even this is bbc news. the headlines at 4.00pm. theresa may insists she has the cabinet's full support. after grant shapps insists she should step down. what i think is necessary for the country now, what the country needs is calm leadership, that's exactly what i'm providing, and i'm providing that with the full support of my cabinet. a father loses a claim for damages against an ivf clinic — after his ex—partner forged his signature to use frozen embryos. harvey weinstien is taking a leave of absence, after it was reported that eight women made sexual harassment claims against him. a final farewell: the funeral of coronation street star liz dawn is taking place this afternoon. herformer

her former co—stars herformer co—stars paid her former co—stars paid their respects. she was gentle, kinding, so loving. she was gentle, kinding, so loving. she gave so many things to so many people. and that coming up, the final farewell. the funeral of liz dawn. some retailers stop selling baby sleep positioners after warnings from the united states they can cause deaths from suffocation. and cricketer ben stokes won't go to australia with the rest of the ashes squad. he was arrested on suspicion of actual bodily harm after an incident outside a nightclub last month. good afternoon. welcome to bbc news. theresa may has said she's providing "calm leadership" as she responded to moves to oust her by grant shapps, former chairman of the conservative party. he claims up to 30 tory mps — including five former cabinet ministers —

want to force a leadership contest that would unseat the prime minister. mrs may's allies have dismissed it as a plot that is fizzling out. our political correspondent leila nathoo reports from westminster. away from westminster, an attempt to clear the air. seemingly unphased by questions over her authority, a message to those who want her out. what i think is necessary for the country now, what the country needs is calm leadership. that's exactly what i'm providing and i'm providing that with the full support of my cabinet. he's been revealed as the ring leader of a plot to oust theresa may from downing street, former party chairman, grant shapps. he claims up to 30 mps, including five former cabinet ministers are in favour of telling her, her time is up. over a period of time since the general election that went badly wrong, there are a lot of colleagues who feel we could be better served by having a leadership election

sooner rather than later. this was to gather those people together, in order to be able to say that to her. under the party rules it takes 48 tory mps to officially register their discontent to trigger a leadership contest. at the moment, the current group of rebels falls short. they had planned to approach the prime minister directly to express concerns, but now their intentions are out in the open it is unclear if they can still mount a challenge. theresa may's critics have been spurred on by the calamitous conference speech but her cabinet colleagues are rushing to her defence. i think that the prime minister's been doing a fantasticjob. i think that the conservative party and mps, the supporters in the country and the voters are focussed on just one thing — which is making sure that the prime minister can be supported.

she has no obvious successor and her mps don't want to risk another election but she must tighten her grip on her party. this plot may fizzle out but her opponents are circling. earlier i spoke to the conservative mp, nigel evans, sincing on the 1922 committee of backbench mps in our salford studio. how serious is the plot? not serious at all. it is irritating, frankly. it started off as a pathetic attempt. i see it as a tantrum, rather than a coup. it started off below the 30 numbers. it could be ten. we don't know how many he has got. we know it is not a8, and that is needed to trigger a leadership election. no we don't want an early leadership election or early general election. we have heard theresa may saying she is providing the calm leadership, which she is, grant must calm down.

theresa had the legendary conference cold, when you get a cold, you take strepsils, no a revolver. you take strepsils, not a revolver. it is overreaction about grant shapps. the general election, was a disaster but she still got 43% of the vote, doing way better than david cameron did two years earlier. she got rid of some key people that let her down badly during the campaign, that was an opportunity for him to speak up but he didn't. this sniping from the sidelines is providing ammunition forjeremy corbyn and we have to remember that theresa may and david davis are going into the difficult brexit negotiations and we hear from brussels that they used the discontent within the party, the differences of opinion as a reason perhaps for stalling the discussions or making it more difficult, so he is just helping that. he had his best chance at this now, he complained during the party

conference about the party chairman, and then he switched to the prime minister, well, he has had his go, the bandwagon he has been trying to push over the prime minister is now rolling over him. the problem is that grant shapps is not the only person questioning theresa may's leadership. questions have been ongoing since the election, months, and they are not helping any of the things you mentioned. grant is not helping the conservative party or the prime minister or the leadership or the country. is her leadership helping? yes it is. i see the prime minister performing at the dispatch box every wednesday and she is amazing and knocks spots offjeremy corbyn. she's a great performer. she got well over 13 million votes at the general election. she is providing what 17.5 million voted for during the referendum and indeed grant shapps‘ constituency voted to leave the european union. so he must get behind the prime minister in order that she can deliver

