this is bbc news — and these are the top stories developing at 11.00. labour suffers a humiliating defeat to the conservatives in the copeland by—election in cumbria. very disappointed, because it's an area that needs investment, and needs a labour mp to carry that forward. meanwhile the party sees off the threat from ukip, and wins the stoke by—election kim jong—nam, the half—brother of north korea's leader, was killed by the highly toxic vx nerve agent, according to malaysian authorities. royal bank of scotland has reported a loss of seven billion pounds for 2016, far worse than the previous year's figure. also — leicester fans react to the sacking of claudio ranieri gary linekerjoins those criticising the decision — calling the dismissal "‘unforgiveable". the lack of gratitude from the owners of the club and who knows who else

is involved in such a decision. it beggers belief, really. good morning. it's february 24th. welcome to bbc newsroom live. the conservatives have labelled their victory in the copeland by—election a "truly historic event". they took the seat from labour by more than two thousand votes — the first time a governing party has won a seat from another party in a by—election for 35 years. the area has had a labour mp since the 1930s. for labour, the shadow chancellor john mcconnell called the result "disappointing". the party did hold on to the seat of stoke—on—trent central, in the other parliamentary

by—election result declared overnight. labour finished two—and—a—half thousand votes ahead of ukip leader paul nuttall. in the last hour — the labour leader, jeremy corbyn has been giving his reaction to the by—elections results. after his speech, he is taking questions now. is defeated in copeland a disaster for the labour party? it's a disappointment. i'm very sad about it. we campaign to win it back, to deliverfor the people of copeland the health service they need and deserve. theresa may has given no guarantees about west cumberland hospital. we can and will. that is our mission as a party. we are the party that founded the nhs, we believe in health care free at the point of use

asa human health care free at the point of use as a human rights. i'm now moving on to people who aren't the press, frankly. now... first of all, laura, cani frankly. now... first of all, laura, can i ask you to ask a question. there she is. inaudible hi, everyone. i'm here as a representative of a group of young european socialists. i have a question which is on the side of the regs of debate but i think is linked. what is the next step for the left in the uk in general not only regarding brexit but regarding what brexit tells is about the state of the left and progressive ideas which is what you started saying about by—elections yesterday. how do you as a party leaders see the role

of labour as you as a party leaders see the role of labouras in you as a party leaders see the role of labour as in part of being part of labour as in part of being part of the social movement, part of the people who are protesting in the streets against trump coming to visit the uk, part of the people who are fighting for better working conditions and zero our contracts, fighting for actual contracts with actual rights. how do you see the next steps regarding these because i feel that everywhere in europe if we wa nt feel that everywhere in europe if we want to stop this exit route, the solution is not only to react to the fa ct solution is not only to react to the fact that the country chose that but also to give the region for the future and that can also apply to other european countries to stop this downward circle and make europe a press of place again. because of the shortage of time, i'm going to ta ke the shortage of time, i'm going to take three altogether. can i have some more indications? thank u, nyomi fee

iam the i am the convener for rolls—royce in derby. we have 10,000 employees. for others, hard brexit will be a disaster for rolls—royce and european industry as a whole, which has managed to compete worldwide. the concerns i have specifically our to do with the customs union. we have work that goes over to europe and back. we have 10,000 parts in an engine. customs union is going to be critical for the whole sector. everyone in europe is integrated. my question is twofold, how can we do more to get european colleagues on board with this. at the moment, they appear to want to punish others which will do damage to them as well as ours. our competitors, the

americans, will benefit from this. what more are you going to do to get your message across? what we've done today hasn't been successful as proved in copeland and other places. what more can you be doing on that one? so we've had international, trade union, and now i want somebody from business. who is... go ahead. my name is david marsh. i am part of an organisation that represents asset managers who want to put money into britain from all over the world. banks and sovereign funds and things like that. the by—election reminds me of the apocryphal telegram between generals in the first world war that said it was catastrophic but not serious. longer term, this issue about the possible exit bill which could be very

divisive and could mean that we could crash out of europe without an agreement, as you say, that would really be very bad for everybody in this country. they will put that bill forward because that is the gap partly between the spending commitment and the money paid. ivan rodgers spoke about it very well this week. you going to support the idea that britain will remain very tough in that negotiation with as against the 27 who have banded together or are you going to be more pragmatic and help us to get a deal that could possibly make life more tough for you and your constituents and will mean that we will run out of budgetary funds more quickly. it's a big dilemma. i wonder how you might try to stop it. i just want to sneak in my own question. we've had a lot of discussions since the referendum with our colleagues across europe and i think it would

be helpful in terms of shaping the rest of the day, as well, to say what are your main priorities for the next 18 months in terms of our discussions with the sister parties? thanks very much for the questions. laura, your question is very profound. joining the referendum, there was a discussion going on with people all over the country. those in communities where there is insecure work, where there is the industrialisation, where people are on zero hours or short—term contracts and in britain that the idea that people are all well off is simply nonsense. there are 6 million working on less than the living wage. the level in households with disabilities means half of those are poor across the country. many of those people didn't feel that the

european union was offering very much to them. just the same as people living or trying to survive in rust belt cities in the united states had an anger with the political establishment that hadn't delivered, just the same as people in the industrialised towns and cities in france or all over europe feel that very same anger. you can turn that anger into blaming minorities, blaming somebody else, or you can turn it into a challenge, a challenge about how you develop an investments led economy, how you bring equality in our society and challenge the grotesque levels of tax avoidance is that happen among corporations and the risk is —— richest people. the youth movement that has grown up and across the united states and across the world isa

united states and across the world is a message of hope and not the message of despair that is offered by so many others. and so we have to develop an economic strategy that is about investment, about equality and about investment, about equality and about giving real opportunities to people in our society, not the postcode lottery of where you happened to be born, if you get to university or not. that applies in other parts of europe as well. there isa other parts of europe as well. there is a message for every socialist organisation across europe in that. the point that was raised by our friend from rolls—royce in derby, absolutely right. every manufacturing operation in this country relies on a supply chain that goes all across europe, just the same as many manufacturing operations across europe do rely in pa rt operations across europe do rely in part on supply chains that come from or include britain. rolls—royce is very much an international company and an international organisation

that needs that ease of access to bring parts in and send them out. airbus and bmw, the same. all big manufacturing in britain relies on that access to european parts and vice versa. therefore, we cannot wait for two years to get some degree of solidarity on this. otherwise, major investment decisions will be delayed or made elsewhere and we will end up with a systematic deindustrialisation of this country's economy. we have to ensure that doesn't happen. the government will introduce its great repeal bill sometime in the summer. we will be challenging that to ensure that we maintain the social protections that we talk about, the environmental and that are so important and the regulations that are so important so that there is a similarity of regulation on consumer

rights and goods across the continent. we have to develop that and it is exactly what we will be doing. our priorities are what i have set out. coming back to parliament in debate in the house of lords on a meaningful vote at the end of it so that the uk parliament, as well as the 27 member state parliaments and the european parliament has a say on whatever final agreement is reached, that there is a reporting mechanism so that the british parliament can arise what the government is doing, challenge them and vote it down, if necessary. thirdly, very urgent, some stability and support to the eu nationals that are living, working, contributing to this country, maintaining our health service and other services. they don't deserve to be dangled on the end of the string any longer. we demand immediate action on this to guarantee their rights of residence in britain. we will be putting those

views forward and working with the european parliament to ensure that goes forward. as rosie explained, we are going to be continuously campaigning to be members of the council of europe and working with states across europe, whether eu members are not on human rights and justice. there is no way forward to put barbed wire between each country. the only way forward is people working together, dealing with problem and issues and promoting peace and stability around europe so that the catastrophe of people dying in the seas around europe trying to get to safety becomes something of the past and not the present and future. that is a huge undertaking but we're socialists, humanitarians, humanists. we want to make sure that is the strategy of policies that will follow. but why we have called this conference and it is the agenda

we are going to carry out. we are campaigning for social justice in this countryjust as much as we want to see socialjustice across the world. that is the labour way and message and it is the message we are going to carry out strongly as we can so that we take on the challenges that every community in this country is facing just as much as colleagues all across europe carry that same message. thank you very much for here today. i'm sorry we can't take any more questions... jeremy corbyn concluding with questions after his speech on brexit in london. he was asked in relation to the by—election in copeland, labour's lost to the conservatives. do you think the problem could be you? the do you think the problem could be you ? the answer was, do you think the problem could be you? the answer was, no. let's look at the detailfrom you? the answer was, no. let's look at the detail from the by—election results from the evening with our political correspondent tom bateman.

harrison, trudy lynne, the conservative party candidate, 13,748. voters here had chosen a labour mp for the last 80 years. but all that changed in a dramatic night as the conservatives took copeland by 2,000 votes. what has happened here tonight is a truly historic event. you'd have to go back more than a century to find an example of a governing party taking a seat from the opposition party in an election like this. sack corbyn, sack corbyn! labour had said the vote was on a knife edge. in the aftermath of defeat, their departing candidate chose not to face questions. but this is a moment in history. the first time a conservative has represented the area since the 1930s. and, for them tonight, jubilation. but serious questions for labour underjeremy corbyn. theresa may made the rare move of visiting a by—election seat vacated by an opposition mp.

