youth team coach at crewe alexandra, he also had links to man city and stoke city. was a predatory, determined and devious paedophile. for the prosecution, nicholasjohnson devious paedophile. for the prosecution, nicholas johnson qc told the jury that barry bennell, who appeared via video link because of ill health, engaged in a course of ill health, engaged in a course of conduct over many years involving systematics sexual abuse of prepubescent boys. he had pity much u nfettered prepubescent boys. he had pity much unfettered access to large and others of young lads who dreamt of life in professional football. others of young lads who dreamt of life in professionalfootball. ——. although it seemed he was a skilled and relatively successful coach, he had a much darker side. the court was told that bennell previously served two prison sentences, both here and in the us, all serious sexual offences againstjunior footballers. but he insisted the current complainants were maliciously making up stories about him, seeking attention or compensation. the court was told benne

youth team coach at crewe alexandra, he also had links with manchester city and stoke city.ar—old, who now calls himself richard jones, was also a predatory, determined and devious paedophile. for the prosecution, nicholas johnson qc told the jury that bennell, who appeared via video link because of ill—health, engaged in a course of conduct over many years involving systematic and persistent sexual abuse of pre or peri—pubescent boys. he had pretty much unfettered access to large numbers of young lads who dreamt of life in professional football. although it seemed that mr bennell was a skilled and relatively successful coach, he said, he had a much darker side. the court was told that bennell had previously served two prison sentences, both here and in the united states for serious sexual offences against junior footballers, but that he insisted the current complainants were maliciously making up stories about him, seeking attention or compensation. the court was told that bennell subjected boys to hundreds of assaults and even carried out some of his crimes here, in one of

b grounds of crewe alexandra football club where he had worked as a coach. a coach. the jury was told they would need to decide asjones had has it you were listening to a group of men making up listening to a group of men making up stories, or as the prosecution insists details of serious sexual offending against vulnerable boys. the trial is expected to last for the next eight weeks. thank you. a 16—year—old boy has been arrested on suspicion of murder, and two others are being sought by police, after a shop worker was attacked in an argument about cigarette papers. the three teenage boys were refused cigarette papers when they couldn't prove their age at a shop in mill hill, in north london. one of the boys hit 49—year—old shop worker vijay patel and he later died from his injuries. eight people have been arrested during a series of raids investigating human trafficking and sexual abuse. around 150 officers took part injoint operations in stockton—on tees and in sheffield this morning. immigration teams were also involved. it was after a young woman told p

some of the abuse is alleged to have taken place in the grounds of crewe alexandra, where bennell was coach. and the other main stories on tonight's programme... the newly reshuffled cabinet meets for the first time as theresa may rings more changes among junior ranks to refresh her government. the north london shopkeeper who died after being attacked in a row over cigarette papers. north and south korea hold their first talks in over two years. and the self—propelling suitcase that follows its owner — just one of the marvels at a major tech show in las vegas. coming up on sportsday later in the hour on bbc news, another competition for manchester city — bristol city are the visitors for the first leg of their league cup semifinal. good evening. a court has heard that the former football coach barry bennell was a "predatory and determined paedophile," who is alleged to have subjected a number of boys to abuse on more than 100 occasions. bennell, who is now known as richard jones, denies multiple historical sex offence charges. the prosecution said that some of the abuse took place in

youth team coach at crewe alexandra. he also had links with manchester city.t was told the 64—year—old, who now calls himself richard jones, exploited young boys' dreams of becoming footballers in order to sexually abuse them. with bennell watching on via video link, the jury was shown footage of the first complainant's police interview. he said he first met bennell when he came to a training session as a scout for manchester city. now in his 40s, the alleged victim said he was abused up to 100 times, along with other boys, by bennell at his home above a shop he owned in the derbyshire village of furness vale. he claimed bennell had up to three boys share a bed with him. the complainant said none dared speak out for fear ofjeopardising their football prospects. it was almost like an untold rule, he said. we didn't want to spoil our chances. he had a big power hold over us with that, which was pretty horrific. it's going to be frank and open, and it will cover details of sexual abuse. the court was shown a recording of this bbc programme from november 2016, fea

