the university of st andrews is the jewel in the crown of scotland s education system. princes and politicians have studied here. fees can be as high as £32,000 a year. st andrews is your quintessential university town. it s got a population of around 17,000 people, around two thirds of them are students. a year ago, this place was rocked by revelations which sparked our investigation. injuly 2020, an account called st andrews survivors appeared on instagram. it shared anonymous stories of students who said they d been sexually harassed, assaulted and raped by other students at the university. it s really unpleasant. it s basically story after story of horrendous experience and the trauma of living with that afterwards. yeah, it makes for really horrendous reading, actually. a #metoo moment for scotland, the anonymous reports just kept coming.
governments to act quicker to avoid the worst possible impacts of new variants. everyone hates the existing vaccinations will work against this new variant at least in terms of preventing serious illness everyone is hoping that existing vaccinations will work against this new variant. please keep your views coming in. ghislaine maxwell a close associate of the convicted sex offenderjeffrey epstein goes on trial today in new york. the british publishing heiress has been accused of trafficking four unnamed minors and grooming and recruiting them for her former lover to abuse in the late 90s and early 2000s. she s been in a new yorkjail since her arrest injuly 2020 and has pleaded not guilty to all charges. nada tawfik reports. ghislaine maxwell and jeffrey epstein attracted friends in high places, increasing the intrigue around the duo. his death in 2019 under
and 15, were also arrested and have now been bailed. sex offenderjeffrey epstein goes on trial today in new york. the british publishing heiress has been accused of trafficking four unnamed minors and grooming and recruiting them for her former lover to abuse in the late 90s and early 20005. she s been in a new yorkjail since her arrest injuly 2020 and has pleaded not guilty to all charges. labour is calling for an overhaul of the system regulating ministers conduct accusing the prime minister of failing to enforce the current rules. in a speech later, the party s deputy leader angela rayner will call for a ban on paid work relating to a minister s job for at least five years after leaving government. it comes as the commons standards committee is due to publish its own review of the mps code of conduct. the government has said it is committed to reinforcing high standards. barbados is to become the world s newest republic when the island nation formally
friends. those are the nine that are left. if nothing else, we are learning the greek alphabet as we 90, learning the greek alphabet as we go, that is a good thing. thank you very much for coming on. lovely to get your expertise on that. thank you. the trial of ghislaine maxwell former girlfriend and close associate of the convicted sex offenderjeffrey epstein has opened today in new york. the british publishing heiress has been accused of trafficking four un named minors, grooming and recruiting them for her former lover to abuse in the late 90s and early 2000s. she has been in a new yorkjail since her arrest injuly 2020. she is pleading not guilty to all charges. the bbc s nada tawfik has more. ghislaine maxwell and jeffrey epstein attracted friends in high places, increasing the intrigue around the duo. his death in 2019, under unusual circumstances, only raised more questions, leaving behind a dark cloud of mystery.
ghislaine maxwell played a critical role in the grooming and abuse of four underage girls for epstein to abuse over a decade, starting in 1994. in their indictment, the charges relate to years when she was in an intimate relationship with him. heres s the acting attorney district general for new york announcing charges last year. that abuse included sexualised massages. these turned into sexual encounters, for which maxwell in some instances was present and produce abated in. participated in. jeffrey epstein died in prison in august 2019, a month after his arrest for sex trafficking. in december, one of his alleged victims, sarah ransome, told the bbc that ms maxwell worked closely with him. ms maxwell denies this. seven months later, injuly 2020, she was arrested during a raid on her secluded mansion in new hampshire. police located her