and this is the thing with fgm. the only way you can actually prove it takes place is if it actually happens. what we are trying to do, and the uk government, is to do the prevention work. i'm going to repeat myself but if you are dealing with any form of abuse of a child, there is a procedure you have to go through to investigate. does it take long? absolutely and it shouldn't, but what the government needs to do is invest more resources in working with the local authorities, and that's what's been missing. let me ask you something. we heard in the film, what's remarkable is that many quietly think the problem of fgm in this country has shrunk, that it's a good news story, a positive story they don't say that for fear that people will turn round and say, you're covering this up — where do you stand on that? for me, in terms of attitude is changing, we are seeing a little bit of change. and also i think those of us who work in the uk, what we need to take credit for, if you look at fgm globally, we really are lead

i have talked about fgm and all these issues which are pressing ones for the public. do you believe as anne marie waters believes, that islam is evil? i don't and i don't think it's the sort of approach we should be taking. the fact is this is an incredibly important issue which we should actually as a party be taking on but it should not be the only one. anne marie waters, 18 out of 20 mep‘s say they will leave the party if you are elected and that could be a disaster. first of all i don't think all of them will leave. there's a lot of misunderstanding and what i am saying, they think i have two heads... you have said islam is evil. yes and i don't see why that is such an outrageous thing to say. we ought to be able to say whatever we like about religion and the problem we have got is we pussyfoot around, spend so much time agonising over not seeing the wrong thing and this is what is putting the public off. this is how millions of people in the country feel and they are waiting for someone to articulate it for them. but if everybody leaves, will people leave, do p

this is an absolutely abhorrent crime and a lot has been done by the government to deal with the fgm issue, but we cannot tolerate this practice and our work to tackle fgm is an integral part of our violence against women and girls strategy, which we published in march last year. i think we all accept, though, that we do need to do more to ensure that we do need to do more to ensure that young girls are not subject to this horrific abuse. thank you, mr speaker. does my right honourable friend agree that the party opposite's cynical attempt to block the eu withdrawal bill on monday shows that they are still only interested in playing party politics, rather than delivering the best dealfor ourfuture, politics, rather than delivering the best deal for our future, which politics, rather than delivering the best dealfor ourfuture, which is what my constituents and the majority of this country want to see? she is absolutely right atop most people in this country want to see the government doing what we are doing, which is getting on with delivering the best deal for brexit. there was a cer

prem, the founder of the freedom charity which aims to prevent among other things forced marriage, fgm and modern day slavery... good evening. how typical, how unusual is a case like the one we have seen in lincolnshire? very unusual we have such a conviction. 79 years in total the men will go to prison, and the wife of the rooney family. unfortunately, something going on up and down the country. it is an incredibly hidden crime. how do we know it is going on? is an incredibly hidden crime. how do we know it is going 0mm is an incredibly hidden crime. how do we know it is going on? if we look at this kind of case it cannot be in isolation, where people are held against their will. although they are not being shackled, four held in chains, psychologically fundamentally they‘re picking on the most vulnerable people in society, holding them against their will. there is no other way forward. that element of the case is very troubling. people are puzzled by the fa ct troubling. people are puzzled by the fact that because people are physically not held, why they don‘t make an escape. exp

identify hospital that are kept back from school that might have needed that additional time to heal if fgm has taken place. a developer is being forced to meet the cost of clearing a site a queen elizabeth olympic park. which was illegally occupied by a group of travellers. they moved onto land where new homes are being built at the end of august and stayed for two weeks. last week, a high court order was issued to remove them, and it was enforced with help from the met police. let's have a look at the travel situation now. well so far there's a good service on the tubes this morning. 0n the trains a few issues because of heavy winds overnight. there are speed restrictions on virgin trains east coast between kings cross and peterborough. there are also reduced speeds on great northern trains via welwyn garden city and south—western railway via eastleigh. 0n the roads, northbound traffic on the blackwall tunnel southern approach is slow from blackwall lane. and in edgware, whitchurch lane is closed at canons park due to fallen trees near the underground station. local buses are on diversi