the alleged victim left crewe alexandra in 1986 to join another club.iour to others though he didn't tell anyone he had personally been abused. it was at that point he said he received a two page handwritten letter from mr bennell on crewe alexandra headed notepaper asking why he was making allegations. he claimed the letter said: "football is a small world, and troublemakers don't go far in the game". in the police interview the former player described that as a "veiled threat." and there were also details about barry bennell‘s health? yes. the court heard how barry bennell claimed he had part of his tongue removed because of a tumour and was unable to eat and drink. the jury was read a transcript of a police interview with mr bennell himself. in it the former coach said: "i got cancer and i thought ‘well, it's karma ?. if you said to me ‘lethal injection', i'd take it." in the interview, officers questioned mr bennell about allegations made by another player. mr bennell has admitted one count of indecent assault against this man. but denies other char

testimony from a former crewe alexandra youth footballer called martin clarke.he said, and he said he saw barry bennell abusing another young player. he claimed mr bennell then pinned him up against the wall and told him: "if you say anything to anyone i will make sure i will finish your football career." again, this man came forward at the tail end of 2016 after seeing media reports. as i said at the start, mr bennell denies 48 charges of abuse in this trial. it continues tomorrow morning. coming up, we will speak to a deaf mother who is suing concert organisers who refused to provide a sign language interpreter at a little mix concert. the politician who helped london win the 2012 olympic games, baroness tessa jowell, has spoken for the first time about having an aggressive form of brain cancer called glioblastoma. around 2,000 people each year will receive a similar diagnosis. the prognosis is grim — measured in months, not years. no new drugs have been developed in the last 50 years that have improved survival rates. but tessa jowell is determined that that

by that he meant crewe alexandra.cribed how barry bennell used to play horror movies to young children. he mentioned nightmare on elm street. he said you'd be that scared, you'd wa nt to he said you'd be that scared, you'd want to cuddle up to him. he told police this arrangement lasted for about 18 months until he went to stay at dario gradi's house. he said dario looked after me, i always grew up dario looked after me, i always grew up thinking dario saved me from barry bennell. he was asked why did this arrangement change, why did you stop being in barry bennell's care and start to be in dario gradi's care, he said he didn't remember. what did he say about the impact on his life? this alleged victim talked about how when he was 18 or 19, he said he had a panic attack. he got taken to hospital. at that point he said he told his father about the alleged abuse and what he said barry bennell had been doing. he said he didn't know what happened to the complaint, it didn't seem to go any further. what happened under cros

the abuse, he said, among other locations, had occurred at the ground of crewe alexandra football club they would need to decide whether, asjones would have it, you are listening to a group of men — the alleged victims — who were maliciously making up stories and jumping on the bandwagon or, as the prosecution insists, they were listening to details of details of serious sexual offending against vulnerable boys, who were systematically victimised by a devious paedophile. the trial is expected to last for the next eight weeks. the newly appointed culture secretary, matt hancock, has said the bbc must act to address the issue of equal pay. the corporation's china editor, carrie gracie, has resigned —— saying she was being paid less than men in equivalent roles. the equality and human rights commission has said it will write to the bbc for the facts of ms gracie's case. mr hancock said the issue must be resolved. much more action is needed, especially when bbc foreign editors can learn more than her majesty ‘s ambassadors in the same jurisdiction. in this specific case of carrie gracie, i

