she joined executive of oxfam, penny lawrence, has resigned. shejoined oxfam back in march 2006 as an international programmes director. she has more than 30 years of experience in the development field. she has lived and worked in sudan, zimbabwe and ghana, as well as the uk, but would appear at this stage to be the first casualty of this crisis at oxfam. as i was saying, the meeting with the international development secretary penny mordaunt is to defend oxfam's handling of the sex scandal and to try to prevent covenant funding from being cut. as soon as we get more on that, that story is just breaking right now, we havejust that, that story is just breaking right now, we have just heard that, that story is just breaking right now, we havejust heard penny lawrence has resigned. we will bring you more on that as we get it. let's have a look at the weather. we don't have a look at the weather. we don't have a look at the weather. we don't have a million football pitches of iceberg we are getting a bit of snow, chris. allan we are and there is m

time for the headlines on bbc news. 0xfam's deputy chief executive penny lawrence resigns over the six scandal involving aid workers in haiti. the three britons killed in a helicopter crash in the grand canyon have been named. three other britons and the pilot were injured when the helicopter went down. talks in belfast to restore devolved government and without agreement, but irish political leaders say progress has been made. an update on the market numbers for you. the prime minister said she hopes an executive in northern ireland could be up and running very soon. her comments came after a day of meetings with the irish prime minister and political leaders in stormont. speaking in the past hour, she said she could see the basis of an agreement. i've had full and frank conversations with the five parties, i've also met with the taoiseach. while some differences remain, i believe it is possible to see the basis of an agreement here. there is the basis of an agreement and it should be possible to see an executive up and running in northern ireland very soon. the dup and sinn fein have

earlier today, 0xfam's deputy chief executive, penny lawrence, resigned. paul nolan has worked as a global safeguarding adviser to a number of international aid organisations, and hejoins us now on international aid organisations, and he joins us now on a webcam. international aid organisations, and hejoins us now on a webcam. thank you for talking to us, what is your assessment of where we stand tonight? i think it is a very sad situation. unfortunately, though, it is not something that is a complete surprise to me. the sector as a whole, international aid and an element agencies unfortunately have to deal with this, so hearing about the situation in 0xfam is u nfortu nately not the situation in 0xfam is unfortunately not something i am com pletely unfortunately not something i am completely shocked by. and you have worked in safeguarding standards. i think one of the striking thing for many people unfamiliar with the field is how almost nonexistent the safeguarding standards after many of these large organisations working with very vulnerable people abro

lawrence, but her resignation has far from chief executive penny lawrence, but her resignation has farfrom drawn chief executive penny lawrence, but her resignation has far from drawn a line under the matter, with the organisation now facing the most serious form of investigation the charity commission can undertake, a statutory inquiry which could lead to the suspension of trustees or the freezing of bank accounts. and there is more freezing of bank accounts. and there is more pressure freezing of bank accounts. and there is more pressure from the government. i take these things very seriously. i know people will be worried about the charity, worried about the money. as oxfam fights for its future, there are some claiming it had ample opportunity to avoid this scandal. helen evans spent three years at 0xfam's head of safeguarding, but says as she unearthed the scale of the problem, the charity failed to respond with sufficient resources. we had one in ten saying they had experienced unwanted sexual touching, sexual assault. this was staff on staff. we went to beneficiaries who received ai

the charity's deputy chief executive, penny lawrence, now resigning. she was programme director when the prostitution allegations were made and ignored. she said, "i am ashamed this happened on my watch and i take full responsibility." the actions of senior 0xfam employee roland van hauwermeiren in chad and haiti never properly dealt with. at that time, the use of prostitutes was not explicitly contrary to 0xfam's code of conduct. bringing 0xfam into disrepute, in any way abusing people who may have been beneficiaries of course was. so there was an exploration of how should the organisation should respond? but we didn't act on it and, more significantly, we allowed him — because there weren't formal complaints — we allowed him to move onto another post, and that was our failing. so will then need to be more resignations? i still feel we have not done enough. if it is felt by those who employ me that i am not doing that forcefully enough, or well enough, they will have my resignation straightaway. 0xfam's bosses were called in to meet ministers this

