0:00:05 > 0:00:08The murdered MP Jo Cox's family pledge to support her husband
0:00:08 > 0:00:13after he admits to inappropriate behaviour with women.
0:00:13 > 0:00:16Brendan Cox has stepped down from two charities set up
0:00:16 > 0:00:22in memory of his wife, apologising for causing hurt and offence.
0:00:22 > 0:00:25I think the right thing to do is to resign and to look
0:00:25 > 0:00:28at his behaviour in the past and try and make a change in the future.
0:00:28 > 0:00:31Could the cost of university courses vary depending on their content?
0:00:31 > 0:00:33The Government prepares to launch a a review
0:00:33 > 0:00:37of tuition fees in England.
0:00:37 > 0:00:41The six-year-old epileptic boy whose parents believe could be helped
0:00:41 > 0:00:45by a cannabis treatment illegal in the UK.
0:00:45 > 0:00:48And red carpet arrivals at the Baftas ahead of the awards
0:00:48 > 0:00:54for this year's best films.
0:01:09 > 0:01:12Good evening.
0:01:12 > 0:01:19The family of the murdered MP Jo Cox have pledged
0:01:19 > 0:01:21to support her husband after he resigned
0:01:21 > 0:01:23from two charities he set up in her memory following allegations
0:01:23 > 0:01:24of sexual misconduct.
0:01:24 > 0:01:27Brendan Cox denies assaulting a woman in the United States in 2015
0:01:27 > 0:01:29but admits to "inappropriate" behaviour while working
0:01:29 > 0:01:30for Save the Children.
0:01:30 > 0:01:33The charity has confirmed that he'd been suspended and says he resigned
0:01:33 > 0:01:35before a disciplinary process was completed.
0:01:35 > 0:01:43Robert Hall reports.
0:01:44 > 0:01:48Jo Cox, Labour MP and mother of two, was murdered in her constituency
0:01:48 > 0:01:55during the run-up to the 2016 EU referendum. Shot and stabbed by far
0:01:55 > 0:01:58right extremist. In the months after her death, the public rallied in
0:01:58 > 0:02:05support of family and in particular, her husband, Brendan, who set up two
0:02:05 > 0:02:09charities, the Jo Cox foundation and More in Common. Today he announced
0:02:09 > 0:02:13his resignation from both following allegations of inappropriate
0:02:13 > 0:02:19behaviour by year before his wife's murder. The claims in a Sunday paper
0:02:19 > 0:02:22are links to incidents at Harvard Universit in Massachusetts and while
0:02:22 > 0:02:27Mr Cox was working for Save the Children. In this case he is said to
0:02:27 > 0:02:31have penned a staff member to a wall as making sexual comments. Mr Cox
0:02:31 > 0:02:35says the claims are massive exaggeration. The statement
0:02:35 > 0:02:38continues... While I do not accept the allegations contained in the
0:02:38 > 0:02:432015 complained to the police in Cambridge, Massachusetts. I do
0:02:43 > 0:02:47acknowledge and understand that during my time at Save the Children,
0:02:47 > 0:02:52I made mistakes and behaved in a way that caused some women hurt and
0:02:52 > 0:02:56offence. Labour backbencher Jeff Phillips, a friend of Jo Cox, said
0:02:56 > 0:02:58her widower was right to stand back from the charities.I'm not
0:02:58 > 0:03:05defending his actions, I am trying to think about, this person who I
0:03:05 > 0:03:09know, and my friend, who was not here, and make sure that there is a
0:03:09 > 0:03:15change in the future.I don't offend any of this behaviour. Jo Cox's
0:03:15 > 0:03:18sister stood with Brendan Cox at the end of the murder trial. Today she
0:03:18 > 0:03:23said it had been another very difficult day for the family but
0:03:23 > 0:03:25they would support Brendan Cox and they respected him for admitting
0:03:25 > 0:03:31past mistakes. No one from Save the Children was available to speak to
0:03:31 > 0:03:35us today but in a statement the charity said staff safety and
0:03:35 > 0:03:38welfare where priorities and that all complaints were dealt with in
0:03:38 > 0:03:43accordance with its internal procedures. That was what had
0:03:43 > 0:03:46happened in 2015, when Mr Cox was suspended and the disciplinary
0:03:46 > 0:03:51process began. He had resigned before the process was complete.
