0:00:13 > 0:00:16A teenager is charged with 17 counts of premeditated murder after a mass
0:00:16 > 0:00:20shooting at a school in Florida.
0:00:20 > 0:00:22Fleeing in panic as the gunshots rang out -
0:00:22 > 0:00:25inside, pupils hid under desks, and barricaded the doors.
0:00:25 > 0:00:29He went up and down the hallway, just banging and shooting into the
0:00:29 > 0:00:31classrooms.
0:00:31 > 0:00:35He shot through my door.
0:00:35 > 0:00:41Nikolas Cruz was arrested after going on the run.
0:00:41 > 0:00:43His actions led President Trump to pledge to make schools safer.
0:00:43 > 0:00:45No child, no teacher, should ever be in danger
0:00:45 > 0:00:46in an American school.
0:00:46 > 0:00:49We'll be looking at the challenge facing America, as it
0:00:49 > 0:00:51suffers its 18th school shooting this year.
0:00:51 > 0:00:56Also tonight.
0:00:56 > 0:01:00The former football coach Barry Bennell is found guilty of a further
0:01:00 > 0:01:04seven counts of sexual abuse.And brings the total of convictions to
0:01:04 > 0:01:0643.
0:01:06 > 0:01:08How can it be that no one realised something was wrong?
0:01:08 > 0:01:16How is it that no one protected us then?
0:01:18 > 0:01:21Ciro Ramaphosa duly elected president of the Republic of South
0:01:21 > 0:01:22Africa.
0:01:22 > 0:01:25A new era for South Africa, as the ANC leader Cyril Ramaphosa
0:01:25 > 0:01:27is elected as its new President.
0:01:27 > 0:01:29A rip-off - MPs are scathing about financial advisers mis-selling
0:01:29 > 0:01:32new products to members of British Steel's pension scheme.
0:01:32 > 0:01:34And the highly processed foods that are being linked
0:01:34 > 0:01:41to an increased risk of cancer.
0:01:41 > 0:01:43And coming up on Sportsday on BBC News.
0:01:43 > 0:01:46Looking for a sweet night in Sweden - the only English manager
0:01:46 > 0:01:48in European competition this season welcomes the stars of Arsenal
0:01:48 > 0:01:56in the Europa League.
0:02:12 > 0:02:15Good evening.
0:02:15 > 0:02:17A teenager has been charged with 17 counts of premeditated murder
0:02:17 > 0:02:22after a mass shooting at a high school in Florida.
0:02:22 > 0:02:25Police say the gunman - 19-year-old Nikolas Cruz -
0:02:25 > 0:02:27was a former pupil at the school who'd been expelled.
0:02:27 > 0:02:29The FBI confirmed this afternoon that it was warned about Cruz
0:02:29 > 0:02:33after he left a comment on a YouTube video last year, stating he would be
0:02:33 > 0:02:35a "professional school shooter."
0:02:35 > 0:02:37President Trump said that making schools safer
0:02:37 > 0:02:39will be his administration's top priority - and that he was
0:02:39 > 0:02:42committed to tackling the issue of mental health.
0:02:42 > 0:02:50You may find some of the images in Nada Tawfik's report distressing.
0:02:51 > 0:02:54Running for their lives, these panicked students fled as fast as
0:02:54 > 0:03:00they could. They realised quickly that they were in very real danger.
