this is bbc news i'mjoanna gosling. these are the top stories developing at 11: labour conference will debate a motion which would leave open the possibility of the party campaigning for a further eu referendum. it would be on the deal and parliament would determine the form of words on that but we will campaignfora of words on that but we will campaign for a debate on the deal. the party will also announce plans to force big firms give shares to their workers worth up to £500 a year. a public inquiry opens into the contaminated blood scandal — in which 2500 nhs patients died. an indian round the world yachtsman who was seriously injured, has been rescued by a french navy patrol ship 2000 miles from western australia. and — tiger's burning bright again. tiger woods wins the tour championship in atlanta — his first pga victory in more than five years. just to be able to compete and play

again this year, that's a hell of a comeback. good morning. it's monday 24th september. i'm joanna gosling. welcome to bbc newsroom live. labour members will vote tomorrow on the party's stance on brexit which would include backing another referendum. last night officials finalised the wording of a motion which says if it cannot get a general election, labour must support all options remaining on the table. the shadow chancellor, john mcdonnell, told the bbc he thought any such vote should be on the terms of a brexit deal rather than an option to stay in the eu. in his speech later he will also set out plans to force large private companies to hand over shares to their workers. let's speak to our assistant political editor norman

smith in liverpool. many labour campaigners back another referendum and back remaining and they were encouraged overnight the party leadership had agreed that there was no general election then there was no general election then the option of having another referendum on the so—called public vote should be on the table but this morning they suffered something of a diverse after the shadow chancellor john mcdonnell clearly indicated any future referendum should not includes the possibility of staying in the eu. he said the party had to respect the referendum result and that effectively meant any future vote should either be on and improve the deal negotiated by labour or no deal, on two variations of brexit. let's have a listen tojohn mcdonnell. it would be on the deal and parliament would determine

the form of words on that, as they always do. we will be campaigning to have a debate on the deal itself. but you're suggesting the vote on the deal not a vote to stay in or to leave? we respect the original referendum. so remaining would not be on the table? well, we respect the result of the referendum but we will see what formal words comes out of parliament on that. but i tell you, i want a general election. ijust want the general election because i think the people out there deserve to have the debate on this issue and on other issues as well but also they deserve the right to choose the team that will enter into any future negotiations. all this comes asjohn mcdonnell is set to unveil a raft of policies to rebalance power in the workplace, away from the boss eased towards trade unions and employees. i'm joined by the shadow chief secretary. let's start with brexit, to be clear, if the party campaigns for another referendum it will be a referendum that does not include the option of staying in the eu?

i think at this stage all options are on the table. including staying? all options are oi'i including staying? all options are on the table. we are at the position where we are months away from leaving in march and i think we've got to try and take things step at the time and one of those is the issue of the general election. the country is in a mess in terms of negotiations and we have got to get somebody to get bigger and it out and get the deal possible. if we cannot get that lets have an election and take it from there. but you do not have any control over a general election, you would require the dup or tory mps to back you ina require the dup or tory mps to back you in a motion of no confidence which seems unlikely so i returned to the question of the referendum, are you saying a future referendum should include the option, all options including remaining are on the table?

i think we getting ahead of ourselves because when you get to the stage of what is on the referendum there are several options and we need to take this a step at the time. the key line is we want a general election if we cannot get a decent deal. let's ta ke decent deal. let's take it from there. this is very important because many people campaigning fora very important because many people campaigning for a so—called people's vote or think if labour was not to get a general election and hold the referendum maybe they would include the possibility of staying in the eu but that was rejected byjohn mcdonnell what are you saying that still as possible? i cannot repeat anything more i have said in terms of let's keep options oi'i said in terms of let's keep options on the table. there are people who do not believe that is the idea of an —— do not believe the idea of an in and out is a viable option but we have got to try and be as funny as

we can give in current circumstances. we knowjohn mcdonnell —— free as we can. we knowjohn mcdonnell has this announcement about giving employees shares in companies, what do you see the businesses who say that is massive state intervention taking up to 10% of a company's shares away from them? let's put this into the context of the developments and involvement of rights for workers. start with giving people the right to paid holiday leave, giving people the right to maternity leave, that impacted on business, equal pay for women, it is part of that process of giving to employees rights that they may not have had previously. you always have to start somewhere and this is the movement on from that. thank you very much. let me tell you got talking to those close tojeremy corbyn on this issue brexit and a future referendum, they say they do

not wish to be prescriptive and no decisions have been taken. as i say, that follows been much more clear line from len mccluskey and john mcdonnell saying any future referendum would surely be on the deal. —— purely be on the deal. a public inquiry into a contaminated blood scandal — described as the worst treatment disaster in nhs history — opens today. thousands of patients that had transfusions in the 1970s and 1980s were given blood products from overseas infected with hepatitis c and hiv. at least 2,400 people have died as a result. 0ur health correspondent catherine burns reports. it was supposed to keep them alive but for many it was a death sentence. thousands of people were infected with hiv and hepatitis c after getting contaminated blood. it is impossible to know how many people were infected by transfusions during surgery or childbirth. and thousands of hemophiliacs received contaminated blood too. there were not enough

supplies in the uk so some was imported from america, from paid donors and prison inmates. he just was an incredibly brave man. barbara scott's husband, ronald, had hemophilia and contracted hiv. he died a few days after his 50th birthday. it feels like, you know, you kind of dragged your children up as best you can and that, in many ways, you know, the state is indifferent to the plight of these people. there was a privately funded review in 2009 but it had no official status. in 2015, families dismissed a scottish enquiry as a whitewash. now, after years of campaigning, this enquiry will be led by a judge and will be able to compel witnesses to give testimony. the key questions are, when did authorities

know about the risks? and did they act quickly enough on that information? catherine burns, bbc news. our health correspondent sophie hutchinson is outside church house. todayis today is a big day for the victims of the infected blood scandal and theirfamilies. they of the infected blood scandal and their families. they have come of the infected blood scandal and theirfamilies. they have come here and there are hundreds to see the start of what our preliminary hearings at this historic public enquiry. they want answers to why the nhs used blood infected with hiv and hepatitis to treat patients with haemophilia, others who needed transfusions because of road traffic accidents etc. one of those who died who have haemophilia was edward brockett. his daughter eileen is with me.

your sun as well. you have come here today, how important a day is this for you? extremely important. we want answers for what happened to our dad. and cold, cousins, that for haemophiliacs were infected. tell me about your father. he suffered from haemophilia and needed a blood clotting agent because he was prone to bleeding. you have got —— you got a phone call to say he was in hospital and he died of a believed to his brain, what did you find it subsequently? in the room they told us she had had a bleed to they told us she had had a bleed to the brain, they informed us he was hiv positive and he had aids. so it flawed as because we did not have a clue. —— it's floored us.

what will you thinking? we just wanted to see him, they said he was poorly and he was not going to come out of the coma he was in. we all panicked and sort of forgot about that and went to see him and obviously afterwards it all came out. after that we never heard anything about it again. we have no information from the hospital, nobody gave us any information. how quickly did you come to understand it was the infected blood to your father had contracted hiv and aids? sorry. when did you find out it was due to the infected blood? just afterwards we spoke to family because we have lost two uncles and a cousin to this as well. they were also infected. they explain to others it had been given to him through the treatment for his haemophilia. the hepatitis c i did

not find about —— find out about that until 2011. and he died in 1992. what do you wa nt to and he died in 1992. what do you want to come out of this enquiry? as family we want answers to what happened to father and why he was given this. he was a landscape gardener, always outside, he worked with his hands and had bleeds, the treatment that they give them was better than him going into hospital —— the home treatment they gave him. we want to know why it was given to them when it was supposed to help them when it was supposed to help them to look after their haemophilia. best of luck with that. today's preliminary hearings will begin with a short film to commemorate those who were infected, many of whom have died, others who are still living with the consequences of being given infected blood. back to you. clive smith is a trustee

at the heamophilia societyjoins me from the inquiry in central london now. i'm not sure if you could hear our guestjust i'm not sure if you could hear our guest just there i'm not sure if you could hear our guestjust there but i'm not sure if you could hear our guest just there but a i'm not sure if you could hear our guestjust there but a doctor talking about the devastating impact on theirfamily talking about the devastating impact on their family of their father contracting hiv aids through transfusion for haemophilia. and $0011 transfusion for haemophilia. and soon they have no idea what had gone on and obviously the questions that come when somebody suffering from illness the initial it would not have known at all how the contracted it. how traumatic has this been for families? it's been incredibly traumatic for families and they have lived with it for 30 years now, many have suffered in silence but many are still going through it. although we talk about 70s and 80s, people are still sadly dying and not getting the care that they need or the financial support they need. undoubtedly the enquiry will reach

over old ground but also cover new ground and create new memories for people to deal with in the future. we heard in a report earlier the wife of one victim said the status has just been indifferent to the plight of people like her. very much so. for financial support the government never really accepted responsibility. it has always been payments based on the principle there has been no fault, so people effectively given subsistence and no one has really been compensated properly. that injustice, as it were, was compounded, the fact people were affected as a result of this, the tragedy has been compounded by the way governments of all colours have responded to this in the years since. you said many people have suffered in silence, when the situation that affects many first hits, individuals

