this is bbc news. i'm annita mcveigh. the headlines at 3.00 — the foreign secretary, jeremy hunt, urges european leaders to "step back from the abyss," a day after theresa may demanded more respect from brussels in the brexit talks. jeremy corbyn arrives in liverpool ahead of his party's annual conference. in a speech to labour's women's conference, he told delegates his is the party of equality. our party, and our movement, will always have the very highest standards so that everyone is safe and secure in our movement, and sexual harassment has no place whatsoever in our movement. the battle for sky. rupert murdoch's 21st century fox and the media giant comcast put in their final bids to take over the broadcaster. tribute are being paid to chas hodges, one half of the musical duel

chas and dave, who has died. the singer passed away peacefully in his sleep in the early hours of this morning. he was 7a. and coming up at 3.30, the click live show goes on the road to india, meeting the ceo of india's first billion dollar company. good afternoon, welcome to bbc news. the foreign secretary has urged eu leaders to "step back from the abyss" of a no—deal brexit and engage with the british government's proposals. jeremy hunt said they had not given a detailed response to theresa may's proposals. the so—called chequers plan was largely dismissed by eu leaders at the salzburg summit on thursday. last night, the european council president donald tusk said the british had already known about the eu's objections. however,

a brexit deal was still possible. 0ur political correspondent matt cole reports. she was feeling the heat in salzburg, but by friday, theresa may was fighting back. i have treated the eu with nothing but respect. the uk expects the same. this social media post from the man who chaired the salzburg summit, donald tusk, hasn't helped matter, mocking mrs may for what he says he tried to trade pick the best bits of single market. ——trying to cherry pick the best bits. but with increasingly bad blood over brexit, what next for negotiations? if the eu's view is just by saying no to every proposal made by the united kingdom, we will capitulate and end up with the norway option or staying in the eu, if that is their view, they have profoundly misjudged the british people.

the man who chaired the eu summit said the leaders were surprised at mrs may's uncompromising tone, and dismissed the suggestion that her chequers proposal had been rejected without negotiation. mrtusk said... labour says theresa may is out of her depth and has repeated its call for a general election so it can take power and take over. you negotiate with our european partners on the basis of mutual respect. we could change the atmosphere overnight if we took over the negotiations. with a tricky party conference looming, mrs may is being buffeted from all sides. even some brexit—supporting mps are demanding a change of tack, which means she'll need powerful words to win support

for sticking with her chosen plan, so what should she say? we are not going to be able to get everything we want, and neither will the other side, she needs to be very clear about that. and that is why chequers is the right thing to do. she needs to move beyond brexit and explain what the country is going to look like beyond the process, because that's what people really want to hear. solving the northern ireland border issue could prove key to this and the government says it's working on new proposal. but theresa may says any deal cannot divide the province into a separate customs zone from the uk. the eu says it will not accept at solution which unravels its precious single market, so right now, the negotiations seem deadlocked. 0n the eve of his party's conference, the labour leader jeremy corbyn has vowed to put equality at centre stage, with a commitment to measure all politices on their impact

on women in society. during the conference in liverpool, the party leadership is expected to resist grassroot pressure for another referendum on eu membership. joining me now from liverpool is our political correspondent, alex forsyth. she is watching developments there. hello again to you, alex. any people think that labour has an opportunity here, given what is going on in the conservative party with the brexit process to take a really clear stance. as the party than to do that at this conference? with the policy on brexit is clear, they have set six tests that the government's brexit negotiations has to meet before labour says it would back it. advocate staying in a customs union and close relations with the european union, getting the same benefits we currently have with the single murky, but the real sticking point for labour is the idea of another point of another vote on the brexit deal, which will, but this

conference, because a number of local labour parties have put forward oceans saying that labour should support the so—called people's vote. that is another vote on whatever terms theresa may and her government are able to negotiate. at the moment, the party leadership has not said they will do that, that is not their position. they have said it is still on the table, but the result of the original referendum must be respected, and they would prefer a second general election as opposed to another referendum on the brexit steel itself. but that is a real point of contention in the labour party, and one which will be fiercely debated in the next four days. -- brexit deal. and tell us whatjeremy corbyn has been saying today that labour women. —— to labour women. the big thrust of the pa rty‘s message labour women. the big thrust of the party's message today is about equality, sojeremy corbyn addressed the labour women's conference, a regular event held the day before the full conference gets under way. they were announcing policies to support victims of domestic abuse,

