children there were encouraged to smoke to control their weight. A special commission is investigating claims that the academy endangered pupils wellbeing. Its claimed that the young dancers had been exposed to harsh routines of training, practising and performing. Australia has experienced its hottest day on record with the average National Temperature reaching a high of 40. 9 celsius yesterday. It comes as Fire Services continue to battle a drought and bushfire crisis. The bureau of meteorology said tuesdays temperature tipped the mercury past the previous record of 40. 3 celsius set in january 2013. Forecasters predict the record could be broken again later this week. That a summary of the main news so far. Back to victoria. Good morning. Let me introduce you to Fallon Sherrock. Shes 25, shes from milton keynes, shes a mum of a 5 year old boy with autism, and shes a professional darts player. A darts player who doesnt drink. And shes just made history becoming the first woman ever to win a match at the pdc world championship. Commentator for the second time, shes opened a leg with a maximum. Goodness me. 0h, now. We could now be about to witness. Double 18 to keep this match alive. And she gets it and forces the decider. This could be history. 36 left for Fallon Sherrock. Game, set. Fallon sherrock smashes the Glass Ceiling and wins at the world darts championship. The first woman to beat a man at the world darts championship. Fallon sherrock is that woman. Amazing moment for womens darts. Full credit to ted evetts, he played a top quality game of darts. The crowd absolutely loving it. Congratulations. How does it feel to make history . Its amazing. I still havent let it sink in. The realisation hasnt hit yet, but im over the moon. About an hour ago you we re over the moon. About an hour ago you were verified on twitter, you got a blue tick. I thought the other day when i was tweeted by nandos that i had made it but now i have a bluetit whats astonishing, you are only 25 and you first picked up a dart at 17. Now i have a blue tick. I started off playing county youth and realised i was quite good at it. I realised i was quite good, got onto the bdo circuit and at the bdo World Championships and progressed from there. You had your head in your hands, the crowd going wild. What did it feel like. |j your hands, the crowd going wild. What did it feel like. I couldnt believe it. I was in disbelief at what i had done. Looking back at it now, im so proud of myself, but at that moment in time i couldnt believe what i had done. Im still lost for words. Before that moment you had scored to make 1805 back to back. For those who are not dart5 aficionados, thats hard to do. Definitely. Its the highest you can 5core definitely. Its the highest you can score on the board and the fact you can do it back to back is really good. Mo5t can do it back to back is really good. Most men cant do that. Its really good, me being a woman as well, i have proved that we can do that like you can. Do you feel you have broken some kind of Glass Ceiling . Definitely. Ifeel have broken some kind of Glass Ceiling . Definitely. I feel like i have put ladie5 dart5 on the map. Ladies can compete in any sport. That double 18 at the end, you could feel the tension. Were you feeling the pressure or does your training kicked in and you can zone everyone out . Definitely, my preparation up to it, i definitely zoned out and didnt think about it really. Iju5t went for it. My preparation, absolutely i prepared myself mentally for that moment. Thinking i could get the shot. Sue has tweeted, you have earned this day, enjoy it and thank you for taking women sport forward. Andy is tweeting, amazing and well deserved to get this coverage. Good luck in the second round. Keep on winning. Adam says congratulations, a greatjob. Round. Keep on winning. Adam says congratulations, a great job. Janet 5ay5 congratulations, a great job. Janet says its a great step forward for women in sport. It is a really big deal in that sense, for womens sport generally. Do you recognise that and feel that . Definitely will stop women dont get the same recognition as men but we have proved that we can compete and be as good as the men, so we just need more opportunities. Through the first round, and you have won up to £15,000 so far, which i am told is the highest a woman has ever earned in one tournament in professional dart5. If you go all the way it could be half a million. |j dart5. If you go all the way it could be half a million. I know. I would just take each game as it comes. I wont look too far and forward. All im thinking is to keep up forward. All im thinking is to keep up the scoring. If i get an opportunity at the doubles, ju5t ta ke opportunity at the doubles, ju5t take it. Tell us about your little boy. He is just take it. Tell us about your little boy. He isju5t five, rory, and he has auti5m. The dart board you won on last night, which you have here, you will auction that off. On last night, which you have here, you will auction that offlj on last night, which you have here, you will auction that off. I will auction it off and give the money to the National Autistic society. Auti5m i5 the National Autistic society. Auti5m is quite close to my heart, obviously, and if i can help out in any way that i cant think of a better opportunity to raise some money for a Great Organisation and charity. Does rory know what youve done . I think so. Charity. Does rory know what youve done . Ithink so. He charity. Does rory know what youve done . I think so. He knows i won, but i dont think he realises how big it is. It really is big. You have a kidney condition meaning you cant drink. You dont drink. I think we have a photograph, and you are comfortable with us using this, which shows you going through treatment. You got some pretty har5h social media as a result of that. Yes. I got a lot of online criticism and harsh comments. What were they saying . They were calling me big faced per5on, saying . They were calling me big faced person, i cant really use the word5 faced person, i cant really use the words that they actually used. But it inspired me to get better and gave me the determination to prove eve ryo ne gave me the determination to prove everyone wrong. They were hurtful comments about your physical appearance. What about the fact you area appearance. What