bbcuk--2020-01-20--Eminem 'crossed a line', says Courteeners singer

Eminem 's chart rivals The Courteeners believe the rapper `` crossed a line '' by referencing the Manchester bomb attack in the lyrics to his new track .
Marshall Mathers was criticised by many last week , including Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham , for the `` unnecessarily hurtful '' verse on Unaccommodating .
The Manchester band were leading the Detroit rapper in the official midweek album charts released on Monday .
Singer Liam Fray says he `` feels sorry '' for him for employing `` shock '' tactics .
`` It all just felt like an old comedian who ca @ @ @ @ @ @ @ saying something outrageous , '' says Fray , who accepts his band will more than likely lose out to Eminem when things such as streaming are considered come Friday .
`` I just felt a bit sorry for him .
I just felt like he 's jumping the shark a bit . ''
He adds : `` He 's trying to be as outrageous as possible because he 's running out of ideas , that 's what it is .
`` It 's nothing else [ but ] shock value .
You have @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 's nonsense . ''
Twenty-two people died when a suicide bomber attacked a crowd after Ariana Grande 's gig at Manchester Arena in May 2017 .
In a song on his new album , Music To Be Murdered By , the 47-year-old rapped : `` I 'm contemplating yelling 'bombs away ' on the game/ Like I 'm outside of an Ariana Grande concert waiting , '' followed by the sound of an explosion .
In the aftermath of the tragic event , Fray 's band helped to officially reopen the venue months @ @ @ @ @ @ @ alongside Noel Gallagher and other popular local acts .
On Sunday , the front man tweeted words to the effect of `` Eminem can get lost '' , but was , he admits , at that point simply referring to their chart battle .
Having been locked in `` Courteeners world '' , since the release of their own new music last week , Fray was blissfully unaware of the offending lyrics until he was hit with `` a deluge '' of replies from fans online .
`` I did n't realise really @ @ @ @ @ @ @ cheek , '' he explains , `` As it 's quite funny for a lad from Middleton to be calling out the biggest rapper in the world !
`` But you 'd have to be stone-hearted to not think of the consequences of those words really .
because they 're outrageous .
What is going on in someone 's mind to think that those kind of things are OK ?
`` Look , shock has a place in art and it always has done but there 's a line and I just think @ @ @ @ @ @ @ just my opinion and other people might think otherwise but when it 's close to home and when you 've seen the city pick itself up piece by piece , day by day , then it gets you man . ''
The BBC has asked Eminem for a comment .
The rapper previously pledged his support to victims of the bombing in 2017 , and urged fans to donate money to families who had been affected .
Whoever wins the chart race , The Courteeners are on course to achieve their biggest first @ @ @ @ @ @ @ well-received sixth album , More .
Again .
Forever .
The Guardian 's Alex Petridis wrote that `` without abandoning the well-executed anthemics '' the band have become known for , the record `` weighs in on the subjects of ageing , alcohol and mental health '' .
The NME , meanwhile described it as their `` most focussed and adventurous work to date '' .
The north Manchester guitar slingers have always been a curious beast , capable of putting on their own outdoor mini-festivals for their legions of adoring fans , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ cult popularity into massive mainstream chart success .
( They 've had five top ten albums , but never a number one ) .
This time around though , Fray - who recently bleached his hair blonde just like a Eminem - believes there 's been `` a real sea change towards us '' , which he admits `` feels pretty good ... Because it 's not always felt like that '' .
As well as the usual indie rock ' n ' roll riffs and barnstorming ballads , Fray points to the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ influence and `` just a lot of thought and consideration that went into it '' .
`` We 've always took pride in moving it on and I never thought we were never given the credit we deserved early on for kind of changing up the sound , '' says the 34-year-old , whose band will headline this year 's TRNSMT festival in Glasgow .
`` Once you release a debut album [ 2008 's St Jude ] and it does OK , it 's pretty hard to change people 's perception of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the songs will speak louder than any interview I 'll ever do . ''
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"Look, shock has a place in art and it always has done but there's a line and I just think that line was crossed. That's just my opinion and other people might think otherwise but when it's close to home and when you've seen the city pick itself up piece by piece, day by day, then it gets you, man."


bbcuk--2020-01-21--Young offenders in 'harmful solitary confinement' in England and Wales

A boy at a young offenders institute was left to lie on a mattress on the floor of a `` filthy '' cell for more than 22 hours a day , a report has revealed .
The chief inspector of prisons in England and Wales , Peter Clarke , said a practice of separating children from their peers at YOIs amounted to `` harmful solitary confinement '' .
He said the policy had `` fundamental flaws '' and was a risk to mental health .
The government said it would be making `` immediate changes '' .
Inspectors looked at @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and boys aged 15 to 18 - Cookham Wood in Kent ; Feltham A in west London ; Parc in South Wales ; Werrington in Staffordshire , and Wetherby and Keppel in West Yorkshire .
Mr Clarke said 57 offenders had been separated and `` in the worst cases children left their cells for just 15 minutes a day '' .
His report , after inspections in May and June 2019 , found `` multiple and widespread failings '' , although some areas of better practice were identified , particularly at Parc .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ was in a child 's best interests to be separated for the risk they posed to others , or for their own protection .
But staff should still aim to ensure they have daily activities and work to reintroduce a normal regime .
Mr Clarke found eight children had spent a combined total of 373 days in separation while waiting to be taken to a secure hospital for treatment for mental health conditions .
He said nearly all those separated spent long periods in cells `` without any meaningful human interaction '' .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ left on the mattress , which took place at Feltham A , where he had been `` in crisis '' and on a `` constant watch '' .
Some were `` unable to access the very basics of everyday life , including a daily shower and telephone call '' , Mr Clarke added .
He recommended an `` entirely new approach '' .
Justice minister Wendy Morton said : `` It is difficult to read this report and not conclude that we are failing some of the children in our care .
That @ @ @ @ @ @ @ it will not continue . ''
She said separation can be `` necessary '' but there was `` no excuse for some of the practices highlighted in this report and I have asked my officials to urgently set out the steps we need to take to stop them happening '' .

"We don't deny for a moment there are occasions when children do need to be separated but if they do need to be separated - and that's very often for their own or somebody else's safety or for other good reason - then it should be done in a way which allows them to have the basic entitlements, and that hasn't been happening."


bbcuk--2020-01-21--New UK housing 'dominated by roads'

New UK housing 'dominated by roads'

Planners and engineers have been rapped for allowing new housing developments to be dominated by roads .
A report says too many highways engineers are still approving roads that do not fully account for pedestrians and cyclists .
It follows a government survey suggesting three quarters of people want to drive less to protect our health and the environment .
The new report comes from University College London ( UCL ) .
Its author , Prof Matthew Carmona , told BBC News : “ Far too many new developments are still all about the car .
“ It ’ s @ @ @ @ @ @ @ t need to slow down .
Pedestrians and cyclists just have to get out of the way .
• Ban gas grid for new homes 'in six years' • Gas heating ban for new homes from 2025 “ It ’ s an approach from the 1960s .
We should be allowing people to walk and cycle to get to local facilities instead of having to get out the car every time .
But car-dominated developments are still going up.
” His report concludes that nearly three quarters of 142 developments surveyed should not @ @ @ @ @ @ @ fifth of the schemes should have been rejected outright , and more than half should have been amended to improve a sense of place and help pedestrian and cyclists .
Prof Carmona continued : “ Highways authorities are really problematic – they ’ re all about getting roads as cheap as possible that can be maintained cheaply – that means large areas of tarmac with no regard for walking and cycling . ''
He said many councils had not updated design standards since the 1970s .
And he urged the government to make @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , which says : “ Streets are not just there to get people from A to B .
In reality , streets form vital components of residential areas and greatly affect the overall quality of life for local people.
” The report comes after the government ’ s own ( unpublicised ) travel survey suggested that 76 % of people agreed with the statement : `` for the sake of the environment , everyone should reduce how much they use their cars '' .
It is a big jump in public opinion since @ @ @ @ @ @ @ statement .
Prof Carmona said : “ The government ’ s drive to deliver more homes is absolutely right - but it mustn ’ t be delivered at expense of the quality of places.
” His survey judged developments on the basis of green space , local shops and lack of character as well as transport .
The work was funded by the countryside charity CPRE and the Place Alliance .
The Local Government Association said : “ Standards should future-proof all new homes , ensuring they are environmentally sustainable .
The government @ @ @ @ @ @ @ standards with the necessary infrastructure in place.
” Andrew Whitaker from the Home Builders Federation told BBC News many of the problems identified by the report were not within the control of the builder .
He said : “ Local authorities have an obligation to commit sufficient resources to deal with planning applications efficiently and to work closely with the builder to agree well-designed schemes .
`` The overwhelming majority of new home-buyers are happy with their new home and the wider environment around it.
” The government told BBC News it would @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in the light of its 2050 climate commitments .