0:03:51 > 0:03:56Another senior Labour figure linked Brendan Cox's decision to wider
0:03:56 > 0:04:00changes in attitude.Hopefully we are seeing a change in the climate
0:04:00 > 0:04:03and the culture where people are recognising that those in positions
0:04:03 > 0:04:08of power should not abuse positions of power, those who end up becoming
0:04:08 > 0:04:12victims of harassment should have support to speak out.Tonight, Jo
0:04:12 > 0:04:17Cox's family say they are supporting each other and are wavering in their
0:04:17 > 0:04:21determination that nothing will cloud her legacy. Robert Hall, BBC
0:04:21 > 0:04:23News.
0:04:23 > 0:04:25The Education Secretary, Damian Hinds, has said there should
0:04:25 > 0:04:29be more variation in the cost of university courses, with each
0:04:29 > 0:04:32degree reflecting their value to "society as a whole".
0:04:32 > 0:04:34He was speaking as the Prime Minister prepares to outline a wide
0:04:34 > 0:04:36ranging review into higher education funding in England.
0:04:36 > 0:04:40Labour, who have pledged to scrap tuition fees, say another
0:04:40 > 0:04:41review isn't the solution.
0:04:41 > 0:04:44Here's our education editor, Branwen Jeffreys.
0:04:44 > 0:04:51This is one of two jobs Myra Kesh is holding down.
0:04:51 > 0:04:53She's in her first year of university.
0:04:53 > 0:04:54The loan for her living costs isn't enough.
0:04:54 > 0:04:57Throughout the process of applying to uni I was thinking this
0:04:57 > 0:05:01is so unfair, I'm getting a lower maintenance allowance and I'm
0:05:01 > 0:05:05going to have to work several jobs in order to live.
0:05:05 > 0:05:07Sheffield Hallam has lots of students from ordinary families.
0:05:07 > 0:05:10For Alice, that means she worries less about tuition fees and more
0:05:10 > 0:05:18about just getting by.
0:05:18 > 0:05:22Last year I budgeted for about £50 a week and that was still too much
0:05:22 > 0:05:26to live on so I have to bring that down to about £30 and that
0:05:26 > 0:05:27is still not enough.
0:05:27 > 0:05:30Every so often I might have to ask my parents for help.
0:05:30 > 0:05:32If they can just give me £20 for food, for basic food.
0:05:32 > 0:05:36Up to 6.1% interest is charged on student debt.
0:05:36 > 0:05:42An average £5,800 in interest charges before leaving university.
0:05:42 > 0:05:47In total, it's about £57,000 of borrowing for the poorest students.
0:05:47 > 0:05:52After 30 years, any unpaid loan is written off.
0:05:52 > 0:06:00But by 2021, there could be £160 billion of outstanding student debt.
0:06:00 > 0:06:04It's the poorest students in England who end up borrowing the most.
0:06:04 > 0:06:08Because they can't rely on the Bank of Mum and Dad for living costs.
0:06:08 > 0:06:12So altering the system isn't simple.
0:06:12 > 0:06:15If you just lower tuition fees, you help the richest,
0:06:15 > 0:06:21unless you also put more money into maintenance support.
0:06:21 > 0:06:23In his first interview, the new Education Secretary
0:06:23 > 0:06:25gave little away.
0:06:25 > 0:06:29Only one thing is certain.
0:06:29 > 0:06:31They expect graduates to help pay for universities.
0:06:31 > 0:06:34We think it is right that if you benefit from a university
0:06:34 > 0:06:37degree you should make a contribution and that is what this
0:06:37 > 0:06:40current system does.
0:06:40 > 0:06:45What we're doing in the review is looking at how that
0:06:45 > 0:06:47system works, making sure there are alternatives, more variety.
0:06:47 > 0:06:50The government wants more short degrees, more part-time study.
0:06:50 > 0:06:54There's been little appetite for either so far.
0:06:54 > 0:06:58Universities say making studying affordable is the key.