about the fact you are a woman playing professional darts . Have you had 5exi5t comments online . Online, yes. In the sport itself it is fine, but controls online are constant in giving you 5exi5t comments. Online are constant in giving you sexist comments. Like what . Women arent as good as men and all that sort of stuff. I just arent as good as men and all that sort of stuff. Iju5t proved them wrong. Now, you will give me a lesson. Good luck with that. We have your walk on music, katy perry, la5t friday night. Can i borrow yours ju5t friday night. Can i borrow yours just in case . Lucky arrow5, lucky 5pec5. Just in case . Lucky arrow5, lucky spec5. Give us a lesson. Just in case . Lucky arrow5, lucky specs. Give us a lesson. Have a look at what you want, stare at it, and then follow through and pull it back. At what point do you release the arrow . About midway. What are you going for and what do i need to go for . The big 20s. No pressure, you go first. 0k. Iveju5t 0k. Ive just tried 0k. Iveju5t tried on 0k. Ive just tried on your spec5. They will actually work for me you u5e they will actually work for me you use these when you are playing. I dont want these lucky arrows that are precious to you. In fact, im going to take off your 5pec5 because i dont want to trash these. At least its hitting the board thats the main thing. Give me some encouragement. Applause not 180. Thank you so much. I appreciate you coming in and congratulations. Good luck for the rest of the tournament. You can go all the way thank you. This programme can reveal that 150,000 homeowners who are prevented from switching to a cheaper deal are suing the firms they say are responsible. They call themselves mortgage prisoners trapped on expensive rates with defunct lenders. Some have paid tens of thousands of pounds over they odds and they re not allowed to be offered new deals or remortgages. Andy verity has the story. Dad worked in this area as a countryside ranger and helped landscape and develop the area. We were asked to come back when it came up vacant. At this bungalow overlooking a reservoir near rochdale, Neville Herron and his wife first lived as tenants, but in 2003, the Water Company that owned the land decided on short notice to sell it. He scrambled to get a mortgage in time with Northern Rock, borrowing £100,000. Then a few years later when Northern Rock collapsed and fell into taxpayers hands, he was told nothing would change. The first two years, they gave us a fixed mortgage rate, which was a good amount. Then they gave us another one, fixed rate. Again, when we were due for another one, nram thenjumped in and took over as Northern Rock crashed. We were not then allowed to go on to a fixed rate, but we werent particularly aware of what was going on at the time. We just sort of accepted it, because they said all the terms and conditions and everything were the same. At first, neville and his wife couldnt work out why they were struggling. I was having to work two jobs, late at night, getting home at 11 oclock at night. Travelling about, working really hard. And finding that our friends were able to do all sorts of things that we couldnt do. We couldnt understand and it was putting a great strain on our marriage why we couldnt do the same as other people could do. Change their car, go to the bahamas and other places. And we were just doing day trips to places like blackpool and whitby and things like that. It was only years later that neville realised hed been paying far more than he would have done on a competitive mortgage rate. We were on Something Like 6 and 7 , which was a lot more than what other people were on. So i then worked out how much i would have paid had i been given a fixed rate, and it was well over £32,000 that i had paid extra. Nevilles loan was among 270,000 former Northern Rock mortgages transferred from the Government Owned Company nram to private Companies Just over three years ago, part of the biggest privatisation in british history. It cut Government Debt and made big money for buyers. Neville was eventually able to move to a slightly cheaper loan that saved him just £40 per month, but many of the mortgage borrowers were even more trapped with no chance of moving to a cheaper deal. They call themselves mortgage prisoners. For some, it has caused great distress. Looking back and thinking about the people who have been repossessed, if they had had that money on their mortgage situation, some people had a lot more than us, some are a lot less, they wouldnt have got into arrears and wouldnt have been repossessed, wouldnt have had Mental Health problems. The lead Company Buying the mortgages was a giant american firm, cerberus. Named after the mythical 3 headed dog that guards the gates of hell. Last year, panorama revealed that cerberus told the government it was planning to offer homeowners Better Mortgage deals before it bought the former Northern Rock mortgages in 2016, but that never happened. Cerberus disputed this and said it didnt agree to any new Lending Programme as part of its agreement with the government. There is a big contrast here between how the treasury treated the mortgage borrowers, and how they treated the big city institutions that lent Northern Rock money. Whereas the borrowers are sometimes told, you got into deep told, you got in too deep and its your own fault, thats a message that doesnt go to the big city institutions who got bailed out by taxpayers, got all their interest and all their money back. The mortgage prisoners are launching legal action today to sue the companies that took on the former Northern Rock mortgages, claiming back interest that they say they have been unfairly overcharged. Everybody knows that if at the end of the month they cant meet their mortgage payments, other things have to go. Some people have got into terrible financial situations. Some people have gone into arrears when they wouldnt otherwise have been. Some people have been repossessed. The core mortgage prisoner complaint is that they are charged a higher rate because they are prisoners, because they cant escape. Rachel neale, who campaigns for mortgage prisoners from her home says they are now hearing heartbreaking stories with some borrowers becoming suicidal. Earlier this year, the mail reported that back in 2013, sajid javid, then a treasury minister, had an opportunity to prevent mortgage borrowers becoming trapped, but then he decided against it. Rachel confronted sajid javid before the election about that report. All i want to know is, are you going to help us now . What are you going to do . Sajid javid didnt answer questions about the report but gave rachel his advisers card to set upa meeting. As christmas approaches, some trapped borrowers have the threat of repossession hanging over them. The new chancellor of the exchequer is now well aware of their plight but so far campaigners have heard nothing back from him. Lets speak tojill hulme a mortgage prisoner who is currently on a 6 Interest Rate mortgage. 