this is bbc news, and these are the top stories developing at eleven. 19—year—old, nikolas cruz accused of carrying out a school shooting in florida, which left 17 people dead, appears in court charged with premeditated. new figures show that home ownership among young people has fallen dramatically over the past 20 yea rs. with utility bills, with the costs of trains going to duncan, with my rent prices, it is just an achievable. and my friends are around the same age, and none of us are on the ladder yet. oxfam sets up an independent commission following the sex scandal involving former staff — and promises to rebuild trust. what i can guarantee is that we build build a new culture that does not tolerate that behaviour. a bbc investigation finds a significant difference between the earnings of male and female consultants working for the nhs in england. also: great britain wins its first medal of the winter olympics

in a dramatic fashion. dom parsons took bronze in the men's skeleton — the first briton to win a medal in the event for 70 years. good morning. it's friday, 16th february. i'm annita mcveigh. welcome to bbc newsroom live. police in florida say a teenager accused of killing 17 people at a high school on wednesday has confessed to the shooting. 19—year—old nikolas cruz has appeared in court charged with premeditated murder. the fbi is now investigating how it handled a warning that the teenager reportedly posted on youtube claiming he would be a "professional school shooter". vigils were held late into the night

in tribute to the victims, as nada tawfiq reports. they came to mourn the lives lost and the lives scarred by this senseless attack. neighbours, friends and the students of stoneman douglas high comforted one another as best they could. jett weetsma was among the students who ran in panic once the first shots were fired. he doesn't know if he can handle returning to the halls where his classmates‘ lives were cut short. i don't know if i'll be able to cope with just walking through the bottom floor of the freshman building, knowing that everything has been cleaned up... like, everything — you can almost imagine blood on the walls, bodies on the floor. no one is going to be able to walk through that building. no one. all 17 victims have now been identified. among them talented students, star athletes and aaron feis, a beloved football coach and security guard.

he has been called a hero for shielding children from the gunman‘s bullets. nikolas cruz appeared in court briefly on 17 charges of premeditated murder. his lawyer said he was sad and remorseful and described him as a broken human being. the sheriff's office said he confessed to opening fire on his former school. he told authorities he bought a drink at subway and stopped at mcdonald's after the rampage. on social media, cruz often posed with guns and in one post he wrote he would be a professional school shooter. those who knew him were troubled by his behaviour. i saw isaw him i saw him in the backyard and i saw him with what looked like a bb gun, i was not sure. i told my mum. the

people behind us haggarty kins. sol told my mum, and she called the cops. he actually ate my car one time. whenl cops. he actually ate my car one time. when i went to find out who did it, he was hiding in a bid. me and my friend chased him down. he wasjust always causing and my friend chased him down. he was just always causing trouble. these terrifying scenes of students completely helpless and trembling with fear have shaken the nation and they have reignited the debate on gun control. people here are in a state of shock, that someone from their own community could be capable of such killing, and that their city nowjoins the long list of america's school shooting tragedies. nada tawfiq, bbc news, parkland, florida. we will be live in florida in the next few minutes. new figures show a dramatic reduction in the number of young people buying their own homes over the last 20 years. the institute for fiscal studies found that a quarter of those under the age of 3a,

earning average incomes, were able to buy, compared to two thirds in 1998. our finance correspondent, simon gompertz has more. i've been living here a couple of years now. 30 years old, keen to buy, but shut out of the market. tom bourlet wants to stop paying rent in brighton, but house prices are beyond him. it's completely out of reach at the moment. there's not a chance i'd be able to get a deposit. i mean, it is such a cost and with utility bills, the cost of trains going to london, with my rent prices, it is just unachievable. and my friends, they are all around the same age and none of us on the property ladder yet. the institute for fiscal studies looked at young people aged 25—34, on middle incomes, the moment between £22,000 and £30,000 for a household after tax. in most cases, couples with children. two decades ago, 65% of those on middle incomes owned their own homes. that has dropped to just 27%, most of the rest forced to rent. it will cost you more

in the long—term if you rent. and you're not putting that money towards a mortgage that can eventually be paid off, let's it. so i think that we will see people with less disposable income, a smaller savings pot and, potentially as well, less money to put towards their retirement. high house prices are making young people like tom look further and further afield in the hope of finding something they can afford. simon gompertz, bbc news, brighton. with me now is andrew hood from the institute for fiscal studies. andrew is one of the report authors. we know the headlines, but why? what is behind this dramatic decline?‘ big reason is simply what has happened to house prices related to incomes. if you look over the last 20 years, average house previews in

the uk have risen by about 150% in real terms, and that compares to about a 20% increase in the income of young adults. that is seven times faster. and the rise in house prices, if that link to the availability of housing stock? there are availability of housing stock? there a re lots of availability of housing stock? there are lots of reasons that people put forward. but, yes, the basic reason is that housing supply has not kept pace with the world. did you look at regional variations and whether it was more difficult for people to get on the property ladder in some areas compared to others? yes, absolutely. they looked at each region and the nation in great britain, and find that the biggest files, as you might expect, having in london and the south—east. that is related to the fa ct south—east. that is related to the fact that in the last ten years that house prices have continued to rise

in the south—east as they have flattened off somewhat in the rest of the country. you did not look at specific policies that help to buy, but how do those policy tightening to the findings of your report?m is important is to start about thinking about housing supply, trying to increase the total amount of houses available, and hopefully that will bring down prices. it is worth remembering that all of these young adults live in houses, it is just that somebody else but them. if you want it increase on several young adults, there is a rationale for policies that try and it killed the plane killed in the favour, and thatis the plane killed in the favour, and that is where things like help to bike but help. —— and try and detailed. did you look at the rental sector in this? because if more people are renting, that is money they cannot save for a deposit. people are renting, that is money

they cannot save for a depositm is not often thought that this is driven by people living by their pa rents for driven by people living by their parents for longer and longer, actually it is a big increase in the private renting sector, but at the event broadly speaking has not risen very quickly over the last 20 years. centre financial crisis, they have not risen much faster than the prices of other things the economy. the problem is that incomes have done so badly. household incomes as the law on average than debate on the law on average than debate on the eve of the financial crisis, and that makes the rent plus everything else is inexpensive. if the status quo was to stay like this for the next decade, what will that do to the housing market in their country? 0ne the housing market in their country? one possible glimmer of light is that outside of london and the saudis, house prices have stopped growing over the last ten years, relative to the income of young adults. you would expect over the

next four years as that flattening of the feeds through, to see the decline in home ownership slaughter outside of london and the south—east. but they might be storing up longer term problems. for example, if these generations never own homes, when a baby ‘s retirement they might find they need government support and housing benefit to pay rent, but as previous generations, living for three having paid their mortgage. thank you very much. and to see where you might be able to afford to live, go to the bbc website to try our housing calculator. the former 0xfam director, accused of hiring prostitutes while working in haiti and chad, has denied paying for six but said has denied paying for sex but said he had made some "mistakes". in an open letter,

roland van hauwermeiren, admitted he'd had an intimate relationship with a woman in haiti, but said she was not a prostiture. the international head of the charity, winnie byanyima has invited anyone who's been abused by 0xfam staff to tell their story and obtainjustice. 0ur diplomatic correspondent, james landale, has been speaking to her. the earthquake that struck in 2010 reduced much of haiti to rubble. but the after—shocks are still being felt by 0xfam. in her native ugandan, 0xfam's global head said sorry for the sexual exploitation carried out by some of her staff in haiti, something she told me she only found out about last week. i'm inviting anyone who has been a victim of abuse to come forward, we're going to do justice, we'll atone for the past. right now thousands and thousands of oxfam staff doing the right thing in the most dangerous places in the world. she promised a new independent commission to investigate 0xfam's handling of past cases, tougher new checks on staff

work references and more cash for safeguarding vulnerable people. changes that might in the future stop 0xfam employing men like roland van hauwermeiren, its former director in haiti, who has denied paying for sex. translation: some unprofessional journalists are implying that oxfam organises sex orgies using money from donations, which is absolutely untrue. what is true is that oxfam now faces the huge task of trying to rebuild public confidence. winnie byanyima said more oxfam staff could be sacked if they're found to have mishandled past cases, but... we have almost 10,000 staff around the world working in more than 90 countries. the majority of those are doing the right thing. you cannot give that guarantee that there are no sexual predators working for your organisation?

