Well start with the Winter Olympics in pyeongchang. And after Super Saturday it hasnt gone to plan for Great Britain today. James woods just missed out on a medal in the ski slopestyle, finishing fourth after a nail biting finish. The sheffield skier was in the bronze medal position after two of the three runs. But he couldnt better that in his final effort and was eventually overtaken meaning he finished in an agonising fourth place. Result wise, amazing. Performance wise, you cannot engineer perfection. I did that run three times in a row and thats mega, its seriously mega. If every run had been perfect, it would have meant last place. If one or two people had slipped up, wouldve been on the top. That is the game of perfection, man. Britains Womens Curling Team lost their latest match in controversial fashion. Gb lost 8 6 to sweden after a decisive 11th end. Gb skip eve muirhead was ajudged not to have let go of her final stone before the line, meaning the shot was void. That gave the swedes an easy final shot to secure an 8 6 victory. It leaves muirheads rink with a record of won three, lost three, with switzerland, japan and canada still to play in the round robin stage. Britain is still basking in the success of what was their most successful ever day at a winter olympic games. After izzy atkin won bronze yesterday in the ski slopestyle, britain won two medals in the skeleton. Laura deas taking bronze in herfirst games, with defending champion Lizzy Yarnold sliding to gold in thrilling style. Earlier this morning the bbcs kat downes spoke to the two medallists about their fantastic achievements. I think my dream was to be an olympian. Not necessarily to win, but to go and call myself an olympian. To do what we did in sochi, to retain the title the Great Britain was phenomenal. Its been a ha rd britain was phenomenal. Its been a hard four years. Loads of ups and downs. Im pinching myself that i managed to put it together yesterday. That final run was so clea n, yesterday. That final run was so clean, so calm. What were your thoughts at the top of that run, knowing that if you went quickly a double gold medal would be yours . Thats it, i knew i had to be quick, i knew i had to make a marker ahead ofjanine i knew i had to make a marker ahead of janine flock who was going after me. I was thinking be calm, enjoy it, but keep aerodynamic form and do my best. I made a few hits, i make m ista kes my best. I made a few hits, i make mistakes but i never gave up. I never took my eyes off of the finish line and potentially winning. Message that everyone back at home. That runs the janine flock was such a roller coaster for all of team that runs the janine flock was such a roller coasterfor all of team gb. Her run meant you were the olympic champion and it also meant you with the bronze medallist. We saw those amazing pictures of you watching lizzy coming down in king, that means im probably out of the medals. Just like dom parsons you thought there was a chance you were going to be forth. What was it like seeing janine flock come down . Fortu nately for seeing janine flock come down . Fortunately for you it meant a medal. It was really tough to janine. Ididnt medal. It was really tough to janine. I didnt want to believe it could happen. I could barely look at the screen, i was so nervous. My emotions were all over the place because lizzy had just put down a track record. I didnt want to be forth. I was watching the splits as janine was coming down. Halfway down she dropped to four tenths behind and id just bought, maybe this is enough. But i didnt want to believe it until she had actually crossed the line, because a lot can happen ina the line, because a lot can happen in a short space of time. When i saw shed dropped down to fourth, we screamed at each other. It was incredible, such a special moment. There was a controversial var decision in the fa cup yesterday, but it didnt prevent Manchester United booking their place in the quarter finals. Southampton and brighton are also through, as drew savage reports. So, is this off side, or isnt it . Video assistant refereeing was supposed to bring clarity in such situations, but had it provided answers or more questions . Commentator young. Mata he is on side, and he has made it 2 0 or had he . The assistant referee flag has down but did the video assistant referee think . After a lengthy wait, kevin friend ruled that mata had been off side, his goal disallowed. And then the debate over the Television Pictures began. Was the yellow line straight, or even at right angles across the pitch . Whatever your point of view, it didnt affect the outcome of the match. Sanchez. Oh, a fabulous ball. Lukaku right the way through here. Can he get the shot in . Oh, he can lukaku has his and Manchester Uniteds second. But the answers most wanted to hear after the final whistle were not about the football. This video assistant referee, from my point of view maybe im too traditional but this killed the emotion of the game in these situations and this is why i dont like it. What the var is bringing, good and bad, they have to kill the bad and make it, make it perfect, because everyone that loved the game i think loves the truth. No controversy as brighton reached their first fa cup quarterfinalfor 32 years after a 3 1 win over league two coventry. And a debut goal for record signing jurgen locadia. Its 35 years since they took Manchester United to an fa cup final replay. This year, they will meet them in the last eight. Speaking of replays, Sheffield Wednesday will need a second go to decide whether they or premier League Swansea will face the winner of rochdale versus spurs, played later today. And a controversial week off the pitch for west brom finished with 2 1 defeat at home to southampton. Dusan tadic had put the saints were two up, salomon rondons a wonder goal gave albion hope, but they couldnt force a replay of their own. Southampton will find out on monday night whether they travel to wigan to Manchester City in the quarterfinals. Drew savage, bbc