6 rachel neale, who you saw in that film, who fell into mortgage arrears after becoming seriously ill, and now runs the uk mortgage prisoners group. And also with us is damon parker a partner at Harcus Parker who will be repesenting the group who are suing. Thank you for coming on the programme. Jill, how much more do you and your husband have paid over the last 12 years because you have been trapped on a high Interest Rate . We havent actually got an accurate figure at the moment because over the years, our Interest Rate has progressively gone up and up, but rate has progressively gone up and up, but i think we are probably looking at anything between the range of 20000 and 50,000. Between 20000 and £50,000 over that period. How stressful has that period been . Its been a desperate and anxious stressful time for the last ten yea rs. Stressful time for the last ten years. It has taken its toll on us. In what respect . We are self employed, myself and my husband. We run a business with staff. And of course when the fixed rate ended at the end of 2009, we we re rate ended at the end of 2009, we were then in the hands of what we now know was an inactive lender. Mortgage Agency Services number five, owned by the co op. At that time we were not aware they were an inactive lender. This fell in line with the financial crisis. Banks no longer wanted to help small businesses, so to keep the business afloat we looked to personal loans and credit cards to keep the business going and keep staff in jobs. All the time we were receiving letters through from companies saying the Interest Rates were going up, while we watch the news that the rest of the country were being offered the lowest Interest Rates that the uk had ever experienced, and we were stuck. The coop say they have reviewed your account but u nfortu nately they have reviewed your account but unfortunately that is not an alternative mortgage option they can offer you at the moment but they are continuing to review your case. In terms of your own experience, rachel, its very similar. Can you describe the stress on you and your family . Its a continual cycle, that you are always worried, you always think about your mortgage payments that have to be paid. He gets letters through the post all the time. They are aggressive in how they contact you. They are allowed to contact you up to ten times per they sent us letters continuously saying we are under a 14 day repossession order, which is absolute nonsense. When you call them they tell you it has been sent in error. Thats the same for a lot of people throughout the group. They all experience the same situation. Its heartbreaking because a lot of them are ill. There are a lot of people at retirement age. Mental health has suffered because of it. They will get a repossession order through the post giving them 14 days to vacate their property and they dont believe they have done anything wrong. At that point some of them dont have any arrears, they are not in any problems, and they just get sent out. Just explain why are you are not to a cheaper deal we we re are you are not to a cheaper deal we were moved to a company that do not have a lending license and dont offer lending products. When we were sold on to them initially we were told that they would be able to offer new products in the future. And we have never been able to be offered new products. Then the affordability criteria changed because of the financial crash and because of the financial crash and because of the financial crash and because of that you just cant move. You cant move to another lender. A lot of people now are stuck on interest only. There will be an epidemic in the country in the next five or ten years because all these people, up to 150,000 mortgage prisoners in the country who are either stuck on interest only, and at retirement age they cant remortgage. They have nowhere to go. They cant sell their property because they have nowhere to live. Some are in negative equity because they bought in the height and they are now in negative equity and they are now in negative equity and they are still paying astronomical levels of interest. It seems incredibly unfair, hence this group action to sue. Who will they sue and what will it achieve . To sue the people collecting these high rates. We hope it will achieve compensation for amounts over paid and reduced rates in the future. What hope is there your action will achieve that outcome . Its a good hope. You stand back from this and listen to those stories like the ones we have just heard, and it is very unfair. Everybody knows Financial Institutions have to treat their customers fairly. It seems to us this is a paradigms example of a situation in which people should be treated fairly. They cant escape, so treated fairly. They cant escape, so lower rates should be offered. We cant force people to offer new products, but what we can do, we think, is ask the court to say, this isa fair think, is ask the court to say, this is a fair rate and this is what should be charged. You talked to the chancellor recently and we saw it in the film. You are still waiting to hear from the film. You are still waiting to hearfrom him. Could he sort this out like that . He had the opportunity to sort things out in 2013 but shelved those plans to do that. Himself and john glenn, we have been asking for more than a year to get help. We have been ignored almost by john year to get help. We have been ignored almost byjohn glenn. Year to get help. We have been ignored almost by john glenn. Who is john glenn . He is the mp. He is an economic secretary. He is the person who could step in with sajid javid and help us. We are still waiting for a response from sajid javid. Your