do not know others unaffected. they do not know others unaffected. they do suffer in silence. —— others are affected. how much of the change has talking about it smooth and hope much change has been quietly —— how much change is the enquiry going to make? meeting like—minded individuals and speaking to them make a difference. 0ther —— unlike other practices like grenfell tower, where there was something to gather around, all these events have happened individually to people in the homes of hospitals so it has been a cathartic experience for the community in terms of getting together and talking about it and the enquiry team are putting on support today through the red cross for people to speak about it and discuss it even for those who cannot attend today, there is phone line assistance for them. i spoke last week to somebody about the particular aspect of hepatitis,

and the fact there are concerns people who have contracted hepatitis casa people who have contracted hepatitis c as a result of transfusions, many would not even have known because it is described as a silent killer and symptoms can be hidden for years. are you concerned there are many people out there who may not know what would most people who have been affected be aware? there are two sides to the community, i represent the haemophilia society ‘s most of our patients we imagine would know by now, but i do write allude to that is the whole blood community, so there are people who were given blood during childbirth and there has been no proper exercise by government looking back, that is one recommendation from the scottish enquiry, government should look back but that has not happened some 30 yea rs later but that has not happened some 30 years later and people are finding that only now when they go to the

doctors. we support that sounded very much in terms of calling for that recommendation. that does not need to wait until the end of the enquiry, that is something we don't have to wait until the end of the enquiry to deal with. thank you very much. the headlines on bbc news: labour conference will debate a motion which would leave open the possibility of the party campaigning for a further eu referendum. the party will also announce plans to force big firms give shares to their workers worth up to £500 a year. a public inquiry opens into the contaminated blood scandal — in which 2500 nhs patients died. and in sport. tiger woods won his first pga event in five year, beating the rest of the field by two shots at the tour championship in atlanta — its being celebrated as one of the best sporting comeback

of all time. england's justin rose tied for fourth to win the fedex cup — and with it a £7.5 million bonus. it's been celtic‘s worst start to a season in 20 years — they were beaten 2—1 by kilmarnock yesterday. manager brendan rodgers says fans should be "alarmed". us senators have been urged to postpone the confirmation hearing of a supreme court nominee who faces fresh claims of sexual misconduct. president trump's pick, brett kavanaugh, has denied further accusations of sexual misconduct after a second woman alleged he exposed himself to her. reged ahmad has more. this is now the second allegation against supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh, and only adds to the already fraught process around his nomination. deborah ramirez has detailed her allegations in the new yorker, saying that the judge exposed

himself to her when they were at yale university together. in a statement, the supreme court nominee strongly refuted the allegations, saying... this latest allegation of sexual misconduct is off the back of professor christine blasey ford, who came forward last week alleging brett kavanaugh had sexually assaulted her at the party in 1982. she is due to give the testimony this thursday to a senate judiciary committee hearing. with these new accusations, democrats on the committee such as a veteran senator dianne feinstein are calling for the committee's republican chairman to immediately postpone any further proceedings. the selection of a supreme court judge remains a highly critical and contentious process, as each side of the political divide is keen to see their own nominee on the bench. judge kavanaugh, what is your response to the allegations? this latest allegation against president trump's pick is unlikely to make this process

is any less fraught. the indian navy say that a seriously injured round—the—world yachtsman, stranded in the middle of the indian ocean since friday, has been rescued. abhilash tomy suffered a back injury when the mast of his boat broke on friday during a storm, over 3000 kilometres off the coast of australia. there had been an international mission to rescue him for the latest on the rescue. lets speak now to barry pickthall from the golden globe race, who has been in contact with abhilash tomy. how is he? i haven't been in touch with him what we were in touch with the crew that rescued him, the french patrol vessel. it came up from further southin vessel. it came up from further south in the southern ocean. they we re south in the southern ocean. they were 200 miles away and they picked him up at about 730 this morning. he was well enough to be transferred from the yachts to the ship and the

word we have is he is conscious and talking. that is all good news. am i right in thinking that ship is now heading to rescue some else? correct. they should be doing that right now. gregor, an irish yachtsmen in the same race, he was injured in the same storm on friday —— but he was not injured and he set up —— but he was not injured and he set up the ridge and he sailed close to where abhilash tomy is and he is about 20 miles away. and was he going to abhilash to rescue him? there was another storm and the ship was... it was touch and go as to who would be there first. it isa

go as to who would be there first. it is a tale of some drama and heroics at sea involving both of these guys. absolutely. as it happens, the rescue could not have been further away from land. it is medway in the indian ocean —— midway in the indian 0cean indian ocean —— midway in the indian ocean and refurbished anyone has ever been rescued. describe what they encountered out that seat that caused such terrible problems for them. there was a huge storm on thursday and friday and both were down and had rigged damage to start with but working to immune —— but were continuing on and they were both hit by these huge seas. 15 metre seas, thatis by these huge seas. 15 metre seas, that is huge, these boats are only 36 foot long. both were rolled over

360 degrees, both skippers were down below and relatively safe but when the boat goes upside down you are standing on the floral won and lying on your back —— standing on the floor and then all of a sudden you are lying on your back on the roof. abhilash told me he was injured and made it to his bunk but has not been able to move since. we have probably all seen films which have seems like the one you are describing so i guess we can visualise it is but when you speak about it, it almost sounds like being ina about it, it almost sounds like being in a washing machine. have you experienced anything like that yourself? nothing as bad as that. i have been in 60 knot winds but 70 is something no one would want to be in. everybody is delighted. it has been

a huge international effort involving, not just the a huge international effort involving, notjust the french, but australians, who coordinated it and we re australians, who coordinated it and were sending a watership down, the indians have sent a plane and the warship —— sending a watership down. we had two reconnaissance planes, one australian and one indian overflying the area for the last few hours. do you think they will want to go to sea any time soon after that? oh, i expect they will. thank you very much for talking to us. a 20—year—old man has been arrested on suspicion of murder, in connection with the disappearance of a student in his first week at university. thomas jones was last seen near the river severn in worcester during the early hours of last wednesday morning. police have said searches are still ongoing and the arrested man is in police custody. we all know tree rings can be counted to work out the age of a tree, but could they also

reveal what the weather was like way back in history. cambridge scientists are now using tree samples from more than a thousand years ago to find out how the climate has changed. 0ur science correspondent richard westcott has more. this loch in the scottish highlands is hiding clues that could help us better predict the impact of climate change. scientists are searching for them under the water. swimming around for hours, it is tough, hands on fieldwork. this is where an underwater chainsaw would be easier. just take it slow at the beginning. they are winching out trees that lived and died hundreds, even thousands of years ago, but the water has preserved them. so rob, this could have been in the loch for 6—700 years? oh yes. hopefully this was here and died 600 years ago, and then we don't have many rings it has got yet, if it has 200

rings that will take us back to the 1200's. by studying their rings, you get a written, annual diary of the summer climate going way back in time. so here, you have got wider rings, it gets thinner and then it gets wide again, thinner and wider. these represent that this tree was growing quicker and slower. we have material for scotland for the nrothern cairngorms, we have material for scotland for the northern cairngorms, within ten kilometres of here, going back 8000 years. we have a lot of gaps at the moment, we are continuous back 900 years, we have an 11th century gap, which is very annoying. then we have got quite a lot of material for the first millennium. the width of tree rings can give clues to temperature, rainfall and some surprising things. rock avalanches, snow avalanches, earthquakes, tsunamis. if they come in and wipe out all the trees, we can date those. so one could be quite creative in aspects of incremental change by studying tree rings. in a new lab at cambridge university, ulf buntgen is using trees from around the world to create the longest, continuous,

tree ring based climate diary. this is the year 1816, a year without a summer in large parts of europe, it is following a major tropical volcanic eruptions. it is resulting in a narrow ring, just two cells on the entire growing season that was most likely very cold and also very wet. using samples from living trees, medieval churches, peat bogs, building sites and lakes, they are already unearthing new, dramatic events. we have recently discovered the a so—called late ice age that is a period starting precisely in the year 536, following a cluster of volcanic eruptions that triggered a period of roughly 100,120 years. here is the evidence. a tree ring from 536ad.

