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hamilton smith talking to us there and barry bennell will be sentenced next week.the business news this hour but first, the headlines on bbc news: teenager nikolas cruz appears in court charged with premeditated murder — after the florida school shooting which left 17 dead. the global head of oxfam says the charity will learn vital lessons from claims of abuse by its staff, it's setting up an independent commission to review its culture and practices. new figures show the number of young people who own their homes has fallen dramatically over the past twenty years. retail sales saw only a slight pick—up injanuary as rising prices continued to dampen shoppers‘ spending. uk sales volumes rose byjust 0.i% injanuary from the previous month. the office for national statistics said the longer term picture showed a slowdown. the extent to which young people are locked out of the british housing market has been revealed in new figures from economists. according to the institute for fiscal studies, the biggest decline in home ownership in the last 20 years has been among mi

hamilton smith was the managing director at the time and he says that, after being made aware of concernsssue in a board meeting, but the coach was allowed to stay for three more years. the meeting that we had, the special board meeting that we had, and they are still saying they didn't know something was going on? i went to the fa to talk to them about my concerns. and ended up getting a dearjohn letter, which said they had investigated, and found nothing to be answered. everybody involved could have done, and should have done a lot more. the then manager, dario gradi, was one of those who smith says was aware of general concerns about bennell‘s behaviour. now the club's director of football, he denies having had any knowledge of bennell‘s crimes, but he was suspended by the fa in 2016. crewe say they were unaware of bennell‘s behaviour before his first of three previous convictions in 1994, but just over a butjust over a year ago the full extent of the football abuse scandal was exposed. it is massive, it is huge. and the ripple effect through football, i hope people are listening. form

this morning in an exclusive interview — a former board member at crewe, hamilton smith, tells us he

hamilton smith was the managing director at the time and he says that, after being made aware of concernsthe issue in a board meeting, but the coach was allowed to stay for three more years. the meeting that we had, the special board meeting that we had, and they are still saying they didn't know something was going on? i went to the fa to talk to them about my concerns. and ended up getting a dearjohn letter, which said they had investigated, and found nothing to be answered. everybody involved could have done, and should have done a lot more. the then manager, dario gradi, was one of those who smith says was aware of general concerns about bennell‘s behaviour. now the club's director of football, he denies having had any knowledge of bennell‘s crimes, but he was suspended by the fa in 2016. crewe say they were unaware of bennell‘s behaviour before his first of three previous convictions in 1994, butjust over a year ago the full extent of the football abuse scandal was exposed. it is massive, it is huge. and the ripple effect through football, i hope people are listening. former england

barry bennell was most closely linked with corel alexander hamilton smith was the managing director atre of concerns and rumours about barry bennell‘s behaviour, he raised the issue in a board meeting but the coach was allowed to stay for three more years. i find it difficult to believe that, with all of the banter that was going on, all that was happening, the special board meeting we have, and they are still saying they didn't know something was going on. i went to the fa to talk to them about my concerns and ended up getting a dearjohn letter. which said, they'd investigated and found nothing to be answered. everybody involved could have done, and should have done a lot more. the then manager, dario roddy, was one of those who smith says was aware of general concerns about barry bennell‘s behaviour. now director of football, he denies having had any knowledge of barry bennell‘s crimes, but he was suspended by the fa in 2016. crewe also say they were unaware of barry bennell‘s behaviour before his first conviction in 1994, when he was jailed in florida. it may seem hard to believe no

although one former managing director, hamilton smith, has told the bbc he did try to raise this issueat time no one wanted to know. no one wanted to rock the boat. many thanks. in a moment summary of the business news this hour but first the headlines on bbc news. the former football coach barry bennell is found guilty of the remaining child abuse charges against him. it means he's been convicted of 43 counts from 11 victims. i declare the honourable cyril ramaphosa duly elected president of the republic of south africa. south africa has a new president: in a ceremony in the country's parliament cyril ramaphosa replaced jacob zuma, who resigned last night. 17 people have been killed after a gunman opens fire at a high at a high school in florida — a nineteen year old former pupil is being held on 17 counts of premeditated murder. members of the british steel pension scheme were targeted by ‘vulture' financial advisers after tata was allowed to off—load its retirement fund — that's according to a report from the work and pensions select committee. the uk government has yet to issue its

