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to be patient, that wasn't needed to be patient, that wasn't one of her virtues before. she has worked really hard, she has done a lot of really hard work and hasn't been here on the bike.” lot of really hard work and hasn't been here on the bike. i don't think it's a problem. vicky crashed in rotterdam in january 2016, it's a problem. vicky crashed in rotterdam injanuary 2016, racing was cancelled, fans are asked to leave. she had broken her neck, back and pelvis. she cannot remember the accident and has never seen it. she endured numerous operations to please her back together. she is 2a 110w please her back together. she is 2a now and hopes her besties are to come. my body is stronger than what it was before i crashed and the numbers i am sitting in the gym are better than what they are before. in that sense, my body has been through all the trauma, but it has come out properly better functioning and stronger than it was before because i've had all the time to strip everything down and start from square everything down and start from square one. everything down and start from square one. it is like vicky version two! she missed out on brazil, the
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tokyo 0lympics gives her a second chance. there is still a long road ahead. we all wish her well. reminder that highlights of a thrilling if controversial day three of the winter olympics are starting over on bbc2 at 7pm. but from all of us here at sportsday, it's goodbye for now. time for the headlines on bbc news. 0xfam's deputy chief executive penny lawrence resigns over the six scandal involving aid workers in haiti. the three britons killed in a helicopter crash in the grand canyon have been named. three other britons and the pilot were injured when the helicopter went down. talks in belfast to restore devolved government and without agreement, but irish political leaders say
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progress has been made. an update on the market numbers for you. the prime minister said she hopes an executive in northern ireland could be up and running very soon. her comments came after a day of meetings with the irish prime minister and political leaders in stormont. speaking in the past hour, she said she could see the basis of an agreement. i've had full and frank conversations with the five parties, i've also met with the taoiseach. while some differences remain, i believe it is possible to see the basis of an agreement here. there is the basis of an agreement and it should be possible to see an executive up and running in northern ireland very soon. the dup and sinn fein have been working hard to close
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the remaining gaps, but i would like to recognise the contribution of other parties here in northern ireland. what i am clear about is that we are all fully committed to doing all we can to support this process , doing all we can to support this process, and as far as westminster is concerned, we stand ready to legislate for the re—establishment ofan legislate for the re—establishment of an executive as soon as possible after an agreement. let's go back 110w after an agreement. let's go back now to our top story. as we've been hearing, the deputy chief executive of 0xfam, penny lawrence, has resigned amid criticism of the charity's handling of a sex scandal involving former employees in haiti in 2011. following a meeting with the charity, the secretary of state for international development, penny mordaunt, said 0xfam assured her they were co—operating fully with authorities in countries where abuse had been reported. ms mordaunt said... 0ur diplomatic correspondent
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james landale is here. is that effectively the end of the matter for the time being? is that effectively the end of the matterfor the time being? it is is that effectively the end of the matter for the time being? it is the latest stage in what is going to be a long process note. she is keeping her options open in terms of whether 01’ her options open in terms of whether or not she is going to continue funding 0xfam and other charities. she has set out a long shopping list of things she herself is going to do while she is expecting the charities to get their act in order. she has written to all the charities, not
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just 0xfam but all other charities that receive public money, it seemed you need to get your house in order and you've got to come back to need to show me that you have. within her own department, she set up a new unit that is going to look at how people can be safeguarded by the behaviour of charities. the focus is going to be, how do you stop predatory individuals being employed in the first place but then also being rehired by other charities? one of the things that are looking at is having a global register of aid workers so that when somebody moves from one charity to another as they do frequently, there is a record of where they have been so you can make sure you have an attempt at stopping people from moving to one place to another. the feature of this incident that is strange is the time lapse. the question of whistle—blowers under protection so that the story gets out and doesn't get covered up. a
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partial transparency did not work in this case and i think all charities will now realise that that is gone now, the idg can finesse the slightly and only put partial amounts of information in front of the government. that is not going to work. there has to be complete transparency. i think all of these things, i think charities are going to have to start publishing these allegations, lists so that you can measure what is being done. the crucial point is how do you regain trust? not only in terms of the british government but also our viewers. should they should do not give money to these organisations? if these questions are outstanding thatis if these questions are outstanding that is what is concerning. hattie got a sense of how damaging this has been to donations? there are trends and they are long—term. it will be and they are long—term. it will be an interesting test as and when, god forbid, there is another earthquake,
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tragedy, crisis, how hard is it pretty charities to get together to raise that money as they have done in the past? all of the organisation involved from the secretary of state to oxfam to the other charities trying to look supremely competent at this point, how effective is that? this initial stage of that process ? that? this initial stage of that process? i think 0xfam now i'm beginning to get everything out there. when these things happen, organisations sometimes go in on themselves, or do think we need to get out and meet every case. 0xfam are certainly doing that. i think penny mordaunt is very conscious of the fact it is notjust the penny mordaunt is very conscious of the fact it is not just the future of oxfa m the fact it is not just the future of oxfam that is at stake but the aid sector and the idea of britain's aid sector and the idea of britain's aid budget, she knows she is going to have to defend that budget of hers and she has to make sure people are spending some of it have got the means to. thanks so much. now it's time for a quick look at
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the weather. good evening. some snow in the forecast for the next 2a hours, enough to be disrupted in places. some rain further south and ahead of that band of rain and snow, some strong and gusty winds. the snow moving through northern ireland in two parts of north—west england, even as far south as north wales. especially but not exclusively over high ground, temperatures close to freezing in the north to give the risk for some ice. tomorrow morning could bring some commuting issues, snow and ice, wind and rain, that will cause travel disruption. we push this band of rain in the south, snow across parts of the night and move it further east. these guys will start to brighten behind that, seeing spells of sunshine developing, wintry showers coming across the north—west. generally
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