this is bbc news i'm ben brown. the headlines at 8:00. the veteran mp frank field resigns the labour whip saying the party's leadership has become a "force for anti—semitism in british politics". i want labour party to change. i wa nt i want labour party to change. i want it to be seen as a clearly anti—racist party and i want the party to be clearly seen that the locals agree that going on will not control local mps. —— local thuggery thatis control local mps. —— local thuggery that is going on. the payday lender wonga is going into administration putting 500 hundred jobs at risk. a landmark court ruling that could affect thousands of unmarried parents around the country — a mother who's partner died is told she can claim bereavement benefits. also this hour — scotland's first minister nicola sturgeon says it's important allegations of sexual misconduct against alex salmond are properly investigated and not just swept aside. it follows his resignation yesterday.

today he's launched a crowd —funding appeal to pay his legal costs. music. and for the second time this week, the prime minister dons her dancing shoes as she ends her tour of africa. hello, good evening. the veteran labour mp, frank field, has quit the party's group in parliament saying the leadership is becoming a "force for anti—semitism in british politics". he also spoke of a culture of intimidation and intolerance in the party. 0ur deputy political editor, john piennar reports. the awkwardly friendly relations were never likely to last. they've both been

called mavericks, but frank field's relationship with his leader always looked like a split waiting to happen. and now it has. the campaigning mp has always trot his own path. 0n policy, especially brexit. but it's his blunt message now on labour‘s handling of anti—semitism that has led to today's rake with the party. he served for over half a century. i resigned because i want labour party to change. i wanted to be seen as a clearly anti—racist party. and i want the party to be clearly seen that the local thuggery that's going on will not control local mps. do you want other mps to follow in your footsteps 7 i've done no... i've spoken to no mps about this. i gave the undertaking to the chief whip. it's my wake—up call the labour party. it's not part of a wider plot. jeremy will see us into the next election. frank field's always been more of a loner than

a plotter. he took his own uncompromising line on welfare reform, say, too harsh for many labour traditionalists. his resignation letter will inflame the already high—octane controversy that has come to dot the labour party and undermined the authority of its leader. he condemned labour‘s leadership becoming a force for anti—semitism in british politics. "britain fought the second world war to banish these views from our politics," he said. "a culture of intolerance, nastiness and intimidation now reigns in too many parts of the party." others are critical, but less so of the leadership. it's up to all of us from the nec, labour mps, counsellors, labour party members. if you see anti—semitism tackle it, stand up don'tjust dismiss it as a smear or something we don't want to discuss. will the resignation of this veteran in the provoke a deep ' 7 there are friends and enemies of frank field will be hoping it just might. and that's perhaps the biggest question. will frank field's resignation

from the labour group at westminster mean there will be more? of their even be a deeper schism in which those mps from a significant minority at westminster who disagreed withjeremy corbyn, not just one year or anti—semitism but on many things, could it drive them over the edge? well, talk of a break—up, and new centrist in british politics has been rumbling for months. but those labour dissidents have been so reluctant to follow their internal dissent with open insurrection. they often say it's about deep—rooted loyalty. their enemies say it's about a lack of nerve. well, loyalty and nerve is going to be tested very hard in the days and weeks ahead. john pienaar there. let's speak to our political correspondent tom barton at westminster. how damaging is all of this for the labour party? well, i think some of jeremy corbyn's critics hold that this is going to be a damaging moment for him. and think it might just be. although it is worth

bearing in mind that frank field represents a very different perspective to many ofjeremy corbyn's supporters. and it has to be said, asjohn pienaarjust alluded to there, a different perspective to some of his critics as frank field was of course one of the few labour mps who campaigned in favour of brexit. we have heard tonight from the labour party, they have put out a statement saying that "jeremy corbyn thinks that frank field for his service to the labour pa rty" field for his service to the labour party" saying very clearly nothing more than that. i think you can read what you want into the shortness of that statement, if you like. we have also heard, it has to be said also from a labour party source saying that frank has been looking for an excuse that frank has been looking for an excuse to resign for some time. i think those around jeremy corbyn have been keen to dismiss this resignation, to suggest that it is not as damaging as some may think.

also those close tojeremy corbyn pointing out that he recently lost a motion of no—confidence, frank field recently lost a motion of no confidence amongst members of his own constituency party. and questioning whether it will be possible, as frank field has said he will, to resign from the parliamentary labour party without also resigning his labour party membership. as for other voices within the labour party, and we have also heard tonight from jeremy corbyn's deputy tom watson, he is making a very different point to the labour leader, saying that this is a serious loss to the party and that he deeply regrets frank field's decision. he says he reflects both the deep divisions within the party and the sense of drift in golfing in. —— engulfing him. he says that this is a major wake—up call for the party. i think tonight on twitter, and bees from both sides of the argument have been making different

points. 0ne friend ofjeremy corbyn, and mp said that frank field showed in his words "do the right and respectful thing by calling a by—election" while another from the moderate wing as they would the date of the labour party saying that the character assassinations of frank field have already begun. i think on both sides of the party, there is really a tussle overjust how significant a moment this is. tom, thank you very much indeed. in fact we have been hearing from one of frank field's neighbouring labour mps. louise ellman said she was very sad to him withdraw the party whip. frank's comments about the labour pa rty‘s failure to frank's comments about the labour party's failure to deal with anti—semitism are correct and both saddened and angered me very much indeed. my hope thatjeremy corbyn realises that he has not only got to say he will take action against anti—semitism. he has to do something about it. and a general

