in the attempted blackmail of former team mate over a sex tape and sentenced him to a one—year suspended jail term. new guidance recommends women who experience bleeding in early pregnancy and have had a miscarriage should be given the hormone progesterone. and lift off of the falcon 9 and dart on nasa's first planetary defence test to intentionally crash into an asteroid. and a successful take—off — nasa launches its spacecraft on a mission to save the earth from dangerous asteroids. hello and welcome if you're watching in the uk or around the world. 95% of people from the windrush generation — who were wrongly classed as illegal immigrants in the uk — are still waiting to receive compensation, four years after the scandal first emerged. a scheme was set up in 2018 to help those who were denied health care, housing or the right to work, despite having lived in britain for decades. now a report from a group of mps has called for the scheme to be taken out of government control — warning that it's causing further trauma to those who were wrongly accused of being in the uk illegally. our home affairs editor, mark easton, reports. archive: the empire windrush brings to britain 500 jamaicans. _ many are ex servicemen who know england. the windrush compensation scheme was supposed to right the wrongs of a scandal that rocked the government and the nation. thousands of british residents, mostly of caribbean heritage, had been wrongly classed as illegal immigrants by the home office, denied the right to work, health care and housing. others were held in immigration detention or deported. but now, an all—party committee of mps has concluded the scheme itself has actually compounded the injustice. to be in a situation where four years on from the windrush scandal, only 30% of those applying have received anything, only 5% of those eligible have received anything, is simply wrong. and it really doesn't recognise that this is an ageing generation who were so badly wronged by home office failures. the home affairs committee's report refers to the excessive burden on claimants, inadequate staffing and long delays, with concerns that many are still too fearful of the home office to apply at all. four years on from the windrush scandal, the committee notes the vast majority of people who applied for compensation have yet to receive a penny. what is this, what's going on? are you anthony brian? yes? what's this about? anthony brian, i'm arresting you on suspicion of being an illegal resident. what you talking about, illegal? this tv drama tells the story of one windrush victim, anthony brian, who was almost deported, and his wife janet mackay who spent her life savings fighting to keep her husband in the uk. i just think they're a headache, stressful. and the people you're dealing with really don't understand where you're coming from. i don't think so, anyway. they treat you like you're nobody. and it's the same circle nonstop. responding to the mps�* damning report, the home office said the home secretary and the department remained steadfast in their commitment to ensure that members of the windrush generation received every penny of compensation that they were entitled to. adding that they continue to make improvements to the scheme. mark easton, bbc news. joining me now is iciline brown who's been caught up in the windrush scandal and has been struggling to get compensation. with iciline is her daughter, monica. thank you for talking to us today. i wonder if you could tell our audience around the world watching right now when you were first told you might not be able to stay in the uk. , ., , �* , u, uk. over the years, i've been coming back after getting _ uk. over the years, i've been coming back after getting back _ uk. over the years, i've been coming back after getting back to _ uk. over the years, i've been coming back after getting back to jamaica, i back after getting back to jamaica, and in 2018, i was refused a visa coming here. my daughter and a team with others started fighting to get my visa, get the privilege for me to be here. i was hoping i would have come to my grandson's graduation, for my birthday. and from then, it's a thing going round and round and round. not getting anywhere, just two weeks ago after various forms were filled in, information sent, one of the boys was asked to send a receipt of proof of the visas. and interesting enough, proof of payment of a house which was bought in 1961 in birmingham. in god's nine, where are we going? we've been twisted here and twisted there, and we are getting just nowhere. what here and twisted there, and we are getting just nowhere.— getting 'ust nowhere. what do you think getting just nowhere. what do you think of that? — getting just nowhere. what do you think of that? that _ getting just nowhere. what do you think of that? that you _ getting just nowhere. what do you think of that? that you are - getting just nowhere. what do you think of that? that you are being l think of that? that you are being asked for this ridiculous documents for proof, things that were bought decades and decades ago? it for proof, things that were bought decades and decades ago? it is 'ust ridiculous. had fl decades and decades ago? it is 'ust ridiculous. had it i decades and decades ago? it is 'ust ridiculous. had it been i decades and decades ago? it is 'ust ridiculous. had it been for i decades and decades ago? it is 'ust ridiculous. had it been for my h ridiculous. had it been for my children, who have taken on this thing, i would children, who have taken on this thing, iwould have children, who have taken on this thing, i would have given up and i'm sure many, many who are my age, 195 on the 28th of december, i'm sure they can't cope —— iron 85. and the anger i'm feeling is telling that these people don't care one hoot. their voices needed to come out, they are silent. the great thing i noticed recently, when those young men won the match at wembley, they were congratulated by the silences. why did nobody say, the folk are needed to talk, are not speaking, not saying a word. i'm very angry. who are you saying should have been speaking up for you? who are you saying should have been speaking up for you?— speaking up for you? those in authority that _ speaking up for you? those in authority that had _ speaking up for you? those in authority that had they - speaking up for you? those in authority that had they come l speaking up for you? those in i authority that had they come out speaking up for you? those in - authority that had they come out and talked on our behalf, we didn't come here uninvited. we were invited to come to this country and then of course, all these years they've been dumped in the garbage, you become a refuge as it were. where do we go from here? we've done what we needed to do and we are still in the dark. monica, what's it been like for you and yourfamily fighting in behalf of your mum? i and your family fighting in behalf of your mum?— and your family fighting in behalf of our mum? . ~ ., ., of your mum? i thank god for team brown and — of your mum? i thank god for team brown and we _ of your mum? i thank god for team brown and we have _ of your mum? i thank god for team brown and we have done _ of your mum? i thank god for team brown and we have done the - of your mum? i thank god for team brown and we have done the heavy| brown and we have done the heavy lifting _ brown and we have done the heavy lifting here. man is 85 next month and the _ lifting here. man is 85 next month and the truth is, victoria, our situation _ and the truth is, victoria, our situation is _ and the truth is, victoria, our situation is really very minor in comparison to the degradation, the inhumanity, the sadism that has been experienced by so many of the windrush— experienced by so many of the windrush citizens. and the reason that we _ windrush citizens. and the reason that we have been able to fight for her visa _ that we have been able to fight for her visa to — that we have been able to fight for her visa to be here, that we have been able to fight for hervisa to be here, and that we have been able to fight for her visa to be here, and for her biometric— her visa to be here, and for her biometric card. i write to priti patel— biometric card. i write to priti patel tast _ biometric card. i write to priti patel last march, i write the letter of my— patel last march, i write the letter of my life — patel last march, i write the letter of my life. within five days we got a letter _ of my life. within five days we got a letter of — of my life. within five days we got a letter of apology from the home office and then the following day the biometric card. so, now my brother— the biometric card. so, now my brother is — the biometric card. so, now my brother is a _ the biometric card. so, now my brother is a leading on the compensation. i refute that application, victoria, 30 pages of notes _ application, victoria, 30 pages of notes 30 — application, victoria, 30 pages of notes. 30 pages of notes —— i reviewed — notes. 30 pages of notes —— i reviewed that application. we need to rememberthe reviewed that application. we need to remember the report that nate's alexandra _ to remember the report that nate's alexandra ankara, a black member of the compensation committee, she resigned _ the compensation committee, she resigned last year. this is someone with inside — resigned last year. this is someone with inside experience and knowledge he describes the process as not fit for purpose, not supportive of people — for purpose, not supportive of people who have been victims and black— people who have been victims and black and — people who have been victims and black and asian people would re—traumatised by the compensation scheme _ re—traumatised by the compensation scheme. the words of someone who worked _ scheme. the words of someone who worked on _ scheme. the words of someone who worked on the process. the recommendations of the wendy williams — recommendations of the wendy williams condition need to be implemented. the scheme needs to be taken out _ implemented. the scheme needs to be taken out of— implemented. the scheme needs to be taken out of the home office. it's true that— taken out of the home office. it's true that payments accelerated from last september. so many of our people — last september. so many of our people have died. applicants to this scheme _ people have died. applicants to this scheme have died. what about their relatives? _ scheme have died. what about their relatives? people are living in degradation. this isn't about us. we may not— degradation. this isn't about us. we may not receive a penny. mum is 84, not in _ may not receive a penny. mum is 84, not in optimum health but is speaking _ not in optimum health but is speaking on behalf of those who cannot _ speaking on behalf of those who cannot speak for themselves. it needs— cannot speak for themselves. it needs to — cannot speak for themselves. it needs to change. we need to see some urgency _ needs to change. we need to see some urgency. thank god for the cross—party committee and what they had said _ cross—party committee and what they had said it _ cross—party committee and what they had said. it seems we are in an echo chamber~ _ had said. it seems we are in an echo chamber. everything that has been said has— chamber. everything that has been said has been said before. where is the urgency? where is the mercy? where _ the urgency? where is the mercy? where is _ the urgency? where is the mercy? where is the humanity? where is the justice? _ where is the humanity? where is the 'ustice? ., ., where is the humanity? where is the 'ustice? ., ~' , ., where is the humanity? where is the 'ustice? ., ,, , ., , , ., justice? thank you. i wish you all the best with _ justice? thank you. i wish you all the best with this _ justice? thank you. i wish you all the best with this campaign. - justice? thank you. i wish you all i the best with this campaign. thank you very much for your time. the home office in the uk say they have made improvements to the scheme and that compensation has gone up from £3 million to over £31 million. anyone in england and wales who kills a police officer, firefighter, paramedic or nurse while committing a crime will automatically be given a life sentence under plans being backed by the government. it follows a campaign by the window of pc andrew harper, who died trying to stop a robbery in berkshire in 2019. mr harper was 28 and had just got married when he was dragged to his death by a getaway car. three teenagers were jailed for manslaughter. justice secretary dominic raab says he hopes harper's law will be passed "as soon as possible". it could be approved by early next year. june kelly reports. just four weeks after his wedding in 2019, pc andrew harper was killed. and since his killers were convicted, his widow lissie and his family have been campaigning for harper's law. they've been supported by the police federation of england and wales, which represents rank—and—file officers. last year, lissie harper spoke about the campaign. if a person should go out to commit a crime, and as a result of that crime, a police officer, nurse, doctor, paramedic, or prison officer, should be killed as a result of that crime, then this person should spend their life in prison. the campaign has taken lissie harper to the heart of government. and ministers have now announced there will be a mandatory life sentence for anyone convicted of killing an emergency worker while committing a crime. it's notjust the individual case, and i pay tribute to lissie, but it's also the fact that in the last year 10,000 convictions for assaults on emergency workers have taken place. so it's notjust individual cases, it's the scale of it. we think as we come through this pandemic and build back stronger, fairer, in all sorts of ways, we should increase the sentences for those attacks or murders, or unlawful killings i should say, of emergency workers. we want them to know that we've got their back. pc harper was chasing a group of suspects when he became caught in the tow rope of their getaway car. he was dragged for over a mile at speeds of more than 40 miles an hour. teenagers henry long, albert bowers and jessie cole were convicted of manslaughter. they were cleared of murder and so did not automatically receive a life term. welcoming the planned new law, his wife lissie said emergency service workers went into the depths of danger on a regular basis on behalf of society. june kelly, bbc news. let's talk to the thames valley police crime commissioner, matthew barber. hello. good morning. do you welcome this? i do. hello. good morning. do you welcome this? i do- i— hello. good morning. do you welcome this? | do. ithink_ hello. good morning. do you welcome this? i do. i think this _ hello. good morning. do you welcome this? i do. i thinkthis is _ hello. good morning. do you welcome this? i do. i think this is a _ this? i do. i think this is a triumph — this? i do. i think this is a triumph for _ this? i do. i think this is a triumph for the _ this? i do. i think this is a triumph for the campaign | this? i do. i think this is a . triumph for the campaign but this? i do. i think this is a - triumph for the campaign but we can't forget that the triumph has come out of the tragedy of andrew's death. thoughts are with lissie and her family today. the death of andrew harper is still felt keenly across thames valley police and it's right that the government are taking this move today to change the law and offer greater protection to all emergency service workers. that and offer greater protection to all emergency service workers. at the moment, emergency service workers. at the moment. judges — emergency service workers. at the moment, judges can _ emergency service workers. at the moment, judges can already - emergency service workers. at the moment, judges can already take l emergency service workers. at the moment, judges can already take into account as an aggravating factor the fact that a victim is a police officer or emergency worker. thea;r officer or emergency worker. they can. i officer or emergency worker. they can- i think— officer or emergency worker. they can. i think the _ officer or emergency worker. tie: can. i think the challenge around this is not as some people have characterised it about valuing the lives of police officers or emergency service workers more greatly than the rest of us, but it's about understanding their actions and valuing the actions they take where they are often running towards danger to protect the rest of us, and recognising the importance of that. so, there is some flexibility within current guidance but i think what this does is set an expectation and frankly i hope this legislation doesn't have to be used, because if we do see it being used to mean someone else has lost their life unlawfully in such a horrible way. but if it's used it will mean there's that mandatory life sentence for all but the most exceptional circumstances and i think it's right that we as a society value emergency service workers who put themselves in harms way on our behalf. this workers who put themselves in harms way on our behalf.— way on our behalf. this law covers manslaughter. — way on our behalf. this law covers manslaughter, manslaughter - way on our behalf. this law covers i manslaughter, manslaughter already carries a maximum sentence of imprisonment for life. it carries a maximum sentence of imprisonment for life.- carries a maximum sentence of imprisonment for life. it does, but it's important _ imprisonment for life. it does, but it's important to _ imprisonment for life. it does, but it's important to recognise - imprisonment for life. it does, but it's important to recognise this i it's important to recognise this isn't murder. murder would be the automatic whole life sentence. but recognising this as this particular case, saying its a mandatory life sentence, yes, it's a possible sentence, yes, it's a possible sentence but setting the expectation from the government on behalf of society that that would be be sentence i think it's something that has been overwhelmingly supported by the public and it signifies as a society the value that we place on the actions of our men and women who put themselves at risk on our behalf. ~ , ,., ~' put themselves at risk on our behalf. ~ , ,., ~ ., put themselves at risk on our behalf. ~ , ., ., put themselves at risk on our behalf. ~ ., ., . ., behalf. we spoke to a criminal barrister earlier _ behalf. we spoke to a criminal barrister earlier he _ behalf. we spoke to a criminal barrister earlier he said i behalf. we spoke to a criminal barrister earlier he said he i behalf. we spoke to a criminal. barrister earlier he said he didn't agree with this because he gave the example of a 17—year—old in a town centre on a friday night who punches a police officer. the police officer. the ground and dies. that person could be charged and found guilty of manslaughter and would then face a life sentence without chance potentially of rehabilitation. does that sound right to you? i rehabilitation. does that sound right to you?— right to you? i know that the government _ right to you? i know that the government have _ right to you? i know that the government have agonised l right to you? i know that the i government have agonised over getting the detail of this right and none of us had seen the amendment being proposed to the bill. there is provision in there for the most exceptional circumstances for an alternative sentence to be imposed. i spoke to thejustice secretary about this last month and one of the reasons for the delay has been to try and get that balance right to make sure that we offer the protection that is undoubtedly deserved by emergency service workers acting in the line of duty when another offence is being committed, with that proportionality. i think the government are getting this right and making sure that that protection is in place. and making sure that that protection is in lace. ., ., and making sure that that protection is in lace. . ~ i. and making sure that that protection is in lace. ., ~' ,, is in place. thank you. matthew barber is police _ is in place. thank you. matthew barber is police and _ is in place. thank you. matthew barber is police and crime i barber is police and crime commission of the thames valley. police are continuing to question a 34—year—old man after a couple were killed in their home while their two young children slept upstairs. stephen and jennifer chapple were attacked in norton fitzwarren, in somerset, on sunday evening. their children, aged five and six, were not physically harmed — and are being looked after by relatives. police searching for a missing teenager in plymouth have found a body. 18—year—old bobbi—anne mcleod was last seen on saturday evening, when she left home to meet friends. two men in their 20s have been arrested on suspicion of murder. real madrid striker karim benzema has escaped jail after being found guilty of trying to blackmail his former france team—mate over a sex tape. he was given a one—year suspended sentence. let's go live to paris where we can speak to our correspondent hugh schofield. tell us what karim benzema was accused of. tell us what karim benzema was accused of-_ tell us what karim benzema was accused of. , . , ., accused of. these are events that went back to _ accused of. these are events that went back to 2015. _ accused of. these are events that went back to 2015. the _ accused of. these are events that went back to 2015. the trial- accused of. these are events that went back to 2015. the trial was l accused of. these are events that went back to 2015. the trial was a month ago and we had the detail then and it relates to a six tape, a bit of compromising video on mathieu valbuena's phone which fell into the hands of an unscrupulous telephone technician who then flogged it around and tried to make an approach to mathieu valbuena in the form of blackmail in order to get money from him to suppress this tape. this man and his cohorts failed initially to make an approach or at least the approach failed and then they had the idea of coming in via karim benzema. it was a childhood friend of karim benzema through which he heard about it and he agreed to make a pitch. famously at the french national coaching centre in 2015, karim benzema approached mathieu valbuena and said i can help you get rid of this problem of the sex tape. if you go and meet such and such a person it will come to an end. in court he said he was trying to help his fellow team—mates but the court found otherwise, that he had to have known this was a blackmail attempt and he was helping his childhood friend to make money out of it, even though benzema didn't want the money he was doing it out of a desire to help his friend and couldn't have known that blackmail was the root cause. that's where he was found guilty and he's been given a suspended sentence of the year which is tough but he will appeal, which means he is technically innocent and it does raise questions about his position in the french national side. he's been out of the side for several years and is now at the top of his game and they want him in the side but the federation have said a guilty verdict wouldn't necessarily have had any impact on him staying in the national side.