today at five. questions about why jeremy corbyn promoted kelvin hopkins to his shadow cabinet — after he'd been reprimanded for alleged inappropriate behaviour. the mp is suspended as the party investigates allegations of sexual harassment against an activist three years ago. she says she's disillusioned by how the matter was handled. they refused to act and it made me feel powerless and isolated and alone. we'll have the latest from westminster. the other main stories on bbc news at 5... the metropolitan police is understood to be investigating an allegation of sexual assault against the hollywood actor kevin spacey. an army sergeant accused of attempting to murder his wife by sabotaging her parachute, takes the stand for the first time. the government announces plans to fast—track access to new medicines and treatments in england. a passenger has died. he was

murdered. and — is a remake of murder on the orient express on track to be a hit — or does it go off the rails? hear mark kermode‘s thoughts in the film review. good evening. our top story. the labour leaderjeremy corbyn is under pressure to explain why he promoted the mp kelvin hopkins into his shadow cabinet, a few months after hopkins had been reprimanded, following allegations that he'd sexually harrassed a young activist. the mp for luton north has now been suspended while an investigation is carried out. ava etemadzadeh said she was left feeling "very powerless and isolated" after he was promoted

the year after she complained about him. meanwhile, sir michael fallon, who resigned as defence secretary earlier this week, has categorically denied making inappropriate sexual comments to the leader of the commons andrea leadsom. our political correspondent iain watson has the latest on the continuing allegations of misconduct at westminster. he's a close ally ofjeremy corbyn and nominated him for the party leadership but now luton mp kelvin hopkins has been suspended from the parliamentary labour party. that's because of allegations made by this labour activist who told the bbc he'd acted inappropriately towards her. the first incident happened on campus and he held me very tightly and rubbed himself against me. it made me feel extremely uncomfortable. and it was a revolting act. the second incident was in

parliament, when i went to have a political conversation with him. and he told me that: "let's not talk about politics." "do you have a boyfriend?" and he also mentioned that, he said that if nobody was in his office he would have taken me there. i was really shocked. she says she also received a suggestive text and took her concerns to another labour mp who reported them to the most senior figure in charge of labour party discipline, the then chief whip rosie winterton. kelvin hopkins was reprimanded for his behaviour and subsequently he was temporarily promoted to labour's shadow cabinet. that made me feel very powerless. and isolated and alone. last year around 80% of jeremy corbyn‘s mps voted that they had no confidence in his leadership. that meant he had trouble filling some of his front ranked jobs. kelvin hopkins was happy to help out. but i have been very reliably

informed thatjeremy corbyn did indeed know that kelvin hopkins had been reprimanded before he promoted him to the shadow cabinet. although i am also been told he wasn't made aware of some of the more dramatic aspects of this case. jeremy corbyn wasn't any more forthcoming today but labour point out kelvin hopkins has now been suspended and that new more robust procedures for reporting harassment have been put in place. were you aware of the allegations against mr hopkins, sir? goodbye. but some say even these recent reforms aren't adequate. i think it needs a big injection of independence from a specialist agency. a specialist sexual violence, sexual harassment agency. so that people can feel that when they first report, there is no fear orfavour, and also that when any arbitration of anything below a criminal threshold is being decided on, that there is a specialist in the room advising any panel. and she was surprised that kelvin hopkins had been given a shadow cabinet role. i don't think i would

have promoted him. and i know that the victim felt a little bit bereft by his promotion. kelvin hopkins hasn't responded to requests for a statement. but it's notjust labour who are under scrutiny. some newspapers carry new allegations about the former defence secretary sir michael fallon, suggesting he made lewd remarks some years ago to ministerial colleague andrea leadsom. he categorically denies this, and she won't comment. but beyond specific allegations, the bigger question is now what reforms major political parties are willing to agree to enable victims of harassment to come forward and receive support. ian watson, bbc news, westminster. our political correspondent leila nathoo is in westminster and we can speak to her now. in terms of labour is specifically, first of all, it does appear to be close to the door ofjeremy corbyn here. i think that is right. it puts