the larger cells are frost damage from a dramatic drop in temperature. the line down the middle is more frost damage, but this time from 1258, when another equatorial volcanic eruption froze europe. these thin rings show plummeting scottish temperatures that caused a famine in the 1690s. but what about boiling hot 2018? we can bet a beer that the ring should be relatively wide, it was a good, productive warm year. by reconstructing the climate of the past, scientists can work out if the warming seen in recent years is truly unusual. richard westcott, bbc news, in the cairngorms. let me tell you theresa may has been given full support by her cabinet for the chequers plan after brexit. it was widely criticised and ruled

over that the sulzberger dinner last week by fellow eu leaders. 0ther plans are being fleshed out and one of them is being delivered by the institute for economic affairs, a free—market think tank, and david davis is speaking. let's listen to the suggestion there. champion of free trade on some of its free arrangements by 500%, 500%, and i expect others to see equally large impacts when we get into the free trade deals that we ought to. what this means is we need to reset the negotiations, we are currently bluntly in a cul—de—sac, i am afraid salzburg was u nfortu nately all cul—de—sac, i am afraid salzburg was unfortunately all too predictable, she made beirut about timing but it was all too predictable how it would turn out —— —— she may be right

about timing. now we need to use the original commitments made back on marks the seventh by apple donald tusk and michel barnier to go for an advanced free—trade agreement. the reason this is called plan a+ is because we need a free—trade agreement plus. the report goes into this in detail, we need to use our allies to do this. the rest of the world does not see european negotiation as the gold standard. just the opposite. they see it as an outlier. they see it as anti—competitive, they see it as protectionist. 0ne anti—competitive, they see it as protectionist. one of the reason many big companies like you be negotiations is precisely because it is protectionist. —— like european negotiations. there is a case study in here of the chemical standards

and how that works and how even the commission recognised it is an effective. i do not agree with every word of what is written here, it would be surprising if i agreed with 130 pages but i agree with around 90% of it. if this was in the white paper i think it is true to say i would still be in government. we need to take a model like this, grasp the brexit prize and we need to act properly for the enormous benefits that are to be had from a proper free—trade policy. thank benefits that are to be had from a properfree—trade policy. thank you. david, many thanks. jacob, could i ask you to take to the stage, please? ladies and gentlemen, it is gloriously appropriate that we are talking about free trade in the gladstone library because he got rid

of more tireless than any other chancellor of the exchequer in history and he took over 11.5 hours to do so, and you will be glad to know i will not do that! the great virtue of this plan is that it is deliverable. it is based on presidents and extending what has already been done, and it works towards a brexit prize, keep that in your mind because so much of what we have heard about these negotiations has been about managing decline, managing how do you have the least bad brexit. this is about how you have a fantastic brexit, that will set us up for the next generation and ensures our prosperity. it is a really exciting and good paper that looks at the position of britain not just in the european context, but globally. and the key to it to my mind is that it is deliverable. bear in mind, has a david hirst said, this is being offered to us by the commission, we have offered us the best trade deal we have done with

any country ever in the world. if you want to call and canada plus, super canada, that is what is being aimed atand super canada, that is what is being aimed at and what is being offered, as long as you can solve the northern ireland question, which i think the prg did you become so ago. so you have got northern ireland soph, a free trade deal and something that is deliverable. and then you have a question or will at work within the country at large? we know that the chequers plan will not work and we know that there is nervousness about leaving purely on world trade terms. so if people are focusing on what the real options are after the eu has comprehensively snubbed the prime minister and the country, then the real option that faces the nation is do we have a free trade deal or do we leave on world trade terms? think that reality, that consciousness will ensure that if this got to the house of commons, it would be passed. so

it is not just of commons, it would be passed. so it is notjust deliverable in terms of the european union, but also in terms of british public opinion and in terms of parliamentary debates. the paper is therefore the most exciting contribution we have had in this debate in many months. thank you. jacob rees-mogg speaking at the institute of economic affairs, the free—market think tank and he was preceded by david davis, the previous brexit secretary, turned outsider, who was throwing his weight behind the plan that is being outlined. three savelio is about to speak but we will bring you some of what she has to see later perhaps, she is present because of the issue regarding the irish border. —— theresa villiers about to speak. we have heard from the spokesman of theresa may who has said that they will stick to the plan. time for the sport now. good morning.

it's one of sport's most remarkable comebacks — tiger woods won his first golf tournament in five years last night..he finshged two shots clear of the field at the pga tour championship in atalanta. woods slipped out of the world's top 1000 injuly last year after personal problems and a long—term back injury. he is one of sport's great superstars. and this was one of spore's greatest comebacks. going into the final round in the lead, tiger woods was in the hunt for the first win in five years, he's if you thought they would see again. a glimpse of the nerveless camp with which he was once so revered appeared again. behind him modern greats of the game, northern alan's rory mcilroy and the world number one, england's justin rose. rory mcilroy and the world number one, england'sjustin rose. but they could not keep up like the others. personal problems and injury have taken the tall but this was a

glorious reminder of the woods of old. leading the charge to victory, the rest left in his wake. golf clu bs a the rest left in his wake. golf clubs a great champion, and in tiger woods there has perhaps never been one greater. this remarkable retirement makes that even clearer. adam wilde, bbc news. retirement makes that even clearer. adam wilde, bbc newslj retirement makes that even clearer. adam wilde, bbc news. ijust think that what i have gone through and what i have dealt with, i have gotten lucky, to be honest with you, i have been very lucky. i am not playing a full contact sport or i have to move people around or anything in that regard will stop i am 42 with a fuse lower spine, that is not going to happen. but in this board, it can. —— but in the sport, it can. the ryder cup begins at the end of this week. let's hear more on that. we know that tiger woods is going to be top of the agenda. there

isa going to be top of the agenda. there is a massive sense of anticipation about this ryder cup. officially, this will be the first—ever ryder cup in which each of the top ten players in the world will be competing. they are either american or european, two very strong teams, and of course, tiger woods playing his first ryder cup since 2012 really add substantial x factor. well, it's early stages in the scottish premiership but the signs are that we could be in for the most open race for the title in years. that's because celtic suffered defeat for the second time in their opening six games. they conceded in the last minute to lose 2—1 at kilmarnock, and are six points off hearts who are top. it's celtic‘s worst start to a season in 20 years. steven gerrard's rangers are now above celtic and up to second in the league after thrashing st johnston 5—1 at ibrox. gerrard said it's the best football he's seen from his side since taking over in the summer. arsenal made it five wins

in a row in all competitions with a 2—0 premier league victory over everton at the emirates. alexandre lacazette's brilliant opening goal but them in front after arsenal keeper petr cech had made a number of saves to keep them in it. aubameyang made it 2—0, but replays showed he was well offside. in the day's early kick off, west ham drew 0—0 with chelsea. in the women's super league, leaders arsenal twice came from behind to beat west ham 4—3, to maintain their unbeaten start to the season. liverpool clinched a win over brighton in their first game since the resignation of manager neil redfearn. elsewhere, everton drew 0—0 against chelsea and manchester city drew 2—2 with bristol city. that's all the sport for now. i'll have more for you in the next hour. thank you very much, see you later. a university that's seen an increase in student suicides is asking

freshers to give their consent for staff to contact a family member on their behalf if they think they're struggling with mental health issues. it follows a campaign by the father of bristol university student ben murray, who took his own life in may this year. fiona lamdin reports. ben murray was in his first year at bristol university, but after missing exams, he was thrown off his course. his parents, though, had no idea. we had a very nice lunch. he didn't eat that much. i told him that i loved him, kissed him and then said goodbye. that was the last time i saw him. a few hours later, ben took his life. ben's dad, james, is now calling for a relaxation of the data protection rules that deter universities from alerting parents if their child has a serious mental health problem. you've got ten weeks where you're going from being treated as a child, in effect, at school, being looked after in a very safe environment, to going to university with just a ten—week break where you're suddenly an adult and expected to cope with financial pressures,

new academic pressures, the pressures of being in a new community and settling in. and so for the first time, students starting here at bristol can give their consent, allowing the university to contact an adult if a student becomes physically or mentally. physically or mentally ill. yeah, i'd be really happy to sign it. it's very hard when you're in that place to be able to talk to someone, so to have a third party be able to do that for you makes the process a lot easier. obviously if it's a choice to sign the form, i wouldn't sign it, because we're all at university, we're all 18, we've all made the decision to be here, surely if a doctor can't go against my consent to tell my parents, the university shouldn't either. in the last 18 months, 11 students have taken their lives at bristol university. others like psychology student laura say they've considered it. at the end of the first year, you think, "oh my god,

i've already spent £9,000 on this course, £6,000 on accommodation, i'm already £15,000 deep." that's terrifying, you think, "i can't drop out now, but i can't carry on like this." the idea of an out is very appealing unfortunately. what saved you do you think? couldn't do it to my parents. it's appealing personally, but, like, to leave people behind... no. just couldn't have done it. and that's why this university is investing millions into its mental health service. as well as its new consent policy, there's three new student centres open 2a hours a day, and over 50 new staff keeping a watch—out for those who are struggling. to have a student death from any cause is a real tragedy, to have a number in quick succession really tears at the very heart of our institution, and our mantra now is the mental health is everybody's business at our university. the number of first year students

arriving at university with a mental health condition is now five times what it was ten years ago. this is clearly notjust a bristol problem, but a national one. and what would ben make of what you're now doing? ben was a very sensitive boy, and he would like to see other people spared this pain. and i'm sure that he'd be happy that i'm behind this campaign, but i think this campaign is really ben's campaign. that was james murray speaking to fiona lamdin. if you're feeling emotionally distressed and would like details of organisations which offer advice and support, you can find out more information at bbc.co.uk/actionline. the maldives president has admitted defeat to the opposition candidate ibrahim mohamed solih in yesterday's election. mr solih had already claimed victory, and overnight his

supporters held celebrations in the capital, male. in his victory speech, he said it was a moment of happiness and hope. this is a moment of happiness, this is a moment of hope. this is a moment of history. for many of us, this has been a difficult journey, a journey that has led to a prison cell or years in exile. it has been a journey which saw the complete politicisation and breakdown of public institutions, but it has been a journey that has ended at the ballot box, because the people willed it. let's get more now on labour's party conference where party delegates last night agreed on the wording of a brexit motion. it will propose that, if there isn't a general election, labour should consider all options, among them, campaigning for another referendum.