for his constituents. in all of the papers there have been questions over her leadership and her authority. how should she restore that authority? the opportunity was missed at the party conference, how should she do it now? she needs to carry on. she has the cabinet coming out, 100% behind her. when parliament is back to westminster on monday, we will have the opportunity to rally around her at westminster. grant has to ensure he properly calms down. he has had the opportunity to phone around people to see how many discontented he can get. i understand why he is feeling disappointed. his greatness is overlooked by the prime minister but let's be fair, the vast majority of the parliamentary party of 318 are not in the government. when we are not in the government, we get behind it. the choice is not between theresa may and another fictitious figure that grant is yet

to tell us who it is. when he was asked would he like to be the prime minister, he said "yes". well, grant, you will not be the prime minister. we have theresa may, we have somebody that we all endorse as a person who as one, as i say, for 13.5 million votes at the general election voted for. get behind her. frankly, the time has come to shut up. you touched on it, is it not the problem that he doesn't have an idea as to who should be in there instead, is that the problem? no it is notjust the only problem. theresa may announced she has the support of 100% of the cabinet. so who is grant speaking on behalf of? some people? we understand people are bitter but the fact is he doesn't speak on behalf of any who he sees as potential candidates in the cabinet. they support theresa may, so do i, now is the time, grant, to just shut up and get behind her!

nigel evans. a father lost his claims against damages against an ivf clinic after his partner forged damages against an ivf clinic after his partnerforged his signature damages against an ivf clinic after his partner forged his signature to have a child. 0ur his partner forged his signature to have a child. our medical correspondent fergu walsh is at the high court in central london. in this case, the couple had had one child through ivf. when the relationship broke up in 2010, the judge said that the woman resorted to desperate and dishonest means to get the remaining embryos defrosted and then informed the ex—partner via text m essa g e and then informed the ex—partner via text message she was three months' pregnant. the father told the bbc it had a profound impact on his relationship with their six—year—old daughter. it's a very, very difficult

situation for me. a beautiful child, a child that eve ryo ne a beautiful child, a child that everyone would want, a child that i love but also a child that has brought us so much pain so. in many insta nces brought us so much pain so. in many instances i don't want to touch my child. but i love my child. and that then fill these conversely with this deep profound levels of guilt. because i can't reconcile the fa ct guilt. because i can't reconcile the fact that i don't want the child, the child is not responsible for its being... but i... i can't square that circle. that's, very, very difficult. now, the father had been seeking more than £1 million in damages to pay for things like his daughter's private education, for a gap year, even for decorating her bedroom and a generous wedding. this claim was dismissed. although the clinic had been negligent, sorry, although the clinic had breached contract, it had

not been negligent. ivf hammersmith said it had tightened procedures. thejudge ruled in ourfavour we we re thejudge ruled in ourfavour we were not negligent and dismissed the case against the clinic. as a matter of law, if she forged the signature we didn't have his written consent but moving forward as a clinic, we a lwa ys but moving forward as a clinic, we always contact both parties, so this should never happen again. the judge said although the claim for damages was dismissed that the judgment as a father should be a complete personal and moral vindication of his position. fergu walsh reporting from outside of the high court in london. plaid cymru has ended its co—operation agreement with labour in the welsh assembly. the move comes days after the two parties agreed a £210 million deal to ensure labour's budgets for this year and next will be passed by the

assembly. the first minister said that the government would continue to be open to co—operation. the catalan leader, has been asked to address the region's parliament on tuesday, a day later than planned where he may declare independence from spain. earlier, spanish police officers issued an anonymous letter officers issued an anonymous letter ofan officers issued an anonymous letter of an apology for the police violence last sunday. 0ur correspondent reports now from barcelona. another day, another development in the crisis. swiss authorities confirmed they have contacted the spanish government, offering to help as negotiator. but there seems little chance of that, spain's prime minister refusing any dialogue, he is clear that separatist parties have broken the constitution, unless plans to break off are cancelled. across the spectrum of left and right wing newspapers, in spain catalonia, headlines are the same, banks leaving,

other companies threatening to do the same, a countdown to crisis. in three days' time, the catalan government is set for separation, and there is desperate planning for what happens next. 0ne catalan worker's union is calling for people to take to the streets and close businesses next week. on tuesday next week, after the declaration, we are calling for a general strike for five days. from tuesday. because we saw last week, the violent police crackdown accosting the rights of the workers. we are standing up for the rights of the workers in the country. today, a group of senior spanish police officers wrote an anonymous letter of apology for the police violence during the referendum and said that they were ashamed and that it was a difficult event. here some talk about feeling intimidated to work on their

