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this is bbc news. the headlines: former prime minister gordon brown says labour must act now on anti—semitism or undermine its values. the international holocaust remembrance alliance definition of anti—semitism is something that we should support unanimously, unequivocally and immediately. theresa may says she will not "give in" to those calling for a second eu referendum and won't be pushed into brexit compromises that are not in the national interest. phones, drugs and contraband — new figures show hundreds of prison staff caught smuggling into jails. video games which allow players to make in—game purchases are to get a warning icon on their packaging. england win the fourth test against india at southampton, and with it the series. and the travel show heads to west cork to explore
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the food scene in ireland. good evening. the former prime minister gordon brown has said the fight against anti—semitism goes to the soul of labour, urging action on the issue that has dogged the party for weeks. he called for labour's governing body, which meets this week, to adopt an internationally recognised definition of anti—semitism in full. meanwhile the former chief rabbi, lord sacks, has again criticised jeremy corbyn, saying his speeches were part of the reason some britishjews were considering leaving the country. the shadow chancellor, john mcdonnell, said that mr corbyn has been misinterpreted. our political correspondent iain watson reports. as a former prime minister, gordon brown intervenes rarely
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in domestic politics. four years ago he spoke out over the future of the country in the scottish referendum. now, with the row over anti—semitism still raging, he says he's speaking out for the future of his party. it's about the soul of the labour party. labour's ruling national executive incorporated an internationally accepted definition of anti—semitism into a code of conduct injuly but didn't include word for word all the examples, angering manyjewish members. those close tojeremy corbyn were concerned that one example claiming the existence of the state of israel is a racist endeavour would restrict the free speech of palestinians. labour's national executive will now discuss the issue again on tuesday and this time gordon brown says there's only one way they can rebuild trust with thejewish community. the international holocaust remembrance alliance definition of semitism is something that we should support unanimously,
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unequivocally and immediately. jon lansman is close to the labour leadership. he founded momentum. he believes a compromise is possible which protects freedom speech and should have come sooner. we have an opportunity, we can trust the jewish committee and i hope we will take decisive steps on tuesday. the jewish labour movement held its conference here in north london and it says links between the community and the parties have been stretched to breaking point and prominent voices agree with them. jeremy corbyn must repent and recount as quickly as possible to regain the trust of the public. the shadow chancellor responded with an offer of peace talks. lord sacks, you have misinterpreted what's gone on, i have known jeremy 30 years, his life has been devoted to peace and justice, come and meet him
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and you will understand. but for this mp, something more dramatic is needed to rebuild trust. i don't thinkjeremy corbyn can't solve the problem because he is the problem. you think he should go? i think he should reflect on that but i have come to the view that he cannot solve the problem because he is the problem. senior labourfigures want to detoxify the anti—semitism issue but it is not yet clear if they have found a strong enough antidote. and we'll find out how this story and many others are covered in tomorrow's front pages at 10:30 and 11:30pm this evening in the papers — our guests joining me tonight are the entertainmentjournalist and broadcaster caroline frost and the parliamentary journalist tony grew. the prime minister has restated her opposition to a second
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eu referendum and says she won't accept anything in a deal with brussels that's not in the national interest. writing in a sunday newspaper ahead of mps returning to parliament this week, theresa may said she would not betray those who voted to leave two years ago. here's our political correspondent susana mendonca. music plays. she's shown us her moves can be unpredictable, but when it comes to the prospect of a second referendum, theresa may is standing firm and sticking to her tune. the prime minister told the sunday telegraph that two years ago, millions came out to have their say, and to ask the question all over again would be a gross betrayal of our democracy. the eu chief negotiator, michel barnier, has restated today that he is strongly opposed to elements of the deal forged at chequers, but mrs may insisted she wouldn't be pushed into accepting compromises except in the national interest. her former brexit secretary said that left the way
