Think about releasing me. I thought that was bordering on blackmail. Well hear from eniola alukos best friend former england player leanne sanderson, whos calling for the men at the top to resign. And the former boss of kids Company Tells us she has nothing to be sorry for over the collapse of her charity. You are not going to apologise to the children let down . Money that you wasted . The children let down . Money that you wasted 7 i the children let down . Money that you wasted . I do not think we wasted money. Why are you assuming we wasted money . This is charity money, donations. It is a minor detail. It is not a minor detail. Hello. Welcome to the programme, were live until 11 this morning. The latest breaking news and stories through the morning. Later we will hear from through the morning. Later we will hearfrom sir tom jones, through the morning. Later we will hear from sir tom jones, who says through the morning. Later we will hearfrom sir tom jones, who says he was sexually harassed at the start of his career. Do get in touch on all the stories were talking about this morning use the hashtag victoria live and if you text, you will be charged at the Standard Network rate. Our top story today theresa may has written an open letter to eu citizens living in the uk promising to make it as easy as possible for them to continue to live here after brexit. The Prime Minister will address eu leaders at a summit in brussels at which theyre expected to confirm theyre not yet ready to open talks with britain about a post brexit trade deal. The next opportunity to begin negotiations on the relationship will be in december. One of the main brexit pressure groups, leave means leave, has urged mrs may to tell the eu leaders that the uk is prepared to walk away from talks with no deal, if they continue to refuse to discuss trade. Our political guru, norman smith is at westminster. There is pressure on mrs may from all sides. Another day, another dinner in brussels where mrs may will try to get eu leaders to move to trade talks but we already pretty much know they will say no, because, well, they are after more money, but just as mrs may is getting a hard time from eu leaders, at westminster, tory brexiteers are deliberately cranking up the pressure on mrs may to accept no deal. They have written to her and said look, at the dinner tonight, she ought to issue an ultimatum and in effect said to eu leaders if you are not ready to discuss trade, we are not ready to discuss trade, we are out of here, entered negotiations, and we will move onto World Trade Organisation terms. What is interesting, previously tory brexiteers always suggested we would be better off getting a deal with the eu. Now they have started to make the case for life without a deal saying at least it would provide certainty for business and we would not be stuck in negotiations, we could go out on strike deals with other countries, with nothing to be frightened. Mrs may is in a bit of a jam, getting pressed by the eu to give more money and pressed by brexiteers to walk out of the door. Norman, you. Now the rest of the mornings news. Good morning. A second and final deadline, for catalonia to confirm whether or not it is breaking away from spain, hasjust expired. The Spanish Government wants the Catalan Leader, Carles Puigdemont, to retract a declaration of independence he made last week, in response to a referendum regarded by madrid as illegal. It is understood that the head of the Regional Parliament will press ahead with independence if madrid takes step to impose direct rule. Bbc news has uncovered evidence that bereaved families are intervening to prevent organ donations despite the express wishes of their dead relatives. More than 500 cases have been documented over the past five years and the service said the most common reasons for families overriding wishes is the transparent process ta kes too wishes is the transparent process takes too long. Its being described as the worlds Fastest Growing humanitarian crisis. More than half a million Rohingya Muslims have fled their homes in myanmar where theyd faced a military offensive. Hundreds of thousands are crossing the border into bangladesh where they are stranded with limited food and water. The us says it holds myanmars army accountable for the deepening crisis and the United Nations is urging bangladesh to speed up the vetting process so refugees can be moved to safety further inland. The risk of terrorists attempting to bring down airliners is greater than ever according to the the United States government. Earlier this year, the us banned passengers carrying laptops and other devices in their hand luggage when travelling from 10 middle eastern airports. Speaking ahead of a meeting of g7 interior ministers, the acting secretary of homeland security, elaine duke, said us authorities are working closely with the uk government to deal with the threat. Millions of workers particularly women are trapped in low paid jobs with little chance of escape, according to new research. A study for the social Mobility Commission found that one in four low paid workers, which it defines as those earning below 8. 