the man in question left the wru. complaint couldn't be investigated further. marc says he also reported incidents elsewhere. he says that, last march, he witnessed colleagues making jokes about child sexual abuse during a staff team—building event. very early on in that day, l somebody on a bus journey to the activity referenced somebody was, um, from a private school. - and because they went to a private school, - there would be some kind of sexual abuse to him as a child _ by teachers, etc... um... i was quite shocked that sort of terminology was used. - as we got off the bus, _ the most senior manager on that particularjourney then echoed the same statement to - the same individual. that particular day, you know, it was unprofessional- behaviour throughout, - to the point where that day was actually investigated i by an external hr company. marc says he told them what he'd overheard. the wru told us, "this is new information which will be "followed up and acted on." women's rugby was everything i wanted to do. i r

. , , ., ., ., wru.u. this is on a level of gymnastics, this is - wru. this is on a level of gymnastics, this is on - wru. this is on a level ofj gymnastics, this is on the wru. this is on a level of- gymnastics, this is on the level of what has happened in cricket. what is happening now is that sporting governing bodies are not being held to account. they mark their own homework. to account. they mark their own homework-— to account. they mark their own homework. ., , . ., _ homework. sentiment is echoed by amanda, homework. sentiment is echoed by amanda. a — homework. sentiment is echoed by amanda, a sunday _ homework. sentiment is echoed by amanda, a sunday times _ homework. sentiment is echoed by amanda, a sunday times business| amanda, a sunday times business person of the year. she quit as chair of the wru's professional rugby board just over a year ago, frustrated as her own business acumen was openly questioned and how she had heard that another elected wru member had said that women should know

in one incident, a male employee at the wru allegedly said that he wanted to rape a female colleague.anisation left them feeling suicidal. wyre davies reports. when charlotte wathan, an experienced sports administrator, joined the welsh rugby union in 2018 to take women's rugby to the next level, she was warned by other women to expect occasional sexist comments. but what she says happened to her after she'd been there for about a year went much further. i had an experience of someone referring about me in an office environment in front of other staff, in front of other young female staff as well, that they wanted to rape me. and i remember ijust... ijust left the room and i burst into tears and i felt sick, and i thought, crikey, is this what it's come to? and there was a senior manager who witnessed that. any repercussions at all? no repercussions. charlotte eventually reported the alleged comments as part of a wider grievance. the wru hired a lawyer to look into her allegations and charlotte gave them a list of potential witnesses to corroborate what she was saying. but we've disco

the man in question left the wru.very early on in that day, somebody on a bus journey to the activity referenced somebody was, um, from a private school. and because they went to a private school, there would be some kind of sexual abuse to him as a child by teachers, etc... um... i was quite shocked that that sort of terminology was used. as we got off the bus, the most senior manager on that particular journey then echoed the same statement to the same individual. that particular day, you know, it was unprofessional behaviour throughout, to the point where that day was actually investigated by an external hr company. marc says he told them what he'd overheard. the wru told us, "this is new information "which will be followed up and acted on." women's rugby was everything i wanted to do. i remember those days when i pulled on a red jersey were some of the most wonderful days of my life. tonia antoniazzi was a wales international. she's now a welsh mp. she says it was never easy playing in the women's game, but she'd

they�*ve even contemplated suicide because of bullying and sexism they say they experienced at the wrulsh rugby. charlotte, and others who say they�*ve suffered, hope their coming forward will be a wake—up call for the game. wyre davies, bbc news. you can see more on that story in welsh rugby under the spotlight, on bbc iplayer from 5pm today, or bbc 0ne wales at 8pm. i�*m nowjoined by tonia antoniazzi, former rugby player and now labour mp for gower and shadow minister for northern ireland. thank you forjoining us. just picking up on what you said in that report, you are obviously very keen to talk about the fact that these accusations are the latest in a number of scandals in different areas of sport. what more do you think can be done to try to educate governing bodies, to make sure that anything like this is rooted out? governing bodies have a responsibility to get the facts, the truth, and to do it properly and with transparency. what we have seen in this case is not everybody was spoken to, and there�*s a lot of marking your own homework, as i said. it is not being done properly,

