0:00:06 > 0:00:12A former Oxfam aid worker tells the BBC she was physically
0:00:12 > 0:00:15abused and sexually assaulted by colleagues.
0:00:15 > 0:00:23She alleges one of the attacks took place in Haiti,
0:00:28 > 0:00:31during the earthquake relief effort, in 2010.
0:00:31 > 0:00:33He literally just pinned me up against the wall,
0:00:33 > 0:00:36he was groping me, grabbing me, kissing me, and I was just
0:00:36 > 0:00:37trying to shove him off.
0:00:37 > 0:00:39The revelations come on the day the global head of Oxfam
0:00:39 > 0:00:40apologised for the crisis.
0:00:40 > 0:00:46I'm inviting anyone who's been a victim of abuse to come forward,
0:00:46 > 0:00:51we're going to do justice, we'll atone for the past.
0:00:51 > 0:00:54But she admitted there's no guarantee sexual predators aren't
0:00:54 > 0:00:55still working for the charity.
0:00:55 > 0:00:56Also on the programme.
0:00:56 > 0:01:01This is impossible, my girl, my 14-year-old baby.
0:01:01 > 0:01:03The anguish of parents, calling for tougher gun
0:01:03 > 0:01:09controls, after America's latest mass shooting.
0:01:09 > 0:01:12Now, just a quarter of under-35s can afford their own homes,
0:01:12 > 0:01:14the lowest level in two decades.
0:01:14 > 0:01:17Saving Borneo's orangutans from extinction.
0:01:17 > 0:01:22Chester Zoo joins the fight to help the primate.
0:01:22 > 0:01:25And Team GB wins its first medal at the Winter Olympics, bronze,
0:01:25 > 0:01:32in the men's skeleton.
0:01:32 > 0:01:35And coming up on Sportsday later in the hour on BBC News,
0:01:35 > 0:01:38a second spell in charge of Scotland for Alex Macleish ...he says
0:01:38 > 0:01:46wait to get started.
0:01:57 > 0:02:00Good evening and welcome to the BBC News at Six.
0:02:00 > 0:02:04A woman employed by Oxfam as a junior aid worker,
0:02:04 > 0:02:08during the relief effort in Haiti after the 2010 earthquake,
0:02:08 > 0:02:11has told the BBC she was physically abused and sexually assaulted
0:02:11 > 0:02:15by a more senior male colleague.
0:02:15 > 0:02:17She also claims she was the victim of another sexual assault
0:02:17 > 0:02:21by an Oxfam worker, at a party in South Sudan in the same year.
0:02:21 > 0:02:23It comes as the Head of Oxfam International
0:02:23 > 0:02:27announced a plan to deal with allegations of abuse.
0:02:27 > 0:02:29Winnie Byanyima says the charity has been shamed.
0:02:29 > 0:02:31Our Diplomatic Correspondent James Landale has the full story.
0:02:31 > 0:02:37His report contains some distressing details.
0:02:37 > 0:02:44Haiti in 2010. And the chaotic aftermath of an earthquake. A
0:02:44 > 0:02:49country heaving with humanitarian workers. Some of them there to help
0:02:49 > 0:02:55like this young woman working for Oxon for the first time.I studied
0:02:55 > 0:02:58Oxfam in University in England and learned about them, they are the
0:02:58 > 0:03:03lead in the world, after Unicef, a lot of humanitarian response. I
0:03:03 > 0:03:10always dream of working for them. But her dream turned sour as a more
0:03:10 > 0:03:13senior colleague became over - friendly and then not so friendly.