hamilton smith was the managing director at the time and he says that, after being made aware of concernsthe issue in a board meeting but the coach was allowed to stay for three more years. i find it difficult to believe that, with all of the banter that was going on, all that was happening, the special board meeting we had, and they are still saying they didn't know something was going on. i went to the fa to talk to them about my concerns and ended up getting a dearjohn letter, which said they'd investigated and found nothing to be answered. everybody involved could have done, and should have done a lot more. the then manager, dario gradi, was one of those who smith says was aware of general concerns about bennell‘s behaviour. now director of football, he denies having had any knowledge of bennell‘s crimes, but he was suspended by the fa in 2016. crewe also say they were unaware of bennell‘s behaviour before his first of three previous convictions in 1994, when he was jailed in florida for abusing young players during a tour. it may seem hard to believe now but, in the 19905 when barry

all of this comes after crewe alexandra‘s former managing director, hamilton smith, told us he raisedlot more. the club declined to comment on the letter or the player‘s account. other officials there have always denied they knew about the abuse until after bennell left the club. just to ask again, were you aware at any point of what he was doing? no. how do you feel about the fact he was doing those things when you were chairman? infuriated. in a statement after the latest trial, crewe said it did not receive a single complaint about sexual abuse at the time and if the club had any suspicions about barry bennell, it would have informed the police immediately. last night, crewe‘s top officials met fans for the first answer is barry bennell‘s conviction. met fans for the first answer is barry bennell's conviction. yes, they hold fans forum every year at crewe alexandra, 250 fans with tickets get to meet the manager, the chairman, other members of the board and so wanted this —— and so on to discuss football and what else is going on at the club. it was held last night at gresty road, t

hamilton smith, former managing director of crewe alexandra. it is four minutes to four.nday. we started with clear skies across many central, southern and eastern areas, hence the cold start, cloud continuing to roll in from the west. as we go into the evening we continue to see rain pushing into northern ireland, northern and western scotland and eventually into north—west england and part of wales and the south—west. some of it will be falling as slow over the high ground in scotland. not reaching the east or south—east in the dark hours. another cold one with some frost and also patchy and misty fog. this continues to move east as we go into saturday. there will always be more clout in central northern areas, certainly through the morning, one or two showers, wintry over high ground of scotland. brighter skies follow—on behind for northern ireland and eventually into western parts of britain. sunny spells across the south, to the south of this weather front. mild temperatures at 1011 degrees, closer to seven and nine in the north. this is where we start to see the cha

summer -- hamilton more than once said the national debt, provided it is not excessive and well-managed, can be a national blessing. that was an odd idea for the 18th century. the polite adam smith and david hume and other writers in the 18th century did not like this at all. jefferson was much more attuned to the prevailing view. but hamilton knew that debt is just the other side of credit. and credit is really a good thing. hamilton saw credit as a new power in the world. he actually says that if we don't have a good credit in the united states and britain does in maybe france does, we are vulnerable for them to take us over. credit is like a weapon in a war. so hamilton did have a different idea than most people. they made fun of it. what a terrible idea. hamilton probably should have said credit is a blessing, but credit and debt are the same thing, two sides of the coin. the temperament at various times -- i think that the pattern we had for 175 years of u.s. history is, yes, we will run up the debt in wars or if we can double the size of the country in the louisiana purchase. but when we do that, afterwards we are going to be fiscally responsible, restrained spending, let

they did know because that's what hamilton smith...y substance? the club need to take a good look at themselves and address this. the club released a statement yesterday saying they would like to express their deepest sympathies to the victims of barry bennell, they go on the club would like to reiterate it was not aware of any sexual abuse nor did it received any complaints about sexual abuse by him either before or during his employment with the club. further the police have recently undertaken a third investigation to determine what knowledge drew alexandrova may have had at the offending while he was employed as a coach and as a result the police found no evidence to corroborate the club was aware of barry bennell‘s offending, they want to make it absolutely clear had they had any suspicion or belief he was committing acts of abuse either before, during or after he left the club's employment, the club would have informed police immediately. you will know dario miaow three has a lwa ys you will know dario miaow three has always said