let's talk now to the labour mp chuka umunna who joins us from westminster. good morning, thank you forjoining us. what do you think about this move? a couple of things. there has been a definite step forward. last year we will not be able to debate brexit properly at the party conference and this year we are doing that. i was on the streets of liverpool yesterday afternoon with over 5000 activists, many of these labour party people campaigning to be —— to have a people's vote on this. it commits the party to a position which seeks school participation in the single market and the only way of doing that is to be part of the european economic area. if you have left the european union that is. but on the people's vote in particular, let us be absolutely clear. what the motions saysis absolutely clear. what the motions says is that if we are not able to secure the general election, then a

people's vote will be the option on the table and it is pretty clear that in that eventuality, it would bea that in that eventuality, it would be a necessity because it would be the only way of breaking the impasse in the house of commons. and what our members, waters, my constituents are looking for is an unequivocal commitment to a peoples ford. whether there is a brexit deal or not, whether parliament approves a brexit deal or not and without doubt, it has to include the option to remain and change about country in the european union. i am not too sure exactly where the idea has come from. that you can have a people's vote without remain being on the ballot, but we have always been clear that that should be on the ballot paper in the event of a people's vote. you mean clear the idea has come with a vote would not include the option to remain in the eu. it wasjohn that.

include the option to remain in the eu. it was john that. he said two contradictory things this morning on that. the unite general secretary said that remain should not be on the ballot paper. frankly, the unite general secretary is not in the same place as were labour party's members and supporters are on this issue. it is absolutely clear that when people have been at this conference and campaigning fora have been at this conference and campaigning for a people's vote, we wa nt to campaigning for a people's vote, we want to see remain on the ballot paper. you mentioned len mccluskey, he sent out a direct message to you at the conference this morning. he said chuka umunna, listen to the working people the length and breadth of the country. the centre ground is fighting for a better deal for protecting communities, look no further, it is right here in the labour party. stop plotting and make

jeremy corbyn the people's prime minister. how do you respond to that? i have never been to a country clu b that? i have never been to a country club and! that? i have never been to a country club and i will see it again as i have done before, i stand by what i said on bullying and racism in the labour party, not least because my own family have been victims of racism, and if len mccluskey does not like that, so be it. my talents back to him would be, i think, actually, what most labour party members and most of his members of his union would like to see him doing is not necessarily targeting myself but actually arguing for there to be a peoples ford and brexit. part of the reason that there has been so much frustration as to what has happened over the summer months is that if we had actually dealt with these issues of anti—semitism properly, we could have actually concentrated on the biggest issue facing this country any generations in the second world war, and that is on fighting this for a brexit. and actually, when you

come out and say things like, well, they should not be a peoples ford including the option to remain on the paper, people will be entitled to ask why on earth are you engaging in all of this nonsense, denying the existence of anti—semitism and the extent... well denying the extent of the problem in the labour party, when every actually dealt with that be focus on the biggest issues like brexit. that is what this is about. you obviously stood as leader for the party in 2015 and did not last very long. you could say that! well, that was then, this is now. would you feel like you would want to stand again? you are clearly frustrated with the leadership. stand again? you are clearly frustrated with the leadershipm is not about me and it will not be any vacancy. jeremy corbyn is the leader and will be going forward for a long time. that is a distraction. look, we must deal with this matter issue of brexit. we know that the

bank of england has already said that it will be millions of pounds a year worse off after we leave. and we have not even left yet. bmw have brought forward plans to leave. people have noticed that the prices have increased in the shops. and we have increased in the shops. and we have not even left yet. just look at the disaster that is happening around these negotiations because of the outer incompetence of the tory government but also it contains people who are part of the leave campaign that made promises that are impossible to deliver. that is where all images should be focused on, that issue, ensuring that whatever happens with brexit, that we actually get the best situation, the best outcome for your viewers, because this is not a time for instability, when we have all of this uncertainty around the world.

thank you very much, chuka umunna. any moment we will have all of the business news. firstly, the headlines on bbc news... labour conference will debate a motion which would leave open the possibility of the party campaigning for a further eu referendum. the party will also announce plans to force big firms to give shares to their workers worth up to £500 a year. a public inquiry opens into the contaminated blood scandal in which 2,500 nhs patients died. i'm ben in the business news. labour would force all large firms to give shares to their workers worth up to £500 a year — each — according to shadow chancellorjohn mcdonnell. in a speech later, he will set out planned "inclusive ownership funds" where firms will have to put 1% of their shares every year up to a maximum of 10%. more on that shortly.

shares in thomas cook have fallen 23% after it blamed the summer heatwave for a drop in its annual profit forecasts. the company said this had led to "higher than usual levels of discounting" in august and september as more people opted to stay at home in the good weather rather than travel overseas. broadcaster sky has confirmed that it will accept comcast‘s takeover offer of £17.28 a share, saying it "represents an excellent outcome for independent sky shareholders". the offer — which is nearly double the value of shares this time last year — beats a rival offer from rupert murdoch's fox's. let's get more on those proposals from the shadown chancellor to give workers shares in the firms they work for, worth up to £500 a year. speaking at the labour party conference later, mr mcdonnell is expected to say that firms will have to put 1% of their shares into the fund every year — up to a maximum of 10% — to give staff more involvement in their company. but the confederation of british industry described

labour's plan as a "diktat" and said it would "encourage investors to pack their bags". joining us now is simon french, chief economist at panmure gordon. nice to see you. this is an interesting one. what is your take as far as benefits to workers against benefits to business? good morning. look, everyone understands because there is bipartisan agreement that employee ownership is good for productivity, it is good for employee engagement, it is good for employee engagement, it is good for the company at large, but the question must be asked of the back of this, why companies, knowing that information, because there was the nuttal review back in 2012 that put the sevens into the public domain, why have companies not already done that? and if they have not, is a government or a government in waiting concluding that there needs

to be direct involvement. i think they are uncomfortable with the compulsion to do that, they wanted with the evidence forward and let private firms decide. this is not share ownership like you are buying and selling his shares, you will get and selling his shares, you will get a dividend, worth up to £500 each year. but those sharers, they are not openly tradable, so actually what the government gets as the rest of it. it is essentially a tax via the back door, is it not? that is correct, john mcdonnell has talked up correct, john mcdonnell has talked up possibly that could reach up to £2 billion. social impact funding. you are right to say that if the improvements in productivity and efficiency do not offset the amount thatis efficiency do not offset the amount that is levied, effectively, that is an additional cost for employers to have to deal with. at the moment it is farfrom have to deal with. at the moment it is far from clear that those games will be realised to make it sort of fiscally neutral as you have

described it. also, there is the sort of putting all of your eggs into one basket type of thing. if you get your wage from your employer, you probably have your pension with them and also we are suggesting you get your income from shares with your employer. shiers tangle up and down and the success of the forum will determine your financial future. absolutely, of the forum will determine your financialfuture. absolutely, the first thing that anyone will have to think about when investing is to diversify their holdings. if something goes well or badly, the other part of your portfolio can make upfor other part of your portfolio can make up for that. clearly, if you arejust make up for that. clearly, if you are just invested in one entity, you are just invested in one entity, you are very, very dependent on the success of that organisation and that really is not a good strategy. so one of the undermining features of what is being proposed. simon, good to talk to you, thank you for explaining that. we will get more detailfrom john explaining that. we will get more detail from john mcdonnell later. for the moment, thank you. in other business news...

