this is bbc news. the headlines at three. the labour leader, jeremy corbyn, has called on his party to unite and "fight back" to make life better for "the many, not the few", reiterating he would lead the party into the next election following a disappointing by—election defeat in copeland. i've been elected twice to lead this party. i'm very proud and very honoured to lead this party. all my energy is going to leading this party. all our party members‘ energy is going towards campaigning for this party. britain faces a "sustained and serious" level of terror threat from islamist extremists. that‘s according to the independent reviewer of terrorism laws. sir mo farah has reiterated that he is a clean athlete, after a leaked report by the us anti—doping agency suggested that his coach alberto salazar may have broken drugs rules. in a further sign of worsening relations between donald trump and the media, the us president has announced he won‘t attend this year‘s white house correspondents‘ dinner. also in the next hour, preparations are almost complete

as hollywood prepares for the biggest night in film — the oscars. # i don‘t care if i knowjust where i will go. # la la land is expected to be the big winner with a0 nominations including best picture and best director. —— 14 best picture and best director. —— ia nominations. and fans of manchester united and southampton descend on wembley to see who will claim the first major trophy of the season in the efl cup final. coming up — recreating a galaxy far far away. how virtual reality was used to create some of the most exciting effects in the latest star wars movie. that‘s in click, at 3:30pm. good afternoon.

welcome to bbc news. the labour leader, jeremy corbyn, has delivered a rallying call to his party after last week‘s defeat in the copeland by—election. he said that, despite the scale of the task, "now is not the time to retreat, run away or give up". mr corbyn was giving a keynote speech to the scottish labour party in perth. here‘s our political correspondent, tom barton. his report contains flash photography. do you still think you are the man to rebuild labour? jeremy corbyn arriving at labour‘s scottish conference in perth this morning. we are campaigning for a just and fair society. preparing for his first major speech since the party‘s historic defeat in the copeland by—election last week. ahead of that speech, in an article in the sunday mirror, mr corbyn wrote:. but he also makes it clear he is not planning on going anywhere.

he said: "i was re—elected labour leaderfive months ago, with a bigger majority, and i am determined to finish thejob." labour party, 7000... friday‘s by—election results saw labour hold the seat of stoke—on—trent central, but the loss in copeland, for the first time in 80 years, has led some to question whether labour can win a general election. those loyal tojeremy corbyn say constant questions about his leadership are hurting the party. one of the issues that people are not voting for us is because they see a divided party. in the last 20 months, half of them have been leadership elections. we look divided. people are quite rightfully saying, it is not about a leadership election, it is about us coming together, listening to people, developing the policies, but also making sure those policies are communicated in words that people fully appreciate.

in scotland, where labour was once dominant, but now faces a massive task to overturn the snp, delegates at the party‘s conference today backed the party‘s leader. a lot of people have come back to labour since he became leader. under his leadership, i'm sure we will get back to power. it has not been a great week for us, but we will go forward from that. in his speech this afternoon, mr corbyn will say the result in copeland shows the scale of the challenge facing labour. but he will also try to inject the party with some confidence, saying now is not the time to retreat, to run away or to give up. tom barton, bbc news. earlier i spoke to our political correspondent tom barton and i started by asking him if he felt there was a change in the labour leader‘s tone since the party‘s defeat in the copeland by—election on friday. disappointing, devastating, some might say, result for labour in the copeland by—election. they have held the seat, in an area they have held

for more than eight decades, in between tee general elections, they would have absolutely expected to not just hold it would have absolutely expected to notjust hold it but to increase their majority, so to lose it to the conservatives was very bad news for the labour party and forjeremy corbyn. even today‘s speech, he acknowledged that this does show problems. but also laid out really, a rallying call to the party nationally as well as in scotland about how they can deal with the problems facing labour. the result in copeland was deeply disappointing and of course, i take my share of responsibility for it. we haven't done enough yet to rebuild trust with the people who have been ripped off and sold out for decades and don't always feel that labour represents them. but now is not the time to retreat, to run away or to give up. did keir hardie give up the fight? did clement attlee give up