— an eight—year—old boy who was struck by a car which was driven through a christmas parade in wisconsin on sunday has died of his injuries, bringing the death toll to six. darrell brooks, the 39—year—old accused of driving the red suv, appeared in court yesterday, charged with intentional homicide. our north america correspondent barbara plett usher has more. the judge read out the five counts of intentional homicide and he said that each one of them carried a penalty of life in prison. and during the proceedings, the prosecutor said, now they knew a sixth person had died, child, so the prosecution was planning to bring another charge of intentional homicide by the end of the week. she also read out a lengthy criminal record for darrell brooks, this included violent conduct like strangulation, suffocation, sexual assault, domestic battery. she said that he had tried to run over a woman earlier in the month, the mother of his child. she also said that he had a long history of flight and ofjumping bail. he is wanted on an arrest warrant in nevada, in fact. and so she recommended that the bail be set at $5 million. during the proceedings, darrell brooks sat, nearly bent double, his face down. and thejudge considered the bail, he said he would accept the $5 million bail, he said it was extraordinarily high but this was an extraordinarily serious case with an extraordinary history of mr brooks. he said to mr brooks, look, i don't know what the motive was, whether it was panic or whether it was intentional, but clearly you don't do well under pressure. and you don't respond to common sense. he also made some remarks about the case, he said that this was a shocking case, he'd never seen anything like it in his life. he said that the state had a very strong case. they have set the next hearing forjanuary. a senior member of the taliban in afghanistan has called on all sides in the two—decade conflict to forgive each other. but he's insisted that the united states was the main cause of the hostilities. anas haqqani is a leader of the haqqani network, and was a member of the taliban's negotiation team in its political office in qatar. well, anas haqqani has been speaking to the bbc�*s yalda hakim in kabul, and she joins us from the afghan capital now. as you said, i've been speaking to anas haqqani. to put it into context, the haqqani network has been infamous for some of the most large—scale attacks in this country on its civilians and coalition forces over the last two decades. his brother is currently the interior minister of the country and the united states has a $5 million bounty on him as well as on his uncle who is the refugee minister, the terrorist activities. anas haqqani is an influential member of the taliban as well as the haqqani network but he told me the whole idea that the haqqani network is one of the most dangerous terrorist organisations in the world is a myth that was concocted by the united states to split the taliban. this is what he had to say. translation: the haqqani network is not a name i that we have ever used. it is part of the cia's programme to divide the islamic emirate of afghanistan. regarding the fight against the invaders, it is true that we were involved, we accept that. every afghan is proud of it. it is because of this fight that we ended the occupation. it is natural that there will be casualties in war, it happened to both sides and everyone is sorry for that. we are not happy about it and we ask all sides in the conflict to forgive each other. it is part of warfare. we were not the main cause of this war, however, the united states was. security is a major concern here for the the taliban and the afghan people. notjust that, for the region and the international community. one of the biggest concerns is the rise of the so—called islamic state here in afghanistan, oran so—called islamic state here in afghanistan, or an offshoot of daesh, that has managed to really gain ground over the last few months since the taliban came to power. they did exist in the country before but they have more of a foothold now. they've launched large—scale attacks on shia mosques kandahar and kunduz as well as in kabul. i asked anas haqqani about whether the soldiers of is would join the ranks of is—k. the taliban pays about 70 cents a day or nothing to their voters and there are rumours is—k pace $100. translation: no one has defected to isis, except maybe for a few- people who were getting a government salary under the old regime. the rest of us have been working without pay for the last two decades, fighting on empty stomachs. we are not worried about our fighters defecting to isis k as they have been through hard times with us. it is only those who were getting paid a lot by nato that are worried about money. those poor guys are upset because they have lost their luxurious lifestyles. it is also not true that is—k are paying big salaries, it is just propaganda. based on our intelligence, there is no evidence of it. it's not just it's notjust security it's not just security that is it's notjust security that is a major concern, it's also food insecurity that people are worrying about. we've been reporting over the last 24 hours and over the last month about the humanitarian crisis that has engulfed this country, the economic crisis the country faces. the un says it's a much towards catastrophe and you see it in every corner. we travelled down to kandahar as well as to helmand. you see it especially on the youngest of victims, the children and toddlers, the babies, as well as the women who are experiencing acute malnutrition at present. are experiencing acute malnutrition at resent. ., ., are experiencing acute malnutrition at resent. ., ,, a labour mp has called for a review of parliamentary rules — after she was told she can't take her three—month old son into the house of commons. stella creasy got an email from the commons authorities, saying the guidance had been changed in september. she told me she now has a number of questions for officials. i have to be honest, i'm a bit baffled. this isn't my first child and i've previously taken very small babies. my son is 13 weeks old so i can't leave him on his own and i don't have any maternity cover. i can't win. if my constituents want representation, i need to go in, i need to be able to speak but i can't leave the baby that small which i'm feeding at this point in time on its own. i've been told very clearly that apparently parliament has taken time to write a law that it's a parliamentary faux pas and against the courtesies of the house to bring a child with you. but we don't seem to have made a rule about wearing masks. it seems to be a reflection of how parliament was set up for another era, when perhaps most mps were men of a certain age with independent means. i believe that needs to change because i believe our democracy is better when it's open to a broader range of people so i've asked them to clarify what they're going to do if i keep bringing in my son and where they expect him to be if i don't. are you going to keep bringing him? let's see what they say. that's why i'm part of a campaign to help more mums with young children to get into politics we have mums at the decision—making table. the evidence is that if you are a mum of a young child, you don't tend to stand in politics, you wait until they get older or decide not to have children at all but if you're a dad you do. i think that damages democracy if we exclude a group of people, not because they don't have the skills, but because we can't make the system work for a basic human condition which is having small children. it is weird because you have another child and you took that child into the commons and no one seemed, everyone seemed to be ok with that. what changed in september? i'm not the only parent of young children. this is a very young baby. i certainly wouldn't take my toddler in because she would find everything breakable in the parliamentary chamber and cause havoc. i don't understand what has changed but there are barriers to getting mums involved in politics and i think that damages our political debates. yesterday my son was completely silent, i was at a debate about buy now, pay later lenders. parliament can't have it both ways, they can't tell us that only one person can be in the chamber but create rules when you have small children that mean you can't be in the chamber in the first place. the headlines on bbc news... 95% of people who applied to the windrush compensation scheme have yet to receive a single penny. anyone who kills a police officer or 999 worker in england and wales will automatically get a lifelong prison sentence, after a campaign by the widow of pc andrew harper. an mp calls for a review of parliamentary rules after she was told she can't take her three—month old son into thehouse of commons. a court in france has found real madrid forward karim benzema guilty of complicity in the attempted blackmail of former international team mate mathieu valbuena over a sex tape and sentenced him to a one—year suspended jail term. new guidance recommends women who experience bleeding in early pregnancy and have had a miscarriage should be given the hormone progesterone. and lift off of the falcon 9 and dart on nasa's first planetary defence test to intentionally crash into an asteroid. and a successful take—off — nasa launches its spacecraft on a mission to save the earth from dangerous asteroids. women who experience bleeding in early pregnancy and have suffered at least one miscarriage before should be given the hormone progesterone. that's the new guidance published on wednesday from the british health watchdog nice. it's based on research which suggests the treatment could prevent 8,500 miscarriages in the uk every year. the bbc�*s global health correspondent tulip mazumdar reports from birmingham women's hospital. as you know, it'll be a little bit quiet, and then as soon as i can see anything i'll show you exactly what we're looking at. is that all right? these seconds pass slowly. and then... there's your beautiful baby's heart beading. josie has been pregnant five times before. she experienced bleeding early on in all of those pregnancies, leading to a loss each time. that's really lovely. baby has started to wiggle about. this time though she has been put on progesterone, and all seems to be going well. we definitely got to the point where we really thought we wouldn't become parents. progesterone is a naturally occurring hormone which helps prepare the womb to nurture the growing baby. whilst it won't be useful in all pregnancies, it can make all the difference in some. bleeding is quite common in early pregnancy. and it doesn't always necessarily mean that there is a miscarriage about to happen. women were traditionally told to go home and see what happens. and there wasn't really anything else that we could do. which is tough? really tough. it's lovely now to have some kind of treatment that we can give patients. the new guidance is based on the results of the present trial, which found that progesterone didn't make much of a difference for women who'd just had bleeding and no previous miscarriages. but for women who'd had at least one loss, progesterone was shown to have some benefit. and for those who suffered three or more miscarriages, there was substantial benefit. researchers here say giving this simple treatment to women who have bleeding in early pregnancy, and have had at least one miscarriage, could prevent around 8500 miscarriages every year here in the uk. this professor says it could benefit many women around the world one of the things about this is it is globally available and it is affordable treatment and so this treatment is of benefit in low and middle income countries as well. but it is really important to appreciate that only some miscarriages can be prevented by progesterone. this is something worth giving it a go. josie and david are now the furthest they have ever been into a pregnancy. and at 15 weeks they are cautiously optimistic. now we are trying to switchj the feeling is to be excited. yeah, we get to see it and it's going to be ok. this time taking the progesterone gives— this time taking the progesterone gives us— this time taking the progesterone gives us hope and we hope it will -ive gives us hope and we hope it will give other— gives us hope and we hope it will give other people hope as well as they learn— give other people hope as well as they learn about it and we can help to educate — they learn about it and we can help to educate people on it and share the awareness of it. it definitely gives— the awareness of it. it definitely gives us— the awareness of it. it definitely gives us hope this time around. earlier i spoke to zoe clark—coates, who is the ceo of mariposa trust — a charity offering support around baby loss and bereavement. the charity supports up to four years of age. we, campaigning for change to say that treatment needs to be offered to people and support needs to be offered to people when they have gone through the tragedy of baby loss. you they have gone through the tragedy of baby loss-— of baby loss. you five lot. imagine what that must _ of baby loss. you five lot. imagine what that must have _ of baby loss. you five lot. imagine what that must have been - of baby loss. you five lot. imagine what that must have been like. it| what that must have been like. it was harrowing. it was a really dark period in our life where we just did not know if we would ever recover. there is so little information out there about loss and you kind of have an education on the go when you are going through something like that, where you are having to research it yourself. it is not something you are ever taught about. it is certainly not something you are taught about in school, you are taught about how to prevent an unwanted pregnancy, but you are not taught about the tragedy of losing a very much wanted baby. what taught about the tragedy of losing a very much wanted baby.— taught about the tragedy of losing a very much wanted baby. what do you make of this — very much wanted baby. what do you make of this new _ very much wanted baby. what do you make of this new guidance _ very much wanted baby. what do you make of this new guidance which i make of this new guidance which suggest if you have had early bleeding in pregnancy and have had a miscarriage, you will get progesterone which will be able to help you. it progesterone which will be able to hel ou. , ., , progesterone which will be able to hel ou. , . , ., , help you. it is really great news the fact that — help you. it is really great news the fact that the _ help you. it is really great news the fact that the prism - help you. it is really great news the fact that the prism study i help you. it is really great news. the fact that the prism study was done and these findings have been found, that progesterone can help some people. i would like to stress the fact that nice guidelines does not mean it is automatically available, it is still down to each trust, each gp, each consultant, as to whether they think it is appropriate and whether they are happy to prescribe it. that is still very frustrating for many people, that it very frustrating for many people, thatitis very frustrating for many people, that it is still a lottery on whether you will be given it. however, those who are blessed to be handed this, it is a really positive thing, not only in the fact that it can help pregnancy loss, also the fact it means people feel like they can do something and historically people have been told to just go home, to rest, to try not to worry, but actually no treatment has been offered. just to know you can do something that may change the outcome can make a massive difference. outcome can make a massive difference-— outcome can make a massive difference. ~ ., ., outcome can make a massive difference. ., ., ., difference. what would you say to somebody who — difference. what would you say to somebody who is _ difference. what would you say to somebody who is watching - difference. what would you say to somebody who is watching right l difference. what would you say to i somebody who is watching right now who may have recently had a miscarriage from your own experience and from your expertise as the head of this particular charity? i and from your expertise as the head of this particular charity?— of this particular charity? i would sa reach of this particular charity? i would say reach out _ of this particular charity? i would say reach out for _ of this particular charity? i would say reach out for support - of this particular charity? i would say reach out for support and i of this particular charity? i would | say reach out for support and talk about it. sadly, baby loss is very much a taboo in the uk and in some places around the world. actually what we need to do when going through anything traumatic or any loss and bereavement, is talk about it, talk about our personal experience, talk about the trauma we have encountered, and that will get you to a place where you are not ok with what has happened, because it will never be ok, but you are more prepared to talk and that can really help the brain cope with what you have gone through. it can also help your relationships as well because sadly what is very common after going through baby loss is breakdowns of relationships, maybe with your partner or other family members and friends. communication can really help prevent that. i would encourage anybody to talk, i would encourage anybody to talk, i would encourage anybody to talk, i would encourage anybody, however long ago your loss was, if you feel you need support, there are organisations such as the mariposa trust which is there to offer support to anybody who needs it, however long ago your loss was. a support charity in the uk is calling for more research into domestic violence in the sikh community. sikh women s aid say abuse is often hidden in the name of so—called family honour. this means perpetrators are free to go on to abuse other victims. a warning — this report from bbc asian network s raj kaur bilkhu contains upsetting details from the start. one of my earliest memories from about three years old was being sexually abused by a female member of my family. by the time i was 11, i'd probably been sexually abused by three different relatives. dipi, not her real name, lived with the trauma, unable to open up to anyone. i didn't even want to talk to anyone in my community, because it was always be, what did you do? what could you have done to prevent it? this was a similar scenario for a domestic abuse victim, we'll call her rani, who was abused by her husband. it started after i had my first child. it was a physical attack. i went to the police, it went to court, and he was cautioned. when rani told herfamily, she was told physical abuse from her husband was normal and to be accepted. at first i told my mum, but there's generational thinking, especially in the asian community. their response is, oh, men do that, he'll change over time. sikh women's aid helped both these midlands women, and found their experiences were all too common. the charity says some people within the sikh punjabi community have tried to shut down claims of abuse, especially if the abuse has taken place in a sikh temple called a gurdwara. the whole thing around keeping it hush, bringing shame on the community, but also that particular temple, nobody wants to admit that something like this has taken place. abuse, whether it's domestic or sexual, is prevalent in every community. but what this report highlights is how it's hidden in the sikh community in the name of so—called family honour. that means perpetrators don't face justice and can go on to abuse others, victims can't deal with the trauma and may live with issues, and that vicious cycle continues for generations to come. i tried contacting the sikh council uk, but they are yet to respond. meanwhile, sikh women's aid say opening up about abuse in the community is the only way the issue could be tackled. raj kaur bilkhu, bbc news. a us jury has awarded twenty—five million dollars in damages to people who were hurt during protests against a far—right rally in virginia four years ago. the court in charlottesville found the organisers of the 'unite the right�* gathering which brought together white nationalists, white supremacists and neo—nazis, were responsible for the violence. our north america correspondent peter bowes reports. the violent clashes in charlottesville were a defining moment in recent american history. the unite the right rally was planned as a protest against the removal of statues of confederate leaders in the us civil war. it began with a march by neo—nazis and white supremacists. it ended the next day in violence. this incident led to the death of one woman when a far—right member drove into counter protesters. at least 19 others were injured. the lawsuit was brought against organisers of the rally by nine people who suffered physical or emotional injuries during the demonstrations. they allege that the defendants conspired to plan, promote and carry out the violent event carrying semiautomatic weapons, pistols, mace, armour shields and tortures copy the defendants said they acted mace, armour shields and tortures. the defendants said they acted in self—defence and that the police bore responsibility forfailing to keep the two sides from fighting. the jury found the defendant's liable for civil conspiracy and other claims under virginia state law. they were deadlocked under federal conspiracy charges. they awarded more than $25 million in damages against 12 individuals and five neo—nazi and white nationalist groups. a lawyer for the group behind the lawsuit said the verdict was a message that the us did not tolerate violence based on racial and religious hatred in any form. the headlines on bbc news... 95% of people who applied to the windrush compensation scheme have yet to receive a single penny. anyone who kills a police officer or 999 worker in england and wales will automatically get a lifelong prison sentence, after a campaign by the widow of pc andrew harper. an mp calls for a review of parliamentary rules after she was told she can't take her three—month old son into the house of commons. a rocket has lifted off from california on a mission to deliberately smash a spacecraft into an asteroid. nasa's dart project will test whether it's possible to knock an asteroid off collision course with earth. it will target a rock which is eleven million kilometres away. the object poses no threat to earth, but we'll have to wait ten months to find out if the missile hits the target. our science correspondent rebecca morelle reports. it's a first for nasa. sending a spacecraft to an asteroid to crash into it and knock it off course. this rock doesn't pose any danger to our planet, but the dart mission is a test of technology for any future threats. the reason we are doing this is in case we ever discover an asteroid actually headed towards earth. we want to know that we can use this technique to change its orbit so that it will not impact us. nasa is targeting a small asteroid called diomorphos, which is orbiting around a larger space rock. the spacecraft travelling at 13,000 miles an hour will fly into the small asteroid, leaving an impact crater up to 20 metres wide. but this should also give the rock a kick which will speed up its orbit. and this can be monitored from the earth to see if it's worked. all you really need is a nudge, because the distances you're going and the speeds you're going, a tiny change in direction can result in a huge change in how far it's going to miss the earth. and that could be vital. a 160—metre wide rock like diomorphos could be catastrophic for populated areas. bigger asteroids that are kilometres across have the potential to devastate the planet. the hope is this mission will show us if it's possible to stop future collisions. the spacecraft will arrive at its destination next autumn. rebecca morelle, bbc news. caroline smith is head of earth science at the natural history museum and joins me now. caroline, hello. is itjust a matter of time until a catastrophic asteroid crashes into us? to be honest, it _ asteroid crashes into us? to be honest, it is. _ asteroid crashes into us? to be honest, it is. it— asteroid crashes into us? to be honest, it is. it has— asteroid crashes into us? to be honest, it is. it has happened l asteroid crashes into us? to be| honest, it is. it has happened in the geological past and we know it will happen in the future, so this is a very important mission that nasais is a very important mission that nasa is doing and it will be a really good test of technology to see whether the theory is that the scientists and engineers have come up scientists and engineers have come up with will actually nudge a potentially hazardous asteroids off—course from hitting the earth. yes, it is very exciting. the off-course from hitting the earth. yes, it is very exciting.