france's biggest supermarket group, carrefour has denied approaching rival casino over a possible tie—up. that's despite casino saying that its board had unanimously decided to reject a carrefour approach. carrefour is adamant that no such approach was ever made. carrefour alleged that "difficulties" faced by casino and its controlling shareholder might have prompted the "misleading and groundless communications". the world's largest gold miner worth £14 billion will be created by the merger of jersey—based randgold and canadian miner barrick. the new company will produce more than 6.5 million ounces of gold a year, eclipsing its nearest competitor, us—listed newmont. the group will be listed in toronto and new york, meaning that london will lose its biggest gold stock. let us show you the markets... the

ftse 100 let us show you the markets... the ftse100 is off by .13%. that's all the business news. thank you, ben. we will catch up shortly with the weather. in a moment we leave viewers on bbc two, but first we can cross the newsroom to simon king. apologies, we have a technical hitch. we will try and fix that. it's been revealed that more than 10 million people watched

the final episode of the bbc drama series bodyguard last night. the audience reached its peak — 11 million — in its finalfive minutes. it beat the entertainment show x factor in overnight ratings, which was watched byjust over five million people. apologies about that. we have got the sunshine. just a few showers into the north and west of scotland. a few showers for the north and west of england and north wales. for the afternoon those temperatures will get up to 1a or 16 or 17 degrees. through this evening and tonight, beneath those clear skies, it is actually going to turn chilly once more. in the countryside, temperatures could be close to freezing and rural spots over england and wales. but for the north across scotland and northern ireland, not quite as chilly. the wind was the lib peck its way up through the into the early hours of tuesday morning. those are typical values in towns and cities, as mentioned, the countryside will be close to freezing. this is taking us

into tuesday. high pressure dominating things for many, but we have got a weather system moving into the north—west. look at the isobars and white lines, squeezed together, indicative of stronger winds and what that they will be cloud and rain moving into northern ireland and into the west of scotland. plenty of sunshine for england and wales after that chilly start and it will feel pleasant in the afternoon. the wind in the north—west could stodge gale force and even severe gale force on the far north and west. temperatures at 13, 14 degrees far north and west. temperatures at 13,14 degrees in far north and west. temperatures at 13, 14 degrees in the north. 17 degrees for england and wales. perhaps a little bit warmer than today. for the next few days, high pressure dominates for many, this weather system is any north. for thursday, another area of high pressure m oves thursday, another area of high pressure moves in and squeezes out any moisture from that weather front. for many of us it is dry and settled for the next few days. goodbye for now. this is bbc news.

i'm joanna gosling. these are the top stories developing at midday: labour conference will debate a motion which would leave open the possibility of the party campaigning for a further eu referendum. it would be on the deal and parliament would determine the formal words on that and we will be campaigning fora formal words on that and we will be campaigning for a vote on the deal itself. the party will also announce plans that would force big firms to give shares to their workers worth up to £500 a year. a public inquiry opens into the contaminated blood scandal, in which 2500 nhs patients died. an indian round the world yachtsman who was seriously injured, has been rescued by a french navy patrol ship 2000 miles from western australia. a second woman has come forward with allegations of sexual assault against the us supreme court nominee, brett kavanaugh. and — tiger's burning bright again. tiger woods wins the tour championship in atlanta —

his first pga victory in more than five years. just to be able to compete and play again this year, that's a hell of a comeback. good afternoon. welcome to bbc newsroom live. labour members will vote tomorrow on the party's stance on brexit which would include backing another referendum. last night officials finalised the wording of a motion which says if it cannot get a general election, labour must support all options remaining on the table. this morning, aides tojeremy corbyn have declined to rule out the option of staying in the eu in a further vote.

but the shadow chancellor, john mcdonnell, told the bbc he thought any such vote should only be on the terms of a brexit deal. in a speech he's to give shortly he will also set out plans to force large private companies to hand over shares to their workers. let's speak to our assistant political editor norman smith in liverpool. there is a good deal of confusion about what labour's position actually is on brexit at the moment. this after a meeting last night at which they tried to hammer out a coherent position which was that although labour favours a coherent position which was that although labourfavours a general election, if they do not get that they will look at the option of a public vote. but all that's was thrown into some confusion when this morning the shadow chancellorjohn mcdonnell echoed the line we heard from the unite leader len mccluskey yesterday, but if there is another

referendum it should not include the option of remaining in the eu. cue outrage from many remain supporting labour mps who say that means any labour mps who say that means any labour referendum would basically be a vote on two versions of brexit. let's listen to what mr mcdonnell actually said. it would be on the deal and parliament would determine the form of words on that, as they always do. we will be campaigning to have a debate on the deal itself. but you're suggesting the vote on the deal not a vote to stay in or to leave? we respect the original referendum. so remaining would not be on the table? well, we respect the result of the referendum but we will see what form of words comes out of parliament on that. but i tell you, i want a general election. ijust want the general election because i think the people out there deserve to have the debate on this issue and on other issues as well but also they deserve the right to choose the team that will enter into any future negotiations. so that seems clear enough, any

future referendum has two respective result of the previous referendum, in other words, that cannot be a remaining option. then we have tom watson, deputy leader saying it must include the remaining option. talk toa include the remaining option. talk to a carbon and they say —— top to those close tojeremy corbyn and they say they do not want to be too prescriptive, clocked two labour mps and they sayjohn mcdonnell‘s position as for the birds. —— speak to labour mps. everyone, includingjohn, has to read our motion. it couldn't be clearer. we are against a bad tory deal, we are against no deal, so we can't have a referendum where labour is campaigning for a bad tory deal or for a no deal. that's for the birds. there will have to be an option to stay in on current terms and there will be. so what on earth is going on? i'm joined by labourmp, so what on earth is going on? i'm joined by labour mp, what do you think is going on? i think it is a debate that is moving on within the labour party also coinciding with the debates

moving on in the country. the last week has been notjust a divided tory party but the divided cabinet and that is the real risk we could end up in a no deal scenario that nobody wants. what become apparent is the confusion about the process by which a decision will be made is, let alone the confusion and lack of certainty about the outcome is itself causing a big problem in the country. the motion put forward does not specify would be in a motion or not, but says in the circumstance big deal is not passed by parliament and that is known general election, the labour party will campaign for the labour party will campaign for the public vote, it is a huge step forward. what you make of mr mcdonnell‘s assertion you could not have a vote on staying in the eu and the only option would be to leave with deal or no deal? i've always been against us leaving

with no deal. i think that would be devastating for our country and that is borne out by all the evidence. i highlighted by the select committee. i put forward the original meaningful vote amendment in parliament and i did so because i believe there must be able to map out parliament makes a decision about the way forward in the event negotiations break down. what has also become apparent is that as the public have become more aware of the confusion, complexity and risks include the economic risks, there is now a mood to re—engage the public more in what we do next. i do think this will be an important debate, some of the issues will be big —— will be debated at conference and i think we will come out stronger in terms of options for the country going forward and the labour party's commitment to engage with the public. let me suggest the labour party is trying to face always at once, say

to those who support brexit not to worry, we will have another vote on staying in the eu and then to say to the main supporters, actually, we will keep all things open. —— and then say to their remain supporters. the labour party, some of her colleagues had some of the strongest remain seated and somehow the long —— strongest league seats. that is why we can bring all the different voices to the table and widely party can genuinely form and an outcome in the interests of the country. we have also been clear about the success around the economy and making sure we do not want about the benefits we currently have. we do not want to see the country be poorer. we expect the big speech from john mcdonnell shortly what he will announce plans for share ownership for employees in big companies. what do you say to those who say this is another anti—business policy that

will deter investment?” another anti—business policy that will deter investment? i think there's a lot to be said for looking at how we changed some of the rules of the game. if you think about us as individuals, we have all been employees, the idea of employees having a greater stake in their organisation is not new. 40 years ago 40% of employees have a share, some form of share and now it is around 17. that is a religious voice for employees. i come from a background of working —— that is a reduced once. i come from working in large businesses are driven by shareholder value and all evidence shows when you engage employees in more meaningful ways it leads to better outcomes for businesses. we should focus on a fairer world and better productivity. no doubt labour would like the headlines to be about those big policy announcements we expect from

john mcdonnell what i have a strong suspicion they will be about brexit. we have been hearing for the retired from our political editor seeing the shadow brexit circuit that it says the motion last night was very clear not to take anything off the table and that must include the option to remain. the confusion about what that possible vote could include continues. we will keep you updated. a public inquiry begins today into what's been called the worst treatment disaster in the history of the nhs. around 2500 haemophiliacs and other patients are thought to have died after being given contaminated blood when they had transfusions in the 1970s and 80s. campaigners claim the authorities withheld information for many years. the survivors, the infected who are

still living, suffer the appalling consequences of what happened. every day. every hour. every minute of their lives. the affected, the widows, the lovers the sons, the mothers and fathers, the grandchildren, they suffered as well. in grief, anger, in silence. this is what we know. it started with the haemophiliacs. many of whom we re with the haemophiliacs. many of whom were still schoolboys. factor eight seemed like a miracle, stopping leads quickly and even preventing them. this wonder drug let boys being boys. play football, climb trees, mess around on bikes and do everything that teenagers do. it was not only teenage boys. boys are much

younger were also treated with factory. —— factor eight. but that was made by bringing together the plasma from thousands of blood donations. ifjust one donor had an infection the entire batch would be contaminated. mainly from the usa, the blood was taken from those who we re the blood was taken from those who were paid to donate. which included prisoners, drug addicts and those on the edges of society. and british blog was also infected. those are the actors who open the enquiry. our health correspondent sophie hutchinson is outside church house. quite a dramatic and unusual way for a public enquiry to start, with actors setting the scene. absolutely. that was some of the film that the more than 500 families

who have come here today to see the beginning of this preliminary hearing as part of this historic public enquiry today. that film began with images, photos of many of the victims set to music. you could really feel the emotion in the assembly hall. many of those watching, many of the families and victims had tears in their eyes, wiping their eyes with tissues. this has been a very long and painful journey for them to get to the stage. they have been asking questions for many, many years about their loved ones. you heard there are some of those who were infected with the hiv and hepatitis c were only children at the time, schoolboys who had haemophiliac. the treatment they were given, with the blood clotting agent known as factor

