0:00:06 > 0:00:10A university lecturer - thought to be one of Britain's most
0:00:10 > 0:00:12prolific paedophiles - has been jailed for 32 years
0:00:12 > 0:00:17after admitting 137 offences.
0:00:17 > 0:00:20Dr Matthew Falder's crimes included encouraging the rape of a child,
0:00:20 > 0:00:28and blackmailing victims to film themselves in degrading positions.
0:00:29 > 0:00:31There were contacts made with people in Slovenia,
0:00:31 > 0:00:32Australia, there were victims in the United States,
0:00:32 > 0:00:37and there were victims all over England and Wales and Scotland.
0:00:37 > 0:00:40We'll be live with our correspondent who was in court -
0:00:40 > 0:00:42and be looking at the international operation that brought
0:00:42 > 0:00:43Falder to justice.
0:00:43 > 0:00:46Also this lunchtime:
0:00:46 > 0:00:52The Prime Minister is to launch a review
0:00:52 > 0:00:55The Prime Minister is to launch a review of university
0:00:55 > 0:00:57tuition fees in England - admitting it's "one of the most
0:00:57 > 0:00:59expensive systems" in the world.
0:00:59 > 0:01:01Oxfam reveals that three of the men accused of sexual misconduct
0:01:01 > 0:01:03in Haiti physically threatened witnesses during a 2011
0:01:03 > 0:01:07investigation.
0:01:07 > 0:01:10The film Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri hits jackpot
0:01:10 > 0:01:11at last night's Baftas, with winners including
0:01:11 > 0:01:14its star Frances McDormand.
0:01:14 > 0:01:16And the Russian curler who's being investigated for doping
0:01:16 > 0:01:20after winning bronze at the Winter Olympics.
0:01:20 > 0:01:23And coming up in the sport on BBC News:
0:01:23 > 0:01:26Can Great Britain score a much needed win over Switzerland
0:01:26 > 0:01:28in the women's curling to boost their chances
0:01:28 > 0:01:35of making the last four?
0:01:49 > 0:01:54Good afternoon and welcome to the BBC News at One.
0:01:54 > 0:01:57A lecturer at Birmingham University, said to be one of Britain's worst
0:01:57 > 0:02:00offenders, has been jailed for 32 years for sexual offences
0:02:00 > 0:02:02against children.
0:02:02 > 0:02:07Matthew Falder pleaded guilty to 137 charges,
0:02:07 > 0:02:10including encouraging the rape of a minor - and blackmailing his
0:02:10 > 0:02:12victims into sending him obscene footage of themselves carrying
0:02:12 > 0:02:16out degrading acts.
0:02:16 > 0:02:18The operation to catch Falder included law enforcement
0:02:18 > 0:02:21agencies across the world.
0:02:21 > 0:02:23US Homeland Security described him as "the worst child exploitation
0:02:23 > 0:02:25offender" it had ever seen on the internet.
0:02:25 > 0:02:32Sima Kotecha is outside the court in Birmingham.
0:02:35 > 0:02:40Matthew Falder has been described as one of Britain's worst paedophiles,
0:02:40 > 0:02:45today he showed no emotion as he was sentenced to more than 30 years in
0:02:45 > 0:02:49jail. Some of the officers in the court were crying, victims looked
0:02:49 > 0:02:54distressed. The judge told him, a person of your intelligence did not
0:02:54 > 0:02:59realise the harm they were doing and did not stop. He said Falder was
0:02:59 > 0:03:03controlling, manipulative and cruel.
0:03:03 > 0:03:08What is it I have done? What is it I am supposed to have done?Document
0:03:08 > 0:03:14you filed are being arrested at his workplace last year. He spent years
0:03:14 > 0:03:17posing as a female artist online to trick his victims and to sending
0:03:17 > 0:03:24them naked pictures of themselves. Distributing indecent images of
0:03:24 > 0:03:29children.He then searched for the profiles on social media and use
0:03:29 > 0:03:32that information to blackmail them into sending him more images. He
0:03:32 > 0:03:39even installed secret cameras in people's home. Falder contacted more
0:03:39 > 0:03:42than 300 people worldwide offering them money in exchange for photos.
0:03:42 > 0:03:47His youngest victim was just 13. One of his victims told us she can no
0:03:47 > 0:03:53longer trust anybody.I did not want stay at home because he knew where I
0:03:53 > 0:03:56lived. I could not concentrate on anything. I could not talk to my
0:03:56 > 0:04:01family. I felt ashamed of what I was doing. I did not want to go out onto
0:04:01 > 0:04:06the street because he might be there. I did not feel safe anywhere.
0:04:06 > 0:04:11Last year he pleaded guilty to 137 charges including encouraging the
0:04:11 > 0:04:17rape of a child and possessing a paedophile manual.You have a
0:04:17 > 0:04:20victim, and e-mail contact, that is it. It's a tricky starting point and
0:04:20 > 0:04:26what you have then got is people like him who are using all the tools
0:04:26 > 0:04:32in the tool box which are available to him to stay hidden.Falder was
0:04:32 > 0:04:35under surveillance for several months during a four year
0:04:35 > 0:04:39investigation. The Cambridge graduate was then identified by the
0:04:39 > 0:04:42National crime agency and it worked with partner agencies across the
0:04:42 > 0:04:46world for the first time including the FBI, the Australian Federal
0:04:46 > 0:04:51police and Euro poll to find the man behind the messages.There were
0:04:51 > 0:04:55contacts made with people in Slovenia, Australia, there were
0:04:55 > 0:05:00victims in the United States and all over England and Wales and Scotland.