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open to concessions. that is an incredible open sesame. you're not going to come to the house of commons and say "i agreed this, but that wasn't in the national interest." as parliament prepares to gear up for a new term, rumours of impending leadership challenges continue, as do the divisions among those who stayed inside the government tent. the international trade secretary has slapped down the chancellor's gloomy economic predictions, refusing to back philip hammond's warning that in the event of no deal, there would be a reduction of gross domestic product or gdp, which is the measure of everything the economy produces. to say what a gdp figure would be 15 years ahead is not a predictive power that i've known the treasury to have in my time in politics. a series of events like this one in cambridge today have been organised throughout the summer by the people's vote campaign, which is pushing for the public to have a direct say on the final brexit deal. the liberal democrat leader said
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he thought the prime minister was starting to accept the idea of a second referendum. well, she is rattled. until recently she didn't talk about having a referendum on the final deal. she now knows that opinion is moving in favour of it and she's arguing strongly against it. this week, the cabinet will get back around the table and mrs may will embark on the final stretch before a deal with the eu does or doesn't get done. it's bound to be a tough road ahead. susanna mendonca, bbc news. new figures show hundreds of prison staff have been caught smuggling drugs, weapons and other banned items into jails in england and wales over the last six years. the figures, obtained through a freedom of information request by the observer newspaper, show a 50% increase since 2012. ben ando reports. drugs, mobile phones, weapons, tobacco, all considered contraband in prison. friends, relatives, even drones used to be to blame but increasingly the smuggling is by prison staff.
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figures from the ministry ofjustice show that in the last six years the number of prison officers found taking contraband into prisons in england and wales has gone up by more than half. in 2012, 45 prison staff were caught smuggling. but five years later, in 2017, that figure had gone up to 71. and the number of drugs finds has trebled, now running at an average of 35 every day. since 2010 the overall prison workforce has fallen by more than 7000 — that's nearly a fifth — despite a recruitment drive to bring in 2,500 new prison officers. some say that has caused a perfect storm, overwork, demoralised staff and under occupied, vulnerable prisoners. the reduction in officer numbers means there are fewer people to interdict the supply of drugs and find out who's behind it, but secondly the way of life for prisoners has become more restricted, meaning you have a lot
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of bored and demoralised people for whom drugs offer a way out of the misery of the sentence. injuly prison inspectors found that wandsworth prison in london, the most overcrowded in britain, had stopped scanning visitors for drugs and other banned items due to a lack of staff. the same month a 25—year—old prison officer was jailed for smuggling contraband into forest bank prison in salford, greater manchester. prison bosses say these figures represent the actions of a tiny minority, and that most of their staff are ha rd—working and honest. but coupled with record levels of violence, drug seizures and suicides, this increases the impression of a prison service in crisis. ben ando, bbc news, at the ministry ofjustice. well, my colleague rebecca jones has been speaking to eric allison who is the prisons correspondent for the guardian and a former inmate himself, having spent a total of 16 years in prison.
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he gave this reaction to the smuggling of prohibited items by prison staff. it does not surprise me at all. i have known there has been a massive increase for the last four, five, six years. i believe those figures and the figures quoted about the increase in the number of staff caught smuggling does not present the true picture because for every parcel of drugs that gets intercepted, you can guarantee that at least another ten get through because the drug dealers inside and outside factor in these losses. this is a multi—million pound industry. the price of drugs in prison is many more times the price of drugs on the street, so there is a huge profit, and it is very difficult to see how they will get to grips with it. is that why staff do it? because there is money to be made? of course, it is a huge temptation. you are talking about a small parcel of heroin fetching thousands and thousands of pounds.
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someone could offer a prison officer £1000, £500. the chance of detection is slight because they cannot search prison officers coming in, well, they cannot search them coming in en masse because it would disrupt the whole day. the temptation is huge and you have got a lot of young, inexperienced prison staff and the temptations are huge. the prison service said the figures reflect the actions of a tiny minority. would you agree with that? yes, without a doubt. most prisoners are customers if you like. it is a small minority of people who are professional criminals and professional drug dealers outside and they carry on when they get inside. it is a multi—million pound industry. just to clarify, i was saying the prison service reflect a tiny minority being the prison officers?
