he is now aged 81 and he worked for sheffield city council for and he worked for sheffield city councilforcil for some 40 years. in the 19705 council for some 40 years. in the 1970s who was responsible for providing grants to colleges and university students and used his position to abuse teenagers and if forced teenagers to undergo section lacks. let's get the background of this. 1980, olympic gold for seven cove. celebrating in his parents front room a sexual predator. at this time roger dodds was secretly abusing young men at sheffield city council. just this has today finally caught up today with the 81—year—old. in the 1970s he used to work a giving grants to sheffield students. he used thatjob to sexually assault some of those teenage applicants. decades later his victims were speaking out. his left hand started to fill its way towards my writing pocket. this man was assaulted in his very first meeting and on several other visits. he had a big bunch of keys with them and the opened the door to this type of classroom for want of a better word and i went in in front of him andi word an

the crown prosecution chose not to charge him, but sheffield city council ordered an internal enquiry concluded the council was complicit in allowing dodds‘ decades of abuse. despite the fact that this happened more than a quarter of a century ago, we have accepted responsibility, and do not seek to defend the indefensible. roger dodds‘ victims have become friends in adversity. but given the number of young men that passed through dodds‘ office, few believe that they're the only ones harmed by a sexual predator, protected by his employer. michael buchanan, bbc news, sheffield. the energy firm npower is raising its energy prices by an average of 10%, one of the largest rises by a big six energy supplierfor years. the energy regulator 0fgem called on npower to justify the hike. the firm blames a rise in wholesale costs. let's have a quick look at some of the front pages. the i dedicates its front page to the attack on the louvre in paris. the mirror leads with the news that npower‘s price increases. the express goes with the same story, describing it as a kick in the teeth for customers

the crown prosecution service chose not to charge him but sheffield city council ordered an internal cil we re which concluded that the council were complicit in allowing him to abuse. despite the fact that this happened more than a quarter of a century ago, we have accepted responsibility and do not seek to defend the indefensible. roger dodds' victims have become friends in adversity, but given the number of young men who passed through his office, few believe that they are the only ones harmed by a sexual predator protected by his employer. our top story this evening: british marine ciaran maxwell pleads guilty to stockpiling explosives and bombs for dissident republicans in northern ireland. still to come, all eyes on the big prize as rugby union's six nations championship kicks off this weekend. parliament will debate the way in which football is governed including a vote of no—confidence in the fa as mps tried to improve the way the sport is run. some supermarkets are running low on supplies of vegetables — asda, tesco and morrisons have even introduced rationing — as heavy rain

what is your attitude towards sheffield city council? gosh, the council are so city council?hey are so responsible. i even think at times that the council are more responsible than he was. they allowed it to happen. everyone knew. everyone in the council knew. but they chose to do nothing about it. an internal council report we have seen an internal council report we have seen says an internal council report we have seen says they were composite in allowing roger dodds to abuse stu d e nts allowing roger dodds to abuse students at the college. sheffield city council say they have accepted responsibility and would never defend the indefensible but they insisted they have now changed. let's speak now to our correspondent judith moritz in sheffield. yes, that sentencing happened within the last hour and i have to tell you from my position sitting in court, what really came through very clearly was an almost difference between the victims of roger dodds, who sat in the public gallery quietly, listening against the horrific detail of all of his offending. statements were read out

the crown prosecution service chose not to charge him, but sheffield city council ordered an internal that the council were complicit in allowing dodds to abuse. despite the fact that this happened more than a quarter of a century ago, we have accepted responsibility, and do not seek to defend the indefensible. such a good friend... roger dodds' victims have become friends in adversity, but given the number of young men who passed through dodds' office, few believe that they are the only ones harmed by a sexual predator protected by his employer. the headlines on bbc news approaching 8:15pm: a royal marine has pleaded guilty to terror charges after he made bombs and stored weapons for dissident northern irish republicans. the us has imposed new sanctions on iran as president trump warned it‘s ‘playing with fire‘ over its ballistic missile test launch. a french soldier guarding the louvre museum in paris has shot and wounded an attacker armed with a machete. the authorities in france have confirmed the attacker was egyptian. sport now, and for a full round—up from the bbc sport centre,

the crown prosecution chose not to charge him, but sheffield city council ordered an internal enquiryd the council was complicit in allowing dodds' decades of abuse. despite the fact that this happened more than a quarter of a century ago, we have accepted responsibility, and do not seek to defend the indefensible. roger dodds' victims have become friends in adversity. but given the number of young men that passed through dodds' office, few believe that they're the only ones harmed by a sexual predator, protected by his employer. michael buchanan, bbc news, sheffield. fighting between ukrainian government forces and russian—backed rebels in eastern ukraine has escalated, with some of the worst violence for two years. both sides in the conflict have accused each other of attacking civilians. the focus of the clashes has been the government—controlled city of avdiivka, 10 miles from the rebel—held city of donetsk. tom burridge is in avdiivka and sent this report. a wait for food — part of their perpetual nightmare of war. but for thousands, the city of avdiivka is still their home. it's