eight, which had been created using blogs that was infected because it had come from donations or payments of donations in america, came from prisoners and drug addicts, some of it, and because the blood was mixed together it used the plasma part of the blood and mixed together so you could have thousands, tens of thousands of different people contributing to sample what if one of them was infected the whole sample was infected and that is why it is thought so many people who we re it is thought so many people who were treated with those blood product in the 1970s and 1980s became infected with and hepatitis c. the film also stressed it was not just those treated with the blood products, with the factor eight or blood transfusions, say, a car crash, but also the families, wives and husbands who then contracted these diseases who became infected

by their partners. this enquiry will seek answers to why this happens, how it happened, why warnings were not heeded about the danger of these blood products and the families have waited for many decades for answers to these questions. thank you very much. the inquest into the deaths of the five victims, of last year's westminster terror attack, is continuing today. the inquest is hearing evidence from commander adrian usher, from the met‘s diplomatic and parliamentary protection command, talking about security at westminster, and the armed response on the day. let's get more from our reporterjenny kumah, who's at the old bailey in central london for us. what have you heard today? today, and the usher seem to raise questions over evidence given by armed officers last week. he described some of the evidence given asa described some of the evidence given as a slightly odd. he explained

after the attack he met with two and officers and one of them produced a detailed map which he said he took daily instruction on in order to carry out his daily patrols of new palace yard. he said he found this strange and felt potentially it was felt there was a potential problem of the area they were patrolling. last week these two pcs explained they were in another part of the ya rd they were in another part of the yard where they could not see the carnage he found it slightly odd is that he had sent here to daily

instruction as to where to patrol in the guard and he said that was because it was fairly obvious it is a rectangular area surrounded by buildings so he did not quite understand why there was a need for daily instruction. the evidence here continues and we expect to hear more details about the security in parliament. the headlines on bbc news: labour conference will debate a motion which would leave open the possibility of the party campaigning for a further eu referendum. the party will also announce plans to force big firms to give shares to their workers worth up to £500 a year. a public inquiry opens into the contaminated blood scandal — in which 2500 nhs patients died. we are expecting to hear from john

mcdonnell at the labour party conference shortly but let's catch up conference shortly but let's catch up on the sport now. good afternoon. it's one of sport's most remarkable comebacks — tiger woods has won his first golf tournament in five years at the pga tour championship in atalanta. englishman justin rose finished fourth and became the season champion — earning seven and a half million pounds in the process. but you can see who the crowds were there for. plenty of love for tiger who slipped out of the world's top 1000 injuly last year after personal problems and a long—term back injury. ijust think what i just think what i have ijust think what i have gone through and what i have dealt with, i've got lucky, to be honest, i've been very lucky. i'm not playing a full contact sport or i have got to move people around in that regard, and 42 years olds with a fuse lower

spine, that's not going to happen but in this sport that can. well, tiger takes this form into the ryder cup where he'll play for team usa in paris — and our golf correspondent iain carter is there: today continues both captains will arrive for their news conferences and we know tiger woods will be top of the agenda for those. there is a massive sense of anticipation about this ryder cup. officially this will be the first ever ryder cup in which each of the top ten players in the world will be competing. they are either american or european, two very strong teams and tiger woods playing his first ryder cup since 2012 really adds a substantial x factor. the ballon d'or is one of the most prestigious awards in football — and this year, for the first time, there'll be a women's winner as well as a men's. france football magazine — which runs the award, given to the best player of the year

— has announced that since women's football is booming, creating a women's prize was a "logical step". a shortlist of 15 female players will be released in october, with a specially selected group of women's football experts picking the winner, who will get their prize alongside the men's best player in december. cristiano ronaldo is once again on the list alongside place for lionel messi. england manager gareth southgate though, is giving his support to a man that helped knock england out of the world cup, croatia's lu ka modric. he was outstanding against us but that of course is not the only reason. he won the champions league, he got the final of the world cup with croatia and i think he was their important player. the season he had was phenomenal in terms of success. that all the sport for now.

we will be back with the full round—up at around 1:30pm. us senators have been urged to postpone the confirmation hearing of a supreme court nominee who faces fresh claims of sexual misconduct. president trump's pick, brett kavanaugh, has denied further accusations of sexual misconduct after a second woman alleged he exposed himself to her. reged ahmad has more. this is now the second allegation against supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh, and only adds to the already fraught process around his nomination. deborah ramirez has detailed her allegations in the new yorker, saying that the judge exposed himself to her when they were at yale university together. in a statement, the supreme court nominee strongly refuted the allegations, saying... "this alleged event from 35 years ago did not happen. the people who knew me then know that this did not happen and have said so." this latest allegation of sexual misconduct is off the back of professor christine blasey ford, who came forward last week alleging

mr kavanaugh had sexually assaulted her at a party in 1982. she is due to give the testimony this thursday to a senate judiciary committee hearing. with these new accusations, democrats on the committee such as a veteran senator dianne feinstein are calling for the committee's republican chairman to immediately postpone any further proceedings. the selection of a supreme court judge remains a highly critical and contentious process, as each side of the political divide is keen to see their own nominee on the bench. judge kavanaugh, what is your response to the allegations? this latest allegation against president trump's pick is unlikely to make this process is any less fraught. let's go live to the labour party conference where we expect to hear shortly from the shadow chancellor john mcdonnell. let's show you the scene. i can see it, i don't know if you can. he is there withjeremy corbyn. they are just about to watch

the video before they hear from john mcdonnell so we will go back, hopefully we've got time to update you on another story before we go back. the indian navy say that a seriously injured round—the—world yachtsman, stranded in the middle of the indian ocean since friday, has been rescued. abhilash tomy, suffered a back injury when the mast of his boat broke on friday during a storm, over 3000 kilometres off the coast of australia. there had been an international mission to rescue him. a little earlier, i spoke to barry pickthall, from the golden globe race, who has been in contact with abhilash tommy's rescue team. he told me what the rescue mission involved. we were in touch with the crew rescued him, if french fisheries patrol vessel who came up from further south in the southern ocean, 200 miles away. they picked him up at about 7:30am this morning. he was

well enough to be transferred from the yachts to the ship and the word we have is he is conscious and talking. so that is all good news. ami talking. so that is all good news. am i right in thinking that ship is now heading to rescue somebody else? correct. they should be doing that right now. gregor, an irish yachtsmen in the same race, he was this —— he was not injured... yachtsmen in the same race, he was this -- he was not injured... we will go tojohn mcdonnell at the labour party conference. some of you may know as the recent period orfriends in the media have not been as supportive as maybe we would like them to have been. and they have attacked my friends, they have attacked him because he stands up have attacked him because he stands upfor have attacked him because he stands up for the ideals and believes we

all have. applause ijust all have. applause i just want to say, germany, how proud i am of you for the dignity with which you have withstood that —— ijust want to say, jeremy. applause. i've got a sore throat, i'm losing my voice, i've been talking too much, i might have a theresa may moment so... if the backdrop starts falling apart will you let me know. laughter. i want to say thanks to the people who do the real work, thatis the people who do the real work, that is my treasury team. shadow

chief secretary, clive lewis, lynne brown, lord brian davis. applause. and our team of, a special thanks to my parliamentary private secretary, shejoined us this my parliamentary private secretary, she joined us this year because she won these seats back from the tories. —— she won her seat back. this month is the tenth anniversary of the financial crash. jk galbraith in his book on the 1929 crash said, you can try and create institutions and seek to avoid crashes in the future but the best protection is memory. it is worth remembering because of the crash, they were agreed, yes, the deregulation that turned the city into a multi—billion pound casino. more importantly, it was caused by the power that a small

financial elite exercises over our political system. that power meant bankers and speculators who caused the crisis would not be the ones who paid for that. it would be families, working people, our businesses, our young and especially the most vulnerable in society. it has been a ha rd yea rs of vulnerable in society. it has been a hard years of austerity and economic failure. —— eight hard years. in the sixth richest country in the world, it cannot be right that 5000 of our fellow citizens are sleeping on the streets. it cannot be right... it can't be writes... 4 million of our children are living in poverty. two thirds of them in households where someone is in work. that tells you wages are so low, below the levels of 2010. wages not sufficient to provide a decent standard of life

for many of our people. the tories have treated an age of insecurity. people have little, if any, control or power over their lives. it's no wonder that some in the people voted for brexit. it was an antiestablishment vote. i believe it's... applause. i believe it is time, it is time to shift the balance of power in this country, trying to give people back control over their lives. there is another anniversary this year, it is 100 years ago in 1918 the labour party and doctored klaus four as pa rt party and doctored klaus four as part of the party's constitution. —— adopters clause four as part of our constitution. let's remind you what it said. to secure for the workers

at the full fruits of their industry. i say the clause four principles are as relevant today as they were back then. applause. it is fair, democratic collective solutions to the challenges of our modern economy. the labour movement has always believed democracy should not stop when we clock on at the factory gate or in the office lobby behind the bhs counter. democracy is at the heart of socialism —— of our socialism and extending it should be our goal. 0ur predecessors fought for democracy in parliament against the divine right of kings and the aristocracy, they fought for working people to get the franchise, our sisters fought for women's suffrage against ferocious opposition. 0ur movement fought for workers to have a voice at work. the trade unions

founded this party to take that democratic vision even further. in 2018 i tell you at the heart of our programme is the greatest extension of economic democratic rights as country has ever seen. and its start in the workplace. it is undeniable now the balance of power at work has been tipped against the worker. the result is long hours, low productivity, low pay and insecurity of zero—hour contracts. i want to thank the ippr for the recent report on the brilliant critique on the inequality in britain and the economy. archbishop welby to —— took some stick in the media for his comments on the report but he was simply speaking the truth as a moral leader in our society.

