tv The Papers BBC News February 12, 2018 10:45pm-11:01pm GMT
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to if, ‘b 12 ‘fl to high et, he was allowed to move to high et, where the new allegations have since surfaced and led to all this terrible concern about what has been happening at oxfam. she has resigned, the chief executive remains under pressure, because he was not chief executive of the time, but still, there ongoing questions which we will talk about in a second about how quickly they acted, not just at the time in haiti, but also subsequent to that, and whether they have done enough onwards. and the paton tapp the i, do you get the sense that the papers are making any of that state? it is hard to know what the chains of responsibility are comment is difficult to know what oversightjudy are comment is difficult to know what oversight judy was, of the charity commission or what oxfam told them and all of that is yet to be covered. i think it is pretty striking that having watched the way that some of oxfam's executors have responded today. my faith in the charity has really been shattered to
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some extent. i assumed when the stories first came out and it was broken by my newspaper, the times, andl broken by my newspaper, the times, and i think it is a fantasticjob they did on it. but i think i assumed it had to be a few exceptions. and when you listen to the woman who whistle—blower today, saying that actually i brought all these concerns, including the fact that on a single day she had allocations brought to her of coerced sex in other countries by three oxfam workers in one day, she took her concerns to the board, and they told her that they had read her paperand didn't want they told her that they had read her paper and didn't want to listen to her talking about it. he truly seems they did not take seriously the fact that if you send people who have immense power into situations where other people are dependent upon them, then some people who was to miss use that power will be completely free to do so unless there are consequences. yes, so that particular line is obviously the key story on the front page of the telegraph, martin. they are saying, their headline, oxfam workers offers
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aid to sex, which is a very serious allegation. precisely, this is the interviewer talking about, which was on channel 4 news. clearly it is a massive problem that has been exposed, and one that has been far too slow to be acted upon. and the great irony of this is that of course in disaster zones in particular, one of the great things charities try to do is set up safe spaces and work to protect vulnerable women in particular and young girls, and of course some of this is about the alleged abuse of children, notjust women, children, even worse, and yet the charities working to try to protect them on one hand, and then the staff appear to have been engaging in this type of abusive behaviour, and whilst it was known, and as you say, we don't quite know how far this will go faster we don't know if it willjust be restricted to oxfam or whether other charities... that is incredibly unlikely, it is never going to be the case that only one organisation has the problem, as it
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was that harvey weinstein was the only powerful man abusing people in his industry. we have to fit a caveat, having spent a lot of time abroad and with people that work in aid, most of them are highly motivated and a fantasticjob. my concerns about oxfam here is that they were not willing to recognise when a few people are behaving badly. let's not tell the whole of the aid sector, because there are an awful lot of incredibly committed people who work in appalling conditions, doing very brave things, and we should be grateful to them for that. it is kind of the response to the problem is most worse than the original problem, or consumes the original problem, or consumes the original problem, or consumes the original problem.|j the original problem, or consumes the original problem. i was in high et after the earthquake and have been there a few times since, and seen been there a few times since, and seen the things you are talking about, people doing quite valuable work i do help people in desperate situations, try to help them. they must be completely dismayed today first you think of those lovely old ladies in the oxfam charities shops you going to, think how they must be