25 per hour, were permanently stuck with little chance of earning higher salaries. Sir tom jones has told the bbc that he was sexually harassed at the start of his career. The singer said it only happened to him once but that the problem is widespread in the Music Industry. Our arts and entertainment correspondent Colin Paterson reports. For more than 50 years, sir tom jones has played up his reputation as a sex symbol. But in an interview for 5lives afternoon edition for the series launch of the voice, he revealed he was sexually harassed by a man in the Music Industry and it happened at the start of his career in the 1960s. At the beginning, there were a few things like that. But you avoid it. Good grief. What is tried on women is tried on men as well. He did tell other people about the proposition at the time and the incident was never repeated. It was only once, really. How did it make you feel . Terrible. But you think, ive got to get away from this person and it cant be like this. Sir tom jones had been giving his reaction to recent allegations and revelations surrounding the us Film Industry and said that, to him, it was an all too familiar story. Things have always happened in the Music Industry as well. People complaining about publicists and different things. That they have been expected to get a record contractjust like they do to get a film contract. There has always been that element there that people with power sometimes abuse it. He also said that when it came to the world of entertainment as a whole, he hopes that, as he put it, the cork was now out of the bottle and justice would be done. Thats a summary of the latest bbc news more at 9. 30. Thank you. We will bring you a film about universal credit in a moment. Chris on Facebook Says he does not wa nt to chris on Facebook Says he does not want to sound callous but there is no poverty in this country. Nobody here knows what poverty really means and as the food, nobody gets hungry here, there are so many ways of getting food. Please do not put all the blame on the government, i think they are too generous and people are taking advantage of issues coming from the media. The way they promote issues like this is always exaggerated and people affected jump onto the bandwagon and everything gets out of control. Thank you for that. Do get in touch with us throughout the morning use the hashtag victoria live and if you text. You will be charged at the Standard Network rate. A remarkable hearing yesterday into Mark Sampsons time as england womens football manager. A lot of pressure on the roles of chairman greg clark and the chief executive and question marks over both of their futures. And question marks over both of theirfutures. Senior and question marks over both of their futures. Senior names at the fa spoke to a select committee in westminster and it was regarding their handling of bullying and racism claims levelled at the former england womens head coach mark sampson. Evidence was preceded by an fa apology to players eni aluko and true spence, admitting mark sampson did make ill judged jokes true spence, admitting mark sampson did make illjudged jokes which amounted to discriminatory remarks. They said previously the statements did not happen. Eni aluko said she felt vindicated. I am happy that the truth has finally come out. I am happy for myself as an is drew spence, leanne who came today. Everyone who wanted this process to reflect some of the things that have happened to me for positive change in the future. There certainly were systemic failings historically that contributed to todays mess. I am not here to tell you it is the fas finest hour. I am trying to be straight. The issue for me is, is our current chief executive and Management Team making it a lot better than it used to be . My Firm Understanding is yes. After that hearing, the chair Damian Collins said he had doubts as to whether the fa bosses of fit to stay on after what he called a shambolic performance and we will see what changes if any the fa decides to make. Just after 9 30am we will speak to lianne sanderson. Another win for manchester united. But a night to forget for the bevy keeper. Yes on the pitch last night, three more british sides in action. Manchester united got a i nil win away at the portuguese champions but spare a thought for their 18 year old goalkeeper mile svilar on his european debut. In fact hes the youngest keeper to ever play in the competition but his mistake allowed Marcus Rashford to give united their Third Straight win in the competition. Afterwards though uniteds players especially forward Romelu Lukaku tried to lift the spirits of the clearly emotional youngster. Chelsea manager Antonio Conte wasnt overly pleased as they gave away a 2 goal lead to draw 3 3 with roma at stamford bridge. The former Manchester City striker edin dzeko scored twice for the italians before eden hazard managed to rescue a point for chelsea, who stay top of group c. It was always going to be a difficult night for scottish champions celtic, away at the german giants bayern munich. Brendan rodgers side were comfortably beaten 3 nil afterwards he said hed rather play with an attacking mindset than sit in and defend for 90 minutes. Not surejose mourinho would agree with him on that one. And a row about nfl players in the us and their rights to kneel is not going away. The nfl say they will not make players in the us stand for the national anthem. Recent protests, where players took a knee to speak out against social and racial injustices stirred huge controversy. The nfl said yesterday they would like players to stand but will not punish them if they refuse to. That did not go down well with donald trump who tweeted. Iam sure i am sure that one will go on and on in the United States. Welcome to the programme. This programme has been told the roll out of universal credit is leaving people near destitute due to flaws in its design. Intended to make claiming benefits more simple the knock on effect of a 6 week delay has led to huge problems for some. This morning one parent tells us her child was forced to search forfood in bins and anotherfather says he didnt eat for 3 days as they waited for their benefits to be paid. The government has rejected calls to pause the introduction of universal credit the biggest change to the benefits system since the 1940s. Labour had called on the Prime Minister to halt the rollout until problems with the system had been fixed. Conservative mps were under orders to boycott a vote on the issue last night, meaning the government lost by 299 votes to none. It wasnt a binding vote, so ministers can ignore the outcome. 