a former youth team coach at newcastle united has been charged with 29 sexual offences. in court next month following an investigation by northumbria police into historical child sexual abuse. danny savage is outside st james' park for us. when this investigation began at them end of last comment newcastle united football club said they would cooperate fully with it. since then, the allegations have been investigated by northumbria police. today came the first charges against george ormond, he is 61 years old, he used to be a youth coach here some years ago at newcastle united. he also worked at other clubs in the area as well. he has been charged with 29 historical child sexual offences, dating back between 1973 for the earliest, and 1998 for the most for the earliest, and 1998 for the m ost rece nt for the earliest, and 1998 for the most recent over a 25 year period. it is understood that the allegations have been made by 17 different individuals, all of them are male. mr ormond will appear before newcastle magistrates injune for the next part of this case. a local aut

the former newcastle united coach george ormond has been charged with a number of sexual offences thatnd 905. our correspondent alison freeman is in our newcastle newsroom. what more can you tell us about this? it is the former newcastle united youth coach george ormond who has been charged with 29 sexual offences. northumbria police made the announcement in the past hour or so the announcement in the past hour or so and they say the charges came about as part of their investigation into what they call non—recent child sexual abuse in the sporting community. the charges against him are alleged to have taken place between 1973 and 1998. officers say investigations are ongoing and they are calling on anyone who may have been a victim of child abuse or has any information on the subject to contact the force or the nspcc. george ormond is due to appear before magistrates on the 9th of june. the labour leader, jeremy corbyn, is due to speak at a campaign event in peterborough shortly. he's already been campaigning in bedford this morning and confirmed his pledge that labour would keep the p

a newcastle united saint james ‘s park 12 teams playing a newcastle united saintjames ‘s park groundat leigh centurions 36—22. salford gob of hull fc into second place. in the first match this afternoon, huddersfield giants came from behind to wina huddersfield giants came from behind to win a gritty, hard—fought encounter against catalan dragons, 18 points to 12 the score. but the game of the day could well be called salford versus leeds. that's first versus fourth. kicked off at half five. currently 6— 02 castleford as live commentary on the five live sports extra. the moto gp circuit is in le mans this weekend for the french grand prix. but it hasn't gone well for valentino rossi who threw away victory and his championship lead after crashing on the final lap... the seven time world champion was battling with maverick vinales before an error handed the win to his yamaha team—mate just a few corners from the chequered flag. vinales now lea pfrogs rossi at the top of the standings. britain's cal crutchlow finished 5th. meanwhile in the junior category — moto3 — there was an extraord

a former newcastle united youth team football coach, george ormond, has been charged with 29 historicale taken place between 1973 and 1998. mr ormond, who is 61, is due to appear before magistrates next month. a man has beenjailed for more than nine years for a hit—and—run crash which killed a four year old girl. aidan mcateer lost control of the stolen car at st helens on merseyside. violet grace youens was killed. her grandmother who was carrying her at the time suffered serious injuries. greater manchester police say moors murderer ian brady's body shouldn't be cremated in the city or surrounding area where he carried out his crimes out of respect to his victims' families. brady died in prison on monday. voting has finally ended tonight in iran's presidential elections after polling stations had to be kept open much longer than they were meant to be because of an unexpectedly high turnout. long queues formed across the country where the relatively moderate president hassan rouhani is facing a strong challenge from a hardline conservative rival. our middle east editor jeremy bowen's r

it's super league ‘magic‘ weekend with all 12 teams playing at newcastle united's st james' park ground helped them beat leigh centurions 36—22... that means salford go above hull fc into second place. earlier, huddersfield giants came from behind to win a a gritty, from behind to win a gritty, hard —fought encounter against catalans dragons, by 18 points to 12. but the game of the day could well be castleford versus leeds, that's first versus fourth... it kicked off at half five, it's currently 6—0 to castleford, there's live commentary on five live sports extra and the bbc sport website. scotland have successfully defended their title, beating new zealand for their title, beating new zealand for the first time in their history. they came from behind in the final to work on 12—7. it was scotland's first world series win of the season. the moto gp circuit is in le mans this weekend for the french grand prix. but it hasn't gone well for valentino rossi who threw away victory and his championship lead after crashing on the final lap... the seven time world champion was battling with maver

