Welcome to the programme, were live until 11 this morning. If youre suffering from extreme Morning Sickness or you have in the past, then do get in touch use the Hashtag Victoria Live and if you text, you will be charged at the Standard Network rate. Did you consider a termination to stop the sickness . 0ne charity has told us that women have aborted their baby because the condition got so their baby because the condition got so bad. Our top story today. Victims are being let down and suspects left untracked by some Police Forces in england and wales according to a report out this morning. Her majestys inspectorate of constabulary found a third of forces needed improvement. It said a small number were putting the public at unacceptable risk by rationing services as they struggle with cutbacks. Heres our home affairs correspondent, dominic casciani. The cornerstone of british policing the bobby on the beat. But are these Vital Community posts being eroded as forces juggle their priorities . Thats one of the warnings in a stark report from her majestys inspectorate of constabulary. After five years of budget cuts, some forces arent making the right tough calls over how to use their resources. Its raised what it calls a red warning flag to those struggling forces. Some have been downgrading 999 calls if theyre short on officers. That means they dont have to respond as quickly. The hmic also says Domestic Violence calls to some forces have been downgraded because of a lack of specialist officers. 0therforces have ignored leads on organised crime because it would stretch their resources. 0nly durham is delivering outstanding policing. Neighbourhood policing, that proactive, preventative presence of Police Officers in communities is eroding even further, so that means theyre not stopping crime from happening in the first place and thats what the public want to see. This isnt in all forces many forces still have a really Great Service in that area but some forces are beginning to take officers out of Neighbourhood Policing to focus on other areas, and were saying absolutely that erosion of Neighbourhood Policing cant be allowed to happen. The hmic says overall most forces are doing well, but a third may be placing the public at unacceptable risk by rationing their resources. Some Chief Constables believe the inspectors have got it wrong, but their National Council says each force is facing difficult decisions over what matters most. Dominic casciani, bbc news. We will have a Special Report on why london has a shortfall of 700 detectives. Right now, the rest of the news with Rebecca Jones in the newsroom. Nearly two thirds of englands hospitals have been rated as adequate or needing improvement. The report, by the Care Quality Commission, also found that four out of five trusts need to improve Patient Safety. But more than 90 were judged to be good or outstanding for the caring attitude of staff. Heres our Health Editor hugh pym. Its the first wide ranging snapshot of the state of englands Major Hospitals. The regulator for the Care Quality Commission spent nearly three years carrying out inspections following the Mid Staffordshire patient care scandal. This is the first annual report on all of them. One of the key findings is the wide variation in the quality of services. Across the Major Hospital trusts in england, 68 have been rated as inadequate or requiring improvement. 81 of trusts are said to need to improve safety. But 93 were rated as good or outstanding for the caring attitude of staff. There is variation between trusts, theres variation within trusts, you can get a very good Service Within a trust thats struggling or you can get an individual service thats not doing so well in an otherwise good trust. Praise is given to some trusts which have made significant improvements, including University Hospitals bristol. The first to go from requiring improvement direct to outstanding between two inspections. I think the findings of the report are very positive for us. I think in the report it acknowledges a lot of the hard work that this department does and a very positive culture for providing patient care that we have here. The Department Of Health said the comprehensive inspections formed a key part of a plan to make the nhs is the safest and most Transparent Health care system in the world. Hugh pym, bbc news. The government says it will seek to overturn a demand by the House Of Lords that eu citizens living in the uk should be allowed to stay in the country after brexit. Peers defied ministers when they voted by a large margin to guarantee their rights but the prime minister, theresa may, has said that should be negotiated alongside a deal for british citizens living in the eu. The bill will return to the commons later this month. With us now is our assistant Political Editor norman smith. What happens next . All eyes move from here to the House Of Commons to see whether mps have been emboldened by last nights massive defeat where the government lost by many more votes than anybody expected to margin of 102, we saw several former conservative Cabinet Ministers challenging the government. The tone was passionate. Will mps now feel emboldened to challenge theresa may and thwart her attem pts challenge theresa may and thwart her atte m pts to challenge theresa may and thwart her attempts to overturn last nights defeat. I must say, i think that is unlikely. Talking to some of the potential tory rebels, they by and large trust theresa may on this issue. They accept she wants to guarantee the rights of eu nationals. They believe she wants to do this quickly. And they acknowledge there are eu countries that are reluctant to make an agreement on this before the negotiations begin. They are willing to give theresa may time. We have seen again and again on votes on brexit in the commons, the threat on the tory revolt never materialises in the way some have suggested. I suspect despite last nights defeat it probably will be reversed in the commons and theresa may will remain on course to trigger article 50 by the end of march. Thanks very much. Senior opponents of President Trump are calling for his newly appointed Attorney General to step down. It emerged thatjeff sessions, had two undisclosed encounters with the russian ambassador, during the recent president ial election campaign. Mr sessions oversees the fbi, which is currently investigating alleged russian interference. The white house maintains there was no improper contact. Voting is underway in the Northern Ireland Assembly Elections for the second time in ten months. The election was triggered after the Power Sharing Government at stormont collapsed last month. Ninety members will be elected 18 fewer than previously. Polling closes at ten oclock tonight. Mps have called for the government to publish a long delayed plan for improving nature in england. The government promised in its manifesto that it would restore damaged Wildlife Habitats and leave them in a better state than before but mps want to see how they propose to do it. 0ur Environment Analyst Roger Harrabin reports to the west of manchester, a landscape devastated by Digging For Peat to make garden compost. So Many Wildlife sites degraded in england and the governments pledged to improve them. Here is one way how row on row of tiny Sphagnum Moss Plants being nurtured in a polytunnel. Planted out, they are helping to recreate a peat bog that Stores Carbon and attracts wildlife. And what about this . Meadows used to be a common delight, now more than 90 of them are lost. The government has promised to safeguard them but its Nature Protection Policy is long delayed. People of this country love their natural environment. Whether its the green spaces in our cities, the seaside, the rivers, the forests, and they are, unfortunately, in decline and we need to see ambitious Government Action to reverse that. Patience is running out. Wildlife around the seas should be enhanced by the nature strategy. Mps Have Nowjoined The Chorus demanding for it to be published for all to see. Roger harrabin, bbc news. People seeking compensation over mis sold Payment Protection Insurance will have until the end of august 2019 to make a claim. Banks including lloyds and rbs, have collectively paid out more than £24 billion to customers so far. The final deadline for claims has been announced by the financial watchdog, to try and draw a line under one of the banking industrys biggest scandals. The head of the oscars says the two accountants responsible for muddling up the main Award Envelopes at sundays ceremony will never work on the show again. Brian cullinan and martha ruiz were responsible for handing out the envelopes. Its been described as the biggest mistake in 89 years of Academy Awards history. The competition is on to become the Uk City Of Culture in 2021, succeeding this years chosen city of hull. Perth, paisley, stoke, sunderland, coventry and hereford had already put themselves up for the accolade when they declared their interest last year. Five more are now added, including the smallest city in britain st davids. The winner will be named in december. The bbc news channel has won the Royal Television society tv Journalism Award for news channel of the year. The jury recognised the news channel for its coverage of stories including the eu referendum, Donald Trumps election, the nice terror attack, jo coxs murder and the inquests into the hillsborough disaster. They say that elephants never forget but it seems they never sleep either a new study of African Elephants in the wild has revealed they sleep on average for just two hours a night. Its the shortest amount time recorded of any mammal on earth. Researchers say it could be down to the threat posed by predators and poachers. Thats a summary of the latest bbc news more at 9. 30. Thank you. Picking up on the story we are covering about the Police Service is being overstretched and having to downgrade some crimes because of lack of resources. Tessa says well done for running the story on net detectives. I left the met last year. All too often we hear about Police Officers doing something wrong, but never how hard they work under impossible conditions. Keep your thoughts coming in on that and Everything Else we are talking about on the programme this morning. Use the Hashtag Victoria Live and if you text, you will be charged at the Standard Network rate. Lets get some sport now with hugh. Hugh a difficult day for British Cycling and team sky at the culture, media and Sport Select Committee yesterday. Thats true. The situation is worsening. Well the situation in cycling is worsening just a few months ago British Cycling and team sky were amongst the countrys most highly respected sporting bodies. Now, with stories regarding Therapeutic Use Exemptions and mystery packages, that faith seems to have disappeared. The latest news concerns that package delivered to sir Bradley Wiggins on the final day of the Criterium Du Dauphine in france in 2011. Team sky boss sir Dave Brailsford told a culture, media and Sport Select Committee in december, that it contained an over the counter Decongesta Nt but now we know the Medic Working with the team at the time dr Richard Freeman who missed hearing incidently, due to ill health has no record of wiggins treatment at the time and that a laptop containing the details of medical treatment had been stolen in 2014. Uk anti doping chief Nicole Sapstead described the situation as odd and the committees chairman, the mp Damian Collins said after the hearing that the credibility of team sky and British Cycling is in tatters. Well both have now responded. British cycling said in a statement despite those responses, it seems things are unravelling for cycling and Public Perception around the sport is bound to change for the worse should more details like this come out. Turning to boxing. David haye and tony bellew have been warned after what they called extremely disappointing comments before the heavyweight bout. What have they been saying . Now theres a big bout this weekend for boxing fans as david haye the former World Champion takes on tony bellew in a heavyweight clash in london but the build up to the meeting has been marred by the words that have been used by each fighter but particularly haye who has been warned by the British Boxing Board Of Control over his conduct. Haye told us last night he stands by all of his comments, despite saying bellew was risking his life by moving up from cruiserweight. Every single thing i said. At the timei every single thing i said. At the time i meant it. If i could rewind time i meant it. If i could rewind timei time i meant it. If i could rewind time i would probably do things a different way. But everything leading up to this fight will be forgotten once tony bellew is stretchered out of the ring. Forgotten once tony bellew is stretchered out of the ringm forgotten once tony bellew is stretchered out of the ring. It is disrespectful. Dragging the sport through the mud. Wrong things to say. Saying what he said in liverpool, about scousers and lawyers, saying he was racially abused, we need to forget about it. He isa abused, we need to forget about