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One of Britain's most

prolific paedophiles,

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a 29-year-old university

lecturer from Birmingham,

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is jailed for 32 years.

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Matthew Falder befriended victims

online, then blackmailed them

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into sending him depraved images.

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This was the moment

he was finally arrested.

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It sounds like the rap sheet from

hell.

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It took a team of international

investigators almost two

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years to track him down.

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Falder was one of the most prolific

child exploitation offenders

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and blackmailers we'd ever seen,

in the UK, or even in the US.

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Also on the programme tonight:

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The Prime Minister calls

for better value for university

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students in England,

where tuition fees are among

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the most expensive in the world.

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Barry Bennell, the former coach

who abused 12 young footballers

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in the 1980s, is jailed.

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The judge calls him

"the devil incarnate".

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Not so finger lickin' good -

a shortage of chicken at KFC forces

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hundreds of outlets

to close across the UK.

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World number one for Canada. Can he

do it? It is a dead heat!

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And gold for Canada and Germany

in the two man bobsleigh -

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the first time the title's been

shared in 20 years.

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Coming up on FA Cup Sportsday later

in the hour on BBC News,

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we're at the DW Stadium,

and will history repeat

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itself as Wigan looked

to shock Manchester City?

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Good evening and welcome

to the BBC News at Six.

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A university lecturer,

described as one of Britain's most

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prolific paedophiles,

has been jailed for 32 years.

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29-year-old Matthew Falder,

a Cambridge graduate,

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admitted 137 offences,

including encouraging

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the rape of a child.

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He approached hundreds of people

online and then blackmailed

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them into sending him

increasingly depraved images.

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At least four of his victims tried

to take their own lives.

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Falder was finally caught

after an operation involving

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agencies around the world.

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Sima Kotecha reports.

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So, what, what,

what was it I've done?

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What is it I'm supposed to have...?

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Dr Matthew Falder being arrested

at his workplace last year.

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The 29-year-old spent years posing

as a female artist online,

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to trick his victims

into sending him naked

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pictures of themselves.

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It sounds like the rap

sheet from hell.

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Distributing indecent

images of children.

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He then researched their profiles

on social media and used that

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information to blackmail them

into sending him

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more obscene images.

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He even installed secret

cameras in people's homes,

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to film them in the shower

and using the toilet.

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Falder contacted more

than 300 people worldwide.

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One of his victims told us

that she can no longer trust anyone.

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I was ashamed of what I've done.

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All relationships broke down.

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You can't be friends

with someone that doesn't trust

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you and I didn't trust them.

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Even though they did nothing wrong,

and I did nothing wrong,

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there was no trust any more.

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Last year, he pleaded

guilty to 137 charges -

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including encouraging the rape

of a child and possessing

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a paedophile manual.

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Today, he was sentenced

to more than 30 years.

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The feeling of helplessness

that he embodied in the victims

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and then took them to a place

where they never wanted

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to go, is truly horrific.

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And, I mean, you know,

those videos will be with me

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and the team probably for the rest

of our lives.

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Falder was under surveillance

for several months during a four

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year investigation.

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The Cambridge graduate

was identified by the

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National Crime Agency.

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It worked with partner agencies

across the world, including

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the Australian Federal Police

and Homeland Security

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in America, to find the man

who was behind the messages.

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Falder was one of the most prolific

child exploitation offenders

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and blackmailers we'd ever seen

in the UK, or even in the US.

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So it just became...

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The volume of victims

and the techniques that

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were employed and the discipline

that was employed by Falder

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on the internet, to not be

identified and not be caught

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was something we had

never seen before.

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Falder lived in this block of flats.

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He worked at Birmingham University.

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Now, officers say his motivation

was power and control.

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He wanted his victims to feel

embarrassed and humiliated,

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and he was confident

he could outwit the authorities.

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He contacted vulnerable people

seeking work on websites.

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He then used names such

as "666devil" and "evil mind"

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on the dark net to communicate

with other paedophiles.

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The dark net is a type of private

computer network that is closed off

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from the rest of the World Wide Web.

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Have you sent pictures of your

blackmail victims to the parents?

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No comment.

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Of the victim, the grandparents?

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No comment.

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When questioned, Falder

didn't cooperate.

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Today, the judge called him,

"An internet highway man

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who robbed his victims

of their security and dignity".

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The paedophile showed

no remorse or emotion

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throughout the proceedings.