youth team coach at crewe alexandra. he also had links with manchester city.was told the 64—year—old, who now calls himself richard jones, exploited young boys' dreams of becoming footballers in order to sexually abuse them. with bennell watching on via video link, the jury was shown footage of the first complainant's police interview. he said he first met bennell when he came to a training session as a scout for manchester city. now in his 405, the alleged victim said he was abused up to 100 times along with other boys by bennell, at his home above a shop he owned in the derbyshire village of furness vale. he claimed bennell had up to three boys share a bed with him. the complainant said none dared speak out for fear of jeopardising their football prospects. it was almost like an untold rule, he said. it's going to be frank and open and it will cover details of sexual abuse. the court was shown a recording of this bbc programme from november 2016 featuring other alleged victims which the complainant said left him in complete meltdown, prompting him to contact

youth team coach at crewe alexandra, he also had links with manchester city and stoke city. lot of talking to them as well as showing them the skills and explaining the game to them. but there's more to it than just coming here one hour a week. we need to give them homework. but today at the start of his trial here at liverpool crown court, bennell admitted preying on young boys. appearing via video link and wearing a grey jumper, bennell, now known as richard jones, admitted six counts of indecent assault on two boys aged between 11 and 14 at the time. judge clement goldstone qc also lifted reporting restrictions on a further charge that the 63—year—old had previously pleaded guilty to, involving a third victim. bennell is pleading not guilty to 48 further charges, including 11 counts of serious sexual assault. all the charges relate to 11 complainants between 1979 and 1991. the trial is expected to last eight weeks. this all comes as the fa continues its year—long investigation into historical sexual abuse in english football, with 285 suspects now identified. dan roan, bbc

youth team coach at crewe alexandra, he also had links with manchester city and stoke city. king to them as well as showing them the skills and explaining the game to them. but there's more to it than just coming here one hour a week. we need to give them homework. but today at the start of his trial here at liverpool crown court, bennell admitted preying on young boys. appearing via video link and wearing a grey jumper, bennell, now known as richard jones, admitted six counts of indecent assault on two boys aged between 11 and 14 at the time. judge clement goldstone qc also lifted reporting restrictions on a further charge that the 63—year—old had previously pleaded guilty to, involving a third victim. bennell is pleading not guilty to 48 further charges, including 11 counts of serious sexual assault. all the charges relate to 11 complainants between 1979 and 1991. the trial is expected to last eight weeks. this all comes as the fa continues its year—long investigation into historical sexual abuse in english football, with 285 suspects now identified. dan roan, bbc news, liv

youth team coach at crewe alexandra. he also had links with manchester city.oung boys dreams of becoming footballers in order to sexually abuse them. with bennell watching on via video link, thejury bennell watching on via video link, the jury was shown footage of the complainants interview. he first met him when he came as a scout for manchester city. the alleged victim said he was abused up to 100 times along with other boys by bennell at his home and in a shop he owned in derbyshire village. he had up to three boys share a bed with him. the said none dare speak out for fear of jeopardising their football prospects. it was almost like an u ntold prospects. it was almost like an untold rule, he said. he had a big power hold over us. the court was shown a recording of this bbc programme from november 2016 featuring other alleged victims which the complainant said left him in complete meltdown, prompting him to co nta ct in complete meltdown, prompting him to contact police for the first time. appearing behind a screen in court he was ci’oss time. appearing beh

he is the former coaching to crewe alexandra and manchester city.tim in the case. victim in the case. the situation is quite convex. quite convex. previously entered guilty beta abuse charges against his man. charges against his man. —— the situation is quite complex. situation is quite complex. charges against this man 20 years ago. ago. multiple incidences of abuse at the hands of barry bennell. hands of barry bennell. and says he was abused while on the young players were around. young players were around. bennell is not appearing in court himself because of ill—health. himself because of ill—health. he is appearing via video link. appearing via video link. 5creen, denying everything, he showed no remorse ever is god. showed no remorse ever is god. what happened under cross—examination? happened under cross—examination? earlier in the day —— showed no remorse ever". remorse ever". the full story because he was too embarrassed. embarrassed. up here and tell me what i'm thinking orfeeling". thinking orfeeling". denies a total of a8 counts of abuse

