this is bbc news. i'm ben brown. the headlines at 11: the veteran mp frank field resigns the labour whip, accusing the party leadership of becoming a "force for anti—semitism in british politics" i want the labour party to change. i wa nt i want the 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 for goal like that local thuggery going on will not control local mps. —— i wa nt will not control local mps. —— i want the party to see that the local thuggery. britain's biggest payday company, wonga, collapses after facing a growing a surge of compensation claims. an unmarried mother who was denied a widowed parent's allowance for her children after her partner died, wins a landmark case that could benefit thousands of other bereaved families. the search for new treatments to help children with a severe muscle wasting condition, scientists hope they've made a significant step towards finding one. and at half past eleven, we'll be taking an in—depth look at the papers with helen brand from the association

of certified chartered accountants and pauljohnson from the guardian. stay with us for that. good evening. the veteran mp frank field will no longer sit with labour in parliament after resigning the party whip. he says he's decided to sit as an independent mp, accusing the labour leadership of "becoming a force for anti—semitism in british politics". mr field, who's represented birkenhead for nearly a0 years, spoke of a culture of intimidation and intolerance in the party. the shadow justice secretary richard burgon has called on mr field to fight a by—election. our deputy political editor, john piennar reports. the outwardly 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 veteran campaigner has always trod his own path on policy, especially brexit, but it's his blunt message now on labour's handling of anti—semitism that's led to today's break with mps in parliament. i've resigned it because i want the 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 local thuggery that's going on will not control local mps. do you want other mps to follow in your footsteps? i've done no, i've spoken to no mps about this. i gave that undertaking to the chief whip. it's my wake—up call to 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. pro—brexit, tough on welfare reform,

but his resignation as a labour mp will inflame the already high octane controversy. he described 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 wrote. "a culture of intolerance, nastiness and intimidation now reigns in too many parts of the party." others are worried about what happens next. frank may not be the last mp out the door. so, there is now, i think, a really important moment for the leadership to respond, to act, for all of us to pull together, to stop this decision by frank field turning into a full—blown existential crisis for the labour party. tonight, in his birkenhead constituency, people are predictably split. he's jumping before he's been pushed. he's a good man. he's good for the area, and he's been in a long time. so i think he should be all right and keep him as he is. i don't like the man.

i don't like anything he's voted for. everything he's voted for, i've been against. the labour veteran recently lost a vote of confidence in his local party, and tonight a senior corbyn loyalist is saying he should stand down as an mp and face a by—election. but, whatever happens, he's likely to be forced to quit labour altogether. so could this be the beginning of a wider schism, taking more of those who disagree withjeremy corbyn over the edge, perhaps towards a new centrist group that has been talked about for months. for them, centrist group that has been talked about for months. forthem, it centrist group that has been talked about for months. for them, it is a test of old loyalties and nurse topic tonight's labour's deputy leader tom watson call this a wake—up call for big shadow ministers loyal tojeremy corbett are keeping a low profile but quietly they will be angry and unease and militant friends, quietly hoping that frank field won't be the last one to walk away. the payday lender, wonga, is going into administration tonight

afterfacing a surge of compensation claims. the company, which became one of britain's most controversial loans companies, ran into trouble after the government cracked down on payday lenders. wonga's profits peaked at £85 million six years ago, when it had more than a million customers. but the latest figures show that plunged to a loss of £65 million, with a sharp fall in borrowers. the company faced criticism for its high interest loans and was accused of targeting the vulnerable. our personal finance correspondent simon gompertz reports. with a loan from wonga.com... wonga rode to number one among payday lenders on a wave of humourous 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 preyed 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, 10 million from wonga's backers turned out not to be enough to cover them. so what are 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 i,500%, but its business model backfired, and this lender's time has run out. 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. so should the system reflect modern society? today, families come in the —— come in many different forms. 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. those entitled to the benefit can receive a lump sum and a monthly

payment benefit 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. siobhan‘s victory puts pressure on ministers to change the rules. the government has said it will study today's judgement. but there is still no guarantee she will receive the widowed parents allowa nce will receive the widowed parents allowance of. she may need to take case to the european court if

thousands more cohabiting couples are to game the same rights to benefits as those who are married. emma vardy, bbc news. scotland's first minister, nicola sturgeon has stressed the investigation into allegations of sexual miscounduct agianst her predecessor, alex salmond must been properly investigated and not ‘sweep aside‘. mr salmond, who strongly denies the allegations, resigned from the snp last night after more than 45 years as a party member. meanwhile, the 63—year—old has been criticised for launching a crowd—funding campaign to fight the allegations. nicola sturgeon said the enquiry must be fair to all parties involved. this is now about making sure that jew process is allowed, that any legal process, criminal or civil, is allowed to go to court —— court. and those who have put claims forward about alex, for justice

those who have put claims forward about alex, forjustice and truth to prevail. that is more important than any of the focus on politics or personality or process, that many people from many different reasons would no gap referred to focus on. —— no doubt prefer. 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. a man found guilty of gross negligence after it shouldn't have died ina negligence after it shouldn't have died in a speedboat crash is a peerless topic he was absent from