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without a doubt. the vast majority of prison officers are straight, but it does not take many. how do the authorities try to stem this tide of contraband that is going into prisons? should prison governors be doing more? i don't see what they can do without the staff. if you had huge dedicated drug search teams in every prison, including dogs and devices, then that would make a difference and inroads, but they are not doing that. they are not replacing the staff that are leaving and the staff they are replacing them with are new and they don't have the experience or the confidence sometimes to challenge prisoners. it is a real mess. the prison system is in a huge mess. what's his name chris grayling had the great idea to stop smoking in prison. a packet of tobacco in prison is £150 and they are getting £150. wherever you have the deprivation
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of something that people want, you will get smuggling and it will take a massive effort to combat it. from what you are saying the main problem appears to be drugs. why is there such a huge demand for them in prison? well, above all else prisons are places of acute boredom, they really are. unemployment is rife in prison, education gets stopped, there is nothing for prisoners to do. if there is nothing for them to do and they have got the opportunity to get out of it in their heads by taking drugs, they will take them. let's take a brief look at some of the day's other news. a 16—year—old boy has suffered serious and potentially life—changing injuries after being sprayed in the face with an unknown substance.
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police say the attack at the cribbs causeway shopping centre in bristol yesterday evening happened while the teenager was having a dispute with someone. a 17—year—old boy suffered a cardiac arrest when he was tasered by police officers. the incident took place in coventry yesterday evening. west midlands police say the boy is in a serious but stable condition in hospital. four other teenagers were arrested in the incident, which has been referred to the independent office for police conduct. the islamist militant group al shabab says it was responsible for a car bomb attack in somalia, when a vehicle containing explosives was driven towards a government building in the capital mogadishu. at least three people were killed and several schoolchildren injured. the united states says it is cancelling $300 million of military aid to pakistan. it says the government there is failing to deal adequately with militant groups in the country. the us secretary of state is due to meet the new pakistani prime minister, imran khan, this week. the headlines on bbc news:
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the former prime minister, gordon brown, says the "soul" of the labour party is at stake in the dispute over anti—semitism. theresa may dismisses calls for a second eu referendum, and insists she won't make compromises on her brexit chequers plan that aren't in the national interest. hundreds of prison staff are caught smuggling drugs, weapons and other banned items into jails in england and wales. sport, and time for a full round—up from the bbc sport centre. good evening. england's cricketers have beaten india in the fourth test at southampton and now have an unassailable 3—1 lead in the series. they were victors by 60 runs. india, chasing 2115 to win, made a very poor start, slumping to 22—3, but they always had a chance while kohli was at the crease.
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he'd survived two big lbw appeals before he was caught by alastair cook on 58 wickets then tumbled. shami was the ninth batsman to fall, caught by anderson, and then it was all over when ashwin fell lbw to the bowling of sam curran. watford have maintained their 100% start to the season, with their first top—flight win over tottenham, coming from behind to win 2—1. spurs took the lead just after the half—time break, thanks to an own goal, but watford were back on level terms not too long after. troy deeney heading home his second goal of the season, and the comeback and victory was sealed by defender craig cathcart. another setpiece and another header. games in the top flight. spurs drop theirfirst points of the season. manchester united have relieved some of the pressure on managerjose mourinho with a 2—0 win at burnley. romelu lu ka ku scored both goals for united,
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who had marcus rashford sent off. paul pogba missed the chance to make it 3—0 when his penalty was saved byjoe hart. before the game, a group of disaffected united fans paid for a banner to be flown over turf moore saying, "ed woodward — a specialist in failure". the relationship between woodward — the executive vice—chairman — and mourinho has been under the spotlight since the summer when mourinho complained about the lack of recruitment at the club. alexander lacazette scored arsenal's winning goal as they beat cardiff 3—2. the gunners finally prevailed despite twice giving away the lead. it was 1—1 when pierre emerick aubamayang put the visitors ahead for the second time in the match, curling in this effort. but arsenals‘s frail defence was again exposed when danny ward pulled his side level. lacazette smashed home arsenal's third and that was enough to give unai emery his first away win of the season. steven gerrard's unbeaten run as rangers manager has ended with defeat in his first old firm derby — celtic were 1—0 winners at parkhead.
