the chief executive of oxfam says sorry for the damage done by the charity to people it should have been helping. and to the aid sector. he said thousands of people had cancelled their charity subscriptions following allegations that oxfam aid workers had used prostitutes in haiti. i am sorry, we are sorry, for the damage that oxfam has done, both to the people of haiti and to the wider efforts of aid and development. oxfam revealed that thousands of people have stopped giving money to the charity since the scandal broke. also this lunchtime. macro he said thousands of people he said thousands of people had

cancelled their charity subscriptions following allegations that oxfam aid workers had used prostitutes in haiti. commentator: christie goes down before they reach the very first corner. don't fear a mad max style dystopia after the uk leaves the eu — that's the brexit secretary's message to european businessmen. kfc stays closed in many areas, as its chicken delivery problems continue. we did everything we could to turn this around, it was not meant to be. and third time unlucky for elise christie — she's disqualified from her short—track speed skating race at the winter olympics. police and the football association investigating a pitch invasion at wigan after their fa cup win against manchester city. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. the chief executive of oxfam has said sorry for the way he defended the charity after allegations of sexual misconduct by some of its employees. mark goldring had accused people

of "gunning" for the organisation, declaring that no—one had "murdered babies in their cots." appearing before mps, he revealed that there've been 26 new reports of misconduct since the haiti revelations emerged. the scandal has taken its toll on the charity, with 7000 people cancelling their regular donations in ten days. here's our correspondent matt cole — and a warning — there is flash photography in his report. if there was any doubt that the senior oxfam leaders were going to face a tough time, it was dispelled by the very first question. in your interview with the guardian published on saturday, you appear to be downplaying the scandal, using the parallel with the murder of babies in their cots, which many people regarded as grossly inappropriate, can i give you the opportunity to apologise? certainly, chair man, i do apologise. over and over, perhaps a

dozen times in the hearing, the apologies kept coming. please allow me to begin by saying how sorry i am about what has happened. on behalf of the council of oxfam, we are ashamed of what has happened in haiti. in 2011, oxfam sacked three staff and allowed four others to quit their roles in haiti, so why was it not reported to the authorities? oxfam leaders, made a report that there was no existing press interest, it was not public, a report was made to press, that serious misconduct had happened, they did not describe that in explicit terms, they did not describe the sexual misconduct and the use of prostitutes. later came a tough question, why was one of the sacked men later rehired by oxfam? these men were predators. sacked men later rehired by oxfam? these men were predatorsli sacked men later rehired by oxfam? these men were predators. i quite ee, these men were predators. i quite agree, iam these men were predators. i quite agree, i am not excusing it. that is why we have now set up a database of

accredited referees of oxfam. when was that started? when did you start that? we have just started that. only because you were found out. oxfa m only because you were found out. oxfam now promises transparency, which brought an admission that new claims have come to light. across oxfa m claims have come to light. across oxfam great britain, we have had about 26 stories, reports, come to us, which were either new reports come out as a result of the stories, oi’ come out as a result of the stories, or earlier stories where people said, idid or earlier stories where people said, i did not necessarily report this at the time. the committee announced it will now investigate the whole sector amidst concerns oxfa m the whole sector amidst concerns oxfam is not the only charity affected by abuse. it feels a little bit like a potential moment for you, but isn't the truth that this is a cross sector but isn't the truth that this is a cross sector issue but isn't the truth that this is a cross sector issue and if it had not been oxfam, it could have been a

different organisation? if any good can come out of the horror of both haiti and the last couple of weeks, it isa haiti and the last couple of weeks, it is a more intensive commitment across the whole sector. oxfam says it now has better safeguarding measures in place, but this was a bruising encounter, and will by no means have complete the organisation's difficult task of restoring its reputation. have been watching all morning, where does this go? quite the act of contrition by some of the most seniorfigures in contrition by some of the most senior figures in oxfam, contrition by some of the most seniorfigures in oxfam, although at times mps had to remind them they we re times mps had to remind them they were not the victims in this, it is potentially the women, the children, in developing countries, where there have been disasters, who could yet be victims if this loses to oxfam losing significant funding and trust. 7000 donors have withdrawn theirfunding from trust. 7000 donors have withdrawn their funding from the charity, but oxfa m their funding from the charity, but oxfam says it admitted in the hearing it has a cultural problem