it is the former newcastle united youth coach charged with 29 sexual offences. their investigation into what they call non—recent child sexual abuse in the sporting community. the charges against him, who now lives in devon, are alleged to have taken place between 1973 and 1998. 0fficers to have taken place between 1973 and 1998. officers say investigations are ongoing and call on anyone who may have been the victim of child abuse, or has any information on the subject to contact the force or the nspcc. he is due to appear before magistrates on the 9th ofjune. american warplanes operating in syria, have attacked a convoy carrying militia fighters supporting president assad.the us—led coalition says the convoy was heading towards a base used by western special forces, near the border with iraq. russia has condemned the attack as ‘unacceptable'. the incident comes as president trump prepares to visit saudi arabia, his first overseas trip since becoming president. 0ur diplomatic correspondent james landale reports. us warplanes launching air strikes against so—call

former newcastle united boss george orman has been charged with 29 separate sexual offences alleged tobeen assessing some of the challenges facing the nhs. the big challenge for the nhs is coping with rising demand for care partly due to a growing and ageing population. here are some figures which illustrate this. last year in england there were more than 23.5 million visits to a&e units, an increase of 3,200 per day compared to the previous year. but funding hasn't kept up. traditionally, demand for health care rises at around 4% per year but annual funding increases in england have been around 1%. many health leaders now say the nhs has to have more money. some, though, do point out the health service could be more efficient and more ways could be worked out to make resources go further. one way of ensuring that the nhs can make its money go further is treating more patients away from hospitals. that's where gps have a really important role to play. in many areas, local doctors are working with social care staff to ensure that people can be treated in their communities or, if possibl

finally it was super league's magic weekend, with all 12 teams playing at newcastle united's st james'sir good form with a 29—18 win over leeds rhinos. that puts them two points clear at the top of the table. that's all the sport for now. now it is time for the weather. any truth in red sky at night, shepherds delight? well, this picture was sent in earlier this evening from one of our weather watchers. and the weather will be delightfulfor watchers. and the weather will be delightful for many of us through the course of tomorrow. notjust tomorrow but much of the week ahead as well. this is how it was looking as well. this is how it was looking a few hours ago, sent in by debbie saari. as we had through much of the week, with high pressure in charge, a drop to my lot of dry weather, it will feel warm —— debbie in surrey. patchy rain the western parts of northern ireland as we had through the early hours of monday morning. as we had through the rest of the night it is dry and clear and it be frost free, cities in the countryside. ceuldbe theredd in the countryside. couldrbe therodd rét-t

a former youth team coach at newcastle united football club has been charged with 29 sexual offences.rt next month following an investigation by northumbria police into historical child sexual abuse. a bbc investigation, has found flaws in the voice—recognition system, used by one of britain's biggest banks, hsbc. it analyses a customers' voice patterns, allowing access to their accounts. but while the bank says everyone's voice is unique, making the system secure, the bbc‘s click technology programme, has found it's possible for strangers to access bank details. dan simmons has the story. passwords, key fobs and apps have all been used to protect us, but over the past year, a new gold standard in security has emerged — biometrics. like fingerprints, the human voice is unique to each of us, and hsbc, along with other banks, has started using the voice of its customers as their password. they say it's secure. my voice is my password. but a simple experiment with my non—identical twin brother... welcome to hsbc advance. ..proves otherwise. my financial details and the ability to transfe

a former newcastle united football coach, george 0rmond, has been charged with 29 historical sexual offencesnd, who is 61, is due to appear before magistrates next month. a man has beenjailed for more than nine years for a hit—and—run crash which killed a four—year—old girl. aidan mcateer lost control of the stolen car at st helens on merseyside. violet—grace youens was being carried by her grandmother — who suffered serious injuries. greater manchester police say moors murderer ian brady's body shouldn't be cremated in the city or surrounding area where he carried out his crimes out of respect to his victims' families. brady died in prison on monday. it's been a year since the ban on so—called "legal highs" came into effect — but they are still available in many british cities. known as new psycho—active substances, or "spice" — the legal highs were made class b drugs which meant they had to be taken off the shelves on the high street. they may not be visible now — but there are warnings that the sale of spice has been driven underground asjeremy cooke reports. there are new psychoactive su