it was a hard—fought campaign over nuclearjobs and hospital services. the result leaves labour assessing its electoral prospects. but there was better news for labour in the by—election in stoke—on—trent, another traditional seat for the party. they held on with a reduced majority. this by—election was a test for ukip in a working—class area that voted heavily for brexit. itjust managed second place, but did increase its vote share. ukip's time will come. this will happen. hang on. this seat was, what, number 72 on our hit list. a lot more will happen. there is a lot more to come from us. we are not going anywhere. i am not going anywhere. so, therefore, you know, we move on and our time will come. there will be jubilation for theresa may at the result in copeland. jeremy corbyn promised he would reconnect with voters. he may have to try in spite

of futher opposition from his own mps. let's get more on those two by—election results. 0ur political correspondent iain watson is in whitehaven, in the copeland constituency, and our assistant political editor norman smith is in stoke on trent. john mcdonnell is a blaming the defeat in copeland on divisions in the parliamentary labour party but clearly a lot of people won't agree with that analysis. i think, to be fairto with that analysis. i think, to be fair to the labour party, they have seen their vote in the copeland constituency here diminishing in recent yea rs. constituency here diminishing in recent years. they are saying it is effectively a marginal rather than a safe seat. they say the conservatives sent out a lot of misinformation onjeremy corbyn‘s

position on the nuclear industry. the argument that there is special circumstances against this backdrop of division but talking to campaign is here, they weren't saying that the parliamentary party wasn't supported enough ofjeremy corbyn. i've been told by left—wing labour mps, people close tojeremy corbyn, theissue mps, people close tojeremy corbyn, the issue of his leadership was coming up unprompted on the doorstep. i spoke to the person who co—ordinated labour's campaign here. he is thejoint co—ordinated labour's campaign here. he is the joint national coordinator of campaigns for labour. his responsibility as to whether labour is going to be compared to did at the next general election and i asked him what lessons labour could learn from the defeat here in copeland. we've got to get out there and talk to people and listen to people to reconnect with people and

reconnect with the communities that we seek to represent. if people are saying, i'm a labour voter but i'm not voting for the party welljeremy corbyn is the leader, if you are listening, what do you say to those voters ? listening, what do you say to those voters? the labour party is in a period where we've come out of two leadership elections. we have got to start looking at what the issues are that matter to people, whether it is the economy, the national health service, whether its global issues, how we deal with brexit. there are huge issues out there. we have to build a policy platform that people feel confident in voting for.|j think what's interesting there from andrew quinn is saying that we don't wa nt andrew quinn is saying that we don't want a period of introspection, another leadership election largely because that challenge failed last time and they may be stuck with

someone who isn't able to retain seats like copeland and it is very difficult to persuade him to stand down either. there is a wider problem of trust. he was saying that he agreed with having new nuclear capacity in this constituency, a very important issue. people haven't been believing him. one crumb of comfort is that they saw ukip off in stoke. we can hear about more from that result with norman smith. at least their candidate won but very limited comfort because this should have been a stroll in the park for labour. it has been labour since the year. and when you look at where we are in the political cycle, seven years into a conservative government after years of austerity and in the

middle of very difficult circumstances in the health service and social care, labour should have been strolling to an easy result here. far from it. been strolling to an easy result here. farfrom it. it was very difficult for them. their share of the vote dipped, all of which said, difficult for labour, nylon disastrous for ukip. this was a critical breakthrough by—election for them. they needed to win here. that is pretty much what former leader nigel farage said. it's a big brexit seat. paul nuttall, their new leader, hoped he could capitalise on what he saw as the disintegration of the labour vote. they made almost no progress at all. mr not all himself had a bruising campaign. i putted to their deputy leader peter whittle that he had been sent home with his tail between his legs. not as far as the party is

concerned. i can't remember a time when ukip has been so united through this campaign. a number of people came together to campaign here. paul has been leaderfor 12 came together to campaign here. paul has been leader for 12 weeks so, therefore, he stood in this by—election quite quickly because he has been leaderfor a by—election quite quickly because he has been leader for a short time. by—election quite quickly because he has been leaderfor a short time. he is here for the long haul, the party is here for the long haul, the party is totally behind him. when he came back from the count, he was met with a massive cheer. we had our spring conference and huge support for paul. that is not going anywhere. and neither is paul. despite such defiance, ukip is facing tough questions about the future and paul nuttall is as well. we have had the referendum, people voted for brexit and,| referendum, people voted for brexit and, i suspect, referendum, people voted for brexit and, isuspect, many referendum, people voted for brexit and, i suspect, many voters are thinking, what now is the point of

ukip? tough questions for mr nuttall in the wake of stoke. norman, thank you very much. and ian watson in the copeland constituency. so what can we read into these results? john curtice is professor of politics at strathclyde university, and he's at westminster for us. thank you forjoining us today. first of all, that comment by labour election strategist saying labour doesn't want introspection after these two by—elections. is that what is going to happen? certainly, what we've seen in the last couple of weeks is that the labour party is struggling to remain together on the question of brexit. a serious lit inside the parliamentary party on the three line whip. some of you might want to ask whetherjeremy corbyn handled that effectively, if indeed his wish is to maximise unity

within the party? given that mr corbyn‘s personal ratings in the opinion polls are frankly as bad as those of any labour leader since michael foot, it's almost inevitable that the question of the leadership is going to continue to be discussed. there isn't much prospect ofa discussed. there isn't much prospect of a challenge but it doesn't mean to say there is and going to be discussion. the problem that labour faces is not that it is that the membership are faithful to mr corbyn but it it's not clear that there is anybody else who has demonstrated the ability to do the job more effectively, not least in reaching out to the electorate in persuading that labour has a programme for alternative government. until a credible alternative emerges, even if mr corbyn were to go, it's not entirely clear that the problem would be solved. labour, of course,

won in stoke—on—trent central but actually not gaining as many headlines there because the story is really about ukip and the fact that it didn't win. what do you make of that. if ukip didn't win there, in a strongly brexit supporting constituency, what hopes for its future? stoke has revealed that ukip have misunderstood the opportunities that exist for them in some labour seats in the north of england and midlands. we have to remember that evenin midlands. we have to remember that even in the north of england and midlands, around 60% of labour voters boated for remain and virtually nobody who voted for remain is willing to vote for ukip. the ability of ukip to win a seat with a low labour vote simply on the basis that they are the party of the

working class, contours, it is not sufficient strategy. ukip also needed to do in stoke and failed to do at all, is squeezed the conservative vote, predominantly leave, in failing to do so, that was paul nuttall‘s undoing. ukip need to realise that if they are going to be successful in the north of england and midlands it is no good just chasing labour vote, there aren't enough available. they have to chase conservative ones as well. it may not just the question conservative ones as well. it may notjust the question of winning labour votes but of votes as well. historic win for the conservatives. they seem to be picking up those voters, appealing to those voters who backed brexit, as well as remain voters as well. it seems they are in a really strong position. the conservative party so far is clearly

hanging on to the people who voted to leave, the majority lastjune and it seems to be hanging onto its section of the electorate who wanted to remain. maybe because some of those members are less committed to remain. the interesting thing is that the conservatives called the referendum and ended up being defeated but they have managed to unite and keep their electoral coalition together in the wake of that referendum whereas it is the opposition that has ended up arguing within itself and seemingly losing voters along the way. thank you very much for your analysis today. let's ta ke let's take a look at one of today's

developing stories. iraqi forces says they have now moved into western mosulfor the first time, a day after capturing the city's airport from so—called islamic state. yesterday's operation took four hours. is continued to fire mortars at the airport from further inside the city after losing the ground to the army. the east and much of the south—west of mosul is now in government hands. donald trump says he wants to expand america's nuclear arsenal. in his first comments on the issue since taking office, mr trump said it would be "wonderful" if no nation had nuclear arms, but otherwise the us must be "top of the pack". royal bank of scotland has revealed a huge increase in losses. its the ninth consecutive year that the bank

has made a loss and is one of the worst annual results since the government bailed out the banking group in 2008. chief executive ross brick ewan said the figures were disappointing but shouldn't come as a surprise considering the problems the management had inherited. malaysian police say a highly toxic nerve agent has been found on the face of kim jong nam — the murdered half brother of north korea's leader kimjong un. the nerve agent, vx, is classified as a weapon of mass destruction by the united nations. 0ne drop on the skin can kill within several minutes. kimjong nam died after apparently being attacked at malaysia's kuala lumpar airport last week. cctv footage showed two women briefly holding something over his face. four people are currently being held by police investigating the killing, including one north korean man. police investigating the escape of a convicted murdererfrom custody have arrested two people on

suspicion of assisting an offender. merseyside police detained a 27—year—old man and a 26—year—old woman in liverpool in connection with shaun walmsley‘s escape. walmsley went on the run when two armed men confronted prison officers guarding him at a hospital on tuesday afternoon. home to one of the other big stories of the day. gary lineker has called the leicester city decision to sack manager claudio ranieri inexplicable, unforgivable and that wrenchingly sad. he was sacked last night nine months after leading the clu b to night nine months after leading the club to an unlikely league title, the first in its history. leicester are still in the champions league with a good chance of reaching the quarterfinals. we can speak to rob tanner, a football writer for the leicester mercury. thank you for

