Hello, its tuesday, its 10 oclock, im Victoria Derbyshire. And were live from new broadcasting house. Trans patients are waiting up to three years to see a specialist, this programme can reveal today. Its why some people are taking matters into their own hands by buying hormones from unregulated sources on the internet. It basically felt like a choice between suicide and self medication, because i did not deal with the thought of further masculinisation, in my case. Two british tourists who are on the diamond princess cruise liner quarantined in japan say they have tested positive for the coronovirus, as the British Government tries to sort a plane to bring them home. Last year a viewer emailed our programme to tell us she had been conceived by rape and she wanted her father prosecuted. Id always thought it was so wrong that my birth father was never prosecuted. It was then that i thought, ive got dna evidence, because i am dna evidence. Im a walking crime scene. Today, an update on th
And a small green miracle in a refugee camp injordan thanks to scientists from Sheffield University. Assaults on staff have more than quadrupled in prisons in yorkshire and lincolnshire over a five year period. In 2013, 326 were recorded. This figure rose to almost 1,400 in 2018. The latest figures show three prisons in particular full sutton, wealstun and wetherby recorded more assaults on staff in the first nine months of 2019 than in the whole of the previous year. Tracy gee has been speaking to three officers who have experienced first hand how the violence has escalated. You might find some of the images
in the film upsetting. Attacks on prison officers are at an all time high. They are a daily occurrence. Ive seen staff he headbutted. Im seen staff he sexually assaulted. Ive been thrown in the wall. Ive had a tv thrown in my face. On average 27 assaults happen every single day. Thats more than one an hour. Theyve got shanks. Theyve got access to razor blades. Theyre ready. Theyre
Hello, youre watching afternoon live im simon mccoy. Today at 2pm. Shock resignation chancellor sajid javid quits the government in the middle of Boris Johnsons cabinet reshuffle. Its understood he rejected an order to fire his team of advisers he was due to deliver his first budget in four weeks time. He will now have to deliver the budget chief secretary to the treasury rishi sunak becomes chancellor just seven months ago he was a junior housing minister how do you feel about taking over any circumstances . Delighted to be appointed. Lots to get on with. Thank you very much. Out too are Theresa Villiers, Andrea Leadsom, esther mcveigh, and the Northern Ireland secretary julian smith, who oversaw the restoration of devolved government at stormont. A steep rise in the number of deaths
from coronavirus in china yesterday was the deadliest day of the outbreak so far. Ministers announce an independent inquiry into Maternity Services at an nhs trust in east kent after the deaths of a numbe
Hello, youre watching afternoon live. Im martine croxall. Today at 2 00. A landmark free speech victory at the high court, for a man who was warned by police about allegedly transphobic messages on social media. This is a watershed moment for liberty. The police were wrong to visit my workplace, wrong to check my thinking. Borisjohnsons new cabinet meets for the First Time Since yesterdays dramatic resignation of the chancellor sajid javid. We are here to deliver for the people of this country, who elected us to serve them. The peoples government has to get on with delivering the peoples priorities, and in the next few years we must get on with our basic work. The number of cases of mumps in england at its highest for a decade. Coming up on afternoon live
all the sport with holly more t20 action between england and south africa another close run thing . After wednesdays one run defeat englands cricketers have it all to prove in their second t20 international in south africa. Well be lo
Hello, youre watching afternoon live im simon mccoy. Today at 2pm. Jailed for a minimum of 30 years the most prolific rapist in british history Reynhard Sinaga is described in court as an evil sexual predator and a monster. He preyed on young men as he prowled manchesters city centre before drugging them Police Believe there are many more victims whove yet to come forward. We believe theres over 190 victims that have been involved with sinaga, with Reynhard Sinaga, and 70 of them are still to be identified. Vast crowds gather in tehran to mourn the iranian general, killed by us forces britain urges restraint as both sides issue fresh threats against each other. Paradise lost a special report from the australian town of eden, where families are fleeing from the bushfires. Harvey weinstein in the dock the trial of the disgraced producer gets underway in new york. Coming up on afternoon live, all the sport. Good afternoon. England are in a dominant position in the second test against sout