penny lawrence stepped down following allegations the charity failed to reveal the full details of what happened seven years ago. one former oxfam aid worker in haiti says claims of sexual misconduct were well known. there was a lot of rumours on the ground, about management and leaders exploiting the locals, sexually and in ways. sexually and in other ways. charity‘s bosses have been meeting the international development secretary today, amid fears the government funding may be cut because of the scandal. also on the programme: three britons killed in a helicopter crash in the grand canyon have been named. they were stuart hill, becky dobson, and jason hill. three other britons and the pilot were also injured. it's not known what caused the crash. theresa may is in northern ireland, amid hopes of a new power sharing agreement at stormont. we report from tunisia, where uk tourist flights will resume, after the terror attack in 2015 that killed 30 britons. and there's more weather trouble at the winter olympics. this time it's high winds causing the chaos. and coming up in sportsday, s

ina in a statement, penny lawrence said... oxfa m oxfam denies trying to cover up the extent of their staffs impropriety, but as details have emerged, so have demands for answers, not least from the government. it is to the department here that oxfam's leaders we re department here that oxfam's leaders were summoned to make the case to the secretary of state, following her threat to cut millions of pounds of funding if she didn't like their a nswe i’s. of funding if she didn't like their answers. emerging afterwards, oxfam's senior leaders didn't stop to talk, but they're not the only ones under pressure to give answers as the regulator, the charity commission, is being asked what it knew, when, and why it didn't do more. they did say that they were investigating some allegations of sexual misconduct. why wasn't that looking to further? because what was not clear was the extent and seriousness of those, which as i have said, they assured us, in fact they categorically said there was no allegations of abuse of beneficiaries.

the charity's deputy chief executive, penny lawrence, now resigning. she was programme director when the prostitution allegations were made and ignored. she said, "i am ashamed this happened on my watch and i take full responsibility." the actions of senior 0xfam employee roland van hauwermeiren in chad and haiti never properly dealt with. at that time, the use of prostitutes was not explicitly contrary to 0xfam's code of conduct. bringing 0xfam into disrepute, in any way abusing people who may have been beneficiaries, of course, was. so there was an exploration of how should the organisation respond? but we didn't act on it and, more significantly, we allowed him — because there weren't formal complaints — we allowed him to move onto another post, and that was our failing. so will there need to be more resignations? i still feel we have not done enough. if it is felt by those who employ me that i am not doing that forcefully enough, or well enough, they will have my resignation straightaway. 0xfam's bosses were called in to meet ministers this mor

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lawrence said she was taking responsibility for the organizations failure to react to internally raised concerns the allegations say seven oxfam employees used prostitutes including some who were under age while working in haiti after the twenty ten earthquake concerns about some of the staff involved were raised even before they started working in haiti oxfam has denied covering up the allegations. let's get more from d.w. correspondent mass in london welcome so untangle this for us then the deputy chief executive is going because of alleged misbehavior or allegations of a cur coverup. well i mean the fact that these allegations are standing are really quite severe you have to imagine that after the devastating earthquake and haiti for people as it is alleged for aid workers to go in and in a village that was rented for them by oxfam employ prostitutes and the allegations are under age prostitutes you know that is something that's quite severe and as it's being discussed it was known that some of these workers were already investigated internally there were already allegations that the

penny lawrence was international programmes director at the time and said she was ashamed of what had been exposed. what about 0xfam's foot soldiers, though? and its customers? here are some voices from reading. it sounds like bad behaviour of a few people, but charities generally do a lot of good work, i think. yeah, it wouldn't put me off. i'm long—term unemployed due to ill—health, and i'm grateful for being able to volunteer for charities as well. i mean, i like the idea that i'm contributing towards something which hopefully does a lot of good. do know what i mean, they're making out they're whiter than white, doing nicejobs, getting a nice wage packet, and they're just taking the mickey out of everyone that puts all the money in the bucket, aren't they? so really they should go to court, shouldn't they? using the 0xfam shop, or donating, as i'vejust done, it wouldn't make me feel any different to do that, but if i was going to give substantial amounts of money i would probably think more carefully about what i'm putting my money into, and asking a few more questions about wh

lawrence said that she was taking responsibility for the organization's failure to react to internally various concerns those allegations center on seven oxfam in four years said to have used prostitutes including some who were under age while working in haiti after the twenty ten earthquake concerns about some of those staff members were raised even before they started working in haiti oxfam has denied covering up the allegations. well ukraine has thrown mikhail saakashvili out of the country the former president of georgia moved to ukraine became a ukrainian citizen and then became an anti-corruption campaign when he fell out with the country's president petro poroshenko identified men in army uniforms grabbed him for me from a restaurant earlier on monday he was then taken to an airport and put on a plane to poland the country in which he illegally entered from which he legally entered ukraine last year he is now landed in poland where he has been granted entry because his wife happens to be in the e.u. system there. for more let's bring in t.w. correspondent ikhlas connelly who joi