And he urged the government to make mandatory its own advisory Manual for Streets, which says: “Streets are not just there to get people from A to B. In reality, streets form vital components of residential areas and greatly affect the overall quality of life for local people.”


bbcuk--2020-01-20--Yorkshire polyhalite mine: Investors may lose money

Thousands of people who invested in a £4bn mining project may be left out of pocket as a result of a takeover bid .
Up to 85,000 small investors sank cash into the Sirius Mineral development near Whitby before it ran into financial difficulty last year .
Mining giant Anglo American has offered to buy the project for £405m , with investors set to receive 5.5p a share .
The company said it was `` sensitive to the fact that the price is lower than what many people may have invested '' .
About 10,000 of the investors live near @ @ @ @ @ @ @ from beneath North York Moors National Park before transporting it on an underground conveyor belt to a processing plant near the former Redcar steelworks .
Scott Murphy , a `` seasoned investor '' from London , looks set to lose about £12,000 , but said his thoughts were with investors in the local area .
`` A lot of them have no real investment experience , '' he said .
`` They 're 'Ordinary Joes ' who have been sold the dream and that 's what I find disgusting .
`` I 've @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and I accept it for what it is , but many of these people are not going to get an opportunity to get their money back . ''
The takeover of the Sirius Minerals project may secure jobs but there will be dismay and anger behind the front doors of plenty of houses in North Yorkshire and Teesside .
This scheme attracted a large number of small investors , individuals who saw an opportunity to buy into a local project .
It was the talk of the area , a huge project to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ gold - well , polyhalite actually - in them there hills .
I remember going to a prospective investors meeting at Ravenscar several years ago where there were dozens of people in their forties , fifties and sixties , thinking of buying in to help their retirement .
It got under way and soon seemed too big to fail , but not , it seems , too big to be taken over .
Now , anyone who bought shares for more than 5.5p each will be taking a hit .
The other side @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that shares can go down as well as up and perhaps you should not invest what you ca n't afford to lose .
But many investors had an altruistic take on getting involved ; it was local , some of them can literally see the project from their homes .
That view could now be a painful outlook instead of a pleasant one .
Shares in Sirius Minerals hit a high of about 45p in August 2016 and were worth more than 22p a year ago .
But share prices dropped when Sirius @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of 2019 due to funding problems .
Sirius chairman Russell Scrimshaw said the company had searched for a partner who would provide cash in return for a minority stake , but in the end the full acquisition by Anglo American was the only `` viable proposal '' .
The deal is subject to shareholder approval but the firm , which has its head office in Scarborough , will recommend they accept Anglo American 's offer .
Mr Scrimshaw said that if the offer was not approved then there was a high probability Sirius @ @ @ @ @ @ @ within weeks .
Mark Cutifani , the chief executive of Anglo American , said the company will look at opportunities to improve the project but stressed `` this process is about preserving and creating jobs , not cutting them '' .
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The other side of the coin is the old argument that shares can go down as well as up and perhaps you should not invest what you can't afford to lose.


bbcuk--2020-01-21--Call to tax 'hidden' sugar in pre-mixed alcoholic drinks

Many `` ready to drink '' pre-mixed spirits are packed with excessive sugar and hidden calories and should be subject to a sugar tax like fizzy drinks , health experts say .
Action on Sugar is concerned people are consuming more than they should , without realising it .
The team based at Queen Mary University of London looked at hundreds of products sold in UK shops and online .
Some contained eight teaspoons of sugar in one small 250ml can .
The sweetest gin and mixer was Classic Combinations Pink Gin and Tonic , containing 27g of sugar ( @ @ @ @ @ @ @ can - the same sugar content as Coke .
An Archers Schnapps and Lemonade and a Malibu and Cola both contained 33g per 250ml can .
Nine out of 10 of the pre-mixed spirits and cocktails in the study did not have clear on-pack information about the sugar content within , the researchers found .
These products are not legally required to have a nutrition label on them .
How much added sugar per day ?
• Adults should have no more than 30g • Seven- to 10-year-olds should have no more than @ @ @ @ @ @ @ no more than 19g Action on Sugar says sugary alcoholic drinks are contributing to : Chairman Graham MacGregor , professor of cardiovascular medicine at Queen Mary University of London , said : `` It is a national scandal that because these drinks contain alcohol , they are not subject to the sugar tax or any form of coherent nutrition labelling .
`` The new government needs to act now by taking control of the alcohol industry and stop them from exploiting vulnerable young adults . ''
Prof Sir Ian Gilmore , who chairs @ @ @ @ @ @ @ `` Consumers have the right to know exactly what they are drinking .
`` This latest research demonstrates - once again - that the current system of the self-regulation of alcohol labelling is n't working and the industry is not taking its responsibilities seriously .
`` Shoppers who buy alcohol get less information about what 's in their drink than those who buy milk or orange juice .
This is simply outrageous . ''
John Timothy , of the Portman Group , which represents alcohol producers and brewers in the UK , said @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to a number of Europe-wide voluntary commitments on nutrition which will give consumers access to information both on labels and through websites within the next two years .
`` Many drinks producers also already offer lower calorie alternatives to give consumers greater choice . ''
A Treasury spokesperson said : `` Pre-mixed spirit drinks are taxed through alcohol duties , which are at a significantly higher rate than the childhood obesity focussed soft drinks industry levy .
These raise over £12bn a year which helps pay for vital public services such as the @ @ @

John Timothy, of the Portman Group, which represents alcohol producers and brewers in the UK, said: "The industry has signed up to a number of Europe-wide voluntary commitments on nutrition which will give consumers access to information both on labels and through websites within the next two years.


bbcuk--2020-01-20--Can one mile take 10 years off your life?

In an interview in which he talked about inequality , Labour leadership candidate Sir Keir Starmer told BBC political editor Laura Kuenssberg : `` Here in Somers Town , the life expectancy is 10 years less than a mile up the road . ''
Somers Town is an area of north London that includes King 's Cross and St Pancras stations - the Office for National Statistics ( ONS ) calls the area Somers Town and St Pancras .
The most recent life-expectancy figures to go down to such small areas were for 2009-2013 , when the life expectancy at @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 77.5 - for females it was 81.6 .
The only area in London with male life expectancy 10 years higher than St Pancras and Somers Town is Knightsbridge and Belgravia , where the life expectancy for males at birth was 89.1 and for females it was 91.5 .
The borders of the two areas are one and a half miles apart , so only a touch further than Sir Keir suggested .
We have contacted his office to check those were the areas he was referring to but have had no response .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ Covent Garden , which is less than half a mile away and had female life expectancy of 90.2 , although its male life expectancy was not much more than Somers Town at 79.4 .
`` If you look at data for bigger areas such as local authorities in London , the differences are smaller , '' says Veena Raleigh , senior fellow at health charity the King 's Fund .
`` But we are right to look at smaller areas because they pick up larger variations such as when you have one council @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and death than somewhere nearby . ''
It 's not just London that has such variations .
In Liverpool , for example , the ward of Kirkdale has life expectancy of 71.6 for males and 76.8 for females , while less than three miles down the road is Childwall with life expectancy for males of 83.1 and 85.9 for females .
There are other parts of London with striking differences in life expectancy over small areas .
This was highlighted at the time of the Grenfell Tower tragedy .
The tower is in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ had a life expectancy for males of 77.4 in 2009-13 and 85.5 for females .
Just over half a mile south of the tower is the area called Holland , where life expectancy at birth was 86.7 for males and 92.9 for females ( the highest in London ) .
These figures are calculated over a five-year period to make them more robust but they are still very small areas to be calculating life expectancies for .
For example , while it gives the central figure of 77.5 for men in St Pancras @ @ @ @ @ @ @ it is 95 % certain the actual figure is somewhere between 75.8 and 79.2 .
Nonetheless , the differences we have been talking about are so large they are well outside the margin of error .
The data also includes figures for healthy life expectancy , which is the number of year 's someone can expect to live in good health .
The inequality in this area is even greater .
For St Pancras and Somers Town , both male and female healthy life expectancy at birth was 55 years , while in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ males and 78.3 for females .
`` That reflects a national position where differences in healthy life expectancy are about double the differences in life expectancy , '' Veena Raleigh told Reality Check .
`` The differences in mortality are just the tip of the iceberg . ''
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It's not just London that has such variations. In Liverpool, for example, the ward of Kirkdale has life expectancy of 71.6 for males and 76.8 for females, while less than three miles down the road is Childwall with life expectancy for males of 83.1 and 85.9 for females.


bbcuk--2020-01-20--Prince Harry: Five takeaways from his speech

Prince Harry has made his first speech since announcing that he and Meghan will be stepping back from being senior @ @ @ @ @ Jonny Dymond breaks down what he learned from it .

Prince Harry has made his first speech since announcing that he and Meghan will be stepping back from being senior royals.
BBC royal correspondent Jonny Dymond breaks down what he learned from it.


bbcuk--2020-01-21--Windrush: Reunited over 70 years later

Windrush: Reunited over 70 years later

Since the Windrush scandal came to light almost two years ago , there have been many controversial stories about the @ @ @ @ @ countries living in the UK .
The government has apologised to members of the Windrush @ @ @ @ @ were wrongly told they were illegally in the UK .
It ’ s more than @ @ @ @ @ arrived in London carrying hundreds of Caribbean migrants .
Very few are still alive but @ @ @ @ @ Adina Campbell has brought together two men , in their nineties , who were on @ @ @ @ @ ago .
BBC Briefing is a mini-series of downloadable in-depth guides to the big issues @ @ @ @ @ input from academics , researchers and journalists .
It is the BBC 's response to @ @ @ @ @ the facts behind the headlines .

Since the Windrush scandal came to light almost two years ago, there have been many controversial stories about the mistreatment of people from Caribbean countries living in the UK.
The government has apologised to members of the Windrush generation and their families who were wrongly told they were illegally in the UK.
It’s more than 70 years since Empire Windrush arrived in London carrying hundreds of Caribbean migrants. Very few are still alive but BBC's community affairs correspondent Adina Campbell has brought together two men, in their nineties, who were on the ship all those years ago.
BBC Briefing is a mini-series of downloadable in-depth guides to the big issues in the news, with input from academics, researchers and journalists. It is the BBC's response to audiences demanding better explanation of the facts behind the headlines.
Download the complete BBC Briefing on immigration (11.3MB).


bbcuk--2020-01-21--Portishead's Hedgehog Lady on the hunt for volunteers

Beryl Casey has been rescuing injured hedgehogs and nursing them back to health for the last 25 years .
She @ @ @ @ @ town of Portishead , North Somerset , that locals have dubbed her `` the Hedgehog @ @ @ @ @ she gets older , Beryl is looking for volunteers to learn from her so the @ @ @ @ @

Beryl Casey has been rescuing injured hedgehogs and nursing them back to health for the last 25 years.
She's so well-known in the town of Portishead, North Somerset, that locals have dubbed her "the Hedgehog Lady".
But as she gets older, Beryl is looking for volunteers to learn from her so the rescue sanctuary can continue.
Video journalist: Jonathan Holmes


bbcuk--2020-01-20--BBC director general job 'unbelievably tough'

Tony Hall is to step down as director general of the BBC in the summer , after seven years in @ @ @ @ @ 's media editor Amol Rajan described the job as `` unbelievably tough '' and said @ @ @ @ @ need `` phenomenal skills '' to lead the BBC in changing times .