how would i be able to guarantee that there is no one who is going to offend? what i can guarantee is that we will build a new culture that doesn't tolerate that behaviour. what went on in haiti has cost oxfam donations, public trust and celebrity ambassadors. miss bya nyima said the organisation was demoralising but she insisted it would survive. what doesn't kill it, she said, will make it stronger. james landale, bbc news. let's talk return now to our top story. police say the teenager accused of killing 17 people at a high school in florida has confessed to the shooting. we can speak now to cbs correspondent laura podesta, who's in parkland for us now. what more can you tell us about that court appearance by nikolas cruz? we

know that he faced a judge, and during that court appearance, the attorney was defending her client, and think that this person was the result of the broken system. she later told reporters that nikolas cruz is it broken human being. we know that he was adopted, and both has adopted mother and father had passed away. she was clearly time to defend him and his actions, and think it as a result of the broken system. and more is emerging about his victims. what can you tell is about them ? his victims. what can you tell is about them? they range in age from 14 about them? they range in age from iii to about them? they range in age from 14toa about them? they range in age from 1a to a sports athletic director for the skill back to is in his 40s. this is students, staff, teachers. there was a virtual last night, proposals and attended wearing red,

the school colours, and adjust describing the lives of those lost. questions are being raised about opportunities that the fbi may have had to have nikolas cruz on their radar, if i can put it that way, what has been said about that, and what has been said about that, and what is the fbi responsible for? nikolas cruz was on their radar. we know that he posted something on you tube, and need a video, saying that he wanted to be a professional school shooter, and whoever was the creator of that video alerted the proper authorities at u2, who passed it along to the fbi. so, he was on the radar, but clearly not enough to stop this from happening. weight is the debate on this going? we have had some people say, as in the wake of the last shootings, for example, that this is not the time to discuss it, some people add to saying this isa

it, some people add to saying this is a debate about mental health, not gun laws. just bring as up to date on that. at the mass shootings like that, when we have cause for a gun control, read the gun sales spike. a lot of people want to practice guns are afraid that those rights will be taken away, so they go to the local gun shop and practice ar—15 rifles, of whatever rifles they want to practice. this time, we have not seen it that, so perhaps this is finally creating the atmosphere bred a change of lazy just finally creating the atmosphere bred a change of lazyjust this lesson that would us a change of less is this is for the us. the headlines on bbc newsroom live: teenager nikolas cruz appears in court charged with premeditated murder after the florida school shooting which left 17 dead. new figures show the number of young people who own their homes has fallen dramatically over the past 20 years. the proportion on average incomes who have managed to buy has dropped

tojust over a quarter. the global head of oxfam says the charity will learn vital lessons from claims of abuse by its staff, by setting up an independent commission to review its culture and practices. and in sport: dom parsons provides briatin‘s first medal of the winter olycmnpis. it is the first of britain at the pyeongchang games, and it came in the skeleton. these are live pictures of the match against sweden. as you can see, it is the hammer of the first end. if you would like to follow it, you can do it on the red button and the bbc website. liam plunkett has been ruled out of the rest of england's tour. he has a hamstring tear. i will have all those stories in a winter olympics specialjust will have all those stories in a winter olympics special just after 1130. the former football coach, barry bennell, will be sentenced next week after being found guilty of another seven sex offences against children.

yesterday's verdicts mean he's now been convicted of a total of 43 offences. many of the parents of the boys bennell trained were taken in by his promises to make their sons top players. ann packer and robbie brightwell both played football themselves for manchester city. their two sons, ian and david, were both trained by barry bennell in the early 80s — although there is no suggestion they were abused by him. they never suspected there was anything sinister about bennell. ann and robbie spoke tojim reed on the victoria derbyshire programme about what they remembered of the coach at the centre of this trial and what they've made of the subsequent scandals. he was a young, attractive, charismatic coach. he was a bit of a pied piper really, the kids followed him. he was brilliant with a football. his skills were second to none — kids lapped it up. so my first impressions were all good. he's more, more of a leader of kids,

and an educator of kids in sport than anyone i've come across. you never had any reason at that stage to be suspicious about what he was like. none whatsoever. what we're talking about is all a matter of trust. and we had trust in the guy. he appeared to have respect from many quarters inside the game. he was well thought of, he appeared to have excellent contacts. he was just a very plausible guy. were you given the impression that he was part of the manchester city set up, part of the coaching staff there? well, yes, because david in particular used to go training at platt lane, which is where the manchester city side at the time, they all trained there. so, yes, he was definitely part of the manchester city set up. can you give us a sense of bennell‘s

relationship with the parents in the team as well, because he became quite close to many of the parents of the boys involved. we felt slightly sorry for him because he didn't seem to have a family around him, and i don't think he got paid very much, if at all. i wasn't even sure if he got paid at all. so, yes, we became friends with him, really, i must admit, and looking back, it was a disaster, wasn't it, you know. it's just disappointing. well, on one occasion we invited him here for christmas lunch. yes, we found out that he was on his own at christmas, and said, well, come along and have christmas day lunch with us. he didn't come, but we'd have been happy for him to come. definitely. is there anything now that you think

the warning signs were there? yes, in the fact that there were young players that were staying at his place, overnight, and then maybe would go to training the next day. now, these days, now, ithink we would be suspicious about that. but we weren't. and i don't think we were unusual. i don't think that anybody thought twice about it, because he had ingratiated himself with sports people, with the people like manchester city, who he was linked with. people like us, as parents, and the young boys. he would ingratiate himself with the family in order to give them confidence, in order to get their trust. end of story. and he was an actor on his stage, which he did very, very well.

he'd learned his lines very well. and we were, in retrospect, perhaps gullible, but as ann said, you know, you just don't think about these things. robbie, when did you first hear about allegations of abuse against bennell? i had a letter from, i think it must have been his girlfriend, or i had a letter from somebody to say that he had been charged with an offence, and obviously there was no foundation to the charge, and he was innocent, and would i like to write a little testimonial for him? and to the best of my knowledge, i did. but when all this started unravelling and it was clear he was guilty of these offences, what was your reaction? we were totally shocked.