0:05:00 > 0:05:04And we then had to try and piece together information across many
0:05:04 > 0:05:11different police forces.Falder lived in this block of flats, he
0:05:11 > 0:05:15worked at Birmingham University. Officers say he motivation was power
0:05:15 > 0:05:19and control. He wanted his victims to feel embarrassed Adam Gemili at
0:05:19 > 0:05:24it and he was confident he could outwit the other of these --
0:05:24 > 0:05:30embarrassed and humiliated. He had the intention of manipulating
0:05:30 > 0:05:40people, using names such as 666devil to communicate with other
0:05:40 > 0:05:46paedophiles. On the dark Internet he wrote about one of his victims,
0:05:46 > 0:05:49saying, "To be honest I am thinking how in love and mentally struggling
0:05:49 > 0:05:53she seems to be that I should be able to get some good nudes from her
0:05:53 > 0:05:58willingly. I'm not sure if I care whether she lives or dies to be
0:05:58 > 0:06:02honest". In court the paedophile showed no remorse. The judge told
0:06:02 > 0:06:06him that you wanted to assume total control over your victim. You are
0:06:06 > 0:06:13cruel and manipulative. This case raises questions as to how
0:06:13 > 0:06:18authorities can remain one step ahead of people like Falder you are
0:06:18 > 0:06:21so technically savvy they are able to exploit vulnerable people for so
0:06:21 > 0:06:25long without detection.
0:06:25 > 0:06:28The Prime Minister says there should be better value
0:06:28 > 0:06:31for university students - as she launches a year-long review
0:06:31 > 0:06:33into how higher education is funded in England.
0:06:33 > 0:06:37In a speech this afternoon, Theresa May will admit
0:06:37 > 0:06:40that the current system of charging maximum annual fees
0:06:40 > 0:06:43of £9,250 had not resulted in the "competitive"
0:06:43 > 0:06:48market hoped for.
0:06:48 > 0:06:51A university education in England is now one of the most
0:06:51 > 0:06:52expensive in the world.
0:06:52 > 0:06:54Labour says the entire system needs to be restructured.
0:06:59 > 0:07:07A Prime Minister who free University tuition visits sixth formers in
0:07:07 > 0:07:11London to discuss student debt and the courses they plan to take. One
0:07:11 > 0:07:18meant free radical physics.Oh gosh. Such as the reaction many students
0:07:18 > 0:07:23and their parents now have about the cost of education in England. The
0:07:23 > 0:07:26government says the whole system needs to be examined again.We have
0:07:26 > 0:07:33an issue of fees, concerned not just from students but families, parents
0:07:33 > 0:07:37and grandparents about the level of debt the build-up and also a concern
0:07:37 > 0:07:40that basically universities charge the same whatever course you are
0:07:40 > 0:07:45doing.Currently English universities are free to charge just
0:07:45 > 0:07:51over £9,000 a year. Depending on the course. Only a handful charge less
0:07:51 > 0:07:54than the maximum. Graduate in England leave university with
0:07:54 > 0:07:59average debts of more than £50,000. Interest rates on student loans now
0:07:59 > 0:08:04stand at 6.1%. With Labour promising to scrap tuition fees altogether
0:08:04 > 0:08:08there is pressure on the Conservative government to tackle
0:08:08 > 0:08:13this.You have to be fair to the student and the taxpayer. We need to
0:08:13 > 0:08:19reform higher education, support further education, make sure
0:08:19 > 0:08:21disadvantaged students get the best universities and the best jobs at
0:08:21 > 0:08:26the end of it.Within the review the government will consider the
0:08:26 > 0:08:29reintroduction of maintenance grants, but there is even dispute
0:08:29 > 0:08:33amongst students about the policy trade-offs involved.When I applied
0:08:33 > 0:08:38I knew I would get into debt over £50,000 but now you have a situation
0:08:38 > 0:08:41where you don't even have maintenance grants so people like me
0:08:41 > 0:08:43from working-class backgrounds will have to seek out more loans and that
0:08:43 > 0:08:50puts students off.I would be disappointed if my party cut tuition
0:08:50 > 0:08:53fees at the expense of losing bursaries for underprivileged
0:08:53 > 0:08:57backgrounds. A key Conservative background is helping to help people
0:08:57 > 0:09:02to help themselves.
0:09:03 > 0:09:05to help themselves.Ministers are not saying the state should pick up
0:09:05 > 0:09:08this bill. The challenge for the government is coming up with
0:09:08 > 0:09:11policies which don't just look like a pale imitation of what Labour are
0:09:11 > 0:09:17offering. The Prime Minister says that many students find the level of
0:09:17 > 0:09:22fees charged to not relate to the quality of the course. Cranking up
0:09:22 > 0:09:27fees to £9,000 was meant to create the market Theresa May now wants to
0:09:27 > 0:09:33investigate.She is in search of the silver bullet which will lead to
0:09:33 > 0:09:38increasing fees but nothing for the government, there is not a silver
0:09:38 > 0:09:42bullet, she is time to put the choice is off until after Brexit.