Tony Hall is to step down as director general of the BBC in the summer, after seven years in the role.
The BBC's media editor Amol Rajan described the job as "unbelievably tough" and said Lord Hall's successor would need "phenomenal skills" to lead the BBC in changing times.


bbcuk--2020-01-20--Newspaper headlines: Harry 'flies to Canada' and Lord Hall steps down

The Guardian leads with the announcement from Tony Hall , the BBC 's director general , that he will step @ @ @ @ @ seven years .
The BBC has been warned it is now facing a `` dangerous @ @ @ @ @ reports , as Conservative MPs such as ex-culture secretary John Whittingdale raised questions over BBC @ @ @ @ @ .
The new DG 's `` biggest battle is likely to be over the corporation @ @ @ @ @ paper says .

The paper claims it can exclusively reveal "in a fresh twist to the row" that the son of Princess Anne - Peter Phillips - is using his royal connections to sell milk on Chinese TV. According to the Mail, Mr Phillips did not respond to questions, including as to whether he was paid, and Buckingham Palace declined to comment.


bbcuk--2020-01-20--Multiple victims in GP surgery attack

Multiple victims in GP surgery attack

At least five people have been attacked at a GP surgery in Milton Keynes , where staff declared a major @ @ @ @ @ called to Parkside Medical Centre in Whalley Drive , Bletchley , at about 09:00 GMT @ @ @ @ @ two members of staff and three members of the public were hurt .
A man @ @ @ @ @ of multiple assaults .
South Central Ambulance Service said two people had been taken to @ @ @ @ @ serious injuries .
The surgery has been closed until further notice and a post on @ @ @ @ @ people had received injuries but those treated in hospital had since been allowed home .
@ @ @ @ @ incident at Parkside Medical Centre we are closed until further notice , '' it added @ @ @ @ @ upset by this incident and wish everyone involved a speedy recovery .
`` The wellbeing @ @ @ @ @ is paramount at this time and measures are currently being put in place to offer @ @ @ @ @ the event today . ''

"The wellbeing of our patients and staff is paramount at this time and measures are currently being put in place to offer support to anyone affected by the event today."


bbcuk--2020-01-20--Cambuslang mum suing NHS after attempted murder accusation

A mother who was wrongly accused of trying to kill her disabled daughter by medical staff is to sue the hospital where the claims were made .
Kirsteen Cooper was accused of causing infections and cutting a feeding tube attached to her daughter Baillie .
This led to police charging her with attempted murder and access to her daughter being restricted for two years .
After accusations were disproved by medics , the charges were dropped .
Now Mrs Cooper , 42 , is preparing a legal case against NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde .
'The worst thing you could @ @ @ @ @ @ @ die '' after being wrongly accused .
She was arrested and placed in a cell overnight after staff at the Royal Hospital for Children ( RHC ) in Glasgow wrongly accused her of stealing blood from her daughter Baillie `` to make her anaemic '' .
Speaking of the moment police arrested and charged her on 20 July 2017 , Mrs Cooper told BBC News : `` My first reaction was that I did n't want to be here any more .
`` Baillie and my children are my absolute world , my @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of anything , let along the worst thing you could imagine in the world , and the most special person to you in the world , you just feel like your life is not worth living if that 's what someone can accuse you of . ''
The hospital accused Mrs Cooper of having suspected fabricated induced illness ( FII ) , formerly known as Munchausen 's syndrome by proxy .
According to the NHS website , FII is a rare form of child abuse where a parent or carer exaggerates or deliberately @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Mrs Cooper said that in January 2017 , she and her husband Craig were worried that Baillie , who as cerebral palsy , was continually catching infections in hospital .
They had concerns about the hospital which they believed were a factor in their daughter being unwell .
They made a formal complaint to the hospital .
She said : `` In February , Baillie 's feeding tube leaked in hospital and they accused me of deliberately cutting her tube so she could n't be fed .
`` That night , social @ @ @ @ @ @ @ removed us from the hospital saying we were not allowed to be with her any more .
And that went on for two years . ''
Baillie was discharged from hospital in May 2017 and was to stay at her aunt and grandmother 's home .
She was not allowed to return to the family home where her two older sisters remained and her parents were only allowed supervised contact .
In July Ms Cooper was questioned by police .
She said : `` I was arrested and charged with the attempted murder @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a cell overnight then taken to court . ''
Several months later , criminal charges were dropped and no further action taken .
During the course of the investigation , Mrs Cooper was only allowed to see her daughter in supervised visits of two hours at a time , which was increased over several months to 10 hours .
It is the missed time with her young daughter that she says has made her go ahead with the civil case .
Lawyers for the Cooper family are expected to serve a writ on @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , reported the Daily Record on Monday .
Mrs Cooper said : `` What we have all been put through as a family is unbelievable .
`` The reason I want to pursue it is because the time and the memories we lost with Baillie we can never get back .
Special times like starting school that we were not allowed to be on our own with her .
`` We want to ensure this never happens to another innocent family .
We want things to be put in place that before children @ @ @ @ @ @ @ there must be some kind of solid evidence of why it is happening so children do n't have to go through this trauma .
`` We watched Baillie go through trauma every night in hospital for months - hysterical crying being taken away from us . ''
Baillie was admitted to RCH in December 2016 .
RCH is part of the £842m Queen Elizabeth University Hospital ( QEUH ) campus in Glasgow , which is the focus of a public inquiry over safety fears and patient deaths from infections .
The hospital is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the Scottish government which allow for greater supervision of its operation and performance .
An NHSGG spokeswoman said : `` We are unaware of any legal proceedings .
The board does not comment on individual legal cases . ''
The family is now rebuilding their lives .
Mrs Cooper fears she will never fully recover from the ordeal says she is still trying to come to terms with what happened .
She said : `` We just feel like information was n't gathered properly , the relevant people were n't spoken to when @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the time , and it has all gone a lot further than anybody would have anticipated . ''

"Baillie and my children are my absolute world, my complete life. So to be accused of anything, let along the worst thing you could imagine in the world, and the most special person to you in the world, you just feel like your life is not worth living if that's what someone can accuse you of."


bbcuk--2020-01-20--Craigavon: Nathan Gibson murder accused Paul Whitla in court

A 40-year-old man has appeared in court charged with the murder of Nathan Gibson in Craigavon , County Armagh .
@ @ @ @ @ 25 , was found fatally wounded on a towpath near Lake Road on Thursday and @ @ @ @ @ scene .
Accused of his murder is Paul Joseph Whitla , 40 , of no @ @ @ @ @ did not speak during the hearing , but an investigating officer told Lisburn Magistrates ' @ @ @ @ @ to the charge .
No bail application was made and Mr Whitla was remanded into @ @ @ @ @ in Craigavon Magistrates Court next month .
Police have appealed for information about where Mr @ @ @ @ @ between 17:30 GMT and 23:30 .

Mr Whitla did not speak during the hearing, but an investigating officer told Lisburn Magistrates' Court he could connect him to the charge.


bbcuk--2020-01-20--Family of boy, 3, killed in caravan fire 'mourning loss'

The family of a three-year-old boy who was killed in a caravan fire have thanked people for their `` kind words and support '' .
Zac died and his brother Harley , four , is in a critical condition following the blaze on Sunday morning in Ffair Rhos near Tregaron , Ceredigion .
Shaun Harvey , 28 , the boys ' father , is in a stable condition in hospital after escaping the fire with the eldest boy .
The fire is not being treated as suspicious , Dyfed-Powys Police said .
In a statement the family said : `` @ @ @ @ @ @ @ their kind words and support .
`` We thank you for respecting our future privacy as we mourn the loss of Zac and focus on our son Harley who is still critical . ''
Neighbour Miriam Connolly said the caravan `` went up like an inferno '' .
She said she had been in bed when she heard a knock on her door followed by `` shouting , screaming from outside '' .
`` All I could hear was a crescendo of screaming from Shaun , '' she said .
`` You could @ @ @ @ @ @ @ thought the best thing for me to do is phone the emergency services .
`` I could see the reflection of flames on the building next door , so I knew it was a fire , but I could n't see where it was coming from .
`` It 's so horrendous .
You ca n't imagine dealing with anything like that . ''
Mrs Connolly 's husband , Sean , said Mr Harvey had burns all over his body and one of the little boys was put into a bath of water @ @ @ @ @ @ @ seen anything like that in my life .
It was very traumatic , '' he said .
Neighbours said Mr Harvey had separated from the children 's mother Erin and was living in the caravan temporarily while he looked for a permanent home .
Mrs Connolly described Mr Harvey as `` a lovely lad '' , adding : `` He was so pleased that he had the children for the weekend . ''
Community councillor John Jones said : `` We are deeply saddened by the events .
`` When it happens on @ @ @ @ @ @ @ like this , it 's a total shock . ''
Ted Jones lives near to where the blaze happened and said it was `` lucky '' there had been any survivors .
`` My neighbour saw the fire and the caravan just went up in flames and they said it was lucky that anyone got out , '' Mr Jones told BBC Radio Wales .
`` Ffair Rhos is a tiny , quiet little village in rural Ceredigion so it is a big shock to everybody especially when a small child has died @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the scene at about 05:30 GMT on Sunday and as well as destroying the caravan and a vehicle , it also damaged an adjacent property .
The Welsh Ambulance Service said it sent three ambulances to the scene , taking two patients to Bronglais General Hospital in Aberystwyth .
A police spokesman said : `` Police and fire investigators continue to examine the scene though the circumstances are not currently being treated as suspicious . ''
Specialist officers are supporting the family , police said .
In a statement , Ceredigion council said @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to the family following the tragic incident . ''
It added it was working with Dyfed-Powys Police to provide `` support to the family and school at this difficult time '' .