streets, given the public backlash and worry about the days ahead. given the public backlash, police say they are worried about the days ahead and intimidated from working on the street. translation: i do not see civil war, somebody who declares independence does not want to be part of spain, that could cause confrontation on the streets. the divide has even spilled over into sport, it has affected the spanish football team playing in alicante tonight, just days after gerard pique was booed in training for supporting the rights of catalans to vote for their future. in the past few minutes, carles puigdemont has quested carles puigdemont has requested to appear before catalan parliament to make an announcement on tuesday, suggesting there is a chance that any declaration on independence could be delayed by 2a hours. this is bbc news, the headlines:

theresa may tells the tory rebels she intends to stay at number ten, despite claims of a plot to oust her. she is providing calm leadership, she claims. a father loses a claim for damages against an ivf clinic — after his ex—partner forged his signature to use frozen embryos. and cricketer ben stokes won't go to australia with the rest of the ashes squad. the ecb say a final decision on his involvement in the ashes tour has not been made. wales, getting ready for the cup qualifier tonight. they are without their top scorer, gareth bale. and the deadline forbidding the 2022 commonwealth games has been extended after birmingham appeared to be the

only candidate. t the game federation said that the bid was not fully come pliant. that's the sport. more in an hour's time. new figures out today show productivity in the british labour force has fallen in the second quarter of the year. the office for national statistics says productivity, the amount each worker produces per hour, is lagging behind the uk's international competitors. and there's a warning from some business leaders that it's a continuing barrier to growth. i spoke to lee hoply, chief economist at e. if, to discuss what the figures show. manufacturing had a tough quarter. productivity fell sharply in the three months tojune. although, it's been a volatile trend across the industry over two years, reflecting some of the volatility and the economic conditions that the sector has faced. so a lot of ups and downs in terms of output. especially in key sectors, important in productivity terms, like auto motoring and aerospace for example.

give us an idea of what is behind it? if we knew, we would pull the levers to fix it. looking at the economy as a whole, there are a number of areas that we know contribute to the gap that we see in the uk with some of our developed world competitors. we don't invest enough. we are lagging in the terms of the level of invasion across the of the level of inovasion across the economy and key business environments factors, the increased production with fewer input, so thinking of infrastructure, notjust physical, like roads and airport but digital. all of that feeds into a picture that is pretty difficult and disappointing for the economy as a whole. why aren't france and germany experiencing the same problems, they are doing better? are they? we do see a gap between the uk and the g7 competitor but we have not seen the gap getting bigger over the last

couple of years. the weakness in the uk relative to france, germany, the us in particular, is a long standing one. some of the weakness in the productivity growth is not a british phenomena. many other developed economies are experiencing something similar, which is why the gap is not budging. how much of a burden is it for businesses who are desperate to grow? it is a challenge notjust for businesses but policy makers. if we don't address the productivity short fall and move the needle on it creates difficulties in terms of pay it rises, improving standards of living and putting pressure on the public finances. we are not doing enough for sustainable growth over the long—term. businesses clearly need more confidence and more action from government and looking to the forthcoming budget, to boost

investment and invasion. investment and inovasion. investment and inovation. that could help to get things moving but that's not going to happen in the next couple of quarters. we have to look at the next few years. there have been call force the chancellor to do something about it, what should he be doing? there is not one thing that should be done. one of the most important things we have to see around the budget time is a clear and ambitious industrial strategy coming from the government. that starts to lay the framework for action across all parts of government to address the growth and the productivity challenges, specifically looking to the chancellor, i think this is about deploying resources to get invasion and business investment moving. that is another area where there has been disappointment when we see the numbers coming through on investment growth. this year's nobel peace prize has been awarded to the international campaign to abolish nuclear weapons — ican. the norwegian nobel committee

praised the organisation's effort to achieve a ban on nuclear weapons. ican said the award sent a message to president trump and to north korea that having nuclear weapons and threatening to use them was illegal. i spoke to our diplomatic correspondent paul adams. it is interesting, if you look at their record, about once every ten years they pick out nuclear campaigners for this kind of accolade. so they have picked one that most people, frankly, will never have heard of, as they have been around for ten years but they were behind this move to get this treaty signed in the summer, 122 countries that have signed on to that. crucially, of course, they are not nuclear powers and that, i think, highlights the fundamental problem here. the possession of nuclear weapons has become so crucial in geopolitical terms, in terms of national, international status, position on the un security council, all of that, that it is not going

to happen tomorrow. that countries with nuclear weapons are suddenly going to decide to get rid of them. but for the nobel committee, they look around the world today, they say it is probably about as dangerous as it has been for a long time. you look at the last few months of the north korea's tests, and that there are real dangers and in this environment it is not a bad idea to highlight the issue. so how important is the timing? you touched on the situation with trump, with north korea, everything that has been rumbling on. the bookies favourite was the architects of the iran nuclear deal. the eu foreign policy chief, and the iranian foreign minister in particular. that would have been an incredible pointed gesture by the nobel committee. it would have felt