0:09:42 > 0:09:46Number ten is also stressing this will cover technical and vocational
0:09:46 > 0:09:49education as well and the rebalancing of post secondary
0:09:49 > 0:09:52education away from universities toward educational study could be
0:09:52 > 0:09:55the biggest change being considered.
0:09:55 > 0:10:00Our Education correspondent Elaine Dunkley is here.
0:10:00 > 0:10:03We know the Prime Minister thinks the system needs to be changed but
0:10:03 > 0:10:08how difficult is that going to be? This is a real university challenge
0:10:08 > 0:10:13for the government. Students are graduating with debts of £50,000, a
0:10:13 > 0:10:18number of issues there, high interest rates at 6.1% and also
0:10:18 > 0:10:22scrapping maintenance grants which were replaced with loans. The
0:10:22 > 0:10:24government believes if you go to university you should contribute
0:10:24 > 0:10:28something and one of the things they are looking at is the idea of
0:10:28 > 0:10:32variable fees. The Education Secretary Damian Hinds says the fee
0:10:32 > 0:10:36could be dictated by the subject so for example if you study at
0:10:36 > 0:10:42university course which does not cost much to deliver and your job
0:10:42 > 0:10:45prospects are not as lucrative at the end it should be cheaper. The
0:10:45 > 0:10:48arts and social sciences should be cheaper than doing a science degree,
0:10:48 > 0:10:52studying English should cost you less than studying engineering. But
0:10:52 > 0:10:56what critics have said is that that could lead poor students to doing
0:10:56 > 0:11:00courses which are cheaper which means when they going to the job
0:11:00 > 0:11:03market its valued less and they are paid less money and relatively
0:11:03 > 0:11:07speaking they end up paying more for their education. Another issue this
0:11:07 > 0:11:11review will look at is vocational courses and making a clear a path
0:11:11 > 0:11:16for students who do not want to go to university. One of the key things
0:11:16 > 0:11:20this review needs to address this country is facing a shortage of
0:11:20 > 0:11:23nurses and teaching, we have heard the nursing bursary was scrapped,
0:11:23 > 0:11:28what is the government going to do? We have heard Labour say they will
0:11:28 > 0:11:31reintroduce maintenance grants in the election, Jeremy Corbyn popular
0:11:31 > 0:11:36with younger voters by saying they would scrap Jewish and peace. We are
0:11:36 > 0:11:40not quite sure what this will say in a year's time but we will have to
0:11:40 > 0:11:43look at a whole raft of measures -- saying they would scrap tuition
0:11:43 > 0:11:45fees.
0:11:45 > 0:11:49Our Assistant political editor Norman Smith is in Westminster.
0:11:49 > 0:11:54We have heard a little bit about the politics behind this from Ben
0:11:54 > 0:11:59Wright, please expand?The politics are in part that it is a move to try
0:11:59 > 0:12:03to reach out to younger voters because many Tories they had little
0:12:03 > 0:12:07positive to positive to say to them at the last election. In part it is
0:12:07 > 0:12:12designed as a riposte to Jeremy Corbyn and his offer to scrap
0:12:12 > 0:12:16tuition fees. It's in part designed to have something to talk about
0:12:16 > 0:12:21apart from Brexit, blooming Brexit. And imparted is driven by the
0:12:21 > 0:12:25thought that the current system is not working, its bad value for
0:12:25 > 0:12:30money. One of the most expensive systems in the world. But Theresa
0:12:30 > 0:12:35May has somewhat tied her hands by insisting that taxpayers should not
0:12:35 > 0:12:40have to bear a bigger portion of the burden. She does not want to scrap
0:12:40 > 0:12:43the current system and her Education Secretary says they will not tell
0:12:43 > 0:12:48universities what they should charge which pretty much passes the ball
0:12:48 > 0:12:53back to universities of their own back to start cutting the cost of
0:12:53 > 0:12:57university education. So far they have shown remarkably little
0:12:57 > 0:13:01inclination to do so. They all pretty much charge the top whack and
0:13:01 > 0:13:06their view is we have got more and more people applying to come to
0:13:06 > 0:13:09university including from disadvantaged backgrounds, what on
0:13:09 > 0:13:14earth are we doing wrong? The real risk for Theresa May is you have a
0:13:14 > 0:13:18review which trundles on for a year and you end up with firmly
0:13:18 > 0:13:22pro-limited reforms dependent on the universities to implement and pale
0:13:22 > 0:13:27in comparison to some of the big, bold, brushstroke offer from Jeremy
0:13:27 > 0:13:31Corbyn.Norman Smith, thank you.
0:13:31 > 0:13:33It's emerged that three of the Oxfam employees accused of sexual
0:13:33 > 0:13:35misconduct in Haiti physically threatened witnesses
0:13:35 > 0:13:37during a 2011 investigation.
0:13:37 > 0:13:43The charity has published an internal report which said more
0:13:43 > 0:13:46needed to be done to prevent problem staff working for other charities.