0:06:58 > 0:07:01You need to reintroduce maintenance grants at a level which genuinely
0:07:01 > 0:07:05offers students a basic level of subsistence.
0:07:05 > 0:07:07Universities want a secure future.
0:07:07 > 0:07:11Students, a fairer deal.
0:07:11 > 0:07:13But with economic uncertainty ahead, the government's review has
0:07:13 > 0:07:15little wriggle room.
0:07:15 > 0:07:19Branwen Jeffreys, BBC News, Sheffield.
0:07:19 > 0:07:27Our political correspondent, Alex Forsyth, joins me.
0:07:27 > 0:07:31Given Labour's position, how much of a political appetite is unlikely to
0:07:31 > 0:07:36be over higher education?-- battlefield. In part it is because
0:07:36 > 0:07:40of the Labour pledge during last year's election to scrap tuition
0:07:40 > 0:07:43fees entirely for all students in England and that was largely
0:07:43 > 0:07:46credited for their popularity with younger voters so the Conservatives
0:07:46 > 0:07:50are conscious that on this front they need to gain ground. Hence this
0:07:50 > 0:07:54review of higher education but the question is, what can they really do
0:07:54 > 0:07:59on this issue of fees? As you heard, they remain committed to the
0:07:59 > 0:08:02principle that it is those who go to university and benefit from a degree
0:08:02 > 0:08:07who
0:08:19 > 0:08:22should pay for it rather than everybody so they are not going to
0:08:22 > 0:08:24match Labour's offer and scrap fees altogether. The risk is whatever
0:08:24 > 0:08:26they do in place, either trying to encourage different fees for
0:08:26 > 0:08:28different courses or shorter courses, that could be seen as
0:08:28 > 0:08:31tinkering around the edges. Today, Justine Greening, who recently left
0:08:31 > 0:08:33the government, said the issue of student finance should not be kicked
0:08:33 > 0:08:35around like a -- like a political football.Thank you.
0:08:35 > 0:08:36Israel's Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, has launched
0:08:36 > 0:08:39a scathing attack on Iran, calling it the "greatest
0:08:39 > 0:08:40threat to our world".
0:08:40 > 0:08:42At one point during his speech at a conference in Munich,
0:08:42 > 0:08:45he held up a piece of an Iranian drone shot down
0:08:45 > 0:08:46in Israeli territory.
0:08:46 > 0:08:48Iran's Foreign Minister dismissed the speech as cartoonish and not
0:08:48 > 0:08:53worthy of a response.
0:08:53 > 0:08:57The Home Office has said it can't issue a medical cannabis licence
0:08:57 > 0:09:00for a six-year-old epileptic child, despite calls from a group
0:09:00 > 0:09:01of MPs and his family.
0:09:01 > 0:09:02Alfie Dingley, who's from Warwickshire, regularly
0:09:02 > 0:09:05suffers violent seizures.
0:09:05 > 0:09:07A cannabis-based treatment he received in the Netherlands
0:09:07 > 0:09:09improved his condition - but it's illegal in the UK.
0:09:09 > 0:09:13Charlotte Gallagher has the story.
0:09:13 > 0:09:16Six-year-old Alfie Dingley has a rare form of epilepsy and suffers
0:09:16 > 0:09:20up to 30 violent seizures every day.
0:09:20 > 0:09:23To go through that once would be traumatising,
0:09:23 > 0:09:26but we're going through it sometimes every 7-10 days, and it's just
0:09:26 > 0:09:30absolutely horrendous.
0:09:30 > 0:09:33Last September, the family moved to the Netherlands so Alfie could be
0:09:33 > 0:09:36prescribed medical cannabis oil.
0:09:36 > 0:09:40His parents say he went 24 days without having a seizure.
0:09:40 > 0:09:44They've now moved back to the UK, but cannabis oil is illegal
0:09:44 > 0:09:46in Britain, so they want the Home Secretary Amber Rudd
0:09:46 > 0:09:48to give Alfie a license to use it.
0:09:48 > 0:09:50But the Home Office has ruled it out.
0:09:50 > 0:09:53They say...
