and allow his country to export 1a leopard ii battle tanks to ukraine. a scandal of abuse and neglect at three children s homes in doncaster. the regulator rated the homes as good even though there had been many warnings about ill treatment and this year s oscar nominees have been announced. those up for best picture include everything everywhere all at once, avatar, and elvis. the chairman of the bbc has been ordered to give evidence to mps on the digital, culture, media and sport select committee on the 7th of february to answer questions on his alleged involvment in a loan to former prime minister, borisjohnson. richard sharp says he has no plans to step aside or resign over the row, and believes he has done nothing wrong. richard sharp is accused of helping to facilitate a loan to the then prime minister, when he was applying to be bbc chairman. his appointment is now under review by the commissioner of public appointments. our media editor katie razzall has been speaking
watchdog describes how within days of being released he was recalled to jail for failing to attend probation appointments but because he had been wrongly assessed as medium rather than high risk, he was not arrested as soon as he could have been. this meant he was free to wander around the streets of ilford following other lone women before he targeted zara. the report describes probation officers as having excessive workloads, with the service suffering from high vacancy rates, and injordan mcsweeney s case it says there was a lack of communication between prison and probation services. i am not going to blame our members doing their best, trying to hold the service together. i think the blame for this systemic failure lies at the hands of the secretary of state forjustice, i want them to meet with me and practitioners to get an idea how hard it is on the front