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this is bbc news. the headlines at 10: people being harassed by cold callers will be given powers to stop them, in new measures introduced by the government today. companies will see the new change in law, and i think they will desist from the activity. when they do not, i'm afraid people will have to complain. the labour mp chuka umunna has accused jeremy corbyn of driving centre—left mps like himself out of the party, ahead of a speech later this morning. also coming up this hour... for the first time ever, there's going to be an attempt to get into the middle of the pacific ocean to try to clean it up. thousands of top university graduates are competing forjobs as prison officers in a scheme aiming to transform the uk's toughest prisons. and at 10.30 — the travel show is injohannesburg taking a lesson with some of south africa's most famous township dancers. new powers come into force today
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designed to stop nuisance calls from personal injury and claim management firms. you'll now need to opt in to allow companies to contact you. businesses that don't comply could face a fine of half a million pounds. manuela saragosa has more. for many of us, cold calls are a daily torment. hello? the financial conduct authority says some 2.7 billion nuisance calls texts and e—mails were made over the past year. that works out to be about 50 calls, texts and e—mails sent to every single adult in the country. many are made by companies offering to settle personal injury claims, or to claim back ppi — payment protection insurance. but, from now on, these companies
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will have to check first that the recipient has explicitly agreed to receive those calls and messages. companies that don't could face a fine of up to £500,000, and people are encouraged to report them to the ico — the information commissioner's office. some companies will see the new change in law and i think they will desist from the activity. when they don't, i'm afraid people are going to have to complain. the ico does need the information from people about these calls, and she will then tackle, use her powers and, slowly but surely, we will get on top of it and they will completely cease. campaigners say the new rules do not go far enough. they will not, for example, stop calls from fraudsters and note, too, that firms based overseas are not covered. the issue of consent, they argue, is a red herring and they would prefer to see the authorities rule that unsolicited direct marketing calls are not a legitimate way of doing
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business. manuela saragosa, bbc news. the labour mp, chuka umunna, will make a speech this morning urging his party's leader, jeremy corbyn to — in his words — "call off the dogs", and stop hardliners within labour from driving out the so—called moderates. two centre—left labour mps lost no—confidence votes by local party members in their constituencies this week. this morning, we're also hearing of the difficulties the former shadow chancellor, chris leslie, who is facing votes in his local constituency. 0ur political correspondent, pete saull is here. we had these votes of no confidence earlier this week. chris leslie. a long—time critic kirkjeremy corbyn, facing difficulties in nottingham?‘ couple of nights ago, a branch in nottingham east issued a vote of in him. afew nottingham east issued a vote of in him. a few dozen local members but he thinks it will move into a wider
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constituency labour party vote in him, it follows on from what we've had this week with two other labour mps who have been critical ofjeremy corbyn in the past. the membership in those local areas, clearly they are flexing their muscles and they say if you carry on criticising our leader, then potentially down the line we have the numbers to deselect you. and chuckjamuna is using strong language, basically saying to jeremy corbyn that you have the power to stop this from happening —— chuka umunna. he speaks to his supporters, painting a picture within center line which, hounds on the hunt for labour mps who have criticised jeremy corbyn, at the back of that hunt and pushing them on. chuka umunna making his feelings clear in the speech he has given this morning. he is talking a lot about brexit too and that is why all
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of this is coming to a head. six months to go into we leave the eu, moderate mps are unhappy with how jeremy corbyn has gone with this. they want to take a firmer stance, and chuka umunna, in particular, wanting them to come out and back a people's vote a second referendum on the brexit deal. it is interesting, we have a lot of people are unhappy whenjeremy we have a lot of people are unhappy when jeremy corbyn we have a lot of people are unhappy whenjeremy corbyn was we have a lot of people are unhappy when jeremy corbyn was voted we have a lot of people are unhappy whenjeremy corbyn was voted as the leader, they tried to get rid of him and it did not work but there was the feeling that actually, they have to get on with it, they cannot get rid of him because they have famous backing from the membership. he is more secure in the party machine? tensions were rising, butjeremy corbyn did better than a lot of people were expecting. the row with anti—semitism over the summer has raised tensions again. brexit is going to be a major issue at the
