this is bbc news. the headlines at 11am: dame tessa jowell has died at the age 70. the former labour cabinet minister was diagnosed with a brain tumour last may — she recently spoke in the house of lords while campaigning for better cancer treatments. what gives a life meaning? does not only how it is lived, but how draws toa only how it is lived, but how draws to a close. i hope that this debate will give hope to other cancer patients, like me. tributes have been paid to the politician, who played a major role in bringing the 2012 olympics to london. her former colleague harriet harman said dame tessa was dedicated to supporting others. she did her politics and a very different style. by befriending people, so she befriended the panellist because she wanted to support them, and she befriended the powerful because she wanted to

support the powerless. one person has been killed and four others wounded in a knife attack in paris — authorities are treating it as a terror incident. france's prime minister says the country will stand firm against attacks. france is absolutely determined not to yield in any way to the threat issued by attackers. our response will be firm and clear. also in the next hour: israel lifts the trophy at this year's eurovision song contest. singer netta takes top points with her song ‘toy‘ — a song inspired by the me too movement — but a stage invader during the uk's performance causes drama at the lisbon event. and it's official — a picture of the queen's formal consent for prince harry's marriage to meghan markle has been released ahead of the ceremony next saturday. and at 11:30: what are the implications of president trump's withdrawal from the iran nuclear deal? the dateline panel discuss this and next month's north korea summit, in 30 minutes. good morning and

welcome to bbc news. the former labour cabinet minister tessa jowell has died at the age of 70. she'd been diagnosed with brain cancer in may 2017. dame tessa was a leading figure in the government of tony blair, serving as minister for culture and sport. she was also a driving force behind london's successful bid to host the olympics in 2012. the prime minister has paid tribute to tessa jowell. over a photograph of the two of them together, she said, the labour leaderjeremy corbyn has also paid tribute:

leila nathoo looks back on her career. and the games of the 30th olympiad in 2012 are awarded to the city of london! the words they wanted to hear. london had won the contest to host the 2012 olympics and it was tessa jowell who championed the bid from the start. i am tessa jowell, olympic minister. she went on to oversee preparations for the games and laid the foundations for the capital's greatest sporting event. tessa jowell was first elected to parliament in 1992

in the south london seat of dulwich, after spending time as a social worker and councillor. she was then one ofjust 60 female mps in the commons. a new labour stalwart, tessa jowell was a popular figure in all circles, but was one of tony blair's strongest supporters. after spells of public health and then education minister, she joined the cabinet in 2001 as culture secretary, overseeing the relaxation of gambling and licensing laws and persuading her colleagues to back the olympic pitch. you do deny you took a bribe? absolutely, absolutely. she married the lawyer david mills, but they separated in 2006 after controversy over his business dealings. she was cleared of any breach of the ministerial code and they later reconciled. tessa jowell continued to serve on the labour front bench under gordon brown and after the party lost power in 2010. she left the commons in 2015 and stood to be labour's candidate for london mayor, though she lost out to sadiq khan. not long after entering the house

of lords, ladyjowell revealed she's had been diagnosed with a brain tumour. she later gave a moving speech to peers about her condition. in the end, what gives a life meaning is not only how it is lived, but how it draws to a close. i hope that this debate will give hope to other cancer patients like me, so that we can live well together with cancer, notjust dying of it, all of us for longer. thank you. applause. our political correspondent tom barton recalled some

of the biggest achievements of tessa jowell‘s career, including her successful effort to bring the 2012 olympics to london. the single biggest thing that she will be remembered for its contribution to the olympic games, bringing the olympics and paralympics to london in 2012, campaigning for that to happen, helping deliver it and staying with her in one form or another all the way through until the competition itself. sebastian coates, who himself was instrumental in delivering it, said this morning that about tessa there would be no london 2012, no politician deserves great credit for those games. it brought a political legacy, she served as a health minister as well as culture secretary. she was

