down. if what slowed the athletes down. if you look at laura dees, she had amazing slides by the equipmentjust did not let her produce the speeds she deserved. did not let her produce the speeds she deserved-— she deserved. concerns are now cribbin: she deserved. concerns are now cribbing in _ she deserved. concerns are now cribbing in that _ she deserved. concerns are now cribbing in that team _ she deserved. concerns are now cribbing in that team gb - she deserved. concerns are now cribbing in that team gb could l cribbing in that team gb could return home empty—handed despite £27 million infunding. return home empty—handed despite £27 million in funding. with six wins in a row and semifinal spots secured bruce mouatteam could spare their blushes in beijing. time for a look at the weather. here's chris fawkes. we have been reporting on storm dudley but there are two storms in the wake? heading into friday we have storm eunice in the way and of the two storms to probably will bring the more widespread damage and disruption. this afternoon we have a band of rain pushing slowly south. some wet weather for northern

england, the midlands and wales. we have a south—westerly wind so quite bloody everywhere but temperatures up bloody everywhere but temperatures up to 16 degrees up past parts of eastern england. but of course the wind is the main concern. in the latter part of the afternoon into the evening gusts of about 70 miles an hour and may be a few stronger thanit an hour and may be a few stronger than it across parts of northern ireland, scotland and the far north of england. that is where we had the greatest risk of disruption. the wind is strong enough to bring down some trees so we will see some issues building on later today. but the rest of us going through this evening and overnight stay in a blustery but the brisk wind will keep temperatures falling too far so quite a mild night. temperature is around five, 7 c. lots of showers around five, 7 c. lots of showers around across the north west and turning colder in scotland with some rain turning to snow of the higher ground. tomorrow is going to be quite a quiet day between these nasty areas of low pressure. most of

seeing some sunshine and showers, some of these could be wintry in scotland but generally still pretty mild at 12 degrees towards the south of england. but then we focus on potentially one of the stronger storms were seen in recent decades, storms were seen in recent decades, storm eunice which looks really nasty as it swings and across england and wales. the met office up issued an amber warning. inland gusts well into 70 miles an hour and around the coast something around 90, 100 miles around the coast something around 90,100 miles an hour. the wind is going to be widespread and i think will bring down a large number of trees. so a real risk of widespread disruption as we go through friday. perhaps think about how you can change your travel plans. and on the northern flank of the storm were talking about blizzards over the high ground. ten, 30 centimetres of snow and come down so quickly that

the snowploughs will struggle to keep roads open. so storm eunice are really nasty looking at low pressure coming away from friday and potentially one of the strongest areas of low pressure that we've seenin areas of low pressure that we've seen in recent decades bringing to in the region of 70, 100 miles an hour. that is going to bring widespread disruption and big problems on the roads and of course airports with the risk of heavy snow and blizzards causing problems over higher ground for northern areas. those warnings could be updated if the computers continue to show that storm being particularly bad. thank you very much. that's all from the bbc news at one — so it's goodbye from me — and on bbc one we nowjoin the bbc�*s good afternoon.

good afternoon, i'm chetan pathak with your latest sports news. it's day 12 at the winter olympics, still no medals yet for team gb. 0n the slopes, dave ryding stayed true to his pre—race stance of adopting aggressive tactics to get on the podium but a mistake in the first run ended his chances, and he ultimately finished in 13th place, unable to improve on his previous best which was ninth place at the last games in pyeongchang. he's 35 now so this could well be his last 0lympics and he says he has no regrets. i left myself way too much to do on the first run. for some reason, i didn't have my best skiing today. slightly disappointing, but, at the same time, you know, very tight. ijust knew that i wasn't... i didn't have it. i didn't have something. but c'est la vie, you know, i live and fight on and go home to my fiancee and have a couple of days off and that's the most important thing at the end of the day, you know, there are more things in the world than the olympics. so where could that elusive

first medal for team gb potentially come from? the women's curling team led by eve muirhead lost to china 8—1; this morning. it means progress is out of their hands, they will have to beat the russian olympic committee in theirfinal round robin match if they're to finish in the play off places and hope results elsewhere go their way. and talking of beating the russian olympic committee — that's just what the men's curling team have done today. they're already guaranteed a semi final spot, and won 8—6. they're one of the best remaining medal hopes and are still on course to potentially contest the gold medal match on saturday. so it's not been a memorable olympic games for team gb so far. here are the thoughts of team gb�*s boss georgie harland. we would love to be on the medal table at this stage of the games, but i think the athletes more than anyone are disappointed with that. if you look back, we have had