jeremy corbyn in a difficult position because it calls into question hisjudgment. position because it calls into question his judgment. he position because it calls into question hisjudgment. he has come out very strongly saying that labour has a zero tolerance approach to sexual harassment and here we are hearing allegations that he knew about a colleague who you was promoting to his shadow cabinet, as he was scrambling to fill his frontbenchers in the summer of 2016, despite knowing that this colleague of his, kelvin hopkins, had been reprimanded by the chief whip for harassing a young activist. labour are being pretty tight—lipped saying there is going to be an investigation, they take these allegations very seriously and kelvin hopkins has been suspended, but we heard in the piece, a suggestion thatjeremy corbyn did know but was not aware of the full scale of the allegations but i think this makes uncomfortable viewing for

jeremy corbyn tonight. meanwhile, in the last few hours we have had the code of conduct, the proposed code of conduct published, explain more about that. this is something that the conservative party have published setting out some values and standards that they want all representatives of the conservative party elected or not to abide by and more importantly, procedures for complaints, for making complaints and they include having a confidential hotline and a panel that would include a promise of an independent member on that panel to investigate any complaints. this is just part of what the parties are doing, labour has published its procedures in the summer. i think there is a wider push, theresa may will meet

party leaders on monday from across the house of commons to discuss further independent transparent mechanisms whereby people can make complaints outside party political structures, because this has been one of the main accusations that the structures a re one of the main accusations that the structures are a deterrent to people coming forward because people are afraid ofjeopardising their careers and they are afraid that the people they may complain to maybe friends 01’ they may complain to maybe friends or colleagues of the person they are accusing. there is a cross—party push, this issue is clearly affecting all parties, there is a cross— party affecting all parties, there is a cross—party push to try now i get some independent transparent mechanisms in place to try and make things better for people going forward. thank you very much. just after half past five i will be talking more about this story, i will be talking to a woman who worked as an intern at parliament for her experiences. that is coming up for her experiences. that is coming up later. a member of the welsh government, carl sargeant, has stood down after allegations were made about his personal conduct. he has also been suspended from the labour party while an investigation takes places. mr sargeant —— the cabinet secretary for communities and children —— said he didn't know the details of the claims, but he hoped to return to the government

"after being allowed to clear his name". the hollywood actor kevin spacey is being investigated by the metropolitan police in connection with an alleged sexual assault. it is understood that officers from the sexual offences, and are looking into claims that the actor sexually assaulted a man in lambeth in 2008. let us get more on this from our correspondent who is outside the old vic theatre where kevin spacey was artistic director for quite a few yea rs. artistic director for quite a few years. what more do we know about this? as you say, kevin spacey was artistic director here between 2004 and 2015, he attracted some much—needed funding and some much needed critically acclaimed plays.

he was highly praised when he was here. we understand that this allegation pertains to an attack that happened in the london borough of lambeth back in 2008, a 32—year—old british man walked into a london police station and made his complaint. that has been passed to the metropolitan police's child abuse and sexual offences, . the metropolitan police's child abuse and sexual offences,. a number of allegations have been made against kevin spacey over the past week. we are hearing reports today that several employees on this set of house of cards have come forward and made allegations about sexual harassment. the charity commission said they have contacted the old effect trust and their kevin spacey foundation, two charities he was widely part, to seek clarification, exactly what they know or did not know about these allegations. they say that they had just approached them, this is not a formal investigation, nor had they

received any formal complaints. kevin spacey‘s publicist has also parted ways with him overnight and also an earlier this week in a statement, kevin spacey did say that he was going to seek treatment. we have tried to contact his lawyers for comment and no one has responded yet. thank you. a teenage boy has been arrested after an acid attack in east london which has left a delivery driver in danger of losing his eyesight. police say a substance was repeatedly thrown in the mans face by two men who were trying to steal his moped in walthamstow last night. officers are investigating whether the attack is linked to another similar incident which happened half an hour later, in the tottenham area. let's cross to our correspondent danjohnson who is in walthamstow for us and can bring us the latest on this attack. it sounds like another grim attack, how much do we know? yes, the