0:03:13 > 0:03:18You will understand why we have protected her identity.He literally
0:03:18 > 0:03:22pinned me against the wall, he was groping me and grabbing me, kissing
0:03:22 > 0:03:28me and I was just trying to shove him off. I got him off eventually
0:03:28 > 0:03:32anti-got mad and through his glass at me and it shattered on the floor,
0:03:32 > 0:03:37and later on we got in the car to go home and he got in next to me and I
0:03:37 > 0:03:41was scared so I got out and I went to sit on the back. I didn't fall
0:03:41 > 0:03:45out of my seat, he threw me out of my seat and then pinned me to the
0:03:45 > 0:03:50ground. One of my colleagues, a woman, also my room mate, reached
0:03:50 > 0:03:54back and tried to grab me and pick me out. I was hitting him, kicking
0:03:54 > 0:03:59him. She helped me and I got back into the middle seat and I jumped
0:03:59 > 0:04:02into the front seat, on the passenger side. As soon as we got
0:04:02 > 0:04:08home I ran out of the car and went up to my room, I didn't want to say
0:04:08 > 0:04:12anything.And then in South Sudan she was assaulted by another Oxfam
0:04:12 > 0:04:16colleague after a New Year party.I went to my room and I was starting
0:04:16 > 0:04:20to undress and go to sleep and he just walked in, shoved me on the
0:04:20 > 0:04:25bed, he tried to rip, he did rip some of my clothes off, he got
0:04:25 > 0:04:30naked, forced and soft... I was shoving him, kicking him and
0:04:30 > 0:04:33screaming for anyone. I know that the man next door heard because in
0:04:33 > 0:04:37next morning he even said something like, hey are you all right after
0:04:37 > 0:04:41what happened last might. Nobody came to help and I just pushed him
0:04:41 > 0:04:46and kicked him and kicked him, and eventually he got up and walked
0:04:46 > 0:04:49outside for a bit and I ran to the door and shouted. And I stood at the
0:04:49 > 0:04:54door with all my might, keeping it pushed shut as it was pushing from
0:04:54 > 0:05:00the other end. It felt like, for so, so long. I was exhausted. I don't
0:05:00 > 0:05:04know, I was just crying. I didn't know what to do. I was screaming for
0:05:04 > 0:05:11help. I thought someone would come help me. But nobody came.Today
0:05:11 > 0:05:15Oxfam announced they had said at the new commission to investigate cases
0:05:15 > 0:05:19like these. There will also be tough and Ajax on staff references and
0:05:19 > 0:05:25three times more money spent on internal safeguarding procedures.
0:05:25 > 0:05:29But can you guarantee that there are no sexual predators working for Oxon
0:05:29 > 0:05:40today? -- for Oxfam?We have cases that we are investigating today, and
0:05:40 > 0:05:45I am determined that we deliver justice in those cases. Thousands
0:05:45 > 0:05:49and thousands of Oxfam staff, doing the right thing in the most
0:05:49 > 0:05:54dangerous places in the world. Protecting people, saving lives,
0:05:54 > 0:06:00that work must go on.You cannot give that guarantee that there are
0:06:00 > 0:06:05no sexual predators working for your organisation?How would I be able to
0:06:05 > 0:06:09guarantee that there is no one who is going to offend? What I can
0:06:09 > 0:06:13guarantee is that we will build a new culture that doesn't tolerate
0:06:13 > 0:06:20bad behaviour.What went on in Haiti has cost Oxfam donations and public
0:06:20 > 0:06:26trust. So it is promising justice and changing its rules. But its
0:06:26 > 0:06:29future depends on changing a culture that seems to tolerate sexual
0:06:29 > 0:06:33misconduct.
0:06:33 > 0:06:38James Comey you have breaking news in the last few minutes.In the last
0:06:38 > 0:06:42few minutes the Department for International Development has is it
0:06:42 > 0:06:46a statement, announcing that Oxfam has agreed to withdraw from making
0:06:46 > 0:06:51any further applications for government funding until the
0:06:51 > 0:06:55government is satisfied that Oxfam meets what the government calls the
0:06:55 > 0:06:58highest standards that it requires of its partners. That means from now
0:06:58 > 0:07:03on, although Oxfam will continue receiving previously agreed
0:07:03 > 0:07:09government funding, it's in the region of £30 million each year, it
0:07:09 > 0:07:15will not bid for any future projects until the government is satisfied
0:07:15 > 0:07:19that it has put its house in order. James, thank you.
0:07:19 > 0:07:21More funerals are taking place in Parkland in Florida,
0:07:21 > 0:07:24for the victims of Wednesday's mass high school shooting,
0:07:24 > 0:07:26when 17 people died.
0:07:26 > 0:07:29Last night thousands attended a candlelit vigil,
0:07:29 > 0:07:31with many in the crowd calling for tougher gun controls.
0:07:31 > 0:07:34President Trump is heading to Florida today, and is expected
0:07:34 > 0:07:35to visit the scene.
0:07:35 > 0:07:37Our North America Correspondent Aleem Maqbool has
0:07:37 > 0:07:41sent us this report.
0:07:41 > 0:07:46They are coming to mourn a girl shot dead inside her school. One of the
0:07:46 > 0:07:5217 victims of America's latest mass shooting. Alyssa had been passionate
0:07:52 > 0:07:58about playing football and had been a popular and talented people.
