we're in rotherham at the moment and l in rotherham at the moment and conducting a variety of missions get more importantly, being able to get more aid in quicker would be more beneficial and allow us to get aid to more people. where hearing about the maritime corridor opening up and thatis the maritime corridor opening up and that is extremely promising and we look forward to being able to utilise that in the coming weeks. but webby that would be no substitute for getting aid in by road. what needs to happen to upscale the volume of aid coming in? for me, to speed up the inspection process but also by using different crossings. there are numerous different crossings across the eastern wall and i personally think utilising them would get much more aid in and in a safer manner. what aid in and in a safer manner. what are the most— aid in and in a safer manner. what are the most acute _ aid in and in a safer manner. what are the most acute shortages? aid in and in a safer manner. what i are the most acute shortages? food, water and shelter _ are the most acute shortages? food, water and

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rotherham does. he played for rotherham and rotherham. does.yeah,erham. does. he played for rotherham ancyeah, yeah,. was captain >> yeah, yeah, he was captain for and then to for qpr and then went to middlesbrough. ships middlesbrough. so we're ships passing the night and at this passing in the night and at this point in our careers okay. that's great. point in our careers okay. thaso great. sort of taking >> so you're sort of taking a different career now. you've started as a model. yeah. started off as a model. yeah. now going working now you're going to be working in and your own in hospitals and have your own practice and whatever. >> i'm excited future >> yeah, i'm excited and future holby is footballer. >> so he life >> yeah. so he needs a life after football. >> definitely. yeah, definitely. he's he'll he's um. god knows what he'll do, but he's got a few good do, but he's he's got a few good few years in him left, so i'm sure he'll figure it out along the i'm literally just the way. but i'm literally just about to launch my very own pod

sorry, i am going to interrupt you, you meant rochdale, not rotherham, just to be clear.ivert you there and ask what he should have said? put rochdale aside and what he had to say about the election. i take your point. what should he have said? it is unquestionable that he is responding to a series of incidents which are serious and concerning. well, i wish he had named the incidents he was talking about, because he should have apologised for the racism of his own former party deputy chair, lee anderson. he and his cabinet refused to call lee anderson's comments about sadiq khan what they are — racism. you cannot attack division if you do not condemn the division being whipped up by your own party member, your own former mp, suspended mp. i think he should have condemned his own party first. let us stay on that topic, if we may. what would you do? what would you have said in those circumstances? put aside lee anderson, because he did respond to that, to be clear, not in a way that satisfies you, but he did respond to it. what would you do? it is unquestionable that many p

i am going to drop d, you meant rochdale, not rotherham. let me divert you there.dale for there. let us put aside rochdale for the moment and what he had to say about that election. what should he have said? it is unquestionable that he is responding to a series of incidents this year which are serious and concerning. i incidents this year which are serious and concerning. i wish he had named _ serious and concerning. i wish he had named the _ serious and concerning. i wish he had named the incidents - serious and concerning. i wish he had named the incidents he - serious and concerning. i wish he had named the incidents he was l had named the incidents he was talking about, because he should have apologised for the racism of his own former party deputy chair, lee anderson. he and his cabinet refused to call lee anderson's comments about sadiq khan what they are, racism. you cannot attack division if you do not condemn the division if you do not condemn the division being whipped up by your own party member, your own former mp, your suspended mp. own party member,

shaken up. " he added: "a sad way to end the day. " the fachies and pilots corrine hall and matt rotherhamehind italy in the tandem team sprint yesterday. to tennis — and jannik sinner�*s told the bbc that he's embracing the scrutiny that comes with winning his first grand slam title. the italian won the australian open injanuary after beatting daniil medvedev in a five set thiller. sinner�*s preparing for his second round match agianst andrea vavassori at the miami open on thursday. a little bit but in another way i haven't changed as a person because... is for sure grateful that i feel lucky to be in the because... is for sure grateful that ifeel lucky to be in the position. that's it. if you lose that match the next day you have to work. if you win the match you work anyway. you have to be very careful with opponents because they know you, they want to be you. i like to be in this position because it makes me a better player. ronnie 0'sullivan is out of the world open after a surprise defeat by hossein vafaei in the last 16 in china. the world number one took the match to a deciding fra