some promising results. looking to the future. but we will not shy away from some that are disappointing but right here, right now, we still have competition ahead. we still have athletes to have their moments so rightfully, to have their moment, so rightfully, they have our focus and attention and energy. next to russian skater kamila valieva. the teenager's anti—doping sample has showed traces of three drugs that can be used to treat heart conditions, according to a new york times report. the 15—year—old is being allowed to compete at the beijing games despite testing positive for a banned angina drug. the report says the sample also showed substances which are not banned. the united states anti—doping chief travis tygart says the combination of substances prompted a lot of red flags. it has undermined the confidence of the system. we have heard from athletes

and they are asking how can we trust the system yet again letting us down? they are having to relive the russia doping horror story once again. it is the sixth time in a row, going back to london 2012, when the russians have seriously and may be irreparably damaged games when the russians have seriously and may be irreparably damaged the games and its credibility. it is time to say what more has to happen before the ioc and wada wake up and decide to do the right thing? sir mark todd has been given an interim suspension by the british horseracing authority after a video on social media appeared to show him hit a horse with a branch. the former 0lympic equestrian champion turned racehorse trainer — champion turned racehorse trainer will be unable to race horses while investigations continue. the 65—year—old, who trains in wiltshire, has apologised for his actions. on sunday, the bha condemned the video. it appears to show todd strike the horse multiple times while attempting to coax it towards the waterjump in a cross—country schooling session. he's since apologised.

that's all the sport for now. you can find more on all those stories on the bbc sport website. more on the olympics and the build—up to the liverpool match. more later. colleges are reopening in the indian state of karnataka after being shut after confrontations over the wearing of the hijab in classrooms. hindu and muslim students have been on opposing sides of protests, that have spread to other parts of the country. it's left the state polarised, and the high court is continuing to hear arguments before making a ruling on the issue. bbc�*s divya arya reports. muskaan khan wears at home what brought so much tension at college. she is the most recent emblem of india's politics of the hijab. i just saw the crowd of youngsters who were wearing their shawls,

i was just passing, i thought i would go for the class. but then they all started attacking me. and they were holding their shawls and telling me to go back, you are not allowed for the class by wearing burqa. they were giving the slogan "jai shri ram". they were coming and telling me that remove this burqa and go back. it was one front in the last week in an escalating row. although people can wear the hijab in the classrooms in the southern state of karnataka, where demand for islamic head dresses was met by wearing saffron shawls — a symbol of hinduism — and the respective slogans came to the fore. i was angered and a little bit i was scared and then i shouted so that i get courage. muskaan still went to college, something women say they have been doing in the past wearing hijabs, despite state government words to the contrary.

translation: recently, some girls decided to wear the hijab to school. that is when we started facing the problem. the school management explained to students that we have a right to decide on the uniform. according to the state education act of 1995, the institution has the right to prescribe the uniform and students must follow it. he cited the state high court judgment backing it up. now, karnataka's high court is to decide on the latest dispute. this college is one of the many in the state where students wore saffron scarves to protest muslim women's demand to be allowed to wear head scarves inside college. all high schools and colleges have been shut this week to defuse passions while they wait for the court to come to a decision. but critics say the state administration has done little to engage the students in dialogue. instead, allowing

opinions to polarise. polarisation that has led to, at times, violent protests across the country. that is about more than outward appearances. particularly for india's 200 million muslims. who, while great in number, are a minority. karnataka's authorities have prohibited gatherings of more than four people, but that does not stop often hostile debate from flourishing online. my humble wish to everyone, please do not update the status, as like hindi versus muslims, i have stood not only for the muslim girls, but for all the non—muslims and muslim girls. everyone should stand for their rights. 0nline, and in real life, rights and beliefs are in a painful confrontation. an investigation by the bbc�*s global disinformation team has found that

thousands of private photos of women are being shared without their consent on the social media app telegram. the app now has more than 500 million users worldwide. the investigation found nude pictures shared in telegram channels in more than 20 countries, despite the platform's claims that it moderates public spaces and removes illegal pornography. sara is from havana, cuba's capital city. she comes here to find calm ever since she found out that a nude photo she'd taken and shared with one other person had been posted on the social media app telegram. we've changed her name for her safety. she doesn't know for sure how it ended up in a group with 18,000 followers, many of whom are from her neighbourhood, and may all have seen her naked. translation: i saw super-vulgar