0:07:58 > 0:08:01Earlier, thousands had gathered to remember all of those who died, in
0:08:01 > 0:08:06many cases friends that only a few days ago they had shared classrooms
0:08:06 > 0:08:11with. They included 14-year-old Jaime Guttenberg, all family members
0:08:11 > 0:08:14say stood up for those who were bullied. Her father spoke at the
0:08:14 > 0:08:22vigil.I sent her to school yesterday. She was supposed to be
0:08:22 > 0:08:29safe.Among the others who died, Meadow Pollock, who was going to
0:08:29 > 0:08:33university next year, Joachim Oliver a basketball player who loved
0:08:33 > 0:08:38writing poetry. Nicholas, a promising swimmer and academic, and
0:08:38 > 0:08:4214-year-old Cara, who her family says was a great student who loved
0:08:42 > 0:08:47being at the beach. All lives cut short by a former student at their
0:08:47 > 0:08:53own school who had returned with a gun. This is where Nikolas Cruz
0:08:53 > 0:08:57bought his weapon. All he had to do was produce his driving licence,
0:08:57 > 0:09:01give the most basic of personal details and then answer a question
0:09:01 > 0:09:06to say that he was not mentally ill. He was 18 at the time, too young to
0:09:06 > 0:09:11buy alcohol here but old enough to walk out of this job within the 15
0:09:11 > 0:09:17rifle. Young survivors are insisting on better gun control but feel many
0:09:17 > 0:09:21adults are letting them down.The fact that I have to say this is
0:09:21 > 0:09:25horrifying but I feel the need to because this is the blood of
0:09:25 > 0:09:29children that is on the floor of the school now. These are 17 children
0:09:29 > 0:09:34that are dead. Those children are the future, the feature of this
0:09:34 > 0:09:38country. And what are we telling our children and showing the feature of
0:09:38 > 0:09:41our country when they have to come to school and worry about being
0:09:41 > 0:09:47shot?Politicians again promised change. You call this a talking
0:09:47 > 0:09:51point, why would this be any different to all the atrocities that
0:09:51 > 0:09:56have gone before, what makes you feel this is different?I have never
0:09:56 > 0:09:59seen students speak out as boldly as they have. Maybe this is the turning
0:09:59 > 0:10:05point.Close to the school students demonstrated to demand a solution to
0:10:05 > 0:10:10stop this type of tragedy happening again. In truth America remains a
0:10:10 > 0:10:17long way off finding a way to end its problems with guns. There's been
0:10:17 > 0:10:21a big development in this story in the last half-hour. A statement from
0:10:21 > 0:10:26the FBI. It says that someone close to the gunman, Nikolas Cruz, did
0:10:26 > 0:10:30contact the agency at the beginning of January, talking about his
0:10:30 > 0:10:33erratic behaviour, his gun ownership, his desire to kill people
0:10:33 > 0:10:37and even the possibility that he was going to carry at a school shooting.
0:10:37 > 0:10:42And the FBI admits it did not follow up on that tip-off in the way it
0:10:42 > 0:10:45should have done and that is something it is now deeply regrets.
0:10:45 > 0:10:49No apology from the FBI is going to be enough for those parents and all
0:10:49 > 0:10:55of those who have been touched by this appalling tragedy. Aleem
0:10:55 > 0:11:02Maqbool, live in Florida, thank you. German Chancellor Angela Merkel has
0:11:02 > 0:11:06insisted she is not frustrated by the lack of detail from the UK about
0:11:06 > 0:11:10its post-Brexit plans despite its office warning this week that time
0:11:10 > 0:11:14was running out the negotiations. Yet speaking alongside Theresa May
0:11:14 > 0:11:18after meeting in Berlin Angela Merkel did say she was curious about
0:11:18 > 0:11:22how Britain pictured its future relationship with the EU. The Prime
0:11:22 > 0:11:25Minister repeated her desire to maintain the closest possible
0:11:25 > 0:11:29economic ties with Germany and the EU. Vicki Young is in Berlin this
0:11:29 > 0:11:35evening.
0:11:35 > 0:11:39With her cabinet is divided Theresa May has been under pressure from
0:11:39 > 0:11:43Brussels and Berlin to put more flesh on the bones, to lay out
0:11:43 > 0:11:45exactly how she sees Britain's future relationship with the
0:11:45 > 0:11:50European Union. Tamara Mrs Mabel had to Europe where she will make an
0:11:50 > 0:11:54important speech on security. -- tomorrow Mrs they will head to
0:11:54 > 0:11:58Europe. She was a Brexit should not be a reason to hold back on
0:11:58 > 0:12:01co-operation. She wanted to come here and emphasise the shared by
0:12:01 > 0:12:04liberty in the UK and Germany particularly when it came to their
0:12:04 > 0:12:06trading relationship.