neil fachie of rotherham then took the men's title. van gas won the men's omnium. female athletes has found that more than a third have considered giving up the sport because of the cost of living crisis. 0ver because of the cost of living crisis. over three quarters of the respondents said they earned less than £30,000. that is under $38,000. that is from sport itself, lower than the average salary in the uk. they will also ask about social media abuse, with more than a third saying they have been trolled, and a quarter saying they had received abuse of a sexual nature. 0ne athlete said they had received requests for naked pictures and offers of sponsorship or funding in return for a relationship. and almost three in four said they had experienced sexism in their sport, away from social media. you can find out more on that on the bbc sport website and app, including the female athletes' attitudes towards transgender participation in elite sport. head to our website for that. when you lose yourjob, some people might like a bit of downtime before embarking on the ne

rotherham losing again. they may be be reelagted in the next round of fixtures.d their grip on one of the three automatic promotion spots in league 2 with with a 2—0 win over mansfield, who've now dropped from top to second behind stockport. paul mullin, as he has so often for wrexham, scoring the opener. they were awarded a penalty for this challenge in the second half — looked debatable — but mullin stepped up, and made sure of the win. wrexham who only came up from the national league last season, are third and three points clear of their nearest challengers. xabi alonso says he is going to stay at bayer leverkusen next season. he's arguably, the most wanted coach in football, with leverkusen unbeaten in all competitions this season, heading for the bundelsiga title and also still in the german cup and europa league. liverpool and bayern munich, two of his former clubs, headed the list of suitors but the spaniard say it makes sense to stay where he is. at this moment, ifeel that at this moment, i feel that this at this moment, ifeel that this is the right plac

neil posted on x, formerly twitter: the fachies and pilots corrine hall and matt rotherham took silvery. elsewhere, lewis hamilton has praised f1 academy director susie wolff for taking legal action against the fia following its controversial conflict of interest inquiry into her last year. hamilton said he was �*incredibly proud' of wolff. adding that he thought she was "so brave and stands for such great values and she is such a leader." wolff's legal case is believed to be one of defamation against a number of senior figures within the fia. well, ahead of this weekend's melboune grand prix hamilton will be desperate to stop red bull's max verstappen making it 3 wins from 3. verstappen comfortably dominated the first two races at bahrain and saudi arabia, and the three—time world champion is feeling positive red bull will continue their good form on the track: definitely the best start to the fme in the car. a good balance. i think we also as a team operated really well without too many mistakes. so yes, of course, very happy about that, and i hope, of course, that we can continue th

professor alexis jay, who revealed the extent of sexual exploitation in rotherham, is warning of an urgentty action for children, she's concluded there's no national strategy for dealing with this type of crime. here's our home affairs correspondent tom symonds. if they knew you were talking to me right now, what would they do to you? i don't think i'd be alive. seriously. i genuinely think i would end up six feet under. that's why we're not revealing joe's identity, or the area where, as a child, he worked for a criminal gang in scotland. if they wanted me to go and sell something for them, i had to go and do it. if i had to go and hit someone for them, i had to go and do it. or it was me that was paying the price. why are children being exploited and coerced into crime? professor alexis jay took evidence from 70 people and organisations in an inquiry commissioned by the charity action for children. a big factor in it appeared to be loneliness, isolation, the desire, and how good it felt, to be part of something, even though it was criminal activity. they controlled my life without me rea

