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 after three days stranded on his yacht in the indian ocean. and, record audience figures for last night's

climax of bodyguard, officially the most—watched bbc drama for a decade. and coming up on bbc news... tiger woods completes his comeback from outside the world's top 1,000 with victory at the pga tour championship, his first in five years. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. the labour party conference will vote tomorrow on a motion that leaves open the possibility of campaigning for another referendum on brexit. but there's confusion this lunchtime about the terms of that referendum. the shadow chancellor, john mcdonnell, says it should only be about any final brexit deal, not whether or not britain leaves the eu. but the shadow brexit secretary says the motion is clear that nothing has been ruled out.

from the party conference in liverpool, here's our political correspondent alex forsyth. the second day of the labour party conference and brexit is once again the dominant theme, members here will vote tomorrow on a proposal that could shift labour's policy. it was agreed by officials last night, they said if parliament does not back a "brexit" deal and there is no election, then labour could campaign for another public vote. shadow chancellor said it would be on the table. we accept the last referendum, we want a general election, if we can't get that, we wa nt election, if we can't get that, we want some form of democratic option, that could be a people's vote. he suggested staying in the eu would not be an option. my view at the moment is, look, parliament will decide what is on the ballot paper, we will be arguing it should be a

vote on the deal itself. that isn't what many labour members want, they say if there is another vote, it should not be limited to how the uk leaves the eu. the idea that you could betray those members without giving them the option to remain in the european union would be an absolute farce. so, views here are divided again, labour leaders do not wa nt to divided again, labour leaders do not want to alienate supporters who campaigned to leave, or those who wa nt campaigned to leave, or those who want another say on brexit so this is an attempt at compromise. in truth, the chance of another public vote on brexit actually happening is still some way off, if labour supports it, it would only be if any brexit deal was rejected and if that didn't result in a general election, so, for now, much of the focus is still on the government negotiations. and today, in westminster, some tory brexiteers gathered to hear an alternative to

the prime minister's brexit plan, the prime minister's brexit plan, the one they want her to ditch but instead, this free—market think tank has suggested a free—trade agreement with much looser ties to the eu, which they claim means better global trading opportunities. we need to ta ke trading opportunities. we need to take a model like this, we need to grasp the brexit prize and act properly for the enormous benefits that we have from a proper free—trade policy. that we have from a proper free-trade policy. it's got some prominent backers. the idea that are being floated this morning shows a real alternative, and it is the alternative that the prime minister originally wanted to do. the cabinet will meet this afternoon and although brexit is not officially on the agenda, it will certainly be on their minds. the prime minister so far sticking to her plan, saying the alternatives floated would not solve issues at the irish border, so brexit again proving problematic for both party leaders, at the labour

conference, they will be hoping to widen the debate. 0ur assistant political editor, norman smith, is in liverpool at the labour conference. norman, brexit seems to be dominating this party conference? it is, at a conference which labour wa nted it is, at a conference which labour wanted really to be about presenting themselves as an alternative government in waiting so we are getting big chunky policies on boosting the role of employees in the workplace, curtailing the free schools and academies process, building in greater safeguards for those who have direct in the private sector, now that risks being overshadowed by this bunfight and apparent confusion over brexit with this lunchtime the party seemingly at sixes and sevens about its stance on another referendum. shadow chancellor says they cannot include the option of remaining in the eu but the shadow "brexit" secretary

has said, no, all options, including remain, must be on the table and jeremy corbyn is standing between the two of them saying, let's not be too prescriptive about this. what does it tell us? it tells us that there is deep tensions within labour over brexit but more than that, the party is struggling to hold together the different wings of the brexit debate, it wants at one and the same time to be able to say to brexit supporting labour voters, don't worry, we are not going back into the eu, we respect the result of the first referendum. at the same time, being able to say to remain supporting labour voters, you know, we could have another referendum and that could include the option of staying in the eu. to quote a well worn staying in the eu. to quote a well worn "brexit" phrase, it looks a little bit like trying to have your ca ke little bit like trying to have your cake and eat it, too. away from brexit, the shadow chancellor has been outlining plans to bring a range of industries, including water,