"My neighbour saw the fire and the caravan just went up in flames and they said it was lucky that anyone got out," Mr Jones told BBC Radio Wales.


bbcuk--2020-01-20--Midrar Ali: Bid fails to delay baby's treatment hearing

A judge has turned down a request to adjourn a High Court trial to decide whether to continue life support treatment for a brain-damaged baby .
Doctors at St Mary 's Hospital in Manchester say four-month-old Midrar Ali is brain dead and want to withdraw his treatment .
But his parents want medical staff to carry on treating their son who they say is growing and deserves more time .
Mrs Justice Lieven is due to decide on his treatment at a trial next week .
Complications during birth led to Midrar being starved of oxygen and suffering brain damage @ @ @ @ @ @ @ runs St Mary 's Hospital said ending his life support treatment would be in Midrar 's best interests .
Its barrister Neil Davy told the hearing at the Family Division of the High Court in Preston that keeping him connected to a ventilator was not dignified and there should be no further delay to proceedings as Midrar 's organs were beginning to deteriorate .
Midrar 's father Karwan Ali , 35 , and mother , Shokhan Ali , 28 , from Manchester , were seeking a delay to the trial which starts on @ @ @ @ @ @ @ was `` still beating strong '' .
Bruno Quintavalle , representing them , told the hearing Midrar was circumcised last week and `` perspired profusely ... and more importantly he opened his eyes .
`` The first time Mr Ali had ever seen that and he kept them open for all day after . ''
Mr Quintavalle said it could be the start of `` emerging consciousness '' , adding there need not be a `` rush to judgment '' as Midrar was not in pain while on the ventilator .
Mr Davy @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the circumcision accepted there was some sweating but said its evidence would be it was a `` sympathetic response '' and his eyes opening could be attributed to nerve reaction .
Judge Lieven refused the parents ' application for an adjournment .
`` I do n't think it can be right when you have a tiny baby in this situation that it is not urgent , '' she said .
`` The sad truth is that the parents wish for ventilation to be continued under any circumstances .
That position is perfectly understandable @ @ @ @ @ @ @ hear medical evidence which will continue on Tuesday .

Its barrister Neil Davy told the hearing at the Family Division of the High Court in Preston that keeping him connected to a ventilator was not dignified and there should be no further delay to proceedings as Midrar's organs were beginning to deteriorate.


bbcuk--2020-01-21--NHS faces huge clinical negligence legal fees bill

The NHS in England faces paying out £4.3bn in legal fees to settle outstanding claims of clinical negligence , the BBC has learned through a Freedom of Information request .
Each year the NHS receives more than 10,000 new claims for compensation .
This figure includes all current unsettled claims and projected estimates of ones in the future .
The Department of Health has pledged to tackle `` the unsustainable rise in the cost of clinical negligence '' .
Estimates published last year put the total cost of outstanding compensation claims at £83bn .
The Association of Personal Injuries Lawyers @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in patient safety .
Doctors represented by the Medical Defence Union , which supports doctors at risk of litigation , are calling for `` a fundamental '' reform of the current system .
Hayden Nguyen was born in August 2016 .
Six days later he died in the Chelsea and Westminster Hospital in London .
His heart failed after it was attacked by a virus .
Initially Hayden 's parents did not know what had happened to him .
In the face of official silence and in a bid to get answers they @ @ @ @ @ @ @ After three years the trust admitted liability for a failure to adequately treat his condition .
The Nguyens received a small amount of compensation and their legal fees were met by the trust .
His father Thong said : `` It was every parent 's worst nightmare .
We had to sit there and watch our son slowly die in front of our eyes .
`` I have n't really thought about it as suing the NHS .
I thought about it as fighting for a voice for Hayden , fighting for acknowledgement @ @ @ @ @ @ @ . ''
His mother Alex said : `` It has been four years so far of trauma after trauma . ''
All hospital trusts in England contribute to a central fund called the Clinical Negligence Scheme for Trusts , administered by NHS Resolution , the body which oversees clinical negligence claims .
This scheme funds the vast majority of claims and legal fees .
In 2019/20 it is expected that hospitals will put £1.9bn of contributions into the scheme .
Suzanne White , from the Association of Personal Injuries Lawyers , said people @ @ @ @ @ @ @ with no intention of suing the NHS .
But she said they often found it difficult to get answers from the medical authorities - and were left with no other option but to sue .
`` What they want to do is find out what went wrong , why they have received these injuries ... and to make sure it does n't happen to other patients . ''
She said that although only 10 % of claims relate to obstetrics , they take up 50 % of compensation .
This is often because @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a lifetime of care .
The Department of Health said there had been no decline in patient safety .
`` Our ambition is for the NHS to be the safest healthcare system in the world , '' it said .
However , the Medical Defence Union said reform of the system was needed , including a change in the way compensation is calculated , and the establishment of an independent body to assess claims .
Dr Christine Tomkins , its chief executive , said : `` This is money that should be going @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to compensation claims - which is impairing all of our access to healthcare .
`` We are now awarding compensation in sums of money higher than almost anywhere in the world .
What we need is a fundamental change to the legal system . ''
Peter Walsh , chief executive of Action Against Medical Accidents , said the government had taken a `` short-sighted and somewhat cynical approach '' .
`` The NHS is not investigating incidents properly , recognising when it has harmed patients and seeking to compensate them fairly and promptly @ @ @ @ @ @ @ was trying to keep down costs , for instance by promoting mediation as one solution .
`` Over 70 % of the claims brought against the NHS are resolved without going to court , '' a spokesperson said .
It also urged greater transparency by healthcare providers when things go wrong .
`` It is of course vitally important that we learn from harm in order to improve patient safety . ''

Dr Christine Tomkins, its chief executive, said: "This is money that should be going to healthcare, but instead is going to compensation claims - which is impairing all of our access to healthcare.


bbcuk--2020-01-21--Network Rail probe over Northern and TransPennine routes

Network Rail is being investigated over its poor service on routes used by troubled train operators Northern and TransPennine Express .
The government-owned firm has been put `` on a warning '' for routes in the North West and central region of England , the Office of Rail and Road ( ORR ) said .
The regulator said it was `` not good enough '' in those areas and was probing Network Rail 's contribution to delays .
Network Rail apologised for `` very poor service '' in the Midlands and the North .
ORR said its performance deteriorated in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ during 2019 '' .
Northern passengers have faced rail chaos since new timetables were introduced in May 2018 , prompting the government to warn the firm it could lose its franchise over `` unacceptable delays '' .
In December , commuters using TransPennine Express and Northern trains faced more delays as the new winter timetables were launched .
TransPennine Express announced a number of cancellations on routes until the end of January - including cuts to services between Liverpool and Edinburgh that stop at cities including Newcastle , Leeds , Manchester and Liverpool @ @ @ @ @ @ @ said : `` The top priority for passengers is that their train arrives on time and that is n't happening consistently enough across the country .
`` ORR is responsible for looking at how Network Rail contributes to train delays , and while there are areas of very good performance such as in Wales and Western region , Network Rail 's performance in North West and Central region is not good enough .
`` That is why we are putting the company on a warning to make sure its improvement plans deliver for @ @ @ @ @ @ @ investigate Network Rail 's recovery plan and whether the organisation is doing `` all it reasonably can to improve service for passengers '' .
The regulator added it had also analysed the recent poor performance by TransPennine Express and found it was `` largely the result of train operations '' .
Performance on Northern , TransPennine Express and West Midlands Railways has been repeatedly poor .
The government has threatened to strip northern of its franchise .
But more than half of delays on the entire UK rail network are down to problems @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Now the Office of Rail and Road says it will investigate the work done by Network Rail to try to improve performance in the north of England last year , work which ultimately did not yield positive results .
Network Rail chief executive Andrew Haines , said : `` For too many months , passengers - particularly in the Midlands and the North - have been coping with very poor train services .
`` It simply is n't good enough and , on behalf of the rail industry , I 'd like to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ task force `` has been pulled together to tackle the problems head-on '' although he said there was `` no quick fix '' .
`` It will need more reliable assets , a much more reliable train plan and more robust operator resource plans . ''

Anthony Smith, from independent watchdog Transport Focus, said: "While both Northern and TransPennine have rightly been in the dock over their part in delivering unreliable services across large parts of the north of England, it is only right the spotlight is now shone on Network Rail.


bbcuk--2020-01-21--RMS Titanic wreck to be protected under UK and US agreement

The wreckage of RMS Titanic is to be protected under a treaty between the US and UK governments .
The international agreement gives the governments power to grant or deny licences allowing entry of the wreck or removal of artefacts .
It was signed to ensure the resting site of more than 1,500 passengers and crew is preserved and respected .
Built by Harland and Wolff in Belfast , the Titanic sank in 1912 on its maiden voyage from Southampton .
The ocean liner sank after hitting an iceberg in the North Atlantic .
• Titanic treasure not to return @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 2003 , the treaty comes into force after being ratified by US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo at the end of 2019 .
The wreck has not previously been protected under explicit legislation as it lies in international waters .
UK Maritime Minister Nusrat Ghani described the agreement as `` momentous '' .
`` Lying two and a half miles below the ocean surface , the RMS Titanic is the subject of the most documented maritime tragedy in history , '' she said .
`` It will be treated with the sensitivity and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of more than 1,500 lives . ''
Ms Ghani added that the UK will now work closely with other North Atlantic countries , like Canada and France , to bring `` even more protection '' to Titanic .
The wreck was discovered in 1985 about 350 nautical miles off the Canadian coast of Newfoundland , two-and-a-half miles below the ocean surface .
An international agreement between multiple countries to protect the wreck has been in negotiation since 1986 .

The international agreement gives the governments power to grant or deny licences allowing entry of the wreck or removal of artefactsIt was signed to ensure the resting site of more than 1,500 passengers and crew is preserved and respected.


bbcuk--2020-01-21--Harry Dunn's mother welcomes RAF Croughton driver training

The mother of Harry Dunn has welcomed a decision to give driver training to staff at an RAF base near where her son was killed .
Motorcyclist Mr Dunn , 19 , was hit by a car on 27 August near RAF Croughton , a US Air Force communications station .
It is believed suspect Anne Sacoolas , who left for the US claiming diplomatic immunity , was on the wrong side of the road .
Northamptonshire Chief Constable Nick Adderley said he would fund training .
He said `` saving lives '' was the primary priority of the free @ @ @ @ @ @ @ road laws and protocols - which will be offered to all new arrivals at RAF Croughton .
A video emerged of a car being driven on the wrong side of the road near the base on Friday .
Mr Dunn 's mother Charlotte Charles said it was `` wonderful '' that the police force was going to introduce the training .
`` It 's a small step but it 's a positive step , '' she said .
`` Our roads are very different in England in comparison to what they are in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ more hazards , lots of hairpin bends , lots of roads that are only wide enough for one car , so driver training is particularly important . ''
• PM to raise RAF base 'driving habits ' with US Ms Charles said she was also campaigning to get stickers put in cars , reminding people what side of the road they should be driving on .
`` They are simple , visual aspects but they could become really important and to have that visual reminder is something we are really keen on , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the training would begin at the base from 12 March .
`` I will provide the funding for this .
Cost is not a primary issue here , saving lives and remembering Harry Dunn is , '' he said .
Mr Dunn died in hospital after a head-on crash with a car near RAF Croughton .
Mrs Sacoolas , 42 , the wife of a US intelligence officer , has been charged with causing death by dangerous driving but has refused to return to the UK despite an extradition attempt .