a former youth team coach at newcastle united football club, has been charged with 29 sexual offences98. george ormond, who's 61, will appear before magistrates in newcastle next month. geraint thomas has pulled out of the giro d'italia, after he was involved in a nasty crash during the race last weekend. thomas had actually been in second place overall at the time but he injured his shoulder and knee and he says that carrying on "would be a case of trying to survive each day, rather than racing". tom dumoulin of the netherlands still holds the leader's pinkjersey at the giro by over two minutes. but it was all about the sprinters on stage 13 — particularly colombia's fernando gaviria. earlier today mark cavendish tweeted he was thankful that gaviria isn't competing at the tour de france injuly, and this is why. his fourth stage win at this year's giro. london 2012 olympic silver medallist gemma gibbons has announced her retirement from professionaljudo. she missed out on a place at the rio olympics and turned down an offer of funding in december, while she took time away from the spo

a former youth team coach at newcastle united has been charged with 29 sexual offences alleged to havend 1998. george ormond, who's 61, will appear before magistrates in newcastle next month. american warplanes operating in syria have attacked a convoy carrying militia fighters supporting president assad. the us—led coalition says the convoy was heading towards a base used by western special forces near the border with iraq. the attack comes as president trump prepares to visit saudi arabia, his first overseas trip since becoming president. our diplomatic correspondent james landale reports. us warplanes launching air strikes against so—called islamic state targets in syria. but now they are also attacking ground forces loyal to the syrian government. ostensibly the air strike was designed to protect british and american special forces like these. they are based in the south—east of syria, where they are training opposition groups fighting is. these pictures were taken last year. the pro—syrian convoy that included iranian backed militias was heading toward a military base near a strat

a former youth team coach at newcastle united has been charged with 29 sexual offences alleged to have998. george 0rmond, who's 61, will appear before magistrates in newcastle next month. a man has been charged with six counts of raping a child under the age of 13, following an investigation into child sexual exploitation by greater manchester police. osman ali, is due to appear before magistrates. last november, stephen port was handed a whole life term in prison for murdering four men with lethal doses of a date rape drug. the former chef lured his victims to his east london flat before plying them with ghb. police admitted there were "missed opportunities" to catch the killer sooner. yet six months on, the independent police complaints commission has yet to interview any of more than a dozen officers involved, expressing frustration at the situation — frustration and anger which is shared by the victims‘ families, as daniel sandford reports. the graveyard in barking that was stephen port‘s dumping ground for three of the bodies of the four men he killed. his first victim was a 23—ye

a former youth team coach at newcastle united has been charged with 29 sexual offences alleged to have and 1998. george ormond, who's 61, will appear before magistrates in newcastle next month. the tv entertainer rolf harris has this morning been released from stafford prison. mr harris — who's 87 — was convicted and sentenced in 2014. he is currently on trial facing four counts of indecent assault against three teenage girls that allegedly took place in the 70s and early 80s. he had been appearing by video link but will appear in court in person when the trial resumes on monday. he denies all the charges against him. an inquest into the death of a transgender inmates an inquest into the death of a tra nsgender inmates has an inquest into the death of a transgender inmates has found that the key thomson was let down by a range of services. she had been on the arm for a month before being found dead in a cell in 2015. the inquest found that it had been correct to place her in an all—male gel —— jail, but there were failings by services. the headlines: julian assange has said he does not

guys finished 19th in the championship last year, with a fifth of the budget of the likes of newcastle united. these guys are the unsung heroes, but it has been the revolution of david wagner, their manager, who changed the culture and philosophy of this club. down to find details by the ringing them into train at 745 in the evening if that is the kick—off for their next match. they did an amazingjob kick—off for their next match. they did an amazing job at wembley, the most tense of ways to get into the premier league but they are in the top flight. welcoming the likes of chelsea, arsenal, manchester united and manchester city to huddersfield next season. what a promotion for those at huddersfield town. tanya arnold reporting live for us. it should be a great open top parade there, is the weather going to be any good? tomasz with the details... mixed across the country. not a bad day but we had to use our umbrellas. this is quite ominous looking. not many nasty spells of whether, like we had with that lightning storm a couple of days ago but the weather is improving. northern parts of the co

a former youth team coach at newcastle united has been charged with 29 sexual offences alleged to have 1998. george ormond, who's 61, will appear before magistrates in newcastle next month. the tv entertainer rolf harris has this morning been released from stafford prison. mr harris — who's 87 — was convicted and sentenced in 2014. he is currently on trial facing four counts of indecent assault against three teenage girls that allegedly took place in the 70s and early 80s. he had been appearing by video link but will appear in court in person when the trial resumes on monday. he denies all the charges against him. the headlines: julian assange has said he does not forgive or forget after a swedish prosecutor claimed she was dropping an investigation of rape against him. the prime minister has responded to labour's criticism of conservative ma nifesto labour's criticism of conservative manifesto proposals, saying money released from the change in winter fuel payments would go to health and social. us warplanes operating over syria have attacked a convoy carrying pro—government militia f