talk will not do. he has to deal with anti—semitism that is so strong within the labour party. that was louise ellman. let's get more reaction now — we can speak to the guardian columnist, dawn foster. we see him and says this needs to spurjeremy corbyn to do more about the problem of anti—semitism in the party. you think it will make you do anything differently?” party. you think it will make you do anything differently? i think at the moment the party are committed to stamping this out. there have been a number of things being put in place at the moment. i know the party are working very hard to try and hold members to account. so when people are actually reported for anti—semitic comments it is being dealt with a lot quicker. i think that most people in the labour party are committed to staying in the party and the thing forward with trying to stamp this out. and i think there are a few things going on. frank field was actually facing the selection due to his feelings of

brexit. as was my mp, kate. so i think there is a tussle going on a level as —— as going on as well with a lot of mps being held accountable for their own positions. so frank field has been in his labour party locally where he has been held to account and a lot of members are unhappy with the positions he takes. you say accountability in his constituency, but frank field himself has talked about a small corpus of people who call themselves labour party members, probably about 30 he says, where it is his majority in the constituency has been rising and rising every time there is an election. i think he got 25,000 in the last election. that is true. i think it is actually key to compare him with my mp kate holy. 0nly look at what's happening there come a very, very safe labour seat. and what you find is in safe labour

seats a lot of people feel they have no choice but to vote for the labour candidate but less choice on who that mp is. labour are trying to bring ina that mp is. labour are trying to bring in a different selection process whereby members have a say and hopefully that will then lead to even more increased direction. he is talking about bullying and intimidation, thuggery effectively in his constituency party. if he feels individuals have behave out of order he should report that by all means. but what we have seen a lot of his mps titling at the fact that people are going through the normal processes to help their mps to account. and i think, the same with the conservative party as well, we have had a long tradition in the uk because of the person as opposed to system that won mps get into a position they are there until they really wa nt position they are there until they really want to stand out. i think it is healthy to actually look at re—selection. most constituency parties are very happy with their mp and a small number are not. i think those small numbers should have the opportunity to have a discussion on

with their mp. well let's leave that to one side. it is clear that the voters in birkenhead are happy with frank field. and they have been returning them with large majorities. let me tell you do not ta ke majorities. let me tell you do not take you to what the deputy leader of the party tom watson has been saying tonight, that this decision of his two resign the party whip is a major wake—up call. "we cannot afford to lose people or such weight and stature" and this reflects the deep divisions in the party and the sense of drift engulfing us. pretty strong words from the deputy leader of the party. they are. i think most of the party. they are. i think most of these actually do want to stay in the labour party. it is almost impossible to try and force labour to ta ke impossible to try and force labour to take anti—semitism more seriously when you are outside of it. i think that in the past month we have seen a very concerted effort from the leadership team, from all mps and even a lot of party members to try and stamp out anti—semitism in the party. they are accepting it is a

bit hobbled. an increasingly members are reporting other people who are claiming to be labour members or maybe labour members saying things on social media or making people feel uncomfortable, attacking mps, etc. i have seen members and i have seen etc. i have seen members and i have seen mps from across the political divide within labour all saying that they do take this seriously and they wa nted they do take this seriously and they wanted to be stamped out. and they're committed wanted to be stamped out. and they‘ re committed to wanted to be stamped out. and they're committed to staying within they're committed to staying within the party and working out at way. thanks for being with us. dawn foster there. thank you. we're going to be finding out how this story and many other stories of the day are covered in the newspaper front pages. it is at 10:1i0pm and again at 1130. 0ur guestsjoining me tonight are helen brand, who's chief executive of the association of certified chartered accountants and pauljohnson, the deputy editor of the guardian. the uk's biggest payday lender, wonga, is going into administration tonight.

it had already stopped accepting new loan applications as it teetered on the brink of collapse. wonga — which at its height had over a million customers — has had to deal with a surge of compensation claims against them after a government clampdown on payday lenders. it had also faced criticism for its high—cost, short—term loans, which are seen as targeting the vulnerable. our personal finance correspondent, simon gompertz reports. with a loan from wongacom... wonga rode to number one among payday lenders on a wave of humorous adverts which glossed over the harm being done to some borrowers, borrowers whose compensation claims have now crippled the lender. stacey in south london saw a £600 loan turn into £5,000 when she missed some payments. well, they are still chasing me for the money, which i'm trying to get cancelled now. they completely screwed me over. i was very vulnerable at the time. i don't know if you've heard, but they are in big financial trouble. yes, i have heard.

i read about it. so what do you think about that? i think good on them. it's what they deserve. because of the way they treated you? yeah, ido. i think they deserve it. i think they deserve to go bust because they played on people who were vulnerable. wonga's fall began in 2014 when it had a big financial penalty for sending threatening letters to borrowers from fake lawyers' addresses. then it was forced to compensate 330,000 customers it hadn't checked could pay the money back. in the backlash, charges for payday loans were capped and, as more compensation claims came in, money from wonga's backers turned out not to be enough to cover them. so one of the options for wonga customers who have seen the message that they are not lending any more and heard that the company has failed? well, if you've got a loan, you'll still have pay that back. if you are pursuing compensation, the danger is that you willjust have to join a long queue of creditors trying to get their money back from wonga.