0:03:00 > 0:03:04This was not a drill that American schools have rehearsed time and
0:03:04 > 0:03:12again for these exact scenarios.I have the gunshot victim.Stoneman
0:03:12 > 0:03:18Douglas I was quickly placed on lockdown. These were the terrifying
0:03:18 > 0:03:23sounds from inside. Students huddled together, shaken, scared, and
0:03:23 > 0:03:28completely helpless. They leaned on each other for support as the horror
0:03:28 > 0:03:33unfolded in front of them. Police have identified the 19-year-old
0:03:33 > 0:03:39attacker as Nikolas Cruz. He arrived on campus heavily armed, with a
0:03:39 > 0:03:43semiautomatic rifle and several magazines of ammunition. He also
0:03:43 > 0:03:48carried a gas mask and smoke grenades. It is clear that this was
0:03:48 > 0:03:53a well-planned plot to maximise the loss of life. The shooter set off
0:03:53 > 0:03:57the fire alarm to draw children out of their classrooms. Police warned
0:03:57 > 0:04:01that the shooter was still at large even as the rescue operation was
0:04:01 > 0:04:08underway. Another jolt of terror and then relief as students realised
0:04:08 > 0:04:13SWAT teams and not the shooter had reached them first.He went up and
0:04:13 > 0:04:16down the hallway banging and shooting into the classrooms, he
0:04:16 > 0:04:21shot through my door and broke the window.As soon as the fire drill
0:04:21 > 0:04:27went to the kids got evacuated. Then all of a sudden we heard one of our
0:04:27 > 0:04:30student government teachers say run as fast as you can come and we heard
0:04:30 > 0:04:35a gunshot.17 children and teachers killed, more than a dozen injured,
0:04:35 > 0:04:39being treated in local hospitals. President Trump addressed the nation
0:04:39 > 0:04:44from the White House and said he will visit victims and local
0:04:44 > 0:04:48officials in parkland. Is that the country needed to tackle the
0:04:48 > 0:04:52difficult issue of mental health but was silent on gun control.No child,
0:04:52 > 0:04:59no teacher should ever be in danger in an American school. No parent
0:04:59 > 0:05:03should ever have to fear for their sons and their daughters when they
0:05:03 > 0:05:10kiss them goodbye in the morning. This is the moment Nikolas Cruz was
0:05:10 > 0:05:16finally arrested in a nearby town. He evaded authorities for almost one
0:05:16 > 0:05:21hour, blending in with the swarms of students fleeing the school. He has
0:05:21 > 0:05:26now been charged with 17 counts of premeditated murder and is being
0:05:26 > 0:05:29held without bail. Authorities are piecing together his possible
0:05:29 > 0:05:34motives. He was expelled from the school last year for disciplinary
0:05:34 > 0:05:39reasons and students described him as troubles. He was on the FBI's
0:05:39 > 0:05:43radar since September. He was flagged up to the agency after he
0:05:43 > 0:05:47commented on a YouTube video that he would be a "Professional schools
0:05:47 > 0:05:51should". The FBI says they investigated the thread but could
0:05:51 > 0:05:57not identify the person behind it -- professional school shooter. One of
0:05:57 > 0:06:01the safest cities in the country but it did not stop it from becoming the
0:06:01 > 0:06:0518th school shooting busier. The question that seemingly everyone in
0:06:05 > 0:06:08the nation is now asking is whether this is the new normal. Tales of
0:06:08 > 0:06:14heroism are emerging from the tragedy. One security guard and
0:06:14 > 0:06:18football coach is said to have shielded children as the gunman
0:06:18 > 0:06:23fired. He did not survive his injuries.The kids in the community
0:06:23 > 0:06:27loved him, adored him. He was one of the greatest people I knew. A
0:06:27 > 0:06:32phenomenal man.With each shooting there is the inevitable debate on
0:06:32 > 0:06:36gun ownership in America. Yet this country is more divided than ever on
0:06:36 > 0:06:41how to solve this problem.
0:06:41 > 0:06:44Well, there have been numerous warning signs ahead of this
0:06:44 > 0:06:49shooting, that is now clear. The shooter on social media, on YouTube,
0:06:49 > 0:06:54declared he would be a professional school shooter. The FBI knew of the
0:06:54 > 0:06:58threat. Here in parkland administrators warned about his
0:06:58 > 0:07:01behaviour to teachers. Students even predicted he could be capable of
0:07:01 > 0:07:05something like this. So questions are certainly being raised about
0:07:05 > 0:07:09whether opportunities were missed to prevent this tragedy. But what is
0:07:09 > 0:07:17also becoming increasingly clear is that schools will never be
0:07:21 > 0:07:23that schools will never be saved, as things stand. Here in Parkland this
0:07:23 > 0:07:25school was in lockdown and followed procedure and have security guards
0:07:25 > 0:07:27Andy and 17 lives were lost easily. Nada Tawfik, thank you.
0:07:27 > 0:07:29The former football coach Barry Bennell has been found guilty
0:07:29 > 0:07:32of seven more charges of the sexual abuse of boys in his care.
0:07:32 > 0:07:35He's now been convicted of 43 offences in all against 11 victims.
0:07:35 > 0:07:36He'll be sentenced on Monday.
0:07:36 > 0:07:41This report is by our correspondent Danny Savage.
0:07:41 > 0:07:43My name is Micky Fallon.
0:07:43 > 0:07:45I was abused by Barry Bennell as a child.
0:07:45 > 0:07:48My name is Stephen Walters, I was abused by
0:07:48 > 0:07:52Barry Bennell.