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the victory was a much—needed boost for celtic boss brendan rodgers, following his side's underwhelming start to the season. rangers were undone just after the hour when olivier n'tcham finished a stunning counter—attack. rangers have not won a league derby since march 2012. championship leader lewis hamilton overtook both ferraris in the italian grand prix on his way to victory at monza, extending his championship lead to 30 points. he was involved in a skirmish on the opening lap with main rival sebastian vettel. the german spun and dropped to the back of the field before recovering to take fourth. hamilton trailed kimi raikkonen for much of the race but a late pass on fresher tyres saw hamilton take the lead in front of the tifosi. the result sees hamilton move 30 points clear of vettel. valterri bottas finished 3rd defending champion rafael nadal is currently in action in the us open, amining for a place in the quarterfinals.
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the world number one won the first two sets comfortably against georgia's nikoloz basilashvili winning them both 6—3, 6—3. but it was a different story in the third set. the defending champion lost it on a tie—break, so now leads by two sets to one. defending premiership champions saracens have begun this season's campain with a win against newcastle falcons. an offload from owen farrell set up a debut try for alex lewington. he was able to trot over the line, helping the champions to a 17—9 lead at half—time. the falcons made a good start to the second period and wilson got this second try of the match, reducing the gap to one point with flood's conversion. but saracens stepped up the gear in the final few mintues and wrapped up the win with a bonus point try from nick tompkins. the final score was 32—21 to saracens.
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that's all the sport for now. video games which allow players to buy extra items or features while they're playing — so called in—game purchases — will have to carry a warning on their packaging from christmas. it follows concerns about children racking up debts while playing, as angus crawford explains. gaming and spending. matthew, who doesn't want to be identified, used to play 12 hours a day and paid out thousands of pounds. he worries about the effect on children. a lot of game companies will tell you this game is to be enjoyed but actually behind it is a very stringent business that's there to make lots of money so they will target people young, get them into a game and then make them want to spend money to progress, and if they feel left behind, it then starts to affect them emotionally and psychologically. many games allow players to buy
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things like better guns, new characters or extra features, using real, not digital money. children can run up big bills, and some parents don't find out until it's too late. and now the european ratings body, pegi, has decided to act. from christmas, video game boxes will carry this new warning logo, but will it make any difference? if you have to buy the game and within the game to actually play the game and make the most fun out of that game, you have to spend a lot more money, i think the customer should be informed about that, so yeah, i agree. all the games these days, everything comes with add—ons, you know, and in—app purchases, so it's a good idea to warn people but at the same time people should probably expect it anyway i think. gaming can seem more like gambling. and with regulators circling, this new warning is perhaps a sign of the industry taking action before it's forced to. angus crawford, bbc news.
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the irish rock band u2 was forced to abandon a concert in berlin after the lead singer bono suddenly lost his voice on stage. i'm so sorry. in a statement, the band apologised for cancelling last night's show. it went on to say that, after a few songs, bono suffered a complete loss of voice. it's unclear why, but he's seeking medical advice. the band says that those in the audience last night will be able to return for another u2 concert at a future date. you might think one lorry is as bad as the next when it comes to causing pollution, but refrigerated trucks are a particular problem. many have a second diesel engine to power the fridges and that's often working harder than the one moving the vehicle. now, a british inventor has come up with an environmentally—friendly
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idea that's being trialled by several multinational food companies. dougal shaw went to meet him. hard at work in his garage, inventor peter dearman has been tinkering with an idea of the past 20 years. he thinks it could revolutionise the haulage industry. specifically of federated lorries. supermarkets around the world rely on these two ca i’s around the world rely on these two cars bought fresh produce from warehouses to shops. his idea involves liquid nitrogen, which boils at minus 196 celsius. involves liquid nitrogen, which boils at minus 196 celsiuslj involves liquid nitrogen, which boils at minus 196 celsius. i will demonstrate the pressure gradient eyeballing it and how that pressure can be used to run an expansion engine. and here is what his invention looks like on a working lorry. the liquid nitrogen on slowly