wonga are always considered the bad boy of... this debt expert wants wonga's woes to be a turning point. while the reasons for people using the likes of wonga will still exist, we hope that this news today sends a message to other lenders theyjust can't lend to people at exorbitant rates and expect to get away with it any more. wonga's rates were 1,500%, but its business model backfired, and this lender's time has run out. let's speak to edmund greaves, the deputy editor of moneywise, to find out more about this. time has run out clearly for wonga. what has gone in your view there?|j what has gone in your view there?” think what has happened here is that consumers have gotten wind of what, well customers of wonga have gotten wind of blame some you can make claims against the company. what has clearly happened because we had at the weekend of whisperings of things that were really in trouble, a few weeks back we had the £10 million loa n weeks back we had the £10 million

loan from its backers to keep it afloat. it has clearly been buried under a mountain of claims. this morning we kind of woke to the news that it was not taking any new business and by the end of the day the company was administration. i think it has really kind of snowball. and collapsed from them. so not taking any new business, but for existing customers, what is the situation now? there are a couple of different situations there. any customers who still owe money to the business should make sure to keep making their payments. that is absolutely essential because the likelihood is the administrators now that have come in will take the book of business and probably sell it to another provider. who will continue to maintain the loan payments. the important message here is that customers need to just watch out for a message from the administrator and wait to be told what to do next, and to continue making their payments until the time, you know, such time. wonga another payday lenders have

been criticised for a long time, for very high some would say extortionate interest rate charges. but what are the alternatives for people who have low incomes who are struggling effectively? what are their other avenues to pursue? struggling effectively? what are their other avenues to pursue ?m really difficult. quite a few critics have said about the issue with short—term loans that they have created an industry out of nothing, using marketing strategies and campaigns. you know, the television advert in that kind of thing. and they were at their height very successful. absolutely. you saw them all over the television. you have football teams with the sponsor on their shirts in the kind of thing. a lot of people say that actually they we re lot of people say that actually they were creating a problem where there was not one. the thing is there are alternatives out there for people who have financial difficulties. credit unions are a great one. the issueis credit unions are a great one. the issue is that credit unions are heavily regulated and they are quite slow to respond. however if a person finds themselves in real financial difficulty be most important thing

to do is say they have got a credit ca rd to do is say they have got a credit card that they are struggling to make the repayments on, is to speak to their existing provider and talk to their existing provider and talk to them and say, you know, i am in trouble. can we work out a repayment schedule or something like that. alternatively, there are debt charities to speak to people like step change, turned to us census 0r even 01’ even even or even citizens advice. thank you. edmund greaves, deputy editor of moneywise. the headlines on bbc news. the veteran mp frank field resigns the labour whip saying the party's leadership has become a "force for anti—semitism in british politics". the payday lender wonga is going into administration putting putting 500 jobs at risk. a landmark court ruling that could affect thousands of unmarried parents around the country — a mother who's partner died is told she can claim bereavement benefits. sport now.

and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, here's azi farni. hello. but with a disastrous host on day one of the fourth test with india and southampton. injust the third opening of the day, jennings was completely bamboozled by indian bowler. he was not the only one. and glenn's top order collapsed for 69 — five. ben stokes did not last too much longer either. the home side having too much... until bowler curran, recalled to the side, came to the middle. his half century restored some much needed pride to the england scorecard. they finished on 246 all out. india 19 for no loss at the close of play. england manager gareth southgate has named his 23 man squad

for the upcoming matches against spain and switzerland. it'll be their first match since reaching the semi—finals of the world cup. manchester united's luke shaw has been recalled — he last played for england in march 2017. there are five changes in all, ashley young has been dropped, burnley defenderjames tarkowski comes in. southampton keeper alex macrthy is the only uncapped player in the squad. and southgate said he could look to the championship for players in the future, with a dwindling pool of engllish players to choose from in the premier league. a lot of good things happening, but there are still work to do. one of oui’ there are still work to do. one of our biggest concerns would have to be playing time for english players. and i think that is shown by a number of the squad that came with us number of the squad that came with us in russia not getting opportunities to play. but more concerning lee, you know, young players that might be coming through to challenge that not getting opportunities to play. so for me, great what we experienced in the

summer, iam great what we experienced in the summer, i am delighted that there is this reconnection with the national tea m this reconnection with the national team him up at the next step of how we improve and how we progress, lots of challenges ahead. cristiano ronaldo will return to old trafford with his new clubjuventus in the champions league this season. the draw for the group stages was made in monaco today. ronaldo, who was at united from 2003 to 2009, joined juve for £99 million this summer, after nine seasons with real madrid. valencia and young boys are the other teams in group h. tottenham have been drawn in a tough group b which includes barcelona. liverpool and manchester city were also in the daw, you can see full details on the bbc sport website. rangers will be in the draw for the europa league which takes place tomorrow. they drew 1—1 with nine men against russian side fc ufa, to win the tie 2—1. celtic and burnley are hoping tojoin them there. celtic are in action at the moment

against lithuanian side suduva.1—1. burnley are trying to overturn a 3—1 deficit where it is 0—0 as well. eight—time winners liverpool have been drawn at home to chelsea in the third round of the carabao cup. this is the stage where teams playing in europe join the competition. of the others who received a bye into round three, arsenal will host brentford, holders manchester city will travel to league one oxford united, tottenham watford is one of three all—premier league ties, while manchester united are at home to frank lampard's derby county. the full draw is at our website. scotland's women are looking to take fate into their own hands with victory in tonight's crucial world cup qualifier against switzerland. ideally, the scots need to win by two goals against the group leaders. to move a step closer to reaching the world cup for the first time. scotland got off to the perfect start, erin cuthbert giving them the lead in the second minute of the game.