0:07:52 > 0:07:55My name is Chris Unsworth, I was abused by Barry
0:07:55 > 0:07:57Bennell as a child.
0:07:57 > 0:07:59Three of the 12 victims in this case.
0:07:59 > 0:08:02Boys, now men, damaged by controlling paedophile
0:08:02 > 0:08:06Barry Bennell.
0:08:06 > 0:08:09Now defiant and waiving their anonymity to shed light
0:08:09 > 0:08:14on their shocking childhood experiences.
0:08:14 > 0:08:17For decades we held our silence just like our abuser told us
0:08:17 > 0:08:18to.
0:08:18 > 0:08:26For decades we've lived in fear.
0:08:27 > 0:08:30Because we might be grown men stood in front of you now, but we were
0:08:30 > 0:08:31once a little child.
0:08:31 > 0:08:39We are no longer afraid of you, Barry Bennell.
0:08:42 > 0:08:44For years hundreds of us were groomed in plain view.
0:08:44 > 0:08:46The shame, the nightmares, the lot...
0:08:46 > 0:08:48No child should suffer the way we did.
0:08:48 > 0:08:50How can it be that no one realised something was wrong?
0:08:50 > 0:08:54How is it that no one protected us then?
0:08:54 > 0:09:01Their remorseless abuser, now aged 64,
0:09:01 > 0:09:06shook his head and laughed as the jury returned with the last
0:09:06 > 0:09:10guilty verdicts today.
0:09:10 > 0:09:15One of football's leading youth coaches, Barry Bennell
0:09:15 > 0:09:16worked with Manchester City and Crewe.
0:09:16 > 0:09:20For him it was cover to get close to young boys and abuse them.
0:09:20 > 0:09:22"A child molester on an industrial scale" is how he was
0:09:22 > 0:09:23described in the trial.
0:09:23 > 0:09:26Andy Woodward was also abused by Bennell.
0:09:26 > 0:09:28When he went public, other victims broke their
0:09:28 > 0:09:29silence.
0:09:29 > 0:09:32Andy, if there are any other victims out there who haven't yet
0:09:32 > 0:09:34come forward, what would be your message to them?
0:09:34 > 0:09:37If there are any other victims, which I believe there
0:09:37 > 0:09:40are, it's up to each and every one of them whether they feel that they
0:09:40 > 0:09:44are strong enough to come forward but I hope this has given them some
0:09:44 > 0:09:49more courage that justice has been served today.
0:09:49 > 0:09:52It is understood more than 80 other men have come forward to say
0:09:52 > 0:09:54Bennell abused them.
0:09:54 > 0:09:57This prolific paedophile will be sentenced next week.
0:09:57 > 0:10:04Danny Savage, BBC News, Liverpool.
0:10:04 > 0:10:06The extent of Bennell's abuse has raised questions about football's
0:10:06 > 0:10:08handling of the case, and about how far chances were
0:10:08 > 0:10:10missed to protect young footballers.
0:10:10 > 0:10:17Our sports editor Dan Roan reports.
0:10:19 > 0:10:24He was one of football's top talent spotters.
0:10:24 > 0:10:27We do a lot of talking to them, as well as showing them skills
0:10:27 > 0:10:29and explaining the game.
0:10:29 > 0:10:32There is more to it than just coming here for an hour a week.
0:10:32 > 0:10:33We give them homework.
0:10:33 > 0:10:35But Bennell was also a serial paedophile.
0:10:35 > 0:10:37Gary Cliffe was one victim, abused by his former coach
0:10:37 > 0:10:40when playing for junior teams linked to Manchester City.
0:10:40 > 0:10:45Every school holiday, Christmas time, and this is over
0:10:45 > 0:10:53a four to five-year period.
0:11:01 > 0:11:04He's ruined a lot of lives, hundreds of boys' lives.
0:11:04 > 0:11:06Manchester City say they are investigating but Cliffe
0:11:06 > 0:11:08insists some people at the club in the '80s would have known
0:11:08 > 0:11:09about Bennell's behaviour.
0:11:09 > 0:11:12They knew what he was but they allowed it to continue
0:11:12 > 0:11:13because he was producing results.
0:11:13 > 0:11:15Bennell's precise relationship with Manchester City remains unclear
0:11:15 > 0:11:18but we've obtained what is believed to be a business card
0:11:18 > 0:11:20the coach handed to young players and their parents,
0:11:20 > 0:11:21describing himself as a club representative.