details of this attack are pretty awful. this is the street in waltha mstow were awful. this is the street in walthamstow were that first acid attack was reported and little under 24 hours ago. last night, a takeaway driver was delivering food on a moped head here and it sounds like two young men tried to steal his mopeds and in the course of that, he had a corrosive substance thrown in his face this is notjust a case of something that affects your eyes, he is seriously ill in hospital. we can play you a bit of an interview we recorded with the detective who is the investigation explaining more about what happened. roughly around six o'clock in the evening, a man in his early 305 was delivering a pizza and a5 his early 305 was delivering a pizza and as he was delivering that, he wa5 and as he was delivering that, he was approached by two other men on mopeds, one was wearing a white helmet and the other was wearing a black helmet. they tried to steal

hi5 mopeds from him and they got involved in a fight with him. the victim fought back and then they produced a cani5ter victim fought back and then they produced a canister and attacked him with a corrosive 5ub5tance. that has caused catastrophic injurie5 with a corrosive 5ub5tance. that has caused catastrophic injuries to our victim who is currently in hospital. he is receiving treatment. it is very likely that he will lose the 5ight very likely that he will lose the sight in both of his eyes. and he ha5 sight in both of his eyes. and he has got 5evere sight in both of his eyes. and he has got severe injuries to his windpipe, which has necessitated him being put into image5,. windpipe, which has necessitated him being put into images,. as you can hear, the injuries that this delivery driver has suffered here are incredibly serious and that is why there has been such a big police investigation. the street is still cordoned off forforensic investigation. the street is still cordoned off for forensic teams are searching homes and gardens, searching homes and gardens, searching through bins and around ca i’s searching through bins and around cars looking for clues that might lead to the people responsible for

this attack on police say that they strongly believe that the attack here is linked to another one that happened half an hour later last night in tottenham, a few miles away. another man there was injured but not as seriously. police are keen to work out exactly who was involved in this. they have already arrested a teenage boy, we just have confirmation from the metropolitan police that it is a 14—year—old boy who has been arrested on suspicion of causing grievous bodily harm. detectives believe at least one more person was involved and these attacks and they wa nt to involved and these attacks and they want to hear from anyone who knows anything. thank you. an army sergeant accused of trying to kill his wife by sabotaging her parachute has begun giving evidence in his defence. victoria cilliers suffered multiple injuries when her parachute failed to open during a jump in wiltshire in 2015. emile cilliers denies all the charges. what was the jury hearing today?

this is the first time that the man at the centre of this trial took to the witness box, he faced the jury as he answered questions that were put to him by his defence barrister. he was asked why he went on a parachute packing chorus in 2012, where he learned how to pack a reserve parachute, a four—day course. he replied that he did it to earn some extra money. of course the case of the prosecution is that emile cilliers sabotages his wife's parachute in 2015, were she suffered that near fatal accident falling 4000 feet and suffered from multiple injuries when her parachute and also her reserve parachute failed to open. emile cilliers also told the court about his financial difficulties, that he had got into

thousands of pounds worth of debt, his alkaloids were much more than his alkaloids were much more than his earnings and he said he was scared about telling victoria cilliers about his financial difficulties. he said he would have been embarrassed and feared she would be disappointed in me, i was scared of the consequences. he was then asked what he thought she would do if she found out and he said, leave me, he eventually told her about his financial problems and he also told the jury today that he had six children by three different women. he denies all the charges against him, the case now has finished for the afternoon and he will continue to be questioned by his defence barrister on monday. thank you. this is bbc news at five — the headlines: questions are being raised about why jeremy corbyn promoted kelvin hopkins to the shadow cabinet after