the fight? did the miners who fought for better pay and working conditions from the first days of the mining industry? the only other clyde shipbuilders? the employees, the mill workers and many, many more among the industrial working class who were relentlessly exploited in the workplace? no, they fought back and won, time and time again, to make their lives and all the rest of us make their lives and all the rest of us who came after them better. that is what we all have to do now, and thatis is what we all have to do now, and that is what i will be doing. labour will be campaigning across britain for investment in decentjobs, homes, education for all, for investment in decentjobs, homes, education forall, support for the national health service, social care and fair taxation. if we stand together, i am confident we can turn back the tory tide and reconnect labour with working class vote rs reconnect labour with working class voters and values. so jeremy corbyn also said he was determined to stay in thejob, to also said he was determined to stay in the job, to see this through and some of those closest to him are

saying that labour are becoming unified around him, and that would go along way to dealing with some of the woes facing the party at the moment. there have been tee challenges already. any sign there is any appetite within the party for a third? quite simply, no, there isn‘t. i think those people with concerns about jeremy corbyn‘s leadership, and there are plenty of them, particularly in the parliamentary party, i think recognise that the last leadership election was only five months ago. john mcdonnell made the point earlier today that in the last 20 months, there have been leadership election is going on for ten of them. actually, at the leadership election last year, jeremy corbyn extended his majority. i think there isa extended his majority. i think there is a sense within those, even those who have concerns about his leadership, that it is just not worth pursuing that line and trying to unseat him because frankly, they

know that if they did, they would lose. their concern, though, is that if they don‘t do something, if they can‘t persuade jeremy if they don‘t do something, if they can‘t persuadejeremy corbyn to change his style, potentially, the party could lose the next general election. so in terms of reconnecting with working people, which is what we heard again today, what is labour going to do now to try to do that with this loss in copeland? i think the message from the party‘s leadership, and we have heard today not just jeremy the party‘s leadership, and we have heard today notjustjeremy corbyn but the shadow chancellor, john mcdonnell and the shadow attorney general, shami chakrabarti, that labour needs to unite around the leadership. they see a significant factor in certainly the loss in copeland but also the other troubles, you know, look at labour‘s poll ratings, they say a significant factor in that has been that sense of disunity, the sense of sniping and complaining aboutjeremy corbyn‘s leadership. their messages, put upa

corbyn‘s leadership. their messages, put up a united front even if you have concerns, and that is the point at which labour can start connecting and getting their message out to the electorate and hopefully from their perspective, doing well in future elections. that was tom barton, our political correspondent, talking to me earlier. the new independent review of terror laws has warned that britain faces a continuing and high threat of terror attacks. max hill told the sunday telegraph that plots by islamist extremist to attack uk cities were an enormous risk. earlier, our diplomatic correspondent caroline hawley explained the significance of the comments. he is essentially underlining the scale of the threat that the uk is facing from so—called islamic state, likening it to being as serious as the threat from the ira during the 1970s. he said there was a significant, ongoing risk, at least as great as that threat in the 1970s when the ira was active. the sad fact is that the threat

in this country, represented by what we now know as daesh or so—called islamic state, is high, is continuing, and is not going to abate. how to compare this decade with the 1970s is sometimes very difficult. of course, they are very different threats posed by is and the ira at the time. different ideologies. i think the similarity he is referring to is the intensity at which serious plots are now being planned. did he say anything about how, as is i sbeing put under increasing pressure in the middle east, for example the iraqi army‘s operation to retake mosul, whether that has an impact on how is is operating in europe? he didn‘t specifically refer to that, but as you say, is is in retreat on the battlefield in the middle east,

in mosul in particular, and at the same time we have seen an increase in suicide bombings in iraq. we‘ve seen europe attacked before, of course, with the massacres in 2005 in paris, and we know there is an intent to attack the uk. max hill is saying there is no room for complacency, and he is also saying that the british intelligence services have had what he called a truly remarkable success in foiling attacks since the july 2005 bombings. but the main message is that there is no room for competency, there is an ongoing threat that can‘t be ignored. with me is raffaello pantucci, director of international security studies at the royal united services institute think thank. thank you forjoining us. as the security threat has been elevated for some time now, is it difficult in terms of assessing the exact