0:12:06 > 0:12:07But it isn't just a one-way street.
0:12:07 > 0:12:09I think that's what's important.
0:12:09 > 0:12:13Actually I want a future economic partnership that is good for the
0:12:13 > 0:12:15European Union, is good for Germany, is good
0:12:15 > 0:12:18for the other remaining members of the European
0:12:18 > 0:12:21Union and is good for the United Kingdom, and I believe
0:12:21 > 0:12:22that through negotiations we can achieve just
0:12:22 > 0:12:28that economic relationship.
0:12:28 > 0:12:32Angela Merkel may have been weakened by recent election results, she has
0:12:32 > 0:12:36spent the last few man's stitching together a coalition government but
0:12:36 > 0:12:41she is still a very influential figure within the EU and no one
0:12:41 > 0:12:44thinks that much will happen with Brexit negotiations that she does
0:12:44 > 0:12:49not agree with. Today she was asked if she was frustrated by Britain not
0:12:49 > 0:12:53set out in of detail. She said she was not frustrated, just curious
0:12:53 > 0:12:57about how it would work. Downing Street will be pleased that the tone
0:12:57 > 0:13:04that pretty warm.
0:13:04 > 0:13:07TRANSLATION:In the end the outcome needs to be a fair balance.
0:13:07 > 0:13:09That deviates from the single market and
0:13:09 > 0:13:11not as close a partnership as we've had.
0:13:11 > 0:13:12But I think one can find that.
0:13:12 > 0:13:15And we, as 27, will be very carefully vetting that process.
0:13:15 > 0:13:18And see to it that it is as close as possible
0:13:18 > 0:13:19but that it's different to
0:13:19 > 0:13:20what Britain currently has as a member.
0:13:20 > 0:13:26Which is what they want.
0:13:26 > 0:13:31So sounding positive, warm words although they don't hide the fact
0:13:31 > 0:13:34that there are some difficult negotiations to come if they are to
0:13:34 > 0:13:40try to find a way through a lot of unresolved issues. Vicki Young, our
0:13:40 > 0:13:42chief political correspondent in Berlin, thank you.
0:13:42 > 0:13:45New figures show a dramatic reduction in the number of young
0:13:45 > 0:13:48people buying their own homes across the UK, in the last 20 years.
0:13:48 > 0:13:50The Institute for Fiscal Studies found that only a quarter
0:13:50 > 0:13:53of those aged 25 to 34, and earning average incomes,
0:13:53 > 0:13:55were able to buy a property, compared with two-thirds
0:13:55 > 0:13:56in the 1990s.
0:13:56 > 0:13:59Simon Gompertz has the details.
0:13:59 > 0:14:05I've been living here a couple of years now.
0:14:05 > 0:14:07Aged 30, keen to buy, but shut out of the market.
0:14:07 > 0:14:15So this is my room.
0:14:15 > 0:14:18Tom Bourlet says renting here in Brighton is money down the drain.
0:14:18 > 0:14:20But the house prices are beyond him.
0:14:20 > 0:14:22It's mission impossible at the moment, there's not a chance
0:14:22 > 0:14:24of being able to get the deposit.
0:14:24 > 0:14:26It's such a cost and with utility bills, with the cost
0:14:26 > 0:14:33of trains going to London, with my rent prices,
0:14:33 > 0:14:36it's just unachievable.
0:14:36 > 0:14:37And my friends, they are all around
0:14:37 > 0:14:41the same age, and none of us are on the property ladder yet.
0:14:41 > 0:14:46The Institute for Fiscal Studies looked at young people like Tom,
0:14:46 > 0:14:53aged 25-34, on middle incomes of around £22 to £30,000 a year
0:14:53 > 0:14:56fratricide after tax although most of them were couples with children,
0:14:56 > 0:14:59over two decades the number of young owners has dropped across Britain
0:14:59 > 0:15:07from 54 to 44% in the north-east and Cumbria, the smallest move,
0:15:09 > 0:15:12from 66% in east Midlands, in London from 47 to just 20%.
0:15:12 > 0:15:14There's been a collapse in the home ownership rates of young adults
0:15:14 > 0:15:17across the country and it has been concentrated on middle
0:15:17 > 0:15:18income families.
0:15:18 > 0:15:21If this continues into their later life, they're going to be paying
0:15:21 > 0:15:23rent for far longer, potentially into their retirement,
0:15:23 > 0:15:25and mean, they have less real resources for other spending
0:15:25 > 0:15:27when they are in old age.