joining us. the emotion and drama of this, it's something to go from the premier league title mine —— nine months ago, to this. exactly, the emotion, there is a very sad demeanour around leicester today. cloudier and rarely, the jovial et al union made dreams come true in the city has been —— claudio ranieri. and lots of fans have been upset by the decision. they think he was owed more time. but the owners but sentiment aside and decided premier league future is the priority. so, hand on heart, the you think that was the right decision? 0nly think that was the right decision? only time will tell. 13 games to go, plenty of time to turn it around. they were in a worse position two seasons ago with nigel pearson in charge, but on the table with nine games ago and they pulled it off because they kept faith with him. two weeks after releasing a statement when they said they were

unwavering behind claudio ranieri, they have decided changes required to keep the club in the top division. so time will tell. i noticed on twitter you had written that claudio ranieri had shown great loyalty to the players who won the title, hence few changes in the summer. was that a mistake on his part? i think, summer. was that a mistake on his part? ithink, ultimately, yes. and thatis part? ithink, ultimately, yes. and that is what has cost him his job. you strengthen when you're at your strongest. perhaps they needed more fresh strongest. perhaps they needed more fres h fa ces strongest. perhaps they needed more fresh faces coming in. i don't buy into this about robots and rebellion behind the scenes, but there was certainly some players are unsettled by some of the changes, the tactical changes this season. the perhaps needed to bring in a few more bodies. -- he perhaps needed. thank you forjoining us, rob. time now for the weather forecast. it looks like being a calmer day than yesterday, and chris has the details

at the balcony. yes, we have a ridge of high pressure, the weather is going to stay fine with some sunshine for most. some cloud moving into northern ireland, bringing rain as we go into this afternoon. some wet weather coming into south—western scotland. to the south of that, the vast majority of us having fine, sunny weather. temperatures between 7—10 celsius we re temperatures between 7—10 celsius were many. 0vernight we will see some snow for the hills of scotland. but it turns milder and that should become less of an issue as rain continues the ball. across northern ireland and into the north of england and north wales, but largely dry in the south. temperatures rising overnight, and a mild start to saturday. for the north—west uk, some particularly heavy rain to come through south—west scotland and cumbria. around 60 millimetres of rain, so some potentially localised

flooding. it will stay quite cloudy in the south east but it should brighten up across scotland and northern ireland. that's your weather. this is bbc newsroom live with me, annita mcveigh. the headlines. labour suffers a humiliating defeat to the conservatives in the copeland by—election in cumbria. the new tory mp trudy harrison described it as an historic win. labour took the stoke by election and joe macrobert said it was a triumph for the politics of hope over the politics of fear. copeland is obviously very disappointing. kim jong—nam, the half—brother of north korea's leader,

was killed by the highly toxic vx nerve agent, according to malaysian authorities. mr kim died last week after two women accosted him at kuala lumpur airport. royal bank of scotland reports a loss of £7 billion for 2016, far worse than the previous year's figure. the results mark the ninth consecutive year of losses for the bank, with chief executive ross mcewan warning of potential job cuts. let's continue with the sacking of claudio ranieri, the leicester city manager. among those reacting to the decision has been gary lineker, a former player and huge fan of the club. well, it's a sign of modern football, but what happened last

season was truly extraordinary obviously for claudio ranieri and i think the lack of gratitude from the owners of the club and who knows who else is involved in such a decision beggars belief, really. yes, in recent times we have seen a few managers lose theirjobs after winning the premier league, but they were managers of clubs that expect to win titles and spend enough money on their clubs. i suppose they can kind ofjustify that and we see it at the big clubs in the world, the real madrids etc, but for a club like leicester to win the league last season and the magnificence of that story and the likeability of the club, especially under claudio ranieri, the ultimate kind of gentleman, it kind of demeans the club, it takes away from the glory of last season. whereas leicester were hugely popular with everyone around the world, to do something like this now loses a lot of that popularity.

the season will remain with us for ever and it was truly special and a lot of that was down to the manager and the same guy cannot now be considered incapable of doing hisjobjust a few months later, having achieved what was for me the biggest miracle in the sport. but for me i shed a tear last night, i shed a tearfor claudio and i shed a tear for football and for my club. ijust think it's inexplicable to me and it's inexplicable to a lot of football fans who love the game, but i suppose in some ways you can explain it in terms of a panic decision and for me wrong decision and it very sad. that was gary lineker reacting to news of the sacking of claudio ranieri. let's get more on the

by—elections last night. the tory victory in copeland was the first time the governing party has won a by—election for 35 years. in stoke—on—trent central, labour retained that seat, beating ukip bleeder paul nuttall into second place. with me is matthew goodwin, professor of politics at the university of kent and author of a forthcoming book ‘brexit: ‘why britain voted to leave the eu' and expert on ukip. you believe that ukip should have won the seat in stoke—on—trent. you believe that ukip should have won the seat in stoke-on-trent. why didn't they? it was certainly perfect territory for ukip. it was filled with those types of voters that have propelled ukip to the forefront over the last three or four years. in the end they proved

unable to cross over that line and largely that's because the conservative vote held up. it was very strong. these were both very good results for the conservatives who have tried to reposition after david cameron to go after the social conservatives and the aspirational middle—class and blue—collar workers, but also, ukip have struggled to articulate to the electorate what is post—referendum message really is. voters who might have previously looked at them wanting a referendum, or brexit or wanting a referendum, or brexit or wanting tougher immigration policies, might feel that they are on their way to getting those things. so what is that radical ukip message? it has lost its usp, perhaps, is what it says. for some voters it is not entirely clear what ukip are advocating. if you have a government that was saying brexit does not mean brexit, they were going for some kind of soft eea style brexit that continued the freedom of movement, but we have

theresa may those taking these concerns over immigration seriously, taking the values that people hold dear seriously, and theresa may is going after not only the working class but the aspirational middle—class and that is interesting because it is aligned the conservatives back into territory that they have not been in four yea rs that they have not been in four years and, in some cases, decades. how does ukip regroup after this? they are saying it was not one of their top seats that they were targeting. that is maybe putting a gloss on it. and what might their donors be thinking at this point?“ ukip wasa donors be thinking at this point?“ ukip was a big insurgent party it should have won this seat. this was a perfect seat demographically for ukip. remember the internal dynamics. paul nuttall, the leader who failed to win this seat is going to stay on as the party leader. and he is capable of unifying the ukip

activists, more so than others. we are sort of writing of this party this morning. we have to remember that it still came second, still mobilise 25% of the vote, still has one in ten voters in national polls. so it is still a significant player in british politics. and we have to think about what that means for the two big parties. for the labour party, one big challenge, a theresa may wins back half of the ukip electorate, that potentially puts at risk between 40—50 labour seats, seats were they had the ukip vote at 10% and we see the conservatives winning those seats back quite easily. so the labour party is a catch—22. easily. so the labour party is a catch-22. it easily. so the labour party is a catch—22. it does not do well if ukip surges, but it can also be damaged if you get collapses. an interesting point that i will discuss with our next guest. we can now speak to the labour mp for the neighbouring cumbrian seat to the

copeland constituency, the seat of barrow in furness, john woodcock. he's in whitehaven for us now. thank you very much for taking the time to talk to us today. professor goodwin was saying that labour is any catch—22 position and that, eff theresa may wins back half of the ukip vote, labour could be looking at, then labour could be losing 40-50 at, then labour could be losing 40—50 seats. what is your analysis of that today? these are problems, ultimately, that it is in labour's possibility to be able to fix. this was a disastrous result yesterday. let's not beat about the bush. to lose this seat when we have held it for so long and it is mid—term, and we have such an important issue here

with the future of the west cumberland hospital, it is appalling to lose it. but this is a government which ought to be hugely vulnerable because of the direction in which they are taking the country in pursuing a hard brexit which would do incalculable damage the communities and to people's living standards. they ought to be there for the taking and it should be a serious wake—up call for the taking and it should be a serious wa ke—up call that for the taking and it should be a serious wake—up call that we have lost here today. and whilst i usually welcome the great campaign that was run in stoke and the defeat of ukip, we ought not have been through there, either. jeremy corbyn was asked a short while ago after making a statement in london, with the copeland constituency do you think the problem could be you? his a nswer think the problem could be you? his answer was no. and the shadow chancellor saying that the reasons

for the defeat with a leadership contests in labour, divisions in the parliamentary labour party. do you think the problem is the leader?” think the problem is the leader?” think there has to come a time when people stop making excuses and using the near past or sometimes the distant past, the idea that it was the last labour government, who increased majorities here, who are responsible for losing today. in one sense, jeremy is right. it is not solely about him as a leader. this is about the direction which the labour party takes and the way in which we seek to be a credible opposition. and judging by the result here yesterday and opinion poll after opinion poll, they do not think, at the moment, that we are up to thejob of think, at the moment, that we are up to the job of being able to hold the government to account. that is a hugely serious thing. and jeremy and

