last year, great britain clinched an impressive six golds and one silver medal so will be hopeful of returning this year with more. anne—marie batson has been to meet one of the competitors. it isa it is a region famous for its footballing tradition but the north—east has another thriving sport. visually impaired and blind tennis are increasing in popularity among the visually impaired community. rosie is a visually impaired player and volunteer for middlesbrough, she has played for over six years and represents great britain. before i started playing tennis i wouldn't have had the confidence to stand here and talk to people. it has given me the ability to go out and get employment, i was able to get a job through my involvement in tennis, build up my personal network, my savings and to get my first place as well. tennis has been fantastic for me. in

visually impaired tennis, extra ball bounces are allowed during play and the court is smaller than a standard tennis court. the tennis players use a specially adapted ball full of ball bearings which is audible for the players to hit. the lawn tennis association say over 100 people play each month and at least 75 play each week. not every day is the same day, every day is different. to be able to play a sport with a racket and moving ball on a court isjust fantastic. for these players it is important tennis are seen as accessible, enjoyable and welcoming, and it gives players like rosie the chance to compete on the international stage. that's all from sportsday. then, it is back to you. let's take

you back to the news 0xfam says it is deeply sorry for the actions of its staff in haiti which prompted a highly critical report published today. the charity commission has given 0xfa m the charity commission has given 0xfam an official warning about how it handled allegations that staff use prostitutes as they worked in the aftermath of the 2010 earthquake in haiti. 0ur correspondent has been gathering reaction to the comments. he goes on to say it is very important to work together in restoring trust. this incident has pushed haitian authorities to open their eyes wider by having to look over the functioning of aid workers. i thought that it was interesting in the sense that it still underlines the sense that it still underlines the key importance of the aid sector

to the haitian government and to haiti more generally. that is will grant reporting. we can talk now about this to the aid worker and former un spokesperson. image and, thanks for being with us. what do you make of this report? content —wise there is not a lot that is new. i think what is significant is the charity commission has really made it very clear that they are going to take their watchdog role in this area very seriously and they do acknowledge that these allegations 110w acknowledge that these allegations now are nearly ten years ago, not allegations that actually happened, but that 0xfam have made substantial steps since. most of them since last year when the story broke, but there are no wheels in motion to put the

right kind of steps in place to make sure this doesn't happen again. doesn't happen again... what sort of... you think, i believe, that this isn't just of... you think, i believe, that this isn'tjust 0xfam, it is quite widespread across the aid sector and you have seen instances of this kind of abuse. yes, it is not what i believe, it is a matter of record that this is an issue faced by the whole sector. we are organisations that have to handle vulnerable people which is the same as hospitals and schools. we have a responsibility to be as open and safe for those people as we possibly can andi safe for those people as we possibly can and i think now the secretaries where they have to take it seriously. they have been told a number of times over the years it is an issue but it's never been a priority like it is today and it is great to see the entire sector and donors who fund them are taking it seriously and realising that

tackling it is not only a priority but will take investment and time to get it right. and you have witnessed abuse by aid workers, have you, in that sector? i have had much less experience than many people i know but yes, i have seen inappropriate behaviour between international staff and local staff and seen that lots of people knew about it and there was no investigation in that particular pace. the guy's contract was just allowed to run down. a lot of us work on short—term contracts so of us work on short—term contracts so it is easy to let people move on, so so it is easy to let people move on, so it is easy to let people move on, so it is easy for people who behave inappropriately to keep moving through the system. stopping that really has to be a priority for the entire aid system, it is not an 0xfa m entire aid system, it is not an 0xfam specific problem. in a sense you are saying there has been a lot of complacency for a long time? yes, and people feeling like they were

not safe to come forward. that has to change because it is pretty easy for someone like me to speak out. i am white, privileged and western and have a legal system backing me but ifiama have a legal system backing me but if i am a staff member in afghanistan are a poor person in haiti it is harder to come forward and those voices are still really absent from this conversation and any analysis of how serious and widespread problem this is because it is still very unsafe for those people to come forward. creating that safety is an organisational responsibility and one of the areas we need to see progress. very briefly, 0xfam say they have learnt the lesson, do you think they are changing and the rest of the aid sector is changing? i think they have started but they have a long way to go and there are certainly a lot of people watching them closely to see if they actually deliver when the cameras have gone away. good to

talk to you. thanks for being with us. talk to you. thanks for being with us. let's get a look at the weather for you now. a very good evening. another very soggy day across some parts of the uk. in fact for some of us, more than one month of rain in the space of a couple of days. over 90 millimetres has fallen across parts of lincolnshire so far this week. plenty of rain over central parts of the uk and in the south—east, a scattering of heavy downpours, which will be around for a while before fading away. the rain moving north.

southern scotland and northern ireland, staying quite breezy as well, especially over central and northern parts of the uk. tomorrow, cloud and rain moving over northern england into southern scotland and northern ireland. it will be drier for a time further south and east but more wet weather into parts of east anglia, lincolnshire, some more wet weather here, even away from those areas of persistent rain there will be a scattering of downpours. asimilar a similar story on thursday and those temperatures disappointing.

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