and by the sixth minute, they were 2—0 up, kim little doubling their advantage but just seconds later lara dickenmann pulled one back for the swiss. it's currently 2—1 at halftime. german angelique kerber has progressed to the fourth round of the us open by beating sweden's johanna la rsson in three sets. the wimbledon champion looked to be cruising at a set and a break up and served for the match only for larsson to hit back and take it to a decider. but the fourth seed held on to win 6—2, 5—7, 6—4. kerber will play dominika cibulkova for a spot in the round of 16. roger federer is up against benoit paire now. that's all the sport for now. i'll have more for you in sportsday at 10:30. thank you very much indeed. see you

later on. thousands of families across the uk could now be entitled to benefits for bereaved parents and their children, after an unmarried mother of four won her case in the supreme court. siobhan mclaughlin, from county antrim, was refused widowed parent's allowance when her partner died, because the couple weren't married. but the supreme court has ruled that it breached the family's human rights. the government is now considering whether to change the law. 0ur ireland correspondent emma vardy reports. a father and a partner for 23 years. john adams lived together with his family. when he died from cancer, siobhan mclaughlin had to take a second job to help support their children. she was told widowed parent's allowance was only paid to those who had been married or in civil partnerships. today, the supreme court ruled that denying this benefit to unmarried parents has breached siobhan and her children's human rights. the judges said the allowance was there to diminish the loss suffered by children,

a loss that was the same whether or not the parents were married. children are innocent. children do not have a voice and it's really unjust that the government could see that two children could be treated so differently when they are both grieving, to realise that, yeah, there's only some benefits you can claim as a cohabitee, but you can't claim because you're not married. it's a bit of a minefield of the system. society is changing. while married couples are still in the majority, figures show there has been a huge increase in cohabitation. now around one in five couples with children choose not to walk up the aisle. widowed parent's allowance and the new bereavement support payment, which has replaced it, are there to support children when one parent dies. the surviving parent can now receive a lump sum and monthly

payments of up to £350. they must have at least one dependent child up to 18 years old. crucially, the current law says they must have been in a marriage or civil partnership, but today's ruling means that could change. sarah cripps' partner died of a stroke in 2015, leaving their three children without a father. he had been the principal breadwinner but, because they weren't married or in a civil partnership, she too missed out on the allowance. he was their father in every way. i feel that he is now not being treated as their parent and the children aren't allowed his contributions. this would have been money that james would have paid through his national insurance contributions throughout his working life. he was 41 when he died. he had worked since he was 18. siobhan's victory puts pressure on ministers to change the rules. the government has said it will study today's judgment. it is hugely significant for them and what we will be asking for the government to do is to act

very quickly so that as many people can benefit from this as possible. in future, thousands more cohabiting couples may gain the same financial rights as those who are married. emma vardy, bbc news. earlier i spoke tojo edwards who is a specialist in family law and the former chair of resolution — the nationalfamily laywers association. the supreme court did not have sent a clear signal to government that this issue very urgently needs to be looked at and it is discriminatory against unmarried couples, for them and particularly for their children, to be left without this in a fit when one of them dies. and this potentially affects a huge number of people around the country. potentially affects a huge number of people around the countrym potentially affects a huge number of people around the country. it does potentially affect a huge number of people. you have mentioned pete that this fix already, about 3.3 million cohabiting couples and about 2.5 million of those dependent with children. potentially there a lot of people will have been looking very

closely at this today. there are of course wider issues. these are not just about, though this case was about bereavement benefits, it would say that the law needs to be reformed across the piece. there aren't death there are things such as rules which look at a harrah death tax etc, on separation in the position of cohabiting couples is different as well. those are other issues for another day, but in terms of this ruling today in it hopes the government when i look at this issue and a termination. that means there needs to be new legislation on this? yes. today wasn't really does not change anything as a matter of cause. there doesn't need to be new legislation. this was looked at by government as recently as two years ago in the context of the rules of that bereavement benefits tangent last year. and they looked at the arguments for and against change. effectively what they said it looked, marriage is the gold banded. we need to uphold that, we need to reflect that in the benefits of system. administratively, it could be quite complicated for us to try to determine what constitutes a

cohabiting couple. it could" become locations around what if you have somebody who passes away who was married, having divorced but is also ina married, having divorced but is also in a cohabiting relationship. you may have multiple claims. but the reality is these issues are grappled with in—state benefits, which are available to unmarried couples during their lifetime. this is all about the contributions that one person makes. it is a non—means tested benefit. so why should there be dissemination? joe edwards there, family lawyer talking to me a little earlier on. let's bring you on the latest on theresa may's trip to africa. theresa may has wrapped up her three—day trade mission to africa after talks with kenya's prime minister uhuru kenyatta. and she did a bit more dancing, as you can see. this was a junior visit to the united nations offices. during a visit there in kenya, in