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turns into gas it warms up, this is used to cool air. this refrigerator lorry. the expanding liquid nitrogen is also powering the fans, which circulate the cool air around a lorry. what problem is this designed to fix? fridge unit on lorries usually use diesel. they are powered bya usually use diesel. they are powered by a second diesel engine on board. these are often more polluting than the main diesel engine. using liquid nitrogen means the refrigerated lorry can lose that second diesel engine. it is giving off no pollution, liquid air, liquid nitrogen is just the atmosphere. several multinational food suppliers are trialling the technology. several multinational food suppliers are trialling the technologylj are trialling the technology.” think it is a good step forward, something we will definitely be looking at closely. filling up the lorry with liquid nitrogen looks different from filling it with normal fuel. unlike fossil fuels,
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there are plenty of supplies of nitrogen in the world, though in does apply energy to cool the natural and how to liquid form in the first place. however if the technology takes off, it could reduce our reliance on diesel, and cutair reduce our reliance on diesel, and cut air pollution. not bad work for a man tinkering in his garage. a second world war veteran has broken his own record as the world's oldest scuba diver. 95—year—old ray woolley spent nearly three quarters of an hour underwater, examining a shipwreck off the coast of cyprus. tim allman reports. they say you only get better with practice. well, that certainly must be true for ray woolley. a former radio operator during the war, he's been scuba diving for 58 years. his latest excursion, out into the crystal clear waters of the mediterranean. cheering cheered on as he took the plunge,
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heading down to visit a wreck that's not even half his age. the ms zenobia was a cargo vessel that sank on its maiden voyage in 1980. ray and the two dozen or so divers who accompanied him took time out for a group photo. then, after checking the watch to see how long they'd been down there, headed back to their boat. cheering more cheers, more applause for this most modest of men. we did it! we managed to get 40.6m for 44 minutes. wow! very good. that's pretty good! lovely to break my record again! and i hope if i keep fit, i'll break it again next year with all of you! and somehow you kind of believe he will too.
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tim allman, bbc news. now it's time for a look at the weather with nick miller. it has been another warm day out there, 26 celsius in north yorkshire. many saw sunshine at some stage of the day, but the lion's share has been across parts of eastern england. unbroken sunshine in kent, cloudier view from wales. the satellite picture shows some cloud around, northern and western parts, this zone of cloud coming in is producing some rain across parts of northern ireland and scotland, gradually moving further south—east as they go through the night. eventually reaching into parts of north—west england and wales. northern ireland comes out of that, clearer skies, north—west scotland as well, kept his dipping into single figures in some spots. clear up single figures in some spots. clear up part of the ganglia, also single
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figures, mist and fog patches, but underneath the cloud rather warm. this area of the cloud and outbreaks of race bellwethers in the morning, more persistent and quite heavy affecting parts of eastern scotland, north—east england for a time. this wet weather extends from eastern scotla nd wet weather extends from eastern scotland to northern england, wales, the midlands, the south—west, the further south you are a cheap turn fire and brighter in the afternoon. there will still be lots of sunshine into yeast anglia and south—east england, a bit more cloud compared with today, temperatures edging to the mid—20s. a cooler day with cloud and outbreaks of rain, much cooler day in eastern scotland compared with today. northern ireland are north—west scotland, even though there are sunny spells, also will feel cooler and fresher. the wind is lighter tomorrow. this weather front is in no hurry to move its way south—eastwards. slowly continuing to do so on monday into tuesday, and the cooler air continues to follow
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on behind. again a very slow process , on behind. again a very slow process, blue covering more northern england and wales at this stage. along this weather from them is not a great deal left on tuesday as it tries to a halt. there may still be some hints of 21 celsius to the south, but elsewhere our characters will drop back into the mid to upper teens. things are fairly quiet midweek, but the action starts later in the week. we will see an area of low pressure developing close to the uk, keeping the cool weather and producing some rain in the week. we will see an area of low pressure developing close to the uk, keeping the cool weather and producing some training places. —— some rain in places.
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