responsible for really changing the focus around public health onto prevention as an issue. she introduced children putt centres, a policy labour has been incredibly passionate about. and of course the campaigning in herfinal passionate about. and of course the campaigning in her final year, passionate about. and of course the campaigning in herfinal year, final months around diagnoses and treatment of brain tumours, and that speech in the house of lords was incredibly moving and powerful. in a place which is normally quite dusty environment, where she moved peers to tears, a standing ovation, and really got the message home that this is something that society and government needs to be focused on. it was a break with tradition and seen that happen. the thing that struck me is the warmth of the water cross— party. struck me is the warmth of the water

cross-party. we saw some of the tributes from senior figures on both sides of the house of commons, really recognising that she was a politician who, on issues she was passionate about, would work across party lines to really make things happen. tributes for dame tessa jowell are being shared widely on social media. the former prime minister gordon brown tweeted: ‘tessa jowell has so many lasting achievements to her name, but she will always meanwhile, david cameron said: former acting leader of the labour party, harriet harman,

has also paid tribute to dame tessa. i think that she was an enormous politicalfigure, notjust in the labour party, but across politics. you remember that old women's movement saying, "the personal is political", tessa's political style was all about how she felt as a person. you know, her devotion to her children meant that wanted sure start children's centres to support children and parents in every part of the country. her love of sport meant that she wanted the olympics to come here and for it to be shared by every region, and for the paralympics to flourish. she did her politics in a very different style, by befriending people. so she befriended the powerless because she wanted to support them and she befriended the powerful

because she wanted them to support the powerless. she did her politics not by shouting at people or threatening them, but by sitting down and having conversations with them and persuading them. she was a very nice and seemed like a very nice person, but inside she was steely in her determination for the progressive causes. i miss her so much, from her being my neighbouring mp, we worked together for 23 years in south london, but also all the work she did just across the board. she is one of the really big figures of the last labour government. it's tempting to think because she made politics so personal that she wasn't a tough cookie. she must‘ve been to have risen to such high office and to have served for so long in so many roles. oh, she absolutely was, but it was her way of bringing people to reach agreement with her rather than threatening them.

when we had meetings together in south london with the police or with the hospitals or schools, she was always really friendly and courteous to them, but if she felt they were letting people down locally then she could be very, and was, very, very tough in support of what she wanted to achieve. she just showed a different way of doing politics and she will be so sadly missed. and she was only 70, so our hearts really go out to her family. what's more had she wanted achieve? i saw herjust a week ago. she was very serene. i mean, she knew that she'd made a huge difference on putting the spotlight on brain cancer and even as she faced the end of her life, her thought was, "what can i do for other people?" again, it was the personal was political. she made it political, she brought it to the house of commons, she brought it to the house of lords and internationally, as well.

she will be remembered not only globally for what she's done on brain cancer, but also all those powerful international leaders who she reached out to to win the uk's bid for the olympics. it must have been quite disarming to be alongside. well, it was great when tessa was on your side and you were working together — just nothing could stop you. it was always in good progressive causes. but as i said, although she was labour through and through, she reached across parties because she wanted to get things done. among the first to pay tribute to tessa jowell was alastair campbell — the former director of communcations to tony blair. he recalled a gutsy politician and individual, and memories of shared family holidays. it is very sad, because she was an

absolutely extraordinary politician and an incredible human being. i don't think there was any more compassionate am a decent humane and empathetic politician that ever lived. she was really a truly inspiring and wonderful person, and i think inspiring and wonderful person, and ithinka inspiring and wonderful person, and i think a lot of people are very sad, but also she faced her illness with exactly the same approach that g took to her life, very gutsy and determined and always with a mind to helping other people who had the same condition. i think she believe a lot of sadness but also a really inspiring career, both as a politician but also as a human being. do you have any fun distant memories? i think, even being. do you have any fun distant memories? ithink, even this morning... —— fondest memories it is almost all positive and life affirming stuff. and i woke up this morning, the first memory i had was her dancing in her kitchen to a