"Our roads are very different in England in comparison to what they are in the US, we've got many more hazards, lots of hairpin bends, lots of roads that are only wide enough for one car, so driver training is particularly important."


bbcuk--2020-01-21--Peter Hobday: Former Today programme host dies at 82

Peter Hobday , who co-presented BBC Radio 4 's Today programme in the 1980s and 90s , has died at the age of 82 .
Hobday was a regular on the flagship radio show for 14 years until his controversial dismissal in 1996 .
An expert on economics and business , Hobday also fronted the Money Programme on BBC Two and helped launch Newsnight in 1980 .
Former Today host James Naughtie , who worked with Hobday for two years , remembered his `` jolliness '' .
Hobday was `` a very learned man , terribly well-read and a man @ @ @ @ @ @ @ on Tuesday .
`` If you do n't have a personality there 's no point , and Peter had a wonderful , warm and embracing personality .
It was said that by the mid-1990s his style was a bit 1980s .
That 's what he felt had been the reason for his departure .
I do n't know whether that was true or not , but he was much missed . ''
Naughtie said the broadcaster was `` a wonderful character to be sitting beside '' and that `` he was never without @ @ @ @ @ @ @ director of BBC News also paid tribute .
`` Peter was a warm and engaging presenter who was much liked by audiences , '' she said .
`` Our thoughts are with his family and friends . ''
Hobday 's laid-back , domestic style was a hit with many listeners and there was an outcry when he had to leave .
Hugo Gurdon noted in The Daily Telegraph at the time : `` Out in listener land , they like his jokes , they like him , they even like his frequent bulletins @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the garden of his Kensington home . ''
Newsreader Julie Etchingham remembered his kindness in her Twitter tribute .
Hobday entered journalism as the showbusiness editor for the Wolverhampton Express and Star .
In 1970 , he joined the BBC World Service , which led to him becoming a presenter on Radio 4 's Financial World Tonight and later the Money Programme on television .
He helped to launch Newsnight on BBC Two as co-host and the show 's economic specialist for three years , and was appointed to Today in 1983 .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ Today by the programme 's then-editor Roger Mosey , a move that was met with dismay by his fans .
The Times mounted a `` save Peter Hobday '' campaign .
Following the outcry , the BBC denied claims that Hobday , who was approaching 60 , was removed because of his age .
While saddened by his departure , Hobday appeared to take it on the chin .
He said : `` A fat , middle-aged hack like me did n't really square with the mean , lean interview machine .
[ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ did n't feel the need to scream and shout . ''
He later carried on presenting various radio programmes , including The World At One and Opera and About on Radio 4 .
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"If you don't have a personality there's no point, and Peter had a wonderful, warm and embracing personality. It was said that by the mid-1990s his style was a bit 1980s. That's what he felt had been the reason for his departure. I don't know whether that was true or not, but he was much missed."


bbcuk--2020-01-21--Woman gang raped in Plymouth in 1978 wants attackers to face justice

A woman who was gang raped as a teenager by a group of men claiming to be rugby players from Wales is still searching for justice 42 years later .
Jane was 17 when a number of `` drunk and brutal '' men forced themselves on her at a hotel in Plymouth .
Police , who said the attack had a significant impact on Jane 's life , have launched an appeal to find two men they think could help identify her rapists .
Jane urged those men to come forward and `` do the right thing '' .
Devon @ @ @ @ @ @ @ two men , who Jane - whose name has been changed to protect her identity - believed were friends with her rapists but did not rape her .
She said : `` I hope they recognise that they really do need to come forward .
`` I felt at the time that they certainly did n't want what happened to me to have happened to me and I feel that they could right that wrong by coming forward and telling the police who the people were that they were with on that day @ @ @ @ @ @ @ raped me .
`` I am saying to them , 40 years ago your team-mates and your friends raped me , allegiances change over those years and therefore it would be the right thing to do to come forward now .
`` You may have had daughters , you may have granddaughters , you know what happened to me and you know that you hold the key to identifying those people who raped me . ''
Jane said she was a `` normal '' teenager when she went out with a school friend @ @ @ @ @ @ @ February in 1978 .
They went to what was then called Safari Club , but has since been known as the Notte Inn , where Jane met a man who was part of a larger group .
He asked her to go to his hotel room and Jane agreed , waiting while he spoke to a friend in the group before going with him to the now closed Strathmore Hotel on Elliot Street .
She said they had consensual sex and he began telling her about his life .
She said he was @ @ @ @ @ @ @ touring south Wales rugby team .
Jane joked that at 17 she could be his pupil and recalled being surprised he did not find this funny .
Then there was a knock at the door and the teacher got up to answer it .
`` Some men tried to force their way into the room , '' she said , adding the teacher tried to stop them but left after being overpowered by a number of men who entered the room .
Jane said the men were wearing only towels and lined up @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a rugby pitch '' .
Terrified , she tried to reach for the hotel phone but was pinned down by three of the men .
`` They were very strong and heavy and I could not breathe , '' she said .
`` I gave in entirely to them .
I knew that I needed to be compliant because they had already demonstrated to me that any attempt to resist was futile .
`` They were drunk and brutal .
I was raped in turn by about six or seven of the men @ @ @ @ @ @ @ them on . ''
Jane said the men , who she describes as being white , clean shaven and in their early 20s , `` eventually '' left the bedroom and she left the hotel , meeting her friend who she had last seen in the pub on her way out .
`` They saw me as a thing , '' she said of her rapists .
`` They felt entitled to take that and that is what I would like to address ; the imbalance of a 17-year-old eight stone girl facing @ @ @ @ @ @ @ teacher and his friend - who had been in the room while she was raped but did not take part - then reappeared and took her and her friend to the Duke of Cornwall Hotel for a meal .
It is these two men , neither of whom raped Jane , who are the men depicted in the e-fit images .
Jane first reported her ordeal to Devon and Cornwall Police in 1993 but no suspects were found .
In 2014 she reported her rapes again and a new investigation was launched .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ men were `` key to identifying the individuals who carried out this horrendous attack as it is clear that the group of men are known to each other '' .
Police said they were interested in speaking to all sports teams , not just rugby players , because the men may have lied about what they were doing in Plymouth .
She said : `` We must remember that these images are based on the men in 1978 , over 40 years ago , so they would have changed considerably in that time @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 60s now . ''
Det Supt Hall is appealing for anyone who knew the men to come forward and would also like to speak to anyone who was working or staying at the hotel at the time of the offences .
`` These offences have had a significant impact upon the life of this woman and they remain with her to this day , '' she added .
Jane said she feared her rapists could have attacked other women , which was one of the reasons she felt compelled to tell her story @ @ @ @ @ @ @ I am not alone .
At the heart of this is a 17-year-old girl that was raped in 1978 and the rapists are still out there and I want to find them and I would like to ask the general public to help me find them . ''
Anyone with information can contact police by calling the incident room on by calling the incident room on 0800 096 1233 or by visiting the dedicated appeal page .

"I felt at the time that they certainly didn't want what happened to me to have happened to me and I feel that they could right that wrong by coming forward and telling the police who the people were that they were with on that day and therefore who the men were that raped me.


bbcuk--2020-01-21--Emiliano Sala felt 'forced out' by Nantes before plane crash

Footballer Emiliano Sala told a friend he felt forced out of his former club , days before he died in a plane crash .
The 28-year-old Argentine and pilot David Ibbotson , 59 , were killed when the plane carrying him to his new club Cardiff City came down on 21 January 2019 .
The BBC has heard a voice message in which Sala says he did not feel respected at French club Nantes .
FC Nantes refused to comment on the message .
On Tuesday events will be held in Nantes and Cardiff in memory of Sala and Mr @ @ @ @ @ @ @ plane went missing over the Channel Islands .
The BBC has heard a WhatsApp voice message , sent by Sala days before the fatal flight , in which he tells a friend he felt like he was being forced out of FC Nantes after asking for his contract to be extended four times .
Sent three days before he signed for Cardiff City in a record £15m deal , Sala said he felt he had not been been kept properly informed about the transfer plans .
He adds he has not decided whether @ @ @ @ @ @ @ praying for something more interesting '' to come along .
Speaking from Nimes Olympique , on the eve of what would turn out to be his final game for Nantes , Sala said after four years at the club : `` They do n't respect me , they do n't value me .
`` I have n't made a decision ...
I went to get some information from this club that wants me and wants to value me for what I 'm worth ...
I 'm going to be 29 this year so @ @ @ @ @ @ @ '' Meanwhile , the priest at the church where he worshipped said the footballer was treated as `` a toy '' who had little or no control over the direction his career was taking .
Sala 's mother , Mercedes Taffarel , said the pain of her son 's death would `` never go away '' and his family have called for investigators to `` speed up '' their work so a full inquest can be held as soon as possible .
A pre-inquest review is due to be held at Bournemouth Town @ @ @ @ @ @ @ statement his family said they wanted to `` finally learn the truth '' about what happened and it was `` imperative '' police and aviation investigators finish their investigations in time .
The Piper Malibu N264DB carrying Sala and pilot Mr Ibbotson went missing over waters near the Channel Islands on 21 January .
It took rescuers two weeks to find the wreckage .
The footballer 's body was recovered on 8 February after a private rescue team took over the search .
The body of Mr Ibbotson , from Crowle in Lincolnshire @ @ @ @ @ @ @ report into the cause of the crash is expected to be published by the Air Accidents Investigation Branch ( AAIB ) before the end of March .
The AAIB has already revealed potentially fatal levels of carbon monoxide were found in Sala 's blood .
An interim report into the crash revealed that , as a private pilot , Mr Ibbotson was not allowed to carry passengers for remuneration or financial reward .
He was also unqualified to fly at night due to his extreme colour-blindness .
Cardiff City had refused to pay @ @ @ @ @ @ @ it was not legally binding so Sala was not officially their player when he died .
But in September Fifa ruled the club should pay the first instalment of £5.3m ( 6m euros ) to FC Nantes .
Cardiff City have appealed the ruling .
Father Guillaume le Floc ' h , priest at the Church of St Peter and St Paul in Carquefou , a small town north of Nantes where Sala lived , said the player was a devout Catholic and a familiar visitor there .
He said the news of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , with changes being made , and he had blessed the footballer days before he died .
`` I felt as if he was like a toy ... [ with ] people deciding for him ... and that was really quite difficult to live with that , '' he said .
`` Football players can be victims ... People would say they also have some benefits from that because they earn so much money ... Sure but in fact they do n't have so many choices in life and that is not very @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Boudard , a sports journalist with Ouest France in Nantes , said the striker faced a `` dilemma '' over where to move for what he knew would be the final chapter of his career .
`` It 's a drama , a human tragedy about a man , which has shed light on the flaws of the business of football , '' he said .
`` It 's also a story that reminds us , because as journalists we tend to forget it , that the players are also human beings before @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in Nantes have been campaigning for a permanent memorial to Sala in the city , such as a public mural of the striker or the adoption of a road in his name .
`` Sala left his mark not only on the club 's history , but the town 's history too .
It devastated people here , '' said Florian le Teuff , president of FC Nantes supporters ' club A la Nantaise .
`` During every game at the Beaujoire , Sala 's song is still heard - sung in the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a player who is part of the club 's history . ''
On Tuesday , a mass will be held at St Peter 's and St Paul 's , while in Cardiff a service will be dedicated to the footballer and Mr Ibbotson at St David 's Metropolitan Cathedral .