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feeling, giving up their time willingly and at the moment the whole brand is in danger of being tarnished, which is why the chief executive at the time and all the staff should have taken them seriously. they should not have breasted under the carpet. think much pressure there would have been if they said we have discovered this, we have sacked these people, they will never work in the aids sector again and this is what we'll do about it. that defensive behaviour by big institutions are something we have seen over and over again. let'sjust move something we have seen over and over again. let's just move onto another story in the front page the telegraph and stop the us saying ta ke telegraph and stop the us saying take back your jihadists. telegraph and stop the us saying take back yourjihadists. what is that all about? it is all about the foreign fighters who have been ca ptu red foreign fighters who have been captured in syria and iraq. the us administration apparently suggesting that those countries from which they have come should take ownership and deal with them, rather than necessarily the americans having to pick up the problem, or indeed those people floating around and disappearing off elsewhere to cause trouble elsewhere. it is angled
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here, talking about the two so—called beatles, former british citizens, who both had their citizenship stripped from this country. but only we will be having them back and i think the americans will want to prosecute themselves anyway. in that particular case because of the appalling acts they are alleged to have committed against american citizens. given how unpopular government is, i don't wa nt unpopular government is, i don't want this kind of election winning slogan for we are bringing back as his supporters to britain to take up time and jail space. absolutely a no—no. time and jail space. absolutely a no-no. moving on to the guardian, a sharp rise in admissions for eating disorders. the story of interest to many families of teenage girls. the numberof many families of teenage girls. the number of admissions to hospital treating disorders has almost
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doubled from 2010 from just over. it goes along with the fact that there has been a sharp decline in mental health among teenage girls in particular. the kara mbodj exact figures but within the last ten years their suicide rate has doubled. almost approaching that of young men, which has always been high. medical experts think this is all to do with the increased pressure on girls in particular, and it is social media, and having to look and behave perfectly, and the injured everything 0k, and the appalling popularity contest, as you put your pictures and your feeds online, seeing how many likes you get. it is devastating people. basically they are all having to live as if they are in the public eye and they are only children. so martin, in terms of the detail of this, this is so fuzzy, the sprint, i can't see it, but the numbers about 13,000. yes. as it says, it
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has doubled in basically a decade or so. has doubled in basically a decade or so. which is shocking, isn't it? absolutely frightening. the trouble is, each individual person who suffers that, it is heartbreaking for theirfamilies suffers that, it is heartbreaking for their families and stop terrible for their families and stop terrible for them. it needs proper investigation to find out what is causing this. the fairer ways in which some of those pressures can be alleviated to that fewer people and up alleviated to that fewer people and up this way. it is the wrong way to be going, not the right way. but it is also the case that government cuts to children's mental health services over the past few years, i know jeremy hunt has services over the past few years, i knowjeremy hunt has said this way. it is the wrong way to be going, not the right way. but it is also the case that government cuts to children's mental health services over the past few years, i know jeremy hunt has a business now be a target and a focus for the government and make every much in is the case that people working in adolescent mental health services often find when children are
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referred to them because they are in crisis, they can be given appointments 80 months ahead, which is worse than useless. that is half your time is worse than useless. that is half yourtime in six is worse than useless. that is half your time in six form, if you are a child. yes. cilic ourselves up at all with the next tory? let's try! no limit on entry exam fails for aspiring teachers, so if you are a teacher you can fail as many times as you like, basically. this is the the i. used to be ruled out after three tonnes of have to wait two yea rs three tonnes of have to wait two years to retake. the same does not apply for the normal exams that pupils take. are they allowed to teach during? this is before they have qualified. the problem with this is that it is the side—effect of government policy, the fact that teaching has become such a high stress occupation, in which teachers are being measured at the time on how their children achieved, and children of cream taught the test.