piece of music that we had introduced her to come at and the song was called alive, she knew she was dying, but that was how she felt when she was also saying to the people she was going to leave, and you are alive, enjoy it. and i think we also went on holiday with her, especially in scotland and sometimes in france, she wasjust especially in scotland and sometimes in france, she was just somebody, especially in scotland and sometimes in france, she wasjust somebody, my daughter said this, whenever tessa is with you, the other person is happy to be there. she does have that ability to make people feel at ease and happy and content with life, and that is the approach to how politics and the approach he took to how she lives her life. —— approach she took. lord hain served alongside dame tessa in government. earlier he paid tribute to some of her achievements. the delivery of the olympics, people just assume because it happened that it was always going to happen, but winning it after the iraq invasion and the international opprobrium and criticisms that that attracted, it was not straightforward at all to win it.

and she did so by leading a campaign of inclusivity, so that the image that britain presented was a reality image of a multicultural, multiracial, multiethnic society, one in which the paralympics, and therefore disability, was equally included. it was a diversity success and it was down to tessa. she had to persuade the rest of us in the cabinet, some of whom were really worried if it was the right thing to do, including the prime minister, by the way. of course, a lot of people said, never,it would be too costly, we might not win it in the current circumstances. she just persuaded everybody, including cabinet ministers like myself, that it was the right thing to do. tessa was a public servant throughout her life, and never more so than when she discovered she had an inoperable brain tumour and vowed to fight one more campaign — to transform cancer

treatment for all. injanuary, the bbc‘s nick robinson spoke to her at home. there will be people listening, thinking, why does you curl up on the sofa, be with family and friends, look after yourself? absolutely impossible. i have so much love, it is the most extraordinary burlesque —— blessed, and recreating sense. extraordinary burlesque —— blessed, and recreating senselj extraordinary burlesque —— blessed, and recreating sense. i have been lucky enough to read this feature will give the house of lords, and you end with some words from seamus heaney, and you mean it, i am you end with some words from seamus heaney, and you mean it, iam not afraid. i am not afraid, i feelvery clear about my sins of purpose. and what i want to do. but how do i know

how long it is going to last? i am certainly going to do everything i can to make it a very long time. the ceo of the brain tumour charity, sarah lindsell, joins me now. thank you for coming in. did you start working with tessa jowell? thank you for coming in. did you start working with tessa jowell? we we re start working with tessa jowell? we were fortu nate start working with tessa jowell? we were fortunate to start working with her in the late autumn of last year. who approached whom are?l her in the late autumn of last year. who approached whom are? a bit of both. we all know that tesla does not sit back and curl up on the sofa, she wants to do something, and we knew that she was also the right person who could help us create change. why did you know that? partly because of who she was. we also know that brain cancer is a very particular type of disease. so many people in our community want to create very real change, and that is the kind of person that she is. we knew that she could help us create change for everybody living and dying with a brain tumour. how

powerful is to have a public figure who was struggling in the same way as thousands of other people, that she was the one who was a figurehead for you? matri she was the one who was a figurehead for you ? matri it she was the one who was a figurehead for you? matri it makes an immense difference. to give you a practical example, difference. to give you a practical exa m ple, tessa difference. to give you a practical example, tessa poetry, fully about some of her treatment, she had had access to treatment that other people did not throughout the uk, even though it is available on the nhs. one particular treatment become the pink drink, and because of her standing up and say that is not ok, eve ryo ne standing up and say that is not ok, everyone should have access to this treatment, that is exactly what we have now been able to do with nhs england is ensure that has ruled out at least across england and also in scotland. how did she manage to find the strength to do that? that is what so inspirational. not think about tessa that despite all of that, wanting to spend precious time with ourfamily, that, wanting to spend precious time with our family, when you know you're facing the end of your life, and yet she gave up so much of that