within its management but they are trying to improve that, improves safeguarding measures, they also said that in haiti, in 2011, they had 500 staff, seven were sent home. they tried to put context to it but they have now said, yes, 26 new claims have come forward, how they handle those could be critical to how they restore their reputation, get back that most precious commodity, trust and faith in their organisation. the united nations has demanded an immediate end to the targeting of civilians in syria, as government forces intensify their bombardment of eastern ghouta, the enclave held by rebels near damascus. activists say over 100 people have been killed in the last 2a hours. the upsurge in violence is part of a wider escalation of the civil war as president bashar al—assad pushes to end the seven—year rebellion against him. viewers amy find some images in this report from tom burridge disturbing. fear and chaos after an air and

there is no warning when the next missile will hit. explosions shouting and this, the desperate scramble, the aftermath of trauma that the bombs bring. children trapped in the nightmare that is eastern ghouta, activists who support the rebels say the bombardment is as intense as it has ever been. you can hear the shouting of women and children through their homes. dropping on us like rain. there is nowhere to hide from this nightmare. surrounded by

syria's army, eastern ghouta has been under siege for five surrounded by syria's army, eastern ghouta has been under siege for five years. it is the last rebel held enclave near damascus and now the assad regime appears intent on taking it back. many other images of children in this hospital are too distressing to show. the united nations has demanded an end to the targeting of civilians, something syria denies. life goes on nearby in neighbouring damascus. where the syrian government is firmly in control. translation: this man said hejust wants an end to the situation in any way possible. he said shelling day and night means people are too scared to send their children to school. but in eastern ghouta lives often hang in the balance. after declaring victory over the so—called islamic state, the syrian regime with help from russia and iran is focused on rebel forces.

once an enthusiastic backer of some rebel groups seem unwilling or unable to respond. the brexit secretary david davis has told business leaders in vienna that the uk doesn't want to undermine its neighbours when it leaves the eu. in the latest of a series of speeches by cabinet ministers, mr davis said the uk wanted to lead the way on rights and on standards, claiming britain wouldn't be plunged into a "mad max—style world borrowed from dystopian fiction." our political correspondent iain watson reports. really some people's vision would a..., .....7. 7 ,. .

but went to but - went to reassure davis but then he went to reassure! leaders business leaders that this meant nothing to him, in a speech in the end of. we will continue the track record of meeting high i know i know ‘one reason i know ‘ one reason or to question if these are sought to question if these are really our intentions, they fear that brexit could lead to and anglo—saxon race to the bottom, with britain plunged into mad max style world borrowing from disturbing fiction. these fears are based on nothing. his argument is that while we may have some different regulations of the brexit, to keep trade flowing, the eu and uk should recognise each other‘s high standards but in brussels, where the eu's -- standards but in brussels, where the eu's —— were a finance ministers convinced? eu's —— were a finance ministers convinced ? —— eu's —— were a finance ministers convinced? —— —— were the finance ministers convinced. in this day and age you can't be

selfish and go it alone, it's impossible and so i think each side would realise that. 0f of course we trust david davis but we do not know who will come after him. david davis has made clear that written could raise standards, not just maintain, on animal welfare and climate change, for instance, if we exceed eu minimum, could that be problems as well? that could see costs to adhere to it, that could interfere with competitiveness. but it should not raise new trade barriers with the eu. the government vision of a post—"brexit" britain is becoming a little clearer, and on thursday, prime minister will take the cabinet away from westminster to the cabinet away from westminster to the seclusion of a country retreat to try to resolve any outstanding disagreements and the "brexit" secretary david davis says she will keep them under lock and key until they do. we have been here before it suppose crunch meeting. but no outcome. david davis is saying one thing, borisjohnson outcome. david davis is saying one thing, boris johnson is outcome. david davis is saying one thing, borisjohnson is saying

another. that has not been resolved. ido another. that has not been resolved. i do not have confidence this prime minister can resolve that. ministers could not find a way forward in whitehall today, the prime minister will be looking form or movement from some of them add this week ‘s cabinet meeting. —— at this weeks cabinet meeting. —— at this weeks cabinet meeting. ina in a moment we'll hear from in a moment we'll hearfrom our reporter adam fleming in brussels — but first vicki young is in vienna. are we getting any clearer about what the government will ask for in the final settlement?” what the government will ask for in the final settlement? i think we might be, today, with david davis, this was very much about reassurance, it seemed really a far cry from some of the argument is made by people in the conservative party and in the cabinet, over the yea rs party and in the cabinet, over the years and decades when they have made the case for leaving the eu, saying, we have got to break away the red tape, stifling british competitiveness, was not what was being said today, raising some rules, saying that britain had helped shape them. the message from