0:15:27 > 0:15:29The huge increase in house prices is the reason why it's
0:15:29 > 0:15:32become so difficult.
0:15:32 > 0:15:3520 years ago, a young family would need four times
0:15:35 > 0:15:36their income in order to buy.
0:15:36 > 0:15:39Now it's more like eight times, so for increasing numbers,
0:15:39 > 0:15:44buying a home is just a nonstarter.
0:15:44 > 0:15:46The government's help to buy scheme is helping people afford more,
0:15:46 > 0:15:47particularly new homes.
0:15:47 > 0:15:50And first time buyers have had their stamp duty cut.
0:15:50 > 0:15:53But the problem is also one of supply.
0:15:53 > 0:15:55Councils complained that developers are sitting on planning permissions
0:15:55 > 0:15:57for more than 400,000 homes which have not been built,
0:15:57 > 0:16:05and that's aggravating the shortage.
0:16:15 > 0:16:17It's really hard to see how we can make this better
0:16:17 > 0:16:20when we are still seeing huge demand for housing, and that housing
0:16:20 > 0:16:23demand is not being met with the right number of houses.
0:16:23 > 0:16:26So I think that it's all coming down to the individual now.
0:16:26 > 0:16:28They are having to make their choices, they are having
0:16:28 > 0:16:31to decide for themselves, do I want to rent and have
0:16:31 > 0:16:34the flexibility but pay more for Ed or till I want to make a lot
0:16:34 > 0:16:37of difficult decisions and get on the housing ladder sooner?
0:16:37 > 0:16:45My mother always says she got on the property ladder at 25,
0:16:53 > 0:16:5526, and she says tells me her deposit price and how
0:16:55 > 0:16:56cheap the deposit was.
0:16:56 > 0:16:59Tom is aggrieved that is missing out, part of a generation
0:16:59 > 0:17:02in which most people like it or not stuck with renting.
0:17:02 > 0:17:05Simon Gompertz, BBC News, Brighton.
0:17:08 > 0:17:09The time is 6:16.
0:17:09 > 0:17:10Our top story this evening:
0:17:10 > 0:17:13A former Oxfam aid worker has told the BBC she was sexually
0:17:13 > 0:17:14assaulted by colleagues.
0:17:14 > 0:17:17And still to come - in the wake of football's crisis,
0:17:17 > 0:17:19how grassroots clubs are keeping young players safe.
0:17:19 > 0:17:22Coming up on Sportsday in the next 15 minutes on BBC News: More medals
0:17:22 > 0:17:24could be on the way for team GB in Pyeongchang.
0:17:24 > 0:17:32Lizzy Yarnold and Laura Deas are very well placed in the Skeleton.
0:17:32 > 0:17:34Now, orangutans are one of the world's most endangered
0:17:34 > 0:17:38species, under threat from deforestation and hunting.
0:17:38 > 0:17:40Now a study has revealed that on the island of Borneo,
0:17:40 > 0:17:43which is one of their last natural habitats, there could be just 70,000
0:17:43 > 0:17:46of the primates left, and that's a fall of around 50%
0:17:46 > 0:17:47in less than 20 years.
0:17:47 > 0:17:49Well, an international team, including researchers
0:17:49 > 0:17:51from Chester Zoo, is working on new projects to help
0:17:51 > 0:17:52save the apes from extinction.
0:17:52 > 0:17:55Our science correspondent Victoria Gill has the story.
0:17:55 > 0:17:58Hanging onto survival.
0:17:58 > 0:18:00Zoo programmes like this preserve small populations
0:18:00 > 0:18:06of Bornean orangutans.
0:18:06 > 0:18:09But in the wild, they are being pushed rapidly towards extinction.
0:18:09 > 0:18:12Their rainforest home continues to be cleared
0:18:12 > 0:18:16for agriculture and mining, but a 16-year-long study has now
0:18:16 > 0:18:18revealed that Borneo's orangutans are disappearing from areas
0:18:18 > 0:18:20where the forest is untouched.
0:18:20 > 0:18:25They are being targeted by hunters.
0:18:25 > 0:18:28Even in the areas where we think they're safe, we are losing them.
0:18:28 > 0:18:32And in some of the large populations where we have measured this loss,
0:18:32 > 0:18:36it's 50% over 16 years.
0:18:36 > 0:18:38It is an astonishing decline at the population level.
0:18:38 > 0:18:44Even without animals being deliberately killed,
0:18:44 > 0:18:45scientists estimate that deforestation alone could wipe out
0:18:45 > 0:18:52another 45,000 orangutans here in the next three decades.