— yes, it is very exciting. the most famous one _ yes, it is very exciting. the most famous one that _ yes, it is very exciting. the most famous one that hit _ yes, it is very exciting. the most famous one that hit the - yes, it is very exciting. the most famous one that hit the earth i yes, it is very exciting. the most | famous one that hit the earth was how many millions of years ago? 66 how many millions of years ago? 55 million how many millions of years ago? 1515 million years ago. a large asteroid about ten kilometres wide impacted the earth in the region that is now the earth in the region that is now the yucatan peninsula, and that caused mass devastation. the crater was 200 kilometres wide and it killed about 75% of all species that were on earth at the time. we know it has happened in the past. another one i talk to people about was 49,000 years ago, so much more recently, and an asteroid that was about 50 metres wide, about the size of an olympic —sized swimming pool, smacked into the arizona desert and calculations have been done and that really enough energy to the equivalent of an 11 megatons nuclear explosion. to put that into context for viewers, explosion. to put that into context forviewers, if explosion. to put that into context for viewers, if that was to hit london out you would get severe damage as far out as the m25 with buildings collapsing as far as the south circular, down the road from my house. that would be pretty serious and that was only something 50 metres wide. we do know these objects pose a hazard and this is an important mission to hopefully save humanity from something bad happening in the future. does it ever crossed _ happening in the future. does it ever crossed your _ happening in the future. does it ever crossed your mind - happening in the future. does it ever crossed your mind or- happening in the future. does it i ever crossed your mind or subscribe to the view that maybe humanity deserves to be wiped out and the earth can be reset and start again? not really, it would be pretty catastrophic for humanity to be wiped out. we obviously are causing damage to our planet but we are doing a lot of good stuff as well and the mission is a good example of the good stuff we are doing. [30 and the mission is a good example of the good stuff we are doing.- the good stuff we are doing. do you think it will — the good stuff we are doing. do you think it will be — the good stuff we are doing. do you think it will be successful? - the good stuff we are doing. do you think it will be successful? yes, i the good stuff we are doing. do you think it will be successful? yes, we| think it will be successful? yes, we have not think it will be successful? yes, we have got a — think it will be successful? yes, we have got a high _ think it will be successful? yes, we have got a high degree _ think it will be successful? yes, we have got a high degree of - think it will be successful? yes, we i have got a high degree of confidence it will be successful. there has been a lot of planning involved and we will have data back when it hits in september next year. we can observe what happens to the asteroid using telescopes on earth and also the european space agency has a mission launching in 2024 which will arrive in 2027 to do a detailed survey of the asteroid and really measure what has happened from the impact which will happen in september next year. impact which will happen in setember next ear. . ,, , ., , september next year. thank you very much. september next year. thank you very much- caroline _ september next year. thank you very much. caroline smith, _ september next year. thank you very much. caroline smith, the _ september next year. thank you very much. caroline smith, the head i september next year. thank you very much. caroline smith, the head of. much. caroline smith, the head of earth science at the natural history museum. after a year away because of the pandemic, christmas markets are back. but brexit and social distancing mean the experience will be different. our business reporter nina warhurst is at the yorkshire winter wonderland this morning. this is the biggest outdoor ice rink in the north of england over the christmas period. we are coming up to a really important season, especially after the two years we have had. so in the month of december on average each person spends an extra 30% to the tune of around £740, so it is a golden season when it comes to the economy. before the pandemic around a third of us came to events like this to spend and to enjoy ourselves and altogether that was worth about half £1 billion in the economy. since brexit, few european traders have been able to come in and there is that massive gap in the workforce. just get rid of my little friend. there is talk to james, one of the organisers. good to see you. what is the public would like for events like this at the moment? massive, we are back at our— like this at the moment? massive, we are back at our spiritual _ like this at the moment? massive, we are back at our spiritual home - like this at the moment? massive, we are back at our spiritual home and i are back at our spiritual home and it is 730 days since we were last here. people have missed it. people have genuinely missed the family experience and there is a vast appetite for people to come back and shop and have an integrated experience, go skating, go to the caf , see santa, all those things you normally do with families. we are busy. you normally do with families. we are bus . ~ 1, you normally do with families. we are bus . 1 . ., . ., are busy. what about recruitment and talent? has it— are busy. what about recruitment and talent? has it been _ are busy. what about recruitment and talent? has it been easy _ are busy. what about recruitment and talent? has it been easy to _ are busy. what about recruitment and talent? has it been easy to fill - are busy. what about recruitment and talent? has it been easy to fill the i talent? has it been easy to fill the gaps? talent? has it been easy to fill the ta 5? , talent? has it been easy to fill the “as? , ., ., , talent? has it been easy to fill the as? , ., ., , , talent? has it been easy to fill the “gs? , 1, , ., , talent? has it been easy to fill the tans? ,., , ., , gaps? this one has been really easy and the same _ gaps? this one has been really easy and the same weight _ gaps? this one has been really easy and the same weight the _ gaps? this one has been really easy and the same weight the public- gaps? this one has been really easy and the same weight the public has| and the same weight the public has missed it, they are happy to be back because they have not been here for 730 days. the hospitality unit is varied. sometimes we have the numbers we need and sometimes not, it is a really old market. long—term, how do you see that settling down? i long-term, how do you see that settling down?— settling down? iworry, ithink events like — settling down? iworry, ithink events like ours _ settling down? iworry, ithink events like ours will _ settling down? iworry, ithink events like ours will struggle i settling down? i worry, i think. events like ours will struggle for the next few years as we see the economy bedding in. there will be a new look economy after covid and brexit. 1, , 1, , new look economy after covid and brexit. 1, , , new look economy after covid and brexit. . , , , ., brexit. can you 'ust sum up how the next couple — brexit. can you 'ust sum up how the next couple of — brexit. can you just sum up how the next couple of months _ brexit. can you just sum up how the next couple of months as _ brexit. can you just sum up how the next couple of months as far - brexit. can you just sum up how the next couple of months as far as i next couple of months as far as business is concerned will be? this is a massive. _ business is concerned will be? this is a massive, this _ business is concerned will be? “try 51 is a massive, this is probably one of our biggest events in the year and we have put through something like 600,000 people who come shopping here. lt is like 600,000 people who come shopping here-— like 600,000 people who come shopping here. it is massive. what is important _ shopping here. it is massive. what is important is _ shopping here. it is massive. what is important is over _ shopping here. it is massive. what is important is over the _ shopping here. it is massive. what is important is over the course i shopping here. it is massive. what is important is over the course of. is important is over the course of 2021 we have seen an 80% reduction in foreign visitors coming to the uk, so every pound that we spend at events like this really does count. they were called "lgbt free zones" — large swathes of poland where regional governments, as well as smaller councils, declared they were against "lesbian, gay or bisexual promotion, or gender identity ideologies" that — as they put it — "undermined" the family. in response, the european union said it would freeze funding for five provinces. now, most of those larger regions have started to back—track. our europe correspondent, jessica parker, reports. early evening in kielce in poland's holy cross province. tomic is from here, a gay man living his life but with limits. i'm too scared to show affection to my boyfriend in the street, for example, and i would never do that for the fear of being either mocked or attacked. five provinces, including holy cross, were among areas to declare they were against lgbt ideology or ideologies that undermined the family. then... music plays. ..a shift in tone. regions are started to backtrack after the eu said it would withhold millions in funding. even though the resolution has been repealed, personally i don't feel any change and i don't feel that the atmosphere in poland has changed because of that. into the offices of a leading local politician, the holy cross province assembly revoked its resolution, andre says that wasn't mainly about getting eu money, although they decided to be conciliatory. do you accept you have caused or added to distress felt by lgbt people living in your region? translation: i don't feel bad | about it, because towards those people i'm being fair. i have often explained to them it's not about their personal views or behaviours, but about the general values of our society. and that if you undermine those values it's going to end badly for society, for the families, and especially for the children. so we're driving further south, to a town. some young people through our contacts have said they want to speak to us. in this predominantly catholic country, what happens in schools is all part of the debate. these teenagers spoke to us anonymously. teachers, they don't. .. they are totally not telling you about lgbtq. they are ignoring. how does that make you feel? sad. because it's not fair for me. i'm not happy about it, because i am lgbtq, and i want to learn more about it. a protest outside parliament in warsaw against a campaign to try and ban pride parades. tensions on this issue have not gone away. shared eu money is one thing, shared values another. jessica parker, bbc news, in poland. the new zealand government says it will not reopen to foreign travellers for at least another five months, as it slowly relaxes some of the world's toughest coronavirus pandemic border restrictions. new zealanders stranded in australia will be able to return home from mid—january, and kiwis travelling from elsewhere will be allowed in a month later. albert einsetin's manuscript for the general theory of relativity has sold at an auction house in paris for a record $13 million. einstein co—authored the document with swiss physicist michele besso. now it's time for a look at the weather with carol. hello. for many of us it was a cloudy start to the date with patchiness and fog in the south east and that is lifting into low cloud. this is where the fan is sinking south, bringing some rain. the isobars behind tell you it will be windy later, particularly in the far north of scotland. a fair bit of clout across the south—eastern quarter with one or two showers, the weather front sinking south and blustery showers behind in scotland and northern ireland, wintry on higher ground. temperatures today 6-9 . as higher ground. temperatures today 6—9 . as we head through the evening and into the overnight period, the wind will strengthen across the north, gusting to 60 miles an hour. the weather front sinking south and clear skies follow on behind, but a lot of showers on when word coasts and some of those will be wintry in the highlands, even at lower levels. cold enough for a touch of frost. first thing early on we say goodbye to this weather front and there is a lot of dry weather with sunshine and that northerly wind brings showers onto northern coasts. wintry in the highlands even at lower levels and it will be cold tomorrow. as we had from thursday into friday this area of low pressure moves across us and it is quite potent. you can see that it is quite potent. you can see that it will be particularly windy with gales and severe gales. the met office has a couple of yellow warnings out to this end. during friday this is rain around the low pressure with a lot of showers coming in as well and it is windy across scotland and northern ireland during friday. some of this is snow and we could well see some of that at lower levels. but it will feel cold wherever you are on friday. on friday night the weather warning extends across most of the uk, the exception being the far south—east. we are looking at gales, even severe gales with exposure. still this mixture of rain, sleet and snow. we will have that again on saturday and the rain will clear on scotland and northern ireland, but there is the potential for disruption as we go from friday into saturday, including overnight. damaging winds, widespread gales and a mixture of rain and snow. this is bbc news i'm annita mcveigh. the headlines at 11am... 95% of people who applied to the windrush compensation scheme — after being wrongly classed as illegal immigrants in the uk — have yet to receive a single penny. anyone who kills a police officer or emergency worker in england and wales, while committing a crime, will automatically get a life sentence, after a campaign by the widow of pc andrew harper. labour mp stella creasy calls for a review of parliamentary rules — after she was told she can't take her three—month old son — into the house of commons. france and real madrid striker karim benzema has been found guilty of conspiring to blackmail a fellow french footballer with a sex tape. new guidance recommends women who experience bleeding in early pregnancy — and have had a miscarriage — should be given the hormone progesterone. and, a successful take—off — nasa launches its spacecraft on a mission to save the earth from dangerous asteroids. 95% of people from the windrush generation — who were wrongly classed as illegal immigrants in the uk — are still waiting to receive compensation, four years after the scandal first emerged. a scheme was set up in 2018 to help those who were denied healthcare, housing, the right to work, or in some cases detained or deported, despite having lived in britain for decades. now a report from a group of mps has called for the scheme to be taken out of government control — warning that it's causing further trauma. our home affairs editor, mark easton, reports. the empire windrush brings to britain 500 jamaicans. many are ex servicemen who know england. the windrush compensation scheme was supposed to right the wrongs of a scandal that rocked the government and the nation. thousands of british residents, mostly of caribbean heritage, had been wrongly classed as illegal immigrants by the home office, denied the right to work, health care and housing. others were held in immigration detention or deported. but now, an all—party committee of mps has concluded the scheme itself has actually compounded the injustice. to be in a situation where four years on from the windrush scandal, only 30% of those applying have received anything, only 5% of those eligible have received anything, is simply wrong. and it really doesn't recognise that this is an ageing generation who were so badly wronged by home office failures. the home affairs committee's report refers to the excessive burden on claimants, inadequate staffing and long delays, with concerns that many are still too fearful of the home office to apply at all. four years on from the windrush scandal, the committee notes the vast majority of people who applied for compensation have yet to receive a penny. what is this, what's going on? are you anthony brian? yes? what's this about? anthony brian, i'm arresting you on suspicion of being an illegal resident. what you talking about, illegal? this tv drama tells the story of one windrush victim, anthony brian, who was almost deported, and his wife janet mckay who spent her life savings fighting to keep her husband in the uk. i just think they're a headache, stressful. and the people you're dealing with really don't understand where you're coming from. i don't think so, anyway. they treat you like you're nobody. and it's the same circle nonstop. responding to the mps' damning report, the home office said the home secretary and the department remained steadfast in their commitment to ensure that members of the windrush generation received every penny of compensation that they were entitled to. adding that they continue to make improvements to the scheme. mark easton, bbc news. joining me now is jacqueline mckenzie, a lawyer who represents hundreds of people affected by the windrush scandal — and gave evidence to mps about the issues. thank you so much for your time today. what the limb at one of the things that jumped today. what the limb at one of the things thatjumped out of this home affairs committee enquiry is the comment that many of the same bureaucratic insensitivity is that led to the windrush gamble in the first place are contained in this scheme, this process to try to give people compensation. i wonder when you were giving evidence to mps on the home affairs select committee, where you fully aware at that stage of these insensitivity is and how much the scheme was really failing to deliver? , ., , ,., , ., to deliver? yes, absolutely. you know, i to deliver? yes, absolutely. you know. i have _ to deliver? yes, absolutely. you know, i have been _ to deliver? yes, absolutely. you know, i have been involved i to deliver? yes, absolutely. you know, i have been involved with| know, i have been involved with windrush claimants from the beginning so for years on we are seeing the same in transience, the same inflexibility, the same owners request for evidence, the lack of communication with applicants and claimants. the very problems that cause the windrush candle in the first place. the very problems that were highlighted in the windrush review that suggested the home office needs to changes in structure and leads to changes culture. many of us thought that had that started, we would see the impact on those affected by the windrush scandal and four years on they not seen at all. so we don't think any lessons to be learned. people are pretty much the same position they were at the outset. so same position they were at the outset. ,., same position they were at the outset. , outset. so when the report says it found a litany _ outset. so when the report says it found a litany of _ outset. so when the report says it found a litany of flaws _ outset. so when the report says it found a litany of flaws in - outset. so when the report says it found a litany of flaws in the i found a litany of flaws in the design and operation of the compensation scheme, do you think that flows from the culture at the home office? 1 that flows from the culture at the home office?— home office? i think partly the cohort that _ home office? i think partly the cohort that are _ home office? i think partly the cohort that are affected - home office? i think partly the cohort that are affected by i home office? i think partly the cohort that are affected by the | cohort that are affected by the windrush scandal as opposed to the windrush generation generally black people generally are mostly very deprived communities, a lot of them are elderly, there are issues around education and health and lots of illnesses in terms of mental health a lack of education. sol illnesses in terms of mental health a lack of education. so i found that i have met probably about 500 people affected by the scandal. and i see that there is a kind of story about all of them, a narrative, that can be extrapolated up to the general cohort. and i think the home office just doesn't really have much regard. these are poor black people, poor people from the caribbean and i don't think that they're giving this the seriousness despite what they say, despite what various home secretaries have said. i don't think that this issue is being given seriousness. in terms of the design, i understand that the person who designed the scheme actually made recommendations of change that was ignored by the home office. but there are majorfaults ignored by the home office. but there are major faults with it, there are major faults with it, there are major faults with it, there are faults around how people claim for loss of pensions, loss of employment, loss of university places. there are problems. there have been some improvements, there have been some improvements, there have been some improvements, there have been improvements around the impact on life. there have been some improvements on the fact that people can now get early pen repayment but very few people are getting at. too many people have been told we don't even know if you are eligible. people said 5% of those eligible... but that is not the case, less than 3000 people applied. the home office was expecting 15,000 to apply. they may all be eligible and in fact we think the figures are even bigger than that. so there is a problem here, a systemic problem, a cultural problem. everyday we are getting people on the phone in tears. they don't even want to go ahead with the process anymore. i mean, how damning is that? , ., process anymore. i mean, how damning is that? , 1, , is that? so... sorry to interrupt ou. is that? so... sorry to interrupt you- when _ is that? so... sorry to interrupt you. when mps _ is that? so... sorry to interrupt you. when mps say _ is that? so... sorry to interrupt you. when mps say that - is that? so... sorry to interrupt you. when mps say that an i you. when mps say that an independent organisation should now take over the running of the scheme, do you agree with that? or do you think that that in itself would lead to further delays for people who are already waiting have been waiting for long time for compensation that their due? , ., , for long time for compensation that their due? , . , ., .,, their due? yes, that is what i was ttoin to their due? yes, that is what i was going to go _ their due? yes, that is what i was going to go on — their due? yes, that is what i was going to go on to _ their due? yes, that is what i was going to go on to say. _ their due? yes, that is what i was going to go on to say. that i their due? yes, that is what i was going to go on to say. that is my| going to go on to say. that is my position now that in fact during the consultation phase when this scheme was being set up actually said it shouldn't have been the home office. some people describe the home office as the abuser. they are the ones that did the wrong side kind of understood in the first place why were the ones managing the scheme. having said that, we are where we are at and i thought we have seen them change, we have seen improvements in a couple of individuals who i think meant well. they've reallyjust got individuals who i think meant well. they've really just got to individuals who i think meant well. they've reallyjust got to make this work and when you pry away from home office is what you going to end up with is a new organisation has time to unpick all the problems and it is the delays because no hardship. however, now i'm totally convinced that the home office just can't do this. and it ought to go to a new, i don't who that should be put before it goes there before an independent body starts administering a process in the scheme, the glitches in it need to be dealt with. fundamentally then, are need to be dealt with. fundamentally then. are we — need to be dealt with. fundamentally then, are we looking _ need to be dealt with. fundamentally then, are we looking at _ need to be dealt with. fundamentally then, are we looking at a _ need to be dealt with. fundamentally then, are we looking at a failure i need to be dealt with. fundamentally then, are we looking at a failure of. then, are we looking at a failure of bureaucracy to engage with grassroots? the expectation from the bureaucracy that the grass roots, whether it is in windrush or some other scandal that the people at the grassroots that they can reach out and do what is required rather than the property reaching out sufficiently to them? the property reaching out sufficientl to them? 1 ., sufficiently to them? well, the home office i sufficiently to them? well, the home office i think — sufficiently to them? well, the home office i think has _ sufficiently to them? well, the home office i think has failed _ sufficiently to them? well, the home office i think has failed to _ office i think has failed to communicate with the grassroots properly there is a new group as anyone has heard from so that is the first thing. there are about 23 organisations across the country working on windrush issues. and very recently there was a roundtable to discuss one of the recommendations ie to commission a migrant mission. and not a single windrush group was invited to that meeting. and i think the home office is treating the representatives, the lawyers and the claimants who all come under the windrush banner with total contempt. i mean, there is absolutely no funding for lawyers to do this work. i don't think there would be any of the scheme like this where, you know, the claimants couldn't access lawyers of their choice. in the community groups out there and they are picked up the pieces, these tiny grassroots, not the big ones. there is one in nottingham, tiny community groups are doing this work and they can't even apply for tiny pot of money that the home office has set aside because... money that the home office has set aside because. . .