news. Cricket now, and england have failed to reach the final of the tri series. England needed to beat new zealand by 20 runs to make wednesdays final against australia. England did win the match after making 194 7 in their 20 overs. Eoin morgan top scoring with 80. But his side needed to restrict new zealand to 174 to get through. The kiwis finished on 192 4, which was enough to see them get through to the final. George groves successfully defended his wba super middleweight title with a win over chris eubankjunior in manchester the british world title bout went all 12 rounds, with groves boxing clever to withstand the challenge from eubankjunior. The victory was unanimous, and also means groves is through to the world boxing super series final. Thats all the sport for now. Now on bbc news, the papers. Hello, and welcome to our look at what the papers say this morning. With me are city ams rachel cuncliffe and the Financial Times Political Correspondent henry mance. Lets take a look at those front pages. The observer investigates britains prison system, claiming two thirds of prisons are providing inadequate conditions or unacceptable treatment for inmates. The sunday express says theresa may has declared there will be no going back on brexit. The telegraph leads on claims prominent members of the labour party met eastern bloc agents during the cold war. The mail on sunday has an interview with brendan cox the widower of murdered mpjo cox who has stepped down from his role in two charities after admitting inappropriate behaviour with a colleague. The sunday times says the education secretary is looking at a number of university reforms, including cheaper tuition fees for some courses. And the sun on sunday reports on alleged marriage difficulties between pop stars cheryl and liam payne. So a variety of stories on the front pages. Lets kick off and start with the mail on sunday. The brendan cox story is dominant, the mail on sunday have made the running on this story. Yes, he has given an extraordinary person an in depth interviews with them. Obviously this is the husband ofjo cox. She was murdered very shockingly, and has been a hero for the Charity Sector and also talking about free speech on migration and making mps feel safe. It is a real fall from on migration and making mps feel safe. It is a realfall from grace, these allegations from various charities that he made women feel uncomfortable and behaved in an inappropriate way. Its quite interesting because obviously youve got that incredible headline which isa got that incredible headline which is a bit misleading and then a couple of pages detailing the allegations in quite a lot of detail. The frontpage headline which says yes, i was a sex pest confesses which says yes, i was a sex pest co nfesses jo which says yes, i was a sex pest confesses jo coxs which says yes, i was a sex pest confessesjo coxs husband. Which says yes, i was a sex pest confesses jo coxs husband. He doesnt use those exact words. In the interview lots of apologies, lots of soul searching, and hes one of the few that have actually been accused and come forward and said im really, accused and come forward and said i m really, really accused and come forward and said im really, really sorry, ive let myself down. Its an interesting juxtaposition. What did you make of that . It primarily seems to relate to two complaints made in relation to two complaints made in relation to brendan cox, one when he was a senior figure at save the children and another when he was on a University Course at harvard university. He says he doesnt acce pt university. He says he doesnt accept the precise details of the complaint at harvard but he understands that his behaviour might have made people feel uncomfortable, might have been inappropriate, that he could be seen as overstepping the mark. This comes down to power. He was a very senior mark. This comes down to power. He was a very senior figure in the charity. The mail on sunday links to the former chief executive justin forsyth. Its trying to save where these figures untouchable, that you couldnt make a complaint knowing it wouldnt affect your career. A lot of people will find this very sad, given how much brendan cox has suffered and how much dignity hes had in the aftermath of his wifes murder. The paper says it is a remarkable fall from grace, thats their words. Yes, and i think youre right about the power dynamic. Later in the interview he links it to the wider more in common movement. Weve allegations like this in hollywood, westminster, the city, now the Charity Sector. The me too movement. He makes a point which is sometimes intentions dont matter, if there is such a gaping power imbalance and such a lack of oversight, you can make women feel very uncomfortable and unsafe perhaps without realising. That is a culture change that needs to happen across industries. Oxfam, who has been so much in the spotlight over the last few days, on the front page again of the sunday telegraph. This is saying oxfam new ten years ago of a urgent sex abuse problem. This isa a urgent sex abuse problem. This is a report in 2008 by save the children, a report about haiti saying that people were being forced to sell sex in exchange for aid. That was circulated to various charities. Oxfam say one of their representatives went to haiti and put some processes in place. However, oxfam admit the measures they put in place will probably insufficient and also that the people in charge of those policies, the country director in haiti for example, they couldnt be trusted to do that and may have compromised the measures. You do that and may have compromised the measures. You have do that and may have compromised the measures. You have a real question about what happens when complaints are raised and why it takes so long to go from evidence of wrongdoing to proper procedures in place, and who is ultimately responsible. If there are going to be bad eggs in the system, who is in charge of routing them out and in searing desperately poor people in places