0:13:46 > 0:13:48But despite the warnings, several men linked to the alleged
0:13:48 > 0:13:51abuse did subsequently take up roles at other charitable organisations.
0:13:51 > 0:13:59Our correspondent James Landale reports.
0:14:03 > 0:14:07For more than half a century Oxfam has been helping those in need such
0:14:07 > 0:14:12as these victims of conflict in Nigeria in the late 1960s. But the
0:14:12 > 0:14:15hard-won reputation has been put at risk by the behaviour of some staff
0:14:15 > 0:14:22in Haiti in 2011. An internal report published today shows one was
0:14:22 > 0:14:26dismissed and redesigned using prostitutes on Oxfam premises. Two
0:14:26 > 0:14:30more were dismissed for bullying and intimidation. One of whom also
0:14:30 > 0:14:34downloaded pornography. And another man was sacked for failing to
0:14:34 > 0:14:38protect staff. What some MPs want now is for offenders like these to
0:14:38 > 0:14:43be placed on a public register.I don't think these reports should be
0:14:43 > 0:14:47secret and now that it is out in the open we can do something significant
0:14:47 > 0:14:52about it and that is what I will be asking them to do, to have a central
0:14:52 > 0:14:57register so that we lead the world and so that we know anyone we give
0:14:57 > 0:15:01money to, any charity has got the right procedures in place and that
0:15:01 > 0:15:07the children and women are absolutely safe.The report also
0:15:07 > 0:15:11says three of the men physically threatened witnesses during the
0:15:11 > 0:15:15investigation, something which shocked the Prime Minister.The
0:15:15 > 0:15:19behaviour we have now discovered was horrific, far below the standards we
0:15:19 > 0:15:23expect for the charities we work with and I understand there have
0:15:23 > 0:15:27been further revelations today which show that actually there was
0:15:27 > 0:15:31physical intimidation of witnesses. This is horrific, exactly the
0:15:31 > 0:15:34problem we see which means all too often people do not feel able to
0:15:34 > 0:15:40come forward to report what has happened to them, the behaviour they
0:15:40 > 0:15:45have been on the receiving end of. Oxfam shops have been a familiar
0:15:45 > 0:15:49sight in high street for years. The Prime Minister spokesperson said
0:15:49 > 0:15:53this morning there is still a long way to go to public trust.
0:15:53 > 0:15:56Former football coach Barry Bennell has appeared
0:15:56 > 0:15:58in court to be sentenced - after being found guilty
0:15:58 > 0:16:00of 50 counts of sexual abuse against 12 victims.
0:16:00 > 0:16:03Bennell - who coached at a number of clubs including Crewe
0:16:03 > 0:16:07and Man City had appeared via videolink from prison
0:16:07 > 0:16:09for his five-and-a-half week trial because of health problems.
0:16:09 > 0:16:17Danny Savage is in Liverpool for us.
0:16:17 > 0:16:24Just tell us what happened in court today.The judge has retired to
0:16:24 > 0:16:27consider his sentence at the moment and he will do that at quarter past
0:16:27 > 0:16:31two this afternoon. But this afternoon, between 12 and one, we
0:16:31 > 0:16:36heard from many of the victims of Barry Bennell and this case, giving
0:16:36 > 0:16:39their personal impact statements about how what had happened to them
0:16:39 > 0:16:43has affected their lives. One man repeatedly sexually assaulted by
0:16:43 > 0:16:47Bennell in the 1980s said he did not tell his parents what had happened
0:16:47 > 0:16:51until two years ago. His father replied to him that he was sorry for
0:16:51 > 0:16:56not being a good dad and the words the victim said broke his heart. He
0:16:56 > 0:17:01went on to say he turned to alcohol to blot out the trauma of what has
0:17:01 > 0:17:04happened to him. He stopped his children now going to sleepover this
0:17:04 > 0:17:09because of what had happened to him as a child. Minutes later, another
0:17:09 > 0:17:15victim walked over to where Barry Bennell was sitting and said, Barry,
0:17:15 > 0:17:20Barry, why, why? No reaction from Bennell who was moved away by a
0:17:20 > 0:17:23security clock in the court but it gives an illustration of how strong
0:17:23 > 0:17:27the feelings and emotions were in the court hearing this afternoon.
0:17:27 > 0:17:30Another man said he turned to drugs to deal with what had happened to
0:17:30 > 0:17:34him and ended up in a young offenders institution. Several
0:17:34 > 0:17:39victims said they contemplated suicide and a clear picture has
0:17:39 > 0:17:41emerged Bennell being a manipulative and controlling the man, who turned
0:17:41 > 0:17:47the dreams of young football players in nightmares over a period of time.
0:17:47 > 0:17:51And those nightmares still haunt many victims today and this will not
0:17:51 > 0:17:54give many of these men closure today. He'll still living with the
0:17:54 > 0:17:59trauma of what happened to them all those years ago. And their
0:17:59 > 0:18:03tormentors sat in the dock staring at the floor and giving no reaction.
0:18:03 > 0:18:06He will be sentenced at quarter past two this afternoon, Rita.Danny,
0:18:06 > 0:18:10thank you.