— aside because... workers excluded from that- — aside because... workers excluded from that- m _ aside because... workers excluded from that. i'm so _ aside because... workers excluded from that. i'm so sorry, _ aside because... workers excluded from that. i'm so sorry, we - aside because... workers excluded from that. i'm so sorry, we are i aside because... workers excluded from that. i'm so sorry, we are outj from that. i'm so sorry, we are out of time. but thank you very much for joining us today. lawyerjacqueline mckenzie. anyone in england and wales who kills a police officer, firefighter, paramedic or nurse while committing a crime will automatically be given a life sentence under plans being backed by the government. it follows a campaign by the window of pc andrew harper, who died trying to stop a robbery in berkshire in 2019. —— widow. mr harper was 28 and had just got married when he was dragged to his death by a getaway car. three teenagers were jailed for manslaughter. justice secretary, dominic raab, says he hopes harper's law will be passed "as soon as possible". it could be approved by early next year. june kelly reports. just four weeks after his wedding in 2019, pc andrew harper was killed. and since his killers were convicted, his widow lissie and his family have been campaigning for harper's law. they've been supported by the police federation of england and wales, which represents rank—and—file officers. last year, lissie harper spoke about the campaign. if a person should go out to commit a crime, and as a result of that crime, a police officer, nurse, doctor, paramedic, or police... sorry, prison officer, should be killed as a result of that crime, then this person should spend their life in prison. the campaign has taken lissie harper to the heart of government. and ministers have now announced there will be a mandatory life sentence for anyone convicted of killing an emergency worker while committing a crime. it's notjust the individual case, and i pay tribute to lissie, but it's also the fact that in the last year 10,000 convictions for assaults on emergency workers have taken place. so it's notjust individual cases, it's the scale of it. we think as we come through this pandemic and build back stronger, fairer, in all sorts of ways, we should increase the sentences for those attacks or murders, or unlawful killings i should say, of emergency workers. we want them to know that we've got their back. pc harper was chasing a group of suspects when he became caught in the tow rope of their getaway car. he was dragged for over a mile at speeds of more than 40 miles an hour. teenagers henry long, albert bowers and jessie cole were convicted of manslaughter. they were cleared of murder and so did not automatically receive a life term. welcoming the planned new law, his wife lissie said emergency service workers went into the depths of danger on a regular basis on behalf of society. june kelly, bbc news. and we're saying goodbye now to on bbc two. can continue now with our story about how the's law. matthew barber is the thames valley police and crime commissioner and says he welcomes the announcement by the justice secretary. i think this is a triumph for lucy's campaign. as the tragedy of andrew's death. and thoughts are with her and herfamily death. and thoughts are with her and her family today. the death of pc andrew harper is still felt very keenly across thames valley police but i think it is right the government is taking this move today to change the law and offer greater protection to all emergency service workers. but the criminal barrister, matthew scott, said he fears the new law, if enacted, could cause a number of problems. i think the maxim that a lot of people know that hard cases make bad law applies here. i don't think a mandatory life sentence for manslaughter is right. i think it blurs the distinction between murder and manslaughter. murder requires an intent to kill or to cause really serious injury. manslaughter can be committed, welcome anomaly is committed, welcome anomaly is committed without any such intent and can involve for example a single punch which quite unexpectedly leads to somebody�*s death. and i think to remove all discretion from judges in cases of manslaughter of emergency workers would be quite wrong. barrister matthew scott. a labour mp has called for a review of parliamentary rules — after she was told she can't take her three—month old son into the commons. stella creasy got an email from the commons authorities, saying the guidance had been changed in september. ms creasy received the warning after bringing son pip into a westminster hall debate. the mp for walthamstow does not have maternity cover. she told us the commons needs dragging into the 21st century. our political correspondent has more on this. stella creasy waiting on some clarification i think in fact just hearing in the last few minutes, helen, and we that the speaker is to make a statement on this issue this morning.— this issue this morning. yeah, that is what we — this issue this morning. yeah, that is what we understand _ this issue this morning. yeah, that is what we understand may - this issue this morning. yeah, that is what we understand may well i is what we understand may well happen later this morning. there has been as you say perhaps a bit of confusion around this issue. it is not actually clear of the guidance has been updated or if this is just long—standing guidance that ms creasy has sort of been reminded of if you like. because there have been many occasions over the years when mps have brought their babies into the chamber. stella creasy is not the chamber. stella creasy is not the first person to do that. she brought her elder daughter in in 2019 several times. but if you think about the former lead the lima lib dems leader and a conservative minister took her daughter with her when she was sworn in as an mp in 2019. so the guidance says that mps can do that. but as you hear their selling pc say she surprise it has beenin selling pc say she surprise it has been in force like this. yeah, i'm a bit baffled by the whole thing because this isn't my first child and i have previously taken very small babies, my son is 13 weeks old, so i cannot really leave him on his own and i don't have any maternity cover. so i cannot win here. i need to go in, i need to be able to speak, but i also can't leave a baby that small, that i am feeding at this point in time, on its own. but i have been told very clearly that apparently parliament has taken time to write a law that it is parliamentary faux pas and against the cortices of the house to bring a child with you, but we don't seem, at the moment, to have made it a law to wear masks, and it does seem to be a bit of a reflection of how parliament was set up for another area when perhaps most mps were men of a certain age with independent means. i believe that needs to change because i think our democracy is better when it is open to a broader range of people, so i have asked them to clarify what they are going to do if i keep bringing my son in and where they expecting to be if i don't have him with me. now this is in part to do with the unique way in which an mp's job works. she is not entitled to statutory maternity leave. some paid leave is permitted and they can get someone in to help with some of their work but they can't cover all of it because an mp is an elected official, they can't have someone who can go in and for example speaking the commons chamber. there are some things which are restricted to mps only. so anyone that goes into help to do that can't do the full job into help to do that can't do the fulljob of an mp. now that is something that stella creasy has been pushing for but obviously you can see that that would come with some potentially some complications. but her point is that it is doable for other work places parliament needs to sort of find a way around this. because of course you heard her point out there, the demographics of parliament have changed considerably over the past few decades. and so this is a problem that parliament is now finding itself confronted with perhaps more often. helen, thank you very much. just a reminder, we are expecting that statement on this story from the speaker lindsay hoyle at half past 11 we will bring you that life. —— live. police are continuing to question a 34—year—old man after a couple were killed in their home while their two young children slept upstairs. stephen and jennifer chapple were attacked in norton fitzwarren, in somerset, on sunday evening. their children, aged five and six, were not physically harmed — and are being looked after by relatives. two men in their 20s have been arrested after the body of a woman was found during the search for a missing teenager in plymouth. 18—year—old bobbi—anne mcleod disappeared on saturday evening, when she left home to meet friends. a police cordon remains in bovisand where the body was found. the french international football player, karim benzema, has been found guilty and given a suspended prison sentence for complicity in the attempted blackmail of a fellow footballer over a sex tape. the real madrid striker was also fined 75,000 euros. the french football federation has said a guilty verdict would not necessarilyjeopardise benzema's position in the national side. our correspondent hugh schofield has been following the story from paris. these are events that went back to 2015, if you recall. the trial was a month ago and we heard all the detail there. and it relates to a sex tape, a bit of compromising video which was on mathieu valbuena's telephone, which fell into the hands of an unscrupulous telephone technician, who then flogged it around and to make an approach to valbuena in the form of blackmail. in order to get money from him to suppress this type. —— tape. this man and his cohorts failed initially to make an approach or at least the approach failed. and then they had the idea of coming via karim benzema. and it was through a friend of karim benzema, a childhood friend of benzema's that he heard about it and then he agreed to make a pitch. and famously in a meeting at clairefontaine, the french national coaching centre in 2015 benzema approached valbuena and said, look, i can help you get rid of this problem of this sex tape if you go to lyon and meet such and such person it will all come to an end. now, in court, karim benzema said he thought all he was doing was trying to help his fellow team—mate out of the goodness of his soul. but the court found otherwise that karim benzema could not but have known this was a blackmail attempt and was helping his childhood buddy to do it and to make money out of it, even though benzema himself did not want the money. he was doing it out of a desire to help his friend and could not but have known that blackmail was the root cause of it all. so that was why he was found guilty and he has been given a suspended sentence of a year, which is tough but he will appeal which means that he is technically innocent. and of course it does raise questions about his position in the french national side. he has been out of the side for several years but came back and is now at the top of his game. they want him in the side and the federation has said a guilty verdict would not necessarily have any impact on his staying on the national side. hugh schofield. universities have launched schemes to attract hundreds of ethnic minority students into research. the initiatives follow claims of institutional racism in academia, particularly affecting black people. one analysis shows that out of nearly 20,000 phd positions awarded over three years, 245 were to black students. the head of the uk's research funding body says that the current system was too narrow and that the culture in university departments had to change. our current research and innovation system is just too narrow in those people working in it, and we absolutely need to open it up. these projects are a really exciting element in doing that. an eight—year—old boy — who was struck by a car which was driven through a christmas parade in wisconsin on sunday — has died of his injuries, bringing the death toll to six. darrell brooks — the 39—year—old accused of driving the red suv — appeared in court yesterday, charged with intentional homicide. our north america correspondent barbara plett usher has more. the judge read out the five counts of intentional homicide and he said that each one of them carried a penalty of life in prison. and during the proceedings, the prosecutor said, now they knew a sixth person had died, a child, so the prosecution was planning to bring another charge of intentional homicide by the end of the week. she also read out a lengthy criminal record for darrell brooks, this included violent conduct like strangulation, suffocation, sexual assault, domestic battery. she said that he had tried to run over a woman earlier in the month, the mother of his child. she also said that he had a long history of flight and ofjumping bail. he is wanted on an arrest warrant in nevada, in fact. and so she recommended that the bail be set at $5 million. during the proceedings, darrell brooks sat nearly bent double, his face down. and thejudge considered the bail, he said he would accept the $5 million bail, he said it was extraordinarily high but this was an extraordinarily serious case with an extraordinary history of mr brooks. he said to mr brooks, look, i don't know what the motive was, whether it was panic or whether it was intentional, but clearly you don't do well under pressure and you don't respond to common sense. he also made some remarks about the case, he said that this was a shocking case, he'd never seen anything like it in his life. he said that the state had a very strong case. they have set the next hearing forjanuary. the brother of a bbc staff member found dead in kenya has paid tribute to her "extraordinary drive and energy" and 'supernatural charm'. kate mitchell from whitley bay was found dead after travelling to the country on an expedition with world media action — the bbc�*s international charity. her brother peter has been speaking to the bbc. she loved to be out in the field, she like going to villages, she like travelling round the copperbelt in zambia. she loved to go to refugee camps and talk to people on the ground. i haven't been out much since we heard that she died but every time i'm in whitley bay everyone stops me and says you are kate mitchell's brother, aren't you? because she is a local celebrity, if you well. she is at can a person. and she would not accept a real distinction between one place and here. for her as a passionate cosmopolitan, everywhere was a place to meet people and have a drink and spread somejoy and to meet people and have a drink and spread some joy and try to make things better. we are enormously proud of her. we think she didn't just make the world a brighter place by being in it, she materially improved it for quite a lot of people, to the extent of her powers, which were considerable. peter mitchell speaking _ which were considerable. peter mitchell speaking about - which were considerable. peter mitchell speaking about his i which were considerable. peter mitchell speaking about his sister, kate. north macedonia is entering three days of national mourning after a tourist bus carrying its citizens caught fire and crashed in bulgaria on tuesday, killing 46 people in europe's deadliest road accident in the past decade. bulgaria has also declared a day of mourning on wednesday. investigations are continuing into the tragic accident. apple is suing israeli spyware firm nso group and its parent company. for allegedly targeting iphone users with a hacking tool. nso group said its tools were made to target terrorists and criminals. but it has allegedly also been used on activists, politicians and journalists. a spacecraft that must ultimately crash to succeed has been launched from california — on a nasa mission to demonstrate the world's first planetary defense system. the dart craft is designed to deflect asteroids from a potential doomsday collision with earth. rebecca morelle reports. it's a first for nasa. sending a spacecraft to an asteroid to crash into it and knock it off course. this rock doesn't pose any danger to our planet, but the dart mission is a test of technology for any future threats. the reason we are doing this is in case we ever discover an asteroid actually headed towards earth. we want to know that we can use this technique to change its orbit so that it will not impact us. nasa is targeting a small asteroid called diomorphos, which is orbiting around a larger space rock. the spacecraft travelling at 13,000 miles an hour will fly into the small asteroid, leaving an impact crater up to 20 metres wide. but this should also give the rock a kick which will speed up its orbit. and this can be monitored from the earth to see if it's worked. all you really need is a nudge, because the distances you're going and the speeds you're going, a tiny change in direction can result in a huge change in how far it's going to miss the earth. and that could be vital. a 160 metre wide rock like diomorphos could be catastrophic for populated areas. bigger asteroids that are kilometres across have the potential to devastate the planet. the hope is this mission will show us if it's possible to stop future collisions. the spacecraft will arrive at its destination next autumn. rebecca morelle, bbc news. now it's time for a look at the weather with carol. hello again. for many of us, it is going to be a cloudy day. we have had some dense fog patches this morning across parts of the south and south—east. that's lifting into low cloud, and a weather front sinking south, bringing rain across northern england and wales, with some brighter slots ahead of it. behind it, we see a return to sunshine and showers. the showers very blustery and wintry on the hills in scotland. now, as we head onto the evening and overnight, the winds will strengthen, particularly across the far northof scotland, gusting as much as 60 mph. the first front goes south as the weak feature with some spots of rain and drizzle, and we will see some wintry showers, even at lower levels across the north of scotland. under clear skies, it will be cold enough for a touch of frost. so, tomorrow, early on, we say goodbye to this weather front, it moves away, leaving a lot of dry weather behind it, a fair bit of sunshine, but more of a northerly wind, so we will see showers on windward coasts, and some of those showers making it inland and wintry, notjust on higher ground in the north of scotland, but also to lower levels, and feeling cold. hello, this is bbc news. the headlines... 