a former youth team coach at newcastle united football club has been charged with 29 sexual offences. police into historical child sexual abuse. back to the election now, and the bbc understands the release of figures for the budget deficits of nhs trusts in england, may be delayed until afterjune the 8th. the health service regulator apparently wants to publish the figures soon, but has been advised by whitehall officials to wait. well throughout the election campaign, we're taking a look at some of the issues most important to voters, and hearing from our specialists. today, our heath editor, hugh pym, has been assessing the state of the nhs. the big challenge for the nhs is coping with rising demand for care, partly because of a growing and ageing population. let's take a look at some figures which illustrate this. last year in england there were more than 23.5 million visits to a&e units, that's an increase of 3200 per day compared to the previous year. but funding hasn't kept up. traditionally, demand for health care rises at around 4% per year, but annual funding increases in en

an 89th—minute aston villa goal that put newcastle united top of the championship has won a punter more, who is in his 50s but did not want to be named, placed a £10 bet before the start of the season. seven teams to win in england and scotland. the accumulator bet — which would only pay out if all the predictions were correct — had chosen seven winners in england and scotland. in order for the bet to succeed, newcastle had to better brighton and hove albion's result on sunday during the final championship games of the season. grealish‘s late equaliser against brighton ensured the bet was a winner, with newcastle beating barnsley 3—0. with me isjessica bridges from the betting company ladbrokes. and also i'm joined by professor anatoly zhigljavsky — he's the statistics chair at cardiff university. good evening to you both. let's start with you, jessica. accumulator bets. one does hear about them quite a lot. i bet they're quite popular but you don't pay out very often? they are incredibly popular and a lot of girls and boys like going down to the bookies on saturday with a couple of qui

one of those two clubs willjoin newcastle united and brighton in promotion to the premier league.s fairytale to a happy end. so this looks like the second fairytale in british football in a row after leicester last season and this is what we are feeling and we are feeling that we getting backed from a lot of people all over britain. we need to think about what we need to do now to win that game and that's what we're going to be facing. we're not going to be thinking about what it does to the club or to the city if we win. there is also a chance that you lose. chelsea ladies hammered liverpool 7—0 in the wsl spring series. the goals came from seven different scorers. drew spence completing the humbling of the reds. liverpool have one match left and lead the table, but they have played a game more than second—placed chelsea who have a vastly superior goal difference. olympic champion vicky thornley led great britain's medal haul at the european rowing championships in the czech republic thornley partnered katherine grainger in rio but is now competing in the single sculls. she held

newcastle united clinched the championship title on the final day.eld wednesday, huddersfield and fulham will contest the final prmier league place through the play—offs seven months after losing 19 of their players in an aeroplance crash. brazilian side chapecoense are celebrating a title. the team had won the state championship last season and with a team made up of youngsters and loan players they have successfully defended it. we did a greatjob. we are very happy for our work and we are very happy for our work and we are very happy we can honour the warriors. they are not here any more but we can honour them with this title. it's for them. saracens and england forward maro itoje says he wants to inspire the next generation of black rugby players. itoje, the youngest tourist with the british and irish lions this summer, says, he used to look up to former england players ugo monye and topsy ojo. you look around and most type of scores that i went to, you look around and there are not many black quys around and there are not many black guys playing

season the automatic promotion spots to the premier league had already been settled but it was newcastle uniteddersfield and fulham will contest the final premier league place through the play—offs. remember that tragic story of the brazillian club who lost 19 of their players in an aeroplance crash last year. well seven months on, chapecoense are celebrating a title. the team had won the state championship last season — and with a team made up of youngsters and loan players — they have successfully defended it. we did a greatjob, we are very happy for our work and we are very happy for our work and we are very happy we can honour the warriors, they are not here any more but we can honour them with this title. it is for them. and just a fortnight after returning from a 15 month doping ban maria sharapova will book a spot in wimbledon qualifying if she wins her second round match at the madrid open today. she beat mirjana lucic—baroni to set up what could be a prickly encounter against eugenie bouchard. the canadian has called for the russian to be banned for life. we see how spicy that 1 gets.