0:18:10 > 0:18:11The time is 13:18.
0:18:11 > 0:18:14Our top story this lunchtime:
0:18:14 > 0:18:17A university lecturer - thought to be one of Britain's most
0:18:17 > 0:18:19prolific paedophiles - has been jailed for 32 years,
0:18:19 > 0:18:23after admitting 137 offences.
0:18:23 > 0:18:25And still to come...
0:18:25 > 0:18:28Employers accused of living in the Dark Ages, as a new report
0:18:28 > 0:18:30finds firms failing to understand the legal rights of women
0:18:30 > 0:18:34taking maternity leave.
0:18:34 > 0:18:35Coming up in Sport:
0:18:35 > 0:18:37Former England captain Casey Stoney announces her retirement,
0:18:37 > 0:18:39and she's already lined up a new job, teaming up
0:18:39 > 0:18:46with manager Phil Neville.
0:18:53 > 0:18:56Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri was the big winner
0:18:56 > 0:19:00at the BAFTAs last night - taking awards in five categories.
0:19:00 > 0:19:03The drama - about a woman's struggle to get justice
0:19:03 > 0:19:06for her murdered daughter - was named Best Film, and its star,
0:19:06 > 0:19:10Frances McDormand, won Best Actress.
0:19:10 > 0:19:15Most of the guests attending the event wore black,
0:19:15 > 0:19:17in support of the Time's Up and #MeToo campaigns
0:19:17 > 0:19:18against sexual harassment.
0:19:18 > 0:19:22Our entertainment correspondent, Lizo Mzimba, was there.
0:19:22 > 0:19:25Black dresses on the red carpet - all part of the ongoing Time's Up
0:19:25 > 0:19:27campaign, aimed at fair treatment for women.
0:19:27 > 0:19:31It wasn't just stars.
0:19:31 > 0:19:35Two of the original Dagenham Girls - whose 1968 strike action at Ford led
0:19:35 > 0:19:42to the Equal Pay Act - were there too.
0:19:42 > 0:19:44Well, we thought it would end by now.
0:19:44 > 0:19:46We thought everybody would have got their rights but,
0:19:46 > 0:19:48unfortunately, it hasn't happened, has it?
0:19:48 > 0:19:50Somewhat appropriate, then, that the night's big winner -
0:19:50 > 0:19:52Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri - focuses on a woman,
0:19:52 > 0:19:54played by Frances McDormand, who won Best Actress,
0:19:54 > 0:19:55looking for justice.
0:19:55 > 0:19:57I have a little trouble with compliance.
0:19:57 > 0:19:58LAUGHTER
0:19:58 > 0:20:02APPLAUSE
0:20:02 > 0:20:05But I want you to know that I stand in full solidarity
0:20:05 > 0:20:07with my sisters tonight in black.
0:20:07 > 0:20:11Power to the people.
0:20:11 > 0:20:14The movie - which won a total of five BAFTAs,
0:20:14 > 0:20:16including Best Film - has struck a chord with
0:20:16 > 0:20:17audiences around the world.
0:20:17 > 0:20:19Hey there, Mildred, you didn't happen to pay
0:20:19 > 0:20:22a visit to the dentist today, did you?
0:20:22 > 0:20:23No.
0:20:23 > 0:20:26Huh?
0:20:26 > 0:20:29MUFFLED SPEECH:I said no.
0:20:29 > 0:20:31Best Actor went to Gary Oldman, who played Winston Churchill
0:20:31 > 0:20:33in World War II drama Darkest Hour.
0:20:33 > 0:20:34He thanked his female co-stars.
0:20:34 > 0:20:36I love you, Kristin.
0:20:36 > 0:20:44I love you, Lily.
0:20:44 > 0:20:46You have a singular vision and a huge heart,
0:20:46 > 0:20:47and they were never
0:20:47 > 0:20:49more on display than in this beautiful film.
0:20:49 > 0:20:51And Best Director was won by Guillermo del Toro
0:20:51 > 0:20:53for The Shape Of Water, another female-focused film,
0:20:53 > 0:20:55starring Sally Hawkins as a woman in love with
0:20:55 > 0:20:57a mysterious water creature.
0:20:57 > 0:21:01And the winner of the Rising Star Award was Britain's Daniel Kaluuya.
0:21:01 > 0:21:04He paid tribute to one particular woman.
0:21:04 > 0:21:08I'd like to thank my mum.
0:21:08 > 0:21:10Mum, you're the reason why I started, you're
0:21:10 > 0:21:13the reason why I'm here, you're the reason why I keep
0:21:13 > 0:21:15going, and this is yours.
0:21:15 > 0:21:18For the past three years, the BAFTAs and the Oscars haven't
0:21:18 > 0:21:20agreed on Best Picture, but this 2018 Oscar race
0:21:20 > 0:21:24is the most open in years.
0:21:24 > 0:21:27And with voting starting on the other side of the Atlantic
0:21:27 > 0:21:29on Tuesday, many will be saying that Three Billboards' strong
0:21:29 > 0:21:31showing tonight might, just might, give it the edge
0:21:31 > 0:21:37at the Academy Awards in March.