95% of people who applied to the windrush compensation scheme have yet to receive a single penny. anyone who kills a police officer or emergency worker in england and wales will automatically get a lifelong prison sentence, after a campaign by the widow of pc andrew harper. an mp calls for a review of parliamentary rules — after she was told she can't take her three—month old son into the house of commons — we're expecting a statement from the commons speaker shortly. a court in france has found real madrid forward karim benzema guilty of complicity in the attempted blackmail of former international team mate mathieu valbuena over a sex tape and sentenced him to a one—year suspended jail term. new guidance recommends women who experience bleeding in early pregnancy — and have had a miscarriage — should be given the hormone progesterone. and a successful take—off — nasa launches its spacecraft on a mission to save the earth from dangerous asteroids. yes, just to remind you. the speaker of the house of commons, lindsay hoyle, is about to make a statement. this is in relation to the stella creasy story we have been telling you about today. she was told she could not take a three—month—old son into the house of commons and she has said it should be possible to mix politics with parenting. she has been asking for clarification of the rules around this, which she was told had been changed in september. so we will bring you that statement from the speaker when it happens. sport and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, here's holly hamilton. good morning. we start in york at the uk snooker championships, where former winner shaun murphy isn't one bit happy — he was beaten in the first round by a 19—year—old amateur, and now says they shouldn't be allowed to compete. murphy was five frames to one behind china's sijiahui at one point before battling to take it to a deciding frame, but he missed this shot on the blue, ultimately costing him the match. murphy said afterwards, "that young man shouldn't "be in the tournament. "i don't know why we as a sport allow amateurs to compete "in professional tournaments." australia's neil robertson, who plays another amateur tomorrow, says he agrees. the amateurs are on a computer different —— under completely different —— under completely different pressure where they are not competing for ranking points and they basically have a free hit so i completely agree with what has been said there because it is very dangerous. the world snooker tour has since released a statement, saying... meanwhile, history will be made later as 12—time women's world champion reanne evans makes her debut at the tournament. she and hong kong's ng on—yee will be the first women to play at the event in its 44—year history. i have had if you chances to compete against these guys in tv and qualifiers but it has been hit and miss, here or there, qualifiers but it has been hit and miss, here orthere, and qualifiers but it has been hit and miss, here or there, and to do it on a regular basis and see other women in the sport, it is fantastic to see and it spares every person on, not just women. hopefully we can do it in snooker and get more people playing. evans will play england's world number 14 barry hawkins in the first round later. yesterday, it was the perfect start for world numberfive, kyren wilson. apologies, pulling away from sport, we will take you like to the commons for a statement from the speaker. the advice given yesterday to the honourable memberfor the advice given yesterday to the honourable member for walthamstow, of which i was not privy, reflects the current rules, however, rules has to be seen in context and they change with the times. this house has to be able to function professionally and without disturbance. however, sometimes there may be occasions when the chair can exercise discretion assuming the business is not to be disturbed. i accept that there are differing views on this matter. indeed, i have been contacted by honourable members were babies with a range of views. there are also likely to be some consequential letters, therefore i have asked the chair of the procedure committee if she and her committee will look into this matter and bring forward recommendations which will ultimately be for the house to take a view on. thank you, i'm taking note points. right, let us come... order, order, questions for maria miller. studio: a very brief statement from the speaker saying that he accepts there are different views on this issue raised by stella creasy, who was told she could not bring her three—month—old baby into house of commons. she was told the rules had changed to say what the speaker, as you just ahead, is doing is he has asked the chair of the procedure committee to look into this and to bring forward some suggestions which, as the speaker said, house of commons mps themselves would take a view on. so no conclusion there yet as to whether babies should be allowed or will be allowed into the house of commons, but the procedure committee being asked by the speaker to look into this. new miscarriage guidelines say that women who experience bleeding in early pregnancy — and have had a miscarriage — should be given the hormone progesterone. the guidance from the health watchdog nice is based on research which suggests the treatment could prevent 8,500 miscarriages in the uk every year. the bbc�*s global health correspondent tulip mazumdar reports from birmingham women's hospital. as you know, it'll be a little bit quiet, and then as soon as i can see anything i'll show you exactly what we're looking at. is that all right? these seconds pass slowly. and then... there's your beautiful baby's heart beading. ——beating. josie has been pregnant five times before. she experienced bleeding early on in all of those pregnancies, leading to a loss each time. that's really lovely. baby has started to wiggle about. this time, though, she has been put on progesterone, and all seems to be going well. we'd definitely got to the point where we really thought we wouldn't become parents. after five losses, to get this far and actually start to believe it might happen, isjust, yeah, incredible. progesterone is a naturally occurring hormone which helps prepare the womb to nurture the growing baby. whilst it won't be useful in all pregnancies, it can make all the difference in some. bleeding is quite common in early pregnancy. and it doesn't always necessarily mean that there is a miscarriage about to happen. so the woman would come in and we would scan and see if the pregnancy was ok. women were traditionally told to go home and see what happens. and there wasn't really anything else that we could do. which is tough? really tough. it's lovely now to have some kind of treatment that we can give patients. the new guidance is based on the results of the present trial, which found that progesterone didn't make much of a difference for women who'd just had bleeding and no previous miscarriages. but for women who'd had at least one loss, progesterone was shown to have some benefit. and for those who suffered three or more miscarriages, there was substantial benefit. researchers here say giving this simple treatment to women who have bleeding in early pregnancy, and have had at least one miscarriage, could prevent around 8500 miscarriages every year here in the uk. this is something worth giving it a go. josie and david are now the furthest they have ever been into a pregnancy. and at 15 weeks, they are cautiously optimistic. now we are trying to switch the feelings to be excited. yeah, we get to see it and it's going to be ok. afterfour orfive, how the hell are you hopeful it was ever going to work? and actually, to have the progesterone does feel like that miracle thing for us. some doctors do already prescribe progesterone, but it can be a postcode lottery. this changing guidance means it will be much more widely available to women. this is a very significant moment. we have an intervention that works, that can stop a miscarriage. this would give hope to thousands of couples. but it's really important to appreciate that only some miscarriages can be prevented by progesterone. there are other causes for miscarriages and not everybody would benefit from progesterone. faye's proud mum to five—year—old leila. they took part in the prism trial, which led to today's changing guidance. it was a relief. we were doing something different during that pregnancy. i think it felt like previously we were just doing the same, you know, the same thing was happening and we were just hoping something would magically change. so, i did feel good, but i was absolutely terrified. but on this occasion, obviously, it was a happy ending. joining me now is faye smith, a mum of two. faye took part in the progesterone trial after having three miscarriages and we saw her in tulip's piece. lovely to talk to you today and so lovely to see that there was a really happy conclusion you from taking part in that trial, but tell us a little bit about your story. you have a nine—year—old as well and then you had a number of miscarriages when you are trying for another baby. miscarriages when you are trying for another baby-— another baby. yes, i had a really smooth pregnancy _ another baby. yes, i had a really smooth pregnancy with - another baby. yes, i had a really smooth pregnancy with my i another baby. yes, i had a really smooth pregnancy with my son, | another baby. yes, i had a really i smooth pregnancy with my son, really enjoyable, and then after that, when we were trying for the second baby and we experienced three miscarriages, and it was really hard. i think the guilt of doing something wrong, also, you feel like you should just get on with things and people are well—meaning in that if you do tell people, sometimes people say, you can try again, or it wasn't meant to be, and they are only trying to help but it is really tough to hear that. it can dismiss your feelings, tough to hear that. it can dismiss yourfeelings, really, and you can start to feel that you maybe shouldn't feel this grief and amount of devastation and maybe you're not normal feeling that way and it is only when you talk to other people, you realise how many other people have experienced pregnancy loss and that there are a lot of people who feel that way and are absolutely devastated by it. and maybe they are not talking about those feelings. and i am imagining you must have felt really pretty helpless going through that situation again and again and again. at what point, then, did you hear about this trial? i heard about a view trials after our third loss. it was strange because obviously devastation again, but at that point, we knew that was the trigger point to find out more and you can then go and investigate and you can then go and investigate and do some tests to find out if there is something underlying that is happening. because of all of that, we were able to access the trial for the following pregnancy. and then taking part in that and then getting pregnant again, how different did you feel, what difference did it make to you as the pregnancy progressed, to know that you are trying something different this time? lt you are trying something different this time? 1, , you are trying something different this time? . , ., 1 . this time? it was a huge difference. i still felt incredibly _ this time? it was a huge difference. i still felt incredibly nervous, i i still felt incredibly nervous, terrified, any tiny symptom or twinge or feeling, you were worried it would be happening again, but just being able to be part of the trial gave us some hope that we were doing something different. like i said in the film. so instead feel different and i did feel differently in that pregnancy, but you push it to the back of your mind because you kind of protect yourself in case it happens again. you kind of protect yourself in case it happens again-— kind of protect yourself in case it happens again. you do not want to ho -e and happens again. you do not want to hope and then. — happens again. you do not want to hope and then, obviously, - happens again. you do not want to hope and then, obviously, you i happens again. you do not want to hope and then, obviously, you are| hope and then, obviously, you are thinking, willing to be the same outcome as the three previous pregnancies? but thankfully as resort you have a beautiful girl, leila, and how much has this experience underlying for you the need for more research? as nice are calling for, into miscarriages. because you had to go through three miscarriages before you could access some help. miscarriages before you could access some hel. , ., . , miscarriages before you could access someheln. , , . _ some help. research is incredibly im ortant some help. research is incredibly important and — some help. research is incredibly important and i _ some help. research is incredibly important and i am _ some help. research is incredibly important and i am so _ some help. research is incredibly important and i am so grateful i some help. research is incredibly important and i am so grateful to| important and i am so grateful to the team that were involved in this trial. it'sjust bring the team that were involved in this trial. it's just bring some hope to people, really, and it is notjust the physical impact of miscarriage, it is the long—term impact on people's mental health as well. so if you can avoid that by trying to avoid unnecessary pregnancy loss, thenit avoid unnecessary pregnancy loss, then it makes a massive difference to the people involved, whether that is the woman or their partner, but also, the nhs and the fact that there are so many people who are probably experiencing mental health problems, depression, anxiety, as a result of the current miscarriages orjust result of the current miscarriages or just one result of the current miscarriages orjust one miscarriage, it can be a long—term impact. so any research that helps people to avoid pregnancy loss is so important. thud that helps people to avoid pregnancy loss is so important.— loss is so important. and you are an examle loss is so important. and you are an example of— loss is so important. and you are an example of hope. — loss is so important. and you are an example of hope, because - loss is so important. and you are an example of hope, because this i loss is so important. and you are an example of hope, because this is i loss is so important. and you are an example of hope, because this is all about hope, isn't it? people wanting about hope, isn't it? people wanting a much longed for baby, you can say to them, well, this is my story and at the end of that, i do have a much wanted baby. at the end of that, i do have a much wanted baby-— wanted baby. that is right, and we are luc . wanted baby. that is right, and we are lucky- we _ wanted baby. that is right, and we are lucky. we are _ wanted baby. that is right, and we are lucky. we are lucky _ wanted baby. that is right, and we are lucky. we are lucky in - wanted baby. that is right, and we are lucky. we are lucky in that i wanted baby. that is right, and we are lucky. we are lucky in that we | are lucky. we are lucky in that we had a successful outcome last time and we have our daughter, but i appreciate that is not the case for all people and there are a lot of people going through this right now, so the fact that it has been talked about so much is really good and people can find out and push that treatment and they know they can access it now.— treatment and they know they can access it now. ., ,, , ., . ., access it now. thank you so much for talkint access it now. thank you so much for talkin: to access it now. thank you so much for talking to us — access it now. thank you so much for talking to us and _ access it now. thank you so much for talking to us and sharing _ access it now. thank you so much for talking to us and sharing your - talking to us and sharing your story. talking to us and sharing your sto . 1, by a female member of my family. by the time i was 11, probably been sexually abused by three different relatives. dipi, not her real name, lived with the trauma, unable to open up to anyone. i didn't even want to talk to anyone in my community, because it was always be, what did you do? what could you have done to prevent it? this was a similar scenario for a domestic abuse victim, we'll call her rani, who was abused by her husband. it started after i had my first child. it was a physical attack. i went to the police, it went to court, and he was cautioned. when rani told herfamily, she was told, physical abuse from her husband was normal and to be accepted. at first i told my mum, but there's generational thinking, especially in the sikh community. their response is, oh, men do that, he'll change over time. sikh women's aid helped both these midlands women, and found their experiences were all too common. the charity says some people within the sikh punjabi community have tried to shut down claims of abuse, especially if the abuse has taken place in a sikh temple, called a gurdwara. the whole thing around keeping it hush, bringing shame on the community, but also that particular temple, nobody wants to admit that something like this has taken place. abuse, whether it's domestic or sexual, is prevalent in every community. but what this report highlights is how it's hidden in the sikh community in the name of so—called family honour. that means perpetrators don't face justice and can go on to abuse others, victims can't deal with the trauma and may live with issues, and that vicious cycle continues for generations to come. i tried contacting the sikh council uk, but they are yet to respond. meanwhile, sikh women's aid say opening up about abuse in the community is the only way the issue could be tackled. raj kaur bilkhu, bbc news. new zealand says it will not reopen to foreign travellers for at least another five months, as it slowly relaxes some of the world's toughest covid pandemic border restrictions. new zealanders stranded in australia will be able to return home from mid—january, and kiwis travelling from elsewhere will be allowed in a month later. a man who spent 42 years in jail in the united states for three murders that he did not commit has been released from prison. kevin strickland, who is black, was convicted by an all—white jury in missouri in 1979. the judge who reviewed the case said he'd been jailed solely on the testimony of a survivor who later retracted her evidence. mr strickland, who's 62, said he had no hard feelings against the woman. a jury in the us state of georgia will resume their deliberations later in the case of three white men charged with the murder of a black man last year. the defendants are accused of shooting ahmaud arbery while he was outjogging in the city of brunswick. they have pleaded not guilty. a usjury has awarded $25 million in damages to people who were hurt during protests against a far—right rally in virginia four years ago. the court in charlottesville found the organisers of the �*unite the right�* gathering, which brought together white nationalists, white supremacists and neo—nazis, were responsible for the violence. our north america correspondent peter bowes reports. the violent clashes in charlottesville were a defining moment in recent american history. the unite the right rally was planned as a protest against the removal of statues of confederate leaders from the us civil war. it began with a march by neo—nazis and white supremacists. it ended the next day in violence. this incident led to the death of one woman when a far—right member drove into counter protesters. at least 19 others were injured. the lawsuit was brought against organisers of the rally by nine people who suffered physical or emotional injuries during the demonstrations. they allege that the defendants conspired to plan, promote and carry out the violent events carrying semiautomatic weapons, pistols, mace, armour shields and torches. the defendants said they acted in self—defence and that the police bore responsibility forfailing to keep the two sides from fighting. the jury found the defendants liable for civil conspiracy and other claims under virginia state law. they were deadlocked on two federal conspiracy charges. they awarded more than $25 million in damages against 12 individuals and five neo—nazi and white nationalist groups. a lawyer for the group behind the lawsuit said the verdict was a message that the us did not tolerate violence based on racial and religious hatred in any form. one ofjust two surviving documents, showing how albert einstein arrived at one of the greatest mathematical discoveries, has sold at an auction house in paris for a record $13 million. the manuscript shows calculations made by einstein as he attempted to formulate his theory of relativity, which went on to transform our understanding of the universe. courtney bembridge reports. it may look incomprehensible, but these scratchings paved the way for a scientific breakthrough which transformed our understanding of space, time and gravity. the 54—page document was expected to fetch around $3.5 million, but it ended up going for almost four times that amount, breaking the record for an autographed scientific document. applause the buyer remains a mystery. the manuscript was written in 1913 and 1914 by einstein and his academic partner, swiss physicist michele besso, who kept hold of the document, and it�*s lucky he did. it is one ofjust two papers showing the calculations which led to the great scientific breakthrough. translation: einstein is someone who kept very few notes, _ so the mere fact that the manuscript survived and made its way to us makes it absolutely extraordinary. it�*s a rare and valuable document, but it�*s not the first time it has been up for auction. 20 years ago it was sold as part of a pyramid scheme which ended up being one of france�*s biggest art scams, and the dispersal of that collection is what led to this sale. courtney bembridge, bbc news. fascinating story. in the next few minutes, we will be going live to the house of commons for prime minister�*s questions. let�*s speak to our political correspondent. damian, let me first check with you, is borisjohnson going to be doing pm cues this week? latte is boris johnson going to be doing pm cues this week?— is boris johnson going to be doing pm cues this week? we believe so, let downing — pm cues this week? we believe so, let downing street _ pm cues this week? we believe so, let downing street a _ pm cues this week? we believe so, let downing street a short - pm cues this week? we believe so, let downing street a short time i pm cues this week? we believe so, j let downing street a short time ago to head across to the commons so he is making his way there as we speak and expected to be on his feet in just a few minutes�* time. t and expected to be on his feet in just a few minutes' time.- and expected to be on his feet in just a few minutes' time. i was 'ust checkint just a few minutes' time. i was 'ust checking because i just a few minutes' time. i was 'ust checking because sometimes i just a few minutes' time. i wasjust checking because sometimes that i checking because sometimes that changes, but after that speech to the cbi, earlier this week, peppa pig references and all, there is going to be a lot of focus on how he performs today, isn't there? yes, and it will be _ performs today, isn't there? yes, and it will be probably _ performs today, isn't there? yes, and it will be probably an - performs today, isn't there? 1a: and it will be probably an occasion that will broadly be about that performance, the speech you mentioned of course, he lost his place in his notes, took 30 seconds also to try to find it again while he was shuffling his papers, saying forgive me, also references in that speech to a made two peppa pig world over the weekend, raising eyebrows and speaking to his audience of business leaders there. and questions then at from the backbenches, voices of discontent, we have had some rebellious backbenchers not voting for government policies. we have had questions, really, generally, broadly, about grip and that sort of thing, and that is i guess where you say, people will be watching this to see how he now handles this situation in the commons today. do ou situation in the commons today. do you think a little bit that his performance today will be examined just as much by his old party, his own backbenchers, by those on the opposition benches? yes. own backbenchers, by those on the opposition benches?— opposition benches? yes, but certainly what _ opposition benches? yes, but certainly what you _ opposition benches? yes, but certainly what you can - opposition benches? yes, but certainly what you can say - opposition benches? yes, but certainly what you can say is i opposition benches? yes, but. certainly what you can say is that those things will almost certainly be exploited by the opposition, i imagine, in what we will hear. there are avenues there for them to try to attack the prime minister and perhaps a sense that, yes, his own backbenchers will be watching to see how he responds and how he counters those, and therefore what sort of judgments they draw from that. so it is quite an interesting sort of important moment, i think, for him, but then of course we should not forget that this is a premise that with a very large majority and is pretty secure in his position, he has been able to get things through, the commons, despite backbenchers not voting for those things, like the social care changes we have seen this week. so is still in a strong position at their in the commons in that way. position at their in the commons in that wa . ., . ., ., that way. 0k, we will watch that and brina it to that way. 0k, we will watch that and bring it to our _ that way. 0k, we will watch that and bring it to our viewers _ that way. 0k, we will watch that and bring it to our viewers live _ that way. 0k, we will watch that and bring it to our viewers live when - that way. 0k, we will watch that and bring it to our viewers live when it i bring it to our viewers live when it begins injusta bring it to our viewers live when it begins in just a few minutes' time. thank you very much. before that, eight look at the weather with carol. —— a look at the weather. there is a cold front bringing some rain and the isobars behind d'italia that it rain and the isobars behind d'italia thatitis rain and the isobars behind d'italia that it is going to be windy later, particularly across the far north of scotland. a favourite card across the south—eastern quarter, with one or two showers, our weather front sinking self, bringing rain into wales and england, blustery showers behind scotland and northern ireland, wintry on i ground. n on —— on higherground. —— on higher ground. the winds are strengthening and the winds take patchy rain and drizzle with it and lots of wintry showers in the highlands even at lower levels. cold enough for a touch of frost. early on we say goodbye to this weather front on thursday, then a lot of dry weather, sunshine, but that northerly wind bringing showers onto windward coast. wintry in the highlands once again, even at lower levels, and it's going to be cold tomorrow. four to about 9 degrees. now, as we head from thursday into friday, this area of low pressure moves across us, it is quite a potent one. we can see from the isobars that it is going to be particularly windy. we will have gales, even severe gales. the met office has a couple of yellow warnings out to this end. so during the course of friday, this curl here is rain around the low pressure. we have got a lot of showers coming in as well and also windy across scotland and northern ireland during because of friday. some of this is snow and we could well see some of that at lower levels as well, but it is going to feel cold wherever you are during the course of friday. in through friday night, well, the weather warning extends across most of the uk if not all of it, the exception being the far south—east at this stage. we're looking at gales, even severe gales with exposure. and still this mixture of rain, sleet and snow, and we'll have that again during the course of saturday. the rain eventually clearing scotland and northern ireland but there is the potential for disruption as we go from friday into saturday, including the overnight period. damaging winds, widespread gales and a mixture of rain and snow. this is bbc news, the headlines... 