the mp had been reprimanded for alleged sexual harassment against an activist three years ago. the metropolitan police is understood to be investigating an allegation of sexual assault against kevin spacey. and as we were hearing, an army sergeant accused of attempting to murder his wife by sabotaging her parachute has taken the stand for the first time. in sport, uefa charge patrice evra with violent conduct after he hiked cake to one of his team supporters before their europa league match last night will stop you could face a lengthy ban. injury concerns for england ahead of the opening ashes test which starts injust under three the opening ashes test which starts in just under three weeks' time. steven finn and moeen ali will miss the first warm up games with injury. rafa nadal withdraws from the paris masters with a knee injury and he says he will do his best to make the atp tour finals says he will do his best to make the atp tourfinals in london later this month. i will have more sportjust after half past five. thank you. the

islamic state caliphate has all but disappeared according to the army officer who has been overseen the air strikes. he predicted that it had just months at most as a proto— state adding that we are clearly in the endgame of the air campaign in iraq and syria. earlier today... earlier today iraqi forces, supported by coalition air—strikes, entered the town of al-qaim — the last bastion of the islamic state group in iraq. an iraqi commander said the retreating jihadists had set fire to civilians' houses to make it harder to see them from the air. al qaim is home to around 150,000 people, mostly from sunni tribes — a pocket of barren desert along the euphrates river near the border with syria. 0ur defence correspondent jonathan beale is here now.

that sense of endgame, explain more about what is being said. we have had from the new defence secretary a statement which talks about the defeat of ias in iraq and syria are entering the final phase. this has been underlined, they have lost more than 90% of the territory they once held, the raf has been part of that coalition for the last three years carrying out more than 1500 air strikes. johnny stringer, is the man, the raf man who has been in charge of that air campaign. he was giving a briefing essentially saying that we are reaching the endgame. thi5 that we are reaching the endgame. this is what he said. to be still hold residual territory? ye5 this is what he said. to be still hold residual territory? yes they do. 15 there still a threat? ye5.

but i think we are seeing a caliphate that is all but dissolved fiow. caliphate that is all but dissolved now. so the war is over? i do not think it is necessarily over in that 5en5e, think it is necessarily over in that sense, but we can see that they will wa nt sense, but we can see that they will want to morph in infighting in an insurgent campaign, there will be a requirement for the uk and others to deal with that. including making 5ure deal with that. including making sure that threat5 deal with that. including making sure that threats to the uk which we have been operating again5t, we continue to keep that range rather than let them be visited here in the uk. with rack having gone, which was totemic, building on iraq the5e success totemic, building on iraq the5e success in liberating mosul, there i5 success in liberating mosul, there is only one direction of travel and that has been evident for some months now. that second answer is interesting because he is pointing to what analysts have been saying for some time, that because so—called islamic state has been losing ground in iraq and syria, for

them, the fight goes elsewhere, so it potentially comes closer to home here? yes, that is partly why the raf thinks they will be flying over iraq and syria for some time to come, to there are going to be attacks planned by groups still in that country, they can target islamic extremists there, not in the uk, can stop those attacks, they said that has happened already, they have presented —— prevented terrorist attacks in the uk and europe, they say. it looks like, that idea of a state for islamic state is near the end. johnny stringer said it might be a matter of months and he is also at the moment saying that the raf might pull out some of its aircraft that are flying these missions, within the next 4—6 months. at the moment, they are doing far fewer air strikes, at the height of the operations, it was 30 air strikes

awake, you look at it, it is four or five. the tempo of operations has gone down. thank you. the us soldier who was held captive by insurgents for five years will serve to prison time. that is what a militaryjudge has ruled. he has been given a dishonourable discharge, had his rank reduced to private and will have to pay a $10,000 fine. prosecutors had asked the judge to send him to prison for 14 years. presidentjohn said that the sentencing decision is a disgrace. —— president trump. the government says it will speed up the process of getting new, life—changing medicines available on the nhs. a panel of experts is to choose five treatments for fast—track approval in england each year. ministers hope it could halve the time it takes to get new drugs to patients. our health editor, hugh pym, reports. andrew has a rare eye condition.