degree of the threat to pick out nuances, if you like, and says when that threat might be even more elevated? i think it is difficult to pin that down exactly but i think what we can say is that the security service are looking at the threat picture which from their perspective is sort of as intense as it has ever been. if we think about the fact they have disrupted at least 12 plots, they say, in the past three yea rs, plots, they say, in the past three years, i think, plots, they say, in the past three years, ithink, we plots, they say, in the past three years, i think, we can see they are disrupting plots on a fairly regular basis, we see a fairly steady stream of people showing up in court as u nfa i rly of people showing up in court as unfairly advanced plots being disrupted. from their perspective, they are looking at the very intense picture. the difference in some ways with what we saw in the time of the ira in the 70s was there we saw a lot more attacks getting through, a lot more attacks getting through, a lot more attacks getting through, a lot more showing up at a very advanced stage which makes the picture from a public perspective look very different. it is one thing to have agencies saying you are disrupting and arresting people.

it's disrupting and arresting people. it‘s another thing to have bombs going off. is it risky to make the comparison between islamist extremist activity and what the ira was doing? i think the two threats are quite different in some ways. looking at the ira, in many ways they had a much more targeted sort of approach towards what they were attacking. it was often sort of commune, official targets, army targets, police. whereas if we look at what we see so—called islamic state increasingly doing, it really is anything that is representative of the state or even beyond that, we see them attacking churches, schools, all sorts of institutions set the parameters of what we can consider a target are transformed, and the nature of the attack they are trying, from using cars or knives, has changed the picture and made it more terrifying. knives, has changed the picture and made it more terrifyinglj knives, has changed the picture and made it more terrifying. i would like to get your thought on a question i put to caroline hawley a bit earlier. that is, as is is under increasing pressure in the middle east, does that affect in any way what they are trying to do in

europe? i think we have certainly seen the group has been trying to launch attacks in europe for some time andi launch attacks in europe for some time and i don‘t think that is going to decrease or become any less with the passing of time and their loss of territory. i think it will continue to increase if anything, as we see more people leaving the battlefield, more mainly plots being directed. but we have to be careful of saying there is going to be some kind of step change because suddenly the group loses territory. this group has consistently been trying to launch attacks and the fact of losing their territory and their bases may in fact reduce their capability to direct the same conduct plots we saw before. however, their intent and their attem pts however, their intent and their atte m pts to however, their intent and their attempts to instigate plots from a distance is something that has been consistently going on for quite some time. thank you forjoining us. the headlines on bbc news: jeremy corbyn has told the scottish labour conference in perth that now is not the time to give up despite the party‘s defeat in the copeland by—election, urging the party to unite. the home secretary amber rudd has said she agrees with a warning given

by the new independent reviewer of terrorism legislation that so—called islamic state militants pose as great a threat to britain as the ira did during the 1970s. sir mo farah says reports associating him with doping allegations are "deeply frustrating." that‘s after a leaked us report alleged that his coach, alberto salazar, gave some athletes higher—than—allowed doses of performance—enhancing substances. in sport, a hat—trick for harry, kane scores three, and one for dele alli as spurs lead stoke a—0, looking to leapfrog manchester city into second in the premier league. england are in action in the six nations, 15 minutes gone at twickenham and no score yet. and 2012 olympic silver medallist michaeljamieson has announced his retirement from swimming after a series of health problems and a battle with depression. it is the league cup final this

afternoon, manchester united and southampton meet at wembley, kick off at a:30pm and sports correspondent david 0rnstein is there. united are favourites and a trophy would certainly help cheer up what is a fairly frequently grumpy jose mourinho, wouldn‘t it? what is a fairly frequently grumpy jose mourinho, wouldn't it? they are favourites but so were they in 1976 when southampton and manchester united met. southampton were in the second division and manchester united in the top—flight. southampton divide all expectations to win that cup final. but united, yes, they come here as favourites, with all their riches, and thejose mourinho, this is a huge day, in his first season as united manager, could he become the first united manager ever to win a major trophy in his first season in charge? this is what he had to say. it would be good for the group. it would be good for the club and it would be good

