A court has heard that the former football coach Barry Bennell was a predatory and determined paedophile, who is alleged to have subjected a number of boys to abuse on more than 100 occasions. Bennell, who is now known as richard jones, denies multiple historical sex offence charges. The prosecution said that some of the abuse took place in the grounds of crewe alexandra, where bennell was coach, but also at his home. Letsjoin our Sports Editor dan roan, whos at Liverpool Crown court. Yesterday, we learned that Barry Bennell had pleaded guilty to seven charges of sexual abuse, but he were still contesting 48 further counts relating to 11 compliments, all boys aged as young as nine between 1979 and 1991. Today, this trial, expected to last eight weeks, got under way as the prosecution opened its case. Exercise full former coach in the 19805, exercise full former coach in the 1980s, Barry Bennell worked with some of the most successful teams like alexandra. He also had linked with stoke
And gary 0ldman is among the nominations for this years bafta awards for his portrayal of Winston Churchill in darkest hour. Our main story at 5 theresa mays cabinet has met for the first time after a reshuffle that triggered a resignation and was dismissed as a lacklustre pr exercise by labour. Today she carried out the second stage of her ministerial reshuffle with new roles for dominic raab, jojohnson and alok sharma. Mark garnier, who was cleared of inappropriate behaviour towards a member of his staff, has lost his job as trade minster. Separately, the journalist toby young resigned as a member of the new universities watchdog, the office for students, after criticism of derogatory comments hed made in the past about about women, gay people and disabled people. 0ur Political Correspondent alex forsyth reports. The new look top team, gathered at the cabinet table for the first time today. Theresa mays reshuffle was meant to be something of a reset for the government, but it was far
Time in more than two years in north and south korea have engaged in formal talks to try and defuse tensions between the two countries. The south has asked the north to end any hostile acts, while the north agreed was a need to guarantee a peaceful need on the peninsula. They will also send a delegation to the Winter Olympics next month. Represents a sudden and dramatic change after months of tension. Reporting from seoul. It wasjust last week that kim jong un, in his new year s message made a sudden and unexpected announcement that he wa nted and unexpected announcement that he wanted to open talks with south korea and that he was willing to send a delegation to the Winter Olympics that begin in south korea. Today, those talks happened. They produced a result that not many people would have predicted. Just a a few weeks ago. The skiers on the slopes ofjohn chang today were moving a little slower than they will be in a months time. Then, the world s best will be flying down to compete.
Welcome to bbc news. Theresa may has appointed more women and mps from ethnic minority backgrounds as ministers, at the end of a two day reshuffle designed to recharge her government. The Prime Minister said her reshuffle makes the government look more like the country it serves. But labour described the changes as lacklustre pr exercise. Our deputy Political Editor john pienaar has more. Allowed through the door at number ten today for a quick peek at the new look cabinet. Nobody moved. Almost nobody moved yesterday, because theresa may couldnt make them. Where is she . There she is. Jeremy hunt, the health secretary, was in the way and wouldnt budge, just like yesterday. The new faces in the top team were happy enough, though. Theres lots of energy, lots of ideas. It was a really important meeting this morning, with a sense of renewed vigour. And the losers . I did what i thought the right thing to do was. Justine greening, now ex education secretary, had no regrets. She wouldnt swit
And, the latest production secrets from the director who brought us wallace and grommit. And coming up on sportsday on bbc news. The var experiment continues. Chelsea and arsenals efl cup semifinal is the second club match in england to use the new system. Good evening. Manufacturing output in the uk is growing at its fastest rate for a decade after recording a seventh consecutive month of growth in november. Performance has been boosted by the weak pound and by the revived state of the Global Economy. But in the same period construction output fell by the biggest margin for the past five years reflecting the subdued nature of the domestic economy, as our economics editor kamal ahmed explains. The sound of better economic news, and the manufacturers which are making the goods a faster growing world is demanding. The weakness in the value of the pound makes everything britain sells abroad more competitive, and firms that export are taking advantage. So this machine actually is a high en