in this duty oxfam failed, under the watch of barbara stocking and penny lawrence. they did not provide full information to the charity commission and their donors. they did not provide any report the prosecuting authorities. in my view they misled quite possibly distler brett lee. even as the investigation could not rule out the allegation that some of the women involved were actually children. —— quite possibly deliberately misled. they did not report this to the police in haiti. i believe their motivation appears to be the protection of their organisation's reputation, they put that before and those they were there to help and protect in a com plete there to help and protect in a complete betrayal of trust. betrayal also of the british people and all those oxfam staff and volunteers who do hit -- those oxfam staff and volunteers who do hit —— put the people serve first. i very strongly worded statement at the commons by penny mordaunt, the international development secretary, pointing the finger firmly development secretary, pointing the fingerfirmly at d

this crisis has already claimed one senior figure, 0xfam's now former chief executive penny lawrence, but her resignation has far from drawn a line under the matter, with the organisation now facing the most serious form of investigation the charity commission can undertake, a statutory inquiry which could lead to the suspension of trustees or the freezing of bank accounts. and there is more pressure from the government. i take these things very seriously. i know people will be worried about the charity, worried about the money. as 0xfam fights for its future, there are some claiming it had ample opportunity to avoid this scandal. helen evans spent three years at 0xfam's head of safeguarding, but says as she unearthed the scale of the problem, the charity failed to respond with sufficient resources. we had one in ten saying they had experienced unwanted sexual touching, sexual assault. this was staff on staff. we hadn't even gone out to beneficiaries who received aid from us. i was extremely concerned by those survey results. 0xfam says it has new safeguarding measures in place, bette

in this duty, 0xfam failed under the watch of barbara stocking and penny lawrence. they did not provide a full report to the charity commission. they did not provide a full report to their donors. they did not provide any report to press getting authorities. in my view, mr speaker, they misled quite possibly deliberately. a labour shadow was equally appalled, but she said the good uk good to do... even at this darkest moment far exceeds evil. the secretary of state says she believes in aid but i have not heard her call out those simple opportunities, including her own predecessor and many in her own party who have jumped on this scandal and attacked aid. if she won't, then i will. because it is wrong. it does an injustice to our country and it will distract us from what's really happened needs to happen to happen, which are reforms. the minister said that she did not recall hearing anyone doing that. 0ne conservative had a blunt question. should the uk government ever be working with an organisation that thinks they are above the law in one of the poorest countries

penny lawrence was programme director when the prosecution allegations were made and ignored. she said, "i am ashamed that this happened on my watch and i take full responsibility." the actions of senior 0xfam employee in haiti were never properly dealt with. at that time, when he used the prostitutes, it was not explicitly contrary to 0xfam's code of conduct. bringing fun into disrepute in any way and abusing people who may have been beneficiaries of course was. so there was an exploration of how should the organisation respond, but we didn't act on it, and more significantly we then allowed him because there were not formal complaint, we allowed him to move onto another post, and that was our failing. 0xfam's bosses were called in to meet ministers this morning, with questions about the £32 million the charity receives from the government. ministers here at the department international development no british charities do good work overseas, but with 0xfam only telling half the story about what happened with its staff in haiti, it has now put pressure on the entire charity s

in this duty, oxfam failed, under the watch of barbara stocking and penny lawrence. they did not provide a full report to the charity commission, they did not provide a full report to their donors. they did not provide any report to prosecuting authorities. in my view, mr speaker, they misled — quite possibly deliberately. the international development secretary. the exchanges between theresa may and jeremy corbyn at prime minister's questions are usually a brexit—free zone, but the cabinet were convening at their residence, the next day, to pin down the uk future relationship with the eu. and so the opposition leader made an exception. he began with david davis' comforting reassurance that post—brexit britain would not descend into a war—ravageged society that had collapsed. yesterday, the brexit secretary assured the country that brexit will not plunge britain into a mad max—style world borrowed from the dystopian fiction. doesn't the prime minister feel he could set the barjust a little bit higher? prime minister! i'll tell you... as the right honourable

penny lawrence said she took full responsibility. and a happy ending for a terrier named charlie, who was pulled to safety after a 72—hour rescue operation in the scottish highlands. charlie was treated to a steak pie after his ordeal and is doing well, according to his owner. today marks ten years since the national apology to australia's indigenous communities for the grief and loss they suffered over many generations, including the removal of aboriginal children from their families. a new report shows the social gap between aboriginal australians and others is still wide, with progress in four out of seven key areas not on target. hywel griffith is outside parliament. how is it being commemorated? we are seeing events across australia today, ten years to the day since an apology was delivered in parliament there. ten years ago there were thousands of people on this morn to witness the moment. but a decade on many people are asking how much progress has been made. as you said ina progress has been made. as you said in a report, s

