Supporters of jacob zuma its very hard to find real supporters ofjacob zuma even in his former stronghold, its hard to find supporters now. Well look at a legacy of allegations of corruption. And we are here talking to willian from the black eyed peas about a range of issues. Hello. Welcome to the programme, were live until 11. Throughout the morning well bring you the latest breaking news and developing stories and as always really keen to hear from you. Do get in touch on all the stories were talking about this morning use the hashtag victoria live and if you text, you will be charged at the Standard Network rate. Our top story today. The bbc has learned that the commonwealth has begun considering who might succeed the queen as the head of the organisation. Our reporter Caroline Davies is here. First of all, what is the commonwealth . Its a group of 53 countries, some of them used to be british, colonies, some of them have no ties to britain at all, the language mostly used as englis
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
Are three more chances for Elise Christie to claim this elusive medal. Chris has the weather. We will cast our nets further afield and bring you the very latest on what cyclone peter has done to tonga. Talk to you later, chris. Is it time to stop clowning around . Are pranksters and creepy clowns changing the face of an age old entertainer . Hello, everyone. This is afternoon live. Im simon mccoy. It isa im simon mccoy. It is a crisis hitting at the very heart of oxfams appeal, with questions raised by the government millions of individual donors about whether the charity deserves their money. The Charity Commission has taken the most serious action it can against oxfam, and begun a statutory inquiry into its procedures. It will investigate the handling of claims that oxfam staff used prostitutes as they carried out Disaster Relief in the aftermath of the earthquake in haiti in 2010. Matt cole reports. This crisis has already claimed one senior figure, 0xfams now former chief executive
British package holid crashes outake of the womens 500 metres speed skating final at the Winter Olympics. And prince harry and Meghan Markle are visiting edinburgh this lunchtime on their first trip to scotland. Coming up in the Sport England lose again in the t20 tri nations series, and their chances of reaching the final and now out of their hands. Good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. The Charity Commission has taken the most serious action it can against oxfam, and begun a statutory inquiry into its procedures. Staff used prostitutes as they carried out Disaster Relief in the aftermath of the earthquake in haiti in 2010. 0xfams deputy chief executive penny lawrence resigned yesterday in relation to the charitys response to the allegations. 0ur correspondent matt cole is at 0xfams headquarters in oxford. Good afternoon. There is a lot for the leaders here at 0xfam to think about as they face the possible loss of government funding. The Eu Commission could take away its
More bullish than anyone else on the street. To the markets desk right now, where julie hyman has the latest. Jules . Earlier we were sort of drifting, unchanged, but now things have turned higher across the board. Reclaim theo records that we saw back on wednesday, but nonetheless still the s p is up one third of 1 . Lets take a look at the week as well to get some perspective on the record that we saw on wednesday. You can see it pretty clearly here, the record levels where we were on the intraday closing basis. Even those climbing back, still not at those levels. Back to todays session, a lot of push and pull going on. Companies like general electric, falling even after earnings Beat Estimates because orders fell in the second quarter. Apple under pressure has one of its egg suppliers, skyward issuing a warning related to its biggest customer. Paypal, holdings falling even earningstes beat Beat Estimates as well. Back to you guys, i believe we are going to hear from the president. W