"Football players can be victims... People would say they also have some benefits from that because they earn so much money... Sure but in fact they don't have so many choices in life and that is not very respectful for their freedom."


bbcuk--2020-01-21--Targeting offenders 'cuts domestic violence'

The government is being urged to set up domestic violence prevention programmes targeting offenders as well as victims .
Dozens of charities , police forces and experts are backing the call for such schemes in England and Wales , after a pilot project reportedly led to a sustained reduction in abuse .
The pilot scheme , Drive , worked with 506 prolific domestic violence perpetrators , aged 17 to 81 .
The Home Office said future legislation would promote perpetrator programmes .
Drive , which operated in Essex , West Sussex and south Wales from 2016 to 2019 , involved @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of whom were white men while nearly half were involved in ongoing legal proceedings in the criminal or civil courts .
They were given help on building relationships , controlling their impulses and developing empathy and understanding of the impact of abuse .
Agencies offered support with alcohol , drug and mental health problems , and offenders were closely monitored by police and probation for the 10 months they were on the scheme .
• 'My violent partner tortured me for three hours' • Men with alcohol problems 'more likely to abuse' The @ @ @ @ @ @ @ project in what it said was the `` largest evaluation '' of perpetrator intervention to be carried out in the UK .
It found that Drive had led to a drop in incidents of abuse to a `` greater degree '' than in cases where only victims were given help , with improvements sustained for more than 12 months after the scheme ended .
Police data for one sample of perpetrators showed domestic abuse offending had reduced by 30 % in the six months after the scheme compared to the six months before @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of offenders who had not taken part in the project , were reported to be committing crimes at the same rate as before .
Kyla Kirkpatrick , director of Drive , told BBC News it was `` so important '' to direct services at domestic abuse offenders , as well as victims and survivors .
`` We usually see victims held responsible for securing their own safety - and the perpetrator gets away with it , continuing to abuse or moving onto the next victim , '' she said .
`` Huge harm @ @ @ @ @ @ @ families - we need to turn the tide on this . ''
The Drive scheme included work with housing providers to install CCTV to gather evidence for stalking cases and to get injunctions where there were reports of anti-social behaviour .
In one case , where an offender had avoided being served with a non-molestation order because he could n't be traced , a relative of his victim gave Drive the registration number of his car so it could be passed to police to track him down .
In another example , a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ her in phone calls from the prison where he was being held , so Drive liaised with the jail to conduct cell searches on his wing .
Three mobile phones were later recovered .
• Watch : 'My wife put a knife to my throat' • 'Why I was too scared to vote' • The first Christmas with my Mum after she 's freed from jail The key groups behind the project , Safe Lives , Respect and Social Finance , claim the findings demonstrate the `` urgent need '' for perpetrator programmes @ @ @ @ @ @ @ said the costs would be outweighed by savings for the NHS , social services and the criminal justice system .
The University of Bristol study estimates the cost to the state of a high-risk offender is £63,000 , compared with £2,400 to deliver the Drive course .
Along with some 60 voluntary organisations , police and crime commissioners and academics the charities have launched a joint call to action to persuade the government to provide funding .
`` We are beginning to see evidence of the impact of Drive but it 's not @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Kirkpatrick .
`` We need a comprehensive system and a national strategy to respond to perpetrators of domestic abuse , '' she added .
According to statistics from the ONS , two million adults , including 1.3 million women , aged 16 to 59 experienced domestic abuse in the year up to March 2018 - an increase of 23 % from the previous year .
The Home Office has appointed the first ever domestic abuse commissioner and is preparing to reintroduce a bill to strengthen provision for victims .
`` We are committed @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to justice and will implement our landmark domestic abuse bill at the earliest opportunity , '' a spokesperson said .
They added that the bill includes measures to promote the use of perpetrator programmes `` which aim to help them change their behaviour , undergo mental health assessments , and prevent future incidents '' .
If you have been affected by the issues raised in this article , help and advice is available here .

In one case, where an offender had avoided being served with a non-molestation order because he couldn't be traced, a relative of his victim gave Drive the registration number of his car so it could be passed to police to track him down.


bbcuk--2020-01-21--New solar power source and storage developed

A new form of combined solar power generation and storage is being developed for the UK .
It couples thin , flexible , lighter solar sheets with energy storage to power buildings or charge vehicles off-grid .
The company behind it , Solivus , plans to cover the roofs of large industrial buildings with the solar fabric .
But Solivus also plans to manufacture solar units or `` arcs '' for home use .
The aim is to create local , renewable energy , to give people and business their own power supply and help the UK towards its target @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 2050 .
The solar material is a carbon-based sheet , which the company describes as an `` organic photovoltaic '' ( OPV ) .
It 's a material that absorbs sunlight and produces energy .
The layered film can be bent into shapes or glued on to flat or curved , vertical or horizontal , surfaces - where panels could not be used or fixed on without damaging the integrity of a building .
The firm says the film is one-tenth of the weight of traditional panels in frames - 1.8kg per m2 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ materials , and lasts for 20 years .
It puts its efficiency in a lab at about 13 % but says that stays stable as temperatures rise in natural sunlight - a problem with traditional solar panels , although they can function at an average of 15-18 % efficiency .
The film collects a wider spectrum of light than other panels , manufacturer Heliatek says , while still working on grey days .
The plan is that the energy produced will be stored locally , in an electric vehicle battery , or potentially @ @ @ @ @ @ @ release its charge .
The combination is the brainchild of Jo Parker-Swift , who has a background in biological sciences and has grown and sold two businesses that worked with NHS trusts .
But it was a chance meeting on a train with two former energy company bosses and a chat about growing demand that got her thinking about a way to harness enough solar power to take her house and car off-grid .
Once home , she looked at the leaves on laurel bushes in her garden , calculating the surface area @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a right nutter , '' she says , marking all the leaves so she did n't count them twice .
But she felt nature might have the answer to energy independence - a large surface area in a small space , to capture sunlight .
Something along the lines of a solar tree .
So began a two-and-a-half year research and investment journey and a development of the idea that it would not just be one house running off-grid , but business , delivery companies and their vehicles , homes , stadiums , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
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Transport accounts for 23 % of the UK 's CO2 emissions , and the government has committed to ending the sale of new petrol or diesel vehicles by 2040 .
She hopes the film will help in the battle to stop rising levels of CO2 in the atmosphere and the damage to increasingly acidic oceans .
Businesses keen to be carbon neutral have reacted positively and Solivus 's medium-term plan is to roll out an installation of film on large UK commercial properties and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a 10,000m2 roof will provide approximately 1MW of energy - about enough to power a block of flats .
The company is also working with the University of Manchester 's Graphene Engineering Innovation Centre to see if graphene can play a role .
Graphene is a strong 2D material just one atom thick , which efficiently conducts heat and electricity .
The next step is more modest - the solar fabric has been installed on a farm building , let to a mobility scooter company that has to charge batteries for its fleet @ @ @ @ @ @ @ into `` arcs '' - units with curved sides and a large surface area , designed to absorb more light without needing to track the sun .
It is anticipated one unit would be a 1kW ( kilowatt ) system providing 1,000 kWh ( killowatt hours ) each year in the UK .
University of Surrey researchers are looking at public reaction to the idea and the design .
The cost to consumers would come in repayment , not an initial investment , with the aim to come in below current energy bills @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Centre for Renewable Energy Systems Technology at Loughborough University , says the concept of lightweight PV on buildings is `` exciting '' because it opens up new applications for solar .
But there are economic and practical hurdles .
The current flexible PV market is a fraction of that for traditional rigid solar panels , meaning manufacturers of flexible PV do not have the same economies of scale .
So far , he says , some flexible solar films have seen problems where water has seeped through the coating , eventually causing degradation @ @ @ @ @ @ @ PVs has been CIGS - devices made of copper indium gallium diselenide .
`` If they can sell at a reasonable cost and avoid technical issues , it would be fantastic , but there are many challenges , '' he says .
The idea of a solar tree may not yet be realised , but the journey is in progress .