nairobi. shejoined in the dancing by copying the moves of local scouts — swinging her arms and also spinning around. and really getting into a little bit more african dancing. it is the second time during her three—day trip that she has performed. with a bit of dancing. and there she is. theresa may's dancing followed a similarly energetic display at a school in south africa at the start of her trip. mrs may has played down her chances of appearing on strictly come dancing. i'm not sure if anyone actually is inviting her onto the show. but there you are. lots of dancing by there you are. lots of dancing by the prime minister during her three—day trip to africa. now it's time for a look at the weather with stav danaos. hello there. over the last few days it has been pretty chilly for the time of year with rather cool nights. but as we ended this week and into the weekend, a start of metrological autumn, things are set to warm up

all thanks to high pressure being in the right place. it is not going to be all sunshine, but there will be some and the best of it across the south and east. tonight is going to be largely dry and a clear one. we will have this weather front bringing thicker clouds and outbreaks of rain for the far southwest of england. could see a few showers across the far southeast, but most places dry. again quite chilly. across and eastern areas. generally on the whole not quite as chilly as it has been the last few nights. so for friday, we are starting on on a largely dry, bright, cool note. sunshine around, about how to build up into the afternoon. sunny spells and patch of cloud. a few showers across the southeast of england and this weather front will be thicker clouds western fringes of the country. but a day and 20 degrees set for southern scotland. 23 across the southeast. looks like we've got a warmer time for many of us as we head the headlines. the mp frank field resigns the labour whip accusing the party leadership of becoming a "force

for anti—semitism in britain". jeremy corbyn thanks him for his service to the labour party. the payday lender wonga is going into administration. the firm's collapse follows a sharp rise in compensation claims after a government clamp—down on payday lenders. an unmarried mother—of—four has won access to a widowed parents allowance in a landmark supreme court ruling. siobhan mclaughlin lived with her partner for 23 years and after his death had been denied money for her children. coming up — the story behind a 29—foot blimp of the london mayor which is set to descend on london. should energy drinks be banned for the under 18s? that's what the government is considering amid fears that they're damaging young people's health. british children are thought to be among the highest consumers in europe of the drinks —

which contain high levels of caffeine and sugar. the restrictions would apply to drinks with more than 150mg of caffeine per litre, like red bull, monster and relentless. 0ur correspondent dan johnson reports from maidstone in kent. high energy, high sugar and high caffeine. they're all warnings, but there is also concern — about obesity and tooth decay. hyperactivity and problems sleeping. and with two thirds of 10—17 year olds drinking them, a ban could now be on the way. when i was younger, i used to buy energy drinks all the time. kind of after school, which is the done thing, really. when they buy them when they are out, after school, i'm not there, so, yeah, i don't have them in the house. but you know she drinks them? yeah, definitely. a ban would help you? yeah. i think younger children it's worse, that 16, 17, 18, there's not really an issue. people will still be able to get hold of them. like, the same way you get

kids smoking and stuff, they get hold of it. so it might reduce it a bit but i do not know by how much. every hundred millimetres of red bull has 32 mg of caffeine and 11 grams of sugar. the levels in monster are around the same. that's three times the amount of caffeine in coca—cola and a similar dose of sugar. so one large energy drink would give a child their daily allowance of caffeine. and this local gp has seen an 11—year—old who was drinking eight cans a day. large amounts of caffeine lead to things like palpitations, rapid heartbeat, headaches, chest pain and behavioural problems in children. and sugar leads to obesity and things like diabetes. so, really, we are trying to avoid giving these sorts of drinks to children. we would rather they drink something healthier. the people behind these brands say they are not marketed at children and they have pointed out that most of these energy drinks contain the same level

of caffeine as a cup of coffee. but the government is asking how a ban should work and whether 16 or 18 is the right age. this primary school headteacher has gone further and already banned all fizzy, sugary drinks, because of their impact on kids' health and behaviour. inattentiveness, inability to sit still. low level disruption, calling out, rocking on chairs. there are enough issues that create hyperactivity tendencies in children, let alone them taking on caffeinated drinks in the morning. they are eye—catching, tasty and cheap, but it looks like energy drinks are about to have their wings clipped. suicide is the leading cause of death in men below the age of 50 in england. men working in the construction industry are particularly vulnerable. the suicide rate among low—skilled male labourers is three times higher than the national average for men.

long hours, lack ofjob security and a macho atmosphere are all partly to blame according to the unions who say not enough is being done to protect workers. caroline davies has this report. lee rowland is a 28—year—old carpenter. he spent years living with anxiety but he never spoke about it... until he was at work and came close to taking his own life. to the outside world, you could seem like it's a good laugh and a bit of fun — work on the building site. it's bloody stressful. it's not really somewhere where you talk about how you're feeling really and your emotions. it's been hard trying to explain to some people that... i struggle sometimes with stuff and sometimes i can be a bit sort ofjoking and a bit blase about it rather than giving it, i suppose, the real emotional thought