95% of people who applied to the windrush compensation scheme have yet to receive a single penny. anyone who kills a police officer or emergency worker in england and wales, will automatically get a lifelong prison sentence, after a campaign by the widow of pc andrew harper. mps are to review parliamentary rules — after labour mp stella creasy says she was told she can't take her three—month old son into the house of commons. this is the scene live in the house of commons, where prime minister's questions is about to get under way — we'll bring that to you as soon as it starts. hello and thanks forjoining us on bbc news this lunchtime. let's cross live to the house of commons now, for prime minister's questions. thank you, mr speaker. this morning i had meetings with colleagues. immediately following pmqs i will attend an event, along with further such meetings later today. i too will be attending _ such meetings later today. i too will be attending in _ such meetings later today. i too will be attending in a _ such meetings later today. i too will be attending in a few- such meetings later today. hm: will be attending in a few minutes. nikki's seven—year—old sons had 37 seizures a day because of a brain disease he suffered from. he has had surgery now but it is a struggle everyday to keep him in school. she, nicky, is supporting the acquired brain injury bill because she believes that the government needs to have across departmental strategy for supporting those who have had an acquired brain injury, it is women who have been beaten in the head by their partners, it is people who have had brain injuries, children who have suffered from carbon monoxide poisoning, soldiers who have been in explosions. i really hope that the government is going to back the acquired brain injury bill but above all we need a strategy to help the 1.4 million people in this country. will he give us that? i want to thank the right honourable memberfor raising this want to thank the right honourable member for raising this vital issue and for his commitment to this cause, his personal commitment. and i can assure him that we are studying his opposed bill and working to ensure that people do get the support for the acquired brain injuries that they have received. and what we can certainly pledge at this stage to do, and i hope this will be of some use to him and the many who care about this issue in the way that he does and as i'm sure members do across the house, the department of health and social care will lead on the development of across departmental government strategy on acquired brain injury and other neurological conditions and other neurological conditions and i will be very happy to share details with him shortly.- and i will be very happy to share details with him shortly. thank you, mr speaker- — details with him shortly. thank you, mr speaker- in _ details with him shortly. thank you, mr speaker. in july _ details with him shortly. thank you, mr speaker. in july of _ details with him shortly. thank you, mr speaker. in july of this _ details with him shortly. thank you, mr speaker. in july of this year - details with him shortly. thank you, mr speaker. in july of this year my i mr speaker. in july of this year my constituency kensington suffered devastating flooding with more than 2000 _ devastating flooding with more than 2000 homes flooded, a river running down _ 2000 homes flooded, a river running down portobello road and a lot of residents— down portobello road and a lot of residents having to move into temporary accommodation. does my i’llht temporary accommodation. does my right honourable friend agree with me that _ right honourable friend agree with me that thames water needs to come up me that thames water needs to come up with_ me that thames water needs to come up with short and long—term solutions_ up with short and long—term solutions they need to make sufficient investment in infrastructure to prevent offence like this — infrastructure to prevent offence like this happening again my right honourable friend is right to mention— honourable friend is right to mention flooding. we honourable friend is right to mention flooding.— honourable friend is right to mention floodinu. ~ ., , mention flooding. we have helped brina in mention flooding. we have helped bring in the _ mention flooding. we have helped bring in the thames _ mention flooding. we have helped bring in the thames tideway - mention flooding. we have helped. bring in the thames tideway tunnel which will help to deal with what happens in london.— which will help to deal with what happens in london. thank you, mrs baker. at happens in london. thank you, mrs baker- at the _ happens in london. thank you, mrs baker. at the last _ happens in london. thank you, mrs baker. at the last election - happens in london. thank you, mrs baker. at the last election the - baker. at the last election the pro—minister promised that nobody would have to sell the home —— thank you, mr speaker. that is a broken promise, isn't it? ila. you, mr speaker. that is a broken promise, isn't it?— you, mr speaker. that is a broken promise, isn't it? no, mr speaker. if he looks — promise, isn't it? no, mr speaker. if he looks at— promise, isn't it? no, mr speaker. if he looks at what _ promise, isn't it? no, mr speaker. if he looks at what we _ promise, isn't it? no, mr speaker. if he looks at what we are - promise, isn't it? no, mr speaker. i if he looks at what we are proposing and fix it to something that labour never fixed and fix it to something that labour neverfixed in and fix it to something that labour never fixed in all their years and fix it to something that labour neverfixed in all their years in office. we are saying to the people office. we are saying to the people of this country that we will disregard your home as part of your assets if you and your spice live in it. a number two, you can have a deferred... and you are living in residential care, you can have a deferred payment scheme. but most important of all, by putting in the huge investment that we are making now in health and social care we are allowing for the first time the people of this country to ensure themselves against the potentially catastrophic and otherwise catastrophic and otherwise catastrophic cost of dementia or alzheimer's, mr speaker. and even if you are not one of those people who suffer from those afflictions we are taking away the anxiety from millions of people up another land about their home. i millions of people up another land about their home.— millions of people up another land about their home. i think the prime ministeriust _ about their home. i think the prime ministerjust describe _ about their home. i think the prime ministerjust describe the _ about their home. i think the prime ministerjust describe the broken i ministerjust describe the broken system he said he was fixing. it is certainly not a straight answer. let's have another go. i see them turn up this week, prime minister. mr speaker, he used to say... order! i don't mr speaker, he used to say. .. order! i don't think— mr speaker, he used to say... order! i don't think i — mr speaker, he used to say... order! i don't think i need _ mr speaker, he used to say... order! i don't think i need any _ mr speaker, he used to say... order! i don't think i need any further. - idon't think i need any further. yesterday— i don't think i need any further. yesterday we had a very good example of the _ yesterday we had a very good example of the house being at its best in that cathedral. please, let's show some _ that cathedral. please, let's show some respect. iwant that cathedral. please, let's show some respect. i want to be able to hear— some respect. i want to be able to hear not _ some respect. i want to be able to hear not only the prime minister but the leader_ hear not only the prime minister but the leader of the opposition. shouting each other down doesn't do you or— shouting each other down doesn't do you or your— shouting each other down doesn't do you or your constituents any good. we need _ you or your constituents any good. we need to— you or your constituents any good. we need to hear the questions and i certainly— we need to hear the questions and i certainly need to hear the answers. and if_ certainly need to hear the answers. and if anybody doesn't like it please — and if anybody doesn't like it please leave now. mr and if anybody doesn't like it please leave now. mr speaker, it is not a complicated _ please leave now. mr speaker, it is not a complicated question - please leave now. mr speaker, it is not a complicated question so - please leave now. mr speaker, it is not a complicated question so let's| not a complicated question so let's have another go. he used to say that nobody would have to sell their home to pay for their care. it is in his manifesto right here. on the basis of that promise, he then put up tax on every working person in the country. so has he done what he promised and ensured that nobody will have to sell their home to pay for care? yes or no, it is not complicated. for care? yes or no, it is not complicated-— complicated. no, it is not complicated, _ complicated. no, it is not complicated, mr - complicated. no, it is not| complicated, mr speaker, complicated. no, it is not- complicated, mr speaker, because what we are doing is disregarding your home as part of the assets that we calculate. so if you go down to £100,000, that is the beginning where we will ask you to contribute. but your home is not included in that. and they have absolutely no plan. they have spent decades failing to address this and only a few weeks ago they failed to vote for the 35th billion pounds that will enable us to fix this ? make the £36 billion. notjust a fixed social care problem but to pay for people to live in their own homes, mr speaker, and receive the care they need in their homes. that is what this one nation conservative government is doing. why won't he support it? mr government is doing. why won't he suort it? ~ government is doing. why won't he suuortit? ~ �*, ., ., support it? mr speaker, he's had two opportunities — support it? mr speaker, he's had two opportunities to _ support it? mr speaker, he's had two opportunities to standbys _ support it? mr speaker, he's had two opportunities to standbys manifesto i opportunities to standbys manifesto commitment and he is not taken them. he says hejust commitment and he is not taken them. he says he just has so let's test this in the real world, prime minister. underthe this in the real world, prime minister. under the pro—minister's plans, a person with assets worth about 100 thousand pounds most tied up about 100 thousand pounds most tied up in the home would have to pay £80,000. they would lose almost everything. how on earth does the prime minister think that they would get their hands on that kind of money without selling a home. i’m money without selling a home. i'm aood money without selling a home. i'm good have a third go at trying to clear this up good have a third go at trying to clearthis up in good have a third go at trying to clear this up in the befuddled mind of the right honourable gentleman opposite. because it is important and the fact is that the party opposite have totally failed to address it. they haven't had the guts to fix this in all their time in office. it is something left over from the attlee government and we are fixing it. and let me repeat for the third time, mr speaker, your home is disregarded. number two, evenif home is disregarded. number two, even if you have a second home and you're in residential care you have a deferred payment agreement. the number three, a deferred payment agreement. the numberthree, mr a deferred payment agreement. the number three, mr speaker, a deferred payment agreement. the numberthree, mr speaker, are number three, mr speaker, are allowing numberthree, mr speaker, are allowing you to insure yourself of the first time by capping a 86,000. he wants to put the cap at 100,000, mr speaker. the he wants to put the cap at 100,000, mr speaker-— mr speaker. the question was very sim - le mr speaker. the question was very simple and — mr speaker. the question was very simple and it _ mr speaker. the question was very simple and it is _ mr speaker. the question was very simple and it is the _ mr speaker. the question was very simple and it is the question - mr speaker. the question was very simple and it is the question all. mr speaker. the question was very simple and it is the question all of| simple and it is the question all of his backbench... if you've got house about £140,000, how do you fined £80,000 without selling your home? it is common sense. strip away the bluster and deflection and refusal to answer the question. there is a simple truth and this is why the pro—minister won't address it. people will still be forced to sell a home pay for care. look at the vote the other day for the answers that question. they will still be forced to sell a home. it is broken promise. just like he promised that he wouldn't put up tax. just like you promised 40 new hospitals. just like you promised a rail revolution in the north. mr speaker, who knows if he will make it to the next election. but if he does, how does he expect anyone to take him and his promises seriously? mr he expect anyone to take him and his promises seriously?— promises seriously? mr speaker, yet aaain he promises seriously? mr speaker, yet again he raises— promises seriously? mr speaker, yet again he raises the _ promises seriously? mr speaker, yet again he raises the rail— promises seriously? mr speaker, yet again he raises the rail revolution - again he raises the rail revolution in the north. three new high—speed lines, mr speaker. £96 billion. again, nothing like it, mr speaker, nothing like it and just for the advantage of i didn't even know this, i was in a state of complete innocence about this last week but it turns out that the right honourable gentleman actually campaigned against hs2 altogether. he said it would be devastating and it should be cancelled. i can tell you something, h is to run through my constituency as well and i took a decision, even though it has been very tough my constituents. i took a decision that it was in the right thing to do for the long term interest of the whole country. how can they possibly trust that man? mr can they possibly trust that man? ii speaker, i think he has lost his place in his notes again. the only thing he is delivering is high taxes, high prices and low growth. i'm not sure the prime minister should be shouting about that. and it isn'tjust broken promises, it is also about fairness. everyone needs protection against massive health and care costs. but under his plan, someone with assets worth about £100,000 will lose almost everything. yet somebody with assets of about £1 million will keep almost everything. it isjust of about £1 million will keep almost everything. it is just like their 2017 manifesto all over again, only this time something has changed. he has picked the pockets of working people to protect the estates of the wealthiest. how could he possibly have managed to devise a working class dementia tax? mr have managed to devise a working class dementia tax?— have managed to devise a working class dementia tax? mr speaker, i think i've answered _ class dementia tax? mr speaker, i think i've answered that _ class dementia tax? mr speaker, i think i've answered that question i think i've answered that question three times already. but this does more for working people up and down the country than labour ever did because we are actually solving the problem that they failed to address. we are disregarding your housing asset altogether while you are in and he talks aboutjobs, he talks about working people. let me just remind him, one statistic that people should bear in mind. it is now almost a month after thurlow ended. he talks about the economy. —— thurlow. that's because of the policies of this government has pursued. mr policies of this government has ursued. ~ ,,, ., ,, policies of this government has ursued. i ,,, ., «i , policies of this government has ursued. i ., «i , ., pursued. mr speaker, there is no caettin pursued. mr speaker, there is no getting away _ pursued. mr speaker, there is no getting away from _ pursued. mr speaker, there is no getting away from it, _ pursued. mr speaker, there is no getting away from it, working - pursued. mr speaker, there is no - getting away from it, working people are being asked to pay twice, during their working lives they will pay much more tax in national insurance while those living off wealth are protected. and then when they retire they face having to sell their home when the wealthiest won't have to do so. it is a classic con game, a covent garden pickpocketing operation. the prime minister is the front man distracting people with wild promises and panto speeches, whilst his chancellor dips his hand in their pocket. but now the prime minister's routine is falling flat. his chancellor is worried that people are getting wise. his backbenchers say it is embarrassing, your words. your words. and senior people in downing street tell the bbc it is just not working. is everything 0k, prime minister? bbc it isjust not working. is everything ok, prime minister? well, mr speaker. — everything ok, prime minister? well, mr speaker. i— everything ok, prime minister? well, mr speaker, i tell _ everything ok, prime minister? well, mr speaker, i tell you _ everything ok, prime minister? well, mr speaker, i tell you what _ everything 0k, prime minister? well, mr speaker, i tell you what is not working is that line of attack. i just want to repeat the crucial point, we are delivering for the working people of this country. and we are fixing the problem is that they thought could never be fixed. we are doing the things they thought were impossible. let me repeat, there are now more people in work in this country with their wages going up, mr speaker, than there were before the pandemic began. and that is because of the policies of this government. whether it is on rolling out the vaccine, whether it is on investment. he didn't want to invest investment. he didn't want to invest in the vaccine tax forced i seem to remember. 0rwhether in the vaccine tax forced i seem to remember. 0r whether it is making the strategic investments that we have. if we have listened to captain hindsight, mr speaker, we would have no hs2 at all because that's what he stood for. and if we listen to him, we would all still be in mr speaker. mr speaker, mrspeaker, can mr speaker, can apply minister confirmed _ mr speaker, can apply minister confirmed they— mr speaker, can apply minister confirmed they will— mr speaker, can apply minister confirmed they will use - mr speaker, can apply minister confirmed they will use the - mr speaker, can apply minister| confirmed they will use the rest mr speaker, can apply minister. confirmed they will use the rest of uk's presidency— confirmed they will use the rest of uk's presidency of _ confirmed they will use the rest of uk's presidency of cop _ confirmed they will use the rest of uk's presidency of cop to - confirmed they will use the rest of uk's presidency of cop to urge - uk's presidency of cop to urge countries _ uk's presidency of cop to urge countries around _ uk's presidency of cop to urge countries around the - uk's presidency of cop to urge countries around the world - uk's presidency of cop to urge countries around the world to| uk's presidency of cop to urge - countries around the world to make good _ countries around the world to make good on _ countries around the world to make good on the — countries around the world to make good on the pledges _ countries around the world to make good on the pledges they— countries around the world to make good on the pledges they made - countries around the world to make good on the pledges they made in. good on the pledges they made in glasgow? — good on the pledges they made in glasgow? and _ good on the pledges they made in glasgow? and does _ good on the pledges they made in glasgow? and does he _ good on the pledges they made in glasgow? and does he agree - good on the pledges they made in glasgow? and does he agree withi good on the pledges they made in- glasgow? and does he agree with me that decarbonisation_ glasgow? and does he agree with me that decarbonisation can _ glasgow? and does he agree with me that decarbonisation can create - that decarbonisation can create millions— that decarbonisation can create millions of— that decarbonisation can create millions ofjobs_ that decarbonisation can create millions ofjobs across - that decarbonisation can create millions ofjobs across the - that decarbonisation can create millions ofjobs across the uk i that decarbonisation can create . millions ofjobs across the uk and around _ millions ofjobs across the uk and around the — millions ofjobs across the uk and around the world? _ millions ofjobs across the uk and around the world? i— millions of jobs across the uk and around the world?— around the world? i totally agree with my right _ around the world? i totally agree with my right honourable - around the world? i totally agree with my right honourable friend. | with my right honourable friend. that is why our transition to green jobsis that is why our transition to green jobs is supporting 440,000 new green high skilled jobs across the uk. and the breakthrough agenda that we endorsed a cop26 i believe will support between 20 and 30 million jobs across the world by 2030 and i think there's probably gross underestimate. i’m think there's probably gross underestimate.