the trial continues of former crewe alexandra and man city football coach barry bennell.1 complainants, who were aged between eight and 14 at the time of the alleged offences. every day on this programme at around this time we'll be bringing you up to date with the evidence in court. we can speak now to our sports news reporter, david ornstein, who's outside liverpool crown court. david, tell us what happened yesterday? victoria yesterday was essentially the first day of this trial, barry bennell is facing now known as richard jones. the prosecuting barrister set out the case against barry bennell and he appeared on video link winning a greyjumperand he is appeared on video link winning a greyjumper and he is now known as richard jones. mrjohnson qc described barry bennell as a predatory and determined paedophile with pretty much unfettered access to young boys dreaming of life in professional football who had the particular predilection to prepubescent boys and is alleged to have abused one boy on more than 100 occasions. victoria the jury were told that barry bennell wo

youth team coach at crewe alexandra, he also had links with manchester city and stoke city. as well as showing them the skills and explaining the game to them. but there's more to it than just coming here one hour a week. we need to give them homework. but today at the start of his trial here at liverpool crown court, bennell admitted preying on young boys. appearing via video link and wearing a grey jumper, bennell, now known as richard jones, admitted six counts of indecent assault on two boys aged between 11 and 1a at the time. judge clement goldstone qc also lifted reporting restrictions on a further charge that the 63—year—old had previously pleaded guilty to, involving a third victim. bennell is pleading not guilty to 48 further charges, including 11 counts of serious sexual assault. all the charges relate to 11 complainants between 1979 and 1991. the trial is expected to last eight weeks. this all comes as the fa continues its year—long investigation into historical sexual abuse in english football, with 285 suspects now identified. dan roan, bbc news, liverpool. a 17—

barry bennell is a former football coach, former youth coach with crewe alexandra, he also works withutstanding 48 charges, and that trial is expected to last up to eight weeks. vauxhall is cutting another 250 jobs at its ellesmere port car plant in cheshire. the car—maker, which makes the astra, is now owned by france's psa group. the company announced the loss of 400 jobs in october. it says costs at ellesmere plant are higher than other plants in the group. the bbc‘s china editor, carrie gracie, has stepped down from the role because of what she's called an "indefensible pay gap between men and women" at the bbc. in an open letter addressed to licence fee payers, carrie gracie — who is remaining at the bbc — accused the corporation of "breaking equality law". this morning she said the reaction to her resignation showed the "depth of hunger" for equal pay. a bbc spokesperson says there's "no systemic discrimination against women". our media correspondent david sillito reports. morning, carrie. carrie gracie arrived for work at the bbc this morning, just hours after publishing a lett

yesterday the court heard from an alleged victim in this case, this man said he played for crewe alexandras. it was there he says he was abused on three separate occasions. he also told the court that since then other young crewe players also said they may have been abused. he told the jury: "i feel guilty because i never said anything — if i had said something maybe that could have been stopped." he said he decided to go to the police in late 2016 after seeing media coverage alleged abused by mr bennell. what happened under cross examination? earlier it emerged that police asked him about abuse in the 19905 and back then he denied being abused. he said, he told the court, that was because back then he just wa nted that was because back then he just wanted to, in his words, forget all about it. the defending counsel, eleanor laws qc, asked him, i suggest to you you rather got swept up suggest to you you rather got swept up in these allegations and what you said barry bennell did to you is not the truth. he replies i totally disagree. barry bennell denies 48 cou nts disagree. barry bennell