that it really needs. martin, just start hoisting up on the rope... lee asked for help. now he speaks to other workers to encourage them to take care of their mental health, but trade union leaders say it's the structure of the industry that's the underlying problem. lack of permanentjobs, travelling to work, poor lodging, very long hours — between 12 hours a day, 60 hours a week, isolation, and above all of that a stigma. a fear that if they raise a mental health disorder with their employer that somehow they will be disciplined or dismissed, and that's a very real probability. many of these issues are serious and long—standing and difficult to untangle, but there is now a sense in some parts of the industry that something needs to change. people that sadly take their lives haven't reached out for support... ijoined a class on mental health awareness at a building

site in north london. these men were given time out of their working day to talk with each other about the particular pressures they face. meetings like these are happening more often, but they're not being offered to builders everywhere. i went back to my caravan and i cried myself to sleep — a 50—year—old man. madness that, isn't it? simon pantry spent nearly 20 years as a crane driver. he told me his suicidal thoughts eventually forced him to leave the job. still a very macho atmosphere in construction. the crane driving game can be very, very lonely, can be very high pressure. it's that type of cut—throat environment that guys are working in. we need to kind of take a step back and really look at what we're doing to people out in the workplace. he has this advice for anyone feeling the way he once did. just go out and talk to somebody. talk to somebody at home. if you need to seek a bit of counselling, talk

to your employer butjust don't bottle it up, don't swallow it. just talk, let it out. let it out, that's the best place for it. simon pantry ending that report by caroline davies. and if you've been affected by any of the issues raised in that report, you can find details of organisations which offer advice and support on the bbc actionline website — a finance manager for kensington and chelsea council has admitted defrauding around £60,000 from the grenfell tower victim fund. jenny mcdonagh took cash meant for survivors of the tragedy and victims' grieving family members using pre—paid credit cards. she spent the funds on trips to dubai and los angeles, expensive dinners and online gambling. the 39—year—old, from south—east london, pleaded guilty to two offences of fraud, one of theft and another of concealing criminal property. scotland's first minister,

nicola sturgeon, says it's important that allegations of sexual misconduct against alex salmond — her predecessor — are properly investigated and not just "swept aside". mr salmond, who strongly denies the accusations, resigned from the snp last night. he said he intends to rejoin the party once he's had an opportunity to clear his name. 0ur scotland correspondent lorna gordon sent this report. they have been side by side for decades. alex salmond and nicola sturgeon, an unbreakable political duo who made the snp the dominant force in scottish politics. now the cracks are beginning to show. ms sturgeon left defending the scottish government's complaints process her former mentor is challenging following the allegations of sexual misconduct which mr salmond denies. amidst all the focus on process and politics here, it is really important in my view that we do not lose sight of the fact that two individuals came forward with complaints.

those complaints can't simply be hushed up or swept aside because of the identity of the person involved. mr salmond made no comment about his resignation in his television show which aired today. he has also refused requests for interviews. but in his statement last night he said, "i did not come into politics to facilitate opposition attacks on the snp. i have tendered my resignation to remove this line of opposition attack. most of all, i am conscious that if the party felt what could now cause division and difficulties is mr salmond's decision to launch a crowdfunding campaign to help with costs in his legal challenge against the scottish government's complaints procedure. he is collecting notjust money, but also a very public show of support from those in his corner. he has now raised more than £80,000. 0pposition parties are uneasy

at the message this sends. frankly, this drags scotland into the gutter, that he is using his position and his recognition to put the signal to the people who have come forward and made those complaints that he might not still be first minister, but he is still extremely powerful. and that they should get back in their boxes and leave him alone. the legal process mr salmond is embroiled in could take months. the political fallout is hitting far sooner than that. myanmar‘s leader, aung san suu kyi, should have resigned in the wake of the violence against her country's rohingya muslim population. that's the view of the outgoing united nations human rights chief, who's told the bbc that she should have considered returning to house arrest, rather than excusing her country's military. a recent un report concluded that myanmar‘s military should be investigated for genocide — and blamed aung san suu kyi for failing to prevent the violence.

0ur correspondent imogen folkes reports from geneva. conclusive evidence from a un inquiry this week of war crimes, crimes against humanity, even genocide against rohingya muslims in myanmar. so sure are the investigators of their facts, they even named senior military commanders. but in the face of this overwhelming evidence, aung san suu kyi still insists her country is fighting terrorism. the danger of terrorist activities, which was the initial cause of events leading to the humanitarian crisis in rakhine, remains real and present today. unless this security challenge is addressed, the risk of intercommunal violence will remain. that was just too much for the un human rights commissioner. for over a year, he has tried to persuade aung san suu kyi, a woman he once deeply admired,

to distance herself from her generals. in a final interview before leaving office, he bitterly criticised her stance. she was in a position to do something. at the very least, she could have kept quiet. there was no need for her to be the spokesperson of the burmese military. she didn't have to say this is an iceberg of misinformation, these are fabrications. she could have just stayed quiet, or even better, she could have resigned. she didn't do that. harsh words for a woman once venerated around the world as a pro—democracy leader and nobel peace prize winner. but human rights groups believe the criticism is justified. aung san suu kyi may now go down in history not as a champion of peaceful resistance, but as a woman who failed to act in the face of unspeakable human rights violations. a man found guilty of manslaughter by gross negligence after a student

died in a speedboat crash — is appealing his conviction. jack shepherd was absent from his trial at the old bailey injuly, where he was sentenced to six years in prison following the death of charlotte brown. the court of appeal has confirmed shepherd, who left the country prior to his trial, has lodged appeals against his conviction and sentence. the cost of buying a plastic bag could rise from five pence to ten pence — with all shops in england having to charge. the change is part of government plans to tackle plastic pollution. theresa may said she wanted to leave a greener, healthier environment forfuture generations. the headlines on bbc news... the veteran mp frank field resigns the labour whip saying the party's leadership has become a "force for anti—semitism in british politics" the payday lender wonga is going into administration putting 500 hundred jobs at risk.