things like ten days paid leave so that employers can give to anyone suffering from domestic abuse. but one thing that came the party's shadow qualities commissioner, dawn butler, during her speech, she praised the labour run liverpool council of the 1980s. you may remember, delving a bit into political history, that that council defied margaret thatcher's spending cuts by setting an illegal budget which meant they had to hand redundancy notices to their staff. at the time, the then labour leader neil kinnock condemned the militant group on liverpool council for those actions. today, a shadow cabinet minister stood up and prays that council are standing up to margaret thatcher, quoting one of them, saying it is better to break the law than break people. that has already attracted a lot of criticism from within the party, some for this conference gets within the party, some for under way, we have got controversy.

0k, alex forsyth in liverpool, very much. chas hodges — one half of the musical duo chas and dave — has died at the age of 7a. he formed the pop rock band with dave peacock in 1975, and they became pioneers of the musical style labelled "rockney". they had eight top—a0 singles, including rabbit, ain't no pleasing you, and snooker loopy. chas hodges passed away as a result of organ failure, after recently receiving treatment for cancer. let's listen now to their first top 20 hit, gertcha, from top of the pops in 1979. # gertcha! # when the kids are swinging on the gate # gertcha! # when the paperboy's half an hour late # gertcha! # when the pigeons are pecking at his seed # gertcha! # when the barber starts digging up his bean # gertcha! # gertcha, cowson, gertcha # bar stool preaching # that's the old man's game! # now the old man was a desert rat...# that was 1979, not 1975.

we can speak now to the former snooker world champion, dennis taylor, who collborated with chas and dave on the 1986 hit snooker loopy. dennis, thank you forjoining us this afternoon. just looking at your reaction on twitter, saying you are so reaction on twitter, saying you are so sad to hear about the passing of chas hodges, and affecting that you had so much fun making snooker loopy. it brings back so many memories, very sad to hear that chas has passed. two great characters, and we spend a few days with them in romford. there was steve davis, myself, terry griffiths, and others, and we had a couple of days making the video of snooker loopy, and it was so the video of snooker loopy, and it was so much fun. it was an absolute delight to work with them. we got to

number six delight to work with them. we got to numbersix in delight to work with them. we got to number six in the charts with that record. the follow—up didn't do quite as well, they did the follow—up called the romford rap, which i thought was a better song but it only got to about number 95. but i went to see the boys a couple of times, and you wanted a good old singalong, there was no body better than the two of them. they were the kings of the singalong, when the? and i notice in the lyrics to snooker loopy, there was a verse specifically about you, reflecting on the very distinctive glasses that you used to wear at that time. i think we can actually see a little bit of the video now, denis. #we bit of the video now, denis. # we never ever got. because i wear these goggles. snooker loopy, me and him and him and me. #.

i'm sure that brings it all back to you, dennis. it is amazing the number of people who still remember snooker loopy. when i did strictly come dancing nearly 12 years ago, darren gough, who won at that year, amazed me by singing every single verse of snooker loopy. a lot of people but that record, it was a real fun records to make. people but that record, it was a realfun records to make. chas and dave were brilliant to work with.|j guess the genes that they came up with, this type of people. why do you think they managed to produce those kinds of songs? that wasjust them, they had a knack of producing lyrics like that. and as i say, the romford rap, which was a lot of fun to do, because they have the drug had just opened in london, and we have just come back from japan, and

we had to go on the hippodrome and perform live there and perform live there too the romford rap, so tha nkfully there too the romford rap, so thankfully that one did not do too well, because we had had enough of snooker loopy and the romford rap. but they had this knack of writing lyrics that everybody loved to sing along to. and of course, you say chas and you think of david and vice versa, but tell us about chas the individual. he was a real character and a big football fan. i remember him being a big tottenham supporter, delivered to one of his gigs one night and had a chat about a good friend of mine who i still play golf with every week, mike england, who managed and captained wales, but also played at tottenham for many yea rs, also played at tottenham for many years, from blackburn rovers he moved to tottenham. and i'll chas was a big fan of mike england, as indeed was george best. george best