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Emotions were running high in court

today, with some of Falder's victims

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in tears and officers crying who

have been investing in this case the

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lengthy periods of time. Moving

forward, there will be questions as

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to how the authorities can remain

one step ahead of people like

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Falder, who are so technically savvy

they are able to exploit the

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vulnerable for lengthy periods of

time without getting caught.

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Sima Kotecha, thank you.

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Our Correspondent Angus

Crawford is here with me.

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It took years to track him down, at

one point about 100 investigators

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trying to identify him. It shows how

difficult it is to police the

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Internet.

The National Crime Agency

says this is a watershed moment

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because it shows real progress.

Multiple agencies in different

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countries bringing Falder to

justice. The dark web poses problems

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for law enforcement. The sites are

hidden behind encryption. To access

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child abuse sites, you have to post

illegal images. Law enforcement

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can't do that in most jurisdictions.

Abuses barter their images, they

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don't pay for them, so there is no

money trail to follow, are

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conventional policing tactics. But

abusers make the stakes and the

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mistakes of Falder were spotted by

the FBI and also by NU unit set up

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by GCHQ, the government's monitoring

centre. So this is a big success for

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them but the scale of this problem

is huge. A dark net child abuse site

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close down next year, it is thought

to have had tens of thousands of

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users.

Angus, thank you.

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The Prime Minister has

announced a major review

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of university funding in England,

saying that students are paying some

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of the highest charges in the world.

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In a speech in Derby,

Theresa May also called for an end

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to "outdated attitudes" that favour

university over technical education.

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Labour says it's not

a review that's needed,

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but instead an entire restructuring

of the education sector.

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Our Political Editor,

Laura Kuenssberg reports.

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It contains Flasher geography. --

flash photography.

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It's not me learning,

it's just me coping.

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I do believe education

should be free.

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It's too much, basically.

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It's too much.

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Big dreams but big debts.

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These Derby first years aren't

paying fees upfront but

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expecting to owe nearly

£40,000 when they're done.

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We are the next generation.

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If you want us to have a high-paying

job, we need some way of

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reaching that goal.

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And university does

make a difference.

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From primary to secondary,

then to college, it's

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absolutely free.

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Why should we have to pay for uni?

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Fees tripled when Theresa May

was already in the Cabinet.

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But more than more students

like his sixth formers go

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to university, however tricky

the subject they choose.

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OK.

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I did physics A-level,

but that's where my

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physics ended.

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But after the election

and Labour's popular

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promise to scrap fees altogether,

the Prime Minister has concluded

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things have to change.

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All but a handful of

universities charge the

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maximum possible fees

for undergraduate courses.

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And the level of fees charged

do not relate to the

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cost quality of the course.

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So we now have one

of the most expensive

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systems of university

tuition in the world.

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What she really wants

is a change in attitude.

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It remains a perception

that going to university

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is really the only desirable route,

while going into training is

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something for other

people's children.

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If we're going to succeed

in building a fair society and a

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stronger economy, we need to throw

away this outdated attitude for

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good.

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Are you willing to say that,

potentially, taxpayers should

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contribute more towards

students' education?

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Because, if not, won't this

review dispute looking at

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moving money around in a system that

you yourself admitted today has

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become just too expensive?

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It's not just about

the issues of finance.

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It's also about making sure

that the system we have for post-18

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education provides for every aspect

of that

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education and provides young

people with the route

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that is right for them.

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Do you really think that Theresa May

would have made a speech

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today if you hadn't had a message

in the election that younger

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generations and their parents

thought the Tories

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weren't listening?

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Well, I think the truth

is of course we've

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got to listen to what

the electorate are saying.

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And if nursing that they think we've

got this wrong, that's

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something we've got to look at.

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There could be cuts to some fees.

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But no big new spending.

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Labour says it falls way short.

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Well, unfortunately,

this is the third time

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in the last 12 months that

Theresa May has announced

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a review of education.

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And she's letting students down.

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Don't expect bold changes fast.

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This review will take a year and few

expect it to tear up

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the whole system.

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This is also about the lesson voters

taught Tories at the last election,

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unconvinced Conservatives had

answers to the tensions

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between generations.

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And turning that round is

a much bigger job indeed.

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They promised too much.

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They say they're going to do this

but it never happens.

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And I'm still waiting

for the things they

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say to happen.

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I voted so that I didn't

have to pay uni fees.

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If the uni was free,

I would vote for them, basically.

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You'd vote for any party

that said university

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should be free?

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Every uni student will!

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Voters young and old aware that

what's easy to say is not

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always easy to do.