0:18:52 > 0:18:54But this bridge-building project is a much-needed sign of hope.
0:18:54 > 0:18:57Where the forest is fragmented by agricultural drainage ditches,
0:18:57 > 0:18:59a team from Chester Zoo and the Malaysian charity Hutan
0:18:59 > 0:19:04is physically reconnecting it with tough polyester straps.
0:19:04 > 0:19:07This remarkable footage captured by a tourist is the project's
0:19:07 > 0:19:14first sign of success.
0:19:14 > 0:19:17When these animals use their arms, they move around, they move that
0:19:17 > 0:19:19height, they swing in the forest canopy and that's what they
0:19:19 > 0:19:24rely on in the wild.
0:19:24 > 0:19:27The zoo has learned from that to build bridges that
0:19:27 > 0:19:34will reconnect that habitat, just like the ones
0:19:34 > 0:19:35in the zoo enclosure.
0:19:35 > 0:19:38To actually see them using them and moving more freely
0:19:38 > 0:19:39across this habitat, that is so fragmented,
0:19:39 > 0:19:43is a really positive sign.
0:19:43 > 0:19:51This is very much a short-term solution.
0:19:51 > 0:19:59The long-term solution is to reforest the area.
0:20:01 > 0:20:05Palm oil grown here makes its way into a huge variety of our food
0:20:05 > 0:20:07and other products, so conservationists are urging us
0:20:07 > 0:20:08consumers to check it's sourced sustainably.
0:20:08 > 0:20:10Our choices, scientists say, could decide whether there
0:20:10 > 0:20:12is a future for these critically endangered apes.
0:20:12 > 0:20:13Victoria Gill, BBC News.
0:20:13 > 0:20:18Some news coming in from Washington in the last few minutes. Robert
0:20:18 > 0:20:20Mueller has announced charges against 13 individuals and three
0:20:20 > 0:20:26companies. Lets talk to our North America editor Jon Sopel. Jon, what
0:20:26 > 0:20:32more do we know?Is the 37 page indictment against these people. The
0:20:32 > 0:20:35Mueller investigation has been going on for some time about Russian
0:20:35 > 0:20:39interference and this is a dramatic move to suddenly bring charges
0:20:39 > 0:20:42against these 13 named individuals, and in one of the indictment it
0:20:42 > 0:20:47speaks about early to mid-2016, operations including supporting the
0:20:47 > 0:20:51presidential campaign of their candidate, Donald J Trump, and
0:20:51 > 0:20:55disparaging Hillary Clinton. It also goes on and says they want to sow
0:20:55 > 0:21:01discord and post derogatory information in the election. So the
0:21:01 > 0:21:04Mueller investigation has now cranked up a gear with the charge
0:21:04 > 0:21:10that these -- information that these are being brought against 13
0:21:10 > 0:21:13individuals and these organisations, as you say. Donald Trump has
0:21:13 > 0:21:17insisted there has been no collusion, but in this document it
0:21:17 > 0:21:19shows there certainly was interference. That is explosive. If
0:21:19 > 0:21:26the charge of collusion is made, that is nuclear.Thank you for that,
0:21:26 > 0:21:37Jon Sopel, live from Washington.
0:21:41 > 0:21:43The Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola has expressed his
0:21:43 > 0:21:46sympathy for the victims of Barry Bennell, the former club
0:21:46 > 0:21:48scout convicted of more than 40 counts of child abuse yesterday.
0:21:48 > 0:21:50When victims began coming forward two years ago,
0:21:50 > 0:21:52the Football Association brought in changes to its safeguarding
0:21:52 > 0:21:53procedures at grassroots level.
0:21:53 > 0:21:56So should the parents of young players starting out now
0:21:56 > 0:21:57in the game be reassured?
0:21:57 > 0:21:58Here's our sports correspondent Natalie Pirks.
0:21:58 > 0:21:59Good feet, Daniel.
0:21:59 > 0:22:03My football dream is to play in a cup final with Lionel Messi.
0:22:03 > 0:22:04My footballing idol is Cristiano Ronaldo.
0:22:04 > 0:22:06My ultimate dream is to play for Chelsea...
0:22:06 > 0:22:07Dreams.
0:22:07 > 0:22:08It's what sport is all about.
0:22:08 > 0:22:09Can you drop in?
0:22:09 > 0:22:13Then we'll look to try and play live - ready?
0:22:13 > 0:22:15Coaches in charge of shaping these youngsters believe football's duty
0:22:15 > 0:22:18of care is of the utmost importance.
