If youre putting yourself forward as a candidate for our parliament, youre essentially saying to the public, im a fine upstanding member of society and i will represent you asa of society and i will represent you as a constituent in an honest manner, and i dont think that he has been honest. Mr cairns resignation is one of several key moments during the first week of the general Election Campaign. Well be looking back at some of the others. The woman who sold her nans jewellery to meet the demands of a man she met on a dating app. We speak to the victims of a man who conned 19 women out of £24,000. After us rapper ti revealed he sends his 18 year old daughter for a yearly virginity test, were told exclusively that the practice goes on underground here in the uk. Hello, welcome to the programme. Were live until 11 this morning. Do get in touch on all the stories were talking about. Use victorialive. If youre emailing and are happy for us to contact you, and maybe want to take part in the programme, please include your phone number in your message. If you text, youll be charged at the Standard Network rate. First, Annita Mcveigh has the news. Joanna, good morning, thank you very much. Good morning, everyone. The Environment Agency has issued five severe flood warnings on the river don in south yorkshire, meaning theres a risk to life. More than 110 flood warnings are in place across the north of england, following hours of torrential rain. A Major Incident has been declared in sheffield, where the river don has burst its banks. In rotherham, residents have been told to only leave their homes if its absolutely essential. These people were unable to get home last night. I went to leave at 4 40pm, out into the staff car park, it took me an hour and a half and i came back into meadowhall. My concern is the children, Walking Around in pyjamas, because they have come to the concert and not been able to get home. Londons delayed East West Railway crossrail will not open next year. Its the latest setback to the project which has cost £20 billion so far. Mark wild, chief executive of crossrail, has insisted services would begin as soon as practically possible in 2021. It was initially due to be completed in december last year, but this date was missed due to a series of problems. Labour is promising to extend statutory maternity pay to a full year and increase the entitlement to flexible working. The party says it wants to deliver a workplace revolution, with greater powers to fine businesses that fail to tackle the gender pay gap. The employers organisation, the cbi, said it supports the extension of maternity pay but thinks some of the other proposals are too bureaucratic. The conservatives have unveiled plans for a new fast track visa for foreign doctors and nurses who want to work in the nhs. Under the scheme, decisions on visas would be made within two weeks and the cost would be halved. The plans do not cover social care, where Staff Shortages are the most acute. The snp will launch its Election Campaign later by promising to bring forward legislation to protect the nhs from privatisation and future trade deals. The nhs protection bill would block any uk government from using the nhs as a bargaining chip in trade talks. If passed, it would also give devolved parliaments in scotland, wales and Northern Ireland a veto on any deal. A World War Two d day veteran who has been raising money for a memorial on the normandy beaches has been given a glimpse of the work going on to buid it. Harry billinge, whos 93, was shown work going on to build the monument on gold beach in normandy on the bbc this morning. He was just 18 years old in 191m and serving with the royal engineers when he was part of the first wave on gold beach. And if the cold never bothered you anyway, youll be as excited as these frozen fanatics about the hollywood premiere of the hotly awaited sequel to one of the biggest animations of all time. Thousands of fans gathered in los angeles for the premiere of the highly anticipated frozen 2. The movie, featuring elsa, anna and 0laf the snowman is released here later this month. That is eight for the new summary, back to you now, joanna. Severe weather warnings meaning there is a danger to life are in place across large parts of Northern England after hours of torrential rain. There has been flooding, mudslides and serious disruption to roads and trains, more than 110 flood warnings are in place. In sheffield, there has been major flooding overnight near the river don, and dozens of people have spent the night at the citys meadowhall shopping centre, having been left stranded when the surrounding roads flooded. Shoppers reportedly bought pyjamas and blankets from primark to keep comfy. In rotherham, the river don has reached its highest recorded level, and the towns train station, rotherham central, was among the places which experienced flooding. And this morning boats have also been used in rotherham to rescue people from the water. There were similar scenes in worksop in nottinghamshire, which also suffered flooding, with the local fire service tweeting this image of teams using boats to evacuate people from their homes near the town centre. Doncaster is expected to be among the worst hit places this morning and the local council has told to residents near St Oswald Church in kirk sandall to evacuate their homes as the river has burst its banks. The Environment Agency has issued five severe flood warnings, the highest level, which means there is a potential danger to life at several other locations along the river don near doncaster. Maureen parkers house isjust beyond the river don at barnby dun in doncaster and has been put on evacuation notice by the council. We can talk to her now, thank you, what is it like where you are . Well, we arejust down, what is it like where you are . Well, we are just down, about two miles from barnby dun, the bridges are closed, and everybody isjust playing the waiting game, really. We are hoping that it is going to start going down, it goes down very quickly, but