time do continue to campaign, to ask for change, because it really matters. how much of that was down to her effectiveness, down to her personal style? she was frame at about collaboration. in a field, politics, which can be very cut and thrust and pretty nasty at times,. mokin that is why she has been a wonderful ambassador, funny hobo jimmyjimmy timidity. wonderful ambassador, funny hobo jimmy jimmy timidity. she is about collaboration, and what we know and the charity is that collaboration will make a difference, it is patients and experts, if you pull that an elaborate, we find a cure. what are you doing to build on the progress that tessa jowell helps you achieve? one thing in particular the adaptive clinical trial which he spoke about how we needed to have trials designed for the needs of patients. not necessarily for the needs of science. that is what we're doing and the brain tumour charity, we have an adaptive clinical trial that we are launching any next few

months that will very much be in her honour. when she met the patient, how much debt that matter to them, that she took the time? having because she is a person, she's like anybody else, and experiencing the same pain, the same fear, the same challenges that everybody else is great to this disease. that really matters to people, and she stepped up matters to people, and she stepped up and said, let's create change together, we need to do this together. thank you very much. dame tessa jowell who has died, aged 70. the headlines on bbc news: dame tessa jowell has died at the age of 70, her family have confirmed. she was diagnosed with brain cancer last may. tributes have been paid to the former labour cabinet minister — she played a major role in bringing the 2012 olympics to london and recently campaigned

for better cancer treatments. police are investigating a suspected terror attack in paris — one person was killed and four others were wounded. sport now, and for a full round—up from the bbc sport centre. the premier league season comes to a close today, with all 20 teams kicking off at 3pm. at the top of the table, manchester city are already champions, chelsea and liverpool will be fighting for the final champion's league spot, and swansea and southampton will be hoping to avoid relegation. southampton boss mark hughes is convinced his team can do it, but admits they might get distracted by goals from elsewhere., because other results will matter: would we be adversely affected if certain news started to filter through? iam not certain news started to filter through? i am not sure. certain news started to filter through? iam not sure. we certain news started to filter through? i am not sure. we are all human, may be so it was a situation

that was running out of control, but my view is bihar in position to get the done. wejust my view is bihar in position to get the done. we just need to put in a good solid professional performance. after 22 years in charge at arsenal, it will be arsene wenger‘s last game as manager of the club as they face huddersfield. arsenal will have to settle for a 6th place finish — his lowest at manager. but after 10 major trophies, including three premier league wins, what was the secret to his success? control the animal that is inside you. that helps me a lot, because i went through some fantastic periods in my life, and some more difficult period, and that i managed to keep control of my emotions, my reaction is, that helped me a lot to do my job. now after i finish here, i can reconnect a little bit and be a bit

more who i am really. in scotland, ross county have been relegated from the premiership after a draw at stjohnstone. they needed a partick thistle defeat to keep alive any hope of survival, but partick beat dundee 1—0 thanks to this kris doolan goal. partick now face livingstone of the championship in a two—legged play off. the winner of which will be playing premiership football next season. the final three games of the scottish premiership kicks off at lunchtime. aberdeen travel to champions celtic as they look to secure second spot. rangers — who are one point behind aberdeen — are away at hibernian. celtic manager brenden rodgers hopes the game will be a celebration of celtic‘s successful season. we will be looking to try and cement their second position. it is always top games. but as a our last game here what has been a great season for the players. we bother ended with the supporters being happy with another victory. —— we want to end it. chelsea ladies took a giant step towards clinching the women's super league title

by beating sunderland 2—1. this goal from eni aluko's doubled the lead for chelsea after fran kirby opened the scoring. chelsea need just one point from their two remaining matches to be crowned champions. lewis hamilton is on pole position for today's spanish grand prix. he will be alongside team—mate valtteri bottas at the front of the grid. hamilton, who leads the drivers championship by four points, gained his 74th pole position of his career, extending his own record. hamilton's closest rival in the championship, ferrari's sebastian vettel, is in third postion for the start of the race. this a ben barba hat—trick inspired st helens into the quarter—finals of the challenge cup. the ‘man of steel‘ favourite saved his best try until last, beating five castleford tigers defenders to round off the scoring and put the super league leaders into the last eight. there are two more games today. hull with championship side toronto wolfpack faceing their toughest challenge to date — warrington wolves. toronto's ashton sims in line to face his former team. we're under no illusion, what have

