Rather than be with people you know, rather than dying at 83 demented, catheterised in your bed, muttering to themselves, they would die at 106 on the tennis court, while winning, or killed by a jealous lover at 113. Welcome to the programme, were live until 11 this morning. Also later in the programme we will be talking about so called fat letters letters sent to parents in england and wales if their children are classed as overweight after being weighed at school. One 11 Year Old Girl has said that she lost the confidence to play sport after her mum received such a letter. Wed love to hear from you if you got one of these letters about your kids are they a bad thing . Aid workers used prostitutes in high et. The charity has been accused of this in 2011 which led to four people being sacked and others resigning. The allegations of Sexual Misconduct by aid workers in haiti in 2011 have threatened notjust the charitys reputation but also the £32 million it gets each year from the gover
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Attack on a beach. And scientists rush to antartica to catch a glimpse of a giant iceberg before it melts. Good evening and welcome to bbc news. The deputy chief executive of oxfam has resigned following allegations the charity tried to cover up the full details of a sex scandal in haiti involving its aid workers. Senior figures in the organisation have been meeting the International Development secretary, offering assurances over the future handling of Sexual Misconduct allegations. The charity has been asked to produce all its evidence relating to what happened during the humanitarian relief effort after the haitian earthquake in 2010. Our special correspondent lucy manning has the details. Haitis red light district. Prostitution is illegal here, but that didnt stop some of oxfams staff. The charity now admitting it knew knew about concerns about its team and prostitutes, not just in haiti, but also in chad and that nothing was done. Widza bryant worked in Human Resources in haiti fo
The warning from the first minister. And a woman from shotton in flintshire goes on trial accused of murdering her baby son. Good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. Senior officials from oxfam are in emergency talks today with the International Development secretary, to try to prevent government funding being cut, following the scandal involving some of its aid workers and prostitutes. Its claimed the charity failed to give the government full details of what happened, in the wake of the devastating earthquake in haiti in 2010. Oxfam denies theres been a cover up. Matt cole reports. In the worst imaginable circumstances, oxfam staff were meant to be in haiti to help. Its now clear son had a very different agenda. Amidst claims of sex parties and prostitutes, oxfam sacked four staff and allowed three others to quit including their country director who went on to secure work with another aid organisation. Oxfam denies it has covered up what happened but now it has emerged the
Sounds a bit like home yes, more of that income, a combination of heavy snow and strong winds overnight. We will also be looking further afield where gita, a cyclone, is currently hitting tonga. Thanks. Also coming up. Thats cool scientists release the first video of a giant iceberg thats broken off the Antarctic Ice shelf its four times the size of london and weighs i trillion tonnes. Well be talking to a member of the British Antarctic survey. Hello everyone this is afternoon live im simon mccoy. As though dealing with a sex scandal on its own wasnt bad enough now oxfam is facing claims of a cover up claims it denies. Senior officials from the charity are in emergency talks with the International Development secretary, to try to prevent government funding being cut, following the scandal involving some of its aid workers and prostitutes. Its claimed the charity failed to give full details of what happened in the wake of the devastating earthquake in haiti in 2010. All this as many do