his sight is getting steadily worse. there are new drugs which could save it but it can take as much as seven years to get clearance and adoption by the nhs. at some point i expect that i will go blind. but there are trials of new drugs at the moment and knowing that they could be ready by i might have to wait seven years to get access, in that time i could have gone blind. there have been significant advances in medical technology as well as research on new drugs and treatments, but the big question is how rapidly can they be brought into nhs hospitals for the benefit of all patients? this health minister says the government has an answer, he was visiting hammersmith hospital in london today to see new technology for heart procedures. the idea is to cut delays in the approval process for breakthrough drugs and treatments. at the moment there are various stages that any product, whether it's a drug or a device, whatever it is, has to go through in terms of regulatory approval or cost—effectiveness and so on, commercial negotiations with the nhs, the idea is to bring them all together to run in parallel which will make the process operate much more quickly so those things

that really do have life—changing impacts on people can be brought forward sooner. under what's is the accelerated access pathway it will be cut from as much as seven years to three. next year five new drugs and treatments will be selected for fast—track approval. this number could be increased annually in future. pharmaceutical companies and technology suppliers have been frustrated by the slow pace in getting new products into the nhs, compared to other healthcare systems. sometimes the pace of adoption isn't as fast as we would like. the accelerated access review will give the opportunity for game—changing devices, things that can make a significant difference to patients' lives to come into the healthcare system faster than they otherwise would, which has to be a good thing for patients. medical charities have welcomed the news, though with some reservations. we would feel that the government could go even further 5till. we have some concerns that

drugs could be overlooked as part of the scheme. the department of health have said about five drugs are looked at every year but there are so many emerging treatments on the horizon, we don't think five is going to be enough. health campaigners say it's a start but they want to know more detail about the new process and they've noted that the policy does not at this stage involve any new money for the nhs in england to spend on drugs and treatments. hugh pym, bbc news. a 49—year—old father has appeared at woolwich crown court charged with carrying out female genital mutilation on his daughter. it is only the second fgm prosecution to be brought in the uk. the man who has not been identified for legal reasons denies all the charges. our correspondent is at woolwich crown court. 0nly

correspondent is at woolwich crown court. only the second prosecution, explain what has been heard in court? this man cannot be identified because the identity of his child needs to be protected. he is facing £2 under the 2003 fgm act and is accused of carrying out the process between 2010 and 2013. he is facing child cruelty charges relating to that daughter and other—macro other girls. he denies all the charges, he has been released on bail. this is only the second fgm prosecution we have seen in this country, in the previous case, the two defendants we re previous case, the two defendants were acquitted and they included an nhs doctor. thank you. just to tell you some news that has come through relating to everything we have been reporting on in spain, specifically in relation to catalonia, a few comments coming through from the

ousted catalan president who has said an belgian television, he has given an interview, because he is still in brussels, that he is ready to stand in those snap elections. those elections have been ordered to be held on december the 21st. he has said he is ready to stand. 0vernight we have seen charges of other leaders, former politicians from catalonia being held in prison and police cells overnight. carles puidgemont saying he will stand in the elections in december. we will have more from barcelona in the next little while in fact. here's the commander—in—chief of the world's biggest superpower but it could also be argued that president trump is the most prolific user of twitter, whether it is an ambassador in his

opponents are goading north korea, his use of the service has been an intrinsic feature of his presidency. but for just intrinsic feature of his presidency. but forjust a intrinsic feature of his presidency. but for just a short while last night, this message greeted anyone who wanted to see the president's account and it later emerged it had been deactivated by a twitter employee on their final day in the job. well, twitter went into meltdown with an obligatory barrage of gifts and means reflecting on the person who silenced the president, albeit forjust 11 minutes. 0thers suggested that president trump's predecessor or perhaps his opponent in the election could have been responsible. well, with his account up responsible. well, with his account up and running it was time for a trademark early—morning tweet from the president where he said his account had been taken down by a rogue employee saying it is probably because of word getting out and having an impact. he then ensured he got his word out by tweeting seven more times in the next hour and at