mp says she's been contacted by several women with concerns about sexism and the culture inside the wrure not being held accountable. they mark their own homework. we've spoken separately to two women who said they've even contemplated suicide because of bullying and sexism they say they experienced at the wru. 0ne went as far as to write a manual for a husband on what to do in the event of her death. the welsh rugby union says it takes any allegations from staff seriously and it will act very swiftly as such behaviour has no place in the union or welsh rugby. charlotte, and others who say they've suffered, hope their coming forward will be a wake—up call for the game. wyre davies, bbc news. police in california say a man suspected of killing ten people in a mass shooting has been found dead. the 72—year—old suspect was discovered in a white van with a self—inflicted gunshot wound. officers are still investigating the motive. 0ur correspondent david willis reports from los angeles. officers called to a suburb in eastern la described a scene of carnage. a ballroom—dancing venue for elder

in one incident, a male employee at the wru allegedly said that he wanted to rape a female colleague.rugby union in 2018 to take women's rugby to the next level, she was warned by other women to expect occasional sexist comments. but what she says happened to her after she'd been there for about a year went much further. i had an experience of someone referring about me in an office environment in front of other staff, in front of other young female staff as well, that they wanted to rape me. and i remember ijust... ijust left the room and i burst into tears and i felt sick, and i thought, crikey, is this what it's come to? and there was a senior manager who witnessed that. any repercussions at all? no repercussions. charlotte eventually reported the alleged comments as part of a wider grievance. the wru hired a lawyer to look into her allegations and charlotte gave them a list of potential witnesses to corroborate what she was saying. but we've discovered that a number of them were not contacted. and the man she accused of saying he wanted to rape her in his hotel room wasn't intervi

mp says she's been contacted by several women with concerns about sexism and the culture inside the wrucountable. they mark their own homework. we've spoken separately to two women who said that even contemplated suicide because of bullying and sexism they say they experienced at the wru. 0ne went as far as to write a manual for a husband on what to do in the event of her death. the welsh rugby union says it takes any allegations from staff seriously and it will act very swiftly as such behaviour has no place in the union or welsh rugby. charlotte, and others who say they've suffered, hope their coming forward will be a wake—up call for the game. wyre davies, bbc news. you can see more on that story in "welsh rugby under the spotlight", on iplayer from 5pm today or bbc one wales at 8pm. it's monday morning, john is here with the sport. it was a big weekend, an important weekend, halfway through the premier league. yes, and if you look at the picture of eddie nketiah, arsenal striker, possible to ignore arsenal this season. manchester united was a team that was reinvigorated under their

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two women who have left the wru said alleged bullying and sexism made them feel suicidal — with one sayingr. the former rugby player and now labour mp, tonia antoniazzi, told the bbc that there needs to be more accountability. governing bodies have a responsibility to get to the facts, the truth and to do it properly and with transparency. what we have seen in this case is not everybody was spoken to and there's a lot of marking your own homework, as i've already said, but they are not... it's not being done properly, it's all to protect their reputation. and it is really difficult to come and speak about this because i love rugby, everybody, women and girls across wales absolutely love, live and breathe the sport, so it's so important they get it right and getting it right means holding your hands up, apologising and doing something about it. i'd like to see an independent review body put together that can hold, that can hold governing bodies to account, notjust in rugby. this week the chancellor is expected to announce hundreds of millions of pounds of support to help britain's two bigge

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it follows a bbc wales investigation into allegations of sexism and a toxic culture inside the wru.on and had investigated the claims. wyre davies reports. the reaction to revelations of alleged bullying and sexism at the welsh rugby union has been overwhelming. the unions undefiled chief executive pushed back after a day of largely negative headlines about its approach to women's rugby and the treatment of female employees. and the treatment of female employees-— and the treatment of female em - lo ees. ~ , employees. were 'ust with the programme h employees. were 'ust with the programme a _ employees. were just with the programme a sense _ employees. were just with the programme a sense of- employees. were just with the programme a sense of being l employees. were just with the - programme a sense of being appalled. there is a very disappointment and a general sense of sorry for how those individuals felt. i think you also gotta recognise that we're probably well below standards. the gotta recognise that we're probably well below standards.— well below standards. the bbc's documen

a bbc wales investigates programme last week highlighted a toxic culture within the wru, with allegationssays they are moving quickly to address any issues we reached out to welsh governments, we spoke to sport whales, we are in discussion with sport whales, there is an meeting today with sport whales and an independent partner where we both talked about in terms of reference of the investigation that they are going to perform. that will be a conversation. we are in a position to dictate, certainly not to, and sport whales for appoint the chair of the panel, the chair of the panel will appoint the remaining panel will appoint the remaining panel members. we don't know the extent of that. we will then get into a conversation about what they want to see, the timeline and abetting us. but from our point of view we would like it to be as swift as possible. we wanted to be as effective as possible because we want to get to the position where we can begin to implement this recommendation so that we can begin to heal, trust and all the other things that have gone awry over the last two weeks and