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upcoming conference, and a large proportion of the membership and moderate labour mps would like their leader to take a firmer staff. —— stance. it could be one of the most important conference speeches in labour history. and what about what these mps do, feeling uncomfortable in their own party, there has been a lot of talk over the summer, talk of barbecues where people discuss what they do, whether they put in the party or whether they leave, we heard from sir vince cable and the liberal democrats offering labour mpsa liberal democrats offering labour mps a home and saying, work with us, we can all work together. he talks about a move for moderates. we can all work together. he talks about a move for moderatesm doesn't sound very exciting. what vince cable was saying the other day. there are millions of voters who do not feel represented by either the two main parties at the moment, the liberal democrats would like to fill the void but they have struggled with gaining ground in the
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polls. 0ther mps may consider it a option to leave the party. frank field has left for site you different reasons but a lot look back to what has happened in the past, at the stp, they did well to start with and then struggled, but then in april the conservatives to win an election fairly comfortably. it will be an interesting few months, to say the least. jeremy corbyn, hitting back at tony blair, he said that the party has been lost to the hard left. jeremy corbyn‘s point is we are coming up with policies that real people like and they are looking to the labour party and his vision to change things for them? the labour party see themselves as mainstream. they say that tony blair is a man of the past, and for example, taking the ra i lwa ys past, and for example, taking the railways back into public ownership, thatis railways back into public ownership, that is a popular policy and the membership clearly feels the same. these votes of no confidence, a lot
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of members feel they are being u nfa i rly of members feel they are being unfairly portrayed, as far left trots kyites. unfairly portrayed, as far left trotskyites. they want to see their elected representatives reflecting the views of the wider party. there are half a million members there now. they say it is effectively democracy in action. and conference season democracy in action. and conference seasonis democracy in action. and conference season is about to pick. thank you very much indeed. a massive operation to scoop plastic waste from the middle of the pacific ocean is being launched today. a 600—metre long floating device will be towed out from california, as jenny kumah reports. sites like this have shocked people all over the world. the damage to wildlife has inspired a bold project with an ambitious goal — to rid the ocean of plastic. and this is the structure that will help to do it. it's been built in san francisco and is launching from there today. it will travel to an area in the eastern pacific known as the great garbage patch,
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where currents trap plastic. if we don't do it now, all this plastic will start breaking down into smaller and smaller pieces, and the smaller the pieces are, the more harmful and harder to extract from the marine environment. so we feel there is a sense of urgency. so how will it work? a giant tube, 600 metres long, will float on the surface in the shape of a horseshoe. over time, the plastic should gather in a small area and then can be taken out. underwater, a barrier will hang three metres down and trap plastic below the surface. it is meant to allow fish to swim underneath it. but some experts worry that the system can harm wildlife. our major concern is for those passive floaters, rather than fish, mammals, plankton, jelly fish, for example. they simply cannot get out of the way of this, they are going to be crammed into this and not be able to escape. the plan is to start with one collection device
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and eventually deploy 60. the people behind the project estimate a full roll—out will clean up half of the great pacific garbage patch in five years. jenny kumah, bbc news. a former trump campaign adviser has been jailed for 14 days, for lying to fbi agents investigating alleged collusion with russia. george papadopoulos — who admitted the offence — was also ordered to do 200 hours of community service and pay a fine of 9,500 dollars. mr trump has denied campaign collusion with moscow. a russian exile who was murdered in britain last march believed that two men from moscow had tried to poison him five years earlier. nikolai glushkov — a former deputy director of the russian airline, aeroflot — was found apparently strangled at his home in south—west london, a week after ex—spy, sergei skripal and his daughter, yulia, were poisoned in salisbury. tributes have been paid to the us
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rapper, mac miller, who's died after an apparent drug overdose. the 26—year—old, who's real name was malcolm mccormick, was found at his home near los angeles. he rose to fame after topping the us charts with his debut album in 2011. earlier this year, the musician went through a well—publicised break—up with his long—term girlfriend, ariana grande. mac miller's friend and fellow musician, pittsburgh slim, was totally shocked by the news. a great, great kid, man. a great kid. nobody had anything bad to say about him. you can see by the reaction on twitter. this is, you know, it's too much. really, drugs just aren't cool. i don't know what happened, nobody does at this point. ijust came to drop some flowers and say a prayerfor him. that's all you can do at this point. what's it like to be a rookie prison officer at a time
