david aylesford being untouchable and questioning the leadership wallet is of steve sutton —— shane suttonss started because of complaints made byjess varnish started because of complaints made by jess varnish about started because of complaints made byjess varnish about and sutton. this was the big thing form a full independent panel which has under this review which is yet to be published in its final version, it wasn't their remit to try and establish who was telling the truth between jess varnish establish who was telling the truth betweenjess varnish and shane sutton, it was more the way that the internal enquiry into thejess varnish allegations were handled by british cycling. they appointed one of their board members to conduct the investigation. she came back with her findings and the investigation. she came back with herfindings and of the investigation. she came back with her findings and of the the investigation. she came back with herfindings and of the nine allegations, it appears that she found that more than one was upheld. in the end when they reported publicly the conclusi

should shane sutton work in cycling coaching again? from my experiences, no.e is now considering whether to sue british cycling for unfair dismissal. her fight for justice continues. let's take a look at some of the other stories making the news. pope francis has said the catholic church should consider allowing married men to become priests. speaking to a german newspaper, he said lifting the ban on married men being ordained would only apply in specific circumstances, like remote areas of the world where priests are in short supply. a judge who last month stopped president trump from implementing a controversial travel ban has said he needs more time before ruling on a revised version. washington state had tried to get the new proposals stopped, butjudgejames robart said more papers needed to be filed before he could make his decision. iraqi special forces say resistance among so—called islamic state fighters is weakening in the northern city of mosul. iraqi government troops now control about half of western mosul and are closing in on the densely populated

should shane sutton work in cycling coaching again? from my experiences, no.t as i probably should, to go back into the programme. whether things change in the future, as i said, nothing is off the table. she says she is now considering whether to sue british cycling for unfair dismissal. her fight for justice continues. they were a couple of tweets that have ended up costing the controversial daily mail columnist, katie hopkins nearly £125,000 in legal costs and damages. she'd suggested that a blogger, jack monroe, approved of vandalising war memorials, when there was no evidence of it. and the row ended up in the high court, as david sillito explains. jack monroe is a food blogger and campaigner. throughout all of these tasks, i hope i have never trodden on anyone to get to where i've got. oh, you have, you have. oh, i hope i haven't. yes, you have. katie hopkins made her name as an outspoken contestant on the show the apprentice. and she's turned that outspokenness into a career as a columnist with the mail and the sun. this on refugees provoked outrage. an

should shane sutton work in cycling coaching again? from my experiences, no. considering whether to sue british cycling for unfair dismissal. her fight for justice continues. online touts, who bulk buy tickets and sell them for inflated prices, will face unlimited fines under government plans. an amendment to the digital economy bill means it will be illegal to use software to buy thousands of tickets, as holly hamilton reports. tickets to see some of our favourite artists can sell out in just a matter of minutes. but thousands of those tickets will not be going to fans. instead, they're being purchased by bots. used by professional touts, the software can grab hundreds of tickets in one go. within hours, they end up on secondary websites for hundreds if not thousands of pounds more than face value. this is currently legal, but now the government is taking action. now touts who use this software will face unlimited fines, while resale sites will face harsher measures if they do not prove they are taking action to deal with the touts. it is hoped these measures

and former technical director shane sutton was said to be unsuitable for a leadership role.st shane sutton — where this story began — was "sanitised" after the grievance officer found varnish‘s allegations were largely true but british cycling chose to leave out his findings in their report. the review concludes those actions were "shocking and inexcusable". british cycling have responded with a statement accepting that "leadership focused on medal delivery without sufficient care and attention to the staff and athlete culture. . . " and while they disagree with the factual accuracy of certain points, the body's board admits that there was not "adequate oversight" leading to a failure to "address the early warning signs". meanwhile sir dave brailsford has once again ruled out resigning from his currentjob running team sky. he's admitted mistakes were made relating to anti—doping and medical procedures concerning a ‘mystery‘ package which was delivered to a team doctor in 2011. but brailsford insists he won't stand down from the team that's won four of the last five tours de