him, and from theresa may, when she made a security speech, was very much about continued cooperation. they both say things will change but you are getting the impression that things will not change too much. question from david davis, saying to eu partners, this is about trust, we will have two trust each other‘s different rules and regulations, the question is, will that be enough for people in brussels to accept, and more crucially will other cabinet ministers go along with it. —— we will have to trust. how does this message go down you are, adam fleming? conveniently eu finance ministers were here for a regular meeting. i got igota i got a chance to ask them about the kind of thing david davis was talking about but they were broadly welcoming but they make two points, this isjust what welcoming but they make two points, this is just what the eu welcoming but they make two points, this isjust what the eu does welcoming but they make two points, this is just what the eu does anyway with all its international partners, saying, if you follow the rules, you will get good access to the markets.

if you try to undercut the eu rules or do something less safely, then the eu wants you to do it, then you will get less access to the eu market. —— ban. —— than. they want things that are written down, very detailed and legally enforceable, they do not operate on promises, expanding this speech with detailed proposals about how this would work in practice and what authority would you have that checks that both sides we re you have that checks that both sides were playing by the same rules and has the same standards, how would you settle disputes between the two sides? what punishments and sanctions would be available if the uk was not sticking to the rules? easier said than done, and still a lot to talk about. introduce you to a new bit of brussels jargon, all grouped together here as something called the "lpf", that means level playing field, we will be hearing a lot more about the "lpf" in the next

few months! thank you very much. many kentucky fried chicken outlets across the uk remain closed today because of a continuing lack of their key ingredient, chicken. the fast food chain, which has nearly 900 outlets, blames problems after switching to a new delivery firm dhl. it's encouraging staff to take leave while restaurants are closed. but the majority of outlets are franchises, which means many workers could be hit hard, as our correspondent sima kotecha reports. for chicken lovers and fast—food fa ns for chicken lovers and fast—food fans it is another day of sadness. hundreds of kfc stores closed across the country because of a shortage of britain's most popular bird meat. this kfc in the centre of birmingham is open but it has a limited menu. it serves only chicken popcorn. the chain says almost 600 remain closed around the country and it is not clear when they will be back open. kfc says it has happened because it has changed distributors. it used to

use south african owned company bidvest two transported chicken but recently changed to dhl, and that is why they say they have had some teething problems. we saw this coming weeks ago, people last week we re coming weeks ago, people last week were earning money, working on a good product, providing good customer service and today they will struggle to put food on the table. then looking at the people working in the 900 kfc stores, they have been sent home with no pay. dhl says due to operational reasons a number of deliveries in recent days have been incomplete. they moved what looked like a relatively uncomplicated supply chain toa relatively uncomplicated supply chain to a more complicated one and they do not seem to have pressure tested it at all. for any

organisation to do that seems bizarre at best. customers have complained and social media. the chain says some staff will still be paid but many of its outlets are franchises, so it is likely they will make losses. fry chicken is not everybody‘s favoured but for those who love it, patience is wearing thin. kfc says more deliveries are being made each day but it expects disruption at some restaurants for the rest of the week. our top story... oxfam's chief executive mark goldring says sorry for the damage done by the charity following accusations that aid workers used prostitutes in haiti. the greatest moment of his career — wigan's will grigg describes the goal that put manchester city out of the fa cup. coming up in sport in the next 15 minutes on bbc news, a round—up of day 11 at the winter games in south korea, including wins for british men and women in the curling. more detail has emerged today about how farming subsidies

in the uk are set to be overhauled after brexit. the environment secretary michael gove, in a speech to the national farmers union conference, outlined his plans to replace the present system of subsidies with funding for issues such as conservation and animal welfare. at present, payments amounting to £3 billion a year to uk farmers are based on the amount of land that they own. our environment and rural affairs correspondent claire marshall reports. they have travelled here from all over the uk and they have many questions for michael gove. is he going to do a betterjob in the agriculture sector than in education? brexit, what will go one in brexit? at the moment farmers are paid around £3 billion a year in eu subsidies. take that away and around half of them would go out of business. please give the secretary of state, mr michael gove, a very