rail and royal mail, back into public ownership. he also set out plans to force companies with more than 250 staff to give shares to their workers. the shadow chancellor, john mcdonnell, hopes almost 11 million workers would benefit by receiving up to £500 a year each in dividends. the shareholders will give the workers the same rights as other shareholders, to have a say over the direction of the company. and, yes, dividend payments, dividend payments will be made directly to the workers from the fund. that means payments could be up to £500 a year. that's 11 million workers, each with a greater say and a greater stake in the rewards of their labour. true industrial democracy coming to this country. our business editor, simon jack, is here. this policy of wider share

ownership, what would be the invitations? pretty radical stuff, he's saying that over time, 10% of the shares in big companies would go into a the shares in big companies would go intoafund, the shares in big companies would go into a fund, yes, the workers would benefit from that, up to £500 a year, benefit from that, up to £500 a yea r, after benefit from that, up to £500 a year, after that, the government would get the rest, so if you take just one company, royal dutch shell, it pays £12 billion a year in dividends, what12% of that, 1.2 billion, 6500 workers would get £500 each, the government would get 1.16 billion, every year, from one company, which is why businesses are saying this is a massive smash and grab on private property and not in a good disguise. he says we will have to be radical, previous attem pts have to be radical, previous atte m pts to have to be radical, previous attempts to crack down on pay, but more workers on the board, the things theresa may was talking when she became the leader of the conservative party, have not worked, we need to be more radical, making the government effectively a 10%

shareholder on all the listed companies in the uk, is certainly that. a public inquiry has begun into the contaminated blood scandal in which 2,500 nhs patients died. thousands of people were given blood products infected with hepatitis viruses and hiv in the 1970s and 80s. daniela relph reports. it is being called the worst treatment disaster in the history of the national health service. daniela relph reports. they came for answers. the families and victims on whom the contaminated blood scandal has had a devastating impact. the public inquiry at church house in central london is where they hope to find an explanation. for elizabeth macrae, this has been a long time coming. herfather, peter, was a haemophiliac. after receiving contaminated blood, he died from aids in 1991. elizabeth was 12 and her sister kirsty was nine. i'm here because it's a very important moment. there's a large number of us, especially those of us who have lost our fathers, who find it hard to move past

without knowing the real explanation of why. so, we all want answers. as the inquiry opened, a video was played, made by the families and the campaign team. it included the voices of those who were so changed after they or their loved ones were given contaminated blood. when they told me what they'd done to me, i stood at a motorway bridge to jump off it. and basically, that's been my life ever since. i feel we've been treated very badly. nobody's listened to us over the years. it's like knocking on the door and it never opening. i feel we've been treated so unfairly by successive governments. they have failed to live up to their responsibility of what they've done to us, what they've done to my family and what they've done to my life.

for decades, campaigners said there had been a cover—up, that officials had hidden the truth of how thousands of nhs patients were given blood products infected by hepatitis or hiv during the 70s and 80s. the inquiryjust has to be strong and robust and willing to use those powers and to unearth, to turn over every stone and go into those cupboards that have been closed for years and search out the truth. and the truth is what the families hope these hearings will deliver. they feel they have suffered enough. the inquiry could last more than two years. daniela relph, bbc news. the inquests into the deaths in the westminster terror attack of march last year has continued this morning. khalid masood was shot dead by police after fatally stabbing pc keith palmer and ploughing into and killing four

pedestrians on westminster bridge. 0ur news correspondent jenny kumah has been in court at the old bailey. bring us right up to date. we heard from commander usher, in charge of policing, he question the evidence given by his own armed officers at the inquest last week, he described some of it is slightly odd and said he found some of it difficult to reconcile. last week it emerged that the two officers on duty were in a pa rt the two officers on duty were in a part of new palace yard where they could not see what was happening, they told the inquest they had were not aware of security guidelines which said they should be near the front gates when they were open and also said they took daily instruction from a map on the wall as to where they should patrol. the commander said he had a meeting with the two officers after the attack and said that the pc produced this map and that perhaps it showed that pc ashbury was aware there was a