company landmark told us it works to find their position for customers. Repossession would only bea customers. Repossession would only be a last resort. That is utter nonsense. We have case after case after case where people have gone to them requesting help from them. We have been asking them to follow their vulnerability policy properly, which they dont. Theyjust dont offer a ny which they dont. Theyjust dont offer any help. They just which they dont. Theyjust dont offer any help. Theyjust say they cant do anything about it. How long could the process take . Possibly 18 months. We have to look at cases as they come in because every case is different. But the overarching principle is the same, but it can affect people in different ways, as we have heard. Thank you to all of you. A labour mp who lost her seat in last weeks general election has revealed to this programme she was diagnosed with Breast Cancer a month before polling day. Emma dent coad didnt make the news public while she was campaigning. She was beaten in kensington north by the conservative candidate felicity buchan, byjust 150 votes. Three days previously, she was in hospital, having surgery to remove the cancer. Good morning, emma. Thank you for coming on the programme. How are you . Im doing 0k. Programme. How are you . Im doing ok. I programme. How are you . Im doing 0k. Iwas programme. How are you . Im doing ok. I was very lucky that it was picked up early after a screening. It was pre lumped stage. I always knew it was a possibility. I have four sisters and two of them have been through it and survive. There was always the possibility, i was hoping i had got away with it, but i am 0k, actually. Because i am going through the process and feeling quite positive about it, but it was a horrible shock at a really terrible time. It was through screening, as you said. Tell us about the impact, when they confirmed it was Breast Cancer. That was quite hard. I had a screening where they said theyjust was quite hard. I had a screening where they said they just wanted was quite hard. I had a screening where they said theyjust wanted to check some things. I went back on my own. They did a biopsy, it didnt look good. I went back with a friend to start with and then had the diagnosis. That was a shock. I am a strong person, but obviously Something Like that is quite frightening. I was at Charing Cross hospital and the doctors there are amazing. Ijust hospital and the doctors there are amazing. I just wanted hospital and the doctors there are amazing. Ijust wanted information about what it was, how bad it is and what they would do. They explained everything to me. I subsequently went back with family. I have doctors and nurses in the family so we are used to talking about medical issues. I felt like i we are used to talking about medical issues. Ifelt like i was we are used to talking about medical issues. I felt like i was on a we are used to talking about medical issues. Ifelt like i was on a kind and caring Conveyor Belt and just had to get through it. It was really hard, especially because of the campaign and having to deal with that at the same time. You got the diagnosis on the 14th november, four weeks before polling day. Tell us why you decided not to make it public. Partly because i was dealing with it myself. I wanted my family to get to know i get used to the idea. And partlyi to get to know i get used to the idea. And partly ijust didnt want it to be a factor at all, either positive or negative in campaign. A lot of people get really knocked back by it. But i didnt want it to be an issue at all. So we had organised everything beautifully. I just stepped out when i had to. The machine of the campaign continued around me. Its a tribute to those people who did that. When you say you didnt want it to be used positively or negatively, you mean positively, we feel sorry for you so we will vote for you. And negatively, she is just we will vote for you. And negatively, she isjust asking we will vote for you. And negatively, she is just asking for sympathy. Exactly. Social media is very brutal. I am interested to see what people will say today. But social media is really nasty and the campaign started off on a very unpleasant way, i was accused in being complicit in the Grenfell Tower fire, which was not true. That was from your liberal democrat opponent sam gyimah. Was from your liberal democrat opponent sam gyimahlj was from your liberal democrat opponent sam gyimah. I had the evidence, i had been accused of 82 and a half years before and had hundreds of Death Threats and had Police Protection and advice. It was very frightening. That didnt happen this time, but we had a detailed rebuttal and he just refused to stop isaid, rebuttal and he just refused to stop i said, just say you made a mistake and you were misinformed and i will step off. Get on with our campaigns. He stuck to it and i thought it was really low, a horrible thing to say. I witnessed the fire and so people i know die. I was accused of complicity, which was not true. 0n so many levels it was a really Nasty Campaign from day one. I have a statement regarding the allegations you just made against sam gyimah. The liberal democrats are not currently aware of any Police Investigation or the basis for one. The grenfell fire should never have happened. All politicians owe it to the victims and those affected by the fire to ensure that a tragedy such as grenfell never happens again. The reference to the Police Investigation is because she made a complaint to the police because it is against the law to lie about a political opponent during an election campaign, what did you say to the metropolitan police . They have all the information, the various articles in which he was quoted. I think there was also an interview, we made a statement through my barrister, john cooper. So that is going through the process , so that is going through the process, i am so that is going through the process, i am sure so that is going through the process, i am sure they have received a lot of allegations. But it is going through the process. It should not be. The level of lying involved in this campaign was an absolute disgrace. It is the kind of thing which puts people off politics altogether. People say you have to toughen up, you are as bad as them, i would never do that. You are talking about