Britains elise is disqualified from the 1,000 metre speed skating heat ending her 0lympic dream. Good morning, it is tuesday the 20th of february. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. 0xfams chief executive has apologised to mps this morning over the way the charity handled claims of Sexual Misconduct by its staff in haiti. Mark goldring said he was sorry for comments in which he appeared to downplay the seriousness of the allegations. The International Development committee has called an urgent questions have been asked about how 0xfa m questions have been asked about how 0xfam handled their staff. He was asked by the Committee Chairman if he would apologise for the actions of the charitys workers in haiti and his comments in a newspaper which appeared to downplay the seriousness of those allegations. appeared to downplay the seriousness of those allegations. I do apologise. I was thinking under stress. I had given many interviews. I made many decisions to try and lead 0xfams response. I was
Changes, but mostly about his decision making. He has some huge weapons in his game. Hello. Welcome to the programme, were live until 11 this morning. Well get figures after half 9 which will give us an idea of the number of rough sleepers across england. If youve been homeless at some point in your life do let me know about your own experience, how it happened, what effect it had on you . And how you got back on your feet. And ill share your insight with the nation. You can email, message me on fb, use the hashtag victoria live and if you text, you will be charged at the Standard Network rate. Our top story today. The Education Minister Nadhim Zahawi has been reprimanded by number 10 for attending the men only charity dinner. Is mr zahawi attended the president s clubs function at the dorchester hotel, where women employed as hostesses say they were groped. The minister said he felt uncomfortable and left the event early. Alexandra mackenzie reports. The annual president s club dinner
To explain his presence. Tens of thousands of free water refill points will be set up across england in a bid cut the number of plastic bottles being thrown away. Three Million People fall victim to scams, tricked out of millions of pounds a year. So theres a new scheme launched today to warn people of the dangers and how to spot dodgy deals. Ill look at how it works. Im Still Standing after all this time. A long goodbye from sir eltonjohn as he announces an end to touring after 300 more concerts. And matt has the weather good morning. Nowhere near as work and indie out there this morning but cooler, most start dry but showers developing later. Details on that and yourfull developing later. Details on that and your full weekend forecast coming up. Thanks, matt, see you later. Good morning. First our main story theresa may will use a speech at the World Economic forum in switzerland to put more pressure on Technology Companies like facebook and twitter to tackle extremist material onlin
It has an impressive cast including judi dench and johnny depp, but is Kenneth Branaghs remake of murder on the Orient Express a hit, or does it come off the rails . Well find out in the film review. Good evening and welcome to bbc news. Jeremy corbyn is under pressure to explain why he appointed the labour mp, Kelvin Hopkins, to the shadow cabinet months after hed been reprimanded for alleged inappropriate behaviour towards a young party activist. Mr hopkins has this evening said that he absolutely and categorically denied allegations of Inappropriate Conduct. It has also emerged this evening that the party is investigating an allegation the labour mp clive lewis groped a woman at the partys annual conference in september. Mr lewis has denied the allegation and he has not been suspended by the party. Labour says it will appoint an independent organisation to offer confidential support to anyone affected by Sexual Harassment. Meanwhile, for the conservatives, theresa may has issued the
And locked up for 23 and a half hours a day a court will rule today whether the detention of a teenage boy with Significant Mental Health issues at a Young Offenders institute is unlawful. Well bring you the story. Hello. Welcome to the programme, were live until 11. Throughout the morning, the latest Breaking News and developing stories and as always keen to hear from you. A little later well be talking about Snapchats New feature snap maps which allows users to track where other people are. Lots of you are worried about the safety of your kids if other people can check where they are do get in touch and tell us your views. Use the hashtag victoria live and if you text, you will be charged at the Standard Network rate. Our top story today. A plan to revolutionise the treatment that Cancer Patients receive, through individually mapping their dna, is being proposed by the Chief Medical Officer for england. The proposals would mean millions of patients would have treatments that would be