said mike england was the best centre half he ever played against. so yes, chas was a big fan of mike england, as indeed mike was of chas and dave. dennis, thank you very much for your time and sharing your memories of chas hodges, one half of the musical duel chas and dave, who has died at the age of 7a, talking their to dennis taylor. gunmen in iran have opened fire at a military parade in the south—western city of ahvaz. officials say more than twenty people were killed, and many more injured. reports say two of the attackers were killed by police, and two were arrested. a spokesman for iran's revolutionary guards said the attack is thought to have been carried out by sunni arab separatists. a man has been rescued from a ferry on lake victoria two days after it capsized, drowning at least 170 people. the engineer reportedly survived in an air pocket, and is reported to be

serious condition. tanzania's president has ordered the arrest of those he says are responsible. scores of passengers are still missing. merchuma reports from nairobi in neighbouring kenya. it has been a grim two days for a of those who were on board. the rescue teams, which have no capacity to work tonight, most of the operations on friday evening, and zoomed on saturday morning, retrieving several more bodies from the waters. translation: most of the bodies have been identified by theirfamilies, so been identified by theirfamilies, so all the necessary arrangements have been made. the next step is to allow family members to start collecting the beloved ones, ready for burial ceremony. the government

has also been criticised for the poor conditions of the vessel. translation: our ferry had a maximum carrying capacity of 25 tonnes of goods, and 100 passengers, but the death toll proves the ferry was overloaded. the government will not tolerate this carelessness. strict measures will be taken against all those who were involved in causing the accident. 40 people were rescued alive, becoming family people were still missing. the terms of the government has declared four days of national mourning. the headlines on bbc news — "step back from the abyss" — the foreign secretary jeremy hunt's warning to european leaders following the eu leaders' meeting in salzburg. jeremy corbyn tells delegates at labour's women's conference that his is a party of equality. and chas hodges — lead singer of the musical duo chas and dave — has died at the age of 74.

sir alex ferguson is at old trafford for the first time this season after emergency brain surgery in may. manchester united is currently goalless against wolves. earlier, a 1-1 goalless against wolves. earlier, a 1—1 draw between fulham and watford. and andy murray will play two tournaments in china over the next fortnight before an early end to his season. fortnight before an early end to his season. now outside the top three handed in the world following surgery handed in the world following surgery and january, he says he needs a long period of reconditioning. we will have an update for you in the next hour. more now that the foreign secretary has urged eu leaders to "step back

from the abyss" of a no—deal brexit and engage with the british government's proposals. jeremy hunt said they had not given a detailed response to theresa may's proposals. the so—called chequers plan was largely dismissed by eu leaders at the salzburg summit on thursday. last night the european council president donald tusk said the british had already known about the eu's objections; however, a brexit deal was still possible. with us now is neena gill, a labour member of the european parliament for west midlands. thank you for coming along, neena. what is your analysis of what we have seen in the last few days in salzburg and since then? 0bviously have seen in the last few days in salzburg and since then? obviously a lot of strong words on both sides. do you think this is a natural product at this stage of a difficult negotiation, or is it a sign of a more intractable problem?” negotiation, or is it a sign of a more intractable problem? i think we have a big issue, because we are not really facing reality. the uk, that

is. the eu has stated quite clearly what position is from day one, yet it has taken us 23 months to get to a starting position. where it is well known that there is not an agreement in the cabinet, within the tory party, about this. so of course there is this reaction from the european union, when they know that there is no agreement within the conservative party on the chequers plan, and also, it basically breaches one of the key fundamentals that the european union has outlined. so actually, people in brussels are a bit stunned by this response. i know you say that people in brussels often asking what britain wants. exactly, they keep saying, what exactly do you want? but clearly we are saying, we want lots of different things, we want something which gives us a single market access for goods, but not for services, which is completely baffling them, and baffling industry