extremely disappointed. very sad for the victims and theirfamilies, because parents can feel terrible guilt. you know, if you've been conned by someone, and your children have suffered as a result, naturally, you know, you're going to feel very unhappy about that. i think the victims and the families are the people who've suffered dreadfully, but after that sport, as we've said, has been a major casualty. it now appears that people in senior positions at manchester city were at least aware of rumours about the behaviour of barry bennell. should they have done more to tell the parents involved ? should they have done more to investigate these rumours? if they were aware, then it's unforgivable that they didn't do something about it, that they didn't expose it, and even worse, that he went on to another club to do exactly the same thing. if the allegations were serious

enough, i'm sure some action should have been taken. well, i know some action should have been taken, otherwise we wouldn't be sitting here talking about it. jim reed talking to ann packer and robbie brightwell. a bbc investigation has revealed a significant difference between the highest earning male and female consultants working for the nhs in england. figures show that one in five of the top 100 earners are women, while on average full—time men earned £14,000 a year more than their female counterparts when including bonuses and overtime. our health correspondent dominic hughes explains many different organisations have faced tough questions around the gap in pay between men and women, not least the bbc. now an examination of the pay of consultants, the most senior clinicians working in the nhs in england, reveals it's an issue

for the health service too. on average, consultants earn a basic salary ofjust over £85,000 a year but they can get paid extra, for example in overtime or special awards for clinical excellence. but when that figure for total pay is broken down for men and women, full—time female consultants earn £14,000 less on average than their male colleagues. and other top 100 earners, just five are female, even though they make up more than a of up more than a third of the workforce. certainly within the nhs there should be no disparities in pay because pay structures are national and are clearly publicised. and so other than for issues of, for example people working longer hours, there shouldn't be any reason for discrepancies in pay. the government has already announced an independent review of how the gender pay gap can be eliminated in medicine. it might be that men are more willing to work overtime or more

likely to apply for an award, but a study in 2009 revealed a similar picture and female consultants say it's disappointing that these differences still exist. dominic hughes, bbc news. let's talk to neena modi professor of neo—natal medicine and the president of the royal college of paediatrics and child health, who joins us from chelsea and westminster. do the result of this investigation surprise you? they did surprise me. a great deal. they are clearly very worrying and very troubling as well. we have heard that these differences, significant differences between the pay of the highest earning male and female consultants ta kes earning male and female consultants takes into earning male and female consultants ta kes into accou nt earning male and female consultants takes into account bonuses and overtime, but do bonuses and

overtime, but do bonuses and overtime in an extended difference? i think that one of the most important thing is that their study by the bbc has done is to make the case for a much more in depth investigation as to what exactly these figures mean. as you have already reported, it is clearly important to understand why these discrepancies or card, while that are not it is due to many doing more overtime, for example, or bother it is due to a discrepancy in the week clinical excellence awards have been distributed and been awarded. it may turn out, that there is a good explanation for this, but it may not. and you have said there should not. and you have said there should not be any disparities pay structures and national, so there should not be any issue with people being able to follow those structures, should there? no, pay structures, should there? no, pay structures at national, and of course the clinical excellence award

committees, for quite some considerable years now, had made it absolutely clear that it was to eliminate any gender bias in the way in which are made. i would also add, ifi in which are made. i would also add, if i may, that the nhs is struggling at the moment. the workforce is really, really and great pressures, and not only is there a general a cce pta nce and not only is there a general acceptance that the workforce should be clearly cheated well, but this is a very important for the nhs, because such a substantial proportion of the medical workforce is of course now and women. at this stage, what you are saying, just to make sure that i am clear, there could be a rational explanation, such as bonuses are overtime, more of those being and by men, there could be a gender bias, but more work is needed to find it which of those two things it is? i think it is absolutely critical that a very detailed further investigation is

carried out to examine one are not these are perfectly explainable discrepancies, or bother are not these —— one or not there is bias against women. thank you very much for your time today. theresa may is to hold talks with the german chancellor angela merkel this afternoon in berlin. the meeting comes ahead of an address by the prime minister tomorrow at the munich security conference, where she is expected to set out the future security partnership the government wants the uk to have with the eu after brexit. britain's bus network has shrunk to levels last seen in the late 1980s. that's according to a bbc investigation. rising car use and cuts to public funding are being blamed for a loss of 134 million miles of coverage over the past decade alone. the campaign for better transport says the scale of the miles lost is a sign that buses are on course to be cut to the same extent railways were in the 1960s. time for a look at the weather. these daffodils are amazing. those

blue skies really stand out. it is like spring out there at the moment. we have a lot of sunshine across england and bills. temperatures getting into double figures, and those daffodils must be happy with those daffodils must be happy with those sunshine. not quite as signing across scotland and northern ireland. showers continuing, and some snow over higher ground. temperatures about 69 celsius this afternoon in the north. across the south, as mentioned, those temperatures just in double figures. the clerical picking up in the west, and with it some cloud and rain. at the south—east of england, some clearer skies, and that will mean there is frost on saturday morning. elsewhere, temperatures will stay above freezing. there will be good

spells are sunshine developing on saturday. there will be a dry start to today, but more rain on sunday. goodbye. this is bbc news. our latest headlines: police have said the teenager accused of killing 17 people at a high school in florida has confessed to the shooting. 19—year—old nikolas cruz has been charged with 17 counts of murder. fewer young people are buying their own homes compared to 20 years ago. a study has found just over a quarter of 25 to 34—year—olds with average incomes are now homeowners. oxfam international‘s executive director has promised the charity will "atone for the past", as oxfam launches an independent investigation into sexual exploitation claims. and a bbc investigation has found nhs female consultants in england are earning significantly less than their male counterparts. and, let's get the latest now from

the winter olympics in pyeongchang, in sport. hello i'm hugh ferris. with the latest from pyeongchang on day seven of the winter olympics. and britain's first day with a medal: dom parsons provided a bronze in the men's skeleton in after what he says were 10 years busting a gut. and a competition that had us holding our breaths until the last ten minutes. dom parsons! at last, six days of medal—less olympics for brit great britain, on the seventh, that demon was laid to rest.

dom parsons doing a ph.d. in mechanical engineering, a study of calm before the most important two runs of his life. lying in fourth, parsons got his angles just right, sliding down the track, but crucially, up the standings after his first run. all he had to do now was finished on top. if he beat the russian athlete behind him, he would be guaranteed a medal. a first for a british man in the sport since 1948. he's in front, marginally! but, it is uphill firm now! is this to be... no! oh, no. he misses out by two hundredths of a second. so, was that wait for a medal going to continue? parsons didn't have too long to find out, needing a slip up from that latvia's duku rs. yes! behind parsons! parsons, unbelievably had his medal! i thought i had lost it, and after that second run, well,

fourth run, but it had gone away. yeah, i looked up at the time, made a couple too many mistakes in that run, but martins made some more mistakes, and martins' team—mates were quick to congratulate him, as well. speed skater, elise christie, was one of the first to articulate her delight. could this now be a catalyst for the rest of team gb and men's skeleton? may dome doing that, all the new team, the guys, the development team behind them, have thought, hang on a minute. the girls have got the medals, and now the guys have started it off with john. now that parsons has got britain finally up and running, the wait for another medal might not be too long. more on that in a few minutes, but here he is, dom parsons getting his

medal. the first olympic medal of his career. but, britain, the first of what they hope will be four medals overall, and so, could any more arrive in the women's competition? it has just got underway, and laura deas and lizzy yarnold both have a chance. lizzy yarnold both have a chance. lizzy yarnold is the defending champion. she is 14th in the leicester ciders. laura deas is tenth. if you would like to watch laura deas and lizzy yarnold just after, switch over to bbc one, that be happening in the next two or minutes. also available via the bbc sport website and throughout the morning on bbc television is coverage of the men's latest round robin match in the curling. they are on a third and at the moment, with britain leading the european champions, sweden. plenty

of time still left on that one. the men have suffered one defeat, but have won twice. after finishing an impressive seventh in his first event. cross country skier andrew musgrave suffered a little more in the 15 kilometres freestyle. he had an outside chance of a medal... but came in 28th. more than two minutes behind the winner dario cologna of switzerland who made history by claiming the title three games in a row. meanwhile pita taufatofua the tongan who's known for his bare—chested flag carrying in the last two olympics succeeded in his task of putting on clothes and then avoiding last place in the same event. he's onlyjust started skiing. and came in 114th, third from last. more than 20 minutes behind the winner. that's all the sport for now. i'll have more for you in the next hour. a reminder, lizzy yarnold and laura

deas get off shortly any women's skeleton on bbc one. let's get more now on the news that oxfam is setting up an independent commission to investigate allegations of sexual exploitation by staff. speaking to our diplomatic correspondent james landale, the international head of the charity, winnie byanyima, explained why she believes the organisation's work must go on. thousands of thousands of oxfam staff doing the right thing in the most dangerous places in the world, protecting people, saving lives, that work must go on, so i am here to make sure that we clean up, and continue doing this vital work for humanity. you are setting up a commission to investigate to look at what oxfam has got up to. you say it is going to be independent, how can it be independent if it has been set up by oxfam? who is going to pay for it ?