applause. just if you word of advice for the archbishop, archbishop, when they get round to calling you a marxist, i will give you some tips on how to handle, 0k? laughter. applause. i want you all to be certain, iwant applause. i want you all to be certain, i want the country to be certain, i want the country to be certain, we will address the power of balance at work. we will have —— we will fulfiljohn smith's promise that workers will have rights from day one, whether in full—time, part—time or temporary work. we will lift people out of poverty, lift them out of poverty by setting a real living wage of £10 an hour

when we go back into government. wages... wages will be determined by collective bargaining in the sector. we will make it a mission of our government to tackle the scandal of the gender pay gap that hearts so many women in our society. real power comes from having the right to a collective say at work. large corporations play a huge role in our lives and yet the decisions about the running of them are in the hands ofa the running of them are in the hands of a tiny elite. employees who create the wealth have no say in the key decisions that affect the future. so, after decades of talking about industrial democracy, the labour party in government will legislate to implement it. jeremy

corbyn announced yesterday a third of the seats on company boards would be allocated to workers so that they have democratic rights at work. power also comes from ownership. we believe that workers who create the wealth of a company should share in its ownership. and, yes, in the returns that it makes. employee ownership increases the productivity ofa ownership increases the productivity of a company and encourages long—term decision—making. let me thank the co—op party and gareth thomas mp for his ideas on how we extend common ownership within our society. some of the ideas we are seeing today. i can announce today that we will legislate for large companies to transfer shares into an inclusive ownership fund. the shares will be held and managed collectively by the workers. the shareholders will give the workers the same rights as other

shareholders to have a sea on the direction of the company. and, yes, dividend payments will be made directly to the workers from the fund. that means payments could be up fund. that means payments could be up to £500 each year. that is 11 million workers each with a greater say and state in the wards and labour. true industrial democracy coming to this country. you know, we all know it is notjust the employees of a company that create the profit it generates. it is the collective investment in infrastructure, education and research and development that as a society, we make that enables entrepreneurs to build and grow their businesses. so we believe it is right that society shares in the benefits that that investment producers. that is why the proportion of the revenues generated

by the inclusive ownership funds will be transferred back to our public services as a social dividend. so, over time public services as a social dividend. so, overtime this public services as a social dividend. so, over time this will mobilise billions that will be spent supporting our schools, hospitals and our social security system. you know now that we are proud. we have extended economic democracy further in this country. how? by bringing water, energy, royal mail back into public ownership again. some of the press said the voters would be horrified by the could not have been more wrong. public ownership has proved its popularity in the opinion poll after opinion poll. but it is not a surprise, is

it? look at the scandal of the privatisation of water. water bills have risen 40% in real terms since privatisation. £18 billion has been paid out in dividends. water companies receive more in tax credits than they actually pay in tax. and each day enough water to meet the needs for 20 million people is lost due to negligence. with figures like that we cannot afford not to take it back into public ownership. now, let us be clear to people, nationalisation will not be a return to the past. we do not want to take power away from faceless directors to give it to some office in whitehall, to swap one remote managerfor another. whitehall, to swap one remote manager for another. today, rebecca long bailey and myself are launching

a large—scale mcgookin —— organisation on democracy. we are setting out a new plan for a water system that this service were? back into the hands of local councils and councils and workers and councillors themselves. the very people of our country. there will be unprecedented openness and transparency in how the industry will be managed in the future. we are ending, let us be clear, the profiteering in dividends, vast executive salaries and the interest payments that are being made that have sat this sector. and these surpluses will be reinvested in water infrastructure and staff or to reduce the bills. andrew investment will allow the highest environmental standards as well. the message is clear, people have had enough of being ripped off

by privatisation. that is why we have said, as you know, no more pfis. no more and we will bring them back in—house. so, to dry our public ownership programme absolutely through in government, we will set up through in government, we will set upa public through in government, we will set up a public and committee ownership unit in the treasury itself. it will bring in the external expertise that we need of course. but let me make it absolutely clear. that the full weight of the tragedy will be used to ta ke weight of the tragedy will be used to take on any vested interest that try to thwart the will of the people. we will drive this policy through. there are some that said our manifesto was a fantasy, westla nds, our manifesto was a fantasy, westlands, attractive but ultimately not deliverable. i am telling you the day, we have planned and we are ready and we are prepared, notjust

a fight another election campaign, but to implement that programme when we win that election. and when we win, we will take from control of investment decisions by government. for too long the establishment has used the treasury as a barrier against putting power back into the hands of people. so we will reprogram the treasury. we will rewrite its rule books on how it makes it decisions about what and when and where to invest. we will and the treasury bias against investing in the regions and nations outside of london. and we will make sure all the spending decisions against the need to tackle climate

change, protect our environment, to drive productivity and make the investment challenges of the fourth industrial revolution. we need now to insert some people power over our tax system as well. have you seen this? there are millions of businesses which deserve our respect and we will always support them. they are responsible, ethical entrepreneurs who pay their taxes and support our community. they should know how proud we are of them, and there is a minority who do not live up to those standards. the avoid paying their taxes, yes, on an industrial scale. the are denying our hospitals, schools, caterers and resources that they need. the tory‘s record on money laundering and tax avoidance has been a disgrace. we cannot trust the tories on this but we should not just cannot trust the tories on this but we should notjust wait until we get into government. we must and should act now. one way is to immobilise shareholder power to hold companies

the basic pack standards. institutions from trade unions to pension funds have large—scale shareholdings in many other companies that continue to avoid the taxes. today i am announcing my intention to bring together these organisations to launch a shareholder campaign. we will demand that company sign up to the fair tax mark standard, demonstrating transparency that they have paid theirfair transparency that they have paid their fair share transparency that they have paid theirfair share of transparency that they have paid their fair share of taxes. so, transparency that they have paid theirfair share of taxes. so, the warning... so, the warning, make it clear and loud, the warning to those avoiding tax, the game is over, over! recently, gordon brown... gordon has got a great sense of

humour. i was sharing a platform with him and it was announced that i was the shadow chancellor and he has said that i have always been the shadow chancellor. laughter i have a lot of affection and respect for the man. again, iwant respect for the man. again, i want to say to... we may not have always voted the same way. but i have a lot of respect for him. recently, gordon made a very important statement. he expressed his concern that the current wea knesses his concern that the current weaknesses in the global relationships to deal with any potential future economic crisis. and i agree. major nations on the brink of a trade war and climate change excel celebrating, we cannot risk the kind of international breakdown that led to the depression itself. i was —— at the bretton

woods conference in 1944, there is an urgent need now to work out the international system to cope with these threats. 0ver international system to cope with these threats. over the past few decades that system has concentrated power in the hands of an international financial elite. individuals, communities and nation states have been made increasingly powerless. it is not working for the western world with stagnant wages helping to feed the rise of the racist right. it is not working in the developing world which well has plundered by multinational corporations all stashed in western banks. so, what we are going to do now. . . banks. so, what we are going to do now... we are taking this matter seriously as gordon advised that should be. we will be convening in the spring and the international social forum to bring together leading economists, politicians and representatives from society and we will launch a dialogue on the common theme is the face and the actions we must take. i am pleased to announce that nobel prize—winning economist

joseph stiglitz has agreed to lead this discussion for us. thank you, joseph. this leads us inevitably onto the urgent question of brexit. look, i do not have to repeat the criticisms that we all have of the behaviour of the tory party, they have been echoed in all of our debates. they are failures are in plain sight. i would just say to them, just in the interests of the country, get out other way and let us get on with securing way forward. cheering and applause a way forward that will protect our economy, ourjobs and the standard of living of our people. as they do not do that, you know what my preferences, i want a

general election and soon. we are keeping all of the options open for democratic engagement on the table. and look, if also strongly that the tories should face the people for the way in which they have recklessly put our country's future at risk over the last two mac years. more interested in fighting each other than fighting for this country. on so many fronts you know the scale of the ms that we will inherit from the tories. a society whose social fabric has been run down to the point of near dereliction. a struggling mismanaged economy, vulnerable to another crisis. they have come to conference with warnings about how bad the situation will be that we inherit to lower their expectations of people

as to what we can achieve when they get into government. this shadow chancellor it is different. i want you to know that the greater the mess we inherit, the more radical that we have to be. the greater the need for change, the greater the opportunity we have to create that change, and we will, we will. the tory party austerity has been brutal. but what i have resented the most is that they have tried to take a the dreams, the hope andy altman some of our people, especially our young people. that the dream of building a better world. that dream of building a better world and passing it on to