problem with the way they were patrolling, he said he found it strange that a daily instruction as to where to the map, he said it was fairly fierce, full small rectangular areas around my buildings and he did not see the need for daily reference. this afternoon we expect to hear more details about the security arrangements and policing as the inquest continues. an inquest has begun into the death of a girl with a severe sesame allergy who died after eating an airport pret—a—manger baguette, which did not list the ingredients. fifteen—year—old natasha ednan—laperooze collapsed during a flight from heathrow to nice two years ago. despite her father administering two epipen injections, natasha died within hours. our correspondent dan johnson is outside west london coroner's court. what is the latest? natasha's father

has been giving evidence, a statement has been read on his behalf which describe how his daughter had suffered a number of allergies in june six daughter had suffered a number of allergies injune six months allergic to a number of foods that the family had taken great steps to avoid, planned their diet and checked every bit of food they bought very carefully for the ingredients to make sure it was safe for natasha. the statement described how on the day they were flying away on holiday to nice, natasha ednan—laperooze had bought a ba g u ette ednan—laperooze had bought a baguette at the airport, she ate it and said she felt and it it genius in her throat, she had taken a regular medicine that she used to suppress those symptoms, she said she felt fine so she got on the plane, about 20 minutes into the flight, plane, about 20 minutes into the flight, her father plane, about 20 minutes into the flight, herfather described plane, about 20 minutes into the flight, her father described how plane, about 20 minutes into the flight, herfather described how she askedif flight, herfather described how she asked if her throat looked red, she had gone to the toilet, came back saying she felt sick and there was red blotches appearing on her stomach and very harrowing evidence, great detail about how her father

administered an epipen to deal with the sentence, then natasha was struggling to breathe saying, daddy, help me, i cannot breathe. she was taken to the toilet and a second epipen was administered but it did not suppress the symptoms and she fell unconscious on the flight. the plane landed in nice and she was met by paramedics but there was nothing that could be done to save her. her father has said there should have been proper labelling on the sandwich, but the full ingredients do not have to be listed because it was made on the premises, he is trying to challenge this through this court hearing. and pret—a—manger say their thoughts are with the family. thank you very much indeed. our top story this lunchtime. there's confusion over what sort of further brexit referendum the labour party might offer. aides tojeremy corbyn have said no option is off the table but the shadow chancellor says any fresh referendum should only be about the terms of a brexit deal. and coming up, afterfears his career could be over,

the tiger makes a comeback. coming up on bbc news... tiger woods and the other players are flying to paris where the ryder cup gets underway on friday. we'll hear from the european and american captains later. a second woman has come forward with allegations of sexual misconduct against president donald trump's us supreme court nominee, brett kavanaugh. until recently mr kavanaugh looked certain to be approved by the senate but republicans are now scrambling to save their nomination to the crucial position. mr kavanaugh is socially conservative on issues like abortion and could tilt the balance of the court for decades to come. richard lister reports. welcome to cbs this morning. supreme

court nominee brett kavanaugh faces a second claim of sexual misconduct. brett kava naugh's a second claim of sexual misconduct. brett kavanaugh's supreme court nomination was meant to be a done deal, hand—picked by donald trump for the post but now questions are mounting about his character. the new yorker magazine has published allegations by deborah mirrors that he exposed himself in front of her ata he exposed himself in front of her at a drunken party when they were stu d e nts at a drunken party when they were students —— ramirez. but the white house is backing his nominee. he is called it a smear campaign and it is starting to feel like a vast left—wing conspiracy. the new york times says they interviewed dozens of people over the last couple of weeks trying to verify this second accusation and they could not go forward with the reporting. this woman, christine blasey ford, will testify this week that he sexually assaulted her when she was 15 and he was 17. she asked senators to have the fbi to investigate her claim that the republicans said no. we have had presidents on this before