the level of lying within your constituency . Within my constituency and also across the country. In my constituency specifically, the liberal democrats with dodgy bar charts and all sorts of things. I was pulled on my phone and a new where it was going, if it was a two horse race, who would you vote for . Which i didnt respond to. Two days later, there was a bar charter saying it was a two horse race, which was not true. People are making formal complaints about that. Did you write tojo swinson about what was happening locally . Yes, i am part of a group called compassionate politics, about truth and compassion. My god, we are going to need it now. They wrote tojo swinson to suggest he withdraw that because it was very low and disgraceful as a comment and they have not heard back, so there we go. We were having surgery three days before the general election. Having the cancer removed and having a reconstruction. Tell us what that was like for you. Yes, it was very frightening. As somebody who likes to be in charge of things anyway, just handing yourself over to doctors, however brilliant they are and they were, it is quite humbling. We it was kind of a relief to know it was going to be done before the election, the timing was horrific weirdly, it was kind of a relief. I just kind of submitted to that end allows people to look after me, as i dont normally do. I did that. Then i had dont normally do. I did that. Then ihada dont normally do. I did that. Then i had a day of rest and i tried to be useful. It was painful and it still is, but i am hearing up beautifully. And i am going back tomorrow to find out what they found. Hopefully, it wouldjust tomorrow to find out what they found. Hopefully, it would just be radiotherapy, but we will find out tomorrow. And i willjust go through the process. I have amazing family and friends and colleagues around me. So i know i am lucky to be diagnosed as early as i was. You lost on thursday night by 150 votes. Do you wonder, if you had been able to be out there more during the last few weeks, if you could have won . I think that is on everybodys mind, everybody involved in that campaign would probably think, if only i had done this. Not on that door. Not everybody got a Breast Cancer diagnosis. We were so beautifully organised. It was running like a well oiled machine, they were out three times a day, people came from all over london to help. Because it was kensington and a grenfell constituency. Some people because it was me, which is lovely to know. And i dont think so. I dont think it would have made a difference. We we re would have made a difference. We were facing a barrage of lies and nastiness throughout the campaign, which was a disgrace. I dont think we would have done so well without all that help. I wouldnt take the credit for me being in the thick of it all the way through it and getting a few more votes. So i dont think so, but it will always be peoples mind, obviously. What was Election Night like for you . M peoples mind, obviously. What was Election Night like for you . It was hard. We were pulling ahead. And the liberal democrats, very sad third place, which is what we always thought, they gain some votes. Yes, that was difficult. And there were quite a few people because of the bar charts, the dodgy bar charts, the publications which had been promoting them said, you had been a brilliant mp but we will vote democrat because we have to stop brexit, which i thought was cutting. And more people have confessed afterwards they felt stupid. But we we re afterwards they felt stupid. But we were pulling ahead and i was hopeful all night, until right at the end, that we were going to be ok. What was your emotion, overriding emotion . I was really angry, actually. On behalf of the people who had worked incredibly hard and who had worked incredibly hard and who had worked incredibly hard and who had been faced with the barrage of total dishonesty. Politics should not be like that. It will put people off to know how brutal it is. Westminster is bad enough. Some people really take to it, ifound it very hard. But that process of electioneering, where you are just faced with a wall of nastiness, i think it will put people off and thatis think it will put people off and that is a huge shame because i want more people like me to get into politics. Why do you think labour lost nationally, what is your view . Yes. It is hard, isnt it . I was in a remain seat, i am a remainer, yes. It is hard, isnt it . I was in a remain seat, iam a remainer, but iam very a remain seat, iam a remainer, but i am very where most of the country was not. People forget, in a referendum, 60 off labour constituencies voted to leave, how could we possibly leave them behind . Actually, jeremy, who from the earliest days were saying we have to ta ke earliest days were saying we have to take this into account, we cannot leave them behind, that is a majority, however he processed that, he was right in that we couldnt leave them behind. But that is exactly what happened. You were not leave enough in the end. Yes, exactly, and people look towards the leadership. But we have to get out of our bubble and even now, i am very much aware of what goes on elsewhere. And what a shame that the divisiveness of that referendum, rather than looking at the issues that people were concerned about in constituencies, what had happened to them, what with the issues there, what do they think the eu had done, was that correct . Rather than picking out all the issues, they made it this awful binary choice, which has split families and communities, and i think that is tragic, i really do. One of your ex colleagues, mary craig, also lost a seat last week. You will know she gave Jeremy Corbyn what she called the hairdryer treatment yesterday, describing him as a preening narcissist and saying he should apologise to young voters not having his photos taken with them, do you agree . I think a lot of people still hold a candle for him, a lot of young people. On the streets of north kensington, my neighbours who come up to me, they were longing for corbyn to lead us into downing street. Because of his sheer decency and his fight against racism forever. I live in a very mixed community. They are feeling bereft. Soi community. They are feeling bereft. So i will still be fighting for them. But he wont be there. What