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Laura Kuenssberg, BBC News, Derby.

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Our education editor

Branwen Jeffreys is with me.

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Why has the Prime Minister

announced the review now?

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Theresa May knows she has to address

the perception the system is not

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just expensive but also to many

people feel is unfair. The way it

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works is the cost of running

universities is split between

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students taken out their loans

taxpayers who pick up the cost of

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any loan is not repaid at the end of

30 years. But student debt is

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growing. By 2021-22 it will reach

£160 billion. That is around 7% of

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the nation's Wealth or GDP. So how

is this review going to get more

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fairness into the system? It will

look at how much students borrow,

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for how long and crucially also the

interest rates they pay. Because in

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England it is the poorest students

who end up borrowing most because

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they take out loans for living

costs. Around £57,000. A lot of

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money by any normal family's

standards. So Theresa May was going

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to try and moved the moving parts

within the system to try and put

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back a sense of fairness. But by the

end of this, students in England.

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And are paying for most. In

Scotland, home students pay no

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tuition fees. In Northern Ireland,

they pay less and in Wales they are

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about to introduce a generous system

of grants for living costs, in which

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the poorest students will get around

£8,000 a year to help make ends

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meet.

Branwen Jeffreys, our

education editor, thank you.

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The former football coach

Barry Bennell has been sentenced

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to 31 years for abusing 12

young footballers who he

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trained in the 1980s.

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Bennell, who was convicted of more

than 50 child sexual offences,

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coached at a number of clubs

including Manchester City

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and Crewe Alexandra.

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The judge called the 64 year

old the "devil incarnate"

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Our Sports Editor Dan Roan reports.

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They came seeking closure, the

victims of Barry Bennell, arriving

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at court for sport's most notorious

paedophile. Their abuser, meanwhile,

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arriving by different entrance after

being found guilty of counts of

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child six charges. Appearing via a

video link because of ill-health, he

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was here in person as he was handed

a 31 year prison sentence. The

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64-year-old impassive as he sat

staring at the floor of the dock as

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his punishment was read out. Inside

court, cries of yes from the public

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gallery were hushed.

Outside, the

emotion able to flow. Today we

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looked evil in the face and we

smiled, because Barry Bennell, we

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have won. Today, we hand our shame

and our guilt and our sadness back

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to you. It should never have been

ours to carry on the first place.

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The care and diligence he took in

grooming the victims and their

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families is amongst the most

manipulative behaviour ever seen. He

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was a predatory paedophile and to

this date there is no evidence that

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he has any remorse or regret that

the dreams he has shattered on the

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lights he has damaged.

Sentencing Bennell, the judge told

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him, to these boys you appeared as a

god. In reality you were the devil

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incarnate. You stole their

childhoods and their innocence to

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satisfy your perversion. His abuse,

the judge said, with sheer evil.

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Several of the former victims read

out impact statements in court,

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among them Gary Cliffe, abused by

Bennell when he played for a

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Manchester City junior team. In a

bid to force Bennell to make eye

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contact, he approached the dock

after his statement asking why?

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Before being led away by an

official. What was that experience

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like for you?

I was churned up

inside but I was determined that

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this was my moment, I didn't want to

regret not doing it so I stood up

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there, you were in court and saw it,

I saw those words directed towards.

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Another 86 people have made

complaints against the former

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Manchester City Crewe Alexandra

youth team coach and amid hundreds

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of allegations against both clubs

they are poised. Dan Roan, BBC News,

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Liverpool.

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More than 250 jobs have been

axed at a company which supplied

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meat to food chains including

the pub giant Wetherspoons

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and Jamie's Italian

following an investigation

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into food hygiene.

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The Derby-based company, Russell

Hume, says it has been forced

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to go into administration

after its products were taken

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off menus in the wake

of the allegations.

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Here's Emma Simpson.

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Closed for business - one of Russell

Hume's six plants. No deliveries

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here for nearly a month, involved in

a food safety scandal. Today bosses

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threw in the towel and called in the

administrators. Russell Hume prided

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itself in selling quality products,

but it's being investigated by the

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Food Standards Agency over what it

calls serious noncompliance of food

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hygiene regulations, with labelling

and use by date a key concern.

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Production was halted at all six

sites, and an used meet withdrawn

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from its customers, and there were

lots of them. Some of our biggest

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household names, although there is

no indication anyone has fallen ill,

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the company has pulled thousands of

steaks and other items of their

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menus, and pulled the plug on

Russell Hume as well.