how are you going to ensure that it is definitely independent from oxfam? ok, the members of this commission will be well respected, well—known, experienced women's rights leaders, human rights and human rights leaders. they will be people who could never work under the influence of direction of people like myself, or anybody else. penny mordaunt, the international development secretary, has said that if oxfam does not shape up, she will withdraw british funding. if that happened, who would suffer? what impact would there be? you know, i can understand that tax payers money should be used to do the right thing. she is right to say that. that she will not allow taxpayers money not to be used for saving lives. and it is our duty to make

sure that that happens. at are about the bad behaviour of some of our staff, if you of our staff. a few of our staff. it is not about the resources of british taxpayers being misspent, but i want to assure you that on this question of sexual misconduct, i don't take it lightly, because this is the destruction of the lives of women. it really touches a chord, it makes me almost feel like my life has not been worth it because there have spent my life in women's rights struggles. so, it is so important for me that this stops in our organisation. oxfam's international head of the charities begin to james langdale. let's get more now on the former

football coach, barry bennell who is due to be sentenced next week after being found guilty of another seven sex offences against children. yesterday's verdict mean that he have now been convicted of a total of 43 offences. if people think that this is horrific, this isn't even scratching the surface. you know, andi scratching the surface. you know, and i know, the real number is tenfold, in terms of offences and lad affected by this. we have had six weeks of torments, going through the court procedure was awful. telling complete strangers, your family and friends about your hobbies and more importantly, the jury. thankfully, they believed us.

—— about your abuse. frankly they came to the right conclusion. i feel that now i have got a bit of justice, and that that man no longer have the power of may. i have not been power over have the power of may. i have not been powerover him, have the power of may. i have not been power over him, now. to me, he isa been power over him, now. to me, he is a pathetic little man who will ruin people's lies, —— has ruin people's lives, but he is not good ruin my life. chris, you have known for decades, what barry bennell was. a devious paedophile abusing young boys on an industrial scale. what does it feel like to now know that the rest of the country will appreciate how dangerous he was? like gary said, we know, and we knew a year ago how big this was going to be. and, now, it is coming to light.

and, like gary said, it isjust the tip of the iceberg. we know that there are more and more lads out there, and hopefully us being here today gives them the strength to come forward, and there is light at the end of the tunnel. gray he was nothing to me. he wasn't howl managed him as a kid. he should have beenin managed him as a kid. he should have been ina managed him as a kid. he should have been in a court as far as i'm concerned. but, no. iwas focused on giving my evidence. i wanted to get my stuff out there. you will be in the same courtroom at him on monday, when he is there any room to hear what punishment he is going to get what punishment he is going to get what he did to you. how do you feel about seeing him face to face, chris? i have always said victoria that i would like to have my day with him. i want to look him in the imc him face to face. obviously, we didn't get that chance. monday, i

will be there, and i will came in the eye. it is important for you that he is there. it is important for me, just personally, to get that closure, and hopefully to hear the judge they... well, hopefully life in prison. for me, it was a relief that the guys got the guilty verdict, and that they were able to move forward with the lives, because it is such... it has such an impact on people's lives. i want to ask you, gary, about... i know that you are comfortable talking up to our audiences about this. but about when it began? it was pretty much since you got to know barry bennell? that is right. i got scouted by manchester ‘s. —— manchester city. very quickly, you became a coach and he came up with this story that he wa nted he came up with this story that he wanted each members offers new team

to go to his house two by two. there was no grooming process with me. the first friday night i stayed there, the abuse started. straightaway, it was sexual touching. the abuse started. straightaway, it was sexualtouching. how the abuse started. straightaway, it was sexual touching. how old were you? 11. it was preseason, summertime. to walk out of that tunnel, as any footballer knows, onto the massive defiance of the pitch is absolutely amazing! there was no one there, i can member, apart from the grounds man. barry had got the run of the place. he spotted an opportunity, just behind the ball, —— behind the goal, and as he did, he was carried a bit of coconut oil around with him. as some of the boys will know. and, we had

track key bottoms on, and it was a sexual assault on the pitch. those we re sexual assault on the pitch. those were four players speaking to victoria derbyshire about their experiences and about the verdict. we are now going to take you live to pyeongchang, to the winter olympics, of course. this is the equivalent female event to the event that dom parsons won bronze in. we saw him get his medal earlier. and britain's lizzy yarnold who is the defending champion, she is about to go. commentator: that is what all these athletes have been peeking force. a good start. now, she hasjust got to

hold it together and stay calm and consistent, which we know that you can do. the olympic champion, lizzy yarnold underway here. css settling into the side. cheers and olympic champion, butcher has got be pressure on, this games. wanted to keep hold of and retain her title. one of the better runs, so, is it enough, is she going to lose speed by having to do too much work? this could be the one that butter at the top of the pile going into the second round ? top of the pile going into the second round? it is going to be close. she goes bust! yes! and, clearly, lizzy yarnold is here for business. that was a good solid run. i was interested to see that tiny, tiny clip. how much was that going to affect the rest of it, and as we can see, luckily for lizzie, it's

didn't. she is fine. she is good. just having a little chat, there. well, the best possible start for her. going 14th in this heat, and she is at the top of the table based on that one, as we said, she is the defending champion, and aiming in fa ct to defending champion, and aiming in fact to become the first briton to win consecutive gold medals! he's best possible start for hire with reheat in the women was mac skeleton left to go. and, of course, we will be keeping a very close eye for you on how to get on. in a moment a summary of the business news this hour but first, the headlines on bbc newsroom live: teenager nikolas cruz appears in court after the florida school shooting that left 70 people dead. new figures show that the number of young people who own their own homes has full the dramatically in the

past 20 years. and, the global head of oxfam said that the charity will learn vital lessons from claims of abuse about its staff. it is setting up abuse about its staff. it is setting upa abuse about its staff. it is setting up a private commission to review its culture and practices. retail sales saw only a slight pick—up injanuary as rising prices continued to dampen shoppers' spending. uk sales volumes rose byjust 0.1% injanuary from the previous month. the office for national statistics said the longer term picture showed a slowdown — we'll have more on this injust a moment. the extent to which young people are locked out of the british housing market has been revealed in new figures from economists. according to the institute for fiscal studies, the biggest decline in home ownership in the last 20 years has been among balfour beatty is part of a consortium that's just won a near $2 billion contract.

