games. it does sound justifiable, yes, we cannot possibly be spending that much money on an event that at the moment not everyone is in love with. so what is it going to do for us? but when you go into the inquiry thatis us? but when you go into the inquiry that is ongoing around the cancellation of the games, and also how much money we are now paying not to host them, you cannotjust pull out of hosting the commonwealth games and do not have repercussions. already it is $380 million bill in terms of compensation, that australia now has to pay, that the victorian government now has to pay. the uk government says it agrees with a review on women s football led by former england international karen carney which has called for full professionalisation of women s football. and equal access to sport in schools for girls. england won the european championships last year, and were runners up in this year s world cup but the review found huge discrepincies in pay, facilities, and st
were having to do things that in future ought to be done by other departments or at the centre because it should have been a whole government response earlier. that is my reflection. and what about after the end of february when the cross government machine ramps up on the scale of the crisis is understood and steps have to be taken? to what extent had the department for health and social are got on top of promoting or suggesting the sort of countermeasures and infection control that ultimately were at the heart of the government response? from the end of february when the prime minister took the chair of cobra which was symbolically very important, when the chancellor of the duchy of lancaster got stuck in and you heard from him how he came to a cobra, was alarmed, asked some very good questions, followed that “p very good questions, followed that up with me and from. you might thinki up with me and from. you might think i was unhappy to receive that e mail on those questi
As the tears flowed, she tried to make sense of her seemingly endless misfortune. I know its short track and i know im supposed to be prepared for this, but it still hurts, you know. Obviously, its still almost a week until my best distance, so thats the positive. I dont know, right now i just cant see living with this feeling, you know. I just. But, i mean, its out of my control, i got knocked over and thats that. Commentator christie. Oh, theyve gone down those memories of sochi four years ago, though, may now prove hard to erase. She crashed in the same final there, but her team are urging her to stay positive. I think you could all see she tried to put everything out there to try and get gold. She wasnt going for anything else. You know, thats the nature of the sport. You know, crashes do happen, unfortunately. The question now, though, is whether britains biggest medal hope can pick herself up again on a desperate day of deja vu. Andy swiss, bbc news, pyeongchang. Here on bbc one
At the pyeongchang games. A jury has found the former football coach Barry Bennell guilty of multiple counts of sexual abuse. His victims were young footballers, boys aged between eight and 15, groomed by bennell, who claimed he could fulfil their dreams of becoming professional footballers. During the trial, he was described as a child molester on an industrial scale. In total, the jury at Liverpool Crown court returned guilty verdicts on 36 counts. They are yet to reach a verdict on seven further counts. Joining me from Liverpool Crown court is our correspondent, ben ando. What happened in court this afternoon . This has been a four week trial, the jury this has been a four week trial, the jury has been directing for three days. They have reached verdicts on some of the towns facing Barry Bennell, who was a very highly respected football coach with clubs like stoke city, Manchester City and Crewe Alexandra in the 1980s. Up until 1990. Thats what we heard. In total, bennell faced 48 c
27 year old Elise Christie crashes out of the womens 500 metres speed skating final. And prince harry and Meghan Markle have visited Edinburgh Castle on their first officialjoint appearance in scotland. Good evening and welcome to bbc news. The former football coach Barry Bennell has been found guilty of multiple sex offences against young boys in the 1980s. Bennell, whos 64, had denied 48 charges, including indecent assault and serious Sexual Assaults, but the jury convicted him on 36 counts, and has asked for more time to consider seven others. During the trial prosecutors described him as a predatory paedophile, who molested young boys on an industrial scale. Danny savage reports. Barry bennell, a football coach who abused many young boys in his charge. Today, he was convicted of sexually assaulting boys aged between eight and 15. He was the gatekeeper to a dream world in football, but his victims had to silently suffer horrific abuse. His trial heard he was a child molester on an i