lawrence said she was taking full responsibility. the british charity is accused of concealing the findings of an inquiry into claims that staff used prostitutes there. will grant has more from port au prince. the girl, a street corner, parked car, in the poorest country in the americas, buying sex is easy. it is a common scene on any americas, buying sex is easy. it is a common scene on any given americas, buying sex is easy. it is a common scene on any given night in haiti, girls, somejust teenagers risking their lives for a few dollar bills. ordinarily, internationalaid agencies help tackle the problem, oxfam, however, is now embroiled in it. we have spent the past few days talking to former oxfam employees in haiti, most are too scared to share their faces haiti, most are too scared to share theirfaces on haiti, most are too scared to share their faces on camera, haiti, most are too scared to share theirfaces on camera, fearful of retribution for speaking out. but they will confirm the story about oxfa m they will confirm the sto

chief executive has resigned over the way a sex scandal involving aid workers in haiti was handled — penny lawrence said she was taking full responsibility.the british charity is accused of concealing the findings of an inquiry into claims that staff used prostitutes there. will grant has more from port au prince. a girl, a street corner a parked car. in the poorest country in the americas, buying sex is easy. it is commonly seen on any night in haiti, girls, some of them teenagers, risking their lives for dollar bills. aid agencies are supposed to be helping the problem. oxfam, however, is now embroiled in it. we spoke to former employees in haiti. most are too scared to show their faces on camera, fearful of retribution for speaking out. but they all confirmed the stories of oxfa m they all confirmed the stories of oxfam in 2011, in particular its disgraced country director. translation: some expats come to haiti to work. others come to party and look for deals every night. the drivers had no choice. it was their job and they had to do it. translation: another form of security guard clai

trying to hide findings of an investigation into the use of prostitutes aid workers in haiti and chad penny lawrence who was international directed during the twenty seven haiti case resigned saying she was ashamed u.k. threatening to cut aid to oxfam over the scandal to police officers in the u.s. city of baltimore have been found guilty in what's been described as the biggest police corruption scandal there in a generation daniel holes and marcus taylor are facing life in prison for selling drugs and guns robbing homes and arresting innocent people for other offices from that unit had already pled guilty to the charges. you know pressure week is in full swing but there's less glitz on the runways this year because several top designers have chosen to skip it the reason the changing industry in a focus on other shows in europe. that is on the reports from new. everybody's running a frantic buzz of activity before the big show oh. me too crowded in there to carry this collection is all about ultra chic and comfortable travel garments from the colombian born designer edwina d'angelo new york

lawrence resigned saying the organization failed to adequately act on the allegations concerning both the child and haiti oxfam has announced a series of measures in response to the scandal it says it's improving its recruitment and vetting process and setting up a new independent helpline for people to report abuse but some industry insiders say there's a wider culture of denial warning for years predatory paedophiles have been allowed to target the aids sector and you macleod a former senior adviser to the united nations agrees. he's calling for prosecutions we've got to fix this i'd work is and the id industry needs to be full of humility now they were a very very many good i had workers out there and certainly not every aid workers are paid a far far from it but the systematic problem is the culture of the industry the chain elisa and just think of oxfam not even reporting it to the local police what was going through their head charities like they're going to be under intense scrutiny from politicians here in britain how they respond could determine not just how much government m

this crisis has already claimed one senior figure, 0xfam's now former chief executive penny lawrence, but her resignation has far from drawn a line under the matter, with the organisation now facing the most serious form of investigation the charity commission can undertake, a statutory inquiry which could lead to the suspension of trustees or the freezing of bank accounts. and there is more pressure from the government. i take these things very seriously. i know people will be worried about the charity, worried about the money. as 0xfam fights for its future, there are some claiming it had ample opportunity to avoid this scandal. helen evans spent three years at 0xfam's head of safeguarding, but says as she unearthed the scale of the problem, the charity failed to respond with sufficient resources. we had one in ten saying they had experienced unwanted sexual touching, sexual assault. this was staff on staff. we went to beneficiaries who received aid from us. “ we —— we hadn't even gone out to beneficiaries who received aid from us. i was extremely concerned by those survey res