a rebuff to donald trump. indeed in the press conference, the journalists were asking the nobel committee was this a message to any particular countries, and donald trump was mentioned. i think trump was mentioned. ithink in trump was mentioned. i think in a general sense, while not being a specifically slap in the face, it is very much a message to those at the centre of the current nuclear rows, if you like and donald trump is clearly one of those. then a statement from ican when welcoming the prize, they spoke about fiery rhetoric being a part of the problem. we know what that refers to, donald trump's fire and fury remark, when it comes to north career. so the timing is crucial. it is -- career. so the timing is crucial. it is —— north korea. it is every ten yea rs we see is —— north korea. it is every ten years we see nuclear campaigners coming up but some would say it is as good as any to have that particular focus. a teenagerfrom

particular focus. a teenager from leicestershire admitted to hacking the commuters of senior government us officials, including a former director of the cia. he pleaded guilty to ten charges at leicester crown court. he will be sentenced in december. the funeral of liz dawn, coronation street's vera duckworth for 3h years, is being held today at salford cathedral. liz dawn died last week at the age of 77. simonjones is in salford for us. he has been speaking to fellow corrie stars. including helen worth. nothing but fun and love. i never heard her say a bad word about anybody. shejust anybody. she just loved everybody. she anybody. shejust loved everybody. she care sod much. shejust looked after people. young ones. she took under her wing "hello, young ones. she took under her wing " hello, love" young ones. she took under her wing "hello, love" as soon as they walked m, "hello, love" as soon as they walked in, the first day, what could be better than to be greeted by liz

saying "hello love! " and i mean, thatis saying "hello love! " and i mean, that is how it went on. and such an iconic character, millions thought that they knew her? absolutely. and they did, of course. she gave her all on screen. she... she was wonderful. wasn't she? how much... what is surprising is she was that feisty lady but she wasn't. she was a gentle, calm, quiet, loving, so loving, so generous. she gave so many things to so many people. and what was the mood like in the service? it was, it was actually, a bit like i've described her. loving and quietand bit like i've described her. loving and quiet and calm. gentle and peaceful, just like liz. really a chance to say "tarra, chuck"? no, i don't think we'll ever say that... some emotional tributes

at salford cathedral. helen worth, who plays gale in coronation street paying tribute to vera duckworth. the person who played herfor more than 3a years. the oscar—winning hollywood film producer, harvey wienstein, says he's taking a leave of absence from his work and seeking the help of therapists. it follows a report that eight women have made sexual harassment allegations against the 65—year—old, stretching back over nearly three decades. our arts correspondent david sillito reports. harvey weinstien a regular face on red carpets, shakespeare in love, the power broker behind many award—winning move ies. there was no secret, there was a robustness about the way he did business but he is now officially on leave after a

series of allegations about his behaviour towards women. in a statement he said... i many , many of the allegations of sexual harassment, are patently false, according to a lawyer, representing harvey weinstien but that lawyer, does admit he is an old dinosaur. learning new ways and he wants to reach out to any women who have issues to talk to them in a respectful, peaceful way. so while harvey weinstien is taking on lawyers to challenge some of the reports, he has admitted failings, saying he came of age in the ‘60s and the ‘70s, when the behaviour in the workplace was different but adds it is no excuse for the way he has acted and he is now seeking therapy.

cricketer ben stokes will not travel to australia with the rest of the ashes squad at the end of the month. cricketer ben stokes will not travel to australia with the rest of the ashes squad at the end of the month. he is under investigation after being arrested on suspicion of causing actual bodily harm last month. earlier i spoke tojoe wilson, our sports correspondent about when this decision means for his future. they are keeping their options open. they are not saying he won't go to the ashes at all but he won't travel with the rest of the team later this month. we expected that. to a certain extent, this is out of the ecb's hands. they have their own internal investigation but of course there is a criminal investigation ongoing. nobody knows when it will be wrapped up. nobody knows when it will be wrapped up. it is seen for a long time, in an ethical sense, in a practical sense, it is impossible for ben stokes to go to the ashes with this hanging over him. the ecb have also

announced that ben stokes has had the ecb have also announced that ben stokes has had his contract renewed, so he is still an england player. andrew strauss is trying to bring clarity to the situation but what they have done is named steve finn, the fast bowler in the ashes squad, he was not initially, there, so they have named a replacement, even though ben stokes is still in the squad, they have not suspended him yet, even though they have said that ben stokes and alex hales are not available for selection. not available for selection until further notice. there has been an outcry about this? yes. many people asking why ben stokes was out on a night out until 2.00am in the morning when on tour. we have had confirmation from the ecb of different disciplinary proceedings, going into the behaviour of that squad. three players, jonny bairstow, liam