and financial services. these lines between manufacturing and services is very loud, so we are not quite clear in exactly what we want, and we are trying to divide the rules. we wa nt we are trying to divide the rules. we want bits of access to the single market, but not all of it. but if labour was in government right now, there would be struggles within the labour party. labour would have approached us in a very different way, because we would have actually had a clearer position, which we have also made sure, and keir starmer has made completely clear that we would stay in the customs union, which deals with many of these problems that have been outlined that are coming up with the conservative projections. labour are coming at it from a very different position, because this government has been threatening, it has been

ridiculed all over the world, that they cannot come up with a position. now, it was we, the uk, who asked for brexit, you know, we instigated the article 50, it was not the european union. you cannot blame them, and there is a certain approach that the uk has had with the eu for a very long time that we have been able to go in there and get our own way because we are a powerful member of the eu, and they listen, and they would capitulate. we are not in that position, the cards are on the other side, there's 27 members and then us going along there and saying, we know we are living in six months‘ time, and we wa nt living in six months‘ time, and we want a particular deal. do you think theresa may will be able to reach a solution now that works for both the conservative party and the eu, but on the issue of the irish border and the trade in goods and services? 0r do you think that a no deal is more likely now? i think we are in a very

difficult position, i don‘t think the prime minister‘s message yesterday would have gone down well in brussels. we need their goodwill in this position to come up with a very difficult situation. there is a lwa ys very difficult situation. there is always a possibility there could be always a possibility there could be a dealfound, always a possibility there could be a deal found, but always a possibility there could be a dealfound, but if you are threatening the other side, when you are ina threatening the other side, when you are in a weak position and you have no agreement within your own elected mps, how are you going to square the circle? you have got a difficult choice on one hand, we want complete autonomy and don‘t want to follow the rules. 0n the other hand, we wa nt a ccess the rules. 0n the other hand, we want access to the single market, and it is something that we have to first square within ourselves as a country. how do we achieve this? finally, would you like to see jeremy corbyn supporting a people‘s vote on this if it looks at the uk is heading towards a no deal scenario? i think it is important that we do not go into a no deal scenario atoll. so you would like to

see him support out?|j scenario atoll. so you would like to see him support out? i think there are other alternatives, too. if the prime minister wanted to get on the front foot again, she could extend article 50. that would give us time to renegotiate and negotiate some options, so the time is not running out. i think there are options out there. people‘s vote is one such option, but extending article 50 and extending article 50 is another one. neena, labour mep representing the west midlands, thank you very much for your time. the supermarket chain co—op is scrapping plastic carrier bags from 1,400 of its uk shops today, and replacing them with a compostable version. it‘s the latest retailer to cut down after the government laid out plans to eradicate all avoidable plastic waste in britain within 25 years, as our business correspondent emma simpson reports. plastic waste — we‘re drowning in it. around a million tonnes of plastic is generated by uk supermarkets every year, and they‘ve been coming up with a host of measures to try to stem the tide.

take iceland, where plastic packaging is on the way out, from fruit and veg to plastic dishes for ready meals. all its own branded products will have paper or biodegradable packaging within five years. at morrisons, you can take your own container when you buy meat and fish, and there are now paper bags, not plastic, for loose fruit and veg. black plastic is difficult to recycle, but asda has replaced it for all its fruit and veg. now the co—op has an environmentally friendly alternative for carrying shopping home. these bags will be rolled out in 1,400 stores. all of the major retailers have signed up to a really ambitious commitment under the uk plastics pact, and that‘s to make 100% of plastics packaging recyclable, reusable or compostable by 2025. and so, all of them are working incredibly hard and fast to meet those objectives. it‘s notjust retailers — all businesses are now under

pressure to act since the world has woken up to the scourge of plastic pollution. emma simpson, bbc news. let‘s talk out to poll, a adviser had a movement against an recyclable plastic. this action removes 339 tonnes of plastic from co—op, which isa tonnes of plastic from co—op, which is a large amount. i think what is more important is that co—op have been working on this strategy since 2006 and have onlyjust started to publicise their work. they have been very quiet about all of these actions, unlike other supermarkets that have been getting lots of pr. so do you think they deserve the