0:10:10 > 0:10:12A group of MPs want the Home Secretary to make
0:10:12 > 0:10:15an exception for Alfie.
0:10:15 > 0:10:19If we can find a way for her around the regulations that exist,
0:10:19 > 0:10:22and we believe that we can, she can issue a license to make sure
0:10:22 > 0:10:26that Alfie can get this medicine.
0:10:26 > 0:10:29Alfie's family have vowed to continue their battle,
0:10:29 > 0:10:32saying you've got to fight, "for your kids and we want to know
0:10:32 > 0:10:35that we've done everything we can".
0:10:35 > 0:10:38Charlotte Gallagher, BBC News.
0:10:38 > 0:10:41Two cars drove into a pedestrianised part of Leeds city centre
0:10:41 > 0:10:44this lunchtime during an attempted robbery.
0:10:44 > 0:10:48One of the cars was used to ram into the front of a shop,
0:10:48 > 0:10:50it's thought in an attempt to steal Rolex watches.
0:10:50 > 0:10:54No-one was injured in the attack, which was filmed by people watching.
0:10:54 > 0:11:01The suspects, wearing balaclavas, were unsuccessful at breaking
0:11:01 > 0:11:03into the premises and they left the area shortly after.
0:11:03 > 0:11:05It's the biggest night of the year for British film.
0:11:05 > 0:11:08Stars have been gathering on the red carpet in central London ahead
0:11:08 > 0:11:09of tonight's Bafta awards.
0:11:09 > 0:11:14Many of the industry's major female names arrived in black in a show
0:11:14 > 0:11:17of solidarity with the Hollywood movement Time's Up -
0:11:17 > 0:11:19launched in the wake of allegations surrounding Harvey Weinstein.
0:11:19 > 0:11:26Our arts editor, Will Gompertz, is there for us.
0:11:26 > 0:11:33There will be some flash photography. Over to you.There is a
0:11:33 > 0:11:38different vibe with the Baftas this year, people are still coming here
0:11:38 > 0:11:41to celebrate film-making at its finest but it is more sombre and
0:11:41 > 0:11:46serious with this collective move towards the Time's Up campaign, the
0:11:46 > 0:11:49dress code is black and it will change the way the evening is
0:11:49 > 0:11:54viewed. Not so much who will win but who will say what. Who will say the
0:11:54 > 0:11:58speech that captures the mood and maybe the way Oprah Winfrey did at
0:11:58 > 0:12:03the Golden Globes. It does not mean we cannot speculate on who might
0:12:03 > 0:12:09win, when it comes to the best film, it is the big two, the realist drama
0:12:09 > 0:12:14thriller by Martin McDonnell -- Martin McDonagh, three Billboards
0:12:14 > 0:12:20Outside Ebbing, Missouri, against The Shape of Water. It is between
0:12:20 > 0:12:27those. When it comes to Best Actress, the lead actresses, Sally
0:12:27 > 0:12:32Hawkins in The Shape of Water and Francis McDormand, in three
0:12:32 > 0:12:37billboards, and I would go for Francis McDormand. Best Actor? Quite
0:12:37 > 0:12:43local, between two of the big beasts, between Daniel Dave Lewis
0:12:43 > 0:12:47for his final film, and for a Gary Oldman for the Darkest Hour, as
0:12:47 > 0:12:53Churchill. All will be revealed later on tonight.
0:12:53 > 0:12:54With all the sport, here's Ollie Foster
0:12:54 > 0:13:00at the BBC Sport Centre.
0:13:00 > 0:13:02There was a shock in today's only FA Cup tie.
0:13:02 > 0:13:05League One's bottom team, Rochdale, earned a replay against Tottenham.
0:13:05 > 0:13:08Harry Kane had given Spurs a 2-1 lead in the last five minutes
0:13:08 > 0:13:10but Rochdale conjured a dramatic equaliserr deep into
0:13:10 > 0:13:14injury time at Spotland.
0:13:14 > 0:13:19Steve Davis The Herald. -- the hero.
0:13:19 > 0:13:22They will face each other at Wembley for a place in the quarter-finals.