it's to build a new transport system at los angeles international airport. good morning, welcome to the business news. britain's shoppers continue to feel the impact of higher inflation — caused by the fall in the pound since june 2016's brexit vote. retail sales barely rose — in the three months to january inching up atjust 0.1%. that's the weakest three—month period since april 2017. food sales in january fell 0.9% in volume terms compared with the same month in 2016 — their biggest fall since october. let's talk to patrick o'brien, research director at global data. thank you forjoining us this morning. how much of cause for concern are these figures? well, they are quite a concern, but they are not surprising. they are worst than expected, but why anyone expected january sales to really pick up and go against what we have been hearing from retailers over the last few months is really anybody‘s guests. the news that has been coming out from retailers over christmas and in the january trading

updates have been extremely negative, we have seen proper warnings, a lot of retailers cut jobs, as well. the office of national statistics say that this is pa rt national statistics say that this is part of a slowdown. would you agree with that? unquestionably, there is a slowdown. the outlook is pretty negative, as well. when we are seeing interest rates, perhaps rising in may, and again data in the year, it is going to rein back the housing market and big—ticket spending, as well. so, the outlook is pretty gloomy. inflation is being blamed for this. is it the only factor quiz night tenner not the only factor, but undoubtedly a factor since the referendum vote when the pound has lost value and therefore prices have had to rise. that means that people have had less money to spend on inessential items, clothing, diy homewares, they have all suffered. how is this going to cope with this? it is going to be a struggle. the actual market itself

is not going to expand for them to benefit from. ok, thank you very much. and other stories in the news today: the government should give £10,000 to every citizen under 55, a report suggests. the royal society for the encouragement of the arts, manufactures and commerce said it could pave the way to everyone getting a basic state wage. that would compensate workers for the way that jobs that would compensate workers for the way thatjobs are changing in the way thatjobs are changing in the light of automation and climate change. the strong financial performance may help chief executive carlos ghosn to resist pressure from the french government, renault‘s biggest shareholder, for a closer tie—up with nissan that safeguards national interests. mr ghosn has also agreed to cut his salary by about 30%, renault confirmed, securing government support for his reduced package. last month renault said global vehicle deliveries rose 8.5% in 2017, with about a third of the growth coming from europe, helped by its new koleos mid—sized

suv and recently revamped megane japanese toymaker bandai has ended its partnership with saban brands to produce power rangers toys after 25 years. it may surprise you to know that toys from the mighty morphin children's tv show have been made consistently from the 1990s — but production will stop at the end of 2018. power rangers is still shown on us tv and remains one of the highest—rated and longest—running live—action series for kids. european share prices up to a good start in trading. the pound is slightly down on the back of that wea k slightly down on the back of that weak performance on retail. so that is all from me. the actressjennifer aniston has announced she is to separate from her husband justin theroux after two years of marriage. the pair, who were married in a secret ceremony in los angeles in 2015, reportedly met on the set of comedy film wanderlust. they gave no reason for the split but said it was a mutual decision which had been "lovingly made" at the end of last year. it's the beginning of what could well be the biggest annual celebration worldwide — the lunar new year — also known as the spring festival. more than 1.4 billion chinese people around the world

marked the official entry into the year of the dog with lanterns, banquets and colourful celebrations. in china, this is how most of the country sees in the lunar new year. state television spring festival gala. by some estimates, the most watched entertainment programme on. around 700 million viewers for a four hour spectacular of colour and sound. low—key and subtle, it is not. but, this has become a new year tradition. some decided to celebrate in their own way, with fireworks and sparklers in beijing. the sound of firecrackers, young and old, enjoying the noise and the spectacle. translation: i hope this year of the dog, the children keep growing up in good health, and our elders keep well, and i will also send our new year

wishes to everyone. away from the fireworks, there is food, entire families gathering together to make and consume dumplings and noodles, a tasty way to welcome the year of the dog. at this buddhist temple in shanghai, people prayed for good fortune, they burned incense, looking forward to new opportunities. and, it isn'tjust china celebrating. this, a sea of red lanterns in kuala lumpur. plenty of dogs were present, some symbolic, some real. hundreds of millions of people coming together to say goodbye to the old and hello to the new. hgppy happy year of the dog. the headlines are coming up on the bbc news channel. in a moment we say goodbye to viewers on bbc two — first we leave you with for a look at the weather...

it is, yes. it is a question like gueye mark as to how long that springlike weather might last. but, for this morning, many of us had a beautiful sunrise with some clear skies. this was the scene any sussex this morning. the sound is coming up above the horizon, that. many bus in the uk, some lovely sunshine at the moment. if you are not at the beach, maybe in the hills. again, lots of sunshine. for many, as we go for it, we will continue for that sunshine, but north—west of parts of the uk, we got a bit more in the way of cloud, because scotland and all the island. that is producing the first shower or two. —— old shower or two. that will continue across the west

of scotland. some snow over the higher ground. the cloud thickening up higher ground. the cloud thickening up across higher ground. the cloud thickening up across northern ireland, you could see some rain later on this afternoon. for a new and in wales, cloud may increase a little bit, making the sunshine hazy, particularly in northern parts. temperatures up into double figures. rain across western areas, tonight, spreading eastwards. a short spell of snow over the higher ground of wales, northern ireland into scotland. clearer skies down towards the south—east, and then we could well see a frost to start off on saturday morning. elsewhere, a little bit more cloud around. and for many of us, saturday will be dry. some sunshine, cloudierthough with rain moving in for sunday. let's ta ke with rain moving in for sunday. let's take a look at that. that's cloud and rain fizzles away as it pushes eastwards. good sunny spells developing on saturday for most parts. the odd shower in north—west england, perhaps in scotland and

northern ireland, too. but, plenty of dry weather on saturday, with that sunshine, and temperatures not too bad, feeling a bit higher to down today. up to about 11 or 12 degrees. the mild left called at his coming in from the south—west, at the moment, but that also brings with it some weather systems. sunday, that will bring more cloud, so it cloudier game on saturday. —— day on saturday. staying largely dry towards these, but toward the west is when we will have some rain at times during sunday. look at those beverages, 9—12dc. less cold air. next week, largely fine and dry. home ownership among young people z—iég £5; 5;e%ef 251 with utility bills, with the costs of trains going to london';'with'my rent prices, it is just unachievable. and my friends are around the same age, and none of us

are on the property ladder yet. oxfam sets up an independent commission following the sex scandal involving former staff — and promises to rebuild trust. what i can guarantee is that we build build a new culture that does not tolerate that behaviour. a bbc investigation finds a significant difference between the earnings of male and female consultants working for the nhs in england. also: great britain wins its first medal of the winter olympics in a dramatic fashion. dom parsons took bronze in the men's skeleton — the first briton to win a medal in the event for 70 years. good afternoon.

welcome to bbc newsroom live. police in florida say a teenager accused of killing 17 people at a high school on wednesday has confessed to the shooting. 19—year—old nikolas cruz has appeared in court charged with premeditated murder. the fbi is now investigating how it handled a warning that the teenager reportedly posted on youtube claiming he would be a "professional school shooter". vigils were held late into the night in tribute to the victims, as nada tawfiq reports. they came to mourn the lives lost and the lives scarred by this senseless attack. neighbours, friends and the students of stoneman douglas high comforted one another as best they could. jett weetsma was among the students who ran in panic once the first shots were fired. he doesn't know if he can handle returning to the halls where his classmates'

lives were cut short. i don't know if i'll be able to cope with just walking through the bottom floor of the freshman building, knowing that everything has been cleaned up... like, everything — you can almost imagine blood on the walls, bodies on the floor. no one is going to be able to walk through that building. no one. all 17 victims have now been identified. among them talented students, star athletes and aaron feis, a beloved football coach and security guard. he has been called a hero for shielding children from the gunman's bullets. nikolas cruz appeared in court briefly on 17 charges of premeditated murder. his lawyer said he was sad and remorseful and described him as a broken human being. the sheriff's office said he confessed to opening fire on his former school. he told authorities he bought a drink at subway and stopped at mcdonald's after the rampage.