0:11:21 > 0:11:25If this is what it appears to be, it may show how Bennell used City's
0:11:25 > 0:11:27name to lure some of his victims.
0:11:27 > 0:11:31Simon Cussons was a board director at Manchester City when Bennell had
0:11:31 > 0:11:35an association with the club.
0:11:35 > 0:11:43Could more have been done, do you think, to pay more attention
0:11:46 > 0:11:48to the young players and how they were being
0:11:48 > 0:11:49looked after and treated?
0:11:49 > 0:11:51With hindsight, the answer is yes, but...
0:11:51 > 0:11:54Did anybody raise it at the time or know about it?
0:11:54 > 0:11:55No.
0:11:55 > 0:11:57Simon Cussons died last year before Manchester City spoke to him
0:11:57 > 0:12:01as part of their enquiry.
0:12:01 > 0:12:05The club has now identified another alleged paedophile, now deceased,
0:12:05 > 0:12:08with whom they had potential connections and face the threat of
0:12:08 > 0:12:10legal action.
0:12:10 > 0:12:12Bennell was most closely linked with Crewe Alexandra,
0:12:12 > 0:12:15where he was youth team coach in the late '80s.
0:12:15 > 0:12:18Hamilton Smith was the managing director at the time and he says
0:12:18 > 0:12:20that, after being made aware of concerns and rumours
0:12:20 > 0:12:22about Bennell's behaviour, he raised the issue in a board
0:12:22 > 0:12:27meeting, but the coach was allowed to stay for three more years.
0:12:27 > 0:12:31The meeting that we had, the special board meeting that we had, and they
0:12:31 > 0:12:36are still saying they didn't know something was going on? I went to
0:12:36 > 0:12:41the FA to talk to them about my concerns. And ended up getting a
0:12:41 > 0:12:48Dear John letter, which said they had investigated, and found nothing
0:12:48 > 0:12:52to be answered.
0:12:52 > 0:12:57Everybody involved could have done, and should have done a lot more.
0:12:57 > 0:13:00The then manager, Dario Gradi, was one of those who Smith says
0:13:00 > 0:13:08was aware of general concerns about Bennell's behaviour.
0:13:08 > 0:13:11Now the club's director of football, he denies having had any knowledge
0:13:11 > 0:13:13of Bennell's crimes, but he was suspended
0:13:13 > 0:13:15by the FA in 2016.
0:13:15 > 0:13:17Crewe say they were unaware of Bennell's behaviour
0:13:17 > 0:13:21before his first of three previous convictions in 1994,
0:13:21 > 0:13:26But just over a year ago the full extent of the football abuse scandal
0:13:26 > 0:13:31was exposed.It is massive, it is huge. And the ripple effect through
0:13:31 > 0:13:36football, I hope people are listening.Former England
0:13:36 > 0:13:39international Paul Stewart revealed the extent of the abuse he had been
0:13:39 > 0:13:42subject to buy a different paedophile. Horrific. How long did
0:13:42 > 0:13:50it go on for.For years. Almost every day.And as more players spoke
0:13:50 > 0:13:55out the chairman of the FA launched a review into the subject.We are
0:13:55 > 0:13:59making sure we do what we can to step up to the mark.With police
0:13:59 > 0:14:06forces investigating and fund was set up for the victims, 285
0:14:06 > 0:14:10potential victims identified and 331 clubs involved. Youth football is
0:14:10 > 0:14:14now more regulated than when Barry Bennell was coaching and abusing
0:14:14 > 0:14:16that the game 's most notorious paedophile continues to want the
0:14:16 > 0:14:21sport.
0:14:28 > 0:14:31Dan Roan, BBC News, Liverpool.
0:14:31 > 0:14:33The leader of the African National Congress, Cyril Ramaphosa,
0:14:33 > 0:14:35has been sworn in as South Africa's new president.
0:14:35 > 0:14:37It follows the resignation of Jacob Zuma last night
0:14:37 > 0:14:40after pressure from his party over numerous corruption allegations.
0:14:40 > 0:14:44Our Africa Editor Fergal Keane reports.
0:14:44 > 0:14:47In the place they call the mother city of the Republic,
0:14:47 > 0:14:50exaltation at what they felt was nothing less than deliverance.
0:14:50 > 0:14:52And, inside, the words that signalled the arrival
0:14:52 > 0:14:58of a new and very different order.
0:14:58 > 0:15:01I declare the honourable Cyril Ramaphosa duly elected
0:15:01 > 0:15:05President of the Republic of South Africa.