Once the

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products are withdrawn, the damage

to the company's reputation... Two

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weeks later, they have basically one

out of customers. When they were

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given the opportunity to reopen the

Liverpool site, they didn't.

In a

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statement, Russell Hume said...

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Here at the Food Standards Agency

tonight, they insist that their

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action was proportionate. Stuffing

food production wasn't something

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they did lightly. Their role, they

said was to make sure businesses

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meet their responsibility in

ensuring the food they produced was

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safe. The investigation is still

continuing as a wider review of meat

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cutting plants and cold stores

across the UK will soon get under

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way.

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Our top story this evening:

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One of Britain's most

prolific paedophiles -

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29-year-old Matthew Falder -

has been jailed for 32 years.

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And still to come...

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Disappointment in the snowbarding

for Britain's Aimee Fuller, who fell

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in both of her qualifying runs.

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Coming up on Sportsday on BBC News.

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Wayne Bennett signs a new two-year

contract to stay as head coach

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of the England rugby league team.

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BUT isn't guaranteed to still be

in the job for the next World Cup.

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When your name is Kentucky

Fried Chicken, the one

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thing you really can't afford to run

out of is...chicken.

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But that's exactly what happened

to the fast-food chain

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KFC at the weekend.

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At one point, the company had

to close around 750 outlets -

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almost three quarters of its stores

- after they ran out of their main

0:18:540:18:58

ingredient, as Jon Kay reports.

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No!

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When you've been promised KFC

as a half term treat

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but there is no chicken.

0:19:080:19:11

Nine-year-old Maxine is not happy.

0:19:110:19:14

Angry.

0:19:140:19:17

Sad.

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And disappointed.

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And hungry?

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Very hungry!

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Are you more hungry or angry?

0:19:240:19:27

Hungry!

0:19:270:19:29

It's not just Maxine's local outlet.

0:19:290:19:31

Hundreds across the UK are shut

because KF has no C.

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They've run out of chicken.

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Pretty shocking, really, to be fair.

0:19:380:19:40

Pretty shocking.

0:19:400:19:41

Especially when you're hungry, like,

you know what I mean?

0:19:410:19:44

KFC have blamed teething problems

with the new delivery contract.

0:19:440:19:46

They switched to DHL last week,

who say operational issues have

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disrupted the supply.

0:19:500:19:56

It's a chicken place,

so they should have enough chicken.

0:19:560:19:58

They should be able to store it.

0:19:580:20:01

It's a big chain, so it does seem

unbelievable, really.

0:20:010:20:04

All the chicken...

0:20:040:20:05

There's farmers, surely

there should be enough chickens.

0:20:050:20:08

We tried several outlets

across Bristol today but found no

0:20:080:20:14

fingers being licked.

0:20:140:20:18

Almost every store closed.

0:20:180:20:20

It's lunchtime.

0:20:200:20:22

You'd expect these hatches to be

really busy at this point

0:20:220:20:25

but the kitchen is empty,

the fryers switched off.

0:20:250:20:33

Chicken with fries, please.

0:20:330:20:34

Chicken with fries.

0:20:340:20:35

It's a far cry from this.

0:20:350:20:36

Tonight, the company is encouraging

staff to take holidays until it can

0:20:360:20:39

meet the demand again.

0:20:390:20:43

KFC says its own employees will be

paid, but the large majority

0:20:430:20:46

of restaurants are franchises.

0:20:460:20:49

It just seems amazing.

0:20:490:20:50

I thought everything was pretty much

automated these days

0:20:500:20:53

and as they use chicken,

more's ordered.

0:20:530:20:55

Something has gone seriously wrong.

0:20:550:20:59

The company says it's working flat

out to rectify the problem.

0:20:590:21:04

But, for some, that is

little consolation.

0:21:040:21:07

Jon Kay, BBC News.

0:21:070:21:12

A 26-year-old woman has been

arrested after an abusive

0:21:120:21:15

hand-written note was left

on the windscreen of an ambulance

0:21:150:21:18

which was responding to an emergency

call in Stoke-on-Trent.

0:21:180:21:20

The note said the vehicle

had no right to be

0:21:200:21:22

parked where it was -

and ended by saying:

0:21:220:21:24

"Now move your

van from outside my house."

0:21:240:21:29

Drivers employed in Haiti by Oxfam

after the earthquake in 2010

0:21:290:21:32

were forced to deliver prostitutes

to the charity's premises

0:21:320:21:36

or risk losing their jobs.