on social media, cruz often posed with guns and in one post he wrote he would be a professional school shooter. those who knew him were troubled by his behaviour. i saw him in the backyard and i saw him with what looked like a bb gun, i was not sure. i told my mum. the people behind us had chicken, and he was shooting at them. so i told my mum, and she called the cops. he actually ate my car one time. he actually egged my car one time. when i went to find out who did it, he was hiding in a bid. me and my friend chased him down. he was just always causing trouble. these terrifying scenes of students completely helpless and trembling with fear have shaken the nation and they have reignited the debate on gun control. people here are in a state of shock, that someone from their own community could be capable of such killing,

and that their city nowjoins the long list of america's school shooting tragedies. nada tawfiq, bbc news, parkland, florida. we can speak to cbs correspondent laura podesta who's in parkland for us now. nikolas cruz remains behind bars. he is under suicide watch. investigators are going to try and piece together his motive. tell us about the fbi investigation. it has been accused of perhaps of missing a chance to apprehend nikolas cruz before this happened. that's absolutely right. he posted that he wa nted absolutely right. he posted that he wanted to be a professional shooter arnie youtube video, and the owner of that video contacted the

authorities and the fbi, so they did have a chance to perhaps interview him before this tragic event, but they did not. the former oxfam director, accused of hiring prostitutes the international head of the charity, winnie byanyima has invited anyone who's been abused by oxfam she begged forgiveness and promised that all past and present allegations would be investigated. the earthquake that struck in 2010 reduced much of haiti to rubble. but the after—shocks are still being felt by oxfam. in her native ugandan, oxfam's global head said sorry for the sexual exploitation carried out by some of her staff in haiti, something she told me she only found out about last week. i'm inviting anyone who has been a victim of abuse to come forward, we're going to do justice,

we'll atone for the past. right now thousands and thousands of oxfam staff doing the right thing in the most dangerous places in the world. she promised a new independent commission to investigate oxfam's handling of past cases, tougher new checks on staff work references and more cash for safeguarding vulnerable people. changes that might in the future stop oxfam employing men like roland van hauwermeiren, its former director in haiti, who has denied paying for sex. translation: some unprofessional journalists are implying that oxfam organises sex orgies using money from donations, which is absolutely untrue. what is true is that oxfam now faces the huge task of trying to rebuild public confidence. winnie byanyima said more oxfam staff could be sacked if they're found to have mishandled past cases, but...

we have almost 10,000 staff around the world working in more than 90 countries. the majority of those are doing the right thing. you cannot give that guarantee that there are no sexual predators working for your organisation? how would i be able to guarantee that there is no one who is going to offend? what i can guarantee is that we will build a new culture that doesn't tolerate that behaviour. what went on in haiti has cost oxfam donations, public trust and celebrity ambassadors. miss bya nyima said the organisation was demoralised, but she insisted it would survive. what doesn't kill it, she said, will make it stronger. james landale, bbc news. household cleaning products can be as harmful to our health as car fumes according to a new study.

it's found everyday items like shampoo, deodorant and cleaning sprays can be as harmful to your lungs as smoking 20 cigarettes a day. the have also found out that people use cleaning products were where sprays instead of whites, where 40% more likely to develop asthma. our health correspondent catherine burnsjoins me in the studio, and can bring us more details on this. they measured the participants lung capacity in the 90s and the knife. they were looking at people at people who bravely cleaner homes, people who bravely cleaner homes, people who bravely cleaner homes, people who clean your home is regular, and people who work as cleaners. they really interesting thing, i think, cleaners. they really interesting thing, ithink, is cleaners. they really interesting thing, i think, is the bond between gender. women who either clean their homes or claim for a living, they

found that they had lung damage. the alarm function was much more affected at the time. with men, they did not find a link like that. going back to obama in, they said, essentially, going on lung function, it is like someone who is smoking 20 cigarettes a day. they suggest that they wait women react to other allergens such as tobacco is that women don't need as much evidence before they get ill. tell us about this sort of products that we are talking about. they thought it would be cleaning sprays, because you spray them into the air in the make you spray and asthma inhaler, but actually did did not think any difference between cleaning sprays and any other cleaning products. the advice, it in chile is, that you do not need that much of this. essentially, hot water and

microfibre lasted more than you think they do. if you do need to use cleaning products, they suggested that looting them in water, so it still does damage, but not as much damage. a bbc investigation has revealed a significant difference between the highest earning male and female consultants working for the nhs in england. figures show that one in five of the top 100 earners are women, while on average full—time men earned £14,000 a year more than their female counterparts when including bonuses and overtime. our health correspondent dominic hughes explains. many different organisations have faced tough questions around the gap in pay between men and women, not least the bbc. now an examination of the pay of consultants, the most senior clinicians working in the nhs in england, reveals it's an issue for the health service too. on average, consultants earn a basic salary ofjust over £85,000 a year but they can get paid extra, for example in overtime or special awards for clinical excellence.

but when that figure for total pay is broken down for men and women, full—time female consultants earn £14,000 less on average than their male colleagues. and other top 100 earners, just five are female, even though they make up more than a third of the workforce. certainly within the nhs there should be no disparities in pay because pay structures are national and are clearly publicised. and so other than for issues of, for example people working longer hours, there shouldn't be any reason for discrepancies in pay. the government has already announced an independent review of how the gender pay gap can be eliminated in medicine. it might be that men are more willing to work overtime or more likely to apply for an award, but a study in 2009 revealed a similar picture and female consultants say it's disappointing that these differences still exist. dominic hughes, bbc news.

who joins us on webcam from wales. he was surprised by the findings? not surprised that. we have known about the pay gap in medicine for a considerable amount of time, and the report that was issued a decade ago confirmed that, and nothing has happened, really, change things. when it comes to this this epic investigation and the difference between the men and women down. you think this can be explained? not entirely. i think the most important thing is what i call the maternity penalty. whenjunior

thing is what i call the maternity penalty. when junior doctors salaries are compared, they are the same, and as soon as a female doctor has a child and takes maternity... she falls behind. it is incredibly difficult to catch up. not only that, they are not really considered as being committed to medicine. this means that when they become co nsulta nts, means that when they become consultants, often these doctors are served years behind in pay to their male colleagues of the same age, and it just male colleagues of the same age, and itjust all this puts you on the back foot. serve several years behind on paper addressing, but doing the same work? yes. and so this should be banning the same money? yes. and the doctors negotiate their contract, and it

could be that male doctors negotiate and commit themselves to extra work that a woman doctor with a young family may not be able to commit to. as well as awards, both local and the higher central awards, we know that women don't put themselves forward. women don't like to boast. they are not very good at saying, i'm actually doing a really good job. maybe they need to do more than that. what does the nhs have to do? i think it needs to look at this flexibility. this is now the 21st—century. these women are wonderfully trained, excellent doctors, who really are committed to their patients. and i think we really have to look at welcoming them back into the workforce, ensuring that they don't fall behind, encouraging dml college to

take, for example, their share of paternal leave, and it showed that there is not a penaltyjust for being female. —— encouraging their male colleagues. the headlines on bbc newsroom live: nikolas cruz appears in court charged with premeditated murder — after the florida school shooting which left 17 dead. new figures show the number of young people who own their homes has the global head of oxfam says the charity will learn vital lessons from claims of abuse by its staff. it's setting up an independent commission to review its culture and practices. new figures show the number of young people who own their homes has fallen dramatically over the past twenty years. lots of exciting skeleton action. good afternoon. britain has its

first medal of the winter olympics. it's a bronze, and it came thanks to john parsons in the men putts—mac skeleton. he was fourth overnight, and he had moved into third after a strong run in the early hours. he faulted only slightly, but it was enough to make it look like he was going to finish outside the medals. at at that moment, parsons thought his chance had gone. but then came another twist, because the five—time champion also made a mistake on his land, and it left a dom parsons to pick upa land, and it left a dom parsons to pick up a bronze medal and claim britain's first in pyeongchang, and britain's first in pyeongchang, and britain's first in 70 years. i thought i had lost it, and after that second run, well, fourth run, but it had gone away. yeah, i looked up at the time, made a couple too many mistakes in that run, but martins made some more mistakes, and he is the last person i thought

would make those mistakes. beauty is in the last hour or so picking up his bronze medal. britain are hoping forfour over are hoping for four over all from these winter games, and they have one. another could well come in they we re one. another could well come in they were men putts—mac skeleton. lizzy yarnold won britain's only called four years ago, but after there's run, she leads the field. her colleague ended the second run in sixth place. you can watch it on bbc one. right now on bbc one, and also on the website, when they skeleton comes to our teams, the men's latest match in the colouring is underway.