it is. It isjust. The unknown, isnt it . Am i so what are you doing . I said that you have been a notice for evacuation, at what point do you decide that you have to leave . Well, the council came around this morning at seven oclock and told us to prepare to leave, making sure we took medication and our pets with us. They said they would come back to help us to evacuate and give us instructions when and if necessary. How far away, sorry, is the water from your house at the moment . Our houseis from your house at the moment . Our house is about 60 foot from the canal, and then there is the river bank between our canal and the river don, so probably about 80 feet. And how easy will it be for you to evacuate if it gets any closer . Very easy. We are quite a way from the canal, so we would leave by the front and just get everything in the carand go. Front and just get everything in the car and go. How do you feel about the prospect of having to leave . Would you rather stay put . We have lived here for 20 years, and we have had these situations before, and tha nkfully had these situations before, and thankfully we have never had to evacuate. In the river has actually been higher than what it is at the moment. So we are hoping that, with the next tide, that will take the river down, because the river don is tidal, so hopefully it will go down again. I mean, you said, obviously, it isa again. I mean, you said, obviously, it is a fair distance from your house at the moment what is the worst Case Scenario house at the moment what is the worst Case Scenario that you are potentially braced for . Well, the worst Case Scenario, we would go upstairs, we have got a three story cottage, and we would go to the top floor. Keep ourselves safe, that is oui floor. Keep ourselves safe, that is our priority. And make sure that other people are safe if we can. Look after our neighbours, we have some elderly people in the community, just making sure that everybody is ok. How are you making sure you keep contact . Mobile phones. Quite a Good Support Network . We always have had, we keep one anothers phones for holidays and things like that, so we do keep in regular contact with people. And has your house actually been flooded before . No, never. We have been very lucky. It must be quite stressful, though, living by that water and having this warning out, speaking of a danger, danger to life, and i know that has been going on for some time with the river there, that the levels have been hard, because we have had so much rain over the past fortnight also. Well, we have never had a red macro evacuation warning before, so that was a little bit more concerning. My husband hasjust gone up to have a look at the river now, to see how things are going, so we just keep now, to see how things are going, so wejust keep a now, to see how things are going, so we just keep a check on everything and keep safe. More rain, thank you very much, i hope it is all right for you there, thank you forjoining us. For you there, thank you forjoining us. We can also talk to churchwarden liz from barnby dun near doncaster, where river levels are rising near to the church. Thank you forjoining us, what is the situation where you are . Will we are quite a long way away from the church at the moment, the river is pouring off the river don, iam the river is pouring off the river don, i am sort of on the northside here, really, it has got worse in the 20 minutes to half an hour that i have been here, there is more coming of, cattle normally cross around these banks, but the water is pouring off wider and wider, there is no grass to stop it, and it is just pouring down, flooding the land below. How far is the water currently from the church . I know you said you are a bit away from the church. Well, as far away as the river is at the moment, apart from this that is lending down below, but the land where it is running down to is quite a lot lower than the church is. Oh, how far is it . I have got a neighbour who lives in the old vicarage, how far away from the church here, garth . 200 yards . 400 yards. , he thinks about 200 yards. We are looking at pictures more generally of the flooding, and some of it is absolutely horrendous, and obviously it came so fast. How concerned are you . Currently, i. I am not over concerned at the moment. What the problem with the. Yes, yes, yes, there are some ditches around here, and they are very full at the moment. If the river gets as far as them, then they will go over the banks, and it will be into the village and into the church. It has not been flooded since the 1930s, has the church, we are just hoping it wont be flooded today well, to stay in touch, thank you very much for joining stay in touch, thank you very much forjoining us, stay in touch, thank you very much for joining us, and stay in touch, thank you very much forjoining us, and you can see all the latest details on the flooding on the website. Still to come, the woman who sold her nans jewellery to pay the bribes of a man she met on a dating app. We speak to the victims of a man who conned 19 women out of £24,000. Well look at the controversy over virginity testing, after the american rapper ti said he sends his 18 year old daughter for a yearly hymen check to ensure she is still a virgin. What you think about that . Let us know. For political parties, Election Campaigns are always meticulously planned affairs. But more often than not, those plans are thrown into complete disarray by unexpected events. And its fair to say that there has been a fair few of those for both main parties this week. For the conservatives, the most signiciant was the resignation of cabinet minister alun cairns following revelations that he knew about a former aides role in the collapse of a rape trial. He had previously claimed to have no knowledge of it. But how big an effect has the controversy had on the ground, and what do voters think it says about the conservative party . 