plu nkett three players, jonny bairstow, liam plunkett and jake ball have been fined and warned for unprofessional conduct is what the ecb are saying. so when you look at this, is this damaging to their chances? well, a lot of people would say that ben stokes is not only england's best player but one of the best players in the world. but other matters have to come into play, the image of the team, and above all else, the criminal proceedings that are ongoing against him. that was joe wilson. now let's that wasjoe wilson. now let's cross to been rich. some brightness over the next few days but also a fair amount of cloud and outbreaks of rain. things clouding from the north—west. for northern ireland and scotland, then through the night, places further to the south. some outbreaks of rain

there. heavier in the hills in the west. east, the rain is light and patchy but milder and a windier night. saturday, a drab start to the weekend. cloudy, outbreaks of rain around. but a few areas to pick out that will get to see brightness. south wales will brighten up, central and southern england also. brightest areas, eastern scotland and north—east england. shelters from the hills and the mountains. showers in the western areas, where it will be cloudy. highs of 1a to 17 celsius. saturday being a breezy day but sunday is lighter. on balance a little more brightness. especially in the east. more cloud and the odd shower in the west. highs of 17 celsius. a full detail on the weather on the website. hello. this is bbc news. the headlines. theresa may has responded to some back bench calls for her to leave

office by insisting she is providing "calm leadership" with the full support of the cabinet. a father has lost a damages claim against an ivf clinic after his former partner forged his signature and had his baby, without his consent. the hollywood film producer harvey weinsteen is taking a leave of absence after it was reported that eight women had made sexual harassment claims against him. stars of coronation street have paid tribute to the actress liz dawn, whose funeral has taken place today in salford. and a us health regulator says baby sleep positioners are not safe, because they can cause suffocation, some, but not all, uk shops have stopped selling them. time to catch up with the sports news now. ben stokes will not travel to australia with the rest

of the ashes squad at the end of the month. the ecb says a final decision is yet to be made on whether he will be involved in the series at all, but if he is, he will join at a later stage. stokes is under investigation after being arrested on suspicion of causing actual bodily harm last month. but he is among the eight test players awarded contracts by the ecb today. the policing investigation is paramount, that's the more important of the investigations. only when that happens will be ecb disciplinary process kicked in as well. i would suspect that if stokes were to be charged by the police it would make it difficult for him to tour. all indications are that he's not going to stop the tour so i would suggest that's the way it's looking. steven finn has been added to the

ashes squad. three other england players have been warned about their off pitch conduct. jonny bairstow, jake ball and liam plunkett were given written warnings after an investigation following the recent one—day international series against the west indies. the ecb said these aren't connected to the stokes incident. the bidding time for the commonwealth games has been extended and bits can now be made until the end of november. the committee said birmingham's application wasn't fully compliant. they say they are seeking clarification and there will be talks with the federation over the next few weeks. i think they are annoyed and surprised over how this has been handled. but i think realistically the games

will end up going to birmingham in 2022 for the first time. simply because even though this has happened today and the deadline has been extended until the end of november, it's not certain that any other cities will bid, and if they do, they won't be able to match birmingham's. there is "an increasing political risk that qatar may not host the world cup in 2022", according to a confidential report obtained by the bbc. the study looks at the impact of the current diplomatic crisis between qatar and its neighbours — the authors claim that tournament insiders and regional experts have told them it is far from certain doha will actually host the tournament. however, the qatar 2022 delivery committee say there is absolutely no risk to the project. double olympic silver medallist jazz carlin is taking up 10k marathon swimming in a bid to become the first woman in history to win medals both in the pool and open water at the same games in tokyo 2020. carlin was second in the a00m and 800m freestyle at rio 2016 but struggled to find a direction

after the games and withdrew from this summer's world championships. she says open water swimming has "revitalised" her love for the sport. she hopes to compete in the olympics in tokyo 2020. wales, getting ready for the cup qualifier tonight. they are without their top scorer, gareth bale. the game gets underway at 5pm and wales must win if they are to have any hope of qualifying for the world cup next year. gareth bale is missing with a calf injury. the quality we've got is good enough to play against any team. it's disappointing because if you take someone of his quality away it will be disappointing for anyone. we've got enough of a game plan, it's not going to change without him.

