the british education secretary has said he's committed to ensuring victims feel supported but kitty russell national spokesperson for rape crisis and we all say this is not a new issue. these statistics aren't particularly surprising to us we know that sexual violence and abuse and sexist bullying and sexual harassment are far more widespread in the general population then many people appreciate but also ringback there was a women inequality select committee report into precisely this issue sex this bullying sexual harassment and sexual violence in schools just a few years ago and made a series of recommendations which the government has largely ignored and failed to act upon so this is not a new phenomenon and really the question is why more hasn't been done by government to tackle this situation sooner any action of course is welcome but these feel very much like sort of kneejerk responses to a situation that as a say you know has not been unknown about. doctors in the far east of russia have successfully performed heart surgery in a burning hospital building the blaze broke out to run mi