0:21:360:21:38

That's what the BBC has

been told by a source.

0:21:380:21:41

It's also claimed that one Oxfam

employee involved was allowed

0:21:410:21:45

to resign with a month's pay

instead of being sacked.

0:21:450:21:50

It comes as an Oxfam report revealed

that three of its employees accused

0:21:500:21:54

of sexual misconduct in Haiti

physically threatened witnesses

0:21:540:21:56

during an investigation.

0:21:560:21:58

Here's our diplomatic

correspondent, James Landale.

0:21:580:22:02

Oxfam and its operations have

become an industry that's

0:22:020:22:04

spread into 80 countries.

0:22:040:22:05

For more than half a century,

Oxfam's been helping those in need,

0:22:050:22:08

such as these victims of conflict

in Nigeria in the late 1960s.

0:22:080:22:13

But that hard-earned reputation's

been put at risk by the behaviour

0:22:130:22:16

of some of the charity's staff

in Haiti in 2011.

0:22:160:22:21

The internal report says that one

was dismissed and three resigned

0:22:210:22:24

for what it describes

as "using prostitutes

0:22:240:22:26

on Oxfam premises".

0:22:260:22:28

Two more were dismissed

for bullying and intimidation,

0:22:280:22:31

one of whom, the report says,

also downloaded pornography,

0:22:310:22:35

and another man was sacked

for failing to protect staff.

0:22:350:22:39

A source who was aware

of the investigation

0:22:390:22:41

and in Haiti at the time

told the BBC that drivers

0:22:410:22:44

were forced to deliver

prostitutes to Oxfam villas.

0:22:440:22:47

We have protected his identity.

0:22:470:22:50

They were having parties over

there that were described as orgies,

0:22:500:22:54

with a smorgasbord of women,

girls, wearing Oxfam T-shirts,

0:22:540:22:58

and it would go on all night.

0:22:580:23:02

We were told they were under age.

0:23:020:23:04

The security guards,

the drivers, were talking

0:23:040:23:06

about it, but not directly.

0:23:060:23:09

Indirectly, because if they talked

to anyone about it,

0:23:090:23:12

they would lose their jobs.

0:23:120:23:15

Today, the BBC caught up with one

of those dismissed from Oxfam

0:23:150:23:18

for gross misconduct in Haiti.

0:23:180:23:21

We can name him as Raphael Mutiku,

a Kenyan aid worker

0:23:210:23:24

who is based outside the capital,

Nairobi.

0:23:240:23:27

Were you with Mr Roland

Van Hauwermeiren?

0:23:270:23:30

No.

0:23:300:23:31

Why were you let go by Oxfam?

0:23:310:23:33

Oxfam's report says

Roland Van Hauwermeiren,

0:23:330:23:36

its country director in Haiti,

admitted using prostitutes.

0:23:360:23:39

He's spoken of lies

and exaggeration.

0:23:390:23:43

But it also says he was allowed

to resign with dignity and a month's

0:23:430:23:46

pay, because dismissing him

would have damaged

0:23:460:23:48

the investigation.

0:23:480:23:50

The BBC source

challenges that account.

0:23:500:23:53

They didn't need him to stay

and help with the investigation.

0:23:530:23:57

As far as I'm concerned,

Roland was not part

0:23:570:23:59

of the investigation team.

0:23:590:24:01

Roland, from all accounts,

owned up to his own behaviour,

0:24:010:24:05

which alone is enough.

0:24:050:24:07

Today, Oxfam officials met members

of the Haitian government.

0:24:070:24:09

Tomorrow, senior executives

from the charity will

0:24:090:24:12

face MPs in Parliament.

0:24:120:24:14

The questions for

Oxfam keep on coming.

0:24:140:24:17

James Landale, BBC News.

0:24:170:24:22

On Day 10 of the Winter Olympics,

an anti-doping case has been opened

0:24:220:24:25

against a Russian

medal-winning curler.

0:24:250:24:33

The scandal could threaten Russia's

efforts to regain full Olympic

0:24:380:24:43

status.

0:24:430:24:45

The first ever bronze medal

in mixed doubles curling...

0:24:450:24:50

From delight to

a doping controversy.

0:24:500:24:51

Barely a week after celebrating

a bronze medal alongside his wife,

0:24:510:24:54

Anastasia, Alexander Krushelnitskiy

could now be stripped of it.

0:24:540:24:56

But his is a case with far

broader implications.

0:24:560:24:59

Bronze medallist Olympic

athletes from Russia...