joe mcdonnell had said that by the end of the year, we will have closed the polling gap. ——joe mcdonnell. it is their responsibility and we are all listening and hoping to get behind them when they say how we will be able to do that. briefly, if you would, you said earlier that jeremy corbyn's grass—roots support means he will remain leader unless he decides and thinks it is right to go. for a significant section of the labour party, labour politicians, they do want him to go, but it sounds like you think there's nothing you can do about it until the next general election, potentially. we said, overwhelmingly asa potentially. we said, overwhelmingly as a parliamentary labour party, the overwhelming majority of us gave our view last year that was very rudely rejected byjeremy. view last year that was very rudely rejected by jeremy. it view last year that was very rudely rejected byjeremy. it was also, to give him his due, it was rejected by

the membership of the labour party and it is rightly their call. i don't see any evidence so far that that will change. ultimately, it will be down to members and two jeremy hunt self to choose to do something —— and thejeremy himself to do something about this incredibly parlous situation that we are in as a party right now. more than 50,000 people have signed apology petition to force whirlpool to recall potentially dangerous trebel dryers. the manufacturer makes the brands hotpoint and indesit has advised millions of owners to unplug their machines, but has refused to issue a safety recall. vicky sheriff is from the consumer group which? this potential problem came to light more than a year ago. what has been

happening since then? trading standards are the leading enforcement agency here and we have been trying to get them to take action against whirlpool to change their advice. we had to take legal action to get trading standards to change their mind. and now they have changed their advice, finally, to say to customers to other bloggers machines because they are potentially dangerous. how many incidents have there been with these machines? around 735 have been caused. there are millions of these machines in peoples homes at the moment. it is important that of these machines, hotpoint, indesit and creda, can find out if they are affected and then to unplug them and to get in touch with whirlpool immediately. in broad terms and in

terms of how this has been handled by the parent company, what are your feelings? hugely frustrating. it is worrying for people. people had been told that up until recently, their machines were safe and they could still use them as long as they supervise them. i doubt dare bite you but i don't sit and watch a tumble dry going through is cycle for two hours. it is ridiculous. we have been campaigning for a long time to get them to change that. they finally have, and now we want a recall because clearly, they have admitted that these machines are on say. in a moment a summary of the business news this hour but first the headlines on bbc newsroom live. labour suffers a humiliating defeat to the conservatives in the copeland by—election in cumbria. but the party sees off the threat from ukip, and wins the stoke by—election. that was the victory in stoke were

the party defeated ukip leader paul nuttall. kim jong—nam, the half—brother of north korea's leader, was killed by the highly toxic vx nerve agent, according to malaysian authorities. royal bank of scotland has reported another massive loss — for the ninth year in a row. the bank — which is 72% owned by taxpayers — lost £7 billion in 2016 — three times more than they lost the year before. rbs says it has put aside more money to deal with legal action and published plans to cut costs by £2 billion over the next four years, meaning branch closures and substantial job losses. airline group iag, which owns british airways and iberia, has reported a rise in profits despite being affected by last year's fall in the pound. pre—tax profits at the company rose by nearly a third last year

to £2 billion, but weak sterling cost them £338 million. and heathrow airport — the biggest in europe in terms of passengers, and the third biggest in the world — says it served a record number of passengers last year. 75.7 million people passed through its gates in 2016, a rise of 1% on the previous year. cargo volumes were also up, as was revenue. royal bank of scotland has just reported their ninth annual loss in a row. despite making around £4 billion last year, figures show a £7 billion loss as rbs put aside more money to deal with litigation in the us, branch closures, job losses and to sort out their williams & glynn business which they were supposed to sell, but can't. the government spent £115 billion bailing out rbs at the height of the financial crisis, but the treasury is unlikely to be able to sell its majority stake any time soon. this morning boss ross mcewan says

the bank's focus and the way it works for customers is changing. ten yea rs ten years ago, we were the largest bank in the world. my aspirations not to be a global bank but to be a great bank here in the uk and republic of ireland. we have sold businesses and i've tested ourselves of assets around the world. we are coming back to the uk. 85% of assets are now here. there will be job losses. we a re are now here. there will be job losses. we are reshaping the business back to the uk to serve customers here and we are doing a pretty good job. that is what they are telling us to be the survey is now. but also, there was big changes going on in banking its full —— itself. people are using digital channels much more than i anticipated even three years ago when i took over. 35% of sales now through personal banking are being done on mobile phones and on the laptop. that is a big change of how

customers want to interact with a bang. -- bank. all this week, the bbc is running a series called disability works. it's a week of coverage looking at how businesses work with people with disabilities. also, how disabled people have made business work for them. wales business correspondent brian meechan joins us now from a business based out of cardiff metropolitan university which researches and designs prosthetics. this is pdr and it shows how universities are trying to make sure that the research they do is turned into business opportunities. we work with medical specialists like the health boards to find new ways of manufacturing products for the disability market. this will assist people with wrist problems on a daily basis. we want to ensure that these products and processes meet

these products and processes meet the design specifications. it takes the design specifications. it takes the extremes of manufacturing capability and applies them to various markets. so we work with end users to develop these braces and orthotics. tom is on the other side of that business. how does this actually work? we are looking for adaptive solutions. i have a serious crash on my bike in 2011. and i had an injury which left me with a paralysed arm and hand. and i want to ride a bicycle. sol paralysed arm and hand. and i want to ride a bicycle. so i have to design stuff to allow me to get back on the bike one—handed. i have got both of my brakes, here. and that

bracket, there are... and some of that work is going on here in cardiff. that's it from the business news desk for now. we've known for years that the red squirrel population is in decline, and conservationists have been working hard to try to save the native species. animal lovers are now getting a chance to do their bit, the wildlife trusts are uniting to recruit thousands of volunteers to help protect them. cathleen thomas — the programme managerfor red squirrels united — is in our salford studio. thank you very much forjoining us. how many red squirrels are left in the uk? we think about 140,000. i understand you think they could be extinct in 35 years if action is not taking —— taken to protect them. is the main problem the prevalence of the main problem the prevalence of the grey squirrel? exactly. we have

research that shows that, if things continue as they are with the grey squirrel spreading across the uk we will lose the red squirrel within a generation. where are they mainly found that the moment? i have seen them once and that was in cumbria. they are found in northern england, across cumbria and northumberland. also in lancashire and merseyside, north wales, mid wales and across northern ireland as well. so, how do you want people to help you, how can people become volunteers and what do they need to do? we're asking people for help, by telling us if they see red squirrels. we have scientific surveys that if people want to become more involved they can do that. they can put up twell cameras in woodland and help us to spot red squirrels and grey squirrels in those woodlands that we work on. there are lots of ways you can get involved in terms of education, and telling people about the threats red

squirrels are facing. also, things like adopting a red squirrel. so they have to contact you at red squirrels united or a local wildlife trust? yes, there are other organisations that they can work with. if you go to the red squirrels united website you can see links to pa rt united website you can see links to part —— to organisations that are pa rt part —— to organisations that are part of this effort. the headlines are coming up on the bbc news channel. in a moment we say goodbye to viewers on bbc two. first we leave you with for a look at the weather. well, we have got rid of storm doris. it is disappearing off into west russia, zooming across northern europe as we speak. further west we have this ridge of high pressure. it will not be here long but it will settle the weather nicely for most of us with the rest of the day today. for scotland, england and wales, just a few isolated showers.

not many and not very heavy but there will be a significant change in weather across the north and west this afternoon. we have a band of rain coming in of the atlantic. it will be wet in northern ireland before too long. benat rain moves into west of scotland and will turn to snow across the higher hills, at around 200 metres of elevation. the east of scotland hanging onto dry weather and sunshine. england and wales, drive foremost this afternoon the temperatures pushing into double figures. 10 celsius in london. very much better than it did yesterday in that sunshine. overnight, that rain continuing to make further inroads in scotland. there will be snow for a time but pierre becomes milder overnight so snow should be less of an issue, even over their highest ground, as it turns back rain. it will be a mild night, one of those nights when temperatures will be rising through the course of the night. by saturday morning, pretty

mild conditions. into the weekend, a mild conditions. into the weekend, a mild weekend coming up, the wind coming from the south west but we are looking at some rain. and that rain could be troublesome for some others. for saturday, pretty tightly back isobars with gales and severe gales to start the day across exposed western coast sandhills. that rain will be heavy for south—west scotland and cumbria where they could get around 60 millimetres of rain, enough to cause localised flooding. then the rain sinks south, not too much for the south east of england, although it will be cloudy. in scotland and northern ireland, brightening up with sunshine and most of us getting temperatures into double figures. for sunday, my wet weather to come across north—western parts of the country. towards the south east, dry and bright with temperatures at their highest toward south—east england and temperatures reaching highs of 12 celsius. you can find out what the weather is going to do where you live by checking out the

bbc weather website or your bbc weather app. this is bbc news — and these are the top stories developing at midday. labour suffers a humiliating defeat to the conservatives in the copeland by—election in cumbria. have you at any point this morning looked in the mirror and asked yourself this qiestion — could the problem actually be me? no! but the party sees off the threat from ukip, and wins the stoke by—election kim jong—nam, the half—brother of north korea's leader, was killed by the highly toxic vx nerve agent, according to malaysian authorities. royal bank of scotland reports a loss of seven billion pounds for 2016, far worse than the previous year's figure. also — leicester fans react to the sacking of claudio ranieri. gary linekerjoins those criticising the decision — calling the dismissal "unforgiveable". given the magic of last season,

surely he deserved some more time. surely we have some sentiment and empathy for him. good morning. it's friday february 24th. i'm annita mcveigh. welcome to bbc newsroom live. the conservatives have labelled their victory in the copeland by—election a "truly historic event". they took the seat from labour by more than 2,000 votes — the first time a governing party has won a seat from another party in a by—election for 35 years. the area has had a labour mp since the 1930s. the party did hold on to the seat of stoke—on—trent central, in the other parliamentary by—election result declared overnight. labour finished 2,500 votes ahead of ukip leader paul nuttall.