it. He is a brilliant fighter. But a scumbag of a man. Lots of vitriol in the build up. It should be a fantastic fight you can hear it on Saturday Night in full on bbc radio 5 live from around 10pm. Thank you. See you later. A shortage of Police Detectives means insufficient action is being taken to track down murderers, rapists and other suspects in parts of england and wales. The warning comes from her majestys inspectorate of constabulary the official watchdog which oversees policing standards. Their report says one in three Police Forces need to improve and a small number are putting the public at risk by rationing services as they manage cuts. The countrys biggest force the Metropolitan Police in london has a shortage of 700 detectives. A former met detective Dan Clark Neal has been investigating the issue. Just a warning that this film contains flashing images from the very start. Emergency, which service . I wasnt able to give the level of service i wanted to give. Because of the pressures you are under all the time. They are carrying far too much of a workload and also, they are short of colleagues. The police are running on empty and goodwill, but unfortunately, that goodwill is rapidly running out and its frightening and its going to be to the detriment of victims. You get the feeling the organisation doesnt really care about you, but the people do. Its not good for me, its not good for my health, its so pressurised now. There just isnt enough of us. The metropolitan Police Service is the Largest Force in the country, with over 31,000 officers, and i myself used to be one of those officers, working as a detective for over eight years. Last month Cressida Dick was named as the mets new commissioner. As she steps into the shoes of sir Bernard Hogan howe and becomes britains top Police Officer, she will undoubtedly face intense Media Scrutiny from the start, having to tackle a rise in violent crime, deciding on the use of tasers and spit guards and dealing with political turbulence, all whilst inheriting a force hit by low officer morale, concerns about its performance and a Budget Under Question and intense pressure. Despite retaining most of its officers, approximately one third of the met civilian and backroom workforce has been cut and the Police Federation, who represent Rank And File officers, predict a reduction is now inevitable. Since 2010, we have seen, across the country, a reduction of about 21 22,000 of my colleagues from other forces. The met has not been subject to that at all, so we havent lost yet any of our officers in the met. We cant find the sort of money that is being heralded by the government. It is figures of 400 million plus. It is only recognisable that you have to reduce your numbers to make the savings. So, with worries that Officer Numbers could be hit, Cressida Dick may be concerned by reports of a shortage of 700 detectives throughout the met. This is partly because of increased investigations into offences like historic child abuse and cyber crime, all of which adds to a detectives workload. London is currently divided into 32 boroughs and each one has a dedicated cid, or criminal investigation department, and the met Police Federation says the Detective Shortage is having an impact on staff. They are carrying far too much of a workload and also, they are short of colleagues. Bearing in mind, we are 700 short, 700 cid officers short, in the Metropolitan Police. Someones got to absorb that work. That is my colleagues you are talking about who are carrying 50, 60 crimes at a time, which puts them under huge stress and it all attributes to where we are. You never saw officers saying, im coming out of cid and going back into uniform. Itjust wasnt heard of. Once you went to cid, that was it. But its happening now. But officers like rachel made that decision. She was a detective for 15 years, investigating everything from fraud and burglary, to robbery and child abuse. But recently, the pressures became too much and she decided to move back to uniformed policing. She has asked us to hide her identity. She is still serving in the met. There are 700 Detective Vacancies in the met and i can completely understand why. Why on earth would you put yourself through all of that aggravation for the same pay when you can go back into uniform or stay in uniform . Work a great shift pattern, turn up, whizz around in a car, then answer 999 calls, someone needs arresting, you do that, book them in, hand them over to a detective, and then, the next day, you just come back in and the slates wiped clean. A detective is a trained investigator and it took me two years from applying in 2000 to actually becoming substantive and there was a real sense of achievement that came with it. Hi, how are you doing . Nice to meet you. Come in. Thank you. Im really looking forward to starting my newjob. Its a sense of achievement shared with former detectives like anji who in february resigned after ten years in the met. Explain to me why being a detective isnt as appealing now as it was when you applied to do thejob. The workloads are relentless. That is what the problem is. There just isnt enough of us. There is work coming in all the time and there just arent enough hours in a day to do everything. I think officers are carrying sort of 20 crimes or more. Sometimes there is more than one victim in an investigation, more than one suspect. You dontjust get allocated an investigation and that is it, you are left to get on with it, theres work coming in. It is just constant. We cant say, sorry, we are full, we are shut. That needs to stop. Itjust carries on. Simon also left this year after ten years in the job. He was in the flying squad, the specialist unit investigating serious and organised crime. I loved the role and the work and there is Nothing Better when you are on a busy fast time operation, but in ten years time, when my children are growing up and im a bit older, i probably wouldnt want to be rolling out of bed at 4am to go to anotherjob. It certainly has its extra stresses. So i was going through the Promotion Process to become a Detective Sergeant in the police and my options would have been limited there because generally, when you get promoted, you have to move off specialist unit, go back to a Borough Constabulary and the idea of that, frankly, did not particularly appeal. Certainly the cid in borough has just been decimated. I certainly noticed that when i was going into cid offices, that itjust. Very few numbers and you could sense that morale was quite down. This is all against a backdrop of a rise in crime. In 2016, the met recorded nearly 762,000 offences, 3. 5 up on 2015, so, of course, with an increased workload and a lack of staff comes heightened pressure. It is just relentless, the stress. And a little bit of stress is good, you can strive on it, but when it is so high all the time, its just not sustainable, you cant keep working like that. Its exhausting. Id often wake up with headaches because i wasnt having enough sleep. No matter how much you try to be organised at work and try to keep on top of everything, there was just more and more and more and there just wasnt enough of us to cope with what was coming in. Although everybody is trying to make it work and make the best of it, it was just getting really stressful and ijust found i was thinking, i dont think i can do this any more. Made me feel a bit of a failure, to be honest, that i couldnt stick it. But you shouldnt be so hard on yourself, should you . I dont know. This is all i ever wanted to do. I thought it was a career i was going to do for 30 odd years and. I worked so hard for it. Sorry. It has, actually. With a really heavy heart, i have had to leave now. Rachel had a similar experience working in cid. I dont want to be so exhausted or so under pressure that i miss something, that either one of my victims gets killed or gets hurt, a case gets thrown out of court because of something i missed because i was so stressed and exhausted. I found myself no longer being a Police Officer. I was a stationary orderer, a photocopier fixer, a Social Worker to team mates, then there was being a doctor, a nurse. Very rarely did i actually find myself doing any of the police work that i actually love doing. Detectives are just so downtrodden and fed up and demotivated. Things are going to get missed. Things are going to get put on the back burner or some things just get written off because there isnt the time to investigate properly. People just stop coming forward and then bad people will end up getting away with things. Do you feel that is happening already, rachel . Bad people are getting away with things, suspects are not getting dealt with properly because of a lack of resources . Undoubtedly, because of stupid technicalities and mistakes being made, and it doesnt matter whether evidence is overwhelming, that somebody has done something, because procedure just hasnt been followed and a case will get thrown out because of a mistake. In a statement, the met says. From the people we have spoken to, it seems morale among the met detectives is at a concerning low and with worries that continued budget cuts will hit Officer Numbers in 2017, the question is, where does this leave the world famous met cid . Dan is here with me now. We heard in your report, obviously, people talking about their distress, really, and not being able to do the job properly. But some would say, if you know what to do anyjob, you get on and do it, is there an element about it being bad policing . There is really not. In that film you could see that the officers we spoke to have over ten years experience, theyve been doing the role of detector for at least five years and you cannot do it that long if you are not up to a detective. It is down to heightened pressures as a result of increased workloads. There is increased reporting of serious offences, like child abuse, rape, Domestic Violence, and cybercrime has become a big issue. The resources we once had are still there but that is the point to make about the met police but they have been moved to other departments and offices are struggling. The report says crimes that have been downgraded have not been properly investigated, the inspector says that she is raising a red flag, a warning and consequences of it. We heard about people getting away with things, what are the consequences . To those we spoke to over the last couple of weeks, that seems to be the case. Victims are not getting the case. Victims are not getting the services they should because they cannot cope with pressures. That means that people are getting away with crimes they committed. What message does it send to criminals . Victims would feel neglected, trust will be damaged, criminals will be thinking, we can get away with it . They will be. That is why hm icr clear that the National Police. I forgot the forename apologies there. The National Police chief s counsel, they will have to sit with the couege they will have to sit with the College Of Policing and come up with a resolution for this problem hmic. They wanted done byjune, and haveitin hmic. They wanted done byjune, and have it in action by the end of the year. They wanted done. Have it in action by the end of the year. They wanted done. Thank you. As we heard at the end of dans report, the Met Police Say Detective Recruitment and retention is a priority. They also told us its not an issue unique to london and said london is actually the only force to have maintained Officer Numbers in the face of budget cuts. We also asked the Mayors Office to respond. They told us there are a number of schemes in place to attract recruits including external recruitment campaigns; Detective Recruitment open days; a Specialist Crime trainee detective scheme; and mentoring schemes. There is also work to recruit more direct entry detectives. Mike e mailed to say that he was a Detective Constable and a police force outside of london where officers regularly work 12 16 hours per day, they work seven days on, three days off as a shift pattern. It isa three days off as a shift pattern. It is a must guarantee that youll go home late before overtime many my collea g u es go home late before overtime many my colleagues earn between 28 £33,000, after overtime we are paid less than many skilled workers. The situation is not unique in the Public Sector but it is no wonder that recruitment and retention is a dire problem. We will be talking more about it after 10am, keep your thoughts coming in. Still to come. The nhs is standing on a Burning Platform a dire warning from the Chief Inspector of hospitals in england who says four out of five hospitals are unsafe and we will hear from women who expressed extreme Morning Sickness. Some sufferers have said, according toa some sufferers have said, according to a charity, that they have terminated their pregnancies. We will speak to two women sick at least 30 times per day during their pregnancies. We would love to hear from you if you have had experience of that and how desperate you got knowing that the sickness was going to continue for months during the pregnancy. Heres rebecca in the bbc newsroom with a summary of todays