should shane sutton work in cycling coaching again? from my experiences, no.ow considering whether to sue british cycling for unfair dismissal. her fight for justice continues. the world is facing its biggest humanitarian crisis since 1945, with more than 20 million people at risk of starvation and famine. that's according to the united nation's humanitarian chief, stephen o'brien, who has pleaded for help for people in yemen, somalia, south sudan and nigeria. andy moore reports. a child called fatima. she lives in yemen, where two thirds of the population need food aid, and seven million are hungry. the united nations has been told the famine across four countries is now the biggest crisis for the organisation since it was founded in 1945. we stand at a critical point in our history. already, at the beginning of the year, we are facing the largest humanitarian crisis since the creation of the united nations. now, more than 20 million people across four countries face starvation and famine. in south sudan, more than one million children are acutely malnourishe

it alleges that the report regarding sexism against shane sutton was sanitised after the grievance officerir report. the review concludes those actions were shocking and inexcusable. british cycling has responded saying that leadership focused on metal delivery without sufficient care and attention to the staff and affluent culture. while we disagree, they say the factual accuracy at certain points, the board admits there was not adequate oversight, leading to a failure to address the early warning signs. 0wen farrell was out on the pitch today with the rest of the squad but did not take part in the session. england will mickey les dennis tomorrow and have until one hour before kick—off at twickenham to finalise the side. wales and ireland launch the penultimate weekend of six nations action tonight. anything other than a victory for ireland will end their bid for a third title in four years. and it is likely to mean england can claim the championship by beating scotland. former england coach graham rowntree is set tojoin former england coach graham rowntree is set to join the british and

he was the predecessor to shane sutton as the performance director.forms here at the national cycling centre last week and they said they are getting on with that and there have also been many staff changes so they are trying to look forward and not backwards. dave brailsford used to work in the building behind you and now he is acting sky, what is he had to say today? —— he is at team sky. there is a controversy over a mystery package delivered to bradley wiggins and team sky has said it was a legal decongestant and provided no evidence to back it up. dave b ra ilsfo rd evidence to back it up. dave brailsford has come under pressure but he has said he won‘t resign. he has said he has confidence in his team. he says he‘s not hiding. he says on a personal level he has been through a lot and it is important to make sure that you can look at yourself and say there has been no wrongdoing. he says he‘s confident of that and he says you have got to put the team first the riders first. dave bra ilsford put the team first the riders first. dave brailsford is

should shane sutton work in cycling coaching again? from my experiences, no.ow considering whether to sue british cycling for unfair dismissal. her fight for justice continues. the world is facing its biggest humanitarian crisis since 1945, with more than 20 million people at risk of starvation and famine. that's according to the united nation's humanitarian chief, stephen o'brien, who has pleaded for help for people in yemen, somalia, south sudan and nigeria. andy moore reports. a child called fatima. she lives in yemen, where two thirds of the population need food aid, and seven million are hungry. the united nations has been told the famine across four countries is now the biggest crisis for the organisation since it was founded in 1945. we stand at a critical point in our history. already, at the beginning of the year, we are facing the largest humanitarian crisis since the creation of the united nations. now, more than 20 million people across four countries face starvation and famine. in south sudan, more than one million children are acutely malnourishe

handling of allegations of discrimination made byjess varnish against former technical director shane sutton0ur reporter david 0rnstein is at the national cycling centre in manchester. we've waited a long time for this report. and it's laden with criticisms. we have been waiting for almost one year, it has been hanging over british cycling. remember the most successful and well funded of britain's 0lympic sports, like a black cloud, really. it all started when jess black cloud, really. it all started whenjess varnish black cloud, really. it all started when jess varnish amid black cloud, really. it all started whenjess varnish amid accusations of sexism and discrimination against jane sutton. 0thers followed suit and backed up. there was a culture of bullying and one of fear. an independent report into the culture at british cycling is expected soon and today, a leaked draft of that report published in the daily mail, backed up many of the claims. perhaps most damningly, it described sutton‘s predecessor, sir dave b ra ilsfo rd sutton‘s predecessor, sir dave brailsford as being untouchable.