0:22:18 > 0:22:25It's making sure that the children develop to the highest
0:22:25 > 0:22:27and full potential, and the way
0:22:27 > 0:22:29they are going to do that is if they feel valued
0:22:29 > 0:22:31and safe, and they feel appreciated.
0:22:31 > 0:22:33Whilst it was the revelations of former professional footballers
0:22:33 > 0:22:38which forced the subject of abuse into the spotlight, it's in amateur
0:22:38 > 0:22:40it's in amateur settings where the majority of
0:22:40 > 0:22:41survivors were abused.
0:22:41 > 0:22:44The scandal has forced the FA to, in their own words, take
0:22:44 > 0:22:46a look in the mirror.
0:22:46 > 0:22:49Football clubs already had safeguarding procedures
0:22:49 > 0:22:51like designated safety officers, but in the wake of Andy Woodward's
0:22:51 > 0:22:56interview in 2016 the FA implemented six further changes,
0:22:56 > 0:23:04including offering counselling to anyone affected by abuse,
0:23:05 > 0:23:07monitoring all 7903 youth football clubs in England to ensure they're
0:23:07 > 0:23:09compliant with safeguarding rules, and an independent review,
0:23:09 > 0:23:12to look at the FA's role in safeguarding and child
0:23:12 > 0:23:16protection up to 2005.
0:23:16 > 0:23:18Football and other sports have put huge amounts of effort
0:23:18 > 0:23:20in to try and improve their safeguarding environments.
0:23:20 > 0:23:23What happened in the last year has been a wake-up call for everybody.
0:23:23 > 0:23:29But for some the changes still don't go far enough.
0:23:29 > 0:23:32So I think a predatory adult would definitely go to the easiest
0:23:32 > 0:23:40setting where they can gain access to children.
0:23:44 > 0:23:47Ian Ackley was the first footballer to give evidence
0:23:47 > 0:23:48about Barry Bennell's crimes in England.
0:23:48 > 0:23:51The former youth player says he was raped by the serial
0:23:51 > 0:23:54paedophile more than 100 times, from the age of 11 to 13.
0:23:54 > 0:23:55And he was the original whistle-blower in a
0:23:55 > 0:23:57Channel 4 documentary about abuse in football.
0:23:57 > 0:24:00He believes parents need to understand what the FA do
0:24:00 > 0:24:01monitor, and crucially what they don't.
0:24:01 > 0:24:03The advice actually, if you want to start a football
0:24:03 > 0:24:06team, is get some bids, get some balls and some cones -
0:24:06 > 0:24:09but until that club registers and starts playing games in a week,
0:24:09 > 0:24:11it's not even classed as a regulated activity.
0:24:11 > 0:24:14So how does the FA actually police and monitor those?
0:24:14 > 0:24:19Do I think they have an obligation to invest in employing people
0:24:19 > 0:24:22to look at those areas and those gaps that are still there,
0:24:22 > 0:24:23leaving children vulnerable?
0:24:23 > 0:24:25Absolutely, yes, I do.
0:24:25 > 0:24:28But ultimately the first line of defence lies with parents.
0:24:28 > 0:24:30Have recent revelations made us think twice about where
0:24:30 > 0:24:34we leave our children?
0:24:34 > 0:24:37You need to make sure that your child is in a happy environment,
0:24:37 > 0:24:40and that when you're leaving them there is no concerns,
0:24:40 > 0:24:41no anxiety and no worries.
0:24:41 > 0:24:43It definitely makes me think about other coaches
0:24:43 > 0:24:45that the children might be involved with.
0:24:45 > 0:24:49In hindsight, we probably were very trusting.
0:24:49 > 0:24:52You know, five and a half years ago, yeah, but it would be different now.
0:24:52 > 0:24:54I would definitely do more research.
0:24:54 > 0:24:55Football's popularity is also its weakness.
0:24:55 > 0:24:57The task the FA faces is huge.
0:24:57 > 0:25:03But by being forced to examine its past,
0:25:03 > 0:25:05it's hoped football can better protect its future.
0:25:05 > 0:25:10Natalie Pirks, BBC News.
0:25:10 > 0:25:18At the Winter Olympics in South Korea, Dom Parsons has
0:25:18 > 0:25:20secured Team GB's first medal of the Games.
0:25:20 > 0:25:22The 30-year-old took bronze in the skeleton,
0:25:22 > 0:25:24after the hot favourite messed up his final run.
0:25:24 > 0:25:26From PyeongChang, Andy Swiss reports.
