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
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
Midnight in london and 9am in seoul, where after months of tension between the two koreas, theres signs of a sudden and dramatic change. For the first time in over two years, north and south korea have engaged in formal military talks to try to defuse tensions between the two countries. The north will also send a delegation to the Winter Olympics taking place in south korea, next month. Our correspondent Rupert Wingfield hayes reports from seoul. The skiers on the slopes of pyeongchang today were moving a little slower than they will be in a months time. Then, the worlds best will be flying down these pistes. And now we know that when the Olympic Games open here on february 7th, there will be a full north korean team competing. They will march in side by side with their south korean compatriots. Translation i think with sport, we can put everything aside and everyone should do their best to achieve their goals in the competition. North korea isjust 50 miles away in that direction, and
After months of rising tensions on the Korean Peninsula, the north and south are to hold a new military dialogue and appear together at the winter olympics. Within the past hour, the south korean president , moon jae in, said denuclearising the Korean Peninsula was an aim that cannot be abandoned. Bur he also said that he did not want the immediate reunification of north and south korea. Translation it is the fundamental pathway, we needed to pass, which is a total. Cannot be compromised. And this should be the only way for us and this should be the only way for us to achieve full piece on the Korean Peninsulas. Live now to the south korean capital, and our correspondent, sophie long. The president has been giving a speech. He is now taking questions from the press. What do you make of it all . I think what is interesting about what we have heard from president moonjae in this morning if he has used the word denuclearisation quite a few times and has also talked about the United States
Earthquake in the Caribbean Sea. The Us Geological survey is reporting the earthquakes initial strength as 7. 6. Is in army warnings have been issued for puerto rico and the us Virgin Islands. Tsunami warnings. Jamaica is also at risk. People have been warned to move away from beaches and harbours. Eyewitnesses report windows have been rattled in the honduran capital, tegucigalpa. Authorities say there is no tsunami threat to the us east coast or the gulf of mexico. More details as we have them. After months of rising tensions on the Korean Peninsula, the north and south are to hold a new military dialogue and appear together at the Winter Olympics. The south korean president , moonjae in, has been holding a News Conference and said denuclearising the Korean Peninsula was an aim that cannot be abandoned. But he also said that he did not want the immediate reunification of north and south korea. The bbcs laura bicker was at the News Conference and asked this question you have pursued th