he symbolised, we have to hang on to that. Which is what . Well, that decency and fighting for fairness. In fighting against austerity. You know there are some jewish in fighting against austerity. You know there are somejewish labour members who dont feel he fought on their behalf. No, i am very much aware of that. I met with the board of deputies in our synagogue and i did it everything i could. We havent had any recorded incidences of anti semitism within our membership at all, but i am very aware that could happen and i would not tolerate any kind of racism of any kind or anti religious sentiment. I very much and focused on my patch, but i know there are people who felt they had been betrayed. But i find it difficult. Because i never saw it and i dont know where it came from. Who do you think should be the next leader, who is your preference . I thought very much of my idealjob description and person specification rather than thinking we have to have somebody that looks like this. Unfortunately for me, i have the perfect fit, which is rebecca long bailey. U nfortu nately. Which is rebecca long bailey. Unfortunately. I hope she gets the chance, i think she is perfect, very personable, highly intelligent, red hot and economic. And she is not a londoner, which i think for some people that is going to mean a lot. I have huge admiration for her. Can i read you a couple of messages from the viewers . Helen says, you may have lost the electoral battle, but you are conquering the most important one. You have probably won by releasing the stress that would have gone with the job. I had by releasing the stress that would have gone with thejob. I had Breast Cancer 23 years ago and after undergoing a lumpectomy and radiotherapy, i change my life and myjob. I went back to my musical roots and i am now a songwriter and lyricist, full of hope and free of cancer. That is lovely. Tj says, he wa nts to cancer. That is lovely. Tj says, he wants to send you all good things in the world. Anna says, full of admiration and sympathy for you. Julian says, i am watching an ident coad and Victoria Derbyshire and fuming at the way this decent woman has been treated. Also huge sympathy for undergoing such major Health Issues at the time, massive respect for keeping that yourself. This is, so sorry to hear this, emma, you are a fighter. That is lovely, thank you. Have you had chance to process yet, being diagnosed with Breast Cancer and losing your job yet, being diagnosed with Breast Cancer and losing yourjob within the space of four weeks . Well, not really. But i have lots to do. I am still on the council, i stayed on the council because of grenfell particularly said that work will continue. And i have a lot of other things to do. It was never my life is my ambition to be an mp and i am sure it will be very, very hard for people who have that ambition. I would only ever represent kensington. Yes, iam would only ever represent kensington. Yes, i am obviously going to have a very. I am very bad at resting, actually. I am going to have a break and submit to being looked after by my family, which is going to be hard. No, i havent really had time to process it, but i am going to be ok, i have been through worse, actually, in my life, amazingly. And i will be there fighting for my neighbours in the new year. Well, thank you so much, emma. Thank you very much for coming on the programme. You are a survivor, you are alive, it is christmas, you have an amazing family and i am really grateful you spoke to our audience about this, thank you. Thank you. For everyone diagnosed with cancer, each person approaches it in a diffrent way. You just heard emma talking about her political had pretty practical and robust way of approaching it. That would be a fair way of describing it . Yes. Im going to play you a video of nine year old steven cotter, from the us, whos been going through Cancer Treatment for three years. His mum recorded this on her phone the moment he took his last course of drugs. Are you going to count to three, or not . No. Absolutely very, very poignant. I should have said to have some tissues ready for that. We have got so many messages about Fallon Sherrock which i do want to read out. This says, congratulations, fallon, for breaking another Glass Ceiling for us. We are proud of you. This says on twitter, well done, fallon, my wife and i was screaming the house down when you hit the double 18. Amanda, huge congratulations, keep going, i never understood why women had to fight so ha rd to understood why women had to fight so hard to play. It is just a mens world, keep going, good luck. And an anonymous text says, a brilliantjob by fallon at the darts. Go, girl. Well, as you know from our interview with her earlier, if she does go all the way, she could be in line for winning half £1 million, but the way, she could be in line for winning half £1 million, but i think perhaps more important would be the breaking of that Glass Ceiling. Next. A convicted murderer will be disciplined, after posting a snapchat video of himself in prison appearing to mock the family of the person he stabbed to death. Ali zahawy was jailed for life after being convicted of murdering Andre Aderemi in croydon, in south london, in august 2016. A video sent to mr aderemis mother, and seen by the bbc, showed zahawy in his cell saying he was still banged up. Well, we can talk to mraderemis mum, yemi hughes, who was sent the snapchat video, which the ministry ofjustice confirmed was recorded inside one of its prisons. Yemi, thank you very much for talking to us, i know this must be ha rd talking to us, i know this must be hard for you. I wonder what you thought when you first saw that video . When i first saw the video, i think i was quite angry, actually, to start with. I felt quite angry that he was in a position where he was still able to communicate with the outside world. And then that quite quickly turned to emotion. Because the reality is that my son is not here because of what he did and the fact he is still able to communicate with people on the outside is quite upsetting. And was the video sent to you by him . No, it was posted onto snapchat. And somebody that was friends with my son had seen it and sent it to me. She didnt want to send it to me. There was apparently a series of videos, that was just the male one that she wanted to share