trudy harrison won copeland with 13,748 votes to labour's gillian troughton's 11,601, giving the tories a majority ofjust over 2,000. the lib dems came in third with 2,252 votes. labour leaderjeremy corbyn says the result is "disappointing" but insists he won't step down. labour won the other by—election in stoke central. here are the results — gareth snell won by more than 2,600 votes beating the ukip leader, paul nuttall, who had hoped to become his party's second mp. the conservatives were third. in the last hour — the labour leader, jeremy corbyn has been giving his reaction to the by—elections results saying the party's defeat in copeland is "disappointing". it's a day for celebration in stoke, it's a day of disappointment in copeland. we defeated ukip in stoke, despite all predictions that they would prevail, the politics of hope have prevailed over the politics of hatred.

copeland is obviously very disappointing. i'd hoped we'd have won the election there — we didn't. i want to say thank you to gillian troughton for the wonderful campaign that she ran, and congratulations to gareth snell on his election in stoke. how did you feel when you that heard labour had lost in copeland? very disappointed, because it's an area that needs investment, needs a labour mp to carry that forward, and, above all, needs to ensure thatjobs are secure for the future and there's new investment all along the cumbrian coast, as well as, of course, no closure of the west cumbrian hospital. 0ur political correspondent iain watson is in whitehaven, in the copeland constituency this morning. there is an interesting dialogue going on about why labour lost there. what is your analysis of it all? there is too interlinked white

and constituency. that is both the message and the messenger. jeremy corbyn said things that people wa nted corbyn said things that people wanted to hear, he stood up for the local nhs, threatened with cards and he changed his position on nuclear power, committing himself to the existing industry and saying he was in favour of new nuclear. people didn't trust that message from the labour party and the messenger. people who had voted labour in the past and now voted conservative, or ukip, didn't believe he was in favour of nuclear power and his conversion came late in the day. labour said they were misrepresented by the conservatives, there were special circumstances here but even people on the left of the labour party here in copeland who have been on doorsteps trying to get people

out to vote labour to retain the seat are telling me thatjeremy corbyn's leadership was coming up unprompted. it's very difficult for labour mps to know what to do with that given that 85% of them voted no confidence in him and he won the leadership election. i asked the national coordinator on elections, in charge of the next general election, not just the in charge of the next general election, notjust the next local election, notjust the next local election here in copeland, what can labour do given this unexpectedly bad defeat. we've got to get out there and talk to people and listen to people to reconnect with people and reconnect with the communities that we seek to represent. if people are saying, i'm a labour voter but i'm not voting for the party whilejeremy corbyn is the leader,

if you are listening, what do you say to those voters? the labour party is in a period where we've come out of two leadership elections. we have got to start looking at what the issues are that matter to people, whether it is the economy, the national health service, whether its global issues, how we deal with brexit. there are huge issues out there. we have to build a policy platform that people feel confident in voting for. labour has to look at its policies again but doesn't want a period of introspection, not a third leadership election. i don't think thatis leadership election. i don't think that is likely. jeremy corbyn called the result here disappointing, some of his own mps are saying it is not just disappointing, it is catastrophic. thank you very much. malaysian police say a highly toxic nerve agent has been found on the face of kim jong nam —

the murdered half brother of north korea's leader kimjong un. the nerve agent, vx, is classified as a weapon of mass destruction by the united nations. 0ne drop on the skin can kill within several minutes. kimjong nam died after apparently being attacked at malaysia's kuala lumpar airport last week. cctv footage showed two women briefly holding something over his face. four people are currently being held by police investigating the killing, including one north korean man. 0ur correspondent rupert wingfield hayes has more details on kimjong nam's movements within the check—in hall at kuala lumpur airport. this is where this bizarre story began. at kuala lumpur airport last week. heading for the check—in desk

of the budget airline just here. it was at this spot he was attacked from behind. now we know what was used to attack him. vx, the most deadly nerve agent ever invented. just 100th of a gram would be enough to kill him. somebody decided to use it here in the departures hall. the government has said that they would decontaminate this hall today, so far no sign and still hundreds of people coming through every hour. in the short space of time it took to get to the information desk here, he was complaining of irritated feeling on his face. he was taken downstairs the medical clinic. this is the medical clinic. that walk, from the information desk has taken no more than three or four minutes. he was

taken in here, a few minutes later, had convulsions and collapsed and died on the way to hospital. i've beenin died on the way to hospital. i've been in there and asked, nobody has been in there and asked, nobody has been to check, no decontamination was done. joining me now is former british army officer and chemical weapons expert hamish de bretton—gordon. what more can you tell others about vx? it is the most deadly chemical weapon ever produced. it is a nerve agent which destroys nerves which come originally from organophosphates, pesticides developed by the nazis in the second world war. sarin, which was used in syria by the assad regime to kill over 1500 people back in 2013. it is incredibly toxic. as rupert said, just a tiny dot can kill. i think, it is undoubtedly a state—sponsored

assassination here, looking very much at north korea. we always suspected they had a chemical weapons programme and that confirms it. it is a huge concern because it appears that their chemical weapons might be more add —— advantest than their nuclear programme which we have heard so much about over the last 12 months. no doubt about the agent used in the murder, are you surprised at the manor in which it was used with these women having it on their hands, or on something covering their hands and placing it on his face? there are lot of u na nswered on his face? there are lot of unanswered questions around this. we have seen assassinations like this. georgi markov in london, and living encode killed in london with polonium. it's a classic

assassination tactic. litvinenko. i gather that one of the assassins was injured but you would expect to see many more casualties with a toxin like this. the way they used it was very strange, as well. but you only need a tiny drop. that is presumably what he got which was enough to kill him. which brings us on to the issue of decontamination. we heard from rupert who said he had spoken to people in the airport and they didn't know of any decontamination procedures carried out. how worried should anyone be who works there or passengers who have passed through there that day since?” passengers who have passed through there that day since? i think we need to temper this a little bit. first of all, decontaminating the area will be relatively

straightforward. if people haven't shown symptoms by now and this happened a week ago, they are not going to. that is something that people should be reassured about. that is what is slightly strange, we haven't seen those casualties. it's a concern that it has taken this long to work out that it is vx. people wanted to be absolutely certain before announcing that vx is in the hands of despots and terrorists around the world. it is reassuring that we haven't seen casualties and if they are not ill now, it is unlikely that they will get ill if they have been in that area. the decontamination which the malaysia and authorities are about to do should be relatively straightforward and easy to do but, ideally, it would have been done straight after the event. hamish, thank you very much. let's pick up on that

story from sport — the sacking of leicester city manager claudio ranieri. among those reacting to the decision has been gary lineker — a former player and a fan of the club. after leicester won the title last year, the match of the day host kept a mid—season promise to present this morning gary lineker called the decision to fire ranieri "unforgivable". leicester are where they should be and normally are. last season was the inexplicable one and not this season. the fact that they have managed to get in the last 16 in the

champions league with a chance of going through to the quarterfinals, not in the bottom three, given the magic of last season, surely he deserved a bit more time, surely we have some sentiment and empathy for him. ispeak have some sentiment and empathy for him. i speakfor have some sentiment and empathy for him. i speak for myself as a leicester fan, him. i speak for myself as a leicesterfan, i him. i speak for myself as a leicester fan, i can't him. i speak for myself as a leicesterfan, i can't speak him. i speak for myself as a leicester fan, i can't speak for all leicester fan, i can't speak for all leicester fa ns, leicester fan, i can't speak for all leicesterfans, some leicester fan, i can't speak for all leicester fans, some perhaps leicester fan, i can't speak for all leicesterfans, some perhaps would disagree. i think that the way he handled everything last season, the fa ct handled everything last season, the fact that he gave leicester so much. the fact that he made the whole country get behind leicester, a lot of that was down to him. no mind games, except, just genuine, just warm and the whole country warmed to him and the club. that would have evaporated today. cliff ginnetta is chairman of the leicester city supporters club. hejoins us from our studio in leicester. thank you very much forjoining us this afternoon. do you share gary

lineker‘s display? this afternoon. do you share gary lineker's display? very much so. it's a very sad day. i think for leicester city. we reached new heights last season and i think claudio bravo at least this season. they should have given him to the end of the season. very upset leicester city fans walking through the city this morning. everybody is shocked and dismayed at the way the chap has been treated. the claim that it chap has been treated. the claim thatitis chap has been treated. the claim that it is player power that has brought him down makes it even worse. the players he led to a great championship win last year have turned away from him and that is pretty sad. the players, the team that he left largely untouched in the summer, out of loyalty, one assumes, what do you think of this? is it assumes, what do you think of this? isita assumes, what do you think of this? is it a rumour or something stronger that the players went to the owners and complained? it's a very strong

rumour. you've seen, while watching them, one or two players body language doesn't look good, waving their arms at the bench. pretty sad to see. when your top players like vardy, mahrez and drinkwater are not performing like last season there is something wrong. the owner should have sorted that out before getting rid of the manager. it is too premature. these players ode leicester city everything. vardy was playing non—league football for five yea rs playing non—league football for five years ago. mahrez was playing third tier football in france and the club have put them there. claudio bravo helped everybody reach their gene and he has paid the penalty. it is wrong. with the team still in the champions league, is the timing wrong? yes. i was over in spain,