the last count in fact, he has treated a total of 14 times since his account was restored. clearly things are back to normal. let's pause and catch up with the weather prospects. as we approach bonfire weekend. the weather is not looking too bad. they will have to wrap up warm, there is colder weather on the way this weekend and it will be ushered in by some pretty heavy rain which during this evening will only intensify. we have rain coming in across scotland and northern ireland, more pushing up from the south west and in england and wales we will see a lot of rain, heavy bursts of training places. the odd fog patched in the south—east and think starting to turn colder in the north—west. that rain will clear

quickly for most of us leaving us with a weekend of sunshine and showers but back older feel by day and night, the wet weather only charging slowly east through the morning. parts of east anglia will stay cloudy and damp all day. some showers in the west, wintry on high ground in the north. a chilly night taking us into sunday, some showers first thing on sunday, they will move away as the day goes on but these are the highs, just between seven and 10 degrees. this is bbc news — the headlines. a labour activist who accused the mp kelvin hopkins of sexual harassment has said she felt let down by the party's response — he has yet to comment. they refused to act. it made me feel powerless, isolated and alone. the labour leader is facing questions about why he promoted the now suspended mp to his shadow cabinet after he'd been reprimanded for alleged inappropriate behaviour. the metropolitan police

are understood to be investigating a claim of sexual assault against the hollywood actory kevin spacey. the incident is said to have taken place in 2008. an army sergeant accused of attempting to murder his wife by sabotaging her parachute, has been giving evidence for the first time today. he told the court he had worries about debt he had run up. a passenger has died. he was murdered. he was murdered. and — is a remake of murder on the orient express on track to be a hit — or does it go off the rails? hear mark kermode's thoughts in the film review in 15 minutes. that is all to come, but we will catch up with the sports news right now. lizzy has that. patrice evra could face a lengthy ban after being charged by uefa with violent conduct.

the former manchester united defender — who now plays for marseille — tried to kick one of his own fans in the head during the warm—up for marseille's europea league game against the portuguese side vitoria guimaraes last night. here's our sports correspondent, katie gornall, with more. it is unclear what prompted this, but the trouble was flared up in the warm up, ahead of their game, against the portuguese side. as we will see from the footage marseille fa ns will see from the footage marseille fans jumped the barrier, a goes over to confront them. —— patrice evra. he is pulled away first, later he goes backs and appears to aim a kick at the head of one of the marseille fans. now, he is sent off, he is forced to watch the game from the stands, he is the first player to be sent off before the game begin, we have had a statement from marseille, giving their take on all this, they say an internal investigation will be

carrieded. they say a professional player must keep his cool in the face of provocation, as hard and juvened as they are. similarly the clu b juvened as they are. similarly the club can only condemn destructive behaviour by pseudosupporters who insult their own players when people must support their team. that is the sta nce must support their team. that is the stance the club is taking. england have a couple of injury concerns ahead of the opening ashes test which starts in just under three week's time. steven finn and moeen ali will both miss the first two warm—up games with injury. finn is struggling with a knee problem, although scans show it isn't as bad as first feared. he'll be assessed over the next week. england's first fixture is a two day match against a western australia 11 this weekend. moeen is suffering with an injury to his side but it's thought he will be back in full training by the middle of this month. rafael nadal has withdrawn from the paris masters with a knee injury. the world number one was due play in the quarterfinals this afternoon but said he's suffering from a right