But it was a chance meeting on a train with two former energy company bosses and a chat about growing demand that got her thinking about a way to harness enough solar power to take her house and car off-grid.


bbcuk--2020-01-21--How a Vietnamese boy became a UK cannabis farm slave

It was a horrifying death for the 39 Vietnamese nationals found in the back of a trailer in an industrial park in Essex , in October last year .
The story shone a light on the subterranean world of people smuggling and human trafficking , reports Cat McShane , specifically the thriving route between Vietnam and the UK .
Ba is slight for 18 .
His body shrinks into a neat package as he recalls his experiences .
We 're sitting in a brightly lit kitchen , a Jack Russell dog darting between us under the table .
Ba 's @ @ @ @ @ @ @ making lunch and occasionally interjecting to clarify or add some detail to his account of his journey here from Vietnam .
She wants to make sure his story is understood .
Ba 's lived here for nearly a year .
He was placed with his foster parents after being found wandering , confused and scared , around a train station in the North of England , with just the clothes he was wearing .
`` You feel safe now though , do n't you ? ''
his foster mum asks , needing affirmation @ @ @ @ @ @ @ wears will heal with enough care .
His story is one both extraordinary , and typical of the growing number of Vietnamese men and women recognised as being potential victims of trafficking in the UK .
For several years , Vietnamese have been one of the top three nationalities featured in modern slavery cases referred to the National Crime Agency , with 702 cases in 2018 .
The Salvation Army , which supports all adult victims of modern slavery in the UK , says the number of Vietnamese nationals referred to them over @ @ @ @ @ @ @ doubled .
It 's estimated 18,000 people make the journey from Vietnam to Europe each year .
Ba believes it was a Chinese gang that trafficked him to the UK .
He was kidnapped off the streets of Ho Chi Minh City , where he was a street child , an orphan who slept in the bend of a sewage pipe .
He sold lottery tickets for money , although older men sometimes beat him and grabbed his takings .
A 2017 Unicef report described Ho Chi Minh City as `` a source @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of child trafficking '' .
And a 2018 report by anti-trafficking charities said numerous trafficked Vietnamese children had reported being abducted while living on the streets .
That 's what happened to Ba .
`` An older man told me that if I came with him , he could help me earn a lot of money .
But when I said no , he put a bag over my head .
I could n't believe what was happening , '' he says .
He was then bundled into a small van , bound @ @ @ @ @ @ @ stifled .
Somewhere along the way , Ba 's captors changed , and now he could n't understand the language they spoke .
When they finally came to a standstill and the bag was removed , Ba found himself in a large , empty , windowless warehouse in China , and was told to wait .
`` I knew they were preparing to send me somewhere to work , '' he says .
During the months that Ba was held there , a guard regularly beat him .
`` I do n't know @ @ @ @ @ @ @ shrug , `` there was no reason . ''
When he was caught trying to escape , his punishment was far worse than kicks and punches - the guard poured scalding water over his chest and arms .
`` It was agony .
I was shouting at him to stop but he did n't listen , '' he says .
Ba became unconscious with the pain .
`` I just lay still for days .
I could n't walk .
It was painful for a very long time . ''
His foster mum @ @ @ @ @ @ @ all over his body , and a permanent reminder of what happened to him .
Ba was then moved to the UK in a succession of trucks .
He remembers the silence of the final container , where the human cargo hid among boxes .
The quiet was broken only by the rustling of cardboard being ripped up , to be used as insulation from the gnawing cold .
His long-sleeved top offered little protection .
`` I was always scared on the journey , and very tired .
I could n't sleep @ @ @ @ @ @ @ did n't know what was happening to me .
I was n't told anything about where I was going . ''
• Briefing : Mass migration into Europe from the Middle East , Asia and Africa has had a profound impact on Europe In fact , Ba was destined to work as a `` gardener '' in the UK 's illegal cannabis trade - which is valued at around £2.6bn a year .
In an abandoned two-storey house surrounded by woodland , he was locked-up and told to look after the plants that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ was a mundane vigil of switching lights on and off over the plants at set times and watering them every few hours .
But it was also punctuated by violence .
When a plant failed , Ba was starved and kicked by a Chinese boss , who would aim for the burns on his chest .
Ba never received any payment for his work , and was n't told he was earning to pay off his fare to the UK .
He was a slave .
`` How did I keep going ?
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ , keep working and to wait for the opportunity to run away , '' he says .
He finally escaped by smashing an upstairs window , and jumping to the ground .
Then he ran for as long as he could .
`` I was frightened , depressed and panicking .
If I had been caught I would have been beaten even worse , '' Ba says .
But he had to take that risk , because his life in the cannabis farm was `` unbearable '' .
With no idea what direction @ @ @ @ @ @ @ path of a train line .
He only had a packet of biscuits to eat .
`` I did n't even know I was in England . ''
The train line , predictably , led him to a train station - and to what was for him a very happy meeting with British Transport Police .
`` It had been a long time since anyone had been nice to me , '' he says .
Ba has now settled into British life .
He recently won a prize at college for his grades @ @ @ @ @ @ @ He 'd never unwrapped a present before .
The translator who met Ba when he was taken into police custody says the transformation is remarkable .
She recalls how skinny and scared he was .
`` Like a rabbit in the headlights , '' adds his foster dad .
• Briefing : The number of asylum seekers in EU countries began rising in 2010 , and increased dramatically in 2015 Ba does n't know whether he 'll be allowed to stay in the UK .
His last meeting at the Home Office to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ go well .
The official tried to persuade him that if he returned to Vietnam he 'd be helped by the authorities , which Ba finds impossible to believe .
He is sure that if he is sent back , he will be trafficked again .
That 's a worry shared by Vietnamese trafficking expert Mimi Vu , who says that people who have been trafficked and returned are at serious risk of being re-trafficked , especially if their traffickers claim they owe them money .
It 's the quiet that Ba likes @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , filled with old stone cottages and sprawling bungalows .
Crowds make him anxious ; he 's scared he 'll see the man who held him captive in the cannabis farm and kicked his injured chest .
Chinh 's scared too , but not of the people who smuggled him here to the UK .
He 's scared of the Vietnamese authorities .
These fears are grounded in bitter experience .
The 17-year-old was forced to leave Vietnam early in 2019 to escape a 10-year prison sentence for distributing anti-government literature door-to-door .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ come out alive , '' he says .
There are harsh punishments for people who criticise Vietnam 's Communist government .
In a report last week , Human Rights Watch said that at least 30 activists and dissidents were sentenced to prison in 2019 `` simply for exercising their fundamental rights to freedom of expression , association , and religion '' .
That even includes writing something deemed anti-government on Facebook ; Amnesty International says at least 16 people were arrested , detained or convicted in 2019 for this offence .
`` [ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ year for basic freedoms in Vietnam , '' Human Rights Watch 's Asia director , Brad Adams , commented .
`` The Vietnamese government claims that its citizens enjoy freedom of expression , but this 'freedom ' disappears when it is used to call for democracy or to criticise the ruling Communist Party . ''
• Briefing : The number of migrants seeking asylum from wars and political repression has increased since the 1980s Chinh 's arrest was due to his family 's membership of Vietnam 's Hoa Hao Buddhist community .
The @ @ @ @ @ @ @ there are many groups that do n't follow the state-sanctioned branch , and these are monitored and forcefully suppressed by the authorities .
It 's the same for other unapproved religious groups .
Human Rights Watch says followers are detained , interrogated , tortured , forced to renounce their faith and imprisoned `` in the national interest '' .
Chinh lived in Hai Duong , a city in northern Vietnam .
His dream , along with millions of other teenage boys and girls , was to be a footballer , and he avidly @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
But he was also happy working on his mum 's household goods stall , when he was n't at school .
He was very close to her , and to his grandfather , who lived with them .
In 2018 Chinh attended a demonstration with his grandfather .
He recalls his nerves in the morning and the flags of 100 people waving in the wind as they chanted , calling for freedom of religion and the release of political prisoners .
After that , Chinh struggles .
`` I find talking about @ @ @ @ @ @ @ says .
Chinh 's grandfather was arrested and sent to prison , where he died not long after .
`` When we visited him , he looked very weak , '' Chinh says .
According to Amnesty International , jailed activists are at risk of torture and other ill-treatment .
Vietnamese prisons are reported to be unsanitary , with inmates denied adequate access to medical care , clean water , and fresh air .
His grandfather 's treatment spurred Chinh to continue protesting but in early 2019 he too was arrested , for @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a small , narrow cell for 10 hours and questioned alone .
His faith helped to get him through , he says .
`` Of course , I was scared .
The police would come to the cell and question me about my family and why I had anti-government literature .
They shouted at me when I did n't answer .
I was very scared they might hit me . ''
In court , he was n't allowed to defend himself , convicted , and told his sentence would start when he turned @ @ @ @ @ @ @ money to pay an agent to smuggle him to the UK .
`` My mum 's last words were , 'Go over there , find someone to help you , and never come back . '
'' At the airport , she handed him over to two agents , who kept his passport .
`` We got lots of flights and stayed at people 's houses until we got to France , '' Chinh says .
He has n't a clue what countries he passed through , apart from Malaysia and Greece .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ was put into a lorry container .
There was only one other man inside , but they did n't speak until they arrived in the UK , terrified of alerting a border official to their presence .
`` It was very cold and it was very difficult to breathe , because it was a confined , small space , '' Chinh says .
`` I was lying on top of boxes piled up high on the lorry , almost to the top , so I only just had enough room to lie down @ @ @ @ @ @ @ just slept .
I had nothing with me - no food , no water . ''
When the lorry finally stopped , Chinh was taken to a Vietnamese family , who fed him and gave him a bed for the night .
`` I can get you somewhere safe , '' his host said .
In the morning , Chinh was left outside the local Home Office building with a piece of paper showing his name and date of birth .
He remembers how strange he felt because he could n't speak English @ @ @ @ @ @ @ says , `` because I was in the UK '' .
The Home Office has recently granted him refugee status , which entitles him to remain in the UK for five years .
Then a decision will be taken on whether he can remain indefinitely .
Chinh was lucky .
His mum was able to pay his passage in advance .
When the bodies of 39 Vietnamese nationals were found in Essex last year , it was reported that these were economic migrants from some of the poorest regions in Vietnam , who @ @ @ @ @ @ @ £30,000 in order to get here .
Family houses had been used as security and they would have been obliged to pay off their passage once here , by working illegally in cannabis farms , nail bars and restaurants .
We may never know what the 39 people found in Essex had been promised , but it 's likely that some of them would have ended up in slave-like conditions .
Jakub Sobik from Anti Slavery International says that Vietnamese people who have taken out loans to pay for their journey here are @ @ @ @ @ @ @ They start their journey believing they have paid to be smuggled in the search for a better life , but end up being victims of trafficking .
`` The extent that they have to hide from the authorities makes it easy for traffickers .
It is an offence to be here and they ca n't risk being deported to Vietnam with huge amounts of money owed over their heads . ''
Some of the data in this article is drawn from BBC Briefing , a mini-series of downloadable in-depth guides to the big @ @ @ @ @ @ @ from academics , researchers and journalists .
It is the BBC 's response to audiences demanding better explanation of the facts behind the headlines .
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• How we made a life in Germany While males are typically siphoned off into cannabis factories , Vietnamese women are at risk of sexual exploitation .
I have read an account given by a boy of 15 , who said that while working in a cannabis factory he could hear the screams of women downstairs .
He @ @ @ @ @ @ @ A young single mum , Amy , was raped on many occasions during her journey to the UK , and again after her arrival , until a health worker identified her as a potential victim of trafficking .
She had been excited to leave the family farm with her sister back in 2013 , she told the charity that eventually started looking after her in the UK .
Two men had convinced her family to send the girls abroad to earn money .
There was no upfront fee , so they would need @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Amy left her young son with an uncle .
• Briefing : Asylum seekers and refugees are a small proportion of total migrants She was trafficked first to a clothes factory in Russia , where she worked for 10 to 12 hours a day without pay .
She slept in a small room with about 10 other people , where she was raped repeatedly by the male workers .
After two years , she and eight others were taken overland to the UK , and told that if they worked hard they would @ @ @ @ @ @ @ up alone in the lorry that brought them across the Channel ( the traffickers had left her behind for reasons that are unclear ) she was sucked into a fresh world of exploitation .
She ended up being forced into prostitution in the home of a Vietnamese couple , which doubled as a cannabis farm .
It was only after becoming pregnant , and getting arrested in a raid on the house , that a midwife noticed that something was wrong and referred Amy to the National Crime Agency as an apparent victim @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Army found her a place in a refuge .
Now she 's a mum again , focused on doing the best for her baby .
Chinh is living with a foster family .
He is working hard on his English - and even the local Northern slang - and he remains a practising Buddhist .
His 18th birthday , the day he would have been jailed , is fast approaching .
Ba still suffers nightmares and flashbacks to his time in the hands of traffickers .
He is waiting nervously for a decision @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
But he recently started counselling , and day by day , under the loving care of his foster mum and dad , he is beginning to feel safer .
The names Ba , Chinh and Amy are aliases You may also be interested in : In June 2018 , 33 pregnant women were arrested and confined to a villa in the Cambodian capital , Phnom Penh .
All were surrogate mothers bearing children for foreign customers .
They have since been released - but on the condition that they bring up the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to 20 years in jail .
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After two years, she and eight others were taken overland to the UK, and told that if they worked hard they would be paid. Instead, after waking up alone in the lorry that brought them across the Channel (the traffickers had left her behind for reasons that are unclear) she was sucked into a fresh world of exploitation. She ended up being forced into prostitution in the home of a Vietnamese couple, which doubled as a cannabis farm.