news. Her majestys inspectorate of constabulary, which oversees policing standards, has warned of the Potentially Perilous state of the service in england and wales. It found a third of forces needed improvement while a small number were putting the public at unacceptable risk by rationing services. Some Chief Constables say the report is unfair because they have limited resources but the reports author said it should serve as a wake up call. The government says it will seek to overturn a demand by the House Of Lords that eu citizens living in the uk should be allowed to stay in the country after brexit. Peers defied ministers when they voted by a large margin to guarantee their rights but the prime minister, theresa may, has said that should be negotiated alongside a deal for british citizens living in the eu. The bill will return to the commons later this month. Nearly two thirds of englands hospitals have been rated as inadequate or needing improvement in a major new study by health inspectors. The report, by the Care Quality Commission, also found that four out of five trusts need to improve Patient Safety. But more than 90 were judged to be good or outstanding for the caring attitude of staff. Heres our Health Editor hugh pym. Senior opponents of President Trump are calling for his newly appointed Attorney General to step down. It emerged thatjeff sessions, had two undisclosed encounters with the russian ambassador, during the recent president ial election campaign. Mr sessions oversees the fbi, which is currently investigating alleged russian interference. The white house maintains there was no improper contact. Voting is underway in the Northern Ireland Assembly Elections for the second time in ten months. The election was triggered after the Power Sharing Government at stormont collapsed last month. Ninety members will be elected 18 fewer than previously. Polling closes at ten oclock tonight. The head of the oscars says the two accountants responsible for muddling up the main Award Envelopes at sundays ceremony will never work on the show again. Brian Cullinan and martha ruiz were responsible for handing out the envelopes, its been described as the biggest mistake in 89 years of Academy Awards history. Thats a summary of the latest bbc news more at 10. 00. We are getting a report that a north korean official in malaysia has been talking about the death of the half brother of the north Korean Leader kimjong brother of the north Korean Leader kim jong un. He was assassinated at Kuala Lumpur Airport s, dying as a result of nerve gas. But an official has said that he actually died of Natural Causes and that a heart attack was the cause of death. There have been efforts by north korea to have been efforts by north korea to have the body repatriated to north korea. There was also unhappiness there about the Postmortem Exacerbation Being carried out in malaysia. Examination. Thats the latest on that ongoing story after the dramatic death of kim jong uns half brother. Heres some sport now with hugh. British cycling has acknowledged serious failings in its Record Keeping after being criticised by the woman in charge of anti doping in the uk. Nicole sapstead told a committee of mps that uk anti dopings investigation into wrongdoing in the sport has been hampered by problems including team skys medical Record Keeping. Andy murray is into the quarterfinals at the Dubai International, after a comfortable straight sets victory spains Gullermo Garcia Lopez yesterday. Victory over spains Gullermo Garcia Lopez yesterday. Hell play Germanys Philipp Kohlschreiber, but dan evans is out. Earlier this morning Heather Watson was beaten in the second round of the mexican 0pen. Manchester city are through to the last eight of the fa cup after a comfortable 5 1 win in their replay against huddersfield town. Sergio aguero with two goals. City will play middlesborough in the next round. Their fourth straightaway draw. Celtic are now 27 points clear at the top of the scottish premiership. Scott sinclair and two Moussa Dembele goals helped them to a 4 0 win over bottom side Inverness Caledonian thistle. There were also wins for rangers, ross county and partick thistle. And finally, celtic have paid tribute to lisbon lion tommy gemmell, who has died aged 73 following a long illness. The former defender gemmell scored in the 2 1victory against inter milan in 1967 when celtic became the first british club to win the european cup. So sad news this morning. Ill have more sport joanna just after ten. Thank you. The Chief Inspector of hospitals in england has given a stark warning that the nhs stands on a Burning Platform. Professor sir Mike Richards says the traditional model of caring for patients is no longer capable of delivering the needs of todays population. Our Health Correspondent nick triggle is here. Really dramatic comments by him. What has led him to make these comments . They are. This is a milestone for hospitals. The last three years hospitals have been undergoing a tougher regime which was meant to be Patient Safety at its heart. After the last one was described as a tick box exercise. All 136 trusts in england have been looked at. Four in five are not good enough on safety. They have cited overcrowded wards, not enough nurses available, not enough doctors in accident and emergency, not enough doctors in maternity units. This is what sirmike doctors in maternity units. This is what sir Mike Richards had to say increasing numbers of people being referred to hospital, or arriving at accident and emergency. We see the difficulty in what we call the flow through the hospital. People having to wait too long in a and e particularly if they require admission. This is where people are referred to trolley waits. People being moved from waterboard because there are not enough beds. People being from people being moved from ward to ward. What is he hinting at . He is hinting at moving care from hospitals to communities. They want to see Hospital Doctors Running Community clinics. They want to see gps, nurses and council care staff working together in super hubs. The idea was to keep people well in the community so vast numbers dont go into hospital and that relieves the pressure. Thanks very much. Coming up. Bungled out after that infamous 0scars mistake the two accountants in charge of the envelopes, are given the boot by the academy. The cost of housing in the uk seems to be one of those problems that doesnt go away. Today, another damming account from the Homelessness Charity shelter shows that 8 out of 10 families in rented accommodation cant afford to buy a new home where they live. Thats even if they use the governments help to buy scheme. The report claims the West Midlands is the least affordable region, with a 93 of privately renting families struggling to afford to buy an average priced new home. It says the homes being built are too expensive and poor quality. Today we want to focus on what can be done to solve this growing problem. With me now are beth thomas shes been unable to afford to buy a family home, and has been forced to rent with her husband and two children for the past thirteen years. Henry gregg from the National Housing federation which represents housing associations. Andrew boff, chair of londons housing committee, kate webb is head of policy at shelter. Thank you all for coming in. When eight out of ten people cannot afford to buy a new home in their area, it clearly shows this is not just a problem affecting london. Absolutely not. 0ur Housing Market really is broken. The government acknowledge this with their white paper. The reasons for this, going to the heart of how we build homes, we have relied in recent years on the Speculative Development model where we sell land to the highest bidder. Developers have to stretch themselves to the limited by it. Which means you then need to price it as high as possible, but often compromise on quality. It means developers are making profits landowners are doing well, but the local communities who actually need the homes are not getting homes they can the homes are not getting homes they ca n afford the homes are not getting homes they can afford and there are a beautiful places where they want to live. They are. It is not about kite marks and standard it is about how we build houses, starting with buying land. Turning to the victorian model of philanthropy. Yes. That is one example of how it has worked well. But there is also the garden cities, places like letchworth. The olympic park was built because you had a Housing Corporation who wanted to use the land for local people and have homes in attractive places that crucially people can afford. Why is that not happening more often. The problem is, there is not enough people in the market. There is not enough people in the Housing Business who are developing homes. And theyre recent enough diversity of provision as shelter have indicated. There is one provision, developers buying land, building as much as they can, and selling it for as much profit as they can. Im not saying we need to abandon that wholesale. But we would need other forms. Has there been naivete . Have buildersjust been forms. Has there been naivete . Have builders just been cashing forms. Has there been naivete . Have buildersjust been cashing in . Meanwhile with the government subsidising it, meaning that people who need the houses cannot afford it because of the high prices . For a generation we havent focused on the Housing Market. We have let it go, hoping it would settle itself. In the meantime weve loaded obligations on to developers. Meaning it is harder to build homes. If you look at some of the proposals from the report, it would encourage things Like Community land trusts. A land trust strips the value of the land trust strips the value of the land out of the equation and means that you are just buying the home. That is going to be a marvellous start for a lot of young people who are looking to get that first step on the ladder. Lets not forget that most people in this country, their aspiration is to have a home, have a Sta Ke Aspiration is to have a home, have a stake in their home. It isnt to rent. And that is what they have to do. And you are one of these people who would like to buy their own home. Married, two kids, but you just cant. Home. Married, two kids, but you just cant. Even at the height of mine and my husbands earnings we havent been in a position to buy a house. Weve had to rent. Then rent goes up. Then we cant save to get a deposit for a mortgage. Itjust carries on. Each year prices go up again. We just gave up in the end. We just thought there is no point in even thinking about trying to get a mortgage, lets continue renting. Cut our hours, stop being so stressed trying to earn so much money to buy a house, just wasnt going to happen. You have given up. Yes. There are offerings by the government, the first by scheme, the share scheme, was that no good . That is unaffordable. Because you need to have a deposit together. While we are renting we cannot afford to save for a deposit. We have nothing. We are paying our outgoings with our incomings and thats it. There is nothing left to save. What would help . What shelter are proposing would help. Having schemes where the housing is more affordable to the normal kind of person like myself. Even on the share to buy scheme, shared ownership, we would still have to have an income of £40,000 between usjust have to have an income of £40,000 between us just for a 40 share of a property in our area. My husband and icant. We property in our area. My husband and i cant. We dont have jobs that pay £20,000 each. Itsjust not the norm, i dont think. Lots of people probably do earn that much, but for the general majority i think 20 grand and under is more realistic. You with the national federation, what is the answer . Political leadership. Everyone accepts there isa leadership. Everyone accepts there is a housing crisis. They have done the years, weve been talking about this forever. The government, this year, with the white paper has accepted the Housing Market has broken. Its the first on the government has spoken like that. It is really welcome. But we now need concrete proposals which will make a difference. The main proposals need to be around land. We could do much more. But we need land to come through at an affordable rate. We can then build homes which are affordable to local people like beth so she can stay in the area where her parents are, where she has grown up, and stay in the community. You both jumped in. When up, and stay in the community. You bothjumped in. When we said both jumped in. When we said that it has been like this for years, but you feel there is a change. Is now a time when the issue is being properly grappled . Certainly, it was important the government admitted the market is broken, it gives them permission to do the radical changes needed and have worked in the past. A really good example is how we use public land. Theres aways been the sunshine that yes, we could use public land for building but theyve always been told to sell it to the highest bidder. But today, lets rethink that, it says on the report