0:13:22 > 0:13:25Rangers are up to second in the Scottish Premiership,
0:13:25 > 0:13:26moving above Aberdeen on goal difference after
0:13:26 > 0:13:27beating Hamilton 5-3.
0:13:27 > 0:13:28Josh Windass scored a hat-trick.
0:13:28 > 0:13:31They are nine points behind Celtic who drew with St Johnstone.
0:13:31 > 0:13:34They came close but there were no medals for the British team
0:13:34 > 0:13:36in South Korea today.
0:13:36 > 0:13:39With another week of competition left to go, they need just one more
0:13:39 > 0:13:41for a record five at a Winter Olympics.
0:13:41 > 0:13:46From Pyeongchang, here's our sports correspondent, Andy Swiss.
0:13:46 > 0:13:49From a dry ski slope in Sheffield to an Olympic final.
0:13:49 > 0:13:53James Woods has long made the extraordinary seem effortless,
0:13:53 > 0:13:55and once again how he rose to the occasion, as he tricked,
0:13:55 > 0:13:58flipped and leapt his way right into contention.
0:13:58 > 0:14:00COMMENTATOR:What's he got for us?
0:14:00 > 0:14:03CHEERING
0:14:03 > 0:14:05You can hear what the crowd think of that.
0:14:05 > 0:14:07What a run by James Woods!
0:14:07 > 0:14:10He came here with such high hopes for a medal,
0:14:10 > 0:14:12will that be enough?
0:14:12 > 0:14:14It seemed it might be.
0:14:14 > 0:14:16Second place for Woodsy...
0:14:16 > 0:14:20And with just a few left to go he was still in bronze,
0:14:20 > 0:14:22before America's Nick Goepper snatched away his medal.
0:14:22 > 0:14:24So close.
0:14:24 > 0:14:28It's a game of perfection, and it's not just that,
0:14:28 > 0:14:30you've got to go above and beyond technical difficulty.
0:14:30 > 0:14:38That was insane.
0:14:40 > 0:14:43Controversy at the Carling, Eve Muirhead penalised for not releasing
0:14:43 > 0:14:47her stone in time, she felt she had let go before the line but curling
0:14:47 > 0:14:50does not have video technology and the incident handed victory to
0:14:50 > 0:14:52Sweden.
0:14:52 > 0:14:54Meanwhile, it's emerged speed skater Elise Christie suffered soft tissue
0:14:54 > 0:14:55damage in her crash yesterday.
0:14:55 > 0:14:57Her boyfriend posted this...
0:14:57 > 0:15:01With her next event on Tuesday, it's a race against time.
0:15:01 > 0:15:03But for others, there was celebration.
0:15:03 > 0:15:06Lizzy Yarnold receiving her skeleton gold medal.
0:15:06 > 0:15:10Her historic success, she told me, was still sinking in.
0:15:10 > 0:15:13It was a big goal four years ago to try and be the first
0:15:13 > 0:15:16British Winter Olympian to retain my title.
0:15:16 > 0:15:18It was scary to say it, but now it's rolling off
0:15:18 > 0:15:20the tongue a bit more.
0:15:20 > 0:15:24I'm just so proud that it all came together.
0:15:24 > 0:15:27And with team-mate Laura Deas collecting her bronze,
0:15:27 > 0:15:30a picture-perfect podium for British sport.
0:15:30 > 0:15:35Andy Swiss, BBC News, Pyeongchang.
0:15:35 > 0:15:36England's cricketers have finished their T20 Tri-Series
0:15:36 > 0:15:40with a win against New Zealand, but it wasn't enough for them
0:15:40 > 0:15:42to reach Wednesday's final against Australia.
0:15:42 > 0:15:45It was a thriller in Hamilton as they won by two runs
0:15:45 > 0:15:47but they needed a bigger margin of victory.
0:15:47 > 0:15:50England will now prepare to face the Kiwis in a five-match one-day
0:15:50 > 0:15:52series that starts next Sunday.
0:15:52 > 0:15:55That's all the sport for now.
0:15:55 > 0:15:59There's more throughout the evening on the BBC News Channel.
0:15:59 > 0:16:02We are back with the late news at 11pm.
0:16:02 > 0:16:24Now on BBC One, it's time for the news where you are.