like haiti are protected . Ensuring desperately poor people in places like haiti are protected. This started with Harvey Weinstein, hollywood, now the spotlight very much on the Charity Sector and aid agencies. Spotlight very much on the Charity Sector and aid agencieslj spotlight very much on the Charity Sector and aid agencies. I think ultimately thats a good thing, that we are talking about this and allegations are coming to like and we are having a conversation. I think what you get particularly with the Charity Sector stories is people like to think that harassment and sexual abuse is done by bad people. What youre getting with the brendan cox story and also with aid workers in the Charity Sector is these can be good people doing good work who have families, who have friends who are not what you would consider a sexual predator, but who can also do terrible things and use prostitutes. This story claims some children as young as six were forced to sell sex. The reason its perhaps taken longer to get the Charity Sector is we have this idea of everyone working in the Charity Sector is doing good work, that doesnt mean you dont need oversight and structure and a process for accusations, evidence, policies. I think perhaps the Charity Sector is a bit complacent because we think about it in a positive, rosy light. There are repercussions financially for people like oxfam losing money asa for people like oxfam losing money as a result of the publicity. Oxfam has told government, but you think ministers might have said the same thing anyway, that it wont bid for new contracts. Last year they won 60 million in contracts to do work in yemen and south sudan. Over the medium term, the threat is greater. We know how much oxfam depends on goodwill, how much the government spend on aid. People have the sense that that is good work being done by good people and is making britains name more popular and seen in a good light around the world. Haiti has strong words to say about charities so its not the soft power we imagined. Lets move onto happier news which is queen lizzy as the sunday telegraph calls her. Lizzy yarnold with gold again, waving the union flag, a great moment. We werent doing so well in the Winter Olympics up until this point. We got four medals in 48 hours. I watch what they do and its absolutely terrifying. How quickly can you throw yourself down a chute of ice . Its a real success story, she is the first brit to have defended her title in two olympics in a row. Are you a fan of the Winter Olympics . Its exciting, its just terrifying. You watch with your heart in your mouth. Are you watching it . I am. You need a moment like this to get people interested. You dont want to see brits losing. There was another sad except for elise christie. It wasnt all good news. Once you see its not just the germans and the dutch who are going to win everything, you get involved. We are just behind belarus in the medals table. The Winter Olympics are not our strongest sporting event, we are good at cycling, running, those sort of things. The thing everyone says about the summer olympics is we are good at the sitting down sports. Rowing, horse riding, cycling and now this as well. And running with mo farah. Shes using the technology that these british spy that the british cyclists use for their suits. Prisons in the observer. Another depressing report. We have a new prisons minister, rory stewart. Hes come out and said that the state of some jails is deeply disturbing. This is fairly amazing. You see various people in charge of prisons in the government come out and almost trash the governments re cord and almost trash the governments record and admit things havent been at all good. Its notjust this government, this is a problem thats been going on for decades. That is the case. The type of language being used is really strong. In terms of figures we are talking about self harm going up over 10 in the past year, assaults going up 10 , a lot of those on staff. Fewer than 10 of prisons are seen as good. If youre thinking about rehabilitation, in the earlier years of the cameron government there was this idea that people should be spending less time in prison, get them out, rehabilitate them. Michael gove have the same idea. The facilities themselves are not living up to that. There are people who will say actually prisons arent meant to be nice, who cares if they are awful because theyre awful people prisons. They are meant to be safe for both the prisoners and the staff who work there. The government has a duty of care, which is clearly failing. One of the statistics is 44 of prisons are unsafe. The second one is an economic argument which is it costs a lot of money to keep people in prison and you should wa nt keep people in prison and you should want people leaving and trying to rebuild their lives afterwards. Theres an interesting quote from the conservative chair of the Justice Select Committee bob neill who says we need to have a discussion about what is the point of prisons. If they are just for punishment, then your argument is ok but if we actually want people engaged with society when they leave and we want to stop them going back and we want to stop them going back and save money, we need to be focusing on education and rehabilitation. So many people, like you say, dont want to spend money on prisons, because it seems like a waste. Its an easy way to cut the budget and looks like there are no consequences but clearly they are. The sunday times with a focus today on the cost of going to university. University fees which has been a big political headache for labour, the lbw democrats and conservatives. A lot of older people who know their children might incur these costs are concerned about it as well. The new education secretary damian hinds is launching a consultation which could see the fifa certain subjects dropped. If youve got subjects which are less expensive to teach compared to medicine or physics, the arts degrees and social science degrees would be cheaper. Also the Interest Rate at which students paid back would be cut. It is currently 6. I , back would be cut. It is currently 6. 