3000 fans were totally behind the manager, chanting his name all night. they were all shocked. getting the away goal. 2—1 at half—time, every chance of progressing. we need a manager in very quickly, i feel. progressing. we need a manager in very quickly, ifeel. 0ne progressing. we need a manager in very quickly, i feel. one that has got european experience. it is a big ask and they have to get it right. to be fairto ask and they have to get it right. to be fair to the owners, they got it right time so far. i hope their luck holds an egg at this time. when they have done this at this time, it's a mystery to all the leicester city fans. playing liverpool at home next, i think the fans will voice their discover and let them know that they were fully behind the manager. “— that they were fully behind the manager. —— luck holds again. that they were fully behind the

manager. -- luck holds again. do you think, as gary lineker said, that this has somehow tainted the fairy tale of winning the league title? very much so. everybody wanted to talk about leicester city around the world and this country. everybody we met was talking about leicester city and that has never happened before. we were such a small club. he led us into that. even for that, they owed him more respect than they have given him. as fans, we were on top of the world. we didn't expect it to happen every year. like gary says, we are not in the bottom three yet. there is still plenty of time and deserts of the players to really get going and have a go at this. we expect great things from them on monday night or i think the fans will turn on the flies and see what happens on monday. cliff, thank you very much forjoining us. breaking

news just coming into us. very much forjoining us. breaking newsjust coming into us. this is coming out of that on the apv newsagency. iraq has come to carry out its first air strikes on is targets inside syria. iraqi forces ona targets inside syria. iraqi forces on a big offensive against so—called islamic state. we know about the offensive on mosul. iraqi forces taking the airport yesterday. gaining more territory in the city from is. bad newsjust coming in. the headlines on bbc newsroom live — labour suffers a humiliating defeat to the conservatives in the copeland by—election in cumbria. but the party sees off the threat from ukip, and wins the stoke by—election. kim jong—nam, the half—brother of north korea's leader, was killed by the highly toxic vx nerve agent, according to malaysian authorities.

roberto mancini is the favourite to replace claudio ranieri at the king power stadium. he would have his work cut out with the scene just a solitary point above the relegation zone. are you, that mancini has no interest in thejob. zone. are you, that mancini has no interest in the job. a former player here at leicester and managed manchester city to the premiership title. he said, i'm sorry for my friend ranieri, he will remain in

the history of leicester city. in the history of leicester city. in the memory of the fans of leicester and football lovers. what happens with mancini, we are not sure. 0thers with mancini, we are not sure. others in the frame include nigel pearson, the man ranieri replaced. fondly remembered by some of the fa ns fondly remembered by some of the fans and players. 0ther fondly remembered by some of the fans and players. other names, frank de boer, forcefully, who led chelsea in 2012 whenjose mourinho was sacked. —— goose 15th. not the draw thatjose mourinho wa nted not the draw thatjose mourinho wanted the europa league. they travel to thousand miles for the first leg in russia. celtic have five just over first leg in russia. celtic have fivejust over £60,000 first leg in russia. celtic have five just over £60,000 five uefa for

crowd disturbances among supporters and setting off of a during their champions league match at manchester city in december. centre ben teo will make his first start care makes his way. that police investigating the escape of a convicted murdererfrom custody have arrested two people on suspicion of assisting an offender. merseyside police detained a 27—year—old man and a 26—year—old woman in liverpool in connection

with shaun walmsley‘s escape. walmsley went on the run when two armed men confronted prison officers guarding him at a hospital on tuesday afternoon. let's get more on this development with our north of england correspondentjudith moritz, who joins us live from liverpool now. is arrests bring two people arrested in the norris screen area of liverpool. they were not with walmsley advertised. people are still looking for the people he escaped with. it was a vpn on tuesday afternoon when sean walmsley at the fourth year from liverpool was about three miles away for a hospital with the after the appointment, he was the taken

back to prison and was with two prison guards that the group were ambushed. prison officers were threatened with a gun and knife and forth to let sean walmsley go. they escaped in a gold coloured volvo. in the last 24 hours, merseyside police have made these arrests of two people suspected of assisting an offender and have released cctv images of the father was used to ta ke images of the father was used to take sean walmsley away and also witnesses that worth year that the hospital the time. it happened in broad daylight in the middle of the afternoon and many people were around at the time. they met not have realised what was going on at the time. although a gun and knife we re the time. although a gun and knife were used during the escape, the

group came to take sean walmsley away, with police officers, they we re away, with police officers, they were ina away, with police officers, they were in a type of stock it may have been that lots of witnesses realise what was going on. the gun and knife we re what was going on. the gun and knife were not related the way around. it was hard to see. the full might not have realised what they were seeing. but they ask anyone who might have been there at the happens to get in touch. the other thing i must add is that while sean walmsley is still on the run, merseyside police are repeating their advice that of the approaches. he is described as dangerous. he had been serving a life sentence for the murder of somebody on merseyside. a life sentence with a minimum tariff of 30 yea rs. sentence with a minimum tariff of 30 years. he says he is very dangerous. royal bank of scotland has suffered a huge increase

in its annual losses. the bank — 72% of which is owned by the government — reported a loss of £7 billion pounds for 2015, more than treble the amount for the year before. it's the ninth consecutive year that the bank has made a loss — and is one of the worst annual results for rbs since the government bailed out the banking group in 2008. chief executive ross mcewan said the figures were "disappointing" but should not come as a surprise given the problems that the bank's current management had inherited. a girl is in hospital with life—threatening injuries after a a ceiling collapsed at a school in milton keynes dons it's possible that the collapse was caused by storm doris. 0ur correspondent is outside the scene. when did it happen? 3:30pm yesterday afternoon,

when a sports club was going on after school. storm doris struck and after school. storm doris struck and a big piece of handling, about a foot wide dislodged from the roof, and fell from quite a height. it landed on to children. one girl suffered serious injuries. at the time, they thought it was life—threatening. she was taken to thejohn radcliffe life—threatening. she was taken to the john radcliffe hospital life—threatening. she was taken to thejohn radcliffe hospital in oxford. with much relief, they found that today she is going to make a full recovery. she sustained head injuries, including a brokenjaw. another child was treated at the scene and the school is open. this has really shaken up parents. 0ne mother said that her two children we re mother said that her two children were in the hall when it happen and

we re were in the hall when it happen and were really upset by what they saw. this morning, they wanted their to come into school to show that the building was safe. that is what the headteacher has been doing this morning. reassuring parents and pupils that this is a safe ways to come. they say that because of the incident is unclear and school is cooperating with police in the investigation. that investigation is ongoing. the end of the year turned up ongoing. the end of the year turned up earlier to see the scene for himself. he says that he thinks it was the strong winds battering the outside of the roof that has dislodged these panels. he said they didn't look very heavy but i have all from quite a high and that is what has caused these injuries. this investigation is going to continue and there is much relief that this girl looks like she's going to make a full recovery. that is good news.

thank you, mike cartwright. almost time for the weather. but, one of my favourite stories of the day. it's been discovered bumblebees can teach each other how to score goals with a tiny ball, displaying a learning ability never before seen in insects. they surprised scientists by working out how to obtain a food reward simply by watching their neighbours. in the experiment, the bees were placed on a platform and had to roll a yellow ball to a specific location in order to obtain a sugar solution. those that observed the success of other bees were better at learning the task than those that didn't. time now for the weather forecast. let's have a cross to the fusion and joinjohn let's have a cross to the fusion and join john hammond. the let's have a cross to the fusion and joinjohn hammond. the files with the weather is that things are

tha nkfully the weather is that things are thankfully much quieter than yesterday. we have got a winter of fine weather now. ——. a period of snow over the highlands of scotland which will return to raise later. very little happening across the southern and eastern counties. temperatures continue to rise overnight but it will serve chile for a while across southern and eastern parts. saturday doesn't look that clever. not much rain across the south and east but more to the north and west. cumbria will see a lot of rain through this weekend. another front will follow through on sunday. it will be pretty mild and the winds not as strong as they have been over the last 24 hours. more than half an hour. you're watching bbc newsroom live.