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of high levels of violence, drug—taking and self—harm ? two years ago a scheme to get some of britain's brightest university graduates working in jails was unveiled. so would the new recruits go the distance? last year our home affairs correspondent, danny shaw, met one of the graduates as she started work at coldingley prison in surrey — and now he's returned to find out how she's getting on. i'lljust give you a quick rubdown, mr brown. she's one of the newest prison officers at hmp coldingley, but has the confidence of someone far more experienced. sophie is one of the standout recruits on a programme designed to attract the brightest graduates into prisons. we first met her 12 months ago, when she started work. i've finished my degree. 0k. the new officers were visited by the then justice secretary david lidington. a year on, how has it been? it's been challenging, but it's been rewarding, as well. the best thing is all the interactions that i have with the guys. we make progress all the time. the small wins are the best things — like, getting someone that has been refusing to go to work
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that is actually finally engaging and going to work. that's the best thing ever. have there been moments when you've doubted whether this was the job for you? when incidents happen and i've been faced with, like, an act of self—harm or someone being under the influence, and that's when i'm like, "am i right for this job?" sophie is one of eight graduate prison officers here at coldingley. they are among more than 50 who started the scheme last year. and now it is being expanded and sophie is helping to train the next set of recruits. if they are not in there, you open the flap. these new recruits graduated in subjects including anthropology and social policy. now, they are earning up to £30,000 a year and doing a masters in their spare time. show that you are listening, that you understand. and this is how the graduates learn about techniques they need to do the job. hello, it's 0 from alpha 1. we have an unconscious officer, officer ralph. it's a training exercise in a classroom at the university of suffolk. i can see there's a rope group going through the window,
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we have missing keys. in this scenario, a prisoner has escaped after assaulting a member of staff. we have an e—list prisoner escaping out of education 1 with a set of officer's keys. the skills you get from being a prison officer, if you can de—escalate a landing full of prisoners, if you can convince someone who's offended their whole life that they want to change and turn their life around, essentially, the skills that they're going learn with us will set them up for leadership and whatever they go on to do. at the time, we had real problems with recruitment. attracting people to the service, there was a lot of negative press. rising levels of prison violence and concerns over pay have made it hard for governors to find and retain staff. 2,000 front—line officers left the service last year, hundreds of them new recruits. to get some of these bright young people into it, was like a shot in the arm. but sophie isn't at coldingley for long. next year, she'll leave for good, using her experience in another part of the criminaljustice system. danny shaw, bbc news, at coldingley prison.
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the headlines on bbc news... victims of nuisance calls will be able to stop them, in new measures introduced by the government today. the labour mp chuka umunna has accused jeremy corbyn of driving centre—left mps like himself out of the party, ahead of a speech this morning. there's going to be an attempt to get into the middle of the pacific ocean to try to clean it up. sport and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, here's mike bushell. good morning! day two of the fifth and final test between england and india is about to get under way at the oval. yesterday, it was all about alistair cook, and he was satisfied with 71 — even if india are in control going into day two, at the oval. cook was given a guard of honour,
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by the indian team and passed 50 for the first time this series but he missed out on a century, when he was bowled by, jasprit bumrah, sparking a batting collapse. england are on 198 for seven. world number one rafael nadal, says he "will keep fighting", after he was forced to retire from his us open semifinal, againstjuan martin del potro, because of a knee injury. he's now 32, and won the french open earlier this summer... but couldn't continue playing after the end of the second set, it's unclear how long he will be out for. to keep playing, at the same time that way, you know, having too much pain. it was not a tennis match at the end. it was one player playing and one standing on the other side of the court. i hate to retire, but to stay one more set out there playing like this... it will be too much for me. in contrast, novak djockovich,
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looks rejuvenated as he moved closer to equalling pete sampras's tally of 1a grand slams after outclassing kei nishikori, to reach the us open final. so he now faces del potro. in football, scotland suffered their heaviest defeat at home for 45 years against belgium in a friendly, ahead of their nations league opener against albania on monday. romalu lukaku opened the scoring in the first half, and then three goals after the break did the damage. chelsea's eden hazard with one of them, michy batshuayi, pounced on a mistake to make it 4—0. england begin their nations league competition this evening with a sell—out fixture against spain at wembley. harry kane will receive the golden boot and also play in golden boots — that's his reward for being top scorer at the world cup. it's their first match since gareth southgate's side surpassed expectations, by reaching the world cup semifinal in russia. but the manager says they must now