and in this case they have done their duty and right now the only people they were determined who is telling the truth in this issue of the united state senators —— precedents. some are reminded of the hills by republican senators almost 35 years ago of this woman who accused a supreme court nominee of sexual harassment but was dismissed. i have said many times that the anita hill hearing was a disaster but they did have an fbi investigation and other witnesses and there were other ways to judge this. the senate republicans have predetermined the outcome. what is your response to the allegations? judge cabinets incessantly he had done nothing wrong but the issue will not go away. this lawyer says he is representing another woman with allegations against him —— judge cabinets insist. —— caterpillar. how much trouble is he in? quite a lot. we always thought a

second allegation would create significantly increased problems for brett kava naugh significantly increased problems for brett kavanaugh and the nomination and it has done just that. you have to remember that the senate judiciary committee that has been hearing the evidence has already agreed to hear from hearing the evidence has already agreed to hearfrom christine blasey ford on thursday, the first accuser, and it is difficult, having done that, for the not to hearfrom and it is difficult, having done that, for the not to hear from the second accuser. can they do it before thursday? pretty unlikely so it will throw the timetable off if nothing else and it will increase the pressure for an fbi investigation which democrats have been pressing for and the white house has been resisting. all this against the backdrop of the supreme court session beginning on the 1st of october when they want him nominated by and keep mid—term elections in november when there is a possibility the senate could flip to democrat controlled and if it does that, getting through the nominees will suddenly be under the control of democrats so there is a lock —— a lot at stake for

republicans. thank you. a rescue vessel operating in the central mediterranean sea has had its registration revoked. the aquarius is the last private ship operating in the area, rescuing would—be migrants to europe. when the ship next docks, it will have to remove its panama maritime flag and cannot set sail without a new one. james reynolds reports. three, two... the aquarius is currently the only ngo rescue boat operating in the mediterranean. in recent days, in international waters off the libyan coast, it has rescued more than 50 migrants, including children. but now panama has stripped the ship of its registration. this means that, once the aquarius finds a port, it won't be able to set sail again unless it can find a new flag. panama's decision to strip the rescue boat of its registration is a victory for italy's interior minister, matteo salvini.

he has accused ngos of interfering with the libyan coast guard and of acting as taxis for smugglers. injune, he closed italy's ports to all ngo rescue boats, including the aquarius. if you need more life jackets, take them off people if you must. let's go! this year more than 1100 migrants have died trying to cross the central mediterranean. the united nations says that migrants are more than twice as likely to drown on this route than they were a year ago. human rights organisations say that the removal of the aquarius will make this journey even more dangerous. james reynolds, bbc news, rome. new figures suggest a staffing crisis in adult social care in england. there were an average of 110,000 unfilled vacancies at any one time during the last year, a rise of almost 25%. some areas have seen vacant posts more than double in a year. jo taylor reports. good morning, kathleen.

would you like to go for breakfast? kathleen is lovely. she's been a nurse all her life. some days she's completely aware of who is calling. after only three months in the job, 24—year—old krastan from bulgaria already has a bond with the residents. despite her dementia, kathleen is learning bulgarian for him. the first word i found meant thank you, that's all well. there you are. manager amy recruited krastan but hopes she can hang onto him. in care is such a high responsibility and although chs do really look after their 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 a store assistant in a supermarket. and it could be why there are so many vacancies. there was an average of over 110,000 adult social care vacancies at any one time in england. it is estimated to have risen by almost a quarter in a year. 38% of carers left the sector or moved to a different employer or role. 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 go with great experience, you feel great yourself. jo taylor, bbc news. viewers in england's eastern counties can see the full film on inside out east on bbc one at 7.30pm and it's also available to watch on the iplayer. the yachtsman stranded in the middle of the indian ocean for several days with a severe back injury has been rescued. abhilash tomy, from india,

was injured when his boat hit 80 mile an hour winds and its—foot waves nearly 2000 miles off the coast of australia. there were concerns it might take several more days to reach him because of the weather but now a french patrol vessel has picked him up as hywel griffith reports from sydney. a confident, capable sailor, this was abhilash tomy as he set off on the golden globe race back injuly. i'm very relieved to be at the start of the golden globe race. it's his second time in the 30,000—mile challenge, which he completed back in 2013, becoming the first indian to circumnavigate the world. but, on friday, his yacht hit a storm and rolled 360 degrees, breaking the mast and leaving him in agony. it triggered a new race to reach the stranded sailor, who was found still conscious and able to talk. today, just a few hours ago,