we'll let you know how they get on. theresa may has said she is providing calm leadership and has the full support of her cabinet. it comes after a morning of intense speculation over her future following a former party chairman emerging as the ringleader of a backbench move to get the prime—minister to step down. grant shapps says up to 30 tory backbenchers want a leadership election, including five former cabinet ministers. we think theresa may is a very decent person, who took the gamble of that election which didn't pay off. we've not been able to relaunch since then. there have been mps who feel it would be right to have a change. they are trying to privately and in a way that wouldn't be embarrassing to her, be able to go and have that conversation and say that since she said she got us into this mess and would lead for as long as we wanted, that we would be able to have a conversation and say we think it would be better

to have a leadership election at this time. other cabinet colleagues jumped in to defend the prime minister. the home secretary amber rudd was one, writing in the telegraph that "the pm should stay". and the environment secretary michael gove also said he backed mrs may. i think the prime minister has been doing a fantasticjob this week, and she has the support of conservative mps and voters, who are focused on just one thing, making sure the prime minister is supported as she ensures that we spend more money on the national health service and fix the broken housing and energy markets, and as she leads the campaign, of which i am a part, to ensure that we deal with the illegal wildlife trade devastating parts of the world where some of the most iconic and beautiful animals live. it's been an eventful six months for theresa may let's take a look

back at some of the decisive moments in her premiership since the spring. she triggered article 50 in march, formally starting two years of negotiations before brexit. mrs may surprised the country in april when she called a snap general election to be held on june eighth. that saw her lose the conservatives' commons majority and much of her own authority at parliament. it also led to a pact with northern ireland's dup to prop up her government with its ten mps. just last month she delivered a speech about brexit in florence, which was generally well received by conservative mps. this wednesday, trying to reassert her authority at her party's conference, her leader's speech was blighted by a heavy cold, and being handed a pas by a prankster. and today details have emerged of a plot challenge her leadership, with about 30 conservative mps said to support the move. it was just before lunchtime that the prime minister spoke

to reporters from her constituency in maidenhead, where she addressed that plot to challenge her leadership. i have had a cold all this week, but i'm here at this fantastic event raising money for families going through real difficulty. what the country needs is calm leadership. i will be updating mps next week on the florence speech which has given real momentum to the brexit talks, and i will also be introducing a draft bill to cap energy prices which will stop ordinary working families from being ripped off. do you have a message for those people in your party who don't support your leadership? what i think is necessary for the country now and what the country needs is calm leadership, that is exactly what i'm providing, and i'm providing that with the full support of my cabinet. thank you. a former army intelligence officer has won substantial damages after his computer was hacked by private detectives working our

for the defunct news of the world newspaper. our legal affairs correspondent, clive coleman is following the case at the high court. this is a long and complicated but extraordinary story. it concerns a man called ian hurst. he worked in military intelligence in northern ireland between 1980 and 1991. his job was to infiltrate the ira in order to gain intelligence. in 2004 he co—authored a book called "steak knife". that was the codename for the ira's head of security. in 2006 the news of the world became interested in this story and through private investigators, proved the newspaper management, private investigators were hired. a man called jonathan rhys who ran

an investigation agency and a man called philip campbell—smith. through those private detectives a virus was put onto ian hurst's computer and it was effectively hacked. his e—mails were intercepted. ian hurst was completely unaware of this until 2011, when panorama made a programme about it and told him about the fact his computer had been hacked. he started a legal action back then, but the news of the world had always denied any unlawful activity. it was only today that a statement was read in open court in which the publishers of the newspapers admitted there was this hacking, but it took place during a three—month period during 2006 and possibly

beyond that, and they have agreed to pay ian hurst and his family substantial damages. they've undertaken this activity will never happen again. one of the extraordinary aspects is that in 2006 the serious organised crime agency became aware of this hacking. they took that evidence and information to the metropolitan police but they did nothing with it. they didn't tell ian hurst about it. in that respect this case has some echoes of the phone hacking scandal because the metropolitan police were in possession of information but that wasn't then passed on to victims. today is a vindication of that 2011 panorama programme which brought this to light and which the news of the world and its publishers had consistently denied that the wrongdoing had taken place. it's a vindication of the panorama programme, it opens questions

about why the metropolitan police didn't pass the information on to ian hurst. today, after a legal battle that's spanned six years, ian hurst is going to receive substantial damages, as is his wife and daughter because the hacking also involved their e—mails, and the publishers of the news of the world have undertaken and ensured the court this sort of behaviour will never happen again. several uk retailers have stopped selling baby sleep positioners, also known as baby nests, because of concerns about their safety. a us health regulator said they could cause suffocation and have been linked to 12 infant deaths in america. the products are aimed at babies under six months old and are designed to keep them in the same position while they sleep. adina campbell reports. known as baby nests or baby pods,

these sleep positioners have become increasingly popular with parents worldwide. but now there are safety fears, described as dangerous by the us health regulator, the fda. it's now advising parents not to use them, claiming they can cause suffocation, resulting in death. babies are safest lying on firm flat surfaces. they can and do move but they don't necessarily have as good control of their bodies at young ages as adults so they can easily get into trouble and not be able to get out of that again. the move has caused some of the uk's biggest retailers to also take action. tesco, which sells baby nests on its website, has now made them unavailable. john lewis says it's now withdrawing the one it sells as a precautionary measure. mothercare has told us it's doing the same. ebay has also announced it will no longer be selling them on its websites.