0:15:05 > 0:15:11He knew this moment was coming, yet seemed abashed.
0:15:11 > 0:15:19In his first words as President, the tone was consciously humble.
0:15:19 > 0:15:22When one is elected in this type of position, you basically become
0:15:22 > 0:15:26a servant of the people of South Africa, and I'll seek
0:15:26 > 0:15:27to execute that task with humility, faithfulness
0:15:27 > 0:15:35and with dignity as well.
0:15:37 > 0:15:41That is what I will seek to do.
0:15:41 > 0:15:43For now, his party enemies are defeated and the country
0:15:43 > 0:15:48is broadly behind him.
0:15:48 > 0:15:51But, on the other side of Table Mountain from Parliament,
0:15:51 > 0:15:54a sense of the challenge facing the new leader.
0:15:54 > 0:15:56Here in Langa township, they welcome Ramaphosa
0:15:56 > 0:16:00but expect him to deliver houses, jobs, services.
0:16:00 > 0:16:08We are still living in sheds.
0:16:09 > 0:16:12We, our mothers and fathers lived in shacks, and we the children
0:16:12 > 0:16:15and obviously our grandchildren have to live in shacks also.
0:16:15 > 0:16:18Mr Ramaphosa, we vote for him, give him a chance and see
0:16:18 > 0:16:22if he will do things better, different than Mr J Zuma.
0:16:22 > 0:16:26After years when their party was tainted by corruption
0:16:26 > 0:16:28and losing electoral support, ANC Members of Parliament
0:16:28 > 0:16:33are daring to hope.
0:16:33 > 0:16:36There is a great deal of joy here, but also expectation.
0:16:36 > 0:16:38Cyril Ramaphosa will have to move quickly to answer people's
0:16:38 > 0:16:46needs on the economy and, above all, corruption.
0:16:46 > 0:16:54Fergal Keane, BBC News, Cape Town.
0:16:56 > 0:17:00The time is just after quarter past six.
0:17:00 > 0:17:01Our top story this evening...
0:17:01 > 0:17:03A teenager has been charged with 17 counts of premeditated murder
0:17:03 > 0:17:06after a mass shooting at a high school in Florida.
0:17:06 > 0:17:09And still to come, can Dom Parsons win Team GB's first medal
0:17:09 > 0:17:12at the winter Olympics?
0:17:12 > 0:17:13Coming up on Sportsday on BBC News...
0:17:13 > 0:17:16Back behind the wheel - less than a year after losing both
0:17:16 > 0:17:19of his legs, racing driver Billy Monger aims for the top
0:17:19 > 0:17:25in a specially modified car.
0:17:30 > 0:17:33We all know that highly processed foods should be eaten in moderation,
0:17:33 > 0:17:35but now research suggests they could be linked
0:17:35 > 0:17:38to an increased risk of cancer.
0:17:38 > 0:17:40Mass-produced bread and cakes, chicken nuggets and instant noodles
0:17:40 > 0:17:41are being classified as "ultra-processed"
0:17:41 > 0:17:48and potentially harmful.
0:17:48 > 0:17:50The study of over 100,000 people hinted that, the more
0:17:50 > 0:17:53of such foods people ate, the greater their risk of cancer.
0:17:53 > 0:17:56Our Health Correspondent James Gallagher has more.
0:17:56 > 0:17:58Pizza and fizzy drinks are ultra-processed foods,
0:17:58 > 0:18:02but so too are bread and breakfast cereals.
0:18:02 > 0:18:05They are some of the nation's favourite foods but new concerns
0:18:05 > 0:18:11have been raised by French scientists.
0:18:11 > 0:18:13They think the way these foods are produced or packaged may be
0:18:13 > 0:18:16raising the risk of cancer.
0:18:16 > 0:18:19It may come as a surprise but around half the foods we eat
0:18:19 > 0:18:20are classed as ultra-processed.
0:18:20 > 0:18:23That generally means they're made in a factory with a huge list
0:18:23 > 0:18:29of ingredients down the side of the packet.
0:18:29 > 0:18:32We know they're bad for our waistlines, but could they be bad
0:18:32 > 0:18:34for our health in other ways too?
0:18:34 > 0:18:36The French study looked at nearly 105,000 people.
0:18:36 > 0:18:38They were quite young with an average age of 43.