good pr that they are getting today, it seems like good pr they are getting, anyway? i certainly do, because this is part of a much bigger plan by co—op which does not just tackle plastics, but also looks at food waste. there been a lot of commentary by the plastics industry that my getting rid of plastics, you create food waste. it is just not true. the court have got a new ecosystem, and environmental strategy which actually looks at food waste and excess plastics in the same strategy. it is incredibly good move. but if people bring their shopping home from the co—op and one of these combustible bags and then use that bag for their food waste at home, as a guest pointed out earlier this afternoon, you need a joined up strategy whereby anyone‘s local council actually picks up that food waste in these types of bags. correct, and a lot of people from

the retail industry are talking right now about our food waste and packaging waste infrastructure. there is an oval lot going on behind the scenes. it isn‘t it away hard it cannot happen overnight. —— it is incredibly hard work. it will take months to get this done. maybe years for some of it, but we are talking months, so by 2019, you will see already more combustible site is opening up, and you will see more of that in the next six to 12 months, where he would have to wait until 2025. 2025 is not ambitious, shoppers wanted to happen now. —— you won‘t have to wait. i think next year, we will be seeing announcement like this every week. do you think other supermarkets will follow suit? because it is notjust about recycling plastic, it is about eliminating it where it is possible to do so. can you just clarify for

me, when you say shoppers will be able to make sure that the shopping they put on these combustible bags is collected by their council, is that what you are saying? what i am saying is even now, there are many councils that do this. this will be increasing, there is a whole pile of work going on to increase come possibility that compostability. there is a lot of work going on behind the scenes to make this possible. lots of the right players are talking to each other, and waitrose i have already said that all of theirfruit waitrose i have already said that all of their fruit and veg will be in combustible packaging by march of next year. so all of the retailers are looking at this, they are all following each other‘s movements very carefully, and actually, as british retail are talking to each other, sharing the best ideas, sharing best practices, and the uk will be leading in this by next year. a loss ofjoining up going on.

thank you very much forjoining us. a lot of companies and organisations have had to take a long, hard look in recent years at the way they recruit and treat female employees. but the royal horticultural society is looking into an incident of sexual discrimination with a difference. it took place 120 years ago. helen briggs has more. the turn—of—the—century — queen victoria‘s on the throne, but women still can‘t vote, serve on a jury, or, as it turns out, win a prize to train as a gardener. this box revealed the prize that had been won but never given for one simple reason — the winner was a woman. clearly a very determined young woman. she‘s entered this exam, she‘s done well and she claims her rightful prize. she single—handedly has sent the rhs into a bit of a tailspin. her name was miss harrison, and after getting top marks, she should have been given the equivalent of £5,000 and a training scholarship, but that never happened.

scrawled over a document, the words of reverend william wilkes, then—leader of the rhs, "it was never contemplated "that a female might claim the scholarship". although she may not personally have succeeded, she‘s chip—chip—chipping away at that sense that women can‘t do these things. if she‘d been awarded that prize today, she would have trained here at rhs wisley, and who knows where her career might have taken her? a picture‘s starting to emerge of the mysterious miss harrison. we know from the syllabus of the exam she took, that she was well—versed in all the main principles of gardening, from the names and orders of plants to growing fruit. and student gardeners say it‘s hard to imagine women being excluded. it makes me feel very frustrated and angry. i would hate to have been restricted in that way, and i'm grateful to the people who've gone before

that make it possible. but we still need to go further to make sure everyone's included. miss harrison paved the way for a new generation of gardeners. the rhs wants to make sure her name‘s not forgotten. they think her family may have letters that can tell them more about her. i‘d really love to know what happened next. did she carry on fighting, did she carry on into a career in horticulture, and make a living that way? i‘m really curious to know what happened to miss harrison, because she‘s clearly a character, and did she prevail? and with your help, maybe they‘ll finally solve the mystery. helen briggs, bbc news. now it‘s time for a look at the weather with ben rich. hello, it is turning into a decidedly cool weekend across the country. cool and bright for some, cool and wet for others. as we head into sunday, a mixture of sunshine and showers