mr bennell‘s qc, a woman called a loss, is defending mr bennell and she says that mr bennell acceptsn this case. the trial continues later today. thank you very much. and thank you for your messages about the interview with the former gang members who have turned their lives around and now go out to mentor other people in gangs. jackie says, a church with former gang members, well spoken black men making the change. i am very proud. that is the power of god. ruth says, massive respect for the church. if anyone wants to criticise them, they must be willing to provide an alternative. elisabeth seitz, anything that encourages people to give upa anything that encourages people to give up a life of crime, drugs and violence and is successful, has got to bea violence and is successful, has got to be a good thing for the whole population. we should definitely learn from it and encourage their good work. and another says is wonderful to see young men being given the chance to be someone new. may they know a lifetime of peace and hope in their lives be an example of god's goodness. thank you

mr bennell is appearing in court via video link because of ill—health. her speech. thank you. -- he shook his head at times as the prosecutor spoke. quentin tarantino has opened up about his role in a car crash involving uma thurman on the set of one of his kill bill films. he called it the biggest regret of his life. sinead garvin is here. uma thurman spoke in an american newspaper adverts and pretty traumatic experience as well filming kill bill. she spoke about her relationship with harvey weinstein and this came up. the important thing to note is pulp fiction and the kill bill films whether wei nstei n/ the kill bill films whether weinstein/ tarantino/ the kill bill films whether weinstein/ tara ntino/ thurman, the kill bill films whether weinstein/ tarantino/ thurman, the three other making these very successful films. weinstein said that pulp fiction was the reason he got his name. it is a very important relationship. she talks about her relationship. she talks about her relationship with weinstein but goes on to talk about the car crash which happ

as i said, mr bennell denies the 45 charges in this case. thank you. coming up...oject, has called the near flawless blast—off a game changer. we will talk more about that later. new exclusive research for this programme has found that, despite record employment levels, in parts of the country the number of people with a fulltime job has actually fallen over the last decade. what does the future hold for the community in redcar? we used to make the finest steel in the world. unfortunately, now we make lattes and sandwiches. if you didn't know anybody who worked in the steel industry, you know somebody's brother who worked in the steel industry. it was a close community. and when it shut down, there was people just wandering around like zombies. i don't think, on a national or international scale, there was anyone speaking for us. i don't think any political party was really speaking for us. i don't care who says, oh, yeah, they understand. no, they don't. they don't go home on a night and think, "can i put the heating on? have i got enough electricity? have i got e

which means that mr bennell himself will not be called to testify in court.bennell is facing 48 counts of historic abuse against 11 boys, which he denies. still to come: we hear from the family of a prisoner who was stabbed to death in wormwood scrubs in west london who say he had complained to them about violence in the jail in the days before he was attacked. four men have been arrested. video game addiction is to be listed asa video game addiction is to be listed as a mental health disorder that the first time. ian, not his real name, was addicted to video games 26 years but has been clean for three years. he says he lost his job, but has been clean for three years. he says he lost hisjob, family, due to his obsession. more than 950 workers who were trapped underground in a gold mine in south africa have been rescued. they had been stuck in the mine since a power cut struck on wednesday night. south africa is a leading gold producer, but safety in the industry is often questioned. our correspondent has been following events in johannesburg. they our corres

the club would like to reiterate it was not aware of any sexual abuse by mr bennell, nor did it receiveth the club. but one former director said he warned senior officials about bennell‘s relationship with young boys in the late 1980s, but the coach was allowed to stay in hisjob. there was so much banter around the dressing rooms and around the football club about it. you know, odd remarks getting made here and there. if you did not know about it, god knows where you were. you weren't at crewe. dario, will you stop and answer questions for the bbc? do you have a message for the victims? dario gradi, crewe's former manager and the man who brought bennell to the club has said previously he knew nothing about the abuse and has maintained a silence on the issue this week. barry bennell will be sentenced on monday and is facing the prospect of facing the rest of his life in prison. this particular case may be over, but the questions continue. we will have more on the impacts of his crimes in the next hour here. the heads of the three largest european intelligence agencies have made an unprec

bennell case, and the football abuse story. the leader of the african national congress, cyril ramaphosa, has been sworn in as the new president of south africa, following the resignation ofjacob zuma last night. mrthe new president said today that fighting corruption would be his main priority. 0ur africa editor fergal keane reports from cape town. in the place they call the mother city of the republic, exaltation, at what they felt was nothing less than a deliverance. and inside, the words that signalled the arrival of a new and very different order. i declare the honourable cyril ramaphosa duly elected president of the republic of south africa. he knew this moment was coming, but he had seemed abashed. in his first words as president the tone was consciously humble. when one is elected in this type of position, you basically become a servant of the people of south africa. and i will seek to execute that task with humility, faithfulness, and with dignity as well. this is the story of the political triumph long deferred. cyril ramaphosa was mandela's chosen heir after leading the anc in the successful negotiations to end apartheid. but cyril ramaphosa lost out to party politics. the bleak years

mr cliff allege that the abuse happened between 1981 and 1986, and bennell had, in fact, the other dayused in the hope that it would lead to a career in football. there was for other accounts. the jury there was for other accounts. the jury has been sent out by the judge to continue to liberating on those. they said that so far there has been unable to reach verdicts on those accounts, and that is where they are now. deliberating again. ok, ben. thank you for that update. and, we are going to go back now to south africa, to the parliament in cape town where we are expecting cyril ramaphosa to be sworn in as the new president of the very shortly. we saw the speaker of the parliament called the chief justice saw the speaker of the parliament called the chiefjustice to swear him ina called the chiefjustice to swear him in a feud when it a go. there was a point of order raised by the economic freedom fighters party, and they wanted to stop the proceedings. they got up, and left the parliament building, or chamber, and now we have moved on to at least the run—up to the swearing in. we saw t