the old bailey injuly, where he was sentenced to six years in prison after the death of charlotte brown. the court of appeal has confirmed that shepherd, who left the country, has launched appeals against his conviction and his sentence. in germany, thousands of people have attended a protest tonight organised by the far—right after a man was murdered last weekend, allegedly by immigrants. his death sparked two days of racist mob violence involving thousands of neo—nazis and other extremists. police in the city of chemnitz, in eastern germany, have arrested two suspects from iraq and syria, who have been charged with manslaughter. jenny hill reports. it is not what angela merkel wanted. extremist two on the streets, nazi slogans in the air. lying press, they shout. this city is caught between grief and anger. this is

where a german man was tamil —— fatally stabbed by, it is believed, bya fatally stabbed by, it is believed, by a syrian and iraqi fatally stabbed by, it is believed, bya syrian and iraqi man in fatally stabbed by, it is believed, by a syrian and iraqi man in a fight over the weekend. even a police admit they have been overwhelmed by the subsequent violence. it has horrified germany, terrified chemnitz‘s migrant population. abdul told us he was attacked on sunday. translation: a group of 15 men abused us and then see us. i ran, but one punched me in the stomach. i fell and he took his put and stepped on the side of my face. this woman told us she locked herself and her children in their flat for two days, too afraid to leave. but she is frightened too. translation: go down to town, it til it happens to you you as a woman! ——

see what happens to you. there is only one person speaking up for migrants. translation: open your eyes, wake up! tense times then, for this troubled city. local politicians tonight appealed for calm, but few here trust them to keep chemnitz state. —— safe. angela merkel wanted to put the migrant crisis behind her. chemnitz may not let her. well it is rather early to determine whether chemnitz will have real political ramifications for angela merkel, though there are more protest‘ for the weekend, it is not over yet. this is in germany, where it anti— over yet. this is in germany, where itanti— migrant over yet. this is in germany, where it anti— migrant sentiment in pens to be stronger, where the far right

party afd does particularly well. this is an area that angela merkel will have two turn her attention to. what we can say with certainty is that chemnitz really illustrates a dramatic cultural shift here in germany. things we have heard said quite openly here on the streets, the language, the sentiment, the arguments, would have been com pletely u nsalea ble arguments, would have been completely unsaleable in germany in public just completely unsaleable in germany in publicjust a completely unsaleable in germany in public just a few years completely unsaleable in germany in publicjust a few years ago. french prosecutors have begun an inquiry into allegations that the actor, gerard depardieu, raped and asaulted a young woman. mr depardieu‘s lawyer says he absolutely denies the claim. it‘s reported that a 22—year—old actress has accused him of attacking her at his home in paris earlier this month. a man found guilty of manslaughter by gross negligence after a student the headlines on bbc news: mp frank field resigns the labour whip and launches a scathing attack on the party‘s leadership, saying it‘s a "force for anti—semitism

in british politics." the payday lender wonga is going into administration, putting 500 jobs at risk. an unmarried mother—of—four has won access to a widowed parents allowance in a landmark supreme court ruling. she had been denied the allowance as she was not married to her partner of 23 years when he died. 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 government is considering banning energy drinks for the under—18s amid fears that they‘re damaging young people‘s health. british children are thought to be among the highest consumers in europe of energy drinks — which contain high levels of caffeine and sugar.

our correspondent dan johnson reports from maidstone in kent. high—energy, packed with sugar, and loaded with caffeine. there‘s concern about obesity and tooth decay, hyperactivity and sleeping problems, and they reckon two thirds of 10—17 year—olds are drinking them. when i was younger, i used to buy energy drinks all the time, kind of after school. it was just the done thing, really. when they buy them when they're out, after—school, i'm not there, so, yeah... i don't let it happen in the house. i think for younger children, it's worse, but i think 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 don‘t know by how much. if you take red bull,

every 100 ml 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 gives a child their daily allowance of caffeine. 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. the people behind these brands say they‘re not marketed at children. they‘ve 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‘s already gone further and banned all fizzy, sugary drinks because of their impact on kids‘ health and behaviour.

inattentiveness, inability to sit still. disruption, calling out, rocking on chairs. there are enough issues that create hyperactivity tendencies within children, let alone them taking on caffeinated drinks in the morning. they‘re eye—catching, tasty and cheap, but it looks like energy drinks are about to have their wings clipped. danjohnson, bbc news, maidstone. a technique known as gene editing has been used to correct dna errors in a small group of dogs that have a genetic muscle—wasting disorder. scientists say it‘s a significant step towards making an effective treatment for the condition duchenne muscular dystrophy, which is fatal in humans. it mostly affects young boys, who tend to live only into their 20s or 30s. our medical correspondent fergus walsh reports. these young dogs all have duchenne