0:21:37 > 0:21:42Lizo Mzimba, BBC News.
0:21:42 > 0:21:45A 26-year-old woman has been arrested after an abusive
0:21:45 > 0:21:48hand-written note was left on the windscreen of an ambulance
0:21:48 > 0:21:52which was responding to an emergency call in Stoke-on-Trent.
0:21:52 > 0:21:55The note said the vehicle had no right to be parked where it was,
0:21:55 > 0:21:58with the writer making clear they couldn't care less
0:21:58 > 0:22:02if the whole street collapsed.
0:22:02 > 0:22:05The note ended by saying, "Now move your van from outside my house."
0:22:05 > 0:22:07Employers are being accused of having "antiquated" attitudes
0:22:07 > 0:22:09to recruiting women, after a survey of 1,100 bosses
0:22:09 > 0:22:14revealed that more than half believed a woman should have
0:22:14 > 0:22:16to disclose if she was pregnant during a job interview.
0:22:16 > 0:22:19The Equality and Human Rights Commission has accused firms
0:22:19 > 0:22:21of "living in the Dark Ages", and says its study shows many
0:22:21 > 0:22:23employers need more support to understand the basics
0:22:23 > 0:22:29of discrimination law.
0:22:29 > 0:22:30Richard Lister reports.
0:22:30 > 0:22:33They do see you coming, don't they?
0:22:33 > 0:22:35Sarah Rees was on maternity leave when she noticed
0:22:35 > 0:22:38her name had vanished from her employer's website.
0:22:38 > 0:22:42Her daughter, Caitlin, had just been born, but it was weeks
0:22:42 > 0:22:46before Sarah was told formally she'd been let go.
0:22:46 > 0:22:49I felt really sad and I almost felt ashamed that, you know,
0:22:49 > 0:22:54what had I done wrong?
0:22:54 > 0:22:57Because I had only gone and had a baby and, yet,
0:22:57 > 0:22:59I knew that I loved the job I was doing.
0:22:59 > 0:23:02And there was still a place for me in that organisation
0:23:02 > 0:23:06because, months later, they did employ new stuff in jobs
0:23:06 > 0:23:08because, months later, they did employ new staff in jobs
0:23:08 > 0:23:10that I could have done quite easily.
0:23:10 > 0:23:12Although having a child is a life-changing experience,
0:23:12 > 0:23:14the law says it shouldn't affect a woman's employment rights.
0:23:14 > 0:23:18But a survey of 1,100 of Britain's bosses revealed more than a third
0:23:18 > 0:23:24thought it was OK to ask a female job applicant about pregnancy plans.
0:23:24 > 0:23:26More than 40% thought pregnancy puts an "unnecessary cost
0:23:26 > 0:23:27burden" on the workplace.
0:23:27 > 0:23:29And six in ten bosses believe a woman should disclose
0:23:29 > 0:23:31whether she's pregnant during the recruitment process.
0:23:31 > 0:23:34We were shocked but, unfortunately, not surprised.
0:23:34 > 0:23:36But what we want to do is to work with employers
0:23:36 > 0:23:40to move things forward.
0:23:40 > 0:23:47And that's why we're asking employers to put a stake
0:23:47 > 0:23:50on the ground and to join our Working Forward initiative,
0:23:50 > 0:23:52to work alongside other employers and take advantage of tips,
0:23:52 > 0:23:57guidance and advice and support.
0:23:57 > 0:24:01The Confederation of British Industry has acknowledged
0:24:01 > 0:24:04there is a problem, saying today's poll "shows how far away have to go
0:24:04 > 0:24:06in some firms to change attitudes towards pregnant workers
0:24:06 > 0:24:07and new mothers.
0:24:07 > 0:24:09Businesses should not ask about prospective employees'
0:24:09 > 0:24:11family plans at interview, nor act on any assumptions
0:24:11 > 0:24:19about their career plans."
0:24:21 > 0:24:23Solicitors like this one have helped around 4,000 women bring
0:24:23 > 0:24:25unfair dismissal cases against their employers
0:24:25 > 0:24:28in the past four years.
0:24:28 > 0:24:34Around half of one settlement.
0:24:34 > 0:24:36Bina Hale won her case, but it was a gruelling process.
0:24:36 > 0:24:4354,000 women a year lose their jobs because of such discrimination.
0:24:43 > 0:24:46So there is awareness, it's just we need the government to do
0:24:46 > 0:24:47something now with those findings.
0:24:47 > 0:24:49In this day and age, this shouldn't be happening.
0:24:49 > 0:24:51Women are a valuable part of the workforce.
0:24:51 > 0:24:54Government figures show one in nine working mothers lose their jobs due
0:24:54 > 0:24:55to maternity discrimination.
0:24:55 > 0:24:57Today's poll reveals just how deeply ingrained that discrimination
0:24:57 > 0:24:59still is in workplaces across the country.
0:24:59 > 0:25:02Richard Lister, BBC News.
0:25:02 > 0:25:04Former shareholders in the collapsed construction giant Carillion
0:25:04 > 0:25:08are calling for its management to be investigated.