0:25:26 > 0:25:33From a 100-1 outsider to Olympic medallist.
0:25:33 > 0:25:36In the sport of eventful journeys, Dom Parsons takes some beating.
0:25:36 > 0:25:40His final run was an emotional roller coaster.
0:25:40 > 0:25:42Beginning in bronze position, his supporters, including
0:25:42 > 0:25:49parents Judith and David, were starting to dream.
0:25:49 > 0:25:53To guarantee a medal, all he had to do was beat
0:25:53 > 0:25:54Nikita Tregubov's time.
0:25:54 > 0:25:56But...
0:25:56 > 0:25:58Slower by a mere two hundredths of a second.
0:25:58 > 0:26:01Can you believe it?
0:26:01 > 0:26:06Well, it will be an agonising wait now for Dom Parsons.
0:26:06 > 0:26:10In second place, but with two more athletes still to go, has he done
0:26:10 > 0:26:13enough for an Olympic medal?
0:26:13 > 0:26:15Well, it seemed unlikely.
0:26:15 > 0:26:20Next to go, Martins Dukurs, the world champion.
0:26:20 > 0:26:23But, against the odds, he faltered, and Parsons was gifted
0:26:23 > 0:26:28a glorious reprieve.
0:26:28 > 0:26:30Parsons unbelievably has his medal!
0:26:30 > 0:26:34From despair to delight in the blink of an eye.
0:26:34 > 0:26:38I thought I had lost it, and made a couple too many
0:26:38 > 0:26:44mistakes in that run.
0:26:44 > 0:26:47But, Martins made some more mistakes, and he was
0:26:47 > 0:26:49the last person I thought would make those mistakes.
0:26:49 > 0:26:51For his parents, meanwhile, the relief and pride
0:26:51 > 0:26:55were overwhelming.
0:26:55 > 0:26:58Gosh, he has earned it - the last 11 years, he has dedicated
0:26:58 > 0:27:02his life to skeleton.
0:27:02 > 0:27:06As his mum, how proud are you feeling right now?
0:27:06 > 0:27:07I could not be prouder.
0:27:07 > 0:27:08And here is the proof.
0:27:08 > 0:27:11The sweetest of family reunions.
0:27:11 > 0:27:15For Dom Parsons, the perfect ending to a day of emotion and elation.
0:27:15 > 0:27:23Andy Swiss, BBC News, Pyeongchang.
0:27:23 > 0:27:25Time for the weather
0:27:25 > 0:27:30Time for the weather with Stav. Hello. A lovely end to the day for
0:27:30 > 0:27:35many of us. Some good Weather Watcher pictures sent in, youthis
0:27:35 > 0:27:39one from Essex. Some high cloud streaming in from the West but at
0:27:39 > 0:27:43least places stay dry. The first half of the weekend looks drier and
0:27:43 > 0:27:48brighter for many of us before things turn cloudier and milder on
0:27:48 > 0:27:51Sunday. There is the cloud streaming and across much of the country, and
0:27:51 > 0:27:56behind that a more substantial band of rain. This will continue to move
0:27:56 > 0:28:00into Western areas. This is the overnight period. Bringing hill snow
0:28:00 > 0:28:03to Scotland and the far north, and certainly across the Pennines and
0:28:03 > 0:28:06the Cumbrian fells. Where we have the cloud, not too cold obviously
0:28:06 > 0:28:10because of the cover but for the south-east of England, another
0:28:10 > 0:28:14chilly nights to come with clear skies, some frost and fog around as
0:28:14 > 0:28:19well. It is Saturday, that front continues to move east, fizzling out
0:28:19 > 0:28:29as it
0:28:30 > 0:28:32moves, so some remnants of cloud affecting central and eastern parts
0:28:32 > 0:28:34of England but that should tend to clear away.
0:28:34 > 0:28:37Most places will be fine and dry. Sunshine around, a few showers in
0:28:37 > 0:28:39western Scotland and Northern Ireland. Ten or perhaps a living
0:28:39 > 0:28:41cells is across the South. Milder into Sunday because we will see this
0:28:41 > 0:28:47warm front moving in off the Atlantic -- or perhaps 11 Celsius.
0:28:47 > 0:28:52This will bring a band of often low cloud with some breaks of rain
0:28:52 > 0:28:55particularly to western areas. Could be heavy at times of Western Hills
0:28:55 > 0:28:58and we could start with some brightness across eastern areas
0:28:58 > 0:29:01before through the afternoon it looks like it will be pretty
0:29:01 > 0:29:26disappointing, cloudier and damp for most of us.