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put that behind them and begin building for the future. for us now, foi’ us how, summer for us now, summer is finished. it is about the next challenges. sport does not stand still, you have to move forward and continually evolve, increased that competition and i know players have the same mentality. they are all of an age of what is next is the most important thing. northern ireland are also in action today, they are up against bosnia—herzergovina at windsor park. it's the first ever meeting, between the two sides and they are in one of the b groups along with austria. and manager michael 0'neill feels the new format of qualifying, for the euros is a postive step. the fact we are in the competition that has the reward of a promotion—relegation situation but has the route to euro 2020 potentially is a good thing and we are happy
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with the format and look forward to the games. the games will prepare us for what lies ahead when the draw is made for euro 2020. rugby union and england captain dylan hartley continued his comeback from an enforced lay—off with concussion with a try to guide northampton to a premiership victory against harlequins. hartley crossed the line just ten minutes after coming on as a second—half replacement. it proved decisive as quins were threatened an away win. dan biggar also kicked 17 points for saints with a conversion and five penalties. the final kick settled a thrilling pro 1a game in belfast — as ulster beat edinburgh by a single point. edinburgh had seen a 17 point lead disappear, but went ahead again thanks to simon hickey‘s last minute penalty. ulster then went up the other end and won their own penalty in overtime. john cooney kicked it to steal the victory. elsewhere, glasgow beat munster. it's getting to the business end of the rugby league season — warrington wolves have sealed their place in the super league play—offs, after beating huddersfield giants.
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castleford tigers stay ahead of them in third place, after easing to a comfortable 28—8 victory over hull fc last night. that's all the sport for now. police in south yorkshire say they are responding to a "major incident" in barnsley town centre. this comes after unconfirmed reports ofa this comes after unconfirmed reports of a stabbing. police have said there will be a "high visability police presence" in the town centre this morning, and have asked the public to be vigilant. that is from police in south yorkshire, they say they are responding to a serious incident. reports, although unconfirmed at the moment, of a stabbing there in the town. police say there will be a high visibility presence there this morning. the iraqi parliament will hold an emergency session on saturday
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to discuss a wave of protests in the southern city of basra. a night time curfew was imposed after several days of disturbances, which left 11 people dead and dozens more injured. laura westbrook reports. the day began in mourning. a funeral for a protester killed during demonstrations. but it soon descended into another day of violence. people here in basra are angry at the government for not providing basic public services. they have long lived with a lack of electricity and high unemployment, but the final straw — thousands in hospital for drinking polluted water. translation: the issue for a long time is the issue of water. it is a life issue. blood for water. women, too, joined the protests. they say they have been ignored by those in power in baghdad forfar too long. translation: why are you living
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comfortably while we are here dying of hunger and thirst? why are our young people and graduates working in the market selling onions while all of the governmentjobs are restricted to the parties? it has led to the most revered shia cleric in iraq — ayatollah ali sistani — to step in. he too placed the blame on those in charge and called for a new government. translation: it is necessary to pressure the new government to be different from its predecessors. despite his appeal for calm, as night falls, the city burns once more. this time, the target is the iranian consulate. luckily, it was empty when protesters set it alight. people are angry and iran's influence in iraq. burned and blackened shells of buildings across the city are all that is left. on the wall of this government
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building it says "burn the headquarters of satan." back in may, people hoped the election would bring a fresh start. instead, the country has slipped once again back into violence. laura westbrook, bbc news. final campaign rallies are being held in sweden today on the eve of elections that are expected to confirm a surge in support for an anti—immigration party. opinion polls suggest that the sweden democrats, who have roots in the neo—nazi movement, will take about 20 % of the vote. neither the centre—left governing parties nor their centre—right opponents are expected to win an outright majority. almost 120 council estates in london are facing redevelopment, which campaigners fear means the loss of thousands of council homes. freedom of information requests, submitted to all london councils, reveal that dramatic changes
