whistle—blower claims rape overseas and abuse in charity shops were ignored, that was helen evans, whooing to leave you with the voice of katie couric on nbc. we all occasionally say stupid things but her observations about the netherlands speed skating team, they appear not to be based entirely on fact, much to the amusement of the dutch. next is the netherlands. it's probably not a newsflash to tell you the dutch are really, really good at speed skating. all but five of the 110 medals they've won have been on the speed skating oval. now, why are they so good, you may be asking yourselves? because skating is an important mode of transportation in a city like amsterdam which sits at sea level. as you all know, it has lots of canals which can freeze in the winter. for as long as those canals have existed, the dutch have skated on them to get from place to place to race each other and also to have fun. good evening. we are a long way from being as cold as pyeongchang, but a wintry flavour to the weather for the united kingdom for the next 2a hours. that is thanks to an area of low pressu

helen evans spent three years at 0xfam's head of safeguarding, but says as she unearthed the scale of problem, the charity failed to respond with sufficient resources. we had one in ten saying they had experienced unwanted sexual touching, sexual assault. this was staff on staff. we went to beneficiaries who received aid from us. “ we —— we hadn't even gone out to beneficiaries who received aid from us. i was extremely concerned by those survey results. 0xfam says it has new safeguarding measures in place, better checks now, but the biggest fight it might face is to maintain public confidence, that most precious commodity that if lost severely hampers its ability to raise money and help those most in need. the labour mp peter kyle was formerly an aid worker. he worries people with an agenda to oppose international aid spending might exploit the situation. i am deeply concerned. let's not beat around the bush. this scandal could bring 0xfam to its knees. the organisation could implode, and the people who will suffer the most through this will be the people who depend, the thousands of

helen evans spent three years at 0xfam's head of safeguarding, but says as she unearthed the scale ofhe charity failed to respond with sufficient resources. we had one in ten saying they had experienced unwanted sexual touching, sexual assault. this was staff on staff. we went to beneficiaries who received aid from us. beneficiaries who received aid from us. i was extremely concerned by those survey results. 0xfa m those survey results. 0xfam says it has new safeguarding measures in place, better checks now, but the biggest fight it might face is to maintain public confidence, that most precious commodity that if lost severely hampers its ability to raise money and help those most in need. the labourmp and help those most in need. the labour mp peter kyle was formerly an aid worker. he worries people with an agenda to oppose international aid spending might exploit the situation. i am deeply concerned. let's not beat around the bush. this scandal could bring 0xfam to its knees. the organisation could implode, and the people who will suffer the most through this will be the people who

the commission said that: we also heard from 0xfam's former head of global safeguarding helen evans whot she had some concerns about aspects of what was going on. a survey of staff in three countries found one in ten had either witnessed or been subject to some kind of sexual assault. she said when she went to the leaders of the charity, that was not taken seriously enough in her view. she says she dealt with allegations by adults against young people working in the charity shops in britain. she went to the charity commission about that. the commission said it took her allegations seriously. so many questions. here on breakfast, we will be talking to labour mp peter kyle about the issue facing charities at 7:10 a.m.. american government investigators have been appointed to examine the grand canyon helicopter crash which killed seven people, including three britons on sunday. tributes have been paid to british tourists, becky dobson and brothers, stuart and jason hill. the four survivors, including the pilot, are being treated in hospital in las vegas. 0ur north america correspondent, ja

helen evans spent three years at 0xfam's head of safeguarding, but says as she unearthed the scale ofblem, the charity failed to respond with sufficient resources. we had one in ten saying they had experienced unwanted sexual touching, sexual assault. this was staff on staff. we hadn't even gone out to beneficiaries who received aid from us. i was extremely concerned by those survey results. 0xfam says it has new safeguarding measures in place, better checks now, but the biggest fight it might face is to maintain public confidence, that most precious commodity that if lost severely hampers its ability to raise money and help those most in need. the labour mp peter kyle was formerly an aid worker. he worries people with an agenda to oppose international aid spending might exploit the situation. i am deeply concerned. let's not beat around the bush. this scandal could bring 0xfam to its knees. the organisation could implode, and the people who will suffer the most through this will be the people who depend, the thousands of people, who are extraordinarily vulnerable, who depend on the w

helen evans told channel 4 news said she heard of three new allegations of sexual assault in a singlen; and chloe setter is from a charity called ecpat, which campaigns against child trafficking and prostitution . are paedophiles seeing charities as a way for them to target children? certainly, yes, we have been monitoring this issue for the past 25 years. there are situations where children are extra vulnerable. there is often displacement, war, natural disasters, after these events child trafficking increases. we know that offenders target children who they see as more vulnerable in a way they feel they can operate with more impunity. but we also see situation or offenders. which we might see in these situations. people who would never consider themselves to be offenders. in some situations where there is chaos, weak and child protection systems, and pressures on those individuals. they feel they can act that way. they are almost operated in a protected microcosm. —— operating in. operated in a protected microcosm. -- operating in. i wonder what make from the claims from one of the

the company said: let's talk to labour mp helen hayes, who has been looking into multi—level marketing since a constituent contacted her about them; john evanson networks. 0ften who are being drawn into mlm distribution networks. often through promises which bears very little relationship to the reality of the income you can achieve. i was contacted income you can achieve. i was co nta cted by income you can achieve. i was contacted by a constituent, jenny, who is in the film, who does campaigning work on this issue. as soon as campaigning work on this issue. as soon as she drew my attention to this, what became clear was that this, what became clear was that this is a very widespread. we see mlm sales taking place at school fairs, local community events, in leisure centres. it is a widespread practice. my concern is that there are large numbers of people who find themselves in genuine difficulty. but also financial difficulty. and also psychological distress as a consequence of being caught up in something which promises something which it really cannot deliver. i think it is an area where the law hasn't kept pace with the scale of change o

. by 0xfam's former global head of safeguarding, helen evans. in the charity's shops. volunteerg a child that went to court. went to court. conducting the criminal checks they needed to. needed to. alone with children and they should not have been. not have been. charity commission, the children's commissioner and the home office. commissioner and the home office. because it was retail, it was ok not to have those checks. to have those checks. it is an extraordinarily loophole. extraordinary. 0xfam and will the charity shops, people trust. charity shops, people trust. trust them because they all charity shops. to cut millions of pounds a year of government funding. still be receiving public money. i've made a statement and i meditate these things seriously. these things seriously. to oxfam what we expect to see from them. them. be taken hastily, but i am considering them. headquarters in oxford. consideration needs to be given to all of this as the picture builds. all of this as the picture builds. yes, indeed. about abuse in charity shops here, just one more dimension. just one