eniola was concerned that meeting. eniola was concerned that this matter was kept private.sues that was brought up was about the drew spence, drew's name wasn't mentioned, but what we we re name wasn't mentioned, but what we were told was that she didn't want drew brought into this. she was a young player and she wanted to protect the privacy of young players. we respected those wishes. and i felt that given that this comment was said to have been made during the meeting, we later find out that the comment wasn't made during the meeting, it was actually made ina during the meeting, it was actually made in a sort of pre—meeting if you like. so we could only follow the evidence as we saw it. we didn't then speak to a cast of other players because that was clearly going to open up the debate in the squad which we didn't feel was respectful to eniola's wishes. squad which we didn't feel was respectfulto eniola's wishes. many people would expect there, is a proper process. you're investigating a serious allegation that's been made. absolutely. at that point you didn't seek to sp

and the fa apologises to eniola aluko after finding mark sampson did use discriminatory language.ening. another busy night in europe with three british sides in action. we start at stamford bridge where chelsea faced italian opponents with spanish striker alvaro morata back in the side. two wins from two so far in the group, could conte‘s side cruise to a routine third agaisnt roma. nick parrot reports. for some familiarity can breed contempt, but not chelsea boss antonio conte, the italian new greeting roma would be the only easy thing at stamford bridge. david luiz‘s early strike should have calmed any nerves. roma goalkeeper could do nothing to stop the brazilian team—mate. when eden hazard finally claimed his first goal of the season, some might have thought this over as a contest. but despite the scoreline, chelsea were farfrom despite the scoreline, chelsea were far from comfortable. roma despite the scoreline, chelsea were farfrom comfortable. roma enjoyed more possession and spurned several good chances. until the all—night manchester city defender rob seized his chance. t

this wasn't about me or eniola, it was about finding the truth and letting people realise that if youu can bring it forward and you are not going to get ostracised from the team. it's understood the government remains concerned about the fa's handling of this case, but for now, an organisation always keen to talk up its successes is left to reflect on its costly mistakes. richard conway, bbc news. so we heard damien collins questioning the roles of those running the fa. he is only one of several. but we understand there won't be anyone leaving theirjobs as a result of a board meeting held by phone tonight. our sports editor dan roan is at wembley. after yesterday's dramatic hearing in front of the de cms select committee, the fa at wembley this morning woke up to some grim newspaper headlines inevitably and throughout the day, there's been further criticism from various parts of the game, from former players to the pfa chief executive, gordon taylor, through to the equality campaign group, kick it out, whose chairman lord usually told me yesterday he felt it was time for an urgent boa

having had her grievances of bullying and harassment dismissed by two enquiries, eniola aluko arrived apology she wasn't expecting. the governing body admitting the striker had been subject to racially discriminatory remarks by the former england manager, mark sampson. my overwhelming emotions is relief because it has been a long process getting to this point. i say in my statement i was the architect or engineer of the circumstances, i have been put in this situation. i was always honest and truthful about those comments and about other comments i have raised. and about the culture of the team and mark sampson. i feel vindicated. the culture of the team and mark sampson. i feelvindicated. sampson was sacked last month for inappropriate behaviour while in a previous coaching job. based on new evidence, the same barrister who had previously rejected alu ko's complaints, accepted the manager twice made discriminatory, ill judged attempts at humour. she did notjudge judged attempts at humour. she did not judge sampson to judged attempts at humour. she did notjudge sampson to be a racist

eniola aluko says she feels vindicated after receiving an fa apology.e was the victim of racist remarks from her former england manager. but the sa's processes and its power structure is under increasing scrutiny, given the way it handled the claims. time and again we see a failure to address issues, a failure to address serious, serious allegations. if you analyse what's happened here, it fits the definition of the institutional discrimination to eight t, i'm afraid. ahead of the players‘ union, whose actions and salary was called into question by the fa chairman, is sceptical over whether players can trust the governing body. this was a leading player and if they are going to treat a leading player like that, what does it say for how anybody else is going to be treated? from that point of view it‘s almost a dereliction of duty. former players hope some good can come from what has now been a lengthy saga. we don‘t want this to happen to somebody else. this wasn‘t about me or eniola, it was about finding the truth and realising if you have a grievance y