knee problem and pulled out before the match. the spaniard had the knee strapped during his third—round win and says he'll "do his best" to return for the season—ending atp tour finals, which take place in london later this month. and england's eleanor givens shot the best round of the day at the abu dhabi open to go into the final round in third place on the leaderboard. an eagle and six birdies mean she's 12 under par — trailing india's aditi ashok by three shots. fellow englishwoman georgia hall is also contention despite a bogey on the 14th. she's just a shot behind givens. the first round proper of the fa cup gets under way this weekend — and tonight the non—league side hyde united are hosting league 0ne's mk dons. it's live on bbc two and our own 0lly foster is there for us to present tonight's fa cup sportsday at 6.30. so 0lly, what will you have for us, could there be an upset? provocation, as hard and unjustified

as they are. similarly the club can only condemn destructive behaviour by pseudosupporters who insult their own players when people must support their team. that is the stance the clu b their team. that is the stance the club is taking. 32 non—league teams are left in the fa cup, this is when leagues one and leagues fa cup, this is when leagues one and lea g u es two fa cup, this is when leagues one and leagues two enter the fray, the 48 teams from those two division, and non—league hyde, they play in the eatingth tier in the northern premier division one. they have mk dons, that was their reaction. they wa nted dons, that was their reaction. they wanted one of those teams from league one, they have got them. there is every chance there is going to be an upset here, because hyde united have not lost in the league since march, that is a 20 game run, unbeaten, and mk dons have slipped down league one, they are in 16th

now, still over 100 places above hyde, mind you, but they have only got a couple of draws from their last five games so robbie nielson their manager under pressure, but darren kelly's side, they are flying, you see how great this pitch look fs? that is because it is artificial, a top end one, but they are going to be feeling right at home, a record crowd of over 3,000 as you home, a record crowd of over 3,000 as you can home, a record crowd of over 3,000 as you can watch it on bbc two. i was thinking that pitch looks rather good. hyde is just i was thinking that pitch looks rather good. hyde isjust north i was thinking that pitch looks rather good. hyde is just north of manchester, 0lly and i will be back at 6.30 for that fa cup sportsday, from me, that is all the sport. let us talk more about our main story here tonight. a labour activist who accused an mp of sexual harassment has told the bbc she feels disillusioned by how the party handled it. 27—year—old ava etemadzadeh said she was left feeling "very powerless and isolated", after kelvin hopkins,

who is 76, was promoted the year after she complained about him. labour says it takes such complaints "extremely seriously". mr hopkins, who represents luton north, has yet to comment. he hugged me very tightly, and rubbed himself against me. he made me feel extremely uncomfortable, and it was a revolting act. the chief whip of the labour party at the time, she informed the leader's office, and i also have evidence that the regional office in the east of england, they contacted the leader's office about this and it was ignored. i am very disillusioned, because just a few months later i realised thatjeremy corbyn promoted kelvin hopkins to the shadow cabinet, and despite the fact the leader's office was aware of this, and they refused to act. that made me feel very powerless, and isolated and alone. that is ava etemadzadeh, a maul part

ofa that is ava etemadzadeh, a maul part of a lengthy interview she gave to our deputy political editor, talking about her experiences as a young party activist, so let us reflect on that. and talk broadly about the issue at westminster and in the wider world but particularly in terms of what it is like, if perhaps you are a younger woman working in the world of british politics. sirin kale is a writer at vice‘s women's site broadly, and has written about her experience of being an intern in westminster. sirin is here with me now. you have written a lot about this, i know, now you were an intern in parliament, before you pursued a career injournalism. talk parliament, before you pursued a career in journalism. talk a parliament, before you pursued a career injournalism. talk a bit about how long you were there, how old were you for usually and what