today. It would be important agriculture is for if the council retained a steak so that they could use public land to be used for homes the local community could afford. Lets build that way rather than flogging it to a developer and negotiating a few affordable homes. Andrew, what about, there may be restrictions on who buys the houses, places are built and then snapped up by investors, they are not for the local community. That is a feature of the way we are developing housing. We are putting so many obligations and developers that in order to make up the obligations, they are building these very expensive Penthouse Apartments that are unattainable for the local people. The system is definitely broken. We think this has always been the case. If you look at the election before last in london, housing was really unimportant as an issue. It was transport, policing, they were the burning hot topics. It is only recently we have realised that weve not been providing solutions. Anyone who tells you there is one solution to the Housing Problem is a charlatan, we need a lot of little solutions. We need to encourage more self building, you could build a home potentially for Tens Of Thousands of pounds, rather than the hundreds we talk about, if we are permitted self building. Would you do that . I think possibly. It sounds. Not a bad option. But you would have to buy the land. This is an option, why not just be able to choose a piece of land where you can develop and say to the local authorities, i will build on this land, ill pay you when i first sell it so you can live there and pay your local authority there and pay your local authority the Capital Value once you sell it on. That would start more excitement and all of those people who watch grand designs, for example, i hope thatis grand designs, for example, i hope that is not a plug for a programme we should not, but for all those people who watch that programme and then, this is not achievable, in many countries in europe it is not that way because they have a better attitude towards the use of land. Some creative solutions, thank you. Keep your comments coming in. Let me read you some on Police Issues that weve been reporting on this morning, the shortage of Police Officers and pressure put on the services as a result, richard says he isa services as a result, richard says he is a recently retired police co nsta ble. He is a recently retired police constable. The lack of detectors has a Knock On Effect on the neighbourhood and uniformed Response Officers who have to investigate crimes previously allocated to a detective. They are often more serious and the victims need a specialist approach that a Response Officer cannot provide to the same degree. The public are being let down. Poor e mailed, i resigned from clevela nd down. Poor e mailed, i resigned from Cleveland Police in december 2013, he had approached 13 years of service and several of those predominantly in cad paul. He left for similar reasons and was com pletely left for similar reasons and was completely disillusioned by how we we re completely disillusioned by how we were treated by the government. Budgets were slashed and workloads increased, i had commendations for my Chief Constable and a crown court judge, i did not leave under any kind of clout that i left with a heavy heart. Under any kind of cloud. It is or is great for your input, please keep it coming. It is always great to have your input. Extreme Morning Sickness affects about one in 100 expectant mothers. The duchess of cambridge famously suffered from the condition which can cause women to be sick up to 50 times a day, and even become malnourished. Pregnancy charities have found that some sufferers are being given such poor care they feel they have no choice but to terminate their pregnancies. It is absolutely extraordinary. Rachel hawthorne is in nottingham and suffered from extreme Morning Sickness or Hyperemesis Gravidarum during pregnancies for both her children. She said it was so severe she wont have a third. Megan crawford, who had baby 0tis just over three months ago, struggled with the condition throughout her pregnancy. She says her condition wasnt taken seriously by medical professionals. And, caitlin dean is a Nurse Specialist and the chair of pregnancy charity Pregnancy Sickness Support who also suffered from hg through all three of her pregnancies. She says theres a huge disparity in care in the uk right now. Thank you for coming in. Megan, you had 0tis three months ago but it was a terrible pregnancy, tell us about it. Four weeks into finding out that we we re it. Four weeks into finding out that we were pregnant with 0tis, the sickness came on. I was being sick up sickness came on. I was being sick up to 20 to 30 times per day, i lost a stone and a half in five weeks. It took a bit of time from the gp surgeries to get referred to the hospital. To the point that actually, by the time we got into the hospital, i collapsed and lots of People Struggle to get ivs into me because i was of People Struggle to get ivs into me because i was so of People Struggle to get ivs into me because i was so severely dehydrated. It sounds horrific. Normally, when we are sick, not to that extent, just dozens of times per day, you know it will lend because it will be a bug that you knew it was related to the pregnancy. How did you get through that . The trouble with it was is that . The trouble with it was is that when you are ill and sick, you get 30 minutes relief after. But there is no relief. You feel com pletely there is no relief. You feel completely desperate. What was a typical day like . You lose day and night, you will sleep for an hour, followed for one hour, then sleep for one hour. 0n followed for one hour, then sleep for one hour. On a rotation for months. The charity which is talking about this today has said people have opted to terminate pregnancies because of this. Thats the only way that they can see to stop this sickness. Did that thought ever cross your mind . I think the thought of going on with the pregnancy was a very difficult thing to consider. But i was quite lucky, in the end i did get really good care at the hospital i was treated at. So, eventually, it was under control but i spoke to women since volunteering for the charity that that has been their only option. You know women who have terminated . Not personally, but i have spoken to people. Rachel, you had extreme sickness through both of your pregnancies, you have molly and oscar, now for michael cole four and single mac, how many times where you sick per day . Now four and one years old. It was relentless, that was at its worst. When it was not vomiting, the nausea was overwhelming. It was continuous for the first five months. How did you cope . It must have been traumatic. It is, and it is very difficult. Obviously, with my son, because i already have my daughter, it was more difficult on top. Caring for her is very difficult when you cannot get off the Bathroom Floor or get out of bed because you are so sick. I became very reliant on my husband and other members of the family to help out. It is very challenging, emotionally and mentally, when you cannot function physically. Were you worried about the unborn baby as well . Yes. It is very worrying to go through a pregnancy when he also ill and malnourished. I lost over 20 of my prepregnancy birth weight. You would be very concerned about the impact on the foetus and the fact that you are taking medication, i was on strong medication for a long time, and even though doctors reassured me that it was safe, you wonder if you are doing the right thing by your child. The British Pregnancy Advisory Service said that this is not being taken seriously enough, what is your view . That is the problem, Luckily Rachel was reassured that the medications was safe but many women face being told that nothing is safe and they should not be taking medication or that what they suffer is normal, but this isnt and they need treatment. It is when Women Cannot Access Treatment that they are really being failed. Have you met women, do you know women, who have terminated because of it . Yes, a lot. A lot . Yes, ive run the charity and the helpline for a numberof years run the charity and the helpline for a number of years and termination is relatively common. We estimate about 10 will terminate the pregnancy because. 10 of 10 will terminate the pregnancy because. 1096 of women with Hyperemesis Gravidarum would terminate . Yes, generally, that is because they are not supported enough by the health care professionals, or offer before range of medications. That is massively improving at the moment, over the La St Improving at the moment, over the last couple of years weve seen improvements thanks to the guidelines coming out and introduction of day units for treating this so that they can manage it in their lives. But women face losing theirjobs are not being able to pay their mortgages or childcare. They cannot manage it within their lives, so they have no choice but to terminate. Megan, would you have another baby after going through that . Yeah, we desperately want voters we desperately want otis to have a sibling but it would take some planning. You said that you got good treatment in the end, did it stop the sickness . I went back to work at five months, but i was off for four weeks. It is a huge amount of time to be out of work, when some people expect they can carry on as normal throughout pregnancy . And Maternity Leave is calculated on a period of time where most women with Hyperemesis Gravidarum are off sick so Hyperemesis Gravidarum are off sick so they lose Maternity Pay because of that which is a big problem. Did that pitted burden on the families . Umm, yes, i was sorted that pitted burden on the families . Umm, yes, iwas sorted in that pitted burden on the families . Umm, yes, i was sorted in terms of Maternity Leave but it does have an impact did it put a burden. Maternity leave but it does have an impact did it put a burden. And you would not have another baby as a result of the sickness you had, rachel . Yes, we have two children now, we are very blessed but to put my daughter through that again, we cannot do that. And my husband, it was a huge pressure on him. I had a lot of time off work because of how ill i was, i was hospitalised for a long time, and with my daughter, i was admitted for over four months. To put my children through that is too much. The tall in your body as well, it does a lot to you physically and mentally, and im not prepared to go through that again, unfortunately toll. Understandably. Thank you to all three of you. Let us know your experiences if youve had to go through that. The lords rebel against the government voting to ensure eu citizens to stay in the uk the government vow to overturn their defeat. We will speak about rethinking. Lets get the latest Weather Update with carol. Lets get the latest weather how are you . It is nice to see you. We had a spectacular Northern Lights pictures last night. We will show you them in a minute but if you are interested in the Northern Lights, tonight theres a good chance of seeing them between 9pm and 3am across parts of scotland, north of the central belt, and we are looking at places like borrie, aberdeenshire, and the North West Highlands and the highlands. This is a cracking picture from last night. In aberdeenshire, look at this lovely colours. And this one from northern scotland, beautiful colours, a really good set of Northern Lights last night. And this one in the isle of skye, another cracking picture. And more, this one is from this morning, not the Northern Lights but we have seen morning, not the Northern Lights but we have seen some snow as morning, not the Northern Lights but we have seen some snow as well as rain across parts of the north of england. It has been a bright and breezy day, windy this morning, across Southern England and wales. That wind will ease as we go through the day, but it will still be breezy. We have this line of cloud across north wales, the north midlands, Northern England and east anglia. It has been producing snow. But most of it will fizzle as we go through the day. Further south, dry weather round today. Some sunshine, a couple of shower was dotted across North West England and south west wales. You would be unlucky if you catch one in the south east, a lot of dry weather, breezy, sunshine in the north west, some showers. Bright skies in Northern Ireland, cloudy from the south, showers on the hills of scotland, and between, there will be sunshine. Through the evening anne and overnight, hill snow extends across the channel, into scotla nd extends across the channel, into scotland and Northern England. These two bands of rain push up from the south, in Southern England and wales, and Northern Ireland. The risk of ice, damp surfaces and Low Temperature is risk of ice, damp surfaces and low temperatu re is in risk of ice, damp surfaces and Low Temperature is in scotland, this is also where you have a good chance of seeing the Northern Lights. Tomorrow, both bands of rain continued to advance northwards. We could hang onto brighter breaks in the far north of england. It