you're watching bbc newsroom live, it's11am and these are the main stories this morning: tesco‘s former finance director is cleared over a £250 million fraud and false accounting scandal. the bank, santander, is to close 140 branches across the uk putting more than 1,200 jobs at risk. britain's most senior counter—terrorism officer warns that right—wing extremists could exploit what he describes as the "febrile" atmosphere around brexit. the search for the plane carrying footballer emiliano sala resumes in the channel. he reportedly sent a message to his family expressing concerns about the aircraft. and we meet the 15—year—old boy with a rare brain cancer, who will become one of the first patients to have proton beam therapy, at a new dedicated treatment centre in manchester. good morning.

welcome to bbc newsroom live. a former tesco director has been acquitted over a £250 million fraud and false accounting scandal. carl rogberg, the company's former finance director, was charged — along with two other directors who were cleared at a previous trial. the serious fraud office offered no evidence against mr rogberg at southwark crown court. emma simpsonjoins me from outside southwark crown court. tell us what happened this morning. just to remind you, it is four years since that huge black hole was discovered in tesco‘s accounts. wiping more than £1 billion off the value of the company, plunging tesco into crisis. today, we saw the final

chapter of the criminal proceedings come to an end when carl rogberg was formally acquitted. it is a complicated tale, though in the first trial when it reached the later stages, carl rogberg suffered a heart attack in that first trial involving the three defendants was abandoned. there was a second trial, featuring chris bush and the other former tesco‘s senior executive, was brought to a halt because halfway through the through the trial, the judge said that the case was simply too weak to put before a jury. they we re too weak to put before a jury. they were acquitted. today, the sfo came to court and said they were going to be offering no evidence in the case of carl rogberg, it will not be fair to try him on his own. the three men have now been formally acquitted and it means that no tesco‘s executive has been found responsible for this

accounting scandal. carl rogberg has been speaking outside the court, he made some damning comments saying that the circumstances were never properly investigated, why tesco from the outset, the truth and justice work abandoned. at that point, the serious fraud office is critically adopted tesco‘s approach. this was a dreadful waste of tax payer's money. all said and done, we still do not know exactly who was responsible. but for these defendants, particularly carl rogberg today, a huge relief that the criminal proceedings are at least finally over. you said carl rogberg has had a dreadful waste of taxpayer's money, do we know how much this has cost and why it went as far as it did to? there is another twist to this story. tesco entered into what is

called a deferred prosecution agreement with the serious fraud 0ffice agreement with the serious fraud office and they hate dott paid one to £9 million of fine to avoid prosecution. in that document that was made public today, that document names the three defendants as those responsible for the wrongdoing. —— they paid £129 million. there is this agreement between the serious fraud office and tesco, that these three defendants were responsible but yet here in a court of law, there was not enough evidence to to be put before a jury. for the three defendants who have been formally found not guilty, a matter of public record, their names are still in this document saying that they were responsible and they are hugely critical of this outcome, which they say raises really very troubling

questions about the use of these deferred prosecutions. we will come back to that perhaps in a moment. let us listen to carl rogberg and what he said outside the court. there never was any evidence of my wrongdoing and i should never have been charged. i have serious questions the tesco and four sfo about the way this case has been handled throughout. the circumstances were never properly investigated by tesco from the outset, they rushed to the wrong judgment. where does this go from here, picking up on the document you mentioned, questions forthe picking up on the document you mentioned, questions for the sfo, what happens to these men going forward 7 it isa forward 7 it is a big blow to the sfo, this, a high—profile case. they spent millions of pounds to pursue these three defendants. 0f millions of pounds to pursue these three defendants. of course they secured £129 million from tesco for

the best deferred prosecution agreement. that agreement still stands, it will not be an picked but i think there are a lot of questions that are going to be asked about these prosecution dpa agreements because there have been for them today, but this is the first time that individuals were put on criminal trial as a result of the dpa. i think the defendant's solicitor says you've got to believe what they thought were serious m ista kes what they thought were serious mistakes and to think about naming individuals in these dpas when it comes to cases of fraud. thank you very much, emma. sa ntander has just announced that it is to close 140 branches, putting 1,270 jobs at risk. the lender said its decision was the result of more customers banking on digital platforms, resulting in less demand for its physical banking services. our business presenter ben thompson can tell us more. it isa

it is a lot ofjobs at risk, bring us it is a lot ofjobs at risk, bring us up to date. yes, 140 branches. that is about a fifth of those never that will close and it has given dates and times that those branches will close. it hopes to try and find alternative jobs for the 1270 staff who will be affected by the closures. you are right in that they say this is because more and more of us are say this is because more and more of us are doing our banking online, we are using mobile phone applications rather than going into bank branches. they say the number of transactions carried out via with santander were down by 23%. it says at the same time, transactions via its digital channels, we can take that to mean its website and it application, they have grown by 99% over the same period. clearly there isa over the same period. clearly there is a big shift on what they have wa nted is a big shift on what they have wanted to do is close the number of branches that are underused. it is a pretty stark list when you started it, i have put these online if you