did you experience. —— crucially. old were you for usually and what did you experience. —— cruciallylj was did you experience. —— crucially.” was 20, 21 when i worked in parliament. i interned there for about six months and in many way it was a wonderful. experience being there as a politicaljunkie, so exciting to see the cabinet ministers and being in the palace of westminster, but i quickly realised it was in many ways almost a really quite outdated, unprofessional system set up there, because there was very system set up there, because there was very little oversight when it came to how people were being managed and if you are unlucky enough to have an mp that wasn't perhaps that well behaved, there aren't many situations in place to protect young staff. i mean you use the phrase not very well behaved, you eurozone i think first of all, you eurozone i think first of all, you felt thought you were 0k during yourtime, is you felt thought you were 0k during your time, is that fire to say. you spoke to plenty of others working there, who weren't so lucky. yes, my

mp was really respectful and fantastic, i certainly felt like there were evenings when i was in there were evenings when i was in the bars, one of many local bars there, where i felt senior or older male mps would be a little bit forward , male mps would be a little bit forward, a bit predatory towards the younger women there, may be they would be drinking too much or making.comment, i certainly saw that andi making.comment, i certainly saw that and i heard that reported to me from other female peers while and i heard that reported to me from otherfemale peers while i and i heard that reported to me from other female peers while i worked there. you will appreciate, you will know that people following this story, who have no experience of really difficult situations is like this, might say, what i don't understand, is why, why young women or anyone why anyone wouldn't speak out, if someone does something that the wrong, why don't you speak out, report it to someone, i don't understand why everyone is waiting a long time to come forward. talk to us long time to come forward. talk to us about the power dynamic, about

the reasons people gave you as to why they felt they just couldn't say anything. i have interviewed many women in the last few days about this, and all have said the same thing to me, which is that you can't speak out in those situations, because it is very dangerous for you in terms of how it might affect your career in future. most people don't understand how parliament works so you have one mp, he is your boss, your line manager, and you only have one opportunity to grow your career with them, you don't want to be seen asa with them, you don't want to be seen as a trouble maker or rock the boat because it might impact on your ability to get a good job in the future with a different mp, that is why people stay quiet. there is not a central reporting system people can go to, so people don't feel like they can talk if something bad happens to them. it is so good to talk to you, i wish we could speak longer because i know you a lot more you could tell us, thank you for coming in. manufacture a line coming through saying a

labour source has total the bbc that after kelvin hopkins was appointed to the shadow cabinet, the then chief whip, rosie winterton rang jeremy corbyn's office to ask why the appointment had been made and remind them that mr hopkinses had been reprimanded. even though he had been reprimanded. even though he had been given thatjob, dame rosie winterton was arguing it wasn't too late to undo the decision, that is the latest source, what they are telling the bbc, labour i should say has not commented on this specific element of the story. we are obviously trying to get reaction to it of course, but, it would appear,

in essence, that rosie winton who was the chief whip, did challenge that appointment. they did ask why kelvin hopkins has been given a place inside the shadow cabinet. that has come through, we will try and get response to that from the labour party, of course. several former ministers from the catalan government are in prison, after they were charged with rebellion for holding the disputed independence referendum. thousands of catalans staged protests in barcelona last night, saying the politicians had become political prisoners. 0ur correspondent, tom burridge, has been to meet one family in the city where opinions are divided about the region's future. there is flash photography in his report. last week they ran catalonia's government. eight former ministers spent last night behind bars. they faced charges of rebellion. and were denied bail by a judge

at spain's high court. their supporters streamed down to catalonia's parliament. stunned as the news filtered through. whether the case is politically motivated or not, it will polarise opinions further. which, even in sleepy catalan villagers, is now often on public display. the abuse hurled at geordie, a pro—independence counsellor. at a local school where a month or he, arms crossed at the front, led the human wall locking

spain's civil guard. led the human wall blocking spain's civil guard. it is because of that disputed referendum that his political leaders are now in jail ahead of their trial. translation: it is a really sad situation. it reminds me more of a repressive state like turkey than a country state like turkey than a country in the european union. it is not democratic to lock up people for their ideas. lively discussions at home as well. this family split on that key question. his sister is in favour of independence but his mum and dad are wavering. spain's laws have to be followed, he tells me, and those that don't