is fairly tenuous. And some of it gets into Western Scotland with hill snow. Most of the north of scotland sees the lions share of any sunshine. Here, cold, six and 7 degrees. In the south, anywhere between ten and 12. As we head into the weekend, the theme remains u nsettled. The weekend, the theme remains unsettled. Still dominated by low pressure. This Weather Front extends from the mediterranean through central parts of europe, into our own shores. It produces rain in the south east, moving through scotland and depositing hill snow. That is across Northern Ireland and the last bit of the coal into the south west and also wales. No heatwave, about 8 degrees to 11 degrees. Hello its thursday, its 10 oclock im joanna gosling. Victims are being let down and suspects left untracked as Police Forces around england and wales struggle with cutbacks thats according to a report out this morning. We will be speaking to former and Serving Policemen to hear their view. Everybody is trying to make it work and make the best of it, it was getting really stressful. I ended up thinking, i dont think i can do this any more, it made me feel a bit ofafailure, this any more, it made me feel a bit of a failure, to be honest, that i could not stick at it. We will be talking more about this later. Lots of former Police Officers have been messaging us about that. Also coming up content 358, not content, 256. The contents have it. The first defeat for the brexit bill in the House Of Lords. Now government sources say ministers will try and overturn the vote. But after last nights Crushing Defeat here will mps over there be emboldened and ready to define theresa may the fai theresa may and thwart her efforts. And after the mishap hailed as the biggest mistake in 89 years of oscars history, the two accountants responsible for muddling up the envelopes will not be employed to do the job again, the academy says. Good morning. Heres rebecca in the bbc newsroom with a summary of todays news. Her majestys inspectorate of constabulary, which oversees policing standards, has warned of the Potentially Perilous state of the service in england and wales. It found a third of forces needed improvement while a small number were putting the public at unacceptable risk by rationing services. Some Chief Constables say the report is unfair because they have limited resources but the reports author said it should serve as a wake up call. The government says it will seek to overturn a demand by the House Of Lords that eu citizens living in the uk should be allowed to stay in the country after brexit. Peers defied ministers last night when they voted by a large margin to guarantee their rights. But the prime minister, theresa may, has said that should be negotiated alongside a deal for british citizens living in the eu. The bill will return to the commons later this month. Nearly two thirds of englands hospitals have been rated as inadequate or needing improvement in a major new study by health inspectors. The report, by the Care Quality Commission, also found that four out of five trusts need to improve Patient Safety. But more than 90 were judged to be good or outstanding for the caring attitude of staff. The Department Of Health has welcomed the inspections, saying they form a key part of its plan to make the Health Service the safest and most transparent in the world. The North Korean Foreign Ministry has questioned the malaysian governments account of the death of kim jong nam, the half brother of north koreas leader, who was killed at Kuala Lumpur Airport two weeks ago. In a statement it described malaysias account, that said he had been poisoned with vx nerve agent, as the height of absurdity. The north korean official said that there was a strong indication that the cause of his death was a heart attack. Voting is under way in the Northern Ireland Assembly Elections for the second time in ten months. The election was triggered after the Power Sharing Government at stormont collapsed last month. 90 members will be elected, 18 fewer than previously. Polling closes at 10 oclock tonight. Senior opponents of President Trump are calling for his newly appointed the bbc news channel has won the Royal Television society tv Journalism Award for news channel of the year. The jury recognised the news channel for its coverage of stories including the eu referendum, Donald Trumps election, the nice terror attack, jo coxs murder and the inquests into the hillsborough disaster. Thats a summary of the latest bbc news, more at 10. 30. Do get in touch with us throughout the morning, use the Hashtag Victoria Live. If you text, youll be charged at the Standard Network rate. Lots of people getting in touch about the new report into Police Forces. One message says i can empathise, by the time i retired i was shattered after the workload kept increasing. Jack has said the police are in crisis, i recently retired from the police, there are half the amount of Police Per Capita than the right in other European Countries. Protection is suffering because of this. Thanks for highlighting this. We will be talking to the Lead Inspector who has made those comments about raising a red flag because of concerns over the implications. Heres some sport now. Our main story today British Cycling has acknowledged serious failings in its Record Keeping after being criticised by the woman in charge of anti doping in the uk. Nicole sapstead told a committee of mps that uk anti dopings investigation into wrongdoing in the sport has been hampered by problems with medical Record Keeping. Theyve been trying to verify the contents of a mystery package delivered to team sky in france six years ago. What we are trying to establish in our enquiry is how does British Cycling and team sky administer the anti doping policies to make sure their riders and teams are clean. We have found out today that they dont. It is a damning indictment of the way things are being run in British Cycling and at team sky. Heather watson was knocked out by Frances Kristina Mladenovic in the second round of the mexican open this morning. The match lasted three and a half hours before mladenovic won the final set 7 5. Andy murray is into the quarterfinals at the Dubai International, after a comfortable straight sets victory yesterday. The world number one needed just an hour and 12 minutes to see off spains Gullermo Garcia Lopez. Hell face Germanys Philipp Kohlschreiber in the last eight. Dan evans is out though after losing to gael monfils. The final day of the first formula one Preseason Test is underway in barcelona. The track has been drenched in water to simulate wet weather. Lewis hamilton has described driving the new cars as like riding a roller coaster. There wont be any thrills and spills for the Williams Team though. Theyre sitting out todays sessions after their Rookie Driver Lance Stroll crashed yesterday. Williams say theyll be ready for the second test next week. Big news in spain last night, as luis enrique the barcelona manager announced hed be leaving the club at the end of the season, blaming the stress of the job. The former club captain has won eight trophies in his three seasons in charge and it could be more. They lead the title race by a point after real madrids draw with las palmas last night. Wales international gareth bale Saw Red For Real his first sending off for the club. Although he insisted he didnt deserve it. Manchester city are through to the last eight of the fa cup after a comfortable win in their replay against huddersfield town. Thats despite going behind early on to this goal from harry bunn. City though were soon back in control, Sergio Aguero with two goals. 5 1 is how it ended. Theyll visit middlesbrough in the next round. Celtic are now 27 points clear at the top of the scottish premiership. Scott sinclair and two Moussa Dembele goals helped them to a four nil win over bottom side inverness. There were also wins for rangers, ross county and partick thistle. Finally staying with celtic, and the club have paid tribute to lisbon lion tommy gemmell, who has died aged 73 following a long illness. The former defender gemmell scored in the 2 1victory against inter milan in 1967 when celtic became the first british club to win the european cup. Back with more at half past. Thank you. Victims are being let down and suspects left untracked by some Police Forces in england and wales according to a report out today. Her majestys inspectorate of constabulary found a third of forces needed improvement. It said a small number were putting the public at unacceptable risk by rationing services as they struggle with cutbacks. For some Police Officers, the increase in workload has made them decide to walk away. Former detective Angelina Dawson told this programme her reasons for leaving the force last month. This is all i ever wanted to do and i thought it was a career i was going to do for 30 odd years. I worked so hard for it. The workloads are relentless. That is what the problem is. Officers are carrying sort of 20 crimes or more, give or take. That is a massive workload. That is a minimum of 20 victims, a minimum of 20 suspects. It is exhausting. Id often wake up with headaches because i wasnt having enough sleep. No matter how much you try to be organised at work and try and keep on top of everything that there was just more and more and more. It was just getting really stressful and i just found myself thinking, actually, i dont think i can do this any more. Joining me now is the reports author, zoe billingham. Tom gash, whos from the institute for government. Sue sim, former Chief Constable of Northumbria Police. Also dr Alan Billings whos the police and Crime Commissioner for south yorkshire. Thank you forjoining us. Tell us more about the specific evidence you found of Police Forces downgrading crime, zoe. To put this in context, two thirds are doing a good job. What we said about the one third who is on occasions they are rationing Police Services. Really by stealth. It isnt by grand design. We found insta nces it isnt by grand design. We found instances of in control rooms and Emergency Calls coming in, Response Officers not being available and may be tied up in otherjobs. Slowly that call which was originally a high risk call is then, well, we will go in an hour, then longer than that, 24 hour s. Will go in an hour, then longer than that, 24 hour s. What crimes are being downgraded . It could be any sort. We spent a lot of time in control rooms. We looked into the pot of unallocated jobs, if you like. There were cases involving victims of Domestic Abuse, cases involving children. I have to stress, this is a small minority of forces at the moment. We are raising a warning flag. We dont want to see these practices creep any further. We appreciate most are doing a good job. One example given was a uniformed officer carrying out a rape investigation. People just carrying out the sorts of investigations which they are not trained for. That is linked to the issue we have said is a National Crisis, which is the lack of detectives across england and wales. We just heard from angelini angelina about her experience. We speak to detectives dealing with complex crime, more straightforward crime, and they tell us theirjobs are hard. They have high caseloads. I have had tears in these rooms with people who see some of the nasty as things. The ravages of the depraved he depravity of people. The pressure of the workload is causing people to leave the service. People we dont want to see leaving the service. We have said there is this National Crisis in terms of the shortage of detectives. The Police Service needs to get to grips with that. He needs to understand why people are leaving. There are many Different Reasons why people are leaving or not wanting to become detectives. There needs to be a National Plan to address this. How do you think people who are doing bad things will look at this . The public need to understand the context of our message. I will go back to our core message. Two thirds of Police Forces are doing a really good job for the public. And even that third where we are seeing problems, they are still doing some things very well. The problems you have highlighted, it sounds like people are getting away with crime. When this is put out there it sends a message, well, certain crimes going to be taken that seriously, i can get away with it. You are right. And moving on to another area, how Domestic Abuse victims are dealt with. We have seen in some forces that police are discontinuing investigation early on on the grounds that the victim does not support police action. We know the complexities about a woman coming forward to the police. We want to see forces supporting victims. We dont want to see the position of one falls in the country where if you are a perpetrator of Domestic Abuse you have a 75 chance of not being arrested for that crime. Whereas if you are a perpetrator in another force you have a 75 chance of being arrested. It makes no sense. It is not about money. Those forces are struggling in some of those areas we have identified, they forces which are not subject to severe financial crises like other forces. It is a