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to the capitals social housing stock are under way, which will affect the lives of tens of thousands of residents. gareth furby reports. across london, thousands of council properties are being demolished as estates are being refurbished and redeveloped. but is this good news? some campaigners and experts say it may not be. we have a situation of what we might call hyper—gentrification. council estates have very much become a target for making profit. the claim is that social housing across london is being lost because, when the improved estates are completed, there tend to be fewer homes for council tenants. the green party's sian berry claims she has new figures which prove that regeneration is having a negative impact. i looked at what is called the london development database. we have a net loss of over 4000 homes, schemes that have been completed over the past 15 years. and when you look forwards,
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schemes that have planning permission now, it gets even worse. there are 7600 homes to be lost over the next ten years. so the whole process is accelerating. city hall says council homes lost in estate demolitions have been replaced through other housing schemes and, overall, numbers are up. but the pace of change is significant. a total of 118 council estates are undergoing or earmarked for regeneration in the next five years. affecting 31,000 residents. more than 80 estates will be fully or partially demolished. author anna minton says the track record of some regeneration work, such as at the heygate estate in southwark, hasn't been good. the heygate estate was demolished a couple of years ago. it's been replaced by elephant park, a luxury apartment development. almost 3000 homes — of those, only 82 are social housing. campaignerjerry flynn,
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who lived here before redevelopment, says it is all about the money. the property developers are the winners of regeneration. all the regenerations are public—private partnerships. the profitability of the scheme is the first benchmark of deciding whether the scheme is going to go forward. the heygate estate was demolished a couple of years ago. it's been replaced by elephant park, a luxury apartment development. almost 3000 homes — of those, only 82 are social housing. southwark council says most of the original tenants have been rehoused in the borough and lessons have been learned. the mayor, sadiq khan, says he has introduced controls to ensure redeveloped council estates to keep their social housing. but campaigners fear social housing is under threat and say they will keep up the fight. you can see more on that story with a special programme from inside out london at 1.30pm here on bbc news. just like broadchurch or baker
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street, the shetland islands have captured visitors' imaginations thanks to a popular crime thriller based there. they're experiencing a tourist boom because of ‘shetland' — a tv drama based on novels by author anne cleeves. as the final book in the series is released, our reporter jothohnston has been to see the set for himself. shetland. the crime drama has enjoyed worldwide success with its likeable characters, strong storylines, not to mention the bleak windswept scenery. this place looks like a much better place to come to. when you read the news, everything seems terrible and i think people are taking a wee bit of comfort in island murders! but now writer ann cleeves is bidding farewell to the popular detective. she has released a final novel, wild fire. well, i cannot tell you whether the ending is tragic and jimmy dies, or whether it is happy and he goes off into the sunset
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with the love of his life, because you will need to read the book to do that. but i can tell you that the tv series will continue. since the series first aired in 2013, thousands of tourists, many from cruise ships, have been heading to shetland on the trail of the murders. we have visitors from america, australia, and i suppose specifically scandinavia, who like the detective noir. this must be the actual house! ithink so... we came to see this lovely scenery which we have been seeing in the tv series and reading about in the books. we enjoy the stories and the mystery of trying to solve the puzzles before detective perez does. set. and action! filming is already under way for series five. it is quite a tough storyline and it
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gets quite gothic towards the end. so, yeah, buckle up. woman screams: jimmy! fans will have to wait until early next year for yet more shetland noir. jimjohnston, bbc news, lerwick. it looks like a cliffhanger! now it's time for a look at the weather with tomasz. a lot of very different weather across the country this morning. sunshine, overcast weather and rain. it is very hit and miss. for some of us, it will not be a great first half of the day. a lot of cloud and quite a bit of rain. you can see this cloud heading in our direction. it is pretty much right on top of us. it is pretty much right on top of us. scotland, for example, much
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brighter here. it looks as though the south coast of england should enjoy some fine weather. hazy skies, some sunshine. this weather fronts slicing the uk in half, this is where most of the rain will be. in northern wales, the peak district and the lake district. across yorkshire. drips and droughts across yorkshire. drips and droughts across yorkshire. in the far south, we are getting away with it. portsmouth, all the way to kent and scotland and northern ireland, they are not doing bad at all. temperatures in the high teens. the rain will clear way. sunshine in northern england and wales. then, more cloud and further rain drifting in off the atlantic. by rain drifting in off the atlantic. by the end of the night it is damp and wales. throughout much of northern england and south—western scotland, belfast will get some rain. a very
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