comments about how hot i was, i asking if there were more photos of me. it made me feel horrible. i didn't want to go out. i didn't want to speak to my friends. i became really anti—social. sara reported the picture of her to telegram, but got no response. she fears her nudes are still on the app. our investigation found groups with images like sara's in more than 20 countries shared with tens of thousands of people on telegram, and there's very little these women can do about it. the platform, where users can be totally anonymous, works like a combination of facebook and whatsapp. groups can have up to 200,000 people. experts say anonymity and a lack of moderation on the app are a deliberate choice. the owner of telegram declares himself as a libertarian, a person who follows libertarian ideology, that includes emphasis on freedom of expression

to some high degree. nigar is from azerbaijan. her brother has a youtube channel where he openly criticises azerbaijan's president. that made nigar a target. translation: my mum called me one evening. | she said, "nigar, i keep receiving messages today saying there is an explicit video of you." i said, "mum, it's not true." my mum said, "no." they insist if my brother doesn't stop they will post this video on telegram." my mum started crying and told me, "there is a video, it was sent to me." i was devastated. absolutely devastated. the videos showed nigar and her husband having sex.

they were posted in a telegram group with over 40,000 members. she claims her husband secretly filmed her to blackmail her brother. he denies it. she says she feltjudged wherever she went and had to leave azerbaijan. the group that posted footage of nigar has since been shut down. but this kind of action from the platform is rare, as we found out for ourselves. we reported 100 images as pawn to telegram. as porn to telegram. one month later, 96 images were still there. telegram did not agree to an interview, and their statement didn't refer to our findings. they insist they have teams who proactively monitor public spaces. but as the platform continues to grow, there are fears that more women could be targeted and their bodies and lives exposed. hannah gelbart, bbc news.

there are calls for an independent investigation into bullying and sexism at avon and somerset police. a whistle—blower has shown the bbc details of toxic abuse he says he suffered during the eight years he worked with the force. from bristol, charlotte callen reports. avon and somerset police. they say they are a caring and inclusive force. but a former investigator who we are not naming to protect him was subject to what has been described as toxic and racist bullying over eight years. he says he was mocked for his accent, left a guidebook on how to speak english forforeigners. he cut his curly hair after being called racially after being called racially offensive names, and was set up and threatened in a mock attack. this whistle—blower documented the years of abuse he suffered whilst working for the force, including having his home telephone number placed in a strip club so during the night his wife and children received calls asking for sex. in the end, they had

to change their telephone number. he claims it was him that was seen as the problem, rather than the officers who abused him. the incidents were beyond belief, to be honest. 0r actually, given the current climate, we are seeing quite a few people coming forward with these sort of toxic cultures and incidents. in terms of the impact, it has just been enormous. in 2016, the whistle—blower was offered £9,000 in an out—of—court settlement, but he refused to take it, wanting a formal tribunal. but on day one, force lawyers, he says, threatened him with £30,000 in legal fees if he lost his case. so he withdrew. i think i have two emotions. absolutely furious. i am furious that the whistle—blower had to go through this and suffer this in a modern police force. i am furious for the officers

who do whistle—blower. and i am worried about them. the investigator was eventually made redundant. he feels he was managed out of the force. he has since gone on to have a successful career. documents we have seen show the police took some action to re—chip officers with words of advice. the unit we believe was disbanded, but we have been told at least two of the police officers who targeted him have been promoted and remain in the force. i would like the constabulary to consider reviewing this case, maybe with the iopc, because i think now, with the lenses that people have on now, they may find really important new learning. the woman in charge of misconduct in the force is deputy chief constable nicky watson. would you apologise to this whistle—blower and as someone consider perhaps having an independent review of his case? we certainly would never expect that sort of behaviour to happen nowadays. i am really sorry for the way

that he has been left feeling. one of our values is learning. we want to learn, we want to improve. always, constantly. so if there is anything that can be done that we can learn further from these incidents then absolutely we will do that. the years of racist abuse have permanently scarred our whistle—blower. he says he was not alone but that others he knows are simply too scared to come forward in case they are targeted for speaking up. to the south coast now and portsmouth port is planning to invest £90 million to transform facilities for ferry and cruise ship passengers, as well as cross—channel freight. the plan involves creating about 5000 jobs. 0ur correspondent paul clifton reports. the passenger facilities here are less than ideal. look at the cruise ship check—in. it's a marquee held down with concrete blocks.