0:18:38 > 0:18:41The results showed a 10% increase in ultra-processed foods was linked
0:18:41 > 0:18:44to a 12% increase in the risk of cancer, and an 11% increase
0:18:44 > 0:18:52in breast cancer risk.
0:18:52 > 0:18:53But critics say the term "ultra-processed" encompasses
0:18:53 > 0:18:58so many foods it's hard to work out what's really going
0:18:58 > 0:18:59on, and while this research
0:18:59 > 0:19:01has found hints of a link with cancer,
0:19:01 > 0:19:04it's not definitive.
0:19:04 > 0:19:06So do we need to bin the bread?
0:19:06 > 0:19:09We should not be panicking.
0:19:09 > 0:19:14I think as all of us know, highly processed foods like these -
0:19:14 > 0:19:16so things like pizza, crisps and chips - are not
0:19:16 > 0:19:19things we should be making the main focus of our diet.
0:19:19 > 0:19:21This study adds to our understanding but it's not saying anything new,
0:19:21 > 0:19:24and it certainly isn't saying we need to throw these foods
0:19:24 > 0:19:25away out of our cupboards.
0:19:25 > 0:19:28Gorging on huge amounts of processed food will make us fat
0:19:28 > 0:19:30and being overweight is the biggest preventable cause of
0:19:30 > 0:19:35cancer after smoking.
0:19:35 > 0:19:37For health experts, the study is a timely reminder
0:19:37 > 0:19:39we all need to improve our diets.
0:19:39 > 0:19:43On average our diets are unhealthy in this country.
0:19:43 > 0:19:47We all, on average, need to take steps to improve our diet so, yes,
0:19:47 > 0:19:53take the results of this study seriously and make changes.
0:19:53 > 0:19:55The Saxtons from Doncaster say processed food is
0:19:55 > 0:20:01a fact of family life.
0:20:01 > 0:20:03You think, well how can you avoid buying ultra-processed
0:20:03 > 0:20:05food unless you grow everything yourself basically.
0:20:05 > 0:20:07I think evening is not as difficult as the mornings, I think,
0:20:07 > 0:20:08in terms of breakfasts.
0:20:08 > 0:20:11That's very difficult to rule out cereal and toast on a day-to-day
0:20:11 > 0:20:15basis when you're doing the school run and rushing to get out the door.
0:20:15 > 0:20:17Any dangers lurking in these foods are continuing to be investigated,
0:20:17 > 0:20:20but eating less of this and more of this is clearly
0:20:20 > 0:20:23good for your health.
0:20:23 > 0:20:28James Gallagher, BBC News.
0:20:28 > 0:20:31The former executive at the centre of claims of sexual misconduct
0:20:31 > 0:20:35by Oxfam staff in Haiti and Chad has given his version of
0:20:35 > 0:20:38events for the first time since the scandal broke.
0:20:38 > 0:20:40In an open letter, Roland Van Hauwermeiren said
0:20:40 > 0:20:42he was "not a saint", but insisted he hadn't
0:20:42 > 0:20:43paid women for sex.
0:20:43 > 0:20:51Gavin Lee is in Knokke in Belgium, where Mr Van Hauwermeiren lives.
0:20:52 > 0:20:59Gavin.As you say, it's the first time Roland Van Hauwermeiren has
0:20:59 > 0:21:03broken his silence after a week where the allegations have been
0:21:03 > 0:21:09building and building. As director for operations for Oxfam in 2011,
0:21:09 > 0:21:16and with a British different charity in 2004 in Liberia. He spoke to
0:21:16 > 0:21:20reporters on his doorstep and gave a different account, he said it was
0:21:20 > 0:21:28lies and exaggeration. He spoke about how in the last week since the
0:21:28 > 0:21:33allegations his family hadn't spoken to him. He also posted an open
0:21:33 > 0:21:37letter to the media today, he went through detail by detail how he
0:21:37 > 0:21:42didn't believe any of these allegations from Liberia onwards,
0:21:42 > 0:21:45specifically in Haiti saying he was involved in a sexual relationship
0:21:45 > 0:21:51with a Haitian woman but didn't pay for prostitution and she wasn't a
0:21:51 > 0:21:55victim of the earthquake. We are hearing that high-profile figures
0:21:55 > 0:22:00including the
0:22:00 > 0:22:06including the South African Archbishop Desmond Tutu has left the
0:22:06 > 0:22:08organisation and said he was disappointed with the allegations.
0:22:08 > 0:22:10Thank you.