0:25:08 > 0:25:10Some have told MPs that the company's
0:25:10 > 0:25:12executives must have known - or should have known -
0:25:12 > 0:25:16about its cash flow problems well before it went
0:25:16 > 0:25:17into liquidation last month.
0:25:17 > 0:25:20Our business editor, Simon Jack, is here.
0:25:20 > 0:25:25Tell us more about what the shareholders have said.
0:25:25 > 0:25:30The big question is, in March 2017, Carillion filed this document is a
0:25:30 > 0:25:35its finances were fine. Three months later, an £850 million hole was
0:25:35 > 0:25:39written the company from which it never recovered. MPs want to know
0:25:39 > 0:25:44who not to rush what and when? We have had response from shareholders
0:25:44 > 0:25:48today ranging from Standard Life Aberdeen who say, we began selling
0:25:48 > 0:25:51in December 2015 and we did not think the company was taking the
0:25:51 > 0:25:55risks seriously enough. And one big shareholder has said that all clear
0:25:55 > 0:25:59grounds for an investigation into whether Management knew or should
0:25:59 > 0:26:03have known about the need for this £850 million provision. The question
0:26:03 > 0:26:07will be, the company says, it was a big surprise to us, things went very
0:26:07 > 0:26:11bad very quickly and was able bigshot. MPs want to know whether
0:26:11 > 0:26:15there is more to that. The focus will move to Thursday when the
0:26:15 > 0:26:19auditors who signed off on these accounts will face MPs and they will
0:26:19 > 0:26:22say, why did you sign these of when the company collapsed? It had a
0:26:22 > 0:26:25whole written it several months later and they want to know, what
0:26:25 > 0:26:29did they do to make sure the company's accounts were fine?
0:26:29 > 0:26:32Simon, thank you.
0:26:32 > 0:26:34An anti-doping case has been opened against a Russian medal-winning
0:26:34 > 0:26:40curler at the Winter Olympics.
0:26:40 > 0:26:42Alexander Krushelnitsky, who won bronze with his wife
0:26:42 > 0:26:45in the Mixed Doubles on Tuesday, is suspected of testing positive
0:26:45 > 0:26:45for the banned substance meldonium.
0:26:45 > 0:26:53On the ice, Team GB's women's curling team are taking
0:26:53 > 0:26:57The men's team won a victory over Denmark.
0:26:57 > 0:26:59as they seek qualification to the medal rounds.
0:26:59 > 0:27:01Our sports correspondent, Andy Swiss, has this
0:27:01 > 0:27:04report from Pyeongchang.
0:27:04 > 0:27:08The first-ever Bronze medal in Mixed Doubles curling.
0:27:08 > 0:27:09From delight to a doping controversy.
0:27:09 > 0:27:11Barely a week after celebrating a medal alongside
0:27:11 > 0:27:12his wife Anastasia, Alexander Krushelnitsky
0:27:12 > 0:27:14could now we stripped of it.
0:27:14 > 0:27:16But his is a case with far broader implications.
0:27:16 > 0:27:17Olympic athletes from Russia!
0:27:17 > 0:27:20Krushelnitsky is Russian.
0:27:20 > 0:27:23His country is banned from these Games because of, guess what?
0:27:23 > 0:27:24A huge doping scandal.
0:27:24 > 0:27:26Olympic organisers allowed him and 160 other
0:27:26 > 0:27:31Russians to compete as neutrals.
0:27:31 > 0:27:39Now, though, it is an all-too-familiar story.
0:27:40 > 0:27:43It was a very good pre-Games testing where, for example, the
0:27:43 > 0:27:45Russian athletes were tested to a significant
0:27:45 > 0:27:46level more than others.
0:27:46 > 0:27:48But when an athlete, in the broader sense,
0:27:48 > 0:27:50when an athlete is called for
0:27:50 > 0:27:51doping, of course it's extremely disappointing,
0:27:51 > 0:27:53but it does show that the system works.
0:27:53 > 0:27:57While the decision to allow Russian athletes to compete
0:27:57 > 0:28:00here, albeit as neutrals, attracted criticism for the Games, so this
0:28:00 > 0:28:04positive test raises some uncomfortable questions for the
0:28:04 > 0:28:06Olympic authorities.
0:28:06 > 0:28:13At the opening ceremony here, the Russian athletes
0:28:13 > 0:28:15had to parade under a neutral flag.
0:28:15 > 0:28:18The IOC considering lifting the ban for the closing ceremony, but after
0:28:18 > 0:28:19this latest scandal, can they really?
0:28:19 > 0:28:23It's very frustrating that the story has come back halfway through the
0:28:23 > 0:28:27Games. You don't want any positive tests in the Olympics but for it to
0:28:27 > 0:28:30be an applicant company that country were told the athletes would be
0:28:30 > 0:28:35clean, that is hard news to.Away from the controversy of the curling,
0:28:35 > 0:28:39encouraging news for Britain's men's team. Victory over Denmark boosting
0:28:39 > 0:28:44their hopes of the semifinals. On the snow, though, Amy follow's hopes
0:28:44 > 0:28:50came to a painful end. The event is called big air, but in this case,
0:28:50 > 0:28:54not quite enough. She later posted this photo. Bruised, but thankfully
0:28:54 > 0:28:59no worse. But there was redemption for this
0:28:59 > 0:29:02athlete who missed the last Games after a horrible crash but four
0:29:02 > 0:29:08years later booked her place in the Half-pipe final, a long wait, but
0:29:08 > 0:29:15finally worth it. Andy Swiss, BBC News, Pyeongchang.