warm welcome. the environment secretary's message, let's make the most of it. he believes the problem of rural broadband could be sold. universal broadband could be sold. universal broadband and ag coverage for all, paid for by the money we no longer have to give the eu. that is what i mean by taking back control. that is not the limit of my ambition for rural britain and the farming sector. i have argued we should not compete on a race to the bottom but argue the high ground of strong environmental welfare and quality standards. mr gove suppose brexit more money should be used to help farmers invest in more technology. this farm in leicestershire is using it to better housed animals and grow crops. we always investing in technology, animal handling systems, animal welfare systems, crop production, innovative ways of growing crops. we are doing it all the time as farmers but any helping hand could only increase

productivity. we must not forget that productivity does not mean more yield, it means doing it with less input. another issue was on the agenda, who will read the nfu for one of its most turbulent periods since the second world war? minute but it is chairing the first session, by the end of tomorrow she could be the first woman president in the whole 110 year history of the national farmers' union. the winner will be announced tomorrow afternoon. claire marshall, bbc news, birmingham. the supreme court is considering an appeal that could have a major impact on the so—called "gig economy." pimlico plumbers is challenging a ruling that entitled one of its plumbers, gary smith, to basic workers' rights, such as paid holiday — even though he was first hired on a freelance basis. our correspondent simon gompertz is outside the court. simon, what are the implications of this case? it is being seen as importantjust this case? it is being seen as important just because the

this case? it is being seen as importantjust because the way workers going nowadays, morejobs becoming self—employed. more toe one estimate that nearly 3 million people work as drivers, careers and suchlike as self—employed and not getting basic employment rights like holiday pay, the minimum wage and sick pay. arriving here this morning, the boss of pimlico plumbers turned up in a mini convoy of two blue bentley is that he owns that he was here to see the argument put, that he wants, which is to say his plumbers do quite well, some are earning over £100,000 a year as self—employed. on the other side of it, gary smith, the plumber who worked for him for around six years, he has won his employment tribunal case at the court of appeal that he is not an employee but should be viewed as a worker, which brings some of those rights. the argument has been gone over again in the supreme court and has been watched closely by the likes of the takeaway

delivery company deliveroo which uses that a model of self—employed people, and also the right hailing app uber. some of their drivers have won a case and uber is referring to the supreme court. the pimlico plumbers case is likely to take around two weeks. the bookmaker william hill has been fined £6.2 million by the gambling commission. the fine is for not doing enough to prevent money—laundering, or to protect its customers. our business correspondent theo leggettjoins us. tell me more about what william hill did wrong? gambling companies and have procedures in place to prevent criminals from using the industry for money—laundering purposes and to protect vulnerable people who might have a gambling problem. the accusation against william hill is senior accusation against william hill is senior managers accusation against william hill is senior managers did not do enough to address these problems and did not employ enough people to implement

the processes they had in place. the gambling commission has come up with a list of ten cases in which stolen money or the proceeds from crime was used to gamble. in one case, for example, one individual deposited more than half £1 million over 18 months in his william hill account. when this was checked up on he claimed to be earning £365,000 a year, he was on a salary of £30,000 and with stealing from his employer. lots of the other cases are broadly similar. even when red flags were raised, it was in an ineffective manner, which is why william hill has been fined. this is the second—largest imposed by the gambling position —— gambling commission. there was a fine imposed last year on another firm, 888, for not doing enough to prevent problem gambling. the greatest moment of his career is how wigan's will grigg described his winning goal last night which knocked manchester city out of the fa cup. it was wigan's only shot on target,

but the striker made recanted. -- it —— it counted. it was the goal that beat britain's best team. manchester city's multi—million squad knocked out by wigan, which had a starting 11 featuring eight players signed on free transfers. for wigan fans are brought back memories of their 2013 fa cup final triumph over city. the morning after the night before their goal—scorer describes it as the biggest achievement so far. goal—scorer describes it as the biggest achievement so fanm goal—scorer describes it as the biggest achievement so far. it is definitely the highlight of my career, how the night panned out. for myself to get the goal was something special. while the wigan fans celebrated last night, it was like they had won the cup. a memorable match but one full