0:22:10 > 0:22:13Members of British Steel's pension scheme were the victims of a "major
0:22:13 > 0:22:14mis-selling scandal".
0:22:14 > 0:22:16MPs on the Work and Pensions Committee say the scheme's members
0:22:16 > 0:22:18were targeted by "vulture" financial advisers, who encouraged them
0:22:18 > 0:22:20to transfer their savings to "unsuitable funds."
0:22:20 > 0:22:22It happened when the pension fund was hived off
0:22:22 > 0:22:25in order to keep the UK company, owned by the Indian
0:22:25 > 0:22:26firm Tata, afloat.
0:22:26 > 0:22:30Sian Lloyd reports.
0:22:30 > 0:22:31"Exploited....
0:22:31 > 0:22:34For cynical personal gain.
0:22:34 > 0:22:37Shamelessly bamboozled by dubious financial advisers."
0:22:37 > 0:22:42The words of a report today by MPs about steelworkers who devoted years
0:22:42 > 0:22:46to the industry but face changes to their pension scheme.
0:22:46 > 0:22:49Some had the option of transferring their benefits to private schemes,
0:22:49 > 0:22:55but what happened has been described as a mis-selling scandal.
0:22:55 > 0:22:57Yes, we've been let down with the trustees, we've been let
0:22:57 > 0:22:59down by Tata as a company.
0:22:59 > 0:23:02We uncovered the case of Richard Bevan who had
0:23:02 > 0:23:08transferred his savings into a private scheme.
0:23:08 > 0:23:10He believes the financial advice he was given was unsuitable
0:23:10 > 0:23:13and resulted in him losing out on £200,000.
0:23:13 > 0:23:16He welcomes the scrutiny by MPs but says it's too late for him.
0:23:16 > 0:23:19Where that leaves people like myself I really don't know.
0:23:19 > 0:23:22It may highlight the fact for other pension schemes in the future,
0:23:22 > 0:23:24and this may not happen on this scale again.
0:23:24 > 0:23:27Hopefully it doesn't, but that's little comfort to people
0:23:27 > 0:23:32like myself, you know?
0:23:32 > 0:23:34The report noted that the regulator, the Financial Conduct Authority,
0:23:34 > 0:23:37only acted two months after we highlighted Richard's case.
0:23:37 > 0:23:44It calls for the authorities to be more proactive.
0:23:44 > 0:23:47There are large numbers of people who will do other people down
0:23:47 > 0:23:50when it comes to money, and therefore what we want is robust
0:23:50 > 0:23:55regulators who don't wait to be pushed into it but actually
0:23:55 > 0:23:57are on the lookout, on the front foot, thinking,
0:23:57 > 0:24:03"these are our responsibilities".
0:24:03 > 0:24:06The Financial Conduct Authority told us that following what happened
0:24:06 > 0:24:08to steelworkers at plants like this one in Port Talbot,
0:24:08 > 0:24:13it's reviewing its rules on pension transfers.
0:24:13 > 0:24:15But some experts say that what happened here should be
0:24:15 > 0:24:21a wake-up call to the industry.
0:24:21 > 0:24:23This is not uncommon.
0:24:23 > 0:24:26We have seen BHS and Carillion are similar examples of this,
0:24:26 > 0:24:28so the individual details will vary but these situations will arise
0:24:28 > 0:24:33again so it is important the lessons are learned from this case.
0:24:33 > 0:24:35Pension freedom reforms have led to a boom in similar
0:24:35 > 0:24:40transfers over recent years.
0:24:40 > 0:24:42This report highlights that workers like Richard need more protection.
0:24:42 > 0:24:48Sian Lloyd, BBC News, Port Talbot.
0:24:48 > 0:24:52Team GB could be about to win its first medal of the 2018
0:24:52 > 0:24:54Winter Olympics after Dom Parsons put himself in contention
0:24:54 > 0:24:56in the men's skeleton competition.
0:24:56 > 0:24:58The 30-year-old is in fourth place at the halfway stage
0:24:58 > 0:25:01ahead of the final runs tomorrow.
0:25:01 > 0:25:04In the curling, Britain's men earned their second win with a tense
0:25:04 > 0:25:05victory over Japan, while the women's team
0:25:05 > 0:25:07lost their second match.
0:25:07 > 0:25:09There are flashing images in this report from Andy
0:25:09 > 0:25:13Swiss from Pyeongchang.
0:25:13 > 0:25:15Here he is for Great Britain.
0:25:15 > 0:25:20Run two, Dom Parsons.