there was an indian aircraft, navy aircraft, overhead, a french fisheries surveillance vessel arrived on scene. they launched two zodiacs, made it to tomy. the conditions were pretty good. there were two—metre seas, 25—knot winds. they got on board, they applied immediate first aid to tomy and were able then to put him into the zodiacs, get him back to the ship. the rescue mission was an international operation, coordinated here in australia, some 2000 miles away from the damaged boat. it's one of the most remote areas on the planet, almost equidistant from any of the search and rescue facilities so the fact we've got something there as quickly as we have is really good news and we hope for the best possible outcome when we get there. the rescuers are now trying to reach irish sailor gregor mcguckin, whose yacht was also damaged in the storm, leaving him unable to finish the race. both men will be taken to safety on amsterdam island. only then will be full

extent of abhilash tomy‘s injuries become clear but, for now, the sailing fraternity is simply relieved that he has been found alive. hywel griffith, bbc news, sydney. it's being described as one of the great sporting comebacks. less than a year ago, tiger woods was ranked world number 1,199 after a crippling back injury. but now he's won the tour championship in atlanta — his first tournament victory in five years. andy swiss reports. please welcome tiger woods. cheering 0ne please welcome tiger woods. cheering one year ago he thought he might never even play again. tiger woods is no stranger to the astonishing but this is perhaps his most remarkable feat yet. as he walked down the last with a two shot lead and thousands of expectant fans, his

long wait for a victory was finally over. he is not known for displays of emotion but this was something special also his first win since 2013, and just months ago it would have seemed utterly inconceivable. last day he was ranked outside the world top 1000, his struggles with form and fitness compounded by problems off the course, pleading guilty to reckless driving. to go from that to this was something he admitted had left him close to tea rs. admitted had left him close to tears. just to be able to compete and play again this year that's a hell a comeback. as i said, some of the people very close to me have seen what i've gone through all stop they know how hard it was just to get back to playing golf again. now his comeback faces a new test. the timing of this could not be more tantalising because tiger woods is now heading here to paris for the

start of the ryder cup on friday and if the anticipation was already high, he has cranked it up even higher. he has pulled it. woods has largely struggled at the ryder cup including on his last appearance in 2012 but the us will arrive here as firm favourites for golf‘s ultimate tea m eve nt firm favourites for golf‘s ultimate team event and there is now no doubting the star attraction. 11 million viewers watched the climax to the hit series bodyguard last night, making it the most successful bbc drama for a decade. the show‘s creator has hinted it may now return for a second series. a mild spoiler alert — this report from rich preston contains footage, but not the ending, of last night's final episode. it was the biggest new tv drama in a decade. the group that. stay still.

and the number one drama of 20 team so far i'm a peak of 11 million people tuning in to the episode last night. final warning, people tuning in to the episode last night. finalwarning, raise your hands! its competition on itv, an adaptation of vanity fair, reached 2.2 million people. don't move, stay still. it is the highest overnight figures since itv‘s downton abbey in 2011, the only broadcast with a bigger audience this year was england's world cup semifinal against croatia. the stars aligned with this, it has been a dry spell for drama over summer and along comes this, written byjed mercurio, august bank of a weekend, two episodes, the first 20 minutes so addictive that you're interests and eve ryo ne addictive that you're interests and everyone started talking about that and it has become a national conversation. it is that tension that pulled in the viewers. in an area dominated by the likes of netflix and amazon prime, the first

episode broke the drama debut record for the bbc iplayer but the finale last night still got plenty of people gathered around their televisions. when 10.4 million people turn up to watch the last episode last night, peaking at 11 million, i think it shows the desire for people to come round the television, all come together on a sunday night for joint viewing television, all come together on a sunday night forjoint viewing and i think it shows how healthy the channels are. the thing is, i don't need you to vote for me only to protect me. total numbers for the whole series are expected to rise as those who missed it catch up online. no spoilers with the weather! here's darren bett. full disclosure today! there is a different look compared to the last