we're under no illusion, what have we are better get a good result, but training has been great so far, we have got plenty of x super league in both players, a lot of experience, but we are going to have of that against the might of the warrington wolves. that's all the sport for now. i'll have more in the next hour. the french president emmanuel macron says his country will not give in to the "enemies of freedom"

after a man armed with a knife killed one person and injured four others in paris last night. so—called islamic state claimed responsibility for the attack, which happened on a busy street near to the city's main opera house. the man was shot dead by police. janey mitchell reports. it should have been a pleasant night out in a popular part of paris. instead, a victim lies stabbed in the street. eyewitnesses reported scenes of panic as an attacker lashed out with a blade. investigators say he shouted "allahu akbar," arabic for "god is great." police flooded the area near the opera house, and witnesses say officers first tried to taser the suspect, and then fired two shots. translation: the police arrived quickly. everyone arrived quickly. we didn't know what was going on. we were quickly moved inside the bar. i went outside and i saw a man lying on the floor. president macron said his thoughts were with the victims and their loved ones. he saluted the courage of the police officers who, in his words, "neutralised the terrorist". the city's mayor said that all parisians stood by the victims' side. the incident is being treated as terrorism. judicial sources have told the french media that the attacker was born in 1997 in the southern russian republic of chechnya.

the source said his parents are now being questioned. the islamic state group has claimed responsibility, saying it was targeting countries of the coalition which fought against it in the middle east. translation: france is absolutely determined not to yield in any way to the threats issued by attackers. our response will be firm and clear. over the past three years, a string ofjihadist attacks around france have claimed the lives of almost 250 people. as the investigation continues, police will remain on high alert. votes are being counted in iraq after the first general election since the government declared victory over the so—called islamic state group. but the country's electoral commission's reporting a low turn—out of less than 45%. it was a night filled with drama at the eurovision final

in lisbon after a man invaded the stage during the uk's performance. he grabbed the microphone from surie before being dragged off and arrested. but the show belonged to israel's netta, who won with her song ‘toy‘, referred to by most viewers as the "chicken song". she fought off competition from cyprus and was clearly delighted when she won. iamso i am so happy! thank you so much! for choosing different! thank you so much for accepting differences between us! thank you for celebrating diversity! thank you, i love my country! next time, at jerusalem! a picture of the queen's official consent for prince harry's marriage to meghan markle

has been released. the formal record is handwritten by one of the crown office‘s own artists, and signed ‘elizabeth r‘ by the queen. it will be presented to the couple after their wedding next weekend. time for the weather. yesterday was disappointing across the eastern side, our breaks of a leading to a soggy afternoon and evening. today that rain which we had through the overnight is clearing away from northern areas and b should see plenty of sunshine moving in. a better day across the south—east, eastern part of england, a bit of low cloud and missed, wet weather across scotland becoming confided in northern isles. for much of the country, a lovely afternoon with lots of sunshine, tebbit is 16-18dc. with lots of sunshine, tebbit is 16—18dc. overnight, that rain becomes confined to shetland. it eventually clears away, but we see this line of cloud, whether france returning to the east coast ringing

showers to the extreme south—east. cloud across west and northern ireland, but elsewhere clear and cool ireland, but elsewhere clear and cool. monday, high pressure building, pretty good for most of the country. more clout and a future was across the east and south—east. it had a cloud across the web, but elsewhere warm and sunny. top textures of 20 celsius. —— top temperatures. hello, and a warm welcome to dateline london. this week‘s news has been dominated by news from and about the middle east. we‘ll discuss what happens now, given donald trump‘s abandonment of the iran nuclear deal. we‘ll also consider the prospects for the forthcoming north korea summit. my guests this week, janet daley, columnist with the sunday telegraph.