1 , which seems. Back would be cut. It is currently 6. 196, which seems. You can accrue £5,000 worth of interest before you finish your course. Is linked to rpi. Basically no one is going to pay back their student loan. I did classics, another useless degree. They say the ones that are cheaper to teach should be cheaper to students. Ive heard the alternate which is the one is more useful to society, i mean i think classics is useful but medicine and engineering, we talk a lot about the skills gap. If youre doing something to fill the skills gap you should be subsidised more. There are different arguments. I think that politically the conservatives are never going to win over a majority of students. They will never beat labour which is the policy of scrapping tuition fees. The conservatives have a youth problem, its defining youth. Really its anyone under 40. If they want to increase their voucher rather than going after students they should go after people in their late 20s and 30s and talking about housing and policies to do with building on the green belt or liberalising planning laws. That would be better for them liberalising planning laws. That would be betterfor them politically than trying to win over students which they are never going to do. Were going to end up with the sunday times again and an interesting new rule about how to film sex in the movies. I suppose it. As with the Harvey Weinstein and the idea that you wouldnt have any nudity in auditions, very strict rules on how they filmed. What did you make of this . This is something coming out of equity. Weve been told by actors that sex scenes are very unsexy, but its not a nice thing to film. There are some issues such as do you kiss with tongues when filming these themes. These scenes. The problem again is power. Male writers, male directors, male actors being paid more and female actors being paid more and female actors may be feeling cajoled. Maybe these restrictions would balance things a bit. Is this a reform we need . These are professionals. One of the examples in the story is an actress at 19 filming a sex scene where there was quite explicit content but the director deliberately didnt tell her about it because he wanted her to react asa girl it because he wanted her to react as a girl not have an actress. That is very sinister and not treating her as a professional. I think it is about giving them respect. Clearly they can film realistic sex scenes ina they can film realistic sex scenes in a professional and safe way and they should be doing that. Thank you for coming in to review the papers today. Thats it for the papers this morning. Dont forget you can see the front pages of the papers online on the bbc news website. Its all there for you seven days a week at bbc. Co. Uk papers and if you miss the programme you can watch it later on bbc iplayer. Thank you rachel and henry. Goodbye. Quite baser reams start to the day. Weve had some pictures sent in from our weather watchers. Weve also had some frost, mist and fog patches. They are lifting and clearing. Through the rest of the day, a lots of dry weather on the cards. Cloud increasing from the west bringing some rain through the day. All courtesy of this frontal system approaching from the atlantic. Towards the east weve still got High Pressure in charge. Best of the sunshine for the likes of kent, norfolk, up towards eastern and northern parts of scotland. Elsewhere there will be a bit of brightness breaking through the cloud in the west of england, down towards the midlands. Temperatures hitting 11 degrees in the south and high single figures further north. Rain across Northern Ireland through the afternoon moving into west and wales, south west of england, heading across scotland too. Overnight as the light rain continues eastwards, we are all going to see cloud, frost free conditions on monday morning. A different feel to the weather, that mild murky weather around on monday. All down to the fact this front is lingering towards the east. The warm front producing some rain and bringing fairly mild conditions. The blue colours indicating colder air, not far away. Through the day quite nifty, murky and grey. A bit more brightness breaking through for the likes of Northern Ireland. Eastern scotla nd likes of Northern Ireland. Eastern scotland and Eastern England seeing a fewer outbreaks of rain through the day. Still quite mild. Slightly cooler in east. It looks like well still have remnants of this frontal system bringing some rain on tuesday, especially the east anglia, down towards kent and east sussex. Elsewhere not a bad day with skies clearing for scotland, Northern Ireland and wales. Temperatures just about in double figures but things turning colderfrom about in double figures but things turning colder from the east. We are seeing a change in wind direction. From tuesday onwards we will be drawing in this cold, easterly wind bringing a dip in temperatures. Bm mass coming from scandinavia and northern europe. Through the weekend a mild start, turning colder with more sunshine later on. This is bbc news. Im ben brown. The headlines at ten brendan cox, the widower of the murdered mp, jo cox, resigns from two organisations set up in her memory after claims of Sexual Misconduct in the past. President trump criticises the fbi for missing the signals about Wednesdays School shooting, describing it as unacceptable. 66 people are killed in a passenger plane crash in iran, the airline says there are no survivors. A major review of University Funding is to be unveiled by ministers tomorrow, as mps claim Interest Rates on Student Loans are unjustifiable. Also emma watson donates £1 million to a new fund aimed at making uk workplaces safe for women. Ahead of tonights baftas, the actorjoined 200 female british and irish stars in signing a letter calling for an end to Sexual Harassment in all industries
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