independent investigation, into, accusations she made over bullying and sexism, against coach shane suttonrt, that claims the organisation, "sanitised" its own inquiry into the claims. i had absolutely no faith in the investigation from the get go within british cycling. i have been in there for a long time and i'm no... i had no faith in it whatsoever. u nfortu nately i i had no faith in it whatsoever. unfortunately i am not shocked by that. now we just need to... the need to be changes, obviously. these people cannot be still in there if have reversed facts will stop they cannot still be able to be there on that board. yohanna konta, was far too strong for her fellow brit, heather watson, in the californian sun. there are 97 places between them in the world rankings, and it showed as the world number one, won in straight sets, to move into round 3. a driver in china has ended up on the roof of a house after trying to avoid an accident. he said that as he tried to get out of the path of a motorised tricycle and an oncoming car, he accidentally put his foot on the accelerator rather than t

cycling independent investigation into accusations she made over bullying and sexism, against coach shane suttonry into the claims. i had absolutely no faith in the investigation from the get go within british cycling. i have been in their prior long time and i know, i had no faith in it whatsoever. u nfortu nately i had no faith in it whatsoever. unfortunately i am not shocked by that. now we just need to, there needs to be changes obviously. these people, they can't be still in there if they have reversed facts. they can't still be able to be there on that board. team sky's geraint thomas took second place on stage four of tirreno—adriatico while adam yates was close behind to move up to second overall in the race. columbian nairo quintana was first up the final climb to the finish of the 106 mile stage, with victory giving him the overall lead. thomas was eighteen seconds behind, but lies eighth in the standings. there are three stages left for yates to try to overhaul the 33 second gap to quintana. johanna konta, was far too strong for her fellow brit, heather watson, in the californian sun.

varnish made allegations of sexism and discrimination against the former performance director shane suttonaff. a report into the culture of british cycling was commissioned, a leaked draft published in the daily mail backed up published in the daily mail backed up many of the complaints, perhaps most damningly describing certain‘s predecessor, sir dave brailsford, as being untouchable. it said many elite riders experienced trauma while with british cycling and confirmed that culture of fear. today british cycling issued a statement disagreeing with the factual accuracy of some of the points made in the report, but admitting to specific shortcomings and afailure admitting to specific shortcomings and a failure to address early warning signs of problems. it said a 39 point action plan for reform announced here last week was already under way, while many of the key staff have since departed and been replaced. for the first time no british cycling and, perhaps, british cycling and, perhaps, british sport as a whole, have to address that difficult balance between them no compromise approach tha

shane sutton says richard freeman. contained a deacon guestant. there is the rules and then there is the principle and our values and our values and our principles are very, very clear. we race clean and that's it. (bleep). but there are some questions outstanding such as why couldn't the team just buy the deacon guestant local? is there a paper trail to back up claims what was in it, why did simon cope not bother to check what was in it and if the contents were destined for bradley wiggins then why was he taking a deacon guestant which is not meant to be used by atmatics as wiggins is one? it is not the first time bradley wiggins faced questions about the way he used medication. this is was to cure a medical condition and the world doping agency and everyone said this was about, this wasn't about trying to find a way to gain an unfair advantage, this was about putting myself back on a level playing field. despite what is known about the package, questions still remain about its contents. a uk anti—doping investigation

, allegations of discrimination, sexism and bullying, all of which shane sutton denied but he resignedinquiry. the inquiry was read by anna—marie phelps, the chairman of british rowing and it is ongoing so we are yet to seize the report. this was an update, an action plan which is being taken in the meantime to address the serious issues which raise the question about the importance of winning medals against the importance of athletes and staff's welfare. we should learn more in the spring, the report will be published and so british cycling and uk sport think if the action plan is put into force and the recommendations followed, british cycling and other sports can go on to even greater success. this is not a good time for british cycling, with the ongoing questions about what was in that package? can you still hear me? yes, in parliament yesterday, the culture committee heard from the person who was responsible for courier ring that jiffy bag to a french ski resort via london and geneva. they also heard from the uk anti—doping chief executive. british cycling and team sky, whom bradl