as you can see, it is all square between britain and sweden, who at the european champions. they have had four ends so far. it is all level, with britain having picked up two wo ns. level, with britain having picked up two wons. alex mcleish has been confirmed as the scotland boss for the second time. the scottish football association time to alex mcleish afterfailing to football association time to alex mcleish after failing to secure the irish football manager, michael o'neill. new figures show a dramatic reduction in the number of young people buying their own homes across the uk, over the last 20 years. the institute for fiscal studies found only a quarter of those aged 25 to 34, on average incomes, were able to buy a property, compared to two out of three in 1998. with me now is mark hayward, managing director of

the national association of estate agents. what in your opinion, from your perspective, are the main reasons behind this? i think it is about affordability. house price inflation, lack of supply. the average wage currently in the uk is about 20 4000, 20 £5,000. the average house price is £220,000. in terms of multiples, that is not a durable, in terms of borrowing. terms of multiples, that is not a durable, in terms of borrowingm helps to buy helping? it helps you to buy a brand—new home, it does not help you to buy a second—hand home from. but there is a lack of supply, and it is actually driving prices up as people in competition with one another tried to buy one of those new homes. you seeing any signs of a

first really entries this supply of homes? the government is trying. there are statistics out today that say that i —— that there are 435 plots are dead yet to be built on. there is a lack of resources in terms of labour to build these houses, and infrastructure as well. is it time for a change of mind for all of this? should people be tainted themselves, let's go into long—term renting? on the continent, then king is much more the damping down it is here. if you go to germany, it is very much a rental society. they have very little house price of rental inflation, but we see no mac that we have high events being charged and high prices for

houses to buy. there is a real affordability issue. the other problem is, if you are renting, the amount you have to pay in rent per you from saving very much for a profit. as statistics show that you have debate about £50,000 outside london before you can buy. thank you very much. and to see where you might be able to afford to live, go to the bbc website to try our housing calculator. the secretary general of united nations has told the bbc that there are widespread problems across global charities. addressing the recent controversy at oxfam, antonio guterres called for a global register of charity workers and spoke of a gender imbalance across the sector. oxfam faced criticism over the way it handled claims staff hired prostitutes in haiti in 2011.

he was speaking to our chief international correspondent lyse doucet ahead the world's biggest security conference which begins today in munich. and lyse is there at the conference for us now. what did he have to say to you? such is the nature of these crises, even the one affecting oxfam, that they are security crisis, and therefore they are being discussed at this forum. antonio spent a lifetime in this place, but he believes that oxfa m this place, but he believes that oxfam will get over this. but he said gender parity, is one of his key priorities for his term at the top of the un's biggest body. a simpler teeth out of the uk's suggesting that there should be a global register of development

workers. i have no doubt there will be other episodes of this nature, that are much less frequent. but how is he views is it? i believe it is very serious. i'm not oxfam from the past, and! very serious. i'm not oxfam from the past, and i hope oxfam will be able to overcome this and to do everything necessary to re—establish a normal practice around the world. but let's be clear, and relation to this harassment and abuse, these are widespread problem is that all organisations have, and the need to fight it very strongly, and as i said, it is a matter of paragraph. the best way to address that there's a parrot is to make sure that the

bridge parity, that women are in power. the focus is in oxfam, but i do getting the process could be much, much weaker, including un agencies? we all have problems. the cultural saturation is the same everywhere. we need to fight and we need to implement zero tolerance policies knowing that it will not be easy. knowing that for many people that they need to feel they can trust the organisations, and we are not there yet, globally. in relation to many organisations in society, this is a very important battle. it will not be won innard two... days. it'll need consistent commitment to gender equality, and seal tolerance to harassment. he also told me about

moves that are already underway to make investigations into accusations like those which have emerged around oxfam's operations, to make them more effective. you notice is emphasis on the importance of trust. people who work with and organisations, and the night feeling that allegations like this man known for a long time, and people felt they could not speak out. people should feel they should trust, energy words of the secretary—general, their organisation. rising argues has led to the bus route being cut. buses are on course to be cut to the same extent

ra i lwa ys to be cut to the same extent railways were in the 1960s, according to a pressure group. time for a look at the weather. it has been neutrally start this morning. there has been a lot of sunshine too. we still have some showers across northern areas, but i wonder watchers have been out and about taking some glorious pictures. it looks like sandy is going to be cloudy, with outbreaks of rain. firefighting afternoon, central and southern areas. we will see a wider front pushing anti—western areas. it will be wintry over the high ground. it will be cooler in the north. as he heads into friday night, the weather for a bold move he heads into friday night, the weatherfor a bold move south, but not reaching the south—east. clear skies, it will be clearly with some mist and frost. the father was, not

quite as cold because of the cloud cover. more showers across central and northern areas, otherwise, a lot of sunshine around, and again not feeling too bad because of the sangchan. wetter into sunday. this is bbc newsroom live, our latest headlines police have said the teenager accused of killing 17 people at a florida high school has confessed to the shooting. 19—year—old nikolas cruz has appeared in court charged with 17 counts of murder. fewer young people are buying homes compared to 20 years ago. a study has found just over a quarter of 25 to 34—year—olds with average incomes are now homeowners. oxfam international‘s executive director has promised the charity will "atone for the past", as oxfam launches an independent the skidmore on the florida school

shooting which left 17 people dead. this latest attack has reignited the debate over gun control in the us. joining us live now from berkeley in california is antonia okafor, who campaigns for the right of students and staff to carry weapons on university campuses for self defence. tel us a little bit about why you campaign about this issue. tel us a little bit about why you campaign about this issuelj campaign about this issuelj campaign on it because i believe in defence force. i believe it if i ran isa defence force. i believe it if i ran is a great equaliser, and i was

tired of women being victims of sexual assault and assault in general. i wanted a way to protect myself and those i cared about, so thatis myself and those i cared about, so that is why i thought if i was able to protect myself, and the best way to protect myself, and the best way to do that. and clearly believe that it is the right time to talk about it. some people have said that now is not the time to talk about gun control in general, but you don't have a problem debating this, do you? well, ifind it problem debating this, do you? well, i find it interesting that those same people are the first wants to start talking about gun control. the hashtag is trending just hours after it happened. so, on the gun—control side, they can dictate that, but thatis side, they can dictate that, but that is something that we are going to have to talk about. of course,

condolences to those people who have been friends and family, and the victims. but, we are going to be talking about gun control, but we should also talk about mental health and illness to talk about, and also the fact that we should be empowering law—abiding citizens. the fact that we should be empowering law-abiding citizens. let me pick up on that phrase that you used. empowering law—abiding citizens. you have got law—abiding citizens, and those who have psychological issues, as no one dismisses the fact that someone who does that is not thinking like a rational person. surely, as things stand, gun laws allow individuals access to weapons both without the full background tech checks that many would argue needs to be done. the fact that mike the fact of the matter is that human nature goes on toa matter is that human nature goes on to a hard issue, and these criminals