complicated picture. Theyre all sorts of things we are saying that need be put right. There are. The Police Service isnt in crisis. It isnt in meltdown. There is a National Crisis around detectives. But things can get better. Does it stop with the co nsta bles . Better. Does it stop with the constables . Everybody doing a job, they know what is right, what is wrong, how is this . Chief constables are the leaders of the organisations, it is their responsibilities to work out, with the police and Crime Commission, the priorities. It is theirjob to make sure they have sufficient resources to meet those priorities, and if there is a stretch in the system, lets not see that and be shuffled under the carpet, the demand be suppressed, lets not act as if it isa suppressed, lets not act as if it is a problem, lets have the debate in public. Lets raise these issues. If the Police Service says it cannot do certain things, at least the debate should be informed in public and by the public. Sue, you resigned in 2015 after five years in charge, we re in 2015 after five years in charge, were these pressures that you were experiencing, were you experiencing those when you were in charge . Actually, firstly, let me make it clear i retired in 2015, not resigned sorry. No, one of my big issues with policing per se, i agree with the majority of zoes report. But, to me, the issue is Chief Constables still act in splendid isolation, as indeed do government departments. The home office, the Department Of Health, the local authorities, everybody works in splendid isolation. When you are looking at things like Police Office rs looking at things like Police Officers not being able to attend the most urgent of calls and that, to me, is absolutely appalling as a former Chief Constable, its a dreadful situation which should not be able to continue but if what we are saying is Police Officers should be getting to the most urgent of causing the appropriate time, then one of the things we should be looking at is how do you manage the lesser calls . They are still very important to the public. How would you categorise what is a lesser call . Obviously, anything bad that happens to any victim feels like something is absolutely worth investigating, plus it is about the messaging. If police let the public know, that the people doing bad things know that certain things were be treated seriously, it sends a powerful message in that direction . Its not about not taking them seriously but, for example, a number of years ago, when i first took over as temporary Chief Constable in northumbria, we ran a project through the home office, together with our partners in the local authorities, which actually allowed us to deal with less urgent calls across all of the appropriate agencies, and so we made sure that calls that should have been dealt with by police were dealt with by police, and those that should have been dealt with by local authorities we re been dealt with by local authorities were done so. It was classified as a Great Success by all of the local authorities and by Northumbria Police across the northumbria area. But we could not come to any consensus about how funding should be delivered, to deliver the project. Ok, sorry to interrupt, i wa nt to project. Ok, sorry to interrupt, i want to bring in the Serving Police and Crime Commission in yorkshire, where you surprised by the overall picture or is this your experience . Im not surprised at all, it paints a stark picture, and this is a red flag, a warning sign, that things are potentially heading in not a good direction. Two things are going on. One is that demand is increasing, and the other is that resources a re increasing, and the other is that resources are getting fewer, there are fewer officers and police and Community Support officers available. Why is demand increasing . In part because the Police Service is becoming the default surface medical service for other public bodies. As they reduce, do less, they do more as a 365 days per year service, to pick up. Is it ok to downgrade a car crime and not treat it as priority . Of course not but under those pressures, that is what will happen and the report. Is it happening in your area . |j will happen and the report. Is it happening in your area . I hope not, one of the things the report does for every Police Force Area is identify those things which need attention. As all police and Crime Commission is, i will be going through the report as it applies to us to see what we can do. Id take the point that we can do more with local authorities operating locally, but they are also squeezed. We have another guest i would like to bring m, another guest i would like to bring in, tom, you talk about Crime Policy Committee wrote a book and you think there should be a new approach to policing . The important thing happening that we need to recognise at the moment, police are responding to what they are told to do. What is most urgent. That is people who call up most urgent. That is people who call up and the pressure that comes from hmic to do more of this, more of that, and more of the other. When you have 14 less money and officers and 16 less money than 2010, it is nonsense to say you can do more of everything. You need to, obviously, be effective. Some are proving more effective than others in the forces, but you need to tackle demand and do things that reduce crime. Things that have been effective over the la st that have been effective over the last 20 years have actually been to do with working with industry to improve car security, which has seen car crime reduce by about one sixth of the level to what it was 20 years ago, working with Internet Providers to think about the same things for online fraud, and about how we work in local places to do with the risk of violence around alcohol. That makes sense in terms of long term strategy, but right now, with Police Forces in the situation they are in, with calls coming in, how do you prioritise . Its a good question. The challenges i would imagine too few people are willing say what c said, we have two prioritise calls coming in. Everybody would say that they would hope that the caller is treated with utmost seriousness, nobody politically is going to say, can we do things differently and ta ke can we do things differently and take a call from the public when theircar has been take a call from the public when their car has been stolen, and ask them whether they want us to come to them whether they want us to come to the scene of the crime, or whether they would want us to put it into Tracking Data . Would that be an answer . I do not think so. There are simpler lances in a convex world of policing. I think tom is right about prevention. Weve seen one quarter of all forces deteriorate in their performance in Neighbourhood Policing. This is where Police Officers are in communities, getting ahead of crime and stopping it happening in the first place, nipping it in the bud and doing directed and targeted activity to keep people safe. People would tell you and they tell me they would rather not be a victim of crime in the first place, and police do a good response. Theres that thing about bobbies on the beat, is that a priority . Its an interesting question. The model of policing in the 21st century must be preventative at heart but also provided in a different way. In the report, we say the Police Service and the College Of Policing, the body which sets standards for policing, they need to determine those bits of Neighbourhood Policing which are important to stop crime happening in the first place. How do we adapted to meet 21st century . Across the country, we see some forces do interesting things with pcsos. Instead of them patrolling the streets, they are Patrolling Cyberspace so they are online and providing information to people. We do not know that is happening, so it is not the high profile thing people like. Exactly, it is a warning people about crime about being ripped off online or coria fraud, whatever it might be. Lets not go back to a bobby on every beat, but have Police Officers and pcsos in communities, it is fundamental to solving this problem and stopping crime happening in the first place, addressing those issues that alan talked about, about demand. It is fundamental to policing. Talked about, about demand. It is fundamentalto policing. Tom, you wanted to add . Yes, if you look at what policing has done, it has coped very well compared to other Public Services with the levels of cuts and constraints it had. The government should get credit for not cutting further in 2015. It was going to but decided against it. In prisons, they cut further. We saw the consequences in prisons. What the government needs to have this the right Early Warning systems and what we can be thankful for is the inspectorate raised these issues before things got worse than they were. Every year, you have said they are managing well, but now is the time to raise the flag . We must emphasise that the reports show that more forces got better than got worse this year, which is an extraordinary achievement. It is a credit to the officers, at what cost . Some are going off sick, there are problems with morale. We must address it in terms of funding and in terms of priorities. We got any milk from a Serving Officer who wants to remain anonymous, they are so exhausted but keen to write a few lines to add their voice and e mail. In 2007 i became a Detective Constable. At first, it was excitable, unpredictable, for filling and enjoyable, the teams were great to work in but it is not unusual for the main detectives to carry over 20 crimes. At my lowest point i was on 25. If you speak to any detective in the met, they would say a figure of 1820 the met, they would say a figure of 18 20 max is the maximum anyone can investigate realistically. I told my line manager at the time the concerns with dealing with this many but he was not interested. One of the many things, to be clear, Police Office rs the many things, to be clear, Police Officers across the uk are the best anywhere in the world. But, it is still incumbent on Chief Constables and the College Of Policing, to look at our outdated procedures and the huge amount of bureaucracy that the stores are still telling me they carrying. That officers. You talk about the length of Time Detectives ta ke about the length of Time Detectives take to be trained, do we actually need to do that . Can we do things differently . There are all sorts of differently . There are all sorts of different educational ways that we can teach investigative procedures, policing needs to move out of the 20th century ideals and into the 215t century. 20th century ideals and into the 215t ce ntury. I 20th century ideals and into the 215t century. I agree with what tom was saying about prevention. I absolutely agree that Neighbourhood Policing is an essential tool, but Chief Constables still have the responsibility to look at cutting unnecessary bureaucracy and improving our processes and procedures. Thank you to all of you. A quick comment from the minister for policing, he says the government has protected Police Funding through 2015 spending reviews, as you mentioned, and there is no excuse for any force who fail to deliver on their obligations, those identified as requiring improvements must take the hmic findings seriously, and i expect to see rapid improvements. Thank you to all of you. Problems for the government brexit bell in the House Of Lords last night. Norman smith, theres problems in the form of defeat . Many people would take the view that the House Of Lords is a sleepy old chamber, anything but, last night, the peers inflicted a Crushing Defeat on theresa may. Anyone inside and outside of the government was surprised by the ferocity of the defeat but the question is, whether it has emboldened mps in the commons to do exactly the same and whether it encourages the peers here to inflict more defeats on theresa may surrounding brexit. Lets have a listen to some of the exchanges from last night. Take the high moral ground. Give reassurance to the millions who have made their home here in the expectation that they can continue to live and work here. These people need to know now, not in two years or 12 months, they simply cannot put their lives on hold. We need them to stay, as much, if not more, than they wish to do so. If not more, than they wish to do so. So, the Negotiating Position amongst the same. Do as we wish, or we will shoot our own foot off. Amongst the same. Do as we wish, or we will shoot our own foot offlj completely repudiates your idea that i should treat any fellow human being asa i should treat any fellow human being as a Bargaining Counter or anything of the kind. Why is anybody here today so excited about an amendment . Which looks after the foreigners and not the british. The best way of helping them is to pass this legislation as quickly as possible, to activate article 50, and then to negotiate to give these people the rights they deserve to stay in our country. So, what happens next . Theresa may will try to overturn last nights defeat in the House Of Commons and the question is, whether there are enough tory mps to