for the club and it would be good for me, obviously. but you know, at the beginning of my career, i was looking more to myself and to my personal achievements, if you can say that. i am in a period where i am more and more a club man. for manchester united, this is fairly familiar territory. how many cup finals have they been in? not so, southampton. this is a really special day for them. six years ago, they were in the third division of english football but they have rebuilt that, after administration, building their way up for the last seven seasons, always finishing better despite selling so many players and losing managers. now they have a big day out. their last visit to wembley was 2010, thejohn stones‘s paint trophy final so just imagine if they turn it around today and beat the might of manchester united? —— johnstone‘s paint trophy. i‘m sure will be back at wembley later. we will be back at a:15pm

with more sport bbc news but back to the studio. britain‘s four—time olympic champion mo farah has insisted he is a "clean athlete who has never broken the rules." he issued a statement today after a leaked draft report by us anti—doping authorities suggested that alberto salazar, farah‘s coach, may have broken the rules to boost the performance of some athletes. mr salazar has been under investigation since allegations about drugs use at his american training base were made by the bbc‘s panorama programme in 2015. mark daly reports. can there be a one—two for the salazar group? it looks like it as mo farah takes gold for great britain. he‘s the coach and mastermind behind britain‘s sir mo farah and his four olympic gold medals. but alberto salazar and his nike oregon project has been under investigation by the us anti—doping agency, or usada, since a bbc panorama programme in 2015 revealed claims of doping and unethical practices. high—profile us athletes

kara goucher and her husband adam made a series of allegations against their former coach. he‘s sort of a win at all costs person. it is hurting the sport. today, the first glimpse of usada‘s findings. an interim report by the agency has been leaked by the russian hacking group fancy bears and passed to the sunday times. the report alleges salazar used banned or unethical methods to boost performance including infusions of supplements over the legal limit of 50 millilitres, untested and potentially unlawful medical procedures and medications. and the report states that mo farah‘s alleged use of an infusion in 201a remains under investigation. usada said it could:. usada continues to investigate but serious questions

now for uk athletics, who were, according to this leaked report, warned about salazar and his methods by one of their own doctors as far back as 2011. salazar maintains his athletes‘ use of medications has always fully complied with the world anti—doping code and in exactly the way usada directed. in regards to substances, methods or dosages". he said it was clear from the coverage it done nothing wrong and that if usada had evidence of wrongdoing, to publish it. but questions will persist over fa rah‘s continuing loyalty to a controversial coach the doping authorities seem so determined to pursue. mark daly, bbc news.

some news coming into us from northern ireland, we‘re hearing that firefighters are tackling a major blaze at what has been described as one of the world‘s oldest companies, alien in milk in the village of upper limbs in county londonderry. william clark and sons have been in business there since opening their first linen mill in 1736. firefighters tackling a major blaze at the country. the northern ireland fire and rescue three pumping appliances and three specialist appliances and three specialist appliances have been deployed to the scene of the fire. president trump has said he won‘t be attending this year‘s white house correspondents‘ dinner. the news came in a tweet from donald trump, in another sign of worsening relations with the mainstream press. only three other leaders have missed the annual event, which has been going on for more than a century. joining me now from new york to discuss this story is robert mahoney.

he is the deputy executive director at the committee to protectjournalists. thank you forjoining us. is this the trump administration trying to reinforce its fake news message?” don‘t think it is surprising the president has chosen not to go, given the steady stream of anti—press rhetoric we have seen throughout his campaign and in the last four weeks that he has been president. richard should they —— traditionally, this did he would be roasted by comedians and others and i think you can probably do without that. he would not like that kind of scrutiny and close—up scrutiny, would he? no, i mean, you need a pretty thick skin to go to that particular dinner as the president because the whole purpose of it is that you get mocked. for his audience, for the people who voted for him, and they did obviously in significant numbers, presumably this

is meant to protect him against further scrutiny from the media, as i say, trying to reinforce the message that he has been sending out daily. that the media is pushing out this great news. —— fake news. the media has been labelled as the enemy of the people and it has been accused of peddling false news and fa ke accused of peddling false news and fake news. this is an attempt to i think inoculate the administration against criticism in the future and to undermine the credibility of the press would have a clear role to play in a democracy. and dual committee, you are used to defending press freedoms, media freedoms in countries far from american shores. how does it feel that this is happening right in the us?m how does it feel that this is happening right in the us? it is very strange. the steady drumbeat of media criticism is bound to be music