who have the intent of doing harm are going to do harm. legally or illegally. i think it is our duty to make sure that those who are behind the firearm are those who should have it, and we should do what ever we can to make sure that happens, but i think the issue has been, where is the line? we say that those are suffering from depression or anxiety. that is the accommodation that i am glad that president trump brought up, because he says, this isn't an issue that we should talk about. he is talking about the person behind the firearm, and what they can do to save innocent lives in the future? do you think that the issue has become to politicise, and that that is getting any way a sensible debate. debates between those largely on the right, republicans, and of course other democrats advocate for gun as well. that's largely it is those on the

right, the republicans who are saying that there shouldn't be any infringement of the second amendment rights versus those on the left, democrat he says that there need to bea democrat he says that there need to be a bigger conversation about gun control. so, do you think that this has become to politicise, and that thatis has become to politicise, and that that is getting away —— in the way ofa that is getting away —— in the way of a sensible debate? tenner i will disagree that those on the right will say that the majority will say that there shouldn't be any type of restrictions on firearm ownership and to have it. just like on the left, there are a lot of people who are democrats who are pro—gun and these days. it boils down to the fa ct these days. it boils down to the fact that almost 30% of the nra identify as democrats. this is not a democrat — republican issue. it is an issue on the second amendment and on our right as american citizens, and also making sure that on those who are law—abiding and who should

be responsible firearm owners are the ones who are able to hold that, and make sure that others don't. does the average american needs the right to a weapon that is more suited to a battlefield? this gun was used, the ar—15, in the sandy hook shootings, in the colorado cinema shootings. does the average american really have the right to that sort of weapon? well, the ar-is, a r that sort of weapon? well, the ar—15, a r does not mean assault rifle. it has nothing to do with assault. it can be modified, though, to act as one, can't it? when you are saying assault, you are talking about ar—15 who are —— which are semiautomatic weapons. they are one shot per trigger poll. there is a

lot of this information out there that really scares people when it comes down to it. i have a gun, i am a law abiding citizen. a lot of people who have them have actually been able to defend people's lives, with them. even civilians. you see that they can protect more victims happening in south texas. but, would you accept that the american gun laws, as they stand, give people who wish to commit these acts of mass murder the means? they might have the motive, they might have the opportunity. the easy access to these guns gives them the means to kill more people? you must accept that shirley? no, i don't think we have easy a ccess that shirley? no, i don't think we have easy access to firearms. but lots of states that even require people to have permits? no serious

background checks for example? no, background checks for example? no, background checks for example? no, background checks have got to do with the fact that you have got to go for a background check. so, again, more ms information. regardless of whether it is a permit or not. so, i'm doing think that thatis or not. so, i'm doing think that that is the match we already have in this and those who, it is those who tend to be criminals, who have got history of mental health and illness, before, and it is important that president trump brought up that fa ct. that president trump brought up that fact. that that is the conversation that we need to focus on, now. because, it is not about the gun, it is about the person behind the firearm. just on that final point about mental health, again. in the last few years, there was the firearms owners privacy act, and this is something that the nra...

and nra representative testified... this was an act that attempted to block doctors from questioning patients if they were concerned about their mental health, about whether they had a gun at home. and, the nra testified to try to support that block, and this was in florida. how can you say that these cases are about an individual‘s mental health, and then have the nra tried to block doctors from finding out whether someone is suited to own a gun? because, it comes down to the fact that it because, it comes down to the fact thatitis because, it comes down to the fact that it is notjust to say that the nra as if they don't have over 5 million members behind them, people like me, a member. that are concerned of the line. it is a slippery slope, are you putting the same people who have severe anxiety at one point in with other people who have schizophrenia, in with

other people who have serious mental health diseases. until we that can figure out that there is a way that those two are not conjoined, then they need to mix that that is not going to be an issue for the everyday average citizen. so, i think there is a lots more things to talk about, when it comes to that. and that is a conversation at the nra and most people are willing to have. again, we are talking about mental health illness, also, the president of the united states is digital about it, as well. thank you very much for your time, today. breaking news coming for our kurt security correspondent who says that the heads of the three largest european intelligent agencies has made an unprecedented joint appearance to emphasise the necessity of international cooperation. the head of m16 here in britain, germany's bmd, and france's

dgs ian met at the munich security conference and issued a joint statement saying that a modern threats needed a modern response. any failure to do so would lead to a even greater risk. theresa may will be talking about the sort of security partnership that she would like to see between the uk and the rest of the eu, post—brack. let me just look through the rest of the statement from the heads of the three largest european intelligence agencies, is bring you the main lines from that. they say that even after the uk's exit from the eu, close cooperation and close cross—border information sharing must be taken forward on themes such as international terrorism, illegal migration, proliferation and side bar attacks —— cyber attacks.

mps are calling for prison inspectors to be given more resources so senior figures can be held to account forfailings atjails. the commonsjustice committee says change is needed following a highly critical report last month into conditions at liverpool prison. it says the problems there are symptomatic of wider failings across the prison service. let's talk to labour's david hanson a member of the justice committee who have published this report... there was an inspection in 2017. that found that conditions had deteriorated, but the resources were not there to follow up on that report to prevent that deterioration. the real problem is that. the inspectorate made 77

recommendations. 53 had not been implemented. what we are calling for in the justice implemented. what we are calling for in thejustice committee is for greater support for the prisons inspectorate to be able to follow up on those recommendations that they have made, but also, the ministers to ta ke have made, but also, the ministers to take active and control of and be accountable for the outcome of those results. — p, ministers did not have the eye on the ball, either, and you present deteriorated for a position of safety. it was not a stand-alone case. the failure is not limited to one establishment. what have the consequences of this failure to follow u p consequences of this failure to follow up on recommendations being, presumably many consequences? there are many consequences, and it all relates also to the private sector contracts that were given for maintenance. if you have broken for prisons, and poor

windows for prisons, and poor equipment on the landings of prisons, then that is going to cause difficulties, both in terms of potential for drugs coming into prison, and also for the safety of staff and the safety of conditions, for people who are imprisoned. the private sector contract in liverpool's case has been fined, and one of the other recommendations that we have put forward is that we need to have great transparency about how the private sector are operating. so, in a nutshell, some art for operating. so, in a nutshell, some artforart's operating. so, in a nutshell, some art for art ‘s what it is that you think these to be done to change this and turn it around? tenner we need to change this, with greater focus on the basics. we can't have prisons with broken windows, broken to i lets, prisons with broken windows, broken toilets, and no quick meant to help people improve their offending behaviour. because, people will leave prison, and when they leave prison, they have got to be better citizens and not reoffend. if there is poor conditions in prisons, then thatis is poor conditions in prisons, then that is not the correct engagement to help those people not engaged in

the future. that leads me to the question of funding. if the money that as far as you are aware? in the wider context, the prison service has lost 7000 prison staff in the last seven years. it has had the budget cut dramatically. the reason that the contracts have been put out full greater facilities management is to save money. there is a real resources issue. we have different views as that is labour and conservative representatives on the board. there needs to be ministerial grip on this issue and transparency and openness with what happens with public sector contracts operating in the private sector. 's tarmac so, you are in agreement about what needs to be done, but disagreement as to whether more money should be available to do that? there will a lwa ys available to do that? there will always be political this agreement, but what we have settled on is that we agree. we agree that its needs greater support and material to

inspect that its recommendations are delivered, but the