of incident. the trouble began with a straight red card the fabian delph. it left city ten men. tempers frayed in the tunnel at half—time with the two managers squaring up. after the game, some wigan fans made it onto the pitch, one in a tussle with city straker sergio aguero. city fans clashed with police. an unsavoury end to another forgettable night. it is disappointing because it takes away the limelight of the game. emotions are running high but it is not something i will comment on, i will leave the club to deal with it. police confirmed they may two rests on the football association will look into the behaviour of fans and players last night. regardless of the outcome of the investigation, this is a night that wigan and the fa cup will never forget. elise christie's hopes of winning a medal at the winter olympics are over after she was disqualified in her 1,000 metre short track heat. it was a dramatic few

minutes for christie. she had forced a restart afterfalling on the ice, butjudges then deemed her to have caused an offence during the race. our sports correspondent david ornstein is in pyeongchang. david? elise christie arrived at these games as a triple world champion and one of team gb‘s leading medal contenders. having crashed out of her 500 and 1500 metre races it all came down to her third and final event. her favourite distance, came down to her third and final event. herfavourite distance, the 1000 metres. just three days after leaving the ice on a stretcher elise christie was back, her olympic hopes on the line. away they go. christie goes down before they reach the very first corner. christy's bid for 1000 metres gold got off to the worst possible start, but having been tripped she earned a reprieve. the heat would be rerun.

clearly still troubled by an ankle injury, christie trailed her rivals. others she fought back impressively to finish second to qualify for the quarterfinals. —— although she fought back. as she was carried away and discomfort her night would take another turn for the worse, the judges spotting two infringements and disqualifying biscotti. heartbreakfor and disqualifying biscotti. heartbreak for elise christie yet again. afterfailing to win heartbreak for elise christie yet again. after failing to win a heartbreak for elise christie yet again. afterfailing to win a medal at the last olympics four years ago, history has repeated itself in the pyeongchang. her dreams ending in bitter disappointment.” pyeongchang. her dreams ending in bitter disappointment. i am a bit shell—shocked. i worked so hard to come back from this injury. i think 1000 people would not have skated with my ankle the way it was. i can barely move my knee. the only thing ican barely move my knee. the only thing i can say is i can promise britain i will fight back from this and i will come back for beijing. and hopefully

ican do come back for beijing. and hopefully i can do britain proud then. for the skater and her team it was a huge blow. clearly she is massively disappointed. to come here as double world champion and go away with a fourth place, ultimately, that is hugely disappointing. if that happens in sport, there is high jeopardy. short track, as everyone knows at home now. better news for the curlers, as the british men produce their best performance of the competition so far, as dazzling the colourfully dressed in 201a world champions norway. like the victorious women, they close in on a semifinals place. it was not to be for ice dancers penny coomes and nick buckland, finishing 11th in the free dance final. but given coomes was returning from a career threatening injury it was a respectable results. but the headlines will be dominated

by elise christie. she has entered six races across two olympic games and been disqualified for or crashed out of all of them. her ankle injury meant the decision to compete here tonight was only taken in the our leading up to her heat, and it was a risk that, sadly for christie and tea m risk that, sadly for christie and team gb, did not pay off. thank you, david. time for a look at the weather. here's susan powell. we look at the satellite picture first, you can see a good, clear slot. lots of sunshine to be found. in the east, a line of cloud, a weather front which to this afternoon will produce more drizzly outbreaks of rain and maybe something heavier across east anglia and the far south—east for a time in the next few hours. temperatures pretty healthy in some sunshine towards the south—west, maybe about 11 or 12 degrees. this weather fronts in the east will keep the temperature overnight. across a good portion of central and eastern england, that will be,

thanks to a covering of cloud. temperatures made it close to freezing, but with a clearer skies towards the west, the south—west of england, wales, northern ireland and scotla nd england, wales, northern ireland and scotland we will see frost developing and lows of minus two or three. that is probably the last significant weather fronts pushing into the british isles for perhaps over a week. high pressure building for wednesday, betty rhodes the weather fronts. get used to seeing bataille, it will be with as well into next week and it will really dominate the weather. a legacy of cloud from the weather fronts perhaps squeezing out the odd bit of light rain or drizzle. particularly to the north and west, some decent spells of sunshine. already just starting to feel