to the years of authoritarian leaders and dictators around the world, who would like nothing better to muzzle silenced the critical press. what we see something we do stand—up for the values of press freedom in the united states, because the united states has traditionally been a beacon and a defender of those values globally. so how will the media do that? will it continue with an impartial reporting of the situation, or does it stayed some kind of boycott? —— its stage. the journalists will find out what works best for them, i think. most of the organisations i mean contact with are doubling down on the thing they do well which is investigative reporting, good reporting, just using the tools of journalism to get back to where they need to be which is holding this administration or any administration accountable and scrutinising those who have power. robert mahoney, thank you very much. lily allen has been attacked

by online trolls after revealing she had post—traumatic stress disorder after giving birth to a stillborn baby. the singer, who‘s 31, began to receive anonymous abuse online after speaking about the calais migrant crisis last year. the mother of two‘s baby son was stillborn at six months in 2010. in some of the most shocking abuse on twitter, she was accused by online trolls of being to blame for his death. allen, who has had a string of hits, has now announced she‘s taking a break from twitter and has handed her account to a friend. five people have been injured, three critically, after being hit by a car in south—east london this morning. according to reports, a car struck a wall and collided with the pedestrians. the driver of the vehicle has been arrested on suspicion of causing serious injury by dangerous driving. the red carpet has been rolled out

for the biggest night in hollywood. tonight is the 89th academy awards and there are a number of british troops with andrew garfield, naomi harris and dev patel all nominated. —— british hopes. but musical la la land is tipped for the biggest success with 1a nominations. 0ur los angeles correspondent james cook‘s report contains flash photography. # city of stars # are you shining just for me? hollywood‘s golden age refashioned for the 21st century. by turns dazzling and bittersweet, la la land has a record—equalling 1a 0scar nominations. we are standing right where i was sitting when ryan and emma drive up in the car. the woman responsible for the film‘s breathtaking choreography is now in last—minute rehearsals for tonight‘s academy awards. we are doing a medley of city of stars and audition. the fabulous john legend will be singing, which is really, really great. ryan and emma would have been great, butjohn legend is incredible.

well, the big question in los angeles is, will the academy opt for the escapism of la la land or will it choose to confront one of the many serious subjects on offer in pretty much every other nominated film? there‘s manchester by the sea, a study in grief, which has six nominations. denzel washington directs and stars in fences, in which a father struggles to bring up his family in a segregated america. it's not easy for me to admit that i've been standing in the same place for 18 years. i‘ve been standing with you! go find your way over there. that coloneljim is a tall... hidden figures also tackles racism and sexism — the true story of three women working at nasa has been a huge box—office hit. what happened ? why didn‘t you come home like you were supposed to? and then there is moonlight, with its themes of neglect, drug addiction and sexuality, earning a nomination for britain‘s naomie harris.

really great art reflects society and edifies us and shows us a different way of operating and so i definitely think that it‘s going to be a very political year at the oscars. and so we approach the oscars amid talk of politics and protest. in some ways, the world of entertainment has never felt so serious. james cook, bbc news, in hollywood. time to check out what the rest of sunday‘s weather has in store for us. the fifth named storm of the season is crossing the uk. un was named by the irish met service because that is where most of the impact is affected. for most of us, it is wind and rain, working its way through and rain, working its way through and it has been pretty blustery around the irish sea coasts, and the strongest winds will transfer further north. really wet across western scotland and that will ease away to showers and we will see rain

moving eastwards followed by further showers overnight. a pretty lively night one way or the other but it turns quite cold in the northern half of the uk and in some rural spots, we are going low enough for patches of ice in the north and west. from early tomorrow, heavy showers around. they will produce a mixture of rain, hail, sleet and snow and thunder and lightning as well and it will feel that bit colder, firmly in single figures, five in glasgow, seven or eight in london. staying pretty chilly into tuesday with lots of cloud and a bit of sunshine and further showers which again could be on the heavy side. hello. this is bbc news. the headlines: jeremy corbyn says he takes his share of responsibility