the crown prosecution service chose not to charge him, but sheffield city council ordered an internal were complicit in allowing dodds to abuse. despite the fact that this happened more than a quarter of a century ago, we have accepted responsibility and do not seek to defend the indefensible. such a good friend... roger dodds‘ victims have become friends in adversity, but given the number of young men who passed through dodds‘ office, few believe that they're the only ones harmed by a sexual predator protected by his employer. theresa may has used an eu summit to tell fellow nato leaders they should spend more on defence. she said the commitment to nato by president trump when she was in washington will ensure greater security for both the uk and europe. here's our deputy political editorjohn pienaar. a stroll in the sun among europe's leaders, but soon theresa may will be walking alone after brexit. then she'll need all the friends she can get. friends she believes like donald trump, she took his hand last week and took home his promise of 100% commitment to the nato alliance. offic

joining me now is councillor ben curran from sheffield city council. thank you for being with us. her urban northern councils. we are proposing an almost 5% total rise, other about 87% to the average person in sheffield. by raising it that much, you don't have to have a referendum? —— which is about 87 pence a week to the average person in sheffield. no, we don't. it isjust under the limit. could you not cut other costs in order to pay for social care? our social care costs are expected to rise with the elderly population and the preset doesn't even come close to half way of meeting the demand that we are facing. one of the big equalities in the system is that 1% in sheffield raises £1.8 million whereas it raises £6.8 million in surrey. so there are some point —— some parts of the country that much more able to raise money and other parts of the country like sheffield with less ability because of lower property values. for me, someone needing social care in surrey or sheffield should have the same resources available to them to provide those services. that isjust not the case. you

sheffield city council has apologised after failing to prevent apologised after failing to prevent adatory sex offender from abusing victims in council offices over two decades. theresa may have breached eu leaders about her recent meeting with president trump, as well as trying to build up good relations ahead of brexit. npower has increased fuel charges and this has been questioned by the regulator. we will have the latest reaction to the sanctions the trump administration has imposed on iran. mark kermode will look at the latest cinematic releases. ed balls gives a gangnam style master class for children in his own constituency. now it is time for sportsday. hello and welcome to sportsday. i'm lizzie greenwood—hughes. here's what's coming up tonight... parliament table a motion of "no confidence" in the football association, as mps plan to debate the way the sport is governed. stoke admit new signing saido berahino served an eight—week fa ban while at west brom last year. and the world's most improved male tennis player prepares to lead great britain into a davis cup battle with c

a bbc news investigation has revealed how sheffield city council failed to stop an employee, a predatoryodds has been sentenced to 16 years in prison. the council was first told about the allegations against dodds back in 1981, but didn't inform the police. years later, following further allegations, they allowed him to take early retirement with an enhanced pension. the energy firm npower is raising its electricity and gas prices by an average of 10% — one of the largest rises by a "big six" energy supplierfor years. the decision has been brought into question by the energy regulator ofgem, which has called on npower to justify the price hike to its customers. this is bbc world news today. i'm geeta guru—murthy. the headlines: rising tension between the trump administration and iran. the us imposes new sanctions following a recent ballistic missile test — iran says they breach the deal under which it agreed to curb its nuclear programme. a man who was shot and injured after trying to attack french security forces outside a paris museum has been identified as a 29—year—old egyptian. ther

at the situation where an ordinary premier league player in two months can earn more than sheffield city councilnd on its junior football pitches in a whole year. there's something wrong with that. it shows that there is a wrong balance of money in the game. so, if we are going to have that reformed board, it has to be able to divert more money into grassroots football and actually stop the cliff edge between the premier league and the english football league as well. but we should not belittle everything the fa does. it has done some great things. it has done really well on the women's game at local level and at professional level and it has tackled racism. many fans would want to see, for instance, the fa have more influence over the number of home—grown players that are developed in our league. it is woefully inadequate. we have far too many of these 'pret a porter' players that are imported on the basis of the fact that there is so much wealth knocking about in the premier league that rather than develop and take a chance on a youngster, they buy someone off the peg and bring them in and we

sheffield city council has apologised after failing to prevent one of its employees, a predatory sex from abusing his victims in council offices over two decades. theresa may has briefed eu leaders at a summit in malta about her recent meeting with president trump, as well as trying to build up good relations ahead of brexit. now on bbc news it's time for hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk, i'm stephen sackur. just how ugly is britain's divorce from the eu going to be, and how damaging for the unhappy couple? as british mps debate the formal triggering of the exit process, my guest is an eu politician who'll be at the heart of the complex negotiations over a brexit deal. belgium's former prime minister and current mep guy verhofstadt has warned britain to expect no favours as it heads for the exit. but how confrontational is he prepared to be? guy verhofstadt, welcome to hardtalk. yes. i want to talk about brexit with you, but i don't want to start with the detail, i want to start with the context. when the british public voted for brexit onjune 23rd 2016, barack 0bama was president of th