Sex abuse ring. It was a harrowing, hard watch and has been praised for how close to the truth it was. There is no such thing as a child prostitute. What there is is a child who was being abused. By two . By men who was being abused. By two . By men who pick on vulnerable girls. Well, a little later well be talking to sarah rowbotham, the Sexual Health worker who blew the lid on the scandal. Hello, welcome to the programme. Were live until am this morning. Lots coming up today, that Special Report on autistic children undergoing Shock Therapy in america, is it cruel or a way of helping them have a better life . Do get in touch on all the stories were talking about this morning use the hashtag victorialive. If you text, you will be charged at the Standard Network rate. Our top Story Today Brexit dominated the televised leaders debate, which was held last night despite the absence of theresa may and Jeremy Corbyn. The itv event saw little disagreement between the lib dems, green party, p
Managed to fool hsbcs Voice Recognition Security System, designed to prevent fraud. Good morning, its friday, 19th may. Im annita mcveigh. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. Breaking news this morning. Swedish prosecutors are ending their seven year long investigation into the wikileaks founder, Julian Assange, who has been accused of rape. Mr assange, whos a5, has been living at the Ecuadorian Embassy in london since 2012, claiming asylum to avoid extradition to sweden. Scotla nd Scotland Yard says it is obliged to arrest him for Breaching Bail Conditions if he leaves the embassy. Julian assange has just tweeted this picture. This is in reaction to that means from sweden. That is the first reaction from Julian Assange, though no statement from him as yet. Lets cfoss no statement from him as yet. Lets cross to the Ecuadorian Embassy in london. Our correspondent, Richard Lister, is there. Richard, so, any expectation we might Seejulian Assange leading that embassy any time soon . I would hav
It could hinge on a Board Meeting after the fa cup final. Good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. Prosecutors in sweden have dropped their seven year long investigation, into allegations of rape against the founder of the wikileaks website, Julian Assange. Hes been a fugitive, living at the Ecuadorian Embassy in london since 2012, avoiding extradition. Mr assange has always denied the allegations, saying theyre politically motivated. Lets go live to richard lister, whos outside the embassy for us this afternoon. Clive, it is four years and 11 months to the David Julian Assange took refuge at the Ecuadorian Embassy. He has remained behind those net curtains ever since. He never left. At today, as the news came out from sweden, he tweeted a Smiling Photograph of himself. That is the only comment he has made an todays developments. As Caroline Hawley reports, he remains a wanted man. Victory as howard Julian Assanges lawyer described todays news. The wikileaks founder tweeted t
They have had a metal detector, that those shots were fired. Police are trying to find out the precise circumstances of what happened. The office for Police Conduct say they havent spoken to the Police Officers who were here. We understand there were a number of them involved in the arrest. They havent spoken to the officers because they were traumatised by what they witnessed. Those interviews will take place in a few days time but they will have evidence from security cameras and body one footage. Obviously they have been trying to find out how on earth that weapon got into the police station, how it was discovered in that initial search, it apparently was concealed of the stay very well. Before you go to the weather we will bring you some breaking news concerning the sad death of a six Year Old Girl in gosforth in newcastle. We have a statement from northumbria police, who have confirmed that yesterday just after lunchtime, around 1 15pm, they received a report a child had been stru
Hes done glastonbury, he supported black students now stormzy is starring in a video game. And coming up on bbc news. Wasps will be without 11 players for the premiership final due to coronavirus and isolation rules. Four of them would have been in their matchday squad. Good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. Less than a month after he announced the job support scheme, the chancellor, rishi sunak, has had to announce a substantial revision. It follows intense pressure from businesses, especially those in tier two, who complained that though their income was hit hard they were not getting anything like enough help. Mr sunak said the updated scheme was now one of the most generous in the world. Labour said it was rushed out at the last minute. Under the revised version, employers will pay less and staff can work fewer hours and still be eligible for Government Support when it starts on november 1st. So what are the main changes . To qualify, employees will have to workjust a fif