the sleep positioners have high sides, designed to keep babies under six months secure. but parents are divided about them. they are just perfect. because they can't move. you can close it here. it keeps them warm. i like it, my sister likes it. i notice if you know how to position the bar at the bottom where the legs are supposed to be supported, otherwise the baby hunches and you can see it could obstruct breathing. this isn't the first time a warning has been given about these baby nests. in 2010, the fda advised people not to buy them following reports of 12 infant deaths linked to the products. it and the nhs recommends that babies sleep in cots, considered to be the safest place. in a moment we'll take a look

at some of the business stories of the week, but first the headlines on bbc news. theresa may tells tory rebels she intends to stay at number 10, despite claims of a plot to oust her, saying she's providing "calm leadership". a father loses a claim for damages against an ivf clinic — after his ex—partner forged his signature to use frozen embryos. the catalan parliament defies madrid and presses ahead with its debate that could trigger a declaration of independence. time for a look at the big business stories of the week, and jamie is here to take us through them. you're going to start with us jobs. do you know what day it is today?

it's the first friday of the month. that's why you see business journalists rushing around. on the first friday you get the jobs figures from the usa. these figures tell us how many people have been employed in the last month. your question is how many people were employed? do you want to do it all yourself?! laughter it went down. it was a negative number, 33,000. so employment has gone down. why? the a nswer employment has gone down. why? the answer is hurricanes. and harvey in the southern states. the place where we saw the loss ofjobs was obviously in the hotel and hospitality industries. huge numbers of bar staff. it is a temporary thing and actually once we start

getting a rebuild going on in houston and florida, we might see the figures coming back with a vengeance the figures coming back with a vengeance but it could take a few months. shall i move vengeance but it could take a few months. shalli move onto vengeance but it could take a few months. shall i move onto the next one? you want to talk about airlines. i still find the ryanair story astonishing. there are so many stories to talk about. we've also had stories to talk about. we've also ha d easyj et stories to talk about. we've also had easyjet figures out today but ryanair was had easyjet figures out today but ryanairwas mro had easyjet figures out today but ryanair was mr o leary. had easyjet figures out today but ryanair was mr 0 leary. he's written to the pilots now. he's said, please stay with us. he's being very nice to them, which is in contrast to something he said about them a month ago, "they are full of their own self—importance". he's rather changed his tune because he's beginning to realise what bad press he's getting. it is astonishing, the fa ct he's getting. it is astonishing, the fact this can possibly be due to greater problems. we have wrote a

problem that the bbc but... we don't have major rotor problems! yes. the odd thing about ryanair is he said my planes are full of people who swore they would never fly with ryanairagain. in many swore they would never fly with ryanair again. in many ways you can say because of his business model and the low—cost nature of the business, people keep on flying with them. is it different? i know lots of people who'd said you're always making that decision and if you fly with a budget airline you go with what's cheapest. but a lot of people are saying, i'm not going to fly ryanair because what i want to know is that my flight is going to go. the figures at the moment don't really support it. the other thing is uk productivity which sounds really exciting! when it's disappointing today. disappointing

figures. we are going to speak to tom stevenson. tell us about uk productivity because it's pretty bad, which is in itself a bad reflection of the economy. yes, so uk productivity fell in the second quarter of the year from april to june. it had already fallen in the first quarter of the year. that means the average british work is producing a bit less every hour they work. in fact, they've been doing this for quite a long time. productivity is no better than it was ten years ago. we've had lost decade in terms productivity and we are about 15% less productive than our main g7 rivals. why is that? lots of theories. we aren't investing enough, businesses are concerned about brexit so they aren't investing, we aren't innovative enough. there are lots of reasons. no one really knows why productivity is falling but it's a

problem for the chancellor, because low productivity means low growth, and that means low tax receipts. we'll see when he announces his budget what that means for balancing the books. we were just talking about the jobs figures out of the us. it was expected, and it is going to bounce back. they were disappointing, 33,000 fewer jobs created. the expectation had been at about 80 or 90,000 more would be created so they are bad figures. it's the first fall since 2010. we've had a long period of expansion of the jobs market in the us. interestingly, the unemployment rate fell a bit and is now down at 4.2% which is really low. wage growth is beginning to pick up. 2.9% wage growth in america. i think the federal reserve will be looking at