0:24:590:25:01

Krushelnitskiy is Russian.

0:25:010:25:03

His country is banned

from these games because of...

0:25:030:25:05

Guess what?

0:25:050:25:06

A huge doping scandal.

0:25:060:25:08

Olympic organisers allowed him

and 160 other Russians

0:25:080:25:11

to compete as neutrals.

0:25:110:25:13

Now, though, it is an all

too familiar story.

0:25:130:25:19

There was very good pregames

testing, where, for example,

0:25:190:25:22

the Russian athletes were tested

to a significant level

0:25:220:25:25

more than others.

0:25:250:25:26

But when an athlete...

0:25:260:25:30

In the broadest sense,

when an athlete is caught

0:25:300:25:32

for doping, if caught,

it is extremely disappointing,

0:25:320:25:34

but it does show

that the system works.

0:25:340:25:37

Well, the decision to allow Russian

athletes to compete here,

0:25:370:25:39

albeit as neutrals, attracted

criticism before the Games,

0:25:390:25:42

so this positive test raises

some uncomfortable questions

0:25:420:25:46

for the Olympic authorities.

0:25:460:25:49

It's very frustrating that

halfway through the Games

0:25:490:25:51

those stories come back.

0:25:510:25:53

You don't want any positive

tests in any Olympics,

0:25:530:25:55

but for it to be an athlete

from a country that you were told

0:25:550:25:59

all the athletes would be clean,

it's hard news to take.

0:25:590:26:02

Away from the controversy

in the curling, there

0:26:020:26:04

was encouraging news

for Britain's teams.

0:26:040:26:06

Victories for both the men and women

boosting their hopes

0:26:060:26:09

of the semifinals.

0:26:090:26:11

On the snow, though,

Aimee Fuller's hopes here

0:26:110:26:13

came to a painful end.

0:26:130:26:16

The event is called big air,

but in this case, not quite enough.

0:26:160:26:20

She later posted this photo,

bruised, but thankfully no worse.

0:26:200:26:25

But the day's biggest drama

was in the two-man bobsleigh.

0:26:250:26:28

Oh, it's a dead heat!

0:26:280:26:30

It is a dead heat!

0:26:300:26:32

Canada and Germany sharing the gold.

0:26:320:26:34

On a difficult day for the games,

a welcome show of Olympic spirit.

0:26:340:26:37

Andy Swiss, BBC News, Pyeongchang.

0:26:370:26:43

Time for a look at the weather.

0:26:430:26:45

Here's Sarah Keith Lucas.

0:26:450:26:48

It has been quite mild and murky day

today. Quite a lot of cloud around,

0:26:520:26:57

but not everywhere. Some glimpses of

blue sky earlier on. Through the

0:26:570:27:03

rest of this week, Miles to start

things off, but not staying this

0:27:030:27:07

way. Colder conditions later on in

the week, but things become largely

0:27:070:27:12

dry, with a fair amount of sunshine.

Right now, pretty mild air with us,

0:27:120:27:18

yellow on the map. We have two

weather fronts producing some rain,

0:27:180:27:22

a warm one the East and a cold one

in the west, so we will see some

0:27:220:27:31

rain there. That cold rain tracks

its way eastwards overnight. Clearer

0:27:310:27:36

skies the Northern Ireland and

western Scotland, but most of us

0:27:360:27:40

should be frost-free tomorrow

morning. Still a lot of cloud and

0:27:400:27:45

missed around, particularly towards

the east, where we will continue to

0:27:450:27:49

see outbreaks of rain, but not a bad

day for the rest of the country. A

0:27:490:27:54

return to sunnier skies across

Scotland, Northern Ireland and

0:27:540:27:58

western parts of England and Wales,

but in the south-east, cloud and

0:27:580:28:04

some outbreaks of rain. In the

evening, we will lose the cloud from

0:28:040:28:09

the South East of England, and skies

clear. Early Wednesday morning,

0:28:090:28:15

certainly a frost for Scotland and

Northern Ireland. Mist and fog for

0:28:150:28:19

Wales and England. Not sparkling

sunshine, but mostly dry. Some sunny

0:28:190:28:25

spells, but missed and low cloud

across England and Wales, and

0:28:250:28:29

temperatures not as mild as they

have been. Single figures by

0:28:290:28:33

Wednesday, which is a sign of things

to come. High pressure builds across

0:28:330:28:41

Scandinavia, so colder, easterly

winds, perhaps bringing snow showers

0:28:410:28:44

as we head towards the weekend.

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