with me. But she was quite upset the mildest one. It really upset her to see him videoing himself. And what was the tone of this video, what was he doing . He was, like, showing the state of his hair. It had grown quite a bit since the trial when we last saw him. Then he was basically just saying he is locked up, he is in jail, just saying he is locked up, he is injail, but things just saying he is locked up, he is in jail, but things could just saying he is locked up, he is injail, but things could be just saying he is locked up, he is in jail, but things could be worse for him, he could be dead, which made me feel like could be dead, like what you did to my son, my son is dead. Oh, my god what do you wa nt is dead. Oh, my god what do you want the ministry ofjustice to do now . I want them to focus on two things, really. When we see our childrensmurderers convicted, or anybody convicted for such offensive crimes, they need to be, you know, they need to be programmes of rehabilitation. Because for me, this video showed that he had no remorse for what he had done almost three yea rs for what he had done almost three years ago. There is a couple of other boys, one who is due to be released in a couple of years because he was charged with manslaughter and found guilty of manslaughter, is it going to be the same for him being released back into the public in two years time with no remorse for what they have done . That is the first thing. Secondly, there needs to be tougher punishments for people that have broken the prison rules, they are there for a reason, they are not supposed to have phones to communicate with the outside so there needs to be people that are going in and out of prison that need to be checked properly to make sure these things are not coming inside these things are not coming inside the prison services. That is the thing, he has a phone in his cell. He is posting on social media. As though he is out in the community. That is what everyone does outside jail, you are not supposed to do that insidejail, are you . Jail, you are not supposed to do that inside jail, are you . No, that is right, he has the privilege of being able to do that. My son is not here, he is lying on the ground. He cant do the things he is doing, he is supposed to be being on a punishment and that is no punishment ican see, punishment and that is no punishment i can see, he is not being punished. Ali zahawy was given a life sentence by thejudge ali zahawy was given a life sentence by the judge and ordered to serve a minimum of 22 years injail. Do you think what he has done now with this video should mean that this sentence is increased somehow, or the minimum term is increased . Is increased somehow, or the minimum term is increased . Definitely. I think they need to understand that and accept that they have been found guilty of such an horrendous crime and they need to start reflecting on that. If they cant reflect on it, they need to be punished further. May that means extra time. But really, in reality, if somebody is serving 22 years for life and they getan serving 22 years for life and they get an extra six months, is that going to really make a difference, it is just an extra six months . Going to really make a difference, it isjust an extra six months . Yes, thatis it isjust an extra six months . Yes, that is very true. So some rehabilitation is the key for him acknowledging what he has done and how he has ruined your familys life . Definitely, and for people on the outside, the younger people who are his target audience on snapchat, it is easy for them to think, actually, prison is not that bad, i can still have my phone and access people when i need to, that is not a very good deterrent. He needs to understand that by doing that, that has implications on what we are trying to fight on the outside everyday to stop young people killing themselves. Thank you very much, yemi, thanks for coming on the programme, i really appreciate that. Yemi hughes, thank you. A couple of m essa g es yemi hughes, thank you. A couple of messages about our interview with former labour mp Emma Dent Coad who lost her seat at the general election last week byjust150 votes. Voters d id election last week byjust150 votes. Voters did not know four weeks before, she was diagnosed with Breast Cancer, she revealed to our programme today. This says, brilliant interview with Emma Dent Coad, she is my new heroin. Neville says, hi, can coad, she is my new heroin. Neville says, hi, can i please say yes and please relate this to emma, i think she is brilliant, she is compassionate and caring and decent human being and i wish her the very best for the future. I hope knowing she has love and support of many, many people will help. And this says, remarkable strength under huge health and professional adversity. Thank you very much for those and if you get in touch, youre welcome to send us a victoria an e mail m essa g es send us a victoria an e mail messages on twitter. In the last hour, the bank of england has released a report on Climate Change and how it will affect business and your finances in the years to come. Its been looking at what banks and other big businesses need to do to be more sustainable, and how what they do will impact you. In the studio this morning is miatta fahnbulleh, who is the chief executive of the think tank first, our Business Editor simon jack is here, what was in the report . For the first time, they will stress test the big Financial Institutions against the risk of Climate Change. They did do some Financial Risks or the time, what happens if unemployment goes up, unemployment rates, property fell . Now they are putting a bunch of climate scenarios saying how resilient would the climate be . As an example, if after years of australian wildfires, insurers decided ijust australian wildfires, insurers decided i just cannot australian wildfires, insurers decided ijust cannot ensure Australia Property any more come up with that property become unviable because it is uninsurable . So the property becomes almost worthless. The bank which sent the mortgage on that property is now nursing a big loss as are all the other banks in australia and a climate risk turned into a financial crisis. That is the kind of thing they are muddling. 