these figures and i don't think it will be put off raising interest rates later this year. on the airlines, easyjet doing not too badly but it was warning it's going to have a lot of downward pressure on its fares, we've got ryanair bigging its pilots to stay with it. alitalia also having problems. airlines aren't having a good time. they are not. easyjet's figures were quite good. they had 24 million passengers in the last three months, that's a record. what they call the load factor, though the numbers of bums on seats was over 95% so pretty good. easyjet is suffering from the same problems as other airlines, too much capacity which means airfares are too low. on the other side of the ledger costs are too high and a major factor is the level of the pound because their revenue is in pounds but many of their costs is in

dollars. the costs are going up. i think things are getting easier for the airlines. we've had monica go, alitalia, air berlin, so capacity is going to start shrinking —— monarch. the markets coming down to the beginning of a gentle weekend. thank you very much. the funeral of liz dawn, coronation street's vera duckworth for 34 years, is being held at salford cathedral. liz dawn died last week at the age of 77. simonjones has been speaking to her fellow corrie stars, including the actors michael le vell and sally dynevor, who play kevin and sally in the soap. the service has just ended. we are told there were tears and laughter, and many of the coronation street cast were present. sally and kevin, tell us how was it? it was an incredible

service, really beautiful. the choir was stunning and the tributes were amazing. her son's tribute told all about her life. even stuff we didn't know. the story about her winning £25 in a singing competition, and she gave it straightaway to a kids' charity so they could have holidays. that was liz. she would do that wherever she was. it's nice to remember her like that. what are you chief memories going to be? laughing a lot with liz, there was always laughter where liz was. her energy. her kindness, the way she would involve everybody, she was friends with everybody. she wanted to know what we will all doing.

she cared about everyone. i think that came across in vera. the nation loved vera because i think they loved liz. she was such a caring person. the way they spoke about her, the way she was about her family, her grandkids, her great grandkids. we were young when we joined the show and she treated us like her kids. took you under her wing. she was like a proper matriarch. i remember when she went to meet the pope. she came back and she had all these little angel things which had been blessed by the pope for us younger members, just to bless us. to think of us while she's in the presence of the pope and getting blessed and all that sort of stuff, that's the selfless...

over the years there's been a lot of iconic characters in the street but she was one of the strongest. she definitely was. she was such an iconic character. there will never be another jack and vera. they were the strength of coronation street. it's the foundations of the shows. she did 34 years. yes. i can't believe it's been ten years since she left. it feels like she's still a huge part of the show, she always will be. she's the heart of coronation street i think. not only will showbiz miss her but all the charity work, her patronage of different charities. she's going to be a massive loss. a chance to say today, ta—ra. yes, ta—ra chuck. thank you for your time, i know it's

a difficult day. the service has just concluded. the message people wanted to get across was how much laughter she brought to the people she came into contact with. simonjones with some of the cast of coronation street who have been celebrating the life of liz dawn today. time for a look at the weather. thank you and good afternoon. if you're just about to get set for the weekend, you'll want to know what the weather prospects are. they are pretty mixed. it's not going to be as bright as today was in many places. as the day has gone on things have been clouding over, particularly in the north and the west. cloudy skies this afternoon, you can see the way the sunshine was robbed from many areas as the cloud

moved in from the west. this cloud bringing some outbreaks of rain across parts of northern ireland, western scotland. the wet weather moving southwards and eastwards. some hills in the west will see the odd heavy burst of rain. further east dribs and drabs of rain and generally a lot of cloud. more of a breeze as well. windy in the far north—west. it will be milder as it -- it north—west. it will be milder as it —— it will be milder than last night. not raining all the time although south—west england probably having the raw end of the deal, quite a lot of wet weather through the morning, some a bit persisting into the afternoon. not as much rain for the london area and east anglia. perhaps something brighter in the midlands and parts of north wales and north—east england. more cloud in western scotland and outbreaks of showers feeding it in. eastern scotla nd showers feeding it in. eastern scotland getting away with some brightness. eastern scotland is one

of the places with a better chance of the places with a better chance of seeing sunshine tomorrow. also north—east england and perhaps south wales and central southern england later in the day. elsewhere cloud and showery rain. fairly breezy and highs of 14—17. for the super league final, expect a lot of cloud on saturday evening. they could be the odd spot of rain as well. on saturday night this area of high pressure tries to bring in and settle things down. it's quite a half—hearted attempt. drier weather on sunday but there will still be a lot of cloud around. it will be a little bit brighter, particularly for central and eastern areas. further west more cloud and drizzly showers at times. winds will be lighter. if you want any more details log on to the bbc weather

website or the bbc weather app. today at 5pm, theresa may insists she has the support of her cabinet — after a former party chairman calls for her to go.