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Oxfam sex scandal: Charity to set up independent commission 16 February 2018 Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionOxfam head: 'I know we have a problem'Oxfam says it will set up a commission to investigate past and present allegations of exploitation by staff. Oxfam International's executive director Winnie Byanyima said it would "do justice" and "atone for the past". The new commission will deve…
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Oxfam sex scandal: Charity to set up independent commission 16 February 2018 Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionOxfam head: 'I know we have a problem'Oxfam says it will set up a commission to investigate past and present allegations of exploitation by staff. Oxfam International's executive director Winnie Byanyima said it would "do justice" and "atone for the past". The new commission will deve…
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Top women doctors lose out in NHS pay stakes By Nick Triggle Health correspondent 16 February 2018 Image copyright Getty Images Senior NHS female doctors are earning less than their male counterparts, a BBC investigation shows. Of the top 100 earning consultants in England, just five are women, despite more than a third of the workforce being…
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Top women doctors lose out in NHS pay stakes By Nick Triggle Health correspondent 16 February 2018 Image copyright Getty Images Senior NHS female doctors are earning less than their male counterparts, a BBC investigation shows. Of the top 100 earning consultants in England, just five are women, despite more than a third of the workforce being…
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By Claire Wilde, Paul Lynch and Annette Belcher BBC Shared Data Unit 16 February 2018 Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionA group of people in the Yorkshire Dales decided to drive their own busesBritain's bus network has shrunk to levels last seen in the late 1980s, BBC analysis has revealed. Rising car use and cuts to public funding are being blamed for a loss of 134 million miles o…
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Oxfam scandal: Ex-director hits out at 'lies and exaggerations' 15 February 2018 Related Topics2010 Haiti earthquake Image copyright VRT Image caption Roland Van Hauwermeiren worked in Chad from 2006-09 before taking up a job in Haiti The former Oxfam director at the centre of a sex scandal that has engu…
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Ex-football coach Barry Bennell guilty of further sex abuse 15 February 2018 Related TopicsBarry Bennell trial Former football coach Barry Bennell has been found guilty at Liverpool Crown Court of three further sex offences against boys. The 64-year-old, who worked with the Crewe Alexandra and Manchester City youth teams in the 1980s, was convicted of 36 charges of indecent and serious sexual assault on Tuesday. The…
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15 February 2018 Ex-football coach Barry Bennell found guilty at Liverpool Crown Court of three further sex offences against boys This breaking news story is being updated and more details will be published shortly. Please refresh the page for the fullest version. You can receive Breaking News on a smartphone or tablet via the BBC News App. You can also follow @BBCBreaking on Twitter to get the latest alerts. View the full article
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15 February 2018 Ex-football coach Barry Bennell found guilty at Liverpool Crown Court of three further sex offences against boys This breaking news story is being updated and more details will be published shortly. Please refresh the page for the fullest version. You can receive Breaking News on a smartphone or tablet via the BBC News App. You can also follow @BBCBreaking on Twitter to get the latest alerts. View the full article
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UK blames Russia for 'malicious' NotPetya cyber-attack 15 February 2018 Image copyright Reuters Image caption Reckitt Benckister said firms which do business with Ukraine had been targeted The Russian military was directly behind a "malicious" cyber-attack on Ukraine last summer that spread across Europe,…
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UK blames Russia for 'malicious' NotPetya cyber-attack 15 February 2018 Image copyright Reuters Image caption Reckitt Benckister said firms which do business with Ukraine had been targeted The Russian military was directly behind a "malicious" cyber-attack on Ukraine last summer that spread across Europe,…
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UK blames Russia for 'malicious' NotPetya cyber-attack 15 February 2018 Image copyright Reuters Image caption Reckitt Benckister said firms which do business with Ukraine had been targeted The Russian military was directly behind a "malicious" cyber-attack on Ukraine last summer that spread across Europe,…
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Life expectancy gap between rich and poor widens 15 February 2018 Image copyright Getty Images The life expectancy gap between England's richest and poorest neighbourhoods has widened since 2001, a report says. On average, a boy born in one of the most affluent areas will outlive one born in one of the poorest by 8.4 years. That was up from 7.2 years in 2001, the Longevi…
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Life expectancy gap between rich and poor widens 15 February 2018 Image copyright Getty Images The life expectancy gap between England's richest and poorest neighbourhoods has widened since 2001, a report says. On average, a boy born in one of the most affluent areas will outlive one born in one of the poorest by 8.4 years. That was up from 7.2 years in 2001, the Longevi…
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Life expectancy gap between rich and poor widens 15 February 2018 Image copyright Getty Images The life expectancy gap between England's richest and poorest neighbourhoods has widened since 2001, a report says. On average, a boy born in one of the most affluent areas will outlive one born in one of the poorest by 8.4 years. That was up from 7.2 years in 2001, the Longevi…