your children as previous generations have done. but they have failed to understand that we have an unwavering faith that together people can change the world and the need to understand that we will not settle for anything less. yesterday it was reported in the press that the tories were drawing up secret plans for a quick general election. so the message from this conference is, bring it on. bring it on. we are ready... whenever. whenever that general election comes, we are ready and we are ready to campaign for victory. we are ready for government. we are ready to build the future. and, you know, like bill

shankly, we will be proud to call that future socialism, solidarity. cheering and applause john mcdonnell standing with the party leader and delivering the message loud and clear that they wa nt to message loud and clear that they want to see a general election. there were reports over the weekend that the prime minister and those around her are potentially preparing for a snap election in the month of may butjohn mcdonnell for a snap election in the month of may but john mcdonnell saying for a snap election in the month of may butjohn mcdonnell saying in the absence of that, well, not actually saying there but earlier in interviews with the absence of an election they would support a second vote on brexit. the controversy now is that if there were to be won, what they would back a question being put to the country about the

possibility of remaining in the eu. aside from brexit, social issues, saying that the party would ban zero—hour contracts and talking about an inclusive share ownership fund and that it would be a fund in which companies would be obliged to put shares into for the benefits of workers and that they would be paid dividends directly out of that fund. payments of up to £500 each year. also talking about privatisation of water, energy, royal mail and also talking about privatisation of water, energy, royal mailand rail. there will be lots of reaction to that throughout the day here on bbc news and reaction online as well if you want it. it's estimated there was an average of 110,000 unfilled adult social care vacancies across england at any one time in the last year. figures released today and analysed by the bbc show that's a rise of almost a quarter in a year. and some areas have seen vacant posts more than double in a year, so are we reaching crisis point?

inside out east has been following a 24—year—old in a cambridge home, caring for people with dementia, to find out why he stays in the job. good morning, kathleen. would you like me to go for breakfast? kathleen, she's lovely. some days she is completely aware of what is going on. after only three months in the job, 24—year—old krastan antonov from bulgaria already has a bond with the residents. despite her dementia, kathleen is learning bulgarian for him. she speaks bulgarian and that means thank you, that's all right, that's all well. you're very good with languages. the reason i decided to come into care is because about 13 or 14 years ago my grandmother, she used to be disabled for three years. i saw the way she used to struggle so i thought why not help those people in need, and it's actually very rewarding.

now he needs to persuade another resident, vera, who has had a broken hip, to walk. i can't do it! stand in front of her. yeah. stand in front of her. now you look at chris and he's going to walk backwards and you are going to follow him. she's very frightened of falling down. i can't. you're doing it already. the advice from the doctor is to encourage her to walk as much as possible. there you are. manager amy recruited krastan but just hopes she can hang onto him. i think nowadays it is places like supermarkets and that are so well paid for the amount of responsibility. the reality is in care is that it's such a high responsibility and although they really do look aftertheir staff, care in general is not a very high paid area. a day care assistant here is paid £8.74 an hour. but you can earn over £10 an hour as the store assistant in a supermarket.

and it could be while there are so many vacancies. there was an average of 110,000 adult social care vacancies at any one time in england. it is estimated to have risen by almost one quarter in a year. 38% of carers left the sector or moved to a different employer or role. right, guys, today were going to do these bird seeders. these bird feeders. how you getting on, margaret? as for krastan, he loves his job and has no plans to go anywhere. you go home, you don't go with a pocket full of money, but you go with great experience, you feel great yourself. you can see the full film on inside out east on bbc one at 7.30pm and on the iplayer. we all know tree rings can be counted to work out the age of a tree, but could they also reveal what the weather was like way back in history? cambridge scientists are now using tree samples from more than a thousand years ago to find

out how the climate has changed. 0ur science ccorrespondent richard westcott has more. this loch in the scottish highlands is hiding clues that could help us better predict the impact of climate change. scientists are searching for them under the water. swimming around for hours, it is tough, hands—on fieldwork. this is where an underwater chainsaw would be easier! just take it slow at the beginning. they are winching out trees that lived and died hundreds, even thousands of years ago, but the water has preserved them. so rob, this could have been in the loch for 600—700 years? oh, yes. hopefully this was here and died 600 years ago, and then we don't have many rings it has got yet, if it has 200 rings that will take us back to the 1200's.

by studying their rings, you get a written, annual diary of the summer climate going way back in time. so here, you have got wider rings, it gets thinner and then it gets wider again, thinner and wider. these represent that this tree was growing quicker and slower. we have material for scotland for the northern cairngorms, within ten kilometres of here, going back 8000 years. we have a lot of gaps at the moment, we are continuous back 900 years, we have an 11th century gap, which is very annoying. then we have got quite a lot of material for the first millennium. the width of tree rings can give clues to temperature, rainfall and some surprising things. rock avalanches, snow avalanches, earthquakes, tsunamis. if they come in and wipe out all the trees, we can date those. so one could be quite creative in aspects of enviromental change by studying tree rings. in a new lab at cambridge university, ulf buntgen is using trees from around the world to create the longest, continuous, tree ring based climate diary. this is the year 1816,

a year without a summer in large parts of europe, it is following a major tropical volcanic eruption. it is resulting in a narrow ring, just two cells on the entire growing season that was most likely very cold and also very wet. using samples from living trees, medieval churches, peat bogs, building sites and lakes, they are already unearthing new, dramatic events. we have recently discovered the so—called late ice age that is a period starting precisely in the year 536, following a cluster of volcanic eruptions that triggered a period of roughly 100,120 years. here is the evidence. a tree ring from 536ad. the larger cells are frost damage from a dramatic drop in temperature. the line down the middle is more frost damage, but this time from 1258, when another equatorial volcanic

eruption froze europe. these thinner rings show plummeting scottish temperatures that caused a famine in the 1690s. but what about boiling hot 2018? we can bet a beer that the ring should be relatively wide, it was a good, productive warm year. by reconstructing the climate of the past, scientists can work out if the warming seen in recent years is truly unusual. richard westcott, bbc news, in the cairngorms. a journalist in saudi arabia has made history by becoming the country's first female news anchor. way—am al dakheel presented the main news bulletin for al saud—eeya, a state—run tv channel. the journalist received praise on social media, with viewers complimenting her work and pointing out that her appearance marked a milestone in the deeply conservative kingdom. it's been revealed that more than 10 million people watched the final episode of the bbc drama

series bodyguard last night. the audience reached its peak — 11 million — in its finalfive minutes. it beat the entertainment show x factor in overnight ratings, which was watched byjust over five million people. the one o clock news coming up shortly but firstly it is time for a weather update. we have seen blue skies along the circles of england and most places will be enjoying the sunshine for the rest of the day. that is underneath that area of high pressure. more cloud is coming into the north—west and this weather systems will eventually move into the northern areas. 0ver systems will eventually move into the northern areas. over the next few days there is more cloud in strengthening winds which will produce rain for scotland and northern ireland. england and wales dry and sunny and warming up for a while. a chilly start this morning but in the sunshine for most of us

light winds and it feels pleasant this afternoon. more cloud for the north—west provision showers but the drying of any north of england and ireland. temperatures between 14 and 17 degrees, an improvement since the weekend then. for this evening with clear skies temperatures fall sharply. we have this atlantic flow into northern ireland later which will bring more cloud and across scotland. here, not as good as last night, lower temperatures will be across england and wales. those are the numbers in towns and cities, in the numbers in towns and cities, in the countryside for wheels and southern england, the midlands, you could see a touch of frost. probably the coldest night of the week ahead. high pressure over england and wales for tuesday and behind that this weather fronts will encroach into the north—west. picking up the wind until more cloud for northern ireland and into scotland. rain at times, mostly developing over the hills. not much green for the west of scotland, dry for england and wales and the east of scotland. that

will be a feature of the weather in the west and north—west, the wind, 50 or 60 mph gusts. 13 or 14 degrees for england and wales. further south winds drop and get lighter. 17 degrees for the sav. high pressure for the south of the uk for the coming few days. weather fronts toppling to bring some rain. mainly for the north—west of scotland. bad weather front heading south—west with little or no rain on that. there will probably not be much rain for the next two days for edinburgh or belfast. cooler here by firstly. cooler for cardiff and london or belfast. cooler here by firstly. coolerfor cardiff and london by friday. before then in the sunshine tem pters friday. before then in the sunshine tempters at 20 and 21, 20 two celsius. confusion this lunchtime over what sort of brexit referendum the labour party might offer. the party's conference will vote tomorrow on the issue. aides tojeremy corbyn say no option is off the table, but the shadow chancellor says any

fresh referendum should only be about the terms of a brexit deal. it would be on the deal and parliament would then determine the full words on that, as they always do. we will be campaigning to have a debate on the deal itself. well, we'll be live at the labour conference in liverpool, with the latest on the party's policy on brexit and also share ownership for workers. also this lunchtime: the contaminated blood scandal in which 2,5000 nhs patients died, a public inquiry begins. more trouble for donald trump's supreme court nominee. now another woman comes forward to allege sexual misconduct. a badly—injured yachtsman is rescued