0:29:15 > 0:29:22Team GB's action are Dutch women are in action in the curling in round
0:29:22 > 0:29:27nine of their game against sand. A win would greatly improve their
0:29:27 > 0:29:29chances of reaching the semifinals.
0:29:29 > 0:29:32Now, take a look at these striking images of thousands of starlings
0:29:32 > 0:29:36swooping over Blackpool beach over the weekend.
0:29:36 > 0:29:38The mass movement is known as a 'murmuration' -
0:29:38 > 0:29:41with flocks of birds swirling through the skies together,
0:29:41 > 0:29:43before settling into their roost for the night.
0:29:43 > 0:29:46The numbers swell in winter, when they are joined by migratory
0:29:46 > 0:29:53starlings from Scandinavia.
0:29:53 > 0:29:55Absolutely lovely.
0:29:55 > 0:29:56Time for a look at the weather.
0:29:56 > 0:29:58Here's Sarah Keith Lucas.
0:30:01 > 0:30:05Misty and murky today and this picture sums up the field to this
0:30:05 > 0:30:09morning's weather. A lot of low cloud and mist and a slight
0:30:09 > 0:30:12improvement this afternoon with some brightness across Western parts of
0:30:12 > 0:30:17the country. Through the rest of this week after a mild start, things
0:30:17 > 0:30:21turning colder later in the week. And also becoming mostly dry. At the
0:30:21 > 0:30:26end of the week in a moment, but back to the here and now, and two
0:30:26 > 0:30:29weather fronts affecting the country. A warm front across eastern
0:30:29 > 0:30:33part of the UK and a cold front approaching from the North West. In
0:30:33 > 0:30:38between these two, that is milder air and the yellow on the map and
0:30:38 > 0:30:44blew towards the East not far away. Some more cold air later this week.
0:30:44 > 0:30:48Rain this afternoon across parts of eastern Scotland, down eastern
0:30:48 > 0:30:53counties of England. And some rain approaching Northern Ireland. In
0:30:53 > 0:30:58between, not a bad day. Sunny spells for Cumbria down towards Cornwall.
0:30:58 > 0:31:01And it is pretty mild, 13 degrees is the high and Belfast. Into the
0:31:01 > 0:31:05evening, the rain in the North West pushes South and East. It merges
0:31:05 > 0:31:10with an area of cloud and rain in the South East. Skies clearing from
0:31:10 > 0:31:14the North West overnight. Staying cloudy with that a patchy outbreaks.
0:31:14 > 0:31:20But we start Tuesday with a frost free start, cloud and rain lingering
0:31:20 > 0:31:25in East Anglia towards Kent. But away from the selfies, not a bad
0:31:25 > 0:31:32day. More sunshine than there is today, temperatures down. Many of us
0:31:32 > 0:31:36in double figures, but cooler in the East coast on Tuesday. Eventually,
0:31:36 > 0:31:40we lose the cloud and the wet weather from Southern and eastern
0:31:40 > 0:31:44parts overnight heading into Wednesday, the winds falling quite
0:31:44 > 0:31:49light so we're clear spells, a chilly night. A frost in Scotland
0:31:49 > 0:31:52and Northern Ireland. Milder further south first thing on Wednesday, but
0:31:52 > 0:31:57likely to see some mist and fog lingering. Wednesday is largely dry,
0:31:57 > 0:32:05with mist Dan fog and low cloud in central parts of England. But
0:32:05 > 0:32:08elsewhere, brighter spells. Temperatures still not as mild as
0:32:08 > 0:32:12they are at the moment some single figures by the middle part of the
0:32:12 > 0:32:16week. Further ahead towards the end of the week, high-pressure dominates
0:32:16 > 0:32:19the weather but it sits across Scandinavia and that means we will
0:32:19 > 0:32:25draw in the winds for more of an easterly direction. So a colder
0:32:25 > 0:32:27influence on the weather towards the end of the week, and although there
0:32:27 > 0:32:32will be a lot of dry weather, temperatures beginning to nudge down
0:32:32 > 0:32:36and even a bit colder by the weekend with perhaps a chance we could see
0:32:36 > 0:32:40some snow showers as well. Thank you, Sarah.
0:32:40 > 0:32:42A reminder of our main story this lunchtime:
0:32:42 > 0:32:44A university lecturer - thought to be one of Britain's most
0:32:44 > 0:32:47prolific paedophiles - has been jailed for 32 years,
0:32:47 > 0:32:54after admitting 137 offences.
0:32:54 > 0:32:57Prosecutors have described the global nature of his crimes.All
0:32:57 > 0:33:02contacts made with people in Slovenia, Australia, victims in the
0:33:02 > 0:33:06United States. And victims all over in rent and Wales and Scotland.
0:33:06 > 0:33:09That's all from the BBC News at One, so it's goodbye from me.
0:33:09 > 0:33:22And on BBC One, we now join the BBC's news teams where you are.