— think there's probably gross underestimate. �* , , think there's probably gross underestimate. , , ., underestimate. i'm sure you wish to 'oin me underestimate. i'm sure you wish to join me and — underestimate. i'm sure you wish to join me and indeed _ underestimate. i'm sure you wish to join me and indeed the _ underestimate. i'm sure you wish to join me and indeed the rest - underestimate. i'm sure you wish to join me and indeed the rest of- underestimate. i'm sure you wish to join me and indeed the rest of the i join me and indeed the rest of the house in welcoming the moderator of the church of scotland to the gallery today and to thank him for his sage words at a sermon this morning. mr speaker, the past few weeks have shown this tory government at its very worst. a tory sleaze and corruption scandal on a scale not seen since the 19905. tory cuts and tax rises that will leave millions of people worse off. a litany of broken promises. from hs2 to carbon capture, triple lock on pensions, social care and who can possibly forget the £20 billion bridge to ireland that evaporated into thin air. at the centre of all this is one man, a prime minister who is floundering in failure. so can i ask the prime minister, will his party falling in the polls, his colleagues briefing against him, has he considered calling it a day before he is pushed out the door? mr speaker, what the people of this country want to hear is less talk about politics and politicians and they want to talk about what the government is doing for the people of scotland. and what the scottish government is doing for the people of scotland. but he talks about infrastructure investment and i can tell him that if he will wait till i think friday or later this week he is going to hear about what we are going to do with the union connectivity review to ensure that the people of scotland are served with connections that they need, which the scottish nationalist party is totally failed to put in. that certainly wasn't _ is totally failed to put in. that certainly wasn't an _ is totally failed to put in. that certainly wasn't an answer- is totally failed to put in. trisgit certainly wasn't an answer to the question that i asked but we are used to that. and i didn't expect the prime minister to take responsibility because he never does. but this isn'tjust about responsibility because he never does. but this isn't just about the chaos in the conservative party. it is about the state of the united kingdom under his failing leadership. because whilst the prime minister spends his time hunting for chatty pigs and steering off a leadership challenge from the treasury, in the real world people are suffering a tory cost of living crisis. brexit is hit in the economy hard but the prime minister can't even give a coherent speech to business. the prye minister's officials have lost confidence in him, tory mps have lost confidence in him. —— the prime minister. and the public have lost confidence in him. why is it clinging on when quite simply he isn't up to the job? i might ask the right honourable gentleman what on earth he thinks he is doing talking about party political issues when all the people of scotland want to hear is what on earth the scottish national government is doing. they are falling in the polls. their cause is falling in the polls. their cause is falling in the polls. their cause is falling in the polls and considering their manifold failures on tax, on education, and all the things the people of scotland really care about, i'm not surprised. and i can see some agreement on the benches opposite. mr see some agreement on the benches o- osite. , ,,, . «i see some agreement on the benches o- osite. i ,,, . «i see some agreement on the benches ouosite. i .,«i . , ., opposite. mr speaker, i celebrate the recent successes _ opposite. mr speaker, i celebrate the recent successes of _ opposite. mr speaker, i celebrate the recent successes of woking i the recent successes of woking college, my localsixth the recent successes of woking college, my local sixth form college and i welcome the recent government investment for a new teaching block which will allow it to expand. many colleges and students find be tx to be a really valuable qualification and course, enabling progress into higher education and skilled employment. does the prime minister agree with me that we should protect student choice and keep b—tecs as an option for students? we student choice and keep b-tecs as an option for students?— option for students? we will continue to _ option for students? we will continue to fund _ option for students? we will continue to fund them - option for students? we will| continue to fund them where option for students? we will- continue to fund them where there is a clear need for them by mass stress to him that we have got to close the gap between the things that people study and the needs of business and thatis study and the needs of business and that is what t levels are designed to do. ., .. that is what t levels are designed to do. . «i i. that is what t levels are designed to do. ., «i , that is what t levels are designed todo. . , . that is what t levels are designed todo. ., , . i to do. thank you very much, mr speaker- _ to do. thank you very much, mr speaker- i— to do. thank you very much, mr speaker. i rarely _ to do. thank you very much, mr speaker. i rarely agree - to do. thank you very much, mr speaker. i rarely agree with - to do. thank you very much, mr speaker. i rarely agree with the | speaker. i rarely agree with the prime minister but last week when he said that cop26 showed that we can end our reliance on fossil fuels, i did agree with him. but that begs the question as to why his government is pressing ahead not just with an oil field but with 39 other oil, gas and coal developments which would amount to three times the uk's current annual climate emissions. now, idon't the uk's current annual climate emissions. now, i don't want an answer about all the things he thinks he is doing on cars and cash and trees. i want him to tell the house if he will leave those fossil fuels in the ground? will he cancel those projects? and does he recognise that if he doesn't he will need to ask for forgiveness notjust for losing his place in the speech but for losing the future of our children. mr but for losing the future of our children. i ,,, ., «i ., ., children. mr speaker, we are not only powering — children. mr speaker, we are not only powering past _ children. mr speaker, we are not only powering past coal, - children. mr speaker, we are not only powering past coal, going i children. mr speaker, we are noti only powering past coal, going to children. mr speaker, we are not. only powering past coal, going to an end to fossilfuel only powering past coal, going to an end to fossil fuel reliance in our energy generation at all by 2024, which is an absolute stunning thing ahead of countries around the world. i'm glad that she's praising me for that. the oilfield as she knows is the study by an independent regulator. but we have also done is leave the world and stop the financing of overseas hydrocarbons and that is a fantastic thing which the whole world followed. iiiel and that is a fantastic thing which the whole world followed. net zero, levelling up — the whole world followed. net zero, levelling up and _ the whole world followed. net zero, levelling up and building _ the whole world followed. net zero, levelling up and building back- levelling up and building back better can't happen unless we have a massive increase in the supply of critical tech minerals like silicon, copper and lithium. but beijing controls most of them. noting china's recent tech minerals leveraged onjapan does he agree with me that the reliance on our green industrial revolution relies on advancing our indeed to limit indigenous silicon valley. what fiscal incentives can he now provides a cabinet pace? i fiscal incentives can he now provides a cabinet pace? i thank my honourable friend _ provides a cabinet pace? i thank my honourable friend for _ provides a cabinet pace? i thank my honourable friend for that _ provides a cabinet pace? i thank my honourable friend for that and - provides a cabinet pace? i thank my honourable friend for that and as i provides a cabinet pace? i thank my honourable friend for that and as he i honourable friend for that and as he knows there are some very interesting and lucrative sources of minerals such as lithium in this country whose exploration and discovery and reuse we are encouraging. but secondly on the tax point that he rightly raises, we are going to use free ports to ensure that we support them as herbs for the processing of those critical minerals here in the uk. in the processing of those critical minerals here in the uk. in 2014 my constituent's _ minerals here in the uk. in 2014 my constituent's three-year-old - minerals here in the uk. in 2014 my constituent's three-year-old son i minerals here in the uk. in 2014 my| constituent's three-year-old son was constituent's three—year—old son was killed by an unsafe trailer. every year, 30% of people who do the b+ e test failure and now the government is abolishing that test. unleashing thousands of untrained, untested, unsafe drivers onto our roads. why is the government breaking its promise to grieving families to make towing on our roads safer? i promise to grieving families to make towing on our roads safer?— towing on our roads safer? i thank her very much _ towing on our roads safer? i thank her very much for _ towing on our roads safer? i thank her very much for raising - towing on our roads safer? i thank her very much for raising this - towing on our roads safer? i thank her very much for raising this with | her very much for raising this with me and i'm very sorry to hear about the tragic circumstances of freddie's death. and what we want to do is to free up bme licensing times so they get more people qualified as hgv drivers but that cannot compromise road safety, she rightly says. so we will review the legislation and its consequences at regular intervals. in legislation and its consequences at regular intervals.— regular intervals. in december lincoln will— regular intervals. in december lincoln will be _ regular intervals. in december lincoln will be hosting - regular intervals. in december lincoln will be hosting its - lincoln will be hosting its world—famous christmas market and it would be remiss of me not to invite my honourable friend the prime minister and yourself speaker and all the other colleagues to come and enjoy a marvellous long weekend of festivities. however, what is less than welcome to my constituents is the levelling down of lincolnshire's highway maintenance grant. can my right honourable friend use his influence to cause the treasury to revisit this unfortunate decision. it is imperative to the safety of my constituents whether it be cycling or walking out my honourable friend will agree. i or walking out my honourable friend will aree. ., «i or walking out my honourable friend will aree. . «i i. or walking out my honourable friend will aree. ., «i ,, , or walking out my honourable friend willaree. ., «i , . will agree. i thank you very much. i will agree. i thank you very much. i will do my — will agree. i thank you very much. i will do my utmost _ will agree. i thank you very much. i will do my utmost and _ will agree. i thank you very much. i will do my utmost and am - will agree. i thank you very much. i will do my utmost and am sure - will agree. i thank you very much. i will do my utmost and am sure he. will do my utmost and am sure he has invited everybody. a lot of people are going to be to lincoln, i hope. i'm sure that matt right honourable friend for transport will listen very carefully to what he had to say. very carefully to what he had to sa , , , �* very carefully to what he had to sa. , . , say. inexplicable, mr speaker, is how former— say. inexplicable, mr speaker, is how former vaccine _ say. inexplicable, mr speaker, is how former vaccine task - say. inexplicable, mr speaker, is how former vaccine task force i say. inexplicable, mr speaker, is i how former vaccine task force chair described the decision to cancel the contract with a company the prime minister has himself visited. she also noted how shoddily the company have been treated and how damaging the government's decision has been for uk life sciences, exports and jobs in my livingston constituency where state—of—the—art vaccine manufacturing plant now lies unfinished. there has been no apology to the incorrect statements in the house. so can the prime minister please meet with me and representatives from the company and tell me whether his government has tabled any proposals to reach an amicable resolution which was promised at the dispatch box and if not, when will he do so? i promised at the dispatch box and if not, when will he do so?— promised at the dispatch box and if not, when will he do so? i thank her very much — not, when will he do so? i thank her very much and _ not, when will he do so? i thank her very much and l— not, when will he do so? i thank her very much and i was _ not, when will he do so? i thank her very much and i was personally - not, when will he do so? i thank her very much and i was personally very| very much and i was personally very disappointed when we can get approvalfor the val disappointed when we can get approval for the val vaccine in the way that we had hoped. i how disappointing that was for colleagues in scotland. i will certainly make sure that she gets the relevant meeting. but what we are doing is investing massively in this country's vaccine capability across the country so that we are prepared for the next pandemic. and i very much hope that the company will be part of that. we i very much hope that the company will be part of that.— will be part of that. we know that serious side _ will be part of that. we know that serious side effects _ will be part of that. we know that serious side effects from - will be part of that. we know that serious side effects from the - will be part of that. we know thati serious side effects from the over vaccine are very rare but for my constituent that was would not the case. she is in constant pain and losing most of her eyesight and she cannot now work. all vaccine processes except one the vaccine damage payments system. can we now get on with making those payments to people who have suffered those very, very serious reactions and given the financial support they need. i very serious reactions and given the financial support they need.- financial support they need. i thank ou ve financial support they need. i thank you very much _ financial support they need. i thank you very much and _ financial support they need. i thank you very much and i _ financial support they need. i thank you very much and ijust _ financial support they need. i thank you very much and i just want - financial support they need. i thank you very much and i just want to i you very much and ijust want to reassure him and indeed to reassure the house and the country that cases such as the very sad one that he raises are extremely, extremely rare and we are putting more money in to gather evidence for claims such as the one that he describes. but i want to repeat perhaps the most important message i can get across again today, i want to repeat how vital that vaccination programme is. how safe it is and how important it is that everybody who is eligible gets their booster when they're called. ., �* , ., called. the government's integrated review concluded _ called. the government's integrated review concluded that _ called. the government's integrated review concluded that the _ called. the government's integrated review concluded that the chinese i review concluded that the chinese state poses a systemic challenge to our national security and the prime minister has made it clear that when it comes to china that we must remain vigilant about our critical national infrastructure. kenny therefore confirmed today unequivocally that plans for china general nuclear to own and operate its own plan in essex have been abandoned and explain to the house precisely how and when his government intends to remove the interest from late size will see nuclear project? i interest from late size will see nuclear project?— interest from late size will see nuclear project? nuclear pro'ect? i thank you very much for nuclear project? i thank you very much for his _ nuclear project? i thank you very much for his question _ nuclear project? i thank you very much for his question and - nuclear project? i thank you very - much for his question and important issue that he raises. clearly one of the consequences of our approach on critical national infrastructure is that we don't want to see undue influence by potentially adversarial countries in our critical national infrastructure. so that is why we've taken the decision is that we have. and on bradwell, there will be more information forthcoming. but what i don't want, what i don't want to do, mr speaker, is pitchfork away wantonly old chinese investment in this country or minimise the importance in this country of having a trading relationship with china. the prime minister will be very pleased that shrewsbury conservatives are doing everything possible to help the excellent candidate in north shropshire and he will also know that the number one issue affecting those constituents at the moment is the £312 million we have secured for an organisation of our a&e services. this has suffered terrible delays over the last 80 years, leading to a worsening of our a&e services for local patients. will he do everything possible to help us get this finally across the line so we can provide safe a&e services for all people are shropshire and mid wales? i thank him and that— shropshire and mid wales? i thank him and that is _ shropshire and mid wales? i thank him and that is one _ shropshire and mid wales? i thank him and that is one of _ shropshire and mid wales? i thank him and that is one of the - shropshire and mid wales? i thank him and that is one of the reasons| him and that is one of the reasons we are investing £36 billion more in our nhs now to help cope with the backlog, the extra winter pressures, to qe on a&e, but it is also a reason why the booster programme is so vital, because we do not want those beds filled with covid patients and we do not want to lady discharges either. so patients and we do not want to lady discharges either.— discharges either. so far, his government _ discharges either. so far, his government have _ discharges either. so far, his government have found - discharges either. so far, his i government have found billions discharges either. so far, his - government have found billions for nuclear but nothing for scottish carbon, nothing for others and now they are at risk of failing generation map for a technology that scotland is a world leader. i ask for a budget in months energy auction, so the government has a choice whether to level up or see the manufacturing jobs move abroad. what will it be? i am the manufacturing 'obs move abroad. what will it be?— what will it be? i am so glad he asked that _ what will it be? i am so glad he asked that question, _ what will it be? i am so glad he asked that question, because i | what will it be? i am so glad he i asked that question, because i can tell him and i can tell his right honourable friend, the leaders of snp in westminster that we will be including a support for tidal stream including a support for tidal stream in the upcoming... to the value at £20 million. come on, not to be sneezed at. not to be sneezed at, mr speaker, in the upcoming contract. i have met representatives of scottish tidal power and it is fantastic and originally inventive, what they are doing, and want to support it. i have been campaigning with our excellent candidate, louis french, for the by—election and responses on the doorstep are very good. can my right honourable friend confirm that he will continue to increment our 2019 manifesto and implement policies to ensure we build up better for the whole country, including london, because this is what the electors in bexley want? yes, mr speaker, ican what the electors in bexley want? yes, mr speaker, i can and i have many happy memories of campaigning in bexley and i can tell him that we are delivering on our agenda for the people of london, putting 20,000 more police out on the street and making sure that they get to outer london boroughs as well and making sure that londoners do not suffer from the craze outer london tax that would see motorists penalised by the labour mayor for driving into their own city. labour mayor for driving into their own ci . . ., labour mayor for driving into their own ci . . . ., own city. the chair were larger in killinton own city. the chair were larger in killington said _ own city. the chair were larger in killington said nearly _ own city. the chair were larger in killington said nearly 2000 - own city. the chair were larger in killington said nearly 2000 and i own city. the chair were larger in - killington said nearly 2000 and most vulnerable constituents but there is not enough food to go around and it is a national crisis. charities like fair share is down 30% in part due to the same supply chain issues affecting supermarkets. will the prime minister help by restoring the funding to fairshare prime minister help by restoring the funding to fair share but also, what more can he do to incentivise businesses to give away surplus food this winter so that no family need go hungry this christmas? i will thank her for _ go hungry this christmas? i will thank her for raising _ go hungry this christmas? i will thank her for raising fair- go hungry this christmas? i will thank her for raising fair share and what they are doing to support people this winter and indeed at all times, but i would also say that my experience of business is that they do an amazing job of contributing to this effort. iceland is one of the company that springs to mind, but on the supply chains, we are addressing your site and day and seeing some of the problems starting to ease and they are the result, mr speaker, of they are the result, mr speaker, of the british and world economy going back into life, which quite frankly would not have happened if we listen to the gentleman opposite. mr; to the gentleman opposite. ii honourable friend to the gentleman opposite. ii; honourable friend was right when he said that energy companies pay more than they do overseas, so will he ensure that my world class steelmakers are on a fair footing? i thank my honourable friend for everything she does for sale and the scunthorpe and i can tell her that i do believe that british steel has suffered as a result of decisions taken years and years ago from unfair energy costs. we must fix it and this government is getting on and this government is getting on and making another of long—term changes that we are introducing, we are putting in the nuclear base load this country has long been deprived. in a couple of weeks' time, i will introduce a bill to ban the import of anti—drug fits. it has widespread support, but in the past, the principal has been supported by conservative manifestos, the queen's speech and by myself. so on friday the 10th of december, will you tell your wits not to block the bill but let it go forward so we can work together and end this vile trade as soon as possible. the together and end this vile trade as soon as possible.— soon as possible. the honourable gentleman _ soon as possible. the honourable gentleman is _ soon as possible. the honourable gentleman is completely - soon as possible. the honourable gentleman is completely right - soon as possible. the honourable | gentleman is completely right and thatis gentleman is completely right and that is why we are going to introduce legislation in this parliament to ban the import of hunting trophies and delivering the change that we promised, and i hope that he will support it. mr change that we promised, and i hope that he will support it.— that he will support it. mr speaker, the prime minister _ that he will support it. mr speaker, the prime minister cheered - that he will support it. mr speaker, the prime minister cheered all- that he will support it. mr speaker, the prime minister cheered all of. that he will support it. mr speaker, i the prime minister cheered all of my constituents up when he came to my constituency and said we would have a new hospital. sadly, prime minister, even though the money is there, the local management of our trusts have blocked it. they will refurbish watford and not give us a brand—new hospital on a greenfield site, which is what we wanted. will you meet me and some of my constituents to unlock this and tell the nhs to build a new hospitalfor? i'm grateful to my friend and i remember the issue being raised when i was with him and i would be happy to secure a meeting with my honourable friend the secretary of state, who will be able to unlock things one way or another. thank ou, mr things one way or another. thank you, mr speaker. _ things one way or another. thank you, mr speaker. scott _ things one way or another. thank you, mr speaker. scott stood - you, mr speaker. scott stood slack—jawed this week with astonishment at the news that the prime minister has abandoned his dup bridge to northern ireland. perhaps he will other hot air balloons for the crossing instead. broken bridge promises to scotland, broken rail promises to scotland, broken rail promises to scotland, broken rail promises to northern england, with buyers remorse consuming the tory backbenchers, who will be remonstrated first, himself or tory leaders? , ., remonstrated first, himself or tory leaders? , . ., , , leaders? they are there to represent the --eole leaders? they are there to represent the people of— leaders? they are there to represent the people of scotland _ leaders? they are there to represent the people of scotland and _ leaders? they are there to represent the people of scotland and to - the people of scotland and to deliver better services, better transport, healthcare, and what we are delivering, he talks about transport and i will tell him what i said to the leader of the snp in westminster, what we are delivering is the first thoroughgoing review of union collectivity so that we look properly at the a75, a 71, those vital connections for the people of scotland that have been neglected by the snp, that this government is going to fix. i’m the snp, that this government is going to fix— the snp, that this government is auoin to fix. �* going to fix. i'm delighted with the half £1 billion — going to fix. i'm delighted with the half £1 billion satellite _ going to fix. i'm delighted with the half £1 billion satellite fund - half £1 billion satellite fund announced in the budget and my honourable friend knows how important those early years are, whether it is parenting advice, access to healthca re whether it is parenting advice, access to healthcare or age—appropriate theme parks. so does he agree with me that rolling out family hopes to 75 local areas is a great start but can he confirm that if this is successful as a programme, the government's aim is to roll it out across the whole country? i to roll it out across the whole count ? «i , to roll it out across the whole country?