Rather than be with people you know, rather than dying at 83 demented, catheterised in your bed, muttering to themselves, they would die at 106 on the tennis court, while winning, or killed by a jealous lover at 113. Welcome to the programme, were live until 11 this morning. Also later in the programme we will be talking about so called fat letters letters sent to parents in england and wales if their children are classed as overweight after being weighed at school. One 11 Year Old Girl has said that she lost the confidence to play sport after her mum received such a letter. Wed love to hear from you if you got one of these letters about your kids are they a bad thing . Aid workers used prostitutes in high et. The charity has been accused of this in 2011 which led to four people being sacked and others resigning. The allegations of Sexual Misconduct by aid workers in haiti in 2011 have threatened notjust the charitys reputation but also the £32 million it gets each year from the gover
Figures out this morning. England rugby team. Ill be finding out why. Working weekend. With edinburgh and carries nearly 38 million good about any of the stories were covering this morning. Passengers a year. Just use the hashtag bbcbizlive. Start to the working weekend. Means for passengers. Morning. A pretty chilly start of the day. Pretty chilly start good morning. Have been described. Of the day. I am here at rhs wisley in surrey. Knocked off course by strong pretty chilly start of the day. Here at rhs wisley in surrey. Winds. Have been talking about snowdrops this morning. This morning. The world of film conditions at the Winter Olympics are causing problems. Are causing problems. Have been getting earlier and earlier in recent decades. Earlier in recent decades. And entertainment. Fact we have seen some milder slope style went ahead as planned, but was that the correct choice . Winters. And matts admiring the snowdrops at rhs wisley. Winters. This winter has been around where it
Cross country event. Meanwhile, in the arena, north korean cheerleaders mesmerise the crowds with incredible synchronisation. And scotland fight back to earn a first win in this years six nations, with a hard fought victory against france. Good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. A russian domestic passenger plane has crashed on the outskirts of the russian capital, killing all 71 people on board. It took off from Moscows Domodedovo airport. Some witnesses say it broke up in midair. The black box recorder has been recovered. Our moscow correspondent, sarah rainsford, has been giving us the latest. Its early days and all of those things are being looked into right now. There doesnt appear to have been any extra ordinary weather conditions. The wind was fairly light, according to reports ive read, and although it is the depth of winter, its extremely cold, there was no heavy snowfall. No obvious reason for the weather to have caused this. We dont know if it was a technical failure. This w
The International Development secretary, penny mordaunt, has described as horrific the behaviour of some of oxfams workers in haiti, who were accused of using prostitutes in the aftermath of the earthquake there in 2010. And concerns that this could be a wider issue were echoed by the author, and a former president of a charity, dr elaine storkey. Yes, its a horrible idea that there might be even more revelations that we havent yet seen, and it doesnt surprise me. Aid workers in vulnerable places are working their socks off and are open to temptation, but it is very sad that you can imagine them giving into it. In your experience of haiti, how serious a problem is the exploitation of women, and did it get worse after the earthquake . Its similar to the exploitation of women across the world, its barbaric and relentless, women are prostituted and abused and so on. Actually, in defence of the organisations, if it werent for the ngos in places like haiti and chad, the issue of the availab
Gales blowing through. These are the wintry showers and will continue through the course of this evening and night into some western and Northern Areas but the east and southis Northern Areas but the east and south is going to be clear and cold. The winds are also going to drop out and the temperatures will fall. We are talking about 2, minus three degrees in city centres. It will be cold in rural spots, possibly minus five. Some monday dawns on a cold and frosty zero, lots of sunshine around, and then monday night, more bad weather on the way. The latest headlines on bbc news. The government is warning 0xfam and other uk charities that funding will be withdrawn if they fail to co operate with the authorities in cases of Sexual Exploitation by staff. A russian passenger aircraft has crashed shortly after taking off from domodedovo airport in moscow killing all 71 people on board. The leader of south africas ruling anc party cyril ramaphosa, says the future of the countrys president jac