muscular dystrophy. the condition mostly affects males in both dogs and humans, and it gets progressively worse as they age. now look at the contrast with these females, who carry the faulty gene but are unaffected. the dogs are pa rt but are unaffected. the dogs are part of a groundbreaking project published in the journal science involving the royal veterinary couege involving the royal veterinary college and the university of texas. this research involved editing the dogs‘jinan, the this research involved editing the dogs‘ jinan, the recipe this research involved editing the dogs‘jinan, the recipe book for life. a faulty gene in the dna causes their disease, dish and muscular dystrophy. the gene editing system known as crispr was injected into the dogs. it scans thejinan, making a single cut at a precise point. this prompted a natural repairand point. this prompted a natural repair and enabled the dogs to produce the district and protein

which is crucialfor produce the district and protein which is crucial for muscle strength. these dogs normally do not produce any district and protein or effectively no dystophon protein. by modifying the cells in their muscles and their heart we have gone from effectively zero, to up tonight 2% levels of production, and that is widely predicted to be like changing in human beings if we can get to that amount. you have to press that. and that really could be life changing for felix. here‘s six and his muscles up already beginning to weaken. early treatment is vital for him because time is running out. the prognosis for the duchenne kids is very, very bad. they deteriorate very, very bad. they deteriorate very quickly from the age of sort of seven and eight, and normally lose the ability to walk by the time they are ten, 11, 12. and then it is a very rapid decline from them. we trade in hope. so to hear about something like this is absolutely

fantastic. these animals are all descended from one dog, whose owners brought it to do that with the muscle wasting condition. and scientists found it had the same gene defect as in humans. these dogs are playing a key role in the search foran are playing a key role in the search for an effective treatment for duchenne muscular dystrophy. a devastating illness. but longer term studies are needed to show weather it actually improves muscle strength and is safe or stop only then would it be tested on humans. it is early days, but this research could ultimately benefit those humans and dogs, affected by one of the most severe of all genetic conditions. a giant balloon depicting the mayor of london dressed in a bikini will fly over parliament square in london this weekend. organisers have raised more than £50,000 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 is a reference to the mayor‘s previous ban on bus advertising is choosing pictures of scantily dressed women. it is in the basement of a cafe in northampton that we find the man behind it. yani says he was infuriated by the mayor‘s hostility to trump when he says he doesn‘t speakfor the to trump when he says he doesn‘t speak for the nation, and to trump when he says he doesn‘t speakfor the nation, and he wouldn‘t have allowed the donald trump or learn. the us president, a great ally to the uk, at such an important time of 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 also say one of the things you stand for is

freedom of speech and freedom of protest. yes, but the whole point of its... i don‘t think this would have been allowed for barack obama, for example. i think it is selective free speech, and that is what i‘m against. crowdfunding has raised nearly £60,000. this time started off as about freedom of expression. it has the merchandise makes clear, it has now become a campaign about knife crime and getting rid of the mayor, from a protest he doesn‘t live in london. i don't think you have to vote in london to recognise knife crime in london. at the happens in london, it transfers throughout the rest of the uk. so it does need to be stopped. he has drawn approval and 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 ? right. would you accept your politics are right—wing? you reach out for support from the hard right on social media. you are pro-trump. this is na kedly on social media. you are pro-trump. this is nakedly political, isn‘t it? a political attack on siddique khan. it is not political, no, it is a

make london safer gun attack. he should we focusing on that. in terms of right—wing, i‘ve got no affiliations to anybody right—wing. this has gathered support from the left and right and the mainstream. so far, at least, the man himself is choosing to make light this. he says it people wants to spend their saturday looking at me and a yellow bikini, they are welcome to do so. i don‘t think yellow was my colour, though. but one labour mp was claiming today this is linked to far right extremists, something the organisers deny. but if they thought, even hoped, city hall would ban this balloon, they have been disappointed. the star of the tv series the crown, claire hoyte, has taken to the carpet at the venice film festival, for the premiere of her new movie, first man, which tells the story of the astronauts neil armstrong. will gompertz want to do is to meet her. welcome to the 75th venice international film festival

with oscar 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 premiere 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 the story of neil armstrong and his journey to become the first man to walk on the moon. ryan gosling takes on the role as the emotionally guarded astronaut, with claire foy... be an adventure. ..who made her name playing the queen in the crown, as his wife. what scope did you think there was for you as an actress, playing the housewife of the heroic husband? i think for me it was that opportunity to not be the cliche. i didn‘t want her to be, you know, the conventional version that you see on a film of the woman at home, who is perfect in absolutely every single way. this isn‘tjust another trip, neil. you‘re notjust going to work. do you think you‘re coming back? 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. yeah. 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. theresa may has wrapped up her 3—day trade mission to africa after talks with kenya‘s prime minister uhuru kenyatta. the prime minister was in high spirits during a visit to the united nations offices in nairobi and joined in the dancing by copying the moves of local scouts, swinging her arms and also spinning around. theresa may‘s dancing followed

a similarly energetic display at a school in south africa at the start of her trip. mrs may jokingly played down her chances of appearing on strictly come dancing after the initial outbreak of dancefloor diplomacy in cape town. that is a look at the prime minister‘s latest moves in africa. and we‘ll be taking an in—depth look at the papers with helen brand from the association of certified chartered accountants and pauljohnson from the guardian. that‘s coming up after the headlines at 11:30. now it‘s time for the weather with stav danoas.