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the quality — — children of cream taught the test. the quality —— children are being put to the test. the pressure on both children and teachers is increasing dramatically, and so many teachers are leaving and so many more don't want to come into it, but actually this is not an answer. the answer is how do you make the teaching profession less stressful, more productive and more attractive. just try and shovel in some of the people that aren't up to it by saying never mind, canjust keep retaking interview fluke a parcel stop sorry about that, it was your fault, it was your story! the mirror, meghan's secret visits to comfort grun for victims. they have visits plural, is it that committee meeting? we don't know, but it seems like a very good idea. it is not very clear, it says has visited the g re nfell tower very clear, it says has visited the grenfell tower site, so we don't know the answer to that one. not a very cheerful topic but at least she is doing something positive to try to help people there, and good for her. the important thing is we all
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rememberto her. the important thing is we all remember to theresa may turning up to visit the grenfell tower victims looking absolutely petrified, surrounded by her security detail. doing a few handshakes with some of the firefighters and other people at the firefighters and other people at the firefighters and other people at the fire and then fleeing without actually beating any of the victims. and that so much increased everyone's rage at the time. and in the queen turned up unannounced, think of was the following day, and prince harry, and they spent time with the victims, and they shook hands, and they talk to them, and you could see how moved the queen was, and you could see that it completely calmed a very few brel situation at that point. there is still in the society something very special about being visited by royalty. i think at times of such enormous divisions in this area. it isa enormous divisions in this area. it is a good thing. and in the people's and says, that is special for people. we just have time for one more, a picture story, the financial times has got these interesting portraits of the 0bamas. exactly, i
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like the bit in particular about barack 0bama. to negotiate to have less grey hair and smaller ears, but the portrait artist said nowhere, and there it is. what is and all. not many warts, in fact, most people would be happy to look like he did. that is a great tradition of poultry, all portrait artists throughout the centres have tried to flatter their subjects. —— throughout the centuries. i was a bit struck, having the portrait of barack 0bama is pretty fabulous, and you really see his characters with. he looks thoughtful, intelligent yet composed. but i don't think that this picture of michelle 0bama looks like at all. i'm with you. she likes it, apparently. she's not going say she doesn't. if we think of all the sitting she must of had and all the time, to manage to produce a portrait that actually doesn't look like this woman? i think that is a fail. these are going in the
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smithsonian, right, in the national portrait gallery? the great thing is it is the first time obviously that a black president has been there by definition, so it is a breakthrough in that sense. we have two corletto day there. thank you so much rejoining us. come back again —— we have to call it a day. that is it for the paper tonight. don't forget, you considerfront pages for the paper tonight. don't forget, you consider front pages online, for the paper tonight. don't forget, you considerfront pages online, on the bbc news website, seven days a week. if you missed the programme you can watch it later on bbc iplayer, any evening. hello. there is some snow in the forecast through the next 2a hours. in fact, enough snow to cause some disruption in places was that we have already had a significant covering across some parts of the country. that was how it looked for a weather watcher close to belfast earlier today. here comes our next weather system, this next curl of cloud pushing in from the atlantic.
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that will bring rain for some and snow fathers. ahead of that, strong and gusty winds, 50 to 60, possibly 70 mph, and exposed spots towards the south—west. southern areas mostly seeing rain further north, some snowfall, especially over higher ground, but into low levels at times, with temperature is close to freezing or a touch below, there is the potential for some to freezing or a touch below, there is the potentialfor some ice in northern areas tomorrow morning. here is a closer look in more detail at tomorrow morning's rush hour. quite a lot of snow still falling across scotland over high ground, five to ten centimetres, but a few centimetres to the central belt at rush hour could cause some issues, the snow tending to clear away from northern ireland through the morning, some still to come across parts of northern england and north wales. further south, there will be some wind and rain to content with. whether it is snow and ice or wind and rain, there is the potentialfor some travel disruption through the rush—hour. no bbc local radio station will keep you up—to—date. this band of unsettled weather will slide eastwards through the day full stop and that, things start to
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brighten up. some spas and sunshine, but some wintry showers packing in towards the north—west. temperature—wise, we will struggle, four to 7 degrees at best quite a cold feeling day. tuesday night, that first weather system will slide away to that used about here's another one hot on its heels. wednesday is actually a bit of a repeat performance for brightness to start off in eastern areas in the wind strengthened and then we see cloud and outbreaks of rain, yes, but still some snow, especially over high ground in the north but perhaps to lower levels for a time to stop generally, we will bring in something a little milder at the stage, particular lay down towards the south and west. temperatures 9 degrees in belfast, ten in cardiff and plymouth as we finish wednesday. as we move towards the end of the week, no pressure still in charge up her to the north—west, blowing some wintry showers in across northern areas. things begin to dry out the and thing starting to turn milder as well, something drier, quieter and generally milder as had on towards the whee kim. —— as we had on
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