professor alexis jay, who revealed the extent of sexual exploitation in rotherham, is warning of an urgenttype of crime. here's our home affairs correspondent, tom symonds. if they knew you were talking to me right now, what would they do to you? i don't think i'd be alive. seriously. i genuinely think i would end up six feet under. that's why we're not revealing joe's identity, or the area where, as a child, he worked for a criminal gang in scotland. if they wanted me to go and sell something for them, i had to go and do it. if i had to go and hit someone for them, i had to go and do it. or it was me that was paying the price. why are children being exploited and coerced into crime? professor alexis jay took evidence from 70 people and organisations in an inquiry commissioned by the charity action for children. a big factor in it appeared to be loneliness, isolation, the desire, and how good it felt, to be part of something, even though it was criminal activity. they controlled my life without me realising they were controlling my life. what i found most shocking generally was the casual

and we will be creating jobs whether thatis we will be creating jobs whether that is from steve rotherham'se finance and working with labour, who understand that this challenge is an opportunity and working with local authorities to support them to deliver for the people. authorities to support them to deliverfor the people. mac tracy babin from west yorkshire, thank you very much forjoining us. pleasure. we'll be hearing from the local government association shortly. there wasn't a lot of mention of councils and funding in the budget speech. in fact, labour leader, sir keir starmer, criticed the government's plans for council tax. they know that a tory stealth text is coming their way in the shape of their next council tax bill. yep, absolutely, council tax! the levelling... the levelling up secretary has told notjust this house but every house in the country he's coming for their council tax. give with one hand — gove in the other. yeah! sir keir starmer speaking there. joining me now is councillor kevin bentley, seniorvice—chairman of the local government association. thank you very much

professor alexis jay who revealed the extent of sexual exploitation in rotherham is warning of an urgent to me right now, what would they do to you? i don't think i'd be alive. seriously. i genuinely think i would end up six feet under. that's why we're not revealing joe's identity, or the area where, as a child, he worked for a criminal if they wanted me to go and sell something for them, i had to go and do it. if i had to go and hit someone for them, i had to go and do it. or it was me that was paying the price. why are children being exploited and coerced into crime? professor alexis jay took evidence from 70 people and organisations in an inquiry commissioned by the charity action for children. a big factor in it appeared to be loneliness, isolation, the desire, and how good it felt, to be part of something, even though it was criminal activity. they controlled my life without me realising they were controlling my life. what i found most shocking generally was the casual violence that was involved. knife crime, of course. but we also heard about the use of machetes, bats, and hammers

i have had cases, fact, from had cases, in fact, from rotherham in the past and to be fair, the grooming agencies, brilliant work taking place. these were british people that were involved in grooming and yet they were allowed to stay in the community. there were some that we actually removed back to pakistan, for example, and there were cases where we were constantly in the courts and we were thwarted in those cases as well, which is really important based on the criminal evidence and and harm that and the abuse and the harm that they cause to the individuals. so we must at nothing . we so we must stop at nothing. we must stop at absolutely nothing to make sure these people not only prosecuted, put behind bars, allowed bars, but never allowed back in the and also when the community. and also when they're foreign national offenders, we must do everything to . okay. to remove them. okay. >> and very, very quickly. shamima has said shamima begum, the un has said that she was trafficked and they've credible they've got this credible evidence. about her evidence. there's talk about her comin

where were they when the rotherham grooming gangs were going on?amas, documentaries about all that . documentaries about all that. they're very, very keen to leap on it when it when it's a syrian family that they can prove that the brits have nasty to the brits have been nasty to them. i mean, they must have loved it. >> think, know, in all >> i think, you know, in all fairness to them, it was obviously of sort obviously a level of sort of naivety , i think, but then i naivety, i think, but then i just feel that do sometimes just feel that i do sometimes feel that it's so preachy and so houer feel that it's so preachy and so holier than thou. and then a lot of things are coming out from the are very the bbc, which are very distressing and disappointing because am advocate because i am an advocate for them. ultimately even after that. but i am ultimately because do believe there is a because i do believe there is a place for them. but i'm not sure that people should be forced to pay that people should be forced to pay pecking for >> there's a peckin