— to roll it out across the whole count ? «i , . ., , country? i think i very much and she is totally right _ country? i think i very much and she is totally right in _ country? i think i very much and she is totally right in what _ country? i think i very much and she is totally right in what she _ country? i think i very much and she is totally right in what she says - is totally right in what she says about it being vital. i want to thank her, the memberfor northampton, because she has championed this for many years, she is right. investment in kids early years is absolutely vital and this is why this government has begun start for life and if it works, mr speaker, we will roll it out across the country. speaker: now to urgent questions. for those — speaker: now to urgent questions. for those who need to leave, please do so _ do so. studio: caillard do — studio: caillard session of pn do — studio: caillard session of pm 05, the labour leader sir keir starmer not missing an opportunity to make a couple of references to the speech by the prime minister to the cbi earlier this week. keir starmer saying, i think he has lost his place in his notes again and asking him at one point, is everything ok, prime minister? a reference to the question that the prime minister was asked by a journalist after that speech earlier in the week. at the labour leader going on the cost of social care, accusing the prime minister of breaking an election promise that no one would have to sell their home to pay for care. he pushed on that in number of times. the prime minister denies that, although on the third push from the labour leader on care costs, the prime minister said that the government will be disregarding your housing asset while you are in it. so a pretty key phrase, and one other line that probably stood out and i think, looking at social media reaction to it, and standing out for most people, is from sir keir starmer, saying, accusing boris johnson of devising a working class dementia tax. a pretty loud session of prime minister's questions. to bring you some breaking news from the last few moments, while we were watching that, bbc sport has released a statement regarding former england cricket captain michael vaughan. it says he will not be involved in the bbc�*s coverage of the ashes in australia. he was named in yorkshire's report into the claims of racism during a player's time at the club. michael vaughan dug down from his bbc live show earlier this month and has repeatedly denied allegations made against him. —— stood down. a statement reads while he is involved in critics, editorial reasons, the bbc does not believe it would be appropriate for him to have a role in ashes team or wider coverage of the sport at the moment. we require contributors to talk about relevant topics and his involvement in the yorkshire story represents a conflict of interest. 95% of people from the windrush generation — who were wrongly classed as illegal immigrants in the uk — are still waiting to receive compensation, four years after the scandal first emerged. a scheme was set up in 2018 to help those who were denied healthcare, housing, the right to work, or in some cases detained or deported, despite having lived in britain for decades. now a report from a group of mps has called for the scheme to be taken out of government control, warning that it's causing further trauma. joining me now is martin forde qc, who advised the government on setting up the windrush compensation scheme. thank you very much forjoining us today. and i want to look at what the home affairs committee has been saying about the design and operation of the compensation scheme, they describe a litany of flaws in that, and i believe that you are saying the home office ignored key recommendations, key parts of your advice on how this scheme should be incremented. yes. scheme should be incremented. yes, the issue for— scheme should be incremented. yes, the issue for me _ scheme should be incremented. yes, the issue for me has _ scheme should be incremented. “a: the issue for me has always been that there is a trust deficit between the communities and the home office, big government does not work well for the affected communities. they are understandably wary in relation to come forward, not least because some of the more recent rates, which i am sure the home office are aware how cause a difficulty, and i will defend the design of the scheme, but i must say, i have been disappointed by the delays and some of the, as i see it, rather pedantic questioning of those who are making claims. i said at the very early stages that this scheme must be fair, generous, and a very light touch and documentation. hath? light touch and documentation. why do ou light touch and documentation. why do you defend _ light touch and documentation. why do you defend the design of the scheme when the report from mps do you defend the design of the scheme when the report from mp5 on home affairs select committee talks about excessive burdens on claimants, inadequate staffing, a lack of engagement at grassroots level to build trust in the scheme? i think you must distinguish between... i am a lawyer, so when i look at the 14 categories that are there, i think that every type of suffering is covered, because that was based upon things. the design faults as i see it, i read a report and gave evidence, are around the implantation of the scheme and i think it is important not to conflate the two. nobody is saying up conflate the two. nobody is saying up the scheme as it is designed, but deliver it better, more effectively, swiftly. d0 deliver it better, more effectively, swiftl . «i deliver it better, more effectively, swiftl. «i ., deliver it better, more effectively, swiftl . «i ., deliver it better, more effectively, swiftl. «i ., , swiftly. do you think that can be done by the _ swiftly. do you think that can be done by the home _ swiftly. do you think that can be done by the home office - swiftly. do you think that can be done by the home office or - swiftly. do you think that can be | done by the home office or does swiftly. do you think that can be i done by the home office or does it need a new independent group to do that? , , ., ., , need a new independent group to do that? , ._ i. that? this is a really difficult question. — that? this is a really difficult question, and _ that? this is a really difficult question, and i— that? this is a really difficult question, and i have - that? this is a really difficult question, and i have to - that? this is a really difficult question, and i have to say i that? this is a really difficult i question, and i have to say that that? this is a really difficult - question, and i have to say that i was initially concerned that the home office, who we lawyers would say... they would be assessing compensation because you don't normally mark their homework, be, but it was made very clear to me that the home office would pay the compensation and therefore they wanted to have the checks and balances, as it is taxpayers' money to ensure compensation was accurately and fairly paid. the problem with the delays and the trust deficit that may be approaching a time to restore trust in the scheme, an independent body could be fun, but i would be concerned and it has been emphasised that this could lead to more delay. one would like to hope there is a growing expertise within the home office based around the processes of claims and the speediness of delivery. if somebody else had to go from a standing start, that could add to delay. from a standing start, that could add to delay-— from a standing start, that could add to delay. from a standing start, that could add to dela . . ., ._ , add to delay. adding to the delay is read in add to delay. adding to the delay is ready in place. _ add to delay. adding to the delay is ready in place, that _ add to delay. adding to the delay is ready in place, that is _ add to delay. adding to the delay is ready in place, that is a _ add to delay. adding to the delay is ready in place, that is a concern, i i ready in place, that is a concern, i guess, perhaps, that could be overcome by some initial payments being made to people before further payments were assessed? yes. being made to people before further payments were assessed?— being made to people before further payments were assessed? yes, a very ood idea payments were assessed? yes, a very good idea and — payments were assessed? yes, a very good idea and we — payments were assessed? yes, a very good idea and we advise _ payments were assessed? yes, a very good idea and we advise on _ payments were assessed? yes, a very good idea and we advise on interim i good idea and we advise on interim payments, and i know the windrush working group made recommendations and to some extent, the interim payments have increased. i am a compensation lawyer and i would have a pretty good feel for how the case —— what the case is worth and in my field, if somebody wants 50% of your lowest valuation, you pay them 50% and you do complicated calculations later. there may be a greater role for more generous interim payments. the other concern is the age of the cohort. we knew from the get go that the affected people such as my parents ultimate generation, they came in the 505, where likely to be 70-75 came in the 505, where likely to be 70—75 plus, so there is an added interest in them to deliver compensation swiftly so that they can enjoy the compensation. i designed the scheme so that claims could be inherited, because i was aware that, unfortunately, the age of the affected cohort might be such that people would pass away before compensation had been delivered and it is very regrettable but that has occurred, but the way to avoid that is to try to pay compensation as quickly as possible. i is to try to pay compensation as quickly as possible.— is to try to pay compensation as quickly as possible. i was about to mention your _ quickly as possible. i was about to mention your parents, _ quickly as possible. i was about to mention your parents, as - quickly as possible. i was about to mention your parents, as you - quickly as possible. i was about to | mention your parents, as you said, just now. they moved to the uk from the caribbean in the 19505 and you have been dealing with this compensation scheme as a professional, but on a personal level, how has all of this affected you? how does it make you feel to hear the commons select committee, home of slac committee, criticised the scheme and say that many of the people affected are still too fearful of the home office to apply for a christmas —— home affairs select committee. i’m for a christmas -- home affairs select committee.— for a christmas -- home affairs select committee. i'm afraid that has been the _ select committee. i'm afraid that has been the experience - select committee. i'm afraid that has been the experience of- select committee. i'm afraid that| has been the experience of people select committee. i'm afraid that - has been the experience of people in my community and when i gave evidence, i made reference to someone in 1975 appealing for an actualisation after 20 years living and having done national service and had to have a barbadian passport. i mag river, both born here, were not sent passports and i and my brother. i said to the home select committee, it felt to me that it felt like you had said, we have had 20 years of labourfrom had said, we have had 20 years of labour from you now, had said, we have had 20 years of labourfrom you now, can had said, we have had 20 years of labour from you now, can you had said, we have had 20 years of labourfrom you now, can you go back with your children now? we have not felt as welcome and appreciated as perhaps we might do and i think there are real issues the home office have continuously deporting people for minor crimes who have spent their lives in this country and go back to ireland they no longer remember and without support. that is a real problem. —— two and ireland —— two in island. if i arrive in this country at five and committee crime at 40, does not seem to me that i am a foreigner. they are british criminals, they have family ties here, children here and they have support here and they find themselves sent to an island they cannot remember. they know nothing about it without any local support. there is attention —— a tension there between a department that acts that way and their role in bringing compassionate and fair compensation. there is a stark difference in terms of those two different roles and thatis of those two different roles and that is causing a big problem. the other thing i would say, and this is something i was also at pains to stress, publicity. i really feel that the affected communities need to be communicating via organisations they trust and they probably need in context cases to have legal assistance from people who understand their plight as a cohort. it can be quite close and quite difficult, quite difficult to open up, particularly that emotional trauma that they are feeling, especially if there isn't an empathetic person dealing with their claims. ., «i , ., empathetic person dealing with their claims. ., «i i. empathetic person dealing with their claims. ., «i . ., claims. thank you so much for talking to _ claims. thank you so much for talking to us. _ claims. thank you so much for talking to us, martin. - claims. thank you so much for talking to us, martin. you - claims. thank you so much for talking to us, martin. you are| claims. thank you so much for - talking to us, martin. you are very welcome- — talking to us, martin. you are very welcome. thank— talking to us, martin. you are very welcome. thank you. _ anyone in england and wales who kills a police officer, firefighter, paramedic or nurse while committing a crime will automatically be given a life sentence under plans being backed by the government. it follows a campaign by the window of pc andrew harper, who died trying to stop a robbery in berkshire in 2019. mr harper was 28 and had just got married when he was dragged to his death by a getaway car. three teenagers were jailed for manslaughter. his widow has been meeting with the justice secretary, dominic raab, in the last hour. come and have a seat. look, thank you for coming into my hope we have good news in terms of launching harper�*s law today and opportunity to say thank you for the work you and the police have done. we are really happy _ and the police have done. we are really happy that _ and the police have done. we are really happy that the _ and the police have done. we are really happy that the workers - really happy that the workers reached _ really happy that the workers reached this point and it has been a lon- reached this point and it has been a long hard _ reached this point and it has been a long hard journey. for reached this point and it has been a long hard journey.— long hard 'ourney. for you have a hue long hard journey. for you have a huge amount— long hard journey. for you have a huge amount of— long hard journey. for you have a huge amount of support - long hard journey. for you have a huge amount of support in - long hard journey. for you have a huge amount of support in the i long hard journey. for you have a - huge amount of support in the house of commons, the country and it is something that is really important something that is really important so i am pleased we can support you and get this done. biomass and just relieved, i think, and get this done. biomass and just relieved, ithink, aren't and get this done. biomass and just relieved, i think, aren't we? and get this done. biomass and just relieved, ithink, aren't we? it and get this done. biomass and just relieved, i think, aren't we? it is something that we knew we would get to, because we are very determined, but i just to, because we are very determined, but ijust think to, because we are very determined, but i just think the amount of support people are showing as well shows how much everybody wants it. its, shows how much everybody wants it. a lot of hard work has gone into it behind—the—scenes as well, so we're 'ust behind—the—scenes as well, so we're just really— behind—the—scenes as well, so we're just really pleased. you behind-the-scenes as well, so we're just really pleased.— just really pleased. you can hopefully — just really pleased. you can hopefully breathe _ just really pleased. you can hopefully breathe a - just really pleased. you can hopefully breathe a sigh - just really pleased. you can hopefully breathe a sigh of| just really pleased. you can - hopefully breathe a sigh of relief and we are confident you will have the support in the house of commons bill, so it is a point of departure that we are announcing it. great. lucy harper there, pc andrew harper's widow meeting dominic raab. commons speaker sir lindsay hoyle has asked the commons procedure committee to look at the rules around bringing babies into the house, after labour mp stella creasy was told she can no longer bring her child into the chamber. ms creasy previously recieved an emailfrom the commons authorities, saying the guidance had been changed in september. after a year away because of the pandemic, christmas markets are back. but brexit and social distancing mean the experience will be different. our business reporter nina warhurst has been at the yorkshire winter wonderland this morning. this is the biggest outdoor ice rink in the north of england over the christmas period, and we are coming up to a really important season of spend, especially after the past two years or so that we have had. so, in the month of december, woo! ..on average, each person spends an extra 30% to the tune of around £740, so it is a golden season when it comes to the economy. before the pandemic, around a third of us came to events like this to spend and to enjoy ourselves, and altogether, that was worth about £500 million to the uk economy, but since brexit, of course, fewer european traders have been able to come in, and there is, of course, that massive gap in the workforce. let's talk... ..then, get rid of one of our little friends — james — one of the organisers. good to see you. what is the public mood like for events like this at the moment? massive, we are now back in our spiritual home at the designer outlet with yorkshire's winter wonderland, 730 days since we were last here and people have missed it, people have genuinely missed that family experience. they didn't have a christmas last year, so we are finding there is a vast appetite for people to come back, shop, obviously, and then have an integrated experience — go skating, go to the cafe, go to the funfair, see santa, all the things you do with family, so it's really busy. and what about recruitment and talent? has it been easy enough to fill the gaps? we have got two events running at christmas, this one has been really easy for us. in the same way that the public have missed it, all of our staff come back year after year and they are happy to be back because they haven't been here for 730 days. the winter village at yorkminster, which is a hospitality unit, that is variable. some days we have our staff and the numbers we need and sometimes we don't — where have they gone? you know, it is a really odd market. and long—term, how do you see that settling down? i worry, i think events like ours will struggle for the next two years, probably, as we see the economy, the new look economy after covid and after brexit bedding in. and can you sum up how important the next couple of months is for businesses like this? oh, this, for events companies, is massively important. this is probably one of our biggest event of the year. we would put through about 60,000 people, 600,000 people come shopping here, so for us this is massive. ok, and what is particularly important during this year is that over the course of 2021, we have seen an 80% reduction in foreign visitors come to the uk, so every pound we spend in events like this really does count. i have to say, i admire nina doing a report while on the ice, you would not catch me doing that because i would land on my bottom if i tried. jane will be with you in a couple of minutes with the bbc news at one, but before that, look at the weather with ben. set to turn colder and a lot livelier as we head towards the end of the week, because with the cold air, spells of rain and some sleet and snow. and the risk of severe gales, particularly through the latter part of friday and into the weekend, but through this afternoon, things are relatively quiet. rain coming south and eastwards, associated with a cold front, the air behind it turning colder. these are the temperatures at 5pm, 4 or 5 degrees in the north, with showers turning wintry over high ground in scotland, wintry showers continuing overnight and it will be windy in the north. gusts of 40—50 mph or even more in exposed spots. further south, we see the patchy rain continuing to journey southwards and eastwards with clear skies developing behind quite rightly, a cold night with a touch of frost in places. tomorrow we will all find ourselves in the grip of this cold air, but tomorrow should be quite a bright day. the remnants of the weather front then quickly and then some showers, vertically for coastal areas and wintry showers across northern scotland. even as a realtor below levels at times. your afternoon highs 5—9 at best. all of us stop in single digits. going into friday, things turn more turbulence. low pressure from the north bringing outbreaks of rain southwards. it will be a windy day on friday, but cold air talking in it means we will see some sleet and snow mixing in with the showers, especially across high ground in the west and potentially low levels in scotland potentially low levels in scotla nd as potentially low levels in scotland as this wraparound weather front wraps its way in. depending on the exact shape of this low pressure, we expect somewhere a real squeeze in the white lines, a squeeze in the isobars, most likely across northern and western scotland, northern ireland, wales, south—west and perhaps part of the east coast as well. gales are likely and some places could see gusts of 70—80 mph on friday night, causing disruption with a mix of rain, sleet and snow as well. that weather continues in eastern part on saturday, a little calmer in the west and feeling cold for all of us. only a fraction of the people caught up in the windrush scandal have received the financial compensation they are due. thousands of people were wrongly classed as illegal immigrants, and are still struggling with the system that is meant to be making amends. the people you're dealing with really don't understand where you're coming from. i don't think so, anyway. they treat you like you're nobody, and it's the same circle, non—stop. mps have called for the system to be taken out of government control. we'll have the latest. also this lunchtime: after the death of pc andrew harper, a mandatory life sentence is proposed for anyone who kills a member of the emergency services while committing a crime in england and wales. the disappearance of 18 year old bobbi—anne mcleod in plymouth — two men are arrested on suspicion of murder, after police find a body.