i'm annita mcveigh. the headlines. labour suffers a humiliating defeat to the conservatives in the copeland by—election in cumbria. the new tory mp trudy harrison describes the win as "truly historic". have you at any point in this morning looking and thought, could the problem actually be me? no. but labour sees off a threat from ukip, and wins the stoke by—election. labour leaderjeremy corbyn says the politics of hope overcame the politics of fear. kim jong—nam, the half—brother of north korea's leader, was killed by the highly toxic vx nerve agent, according to malaysian authorities. mr kim died last week after two women accosted him at kuala lumpur airport. royal bank of scotland reports a loss of £7 billion for 2016, far worse than the previous year's figure.

the results mark the ninth consecutive year of losses for the bank, with chief executive ross mcewan warning of potential job cuts. let's get more now on the by—elections last night. the conservatives have described their win in copeland as a "truly historic event". they took the seat from labour by more than 2,000 votes — the first time a governing party has won a seat from another party in a by—election for 35 years. here's the result in full: trudy harrison won with 13,748 votes to labour's gillian troughton's 11,601, giving the tories a majority ofjust over 2,000. the lib dems came in third with 2,252 votes. labour leaderjeremy corbyn says the result is "disappointing" but insists he won't step down. labour won the other by—election in stoke central. here are the results —

gareth snell won by more than 2,600 votes beating the ukip leader, paul nuttall, who had hoped to become his party's second mp. the conservatives were third. let'sjoin our let's join our assistant political editor norman smith who is in stoke central. it's a difficult day for labour. they won in stoke but the story is really about ukip there, and they lost in the other by—election. and they lost in the other by-election. it is more than a difficult day for labour. the result in copeland is a shattering setback. here, you have a solid, safe labour seat since the year dot. and theresa may wins and seemingly wins quite co mforta bly. may wins and seemingly wins quite comfortably. we have to think where we are in the electoral cycle, seven

yea rs into a we are in the electoral cycle, seven years into a conservative government after yea rs of years into a conservative government after years of austerity, in the middle of what critics would say is a crisis in the nhs and social care, and the opposition is a losing seats to the government. when you listen to the government. when you listen to labour people they say, yes, there were local factors at work, and they also sought to blame the recent divisive leadership contest and disunity in the parliamentary party. they blamed the recent speech by tony blair. they blamed intervention by peter mandelson. the one person they have not apportion blame to is jeremy one person they have not apportion blame to isjeremy corbyn. and jeremy corbyn himself was asked directly this morning whether he should shoulder some of the blame. just have a listen. i want to ask you specifically about copeland and, since you found out that you lost the seat to a governing party for the seat to a governing party for the first time since the falklands war, have you at any point this morning look in the mirror and ask

yourself the question, could the problem actually be me? no. why not? thank you for your question. there you havejeremy corbyn butt assessment, he is not the problem. the other big loser of the night was ukip here in stoke. stoke was pretty much a must win for ukip. certainly theirformer much a must win for ukip. certainly their former leader nigel farage said it was fundamental for the party to break through here. it is pretty much brexit central. there was a huge vote here for leave and ukip leader paul nuttall had identified it as an area where you make inroads on the disintegrating labour vote, and basically, he got nowhere. the question you have to ask is, if ukip cannot win here, then where can they win? paul

nuttall himself had a bruising by—election campaign. his people today saying that it was a dirty campaign, accusing opponents of smear tactics. i put it to the party that he did people will that paul nuttall had been sent home with his tail between his legs. he hasn't been sent home with his tail between his legs as far as the party is concerned. i can't remember a time when ukip has been so thoroughly united as ye have seen throughout this campaign. people came together to come and campaign year. paul has been here for 12 —— has been leader for 12 weeks. he been here for 12 —— has been leader for12 weeks. he is been here for 12 —— has been leader for 12 weeks. he is here for the long haul. the party is totally behind him. when he came back from account yesterday he met with a massive cheer. huge support at co nfe re nce massive cheer. huge support at conference for paul, and that is not

going anywhere. as for theresa may, her position has been hugely strengthened by last night, notjust the victory in copeland, but she increased the conservative share of the vote here in labour stoke. it seems to me that where we are now is really similar to the politics of the early 1980s, when you had a dominant female conservative prime minister facing what seemed a battered opposition led by a leader that many in his own party appear to have little confidence in. norman smith there, in stoke central. let's speak to gerald coyne, who is standing to be the general secretary of the unite union. we heard jeremy corbyn being asked about copeland this morning, and could the problem actually be him? his reply was "no".

do you think the problem is in? there is no doubt that a bleak day weather—wise was followed by a bleak result for the wet labour party. the truth is that the nuclear issue in terms ofjeremy‘s truth is that the nuclear issue in terms of jeremy's position truth is that the nuclear issue in terms ofjeremy‘s position on nuclear energy made a big difference to the way that the vote went. len mccluskey has a degree of blame for this meltdown in copeland, because he's been incredibly supportive of the leader of the labour party, and actually, thejudgment the leader of the labour party, and actually, the judgment in the leader of the labour party, and actually, thejudgment in relation to the key issues, the industrial issues for our members in copeland we re issues for our members in copeland were not addressed in the campaign. if you were to be —— to beat len mccluskey and become the next leader of the unite union, would you get as involved in politics as you say yea rs, involved in politics as you say years, or would you try to realign the labour party and encourage jeremy corbyn to step down as leader? absolutely not. my criticism

is that the obsession around parliamentary leadership of the labour party has diverted the unite union away from its focus on industrial issues, the sort of issues that i am talking about in terms of protecting the pensions and jobs of nuclear workers in sellafield and in copeland itself. so, no, iwould not be sellafield and in copeland itself. so, no, i would not be involved in those sort of games and i would make that clear. presumably you would wa nt to that clear. presumably you would want to see labour win the next general election. i believe that working people and trade unionists do better under labour, so i would wa nt to do better under labour, so i would want to see labour winning the 2020 general election. do you believe it can, underjeremy corbyn? the reality is this is a pretty low ebb further labour party, notjust in copeland, but to hold stoke and to celebrate that when it should have been absolutely a safe win for labour means that there's got to be some very serious questions asked about the election and the preparations for 2020. therefore if

you say that labour would best represent the interests of your members, would it not be incumbent upon you if you win the election to be general secretary of the unite union, to try to influence the direction of the labour party? the reality is that unite has played too much influence in the direction of the labour party and that is why we are where we are at the moment. trade unions have a job to do to protect members' jobs and to focus on the real challenges that are faced in terms of the uk economy and brexit, and that is what we should be doing, not messing around in westminster politics. gerald coyne, thank you very much. some breaking news just coming thank you very much. some breaking newsjust coming in. the thank you very much. some breaking news just coming in. the former conservative home secretary david waddington has died at the age of 87. he represented three constituencies as an mp in lancashire between 1968—1990,

serving as the last home secretary in margaret thatcher's government. he was leader of the house of lords and governor of bermuda in the early 90s before retiring from the lords in march 2000 and 15. he lived in somerset. he has been described this morning as a big politicalfigure, and an amusing and generous man. lord waddington, david waddington, the former conservative home secretary, has died at the age of 87. let's look at some of the other developing stories today. iraqi forces say that they have moved into western mosul for the first time a day after capturing the city's airport on so—called islamic state. the operation yesterday took four hours. is continued to fire mortars at the airport from further inside the city after losing ground to the army. the east and south bashed back

much of the west of ms ryan allen government has. donald trump says he wa nts to government has. donald trump says he wants to expand america's nuclear arsenal. mr trump said wants to expand america's nuclear arsenal. mrtrump said it wants to expand america's nuclear arsenal. mr trump said it would be wonderful if no nation had nuclear arms, but otherwise, the us must be top of the pack. more universities in england will soon be able to offer degree courses which lasts just two years. in return, they will be able to increase annual tuition fees to more than £13,000. the overall cost of a degree will still be capped at £27,000. the clean—up continues this morning after storm doris battered much of the uk. it left one woman dead after being hit by flying debris. winds of up to 94 mph caused power cuts and travel chaos as flights were grounded and train services disrupted. drivers had been burned to be wary of ice on the roads in scotland, northern ireland and not —— north—west england today. there are growing

calls from patients, experts and nurses for better training and awareness of sickle cell disease. it's an inherited blood disorder that affects thousands of mostly african and caribbean people in the uk. during a so—called sickle cell crises or episode, red blood cells change shape, causing intense pain and organ damage — and sometimes even lead to death. and as noel phillips reports, just having the condition can make other illnesses much worse. kavele was six when he died from organ failure, sepsis and sickle cell disease in 2015. he just kept saying "mum, ijust want to lie down." simone called 999 and told operators her son was vomiting, had a temperature, as well as sickle cell. over the next hour, his condition worsened. what happened on that day... i don't feel it was treated urgently enough, when that person on the phone told me i'd have to probably wait