wa nt to it, i have put these online if you want to check where the branches may be closing, you can have a look on social media. there is a pretty stark list, you start to realise with all those closures, that affects high street and jobs are pinned down the country. at the same time, santander said we will invest in the branches that we do keep, they are spending £55 million on a hundred branches to try and upgrade them and make them more user—friendly. a pretty worrying day for the 1270 staff affected, with 140 branches that will close. is it really just 140 branches that will close. is it reallyjust a case of changing habits, because these figures are a comparison over the last three years where the number of transactions in branches has gone down by 23%, it's been a predictable and a change in the way consumers have been behaving over a long period? if you are one of these banks, if you're looking at your branch network and some of

these branches are underused, they have said they cost us a lot of money to run, clearly this stuff costs associated with the people who work there but the rent and the rates and the overheads that are associated with keeping these branches open. they have said if people are not using it, we are better able to invest that money making sure online, telephone banking is much easier and much more accessible. the silly argument is thatis accessible. the silly argument is that is not available to everyone, particularly vulnerable people. —— the argument. they rely on the bank branches to do the day—to—day banking. santander says branches to do the day—to—day banking. sa ntander says you branches to do the day—to—day banking. santander says you can use post office branches. you can still access post office branches. you can still a ccess your post office branches. you can still access your banking services by the post office if you are a customer santander, it might take up some of the slack. the banker says we need to cut costs, it is a tough market, we are not making much money from current account so we need to look at where we can save money. 0ne current account so we need to look at where we can save money. one of the ways they have said to do this is to close 140 branches. quite

worrying that 1270 staff are now at risk. thank you. a wake—up call, they are trying to its best to take control, to mainstream many of its messages around brexit. i think that is concerning. is this something specifically linked to brexit or an issue that has actually been around for a long time? that is an important point, i think there are two things there, the radical right is always opportunistic in

trying to move its ideas into the mainstream. screaming or any outrage is that we see in society, the radical right is trying to capitalise on this. that being said, i think there's a real issue with brexit that the radical right has embraced and not as these xenophobic nationalism that we saw reported in the news, the chief talking about record hate crimes in the wake of the brexit vote injune 2016, that was something like 50% more on the previous year from june to september 2016. britain is not the only country to have a far right element. how does the way it is handled in this country compared with other countries, is there a good example of where it gets it right? britain's first past the post as a means radical right parties are not done. ina way, radical right parties are not done. in a way, unlike that in europe. but

is not to say that political violence in other forms of extremism are absent on british streets or do something that is not a concern for people like neil. security services seeing an uptick in this kind of activity. matthew feldman is the co—director of the centre for fascist, anti—fascist and post—fascist studies at teesside university who sits as an expert witness on far—right court cases. the family of 24 year old charlotte brown, who was killed in a speedboat accident on the river thames while on a date, have made a direct appeal for the man convicted of her death to give himself up. jack shepherd's on the run and was convicted of charlotte's manslaughter in his absence. although shepherd's solicitors say they don't know where he is, charlotte's father, graham brown, has told the victoria derbyshire programme that he believes that they do. i don't think the legal time have acted... they might have acted legally, but ethically and morally, whether it's their legal team or the way it operates, it doesn't feel right to me. i think they do know where he is. they will say they don't, but my own personal opinion is that they do and

yet we have this crazy situation, client privilege where they don't have to help or assist the police. zimbabwe's human rights commission has accused security forces of using "systematic tortu re" against protesters. there have been numerous reports of assaults allegedly carried out by the military, since violent protests broke out more than a week ago, following a sharp rise in fuel prices. the president insists abuse against civilians will not be tolerated. child poverty and cuts to public health services in england, are threatening recent improvements in young people's care, according to a group of senior doctors. a study, from the royal college of paediatrics and child health, also highlighted concerns about recruitment and access to research funding once the uk leaves the eu. the department for health says new roles are being shaped more on today's main stories coming up on newsroom live here on the bbc news channel, but now we say goodbye

to viewers on bbc two. victims of sexual or violent crime who claim compensation, can find the process so stressful it can re—trigger trauma, according to the victims' commissioner for england and wales. in a review, baroness newlove says the process can have a "detrimental impact on the well—being of survivors" and the compensation process needs to be simplified. our legal correspondent clive coleman reports. the four pins there, which i had to have wired up... in 2014, daniel murphy was the subject of a vicious, unprovoked attack. he needed three metal plates and pins to be surgically implanted. the one under my chin was just completely black. but getting compensation from the criminal injuries compensation authority has proved a nightmare for daniel and his fiancee, holly. i think over a two—week period, you must have rung them over 50 times. yeah, they lost photos of dan after his attack, which were very sensitive photos, that we didn't want people to see.

where we are now, them saying that you didn't have surgery, when he's got three metal plates in his mouth. nearly four years into the process, daniel is still fighting for compensation. lady newlove's review of the scheme is damning. this should not be a process that is not victim friendly. it should be a process that compensate victims without traumatising them, yet again. the review finds the system's beset by delays, uncertainty and poor communication. nearly 40% feel they need a third party to negotiate the complexity of the process, and local victim support services are patchy. lady newlove wants radical changes. the ministry ofjustice says it announced a review of the compensation scheme last year, to ensure better support for victims and will consider today's findings. daniel and holly simply want their compensation and to move on with their lives.

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