rebel and walked. I have to say, talking to people this morning, my sense is that there isa this morning, my sense is that there is a rebellion which will be on the small side, suggesting theresa may will probably be able to overcome last nights reverse, so she is still on course to trigger article 50, perhaps by mid march. A lot of people possibly pointing to wednesday, march 15th. Ok, norman, thank you. The conservative peer, and former pensions minister, Baroness Altman voted against the government. Shejoins me now. If i can put normans comment to you. He said why is everybody so bothered about an amendment which looks after the foreigners and not the british . fundamentally disagree with that viewpoint. In fact, what the amendment would do, or even better what the government itself could do without needing any amendments to the bill, it could just unilaterally guaranteed the right of the citizens to stay, is helping british citizens who are in the eu to have a better chance of a quick resolution of their uncertainty. And what we are suggesting here is that the government take back control of the moral high ground and guarantee the rights of citizens here that need to stay, that we need, and when i was listening to the debate last night, andi listening to the debate last night, and i hadnt made up my mind what i was going to do before i sat down yesterday, it became obvious to me that we are being illogical and immoral in refusing to unilaterally guarantee the rights of those people who are already here, who came here in good faith, who are part of our communities, part of our Health Service. Who are doing all sorts of wonderful work in our country. Just doing the decent thing which british people will normally do. And saying straightaway that we are not going to use them as negotiating collateral. We are going to go into these very difficult negotiations with our european partners, having shown the goodwill, having taken the moral high ground, and thenjust move on to the much, much more difficult and stressful negotiations from a position of strength. You say from a position of strength. You say from a position of strength. You say from a position of strength. The governments view is, you talk about a moral high ground, but the government says without a Bargaining Chip what would guarantee reciprocal rights for british citizens in the eu . Well, what became apparent in the debate last night was two things. One, the groups representing british people who live in the eu have asked the government to unilaterally guarantee the rights of eu citizens here, because they believe that will force the hand of the eu. And they willjust have to do this much more quickly rather than making it part of the negotiation. But there is no guarantee on that. That requires other people to do the right thing, as well. The logic of that argument is that we are not going to guarantee the rights of the eu citizens here. Morally that is utterly wrong. If we still insist on making them negotiating, Bargaining Chips, whatever you want to call them, we are not going to do the right thing. As lord lawson himself said, in the end the British Parliament isnt going to vote to throw these people out. So why are we putting them through this distress and misery . Why are we not saying we are going to do the right thing . Two wrongs never make a right. And it has got to be appropriate for britain to show that we have decided to leave the eu but the boat leaves Campaign Said that the boat leaves Campaign Said that the citizens here will not be affected. Vote leave. Right now we guarantee. It doesnt need to delay article 50 triggering, it doesnt need to be part of this whole thing. If it comes back to the House Of Lords, some peers have indicated that they wouldnt vote against the government again in order not to frustrate the process so order not to frustrate the process so that article 50 could still be triggered on the 15th of march, what would your approach be, would you vote against again . What the House Of Lords has done yesterday is what it is supposed to do, which is sent back something to the commons to think again if we believe that a decision has been made that needs more careful consideration. That is what we have done. What i hope is that the government itself will come forward with its commitment to these people. But if it doesnt. Forward with its commitment to these people. But if it doesnt. If that doesnt happen, if it does come back to the House Of Lords, you are facing the same choice again, but come you know, would you go down the route of potentially thwarting the government triggering article 50, or would you give the government your vote . Would you give the government your vote . Ultimately the final decision rests with the elected house, the House Of Commons, i respect that. I think the role of the House Of Lords is to ask the government to think again and thats what weve done. Thank you very much for your time. Lets catch up with all of the news with rebecca. Her majestys inspectorate of constabulary, which oversees policing standards, has warned of the Potentially Perilous state of the service in england and wales. It found a third of forces needed improvement while a small number were putting the public at unacceptable risk by rationing services. Some Chief Constables say the report is unfair because they have limited resources but the reports author said it should serve as a wake up call. Nearly two thirds of englands hospitals have been rated as inadequate or needing improvement in a major new study by health inspectors. The report, by the Care Quality Commission, also found that four out of five trusts need to improve Patient Safety. But more than 90 were judged to be good or outstanding for the caring attitude of staff. The Department Of Health has welcomed the inspections, saying they form a key part of its plan to make the Health Service the safest and most transparent in the world. A former pensions minister has told this programme that the government should take back control of the moral high ground and guarantee now writes for eu citizens living in the uk after brexit. Peers defeated the government last night over the issue. Baroness altman told us ministers should do the right thing now. But theresa may says the right of eu citizens in the uk will be negotiated after article 50 is triggered. The bill will return to the House Of Commons later this month. The North Korean Foreign Ministry has questioned the malaysian governments account of the death of kim jong nam, the half brother of north koreas leader, who was killed at Kuala Lumpur Airport two weeks ago. In a statement it described malaysias account, that said he had been poisoned with vx nerve agent, as the height of absurdity. The north korean official said that there was a strong indication that the cause of his death was a heart attack. Voting is under way in the Northern Ireland Assembly Elections for the second time in ten months. The election was triggered after the Power Sharing Government at stormont collapsed last month. 90 members will be elected, 18 fewer than previously. Polling closes at 10 oclock tonight. The bbc news channel has won the tv Journalism Award for news channel of the year. The jury recognised the news channel for its coverage including the eu referendum, Donald Trumps election, the nice terror attack, jo coxs murder, and the coverage of the hillsborough disaster. Thats a summary of the latest bbc news, more later. Heres some sport now. British cycling has acknowledged serious failings in its Record Keeping after being criticised by the woman in charge of anti doping in the uk. Nicole sapstead told a committee of mps that uk anti dopings investigation into wrongdoing in the sport has been hampered by problems with medical Record Keeping. Andy murray is into the quarterfinals of the Dubai International after a comfortable straight sets victory over garcia lopez yesterday. He will play Philipp Kohlschreiber next. Dan evansis Philipp Kohlschreiber next. Dan evans is out. Heather watson was also beaten in the second round of the mexico open. Manchester city are through to the last eight of the fa cup after a comfortable win in their replay against huddersfield town. Thats despite going behind early on to this goal from harry bunn. City though were soon back in control, Sergio Aguero with two goals. 5 1 is how it ended. Theyll visit middlesbrough in the next round. Celtic are now 27 points clear at the top of the scottish premiership. Scott sinclair and two Moussa Dembele goals helped them to a four nil win over bottom side inverness. 4 0. There were also wins for rangers, ross county and partick thistle. Finally staying with celtic, and the club have paid tribute to lisbon lion tommy gemmell, who has died aged 73 following a long illness. The former defender gemmell scored in the 2 1victory against inter milan in 1967 when celtic became the first british club to win the european cup. I will be back after 11. Thank you. Some more of your comments to bring you on the police story, the restrictions on what police can do because of constraints on resources. An anonymous e mail says im a Serving Officer in the West Midlands police and have direct experience where Domestic Violence incidents which need to be attended within an hour sometimes dont get a response for over six hours. We are supposed to have 1100 officers on response but currently we only have 800, not enough. Many are on long term sick due to pressures. Broken. An e mailfrom due to pressures. Broken. An e mail from bob, due to pressures. Broken. An e mailfrom bob, my wife due to pressures. Broken. An e mail from bob, my wife worked asa an e mail from bob, my wife worked as a civilian support officer, she did all of the mundanejobs mentioned in your report allowing detectives to detect. Ourjob was done away with as a saving leaving officers to photocopy all on top of their dayjob. Cost effectiveness is not thought through. Mavis says i have a first hand experience of this as a victim. Youths were throwing stones at my house. I had to hide in my garden shed whilst waiting for a response. The youngsters were left to do what they want, the police never turned up. They want, the police never turned eep they want, the police never turned up. Keep those comments coming. Belgium is hosting an International Conference to support womens Health Services in developing countries. Belgium is hosting an International Conference to help support womens Health Services in developing countries that provide information about abortion. Its an attempt to make up for a shortfall caused by President Trumps decision to ban foreign aid being used to promote the procedure. The announcement last month is more far reaching than previous restrictions on non governmental organisations, because it includes those providing information about abortion, and could put at risk maternal Health Services and hiv aids groups. Yogita limaye has been to nepal, a nation that depends heavily on international aid. Our correspondent, naomi grimley, is in brussels for us. Over to you. You may remember the picture of trump s signing into law that executive order on the global 939 that executive order on the global gag rule. Because it involved him sitting at a desk with several men behind him. It caused a lot of controversy on social media. Today a load of European Countries and canada which is also attending are trying to fill the shortfall in the funding left by that global gag rule. To talk more about this i have with me micah. Thanks forjoining us. Can you explain what is at stake because of this new us policy. Womens health is at stake and womens choice in reproductive choices. This global gag rule means that organisations like ours will no longer receive funding from the us. For us, about1. 5 longer receive funding from the us. For us, about 1. 