barry bennell is a former football coach, former youth coach with crewe alexandra, he also works with of other clubs across the north—west of england including stoke city and manchester city. he will now face a trial on the outstanding a8 charges, and that trial is expected to last up and that trial is expected to last up to eight weeks. thank you very much. just to keep you updated with development at downing street, we are hearing philip hammond remains chancellor of the exchequer, downing street confirming that, no huge surprise on that, he was expected to stay in post, as indeed is boris johnson, no news on him, but we hear both men are expected in downing street in the early part of this afternoon. we will keep an eye on that, bt young is our correspondent keeping an eye at 10 downing street as well. one person has been seriously injured ina one person has been seriously injured in a fire at trump tower in new york, another is also believed to have been hurt. the fire was located on the roof of the building, which is 58—storeys high, and several fire engines could be seen at the

barry bonelli ‘s former football coach with crewe alexandra and he also worked with a number of otherceremony since a wave of sexual abuse and harassment allegations swept the film and television industry to show their support for victims. almost all those attending the golden globe awards chose to wear black. the actor and television presenter, oprah winfrey, was given a standing ovation for a speech decrying men who abuse their power. our north america correspondent, james cook reports. in hollywood, they turned the red carpet black. this was a show of solidarity for those who had been abused and harassed, and a demonstration of the determination to change. from the moment the ceremony began, its tone was set. good evening, ladies and remaining gentlemen. laughter. and here are the all—male nominees. natalie portman highlighted the failure of the golden globes to recognise female directors. and star after star lined up to give voice to a movement now known as #timesup. time is up. we see you, we hear you, and we will tell your stories. thank you. applause. it was really great to be

of barry bennell, a former youth football coach linked to clubs including manchester city and crewe alexandrages which he denies. he's appearing in court by video link because of ill health. yesterday was day five of the trial. the jury heard from an alleged victim in the case — a man now in his 40s who gave evidence anonymously from behind a screen. he said he was spotted by barry bennell playing for his school team, then taken to man city's training ground and to the club's then home ground at maine road. he told the jury: "i thought ‘this is it, i've made my dream, i'm going to be a footballer‘, as everybody wants to at that age." and what did the court hear about bennell‘s links with manchester city itself? well, the alleged victim did talk about that. he said that bennell was treated — as he put it — as a god by everyone from security up to senior members of staff at the club. later, he said he was invited to mr bennell‘s home. and he says he was abused there as well as in mr bennell‘s car and on a trip to north wales. he told the jury: "i knew it was wrong but i also knew you had to kee

bennell who was a youth football coach linked to a number of teams including manchester city and crewe alexandraof ill health. yesterday then was day six of the trial and the jury heard from a man who mr bennell had admitted abusing back in 1998. this man spoke about the impact on his life and on the lives of others. he said he knew of former youth players who had been left with alcohol problems as a result. he told the court: "four people from teams i have played with, with bennell, have taken their own lives. whether they have taken their lives due to barry solely i don't know. but all i know is how it's had an impact on me and how it could impact on other people." one of those four was, he said, former wales captain and manager gary speed — who also played for leeds, newcastle and others. he very sadly took his own life six years ago in 2011. after gary speed's death, the victim said he tried to contact gary speed's parents at the time. and he was asked about compensation? that's right. so this witness says there was an ongoing civil case against manchester city. but added: "i know personally

barry bennell is 63 years old, a former football coach, a former youth coach with crewe alexandra.41 counts of 50 for sexual offences, 41 counts of indecent assault, 11 counts of syria sexual assault, two counts of attempted the charges relate to 12 different complainants —— serious sexual assault. they were between the ages of eight and 15 at the time of the alleged offences, which it is claimed took place between 1979 and 1991. barry bennell has pleaded not guilty to all of the charges at previous hearings where he appeared via a video link. in this case, this trial is expected to last for up to eight weeks. thank you. andy swiss reporting from outside liverpool crown court. next, moin younis is an 18—year—old from birmingham who won the daily mirror pride of britain award last novemberfor working mirror pride of britain award last november for working with his local hospice as an ambassador to support children with life limiting conditions. he does this inspirational work despite having a rare skin disorder. it causes his skin to care and blister at the slightest touch. the nhs