an unmarried mother—of—four has won access to a widowed parents allowance in a landmark supreme court ruling. an update on the market numbers for you — here's how london's and frankfurt ended the day. and in the the united states this is how the dow and the nasdaq are getting on. a giant balloon depicting the mayor of london dressed in a bikini will fly over parliament square in london this weekend. 0rganisers have raised more than 50—thousand pounds for the 29—foot blimp as part of a campaign to try to get sadiq khan to stand down from his post as london mayor. it comes after mr khan defended the flying of a giant balloon of donald trump over the capital during the us president's visit last month. tim donovan reports. this is what will be seen above parliament square on saturday, a giant balloon mocking the mayor like the one of donald trump flown

during the us president's visit. dressed in a bikini, that a reference to the mayor's previous ban on bus adverts using pictures of scantily dressed women. it's in the basement of a cafe in north hampton that we man behind it. yonni says he was infuriated by the mayor's hostility to trump when he said he doesn't speak for the nation and he wouldn't have allowed the donald trump balloon. the us president, a great ally of the uk in such an important time with brexit and everything, i don't think they should be subjected to that, i think they should be afforded a certain level of respect. you're saying one of the things you stand for is freedom of speech, freedom of process? yes, but the whole point of it was to, i don't think this would have been allowed for barack 0bama, for example. so i think it's selective free speech, and that's what i'm against. crowdfunding has raised nearly £60,000, the stunt started out about freedom of expression. but as the merchandise makes clear, it's now become a campaign about

knife crime and getting rid of the mayor from a protester who doesn't live in london. i don't think you have to vote in london to recognise the knife crime in london. whatever happens in london, it transfers the rest of the uk so it does need to be stopped. he's drawn approval on social media from figures like katie hopkins but denies his motivation is primarily political and that he is on the hard right. would you accept your politics are right wing, you reach out from support from the hard right on social media, you're pro—trump, this is nakedly political, isn't it a political attack? it's not a political attack, no. it's a make london safe again attack. he should be focusing on that, in terms of right wing, i got no affiliations of anyone in the right wing and this is gathering support from the left and the right and the mainstream. so far, at least the mayor himself is choosing to make light of this, if you want to spend their saturday looking at me in a yellow bikini, then they're welcome to do so.

i don't think yellow is my colour though. but one labour mp was claiming that this is linked to far right extremists, something the organisers deny but they thought oi’ even hoped that city hall to ban this balloon, they'd be disappointed. flytipping is costing millions of pounds to clean up, but now one council here in the midlands has come up with a new way to tackle the problem. local authorites across england dealt with around one million fly—tipping incidents over the last year. the cost of clearing that mess came to nearly 58 million pounds. walsall council says it spends nearly five hundred thousand pounds a year to clear illegally dumped rubbish, but now they're going to put skips on streets around the borough, on a trial basis to try to tackle at source. get rid of it! i'm recording and

sending it to the police. a confrontation on an ordinary street. the resident filmed this video last week, according to a man about to dump in mattress near his home.” don't care, you do not do this! get rid of it! the video is indicative of the fly—tipping problem. more than 2000 tonnes of dumped rubbish is cleared from streets and lanes here every year. from january, eight giant skip like this recycling centre, will be placed on at least 20 streets. a skip will be placed on a saturday in each ward and the borough and as result, people will be with to go to that place and dispose of the waste if are not able to get there. thump you would think it isa to get there. thump you would think it is a publicity stud would he

think of that? they do not have to cope with it every day, disposal and collection of waste. but generally, some of the stuff to the pick—up is absolutely appalling but the people who just don't absolutely appalling but the people whojust don't care. absolutely appalling but the people who just don't care. not far from the recycling centre, evidence of the recycling centre, evidence of the problem. waste dumped in a lane. this happens in the street on a weekly basis. as a further deterrent, the council is planning to increased the reward from £100 to £500. the higher the reward in the giant streets will be trialed for three months, we will ask residents of beit thought the idea would work. the month we will save money in the long run, what's wrong with the bin? abend is perfect. just put your

rubbish in the ben. recycling centres will also open every day instead of the current five days, they're trying to rid the streets of they're trying to rid the streets of the scourge of fly—tipping. polaroid instant cameras were a must—have gadget in the 70s in 80s — but the company struggled when digital photography took over, and went bankrupt in 2001. now, the new owners of the polaroid brand have unveiled a new instant camera — and for the first time, it s controlled by an app. chris fox sent us this first look from berlin. so here is the one step plus, i've got another one set up in front of me here and using the app, you can do some creative effects. we've got people light painting in a darkened room, you can do dual exposures and you can also use the phone as a remote control or as a noise trigger.