in its place will come this — a new extension to the passenger terminal. work starts this spring. with a covered walkway to a bigger berth to handle larger cruise ships. the space for lorries is very constrained — there simply isn't much land. so, here's the plan. a new area for 400 lorries at a time, a few miles outside the city. we are going through probably a once in a generation change in the way that trade is moving post—brexit, post—pandemic, and also that transition towards greener fuels. all of that needs infrastructure. the investment will be more than £90 million. some of it here, some of it at a new site outside the city for handling freight. the ambition is to double the number ofjobs at the port to 10,000 in the years ahead.

portsmouth is not a rich city. people don't live on big salaries here, so to be able to generate that number ofjobs, that amount of wealth, can make a huge difference in a city like portsmouth. paul clifton, bbc south today, portsmouth. and in west yorkshire, a student racing driver is hoping to win a place in an international racing series later this year. amna qamarfrom huddersfield wants to see drivers in the sport come from a wider range of backgrounds, as jacob tomlinson reports. there is so much adrenaline going through you. it is incredible. so the speed is crazy, as well. you are just constantly thinking about the next corner. it is 100% unique. 21—year—old amna qamar has a real need for speed. the student from huddersfield is hoping to one day become a professional racing driver, and she is doing all she can to get there. despite only learning how to race less than a year ago, she quickly realised she had

a thriving passion for motorsport. she competed in the formula woman competition where she progressed to the final out of 800 racers. now she is in with the chance of getting a spot on the grid at the british gt cup series. formula woman is basically a competition looking for women from across the world and looking for those that have the best natural ability to train up to race in the british gt cup this year. it is something where people that have never raced before, never touched a racing car before, are getting tojump in behind the wheel and kind ofjust get straight into it. i think it would be incredible, because being able to represent so many things, like huddersfield, the uk, and also people from my south asian background, as well. i thinkjust being able to enter this motor sport that is always dominated by males, different backgrounds and things like that, would be incredible. and also pushing

yourself to the top. from like not having any experience before, as well, is incredible. she is hoping herjourney into the sport will encourage others from more diverse backgrounds to get behind the wheel. i noticed from the get go where there were barely any females representing that background. given the culture we grow up in and the countries we are born in and things like that, there is not much encouragement. getting that spot in the gt cup is like bringing your own background with you. i would love to see more females, especially from like british asian backgrounds, and all sorts of backgrounds get involved in motorsport. the us writer and satirist pj

0'rourke has died at the age of 7a. he's best known for books including republican party reptile, eat the rich, and give war a chance. a specific cause of his death has not been revealed but his publisher said mr 0'rourke had been ill in recent months. david willis has more from los angeles. pj 0'rourke was one of the most prolific, the most widely quoted authors in american life. the author of more than 20 books, a couple of which went to number he wrote more than 20 books on subjects as diverse as politics, economics, etiquette, cars and so on. he was a hippie in the 60s and started working on underground newspapers and magazines before making his way to a national lampoon, which in the 19705 in america was a very influential humour magazine. from there he went

on to write for rolling stone magazine and the atlantic monthly. and his work was once likened to i co—wrote a cross between the head —ism of hunter s thompson and the patrician mockery of tom wolfe. he was a conservative republican. he said god is a republican, santa claus is a democrat. in 2016, he announced he would not be voting for... he would be voting for hillary clinton and not donald trump having said of hillary clinton 5he having said of hillary clinton she is wrong about everything but wrong within normal parameters. this was seen as a criticism of donald trump who pj 0'rourke regarded as unstable. throughout his career his chief target was self—importance, whether his own or other people's, and that won him support from both sides of the political divide. he

was working it is said on a book prior to his death about the united states viewed from his home in toledo, ohio, a place he once called one of thejunkyards toledo, ohio, a place he once called one of the junkyards of american capitalism. aha, one of the “unkyards of american capitalism.— one of the “unkyards of american caitalism. ~ , capitalism. a sloth has been saved after climbing _ capitalism. a sloth has been saved after climbing a _ capitalism. a sloth has been saved after climbing a cable _ capitalism. a sloth has been saved after climbing a cable in _ capitalism. a sloth has been saved after climbing a cable in colombia. re5cuer5 tried to cope5 him down but in the end had to use a broom. the animal was not hurt and later released into the wild. now it's time for a look at the weather. extreme wind due in the uk with two 5torm5, storm dudley affecting northern areas this afternoon and this evening and storm eunice arrives on friday, arguably the most powerful with more widespread damaging wind. this afternoon we have rain pushing 5outh damaging wind. this afternoon we

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