0ur reporterjim reed went to mr cairns constituency, the vale of glamorgan in south wales, to find out its not where we wanted to be, i dont think. Where did you want to be . To have brexit sorted out by now. Yeah, who do you trust . Theres not really anybody that stands out now as being trustworthy. People just generally think these people are all the same. The town of barry on the south coast of wales is good at picking winners. Voters in their seat have elected the Winning Party in every general election since 1983. I think we need to have a decision about brexit and then decide on the important issues for this country, which is the nhs, which is schools. Do you live in this constituency . I do, i do. And i know about alun cairns. Im going to ask you about your local mp. The conservative alun cairns has been the mp here for nine years and hes in the cabinet as welsh minister. That was until this week. The welsh secretary, alan cairns, resigned over his links to a man whod sabotaged a rape trial. Mr cairns himself denies any wrongdoing. He believes that the inquiry into his conduct will clear his name. Alun cairns resignation from the cabinet could be important to the conservatives for a number of reasons. First of all, theres the national picture. But then theres what happens at a local level. And the conservatives have been hoping to win eight, nine seats from labour, just in wales. And in a tight contest like this one, negative headlines like that could be decisive. A lot of people are really disillusioned with just politics in general and want quite a big change. So when you hear reports, allegations that mps have, you know, in some way misled, that all feeds into that, does it, for you . Definitely. But i think it says a lot that it doesnt surprise me. I think that it doesnt surprise a lot of people. Itjust gives you very little options on who to vote for, i think. Alun cairns resigned after he endorsed a male colleague who, its alleged, sabotaged a rape trial. The mp said he was completely unaware of the details of the case at the time, but this week the bbc revealed he was sent an e mail about it by a senior aide last year. We spoke to one local resident who says shes a survivor of abuse. She thinks he should no longer be a conservative candidate in the general election. If youre putting yourself forward as a candidate for our parliament, youre essentially saying to the public, im a fine, upstanding member of society and i will represent you as a constituent in an honest manner. And i dont think that he has been honest. And think thats too much of an aberration for him then to be able to say, and i can represent you, particularly represent women and victims of crime. Is that the kind of thing you can apologise about and move on . No, absolutely not. Absolutely not. Theres not a way back from that. Alun cairns, who still intends to stand for the conservatives in the vale of glamorgan, denies any wrongdoing. He says hes confident he will be cleared of breaching the ministerial code. At the nearby conservative club, people wouldnt speak on camera, but as you might expect, there was still strong support for the mp. Others we spoke to who said they will not vote for him this year accept he does have a reputation as an effective local campaigner. Im not sure. I think hes been a good mp for us, and i think its significant, what he has done. He says hes not guilty, but time will tell. I think its significant because its such a narrow majority. Actually, one year we had 17 between the conservatives and labour. Can i ask why you cant make your mind up . Whos it between at the moment . Im basically a labour or plaid cymru voter. With labour now, youve got all the kerfuffle going on. It is very difficult to work out whos actually telling the truth, i suppose. I think labours gone too far left. I think the conservatives have gone far too much right. And im a moderate, and i dont like this extremism thats gone on. I think i could say a lot more but i dont think. I think thats enough. Plenty of others here, of course, might disagree with that opinion. The only thing near certain is that next month the results in the seat of the now former welsh secretary will be very closely watched. In addition to mr cairns, the following candidates are also standing in the vale of glamorgan. Sally stephenson, welsh liberal democrats. Belinda loveluck edwards, welsh labour. Ianjohnson, plaid cymru. The close of nominations is 14th november. Alun cairns resignation as welsh secretary was just one in a number of standout moments during the first week of the general Election Campaign. In an unexpected move, tom watson stepped down as deputy leader of labour, whilst two former labour mps urged people to not vote forJeremy Corbyn, and instead vote conservative. Jacob rees mogg was widely criticised for comments he made about the Grenfell Tower fire. This while the nhs and the economy became the main battlegrounds, with all of the main parties making billions of pounds of spending promises. And this morning two more candidates have stood down. The conservative candidate for broadland, nick conrad, has stepped aside after he suggested women should keep their knickers on to avoid rape and the labour candidate in clacton, gideon bull, over claims he called a jewish labour councillor a shylock. They say a week is a long time in politics, but a week is an even longer time when youre in the middle of an Election Campaign. With me to look back at the last seven days is the Political Writer and academic Maya Goodfellow and olivia utley, Deputy Editor at the article. Welcome, both of you, so much to choose from, what is your highlight . I think my highlight is seeing some of the main parties like the labour party ta ke of the main parties like the labour party take on Climate Change so seriously. You started this programme with the floods in yorkshire, and we know we can expect more of these extreme weather events being more likely with Climate Change, and so seeing them talking about investment in a way that would create jobs, having a about investment in a way that would createjobs, having a green about investment in a way that wo