bbcuk--2020-01-21--'My firm lost £90,000 in the House of Fraser sale'

Jonathan Trimble 's advertising agency lost £90,000 when House of Fraser went into administration in 2018 .
Speaking to BBC Radio 5 Live 's Wake Up to Money , he said : `` Bad debt - things we 'd invoiced for - was £90,000 .
That was n't the only loss , though .
We obviously had a contract for six months that was going to see us through the important Christmas trading period .
So we had a loss of forecasted revenue as well . ''
The business survived , but lost four staff .
`` We 're a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ people is a bigger loss than the short-term cash issue . ''
The firm , And Rising , was one of hundreds of suppliers hit by the insolvency .
The department store chain 's collapse and subsequent sale left unsecured debts of nearly £500m .
House of Fraser was `` pre-packed '' - that is , a sale was agreed with Mike Ashley 's Sports Direct just before it went into administration .
It was one of 450 cases that year , accounting for about 30 % of all administrations and marking an @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Such deals are under scrutiny , with a key government report out soon which could reshape the process .
Carrie James , president of the Insolvency Practitioners Association , argues that pre-packs are often the only way to save businesses and jobs .
`` If there 's nobody else interested in buying the business , the alternative is that quite often , that business would fail , so the return to suppliers or creditors would be much less .
`` The point of a pre-pack should be once the business has been sold @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , then they continue to work with those original suppliers , the idea being that whilst there 's this element of loss , there 's also a potential for recovery . ''
For many years , there have been concerns about the lack of transparency around this process , particularly the valuation and marketing of assets , as well as communication with suppliers .
Mr Trimble said his agency was in the middle of an ad campaign with House of Fraser when the deal with Sports Direct was struck .
`` Nobody really @ @ @ @ @ @ @ one of the consistent themes - visibility for House of Fraser [ staff ] and for ourselves was nothing more than you could glean from the news . ''
In 2013 , Sir Vince Cable , then business secretary , commissioned the Graham Review , which proposed a series of reforms .
The government has been monitoring their impact and is about to publish its findings , which could lead to new rules .
One area of concern is when a sale is agreed with a `` connected party '' - an existing @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the process can be abused by some business owners who dump their debts and carry on .
The Pre Pack Pool ( PPP ) was set up after the Graham Review to look at these connected sales , but it works on the basis of a voluntary self-referral by the buyer and is largely being ignored .
Referrals have fallen from 53 in 2016 to 21 last year - a drop from 24 % of potential cases to fewer than 10 % .
PPP director Stuart Hopewell said : `` There was an @ @ @ @ @ @ @ be referred to us , and in the first year , 24 % did n't sound too bad .
But in subsequent years , going down to 10 % is frustrating to say the least .
`` Effectively we 're not seeing 90 % of these deals and that was an initial aim , to make these deals more transparent .
`` We 'd like to see a wider remit .
At the moment , technically we 're not supposed to be engaging with the insolvency practitioners .
I think we should have @ @ @ @ @ @ @ at an earlier stage .
It 's also bad we ca n't block a bad deal .
If our recommendation is , it 's not a good deal , the insolvency practitioner should take that on board and restructure the deal . ''
The Insolvency Service said : `` We are hoping to publish shortly the findings of our review into voluntary measures introduced in 2015 to improve the transparency of pre-pack sales in administration . ''
The BBC contacted Sports Direct for comment , but the company has yet to respond .

Mr Trimble said his agency was in the middle of an ad campaign with House of Fraser when the deal with Sports Direct was struck. "Nobody really knew anything. I think this is one of the consistent themes - visibility for House of Fraser [staff] and for ourselves was nothing more than you could glean from the news."


bbcuk--2020-01-21--Being born with no smell: 'I don't know what food tastes like'

We 've probably all got a favourite smell - maybe one that 's tied up with a particular memory or person , or lets you know a good plate of food is on the way .
Gabriella has never had the use of her smelling senses - and it affects more than just her nose .
`` I do n't know what food tastes like .
I ca n't taste hot drinks or anything sweet and spicy , '' the 22-year-old tells Radio 1 Newsbeat .
It 's not something that many people can relate to , with around 5 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ smell disorder .
But not having a sense of smell can have different types of impact - practical and emotional - on someone 's life , according to a new study from the University of East Anglia .
Think childhood fears and awkward teenage moments , to a feeling of failure when not being able to tell your baby 's nappy needs changing .
`` I 've never been able to smell anything .
It 's weird because nobody else in my family history has had this - it 's just me and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ something genetic . ''
How do you figure out that you ca n't smell ?
Gabriella remembers `` feeling really left out '' during a particular school project when she was young .
`` It was about senses and everyone was talking about smelling things .
`` That was when I realised I could n't smell .
Everyone was giving examples but I had no idea what was going on . ''
It caused some childhood issues Gabriella might otherwise not have had .
`` I had a massive phobia of fire .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ would n't wake up when the house was on fire because I would n't be able to smell it , '' she tells Radio 1 Newsbeat .
`` That definitely affected me when I was younger , but I 've grown out of that . ''
Gabriella had that fear for a serious reason - not being able to smell gas or smoke is a `` really big problem '' that 's resulted in `` serious near misses for some '' , according to Professor Carl Philpott , one of the researchers of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ one time when I was cooking at home .
My mum came home and said the whole house smelt like gas .
So that was really worrying .
`` Things like that , I 've kind of grown up being scared of .
But I 'm a lot more cautious now and take precautions . ''
It 's not just smells from the outside world that are useful to pick up though - the UEA study found that personal hygiene `` was a big cause for anxiety and embarrassment '' , because participants @ @ @ @ @ @ @ teenager though , Gabriella came up with a solution .
`` So if I came home with a friend and smelt really bad , they would tell me so I could quickly run off and sort it out . ''
Now Gabriella is a contemporary dancer , which is obviously a pretty active lifestyle .
`` In terms of perfumes and stuff , I 've never really owned anything like that .
Things like nice flowers or even bath bombs , it 's never interested me .
`` But I use deodorant because @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 'm not into that stuff . ''
It might feel awkward to talk about but Gabriella says not being able to smell is nothing to be ashamed of .
`` I think being open with your friends and people around you is important - telling people to be comfortable in telling you if you smell bad .
`` I 've always made sure that people around me know I ca n't smell .
So I say to them 'Please tell me and I wo n't take offence ' .
`` I 'd rather @ @ @ @ @ @ @ else . ''
Does Gabriella wish she could smell things ?
`` It 's not something I need because I 've never had it , so I do n't know what I 'm missing .
`` But , I 'd love to experience it - and have that feeling of tasting things . ''
Listen to Newsbeat live at 12:45 and 17:45 weekdays - or listen back here .

But not having a sense of smell can have different types of impact - practical and emotional - on someone's life, according to a new study from the University of East Anglia. Think childhood fears and awkward teenage moments, to a feeling of failure when not being able to tell your baby's nappy needs changing.