0nce kind of thing they are muddling. Once they try to measure this risk, they want to manage it. And ultimately, this could mean banks for example which lend a lot of mortgages in flood affected areas or which lend a lot of money to fossil fuel Companies Might have to pay more money and put more capital against that. So it becomes much more expensive for them to produce certain types of business. At that point, they would perhaps stop lending to fossilfuel point, they would perhaps stop lending to fossil fuel companies. This is in the future. And some climate activists, this is like the holy grailfor them climate activists, this is like the holy grail for them because this is a very powerful tool to use the Financial System and the bank of england if you like as a proxy for a carbon tax saying, you are doing risky stuff, climatically risky stuff, we want you to do less, withdraw it. In the process of that, you could have big transition risks like the price of meat goes up, so at the bank of and point out, Climate Change will affect the value of every asset on the planet. The cow, the house, it will affect everything. And when you get changing values, you get financial risk, that is what they want to measure and manage. It could be very profound indeed. The one thing i would say is with all these things which are global issues, it depends what other countries do at the same time. If you have a bank based in the uk which cannot then to Certain Companies and you have banks in america that can, it relies on international cooperation. But this is the most ambitious and the most complex attempt to try and marry up the worlds of finance and Climate Change. It may be a global issue, welcome to the programme, but every Single Person listening to you and watching this, we will be affected. We may have a home and a car, we may run our own business and have a pension, we may owe the bank money for whatever an extension to your conservatory, it will affect us all . It really is. Fair play to the bank for highlighting the risk and taking it seriously. And saying to people it seriously. And saying to people it is notjust an environmental issue we know it is bad for our planet and existential potentially, but it will have a huge impact on our economy and everyday lives and in part because we have to transition. This is the big thing. At the moment, we know we have to change everything from how we heat our homes to the food we eat, to how we travel, yet we are sort of moving ata we travel, yet we are sort of moving at a snails pace. We have been told that by the experts we literally have a window of ten years to take quite drastic and radical action to begin to stem the worst effects of Climate Change. So the change is coming. So that is a message to governments, isnt it . Yes, to governments, isnt it . Yes, to governments, but what government does will have an impact on all of us. Sure, but he takes the initiative, is it us in our homes, is it whoever is running the country at the moment . For me, it has to be government because we can all do things and eat differently and use less energy and move to electric cars, but the kind of change we need is absolutely drastic. So the government has to step up, which is why organisations like ourselves talk about green deal, a huge programme of investment like perhaps investment you would see in a im setting to fundamentally change the economy and start investing in renewable energy, insulate our homes and invest in public transport so people dont need to use their cars to get around. The upside, if they do that, potentially hundreds of thousands of new jobs do that, potentially hundreds of thousands of newjobs will be created, cheaper energy. A transport syste m created, cheaper energy. A transport system which means i can get from here to work without having to have a carand here to work without having to have a car and paying expensive petrol, so there is a huge upside, but we really need the government. At the moment, we are doing things, but kind of slowly, thinking we have 100 years, rather than ten years. Thank you, both. Big changes are coming. Definitely, in the next decade or two, thank you for coming on the programme. Breaking news, relatives of four british soldiers killed in thejuly 1982 of four british soldiers killed in thejuly1982 hyde of four british soldiers killed in the july 1982 hyde park of four british soldiers killed in thejuly1982 hyde park bombings have won a civil case against the suspectjohn down. A couple of years ago, a criminal prosecution against him collapsed in controversial circumstances. More on the news channel. Thank you for your messages about Emma Dent Coad, many of you have complete admiration for her. Thank you for those, i will make sure she gets those. Bbc newsroom life is next, have a great day. Good morning. Its been a ratherfoggy and frosty start to the day. Physically for central and eastern areas of england. That function left and clear away leaving brighter skies and then wet and windy weather which spreads in from the west. You can see the rain moving into Northern Ireland, pushing into western scotland, wales and south west england. The fog could be stubborn to clear away from eastern areas, leaving brighter skies in the east. Temperatures here 3 10dc. Further west, temperatures 8 11dc. But the wind will strengthen through the evening. 60 to 70 mph gusts around coastal areas and 50 55 mass per hour inland with heavy rain in the south west. That rain edges eastwards over night, taking strong winds with it. Generally by the end of this week, it will stay unsettled and it will be mild for most of us. Goodbye. Youre watching bbc newsroom live . Its11am and these are the main stories this morning. Thousands of nurses in Northern Ireland have begun a 12 hour strike over pay and Patient Safety. If nurses do not stand up then Patient Safety is compromised every single day, today and thereafter. More than 15,000 officers are taking pa rt more than 15,000 officers are taking part in this industrial action, the First Time Ever members have gone on strike. Relatives of four british soldiers killed in thejuly1982 hyde park bombing have won a High Court Civil case against suspectjohn downey former Prime Minister tony blair attacks Jeremy Corbyns leadership and warns that labour will be replaced as a serious Political Force if it tries to whitewash the scale

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