0ur reporterjohn 0wen has more. Ive never struggled like this before in my life. Ive never been in this situation where i could lose my home. You know, its a big thing. Ill die on the streets. If i did get evicted, i dont know what ill do. I dont know where to go for help. On a saturday, we were walking down the street, she was searching in bins for food because she was starving, she was ripping mcdonalds bags to see if there were any chips or anything on the floor. It was awful, broke my heart. The governments flagship benefit reform, universal credit, has been underfire due to the length of time new claimants have been forced to wait for their first payment. Yesterday, the government suffered a symbolic defeat in parliament as Opposition Mps voted in favour of pausing the roll out to the new system. Although the result is not ultimately binding, it is further evidence of the mounting pressure on the government to change course. The introduction of universal credit in 2013 was billed as a radical simplification of the welfare system, consolidating six benefits into one, it came with the promise that it will always pay to be in work, because of claimants income from universal credit will be reduced gradually as they earn more. In recent weeks, a dramatic expansion of the new system has been taking place. With claimants at around 50 job centres per month due to move on to universal credit. Eventually, around 7 million households will be receiving universal credit payment. That as the roll out gathers pace, this programme has heard stories of claimants being left for long periods without any income at all, resulting in threat of eviction, hunger and increased use of feedback. In theory, claimants should expect wait around 5 6 weeks for theirfirst payment, that includes a seven day period in which new claimants are usually not entitled to any money at all, plus a one calendar month assessment period. But in reality, many new claimants are being forced to wait much longer. Anna was moved onto universal credit from other benefits a few weeks ago, and she says that for her, the impact was devastating. They said you have to apply for universal credit but you have to do it online, so they made me do it online, and i applied for it. They said all the benefits are going to stop, child benefit, child tax credit, and income support. Council tax, housing benefits are all going to stop until you get to your next payment. And theyve turned round and said i have to wait between six weeks and three months before i get a payment. And so for the last two and a half weeks you have not had any money in at all. Nothing whatsoever. How have things been for you in that time . Very, very difficult. Last weekend, we had no food. My five year olds last food was school dinners. 0n the saturday, we were walking down the street and she was searching in bins forfood because she was starving. She was ripping mcdonalds bags to see if there was any chips or anything on the floor. It was awful, broke my heart. Sunday, there was no food, she was going to bed, her stomach was rumbling, im hungry, im hungry, im hungry. And she had no food saturday and sunday, she went to school really hungry. You take her to bed and her tummy is rumbling, giving her water but she wants food and you cant go to the shop and steal. Its awful. I cant keep asking neighbours forfood. I shouldnt have to live like this, thats awful. I had to go to a food bank to get some food. Without that, i would still be without food now. I dont know if im going to still have my house, pay my rent, the council tax is due, i dont know, its my worst nightmare. What do i do next, to beg on the street to get some milk and bread . I dont want to do that either but it might come to the stage i have to. I have to. Anna is looking for work but having been out of the job market for a long time whilst raising children, she says its a real struggle. Handing out cvs, no one is coming back to me, im with all the employment agencies, ive been to job fairs, trying to get to work because i want to earn my own money for my own kids, take them on holiday, like normal people but its really hard. At my age as well, because i havent worked and i dont have a lot of experience, but i really want to get back to work. Hammersmith and fulham was one of the first parts of london where universal credit was tried for a select group of people. But its only been fully implemented for all new claimants here since june last year. Weve come to meet daphine who runs a food bank in the borough, and she says that in that time, theyve experienced some big increases in demand for their services. It should be simpler, the reality is that its the wait thats the problem. Its the last six months, the number of people who have come into the food bank has doubled. The amount of people who came in the six months of this financial year. It takes a good five or six weeks before you get your first universal credit payment. And for some of our clients, they are waiting 12 or 13 weeks. Thats a really long time to wait for any kind of income to come into your bank account. And during that time, of course, during those six weeks minimum, people are developing potential rent arrears, debt, they are borrowing money from friends and family, they are struggling to play the gas and electric and other bills, and thats why this is such an urgent situation. Now the Government Point out that it is possible to apply for an advance whilst youre waiting for the first instalment of universal credit, but thats just a loan and it will need to be paid back from future instalments. For some, the requirement to pay back an advance payment in instalments has itself resulted in them slipping into debt. Here in ripponden, west yorkshire, brendan was able to get an advance payment when he applied for universal credit in june. But it wasnt enough to cover his Living Expenses and care of his seven year old son tobias who lives with him three days a week. It probably lasted me about two weeks, to be honest. And then im left wi