newcastle united one. —— won.8 for six in their first innings with three batsmen making scores in the seventies. ireland battled hard in the chase but eventually fell well short of the target. england take the series 2—0. there's an intriguing match to come at the madrid 0pen, as maria sharapova and eugenie bouchard are set to go head to head. sharapova beat mirjana lucic—baroni in the first round yesterday. last week bouchard said that the russian, who's just coming back from a 15 month ban for testing positive for a banned substance, is a cheat and should have been banned for life. the one person who can keep her out of wimbledon is eugenie bouchard who says she shouldn't be playing tennis at all. the pressure is on. she is one win away for being automatically into wimbledon. did you see the two—hour marathon attempt? it was a pr stunt. another company are going to try it. this guy managed two hours and 35 seconds. an unofficial record. if you work it out. to run a sub two—hour marathon, that is the equivalent o

it was super league's 'magic‘ weekend with all 12 teams playing at newcastle united's st james' parknumber two novak djokovic has confirmed he'll be coached by andre agassi at the french open, after losing to alexander zverev in the italian 0pen final. the german won in straight sets in rome — and at the age of twenty, he becomes the youngest player to win a masters title since djokovic himself won the miami 0pen ten years ago. afterwards djokovic explained why he's joined forces with agassi. andre agassi is somebody i have tremendous respect for as a person and asa tremendous respect for as a person and as a player. he has been through everything i am going through, you know, on the court, he understands the game amazingly well. i am enjoying every single conversation that i have with him. he is a person that i have with him. he is a person that can contribute to my life on and off the court a lot so i'm very excited to see what is ahead of us. are you prepared for some semi— nudity at breakfast time? stoke striker peter crouch agreed a deal on social media with a fan — and he uphel

newcastle. you are trying to get back to the united states, monica, with your husband?n told about your onward journeys? just the time of check—in and just wait. yeah. wait until check—in opens. "we might be able to organise seating in a lounge, but that is not guaranteed." and policemen are... i am sorry to interrupt. you are in the bereavement room. how did you end up in there? the cleaners told us there's no more comfy seats so go in here. oh my god, so it is the cleaners who are helping you! yes. well, i dare say, you would be grateful for the kindness, but not quite the help you were expecting. no. this is obviously one story of many today. but it makes you reconsider future plans for flying, doesn't it? let's take a look at some of the other stories making the news. venezuela has banned the importation of gas masks, helmets, and bulletproof vests, to try and stop anti—government protesters getting hold of them. the demonstrations, which have been taking place almost daily, are often met with tear gas and water cannons. the convicted drug trafficker schapelle corby

newcastle. you are trying to get back to the united states? about your onward journeys? just the time of check-in and just wait. yeah. we journeys? just the time of check-in andjust wait. yeah. we might journeys? just the time of check-in and just wait. yeah. we might be able to organise sitting in a lounge, but that is not guaranteed. and policemen. i am sorry to interrupt. you are in the region and room. “— interrupt. you are in the region and room. —— bereavement room. how did you end up in there? the cleaners told us to go here. so it is the clea ners told us to go here. so it is the cleaners who are helping you! well, i dare say, you would be grateful for the kindness, but not quite the help you were expecting. no. but thatis help you were expecting. no. but that is how it goes today. it makes you reconsider future plans that is how it goes today. it makes you reconsiderfuture plans for flying, doesn't it? we really appreciate you have taken the time to talk to us. you must be exhausted. we really appreciate you taking the extra effort to

newcastle and everywhere else. every community across the country needs to stand together united in the face of this and say, this sort kill the spirit of this city, the spirit of this city is too strong for that and that is the message we want to give out today. how long would you expect the general election campaign to be suspended for? what would be appropriate? we need time to grieve. we need time to come together across political party lines as we are already doing. we need time to hold hands and have a collective hug and at some point i don't want to put a time frame on it, but at some point in the next few days our democratic activities will continue because these kind of terrorist acts are also designed to put at risk our values of democracy, of free speech, of people being able to have a vote and have a say and so we've got to show them that that's not going to be halted and not going to be changed by these sort of activities either. thank you very much. thank you. lucy powell. good morning. it is 10.32am. i'm victoria derbyshire. let's bring you up—to—date with what we know this morning. 22 people have been