up to 45 minutes for an ambulance. two ambulances and a rapid response unit were dispatched, but then cancelled and sent to more urgent cases. but shortly after paramedics arrived, kavele went into cardiac arrest. i was a little bit panicked, but i wasn't trying to show that i was panicked. but i was... it was serious then. lola 0ni is one of the country's most senior sickle cell nurses. you combine the vomiting, the diarrhoea, the fact that the mother said the child had a fever, 0k? you combine those things together with the fact that the child has sickle cell disease, and that should be a trigger sufficient to say that that child needs attention. apologies for breaking from that report. we are going to take you to

the copeland constituency. the prime minister, theresa may, has arrived to celebrate trudy harris and's win. the conservatives are calling it a truly historic win. they took the seat from labour by more than 2000 votes. that is the first time a governing party has won a seat from another party in a by—election for some 35 years. i am absolutely delighted to be able to be here with the new member of parliament for copeland, trudie harrison, in millom. this is an astounding victory for the conservative party, but also, for the people of copeland. labour have held this seat since the 1930s. a party in government hasn't won a by—election from the opposition, a seat held by the opposition, for 35 years. and you know what? people were saying

about this election, labour were saying, we're going to win it. experts were saying that labour would increase their majority. but all of you, the volunteers who went out there, day in and day out and campaign, you have made sure that that didn't happen, that this is truly a wonderful victory for the conservative party but also for the people of copeland. and what i think we've seen from this victory is that this truly is a government that is working for everyone and for every pa rt working for everyone and for every part of the country. applause and that is the message we bring you to copeland and that we will take across the country. and of course, the reason that we won this by—election is also because we had such a fantastic candidate in trudie harrison. she is notjust someone

who talks about things. she rolls up her sleeves and gets things done. and the people of copeland are going to see that they have elected a member of parliament who will listen to their concerns, who is going to raise her voice to have the ear of government, that she will ensure that she delivers for the people of copeland. the conservative party will deliver for people across the whole country, a country that works for everyone, not just whole country, a country that works for everyone, notjust the privileged few, and trudy is going to bea privileged few, and trudy is going to be a fantastic member of parliament in copeland, delivering for the voters of copeland. trudy, many congratulations on a fantastic result and wonderful victory. please, i'm sure that you would like to have something to say to people here. cheering i would like to take this opportunity to thank the people of copeland for . for having faith in me. and for

the volunteers that have travelled from all over the country to help us to win this historic election. i'm really looking forward to getting on the job. i'm looking forward to going down london on monday and making sure that we deliver on a plan that i have been pledging for the last four weeks. thank you very much, copeland. trudy harrison, the victorious conservative candidate in the copeland by—election. interesting, listening to the prime minister, getting across her key message when she said this truly shows that this is a government working for everyone and every part of the country. so that, of course, has been a key message from theresa may, ever since she became prime minister and she took the opportunity there to repeat it. the conservatives also taking heart from the other by—election last night, although they were in third place in

stoke central, ukip was in second place and failed to eat into any potential conservative brexit voters, there. all in all, a good night for the conservatives in those by—elections. more than 50,000 people have signed a parliamentary petition to force whirlpool to recall three million potentially dangerous tumble dryers. the manufacturer makes the brands hotpoint, creda and indesit has advised millions of owners to unplug their machines, but has refused to issue a safety recall. we had to take legal action to get trading standards to change their mind.

and now they have changed their advice, finally, to say to customers to other bloggers machines because they are potentially dangerous. how many incidents have there been with these machines? around 735 have been caused. there are millions of these machines in peoples homes at the moment. it is important that of these machines, hotpoint, indesit and creda, can find out if they are affected and then to unplug them and to get in touch with whirlpool immediately. in broad terms and in terms of how this has been handled by the parent company, what are your feelings? hugely frustrating. it is worrying for people. consumers had been told that up until recently, their machines were safe and they could still use them as long as they supervise them. i don't know about you but i don't sit and watch a tumble dry going through is cycle

for two hours. it is ridiculous. we have been campaigning for a long time to get them to change that. they finally have, and now we want a recall because clearly, they have admitted that these machines are not safe. costume is a huge part of any film, tv or theatre production. and out of the five films nominated for best costume at the oscars, angels costumes supplied the wardrobe for three of them. it's the largest privately owned collection of costume for film, theatre and television anywhere in the world. 0ur entertainment reporter chi chi izundu got to look around one of the warehouses in london. angels costumiers already has 36 oscars for some of the biggest movies ever made. but it's hoping that one of these three films will take home a little golden statue and add to its haul. expand your diaphragm, florence!

come with me and be my wife. we work on so many films every year, it's just an honour to be involved in any of the films that get nominated. you've got no idea which way the academy's going to go, what they're looking for each year, so it might be futuristic, might be period, could be a massive drama. but we're always surprised and always very thankful to be involved. this is just one site. the other warehouse is in central london. random fact time — there are eight and half miles' worth of hanging space here, that's on four floors. they can knock up an outfit from scratch in about three days. we may have seen some supercalifragilisticexpialidocious costumes for an upcoming remake that we're not actually allowed to show you. from visual effects to high—end production to — of course — costume design, the uk has a world—renowned reputation when it comes to the cultural arts.

last year film and tv attracted £1.3 billion worth of international investment, so maintaining those relationships, particularly across europe, is ever more important come the decisions of brexit. decisions like funding for film. since 2007, the eu has contributed more than 100 million euros towards the uk film industry. when we leave, what will happen to that source? the free movement of people, goods and services could become difficult if new visa requirements are introduced. but on the plus side, the weaker pound is bringing in business, because it's cheaper. there are certain big productions that are happening at the moment, all the studios are all booked up, so you might get a different view from the studios, but we've also still got the tv industry and the theatre industry. unravelling the ties the eu has with the british film industry will be difficult, and the question is, once we leave, will the rest of the world still want to invest? if the tax incentives change or anything with the european film

industry changes and there's less work, then we have to address it. but at the moment, our staffing isn't affected by brexit. we've still got the films that are working, that have been scheduled to work, so we don't know. whilst we're all waiting for the conclusion of brexit, angels has another concern. the lack of men wanting to pick up the needle. why do you think men aren't taking up costume design? i don't know. it's not... it's something we've just noticed, a lot of people are applying for thejobs, for some reason maybe don't feel it's a male industry, i'm not sure. it's something we're looking at and it's something we'd love... you can't really fix it straight away. we have an apprenticeship programme and that's quite split, but the people for the other jobs, the majority of people coming on the costume side are female. tv, film and theatre have been the bedrock for angels when it comes to costume making, but the fashion industry is increasingly becoming aware of its historical treasure trove and using it for inspiration,

including most of the looks you will see at this year's oscars. the devil is in the detail, like this dress worn by gwyneth paltrow for shakespeare in love. and why some of the actors and actresses don't replicate this look on the red carpet is beyond me. in a moment the news at one with simon mccoy. the difference a day makes. storm doris has been hurtling out across northern europe taking those vicious winds with it. to the west we have no other funds winds with it. to the west we have no otherfunds coming in no other funds coming in off the atlantic. they will play a part, but in between we have this window of clear skies to start the day across much of the country and the sunshine continues into the afternoon for the majority of england and wales. there will be a few showers towards western coasts but these will tend

to fade with most having a fine day. a chilly start, but in the sunshine, those light winds, feeling very pleasant. sunshine holding on across eastern scotland but wet weather for northern ireland and western scotla nd northern ireland and western scotland to end the day, with increasingly strong winds, as well. this evening and overnight, that rain continues its way eastwards. snow on the higher ground of scotland, before it turns back to rain again. patchy rain extending across other parts of the country, although southernmost counties will stay mostly dry. temperatures continue to rise across the south but much milder, further north as you start saturday. a wet and windy start across northern and western areas. gail and expose places. not as damaging as we have seen. some patchy rain to the south east but always, the focus further north. northern ireland and scotland will brighten up with sunshine in the afternoon. lots of rain to come for

some through this weekend, specifically for parts of cumbria. you can see that rain piling in, through the course of the weekend. there will be something of a brake on sunday before my rain heads in from the west ‘s later on. something to keep your eye on, the risk of some flooding. we will monitor that one. here comes the next frontal system bringing the rain to the north and west of the uk, particularly scotland, northern ireland and north—west england. further south, drier, with southern and eastern parts having a reasonable day. temperatures quite mild and up into double figures on sunday. to sum up this weekend, not the drama of the last 24 hours. it will be mild for many, windy at times, but rain mostly across the north—west of the uk. a historic night for the conservative party, as it deals labour a major blow

in a supposedly ultra—safe seat. the tories celebrate a stunning victory in the copeland by—election — an area labour represented for more than 80 years. copeland is obviously very disappointing. i'd hoped we'd win the election there. we didn't. labour holds stoke—on—trent central, seeing off a challenge from ukip leader paul nuttall. we'll be live in both constituenciesm getting reaction from our assistant poltiical editor, norman smith. also this lunchtime... "inexplicable, unforgiveable, and gut—wretchingly sad" — gary lineker's verdict on the sacking of claudio ranieri. i personally think they should be building statues to him, not sacking him. murdered by a weapon of mass destruction — authorities in malaysia say kimjong—nam was killed by a banned nerve agent called vx.