0:25:20 > 0:25:22He arrived an outsider, he's now a contender.
0:25:22 > 0:25:25Dom Parsons is ranked just 12th in the world,
0:25:25 > 0:25:27but wearing Team GB's much discussed new skin suit, he was
0:25:27 > 0:25:28out to prove his pace.
0:25:28 > 0:25:36Well, Dom Parsons is flying around this track.
0:25:41 > 0:25:43He did look so impressive in his training runs here,
0:25:43 > 0:25:47but can he back it up with a big performance when it really matters?
0:25:47 > 0:25:48The answer was encouraging.
0:25:48 > 0:25:49Dom Parsons goes to the front!
0:25:49 > 0:25:50Come on, Dom!
0:25:50 > 0:25:53He ended up fourth at the halfway stage, just three hundredths
0:25:53 > 0:25:55of a second off the medal places.
0:25:55 > 0:25:56Tomorrow could be special.
0:25:56 > 0:25:57The medal chase for Britain is on here!
0:25:57 > 0:25:59I hope I can sleep tonight.
0:25:59 > 0:26:02Yes, it's like the last four years obviously I've just been aiming
0:26:02 > 0:26:05for this one moment so I'm going to make the most of it.
0:26:05 > 0:26:08From the ice to the snow, it was a day for speed.
0:26:08 > 0:26:10Norway's Aksel Lund Svindal making history in the men's downhill.
0:26:10 > 0:26:15At 35, the oldest ever champion.
0:26:15 > 0:26:17Oh, she's down!
0:26:17 > 0:26:19In the women's giant slalom meanwhile, the photographers got
0:26:19 > 0:26:21an unexpected close-up.
0:26:21 > 0:26:26Both they and Switzerland's Lara Gut thankfully unscathed.
0:26:26 > 0:26:29By the end they had a new focus, America's Mikaela Shiffrin the first
0:26:29 > 0:26:34of potentially several golds here.
0:26:34 > 0:26:36But for sheer thrills and spills, today's medal
0:26:36 > 0:26:39goes to snowboard cross.
0:26:39 > 0:26:40In particular France's Pierre Vaultier, who crashed
0:26:40 > 0:26:42in his semifinal, got up, scraped through, and then
0:26:42 > 0:26:47only went and won it.
0:26:47 > 0:26:51Rarely has persistence paid off quite so perfectly.
0:26:51 > 0:26:55Andy Swiss, BBC News, Pyeongchang.
0:26:55 > 0:26:57Time for a look at the weather.
0:26:57 > 0:27:00Here's Stav Danaos.
0:27:02 > 0:27:11Good evening. It's been quite a mixture of weather today.
0:27:11 > 0:27:13mixture of weather today. In the north and particularly in Scotland
0:27:13 > 0:27:18we have seen heavy snow showers. They are going to continue on and
0:27:18 > 0:27:23off through the overnight period, some for Northern Ireland and maybe
0:27:23 > 0:27:29the odd one further south for Northern England. A nice -- risk of
0:27:29 > 0:27:34ice where we have had those showers and a cold night with frost to
0:27:34 > 0:27:39contend with for Friday morning. That said, Friday is not looking too
0:27:39 > 0:27:44bad. A lot of dry weather around and further showers for the north west
0:27:44 > 0:27:49of Scotland. More of a breeze here as well. Temperature wise not to bad
0:27:49 > 0:27:54across the south, 8-10d and a cool feel across Scotland and Northern
0:27:54 > 0:28:02Ireland. On Saturday it looks like a milder day. More cloud across
0:28:02 > 0:28:05western areas thanks to a west south-westerly breeze. A few showers
0:28:05 > 0:28:11dotted around. A better chance of staying dry the further east you are
0:28:11 > 0:28:17with temperatures 8-11d. Even milder across Scotland too. This feature
0:28:17 > 0:28:21running in on Sunday looks like it will thicken the cloud, certainly
0:28:21 > 0:28:25across western parts of the country. We could see drizzle and low cloud
0:28:25 > 0:28:32at times. Across the south-east it will be a largely dried picture.
0:28:32 > 0:28:36Even some gaps appearing to the east of the Pennines and north-east of
0:28:36 > 0:28:42Scotland too. Despite the cloud, temperatures nine - 11 degrees.
0:28:42 > 0:28:45There are signs of things turning much colder by the end of the week.
0:28:45 > 0:29:02That's all from the BBC News at Six so it's goodbye from me