lawrence, the deputy of oxfam who has now resigned, he says she did not deserve to quit over this and all the types of behaviour discussed all the types of behaviour discussed a —— are reprehensible. we have a further development from 0xfam. the admitted that one of the other seven men sacked in haiti just a few months later was rehired by 0xfa m a few months later was rehired by 0xfam in ethiopia. now, they have said that this was indeed a serious error and they are now investigating whether this person had any other issues, as they put it, during a time in ethiopia. meanwhile, we are of course still waiting for the scope of the investigation by the charity commission into all of this. those details of what they will look at ourjiminez. thank you for the update follows. -- of what they will look at is due imminently. in the last few minutes, sinn fein have been speaking about the failure to reach an agreement with the dup over restoring power sharing in nothern ireland. talks ended yesterday when the dup declared there was "no current prospect" of a deal. the president of sinn fe

today, penny lawrence stepped down saying... this former oxfam employee in haiti says she raised concerns at the time. there was a lot of rumours on the ground about management and leaders exploring the locals, sexually and in other ways to getjobs, to get good standing. these were ongoing rumours that would come to me through the drivers and other employees. so on many occasions, i would share those rumours with my boss. oxfam launched its own investigation into the claims 2011. it led to four people being sacked and three others resigning, including mr van hauwermeiren. today, the charity‘s chief executive admitted changes in the organisation hadn‘t gone far enough. straight after haiti, oxfam took forceful step. we committed to, a whistle—blowing liner that brings the person not into the country level, it straight through to our headquarters, we have increased the training of our staff significantly and we have taken a range of steps to improve the selection and management of our staff. they have not been sufficient and

lawrence who was international director during the two thousand and eleven haiti case resigned saying that she was ashamed to go to the u.k. government is threatening to cut aid to oxfam over the scandal. colombia's last rebel group has destroyed power lines and a part of a bridge with explosives the l.n. says that it's imposing a three day blockade after the government refused to resume peace talks colombia's president juan manuel santos suspended the negotiations earlier this month after a series of bombings that killed seven police officers. crime and violence in the brazilian city of rio de janeiro have risen to their worst levels in more than a decade public safety had improved ahead of the world cup at the olympics but it's now become so bad that people are using unprecedented methods to stay safe in america editor lucy in human reports. of a gun battle in a busy rio de janeiro's thoroughfare terrified motorists and pedestrians look for cover desperate not to become the next victims of stray bullets. violence is again out of control in the city where a person is shot every two h

lawrence resigned saying the organization failed to adequately act of the allegations concerning both the child and haiti oxfam has announced a series. measures in response to the scandal it says it's improving its recruitment and vetting process and setting up a new independent helpline for people to report abuse but some industry insiders say there's a wider culture of denial warning for years predatory peeta phones have been allowed to target the age sector and you macleod a former senior adviser to the united nations agrees he's calling for prosecutions we've got to fix this i'd work because and the id industry needs to be full of humility now they are a very very many good aid workers out there and certainly not every aid worker is a pedophile far from it but the systematic problem is the culture of the industry the paternalism and just think of oxfam not even reporting it to the local police what was going through their head charities like oxfam are going to be under intense scrutiny from politicians here in britain how they respond could determine not just how much government m

penny lawrence has resigned. that's a woman of great integrity who has spent the whole of her professional life supporting the most vulnerable people in this world. she worked for vso for a long time before she worked for oxfam. it's a personal charity for her. she's admitted that problems arose on her watch and has taken responsibility and resigned. kate kirkland, thanks for your time this morning. kate kirkland is a lecturer in charity management at st mary's university. thank you. thank you. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. good morning from bbc london news, i'm sara orchard. thefts and robberies on mopeds in london's main shopping hotspots have increased six—fold over the last two years. met police data shows oxford street is the worst hit. a criminology expert said it is the crime of the moment as it is ridiculously easy to do. regent street has also seen a big increase in cases. a south london library, which was occupied by protesters for nine days in 2016, reopens today. the bu

lawrence. they did not provide a full report to their donors. they did not provide any report the prosecuting authorities. in my view mr speaker, they misled, quite possibly deliberately. the international development secretary. pmq are usually a brexit free zone. to pin down the uk future relationship with the eu. and so, the opposition leader made an exception. society had collapsed. from dystopian fiction. just a little bit higher? prime minister! our money, and our laws. were briefing that the working time directive would be scrapped. for a bonfire regulation, quite the opposite. are the party opposite. i have been clear since i became prime minister. rights but enhance workers‘ rights. who was it? which government was it that took action on zero—hours contracts? not labour. which government it it? a conservative government, not labour. government, not labour. want to destroy workers‘ rights in this country. was extremely noisy. and here is the point i think of peak rowdiness.