so if i clap my hands... you get a picture of me clapping. when polaroid shut down it's film production, it was just too big for its own good, really. when digital came along and sales started shrinking, they couldn't sustain itself, so what we did is we rescaled the whole thing and actually had to reinvent all the chemistry that goes into it. so it makes sense with environmental laws now and all that. we had to update all of that and rescale it. people who love instant analogue film want that point and shoot and it doesn't turn out, doesn't turn out experience. digital photography allows you to take photos again and again, why put the two together? we never think of digital and analogue as opposing forces, we kind of think that they have their own unique qualities and strengths. analogue film is like you said, it's imperfect but it's also somehow more meaningful and magical because whatever comes out, you have it with you forever with this physical thing. for us, analogue and

digital are not opposing forces, they've got their own strengths. polaroid stop making analogue film, you brought it back as a fan. how does it feel now to be the chief executive of the new company? well, it feels great. it was a whole lot of people who were really excited about this medium and not letting it die, so i'm just humbled to be able to kind of, lead it forward i guess. we've gotten an incredibly passionate team as well. the star of the crown claire foy has taken to the red carpet at the venice international film festival for the premiere of her new film — first man — which tells the story of the astronaut neil armstrong. 0urs arts editor will gompertz has been to venice to meet her. welcome to the 75th venice international film festival with 0scar contenders written all over it. bradley cooper and lady gaga are here to launch their remake of a star is born. the coen brothers are here to premier their darkly comic western, the ballad of buster scruggs, and damien chazelle — the multi—award—winning

director of la la land — is back with his new film, first man. the film tells a story of neil armstrong and his journey to become the first man to walk on the moon. ryan gosling takes on the role of the emotionally guarded astronaut, with claire foy... be an adventure. ..who made her name playing the queen in the crown as his wife. were you surprised to get the role, given there is not a huge shortage of american actresses? yeah, hey, there's a canadian playing neil armstrong and this sort of random british woman playing an american housewife. you just sort of think... but i do think in those circumstances, distance is good. if you own a story too much, i think sometimes it can be difficult to get in there and have a cynical view of it or kind of delve deeper and understand that these people were, you know, wrong sometimes and difficult sometimes. we've got this under control. you're a bunch of boys, you don't have anything under control. it's nearly a year since weinstein. have things changed ?

i think people are definitely more aware. what i worry about, ever so slightly, that i would... i hope it hasn'tjust been absorbed into the culture and been allowed to have happened. that women have been able to speak up and been given permission and authority in some way because they have to be, because everyone wants it to go away again. you know, it would be the dream if it actually provoked some change in society and the patriarchal way of doing things is possibly outdated and needs to change. so here we are at venice 2018, and i think all but one of the directors in the competition are male. yes. so there you go. remarkably, another male director with a premiere at this year's festival is the late orson welles whose unfinished final film is getting an airing at last, having been started just a few months after neil armstrong took his famous small step nearly 50 years ago. now it's time for a look

at the weather with stav danaos. it has been on the poolside in the past few days and chilly nights, but as we end the week ended to the weekend —— head into the weekend, it'll be dry as well, some good spells of sunshine, the best sunshine will be across the north and the west. high pressure will be and the west. high pressure will be a dominating factorfor and the west. high pressure will be a dominating factor for the and the west. high pressure will be a dominating factorfor the next and the west. high pressure will be a dominating factor for the next few days, bringing in this unsettled weather, it would be approaching into the southwest as he had to the evening, could bring more cloud into cornwall, and also a cluster of clouds and showers further north as we see it in parts of southeast england, but quite chilly across northern and eastern areas but not quite as cool as what we had the previous night. as we headed to tomorrow morning, it's going to be a

cool start, some spells of sunshine around but into the afternoon, the cloud will continue to build an sunny spots for most. a few showers will affect the southeast of england and across western areas, approaching a little further east, northern ireland and western fringes of wales. temperatures reaching highs of 22 across the south when south east. in the north and west, the spoils things a little bit introducing a bit of clouds over scotland, western parts of wales, and there will be some light rain or drizzle on these weather fronts. i briefly across the western coast, across the south and the east where we could see 22 and 23 degrees but some warmer air pushing further north into a some warmer airfrom the some warmer air from the south, areas of high pressure and will continue to move into the northwest and bring increasing cloud in increasing breeze but looking on the

one side is reacted sunday, there will be more cloud across the northwest and those weather fronts will have a burst of rain, some sunny spells is to scotland and a portion of england and wales, generally light, bit fresher further north and quite windy there for the outer areas, temperature is not too bad we are looking at the low 20s of celsius in central southern parts of scotla nd celsius in central southern parts of scotland and in the east, but warmest in the highest temperatures will be across england and wales. hello, i'm ros atkins, this is 0utside source. four days after a man was stabbed to death in east germany, far—right groups are continuing to call people out on to the streets of the city of chemnitz. we will report from south africa. there have been attacks on shops run by foreigners in south africa's soweto township leaving three dead and many fleeing their homes. they bring my shop, they will loop

my stuff, i don't know where i'm going to start again. we are not animals. a ugandan opposition figure who emerged from government detention earlier this week on crutches, has tried to flee the country. as he got to the airport he was bundled into an ambulance. his lawyer tells us bobi wine was re—arrested at the airport. and we'll be hearing about the french actor gerard depardieu, who has denied an accusation that he