eniola aluko told mps she finally felt vindicated. been a long process. getting to this point. i say in my statement i'm not the architect or engineer of any of these circumstances. i have pretty much been put on the situation. but i was always honest and truthful about those comments. and about other comments that i have raised. and about the culture of the team under mark sampson. and so i feel vindicated in that honesty and that truth and i'm a human being and i feel relieved because it suggests that it was all worth it to go through the trouble, to now have that vindicated. had support from some of your team—mates and the pfa. but has it at times felt like a lonely process where you have had to yourself challenged the football association in what has been a lengthy process when you try to get theseissues lengthy process when you try to get these issues properly examined? yes it has at times felt, i certainly have felt isolated in terms of the process. i did not want it to be as adversarial as it has become in terms of the football

having had her grievances of bullying and harassment dismissed by two enquiries, eniola aluko arrived governing body admitting the striker had been subject to racially discriminatory remarks by the former england manager, mark sampson. my overwhelming emotion is relief because it has been a long process getting to this point. i say in my statement i wasn't the architect or engineer of the circumstances, i have been put in this situation. i was always honest and truthful about those comments and about other comments i have raised. and about the culture of the team and mark sampson. i feel vindicated. sampson was sacked last month for inappropriate behaviour while in a previous coaching job. based on new evidence, the same barrister who had previously rejected alu ko's complaints accepted the manager twice made discriminatory, illjudged attempts at humour. she did notjudge sampson to be a racist and stood by her original conclusions. the fa had agreed to pay aluko an £80,000 settlement. today she sensationally accused the organisation's chief executive of asking her to sign a statement

want to reiterate, is that we want to offer a full and unreserved apology... excuse me, to drew and eniola they were subjected to discriminatory remarks, which is both against the equality act 2010 but to us every bit as important, against the values of the fa. now, let's go back to pmq's. the labour leaderjeremy corbyn focused the bulk of his questions not on universal credit, but on the government's handling of the economy. under this prime minister we have a weak economy. uk growth is currently the worst amongst the ten largest eu economies. we are the only major economy where wages are lower today than they were ten years ago. even without the risks posed by this government's bungled brexit negotiations! it is very interesting that the home secretary is necessary to keep the two protagonists apart! laughter. mr speaker, we now have weak growth, falling productivity, falling investment, falling wages, how does the prime minister have the nerve to come here and talk about a strong economy when the figures show the exact opposite? prime minister! i have to say to the right honourable gent

we'll hear from eniola aluko's best friend — former england player leanne sanderson, who's calling forhe men at the top to resign. and the former boss of kids company tells us she has nothing to be sorry for over the collapse of her charity. you are not going to apologise to the children let down? money that you wasted? the children let down? money that you wasted 7 i the children let down? money that you wasted? i do not think we wasted money. why are you assuming we wasted money? this is charity money, donations. it is a minor detail. it is not a minor detail. hello. welcome to the programme, we're live until 11 this morning. the latest breaking news and stories through the morning. later we will hear from through the morning. later we will hearfrom sir tom jones, through the morning. later we will hear from sir tom jones, who says through the morning. later we will hearfrom sir tom jones, who says he was sexually harassed at the start of his career. do get in touch on all the stories we're talking about this morning — use the hashtag victoria live and if you text, you will be charge

the investigations into former england women's boss mark sampson's alleged racism and bullying of eniola a previousjob. this is one of the allegations of bullying and racism made against former england women's head coach mark sampson. he asked me, "who's coming to watch the game for you?" i said, "oh, i've got family coming in from nigeria, actually, i've got family flying in." and he said, "make sure they don't come over with ebola." when that was said, did you challenge him at the time? did you say that's unacceptable? no. i laughed. i laughed, because, i mean, i was in shock. i didn't know... you know, i didn't know what to say. you believe it was a racist comment? yes. i believe it was. i respect the people who had made allegations and i respect that since they've been made i've gone through a thorough process. i've answered every question that has been asked of me. are you a racist? absolutely not. sampson's also alleged to have asked mixed—race england midfielder drew spence whether she'd been arrested, during a tournament in 2015 — a claim which he denies. two investigations have

eniola aluko says she feels vindicated after receiving an apology from fa bosses.layer like that, what does it say for how anybody else is going to be treated? so, from a point of view, it is almost a dereliction of duty. former players hope some good can come from this lengthy saga. we don't want this to happen to somebody else, it wasn't really about me, it was about finding the truth and letting people realise that if you have a grievance, you can bring it forward and will not be ostracised from the team. it is understood the government remains concerned about the fa‘s handling of this case but for now, an organisation always keen to talk of its successes is left to reflect on its costly mistakes. richard conway, bbc news. jack wilshere says arsenal‘s character isn‘t in question after criticism from watford striker troy deeney. it came after arsenal‘s defeat at vicarage road in the premier league last weekend. the club‘s former defender martin keown was another of those to criticise the team — saying arsene wenger‘s side lack determination. you cannot question o