5 million women come every year, will no longer be able to access family planning. The impact of that on their lives and health is significant. There is a worry that this time around it goes further than other republican administrations have done before. There is a worry to that, indeed. We are still finding out what exactly the parameters will be of the mexico city policy with the global gag rule. We fear other organisations will also have to sign up to it, which means that abortion services, which means that abortion services, which are very necessary for women worldwide and are illegal in many countries, organisations cant talk about it any more, and cannot even direct women to an abortion provider, or cancel women or counsel a woman about it. Is this just another protest against trump and what he stands for . just another protest against trump and what he stands for . I dont think so. The europeans have worked ha rd think so. The europeans have worked hard on womens rights and Womens Health over decades of development. So many advances have been made over the last couple of years and even before that. To see this law being signed in again, we know that things will go back. Women will lack choice. I think people are genuinely concerned about the progress is that have been made. And this is not political, this is about Womens Health. Lets keep it at that. Political, this is about Womens Health. Lets keep it at that. There isa gap health. Lets keep it at that. There is a gap between us values, personified by the administration and european values, where does the country like the uk stand . Are they coming along to this conference . The uk is here. The uk has been a great champion in developing aid around the world and family planning. It isnt as easy to say that there is a divide between us and europe. A lot of support is coming from the us, as well, from different organisations in the us. It is not simply against the trump administration. Thanks very much. Well, in an hour we are going to hear about the different pledges from different countries. We will hear whether the uk is going to put in some money to help make up for the money withdrawn by the us administration. Refugees who want to learn english are facing long waits for lessons, according to a report by the Campaign Group refugee action. It says its isolating refugees and making it more difficult for them to integrate into society. The Charity Wants the government to fund lessons for all 20,000 refugees living here but with public finances under pressure, its not a demand thats likely to be met. Lets talk now to nour albaarini, a 24 year old syrian refugee from homs who came to the uk under the governments scheme. He had access to english classes immediately and is now studying at Birmingham City university. Amal akasha is in leeds and helps sudanese refugees who are waiting to access english classes. Steven hale is the ceo of refugee action who published this report and is calling on the government to fund classes for all to the tune of £42 million. And Jessica Walker from english for action a charity that runs english language classes for refugees. Thank you all very much forjoining us. You came here, not speaking a word of english. At all you were given classes. What is your view on the importance of learning a language once you are in a country . Basically, the language is the most important thing here, for everyone, for every refugee here in england and the uk, because it is the countrys language. So, how they can integrate in this country, how they can do whatever they want, without speaking english, its the most important thing for them, to speak english. And, when you came here, did you feel a personal responsibility to learn english . Yes, because when i came here, i came with my dreams. How could i achieve those without speaking english . The first thing i did was made a plan for myself to start studying english with classes, teaching myself english. At home. You had government funded classes to teach you . Yes. Steven, refugee action says that all classes should be paid for, it would cost £42 million, why should the government pay for that . One could say that every person who has fled war and persecution needs the opportunity to rebuild their lives. I would say thatis rebuild their lives. I would say that is important and in itself, that is important and in itself, that should be a sufficient reason for them to utilise their talents, because we should be a country that gives people those opportunities. But also, there is real self interest for the uk, if we do not give people that opportunity to learn english they cannot integrate and have less potential of finding work. One of the things we found without will research, if somebody gets a job where they have a much better chance of doing so if they have learned english, in eight months, they have repaid, if they get the National Average wage, theyve repaid get the National Average wage, theyve re paid the get the National Average wage, theyve repaid the cost of those lessons. If they havent, they are lessons. If they havent, they are less likely to find work. There are compelling economic reasons from the uk perspective to give people this opportunity to learn english. It is madness for people to be languishing without support and those skills. Jessica, you teach english to refugees, tell us about that work you do. Yes, i teaching british in communities in south london. I also teach english to eu migrants and people who come from commonwealth countries. Who is paying for the lessons that you give . countries. Who is paying for the lessons that you give . I work for a charity called english for action. They are funded by foundations and trusts. No government money is involved in what you are doing . No. What is your perspective on the importance of people coming to this country and learning english for integration . It is absolutely crucial, all of my students say how much they find it so important. It is the thing that they care about the most. It is also a lot more than just learning english. Having a group where people can come to, regularly, sometimes the group is people from many different countries, so they are learning and it isa countries, so they are learning and it is a social element that really helps people feel confident and positive, living in this country. Amal, you were originally from sudan and you help sudanese refugees in the to learn english if they cannot get onto a funded course, why do you do that . I do it because when ive been here, in england, seven years ago, i tried classes to help myself, but i waited for two years without finding any classes and i started to teach myself. That is why, i think, we had to help someone from my community to be able to access these services, and confront isolation. That is why ive organised the sudanese group. He said after two yea rs sudanese group. He said after two years he began to teach yourself. Tell us more about the imperative to learn a language for you, when you are living in a country and unable to speak the language . Actually, i studied english in sudan, a long time ago. But i need to improve my writing and my english language which is why it is not that difficult for me but for many of them, it is like impossible. Steven, there are obviously, we are hearing, alternative ways of refugees in this country learning english without it being funded by the government. At a time when government budgets are under increasing pressure, wide eu. You said about the economic imperative of the government funding it but there are other ways . There are three things. It would cost the uk more if we do not give support to learn english. And we need to do the right thing for every person who reaches the uk, having fled war or persecution. Secondly, it is absolutely true that charities, volunteers in the community, can help people to learn english and refugees can play a role in that. But they need a foundation and for anyone to learn something, whether it is the guitar or a foreign language, is professional tuition. Without that foundation, you are less likely to progress. Spoken english you may be able to acquire, but you may not be able to go to university, or go on and progress and succeed. You need professional tuition to be part of that. Finally, iwould like professional tuition to be part of that. Finally, i would like to highlight what we have also published today as opinion polls, which show thatjust published today as opinion polls, which show that just 3 of the public agree with the government 5 approach that we are prioritising funding specifically for syrian refugees, 61 of people in that opinion poll agree that we should be funding english classes for refugees. You came from hommes, in syria, as a refugee, what are your prospects living in this country, and being able to get the education you have, learning english, how do you have, learning english, how do you see live now . Life now is better than what i had before. Four years, five years ago. It is better now. When i came here, i had to wait two months to get classes. I started with basic, then i studied myself, 12 hours every day. To practice speaking and practice listening. I was just asking people on the street whatever came to mind. I was asking them to practice. Nothing more. I taught myself for 12 hours to do my exam, the exam i have to do to get to university. What do you want to do in the end . I want to finish my undergraduate, masters, and my ph. D. A difficult road good luck with it. Thank you for coming in and speaking to us. The department for education told us they were fully committed to equipping people with the english Language Skills they need to succeed and supported more than 130,000 learners last year. Its been described as the biggest mistake in the history of the oscars. And now the head of the Academy Awards says the two accountants responsible for muddling up the main Award Envelopes at sundays ceremony will never work on the show again. lets ta ke a look back at what happened. Im sorry, no. Theres a mistake. Moonlight, you guys won best picture. This is not a joke. This is not a joke. Im afraid they read the wrong thing. This is not a joke. Moonlight has won best picture. Moonlight. Best picture. You cannot see it enough, can you . Chi chi izundu is here. You cant, it is a mistake described as the worst in the 89 years the Academy Awards have been going. And now the two people responsible for the envelopes, ironically, we were talking about it on the programme the day before it was all happening, but what a great job that was. Now they are paying the price for the mess up . Indeed, martha ruiz and Brian Cullinan were assigned the task of making sure that the right envelopes went to the right presenters. Basically, there were two identical sets of envelopes and there are pictures of the pair holding them on the red carpet in a sealed briefcase. Theirjob is to hand each set to whoever is presenting from whatever side of the stage they are coming from. It appears that brian was a bit distracted, as people are reporting. He was treating a picture of emma stone as she was clutching her best actress oscar. She had just come backstage. Now, more pictures have emerged today of the commotion backstage of her hugging someone, and brian is fixed upon her, and everybody else is looking elsewhere. That is where the commission appears to have started. It seems it was a twitter miss focus that was going on these two go, and in terms of other lessons, its not been a bad thing for everyone watching. It has given us all a lot of entertainment but they want to make sure it never happens again. Indeed, it has given us a lot of entertainment but it is not good news for the oscars. During the nominations there was a blunder. They attributed amy adams as possibly being in the best category, that was not true. During the ceremony, they were talking about people who have passed away and used a picture of someone who was still living when they met someone else who was dead. Now this as well. It is great but this has all hit an all time low for the numbers of people watching. Im not sure they would want to court publicity surrounding this but we will all be watching next year thank you very much. Let me bring you some more of your comments on policing. On facebook, matt is a serving uniform officer and in 2012, there were ten pcs and two sergeants policing about 50,000 people in two towns. Lots of pcs have been asked to carry out tasks in risk assessing Domestic Abuse cases and other back office functions, leading the front line exposed. Uniformed officers often deal with sex abuse cases, cad have too much work. So many former officers getting into hutch, thank you for all of your comments cid. Thank you for your company. Tomorrow there is coverage of athletics on bbc two but we will be on the bbc news channel. Bbc newsroom live is coming up next. Thank you for your company today. Have a good day. And improving weather picture today, a lot of cloud in some areas. Some fairly limited pictures here. In staffordshire, but there are showers in north wales, a lot of sunshine around. You see cloud building behind me, which will bring rain towards Northern Ireland by tea time anson hill snow as well. But for most of us, as showers peter out from the north and west of scotland, it should not be too bad. The winds easing as it has been a blustery morning in the south. Just below par. Through the evening and overnight, this area of rain with hill snow crossing Northern Ireland, southern scotland, rain moves across the south of the country. A bit of a mess in the morning with the rain, wind chill in scotland, but hopefully it will move away quickly through the day on friday but it looks soggy in the southern half of the country. More for this is bbc news and these are the top stories developing at 11. The Police Watchdog warns that recent cutbacks in england and wales are putting the public at risk. Pressure on the new us Attorney General, jeff sessions, to resign over his controversial meetings with russian officials. The government will seek to overturn the defeat inflicted on its brexit bill by the House Of Lords. Safety at four in five Hospital Trusts in england is not good enough. Also, cameras in bus lanes are snapping up £31 million a year. Around 4,000 motorists a day are fined for driving in bus lanes, wild African Elephants sleep for the shortest time of any mammal just two hours a study finds
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